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WILL he sold, on the first Tuesday in Septem
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town of Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga., within
the legal hpurs of sale, the following property,
to-wit:
One tract or parcel of land, situated and lying
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more or less. There is about fifty or sixty acres
of said land in cultivation, the remainder in old
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M. S. Durham, of Oconee county, Richard R.
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Whereas, upon report of Road Commissioner
appointed to review, mark out and report upon
the public utility of making certain changes in the
Athens and Clarkesville road, that said change
will he of ranch public utility, as follows : Com
mencing below Moon's shop, on Mrs. E. Moon’
land, thence the old road to J. C. Jarrett's resi
dene#, thence right of way of Railroad to m n
corner of Jarrett's fence, thence north, on Howe.
Jarrett's land, on ridge to Colt’s mill road, on C
11. Chandler's land; thence up the same to Rai!
road; thence the right of way ofsaid Railroad t
the old road, in front of N. L.* Collins’ house
thence said old road to Mrs. Matthews; thcnc
right of way to old road again ; thence o'd road t
foot of soap-stone hill; thence the right of way t
the north side of the J. W. Benton old house
thence the old road to \V Jarrett's; thence th
right of way to Sandy Creek church ; thence acres*
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B. Tuck’s; thence Tuck’s line, on E. I>. Tuck’.*
land, to Railroad; thence W. W. Davis' line, oi
W. W. Davis' land, to old road, in trout of Mrs.
Highland's house. Unless good cause is shown to
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order will he passed granting said changes and
locating as a part of the Athens and Clarkesville
road. 11. W. BELL. Ord'y.
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Whereas, 0. 11. I*. Pettyjohn has applied for
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Monday in September, 1870, at the regular term
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1870. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
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Monday in September, 1870, at the regular term
of the Court of Ordinary of said county, why said
letters should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, July 23d,
1879. 11. W. BELL. Ord’y.
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Gothenborg.
This city is widely known, both in England
and America, by its novel, peculiar and almost
unique system of
REGULATING TIIE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
It formerly suffered greatly from the results
j of intemperance, the bane of the Scandinavian,
ias of other Northern races it lias ofteirheen
ravaged by fires supposed to have originated
in drunkenness, and being* a thronged seaport,
frequented by sailors of all nations, drunken
riots and disorders were of continual occur
rence. The citizens set about remedying the
evil in a way of their own, which is flow
widely known as
TIIE “ GOTHENBORG SYSTEM,”
And which has. during the last two years,
been adopted in a great majority of the towns
and communities of Norway and Sweden, and
is soon to lie adopted in Manchester and Bir
mingham. First, the Parliament was induced
to pass a “ local option” law. giving each com
munity the right to fi\ the number of’ public
houses and to regulate the sale of spirituous
liquors within its limits; the words “fix the
number” are held to prevent any community
from prohibiting the sale altogether. Under
this law
A SYNDICATE OR ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED
In Gothenborg. composed of its most respect
able and public spirited citizens, who, having
pledged themselves to derive no benefit or
profit from their association, and having ob
tained additional authority of law. proceeded
to purchase all the premises, leases, stocks
and fixtures of all liquor retailing shops in
the city, by private bargain or by arbitration,
il practicable, by compulsory assessment if
this tailed. They then kept open only so
many as they deemed necessary tor the actual
needs of the population, closing up and selling
out the others, no person being allowed to
open any similar institution, under heavy
penalties.
THE PLACES TIIE SYNDICATE OPENED THEM
SELVES
Are of several classes: magazines where
liquors are sold by the bottle, but in no case
less than two quart bottles at a time; one or
two restaurants in the better parts of the city,
luxuriously fitted up, like so many club-houses,
mil frequented by the well-to-do classes,
•tbers for mechanics and laborers, and yet
•tliers in the lowest parts of the town, resorted
•o by sailors ; but only juM so many as they
loomed indispensably necessary. And over
hesc I! ey p acceded to place regularly salari
■ i age: ts and assistants.
i’llE WHOLE UNDER ONE GENERAL SUPERIN
TENDENT.
