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1?V 0LISBY, 'JONES A* ItF.ESE.
MACON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 18/3.
Number G,715
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Solid Hall.
Tuebc arc onij* nine person* in Au-
' i't. ijkt W ta^ca "n real aa 1 p i. ml
p.'-perty ..f the raltic jof ^10",0i>) anil
j upward. They arc It. S. Dual
:«Xi; estate of A. ttould. $161,3
< ejo-li ii.h, $IOI,N * l ; * t.iUj of Isaac Henry.
3'. 1 3JS0; tol Tl T. K9g, SlSOJrfO; (state
: 'if Mrs. E. !L Moljacaux, J-J7,000; AT.
I W. Mmlromcry, trortoe. $131,000; E.
i Thomas. »178JW0; Mr*. E. H. TWnaan,
• jr/e^oa ' 'V‘ -
j IlaxxcH, Sons A. Co. are offering Macon
and Brunswick lioods at sixty-three cants
! on the dollar.
lac >.arlj CtoBIR^tiMnofHmt
‘•ne cotton jiatch in this part of theooun-
try that has escaped the ravages of the
nwson aatignol for its
arm would ham to
c irry rations in order to make the trip.”
More Temptation.—Andrew*, of the
, Wa.,hington Gazette, is the most unfor
tunate man in Georgia. Nobody about
The Columbus Sun of Sunday has the
following:
Vsnoalism or the Geossest Kinu.—
There are people in Columbus who dis-
s 11 inu 1 gxnot then.-elviM i-ad th ir nuir.iiood 1*7
r, $10_\- eartymg concealed weapons, and some are
i' \t. IL I " r ^! B ^* C J ar > ; discharged. Lust
Et-PBEMDETT DAVIS.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
DAY DISPATCHES.
An African Kingdom.
I An Englishman. Mr. J. A. Skctchly,
He Explain. HI. lair NpcrcU. Hailr , . . , . ^
Before the Southern ibtarical So. I ^ just returned from that interesting
clcty. country, the Kingdom of Dahomey, on the
Actuated By the) pr--.it 11 w about | wt a - ■« c_st < f Afri w. .a-1 for six months
0 __ nothing that some of the papers were get- •» spied the .ivngerms :x*ation of guest
Tuesday nijfrt at i-TO a. w. some sooim- ting, IT Orcr the late p ojii* of Mr. DarUJ e le King. II ifctta ti \c the only
STloUWSat ^3? man ever admitted * those
The- ball entered midway a window, pass- j Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, an sacred purlieus which are guarded by.a
cd through the plastering and lodged in ! editor of the Memphis Appeal on j corps of 1^000 African women, accoutered
a post, where itwas extracted. No one | him, and the following is fcnw they talked drilled as soMiers:
«...
ThViv.. p 7 1 terest of the iml-lta. aKxto.il- and mast l^tmg three ^during wuchho was i:
Thi. lvome C.cncr s»J*>: a’wavs feel, .m int.rek ir ar.rthin- job •••~«teu a pnu -e ,4t,ieroyalUoMA**e.
• , . Tj- k_ & J ■ and a gemr. 1 of the art.Y, (.»ut not of the
<1?, or tha cf-uccrns you, lo a?k somd r3P '
rm .. .Ti * r* .#1 h. *«rr j f i.*n pe mi tecl tosce
Rv. sanev swit-
Moke Bittkr Fruits or Bullocks
Clikknct.—Our ruaden *”
that name four yean ago
acter in Gordon
««lera will icmernW rZ |!.t 3 ‘'N. ^ '
! ^ISf^ri^in^a =
Long, wantimly muvderod a good ctixen thi , that^Mp«*h has been vari- I ‘ he nnan™! human «
2 th « “ n *f of EohoU. forwhieh eftnsa ] on dy , ommented • upon Ip the Nortitem j
is- county, Ala., where hwt 1 ues<lay, the 2d,
,r »«ny y«»rs wo have l<oen resting >»■ <*«=« wh**k«T. 7«* somebody is, h , ti^chenmxt murdered a worthy gen-
iw was tried and condemned to ho hung,
hut Wu pardoned by Bullock, and turned
loose upon the community to kill again
when his devilish instincts prompted him.
This murderer has turned up in DeKaib
county, Ala., where hut Tuesday, the 2d,
n s.nml ceremonial
" I when the principal human sacrifices take
*, plae-i.
and Southern press, and severely denminc- ’ A 1 Y-tho Mcn-hoo-
- * whtSve heStea
1st the
i ..jvc, pine torch.
phis oat an established fact—proved
|.( iamiAakaUe indicia and acquiesced
,, }.y all th” philosopher*. This groat
ji, V n! liquid tire incloaod h» a “crust,”
ua the universally received faith in all
tV wheel, for young and old, and it ac-
j.j.jut -1 for the volcanmjs and the earth*
-ia:k«s. which were mer i collip.ea in tho
^4 where it ha>l burnt oat wb m to he-
, thin and'weak to withstand any
comfortaWe eonvietum that, to] OOB » UnU 7 sendtog bottles of it aramd,
, a ,flwith the mass of ms^kind wh .' Andtews, hoV^fcr, alwaya tell* them to
r -ik, ,;Hk't oar we have been ! I'**'* ‘t»“ case a sick man should came
in , or standing or walking about upon | »W. «»1 the sick man generally cornea,
oris riieil—hard, fortunately, arvl j Mu. An is Wnaov, of Early^. ounty,
It thirty miles thick-but stiU a men: j w ** * hr ' r ' n *> * ""d* ^ Thuralay and
wiparating us all from a seething, ' instantly killed. • ■ i
n lr*« at mass of raging fire bcluw.ot. M*- J. A. Everett, of F.wt A alley, has
-• ■ncty of heat comparwi with which j c,ln ‘^ and packed 150 lmlc* of mmb
uar's fiery furnace was but «“** **»7 this season.
