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[iBLISHED 1826.}
MACON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1868.
VOL. XL1I.-M 46. ■■••!
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LION-HUNTIWa.
W. Baker’s interesting work oh
ploration of the Nile tributaries of
^ia has been published, and is in-
*£ reading. The author’s work on
ilbert N’yanza Great Basin of Nile,”
two years ago, gave the ac-
; of the equatorial lake system, from
the Egyptian river derives its
The discovery of the lake sources
. Xile does not completely solve the
jrv of ages. Nor is it clear that the
jty of Egypt depends upon the rain-
/the equator concentrated in the
; Victoria and Albert. Tie explora-
f the Nile tributaries as now given
js the Nile system into two propor-
a nd, in the belief of the author, un-
j the entire mystery of the river by
^ing to each its due share in minis-
j to the prosperity of Egypt. The
■je is full of adventure. The follow-
anting scene is not bad. __ Think of
ingelepliants, hippopotami, bnfialoes,
xeros, giraffes, and such!.
; V ery day, from sunrise to sunset, I
titter on foot or in saddle, without
.exceptupon Sundays, which I gene-
v passed at home, with the relaxation
shiagin the beautiful river Settite.—
u'. • mi immense quantity of large
, ami I had a mixed bag of ele-
hippopotami, buffaloes, rhinoceros,
i, and great numbers of large ante-
Lions, although numerous, were
lingly difficult to hag; there was no
e but in the extreme risk of creep-
rough the thickest jungle. Upon
r three occasions I had shot them by
ing into their very dens, where they
[ragged their prey; and I must ac-
ledge that they were much more
ened at me than I was at them,
nerally obtained a mo3t difficult
n>ntisfnctory shot at close quarters:
imes I rolled them over with a mor-
ounil, and they disappeared, to die
impenetrable jungle; but at times
: was on my sideT On moonlight
1 generally laid in wait for these
with great patience; sometimes
t hippopotami, and used a hind-
eras a bait for lions, while I watched
tbush at about twenty yards distance;
Ae hyenas generally appeared, like
•pirits, and dragged away the bait
the lions had a chance. I never
it these scavengers, as they are most
creatures, and are contemptible as
My Arabs had made their for
ts I had given |hem all the meat of
nrious animals, which they dried
nnsported to Greera, together with
Aides, etc. It would be wearying to
rate the happy hunting-days passed
Aout the country. We were never
a moment, although the thermome
b seldom below 88 degrees during
r. The country was healthy, as it
leaselv try,and therefore free from
ia: at night the thermometer
70 degrees, which was a delight
mperature for those who exist in the
air.
jour camp was full of meat, either
ior in the process of drying in fes-
mpon the trees, we had been a great
■etion to the beasts of prey that con-
dr prowled around our thorn-fence
the night. One night in particu-
lion attempted to enter, but had been
eed bv the Tokrooris, who pelted him
firebrands. My people woke me up
rged me to shoot him, but as it was
v impossible to fire correctly
jgh the hedge of thorns, I refused to
--turbed; yet I promised to hunt for
on the following day. Throughout
ffltire night the lion prowled around
amp, growling and uttering his pecu-
pitural sigh. Not one of my people
, as they declared he would bound
tbo earap and take somebody, unless
kept up the watch-fires and drove
away with brands. The next day,
sunrise, I called Hassan and Hadji
diom I lectured severely upon their
*lice on a former occasion, and re-
itheir promise to fellow me to death,
-trusted them with my two Keillys
M.nncl with my little Fletcher in
I determined to spend the whole
searching every thicket of the for-
lions, as I felt convinced that the
that had disturbed us during the
*as concealed somewhere within the
taring jungle.
whole day passed fruitlessly. I
*tpt through the thickest thorns in
Having an abundance of meat, I
Mused the most tempting shots at
•"■es nnd large antelopes, as I had
*1 myself exclusively to lions. I
eneh disappointed, as the evening
arrived without a shot having been
and as the sun had nearly set, I
kro<l slowly towards home. Passing
■h alternate open glades a few
in width, hemmed in on ajl sides
‘tk jungle, I was carelessly carrying
"Ae upon my shoulder as -I pushed
through the opposing thorns,
■ a sudden roar just befbre me at
brought the rifle upon full cock, and
a magnificent lion standing in the
' of the glade, about ten yards
®e. He Had been lying on-* the
4, and had started to his feet on
me approach through the jungle.