Ynd instructed these that they woul 1 be held
strictly tesponsihle for the good order of the
tonses under their charge ; that they must
ell only the spirits supplied them by the Syn
i icale ; that they must- not sell at all to minors,
>r to known habitual drunkards, or to any
me who was visible at the time in way ol
becoming entoxicated, and must at once re
press a id expel from their premises all dis
orderly persons. These agents and assistants
oeiug paid by the year, whether they sell
more or less, have no interest, in encouraging
-ales or consumption; and. holding their
offices (which are much sought after) during
good behavior, they have every interest in
faithfully' obeying their instructions. And it
is also ordained that
FOOD SHALL BE OBTAINED
On these premises as well as liquor; a hill or
fare being suspended in each public house,
from which a well-cooked dinner can be ob
tained for twelve and a half cents ; while the
manager mu-t also keep always ready a plenti
ful supply of vegetables, cooked with j ork,
from which a sufficient dinner (mejudice) can
be made for about four cents, it being a de
sired object that eating should always accom
pany drinking, but not vice versa. Some of
these places have small lending libraries at
tached, where family journals and magazines
are taken in, and in many cases they are made
local places ol deposit for the district Savings
Banks! No sales are permitted to be made
on credit, but only for cash down.
A PRICE LIST IS POSTED IN EACH ROOM,
Of every article kept for sale, and purchasers
are requested to examine them and see that
they are charged fixed prices and supplied
from fixed measures, and (I quote) ** l'wo in
dies spirit us to every glass of toddy, and orb -
quarter cent extra for every lump of sugar.*’
A wine glass of the finest, champagne cognac
costs, at all these places, but four cents ! The
attendants are for the most part females, the
managers being men. During my two days
in the city, in company with the editors above
named,
I VISITED ALL THE LIQUOR PLACES
In the town, from the club-house looking in
■itilutions. to those in the maritime parts of
lie town ; but they were all of one character,
there was no ostentatious or tempting display
of beverages, men sat singly or in groups, at
little tables, eating, sipping, reading, writing
and chatting, and I did notin all these place
<>r in the streets of this thronged seaport see
one drunken person. No sale is allowed dur
mg divine service on Sundays, nor on week
lays after 10 o'clock p. m. except by special
authority.
THE LIQUORS
Are purchased at wholesale by the company
upon tenders of samples which are tested as to
quality and purity by experts; when certain
samples of the required kinds of spirits have
heen by these persons decided to be the best
the accompanying scaled envelopes contain
j ing names of importers and prices are then
I opened and the contracts for the month’s
supply of tlie city are awarded to these who
present the best articles at the most reasonable
prices, and no other spirits except these are
allowed to be sold in the city ; and. as a con
sequence, the diseases of delirium tremens and
mnuiuapotu have almost entirely disappeared.
Besides these retail simps there are
WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS UNDER LIKE
MANAGEMENT,
Where, as I have said, no one is allowed to
purchase less than two bottles (quarts) at a
time; the price for the present native spirits
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. AUGUST 29.1579.
is forty-four cents the quart bottle ; these are
largely patronized by' the country people
when they come in to market, as the sale is
still more strictly repressed in the rural dis
tricts; and I am told that the town people
prefer drinking by the glass.
Now. as to the expenses and the profits of,
this remarkable business. all the profits, after
paying expenses of management, and also
six per cent, on the capital invested, goes
into the treasury of the Municipality, where
it is expended on schools, hospitals, museums,
libraries, etc.
ONE AMAZING RESULT
Has been developed in the astonishing in
crease of the city’s revenues by the operation
of that law, as also a wonderful proof of what
the individual gains of the retailers of liquor
most hale been under the old system, and
how they could, with a good run of business,
have well afforded to pay any lax or license,
however heavy. The revenue of the city be
fore the law went into operation, in 1865, was
100.000 crowns (Swedish) a year; now it is
600,000 crowns !* The net profit paid into the
treasury of this town of 70.000 inhabitants is
$60,000 on a gross profit of $175,000 a year.
