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j-HE STATE LEGISLATURE.
Atlxnta, October 15, 1879.
1HE SENATE
©V, &’. 3 p. m., the President in the
oh air.
AMENDMENTS CONCURRED IN.
The following bills haying been
Amended by the Souse, tho Senate took
them up and conourred in said Amend
ments, to-wit:
To prevent cruelty to children.
To provide for the eeleotion of arbitra
tors in certain cased of disagreement
relative to taxes between the Comptroller
General and certain corporations.
BILLS PASSED.
To encourages immigration into the
State of Georgia.
This bill was amended on motion of
Senator Clarke, by inserting the cams of
Mr. Slmeou R. Jenkins, of Atlanta, as
. immigration agent. Tne amendment
produced a warm diecnsaion.
Tho bill was Bent to the House, end
that body returned it, .refusing to concur
in the amendment.
Senator Clark move to adhere to tho
amendment. Tne motion, after much
and warm debate, prevailed.
Senator Grimes moved a committee of
confereuoo be appointed.. Prevailed.
The committee consisted of Senators
Grimes, Clarke, Harrison md Bryan.
To constitute the LsBeea (if leased)
of tne Macon and Brnnswick Railroad
agents lor the State.
To provide for a local board o! Trus
tees for the Middle Georgia Military and
Agricultural College, subject to the
Trustees of the State University.
Toe Senate adjourned till 7.30 p. m.
NIGHT SESSION.
The Senate met at the hour specified,
the President in the chair.
O.inCUKUENOS IN JOINT CZ30LUTI0VJ.
To request the Senators and Represen
tativis iu Congress to urge that body to
make an appropriation of money to the
Atlanta Colored University.
A resolution conveying certain iastruo
tions to tbe Comptroller of the State.
Abo to request tho Governor to raves-
tigate c rt.ain facts relative to certain M.
& B. E. E. coupons.
Set-atots Fain and Cabaniss were, on
resolution, appointed a committee to in
form the Governor of tbe imminent ad'
journment of tho Senate.
Tne Governor Informed the committee
that he had no farther oommanimtion to
make to them.
CuMPLIHEXTABT RESOLUTIONS
to Hon Ruin* E. Lester, President of
the Senate; to Hon. Evan P. Howell,
Presidaut pro tern; to Hod. IV. A. Harris
and H. H. Cabanbe, Secretary and As
sistant S: oratory of the Senate, and mi-
meroua others were passed.
A bouse resolution disposing of varioti3
articles iu ibe Geologioal office was con
certed in.
THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
on the immigration bill submit ed a ma
jority ana minority report.
The minority report was rejected on
yeas 10 and nays 18
Tne majority report was taken np and
adopted. It recommended that the Sen
ate recede from its amendment inserting
the name of Mr. Jenkins.
The light over this question was bitter
end well contested.
The House was notified, on motion of
Senator Hudson, that the Senate was
roady to adjourn.
Eev. Dr. Duncan sang with great pa
thos, “When shall we all meet again,”
and after a short and appropriate address
from tho President, U ; declared tbe cen-
ate adjourned tine die. This ended tbe
memorable and honorable session of
1879.
Carcltnn.
Atlanta, Ootcber 15, 1879.
THE HOUSE
met at three p. m., Ihe Speaker in the
chair.
BILLS ON THIRD BEADING.
To establish the flig of Georgia.
Parsed
The House took up the immigration
bill and refused to concur in the Senate
amendment making Mr. Simeon T. Jen
kins aosoimuaionar.
Tbe resolution relative to tho tiansfer-
ing of wild land fl. fas. was read and
adopted,
Mr. Nisbei, of Bibb, offered a resold
tion that tbe nee of the Hall of the
House of Representatives be extended
to Mtssre. Smith, of Oglethorpe, and
Livingston, for tho balance of the year,
to allow them to finish their debate on
the Agricallnral Bureau and icepection
Of fertilizers.
A good deal of pleasantry ensued,
A resolution that the presiding officer
may sign bills at acy time within twenty-
four hours after adjournment was adop
ted.
NIGHT SESSION.
The House mot again at 8 p. m., the
Speaker in tho Chair.
The Speaker appointed Messrs. Smitb,
of Oglctnorpe, Garrard, Weatorooks and
Hall a committee of oonferecoe on the
immigration bill.
Complimenlory resolution to Speaker
Bacon, Henry Goetohio3 and Murk Har
din were adopted.
/. resolution to deo'aro Dade ccnnty “a
wild lard” and Mr. Doggar general in
epcctor was adopted.
The Committee of Conference recom
mended that the Senate recede from its
amendment to the immigration bill.
The Senate reported that they bad
agreed to the report of the majority of
the Conforcnoe Committee.
A large cumber of humorous resolu
tions were offered and adopted.
The Journal was then read, and Speak
er Bacon addressed the House as follow*;
Gentlemen of the Routt of Representa
tive!: The moment baa arrived when
there devolve* upon me tbe last official
act which I shill perform for this House,
in pronouncing its final adjournment.
This has undoubtedly been a most extra
ordinary eossion. Ic has been extraordi
nary in the vast amount of labor this
Lsglelaturo hes been sailed upon to per
form, and in the anusual character of
muoh of that labor. • It has been extraor
dinary in the great responsibilities which
have been laid upon it; and, I will add,
still more extraordinary in the fearless
ness and determination with which these
responsibilities have been met and dealt
witb. Ic has been a great labor to act
npon more than fifteen hundred bills snd
resolutions, npon the large majority of
which atojo questions under a new and
nnexpouudtd Constitution. It has been
a stilt greater labor and a still more sol
emn responsibility to undertake and en
force a thorough reform and purification
of the oivil service in all the departments
of tbe government, to vindioate and com-
mend fidelity in office, and to expose and
condemn tbe abuse of public trusts, and
the violations of official duty.
To tbe fall measure of this high dnty
has this house risen. In its performance.it
has shirked no labor, it has shrank from
no responsibility, it has been deterred by
no personal sacrifios-wilb no personal an-
imouty, but with a devotion to the public
good which rose above personal conside
rations, it has struck at official corrupt
ion and mal'eassnoe as it would strike at
a public qnemy. It haB acted npon the
broad propoiitions s
I. That all cfficeis are trustees for tho
public, and that their offices must bo ad
ministered in all respects for the pnb'io
gcod, and not for their private emolu
ment.
_ That effioial integrity and official
fidelity aro essential to the safety of the
commonwealth, and must be inexorably
demanded of those invested with the
publio trusts.
8. That pnbllosoffioers, like priv e citi>
men?, must know the law, Jand that a
'crapulous obedienco to ita commands
will be expected of them.
Upon these inviolable principles the
members of this General Assembly have
: ' a themselves, and thee-3 principles
'he? will maintain both here and else
where. In the opinion of some these
{treat principles may not have found at
lion their fullest vindication; bat
B good start has oertalnly been made; a
Peat stride has been taken In the direo-
of that perfect official reform whose
Influence will not be limited to offioars at
the capital, bnt will extend to the officers
of every county and municipality in the
State. The effort for this reform may re
ceive a check or a reverse bere and there,
bat tbo woids spoken and the measures
taken here have met with a hearty re-
sponse in the great popular heart which
insures its ultimata and speedy eacoess.
Ia this great work we lave been nobly
sustained by the people and a greater
portion of the press, and to their aotive
support must be given due credit for the
saooesafal inauguration of this important
reform.
