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MM# dteacgfer Maflhlg- -fedbggggpty mtbr Saumyri "&r~il£g3^gu|p?c.
fitltjrof^ aril JKtsstttgtt
iLonjoft
sens that the-one
the £ei^ity oft^me: _
increasdoffst-—Is now sijpligd,
ThertTare 60,000 loaMUptlves in the
United sfeesf' and each contains 2,800
pieces, requiring renewal every ten or
twelve years. This conveys a notion of
.-the IndustrierwMeh-raHroads-foster.
>. —The London JForld says thatfWbfc-
. lets, alias-banglee-for-the ankles, are now
^hop
1 the
claimed to be a man of so jiidicial-ani -aTs*IAty-of$L000 thoeefoe
could not bea partuan or-make a party
speech if hafried ttTdo so. He is, undoubt
ed ly : a man; of-the old,school,, witbot t
guile, single-minded and honest, as we 1
as clear-headed. He has never been 00111-
ppenly displayed for sale in the i
windows, as wellias tosomeJeiltei *
femluiuJLfiXtimltlca^ Whafc_next£!
—•The first “oiganlzatlon of colored
Grangers was recently perfected at Dallak'
Texas, when a- 'laige ■ number bf negroes
. raet-.and: formed what- the^- osll :u ^The
Texas Farmer*’ Association.” Node hut
colored families ate'admitted,- and the ob
ject of the organization is -toptoeort
iiomsgwflf.- —idr-i-fJd OOCvW*.! umdt |
—Young- Japanese■’ ‘children* scarcely
cver cry, because great care :is taken to
kesp wont :of-'tbebr Wfty^taveTy ‘poeeiiff 1
cause of irritatictf. - Jt isprBWthly'inhOh
sequence of this thattbeJaps are, as -i.
race, ahnostekasperatlngly grodhtlmored
so that a servant severely. scolded W«1W-
• ten merely replytib^Atiamin^snitie.- 1 |
-• —The'.Parisian' 'deal^S-aile vetf-My.
Oho of their- 'favorite iHcKs h- W&ik
their peeudO-antlqulMe* In country inns
and qotUtges in' Brittany '4k Normandy.
The--tourist?or the eportsinan-stoSHham
one day;-'<he-lnnK«eper' , &y§ : ihey have
Ucn In ills firalljnavVa 11376 acted heretofore with the Republican
'long price - for them and restores them
their native Paris, which they hadteftpe'r-
hapsonly afeif ■W-eek*'beforS.'- ur, '»* fll 1-111
—Th* Sflpreme-CcWrt'ioCIrKiiana de
cides that the legal name of a'pfirsoh con
sists of- OdO rUbristhto 1 - iantef ! aiid Wsur-
name. i Any otf^fnky HUM* marfy mid
dle names or initials as are given to him,
or as he cifobsesto-lakbi They do not af
fect hisl legal nirt^i 'This H‘terrible, as
Mr. J.—Lawrenee Sfc-Clatode Vdfe^Al-
phorwe August’Smith Will' have to leave
that State' or toake : Another - ; Jto^i&
3 th- 'd "Vwa jmi • raun yll— jnluwtoli
—On the mortitng of "Mirfeh ft, 1 shortly
after one, an elderly gentleman, while in
eonvSisatfoii in Londoh ' witiik friend^ to
an Islington Omnibus, suddenly fell ;on his
face quite dead. He hndheen running for
etime distance * to catch the Omnibus in
which he expired, and a tew 1 'm'OnientB *be-
fore his death his friend said, ‘‘If you run
like that, old man, you’ll Mil yourself one
of these days.” He had scireely spoken
when the unfortunate gentleman fell dead.
"The • Irish Potato.—A Cork letter
says I wish I could desaibe a mountain
potato to you. The lowland root is waxy
and speckled ahd unwholesome enough
this year, but what words can convOv an
idea of the wateriness
and utterwortu—f 3 " foodfor manOT
.«. ur mat grown In the bogs! And yet
the poor ereatures Will say regretfully:
“Sure if we had a male a day of the
prates, ’tis little else we’d be askin’!
“Atin’ the hit o’ stirabout always is kill
ing; there to no. substance to it'without a
dhropo’ milk, bat sure you could ate
pratee by itself, and ’twould rouse your
pom: heart. 1
■ —The Pope has been told by his physi
dans as their unanimous opinion that it is
necessary for his health to quit the'Vati-
can and pass the summer where he can
avail himself'of sea bathing' '*You arc
merely telling me that it is necessary for
me to do what is impossible,” he answer
ed, aad no more was said until a' French
physician renewed the subject, and ob
served that the baths were essential, and
might be procured within the precincts of
the Vatican. So the Pojie consented^
measures for erecting a bathing establish
ment of salt water to be brought from
Civita Veechia, and for other mineral vo
ters to be procured.
—A parrot was allowed to giveevideflcc
at the Westminster police court, the othe^
day. Tire bird was claimed by Mrs. Tan
ner, wbd said that it had escaped frbm its
cage and been caught by Mr. Isaacs, who
refused to give it up.' Mr. Isaacs admitted
that he had caught the parrot, but disputed
Mrs. Tanner’s ownership. Mrs. Tanner
said the bird could not talk much, but
could say “mother” quite plainly. Mr.
I mums said it was In the habit of saying
“my lord.” The magistrate directed that
the parrbt^shoTfld'bfe' kfej^'ifor som£
theF
leted Jfs investigai
pbS, its
Senator David Davis. The
The New York Sun of the 15th booms / The Senate sel
in a campaign life of Senator Davis, of H- Adairs of
columnsof that pa-
bq* possessed by
afticable alterna-
an indetoite pe
riod of (JrantixrrQ is amnion of .allthe opc -fng anc
ponebtlofThirdTsmi Ifcperia^ismrand- corftipt
this canbe accomplislie^only by selecting
a candidate of doubtfulparty fealty, or at
least one-who has never displayed strong
partisan bias. Senator Davis, of Illinois,
is generally regarded as occupying that at
titude.The newspapers, in classifying
Show that. 2l the ci
$■ orable fonthe institu
*ng a
Senators, ever since he has been a mem-
her of th at body, bv common consent say :
So many Democrats, so many Republi
cans, and Senator Davis, of Illinois.
As to the Senator, personally, he is
plicated: with- any -specul alive,opsiuistet practices,
rings, either in finance or politics. Her
: .a man of moderate means, invested chiefl; r
in iandSi and bringing him a (modest in -
oome.*' *-irf ili-i vin-Kw 11; - .’«!i* ,<m!i/
s Tbe Sun bases its p
sumptipn that no sentunent of 0
the 1 Democrats an beaten—Grant
elected jtnd the revolutlbri'lceomjjlis]
niesfef m
gest-themselves in.this connection, (Xm
first is, to it true, universally, of those who
d permanent o:
t Ijd inefBclwjt
the cause of its downfall
who were responsible for the misfortunes
fWrepo*
la
ma
apd, if deeme
and criminal proceed
[dertaa
^^esti-i»
proper, to i^tituift *
WiMl" j
ulentaud
■ . approjuto^dta.pnr-
ding,_po S ocfupifd.by.
