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BY H. F. ANDREWS & CO. Furniture! GIVE ME YOUR PATRONAGE!! I AM NOW PREPARED TO MANUFACTURE AND FURNISH |MY PAT RONS and the public with all kinds of Furniture. Such as Bureaux, Bedsteads, Wardrobes, Chairs, Window Shades and in reality everything connected with the Furniture business. COFFINS ! COFFINS ! ! CASKET. BVXIAL CASES. I AM also, prepared to furnish all sires of Metalic Burial CASKETS and CASES, of the best manufacture, and will make to order all other kinds of Coffins to suit the parties ordering the work done. A competent Workman will attend each burial if desired. Parties needing anything in my line are earnestly requested to give me a trial lie fore purchasing elsewhere. lam determined to sell at the lowest possible PRICES For CASH ONLY. JOHN I>. FLOYD. Feb. 16—3 m AND Paints A Tiflf’Vl Ann y*i n Q v **‘nii»h firuSe* _ Apoinecanes Iggggg^j WASHINGTON, GA. ]BYesli Garden Seeds KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND. We earnestly solicit a liberal share of public patronage. . T. L ANDERSON & CO. Feb. 25,1879—1y} Spring & Summer Goods, We are now offering our fine assortment of NEW GOODS, consisting of Staple Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Cloths, Cassimeres, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Gents’ Clothing ; slso, Ilanlwure, Crockery and (daNSware, Drugs & Medicine*. Pain n and Oiis. Wood and Willow Ware, Hooks and Stationery, and Notions, Os almost every description; all of which we will sell at the VERY LOWEST PRICES EOR CARII. We are determined to make it an object for you to buy of us. We will not bo unj deraold by any one. Please rail and examine for yourselves. FOREMAN, ERWIN & CO. March 31,1871. GROCERIES. SUGAR, COFFEE, BACON, LAUD, FLOUR, CHEESE, MOLASSES, SALT, MACKEREL, &c. &c. Also an assortment of Liquors,' such as WIIISKYS, GIN, RUM, BRANDYS, WINES, CIGARS, &c. AT W. T. Anderson's. 600 BUSHELS OATS for sale At W. T. ANDERSON’S. Feb. 4,1871. TEA^ Oolong, imperlvl, and young HYSON. AT HORTONS. May 25—ts. SMOKED JOWLS. .A- SMALL Lot on hand, will be sold low to close out. P. H. NORTON. May 25,—tf . fte Itoel)inliton fiavttf. NOTICE. W. H. DUNPHY Is receiving new GOODS and selling them at prices that defy competition. YOU word (I be surprised to see what a little money will do at W. H- Dunphy’s. NOW is the time to buy GOODS cheap at W. H. Dunphy’s. W. H. DUNPHY Is selling low for CASH. You can save from 10 to 25 per cent by purchasing yoar Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Boots, Shies, Hats, Irish Linens, Domestics, Millinery Goods, Lace Curtains, Window Shades, Fixtures &c., for CASH at W. H. Dunphy’s- WASHINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1871. Was&mgfot* toette. Celestials in Gotham. Every New Yorker is familiar with, and every visitor to that city will have noticed, the almond-eyed and yellow visaged sons of the Celestial Empire, who stand around the corners "of the streets, vending cheap cigars or pineapple candy. In this latter luxury they seem to have a monopoly of their own, for nowhere else etui it be obtained, and nobody else seems to engage in its manufacture. Upon tire principle of “ honor to whom honor is due,” let us give them credit for the ex cellence of this candy, which attracts to their small hand-carts customers even from the aristocratic precincts of Fifth avenue. But if the method of manulac turing this article, or (with rare excep tions) the filthy habits of those Celestial individuals, after business for the day is over, and they have retired to their hovels to manufacture a fresh supply for the fol lowing day, and indulge in excesses and opium-smoking, were better understood, perhaps the demand for this delicately flavored and creamy-white candy would soon diminish. While in New York I made frequent visits to the Chinese quarters of the city, nearly always, howevor, accompanied by a detective; and from what I have heard and read of John Chinaman in California in his worst phase, he holds to his charac ter in New York. The Chinese of Goth am but seldom engage in any; pursuits outside of cigar-making, cigar-peddling, or the manufacture and vending of pineap ple candy. They nearly always look re markably neat and clean while engaged at business, and in this respect compare favorably with tho street-venders and poddlers of other nationalities. No matter how dissipated a Chinaman may be, he will always manage to get over his night’s debauch before morning, so as not to neglect his trade or lose his profits; for Ah-Bin lias a keen eye to gain, and will never forego the chance of turning an honest penny. Another peculiarity of theirs, which is corroborated by the police official in whose precincts are located the Chinese bparding-houscs or tenements, is that they give very little trouble. They frequently quarrel and fight among them selves, but always