And now after this long k and wearying
session, we are about to return to onr
constituents the power and authority with
which they invested ns. As we do so.I
desire to say one word about this General
Assembly. I except myBelf so that I
may speak fieely. It has been my for
tune to serve with five successive Legis
latures of this Stats. They have acoom
pliahed a great work for tbe State, as Its
present condition shows. I have known
the members of the Senate and House of
eaoh of tsose Legislatures well and inti'
matelv, and without dapreoiatlng either
of it predeoea-.ors, the least that I can
say ia that this Legislature is in zeal, in
fideli y, and ability tbe eqnal of any that
Das gone before it within my experience.
And as no former Legislature within that
time has bad such solemn responsibilities
laid upon it, so this one has had an op
portunity for the dtepl»y of a fearless
moral ciurago and an unflinobing devia
tion to the public weal which was not af
forded to any that wont before it. This
Legislature nas been pre-eminently dis
tinguished by a fearless and independent
discharge of dnty. The members of this
General Assembly are thrice worthy of
tbe great commendations that have been
heaped upon them by a generous con
stituency, for their action marks a new
era of political reform in the State.
But, gentlemen, onr dmies hero have
ended, and as tbe session closes there are
other reflections which press upon us.
Etch of ns Is elated witb tho proeptcE'cf
the speedy return to his neglected bnai
ness, and to tbe comforts and pleasures
and endearments of home. Bnt while we
turn to those wo love, we sunder aseocia
tions and friendships formed in this hall
the strength of which we will not realize
until the moment has passed and tne ties
are broken. Strange it may seem that
beneath the stern and rough exterior of
men, their hearts should b3at warmly and
tenderly. Yet true it is, and 'tho beati
ful Bible story of tho devotion of Jona
than and David finds its unending illus
tration in tbe love of moa for each other.
Gentlemen, that which I most desire
to say, yet remains unsaid, and is moa 1
difficult for me to express—in words far
stronger than I have the power to com
man —I would niter my appreciation
and gratitude to the members of this
house for their kindness to me. Your
first act was to hoaor me—your last Das
been to give me more pra’ss than I de
serve, sod daring tbe long months o
contention and debate I have only met
with unvarying kindness from every
member. To each ani every cue I am
under a personal obligation, and in my
recollection oi my association with this
noose there lingers nothing pave that
which it will always be a ’’ieasnre for
mo to remember and cheri,<tr. Gentle
men, from my heart, in all sincerity,
re torn to ea.-h of you my mOBt earnest
thanks t< r your favor and indulgence,
wbicn have been tne beyond my deserts
With each of you go my best wiebes for
y >ur abundant prosperity and happi-
best.
The Speaker then solemnly pronounc
ed tbe House adjourned tine die.
CAd-LTNW-
Hi 1'C.LiiGKAiTL
New Yobs, October 16—Bonds to the
value of $28,100 were etol-.n yesterday
from a Bate in tne office of Merritt Grim
ble, a well kuown iron merchant in tbe
Goal and lion Exchange, by three stran
gers who oulied apparently on business.
Tbe loss was not discovered for several
boar* after their departure
Cincinnati* October 16.—Simmons &
Dickinson, of New York, who for many
years have drawn tbe Kentucky State
lotteries r.t Covington, were enjoined yes
terday b. the Oampbell county Chancery
C.urt at Newport, from drawing any lot
teries for the benefit of Henry College
or tbe Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at
snit of Henry Cotton This injunction,
following the raja notion granted by tbe
Circuit Court at Frankfort, stops all the
lotteries of Simmons & Dickinson in
Kentucky.
OiLvfsx.N, October 16.—A dispatch to
tbe News from San Antonio, reports tba'.
parlies of well armed Apaches are going
sonib from tbe MeBCatero Agency. Alt
poets have been notified to be in readi
ness tu concentrate their troops in ease
of neceeeitj.
BiiiDQAFoar, October 1C.—The verdict
in the Buchuliz case was get aside on ac
count oi a jarur*d irregularities. A new
trial is ordered.
Berlin, October 16 —Carl Eokert,
composer, conductor of the Eiyal Or
chestra, is dead.
Memphii, Oct., 16 10 a. m.—Ono new
case whs reported tewiay—Mika Murpi y
at tbe city hospital. One death his oc
curred since la.t evening—Tom Daltoa.
J. F. Davidson, Secretary cf the Mem
phis Gas L'gbt Company, was stricken
with fever last night. The weather is
rainy, with wind from the north.
Memphis, October 16, Noon.—Judge
John D Adams, a prominent criminal
lawyer, was stricken with the fever on
Saturday night, near the National Ceme
tery, and was brought to the eity this
mornizg. He faae been in Memphis sev
eral times ilnoe tbe seventh instant.
Columbus, October lft—No news of
importance baa been received to-day by
either party, exoept that tho Bepnblieao
Committee oonoedes the defeat of Wal-
bridge, Republican candidate for Sena
tor in tbe Toledo District. This leaves
the Hepublioans eight majority in the
Senate, and oertalnly thirty-five mijcrlty
on joint ballot.
Forsst Citt, Abe., October 16 —The
daughter of Frank Whitaker, was strict
en with fever last night; Miss Minerva
Wade died this morning. The National
Board of Health has been asked for $ 1,000
to employ a guard for the town and die*
infecting purposes. Up to tbo present
time, seven deaths have ocourred—six
aro still Bick.
San Antonio, Tex , October 16 —Gen.
O/d baa received tbe following i
Ft. Concho, October 15.—Uol. Haleb,
commanding the district of New Mexico,
informs me that large bodies of well
armed Apaches aro going south towards
Texas. They are probably renegades
from tbe Indian Territory and Mexioo. I
have arranged to intercept them and con
centrate a force if necessary.
[Signed] Gen. Grierson.
Columbia, 8. C-, October 16.—Ooailei
Hamburg, a well known merchant of this
oity, committed Boloide this afternoon
by sbocting himself.
San Francisco, Oct. 16.—A deipatob
from Tucson, Arwonia, sayat a special
to the Daily Star from Silver City reports
that the Indians have been committing
terrible depredations in the Bio Grande
valley and southwest of Fort Cummings.
On Sunday, a volunteer company of
thiity men under Captain C. Crouch, went
from Mesllla and Cruoes to their aid.
They met one hundred Indians near
Colorado, eighteen miles from Slocum’s
Ranch. After a severs fight the volun
teers were compelled to fall back. They
had a rnnning fight into Sloonm’s Ranch.
The killed in this fight were W. T. Jones,
connty clerk of Donahou ootraty, and
four Mexicans. Oa the receipt of the
news at Messilla, ten companies of eighty
men were raised by Colonel Byneraon,
and went to join Crouch to-day at Slo
cum’s and go to Colorado. Two trains
were captured yesterday on the west side
of Blosam’s. In one of them eleven
men, one woman and one child were
killed. Both trains were scattered.
t o stay in the country and biing on a
general warfare.
Memphis, Oou 16.—Siven cio s is all
fire whit s and two colored, were rapor
ted to-day—Toney C stocova, Mrs. Juli
White, J. T. Davidson, Judge Jn>. D
Adams and two oolored, were reported
this afternoon. No additional deaths
have occurred. The Howards will send
three more nurses to Forest City to
morrow morning on a tpeolal Inis,
Washington, Octobsr 16 —The cass of
Judge Coles, of Pittsjlvania connty, Vir
ginia, who was indicted in ihe United
States Diatriot Court last spring, for al
leged illegal discrimination against color
ed men in the selection of tho grand and
petit-jnrors, came np in the United States
Supreme Court to-day, cn petitions by
himself and by the Commonwealth of
Virginia, for writs of habeas eorpvt and
certiorari The argument; wis opened by
Attorney General Field, cf Virginia, for
tbo petitioners, and by Assistant General
Sorim in opposition to the petitioners.
Kansas Citt, Mo., October 16 —The
International Brotherhood of Loojmotivo
Engineers opened their annual session
here yesterday. A hundred and fifty
members from all parts of the country
and Canada wets present.
