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dijUSTO!* HOHE JOURNAL
*i, ATKZ> £ST> PUBLISHED »Y
j. T. WATERMAN,
FVERY THURSDAY MORNING,
AT PERRY. GA.
CASHA T &
CUr?e,
EDWiN M. BROWN,
Attorney at Xiaw,
FORT VALLEY, GA.,
Si’EE H OF 1105. J. M. SMITH,
ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION TOE eyeful
mi'll iiiiil with their friends.
GOVEENOE.
DEALHS IN
Hardware, Iron & SteeL
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS,
Cotton aud Oom Straps,
Macon,
junao-3*«
Copal and Japan
-cr^k.3=t3srx33^.
AT J. C. GILBERT'S DRUG STORE,
dsc 28-tf.
Will practise in all the Courts of the Ma
con Gin-nit, and in other-; by special ex
tract. ' janlP-tf
of the
H. M. HOLTZCLAW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
PERRY,-. GEORGIA.
BUFORD M. DAVIS,
Attorney ait Zjsiw,
PERRY, GEORGIA, *
Will practise in nil the Courts of the Ma
con Circuit, and in others by special con
tract. jan26
Mr. President, and Gentlemen
Democratic Convention:
It will hardly he expected upon
this occasion that I shall say much
move than to return my thanks, for
the honor you have conferred upon
me. If, at the approaching election,
the people of the State of Georgia
shall see fit to ratify yonr action of,
to-day, I shall enter upon the duties
of the high trust which will be im
posed upon me, with a profound dis
trust of my own ability for the full
and faithful discharge of the safne.—
But, fellow-citizens, I trust I shall not
t :rs of myself, how could I feel than redistribute it, international arrange-
rrateful ? I strike hands with those j ments would he necessary to the ex-
I son! change of reports, and a vast but sub-
s ire that my honored friend, General 1 tie and silent machinery, set in mo
ll offer:!, nil unite with -me in d> iag J tibn all over the world gathering and
Slorits.
Noticing the departure from San
Francisco for Levuka of a brig of one
This important matter is now before
onr Legislature, and we have come in
possession of a few facts the consider-
oll that can he done to promote the i disseminating knowledge on impor- hundred tons burden, owned by H. S. atiou of which we commend to onr
welfare of the State, to secure protec-; hint variations of the weather and the
tiorf to her citizens, and to place the • condition o the growing or garner d
old Common wealth in the same high\ crops. The scheme is beneficent as it
position she formerly occupied when j is vast, and is worthy of the age that
men were elected to positions of infln- ! tunnels mountain ranges, spans conti-
enee because they were honest men, j nents. with iron roads, and lays tele-
and werenot chosen because they were i {pwpli lines through the depths of the
rogues. I tell these gentlemen I want
to strike hands with them and march’
fovwad to the emancipation of our
State from the impositions, from the
frauds, and from the. villainies which
have been practiced upon her. And
if the distinguished gentleman will do
sea.—JV, T. World
be charged with egotism when I Sfri, 1 liis duty now, as he has done in other
'■'If, A AT? A'
-r-
C. C. DUNCAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
DRUGS. DRUGS
I C. GILBERT S
OAWXrSSVILLE.
He will spend the first half oi rseli
month in liis office in Perry over the
sild Drug Store, and one fourth, or the.
latter half of each month will be given
to lii-* practice n Hawkimmiie si Sirs.
Hudspeths.
PLANTERS’ BANK,
fort VALLEY. GA
. '-‘ie place to buv riURi
liERATELi Hisi
and bis ADC;
-'Tr'ET.S As fsACOS i'T-i.r
Aat'io issed fiapi'.al, - - * $200, **00
; ks=s esters rr.ow thk
Kceeives Deposita, discounts Papca,.Iray,
and sells Exchange, also Sold and Stiver.
Collections made at all accessible point.E
W. J. Anderson.
W. E. Brown. -
. - - - Prcridc.r.i
- - - - - Cashier.
- DiKr.croKF;
W. 3. Anderson, Col. Hugh L. Bonnard.
AVm. It. Brovin, Dr. Win. A. iSslhev-v
Dr. W. H. Hoiiingsliead.
