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r ISBY, REID & REESE, Proprietors.
^liusnED 1826.
The Family Joprsae.—News—Politics—Litekatpre—Asbiobltpee—Domestio Affairs.
MACON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1870.
XUINOS AIM* *■**''-~
Psalm, Sri verse.
\jfuVu Inscribed to Iicv. Dr. mils, whos
Sermon teas from the above Deauti
f,l Words. ftatmcnL
0 blessed Homo! nncli loveth God Ihy gates—
PhTboly moontiin paths, •whore Righteousness
ink Peace eich other ever Idas. Mercy
tad Troth together meet, and Glory dwells
Io all thy spotless Land forever more.
(i-ee the chnroh triumphant firmly stands
tLj ftamovable!—nor ’gainst it shall
-be cates of Hell prevail, for He hath said
ntChrist and He this Kingdom loveth well,
v ! in it Tiiey shall reign for’er and e’er.
V~siti« if rower and beauty girdlotboe!
tae even as Jerusalem of old.
indon thy deep foundations planted He
jbe everlasting covenant—Mid God
jbe Son redeemed it with His precious blood,
tad on the palm of His own hand engraved
2e it He, thy Defence is, Zion: by His love,
Qgjjpotence and truth. '‘Fair as the moon,
Cejras the Sun” to-day thon’rt marching forth,
glories of the Earth as morning dond
j t a\j dew swift pass away. Bhinest
rbon “as Eastern gold” O Zion, city
j( oar God, who, in thy mid’at Is mighty
Id whose promise shall not fail for e’er.
)Bon! tears thou oft has had as well
irtptnres—suffering as well as joy,
i,"b«> sadly by those fountains sat and wept
• # Basic of tho murmuring streak thine own
•oreaken ones. Neglected hung their harps
•pen the weeping willow trees, and sad
|d lonely felt they in a land so strange,
Hj in their woe cried, sit we down, yea weep
re by these rivers bitter tears when we
sember Zion, city of our love.
,p notes of lamentation filled the air
en thy sad captive childron shook from off
ir slowly dragging foot thy precious dust,
er resting in their toilsome flight and march
[21 in a desert land they laid them down,
from hopeless bondage, deepest ruin, Ho
jo ailed thee, and in robes of beauty made
ee, &n, glorious again—“The Lord
sh chosen thee.” Behold thy house is left
j linger, Zion, lone and desolato! -
Hkm.v, Ga., January 19th, 1870.
Strayed From the Floch.
Tho wind goes sobbing
Over the moor;
isthe fold, and shut its door;
it* and still, boyond terror or shock, r
te* the foolish lamb that strayed from the flock;
bile overhead, from Iris frozen branch;
ith a tender pity, true and staunch,
Thus sings the robin:
‘•The wind howls, heavy
With death and sorrow;
day it is thee—may be mo to-morrow ;
Til sing ono tune o’er the silent wold
the little lamb that never grew old—
:V« lived long winters to see,
inting from empty boughs like me—
Boughs once so leafy.
“The enow flakes cover
The moorland dun;
song trills feebly, bnt I sing on ; v
did God make me a bravo bird-soul;
ir warm feathers red as coaL
keep my life Urns cheery and bright,
the Ttty last twinkle of wintry light—
While thine is all over?
“Why was I given
Bold, stroug wings,
bear me away from hurtful things,
bile thy poor feet were so tender and weakly,
d thy faint heart gave up all so meekly!
it yielded at length to a still, safe Hand,
it bade thee lie down nor try to stand—
Was it Hand of Heaven ?
‘The wind goes sobbing”—
Thus sang thebird,
else io a dream his voice! heard— . - ..
' 4hing I know, and nothing can;
dom is not for me but man;
some enow-pure, snow-soft—not snow-cold—
lybesmgingo'er the lamb strayed from the fold,
Besides poor Robin.”
Tho Faithful Lovers.
en any from her throe years—about that—
II returned to find my Mary true,
thought I'd question her: I did not doubt that
’'MnecMsaryiioto do. -
Ocmnlgee and North Georgia Rail- manufacture of heavy machinery, railroad iron,
road. J steam engines and all utensils and implements
Editors Telegraph and Messenger : In the j °f iron and steel; also in tho production
issue of the Teleqbath and B—at of the of - copper, coal, and the various other metals
**m*et!!*»*~***~-i«i* laasaaggagg&aea
projected Tiew scheme. ’The. scheme is not spot of tho State* It is essentially the white
new. A charter prepared by .the •writer was j man’s country, and is worthy his intellect and
granted to himself and a company of gentlemen, ! ? ctiv . it d r - 1116 inducements of this section to
-. v . immigrants far outnumber those of the West
« f g dark and P enlon3 *H* of 1864 ‘ ‘ Its natural geographical position, mild andge-
Bome of them now sleep, “honored dead,” in ' nial climate, rich and productive soil yielding
the soil of the State for whose welfare they dc-j the great staples of cotton, the grasses and the
voted their energies and lives—Cobb, Coch- cereals; ite orchards of fruits, its boundtesa for-
n..., - . _ ests of hardwood timber, its mines of the pre
ran, Bloom, Ralston and Washington. Of the ; c £ 0n8 and metals, its leaping jasoades and
original corporators, there remain Hon. E. A. i rivers descending from the bases of the Bine
Nisbet, Wm. B. Johnston, E. L. Strohecker, L. I Ridge and Alleganies and forming water-powers
. . comer we wero sitting;
i ^Mid I, “have you been always true ?”
**id she—just pausing in her knitting,
don't think I’ve unfaithful been to yon;
three years past Til tell you what
ccua ; then eay if I’ve been true or not.
ifroyon left me, my grief was uncontrollable;
■« I mourned my miserable lot,
a who atw me thought me unconsolable,
b*ptain Clifford came from Aldershot;
« *ith him amused mo wlrilo ’twas new—
*• want that unfaithfulness. Do you ?
Gh 1 let me seo—was Frankie Phipps:
;; “®»t my uncle’s, Christmas-tide;
■«“» “8 niistletoe, where lips met bps,
jivema his first kies”—and here she sighed.