?**JS%on9q wii
Oma,
jwodw
TheNe
of Tuesday
from the latest
gest and most
pool, and which,
ion
more
cotton, than
marks are pointed.
“What a'
Inst our ;
are
Outlook for Cottnn.
ork Sfattrnal of Commote
Tour operators would have
done far better ’ fin themselves "to Tave 1
helped «# up—humored us,:in fact, to the
O The Colored Exodus.
. The testimony "before the Congressional
oommi^ee as ta-the cause of the contini
ionjrom the South of the
diana and other "Western
be expected, is cqpfli^f
and-et*ablishcs nothing. Our <$lored
* see naturally restless iura * ''
_ ai is evinced by the
is worth' reading? Vtth which they move from plautation to
' ~~ m ~ plantation, bveh when earning a good liv-
, the nwre* Mis' portion of/
‘ fuqr ^teMy, employ-^
quasi independence
of an occasional job, even It if
Bftilroad Matters.
There is nothing 11
making of it in
ongbull t
>ng bull tenden-.
idt of artste them are avazse
d ° prefer
era now in charge of the affairs of, _ , ■
will be empowered to wind^^t^^ijlrs^
of tbe bank, and will receive an addition-
draw uS down to a lower figure m order to
got ^aaftht4>y^-a-marireb
thousands of them would prefer to vote
for a fair and popular Democratic candi
date to joining in such a dangerous move-
^xeintio 1- x4^ojiitloi}iie. fliei,cl?aractp;and
settled traditions and usages of- the gov
ernment.; rf I w.:d(wq«r-j tt '• mi rise
[ SeCopdij;, 'Ift^ a$rtp’(be' Bepublldii
party,, to it true, pf the Dgnap/a-ats rthatidl
of them could be imUeed to (forsake their
party standard and vote for Mr. Davis out
of a pure, patriotic desire to save their
country from third teim imperialism ? 'it
tobyino means safe or just to assume that;
Srtcft a disinterested,' jjidriotism perVi^i^s
the Democratic ranks,- and, at the same
to*) is notto bfe found at all iu the so-
called Republican party. That a common
patriotism will control all Democrats and
is powerless with all Republicans. This
is not good sense, nor does it Stecdr/S with
the result IH' the Greeley carifajis. 1 * , . ” '
We beliefe tiifegreat mass of'the party
wodlcl support' David Davis,, if they be
lieved it to be the only safe, wise and judi
cious alternative to a third term; but this
to the question to be considered, earnestly
and with carer To sacrifice Democratic
hours to see if It verified either statement.
TinVinw tVisa oftamnnn 1 w enVh
During the afternoon ’the bird'gave sn’cli
satisfactory evidence in favor of Mrs.
Tanner’s statement that it was ordered to
be restored to her. ,v ' '* ' ' ' ,ni
|C6icbjo Fight hr ]$Wcax Bri-
TAiy.—Tiie political prophet of Frateri
Magazine thinks that the political parties
at the next election in England will be
pretty evenly balanced. The Tories ought
to lose a dozen county Beats in England,
Scotland and Wales, and some gains must
be expected in borough constituencies In
the west and north of England, beyond
the Infiueuoe of the metropolitan ministe
rial press. Fraser hazards the conjecture
that a third of the present Irish supporters
of the government will not reappear in
the next Parliament, and says that . Sir
William Harcourt was not fay wrong
when he prophesied that the first day of
the new Parliament would be the last day
of the old administration, .ttn urun* »
—Rkltxt fob. Ibecard.—The United
navy-yard, began last Monday to receive
its cargo of donations of food for. the fam
ishing Irish poor. This vessel- was set
apart by a joint resolution of Congrete Irtish to do
authorizing the Secretary of the Navy: to.
fit out a ship te convey such donations of
food at- might be made to Ireland ;izte of
cost to the donors. Contributions of flour,
oatmeal, seed.,potatoes, commeal, pork,
hams, fish, beans, and any. other sort of
food that will keep will be received, and
anything sent iu this way w.ill be delivered
immediately to the sufferers, ou the spot,
and without further cost. A benevolent
citizen of Now York has agreed to furnish
one-fourth of the caigo, and the New
York Herald -will provide, another Jburtfc
on condition that the remaining half to
made up from other sources. With these
liberal offers, it is reasonable to suppose
that the Constellation will very soon be
stowed and ready to sail. j
No Frost.—As it drew near, sundown
on Wednesday, the danger of frost abated.
Tbe temperature moderated—tbe wind in
clined more to tbe East, and by sunrise
yesterday, tbe mercury . indicated about
fifty, and the wind was southeast. Yes
terday the wind continued in that quar
ter, with a cloudy sky, and
renewed rain.
Terrible Co ndition of Turkey.
/ A London telegram of the I4th instant
to the Tribune says that the embassies at
Constantinople have been notified from
the consular offices at Salonica, .that with
lie exception of - the town* find their im-
Imediate vicinity the'“whole o^Greclan
.Ttnkey to'dogginRted' !iy brigands sinci Jn
perfect disorder. In Armenia and Kur-
destan a famine is i$gifig over an area of
one hundred thousand square miles, and
five mouths must pass before another har
vest can mature, ■
. The troubles. between. flie Greeks and
Bulgarians in Eastern Roumelia have be
come’ so acute, and the ettdence of a sys
tematic effort by the Bulgarians to driVe
away the Greeks - and Mussulmans so otwr-
whelmirar, th^f; Aleko Pasha, Governor-
General,has been compelled to issue a cir
cular to the Prefects, commanding them to
dissolve the: Bulgarian secret societies
and armed gymnastic associations. .It has
been resolved to rcti^-to a geld standard.
