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DAY DIBPATUJUUES.
Mows Items.
Philadelphia, February 14.—W. D.
Fredericks, many years stage manager of
the Walnut and Arch streets theatre, was
stricken of paralysis and is dead, aged
SO.
Lynn, Febraary 14.—The Crispin
strike is ended.
Louisville. February 14.—The W e f"
tern Association of wholesale druggists
is assembled in session, Arthur iretre,
president. _ _
Foreign News.
London, February 14.-The Standard
announces that the transport department
has commenced negotiations with large
contractors for the immediate aeliYery,
If required, of a considerable quantity of
provisions for troops.
The independent liberal members have
formed a committee to watoh the progress
of tho Eastern question and prevent the
Government from drifting into war. The
Government has elready raoelved thirty
adhesions.
The Conservative committee which met
at the Carlton Olnb yesterday to organize
to support tho Government have sum
moned u meeting at the Carlton to-day.
There is oonsiderablo excitement in
Malta in consequence of telegrams from
the Admiralty that all ships under repair
ahall be hurried forward and sent to join
Admiral Hornby. The Devastation will
leave Malta to day.
The Standard’s Vienna correspondent
aija the Kuesian3 are provided with a
number of torpedo boats at Bodosto and
intend to insist on closing the Bosphorns
for the passage of the Dardanelles.
A special to the Times, dated at St.
Petersburg Wednesday, contains tbe fol
lowing: Late last night government
received information that the Saltan had
refused most positively to grant a firman
for tho entrance of the British fleet.
Bussia maintains an expectant attitude
and has taken measures for the advance
of part of her troops now before Constan
tinople so'soon as foreign men-of-war enter
the straits. The entrance of the troops
is not intended as an act of hostility, bnt
anxiety is felt lest an accidental collision
might occur.
if the troops enter it is thought the
Sultan will retire to Broussa. In that
event it would be extremely difficult to
re-establish even a shadow of the Turk,
ish empire in Europe.
The Bus3ian government does not for
the present desire snch a radical solution
of the quest'on.
In view of a'l this, negotiations for the
assembling of the conference have, for
the moment, fallen into the background.
An Auglc-Austria alliance is now spoken
of as a possibility.
The Times Vienna correspondent re
ports that torpedoes have actually been
shipped from Odessa for the Russian?,
presumably for U3e in the Bosphoru?.
The prohibition against shipment of war
material during the armistice is a mere
form. . m
The Paris correspondent of the Times
telegraphs that it is believed inoomne-
tect quarters that matters will be ar
ranged peacefully.
A letter from St. Petersburg affirms
that the Russians, on entering Constanti
nople, will promise to resnme their pres
ent positions on tho assembling of th9
conference.
It is knovn that Germany, within the
last fonr days, has urged moderation on
Austria. The Times’ Vienna speoial,
however, says the exoitement Is daily In
creasing. T’bo word “mobilisation" is on
everybody’s lips, bnt as yot, it is only a
rumor.
The Dai’y Telegraph sajs the British
fleet entered tho Dardanelles at daybreak
on Wednesday. The passage thence to
Constantinople wocli oicnpy from twelve
to sixteen hoars
Lord Derby is expected to make a
statement in tbe House of Lords to-night
concerning the dispatch of tho fleet to
ConstaLtnopl j and tbe present aspect of
the Eastern questun.
The Times leading editorial article this
morning Bays Ruieia has incurred a grave
and needless responsibility cni she will
have to give guarantees to Austria as
well as to England, that aha will qnit
Constantinople if she should fulfill her
rash intention to occupy it with troop?.
The Vienna correspondent of the Times
says excitement here is daily Increasing
at the turn Eastern affairs is taking,
and thecxcitimcnt in Hungary is even
greater.
The Pesth correspondent of tho Stand
ard telegraphs that the situation is re
garded as very critical. The Emperor
hassent for Arch duke Albncht, field
marshal and commander-in-chief of the
Austrc-Hungorian army, for the purpose
of conceiting an important military
measure.
The Government organs maintain that
ltuBsia has broken her word and Anstro-
Hungary will be compelled to march to
war with England in order to force Rus
sia to be faithful to her promises and re
turn to her former programme.
Ihe Daily News’ Vienna dispatch says
while the Hungarian papers are warlike,
the Austrian Independent Press demands
peace. The Daily Telegraph has the fol-
tewing special from Vienna, under date of
last night: Count Acdraesy’a prolonged
interview with the Emperor yesterday,
and tho sudden return to Vienna of Arch
duke Albrecht, have given rise to endless
surmises as to decisions pending. Connt
Andrassy wa3 closeted for several hoars
to-day with the Minister of Finance, and
as important financial arrangements
mast precede the mobilization of any
portion of the army, it is rumored that
the Government is about to resort to
active military measures. Up to this
evening I have no confirmation of these
reports. At the same time there can be
ne doubt that the Government is not only
alive to the dangers of the situation, but
resolved, if possible, to avert what would
be for Austro-Hungary a national dis
grace.
The following appeared in Oonnt An-
drassy’s organ—tho Pesther Lloyd, of this
morning: The non occupation of Con
stantinople is tho foremost and moat
weighty interest of Europe, and if Rus-
sia understands by regaining her free
dom of action, that she has a right to
hoist the Czar’s flag of victory cn the
Bosphorn?, then it is time for the pow
ers to abandon their different categories
of neutrality, and an end must be pnt to
the.policy of accomplished fact. The
occupation of Bulgaria and the exagger
ated extension it is proposed to give that
province will never be tolerated by
Austria. Action, and energetic adieu
alone, can now save Europe.
Constantinople, February 14.—The
British fleet passed through tbe Darda-
no'les at three o’clock on Wednesday
afternoon. Tbe Turkish government
concluded that a mere piotest meets the
necessities of the situation. The Bus-
sians_ still declare that they will enter
the city, and fears of considerable dis
turbance, should they do so, are uow en
tertained. The destination of the fleet
i3 said to bo Princess Island, in the Sea
of Marmora, thirteen tnile3 south of Con
stantinople, which, it is reported, Eng
land intends to occupy.
Washington, D. C., Febraary 14—The
Military committee of the Honse adopted
the following this morning:
Resolved, That in view of the condition
of affairs on the Mexican frontier, and
the dangers arising from the outbreak of
Indian hostilities, any measures looking
toward a redaotion of the effective foroe
of the army is not j aerified by the con
dition of the eoantry.
The case of Potts, nominated for the
Petersburg post-offioe, has been post
poned another week.
