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Is tha Center of the Earth Solid
or in Fusion P
It is well known that our earth, ta
ken as a whole, must be about five
and a bait times the weight of an equ
al bulk of water, yet if we estimate, as
we can do, the weight of the moun.
tains, with their rocks and earth, we
find them to be equal to about two and
six-tenths their bulk in water. Some
have attempted to explain this on the
principle of magnetism, supposing the
center to be most intensely magnetic,
and lienee attracting all things to it
self with double power. But others
regard it as proof that our earth is soi
lid, not fluid at the center, and com
posed there chiefly of the denser mei
tabs.
Hr. J. Sterry Hunt, F. R. S., of
Canada, lias lately been presenting
this view in one of his geological lec
tures—a view which, though contrary
to the opinion entertained by Hum
boldt, Agassiz, and most scientific
men, until quite recently, is entertain
ed by Fir Charles Lyell and others.—
That our earth commenced to revolve
while in a fluid state, is held to be
certain from its very shape ; but it had
been a&nevolly taken for granted, rath
er than proved, that the congeolation
would commence at the surface. No
doubt this is the case with water in
cooling into ice, but tliis is owing to a
well known and exceptional law, by
which, instead of contracting in be
coming solid, it commences rather to
expand about seven degrees above the
freezing point, and continues to do so
until it becomes ice.
But most bodies become more heavy
as they cool, and hence, except where
they give off their heat with great
rapidity, would seem to have a tenden
cy to solidity at the bottom first; and
the opinion is now being entertained
that this must be the case with our
earth.
In favor of a liquid center, it has
been urged that as wo descend into
mines and caves we find the tempera
ture increasing at a regular and per.
fectly calculable ratio, and which con
tinuing, all known substances would
naturally be in a state of fusion at a
depth of say from eighteen to twenty
fivo miles. And this must probably
be the case practically, but for the ef
fect of pressure, which is well known
to bo favorable to solidification.
Where any body expands in fusion,
this last effect is always at least rctar.
ded by pressure. We all know that
the temperature at which water and
spirits boil and become vapor, depends
upon the quantity of atmospheric or
other pressure, and it is only under
the usual amount of this, or about fif
teen pounds to the square inch, that
water boils at two hundred and twelve
degrees.
A distinguished mathematician in
England, of the name of Ilonkins, by
a series of mathematical calculations,
based on the procession of the equi
■ ' -- J *i. -1,
that tlic earth, if not solid throughout,
must at least be so to the depth of
eight hundred miles; while another
series of calculations, based upon the
effect of the moon on the tidal system
of our globe, has been mado to prove
that the crust of the earth, it only a
crust, is at least two thousand five
hundred miles thick, and when that is
once admitted, it becomes quite as easy
to suppose it solid the rest of the dis
tance to the center. About tire same
conclusion has been reached by Arch,
deacon Pratt, of Calcutta, from the
height and vastness of the Himalaya
Mountains, the weight of which would
cm h in any mere crust, such as lias
ordinarily been assigned of late years
to our earth.
These considerations all tend to
show how little we really know at pre
sent of the interior of our globe. The
substantial similarity of the matter of
it with that of the sun, and of even
the furthest fixed star, has been do.
nronstrated, or as nearly so as the case
admits, so that the formation of our
r: teller universe from nebulous mist is
every way confirmed ; but the various
,e:7eete of high degrees of temperature
in dissociating substances iound in
combination at lower degrees render
us unable to tell precisely what metals
would bo separated and precipitated
first, so as to form the base of a globe
like ours. Nearly all the metals that
wo know seem to have been deposited
more or less as oxides. But at pre
sent wo seem to stand only at the en
trance ol what may be and will be
known on all these subjects. That
there must be, at least, vast subterra
nean currents ol'liquid matter, melted
with fever heat, if the whole center is
not in a stato of fusion, seems certain,
from the vast extent cf many ol tho
phenomena connected with earth
quakes and volcanic eruptions. But
what is truth, and what lucre conjec
ture, in matters deep beneath tho in.
spectod crust of the globe, who shall
now tell
Below is a list of tho Judges of tho
Supreme Court of tho United Slates,
with the dates of their appointments,
five out ol the nine, as will be seen,
wars appointed by Mr. Lincoln after
the commencement of the late war:
INJ3—S. I*. Chase, Ohio, Chief
Justico.
I'-'HO—James 51. Wayne, Georgia.
‘ 1845—Samuel Nelson, New Y'ork.
1 346—Robert C. Grier, Penn.
