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Until next fl -od tide.. , , . ... «*..• London, December 29.—The Oldham cotton operatives’ strike is virtually over. The district meeting on Saturday decided to 1> eve the question with their commit* tee.*, who have recanted an interview with the employers. - ' 11 Madrid, December 29.—The Senate passed finally the bill canceling the con tract for a loan of 125,000,000 pesetas with the Spimsh Colonial Bank, and adopted abill authorizing a new loan, to be guaranteed by treasury bonds. King Alfonso has signed a decree dis' solving the Cortes. Moncase has recover ed health. It is said the final appeal of his counsel has been rejected. London, December 29.—A Beater tele gram from Constantinople says: ‘•Q epoo has expressed to. the. powers astisf actios «t the initiative taken by the Port* appointing commissioners to nego tiate upon the frontier question. Greece Intends to come to an understanding with Turkey without tha mediation of tba pow. r«. Drad.tood, December 29.—News was reetived here yesterday that Dr. Skinner, the surgeon at Fort Peok, was bit on the heed sod mortally wounded while witness ing tne killing of oattle for the Indians. alEixrms, December 29.—A. & J. Hnl- ger’a bakery and confectionery building, coiner of Poplar and Fourth Etreets, was bnincil .bin morning. The building was owned .by Mrs. Stillman, whose loss is $5,000 Hotger’a loss is about f5.000 ; rcBcred for ®3 000. Kivoston, Jamaica, December 29.— The f. liowing detaiia'.havo boen received of the loan‘of Steamship Emily B. Bon der fr- m New York,' December 8th, for Fan Domingo.' A leak wa3 discovered at nine cf clock on the morning of the 10:b mar., add ih. deck load was thrown OTCrboacd. At eleven o'clock the. crew began throwing overboard the cargo in the hold. At five o’clook in the evening, the wind was blowing a half hurricane and saving tho vessel became hopeless. Four boats weie got ont and one of th ;m was to and 1 o be uselatS. The first boat coni ouinp thefiisi mate, John Christen, George Scan snd five passengers, was swamped alongside. Tue second boat, in whiob were Engineer Biotb, two of tbs orew, one bib; and several passengers, drifted away. Tne third bov, containing the parsers and others, sl>o drifted clear. At 10 o’o'.oek a life-raft was oouatruoted, and the captain, obief engineer, second mate and two passengers left the vessel on it. Of the six persons remaining, Theodore Siinert, O. A* Anderson and one pa-eeoger left' oh a Seating hatch, leaving the two cook* and one passenger, whom it was not possible to help, 03 the steamer disappeared three minutes after wards. At daybreak on the 11th Sticert and Anderson were alone, no boats nor bodies were insight—nothing but floating osrgo. Tba two men saved were rescued at 5 o’clock in the evening by a schooner bonod for Jsmaioa. San Franci-co, December 30—The C’all, this morning, publishes a statement emanating from o party well informed on the subject, to the effect that in January last the township in which the town and some of the principle mines of Bodie are located, was surveyed under author ity of the Federal Government, when it was discovered that they were situated in section sixteen By act of Congress of Match 2d, 1853, sixteenth and thirty- iixth sections in each township were granted to tha Stats. Under the laws o . California, occupants of such section- a * held to be preferred purchasers for ».x months after filing of tho plat of sui ve.v. The parties in possession at Bodie, h-v ing failed to avail themselves of the operation of the law, other parties have filed application for purchase under the State title, t he mines included in this tract are the Bodie, South Bodie, South Standard, Champion, South Bulwer, and aportion of Buiwer. Th9 Call reporter intorviewsd United States Surveyor General Wagner - last evening on the subject. He expressed surprise at bearing the statement, and stated that by the law of 1653 mineral lands were exoluded from going to the State, and the pre3gzU ocoapanta could prove np and patent their olaima under federal laws. * He said,*however, that the determina tion of the qno.sUou would probably. ooit' enough to rain both claimants and con testants. At tho sand lots yesterdays resolution was passed expelling O. C. OJJonceil, momber of the Constitutional Convention from the workingmen’s party, on account of recent disclosures a Seating his char acter, developed in biw libel cave against tho Chronicle. . P s Captain John Stone, an old commander in tho servioe cf tho’ Paeifls Coast Steam ship Company, " and who was to "have gone East at an early day to bring-tqe new ateamer State of California out here,* - died to-day. * - * fr London, December 30.—Mrs. Harriet* Grote, ths authoress, widow of George Grote, the historian of Greece, ia dead. She was well known ai the authoress of "The life of Ary Scheffer.” Henry Vincent, a distinguished lectur er, is dead. „ , A Glasgow correspondent of the Man chester Guardian says, the result of the call on tha shareholders of the City of Glasgow Bonk for an installment in liq uidation of Jhe bank’s indebtedness has not been so successful as was anticipated; but it is impossible to get exact figures yet. London, December 30.—The Times’ Vienna correspondent, giving tha details of a riot of stndents of the University of Kitff, Russia, says: "The students in a meeting held ont- slds the town decided a protest against the closing of the University. A body of them, well armed, accordingly proceeded to tho University and forced their way in. After disarming the town police, they then fixed on a blackboard an cner- getio protest against the aibitrary pro ceedings of the authorities. Two companies of local militia tried to disperse the stndents, who resisted, and thereupon a collision ensued, in which eighty persons were killed an! wounded on both sides. At last a forced cavalry succeeded in clearing the equate in front of the Uni versity. Many of tho students were ar rested. Similar riots though on a smaller scale, are said to havo broken out in oth er University towns of Russia. It is be lieved there is an intention of proclaiming a state of siege in Kieff andKharkoff. Or ders have been sent to thepoljee at. the frontier to rodonbla their vigilancs in order to pat a step to.revolutionary pamphltti being smuggled into the ooun- try, a practice which has been going .od, on alarjio scale, and to prevent the en trance of revolutionary emissaries fiom Germany. 'Cincinnati, Deoember 80.’—Quits • disturbance occurred yesterday in the Lntheresp Church at Somerset, Onto. Withfn fha paat' two' years *aboat*two- thirds of iheoongragation became dissat isfied with the preacher and withdrew. They hkva been wrangling for possession of the church building for sofas time, *na yesterday deridedto take ft by stotm. to Ssistano^Eff" ejected* the” to traders. Ia the afternoon tbeyagaln'etj- tered thb ebtffcjiinidhe'd sei rvtces nnme- le £rito!?:? h psrt/ no * **?