Paris, October 16- — The Bank of
France weekly statement shows a decrease
iu speoie for tbe week of 31,625.000
francs. The Parisian papers say chat
ten million francs in gold left bere this
week for New York and a similar uum
was withdrawn from the Btak for the
Swedish government.
Naples, Oatobar 16.—A meeting will
bo held here on the 28'.b instant, to ad'
vccata a simultaneous partial disnrma
meat throughout the world. All peace
associations have, been invited to send
delegates. Special deputations will rep
resent American, English acd German
peace associations.
London, October 16.—A correspondent
of the Times, at Oidhtim, says the reso
lution adopted Saturday by the repre
sentatives of forty limited companies of
Oldoam to work on the short time sys
tem for another month, haa surprised
nobody, as trade hn not, so far as Old
ham is conoerned, been much benc-
fitttd by the experiment as yet. It is
irne that the price of ectton has fallen in
Liverpool, bat tbe price of yarn hes not
hardened in Manchester, and has in fao;
lost ground, and th9 advantage gained in
Liverpool is thus almost balanoed.
When a new crop arrives and the price
of cotton falls to any extent, there will
be a general ruBhfor full time operations
and a revival of tbo old complaint con-
corning over prodnolien. The position
uf many of the limited companies is very
grave indeed. A few have gone into
liquidation because their loan capital has
baen very hardly withdrawn. One of
tbe largest concerns, with a nominal cap
ital of .£150,000, which during thu last
year paid *910.000 to limited loan
holde-ts, ha* gone into liquidation to pre
vent farther hezard.
New York, Oot. 16—Tho Protestant
EpUcopal Conference hero this morning
was largely attended. Tho question or
“what ia wanting to a successful evangel-
izition of the colored people of this
country” was discussed by Rr. Bev. Dr.
Lyman, Assistant Bishop of North Caro
lina, Bev. Ur. Alex W. Wad lei), of Rich
mond, Va. and Bov. Bobsrt White, of
Virginia Miseionarit s.
Matville, N. Y., October 16 —It was
discovered this morning that tbe door of
the boat bouse in which Courtenay’s boats
were kept had been forced open late last
night by some unknown person, and both
cf tbo boats sawn nearly in two, in such
u manner as to utterly min them. The
one made for the race was cat two thirds
tbrongu, twelve feet tsn inches from the
bow, snd tho worktng boat was out en
tirely through, six feet four inches from
the etern. Ic wdllake at least ten dsys
to have another boat built.
There is a general feeling of distrust
as to the part Courtenay took in the mat
ter, many believing that he or hie men
are at the bottom of it. It is estimated
that there aro ten thousand people here
to witness tbe expected race. There is
great excitement over tbe destruction of
Uourtensy’s boat. Tao boat used by
Frecchy Johnson in practice is too light
for Courtenay’s use, so tbe postponement
cf tbe race for a time, or more likely a
permanent one is probable. Tho referee
and officers in charge of affairs aro in con
sultation, but no reporters are admit
ted.
Hautejbd, October 16.—The Gate
City Guards, of Atlanta, Ga., arrived here
this afternoon, and were received by tbo
Putnam Pnalsnx, and greeted with sn ar
tillery salute. A street parade was made.
The buildings in the city were decorated,
and thousands of citizens thronged tho
streets. At a banquet to-night, at tbe
Patnam Pnaianx armory, addressee of
welcome were made by Ex Governor
Habbard, Gen. J. B Hawley, A. E. Burr,
Judge Calhoun, E S Cleveland and oth
ers,Mayor Calhonn, of Atlanta, and Capt.
Burke responding on the part of the vis
itors. Half a dozin wooden nntmegs,
made from the wood of tbe charter cak,
were presented by Captain Barks. A ball
in honor of the visitors was also given
this evening.
Columbus, October 16, Evening.—
Few additional figures have been re
ceived here to-day by either of the com
mittees, bnt tbo Bepublioan committee
report to-night that, according to their
figures, Foster’s majority will be some
where near seventeen thousand. It will
take fall official figures, which cannot be
MY LOVE S ME.
’Tit the last bright hoar of a magic time,
Tm waning close of & summer dretic;
I shall soon be far from the ocean chime,
from the elcepng hills and tho voicoless
stream
Acd lever-have lingered, loth to part,
O sweetest of western vales, from thee.
But 1 leave thee now with a bounding heart,
fori know to-day that my lov? loves me?
from the com fields glowing with August bloom,
from the tea’s soft b! ue, from the wind swept
down,
I go to my lonely London room,
To the date and dint of the work-worn town.
But a gay farewell to tbe golden fields.
And a light adieu to the lauzhing real
All lonxing to linger nagiesaadyielda
To the thrill of tho thought that my love love i
me.
So I cheeri'y turn to my work again,
Lirarui-sin ita daily round once more;
But th j stress of thought and the sweat ol brain
Have lost the hardness that erst they wore.
for with strange now glory the world ii bright,
That never before was on land or see,
And all things move in a mist of light,
for joy that I know that my loves me.
I know by tho touch cf her tell-ta!ehand,
I read In the rote-blush bloom of her cheek
Tho loro that a lover can nnderttand.
The wordless language that hearts can speak.
Tct 1 hunger to hrar it in accents low.
And looa and long for the day to be—
The golden day when I sure shall know
from her own true lip* that my lore loves me
H C S in London Society,
Animal Fermentation.
BT J. P. STXVEIS, Sf. D.
The spontaneous generation of living mat
ter has been thesnbject of warm discussion
among scientists for many years. H. Chari-
toa BasUan, of Loudon, with comparatively
few associates, have advocated the affirma
tive of this proposition, while Tyndal, Hux
ley, tenizenberger, Pasteur, Ballinger, Stim-
eon and others, havo satisfactorily demon
strated tho negative. The truia tn that life is
antecedent to life, is recognized by a large
majority of tho sclontifio workers of the
present day.
Now, what is the true nature of the basis
npon uhtoh rest the investigations of tbe
lihguits in ibis important discussion?
Tno cbiractirioiio habits and fnoctione of
oortain animaoules and their gormj, invisible
to th* natnr.l eye, but plainly discernible
through the microscope, which are abun
dantly found in tho atm.-sphere.
These auimaculese are comprised under
the general term Bacteria, winch .includes
many varieties and subdivisions of this olasa.
In a popular piper as this ia intonded to be,
I do not consider it appropriate to enter into
a mutate meoription of the different anima-
cn'.es included under the general term bac
teria, bnt will merely notice som • of their
distinctive forms and motions. First, wa
find the mycroztnm. round or oval, which
multiply by spontaneous ecission or separa
tion into different parts, each a living nnit.
Thou stiff jointed, rod like bodies, called
rod-bacteria, which movo with oicillatoiy
ru.viun; and baeter.a termo, which aro tli3
agents of putrefaction. The term vibrio is
applied to those which ''move rap'dly across
the Said or the microtoope with an undnla-
tory, sinuous motion.” Occasionally we find
tho baciena tpirillis, resembling a cork
sarf.w, having a “wavy, serpent-like mo*
tion,” rotating rapidly oa ita living axis.
Billroth demonstrated the nature and impor
tance of certain glistening epherioa! bodies
called Draersporen, double spores, which
burst their -nvelopes and form one epeciea
of biotoria called alieroeooiue. It is record
ed that in 1CS1, Lsawenhock, a Dutchman,
gave the first description of bictaria, bnt on
aoconn: of the imperfection of the microsco
pical instruments of his day, bis observa
tions were rather vague and’acsatisfiOiory.