A fearfully’ large amount, Imt it must be re
membered that a large proportion of the sales
is supplied to the rural population ; for in the
province of which Gothenborg is the capital,
only ten licensed houses exist outside the
city where spirits can be purchase 1 at all.
And a very' remarkable fact is that the above
large amount of trade is carried on by the
Gothenborg Company
WITHOUT ANY PAID UP CAPITAL
It was found that although $54,000 was
subscribed, none was required ; an advance
was obtained from a bank, to which two of
the company gave their personal security, and
returns and profits came in so rapidly that no
payments were needed. The Swedish law
-loes not deal with beer and porter in the same
way that it does with spirits; the malt liquor
is not so intoxicating as in England, hut is
of about the strength of our lager beer. Malt
liquors can tie retailed under a very moderate
license, under which the vendor may even go
from place to place and sell along the streets
from a wagon.
Ami finally as to
TIIE MORAL RESULTS
Of the “experiment,” although it is such no
longer, but a law. as well established as that
of gravitation. The first reform ->f the Liquor
law was effected in 1854 ; and during the pre
ceding century, although theeomtnerciul legis
lat-ion was of the most prohibitory protective
character, Sweden was the most drunken
country in the world. The country may he
said to have been deluged with spirits, tin
physical aspect of the people was wretchedly
ieteriorated and the criminal calendar is
said to have been without parallel m modern
liistor y.
ONCE THE MOST DRUNKEN OF ALL NATIONS.
'Flie evil went beyond the excess of all
“ther nations, was the cause of three-fourths
ol ail the crimes committed, and was destroy
ing the very race, physically as well as moral
ly. A cry burst forth from the hearts of the
people, appealing to all who had influence, a
prayer for deliverance from a scourge which
previous legislation had planted and nourish
ed. Many energetic and influential apostles
of temperance arose, and by pamphlets,
tracts, traveling lecturers and the assistance
of the clergy, made such an impression on
public opinion, that laws were enacted em
bracing
THE FOLLOWING LEADING PRINCIPLES t
To reduce the number of public houses. To
improve their condition. To provide warm
food for workmen], so as to change drinking
houses into eating houses. To employ as
managers respectable persons, who should
derive no profit from the sale of spirits, but
only irom the sale of cooked food, tea, coffee,
beer, seltzer, soda waters, etc. To refuse to
sell spirits on credit. To secure strict
supervision of all public houses by inspectors
of their own, in-addition to the police. To
pay to the town treasury, after payment of
interest on capital, all the profits that accrued
on sales ot spirits.
THE RESULTS OF THE LAW.
The law reduced the number of distilleries
in the Kingdom from 44.000 in 1850, at once
t" 4,500 and in 1850 b> 457, producing 7,000,-
000 gallons of '•pints, instead of 26 DUO.OOO.
lie estimated produce previously. I u Got hen
>org competent persons testify that under the
>ll laws, in almost nocommunity were brutish
•oai’seness or deep poverty more common
than in theirs. The corporation, when it
went into elfect in 1865. reduced the number
-if spirits licenses from sixty-one to twenty
five. Now mark
THE RECORD OF ARRESTS FOR DRUNKENNESS :
Popula- Popula
tion. Arrests. tion. Arrests.
In 1855..30.8)4 3.431 In 1874..55.307 2.231
In 18(55..45.750 2.070 In 1875..68.000 2,490
In 1873-56,909 1,827 In 1876-70,000 2,410
And the severity of the police in making
arrests for and mkenness has been much in
creased since the law went into otfect, in
1865. The Swedes are
NOW COMPARATIVELY A SOBER PEOPLE,
Owing altogether to their new idea, that if
the liquor trade must exist, a system by which
no one can have any interest in making an
other d**ink more than is good for him. and
under which only pure spirits can be sold, is
the best possible, if such a plan can be carried
out. It has been carried out, and here is
A LIQUOR LAW THAT WILL WORK !
