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Excellent health.
ipers state that
’ c ity Friday last, to the depth
inehi-s tbo first that has fallen in that
y yinre the winto
posed.—Ex-Confcderatc Brig.-G'n.S.
jeh, of Mississippi, has been pardoned
President, upon the personal recom
mendation and personal request of Gen,
Grant. Gen. French is a graduate of West
Point.
Hollywood Mkmojuai* Association.'
The circular of this association, clearly set
ting forth its objects, is republished Ivy re
quest, and wc would take occasion again to
commend the subject 16 the practical consid
eration of our readers For the information
of persons residing in this vicinity, we would
state that Mrs. S. S. Poe. of this city, has
kimMv consented to accept the agency for
Bibb county, and will receive and forward all
donation i that may be sent to her. As the
time is short—the Bazaar being advertised
to bo held in Richmond on the 4th day of
February, proximo—wo would urge a
prompt, as well as general and liberal action
in the premises. Georgians liavo as much in
terest in the sacred cause ns Virginians, or
anybody else, and wc are persuaded that but
few will bo lound who are unwilling to cast
their inite into the general contribution.
WHAT THE “ EXCURSIONISTS ” SAW A>:»
HEARD IN THE SOUTH—MORE POLITI
CAL. MISSIONARIES CALLED FOR.
TUo correspondent of the New York
“ Times” telegraphs .as follows frm Washing
ton, tinder date of the Sd instant:
“ The excursionists represent that, notwith
standing the efforts of the politicians to pre
vent it, t here is u sentiment forming in favor of
the amendment with great rapidity, and that
its ratification is simply a questiou of time.
Such well-known ex-Confederates as Gens.
Beauregard and ForrcSt avowed themselves
in favor of its ratification, and a prominent
member of the party asserted to day,, that
Congress could not do a letter thing than to
send a score of its ablest members into the
Southern States to explain the amendment to
the people, and thus remove misunderstand
ings and animosities engendered by the poll
ticians, who aro doing great damage by pur
posely misleading the Southern people."
It is t very convenient way to dispose of a
great popular sentiment, pervading every
honest breast in the South, by saying it is the
result of “misunderstanding” brougbtabout
•by “ politicians.’' Every tree Southerner’s
instincts revolt at the idea of adopting the
odious amendment; every principle of honor,
truth and good faith condemn it; and ten
thonsand Yankee missionaries, with their
loose notions of moral obligation, and devo
tion to expediency, will never be able to con
rinco him totbo contrary. In point of fact,
it is the politicians alone who would counsel
the adoption of the amendment, and not the
people. Tbeallegation ns regards Beauregard
and Forrest, we believe to be false.
NEW YEAR’S SERMON.
We had the pleasure, on Sabbath last, of
hearing the New Year’s Sermon of Rev. E
W. Warren, Pastor of the Baptist Church in
this city. He used the occasion to teach his
congregation several n.-eful lessons from the
text,.“He doeth all things well.” nis ser
mon enforced the exercise of Faith: it is by
Faith alone that, amid all the calamities and
perplexities of life, we can say, “ lie hath
done all things well.” Job was instanced as
a man who trusted in God under the most
adverse circumstances, and he was, accord
ingly, rewarded.
1. The Preacher declared that Faith should
enable us to say that God bad done all things
well, even in onr political condition. For,
though evcry'hing is uncertain to us, yet it is
not so with the Almighty, because he has
arranged everything according to the purpose
•of his own righteous will; and in the end,
the national destiny he lia3 allotted to us
will bn proved tho best for us. “ He maketh
the wrath of man to praise him.”
Faith should, in our financialmirfortunc*
enable us to say. “lie doth all things well.”
Heretofore, we had placed too high an esti
mate upon riches, and from them we bad tie
rived our pleasures, rather than from Christ
and the heavenly inheritance. And now, so
itw to undeceive us, God had manifested the
utb ot thescripturcsin thisassertion. “They
wall be rich fall into temptation and a
i.1 into many foolish and hurtful lusts
•ft'o men in destruction and perdi-
•> love of money is the root of all
Me some coveted after, they
faith and pierced them-
iny sorrows.”
say the same thing
vsmeuta, which
; for * whom
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■Ifed from the
fhrougbwUh®.
itccanbyfottB,^.
I a micti,nS / n o t r families
• ^fallen u*«^ tenelb; ,
Krd loveth h a \lbeen pr«-
■ nd\vidua\ly.^®^ ept ^ rom displ dr:
Be: 1 , v op0 through grace.
•■ngood h p ; n Lis sermon
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Letter from Vuv Orleans.
I City Hotel, New Orleans, La.,
Dec. 20. 1800.
El'-. Trr.ECTRArnr To-day. whHC I wa
watcliing thc crowds.that throng the lial!
this splendid notel, I discovered a gentleman
reading' the Macon TUjKGRAPH- In a mo
ment, I explained to him that'it was at ami 1
far old friend of mine, whoso weleouie face
was as pleasing toJook on as that of a denr
relative, for, on its bosom, the progeny ot
mint! had often found a happy resting place
In ^ trice, I was in possession of andfea^
through, ads, etc., all. Its presence also're
minded me, that once upon a time, I prom
iscd,th*t, J ou should hear from me durin
my peregrinations. I had almost forgotten
it, but to-day will make amends for neg
lect. ' •'
The happy Christmas time was kept in the
usuil holiday style here. Immense quantities
of fjeworks were expended, and filled the
air with their infernal vapors. The children
generally, seemed to enjoy the annual festivi
ties'with extraordinary zest. Their presents,
however, largely partook of the character of
the times—that is, they were not extrava
gant I think the leastj expensive articles
were sold in this .city for the present holiday
presents, than ever were known before. Tbo
general prostration of business, the dullne:
in trade, short crops and enormous exactions
of all kinds, that drain the purses of the peo
ple, have reduced every ono to the practieo
of tpe utmost economy.