• jnl20 9m
WING & SOLOMON
MACON, CA.,
JEWELERS,
■WATCHWORK,
Ml * GR0SIE1
FORT VALLEY, GA.,
H-.vlnn
.PUtfiTCBS' .WA»E«OOSS
A Fire-proof Erich Building, will ilo a
GENERAL
Liberal adveneefi will be inndo bn Cotton,
and all protinee iu store. They are also
-rc-pored id -till orders icr tug Iks: brands ot
H3 ii.s-ar^aTT' ins-
F u M WI
THOMAS WOOD,
Next to Lanier House, MACON, GA.
CARPETS,
MATTING,
WINDOW SHADES,
WALL PAPER,
MATTRESSES,
FEATHERS,
SOFAS,
SETTEES,
WARDROBES,
BUREAUS, Etc.
Warehouse aial Commission Business.
C3r- TJL &L fO. <3 ,
it short notice.
MIX &• KSItTLAND,
Wis.ictj^e and SeUtl lioolere in
Boots and Shoes.
No 3, Cotton Avenue, and06 Third,St.
MAOON, GEORGIA:
A large Stock of
PASIOS AND BEBS.O0M SUITES,
For salo low for Cash.
From k.00 to. *10.00.
FlgKAS PA 1 ENT METALLIC
BURIAL 0A3S3-& CAS^S
Tha best •'articles in tlie -market, atm*
prioaa. Also Coffins-in mahogany, w;uaat.
rosewood, eedr.r. and imiraiiona. nl6-3n.
( 1 EOilGIA, HOUSTON COUSTY---
J Joseph W. Wimberly and Roovri f-
iirvan. Excutors oi i)cmiiscy Brown,;, ae
cojised, having petitioned to the Court tor
letlera ol dismission from their said trust;
these are theratore to rite all persona con
cerned, to be and appear wt iny office, on
or lieiore the regular t-irm of this Cotirt m
Jftnmir\ nexe, V JS7'J. *x jui\
uxisLs, way stiid petitioners should not tie
dismissed from their. s;ud trust.
Hept. 28, 1871. W. T. SWlF.i,
3m Ortiuiary.
Notice io Debtors ash Creditors.
All persons indebted to tne estate ol i)r,
J. C: Harvey, Bile ot Houston county, de
ceased, are requested io make immediate
pat-men:, an,, tn-./se navmg deinaudsag.nmt
\ ~ - .. ... TllS.fll 111
__ Nov. 16, 1871-
JOHN H. LOW, Executor.
■ Lx. cctor’s Sadr,
Will b. said on t.:- nrst I'nCBdar m Jsnnory,
tne piAiitutioH ol the late* IE L'. White, oein^
parti of lots ox land uiunoer 121,140 and 114 iu
fcixa Upper i'iltli District of Houston county, oe-
iag the pJace on which t^aid White lived aud died,
and coiitaiHiDH about one hundred and fortj acieF
Aldo one hundred uad litty acres of- lot number
UH, m tne Lower Euth District of nasd county,
whHreou J- T. Kevnoida mny livcB. bold usirterau
Older from the Court of Ordinary of w^d county.
Terms canu. E- ii. ^vLEX.vhl r—a.
^t^tqULD Inform their frirndB^and all iD
of Boot* and Shoes of any kind, that thev
have on baud one of the large** and boat
Tucut* to be found in Hie *tate. ^Thcy cordially
mvite their oia customer*, aud aU otaqr* m wegi
„f anvthinK in their line, usually kept in a first-
idans ‘etoro, to call and examine. They pledge
ti;eui*eivcH to sell at the
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES,
Ktfc-r «t tbeir old utend. So. 3 Cotton Awme.’ or
Sbeir ,tore. 8S Taird At. uov.C^oci
-7.4;A SOUTHERN ENTES-PllIt&R
ArA-ckise V sircied ^MBl Magaunf.
lOUTHEflli FARi Be HUME,
A^Cagrjdne of
Agrissiture, Maimfaciurea, and. Bo-
laestie Economy.
G*Jt. WM. H- BROWSE. Editor.
j. \e. BCKKE A CO., Publisher*.
TERMS:
Single Copy—oneyearf......; r .....2 00
T-6u
Three Copies—one year,.
rvqueririi io pr««u ««« » M>
that however limited I may consider
my own capacity, I have an abiding
faith in the omnipotence of honesty.—
[Applause.] That is what we need
to-day more than anything else. [Ap
plause.]
Wh^tis the condition of onr State?
In the remarks that I m:ike I -shall
confine myself to the affairs of the
State of Georgia alone, and I shall be
very brief. There is a work for every
Georgian to do, and there is an ob
ject- for the exercise of the greatest
patriotism. What have we. to dp?—
We all know that the financial affairs of
SB State d - n j--- xtri!-abie eonfusiou.
