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favannah Weekly Heirs I'KDAY, AtUI'KT 14, IH7*. m ■ ■ ■■— Is Money a Symbol of Value I Ike Tribune of yesterday published a communication from an intelligent cor respondent, pointing out that money is not current on account of its intrinsic value or qualities, but on account of its being accepted by every one in exchange for commodities and services—hence in a mere symbol, representative of all com modities and services for sale in the markets of the world. This the Tribune denies, ami asserts that “ this notion that monev i a sign, has been the parent <rf more theoretical error and practical injustice than any other fallacy in political economy." Hut, fortunately, this mero assertion does not change the nature of money, which could not render the great services it at pres ent renders were it not a repre sentative of everything for sale in the markets of the world. In the remarks of the Tribune there is abundant evidence of the unsoundness of its ideas as to the attributes and func - tions of money. Our contemporary de dares that the precious metals alone are money, all convertible paper being '‘merely substitutes for money, and de riving its value solely from its limitation in quantity', aud the property affixed to it by the power of tho government of dis cliarging debts. “This may be partially true in regard to our legal tender currency, but certainly not in/egard to our old State bank notes, which were not made a legal tender by either the States or the Federal Gov ernment. and yet performed all the func tions of money in the internal operations of the country fully as well as the precious metals. Nor aid the late enor mous increase of the issues of the Bank of France diminish the value of the notes of the bank. These, and innumerable other facts, amply refute the assertions of the Tribune. The Triltune observes that were our present paper currencies tripled in amount on any given day “nothing would be added to the capital of tho country > only a few tons of paper stock, which for the time being would be locked up in the currency and incapable of lasing put to any useful purpose. * * * There would be no more food, no more clothing, no more houses anil no more land than before.” But would not this be equally tho case if we were to substi tute the precious metals for our present paper currencies ? There would then surely bo nothing added to the productive capital of the country, as the gold aud silver “would be locked up in the currency,” and lienee “incapable of being put to any useful purposes,” not being even available to liquidate a foreign bal ance of trade, as their use for this pur pose would deprive us of local instru - ments of exchange and liquidating in debtedness. Does not ail this prove that money of every kind is a symbol, repre senting all tlio useful results of labor for sale in tbo markets of the world, not withstanding tho assertions of the Tri bune to tho contrary ? —N. Y. Bulletin. The American Laureate on Sartoris, Junior. [Hrooklyu Argui*.] Tho other morning the latch of the gate opening into tho yard of the Presidents villa at Long Branch was softly lifted, and a lissome little figure, with a face as bright as all the moons of Haturn rolled into a single satellite, skipped up the walk and rang tho door hell. Tho visitor was ushered into the parlor and, gather ing as many hooks upon Ids lap as he thought necessary to give him a literary appearance, patiently awaited tho arrival of tho President. In a fow miuntes liis Excellency entered, and upon beholding the little figure nearly buried behind a pile of volumes, exclaimed with joyful surprise : “Why Childs!” The famous poet (for he it was) extri cated himself as quickly as ho could from his temporary sarcophagus of the works of distinguished authors, and grasped tho President’s hand with great cordiality, “I’ve just come in from Philadelphy,” lie said, “and I’ve brought a little presont for your grandson, which 1 hope you won’t think it too hold in me to offer.” Then he carefully unfolded a morocco wrapper and produoed a slip of elegantly bordered white silk, upon which, in let tors of gold, wore embroidered the follow ing stanzas: TO ULYHSKS AT.UKIINOS SAJtTOIUH, Horn by tho sou, tho Moatullng ho, O wluit .1 glorious tiling it is lo be Horn T>y the sounding mitt, O linjipy, linppy fair. Horn with thy mamma's heavenly eves; Horn to grow up to ho about thy lather’s sizo, Ami, Ilka thy grandpa, great. Horn a roaring, radiant hoy. More radiant Ilian gas or oil of sperm. To crown w ith grandparental joy A sure “third term.” While tlgo poet read it his voice grew husky with emotion, and as ho presented it to tho President his eyes dropped mod estly to tho lloor and his frame shook eon- of Appomattox was wlimt rucovermNHnTieutly to speak, said in earnest tones: “My dear Childs, how can I ever repay you for this?” Tho agitated bard looked cautiously uround and then whispered in His Excel leuoy's ear something of which no record ltas been preserved, although flic word “laureate’' was audible. The President gnvo him a glauoo that burned to his very soul as ho replied : “I’ll put it in tho Message, Childs ; I’ll put it in the Message.” T’inancial Opinion—This Man Ought to be a Banker. —She said she'd take a dozen of eggs, but while tho grocer was counting them out she asked tho price. Ho told hor and sho shrieked : “Seventeen cents?” “Yes, ma’am.” “Why, that’s outrngoous “Well, it’s hard times, and everything is up. ’ She sat down on a sugar barrel, sighed several timos, and asked if eggs were likely to be lower or higher. “I*don't claim to*be a prophet,” he re plied, ns ho twisted a sheet of paper into the shapo of a funnel, “but 1 dare say Xlmi. they'll be dowu to sixteen and one half cents iu loss than a week, and per haps go lower. Trade, which is naturally J depressed during July and August, is looking up a little. Our exports of gold are now equaled by our imports. The culling in of bonds puts more ready money afloat, and capitalists are much Cmore hopeful this week than last. The crops arc about ready to move, navigation prospects are brighter, and public confi dence iu linancial measures is rapidly re turning. One thing moves around an other, you see, and though, ns I said before, I am not a financier, and my pre diatiop* are not entitled to any great weigtu.’it seems clear to me that eggs have got to come down. A groat current of eggs is setting toward this point from n dozen different directions, and even if tho calling iu of bonds and tho sale of surplus gold don’t produce lower prices. I cannot see why figures should go up.” She reached into the pickle barrel, nipped a cucumber, and went away won dering why her husband never knew any thing.—lktroit Free I’ress. A ConD-Bi,ooDF.r> M order. —The Ab erdeen (Miss.) Examiner of July 29th says: “On Tuesday, when Gapt. W. de B. Hooper was entering the door of the Court House, where the Chancery Court was iu session, he was suddenly addressed by a young man by the uruio of Bradley Jones, son of the late Nelsou B. Jones. iLnud turning half round to respond, was shot dead in his tracks. No other cause can be assigned for the foul assassination than that ill feeling had for some time existed between the parties iu reference to an estate matter that was about to come ou for trial. The affair created the most inteuse excitement in the city, and there can be but little doubt that the formali ties of a trial would have been dispensed with, had not the murderer been consign ed to the jail before tho crowd com t rnenced to assemble.” Capt. Hooper was a very popular young man, uhd the eldest son of the late John son J. Hooper, of Montgomery, Ala., well known aa an author and editor. The New York World asserts that x “Senator John B. Gordon, of Georgia, is I likely to figure in the Detroit ltag-Money j I Convention with Mr. Butler and Mr. * Wendell Phillips." So far as we have ,been able to learn the World has not the slightest reason for making this assertion l except its natural desire to slander every Lpublic man who will not consent to fol now itn dictation or condone its repeated I treacheries.— Augwtta Chronicle. BEAD AT WINCHESTER. A (toiler at l.i'arain llrror*. The following letter, supplementary to an interesting description of Stonewall Cemetery, at Winchester, Virginia, from the pen of a well known Savannahian, lately published in the News, will be read with interest throughout the State. The list annexed is the only complete and ac curate one that has ever appeared in print: WiNCHESTEa, Va., August 1, 1875. In accordance with my promise, I send you a list of Uie dead of the different Georgia regiments who are buried in the Stonewall Cemetery. This was the first cemetery dedicated to those who died in their country’s cause, the dedication be ing on the 11th of October, 1866, and an oration delivered on the occasion by Ex- Governor Wise. The ladies of the asso ciation have a balance on hand of S3,(XX), an<i are now working to add to it for the purpose of erecting a monument to the “I nksows Dead!" to be capped with a statue of Stonewall Jackson. And they will then suggest that each State have erected, in the centre of the square set apart for the dead from that State, a granite or marble shaft in place of the wooden one which now designates the square; and on the shaft will be cut tbe names of the dead, with the companies and regiments, with numbers; and at the bead of each grave a block of stone will be placed with a number to corre>q>ond with the number next the name on the shaft. If this plan of the ladies is carried out the records of our dead will stand as imperishable as the history of their glorious