The cotton crop has proved very short in
this section. More than the half of the quota
apportioned to this market, has been receiv
ed. The disproportion of prices anticipated
by the planters, has proved very discourag
ing to everybody. We are positively certain
that there have not been seven hundred thou
sand bales of cotton raised in the entire
South, during tlie past season. This will not
fill the void in the usual necessary annual
supply from the producing regions. India
has failed to supply one half its expected
quota. The late famine ruined- the prospects
of cotton in that locality. On this data, the
shrewd speculators here are purchasing at
low figures and are determined to wait for
the rise, that must - come before spring.—
Twenty-eight to thirty cents, gold valuation,
is the calculation of these parties.
The amusement season is very charming in
the Crescent City at present. Innumerable
resorts are open to tbe wondering gaze and
curiosity of everybody, and everybody and
their mother seem to patronize them. St.
Charles street is the great thoroughfare for
showmen. Every imaginable monstrosity
and wonder of the age aro there exhibited.
A fat woman, weighing 750 pounds, is one
of the wonders. As she is too weighty
subject for my pen, I pass to a lighter, and
notice a living skeleton, six feet high, weigh
ing sixty-five pounds. He looks like asplin
ter from a locofoco match, she like a moun
tain of fat. These extremes, in anatomy, are
man and wife.
Tbe weather during the past month has
been unusually delicious and balmy. The
flowers are blooming all over tlie city, emit
ting their perfumes and making fragrant the
genial and generous air. Orange groves are
loaded with that rich and luxurious fruit
The frost has only nipped the buds here and
there just sufficient to furnish tinges and tints
amongst tlie folds of vines and evergreens
that make the variegated colors give greater
beauty and pleasing attractions to the garden
resorts in an around this gay and charming
metropolis.
The general impression prevails abroad
that the wickedness and crime of this city
are beyond all parallel. That the person
who goes to heaven through its scenes of
ickcdaess and portals beset with vice and
its temples of sin, should have the highest
seat in the synagogue of the New Jerusalem
This idea is unjust to the model Crescent
City. There is less crime perpetrated here,
more peoplo attend church in proportion to
tho population, and there is more surface
morality apparent, than in any city on this
continent.
I would be delighted beyond expression
to bo again a denizen of your delightful Cot
ton City. It is one of the most charming
and glorious places on this earth. Its lovely
women are unsurpassed for beauty or excel
lence. It is a little gem, that looks bright
to one who misses its brilliancy, its charming
people and splendid homes. The buzz and
noise in this grand hotel are too much for
my nerves, preventing any further writing.
So for the nonce adioi.
Cousin Nourua.
women than to men, amt for this ren >r.:
Mot going out into the world, from day to
day. are pretty h tl- to lip swept up to the
level of what is phasing in it. whether tte\
react the paper or not, bet it is not sq y. tfi
women. They in their' quirt.■household life,
may go on for weeks hardly hearing a word
of what is passing in the great world out
side, and the little that they do hear conven
ing no living menning to them. I think this
a great evil. It not only -narrows tbe range
of woman's life, but she loScsl a great deal i f
happiness which would come of intellectual
companionship and community ot interest
with men- with a father, brother, or husband,
...Is if not too often the ca-'-that the wife
and the husband live, to some extent, in dif
ferent worlds of thought and interest < Part /
FAITH, hope AM) charity;
Stir of the East, that o'er .Bethlehem shone,
Mirroring Faith of the long promised one,
To Thee did the Magi their longing looks cast.
Believing “tho Star” should direet them at last,
't faith that upheld them as onward they
trod
Faith in tho mercy, the goodnes3 of God ?
Ah, yes.it 1\u 'h light* 1 up from en h i
Faith shining down from her home in tho skv
’Twas thus I was musing as evonlsig came on
And mystical shadows were creeping around,
’Twas the gloaming where airy.like sprites held
their sway,
Gilding here, gilding there, without ever a
sound.
I was wrapped in the calm of the soft, eoothin
hour,
The -
the
of this may he attributed to man’sinenmmu- And lulled to repose dv its magical power,
nicativeness, but part of the causelies deeper. I And J dreamed I was floating away ’midst
It is because women arc so seldom educated I . *_ ,, ...... „
on in the A ‘ thc lh WIlh lU tumnlls aDd jars
to take an in to rest in rvhaf isgoing
world about them, and so art. unable, with, 1 1 bnew . tKM the aUr8 j was dwelIi am
out tedious explanations, tc. enter into the Aad felt 'twas the music of spheres that w,
news which each week brings from every sung.
quarter of the globe. I would put it to wo- ’Twas a world of harmonious dwelling, of light
men not to depend on the explanations and . b celestial, and endless* as bright,
comments of men generally given, when at I- , £ , , , ,
all, in brief phrases, but to mid the newspa I ^ ed d own upon earth where so lately 1 roved
per as a distinct, and to them especially an shaded * * VCr Tar,cd w,tb lght acd witl1
important part of self-culture. And read it I But the ties were now severed where once I had
aright, not by voting politics and foreign loved,
nows a bore, but by keeping nu open eye and I Covered o’er by the clods of a grave newly
au understanding mind for the passing his-1 made,
torv of nations and the great interests which,
areStirring the heart of tlie world. vo . ice * around me murmuring low,
There arc. on tho other hand, things in tlie f 3“ P*"** d m "', a . 8,c * 8Wee ‘ flow \ ..
world, and tliey are related in newspapers, ting, 6
which are not calculated to enlarge the mind, | And round me threo stars in their brightness
but minister, instead, to gossiping, morbid I 'ncre flitting,
curiosity, and sometimes, indeed, tp arouse
depraved feelings. But newspapers reflect One said “ I am Faith,” pointing up to her star,
alike the world’s light and its shade. To the “ 1 W, ’H guide thee/’ she said, “ to that haven
pure all things are pure, while the impure , , a / ar !, . _ ...
