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T!ie Jesnp Sentinel Office in the Jesup House, fronting on Cherry street, two doors from Broad St. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, ... BY ... T. P. LITTLEFIELD. Subscription Rates. (Postage Prepaid,) One year i. $1 50 Six months 75 Three months 50 Advertising Rates. Per square, first innertion $1 00 Per square, each subsequent insertion. 75. .Kft'Special rates to yearly and large ad,, vertisers. TOWN DIRECTORY. TOWN OFFICERS. Mayor—W. H. Whaley. Councilmen—T. P. Littlefield, H. W. Whaley, Bryant George, O. F. Littlefield, Anderson Williams, Clerk and Treasurer —O. F. Littlefield. Marshal—G. W. Williams. COUNTY OFFCR .-h Ordinary—Richard B. Hopps. Sheriff—John N. Goodbread. Clerk Superior Court—Benj. O. Middleton. Tax Receiver —J. C. Hatcher. Tax Collector—W. R. Causey. County Surveyor—Noah Bennett. County Treasurer —John Massey. Coroner—D. McDitha. County Commissioners —J. F. King, G, W. Haines, James Knox, J. G. Rich, Isham Reddish. COURTS. Superior Court, Wayne County—Jno. L. Harris, Judge; Simon W. Hitch, Solicitor- General. Sessions held on second Monday in March and September. CURRENT PARA G-RA PHS. The governor of Massachusetts has seventy petitions from seventy different men, all wanting to be corenor of Boston. The petitions against the opening of the museum and art-galleries in London presented in the British parliament by Col. Marcus Beresford, M. P., contained nearly 50,000 signatures. One of them was 1,506 feet in length, and alone had 34,000 signatures. A queer case of action on contract has been instituted at Cattaraugus, N. Y. A young woman, the plaintiff, sets forth that her father, the defendant, promised her SSOO commission if she would pro cure him a wife. She did it, and he married the woman, but now refuses to pay up, declaring indignantly that he did his own courting. An exchange says a young man in Philadelphia lost his wife, who left him a small child which he took in his arms and walked with it all the way to his father’s house, in New Hampshire, being two weeks on the road. You may safely swear that that young man lacks at least a dollar and a half of being worth a con tinental blank, or [he would have gone by rail. The New York correspondent of the Boston Journal writes: “ Our district telegraph system is revolutionizing our business and domestic life. About 1,000 boys are employed and their pay is $3.50 a week. They work from 8 to 6:30. They take their lunch to headquarters, and dine when they can. They are used for all sorts of purposes. Gentlemen take them to their hotels for errand boys and copyists. Travelers take them along when on a journey, and often send them to Albany, Washington, or Boston.” Missouri has a mystery, the worst feature whereof is the disappearance of an insurance law passed by the legisla ture at its recent session. The journals of both houses show the passage of the bill, but it is insisted that the chief clerk of the house, whose duty it was to trans mit the bill to the governor, never did so. The Jclerk was sent for to explain, but instead of explaining he fled, as is supposed, to Canada. The theory of those interested is that the clerk was bribed ,by the insurance companies to put the bill out of the way.. The weather prophet has begun al ready to account for the rainy season of 1877, although it has hardly been deter mined as yet that the season will be rainy. This makes no difference to the weather prophet, however, he is ready to show that the cycle of the sun-spot has come around, and that the season of 1866 is to be repeated. Meanwhile the great republic will put its trust in young “indications,” lineal descendant of “old probs,” and let the sun-spots take care of themselves. Thomas F. Campbell, who was hung at Wilkesbarre for the murder of Michael McNulty at Carbondale, was a Scotchman, and his victim was an Irish man. Last fourth of July they spent the day by getting drunk together and were the best of friends. The quarrel arose from a heated discussion about the nativity of George Washington, Thomas asserting that he was Scotch, while Michael held that he was Irish. Camp bell settled the question by shooting McNulty dead. An English paper says there is no probabily of the upsetting of the English habit of gentlemen sitting over their wine after the ladies have left the table. VOL. I. THE OLD CLOCK, Oh, the old, old clock, of the household stock, Was the brightest thing and neatest; Its hands, though old, had a touch of gold, And its chains rang still the sweetest, ’Twas a monitor, too, though its words were few, Yet