deeds. Among the dead buried in Winchester are many who fell upon the battlefields, and a large number of those who died of their wounds. While on this subject of perpetuating the memory of our dead warriors, allow me to suggest to the survivors of the different regiments that at their reunions, ‘ of which 1 am a warm advocate, that they r- commend that each survivor i write the incidents of the battles which j came under his own eye—the particular I acts of daring of comrades—with the ] manoeuvring of the company, regiment, ami brigade to which he was attached, ami his own views of the tight; then let j each statement be copied in a book for j tho future reference of the historian. If | this plan is strictly carried out we will have the material for a correct history of ! tlic war. The ladles of Virginia are proverbial for their undying love for the “ Lost Cause,” and for their defiant attitude to wards the foes of their country, and they won the admiration of the soldiers ; and many a gallant Georgian was captured by their charms, who had refused to surren der either to Grunt or to Sherman. While penning this tribute to Virginia’s daugh ters, it must not be thought that I hold them superior to the fair ones of Georgia, who aro equals in loveliness and in devo tion. During the war Winchester was cap tured and recaptured eighty-seven times, I aud six times in one day, and there are a : great many reminiscences and incidents connected with the place which are very interesting, and some of them 1 may give you in a future letter. THE HEROES OK UKOItOIA. K 1* Dickinson, co C, 34th Ga, died Nov 7, 1802. I. SI, . coil, 01st (ia. i’ 11 finish, co K, 51*t Ua, died Oct 9, 1802. s O McOehce, co IS, 2d Uu Batt, died Nov 19, 1802. ■I W Smith, 9th Qa , (lied July 11, 1801. VV I* Summers, co B, Phillips’ Leg o, died Oct 31 802 Uciit ,1 .VI Mitchell, co F, 241 h Oa, died Oct 16. 1802. I> N Jones, Oa. Lieut J It lliilcrd, 58th Ua. W Jackson, co L, 01st Ua, died Aug 30, 1864. J II .Moore, co E, OOth Oa, died Sept 2, IhG4. It Mc.Klwrath, co K, 60th Oa, died Sept 2, 1804. .1 Y Smith, co U, 21st Oa. Si-rgl J J Felder, eo K. 4th Oa. \V II ltazele, co fi, G4tu Oa, died Sept 23, 1804. J W Watson, co C, 12th Oa, died Nov 28, lsC4. K J ilall, co U, 60th Oa, died Nov 17, 1864. W A Beach, co F, Thomas’ Istgion. JII Allen, co 11, 4th Ua, died i,ct 9, 1864. W Williams (a lady says A It), co E, 4th Oa, died oct 27, lsi>4. J T Kopor, co I), 29th Oa. I) liastingcr, co C, 60th Ua, died Ncv 17,1804 J J F- 1 s ell, co A, 3sth Ua. J T Boon, (the records say Boom), co B, OOtli (>a, died Dec 24, 1864. John Williams, ua, died June 2S, 1801. fi J Strickland, co F, Bth Oa, died July 7, 1861. Berr.en M Lain, co O, 13th Oa, Lawton’s Brig Oapt A C Frost, co 1), 4th (ia, died Sept 2u, 1801. A A1 xander, co A, 10th Oa, died Oct 20, 1862. J F Sullivan, co F, 4tli Oa, died Dec 11, 1864. W (t Dayman, co It, 21st Oa, died Oct 10, 1862. Kergt Bryant, Bth Oa, died Inly 24, 180 . Seigt-Jlaj W S Kobertsou, 3sth Oa, died Nov ft, IHlil. Lieut \V Mt-TwVav.’, cc A, 30th Oa. Lieut lliglismith, co D, 20th Oa, died Oct 12, 1804. ( apt O II 1 oung, fiOlli Oa, died Oct 1. 1802. Lieut Cos! (Hover, 21st Oa,died Sept 10, 1804. Lieut J K Bennett, 11th Oa, died July 25, 1803. Unknown, eo 0, tllst tin, died Oct 18, 1802. (iorpl W J Auekaby, co li, Gist On, died Oct 15, 1802. Wni Wheeler, co B, 48th (in. died Oct 20, 1802. A T Kersey, co A, 51st Ga. died Oct 23, 1862 ( apt N G Yates, co lv, 50th Ua, died Oct 15, 1802. fi F Templer, co O, 10th Oa. Wm Bimaid’.', co K, 9th Oil, July 21, 1801. J Fry (a lady says Tye),co 0,515 t Ua, died Sept 2, 1804. Bird Williams, co A, 60lh (in, died Sept 4, 1804. K li rthiy, co A, lath (ia, died Sept 4, 1804. J F Ellis, 3d Oa, died Sept 5, 1804 A K Argrove, co B, 13 li On, died Aug 20, 1804. Thomas A Neill, co 11, 3d Ga, died Aug 23, 1801. M S I’liileman, col), 13th Ga, died July 30, 1864. B Smith, eo E, 10th Ga Batt, died July 9, 1864. Corpl J Pope, co 1, 31st Ga, died .Inly 30, 1804. (! M Smith, co 1, 10th Ga Halt, died Aug 10, 1164. J Lawrence, co A, 38th Ga, died July 26, 1562. 'J Philcman, co (I, 13th (ia. II Sweat, eo K, 20th Ga, died July 21, 1)63. Walters, co F, ft'.tth Ga, died July 18, 1563. I Gresham, co A, Gist (ia. J 11 Lemon, io G. 20th (la. died July 20, 1562. Sergeant J 1) James, eo B, 00th Ga.died July 24, 1804. W Whitaker, co F, 19th Ga. Wilks, co lv, 27th Ga. tGresham, co A, 01st Ga. J Al Lackey, co K, Hth Ga, died Nov 22,1862. A T Lubin, co F, 49th Ga. G Neill, co F, 49th Ga. W W Chandler, co F, 19th Ga. A W Pool, co G, 00th (la. ,1 () Foster, eo 1), 35th Ga.died Nov 17, 1862. F Merett, eo C, 50th Ga, died Nov 13, 1802. Bestson. co A 57th Ga. II C lie Witt, co B, 24th (ia, died Nov 8, 1832. I) Harrison, co A, ftith (la, died Nov 6, ISG2. Lieut Col Benjamin Edward Sides, 16th Ga, killed Aug 10, 1804. A .1 Camp, co A, 7th Ga, died June 26,1861. Thus 1) lvoouce, co G. lUtli Ga. s M B—ye—t, co F, 61st Ga. B F Holmes, 46th (ia J H Veal, co I, 60th Oa. J W Davis, co E, 88th Oa. W 11 fiichardsou, co lv, doth (la, D .V Green way, co F, 38th Ga. James it cy, co C, 01st Ga. 11 fi Conner, co K, (list Ga. J W Brew ton, co G, 2Gth Ga, killed Aug 17, iso B T Cheuut, co E, 31st (ia, died June 20, 1803. J E Morgan, eo G, 31st (la, died June 20, 1801. Sergeant S A Stuart, 19th Ga, died Oct 8, 1802. o K Dukes, co G, oist Ga. J W Slade, co A, 13th Ga. Lieut J A Driver, co A, ISth Ga. Geo A Bevis, co A, 12th Ga Batallion, died July 21, 1801. Unknown Georgian. John Ferre, co G. ftfttli Ga, died July 6, 1863. E !• K Oil Ids, co D, 13th Ga, died July 11, 1863. E F Heller, col, 11th (la, died July In, 1803. J Windom, co F, 64th Ga. died July 1, 1863. J M Flanders co F, 14th (ia, died July 14, 1863. J Tes’cy, co F, 38th Ga, died July a, 1803. W e Woolsey, co C, ft st Ga, died July 9,1863 A Sapp, co F, 49Ul Ga, (tied July 8, 1863. John Bradshaw, co K, lath Oa, died July 8, 1803. James Irvin, co A, 13th Ga, lJiciiard \\ illiamson, co lv, 65th Ga, died July 111, 563. 3 C Haulier, co B, 15th Ga, died July 12,180—. Unknown, co G, 201 ti Ga. S W Myers, Ordnance Sergeant 26th Ga.died of wound received at Cool Spiitig, July 19, 1804. Unknown Georg an, of Hill s Division. CoriHiral J Ashworth, co D, 21st Ga , died Oct. 19. 1564. J Liinbert, Phillips’ Legion. K I! Hill, Cos lv, 4th Ga. Posey. A I’ Hill s corps, died Nov —, 1804. Bloodlserst, A 1’ Hill s corps, died Nov —, 1-04. C F Adams, co G, 31: t Ga. Unknown Georgian. J F Dangle, 3d Ga. John Hatchet, co A, Sth G-, ot Borne, Ga, died July 10, 1804 Borgt J W Williamson, of Ga. J J Alexander, Mil Ga. Daniel Boule, 31st Ga, (Band) killed July 18, ! 1804. W in J Morris, Augusta Light InfV. VV J Ferret, Eli s' Battery, died Nov 10, 1862. 11 K R Sykes, this’ Battery, died Nov 10, 1562. Lieut Stubbs. CO K, 3-1 tl Ga. E Miller, co B, 4th Ga. ( apt C Chesnut, 63d (In, kilhd Oct 19, 1864. Lit lit C B Carmical. 63d Ga, killed Oct 19, 1864 Frank King. Georgia, died Aug 12, Im>4. II D Dunistord, co O,loth Ga. died Oct 19, 1864. R I, Bose, co C, 10th Ga, died Oct 19, '64. Unknown Georgian, 53d Ga. (.'apt C A Haw kins, eo E, 38th Ga, died June 14, 1863. John li Floyd, (or Boyd), Ga, died Oct 19, ’0). Unknown Georgian, killed Aug 12, "04. Unknown Georgian. J M Laminin, co 1. 00 h Ga. Unknown Georgian, killed August 12, ’O4. I ukuown Georgian. J S Adams, co 1, 60th Ga. Unknown Georgian. Scrgt Alien McGhace, co C, 13th Ga. James I.oc)iard,S7Ui or 28th Ga. Su-gt P T Miller, 4th Ga. St Wentworth, 16th Ga. J) sse Bnuidvilie, co 1, 16th Ga. W ill P Barnes, c■ ], 4’ Hi Ga, ded June 23.1563. Bl> IL cox. co 1), 26. h (ia, died July 21, 1864. Unknown Georgian. L .M Y( uug, co I, 5- th Ga, killed Oct 19, 1864. W 11. Tilmmell, Ga, Sergt George V WeUecor, co C, 53d Ga, killed Get 19, 1864. Lieut Myers, co C, 66th Ga, died Oct, 1863. Lieut W J P O’Neal, co E, 60th Ga, died Sept 22, 1864. N Cockran, co D, 46th Ga, died Nov 8, 1862. J Gibbs, co B, 61st Ga, died Nov S, 1862. •Sunpo ed to be brothers. tSuiHK>sed to be brothers. \V Wilson, co D, 6th Ga. died Nov 8, 1862. Jas Karp, 3d Oa, died July 14, 1861. 8 B Allen, co B, Sth Ga, died July IT, 1861. B F W alker, 7th Ga, died July 13, 1841. Tho* E Peeler, DvKalb Light Infantry, 7tb Ga, died July 2ft. 1861.- J W Spradlin, co G, 7th Ga, died July 29. 1861. J F Fleming, of Pulaski, Va, Sth Ga, died July 24, 1861. t. P Griffith, Sth Ga, died July 24, 1861. John R WHk Bth Ga. died Jult 96. 1861. B F Heit, co H, 4th Ga, died Dec 8,1561. Jas Gibson, Ist Ga. E V Wedlock, co E, Ist Ga. died Feb 23,1862. J Price, co F, 12th Ga, died June 2, 1862. J M Crawtord, 19th Ga. George B Beall, co C, 28th Ga, died Sept 12, 1 -62. T J Marin. 4tb Ga. „ B F Stripling, co B, 12th Ga, died Sept 25, 1862. Sergt J Magouty, eo A, 4th Ga, died Sept 26, 1 -*2. J Fluriuaw, c > A, Cobb's Legion, died Sept 29,1562. li Edwards, co A, 23d (ia. died Oct 2, 1862. P t ( hri*tian,co fc, 14th Ga, died Sept 25, 1862. u / Ellis, co A. 3ftth Ga, died Oct 2. 1862. I) Bucker (Mrs B says Vickers), co G, 50th Ga. John Bhdi (Bush, no doubtj, co A, Phillips’ Legion. John Lane, co B. 57th Ga. died Oct 4, 1862. John Hase. co E, 3d Ga. B M Seward, co G, 21st Oa, died Oct 3, 1862 Joal T Loane, co (J, 45tli Oa, died Oct 3, 1862 T Benedict, Phillips Ga Legioa, died Oct 24, 1562. I has Haae, co E 3d Ga, died Oct 24, 1862 _ John Hase, co E, 3d Ga, died Oct 2 1862 E D Cody, co D, 4th Oa, died Oct 24, 1662. J W W idsner, co A, 51st Ga. died Oct 4, 1862. U Urawford, co I, 4oth Ga, died Oct 7, 1862. T J Langford, co C, 40th Ga, died Oct 7, 1862. W Thomas, co K, 57th Ga. W E Knight, co C, 26th Ga, died Oct 7, 1562. If M Robinson, co E, 12th Ga, died Oct 8, 1862. W Richards, co v, 24th Ga. T S Mobley, co I, Sth Ga, died Oct 9. 