1 - ;>B—Nathan Clifford, Maine.
I^62—Noah 51. Swayne, Ohio.
- (, 2 David Davids, Illinois.
1862 Samuel F. Miller, lowa.
1863 Stephen J Field, California.
Insurance Against Impeach
ment. —1 he Richmond Examiner dis
cusses the subject of impeachment,
and says : “On a full review of the
whole matter, we will undertake to
insure the President against even a
trial of impeachment before the Sen.
ate, for a very small percentage of his
aunual salary,”
SEMI-WEEKLY
(fcntcrjri.se
L. C. BRYAN, : : : : Editor.
THOMASVILLE, GA.:
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1867.
LECTURES BY REV. JOSE
PHUS ANDERSON.
It will be seen by notice elsewhere
published that this gentleman will lec
ture at the Court House in Thomas
ville, on Monday and Tuesday, the 4th
and sth of February, at 7\ o’clock, on
two very important subjects. He is
so well known in this community, that
we need scarcely allude to his ripe
scholarship, his thorough acquaintance
with the topics be proposes to discuss,
and his merits as a speaker and lectu
rer. The object of these loctures are
twofold; first, to do good by giving
information on important subjects, and
second, to procure money to refurnish
the lecturers library. Many of his
books were obliged to be sold at vari
ous timc.3 to procure the means of liv
iner, and wo have every confidence that
a grateful community will liberally be
stow their favors upon one so merito
rious, and who has devoted so much
of his time and abilities to their spir
itual good.
REID, DoWITT &, C4SSELS.
The firm of Winn & Cassels having
been dissolved, the latter gentleman has
entered into copartnership with Messrs.
Reid -5c DeWitt, and the three, under
the style of Reid, DeWitt & Cassols,
are now doing an extensive business in
the Drug line, at the old store of Reid
& DeWitt. They have a large stock
of fresh Drugs on hand, and keep con
stantly supplied with every article in
their branch of business demanded in
this market. For further information
see their advertisement in another co
lumn.
SOUTn GEORGIA & FLOR
IDA RAILROAD.
Our readers have now had a short
breathing spell from the consideration
of this subject, in order to enjoy the
Christmas holidays, and make their
business arrangements for the new
year. If they have been industrious,
they now have opportunity to give
further consideration, and we now ask
them to take up tho subject and dis
pose of it in proper form, that is to say,
by immediately sotting all things con
nected therewith in proper train,- and
voting a sufficient amount of stock to
commence and complete the grading.
1 every friend of the road now be
stir himself, and let Thomas County
remember that her future, importance,
in the state counsels or out of them
depends, in a great measure, upon the
success of this enterprise. Would you
'“Oiti mm jfi-u- L.UU-IJ . 1...-U i,- .:„i.
and powerful witli a strong voice in
the Legislature of the state, or that
she remain poor, weak and impotent,
as at present, without influence to
carry any important measure before
that body! 1 All will answer in the af
firmative —then let us all, with one ac
cord work together harmoniously in
this great enterprise for our mutual
good. When wo once enter upon the
road to prosperity wealth and impor
tance, we shall have plenty of help—it
will flow in upon us from every quarter
so that, no one need fear want of abil
ity to carry out the work once vigorous
ly undertaken. If the old Directors
cannot bo induced to meet and act on
tho subject, wo can take up a now
subscription, thus creating new stock
holders, and assembling those to hold
an election for new Directors, who may
bo willing to put their hands to the
plow and go forward with less fear
and hesitation.
Tim Methodist Episcopal Cornell,
South.— The General .Conference of this
Church, at. its session in New Orleans in
May last, approved of a resolution’for
changing the name of the Church to “Epis
copal Methodist Church and at.su adop
ted a measure providing for lay delegation
in tho General and Annual Conferences'
The Vote of both Ihcso measures was con
siderably over two-thirds, tho requisite
constitutional majority in all organic chan
ges- Hut before they could pass into laws
tho ratification of llircc-fourtqsof Hie mem
bers of tho Annual Conferences present
and voting was necessary. These ques
tions submitted to all the Annual Conferen
ces, except tho Ualtimoro, and their votes
are given in the Richmond Christian Advo
cate of this week, from which it would ap
pear that both measures have been lost.
The footing up of the votes of the Conferen
ces shows tho following result:
For change of name l 0-19
Against change of name ’.us
For lay delegation ] otiff
Against lay delegation ’u>()
Lay delegation lacks 38) votes to make
it a law,and there are 50f rotes to beovor
comc to effect a change in the name of the
Church’.