The Athens Georgian sayE:
At the recent session of tho Jackson
Court, His Honor Judge Bice, in the case
of Donahou th. Kidd—for decoying labor
in his charge, said that when a negro
worked for a part of the crop, ho had a
perfect right to leavo at any time, and
work when he pleased; that ho was a
partner, and not an employee—henco he
had a right to quit work whi g he wanted
to. *n l g" the sumo as the dur lor whom
■ he Tfurrt.h In a simflsr Pane Wit "Kpring,
that of Mrs. Wells vs. Holliday, His
. .. ■ i Honor thought differently, and fined
irlisuy pn-sanrs; and it eiplu.iu HoUidi4T add cost for the
same offence for which ho acquitted Kidd.
We think a man 1ms just a much .right
to demand iff of a negro’s time when he
works for a part of the crop os when he
works for wages—there a no difference.
We think so, too, Judge Bice to the
contrary notwithstanding.
There is great uncosiipMs in certain
circles up about Athens. A lump of sul
phur baa been found near that place, and
aomo think old “split hoof” had a hand in
putting It there.
Four wagons loaded with com in the
ear, caused a total suspension ot business
at Athens last week.
Mb. Jar. Fowi.ee, of Elbcrton, while
standing in the door of a house where ho
had taken shelter from the rain on last
Thun*lay. was struck by lightning and
instantly killed.
Jas. Houston, Esq., of Brunswick, has
l>ocn appointed County Judge of Glynn
county.
Dubino the past year nearly 40,000,000
million feet of lumber, valued at $7T>5,-
21fi, have lieon shipped from Brunswick
—$324,017 to foreign ports, and $411,100
coastwise.
\Vr. find the following in the Savannah
Advertiser ami RupnbUmn, of Sunday:
Information was conveyed to Sheriff
Bonan yesterday that the negro Monroe,
who was charged by Jackson, a negro now-
in jail at Allsuiy, as being his accompli™
in the murder of young Johnson, at Smith
villc, was employed as a hand at the sta
bias corner of West Broad and Charlton
streets. The information w» gihen by a
gentleman who keeps his 'horses at that
stable, and who is well acqnainted with
the people in that loealify. It appears
that tlui negro's name is Monroe Smith,
and upon the officer visiting tho stable
where ho was at work yesterday morning,
hr found him in an apisavntly ilertitute
condition as far as clothing is concerned,
evincinv unmistakable evidenoe of having
been in the wools forsome time. In answer
to Sheriff Honan’s questions he acknowl
edged that his name was Monroe Smith :
that ho was acquaint'd with the parties
accused of tho murder of young John-
sons that ho enmo to this city some
time ago with an excursion party, and
that when he left SmithviUe it w.os not
with any intention of returning there, lie
said that he had been employed at tho
stables (Goodwin’s) only two days. Til
answer to tho question, “ Do you know
of anything happening to Mr. Johnson
lately?" he replied. “ I know of some-
thing happening to him some timoago.”
“ What was it?” “ He was killed.” Sher
iff Roman immediately told t’tS negro he
want'd him to go along with him. and
while walking along towards the Court
house the nogro asked where he was go-
ing. Tho sheriff told him “ down town a
littln way.” Arriving at tho sheriff"s of
fice in the Coilrt-house a pair of handcuffs
were put on the negtv, and he was taken
to the jail, where he is securely locked up
awaiting the answer to a teh-grom which
Sheriff Kenan has sent to Albany. In ap-
noarance. the nogro who gave his name as
Mompo Smith, U a short, thick set fellow,
and when found had on nothing but a
pair of pants- an undershirt and a pair of
shoes, alt well worn.
Dubino the postseason, hardware, and
iron and steel rails, alone, to the value of
$338,000, wore imported through the port
of Savannah.
Ex-Governor Johnson, who will de
liver a public lecture during each court
- in the Middle Circuit on his fall riding,
th» row.Lv*. Tho family doctor was sent ■ k u>mUv , t 12 M in ^ Ccurt .
f. r. and aft or t*st.«« one of the powder. . hoIW „ Sanderaville.
he calmly .waited the result. The young , . _ . .
man Ly down and longed tor tho diwsi- A “soiuxd novE, of Columbus, at-
asss which preoodos dooth. Nothing U- P* d to 1 " lun,,e , Saturday by
., w . Then they ent him bock to his | " rJIow »» “ overdose of morphine, but
! riia doctors t»poilod her puuo.
7 Tho Atlanta Conxtitutian. of Sunday
T « «»• tor the ” m termmrtam h Wtl|( foUoKins ,
th. girls' names hw. “7*.the Dmon Mr Moaet Cole feft naming for
*(rmg» (Jla-j If erald and Timi^,,como | Uo^ten. Yestmiliy morning be tween
w> a disisttwis c* -1 Au S’ oil. ill one Alabama , three and four e'cloelc his unfinished Tesi-
t«*iiW. A fanner named Ake. christened I on the McDonough road about two
,. • . , _ _i. miles out, was fired bv an incendiary and
|h« eldest girl Belle. Om hadsomreaids |^ ^ Thc
,,,. m r Iik operand! of tho final conflagra-
Vun vhiWevsr that sliould tike place.
V.m whit is to he done for us when thc
••vieat «t('' themselves are exploding
the eras! theory and maintaining, on the
rsitnny. t'ut the earth hr a solid, sub-
.untid 1*11—the more dense and impact
u yMi approach the centre. That the
lire, mist only in the ardor of heated im-
Bif ififfl ioiiff, and everything lwlow us is
pol sad oomfortsble. The Seiuntists
wrr • s( Min. of ths hot liquid us they now
are 4 the mol solid; and our time-lion-
ond faith is shaken. We erp, perhaps,
physicalty more compowd, but intellectu
ally uno-ttled. We are not so sore that
wieiuv is a good thing to substitute for
tertlalsins. It seems to us science has
nolo s grand mistake hero and may jnst
s« well make a good many more. Science
a (cry oinfident—very bold—jumps at
ittrtlmg ceuclnsiens—hut wc reckon the
rout of tliem are no more certain than
tV iat*rnal fire theory.