1862. E Hawkins, co F, 53d Ga, died Oct 9, 1662. J S Kendrick, co A, 13th Ga, died Oct, 1862. K A Todd, co B, 22d Ga. John Sellman, co A, 26th Ga, died Oct 9,1862. John W orth, co C, 18th Ga, died Oct If, 1862. o P McClure, 35th Ga, died Oct 12, 1862. J W Harper, co H, 31st Ga, died Oct 11, 1862. M P Brown, co I, 13th Ga, died Oct 12, ISB2. J Raddan, co D, 3d Ga, died Oct 12, 1862. D A Hamby, Phillips’ Leg'n. Joseph Algood, co G, 35th Ga. C H Sartin, co F, 31st Ga. S D Brown, co 11, 53d Ga, died Oct 12, 1662. J W JacksOD, co E, 35th Ga, died Oct 13,1862. VV J Caldwell, co F, 18th Ga, died Oct 13, 1862. Mr Choirs, co G, 7th Ga, (Mrs B says 17(h Ga,) died Oct 18. 1802, J F Hardle, co D. 50th Ga. died Oct 11, 1862. J T B.ayloek, co I), 20th Gs, died Oct 15, 1862. C G Gorrell, co K, 45th Ga, died Oct 14, 1862. Henry Lovett, co K, 61st Ga, died Oct 15, 1862 H McKinney, co K, 61 et Ga, died Oct 15, 1862. P S Wellsford, co A, 48th Ga. J D Cross, co E, 50th Ga, died Oct IG, 1862. J Ragsdale, co K, 10th Ga, died Oct 17, 1862. Haywood, co D, 53d Ga, died Oct 18, 1862. T J Nance, Ga, died Oct 18, 1862. M Couskey, co F, 14th Ga. J W Eroil, coG, 26th Ga, died Oct 17, 1862. James Collins. 61st Ga. C P Nancymore, co A, 21st Ga, died Oct 17, J 862. W H Ueyno'Us, 50th Ga, died Oct 17, 1862. J H Hinton, co I, 11th Ga, died Oct 19. 1862. G W Flecher, co A, 57th Ga, died Oct 20,1562. Gasway, co B, 60th Ga, died Oct 22,1862, J C Cloud, co A, 44th Ga, died Oct 20, 1862. J T Boults, co E, 50th Ga died Oct 22, 1862. E T Edmonds cC, 3d Ga, died Oct23, 1862. S Heart, co H, 50th Ga. died Oct 23, 1862. W E Michel, co K, 4th Ga, died Oci 21, 1862. A McClenden, co D, 9th Ga, died Oct 26, 18S2. W J Kuddleday, Puillips’ Legion, died Oct 22, 1V62. R H Dye, co F, 28th Ga, died Oct 20, 1862. E W Martin, co E, 2d Ga, died Oct 22, 1862. A L Brown, co D, 11th Ga, died Oct 21, 1862. J II Cole. 4th Ga, died Oct 22, 1862. H E Hopkins, co A, 44th Ga, died Oct 23, 1862. W Walters, co G, 24th Ga, died Oct 21. 1862. Unknown, co L, 3d Ga, died Oct 24, 1862. F F Hitchcock, co A, 50th Ga, died Oct 24,1862. George Bossel]. co A, 4th Ga, died Oct 25, 1802. B Moss, co C, 24th Ga, died Oct 24, 1862. W A Edwards, co K, Sth Ga. W W Ellis, 22d Ga, died Oct 23, ’62. M Proctor, co I), 48th Ga, died Oct 23, ’62. J C Davis, co I, 61st Ga. died Oct 23, ’62. W B Story, co K, 44th Ga. D Clark, co K, 22d Ga, died Oct 27, ’62. J C Wilson, co H, 29td Ga. J Hendley, co A, 31st Ga, died Oct 24, ’62. Eives, 50th Ga, died Oct 30, ’62. it Farrow, co G, Cobb’s legion, died Oct 27, ’62. J S Edmonds, co K, 60th Ga. Unknown, co G, Ga. N B Roberts, co I, 3d Ga, VV M Ford, co F, 50th Ga. tlergt T Rose, Brauclie’s Brigade. B McKenney, Ga. John Itnis, co I, 50th Ga, died Oct 31, ’62. W Robinson, co 1), 26th Ga, died Oct 31, ’62. R G Thompson, co D, 38th Ga. 1) W Smith, co H, 14th Ga. G VV Thigpen, co A, 4St!i Ga, died Nov 1, ’B2. T J Goodbread, 26th Gs, died Nov 1, ’62. M F Treggle, co G, 13th Ga, died Oct 31, Vt. VV J McCall, co E, 49th Ga, died Nov 2. ’62. Unknown, co K. 45th Ga, (lied Nov 2, ’62. E 1), co F, 4th Ga, died Nov 5, ’62. J (I Berrin, 13th 1 la, died Nov 2, ’62. G S Parson, co E, 3!st Ga, died Nov 1, ’62. C MeNiel, 10th Ga, died Nov 1, ’62. J Slave, sth Ga, died Nov, 2 ’62. A J Archer, co C, 10th Ga, died Nov 2, ’62. J 11 Merier, co B, Phillip’s Legion, died Nov 1. 1862. Daniel Parii, co I, 50th Ga, died Nov 2, 1862. D J Adkins, co F, 13th Ga, died Nov 4, 1862. J VV Derrett, co A, 60th Ga, died Nov 2, 1862. T W Iluydey, co G, 28th Ga, died Nov 4, 1862. J M M, co I, 16th Ga, died Nov 4, 1802. D Harrison, co A, 57th Ga, died Nov 6, 1862. There are buried in Stonewall Cemetery the following dead: From Maryland 13 “ Virginia 390 “ North Carolina 443 “ Soutli Curoliua 148 “ Georgia <289 “ Alabama 73 *• Mississippi 66 “ Louisiana 69 “ Florida 38 “ Tennessee 29 “ Arkansas 20 “ Texas 5 And 820 unknown dead. THE CROPS. Report of tlio Mtnlo Uoiiimissioiirr. Dr. Thomas P. Janes, the State Com missioner of Agriculture, has issued his last monthly report. We give his sum ming up in full and the returns for neighboring counties. The following questions elicited the information given below: Question —What is the average price paid men as laborers on the farm ? An swer—slo per month, and board. Question —What is the average price paid women as laborers on tbe farm ? Answer —$5 50 per month, and board. Question —What per cent, of able bodied negro women labor on the farm ? Answer —28 per cent. Question —Are they willing to cook and do house work ? Answer—6l per cent of the correspondents say “no;” 3!) per cent, “yes.” Question—What part of the crop is generally given as pay for labor ? Answer —3B per cent, say ;42 per cent., 4; 12 per cent., fof the corn and of the cotton ; and 8 per cent., say Question—When land is rented for part of the crop, what is generally re quired ? Answer—2o per cent, report 72 per cent, say sof the corn and of the cotton, and 8 per cent., £ of all. Question —When land is rented for cotton, how much is generally required ? Answer—73 per cent., say or 2 bales to the plow, 19 per cent less than this, and 8 per cent. more. Question —When land is rented for money what is paid per acre ? Answer — $3. Question —Is labor more, or less, effi cient this year than last ? Answer—46 per cent, say “more;” 44 per cent, report it equally so, and 10 per cent. less. Question —What per cent, of labor is hired for wages? Answer—26.44 per cent. Question —What per cent, of farm la bor is hired for part of the crop ? An swer—4s.Bs per cent. Question —What per cent, of farm la borer rent land ? Answer —25 per cent. Question —What per cent, of renters can farm without financial assistance? Answer —11.25. Question —Which has proved most profitable, hiring for wages, cropping or renting ? Answer —52 per cent, say wages, 24 per cent, say cropping, and 24 per cent, say renting. The average per cent, of profit made by farming is re ported at 3.11 per cent. Many corre spondents report that farmers do not know whether they make or lose. Some report as high as 25 per cent, profit, while others report as much as 10 per cent. loss. Since the receipt of the returns from which the above consolidation is made, information received from Middle, South eastern, Southern and Southwestern I Georgia indicate serious iujury to crops by drought, excessively hot weather and parching winds. Mr. C. A. Alexander, of Wilkes, has been remarkably success ful in raising hay by sowing red clover, meadow oat grass aud orchard grass in his cotton in August. Farmers will do well to experiment on this line. A citizen who was driving along the Jackson road, the other day, saw a man up a tree near the roadside, and, halting, he inquired: “What’s the cause of your being up there?” The man made no reply, and the citizen continued: “What's the cause of your being up there?” At that moment a woman rose up from the fence corner, rested a club on the fence, and remarked: “I’m the cause, stranger, and if you’ll wait till he comes down you'll see the worst field of carnage around here that ever laid out-doors The citizen drove on, and she turned to the man up the tree and continued: “Pol hemus, I can’t climb, and you know it ; but if you’ll drop down here for two minutes I’ll give you a quit-claim deed of the faim.” —Yvcktburg {Mist.) Herald. “Do you get off here?” asked the purser of the steamer City of Newport of a lady, as the boat was within two or three hun dred rods of Bullock’s Point, Tuesday afternoon. “No,” she responded, and just as the purser was about to tell her that she would have to buy a return ticket she continued, “I get off when the boat reaches the wharf,” TIIE OIJ) THIRD GEORGIA. A (food send OO—A lhanir ot Cora—A VYllminaion Breakfast and a Weldon Dinner—A Virginia Welcome— Fnibunl aatle Reception at Portsmouth—Greet ing of tbe Ladies— Eloquent (speeches— Union. Fraternity and Brotherly Love. [■special Correspondence of the Morning News.] Portsmouth, Va., August 3, 1875. The Survivor's Association of the Third Georgia Regiment assembled in Augusta, Georgia, on yesterday to the number of about one hundred and twenty-five, and at five o’clock took the train for this city. With the ladies and invited guests they filled four passenger cars and a Pullman sleeping coach, all of which were new and in a neat and clean condition. But for the unreliable action of the railroad man ager there would have been a much larger crowd on board. A salute of thirteen guns was fired just before the train left the depot, aud although a heavy shower prevailed at the time of our departure, the streets through which the cars passed were filled with crowds of citizens, who gave us a parting cheer, while the ladies from balconies and windows waved their handkerchiefs and bestowed their sweetest smiles. Nothing of interest transpired until we reached Wilmington, where we changed cars, although we expected no such change, and were crowded into some very dirty and uncomfortable cars. The depot eating house proprietor also took advantage of our condition to give us a poor breakfast at a good price. I paid one dollar only for a single buscuit and a cup of tea, and it was terrible poor. But at Weldon we found a different kind of a man in charge of the dinner house. He took less than I offered him and treated our boys well. No demonstrations were made, however, in either of these cities, although it was known that the Confederate veterans were to arrive there this morning. But when we reached Virginia soil— the soil which the gallant Third Georgia came here to defend thirteen years ago—our triumphal march com menced. At Franklin the people brought out a six-pounder and fired a salute dur ing