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MACON FRIDAY, AUGUST .27, 18(39.
The Putnam Agricultural Fair.
It -will bo 6oen by a communication from the
Board of Directors that the next annual fair of
Pntnam county begins on the second day of. No
vember— a fortnight before the State Fair in
Macon. The enterprising people of Putnam
county are making amplo preparations for the
exhibition, andintend that it shall far smpass
that of last year, whifih was itself a complete
success in every respect^ notwithstanding sin
gularly unpropitious weather.
The citizens of Putnam deserve much com
mendation for the spirit and liberality displayed
in these annual exhibitions, and they will reap
o rich reward in the improved character of their
fanning, and the consequent improvement of
oTery department of life, as well as in the value
of their property. So far from interfering with
State exhibitions of a similar character, nothing
is better calculated than aro these local fairs to
awaken an interest and emulation among tho
people, which will impart tho highest degree of
suocess to State agricultural exhibitions.
A General Crop Failure.
Wo believe the crop failure, with here and
there a fortunate exception, is general all over
tho country. Georgia, on the whole, will prob
ably come off a good deal above the average.
We shall harvest half a supply of com, and we
hope as much cotton as was made last year.
The accounts aro bad, but, still we hope to do
as well as, if not better, than last year. From
the North the complaints of drought are terrible.
From the Georgia line, up through East Ten
nessee to the Potomac, com is almost a total
f aflure. In Pennsylvania the Press sayB:
It is now a sad sight for the farmer to witness
giant stalks bending with upright fruitage,
withering under a scorching sun—the heavens
persistently refusing the stimulus of a shower.
In nearly all the Middle and Western States
accounts are quite as unfavorable.
Seutcr’s Majority.
Tho official returns so far received at the of
fice of the Secretary of State, says tho Nashville
Banner of tho 19 th, show a total vote of 112,882
for Senter, end 49,635 for Stokes, with the fol
lowing nine counties to be heard from : Ander
son, Blount, Cumberland, Grnndy, Jackson,
Johnson, Maury, Pntnam and Sevier. The offi
cial vote of somo of these counties has already
been published, althoughnot yet received at the
capitol; and with a close estimate for those not
officially reported, we may safely place Senter’s
majority at abont G7,000 votes.
The Savannah and Charleston Rail
road.
The Charleston News is informed that eight
hundred men aro now at work upon this impor
tant railroad, that tho Savannah river bridge is
already building,and that ere long the hands will
be working simultaneously on both ends of
the road. The track has already been laid
to a point some miles beyond Grahamville, and
there is good reason for thinking that the road
will bo open throughout before the New Year
comes in.
Paris Ideas.—The Paris correspondent of the
New York Times, says that two ideas hold mnch
of the attention of the Parisians just now. One
of these is a scheme to make Paris a seaport
by excavating a grand ship canal, 350 feet wide
and 32 feet deep from Dieppe, a distance of a
hundred miles. The next is a new system of
medicinal treatment by metals. Tho patient is
subjected to tho application cf small plates of
different metals, and whichever of them is
found to create external irritation is adminis
tered to him externally and some chemical
preparation of it internally.
The Connecting Like Between Man and the
Bbcte Creation.—That is a curious article
somewhere in to-day’s edition abont tho discov
ery of men with caudal appendages—the con
necting link between humanity and the brute.
For many years stories Lave been circulated
about the existence of snch beings, but opinion
has rested upon tho hypothesis that they were
simply some new variety of the ape species. We
hope Cameron's expedition will settle tho ques
tion.
£hues' Justice Chase on Parties.—A letter
from Chief Justice Chase has recently been ex
hibited, in which he expressed great'satisfaction
at the result of the Virginia election, and hoped
that a similar result would attend tho elections
in Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas. Ho in
timated that the Republican party had served
its purpose, and that a great Conservative party
ought to be formed ont of the moderate men of
all existing parties.
A terrible storm of rain, hail and wind
passed over Baltimore county, Md., on Satur
day afternoon. Tho wind carried with it fences,
trees and brushes, stripped ihe orchards entire
ly, and leveled the com to the ground. A coast
ing schooner at anchor in the Gunpowder River
was thrown on her beam end and snnk. The
hailstones were quite large, and came with such
velocity as to break every pane of window-
glass exposed. Daring the squall the mercury
in tho thermometer fell 25 degrees.
Tall Cotton.—There is, says the Columbus
' Sun and Times, a half-acre within the city lim
its, near the Grant Factory, that can compare fa
vorably with anybody’s cotton. We noticed a
number of stalks that appenrd to be some ten
or twelve feet high. No caterpillar has yet ap
peared in it, and, with no future backset, it will
yield heavily.
Canning Fruit.—Messrs. Ormes & Tncker,
*CCa vino ton, Ga., have one hundred and forty
• band's employed'in canning fruit. They put np
about three thousand cans of peaches per day,
besides other fruit. We are glad to see this
business becoming general at the South. There
are so many/engaged in Jt that prices will be
greatly reduced this season.
“The Horrible Rumor."—A confidential
correspondent in Crawford writes us that the
story alluded to in oar paper a day or two ago
was brought to that county abont the 11th inst-
by a straggling white man, who said it occurred
wear Eufaula; and, as that man has subse
quently disappeared from Crawford, under very
vniavorabla circumstances, he believes the
whole story is a hoax, and so do we.
Alaska.—Thisterritory cost the United States
over $7,000,000. It is now pronounced to be of
no value except for seal fisheries and these are
in possession of a single company. Two com-
' ponies of boys in bine remain to uphold the
stars and stripes, the rest is rheumatism and
dismal snow.
“Let ns nave Peace.”
We have somewhere read of a litigious and bel
ligerent hoosier, who found himself, for the first
time, at a field-preachiDg. He listened with
marked attention and rising choler as the preach
er pungentiy set forth the wickedness and folly
of mankind; and at last; losing all temper, he
rushed upon tho minister vrith clenched fist,
shouting “demit all, stranger, yon mean me;
and dang my buttons if we don’t fight it ont
right yere.”
The preacher was not one whit more surprised
at this unexpected personal collision, than was
the writer when his attention was called yester
day to a long editorial invective upon himself
in the columns of the Journal and Messenger,
equally abusive, ill-tempered, ill-mannered and
unprovoked. The day before, we had taken oc
casion to dissent from the-propositions of a par
agraph which had been erroneously attributed
to tho Telegraph by the Griffin Star; but as, in
truth, at the time of writing, we were wholly
ignorant of the paternity of the article in
question, it was impossible thatonr remarks
should have been of a personal character. They
were wholly general, impersonal and devoted
to the merits of the propositions enunciated.
