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3£eellti 2Uuj? %.• —- HATIRIIAI NOTR HHI *, l*li. #I!|UU KItTIUM*. Worhly New*. (>■ Year #2 OO Weekly News, *H* Monika I <H) Weekly Nf, Three Month* •<* IHUy New*, one year, $lO OO; *ix month*. j $o ot; three month*. $1 fto. Tri-Wnnkly Now*, one year, $ 08; ix month*, ' 00; three moiitti*. $1 80. A!1 •nhnrrtption* payable in advance. Pa|>er ! I>y mall are Mopped at the expiration of the time |ah! for without further notice. Hobocribem will l>le*Hi observe the date* on their wrapper*. *!MrritTi*r.MKNT*. A ten mva*urod line* of Nonpareil *>f The Wkkki.t New*. Kaeh in*erti<>n, $1 **' per aqaare. Liberal rate* : made with contract advertiser*. I.(iIU:K I'nMltvt. ('orrexponileiice solicited; but to receive at ten- j 1 ion, letter* mtiat be accompanied iiy a rcapotnd- j ldc name, not for publication, but a* a guarantee of Rood faith. All letter* *lionl<l tie addressed to •f. H. E.STILL, Savannah, Ha. HI only Shirt Morion. Hen ft tor Morton still affects to believe ! that the next l'reHidential contest must lie fought out ou war issues. The bloody shirt iri the only standard under which be w ill rally. In an interview with a re )sorter of tlie Itidinnapolis Journal, the | other day, he said: “I entertain hut little apprehension aliont the result of the next Presidential election. The i h'Hiocratic party is under the control of the old anti-war politicians, who syrupa thi zed with the reliellion, and although these men are trying to talk loyalty, yet the people have not forgotten their re cord, and will not trust them; and I be lieve that the Union soldiers and the peo<* pJ.of ike North who took part input ting down the rebellion will he better “hit* and against the Democracy than they have h. on *iuc UW The presence of het#wi eighty and ninety Confederate officer* in the next Congress is a fact the significance of which is not to he mistaken. The recent demonstrations throughout the Kouth in favor of Jeff. Davis and the heroes and principles of the rebellion have not escupyd the atten tion and consideration of the people of the North. In short, lam satisfied that the people of the United States are not prepared to trust the administration of the government, its finances, its honor, and its prosperity in the hands of its late enemies, who have for twenty years shown tlmir incapacity for everything hut crimes and blunders.” One might almost suppose, says the Nashville Anui’hutn, that Shakespeare had Morton in his mind’s eye when he wrote: ( Ist Lord Kir, 1 would advise you to shift Ia shill; the violence of actual hath made you K reek a* a sacrifice. ■ Cioteu If lev shirt wore bloody, thou to K khitt it. Have 1 hurt him V P 2d Lord mi, faith; not so much as lifs patience. Oj/mbtliut, Art 1, Scene 3, 'I lie Government Whisky King. The St. Louis Time* is doing good work in exposing the rascalities of the infamous whisky ring, which has brought ho much of odium upon the “future great city.” It gives the names of the eleven conspirators recently indicted by the grand jury of St. Louis county, as fol - lows ; William M’Kee, of the Qlobe ville Orafet, the President’s brother; Col. Dent, ties President’s brother-in-law; Sum Casey, another brother in law, and at the head of the New Orleans Custom House; Gen. liahoock, the President’s private secretary ; Judge John F. Long, Collector of Customs of that port; Judge 0. A. N iweomb, ucting United States Marshal until his successor shall he ap pointed ; Judge J. M. Krum ; Win. Pat rick, late United States District Attorney; Chester 11. Krum, oouusel for the offi cials heretofore indicted. Andi (*ut tion to this list of whiyky worthies, the Timen asserts, upon the strength of l something more tin*'* conjecture, that if fatristow suoceed't 'ts well in the second K IL|M , ~(■ 1,,* vurfure as ho lms in the first, 4) n , Wllv w .tl tie open for him to inaugur ate a third stage, which will consist of , nothing Ihh than the indictment of Or ville 11. Babcock and the members of the National Republican executive commit tee of 1872 ps co-conspirators and re ceivers of the stolen funds, together with the possible impeachment of the l’resi ' dent for gm'ity knowledge of the frauds, if not f ’>■ a criminal participation in their proceeds. This will be a nice thing to vegiu the third term canvass upon, and as it stands forms anything but a very I hopeful foundation for success. Wo cer lamp can afford to laugh. I The New Yo. k Financier. [ (In name had led us to suppose that | this was strictly a financial journal, and L f course free from parti/.uu bias. But if we are to judge its character by I such extracts from its columns as I the following, we must come to L the conclusion that it is both partisan and 'unscrupulous, and that it is no more re liable in its political statements than in [ its tluancial figures. In its issue of the ■ 3:sth the editor says : L, “Southern politicians, who care not a V Button for anything but success, would P liavc shouted themselves hoarse in jov I mid adulation if the Ohio repudiationists f Siad triumphed, but, now that Allen has Been defeated, they speak of the Ohio l leaders with great contempt and bitter fd demand that the inflationists <k seats or be exterminated. This iirtieularly juot, but justice is the ing a repudiating domagogue expect or desire. The knaves roposed general robbery of ders have known they might get office >,nd (lower if they succeeded, but would ■‘inblv be considered swindlers and fools as well if they failed. But the readiness of a certain class of Southern politicians to agree to anything—hard money or repudiation, free trade or pro lection, general jobbery or admiuistra ’i\ reform, provided only they can get power in the nation, is one of the uu ■ >leu u\i features of the situation.” The Fimincier't statements in this paragraph are, in point of truth, below par. is no such feeling of “contempt y ;.Yd bitterness " entertained by “Southern ■ loliticiuus" for “the Ohio leaders," who, Jn their recent conflict with Radicalism, t truck a blow at its corrupt and ruinous liuaucial policy. Nor are the “Southern jioliticiaus" so reckless of principles, of light and justice, as to willingly sacrifice • verytliing for power. Asa financial journal the Financier might at least have 1 irboruo the e\(>ressiou of its sectional prejudice in this connection. The connection of McKee, of the St. 3 Amis (H'jt* DetnocnU, with the whisky lrauds ia said to be as follows; At the time the ring was formed, the Collector (■f Internal Revenue at St Louis was Mr. Ford, a man whom the distillers i ud corrupt officials did not dare to ap - 1 roach with improper proposals. Mc- Kee was on very intimate terms with Mr. Ford, and had great iufluenc.' with J im. He finally undertook to remove l.is opposition to their schemes, which lie did by representing that a large cum- I sign fund was needed at Washington, and that the President and other prorni ) ent members of the Republican party demanded that it be raised. No such call for money had been made, and the liug having debauched the Collector, pocketed the money. Moody and Sankey refuse to regener |le Poateu tot the present, \ J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR, Baltimore and the St. Louis f onven t ion. The Baltimore Board of Trade, having imitated the example of Chicago in de clining to send delegates to the St. Louis Railroad Convention, the Richmond DU - \ pitch thus expresses its surprise at the j apathy of the people of Baltimore on the subject of the proposed Southern Pacific i Railroad connection. The editor sajs: “tVe commenced this article to express our surprise that the Board of Trade of j Baltimore should decline to send repre- ! sentatives to the convention at St. Louis 1 to consider the subject of the Southern 1 Pac. ic railway. The declination to send ; such representatives indicates iudiffer ence, if not hostility, toward such a road, j And why? Does she not call herself a Southern city ? If so. how can 1 she oppose the construction of a Southern road to the Pacific? If she as umes that she declines to i appear at St. Louis because of the ap- I preliended personal bias of the St. Louis { convention, we would n.k ho.w does- i tijpore kr <w that that convention will meet o ißian.’h* aj. partisan tuoi- ! in*-:?'