the few moments that the train stopped, which was replied to by hearty cheers from our veterans. When we reached Suffolk we found the whole popu lation of the town at the depot with a brass band, and our arrival was greeted with cheers and other demonstrations of joy. Hundreds of beautiful maidens gave us their sweet smiles, and every thing seemed to say, “Welcome, thrice welcome, to the Old Dominion.” Dr. J. T. Kilby, formerly surgeon of the regi ment, now resides here, and as soon as the boys saw him they rushed for him, and bore him on their shoulders to a fiat car on the side track and told him he must speak. With deep emotion he ex pressed his joy at again meeting his old comrades, and cordially welcomed them once more to Virginia soil. The sudden departure of tbe train cut his remarks short, and he jumped aboard and came on with us. Of our reception here I hardly know how to speak, as it was one of those events which the reportorial pen cannot do full justice to. The demonstration at Suffolk gave us to understand that the whole people of Virginia were aroused, and we knew that if such were the case the good citizens of Portsmouth would be more than overjoyed to greet again the veterans who thirteen years ago so promptly rushed to the defense of that city. But our reception has far exceeded our fondest anticipations. The train en tered the depot amidst the booming of artillery, and the cheers and shouts and greetings of an immense throng rent the very air by which we were sur rounded, so hearty, so numerous and so prolonged were they. On leaving the cars we were received by a long proces sion of ex-Confederate soldiers, under command of Major Charles K. McAlpine, by whom we were escorted through sev eral of the principal streets to Oxford Hall. Our march was indeed one of tri umph. Banners were streched across the streets, and flags and streamers were floating in rich profusion in the twilight breeze, while the verandahs and bal conies of many houses were hung with Chinese lanterns. Quite a uuinbor of hotels and private houses were illuminated from base ment to attic, and presented a most attractive appearance. All this, how ever, was tamo and uninteresting com pared to the grand array of female loveli ness that lined the walks and filled the windows, stoops and balconies of the houses. It excelled anythin'g of the kind we ever before beheld. Little rosy cheeked girls, fair maidens, lovely young ladies and gray-haired matrons joined in giving us a hearty and cordial greeting as we passed along the streets, amid the waving of their handkerchiefs and the bestowal of sweet smiles of welcome, which almost made us forget the pro longed cheers and demonstrations of their husbands, sons and brothers. It was a reception fit for the conquering legions of the proudest nation on earth. On reaching the hall, which was soon crowded in every part, although it has two galleries, Major Geo. W. Grice, a prominent citizen, introduced lion. A. S. Watts, Mayor of the city, who delivered an eloquent speech of welcome, to which Colonel Claiborne Sneed responded ; n a hearty and appropriate manner. Other speeches of welcome were made by Capt. John H. Gayle, Major C. W. Murdaugh and Col. D. J. Godwin, which were re sponded to by Private Carter and Capt. Carroll, of Augusta, Ga., in fitting terms. Frequent and hearty applause greeted the kindly sentiments expressed on both sides, and no one could doubt the sincerity of the greetings. The stage was handsomely decorated with flag?, banners, portraits of Confederate Generals and devices appropriate to the occasion, while the galleries were tastefully festooned with flags. The Marine Band, from the United States Navy Yard, discoursed sweet music, and it is also gratifying to say that not a single speech had a dis cordant note in it. Union, fraternity, peace and brotherly love were the key note of all remarks made. Commodore T. H. Stevens must have been gratified that his band and his star-spangled banners were a part of such a grand union demonstra tion. A cordial invitation from him was read for the veterans to visit the navy yard, which visit we promised to make profitable and agreeable to them. The people here are true to the Lost Cause; yet they cheerfully stand by the Union and march uuder the “old flag,” as they already see the dawn of a brighter day for the long oppressed South. After adjournment, the veterans were escorted across the street to Manfrain’s Hall, where are their headquarters, to. partake of a collation, and at this hour— -2 o’clock a. m. —I hear them singing familiar songs and cheering the im promptu speeches of the rank and file. Capt. A. A. Winn, of your city, has done much to make this occasion one of inter est to all tho veterans, and he is de servedly popular with them. But the mail has closed and I must take this to the train, and leave other matters for a future letter. Sidney Herbert. A Crime for Which There Is No Name. —A man named George W. Napier was arrested in St. Louis a few days ago, charged with kidnapping and ravishing two little girls, named Ellen and Susan Murray, aged respectively eleven and nine years. His preliminary examination came off to-day, and developed a horrible state of facts. The little girls testified that Napier married their mother about three months ago, aud after living with her three weeks left her, taking them with him. Their mother lived at Drer ronville, Missouri, and from that town he brought them to St. Louis, stopping for a few days at a time at several places on the way. The day after their abduc tion he outraged both of them, and has continued to repeat the act up to within two days ago, when he was arrested. The testimony showed the most horrible brutality upon the part of Napier. The youngest girl is badly injured. The woman who is taking care of the eldest girl declares that she is enclente. Napier was held over for trial by the jury. A Brooklyn sick girl cleared space around thirteen ears of green com at one meal the other day, and. picking the fragments from between her teeth with a hair-pin, observed: “If ever I get well enough again to eat much, I think I could live on com.” Another elegy on that noble Cincinnati jackass that whipped the lioness: A lioness from Lybia s desert waste With rattling heels he boldly dared to paste; She scratched him and the scratches mortified; In seventeen weeks the little jackass died. Gone to meet Sergeant Bates. SHERMAN’S FAME ABROAD. An Kiflbh Iritlcisnt oi **e Uhninpinii Vandal—Arnon and Pille Considered ns Elements of Generalship—Sherman as a Fishier— His .Success Due to Num bers Alone. The London Standard prinks a three column review of General Sherman s “Memoirs,” which have been published in England, in the course of which it says: The writers who in this coantry have espoused the Federal cause have labored to keep out of sight the Northern viola tions—systematic and deliberate —of all the laws of war : the wholesale pillage of private property without a shadow of a pretence of military need; the wanton ravage of vast and fertile regions; the destruction of public archives, of libra ries, of colleges, and of thousands of defenseless dwellings; a return, in fact, to the methods of war (ill usuage of women excepted) practiced by Tilley. We know of none who would venture to defend these acts of illegitimate warfare, and among the chiefs of the Federal armies few were more guilty in this re spect than General W. T. Sherman. We cannot say that our perusal of the work has raised our estimate of the writer. There is a dj:-play of personal vanity, of anxiety to claim the utmost pos sible credit, and to throw the blame of all failures on others, a petulant spirit of ani mosity against rivals and opponents, and a controversial tone in regard to passages creditable neither to the General nor to his superiors, aud a childish impatience of popular clamor which appear to us little consonant with the simple self-re spect of the soldier. No one could im agine the Duke of Wellington or Gen. Lee writing as Sherman writes; no one has seen anything of the kind from the pen of officers who have real ground of complaint—from McClellan, who first created an army out of a mob of United States volunteers; or Halleck, who main tained, recruited and enlarged that army till it became the irresistible weapon which won for -Grant and Sherman tri umphs as easy as those of Achilles in his impenetrable armor, or of the heroes of fairy legend with charmed swords aud shoes of swiftness. General Sherman had the misfortuue at Bull Run to share in the signal route of the Union army. He does bis best for the reputation of his countrymen by maintaining that if they bad not run away the Southerners would —a hypothesis which is as little supported by the history of that battle as by the subsequent facts of the war. He returned to the West, and for the remainder of the war shared the fortunes of the Western army, which, having the least excellent of the Southern troops and leaders in its front, and being recruited from among the hardy popula tion of the Northwest,was able to achieve much more than the invaders of Virginia, and really did far more to determine the issue of the war. General Sherman rose steadily in military authority and in favor with the government, and played a promi nent part in the campaigns which wrested from the Confederates the command of the Mississippi, and determined the re suit of the entire contest. There can be little doubt that, even after the fall of Fort Donelson, the triumph of the in vaders was due to an accident. Had Gen. A. S. Johnston not been wounded at Shiloh, or, being wounded, had he had his wounds at once attended to, and so saved his