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:n ehioh Court Met Yesterday and
' I.ii iI’.N'ED TO W KDNESDAY, NoV. fiTn.—
; Superior Court, Judgo James Jolin
■. j residing, mot yesterday at !)a. iu.,
iilingood attendance of luwyers of tho
■if v. in the absence of the Solicitor, Col.
iflmniford acted for him.
T 1 . following juries -were ouipanneled:
petit jury xo. 1.
i, A. Sellars, W. 11. Adams, W. A. Win
1 . ■r i, T. J.. Stone, Clias Wilding, J. B.
Slade, W. If. Sauls, W. It. Skinuor, J. 11.
, eiders, W. J. Stvupper, It. Spivey, J. J.
Shippcy.
J. W. Allen, Bailiff.
petit jury xo. 2.
< ’. J. Moffett, A. 1). Cain, C. E. Harbor,
ii. ! . Watt, It. 11. Hartman, Mark Mus
ters, 000. I’. Swift. D. W. Van Itiper,
■ 1 ....ii . Afflick, 'l'. 1!. Shivers, C. It. Dean,
li. It. Hines.
Sol. Bray, Bailiff No. 2.
Court Bailiff, Jas. G. Ogletree.
grand jury.
W. ii. Salisbury, Foreman; Milo Boo
le r, Secretary; T. 1). Blanchard, T. K.
Wynn. T. F. ltidcnhour, Wm, A. Davis,
Coo. i. Banks, S. ii. Hill, Dan’l Duncan,
Win, ii irrus, T. N. Miller, Isaac I. Moses,
Fl;as Huimap, J. S. Garrett, T. W. Hontz,
T. D. Fortson, J. L. Howell, M. W.
Tliwoatt, M. M. Beck, O. C. Johnson. B.
I>. Casoy, Bailiff.
The Judge delivered ono of bin clear,
strong and able charges to tho Grand Ju
ry, enforcing tho spociul and general laws,
to which their attention was called, es
pecially gambling, disturbing Divine wor
ship, selling liquor to drunken parties,
keeping open tippling shops on Sundays,
carrying concealed weapons and carrying
weapons to elections, etc. He statod the
law in regard to concoalod weapons was
not enforced, because Grand Juries would
not investigate the matter and prefer in
dictments. They would select, ordinarily,
worthless men, while prominent ones
should be made examples. The peace and
older of a community depended, to a
great extent, upon their action. If they
did their duty, all would have eauso to be
thankful.
Tho Judge announced court would as
semble each day at 1) a. m. and adjourn
about >p. m. He also stated he would
lirst take up the common law docket. He
also said that the bank cases iu which the
late Col. Dougherty was interested would
not be tried this term, but must be the
next. If ho could not get a Judge to pre
side for him, tho counsel must select some
ono.
Gen. Ilonning moved that court adjourn
until Wednesday after tho election on ac
count of the Fair, and because tho lawyers
generally desired it, and bocausc they did
not think the adjournment would retard
business. Tho General thought business
could bo completed in a month. He was
supported iu this view by Judges Craw
ford, Ingrain, and Mosyr.s. Downing and
Peabody.
Tho Judge consented to tho niotiou.
After calling a few common law cases
court was adjourned to to-morrow week,
at 9 a. in., tho Judgo cautioning lawyers
and jurors to be prompt in attendance.
A Northern Man’s Opinion of the Geok
oia Election. —We copy tho following
from iho Albany (N. Y.) Argus. It is an
extract from a private letter from this
city of Oct. 115th, to a gentleman in Alba
ny, and is published in tho Argus. AVe
are authoritatively informed that it was
written by Mr. I). Harris, proprietor of
tho Pluonix Stove works iu Columbus,
and it draws additional force from the
fact that Mr. 11., during the few years of
his residence here, lias boen classed a llo
publicail:
“I think the election here was ivs fnirlv
conducted as any I ovor witnessed. I was
at tho polls, and can bear witness that the
negroes had the largest liberty in election
eering and voting. I did not sec the
slightest attempt at intimidation usod: the
negroes were rather boisterous and noisy,
the white people quiet and sober.
“ Tlie difficulty iu Macon occurred from
the negroes not being allowed to take
possession of tho polls, ns they had done
at three previous elections. Finding they
could not controll everything ns they had
wished, although they had the samo free
dom in voting as tho whites, they tried to
make it unfair by refusing to vote at all.
“I can but admire the moderation and
good Ment;o of the Southern white people
dealing with this troublesome and excit
ing question of negro suffrage; they have
accepted the fact, and met the results in
fair and manly way."
The Frame Libbaiiy or Kentucky Gift
Concert.—We call the particular atten
tion of our readers to the iinal announce
ment of Gov. Bramletto in our advertis
ing' columns in reference tfl the Second
Grand Gift Concert to be held in Louis
ville. Ky., on tho 7th day of December
next. The greater portion of the tickets
are already sold and <i half Million de
ivtittd in Bank and held for the pay
ment of all Gifts offered, as will bo seen
by the certificate of the Cashier of the
farmers’ and Drovers Hank published in
the advertisement. The demand for tick
ets since this announcement has been
made is more brisk than ever, and the
remnant will be disposed of at an early
day. so that it behooves those of our
' lends who want to participate in this
' significant Distribution, to order their
tickets at once.
No agent will bo permitted to sell tick
ets for tho managers after tho 2.lth of No
' suber, which makes tho time very short
tor the supply of those who may want
tickets.
the Concert and Drawing is by the au
thority of a special Act of the Legislature
> f Kentucky, so that all its benefits may
; >, as now. absolutely and forever free to
■ay citizen of every State. There arc
thousand Gifts in all, the largest be
i;u I(M\(XX) ;uitl t)io smallest £IOO.
‘ !‘.i OftESBYTEIUAN CIIUKCH. —TllO lfullOS
't congregation are working vigorons
to remove the debt of some £'.>,ooo
' 11 ike church. They have secured sub
'■iptions sufficient to cover tho amount,
minus some £2,000, and of course they
"ol . cure enough to cover that sum. To
-dis n. iv. Goetchins and Geo. W. Wood
ruff, is given the main credit for the en
terprise. Tho Presbyterian Church has
me of the most elegant edifices in the
' ’uufry. Wo are glad to know this old
'N Id is to be liftod at last.
A Ne w Relation.—The Atlanta Sun. in
"dig a sketch of William Dougherty,
*' s, l-> deceased, states very gravely, in
' hiding to tho old bank cases, that Gen.
f' miing was Col. Dougherty’s son-in-law.
J Ins is news. Tho only father-in-law
'mm Banning ever possessed was Col.
Seaborn Jones, docensed, of this city.
1 he Savannah and Memphis Ivaiekoad
1 ’ne hundred hands have boon sontover
the Atlanta and West Point ltailroad to
" or k on this line.
VOL. XIV.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
The Itome Courier suggests Hon. Alex
ander H. Stephens as United States Sena
tor from Georgia.
Ogeeehee writes to the Savannah News
that if J. 8. Bigby has withdrawn from
the Congressional race it is not bccanse,
as he alleges, ho cannot get a fair vote,
but because he believes an attempt will
be made, should it bo found nocensary to
Grant’s success, to throw out tho vote of
Georgia, and to refuse the Georgia mem
bers elected this fall admission to their
seats.
The samo writer says tho lesseca of the
State Road estimate their loss of business
from the completion of tho South and
North Load to Montgomery, and the con
sequent diversion of the whole Western
business of Alabama from the old route
over the State Hoad, at %.'500,000 per
annum. A strong effort will be made to
make up for this loss by extending their
connections. Ihe lease shares do not
rate as high as .formerly. Tho lessees
held a meeting Thursday to devise ways
and means to raise the sum of S3OO, WO to
pay the present outstanding indebtedness
of tho company, and to complete their
outfit, Ac. It is not knoxx'n what conclu
sion they reached, though it is understood
that one of the plans discussed was the
issue of short bonds for that amount, it
being deemed inexpedient to attempt to
borrow the money at this time.