*n instant he stood in an attitude of
;tan, as we were hardly visible; hut
■same moment I took a quick and
! tat with the little Fletcher. He
1 convulsive hound, but rolled over
•:1-. Before he could recover
'•a I fired the left-hand barrel. It
?’orious sight. I had advanced a
Jjj* into the glade, and Hassan had
l ? handed me a spare rifle, while
-mor stood by me, sword in hand.
^ n jin the greatest fury, with his
m ane bristling in the air, roared
^tU-Hke growls, as opened-mouth-
i at terapted to charge upon us; bat
^eged his hind-quarters upon the
A and I saw immediately that the
•ditcher had broken his spine. In
^mendous exertions to attack he
° Ver and over, gnashing his horri-
and tearing holes in the sandy
^at each blow of his tremendous
b?b would have crushed a man’s
* e an egg-shelL Seeing that he
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was hors de combat, I took it coolly, asit
was already dusk; and the lion havin:
rolled into a dark and thick bush,
thought it would be advisable to defer
the final attack, as he would be dead be
fore morning. We were not ten minutes’
walk from the camp, at which we quickly
arrived, and my men greatly rejoiced at
the discomfiture of their enemy, as they
were convinced that he was the same lion
that had attempted to enter the zareeba.
On the following morning, before sun
rise, I started with nearly all my people
and a powerful camel, with the intention
of bringing the lion home entire. I rode
my horse Tetel, as he had frequently
shown great courage, and I wished to
prove whether he would advance to the
body of a lion.
Upon arrival near the spot which we
supposed to have been the scene of the
encounter we were rather puzzled, as
there was nothing to distinguish the lo
cality ; one place exactly resembled an
other, as the country was flat and sandy,
interspersed with thick jungle of green
nahbuk; we accordingly spread out to
beat for the lion. Presently Hadji Ali
cried out, “There he lies dead!” and I
immediately rode to the spot, together
with the people. A tremendous roar
greeted us as the lion started to his fore
feet, and with his beautiful mane erect,
and his great hazel eyes flashing fire, he
gave a succession of short, deep roars,
and challenged us to fight. This was a
grand picture; he looked like a true lord
of the forest, hut I pitied the poor brute,
as he was helpless; and although the
spirit was game to the last, his strength
was paralyzed by a broken back.
It was a glorious opportunity for the
horse. At the first unexpected roar the
camel bolted with its rider; the horse
had for a moment started on one side,
and the men had scattered; hut in an
instant I had reined Tetel up, and I now
rode straight toward the lion, as he court
ed the encounter about twenty paces dis
tant. I halted exactly opposite the no
ble-looking beast, which, seeing me in ad
vance of the party, increased his rage,
and growled deeply, fixing his glance up
on the horse. I now patted Tetel on the
neck and spoke to him coaxingly; he
gazed intently at the lion, erected his
mane, and snorted, but showed no signs of
retreat. “ Bravo! old boy ?” I said, and
enconraging him by carressing his neck
with my hand, I touched his flank gently
with my heel; I let him just feel my
hand on the rein, and with a “ Come
along, old lad,” Tetel slowly but resolute
ly advanced step by step towards the in
furiated lion, that greeted him with con
tinued growls. The horse several times
snorted loudly, and stared fixedly at the
terrible face before him; but as I con
stantly patted and coaxed him, he did not
refuse to advance. I checked him when
within about six yards from the lion,
This would have made a magnificent pic
ture, as the horse, with astounding cour
age, faced the lion at bay; both animals
kept their eyes fixed upon each other, the
one beaming with rage, the other with
cool determination. This was enough—
I dropped the reins upon his neck; it was
a signal that Tetel perfectly understood,
and he stood firm as a rock, for he
knew that I was about to fire,
took aim at the head of the glo
rious hut distressed lion, and a bul
let from the little Fletcher dropped
him dead. Tetel never flinched at a shot.
I now dismounted, and having patted and
coaxed the horse, I led him up to the body
of the lion, which I also patted, and then
gave my hand to the horse to smell. He
snorted once or twice, and as I released
my hold of the reins, and left him entire
ly free, he slowly lowered his head and
sniffed the mane of the dead lion, and
then turned a few paces upon one side
and commenced eating the withered grass
beneath the nabhuk bushes.
Witchcraft.
At the end of nearly three centuries
we find ourselves relieved of a heavy bur
den of fear and care about the perpetual
and.uhbounded malice of Satan and his
agents. Witchcraft has ceased to be one
of the gravest curses of the human lot.