Its chief opposition came from the extreme
section of abstainers, who believed in prohibi
tion, and in that only. Tn reply to these it
might be urged (in Michigan as in Sweden)
that because what is one man's meat is an
other man's poison, is it right to forbid the
use of it by the man to whom it is meat ?
Has the State any business to prevent A from
buying liquor for an innocent purpose, be
cause B will buy it for a vicious purpose? If
B wants protection against himself he ought
not to have it at A’s cost. If the State
wants protection against B it ought not to
obtain it at A’s cost,. And it is always easier
to make laws than to regulate their practical
action after they are made.
FANATICAL REFORMERS.
But there is a class of legislators and of re
formers so curiously perverse that the more
hitter they become against drinking, the more
tender-hearted they are as regards drunken
ness. To most majorities, liberty to oppress
others is the most valued privilege of a free
man. There must be some men whoso idea
of Heaven is that of a place from which an
innumerable number of drunkards, who have
become total abstainers, look down with com
placence upon the tortures of moderate drink
ers.
STICKLERS FOR PERSONAL LIBERTY.
Another class of the opponents of the
system argue with more sense, from a dif
ferent standpoint; that there is no reason in
the nature of tilings why houses in which
beer Ar spirits are sold, should not be left as
free to open and close when they like as
houses in which bread or meat are sold. That
the law has no more right to inquire whether
a customer takes more than is good for his
health of one commodity than of another,
filie simple question being whether there are
circumstances attending the sale of the one
rather than the other, which
THREATEN TIIE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC
ORDER.
And when it is admitted that there are such
circumstances in the case of wine and of spir
its, and that there are not in the ease of beer
and bread, the interference of the police is at
once justified. In every one of its forms the
usual legislation sacrifices the sober man to
the drunken man. It deprives A, who has
never been drunk in h s itfe, of what is to
him an agreeable, perhaps a wholesome
beverage, because H cannot use the same
beverage with decent moderation. This is
nothing less than
AN ACT OF SYRANNY
To A, and the circumstance that it is a ma
jority of the taxpayers in the city or village
that are the tyrants, does not in the least
change the character of the act. Admit the
contrary, and there will no longer be any se
curity that the liberty of individuals will not
be restricted whenever a majority of their
neighbors choose to conceive a distaste for
what they do.
It is not my purpose to express either ap
proval or disapproval of the Gothenborg
system, but to present to your readers, who
1 know are deeply and sincerely interested in
the subject ef
DIMINISHING THE EVILS
Resulting from the uncontrolled use of ardent
spirits, the facts and details and results of a
remarkable effort to accomplish the same ob
ject, made in an European city of singular
public spirit, and so sulMeiently tested by
fourteen years of vigorous enforcement as to
a imit of judgment being pronounced upon
and conclusions drawn from it. Perhaps
there are conditions and circumstances fa
vorable to tbe enact ment and enforcement of
such legislation in Sweden which do not
exist in our country, and cannot he made to
exist here. Perhaps a syndicate or corpora
tion of leading and influential public spirited
men, which has been so successful in Sweden,
and against whose purity of motives and
honesty of administration not a word lias
ever been raised
WOULD BE ASSAILED IN OUR LAND
Asa grasping, corrupt, aristocratic monopoly.
Or the fierceness of our po itical struggles
(which sometimes enter even into our churches)
might seize and wield this system as a most
formidable engine of political power. But I
will not permit myself to be told that un
niase I. incorrupt syndicates and honest,
faithful agents could not bi had with us, as
in Europe, for we have ai many honest men
in America as elsewhere, if we but know how
to go about finding them in the right way,
and putting them, when found, into the places
of trust.
Westminster Abbey.
BY LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON.
Westminster Abbey is the history of Eng
and made visible. All tiie Kings ami Queens
• nice Hamid have been crowned thcie. and
nany of them are buried there. It is the
tomb, moreover, of the most eminent states
non, church-men, poets and novelists for 500
/ears.