The Advocate says; “The Baltimore
Conference is the only one uow to vote and
it i.s not probable that tho result will be
materially altered by the vote ot that Con
ference. Botii measures, therefore, may
be considered as lost, r—Uichmond Tima.
Thus it appears that &o favorite
measures of tho Methodist Church
South, have been defeated, in tho face
of tho fact, that an overwhelming ma
jority, even of tho members of the
Conferences favored them. But, if
such a. majority was obtained in tho
Conferences, where there were no lay
men to vote, whut would liavo been
the result had these questions been
put to vote by the whole body of the
Methodist Church ? There can bo no
doutt that the ehaugesin question are
not oiny needed, but earnestly desired
by the great body of the Church, and
it seems impossible that her desires,
so decidedly expressed, should have
been defeated, except through a spirit
of selfishness, and desire on the part
of those who dissented, to rule the
Church without fear of the laity.
A\ hat right lias a faction ot the 1
members of Conference to keen down J
the progressive spirit of the Methodist
Church ? If they find excuse for their
conduct in the binding force of exist
ing laws governing the action of Con
ference, they must learn that written
statutes give place to time and pro
gress, and those who are not capable
of discerning and appreciating the ne
cessity of alteration and enlargement,
to suit the times, must stand out of
the way, or be crushed by the ponder
ous weight of the new born era of
Christian progress It is universally
demanded, that the senseless dogma’s
kept up by the selfish charlatan’s j
among mankind to divide and distract '
society, that their own pampered and \
inflated ignorance may be supported j
in official positions, shall be abandoned, j
and that, in the Churches at least, es- j
tabljshed truth shall become tho stand- j
ard of action, and Jliblc charity the j
golden rule of Christian intercourse.
The time is rapidly spproaching and j
now is, when there will no longer be !
excuse for division among the servants j
of the Most High, for all admit that ;
the Scriptures are plain and harmo
nious ; and whoever stands in the way i
of the grand harmony of the Churches |
and universal Christian reconciliation, |
must, with tho light of the Scriptures
before us, be deemed an enemy to the
souls of men and a sinner in the sight
of God. We say there will bo noezi
cusc because men already boast of tho
wonderful accomplishments of Science,
Art ami Literature,and consider them
selves arrived at the pinnacle of politi
cal and religious knowledge to be at
tained by temporal application; but
whether tljey are in error or not. on
tills point, it is certain that the intelli
gence of mankind lne advanced in a
sufficient degree to enable them to
discover tho universal tendency of
things to perfect harmony, and to learn
from the Bible the ultimate destiny of
the Church. Believing it, their duty
isto follow its teachings—not to fetter
and bind, but to remove all obstacles
their ignorance and confusion have in
terposed, and open up by the light of
their boasted wisdom, the obstructed
highway to the reunion of the now
divided Church. That these obstacles
will finally be removed, we fully be
lieve, and it will bo well for those who
oppose, to consider where they stand
before the work begins.— [Editor
Enterprise.
-Since writing the above, we have
received a coihinunication on the same
subject, which wo also lay before our
leaders, ovor the signature of “ i’no
ouu&s.” It is brief and pointed,
while it bears the impress of one post
ed on the subject of which it treats.
OVERTHROW OF THE GO
VERNMENT/
A correspondent of the Baltimore
Gazette, says that many consultations
have recently been belli in that city
by distinguished gentlemen from all
parts of the country, in view of tho
tl.,i 1?.,r11m,1Q liavo set apart
the sth day of March next for the ini
tion of measures, which are designed
and will fully accomplish their purpose
to subvert the Government and de
prive tho people of their liberties.—
The consultations alluded tn, were for
the purpose of adopting some plan, if
possible, to counteract the plans of the
conspirators, by holding a Convention
of the two millions of voters, who op
posed the Radicals in the late elec
tions, and set ting forth that tho people
of the United States will not submit
to the loss of their liberties without a
struggle.
For t lie Semi- Weekly Southern Enterprise.
Methodist Church—Change of
Name.
Mr. Editor ;—From the papers I
learn that tho Methodist Church can
not get clear cf its distinctive name
■South. Everything seemed to demand
that; the name South should bo chang
ed into a name in which no scctional
ily existed. 'I ho Church demanded
it. The spread of Scripture holiness
demanded it. Priceless immortal souls
demanded it. Yet, strange to say,
with all these weighty considerations
for change, tho Church still retains its
distinctive name. Why is the name
retained ? Or, why was the proposed
name defeated ? We hi liove it was
Solely on tho word Episcopal, it being
a descriptive fcaturo in the economy
of the futuro Church, which is ex
tremely objectionable to a great many.
