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tlteircgxg! 3Sfe*We 3*n*e*uti $ lR^«^je«gjeir* STATE LEGISLATURE. Atlanta, August 38,1879. THE SENATE. Tho Senate met at 10 o’cloak, aad was cilled to order by President Lester. Prayer by the ohaplain. The roll was c »Ued and the Journal read. Hon. A. J. Lane, of Bibb, was Innted to a seat on the floor. A message from tho House was reoeiv- e3 Tho Committee on enrollment made a report, which was read. The Committee of Conference^ the jary bill reoommend that the Senate re cede from one of ite amendments, and that the House do likewise. The roll was called for the introduc tion of bills. A number of House bills were read the first time. srw mum. By Mr. Bis3ell—a, bill to define tho jurisdiction of County Courts. Judiola- ^Jlr. Dubose occupied tho chair. A message from the Honee was receiv ed. It announced that the Honee had adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the jary bill. THE MEMORIAL SERVICES. At the hour of 11 o’clock the 8enate held memorial services in honor of the deceased Senator J. C. Clements, of the Fifteenth Distriot. * Mr. Holton, Chairman of the Commit tee on Memorial, presented resolutions expressive of the sorrows of the Senate on tho death of Mr. Clements. Mr. Holton, in offering the resolutions, made some remnrks on the character of tho deceased. Ho had known him long and woll, and thos* who knew him beat loved him moat. Ha wa3 a prominent member of tho Methodist Church. He iras a Mason devoted to.the the fra ternity and for years master of Lumber City Lodge. Ho was a father to the or phan, a (husband to the widow, and a friend to tba destitute. Bat he has gone—gone to that far eonntry from which no traveler returns. We monrn his Ioeb and oherish his memory. Mr. Hudson made some remarks on tho memorial on the same line. Mr. Camming said he bad not known Mr. Clements until he met him in the Senate Chamber. He learned what he knew of him from short speeches and from his pnnotual, quiet discharge of public duty. He spoke more cheerfully because the dead Senator was not dis tinguished. He honored the Senator for bis qniet cure life, nsefui, good and true. May tho 'State of Georgia be the pro- llfio mother of such children! Mr. Clarke said he did not speak real ly because custom demanded It, but be cause bis heart prompted him to speak. Extravagant encomiums on the deoeased member would not be proper. He was an nnassnming member. His true devo* tlon topnblie duty and his faithful dis charge of all trusts, made him highly es teemed by all who knew him. He had known tte deceased only since last No vember. It is said of certain men in holy writ that men took knowledge of them, that they bad been with Jesns. The deceased was a follower of the meek and lowly Nazsrene. The e are various dangers in pnblio life which frequently lead men away from a high morality they might have attained in private, bnt in the life of the deoeased there wea no such result. Mr. Clatke’d remarks were beautifully appropriate, Mr. Speer paid a tribute to the mem ory of Mr. Clement*, and bore testimony to his worth. Mr. Folks spake highly and with feel- log on tho death of bis friend. He had been appointed with Mr. Statem to oarry the remains home, and in his remarks described the fnnerel. Mr. Boyd bore testimony to tho personal worth, the many virtues and the lovely character of the deoeased. The resolutions were then adopted b/ a unanimous, rising vote. *■*•— Ronate then adjourned until Mon- dsy morning at dm Atlanta, August 28, 1870. TEE HOUSE met pursuant to adjournment, at 9 a. m., the Speaker in tbe chair. Prayer by Bov. J. Jones, the Chap lain. Tbe journal of yesterday morning and evening sessions was read and approved. The nooeicn yesterday afternoon was consumed entirely with tho reading of bills the seesnd timd. On motion of Mr. Northern, a bill was taken ap, and the Senate amendments were concurred in. A House bill was also recommitted to the judiciary committee. REGULAR ORDER BILLS 07 THIRD BEAD* ISO. A bill to amend eection 4373 of tho Code. Passed. A bill to create a Board of Boads and Bevennes in Fatton county. Passed. A bill to amend section 4S6S of the Codo relative to illegal voting. A bill to regulate the manner of mak ing parties plaintiffs to enits after the original plaintiff is dead. Passed. A bill to withdraw all rights and fran chises to the Arnett Bridge Company, at Biinbridge. Passed. A bill to authorize tbe levying of taxes to support pnblio sohools in Bainbridge. Passed. A bill to amend and supersede tbe chatter of tbe town of Senoia. Passed. Tho bill exempting certain classes of pereons from jury unty, and whioh had ooenreferred to a committee of confer ence to reconcile certain Senate amend ment?, was taken up and the amend ments propos'd by tae committee con curred in. A bill to repeal the act for the relief of Elizabeth Tanner, of Dawson county. Passed. A bill to repeal nn act to make the sheriff of Cobb county cs cjjicio tax col lector. Passed. A bill to re •establish the old rates of toll at Fort Gaines toll bridge over the Chattahoochee river. Passed. A bill to provide for tho use cf Ben jamin F. Matthews. The HonBe resolved itself into the committee of the whole to consider this bill. The committee of the whale re ported favorably, and the bill passed. A bill to pay Owen Smith $40 for ser vices rendered the State, was also consid ered in the committee of tbe whole, and, after dae consideration, tbe committee reported on the bill favorably. Mr. MoWhorter moved to indefinitely postpone. Lost. The bill was passed by 38 to 15. •- A bill to incorporate tbe Skidaway Canal Company. Tabled. A bill to regulate the fining or impris oning of defaulting^arors for contempt of court. Passed. A bill to allow tbe judges of the Supe rior Courts and of City Courts who are * appointed by the Governor, to fix the fees of the clerks and sheriffs for services not provided for by law. The bill was voted down on a call of tne yeas and nays. A bill to incorporate the Hudson Is land Canal company. Paesed. A hill to authorize the Mayor and Al dermen of Savannah to construct an ccquednot in 6aid city. Passed, Mr. McDonald withdrew the bill pro viding for the relief of certain tax col lectors in Bandolph county. Mr. Dnpree, of Macon, was again called to the chair, and presided in a manner highly satisfactory to the Home. XIBB*S BEFBESEHTATTVEB. Mr. Hams, a member of the joint committee of conference in regard to a biil exempting certain persons r.m jary daty, has been very ac.'ve in re conciling the disagreements of tbe Sen ate and House on this bill and its amendments. The oommiltoe have proposed several amendments, cud the House have acoep- ted them. There is little doubt bnt that tho 8enate will also ooneur in them. The bill, as it ocmea from Mr. Harris’ hands, Will exempt from all jury duty forty fire men of each fire oompany, and all tbe employees cf railroads, who are certified by the Superintendent of the road as ne cessary to the running of trains. The -bill re fie o la credit on Mr. Harris and bis oommittee. Mr.Niabet is very aotiva and energetlo In getting his bills through the House, - and is constantly Inhia seat when ha is not absent on oommittee duty. Speaker Baoon is still sustaining his high reputation as the foremost, purest, best and fairest parliamentarian In the State. There iB no more popular man in the Legislature. In faot the Bibb delegation stands sec ond to none in the House, and reflects honor on the constituency Bending them. The stable cleaners are still at work. Caholtnn. BY TELEGRAPH. London, August 28.