This decision has ‘ occasioned a flirther
heavy depreciation in the metalic curren
cy, and is .declared to be impolitic; cruel
and uqjust. .^he pyfoe of bread h«s risen,
The Railroad
r Do What ii Eight 1
Will
^^i -!< raj
| Qur readers will find elsewhere - a iy-
nepsis of the criticisms of an Atlanta cor-
dent upon . tbe general railroad
which.has recently been pre-
and published by the State Com-
The duties of I those gentle-
besides being of aa exoeedingiy del-
and perplexing' description, (have
Very arduous. Theirs Was- , an un
tried experiment, involving a multitude of
i uterests, teauy; of them aaUgonistlc and
1 itterly diverse la their operation, n It was
(qusl to the,task of Syupfanai to-attempt
10 harmonise them fill,!yet this Was - whot
no three citizens In Georgia pemess more
entirely the confidence of the people. If
the schedule that has been printed is not,
therefore, free from 'faults and objections,
it U nothing more than was expected. It
will require tfcne, patience, and repeated
modifications to adjust it to the wants and
conditions of each railroad. The follow-
i ig Atlanta special to the Savannah None
indicates most clearly the animus of
-,nui oiir-^fniv Hi« bus .nnit ei iiiH .n
Atlanta, Ga,March 1A—l had*
'the tariff recently publishedi^Ua
said it Bad beeq made as a basis of nates,
and if unreaeon able or unjust to ths pub
ic or any railroad or railroads, that fact
had only to be established to tbe satis-,
faction of the commission and the tariff
million^ and willji
iron region;
The general repi
comb fiB&tttfeed&'stfUaffig “with
and McGhee, who:(will tan ithe Georgia
Western to connect their Memphis and
Savannah.. He will go South'rfbout.
urday, and will doubtless makb forroil
-PIP8P^y°P§-tp Atlanta at, pncfioilhhi If
. ...Under these rumors Nfi*hville and Ch
fanooga stock has fa 11 eu from 124 to 8A as
aR Loulsvrae ina Nashville frefghta will
ba-'cit-riell' iberjind' IE-iifid delifered'fetb
Atlanta by tbe new lint,: if It is built.; The
Louisville, stock hasgoneup.
ll) e Georgia Western is a fa\
with 1 those interested I I
conferences bolween Gole and Newcomb
ifjerertofwiaated, it; is saidjeimdisagre#-
ment and CfOvemor.Ppffoi takes thq pres
idency ofthe Nashville an:
line. Tbe Louisville 1 peopli
papers giving them act ual
Southeastern road.; li-j.-til.iiHwW. OTTI
£.,If the aboye turns out: ito be trumitwill
be joyful tidings to our Brunt sdek fHehds,
and give-a great impetus: to : the'prospects
of that rising young seaport. It is diffi-
cult to reconcile this intelligence, howev
er,., with the wserted .combination 'of
Messrs. Newcomb, Wadley and- Alexan
der. Has that league
Or .was it eve*'~^***MyBigw!d2 Tbelst-
mm m gentlemen aeenr decidedly-reU^
Cent, bus titMu < ”> no etern) ^uiitik
-USto sgy^^iuytpint
ftliflshish^U promote tbq-hazardous-auc
less, In the interests of tharsotWP.cultUri
andtraffle, tswflfel bound to:-g(ve all the
Atebfftfrfife “sitdiftlbn." as
_ ,'wks, briefly, . ,
hales aksarde
:data -last cotton ‘-year, showing fin excess
'ffito'^eitf'ove^'hiSi'ljf#40,319 bales, which
; wee* it foU afflAU2 bales;; .VLiaa’I J
Tho crop of last year was 5,07/1,631
allowance for farther falling off to weekly
receipts, or offsetting ft against'any ]
ibie toctoase^lder4^f^^^[dsofoye,»-:
agit and Boutbsm, < ?ons«i0piion; the -crop
of 1B71MS0 would be 5;41»,8W bales, i
times bring-them ito' the very- verge of staiv
vatien.—This is tho more specially tme-of
the jrowds whq floe!
vjifa^e^aBdtari ubl<
lock into the towns and
le to procure at best but
a scanty subsistence. Tt is from this float.
tp-day, excej
How Iron Steels the Heart!
ing new in railroad circles ‘ Those of us who never prosper should
the report the Air ^raw^kistruction ^pd consolation frimr the
Line Rajttrofid jbas r
from Kiioiyille to Mi
-which woiffl seem to
if the.RAun' Gap
loyo- sought (K|idcrelum wil
enc^f" pleted, a very importa
railway future of the cmmi
G.” has his usual disp&tcfi-b
ffqtfbBV ||A '
dispatch was received“at Louisville
the rold| effect ofprosparity on the “great iron inter
npessee,
building
long-
whfio com-'
in the
W.
tothe'^’onsf t-
‘js,
good!
' &tick
pinioi
this mowing, from a prominent official of
the road wlio is now in Ge_orgis^'
: road who is now
In which.
it is stated that a report had been publish
ed in the Georgia papers that the contract
between the Louisville and Nashville and
Central Road had not been ratified,and
THg population toainty, thaTthe exodusteys
.’ ’ S " ' ' ■ •
grant agents with thStoilhfrfog^represo:
tfitioas and deceitful prot^nes, find no Uif :
^ofth^ Eldorado, which t held uj
so temptingly before their vision.
pb'io tMbiitndi'lttriiiii^ri^ery ifew ha!v s
action Utah, the most intelligent * n ,
best informed colored citizens of the State
• ■
to remove tfseir people from a gentabzdi
mate audfortile soil, where all that wish
it
■ tolegrapheft
■ dop«:
■more still are following,
mo firing tiding? coriqerutog-f hose -who have
Hlfem. : ''A St? Dft&'pafeef oftHe
. .bseacq <-.fi7V"n!f:-nq
1" fna«a avf>c<»D 51IT
e NotiA/dfiy pMsefebut u-bat6^n<rfjJm-
' * ' ’ landed! here,: find]
yepr,. whicb MeJikclyf-ju. I0nr. opinion, to
reddee-- Uah year’s• 'receipts as Compared
rt'itfci lM^f&riTabom; .a hundred thousand
Ai.Wonderful Spring, -
The Tallahassee Floridian is credited
With the following: nn-».:: siljl- Ilifi
: -Recently; while' a party of ladies and'
gentlemen were boattog^n the wpoderful
Wakulla spring, one ofthe ladies dropped
a ring ; frorfi 1 toff'finger, and it fccitfld be
seen sinking in the clear water, ' When-it
had reached a depth fcr'bqlow the
a (rout was seen to make a dart.for and
swallow It, and' then"'disappear, , Of
course it was given upfor loirt. Dut an Jto 1
genious young man present immediately
borrowed
IhbolLandH
tal watfr.- 1 Aftei , 'paSrfng‘dut
feet 'ot the line, a trout Was t aH6a
to approach the : shlning bak,- and finally
making a jump'.at-it, was.transflfWSkoiM,
was immediately hauled up, cut opep and
sure enough, there Ifiy in his stomach' tlto
lost ring. “Tliis, ,r rcmarla th« Floridian,
“may sound a little unteafionfibtev but
person who are acquainted with the spot
and the remarkable clearness of the water
—which Is sof-dear that d 1 iffSne'looks as
large as life two hundred fret below-the
8urfa<
:ung man present immediately
another ring, fastened ft to*
face—will readily credit tbe statement.
ness of this narrative, but do aot considtef
it necessary.” _ : ariTj
A Father Shoots His Own Son.
from a private letter giving flie details of
the following heart-rendiag 'accident :
Atorrible accident 1 'thtib
Dungeness. Mr. B- M.
heral Wi. G. Davis, the ir
(bad the’-’misfortune to'
just moyed
take possession of their n^fir he”
Of robins Hghtttg1tf.fi treenSt the hfertg 1
MreiD. bailed her "husband’s attention to
hem, and suggested that be shoot some
for tbsir breakfast: He got down his
J»oiI tfitodtog liQ OmSoor
I ■ I to pnt in a couple ofcac
when, in adjusting the barrel, b
means tiie charge of one barrel was ex*
; >k>de* the load Striking the little boy in
he right arm and penetrating the lung.
