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wwwrii" iimin.M m i’ni ' € :/ - -S / T. 'W- «Sc EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS, At Two ^Dollars Ter Anamm, CASH IN ADVANCE. y *MT.Si*ccii.»on Copies Sunt Free on Application.'5* LETTER FROM NORTH GEORGIA. NO. 33. ATHENS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY* 9, 1873. OLD SEBlF-S-yOLUME I.I. NEW SERIES-VOLUME I. ■ • VI’; A Day In Atlanta—'The Kimball House —Gov. Smith—The Newspapers— judge Trlppe—Marietta—Kcnneaaw Mills—The Oinetary-Roswcli—.The Iron Mi:ies'»Dinmonds*«Ilroken Down Aristocracy—Miitnal Protection In surance Company. Bj.fr'al Curroponlence to North-Eist Georgian. FA Hors Xorth-FA*t Georgian:—A copy of your good paper seen to-day, recalls so many charming hours, passed in your l>eautiful city, that I am natu rally reminded of your genial faces, and of a promise long since made, to en lighten you as to the progress and prospects of Cobb county. It is proper however to take Atlanta as a jioint of departure, and speak in the first ii - stance of that enterprising population which goes to and fro, amid the virtue and vice, the wealth and poverty, the happiness anil woe, of the Gate City. A DAY IN ATLANTA is quite enough to satisfy an ordinary mortal; a night would more than render the “Gentleman in Black” content within his own heated realms. Aside from the incessant ringing of l>olls, and whistling of passing trains, many things combine to make night hideous and drive away the “ sweet re storer.” Atlanta is never quiet, “from the rising of the Sun until the going down thereof.” Aye, until it rises ngaiu, a restless, busy throng may he found upon each throughfarc, henton money or mischief. Never upon the streets of New York have I watched with deeper interest, or seen more clearly depicted, the excitement, glory, and misery of mercantile life. Business men seem never to walk, but go with a hop, skip and a jump, as if one minute lost could never be regained,and that in that time the limits of the city might be indefinitely extended. THE KIMBALL HOUSE is simply grand. No words can give a fair idea of its beautiful proportions, or its convenient arrangements. It is too much, however, for even the hopeful Atlanta, as is shown by the many evidences of gradual decay. A system of retrenchment is evident on every hand, and that its courteous proprietor finds it no easy task to provide for the morrow, is apparent. He bears the pressure courageously, and all wish him success. A fair day presents the beau- tit's. Yes, the place has pretty women, though it has been denied by crafty bachelors, once boys from AugnSta, who seriously believe that the beauty of the State is concentrated there. It was my good fortune, as I sat quietly luxuriating in a cigar, to see one “Whose little feet, like smiles did creep A little out, and then ; As it they started at bo-peep, Dili quick glide in again.” 1 am an old man, and long have 1 forsaken the company of the gentle sex, but yet my heart did throb, only for a moment, as I watched her on her way, until she wns lost in the crowd.. She was without doubt going to make some one luippy ere those tiny feet rested— but it wasn’t me. Littlo did she, pretty creature, know the chords she hud touched iu a stranger’s heart; little does she know how one smile would have thrilled a heart not often open to cupid’s snalts. Indeed, I am sure she would have cared very little about the matter any bow, but nevertheless I will see her again. Despite the bells, whis tles ami the like, I’ll goto Atlanta again. She would have redeemed >Sodom—At lanta is’nt that had yet. Tiie newspapers present to me the greatest attractions. How tho llrrald has grown is truly remarkable, but yet when it is com pared with tho other daily papers in the State, we cease to wonder. That it is the most popular paper in upper Georgia is as certain as that it is the liest managed. Its columns are, re plete with readable matter for all classes. Its editorials areuble, manly and vigorous. I have repeatedly heard the question nsked why some ene,-.jvith enterprise, did not publish a nowsier paper in Savannah. Another corps of editors, such as the one controlling the Herald, would arouse the Xeirt, Jtepuh- lican and Advertiser, and givo.to the I>eople of Southern Georgia a sheet worth ten dollars per annum, ja was fortunate enough to meet c;ov. SMITH, who looks as little like a roan who could tell a lie, as some of his enemies living not far from Athens bears re semblance to the hero of the apple tree *t»rv. Gov. .Smith is an old school penileiuau; indeed a gentleman in every of the word. He may ba no lnlloyrand or Patrick Henry—to ■iiii'ie from the llcndd—but he surely . *hc l*;st interests of Georgia in VK ‘\v, and will not swerve from the I'? 1 " °1 honor to answer the demands ancient, broken-down politicians, ’ no,,e the more will he yield to the < amor ol youthful office-seekers, who .n'l* 1 1 ° l ! emove the old land-marks, •>nd place in power those who, perhaps honestly, believe “the Jubilee has come. Jl'DGE TIIIPPE !i?'n 1 * 8 ? hivorabje appearance upon it u U ' K and ' V 'N l* r ‘>ve an honor to ' ,i ls ,®- ve , ' s bright, his forehead lionri ’’ i ' a "gunge perfect, and his «»nii!» that ■ •• • its suburbs, would be superfluous. The I new Court House is a model. It is luting erected upon the site of the old one, but not after the same fashion. The town clock is to stand within its steeple, and like tho. curfew, will .toll the thriving people home, or such of them as may not be under it, for I learn that the jail will be beneath, where each criminal may know when the time of his imprisonment expires. Refined cruelty rather, but as Cobb is the Banner County, as to agriculture, she surely should be entitled to give the aristocratic fashions of the common wealth a lesson upon criminals as well as cereals. LAUUHERISMS. It is said that there never was an honest redbreast; he is always a rob in. Why is beer like a flea ? Because hops arc the principal tiling in both of them. ”1 his ' .