The Colton Crop.
A rorre.-pondrat in our last edition,
>fl t mtensive observatiesi, came to thc
omdusioil that planters would liy acri-
•«»ly disappointed in tile cotton yieU,
jirvslieating fheir anticipatlims on tho
(mend appearanoe of the weml. The
bag an 1 )a>rsi»tent wet weather lias given
if a vigorous growth, lint the growth has
gone In stalk and not to fruit, and many
of the earlier blooms and Kills were
dropped under th«. effect of cxooaSJTe wet.
We find among planter* a Very general
coocuRonen in tliis opinion. Thoeoui-
plsint of light fruitago is univivwal, and
ixl.mlstiaas of product are now much re
duced. i ’ U 11
Tho Iron Ilnttlc-
The cable (says the Charleston Nows
ui 1 Ofihrier) brings intelligence that the
English iron masters are in alarm abont
the growing Amiviean eompi'kition in
their iron trade in foreign countries.
The gradual changes in favor of Ainori-
esn iron in this important branch of com
merce have been repeatedly pointed out.
The <wu*> of them is mainly the high
price of Fmglish iron. Foreign buyers
hare long since discovered tlmt we can
make better iron than the English iron
manor*; and now that wo can undersell
them in some of the manufactures of
ima, «f rvure ■ tho Camulian, West In
dian and South Americas consumers pre
fer the American article. Tlraroughly
aroused, the British uianufoctur--rs will
Mtk to recover their markets by reducing
priess. Candid English observers of thc
oiaditiesi of affairs say that they con
an eq fully reoover tho lost ground.
A vorNo lawvek of Chicago, disap
pointed ht love, demanded poison from a
druggist, but was considerately given
several delicate little powders of prepared
chalk instead. He then went to tho res
idence of the adored one, who was so*
pjorning at Valparaiso, Ind. He again
offered his hand, which she uncondition
ally mtused. whereupon he cried: “At
your doer is my drath,” and swallowed
Goman hanu-d Taylor—Blev. Taylor—
and afterward p.tt-.-mptod the life of Win.
Taylor, who was preaent. He made hu
escape, and is stiU at large.
Itcmarknlilr- Test of Human
Kririiirancc.
The rnsoorkable feat of fasting for 303
consecutive hours, or twelve days and
fifteen hours, has recently been nc-
complishiil in Boston by a man named
Owen F. McDermott. The task was be
gun at 10 o'clock in the evening of Au
gust C, nnil finished at 1 o'clock r. x„ Au
gust 19. During all this time he allowed
neither food nor drink to pass his throat,
though tho demands of thirst, which, it
is well known, arc much stronger than
those of hunger, were slightly assuaged
by an occasional rinsing of the month and
a daily bath in ’salt water. For thc first
five days of the task he worke4 at sawing
and splitting wood, carrying bundles, and
doing errands generally. Every day ho
took a salt water bath, and then a long
walk, going some days as far as two
or three miles. Jit the conclusion of
the walk he would lie down for n three
hours' nap, awl always had sound, re
freshing sleep. Wnile taking his daily
walks, after the third or fourth day, he
would occasionally feel faint, or as if he
son struck, lint this feeling would
quickly pass away, and he would suffer no
inconvenience from it whatever. For the
ftrstfonr «iays the feeling of hunger was in -
tense, but after that he scarcely felt hun
gry. but found himself gradually grow
ing weaker, though he kept up tho same
daily rontine to the end. On the 5th of
July he weighed 141 pounds, and he was
not weighed again nntil the Saturday af
ter he started on this feat, when lie
weighed 130. At the conclusion of
tho trial lie weighed 120 pounds.
As much of the time as possible lie spent
out-of-doors in some kind of exercise,
rarely taking more than three hours’ sleep
at a time. Wien he resumed eating he
only took one-half of an egg-cup of oat
meal porridge and milk boiled together.
This ho took at the hours of 1 r. si. and
C p. v. f and was ten minutes each time in
eating. The quantity was gradually in
creased until Saturday, when he ate three
egg-cups full of boiled rice and milk at
ten minutes of two in thc afternoon, which
wnsthe extent of his eating that day. Hu
estimates that during the twelve days he
walked at least fifty miles. Since he loft
off fasting he lias steadily gained in
strength, t ill now he thinks he could walk
as far and as lively as ever, though he
still lacks mneli of his natural strength.
His only object is said to have been with
a view to making a match for money for
again attempting similar feats.
Railway Speed.
The London “Engineer” states that
. the highest railway speeds in tho a arid
are attained in England, anil that the
highest of all is readied on the Great
Western railroad—tho speed on the Litter
King given roundly as fifty miles an
hour. Instances are given, however, of
sixty-five and seventy miles an hour, and
the “Engineer” lielieve* that it would K
possiblo to lay a permanent wny so well,
and to maintain it in such excellent onler,
that trains might travel on it with perfect
safety at one hundred miles an hour—in
deed, miles upon miles of such track are
non' to be found on most of tho great main
lines, but nowhere can one hundred consec
utive miles of permanent way in perfor-
tion be found: and, as a chain is no
stronger than its weakest link, so n few
hundred yarda of had track would spoil
for tho purpose of travelling one hundred
miles an hour a whole line. The really
important question, argues the “Engin
eer,” is, given tho line and tho ears fit
for it, what shall the engine bo like, and
is it possible to construct an engine at all
wbicn. with a moderately heavy train,
will attain and maintain a velocity of on.
hundred miles an hour, on a line with no
graiki heavier than, say 1 to 300 ? After
a thorough examination of the question
in all its bearings, the “Engineer’s” fig
ures prove that it is absolutely impossi
ble to obtain a speed of one hundred miles
an hour on a railway, if the resistance is
anything like 120 pounds per ton.
printed in the “iri" fashion, mtti— *>'H
after looking at the result, she concluded
htUc woe pretty enough for her, and .
htrasj 1 ■■■■■II
perpetrator* of the crim.\ to prevent any
effort to save the building, knocked thc
bottom out of the well-bucket, and throw
the whirl into the well. Tho lioase otwt
about JrtAX* and was uninsured.
