Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

11 111 1I I I I ~, „ thr WovUlnp: CJlaws.—Wejsiro 1 ‘ ’ -■ 1 to fiu-uisli all fla,sos with constant now prep Ilome> the whole of thoirtime, or for eini>K>s™ mouicnte. llushiess.no.w, light and prof thoiv sl*“ ‘ ou! , „ t cither sex easily earn from 60 lts 't )*'■ Tor evening, and 11 P™l>rtioKal sum by cents’ 1 , jjjgjrVhale tilne to the business. Boys ,l,.V"tJs tarn Ht>f)r iy as much as men. Thut all who •'! t^: s uo tioe may send their address, and test the ! "' e ' !V .A r'der: To such as are not well satis uii#arai [I x on 9 dollar to pay Tor the. trouble of full particulars, samples worth several writin*- ( . (j , uinei K O work on, and a copy of Home v~reside, one of the aargestaml besi Illnstrated , ti (lßß ’aifctui* free by mail. Header if you I’uhh'® cll t j )ro fltabic work, address, oeorge £Co., Portland, Maine. \Yvuis of Subseriotlon : ~n „ v one year $2 00 , months 1 (10 Due ooi'j' j CLUB RATES: , (tnnies.onc year $lO 00 'IVu C*’! ’‘'S.oue year 17 60 |V ciiiy Copies, one year..; St) 00 1 . yt- \ ( trers all orders to * MuMICHAEL & MEANS, PirßuangßS. Hates.*; flio following ar* the rates to which we adhere in all ooatr iota for advertising, or where advertise uii- its are handed in without instructions . One square, t,en lines or less, (Xoupttrioi type) SI.OO for the iir.st aiul 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. ~_t ‘ ►iT Liberal rates to contract advertisers. ■Mil ALLS. jIT. I IMTI 3M.1 i M 12M 1 Sqil ire j $1 00 1 $2 )U | $7 (Ml | SIOOO j sl6 2 Squares i 200 1 500 j.fOOO | 15 00 | 26 ;j Squares I 000 | 700 : 15 00 1 2000 , 30 i Squares...... | 400 | 1040 |2O 00 | 30 00 | 40 A, Culimiu i 500 1200 |3O 00 3'j 00 |SO V, Column.. ..1000 2000 |35 00 05 00 | BO 1 Column .. .. j 1500 25 00 140 IS) 70 00 |l3O 1,1-1 . \L ADVERTISING RATES. As heretol are, since the war, the following are the prices for notions W Ordinaries, Ac.—to he paid in aovanoe : Thirty Days Notices $5 00 Forty Days Notices tt 25 ft ilea of Lands &C. persiqr. often' lines .'... 6 00 Sixty Days notices. 7 00 HU Montlia’ Notices 10 0(1 Ten dajs’ notices of Sales per sqr 2 00 Sheriffs’ Sales.—For these Hales,for every ti fa f;l 00. Mortgage Sales per spuare $5 00 Hunt & Taylor, ATTORNEYS AT LAW 15ARNESVILLE, Ga. practice in the countie yy comprising the Flint .Indicia Circuit, and in the Supreme Court of the State. Office over Drug Store of J. \V. Hightower. dec2-ly S, ’ attorney at law, I \KNESVII.LE, <IA. Will practice In the I ) counties of the Flint Circuit and In the Su prcwieihurt, of t he State. sep2B-3m J. S. I’ORE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ZEBULON, GA. BST Prompt attention given to business, n. i.. merxer. C. a. turner. BERNER & TURNER, A TTOBNETS AT LA W, Forsytli, <Su. WII.T, practice in all the Courts, and give spe cial attention to the collection of claims. Ue f r to Wm. FT. Head, Banker, Forsyth, Ga., Dumas & Allen, Cotton Factors, Forsytli, Ga. mehß-tf oal)aiiiss& Peeples, AT r r ORN EY S A T Ti A W, Forsytli, tJr WILT, practice in all the counties of the Flint Circuit. James M. Smith* ATTORNEY AT LAW, KFUfi FOAL :; ~ prompt, attention given to business. I. N. MARTIN. T. K. MILLS, JK. WAin n T A miALS, A T T 0 II y /■; VS A T LA W, Griffin, Georgia. Will practice in all the Mate Courts of Georgia, and the United Slates Coinfs. I ft" Office, front room, up-stairs, in Cunningham building. inch 1-Cm $2 (H) per I>ay. BROWN H O USB. opposite Passenger Depot, MACON, - - - GEORGIA. J.argest, Best Arranged, and most Thoroughly Furnished Hotel in the Sot ah. E. E. BROWN & SON, Proprietors. GREER HOUSE] £Q3STT£ CIA, JOE (iltEElt, Proprietor. O BOARD per mouth $25 BOARD per day $2 SINGLE MFAI 50c Also good livery accommodations, such as Carri ages, horse and buggy, and good shddle horses. Also 1 I ' K and ;14-tf, FRENCH’S HOTEL, ON TIIK EUROPEAN PLAN Ooposite City liall F.nrk, Court House, and New Post-Office, NEW YORK. All modern improvements, including elevator, gas* and running water, in every room, T. J. FRENCH & BROS., Proprietors. .V ]>'ew Store IN ATLANTA. (i. 11. .MILLER* CO’S SOrTHKKN SALESROOM KOM flie Meriden Britannia Cos. AND ROGERS BROS’. FINE Silver Plated Ware, BRONZES, ETC., At Wholesale and Retail— prices same as at N. Y. L I'i-jur SJre.'t, fader Uimb:ill House, ATLANTA-, - - GEORG A l Tt oooc HEAI-TH :?.