contrive to settlo with each other in some satisfactory way be fore there is any need of forcible interfer ence. And whenever they live under the same roof with Irish or Germans, they keep TfiWuW 30>CJ|| and power fflWw f liofmclfee to be drugged irfto quar rels outside their own race. Ono of the most intelligent Chinamen I chanced to meet used to keep his stand in Printing-house Square, and his scrupu lous personal neatness, the Spotless apron, and the white paper in which ho. was wont to put up his five and ten cent pack ages of candy, brought him crowds of customers, among whom were many old and steady patrons, who rarely passed iris stand without making a purchase. His little liand-cart was painted a gay green color outside and white inside, and on a sheet of zinc on the bottom were placed three or four large brown cakes of pineapple candy, some of them cut in halves and temptingly displaying the spongy and creamy white of the interior, while a huge shining cleaver lay ready to cut off pieces or lumps of any desired size. About seven or eight months ago ho suddenly vanished, and has never since been seen in New York; but from some inquiry, and from what .Joe (as lie was universally called) confided to me during our many conversations about his native country and his countrymen in New York, I am satisfied that ho one day took the train for San Francisco, thence intending to return to His old home, which China men, however long they have been absent or much they have suffered there, fondly cherish and always have a longing to see again. As Joe was supposed to have ac cumulated considerable money during his ten or twelve years of candy-peddling, there might seem to lie a possibility that he had licen foully dealt with ; hut inves tigation soon disclosed the fact that he had disposed of his cart, license and the “ good-will” of his business before he left New York, all for tiie sum of fifty dollars, and also that he had purchased a third class ticket through to San Francisco at an office on Broadway. Since then I have never seen or heard from Joe ; hut to him I am indebted for my first entree into Chi nese life in New York, and also for con siderable information about the habits of his countrymen there and elsewhere. But if Joe has gone his confrere* still re main, and now, as then, principally dwell in the Fourth Ward, scattered around Roosevelt, Cherry, James Vandewater and Oak streets, near the East River, Next to the “bloody Sixth,” that encloses within its limits the Five Points and Baxter street, this is probably the worst and filthiest part of the city, nearly every house being a dilapidated and overcrowd ed tenement, with a grog shop or cheap grocery on the first floor. In these houses dwell the Chinamen, generally about a dozen or two living in company on the same floor, and never interfering with the other inmates above or below them, al though often obliged to stand rough jokes or be tantalize 1 and teased by the drunk en hod-carriers and vagabonds, or even worse. To my knowledge, there is (or was, at least, a year ago) only one house in New York that is exclusively inhabited by Chinamen, and occupied as a Chinese boarding-house, on the north side of Roosevelt street. It is a brick building of three stories, utfetly dilapidated, with hardly a whole pane Os glass in it, while the shutters that were once painted green are now of grayish color, grown over with fungi, and rottiug from their hinges. When I visited this plica tor the purpose of seeing something of Cheese life, I was escorted by my Chinese, friend Joe only, and it was a long time befqrc I could in duce him to take me there. Os the thirty or forty intunics, half of them were asleep, and the other busily engaged preparing their candy lor the morrow ; and from that moment pineap ple candy lost all its reiis&i for me, no matter how temptingly it may look or how delicately suggestive of pineapple its odor may ho; none -hr me. On the third floor, and in the taWArefct. -»U», we found a number of small fxndjfetone” fur naces, each of which lituia liege brass or iron caldron boiling and tftibliling on the topofit. Save the cliarccvvJ llrcsintlicfur naces, there wore no other lights in the room, not even a tallow Bundle. On the floor lay tho manufaowtifrs, drowsily awaiting the time when tllv boiling sugar should be ready for manipulation. Num erous crickets were chii pwg in all corners of the hot and close rooum, where the fumes of the charcoal and t fe steam from the ladling and burning jftgar where nl most strong enough to calls'! asphyxia to ordinary lungs. Cockroaches of an enormous sizo raced up and down the sodden walls and among tho tilth of the floor, while, now and then, specimens of this tribe would drop down from tho ceiling into the boiling pots lie low. l’rcsently one of tliei pans would boil over with a loud hissing aud a smell of burnt sugar would pervade the