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Albert Hall in Bondon.
Tho London correspondent of the New York
World says, (July 15th:)
Yesterday the Princess Louise, who has much
improved in appearance since her marriage,
1 nted prizes to tho middle schools of Lon-
at tho Albert Hall. The scene wa3 very
mod, and surpassed in its way anything we
!»v» ever witnessed. This Albert Hall, which
i probably tho finest of its kind in the world,
is the centre-piece of tho exhibition; it forms’
tho locket of which the other buildings are the
chain. From the outside it has not much ap
pearance, giving one tho impression of a gas-
work, or something of that kind. When you
»a!er tho building, however, and take your seat
in the amphitheatre, tho feeling is one rather
difficult to describe. A man may gaze upon the
heavens, or the ocean, or anything vast in na
ture without much feeling of giddiness, but
when art incloses space in anything like im
mensity, the effect, at least upon some organi
zations, is very peculiar.
Before yon become accustomed to the enor
mous proportions of the Albert HaU they seem
a sort of a dreamy vision—some enchanted
coliseum; gradually, however, the eye becomes
used to tho different galleries and objects sur
rounding, until you are enabled to make a men
tal’ estimate of heights and distances. The
grand organ forms the centre of the circle. Cut
the building in half and you havo the Coliseum
at Borne. There is the arena and the sloping
seals and the tier above tier; place above that
another half of similar mould inverted, fill it
with tiers of boxes, and surmount it with a
wtTysortof awning, and you have the Albert
Hall
Oo either side, and in front of tho organ,
there is ample accommodation for an immense
orchestra. The arena and amphitheatre are for
the general public. Threo tiers of boxes are
nuged in the usual European and exclusive
manner—completely shut up and separate from
each other, as if one portion of God’s beautiful
day were too fino to minglo with the common
clod.
Away up so far that you tremble to think of
it is a beantif ol picture gallery and promenade,
with arches all round tho halt, from which you
can look down and wonder, and then walk abont
and enjoy a delightful treat by examining the
really exquisite water-colors on tho walls.
When the hall is crowded, as it was yesterday,
tl.« Rffcot is grand. Wo couiu compare n to
little else than two fabulous bouquets turned
inside out, with a dream of lovely English faces,
and ourselves in Iho middle—atomic, sentimen
tal, and open-mouthed.
The way that band played “God Save the
Queen" and the “Marseillaiso” was something
to remember and to think of, and as for sitting
down fiercely in the nsaal manner, with onr
republican hat stuck on onr republican brow,
and onr Btar-spangled emotions burning up our
f»e bom bosom—the thing wasn't to be dono.
We stood np to it like a man, and only wished
that bands in the Unitod States would learn to
play as that one did, and that we had a national
anthem which we might invite strangers to come
and bear, and not feel ashamed to own that we
don't really know whether onr anthem is tho
‘•Star-spangled Banner,” or “Yankee Doodle,”
or ‘‘Dixie” or “Shoo Fly.” The general idea
over here appears to be that “John Brown’s
Body” is onr favorite classic.
A Queer Story.
The Conneant Citizen gives the following ac
count of a phenomenon (or a trick) now visible
on a pane of glass at Ashtabula, Ohio:
One of the most singular occurrences we havo
heard of is the profile of a man upon a window
g ate on the north side of a house at Ashtabula
arbor, occnpied at pxesont by Mr. Charles
hjnn. D. B. Geary visited tbo place on Thurs
day, for the purpose of gratifying his curiosity,
*ad reports ns follows: Tho outlines of this
toange pictnro wero first noticed some six
veeks ago, gradually being developed, until on
the occasion of his visit, the profilo was perfect,
*ad the expression of tlio oyo particularly sharp
and clear. Mr. Geary states that while looking
*t it there seemed to -bo no escape from the
•tare; get in what position yon will, tho eye
seems to rest upon you with piercing sharpness.
The profile represents a man of middle age,
very heavy, full beard,' with turn-down collar.
Some days ago Mr. Ly*u sold tho sash contain-
lBg this profilo to a gentleman for tho sum of
523. Upon being removed from its position in
the house no trace of the strange pictnro could
he seen, but upon being replaced it web as plain
•o the eye as before. This marvel is attracting
Wople by hundreds, the road to and from the
house being constantly thronged with visitors,
anxious to witness the sight. Hon. B. F. Wade
and lady are among those who visited tho place.
Hr. Geary states that all attempts to wash it
off have been without tho least effect, although
acids have been applied.
The grave question is being disoussed in
Providence in a column and more of smaU type,
whether “a man can sell cotton short and be a
Christian ?” This question, says the New York
Express, is too deep for us and we hand it over
to the Christian cotton broker to answer. Very
much depends on what makes a Christian.
Brother Weeden, of Rhode Island, answers the
question in the negative. Some of our readers
$11 00 | will be interested in the turn the discussion has
iger and j taken in Providence by Brother Weeden. An-
f 00 other broker, under tho head of “Christianity
and tho cotton trade,” draws a parallel between
“ selling short” and insuring, and says :
This is the sheerest sophistry. Insoranoe ex
ists from the very necessity for it—it is found-
ed on the laws of probabilities, and it is for the
mutual benefit of the parties. Selling short is
either running for luck, or else it is a “bear’ r
attempt to depress the price, and it is for the
sole benefit of tho speculator. It is a portion
of tbo devil’s machinery which has gained
footing in trade since speculation has so large
taken the place of legitimate business. Setting
short has a direct tendency to unsettle the mar
ket as well as.one’s ideas of right and wrong.
. A WIDENING BANGS OF INQUIRY.
The grain merchant goes West and bargains
for8,000,000 bushels of wheat before it is grown.
He thus creates a monopoly, and controls the
market. Tho consumers are obliged to pay $10
per barrel for flour, which otherwise might have
been bought for $7. Tho produoers gaiu noth
ing by the transaction—the consumers—most of
them poor—lose $3 on every barrel of flour,
which loss the speculator puts in his pocket.