In the Senate Mr. Bayard present
the memorial of the Hew York banks a
banking institutions remonstrati
against the passage of the silver bill. H
said he, with other Senators, had reoeived
a private oepy of the memorial; bat did
not present it to the Senate, not deeming
it to be tbe original paper. This morning
he had reoeived a request from the proper
persons to preeent toe memorial, end he
did bo with pleasure. The memoral is
signed by persons who, perhaps, more
than any other claee of men in tbe coun
try, were charged with the care of the
property of others, and knew about the
matter of whioh they spoke. Tbe memo
rial was laid on the table, the silver bill
now being before tbe Senate.
In the Honse Gen. Gibson toss to a
personal explanation. He claims that
the trial of the members of the Betum-
ing Board is proper, and in accordance
with the laws of Louisiana.
Hale, of Maine, desired to reply bnt
was ruled ont of order. Fillibustering
followed and is now proceeding.
The Senate, after a brief discussion,
passed the House joint resolution de
claring that the redaction of the tax on
distilled spirits is ^inexpedient. Teas 40,
nays 9. Messrs. Bailey, Conover, Davis,
of West Virginia; Dennis, McCreery,
Merrimon, Morgan, Randolph and Ran
som voting in the negative.
Confirmations—Wheeler, collector of
internal revenue, Little Bock; Armitage,
receiver of public money at Harrison,
Arkansas; Lee, postmaster at Pensacola;
Benj. F. Peixalto, of California, consul
to Lyons; Peixalto was formerly consul-
general to Boumania.
The national agricultural congress and
the American forestry association will
convene at Willard Hall, February 19,
and be open to delagatea from all kindred
local associations.
In the Senate tbe Committee cn Bail-
roads resumed its hearing of arguments
on the Texas Pacifioand Southern Pacific
bill?. Mr. Slorrs concluded his legal
argument as to the power of Congress to
confer charters on corporations to con
struct and operate railroads within the
States. He cited a great number of de
cisions to show that the States alone had
that right, and that unless imperatively
necessary for purposes of federal action,
Congress had no power in the premises.
No necessity conld be claimed in the
present case, and therefore there was no
power. He also cited cases to show that
the franchises of corporations might be
revoked and resumed by Legislatures for
non-compliance, neglect or misnse, and
showed that by tbe failure of tbe Texas
Pacific Company to bnild one hundred
miles per year, as required, it was now
competent for Congress either to declare
it3 lands and franchises and territories
forfeited, and to either restore them to the
pnblic domain, or transfer them to the
Southern Pacific Company, for the pur
pose of constructing that road eait to the
Bio Grande.
Adjourned until tc-morrow morning.
In the Honse, responding to General
Gibson’s remarks, Mr. Hsle inquired
whether tbe gentleman indorsed the pros
ecutions that have been and now are in
progreis in New Orleans.
Mr. Gibson replied that if these men
were guilty of a violation of the law the
proseentions were proper.
Mr. Hale said, as he understood it,
then the gentletaan did ect discourage
these prosecution.
Mr. Gibson would inquire in tarn,
whether the gentleman thought they
were wrong ?
Mr. Hale replied, if tho gen laman
wanted his views, he would say that he
regarded the proseentions as the greatest
outrage in our political history.
Mr. Gibson said that Mr. Hale had al
ways denonneed the people of Louisiana,
and he treated the gentleman’s remarks
with contempt. The trials referred to
were condncted under the law3 of tho
Slate, and he wanted to know by what
right the honse could be made a revisory
board of tho contts of Loaisiana. He as
serted that the whole effort of Governor
Nichols was to restore law and order.
The personal liberty of the citizen was as
secure in the State of Louisiana as in
Maine. If any wrong was done to the
persons nnder trial, they had the right of
appeal. If after conviction it conld be
shown that it reanlted from a vicious pnb
lic sentiment, he had no doubt that the
brave and honorable and magnanimon3
gentleman who was Governor of Louis
iana, would grant a free pardon.
A letter was read from the Secretary
of the Treasury showing nearly five mil
lions decrease in revenue as compared
with last year. Adjourned.
Nominations—John S. Wichter, cf
West Virginia, Marshal of Idaho.
In the Senate the silver bill was resum
ed, Jones of Nevada, speaking in its fa
vor. Senator Coke, of Texas, made a
strong legal argument in favor of the bill.
He atgned against tho conBtitntional
power of Congress to demonetize silver,
and said it was a constitutional right of
the people to have a currency of both gold
and silver. The constitution itself estab
lished a bi-metalio standard.
The resolution in tbe Committee of Mbi
nary Affairs telegraphed at noon and re
ported as adopted, was offered by Mr.
MoOoke, of New York, and was rejected
by the committee, and was not adopted,
as stated in the noon report.
After a brief discussion the Senate
adopted the Home resolution declaring
it inexpedient to reduce the tax cn dis
tilled spirits. The vote was 40 to 9.
Messrs. Bailey, Conover r Davis of West
Virginia, Dennis, McCreery, Merrimon,
Morgan, Bandolph and Bansom voted
in the negative.
Malta, Febraary 14.—Her Majesty's
tug, ‘‘Escort,” has arrived here from
Tlume, with a oargo of Whitehead tor
pedoes. The turret ship, “Devastation,”
fonr guns, and ninety-one hundred and
ninety tons, is to leave Malta to-day, and
another ves-el has been sent to Tinme
for more torpedoes; any available super-
nnmeries for strengthening the crews
nnder vioe Admiral Hornby will go in the
“Devastation.”
Pab s, ^February 14.—The Republigue
Prancaise oonnsels England to remain
tranqnil. The Journal Des Debats declares
that it is too late for England to aot. The
majority ot the papers hold similar lan
guage, and hope the wisdom and modera-
lon of the powers "will prevent farther
complications:
London, February 14.—The Times’ sec
ond edition prints the following dispatch:
St. Petersburg, February 14.—The gov
ernment has information that the British
fleet has arrived at Constratinople. The
admirality has received a telegram that
the fleet has pas3el through the Dardan
elles, but has no advices'of its arrival at
Constantinople.
The admiralty has a telegram from
the English consul at Chanak Ealessi
Anatolia, on the Dardanelles, twenty-
three miles southeast of Gallipoli, con
firming the report of tbe passage of six
ships of the British fleet up the straits
yesterday. Tho Turkish Pasha made a
forms! protest at Chanak Kalesi, bnt no
a:t‘v3 measures were taken to prevent
the passage.
The Admiral’s orders were to enter the
straits with or without leave, and make
arrangements to secure his rear. The
ships were prepared for action.
In the Honse of Lords, Derby, alluding
to the claim of Bus3ia, that should
the Powors send ships to Constantinople,
Bassia would be compelled to send troops
to that city, said that the British govern
ment has protested against this view, de
claring that it can see no parallel between
the two conrsea proposed. (Loud cheers.)
Lord Deroy also read a dispatch from
Prince Gortschakoff, the Bos3ian pre
mier, informing him of the Bussian oc
cupation of Constantinople, which
Prince Goxtichakoff adds is merely a pa
cific measure.