- ; w ~i itefendf unless she was ar< tfia't- ue could control it? In such • ea*a she would display the de sire of that control which the fear that other# had would keep her away. We ijnderstand it to be a convention that is to consider the whole subject and deter mine what plan or what railroad managers would be most acceptable in the South. Why shouldn't Baltimore go to the conven tion as a Southern city, having a deep in terest. in a Southern Pacific railroad, and desiring that it shall take the best course for the g„od of the South, as well as that of herself ? “For ourselves we abhor anything like partisaury iu this matter, and think all Southern cities should be represented at St. Louis. There is but one railway now from the Atlantic to the Pacific. That way is subject to such serious climatic obstructions that great injury is done to trade and travel between the oceans; that road having a complete monopoly between the oceans. And yet, notwith standing the obstructions to which we refer, the exactions of the monopoly im posed upon trade and travel are imposing the most oppressive tariffs upon both freights aud travel. The cry for relief begins in’ the Missis sippi Valley, aud it should be shouted back from the Atlantic, especially by all Southern towns, which derive no benefit from the present route to California. It is to get this relief from monopoly and to equalize the favors of the Federal Government to the sections that the movement is now to he made at St. Louis demanding a route along a Southern lati tudinous line to the Pacific. We here want it, Baltimore ns a Southern city wants it, the Union wants it as a matter indispensable to the sacred rights of the sections to equality, without which there can he neithor peace nor justice. We nil should oppose the thirty fifth parallel ns the lino of the roail, because that is not —<*ut eliao.i-n..u, nn it v/uiu utterly deprive the South of equality iu routes to the Pacific. “Every truly Southern community should he represented at St. Louis. That convention should be a truly Southern body, as the best gmirantee for the maintenance of the rights and inter ests of the South—the best guarantee for the establishment of equality in the favors and tlio material aid of the Fede ral Government in building the grand trails continental highways which have such powerful bearing upon the com merce of the nation. The Whisky King and the Presidential ' Household. It is estimated that the government will recove $1,500,000 by the raid on tl * whisky thieves, or about or of what has been stolen there in taw nuu three years. The Treasury otllciuls, it is said, feel confident of equal success in Chicago, Milwaukee, and other places, and hope to recover something like three million dollars before they get through, By the way, the last of the indicted distillers at St. Louis, \V. P. Jouett, was a partuer of brother-in-law Casey, a fact which again brings up the suspicions in connection with the Presi dential household. And speaking on this subject, the St. Louis Times has a word to say, which does not lack either point or relevancy. It remarks : “Oorbiu sold to Jim Fisk and Jay Gould the secrets of the govern eminent which led to Black Friday and its widespread disasters. Another Presi dential brother-in-law, Colonel Dent, procured the appointment of ‘Poor Henry’ Clews as Financial Agent of the Government, and the dismissal of the Barings, which led to the loss of as yet undiscovered millions, and now we are askcdHo reseut, as a suspicion too horri ble to be entertained for a moment, the charge that Orville Grant was a member of the St. Louis Whisky lviug. As our judgment has not been carped by much government advertising, we shall be obliged to think in accordance with the fituess of things the charge is quite likely to be true.’’ Deviation of the Earth's Orbit.— According to a writer in one of the French astronomical journals, the greatest deviation of the plane of the earth's orbit from the position it occu | pied in 1 MX) is four degrees and fifty ' minutes, and this result is not liable to j an uncertainty of more than five or sis ! minutes. He states that there isap i parently nothing to prevent the earth's orbit becoming for a time sensibly circu lar ; but those geologists who attribute the changes of climate, which have taken place iu different sections of the globe, to a variation in the obliquity of the ecliptic, are in error. A change of such magnitude as would lead to a subversion of the present order of things, this writer asserts, can never arise. There are some geologists, too, who declare that the earth was once a mass of fire, and that its surface has gone through various degrees of temperature in cool ing, sufficient to give a tropical climate to those parts of the globe which are now permanently covered with snows; but of this theory, it must at least be said that it is destitute of complete re liance. Active preparations are being made for the reception of Moody and Sankey in Philadelphia. The o'.d freight depot, formerly used by the Pennsylvania iiail road Company, at the corner of Thirteenth and Market streets, has been secured and fitted for the accommodation of the pub lic. Ten thousand chairs have been placed in the building, and a reserve supply of two thousand extra ones laid jn for # % Affairs in Georgia. An Atlanta man who haan’t had the itch isn't admitted into good society. Mr. George P. Cornell, of Macon, was married recently to Mias Lucine Elder, of ; Indian Sprint:, one of the most beautiful 1 and accomplished young ladies of Middle Georgia. Mr. Stephen D. Heard, of Augusta, is se riously ill. The bold aud busy burglar is burgling in Macon. J. J. Clay tailed the fox in the recent chase in Joues county. The Count Johannes B. Gormane is en gaged iu the plebeian vocation of gathering his rice crop. If this continues all taint of the fast society in Europe and other French town* will hood be eliminated. Kiuce the editor of the Talbotton Standard has married, he has discovered that the modern pin-back is a mere skeleton, so to -jieak. Tins is cauilid, hanged if it isn’t. Sawyer says he doesn’t get anything but good words from the people. We trust, however, thkt this is exaggeration. At any rate, we bespeak for the Commonwealth sub scribers without end. . . ' In Forsyth, where such things are done to per fection, the ladies propose to give an entertainment on the 26tb, for the benefit of the Baptist Church. > |p Governor Smith has required Treasurer Jones to file anew bond, h old one, onac count of the death of General Berming and wPiNCfcaftrica (.f hi cU*. ' .. ***EiW ii&v MtseTTO tersrilie the other daw Mr. Marschalk, of Cartersville, proposes to devote his leisure hours hereafter to fighting a cottoa ring. A couple of female tiddlers enlivened At lanta the other day. They were on their wav to the Southern cemetery known as Texas. The Cartersville Standard thoughtlessly accuses Fitch, of the Newuan Star, of tonching too much of the rosy. This is not true. Colonel Fitch is not only the proprie tor of a hydraulic ram, but is the regularly authorized chaplain of a cold water so ciety. A female negro woman razored a rival in Columbus the other night. It is said that Joey Brown will soon pro test against the extravagance indulged in by the, State University students in lather ing their fritters with New Orleans syrup. We hope tlie Trustees will proscribe sor ghum. Dr. J. G. Thomas, of this city, has been appointed a delegria to the International Medical Congress to he held in Philadelphia in September, 1876. A Fulton county negro, after firing his pistol at a constable, threw a stone aud then took to his heels. This is all that saved him. In Marion county recently the negroes buried one of their number iu the space al lotted to tlie white people. Much indigna tion is manifested thereat. The Atlanta Constitution learns from re liable sources that the houses of Lowry & Eason and D. E. Allen, of Dalton, have fail ed and gone into bankruptcy. The first kept a general supply house, and the last a dry goods store. Ills reported that the liabil ities of the first will reach $40,000, while their assets will more than cover it. Of the extent of either, however, not much is de finitely known. They were indebted to At lanta merchants between $6,000 aud SB,OOO. It is said that they have about $20,000 iu notes and accounts, SIO,OOO or $12,000 iu goods, in addition to the storehouse and two plantations. The Enquirer says all the oranges brought to Columbus are from Florida. East season Columbus received 1,500 boxes, containing about 525,000 oranges, which were sold for $11,250. This year the business is expected to largely increase. There are many mer chants who will pay freight on all the peo ple of Florida may send. They can find a market at remunerative prices for all that may he sent. The Forsyth Advertiser says that a young man named Clayton Coody, son of F. M. Goody, of Butts county, was shot and badly wounded whilst coining from his home to i’ornytU on Saturday morning last. He was a short distance on this side of the residence of Mr. Clint Ham, near the place formerly anowii .a Praetor's Stpr'’> 'nen he wao fired at by some o"* * u the woods. As soon as the shootmg was done the would-be assassin fled, and young Coody failed to re cognize him. He saw him distinctly enough to know that he was a white man. Coody was on horseback, and came to town as rapidly as possible and had the ball, which entered the lower portion of the body, ex tracted by Dr. L. 15. Alexander. It is quite likely that the motive was money, as it was supposed that Coody had some money winch ho was bringing to town to pay a debt. The wound, while painful, is not considered by Dr. A. as dangerous. The same papor says that although in many sections of the country the price of real estate has declined a great deal and it is next to impossible to sell for any price, it is not so in Monroe county. Last week Mr. T. J. Choves sold his farm seven or eight miles from Forsyth, containing 400 acres, to Mr. lticks ltutland for $5,000. The money is to be paid cash. Whilst this is not an extraordinary price, yet we believe it is more than laud will bring iu any of the agricultural sections of the State. Thus the sarcastic demon of the Ge neva Lamp : The Lamp is offered for sale, i’o an enterprising, intelligent, industrious