Ogeechoo also says Gov. Smith has no
thought of entering the lists for Senato
rial honors. Ho mentions also as spokon
of candidates, in addition to those previ
ously mentioned, Col. Thomas Hardeman
and Gen. A. H. Colquitt, if their disa
bilities are removed. He thinks Gen.
Colquitt can get the place if lie wishes it.
Maj'or Screven, of Savannah, has writ
ten to Gov. Smith invoking his aid in fry
ing to prevent the introduction of the
horse disease in this State, and calls his
attention to section 1405 revised code.
Savannah has passed an ordinance pre
venting the importation of horses from
any of the infected points into that city.
Attorney General Williams and David D.
Corbin, of South Carolina, made Grant
speeches in Savannah Saturday.
The Wilkinson prisoners are now being
tried in Savannah.
Yankee soldiery arrested and carried
the following citizens of Gordon, Wilkin
son county, to Savannah: J. T. Kirkpat
rick, Wm. T. Fountain, J. Frank Carroll,
James Fountain, Ed. A. Walker, Wm. J.
Bridges, AVm. 11. Calof, Samuel Palmer,
t rank Kennington. They are charged
with whipping n negro. One of the guard
stole $5 from Mr. Fountain, telling him
a prisoner was not allowed to carry money,
ihey were arrested at the instance of a
defeated negro candidate.
Threo or four bales of cotton were slight
ly burned on tho Boston wharf at Savan
nah. Several hundred bales narrowly es
caped. Lighted cigar was tho cause.
Franklin county is blessed with old
fashionable corn-shuckings.
The Augusta Fair closed Saturday. A
most creditable display of taste and skill
with the needle wns made by Mrs. It. C.
Moise, of Augusta, soventy-two yoars of
age, in nu embroidered child’s saeque.
There was not u pound of Goorgia-mado
butter on exhibition. Iu tho socond tour
nament Mr. John Butlor won tho first
prize (50), Mr. 11. C. Evans the socond
(25), while Messrs. J. 11. Thayer und P.
L. Cohen tied for the third. They rode
through once to Hettle it. Mr. Thayer
made 14 and Mr. Cohen 12. The first re
ceived the third (15), ami the second the
fourth ($10) prize.
Augusta to the 28th had roceived 44,540
bales cotton against 27,803 last year, and
has a stock of 3,517.
W. W. Wright., of Bainbridgo, was
thrown from his horse tho other day while
training the animal for tournament prac
tice, and had his arm broke.
A negro slept on the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad tho other night. Several
trains passed. His coffin cost $2.
In Macon, Saturday, Snooks, the cele
brated dog ofjMr. Ed. Hicks, died. He
was seventeen years old.
Mayor Ilulf of Macon, in his annual re
port, says: The Mayor’s note is not out
for one single dollar, nor have we a single
unpaid account in tho city or tho world.
Mr. C. A. Dent has received his com
mission as postmaster of Lumpkin.
On Sunday morning last, Mr. John L.
Brown, of Washington county, aged about
thirty-five years, and a man of groat
physical strength, ate his breakfast in
seeming perfect health. Soon after, and
while conversing pleasantly with his wife
and little ones, ho suddenly exclaimed,
“O Lord!’’ clasped his temples with oach
hand, and fell dead on the floor.
The best farmer in Washington county,
according to the Samlersvillo Herald, puts
iu this report: “Commenced planting on
tho 18th of April, and finished on the sth
of May. Finished picking, except a little
scattering cotton, on tho 18th of Novem
ber. Planted 350 acres; manured well
and planted for 125 bales. On the samo
farm in 1870 he made 127 bales. Has
picked this yoar 05 bales, and thinks there
are probably four bales more now on the
stalks scattered over the 350 acres. The
same hands that cultivated tho crop also
picked out the cotton. Thinks the yield
on his farm will not come under the aver
age of the county. As the test of com
mercial manures, he used live different
kinds upon half an acre of ground. Ap
plied iu equal quantities, without regard
to cost, and the following is the result:
Fha’nix guano, 470 pounds seed cotton;
Watson & Clark's, 471 pounds; Merry
man's Ammoniated, 480 pounds; Soluble
Pacific, 555 pounds; Patapsco, 560
pounds. ”
Up to Tuesday, Ilawkinsvillo had re
ceived two thousand one hundred and
ninety-one bales of this year's crop of cot
ton.
The cotton-gin of lirown A Coley, in
Pulaski county, was mysteriously blown
to pieces tho other day. The house was
filled with smoke, and there was a smell
of sulphur in the air. The feeder gath
ered himself together and eloped.
The gin-house of Mr. Vv. C. Kiddle, in
Washington county, was destroyed by fire
on Monday night, together with twelve
bales of cotton. Loss two thousand five
hundred dollars.
The gin-house of Mr. John A. Patman,
in Clarke county, was burned on the
night of the 18th, together with twenty
three bales of cotton. Incendiary.
Fannie liutherford, of Bainbridge, ten
vears of age, drives her fathers fastest
nags with ‘‘sang froid," so says the local
of the Bainbridge Democrat. Tho little
lady should have a whip, thinks the Sav
annah Advertiser.
Gus Peterson, colored, of Albany, will
be hung according to law on the 2Util of
November.
Tho circus was expected in Telfair
county last week. The same day Gen.
Phil Cook had an appointment to speak.
As he landed from tho fiat a little boy
shouted to tho General that he had his
quarter ready, and away he scooted to
town, telling everybody he met that tho
show would soon be there, “ for the clown
was at the river. ”
Fifteen citizens of Atlanta wore awar
ded prizes at the State Fair. Twelve
prizes were awarded to Marietta.
E. K. Carr, Esq., has sold his one-third
interest*in the Glenn, Carr A Wright
THE WEEKLY SUN.
warehouse, to Messrs. Cook A Cheek, for
$20,000.
The election in Atlanta, Saturday, re
sulted in the nomination of the following
municipal officers—2,l66 votes having
been cast: Mayor, Col. C. C. Hammock;
Aldermen, J. F. Morris, W. H. Brother
ton, N. J. McLendon, G. T. Dodd, R. C.
Young, D. A. Battie, J. H. McCaslin, J.
W. Sparks, John H. Goldsmith, Frank P.
Eico, Daniel McDuffie, Dr. J. M. Boring,
J. C. McMillan, J. E. Langstons.
i’ue North Georgia Conference meets
in Atlanta November 27th. This body is
composed of 200 members, and represents
45,000 white communicators.
Col. S. L. Pope died at his home in
Crawford county, Ga., on the 2J inst.
The Rome Daily Commercial has been
sold to Messrs. M. A. Nevin and Major
Charles H. (“ Bill Arp) Smith. We have
not a doubt that this combination will
make the Commercial one of the spright
liest of our State exchanges.
The bonded debt of Macon is $400,900;
currency debt $259,609 50; total bonded
and currency debt $756,509 50. Total
city tax for 1872 $111,290 82, of which
$94,006 82 are still due.
The fugitive Bullock has written a pam
phlet defending his administration. Ho
declares he is an honest man, and ran tho
government cheap. He is very severe on
a class of men, who he says now claim to
bo the best citizens, Ac., who, when ho
was in power were supporting him to the
best of their ability, and always asking
favors and promising more of their poli
tical assistance. The Savannah Adver
tiser wants letters anil documents pub
lished with names; also tho short-hand re
ports of private conversations which Bul
lock had taken.
John It. Hart, in the Atlanta papers,
explains his connection w ith the lato duel,
lie had no idea that Force and Townsend
would fight. He had boen sick with rheu
matism a long while. Tho night tho lady
was insulted the lady appealed to Force
anti ho “went” for Haskill. The latter
afterwards insulted him (Ilart) and ho
made him apologize instantly.