**%■* W as HixifrUNl’Decanifie^ —Tfaiknlf- committeb of kite Tmlai’.oommitt'ee, 7 con sisting of Teller, Cameron of wliW» : 8, Kirkwood, Gar la ad anil Bxlfe* 1 1. »v e te-re onThusday to begin tn^ir iar.-stigation of alleged frauds in tha resent elections. They will also visit Charleston and ‘such other points as may be determined upon by them. . .. The acting Attorney General having decided that the appropriation of twenty thouEand dollars heretofore made could be used by the -Teller investigating committee, the. Secretary of the Senate this morning mace a requmiiion upon the Secretary of the Treasury for ten thous and dollars of 'thh'money. * * The requisi tion was pushed through without delay -and (he money delivered -to the Secreta ry, to be. by him disbursed on vouchers approved by Teller, chairman of tho spe cial committee. ‘ ' ■Washington, Deoember 30.—Tho President and Mrs. Hayes, Vice-President Wheeler, Secretary Erarts and General Sherman left for New York this morning to attend the annnal meeting of the New York Hietorical Society. They will return to-morrow evening. The Internal Revenue Commissioner this morning reoeive'd the following tele gram : “Knoxville, Txnn., Daoombsr 30.— I returned yesterday from a raid along tho. Tennessee and Kentucky line; captured 16 distilleries, 10 copper st ills and worths, 266 mash tnbs, 15,600 gallons of mash and 263 gallons of wnisky; have travelled over 400 miles on horseback. G. W. Atkinson, Revenue Agent.” The pablio dtbt statement to be issued from tne Treasury Department on-next Thursday will show .very little change from the statement of December 1, when the incroisa was $3,214,000, caused by the issue of > warrant for thd p.yment of the Halifax fiibery . award daring that month. Usually the receipts and expen ditures during Deoember are abent equal, the nurplus reoeipta last Deoember being bat $71,000. In January and February, however, the receipts always exceed the expenditures and by the 1st of March the iooreaseof $3,000,000 whiob the state ment now abows will be entirely ;csn- o lied. . The Teller Committee mat this morn- tog pursuant to Saturday’a adjournment. There were present the chairman and Senators Cameron, of Wiscensio, Kirk wood, Bailey and Garland. The obair- man having laid before the commute# the opinion of the Aotiog Attorney Gen eral that the twenty thousand dollars of the appropriation of last Juno ia available, announced that Comptroller Porter would approve a requisition to place it to the credit of the contingent fund of the Sen ate, subject to the drafts of this commit tee. Senators Bailey and Garland raised the point that the oemmirtee should de cide for itself whether or not it can le gally use the money. They (Messrs. Garland and Bailey) sgreed with the opinion expressed by the Comptroller, and although another officer of the Gov ernment had given a different construc tion to the atatnte the committee, whloh ia to create the liabilities, should be gui ded by its own oonsoientioas judgment as to the propriety of the sanctioning of a construction that a majority of its mem bers might believe to be wholly errone ous. Senator Kirkwood remarked that he ueccnaii m.j d • b t at the Comp troller'* opinion id wrourf, bat however ibm aught be. be insisted that there was no necessity for tbe'committee to go be* s nd the admitted feat that the financial officer of the Senate now has. the money. % Messrs. Teller and Cameron expressed similar opinions, and the subject was dropped. On motion of Mr. Cameron, a resolu tion was then adopted that a sub-com mittee of fire be appointed to go to New Orleans, Charleston, and each other points as it (the sab-committee) may determine, to take testimony and report to the fail committee, The chairman thereupon ap pointed tbe above-named five members, who werp present, to constitute this sub committee. « In responiedo an inquiry of Mr., Bailey as .to whim, tjie majoyjty.proposed tbat sub-committee should st^rt, Mr. Teller raid he 'would be’ reidy' to, start in tyro hoofs,* rfnd Mr. Kirkwood ^remarked ho. also would be ready; provided‘he could- p&ck his shirts by .that time. - ■»# 11 Messrs. Bailey nod Garland said .they had other com mittee work, eto.'.on hand which would occupy them during the re cess and there were also - some matte's to whiob they shonld give attention for a abort time after the re-assembling. They therefore suggested tbat tho departure of the’ anb-oommittso be deferred nntil a fow days alter Congress meets. Messrs. Teller andUamercn urged that the work cf investigating shonld be promptly begnnin order to.complete it before tbe 4 h of March. The Democratic Senators re* joined that they also were desirous that the investigation shonld be prompt and thorough, and they wished to finish np their other official work here before their departure, jbaoanse after that time they and the other members of the committee would donbtlesi be ooonpied all tbe rest of the session by this investigation in the Southern and Northern States, ranging from Louisiana through Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia, PennBylvani*, New York and Massachasetts, all of wbioh bad been mentioned. Mr. Teller to Mr. Bailoy, “and perhaps also in Tennessee,’^ Mr. Bailey, “probably also In your State, Colorado.” Langhtor. • . Mr. Kirkwocd inquired if anybodvhad yet suggested Iowa as an additional field for investigation. A motion submitted by Mr. Garland that the sub-committee leave Washington on tho 9th prox., was defeated by a party voto of 3 against, and 2 for. And after some further col loquy, it was finally agreed unanimously that it should start for New Orleans next Thursday. It was also understood that tho other sub-committees shall be appointed hereafter. On motion of Mr. Garland, a resolution was adopted which requested the Presi dent and the Attorney General to furnish to the committee all the information in their possession relative fo the resolu tion of the rights of citisans in tho S:ates named in tho President’* message and the Attorney-General’s annual report, so far as their judgment maybe compatible with the public interests, and the c-jmmit- tes then adjourned sub j act to tne call of the Chairman". , When businea3 closed at the Treasury Niw. Osluxs, Dscsmbsr 30.—Among the arrivals to-uaywere 'Hons. Clarkson N. Potter, and J. D.'Cox, of the Potter oommittse, J. B. Linton, olerk, and Gen. Hooker, of Mississippi, members of the yellow fever commission, Dr. Falligant, member of tho board of yellrw fever ex perts, and ex-Gov. W. P. Kellogg. Mr. Stengcr, of Pennsylvania, of tho Potter sab-committee has not arived. On application of Henry W. Benjamin, Judge Billings has granted an injunc tion restraining and enjoining the pay ment of warrant! for over thirteen thou sand dollars, issued toGootge W. Dupree, for printing and binding legislative doc uments of the session of 1878, the Judge holding that, the law under which said printing was done had been repealed. The Supreme Court has decided the celebrated case of the State, ex ret. the Southern Bank vs. E. Pittsbnry,. Mayor, ctaU against the relators, reversing the judgment of the lower Conrt, which rrautsd a mandftmn3 comp0lli*g taio cuj - a***at m nit* interest on. Dapirimentr to-day, the - available cein | fV.