' W1 six weeks at uncle’s; how time flew 1
® • wont that unfaithfulness. Do you ?
Gecil Fossmorc, only twenty-one,
r j 0rs °. Oh! how we rodo and raced,
vd the do wns; wo rode to hounds—suchfun!
wtm was hie arm about my waist—
«, to lift me up or down. But who
** wont that unfaithfulness. Do you ?
■kow Reggy Vere? Ah, how he sings!-
f*— twas at a picnic. Ah, such weather 1
'Os, look, the first of these two rings,
r *were lost in Clifden woods together.
JJf * hippy time we, spent, we two!
I “tcount <Aaf unfaithfulness. Do you?
* Wother ring from him D’you see
•ji-lin gold circlet that is shining here ?"
Mrnind; “Oh, Mary! can it bo
vos_." Quoth she, “That I am Mrs. Vere ?
toont that unfaithfulness. Do you?”
1 replied, "for lam married too."
Waiting.
°r ArocsiA cooper ebistol.
H*J* Te you do not expect to marry till yon
“wen. I wm agree to wait if you will."
. dyo, X will wait!
dr'vj? 3 u0 dread with length, and Time is
Purple darkness of the sea,
•napheam falls, divinely clear.
2 its one bright rainbow aU for me,
“ eTe r yet complained of Fate,
mil bravely wait.
, And thou wilt wait!
vV.WUfclng ocean, dim and wide,
“Tst sent out the promise: and, behold,
168 rrowri the rising tide,
jMjJswina float upon the liquid gold;
'OH winds blow toward the snnset gate,
r or thou wilt wait!
Heaven bids me wait!
* dreams who floods my sleep
nsliinight the day transcend,
soul-embrace I wake to weep
? ars —he also nobly bends
, dread glory of his angel state,
And bids me wait!
nv.rvr e ?* if 1 wait '
courage be thy grace!
3 n,S? e&Tor *hy soul be given!
vt 11 ^L mo f t , th,lt champion face to face,
’ hoM LiUt 4 . 030 ° 1<Jer claims of Heaven ;
W ldomimeDt before the gate,
“ I should wait.
^i^^orddl wait?
*»*? ** infinite *
aSe'w m ?i f be * ut 7 near or far,
i god Vf 1 - hou »*lkest in the light,
on from star to eUr!
555“ universe is thy estate—
’'by should I wait ?
Sot 1 should wait,
,ld ■j?ftm5n ke *P tbee for *n hour,
Sr cr ou L npward lengthening track;
■itr ,u J e °rna new seraph power,
5 S?! K?TT never onoe 'ook back,
motives and causes which led to the obtaining
of the charter of this road, and to point out the
grower of Germany.
It is a well known fact that even since the des
olations of the war, the lands of these portions of
strnction, and the local advantages to the city | jji value and are being rapidly settled by immi-
of Macon and adjacent country. The construc
tion of lateral roads, merging directly and indi
rectly into the railway systems of the Carolinas
and Virginia, was intended to drain the trade of
the great West into the harbors of Norfolk and
Charleston, to the perpetual injury of Savan
nah, Brunswick, and other Southern harbors.
The main artery from the Northwest, the
State Boad, has partially defeated the plans of
capital in the interest of Virginia and Carolina
seaports, and Secured the rapid commercial
growth of Savannah. The State Road draws
but a poi lion of the Western trade. The pro
ducts of the Central Western States and the
trade of Ginoinnati and other internal Western
cities are yet excluded from the shortest and
most practical outlet into the State of Georgia.
To draw this immense trade -of the Central
West, of West Pennsylvania, Virginia, North
Carolina, Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee,
directly to the heart of Georgia, that it may bo
distributed through its arterial railway system
gration. The benefits to the State at large, in
the accessions of inhabitants, and the develop
ment of th?se unparalleled resources by a rail
way connecting -with others running almost due
north and terminating at Cincinnati, with com
munications to all parts of the West, are appa
rent upon the mere suggestion. Southern and
Southwestern Georgia are as much interested
in direct and cheap transportation of the arti
cles of its consumption, such as bacon, corn,
floor, agricultural implements, etc., and these
sent direct to them from Cincinnati, without
breaking bulk and. saving, commissions, insur
ances, risks and numerous profits.
The local advantages of this road to the city
of Macon are mainly suggested in the preceed-
ing hints. The termination of a railroad at i
city always increases its population, its hotels,
its trade, its residences, creates new streets and
avenues and enhances the value of its real prop
erty; it increases manufactures, worskhops
arts of mechanism, and its revenue, municipal
and otherwise. The termination of this road
atMacon connects Tier directly with the West and
brings her freights in bulk. By the charter of
this road the oompany is required, where it
crosses the Ocmnlgee at Macon, to “erect an
to Savannah, Brunswick and its Southern and : open stone bridge of sufficient width and strength
to admit of a double track to said road, and for
a carriage and footway for teams and passen
gers free of toUs.” Should it cross at Second
street as contemplated, the beautiful bunding
Bites of East Macon would Bpeedily be adomecl
with residences. -.
The charter requires this road also to run to
or near the Indian Springs, the fountain of
health placed by tho hand of the Almighty in the
centre of this noble Stato. It is presumed that
the Legislature, In inserting this requirement,
anticipated the day when the State would im
prove and beautify this gift of Providence.
This road is not a compering road with any
other now built in the State. Its completion
will benefit all other roods,especially in Central
and Northern Georgia, as it crosses the lateral
roads. The city of Augusta as well as Rome will
derive advantage'from its distributions. It rang
somewhat parallel with it, but easterly through
Southwestern area, is bnt one of tho important
objects in the completion of this railway.
The construction of a railroad to the northern
bonndary line of the State is attended with dif
ficulties, it is true. Great difficulties occurred
in the construction of other roads in this State.