*• which becomes the dignity ,,,, | l*" sl, i'»n. The citizens of Geor- but ..'c 0 n,,l bii'g by his appointment, thch 1,1 lnuc,1 ‘ has jierhaps not in*, Warner, or the shrewd- „f j t ; ‘ ,(# y. hut he has the intellect interest , COn, k' ne< * w ' dl n proprietary iieitl.r— 0 ," r common country, which -rate h. ? 1 * others can feel. At this ™ve’r ' VCV ° r ’ Mg****- Editors, we will . r 'cac.t c 0 l,b Hun to county, therefore, marietta, ' vcl > known to the migra- - odd that a description of it, with THE KENNESAW MILLS draw especial attention. Mogsrs. Cook and Clark evidently understand the matter of supply *and demand, and seem so well to control each, that L felt it my duty, as a fair minded raan, to find out how they did ft- I found out, but won’t tell. The Mills, however, arc in perfect order, everything runs ns it should, and the flour is perfect. THE CEMETAIIY will trouble a body. Poor soldiers either lie unburied, or if buried, have for their tombstones a blackberry patch. Poor soldiers, poor Marietta. 1 passed the cemetary a few days since. From the point, 1 saw the stars and stripes flying over the Union warriors; from the same point I saw a wilderness of brown straw and briars to mark the place where our own have been laid to rest. Within one mile of each other vou will find two places for the dead. The one over which the Southern breeze liears the Stars and Strijies giving evidence of culture, refined taste, care. The other, where lie our Confederate champions, shows signs of neglect, heartlcssness and fear. The ladies of Marietta are good enough, but the selfish men have con trolled their anxiety to remember our holy cause. But Marietta is not all of Cobb. ROSWELL, with its Factory, is worthy of notice. All of the buildings connected with this Factory were burnt during the war, and yet the Factories have been rebuilt, the old ojieratives employed, and now the dividends declared surprise the oldest citizens. Ante helium nothing was like unto it, aud the days- of"prosperity will even return. Mr. Harrell, the active President, will learn the ropes, in lime, and then the stock which now sells readily at eight hundred dollars per share will bear a fabulous price. THE IRON MINES are being explored successfully. The indications of .iron abound upon every hand. The Altoona ore does not compare* with the ore which is being brought to the surface in Cobb; there fore we may look for an early change in county statistics, and soon look for a vacant section in vain. A DIAMOND comes up lo hasten matters. Yes, a diamond of the first water reports it self from the vicinity of Marietta. The finder refuses to state where he “gobbled” the precious thing, worth a paltry million or two, hut ncverthc- le.-s the tantalvziug thing is here. BROKEN DOWN ARISTOCRACY, are here too, mostly from South Caro lina, but despite their poverty, the fortune hunters yet take oil' their hats to them. Poverty, pride, honesty, treason, money, baseness, meet upon every hand. There is a creature here, who actually boasts of the services which he rendered the enemy during the war, and yet he. lives. I asked for the general “ Cyclops ” of the count)-, but he couldn’t l>c found. Well, we arc a peaceable people, and will let the matter drop. Capt. Jack will fight it out. THE MUTUAL PROTECTION INSURANCE COMPANY. has its headquarters here, and is fast growing into public favor. It has been organized upon the plan of the South ern Mutual of Athens, and though it has been in operation for only two years, it is even now tho worthy rival of that Company. Gentlemen of the first character control it, giving an as surance of good management as well as certain prosperity. the crops are thus far in fine condition. Enough corn is being planted, and enough cot ton too. Wheat looks well. All hands seem to work with industry, and upon ever)* hand, for once, the farmers seem to be happy. Perry. Died, on the 7th ultimo, Mr. Jacob James, much respected by all who knew and dealt with him. As a man he was amiable, as a hatter upright and moderate. His virtues were l>c- yond all price, and his heaver hats were only twenty-four shilling each. He has left a widow to deplore his los.-, and a large stock to be sold cheap for the benefit of his family. He was snatch ed to the other world in the prime of life, and just as he had concluded an extensive purchase of felt, which he got so cheap that the widow can supply hats at a more reasonable charge than any other house in town. His dis consolate fiunilwill carry on the busi ness with punctuality. A Michigan man has invented a unique, poetical, and, to his mind, emi nently practical mode of traveling rap idly on horseback. His idea is to con struct a cone shaped baloon, which is to be laid lengthwise upon the horse’s back. The animal and rider are then to lie weighed, and the balloon filled with just gas enough to lift all but a few pounds weight of horse aud rider from the earth, in order that the frisky Pegasus may have nothing to do but go ahead. The jiossihle sjiced of such u contrivance is as yet beyond conjec ture. ' “Do you want to buy a sewing ma chine?” asked an agent of a farmer. “No,” was the reply: “I always sow my wheat out of a bucket.” Query: Are the Michi-ganders any relation to the l’ortu-gues, and if so, how much and what? “I don’t see what water always wants to freeze with the slippery side up for,” blubbed an urchin who had just veri fied the fact.