A PrLasju. Tonaoscee. paper complains
that asm* ef the answers made to qnes-
Low pr-i- .t-A-i during a recent exaui-
SiUi of parties w>iiciting ccrtili.-atcs as
'.lackers la public schools, were inaccu-
*»te. One color *1 gemVw stack to it
that Columbus was our first President,
and (hot lie com nun, W the American
terras at New Orleans. Others m- lc ac-
■*equally to the point-
, the
Mien Mines of North Carolina
A correspondent of the Baleigl: Doily
News has been visiting the Mica mines
of Toocey and Mitchell counties. Hero
araaninas that etc richest and most profit
able, although others have been opened
in almost every county in Western North
Carolina. This mica mining may be a
new idee, to many of our readers. Mica
ia only found either in conjunction with
white quarts rock, usually lying between
the quartz- and a superincumbent layer
of feldspar. It requires good tools and
hard labor to separate it. It is supposed
that the mica, being indestructible by
fire, was forced up with the rocks when
the latter was in a molten condition. It
b in detached masses, weighing from one
to one hundred pounds and over, and
measures from three to twenty inches
square. When taken from tho minos it
is at onoe denned, and split as thin os de
sired. These are cut out into various
patterns, and range in price from twenty-
five, eent$ per pound for tho smallest, to
five dollars for tlie largest. Tho profit is
frequently large, although the price has
of late years decreased fifty per cent.
One lot shown the correspondent of the
News as worth nine hundred dollars, cost
oa(y forty dollars to prepare for market.
ed by many
numbered among your friends and ad
mirers, actuated to this, as they believe,
by tho present condition of public feeling.
This speech was not prepared n. r thought
of. but was impromptu, as I understand it.
Mr. Davis—Certainly, it was impromp
tu. It was:: reply made to an address of
wclcomo by the president of the Histori
cal Society of the ex-Confederates.
Editor— A political significance lias
lxien given to this speech or short; address
that you no doul A never . intended, re
moved as you are from the politics of thc
day. -r -j j "f II ’I 1
Mr. Davis—It aoems strange imb ed
that a few remarks addressed to a few
friemV and associates on a subject, upon
which between them atul myself there
eouhl bo no diversity of opinion, with tho
propriety of a historical vindication f>!
the cause and conddct of the Southern
people in the late war, should bo regarded
as an address made to thc public with
say expectation of affecting politico!
opinion. • But warring all questions as to
the character of the address, the place
where it was made, and the circumstances
under which it was delivered, what is
there in it to justify criticism, or excite
apprehension of evil effect upon the
efforts of those whose political success I
desire? The expreasion which is usually
referred to is that tho Southern people
have lmcn more “cheated than conquer
ed.” Now, is this true or not? Did the
Congress of the United States, bv solemn
resolutions, not assure the people of the
South that there wax no purpose to inter
fere with the institutions of the States?
that tho object was topreserve the Union,
and thc purposes for which it was or
dained und established? Did not the
Executive, (Mr. Lincoln,) by proclama
tion. give like assurance to the people
of the Southern States? Did not United
States Generals commanding depart
ments encourage the same belief among
thc people ? And did not this lead to the
impression on the part of very many that
the war was waged for an abstraction, or
at most for the preservation of property
in slaves ? And was not the consequence
frequent desertions in the winter of 1864-
’65, and were net people reluctant to fur
nish commissary supplies for the support
of the (Confederate) armies? And was
not all this the result of the belief that
their material interests and domestic
peace might exist, as well under one gov
ernment as the other, as the result justi
fied that belief ? Is there any well-in
formed man who will not say, that hail
the armies known what a surrender would
I'ring, that, they would and could have
continued the struggle, and that Aho peo
ple of the country, as long as they hail
any food, would-have contributed it freely
to the support of the armies, and that the
contest would have continued until the in
vader. weary of wlint might lie regarded
endless struggle, would have retired,
and in the Language of General Scott, al
lowed tlie “erring sisters to go in peace?”
Editor—Of course you di<lnot mean by
tho use of the word “cheat” to reflect
upon any of the officers who surrendered
without communicating with you as the
executive of tho Confederacy ? They held
out as long as they had troops und muni
tions. and only gave up to overwhelming
nnmbera anil the pinching* of poverty
■verywhere felt ?
Mr. Davis—Of course the idea eon.
veyed by the word “cheated”, was tha'
the people of the South were deceived by
assurances given them by tho United
States Government, through its officials,
into tho belief that if they Liid down their
arm* they would l<e restored to all the
advantigcj and privileges of' citizenship
which they li»3‘previously enjoyed. The
trials of a tong war had made all men de
sirous for the ease of peace. It was thus
alone that the word could K fairly con
strued. Men who had Ken reared under
the constitution of tho United Stntes.and
knew liow almost entirely their domoqttb
interest-* were properly under tho control
of their State Governments, would natu
rally feel but little apprehensive of tho
exercise of powers by the genera! Govern
ment. if they Klieved thattGovcrnmcnt
would be restrain'd within it3 constitu
tional limits.
* » '• a a a •
Editor—You will have noticed, nc
doubt, that many of the press of the
Union, without regard to section or party,
accuse you of a desire to keep alive sec
tional animosities with a view nt some fit
tore day to reopen tho civil war. In other
y : h ’..*!fy y..-,;r eipre*s:uu‘ ilu
cause ia not lost,” with a determination
on your part to encourage another war.
This I do not understand to be your po
sition. but for the Knefit of the public I
would like to present your own views and
words.
Mr. Davix—Tlioso who knew me best
before the beginning or the late war
knew how earnestly I strove to avert it.