Tho Covington telegraph office has been
closed. A saw nearly severed three fin
gers of Col. L. T. Livingston, of Coving
ton.
On Sunday last eleven wagon loads of
emigrants from Murray, Whitfield and
Monroe counties passed through Sum
morsville en route for Arkansas. So many
people and oxen have moved from Murray
county to Arkansas, corn has fallen to 25
cents per bushel, and no demand for
shucks or other rough food.
Smith’s Official Majority.— We be
lieve that the official majority of the Dem
ocrats in the late State election has never
yet been published. Honee we givo it
below:
Smith 103,076
Walker 41,452
Smith’s majority 61,624
This is obtained from Executive bond
quarters, and is absolutely correct.—At
lanta Herald.
As Mr. Theodore Nottingham and John
Morris woro riding out in a buggy in
Macon Sunday morning, they turned the
corner of Socond and Cherry stroots too
short and the buggy was turned complete
ly ovor, Mr. Nottingham striking on his
head. lie died Sunday night.
Tho reporter of tho Macon Enterprise
has paid another visit to Surroucy, on the
Brunswick ltailroad tho place, our
readers will recollect, where tables turned
upsido down, hot brickbats flew about,
and crockery ware tumbled down without
apparent cause. He closes a long article
on his visit by attributing the cause to
spiritualism, and that Mrs. Surrency is
tho medium. The conclusion may be
hasty and ill-founded, but having plied
questions and traveled over the entire
plaoe, and collected all tho facts possible,
this is his solution. Mrs. Surrency i3 the
only person who has been present at any
occurrence, and her statement can be re
relied on, as she bears an irreproacliablo
character and has no desire to notoriety.
The occurrences ceased on Friday night
last, and w r o hope will never occur again.
The reporter left at 11 o’ciock Sunday
night, feeling satisfied that tho cause of
the mysterious doings lies in some super
natural agency.
The Augusta Constitutionalist has tho
following:
The Road Steamer. —Tho test of tho
road steamer of Avoling & Porter was
thorough and completely satisfactory.
Two large wagons and three carts loaded
with bricks were first attached to the
steamer. This load she pulled round the
grounds with perfect ease, traveling as
fast as when unincumbered. Asa still
further test two wagons, tilted with men
and boys, were added to tho long train,
and, as before, the steamor moved off and
went around the grounds apparently with
out difficulty. These tests demonstrated
beyond a doubt that these steamers can bo
usod with groat advantage on ordinary
roads, to haul large loads. Those steamers
are not made for speed, but simply for
strength.
The Macon Telegraph of Tuesday says:
More Arrests. —The United States
Marshals wore again upon the war path
yesterday. The following arrests were
made: Robert Price, E. Spinner, Alfred
Edwards, Charles Gamble and John Sauls
bury. Others will probably be arrested
to-day.
The J ethlongites. — J ophlong gathered
his mokes at the City Hall last night and
gave them some more of his emigration
alk. Ho has got the whole thing nar
rowed down to a fine point, and knows
jnst exactly where he is going to plant his
first crop of pioneers. While ho did not
succeed in arousing an immenso amount
of enthusiasm, several walked up to the
Captain’s office and enrolled their names
as candidates for the happy land of Arkan
sas, which is just now the ultima thule of
their high hopes and ambitious aspira
tions. They are under the impression
that there is nothing to do out there but
hold office and vote for Grant.
Tho corner stone of the new Jewish
Synagogue, in Macon, was to have been
laid yesterday with Masonic ceremonies.
The Rex'. Mr. Bosenfiekl, of Savannah,
was also to have delivered an address.
Sad Accident. —A little grandson of
Mr. Ben. Vinson, of Crawford county,
was caught in the gearing of a gin, last
Wednesday, and instantly killed. The
lad was about nine years of age, and was
engaged iu driving the mules which were
running the gin. They sent his breakfast
out to him, and he sat on the beam and
eat it while driving. After he had finish
ed his breakfast he walked along the
beaiu, from the kingpost to the outer end,
to which the mules was hitched, and by
some means the back of his head was
wedged fast between some parts of the
gearing. This stopped the motion of the
gm, and the giuner psrceixdng that some
thing was the matter, ran doxvn and found
the little fellow suspended by the back of
the head. He endeavored to release him
by reversing the motion of the machinery,
but xvas unable to do so. He then called
to his assistance some negroes who were
at work some hundred yards off, and with
their aid, releasedhim. The little fellow,
after being taken down, gax-e a gasp or
two and was dead.
We clip as follows from the Thouiaston
Herald.
Another Gin House Burned.— We are
informed that another gin house with
twenty bales of cotton belonging to a Mr.
Gray, of Talbot county, has been destroy
ed by fire.
Death. —Mr. Jesse B. Howell, died at
his home in the lower part of the county
on Friday last, and was buried Saturday.
He was known as one of the most substan
tial citizens of Upson county, and by the
strictest integrity and sound judgment
in all his dealing with his fellow men, had
won tho confidence and esteem of his
neigb borhood.
False. -We notice from the Griffin New Sj I
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY", NOVEMBER 5,1872.
! that a body of soldiers have passed down
the road and that they were reported as
| checked to Thomaston, to investigate the
I late election for Governor in this county.
; We have seen nothing of any soldiers,
nor had we hoard of any until we read the
| columns of the News. There is no need
of investigating anything in the late elec
tion, except the disinclination on the part
of the colored Radicals to come out to the
polls.
Mr. James Lawshe, of Atlanta, was shot
in the Bhonlder on Saturday night, by
someone of a party who woro indulging
in a “quiet little game,” and whom Mr.
L. disturbed by his boisterous conduct.
Mr. L. took to his heels on being attacked,
and the wound he received is only a flesh
one.
Tho gin house and fivo bales of cotton
belonging to Mr. J. S. Scott, of Spalding
county, xvas burned on Friday about 3
o’clock p. m. Cause unknown.
The Griffin News has seen some of the
“Peeler Cotton,” raised by Mr. Wm. Mad
dox, of Spaulding county. Mr. Maddox
has about one acre of this cotton, and
thinks it will produce more than two
bales.
The Bainbridgo Sun reports from Miller
county, editorially, as follows :
The farmers are nearly done picking
cotton. Will be through by the last of
this month. There will hardly bo two
thirds of a crop. Potatoes, sugar-cane
and goobers have been materially injured
by the dry weather. Rain is wished and
prayed for. It is utterly impossible to
stick a plow into the baked earth, and
farmers are very desirous about sowing
oats. The health of the oounty has boen
xvorso this year than it has been xvithin
the memory of the oldest inhabitant.
Every family in the county has suffered
more or less from malarious fevers. A
large number of cases have provod fatal.
Two ladies xvero buried tho evening of
our arrix-ftl. Ahhoaryx r y frost fell court
week, and it xvas hoped that it would have
a tendency to restore health to the people.
Times dull and money scarce.
The first steamship that ever sailed di
rect from Savannah for a Russian port
xvas the Surrsy, xvhich cleared from tho
former port for Revel, Russia, on Satur
day, with 3,315 bales of cotton, valued at
$278,000. Ou tho same day 2,259 bales
were cleared for Bremen.
Tho Savannah, Griffin and North Ala
bama railway has been finished to Sar
gent’s Mill, sevon milos beyond Newuan.
Tho track is all laid with fish bar rail, and
is said to be ono of tho beat in the State.
There xvere two fires at Atlanta Sunday
morning which destroyed two buildings
and caused a loss of about $3,000. In
cendiary.
The Macon Telegraph learns that the
gm house of Mr. S. C. Shivers, near
Sparta, xvas burned last Saturday, together
with five bales of cotton. Loss about
$1,400. A negro named Robert Harris,
who was working in the lint room, failed
to make his escape and was burned to
death. His skeleton was afterwards
found in the room.