We have parted with one after another of
the fetish or conjectural persuasions about
our relations with the world of spirit
or mind, regarded as in direct opposition
to the world of matter. By a succession
of discoveries we have been lead to an es
sentially different view of life and thought
from any dreamed of before the new birth
of science; and at this day, and in our
own metropolis, we have Sir Henry Hol
land telling us how certain treatment of
this or that department of the nervous
system will generate this or that state of
belief and experience, as well as sensa
tion. We have Dr. Carpenter disclosing
facts of incalculable significance about
brain action without consciousness, and
other vital mysteries. "We have Dr,
Maudsley showing in the cells of the lu
natic asylum, not only the very realms of
Satan, as our fathers would-have thought,
but the discovery that it is not Satan, af
ter all, that makes the havoc, hut our
own ignorance which has seduced us into
. sobs rABKisra pay.
And now let us decipher the whole mat
ter, and get rid of that interminable ques-
tiofa.JDoes Fanning Pay?
Will shopkeeping pay ? Will life pay 1
How do these questions sound ? Ana yet
they are as reasonable as the one we
come to consider. Tell me of the capaci
ty of the doctor—of the tailor; of his lo
cation, and of his aptitude for business,
and I can answer. Tell me of what ma
terial yon propose to make a farmer; tell
me of his habits, and of the condition of
his soil and markets, and I can tell if he
can find a profit or none ; and this with
out regard to Liebig, short-horns, or the
mineral theory.
Successful farming, it must he under
stood, is not that which secures a large
monied result this year, and the next year,
and the year after; but is that which
secures to the land a constant accumulat
ing fertility in connection with remunera
tive results. The theory of agricultural
doctors that every year as much of the
nutritive elements of land should be re
stored as the annual cropping removes,
may be good ruling for virgin soil, or for
Lothian or Belgian gardens; but for neg
lected or poor soil, a large restoration is
needed; if not by manures, then by til
lage or drainage. Exact equipoise is
difficult, and implies no advance. It is
neither easy nor desirable to be forever
balancing one’s self ontight-rope. If pro
gressive arming won’t pay, it is quite cer
tain that no other farming will.
I know there are many quiet old gen
tleman among the hills who have a sleepy
way of putting in their corn patch year
after year, ana a sleepy way of clearing
out their meager pittance of drenched ma
nure, and a sleepy way of never spending;
who drop off some day leaving money in
their purse; but such success does not
tempt the young—it gives no promise of
career. “Pork and beans for dinner, and
the land left lean,” might he written on
their grave-stones.
The faculty of not spending is cultiva
ted by many farmers a great deal more
faithfully than their lands; but the facul
ty of right spending is at the bottom of
all signal success in agriculture, as in
other business pursuits. This kind of en
terprise is what farmers especially lack;
and the lack is due to the secure tenure
by which they hold their property. The
shopkeeper who turns hiS capital three or
four times a year, and who knows that an
oldstock of goods will involve heavy loss
es, is stimulated to constant activity and
watchfulness. The farmer, on the other
hand inheriting his little patch of land,
and feeling reasonably sure of com and
bacon, and none of that incentive which
attends risks, yields himself to a stolid in
difference which over-lays all his faculties.
Yet some of the agricultural papers tell
us with pride that bankruptcies among
farmers are rare. Pray, why should they
not be rare ? The man who never mounts
a ladder will most surely never fall from
one. Dash, enterprise, spirit, wakefulness,
have their hazard, and always will; but if
a man sleep, the worst that can befall
him is only a bad dream. This lethargy
on the part of so many who are content
with their pork dinners and small spend
ings is very harmful to the agricultural
interests of the country. Young America
abhors sleepiness, and does not gravitate,
by choice, toward a pursuit which seems to
encourage it. The conclusion and con
viction have been, with, earnest young
men, that a profession which did not stim
ulate to greater activity and larger
triumphs, and a more Christian ampli
tude of life, could not he worth the follow
ing. Nothing about it or in it seemed
to have affinity with great springs of hu
man progress otherwise; a lumpish self-life
it seemed—bound to the glebe, and crop
ping its nourishment thence, like kine.
Again the extravagance of those who have
undertaken farming as amere amusement,
has greatly damaged its character as a
pursuit worthy the enlistment of earnest
workers. Our friend, Mr. Tall weed, who
with his Wall Street honors fresh upon
him, comes to the country to grow toma
toes at a cost of five dollars a dozen, and
who puts a sack of superphosphate to a
garden row of sweet corn, may mat#
monstrosities for the exhibition-tables, hut
he is not inviting emulation; he is sim
committing an agricultural debauch an
an agricultural debauch pays no better
than any other.