Ha says that ho found lha largest number of
bacteria between the nnosrcd for broken
teeth of an ohimsn. “Ho supposed these
ur-rteria to be animals, and, indeed, gave tho
name eels to some larger ones ho found
in Tiuegar, whoso motions wero so active, I
he had to k-11 one bofo.o th i limner could- words on earth,
portray it.” In 182*, Ehrenberg gave the
most accurate and ra table description of
these creatures at that time, bat in 1872
Ferd Cohn made tbo latest and most com
plete cTfesuicarion of than.
With these preliminary explanatory re
marks regarding the nature of these
animacuiitea we will briefly consider their
agency, in the putrefaction of flash and in
tne prodn -tion of dneare. I wilt first re
mark with r*ierenoe to tho tenacity to life
cf biciona, that a temperatnra below zero
temporarily piraijzis them, from which they
soon recover, on being subjected to a warm
er temperature of • 0 .o 45 degrees above z >
ro; aadat impcratare from 140 to 212 de
grees, according to the length of time they
era then exposed, destroys them.
The epores that produce them, however,
avu almost iudectzuctible by extremes of
temperature, as they will indnro with impnn-
ily to degress or more of old below, and
3u0 degre.-a abora zero. Contact wifca cer*
tain med cinal substances, and ozone, will
speedily annihilate them. It ia believed that
iu the blood even cf healthy animals they are
always present to a greater or less degree,
but ihit th’e motion of the o’reulating cur
rent prevents any injurious effect upon the
system. Btunson says “It is prooable that
their role, so far as disease is concerned, is
as follows: while they have no power in
themselves to exc'.te disease, diphtheria vaccci
mis, eepticauia, typhoid f *ver, eto, they are
able to absorb tho poiton (ferment?! wh ch
is capable of producing it, to “fix” it as it is
termed, a> d to give it up to aDy tissue with
which they may come into contact,
acting time a; ouriers of conta
gion ; then after the abnormal
process h»s been commenced in the body, a
change is brought in the tisanes which ren
ders them Bailable for the rapid multiplica
tion and growtn of the bacteria, which, in
tarn, augment the change in the tistnes, and
thus is formrd a vicious circle, the conse
quences of which are too often fatal Any
agent which destroys the life of tho bioteria
or prevents their multiplication, breaks this
oiicle, and renders a core posable.”
Row. let us observe the ohanges that are
absolved in a piece of “flesh, fish or fowl”
when exposed to tho air in moist, warm
weather.* Exp iso a piece of beefsteak to the
air, and in from twenty-fenr to thirty-eix
hours it soon stinks and becomes putrid,
and fit only for tbo minute pile. If cotpio-
teoted ty some external covering the com-
mo i “blow fly" soon depoeils its oggs, and a
eion of bacteria npon his wares by envelop
ing them in ioo, and thus benumbing these
agents of dsatruolion. The economic!!
housewife cot nufreqn rally parboi’s or par
tially bakes her pan try or leg of motion,
thus kitbag tho existing bacteria and en
abling her ti ksep for a longer time artlolea
of cuifiuethat must have speedily passed
into pntref: oiion.
The ob erring and prudent dairymaid
knows from experience the neosssity of tbe
utmost cleanliness in the pr cesses of the
dairy. Bhe is aware that by always soalding
with boiling water and carefully drying he
milk vessels immediately before and imme-«
diately afteruring thjai, she can secure a
belter article of milk and prolong itB sweet
ness. and when this precaution is not
served how eoon her milk and baiter pass
into putridity. When the skillful surgeon
is about to perform an operation involving
the exposure to the air of the internal cavi
ties of tbe body, he is careful to place bis in-
etinmonts in a solution of carbolic aoid, and
tbiowupon the expoeedparts acsrtain quan*
titity of carbolic aoid spray, in order that he
may kill any existing bacteria,- and thus se
cure a rapid snd almost painless process of
berimg of tbe wound made by the knife.
The presence of air and moistnre, as well
as an elevated temperature, are neoessary
to tbe development of baoteria, . hence the
dealer in dried meats first enbjeots his fresh
meats to a process of destination, usually by
smoking until most of the moisture is ex
pelled, when ihey will resist the process of
putrefaction often for years. The use of
ealt snd saltpetre is beneficial as a prepara
tory application to the meat by ccntracting
its tissues, thereby expelling its moisture
and hastening its dessieation.
An exchange says: Thera are more
puns made cn Dr. Ball’s Cough Syrup
free of charge, than are paid for by the
owners. A good thing deserves the no
tice of tbegpreSB.
The FaUt mazed.
Bostra Berald.J
Major Burney, of Georgia, who has
been aoiag a good deal of work here as
an apostle of peace and fraternal feeling
between the sections, has retnrned to his
home in tho pleasant city of Albany, in
southwestern Georgia. Major Burney
came bere, welcomed by a friendly letter
from Governor Talbet, Llent.-Gov. Long,
Mayor Prince and other distinguished
gentlemen, and he abundantly enjoyed
tho elegant hospitalities wbioh Boston
people always shower upon onr recon
atrnoted_friends. In a quiet and modest
way Major Harney addressed himself to
his work—lhat of promoting a knowledge
of the agricuit -rtl resources of his State.
His lecture on Georgia’s reeonroes was
delivered, not to tbe wealthy class, bat
to tbo bone and sinew of onr population.
If there aro any more progressive and
intelligent Southern journalists who wish
to sample onr Yankee hospitality, let
them come, following the path blazed out
by.oar pioneer friend from Georgia.
Gen. Sterling Pbios’s Last Words.—
The only persons ^-resent when Gen. Price
expired ware Mrs. Stoddard and Col
John P. Bali. The latter, near the close
of the wsr, belonged to tbe personal staff
of Gen. Price, and during his illness had
been a regular attendant at his bedeide.
Calling Mrs. Stoddard and Col. Bull to.
approach the bed,he took a hand of eaoh,
nerved himsolf for the effort and broke
the awful stillLess by repeating in a
calm, distinct tono the lines:
‘Teach me to feel another’s woe.
To hide the faults I tea;
Tost mercy I to others show,
lha-. mercy show tome.”
Wilb these words failing from his lips,
ho sank to re3t in tho arm of the great;
Captain of Hosts. They were his last
obtained for some days to decide defin- full crop of,worms i* soon piraetting and rev-
itfelr wh«t the exact majority will be. It ehDg iu ttieir disgobting fraafc Okk<r* pieco
rpnnrtad thin mornint? that Moun?B. Of fl;flh »nd bail It UQlil All th8 soluble por-
was reported this morning that Mounts.
Republican candidate for Senator in
Butler, Warren District, had been defeat
ed by one vote, bnt this afternoon the
Republican committee were notified that
be has been elected by twelve majority.
This gives the Sepnblicans twenty-two
Senators, and the Democrats fifteen.
According to tbe best figures obtainable
tbe Republicans have eleoted seventy
members of tbe lower house.
Suffer not disappointment by employing
too many “enrear—but for tbe diseases of
Infancy use Dr. Ball’s BsbySyrap which
never disappointments, and ooats only 25
osnts a bottle.
Mr. Tilden.—Tne New York Times,
which of late has beoome to be the mouth
piece of Mr. Tilden, declares that he is
preparing a letter declining to be »jain
a candidate for the Presidency.
Good at Figures.—The Ohio Radicals
proved thenmelves muoh better at fig
ures over that State election than
the Democrats. But that is not
wonderful. They are mors accustomed
o figures. Tnoy have a greater demand
for them. It is a long time since the
Democrats had oocasion to figure np their
innings, and the science of numbers
comes slow to them.
CONSUMPTION CURED.