Again a certain religious society wishes to
pay for a church, an organ, or the salary of the
preacher. They first raise all the money they
can by voluntary contributions, but are still
short. The next move is to raise money indi
rectly which cannot be done directly. This is
attempted by means of a fair. At this fair is a
grab-box, filled with toys; a postoffico, and a
wheel of fortune, at either of which yon may
try yonr luck for one dime. There i3 also a
guess cake, in which there are two rings. This
cake is cut into forty parts, (more or less,; and
sold at auction, with a very emphatic announce
ment by the vender, that there are two rings
somewhere in the cake. I have known several
dollars given for a piece of cake at such an auc
tion sale.
Will some person, learned in ethics and cas.
nistry, please show the difference in moral or
religious principle between the hazard of the
grab-box and tho card table; between bidding
on cake or betting on horses, and oblige an
—— Inquire::.
THE VOICE OF A MORAL PHILOSOPHEB.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Dr. Palmer’s Sermon.
From Dr. Wharton on Pope.]
He who sells that of which ho isnot possessed,
ij proverbially said to sell the skin before he
has caught the bear. It was the practice of
stockjobbers in the year 1720, to enter into a
contract for transferring South Sea stock at a
future time for a certain price; but he who
contracted to sell had frequently no stock to
transfer, nor did he who bought intend to re
ceive any in consequence of his bargain; the
seller was therefore called a bear, in illusion to
the proverb, and the buyer a bull, perhaps only
ILH tt bliunur TIaw wwuUMwi framr
merely a wager, to bo determined by the rise or
fall of stock; if it rose, tho seller paid the dif
ference to the bayer, proportioned to tho sum
determined by the same computation to the sel-
The Providence Journal comes to the conclu
sion that a man may seU cotton short, and be a
Christian, but then the Jonrnal thinks it gam’
bling. Well, then, “Can a man gamble and be
a Christian?” Tho editor says:
We certainly do not belong to that self-
righteous class who found their claims to their
own perfection chiefly on their denunciation of
the weaknesses of others, and by their out
spoken abhorrence of all the vices to which
they are not themselves addicted; who
“Compound for sins they are inclined to
By damning those they havo no mind to.”
We should like to see a little of this clearly
put to practice among the Radical politicians of
the country.—Mobile Register.
An Enormous Diamond—on a Hoax —The
Jacksonville (Hlinois) correspondent of the
Democrat says a suit, involving probably nearly
$1,000,000, was commenced to-day in the Mor
gan county Circuit Court, by Rebecca W. Vail,
Williams and Carson, Nancy Roe, Mary Baker
and eight others, against Kitty Flimi, Thomas
M. Carson', Thomas Roe and fourteen others.
The bill alleges that on a day too remote to
mention with certainty, but about one hundred
years ago, one A. M. Roe, of the State of Vir
ginia, became possessed, by discovery, of a cer
tain precious stone remarkable for its hardness
and brilliancy, and, so far as it has been tested,
its characteristics are those of a diamond of the
first water; that this stone is one and a half
inches in diameter one way, and something
greater the other way, and is of $800,000 value,
and that this stone is now in the possession of
Thomas U. Carson, of Jacksonville. Tho plain
tiffs ask that the defendants bo compelled to
bring this gem into court, and that a receiver
be appointed by tho court to sell it and distrib
ute the proceeds among the heirs. The. value
of this stone was but recently ascertained, al
though it baa been in the possession of Wm.
Roe and heirs for more than a century.
A company of land proprietors, owning about
two hundred acres of land near the city of Lou
isville, for which they paid at the rate of $105
per acre, have managed to put themselves in
the way of making a good deal of money by en
tering into a' speculation which needed only
tact, enterprise and liberality - in expending
money—in advertising and otherwise—to make
their venture a success. . They bought the land
on the 1st of Juno, and immediately proceeded
to lay it out in squares, streets and avebues,
well fenced and whitewashed and named appro
priately—establishing, in fact, a complete town,
minus the houses, publio.bnildings, etc. Having
progressed thus far, they .next advertised the
sale extensively in the city and interior papers
of Kentucky and neighboring States, prepared
“taking” maps of the site of the proposed new
village, bnilt a short railroad to tho line of the
property at an expense of $35,000, and during
tho days of sale spread a fine lunch free to aU
comers. The result was that a large throng—
mostly mechanics—attended, and the enterprise
of tho parties was rewarded by selling ope half
___ of the tract for $250,000. The other half, the
p® plain became the crater of a volcano, 1,500 most valuable portion of tho property, was re-
The Great Earthquake In tlie Pliil-
llplne. Islands.
Xew Yobk, July 28.—A special London dis
patch says the earthquake in tho Phillipino
elands, on May 1st, affected in a terrible man
ner the small ieland of Oomiguin, five miles
from Misayis. For some months previously,
•specially in March, there was a succession of
violent ebooks which opened extensive crevices
m the earth. Finally, on May 1st, a level plain
near the village of Colorivin began gradually to
subside until tho tops of the houses became
«vel with tho surface of the earth. This re
writable phenomenon attracted a large number
cf people, when suddenly some terrific shocks
fere felt, and, before the thundering reverbera-
tions had died away, the whole level plain fell
i?> engulphing one hundred and fifty persons,
plain becai
Athens, July 30, 1870.
The college chapel to-day, at 11 a. m., was
thronged with the very elite of Georgia, assem
bled to bear the commencement sermon of Rev.
B. M. Palmer, D.D., whose reputation as an
orator and divine is nnsmpassed on this conti
nent.
Having only a few brief notes of the disoourse,
it would be ntterly futile to attempt to fpHow
the eloquent speaker in bis masterly exposition
of Christian faith and doctrine. Delivered evi
dently from the inspiration of the moment,
there was yet a calm dignity and power, a.force
of logic and sequenoe’of analytical reasoning,
clothed in the most felicitous language, that
transfixed the attention and challenged the ad'
miration of every auditor.
Highly wrought as was the public expectation,
none were disappointed, while the chief charm
of the sermon was its perfect simplicity and en
tire freedom from pedantic effectation.
The text was taken from Acts 26th chapter
and 25th verse; “I am not mad, most noble
Festus, bnt speak forth the words of truth and
soberness.