The first King crowned there was Harold
lie Dauntless, in 1066. William the Con
pieror was elected King at the Abbey. It
vas originally part of a royal palace, and
icld as property ninety-seven towns and vil
lages. seventeen hamlets, ami two hundred
and sixteen manors
It fed hundreds of poor daily. It com
prised, beside the church which yet remains,
many churches, towers, chapels, prisons and
other buildings, covering an immense area of
'round. The present building illustrates
nearly every period and variety of Gothic
architecture.
The Abbey originally stood upon an island
in the middle of a marsh —Thorne}’ island by
name—and it was built and dedicated to St.
Deter by Mtdutus, Bishop of the East Sax
ons. In truth, however, little is known of the
foundations of the Abbey beyond the fact
that it was among the earliest works of the
first Christian converts in Britain.
King Edgar gave it to twelve Benedictine
monks, and thenceforward its history be
comes that of England. Its Abbot had a
seat among the peers in Parliament until the
Reformation. It is now in the hands of a
Dean and Chapter of Canons, like a cathe
dral, which, however, it is not, an 1 dever has
been, except during the reigns of Henry VIII.
and Edward VI.
It is not generally understood, perhaps,
that the one tiling that constitutes a church
a cathedral is the presence in it of a Bishop’s
throne. Let but the Bishop's chair be set up
in the smallest wayside church, and it be
comes a cathedral while so occupied ; and the
grandest church in the world is no cathedral
without its throne.
For grandeur of architecture, for beauty of
stained glass, for perfection of detail, the Ab
bey must be the admiration of all tourists,
but a yet deeper interest attaches to it as the
place of sepulture of so many of England's
noblest sons. No church in the world holds
so illustrious a congregation of the past
dea 1.
As you approach it from Parliament street
you perceive first the richly adorned buttress
es of Henry \ ll. ’s chapel. Then you emerge
into the open square, and have the whole
grand building rising before you. The little
church of St. Margaret stands in front of the
Abbey, under its walls, as it were, pictu
resquely breaking its outline, and displaying,
by contrast, the lofty proportions of the great
edifice behind it.
The House of Peers used, on high days and
holidays, to attend service in the Abbey,
while the Commons went to the little St. Mar
garet. The Chapter House of the Abbey was
the original House of Commons. Westmin
ster Hall and the present House of Parlia
ment now front it on the left. The architect
ure of both the Abbey an 1 the House of Par-
liament strongly reminds one of Milan Ca
thedral ; though the Italian cathedral is of
gleaming marble, and the English edifices of
gray stone.
Like most of the finest Gothic churches on
the continent, Westminster Abbey is built
in the form of a cross; the body of the cross
extending from the West entrance, through
nave and choir, to the high altar, with its Ho
rious east window ; and the north and south
transepts forming its arms.
Visitors usually enter by the door near the
poet’s corner, and one could scarcely fail to
pause there for awhile, with beating heart.
before going further. Chaucer, the “ Father
of English Poetry,” was buried there, and
tiiere, from time to time, the glorious compa
ny of his followers have been borne to join
him.
Here we have Drayton’s monument, ami
Spensers, and Cowley’s, ami Drydcn’s, and
“rare Hen Johnson's” and Butler’s, who
wrote “ lludibrass,” and Grey, of “Grey's
Elegy.” Many forgotten poets are here, too.
Here is an inscription to Thomas Shad well,
who was poet-laureate in the time of William
IIL, hut whose laurels withered a ,j, es a^o
C 5 O
and have been blown away by the winds of
ti me.
Nor does anybody read Matthew Trior
now-a-days, though the men of his own. day
held him in high esteem. Hut here is Camp
bell. whom we are still grateful enough to re
member; and here are monuments to Shak
speare, and Milton, and Goldsmith, and
Wordsworth, all of whose ho lies repose else
where. Byron was to have been buried here,
hut the Dean and Chapter disapproved of
him, and refused to admit him.
Buying a Wife at Soochow.