An old physician, retire I from practice, her*
ns had placed in his hands by an Kast India
missionary the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speed v and permanent core for
Consumption, Bronchitas,Catarrh. Asthma, and
all Throat and Lung Affections, also a positive
and radical cure for Nervous Debility ana all
Nervous Complaints, alter having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases,
has felt ft his duty to make it known to his
suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and
a desire to relieve human suffering, I will send
free of charge to all who desire it, this recipe,
with full directions for preparing and using, in
German. French or English. Sent by mail by
addresBine with stamp, naming this paper, W W
Sharab 149 Powers* Block, Rochester,N x
Washington, Oct. 14.—Attorney Gen
eral Dovens, at the request cf Postmas
ter General Key, has telegrapeed the
United States district Attorney, at Louis
ville, to appear for the Postmaster of that
city and move for a transfer to tbe Fed
eral Court of a snit which has been
brought against her in a Siato Court for
holding some twelve hundred letters ad
dressed to the Agent or Secretary of the
Oid Commonwealth Lottery; n similar
suit in the United Slates Court at Louis
ville having yesterday been decided in
her favor. Poetmaster General Key, ac«
Corpses lie along the road. The num-! companied by Colonel Thompson, b'upsr-
ber of people kcown to h.vs been killed inlesdent of the railway mail service,
within the past four or five days reaohes ’ — J “*
■n aggregate of about forty. This is the
most persistent fighting the Indians have
been known to do in this section. They
uo In large bands and seem determined
tions ate extracted, and when subjected to
tbo action of the air the same phenomena
are observed. Now, how is this change ac
complished?
It has been before remarked that the sir
is charged w>th the germs ot infinitesimal,
invisible aoimacnlea at all times, ready to
commence their predatory incursions upon
all dead organic subslanaes. Subject a piece
of putrid flesn to microscopical observation,
and yon aee it ewarmiog with living den
tures, wriggling and dancing in icfinitesimal
numbers uo you say thu this change is
wrought by obemical action? Tyndall refutes
your hypothesis by the following ingenious
experiment.
He made a little chamber with doors and
wlndow-shntterd, so as entirely to exoludo
tne external air. It Is assumed that the air
is at all times filled with floating 'mote?, as
almost every one has noticed them when a
stream of light is permitted to pass through
an sperm.u id a darkened room. Tin
motes are seen flying about the coll. Now,
throngh one ol tbe ehu-ters in the dark
ened chamber above mentioned a hole is
perforated, through which a stream of light
is projected and made visiblo by the floating
motes ia the inclosed air. The fljor and
eides of ihe chamber aro covered with gly
cerine or some adhesive Arid, and the air
being perfectly still, the motes gravitate to
the bottom or fl >or of the chamber, and take
along with them tbe floating ammacolae
germs, which are caught and retained by the
giyoerine.
After awhile the (rack of light becomes
fainter and fainter, until it finally entirely
disappears. All the motes have descended
to tne bottom and sides of the chamber, ihe
light can no longer be visible, end its disap
pearance indicates that the oontained air has
been purged and beoome absolutely pare.
Now, admit into the chamber tbe moist,
cenantrated and oorrapb.b'.o eolntioo of fish,
fowl, flesh or vegetable, and it will remain
perfectly swset for days, months or years.
Observe that tbo chemical constitution of tho
air within the clumber is precisely similar to
that cut-id? of it, the same elementary com
binations of four-fifths nitrogen, and one-
nfth oxygon. The only difference is that one
has bleu purged of it* noxious freight, and
the other m still corrupted theroaitb. To
prove this, after one or more weeks or
months open one of the doors of tbo little
oaambar so as to admit the external air, and
in three days ibe enoloeed fl»h, fish, fowler
vegetable wul be changed into a mass of pu
trefaction and rotieoneas. Repeat thste ex
periments as often as yon may, and the same
phenomena will be observed. The logical
dednotion which will be presented to your
mind iB, that tho dust-laden air convey the
active agent of destruction.
Apply heat to a vcsjel ot milk and set it
aside. £oonthemitkb83omo« decomposed;
that it, it separries into whsy and curd.
This has bean tff,-c.ed through tbo .agency
of the vibrio, au auimieuia conceived in the
fermentation of butter, or tho bnlyrio add
fermentation- Expose thu whey and cu v <l
to the xcrira of air and moisture, aud it is
coon attacked by tho baoteria tissue, snd
parses into pnuidily.
Thus we ore assailed on every side by in-
- - All Mare.
Probably Burdette.
Political editors of tbe Southern papers
now wear a sword in additions to currying
two revolvers end a dirk. All who say
they aro not woll armed are liars.
THE GEORGIA PKE88.
and Colonel Parker, Chief of tbo depart
ments of special agents, left for Rioh- uitM ^ ^
mand to night on business connected with { visible enemies, ever oa tlTe alert to "fiu ^ -
the transfer to that oi*y of the Southern j trite our beat direoted plans and purposes,
division superictendenoy. * The fiihmoegar retards tho destructive iuva-
A man near McDuffie captured a whis
key thief by patting croton oil and ipecao
in the bottle.
The Sparta lihmaclite congratulates
itself npoa an increased prosperity.)
Tobias, the pedestrian, will fill the gap
in Savannah ciroles, which the retiring
Pinafore occasions.
The Sonthern Watchman thinks that the
Reafroe verdict; split; the Democratic
party and farther remarks that the Inde
pendents ure gaining strength daily. Wo
never prophesy, bnt this is an occasion
npon which we may remark, Ob, watch-
mao.“lay not that flattering unotionyonr
soul.”
There is an “r” in this month,bnt it is
set so far back that is not safe to culti
vate en intimacy with the bivalves yet.
Mb. Moore, who was shot in Savannah
was not a member of the Thomaiville
Guards, but n citizen. Wa learn from
tbo Enterprise that he is recovering,
though Btill in too critical a condition to
bear removal from Savannah.
The Okcjenotean answers roll-call,with
nn alligator who has lived a sedentary
life in a small pond a mile from Dnpont,
for seventy years, receiving no company,
and grand, gloomy and peculiar in his
silent isolation.
Augusta is getting ready for the
Methodist Conference. The elegant
bouses of onr eister city will be thrown
wido open, and a hearty welooma extend
ed to all visiting ministers. The only
expense to bo incurred is the hire of
bmall boys to ran down yellow-leg
chickens in the back yard.
If there is anything that Georgia ex
cels iu, it is in pretty girls. We can’t re
member ever having Been a naturally
ugly one. It may be necessary to class
them, after the fashion of the Irishman
and his whisky, as pretty, prettier, pret
tiest, bnt state it a3 we may, the lines of
beauty ure found in all.
South Georgia Fair, Middle Georgia
Fair, North Georgia Fair, State Fair and
one hundred and thiity-six oounty fairs.
Old Preb, cannot get a shower into the
State edgeways without provoking a mal-
cdioiiuo from soma locality; there
a genera! demand on him for fair weath
er, which if heeded, would cause old
Dame Nature to remove her glsises, and
iadignenriy discharge him.
Ford's Juvenile Singers have been out
to vie -7 tbe Hanavonture; they were mnoh
pleased., with the beautiful cemetery and
eunoundings. We were going to say,
this wc’s a point to whioh they have never
Pinafore, but the printer refnses to set
up any more jokes aboat Pinafore.
McDuffie Journal: Oa Sunday night
last, a tignt ouourred between Joe Hamp
ton and Nc,, Dunn, both colored, on
Cob Fulton’s place, in this county, in
whioh Joe, with a powerful blow, drove
tbe blade of iris knife thxongh the eknll
and into too brum of Nep, killing him in
stantly. Joe tben came to Thomson and
surrendered hi in: elf to the sheriff and is
now in jail. We do not attempt to give
tho ciroamataneen attending the killing,
tor ibe tenecn, that they are at present,
very mnoh confused.