The cry $f fanaticism is of times allowed to
sweep away and overpower the most convincing
exemplifications of Christian devotion. Paul’s
grand defence before Agrippa is an instance of
this. Henoe, he stands before a human tribu
nal with shackled hands awaiting condemnation,
yet vindicates the Christian’s faith and hope
with annnetion and unanswerable vehemence,
which causes the startled Agrippa to exolaim,
“Paul, thou art beside thyself, much learning
doth make thee mad.” But the expressive lan
guage of the text is the apostle’s reply: “I
am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak forth
the words of truth and soberness.”
The young gentlemen before him were already
familiar with the evidences of the Christian re
ligion, as taught and expounded by their vener
ated President and learned professors. It is a
system of truth, and a system both rational and
sober.
1. Religion appeals to the moral instincts
of our nature. It is noteworthy that all her
truths are received upon their bare statement
to the human mind. There is a homogeniety
and congeniality in all their relations which
makes ns receive them, and so received they
can never be discharged. No argument can
affect them in our personal convictions. The
Atheist in the construction of his most elaborate
argument, furnishes the material for his owndis
comfitore. So the Pantheist may reason against
the personality of God, yet the very terms he
uses overthrows his own theory and establishes
what he assays to deny. Spiritualism also seeks
to degrade the Most High by robbing him of
his attributes, but Christianity takes care of
itself- for the human hAfirt caab thfiirnih- onS
retains it—nor can that system bo false which
is received by intuition.
2. The peculiar doctrines of Christianity are
altogether inexplicable to human reason, and
can only be acoouHted for by their divine origin.
Redemption, and the office work of the spirit
as he enlightens the darkened understanding,
are all important and irresistible to the mind
of man. If their truths originate with man,
why can they not be explained? What man in
vents be ongbt to be able to explain.
Bnt aH human efforts best prove the Chris
tian doctrine to bo inexplicable. Take the in
carnation—where can its parallel be fonnd in
India, or Greece, or any other pagan nation. It
was only Jesus who was made flesh and dwelt
among men. But if inexplicable, then , its ex
istence can only be explained upon its divine
origin. When God speaks who dares contra
dict ? These are not isolated truths, but only a
part of what forms a great mid harmonious
wholet
3. Christianity is a closely compacted system
bound together by a strict logical connection.
Fraud and imposture” work out tbelr own refu
tation. In Mohammed’s creed and that strange
traveetie of it, Mormonism, all the semblance of
truth they cor tain is derived from other sys
tems. If Christianity was of human origin it
would have perished long since from the earth.
4. Modem systems of religion all claim per
sonal arid oral revelation-as their, origin. But
Christianity shows a written revelation. The
law and testimony as received from God is our
constant guide.
5. Christianity gives exercise to all the fac
ulties of the human mind in their regular order.
These faculties were arranged in Eden during
man’s innocence. ’* The understanding is the
eye of the soul: What it receives, the will and
affections, as its executives, carry into effect
It wields great power also, as was shown by
Satan’s subtlety in his wily attack upon onr first
parents in the garden. The gospel, when it
beams upon the soul, exercises each faculty and
restores their order. Hence, the spirit first en
lightens the soul, dispels its illusions, and re
veals the realities of our faith. ‘Then the af
fections and the heart become renewed, and
tbe order of the faculty is restored.
G. Christianity adjusts all 'the duties whioh
appertain to man. The gospel, like attraction,
draws the heart and soul to Christ as their com
mon centre; Every duty to church, country and
mankind is accurately defined and enforced by
it. Thus does it vindioate itself from the charge
of fanaticism. Fanatics, like Aaron’s rod,
swallow up many daties and make their own
conceptions paramount to everything. Bnt Paul
was no fanatio, neither was he daft or vain, but
spake tbe words of truth and soberness.
In calling attention to tbe concluding portion
of the text, the speaker said Christianity was
charged with fanaticism because of its extrava
gant olaims. Gan anyone call tbe love of God,
which is the essenoeof religion, extravagance?
Lo7e cannot be fanatical if it does not exceed
the claim of the object who receives it God
is infinite in wisdom and power. He is glori
ous, beautiful, perfect, and abounding in good.
Itet wide, and from it smoke ashes and stones j served by tbe owners, who, it is thought with
reason, will realize a large fortune within less
than six months’ time from their enterprise.
A Saeatoga letter says: “A paper lies before
me announcing the death of a onco eminent
ness. Ib it possible to love such a being too
much? Why Is it that the charges of madness
and fanaticism are not brought against the an
gels of heaven? Because the joy of God’s
presence may well exense their existence and
adoration. Why not so likewise with the rev
elations of His goodness to man? Even the
heathens regard ingratitude as the basest of
vices. If God has raised the sinner from the
pit; if, by grace, ho elevates man to the bliss
ful abodes of peace, and the bosom of his
Father, God, does not this call for the greatest
exhibition of love and devotion? “I scout and
spit upon rationalism, when it cavils snd finds
fault, and seeks to measure the love of man for
^ “• OWU-'.IOT.
•pmniMtt hotel, dressed in an old soiled Europe that day. No reason was assigned, and
aster buttoned close to his throat, with his j tho parish were in a state of gteat excitement.
™88«Bg red beard radiating in a thousand ! After a time the pastor came back. His roas-
P«ate distinct directions, and without j onsfor his course were stronger than his con.
^ere thrown into the air. A pause till dark suc-
••Med, when there was another explosion, and
•Win of fire followed. Tho woods became igni-
and men and cattle went flying before the
• The spectado was frightful in tho ex- —- a .
lr eme. The volcano continues to eject stones j clergyman. Ho died in an obscure village in
•nd earth. The inhabitants left theisland, which 1 Canada. He was settled in the oity of New
formerly contained a population of twenty-six York. His society was rich, large and fashion-
■ooasand. Comiguia furnished the wholo of tho ablo. Ho rode on the wavo of popular favor.
