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mim BRUNSWICK ADVERTISER, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. TIMELY TOPICS. A Calcutta correspondent writing cf the maaeacre in the Log» Hffl, of the VfbT^tai" oTIto Nnrvfiviiiffnftrtiv nnnw i jikHl. nal/!onihf' ° J _ surveying party under Lieut. Haiccmbc, says the heads of the slain were taken off by the survivors to prevent their being paraded in the villages of the Tages, as those savages think as much of the capnt is the American Indians do of the scalp. The number of killed and wounded, as near as can be ascer tained, is eighty killed and five slightly wounded, and fifty-two unhurt. The Supreme government intends sending wo regiments forward at once, when the massacre will be avenged. The orders to these regiments are to ester minate, root opd branch, all of the vil lages and villagers of what are known as the Sanna and Ninn, and villages of the Naga Heel tribes. The savages number near 200, and obtained access to the camp of the surveyors under pretence of bringing presents to the officers and selling provisions, etc., to the remainder of the party. The emperor of Russia, in view of -the possible war resulting from his ambitions march into Central Asia, is desirous of keeping all bis people at home, that he may have the full strength of his empire to use in emer gency. Recognizing the fact that the Mennonites were slipping beyond the sphere of his influence, and wonld s r on be established in the United States, he has modified the military law and con fined the follower} of Menno to the civil service only, and has even per mitted them to elect what branch of that service thoy will enter. This unusual liberality has induced many Menno nites, who were contemplating emigrat ing, to remain. The whole number of this people now in Russia is only 95,000, 128,000 haviDg settled in the United States during the past two or three years. Ninety-six estimates at $5 each were entered, making the pool $180. The grand total of estimates was 263,541,• S08, and the average of all 3,826,751. The lowest of the estimates was 3,579,- 990, and the highest 3,935,000. Most of the estimates fell between 3,800,000 and 3,900,000. The estimate nearest that made by the New Orleans cotton seasou, will win tne pool, less X) per cent., which is to go to the Memphis cotton exchange. Three cf the estimates called for 3,777,777 bales. Early in February there were rumors of an epidemic raging in Mexico which resembled oholera, and congress appro priated $2,000 to defray the expenses of a medical officer of the army to inves tigate its extent and character. The surgeon general has not thought it worth while to detail anyone on this errand, but the recent outbreak of yel low fever at Key West is likely to change his views of the sanitary situa tion. The Chicago Tribune indignantly de nies that Moody and Sankey are making money out of the evangelical tour, as has been charged. It says: “ No charges of the kind have been for a moment entertained in Chicago, where the reputation for integrity of Messrs. Moody and Sankey needs no vindica tion, and where the worst that has been alleged against them touches only the method of their revival-work and its value.” Archbishop McCloskey having been raised to the dignity of cardinal, it will be etiquette for him always to appear in a costume some portion of which Bhall be scarlet. This is sup posed to symbolize the special readi ness of dignitaries of that class to shed their blood for the good of the church The full dress of a cardinal is one o the most gorgeous and striking costumes worn. THE SERENADE. BY AUSTIN DOBSON. A gondolier stood at» gondola door. In an attitude very much prized of yore, (He bad tried at a dozen of tune* or more Tbat morn, by tbe light of a candle). And now, “ while the moon o’er the waters played,” He treated hla love to a serenade: (For this was t e amateur gondolier’s trade In the City of Bridges and Scandal). Blanca 1 Blanca! The moon Is asleep; Through red-pillared Venice The gondolas sweep, From shadow to cliailuw And matamorea creep; Ana I sual to ybiir casement To whfcpcr-to weep;— Tir.k-hr.k, . Tink-tink, tink-a-tink. Bianca! Blanca 1 If e’er in your sleep Tbe sound of a sighing Come np from the deep, ’Tie the voice of your lover, Wto always will come Back, back to your casement—* Tink-tink, tmk-a-turn, Tink-tink tink-a-tinka, Bianca, Blanc— But here he remembered ■ In midst of his song That the words he was singing Were utterly wrong; Tbat tbe lady he wanted Had changed her address; > That this was a “ Jolla” And- Here was a mess 1 Bat worse- as be opened His eyes at the thought (in singing he shut them As good Bingers ought), Miss “ Jolla” was looklDg Down into the tide, And more-she was looking Down on him beside. —Evening Hourt. FACTS AND FANCIES. ’Tis all She Wants A seal-.'kin sack and a camel s hair shawl. Diamonds, rubies and