We do not hr: w h- w m -.ny bonds
have been famed. We d-> not know
what the legal iud boaluess of the
Si ate is. We do pet know how these
bonds were put out, but wo have c
HUsV'icion as to the on>- who put them
out-and that is about ell. it. will be
expected that tlm person who shall be
elected to fill the position of Govor; -
or, for the next twelve mouths, shah
so udminh-ter the government of the
State of Georgia as that the people
shell know what their honest debts
are, and what is expected of them.—
[Applause.] He will need honesty
more than brains. [Applause.] It
elll be difficult to g-'-t the frauds that
i;;ve been practiced, upon ns. It will
- qjjire a firm will and an honest
heart to g(-t at and expose them ; but;
reiitlcmf.n of the Convention, penult
v.K- to say that, as Goil .is my. Judge
e-.'lr v. if.I have the h(mor to be select
ed by the people of Georgia to fill the
position of Geveruor, I shall endeavor
to get at the bottom of these things.
I shall a| least give a very large por-
ion of my attention to the task of de
termining how much we really ow--,
aud how much is claimed of us.
It is of paramount- importance that
lop’ular confidence shdr-ld'be restored
iu the.-administration of public affairs
m this State. Unfortunately, since
the war or within the last three or four
years, we hav.- been placed in it con
dition where the people, by reason of
llie many impositions and the many
frauds which have been practiced upon
them, have -lost confidence in those
who have been ’ selected to fill the
prominent positions under our State
government. How long has it- been
since it was considered that the name
of the Governor of Georgia was hardly
a synonym for honesty ? I do not
make those remarks in any improper
spirit, but for the purpose of calling
your attention to the fact tiiat I feel
in its full measure the great responsi
bility that will. devolve upon me in
case the people shall ratify your nom
ination.
„A gentleman remarked as I entered
the hall, that your nominee Was a na
tive f Georgian. So I am. I know
that since the days of reconstruction'
it has not been considered altogether
honorable for a man to have been born
in the South. But I must plead guilty
to the charge’. I am a native nnd to
the manor born. I look upon Geor
gia as my mother. I expect to repose
in her bosom at last, and my prayer is
that-1 may conduct myself that I may
not be censured by tlie friends who
have this day, in so marked a degree,
manifested their confidence in me,
that 1 may'so conduct myself as that
no man who has' spoken my name,
favorably to-day, will ever have occa
sion to regret that he joined the nom
ination of James M. Smith, [Ap
plause.]. And that when I shall have,
run my career, and.wlien my good old
mother shall have token me to her
bosom, I shall go to my grave iimid
the tears and blesrings of those whom'
I have helped to eimincipate froin the
distress, the suffering and villainy
wliich have been brought- upon them.
[Great applause.]
-But let me pause to -say that the
names of other gentlemen have been
brought to your attention to-day 'in
thi- e-nuection—gentlemen of charac
ter, intelligence and great worth;
(Messrs. Wofford, Fielder, and Nich
olas.) With the name of one of these
gentlemen I have long been familiar,
arenas—and I know he will—success
will crown onr efforts.
It is desirable that-the people should
have confidence in their Governor. In
the event that I shall be chosen to fill
that position, it shall be my object to
protect the people, so f;ir as may be in
my power, not only in their rights of
person and property, but iu their pub
lic rights as well. [Applause.] And
permit me to say further, that in the.
discharge of the duties of that high
office, I shall, if elected observe no
distinction except the distinction be
tween rogues end honest man. [Ap
plause.]
Alerter 'Stuped io us Projcr.
[very Stcek-:*>tr
. a family Eiioulct
.Nov. 6, 1871.
Georgia, Houston County:-
W. T. Westbrook, guardian of jjg\-. Wegtbrook
a lunatic, deceased, acd aiso admiuistiat ji vf
Laving fully d.sciiA.-ged uu duticEi a*
■nch ocVa he finarlv dlVltiiltiicdltiltW *1* IHeAV-
auch, aska to be flually dismissed; these »i*e
fore to cite ail persona interested to be aud appear
at my office ou or before tiie liibt aiyuday in rcu-
fba. v, i872, to alio*' cause, if auy, way tne peti
tion should not be granted. Given under my
hand *ud seal sf office, tins October- 30, 18rl.