life and his control over the army, Grant w juld have been annihilated, and all that had been won up to that time would have been lost in a week. The rout of the Federal forces was complete, and, had the Confederate chief pressed on, they must have surrendered or dis persed. The transfer of command was fatal, and next day a new' Federal army appeared on the field and defeated the worn-out Confederates. On this, as on other occasions. Gen. Sherman anxiously endeavors to overrate the forces opposed to him. The fact is that when they gave or invited bat'ie the Confederates were rarely more than one to two; when they were forced to b;.Ule they were often one to three or four, and in Sherman’s later campaigns, after leaving Atlanta, he had seldom or never one-fourth of his own numbers in front. And, as we shall see, it was to numbers alone that he owed his success. The next period, while Sherman occu pied subordinate but independent com mands, afforded him opportunity of show ing the spirit in which he was deter mined to carry on the struggle, and illus trated Northern ideas of the laws of civilized war. Not only did he, like other Federal chiefs, seize everything that could be useful to his army and destroy everything that could be serviceable to the enemy, but he made a point of con fiscating and destroying private property simply on the plea that it belonged to men who, in the war he was waging, were loyal to the government under which they were born and had always lived—the gov ernment of their State. That he W'as aware of the illegality of his conduct is evident from the many paltry and transparent excuses he made to con ceal its true character. Thus, at Nash ville, he gave orders to seize all houses not occupied, and all house rents due to ab sentees, evading an open confiscation of all property belonging to Confederate sol diers or citizens. But he warned the people that all who remained would be considered as having east in their lot with the invaders, would be liable to be called out in their service, and forced at their peril to swear allegiance to the Union ; and having thus driven every honest Southerner outside the city, he made their absence an excuse for robbing them. His troops systematically stole, pillaged and ravaged; and, though he professed to discountenance their conduct, he made not the shadow of an effort to prevent it. The savage havoc committed by Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley was excused on the plea that the enemy might draw sup plies thence—a plea which would justify invaders, Germans in France or England, or French in Germany—in destroying all food within reach of their cav airy, and dooming millions to star vation, but which could not excuse Sheridan in burning houses and furniture wherever he passed, or his men destroy ing women’s clothes and forcibly robbing them of their jewelry. But Sherman’s proceedings were without any plea of military advantage. His plea to his own government was that he desired to make the rebels feel the miseries of war in order to compel their submission—a plea which puts him exactly on a level with the worst ruffians of the Thirty Years’ War, or with the devastators of the Palatinate. To Sherman was entrusted the duty of following up and destroying the second army of the South, which, under Joseph Johnston, was free to move much at its pleasure; while Grant closed in on the army of Lee, tethered as it was to Rich mond, and cut off from all reinforcements except such as the Carolinas and Virginia herself could furnish from a nearly ex hausted population. Both chiefs acted on the same principle. Their supply of men was unlimited. If they could kill r >:± a . Southerner for three of their own soldiers they must ere loDg wear out the Confederate forces. And both fared much alike. Grant.threw him self, over and over again, upon Lee, and over and over again was so well beaten that if the Union forces had been only double those of the South the spring of 1865 would have seen another invasion of Pennsylvania. Sherman assailed John ston somewhat more wisely and wearily, but with equally little honor. But in each case the beaten army was so over whelmingly superior in numbers that it had only to swing round a part of its force behind the enemy’s flanks in order to compel him to retreat. In this way Lee was forced back into the lines of Richmond and Petersburg, and Johnston into those of Atlanta. General Sherman pretends that though he had at least twice as many men as Johnston (and, we may add, ten times as ample sup plies) • the natural and artificial strength of Johnston’s positions was a full compensation. But the absurdity of this argument is shown in his own account of his strategy. He never succeeded by attacking Johnston’s position in front, but always by fortify ing a front line against him, holding it with equal forces, and swinging the other half of his army round Johnston’s flank to another position which, if fortified, would have threatened his communica tions and so compelled his retreat. It was simply by dint of superior numbers that his success was achieved; and it was impossible for an enemy to make head against such numbers so used. When, after long baffling and delaying his oppo nent, Johnston reached Atlanta, which he had fortified beforehand, he believed himself able to hold out indefinitely, as Wellington at Torres Vedras, against any attacking force. But before his plan was fairly tried President Davis, who had never' appreciated his genius, and had long protested against his Fabian strategy, removed him in favor of Hood, a more impetuous and loss skilful General. Hood threw away the advantages which Johnston had prepared. He fought, was worsted and compelled to abandon Atlanta, the central point of the Confederate line of defences, and the key of Georgia. Then, instead of hold ing his ground in front of Sherman and the invading army, he threw himself across the communications of the enemy into Tennessee. An enemy thus attacked may in general be compelled to retire, but Hood overlooked two material facts. First, the enemy were able, without weakening Shermau, to place in Hood's front, and in defence of the line of com munication, a force stronger than the Confederate army; secondly, Sherman had in front of him an utterly defence less country, capable of feeding his army until it should reach anew base on the seacoast. And this oversight was the death-blow of the Confederacy—perhaps we should rather say the coup de grace, for there was little real hope for the South after the 3d of July. 1563. A COAL MINE HORROR. A Thrilling Siory of a .Mule Boy’s Ad ventures* in nil Abandoned .Mine. Duxmore, Pa., July 27,1875. — Through the brutality of a miner in the employ of the Pennsylvania Coal Company at this place a mule boy iu the same mine was recently put to so terrible an experience in one of the company’s abandoned mines that he has become, it is feared, hope lessly insane, and has been sent to the lunatic asylum in Danville, Montour county. The miner’s name is James Barrett. The boy is the son of a poor widow, and although but fourteen years of age, con tributed largely to her support. His name is James Gallagher. The man Bar rett, it seems, was in the habit of abusing the lad in a most shameful manner, hav ing no apparent cause save a mere per sonal antipathy. The boy stood iu mortal fear of Barrett. A week or so ago the latter had been tyrannizing over young Gullagher with move than usual cruelty, and finally swore that if he did not quit his sight at once he would kill him, at the same time running toward the boy with his pick raised as if to strike him. Gallagher ran screaming away from his persecutor, and made directly into the abandoned chamber, never stopping to look where he was, in his fright only thinking of getting out of the reach of Barrett. After running for some time the boy stopped, and for the first saw that he was in the worked-out mine. Even then terror of his cruel taskmaster was uppermost iu his mind, and it was not until the little mine lamD on his cap began to grow dim and finally went en tirely out that he awoke to the horror of his situation. THE ABANDONED MINE. If there is a chamber of horrors any where in the world it is a coal mine that has been worked out and deserted. Its labyrinth of silent corridors responds to the least sound with the most demoniacal echoes, and noxious gases generate in the pools of slimy water that exudes from walls and drips down upon the slippery floor. Pitfalls filled with water that ac cumulates without interruption abound iu these noisome halls, and myriads of hungry rats, bold and even aggressive, haunt, the desolate chambers hundreds of feet below the earth’s surface, and over all the most oppressive darkness. There is no darkness like that in a mine. It is so dense and heavy that one feels its weight upon him as if he were beneath fathoms of water, and the eye does not become accustomed to its pall sufficiently to penetrate it in the slightest degree. On every side the constant drip, drip of the unwholesome water is heard, and the noise of rats, which frequently displace some loose bowlder of coal as they scamper over it, and send it tumbling to the floor, awaking a thousand horrid echoes and sending them reverberating through the deserted chambers. “help, help.” It was into such a place as this that young Gallagher found himself, without a light, alone and entirely ignorant of the way out. His first thought was to shout aloud for help, but the sound of his voice traversing the devious corridors and yell ing back to him his cry prolonged and multiplied a hundred times, as if so many fiends were mocking his distress, so frightened