—A renewal of the floods is reported from varlons parts of England and Wales. Beports of har vest are duly more deepondent. At several points there has been thirty hoars steady and continuous rain. London, Angnst 28.—In connection with the Stock Exchange settlement, the failure of James Case, Jr., jobber in railway stocks, is announced. His de ficiency is estimated from twenty to thir ty thousand pounds. London, August 28.—Lloyd’s agent at Yakoho telegraphs under date of August 25th, that tbe steamer of Nordenskjold, in the Swedish Arctio expedition, is supposed to bs lost with her crew. A Constantinople dispatch to Rsuter’s says, at tne sitting of tbe Tarko-Greek Commission, to-day, the Turks will m- nonnoe that the Forte acoepts the lino of frontier indicated by the Protocol of the Berlin Congress. It is probable Turkey will coma to an arrangement on all the points at issue, bnt reserve the question of Janiera for the decision of the Inter national Delineation Commission. Memphis, Angnst 28.—Five new oases of fever were reported to tho Board of Health this morning, among whom are Lizzie Stewart, Mrs. Jailin and Graos Harris. Three ohildrsn of John I. Pres- tidge have been ill for some weeks, but for private reasons their names were not announced by tbe Board of Health. Eight deaths have oocnrred since last night—George E. Taylor, Bath E. Egnew, Baobel Sloan, Jennie Sloan, Martin Morgan, —L&ure, J. Lowery, Prank El- ridge, colored. Jim Wright, a colored youth, commit ted suicide this morning by hanging him self to a tree in his mother’s back yard in the northern portion of the city. IJtica, N. Y., August 28.—Tho State Committee of Greenbackers this morning agreed upon James I. Graham, of Boch- ester, for temporary chairman, and David Staley, of Hornellville and J. H. "Costel lo,” of Elmira for temporary secretary. Tho Committeo is endeavoring to effect a compromise between three New York t actions. Memphis, Tennessee, August 23 — Dr. E. M. Wright, inspecting cfficer of the National Board of Health, came into tho city this morning, and left at noon for Nashville. In an interview, ho ox- pressed himself highly pleased with tho thorough safeguards that have been thrown around Memphis by tho State Board of Health officers, especially in transferring passengers and baggage on the Lonisville and Nashville Bailroad. * The Howard Association to-day assign ed twenty nurses to duty. Ed. Keatiug, keeper of the court square for many years, died of the fever to-night. Elias HcDongall is reported dying. New Orleans, Angnst 28.—0/ the six cases of yellow fever reported yesterday from the quarantine station on tho boat Black Prince, from Havana, three died last night. Dr. Carrington reported the other cases getting along well. Kichmond, August 28 —la a quarrel yesterday about the right of way, Nelson Lewis, a colored drayman, was killed by a blow on tho head frem a skid in the hands of Wm. Goodman, also colored. Tha latter was committed to jail. Baltimore, August 28.—An unusually large number of Southern merchants are in the city at pr-sent, purchasing goods. All the leading hotels are well filled. Wilmington, August, 23.—Tho first bale of cotton of tho now cron was re ceived here to-day and sold at twelve and a half cents per pound. Sophia, Angnst 28 —Iatelligenco has been received here that two hundred and forty iEflaontial Boamelian Turks have been taken prisoners in the Bhodope Mountains, charged with forming a con spiracy to attaok Philippopclis. The af fair has oanBed great alarm at the city, as it was feared it might serve as a pretext for the invasion of Eastern Bonmelia by the Tarkish troops now concentrated at Adrianople. Monmouth Park, August 2S. — The attendance at- tne races to day was very iwiKe. Tut fi st. vent was the race for the Meet and Casndou stakes, a three- quarter mile dasb, whioh had nine Btar- ters, and was won oy JLata by a half length in front of Caitagnette filly, with Cania third. Time, lil8}. Tho eecond race was for the West End Hotel stakes admitting three-year-old fil lies in a mile and a half daBb, the winner of any three-year-old stake to carry three ponnda extra, and the winner of two or more such stakes five ponnda extra. Per- ida won the race by a length ahead of Scotilh, who was two lengths ahead of Andax. Time, 2:47. The third race was a handicap sweep- stakes for all ages, of a mile and five for longs, in which s-x started. It was won by Lonlanier, by a three-length's gain on Governor HamptoD, who was a length ahead cf General Pnillips. Time, 2:57i- The fourth race was for all ages, with mile heats. There were two starters : Jericho and Bonnie 0.fc«. Tbe former won two heats easily by ten lengths in 1:50 j-, 152}, Tne fifth race, a mils and a farlong heat for all ogee, had seven starters, and was won by Una, with Pilot second, and Jickforew third. Time, 2:01}. The sixth and last race was a fcandioap for all ages of a mile and three-quarters over seven hurdles, and bad seven start* era. Juditb, the favorite, won easily by three lengths, with Coronet second, and a neck before Bedding, with Dandy close ap and fonrth. Time, 3:26}. London, Angnst 28—Tne Financier, in an article on the nneasinees felt in London, with regard to tho fntnre of the money market, says: "It is thought that within a comparatively short time two million pounds in bullion will be sent to America,” and predicts that the ultimate effect of this draft of bullion will be an advance in tbe rate of discount from 1} per cent, which ia the present quotation, to four and five .per at the bank of Ecgland. Constantinople, August 28.—The oc cupation of Novi Bazar by Austrians, will take place September 8-h. F.ve thousand men will occupy Probcj Pre- potje and Techlidja. Brussels, August 28.—A Vienna cor respondent of the Id-pendent Beige states that tho Czsr will arrive there on September 24. Berlin, August 23.—Grand Dukes "VUtiner and Alexis, of Bnseis, visited the Emperor William at Pols lam. London, August 23 —The Standard's Berlin correspondent telegraphs: Toe tone of the German official press has been leas irritated against Bnssia daring the past day or two. Havana, August 23.—Tv o bands of insurgents have appeared in Holguin and Santiago de Cuba Districts, bnt they are not headed by chiefs of importance, and the Government has taken most en ergetic measures to pnt them down. Great difficulties are experienced in the attempt to carry into effect the pro visions of tbe law for the gradual aboli tion of slavery, on account of the incom pletion and unintelligibility of the cen suses of 1867 and 1871. An appeal has bean made to tho Homo Government for advice. _ New York, August 28.—A Fan Fran cisco dispatch from Senator Sharon says the excitement there has entirely sub sided, and there is no apprehension of violence, and asserts that it is much re gretted by all that the political discussion should have passed the bounds of legiti mate argument and degenerated in per sonal abase. Boston, Angnst 23.—The echo oner Stephen Bennett, of Camden, Maine, has been found bottom eide ap near Phoenix Island. She had & captain, three passen gers and fonr tailors on board, all of whom are supposed to have been drowned. Salt Lake Cut, Angnst 28.—The case of the exeontors of the late Brigham Young’s estate, who were imprisoned on the fourth instant by Jndge Bozeman, for contempt, were taken before the Su preme Conrt of the Territory on a writ cf certiorari, and decided to-day. The order of the lower conrt waB reversed, and the prisoners discharged. Memphis, Augnst 23.—Two more cases were reported this afternoon, Mrs. Pope and Fannie Conibe. Two additional deaths have occurred, B. O. Wilkie and Emma Jackson, colored. The thermom eter to-day has ranged between 63 and 83. G. V. Groves, grain dispatcher of the Memphis and Charleston Bsilroad, died of fever to-night. A caso of fever has been devolped at Bartlett, Tenn., a negro, whoee infection can bo traced to this city. Halifax, August 23.