* t -r ]■_ ~ An editors pistol having been stolen, he advertises that if the thief will re turn it he will give him the contents and Mquestion*asked.. ' ... 4 . - , A neighbor was asked the other day, what made her gait so peculiar, “Oh,” said she, “it’s a new edition of Bun- yau’a Pilgrim’s Progress.” The least verdict recorded was upon a gentleman who expired in a fit of inebriation. The jury returned: “Death by hanging—round a grog shop.” From the Griflin New* THE HOMESTEAD LAWS. The Decision of the United States Supreme Court on the Same. From one of our leading attorneys, who has seen the decisions of the Unit ed States Supreme Court on the Homestead and Relief Laws, we get the following statements-and the points decided. ~ The case was a suit brought by Plaintiff Gunn vs. Hart,' in Randolph Superior Court, in I860. Judgment obtained, and execution issued tl.ee- ou, and placed in the hands of the Sheriff, with instructions to 'brake the money. The order for levy was nqt given uutil 18(18, the'fl^hrfff refused to levy because the defendant’s proper ty was covered by a Homestead, and the plaintiff applied for a- mandamus to compel him to levy, hut the presid ing Judge refused to grant it, and the Supreme Court of Georgia sustained that decision. The case was then carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, who reversed it upon the following grounds. 1st. That the homestead of 1868 . . P?P u * ar preacher thinks that hell | was greatly larger than the one in force is within twenty miles of the earth’s ■ a t the time the contract was made, surface in the latitude of Kentucky, 2nd. That the remedy to enforce a ami his congregation have resolved not contract liecomes a part of the obliga tion ; and they add that the ease un der consideration is clearly one impair- She Pays the Penalty ol Her Crimes. Why GOTernor Smith did not Pardon Her.f ' i Americus, May 2, 1873.—Susan Eberhart, ngod eighteen years, was hanged at five minutes to twelve o’clock to-day. hree hundred persons wit; execution, including some who seemed sadly out such a scene. * , I SUMMONED;. I, J | Tnorfiing opened glooiriyi but brightened up at ten o’clock.* One hoiyr later the jailor, accompanied by Mr; Bi.ll, entered the jail and ap- Imrjbd Susan Eberhart. . Looking'up to them, she remarked, “I suppose my time has come ?”■ “Yes,’ : *Mr. Bell replied, “I have done all I could for you, and have failed.” *' “Well,” she responded calmly, “I am ready to go.” TO THE GALLOWS. The shey-iff then led her to his bug gy, in which she entered without a - • , „„, . . , . = , word. She was driven*) the gallows, ^' nt * I i n< ? . tl,eu '! ont l .° a ! u ! nber to do any more subsoil plowing. The enterprising vagabond who is organizing a brass band of twenty women says that if they learn half as many ‘airs’ as they can put on, the ex periment cannot fail to be a success. A little lady in Schenectly, recently -ent word to her aged P. in New York that she must l>e excused from writing a longer letter. She had spent a very restless night with a sick doll. “Wife,” said a man. looking for his hoot-jack, “ I have places where I keep my things, and you ought to know it.” “ Yes, I ought to know where you keep your late hours, hut I don't.” The question for discussion at a re cent meeting of scientists, was: “Which travels fastest heat or cold ?” It was decided in favor of heat, as many pres ent luid often been able to catch cold. "My son,” said a refined mother to her boy, “you should not use the word blacl.-gard; it is vulgar.” “What should I use in the place of it, lira ?” “Whv, use—use—African sentinel, my dear.” Among the saddest episodes hi the late storm in Minnesota, according to a Western paper, was the freezing of the hands, nose, forehead, everything, except the cheek of a life insurance agent.. Minnie faged six, to liearded papa, who lias just returned after a five year's residence in the Australian hush)—“ I don’t like you. You are too rough; I am sorry you ever married into our family.” Josli Billings says; “We read that Esaw sold hiz birthritc for soup, and many woundered at his extravagance ; hut Esaw discovered arly what many a man has diskovered since, that it is hard to live on a pedigree!” “Pretty bad under foot to-day,” said one citizen to another as they met in the street. “Yes, but it’s fine over head,” responded the other. “Truo enough,” said the first, “but then very few arc going that way.” A little negro waiter was sent to call a gentleman to dinner, and found him using a toothbrush. “Well,” said the landlady, when the boy returned, “ is becoming?” “Yes, mistios, d’rec’ly ; he is jes sharpen in’ his teeth.” “What a temper that boy has !” ex claimed a mother to her husband. “ I don’t see where he got it; not from me, I’m sure.” “No, my dear.” replied the meek husband, “he didn’t get it from you, for I’m •sure you’ve