The Telegraph says Col. E. W. Bock is
elected Representative to Congress from
the Fourth District to fill the unexpired
term of Hon. T. J. Spear, deceased. His
majority is estimated at 1500 to 2,000.
Speaking of tho elect ion the Telegraph
says:
The election yesterday was a vory quiet
one. As far as has been ascertained,
good order prevailed throughout the coun
ty. There was no disturbance of any
kind. The white vote was not near so
largo as it should have been, as many re
mained axvay from tho polls. Tho negroes,
however, voted their full strength.
Mr. J. 11. Merriday, of Macon, xvho
xvas arrested a few days since under tho
Ku-Klux act, and taken to Savannah, has
been released on a $3,000 bond.
The Federal soldiers hax'e left Macon.
As an item of interest, we gix r e the re
sult of a noxv steamer in Charleston. Tho
engine is rated ns fourth-class, and was
made by Clapp & Jones. With 135 pounds
of steam, it threxv 252 feet 9 inches
through 100 feet of hose.
The races at tho Savannah Fair promise
to be lively. The managers hax'e offered
a purse of two hundred dollars for run
ning race, mile heats.
Mr. Ben. 11. Hill xvas to have delivered
an address in Savannah on Tuesday even
ing.
Tho Savannah Nexvs says: A flatboat,
loaded with old iron, arrix’ed here yester
day from Screven’s Ferry. Among tho
lot xvere tho boilers of tho Confederate
ram Savannah, which was sunk in the
back river during the war. Tho iron xvill
be shipped to New Y'ork.
ilr. W. Warner, formerly of Savannah,
had his dwelling house burned on Sunday
last, togother with its entire contents, lo
cated in Screven county, near No. 6, on
the Central Railroad. The family were
at church xvhen the fire broke out. Mr.
Warner suffers by this misfortune a loss
of $4,000 to $5,000.
ALABAMA ITEMS.
The lifeless body of a Mrs. Green was
found in asmallhouso, near Montgomery,
on tho Wetumpka road, on her kneos, in
tho attitude of prayor, with her hands
uplifted toward Heaven, in an imploring
position. Tho verdict of the jury was
that she died from general debility, neg
loct and starvation.
By the South and North Road 155
loaded ears were received at Montgomery
one day last week for that city and points
south and east. The freight blockado has
been lifted.
Bob Knox has had C. W. Buckle}’ arrest
ed on the ground of slander. Both Radi
cals and for different candidates.
Tho Alabama State Agricultural and
Mechanical Exhibition, at Montgomery,
succeeds Selma and Opelika, beginning
Monday, November 18th, and continuing
throughout the week. The .Legislature
meets the same week.
The capital stock of the Montgomery
street railroad company was fixed at $50,-
000, to be divided in 2,000 shares'of $25
each. Sufficient amount has been sub
scribed to ensure the construction of at
least one mile of road.
William J. Gilmore, an elector for the
State at large on tho Grant and Wilson
ticket, xvas arrested in Lix’ingstone on the
25th, under an indictment for embezzle
ment, found at the present term of the
Circuit Court of Sumter county. The
ease against Giimore is a strong ono, and
it is likely he xvill do the State service.
He is stopping with the sheriff.
Selma to the 25th has received 13,361
bales against 14,555 samo time last year,
stock 4015.
The political aspect in Henry county
is cheering. It is going cn masse for
Greeley and Brown, and Oates for Con
gress.
Corn is selling in Gadsden at sixty
cents per bushel.
Grand preparations for the State Fair,
ou November 18th, are being made.
J. C. Stanton has decided to establish
extensive railway workshops in Tuscaloosa.
The capital stock of the Street Rail
road Company of Montgomery has been
fixed at $50,000.
Judge G. W. Benson has been nominat
ed for tho Senate from Eirnore and Au
tauga counties.
The Montgomery Journal notices the
death of W. A. Elam, a painter in the I
employ of the Mobile and Montgomery !
Railroad.
Henry Boltz, of Wilcox, died on the j
18th.
Thirty-eight prisoners, sevon of them i
women, are in the Dallas jail. *
TELEGRAPHIC.
FOREIGN.
London, Oct. 28.—Stanley sails for
America on the 9th proximo.
The Pope declines to interfere in behalf
of the clergy of Galway.
In the quays of Havre are crowded ves
sels for America, whose owners refuse to
allow them to sail pending the threatened
proclamation discriminating against
French bottoms.
There is a conflict botween the upper
and lower house of the Prussian Diet over
a local self-government in the rural dis
tricts. Deputies threaten to resign unless
the Lords pass the bill. The Emperor
favors the bill.
The damages by the flood are immenso.
Villages and toxvns in Mantua and Ferra
are flooded. Thousands are houseless.
The most fertile fields in Italy are sub
merged.
Naples, October 29.—Hurricane swept
through the province of Synecuse yester
day. Several buildings wore blown down.
It is reported that thirty-two persons were
buried under the ruins.
Madrid, Oct. 29.—While the army bill
was under consideration in Cortez yester
day, Senor Gurrido said the Radical par
ty in Spain existed only by the suffrage of
Republicans. This remark gave rise to a
warm debate, during which a sharp en
counter took place.
London, Oct. 29. —Lord Massey’s coun
try seat in the county of Limerick, Ire
land, destroyed by fire last night. Loss
$75,000.
Paris, Oct. 30.—President Thiers has
informed Princess Clotilde, wife of Prince
Napoleon, that ahe is free to remain in
Franco without interference by tho gov
ernment authorities, if sho so desires.
AVASHINGTON.
Washington, Oct. 28.—Tho Secretary
of the Treasury invites plans from scale
makers and othors, for testing tho tensile
strength of boiler iron. A machine is de
sired for the use of steamboat inspector’s
service.
Washington, Oct. 29. —W. B. Crosby
has been appointed Consul Geueral at
Rome.
The American-British Claims Commis
sioners rosnmod business yesterday.
The Supreme Court Bench is full, ex
cept Nathan and Davis.
Washington, Oct. 30.—The Department
of State has received confirmation of the
burning of the Missouri. The names of
the saved passengers are: Geo. Thackery,
Eugene Yunco, W. F. Tunnell, Ebenezer
Saunders, A. E. Outerbredge, Jas. Eul
mer and John ltehis.
NEW YORK.
New York, Oot. 28.—Bishop McNeil, a
New York coadjutor, is talked of as the
successor to Bishop Persico of Savannah.
New York, Oct. 30. —Speeio shipments
to-day $135,828.
Win. M. Evarts and family arrivod from
Europe to-day; also, the Earl of Coith
ness and Count DeLoauux.
This being the final day of Hall's trial,
a largo orowd was attracted to tho Court.
Many xvere also present, expecting Tweed
to be brought in. Tho ex-Boss appeared
attended by a host of legal retainers, but
learning he was not wanted to-day, ab
ruptly left.
Jas. H. Ingersoll and John G. Forring
ton appeared and were bailed for $5,000
©aeh. Stoughton then proceeded with an
address in behalf of the Mayor.
Mrs. Horace Greeley died this morning
at tho residence of Mr. Alven Johnson.
Dnring tho evening yesterday her symp
toms were of such a favorable character
as to inspire some faint hopes of her re
covery. Such expectations, however,
proved unfounded, as she had txvo chills
during tho night. After which she xvas
very easy, until sho ceased to breathe at
4 a. m., without any perceptible struggle.
The funeral will take place at Dr. Chapin’s
church at 12 o’clock Friday.
Tho Central Directors to-day authorized
tho issue of forty millions of bonds for
the purpose of laying two additional
tracks from New York to Buffalo, for the
great traffic.
The Chicago and Northxvestern Rail
road Directors to-day authorized the issue
of convertible bonds to the extent of ten
million dollars, under direction of the Ex
ecutive Committee.