will find everywhere things which will make ]£k£* m<> ” P °’ ' w,nn,Dg
him more impure. There arc some yho gojAndsoft,luniDgtones,Hkethesongofthebrooks5
through the world like vultures, looking out [
for garbage and corruption; they will find it And there at Hope’s side, in a mantle of white,
in newspapers as they will find it everywhere.” I Is Charity, transeendant in all that is right”
Hera we would interrupt, for n moment, the I “ Oh, guide me,” I said, “ to this last mentioned
thread of the reverend gentleman's discourse, ano ’ , , .
by the remark that not a few of the newspa- me yonr star 1,11 1,fes confl,ct 13
pers of the present day, are distinguished for
their high standard of the ethical proprieties And t ho smile that she gave I ne’er shall forget,
ana Q studious avoidance of wuiitc*’cr would! For *ti* long since that timej and , tis lingering
bring a blush to the cheek of modesty. I _ yet,
While speaking of the value of rewspapers “ You’ll Teturn,” she then said, “to your home
as agents in Christian civilization, the preach- L_. optha earth;
nr. „„„| Tis there lam needed whore mortals have buth,
cr is,careful not to omit to mentitn their use U wil , , end 8tar and manUe of white
ns popular educators teaching a homely, I will Help thee to take heed to the thing
practical wisdom to whole classeij who, but that is right,
for them, would bo at the merry of every
clever demagogue or every gust of popular The widow, the fatherless all claim your care,,
suffering or passion. Best, perhaps, of all the Of that which thou hast thou sbouldst willingly
uses of newspapers, in the general culture of Bh f£ e ’,
Y
iL« »• r n"** 1 iw®
K*- l “ c ' i “ re ’“ d’tolS
' V ■ ■ • lui 1 reeniTcd by ofbut na.
itfession Ot ’ a v been 1 ing on m
ILf, f ‘of the church
K\he actual J? a,n . ol . n , u , nl of church lnsU uctcd Me .
[From thoB’biladelphia Lrdjer.]
A Sermon on Newspapers.
Newspapers often sermonize the great ques
tion of the day, and discourse most ethically
on the obligations of international law and
tlie duties to each other of government and
people, but they aro seldom themselves the
subject of a sermon. We have to record an
instance of this nature in a discourse by tho
Rev. Brooke Ilerford, of Manchester, Eng
land. It isshort, and would merit a transfer
entirely into our columns, but as this cannot
be, we shail make, for the benefit of our rea
ders, an abstract of some things said by tbe
reverend gentleman. They exhibit a pleas
ant contrast to the ravings of Doan Alvord on
newspapers. I cannot go (Mr. Ilerford begins)
J with that celebrated saying of Richard Oob-
'eu, that there is more to be learned in a sheet
•ha Times than lrom all the histories of
-dides. Yet, for all that, I hold their
—their earnest and intelligent rcad-
• you—as one of the essentials of
apers deal primarily with the
nity, and they tell us what is
exlin at the present time.—
ary revuisite for a wcll-
'v, it concerns us more
eavorld of man than
* matter; to learn
‘ory now than
- times. Of
of triviali-
*i life of
Time
“CT
society, is thatin which th^y keep alive and voice of ‘»»e Savior said, “Feed ye my
encourage a quick and wholesome sympathy And who can hear vainly this call at hi. door?”
among men. It is not the small gossip of a
neighborhood, it is the joys and sorrows of it is long since this dream, ah, many a day,
the world that-are brought to our very doors But three angels seem cheering my wearisome
from day to day in the newspapers. These W>
thrills of sympathy come right athwart our Bemin a ing, what*’or in this cold world hetido,
daily life-in element of deeper and diviner I 1 a,lh ’ IIo P° and Cianl * for a T° Wl11 « b,de ’
feeling, for which God be thanked. Mr.pB|B
Herford concludes his discourse kyarecom-l' English Colliery Explosions,
mendatioutoread newspapers discriminatcly, The English papers furnish ns with par-
choosing tli.ir wisest lessons, gathering their Hcu]ars of tbc terrib]e disasters in the Eng-
largest use. and after a fashion they will come jj sb collieries on December 12th and subsc
ribe regarded as “scriptures, not without t , T be following is a description of
something «cwd in the.»-an ever-changing ? he sc / nc afterthe first Explosion at the Oaks
Bible, not, indeed, ot some calm, venerable 1 - '—
past, but of a present in which God is ns near
as He was in tlays of old, and whose slow
cliawges are still the unfolding of His will.
Colliery :
BEGINNING THE SEARCH.
As soon as possible a party of men cau
tiously descended, and at the bottom of the
shaft found about eighteen men and boys
much affected by the after-damp, and many
History of JTannary.
Wc con dense tho following from the “Book j of them seriously burned. They were at once
ot Davis”: sent to the surface. A search was made for
“It is very .appropriate that this should be j others of the living, and as it was also impor-
the first mon th of the year, as far _ as the tant to learn whether the coal had caught
northern liemi sphere is concerned, since its I fire, Mr. Dymond and a party of viewers and
beginning, beini/ near the winter solstice, the colliery managers from adjoining works pro
year is thus mado to present a complete series ceeded to make an examination of the pit.—
of the seasonal changes and operations, in- They penetrated about five hundred or seven
eluding equally t bo fic->t movements of spring hundred yards to the bottom of the up-cast
and the death ol annual vegetation in the shaft. The air was loaded with noxious gas
frozen arms of wint *r. Yet the earliest cal- to such an extent that one of the party was
endars, as the Jewish, the Egyptian and nearly overpowered by it It was found that
Greek, did not place ? commencement of an immense amount of damage had been
the new year at this poiu *- It was not done I caused to the sides and roofs of the workings,
till the formation of tbc Roman calendar, that tbe air ways were literally blown '
usually attributed to tbe second king, Numa pieces, and that not a living man was to
Pompilius, whose reign is s’et down as termi- found in the pit Of dead they counted ma
uating in 072, B. C. Num.\ it is said, hav- ny; within a space of fifty yards there were
ing decreed that the year should commence not fewer than thirty-eight, and at every few
now, added two new months to the ten into paces the number was increased; it was also
which the year had previously bAen divided, found that the stables were destroyed and
calling the first January, in honor of Janus, I about eighteen or twenty horses killed.—
the deity supposed to preside over doors Some of the party returned to the surface
(Latin—a door,) who might very naturally land called for more volunteers to repair the
bo presumed also to have something to do air-wavs and get out tlie dead. One explor-
with the opening of tbe year. ing party, when about seven hundred yards
Although, however, there was a general from the slialt, felt the air sucking, and made
popular regard to the 1st of January as the every haste out and saved their lives, but an
other party lost their lives.