room, reminding the candy-makers that the li quid was ready for the next' process in the manufacture. Slowly about half a dozen tin or zinc sheets were, produced from a corner of tho room, placed in tho centre of the floor, and the boiling sugar was poured out upon them, and thorough ly worked with long-handled iron spoons or ladles and a wooden rolling pin, sheath ed with tin. As Joe informa l me, this process would require mficlt time before the candy would assume the - necoasury lightness and spongy texture that is one of its peculiarities, wo left tho “manufac tory” and went down to jibe steeping and dining rooms on tho floiff bolo ,vt j, Supper being long over, anil the part of the hoarders being ! '.n@ to a gam bling and smoking den flora- by, we found but two of the ill matey in ftwi, who were botb snoring soundly.penny dip stood flaring bn the table, amidst twb or three candy “cheeses,” covered with flies and roaches. On half a dozen saucers were the remnants of the -evening meal, and about a dozen chopsticks lay strewed about the floor. Leaving this room we descended to the “parlor,” on tho first floor, which contained sc void largechests, bound with iron and cane, and a few ar ticles of furniture, some of Chinese, and others of American origin. In a lacquered plate, on the ruffled and dusty mantelpiece, I observed a number of or straws covered over with license; ami a Chinese saucer, in a finely-wrought net work of cane, contained several lumps of red paint, the use of which I am unable to explain. ,Tlie back parlor was fitted up with shelves, upon which were numerous labelled jars, of different shapes and sizes, containing the rice, tea and other provis ions, with many Cldneso preserves ami condiments, belonging to the establish ment. 1 did not see a woman in the wholo house, and w hen we left the door was carefully shut and doubly lad ted, by an old and nearly blind Chinaman, and a moment afterward we saw thedight in the parlor put out, and the house was wrapped in complete darkness. But the most loathsome of these abodes was an opium den in the same street, only alxmt three or four doors,from the board ing-house, which supplied its principal patrons. This place was on the second floor of a rear building, and to reach it wo hud to pass through a narrow and filthy passage, hardly wide enough to ad mit the body of one man. On reaching the apartment, wc were ushered in l>y a half-grown boy, who acted as door-keep er, and the sight that presented itself to our eyes is one that I shall never forget— more revolting, indeed, than anything to be seen at the Morgue or elsewhere. The room was almost dark, the only light be ing from a little red-hot qfove in the mid dle of the floor, and two or three penny dips, stuck in lumps of clay, that served as candlesticks. Seated around the stove, on the bare ffoor, were four Chinamen, slowly puffing at long pipes with diminu tive bowls, and gazing intently up in the blackened ceiling, as if something there attracted their entire attention, the pipe alone excepted, from which they would now and then draw a long whiff, retaining the smoke for a long time, and then finally letting it escape through the nostrils. No one noticed our entrance except the boy who stood guard at the door, and before wc had been there five minutes one of the smokers crawled on all fours along the floor till he reached a shelf or bonk fas tened to the wall, into which he tumbled himself, mechanically taking the pipe with him. My attention thus 1 icing called to this side of the room, I noticed that the whole wall, nearly up to the ceiling, was cov ered wish wooden shelves, about twenty five inches in width, and partitioned off into bunks or berths, lengthwise, like on lioard ship. But not a vestige of liedding of any kind did these bunks contain, al though nearly half of them were occu pied by sleepers or smokers. Three or four shining dots, brightening up every now aud then like glow-worms, and then dying out again to a faint glimmer, de noted where the opium smokers were at work, when suddenly a pipe would drop down on the floor, and a grunt would an nounce that the smoker was “off,” and dreaming, or perhaps suffering the penalty of his horrible indulgence. A heavy and greasy baize curtain, suspended to an iron rod above the doorway upon being pulled aside, with much creaking of the rusty rings, admitted us into the adjoin ing gambling-room, in whjph there were some twenty Chinamen, of all ages, cither gambling, tabling or smoking. And more disgusting-looking, shrunken specimens of humanity could scarcely be found. Their bleared and fiery red eyes and sallow fea tures, of a parchment lmo and stillness, were horrible to look upon, and the howls, that bi»ke forth from the gamblers who were losing, defy description. Occasionally the players would spring up and grasp each other by the throat, uttering unearthly yells all the