ermine; A brown stone bouse and marble hall, And a beau to dance the German. The state carriage of Cardinal Mc- Closky was placed on exhibition in New York last week by the manufacturer. It is an eight Bpring Berlin coach'of unpretending appearance, but of the finest workmanship. Its weight is 1,605 pounds. The body is black, while the running part is paicted a very dark green. It is lined with blue aud gteen satin. But few mountings are nsed. The handles of the doors and settings of lamps are of plain po’ished silver. The Cardinal’s coat of arms has been handsomely emblazoned oa the doors,. It consists of a shield vert, bearing these orosslets, argent on chevron gnles between two stars in chief and a flower de luce in bas. The crest is a double orosslet. The carriage will be drawn on state occasions by heavy black horses, with silver mounted harness. The har ness cost $30,000. The balance of trade, as made np from the mere returns of imports and exports, reckoning the latter at their specie value, was about $8,000,000 in our favor for the calendar year 1873, and about $65,000,000 in onr favor for tbe year 1874, according to the returns just issued. The imports fell off about $45,000,000, and the exports increased about $13,000,000.' Of tbe decrease in imports $14,500,000, and of the increase in exports, $10,000,000 was in specie. The merchandise balance for 1874 comes very near an even thing, exports and imports each footing up about $550,000,000 gold. A fool for estimates of the cotton crop now marketing was closed at the Memphis cotton exchange Thursday. The Washington national monument association has issued an addresd to the people of the United States, urging a united and determined popular move ment for the completion of the work which the society has begun and thus far sustained. It is the desire and aim of the society that the monument be completed on tbe one hundredth anni versary of tbe nation’s birth. Possibly the grief of the ladies of the treasury department over the resig nation of Gen. Spinner was owing to the fact that the general’s retirement will compel the employes to count every dollar in the treasury vaults. There are more than one hundred millions there. How Some Men Have Risen There is a decrease of one million of tons of coal in the amount carried from the Sclinylkill and Lehigh regions. Pennsylvania this year as compared with last year. This shortage is due to the unprecedented suspension of work on account of the strikes among the miners. The restoration of flogging to the roll of British punishments for such offenses as wife-beating and gar- Tweed began as a brash maker, at j ourneyman’s wages. Had he remained at his trade and continued honest, hiB native talent wonld have insured wealth —but he arose to a dizzy height, and then suddenly fell. “Hank Smith, who died in his official career of police commissioner, began as a driver on tbe Erie canal, and reached at one time a membership in the ring which gave him (as it was estimated) a million. Of this but little is left, and his widow is living in a distant village. The late police superintendent, Jourdan, began as a newspaper folder in the service of the Tribune. He was in the office of su perintendent for three years, and left an estate worth, as it is said, $200,600. The salary of this office is $7,500, bnt the facility of receiving bribes enables tbe incumbent to get rich rapidly. It has been said that Jourdan knew the Becret of the Nathan horror, and that an enormons fee secured a pledge of immnnity in favor of the guilty parties. Another man who has risen from poverty to wealth is Brown, the noted sexton of Grace churob. He began life as a carpenter, but being of a portly turn he found the trade laborious, and obtained an appointment as inspector of carriages. Next be was made sexton of Grace church, and for twenty years he has had all tbe patronage of that rioh society. He is extensively em ployed to manage social reunions and receptions, in which branch he is an adept He kaB the ran of all the fash ionable young men, and many a $5 note is handed him to refresh his mem ory when invitations are to be circu lated. Snob a man may assist a friend to an entrance into a certain class of society, if not into tbe best. In this manner Brown, though occupying a second-rate position, is in fact an auto crat among many of tbe fashionable world, at least in that which is next to the crente de la creme. Instead of shoving the plane at $15 a week, he now has a country seat, and is estimated at a quarter million. Oliver Oharlick, who is now president of the Long Island railroad, and is considered a millionaire, began busi ness as the keeper of a grocery on the wharf, \there the profits of the orgies of sailors aud longshoremen gave him both money and political influence. rotting is being seriously discussed. It- Oharlick was at one time a leader in the is argued that those who persist