—There is no likelihood of the Smith-Bcs3 race taking place to-day as a strong easterly wind prevails. The race between Evan Morris, of Pittsburg, and Warren Smith, of Halifax is fixed for the 16 :h of September. New Orleans, August 28.—Oao oase of yellow fever was reported to the Board of Health to-day—that ol Miss Ida Berkson, aged 18, who was taken aiok August 25tb, on Third street, No. 207. in Constanoe street quarter. Her brother, aged four years, died July 31, of fever. Tno condition of General Hood and daughter is reported favorable. At a meeting of the Board of Health to night Dr. Sohnppsrt road a lengthy pa per on national quarantine. Ho claimed that vessels from infcoted ports, with an acolimated crew, may arrive without sickness on board, bat faliy saturated with fever virus. In support of this statement, he cited two cases and re ferred also to the esse of tho "Ply- month,” where virus outlived even a se vere winter. THE GEORGIA JUKESS. PsAR3from the parent LeCsnte pear tree are still living in Liberty county, and the fruit sells at thirty cants per peck. Hinesvillb Gazelle i Oa last Satur day evening in Wayne county, while George Hilliard, a boy abont twelve or thirteen years of age, was working in a field with a negro boy from No. 3, A. & G. B. B, in the employ of Mr. Henry McDonough, got into a difficulty. The negro stabbed the white boy in tbe side, giving him a painful but not a serious wound. Mr. McDonough asked him whioh he preferred taking, the lash or the law, and ho said tbe lash. Hr. Me. gave him a nice dressing and pnt bim to woik. One thousand copies of tho premium list of tho Central Georgia Agiicnl- tural Society will be printed and cir culated. A large scrub race will be ran in Sandersville in Saturday. A number of horses have been entered. Sandersville Courier: Governor Col quitt has been selected by tbe Board of Trustees ol Ht. Vernon Institute to de liver the annual address at the examina tion, end has accepted. The same paper says: The measels and sore eyes are raging in Biddleville, Wash ington county, and vicinity, and it is feared will interfere with tbe examina tion. The act prohibiting tho sale of liquor in McDuffie county goes into effect next May. Th9 editor of the Americas Recorder attended the last barbecue of tbe season in Dcoly county, and at the close of bis report glidoi gracefully into a quotation from Horace. De. Geo. D. Phillips, of Clarkesvilla brotner orxreuunir wintaui Ftultlps and Colonel C. D. Phillips, of Marietta, is dead. Thcmasville Enterprise: Cotton is be ginning to Cjtae in lively. There has been too much ram, however, of late, and not only has picking been retarded, but much of the bottom crop, not already open, is rotting. The came paper says, of tho South Georgia College: "We would call the special attention of patents and guar dians to the advertisement of this col lege, which appears elsewhere. By it the reader will see that the school will open on the 15th of September. Tui tion being free, and the rates at which board can be obtained being so reasona ble—from §8 to $15 per month—this college offers superior inducements to pupils from abroad. Tbe Faculty is eqoal to the beat in tho State, and the rales governing the school aro wise and wholesome, while the instraction to be imparted will bn thorough. The town is perfectly healthy, and the sooiety and morals of th8 place are of the very high est cider. All things combined, this school is a boon to this whde section, and should receive a liberal patronage from a very large radius. An extensive shooting matoh will take place next Friday at tho Thomasrille Fair gronnds. Talbotton Register: We have received from the Secretary, Maloomb Johnston, the premium list of the Georgia State Fair, to be held at Maoon, commencing October 27th, and continning one week. Large premiums are offered in all depart ments of the exhibition, and no effort has been negleoted by the management to make tho fair one of the most complete ever held in Georgia. Talbot osunty should be well represented both in exhibits and attendance at otr State Fair. A reunion of the survivors of the 32d Georgia regiment will tako place at Thomaston to-dsy.. Tabotton Register: To B. M. Batts, neat Pleasant Hid, belongs the credit of inventing,}!! combination velocipede which runs by spring power, guided by the operator when in motion. Ic can also be mad9 to rock tho baby cradle, keep off flies, churn milk, propel a sewing machine beaidts peiform other and nsefui offices. Mr. Bnttffehculd open a rink at oar county fair. It would pay. The same paper says: Thera were twenty-three visiting young ladies in town at one time last week. ' And still Colonel German is not hgppy. A correspondent of the Griffin Hexes pays a high compliment to Colonel J. H. Logan, the efficient postmaster of that place. Dalton Timet: There is a man living about four miles north of Cochran, who nover had a hair on his head or a tooth m hie mouth. He iB abont six feet high, looks like a corpse, has a large family and is a good provider. A special to the Colnmbns Times ia as follows: HuntcVille, Ala, Angnst 26, 1879.— Oar town was somewhat thrown into a state of exeitement yesterday evening by a white woman entering town dressed in male garb, and after dark reappearing on the streets in costume more fitting to her aerx What her expectations are cannot bo fonnd out, as she is perfectly silent; to all who approach her for information We are informed by a colored woman from Columbus, that this woman lives in Colnmbns, and that her real name ia Emma Butheiford. Butler Herald: We I-am that a num ber oE the citizens of Bejnolds and com' mnnity have been and are still sick from fever, "but we trust era this, they have improved in health. Reynold's first bale of co'.ton brought 15 cents a pound. Tax Bntler Herald Bays: We were, startled on Thursday last to bear of the death of Mr. Thomas J. Acee, one of the most highly esteemed and useful young men in Talbot oonnty. His death took place on Monday night, at the residence of his mother, near Bellevne. He had been in his bed but a few days. The Herald la opposed to tho preaent lease system of convicts. Augusta is healthy. Senator Climent3, deceased, died of typhoid or malarial fever. The Dispatch Bays he was bora in Montgomery county on the 21st of August, 1826. He was a member of the Methodist Church forty years, and a Mason of high standing. His career in the Legislature was marked by conservatism, and an earnest effort to legislate for the best interests of Georgia. He waB a very modest man, of few words, but good practioal judgment. Hartwell Sun: The grading on the Hartwell railroad is about finished, and the work of putting down crossties and iron will probably (be commenced during the latter part of this or the first of next week. Captain Craft fs pushing the work with characteristic energy, and there is no fear bat that "Nancy Hart” will run in on time. Off for the West. — Constitution: Col. W. O. Toggle, of LaGrange, leaves this morning at five o’clock, via the Een- nesaw route, on his way to the Indian Territory. He expects to spend some weeks among the Creeks and Chootawe. He is Interested, or abont tobeoome so, in the collection of oertain claims held by these tribes against the United States government, and should he be suc cessful in his mission and representation of these claims he will make a very com* fortabla matter out of his agency. He oarries with him our bast wishes for