But, unhappily, they have worked upon our con
temporary the same effect that the discourse
did upon the hoosier, and, like him, that paper
starts np in an ecstacy of bad hnmor, shonting
‘We know the Telegraph refers to us, and we
Kb nil 80 treat it,” and forthwith proceeds to dis-
gorgo himself of a column of stuff which it is
well to have off his stomach at this season of the
year, and we trust he now feels better and more
composed.
If he does not know what becomes himself
or is due to ns, we, at least shall try to remem
ber what is becoming in ourselves and what is
due to our own age, experience and position,
and the candor and courtesy which have ever
marked our demeanor to contemporaries. We
have no leisure or inclination or taste for per
sonalities ; but if we ever undertake them, we
will teach him that he can not throw dirt with
impunity.
•‘The New Sonth” ancl Ignorance of
the South.
We have had frequent occasions to regret
the lamentable ignorance of even tho most in
telligent Northern prints in relation to this sec
tion of the Union—an ignorance resulting from
carelessness or indifference, and which betrays
the people of the Northern States into many
false notions of the previous and existing con
dition; by which they are led into very errone
ous conclusions.
Another illustration of this occurs in the New
York Times of. tho 17th, called ont by the Cin
cinnati Textile Fabric Exposition, in which the
Times assumes that the Southern Factories rep
resented there, are all the outgrowth of the so
cial revolution produced by the war and a feath
er in the cap of the radical party which brought
abont this revolution.
After saying that the calamitous pecuniary
results of the war forced the Southern people
into hard work and the development of their re
sources, the Times goes on to remark as fol
lows:
“And, for the first time in their history they
propose systematically to supplement the cul
ture of cotton with its conversion into manufac
tured goods.
“This immediate result was seen at Cincinnati.
The association under whose auspices the expo
sition in that city was conducted, in its reported
resolutions, spoke of ‘the unexpected and va
ried excellence of the goods sent from the
South.’ A tabular statement, published in the
same connection, shows that Georgia already
has twenty-one cotton mills and North Carolina
17; Virginia and Tennessee have each 10;
and Alabama, Sonth Carolina, Mississippi, Tex
as and Arkansas all have more or less”
Now a moment’s reference to censnsstatistics,
or even to any gazetteer or Appleton’s Cyclope
dia, would have shown the Times how perfectly
false were its premises, and groundless its de
ductions. There is mnch less manufacturing
now in the Southern States than there was be
fore the war. Thomas and Baldwin’s Gazetteer
of 1857, Lipincotts 1 edition, says there were in
Georgia by the census of 1830, thirty-five cot
ton, and three woolen factories, and the census
of I860, we donbt not, would show about fifty
or sixty, if we had it conveniently at hand.
So, then, all this talk of the Times abont the
beneficent results of the forced revolution in
our labor system, as proved by the creation of a
manufacturing industry, is as bold romance as
its idea expressed some days ago that the cotton
crop of Georgia has largely increased since the
war. Instead of no factories in Georgia before
the war, we had from forty to sixty, and now
have a good many less, because many of them
were destroyed by the Federal army, and few
have been rebuilt.
Will the Chinamen Come South ^
The Herald has been interviewing Choy-Chew
(Anglice Agreeable Association) upon Chinese
immigration to America. . Choy-Chew is one of
the two Chinese merchants who have recently
visited New York; and here is what he tells tho
Herald about the probability of Chinese immi
gration to the Southern States:
Reporter. What do yon think of the scheme
for bringing Chinese labor to the Sonth ?
Choy-Chew. The impression on my mind is
that the Chinese laborer cannot better his con
dition by emigrating to the South to work in the
cotton fields or on sugar plantations at what
mustnecessarily be a low figure of compensation,
and in competition with the negro population.
For some years to come he will find all the labor
he wants in California, where new sources of
wealth and industry are springing np every day.
Then his countrymen are there, which is one
powerful inducement, and when he has made
what he deems enough of money he can pack
np and leave conveniently for China from the
port of San Francisco. Chinamen like to die at
home. Will these Southern planters treat their
Chinese laborers well ? Will there be any such
system approximating to the recent institution
of slavery attempted ? Will the Chinamen find
in the Southern States mnch else to tnm his
hands to than mere field labor? These aro ques
tions a Chinaman might ask and wish to be en
lightened upon. I have no doubt that Mr. Koop-
manchaap will find little diffictfity in procur
ing laborers for the Southern planters who
want them, but I most wait to see the experi
ment tried before saying that millions of our
people will rush to tho States of the South.—
One peculiarity of the Chinese is that if tho first
reports which reach them of a new settlement
whither some of their countrymen have gone
are not of a flattering character they reject all
subsequent invitation. The gold brought them
to California, and all the cruel treatment they
mot with failed to deter others from afterwards
migrating there. It will depend altogether
upon the success of the first Chinese experiment
at the Sonth whether the millions will go there.
There is a vast field for them yet east and west
of the Rocky Mountains and down towards
Mexico. When tlie communication between
California and China is enlarged the emigration
will increase; bnt I am not of opinion that the
aggregate of emigrants can ever become so great
as some people think. Allowance should be
made for the return stream of Chinese which
will all the time keep going on, and never per
mit the total to reach an excessive figure. Those
emigrants who come from China to make all
the money they can and then return, do not
care to go very far away from San Francisco if
they can help it.
Reporter—I suppose there is no need to use
any means to stimulate emigration from China
to California ?
Choy-Chew—Not the slightest. In all the sea
board cities they have heard of California; they
have heard of the gold mines and the fortunes
many of their countrymen have made, and those
who have no visible prospect of making much at
home, and with the means to take them away,
will start for California. Of course there are
some worthless ones among them, bnt as a
general thing they are all prepared to work,
and work hard if necessary. They are satisfied
with small gains, and they live sober and quiet.
Reporter—Do you intend, Mr. Choy-Chew,
taking any active part in this emigration ques
tion ?
Choy-Chew—Not at all. I am occupied solely
with my business as a merchant, and with the
object of extending it I have paid this visit to
the great and growing city of New York—n
marvel, indeed, of the enterprise of Americans.
Here wo parted with the elegant and accom
plished Choy-Chew.
That agrees with the ideas expressed by the
New York Times, which we copied some days
ago. Nevertheless, there are some portions of
the Southern country, and those the most fer
tile, which seem to present the distinct issue of
abandonment, or the employment of Asiatic la
bor to till them. These are the alluviums of
Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama.