But between these extremes there is
room for a sober business faculty and for
an array of good sense. With these two
united, success may he counted on; not
brilliant, perhaps, 'for in farming there
are no opportunities for sudden or explo
sive success. The farmer digs into no
gold lead. He springs no trap. His suc
cesses, when most decided, are orderly
normal, and cumulative. He must needs
plans punctually and thoroughly; if he
is not above economies, nor heedless of
the teachings of science, nor unobservant
of progress otherwise, let him work—for
he will have his reward.
But even such a one may, very likely*
come to his “fourth in hand,” except they
be colts of his own raising, or to private
concerts in his grounds, except what the
birds make.—My Farm—Mitchell.
She Deaf Aunt and Wife,
'A GOOU--OICE.
I had an aunt coming to visit me for
the first time since my marriage, and I
don’t know what evil" genius prompted
the wickedness which I perpetrated to
ward my wife and ancient relation.
“My dear,” said I to my wife on the
day before my aunt’s arrival, “you know
Aunt Maiy is coming to-morrow; well, ~
forgot to mention a rather annoying cir
cumstance with regard to her. She is
very deaf; and although she can hear
my voice, to which she is accustomed, in
its ordinary tones, yet you will be obliged
to speak extremely loud in order to be
heard. It will be rather inconvenient,
hut I know you will do everything
your power to make her agreeable.”
Mrs. S announced her determina
tion to make herself heard, if in her pow
er. . •
I then went to John N , who loves
a joke about as well as any person I
know of, and told him to he at the house
at 6 p. Jm. on the following evening, and
felt comparatively happy.
I went to the railroad depot with a car
riage next night, and when I was on my
way home with my aunt, I said:
“ My dear aunt, there is one rather an
noying infirmity that Annie (my wife)
has, which I forgot to mention before.
She is very deaf, and although she can
hear my voice, to which she is accustom
ed, in its ordinary tones, yet vou will be
obliged to speak extremely loud in or
der to he heard. I am very sorry for
it”
Aunt Mary, in the goodness of her
heart, protested that she rather liked
speaking loud, and to do so would afford
her great pleasure.
The carriage drove up—on the steps
was my wife—in the window was John
N , with a face as utterly solemn as
if he had buried his relatives that after
noon.
“ I am delighted to see you,” shrieked
my wife, and the policeman on the oppo
site side-walk started, and my aunt near
ly fell down the steps.
* “ Kiss me, my dear,” bawled my aunt
and the windows shook as with the fever
and ague. I looked at the window—
John had disappeared. Human nature
could stand it no longer. I poked my
head into the carriage and went into
strong convulsions.
When I entered the parlor my wife was
helping aunt Mary to take off her hat and
cap; and there sat John with his face
buried in his handkerchief.
Suddenly—“Didyou have a pleasant
journey?” went off my wife like a pistol,
and John nearly jumped to his feet.
“ Bather dusty,” was the response in a
war whoop, and the conversation contin
ued.
The neighbors for blocks around must
have heard it; when I was in the third
story of the building I heard every word.
In the course of the evening my aunt
took occasion to say to me:
“How loud your wife talks!”
I told her deaf persons talked loudly
and that my wife being used to me, was
not affected by the exertion, and that she
was getting along very nicely with her.
Presently my wife said softly:
“Alf, how very loud your aunt talks 1
“Yes” said I, “all deaf persons do.—
You’re getting along with her finely; she
hears every word you say.” And I rather
think she aid.
Elated at their success at being under
stood, they went at it hammer and tongs,
till everything upon the mantlepiece clat
tered again, and I was seriously afraid of
a crowd collecting in front of the house.
But the end was near. My aunt being
of an investigating turn of mind, was de
sirous of finding out whether the exertion
of talking was injurious to my wife. So—
“Dosen’t talking so loud strain your
lungs ?” said she in an unearthly whoop,
for her voice was not as musical as it was
when she was young.
’It is an exertion,” shrieked my wife.
Then why do you do it ?” was the an
swering scream.
“Because—because—you can’t hear if
I don’t” squealed my wife.
“What!” said aunt, fairly, ravilling a
railroad whistle at the time.
I began to think it time to evacuate the
premises; and looking round and seeing
Developments of the Campaign—Speeches,
Political and Financial. :
to-morrow. There’ have been, I know;
Multicaulis fevers and Peabody seedlings,
but these are exceptions; and the prize
which comes through subordination of the
success depends more on the style of the
man, than on the style of the business.
For one who is thoroughly in earnest,
farming offers a very fair field for effort.
But the man who is only half "in earnest,"
who thinks that costly barns, and import
ed stock and jaunty fencing, and a nice
ly rolled lawn are the objects of attain
ment, may accomplish pretty results, hut
they are small ones.