the boy that he could not gather courage to repeat the cry, and he commenced groping his way along in silence in the direction he thought most likely would lead to the entrance of the mine. He had proceeded some distance along the slimy wall, when a certain diffi culty of breathing and choking sensa tion warned him that he was trespassing where that greatest of all terrors to the miner, fire damp, prevailed, and he hastily retraced his steps, with the in tention of turning into the first coridor he came to. It was a long time be fore he reached one. It turned ofl to the right, and he entered it aud followed it for a quarter of an hour, feeling his way along one side of it and being careful not to turn into any of the corridors crossing it, so that -he might not become confused if circum stances compelled him to again retrace his steps. Suddenly, in putting his foot forward he found no rest for it, and, be fore he could recover his balance, he fell headlong into a pit. His head came in contact with one side of the excavation. He attempted to regain his feet, but he was overcome with a sense of numbness, and fell back into the slime and ooze that covered the jagged bottom of the pit. How long he lay there unconscious the boy did not know. He came to himself with a knowledge of a peculiar pain in his fingers and toes. At first he did not realize where he was, but the inptnetrable darkness and cold, damp atmosphere soon recalled his situation. He drew up his hands and feet to make an effort to arise, when an army of rats scampered away from about him. Theyran over his body and trailed their long, slimy tails in his face. He sprang up with a shriek of ter ror that again started the blood-curdling echoes through the chamber. ATTACKED BY BATS. From the feeling of his hands and feet Gallagher knew that the rats had been gnawing at his flesh, but he did not stop to make any investigation until he es caped from the pit and was again on his way back to the place whence he had started. To get out of the pit he found no easy task. Twice he clambered up its jagged sides until he almost reached the top, and as many times fell back to the bottom. The third time trying was suc cessful, and fie drew himself out ex hausted aud fainting. He lay down on the floor of the con-icier for several min utes before he had strength to proceed, and then gathered himself up and hurried away from the spot v hich was so full of terrors to him. "When he reached the first cross conidor he sat down on a jut ting piece of coal, aud for the first time found that the rats had gnawed two of his fingers to the bone; had eaten away the uppers of his shoes and the flesh of his two great toes. He had often heard old miners relate over their lunch in the dismal chamber the experience of men lost in mines and attacked by rats, and now the reality of the thing nearly over came him with its horror, and he almost swooned at the thought of what he had passed through and what he might yet be doomed to experience. To add to the terrible situation of the poor lad, hunger began to make itself manifest, and the tortures of thirst were beginning to afflict him. As was the case with the Ancient Mariner, there was Water, water everywhere, But not a drop to drink. From the fact that he was growing so hungry and thirsty Gallagher judged that he had been a long time in the mine. Up to this time he had been confident that he would be able to find his way out of the old mine in the course of a few hours, but now hope seemed to be leaving him. He conjured up pictures of his mother waiting for him to come home at night, of her anxiety at his tardiness and then her uncontrollable grief at the news of his loss. Then his mind dwelt on the horrors of a death by starvation or suffo cation in the mine, and the sickening thought that he was followed by a horde of ravenous rats that were ready to make food of him even before he was dead. These thoughts almost drove him crazy, and he aroused himself, determined to make another effort to escape from the mine. He followed one of the cross cor ridors and wandered about in the maze of chambers for hours. Once he thought he heard his name called and he shouted in reply, only to hear it repeated for many minutes by the demon echoes. the light of the seabchebs. While wandering about in this way, a prey to the tortures of hunger and thirst, and to both mental and physical agony, he saw a light flash for an instant across the corridors in which he was groping. It was a long way off, but he knew it was a miner’s lamp, and felt, that parties were searching through the deserted chambers for him. Regardless of the hard, jagged floor, the strong walls, the ever-accom panying throng of rats that kept in his rear, or dangerous pits that might lie ahead of him, he ran rapidly toward where he had seen the light, shouting until he was hoarse. . “This way ! Here lam ! Here lam ! This way. for God’s sake ! ” The echoes took up the cry and carried it through the noisome avenues, lifted it up to the roof of the cerulean vault, and repeated it until it.died away m a wail of agouy; but the bearer of the light did not hear it in the course he had taken, aud the almost exhausted boy, footsore and bruised by frequeut falls ou the hard, rough mine floor, hurried on in the sub terranean labyrinth. Suddenly, in turn ing the angle of one of the corridors, a light again flashed upon his sight, and then another aud another. A voice shouted a prolonged call: “J-a-m-e-8 G-a-11-a-g-h-e-r! H-e-1- l-o-o-o-o, Jimmy!’’ The inevitable echoes had scarcely taken up the cry when the boy returned the call with all his soul iu his voice: “.Here lam ! Come this way!” His answer was heard, and iu a few moments sturdy miners had found the boy. But he did not know that he was rescued. He had fallen to the ground unconscious, his strength having gone out with his last wild cry. He was soou taken out into the pure air, where his frantic mother and the most of the village had assembled to await the result of the search. The people were wild when it was announced that the boy was found, and his brave rescuers were borne aloft by the crowd. It was a long time before young Gallagher was restored to cons ciousness, and then it was ouly at inter vals that he was in his right mind. Iu these sane intervals he related the story of his fearful sufferings, aud learned that he had been nearly two days aud one long night wandering among the horrors of the mine. His lucid spells lasted but a short time,when he would be seized with frantic rayings, in which he would plaintively beg of Barrett not to hurt him, and then shriek. “The rats are eating me up ! Drive them away! Drive them away !” The moments in which he was sane became less frequent, and finally days passed without one gleam of reason lighting up the darkness of his mind. The surgeons found it necessary to ampu tate one hand aud three toes that had been gnawed by the rats, and to perform other painful operations to save the boy’s life. One day last week, his physical condition being such as to permit it, they decided that he must be taken to an asylum for mental treatment, and ex pressed grave doubts of his permanent recovery. The brute Barrett, when the result of his cruelty became known, was compelled to fly the place in the night to escape the fury of the exasperated popu lace, and personal effects left by him were burned, as an expression of the in dignation of the people against him. Southern Women 11ml Men. From a recent letter, written by Miss Constance Fenimore Woolson, while ou a trip through the South, to the Cleveland Herald, we quote the following: You can tell a Southern girl at once. She is rounder than her Northern sisters; indeed, she is never thin or lank; she walks with a languid step, and all her movements are slow and indolent; she is never alert. She has fine soft eyes, with a serene expression, very different from the quick, keen eyes of the North; she has not the beautiful red and white com plexion of New York and New England, rather is she sallow, with few rose tints; you might call her cream color. She never looks anxious, no matter what happens; she does not think she can help matters by her advice or in terference, but sits back calmly and leaves everything to “Brother,” or” “Pa,” pro nouncing the latter word in a way I defy a Northern girl to imitate. The word might be used as a shibboleth; it is not exactly “pay,” but half way between that and the sound of “a” in “cat.” Our Southern girl dresses picturesquely rather than trimly, and has brighter colors and more floating ends and curls about her than a Northern belle allows. She has pretty, plump hands, but she is not particular about the gloves that cover them—l mean particular compared with Fifth avenue rules. In short, she is a more voluminous sort of a girl in every way, and cares less about “the fashion.” She has one decided advantage over the Northern girls, how ever, and that is her voice; it is sweeter and lower, a little trainante, perhaps, but essentially gentle and womanly. I can not speak so highly of the Southern men, the young men of to-day. They do not seem to know exactly what they repre sent. Tliej’ have neither the calm cer tainty of importance possessed by the old time Southerner, nor the bright, active energy and ambition of the young North erner. They are either swept down, be wildered by the stream, or else having drifted ashore in some little bay, they sit on the bank, and talk about their ances tors. A younger race is growing up, however, with ideas -more adapted to the times. Suicide of a Goveknment Clebk. — About five o'clock Saturday afternoon James M. Lyons, a clerk in the Surgeon- General’s