There is a growing indisposition of the negroes
to till these rich bottom lands, and we are in
formed that they are fast abandoning the prai
rie lands of Alabama. And yet such lands, with
first rate tillage, ought to bring five hundred to
a thousand pounds of cotton lint to the acre.
Are we, then, to suppose that these lands are to
be abandoned because they will not admit of an
adequate recompense to labor. "What industry
can afford a higher rate of compensation ?
-BTZ- TELE G-IR^AJPIEI-
Tlie General Government and State
Elections.
Ideas have changed in the last generation,
The New York Times' regular Washington cor
respondent puts forth a programme of what will
be the course of the administntion in the State
elections North as well as Sonth. The docu
ment closes, as follows:
As to “interference” in State elections, I am
convinced the President means to do so, as far
as he legitimately may, call it by what name yon
will. To say that be must not or ought not to
interfere in the approaching elections in New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, is to assume that
he will bo entirely neutral as between Republi
cans and Democrats, and that he recognizes no
party obligations whatever. Thoroughly as
General Grant is a President of the people, he
is nevertheless as thoroughly alive to his politi
cal duty to tho political party that elected him.
and in the coming elections the country may
expect to see him use his influence and exert his
power for the success of the Republican candi
dates whenever and wherever he properly and
consistently can.
Many of our readers can look back upon a
time when snch an avowal as that by a leading
organ of an administration would have consigned
it to popnlar infamy.
Pntnam County Fair.
Office Board Directors, )
Pntnam County Fair Company, >
» August 18,1869. )
Editors Telegraph: The success attending
onr Industrial Exhibition last year, and the
benefit to the entire State manifested in the
stimulation which it gave to every department
of agriculture and tho mechanic arts, have in
dneed the formation of a permanent Fair As
sociation at Eatonton, under the management of
onr competent Board of Directors.
Permanent improvements are now in process
of erection, which, when completed, will afford
convenient and comfortable accomodations to
snch persons as mny wish to become exhibitors.
It is not the desire of this company, nor is it
intended, that onr fair shall conflict in any man
ner with the State Fair to be held in your city
indeed, it is our wish rather to snbserve the in
terests of this exhibition, for which we can but
Jiave the kindest feelings, and have, therefore:
fixed onr time for holding pur fair on the 2d of
November, that our visitors and exhibitors may
go thence to Macon. I write at the instance of
our Board of Directors to request that yon call
. the attention of the public to onr Exhibition,
greater number of whom are for Savannah and 0ur Premium List J more exten ded than last
its immediate vicinity. ^ J year ftn) j ^11 embrace every department of do
A great fire is raging in-the woods of the upper ; mestic and industrial life,
part of Saco, Me., destroying property worth! Very respectfully, H. D. Capers, Secy.
thousands of dollars, and threatening the de- ’ . _"
, , _ / ., .... i-i Cotton in Lowndes.—It is generally believed
■traction of dwellings m the vieuuty. Assist- ; 8ays tbe Valdosta Times, that the caterpillar
muse from the villages and fire departments has w yi E ot do damage to the cotton, bnt from all
haen obtained. i sections we bear reports of damage from .rust.
- t • > A good picking of cotton is now open, and be-
Oottor is still advancing—uplands in Liver- f ori j many days' it will ,begin to come into
f,, v. tt ^ kcC. * ; >» *
The Chinese Coming.—The Savannah News
■ays that Mr. Alex. Abrams, sub-agent for Geor
gia and Florida, has already npon his books or
ders for upwards of six hundred . Chinese, the
Important Southern Inventions.
The Nashville Banner of the 19 th thus no
tices two recent Southern inventions, which
strike ns as very important:
Our fellow-citizen, Major A. R. Wiggs, now
of Inka, Mississippi, exhibited in onr office yes
terday tbe model of an ingenious but very sim
ple invention of his own for loading tho tenders
of locomotives with wood from wood sheds on
railroads. It may be also applied to loading of ~
vessels or wagons or trains with other material, Tl . A on
From Washington.
Washisoton, August 20.—Gen. Spinner makes an
elaborate explanation of the San Francisco dispatch
es, implicating Boutwell in favoriteism or negli
gence. Spinner controls the transfer between New
York and San Francisco and is alone responsible
for irregularities, which are explained, by telegraph
delays and differences of dates.
Hereafter no squatter or citizen will be allowed
to reside on military reservations unless employed,
and must leave when discharged by the Govern
ment. Post commanders must give intruders
reasonable notice and then nse force.
Tho President returns on Thursday, for the Cab
inet on next Friday.
Internal Revenue, to-day, $353,000.
Delano decides that the tax withhold by corpora
tions from dividends, cannot be charged as expenses
of business. He decides that bowling alleys, at
summer resorts—even where no charge is made for
playing—aro subject to United States tax.
Warrants have been issued for the arrest of parties
implicated in the Mobile whisky and tobacco frauds,
in tho schooner Ann D. Case. Included among
those to bo arrested is a rich Cincinnatian.
Washington, August 21—It is stated on excellent
authority that neither Gen. Lee nor any of the noted
Confederate officers will attend tho Gettysburg
identification meeting. The Confederate Generals
avoid the meeting because they aro apprehensive
of disagreements regarding the numbers, position,
and relative valor of the armies. Of tbe corps com-
maders Longstreet, is in New Orleans—A P. Hill is
dead—Ewell, from tbe loss of bis leg and ill health,
is unable to travel, and Stewart, commanding tho
cavalry, is dead. Without the presence of these offi
cers correct identification is impossible.
The two negroes implicated in outraging a young
lady near Front Royal, Va., were hung by citizens.
Revenue to-day $474,000.
The Indian commissioner, Parker, has departed
northward.
One hundred recruits from New Port barracks
have been ordered to St. Paul, Minn.
A comparative statement of revenuo shows an in
crease of ten million dollars for July this year over
last.
J. Rosa Browne will return to China if his course
is approved. Mr. Williams remains in charge of the
mission.
Some National Banks, in view of an advance, are
withdrawing 10-40’s and replacing with 5-20’s.
A Tobacco Factory in Henderson, Ky., and the
Distillery of Dtilinger & Stevenson, in Pittsburg,
were seized for revenue violations.
Shipments of fractional currency during the week
amount to $280,000.
FROM CUBA
The Cubans here have advices to tho 15tb. They
report the disorganization of the Spanish volunteer
forces as complete. Many are affiliating with Ces*
pedes. No fights. f
From Virginia.
Richmond, August 20.—The drought is so had in
this vicinity that the forest trees are dying up. To
day is the twenty-eighth since rain enough has fall
en to thoroughly wet the ground. Thermometer 101.
