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SOUTHERN BANNER: MAUtil 19 1878. Fatal Cloudburst. I.OSS OF MFC AND PROPERTY AT CAMANCHK, CALAVERAS COL’NTT, CAL. A correspondent from Comanche i 1 writes to the Stockton Independent, February 17th, as follows: “ At halt- past four o’clock this (Sunday) after noon, the heavy rainstorm which had prevailed during the day, culminated in a cloudburst in the hills just south of here. Four funnel-shaped clouds, dark as night, apparently about five hundred yards apart, with their apex trailing the ground, were observed passing in a northeasterly direction, Germany and the Dutch. ! [i has been lately stated that Ger- ] many is covetous of Holland, as much I for her insular possessions as for her 'ontiuenlal position, and that, in the event of a war between England and Russia, Germany would be likely to annex both Holland and Belgium. The designation “ Dutch,” sometimes applied either ignorantly or in con tempt to the Germans, belongs to the people of Holland. If the Ro mans or Greeks, the English, French or Germans have ever conducted national affairs with more wisdom and sobriety than Holland, Belgium or the Netherlands, there is no evi- and it was apparent that there was a , . , . . .. . ; deuce of it m the records of history. It is unnecessary to dwell upon the admirable manner in which the Dutch very heavy precipitation oi rain. Soon the slopes of the hills were cov ered with torrents of water, which carried with it brush, fences, and even locks, to the gulches below. In a few minutes Camaiiche creek, al ready carrying its maximum of water, was vastly increased in volume, so as to overspread the flats on either side, and fences, hencoops, and the litter about the houses in Chinatown began to move. While I was speculating upon the prospect of an inundation, we were startled by a horseman, who rapidly rode into town shouting that the reservoir had broken. Almost at the same time a bank of murky water several feet in height, bearing brush, fences, debris of all kinds, cattle, horses and pigs, was hurried forward with fearful momentum. As it struck Chinatown, built on the creek, the low, shabby tenements gave way with a crash. A Chinaman, with his wife and child, who had mounted the roof, were borne past, vainly appeal ing for aid it was impossible to give. In a few minutes, another house yielded to the mad torrent. As it fell and parted, I had a momentary glimpse of its half dozen inmates, in cluding a woman and her new-horn babe, when the rcof closed down, buryiug all beneath the flood. Only a man arose to clamber upon the roof, _where he retained his position till out of sight. He was finally rescued by seizing a bush and dragging himself out. The Chiuese report a loss of six men, two women and two children. It was, indeed, a sad sight to see them moving on to certain death, without the possibility of extending aid, and enlisted the sympathies of all beholders. One poor fellow, with his dog, was so fortunate as to gain a friendly mound of earth about three feet square, protected by some drift which deflected the current, where he remained until the waters sub sided. The ranches and gardens on ! the creek have suffered great loss o', lenccs, outbuildings, garden truck and washing of the soil. The clouds above referred to, seemed to move in the direction of Lancha Plana, and whinny expect to hear of further damage. ETIWAN DISSOLVED BONE, The highest grade ACID PHOSPHATE Offered in any Fertilizer, therefore, the best and cheapest for Compost. S Etiwan Crop Food, A concentrated combination of Potash, and very high grade Soluble Phosphate, (put up in barrels, 250 lbs. each.) Nine years’ use satisfies me that Eriwan Dis solved Bone is decidedly superior to, and will go further than, any other Fertilizer. Used alone, or composted with Cotton Seed or Stable Manure, furnishes the cheapest and best Fer tilizer for Cotton. Bone produces and ripens Fruit, will remain in the toil, if not cropped out, on account of drouth, and be available in succeeding crops. Bono is the only material a planter can afford to purchase, and is indispensable. EDWARD BANCROFT, Agent, Barry’s Corner, Broad St., Athens, Gu. fcb5-3m. Gocl and the Angels Looked Down. [Kansas City (Mo.) Times.] It was raining, and the streets were gloomy and uninviting. An express wagon headed the procession, iu which sat a gray-haired old lady beneath an old umbrella, which par tially sheltered her and the driver from the rain. She was bowed with grief and sorrow, and wore that tired, weary aspect of despair which be tokened hopelessness. Just behind her was a rough coffin of plain, un dressed pine—a pauper coffin. What it contained, could only be guessed by inference. In a lumber wagon, just behind the coffin, came a family of children, drenched with rain and shivering in their rags. But they were all crying and bowed with an guish. It was a sad sight, and told a tale of poverty and sorrow in lan guage which spoke louder than words. An aged widow, too proud to give her deceased