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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.