! dr. D., surprised at the explosion, looked
see where the shot bad
!y •’ few
d, and n
it
on hU lip, said: “Did papa shoot von
tbe mouth ; filso.P’nc ?«o, papa, right
looked up beseechingly -at hi* father,
Withoutjany outcry or screaming. In-
1 up, and as b«
States ahip Constellation, at the Brooklyn: in each instance would bfi adjusted to toit r
tbe case. The commission
that it should bb dons, as fhev
injustice to any railroad.
Governor Smith aaid. also U]a^. to wafting
would all be taken into cor
that every road to the State'
lowed fr> do fill the business it can 4# un
controlled by contracts with other .roads.
He said flirther that It wfii' fhe'iritention
of the commisaton to carry but' the law;
that it was constitutional, .and (that it
would be enforced in a manner which
would be equitable towards all railroads.
“-Steamer Montana, from' New 'Yoft,
March i, tor Liverpool, struck on the
rocks in Church bay, Saturday momfng,
in a dense fog. The mails, passengers
and crew were saved. The forward com
partments of the ship are frill of water.
She is afloat aft, but there is not much
prospect of saving the vessel. The cargo
was valued at $150,000, which is supposed
to be covered by insurance. The vessel
was valued at $500,000. The pilot is said
to have been asleep when the ship struck.
THiirrr-TinotE years bare passed since
" "otT"
the introduction of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syr-
promite of ll p > and it still stands unrlvalsd. Price
only 25 cents. , •’ '
bale* net, so tW we lot* for a total crop
ranging about 5,325,000 bales, or 175,000
short ofthe Liverpool expectation. *_'
It will scarcely he doubted that, with
eating p»-es cotton will go forward more
w»afiw»t<«/i<than Itlhas done for years;
Tfie ! Liverj^o<JI'jtlcfe is about two’pence
higher than it was last year at this time,
andn better time to clear off than this
spring offers need not be looked for. The
paces from Mm was
Qtlcing blood Onids. ans, he
said: ‘Mydarling, did ___
Hs said, “Yes, papa.” *Mr.l)V
to the child, ana noticing the rec
so On his lip, said:-’ /“DM papa. 1
-did
tomu^audM
: and ‘to leafthan aftefafmto-
le fflloW was 'beyond toe pass
shadows.-*-!: It:ihas sptofid' abkmd cf
over our little owuwmUy, aad all.
to the bereaved pfitenta tbelr heart-
ites the
stiniuius'Of these fair prices on production
is already manifest to largely. toctoased
purchases of fertilizers aud increased
acreage in preparation tor the nCxt croj
Nothing but a decidedly unfavorab.
seaijdd WWI .jweyenta' (jpnsiderable in
crease of crop for 1880-81. We expect to
see one next yeaf in tbe neighborhood of
'$000,000 bal&.ii^d (be reactfonafy'
influence of increq^ed ‘supply, prices will
come down several pegs.. It often needs
-"uy littW real increase to exercise W .vast
2 ,rn ‘T r
v.frrif.-i .. 1 :* 10I11I
And on the other, hand, a moderate:re-t
jvtoal In yTtes tt allowed to exerdse aa
altogether 1 ‘diSjfrtd>o'rtionate Influence on
plante^s'.lp jUl 6i: ti?k.thelr, attention frixm,
all tbefiound and. well established econo-:
mies of their business. These all lie in
diminishing to tho lowest figures, the ne-
tom^Pfjwafog anfipjliis jofAU Juada., It
matters no great deal what possible prioe
-he cotton may sell for, a very meagre
jalance, or a balance ou the wrong side,
will inevitably follow the purchase offood
applies for man and beast.
; —— ' •'• 1
Warlike Prospects.
If one may credit European letter-
vriters therd "is no ! favorable prospect Jf>z
l|e.coptifmanto of peace in Asia-
ope-during the coming siunmCr. A fierce
lufirrel is no w maturing into war between
of the.formec m ratify a treaty made:
>y bar ambassador Chung IIow, in rel»-
ioci td'sdWbdundary.' troubles! near tiie
JtijSlaiihiJrdefin^^be^^^bina p^qs
o exeente-the treaty,’ and has- executed
nstead 4btoffiaif'wBb’Mrirde : {t footer, by
ntting hb bead: off. ■ ’The Czar is affront-
d afld^ill ‘prdbabfy assail the Celestials
‘raW-aMT •faubr D C6h^ary'& tbe,;com-
; ^Impressiqn
• noe from Shanghai. reports that the Cbl*
: tese wilt bring tntb thewac au army well
drilled—equipped with the be:
firms and .fierce for the fight, and this war
; 1.likely ty exercise a disturbing influence
J ntrade;! 1 w>1 toodos act! bo.uJ."trahii’
Unfriendly relations .;
itweeii Germany add Russia which are
! ikely to culminate to hoatilttlw soon.
' Ve know thfii-Lord Beacoosfield insists
Itial
ii
1. is danbtiiri: whether »peace will be kept
if Riisste Ventures heavily into a war with
->« oi wm rsiTuu! 3011-1/ ^111:.
maw l i" r - • r,, 1 > 4
s R{»N4- at this SaaaoiL
Ir.T ulfrjWWrWuiJ
1 to add' (bat the pareata
jhich brou
evolving
Homing he t
on a mental
lOtf of spirits^ This
—* though veryWeak,
bis wife: to church.
d Went down stab* to prepare
' tea, in the hope that it wotila
him. While she was-§oneKb
the fatal shot. •Tha remains will be
interred as Oak BU11 Cemetery,
town, D. C. lftfw t j
TT’rmh
a * beef is much ]
c >mpare with
!•* vtitt;. !•-• ‘
IMkOMAea
man, rtsMtog ft» M
recently received a
friend to St. Lout
black manxaiLuail
Louis, who mts that .to'
in the
who is a
hesitation to sating I
place for the eolored
pimpin'*
“Ob, hubby dear, rva called y«U twiee,
your dinner is quite done.* “Just wait a
moment,” shrieked the man, “I’ve got
’sm ail but one.” ??' \ ", '1,
, gaming by Mr.: David
il talker’s stand, we saw exposed upon tb*
rfiapibfcs, portions of a stall-fod beef that
almost crassd by thia terrible," heart- wodld have graced Fulton market. Upon
disaster.” inqufry, it proved to be an animal fatted
Ip this city. The flesh was as tender as
chicken, and the faf as . white a. a curd.