-y 8, balance was $226,000,000, or which $200.- I certain b y the bonthem banfc ssx test T “ *rH & dared chairman. The experts ware in-! vited to taka jseats^th the Congressional oommiaeion. Present, Senator Eastis, chairman, and Senatora Lamar and Pad- dock; RapresentetireaGibeonaod Hook er; Surgeon-General Wood worths Dr. 8. JL Green, Dr. Samuel M. Bemis and CoL T. S. Hardee. Snrgeon-General Wood- worth laid before’the commission the re- shit of the' work accomplished by the yel low fevar fckperts; who investigated the. kobjact during, the fall. Yoke, Deoepiber 30 r —The firatu narrow gnaga train ever run over theErtel railway will leave Buffalo to-night far; New Tort. lrwUI»ba oompoeod of 20 mew freigbt-car*,-drawn byai5Q4on eon- ttolidation engine .of-jU^estandard gtuge To-morrow morning one of the new con solidation engines with a train of 20 new Barrow gnage freight oars will alio leave Jersey City for the west. . St. PkTBMStjxa, December 30. —When General Kauffman, who is expected soon, arrives here, deliberations will commence on the gradual introduction of the ayefcm .of pnblio administration in the tow®* ol Tnrkutan QonfqrmtAij- wttn tEe ethne- grapmcai and numerical diversity, of the population. The Goto* says the Chinese frontier ques tion will be fully discussed with the Chi-; nose ambassador, Gen. Kauffman taking part in the discussion. Russia has no in tention of surrendering Knidja ta China- Roux, December 30.—The VsJioAn organ, the Osservator Roruano,publi latter from the Pope to the Archbishop of Cologne. The Pope eays from the commencement of his pontificate, he has desired peace between .prinoee, people, and tho churches. He has turned his thoughts in prefer,-nee towards the noble German nation, bat God alona knows whether the work i* near sueosss. ' He declares that -he will ihontinne in.-.the path hitherto pursued, and appeals,to the German Bishops to obey all the laws net contrary to their faith, and dbnolndes, “we mast pray God to lead the’nobie lane powerful Emperor o! Germany ,and hu advisors to show more disposition, .to ward good wtlf.” Tho lettec is dated December 24tb. Wabhinoton; December 80.—R.I-B. Harrison, asaayer of.thfiLxnint at H-'iena Montana, has left for that place. . On hit arrival ho will make arrangements'foi the purchase, - by ‘ tha'Treasnry Depart! menr, of gold directly -from the minei and from othexa .who have to sell^ pay ing in < xohinga greenbacks at par. Thi opening of this office will make fou places where the department is buyln, gold on similar term?. The-otber thfei places are Charlotte, North Carolina Boise City and Denver.. The pw witness the effect of specie resumption, all of which he denied, aa he has no tan ther business reqairing hit preieaoe in that city now. ‘‘Why," Mud he, ‘‘a goed many persons think that there it to be Ootae violent commotion oip tbat£sy. I have no doubt that it wilt' ba oce'-oftto most quiet days New YnrkqhiB ever ox- perranced. There may be aomwfew per* eobs* attracted by enrioaity. and others th obtain-a little ooin for their notes,- but tbete'will be no excitement*d - *c ,JD HAmr-ToN, BxairuDA, Deoember 89.— Daring tbe heavy southeast -gale .that prevailed daring the day and night or the 10;h-instant-the attended tatba mac Kate, from Gaivestoa-fors Havre, vaatecgnplete- ly broken up and wank Insdaep, water alongside tkb toefm.' Abont one hundred and eighty hodea bf damisgbd dotjnn was reosvered fromithe wroofc:.'daring tbe week ending December J24th. Tbe coart appointed to investigate into the oirenm- atanoas connected with the loss -of the: steamship Kata adjudged that tbe certifi cate of William 8impBon, master, be sus pended for six mom hr, and John Ralph, ohief offioer, and WilliarqL Henry Harri- eon, chief engineer^ -werw anted tnetr oenifieatee of oompetenoy returned to thorn,-. i 1 : > Cincinnati, Deoamber 80^—?he Louis ville CourieriJournal's . special from Breathitt County, Ky., says: “Thep: at the law have been much tp blame for .the blood tbat has been shed there since' the close of the war. v If the civil officers had taken as firm a stand when ths Strong and Amick difficulty broke ont, that they have now, it would have put a stop to the lawlessness. The others eaw the law could be trampled upon with itn pnnity, and they commenced settling every potty dupnte with knife and re volver. Thisha8 been going on so long that tha law breakers will have become thoroughly imbued with - the idea that; the civil officers and tho Governor intend putting down the strife at whatever cost, before peace will reign. A number of grand jurymen have already trade tbeir appearance. Judge Randall, and the newly elected Judge Lindon, state that the panel is composed of men who-will do - their duty fearlessly. The sheriff, who has been so active, bays the outlaws are extremely bitter against him, and when the troops leave he will march out with thorn. Tho prisoners in the jail are very bitter against the troops, -fre quently cursing the’r guard and saying, “One day is not always.’ ” St Georoi, Bkbotdi, Dscsmbsr 30.— Tbe steamship Lartington, from Savan nah for Bevel with a osrgo of 4,000 bales of cotton, went ashore on the reefs to the northwest of this island on the morning w _ of tbe 15tb instant. Tho commander of at Denver has, eo far, been larger than tho Lattington deeming it wise to call at any other point ’ ’ v here to repair damiges reosived in a gala on tbe 10 b instant,-as the ship was oam- inground sho same in contaot with the rocks and all efforts to release her proved fruitless. Tbe Bhip filled with water, And the captain fearing she would sink, ordered the boats lowered and left the ship with his craw. It.is Bnpposed that abont .1,000 bales or cotton will. be ssVed dry. * Tbe oargo and matoriais are being landed at Mangrove Bay. Oawxao, N. Y., December 30.—Siran Stalker, a malpractitioner of this place, was arrested on the 26tb inst. in Van Bnren county, Michigan, by the sheriff, and on Saturday - lost was delivered into the custody of an officer of Tioga county, at Detroit. She made desperate efforts toes tape on her way here, on one occa sion trying to jamp into the Detroit riv er, and on another actually jumping from a tram which was moving at the rate of forty-five miles an hour. She was, how ever, re-taken, and is now in jailswailing trial, being charged with performing an operation on Miss Lottie A. Richardson, a young lady school teacher of this place, twenty-three years of age, which oaneed her death in November last. George Ketchnm, who is also ooncerned in the case, has fled. London, December 39.