The Rock Island Company also author
ized the issue of ten millions, to pay its
floating debt.
Tho St. Paul and Pacific, a leased road
of tho Northern Pacific, failed to pay its
coupons and its workmen have stopped
work.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Boston, Oct. 30. —Charles Sumner, in
a letter from Paris declining the coalition
nomination for Governor of Massachu
setts, says: “In acknowledging your
communication I beg to repeat this decli
nation: Most sincerely desiring that no
person should vote for me beyond his
personal wish, which I trust xvill not be
disregarded, is tho consideration that if
chosen I could not serve. At the same
time I express my grateful sonse of trust
reposed in mo by conventions, which,
united in this nomination, my acknowl
edgements aro especially due. Conven
tions, composed of fellow-citizens,to whom
I have for a long time been opposed on
important [public questions, I beg them
to believe that I am not insonsiblo to their
good will, which is enhanced by the [sign
it affords that past differences aro absorb
ed in common desire to secure for our
country incomparable blessing, peace and
reconciliation, under tho safe guide of
good government, and xvith the principles
of Declaration of Independence as our
rule of conduct.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, October 28.—Occident
and Lucy trot occurs on tho 30th.
General Harrard endorses Crook's poli
cy of a vigorous xvar against hostile In
dians. Groat sickness prevails among
the troops. More soldiers are required.
He found tho most desperate and dread
ed chief, Cochise, occupying a strong
hold in a fortress of the territory accessi
ble only by series of narrow passes seven
miles long, and approach by the soldiers
was impossible, as the place was a natural
fortification which could be held by 200
against 5,000. This and similar fortresses
are in Dragoon Mountains. Cochise has
twelve captains and 500 men under his
command.
TENNESSEE.
Memphis, Oct. 28. —Liabilities of the
Memphis Savings Bank $230,000. Indi
vidual deposits only $57,000.
Memphis, Oct. 28.—The Southern Rail
road Security Company, and tho Caro
lina Life Insurance Company, lose heavily
by the failure of the Memphis Savings
Bank.
MISSOURI.
St. Lons, Oot. 30.—The Republican
published a brief correspondence this a.
m., dated October 27th, in which it re
ports that the Indians had made a raid
into Hood and Parker counties, on the
Brazos river, killing one woman and
wounding several other persons. Part of '
the Indians still remained in Texas and
the citizens were organizing for the pur
pose of driving them out.
OHIO.
Cincinnati, Oct. 30. —Tho loss by the \
burning of the steamer Kate Kenney, at
Albany. Ind., last night, was $23,000.
THE nORSE DISEASE.
Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 28.—The horse
disease has abated and the streets have
resumed their usual appearance.
New York, Oct. 28.—At Poughkeepsie
the malady has appeared. Oxen are haul
ing goods. At Syracuse nearly every
horse is sick. Many died at Portland,
Maine. Nine hundred and ten horses are
sick.
Later.—Tho horse disease shows no
abatement. Weather damp and foggy.
Horsemen say by Wednesday there will
boa total stoppage of public conveyances.
Cars yesterday were overcrowded. Two
horses fell dead on tho track. The stop
page of the street car business is appre
hended. The races adx’ertised for this
xveek have been postponed. Many deaths
reported.
Philadelphia, Oct. 18. — Not a single
xvell-defined case here.
Washington, Oct. 28.— 1 t is stated
that two horses, hurried from the North,
have the malady.
Boston, Oct. 28. —Faro on the South
Boston street ear line, drawn by men,
twenty-five cents. Cars xvell filled.
With better weather numerous teams
appeared, xvhich, with the assistance of
oxen and mule teams moves trade some.
Boston, Oct. 29. —The horse disease
has taken a favorable turn. Some days
must elapse before recovery.
Philadelphia, Oct. 29. —Fifty cases
here and ono hundred in Cambria.
Next Y’ork, Oct. 30. —Tho horse dis
ease has appeared at Port Garvis, New
York. It is partially affecting tho horses
on the Delaware and Hudson canal. It
has also entered Columbus, Ohio, xx’here
three cases have occurred.
Oxen havo been sent from Jtlie interior
of Noxv Y’ork to take tho places of horses
in this city. Weather favorable to-day.
100 deaths reported yesterday. Tire army
horses are nearly all affected.
Bergh announces a determination to
prevent the xvorking of affected horses.
Several companies brought suit against
Borgk in the sum of $25,000 and praying
an injunction against him.
Ocean steamers leave to-day only a
third loaded.
Several sugar refineries aro stopped.
The Stable Superintendent thinks xvork
ing of diseased horses xvill run the malady
into other States.
Fifty cows died from the horse malady
at East Orange, N. J.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, Oct. 29.—1n a gambler's
light Jno. Ilonry received four shots and
Perry Lyons was fatally stabbed. Henry
xvill probably die.
VERMONT.
Chester, Oct. 29. —Nathaniel Fuller
ton, President of the Bellfort National
Bank, is dead; aged 98 years.
Savannah Advertiser and Bullock.
The Savannah Advertiser of the 27th
has this to say about Bullock and some of
his old Democratic friends :
He has been reported as saving that
much of tho mischief and deviltry accom
plished iu Georgia after his installation by
bayonets xvas instigated, countenanced
and shared by men, xvho, since his dis
graceful dethronement, have boen loud
est in denunciation of their former friend,
ally and patron.
Avery large and respectable portion of
tho people of the State have over given
and still give to this statement unquos
tipned credit. It is known that there
slumber on the shelves of tho Executive
office letters and documents iu large num
bers, xvritten by citizens of the State to
Bullock, asking for official appointments,
pecuniary favors, etc.
It has boen, time and time again, hin
ted that the publication of these, or many
of them, xvould reveal tho damning fact
that more than ono of the straight-laced
Democrats of to-day, and during Bullock’s
administration, xx-ere the authors and xvri
ters of the said lotters and documents. It
is hardly necessary to say that, in tho use
of the xvord straight, as above, no special
reference is intended for tho Spartan
band who at present run tho Jeffersonian
schedule.
It is known that Bullock at all impor
tant interviews with Democrats kept a
short hand reporter behind a conx’enient
screen, to record all that xvas said and
done. This record must be in his posses
sion. And it is not probable that his
flight was so hasty but that copies of all
important correspondence, so necessary to
his defence, xvere forgotten.
It is not probable that any revalations
xvill come from the archives of the Execu
tive Department to satisfy the prurient
curiosity of the public. Will Bullock put
away so tempting a chance to become an
author—a real author, xvhom thousands of
readers xvill thank ?
Every noxv and then some felloxv with
more money than either senso or decency
complains to the police that ho has been
robbed white drunk by a cyprian. The
poor xvretch is forthxvith arrested, made
to disgorge if possible, and complainant
goes on his xvay. In England they hax’e
made a beginning at doing things differ
ently, and the rule is ono that could be
profitably adopted here. White carousing
at Sheffield a choice spirit xvas lightened
of a xvell-filled purso, and immediately
charged ono of his female companions
with tho theft. The magistrate declined
to proceed on tho word of a drunken man,
and as complainant wended his xvay slow
ly to the door called him back, ordered
him to stand forward on a charge of being
drunk in a public placo, and delivered to
him this eminently sonsible address:
I shall lino you 10 shillings and costs
for boing drunk in a public place. I be
lieve that you were robbed, and it is be
cause I beliove you were robbed that I
impose this fine. I am only sorry I can
not impose a heavier penalty. It is an in
tolerato nuisance that men with largo
sums of money in their pockets should
get drunk and support a class of thieves
in the town who aro rolling in wealth,
and xvho are enabled to profit better by
thieving than they could by honest labor.
A man who alloxvs himself to be robbed
in the way you have done is n public nui
sance.