they lived, though notions altered ; And its voice, still strong, warned old and young, When the voice of friendship faltered. “Tick, tick/’ it said—“quick, quick to bed, For ten I’ve given warning ; Up, up, and go, or else, you know, You’ll never rise soon in the morning.” A friendly voice was that old: old clock, As it stood in the corner smiliug, And blessed the time with a merry chime, The winter hours beguiling ; But a cross old voice was that t iresome clock, As it called at the daybreak boldly, When the dawn looked gray on the misty way And the early air blew coldly ; “Tick, tick,” it said—“quick out of bed, For five I've given warning; You'll never have health, you’ll never get wealth, Unless you’re up soon in the morning.” Still hourly the sun goes round and round, With a tone that ceases never ; While tears are shed for bright days fled, And the old friends lost forever; Its heart beats on, though hearts are gone That warmer beat and younger ; Its hands still mbve, thoucrh hands we love Are clasped on earth no longer! “Tick, tick,” it said—“to the churchyard bed The grave hath given warning ; Up, up, and rise, and look to the skies, And prepare for the heavenly morning. THE FORTRESS OF ERZE ROUM. A I*l ace of Great Strategical Importance . It ia quite true that Erzeroum is a “wretched place;” its houses, for the most part, are built of mud ; its streets are narrow, muddy, unpaved, and in fested with crowds of disgusting dogs; while its general features represent rather the appearance of an extensive and dilapidated village than that of a wealthy and important town ; but situated as it is on the highest point of Anatolia, in the midst of huge and fertile plains spreading around it in every direction, and as far as the eyes can reach, it occupies a strat tegical position of such vital importance at the head of both the eastern and western Euphrates, that it is in fact the last barrier against the Russian advance into Anatolia. Too much stress car. not be laid upon the danger of this conquest, and public attention, without being diverted to affairs on the Danube ought to study events near the Euphrates with that keen interest with which men watch over what concerns themselves. Russian ambition has long cast longing eyes toward Erzeroum. When Erzeroum is in the power of the czar, there will not —with the . exception of Diarbekir, scarcely meriting so respectable a name, —be a single strong or even fortified place between the Russian frontier and Constantinople. And although it is true that Turkish troops might defend the mountain passes through which the road leads to the capital, the Ottoman commanders would in that case labor under two terrible disadvantages—first, in having no point d’appui to fall hack upon, and secondly, in having to strug gle against enemies always attacking them from higher ground. Erzeroum. although a “wretched place,” without a theatre or even a hotel, is, nevertheless, the key to the whole of Asia minor, and, in the hands of the Russians, a bar to free communication between Turkey and Persia, as well as a menace to Constanti nople itself. When it becomes a Russian fortress, the great road between Turkey and Persia will he closed; for, except by means of the long and tedious roule through Bagdad, there will then remain no other way from Constantinople to the frontiers ’of the latter kingdom. It is therefore evident that Persia will be altogether isolated, and from the threat ening position already taken up by Rus sia round the eastern as well as the southern piovinces of the shah, his kingdom, the moment Armenia falls, being almost entirely surrounded, its conversion into a Russian province can be predicted with the same certainty as that with which the astronomer foretells any other eclipse. Erzeroum is not oriJy the key of Persia, but it is the pivot on which the Russian advance toward India can be most easily worked, because its possession, enabling the Muscovites to avoid the dreary deserts of Khiva, will give a road stretching through fertile provinces to Herat, that easy highway which has invariably been followed by every invader of India, whether in ancient or modern times. The com manding advantages of Erzeroum—situ ated as it is in the centre of vast plains, producing every requirement for a large army, besides grain and cattle in gener ous abundance—have long been coveted by the Muscovites, who, although per- i'ectly well aware that it is a “wretched place,”are convinced that,in theirpower ful grasp, it will become an impregnable fortress, with Trebizond. Batoum, and Kars, a notorious quadrilateral, as well . as a base of operations threatening En gland’s supremacy as an eastern power. When once in possession of this i “ wretched place,” it is idle to suppose j that the Russians will ever give it up, JESUP, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1877. for they have long coveted it; first, on account of its "grand strategical impor tance, and secondly, because it is the granary of Georgia. It can be very easily argued that, Russia having taken possession of Erzeroum in her previous wars, and then retired from it, she will display similiar moderation, either in the course of the present year, or, per haps, when those amiable Christians of the neighborhood, whose grievances so toucli the tender heart of tlie benefactor of Poland, are granted immuni ties. Nothing can be more mischievous or more misleading than a line of argu ment without patience enough to oh serve the totally different circumstances under which these several occupations occurred. In 1828 Pasklevitch abandoned Er zeroum, not because he considered it a “wretched place,” but for the excellent reason that, as his base was threatened, and his position made extremely dan gerous by the enmity of the unsubdued, powerful, and fierce tribes of Circassians and Lesgi inhabiting the wild countries through which his way back to Russia lay, he was not strong enough to hold it. Prudence and self-preservation obliged the Russians at this time to detacli a vast line of garrisons in order to guard these delicate communications; but, as the political state of Georgia was such as to cause serious inquietude in the minds of the Muscovites commanders, lest its turbulent population should, by turning against them, become a power ful ally of the Turks, and suddenly change a triumphial advance on Asia Minor into a disgraceful, disastrous, and humiliating retreat, they were compelled to weaken the invading force by leaving strong bodies’of troops, so as to be ready against attacks threatened them from this side also. The army, therefore, which accompanied Pasklevitcli to Er zeroum was altogether inefficient for holding that “wretched place,” and at the same time for overawing not only the surrounding country, but also the ill-compacted Russian province of the Caucasus behind him. The impotence of the Russian inva ing force, and the extreme danger a ; 1 insecurity of their position were fully shown by the mas sacre of an entire division detached from Erzeroum with a view to cut the com munication of that town witli Trebizond at Balboot. The Mussulman population, inspired with patriotism, rose to a man in defense of the country. But at the present hour the infamy and corruption of Turkish officials has apparently de stroyed such noble sentiments, for the Muscovites are assisted by Mohamme dan subjects of the sultan, while, on the other hand, they have nothing whatever to fear from the hostility of either Lesyi or Circassians, botli of whom have been totally annihilated or mercilessly sup pressed. Georgia, completely subdued is a peaceful province of the Russian empire, into which she lias been incor porated ; and therefore a comparison be tween the invasions of 1877 and 1828 is foolish, because the czar, apprehending no danger whatever on either his flank or rear, can now push such an imposing army into Asia Minor that Turkish op position to his will can not be thought of seriously. Supported by unscrupu lous, patient, and paintaking officials, the ezar, with far-seeming wisdom, has long planned the annexation of Erzeroum to holy Russia ; and although the oppor tunity for this menacing extention of his southwestern frontier has occurred a little sooner than he expected, he shows no symptoms of not doing his best to prove himself quite equal to the occa sion ; for, to use the words of a Russian journal, “he will throttle Turkey under the nose of England, and in spite of her.” The Crimean war gave a long respite to Turkey, but it is of no use denying that that respite has been employed by the Turkish pashas, effendis, and cadis in ruining the country, as well as in alienating the affections of the people Mussulman and Christian alike. The truth of this assertion will be proved as the Russians advance into Armenia, where they can count with almost ab solute certainty on assistance in pro visions and transport from the peaceable peasants; while the warlike Kurds and Arabs, who hate the Turks'even more than they do the Christians themselves, will gladly take a more active part in operations against the government of the khalif. —European Crrr. N. Y. Timm. ..Scene at a seaside hotel: Lean, lank stranger—“ Why, look here, you charge me in my bill for a counterpane, and why should I l>e charged with it?” Hotel-keeper—“Of course you should. If you had Ijeen nice and fat the mos quitoes would have tackled you and let my counterpane alone.” quick trip around mi s non Lii. The Omaha (Neb.) Republican prints a letter from Dr. F. S. De Hass, Ameri can consul at Jerusalem, in which he gives an account of a tour he has lately made around the world in sixty-eight days ef actual traveling time. The let ter is dated at Jerusalem, May 10, 1877. The outline of the journey we quote, greatly condensed, in the following: “Having safely returned to my post, I tike pleasure in furnishing your read ers’ agreeably to promise, with a brief notice of my quick and successful tour around the world. Not counting tho time I lay over at different points, as these breaks in the journey could all have Been avoided, I made the entire circuit of the globe in sixty-eight days and but for heavy weather on tho Pacific would have made it in sixty-two days The journey from Alexandria, Egypt, via Brindisi and Paris to London, and from thence to New York and San Fran cisco, was accomplished in twenty days, and were just the same number of days going from San Francisco to Yokohama Japan. Grossing over from here to Canton, in China, took six davH. A sail of ten days over the China sea and through the Strait of Malacca, touching at several points we have not time to notice, brought us to Ceylon, off the southern coast of Hindostan, and one of the richest of the East India Islands. Thence we sailed directly to Suez, ini Egypt, which took twelve days, and from thence, in a few hours, by rail to Alex andria, our starting point, making the entire distance of 25,000 miles—lo,ooo by water and 9,000 on land—in sixty eight days, without any accident or de tention ot any kind.” NAILS MADE OE RAIL 1 It*N. An exchange says : A manufacturer at Wheeling, West Va., is reported to be making a good quality of nails from old rails. Samples were some few days since shown ax the office of the Wheeling In telligencer, part of which wore inado out of rails, pure and simple, and part out of three parts rails and one part. muck. They are pronounced good and are smooth and tough and drive well. This process of making nails, we learn, avoids the boiling of iron. The rails aro cut and piled for the heating furnaces like so much muck ba,r, and by the use of a flux in the beating process are welded and made as malleable, ductile and close tectured in the sheet rolls as so much piled muck. Nail plate is thus made $5.25 per ton cheaper than out of pig iron which lias first been made into muck tar. This saving, says tho Intelligencer, is of a big profit, and will, if successful, revolutionize the old method. No mill can afford to puddle iron when by using this flux old rails or pig iron can he con verted directly into nail plates. The same paper says, also: “We lately mentioned that Col. Rowell is making nailsat the Bellville mill out of old rails and one-eighth muck iron, and that he claims to have an advantage equal toslß per ton for pig metal, If this turns out to be the ease, the furnaces will not have much to do for some time to come, inas much as it is estimated that there are enough old rails in the country to run all the mills for several years.” A DOG’S SUICIDE A number of gentlemen who happened about the Ohio and Mississippi railroad office yesterday forenoon witnessed a very singular event. Their attention was attracted by the mournful yell of a dog, coming from high up in the air. Glanc ing in the direction of the sound, they beheld a dog upon the verge of the National Hotel roof, six stories above. A moment later and the form of the brute appeared in mid-air, it having sprung from the roof. "The unfortunate creature struck the earth with a sicken ing thud, and was, of course, instantly killed. How it happened on the roof is a mystery. The creature probably followed its owner to the roof, and he, forgetting its presence, left without it, closing the trap-door behind him. Crazed with hunger and desire to be with her pups, the dog leaped from the roof, suiciding as described. —LmtumUe Courier-Journal. A HIDE L/9HT. Never face the light when at work, but contrive to have a side light, which will not shine directly in the eyes. In the schools in Germany tnis matter has already been attended to, and the rule adopted is to have all the seats and tables so arranged that the pupil never faces the windows, but only has the sid# lights from the left; and, as a light simultane ously thrown from two sides gives an inference of