Many wished a piece of this tempting
x ipati but to a.(trice, lb had all been en
gaged. The ordinary country biue and
. h our homerrafaea, domesL r
when properly cared for and fattened,
ft wonderfol' why "our farmers and
s^ockralsers cfo not best attention
.upon this department of husbandry.
Neiter will Georgia be really independent
until field, orchard, poultry yard, apiary
anil-pasture are made to fumiah an abun-
djmbe of their ’products to supply the
CoLon- wants of the people. _ -
ly.haye had tour oppMtwuty--to, kfive
that lamV.pf>miafortune.to.th«mt Itmat-
.ters not Hist they ere.told: tooynany, :per-
Jiaps^have. oomei-thak.thftftia no money
(to the hands of lbs local Board, of'Relief,
;to ; as8ist them to go to the “land of prom
ise,’?, or even to give them a decent living
here. In the face of such a .state of at-
(faire they-come, gladTre btfiYenny hard-
ahlpe.- Aamsllcootingept arrived ytstefc-
day afternoon, and early this morning a
large uumberAa BXpBcted.2 .-Reports f&i
tbejuew arrivals, are to Abe -effect, that
there ia a burning desire -among: the ma
jority of those they left behind to join the
throng, buttock of-funds, principally; and
the severity of theispring.weather iu these
latitudes, keep .them bacfaii When mild
wsstherhfis fairly set: 6n. tiie number of
refugees-,willbe*Tery large, it is expected,
far in excess of the number that, came up
last fall.: Liu MU jo 00
- Ami yetwlfile every: effort, and the most
glaring-falsehoods have been resorted to in
tiie endeavor til inflypnee . this emigration
moyeineot,. np,proylston:’has been made
for the maintenance or employment of
these deluded creatures; and we are tdld
by the same Journal that the so-called
“Relief Board is. in a straitened condition,
being hard pressed to give assistance to
Htunan-
theffew who are here already,
j itS'^hudflers when it contemplates the fu
ture of theselvictims to a designing and
pseudo philanthropy; But in face ot the
facts that are patent to all Southern men,
the dob'e-Democrat persists in saying
that>—•... It:. ,
iTijO; theory that the negro does not
know what he is doing, that ho is a mere
dupe to tbe hands of designing men, is an
insult to common sense. There is no
animal so low down in the scale of intel
ligence : as Hot 1 to possess the instinct of
self-preservation, and an influence which
sends • thousands and tens of thousands
of hiimau.beings, without any concert of
. action, to leave the homes where all their
|lives:bave been passed and to take all tbe
.risks and dangers of a new life in strange
lan^S|toi: a condemnation emphatic as a
curse from heaven upon the injustice from
iwluchthey are fleeing.
If the author of this fling against .the
people-of the Smith would visit the homes
ot itiie exodusters, and observe their.treat-
ment-and condition, and what class of the
blacks are moving West, ahd by whom in
stigated to do so, pcrliap£ li*.might recall
hl^hgreh lar^uage. We 4e4 norepiedy
rqr this emigration at present. As well
ittempt to restain a flock of sheep when
heir leader has slipped through tiie gate.
The check Will come soon chough. -But
mit before hundreds.of tlie:poorun-
brtnnatos are mingling-their mortal re
mains with the soil of that storm-swejit
•s^pn ofice and show. God help the
wretched exodustere. . i- - ■ iak>a. J
The Tay Bridge Catastrophe.
Speaking upon the. evidence given to thp
ie World says if it had been submitted
iribtito’ngji Similar ^tbricii^ gtzuctursj.
great Tay Bridge catastrophe, in Scotland,
1
'hichbad tumbiei ddwn anti killed uiiie-
y.*r a hundred people, it would have led
o screre aaimadyprsipn ,by )j[ie^Britlfil
nd-ii'O -r.v.' .'abdlii
11 for (the columns,
thfl rtf ork foe twen-
jw worsen” the
lb was, inferior.;
.iwyiidiV?' *uV'*i«i
As to the metal m|
moulders employ*
d for me _ #
®flks were patched up 'with ce-
none of the defective cohnnns,
Wtttci}. are. numerous,” weze broken up,
but went into tbe work, and so ou. The
: uost favorable testimony was that of
foremen who had been engaged in casting
i hese columns, and he said that the mate-
'SS&flS
son, df. Dundee, an engi-
n speed in crossing ft was
les an houn.Kbv H
that Governor
esC” We canMever <tfltircly lose*kight ;of
reseoa under tfe excijfement of too'miibh
lack. Ir®, though not a buoyant
icle*. has been floating on the ailvery
pinions of an outrageous and unreasona
ble fancy, till it has lost sight of earth
above the clouds of speculation. Con
sider the case of common cut nails, which
one year ago brought two dollars per keg,
in Macon, are quoted at
dollars. Nails might then have been toq
low, but there cap he
their present attitude.
Yet, notwithstanding, the papers inforl&J
ns that the “Western Nail Association”
.. ■I'lLisourg^two-or-t
tt—T-jr-TT-r— wa£wtoold.ridt
Tfigoffijual went qft ^atiy-that
i h o«ffat'SS4*SS 511
building ofthe" Georgia Western woql-
ive the Lp^yBle) and Nashville piotec-
rapidbuilding off this road.
HflfcJPW °fl*cigl-. has gieot
the Louisville .aqd Nashville
Eonnrms fhepbl'cy which the
anfffigrecd to -‘Whitt dowai! all tteir mills
an for two weeks, so as to work off their ac-
cumulationsvof sttxi. The two weeks
are to begin to-morrow. Tbe telegram
.which brings] this information- solemnly
a$dv , loigastl 'io
.; t .This, actiua is most important,and &*oWs
that tha mauufoqturers.are master* of. the
situation..' Its Bigulfican ce is the more
-marked ftn S&OtiSft^f the improbable
more thatchaSrei Wren flying about
elyiSfitothathe
ttodlbat cic-j
, (*v e^termroad. - no w,^'
Wilson sajjj.that heaudmiNeWr
comb have come to no definite nuderstaodr
Id, according
thing definitely known ia the fruiore; at
least tothisfiite, as was'SMpebteA-orthi
* <1A _ find
has-done-jUPtb-
afloat by jobbers who desire' tb’ stock 'up
at lowef rates, and whn thought'tile tem-
blockafie of. lie-roads, and conse-
ing as yeti: despite the : memoranda left
uponthq table to, bis^consultatioir wit^i
New6bmb,^v£jch\yeifi'fi6 figtififactory tp
Mr. Grady. Possibly, the “Central” feels
strong enough after its affiliation with the
Western and Atlantic, to be Independent
of Mr. Newcomb. In that event it is
but natural to conclude that the Louis
ville and Nashville'road will direct every
energy to the construction of tho Georgia
Western. But nothing, j whatever of a
definite nature has transpired. What
Mr. Wilson will do remains to be seen.