never lost any.” A Vermont woman was for years tormented by the nocturnal irregular ities of an eccentric husband. A short time since she followed him to the grave, remarking, as she wiped her eyes, that she had one consolation—she should now know where he spent his evenings. A gourmet of brilliant inventive powers has originated the charming idea of utilizing tadpoles, or “ polly- wogs,” as an article of table luxury. He Iras fried them and finds them better than snails, shrimps, nr any nther such “small deer” usually reck oned as luxuries. A German peddler sold a liquid for the extermination of bugs—“And how do you use it?” inquired the man after he had bought it. “Ketch te pug, unt drop von leetlc drop into his mout,” answered the jicddler. “The deuce you say!” exclaimed the purchaser. “I could kill it in half that time by stamping on it.” “Veil,” calmly said the German,” “dat is a coot vay, too, to kill him.” The latest little joke on Cincinnati —coining, of course, from St. Louis— is that the Pork City is building a Brobdignagian sausage for the Vienna Exhibition. It will require the Great Eastern to tow it across the ocean, af ter it has been floated down the Mis sissippi to the Gulf. It is to he made in sections in a railroad tunnel, the hogs being driven in by the hundred and then subjected to hydraulic pres sure. A Vermont man recently laid a wager that he would woo, win and marry a young lady, whom, with his companions, he had just seen arrive at the hotel where he was living. He introduced himself to the damsel, she smiled upon his suit, a minister was called in, and they were married with in an hour. The wager was handed over to the bridegroom, who left with his bride tlic following day. It was afterward discovered that tlie couple had long been man and wife, and that they had been travling around play ing the same trick at various hotels. ing the obligations of contracts, if not entirely annihilating it, [See'4 Dallas R. 388.] 3rd. That Georgia was one of the original thirteen States, and never went out of the Union, though the lawful authority was at one time in abeyance. 4th. That it is true that Congress passed upon the Constitution of Geor gia when it was “ rchabitated,” but it did not necessarily sanction thaHome- stead clause in so doing. 5th. That the Congress canYiot by authorization or ratification authorize a State to pass a law in conflict with the Constitution of the United States. 6tli. That a State cannot pass a law impairing the obligation of a con tract. 7th. That the Constitution of Geor gia, aud the laws thereof, which tend to impair the obligation of contracts, or destroying their remedy, was un constitutional. 8th. The judgment of the Courtis, that the Supreme Court of Georgia be instructed to order the Superior Court of Randolph to reverse the decision and order the fi. fa, to proceed. In tho ease of Walker vs. White- head : This was a suit brought on a note before January, 1N70, the con tract being made before June, 1865. The defendant moved to dismiss, as no tax atfidavit had been tilled under law of Georgia, and the Court SUSAX EBERHAllT. dismissed it. The Supreme Court of the United States, after giving the whole acts of the Legislature, held— 1st. That the Tax Act lrad a penal ty act in existence when the contract was made, and that the object of the act was not to collect old tax, hut to “renounce” old debts and defeat their collection. 2d. That the law at the time a con tract was made, enters into and 1k> comes a part of the contract, and that the means of enforcing the contract, be come a part of the obligation. 3d. They hold that this act impairs the obligation or a contract, and is one of the clearest cases of a violation of the Constitution. Mr. Justice Swayne delivered both of the opinions. TIIE FENCE AND STOCK LAW. In 1872, the Legislature of Geor gia passed a law in regard to fences, and the question seems toobc exciting a good deal of attention just now in various portions of the State. The law provides that upon tho petition of fifty free-holders, the Ordinary shall proceed to order an election. In the event of a counter-petition from fitly free-holders the Ordinary shall proceed no further. Noticfe of election is to be given in due form, and the poll upon the question is to be had on the first Monday in July next. Under this law tho boundary line of each lot or parcel of land is to be considered a lawful fence, aud no ani mal used or fit for food and labor will be allowed to run at large beyond the limits of the land of the owner. Many counties are moving in the matter, gnd it is very likely that in some of them the law will he adopted. There is opposition however, in some sections, aud the fight will be hotly contested. While there is much to be said in fovor of such a law, there is also much to be said against it. It in volves a radical change which is pure ly experimental. It is a question as to whether farmers shall fence out their neighbors’ stock, as they have been in the habit of doing, or whether they shall fence iu their own, as this law requires them to do. It seems to us that the enactment, while it will not materially interfere with the large planter, will put small farmers to a world of inconvenience and trouble. While the former can pasture his stock on his own domain, the latter dau no longer allow their cattle to graze as of yore in the pleasant piue-fields that arc spread around in tempting useless ness. The question is an exceedingly interesting one in all its details, par ticularly to the agriculturalist.