They have been opposed by illiberality, self-
interest, the bribes of monopolies, prejudices,
stupid ignorance and downright honest igno-
The predictions of financial ruin their
construction wonld involve, are now entertain
ing to shareholders of stocks above par, of semi
annual dividends and of secure investments of
trust estates of widows and orphans. But these
difficulties can all be overcome whether finan
cial or topographical; if the people of cen-
. . • : a section entirely destitute of railway oonnec-
tral and northern Georgia will impartially look : j; on rece jYj nf! no benefit from, or contributing
to their interests, and act in a spirit worthy of I to the revenues of the State road, and connects
the immense advantages to accrue to their State | with roads leading to Knoxville, Cincinnati, and
and themselves. It is believed that these ad- i the Bentral and Western States, thus bringing to
. . . ., .. - the State products of that section of the West
vantages are so apparent to the public that but wllich n6 f el reftchn3via Chattanooga, and can-
few will be found to rise ont of the dust of ig- • n( > t compete with that portion of the West con-
norance, self-interest, and prejudice, to oppose i tributing to the State road. The State of Geor-
the development of a railway mors important gia, entirely at her own expense, built a railroad
2 138 miles long from the city of Atlanta north-
atthis time to the permanent prosperity of the
State than any other within her borders. Hon
orable competition is always laudable, and the
desire to make the Atlantic harbors of our own
westerly to Chattanooga. Central, Northern,
and Northeastern Georgia have received no
benefit from that road, or assistance whatever
from the State. In her present isolated posi-
„. . . - ,1. . tion, but holding unknown treasures in the bow-
State commercial emporiums in the trade of the i ^ ^ fher mountains and in tho fertile soil of her
world, in preference to thoso of more Northern j valleys, and guaranteeing to the State, upon the
States; and to secure the rich prizes of com- ! creation of this projected road, PMNCEmr bev-
mercial interchanges with the Western States esxjes, can she not of right demand of the State,
since she has lavished her wealth upon North-
to the permanent prosperity of Georgia, rather
than our sister States, ought to lie near the
heart of every one of her sons and oommand his
earnest support.
Tins is an age peculiar to the development of
gTeat thoroughfares of intornal transportation,
and the prosperity and wolfare of a State in the
competition of political and financial empire is
now entirely dependent upon the development
of its internal resources and railway transits,
from and to the maikets of the world. The era
of short lines of railway and local competition
has gone. Tho small jealousies of the past are
submerged in the general welfare of the State,
and tho arbitrary exactions of commerce. In
western Georgia and extended a helping hand
to every other section, that in turn she shall
now lend her endorsement upon the faith of the
priceless treasures of her mountains, and upon
the garden spot of her own soil in the bosom of
her future population and empire ?
Jebbx Cowles.
Cariosities of Book Selling.
There is a curious article in a London paper
, from which much information in regard to the
1 Bale of books may bo derived. First on the list
as patrons of popular literature are the children.
The highc-r class, bnt not tho dearer, of nursery
books, sell often to the number of half a mil
lion, and there are books for every day wear
and tear, and others for Sunday only,, which
the railway systems of the United States,'each latter sold last year to the .amount of 100,000
State is competing for tho shortest and most I m ^ e , ea . s ^
practical connections and termini of trans-con- j am ?unt of *>,000 copies, but a cheap edition cf
rinental railway communications; from the po- ! an mtelligible poet will sell to tho number of
ninsula of Florida to the great lakes of the ! S 5 . 00 ?- Stampslongimpeaednowspaperdevelop-
Northwest, and thence, totho Northwestern bar- ment in England, but the yearly name of dailypa-
bors of the Pacific; and struggling to draw the P ers 18 8G,000,000, and of weekly 1-0,000,000.
trade of China and Japan, via the harbors of ; )? hen Hethenngton began his war against the
California, and tho Paciflo railways, to the At-1 Government in the matter of stamps, he issue dan
lantic sea-ports. In this grand struggle what' immense number of the unstamped Poor Man’s
State enters the lists with natural advantages
superior to Georgia ? Her ports of Brunswick
and Savannah are hundreds of miles nearer St.
Louis than Norfolk and New York. A railway
due west to the Pacific from Central or
Southern Georgia, would be of great and ma
terial difference in shortness than those now
built, or any others which can be built; besides
beiDg exempt from the avalanches of snow
which render the Northern lines temporarily
useless during parts of the winter and spring.
Are these views chimerical? Are they as much
so as the proposed connection of the city .of'
Savannah with the Mississippi river, twenty
years since ? Yet Gen. Vi. "W. Gordon, Absa
lom Chappell, and others then rogarded as 'en
thusiasts, but who read the future at that day,
and saw tho subsequent prosperity of Georgia
looming out of her future railwAv system, .had
nothing to defend the. truth of their views, in
comparison to what we can now anticipate un
der a liberal, magnanimous public encourage
ment to the projected railways of our State. Li
these revoluriohary times, and the passing away
of constitutions and laws of the declining gen
eration, the future position of the South is one
of great anxiety to her men of patriotism' and
statesmanship. The futnro balance of power
sod empire between the North and South lies
not in this or that reconstruction act, or. consti
tutional amendment, but in the development of
their natural resources, whether agricultural,
mineral or commercial, and these all depend on
the railway transit to market. Every Southern
man of enlightenment should sustain those ob
jects of public improvement which will deter
mine the relative fnture condition of his coun
try and his posterity.' 1 ry mTi lLu.ij
The public benefits of the construction of tbi j
road have been but partially referred to. Pass
ing from Central Georgia along the West bank
of the Ocmulgee River, it opens and develops a
rich and fertile country which has suffered in
adversity for want of railway connection to
markets. The tillage of, and increased value
of the fertile lands lying on either side of the
line and the consequent revenues to the State,
the development of the innumerable water pow
ers of the Ocmnlgee, and streams flowing there
in, as the road rises with it to its source and
thence passing through Central-Northern Geor
gia, and developing Its mountains, rich in iron,
coal, copper, gold, marble, slate and other min
erals, now beyond markets and transportation,
as well as the opetfing of this region with natu
ral advantages equal to Kentucky in the pro
duction of the cereals, the grasses and the rais
ing of mules, cattle and other stock—these
ends, so demrabld tb be accomplished, pic
ture to us the prosperity to our State as
well as citizens of that section dependent upon
the completion of this enterprise. The opening
of that section of Northern Georgia with its
health-giving climate offers unparalleled in
ducements to capital from abroad, in devalop-
Gnardian. The polioe could find neither him
nor the bundles of his paper for a long time: At
length he was caught, and the case was brought
to triaL A paragraph from one of the “ Guar
dians” was read in court. It was very.stale ini
telligenco, and Hetlierington asked the jury if
they thought that a paper with old information
like that could be called a'n«!«paper The
jary thought it could not, and so they ac
quitted the publisher. After the repeal of the
paper duty, immoral literature declined in
circulation! Vulgar literature, such as “Jack
Sheppard,” Black Bess,” etc., did not. The
latter once sold to the extent.of 30,000 cop
ies weekly, and of the entire literature of this
class, some 200,000 are sold weekly, a decline
in the last few years of 80,000 a week. Cheap,
good literature killed it. Men discovered tney
could get eight times as many papers for the
■line money, and so they abandoned the offal
for the wholesome. . The Family Herald abso
lutely extinguished “Varney the Vampire, orthe
Feast of Blood,” and the Leisuro Hour ran tho
Highwayman's Horse into the fire. The publi
cations of Chambers, and like houses, suspend
ed scaffold literature. Three London street
boys were seen poring together over a shilling
“Shakspeare,” in a doorway. They liked it as
well as “The Boy Brigand,” or “Starlight Nell,
the Queen of the Highwayman.” Thereisa pop.