—A dispatch to the Times, dated Lahore, says: “There is risk ot too great importance being at tached in England to tbe Ameer’a depart ure from Cabuk, and of its being regard ed as virtually tho termination of toe campaign. Some persons here think that the Ameer’s flight msy have been greatly influenced by the fact that it he had remained daring the winter in Catml, he might have found himselt oanght in a trap. The roads on this aide ot Cabal are usnally passable earlier in the spring than those on tbe other aide of tho Af ghan capital, and thus onr army might have been able, in the event of tbe Ameer’a staying in Cabul till spring, to advance on him before he contd retire. From this point of view, hiB flight mar bo only a retreat to a safer quarter, from whence to prolong the resistance without some risk of oaptnre in case of defeat. He has fourteen, or, according to another calculation, seventeen regiments at Herat, and it he can retain his hold over them add thne maintain hia supremacy in Af ghan Tnrkistan, he may still offer a for midable opposition to Yakoob Kahn, or whatever ruler wo sit up in southern Afghanistan. He released Yakonb Khan only under pressure from the Ghilzslo chiefs, who would hot'allow, him tolsave Cabul with out appointing bis successor. If Yakonb Khan bsoozfiss - onr ally, we shall proba bly gaarahtee him ag.iinat his father. - Pabi>, Deoember 29.—In consequence of angTy words between Bsron R-»gciat, a aiplomatio attache, and Count Pairnett, a foreign officer, a dost was fongh: with swords by them yesterday. Oonnt Pair nett received two wound*, one of them quite t erione. London, December 30.—The Daily News publishes a dispatch from Lahore, dated 11 o’clock this moraine, which says: “It ia reported that tho submission Of Yakoob Kahn is not conflrmed to date. The Viceroy of India telegraphs to-day that Major Cavignari reports that there is no farther news of the Ameer qr of -Yakoob Kabn. He also announce* the Kahn of Khelan desires to join us in an airsnee on Candahar. ia t o ailer quttt from all moral blame, makes the most insidious and unjustifiable insinna lions against him. While we regret that a Georgia Serator should-have so far lowered the dignity hia position and outraged decenoy as make himself the originator and retai of personal scandal against the Chief Magistrate of our State, we entertain no fear that he will accomplish the end at whloh he aims, which is to make political capital for himself by the.saorificeofone whose character stands far above the reaoh of hie reproach. It is very plain that Mr. Hilt seeks to make his nnanoeessfnl rivalry with Mr. Morphy, as attorney in the Northeastern bond case, a pretext for creating discord and division in the Democratic party. To this end ha makes hia disingenuous attack ,ppon Governor Colquitt, under pretense of denouncing Murphy. For this put- pose he puts forth his interview with the Baltimore Gaseiie ih the expectation that it will bo disseminated through the tbat any other pom 1 Nxw York, December ’ 30.—The fol ; lowing special dispatch appears, to-day ii the Tril/vne. dated Washington,. Decern ber 29:h: Senator Cok^, of Texas, vriil after the recess, move for a change - in chi present system of doing busWess by thi Jnited Slates District Attorneys in tin 8outh. The bill which he will,introduci will abolish the present fo- list and But- stituto for it a regular scale of ealiries. Mr, Coke soys' that there - is no ; oth.-r way to pat a stopto the petty espionage exercised by agents of the attorneys ov.-r tbe small dealers - , in whisky,and tobacoo in the South for inaigmfloant and purolt technical offence#.'. He says tbat dealers are hounded down and fined without the least benefit to tho Tressary and merely for the pnrpose of increasing tbe pay of attorneys and marshals. In a speech which h" will make advocating the passage of the bill he will go over the whole ground. CROCKETr IN A BKAK’J DEN. “.I Member of Congress Never Rose Quicker In tbe World than I Did !” New York Msrcury.l “I never but once,” said Colonel Crock ett, “was in what I call a genuine qnan dary. It was daring my electioneering for Congress, at which time I strolled about in tbe woods so particularly peB tered by politics that I forgot my rifle. Any man may forget his rifle you know, but it isn’t every man who can make amends for forgetfulness by hiB faculties, I guess. It chanced .that I was strolling along considerably deep in congressional, the first thing that took my fancy was the snarling of some young bears, which proceeded from the hollow of a tree; bat £ eooa found that I cculd not reach the cnbs with my hands, so I went feet foremost to see if .1 could draw them up by the toes. I hung on the top of tno hole, straining with all my might to reach them, until at list my hands slipped, and down I went more than twon ty feet to tha bottom of that - hole, and there I foand myself almost hip deep in a family of yonng bears. I soon foand that I might as well undertake to climb np the greasiest part of a rainbow as to get back—the hole in. tho tree boing so large and its sideB so smooth and slip pery from the rain. Now this was a real genuine regular quandary. If I were to shent.it would have befn doubtful wheth er they wonld hear me at the settlement, and if they did hear-me the etory wonld rain my election, for a man that ventared Into a place tbat he oonldn’t get himself out cf. Well, now, while I was calcula ting whether it was best to shoot for help or wait in the bole nntil after, eloolion, I heard a kind of growling overhead; look ing, I saw tho old bear ooming down stern foremost upon me. My motto is always ‘Go ahead!’ and as aso lowered herself within my reach I got a tigbt grip of her tail in my left band, and with my littls fcnek-haf ted pen-knife in tbe ether, nommenoed spurring her forward. I’ll be shot if ever a member of Congress rose qnioker in the world than I did! She took me ont In the shake of a '-lamb’s tail i” llou. B. H. Hill Interviewed Again, S»T»mi»li Newi-1 We have always regarded ths Bohemi an praotica of interviewing, by which what purports to be the opinions of pnblio men are put forth by irresponsible and often nnsornpalons writers, as an innova tion on journalistic propriety and a prac tice more honored In tho breach than the obseivanoe. As a means o' eliciting the views ot prominont men on matters ot a purely political or pnblio oharaoUr. tbe praotice is of a doubtful expediency, as it is only giving opinions at second band to be acknowledged or repudiated by the reputed author, aa oiroumstanoes or polioy may dictate. Bat when it is resorted to for the purpose of assailing pablio or private chsr&oter, when the interviewer is made the medium of slan derous insinuations and insalting inaen- doe, the resort is most reprehensible snd deserves tbe condemnation of all fair- minded men. We have been forcibly re minded of this modern abuse by reading in the Baltimore Gasettc what purports to bo an interview between a correspondent of that paper end Hon. B. H. H - -l', in which tho latter gives expression to bis opinions in regard to the Northeastern bond investigation. In bis familiar ooc- feb with the correspondent of that paper, who seems to havo been extremely atixio j.s for information in regard to Georgia local politics, Mr. Hill, with characteristic" adroitness, not to say' dnplloity, while professing t> exonerate Governor Col. Georgia, press, and- qith a certainty tbat the Governor’s position precludes the possibility of sdf-defenso against such attacks- • !: EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. -«d a* •.