Chronicle end Constitutionalist: The
Diractors oi the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company met yesterday morn
ing ia tbelr room at tho bank, for an in
spection of business for the past term,
and the txausuclion of snoh matters as
might properly come before them. After
being called to order by the President,
the statement oi business for the past
six months was submitted by the Audi
tor. Ftom this gentleman we have been
enabled to give to tho public the follow
ing comparative statement: For the six
months ending September 1st, 1878, the
cross earnings of the road were |330,-
000, ned expenses $230,000, leaving net
earnings at $50,000. For the six months
eudiog S.pt. 1st, 1879, the gross earnings
have been $366,000; expenses, $304,000;
leaving the not earnings at $62,000.
From this it will be seen that tho increase
in gross earnings haa been $36,000, tbe
increase in expenses $24,000, making the
increase in net earnings $12,000. The
ht-jvy erpeusco of the road have been
oreated by payments for steel rails, the
grain elevator, a new stock of cross ties,
and other extra matters, making about
JlOO.OCfO, expended from the earnings of
tba dttU-snmmer searou. Last year iheee
extra expanses wero paid for during the
heavy winter months, but Gen. Alexander
thought beat to meet them at once this
r ear, and clear them away immediately.
This extra exponas, bowevor, it is thought
will ba easily covered by the comrag win
ter business, as tbe gross earnings thus
far havo largely inircased.
Southern Enterprise: During the past
Ich days, Mr. Dick adito’nell hw captured
three foxes near Thomaeville, in the vi
cinity of Mr. J. A. L nton’s place. The
last chase was on last Saturday morning.
A considerable number of onr fnn-loving
citizens participated in tho ohase, which
UstecLa little over an hour and resulted
in the capture of tho fex alive by Judge
Hopkins. Finding himself sorely pressed
by the dags, R.-ynird took to Mr. Lin
coin’s lot, and after rnnning around
emoDg tho horses aud mules a few times,
attempted to get throngh the fence.
While in this act, Jndgo H. siezed bim by
the tail, with one hand and the nape of
the neck with the other and lifted him
out of reaoh of the dogs. Ha is still alive
snd will probably be given a ehanoa for
his life at the hands of the same hunters
and dogs.
Dailt Times: Master Jaoob Kerniker,
nephew of Mr. Jacob Kerniker, of Ala
bama, died in that plaoe on Monday ot
typhoid fever. He was a bright snd in
telligent lad ot sesroa sixteen summers,
when he was called to answer at the bar
of ths just. He came to this country
from Germany little less than a year
since, leaving fond parents behind,
around whose hearthstone there will be
eidness and regret when the tidings of
his death reach there.
Dupont Oitfcnokcan: Some nights ago
while the express passenger was lyiDg
over here, a large, burly man went to the
condnotor and informed him that quite a
fancy looking young man had insulted
his wife. The condnctor at once pro-
ceeded with hU informant to the oar, and
found the aforementioned young gent
and demanded his leaving the car. The
yenng man made many protests of not
having dene anything wrong, and declin
ed to leave. Mr. conductor cellared
Mr. gent, and hurried him into
ther second-class car, and then
asked him what he had done. He eaid
“Oh! Jnotbing bnt an irresistible desire,
one I could not control, came over me to
kiss tbe lady and I did so, and then went
and took my eeat.” Said oondnetor be
came so oonvolsed at the foolishness and
ladierousness of tbe thing that, with
reprimand, he let the young men go,
who informed him he was from Savan
nah, The pretty part of the whole
thing, is the off ended husband was at least
twice the size of the innocent gent. Yet
ho is like some people we know, are large
enough to defend themselves yet they
want protection. Does tho cap fit any of
onr imposed npon citizens? Don’t all
think at once.
In tbe nds of these intelligent gen
tlemen who will not fail to snmmon lo
their aid the best railroad talent of the
State, wo fool confident that tbo interests
of every class and -qrpqrtition of tbe
—In January next a postage stamp of a
new design is to ba issued in Great Britain.
It a ill bear a portrait of tbe Q icon assha
appears in nutate age, and not, as now, a
likeness cf ber Majesty when she had just
anturari w-TOMihood. The stamps^at~prss-
eomqjqoljy will Jealously be conserved j *nt in use mo iopreerious from iteel en-
flhil nraLo'r A I ortvlr.^a V.n* lVi« hflv {■•no will Via nrinfAil
Sleepless nights and cheerless days will
be prevented if yon use Dr. BallV Baby
Syrup to induce sleep and oomposnre to
the Baby. Fries 25 cents.
ODD8 AMD ENDS.
Commissioner LeDuc is under the
impression that Caraway seed can bs sue
oeBsfnlly cnltivated in the Sonthern
States. Wo truBfe this may provo true;
there is no finer fruit in the world than
Caraway, grafted on the ordinary field
gin ;er cake. The commissioner has so
arranged it that each visitor to tbe Agri
cultural department is permitted to cars
way seed to assist in the development of
his pet theory.
Miss Ream has added, within the last
year, a oarving to the lumber room of
the Capitol at Washington. It is a paro
dy on Linoolo. The poor fellow stands
on a pedestal with bis eyes reversed, ss
though they had gono on an introspest-
ive tour to identify their owner; his feat
aro in a pair of Western brogans,
and his right baud grasps a mmuroript
copy of the reoord in Mark Twain’s beer
contract. The South is avenged. It
only needs Virginia’s motto, ‘'Sic Semper
Tyranny;” to point the moral.
Massachusetts feels nettled at Hamil
ton Fish’s remark that the State haa
never produced a greater man than Oa
teb Cashing; and people are beginning to
rake up a little rottenness from Caleb’s
record that oertainly would smell as sweet
under any other name.
The Boston Herald smiles over the
names of settlements in Louisiana. Car
rion Crow, Barebones, New Hell Town
and Apple Pie Ridge are in truth a little
ridiculous, and tho idea of being addressed
as “the gentleman from Carrion Crow”
a little repulsive. After all, however,it
is net the place from whioh a man comes
that concerns him—it is the place to
which he eventually goes.
The xeBult in Ohioia saddening, but it
is as nothing compared with the gloom
which eBfolds us, when we reflect that
the voluminous telegrams must neces
sarily crowd out the late dispatches which
announce that tho G. C. G.s have success
fully surrounded their daily bread.
There is an inquiry afloat which oalls
for the present looation of the carcass of
Lamar’s <&ntineZ. Tired of shining in one
brilliant electrio flame, he is awaiting the
issuing of Edison’s machine for sub
dividing the current that animates him;
when this is completed he will light np
the entire 19 th century to such an extent
that standing on tbe 79th rail, a man can
look back and see his grandfather trip
ping himself np on the nursery floor,
with his pendant swaddling clothes.
An Arkansas Band.
Globe-Democrat.)
Mr. Fat. Donan, ens of the Democrat
ic lights of the Southwest, tearfully re
marks to an Interviewer that Gen. Grant,
as to tho forthcoming Presidential con
test, holds “an Arkansas hand;” and then
volunteers the explanation that “an Ar
kansas hand” consists of four aoes and a
bowie-knife. -We presumo this is a very
strong metaphor, but being unversed in
the technology of gaming cards, from
which we presume the feound imagina
tion of Mr. Donan borrows it, wo cannot
comprehend its full import and signifi
cance. The editor of a great religious
daily cannot be presumed to be familiar
with snob matters; b. t we should say,
without knowing anything abont the fonr
zses, that fonr aoes and a bowie-knife
wonld be very hard to beat, especially if
the bowie-knife were well handled.
—The New York Times'deolares that Mr.