Mabshfild, Mass., Febraary 14.—The
mansion of Daniel Webster was de
stroyed by fire with contents. The build
ing was owned by Mrs. Fletohor Webster,
who, with her son, were the sole oocu-
panis. They made great exertions to
save historic relies, and suoeeeded In re-
oovering a quantity of silver plate, pic
tures and other prioelesa mementoes of
Mr. Webster. The library was not de
stroyed, having been removed somo time
ago.
Cincinnati, February 14. — The house
of V. Beftridge, oolored, near Ironton,
Ohio, was burned. Three children, »lone
in the bouse, were oonsumed in the
flames. . „ ■ -
Richmond, Va., February 14.—Bev.
Dr. Woodbridge, reetor of Monumental
EpUooptl ohureh for forty years, is dead-
Aged seventy-four.
Columbia, B. 0., Febraary 14.—The
Legislature eleoted six Circuit Judges to
fill vaoanoies occasioned by a recent de
Melon of the Supreme Court. All the
gentlemen ehosea were ^designated by a
Democratic eaneus.
Havana, February 14.—During the
last few days, official and private tele
grams received, leave no donbt that the
insurgents, headed by their chiefs, are
trying to arrange terms of peace all over
the Island. The Havana newspapers
speak of a proximate of peace aa sure,
and it appears only exact terms remain
to bB settled, when they will be pros
claimed by the government. To-day’s
papers publish a telegram dated Santa
Cruz, Febraary 12th, stating that Max
imo Comez, Camera, and all Chiefs, are
working in favor of a definite peace, and
that hostilities are suspended all over
the Island.
Gold nominally quoted tc-day to 221
to 221$.
Bomb, February 14.—The conclave
will meet on the 17th. The partisans of
the moderate party are very confident of
success.
In Monday’s consistory the cardinals
discussed the advisability of the Bacred
college binding tbe new Pope to a pre
determined line of conduct. Cardinal
Recci de Camerlengo spoke against the
proposal, which was supported by Cardi
nal Manning. By a largo majority, it
was decided that the Pope should have
the fullest freedom of aotion.
Foreign cardinals arriving here an
nounce that the pnblic opinion of their
respective countries is favorable to a con
ciliatory policy.
London, February 14.—A Beater’s,
dated Constantinople, Febraary 14,7 p.
m., says: Tho Russians will shortly enter
the city, bnt no official notification on
the subjeot has yet been received. Con
siderable Bussian forces have pushed
forward to Tcbalaldjab.
London, Febraary 14.—The aotivity at
Woolwioh arsenal ia daily increasing.
New guns of nearly every description, and
military transport wagons are being
rapidly mannfaotured.
A Beater from Constantinople says the
fleet is expeoled at Pxinoe Island this
evening, unless compelled to cast anohor
at Marmora, in consequence of tempestu
ous weather. Two iron-dads have been
left at Gallipoli to protect the outlet. Four
will be stationed at Prince Island. The
Flamingo will stay in the Bosphorns to
maintain^ communication. Mr. Layard
and Admiral Hornby, on the Flamingo,
went to meet the fleet with sealed orders.
No salute will be fired or formal notioe of
the arrival of the fleet. The English Gon
ial at Chanak Ealessi has made a de
mand for the free entry of 3,000 tons of
ooalfor the fleet.
The Tarkish Parliament wet dissolved
to-dsy by an imperial message, which de
clares that this aotion is taken in conse
quence of the necessities of tbe situation,
and that tbe SnltBn appreciates the ser
vices of the members, and hopes soon to
to reconvoke the Parliament.
Washington, Feb. 14. — In the Honse
daring the debate on the West Point bill,
General Chalmers of Mississippi, de
fended the Sonth against the charge that
it w&b hostile to the army. He said, we
of the Confederate side, bring with ns
from the field of battle no malice toward
the bonorable gentlemen who met ns in
manly coDflict. I see by my side and all
around me gallant men who faeed death
for tne cause they btl-evad was right, who
in dsfenoe of the Union, in tho perilous
front of ballets, won that imperishable
honor which ever lingers in tho heart of a
grateful people, around the name of the
soldier who did his dnty in the hoar of
danger. With them we have no quarrels.
We rcoognizs tbe rols that crowns the
victors with the linrel wreath of fame,
(applause.)
Congressman Herbert, of Alabama,
made an admirable speech, favoring tbe
bill to pension soldiers of tbe Mexican
war, the Creek, and Florida and Bhck
Hawk wats.
An Important Hog Product-
Bcssia is the great bristle-producing
country of the world. The bsst of these,
stiff bristles used for sowing with waxed
thread*, are said ‘.o come fiom Muscovy,
where the swine roam half wild in the in-
terminaVIs forests, or else are fed on the
refuse of the half will cattle killed for
their hides and tallow. In the West,
where vast numbers of improved swine
are yearly killed for their various meat
products, the hair and bristle?, however,
is saved from each ho;, and these, of
course, aro of inferior qual ty, for the
finer the hog the poorer and in less quan
tity are the bristles furnished. So, in all
warm countries the bristles aro seft and
of inferior quality.
Nevertheless, bristles ate among the
mo3t important of animal fibres; said to
be next to silk and the wool the mo3t im
portant. The average quantity exported
from Russia is over 4,000,000 ponnds an
nually, and of a value of about15,000,000.
The very best Busaian bristles are worth
$2.25 per pound, and from this down to
27 cents. France supplies annually near
ly 2,000,000 pounds cf bristles; Germany
and Belgium are also large exporters of
this product. French bristles, whether
produced in France, or only cleansed
there, bear tbe highest repntation in the
market of the world. They are white,
soft, firm to the touch, yet exceedingly
elastic, and used principally for the
brushes of the artist, and the pencils of
the punter and decorator. The average
qoantity of bristles imported into Eng
land is about 2,500,000 pounds, valued at
over $2,000,000, Bassia alone supplying
$1,400,000, while Siberia fnrnisheB over
59 per cent, of the latter quantity. While
neither England nor the United States
furnish first-class bristles, yet these two
coantries hold the monopoly of tho
trade.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Aancnicus, Ga., Feb. 14,1878.
pfccbxdikgs of thk convention of thx
state agbicultubal society.
We closed oar last missive in the midst
of the experience meeting on Tuesday
night, while an animated discussion was
going on as to tho best method of keep
ing sweet potatoes, and when to dig
them.
As stated, every farmer
had his own way cf doing it,
and emphatically affirmed that it was the
best. Yet no two plans were similar.
One member assorted that he invaria
bly harvested his potatoes before frost,
then excavated the earth a little, pnt abont
thirty bushels in one hill, was earefnl to
remove all vegetable matter, and oovered
lightly with dirt at first, afterwards, when
the weather grew colder, increasing the
depth to ten or twelve inohee.