< Washington, December 23,1878. VRCZSNDP. That is abont the situation here, and at'all prints North, East and West. So as hSard from I have never known severer weather in all my, experience, and a gentleman who came over from New York last Thursday tells mo he nev er found it more intensely and disagreea bly cold there. Tbe Potomac ia fast oloeing np, and the ferry.- boAta to Alex andria find great difficulty in making Iheiir usual trips, though they keep in mid channel. For come distance from etch shore the ice ia -hard packed and solid, and likely, to remain so, unless there is a decided change in the temper ature. Bat with all this intense cold I hear of nobody freezing,wifich somewhat -surprises mo considering the hnndre-'eof homeless, scantily clad vagrants who are found loafing about. Where they sleep and eat, and how they keep from freez ing is a mystery. "Here,- as elsowhore, obesity lsaotive and largo 'hearted, but itsauit fall very *hott of. making more than a alight impression on the mass of want and suffering- that auch weather bring! to tho surface. With &U the pov erty .and depression at tho South we,’ thank Heaven, are mhmt-ly better off ha'abur Northern neighbors, at kart in thi* respect -1 BQMBTHINQ ABOUT THS NEXT H0U.5 jQffijbe 293 members of tne present Hones 141 failed of re-eleotion to the next, - leaving 152 old members to eeiva las a lessen for that body. Some of those failing fit re-nominatiun or re-eleotion wiij[be .missed in itn deliberations snd in abitae cases seriously mi - sed. Among thewl Ore many strong men-of both pir- ti6«, - who bad, and justly, great weight and teflnanoe both from a party and legisla tive ataudpalnt. Beast Bntler, Batik*. H-wittv-Poitcr, Htenger and-Hala are no table Id thi! class from the East, and Foster, .Cox and 8aylor from the West. The Sontb showed more wisdom, and gen erally returned her best men, though in eomefoBtanoee she has lost tbeir services inr-ui’0 v.-lanl-re-retiretaent -ot personal intrigues and petty looal dissensions. In the main, nowever, she has followed the wise rale which h»s always given ber sneb advantage over other sections, of retain ing in the pnblio service men whosbowed fitness for the work. In seme States the onangea have been nearly of the whole delegation. Missouri, with thirteen mem- bars, only returns three of the whole num ber, snd ont of thirty-three New York only sends baok fifteen. Mmiasippl return! her present delegation solid, and so does Louisiana.—the only States that do. Maine renominated her present delegation, bnt two of them, Hale snd Powers, got left at the polls, eo to speak. These changes, looked at from tbe standpoint of the committees of the Home may also be of some interest. Of tho eleven members of tha Committee of Ways and Meant, five will not be in the next House; of Eleoltons, four; of Ap propriations, four; on Banking and Cur rency, seven; on Post-offices and Poet Roads, seven; on the Judiciary, four; on War Claims, six; on Indian Affairs,seven; on Naval Affairs, five; on Invalid Pen sions, nine; on Public Buildings and Grounds, six. On Foreign Affairs there were only three slaughtered, and on Mil itary Affairs only four. THS OH ANT UOVXHINT. Some people and some newspapers af fect to believe there ia nothing in the talk sbont Grant as a Presidential entry for 1880. Bat don’t you invest much in that obaiter. I hear many things and see many signs that point to Grant as the Jaosbln candidate, and stranger than all and more disgustingly astonishing that he will havo the 6npport then from quar ters not now suspected. Meshy said the ether day when be left here, that he wonld be back from China io time to wit ness Grant’s inaagnration in 1831, and Mosby spoke for many men in tbatpreph- eoy. It is sure that Oonkling will not be a candidate and that Blaine oannot aland np against the rush of the solid (negro) 8pnth In the convention, allied with enough Western support to name Grant as the leader. What wonld yon think if I should repeat tbe belief entertained and expressed hereby tome folks that this movement will have the support of some of the Southern men now considered as foremost among the ultras of that sec tion ? And yet this is a fact, and some Rxdicil politicians are chuckling over it as the sore token of that break in South ern politics they aro so eagerly expecting. With the Sonth even partially divided by independent movements in lboal and State politics—which they assume will beoome vastly more general and formid able by 1880—they assert that enough white votes can be broken away from the Democracy, together with ths negroes, to beat the Democrats in more than half the Southern States. And the mhn Who talk this way me neither dreamera nor doc- trinaries. They are kean, practical poli ticians who read without spectacles and make few mistakes. Of course the Southern wing of this army will be left to work ont the scheme in their own way, and tho signs and tok ens ot any Ench alliance strictly kept' in tho dark. Bnt when the line is broken in State and Congressional politics under the specious guise of “reform,” and “purging the party," and breaking np “rings” and cl : qaes, it will not be a difficult matter to widen the gap. I have no opinion to express at present on this matter, I only repeat the hopes and ut terances of others, who know aa well if not better than our own people what ia going on down Eoutfc, and more clearly Bee and appreciate the forces that - are at work to bring about this result. All I say is look out for soma startling com binations and transformations in this spring snd summer months of 1880. Some folks that are either wilfully or' really blind now, will have ’ their vision mightily cleared up abont that time, aa the a'manacs say. ALIi EOBCB AGAIN. . I think this ia the status at present. How long it will last, with New-Year- close at hand, is hot all doubtful. The wberewittrmay not be forthcoming, and the next pay day is along way off. It is about as easy, however, to getdrunk here on a credit as anywhere else, and people here have wide experience in that line. It ia as bibulous a village aa Mnrpby would wish to work upon, and now is his time. Or rather, it will be after next week, when heed* and stomachs are re suming their normal size and tone. I am sorry to see that the example of this strictly temperance administration ia not having much influence upon the beef eaters. They aro ju3t aa loose in their practices and principles a3 when Grant and his gang set the example, and I fear must be a source of great grief to the “Mrs. R. B. Hayes Temperance Society,” of which loyl and! pious body, I am sorry to say, the public heaiB very little now-a- days. A. W. R. THJB2 GEORGIA PRESS. Fsbsonal Explanation.