’1 lie reasons demanding an immediate
change of name were, that the Church
might bo aggressive—spreading east
ward, northward, southward, west
ward, crossing the great deep and un
furling her banner in every land, on
every isle. Beside this feature of ag-
gressiveness it was intended to har
monize discordant elements. Will the
Church of Christ ever harmonize on
Episcopacy with tho many objections
urged against it? A costly appendage,
a fifth wheel in tho uiorai machinery.
A superfluity, 1 think not—there
fore its defeat. Tho time 1 believe
will come, when tho Church will adopt
such a name and such usage as all
can aud will harmonizo on. I also
learn from the papers, Mr. Editor,
that Lay rcpresentnt’on is defeated.
It does seem strange that tho Ministry
should ho so jealous of power as to
defeat so wise a provision as tho ad
mission of the Lay element iu the
counsels of the Church. It is mad
ness, nay, worse, it is tho most con- i
summato lolly. The Laity must build
Colleges—must £ndowColleges—must !
support Colleges—must sustain the j
Literature of tho Church-—must be i
tho hearer of burdens. Yet no loaf of
position is over to he granted them. ■
This looks amazingly selfish, does it
not, Mr. Editor? I think the time
has cotno fora different order of things
to he inaugurated. If the Laity ure !
kept out of the counsels of the Church i
from high and pure motives, upon like
motives, the Ministry must keep to
their high and holy calling and not
trespass Upon the rights of the Laity.
For I am fully persuaded there are as
good Editors outside the Ministry as
there is in tho Ministry. I think
tln-re are men equally as capable of
tilling Presidencies of Colleges outside
the Ministry as there is in the Minis
try. And if there be such a thing as
a Divine Call to the Ministry, which
I have been taught to believe, and to
which I fully subscribe, be who, whe
ther Bishop or any other power, chan
ges his commission so as to read, go
teacli Latin, Astronomy, Mathematics,
or take tho Prpsidcncy or Professor
ship of some College, or go edit a news
paper, or Boss some publishing house,
is usurping the place of God, and per
verting tho purposes of God concern
ing the Minisery. Go preach the
Gospel to every creature is God's com
mission. Have Dot the Ministry tres
passed upon the rights of the Laity ?
Are they not even now in the chiefest
seats ? Arc they not like old Levi’s
sons taking the choice pieces to therm
selves ? I think so. What say you,
Mr. Editor? I can't say what will
hg the resu-t cf the failure of name
being changed, and tho rejection of
the Lay element in the counsels of the
Church. I believe God will overrule
all for good. Tke usages of tho Me
thodist Church, ii, some respects, may
be objectionable, hit her doctrines as
taught by her Minsters are pure, and
the world can and will harmonize on
them. So believes
PROGRESS.
Tallahassee, Jin. 18, ’67.
A Grand Enterprise.
The Pacific Rairoad is the most
stupendous undertaking of the age,
whether considered In itself as an enr
gineering triumph, <r viewed in con
nection with its results. This gigantic
work is being gradually but steadily
pushed forward, and though little talk
ed about, the amount of labor already
accomplished is sufficient to excite
wonder. This enterprise will have a
powerful influence on the commercial
affairs of the entire continent. It will
bring within the scop of American
genius a tract of country of almost in
credible extent and richness. A r ast
territories now scarcely accessible will
bo suddenly opened to emigrants who
will appreciate and devdope the agri
cultural and mineral treasures hither
to beyond th( reach of ind-irtry. At
no previous priod of our nation’s his
tory has the developomcnt of those
distant rcgiois been of so great impor
tance as at pierent. With a vast debt
impending, ill the resources of the
country shorn! be laid under contri
bution for is reduction; and in no
surer way cat the aggregate wealth of
the nation be increased than by the
energetic pirsuit, of agriculture and
mining. A tew field for industry will
be opened in tho Western Territories,
and one of ainost, inconceivable fertil
ity. Room will be made at once for
millions nf irfflustriniis nmigratPs, the
Eastern States will be relieved 6f
their nurplijs population, and pros
perous eolorjes will soon redeem one
of the most, magnificent countries in
tiro world from a state of barrenness.
