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: '.'V V 'v* ^ ;.i*>; *_j" J,’, J ■;' l v v.*'. - * •«• ; .' ' • ,- I- AJSH3 GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSEHSTGrTCR 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. 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