Another farmer declared he never
tonohed his potato pateh until the vines
HAD BKIN THOROUGHLY HILLED,
and then raised the earth a foot or more
and spread straw over the surface before
depositing the potatoes which were then
covered up closely with straw and corn
stalks, and finally with a thick coating of
soiL A third rnralist stated positively
that he did net care whether the potatoes
were dag
IN FOUL OB 7AXB WEATHER
bat simply banked them at his con
venience even though with run coming
down in torrents, yet never loat any.
A fourth expeit declared that he could
keep potatoes as good as new
FOB THRXH YEABS,
and bad never seen the bottom of his
cellar. His plan was to bury them in
the earth beneath his dwelling without
the addendum of straw or anything tlie,
and they kept perfectly.
And so each planter went on to say,
giving hi* method, which was par excel
lence, the best.
Now, we confess to a sensation of ob
fuscation in the premises, and feel at a
loss from the multitude of oounsellers to
sayhowpotatoes can be preserved through
the winter. On the whole, the best ad
vice Is to eat them as fast as possible, and
then when they begin to rot give them
away to tbe poor and indigent.
The discussion upon tbe fenoe question
was animated bnt indecisive. On the
whole, the animns of the Convention
seemed 1 >l“«v« , ‘
OPPOSED TO THE FENCE LAW,
for divers reasons, growing ont of the
sparsenem of population, the stock rais
ing interest and wants of the settler in
the wilds of Southern Georgia. The
conclusion arrived at was a very just one,
to wit: That the law which decides that
the question of fence or no
fence should be narrowed down
to each county, and determined for
themselves by the inhabitants thereof,
was the only true method of determining
the question.
Even then, however, there ue grave
complications, such as would arise near
the borders of other oountiee or States,
and serious detriment to stock raisers
whose possessions are limited, especially
when unenclosed tracts of land, perhaps
abounding in mast, as Is frequently the
oase, lie contiguous.
So the fenoe law was left undisturbed.
ON THE DOG LAW QUESTION,
we rejoioe to Bay, there was very little
division. All were unanimous for a tax
npon canines, not excepting even the
trasty night guardian of the household,
though the body refused to take definite
aotion on the subject. This led to an inter
esting discosslon upon the value of sheep
raising, whioh is destined to bsoome one
of the most important industries of Geor
gia. Some interesting faots were elioited
in referenoe to this subjeot, both on the
floor and in the essays whioh were read.
These experience meetings, though
forming no part of the regular proceed
ings of the convention, are always
regarded as a very interesting
feature of the semi-annual gatherings of
the State Agricultural Society, as on
those occasions all formality is dispensed
with and every farmer tells the tale of
his failures or successes in his own way.
Much amusement as well as information
is thereby elicited and occasionally the
bouse is
BBOUGHT DOWN
by the quaint and original remarks of
hard-fisted tillers of the soil, who are
more familiar with tbe plow handies than
the flowers of xhetorio, and yet are folly
posted as to the productions and best
mode of cultivating tbe diversified crops
whioh make Georgia the most desirable
State In tbe Union.
Some of the hits and contretemps of
the debatants were not dissimilar;to wh a
might be expeoted from the raoidents o
A BEAL DONNYBBOOS FAIB.
Yet all was good humor, and even the
queer MoMiobael, with bis eocentrio
mirth-provoking harangues was not only
tolerated, bat applauded.
On Wednesday, Professor J. W, Glenn
read a very novel and interesting paper
upon “Burning the woods annually as a
sanitary measure, aud a means of destroy
ing insect l.fe and preserving timber.”
It wbb an interesting and foroible piper,
which commanded nniversal attention.
We regret that the want of spaoe will not
admit of its reproduction in the columns
of the “Telegraph.” The following how
ever, is the briefest possible resnme of
what tbe Professor in pnre and nnmistak-
abla English said:
First, Andrew Crosse, the great ama
teur electrician of Engl ind, was brought
forward as the discoverer of the iusact
germ in the air, the| ‘‘Acari CroBsii.”
Then was introduced the experiments of
Prof. Tyndal on the Bel-Alp last August,
showing that the lower air is teeming
with germs of Bacteria, which, when
hatched, can live, five billions ot them in
one drop of water. Prof. Tyndal supports
the theory now that all fevers are but a
fight between lower and higher organic
life.
Reference was maae io comparatively
new diseases, dyphtheria and miasmatic
feveis, S3 developed in the northeastern
part of our State; and it was shown
that they probably result from tho
great leaf heaps accumulated in
the foresti. It is a well known
fact that tho chestnuts and chinkapins,
onco so abundant in that part of tbe
State, are nearly all dead, the oaks are
following, as well as some fiuit trees,
especially pear and plum—but strange
to say where the wcoda have been burnt
all are alive, even the chestnut, and in a
thrifty condition. Much testimony and
some experiments were brought forward
to show that the destruction was wrought
by insects or fungi, deposited from the
air in the form of germs or spores. ,
Bust and blast are probably caused in
tho same way, certainly from germs or
spores.
The question then arose as to the inju
ry which might result from burning the
woods in impoverishing tho soil; and it
wa3 made very probable if not proven
that the soT would be impo ved rather than
injured by burning.
The testimony on this point was very
strong, especially from farmers; and it
was shown that the recent investigations
of the Scientists rather favored that view.
Actnal measurement of the soil in the
burnt and unburnt woods showed the soil
in the former to be nearly double the
depth of that in tho latter, and also the
soil was much looser and freer ia tho
bnrnt woods, and of a richer color.
This was shown by tho strongest evi
dence, and the testimony of many farm
ers was brought forward to show that sucb
lauds produced better and longer. Then
the chemists were met with their own
facts, and it was shown that it was best
to burn, because it opened the soil and
allowed a free ab:crption of the gases;
and also the partial drying, snch as could
not exist in thick woods wa3 very impor
tant, to say nothing of the Balt petre for
mation p, which enrich very mneb. On
the whole, the fads were very extraordi
nary, to say the least, and went far to es
tablish the policy, if not necessity of
burning.
To these opinions, Prof. Jones, editor
of the Cultivator, and other gentlemen,
offer some objections, on tbe ground that
burning the woods destroys the decaying
leaves and mould, which go to form the
topsoil and permanently improve tho
land.
We have not space to discuss this new
and important question, bnt simply state
the argument of Prof: Glenn, which was
enforced by many ingenious and logical
reasons and commanded universal atten
tion.
DB. MEANS,
being called for, paid a high compliment
to Professor Glenn’s essay, and made a
vigorous and eloquent speeoh explanato
ry of the eleotrioal phenomena whioh per
vade all nature, physical and inanimate.
Dwelling npon the great advantages of
the temperate zone, be said “a great idea
was never born in Arotio or Torrid re
gions.” Eleotrioity is more pote&t be
tween the 32d and 40:h parallels ot north
latitude, and there man attains to his
greatest perfection, intellectually and
physically.
THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
Gen. P. M. P. Young, Commissioner
for the State of Georgia to the French
Exposition, addressed a paper to the Con
vention asking that it would memorial
ise the Legislature for an appropriation
of three thousand dollars to pay the
freight on Georgia contributions, etc., to
the Exhibition. This was referred to a
special committee, and their recommenda
tion for an indefinite postponement of
the proposition was adopted almost unan
imously.
Next in the regular order of the exer
cises came the address of
FBOFESSOB 8. P. 8ANPOED,
of Mercer University, npon the import
ance of good common roads.
No paper presented to the Convention
commanded snoh universal attention and
unqualified approbation, and it was unan
imously ordered that the same should be
printed as a part of the proceedings of
the Convention.
Aa the Professor has kindly tamed over
his admirable essay to the writer for pub
lication in the Txlxgbaph, we shall not
anticipate the treat in store for our read
ers by any allusion whatever to its con
tents. Suffice it to say, the paper is rioh-
ly worthy of Professor Stanford’s reputa
tion as a scholar and sagacious practical
oitizen.
UNIVERSITY CP GEORGIA.
Chancellor Tucker asked for a suspen
sion ot the rales, and just three minutes
by tbe watch, to say something abont onr
State University.
His request was granted, and the Doc
tor proceeded to say it was true the Uni'
varsity had ran down in numbers, bnt
What it lacked in quantity perhaps was
made np in quality. The decline In nnim
ben night be attributed, in part, to the
flnaneisi condition of the ooantrv.
But, this he oonld truthfully say, that
the
FACULTY WEBB ALL AT THUS POSTS,
the maohine in full and snooessfui opera
tion, and a more orderly, better behaved
and studious body of young men never
graced any Institution than the present
matriculates of the University.
A complimentary resolution indorsing
the services and official conduct of the
COMMISSIONER CF AGBICULTUBF,
Dr. Janes, was unanimously adoptsd.
FORAGE CROPS.
On this important subject Dr. Wm. B.
Jones, of Burke county, made a masterly
and elaborate address. He showed that
the cultivation of lucerne, corn,fodder and
other grain erops could be made to sup
plement our grain, and even by the ea
ring accomplished pay for the guano
used by the farmer.
Dr, Jonea was very happy in his re
marks and suggestions, and we regret
our waning space will not admit of a full
report of his admirable essay. He is an
erudite and accomplished gentleman.
The discussion npon the subject,
“Have fertilizers on cotton paid, all
THINGS CONSIDERED?”
evoked a lively controversy, though we
could not help believing that the weight
of the argument was with the affirmative.
Some of the negative men, it is shrewdly
expected, have never paid their guano
bills, and therefore were down upon tbe
article.
Any sensible and caref ol farmer who
understands how to apply commercial fer
tilizers and does not 1st tbe grass run
away with all their virtue, knows that
thev are of incalonlable benefit to the ag
riculturalist. Indeed, since emancipa
tion they may b9 regarded as the
8ALYATI0N OP TBS HUSBANDMAN,
as no fact is more potent than the impos
sibility of making the freedmentake any
interest in the manufacture of domestic
manure, and the writer has witnessed
instances where they even refused to
move the contents of the stable lot, be
cause they were too nice to handle such
odoriferous stuff.
Hence the necessity of these portable
and intensified fertilizers.
ON THE LAST DAY OF THE CONVENTION,
(Thursday morning,) an ineffectual at
tempt was made to petition the General
Assembly to divide the agricultural and
geological departments of the State.
Dr. Butler advocated the proposition
with much earnestness and eloqnenoe,
and was replied to with equal zeal by ex-
Senator Felton. It is impossible to give
any synopsis of the speeches of these gen
tlemen. When the vote came to be
taken, however, the resolution was lost
by a considerable majority. The preva
lent idea was that in attempting to di
vide the two, in as much as the people’s
representatives do not seem particularly
partial to either, both might be lott, to
the sore detriment of the State.
The Convention, after naming
ATHENS
as Us next plaoe of meeting, and tbe trans
action of the usual routine business, then
adjourned, sine die.
CHAMPION MILCH COWS.
Wo cannot olose these noteB devoted to
the agricultural interests of the country,
without a notioe of Mrs. Barlow’s dairy
and nnrivaihd cows, and milk end batter.
We say Mrs. Barlow, bee rase her hus
band, Mr. Barlow, is physically unable
to snperintend the operations of his lot
and farm. All devolves npon her, and no
ope oonld disobarge the duty more effeot-
nally and successfully.
Mrs. Barlow invited some of her
gueate, the writer included, to witnes3the
milking of ker favorite two cows, one of
them a creat^ “Durham’’ imported from
Tennessee, and the ether from native
stock. The former yielded three gallons
of milk, and the native cow, a very small
animal, three and a half gallons.
The product of the two each day is
near
THIRTEEN GALLONS,
and the yield of firm, yellow and de
licious butter four pounds. The calves
are never allowed to euck their mothers,
but aro fed with tbe rkimmed milk.
Each cow receives four gallons of wheat
bran per diem, about a bushel of raw cow
peas in the hnll, as much rough fcod as it
will eat, and besides they aro both led
with halters to a green rye patch and al
lowed to graze there daring the day.
They are also well carried and comfort
ably stabled.
The golden butter produced would
readily sell for forty cents per pound in
market or $48.00 for every month, ex
clusive of the milk, the sale of which
would fully pay for the keep of the cows.
This would realize the snug sum of
FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX DOLLARS
per annum as the net product of the but
ter from two cows.
Housekeepers and farmers, heed the
lesson.
In Mrs. Barlow’s yard also were to be
seen a multitude of pea fowls, turkeys,
geese, guinea fowls, ducks and chickens,
and her pig etyes were fall of sleek grant
ors, while a perfeot
MOUNTAIN OF COMPOST MANURE
made the household perfeotly independ
ent of ail the gnano sellers in Christen
dom.
We feel, that there could be no more
fitting finale to agricultural letters then
the above striotly truthful account of the
management and achievements of one of
Georgia’s fairest daughters, and here we
let the snbjeot rest. H. H. J.
editorial correspondence.
Washington City, Feb. 8,1878.
BLAINE’S BLAST FOB SILVER
woke the Senatorial echoes yeetosday.
His fiipflip was executed with tbe skill
characteristic of the mar, and extorted
even from the Gorgeous Conkling the
compliment of a double sneer. Blaine,
as yon doubtless saw this morning, wants
the “dollar of tbe daddiea” to weigh 425
grains of standard silver; to have unlim
ited coinage, and be an unlimited legal
tender. This pleases neither side, and
of course will die tbe death. But Blaine
don’t care for that. This straddle is for
future political nse, but I doubt whether
it will do him auy good. He lost bis
chance last year, and sush opportunities
never came twice.