Thoa* 1 ihtqtested to thb fututopf the Ma
con and Brunswick road, and , the pros
perity of tiie two cities after which it is
named, feel a deep interest in -the final
festdt: • : . -" ■ - 1
A Wide-Awake BepresentatiTC. -
Hon. James H- Blount has introduced
a bill into Congress making Macon a port
of entry In the Bouthem 'District, pur
immediate member seen^s to leave no op
portunity unemployed to advance the
best interests of his constituents. If At
lanta, situated one hundred,miles nearer
the mountains and! upon no navigable
stream, has been deemed worthy of that
honor, surely our own fair city, through
which flows tiie broad Ocmulgee, which
is being deepened by the government, and
has carried in past days a vast commerce
to the sec, ought to be entitled to similar
consideration.! Macon is also one of the
most important .distributing points ofthe
South, and every ■ commercial facility
should bcaffordedto her. The suidess of
Mr. Blount's action would necessitate the
erection of a custom house here.
The Fruit All Bight
Colonel Felton, pf Macon county,' In
forms us that, with favorable seasons in
future, there need be no apprehensions of
a failure In the fruit-crop. Peach trees
that appeared to;Bfc ; dead, have pgenfjj-
put forth thgif: blossoms, and promise- an
abundant yieid. ? The apple frees are still
behindhand frith their buds; but will sooh
follow suite. For the first time in the
menjory of any one, the forest trees .are to
advance with their foliage of- the early
blooming fruits <3f the country. The hloom
of the peach is fully one month later than
usual. Now. took out for cald in April or
Mad. vliu»'; ..:o rjiliiiil sii.ii a'l't.i i-
■ !!' ’.I- 'Hi- i.il' i ■■ I ... !•>
Tbe Weather amt Vegetation. •
Cuthbebt, March 17.
This 1 is tlie curious'puzzle orthe day.
Many of the forest oaks arc in frill foli-
mb.''' W« have had for several weeks' al-
fioBt! summer • weatlier. Cpver 1 at 1 nieht
ias been uncomfortable jbeesuse of
warm tempbrature, even fa'thelarter
ofthe nieht without it 'lTTw, frolt '*’■
a over roe iwo-mne-iong bridge at
mte pf forty-two, forty-three and e
)rty-seTen miles. So great was the.
briinon that it produced In this old
now : confined at
JAzrvwiworth, as ringleader of tha
teji,.rtto> massacred the Meeker family,,
frqmthfi guard houre of the Fart
days ago, but was re-captured by *
‘ Sergeant, who toteroepted him
returning to, the Fort. He was taken
and heavily ironed, and remains
there vety sullen and morose.
• AiffiACB or . ah Oijd Nuxsk.—The ba-
hjr would ba always bright and cheerfhl
if sm oacsaional dose of Dr. Mull’s baby
Syrup were administered.
rictuai rate averaged from
ed over the two-mile-long bridge at the
-rotoe‘, and even
HMyM
yn-
gineer’s mind a sense of fear and discom-
ort, and sometime before the accident
ie stopped tt-aveling over the bridge from
south to north, though he used it to his
dly Journeys from north to south, the
inthem bound trains running much more
Korn iplained to the station-master,
rtho says that “he did not report these
complaints to any of his superior officials.”
Other habitual travelers gave up the
bridge on account of the oscillations and
took to the ferry. Altogethef.th'e evidence
thus far taken seems to indicate such
“scamping” to fitting lup, . the bridge and
sucb recklessness in using it as our Brit
ish brethren have been accustomed to de
pict its exclusively and characteristically
American, and to compare, to our mani
fest shame and disadvantage, with British
solidity and caution.
—Ladies dress so much like gentlemen
now that an exchange thus drops into
poetry: ; .«ma’i
“Shu wore a belted ulster cloak,
j AH'buttoned dowh. before;
A standing collar and the tie,
I think, was red she wore;
A Derby bat sat on bar nose,
She carried a rattan,
And ail who saw her couldn’t tell
The lady from—a man.”
Life is but short, and we should do all
we ean to prolong it. Check a cough or
cold at one . by using an old aud reliable
ofthe night without it. The fruit trees
thatibtgad'to put forth buds in January,
ware - : suppressed, and all the buds supposed
i-ohave been killed by a sudden cold
nnapCc Now they ire beginning to bloom,
iud we- have‘the singular spectacle of
dense green forests andfresh peach, pliim,
and apricot bfoom—and all- - look • chilly
under a cold north wind.
We‘read'Of’Tifelhets and continued
rains, while we-havs been needing 1 rain
to soften the land to plow; 'Hfitt a pretty
good seaton yesterday, ahd how Have cold
winds and apprehend frost.- n '. ; 1,0
1 >TCr,. noq-n • BUtifDorj'n.
1 j '_i:. -i! ■ Ji n- ’
The other day t! *G. met an old friend
who was formerly a prosperous young lum
berman'Up North, blit whose badhabits
of drinking respited as they often do,
though he hits since reformed and is try
ing to do better. i-sm iaoBNK ..:T*'.
“How are you f” said T f ' G. ;
“Pretty well, thank yon, butTve just
been to a doctor 1 to have him look at my
throat.” - E,;j ” :-"™ :
“What’s the matter P”
“Well, the doctor couldn’t give me any
encouragement. ‘ At least he couldn’t find
what I wanted him to find.”
.! “WhrSt did you expect him to find?”
. 1 “I asked him-^to, look down my thr
for the 'saw-ifilUiand farm tiiat had g
throat
gone
: got an-
for the saw-mtu and
. 1 ^owni : there.’ ,i 1 ~--
“And did.he see anythihg of it j’’
“No, but lie-advised me If I ever g
other mill to nlrrlt by water.” .