—Savan- wjJi Xeu't. A terrible calamity occurred in Lawrenceville on Monday last. Eleven young ladies of the Academy, during recess, had congregated in a small house near the school, a thunder storm prevaling at the ti ine. A flash of light ning followed, and the entire party were prostrated by the electric shock. A Miss Roberts was killed instantly, and all the rest stuuned or scorched. Upon the arm of one of the girls was imprinted the perfect picture of an oak leaf and blossom. The aflair -created great excitement is Lawrenceville. a distance of soni# two hundred yards. The crowd followed in on orderly man ner, and no demonstrations whatever were made. A PRAYER TO GOD. Arriving at the scaffold, which was the same used iu the execution of Spann, and around which was posted troug guard of seventy-five citizens, Susan Eberhart, with the assistance of the sheriff, alighted from the buggy. She then seated herself on the second step of the gallows, and the clergy man, with much emotion in his tone, offered a prayer for her soul. Up to this time she had been calm and ex pressionless, giving no outward* evi dence of fear or concern. But now, as the voice of the good minister fell in supplication upon her cars, all of callousness and indifference—if her calmness was really such—departed, and for the first time she became visi bly aflected; her form swaying with emotion and the hot, scalding tears trickling down her cheeks. A LAST GOOD BYE. The prayer over, Susau Eberhart rose to her feet and look around her, as if to take one last glance at the world she was about to leave. The day had brightened, and the sun shone upon the scene. Iler youthful coun Iterance, wan and [rale uS it lrad l>cen, flashed up for a moment as with shame. Then turning to the good minister she shook hands with him, aud next with the prison officials, thanking them all for the kindness they bail shown her. “Good-bye,” she said, for the last time addressing them. Then once more she looked around upon the scene, drinking in, ns it were, a long and eternal view of the earth that seemed so bright and beautiful now that she was about to leave it. TIIE LAST WORDS. She ascended to the top of the scaf fold without trepidation. When ask ed what she had to say, she replied, in a clear, calm voice: “I am wil ling to go, and liojie to be in Heaven soon. There I ho|ie to meet you all some day.” Then turning to the Sheriff, she ad ded : “Fix the rope so I will die easy— don’t let me suffer long 1” She seemed to fear that her neck would not he broken, and that her death would lie a long one. As she spoke to the Sheriff there was not a tinge of bravado in her voice. Her calm confrontation 'of death bordered upon the heroic. ON THE BRINK. circumstahes of almost unparalleled atrocity. _ , . . . The reasons suggested for mitigating her punishment are: Th^t she had been reared in ignorance; is not sensi ble of the weight of jher moral obliga tions, and is a woman. The evidence shows, beyond all question, that she was sensible both of the moral and le gal guilt of the crime of murder. If allowed by my duty to the public to base my official action upon my feelings as a nran, I would not hesitate to in terpose executive clemency to save a woman from the extreme penalty of the law; but as a magistrate, whose sworn duty it is to sec that the laws are enforced, I cannot intervene to. prevent the execution ol the judgment' of the courtin this case. I am, dear sir, -• .. —i !' (•I ' TYours, respectfully, v ±i James M. Smith. NEVER TURN AROUND IN THE STREET WITH A LADDER ON YOUR SHOULDER. Old Mr. Watson, on Nelson street, has got a nice little bill to pay. He sent a man down town for a pot of paint and a ladder. The nran got the after a ladder. Then he tied the paint pot on the end of the ladder, and put the ladder on his shoulder. This was a very smart arrangement, aud the man himself admired it very much. He started for home this way, and didn’t find any trouble in getting along the first block, because jieople had an impression that a long ladder with a (tot of yellow paint dangling on the end of it wasn’t exactly the thing to trifle with, so they balanced along on the curbstone, or rubbed up against the buildings. Pretty soon the man saw somebody in a store he knew, aud he turned uromnl to speak to him, and drove one end of the ladder into a mil linery case, and knocked the crown out of an S18bonnot. Then he backed off' in alright, and knocked down two sewing-machine agents with the other end. Then lie started to run round, and an old gentleman, who was desper ately endeavoring to pull his Wife out of danger, saw the peril, and shouted out, “Hi, there!” But it was too late. The pot struck against an awn ing post, tipped to one side, and the cutiiecnntents went over the aged coup le. This so startled the man that he whirled completely around, smashing in an entire store front, frightening si milk-man’s team, and knocking over sonic thirteen persons who were active ly dodging about to get out of the way. Then he dropped the ladder and tied into the country, shouting “murder” and “lire” at every jump. A regular ordained painter is now engaged on Mr. W atson’s house.—Courier-Journal. Front the Sumter Republican. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. W AdvtiUaamata, from tht» ilati&rlnlftftal ajCT One Dollar per Square (of one inbb) for the first insertion, and SoVantjr-fire Centa |iip llH||l tor each additional Insertion.' 