A curious theory relating to the history
of ancient Israel is broached by Mr. J.
H. Barnett, a Hebrew scholar, xvho, wri
ting to the Jexvish Chronicle, of London,
contends that the Prophet Jeremiah mi
grated to Ireland with tho remnant of the
tribe of Judah, and that he xvas no other
than the celebrated Irish reformer and
law-giver, 011 am Fola. Mr. Barnett also
advances the idea that the prophet brought
xvith him the Lia Fail, or Stone of Desti
ny, which was subsequently conveyed by
an Irish prince to Scotland for coronation
purposes, whence it was centuries after
wards removed to Westminister Abbey by
Edward 111, since xvhich time all the Kings
and Queens of England down to Victoria
hax’6 been eroxvned upon it. Mr. Barnett
says that this stone was originally kept in
the sanctuary of the first temple of Jeru
salem, and xx r as known as “ Jacob's Stone,”
and that it was the stone to xvhich King
David referred as “the stone which the
builders rejected, ' hut xvhich was destined
for peculiar honors.
The Columbus (Ohio) Sentinel says
that “the highest candidate on the Grant
State ticket ha3 not received over 13,000
majority and that the average majority is
much below this.”
—
The N. Y. Manufacturing Cos., 21 Court
landt Street, Nexv York, have established ,
an "Emporium of Novelties” and utilities j
for every-day use. Agents, mate and fe- j
male, wanted everywhere, see their ad
x’ertisement in another column.
The annual Fair at Savannah com
mences December 2d. It will bo one of
those grand affairs which Savannah only
can give.
J. F. C. and John T. Williams offer a
plantation for sale. See notice. I
CAPITAL LABOR AND IMMIGRATION.
The Southern States need two things,
both of which are essential to their de
velopment and prosperity, viz: money
capital, and steady, faithful and intelli
gent labor. Those two things are of more |
worth than all the windy speeches made
by office-seeking orators since the founda
tion of the world.
Capital and labor act ami react upon
each other, and mutually add to the j
brains, nerves and muscles of a State.
What is labor to-day, is capital to-morrow,
and it is emphatically true, where no pri
mogeniture and entailed ostates exist,
and alienation of personal property is free,
that the oxvner of a coach and the coach- j
man change places in a few months or |
yoars.
Neither capital or labor will ever seek a j
permanent home where it is not protected, j
appreciated or rexvarded. They are birds j
of passage, with sxvift, tireless and very I
sensitive \ving3, ever cleaving the air
for a more congenial climate. They flee j
away in advance of social discords, po
litical corruptions, and civil and foreign
wars. They demand safety, order and
roposo, and will not linger xvhen wise
laws, surely administered, are silenced by
tho clash, pomp and circumstance of
arms, nod xvhore private and official rob
bory, and corporate swindling, i3 supreme
over industry, wisdom and integrity. Look
at poor Mexico!
Tho Paris telegrams, wo learn from our i
late New Y'ork exchanges, convey the in
telligence that a largo number of the j
French inhabitants of Alsace and Lor
raine, having exited themselves from
Prussian rule, or been exiled thereby, havo I
sailed from their parent land and xvill soon ;
arrive iu this noxv xvorld. Cannot the ;
South tako advantage of this consequence I
of tho late war between Franco and Ger- j
many, and thereby extract honey from
foreign nettles and poisons?
Lorraine, under tho Romans, formed a '
part of the province of Belgica Prima.
Tho inhabitants are of tho Gorman race.
In BC7 it was divided betxx’een Franco and
Germany, but subsequently [the xvhole of it
xvas attached to tho latter empire. During
tho reigns of Louis XIII, XIV and XV, it
was the object of contention between the
empire and its western rival. It xvas after
the xvar of the Polish succession annexed
to France, and at length coded to Rhenish
Prussia by the treaty of Vienna, 1815. Tho
French and German languages arc equally
spoken.
Alsace formerly was a part of Austria,
but transferred to Franco by the treaty
of Munster and Rysxx'ick, 1697; xvhich
ended the 30 years’ xvar. It was also af
terwards ceded to Franco by the treaty of
Tilsit, 1807, and restored to Prussia iu
1815.
The people of both Lorraine and Alsace
are industrious, honest and frugal; and as
farmers, artisans and manufacturers,
would greatly improve any country. Every
effort should be made to welcome these
bravo and virtuous sons of Merry Franco
and Good Fatherland to tho hospitalities
of our Southland. Our woes should make
us sympathize xvith their woes, and our
brave struggles with fate, will cause us to
cheer the afflicted exile from home and
friends xvith warm hearts and generous
hands.
• From the earliest days, according to
Tacitus, the ancestors of these people
have been distinguished for warlike and
domestic virtues—their, affoction for their
children and reverence for their xvives.
Cajsar himself says, “of all Gaul, the
Belgians are the bravest ” —Quomm Bel
gat sunt fortissima and their descend
ants bore the Freueh eaglos triumphant
through Europe, so their ancestors never
quailed beneath Rome when her arms
xvere victorious over the then kncrxvn
world. They xvero nex’er a conquered
race. Let us reeeix’e them with open arms
and kind hearts.
COL. JACK BROWN’S CANDIDACY.
The card of this gallant man and true
Democrat, announcing himself as a candi
date for Congress in the 3d Congressional
District, appears in this morning’s issue.
It is manly and characteristic. Ho is well
known in Georgia, having distinguished
himself by his talents and his gal
lantry as a soldier in the late war. 110 xvas
Colonel of tho 59th Georgia regiment;
was severely wounded, and captured by
tho enemy, and suffered all the horrors of
a Northern prison for a long time. Ho
can proudly challenge his record as a sol
dier, a gentleman and a Democrat, who is
as true and unflinching in defense of his
political principles as ho was when ho
boldly faced the foe on the battle field.—
Atlanta Hun, 22th.
We once knew a gentleman of such
singular proclivities and habits as to real
ize one hundred thousand dollars by a
very simple method. It was as plain as
the nose on your face, or the trick invent
ed by Columbus of making an egg stand
on its end. He realized fifty thousand
by quietly and diligently attending to his
own business, and the other fifty by never
moddling with tho business of others.
Wo hax'o noticed that some of our odi
torial brethren are gifted with two remark
able peculiarities. The ono is they fire
more upon their frionds—the “Straights,”
calling them such pet names as “Bour
bons” and “Red Hots,” than on their so
called enemies—the Radicals. Tho othor
i3 they seem careless of thoir own Con
gressional Districts, but exceedingly con
cerned and zealously prolific of advice to
tho voters of other Districts. They aro
worso scared at the candidacy of Mr. Du-
Bose and Col. Broxvn, and shower on thorn
more abuso and epithets than on the op
posing Radicals. As policy is tho now
popular xvord and liberality tho cateh
xvord; if this is either politic or liberal, we
can’t see it. Wo think it will end politi
cally in tlio loss of tho ono hundred thou
sand dollars without the gain of a pewter
button. We aro satisfied to keep up our
oxvn congressional corner, with the trust
that others elsewhere xvill do their duty.
We depart at this time from our rule and
endorse the abovo commendation of Col.
Broxvn for peculiar reasons.
Whatever others may think, speak or
write about the gentleman whose nama
heads this article, wo should do injustice
to tho noblest emotions of the heart and
the most sacred sensibilities of humanity
if we failed to vindicate his character
xvhen now so fiercely assailed. For two
years, amid summers’ heat and winters’
ice and snow’, xvo carried our musket un
der his command, and was xvith him on
the field and eat of his soldier’s faro. Wo
can speak of xvhat xve have seen and testi
fy of what we do know when we say no
more generous and braver heart ex r er beat
in human bosom. He loved his soldiers
and his soldiers loved him even to tho
cannon’s mouth, amid the serried charge
and on the weary march. ’Tis 3ad to
know so few returned home to bear the
same testimony. Their noble bones are
scattered and bleaching on hilltop and
valley from Gettysburg to Appomattox,
but tho widow and orphan will remember
and appreciate that he was ever kind and
had a hand open as day to melting chari
ty-
Such a man can well smile with min
gled pity, pride and contempt on the slan
ders of those who sowed tho wind and
cowered beneath the whirlwind.