So the diletante farmer, who has a smat
tering of science; whose head is filled
with nostrums; who thinks his salts will
do it all; who doses a crop—now to fee
bleness, and now to an unnatural exuber-
who dawdles over his formations
citing us to the study of ourselves. And
these are not all our teachers. Amidst
the conflict of phenomena of the human
mind and body, we have arrived now at
the express controversy of Psychology
against Physiology. Beyond the mere
statement of the fact we have scarcely
advanced a step. The first, cannot be,
with any accuracy, called a science at all,
and the other is in little more than a ru-
dimentry state; but it is no small gain to
have arrived at some conception of the
nature of the problem set before us, and
at some liberty of hypothesis as to its
conditions. In brief, and in the plainest
terms, while there is still a multitude de- j
lading and disporting itself with a false , ance; wno aawues over ms lormatiom
hypouiesis about certain mysteries of the j while the neighbors oxen^a,re^br«iking in
defective.
human mind, and claiming to have ex- to his rye-field; whohasnomanaging ca- Mb. Opie herself would have laughed if
plained the marvels of spiritualism by pacity-no breath of vision; who sends she had seen aunt Mary s expression when
making an objective world of their own! two men to accomplish the work of one; she was informed that her hearing was
subjective experience ; the scientific phys- \ let such give up all hopeof makmgfarm-
iologists are proceeding by. observation ing a lucrative pursuit ^ however,
and experiment, to penetrate more and man Be thoroughly m earnest if be has
more thfscience of our intellectual and the sagacity to E fe "Hover his :
ihoral life. • systemize his labor—to carry, out ins
From the. Be raid of tie 2ilh inet.
The Democrats have commenced the
Presidential campaign with vigor. They
are naturally, from their position, the at
tacking partv, and have both a better
choice of materials, and a wider field for
operations. The Republicans are,acting
on th« defensive, and exhibit less energy
and enthusiasm. It. is said, however,
that when the campaign is drawing to an
tyid, and the Democrats have expended
most of their fire* tte*44epul>licans will
make an extraordinary effort, that they
have more "of the sinews of war, and that
they will raise and spend vast sums of
money to win the election. But thus far
the, Democrats have most confidence,
while the Bepublicans evidently are in
doubt and a state of trepidation. The
earnest appeals of the Radical organs
show this to be the condition of the par
ty. Then the first struggle of the cam
paign, which will have a powerful in
fluence, upon the final result, is about to
be determined in Maine and Vermont,and
a few weeks afterward in some of the
great Central States, so that the compar
ative inaction or want of enthusiasm of
the Bepublicans cannot be regarded as
feigned or temporary with a view to mak
ing a hold strike—a sort of coup de main
—in the end.
The chief orators among the Demo
crats, particularly those from the West,
as Pendleton and Vallandingham, dwell
most on financial questions'as the main
issue of the campaign, though they do
not ignore the negro altogether. This
was seen in the speeches of the former in
Maine, and in that of the latter at Fort
Wayne. The Northern and Eastern
speakers rather shirk the greenback ques
tion, being more under the influence of
the bondholders and more interested in
getting gold for the five-twenties, and con
sequently confine themselves chiefly to the
negro supremacy policy of the Radicals.
As”to the Republicans, they are not unit
ed, earnest or explicit on this greenback
and five-twenty issue; they rather ignore
it, but talk a good deal in glittering gen
eralities about the national honor and
credit, which may mean nothing or any
thing. Their stock in trade for the cam
paign consists in reviving the old charges
of copperheadism, opposition to the war,
and want of patriotism against the Dem
ocrats.
The Democratic orators and press, as
was said, have the best materials to work
upon, but they do not use them well.—
They lack comprehension of those sub
jeets which would be most effective with
the people; they do not understand the
public pulse; they are more intent cn
making pretty speeches and oratorical
flourishes than on making telling hits.-
Even Mr. Pendleton’s speeches in Maine
were devoid of point or force. With the
exception of Vallandigham’s speech hard
ly one has been delivered expressing in
concise language the fearful extravagance
and corruption of the Radical party.—
While credit must he given to Mr. Pen
dleton for his moderate tone and smooth
language, he failed to make a lasting im
pression upon the great issue of the time.
His speech was weak, diffuse and pointless
even on those financial questions which he
claims as his special thunder and of which
he makes a hobby. As to most of the rest
of the Democratic campaign speakers, as
well as the Democratic newspapers, they
cannot raise themselves above vulgar
abuse of the Republican candidates and
stale political twaddle.