9~ Funeral Notices and Obltuujt* WK at regular Adrertlatag foies. «g- No estrachsrgo tor L»calo| W Transient AdTertisemcntscaih. Other bills rolieeied every ninety day*.,. -. I|j jllmn^lnH pi OB' Liberal contracts made for any period over one month." - • 1 it inir m 'jrnjjJiJl EXPERIMENTS OxN A SUBSTITUTE FOR PERUVIAN (JUANO. More affected than the condemned woman was, the sheriff approached and pinioned her arms. The rope w as next placed around her neck and tho cap adjusted. As the last named ar ticle was drawn over her face a slight shudder convulsed her frame. It was, however, but for an instant. The next, it had disappeared, aud shestood calm, erect and motionless. A FRIGHTFUL STRUGGLE. At five minutes to twelve the signal was given, the drop fell, and the qody of Busan Eberhart was dangling in the air. Her fall was five feet. The apprebensktps of the unfortunate crea ture had been realized. Her neck ivfts not broken. , ,, .She struggled convulsively, drew up her body and arms, and swung completely round, making fearful ef forts to free her arms- Her hands opened and shut repeatedly. The sufferings of the poor creature must have been as terrible to her as they were painful to witness. A per ceptible shudder passed through the spectators, who were till greatly af fected. It was altogether a frightful scene. DEAD. She gradually ceased to struggle, and after hanging nineteen minutes, her pulse and heart ceased beating, and she was soon after pronounced dead. Her body was then cut down, and given to her friends. The crowd dispersed, and the tragedy was over. We deem it proper to add to this report, the substance of the letter writ ten by Gov. Smith to Hon. Sampson Bell upon the subject: I have examined with great care the various applications made in behalf of Miss Eberhart, hoping that I might gather therefrom some reason which would justify mein interpoJng to save her life. Under the law, her guilt is fixed by the verdict of the* jury, and the suggestions oilered in her favor do not create even a suspicion qf the cor rectness of the finding. The evidence submitted upon her trial shows that the offence was com mitted by Spann and herself, with In experiments made by Prof. Jor gensen with phosphate offline (Baker guano) soda, potash, sulphates of mag- liesie, lime, aud ammonia, and stable manure, iu different combinations, it was found that, with barley, the best results were obtained by the simulta neous application of sulphate of ammo nia, phosphate of lime, the alkalies, and sulphates of lime and magnesia. About the same followed the use of stable manure. The preparations of sulphate of ammonia and phosphate of limn came next, the nitrogenous matter’seeming to assist iu the solu tion of the mineral ingredients of the soil. The results with other combina tions were no better than on unmamir- ed portions. The average results wore very good, as the soil was naturally good one, had been well manured in previous years, was thoroughly drain ed, and kept clean, and it was only in the last years of the experiments that the aliovc differences manifested themselves. In one - particularly dry season, the portion treated with stable manure was most productive, and the untnanured portion next; nitrated ar tificial fertilizers lrad an injurious rather than a beneficial effect Stable manure, on the contrary, seemed not only to generate moisture in its decom position, but also to attract moisture from the atmosphere. With beans, the second best crop was obtained by the use of alkalies alone, or combined with other manures. The general re sults seem to substantiate the observa tion that the use of. a mixture of all the fertilizers essential to plant growth, especially of the three in which the soil is deficient, viz.: nitrogen, jiotash, and phosphoric acid, is better than em ploying them separately ; since one, by reason of the soil, mav not lie able to exert its full effect. The author con cludes that it is possible, by a mixture of the active ingredients of Peruvian guano, to produce a substitute for that fertilizer. Disposing of a Duelist.—A case which is likely to call forth all the emotional resources of a French jury is told as follows: “A young man having accepted a challenge from a noted duellist, goes home and tells his mother all about it. The good lady rushes off distracted to the house of the duelist, whom she finds practic ing with a pistol iu his garden, and, what is worse, hitting the mark every time. She implores mercy, but is coldly repulsed by the marksman, who declares liis intention to kill her son. Thereupon, in her wrath and terror, the poor woman snatches up a pistol and shoots the duelist dead. The chances are that 6he will be acquitted, and indeed it is difficult to imagine any case which offers more, or more genuine extenuation. A jury of moth ers would not deliberate long on their verdict.” This was General Grant’s speech to tho whole of Kansas City,- which had turned out to meet him: “I am very glad to meet you on this my second visit to your growing and thriving city, We have spoken qf some of the’ In evitable social evils Involved in any system of education, like that propos ed in the public schools; designed to extend equal advantages to all ranks of ,80ciety. Wiil you look for a mo- ment at some other radical features of this hydra-headed monster, which