ti .-.t their -frkads could hardly recognize
-theni. Some-had, to be identified by a but-1
ton, or a shoe, oi some part of their tatteVed .
garments. j
Samuel Brown of Barncsley, states that i
when the first explosion took place during 1
the -i'areli for which lie had volunteered, ho I
was c .vigUt by the after-blast, and became I
unconscious for some time. Afterwards he L
revived, and wandered about the north in- . . . , .
dined, falling over mangled corpses in the | t lie city, which by the
road, and found his way to the pitmoutb,
where he pulled tlie signal bell. He thinks
there was no other living being in tbe pit,
for after his contlciOusness returned he never
heard any voices or moaning, nor any other
indication of life.
npremeConrt Decisions:
-Jenkins, )
vs. Certiorari from
Mayor and. Council. \ Thomas.
Lujmax, C. J.
Resolutions by Hn
thuri-L, ?.
A meeting of the TUi-b
Chnrch, this ~.M day of D eembeF lSCf
city ot Maeon, to ehc .-xoreasiontO the!:
on tlJe.Trelane.'ioIy event which hx
ViMry Of€[ lrhl .
aeon, Ga,
-and Vestr-. C v u . t
in th*
City authorities, under the usual grant of I Episcopal Chnrch of Geoi
powers contained in their charters, cannot bv ’ a* d .‘ distinguished Biihcp,
ordinance declare those acts pfieiices against i preamble and resolutions:
eneral law are ile-j Death h:i. removed from t
lined and made punishable as offences again.-1 j ties, the iii-.-ht Reverend St
the State. Reversed;
Seward and Wright, for Plaintiff in error.
L. E. Bleckley, Contra.
o*pnred th*
01 th»ir beloved
ertthe followlno-
f
U Imt Conics of DlsstpaSlon.
There is no fortune, however great, that
cannot-be speedily dissipated. It is idle for
the man of wealth to suppose that be can set
apart a particular sum lor a caily or nightly
Gibson
vs.
The State. ^
Walker, J.
1. .Cr'mcs are punishable only as prescribed
by law when they are committed.
2. Ot ofienses not capital committed by
ph, rc of hla d n -
n Elliott. BUhon
gm, a Lis hop endeared t 0
rptlesa character, dj,.
ltd-
Bithop q[
Court since emancipation has jurisdiction.
Reversed.
Cabiniss and Peeples for Plaintiff in error.
A. D. Hammond, Solicitor General, Con
tra.
■ In Equity—from Bibb.
Lumpkin, C. J.
Tfie purchasers of property agreed to pay
for it to the vender, who was to discharge
certain debts out ot the money thus received.
The purchasers performed their part, but the
vender did not pay off the debts according
to his undertaking. Held, that the purcha
sers will not be compelled, in equity, at the
instance of the creditors, to pay said debts.
The purchasers are not trustees for the credi
tors. Judgment affirmed.
Loclirane and Bacon for Plaintiff in error.
J. Rutherford, Contra.
debauch and leave the oulkot his fortune un-1 slaves before emancipation, the Superior
impaired. The excitement that to-night
costs but fifty dollars would be stale to-mor
row night, and double the sum is required.
And so it goes, till the debauchee has seen
bis last doljar or his last breath. This is the
rule. Now and then may be found an ex
ception, but they are rare Indeed.
The paners are now citing the case of John
Steele, once known as the “oil prince.” He
was the nephew of the widow McClintock,
of Oildom, who died in 18G4, leaving him
about §200,000 in cash and a daily income of
over §2,000. With this wealth and moder
ate expenditure Steele might have been worth
a million at the end of tbe first year, and ad
ded as much to his fortune yearly. He pre
ferred to squander his money on wine and at
the gambling table, and it was not a year be
fore he had spent the last cent. Ho is now
employed by a minstrel troupe at a low
salary.
There are yonng men in this town whose
incomes are but a few dollars per day, or
even week who appear to believe that they
can indulge in all the fashionable vices to
which Steele was addictod and still live and
pro slier. To use language more graphic than
gramatical, “It can’t be did.” The fast boys
and young men, of which so many are to be
seen in our streets, are mistaken if they sup
pose that the career they arc now pursuing
can be tong continued without serious disas
ter and disgrace , to themselves and their
friends. Many people know that they can
not afford the extravagance tliu: they indulge
in, and many have reason to believe that they
are now running riot at the expense of others.
Many a position of confidence and trust is
daily betrayed and many a till is daily rob
bed by these youths to enable them to enjoy
a night of debauch. We do no refer to im
aginary cases, but to real ones. It becomes
fathers and employers to institute a rigid in
quiry as to tlie habits and resources of their
sons and employes. If all were to do this
many would be .startled at the revelation that
might lie made. Such inquiries cannot be
instituted too soon for the good of the youth
and for society generally.
beginning of the year, the ancient Jewish
year, which opened with the 25th of March,
continued long to have a legal position in
Christian countries. In England it was not
until 1752 that the 1st of January became the
initial day of the legal, as it had lon^; been
of the popular year. Before that time .it wa3
customary to set down dates between the 1st
of January and the 24th of March inclus ive,
thus: January 30, lG4S-’9,meaning that pop
ularly the year was 1G49, but legally 16i'8.