W. T-. HWIfT, O. H- C.
Ererv Farmer should take .t!
should take it! Every Uau
take it!
E«b number coutair.a fueit wee of reading
mailer, relative to .11 matte:* eounecteu u.m
Parimug, c.ardemug. Ifie
i>oStrv Bees, etc.,.JS»uu:aet..r,e aud Domeetic
Kcouomy, from the l»-'ux of tbe abuet ue.terb, aad
ik omliLUirilicd. with Fine Engravings.
N^r&tt.ue to mSm ^
niriiit*; to form clubs. Audreys
'■ ‘ J. W. BUIUO. fc CO„ ilAC'OS. c.i-
33ROWKTS SOTEXi
Opposite Passecgcr Depot,
MACON, GA.,
F,
Commodore ^latthew F. Maury,
who in the years before the war made
a vast survey of the sea, measuring its
depths, tracing its currents, nnd gaug
ing the winds that sweep over its sur
face, and thereby furnishing informa
tion that has been of immense value
to navigators and consequently to the
whole commerce of the world, has now
come out with a project for noting
llie forces at work on the whole face
of the earth, aud distributing the in
formation for the benefit of producers
and mankind in general, which de
serves to rank with the most stupen
dous undertaking of this age of won
ders; He proposes, with the aid an 1 ,
co-operation of the various govern
ments of the world and the use of all
the appliances of steam and electricity,
atablish a vast system of weather
and crop observations and reports,
which shall keep producers in all lands
informed of what is going on all over
the globe, so that they may know
wherewith they are competing and
what their prospects are in the mark
ets. Now- the smallest farmer on the
bleak hills of New England is en
gaged in a competition with all the
world in grow ing his small crop of
wheat or corn, and- yet he hardly
knows what is going on beyond the
small circle of his own horizon, nor is
any one wise enough to toll him until
after his crops are sold, and the final
reports are made up on the year’s la
bor. The value of wheat at Chicago
or cotton at New Orleans depends as
well on the quantity of those staples
grow;, in the. regions of the Baltic ancl
Black seRs or on the plains of Hiudos-
ton as on that which is gathered in
from the prairies and savannas, and
yet the growers have to let them go at
whatever price the 'buyers may fix,
based on ertide estimates of false re
ports .of the. coming supply. There is
no certainty regarding the quantity of
the fruits of the earth which are ripen
ing for the gamers of mankind. A
blight may fall on the crops of South
ern Russia, and nothing is known of
it in the Mississippi Valley. The cot
ton crop of India may be a failure,
and the growth of Alabama goes into
the market on the supposition that
will be millions of bales from over
the Eastern seas seeking purchasers
in the same emporiums. Hence the
prices are low when ’he grower har
vests the results of his labor and high
before his products reach the consu
mer, and the middle men and the
speculators sweep in an enormous'
share of the profits. It will be easily
seen hr-w vast is the loss to the produ
cing dass, springing out of their ig
norance, of what the earth is bringing
forth, and how utterly powerless they
are to help themselves with no means
i .r p i!iiUice-i of obtaining the knowl
edge Which they need.
The scheme of. Professor Maury
proposes to supply this great deficien
cy. 'He believes that man lias already
in' his hands powers and agencies
which will enable the grain' grower of
the-West and the cotton planter pf
the South to-know, as tlie season pro
gresses, the probable supply of the
staple in which he is interested, in aU
quarters of the globe, and when the
time of. harvest:-comes -in different
climes to be informed with approxi
mate precision ihe actual quantities
The benefits of
i..rani’s Speculating Shuster to Great
Britain.
The “Emma Silver Mining Compa
ny, limited,” the stock of which Min
ister. Schenek is bulling in England,
base their pretesions upon mi opinion
of professor Siilimait, the “Emma
vein,’ which passes through this tract,
ns a true mineral vein of great pow-
r,” yielding both ' silver and lead.
Sat in reality ibis speculation does
ot differ in its nature from the wild
: peculations in gold and silver mines,
; id -dll wells,- which culminated in
t lis-conntry about the dose of the
-veil-. Not less than two hundred mil
lions of dollars were obtained in New
iiirk alone by the projectors of these
simes. This Emma Silver Mining
Company offers for sale “25,000
shines of T20 each,” or §5,000,000 of
st-jck, s ud to represent- one-half a
|rijA of hind two thousand four hun-
drlilfect long at little Cottonwood
town, Utah, “about fifteen miles from
the|branch of the Pacific Railroad.”