nlar series of publication* in Englar known
as the ‘ Oiled Feather,” the name being taken
from the most successful of the tracts. They
consist of Bhort stories which cany morals, with
them, like the old fables. Above six hundred
thousand of these tracts have been sold. If the
Londoh Stigginsea are to bo credited, these books
do a “power of good.” The late Dean of Gape
Town, in relating his experience with traots,
found that the charity inculcated in them led one
of his penitents to say: ‘ I’m a changed man, sir,
through them tracts. Once I cared for neither
God nor devil, and now I loves ’em both alike!”
Temperance tracts sell largely. Of volumes vary
ing in price from Gd. to 6s, 250,000 were sold last
year; 50,000 were sold at prices below sixpence ;
1,340,000 penny books were sold. As one buyer
means three readers, cold water ought to be pop
ular. The literature of this school is pronounced
weak and watery. Tho Journal, published by
Chambers, is unvarying in its circulation. The
shilling toy books sell to a much larger extent
than those for a sixpence. Spelling books sell
very largely, apd the works of the religions soci
eties have a vast circulation.—Commercial Ad
vertiser. 9Jj
A CLEUGrMAN in Virginia, writing to some
friend, says : “ Yesterday, at half-past three
o’clock, I preached the funeral sermon of a
mar, and to-day, at the same hour, I married
his widow to another man.”—Exchange,
We wero at the funeral of a man’s wife, inthis
county, and he and his second lawful, blushing
wife, marched sorrowing to the grave. They
t were married whilst the friends were _
ing these mines of minerals, in the erection of j f or the funeral of the first. [HtrribtU diclre
foundries, furnaoes and refiling mills; in the —Horry News. ,
A Fearful Panic—The Sunday Night
Storm at St. Louis—Excitement in
the Theatres—Terrible Scenes.
The telegraph has already mentioned the tre
mendous storm of wind which swept throughout
St. Louis on Sunday night, and the panic that
was caused in the theatres. From the St. Lout
Republican of-Monday wa extract the following
description of the scenes;
THE YABITEZE3—WHAT OOCCBBEn THERE.
This theatre, as our readers axe a wart, >ia
open every Sunday night, and invariably draws
a large and exceedingly promiscuous audience,
sifted from the sans-culotte and the demi-monde,
and every class in the community. Last night
there was a full assembly when the storm burst
down Upon the city. The rush of the rain and
the sound of the wind and thunder noon broke
the spell of the performance. Then, as the
wind increased and the furious gusts shook the
building, and there were heard, the. straining,
creaking sounds caused by great pressure, men
began to look inquiringly at each other, the
play began to drag, ana a hush pervaded the
assembly.
Finally there came a savage blast; the theatre
building seemed to shriver, and the audience
became startled and alarmed. At this moment
a fearful crash sounded—a crash as if of a yielding
wall and breaking beams. It was part of the
theatre. In a second arrested attention was
metamorphosed into the wildest panic, and then
came the frantic rush for escape, there being
all that desperate struggle and unreasonableness
of effort which generally characterize such
events. Each one thought only Tor himself, and
how to get out of the falling building. The ap
proaches to the doors became choked by a con
fused, screaming mass of scared humanity,
while thoso who were fortunate enough to be
nearest to the doors tumbled down stairs head
long, or any other way they could, and
communicated the alarm outside. But, as i3
always the ease, the number of people behind in
the building that could not get out was
by far the largest, and the scene was pitiful and
appalling. A rush was made for the windows;
scores of men jumped over into the parquette
and made their way to the stage. The side
windowB opening on the alley were burst open,
and men precipitated themselves down to the
ground, a height of fifteen or twenty feet, with
perfect recklessness of limb and life. The car
penter tried to provide a ladder, but be was
pitched one side, the more expeditious method
of j moping being preferred, and so the window,
for quite a time, continued to vomit forth its
living stream of frightened men. But it was at
the main exit doors and stairways that the
worst crush occurred. Here, the jam was
perfectly fearful, and numerous very serious in
juries are reported. Men were thrown down, or
fell, and trampled upon by the insane, panie-
stricken mob, or crushed against walls until
their ribs cracked or broke, as the case may be.
Women fainted, and reached the open air, they
knew not how. The scene is described bjr eye
witnesses as really awful, but most fortunately,
so far as heard from, was not attended by any
loss of life. The police state that several men
were heard to oomplain of broken ribs and in
ternal injuries, but none were so injured
as not to be able to make their way home. It
is singular so violent a-panic was unattended by
more serious results, and the proprietors of the
theatre have reason to congratulate themselves
on sustaining only a trifling damage. Several
women are reported to have been carried out
unconscious and taken into saloons in the vi
cinity.