Gustavus A. Myers, a prominent lawyer, and for
many years President of the City Council, died
to-day.
White Sulphur Springs, August 20.—At the
Convention of Southern Planters, to-day, speeches
were made by W. T. Sutherlin, of Virginia; Hon.
Mr. Clymer, of Pennsylvania; D. M. Barringer, of
North Carolina; Gen. Lawton, of Georgia, and
others. Sutherlin said, that in Virginia, one-third
of a crop of corn only would be made, and about a
half crop of tobacco
The labor Convention.
Philadelphia, August 20.—ThePhiladelphia La
bor Convention lias adopted resolutions recom
mending trades anions to make immediate effort
to secure thorough organizations of female labor,
allowing them the same pay for work equally well
done as is allowed to men; denouncing the coolie
labor, but declaring that voluntary Chinese immi
grants should be protected like other citizens. A
special committee of tho new political party was
appointed.
General News.
New York, August 20.—The Erie Railway brings
the New Orleans base-ball club here at half rates.
Gettysburg, August 20.—Numerous letters have
been received from Southern generals, accepting
the invitation to participate in the identification of
the battle field. Several express the fear that the
occasion will revive the memory of the former
strife, but the majority take a different view, and
think the battle should be honestly and truthfully
handed down to future generations.
Cincinnati, August 20.— 1 Tho first new bale of cot-
Tlie Drought in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, August 21—The creeks having
dwindled to puddles, several disastrous fires havo
occurred. 'There is much apprehension from want
of water.
A mormon Household.
From a Sate Lake. Letter.I j ■■ JT, *
There is an impression that Mormons are shy
of introducing visitors to their households, But
we have not found it so. On the contrary, we
have received many more invitations from lead
CiNciNNATi.Angnst 21—Two deaths occurred from ing Mormons to visit them at their houses than
heat to-day. ■ *’ ■ our time will permit us to, accept. They do
New York, August 21 -The Arizona has arrived complain, however, that some visitors have
from ABpinwall with $59,000 in specie. No vital abused their hospitalities by giving untruthful
; sensational accounts of what they saw. Last
* . .. ■ .. . night, by invitation of Mr. Senstone, editor and
J n ** e * mer North from E , 10 Jane ™ of ' proprietor of the Daily Telegraph, a Mormon pa-
the 26th have arrived. The sloop of-war, Ports- per published at Ogden, we visited his delight-
mouth and the gunboat Eansas, were then all well, fully situated residence on the brow of an emi-
i It is reported that Ministers McMahon and Worth- nence -overlooking Salt Lake City, and com-
I ington with their families will return via Europe. manding a wonderful view of lake and moun-
, tain scenery. Mr. Senstone is of Sooteh birth,
From Cuba/ but he has the dash and bonhomme of a * bom
Havana, August 21—DeRodaS has gone toMa- : Irishman. How aman of his mercurial tempera-
’ ment can be held m the rigid bonds of the Mor-
_ . . _ mon Church is a mystery, but he seems very en-
The coast patrol skirmishers aro receiving their thnsiastioin ^ faith _ Mr. S. has three families,
armaments at the arsenal. _ < onr visit was to family No. L There was noth-
The Telegrafo anchored at Tortola. The Seminole ing in what we saw there to indicate the exist-
saiied for Porto Rico. . ence of other wives and families, bnt Mr. Sen-
Havtian advices to the 9th received. Salnave stone spoke of it pretty freely himself, and of
retreated from Jacmel, but is still beaeiging Aux polygamy as a religious duty, performed at
Caves. A Dutch schooner, loaded with contraband much expense and personal sacrifice. TheMrs
■■ , TVeoDioni Q.-roi Senstone we met is of English birth, a graceful
of war, was captured. *+ ’ V . and accomplished woman, and apparently a de-
St. Marks, is arming Columbia ana Dclphino to at- vo t ed wife and mother. There were four inter
tack Sainave’s fleet. One gold dollar is worth ono esting children, varying from one to seventeen
thousand dollars in paper. ; years of age. The eldest daughter is the third
j i ivif a 0 f Joseph A. Young, son of Brigham Young.
Don’t Need Watching ant Longer. The ; Wo did not see her, but the second daughter, a
Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Ga- . beautiful girl and a brilliant conversationalist,
zette is responsible for the following: j sang to the accompaniment of a Chickering pi-
When Ben Butler heard of Grant’s complicity ano 5 and altogether the evening was one of
with Senter and Walker and Dent and Hamilton, cosy domestic enjoyment-such as one finds in
to get np a “Grant party” at the Sonth, he wrote ! our best touted families in .the East. Of
here that the General was ambitious of another j course we could not help wondering £ the same
term-and should bo watched! When (very re- 1
cently) it turned out that the President threw 8 ’ and if the same pleasing wives and charming
away this ckuM| SS&Tmo^ b? so
tor Stoke°s and* Alcorn and Welband Davis^ But- j r ^2 <e d as not to rebel at dividing a husband’s
ler, shrewdly enough, wrote emphatically that j affections by three.
he was a “d d tool, and needed no watching [
any longer.” Grant lias irretrievably split his j
party at tho Sonth, and although he is now un-
where time is the chief consideration. No de
scription conld do justice to this model, tor,
simple as it is in construction, it most be seen
to be appreciated, and when seen its popularity
is assured. The wood may be stacked in it, a
cord at a time, as easily as npon tbe platform,
and in an instant the car-tender may be loaded
npon arrival without tbe tedious delay of load
ing by a single stick at a time. It is estimated
that snch an appliance would save at least half
a day’s time between this place and New Or
leans, and who will gainsay that time is not a
consideration with railroads.
Mr. Wiggs has also another invention for
planting cotton and corn, a photograph of the
model of which he left with ns. Of this cotton
and corn planter, the editor of the Water Valley
Eagle, who has seen it operate, states that it is
superior to any other in this that it performs
tour distinct, useful operations in the business
of planting, to-wit: It opens tbo ridge or bed,
barrows it, drops the seed and covers them with
a roller—thus effecting a greater saving of labor
by at least thirty-three and a third if not fifty
per cent, than any “planter” that has yet ap
peared. All these four operations it performs
with one horse or mule hitched to tbe machine,
rapidly and beautifully.
The experiment was admitted by all to be a
complete, a triumphant snccesR; and there is
now no reason to donbt that, like tbe “scraper,”
tbe “reaper” or the “cultivator,” it will prove a
perfect “godsend” to the agricultural interests
of the whole country.