The Uniui Pacific Railroad, when
completed, trill resemble a gigantic
letter Y, with the expansion looking
eastward. Two rival companies are
contending for the trade that must ac
cumulate at the eastern extremity of
the main lijic. One company repre
sents tho interests of Chicago, whence
a lino travlrscs lowa to Omaha, and
the forks ofithe Platte river-—the prc>
sent termints. Thence a line will be
carried 280 miles to a point on tho
Laramie Plains, where the rival road
from St. Jpuis will unite with that
from Chicago. The present terminus
of tho St. touis road is at Junction
City, for hundred and fifty miles cast
of Denver, yliich city is one hundred
and twcnty'iniles from the pointof in.
tcrsection o& Laramie Plains.
From tliij point the road will cross
tho Rocky Mountains and stretch to
the valley and city of Great Salt
Lake. Westward of Salt Lake it will
cross the dbsert, follow the course of
tho Humboldt river, and, reaching the
eastern boundary of California, join
the Central Pacific Railroad, already
in running order to Sacramento and
San Francisco, one hundred and thirty
nine miles. The total distance from
San Eraneinco to New York, via Chi
cago, will bo two thousand nine him>
dred and fifty .eight miles, it is expec
ted tho passenger trains will pass over
in six days. It is hoped that the en
tire road will be in operation as early
as the summer of 1870. The comple
tion of this magnificent enterprise will
be an epoch in American history, and
a bond of union between widely separa
ted regions of country
Good Advice to Debtors and Grcel
itors.—The Virginia Stay Law has
boon decided unconstitutional. The
Richmond Times, in commenting on
this judgment of tho Court, gives the
following sound advice, which is quite
as applicable to Georgia as to Virginia.
Let all our people heed it, and the day
of prosperity will yet dawn upon us :
Our own advice to all debtors is to
put no faith in those pretended friends
who deceive them with the idea that
there is any real relief in “stay laws,”
and such like unconstitutional and un
real measures of relief. They should
seek to renew those kindly relations
with creditors which the action of the
Legislature has rudely disturbed.—
They should make some provisiou for
the partial relief of tho unhappy credit
tors who, having been equal sufferers
with themselves from the calamities of
tho war, are now unable to collect a
cent either of the principal or interest
of their debts.
IVe should deprecate and denounce,
as unworthy of a Sliylock even, any at
tempt of creditors, at this time, to exi
tort the payment of the principal and
interest of these debts, where such ex
tremo measures would involve the
sacrifice of property and the ruin of
the debtor; but every debtor should
make the payment of a portion of the
interest upon his debts a matter of
honor and sacred duty. Without this
is done, creditors must starve or be
forced to seek relief in the courts. —
Let all debtors bear In miad that their
refusal to pay either the piincipal or
interest of their debts inflicts the most
terrible wrong upon thousands of help
less widows and orphans, as well as
upon men whose losses have been as
great as their own.
From Washington.
Washington Jan. 18— Senate. —
The communication from Gov. Bram
lette, of Kcirtuckcy, announcing the
rejection of the amendment, was laid
on the tabic.
Numerous petitions from millitary
men asking increased pay were offered.
The bill for the protection of national
cemeteries was read.
The tenure of office hill was taken
up. Mr. Sumner, under license, of the
veto reported yesterday, proceeded iri
denouncing the President bitterly.—
Reverdy Johnson made the point that
Mr. Sumner was disqualifying himself
from acting in a judiciary capacity
should tho President come before tho
Senate.
In connection with the report that
Mr. Cowan would be appointed Secre
tary of War, Mr. Howe said he would
oppose Mr. Stanton’s removal. Mr.
Buckalcw thought the report ground
less. The bill passed—29 to 9. It
excepts Cabinet officers, Judges of the
Supreme Court, Other officers shall
be appointed as at present, and holds
until successors are appointed in like
manner. The President may suspend,
for misconduct or inability, appointing
temporarily a suitable person. The
President shall furnish to the Senate
the evidence on which suspicion is
based. If the suspension is confirmed,
the new appointments are made; oth
erwise the suspended officer resumes
the functions. The President may fill
vacancies from death or resignation,
to hold till the termination of the next
session. The acceptance of office and
removal from office, signing, sealing
and countersigning commissions con
trary to the provisions of the bill, is
declared a high misdemeanor, punish
able with fine and imprisonment, of
not exceeding ten thousand dollars or
five years imprisonment,
What General Beauregard Says. —
New Orleans, Jan. 10. —A letter irom
General Beauregard to W. 11. C. King,
editor of the Times, appears tomorrow
morning in reference to the statements
published in Northern papers on na
tional questions. Gen. Beauregard
states that he did not make a speech
at Canton, but said, in private conver
sation, that the South had defended
what it conceived to he constitutional
rights, and having appealed to the ar
bitrament of arms, it yielded to the
dooiaion which was given against it,
and that he believed the Southern
people were now willing to accept the
Constitution as mado by war and un
derstood by the Supreme Court. In
regard to the Constitutional amend
ment, lie said he had little opportuni
ty, except through the papers, to as
certain public sentiment, but his indi
vidual sentiment was that the South
should not accept it, as its interests
and manhood forbade it The South
was at the mercy of the North, but
should nover do anything which its
honor did not approve, or which fails
to protect its interests ; and that if he
used the word consolidated govern
ment, lie meant a common Federal
National Government, operating under
the Constitution as interpreted by the
Supreme Court.