£ LIVES MUST BE KEPT IN OP.T-TS.. .constipationV 3 I si lUORPISEASES r ■ .LIVERSTOIIACH biliousness/^ u. - Jabowels ..w^-.H <v :“- PEp w . PAVPa’.EiS ACKKS IP.. OAIIFOPB NEW ' := K vol. vnr. Medical Dispensary. Ur. Geo. W. Marvin again ten ders liis professional service to his old friends and the public. Dispen sary and consultation rooms, Xo. 1 White hall street, in Centennial bail ding, Atlanta, Ga., where patients can get reliable treatment for all diseases of the Throat, Lungs and Catarrh. The above diseases treated by inhalation. The Doctor treats all diseases of long standing, such as Eruptions, Gravel, Paralysis, Rheumatism, Go* itrj% Dropsy, Biliousness Diseases of the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Nervous Depression, Dyspepsia, Liver Com plaint, all Diseases peculiar to Wo men, all Private Diseases, Heart Dis ease Swollen Joints, Coughs, Gout, White swelling, St, Yitus Dance, eic. Electricity^ppliedt n eases where it is required. The Doctor is per manently located, and persons who e been under the treatment of oth er physicians and have not been cur ed, are invited to call, as he treats all curable diseases, and cures guarnteed or no pay. Call and see the Doctor without delay. His charges arc mo derate, and consultation free. Office hours from 0 a.m. to 4 r.M. feb22-iy Sirs llo\o3£ AM* ISIJAie. AN HOUR AT THE CENTRAL STATION POLICE COURT. A copy of Shakespeare had been picked up on the street by one of the ofiicers, and left sit the station for its owner. After sweeping out, arrang ing the chairs and giyingeach pris oner a drink of water, Bijah sat down and opened the volum e. He read a few lines here and therefor about five minutes, and then closed the hook and muttered : “Well, that Shakespeare wasted a heap of time on this book. There isn t a single adventure with the In dians—nothing about a mail being carried over Niagara Walls—no ghost stories, and nothing about the last war. Pd give just four cents a pound for this book.” He put it away with a disappoin ted look, and when the boys came in and one of them started to look through it the old man called out : “Let that right alone ! It’s all about a feller named Romeo some body or other, and there isn’t a pic ture in it.” “Leinine see if I can’t find a pic ture of a hear chasing a boy,” plead ed the youth. “I know you can’t. It’s all full of big words and poetry. I looked it all through, hoping to find the pic ture of a steamboat blowing up, but there’s nothing there ’cept trash.” “Lots o' big folks buy such books,” protested the boy. “Well, let ’em buy 'em. When I sit down to read a book I like to find out about snakes, and (Sitting Bull, and prize fights and tigers eat ing up folks, and husbands murder ing their wives, and how Jay Gould got licked, and how James Gordon Bennett is coming home. Goan sit down and behave your character.*’ A WRONGED MAN. John Fitch Hastings, of Adams avenue, had the toothache. An old snag in his jaw went on a strike, and the way it jumped and a died and car ried on. Made Jolm Fitcli Hastings raving mad, And the way he tore around Brought all the boys from blocks away To hear him swear and pound. After a long night of suffering the man sat down on his backstops in the sun, his head bound up, a poul tice on his cheek and the camphor bottle in bis hand. The boys were in the alley waiting for him, and one of them called out : “Ah ! how glad we are to behold the beauties of the rising sun, but don't forget to touch your tongue to the camphor !” A second boy raised his head above the fence and said : “The dew is on the grass, and all nature is fresh for another day’s la bor. How wonderful is Nature, and why don’t you till that tooth with hot soap ?” Several other boys had remarks to make, and by and by the man with thetoothace resolved to kill fourteen and wound seven or eight more. He was pursuing them through the streets when taken in charge, and his incarceration didn’t help his tooth ache any. llis Honor took a long iook at him and said * “I’ve been there. If I ever mur der anybody it will be while I’m suf ffeting with the toothache. Go home and be as patient as you can. Sii down in a cool corner and think of cracking walnuts in your teeeth. Just imagine the dentist prying around the roots of that tooth with a brad-awl. Reflect on how nice it will feel as he fastens to it and bo gins to twist and jerk and pull.