office, committed suicide at his residence on I street, between 13 th and 14th streets northeast, by taking two ounces of laudanum. After receiving his pay for the month of July on Friday last he went to Baltimore,and while there pur chased the laudanum, and returned on Saturday, shortly before committing the act, very much under the influence of liquor. Taking a seat on the sofa, he took the vial from his pocket, and asked his wife, who was beside him, “Shall I take this ? ” As on previous occasions he had threatened, when in liquor, to take his life, she regarded it as mere idle drunken talk, and simply remarked, “You are not going to make a fool of yourself.” lie then drank about half the poison, when she attempted to get the vial away from him, but he seized her with one hand, and holding her off, drained tbe vial of its contents. He then laid down, and was soon asleep, his wife thinking that what he had taken was a simple narcotic. A short time thejpafter Mrs. Lyons noticed that he was turning black iu the face, and called in some of the neighbors, who endeavored to wake him up, using anti dotes, but without success. A physician was sent for, but before his arrival Mr. L. was dead. Dr. Patterson, the Coroner, held an inquest yesterday morning, and the jury rendered a verdict that deceased came to his death from an overdose of laudanum, administered by himself while under the influence of intoxicating drink. He leaves a wife and four small children, three his own and one adopted. His widow is an invalid, and in indigent cir cumstances. — Washington Star. A Sponge Bath. —A fat-looking, bald headed, lobster-colored German in shirt sleeves, appeared irr the hallway of m Adams street bathing establishment, ad dressing a loose-jointed individual with wet stringy hair, about noon yesterday: “Holt on von minud,” called out the first described, “you can no go out dese blace so you not bay me fur dat bat.” “Pay for that bath,” exclaimed the other in apparent astonishment, “who said anything about paying ?” “I say sometings ’bout dot.” “You do ?" “Yaw, I say you must pay me for dot bat.” “You said it would cost nothing,” said the wet-haired man. “Noddings!” echoed the bath-keeper, “I no say such a dings.” “What’s that readin’ on your sign, then ?” inquired the disputant.” “Dot sign reats ; ‘Turkish bats, sul- j phur bats, vapor bats and sponge bats,’ ” I replied the man of the lobster com plexion. “Well,” said the other, as he edged away, “that last’s it; bein’s I didn’t have any money, I took a sponge bath.” The Teuton fell to studying his sign, while his meandered toward the City Hall, but when at last he looked up, he had resolved to strike “sponge baths” off his list. — Chicago Post and Mail. A visitor to a Sunday school picnic near Albany (let us say Troy), found a pompous man, who was an ex-sheriff, and who seemed to be a sort of “king bee” among the people, superintending all the arrangements. Large tables were spread and loaded with an abundance of good things. As soon as everything was nearly ready for the feast, a number of children “went in,” when the ex-sheriff howled out: “Hold on, you d—n hogs, will you ?” Then in a milder tone 3aid to one of the ministers present: “Brother ■, will you ask a blessing ?”■ — In dianapolis Hews. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Summary of flic Week’s Dispatches FROM ST. MARK’S. (.Special Telegram to tbe Morning News.] Tallahassee, Fla., August 4. The schooner Dill arrived at St. Mark’s from New Orleans on Sunday. Before sailing, a man from Barrancas, Florida, got on at New Orleans, intending to work his passage to St. Mark's. On Friday he took sick, and died on Saturday morning with yellow fever. The Captain threw the body and all effects overboard. The Dell anchored iu Spauish Hole, below St. Mark s. Dr. Randolph went down quaranli -d the vessel. There is no other sickness ou board. The man who died was a brother-in-law of John W. Butler, of Milton. This is all there is about the stories of yellow fever at St. Mark's. THE WESTERN FLOODS. Jacksonville, 111.. August 3. —The damage to crops, bridges aud railroads in Central Illinois is immense. The loss is estimated at one million of dollars. That of Morgan county alone is a quarter of a million of dollars. Cincinnati, August 3.—A special from Chillieotlie says the rains continue and the floods gain strength. A canal broke be low the city and swept five thousand bush els of wheat into the river. The people living ou the bottom lands are moving their families, fearing an inundation. At Ironton the Ohio is rising five inches per hour. It is also rising rapidly at Cincin nati, where it has already invaded the lower stories on Water street aud bids fair to go as high as ever known before. A special from New Albany says trains ou the New’ Albany and Chicago Railroad were taken off to-day at Gosport. The track is covered from White river, a dis tance of thirty miles. A heavy force of men is at work trying to prevent the large railroad bridge from floating aw’ay. White river at this point is twelve feet higher than was ever known. Trains south from Lafayette go no farther than Crawfordsville. The track is washed out in many places. A special from Athens, Ohio, says that at midnight the river attained a height of within eight inches of the greatest eleva tion known. The gas works are flooded. The people of the asylum across the valley have built a boat, and ferry pro visions over. No trains are running. There have been no mails since Saturday. Terse Haute, August 3. —The Wabash is a few’ inches higher thau the great in undation of 1828. The river is three miles wide opposite the city, and slowly swelling. We shall have no intercourse iu any direction, aud no mails for four days at least, there being no less thau thirty bridges, besides trestles aud em bankments, completely gone. Cincinnati, August s.—The water is invading the cellars on Broadway, Syca more, Main, Walnut aud Vine streets up as far as Second street. * A dispatch from Terre Haute says the Wabash river is steadily falling. Rail ways have began transferring passengers ind mails, and it is thought they can get through to-morrow. At Seymour the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad bridge is gone, and there are several w’ash-outs ou that road besides. This city appears to be the centre of the storm, extending about one hundred miles in each direc tion. The total damage to railroads, to crops and private property in this Con gressional district is estimated at $lO,- 000,000. Memphis, August 5. —Heavy rains pre vail. The plantations ou islands No. 10 and 35 are submerged. At New Madrid the flood is running through the sunken land to St. Francis valley. The river here is rising steadily and encroaching on the exposed plantations. The crevasse at DeSoto Front is repaired. A dispatch from Pine Bluff says the river rose six iuches this morning, within four feet of high water. A telegram from Little Rock reports another rise of twenty-five feet. A HEAVY STRIKE. Fall River, August 3. —About one thousand five hundred operatives of this city are idle, and probably will be for thirty’ days, although rumors prevail that work will be resumed in a week. There is a great deal of dissatisfaction among the help, and many are willing to work, including a good part 6f the spinners who he retofore have acted almost as a unit. How long the mills will remain closed it is impossible to say, and manu facturers say they do not know them selves. One thing that will influence things very much will be the operatives who are opposed to a strike and willing to work at a reduction. Should there be a lock-out many storekeepers have given notice that if help can afford a vacation of thirty days they can afford to pay cash for goods. No credit will be given until they get to work. Every mill is stopped with the exception of the Stafford, which will soon close. THE BEECHER BUSINESS. New Yobk, July 3. —Mr. Morris, coun sel for Tilton, says tbut undoubtedly the new trial will be short, as they propose now to try Beecher for adultery, as he has been tried on several outside collat eral Morris says there is testi mony of great importance which will materially alter the complexion of things, and which will prove Mr. Beecher guilty. General Pryor says the three leading wit nesses for Tilton in the next trial will be Lees, the druggist, Henry G. Bowen, and Joseph Richards, Mrs. Tilton’s brother. New York, August 3.— Tilton’s lawyers have served notice of new trial on Beecher’s lawyers. THE BLACK HILLS. New York, August 4. —A dispatch from the Black .Hills country says: “General Crook in his order directing the miners to leave August the 15th, suggests that they assemble at the military post about to be established at Camp Harney on French Creek, on or before August 10th, and there hold a meeting and take such steps as may seem best to them, by organization and the drafting of proper resolutions, to secure to each when the country shall have been opened the benefit of the discoveries and labor he has already expended. THE ALABAMA ELECTION. Montgomery, August 4.—The returns come in slowly, but enough is known to render it reasonably certain that the con stitutional convention has been called by at least fifteen thousand majority. Datus E. Coon, who issued an address to the people, favoring Congressman White’s force bill, received but seven votes in his own city, out of two thousand four hun dred polled, eighteen hundred of which were Republican. Many leading Repub licans supported Colles. Several Repub lican counties have given majorities for the convention. BEECHER. New York, August 4.