—Mr. Taos. D. Thrash publishes a card in the At lanta Constitution staling that “neither Mr. Pate nor Mr. Gorman toaohed Mr. Small. No ono nad anything to do with the diffionlty bnt Mr. Small and myself, and I havo tho affidavits of Messrs. Joe Pato, Wm. Gorman, Joseph Deihl, J. T. JB-ttohanan and Wm. H. Cunningham to the eama effect. It was a perfectly fair fight, with the exception that I used a small hiokory etiox a little larger than a man’s thumb, I regret very muoh that ths trouble took plaoo, end am satisfied it wonld uever have happened had it not been for Christmas day/' In Atlanta only 1,789 voters havo actu ally paid the?* taxes. The Constitution say?: Besides this number there are proba bly two jinnffred and fifty voters in the connty, who are over sixty and have paid tbeir taxes poll taxes not being doe from them. Tbore are also probably two hundred voters in theoonnty who are over 60 years of ege and owe no tax, having no poll-tax ou aoconnt o' limitation of age Thero ore folly 100 voters in this oonnty who have coma of age einoe the first of April last snd are not yetsnbjeot to tax. There are probably 300 voters in tho coun ty who- have rnovtd here this'year from other pAicc-3 and ate cot snbject to any tax. Adding ell thesi numbers together we have a grand total of only S,639 voters in Fulton comity at present qualified to Express a choice at Wednesday’s eleolion. This U indeed a beantifdl ahowiog for such n. county as oarr. Wa buve here 8009 voters and here are only,2,632; qual ified to-day to vote. Let the people com* np’and prevent any man from slipping in on a slim vote to fill a place for which t> majority of the people mdy not desire him. It ia gratifying to state that tb< voters of the toady are fast paying np their taxes and qndifying tbemstdves to voter at Wednesday's election. We are not advised how the matter elands in Macon, but fear that hundred? of onr best citizens are in arrears foi tax^s and in danger of losing their votes- The time, too, ia abent np, and they mod make t aitc if they would have a voice in the selection of onr county officers. It snowed at intervals all day long on Saturday in Atlanta. Tramps ont hr Hovr.—It ia said that every large number of “tramp*, thievesy geddera and sponger-” are wendingIfeeiK 1 • way to Savannah from different points on the Central Riilroad. The polite are cn the alert to give them a worm recep tion. WEsnNOHOusE Aia Brakes.—Tho Sa vannah Nets eays: The first train on the Atlantic and Gnlf Railroad upon which Westinghouse' air brakes have been plated, left the city yesterday after- noon at 4:40 o’clock. The brakes worked sdmirafclv, aud will no doqbt be gener ally adopted by tbe company for passen ger trains. Thk Chronicle and Constitutionalist says: The Legislature, at ita recent session, carried ont tbe Constitution so as to make practicable a reduction of exps&di tures and of taxation, and only slightly disfigured the Code. It was, therefore, not snch absd body after all. Sorbt pob the Little Fellows— Cold.—The Cuthbert Appeal says Fri day “was a clincher. If our subscribers don’t bring ns some wood the little Sawt- ells will have to remain in bed to keep warm.” Professor Bsardslee and Mrs. Russell’s music class gave a grand concert in An drew College on Monday night. The Appealsaya all went away delighted, and declares that Frofeseor Beardalee, aa an instructor in vocal music, has never been surpassed, if equalled by any teach- er in the State, and his connection with Andrew College places the advantages now offered in that popnlar college be yond the competing line of all other col leges within onr knowledge. Fox Hunting in Georgia Not on the Wane.—The Barnesville Gaseits says: A few days since the Atlanta Constitution stated that fox liunterB in Middle Geor gia failed to catch foxes as of old. 'Thi! a mistake the Conitdafimt has fallen into. The most prominent hunters we know in Middle Georgia are Mr. Jamee R:se, T. J. Nelson and Mr. E. B. Thompson of Up3on connty. Mr. Rose and Mr. Nehon have made seventeen hnnts this season and canght sixteen out of the seventeen races. In the seventeen races they canght seventeen foxes, taking in two at one raoe. Of the seventeen, ■even were,,reds and ten grays. If this is hot catching'wo do ebb know what the Constitution would term successful hun ter*. These: gentleman have what they call July dogs, which they say are supe rior to the Birdsong dogs. General Long street has beon tender ed and will probably accept the postmss- terahip of Gainesville, Ga. A tcuxo gentleman at the Athens University recently received atm dollar bill from an old nncle. The benevolent old gentleman gave as a reason for the gift that he eaw Ly the papers that kisses were selling in Athens at ten cents apiece, henoe bo knew his nephew wa3 brtke long ago. Babkxbvillb GaztUt: The printers in the Augusta Chronicle have strnck for higher wages, and tbe result will be that some of them, if not all, will get “out of job.” Hampton Improving Rapidly.—A special to the Angnstv Evening Nines says: Governor Hampton ia steadily and surely improving. To-diy he enjoyet elegant roast of beef sent him by a friend in New York. Tho Governor expects to be able to re ceive his friends on New Year's day. Resisting an 0?f:csc—The Columbus Times saye: Deputy Sheriff James Allen, while at tempting toerrest a negro named Fred mas day, was violently assaulted by the black rascal. The negro, jetking a pa ling from an adjoining fenoe, struck Mr. Allen a terrible blow on the head, ren dering the unfortunate deputy uncon scious, and fears were entertained that his skull was broken. Snoh. however, is not the case, and Mr. Allen, being under exoelleut medical treatment, is in a fair wav of recovering. Dead,—On Wednesday Dr. E. Colzey, of Colnmbns, a leading phyaioian'of that city, breathed hia last, greatly regretted. Gubernatorial Prognostications— Grubs a Pbofbet.