After Dinner Speeches. — Frazer’s
Magazine tells the following on Dan
iel Webster, while speaking under the
influence of convivial potations :
At a public dinner where Webster
was to speak, he bad to be prompted
by a friend; and, on his making a
pause, the friend behind insinuated
“ National Debt.’’ Webster at once
fired up : “ And, Gentlemen, there’s
the National Debt-—it should be paid;
and, if it shan't bo, I’ll pay it myself!
How much is it?” And as he made
this query, with a druken seriousness,
of a gentleman near him, taking out
bis pocket hook, which was always
notoriously empty, the absurdity was
too much for the audience.
Another of his speeches is reported
in full as follows:
“slen ot Rochester I am glad to see
| you, and I am glad to see your noble
| city. Gentlemen, I saw your falls,
| which 1 am told are one hundred and
! filly feet high. That is a very intercs-
I ting fact. Gentlemen, Rome hail her
j Omsnr, her Scipio, her Brutus j hut
| Borne in her proudest days, had never
I u waterfall a hundred and fifty feet
high! Gentlemen, Greece had her
| Pericles, her Demosthenes and her
hut Greece, in her palmiest
days, never had a waterfall a hundred
j and fifty feet .high ! Men of Roche s
' ter, go on. No people ever lost their
liberties who had a waterfall a hundred
| and fifty feet high !”
I The Supremo Court of Alabama lias
| decided that the I'. S. Stamp Act, so
j far ns relates to judicial proceedings
in the State Courts, is unconstitution.
! ui.
In the Senate, on Tuesday last, slr.
Sherman presented a petition asking
Congress to prohibit any one addicted
to intoxicating liquor from holding of
fice under tho Government. It was
refered to the Committee on Retrench
ment.
JttV'The Bainbridge A/‘gw* advo
cates the subscription ot an hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, by the city !
of Bainbridge and the County of Do- i
entnr, to enable the Atlantic A Gulf
Railroad Company to extend the road j
to Bainbridge during tb? present year. !
A Popular Danish Story.
In the village of Ebbcrup, in Funen,
lived a very wealthy farmer, who had
gone one day to Assens with a load of
barley ; so one of his neighbors, a cot
tager, asked leave to go along with him
for the sake of fetching home goods in
the empty cart. The farmer had no
objection, so the cottager lollowed the
cart on foot, and as it was a very hot
day, he pulled off his worsted stock
ings and wooden shoes, and stuffed
them under the barley in tho back of
the cart. It happened to be on Sun
day, and they had to pass close by a
church on the roadside. The man
got a little way behind the cart, so
that he could see that the minister
was in the pulpit. It struck him that
as the farmer was driving very slow,
lie might as well turn in and hear a
bit of the sermon ; he could soon make
up to the cart again. He did not like
to go so far into the church that the
minister could see him, so he stood in
side the door. The Gospel that day
was about the rich man and tho beg
gar. Just as the traveler entered the
church the minister shouted out,‘‘But
what has become of that rich man ?”
The EbberHp man thought that the
minister was speaking to him, hj lie
stepped forward and, said ‘‘He drove on j
to Assens with a load of barley.” “No !•,
thundered the minister, “he wcut to j
hell.” “Mercy on us !’’ cried the ot'i- [
er, running out of church, “then I j
must look after my shoes and stock- I
ingsi”
Power of Women in Turkey.—
A man meeting a woman in tho street
turns his head from her; as if it were
forbidden to look on her, they seem to
detest an impudent woman, to shun
and avoid her. Any one, therefore,
among the Christians, who may have
discussions or altercations with Turks,
if he lias a woman of spirit, or a vira
go for his wife, sets her to revile and
browbeat them, arid by these means
not unfrequently gains his point. The
highest disgrace and shame would at.
tend a Turk who should rashly lift
his hand against a woman ; all lie can
venture to do, is to treat her with
harsh and contemptuous words, or to
march off. The sex lay such stress on
this privilege, that they are frequently
apt to indulge their passion to excess
to he most unreasonable in their claims
and violent and irregular in the pur--
suit of them. They will importune,
tease, and insult a judge on tho bench,
or cven'the vizier at his divan ; the of
ficers of justice do not know how to
resent their turbulence ; and it is a
crcneral observation that, to get rid of
them, they often let them gain their
cause.