Tho cause of the panio was the falling of a
chimney in the rear. The building was not at
all endangered, and, as is often the case, there
was really no adequate cause for the torriMe
terror that sprung up.
. SCENE AT THE OLYMPIC.
The gathering at the Olympic Theatre was of
a religious character, there being preaching by
the Rev. John W. Montieth. As customary,
and particularly as this was really the last ser
mon by Mr. Montieth, there was a crowded au
dience, highly respectable in character.
The thunder and storm broke rudely in upon
the stream of devotional exercises, and the con
gregation soon became aware that something
unusual was going on outside, One gust oame
and shook the building as with the hand of a
Titan. There was a straining noise overhead
as if the roof was being crushed in, and then
panio leaped into the heads of the hearers.
Spiritual concerns were forgotten. The life
that no w is claimed the pre-eminence, and saint
and sinner struggled with the energy of des
peration to escape. The scene at the varieties
was re-enacted, only not quite to the same ex
tent of wild fear and confusion. There was a
rush to meet every available mode of exit, and
the rushing was very* severe. The doors were
broken off tho hinges, and for a few moments
it seemed as if the panic wonld be attended
with serious personal injury. Fortunately,
however, except some contusions and bruises,
little damage was done. The scene was ono
that will not easily be forgotten by those who
participated in it, and one which is seldom seen
in connection with a religions congregation,
Twit Jonesboro’ (HL) Gazette, January 10th,
says: “On last Monday, on the farm of Allen
W. Kimmel, in the Mississippi bottom, two
men in search of cattle came upon the cold,
stiff bodies of Mrs. Hatchett and her two little
children, one aged two.and the other five years;
they had been dead about two weeks. Mrs.
Hatchett had been living in Missouri, but hav
ing some difficulty with her husband, left home
with her children. She crossed the river and
attempted to po to her sister’s, but as is known,
perished from cold in the dead hour of the
night, having been refused shelter, as reported,
at a farm house by the roadside.
The faculty of the University of Edinburgh
has completed the arrangements for enabling
females to study medioine. Separate classes
for males and females have been formed, and
five women have already presented them
selves for examination for matriculation. A
female medical society, under the presidenc
at iko Dari of Shaftesbury, has been establishel
in London, with the objects of providing edu
cated. women with proper facilities for learning
the necessary branches of medicine, and of
promoting the employment of female physi
cians for tne treatment of the diseases of wo
men and children.
A schoolhouse at Eastoa, Pennsylvania, took
fire tho other day, in which was a lame girl, who
was always allowed the privilege cf dismissal in
advance of the other scholars. 'When the alarm
was given tho pupils all kept their seats until
the cripple had safely passed the door, and then
rushed <*V T L- U uyj-vrioo c
The Nftw Orleans Times, referring to the
c new and greatly extended claim recently set
up by Mrs. Gaines” to a large portion of the
real estate in that city, says that it ia the opin
ion of counsel that this claim is based on an en
tire misconception on her part, the property
which she now olaims having been sold by Dan
iel Clarke before his death.
Gen. McClellan’s recent visit to Washington
is said to have been for the pmpose of getting
the sentence against Gen. Fitz John Porter set
aside. Gen. Sherman has recommended it to
the "President v l s,: • totia*
Did Gov. Austin, of Minnesota, intend any
insinuation when he declined the New Year's
gift of a house with the remark, if a. public offi
cer cbuldri't maintain himself without presents
he had better resign?
A large sum of money has been oolleot6d in
Loaisville, Ky., for tho relief of the sufferers
by the late tornado at Cave City.
Gen. Jobs Bedell, has written a letter for
mally accepting the Demooratio nomination for
Governor of New Hampshire.
The Chinese quarter in the town of San Jose,
Oak, was burned Wednesday, and about 10,000
Chinese were rendered homeless.
A special dispatch to Chicago from Oneska,
dated Thursday, says passengers from the West
report that more than forty lines of telegraph
lines, including railroad and commercial tinea,
were almost entirely destroyed by .the recent
storm. A large force is rebuilding aa rapidly
Thorough Draining.
From the Southern Farm and Horned]
While it is universally admitted that water ia
aa indispensable element in vegetation, »F»^ t
supplied in proper quantities and under proper
circumstances, conduces largely to its product
iveness, it is also true that an excess of water
in the soil is either wholly destructive of vege
tation, or only produces that which is worth
less. It has been ascertained beyond the pos
sibility of a doubt that an excess of water
closes the pores of the soil against the access of
the air, which is necessary to the health of
plants, reduces the temperature of the land, ac
celerates the approach of frost, and increases
the difficulty of working the soil, and thus re
tards the operation of planting, and shortens
the season for plants to mature. ~ ‘
If we look around us we can see a vast quan
tity of land which is utterly valueless from this
excess of water, and which if thoroughly drained
would not only be very productive, but instead
of being as now, hotbeds of fever, chills and
other malarial diseases, would be as salubrious
as any other part of the country. It is true (hat
the cost of drainage is very great—in many
cases more than the value of the land when
drained; but if the land is utterly worthless in
its present condition, the draining may be re
garded as the purohase of good, productive,
healthy land in plaoo of that which is valueless
and a source of sickness.
In Great Britain, where within tho past twen
ty years, the drainage of land has been carried
on to a greater extent than in any other country
and is now regarded as one of the “cardinal im
provements of English husbandry," thousands
upon thousands of acres of waste and baren
lands have been reclaimed and are now among
the most productive portions of the country;
impassable swamps have been -converted into
the abodes of industry and abundance—highly
cultivated fields waving with golden crops of
wheat, oats, barley and rye, where formerly the
snipe and water-fowl found a scanty subsist
ence. . .' ./.WR v- •... f t...
Various methods of draining land have been
practiced. The first, rudest, and least desirable
is that of open ditches. These appear to be the
least expensive and the readiest mode, bnt their
ugliness, the trouble of crossing them, the loss
of land which they cause, and the constant labor
which is requisite to keep them open and to re
pair their banks, make them really more expen
sive and troublesome than the covered drains
which arc now adopted by all successful agri
culturists.