But he had a large audience. The gal
leries were crowded, and over fifty mem
bers of tbe House were grouped in the
rear of the desks. Silk and satin glitter
ed in the galleries and .the waving of
plumes and fans and the murmur of soft
voices furnished tbe inspiration that
modern statesmen all love so well. John
and Tecumseh Sherman were present,the
former looking meaner and more con
ning than nsnal, and the laltir even ug
lier than is his wont. The audience was
very attentive and the silence almost
painful until the speaker finished, when
there was a buret of applause from the
galleries which shook np the Solona and
seemed to especially horrify Wheeler,
who made the nsnal threat of clearing
the galleries. I saw nothing in the speak
er’s matter or manner to indicate waning
powers either of intellect or physique,
bnt be read his speeob, which doesn’t
at all suit his aggressive, dashing style.
If he had been born at tbe South he
would have been the counterpart of Gen
eral Tcombs in manner and, I also eue-
peot even more pronounced in the pecu
liarities of fiery seel and torrent like im
petuosity that characterise that gentle
man. Bnt his New. England “raising”
baa toned him down—fettered him, per
haps, and where Toomb3 roars and rages
Blaine is only vehement. I feel sure that
if he had been born and reared under
Southern suns he would have been the
Murat or Danton of secession.
OBAZY RAIDERS ON THX TREASURY.
.This city seems to be the Mecca for
daft folks, and strange to aay their luna
cy generally takes the form of wanting to
break into the treasury. One of them
went into the Treasurer’s office yesterday
and demanded $200,000 due him by the
government for the salvation of the coun
try by the late G. Washington. He was
armed with a club end told the Treasurer
that he had been advised to take the
money by force if he couldn’t get it any
other way. “But I am no slouch,” said
be, “and will compromise the matter.
Give $100,000 now and you can let the
balance stand to the credit of George,
but really charge it all to me on the books.
There is nothing mean about me and I
will go halves with George.” Another
chap writes almost daily letters to the
Treasurer from Philadelphia for some Biz
per cent, bond?, whioh he alleges are due
him for the loss of relatione during the
late civil war.
mb. hill’s
speech tc-day, or that everlasting nui
sance, the silver question, was in hiBbesb
style. He and Blaine started a nice lit
tle row, bnt Mr. Hill saw proper to sit
down on Blaine by refusing to answer
any more of bis question?, and tbu31
and many more gallery folks bed their
cheerful anticipations of a row, inconti
nently nipped. Mr. Hill reiterated his
friendship for silver, but I should hardly
hunger and thirst for that sort of affec
tion if I was a silver man. Perhaps I
didn’t hear correctly, but it seemed to me
that he was about as severe on that met
al sb any other man who has spoken,
with the exception perhaps, of Senator
Eaton, whose scorn for the D. of the D.
is something altogether unique. By tha
way, our readers may perhaps relish e
taste of that stout old stateinan’s quality,
so I quote, below, what he said to the
South in his silver speech.
“Mr. President, I hope I may be per
mitted as a life-long friend to say one
word to my Southorn friends on this floor.
What I say will be said in the best spirit
in the world, as you well know. Broken
in all your material interests by the ter
rible waste of war, until recently, by
what I am compelled to say was unwise
Federal legislation, you were not permit
ted a voice in your own government.
Happily, all that is changed. Of right
you now have the power whioh should
ever be exercised by free States. The
ravages of war are to be overoome. Your
now system of labor has become familiar,
and what 1s now required to build up your
great industries is capital. The labor
you have. Cotton, tobaeoo, rice, are yonr
staples and the neoesBaries of civilization.
In the boson of yonr soil teem ooal and
iron. Tha water-power of Virginia,
North Cardins, Sonth Carolina, and Geor
gia is unrivaled in the eoantry. With
capital and skilled labor tbe waBte places
in yonr noble States would be builded np
and the wilderness wonld blossom as the
roBe. Maryland, New York, New Jersey,
and New England have the capital and the
skilled labor. Be it onr dnty so to legis
late that each section of the oountry will
perform jits fall share in repairing the
disasters which have overtaken ua all.
What is now necessary for the com
mon weal is confidence, confidence, not at
tacks upon capital, not burning rhetoric
against tbe accumulations of the North
and East, but that appeal of good broth
erhood which will assist in building up
what the industries of the whole country
demand, sublime confidence in the integ
rity of the people of the North, East,
West and South. No more threats, no
more menace. Threata and menace do
not become the people of any section of
this broad land. It can have no effect
but to scorn the men who use it.
Sir, brave men do not fear menace;
honorable men will not in lalge in that
cheap commodity; it is not as valuable
as silver bullion. Let us have no more
of it. Pass your debased silver bill, if it
so please you; bnt no more threat;; they
merit and receive scorn, and scorn only.”
ALL SORTS.
Really the evidenoe that the war is end
ed seems cumulative. Both the Senate and
House committees on pensions have at
last oouourred in recommending that the
names of all pensioners stricken from the
rolls for alleged disloyalty daring the late
oivil war, shall be restored.
The chairman of the Honse oommittee
on Banking and Currency, stated yester
day that his committee will report favor
ably the bill before them to cancel all
National bank oirenlation.
Democratic absenteeism bore more evil
fruit in the House yesterday. A bill to
pay a war claim in every respect just,
and which at the last session of the 44th
Congress only failed for want of time wae
defeated by Democrats being absent Of
oourso tbe radicals were on hand in full
force, and notwithstanding some of them
voted with the democrats, there were
enongh of the latter ont of their seats to
give the rad’s the majority. This is
shameful, and onght to be taken in hand
by the Democratic press. The less of
this partionlar bill does not amonnt to
mnoh In itself. It is the ptaetioe that de
serves condemnation.
One of the heaviest rains of my expe
rience fell last night and to-day, bnt the
women seemed in fullerfoxoe in the Con
gressional galleries than usual. It takes
something more than a shower to stop the
sweet oreatnxes from their daily dose of
wisdom and goBsip. I verily believe
some of them wonld oome np here through
a shower of brimstone, at least. Let us
hope they enjoy it, and that their fami
lies, if they own snoh a detrimental
speoies of property, get on reasonably
weltowi thout them A. W. E.
GEORGIA. PRESS.
A movement is on foot, says the Athens
Banner, to add to tbe Northeastern Boad
a narrow gauge road from Harmony
Grove to Carnesville. •
Ensign A. C. Hodgson, the Georgia
Naval Cadet, who bore off all the honors
of his year, ia at home in Athens.
McDuffie Journal:
A colored infant which bad been dead
some time was discovered by a a parcel
of children in an oil geld jnt in McDuffie
county.
