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JACKSON CO. PUB. COM’Y, ( Proprietors. i VOLUME Y. Wmsl Jtafas. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. ROBERT S. HOWARD, Editor and Publisher, JEFFEUS CLV, JACKSON COGA. IFFICB, N. E. COR. PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy 12 months $1.50 “■ “ 6 “ 1.00 “ “ 3 “ 50 every Club of Ten subscribers, an ex tra copy of the paper will be given. RITES OF ADVERTISING. ONE Dollar per square (of ten lines or less) for the first insertion, and SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS for each subsequent insertion. StSTA square is a space of one inch, measured up and down the column. afcaT'All Advertisements sent without specifica tion oftlrc number of insertions marked thereon, nrill he published till forbid, and charged ■'urdingly. SjT ßusiness or Professional Cards, of six lines ©r less, SEVEN Dollars per annum; and where they do not exceed ten lines, Ten Dollars. Ja’pl Jlitaertisemeiits. Jackson Sheriff’s Sales. WILL he sold, on the first Tuesday in Septem ber next, before the Court House door in the 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 in the 242d District, G. M., ofsaid county, adjoin ing lands of Williams, Dr. Arnold and others, it being the place whereon George Presnell no\v%e sicies, containing one hundred and forty-four acres, more or less. There is about fifty or sixty acres of said land in cultivation, the remainder in old field and forest. On said place is two log cabins. Levied on by virtue of and to satisfy a li. fa. issu ed from the Superior Court of the county of Clarke in favor of Ferdinand Phinizy vs. 11. C. Durham, M. S. Durham, of Oconee county, Richard R. Saultcr, of Clarke county, and Samuel S. Smith, of Jackson county. Notice given to George Pres nell. tenant in possession, and Samuel S. Smith, defendant, as the law directs. aug 4 T. A. McELIIANNON, Slfff. { lOl£<,B 1, Jaekson {'ociiity. 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* said Railroad to old road; thence the same to E 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 the contrary, on the 3d day of September next, an order will he passed granting said changes and locating as a part of the Athens and Clarkesville road. 11. W. BELL. Ord'y. Jsu'kNon <'ounl)'. Whereas, 0. 11. I*. Pettyjohn has applied for Letters of Administration on the estate of Tem perance Pettyjohn, late of said county, dec'd— This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred itors. to show cause, if any they can, on the first 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 21st, 1870. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. j j LOlUiilA, Jackson Count}’. Whereas, C. M. Wood applies to me for Letters of Administration on the estate of Amanda Log gon, late of said county, deceased— This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred itors. to show cause, if any they can. on the first 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. MANHOOD: HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED! Just published, anew edi- of l>r. Ciilvcrwcll's Celebrated Kssny on the radical cure (wTtuout medicine) of SI’EKMATOK khoea or Seminal Weakness, involuntary Semi nal Losses, IMPOTENCY, Mental and Physical In capacity, Impediments to Marriage, etc.; also. Consumption, Epilei*sy and Fits, induced by self-indulgence or sexual extravagance, &c. teTP rice, in a sealed envelope, only six cents. The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years* success ful practice, that the alarming consequences of self-abuse may be radically cured without the dangerous use of internal medicine or the applica tion of the knife; pointing out a mode of cure at once simple, certain, and effectual, by means ol which every sufferer, no matter what his condition may he. may cure himself cheaply, privately and radically. fcaTThis Lecture should be in the hands of every youth and ever}' man in the land. Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any ad dress, post-paid , on receipt of six cents or two postage stamps. Address the Publishers. THE CULVER WELL MEDICAL CO.. 41 Ann St.. New York ; P. 0. Box, 4580. August 3d, 1878—ly PATENTS. , K A. Lehmann, Solicitor of American and I oreign Patents, Washington, D. C. All busi ness connected with Patents, whether before the Patent Office or the Courts, promptly attended to. N o charge made unless a patent is secured. Send for circular. oct 19 —tf A MONTH guaranteed. sl2 a gk f I || | day at home made by the indus trious. Capital not required ; we " ill start you. Men women, boys and girls make money faster at work for us than at anything else. 4he work is light and pleasant, and such as any one can go right at. Those who are wise who see this notice will send us their addresses at once and see for themselves. Costly Outfit and terms free. Now is the time. Those already at work are lay -sf)g up large sums of money. Address TRI E A 00., Augusta. Maine. junelJ PROGRAMMES, Circulars, &c., for schools and academies, printed at this office. Ihe People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. SELECT MISCELLANY. 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.