The wedding guests had gathered at So< -
chow and the bridegroom bad sent a sedan
to fetch the bride to the tea house, but hour
after hour passed and the bride still tarried.
U last a stranger appeared in the reception
nail to forbid the bands on the ground that
the damsel had been betrothed to him. “If
you want her as a wife you must wait until I
relinquish her !’’ “ Pray, sir, what evidence
can you give in support of your wonderful
claim ?” •* Here is the betrothal Contract,”
was the answer, and sure enough it was in
disputable. The matchmaker, when sum
moned, declared that she was ignorant of the
prior engagement. On the motion of the
new claimant, the young lady’s mother was
sent for. That dame shuffled and prevarica
ted. It was agreed that the two claimants
should take the mother before the District
Magistrate. At theyamen she admitted that
she had betrothed her daughter first to claim
ant No. 1, and subsequently to claimant No.
2, receiving from each the full value of the
daughter, for which clever transaction she
then and there received 100 blows on her
face. The magistrate asked the prior claim
ant if he wanted the young lady. He was
so ungallant as to say that if the mother or
the new claimant would pay' what the young
lady had cost him, 100 taels of silver, he
would smother his indignation. The bride
groom was evidently unwilling to pay double
for a wife, but was finally prevailed upon to
do it.
Changes.
It is asserted that about the age of 26 the
lean man usually becomes fatter, and the fat
man leaner. Between the years of 43 and
50 his appetite fails, his complexion fades,
and his tongue is apt to be furred upon the
least exertion of body or mind. At this
period his muscles become flabby, his joints
weak, his spirits drooping, and his sleep
imperfect and unrefreshing. After suffering
under these complaints a year, or perhaps
two, he starts afresh, with renewed vigor, and
goes on to 61 or 62 when a similar change
takes place, but with aggravated symptoms.
When these periods have been successively
passed the gravity of incumbent years is
more strongly marked, and he begins to
boast of his age.
S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
) SI.OO For Six Months.
Debt of Southern States.
The debt of Alabama in 1878 was $9,432.-
069; real and personal estate, tax basis,
$11 7.483. 551 ; tax, seventy cents; amount
raised by tax, $827,399.
Arkansas, debt $4,133,035 ; unfunded dab',
$13,967,012, tax basis. $94.000.000 ; tax sixty
cents ; amount raised by tax, $457.-£)§.
Florida, debt, $1,348,272 ; tax basis, $30.-
000.000 ; tax ninety cents ; amount raised by
taxation, $225,000.
Georgia, debt, $10,644,500; tax basis,
$235.659.530; tax fifty cents ; amount raised
by tax, $1.129.000. In 1872 Georgia annulled
$10,477,000 clearly fraudulent bonds, leaving
tiie debt at that time $11.550.500. rcoognizii; <r
$5,798,000 of the Bullock bonds.
Kentucky’s debt is only $1,852,841; her
tax basis, $357,326.01.1; tax, forty cents.
Louisiana's debt, 1878 , amounted to $12.-
660,443; tax basis, $174,500,000; tax. SJ.
45. The amount raised by taxation in 1878
was $2,473,629.
Mississippi's debt. $2 954 453; tax, fifty
cents ; tax basis, $127,000,000 ; amount raised
by taxation, $634,701.
Missouri's debt in 1879 was $16,758,000;
tax basis, real and personal, a little over s(>,
000,000; tax, forty cents; amount raised by
taxation. §2.843.953.
North Carolina’s debt, 1878, $27,120,228 ;
tax basis a little over $118,000,000; tax.
thirtv-eight cents; amount raised by taxation
in 1878, $533 635.
South Carolina's debt in 1878 was $6,739.-
69G ; tax basis a little over $125,000 000 ; tax
forty-five cents ; amount raised by taxation,
$715,982.
Texas debt, in 1878 was $5,073,861 ; tax
basis. $257,632,009 ; tax. fifty cents ; amount
raised by tax, $1,356,170.