The question as to whether the fiye-
twenty bonds shall be paid in legal ten
ders or gold is not practically before the
country. It belongs to the future. Cir
cumstances and the progress of events
will solve that hereafter. This is not
live issue. If the country be restored to
harmony, the taxes he reduced and econo
my in the Government he established, the
debt be put under a process of liquidation
and the industrial interests of all sections
be stimulated by wise legislation, the cur
rency will gradually and heathfully come
to par with gold, and there will be no
longer any question as to how the five-
twenties shall be paid. The living issues,
then, are the abominable corruption of the
party in power, its reckless extravagance,
its atrocious negro supremacy policy, its
despotic, unconstitutional usurpations
and the necessity of an economical and
better government. In these there is mat
ter enough, it properly handled, to sink
the Radical party in the lowest depths of
infamy and beyond the hope of reconstruc
tion. * But the facts must he put tersely
and squarely before the people or they
will he smothered up by the adroit man
agement of the Radicals in confusing the
public mind with past and side issues and
political calptrap. With all these advan
tages on their side the Democratic speak
ers ’and managers of the campaign have
failed puto this time in making good use of
them. In fact, the want of the country
his ribs, and a most agonized expression
of countenance, but not uttering a Sound,
I immediately and involuntarily assumed
a similar attitude, and I think from the
relative position of our feet and head, and
our attempts to restrain our laughter,
appoplexy must inevitably have ensued, if
a horrible groan which John gave vent to
in his endeavor to suppress his risibility
had not betrayed our hiding place.
In rushes my wife and aunt, who by this
time comprehended the joke, and such a
scolding as I then got I never got.before
and I hope never to get again.
I know not what the end would have
been if John, in his endeavors to appear
respectful and sympathetic, had not given
vent to such a groan and a horse laugh,
that all gravity was upset and we scream
ed in concert.
I know it was very wrong, and all that;
to tell such a falsehood, but I think that
pgy Half the cigars made in the whole
world are consumed by Great Britain and her
colonies and the United States.
now is able men—statesman who can
comprehend the situation of affairs. But
unfortunately we find only little stump
peech makers and narrow-minded politi
cians.
Col. Peeples to the Colored People.—
On Monday night last Col. Peeples addressed
a crowd at the Court-house, three-fourths of
whom were colored people. The Colonel
preached peace on earth and good will be
tween the races; advised them to shun the
evil counsels of bad men, who, in the garb of
friendship, 1 were seeking only the ruin of the
blacks. The meeting was a complete suc
cess. The colored folks seemed deeply in
terested. and many of them expressed a de
termination to follow the advice of Colonel
Peeples.—Qriffln Star.
John Morrissey declares that the sto
ries to the effect that be is for Grant are
wholly unfounded. He prints a card, saying:
I intend to support the Democratic ticket,
as I have done through life. These stories
have been pot in circulation by enemies.—
Those who know me understand my fidelity
to the Democratic party. I claim the right
to differ.in regard to nominations, but I never
bolt regular nominations.
.er His Great Imperiousness, Commis
sioner Sparling, of Nashville, has been bound
QVeT to th.e Crimictl Court.
[ IBS SUEZ CABAL.
[From tie Albany Argue, Avontt K.
We have obtained from General Charles
W. Darling, Engineer-in-Chief, who has
recently returned from a tour in the East,
the following interesting facts relative to
the Suez Canal: The work is rapidly
advancing toward completion, and in the
month of October, 1869, the canal will he
navigable for ships of thd largest dimen
sions. The principal stations are Suez,
where the canal commences, El Guisr,
Grand Chalouf, Serapium, Ismalia, and
Port Said, where it terminates. These dif
ferent places are inhabited by several
thousand Europeans, who are employed
bn the canal. They have erected at is
malia, the central station of the company,
a populous city, with broad streets, houses,
churches, parks, and public buildings.
The Viceroy of Egypt now manifests in
much interest in the success of the enter
prise, has contributed largely to its suc
cess/and until recently, has forced many
of his Arab subjects to dig on the canal.
This system of forced labor, however, has
not proved satisfactory in its results to
either the employers or employes, and a
different plan has lately been adopted.—
The Arabs are nowpaid for their services,
and underithepresent system manifest a
much greater disposition to work. Bands
of these wandering sons of the desert now
make continual application for employ
ment, and although it frequently takes
them a long time to get started, still when
they do commence, they labor with a will.