Two couples were married in the vi.
cinityof Thomson lost week, viz: Miss
Yonng and Mr, Holby; Mies Btoneetreet
and Mr. Ivey.
From the Southern Watchman of Athens
we gather the following items:.
A brilliant reoeption was given by Mr
and Mrs. Steven* Thompson to Captain
W. W. Thomas and bride, nee Miss Per-
mela Brown.
Dr. Edward Smith haB applied to the
Superior Court ot Clarke county, asking
permission to add Lyndon to his name,
making it Edward Smith Lyndon. He
has been forced to this because of the
confusion in the maih and in business.
Mr. P. M. Davis, cf Lexington, well
known in Maoon, has been admitted to
tbe bar.
The Southern Banner comes tons with
a new heeding. 1 The words “Southern
Banner” is inscribed on an unfitted flag
and below is tbe motto, “A Solid South
in its Educations!, Industrial and Politi
cal Interests.” It is neatly gotten up.
From the Tocooa Herald we dip the
following!
On Saturday, the 2ud insh, a difficulty
occurred in Bnbun county in whioh
James BradshaiMras killed. The kill
ing io said to have been done with a rock
which weighed about one pound. David
McClain la accused of having committed
the deed, and at loot account waa on com
mitment trial for the offense. McClain
is a boy about 17 years of age. Mr.
Bradshaw, the deceased, leaves a wife
and seven children.
Also that Mr. Warren Edge, of looooa
is dead.
Enquiries for small farms, near tbe
city, are becoming quite common. Those
who have lands for sale would do well to
have them surveyed and their location,
advantages, eta, made known to the pub*
l:o.
A ride over tbe town will satisfy any
one of the life and energy of onr citizens
and of the continued increase in popula
tion. Quite a number of neat cottages
have been erected in the last few months,
and all are occupied.
The Brunswick Advertiser queries aud
remarks'propei ly:
Is it a fact that the entire chaingang
occupies the same cell in the look-up, ir
respective o! sex? If so. somebody is
responsible for a breach of morals. Be
the convict force ever so steeped in crime
the moral standard of a community
shonld certainly remedy this evil.
The same paper also says:
The wheel of fortune has serionsly af
fected collection?, so onr merchants say.
Where one man gains five others lose.
The Brunswick Amateurs gave a fine
entertainment for the beaefitof the pub
lic schools.
Mr. Thomas Tonney, the young man
arrested in Augusta, charged with hav
ing raised post-office money orders has
been discharged, tbe accusation not be
ing sustained.
Mr. Frank H. Miller bas resigned tbe
position of a director of tbe Georgia rail
road, and Mr. E. W. Cole has been elect
ed in bis place.
The evidence of the recent cyclone are
rapidly disappearing along Centro street.
The ruins of the market still remain on
Broad street, as a reminder of the power
of the storm.
The entertainment for the benefit of
the Library Association will be the event
Of tbe Beason.
The anniversary of the birth of Robert
Emmett will be celebrated March 4th by
a snpper.at tbe Augusta Hotel.
The masquerade ball of the Schuetzen
Club will take place at Masonic Hall on
the evening of March 6th. It will be a
grand affair.
Savannah News: The Georgia Histori
cal Society held their thirty-ninth anni
versary in their beautiful hall on Tues
day night General Henry B. Jackson
was re-elected President Daring the
meeting tho following business was
transacted:
The Committee on Printing and Publi
cations submitted the following report,
which was unanimously adopted:
The Printing and Publishing Commit
tee of the Georgia Historical Society, for
reasons herein assigned, beg leave to of
fer tbe following preamble and resolu
tion, and to ask their nnanimouB passage:
Whereas, Col. C. C. Jons?, Jr., of Au
gusta, Georgia, an honorary member of
the Georgia Historical Society, has re
cently written a book entitled ‘-The Dead
Towns of Georgia,” which is now ready
for the press, and will, when pubhshed,
be a most valuable contribution to the
literature and the history of Georgia, and
will reflect honor on the Georgia His
torical Society; and
Whereas, A member of this Sooiety,
moved by State pride, and by interest in
the Society’s piogress as a diffaser of
historical knowledge, offer?, through this
committee, to defray the entire expense
of printing and binding five hundred
copies of this very valuble book, for the
use and benefit of the Georgia Historical
Society; and,
Whebsa-, C-iIonel Jons3 cni our fel
low member h&viog already formed such
an arrangement, await now only the ap
proval consent of the Society thereto;
therefore,
Resolved, That the Georgia Historical
Society, duly appreciating the learning,
seal and patriotic industry ot the author.
Col. C. C. Jonee, Jr., and nis offer of the
work, to appear under the auspices of
this Society; and, deeply grateful for the
generous liberality ef our fellow-member,
doss gladly agree to receive' this gift of
“The Dead Towns of Georgia,” to be
published as the fourth volume of the
Georgia Historical Society’s collections,
and to be need for the same purposes as
its previous volumes.
W. M. Chartres,
W. D. Harden,
E. Yongn,
A. R. Lawton,
G. M. Sobbed,
W. S. Bogart,
Printing and Publishing Committee.
Savannah had an attempt at arson a
few days sinoe.
Columbus Times:
Two or three harmless fights oocurred
in Golnmbna last Tuesday.
Mr. Stephen D. Lewis, of that oity, is
dead.
Atlanta Tribune:
Monday night a boy named Traman
Aldman, about seventeen years of age, at
tempted io steal a ride on a freight train
of the Georgia Bailroad by Boating him
self on a hamper between two cars. Be
tween Lithonia end ■ Covington be fell
asleep and dropped from the oars
DIBXOTLY UNDER THE WHEELS,
and the entire train passed over his body,
deoapitating his head, amputating one
arm and both his legs.
Thu boy has been in the employ of
Langley & Boblnson, Bash and blind man-
ufactors, and left the oity to visit an nmole
who lives at some point on the road. He
has a mother, three sisters and a brother
living at No. 2L Martin street, in this etty,
bnt bis mother is at present ont of town.
Mr. Henry Martin and Mr. Henry Phil
lips left the eity yesterday to bring tbe
body of the b*>y book to Atlanta.
Fipteen convicts wereldischarged from
tbe penitentiary on Tuesday by principal
eepex J. N. Williams.
In the Constitution Bev. J. F. Leftwieh
comes again to the front in a column and
three-quarter argument against the de
fense of Mr. F.E. Block, cow on trial for
allowing dancing at his residence. The
reverend gentleman replies, he says, in
the cause of religion, but manages to
vent some little feeling in passing along.
Mr. Block’s defense was an able one and
reached the point.
Mr. Leftwich’a article is to be contin
ned. It is quite able also.
Some brush heaps deceived a crowd of
Sandersville-ian?. They imagined it to
be the aurora borealis. They take theirs
straight in Sauderaville, and not only see
stars bat northern light?.