— That’s all—you may go.” A MAN OF EASE. A good housewife, on Atwater street, sat in her parlor at even-time and rocked to and fro and to and fro, and She sang a song of days gone by, When butter was ten cents a pound, And good men worked for a dollar a day, And work was plenty around. She sang of the days when (ramps were not, And loafers were verj few, When women’s fares were clear of paint, And husbands were good and true. The song she sang was soft aud low, And a lump came up in her throat; She wiped her eyes on her wrinkled hand, And went out to pen up her goat. She smelled smoke as she entered the yard. It was the odor of an old cigarstub, and the good woman soon discovered a strange man lying at THOMASTON. GA.. SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST is, 1877. full length under the house. lie was smoking away, had a loaf of bread under his head and was tak ing his priecly case. “Come out o’ that!" tlie good wife called, ‘•Come out o’ that, ye stranger !” But he chucked a chuckle and coftly said ) •‘l’m taking the case of a ranger.” Behind the bedroom door was the shot-gun of her fathers. It was loa ded with buckshot and tho sight was raised to kill at six hundred yards. She pushed about sixteen feet of the barrel under the house, pulled back the hammer and softly sang : “The top of your head will lly far away In about two seconds or three : And a coroner bold an inquest wRI hold, And the papers will Itemize me.” lie began to crawl. He thought it was the longest gun-barrel in America, and he kindly remarked : “Please pint that weepin’ the ’to!her way, And plea.-e don't alarm the police. For I’m sorrowful now and I don’t desire M y sadness of heart to increase. She turned him over to the author ities and when the court had heard all the testimony in the ease he said : “Your name seems to be George Robert, and you seem to he the meanest kind of a vagrant.” “Oh. no I ain’t., Judge.’’ “You must be pretty low-down to crawl under an old house to pass the night. You are ragged, dirty,mean looking and probably wicked, and—” “Your Honor, I’m perfectly will ing to swear that,l’m all right,” in termitted the prisoner. “No doubt of, it, sir ; but that wouldn’t go the sixteenth of an inch in this—” “Judge, I’m all right. If you don’t believe it I'll swear to it on the Bible.” “Don’t you interrupt me again, and the sentence is sixty days in the House of Correction.” “That’s awful—that's worse than butchery !” gasped the prisoner*, and he wanted someone to lend him live dollars to feo a lawyer with— When seated in the corridor he mournfully sang : “I wish that woman had tired at me, And fatally shot me dead— I wish I was drowned in the moaning sea, And a shark on my body had fed.” The boys beard him, and looking through the bars they sang : “I w s i he had soap and a fine, flue comb. And someone to cut his hair— And someone to pure his red, red nose. And his ears—Oh ! cracky ! —see there !” Aii Interesting Historical Fact. Under this head, the New York Sun, of Saturday prints the follow ing double leaded article : After Uie argument upon the Flor ida case before the late Electoral Commission in Washington, Judge Bradley wrote out his opinion and his decision in full. He concluded it at about 0 o’clock in the evening on the day before the judgement of the Commission was to he announced, and read it to Judge Clifford and Judge Field, who were likewise mem hers of the commission. It contain ed first, an argument, and, second ly, a conclusion. The argument, was precisely tho same as that which appears in the published document. ; but Judge Braudley’s conclusion was that Uie voters of the Tilden elec tors in Florida were the only votes which ought to be counted as com ing from the State. This was the character of the pa., per when Judge Bradley finished it, and when he communicated it to his colleagues. During the whole of that night Judge Bradley’s house in Washington was surrounded by the carriages of visitors who came to see him apparently about the decision cf the Electoral Commission, which, as ve have said, was to be announced the next day. These visitors inclu ded leading Republicans as well as persons deeply interested in tho Tex as Pacific Railroad scheme. When the Commission assembled the next morning, and when the judgemment was declared, Judge Bradley gave his voice in favor of counting the votes of the Hayes elec tors m Florida ! The argument lie did not deliver at the time ; but when it came to be printed subse quently it was found to be precise ly the same as the argument which he had originally drawn up, and on which he had based his first conclu sion in favor of the Tilden electors. 