Tilden is preparing a letter declining to
serve again as a candidate for the Presiden
cy- _
Tbe Railroad Commissioners.
If Governor Oolqnitt had laken a fall
year to consider who among tbs many
trandreds ot ihe worthy sons of Georgia
were best fitted to assume the responsible
trusts devolved npon the three Commis
sioners under the railroad law, we do not
believe he conld have made a better or
more diaoreet saleolion.
In Major Wallace, the railroad expert
we have a gentleman of varied expe
rience, the most of whose entire life has
been devoted to the praotioal details
connected with the management of the
iron highways whioh traverse every por
tion of the conntry. He ia also a man
son* pevr taut reproche, and withal a
Christian. Ex-Governor Smith is admitted
to be a lawyer of great sagacity and acu
men,and however obnoxionshe may be to
some in his personal relations, no one
can impugn his integrity, or call in ques
tion hU fidelity to tho true interests cf
the State. It should never be forgotten
that it was he who first deteoted and ex
posed (not to called it more) tho irregu-
arities of Treasurer John Jones, and ap
plied tho brakes just in time to save per
haps, millions to the Commonwealth.
As to Mr. Barnett, it is enough to say
bat his nama is honesty. SS5
As a representative of the agrioulcnral
and mechanioal estates of the realm, no
individual i3 better or more favorably
known to the people. He is himself a
praotioal and scientifio farmer, and thor
oughly prated as to those odioas discrimi
nations in railway freights which have
caused so mnch umbrage and disgust to
onr citizens. Who has not heard or read
the admirable papers of Mr. Barnet on
agricnltnre which have been so frequently
contributed to the State Agricultural So
ciety.
end protected.
The railroad bill is now tho law of the
laud, and the manifest duty of every oiti
z?n and organization is to yield to it
oheerfal and implicit obedience
Justice, and jnBtice only, should be
meted out to all. Can we doubt that this
will be dene by the gentlemen who oom-
pose the Commission ? Let them at least
h»70 a fair trial.
Tbe Entry Into Oabul
-A Louden dispatch of Monday to the
Herald says Geo. Roberta’ entry into
Cabal took plaoe at noon yesterday. He
was aooompsnied by the Amoer and his
suite. British troops of all arms'lined
the road, and the artillery fired a saints
when the British standard was hoisted at
the entrance to ths oity. The Sixty
seventh regiment and the Fifth Goorkhas
subsequently oeoupied the Bal-a-Hissar.
Most of the influential men of the oity
ceme to pay their reapeots to General
Roberta. Tbo Dxily Standard publishes
a special dispatch, dated on tho 10lb
icst., from the British oamp before Ca
bal, which says: “When the cavalry re
turned from pursuing (he enemy on the
evening of the 9.h inst, they rode
throngh Cabal. Some ' of the ehop3 in
the b zaar were open, people were sitting
about, and it wbb quiet.” A special dis
patch from Allahabad to the Daily Newt
sayd: “No quarter was given to any one
fonnd firing upon the British, and the
prisoners taken in the fight were shot
The leaders of the mutineers aro the
Ameer’s most trust ed friends.”
That Wild Laud iniquity.
We have been shown the foliowing
dispatoh from Atlanta:
The Supreme Court deoided to-day that
sales under wild land fi. fas ere void, that
is transferred fi. fas* The Court sustain
ed Judge Hood’s decision from Terrell.
* To show that frauds, great without
parallel, have beau practiced upon tbe
innocent and unsuspecting holders of
these wild lands, we have only to oils
the Report of tho Comptroller Genoral
for 1876. That year tho return for taxa
tion of improved snd wild lands in the
whole State, foo'ed np 35,770.786 seres,
of whioh 7,033,447 acres were given in
as wild lands.
Bat now let us examine, and wo will
eee by consulting the reoords of the State
in lS39,the report of the Surveyor Gener-
.1 of Georgia made to a special commis
sion of the General Assembly, composed
of the brightest intellects of the State, to-
wit: Hon. John McPherson Berrien,Hon.
Absalom H. Obappsll and Hoa. W. W,
Holt, gave in all tbe land of the Com
monwealth at 35.515,526 aores. Compar
ing these, carefully prepared statistics
with tho report of the late Comptroller
General, we find that the people have
actually paid taxes presumably npon
255.469 acres more than is embraced
within the limits of the State,
Now it should be borne in mind that
all this pother relates to wild land only.
But in the name of common sense, afte
tbe State has returned aooording to tho
Comptroller General’s own figures, a quar
ter of a million more aores than really can
bs located within her bounds, whero did
these fi, fas. for nnreturned wild lands
ocrae from? Yet we fiad by the pub-
fished advertisements of the sales of
wild lands now lying before us, that
twenty thousand lots of unretnrned wild
laud have been plaoed npon the block
These vary in size from 40 to
490 acres- Assuming ths low aver
age of 250 aores for each, and
■J/o have ths frightful area of
FIVE MILLIONS OF ACRES
of wild land than have been actually ad
vertised for ails, partitioned up and div
ided. Heaven knows between whom.
Thousands of acres, whose owners had
paid their tax?s, were sold under
ihe.se fi. fsB., and the egregious blunders
of officials and the unmitigated rascaihy
of speculators tx-ieed any fraud ever oc-
carr-ng in the annals of the State.
We agree folly with onr contemporary,
the Constitution, that all these villainies
should be brought to light, and their per
petrators made to disgorge their ill-got
ten gains and surrender the property they
havo virtually stolen. It will not do to
pause with the mere displacement from
office of the late Comptroller-General.
The men who did the dirty work sh>-tild
be ferretted out and brought to condign
punishment.
C mnrtmwetalib Distribution
Co.
Nzx Popular Dbowisg at Msovclxv's
Theatre in the Cxtz of Louisville, Oar.
J XH
■in loth popular Drawing «# u»c<n>-
monweolth Distribution Co is near at hand—
the same brilliant scheme, and the same un
exceptional manner ol drawing—the fairest
in tne world. T diets only $2, »n 1 all orders
or communications on other subjects should
bea'ldreestd lo T. J. Oommerford, Oourier-
Journal Building, Lonhville, Kv., or same
person at No. 163 Broadway. N. Y.
The oopper ore discovered in Ashe county,
N- 0., in Jnly last, is about to develop into a
bonanza. A vein 20 feet wide has been reach
ed, whioh, it is believed, will prove to be 25
feet wide, and it haa already opened over
1,000 feet in length. Beven hundred men
are employed, and the work is being poshed
vigorously. Ths ore yields four hundred
pounds of pure oopper to the too. Ten
blast furnaces are at work and ten thansand
pounds ot the refined metal is tamed out
daily. This mine is in the nortbweat oorner
of Aahe county, where North Carolina, Vir
ginia and Tennessee almost Juiu, and is
operated by Baltimore capitalists.
The Becbet Kit to He ulte.—The Science ot
Life, or Se:f-r*re*errmtioa. 300pmm. Price, only
ti. Contain! fifty valuable preocriptiom, either
onset whioh it worth more than ten time* the
price ot the book. Illustrated sample *eut on
reeeiptof 6 cams forportafce. Address Dr W H
Porker, 4 Boliinoh street, Boston, Maos,
septs wist. -
—Miss Whitten, of Damaricootta, Me., is
supposed to have the longest hair of any
woman in the world. It Is eight feet long,
and when dressed in French twist it passes
eix time aronnd her head.
—Ayoongladyof New York was married
the ether day in ihe wedding gown, of her
grandmother, made 70 years ago, withont
any alteration, and so simitar were the styles
no one knew bnt it was a new one ’made for
for the ooeaeion.’
—The Marqals cf Headfort and hla agent
have received letters threatening them with
death .unless a reduotion ot rent be granted.