Col. Sam. Tate, we learn, has purchased a
half interest in this valuable invention—an in
vention which we predict will, ere long, by com
mon consent, place Major Wiggs among the
benefactors of the cotton planters of the Sonth,
as well as the corn growers of the whole country;
an invention, too, which it is easy to foresee
will, before twelve months have elapsed, be in
the hands of every planter who can possibly pro
cure one.
Iron ami Coal Interests of Georgia.
Superintendent Halbert sends the following
circular:
Western and Atlantic Railway, )
Superintendent's Office, >
Atlanta, August 14,1869.)
To the Owners of Iron Interests in Up)ter Qa.:
The undeveloped iron interests of Georgia
are of great magnitude, and demand the ener
getic exertions of her capitalists, iron masters
and business men, in order to develop mines of
wealth ns yet untouched.
Her iron fields are among the richest on the
continent, and if skillfully, energetically and
rapidly developed, cannot fail to make her, in a
few years, tbe successful competitor of older
States in this commanding interest.
Pennsylvania, with her comparatively barren
soil, and with the Alleghenies interposing as a
barrier between her coal and iron, has grown
enormously rich in the development of these
great interests. The profits of her iron manu
factures the past year has been fully fifty per
cent, npon their investment.
Georgia—with her rich fields of ore, with no
mountain barrier between them and the coal
deposits in the Northwestern part of the State—
offers facilities superior to those of Pennsylvan
ia tor the cheap and profitable production of
iron. Upper Georgia—with her rich valleys,
fine climate and cheap living—offers, to-day,
tlie finest field for investments of this charac
ter, to be found in the
With a view to the encouragement of this
great interest, the Western and Atlantic Rail
way will do all in its power to build up and sus
tain fnrnaces, by extremely low rates of freight
on their supplies and manufactures; prompt
transportation ; and, generally, a liberal policy
in all respects.
As Superintendent of the Road, I stand ready
at all times to aid, by every means at my com
mand, tbe development of the Coal and Iron in
terests of Georgia, and the consequent enrich
ment of herpeople. E. Hulbert,
• • • Sapt-Western and’AtiLnUcIl-ilway.
Williamsport, Penn., August 20.—Martin Bill-
noe, confined for illicit distillation, cat his throat.
Savannah, August 20.—Cleared, bark Pawnee J
Queenstown; Virginia, St. Marys; brig Glendele,
Satilla river; schooner Enchantress, New York.
Foreign News.
Madrid, August 20.—Forty-nine Carliata havo
been brought into Valentia as prisoners. Several
Carlist bands have been dispersed by troops within
two days
A band of Carlists, under Polo, were dispersed at
Cindad Real. Polo was captured. A conspiracy in
favor of Astanreus, lias been discovered.
London, August 20.—Two to one are offered on
tbe Harvarda—no takers.
Tho Queen has gone to Balmoral.
The French Minister, Lavaiette, lias presented his
credentials
Havana, August 20.—Several Insurgent camps
have been dispersed in the Cinco Villas District.
The directors of the Havana Railroad have been
removed for malversation.
Vienna, Angnst 20 Baron Von Buest replying to
the Prussian Minister's note, insists that what he
said in the committee was private, and declines tho
discussion of questions originating from inaccu-
late newspaper statements.
Paris, August 20—The Patrio asserts that Car-
list bands are increasing, and havo met with some
successes—capturing nine officers and forty privates
of tho Spanish army.
Paris, Angnst 21.—Empress and Prince Imperial
depart eastward on Monday.
Tbe French authorities havo arrested twelve Car-
list leaders while attempting to cross the borders.
The La France says that Cuba is lost to Spain,
and that tho wisest tiling Spain can do is to tako
advantage of tho present situation
London, August 21.—Latest betting is two to one
against tho Harvards.
Crops of all descriptions, except wheat, aro fully
reported from all parts of the kingdom to be, at
least, as good as the average.
It is reported that the order for tho iron-clad to
proceed to Cnba, on account of tho detention of
British vessels, has been countermanded.
The Spectator says, regarding the approaching
boat race, that opinions in respect to tbo crews and
chances of victory are nearly even. The public are
inquiring if Americans ever put out their whole
strength. The course is a hard one, but the race is
likely to bo close. If tbe weather is bad tho result
will probably be in favor of Oxford; if good, the
Harvards will win. A nice slow English drizzle is
the thing to take the heart out of tho Americans.
Madrid, August 22.—Notwithstanding the inva
sion and insurrection stories, it is now believed that
the Carlist movement is ended.
Lisbon, August 22.—Tho regular mail steamer re
ports Lopez at Ascurra, with plenty of provisions
but is short of war materials. The allies have cap-
toed Villa Rica, and were preparing to storm As
curra.
~Piirr.AnET.T-mA. August- 22.—The Labor Congress
has assessed five cents from each member of labor
organizations, to defray expenses, and elected A.
Trevilick, President—A- T. Cavis, First Vice Presi
dent.
Key West. August 22.—The bark Washington
Apprenticeships.
Tho obstructions, some natural and some ar.
party at mo Bonin,_ ana mmouga no m now uu- . that are in ; he way of apprenticosWp3 ,
der the leading strings of Chandler, of Norfolk, i arQ ^ tha serion3 4 stacl ^ to mater ^
who wants to ^QtobeSonatetoomVirginia, ; prosperity * The ola familiar rale by which a
and will, donb e^, legally turn out of the . b f earn J a good trad and after s ’ om J a chafi
Legislature of that Statei the^7°^., under wholesome discipline came out a good
mote than anybody else to elect, stfil the real mis-; joume has been almost wholly abandoned,
xef is irremediable. The whole South is gone! J and ^ boy ’ that go into m eehanicaltrades eml
— ! ploy themselves rather upon that kind of work
“Peas.”—It will be seen from tbo following | which suits their present fancy, and which will
that the Sun and Times, like Grant, is culti-; yield the best immediate return, than upon that
.. . . ’ which will qualify them tor excellence m the
rating peas, but with better success: j t,. ade b y wb i c k they expect to get tiieir living,
Our Peruvian Prolific.—This celebrated ■ and on which they rely tor the means of ad-
pea is again in full blast in onr back-yard. It is ; vancing themselves.
now abont twenty-five feet high, and spreading j Add to the disinclination on the part of the
its branches like a green bay tree. But for the j boys to regular and severe training, and the
drouth there is no telling w-hat its dimensions I willingness of master workmen to consult the
would havo been. W arranted to yield a peck i present advantage of both rather than tho unti-
to tho single pea. It is under the cultivation of ! mate good of the apprentices, is the combina-
our pressman, Amyet, and onr “heavy” is the ; tion in many trades to keep down the number
special agent. He expects to realize a fortune | of apprentices, in order to maintain a monopoly
on it this fall. Five dollars per pea, with ■ of the employment. Many bright and intelli-
heavy demand, and supply limited. | gent boys, fresh from the common schools, are
— j anxious to learn trades, which they cannot enter
From Talbot County.—Wo clip the following i upon because those who control them have lim-
from the West Florida Gazette, of the 19th: ! ited the number of apprentices, not by the de-
Eust.—There is mnch complaint of rest in ! “ and for employment not by the inclination of
cotton in this section. Many say the crop is ! y° nn 8 men, bnt tor tho single purpose of
cut short one-third, but this is hardly probable. es * , .. . .