consort a pau per’s burial. A sad and sorrowful family in a borrowed wagon. No friends, no hearse, no coffin but a rough pine box, no carriages; noth ing but a drenching rain, a dreary journey and a gloomy return. It was the most affecting funeral that evor passed through the streets of Kansas City. have managed their home affairs, and rescued land from the sea which they have made the garden of Europe. As a people they are distinguished by sobriety, industry and persever ance, and it lias been remarked that “ even the youth of both sexes are as sedate and cautious as the older peo- of the nation.” The principal city of America—New York—traces the best of its population to Dutch emig.a- tion. The insular possessions of Holland have been managed with a degree of skill and success unparal leled by other nations. It is doubt ful whether Germany, if she should acquire Holland and Belgium, would he as successful in colonial govern ment as the Dutch have been. The total population of the Dutch East Indies is over 21,000,000. Java alone has 18,000,000. In the variety and value of their productions these islands are the richest in the world, and if Germany should get them in her'possession English maritime su premacy would beseriouslyimperiled. Holland has applied in her colonies the co-operative system of govern ment, making use of the forms of administration she found in existence, and entrusting the natives, in con junction with her own officers, with their application under home rule. Iu all Netherlands India the European army numbers only twelve thousand men, and this suffices, owing to their wise system of government, to hold t wenty-four million of people in sub jection. A recent English traveler in Java says: “ Perfect order pre vails. I believe the Dutch sover eignty is about as popular and as secure as the rule of a few aliens over a great subject population can ever be made, and that the country flour ishes under it as well as a subject I country can ever be expected to do.’ The revenue of Java is equal to one filth of that of all British India, although its population is barely one-tenth being as 18,000,000 to 190,000,000. While in British India the expenditure has for many years largely exceeded the revenue, there has been invariably in Java an an nual surplus, amounting iu 1804 to 35,000,000 guilders. By the culture system through which the natives arc ail obliged to work, and the govern ment purchases the coffee, sugar, tea, tobacco, indigo, pepper and other products of their toil at fair cash prices on del very,the prosperity and fertility of Java lias vastly increased. The natives have a certain return for their labor, and the means of com fortable existence are assured. There is no pauperism or misery. All the population is at ease and happy.’’ Should Holland become incorpor ated with Germany the latter would iuherit the splendid Dutch colonial dominions, but there is no reason to believe that slic would inherit the skill and prudence to advance their present prosperity. The naval de velopment of Germany, accompanied by largu acquisitions in Oceanica and Malaysia, would imperil British na tional supremacy, ami it would be wiser in England to provide lor the preservation of Dutch independence than to waste her energies in a bar ren war with Russia. ■^Taa-tecL EMPLOYMENT either as a Tanner, Engi neer, or Carpenter. Good references (riven, and wages reasonable. Address, J. 11. R., care of Atliens Georgian, Athens, Ga my22-tf Horses and Mules. Will be here by the 5th of January, witli two ear loads of horses, and remain for’the season at Gann «fc Reaves’ stable. dec25-tf. W. S. HOLMAN. FOR SALE OR RENT. DWELLING WITH EIGHT GOOD .rooms, fire place in each of the rooms, good double brick kitchen, stable carriage and out houses. Locution on Hancock avenue, near Lucy Cobb Institute. |J. H. HUGGINS, o6-tf No. 7 Broad street. For Sale. A second-hand Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Maciiine; lias been but little used and is in per fect order. For sale cheap for eash. Apply at ng29-tf. THIS OFFICE TO RENT or buy a small cottage home, eon venient to the busiuess portion of the city. Ai. unimproved lot, if desirably located, might be sold. Apply at Georgian office. my22-t* COCHHAN, ATTOHITE7 A.T Gainesville, Gu. •Real Estate and General Land Agent fori purchase and sale of Mineral and Farming Lands in Hall, and the other countiesof North east Georgia. Mineral ores tested and titles to property investigated. Special attention given to the purchase and sale of city property, may.