The record of t?io last committee raised
in the Senate to see whether it wtss pos
sible to harmonize the sections at that
time (1800-61) will show how steadily I
strove to find some means which would
pacify the public mind then greatly ex
cited. and clearly indicating a purpose in
thc Southern States to pass ordinances of
secession. At that period I was some
what severely criticised as King too far
Khind the sentiment of the hour mid the
demand of the occasion. I regarded it
os a material question; one which, how
ever clear the constitutional right of se
cession might be, would, nevertheless, lead
to a conflict of arms, for which T knew
the people of the South to K wholly un
prepared. There are so many evidences
lounge in his palaoe. He wears only a
blue potton robe, as he considers his dig
nity so great that ho can afford to' dross
in ordinary clothing. Neither the king
nor the member of thB royal fomily ever
dress in gaudy attire.
Above tho King’s head an umbrella is
extended, and tttis ia gorgeous with scare
let, bine and yellow figures, cat out with
a knife from velvet, silk and damask. Tlie
« -s. (■■PP . ■ , a L®f’ k \ to
forth cBildematiq derides. Tl.e Uirq is in-
dicat ivc of roynfiqr." SomwJ'ut the p,vetoes
•if Dahomey m allowed to adopt it. The
top of the nmlri jlhi fe r surmounted by a
wooden ornament, representing a man
rith a,bird in his hand. ..... \,.
Thc Amazons are seated - round tlie
King. Between them and the people a
number of bamboo rods are placed in a
lirib upon the ground. Any man who
crosses one of these rods suffers immediate
death. Soldiers bring in the victims—
slaves taken in war, ami generally old
men. They are- gag^od - by means of
stick with grass rope wrapped round it,
which fills up tho whole mouth, and is
tied at thc back of the bead. Their hands
are fastened together, and they are firmly
bound to baskets which are carried on th.fi
soldiers’ heads. Their bodies are entirely
naked, save a single cloth around the
loins. Cdnieal hats are kept on their
heads until just before decapitation. The
Rxnie Minister liesprostrate. aiirfreceives
in that position a message from the King
to the victims. This message is to be
carried to the father of the present King,
lio died about nine years ago. For subsis
tence on thc way he gives thc m each a bottle
of rum and a head of cowries. The men
are then taken to a : platform twenty feet
high in an adjacent court-yard ; there
they are east headlong, still bound to the
baskets. Tlie executioners then cut off
their heads and exhibit-them to the peo
ple; after which they are placed on wooll
en altars to ornament the palace gate.
Three dnys afterward thc heads are t aken
within the palace where they are cleaned
by the Amazons, and are then used,for
state drinking cups, ornaments for drums,
flagstaff* and other purposes. The K3-
ies of the victims are dragged by tho
crowd through tlie market place, ami lire
finally thrown into a diteli outside Abo-
mey, where the hyenas soon make short
work of them. Thousands of skeletons
are in this ditch but not a single skull.
The men appear to have no fear of death'.
Mr. Skctchly states that he has frequently
looked into a man’s faco jnst at tho mo
ment when he was about to have his head
cut off. and not a muscle seemed to iijili-
cate either emotion or fear.
The present King is more merciful
tlian his predecessors. He is endeavoring
to reduce the fearful sacrifices of human
life entailed upon him on his accession) to
the throne liy thc customs of the country.
He generously spares the lives of lujl
the number of victims intended for sac
rifice. No women are erer killed for sac
rifice, although they, like tho men, are
brought out on the heads of thc Amazons,
to be carried around tho courtyard.
Mammoth Loan.
Indianapolis Journal. Syt. -1.) *
Considerable excitement was occasioned
in railroad circles hot eycuing.over a ru
mor to the effect f iat l'hns. A. Scott htul
secured vloan in l’.tiro;*' for $100,000,000
for thotconstruefon of the Southern Pa
cific railroad. Although thc rumor could
not lie traced to an authentic source, it re
ceived general credence, from,thefaettluit
the great railroad potentate * as known to
lie negotiating’tor such a Iq Jh v-I*t that
shell negotiation i v.'Cre undilrilmKl to 1
about completed some days since. Mr
Scott lias been in Europe for several
weeks effecting a settlement of the o)d
Fremont difficulty, and making arrange
ments as above slated. Thy Southern
Pacific roqd when completed, fill oKnja
new, rout* of almost incalculable value
from the Atlantic to the Pacific seaboard.
The line jiroper will begin at Shreveport
Louisiana, which will bo its eastern
terminus, and will extend through
the vast tiniKr.. country of . North
era Texns, the finest in tin, wot Id
through the entire length, of New* Jlexioo
to San Diego, California. Connections
will be made at Shreveport with a road
running toNew Orleans, and one running
to Brunswick, Florida, through Mont
gomery, Jackson, Vicksburg, etc., thus
making almost an air-line across tho con
tinent. Tho road is bnilt and in opera
tion for construction nearly three hun
dred miles west of Shreveport, and the
entire line will undoubtedly bo built in a
comparatively short space of time. Thip
is supposed to ho one of tho grandest
money-making enterprises in the prospec
tive ever undertaken (a. this country, us
tte company lira purchased a large num
ber of grants anil reservations along the
line, and has under its control an enor
mous amount of landed property which,
when properly developed, will prove of
incalculable value to the owner.-*. A niun
ber of Indianapolis capitalists are inter
ested in this undertaking.
One curious feet in connection with these
on record of my deration to the Union as
our fathers made it, that I have no occa
sion to say now how strong that feeling
was then in my breast. But he would
bo very dull indeed, who, in view of the
present condition of thc South, would
advise, dr desire it to attempt to enforce
its Tights by an appeal to arms.
“A Dead Flat Dismal Failure-”
Edmund Tates thus characterizes the
Vienna Exposition in a Lite letter to the
Herald. Ho says the exposition cost tho
Austrian Government 18,000,000 Serins,
o* ft a*.Uy last Mile. UfMobl
•gricultaral denscuse of Massachu
***! John B. Ow.ihun.iro. "Teias J
»trc married in Boehcster, N. Y. They
•rtfimt in CKi«ujv> winter, an«l f»*ii
in lore »t first Thc «iW
pniikiii«ip>'Ud(/) settle
pnteefullv to f»rai labor near Bq*~ ;
Hae-Tessa * iU t o.>n lcare j
r ****«• ~ !