Of all the modes of draining whioh we have
seen, thd most economical and the most effec
tual i3 that which is known- as plug draining,
and which we have seen practiced on stiff clay
lands with perfect suooess.
The first step in all draining is to find out the
level of the land and construct the main drain
in the lowest part of it, into which the lateral
drains may empty themselves, and the water be
thus carried off. Circumstances, such as the
conformation of tho land, its wetness, eta, mast
regulate the depth and direction of the main
and lateral drains, as well as the distance be
tween the latter. It is obviously impossible to
lay down any positive rules on this branch of
the subject. The main drain should be three
and a half or four feet deep, and need not be
more than two feet wide. With a fall of eigh
teen inches, or even of one foot in every hun
dred yards, the water will be effactually carried
■ft •; .. - .-j rivifi T>ft«r -ihsit
When the main-drain running through the
lowest part of the land has been completed,' the
next thing to do is to cut a drain at the top of
the field across its entire breadth, from which
all the lateral drains are to start, and thence ran
parallel to each other into the main drain. The
depth of the cross drain must be the same as
that of the lateral drains at their commence
ment The number of the lateral drain*
their distance from each other must depend in
a great measure on the nature of the soiL If it
be very stiff they should not be further apart
than 15 feet; but if it is comparatively light, 24
feet will be close enough; while in loose soil
they may be from. 35 to 40 feet apart. The
depth of the lateral drains should be .two and a
half feet at least, so that when covered there
should be fully sixteen inches of plowable land
above them, and they should have a fall of one
and a half feet at least in every 100 yards. The
width of these lateral drains should be twelve
inches at the top and from four to five inches at
hpttatoa. ^ *«r are la-*
Etna nniiHiNO.
In the construction of these lateral drains the
plug system, already referred to, eould be ad
vantageously used. It is as follows, as described
in Coleman’s European Agriculture.
“After the drain has been fully opened some
wooden blocks, chained closely together, of the
shape and size of which it is desired that the
drain should be, are placed at the bottom of the
drain. The clay ia then filled in carefully over
them, and hard rammed, and then the other dirt
returned upon the top of that. The plugs are
then drawnforward by means of a stake in front
of them to whieh they are attached, and the
filling in continues until the whole is completed.
* * * * The size'of the plugs may vary
according to-the size whieh it is desired the
drain should be; but I will give the rise whioh
is sometimes recommended. The blocks may
be eight inches in height, six inohes in length,
four inches wide at the top and two inches wido
at the bottom, and fastened together by strong
links of iron. To the forward block en iron
chain is attached, by which the whole is drawn
forward by means of the stake orlever in front.”
The illustration annexed will give an idea of the
construction of the instrument.
Tile and pipe draining, which is now very
widely practiced by intelligent farmers, ia a
much more expensive process than those to
which we have referred, and. will be made the
■object of a future article.
• o j. ^lTHE ICE CROP.
Serfewe Apprrtifmlimi of Its IMInre—Ex-
geet|4 Bwif bksuttM of tfee Present
Ice, formerly considered a luxury, has now
almost become a necessary to the people of
New York, and the failure or the present e
which is now seriously discussed, would be
as a real calamity. The mjM weather of the
past seven weeks of winter has prevented toe
gathering of a single pound, and lakes usually nrn
used for toe-cutting, are still open sheets of
water. Sometimes the companies have carried
enough over the winter to loot a second season;
but last year the supply was a abort one, and
so much has been used during the warm wea
ther of the past three or four months, that
the great storehouses of the companies are
now nearly empty, none of them containing
a supply that will hold out longer ft™ the
month of February, and till then only by the
most economical usage. The officers of the dif
ferent companies are still hopeful of gathering
a crop, ana state that they will put on a large
extra foroe of hands, and commence cutting as
soon aa the ice shall have attained a thickness
of eight inches, although they usually prefer i*
three or four inches tucker. If cold weather
does not set in soon, however, all hopes of ob
taining even half a crop may be dismissed, for
it will require two weeks of steady freezing
weather to make the ice, and then folly a month
to gather.it, whioh would carry us to the first of
Much, after which there is little hope of steady
oold weather. The Hudson was open yesterday
and filled with floating ice aa far as Albany; the
Connecticut was in a like condition, while Book-
land Lake, the principal source of, the crop, has
already frozen over and thawed out four times,
and the smaller ponds are open sheets of water.
Gathering ice at a great distance from the
city involves great additional expense in the
way of transportation, bnt the New York com
panies, in view of their probable failure to ob
tain a supply from their aooustomed sources,
have already been looking to the northward for
their crop. In Maine the Kennebec river was
frozen over early in the season, and remained
dosed until the freshets of the first of the month
set in, when there was a general break-up, and
clou water once more. Reports yesterday
stated that the ice had again formed and was
some three inches in thickness, and, should the
weather continue oold, so doubt some of the
companies will send on a strong foroe and begin
cutting in a few days. The chief of one of the
ice companies, on being questioned yester
day in regard to the prices for the coming sea
son in case the crop should be short, stated that,
in his opinion,-there wonld be bat a slight ad-
vanoe in rates, as the competition between the
numerous companies would operate to keep
prioeS down. — World. Eros
A BOSTON VIEW OF THE MATTER.
meat, and the depq^F *raa «>Bed to Crete*,
when G&nbetu made another fit tack upon the --
Minister, a deputy cried: “I Call tfeis gentle,
man to order,” while Gambetta, toning to tie -
Minister*, replied: “And I advise the Mitoriew^
to think what he owes to himself.” Theconfu. >
sioa following this parliamentary warfare was so
great that the debates were interrupted fof sev
eral minutes. Order being rtstored, the de- :
bate wa* dropped and another subject resumed.
Nona Gsuuk OoHVXQWgaa. —AU mouen. . -
9hes ofMcmpaan. Jram postal are abolished
■inoe the first of January. Petitions to tho
Landtag, or day comnruniccticma'bf the House
replying to sum, as little as the eorrespondeneMi
of the deputies, axe exempted from this mea^ •
land.