America no Place for Fools. —-One
James Howard, a noted manufacturer
of agricultural implements in Bedford,
England, has recently visited this
country, and on his return to his na
tive land delivered an addressed be
fore the London Farmers’ Club, in the
course of which lie said that he had
been profoundly impressed witli the
happiness, prosperity, energy, intelli
gence and self-government of the
American people. lie wondered that
so many people arc willing to remain
in the old world, without a chance to
rise, with hardly a chance to exist. If
the United States were crowded as
England is, the population would he
nearly a thousand millions. In reply,
however, to the question whether lie
thought large and opulent English
farmers would do well to send out their
sons to America, lie remarked that
one of the first memoranda which he
made in his diary after weeing the
United States was that it was no use
to send a fool to America.
The ]Vaste of I Var. —The immense
amounts of arms and nmunition used
during the war by the Union armies
arc shown by a report just mado from
the Ordinance Bureau, at Washing
ington. By this report it appears that
from January Ist, 1861, to June Both,
1866, there were provided for tho
millitary service 7,892 cannon ; 11,787
artillery carriages ; 6,888,295 artillery
projectiles, shot and shell; 6,530,909
pounds of grape and canister shot ;
2,862,177 pounds of fixed artillery
amunation; 8,477,655 small arms,
muskets, rifles, carbines and pistols;
544,475 swords, sabres and lances;
2,146,175 complete sets of infantry
accoutrements ; 216.371 complete sets
of cavalry accouterments; 589,544
complete sets of horse equipments;
28,164 sets of two horse artillery har
ness, 732,626 horse blankets; 1,022,-
176,474 cartridges.
Tho Impeachment Matter.
The latest informntion received in
regard to the impeachment of the
President is conflicting and uusatis
factoiy. The New York Times, of the
14th, whose editor is a member of the
House of Representatives, expressed
the opinion that the sense of a majori
ty of the Radical party in congress was
“overwhelmingly hostile to the im
peachment proceeding." But,strange to
say, in the issue of tho succeeding day
it dissects the Rrdical character of the
Judiciary Committee and closes with
the following prediction : “Tho chan
ces are two to one that the Committee
will bririg in an impeachment; and as
only a majority vote is required, the
chances are also two to one tnat this
impeachment will be sustained by the
House of Representatives.”—Savan
nah Herald
The Oyster Trade of Boston, —W e
sec by a statement in the Boston Dost
that since Mnv last over 1,200,000
bushels of oysters have been received
at the port of Boston for the supply of
the trade of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Northern New \ ork ati»l
Canada East. This is in addition to
tho home trade, which is also immense.
Fix of the principal oyster firms keep
300 men constantly employed in open
ing ovsters.
Proceeding ©l' Council.
COUNCIL ROOM,
Thomasville, Jan. 21, ’67.
A regular meeting of Council con*
vened this night. Present Hon. R.II.
Harris, Mayor, Aldermen Han-Sell,
Hammond, Read, DeWitt, Bower, and
Taylor.
lbe minutes of the last meeting
weie read and Confirmed.
1 His Honor the Mayor laid before
Council a petition of sundry citizens of
Thomasville in relation to the election
of Marshal in opposition to John Spair,
After the ?ame was read, Col. J. L.
Seward bciqg present, took the floor,-
and addressed Council in advocacy of
the petition.
His Honor the Mayor called Alder
man lleid to the chair, and in turn ad
dressed Council on the same matter, to
which Col. Seward made a rejoinder.
Aldermen DeWitt and Taylor also
took part in the debate, and the dis
cussion became somewhat general
After the debate had subsided his
Honor the Mayor made an address to
tho Aldermen explanatory of his
course in the premises.
J lie whole matter finally resulted in
this, that Council determ ned that the
mode and manner of qualifying the ol
ficers elect of Council had been nor
lect; but to leave tho election without
dispute, the Clerk and Treasurer and
Marshal of their own accord resigned
and Council determined that 7hoy
would go into anew election at tho
next regular meeting, to be held on
Monday night next, lor Clerk and
Treasurer, Marshal and Public Weieh-
A communication was then presen
ted and read by his Honor from Elijah
R. llurst. complaining of the lines of
the streets as run off in Maxwell’s Sur.
vey. Referred to the street commit,
tee.