while; hut I noticed that they invariably sat down again and continued the game without doing any great harm. This game was played with a quantity of Chinese coin made of brass anil having a square hole in tho centre, and several dice and dice cups seemed also to enter into its mys teries ; but further than this I did not care to penetrate. Upon several subsequent visits to Chi nese lodgings I tried to find a joss-house, or Chinese place of worship, but. never succeeded, although I know that they ex ist In New York as well as in San Fran cisco, without lining so numerous. Joe always answered me evasively, and seemed unwilling to give any information, and other Chinamen whom I have “inter viewed” upon the same subjeet told me, in their pigcon-English, that they did not know of any. But if we had been per mitted to explore the garret, I have cer tain reasons to believe that we should have found ourselves in a Chinese temple, or un excuse lor one; and when iny expe rience shall he repeated 1 promise to “go for the heathen i !hiuee” until ho discloses the localities of his joss-houses, of which that city has doubtless several among its strange variety of religious institutions,— JL i r . ,o'ir. Washington Patriot. Bloomerism and our Strong-minded Women. In view of tfen advance ot that partiw lar class known as strong-minded women, it has become somewhat of interest to learn Itow one of the branches of the present strong female organization first arose; and how, und under what difficul ties, proceeding from prejudice, or other wise, it flourished Tho foundress was Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, the editress of a temperance journal entitled tho Lily, which was first published in Seneca, N. Y., somewhere in July, 1851. The first au thentic potrait of her was jotted down by a Mr. T. W. Brown,, of Auburn, in the same State. Tho dress upon which she so much relied as mi element of individ uality, was first brought into notice on the Slid July, 1851, in Lowell, Massachu setts. The spirits of that exceedingly manufacturing town were considerably startled. Mrs. Amelia, arrayed in her ex traordinary garb, attempted to prove, in her own fair person, that it was admira bly adapted to the solid, practical laborto bo performed by tho larger part of her female audience. She affirmed that it was not immodest. She declared, more over, that it was not inelegant. She drew from the immense reservoir of history, to which she had had access, and proclaimed that much ofiuhe peculiar attributes of the cost nine she then wore had been borrowed from the fascinating Polish ladies who de lighted in high fur-trimmed boots and short tunic skirts; and, in a fervor of pros elytism, she inquired: “If delicacy requires that the skirt should belong, why do our ladies, a dozen times a day, commit tho indelicacy of raising their dresses, which have already been sweeping the sidewalks, to prevent thoir draggling in the mud of the streets? Surely, a lew spots of mfld added to the refuse of tho sidewalks, on the hem of their garment, are not to lie compared to the charge of indelicacy, to which the dis play they make might subject -them.” Under this appeal the audience remained, we regret to say that it is reported, mute and emotionless. Some little of that stir which characterizes the best regulated female minds whenever precise and detail ed descriptions of costume are dwelt upon before them was observable. Indeed, when this strangely-accoutred woman went on to mention what was really the .costume which she had introduced before the world with the expressed object ot asserting, in every respect, its superiority over all existing costumes: “We would have a skirt reaching down to nearly half-way between tho knee and the ankle, and not made quite so full as is the present fashion. Underneath this skirt, trousers moderately full, in fair, mild weather, coming down to the anklo (not instep), and there gathered in with an elastic band. The shoes or slippers to suit the occasion. For winter or wet weather, the trousers also full, but com ing down into a boot, which should rise somejthree or four inches, at least, aliove the ankle. This boot should lie graceful ly sloped at the upper edge, and trimmed with fur, or fancifully embroidered, accord ing to the taste of the wearer. The mate rial might be cloth, morocco, mouse-skin, etc., aud water-proof, if desirable.” All this magnificent sjieciinen of free and-easy-sliort-skirted —“moderately-full” trousers—“slippers-to-suit-the-occasion”— boots-“trimincd-with-fur” sort of woman was, to use the showman’s phrase, “got up regardless of expense.” We are not informed whether the eloquent laudations bestowed by the lecturess upon the va rious conveniences of the costume thus invented by herself, made themselves im mediately felt on the audience before which they were first delivered. But towns like Hartford and Rochester, boast