printer, this is a favorable opportunity to lav the foundation of a future competency. Wo would not offer our paper at such a sacrifice, but we think it our duty to go to Columbus and publish a daily that would not. be too picavunish to oxchauge with the surrounding country press. Price, $3,000 cash. Mr. T. R. Lombard writes as follows to Captain J. It. King, Lumpkin county: The ore and saud from the Etowah mine whioh you sent me to test, turned out much better than I expected considering the disad vantage of working soft ore iu a mill using stamps of seven hundred and fifty pounds weigfit. From the five tons sent I obtained twenty-two and a half pennyweights of hard ama gum, which, when burnt off, will make at least twelve •pennyweights of pure gold. The mill had been lying idle so long that I wasted more gold than I other wise would. One hundred tons would in this mill yield threo hundred pennyweights of gold, aud iu a mill of three hundred pounds stamp, would, no doubt, double more than that amount. If you wish to make a further test at my mill with a larger quantity of ore, I shall be happy to accom modate you. A twenty stamp mill on your mine, of proper weight, etc., for working such ore, will make it the best payiug mine in the country. At anta (Jonetitulion: We are indebted to Dr. T. P. Janes, Commissioner of Agricul ture, for the following copy of a letter from a distinguished planter of Liberty county, Georgia, to him: “Just after the war, about 1808, two negroes raised in this county la.ught an improved place of forty-acres, lying midway between stations 2 and 3 of the Allautic aud Gulf K&ilroad, remote about four miles from the road. They planted, after the usual manner, corn, cot ton, rice, peas and, I think, oats. They cropped thus for three years, the laud gradually degenerating, only such portions of it as they were able to manure. During the spring of It 71 they noticed a strange weed growing in the fields and coming up thickly after the crops were laid by. It continued to spread and grow thicker all over the field until every foot of ground, if left uncultiva ted, would be covered by it. It was soon discovered that it rooted out the common grasses aud weeds, taking entire possession. It was feared that it would be a worse enemy than Bermuda or nut grasses, but it is now known not to be an enemy, but a bles-dng providential, for the reclaiming of this poor old worn out section of the State. Since its first appearance on this one place four years ago, it has spread to other places, so that fields several miles distant have now become covered with it. It seeds heavily, the seed remaining in the ground all winter and coming up m spring. Like seed of crab grass, it makes no dif ference how deep they are buried, thev do not rot, but will come’ up, eveu late in*the fall. It is not au early grower, and hence never gets in the way of young crops, rarely getting up before May or June. The first light tr ists of tall almost always kills it. While cattle aud horses eat it with great rel ish, botfi green and cured, there may be some objection to it as a forage plant from the tact that after it is cured, if roughly handled, it loses its leaveg. This may be remedied in the •curing. The vines contain so much moisture it is liable to mold if packed in bulk. Asa fertilizer it is nn *rpassed. On one of the places where it grows it was turned uuder in its green state last fall on about two acres. On an adjoin ing two acres it was allowed to stand and die, the grouud being broken this past spring, aud fertilized with stable manure. The four acres were planted in corn, culti vated ail over alike, and when gathered the green soil manure yielded two bushels to ooe of the stable manure. The dry season, however, prevented the stable manure from having its full effect. In land that is at aLI “ lively" in plowing it it is necessary to use a good plow with a “sword” attachment, or it will choke every five feet. The plant somewhat resembles the pea vine , the leaves differ, as aiso do the seed pods. When thickly set, its branches grow up ; when thinly set’ they spread out on the ground. There is bat one main root; it does not send down roots from the joints, no matter how long the vines may he. SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1875. A turpentine distillery is shorffy to be established at No. 3, Atlantic and Gulf Rail road. Here’s our man for Governor. The R ime Courier says Mr. John Aired, of that county, paid his State and county tax to Captain S. C. Trout, tax collector, yesterday, and re marked : “1 am fifty-two years old and don’t owe a dollar ; haven’t bought a bushel of corn or a pound of meat since the war ; never had a cross word with a neighbor in my life, aud never swore an oath : never buy any clothing—have them spun, wove and made at home ; never bad a lawsuit with any one, aud never was a witness in court.” It is impossible in these days to gain any information unless you ask for it. Conse quently. we respectfully propound this: What does the Atlanta 'Constitution mean, in its remarks regarding the intention of the Governor to require anew bond from Treasurer Jones, by the following? “Hence it is that in the present emergency the Governor has felt called upon to enter into such proceedings as would protect the peo ple of the State from loss in the premises. After due consultation over the matters in hand, and the additional incentive of a good notice, tell all you know.” The “addi tional incentive of a good notice” is rather funny. Dr. Y. F. Gray, of Spalding county, is dead a* & The daily*edition of the Athens Georgian has bofu discontinued. It was good while -i :”,q t> J.lr o a vnr - J ~ s f v, .' * (I| C oc ■ f Dr. Fatiitb, of Dougherty county, was burned last week, together with twelve baies of cotton. The fire originated iu the lint room, and was accidental. A stranger committed suicide in Macon on Tuesday. The bold burglar is still operating in Macon. Rex, of Atlanta, has sent us letters patent attested by Hijim, appointing us Count of Chatham. A regularly ordained Count in these times ought to have a mule and a shot gun, and as these haven’t come to hand, we suspect that the whole affair is one of Miles Turpin’s jokes. In Atlanta the .people make nothing ef falling through the bridge over the railroad. Major James F. Smyth, of Washington county, was married recently in Jacksou county to Mrs. Maggie F. Meitz, formerly of Thomasville. A negro woman dropped dead in Americus the other day. Disease of the heart. A Fulton county man, iu a fit of drunken frenzy the other night, endeavored to kill his wife, aud nearly succeeded. He broke her arm, knocked her shoulder out of place, and then ripped opeu a feather bed. This, as you may well suppose, occurred in the neighborhood of Atlanta. Mr. Fleming Mobley, of Griffin, is dead. Young Toombs Wright, oi xiome, has had one ot bis arms broken three or four times. He seems to have got in the habit of it. Numerous tine specimens of copper ore have recently been found in Haralson county. Mr. Edward Ilett, the pressman of the Augusta Chronicle, has never lost a day in nineteen years, until last Tuesday, when he followed a brass hand off to South Carolina. Mr. George L. Mason, of Macon, has been admitted to the bar. Macon has already had her first shad. The farmers of Baldwin are planting largely of oats. The Sandersville Georgian says ; Farm ers tell us that much of the “top crop” of cotton will not open. Mr. T. E. Brown re ports enough on thirty acres of land to make five or six halos, not a boll of which will ever open. He laid upon our tablo about a foot of the top of a stalk contain ing seven bolls, large and fine, but looking as if glued together. The cotton grew af ter the rains set in—too late to perfectly mature. Montezuma has a sausage factory. It is said that when a dog is ground up you can’t tell the meat from genuine pork. That fact is calculated to disarm popular prejudice and reconcile tfie gaueial public. Two moro i burglaries have occurred in Macon. <* t,J Col. Jonw na., lacked and barred ms pantry. Tbe post-bellum experience of Col. Jones, of the Macon Telegraph, has been some what unfortunate. Since the war, while a resident of Cutlibort, liis horse was stolen from the stable aud never recovered. Iu a single night he lost every turkey, duck and cliickeu on his promises ; had a valuable milch cow, just about to calve, killed and butchered within fifty rods of tbe settlement on his farm ; had a cliost iu his own bed chamber, containing thirty dollars in specie, opened aud rifled ; Ins corn-crib robbed of a large amount of grain ; gin-house entered and five hundred pounds of cotton stolen, the thieves and their plunder being captured within a few paces of the building ; had liis garden fence torn down and a whole wagon load of ru'a-baga turnips carried off—three bales of packed cotton and a valuable mule spirited away to Florida from his Baker county plantation— -forty head of sheep, and all save, five of two hundred head of hogs, stolen from the same place ; and, finally, bis store, printing office, aud merchandise worth $7,000, burnt by a negro for plunder, who was afterwards arrested near Columbus. Hinesvillo Gazette: Last Thursday a little son of Dr. A. I. Hendry, of Taylor’s Creek, while eating persimmons, and* laughing at the same