A braver man than Gen. Phil. Cook
(Col. Brown's opponent) never buckled j
sword on thigh. Wo know, as a bravo
soldier, he can have no sympathy for !
NO. 39. .
those who impugn the motives and char
acter of a follow-soUlier.
But it in said Col. Brown seok„ the
rotes of the negroes and Radicals of the
District. Will such saintly accusers throw
the first stono by showing the candidate
not guilty of this very supposed crime?
Wo had thought that oven policy-mongers
and Liberal-Democrats would hardly make
such a charge when the main argument
advanced for the nomination of Mr. Gree
ley was his influence in the alleged sup
port he would receive from negroes and
Radicals. This is the very essence of
Liberal Republicanism that, unaided by
the negro and Radical vote, no Democrat
could defeat Gen. Grant.
Juo. S. Bigby having withdrawn from
the contest in this District, he has been
succeeded by Hon. Marion Bethune,
whose letter of acceptance to the Re
publican Ex. Committee is being circula
ted all over the District. — TFie.t t Point
Nor*, 30tJi.
It lias been pretty generally circulated
in this section that Judge Bigby had with
drawn from the contest, but as we have
never seen an authorized publication of
the fact, wo were not prepared to give
the report full credence. The above is
first intimation, however, that we have
had of Mr. Bethune succeeding Judge B.
as the Radical candidate for Congress. If
it is true that there has boon a change,
and that Gen. Bethune is now the candi
date, it has been kept very quiet in this
quarter.
It will make no difference who the Radi
cals run. It will l>e understood on the
day of election, and they will vote solidly.
For that reason, if the Democrats desire
to elect tlioir nominee, a gentleman every
way qualified for the position, and one
who will give dignity to the office, and be
a credit and honor to the district, they
should not fail to be at the polls. Let
none stay away, but let everyone devote
at leas* a small portion of Tuesday to the
election. It will be too late fur vain re
grets after the election is over. Do not
be deceived by the apparent indifference
of the Radicals. It is done to deceive.
Fish and Flesh.
The London Times has been discussing
the question of food, and pointing out the
enormous waste which, in spite of the
j high prices of the necessaries of life, con
; tinually goos on in England. The reme
( dy which the Times proposes as a means
| of making food cheap and plentiful, is the
I adoption of fish and rice as the chief ar
: tides of the poorer Englishman’s diet,
j Dr. Liebig’s extract of meat is also strong-
I ly recommended —bat it must be the pure
t extract.
Rico, which constitutes the daily, and
almost the only, food of millions of the
! human race, and which, in addition to
j being wholosowe and palatable, is oxeced
• ingly cheap, has never met with favor
' among the branches of the Anglo-Saxon
1 family. Why this should be the case it is
j difficult to understand. Possibly the
i average man scorns tho modest manner
i in which a cup of rice offers itself as a
sufficient dinner for a grown man, and
contemptuously declines to tost its enpn-
I bility of swelling under tho inllucnce of
water until it fills four or five times its
I original space. To iiuh, on the contrary,
I no Anglo-Saxon really objects. Everyman
j oats it at intervals, and likes it. but some.
: how never dreams) of making it an impor
tant article of diet. That tho English
j man does not live on rice might, perhaps,
! be explained on the theory that ho found
! if tasteless. That he does not live on fish,
which he does like, and which is wondev
. fully cheap, is susceptible of liardlv any
; plausible explanation.
To change the current of English pre
' judice from beef and potatoes to rice and
f fish, will be a difficult task. The Press,
i if it went into the crusade, would accom
■ plish something, and a charitable society
. for the diffusion of fish, and the propaga
* tion of rice-puddings among the working
I ctosses might accomplish more. The ef
forts that have lately been made to stock
1 the rivers and lakes of England with
j choice varieties of fish will, at no distant
day, so increase the supply that the price
of fish would probably increase but slight,
ly, even were the whole British natiou to
abandon its beloved joints and adopt a
; fish diet, while a temporary abandonment
rji beef on the part of the British public
4 would at once bring butchers either to
reason or ruin.
; Xu this country the people are more
; road’iy led to change their habits, a-tid it
| would be comparatively easy' to convince
I the poorer classes of this city that they
j would riud fish as wholesome and vastly
i eh.Mtper than poor beef and miserable
I real. The tons of fish that are daily wast
ed at the market would supply hundreds
of families with cheap dinners, wlulo a lit
tle effort on the part of the idle boys who
' now infest the wharves for the purposes of
theft and riot, would result in catching it
respectable supply of wholesome, if not
particularly choice, fish. It is an undeni
able fact that neither in England nor in
America do the people avail themselves to
; any considerable extent of the inexhausti
ble resources of the seas and rivers. Once
let it be understood that fish is at least as
wholesome and sustaining ns butcher’s
meat, and there will be no reason why
communities within reach of fish-bearing
waters should suffer from scarcity of food.
Fish, rice, and Dr. Liebig’s preparations
ought to be much more extensively used
ir. families than they are now.— N. Y.
f Time*.
From the Detroit Post, Oct 18.
Singular Adventure of a Toy Balloon.
I On the 20th of September last, Lewis
| Koop, then a bar-tender at tho Ackerman
House, No. 81 Atwater street, invested Jo
cents in one of tho little red toy balloons
Bold everywhere upon the streets by huu
gry-lookiug Italian vendors. After Koop
itad bought his balloon he hardly know j
what to do with it, but as he sat in front j
of the hotel, idly toying with his purchase,
an idea struck him. and after wrestling
with it for a time he put it into execution.
Writing his name, address and the day of
the month upon a little slip of paper, lie ;
carefully tied it to the balloon and let it
go up. There was a strong wind blowing
at the time, and tho fraii toy was curried
up like a rocket in a northeasterly direc
tion, and gradually grew smaller and
smaller until it was soon lost to sight.
There was probably never a balloon as
cension witnessed by a smaller number of
people, or one that excited less attention,
yet which was more remarkable than this,
as subsequent events proved.
Koop forgot all about his balloon, and a
day or two after left the city on a visit 1
from which ho has not returned. About
« week later a letter came to his address
at the Ackerman House, and in his' ab
sence was opened by his cousin. The j
letter, which was from Amos Harbaugb, i
of Pleasautville, St. Clair township, lied- i
ford county, Pa., stated that at one o’clock |
in the afternoon of the 21st of September t
the writer had found in his backyard a
toy balloon, to which was attached Koop’s
address, and requested Koop to infonu
him what hour in tho day the balloon was
started on its serial voyage, As Mr. Koop
instill out of town that point cannot now
be settled.
The circumstance is a singular one, and
is worthy of more than passing mention.
Asa general thing toy balloons have never
been noted for particularly remarkable
performances, and this particular toy bal
loon is clearly entitled to the champion
ship. If any gentleman thinks he has a
better one, or one that can sail further
without exploding in a shorter space of
time, let him try a similar experiment.
As an evidence of what organization
can do, we call attention to the result of
the late election in Cuvabaga county, in
Ohio. There, we learn, a perfect system
of canvassing was adopted, and in conse
quence thereof the Democracy made a
gain over last year’s vote of 2,304 ! Was
aot that a prize worth fighting for ?
What some of the Grant organs say, was
a glorious victory in South Carolina, is
thus spoken of by the Philadelphia Press:
“South Carolina elects the entire Ring
ltepnWican ticket. Wo are sorry for this.
She has been plundered without stint.
She will now bo plundered beyond mea
sure.”