shadows, it ha“ been strictly forbidden to build school-rooms with windows on both sides, such illumina tion having also proved injurious to the eyes of the pupils. We may add to this advice not to place the lamp in front of you when at work in the evening, but a little on one side ; use a shade—a green one is best, as it softens the light, which illuminates only the work upon which it falls. LACING. If all the women insane on this subject were in the asylums, the accommodations would have to be largely increased. The habit is a general one, and very injuri ous. A good authority says: “It has been found that the liver, the lungs, ami the powers of the stomach, have been brought into a diseased stato by this most pernicious habit. Loss of bloom, redness of the nose, and eruptions on the skin are among iiseffects. If prolonged, there is no knowing to what malady tight lacing may not lead. Its most apparent effect is an injured digestion, and conse quent loss of appetite. ()f this, however, it is often difficult to convince the prac ticed lacer, for vanity is generally obsti nate. But, looking at tight lacing, without consideration of its effect on health, and merely at its tendency to improve or to injure the appearance, nothing can bo more absurd than to believe it is advantageous to the figure. A small waist is rather a deformity than a beauty. To see the shoulders cramped and squeezed together is anything hut agreeable. Tho figure should be easy, well developed, supple. If nature has not made the waist small, compression cannot mend her work.” DYING OE HUNG ICH IN CHINA. A very dark picture is drawn by a cor respondent of the Paris Temps of the dis tress which has been prevalent in China for the last few months. He says that in the Chihli and Shantung districts the distress has teached such a height that a part of the inhabitants of these large provinces are llu-mlly dying of hunger. Two Europeans who had the courage to carry some provisions to a small village in Shantung returned horror-tit ack with what they had seen. The inhabitants were putting an end to their sufferings by suicide, and in one family the fattier and mother, to avoid witnessing the death agony of their children, had buried them alive. The famine has been caused by the failure of the harvest for two years running in districts which are gen erally very fertile. Neither grain nor fruits are to be had at any price, and the land seems to have been scorched by a burning wind. The grass by the roadsido has been devoured to its very roots by the famishing people, who have stripped all the trees of their hark and foliage. As the winter has been exceptionally severe, many of the sufferers have died from cold as well as from hunger, and the appearance of the survivors is most ghastly. EIGHT MORE THAN TWELVE. A Dutchman let his lands to anj oil company last spring, on condition of receiving one eighth of the oil procured. The well proved to be a pretty good one, and the farmer began to think the oil men would give him a better chance, and ventured to tell them so. They asked him what he wanted. He said tliey ought to give him one-twelfth. The arrange ment was finally made, with the under standing that the Dutchman was not to tell any one. All went smooth until the next division day came, when our friend was early at hand to see how much better lie would be off under the new bargain. Eleven barrels were rolled to one side for the oil inon and one for him. This did not suit him. “ How’s dish?” said he; “ I think I was to get more a* before. You have made some mistake I ” The matter was explained to him, that he formerly got one barrel of every eight, but it was his own proposition to take one of every twelve. This revelation took him back. He scratched his head, looked cross, and relieved his swelling breast of feelings of self-reproach by in dignantly remarking,— “ Well, dat ish de first time as ever I know’d eight was more as dwelve, ” The Egyptian ladies, as a rule, are not as (rood looking as Gleopatra, but trav elers and connoisseurs of taste, who were on the Nile last winter, report that there are many handsome ones among the modern lot. The fairest of the fair, in point ot beauty, if not of complexion, are the Copts in Cairo. Their tint is the darkest prevalent, but the best artists proclaim them to be admirably put to gether in form and features. The Egyp tians arc not much blacker than the Italians. HO LID A YU* BY HENRY W. LONGPBLLOW. The holiest of all holidays Are those kept by ourselves, In Silenoe and apart— The secret anniversaries of the heart. When the full river of feeling