his Bnocesa. An effort is being made in Atlanta to have Nats Suthsrn pardoned by the in. fiaenceof the Legislative Penitentiary Committee with the Governor. The nn. fortunate woman is confined at present at Howard’s camp, in Taylor county. She is the only white woman now confined in the State's service, her eister having served her time and returned home. Timet and Planter: Seventy-nine per sons, inolnding old and yonng men, and women and large and small childre'n, were ^added to the church at Central academy. In faot it is said that nearly every person living in the neighborhood now professes to ba a follower of "the meek and lowly Nazarene.” Covington Star: Speaking of the large fees charged by some of the prominent lawyers of this country, reminds us that a sharp young attorney of Atlanta has recently bsen employed in a case, upon a contingent fee, which, if ho succeeds with the case, wili amount to $10,000,- 000. Now let tho large fee lawyers step to the front and sea who can beat that. Mb. J..O. Striokland informs the edi tor of the Clarion that the bear or a wa ter-horse has attaoked the bottom corn of Mr. Henderson Bites, on tho Chatta hoochee river. Is is supposed to have been a bear, os he saw the eign where the "varmint” had dragged its tail through the mad as it came up out of the water. Henrt county can boast of three of' tbo tallest men in the State in the per sons of Messrs. Tamer, MoVloker and Branham, whose combined heights amount to about twenty-one feet. Griffin News: On Thursday last Mrs. Austin Davie, of Pike county, sold to D. W. Patterson, 1300 pounds of dried frnit at 9 cents per poand, bringing $137. This was tho resnlt of the orchards after an abundant enpply for the family and made with her own labor and that of her “house gang.” This beats raising cotton to death. A Gravs Bobbed.—Jesnp Sentinel: Mr. J. B. Boberson givss ns the follow ing acoonnt: About one year ago, Wil liam Elliott, a colored man, was killed while gambling at' Enville turpentine farm. He was buriod in the woods near Began &• Willis’ still. On the night of the I2;h instant the grave was entered and tbe ceffl i broken open, a portion of tbo'lid being found near by. On the 13 th instant a colored man, while playing cards, wa- heard to say that if he had one of Bill Elliott’s fingers it would give him good luck. That night the grave was entersa again. Next day Mr. Boberson, with several other persons, .viBited the spot to see if tbe body had been removed. They discovered that the right hand had been out off and was missing. Joseph McCrary, colored, and the man who ex pressed n wish for Bill EUiott’B finger, were absent from wor^ the night before. Mr. B. thinks ttoj are the guilty parties. CROP KOTK3. Taylor Ccustt.—Bntler Herald: In the Garden Valley portion of this county & great deal of rain has fallen, materially injuring the cotton crop. Many fields present a fine growth of weed, but the excessive wot weather has caused the' thrifty growth to shid largely it3 frnit. Such fields as aro heavily fruited, (small growth) are badly injured by the rust. Farmers are satisfied that only a two- thirds crop will be made in this vicinity. A few cotton worms reported. Picking has commenced. The cotton caterpillar is reported as being pretty general throughout South ern Georgia. Walton County —Athens Watchman: The recent freqaont and heavy rains are greatly damaging the cotton crop in Walton county, as in other counties of this section. Tbe weed is flourishing finely but the boils are remarkably scarce. It is feared the crop will fell considerably short, though a late fall may mfiko a great change. The corn and other c:op3 are up to an avenge, taken all together. Washington County.—Sandersville Courier: Mr. S. J. Smith, one of our largest planters, and one of Washing- ten’s best cotton growers, informs ns that the protracted wot weather is causing the cotton bolls on bis farm to rot. He also informs us that the boll rot is not confined to bis farm, bat is blasting the hopes of other farmers, - Wayne County.—Hinesville Gazette: Crops are-very good considering'the dry weather, which prevailed through the month of July. The fall crops, cotton, rice, cane atd potatoes, are looking ex ceedingly welt since the late rainy season sets in, and if the seasons continue good there will be a plentiful harvest. The rico crop ia very good in Liberty county. Washington County—The Crcpj.— Courier:. We have recently traveled OTer portions of Washington, Johnson, Eman uel, Burke, Tatnall, Montgomery and Laurens counties, and have carefully noted the crop prospect: In some neigh borhoods the corn crop will measure up to the fall average of the best crop years. Thesa favored spots, however, are few and far between. In some communities, from protracted drouth, the oorn crop is cut off one-half, in others, perhaps, three- fourths. A few weeks since tbe cotton crop bid fair to be far above an average yield. These hopes have been crushed by excessive rains and met. On many farms the cotton plant has expended all its substance in producing stalks of un usual size, bnt almost entirely destitute of frnic. The rust has made sad havoc on hundreds of farms, indeed, there are bnt few farms, if any, exempt. We have seen scores of fields with scarcely a cot ton leaf to be seen, and tba greater por tion of tbe bolls now matured open. It is impossible for more than a half crop to be realized. The bridging of the English Clh&nnel is seriously proposed by Sainte Anne, a French engineer of-good professional standing. He proposes to bnild a line of immensely solid etone piers, and on them place sections of girder, suspension, and tabular structure, according to local re- quiroments. An unpleasant passenger in a street on is a crying Baby. In such cases Dr. Ball’s Ba by Byrnp should be given to the little suffer er to ease its troubles. 25 cents a bottle. An Ingenleni swindle. Superintendent Walling, of the New York polioe, has communicated to the New York press some facte illustrative of the mode of swindling by pretended atock-jobbing "pools,” a much more adroit fraud than the "sawdust” swindle, since tbs rogues can neither be made an swerable to the liar nor checked in their operations. 2b. Walling received from one of the victims of tho swindler, a yonng lady of Montgomery, Alabama, who had "pat in” $25 toward the pool, a complete set of the "circulars" and "reporta” of the firm. These people ad vertise, especially in country papers, that they comprise a Wall street firm of unexampled facilities, that the times are ripe for successful speculation, and that persons who send them email sums may expect to reap large returna as the resnlt of the co-operative system of buying and selling stocks re sorted to bjr them. They issue circulars and pamphlets, and oifer sharee in their "combinations” to greenhorns of every degree. They issue “certificates” against the money sent them, forward reports ex hibiting the progress of operations and the aocretion of profits, seeking always to inveigle their viotlma into throwing good money after bad, bnt never by any chanoe do they return a single penny of the original investment. In the yonng lady’s oase the "report” showed her en titled to a profit of $162.50; the next gave her a credit balanoe of $112.50; the third a credit of $62 50; the foortb, when it was discovered that no more money conld be gotten out of her, wiped oat the entire credit balance and brought her in debt $12.50. The Secretary of the New York StockExohange, itissaid, reoeived a let ter from a clergyman’s widow recently, stating that she had been swindled out of $3,000, all the money she possessed, by one of these rasoally