ViEuisia.—Tha Virginia Den. K-ratic-
f*P®rsare fighting Hughe-, tue uegro i
c di:date, with liis old editorial (tectarsi- ;
'•**« that the ncjjro ia wc&c for freedom— Jj
BeU-g-overmnont. It it* ecr- |
'•alyte Hushes’ credit bo was udee j
thc truth; but hr ho- !^it!
kcultr.
A Crrr toLrt.—** Six thousand bou**es
stores io let," is the mournful report
cosic* up from New Orl«*n>. Bus-
: -s dead and capital is firing from
*’“• SUte. £n h rvrt the bvot* * Ra-lical
j liu prc^enUd 1 to a j*y>ple who
! ~plor*d it fc-r protection.
Cairo* Crop or >*kry Cocktt.
• - • K ::!';obi*tt AdTertiser of 8ntnrd*J,
Va .'dthe arcr^e of crop cmpeelatUn* i*
■4 countj u three hundred of
>**1 cotton to tha acre from the host
Mr. WJL jV’nuiA .*% gvsident of At
lanta since 181^, and since 1S56, with
int* ran-8a:on of two years, ClccL of the
Superior CA>urt fx»r Wit- n cuxtnly, died
last Frmy-
The S.s.vannah Nows of Saturday says;
Thk Central Siokiad ani> the La-
rAkxvo Mev —Oar r.-a-hrN .t.v famihar
with tho facts which led to scare UtUa gwacreu^ unweauiww. on aispon-on s i - nto pK)por workin „ orJor> ^
nnpBoiWiWt—M between th*' Central rail- I Fete day, quotes M. Bonhcr 03 declaring { heat, and finally, the dread of chol-
rood offu-uK and the Kb-rer.- rSmpkiyeu- . .tai; 1'ran.x- would never forocc moment ! era, which, widespread though it has been,
as Mnrnimz xuhrnft to a king impouri upon her by the has never even yet revealodthe true state
icagth in tl.o oolumnaof the Mornra^, . f of the case, have combined to bring abont
News. Since the reduction ot the laKr- majority of tne Assembly, cvcmf tuat ma- . The Menneae are alSnguine
k." era’ »a— from $1.73 to $1.30 per day, jurity numbered 300 of the 730 deputies I pecmle, and in this case thev allowed
nothing new has transpired, the workmen that qusnpoi .- Jiie Houac- The question t'oerr expectations to ootran all prudential
continuing u, perftwm their dute ) cheer- ^ 0 j j,^. ; odcnlaGon. They huitt enormous new
j fulltC alihon^h exptMiB? their tenu* hotels, immense caravansaries, masnifi-
aiciiu and a^tisy acv^rdinicly through . formof ^oTcrnmcn: y whica ehe w j wnt jy appointed and fitted and furnished
the medium, cr in cuniiokiion with tne (tow ruled—"Cnn only w set in one j iq the tnrvwt lnnmnm ir.ftnnof, whiM* h a Te
Workingmon's Frot.-etiva Uni. u. _ On i never had anything like their proper
And what is that ?” I asked. : compliment of guests, and which now are
By a plebiscite—an appeal to the |>co- utowrt. empty; they stocked their shops
mines is that they exhibit sign, of having d t rcccipU bave Eot
Ken worked at aome previous period. 1 ,,, L
.... j 2,000,000, and adds:. 11 *J •
Prince.—A correspondent of the World j The distance from thc recognized cen-
who intervtowed thc distinguished party ! trB * ot civilization and commercial entcr-
c wweae—e of tne row. an , , voU , Tci ^ » empirc> with high priced goods, which remain i
f at Uua k aaoa of the jcb. Sm^chr, «r repnhli ‘ ! sold; they providi-1 theatrical und mu
iuiod M* •: wording after the i ..y^dVhat do vou X licvo would be the coT caleriafiinrents, at whieh'thc wait
Tlioraday cvcninar Lxst, h* wc :ufe rin-
cd, there t|uite oceumulati< *n of !
fmght at thc w*rehou*sc of the rood, .an !
imusuml Lhntf
which necessitated
uffitiiii hour in ih»* ctvu lax. Thb seemed to
l«e a mi»*t propitious time for the workmen
tohwvea saj , and when informedth*! thej* |
were expected to continue work upon the
uriual termc. they qxactly n’belled- ’ T<k
I Geu* rjd Supxriuten I at lmTing th ant-
j tor brouETht tohi> attention t eft led f!;*
»lifii-'.J*y very quickly by j.c A^m uk ut
j entirely cwitisfactory to the- men, in order
l that thc iimtifirttA uuprht not l*c eJoijircd. __ _
The rt'fusa! of the men to w\>rk over time , , ^ ^ 1 ‘
a« wo 1 aru, fr^m tho follow- ' j... \ v .
• Uoreu4os>- when ro-vivin^r * J ’ . ‘ J -'i
UI the rate: cm dollar and seventy-five , th'm umi.i'of , * think. It i
I«ts 1-er day. tw.nty-fin cuts an hour * ' J ' , , - .... . r
were rtt wed for ever time or night work. . *• " “*•; ^ U, ' K “ fcr "
| and at thc cud of each in.-nth the number j r * 1Kl • p
: of extra biiurs w,n- calcidap.il te the car-
] vusyK-ndjug nuwber hreludvd hi s day’s
work, ami the men were paidacoerdingly.