A number of tbe tenants are supposed to be
privy to thie attempt at intimidation. Tbe
Marquis is the owner of extensive estates in
the west of Ireland.
—Patient—‘Do yon mean to say my com
plaint is a dangerous one?’ Doctor—‘A
very dangerous one, my dear friend. Still,
people have been known to recover from it;
ao you must not give np all hope. Bat re
collect one thing; ycur only chance is to
keep a cheerful frame ef mind, and avoid
anything like depression of spirits.’—Pouch.
—The Vienna correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph says: ’The Oxsris
suffering from mental fatigue, and I hear,
from a trustworthy source, that his condition
ie daily- getting worse; he is eo nervous,
fretful, and petulant that he can scarcely
attend to bueineie.’
A Dbt March.—In Gen. Merritt’e march
to the White River Utes he found the coun
try burned to a cinder. So fleroe were tbe
winds that blow along the way, lifting clouds
ot dust jontinuaUy, that Merritt’s force and
tbe soldiers hastening to their support are
afflicted almost to a man with sore noses,
ulcerated mouths, itfUmad eyes and chap
ped and bleeding haLde. Every mule in
tho wagon trains has ulcerated gums. The
sufferings of tho march are unprecedented,
but those to oome, augmented by winter
snows, will pr.-bsoly be worse.
Little Items Overlooked.—It baa just
been discovered that Mark Hopkins, one of
Central Pacific Railroad millionaires, who
died two years ago, bad property whioh was
not included in the settlement of the estate,
and of whioh Mr*. Hopkins knew nothing.
Mr. Huntington, of New York, another
owner in the railway, ha« fonnd among pa-
jera left in his eare, five millions C. 8.
rands and a certificate of deirasit in ths U.
Treasury for $300,000 in gold. These
little iteme had been overlooked.
—A party ot autumn sojourners at Cantu-
dtigur, lake went boat riding the other
evening, there being among them a yonng
lady who delighted in toying with the waves.
Her hind was hanging alongside the boat
jnet under the surface, when she felt it
dosed upon by the jaws of a fish. Startled
by the pain the hand was j -uked so quickly
from the water that the fish was landed in
the boat. The tempting bait was lacerated
badly.
grtriegs, tut ihe Bev istne will be printed
by the ofGlnary iettsr pf^ss systsm. whl«b.
though not affording so mnoh protection
against forgery as the engraving method, is
still considered sufficiently d fficnlt of imita*
tion to render tho risk very slight.
—Mr. Meobi, tbe } agrioultaris, deplores
the agricultural loss involved in river pollu
tion, and rqcalU the words of Liebig: ‘The
sewara of Homo engn'fed ia ihe course of
centuries the prosperity of the Roman far
mer, and when the fields of the latter would
no longer yield to the merna of feeding her
population, the same sower devoured the
wealth of Sioiiy, Sardinia, and the fertile
lands on the coast of Africa ’ He adds:
•Largo towns, lika bottomless pita, gradually
=WAilov up the oradilions of fertility of the
greatest countries.’ Mr. Meobi estimates
that it takes the annual produce of 20,000
acres to feed London for one day.
—A lady of rank encloses to tbe London
Times a letter dated Ss^t. 13, from her son’s
agent, deeming it of i iieio-t to those de-
pindent on lush properly. The writer says
ne baa fears he oannot collect the entire
amount of itar jointure due at Michaelmas,
and proceeds: ‘Even those tenants who
are well able to pay are afraid to pay, as the
resolution arrived it is to shoot tbe tenant
who pays as well as any one who takes a
farm from which a tenant has bean evioted
for non-payment I four much that mattery
will end baaly This is the wersi year I re
collect einco the famine. I fear that four of
ihe email farmers era held their lands at
any rent Cattle and sheep are unsalable,
and as for tne crops, thsy aro all lost iu con-
sequence o' the never o-aaing rains.’
A New Hamphhsb Yankee a Russian An*
aniAL.—The BprinRQo'd Republican tells
bow a Meredith boy became a Russian ad
miral makes an entertaining romance. The
aotacf the Rev. Simons Finley Williams, a
cremated Massachusetts clergyman,called to
Meredith in 179), ran away from a Laoonia
employer because tbe tatter thrashed him
for spending his evenings with the girls.
He took also $300 belonging to his oh as User,
who pursued him to Portland, retching tkere
two days after the yaunjater had shipped on
a Russian bark The vessel was attaoked by
pirates, bnt the boy of 17, with the assis
tance ot two sailors, mounted au old swivel,
filled it wiih iron scraps and sank two boat
loads of bucoraeers, thua eavieg his'ehip.
For tbia, tbe Czar trained yenng Williams
up in the royal navy, of which ho became
tbe bead, hta title being Conn; Zinchereohefr
He subsequently visited this country ana
paid tbe Laconia man bia $310 and interest,
all in gold, saying he should return to Russia
au honest man.
Great Warriors Never Work.—Piab, one
of tbe chiefs tuppored to ba engaged in tbe
pieeont outbreak, has been to Washington.
One cold day Gov. McUook came into his
offlee and fonnd Piali hugging a.stove.
Thinking it a good chance to deliver a les
son to the Indian, he said: 'Pi&h, why
don’t yon Indians plough, and raise crops,
and build houses? Yon ought to work. If
you diJ, yon would not have to come bere to
borrow my fire, but yon could boy fire of
your own. Why don’t yon work like white
men?’
Pish straitened np at onoo and proceeded
io moke a apeeoh. ‘Me great warrior.' said
he. ‘Warriors no plongx Me go to Wash
ington and see John Grant.’ (the Indians
all call Grant ‘John.’) ‘John Grant great
warrior. He no work. He so plough. Me
see John Grant’s equiw. She no work,
toe, Great warriors uevjr work. Tell yon
what do. Yon nay to John Grant he ooma
here and go w.lh me. Wo go on*, and fight
Rapabcca and Oheyennes, and kill plenty
braves, and get plenty eqnawa. Then
sqaawa work, and me and John Grant have
bully good time. No work—no plough—no
nothing.’
Whether the proposition was ever forwar
ded to Grant we do not know
Conk morn wealth (hstrlbutlOE
cio.—Next Drawing October
39, 1870.
ORBTOTCATS OF HOLDERS OF THE OAFIIAXi
pcizs
Louisville, KY., Oot. 3, 1879.
L J. D. Stevens, ot Lawrenaiberg, Ind.,
hereby oertify that I was a holder ot twelve
tickets, representing a club of that number,
in the drawing of ihe Commonwealth Distri
bution Company, which transpired dept. 30,
and that ticket No. 22 558 being among the
number, and drawing the capital prize of
$30,0U0,1 duly presented the same to the
officers of the Commonwealth Distribution
Company, and take pleasure in stating that
the same was promptly, oonrteously and fol
ly paid by the Third National Bank of Lou
isville. J. D. Stevens, for myself, end for
Geoige Lowe, farmer, Louis Garriaon, farm
er, Bailey Lowe, farmor, Clint Jones, hotel
keeper, Samuol Dickinson, undertaker, J. O.
Wiles, tailor, F. Keifer t -clerk, Robert Eel-
laugh, paper oarrier, Peter P/alzgraf, saloon
keeper, George Pfalzgraf, carriage maker,
E. Chance, Deputy Postmaster, all of Law-
renceburg, lad. Tiokets $2; halves, $1.
Address T. J. OOMMERFORD, Courier*
Journal Building, Louisville, Ky., or some
person at Broadway, Ky.
Popular discrimination in favor of Dr.
Bull's Ouugh Byrup haa given it a larger sale
than any other rtmady of ita olass. Price.25
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