The Death of the Marechal de Noailles, the
Duchess d’Ayen, and the Vicomtesse de
Noailles.
Wo give the following extract from the
Life of Madame de Lafayette. It is tho
narrative of the good Priest Carriclion,
who was disguised amid the crowd in or
der to bo near and administer holy com
fort to the victims:
‘‘As we advanced through tho ‘Fau
bourg, the rain having ceased, a curious
multitude again lined the two sides of the
street, insulting the ladies in the first
cart, but above all the Marechal. Nothing
was said to the others. I sometimes
walked by the side of the carts, and some
times preceded them.
“At last we reached the fatal spot. I
cannot describe what I felt. What a mo
ment! What a separation! Wliat an af
fliction for the children, husbands, sisters,
relations, and friends who arc to survive
those beloved olios in this valley of tears!
There they are before me full of health,
and in one moment 1 shall see them no
more. What anguish! yet not w iihout
deep consolation at beholding them so ro
! signed.
“We came in sight of tho scaffold. The
carts stopped, and were immediately sur
rounded by the soldiers. A ring of nu
merous spectators was soon formed, most
of whom wero laughing and amusing them
selves at the horrible sight. It was dread
ful to be amongst them!
“While the executioner and his two as
sistants were helping the prisoners out of
the first cart, Mme. de Noailles’s eyes
sought for me iu the crowd. She caught
sight of me. What a wonderful expros
: siou there was in those looks! Sometimes
raised towards heaven, sometimes lowered
| towards earth; her eyes, so animated, so
gentle, so expressive, so heavenly, were
often fixed on me in a manner which
would have attracted notice if those around
me had had time for observation. I pulled
my hat over iry eyes without taking them
off her. I felt as if I could hear her say,
Our sacrifice is accomplished! We have a
firm and comforting hope that a merciful
God is culling us to Him! llow many
dear to ns we leave behind! bnt wo shall
forget no one. Farewell to them and
thanks to you! Jesus Christ, who died
for us, is our strength. May wo die in
Him! Farewell. May we all meet in
heaven!
“It is impossible to give an idea of the
animation and fervor of those signs, the
oloquonee of which was so touching that
the bystanders exclaimed: “Oh! that
young woman, how happy slits seems, how
she looks up to heaven, how she is pray
ing! But what is the use of it all?’ Ami
then, on socontl thoughts: Oh! the rascals,
the bigots!’
“ The mother and daughter took a last
farewell of each other ami descended from
the cart. As for mo, the outer world dis
appeared for a moment. At once broken
hearted and comforted, I could only re
turn thanks to God for not having waited
lor this moment to give them absolution ;
or, which would have been still worse, de
layed it till they had ascended the scaffold
Wo could not have joined in prayer while
I gave, and they received, this groat bless
ing, as we had been enabled to do iu tho
most favorable circumstances possible at
such a time. I loft the spot whore I was
standing, uud went over to the other side,
while the victims were getting out. I
found myself opposite the wooden steps
which led to the scaffold. An old man,
tall and straight, with white bai rand good
natured countenance, was leaning against
it. I was told ho was a fermier -general.
Near him stood a very edifying lady, whom
I did not know. Then came the Marechal
de Noailles, exactly opposite me, dressed
in black, for she was still in mourning for
her husband.
She was sitting on a block of wood or
stone which happened to be there, her
large eyes fixed with a vacant look. I had
not omitted to do for hdr what I had done
for so many, and in particular for the
Marechal and Marechal de Mouchy. All
the others were drawn up in two lines,
looking towards tho Faubourg Sante-An
toine. From where I stood I could only
perceive Mine. d’Ayen, whose attitude and
countenance expressed tho most sublime,
unaffected, and devout resignation. She
seemed only occupied with the sacrifice
she was about to make to God through
the merits of tho Saviour, Ilia divine son.
She looked as she was wont to do when
she had the happiness of approaching the
altar for holy communion. I shall never
forget the impression she made on me at
that moment. It is often iu my thoughts.
God grant that I may profit by it!
“The Marechal do Noailles was the third
person who ascended the scaffold. The
upper part of her dress had to be cut away
in order to uncover her throat. I was
impatient to leave the place, but yet I
wished to drink the eup of bitterness to
the dregs, and to keep my promise, as God
was giving me strength to do so, even in
the midst of all my shuddering horror.
Nix ladies followed. Mine. d’Ayen was
the tofffh. How happy she seemed to die
before h*rf daughter! Tho executioner
tore off hor cap. As it was fastened by a
pin which he had forgotten to remove, he
pulled her hair violently', ni?d tho pain he
caused was visible on her countenance.
“The mother disappeared, the daughter
took her place. Wliat a sight to behold
that young creature, all in white, looking
still y ounger than she really -was, like a
gentle lamb going to the slaughter! I
fancied I was witnessing the martyrdom
of one of the young virgins or holy women
whom we read about iu the history of the
church. What had happened to the moth
er also happened to her; the same pain in
the removal of the cap, thou tho same
composure and the same death. Oh! tho
abundant crimson stream that gushed
from the head and neck! llow happy
she is wow! I thought as her body was
thrown fcfcto the frightful coffin.
“May Almighty God in His mercy be
stow on the of that family all tho
blessings which 1 ask, and entreat them to
ask for mine! May wo all bo saved with
those who have gone before us to that
happy dwelling where revolutions are un
known—to that abode which, according
to tho words of Bt Augustine, has Truth
for its King, Charity for its Jaw, and v. ili
endure for Eternity! ’
How id Get lin> or thk CaTKBPxu.AU.
—A correspondent of the Now Orleans
Picayune rodtmimcuds the introduction
from South America of an insect known
as the terrier ant to destroy the cotton
and boll worm in tin? Southern States.
This ant is harmless to vegetation bnt
makes short work of any insect or small
animal which encroaches on its promises.
A scorpion, an insect very' tenacious of
life, was killed by the ants in threo min
utes, a centipede in four minutes, a taran
tula in loss thun two minutes, and asuake
nine feet long in fifteen minutes. Tho
Picayune’s correspondent is convinced
that if the terrier ant can be introduced
into the Southern States tho cotton anil
boll worm would soon be a thing of the
past. But if the ants are as destructive
as alleged, and can settle a nine-foot
snake in fifteen minutes, might not their
introduction boa little dangerous? Hav
ing finished the cotton worms, perhaps
they would acquire an appetite for the
cotton pickers.
The ass air at Surroncy is yet wrapt in
mystery. A correspondent of tho Savan
nah news, after giving similar accounts of
the mysterious workings of that place to
those which wo have published from the
Macon papers, says:
The whole thing is clothod in darkness,
and to us bears the spirit of the superna
tural. and if any one will do as wo did,
and come to any other conclusion, it is
more than wo can now suppose. It is at
least a phenomenon, and one that we
would like to have explained.
AT THE VIRGINIA STORE
may be found one of the iargest stocks of
Statue and Fancy Dby Goods
in the State, and all marked at Vault
Priees, by which buyers have a large ad
vantage.
Fine black Silks and superb colored
Silks in new cloth shades;
New colors in Cashmeres, Sattecns and
other Dress Goods;
Elegant Scarfs, Shawls and Cloaks;
Black Alapacas, exceedingly cheap;
Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs and
White Goods;
Good Kid Gloves at 75c.;
Choice Sash and other Ribbons:
Large stock Furs,from $3 to SIOO per set;
Flannels, Blankets, Kentucky Jeans, Ac.,
very cheap.
Also, large stock Shoes, made to order
warranted good;
Finest English and Fronch Cloths and
Cassimeres;
These goods we have made up to order
and satisfaction guaranteed.
Carpets, Rugs, Matts, Ac., at lowest
prices;
Merino Underwear for ladies and gentle
men;
Best Spool Cotton at 80c. per dozen.
oct3o CRIGLER A GORDON.