A Bemakkable wedding recently took
place at midnight, when the moon shone
n the moonshiners in the piny woods
fforth Carolina. Buck Singleton, a
daring and desperate moon shiner, was tbs
groom, and Lillie Laiour, the pretty
eighteen year old daughter of Morgan La-
tour, the “King ofthe' Still,” was the
bride. The course of their true love was
as crooked as the whisky made in their
stills. For days they were so closely
watched that tbe ceremony could not take
place. Finally, riding to the most inac
cessible part ofthe county, two men were
stationed as pickets, and two others
scoured the country for a clergyman. Af
ter riding twenty-seven miles, a Baptist
minister was found who, after being told
that he was wanted to perform the cere
mony for a dying man, went and quickly
made the twain one, for doing which he
was astonished at being slapped on the
ed the iron masters to be the masters of the
$tople or the situation; arid they may Ex
haust ttfcmeelWs’Bt" tSe etori to pertni-
aently occupy Hurt'position,' but it 1 will fill
hfrinvain, 1 A>firt)xyismai;business,run-
nlug ahd stopping to sell off, : may heljTfp
ikbep^jf p^eeS fo?*^' time,'but it'will tost
meffe tMnltfe rtiflls - ' tt ^fm
demoralize and disgust their operative
forces, diminish 'the' 'demand for 2 their
products, and develop new sources of sup-
‘pJy.—Otflhe btifer hand, a steady'prose
cution of their business will Inevitably
lead to an adjustment which will afford
the toil Is - 'a -fair profit 1 ion their labor and
Investment. '“A. v:iaqnioo ocfT
tSihe'athet' itotf interests, Allis
confusion by reason of the good fortune
wfiteh' KfiS-bcffillen'itt ‘Onr Western and
NSftiteCn! are a drefi’lV^’dord
of strikgk'knSP ! dhfturtftinfces. The
dldte” firfe puddle every
rtktefbfhitMsfe'fheyirfi getting double
the wages they did last spring, and like
Olivet Twist; with” much less' reason,.fire
asking foritorre. n -The* puddlere -ifi Pehu-
sylvania lasit-' ; 8tohmerf were getting $2.50
per toto-iArfe ffif getting $5.00 and'rr.50,,
and will nbtwbric because they must have,
more: Tiki Other hands' occupy a similar
aou: lair-, oil. - MwU*Um
How it is with the employers we can
not fell, but it is a chance'whether one of
the group is adhering to the good old priri-
ciplfe of “making hay while the sun shines”
—supplying,’totho best of their ability,
the active-demand ofthe American mar-
ketj-but with tbeir ill-advised Strikes' arid
controversies, Are tornlhg over a tonsjder-
able portion Of Amerrcafl trfide to British
foundries. . “ r . ' x
When employers and men* hive crip
pled themselves in this way, will they
bring their “infant industry” into Con
gress again for more “fostering” and “pro
tection” in the shape of a heavier tax oil
foreign iron to ' AmerlCan consumers ?
This is the'ordinary way, but it is not a
just way. Experts talk of new processes
of converting iron into steely but' here is
an active process of making the whole
trade a steal, and giving it a steely -effect
on the public morals, jchich-steels the
heart against Co«nfon>toiise' ! tt«!‘ / reoson.
j/M. -— "linaWr Umta
ml* Earning Hot AIL A'jQI i
Tie yfrginia, (Nevada,) : Enterprise
lame uts that, .although tbe men of the
Pa 9ifeCoast l^ave.mined $1,400,000^)00
of gqld and silver—.have built .one great
and many smaller cit]es-rhave reclaimed
a great domain f .from- barharism—have
briilt roads aud railroads—have establish
ed g rich and productive agriculture, and
temples of religion, "law and learning—
still, the Pacific Cpast industry is, to .this
respect, a failure—tkat it has left a region
of poor men, poor to pocketoifrade, mor-
als, personal comfort, and in, all the r. char-
acteristics of a tiirilly, substantial, moral
and • 'religious people.-; .The enormous
mass of . the precious metals . has disap
peared, leaving a vast moral wreck be
hind it—a gambling, unsettled, adventur
ous and uncomfortable people*-- ml.* tq j.!
And it may will be questioned whether
any country rely.ing ttpon a stogie all eott-
truling interast, often fanes any butter.
What has the South jtq shqw(. m. i :*H.*4*-
quate return for ber^^ innumerable millions
p^.cottonbales:j?fl‘Tb«rbairai:hi»Mucr»>
turned to us mainly jn goods which bate
been consumed* .They should .tienow
largely visible to provisions fee supplying
pur own want* by emplpytog our own la
bor, and so producing universal industry
and thrift. They should ba seen to k
large and active ,population* bright 1 and;
comfortable homes, a va$ed industry pre
serving us fromforeign oiitlay'ior the sup-
of all our necessities—and in generally
ome life. -Tills iisi what -We need I to
build up a real prosperity. That kind of
prosperity which consists almost wboL'
in vast Individual adflevements. which ft
to carry the masses aldng 7 in' ft* care
merely scatters wealth abroad. It does
not enrich a country^,, n q ois^t aw r
Shall Kellogg be Dnaeatcd?
It is currently rumored that; savara!
Democratic Senators are opposed to re-
opening the Kellogg case, albeit the Com
mittee on Privileges and Election* bays
reported in favor of seating his competitor,
Judge Spoflord. They urge expediency as
the ground for pursuing this course, and
some even claim that the case was res ad
judicate and cannot be re-opened. But
there are precedents to show that other
-mbere similarly situated have been de
prived of their seats in the past, and as
for the expediency part of the matter,
nothing will be gained on that score. The
Radicals are resolved to raise tlieir favor
ite flag, the bloody shirty in any event, and
have been gathering -material for their
sensational'falsehoods from the witnesses
before the Exodus Committee, the emi
grants to Kansas and Indiana, and every
other possible source. They will inaugur
ate the dirtiest aud most fanatical Presi
dential campaign ever witnessed in this
country. Let no paltry fear of Congress,
then, deter oar Democratic: Senators from
kicking out this corrupt interloper, who,
by the most palpable frauds, contrived to
insinuate himself into his present elevated
position. Justice to an honorable man,
a due regard for the right, and respect for
the august body of which they are mem
bers, all demand that their bogus colleague
should be sent “down and out.”
"Geonna” on the Work of the Baft,
way Commissioners.
The correspondent of the Constitution.
“Georgia,” has concluded his fourth and
last firticle on. the reedbt schedule of the
railroad ComtolsSibu. 'Tbepanere are in-
terestfogas showing*up one side of the
question.^ Doubtless the whole subject
pro and con, will be thoroughly discussed
and such compromises and modifications
adopted by the Board as may appear nec
essary in practice. The interests of the
people and roads should alike be consulted
"Without favor or affection for either. That
Juste milfeu orirtppy-miadle course should
he sought which' "Will 'dispense 'justice to
all auLiuflic^pccial detriment upon no
UaMff MOldlLt 1 (fa
To -do this, lioyerer^-immediately
would require the wisdom of a Solomon.