In Scotland this desirable change was made
by a decree ol James VL. in privy council lit
tbe year 1C00. It was effected in France in
1564. in Holland, Protestant Germany and
Russia in 1700, and in Sweden in 1753. Ac
cording to Vestigar, in bis curious book,
The Restitution of Decayed Intelligence,'
(4to. 1528.) our Saxon ancestors originally
called this month Wolfmonat—that is Wolf
month—“because people were wont always
in that month to be more in danger to be
devoured by wolves than in any season else
of the year, for that through the extremity of
cold and snow those ravenous creatures could
not find beasts sufficient to feed uuon.” Sub
sequently the month was named by the same
people Aefter Yule—that is after Christmas.
It is rather odd that we should have aban
doned the Saxon name of the month whil
retaining those of the days of the week.
' cnefit ot tho poor
Lurch h* d
to - doing t»
he ciiurcii - concluded hj e * . v " oh vhc 6y inevitable.
EkLu. Tho C ®,®: beffinning ? f *\tj ®*frhis i* Wndle»t“ tke ' ,T 1
! .htircb, »t U»l«. d*® ^5“ ttv d.-tads he ianot*
Accident Insurance.—“The Fat Contrib
utor’’ says that the “Breakneck Accident In
surance Company” wrote to him a short time
since, asking him to work up a column or so
of inducements to people to take out poll
cies, and he did it. Here are a few of them
which will serve as samples:
Everybody should get insured against neci
dents. No matter if you belong to one of
the “best families”—accidents will happen
in them.
Get a policy. The proverb says, “Honesty
the best policy,” but that was before ncci
dent iniuraHce companies started. Now the
best policy is a policy in the “Breakneck.”
Near Paris, Kentucky, a man, while en
gaged in running a circular saw, had his
arms taken off. They consisted of a cavalry
6abre and a double-barrelled shot gun. The
nian who carried them off had au accident
insurance—and he hasn’t been caught yet.
In Philadelphia a man fell from the scaf
fold and broke his neck. If he had been
insured in tbe “breakneck,” his sentence
; ght have been commuted to “imprison-
for life.” Why will men neglect these
T exploded at Memphis, blowin^
r into the air quite out of sight!
•e flS a week until he comes
Ul new 10 resolve,
H , f .lutt to attend t
m whole duty,'
sod reek t
usefulness and »
manv;
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"’It. Sterling, Ky.. was very
foil in pork. No insu-
of whisky at a sn-
ty recollecting
immediately
out a poli-
kca his
•ts.
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SECOND EXPLOSION*.
A second explosion took place on Tliars-
dny molding. The scene od Wednesday was
again renewed. The poor women could be
met on the road to the colliery fainting with
excessive grieq while others were seen tearin^
their hair, apparently with wild excitement
The scene in the neighborhood of the colliery
was truly heart-rending.
THIRD EXPLOSION.
At 9 A. 1L the pit exploded again, killing
all tho volunteers who were searching for the
dead. Happily, the foulness of the pit had
iicen so great previously, that about ten min
utes to nine alt the searchers, to the number
of’ sixteen, came to the bank. When they
die 1 so they were accused of cowardice by
the men who were waiting to descend, and
these latter a t once went down to continue
the search. qTlicy had not been in the pit
many minutes when it fired, the crash of tbe
explosion being distinctly heard at places
nearly « mile distant.
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO LIVES LOST,
A Manchester paper says: “We arc in
formed, on creditable authority, that four
hundred and thirty lamps had been issued
on YiTcdnesday morning, and ns only two or
three had been returned, tlie fearful estimate
of the los3 of life is not likely to have been
overstated. The numbers will be, at the
lowest estimate, 330 in the pit when the acci
deut happened; 18 rescued alive, of whom
12 have since died; and 28 volunteers killed,
making a total of 352 killed.
INCIDENTS.
Some of the escapes of the miners were ve
ry remarkable. One man named Bates was
heaving coal in some new works, about
mile and a half from the shafts. He became
aware of the explosion by a sudden rush of
air, which threw him down and rendered him
insensible. On recovering himself he felt
that he wa3 being enwrapped in the suffoca
ting choke-damp, and, vith a desperate
effort, he struggled toward the shafts. The
roads were so blown down that he could
hardly find hi9 way, aud, after climbing over
heaps of debris, he at last fell helpless, and
gavo himself up for lost. Some friendly
hand raised him, and once more he staggered
on toward the slmit, where he at last arrived,
and was safely taken to tbo surface.
Another man was knocked down senseless,
and one of ;bc exploring parties afterwards
found him grasping in liis arras tbe body of a
dead cat. Others brought to the surface ex
perienced singularly narrow escapes from
ailing dobrit and altcr-damp. To avoid the
latter many fell on their faces, stuffed their
Iothingia their mouths and ernwlcd along
the level.
One of the most affecting scenes which the
earcliers came upon was the discovery of
more than twenty men, nearly tbe whole of
whom were locked in each other’s arms.—
They had faced death together, aud had car
ried the friendship of life to the very thres
hold of the grave. Others had evidently
been swept away while taking leave of each
other, and in the terror and confusion of the
oment others had still remembered to ap
’ to the mercy of .their God. Not a few
bus found in the nttitude of prayer,
awiul spectacle than that present-
searchers on Wednesday night
’•e found, even on a battle-field,
and in s“me cases men and
♦o"ether in one confused
■ bodies were so mnch
: rt than mutilation,
How a Man Freezes to Death.
M. Pouctict lately read an interesting paper
on this subject before the T rench Academy of
Science. The author’s inferences are
follows:
1. That the first phenomenon produced by
cold i3 a contraction of the capillary vessels
to such an extent that a globule of blood can,
not enter; these vessels, therefore, remain
completely empty.