Manilla hemp grown. ! Crowds attended his ministry, and his pay was
. , „r ! large. In the bight of his popularity a letter
ill i E 0f t * ie characteristics of hotel clerks is ■ vras received by the principal warden of the
Mjastrated in an incident which occurred inSar- ; church late one Saturday night, announcing his
u- MWWIW11 uAicuiiuziB, nuu Wiwiuut ons I or Ills course wwo oiiuugo* ««*•*** ***» wm-
roam on! name inquired if he could have a ! duct. Tho principal one was that he was sub-
form" C * er ^ * n *-k° blandest manner in-1 ject to blackmail, and he could endure it no
ton s ^ at k® bad just one left, a rear longer. He was soon settled in an adjoining
Jj) tb® fourth story. When the clerk had city, over an important charge. His popularity
had j name ot the distinguished guest, he 1 -was renewed. But soon he left, went to Canada,
caw dlffioult y 111 Hading a splendid room va-' took the place of an assistant minister in a small
on tho ground floor in front. charge, and there he died. His secret died
i«r „ —'—* with him.”
in sa -d a little girl who was engaged
bfi n Her doll an apron, “I believe I will SirvEEE'storms in Pennsylvania have com-
a Duchess when I grow up.” “How do yon pletely destroyed hundreds of acres of growing
^er expect to b( come a Duchess, my daughtei?” crops. In Northumberland county, “great
w mother nst-ci “Why, by marrying a Dutch- chunks of ioe ” have fallen, and a large belt of
*‘Mo be surej" replied the girl?
land in Wyoming has been devastated.
does not impair the affection that he cherishes
for his brother. Three great emanations from
the throne rejoice tbe heart of the believer—
these are light, life and love. Tbe last brings
ns so near to God that we oan almost feel the
throb of his own affection. The love for my
Redeemer conflicts not with that I nurse for child,
or mother, or father ? These are but the rounds
of the ladder by which I mount to loftier heights
of praise and love for my adorable Creator.
The love of man Is bnt the eorolhuy of his love
for God. By just so much as I oan love the
Lord I can love those natural friends and kin
dred He has given me.
If permitted to address even a senate of
skeptics and philosophers instead of this assem
bly, I would dare stand in their presence and
not abate by a hair the olaims of- the gospel of
God. The Christian is one with Christ, one un
der the law. The spirit breathes into ns the
very life of our Redeemer. This I believe and
’dare proclaim. This spiritual life expands, and
enlightens, and rejoices the soul. I do not quail
Foreign Notes.
(mSFABZD FOB XSE TELEGBAPH AND MESSENGER.)
General Faidherbe has published a pamphlet
cn “The Canses of Onr Defeat, ’’which contains
the following remarkable passage.. After hav-
“Trne Democracy la that which seeks to moral-
before the charge of fanaticism. The most that, (jg ^ that£renj&DemocraTyhad been van’
thefanatie can say is that religion does not so-1 qisfaed by Prussia, because it had ceased to be
cord with his expenenoe. The raUomdirt da- ^ orth ^ r6 ftnd ’estimable, he continues:
nounces the illumination of the spirit asfanat-/<— - — - - -
icaL One spirit, by (he aid of thought and
common emotions and impulses, as in the prea
ent instance, is capable of speaking to hundred*,
and swaying the current of their wills. Now if
the finite is able to do this, why is not Godte
spirit able to impress its power absolutely np»n
the heart without the aid of conventional sigts?
Tie argument is analogical, hat reasonable And
conclusive. ’/’
The doctrines of the Bible are the reflex of
the Christian’s experience. The feeblest act
of. faith, though no greater than a grain of
mustard seed, is yet an act whioh exhausts
the whole contents of his spiritual nature.-
Wherever true faith .exists may be found that
peace which passeth - understanding, and
Christ’s righteousness is fully imparted. If
yon can go to the Word -of God and Snd the
exact counsel and consolation yon may need,
even in the greatest adversity, and the most
trying emergencies of life, what does it teach
bnt its truthfulness and all-prevailing effioaoy.
In conclusion, the speaker said that fanati
cism was attended with two great evils—spir
itual pride on the one hand, and hate and bit
terness towards contrary minds on the other.
Buffed up with spiritual bigotry, it regards
with contempt and arrogance every opponent.
The gospel invites all to partake of the blessings
of salvation, “The spirit and the bride say
come, and let him that heareth say come, and
let him that is athirst come; and whosoever
will, let him take the waters of life freely.”
The Ghuroh agonizes in her anxiety to send the
glad tidings to the ends of the world.
And now God’s children can stand by the tes
timony of their faith, unmoved by the jeers and
taunts of their enemies. "What has the gospel
not done for us ? This is the burden of our evi
dence. A poor Scotch peasant woman was
pressed for a reason for the faith that was in
her. “Sir,” she exclaimed, “I cannot explain the
matter, but I feel that the Bible is true.” An
swer infidelity thus—I know that my Redeemer
Iiveth. ' .*
To the scoffer ho would say: it would be easy
to turn the charge back upon you, and even
whelm yon with the sword of the truth. But as
the Master’s representative, I come to plead,
not strive with you. If there be one present
who says be has a soul, and yet prays not for
amnesty for sin, or one who acknowledges the
dread realities of the judgment, and still pre
pares not for it, these are fanatics indeed for
whom there i3 slender hope.
The sermon closed with an eloquent and im
passioned appeal in behalf of lost sinners. The
above is but the faintest outline of Dr.^Palmer’s
argument, imperfectly expressed. None bnt
the gifted divine himself could fill out the por
traiture to its life-Hke proportions. Long will
his serejon be remembered. Called upon sud
denly, the Doctor then delivered a touching
Baccalaureate address to the graduating class,
which was replete with good counsels and strik
ing passages. We forbear to give any sketch of
the same. _ J-
Woman’s Curiosity—A strange Story.
Thev havo very tuaa «.»•»» at tho How-
uu duuou. Tnoy are tho cream of Philadel
phia society, bnt some of them do very queer
.things. An affair has just lenBca out which i»
a little out of tho way of the best regulated
families. I am sorry to bring an action against
one of my own sex. Tho curioeity of Eve
brought all the trouble we have in this world
upon us, and from that day to this nothing
stops a woman when her curiosity is once up,
especially if she is curious to know something
about herself, her husband or her lover. Only
hold a secret in your hand, and if it is like a
bunch of catnip to a cat, she will jump, frisk
and frolic around, and never give over purring
until she gets it. The story is this: A husband
was in tho habit of visiting Chamberlain’s Cot
tage, which is the resort of a great many fash
ionable gentlemen. The wife heard in some
way that he was fairly enchanted by tbe game,
and was a heavy loser. Woman’s curiosity
was exercised to see the game herself, and by
some device to cure him of his passion. She
broached the matter to her brother, but he could
suggest no way. She made a confidant of a
lady friend, who proposed that they should visit
the house and confront the husband at pie table.