11. 11. Ilonorc, the father in-law of Fred Grant and Potter Palmer, will be one of the big bankrupts of the year, his debts exceeding two million dollars in amount, one million five thousand dollars of the sum being secured. Avery remarkable family of crim inals, known as the “The Jukes,” has been developed in New York. Records of their history during sev en generations past show that the family has turned out seven hundred and nine criminals, while some even place the number at twelve hundred. The Bishop of the Roman Catho lic church foi the diocese, of Cleve land, Ohio, has issued an order to the clergy and laity of hisdiocse in rela tion to picnics, in which he says: “All kinds of round dancing, night dancing, d.meiug in hulls or ball rooms, fur the purpose of rais ing money for church purposes or public charities, are strictly and uil qualiiiedly forbidden. The rale of wine, beer, or any kind of mtoxicats ing li(|iio’s ;,t church picnics, etc., is also strictly forbidden, and will not be permitted under any pretenc es whatever. Georgia to Her Yew Senator. Don’t 50 it too strong, O Benjurnin Hill. That Georgia that honored may honor you still, But not if your tongue is too lavish with pnlee Of the artful devices of Rutherford n.tyes. Of earpetlag thieves there i at length surcease, And Georgia has joy in her sister's release, Though she isn’t b>- any meaus ready to swear Thut it’s due to the fraud in the President’s chair. From the bondage of years, from tu-- wrong and the grief, To be free once again is a precious rtlief; But reason must fail ere our tongue can applaud The creature w hose forehead is bianded with fraud Don’t go it too strong, then, O’Benjamin Ilill, That the State which has honored may honor yon still; Asa mother she speaks to a dutiful child. And teaches the wisdom of drawing it mild. — N. Y. Sun. BY THE §AI> SEA-WAVES. Walking along the white sands of Coney Islund, I saw him occasionally stop, pick up a clam-shell and throw it into the sad sea-waves, I did not need to he told that he was a philan thropist. It made itself apparent to me from his face, his figure and clothing. Goodness beamed through the green gloss that covered his eyes and gentleness hung about the lines of his mouth. His voice pumped up tender tones and he said to me. “How full of grandeur is this scene!” I loked along the barren beach, and then on to the waters, where the Jersy shore is visible, and other foreign countries are hidden from view, and I then answered: “It is, indeed!” “And yet,” he mused, stooping to pick up a shell—“ and yet it fills me with sadness when I reflect that here, in the face of the mighty ocean where the breezes blow and nature offers such glorious recreation, there should be sharks lying in wait for those they may devour.” “Sharks?” I repeated In amaze ment. “Yes, my young friend, sharks Not of the piscatorial type, but of a much more dangerous call meter. Sharks who walk over these sands in the shape of men—land sharks.’’ “I see*’ said I. “This very day,’’ lie continued, “have I been beset by one of these monsters. 1 was wandering alone on the upper part of the island, lis tening to the murmur of the waves, when i was accosted by the said shark. He invited me to join m a little game which was played with three cards, and called, 1 think, monkey. ” “Monte,” I interposed. “You are right,” replied tho phil anthropist. “It was monte. I am a stranger to such things, and it is not surprising that ,1 mistake the name. Well, I listened to the voice of a siren—that is to the voice of a shark—and 1 was lost. So was the five dollars which I wagered. The shark was positive that I could not toll where ihe card was with the pic ture of a woman—” “The queen,” I interrupted. “ You are right—the queen. He was confident that 1 could not. Our individual confidences amount ed to five dollars each. And —and 1 lost!” “This was unfortunate,'’ said I “But three-card-monte is a deceitful game.” “It is indeed,” answered the philan thropist. “And my indignation to ward ttie shark rose to such a pitch that I came very near strangling him. As it was lie took to Ins keels, dropping his cards as he ran. Af terwards I picked them up, and — and I have them here!” And as he spoke he drew forth from the inner pocket of his coat a nine-spot of diamonds, deuce of hearts and queen of spades. “There is some satisfaction in get ting hohl of the implements of evil,” I