2. The second phenomenon is an altera
tion of the blood globules, which amounts to
their complete disorganization.
3. Every animal completely frozen is abso
lutely dead, and no power can re-animate
it.
4. When only a part is frozen that part is
destroyed by gangrene.
5. If the part frozen is not extensive, and
only a few disorganized blood globules pass
into circulation, the animal may recover.
G. But if, on the contrary, the frozen part
is of considerable extent, then the mass of
altered globules brought into the circulation
when the part is thawed, rapidly kills the
animal.
7. For this reason a half frozen animal may
live a long time if maintained in f.his condi
tion, since the altered globules do not get in
to the circulation; but it expires rapidly as
soon as the frozen part is thawed.
8. In all cases of congelation, death is due
to the alteration of the blood globules, and
not to any effect on the nervous system.
9. It results from these facts that the less
rapidly tho frozen part is thawed, tlie more
slowly altered globules find tlieir way into the
circulation, and the greater the chances of
the recovery of the animal.
Important (if true) from Washington.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Gazette,
Washington. Jan. 1.—I have it upon un
doubted authority that Senator Fessenden
has, within a day or two, emphatically de
clared his opposition to all schemes having
in Tiew an attempted forcible disorganization
of the present State Governments in the un
represented States. The utmost extent to
which he will go, when the adoption of the
constitutional amendment shall have been
shown to be impossible, will be to give his
assent to an act of Congress proposing a plan
to tliosq States by which, it adopted by
them, their interrupted relations to the Fed
eral Government may be fully re-established.
It is understood that these views, which ut
terly discard the idea of territorializing those
States, are concurred in by Senators Foster,
Sherman, Cragin, Fogg and perhaps others.
In harmony with the above distinct fact, I
may mention the report that even the Com
mittec on Territories in the House will re
port a bill recognizing, the validity of the
Southern State governments, but proposing
a means (doubtless unacceptable) by which
they may be restored to representation. The
truth is that the whole present policy of the
Radicals, as I have had occasion before to
remark, can be summed up in a single word—
delay. They have not put any of their threats
of impeachments, upsetting State govern
ments, aud the like, into practice.
Another Eruption from: Thad. Ste
vens.—That malignant and fiery old politi
cal volcano, Thad. Stevens, entertained the
House of Representatives with another of
his bilious eruptions Thursday last. He
made a speech in favor of his reconstruction
scheme, in which, after gravely maintainin
that some measure should be passed immedi a
ately in order to keep the white rebels from
murdering all the negroes, in tlie South he
thus gives expression to his political appre
hensions and .“pitches into” the President:
He would not slander his native land, but
would reform it. Twenty years ago he had
denounced it a3 a despotism, that twenty
millions ot whites should govern lour mil
lions of blacks. lie pronounced it no nearer
a free Republic now, when twenty-five mil
lions of a privileged class undertook to ex
clude five millions from all participation in
the Government. No government could be
regarded RS free which did not allow all its
people to participate in the formation and
execution of its laws. Such a Babel-like
confusion was caused by the intermingling
of pardoned rebels, lurking Copperheads and
apostate Republicans that it was difficult
either to understand the questions asked or
the answers given. Speaking of the Presi
dent, ho said thatai though the President was
Commander-in-Chief o‘ the Army and the
Navy, Congress was’ his commander, and,
please God, he sliou’ld be made to obey.—
The President and his’ satraps should know
that this was a Government of the people,
and that Congress was \'he people. Unless
impartial suffrage were introduced in the re
bel States, every one of th-im would be sure
to send a solid rebel re presentation, and
cast a solid rebel electoral vote. They, with
their kindred Copperheads of the North,
ould always elect a Presi dent and control
Congress. And the peop le of the North
ould be the perpetual vassal and slave of
the South.
Jew Love for toe Holy Land,— As an
example of the fervid religious attachment of
the Jewish population to the Holy Land, in
which they believe the chosen peoqjle are one
day to be gathered, the case of a destitute
young widow is mentioned,who had wealthy
relations in Germany, and whom it was pro
posed to assist in returning to them. She
declined the offer with gratitude, but with
an enthusiasm worthy of Sir Walter Scott’s
Rebecca. “God has granted me the high
privilege ot living to breathe the hallowed
atmosphere of the land ot our forefathers,
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He has caused
his grace and mercy to descend upon me, by
bringing me, when an infant, into this sacred
spot, whence the radiant glory of His divine
aw emanated. He has permitted me to tread
n that ha flowed ground on which our Proph
ets and teachers lived, and I would rather
starve, together with my children while kiss
ing the dust in the Holy City of Jerusalem,
than like in plenty elsewhere.”
ot the Diccese of Gt
his church bj a j,lire mil
tinguish .il by ] re-en iacr.t abilities, and Yin*
oils by his Jong and varied services as
tliis Diocese. For more than twenty-flve year.
Bishop Elliott held the ligh and responsible v 3
sitioa ol Bishop of tbe Diocese of Georgia, ^
a constant and increasing reputation and n«f B i
neas. Few men, indeed, have possessed higher
qualifications lor the office of Bishop, cither nat-
ural or acquired. Few men have left deeper
traces oi high aud noble character as a pure and
upright chnstain. IDs mind wassohd and brii
liant, sagacious and searching, forcible in c 0 -
ceprion, clear in reasoning. He was dignified
mild, conciliatory aud candid; and yet h e vjj
remarkable for an uncompromising firmness. la
him the love of Christ and His- chnrch was the ml
ing passion of his life—it was the master sprit*
of all his conduct. He discharged every dub
with scrupulous fidelity and zeal. '
But it is as a christain, that those who knewh,- n
best, will most love to contemplate film.- qw
was a daily beauty in his life which wooed even
heart. He wa3 a pure and humble Christian, full ( '-
reiigions sensibility and religious human i(y-!