ing of some individuality, some freedom ot will among their women, were regaled with the sight of a few Bloomeritcs per ambulating its streets. But a still proud er triumph awaited Mrs. Amelia. In tho autumn of the same year—time just long enough to enable her bold cry of “privi lege” to echo on the other shores of the Atlantic—an American lady lectured on tho same subject in London. She ap peared in costume—a neat black satin jacket, skirt and trousers—and was, if not quite as original as her great prototype, spoken of as having been every bit as ar dent and impassioned. But neither the custom nor the costume “took” in Eng land, ami Bloomerism died a violent death at the moment of its birth. Long skirts and thoir concomitants had fastened themselves too closely upon the English taste to lie shaken by a even a united as sault of an entire regiment of strong minded females. There is but little to say about the suc cess of the so-called Bloomer costume in this country. It has had, indeed, so little success that it may lie said to have known only absolute failure. Spasmodic at tempts were made at first to introduce, and then to maintain it. But each one culminated in disaster; anil the time soon came when tho imputation of having worn the uniform of Bloomer was almost a reflection upon sanity of mind. Since (lie day when the editress of the Lily cast the balmy odors of that pure and delicate flower upon the troubled sea of public opinion, there have been periodical assem blies of crazy men and flighty women, whose fnlminalions in the cause of female independence have been chronicled in the public press; whose peculiarities of man ner have been duly described in the same column with the ravings of the speakers; and whose eccentricities of dress have not failed to shine with a trifle of caricature on the last page of pictorial pqjiers. But we do not remember of having seen many Bloomerisms among tlio outreisms of cos tume. . . Preaching is one thing. To practice what one preaches, is quite another. In our day, we have certainly admired Mrs. Mary Walker—we should perhaps call her Doctor Mary—parading tho streets and exhibiting a fortitude and devotion in the midst of opposing elements which, if applied to the legitimate duties of her sex, would have gained her honor. This Strong-minded and unconquerable female —bo strong-minded and unconquerable that she is forever standing under the sus picion of degrading her sex, while assum ing to elevate it—is, for the present, the spokeswoman of a very small coterie. What the new-born revolution in advo cacy of female suffrage is destined to do in regard to the costumes ot its support ers, we cannot confidently say. We are aware that the movement itself is grow ing stronger; that under its primary head of the “rights of woman,” it lias usurped the sanctum of the editor, the dissecting room of the professor of anatomy, the bench of tliu judiciary, the dignity of the jury platform, and has raised its voice within the sacred precincts of voting slums. But it is not quite so conclusive that this age shall see the decay of the modern style of female dress, and the re vival of Bloomerism. Women have one passion that is stronger than love of pow ei. That passion is vanity. So long as the young women believe that they look prettier aud more charming in the present style than in that worn by Mrs. Mary Walker (and, we believe, there is but one opinion upon the subject), they will re main faithful to it. If not, it will go down. There is no middle ground. The old women who like snuff may do more talking; but in the matter of costume, young women who like perfumes will floor them any day.— N. O. Times. Backslidino Tkmpkkasce Men.—The Washington Chronicle is responsible for the following: A sad story comes from Georgia con cerning,the fate of a temperance insurance society, which was started by ten persons each anteing up $5, and contributing $3 a month, those who didn’t backslide in twelve months to divide the accumulated amount. All but one relapsed into their errors, and on the appointed day the sur vivor called at the Treasurer’s office to. obtain the $650 due. The Treasurer be ing out, he took a scat and a drink of whisky. At that moment the clock struck twelve, and the solemn information was conveyed to his ears that the Treasurer had lost all the money at skin game of poker with the presiding elder, and had gone the way of all defaulting treasurers. The gad event has cast, etc. Thebe is an intelligent dog at Mud Pine, Ind., so sharp that whenever com pany comes to the house he proceeds at once to catch a chicken, a thing that he will not do at any other time. < »-»■ . Massachusetts statistics proclaim that eleven white girls married colored men in Boston last year. YOL. VI -NO. 9. Radical Administration of the State Road—Startling Figures. The Gaskill-Blodgett indictment has directed a very general attention