remarked. “There is indeed—but there was no satisfaction m knowing how to .use those implements. Neverthe less, since I came in possession of these cards 1 have been practic ing—merely for my own amusement, you understand —the manner in which the shark threw them, I am convinced that it was owing to the skillful, or perhaps I should say to the deceitful way in which he han dled them, that I lost all my mon ey. ” By this time the philanthropist and I had reached a spot on the island where visitors seldom go. The crowd we had left behind, and feeling somewhat weary with our long walk, we sat down upon the ruins of the bathing house, which the waves had washed up on the beach. There, with the cards in his hand, my compauion began to ex plain to me what he thought he un derstood about the game of three card-monte. “It was in some such way as this,” lie said, “that the shark threw the cards,” whereupon he made every mingling effort to imitate manipula tions of a professional player. “I fear that yon would have to be more dexterous than that in order to deceive any one.” “But I have no desire to deceive any one. I am practicing this sin fnl game for a purpose —a noble and philanthropic purpose.” Here he again threw the cards with even less of success than before. “If I could become an adept at this game I would spend niv leisure hours in walking lip and down the beach here, warning others against the tribe of sharks. I would first show thorn how certaiu tney are to lose their money, and then, having Avon it, I would return it to them, together with a little wholesome ad vice. In this way I should accom plish a world of good. I should save others from losses similar to that which I have suffered myself. During this speech the philanthro pist con tinned to pick up and throw down the cards, making very little progress, however, in skillful manip ulations. “ You see that lain improving," he said, “and that in a short time I shall ho able to deceive the shar, ost eyes. Do you think that you could pick out the queen now yourself ?" I did as he desired without a mo ment’s hesitation. The experiment was repeated a half dozen times, and as often I selected the winning card. “I am afraid, sir,*’ I said laugh ingly, “if yen were to pul im your money on your skill it would be a very expensive amusement.” “And yet,” he joined, throwing the cards again, “if it were not for conscientious scruples against bel ting, 1 would he willing to wager you ten dollars that you cannot tell me which is the queen!” “My dear sir,” I answered. “I uni myself morally opposed to belting, and yet I am halt tempted to accept your offer, simply to show you how sadly mistaken you are.” “If this wager is made at all,” said he, “it will boon my part, at least, from philanthropic motives.” And I covered his wager. “Now, then,” said tie, “which is the queen?” My eye had been fixed upon the card along, “Indeed, a small black spot, on one corner enabled me to identify it with as much certainty as though the face had been turned lT “Which is the queen?” replied the philanthropist. “ This,” said I lifting the caul with the spot. It was the nine spot of diamonds! Quietly my companion slid off of the bathing-house, and made his way along the white sands of Coney Island. When I came to enter the the expenses of that day in my jour nal, I put down, along with the clam roast and lager, this item: “To Dpilantliropy, The Trouble in the Hilling Be gum*. The people of Wilkcsbarro .‘ire pay ing the penalty of having chosen an unfit man for Mayor. The Mayor of Scranton promptly met the mob, and all is now quiet tlieic. At Wil kesbarro the rioters were allowed to gain headway, with the result of con tinned violence. We are very sorry for the poor men who have been mis led into rioting and violence ; and sorrier yet for their families, and for the workmen who have been driven out of the shops and from the mines and trains by the mob. It is all a had business ; but what right has any body of men to prevent others from working ? That is an inexcu sable wrong ; a direct and danger ous attack on the rights of the work inginen ; and those who do so can expect no sympathy from honest workingmen, or from the sensible public. \Vc repeat what wo have so often had to say during these strikes Every man has aright to stop work ; but he has no right to prevent- any one else from working ; and he lias no right to attack the property of others. If he gets into trouble In duing so he has himself to blame, The only sensible course now is for everybody who wants work to go to work at once ; and for those who do not want to work to stand still and keep their hands off. The North Carolina Kilken ny Cats. —'l he summer dullness of Washington lias been enlivened for the past week or more by scores of North Carolina gentlemen, the ma jority of them democrats, who want otlice. First came Judge Leech.