Mr. Coleman continues : “ I found one of the
best farmers in England engaged in making
drains of tbio description, upon a considerable
field, and it is said that one farmer has within
four years made 300 miles of this kind of drain,
and is well satisfied with the operation.” -
A section of this kind of: drain, when com
pleted, is represented in the annexed engraving.
STONE DRAINS.
-Another goodand, as
compared with tile or
pipe draining, econom
ical mode is ttonedrain-
tug, or tho construction
of drains cut'20 to 24 .
inches deep and ‘filled
in.at the bottom with
small stones to the
depth of six - inches.
The stones may be cov
ered witjl straw or trash
of any sort; the dirt is
From the Boston Journal, January 161A.]
The warm weather of the present winter,
which has continued to a late period of the sea
son, begins to attract, some notice in regard to
the ioe trade, as no hew ice has yet been gath
ered. The supply of the old crop ia nearly ex
hausted, there being only about 8,000 tons now
held in this vicinity, which is a very small stock
as compared with former years, and in fact
would bo considered hardly sufficient to last a
fortnight in the summer time. One of our deal
ers has now but 4,000 tons, against 35,000 tons
a year ago this month. The market here has
been unusually active the past year, in conse-
quenoe of the demand from Baltimore, Wash
ington, and other titles, which were unable last
year to obtain any ice in their own neighbor
hoods. .- ir-. ■■ iajuiia* 1
Although the season is far advanced, there is
no serious apprehension among experienced ice
men but that there will yet be sufficient cold
weather to afford an ample crop. A full supply
has sometimes been cut at a later period of the
winter. The lateness of the cutting season,
however, may render the operations more haz
ardous, and perhaps affect the quality of the
article. . ;
Weekly Resume of Foreign A flair*.
PREPARED fob the telegraph and mebsenokb.
Gbeax Britain.—Hr. Bright, the Home Min
ister, express ed his opinion concerning the
Fenian question at a public banquet in London.
He severely attacked the American Fenians,
characterizing them as citizen of another country
who continue to disturb the peace of this coun
try.” “The wealthy Irish,” he pursued, “have
much lea to suffer than the poor since the revo
lutionary situation has necessitated those rig
orous laws which are weighing most heavily
on the latter. In conclusion, however, the Min
ister promised to use his influence in behalf of
the Fenian prisoners. Touching upon the Irish
land tenure question, Mr.. Bright made another
speech in Birmingham. After having, compli
mented the House of Lords on the passing of
the Irish church bill, he took care to impress
upon the Peers, that that august body must
seek its security in complying with the wishes
of the nation. The measures of the govern
ment for setting the land tenure question, he
assured his constituents, satisfying all jnst
claims, were fit to pacify Ireland in an effectual
manner. <--.♦? - ff a&fr lAct-jp*
Wilson Cook, formerly Consul of the United'
States in Glasgow, who, on account of various
forgeries, amounting altogether to five thousand
pounds, was sentenced to seven years in the
penitentiary, is a native of Baltimore. The
American civil war, and the failure of Overend,
Guerney & Co., enveloped him in difficulties,
from which he endeavored to extricate himself
by criminal actions.
The London railways have arranged special
trains for the laboring classes, at very reduced
The “Morning m* of me oldest
English newspapers, has suspended its publica
tion altogether, since the first of January. '
On the same day, the telegraphic lines of the
United Kingdom passed into the hands of
the government. ./atMite.
Fiiaxcx.—The physiognomy of Paris for a
while had assumed a very threatening charac
ter. The soul-stirring battle song of “La Mar
seillaise,” whioh onoe already made Franca
proof against the bayonets of half of Europe,
was sung by tumultuous crowds in the Champs
Elysees. There occurred many disturbances,
though it did not come to an open collision be
tween tho people and the Imperial legion*.
The excitement caused by the death of Noir, in
the meantime, ha* somewhat subsided, bat the
popular sympathies for the dead are said to ho
widespread and deep.
Another member of the Emperor's family,
‘ Prince Murat, ha* been arraigned before the
; High Conti for having alapped a magistrates
T5w fifth report of the committee concerning
the suppression of all convents fn Prussia ha*
been published. The report being composed
by Professor Gneist, a man conspicuous for his
learning and liberal views, it contains s thorough
discussion of this difficult question. Interesting
debates ate expected.
The law fixing the age of majority at twenty-
five years received the Royal sanction; it wtil
eome into fane tor the entire mtifftei of
Prussia on the first of July, 1870.
For some weeks past Dr. Cat tel. Rector of the
Lafayette University in Pennsylvania, has been
staying in Berlin. He ia commissioned by that
learned institution to visit the ednoattonal es
tablishments of the Prussian Capital
The Pope ha* given a number of blocks of
marble to be employed in the restoration of the
Cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle, Rhenish, Prus
sia. The oommandec of the corvette Elizabeth
has rewired orders to take the blocks on board
at Civita Vecchia, before returning from the
Mediterranean.
The Archbishop Ledoehowskils going to pre
sent the Pope with 40,500 thaler*, this being
the amount of Peter's pence collected ia the
province of Posen.
Spain.—The Republicans in Spain are taking
heart again. The recent events in Paris have
filled them with great hopes, and at a monster
meeting in Madrid, composed of 20,000 people,
an address to Rochefort and their French breth
ren was unanimously adopted It is true the
chief obstacle to the accomplishment of their
aims is to be found in the influence Napoleon is
exercising on Spanish affairs; yet if they
that the Emperor is already tottering on his
throne, their hopes may prove chimerical at
present; for, though the foundation ia under
mined, the building will hardly collapse already
now. It is mainly owing to the Republican
party that the Italian oaudidature failed Prim,
as a last resort, bad been thinking of Prinoe Al
fonso, Isabella’s son, when the Republicans
again interposed their influence. Senor Css-
tolar, their leader, has introduced a bill into the
Cortes, excluding for all time the Bourbons and
their descendants from the Spanish throne.
The oity of Oviedo has nominated the Duke of
Mbatpensier aa a candidate for the Cortes.