—6m J. N. DORSEY. Attorney. g SCHAEFER. COTTOXT BTTTSR, Toeoa City, Ga. P' dJ Agent oc20-1675-tf or Winship’s Gins and 1’ress J^IVERT AX'D SALE STABLE. Carriages, Buggies &. horses tor hire. Terms reasonable. E. M. WHITEHEAD, Washington, Wilkes couuty, Ga. OV26-1875-I) ELEGANT CARDS, no two alike, with Ji 1) name, 10c.; or 15 Comic Photos or Ac tresses, 10c.; or 2o Fine Scroll Cards, 20 styles, no names, 10c. post paid. nov20-2t J. B. 1IUST D.jSWti.N.Y. LIVERY, PEED AND SA E mi JL'fcb.exia, Georgia. GANN & REAVES, PROPRIETORS. Will l>e found at their old stand, rear Frank lin House building, Thomas street. Keep al ways on hand good Turnouts and ca.clut dri- vera. Stock well cared for when cm rusted to our care. Stock on hand for sale at all times. declStf. Boot sm.cL Siioe-lMaJserr. ATHENS, GEORGIA, (Ovi:b Jacobs & Michael’s Stobk.) First class work turned out on short notice, at liberal prices. Give me a call and get good material and fine work. n>archl3-tf The 1877. Quarterly Reviews A prominent Chinese merchant, of San Francisco, who has recently re turned from Hong Kong, describes the famine in the northern provinces of China as terrible. In one district last year out of a population of96,000, about 80,090 died of starvation. Blackwood’s Magazine The Leonard Scott Publishing Co., 41 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK, Continue their authorized Reprints of the FOUR LEADING QUARTERLY REVIEWS. a EniNncnr.il Review (Whig) London Quarterly Review (Conservative), Westminister Review (Liberal), British Quarterly Review (Evangelical), AND BLACKWOOD’S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.) The British Quarterlies give to the reader well-digested information upon the great events in contemporaneous history, and contain master ly criticisms on all that is fresh and valuable in literature, as well as a summary of the triumphs of science and art. Tbe wars likely to convulse all Europe will form topics for discussion, that will be treated with a thoroughness and ability nowhere else to be found. Blackwood’s Magazine is fatuous for stories, essays, and sketches of the highest literary merit. TERMS (Including Postage): Patauli Stejotly in Advance. For any one Review £4 00 For any two Reviews .....V... 7 00 For any three Reviews . ’ .10 00 For all four Reviews To 00 For Blackwood’s Magazine. 4 04 For Blackwood and one Review..*..*.!!!!! 1 00 For Blackwood and two Reviews 10 00 For Blackwood and throe Reviews 18 00 For Blackwood and the four Reviews 15 00 OK ABUS CARDS, with name 10c. 25 Escort Cards, 25 styles, 10c. novgQ-2t. J. B. BUSTED, Nwsati, NY NORTHLAST GEORGIA J OB WORK OF;ALL FESCRIP- tion neatly done at thiroffice. STOVE EKsllem Cotton Fertilizer ■—ajnto DOBBS’ CHEMICALS FOR t IV The undersigned lias just had manufactured to his-own order a large and fresh supply of the well known Excellenza Guano andDobbsCliemiealsfor Composting which he otters to planters of Northeast Georgia andsurrounding country, at the same price as last year Giving IScts. per pound inr Cotton on basis of middling Payable 1st Nov. 78. These Fertilizers have been inspected by authority of the Stale and found to be up to former siarid- ard and above. All persons desiring to purchase in Athens, wi'l call on the undersigned at his sure. They can also be obtained from the following agents. « S. M. SHANKLE, Harmony Grove, Ga. BOON & ALEXANDER Maysvillc. Ga. McWHORTER & YOUNG, Antioch, Ga. P. II. BOWERS, Franklin Springs, Ga. W. A. ROYSTON “ “ Ga. M. M. JOHNSON, Bowersville, Hart county, Ga. A. R. ELLIOTT, Grove, Elbert county, Ga. R. H. KENNEBREW, Lexington, Ga. S. C. DOBBS, Athens,, jan223iu. GUANO! GUANO! HOUSE, BETTS & 00., NO 6, BROAD STREET, ATHENS, GEORGIA- GENERAL AGENTS FOR Carollna^Fertniase]? Eagle Ammoniated Bone Phosphate., AND Eagle Compound Acid Phosphate. The above Fertilizers are offered to the planters of Northeast Georgia with ti c assurance tha their commercial value is equal to any in the market. Thousands of Farmers in Carolina, Georgia and Alal-ama are ready to attest their value, and we have no hesitancy in recommencing them to otii friends and customers. Prices as Low as other Standard Fertilizers. jrin83m. HOUSE, BETTS A CO. Tinware DEPOT. ATHENS, GEORGIA. w« »„ SUPERINTENDENT. jan8 6a • PLANTERS’ HOTEL, A.TT OUT ST A, GEORGIA. 3NrES"W Eiates Reduced to $3 per Day. HAVING LEASED THIS WELL KNOWN HOTEL , I enter upon its management by Reducing Rates, and asking of the Travel ing Public, especially my friends of Carolina and Georgia, a continu ance ot that liberal support they have always given it. . IF 1 . BROWN. FORMERLY Of CHARLESTON, l-KOI’CIETOK. ian23-5m Wando Fertilizer AND Wando Acid Phosphate, MADE BY Wando Phosphate Company — OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA Our Fertilizer and Acid Phosphate rank among the highest grades in the market. Sold for Middling Cotton at 15 cents per pound, STANDARD GUARANTEED. Send for Circulars with Analyses and Terms. For sale bj J. H. HUGGINS, Athens, Ga. feb.12.2m -ix/r a t=?,:ec:e3:a.:m: siotjsjs %.tlaata, Georgia. The proprietor of the MARKAM HOUSE takes this method ot informing the traveling public, that notwithstanding the great Euro pean war, his hotel will continue to entertain with its usual hospi - ties and first-class accommodations, such as he flatters himself has given great popularity and success to his house, and general satisfac tion to those who have honored him by becoming his guests. Board reasonable and accommodations first-class. S. Qweas> JPteprifstoi?"