time, swallowed a seed, which lodged in his wind-pipe. All efforts to eject it were in vain; and, after the little boy bad suffered great agony, liis father made an opening iu the throat, and succeeded in re moving the seed. On yesterday the little sufferer was doing well, and no doubt of his recovery is now entertained. The same paper has this: Through the columns of the Mousing News we see that Superintendent Haines is preparing, under the auspices of tbe Atlantic and Gulf Rail road, to issue another pamphlet descriptive of the lauds in Southern Georgia and Florida. This pamphlet will be distributed through out the Northern States, and will fall into the nands of many who are contemplating moving South. No better means of impart ing the requisite information about our lauds could be adopted than this. And it will influence that class of immigrants we desire to see settled among ns—men with some capital, who will come here to live aud die among us. What they require is relia ble information as to climate, soil aud pro ductions, together with the growth, quantity and locati >n of the lands. There are thou sands of acres of lands which lie along the A. & G. R. li. that the owners are anxious to sell. Here is au excellent opportunity to let it be known. We advise all who live in this section, that are in possession of more land than, they wish to retain, to communi cate with the authorities of the A. & G. R. R. The Americus liepublican has a duck and snake story. A few nights ago a gentleman by the name of Williams, .viug near that place, hearing one of his wife’s ducks mak ing a noise as if alarmed, got out of bed and went to whore she was, but could not see or hear anything. He went the second time, but with the same result. He told his wife he guessed the ducks had gone crazy and again retired to bed. The next morn ing Mr. Williams went to where the old duck was sitting on her eggs, under a brush pile, and, to liis astonishment, ho saw a large black snake coiled up under the fowl, the snake having swallowed twelve of tbe eggs. Mr. Williams shot his suakeship’s head off, cat him open, took the eggs out and placed them under the duck, and eleven of the dozen eggs hatched. “Halifax," writing from Atlanta to the Augusta Chronicle, says: Treasurer Jones yesterday expressed to a Constitution re porter the belief that he would arrange Lis bond without difficulty. I understand, how ever, to-day that he is not so sanguine. In deed, it is beieved by some that he will makeffio strenuous efforts to make anew bond. The duties ami cares of the office, they say, during tiie past year have caused him so much anxiety and solicitude that they believe he will voluntarily retire from the position. During their visit to New York Attorney General Hammond, Senator Kibbee and Dr. James F. Bozeman ascer tained beyond peradveuture that Treasurer Jones had paid $150,006 of State bonds twice, and the opinion seems to prevail that Treasurer Jones, jointly with bis securities, are liable for this deficiency. Shouid the Treasurer resign it is predicted that Dr. James F. Bozeman will be appointed to the position temporarily until the Legislature assembles in January. Atlanta Constitution : At the recent term of the United States Circuit Court here, tfie case of J. Nelson Tap >au, trustee of Henrv Clews & Cos., vs. John W. Wofford, the Cherokee Railroad Coiupauv et ah, reached its final trial. After a full argument of the case the court rendered a decree in favor of the complainants, supporting the report of the master in clianeerv, Mr. Whittle, and ordering the sale of the road. The defend ants, through their attorney, Mr. B. H. Hill, gave notice of their intention to appeal the case to the Supreme Court of the United States, and the court fixed the appeal bond in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, giv ing them thirty days from the adjournment of court to raise the security. Yesterdav this bond was filed with tl e Clerk of the court, and approved by him. The securi ties are Alfred Austell, Samuel M. Inman and Walker P. Inman. The condition is that they pay complainants all damages they may suffer and interest that may accrue by reason of defendant’s carrying the case The death of Col. A. P. Rood, one of the largest landowners in Stewart county, is aunouGced. Macon Telegraph: The Timber Gazette, published in Darien, Georgia, by Richard W. Grubb, is a well conducted weekly, evinc ing in its editorials and selections much good sense and industry. Darien is on ris ing i round once morej after experiencing as many “casualties” as ever befel any place on the continent. Desolated and burnt by the Yankees, again partially rebuilt, but to be revisited by the five fiend, domineered over for a long time by that old sanctimoni ous hypocrite, Tunis Campbell, swept many/ years since by yellow fever, insalubrious!;* though beautifully located, her citizens be ing forced to retire to the salts for health at night in the sickly season, yet she has proven herself a regular pbo-nix "%®gfgy and powers of recuperation. This port Is one of the most important lumber outlets on. the Atlantic coast. Every timber raft on the bosom of the Altamaha and her t#o. tributaries, the. OcnSuigee and Oconefe.ds wafted to her wharves, aud not nnfj'equently a fleet of vessels may he semi lying; in the Doboy roadstead loading for Northern ports. Sandersville Herald:: Shade the late grand display and aid'st successful fair of the Washington Cqunty.AgrienlluXai Society, it is gratifying to see turf-gfea'tly increased interest manifested .Ly 'planters who have never before aideddu asy whatever. Now, come up man fully to the work, hv'fwa: m. ans, influence, etc , we will have ;.w * fall such as hm never boon ip Georgia before. •‘.-nter who ,bl< will take only •if the atoc'-’k ; ■ company, the society will have me? * sufficient for all practical purposes. Again we urge the early action of tho society in regard to making it a district fair. Let’s get all the connties around us deeply interested, aud show the world at large what a wonderful country we have around us Wr diversity of productions, etc. Move, gentlemen, at once, and have your premiums for field crops, so that plan ters may make early arrangements for com peting. In the mean time let premium acres for wheat, oats, rye, etc., be prepared aud planted by as many as possible. All cannot get premiums, but the planter gets ■ pay anyhow in his increased crop. The following is published in the Atlanta papers : Executive Department, 1 State or Georgia, > Atlanta, Ga., November 15, 1875. J Whekeas, The examination of the condition of the treasury thus far made under direction of the Gov ernor by joint resolution of the General Assembly, ny James F. Bozeman, assisted by Janies W. Warren, Secretary of the Ex ecutive Department, discloses a state of things which excites grave apprehensions that the public interests may suffer injury from the failure of the Treasurer to account fully aud satisfactorily for the public money which has gone into his hands since he came into office ; and whereas, it has come to the knowledge of the Governor that two of the sureties upon the official bond of the Treasurer deny their liability thereon ; and whereas, information has come to the Gov ernor that another one of the sureties has departed this life, aud his estate will soon have beeu fully administered, upon, and that still another of said sureties has become financially embarrassed; and whereas the examination of the tax digest iu the office of the Comp troller General discloses the fact -that the remaining sureties on tho bond of the Treasurer do not return taxable property in value to the amount of said bond; and whereas, by section 170 Of the last revised cede of Georgia, it is made the duty of the Governor when surety to any bond given by any officer for the performance of any public duty shall, in the opinion of the Governor, formed upon satisfactory evi dence, become insufficient, to require of such officer & new boud and surety; and whereas it is the opinion of the Governor, formed as aforesaid, that the surety upon the bonds of the Treasurer has become in sufficient, and that the Treasurer should not be allowed to receive, have possession of aud disburse public money of the State without giving new bond and surety iu the terms of the law ; it is, therefore, ordered, That John Jones, State Treasurer, do exe cute anew bond with sufficient surety in terms of the law in such cases made and provided. Given uiidot mflEaud aud seal of the executive department, at the capitol, in Atlanta, the day aud year above written. Dieal.l James M. Smith, Governor. By the Governor: J. W. Warren, Sec. Ex. Department. Florida Affairs. The politicians think Purmau is asleep, but l’urman is already organizing a baud wagon for the next campaign—aud, as against Stearns, we are betting on him, al though, according to an old Scotch proverb, it is “whistle, Johnnie, shut your eyes, aud choose the meanest.” Hicks’s paper prints the presentments of the grand jury of Nassau county. Are not three true bills for perjury omitted from that document ? If so, wherefore ? In the vicinity of Concord, on the night of the 12th inst., William Lott’s gin-house, to gether with fourteen bales of cotton, was burned. It tvas 'the work of an incendiary. San Mateo has a hotel. At