to the Radical management of the State Road, and created a desire to get at the official details of that administration. This desire has not been diminished by the fact that 'when the railroad books were called for by the grand jury of this county, those in charge refused to produce them, and it was not until the court issued a peremptory order, placing the unwilling custodians under penalty for contempt, that the tell-talo volumes were forthcom ing. This reluctant production of these books 1 Hides no good revelations. Stil 1 the peoplo would like to know something of the truth. We have it in our power to make a few specimen extracts that give an insight in to the astounding reality. Tho A nditor’s book shows the stupendous payments for the years 1869 and 1870. Hera they are : auditor’s hook—lßo9. January, 81 warrants paid.. .$205,789 25 February, 71 “ “ 245,98> 18 March, 71 “ “ .. . 192.048 28 April, 87 “ “ ... 190,022 08 May, 07 “ “ ... 205,995 82 June, 74 “ “ ... 159,124 81 July, 95 “ “ ... 178,004 51 August, 86 “ “ ... 200,674 46 September, 84 “ u ... 99,593 28 October, 06 “ “ ... 248,287 76 November, 71 “ ”... 248,427 45 December, 88 “ "... 249,379 98 $2,429,992 42 ■ auditor’s book —1870. January, 80 warrants paid.. .$369,841 81 February,76 “ . “ ... 354,474 04 March, 85 “ “ .. . 808.263 10 April, 109 “ “ ... 302,065 36 May, 79 “ “ ... 805,375 86 J une, 04 “ “ ... 232,547 34 July, 79 “ “ ... 190,239 98 August, 09 “ “ ... 259,885 64 September, 48 “ “ ... 180,04 094 October, 05 “ “ .. . 297,346 08 November, 60 “ ”... 108,449 43 December, 107 “ “ ... 159,800 17 $3,100,591 55 Grand total for 1800 and 1870 $5,530,583 97 ' Expenses for 1870 over 1869 070,599 18 Five millions and a half for two years, and an increase of over half a million for the last year, makes an aggregate of Rad ical liberality with the people’s money, that only needs for illustration one or two items of compromises for the State’s in terest at tho cost to the State of such lit tle plums as $8,500 for the benefit of some lucky and sharp-witted State Road em ploye. We do not proposo to give all our specimens at once, but to present them in broken doses. It may not be unsuitable to offset against the Brobdignagdiau figures above pre sented, a smaller array of items that enter into the grand aggregate, but at the same time that are hardly less instructive and full of suggestions than the big sums. For instance, the following is diminutive! in magnitude, hut very loud in emphasis: 1870. Western aud Atlantic Railroad, To A, L. Harris, Dr. December 26. For services rendered extra during the year 1870, from January Ist to December 31st, as Supervisor, $1,200. This bill, No. 74, December 13th, 1870. Approved. N. P. HoTcnKtss, Auditor. Tiie mammoth functionary, Mr. A. L. Harris, supervisor of railroads and legis latures, aud versatile factotum-in-gcneral for his Excellency, not only drew his sal ary with commendable punctuality, for which tho State was entitlod to his whole valuable time, but as will be seen above farmed out parts of his big corporOsitv on extra duties during supernatural hours. During the same year, 1870, we find that tlris Briaren functionary extracted from the accommodating State Road Treasury some twenty-seven hundred additional dollars ($2,700) for the use by the road of a certain switch appertaining to tho aforesaid mighty man of diversified parts. And tho use of tlris switch may possibly account for tho frequent smash-ups that year. Mr. E. B. Pond, proprietor of the Na tional Hotel, drew at one time $1,050, and at another time SSOO. These items liutc an unctuous mark. They are stamped with that suggestive and mouth-watering brand, know to the initiated as “bar-bill.” To I the uninitiated, we would state that this means jolly, lucious “drinks,” aud lots of them. The Attorney-General to this gu bernatorial lordship had a good time. He got, according to these eloquent books, S3OO per month, and this sometimes three and four months in advance. We shall have to close up this delirious expose for the present, concluding with the production of the queer but eloquent statistical pecuniary feet, that Mr. BtoJ gott is credited with $123 per month for rent; ditto Mr. Hotchkiss; while that immaculate, versatile and patriotic giant, Mr. Harris, legislative rcconstructor under the grace of Lord Rufus, switch-inventor, lailroad supervisor, ex-postmaster, useful Jack-at-all-trades, and general Radical giascutus-in-chief for political and pecoa ious purposes, was satisfied with the more modest sum of SB3 per month for rent. All liail, the modest Harris! —Atlanta Constitution. Sumneh county, KANSAS, had not a single inhabitant in the summer of 1870. It now has a population of 3,000. It has ' one paper, the Oxford Timet , devoted to the interests of the county, and it is one column larger than any paper in the Southwest. This county is on the Osage Diminished Reserve.