we are called upon to bow down and worship; if we would not incur the risk of, having our pn : rotism,— yea, eveirour Christian- philanthropy questioned. In glancing over, a daily paper pub lished in a neighboring city, Iqst week, we notice the Superintendent ” 1 Instruction 8tal^, Ijbjjit Jjiej'j)a' public schools of that City; charge of about twenty teachefcs;n£et he advocates the claims of the "Schools to public favor, on what appears to us on the preposterous and untenable ground that they are promotive of mor ality. Our figures may lie slightly erroneous. We read the article very carefully and without expecting to re cur to it again; hut it left on our mind the impression that the average number of pupils to each teacher was nearly fifty. If we mistake not, this very gentle man, pure and pious and exemplary as lie is himself reputed to be, has not failed of meeting in the, associations of sonic public schools, teachers whose own moral character was more than questionable. Can men or women m - toriously bad he relied on as conserva tors of public morals? But glancing aside from such cases, which, let us hope, are remarkable for their rarity, where are we to look for any poor finite human, who could, by any conceivable stretch of his or her capacities for high aud pure moral in fluence, exert a controlling force on forty-five or fifty young people entrus ted to his earc, and these too, in many instances, drawn up from the deepest sinks of pollution ? Again, if this ratio of pupils is to lie assigned to each teacher, how can any one of ordinary capacity become familiar)* acquaited with the character and conduct and social influence of each pupil, so as suc cessfully incentive and restraint, in struction, motive aud correction accor ding to existing eniergincies. The task is certainly hopeless. To secure all who enter the schools purely virtu ous from the inevitable contamination of the profane and polluted is more than the most* assiduous endeavors could be expected to accomplish. I would as soon turn a child into a peni tentiary to he trained in morals as into a public school. .Another mod objectionable feature in these instructions is the time allotted to a thorough course. Seven years, we are told, must be consumed iu these graded schools, before the pupil can he entitled to a certificate of completeness, and two years more arc requisite to fit him for college. And this is the system of education provided for the poor. We say pro vided for the poor, for though it is claimed that it is adopted to meet the wants of all, and the better classed are urged to sanction it by entrusting the education of their children to its pro visions. Who can be so blind as not to see that the primary motive urged in its favor, originates in the scheme to compel the rich to bestow on the poor the same advantages they give to their own children. A large amount of talent and ingenuity Iras been expend ed iu arguments to convince tho tax payers that education will be so much more economically conducted in these crowded arenas; that what is extorted from them by the tax will enduente the whole community without costing them more than they have been in the habit of expending for those for whom Providence has made them personally responsible. Now the question arises: How are all these poor children to be supplier] with the means of sustentation while pursuing this seven years’course of ed ucation? Who is to clothe and feed them meantime? Can their own par ents bear the strain on nerve aud muscle? Or is a Spartan public table to be the next proposition ? If it is a duty to educato all, will it not ere long be claimed that it is a duty to feed them while they are dovoting their time to study ? Bishop Pierce rcferied us to the prac tical workings of the Free School Sys tem in New England. We do riot know how they manage such affairs thdre now, but in former years it was assumed in all their social arrangements, that a'child at the age of ten years is enpa- bleof self support. Not only did they refuse to maintain children as paupers in their public institutions, after they reached that age; but we have heard fathers, especially in the farming dis tricts, talkingabout their children being “ old enough to relieve the parents of the burden of their support”—or “ old enough to'begin to pay back for what had been done for them, in their helpless years;”—in terms which would have inspired an abolitionist with holy horror, had they been uttered by a slave holder, and predicated of the slaves he had fed ana clothed from in fancy The New England schools of that day, were vacated during the labor presang seasons of the year; that boys and girls could be left free to contri bute their share of toil to the planting and harvesting interests of the countiy. No Buch arrangements seemed to be dreamfed of in our system of Public Schools; which is.therefore, that much more pernicious; for how is it possible for people who live by daily labor, to feed and clothe an ordinary family of children during a seven years course of 3tudy. Many, no doubt, will solve the question by s ealage, but for those who desird to live honestly, it cannot be other than a problem of serious magni tude. Pardon me if suspicion seems to lurk in the idea, that the whole scheme ftp- worthy of such position^; ..than interest of the youth entrusted to their charge. A greed of gain by the propriation of pub!id funds; luriMoi sorts of pretexts, has