Having submitted to a reductiontwen-
ty-five oauts *hj. they insisted on get
ting twenty-five cents an hour for extra
or night w ork, with no manipulating into
days at the end of the month. Thus
stands thc cate at present.
with high priced gcsxis, which remain un-
waiters
_;:h of such an appeal?” { the pdieemen constitute the sole aul
V. Boats* tafter i - king stoodfdf*fy at j dii*-o-
c for half a minute^—The ricult would
. : : tg—that lire m
quarter of a century guv
tv—tire young ui»g rc. • -etc wu are dun c: the he roe -cr. I wagon aoooirnt
Kara: nr or two WiGONs.—An cx-
f r„.. hibtt ha* been made by thc New York
'rule—w„uld ly th*-
V0.1V of the people of Franco be called
upon to reign.
i is not
sooner.
It is
Grant’s Silver Wedding.
A Long Branch correspondent draw3
upon fact or fancy for the following upon
Gen. Grant’s silver wedding wlnqb took
place on the 2Jth nit.: . i i
Besides the weather, the chief topic of
conversation is. linin’t silver wedding
w]iieh will come off on Friday. There are
many stories afloat concerning tho same.
Each of the indefinite number of guests
invited, it is said, will have to pay dearly
for tho honor! No pLiteu ware will he
tolerated among the presents for tho
Preaidant of the United States on the oc
casion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of
his marriage; nothing but solid silver
will be .received.
It is stated that the servants at the
President’s cottage have orders to adnfit
no one whose offeringis valuedatlcssthan
$25. There is nolimit, however, as to the
amount of the gift. Much conjecture is
indulged as to what different individuals
will give, and groat tales are told of the
visits made to New York by the Presi
dent's intimates not with him on the tour,
and the ransacking of Tiffany’s and Bali
and Black's silverware collections. Be it
noted here that silver is not stipulated
for. and gold may be thc composition.
There are some definite statements aa
to articles already purchased. One of
Tom Murphy’s offerings—for a single
present was not enough from Thomas—
is said to K a miniature, in some solid
silver, of the famous cottage by the sea
he gave Grant two years ogo, with a sil
ver figure of, the President at
front sacking a silver cigar.
Is an inch in' height, and the
made in proportion. Its cost is com
puted at $300. Another is said to K (bul
only by those who had relations in Fort
Lafayette during the war) a crown of
solid rilver, weighing two pounds, tho
circumference of which measures the
same as th-A fnside measurement
ono of Grant's cast-off bats, which waa
taken to Tiffany’s for tho purpose by
Mrs. Murphy. A silver sceptre or rare
beauty of workmanship completes the re
galia.* But of thc more substantial gifts,
perhaps that of Lord Boscoe, who expects
to be grand vizier under the the new re-
! gime. will give the greatest. P
' President: It ronsiUc o!
Great Yellow Fever Panic in Texas.
Austin, Texas, September 8 Conflict
ing reports come in regarding the preva-
, lence <)f yellow fever in Griyesto:’ .Houston,
; Shreveport! nnd It fe* rumored tho Cen
tral, International and Great Northern
and Texas and Pacific railroads have been
blockaded. It is impossible to ascertain
and a
tveston and
Houston, and northwestward bound trains
to-day and last night were crowded with
people flying from both places.
Arrest or an Incendiary.
New Yobk, SeptemKr 8.—Morris Pop-
pill has Ken arrested in Trenton for set
ting fire to the Fashion Stud farm stables.
He has made a full confession.
John McConnell, aged 16, while asleep
on tho roof of a six story hnilding, 0 Mul
berry street, rolled off to the sidewalk, and
was almost instantly killed.
Progress or the Carlisls.
A Spanish correspondent writes that a
short time ago tho Carlista did not dare
to attack thc Bepuhlican.,, and contented
theuisolves with capturing trains and
stopping mails; while now tho Republi
cans dare not attack tho Carliste, but
seem satisfied with petty operations in
the Tear of Don Carina’ forces. Don Car
los will not enter Castile until he has
three or four Castilian battalions anil
plenty of fire arms.
The Butler War anil Butler Gone Up.
SrEiNGFixLD, Mass., SaptemKr 8.—
The latest count showed for Woshbnrne
304, and for Butler 310; doubtful and
contested 20. There arc 330 delegates
yet to K clbetod. The Eopublican con
siders Washburno sure of over one hun
dred majority in the Convention.
Boston, SeptemKr 8.—Butler has been
elected to the Republican Convention
from Gloucester.
Destructive Fire in Chicago.
CureAno, September 8.—Tho Fulton
elevator, corner Canal and Kensie streets,
was burned to-day. It ’was valued- at
$75,000, and contained 120,000 bushels of
com and 12,000 bushels of oats.
Texas Cattle.
Sr. Louis, September 8.—Tolas cattle
driven to Kansas approximates half a
million. It is nearly closed for tho sea
son.
Arrival of tho Ohio.
Lewis, Del., September 8.—Tlie Ohio
lias arrived, ten days from Queenstown
Spain—Castellnr President
Madbd, SeptemKr 8.—The Cortes to
day elected Castellar President. He re
ceived 133 votes against 67 for Pi y Mar-
Marshal Serrano luis arrived in Mad
rid. The leaders of the insurrection in
Cartagena have sent a communication to
Admiral Yelverton, protesting against
the sending of Spanish frigates to Gib-
The New Ministry.
Tlie new Ministiy is announced to-day.
It is constituted as follows: Castellar
President, without a port-folio; Carvajal,
Minister of Foreign Affairs; Berges,
Minister of Justice; Peor-'.gal, Minister
Finance; Cenvora, Minister of Public
■Works; Lieutenant General, Sanchez;
Bregim. Minister of War; Oriero, Minis
ter of Murine; Mazonave,Minister of tho
Interior; Saleror, Minister of the Colo
nies.
Labor Demonstrations in London.
London, September 8.—A demonstra
tion in favor of the rights of laboring
men was made in South London on Sun
day. A large procession was had and
a meeting, at whieh six thousand were
present.
Thc Spanish correspondent of tho Lon
don Stun,lard, states tliat five men sont
from Madrid to assassinato Don Carlos,
have Ken executed at Estclla.
Tho Republicans are casting guns for
the defense of Sansibostian.
From Germany.
A sjwi.il from Berlin to the London
•Horn- says the Prussian Government lia3
decided'to recognize Bishop Keinkens.