For a week and' more the subject was
gravely considered, when it vras finally resolved,
that they should disguise themselves in gentle
men’s clothes. How to do that was the next
tiling. The lady’s brother was obliged to leave
in a day or two for Philadelphia on business.
He left, and, having the key -to his room, the
ladies soon found the wardrobe desired. Dis
guised as two fashionable young men, they en
tered Chamberlain’s splendid saloon abont ten
o’clock in. the evening. Fortunately for them,
quite a crowd of persons were surrounding the
tables. The.lady took a position so as to look
her husband full in the faoe. Throwing down
_ ten-dollar bill she said, “Ten dollars on the
red.” The husband, whose mind was so intent
on the game, had not been attracted by the new
oomers until ho heard the voice. When he
raised his head he saw it was his wife. With
wonderful self-composure, he settled his account
and left tho'house. The lady won her first turn,
and, following the example of her husband, left
as she came in, with her companion, unnotioed.
She joined her husband, for he was in waiting
for her outside. I have only to say that he was
deeply mortified, and promised to turn over a
now l6af. Woman’s curiosity; yon see, has done
some good.—Long Branch Correspondence Com.
Advertiser. .'
Pbesident's Office, )
Atlanta, Ga., July 31,1871. )
Dr. 2f. L. Angier, State Treasurer:
Deab Sib—I send yon by the Treasurer of
tiiig company $25,000 in cash, the rental due
the State for the present month of July. Please
return me the usual receipt from the Comp
troller General for the amount.
Yours truly,
Joseph E. Bbown, President.'''
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
No. 200.
COMPTBOLLEB GeNEBAL’S OFFICE,)
Atlanta, Ga., July 31,1871. J
Received of W. O. Morrill, Treasurer West
ern and Atlantio Railroad Company, the sum of
Twentydive Thousand Dollars, rent of Western
and Atlantio Railroad for July, 1871, as per cer
tificate No. 290 oLN. L. Angier, Treasurer.
Madison Bell,
$25,000 Comptroller General.
Pavements.—Mr. Henry Bergh has written a
letter to the Commissioners of Pnblio Works,
on the subject of street pavements. He con
tends that the macadamized road, composed of
small .broken- stones, is the best for use in cities,
tbe only objeotion.being that it is dusty, but this
oan be remedied' by frequent sprinkling and
sweeping. Mr. Bergh condemns the wooden
lavement. His long residence in St Peters-
>nrg, where this Btyle of paving has had-a long
trial, oonvinoed him that it is incapable of with
standing the wear and tear of city travel; the
wood rots, and the streets need continual repair.
The asphalte pavements are no better than the
wooden, for they become so soft that the feet
of men and horses and the wheels of vehicles
sink into them. The principal argument In
favor of the macadamized road is its solidity;
the next in importance is its freedom from jar
and rattle. Mr. Bergh, in the plenitude of his
charity for the animal oreation, believes that the
highest animal, called man, is entitled to relief
from the racket of stone or iron pavement—and
in this belief he will find many to concur.
A well was reeently dug to the depth of six
feet at Newnanville, Pa. While the digger was
at his dinner, a stream about six feet in diam
eter buret through the bottom, filling the well,
and aoon overflowing the odjoining land. It
still oontinuee to flow, and there is now quite a
a large run formed where before was dry land.
ize while instructing the people, and to set a
good example. Bat this cause must be purified
even in France, although we have but little
hopes of it, and, moreover, we are firmly per
suaded that our conquerors,- the Germans, proud
of the successes obtained at the price of their,
blood, will henceforth have a greater sentiment
of their worth and dignity; they will shortly
claim the rights of freemen in their own conn-
try, instead of emigrating to America for that
purpose. And if we should find ourselves also
regenerate and free, the two peoples will sink'
the remembrance of their old ware in a fraternal'
union. Then the Rhine will'be no longer a
coveted and often bloody frontier, but a vivi
fying artery, a connecting link, and Europe
will enjoy a real peace.” Still, General Faid
herbe seems to claim first the Rhine again for
the French before the dawn of that golden age
when Gaul and Teuton shall dwell peaceably to
gether. The trial of the Communist prisoners
by opart-martial has been repeatedly postponed.
General -Yinoy has issued a call uponthe public
to rebuild the Palaoe of the Legion of Honor by
voluntary contributions. The National Assem
bly will shortly consider the question of distrib-
uting among all the departments of France, the
loss of property and material occasioned by the
German invasion-
Prof. Lezzarini, editor of the Corrieredi Sar
degna, who paid a visit to Garibaldi in Caprera,
has just published an interesting aooount of his
conversation with the famous Chieftain. Allud-
ing.to the present situation of France, Gari
baldi said: “Believe me, it will be long before
the French pardon the Italians for coming to
the aid of the Republic. For my part, I sepa
rate the cause of the French people from that
of the Chauvinists.. The selfish rabble and the
Chauvinists both required a lesson, and'the
harder it was the more salutary for the country.
As fo the manner in which I have been treated
personally in the Frenoh Assembly, I will say
nothing; at Bordeaux, I was not'allowed to
speak, but I do not complain. I am old and in
firm, but I should be glad to see that fanatical
thirst for supremacy annihilated, which has al
ways been and is still the main souroe of the
misfortunes .of France. With regard to the
Italians, they must not lose confidence in them
selves ; for if they fail in the task set before
them, tho French may take a sponge and wipe
out the name of Italyfromtho map of Europe.”
In a speech recently made to a deputation, the
Pope expressed his views on the Papal power
towards the worldly governments. He said that
infallibility did not claim the power of deposing
sovereigns. The Popes, in former times, de
posed and disposed sovereigns, not because of
the infallibiility of Popes, whioh touched mat
ters of doctrine only, but because by the author
ity then recognized in the Pope, the deposition
or disposition was aoeepted as a pnblio law.