—Darien Gaeette: Who will be the next Governor of the Commonwealth of Georgia ? That is tho question that seems to trouble the aver* ago Georgia politician jnst at this time. We wonld say Governor Alfred H. Col quitt, bnt It Is reported that ha will not ue a candidate for re-election. Southern Georgia will have something to say about who ahall bo the next Governor when 1880 arrives. Tho Atlanta correspondent of tba Angnsta .Ninas, writing to that paper re cently, says: “ Tho friends of Gen. Lu- cins J. Gartrell aro pressing him vigor ously for tho next Governor, and if it was left to the people' now he would get it easy. It is said that North Georgia has not had a Governor since Joseph E. Brown left the Executive Chair. Gen. Gartrell will carry the whole of North Georgia solid. His meet formidable competitor will be Gen. A. R. Lawton, of Savaanab, and tho taoe will be between North Georgia and Spain Georgia. Dr. Felton will not be a candidate for Gov ernor, and it is hardly safe to Bay that he will permit his friends to sa'orafioe' him. He must stick to the Seventh District. Gov. Colquitt will not be a candidate for re-election; Judge Herschel Y. Johnston will stick to the Bench James wiil remain in * his btnk and make more that way, wnlle it is possible that Col. Thomas Hardeman will relinquish sufficient ot hm time from the Agricultural Society and his cotton warehouse to attend to the duties of Governor shonld he be flooted. Col. Safas E. Lester, President of tbe Senate, Col. Evan Howell, President pro tem of iho Senate, nor Col. A. O. B iojc, Speaker of the House, wonld object to oeiDg Governor; in fact they have aspira tions that way. Any of them would make a splendid Chief Magistrate, bnt it is more than probable that Gartrell will win, mtboegh tbe re;t may combine against him.” There is time enough to consider this question. Another Prediction.—Gassttei Hon. Thomas M.’Norwood, of Savan nab, will be Ben Hill’s aucossstt in the Senate. We aro for Nor wool cowand ail tbe time. The friends of Riv. John T. McBryde will be sorry to know that h6 has recent ly been very ill in Bambridge. He is now, however, convalescent. The New JLury Law. As this feature of tho new constitation goes into effect to-morrow, we print th- ict as adopted by the Legislature on tbe ubject. The new law is a decided lm provement on tbe old: An ait to cirry into effect paragraph s-’puon 18, article 6, of the const. t-iUos ot 18J2«aP to provide for the 'election of the most experienced,' Intelligent sen upright men to serve as grand and petit jurors, and of intelligent and upright uen to servo as traverse juror-, and for ihe drawing of jnrles: The General Assembly of the State ot Georgia do enact, that whenever the or dinary, together with the clerk of tht- Snperior conrt and three commissioners m each county inithis State, Appointed by the presiding Judge of the Superior Conrt-, and constituting the jay commis sioners, shall revise the jury list, ana shall select from tbe books of the tax le- ceiver upright and intelligent men to serve as jurors and shall write the names of the persons so selected on tickets, as required by law, it shall be the duty of eatd jury commissioners to select from theso a sufficient number not exceeding two-fiftbs ot tha whole number of the most experienced, intelligent and up right men to serve as grand jurors, and the jurors lef tatter snoh second selec tion shall constitute each traverse jur ors. ^ Sec. 2. Be it farther en&oted by tbe authority aforesaid, That said jury com missioners shall place the tickets contain ing the names of grand jurors in a box, to be provided at (he puoJUc expense, whico box shall contain apartments marked number one and two, from which grand jurors shall be drawn as now. touvidei by taw •- . i .*a»CI . Sec, 3. Be it farther onhotod,, That said jury commissioners shall place t' tickets pontainitg tha names of travr~ jurors in a separate boSqto-itih: t' —Mr Gladstone, who ia. si tty- ina years o’d to day, is to recsiVs a frrthtuy otft of a solrl silver axe with an tbenv hands* It is the result ot until subscriptions tspn a long hat of hi! admirers. r ., —Boston is getting np a big aiitho* s car nival or fair. There are to TJs tsa TKEJ to, each devoted to the s*le«*f "how Oatber'e hooka by pretty girl* -dressIIdan tspnsesat liin ylnni[iii n’ - —‘“ aiaobe readjags. ?|he profit tj to go to a charity. —A number cf horse oars ware lately ahlp- p»d from New York to Calais, France, to M mod in running from that p'-aoe to-ths suburb of 8A Pierre, over*road oinstmstart with Ensltih capital. Orders are expected soon from other European cities. —The oorpor tion of Liverpool hiv • given puVionotJoe that they intend to apply, In the ensuring session cf Parllamanla.-for.an act authorizing the 1'ghting of tba public etreets. p'soee, and bnildicga w : .bta tba borough by .means of the elcetrio light, 'or otherwise than by means cf gas.' a; —Tha Prinoets Christine, elder aiatar of ths late Quean Mercedes, whom U>s Euro pean gosnipa have selected aa Sing alfoneo’a second w.f e, ia described aa tlfii; tMn and angular, with a pointed nose of portentous d mentions, but she ii alio said to imgitos foi and elegant in carriage and addrea*, ac complished and possessed of atro. g charac ter. ” *** ; * —They have a new and speedy way of foo ting telegraph poles. A bole is manwtUwa crowbar to tho required depth; a ear ridge of eUotrio powder if dropped in and tha faM lighted,-nd a hole as large os a dm barrel is blown in the ground. Four men can plant 160 ot 153 poles in ten hours in thii way, it about two-thirda of tho coat cf the old method —Some municipal rascality hu - corns to light in Cincinnati, proof bain* plenty that several of the aldermen Ore thieve! ^ Their mode of getting mpneyont of-tbecit? trea- sniy was the old one of auditing bills at ax- travagant figures and pocketing the exeats over the proper amounts. Oat off ana car penter'* bill for $300 tha earponter received only. HD. Unimiff —A girl ompliyed in a Delhi (0,) paper mill found two $S9 bills among the waste, which the proprietor appropriated. The girl enedfor their reooveiy, and’ha Soprme Co art has affirmed the judgment of the courts below that she ii entitled to th* money, on the ground that the* porobiM tf waste piper does not carry the right to unknown valuables which maybe loan i in ft. —Peter McNamara, a well-known resident c? Washington oity, died Wedtiacd -J after noon from poison in the system from tha bite cf a man named Danaher, with. whom he had an altercation over two months ago. Home weeks ticca the finger waeampntatcd, but the poiaon had already got b>youd that member Last Bnuday it was proposed to amputate the mm, bnt tbe pbytinws do- teimined not to do so, aa they thought their patient wcnld not survive the operatioh. —The company that began the' excavation of a tnnnel under tho Sng'ish Cha'fdel has oeaaed operations at 8t. Margaret's bay for the rov<o t that ?eoanding3 betwsea tint print and BaogAtto indicate, that to out a tunnel between thoio points wonld entail an unormonB amount of work ih Binding' The .its m question haa, therefore, bw finally abandoned. The scheme sow bYcrs the company provides for the rinsing of anew tsha'.t at orc’osB to Dsver. * i* •* —London is being paved with Swtisstorib, wbich is first flce'.y pulverised, iheb com pletely dried, and afteiward spread on, a foundation prepared for it And ponnded and rolled with heated irons It is assured that iu many pisoos where th s pav.