least, that is the rumor. They are going to organize a Fruit Growers’ Association at Bronson to-day. One of the liveliest men in Jacksonville, Fla., just now is Colonel Wm. M. Nicholls, of New Holland Springs, who is hard at work getting the Nicholls House ready for the reception of guests. He hopes to be able to open within a month, and we can assure the traveling public that his new hotel will be found one of the most delight ful winter resorts in East Florida, as it is located in a most desirable part of Jackson ville, and near the railroad depot and steamboat landings. The Floridian says that Justice Westcott, in an advisory opinion transmitted to the Governor, holds that by the recent amend ment to the Constitution the tenure of office of justices of the peace is changed to four years, as by the terms of the amendment, and that this time must relate back and run from the date of the commission of each justice. So that such justices as had been in office four years or more at the time of the adoption of the amendment were legis lated out of office by that amendment, and all others may hold for four years from the time of their appointment. Tampa has already shipped one hundred thousand oranges of the new crop. Jacksonville is protesting against the presence of the gay gamboliers. Thus the Lake City HeporltT : We have to admit the greatness of Governor Stearns. He displayed his greatness and power in our county about one year ago. When find ing that E. G. Johnson hau been defeated at the polls he, as Governor, removed every justice of the peace in the county (by tele graph) whom he believed would not lend themselves to perpetrating the fraud of de claring Johnson elected over Weeks. Our people can never forget the men who con ducted that canvass, nor the Governor who put himself to such meanness. The Constitution says that a negro was arrested and brought before Judge Bell, one day last week, charged with arson. Soon after the July tire in Monticello he was heard to tell another negro that he caused the fire by pouring kerosene on Mr. Folsom’s ' "ilding and setting fire to the same. A e man, Mr. James Lindsey, overheard the confession and testified to the same, but the negro to whom it was made is now living in Georgia. A further investigation of the case has been post poned until the evidence of said witness can be procured. Stearns and his wretched coadjutors are showing their teeth to the Morning News. Well, if we don’t extract those teeih, there’s no virtue in forceps. Wait a little and be hold the spectacle. There’s fun ahead. Brother Sawyer, of the Jacksonville Union, is a regular Ku-Klux. He says that “Purman is a disturber of the public peace, and should be indicted as & public nuisance; and for the good of the country at large, and the Republican party in particular, and of the Sentinel especially, he should be got rid of at once. No $l,(X>O will be offered as a reward for the. catchiDg of the man who will do the ‘taking off.’ No word would be heralded abroad that it is a political murder, even if a Democrat Bhould be the assassin; no one, not even the worst kind of an office seeker, contriving ways and means to find avenues to the publje treasury and the soft aide of distributors of public offices, would in such a case, send abroad the dis graceful story of a political murder! No, no, Purman henceforth is an outlaw, and tree game for any Ku-Klux or anybody else full of diabolical purposes.” Some of our Conservative contemporaries, says the Horidinn, are calling for action by the State Central Committee looking to an organization of the Conservative masses throughout the State. The State Commit tee is powerless By a singular fatality that committee was selected from the St. John's to the Perdido, and from the Georgia line to Key West. The chairman, the late Captain Brokaw, never could get a quorum present. Besides, the committee, could it be convened, would have no power to appoint county committees. This is a matter belonging solely to the several counties. The county committees last appointed are still in office, and they shouid move towards organizing. When the State committee meets next year it will take care not to repeat the folly of 1872, but will so arrange the State commit tee as to place a quorum within easy and inexpensive reach of each other. To select committee men hundreds of miles apart is simply absurd. Thus the Monticello Constitution : “That fellow don't advertise—he must be broke,” was the remark of a gentleman the other day, whilst looking over a Savannah paper to ascertain the place of business of a cer tain merchant. And this is the usual con clusion, and almost invariably correct. The same paper says that Mr. S. A. Palmer has a japonic* busk on his plantation, a few miles from town, for which he has refused fifty dollars. Mr. Thomas J. Moore, of Wankeenah, sends the Monticello Constitution two mam moth sweet potatoes, which were raised by Mr. E. P. Barrington, who lives on the southern slope of this county, in full view t of the “Florida Volcano.” These two pota toes weigh a little over eleven pounds, and are fair samples from a one-ami-a-half acre patch. In fact, a responsible gentleman ■says that Mr. B. has one hundred bushels of potatoes equally as large as the couple sent. Here is a paragraph from the same source: The local of the Union makes a startling announcement. He says that he actually eats ‘'victuals,” Well, the neighbors are really kind. The Constitution has the particulars of one of the most shocking crimes of which we have ever heard. It appears that a white girl between fourteen and fifteen years of age, and unmarried, gave birth to a child after dark, in the open air, a few yards from her parents house, and unattended; that afterwards the young mother was carried into the house aud her offspring neglected ! The following morning a colored man passing the house discovered the child, with both legs eaten off by a hog, and the hog still feasting on the body. The hog was driven off and the negro wont to the house, and calling the brother of the unfortunate girl, showed him the horrible spectacle. He gazed on the mutilated body with apparent indiffer- and advised the colored man to say nothing about it. Whilst the brother of the mother of this mutilated child was looking upon it, the negro says that the hog return ed and commenced again to eat the body— and the monster did not even drive it away. What finally became of the remnant of the body we kuow not—it may have been com pletely consumed by hogs. The colored man agreed to not say anything about what he had witnessed ; but the affair was so hor rible and contrary to nature that he could not restrain his feelings, and re ported the occurrence to a magistrate, and the case was transferred to Judge Bell. Some of the parties interested were brought before Judge Bell on Wednesday, and a par tial investigation instituted, but owing to the inability of the young mother of the child to put in an appearance, the case was continued—the young man only being placed uuder bonds. We merely give an outline of this terrible case, for the details are too horrible for publication. The parents and other relatives, we understand, plead ignor ance of the girl’s condition, and protend they know nothing of the birth of a child. This is absurd. Wo trust that if thero is auy law to meet the case, that its extremo penalty will bo meted out to these worse than brute t—for brutes will take care of and protoct their oftspriug. The same paper has this : “Suppose I am nominated lor Governor, what course will the Democratic party take? Of course the party will oppose me, but what will some of my personal friends do? You know I wouldn’t waul to be beateu. It seems to me if Pur man works square, and I am inclined to be lieve he will, I can get the nomination, and I thinks Walls will favor me. Still, Purmau and I ought to make it anyhow.” The foregoing is an extract from what purports to be a private letter from Seuator Conover to Mr. Dyke, of the Floridian, and published in the list Fernaudina Observer. We waive all com ment as to the propriety of a ltadical Seua tor thus addressing the leading Democratic editor of the State, for beyoud doubt our brother Dyke can make a satisfactory expla nation. But in rcspouse to the query as to what the Democratic party will do iu the event of the nomination of Senator Conover, we have this to say, and we believe we but echo the sentiment of every honest Demo crat in the State : Every effort will bo made to accomplish his defeat. We look upon him as one of the most corrupt and unscru pulous mountebanks that ever disgraced this State by his presence, and no greater mis fortune could possibly be infiicted upon the people than his installation as the Chief Executive. If he Has personal friends in the ranks of the Democracy who would give to him support in the event of his nomination for Governor by the ltadical party, our opinion is that all such personal friends are devoid of honor. If they would sacrifice principles on the altar of perhaps a purchased friendship, and thereby assist in the elevation of an unprincipled adven turer as ruler over a long suffering, liberty loving and honorable people, they would merit the scorn and contempt of ail honest men. Enough for the present, however. We merely desired