Christian nations also accepted the Pope in
those days as tbe supreme judge.. Confounding
the present with the past in this regard was done
in bad faith or with a. desire of influencing the
State against the church. Comments on the de
cisions of the Council he regarded as superflu
ous, tn« laxt of those decisions being sufficiently
clear. The Italian government is said to have
requested Von Buest, the Austrian Chancellor,
as an intermediary for a conciliation with
The German Reiohstag will, probably, reas
semble abont the middle of Ootober. In addi
tion to the Budget there will be discussed a new
law on the press, the monetary question and
several other questions of minor importance,
among them the repartition of the French war
indemnity. The strength of the German navy
will be speedily increased. Three turret ships
and seven corvettes are to be bnilt immediately.
To lessen the pnblio expenditures^ the Span
ish Government has resolved to reduoe the sal
aries of all officials twenty per oent. Cuba
shall be held at any cost.
When the Imperial decree of January 19,
18C1, emancipated twenty-five millions serfs in
Russia, the government counted upon a gradual
improvement in the material condition of the
freedmen.. For not only, did every serf receive
homestead proportioned, to the size of his
jnily, but he also obtained the right to acquire
land either by purchase, rent ox lease. But
though every freedman was now at liberty to
take possession of the land falling to his share,
it appears that Very few availed themselves of
their new rights, the communlstia principles
ruling in a large part of Russia suiting them
better than individual property and labor. The
emancipation, in fact, did not abolish the com
munism, as the government had expected; bnt
the periodical redistribution of the land which
paralyzed all individual efforts, as well as the
joint responsibility of the communists, in re
ference to the taxes due, continued as before,
when property jointlyheld by tbe community
was closely connected with serfdom. The evils
of this system are apparent now, vagranoy and
drunkenness, often followed byfamine and pes
tilence, having increased in an alanning man
ner in those districts. The government, though
refusing for a long time to consider the growing
disorganization of rnral society, is beginning to
pay this important snbjeot the attention it de
serves. A commission formed by the ministry
for agriculture has been charged to study how
the evil is best to be remedied by the abolition
of practical oommunism, a reform which, reach
ing all classes of Russian sooiety, may prove
even a more difficult problem than the emanci
pation of twenty-five million serfs. Before the
departure of the Emperor for Germany, there
was a great cabinet oouncil held in St. Peters
burg to consider propositions made by Anto-
nelii, the Roman Secretary of State, and looking
towards a reconciliation between the Holy See
and the Russian government. After a lengthy
deliberation, it was resolved, almost unani
mously, to remain in the former passive atti
tude until the movement against Papal infalli
bility in Hungary, Germany and other oountries
will have further developed.
The inoreasing desertions in the Russian
army having induced the Government to exam
ine into the canses of this symptom, it appears
that many soldiers who had served their legal
term, whioh has been mnoh reduced by a recent
law, are yet retained in the ranks. In conse
quence of these arbitrary and illegal proceedings
the poor fellows gladly seize any chance of es
cape. The greater part of'the older generals
look with great displeasure upon the redaction
of tho military service, and the commander of a
regiment of hussars recently stated in his resig
nation that he could conduct no longer a regi
ment, the oldest rider of whioh had been serving
only eighteen years, and was only forty years
old. Owing to the zealons efforts of. the author
ities in Lithuania, a number of Israelite congre
gations have adopted the Russian language for
divine service. This system of Russifying, how
ever, resulted in a perfect rapture of the con
gregation, the orthodox part separating from
their liberal brethren and continuing to use
exclusively the Hebrew language. It was in
1772 that tbe first partition of Poland took place.
To revive the memory of tins event, the Poles
contemplate issuing a collection of essays on the
political and economical development during
the last hundred, yeqrs, as well as on the causes
that led to the partition of their oonntry.
Jabxo. (
- We dip the following from the Columbus 8un
jof Friday;
Leaves of Absence.—Dr. Skinner, of the
Baptist Church, left yesterday for New York,
where his wife now is. Ho has been granted
leave of absence by bis church, and expects to
be gone abont four weeks.
Rev. «T. H. Nall, the able and faithful pastor
of the PreBbyterian Church, has been tendered
a month’s leave of absence, whioh he has ac
cepted. He is one of the most indefatigable
workers we have ever had in Columbus. He
has remained bravely at his post in summer and
winter, and the church under his ministrations
has largely increased, and paid much of the
debt inpurred in the erection of her splendid
editte . We are glad to know his church has
been so thoughtful as to extend him a leave of
absence, as he must require rest from his ardu
ous work.
Commenced Woes with 300 Hands.—Work
commenced on the North and Sonth Road yes
terday morning," this side of Pace’s, on the
Hamilton road, some four miles from Columbus.
Three hundred hands are now engaged. Before
many days the number will be increased to 1200.
Operations are being pushed northward. The
right of way to LaGrange, with the exception
of that portion through the suburbs of Colum
bus, has been granted. This will be obtained
in less than twenty days, whan the forces will
be brought in this direction. Grant & (Jo..and
Lane & Oo., the contractors, mean to push the
road along in rapidity. The route is now loca
ted for ten miles.
Tee Americas Republican says efforts are bo
ring made by Congressman Whitely, to Lave a
tri-weekly mail established between Americas
and Buena Vista, with strong probabilities of
success.
The Lawrenoeville Atlas reports that a se
vere bail storm passed through Gwinnett county
on the 17th, doing considerable damage to com
and cotton. The hail was as large as partridge
eg$*. 7 ' ' > ' . . ^
The Constitution chronicles the arrival of
Col. M. M. Tidwell, in Atlanta, from Fayette
county. It says the Colonel is enthusiastic over
the prospeots of the Colombn3 and Atlanta Air
Line Railroad.
Albany and Columbus Railuoad.—Mayor
Cleghom has called a meeting of citizens, to be
held in the oounoil chamber Saturday night, in
the interest of the Albany and Columbus Rail
road. It is hoped every one will attend, as the
matter is one of vital importance to our inter-
terests. The people around Antioch have raised
$40,000 in aid of a railroad, and we believe they
would rather have the one proposed between
Albany and Columbus than any other.