Thus these swarthy men of Arabia, laying
aside all their ancient prejudices regarding
labor, toil and delve side by side with ten
thousand European laborers; and thus
the way is opened for a speedy naviga
tion of the world. Where hand labor can
not he made available, powerful machin
ery is brought into requisition, and by
means of their drags and dredges the re-
luisite depth of the canal is obtained.—
3y means, also, of steam barges, with air
tight compartments and moveable bot
toms, the earth and mud not required for
embankment is carried out to sea and
thrown on lines of breakwaters. To pre
vent the wash of sand from the Mediter
ranean, immense blocks of stone, weighing
twenty tons each, manufactured at Said,
and by means of powerful lifting machines
placed on the lighters, carried to the
reakwater line, and slid off into the sea.
These huge blocks of stone are made of
sand and hyaraulic lime thoroughly
mixed by machinery. The substance,
soft at first, is conveyed in bars to long
rows of large square boxes with moveable
sides, into which it is thrown. This ma
terial is then left to harden in the sun for
the space of three months, after which
time it becomes as solid as a rock, and
grows still harder by exposures to the
water*
The depth of the canal when finished,
is to he twenty-six feet, and the width
will vary from one hundred and eighty
to three hundred feet. The European
population on the line of the canal,
brought thither by the requirements of the
company, cannot be less than twenty
thousand souls. The funds required for
the development of the enterprise have
been obtained from the great capitalists
of Europe—from judicious investment of
unemployed capital—from indemnity re
covered through the instrumentality of
the Viceroy of Egypt, and from frte. sale
of the domain of Onardy. The resources
thus derived appear to be three hundred
and eleven millions of francs, and the to
tal expenses of the undertaking to the
time of its completion, are estimated at
about four hundred millions of francs, or
sixteen millions sterling. There are at pres-
entthree modes of communication with the
Suez Canal, viz., from Alexandria to
Port Said, on the Mediterranean coast, by
steamer—or from Cairo to Benha, with
correspondence for Lagazig. The tourist
can thus penetrate to the center of the
isthmus to Ismalia, on Lake Timseh, by
rail and the sweet water canal, which con
veys the Nile water to the desert, and
supplies a sufficiency of fresh water for
men and for machines. To thoroughly
inspect the canal seven days should bo
occupied in the following manner: As-
suming that the visitor starts fr6m Suez,
one day should be there occupied in the
examination of the machine shops, and
docks of solid masonry. The second day
visit Chalouf, one of the most important
of the company’s stations. The third
day proceed to Serapium, where a formi
dable embankment of earth separates the
finished from the unfinished portions of
the canal. The fourth day reach Ismalia.
The fifth day ride over the desert to El
Guisr, distant some five or six miles from
Ismalia. There will be seen another ev
idence of European industry, in the form
of pretty “ cantonnement ” with houses
for opperatives, Christian Church and
Arab mosque. The sixth day can be em
ployed in traversing the distance from El
Guisr to Port Said, in viewing the break
water clocks, machine shops, and the man-
Bakbrous Operation.—A Chinese
shave and shampoon is thus described
by a correspondent of the Chicago Tri
bune : “The operator took a razor, and
strapping it upon his leg, began to cut the
beard from my face without having
lathered it. Upon my, suggestion that a
little lather would prove beneficial, he re
plied that it was entirely useless and had
a tendency to mak$ the hair stiff and
tough* and was therefore never used
by persons who had any knowledge of
the human face divine and its appendage.
I, perforce, acquiesced in the opinion ex
pressed, but would rather be shaved twice
with soap than once without. After the
beard had been taken off, and it was done
in a very short time, the barber took a
long, sharp, needle-shaped spoon, and be
gan to pierce my ears. He explored every
avenue, and brought up, from numerous
little crevices, bits of wax and dirt which,
had been accumulated there since my
childhood, for I never submitted to such
an operation before. Having become sat
isfied with picking about my ears, the bar
ber suddenly twisted my neck to one side
in such a manner that it cracked, as if the
vertebrae had been dislocated. 'Hold oh!’
I shouted, alarmed for the safety of myT
neck. * All right,’ replied the tensor, 'me
no hurt you/ and be continued to jerk
and twist my neck until it was as limber'
as, an old woman’s dish-rag. He then fell
to beating mv back, breast, arms, and
sides with his nst, and pummelled the mus
cles until they fairly glowed with the
beating they had received. He then
dashed a bucket of cold water over me,
and having dried my skin with towels,
declared that his work was done. I
dressed myself, and having paid my two
cents, walked away, feeling like a new
man. The sensation of soreness was
gone, and one of elasticity remained. I
really never felt better in my life, and
must say that half an hour under the
hands of a Chinese barber "would be far
better than a glass of soda after a night’s
debauch.”
ner in which thestone already alluded to, is
manufactured with sand, hydraulic lime,
and water. Should there be no necessity
for haste, a much longer time might be
advantageously spent at each of the above
named maces.