assumed an f ing magnitude in our day. , T be admitted even b/the rrfost astic advocates of tho Public System. And whihfWe reckon them some of our “warmest \ friends;->who, paid or unpaid 8 personal agency in the instiiatioiy^dMr above siispicjorjJn r§ we .think if they vuLil amine the ruati that thfrscheiitebf* tien involved aidgtra tqfmm i ertewAbe.!' * * * which manual labor <vroolft %e* degfd»* datiqn; rather than the promotion at the best good of the great body'politic/-, And where is the tiling to end? We have been informed that.n certifi cate of a complete course in mUF’VP these public schools; entitles the pupilc who receives it, to iv registry .of his qf') her name as a candidate for appoint ment to the firjt vacancy that ooeurif in the corps of teachers, without ther formality of any examination. How- huge the proportion of this social evil, when hundreds, nay thousands of tbgfch would-be professional men, .shall their idle stand point beside jheaeprew. of briefless lawyers ; claiming that lents like theirs would be Wasted if c listed in any sphere of active mu toil for subsistence. .. : “ g-::i , f ^*GRXT.* :Hii MANUFACTURE OF ICE. * :>i you. and regret I can not stop to see your city by daylight. 1 hope to come f back some day and stop longer with pears to bo fitted rather for the support as teachers, of a class of men deemed The beautiful aud ingenious procear of manufacturing ice by the application* of fire to chemicals, is a puzzling pro* blem to unscientific mind& Evert; with all the explanations furnished, the spectator, as he looks at the opera tion of the French patent machine/ the wonder does not diminish that such' seeming contradictions cart bo wrought- by applied science. • .. imb The following statement of the pro cess, which we find in nine of omr ,«§/ changes expresses the principle And ex plains the process with a“pleasif;^ smM plicity, clearness and brevity." ■ Madqpdfr how art can extort from rslqqtaj^j^ ture fo:ne ot the most pleasing surpriz;, cs, and give to the rnost torrid regions* luxury which a* savage would look' upon as the fruit of a miracle'. If if possible that in time ice machines may be so simplified and reduced in qize' and cost that each person in his rural home, fnr removed from cities, may become his own ice-maker i ' “An invention 1 rased upon thechem** ial principle that, if all the befit is ex-* traded out of any object, it becomes entensely cold, is now successfully nj^ plied to the prod fiction of iee; A small steam engine, by means qf tsrqf pumps, subjects carbonie r.cid gas tag pressure sufficient to liqrtiufoe ft. Irf a liquid state, this gas has lost it hed#5 hut recovers it again w!hm> converted into gas. . Accordingly/ a simple ,tm paratus is contrived by \thith t|iq K ac[d in a liquid stntc is made to' surround small tubes filled with far&r/ The acid then returns to fee gaseous eOridP* tion, and in doiiqr^MghMfatitfMfe mV the caloric out of tin. water, jpwiPflqft solid icc. There u no limit to-Tilt number of these tubes lit apairttnents of water, and consequdritly a large' quantity of ice can be funned at t time, the operation bcipg a rapid onto and the cost comparatively small.” , —- Length of Wh ales.—Mr. Scores^ by, a very high authority on the sUb*' jeet, declares the common whalo sel dom exceeds seventy feet hi length/ and is much more frequent under six ty. Out of three hundred and twenty-* two whales^ which he assisted personal-* ly in capturing, not one exceeded fifty- eight feet, and the largest or which he' knew the reported measurement W btf authentic came up to only sittyrsevetf feet. T wo specimens of the rorqual of razor-back whale have been i of one hundred and five feet iWei One of these was found floating R.wv— in Davis Straits, and the skeleton oof the other was seen by jjkirke in the Columbia river, and most, tail and all, when alive, have nrcas'fired onp hundred and twenty - feet. specimens have measured -a hundred) and many others from eighty to ninetv feet. One cast on store at North Berwick, Scotland, and' preserved ‘ nt Dr. Knox, was' eigbtyahree fe£t^4pt length. These instances seem tosfifr-* tablish the, average, . arid exjutom length of these animals.', Bot "Vita considerable credulity in ocfrlrer" counts, Baron Cuvier, (he erriirtent naturalist, says stoutly, there ii qfitf. doubt whales have been seen at c#ff tain epochs and iri certain seas Upward* of three hundred feet .long or ouemfri-' dred yards iri length, • ' ” Fashionable female pickpocket if# Gotham now put on a third arm at-' tachment when they go oat for gamer A gentleman in a Broadway stage, cat a recent evening, felt a hand gropiotf in his pocket on the side next to a wetf dressed woman. At the same time f neat, gloved hand rested on her lap oh the same side, and seizing this aa ihe was leaving the vehicle, he pulled her arm off. The following anecdote has pufli ved its carley youth, but it still reads well. John Phoenix tells the stoiy that ne was one day leaving San Francisco by the steamer. Evrybody ahg was taking leave of friend-but he did not know at soul in the croud. Ashamed' of hie loneliness, as the boat sheered off he called out in a laud voice 4 <Goodd)jev Colonel!” and 4o his great dtdight extf man on the wharf took off Ms hat a^| shouted, “Colonel, good-bye!* ,. s A friend the other day called a thin young lady a spare girl. There are sev eral spare girls in most huge unmarried families. . .. j :• .it-a-