The Spanish Bishops assembled in Rome have
protested against the introduction of civil mar
riage into Spain.
One thousand men had sailed again foe Cuba
in the course of a few days.
Italy.—The news from the Roman Council is
scarce and little interesting. Any conjectures
whether the dogma of Papal infallibility will be
passed or not seem perfectly idle, as the reports
on this subject are very confused and contradic
tory. ’While former reports had stated that the
American bishops were ia favor, of that dogma,
it is now stated that they oppose its proclama
tion, as it would titeck the making of proselytes
among the Protestants. The Times thinks that
the Pope, enoonraged Jky the presence of French
troop* in Rome, will Wist on proclaiming his
and his successors’ infallibility despite the op
position of the Council. Three hundred bishops
are said to havs declined to sign a petition in
favor of infallibility; and the opposing party
thinks itself even strong enough to defeat the
Papal aims. —- ——- -i _;* *
The Democracy of Horenco arranged an anti- .
demonstration. Two to three hundred masons,
former Garibaldians and representatives of the
laboring classes, marched in'a procession at
firsfto the Convent of Ban Marco, and then to
the “Pinza doU* Signoria.” Two banners were
borne before them, the one showing the inscrip
tion “abolition of the first article of the Consti
tution” (which declares the Catholic religion the
State religion) and: “Scienoe the only religion
of the Future.” The other banner, being black,
waa fixed on the spot where Savonarola was
buinod at the stake. It bora this inscription in
white letters: “On tho day on which the (Ecu
menical Council in Rome is begining, men may
remember, that here, by order of Pope Alexan
der YI, the father of Oesare Borgia, Fra Giro
lamo Savonarola Was burned for having at
tempted to reform the RomanOhoreh which is
to be destroyed. The procession then proceeded
to the Piazza San Croce where it dissolved.
Similar demonstrations took place In other Ital
ian cities, without any disturbances occurring.
The new Ministry of the Kingdom of Italy
has not yet undertaken anything remarkable.
The Minister of Instruction pays great atten
tion to the question of obligatory education.
He has laid before the King a decree author
izing the formation of a committee, whose faudr
it wtil be to digpusa the draft of a law making
education compulsory.
Russia.—A number of arrests has recently
been made in St. Petersburg. Accidentally, the
Government tracked one of those conspiracies,
pursuing Utopian political and social plans,
which will often occur in Russia. Though they
must neessssrily fail, they may yet endanger
the public safety. The aim of the plot was to
call the Russian peasants to arms, who have just
been freed from the last fetters of serfdom.
The state of affairs in the interior of Russia
sometimes is still very unpleasant The former
serfs, in many instances, mistaking the new
liberty for licentiousness, lead a life of vice
and idleness. Want and poverty are the faith
ful nmpuuu of lice and idlenesR, and pale-
faced famine reigns in the northern and leas ~
prolific provinces. . saatsa oisioiat
The construction of railways is continued on
a grand scale; there are already one thousand
German miles completed, ana Russia's most
dangerous foe, as Nicholas called the enormous
distances, is befng conquered more and more.
Ja
then thrown in and the land'leveled, aa in Fig- The Coops Legislatif, by an overwhelming
ure 3. ft * having granted the impeachment of
It is very important in the j Rochefort, he waa sentenced to six months’
construction of stone drains! prisonment and to pay additional fine, u*
to guard against the dirt sift-1 fort is but a man of ordinaiy talents, but the
ing in among the stones and Government, acting .very unwisely, has w»*a.
thus clogging the drain, and him what he is now—the leader of the
also to' s«e that none hut
small stones of nearly uni
form size are used.
The most experienced men
advise that no drain should
ever exceed 300 yards, in
length. Mr. Smith, of Dean,
ston, Scotland, whose system of subsoil draining
has been so widely approved as to be generally
known as “Deanstosizing,” recommends that
in making drains, the main drain should be lint
completed and then that the parallel drains
should be made, beginning at the point where
they enter the main drain and working on until
the point is reached where (bey start from, the
cross-drain at the upper part, of the field*,.. In
filling up the drains this order 1 la to be retained
and toe work is to begin from the cross-drain w _
and thence down to the main drain. Be alee £mil*-OUivier and the deputy Gambetta, in the
"* " * Corps Legislatif. The latter, replying to a per
sonal remark, told the Prime Minuter that the
Minister was .the last man to direction*’*
attention to one’s conscience, sa Ogfrier’n
waa very eiastie
advises that all the drains ha opened before any
po-tion of them is filled in, thpt ikmay be seen
how they work and whether they have the proper
inclination. etc*, and -that j
ere is no communication yet [drains bo cat as straj|gbyi*
8. Hunter, O. A. Lochrane for plaintiff itr
error.. , s
Whittle ft Gtotto, Imp* daGraffenroid ft Ir
win, Lawton for defendants.
. .Pending argument for defendants in sour,"'
Odurt adjourned ttU 10 o’clock"*- ac. go-morrow.
■ ■v -n.-.-. M M3 iu.- - m Mtrsr• Hava “Prana"—This foQowiag
longing for an overthrow. If the Government letter is set wBoee by * Texas paper. The
writer's ids* of “peere”- eoMresponds exactly
with that of Grant: *:o - -
i baoopntented itself to oppose the dignity of.
right to his scurrilous attacks, Rochefort would
have been but an ephemeral celebrity; the pub
lic would have grown tired of his pusillanimous
tirades, wanting any real satire, and the name
of Rochefort would have sunk into oblivion in
the excitement of Parisian life. Bat now he
has won the halo of a martyr suffering in the
cause of freedom ; and the people, whose in
stincts are ever with the oppressed and wronged*
consider his and freedom's cause the same,.
■When the decision of the Corps Legislatif,
rating the impeachment of Rochefort, became
own to the crowd waiting outside, the masses
made demonstrations in favor of Rochefort Jn
various quarters of Paris.
A very exciting scene took place between M.
Supreme Court—Evening Session.
From the Xtowtitution.]
SSHsto'- 6a v January 2S t 1870.
^ Argument was resumed and concluded in No.
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