to inform the presump tuous Senator what he may expect from the Democracy in the event of his nomination. It will be stern, uncompromising and bitter warfare. In relation to the letter written by Cono ver to Captain E. C. Dyke, and printed in the Fernandina Observer, we asked where Hicks obtained it. Upon this point Dyke is explicit, as witness : “This letter was stolen, while uuder lock and key, from the sleeping room of the person to wuom it was address ed some two or three weeks ago. The thief undoubtedly carried it to Governor Stearns, Cheney aud the Sentinel set, as the persons most likely to be interested in and to profit by and to gloat over it, as we bad intima tions soon after the theft that “they,” mean ing probably no one in particular, had a let ter from Conover of a supposed damaging character which would soon appear in print. No one will dispute that if the parties into whose hands the letter fell, whoever they may have been, had possessed the in stincts of gentlemen, they knowing it to be another’s property aud that it had necessarily been stolen, no matter by whom, would have returned it to him. The fact that they did not do so, but procured it to to be published in a newspaper whose edi tors are pronounced by themselves to be fit subjects lor a commission de lunatico inquir endo, is the most conclusive evidence they can possibly give of their utter ignorance of the decent courtesies of life and of what constitutes gentlemanly conduct. We warn the good people of this community to guard well their private papers and other valua bles. Persons who aro the receivers of stolen goods are in law regarded as no bet ter than the thieves, aud the wretches who have made themselves parties to this infa mous proceeding proclaim themselves as no better tkau./e/ices, aud should be avoided with the same care as oue would shun a pickpocket or thief.” South Carolina Affairs. Last week Mr. A. D. Strobhart was shot and killed by Thaddeus Orr, near Graham ville. The shot took effect in his head and face. Orr has given himself up. A man named Bichard Black, who was in company with Orr, has been arrested. Walhalla has a debating society, with a membership of one hundred and nine. An old man named Gabe Moultrie, living near Walterboro, while sleeping near tho fire in his house, caught fire, and was so severely burned that he died a few days af terwards. The river bridge near Orangeburg is soon to be built anew. Dr. Richard E. Wylie, of Lancaster, was stricken with paralysis in the left side on the morning of the 2d inst. But little hopes are entertained of his recovery. A party of hunters near Jacksonboro killed four deer one day last week. J. E. Potter, a very intelligent colored man from New York, has been employed as principal of the school for the colored children of Darlington township. The southern bound freight train killed a cow belonging to Mrs. B. 8. Ketchin, near the freight depot at Winnsboro on Friday. The Orangeburg Free Citizen says : “The work on the new Court House is progress ing finely. The corner stone will be laid, with Masonic ceremony, on Thanksgiving Day, the 25th inst.” The Sumter merchants have taken the example set by the Anderson merchants . and will not buy cotton after 8 o’clock at night. B. B. Grandison was drowned near White Hall, Colleton county, on Thursday of last week. He was in a small boat, shooting ducks, when the boat capsized. Murder fob a Nickel. —In New Or leans, on Monday night last, a man by the name of John J. Dowling entered a street car driven by John McNamara and refused to pay his fare. The driver, Mc- Namara, slackened the gait of his mule, demanding the payment of the nickel. Upon the arrival of the car at the stable, on Chippewa, between Soraparu and Philip streets, Dowling called the hitcher, Logan, and told him he had a complaint to make about the driver, who turned around and told him if he did not pay his fare he would put him out. Where upon Dowling answered, “Do not lay hands on me, or I will shoot you.” The driver answered that he would run the chance, and going into the car from the platform, pushed Dowling out. As he cleared the car Dowling staggered and fell, but soon got up, and drawing his revolver fired the fatal shot, killing the driver instantly. When taken to the station he was so intoxicated that he could give no account of the affair. THE OKEFENOKEE—WITHIS AM) WITHOUT. Sketches of Incident and Adventure. BY M. B. GRANT, (r.ATTL TRANSIT). CIVIL EN GINEER. PART I. Knowing the interest manifested by the public generally iu regard to the Oke fenokee Swamp —that laud incognito to all but the aborigines who occupied it, aud in pursuit of whom General Floyd traversed it partially in 183(5-7—1 pro pose giving a brief account of the opera tions, incidents and adventures that oc curred during the survey and exploration of the swamp in the winter of 1850-7. Pursuant to an act passed by the Legis lature of Georgia in 185(5, providing that a survey aud exploration of tho swamp should be made, to ascertain the extent aud character of the immense body of laud contained within its precincts, and also to ascertain the practicability and utility of the drainage of the same, for the benefit of the State and her citi zens, Governor Herschel V. Johnson ap pointed an efficient engineer to perform this arduous duty. A corps of engineers was thereupon organized to accomplish the surveys aud ex; lorations, aud of this corps I had the honor of being a mem ber, aud the consequent opportunity of becoming acquainted with the denizens of the swamp—bears, alligators, owls and rattlesnakes—and by contiguity aud close observation, the opportunity of studying their habits and customs, as well as their mauuer of receiving visitors, upon all of which I propose to enlighten my readers. I deem it necessary to the elucidation of my sketches, and the ability intelli gibly to follow our wanderings, to give a general introduction to those who aided in the surveys—white, colored and ca nine—so here they come, each depicted faithfully, as, perchance, all unwittingly, their true characters were developed iu concert of action on this memorable aud trying expedition. First, our gallaut guide and leader, Colonel Watchoverall. Green and fresh in each heart is cherish ed the recollections of his manly deport ment and gentle bearing. Now encour aging or gently warning us, as circum stances required. Iu our journey through life, iu our pleasureable moments here after, will w r e recall his image as well as his violin, whose enlivening tones, after many a weary tramp, have restrung to life and duty our jarred nerves and re - freshed our jaded spirits. Modesty forbids the author’s portrait, except his bodily presence, in the sketch before you. His moral aud mental tran script must be judged of, as, thrown in concert of action with the rest of the party, his character is developed. Beau Level—our worthy “leveler”— admirer and confessed adorer of the fair sex, who, notwithstanding that his tastes, both natural aud cultivated, inclined him to a high appreciation of the refinements and luxuries of life, had the happy faculty of adapting himself to circumstances. His agreeable manner of submitting w ith a good grace to unavoid able hardships, and his ready apprecia tion of a good joke, had a most happy effect on the rest of the party. The notes which he could at will evoke from a fiue Cremona, ever well played, added much to the enjoyment of our long winter evenings iu camp. He was also a splendid performer on the Saxe horn, which must also be remembered among his many and varied accomplishments. His contented and cheerful disposition enabled him to endure without murmur ing discomforts and annoyances that would have proved torture to another. Kildare Langhorn, Esq., lawyer by pro fession, and rodman for his health—who never lost au opportunity to improve his future expectancy (legally), deliberately mounting every convenient stump, and declaiming vehemently on some grave or gracious subject to tho sapient uuditors of woods, bushes and stumps, for whom at least could be claimed one attribute of good listeners —stillness. Ned Lucknow-.rodman No. 2--wko liked engineering, but despised driving pegs; who never lost an opportunity to have a hunt, tree a coon, take a gum, or scare any small game unsuccessfully—a noble, manly fellow, who always gave a helping hand, and who never said stop when there was anything to be accomplished. And there was Roderick Hover, who took the position as chairman on this survey, hoping at odd times to be able to indulge his passion for hunting and fish ing, and other field sports generally. Notwithstanding my apprehension of tiring the reader’s patience, I cannot omit honorable mention of the colored members of the party, who on occasions of this kind, when in their proper places, are able and willing coadjutors in their respective spheres, and who, under cir cumstances like these, develop the char acteristics of their race with all the variations, frequently to our benefit, sometimes to our inconvenience and an noyance, but oftener to our amusement. We were fortunate iu the variety and capability of those who accompanied us. Stepney—in his own opinion, by all odds the greatest man in the party, ex cepting the Colonel, and really, in our estimation, a first-rate fellow, we “might have