Manured lands are worst affected. . Thikartificial way_of maintainingpneesiissure
Rain.—After a blighting drought of two ! *® { adm It« a resistance to flie laws
weeks, this vicinity was visited with a heavy j of trado > which grow of the laws of nature. In
rain on Monday. From what we can learn, it 1*9™,££ ”: otbe , r > *>7 emigration, or by oni>
extended over at least two-thirds of the ! ? ldo mstrnction, the necessary amount of skilled
countv labor to meet the legitimate demand of the com-
0 mnnity will be provided, and the continued ex-
Sales fob Future Delivery.—Wo quoto the , elusiveness of those who attempt to keep down
following report of cotton sale tor future deli- | the suPP^and then to dwarf thegrowthof the
b , _ ___ _ , 1 country, will leave them in the minority, in tne
very from the last Aow iork Mercantile Journal: ^ very trades of which, they have attempted to
For future delivery we note tho following create monopolies,
sales: Low middling, September delivery, 31 ! Every American boy has a right to learn wbat-
cents; October 29 cents; November 27)- cents; 1 ever honest trade his own inclination, under
December 2lU 2(! j. Some bona fide purchases his father’s direction, may lead him to. And
havo been effected on European accounts,on the : when he hns learned it, any man has a right to
following terms: Now Orleans in December, ' offer him employment, and he has a right to ac-
2Cj@26f; Savannah in December, 2G@26J; both j cept it. All combinations that infringe npon
low middling, free on shipboard. : these, are against the plainest rights of individ-
Pbices of Wheat from 1825to August, I860. ! ° f ‘ he commnni *
In 1825 the highest price paid for North River • ™ ° u * €l cc t '° un ^
wheat was in May, $1 06 per bushel. In De- Plowing; Raich in Griffin,
cember, 1827 it reached 81 25 per bushel In j Qn Saturday> says tll0 Griffin Middle Geor-
1838, it sold for’$2, and in December tor $2 j and indite™in exnerimeif
It did not reach tti. gt. 1«A ’ STSgSZ
to Rft 11 -Jlai nf^hAfinnuniftl oriKh ! kinds of plows. The gentlemen present were
8 , 0 ; - Ia i .\ 8 n-’ ; ^T 1 *it^ r TV^Anrii iqri it onifl planters of considerable experience, and influ-
d S °i d ^ ; enco in their sphere, and much interest was
an ’ Ain 17 lo rn . i manifested by the friends of tho various plows.
L The Reynolds patent, we were convinced by
1869, wheat seUs in ca *- . “ ,,Z ’ - loud protestations from several enthusiastic ad-
1 spring to No. 2! white wm er a! *137. These .^ wag the best even before ihe tria]> and
pnees show the fact, gratifying to all, that v-e ^ ltg WQrkj ^ first on triaI) the p ’ raise
aro getting back to th p c s h 1 increased and we thought it must be a good ono
prevailed before the war. ; that beat it A merry twinkle in the eye of onr
Type Setting Machine.—Every year almost friend Charley Johnston, however, induced us
the long-sought perfect type-setting machine is i to wait a little before making np onr mind, and
invented. The latest is tho invention of a man i as he introduced his plow, the “Brinley nniver-
in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is approved by sal,” the excitement over “Reynolds” subsided,
Mr. Seaton Gales and Governor Holden, who and the hitherto lauditors of that plow admitted
assert their belief in its practicability. The that “Brinley’s” was far superior, the one-horse
name of the new instrument, which is called being very near equal to the two-horse Rey-
“The Wild Goose Type Setting Machine," ex- I nolds. The Brinley was tried in several ways;
cites suspicion, but tbe inventor is sanguine, j in bedding, turning and subsoiling and univer-
and ho promises to furnish forthwith an accom- ; sal satisfaction expressed. In the language of
panying type distributor, the two maohines not ; the President of the Club, Dr. Ellis, “that plow
to cost more than tour hnndred dollars. ; is as good as I want—follow the turn-plow with
The famous artesian weU at the St. Louis In-! the snb-soiler and it is perfect.” Bloodworth’s
sane Asylum has at length been abandoned as a sub-soiler and several plows introduced by Eos-
failure. It had reached a depth of 3,843 feet, I sel P. Johnson were tried, and a large turn-plow
and was costing the city $38 20 per day, with a ; introduced by Russel Johnson declared a good
progress of only four and a half inches daily, thing, turning splendidly, the only drawback
The water found is bitter and brackish, though ! being its heavy build ana high price,
cold and sparkling, and rises to within one hnu-: Snch experiments on the part of the c.nb are
dred and twenty feet of the month of the well : very instructive, and will tend greatly to the
At the depth of 1200 feet pure sweet water was benefit of those whose education in agriculture
found, and measures will be taken to “plug off” is not perfect. VS e hope that we may chance to
the well at that point, by which means tho brack- 1 witness many more. On the next trial, we de-
ish water will be excluded and the fresh water sire to know that a prize will be awarded to the
secured tor the use of the asylum. The work best plowman, as there were several contestants
has been in progress tor a number of years, and f° r tb at honor on this occasion. Our respected
has cost the city heavily. : friends Ben. Milner, Dr. EUis. Solomon Blood-
D. CUtoj, charged with killing Dr^ Ha„gney,
the moderate Radical candidate lor Congress in T *v, Q a.