— He wanted an oflice awful bad. His favorite diversion seemed to be to hang around the lobby of the Eb bitt house, and, surrounded by a score of hungry “tar heels/’ expa tiate on how he could wake up the dead whig party in the Old North State, which would carry everything before it like a whirlwind, provided each member who fell into the ranks could have an olliee. Leech exhaus ted himself in about a fortnight, went- home disgusted, and is evi dently now ruminating how presi dent Hayes can expect to succeed tin less Leech gets an oflice and galvan izes the corpse of the defunct politi cal party. Next came a score of worn out jrolitical hacks with charg es against Colonel Douglass. They fought him persistently for a week or more, and when it was developed that the Attorney General wanted the evidence of more than a detec tive under a cloud to remove him, they, too, became solicitous as to the righteousness of the southern policy, actually borrowed money from the very one they had been persecuting, and then went home dejected.— Some still remain, however, who don’t give up so easily, Day after day the President is bored with sonic North Carolina gentleman, “be gawd sir,’’ who “fit, in the confed eracy, who makes promises of what he can do if he is only saddled on the public crib. By some strange coin cidence three of them are after the same oflice. They meet on the street have social converse together, drink Apple Jack out of the same bottle, and simply go to the President and berate one another. r I he upshot i that the President has apparently come to the conclusion that the North Carolina gang are a bad lot, and takes the evidence they them selves give him for tnat very logical conclusion. In view of the political majority North kkmdina didn't give for Have?, he is doubtless willing to let theotliee hunters from that state wait a while to the end that he may ascertain who'xro and who are not worthy of his confidence. It* they keen on aimsing one another as t! os have, done he will soon lose all f nth m the goodness of any of them. Tlie President'* Cabinet. TV ('hieagi/TriouiK' has t!(y fol lowing ; A correspondent at T'a ruling ton, Id., requests a brief sfatefnent of the duties connected with the office of eaelTgt the mem hers of the I’resi-* dent’s cabinet. Tt.o secretary of State maintains all correspondence with foreign agents of our govern ment , iMkf and iceords all commission letters of appointment, pardons* passports and nominations to the Senate : has charge of the fields of the United States ;of Ter ritorial business ;of immigration anil registered seamen, and of statis tics relating to foreign commerce.— attorney-general is at iho head of the Department of .Justice, and controls United States marshal and district attorneys ; defends and prosecutes for .lie government in the supreme court ; delivers written opinions on law when required ; examines the titles of all lands purchased for the I'nited States, and passes upon ap plications for pardons and for ap pointments in offices relating t) the legal and judicial business of the United States. Tlie. secretary of the interior has charge of the public* lands, pensions, patents and the In dians. The secretary of the treasu ry has general supervision of the fis cal transactions of the government, and of the execution of laws con cerning the commerce and naviga-i lion of the United States, the cuast survey, the marine hospitals, and the construction of public buildings customs, revenue and disbursements; the mode of keeping and rendering accounts in all the other depart ments : the custody of the moneys of the United States ; the accounts of receipts and expenditures ; all civ il suits commenced by the United States, except those arising in the Post-Office department; the build ing and repairing of lightouses, buoys, etc., ; weights and measures ; the coining of money, etc.