Good News prom Eastern Georgia.—
A friend and subscriber writing us from
Elbert county says:
Crops of both com and cotton are good
in this county, and in Northeastern Georgia.
Plantations are getting along smoothly with
the freedmen. The latter will give » consid
erable Democratic vote in this section. The
whites are almost a unit, even in those
counties above this, where they were nearly
equally* divided last spring. The “relief”
humbug has about played out.
Photographs prom a Balloon.—An ex
periment of great interest in a topographical
----- of view has jost been made by Mr.
Election for Members ot Congress*
800 meters (984 feet) be succeeded, in finite of
the rotary motion of the srostet, in obtain-
several photographic proofs, successfully
taken, representing moat accuarately the
panorama of Paris. This is an important
step in -a strategic as well as in a geodesic
poinj of view.—Builder,
Under the laws of the State, as they now
stand, no election for. members of Congress
can be held until Tuesday after the first Mon
day in November, 1868. %
The Atlanta Constitution provides, in sec
tion 10 of the second article, that “the elec
tion of Governor, members of Congress, and
of the General Assembly, after the year 1868,
shall commenee on the Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, unless otherwise pro
vided by law.”
A special election for Governor, members
of the Legislature, county officers, and mem
bers of the XLth Congress, which expires
the 4th day of March next, was provided for
by Ordinance of the .Convention, adopted
the 10th of March last No provision was
made either by Ordinance or by the Con
stitution other than that quoted above from
the eleventh section of the second article.
Section 3d of the Xltb article of the Con
stitution declares, “The body of laws known
as the Code of Georgia aDd the acts amenda
tory thereof, are of force in this State except
so much of said Code as may be inconsistent
with the supreme law.”
By the Code the day fixed for holding
elections for members of Congress is “the first
Wednesday in October, 1861, and biennially
thereafter.” Code sections 1232 and 1245.—
Under the Code, then, no election can be
held this year. We have seen that the Atlan
ta Constitution failed to provide for such
election. Consequently, unless the present
Legislature takes action on the subject, there
will be no election for members of Congress
until Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember, 1869.
Should there be a. called or extra session
of the XLIst Congress, on the 5th of March
next, a contingency which we think highly'
probable, Georgia will be without representa
tion. In that case the Code, Section 1,246, '
provides that the-Governor shall issne his
proclamation ordering an election of Repre
sentatives for such extra session.
In view of the strong probability of an
extra session, it occurs to us that it would be
best for the present Legislature to pass an
act providing for an election for members of
Congress on the day of the Presidential elec
tion. It would be well at least for the Legis
lature to indicate what uction will be taken,
if any, as both parties are preparing to place
candidates in tne field. This action should
be had as soon as possible.—Chronicle and
Sentinel. . •
Investments is Virginia—Purchase or
a Llrge Quantity of Land at West Point.
We learn that a company cf capitalists from
New York have purchased West Point, the
terminus bf the York River Railroad, and a
large quantity of land adjacent thereto, lying
between the Pamnnkey and Mattaponi riven.
They will at once proceed to improve and
build up the town and lay off the
land into small farms, to be gold tost ia.~-
Trnck-ralring has proved a very profitable
businee lower down the peninsula, sad with
the rapid and frequent connections between
this point and the Northern cities w« see or.
.reason why it should not be made as profita
ble there. ;
’■ We preetupeibWtoi head will now be pushed -
fblWSM’to ldest Point as rapidly as possible, 1
thereby-shortening the distance by the Yofk
River roate to Baltimore from this city by
several-bqqrs.
The Snow Problem on the Pacific
Ratt.road.—It was reported last winter
that the sheds built by the Pacific Rail
road Company to protect their track from
the deep’ snows of the Sierra Nevada
Mountains were crushed by the weight of
snow that fell upon them, and that seme
other method of protection would have
to he devised. It seems however, by a
letter in the San Francisco Bulletin, that •
this plan of shielding, the track had not
been abandoned. The company are now •
engaged in erecting sheds over the cut- .
tings and other exposed points. They are
of heavy timber frame work, with pointed
gable roofs, and look as if they could
withstand almost any presure of snow.—
Nearly forty miles of track will have to
be thus covered, and the quantity of lum-.
her required will be enormous. Not less
than twenty two saw mills, most of them
worked by steam, are run night and day, .
employing nearly two thousand men, and
S et they do not work up to the needs of
le company. In a few weeks twenty
eight nulls will be running. It is es
timated that it will require no less than
eight hundred thousand feet of lumber to
construct a mile of sheds. So great is the
demand that the country on both sides of
the track is being rapidly denuded of its
forests.
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