.1 i. . . . , - J . In our opinion Boo, the Ireeaman, was the
a North Alabama district just before the elec- h £ ^ no jud
tion was arrested in Montgomery on Friday.— ■ ’ . —
Report says that he confesses to the shooting, ; .Scriptural Parallels,
bnt the Radical papers insist that it was not In Pennsylvania, where Asa Packer is nomi-
CoIbns, bntthe Ku-Klux that killed Haughey. ! nate d against Governor Geary, the Democratic
Collins is an ultra Radical. . j papers have been hunting np the Scriptures,
There was a race between two trains, one on and here is what they find in them concerning
the Chicago and Alton and the other on Terre certain events which took place in olden times,
Haute railroad, last week. The locomotives ; and which appear to have their parallel now:
ran eighteen miles side by side, neither gaming ' l. And Asa reigned in his stead. In his days
rnnning a part of the distance at tho rate of sev- " the land was quiet ten years,
enty-five miles an hour. j 2. And Asa did that which was good and
The Emperor Napoleon must be a singular right. * * *
being if we are to credit all that wa hear of him. : 3. For ha took away the altars of the strange
A new sketch describes him as not liking discus- : gods. * * *
sion. “He listens without answering. Hein- 8. And Asa had an army of men * * three
terrogates in order to prepare his reply, bnt not, hundred thousand. * * *
to receive advice. It is often at night that he i 9.. And there came against them Zerah
makes up his mind, and as soon as he wakes he ’ (Geary) the Ethiopian, with an host,
writes to dismiss a minister or issue a manifesto. 10. Then Asa went ont against him, and they
He believes in himself—which is strength; but set the battle in array. * * *
in himself alone—which is weakness. Never- 11. And Asa cried unto the Lord, * * “We
theless, he is accessible to all modern ideas rest in thee, and in Thy name we go against this
against which he never raises an objection.” multitude.” * * *
An old lady, recently, in some Court before ! , 12 - So the Lord smote tkeEthiopians before
which she was brought as a witness, when Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled,
asked to take off her bonnet, obstinately refused Aud Asa and the people that were with
to do so, saying: “There i3 no law to compel a him pursued them unto Gerar (Geary); and the
; “Tailed Men.”
Cameron's Great Discneru of the. a Oonntctino
link—Men, with the Caudal Amundan*
How they lice and Where. - y
The Indian papers contain the following letter
from Cameron, of Calcutta, announcing the di s .
covery of “tailed men:”
When I was in Sarawak, I went now and then
with traders who had been in the Kyan oouatrr
to the northwest of the northern peninsula or
projection of Borneo, who gave me detailed and
definite accounts of a race of men (not the
ourang ontang) who dwelt among dense forests
living np trees of immense size, with their wives
and children, with their bows and arrows tni
other rude implements, whatever they may be
They lived entirely by hunting, and had no” sort
of agriculture. I do not recollect now, after the
lapse of such a long period, whether I was in.
formed that they made use of fire, or whether
they cooked at all.' They went, of course, en.
tirely naked. They had no intercourse with
any other people, and spoke a gibberish of their
own. , * •
It was only now and then that Ky ans, Malays or
Dyaks'ever came upon,their leafy habitations,
when, of course, a speedy retreat used to he
beat by tha strangers. These accounts by the
people which had been in that part of the conn
try were confirmed by other Dyak tribes and hr
Malays. I find no great difficulty in believing
this story. Science, in one. sense, almost re
quires it. And in Borneo the monkey tribe
has received almost its highest development-
and why may not man be found in its prim«vai
and untrodden forest, existing in its initial state
of progress? We have lately heard of a storv
coining from Africa, that there is a race of
men with tails, far away in the interior of the
great continent; and it is noteworthy that the
centre of Africa, like Borneo, is just under the
line, and that in Africa, also, we find the mon
key race,in a high state of development, andthe"
lowest race of man, the negroes, living side bv
side with them. Viewing the subject as about the
mo&t important matter which, can engage the at
tention of science and of humanity (in the large
sense explained above) in tbe present day, I offer
myself to its elucidation. I have little doubtthat
if the Asiatic- Society and the Indian Museum
jointly take! earnest action in the matter, they
could easily, induce the government to aid in tho
enterprise. " Mr. Cameron then details his plan.
“First, I should have to start to Sarawak, and
there procure the active co-operation of my
friend Mr. Crookshank, the present officiating
Governor of the Kingdom. I should hare to
provide myself with a quantity of valuable trum.
pery articles, such as mirrors, beads, etc. 1
should also be provided with some rifles of long
range. These would be useful either to repel
attacks or to bring back at least a dead speci-
men. Query—Would I be guilty of murder?
And if so, what court would try me ? At Sara-
wak I would, with Mr. Crookshank’s assistance,
organize a party of say thirty Dyaks to accom-
pany me. The” next point to make would be
Mileanow country, to the northeast of Saranak,
and north or .northwest of the tract suppos
ed to be inhabited by the race with tails.
Hence, after due preparation, I should have
to strike off into the interior, into trackless for-
ests, after my object. To meet with them may
be easy, if they exist, and even to bring back a
dead specimen, but the difficulty would be in •
opening up communications, and inducing them
to show a friendly feeling, if, indeed, they know
what that means. Or, it is possible, should
friendly negotiations fail, we might proceed to
nse artifice or force to capture women and chil
dren.
In his second letter, Mr. Cameron remarks
that the Duke of Argylo has written a work
called “Primeval Man,” which shows His Grace
to be a disbeliever in the ape development the
ory. “ His Grace,” he adds, “is the present
Secretary of State to India, and it would be a
pleasant’thing for him, tor this country to con
clusively disprove his weak theories by showing
that the” ape is the physical progenitor of man.
not woman. Will the Asiatic Society aid ? The
founder of the Indian Museum some time since
proposed a universal ethnological exhibition at
Calcutta. Tho tailed race, ii exists, would
stand naturally tn the front ranks of such an ex
hibition, and the specimens would excite the cu
riosity and remark, not only of Calcutta, but
of the entire scientific world. This Is the true
‘missing link’—This is the great Asian ‘ Mys
tery.” ’
woman to take of her bonnet." “Oh," impru
dently replied one of the Judges, “youknow the
law, do yon; perhaps you would like to come
up and sit here and teach ns?” “No, I thank
yon, sir,” said the woman, tartly, “there are
old women enough there now.”
A Toronto lady arrived in Buffalo at a late
hour on Tuesday night. While searching fora
Ethiopians were overthrown, and they could not
recover themselves.
j As “all history repeats itself,” we may look
forward with confidence to the utter overthrow
of the modern army of Ethiopians by onr Demo-
, cratio Asa, on the second Tuesday of Octocer
. next.