concerns. Mb. Moody is described by the Tribune as being at hiB very best at Northfield. One of his neighbors says of him : "I have seen him in a great many large places, bnt I come here to this little town, where he knows everybody, and takeB an interest in everybody, to be more thoroughly charmed with him than ever before. People like to langh; Mr. Moody knows it, and has the taot to pnt his audience in good humor to commence with.” "That is very good singing for one congregation,” he said at a meeting the other day at the close of the first verse ol "Guido me, O Thou Great Jeho vah,” "but there are a good many con gregations represented here and we onght to sing belter than that. All sing now. Mrs. Davie, take that fan away from your mouth 1 Mrs. Smith, I didn’t hear yonr voice! Undo Charles, yon can sing! Here, mother, here is the place, you sing! Now try again. I’ll keep watch and see if there are any who don’t sing.” Persona of sedentary habits, and over worked, find in Dr. Ball’s Baltimore Pills a specific for want of Appetite, Palpitation, Debility, Constipation, and many other ail ments. At all druggists. Price 25 ota. Couplets Success of Fi,h Culture in The Hudson Biter.—The New York Sun, of Saturday says: The State Fish Commission, through their agents, have turned into tho Hudson Biver this sea son more than 6,500.000 young shad that they bad hatched by the artificial pro cess. This iB abont one-third larger number than they had hatched in any previous year, requiring the uninterrapt- ed work of Bix men about thirty-five days. The most satisfactory results have followed tbs efforts of previous years. Not for half a century have shad been so abundant in the Hndson as they were this spring, The markota wero filled to overflowing, and fishermen along the river disposed of largo nnmbsts to far mers to be used to fertilize the fields. The New York markets abounded in tbe fish, at more reasonable p.-ice than ever before. The work of stocking the river has reached such a state of advancement that, at comparatively little oost, the same number of fish that ascended the river this year may be made to appear in succeeding years. The Commissioner’s work in other di rections has bsen hardly less snooesBful. Brook tront have been pnt in nearly avery available stream; salmon have been tamed loose in the rivers; lake tront, blaok base, and white fish are thriving in waters that had not known them for many a year. The oost has been trifling when compared with tbe benefits already reaped. CONSUMPTION CUBED. An old physician, retire 1 from practice, hav. ng had placed in his hands by an East India missionary the formala of a simple vegetable remedy lor the speedy and permanent cure for Consumption, Bronchitas, Catarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and Lung AUMtlont^f • and radical m— f.r wurvous Debility ana all Ncr.uus Complaints, alter having tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuatod by this motive and a deairo to reliove human suffering, I will send free of charge to all who desire it, thisreoipe, with full directions for preparing and using, in German, French or English. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming thispapor. W W 8HARAB, 149 Powers* Block, Rochester, S Y, ebl4 Cm 'For the North Pole.—A letter from Capt. DeLong of the Bsnnelt expedi tion, dated at Onalasiki, 4th instant, says he arrived there on the 21 instant, and fonnd at anchor the revenue steamer Bneb, whioh, daring a recent craiss to the northward, passed through Behring’s straits to somo twenty miles to the north ward and eastward of East Gape, in Si beria, without having encountered any ice whatever. Supposing that Professor Nordenskjold had already passed sontb, no communication was held by the Bash with St. Lawrenoo bay. No communica tion from St. Lawrence bay bad been re ceived at St. Michaels at the date of the Bash, on the 231 of July, and conse quently there was no knowledge of the safety or movements of Professor Nor- denekjold’s party. From ell intelligence received from the northward it appears that the last winter has been an excep tionally mild one, and that no obstruction to navigation in tbo shape of ioe has been encountered. Lieut. DeLong tea grots that the nooessity of loading tbe Jeannette so deeply at San Franoisoo has made progress so alow—coupled with head winds and swell—that it Is donbtfnl whether sho will bo able to profit by the open water in the Arctio sea in the ef forts to gain a high latitate this season. He would le&vs for St. Michaels on the 6;h instant, and if, upon arrival there, nothing has been heard of the parly un der command of Professor Nordenskjold, he wonld proceed to Sf. Lawrence bay, in Siberia, to obtain news of him. The health of all on board the Jeannette re mains good. Great Falling OH In Imports. Washington, August 25.—The Bareau of Statistics has issued a statement to-day whioh makes an interesting showing in regard to the dsozcase in exportation to this country of many leading artlolea from Great Britain and Ireland daring the seven months ending with the first of the preaent month, as compared with- the corresponding period of last year. The decrease in the exports of oolton pieoe goods waa evor 7,000,000 yards; pig iron, nearly 18,000 tons; bar, bolt and rod iron, 1,000 tons; worsted staffs, 4,- 000.000 yards; woolen doth and oarpete, each 130,000 yards. Boston Herald.) Tbe Jim Biver Blizzard is a Dakota tri umph in the way of newspaper nomencla ture. Courier-Journal.) San Franolsco po'itics has become so mix ed that yon can’t tell what shoot a men here will take. Bt. Louis Post-Dispatch.) If Gen. Grant really did not want the norm inatiOD, he would have settled the question long ago by a very few words. Courier-Journal.) DeYoung should have imitated the chir al rio Sprague and given the blooming Kal- loch five m'nntes. AN ANGEL’S BIRTHDAY. Published by request ia memory of Sarah Ellen 35——, whose third natal day would have been to-day. 'Xis your birthday, my beautiful darling. Or would b« If you were on earth; X know it must be, still be your birthday. Thouch born to to your heavenly birth. I knov that the angels are fair and as sweet As these fair rows I twine; Their love may be perfect, pure and complete, But never more tender than mire. Are you glad in your gladness, my darling: Iloyou '.au*h in your innocent glee Or are yon sad in the brightness oi heaven, In thinking of home and hi me? In the night when I long for yonr presence. And water my pillow with tears, When I pray tor the touch of yonr fingers. To comfort my aorrow and fears; Boriight is the veil that’s between us, Tbe mother and child are so near; The breath of my soul it impended For your accents to tender and clear; Ohmy glorified darling, most precious Of all the sweet gifts that were mine, I havo lent you, not lost you, iny darl ng, Only lent to the love that’s divine. There are moment* so sweet and so solemn, Tnat my soul bunts Us prison of pain, And soar* to the realm* of the spirit And meat* my own angel again. Then calm from the laiatly communion I defy every fee of the world; I can scorn every breath of contumely, Every shaft by it* jgnoranod hurl’d. No black robe* of darkness and mourning Should he worn for a spirit like thee— Only solemn thank:giving and blessings, That yon from earth’s sorrow* are free. Macon, Anguit 29th, 1879. A CHUNK OF GOLD. Son Franciico Call.) One day while I was at work in the drift one of oar party, who was bailing in the shaft, said: "There’s something big happened np above, 'Tom; I hsar a great buzzing and shouting.” ‘.Perhaps it’s a fight,” I suggested, as I stuck my pick in the soil and unearthed