E v(|’j t n: must see the character of
: lii* speculation at once, and that the
pie< ? of land above mentioned can
hav no such value as is assigned to
it; a id yet, the Minister of the United
States is forcing this stock upon the
peoile of England by the influence of
his i fSeial position.
Titisis a monstrous outrage, and
yet is reported from Washington that
Mr. Sdienck will not he recalled. Mr.
CaUuazy, the representative of Russia
in this country, was driven from his
post oh account of a difficulty with
Secretary Fish; and yet- Mr. Schenek
is allcfeetl to turn the office of Ameri
can Master into that of broker for
mining stocks, and still retains his
post, put a President who champions
such apparent fraud as that in rela
tion tojSui Domingo, will not he over
elation to the conduct of his
;; iu a, similar line of busi-
iing to the Evening Post, the
affair provokes much corn-
-Washington. The general
seafimei Edemands his instant recall
But the internment affect to have no
official h [rtftedge, and will not act on
newspap rauthority, and feels a deli
cacy in r iiing inquiries of Sclienck.
Schenc is personal friends are de
fiant, ancisiy that if any enquiry is
sent to lnni he will answer that it is
none of flieir business. The same
people saw that he only accepted the
office for at iliort time—to pay liis ex
penses wb|l: ho was in London Ao sell
to nse the position of
i aid him; that when the
enquires about it, he will
;, pocket his profits and
n’ate in something else,
is spoken of as a “gam-
ts high at ppker, and
freely associated with
the WhiskeS Ring last year in Wash
ington.
They say-
ly, fiendish
not exist,
sal seapegoal
and malice;
blood, when
boldly into
character is a
gible, and
yet
Til-y Say.
more sneaking, coward-
tkan “They say,” does
:t personage isauniver-
persoual envy gossip,
out form of flesh and
ed, and yet stalking
community. The
,and yet real; intan-
utching its victim with
Fuller, her captain, aud S. A. St
John, two veteran residents of the Fiji
Islands, the Alta says:
“Capfc Fuller is the oldest Ameri
can settler, having gone there from
Sydney ovor twenty years ago. -Here
he also conveyed his English wife, and
here he lias a large family of children
who are truly ‘native and to the ma
nor bom.’ Daring, their long resi
dence hr these far off isles, the above
named enterprising spirits have been
actively engaged in both maritime
aud agricultural pursuits. They now
own adjoining cotton plantations,
which are being successfully and prof-;
itably cultivated. Their craft just
abont to sail is to be employed in this
bnsiness, and more particularly iu
transporting laborers and others- from
distant groups to Levuka, for no woYk
can be coaxed or. forced out of the na
tive Fijians; who ridicule the idea of
one so ddgrding himself as to resort to
manual labor. He has his bread fruit,
his single and scant garment and his
thatched cot, und he is content. The
working bees come from Solomon’s Is
land and the New Hebrides. The cot
ton raised is pronounced iu the Liver
pool market superior to the Sen Island,
and the last drop shipped amounting
to 9,000 bales, commanded §1 per
pound. The soil is a sandy loam, and
clay sub-soil mixed with lava. The
native laborers on the plantations
command S20 per month, and there
are some 3,000 of them employed on
the Islands. Nearly all the foreign
ers are English. In Levuka there are
700 inhabitants and Methodist, Epis
copal and Catholic Churches, besides
a native mission. The religion of the
natives is mainly controlled by public
policy. Their present chief was for
merly a cannibal. When converted
he had 11,000 followers. The human
flesh-eating chiefs are known ns
“Butchers.” Cannibalism still exists
to an alarming-extent throughout the
interior of Vitclene, an island 90 by
60 miles in extent. Annual feasts are
given to such Chiefs as have slain foes
iu battle and performed deeds of dar
ing. At these disgusting carnivals the
bodies of native boys of twelve to four
teen years only are eaten. From ear
liest childhood these subjects are fat
tened for the horrid feast. They art*
fed wholly upon fruits and vegetables.
When the day of slaughter rolls round,
two front teeth are extracted from the
mouth of the child. These are inset-
ed in a club, with which the murder is
committed, the teeth are driven deep
into the skull of the helpless victim.
The hotly is then dissected, the en
trails etc., are are then removed, and
afterwards cut into suitably sized
steaks. These are rolled up in bread
fruit loaves, placed in holes in the
earth and baked for the feast. The
native boy is suited to the palates of
the Chiefs only. That of the write
man is considered too salty and smo
ky, and is not considered toothsome.