What made religion most attractive in him SC Y
gave it a sublime expression, was its tranquil
cheeiful, unobtrusive, meek and gentle character
There was a mingling of Christian graces inYi n
which showed that the habits of his thoughts were
fashioned for another and a better world.
Bishop Elliott was born in South Carolina, j s
ISOti. He was elected. Bishop of Georgia in ig;ri
and died at his home, in the bosom of bis ftmllr'
on the21st day of December, J8G6.
While we bow with humble resignation to the
will of God in removing our beloved Bishop jet
w e adore the goodness of the Great Head of the
church, which spared hislifs so lor g, to establish
by hi3 Christian labors and ablHtie. this Dicceie.
oyer which he presided to the day ot his death. ’
Therefore, resolved, Thtt this v
deeply deplore the death of our beloved
erne* Bishop, the St. Bey
lament with humble and sincere urief
irreparable loss me have sustained—aud thtt ^
will, in respect and love to his memory dr*r »Y-
church in mourning. ’’ f e Mr
And Resolved further. That a copy of ihi.....
amble, ar.d these resolutions be intend on^thi*
records of this chnrch, and that a espy h*
the family ol the deceased, with the aemrance of
the sincere condolence ol the members of this
church, on account Of the great and irreparable
loss which has beep sustained by them, and’bvtb*
Episcopal church in this State. 1
N. C. MUNROE. Charmw.
C. B. Cole, Secretary.
VESTRY ROOM ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH, i
Milledoetillb, Dec. SI, 1866. j
We find the following excellent recipe
in a Boston paper: To cause a healthy glow
to radiate through the body—Buy one or
more tons of coal, take care that it is of a
kind that will burn. Pay for it, and have it
put into cart3. Pay for the cartage. Have
it distributed to the few poor people whom
you know to bo thinly clad, in poor health,
and generally destitute. You will find your
heart become warm on the instant, and, and
the heat will gradually extend to the extremi
ties. This effect will be experienced more
decidedly in the coldest weather.
12?— Georgia has provided for the educa
tion, at the expense of the State, of her indi
gent and maimed soldiers.
Georgia has behaved nobly in caring for
her honored dead and suffering living. This
State, at least, does not forget those who
fought for her, and now are unable to work
for themselves. All honor to this truely
Southern State.—Chas. if&rentry.
Southwestern Circuit. —The following
the result of the election for Judge and
Solicitor ot the South-wester u Circuit, as iar
heard from, embracing t'.bc counties of
umter, Dougherty, Baker an d Decatur:
judge:
J. Scarborough - - - - - - - 324
J. Strozier - -- -- 345
Simms -
A. Yason
solicitor:
If. A. Smith - -- -- .-- - 388
C. Rutherford 348
It will be seen that no one o f the candidates
for Judge has received a ini ijo: rity of the votes
cast. It will therefore ■deemlve upoD the
Governor to make the appointment. The!
counties to hear from are Leo, Worth, Cal
houn and Mitchell. Intliesi: counties Mr.
Strozier will get a good vw.e, but not enough
give him a majority ot all tie votes polled.
We believe the Governor will appoint the
one receiving the highest number of votes.—
Should he act on this principle, the Hon. P.
J. Strozier will then be Jcalge of the South
western Circuit.
The returns thus far ii idicat 0 the election
ofN. A. Smith, Esq., Solit :itor General.
[;9umter flep., 8lA.
{^“The Jackson (Mi.es.) Clarion learns
that the remains of the lal e Gen. Win. Barks-
ilale will be removed from Gettysburg to that
placa for interment in a frw days.
Tiie Early county “News” gives the
result of the election in that county, as fol
lows:
for judge:
Colonel I. E. Bower, -
Judge J. T. Clarke,
for solicitor:
Colonel S. Wise Parker,
-i— Stewart, -
Homicide.—We learn that an affray occur
red at Woodstock, in Oglethorpe county on
Tuesday, between James Glenn and B. F
Daniel, in which the latter was killed by
being strnck over the head with a stick in the
bands ot the former. Both were young men
of most respectable families, and the occur
rence will cause great grief to a large conex-
ion.— Washington Gazette 4th.
Among tlie students now in attend
ance at Washington College, Lexington, Ya.
— Gen. Robert E. Lee. President—are the
following named Georgians: D. L. Ander
son, from Atlanta, Ga.; W. W. Collins, from
Macon, Ga.; W. J. Howell, W. J. Tonge and
S. D. Tonge, Jr., from Bainbridge, Ga.; Mer-
cerR. Lee. lrom Savannah, Ga.; and T. W.
Rucker, from Atlanta, Ga.
Surrosi'D Pirate.—A Washington special
says: “The Government has been informed
by Sir Frederick Bruce that the English man
of-War Bolivar, while at LaGuayra, was
taken possession of by her crew, and had
cleared for parts unknown. Efforts will be
mado to detain hershculd she visit American
waters.”
J5F“A Frenchman who had been in India,
speaking of tiger hunts, pleasantly remarks :
“When ze Frenchman hunts ze tiger ah ! xe
sport is grand, magnifique! but when ze
tiger hunts ze Frenchman, zero is the very
devil to pay!”
Mobile, Jnn. 7—Cotton—sales 1,700 bales,
market closing easy. Middling, 32c. Gold
34a36. Sterling 41a43. New York Sight,
l-2alc. discount.
At a meeting of. the Wardens and Verity held
this day—present, Chas. J. Jenkins, Senior Ward
en, John S. Thomas, Junior Warden; Ripley P.
Adams, Dr. Jas. Holmes, B. B. DeSraffeuried, Dr.
Jas. Herty, John M. Clark, R. M. Orme, Jr,
Howard Tinsley and Wm. H. Scott, Vestrymen.