Time, 1 patience‘"and "mutual forbearance
will he necessary to accomplish the work.
We have an abiding faith in the purity 0 j
the.Cpnimfssfoners, and their desire to do
thfd wmcii is right ' in the premises
We extract a;, follows from the last paper
of “Georgia
Between the railroads aud the public at
large there is no antagonism of interests
and there is much less diversity of pur
pose thanis generally supposed.c-
Thc trouble is nearly altogether the re
sult of commercial' rivalries, and the
straggle is riiainly : between the old estab
lished trade centres of the State find the
yqung and aspiring towns—dhe old trade
centres. demanding to be protected in
their,’old sources of business and the
younger towns demanding to beLiberated
from tlieir tribute paying to the trade cen-
trgs aud.placed before the markets of tiie
world’<to equal footings. The older cit
ies being large and wealthy, more eon-
■Oentrated and thereby 1 filile to art with
Jnqra .(unity, - have - made i a strong fight.
The smaller towns, though mope scatter
ed, are numerous,. and. have piade their
■•irhetoiids, as a general rule recogniz
ing-the claims of-thfe -original trade cen
tres—partly ljecauscj in the nature of
tilings, changes from old customs are
slow—partly from self-interest, as it ena
bles theto to hold up their local rates, and
thereby;hold up their revenue. Butin
the less aud less degree each year have
;he'trade centres had this recognition. As
;he increase of business relieved the roads
of the necessity for so high a rate, the con
cessions were:correspondingly made.
. Too slow, however, to satisfy the towns,
and too fast to'suit the cities.
Every falling oft'of the road’s support to
the trade centres have brought down upon
them! the -bitterest denunciations, and
every failure to meet the demands cf the
smaller townshiave- brought forth the
same result—two large communities con
tending for exactly- opposite ends, using
the same i war cry-—discrimination, that
talismanie-word that lias only to be utter
ed to kindle the fire of indignation through-
town, country find State; the railroads
being the weapon, as it-were, for both
tonise*- and' each iq^ turn attacking
the weapon as it is wielded by
their opponent; to thfcir-hurt. Yet none
are brave enough or generous enough to
protect and-- defend; it when it was firm
enough to stand by its’own principles
upon the high-ground iof neutrality. Its
position becomes misunderstood, and-in
lime it comes to be regarded as a common
enemy, and tiie real issues of the straggle
are lost sight of. Actually at diverse in
terest, but‘-apparently united, these con
tending communities have been able to-
make-- their voice heard, and it is now
thfiir- voice that is being heard through
tiie mandates of the State Commissioners.
Nevertheless, the scaling and leveling
principle has gone on—gone on until the
smaller towns are given facilities that en
able many of them to make daily transac
tions at the local railway station that a
few years ago could‘only have been made
at one of the ocean ports.' -
- If let aloneiit will still-1 continue to gp
on-i-slow, it is true, and in its own way—
until the people have fully recognized that
.all communities have equal rights; that
the -railroads are - shriply carriers for the
benefit-of .all. . Their aid ds not to be in
voked to support of one community to the
detriment of another; that they are only
carriers, and- must carry for all;- local
disabilities of sections are not to be over-
come‘by tiie improper and unfair adjust
ment of rates;'- that each : locality must
bear-its osm" burden of geographical or-
other disadvantage*, aud rely upon them
selves alone, a -i* •
That this restate'' will be finally reached
I do not doubt. Jm-h;- i
If the railroads are ultimately to l>c, as
now appears so evident, the recognized
confirmed means of moving and inter-
and
means of moving t
, , , „ , „ ... If babies could talk, they would often
back by tee happy man, receiving $50 in express their thanks to tbeir nurses, for
I’t^^onlv'twent I fi* ui^hoftigohl.and “three choere for thT£££< reKgtom wT£in Zx
Price only twenty-five cents a bottle. i boys.” the use of Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup.
changing the commerce .of a great and
growing people, no one can for a moment
doubt but that this must he attained. But
to be reached properly it must be in its
own natural way. Slowly and without
shock to any community, without the sud
den uprooting of. old .established customs
and without bankruptcy to these same
railroads that are to be retied upon at
least to perforin this valuable service of
carrying the business of a State, and
in its own way, if let alone, this
will be accomplished. What is lost to-
the roads in. a gradual decrease of tlieir
revenues from a gradual leveling of all
rates, will, in the natural order of things,,
be as graduaiiy made up to them by the
increased growth of the business of the
country, and the opening up of new
sources of revenue. The commissioners’
rates attempt to reach tbe ultimate con
clusion with one broad and sweeping
change from old established tilings, in the
wake of which must follew disaster aad
rain, so needless that to make it seems a
crime. ' ° ' Tr ^
i ni <: ■o’-It -d? 1 . 1 ***.' . —
| to mat cdTtoOat Cr*p.
The oat crop,- to which is due the credit
more than any ofoer agency of delivering
Georgia, in * great: measure, from the
bondage ef Western com cribs, is at this
lama, a subject qfmnch solicitude. About
Thoma*ville, where large quantities of
this useful cereal -are grown, the outlook
is decidedly unfovorable- Rust and blight
are generally reported. Kumars to the-
same efieet reach, a* from Stew jut add
Clay counties, audit? to n day or two ago
the copious rains with which we have been
blessed, had not reached that section of
the State. Ere thi^ however, they may
have done, so, ami perhaps with the aid of
an abundance o? moisture the plant may
still retrieve its early promise.
In other portions of the commonwealth
we hear ef m> complaint, but on the con
trary tbe prospect is flattering for a heavy
yield. The Early County News has *
sample of oats, .'.the average of a twenty,
fine, acre field from the plantation of Mr. ‘
B. F. Long, which are heavily headed,
and measure three feet and eight inches
in height. J A member of the Ocmulgee
club, Mr. G. M. Davis, also left at this'of
fice yesterday a bunch ofoate three feet In
length; which he says is a fair specimen
of a prize acre he is cultivating. In Ma
con county the crop is likewise excellent,
and ou the whale, with no untoward acci
dent hereafter, there will he a heavy oat
crop harvested the present spring in Geor
gia. It should be said too, that the aero-
age, in view of the last year’s sorry yieid 5
of com, is larger than ever known before.
—In drilling a well near Chatfield, Min
nesota, the men dug down fifteen fret
through tbe soil, then cam* to solid rock,
through which they drilled to the depth
of twenty-five feet, when their drill came
in contact with an elm log fully one foot
through, which was in a good state of
preservation. Passing through the kg tbs
men struck solid rock again and drilled
many feet before finding water,
—Hawking has *of late years been re
vived in England, and finds a few enthu
siastic votaries.