The following Committee cn Fire
Department, omitted last week, was
then announced by the Mayor— to wit:
Bower, DeWitt, Hammond.
A bill from Dr, W. P. Clower for
83.75, and one from'U. Wilson,• Jailor,
for 83.90 were referred to Committee
on Finances.
Aldermen Read, Hammond and
Ilansell were appointed a special com
mittee to investigate the claim of Rev.
W. T. Taylor.
Ilia liornr presented to Council
copies of the acts authorizing the issu
ing of bon is for railroad purposes;
and an act authorizing the opening (4*
streets, and governing the sale of
liquor in the Town of Thomasville.—
Laid on the table for the present
A matter regarding John G. Pit
man’s fonee and one of a like nature
presented by Aid. Bower, were all ro
forced to the Committee an streets.
Letter from R. M. Bain read and
laid on the fable for the present.
The Committee on Cemeteries was
requested to have a lence put around
the new Cemetery as early as practica.
blc.
It was moved and carried that
\\ ibis J. Parnell be permitted to open
Jackson street, provided he puts a
bridge over the branch, and does tho
whole work at his own expense.
Council then adjourned.
WM. CLINE, Clerk.
OBITUARY.
It is with s,id and profound feelings of
regret, that we announce the death of Mrs.
Cyrk.va C. Morgan, consort of Mr. Hamp
ton Morgan, which occurred at the resi
dence of the latter on tho 7th of January,
instant.
After a very brief illness, she departed
< liia life in the very bloom of womanhood,
being only nineteen years of age.
The deceased was a daughter of the
Key. Win. A. McDonald, of Ware County,
Georgia. She was a devout member of
tho M. E. Church, in which Church she
embraced rcligiou iu early life and died
witli the hope of a blessed immortality.
She leaves many friends and relatives
te mourn her loss, as well as a devoted
husband (although young) to endure the
sad bereavement.
Iloniersvilie, Ua., Jan. 15, 18G7.
.1 H-)
TO THE PUBLIC.
Important Lectures.
Tub Rev. Josephus Anderson may bo
expected to deliver two Lectures in Thom
asville, in the Court House; the first on
Monday night, Feb. 4ili, at 7} o’clock, on
“ The liible and Astronomy and the se
cond on Tuesday, Feb. 6lli, at 7) I*. M.,
on “The Itible and Geology.”
These Lectures will ombraco matured
views of a deeply interesting character on
these important subjects.
l’ricc of admittance 50 cents. Tickets
to be hud at the door, and at Hie store of
Hardaway & Mcßiuuon, aud G. A. Jeffers
& Son. jnn 22
IlKOlttil.l -Tlminn. f'ounlf.
Court of Ordinary, Jan- JlSth, 18T.7.
lIKKK AS. ,1 F. lirnokx having l>v Prti
tioii made application to this Court f..r Letters
of Guardianship, for tlie tterson, property ami
effects of Josephine Clnrae, a minor resident
"t said County —All person* interested are
notified to tilo their ohjertion* in Court oth
erwise said la-tters Will i-e granted and issued
to said applieant in terms of the law.
It II TOOKE,
Jan 23-Stid* Ordinary.
NOTICE
To Everybody
i\ r R, tli f’AR now hut to th
▼ ▼ public, ibal we uru ready to
grind corn,
As we l ave purchased an Lupine and Mill of
sufficient power to do good work,and the way
you hsvoto prove it. is to bring your Corn anil
see if you do not get good Meal.
In (' iinrcliou with "iir Mill we will mske
Furniture to order. Sash Winds, limns. Rip.
Dre--, Ii . and Groove Flank, make Cot*
yus to order, with 11. ,trices an,ld .patch
TAYI.OIC* DKKI.E.
Ti »- undersigned will also take contracts for
• ». .a- ' t''lng aH other kinds of
work pertaining to his trade.
11. i inung his grateful thanks to the putdie
f-r their IjU-rul patronage in the past, he hopes
to an-rit a contimiauee ot the same
ISAIAH DKKLK.
Jan 2 i ts
L)I »Mi FOB SALE.
way A Son, 7 octave Rosewood Case,
nearir new. for sate cheap. Apply to
Jan 5-1 a E. REMINGTON Jt SON.