—The Post-office department establishes and discontinues post-roads, arrang es the mail service by contract , and has special care of the conveyance of all mail-matter; money-orders, etc. The business of the Navy depart ment is distributed through eight bn reaus, the titles of which sufficiently indicate the functions of each — They are : Yards and docks, navi gation, ordnance, construction and repair, equipment and recruiting, provisions and clothing, steam-en gineering, medicine and surgery.— The business of the War depart ment is transacted through the com manding-genera!, who superintends the arrangement of the forces, rc cru’ting, court-martials, and disci pline ; the adjutant-general, who keeps all the records which refer to the personnel of the army, the quar termaster general, who insures a suf ficient supply, and gives facility and effect to the movements of the army; the paymaster-general, the commissa ry-gcneral, who simply uurchases and issues rations ; the surgeon-gen eral, the engineer’s office, the topo graphical office and the ordnance of fice. Those are the separate duties of the seven cabinet officers their most important duty, of course, is consultation with the President on questions of public policy affecting one or all the departments in an equal degree. Employments and Wages or Wo men. —Miss Jennie Collins, in her annual report of the management of Boflin’s Bower, says the Boston Her aid, refers to changes which occur' red in industrial employments since the close of the war, and says ; “Be fore the civil war a girl’s wages rang ed from $5 to 810 per week, and 82 was the cost of board. At present her wages range from $G to S2O and upward, but she is obliged to pay $5 for board, and all that she consumes is indirectly taxed to make up the five million dollars this State annual ly pays to keep breath in the vast ar my of non-producers. Women in coarser grades of work are paid from 83 to 85 per week, on an average of 84, One of them when asked how she could liye on that amount an swered, ‘Like a mouse in the wall.’ Women have crowded men out of their original domain, not only in the professions, but in the industrial branches. In this city alone seven ty-live distinct crafts arc open to wo men (men are only needed as assis tants), while not more than nine or ten are exclusively controled by the sterner sex. There are sixty thou sand more women than men in. the commonwealth, buHn our hospitals, almshouses and prisons the latter outnumber the former two to one.” At the present moment, 4,000,000 Hindoo and 100,000 Mohammedan children are attending schools in India, au 1 50,000 to 00,000 of them are receiving instruction up to the English Universities’ standard. The Newii tn 11 raid says: “I he State Agriet Itugal Convention will meet in Now.urn on the 14th of Au gust. EvervlMH.y is getting le.idy for the reception and entertainment of the delegates. From the indica tions we noin.o in our exchanges, it will be more fully attended than any previous meeting of that body.” r rHK ORKAT HARD TIMES r ATT 1 I The lk**t. tho Chi-}4-i)t ,u.a ih iu <#t a t hir. You cau't afford to be with* ut fc cricket a;:, hearth It I* a mammoth lfi-par* iUrntrafori o Uatyex'® Wtadilsa. u.cd watt LUu rimr' t for Ida ana jronnß. Sortal and *hr>rt sV- ?< h- ki.®w|. !*e. wit an humor, “nn pworm In )’uude, garnc*. “ijejiiitar Lively, eir. ii iinirw. imti-ino ni.d In struct no. The larjttit, liandaojnoet, U*t *u.a *.a.4>- it pnjWT of i* i las* joiMrstnsl. Only #1 jWr y.ar, wiili choice ot ihreo |>r> tuiunaa ; the Ovautifni ww cliromo. “Ye* or Not" size lOxlt* ib lies: ain one of the celebrated novels by fharle* Dickens, rr an ele traut box ot BJiUoucry. I'apcr without jm iu.um only 75 ct. per year. Or will send it four months on trtal fur oniy IS emmt*. IkW.-pecnm u copy **nt ouVoccipt of at amp. Agents wanted Addr* ** FA M. I.UPTON 4tCO..rut>’.ib*‘r.A7 Park TU*w, U Y N<) hpamtwf. .Some year* ago, when the tree* m our (Milks and aiieets uere tilled with meaauriug worui& and tile pamnvj wire assiduously cultivaU i to de voitr them, a lad v fond of aiicqung late in the morning, and who had been wakened untimely by the twit tering of the little binls, decly:\d to a friend that on the wlipje ike thought tiie sparrows as great a’'inn-, uoyance is the worms, ‘*\Yh,u <t> yon say?*' she asked a young gentk - man comimg to make :i mhHlftw 1 call, “which vronla yon rather hn\c, sparrows or worms?” The ingenu ous youth blushed and hesitatingly lVfdiderl that he couldn't say: he NWd noAVr had the sparrows." We nr * reminded of this old story bv techi!