Captain Fuller informs us that there
art over 100,000 cannibals on the is
land, and only last August two Scotch
men were killed and eaten by the na
tives. There is a prospect of this
worse than heathenish custom being
in time abolished now that the entering
wedge of civilization is forcing the
barbarians to respect the white settle
ments. ”
General Assembly. Tlie State of
Iowa leased her lands, and receivc-s
thorefrom an annual rental of $36,00 r ,
and the lands still increasing in value.
The State of Michigan located her
lands, and hy act of Legislature the
minimum price at which they can he
sold is S3 per acre. Cornell Univer
sity of the State of New York, loca
ted a half million of acres, which can
now be sold at from §5 to §8 per
acre.
With these facts before ns, would
it not be the most unwise policy to
sell those lands donated to Georgia-at
this time. We hope the Legislntnre
will act with caution in this matter so
important to the interest of education
in our State.
In Ohii we learn, the city of Col-
nmbns and the country in which it is
located, subscribed $609,000 in order
to secure the location of the College
of Agriculture.
In Illinois, the county of- Champage
s ibscribed $100,000 to secure theioca-
tion of the Industrial University.
These are facts of interest and full
of meaning.
Carr of the feet.—Concerning
this subject the Scientific American
very truly says: Many are careless of
the feet. If they wash them once a
week they think they are doing well.
They do not consider that the largest
pores of the system are located in the
bottom of the feet, and that the most
offensive matter is discharged through
these pores. They wear stockings
from the beginning to the end of the
week without change, which are com
pletely saturated with this offensive
matter. HI health is generated by
such treatment of the feet. The pores
are not repellants but absorbents, and
?bis fetid matter, to a greater or less
extent, is taken back into the system.
The feet should be washed every day
with pure water only, as well as the
armpits, from which an offensive odor
is also emitted, unless daily ablution
is practiced. Stockings skonld not be
worn more than a day or two at a
time. They may be worn a day, and
then aired and sunned and worn
nnotlier clay, if necessary.”
_ _ sentr into .-maito^'
jGenersl Wofford, j 1 sun- him in Yir- j this scheme are apparent: its piactiea-
Laia. He was doing his duty there. | biiity is no more dorbted tliap that of
[Applause-]- His attention was not !iu;; iy other great undertakings which
particularly directed to me, because 1 Have been carried throngh tarsueeess
he was a grade above iue—and he seemed to be when they were
o ight to have been a grade above mol j first projected-—The experiment of
[Applause.] I saw him in the midst making weather observations which is
of smoke fire and bullets, and he was ; j r c ady progressing, gives earnest of
doing his duty then. [Applause.] ; the great-things that may be done.
And when, on the present occasion; ta
remorseless pi
from an exhai
poisened an'
And no mail
position or s<
is too sacred
against its as
heart wishes
character or
always invoke
who strikes -in
who haunts the
er, and tortures
deed, an excuse
dare not always
ings.- With
friendship, t-
ed shaft as i
Be sure',
villainous tale is
la tor cannot give
gible than “They
slander is the creal
your side; reeking
envy aud hatred,
wish to have the
say” bud into realil
rent com in the coi
W.
BEUWS & t O., I
Fkex>. A Kkmaxme,
this Convention, where his name was
prominently mentioned in connection
with the ofliee for which yon have se
lected me, his friends—tlie men who
know him, and who are capable of
appreciating his high character have
wived the urging of his name before
It is only necessary to enlarge the
scale u on which the present work is
dime to proportions fitting the mag-
niSoient scheme of Professor Maury.
Observers and reporters would be e m
ployed in different districts, in sill
countries the telegraph and postal
A rural Englishwon
idea when, finding 1
whip her hush
son who was
come don
svstems would be utilized to convey. or else he
It is unseen, and
ess quiver wings its
from day to day.
oof; no character,
upes; no sanctnary
home is-bnlwarked
When one base
1 some person’s
ves, '“They say,”
That is the assassin
cloud—the Thug
ips of the offend-
careless word or
.r the stiletto. Men
eal their own feel-
and pretended
int that envenom
from “They say.”
that when some
Id you, and the re-
author more tan
for it, that the
of the heart by
the poison of
earnest with
hood of “They
become enr-
tff-
Poison Ser-.-enis in India.