a nugget as large a* a walnut. "Perhaps it’s a find,” suggested mate. "There’s a find here,” I said, as I crawled ont of the drift and exhibited the nngget I had jnst taken ont. Then I heard the clamor also; it waa like the murmnr of distant waves. We shook the rope, and receiving no answer to our signal, concluded that something import ant had happened, as onr mates above had evidently left the windlass. A mo ment later a shadow appeared above, and Bill’s voice waa shouting: "Come np, boys, and see the big find.” "Where is it 7” I asked, on reaching the surface; but I scarcely needed to ask, for it must be where the crowd is collected, some fifty yards distant from our ejaim. Tho crowd was large, and every moment increasing, but being broad-shouldered, I pushed my way through it, and was almost overwhelm ed with astonishment at the sight wbioh greeted my vision. It wasn’t a nugget, it was a bowlder. No wonder that the miners were excited. The spectacle was enough to exoite tho most phlegmatic individual that ever breathed. It was a solid mass of gold &s large, or arger, than a leg of mutton, and not un like one in shape. This was the mass which has since become widely known as the Welcome nngget. A fac-simile of it may now be seen in the mineral depart ment of the Boston Museum of Natural History, where the weight ia Riven at 2,100 ounces, and the value as $41,822,70. The farther information iB impatted that the nugget is the largest pieoe of gold ever found. This is an error. A la-ger nngget was fonnd at Bendigo lead on Feb ruary 9.1869. It weighed 189 pounds 1 ounce Troy, or 2,200 canoes. I had been mentally congratulating mjself on the disoovery of a nugget as large as a walnut; bnt the sight of this mass of gold took all the conceit ont of me. Nevertheless, I was glad that the nngget had been found, for the claim from which it was taken was right in the direction in which we are working, and onr claim was growing rich in ore. The weloome nngget, as large as it was, did not enrich the finders, for there were twelve shareholders in it, and it brought them less than a thousand pounds spied; it wonld have been lacky a find for a oonple of mates. The man who dug it ont fainted dead away before be unearthed it. When bi3 pick first strnck it he put forth his hand to piok up the lump; tho light irjrn hie oaudle shone upon it and revealed its nature. To his enrprise it did not yield to hiB touch. Then ho began to fatl around it with his hands, and it grew in size nudsr hia exploring digits. He gave it a wrench, bnt it did no t badge. Seizing ’ pick be began to dig around it, and rs its pro portions grew under his eye, the speota- ole overcame him, and he fainted from i°y- t m THE INYZRTIGtTlOXS. Last evening a representative of the Telzobaph and Messenger had the pleasure of meeting Judge John T. Clarke, of Cathbert, at the Brown Honee. Judge Clarke had jnst come down from Atlanta, and looked a little care-worn from his labors in the Senate. Jndge Clarke is fast making reputation in the higher branch of. tho General Assem bly, as one of the safest mem bers of the body. After speaking on other matters, the question of the investigations in Atlanta were touched upon when the question was asked as to the Goldsmith impeachment trial. Judge Clarke remarked that since mat ter had taken a definite shape, public talk in regard to the case bad somewhat subsided, and people seemed to be will ing to let the trial decide for them. The impeachment court meets again next Monday, at which time I will return to Atlanta. How long do you think the trial will last? Thero is no tolling exactly. There is no limit to the efforts of counsel, and they will have fall freedom to try all their twists and turns; there is no rale set for the regulations of arguments or anything in that way. Then, too, the pnblio prints have spoken ao much abont expecting the trial to be a long one that it will almost inevitably be so. I think the oase oonld bs tried in a week if couneel on both aides and every one interested would conspire to that end. I have seen cases in the Superior Court involving much more important and valuable interests to be tried in that length of time. Will the trial not be very expensive to the State? Yes, too expensive for the- issue in volved, which, when radnoed to its anal ysis is, whether Mr. Goldsmith should be Comptroller or net. That is the only question at last. The trial will consume several weeks. How about the rumors of impeach ment against other State House offie ere? Well, in regard to that nothing is defi nitely known except to oommittee men. Their prooedinga are secret. I am led to believe, however, that arti* cles of impeaohment will be brought against Treasurer Benfroe, and Mr. Nelms, of the i J enltentiarj, and perhaps Mr. Janes. Is Mr. Nelms, for instance, a subject of impeaohment ? That ia an open question. The Consti tution of the State is peculiarly reticent on the Bnbjeot. By the United States statutes all the civil officers of the Gov ernment are subject to Impeachment, and this practice may be adopted. If it is, then they will be clearly subject to the impeachment. Such a practice would involve the State in mnch expense and be too heavy and cumbersome. I think tome method should be devised whereby the State officers, guilty of such offenses, may ba removed from offioe promptly, and made amenable to the courts of the coentry on general charges. What abont impeaching Commissioner Jane*? Many cannot understand on what groond he can be attacked? I have not heard any partionlar charge against him. It ia true ha has money appropriated to his office to pay hia sub ordinates, and a certain portion of hia expenees, for seed* for distribution, cir culars, etc. He may have been unfaith ful in these disbursements, bnt I have heard no specific chargee against him. The Treasurer will probably coma in for more than any of the rest jast now for investigation, and (after a slight panse) the Keeper of the Penitentiary. Do you think there ia anything wrong abont tbe Treasurer ? • That I osnnot say. Thera are, howev er, some phenomenal things about hia of floe, whioh will aland explanation. We cannot understand how a man on a two thousand dollar salary can make so muob money and aeonmnlate property so rap idly. These .things Bhould be explained. If he Is culpable the Lagisl a tore should know it, and if not then it should be given tol the pnblio, oontinhed Jndge Clarke with a Blight smile, the seoret by whioh money osn be accumuhted so fast. There are a plenty of poor men sitting sronnd who wonld be glad to laara it, and might pnt it to advantage. After a few more remarks on genera topics enr repoer withdrew. WITHDRAWING GRANT. Somo Rattier Important Infor mation lvomGeorge tv. t'hllds, Washington Post ] A rumor being current that, in a recast interview with Uol. John B. Browalow, Mr. George Washington Childs had delivered an effective obituary over the Grant boom, one or the Post reporters hunted np the Colonel Sunday night, and catechised him. "Yon have jast now the reputation of holding in formation regarding Grant’s candidacy; wifi yon Rive it to the Post and the pubHo?" "Well, I bad a long talk with the Gene ral’s most intimate freed, about fonr or fire weeks since, and he expressed himself very earnestly on the matter. He assured mo that Gen. Grant was not a candidate, onght not to be one, and that he, as his friend, was opposed to hia being eo regarded under any circumstances. I am bound to believe that Mr Childs knew what he was talking abont, as he is known to be nearer to Gen. Grant thin anybody else. Yon may, there fore depend upon it that Gen. Grant is out of the ooniest” 1 What else passed, and who oimmonosd th9 subject of Grant’s oindidacy ?” " Mr. Childs asked me who ths Bopubli cans of Tennessee were for, and on my re plying for Grant or Sherman, he volunteered the above statement in substance, remark ing at the same time that he had reoeived a letter from Grant ocly the day before. He also showed me the presents the latter had received in Europe, the gold c&eket contain ing the freedoms of the cities of London and Glasgow, eto” “ Did yen have any conversation with him as to Grant’s prob&blo movements on bis ro- tnm?'’ " Yea, he told ms that the General had asked him logo to San Franoisoo to meet bim, and that they wou'fl live together in Philadelphia.,’ “ Do yon moan Grant would take np his permanent residence with Mr. Childs ?” “ Yen, I have Mr. Child’a word for it that this is tho Dian at present.” " What reasons did Mr. Childs give for hie deeire that Grant shou'd not ran ?” He said that the latterhas money enough to live on withont tho salary and could re main tho first of American oitizene if he did not ran, and though he was of the opinion that he would be eleoted, it would hurt his prestige with the people, among whom he conld wield more iofiuenoo as he is than as President. Tho mud throwing Incident to a contest, which wonld bo the bitterest that ever took plaoi, wou'd, he thought, perma nently bosmirch the General.” " What yon have given mo is about all that took placb, is it ?” " Yes, Mr. Childs cannot deny it. If ho does I V.i 1 ccma out in a card giving tho ex act words which passed. The teUthcs of myee'f and family with tho gentleman are very friendly, he having published my fathor’s book on the war. Tne conversation took plaoe in the Ledger office, and was quite lengthy. Mr. Childs entering fully in to the qncs'ion of who should be the candi date of the Bepnblicans and giving his rea sons.” “ Who is his choios ?" "John 8herman. first and last.” Decatur (III) Sun. While Jndge Logan, of Springfield, Ill., was Lincoln's partner, two farmers, whojhad a mUunderstanding reapec’ing a horse trade, want to law. By mutual consent the part ners in Jaw became antagonists in this case. On the day of the trial Mr. Irgan, having bought a new shirt, open in the back, with a huge standing collar, dressed himself U ex treme haste and put on the shirt with the bjeem a: the batk, & linen cjii concealing the blunder. Ha dazzled the jury with hi* knowledge of “ horse points.” and as the day was sultry took off his ooat and summed up in h'B shirt sleeves. Lincoln, sitting be hind him, took in the situation, and when his turn came, stil to tbe jury: "Gentlemen, Mr. Logan has been trying for over an hour to make yon believe that hs knows more about a horse than th03s hornet old farmers who are witneBsei; he has quoted largely from his ‘horss doctor,’and now, gentle men, I submit to you (here he lifted Logan out of his chair and tuned hie back to the jury and the'orowd, at the same time flipping up his enormous standing cellar,) what de pendence can yon plaoe on his horse knowl edge when he ha* not sense *nongh to pat on hi* ohiit ?' The roare of laughter tnat greeted this exhibition, and the verdiot that Liacoln got soon after, gave Logan a perma nent pre j ndico against ** besom shirts ” Borne Courier ) Within the last fortnight the country has been excited over the exhibition and tho use of the shot gun in more places than one; once in the South and twice in tho North; twice with tragical resnlt and once with far cical; bnt in tt,U series the farce came first. Philadelphia Times ] If Senator Boscoo Oonkiing wishes a vin dication in tho courts, he can open the case without unnecessary scandal by eatoriag a complaint against ex-Sonator Sprague for violation of the game laws. Bparta Iehmaslite.) Wo are determined not .o vote for Gover nor yet awhile, let the editors nominate whom they.will We are determined on this point. It is useless to tear around wild and loose to gat a Governor elected in the year of grace 1879 It is our deliberate opinion that it cannot bo done. Washington Star.) An Acting Secretary or tho Treasury to day receive;! a postage stamp to tho amount of 10 cehts from an unknown person who is evidently console rce-sirickan. The stamp was forwarded in an envelope postmarked Philadelphia, with a statement to the effect that the tender many years sgo while at school had snocoeded in erasing the oar cel- lation mark trom one or two stamps which had been need and had used them again. Now that ho knows such action was wrong, he dt8lres to pay ths Government the amount “ justly due,” and to make it "dead Enre” inc’.ostd stamps to the amount of 10 cents, which were covered into the conscience fond. —Scrgeant-at-Arma Thompson thinks the Greenback movement is wholly dead in Ohio. “We are,” he says, "all satisfied with resumption, and there is nothing to be gain ed by raking np tbe dry bones.” —The Bev. Leonard Bacon has failed In an attempt to enforce tbe Sunday law in Nor wich, Conn. The city attorney declines to prosecute ths. owners of Sunday exenrsion steamers, on the ground that the law pass ed In 17C2 is obsolete. —lha cultivation of the fig in the Western Michigan frait region bos proved to be a sac- oess. Specimens have been received in Cni- cago from a Michigan nnrsery. including a branch feur and three-fonrth inches in length bearing seven ripe figs. The crop of tbe tree from which the branoh was taken is estimated at two bnshels. —Senator Hampton is reported by the Bicbmond (Ya.) State as saying to an inter viewer that Thormtn -or Bayard will be the next Democratic nominee for the presidency. Hampton’s choice was thos announced : "I prefer Bayard; X 'prefer him as a man. I like bis principles.” The Senator thought that Sherman rather than Grant wonld be tbe Republican nominee. The Consumption of Baileoad Ties — Tbs Lumberman’s Gazette estimates that tbe annual consumption of railroad ties and sleepers is 49,000,000, or thirty years’ growth of 75,070 acres. The Gazette suggest* that, in view of the rapid depletion of oar foreits for railroad and other purposes, it would be well if we should hasten in following tbe ex ample of Enropeon States In tbs adoption of iron cross ties. —Sir. Nicholas Biss, formerly a member of the Hungarian Uehbslag, possesses a hotel at Paris. At the foot of the etsircoee ho has placed an elegant aaveall or tirelire, sur mounted by a parrot. When any one oomea down and goes np the etairoaae, the parrot screams out, ‘Szegedic!’ Tbe visitor looks around astonished, sees the tirelire, and puts something in It. Ths parrot has al ready collected more than 8,000 francs. The Eastern Bbare (Md ) newspapers con tinue their oompiaiuts of the mosquito plague. The Superintendent anu train bands of the railroad near Cambridge de clare that ths mosquitos have been so thick at to obscure the light of the sun, and that lighted lamps have been necessaiy at midday in tbe stores and counting room*. From Ty> askina newspaper correspondent declare* that ‘never in the history of Tysekln have the moequitoe bsen eo th ek as for the past vraek- 'There Is no rest night cr day ; our only remedy Is smoke! smoke! And we have smoked so much that our old women, and young women, too, look like dried beet on the hoot." —The plague of rata in the Deosan, Bom - bay, for the second season in snooeastoa ia occasioning serious alarm. These animals overspread the eonntry like locusts, destroy ths crops almost as thoroughly, and are even more difficult to keep down. Bo grave tat become the aspect of affaire that a “Eat Oommittee” was appointed to inquire Into the beat means of disposing of these crest- nr as. They havo advised the people to tom out en masse and fcoe tbe enemy. Bewarda are to be offered for dead rats, and, in fact, the invasion ia to bs treated as a matte: to be dealt with vigorously by the whole com munity. In the mean time the question has arisen as to bow the rats have multiplied. Boutn Carolina Cotton.