Senator. Murphy Earning Fifty Cents.
hotel, she met a man who volunteered to con- ' Houston ( TVjw) TimtH Long Branch Letter
dnet her to the honse of one of his relatives. : Senator Murphy, who is a fine-looking, jovial,
Arrived at the house, he went to the rear of it whole-souled, intellectual fellow^ went down to
to wake up the occupants. She waited for him bathe, and while in the costume of the bathers
some time, and then, becoming alarmed, was addressed by a lady of distinction, who had
searched for her pocket-book, and found she come down alone to'bathe“Yon can come and
had been robbed. Of course her kind friend bathe me!” The Senator jumped at the oppor-
did not make his appearance again; She final- tnnity, and taking the fair lady by the hand,
ly met a gentleman, who Conducted her to a ! led her into the water, protecting her from the
hotel. | under current and Bom9times dangerous waves,
The increased nse of iron in the construction ! R t the same time hstening to her joyous exda-
of houses in New York, has lent an additional matrons, such as, “Oh, how delightful! • “It w
impetus to this branch of industry in that city. 1 indeed delicious. etc. After getting through
Nearly all the large stores now in course of 'With bathing and paying the Senator the fifty
erection there have iron fronts. And in every cents, which is the regular pnoe charged bv the
case the first story is of iron. Buildings have • bathing-men, one of whom, she supposed the
iron rafters, and in many oases tha door jams Senator was, she said to him:- Well, sir, I
. , and window frames are of iron. The result is wish yon to bathe me every day at eleven
EutcUer, for Mobile, is ashore (bilgefi) fin Orange that iron moulders in New York are in great de- ° clo< * > ,2?** name sha11 coll when 1 want
mand, andthe wages of men, that have been you? ‘Tom, madam; I will wait on you with
jS** *» Saw«»«*»'■>•
■ It to not ftt aU improbable that the French e^^fkeratthe toeakfM^toble^andwniOTwi
Emperor may live and reign till his son attains- ber embarrasgmeftt by saying in bis winning
lus majority The Pnnce Imperial is now in way . « Fm nobody but Tom, madam, and hope
the fourteenth year of his age, whue Napoleon * wffl caJ1 m<j ^ eleT8n o’clock. ” ■
is in his sixty-second year.. w« ———
In some parts of Texas corn is so abundant A Penneylvanian wbo haa kept a reoord, re-
that farmers eannot get rid of it at twenty-five ports twenty-two deaths in that State last week
cents a bushel. fromktiroseae «4r.wplp8i«pS.,
Keys. A portion of the cargo has been brought'
here. Nassau wreckers have charge of her.
On a recent trip of one of the Illinois river
packets, a light draft one, as there was only two
feet of water in the channel the passengers were
startled by tho cry of “man overboard!” The
steamer was stopped and preparations made to
save him, when he was heard to exclaim, “ Go
ahead with yonr darned old steamboat ! I’ll
walk behind you!” r- :'-V l
Ancient Anglo-Saxon Marriage Cere
monies. i
By the Anglo-Saxons the bond of matrimony
was held to be most sacred. No man could law
fully marry without first obtaining the consent
of the woman’s mundbora, or guardian, who
was her father, if living, and if not some other
near relation. If such consent was not ob
tained, the husband was liable to penalties, and
he acquired no legal rights over either the wife
or her goods. For this consent the lover always •
paid a mede or price, in the nature of a present,
according to the rank of the lady. It was,
therefore, advantageous to a father that the
“spindle-side,” or female part of his family, to
use Alfred’s term, should outnumber the “spear-
side,” or male members thereof.
The parties were solamly contracted, and a
friend of the bridegroom became surety for the
■woman’s good treatment and maintenance. Her
dowey was fixed, and all the relations of both
parties within the third degree were invited to
the marriage feast Each one made some pres
ent to the couple, and the mundbora gave them
arms, furniture, cattle and money. This was
called the faderirum, or father's gift, and_ was
all the fortune that the bridegroom received.
On the day before the wedding, which generally
took place within six or eight weeks from the
time of the contract, the invited.friends cf the
bridegroom went to his house, where they spent
the day in feasting. On the next morning they
went armed and on horseback to the house of
the bride, under the conduct of the foremost
man, to receive her, and condnct her to bet
husband. This martial show was both for
compliment, and to prevent a rescue by any
former lover. The bride was led by a matron,
called the brideswoman; followed by many
young women, termed the bridesmaids, and at
tended by her mundbora, and other male iris-
tions. On her arrival she was' received by the
bridegroom, and solemnly betrothed by her
guardian. The united companies then proceed
ed to the church, attended by musicians.
No marriage was lawful without the presence
of the mundbora at the ceremony, and he gave
the bride to the bridegroom, saying“I g*’ e
her to thee to be thy honor and thy- wife; to
keep thy keys and share with thee in thy bed
and goods.” The parties received the nuptial
benediction from the priest, sometimes under a
veil or square piece of cloth, called the care-
cloth, held at each corner by a man, to comma,
the bride’s blu-shes; bnt this was n°t ^ ls
cases where the bride was a widow. After tue
benediction both of tho parties were cr0 !™®
with flowers which were kept in the cnurcti i »
the purpose. A ring was used at the marriage
as well as at the betrothal Some authors J
that at the marriages of the Anglo-Saxons,
mundbora presented the bridegroom with on
the bride's shoes, as a token of the transit -
authority; and she was made to feel the c “7“(
by a blow on her head given with the_sn •
The husband was bound by oath to use his “
well, on failure of which she might leave a®’
but he was allowed to bestow a moderate casu*
gation npon her. After the marriage cerenios.
all the company returned to the bridegroom
bouse, where was held the wedding feast. *
night the bride was conducted to her cliamw
and put to bed by the women, and the bni.
groom was in like mander attended by the B®
The couple both being in bed, their be®
were drank in their presence by all the c
pany. m
On the next morning, when the bridgroo
rose, he gave his bride a mongengabe, or mo
rift, which became ber separate property, *
was the ancient pin money. All the comp ;
came to the chamber before the couple rose,
hear this gift declared, after which they > eas
again for several days, until tho provisions * "
consumed, and then, having made pte saa 'L s
the husband, they departed. The wedding u ,
of the bride, and three of her maidens, ana ^
the bridegroom and his attendants, were ^
peculiar fashion and color, and might a®
worn on any other occasion. These at _
were at first the perquisites of the masl . eS
who attended the marriage, but in ‘‘ttor ___
they were given to some church or w .■
Ihe Wedding Day in aU Ages aw*
Supreme Court.
Thursday, August 19, 18<59- ^
Argument in the case of Childers vs.
was concluded by Judge Underwood. ^
The motion of Col Bleckley to dism 183
case of Dover vs. Akin, was overruled. jj
The Chief Justice then announced,
cases on the docket had bean disposed » ^
decisions would be deliverd within a . s jn-
or so soon as made np, in the various ^
volving the- Homeatead and Belief la* 1 *
thq Court would not adjourn bat
■ siqia for oonsnltatitwi.
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