It was stated some time ago by one
of the India papers that a great many
deaths were occurring in that country
from the bites of poisonous serpents;
and statistics were given on the sub
ject which were discredited by various
writers. We learn, however, by offi
cial records, that the number of per
sons who have died from this cause
may be safely estimated at 40,000 per
annum. The low condition of the
treasnryis given as the reason which
prevents the government from renew
ing its former offer of reward for kill
ing of these serpents. A list of the
bounties paid, for destroying this class
of noxious animals in a very small dis
trict showed that' poisonous serpents
were brought in at the rate of 1,200
a day; and in the course of a couple
of months the payments, at the rates
of from six to twelve cents each, amoun
ted to $50,000.—Harpers' Magazine.
Ravages of the Small-pox ih the
Northers Cities.—The small pox is
still fearfully ravaging Philadelphia.—
For the week ending last Sunday there
were one hundred and fifty-three
deaths It is estimated that there are
now fully five thousand case3 of this’
dreadful malady under treatment, and
the mortality is still increasing. Du
ring Sunday ninety-two cases were re
ported. The Board of Health is act
ing vigorously in the effort to check
the spread of the disease. The city
provides for. gratuitous vaccination,
having appointed eleven physicians,
whose- duty it is to vaccinate free all
applicants who cannot afford to pay.
From this exhibit it would appear that
small-pox is taking a firm hold in
Philadelphia,’ whence it may—and
probably will—radiate in every direc
tion Already we hear of its tendency
to increased mortality in .New* York,
Cincinnati, and elsewhere. A journal
of the former city states that the citi
zens are becoming very much alarmed
and that ten new cases were discovered
since Saturday noon, of wJiieh four
bad proved mortal in a very short
time.-'.It is believed that tlie di-vase
came from Philadelphia. In fSnein-
A Just Appreciation of the Value
of the Coustbt Pbess.—The follow
ing testimonial from J. B. Ditif-more,
Esq., will ho read with interest, ns
based npon a varied experience in ad
vertising:
“My opinion. of the relative value
of city and country, newspapers as ad
vertisihg mediums., is decidedly in fa
vor of the country papers; price and
circulation being eqnnL
I should pretar to have my advertise
ments inserted in a country paper
luiv-ng 500 circulation than to haye it
who sows or plant without reasona
ble irsuraiica of good crops, annually,
nrglit better cam wages of some ca
pable neighbor than work for so poor
a paymaster as he is certain to prove
himself.
2. The good farmer L; proved sneh
by the steady appreciation of his crop.
Auy one may reap an ample harvest
from a fertile virgin soil; tho good
farmer alone grows good crops at first,
and better and better ever afterwards.
3. It is far easier 'to maintain the
productive capacity of a farm than to
restore it. To exhaust its fecundity,
nnd then attempt its restoration by
baying costly commercial fertilizers,
is wasteful and irrational.
4. The good former sells mainly
suck products as are least exhaustive.
Necessity may constrain him, for tho
first year or two, to sell grain, or even
hay; but ho will soon send off his
surplus, mainly in cotton, or wool, or
meat, or butter and cheese, or some
thing else'that returns to the soil near
ly alt that is taken from it A bank
account daily drawn upon, while noth
ing is deposited to its credit, most
soon respond “ no funds.” So with •
farm similarly tre; e '.
5. Rotation is at least negative fer
tilization. It may not positively enrich
a form ; it will at le:ist retard andpost-
pone its impoverishment. He who
grows wheat after wheat, corn after
com, for twenty years, will need to-
emigrate before that term is fulfilled.
Tiie same form cannot support (or
endure) him longer than that. Ail
onr great wheat growing suctions of
fifty years ago arc wheat growing no •
longer, while England grows larger
crop3 thereof on the very fields that f. d
the armies of Saxon Harold and Wil
liam the Conqueror. Rotation ha*
preserved these as the lack of it ha*
ruined those.
6. Wisdom is never dear, provided
the article be genuine. I have known
formers who toiled constantly from
daybreak to dark yet died poor, be
cause, through ignorance, they
wrought to disadvantage. If every
former would devote two hours of
each day to reading nnd reflection,
there would lie fewer failures in form
ing than there is at present.
7. The best investment a former
can make for his children is that which
surrounds tneir vonth with the ration
al delights of a leinteoLS, att-active
home. The dwelling may lie small
and rtule, yet a few flowers will enrich
and gladden it; while grass and shade
are within reach of tlie humblest.
Hardly any labor done on a farm is so _
profitable as that which makes ths
wife and children fond and proud of
their home.