spared a better man.” Well might you be astounded at his “get up,” particularly his liuir, which was combed out in ev6ry direction, five or six inches from his head, upon which stood his distended hat, broadcloth coat, claw hammer pattern, white satin vest of ancient make and dismal hue, patent leather shoes —in fact, the lame and im potent conclusion of a most gorgeous es tablishment, all of which he discovered, much to his sorrow and discomfiture, was not a requisite nor in keeping with the duties he had to perform. On receiving notice that he was to accompany the party, he had set himself dili gently at work collecting innumer able articles of cast-off clothing, gew gaws, trinkets, etc., which he fondly ex pected to take with him, and to trade off to the natives, as we wended our devious way through unknown regions. He had two large chests filled, and great was his disappointment and sudden the termina tion of his speculations when informed that he could nr t take them—that even the white gentlemen were only allowed to take a small valise and one blauket each. But Step ney was not one to remain long discomfitted. He soon regained his wonted good nature and began early to develop the humorous side of his character, which in after days added not a little to our amusement and entertain ment. Jeff, the cook —He did cook well and was clean in his culinary operations and deserved the highest praise; but how he did despise, abhor and elude the swamp! and managed, artfully (as so many of them can do), without its ap pearing, to compass their own ends, “massa” or “boss” to the contrary not withstanding. Jeff, for a long while evaded this part of his duty. Trowserless, pantless, lame legged, aching head, and all manner of excuses, succeeded for a time; but ere the completion of the survey, finding it inevitable, he yielded cheerfully and bore his share of the explorating hardships. Orange—faithful to his duty, so quiet, little to say, but ever ready to do and do well. Brahma—who liked the cook’s tent better than his work, potatoes better than his wife ; but, ah ! how inexpressi bly dear became those absent objects of his affections, “wife, children and friends,” when the dismal project of plodding through the swamp was pro posed. The dread of leaving these help less orphans enabled him, like Jeff, for some time to be successful in devices to escape this onerous duty. Old Adam —teamster, attentive to his duty, and devoted to his cattle, but a bitter enemy to hogs that came around his horses. Several very savory dishes of pork, produced in various forms by Jeff’s ingenuity, mysteriously ap ESTABLISHED 1850. peired in times of our direst need upon our mess table, and with what joy greeted by us may be imagined. Our conscientious Colonel, however, had his participation in tho gracious boon sadly interfered with until he could account for its unexpected appearance on our board. Now, old Adam was one of the quiet sort, aud rarely proffered news uuless interro gated. When questioned, it appeared that he had in his own right, without “by your leave,” valiantly done unto death an occasional hog that had un knowingly trespassed on his bounds; that is, the wide space where he chose to tie up his horses, and he generously shared his spoils with his betters. PART 11. Everything being prepared, on the 3d of December we left Miliodgeville for the swamp, amid the prognostications of our numerous friends for good aud evil, in anticipation of hair-breAdth escapes, renoounters with boars aud alligators and unnumbered other “varmints,” and, d*s some suggested, to be scalped by Indians. x An amusing appearance our party must have presented, equipped as we were— the Colonel mouuted and the rest of us walking, all arrayed in red flannel shirts, with high-top boots over our pants, glazed caps, and by way of ornament pis tols and Bowie knives attached to our belts, which latter adornment to our per sonal appearance our vauity induced us to display at the outset. We were strongly urged to make n requisition upon the Governor for arms, but we con sidered ourselves sufficiently armed and equipped, and ready for any emergency. An inventory of the guns, rifles and pistols, belonging to the members of the party, showed a pretty heavy armament. By agreement, we called for Stepney, and found him awaiting us in front of his house, standing beside the chests previ ously referred to. “ Well, Stepney,” said the Colonel, “ what have you got there ?” “ My chist, sar.” “ For what ?” “To carry to de swamp, sar.” “Why, man ! none of us have more than a valise with a few changes of clothing aud one blauket each. Impos sible ! you can’t take those.” “Wal, de blessed Lord ! All my trouble for nuthiu. For six weeks I been collect in’ ob dese tings to take to de swamp, expectin’ to trade dem off. Now my spectatious is all gone. Well, well, here goes!” and suiting the action to the word, he commenced unloading this huge receptacle of old clothes, hats, shoes, trinkets, beads, jewsharps, in fact, a little of any and everything— such a collection as would have put to the blush the ingenuity and tact of tjie most consummate pedlar. A perfect mania had this fellow Stepney for spec ulation, and, though deprived at the start of his stock-in -trade, he neverthe less managed, throughout the survey, to indulge his fancy for trading, and where there were no outsiders to prey upon, he managed very successfully to victimize the members of the party. He was very shrewd in a trade, and seldom came out second best. Stepney’s traps having been arranged, we again took up our hue of march, and at sundown, having traveled thirty miles, we halted and prepared to pitch camp. In a short time our tents were up, wagons unloaded, fires made, and cooking operations commenced by Jeff. Never shall I forget thisv first night in camp. To the Colonel, Beaißand myself, it was] but a recurrence of olcTand scenes, a return to camp life, but to our tyros, our un fledged braves, Langhorn, Lucknow and Rover, all was new, and as we sat or lounged around the blazing lightwood fire, in attitude and limb as best suited furniture and feeling, I know that mem ory was busy with our young friends, re calling home scenes, familiar faces and surroundings. Visions of cosy beds and other home comforts were dancing through memory’s halls, in striking con trast to our surroundings, and I doubt not they contemplated with serious mis givings the prospect before them, aud the time that must elapse before they would again see home and sweethearts. After a hearty supper, to which all did full justice, and to which our day’s pe destrian efforts gave additional zest, we again collected around the fire and whiled away the hours until bed time, with con verse of past, present and future—our hopes and fears. It was astonishing how soon Stepney’s originality began to display itself, and with what confidence he assumed the role of valet de ciuiml/re and chief of the waiters. Stepney could not resist the opportunity for a little fun at the ex pense of our tyros, even on this first night in camp. “Stepney,” said the Colonel, “are the beds and blankets down ? The young gentlemen are tired after their day's tramp, and wish to retire.” “Yas, sar. Massa Ned, when you git into bed, you’l find a pretty sizeable pud dle of water at de head ob it, so when you git up in de mornin’, you kin wash your face beedout leaben de tent; and, Mass Kildare, you’l find a stump under your bed, but if you sorter scrough around arter you git in, you’l miss um. It ain’t berry sharp oh de pint, dough it might do some damage.” “Stepney,” said the Colonel, “you should be ashamed of yourself. Could you not find a smooth place and a dry one to lay the beds on ?” “Trute ob it, mass Colonel, I mught a done so, but den dey might as well git used to it from de fust. From all ac counts dey got to rough it anyhow.” The absence of any light in our tent prevented my seeing the expression on Langhorn and Lucknow’s faces, which, under more favorable circumstances, I doubt not, could have been distin guished as decidedly blue. As my eyelids closed in heavy slumber, I heard Step ney’s salutation: “Well, boys, we might jes as well git seasoned to it fum de jump, and if dem white gentlemen can stan’ it I reckon we kin. So let’s hab de melancholy cho rus.” It would be unnecessary to recount each day's journey towards the swamp, passing in succession without anything to vary the monotony, except the memor able day on which, for tho sum of one dollar, hard cash, we added to our party our canine copartner, yclept Boots—with a surname. No dog of whatever blood or training, New Foundland, St. Bernard, Blenheim, terrier, pointer or setter, could have stood us in such good dog stead as our poor, foolish Boots. Boots, old fellow, it was neither thy blood, nor thy pedigree, nor any boasted dog learn ing that rendered us such signal service. It was thy immaculate folly, thy intracta bleness, thy indiscretion, which led thee into so many unfortunate and inimitable scrapes as to engage our sympathies and endear you to our hearts. Had Boots, in his dog folly, been less like men in theirs, he would have profited by experience. But, alas ! poor Boots, so far from gain ing wisdom by his sad mishaps, only augmented his misfortunes by his im petuosity and indiscretion on every occa