— lt is stated that the notice of trial served on Beecher’s lawyers by Tilton’s lawyers is purely a formal notice. It is said it does not in dicate necessarily that anew trial will be pressed. It is a pro forma document, drawn up and served because the last trial did not result in a verdict. Johnson’s obsequies. Greenville, August 3.— A1l Mr. John son’s children are present except Mrs. Brown, who remains with her mother, who, it is feared, will not long survive the shock of Mr. Johnson’s death. The coffin bears a silver plate with the in scription, “Andrew Johnson, aged G 7.” THE LOST BALLOON EES. Chicago, August B.—A bottle with the following card was picked up on the lake shore: “July IC, 2 a. m.—We cannot stay up more than an hour longer, as the gas is rapidly escaping. U. S. G.” This Bate is that of the night on which the balloon sailed. WADDY. Memphis, July 3. —The jury disagreed in the Uhompson case and were dis charged Judge Flippen regarded the former bond of SIO,OOO as good and un forfeited, but added $9,000, which has not yet been given. FROM TEXAS. Galveston, July 3. —Fifty-one voting precincts show a small majority in favor of a Constitutional Convention. The vote was light. ALABAMA OOTTON. Montgomery, August 4.—The first bale of the new crop has been received. The first bale last year was received on the 11th. DEATH of a poet. Copenhagen, August 4.—Kaus Chris tian Andersen, tfle poet and novelist,died aged seventy. the oobn crop. London, August 3.— The Mark Lane Express, in its weekly review of the corn I trade, says the cereal crop just reaching maturity has been saved by flue weather ! We may yet have a moderate harvest ii," good order. The upward movement has stopped, and prices have relapsed, partly in consequence of foreign arrivals, which are unusually free; but current rates scarcely reach the average, and are still below those of last year. The harvest in France is progressing rapidly, but the general reports indicate less than a fair average yield, although in Paris and Mar. seilles prices have fallen two shillings The Belgian and German markets show a similar change. The accounts of tin crops in Austria and Hungary show that there is more likelihood of a deficiency thau a surplus. china and japan. San Francisco, August s.—Arrived ' steamer City of Peking, from Hong Kong ! July 10th, from Yokohama the 18th’ There had been renewed assaults on for eigners in Peking. The last attack was made on an attache off the German lega tion, who, while on a scientific expedition with some companions forty miles from the capital, was severely beaten ami robbed of valuable astronomical instru ments. Negotiations between Japan aud Corea have assumed a less frieudly character than before, aud many Japanese officials have, been recalled from that country. rumor of impending war is prevalent, but thus far there has been no such decision by the Japanese Government. THE MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATS. Jackson. August 4.— -The Democratic Couveutiou was the largest since 1801. Lamar addressed the meeting at length. H. C. Hemeugway was nominated for Treasurer. The platform is mainly cou fined to State affairs. It recognizes to a full extent the social (?) aud political equality of all men, and asks the aid aud assistance of all the voters of all parties and of both rnces for the establishment of good government. After the appoint ment of the Executive Committee the Couveutiou adjourned. dead. New York, August 3.—Alexander Ham ilton, son of the great statesman, is dead, aged ninety. FROM KENTUCKY. .Louisville, August 3.—As far as heard from McCreery’s majorities are greater than Leslie’s in 1871. Tiie Livery of Heaven—What was Found on the Person ot a Thief. [From the Kalamazoo Gazette.] On Tuesday afternoon Sheriff Blauey had a most remarkable chase after a thief. A fellow from the couutry had bought a suit of clothes aud gouo to the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad depot pre paratory to taking the train. Having oc casion to step out he left the bundle iu a seat. He was no sooner out of sight thau John Howell, a moulder, picked it up and lit out of the back door, closely followed by the young man owning it. The race continued up the track to near the round house. The thief continuing to gain all tbe time, the pursuer gave up the chase, returned to the depot and reported the caso to Sheriff Blaney, who happened to be there. Denis Hall, who had jnstcome in with the local freight, took Mr. Blaney up the track ou the engine to where the man was soen to go into the woods back of the fair grounds. A thorough search was made, but no trace of the mau was found, and Mr. Blaney returned to the depot. A short time after he arrived there word was sent him by Pete Sanford that the man lmd just come out of a cornfield. So Mr. Blaney started on the chase a second time, the rain pouring down in torrents The trail of the man was soon struck, aud then commenced one grand chase, through swauips, creeks, marshes, scrub brush, patches of nettles, etc. The fel low was so closely pushed that he finally swam the river. Mr. Blauey then took the buggy which he had ordered Sanford to follow him with, aud drove around across the river aud came upon his man near Comstock. In the meantime, the fellow had put on the new clothes svud buttoned up his old coat over them. 110 was brought to town, and on his person were found a Bible with W. II Stowe marked in it, aud several letters. Among others, two from the Rev. A. Byers, < f Comstock, who gave him a'letter of recommendation to a widow in Indiana, with un idea of marriage. Also one t. the Itev. Mr. Miller, of the Young Mm Christian Association of Cincinnati, ’ll! this letter Mr. Byers says, “That the bearer, Brother John Howell, has been with us about six weeks, ami during that time, I believe, he has not missed on< prayer meeting, and on the Sabbath ho has been in his place in the Sabbath school, and more public worship. ” More of the New York Banditti. The New York brigands are still on their travels, and appear to have an easy thing as far as they have got in Penusyl vania. The band was for a long time engaged in working the rural districts, back counties and small towns of New York, before it started on its starring tour in the provinces. Pennsylvania was the nearest province to the brigands’ original field of operations, and hunted out of New York they sought the nearest and next richest commonwealth. Their career in the Keystone State has so far been altogether successful aud free from any unpleasant accident. Thej have burglarized aud robbed a largo number of villagers aud farm houses,and have been obliged to murder but one man. Him they killed on the. highway, apparently to try tlieir hand at this most daring industry. It is the only killing recorded against them. Highway rob bery was a recent afterthought. These banditti carry on burglary by wholesale. They think nothing of going through half a dozen houses in one night in the same town. The next day they are off for another objective point. They have conic down on quiet and Quakcrly Pennsylvania like the Assyrian iu the song, and the people are so astonished that they have not been able to think of any means to intercept their progress. Tearing up railroad tracks to stop trains is iu their line of effort, and one railroad has offered a thousand dollars for their apprehension! But their strategy is Napoleonic, awl they turn up in the most unexpected places, by dint of rp.pid marches. It has not yet been reported that they have made ary great amount of money by any of their ventures. * Such a statement would probably be good news and raise the hope that they might soon get enough to quit the business. But they are as numerous as the James aud the Younger boys aud several other families combined, and it will take a long time to gather enough money to satisfy them at their present rate of making it. In one case a lady came upon one of them face to face in her pailor. lie broke-for the window and broke the window in his flight. Thev work in broad baylight as often as at dead of night. The wife of a Troy clergyman recently died after being insane over twenty years. At various times she remarked to her hus band that she would put away some money for him, so that he would not starve when he became old and feeble. He missed money many times, but dared not say anything to his wife, as she fre quently attacked him with a carving knife. A few days ago some little girls were emptying out bureau-drawers in the house, when they found a little linen bag containing a number of bills. The search was prosecuted to a further extent and over fifty of the little bags were found, some in forgotten corners, others in barrels of old rubbish, and in many other places. About eight hundred dol lars altogether was found, three hundred and fifty of which was in old city bank bills. The deceased had evidently been hoarding the money for about fifteen years, as some of it was dated as long ago as that. The husband was overjoyed at the discovery, and is still searching to find the extent of his deceased wife’s legacy. When he came home to supper, his wife said: “ George, this is my uncle, Mr. Walker, from Brooklyn. Mr. Walker, will you ask the blessing ? ” Mr. Walker asked the blessing. George ate sparingly, seemed to be uneasy, and finally muttered to himself, “He asks the blessing, andl he came from Brooklyn. He may be • minister.” After that he didn’t say much, but just neglected his business for three or four days, and remained around home until Mr. Walker was gon e.—Chicago Journal. The Newbury port Herald says the fur niture business is more deeply depressed than any other in New England, and fac tories are suspending on all hands.