overflows, Those happy days unclouded to their close, Those sudden joys that out of darkness start, As flowers from ashes, swift desire to dart, Like singing swallows, down each wind that blows, White as the gleam of a receding sail, White as a cloud that floats and flits In air, White as the whitest lily on a stream, These tender memories are A fairy tale of some enchanted land, We know not where, but beautiful Asa dream within a dream. JOTTINGS* NO. 46. Women vote for school officers in Min nesota. A German girl in Buffalo waltzed her self blind. At last the University of London will confer medical degrees on women. Hayes sayes he will not summer at White Sulphur. Senator Lamar has recovered his health since returning to Mississippi. Jenny Lind Hays that her husband is her truest friend. Every woman’s ought to be. The Empress of Austria is said to be the most beautiful royal lady in the world. It has been noticed that the man, who is fnll of reminiscences of congress and of anecdotes about big men, always has to feel the longest for the price of a cocktail. The Philadelphia Ledger has a half column article censuring the college booby. It accuses him of imitating the coarseness and brutality of the college booby of England. The Louisvills Chess club has beaten the Chicago Chess association in a match game by correspondence. The Louis ville side was managed chiefly by Judge Bland Ballard. Delightful California ! The Han Fran cisco Bulletin says: “ The recent heated term lasted seven days. The highest readings of the thermometer, we believe, were 118 degrees at a few points in the interior.” Hotel business in town is very dull, and several of the larger houses are well nigh empty and running with reduced help. The summer is destined to be a very hard one for hotels, not only in this but in all large cities throughout the United States. The banks of the Thames are lined with mosquitoes, which have been brought to London in cargoes of foreign grain. One of the things upon London ers have always prided themselves has been that this annoying insect was not to be found in their city. A Boston merchant, on <■ recent trip, was considerably impiessed by the earnestness of a German passenger “ America,” said the returning Teuton, “is der bestcoundry in der vorld. I had lived dere more as den years, and failed vive dimes, and now I goes home to lif mil a fortune and my family.” The Greeks were disgusted when a joke was explained, but the American humorist has to explainer his point is forever lost. For instance, the Greek writer would have said: “Women talk loss in February than in any other month;” and everybody in Greece would have enjoyed the squib. The American, however, has to say; “Women talk less in February than in any other month, because it is the shortest month.” A writer in the April Blackwood says “The lonian Islands have a certain strategic value as regards the Adriatic, but would afford no protection against the Russian descent from the Black Sea, Crete, and Crete alone, combines every strategical advantage we need, while its possession by a possible enemy would be fatal to all sense of scrutiny. England is now said to Ire in treaty for the pur chase of the island from Turkey.” The surmise that many of the persons run over by railroad trains have been previously murdered is usually not sus ceptible of proof. An engineer on the Louisville and Chicago railroad, however, applied the brake so promptly that the trody he saw ahead on the track was not struck. It was found that the man had i>een robbed, almost killed, and then placed where a train would be likely to obliterate all evidence of the crime. The blackberry industry in Georgia, North Carolina and other Southern states is about to open. The little town of Salein, S. C., containing only about | two thousand inhabitants, has shipped j during three years over three million i pounds of blackberries for which nearly ! half a million dollars was received. This | was equal to over nine thousand hales of | cotton at ten cents a pound, and is a re source certainly not to lie despised. THE WHEA T CHOI- or CALIFOHSIA The Journal of Commerce gives some data of the probable wheat product of California and Oregon for the present year, estimating the surplus for export at 320,750 tons from California, and 150,000 tons from Oregon. The Bulle tin, commenting editorially, considers the estimate for California too large by at least 50,000 tons. A number of ex tensive operators vary considerably in their views, but the weight ot opinion j seems to place the surplus for the state l between 2.50,000 and 300,000 tons.