8. A good, practical education, iny;
eluding a good trade, is a better outfit-
tor a youth than a grand estate, with
the drawback of an empty mind.
Many parents have slaved and pinched
to leave their children rich,, when half
the sum tans lavished wonld have
profited them for more had it bec-n de
voted to the education of their minds,
the enlargement of their capacity to
think, observe and work. The one
structure that no neighborhood can
afford to do' without is the aclroul-
hon3c.
9. A small library of well solectod
books iu his home has saved many a
youth from wandering into the bane
ful ways of the prodigal son. Where
parental strictness and severity would
have bred nothing hut dislike and a-
fixed resolution to abscond the first
opportunity, good hooks and pleasant
snrroundings have weaned many a
youth f;om his first wild impnlse to go
to sea or cross the continent, and
made him a docile, contented, obedi
ent, happy lingerer hy the parental
fireside. In a family, however rich or
poor, no other good is so cheap or so
precious as thoughtful, watchful love.
10. Most men are bom poor, but no
man, who has average capacities and
.VriSwjjaBBj
An attorney, in
parry,- once asked
the devil aid tho pa
gate a cause, which
would gain it ? ”
doubt,” replied Mr.
would have all
side.”
Beecher’s com-
‘ snpposo that
i should liti-
r do yon think
re devil-, no
teller; “as he
[ lawyers on his
The Ku-Klttx
Cabinet meeting,
Akerman reported
thousand
weeks,
the St, Louis Republican thinks, is a
id shows an
evil condition of society, or very des-
more leisure, and consequently read
their papers more thoroughly and take
better care, of them, while a daily pa
per after being glanced at is thought
no more of than a Lost year’s almanac.
My opinion is based upon twelve
years’ study and experience in the bus
iness.
A Glorious Young Woman.—II
long hair be the glory of woman, then
there is a glorious young lady in Bos
ton. She was persuaded the other duv
to give a private exhibition of her
beautiful head of long and heavy
black hair. Ili-r height is five feet
three inches, and when she is standing
erect her hair fulls to her feet, and
trails a quarter of a Yard on the floor.
in 500 copies of a daily paper. The
country readers have less papers and tolerable luck, need remain sc. And
the farmer’s calling, though proffering
no sudden leaps, no ready short enta
to opnlc-nce, is the surest of all ways
from poverty and want to comfort and
independence. Other men mnstdimb;
the temperate, frugal, diligent, provi
dent fanner may grow into competen
cy and every accessory to eternal h*j -
piness. Each year of his devotion to
his homest ead may find it more vain li
able, more attractive than the foot,
and leaves it better still.
ForneyV Press says: -
“With. Tammany, of course, ought-
to go all its dependencies and unclean
creatures.” Why not, asks the Age,
inelnde such “unclean creator**” as
take presents, uml then appoint the
nati last week there were sixteen fatal It is 75 iuchc-s in length. Here is in-j donors to office; Ministers to foreign
deed, a favored young person i No j countries who act as agents for selling
need has she of chignons, nor of braids, ; uniting stocks, and the whole batch of
front, nor of trieopherous con - such men as form the ~-
-.; ancl Eve herself, the primal j c « tho Radical govern
nobly planned, had probably , country? Let ali unc
ter wealth of tangled charms, beacoieised.
Discarding all moral principle, we are
tempted to lapse into the meanest
kind of pun, arid to pronounce this
Boston beauty the greatest halress in
America.
xiiG Age would have* tL_ __
party commit luirikari. If the
clean spirits were ail hung there wo
not tie enough left for a respectable:
funeral.
i had the right
f unable to
hauted to her
bed, “Bill
lip thy feyther,
5 whole
veu iuc — “j"”- - . „ j
; fee body, and tbea»-«to« the no-nina- information to-eraunescW centr.-e ai d hmwe.
: ■ --y : ; ~V-: ; :
At a late concert a tostv
fellow
much »nnow,ii-«
"
old gentleman of seventy six j
tied to be married to a girl of sc-v- who had suffered
One day a friend surprised ■ from the incessant coughing of his
ticrly embracing his intend- j neighbor behindhim turned around
,not ‘ ed. “I don't wonder at yonr aston- \ with, «Tbafs a very bad cold you’ve
is iu ' ishment." said the young lady. Y<m ; got sir;” which met with this gentle
ilina in don’t generally expect to find old-reply: “I am sorry for it, sir, bat it
on young shoulders. ; 13 toe best I have.