The Chairman having announced ' the death ol
Bishcp Elliott, a Committee of three were appoint
ed to draft resolutions expressive of the regret of
the Parish. The Chairman announced the follow.
Ingas the Commitic:
[ Chas. J. Jci.kiHS^SeniorWarden; Wa. II. Scott,
Ripley P. Adams, Vestrymen.
The Committee appointed to prepare and repot!
resolutions relative to the death of the Buhopo!
the Dioceae, submit the following:
Tho Vestry of St. Stephen’s Parish, have reced
ed with profound grief, tidings of the sudden deitk
of their beloved Bishop, the Rt, Rev. Stepisa
Elliott,
The first Bishop of Georgia, upon entering ti
diocese, he found Episcopacy a tender plant wili
feeble stem and few branches. But it was a vine
in his Master’s Vineyard committed to his chtrp, j
and faithfully and tenderly has he nursed and rev-
cd it. Its rapid growth and spreading branches |
now that his work is done, evince Gou’s bless:::
through bis instrumentality.
YVe assume not to write his eulogy, to parin’
his talents, or to sketch his personal or apostolic
character. As one of the humblest of his local
charges, we but desire in all simplicity, to testify
our love and reverence for him living, and to Bun
gle our lamentations with those of our dioctsu
brethren, who have received from his consecrate!
hand, baptism or confirmation, or sacramuhl
bread and wine, and lrom his fatherly voice, in
struction, guidance and blessing. Who of 111 ill
will ever forget the touch of that hand ortheioaei
of that voice!
But let us not be startled by the suddeneeatf
this visitation. Is it not the appropriate endefi
life so holy, and so useful ? In the vigor of tu-
shaken manhood, in the power of undimmed to -
tellect, in the plentitude of untiring zeal ind ac
tivity, without the pain or lassitude of wastiugdis-
ease, and without frightful casualty, he pasted
from labor to rest. “He walked with God—rid
he is not—for Gsd took him.”
We, the sheep of his flock, may find ccnsofatioa
for our hea*y sorrow, in the reflection thatheno*
revels in a vision, brighter, clearer, more beatific
than was vouchsafed, on Patinos’ Isle, to that dll-
ciple whom “The Lord loved,” aud whom, in per
sonal traits, and in apostolic gifts and ministra
tions, our lamented Bishop so closely resembled
Therefore,
Resolved, First, That in view of thU mysterioM
dispensation, we miDgle regrets with sfl trn 9
hearted Georgians, for u pure and lofty pifnot,
gone—with Christians of all sects lor a holy mM
of God, departed—and with «nr brethren of oar
own faith, lor our revered and beloved head, trans
lated. _
Secondly—That with profound gratitude nr»
wise and 'loving guidance, and governmein, »
long continued to us, and with uus. aken h iut 1 r
tlie Providence of God) we humbly implore nr
V ! se aid in our forlorn condition. ..
Thirdly—That we tender to the bereaved Bwv
of the deceased, our deferential, but heartfelt 1™
patby, invoking in their behalf, the susUiw*
hand of the Father, the intercession of the NjJ
“once a man of sorrows, anil acquainted*”
grief”—and the consoling ministrations on*
Holy 8pirit. _
Fourthly—That as emblematical oi osr
the Church of St. Stephens be draped in c 15 --
ing until Easter. ,
Fifthly—That the papers of this city, and 0-
of the State, be requested to publish these r»o
tiens—that a copy of them be forwarded to' •
family of the deceased, and another to ts*--*'* ..
san Council of Georgia, at its next annua*
ing.
CHARLES J. JENKINS, Sr. «'*>'*’'
Chair® 111 -
Wiluam H. Scott,
Secretary.
ST Gent—“Well. Bridget, how
longer have we to wait for breakfast I
Bridget.—“Ye see. yer touldme to uou
eggs verry soft, an’ sure they’ve been ^
-or over an hour, and they are as hard as
ur 1”
f-e?" A large number of Chinamen JHi.
be imported to work on the Central * J
Railroad. The extension of the Union
j-Sf” Sumner says that the President “can
not be suffered to keep his seat.” Prentice
savsr “If justice were done, Sumner wouldn't
keep his- It would be kicked off.”
trfF’Ti’n ready-made heuses, all the way
from Uang’or, in Maine, with the carpenters
to put them up, have reached Galveston,
Texas.
A New York dispatch says it is re
ported i'chuyler Colfax will be married next
month t« - the widow of a late wealthy banker
of that ci ty.
P*
cific Railroad beyond Fort Riley L
made at the rate of ten car-loads «
daily.
Melancholy Suicide.—Mrs. CordeliaK*
dall, wife of Mr. Reuben Kendall,of 11115
ty, committed suicide on Monday
taking strychnine. She is supposed
been laboring under mental derange
I. B.
A paper asks very innocently if *
harm to sit in the lapse of ages. Anotn
plies that it all depends on the kind r
selected. Those from eighteen to tive ,
it puts down as extra hazardous - .
fW Aldibaran, thought to be the
ner, next to Kentucky, in America, 1 ^ fS ;.
beeten in New Orleans by Harry oft
a six year old.
„ Itf!
[rgr- C. H. Smith (“Bill A r P 1
week elected Mayor ot Rome. Ga.
BP"Pra
a gobbler
Christmas.
ident Johnson was prt
weighing fifty-five
seated
ihepro'" 1 * 0 .|,„ n one-**** -- .on _ „ll,arctr*-“* ; * « we lean.
1 u- i J - '*.*’■ ,C L; v ir ’ undetlyt 8 evrg papet. ^ reading ‘’. a visit to hn
1 , V*t-loTO tn< , .SMI*. • v u ar.d-~ l “ „ s ncciaUv ur 8* - n f selt-cul*' Georgia*
*c crop t, T\ k t me c* c t mean- ol £ ftt State. Geo „
T Willi - t l»i^ ^"inportant to tncuds.
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