in. taking a physical view of humanity can be best instructed by a vigorous ap plication of their own principles. The early appearance of the yellow fever at Key West has created great excitement all over the country. It is reported as prevailing in an epidemic form in Havana. The German banks of Nett York state that the impending panic in Berlin is caused by a large advance in prices, and the reported failures by parties being short at Frankfort. A front row box at tbe opera, Whenever I wanted to go; A neat conpe and landan, too, Apd meals- a la Delmonico. Then in summer go to Newport, With dresses rich and many; And tA sab my name in the fashion report, OTiile pa hands out the money. —“We find the prisoner not guilty, but the kissing business must be stop ped !” was a verdict rendered by a Charlton (N. Y.) jury in a case of do mestic trouble. —A Chicago man thinks that the worst speller ought to get the diction ary, and the winner shonld have a “wreath of sorrel, or some other garden sass, like them Greeks,” —The prodnotion of raisins from California grapes is a growing business and is strongly nrged as likely te be of great profit. The white mnseat of Alexandria is named as the best raiBin grape. —Among the numerous phases of orime daily developed, did you ever bear of anything equal to the act of the Jersey City man arrested for forgery, who says be did it in order to be sent to tbe state prison to escape from his wife! As an illustration of the limitless number of combinations which the three primary colors are capable of, it may be interesting to know that in the Gobelin tapestry manufacture 28,000 distinct shadings of yarn are employed, each one distinguished by tbe praoticed eye. —A French soldier is to be punished with death for insulting an upstart offi cer. This gives Victor Hugo an oppor tunity to thus compare the case with that of Bazaine ; Having sold his flag, having surrendered his army, having betrayed bis country—life; having Btrnck his corporal—death !” —Messrs. Moody and Sankey do not meet with entire approval in their re vival labors. The London Athenmum says there is more curiosity than reli gion in the crowds they attract, and ompares Mr. Sank ey’s singing to a ostermonger’s cries. Jean Valjean— A merry wight, fond of hia ease, While he Bings his songs and strokes his knees, And light as the air which sways the leaves, Is Joan Valjean, the cobbler. Through the summer’s day he sits and sings Of the olden days and of ancient things, Of the dames of yoro and of bygone kings— Sings Jean Valjean, the cobbler. The birds are Binging in every tree Till the air is filled with the melody Of song as light and gay and free As Jean Valjoan’e, the cobbler. With the waning shadows the bird in its nest, And Jefin in his cot, each seek the rest Which sweet sleep brings, with no cares op pressed, Ah! happy Jean, the cobbler. —Mr. Valentine, the sculptor, has nearly completed the life-size recumbent statue of the late Gen. Lee, and it will be placed over tbe contemplated mau soleum at LexiDgton. Mr. Valentine modeled a bust of the general from life in 1870, and after the hero’s death it was determined that he should be se- ected to execute the statne. —“ Well, Uncle Billy, don’t you want any more civil rights !” “ Not any ting mo’, I tank you, ’ ’ replied Billy. ‘ ‘ Near ly done raind now. Hev to pay my own doctor’s bill, lost all my money in the Freedman's bank, ntbber got uo forty acres an’ de mule dey promised me, an' can’t help myself to a little chicken, fryin’ size, widout gwine to de penitentiary. I’se got ’nuff cibbil rights 1” —The London Sporting Gazei te, ref er- city government, and this was a rich j ring to the statement that the Emperor source of plunder. Ol course he be-; William has forbidden the exDortation came wealthy. These results, and @f horses beyond the German'frontier* others which could be referred to, show what curious changes occur amid the sooial revolntions of a great city. — Scientists now tell ns that the in roads of grasshoppers into the north west, of late years, is dne trainly to the havoc made among* tho prairie hens, which are slaughtered by tens of thou sands every year to gratify the epicures of this country and Europe. The prairie chickens nsed to “absorb” the grasshoppers before the latter reached the settlements, bnt they are no longer equal to the emergency. says; "This startling announcement heralds a revolution, the results of whijh are likely to very seriously affect the horse trade in England, as three- fourths of the carriage and draft horses in London at this moment have been imported from Germany, Moreover, we are dependent on Germany in a very arge degree for our troop-horses, and it is not clear whence we shall obtain the necessary supply now that we are shut out from Germany, especially as both France and Spain are also in want of troop-horses, tho former requiring 10,000, and the latter 5,000.