-msut nas been laid for more than six years no trace of wear can bo seen; aleo. :iui tn ? on or «ur- f<-c - will list ten of iwe’vc yr-sw, a.jd tha: tha.; toe focnlation will be found unimpair ed and a new surface can be l‘id npoa it. —The elevated railway* in New York have been enbjeoted for tbe fint time to tbe teat ofe' owand oe on their track*, ard 'he: endnro it admirably. It- bad no more ctfeet, apparently, than so muoh dnit. and there waa no occasion for lessening tha ordinary high speed of the trains Thu companies, nowavar. look extra precinti->n« to sotnre abaolnte safety, and had mm stationed all along the route broom in hand, t: keep the 'acke ae clear as possible. —Theqnettionof free passes for logti- Ir.to a on iai!ro*da is under d'scaa-ioa a^ais in several States Legislature t. Long John «e >tworth regard* th* Illinois deadhead* aa the worst In the oottsbry. Ha «*.?«; ‘Mem ber* of the Legislature not only get paste* 'or themielres, bnt for their w;vcs. and some women who are not their wins, aa well a* fer certain friend* Than, again, they lend their passes It amau ia at Pp-.Ing- flsld during the session of the LegLlaturo and he into going home he gives he pin to a friend t* nae, and recetTee it baok by letter Some member* have avan gone eo far as to pui their paces* into scalpex’d offices. —Mej » Andre, ths III fated officer who was the romtnte of enr Bevo ution, ia to bu remembered on thi* side cf ths oouan aa w*ll as the other. In Angtut, 811, the remains of ths major wer* di?i utered at Tappan. New Y rk. and carried back to England to repose in W etm'nster Abbey. When tbe tody was buried, in 1733, two yonng cedar tree* wore «et ont, one at tbe head and tha other at the foot of the grave He waa bnried in a plain pin? oeffin, and tha 'ro»t» of tie cedar trees.ware discovered, forty-*n» jeara after ward to nave grown over and around it. They had to be removed to gat at tbe oeffin and ita duet 1 •• * « How Liscoln GotHb Sara Fenewxd — -Tne Blomniagton (III.) Pantograph say*: , » Hew a a souvenir of- the grau Abraham . rincola It is a trne copy of tbe letter cn mrktor ' now provided by law. Sep. 4. Bs it farther enacted. That the clerk of ths Snp*rior Gonrt shall make ont in a book list* of the 'nttnes re spectively contained in the grand jury box and in tbe travels* jory % box. alpha betically arranged, and plaoe eald box in hia office; after tba liata therein shall have been oertifled by the ordinary, olerk ann commissioners to contain respectively all the names placed In said jury boxes. Sac. 5. Be it further enacted, lhat the jury commissioners of each county in this State shall meet at the 'Conrt-honse on the first Wednesday in January, A. D., 1879, snd revise the jary list, and select grand jurora and traverse jurors, accord ing to the provisions of this act; and nf ter each revision and selection, grand ju rors aud traverse jurors shall bo drawn to sexve at the next term of the Superior Conrt in the manner providsd ty the ex- ietihz laws for the drawing of grand ju rors In vacation, where the presiding Judge or said court fails-to draw snch jurors at any regular term of eaid ccnrt, and the jurors so .drawn shall be sum moned and shall serve, at the next terns of said cou-rt whether gtatd jarora and traverse jurors have bees drawn tinder existing laws at the last regular term of said court held in the year 1878 or not. Sec. 6. Bs it further enaoted, Th* whenever the presiding Judge of the Bn pirior Coatt shall fail to draw jerks a< any regular term of said Oonn, tho Jur Commirsicners may draw traverse j a tort at thq same time and in the ssme manner as grand juror* are drawn in snch casec under existing law*. See. 7. Be it fnrlher enacted. That all laws and ail part* of laws in ooiflio- with tbe provisions of thia act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved Deoember 16,1573. Benitos Gnutfee.—Senator Oheffee, i ■offering with an incurable disease of tbe KKla ya.and it hid been generally understood that he would not be a candidate for re- u'ectiOD. There are said to host least» dozen candidates for tbe eenatorship, writ cprosod they • oonld fight it ont among bemeelves. Mr. Chfffse has, however. oindrd to make - Ute raoe again, and has written a letter to that effect. There seogu to be na doubt that he will be rt-eloawd. !e among the archives bt the OtfioaeocDd box now-in'nae, or other similar box/ fr#q» ( s *Uon>ro*d l *t the rapetiatendeniVcff.«3 in which -traverse jarora shall be drawn -a* 1 Bloomington. . It ia-ra modest request for Ahp renewal of a reason pas* onthe Alton tpad. - Fpb. 18,1858 —B. P. Mor gan,- Sapt. O. Is A- Railroad —Dear Sir: Nay* Sam to John; ‘Here’* yonr old rotten wheelbaraow. a I’ve brake H min' on it. I wish yon wonld fake it and mend it, ease I shall wsot-to -bmoow it this afternoon.’ Aeting on this aa* a precedent,. here’s yonr old ‘chalked ha|.’ J with yon wonld take it and send ms a n«w one, case I shall want to usd it the 1st ofmarfh. -Yours, tmtv. IntOHff. Sretn Mmsd in Iojr-inn '.ha New Orleans papers speak of an imp orient revo lution in angar-makiEg in ~ Ltnieia-*, the old aysUm giving way to what ia now called ’he central fastory system. The farmer plan was for each plantar to belli ewa a agar-maker; the new one ia for tbe planters to take their cone to a central auger factory, leaving I ham to mannfactor* it into ingtr and motiseea. The mei it of this system are that it renders it unnecessary for every plan ter to own a large and costly auger mril; that it enab'e* arr.a 1 formers to have a local market for their cane crop, and that by con* c i tratthg ’be sugar market for a district into one large eatabiiibrnent, supplied with improved machinery, it enanres a more per - toet expression of -tto juice from the cane, greater economy in ths manufacture, and a oetier quality cf sugar. It is very difficult to keep ouvlittte eaw free from tha disorders of babyhood* end Basks, living in tbe notorions suburb [ we advtia all mother* to kswpUr. Bali’* known its Northern Liberties, on Christ - * Baby Syrup handy in case of need. Gbjixin Eubope and America.—Eu rope produces now on an average 5,000,- 000.000 bushels cf gram, of which Russia produce * one-third, Germany and France 520,900.000 each anl Austria 500,000,- 000- The United States produces 1,600,- 000,000 bushels, or about the sioe as Rus sia. In order to appreciate the advan tage* of the United State?, th6 populaticn ihou’d be taken into account This is far the United States 40,000.0^0. and therefor* we produce forty bnshela per brad; while Europe, with a population of quite 300.000,000, produce# sixteen bush • «le ; Russia twenty-iix bushels per head and Great Britain only four bushels per head. A* th* average quantity of grain ooneumed per head is fifteen bushels, wo produce nearly three times aa much as wo want, Russia aoarctdy twice its wanU, Eu rope, on an average, a'l needed, bai Great Britain nc-t much more tbjri cnc-fourth. (B will be aetr. tbw* tbe general prctlac- tmtt far surpaaroi *'-« eon-umption. but. Jh»* Ateees is ahsosboj !.y i-rswi-:.* snd 41>rilieii.t all cv t Iho world, uti.-h do more io ke*-p the price of t-tof d-tnffa at a ri«h ligate than anythin? ehv.—Sou iraneisco Commercial / docculu.