* that Dr. HHiott Cones, ono of the best American ornithologists, pro tests, in a published letter, that w* have too many sparrows. Ho points out, what is known to Ik* trueitr ev ery observing farmer uo.ir New York, that the sparrow* are gradually dial ing away pH the song birds. Taev are very pugnacious, and there i> reason to believe that they not oniy attack thrushes, martins and other birds, but that they dost rov tin: eggs of robins and other of the large birds. Custom, in some States law, and everywhere the belief that they extirpate the measuring worm, ha\e given the sparrows a welcome and safeguard. Nobody injures them or interferes with their nests. Dr. Couos, who is high authority, be lieves that they kill no move worms than other birds; that wo might more safely depend upon other insert tiverous birds, and that, unless spee dy and effectual war is made upon the sparrows, they will expel from our woods and fields all the songsters which make the country pleasant. Wc believe Dr. (’ones is right. We have heard of instance?, near New Yoik. where this English spar row*, being introduced and fostered presently took pos;Cssion of the mar tea boxes, and, after some years, all the song birds-disappeared, evidently driven out by this restless g ressi vc strati ger. —lit raid. Tiie Voice of tiif. Law.— At tho close ot the hearing of several of the Pittsburg rioters, on Wednesday, Judge Ewing said: —“These men seem to have been laboring under a total misapprehension of their rights, and, possibly, if they had not had very bad advisers this difficulty would not have happened. Men have a right to quit work, with or without a reason for quitting, hut they have no right to go upon the property of their employers after they had ceas ed work, either singly or in crowds. Going upon the company's property in this case whether they lifted a hand or not, made them trespassers. If three or more of them consulted together, and agreed to interfere with the movement of trains, they were conspirators. If they commit ted any aet3 of violence, whereby they intimidated or prevented others from going to work, they were guil ty of riot. And there can he only two sides of the riot—those engaged in it, with their aiders and abettors and those opposing it. 'There c m be no innocent spectators to a not.’ Too ml* it money.— Secretary Sherman and Assistant Secretary McCormick have recently called at tention to the fact that nerly GO,OOO -in legal tender notes, against which certificates of deposit have been issued, lie idly in the vaults of the Treasury department. They have interpreted this as indicating that the volume of currency in the country is, to say the least, not too contracted. Indeed, this large sur plus shows, in their estimation, that about one-sixth of the entire volume of the legal tender notes is not need ed for circulation at all. Anti-con* tractionists criticise this interpreta tion of the issue of certificates of de posit, and deny that it indicates any plethora of legal tender currency. Some excitement on Wall Street, New York, last Thursday in conse quence of J Gould, being attacked by Major Selover. Gould had been getting the better of Selover in the stock business, and hence the drub bing. The Atlanta I {dependent publishes a series of letters purporting to have been written by Tbeo. li. Davis an at torney in Washington and A. B. Clark, Assessor First District, ►Savan nah, Ga., in 1872. it is clear from their letters that Clark and Davis had combined in cheating the Govern ment. Davis writes Clark that he planned to go into prosecution of In ternal revenue eases and asks Clark to throw all the business of his district to him, at the same time agreeing to give Clark half the fees. Clark accepts and gives Davis a case against the Central Railroad and Banking Cos. Olark writes Davis that theCantral Railroad will compromise for 8-10,000, the claim for the back taxes against them. The Independent gives the correspondence? that passed in this ease and says that A. B. Clark and Andrew Clark, who is an official in this district, at this time were joint informers in theeare against the Central Road, and got 81 ,0.10 from the goverment and $3,000 from the Central Railroad. It now behooves the Claris to piove the fal-ity of these charges. The Virginia Democratic Convention was held in Richmond last week to nominate a candidate tor Governor. Several candidates were in the field. On the seventh ballot, lion. F. M. Holiday was nominated.