sion. Besides all this, gentle reader, Boots was a most egregrious liar. A dog lie ? Yes ; believe it or not, he did lie. At one time he would arouse us all from sleep, to find that he was barking at the moon; at another time he would be barking at his shadow, and on numerous other occasions giving false alarms and creating disturbances in camp; but, like the boy who cried “wolf,” we learned his failing, and frequently left him to his fate. We continued our journey towards the swamp without interruption, and, on the 12th of December, arrived at Waresboro, the county site of Ware county. Here we halted for dinner, and immediately after resumed our line of march. By night we had reached the residence of Dr. liandall McDonald, an old and highly esteemed citizen of that section, who had been residing here for years, and who was surrounded by a numerous progeny of children and grand-children. We fonntLin Dr. McDonald an intelligent and iojr Tspitable gentleman, who, during our brief stay in his neighbor hood, Bhowed us every kindness. We here met in camp a corps of engineers who were engaged in the preliminary sur vey of the Brunswick and Albany Rail road, and together we had just such a jollification as only engineers do have when they meet under similar circum stances in the wild woods, “with nary soul to hinder.” After a night and day most agreeably spent at Dr. McDonald’s, we again push ed on to the goal of our expectations, the Okefenokee. On tho evening of the suc ceeding day wo landed on the borders of the swamp, in what is known as the “Cow House,” situated in tho northeastern por tion of the swamp, this having been previously determined on as the best point from which to commence our opera tions. This “Cow House” is a body of pine laud, almost surrounded by an arm of the swamp. It is about seven miles long and averages a mile iu width, but is not over one hundred yards iu width at the entrance or mouth where the arm of tie swamp approaches very near the main body. It derives its name from the fact that the Indians, during their occupancy of it, were in the habit of stealing cattle from the whites, driving thorn into tin natural enclosure, and there securely holding them by simply guarding the en trance. Upon our arrival in the “Cow House,” we made the acquaintance of a Mr. Short and family, near whose house, or cabin, we encamped. It did not take us long to pitch camp, and after a hearty supper, we settled on r selves around our accustomed fire, for a most enjoyable smoke —and where, may I ask, is a smoke more glorious than be side a lightwood fire in the wild- woods . So here we were, actually at the Okefe nokee, the veritable spot which we had conjured up in our childish imaginations as the abode of every dreadful creeping thing, with the stealthy Indian prowling through its nvrky mazes—this tho Okc \fenokee, w'hich, upon our geographies. Occupied so large a territory, and V ■ uiijirouounooable name had taxed the in genuity of many a boyish brain. Yes! here Wm wore at the Okefenokee and soon to enter it. But I must not anticipate. During 1 Hie evening Mr. Short called to pay his respects, and to extend a welcome to the “strangers” upon their arrival at the “Cow House.” Now, Mr. Short and his family, which cousisted of his wife aud three grown daughters, were the sole occupants of the “Cow House,” and were, to all intents and purposes, isolated from tho world, of which fact they seemed proud, aud in truth they could well have claimed to be “exclusive,” and under the cireuinstanees they should be excused for being so. Mr. Short was a veritable specimen of unadorned humanity, standing six feet two inches in his bare feet, with dark B baggy hair and beard, and an old slouched hat drawn down over his face. His pants, or what was left of seemed as if they had clung to his limbs from boyhood, and his coat gave evidence of a tenacity bordering on the miraculous. He had a tremendous stride, and when he slung his arms around in gesticulating, we were geutly reminded to “stand from under.” Upon a better acquaintance, he improved considerably, and before we left tho “Cow House” we discovered a degroe of good nature and originality about him that was very en - tertaining. As ho approached us on this first night of his visitation, Langhorn incontinently exclaimed: “ What hempen homespun have wo swaggering here ?” “Good evening, strangers.’’ “Good evening, sir. Won’t you bavo a seat ?” “I wouldn’t choose any; I’ll stand around awhile.” “You livo in a secluded spot, Mr. Short. We found some difficulty in reaching the Cow House.” “Not so powerful to them that’s ’quainted. I know every pig track in this range.” “Have you been living here long?” “Nigh unto ten years or tharabouts.” “Do you go into the swamp often ?” “Not particular. Sometimes I goes in after bars that’s been arter my hogs.” “Who is your nearest neighbor, Mr. Short?” “Why, Stog Morris. ” i “Where does he live?” at home with tho old ’oman, he orter, and if you want to knovWmy-iWAire you better go ami ax him; aud I iesVfai7 VOn nni- Cxrm#— yj yin gers—old Stog Morris kiu roll more logs, drink more whisky, and outihldle auy man in Georgia.” Whereupon we all gave three cheers for Stog Morris. The Colonel informed Mr. Short that early in the following week he proposed making an exploration into the swamp, and expressed a wish that he should ac company us, to which he assented. The day succeeding our arrival in the “Cow House” being Sunday we literally made it a day of rest and remained in camp, that we might be prepared for active operations the following week. Our experience up to this time had been of a very agreeable and entertaining character, but we were on the eve of v very decided change iu this particular, as ’ subsequent events will show. Married In the Snow. A writer tells a story of a runaway couple who reached the parson’s house in the dead of night, when the snow lay on the ground and the winter winds howled an anthem for the wedding march. They succeeded in arousing the parson, who had been snugly tucked in his waAtibed for several hours. The good majS relucT'— tantly raised the window and apked “who was there?” With chattering teeth tho would-be-bridegroom announced his er rand. Not even the piety of the parson prevented him from uttering a few im patient growls at this unreasonable in torruption of his dreams. He did not tarry to put on the wedding or any other garment, but in thun dering tones ordered the shivering couple to stand well off in the moon light and clasp hands. Then he de manded their names. “John Williams,” he said, “do you swear in the presence of God, as you will answer in the day of judgment, that you will take Eliza Cathe rine to be your own, your only and true wife, and that you will freeze to her so long as you both shall live ?” The prom ise was given, but the cold way growing so intense that the lady was spared the question that had been given to the man. “I pronounce you man and wife, and the biggest fools I ever met,” concluded this brief and all-sufficient ceremony. Tho banging of the closing windows intimated to the loving pair that they had nothing more to expect from that quarter, and they soon disappeared, wondering at the J strangeness of the situation, and ful if they wore as much married as they might have been under more favorable circumstances. The latest European mails represent the commercial and financial depression in Germany as exceeding that which ex ists in Austria, which is generally known to be bad enough. A Vienna correspon dent of the London Economist states that a list of priees of “the safest railway and bank shares and debentures” shows a loss of S!)O,<XX),<XX). since January Ist. When to this is added the heavy losses on Turkish and Egyptian investments, in which some of the German bourses share, it is not difficult to understand the uneasi ness felt at London about the possibility of trouble in the Continental money markets. Dispatches received on Satur day reported that, so far, there have been no failures of important houses '{ which is in some measure assuring. It is to be hoped, under these circumstan ces, that nothing further of a serious nature may arise out of the “Eastern questionas the European money mar kets are in an exceptionnlly exposed con dition as against a shock from influences of that character. — New York Bulletin. The Days of the Week. — According to the ancient Egyptian astronomy there were seven planets —two, the sun and moon, circling around the earth, the rest circling round the sun. These planets they arranged in order (beginning with the planet of the longest period), as fol lows: 1, Saturn; 2, Jupiter; 3, Mars; (, the Sun; 5, Venus; *l, Mercury; 7, Moon. The seven days in order were assigned to the planet which ruled the first hour, and thus the days were named as fol lows : The Sun’s day (Sunday): the Moon’s day (Monday, Lundi); Mars' day (Tuesday, Mardi); Mercury’s day (Wed nesday, Mercredi); Jupiter’s day (Thurs day, Jeudi); Venus’s day (Friday, Veneris dies, Vendredi); Saturn’s day v Saturday, Italian II Sabbato). Dion Cassius, who wrote in the third century of our era, gives this explanation of the nature of the Egyptian week, and of the method in which the arrangement was derived from their system of astronomy. The fashionable drink in ’Frisco is the resumption cocktail.