—The Greenville (8.0.) Hews saya that the cotton crop of Greenville oonnty is likely to ba materially changed by the heavy and repeated rains of the last week. A week ago the planters were in high hope of a heavy yield; to-day they wonld compromise on a seven-eighths orop -perhaps on a thrce-fourlba crop. Ev ery day’s rain for tbe next week will dimin ish the yield, unless an uuusurdly late and dry fall oomes to their relief. It U noticed that ths meet promUffig fluids a week ags are tbe least prumhiDg to day on aooount of the large growth cf weed lappiog nsross the middle and Bhading tbe ground. If the rain continues, the best lands will not yi6ld more than half the crop expected a week sgo. Ontario of thk fail Tbidl—The Balti more bun says after the lost week in Angnst the dull season ends and the fall activities of trade begin to open. The prospeots for the present antamu are very cheering. Tbe de- maad for staplo goods ia greater than the supply, and under tho stimulus of brisk competition prices hive already advanced. A gentleman who io largely engaged in the Western carpet trade was in tbe city last week. He said he was detained in New York for ten days ever his regular lime by the difficulty of securing his goods and hav ing them forwarded. Trices have advanced in this trade 18 par cent, in the put fonr months, bnt stiU the orders far exceeded the ability of stocks to meet them. These or ders were all for carpets of American manu facture-law Imported goods were now sold by the trade. The iron business is literally "booming.” —Death From Fright.—Mias Bachel Snodgrass, 19 years of age, of Westmoreland county, Pa., dropped dead one day lost week under etranea circumstances, Shortly be fore tbe occurrence of the deplorable affair it is said that a little niece of Mia* Snodgrass had strayed ont into the back yard of her aunt’s residence, and presently wandered ont to a plank which bad been suspended across a deep well. Here the little one, un conscious of its peril, sat astride the board playing. A few minutes later Hiss Snod grass, who had missed the child, started ont to look for it. Going to the well she waa abont rescuing ths child, when It began to c y, and at ths same time made nn effort to crawl off the plank- This was so terrifying that Miss Snodgrass was overcome by her nervous excitement and fell to the ground, and had already expired when she was dis covered by her parents. The child was res cued without in j ary. —Great tribulation reigns in tho Cote d’Or, tbe seat of Burgundy wine production, where the phylloxera seem* to have made its ap pearance It is estimated that this insect has already destroyed some 930,000 sores of vinos, and great fears are entertained for the safety of the remaining 609,003. Up to tbo present nothing with ihe exception of inuuditiou has prcvailod against the phyllox era, and there are not many vineyards to which this remedy oan be applied. Some people have urged that the vine is not de stroyed by tho phylloxera, but tliat diseased plants generate that insect, which then feeds on th:m. Their theory is th»t the eoil is exhausted, and lhat no land can long sustain tba same plant. Bat the vine has been cul tivated from time i TmemorUlin Italy, Spain and other ooontrias which have not suffered like Francs; and tho phylloxera attacks in differently and with the s*me result old and weaa plants and the young -land vigorous vintB. It is evident that the presence of tbe phylloxera oan neither be tnosd to the weak ness of the plant nor to the exhaustion of ths soil. . A Disappointed Husband. How many yonng husbands have bsen wakened from their dreams of domestic hap piness and prosperity by the anxious care of a sickly wife! The home is not the elysium the lover hod so fondly pictured. Its atmos phere ia gloomy with inval.d complaints. Sweet-winged hope that at first brooded on its hearthstone, Boon fled, and an ominous bird ia there mate-nil, croaking cf disappoint ment. The many little heuseho'd offices that should ba tho delight of the wife to per form ore confided to strangers. The home soon becomes one only in name, and tbo disappointed husband teats pleasure and so ciety elsewhere, and goes downward step by step, from vice to vice, until the rain is com- pleto; and all because a wife has lost her health, and with it latr temper and all those sweet womanly graces that osn alone retain tbe love the maiden had won. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Presoriotion is an effioacioos reme dy for the painful diseases and weakness in cident to tho female organiem. It ia both a tonio and a nervine, strengthening the parts as well as remedying the diseased condition. N. Y. Ban.) Henry Wateraon writes to his paper from Block Island abont the Conkling-Bprague business: “I wish I may bs harpooned,” says he, " if ever I heard of anything like it in all my perusal of wicked history from ' Claudius down to Henry Ward Beeoher.” THE GENUINE 3DH. C» MoXAME’S Celebrated American WORM SFECiFSC OR VERMIFUGE, SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. T HE countenance is pale and lead cn-colored, with occasional flushes, or a circumscribed spot on one or both checks; the eyes become dull; the pupils dilate; an azure semicircle runs along the lower eye-lid; the nose is irritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds; a swelling of the upper lip; occasional headache, with humming or throbbing of the ears; an unusual secretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in the morning; appetite variable] sometimes voracious, with a gnawing sensation of the stomach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting pains in the stomach; occasional nausea and vom iting ; violent pains throughout the * abdomen; bowels irregular, at times costive; stools slimy, ndt unfrequent- ly tinged with blood; belly swollen and hard; urine turbid; respiration occasionally difficult, and accompa nied by hiccough; cough sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy and dis turbed sleep, with grinding of the teeth; temper variable, but generally irritable, &c. Whenever the above symptoms are found to exist, DR. C. MfLANE’S VERMIFUGE will certainly effect a cure. IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY in any form; it is an innocent prepa ration, not capable of doing the slightest injury to the most tender infant. The genuine Dr. McLane’s Ver mifuge bears the signatures of C. McLane and Fleming Bros, on the wrapper. —:G:— DR. C. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS are not recommended as a remedy "for all the ills that flesh is heir to,” but in affections of the liver, and in all Bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia and Sick Head ache, er diseases of that character, they stand without a rival. AGUE AND FEVER. No better cathartic can be used prepar atory to, or after taking Quinine. As a simple purgative they are un equaled. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. The genuine are never sugar coated. Each box has a red wax seal on the lid, with the impression Dr. McLane's Liver Pills. Each wrapper bears the signatures of C. McLane and Fleming Bros. \> Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. McLane’s Liver Pills, prepared by Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being full of imitations of the name McLane, spelled differently baf same pronunciation,