Bad Chop Repobts.—The breezes wafted yes
terday were like the breath of a sirocco. 'Dust
was intolerable. The reports come that cotton
is terribly needing rain. The plant is so small
that it cannot support the fruit that it produces,
and the hot weather is. retarding growth and
drying up the forms and tender bolls. The
prospect was never worse than at the present
time. These reports, perfectly reliable, come
from the best as well as the poorest lands. Com
i3 also mnch affected.
Inobease in Real Estate.—One of the larg
est real estate dealers in the city told us yester
day that in Columbus property cannot be
bought for last year’s prices with 15 per cent,
added. Real estate is in demand, and there are
more houses for reaidenoa being ereeted than
for years. This has been caused by tbe railroad
exoitement. The prospects of our oity are daily
becoming brighter.
r ecentIy maao"a
ports nearly all the crops he saw on the route,
comparatively poor and backward, caused by
being poorly worked in consequence of'the ex
cessive rains this summer and spring.
The Talbotton American says Rev. H. M.
Turner, the negro preacher and politician from
Macon, visited the negro camp meeting near
that place last week, took up a collection, and
carried off about $100. ‘Pretty good trip. Smart
fellow that H. M. T.
The Lumpkin Telegraph-reports rust appear
ing pretty generally in the cotton in Stewart
county. • Some fields, it says, are already badly
injured.
The Shbopshibe Hetbs Case.—This case,
whioh ha3~for some time. been pending in the
Superior Court of Floyd county, was determined
on Friday last. Mr. Bowlins surrenders the
farm upon the payment, by the heirs, of the
original purchase money, with interest from
date, amounting, says the Commercial, to about
$80,000. Rowlins is to pay rent for the place
daring the time of his occupancy, which amount,
it is said, will be about balanced by-allowance
for improvements made by Rowlins.
Sho webs in Bbunswiok..—The Appeal of Tues-
diligent collation of Colonel L, H. Briscoe,
under special appointment from Gov. Jenkins.
If Georgia establishes an Agricultural College
next fail, so as to get our 300,000 aores of Con
gress land; she has no need to build new oo liege
houses at Athens or anywhere else; the vacant
pnblic buildings (and public lands, too) at Mil-
iedgeville are all ready, and the school oan open
in January.
And this is true too of Dahlonega, where the
United States Mint; a building about equal to
the Governor's house at Milledgeville, has been
lately given by the United States to the people
of Dahlonega for an Agricultural school. The
law of Congress giving the land (300,000 aores
of Georgia) forbids expressly that any part of
it shall be spent in building college houses.—
If the Agricultural College should be located at
Athens, new houses, at great expense, would
have to be built out of the State Treasury. The
old colleges at Athena would be no help, for
they are already full, and barely sufficient for
the present uses of the University; and Georgia
has debts enough to pay for Opera House and
new State House and new Governor’s House in
Atlanta. Let the College bo at Miilegeville.
'Colleges in Gecbqia.—The Chronicle and
Sentinel says, in that remarkable conglomerate
pnblio dooument entitled “Report of the Com
missioner of Eduoation made to the Secretary
of the Interior (of what?) for the year 1870,
with accompanying papers,” Georgia is made
to rank as the fifth State of the Union as to the *
number of oolleges. The whole number of col
leges enumerated is three hundred and sixty-
nine, of which Georgia claims 21. These 21
are as follows: Tho University of Georgia,
Emory College, Meroer University, Bowden
Collegiate Institution; Oglethorpe University,
Atlanta University, Wesleyan Female College,
Cuthbert Female College, Southern Female
College, Hamilton'Female College, LaGrange
Female College, Griffin Female College,
Forsyth Female College; Ferry Female College,
Masonic Female College, Americas; Masonic
Female College, Lumpkin; Madison Female
College, Marietta Female College, La Vert Fe
male College, Atlanta Female College. This is
a very creditable array; but the most creditable
appearing is tbe effort displayed for the educa
tion of females. But we venture tbe assertion
that the aggregate endowment funds of all those
colleges does not equal the endowment fund of
Harvard or Yale, or Dartmouth or Princeton, or
the University of New York, or of Illinois, or
the Cornell University, and others that might
be named. With us there is great effort greatly
diffused; but north and east of us concentration
and combination is tbe characteristic; and this
brings success and influence.
Misoeoenation flourishes in Atlanta. The
Sun says there are seven couples now under
arrest in that city for the practice.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned,
pending the argument in Stokes vs. Johnson
& Duncan, Nb. 23, Southwestern Circuit.
Colonel Avery,.of the Constitution, being In
delicate health; is rusticating in tbo North. He
writes from Troy, that the New Departure is
slow, and it’s no use of talking about constitu
tion or centralization. Morton struck the key
note and the Medusa head of the Ku-klux is the
agent that gives to Grant a new term of gifts,
and to the people of the South another act of
reconstruction tragedy.
The Atlanta Constitution, of yesterday, ex
presses the opinion that Gen. Grant’s chances
for the nomination diminish every day. We
trust *tai me o—m-Hnn will not hazard any
thing valuable on that opinion.
An Atlanta party of ladies and gentlemen
took a moonlight excursion to Stone Mountain
last night.
The National Hotel, Atlanta, was reopened
by M. Stubblefield last Monday. We trust his
new field will not be a stubble-field, but one
yielding an abundant harvest.
The Constitution learns that there is a lady
living near Buford, on the Air lone Railroad,
103 years of age, who has never seen a railroad
or locomotive.
A gentleman living in Alabama, near the
Georgia line, ninety-seven years of age, was re
cently married to a lady thirty-five years of age.
“December and May.”
I. O. O. F.—The Grand Encampment of
Georgia convened in Augusta on Monday. The
attendance was large and the condition of tbe
Order represented to be prosperous.* The fol
lowing officers were elected for the .ensuing year:
— . . , , . » „ Thomas Fleming, M. W. Grand -Patriaroh;
day says grateful showers have recently fallen* chas . j. stroberg, M. E. Grand High Priest
in Brunswick. T " "* —— " • — -
Affairs in Decatcb County—The Bainbridge
Argus of Saturday has the following:
The Ceops.—Our farmers axe now engaged
in polling, and saving fodder, and the weather
could not be more favorable for this business.