A trank which was stolen some time
since from Mr. William Webster, was
discovered a few days since in a fallen
tree top. Some jewelry was still in the
tiunk.
Under the caption of “lucky preacher”
the Courier tells how m divine of that
place found a large turkey tied in the
road and took it home to hie family.
The appellation “lucky” would be rather
a misnomer if the owner wonld have the
said preacher np for simple larceny.
Some one broke in and searched the
county treasurer's office of Washington
county, but eeeured no funds.
The Augusta Evening News: The polios
find ample pistol practice in extermina
ting dogs supposed to bo mad.
Augusta is going to have » regular
schedule on the “canarl.”
Tan stock?, a relic of former days,
when the whipping peat waa ia voguei
wae fished torn Ue raise ot the market.
and placed on exhibition yesterday at
the lower market.
The Central road has ordered two sew
beautiful 'steamships to ply between Sa
vannah and New York. One of the ships
will be named the City of Columbus in
honor of that eity.
Bev. K, C. Four*, of Et. Phillip’s
Episoopal Church, Atlanta, hue resigned
the rectorship of that ohureh on aooount
of his health. A strong pressure is being
brought to bear to induoe him to with*
draw it.
A Boston girl fell while dancing
New Year's night and broke her arm.—
Exchange• Her brother should haveAa«
ken her partner out and sohottiahe head
off. —Harrisburg Telegraph. We have
read ow-a better way than that, bnt lees
fatal. Hit him on the heed e few times
with a polka.—Norristown. Herald. This
would doubtless have the effect of put
ting a quadrille-latteral head on the poor
fellow.—Oil City Derrick. Walts the
matter with yon fellows? Such pups
aro enough to make the strongest man
in Virginia reel.—Fulton Timet. Just
wait a minuet and we’ll put a polonaise
on you. You can’t tarantella ns that.
Juba darn.—Nino York Herald,
We do not think of anything germa(i)n
to the subject, so will let her glide, dip-
pend on that.
“Justinable Homicide.”
A verdict to this effect waa returned
by an intelligent jury In the case of
John Smith, who, returning from his
office tired and hungry, killed hia cook
for not making his bisenits with Dooley’s
Yeast Powder.
Nxw York Txmkssssi Bondholders.—
A Wall street dispatch to the Baltimore
Sun, says: The next move of the parties
in this city having the Tennessee debt
in charge will be the printing of a pam
phlet for oirenlation in Tennessee daring
the next elections, in which the views of
tho bondholders, as expressed at the
recent meeting in this city, will be set
forth, together with snch Other data end
information as bas since been gathered
by the committee, The. pamphlet will
take a firm stand in support of the claims
of the bondholders and the equitableness
of their demand for a 60 cent bond at 6
per 'cent, interest. That it will have
weight with the voters of Tennessee and
result in Bending fair-minded and honor
able men to the Legislature s fully
believed. _
These are 11,000 rooms in the Vatl- *
car, whioh is not’a palace, but a city com
pressed. An army 30,000 strong oonld
be lodged in it. Its actual inhabitants
number but a few hundred?. Only two
Cardinals lodge there, Simeoni and Le- ;
dochowski. The former occupies the
apartments of bis predecessor, Antonel-
li. He is of humbl9 biith and small for
tune, aud when summoned from thenun-
cioship at Lisbon he bad some difficulty
in famishing his quarters.
Big Desertion and Elopement.—
The same paper prints the following sad
item of news:
A widower, wb learned, purloined the
wife of a poor wood hauler, and mother
at the same time of five little children.
The deserted man toiled hard ev6tyday
and depended uDcn this and the aid of
his faithless wife, it seems, for his daily
bread. A week ago, perhaps, this unfor
tunate woman was persuaded to leave
her faithfal husband to live with him,
who resided a mile or two distant from
her home. She waa away from h9r hus
band two or three days when he sent one
of her little children to tell her to come
home. She whipped the child and sent
him back to his father. The wronged
man then determined to prosecute the
wrecker of his happiness,, and hod the
couple carried before a justice of the
peace in that community. It was last
Sunday that they were arrested. They
were to he imprisoned, but the mad de
posited fifty dollare either with the jus
tice or some other parties. to stand for
his appearance on Monday last. The
couple were released, and on Sunday
night they went to parts unknown.
~How heartily wo could work the pomp
handle to dnok almost unto death the vile
author of so maoh misery?
The Savannah News nnder the head of
“personal” says:
We have the pleasure ot aunoanotng
the presenoe in oar oity ef the Bev.
George Muller and wife, who arrived yes
terday afternoon from Ohaileston, and
aro stopping with Charles Green, Esq.
The Rev. Mr. Muller will spook at tight
o’clock this evening in the Baptist Church,
and we have no donbt bnt that the home
will be crowded to its utmost oapidty
with those who ore anxious to see and
bear tbe reverend gentleman, the fame of
whose works of love for orphans at Bris
tol, England, has preoeded him to tiffs
country.
The fame and .glorious libors of Mr.
Muller will survive long after every
crowned head in Christendom has passed
away and been entombed in the Golf ef
Oblivion. Would that he could be in
duced to extend hia visit to Macon.
Short Communication to Florida.—
The News says:
We understand, upon reliable authority,
that aotive measures ore being instituted
by a party of enterprising gentlemen,
having for their object the opening of a
passage through Skidaway narrows, thus
affording a more direct and convenient
communication by inland to Florida. A
survey has already been made, and we
will be enabled in a short time to give
the full details of this important projeo
From the Dawson Journal:
■ We feel it in our bones that we are to
have better times before long. We think
the silver bill will be passed, the resump
tion act repealed, and the greenback
currency sufficiently inflated to moke
monev more plentiful and more easily
gotten. But we all should remember
that to have money' we must have some
thing to give for it. Let us all go to
work with a vim and a determination to
drive hud times from oar doors. That
is the way to do it. There is no me of
drowning when we ue in sight ot land.
Sensible talk.
Tux Times says:
There are in Columbna a dozen white
beggar?, little and big, to one negrtp-
wbieh snows bow mnoh more entorpris-
tag the whites are than the blocks. But
on the other hand there are fifty negro
rogues to one white—whioh shows—what?
Tbs key to the shaft of the propeller
Saragossa broke on her outward passage -
from 8avannah, near Tybee Light, aad
■he was forced to return to port for re
pairs. The damage was but slight.
Senator Allison, who has charge of
the silver bill, expresses his belief that
the President will not veto it in the shape
in whioh it some from the Senate finance
committee. Other gentlemen who have ■
with the President on the subjeot
of late my that he le rather intiiaed to
the old Whig view that the veto power
should not be exerotaed unless to prevent
a real or apparent violation of tho Gmm
atitatioo. It is very certain, however,
that the President bis not to any ewe
stated definitely what he wonld de with
the silver bill