Virginia's debt in 1878 was $26,350,826;
her tax basis, real and personal. $322,569,-
631 : tax fifty cents; amount raised by tax,
$2.500,000 per annum.
Tennessee’s debt and interest is $24,857.-
115; the debt as scaled will amount to a little
over sl2 000,000, the interest to about $500,*
000, requiring a tax of less than thirty-five
cents on the SIOO, in addition to the amounts
from other sources, such as privileges and
the SIOO,OOO from railroads, to pay* this and
ordinary expenses. The tax basis in 1878
was $223,212,153. and the amount raised in
1878 was $626,529.
The Heathers Chinee Coming to the Front.
It appears that wonders will never cease.
Here is China waking up after a sleep of cen
turies—that is, speaking from the standpoint
of Western civilization. England and Rus
sia getting frightened lest the armies of the
Celestial empire shall cross the Asiatic fron
tiers of those feeble nations! Heretofore
we have only allowed ourselves to think of
the Chinese as armed with Quaker cannon,
blunderbusses, stinkpots and drums. Hut
now we hear that hordes of the Celestial army
are organized on French plan and have breech
loading rifles. And so they arc ordering the
Russians back on the one hand and are mov
ing toward the British-Indian frontier, in the
direction of Nepaul and Bnnnah, on the
other. To add to the surprise, China is build
ing, it seems, a powerful ironclad navy ; build
ing in English shipyards, of course, but in
this only imitating other countries. Already
ten powerful iron vessels, a r tned with eleven
inch thirty-five ton guns have bean delivered,
and the London Times is talking seriously
about it. Iu fact. China is getting to bo
dreaded. And well it may be if the Chinese
once possess themselves of modern arms.
Fatalists in religion, they fear nothing, and
march to death as if they were going to u
feast; at least, so it is said. The Chinese
empire has a population estimate! at about
four lui’idre 1 and seventy five millions.—
There must, therefore, lie more than fifty mil
lion men capable of bearing arms. With
such a reserve to draw upon they only need
a million modern muskets and some French
drill Sergeants to do the business in the Orient
for both the Hr t:sh lion and the Russian bear.
Ah, well. We Americans can console our
selves with the reflection that we have no
Asiatic possessions to trouble us. Altogether
we rather like the idea of a celestial expan
sion on oriental soil. It may have a tendency
to check a troublesome disposition to take
possession of lands further westward. The
truth i e , when we come to think of it. we
wouldn't object to selling our Chinese breth
ren a few of our latest improvements in guns
and war gear generally. We simply throw
out the hint. —New Orleans Times.
The Atlanta Constitution , noticing a visit
of Mayor Wilkins, of Columbus, to that city,
says that he is the only man who ever stop
ped General Lee's army in Virginia during
the war. This notable event happened at
Monterey. Virginia. It seems that on one
occasion when General Lee was about to
march, soon after the commencement of the
war, all the companies of the First Georgia
Regiment, except Captain Wilkins’ company,
had wagons. He had several men sick in camp,
and he was n°t willing to be slighted, so ho
drew up his company across the front of the
army and swore in round terms that he should
not move until he had been provided witli
transportation for his company. lie meant
just what he said, and it was apparent to the
commanding officers. He was furnished
with a wagon in short order, and after that
if an}’ company was to be slighted in the re
giment some other company than Captain
Wilkins’ was selected.
Earthquake in Bogota. —Mr. Diehman,
our Minister to Bogota, in a dispatch to the
Department ofState, reports that on the even
ing of the llth of July. 1871), two severe
shocks of eaithquake occurred at Bogota.
The first, at about nine o’clock, lasted about
ten seconds ; the second, about eleven o’clock,
lasted thi r tv seconds. It appeared to be a
wave motion, accompanied by a slight rumb.
ling noise. The course wai from southwest
to n< Many peo; le were greatly
alarmed and rushed into the streets, imploring
the intercession of the saints. The damage
ito property was not large. It may have been
j more serious in oilier places.
Ilow to produce a telling effect— Cora mu.
nicate a secret to a woman.
NUMBER 12.