Com turns out to be much better than was anti
cipated a few weeks ago, although this remark
applies entirely fo upland. The corn and other
crops, on all onr lands subject to overflows, are
generally destroyed.
Cotton is constantly improving, and the
farmer’s hopes are reviving in- regard to this
crop; notwithstanding the quantity of cotton
that, without farther injury or draw back, will
be realized, necessarily will fall far short of on
average yield. Rain is greatly needed in many
localities.
The river is falling quite rapidly, very mnch
to the satisfaction of fishermen, who are catch
ing great numbers of those fine fish for whioh
our river and the Blue Springs are noted.
Peaches and apples are selling at one dollar
per bushel, and fine watermelons at from five
to ten cents, in Bainbridge.
Chickens are rather scarce, with price rang
ing from twenty to thirty-five cents.
We heard a gentleman from the country Bay
last Tuesday, that one of his neighbors wonld
have a bale of new cotton ready for market in
ten or twelve days. He might have been jesting.
An alligator, said to be about fifteen feet in
length, was seen between the old ferry and Bru
ton’s wharf, .in this oity, last Sunday. Can’t
Dr. J. get up a crowd and go for him.
Affairs in Savannah.—Chatham county re
turns as her aggregate of taxable values $23,-
580,231. Number of polls taxable 4,721.
Aggregate value of city property,
exclusive of that Owned Jay rail
road corporations $13,559,261
Value of merchandise. 1,922,760
Value Of money and debts - 4,308,449
Value of shipping and tonnage 158,40® (
Value of stocks and bonds 1,082. ^
Value of mining interests ^ 4,COO
Value of furniture ooa’^^
Value of other property -93,055
In Lancaster, Ohio, the people engaged in
the last celebration of onr nation’s independence
were /oxtunate in the engagement of a colored
chaplain who graduated from Oberlin College,
and was progressive in his ideas, as may be
judged from the concluding prayer which he
vented on the occasion of a mixed assemblage
of patriotic oelebrants: “I pray the Lord I may
live to see the day when the oolored man may
forget his prejudice bo far as to be willing to
receive all other races aa his equals.”
A Minnesota man has agents ont along the
Cedar and DesMoines rivers gathering ginseng,
and expects to ship 250,000 pounds of the root
to China this year. :'^Mrjq_a
Aggregate value .*....• • $23,223,326
Completion of th> Largest Warehouse
Eveb Built in Savannah.—The News says :
The cotton warehouse of Messrs.. Groover,
Stubbs & 0-> on Farm street, has just been
complete It is the largest building of the
kind »ver erected in this city, having a capacity
fox 20,000 bales of cotton, requiring 450 squares
of tin to oover it.
Axfaibs in Baldwin.—The Milledgeville Re
corder has the following:
The crops are abont laid by—in the colloquial
phrase of the farmers—in this county; and we
have good authority for stating that the yield
this season will fall short of the average annual
crop.
A corn-stalk 13 feet 7 inches high, is a pro
duct of ordinary land and medium culture in
this vicinity.
Rain is very mnoh needed now. The streets
are exceedingly dusty, and the crops are burn
ing up with the drought
The Gxoboia Agricultural College.—A
correspondent of the Federal Union says tho
State houses in Milledgeville cost half a million
dollars, as ascertained from all the records by
Jno'. F. Herb, R. W. Grand Senior Warden;
Eli Holiday, R. W. Grand Junior Warden.
John G. Deitz, B. W. Grand Scribe; Thos. A.
Burks, R. W. Gxvnd Treasurer; C. A. Robbe,
R. W. Grand Representative.
Good Advice.—A Perry correspondent of the
New Era reports at length the hanging of Jim
Toombs (colored) at that plaoo, for the murder
of Robert Huuter, colored. Jim’s last speech
began as follows :
“My friends, I know that I am going to be
hung, and I wont to le'J yon What brought me
to this. It was carrying a pistol, and I warn
yon not to carry weapons. Some of this vast
crowd havo them on now, and I advise yon to
throw them away—into -the creeks, the rivers,
or anywhere.
Pard Audacity Illustrated.
The Herald, of Sunday, has a special Wash
ington dispatoh chronicling the result of the
labors of the Kn-klux Investigating Committee.
The grand result of the investigation is set forth
as follows:
“That in all the late insurrectionary States,
and generally diffused, though not found in
every oounty, is an oathbound secret organiza
tion, working only at.night and its members al
ways in disguise, with officers, signs, signals,
passwords, grips, and all the necessary paw-
pbernalia, with the pledged and wora purpose
of putting down the Republioen and putting up
the Democratic party; that the organization
came into being a few miwths previous to the
last Presidential election dnring which canvass
it was in its most vigorous condition, but is
now through all me Sonth, with more efficient
discipline an<? effective direction than ever, re
viving in for the next Presidential
camp*’# 1 i ttiat this Ku-ldux organization is the
pr-meditated and determined scheme for carrying
(he South at the next election of President, end
so, by scouring the entire electoral vote of that
seotion, make sure the election of the Demo
cratic nominee; that the officers and establish
es of these “dens,” as they call their separate
bands, are the leading and active Democratic
politicians cf the Sonth; that the scheme has
the hearty good will of a large section of tbe
Democratic party in all those Stales, and tbe ac
quiescence of nearly the entire party; that the
direct and chief purpose of 'the organization, an
sworn by all the victims, as the assertion uni
formly made to them by these midnight assas
sins, and corroborated by the universal testi
mony of the repentant and divulging members
of the Order, is this—-the putting down ot the
Republican and putting up of the Democratic
party;”
The audacity ot this charge beats creation,
and shows what bold and adroit tacticians the
Radicals are. Having elaborated their scheme
to re-elect Grant by a grand anti-Ku-klax sen
sation, they begin by charging that the so-called
Ku-klux was a counter-scheme to defeat
That is cool and sagaoicus, too.
It took 10,000,000 dozen of imported cornets
to sufficiently squeeze our American enw,
last year, besides 1,500,000 Biade ia Uus coon-
try. About 200 dozen were imported exeta-
sively for Borne anomalous creatures who call
thenisulvea men. r ,