Baden anil Bavaria will follow tho exam
ple of Prussia.
■ *••»••■
NIGHT DISl’aVrCIlES.
The Iowa Kaliroail Robbers.
St. Louis, September 8.—A special dis
patch from Sedulia says the towa railroad
truin' robbers, who have been flitting
about in some of the western counties of
that Stats, ;irc altogether again, except
X ..■Coy. and that the detectives have in
formation that another bank robbery is
King planned by them to be carried out
as soon as McCoy join3 tho gang. All
the hunks in that part of the State are
being closely watched by special officers,
and efforts are constantly King made to
capture these desperadoes.
The Republican has a special from Jef
ferson City saying this gang is now in
Clay county and threatening to bum out
certain parties who -have. Ken active, in
their effortls to arrest them.
Governor Woodson is repoitedto have
declared that if tho local authorities and
citizens do not exhibit'a stronger dispo
sition to arrest those outlaws, he will send
an armed force after them.
A Pranlty FHley.
The fejriing against Postmaster Eillcy,
forassessibg his employees fivepercent.on
their salaries, grows stronger daily. Many
of the most prominent and active Bepub-
licans denounce him in emphatic terms
and demand his removal.
Tavern Advertisement.
Washinoton, SeptemKr 8.—Tho Ar
lington Hotel, closed during the dull sea
son, . reopens on tho 10th of SeptemKr
with increased accommodations.
king- ; Vcr trunk containing 10,Oft) silver, dollars
it appeal* fresh'from the mint,
and three 1 Lm ra-DAT Saints in Iowa.—Co> n-
yeu- • -t jjtnjrg, Iowa, S^tcMbcr 4.—The Tegular*
the Treasury Department at W
ton- Prom the official figures,
for repairs upon two „.I ;,.n-
harnesses the expenses ilurin
S|T ”S&. ioucb 't * four thousand dot- scjn j <umua i qdpferqnce of the Cpprch
uni. i-i.a.-c-a..) mg l.al ua-urreo by j t3;u Christ, or Vac Latter-Day Sain* *,
convened here to-day. Several thousand
The Memphis AvaUuihe * - a * There
seems little doul t that the Democratic
Convcnti-.n to be held on the !7th in Me
ridian. Mississippi. *»iil nominate Gcn-
llcn. Humphreys lor A Temur . M- ..,*
Sippl. Gen. li. is an honest man, who
would make s good Governor.
hor:
- ... now 1
ar* .ants to over thr.
ty-three
items rj
dollars.
Ire—- th<
ibli.-h.-i, and
/bed and thir-
•cor. the single
nging fo*m fi-ur to thirty-two
When "ther i'ems are put upon
the same boats as the sK v-j, it is to luii-
L -,r a mattel of -urjiris-* that the contin
gent expenses of the Treasury for thc
coming Sil year are ■ tu*.*.sto-* at over
$227,000, or neoriy twice the sum that
* v.-.li once sufficient to pay all the Treat-
urv elJ*ellseS, -alaties included.
l attcz*iauo
. jiorta Of thc -vorld,
and hi/ CX] -t-*d tha
New Internal Revenue Regulations.
Tlie following order was issued from
thc Internal Revenue Bureau to-day :
Collectors are instructed to see that
each deputy collector in charge] of a di
vision ia furnished with a book' contain
ing a record, made up from tho office, and
an alphabetical list of the names of all
persons in hfe division -who. have paid
special taxes for this fiscaiycar, including
those who paid such taxes to the
collector; or to any of his deputies, and
each deputy should K required to keep
the record in his book-so complete that it
can K depended on as a guide in deter
mining what persons in his division have
paid such* taxes.* Requisitions for hooks
of alphabetical lists of special tax payers
should only include a sufficient number
to supply thc home office and such depu
ties as are in. charge of divisions.
The Commissioner of Internal Eevenue
decides that regular liquor, or tobacco
dealers, holding special taxes and stamps
ad such, may close their ordinary place
of business for tho time being, and on
registry of the facts with the collector of
the district, may do business under said
stamps at one stand on the fab grounds
situated in said district without the pay
ment of additional tax; but "before open
ing again their regular place of business,
should make a new registry with the col
lector of the district.
Synopsis Weather Statement.
Otfice Chief Signal Officer, )
Washinoton, September 8. j
Probabilities: For New England on
Tuesday the winds will probably shift to
easterly and southerly, with clear or
partly clearing weather; for the Middle
States, falling barometer, winds roering
to general and fresh easterly and south
erly and partly cloudy weather, with pos
sibly rain from New Jersey to Virginia;
for the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
cast of tho Mississippi, general and fresh
northeasterly to southeasterly winds anil
general cool, cloudy weather, with rain
areas,'especially on the coast; for Ten
nessee and the Ohio Valley winds grad
ually veering to easterly and southerly;
rising temperature and dear or partly
cloudy weather; for the upper lake region;
falling barometer, higher temperature,
fresh and brisk winds, gradually veering
to southerly and westerly, and increasing
cloudiness with rain; tor the lower lake
region, winds veering to southeast and
south, rising temperature and inerea-iing
cloudiness, with probably rain on Tues
day evening.
Quick Transit.
IklLr.li i lii;:a, Septembjr 8. — Til
Death of n Lawyer.
Baltoioue, SeptemKr S.—W. S. Wa
ters, a prominent lawyer, is dead.
Theft Dciile«I.
Chicago, September 8.—The officers
of the American Express Company deny
the reported theft of fifty thousand dol
lars by ono of theta employes.
Tile Maine Election.
Portland, Me., SeptemKr P.—The
State election is progressing quietly. The
vote is tight.
Republican Politic*.
Boston, SeptemKr 8.—Alex. H. Bul
lock has been chosen by tne committee to
preside at the Bepuhlican convention.
Carllst Movement*.
Barcelona, SeptemKr 8.—The Caflists
are threatening tho town of Olot, in tho
province of Geneva.
Thc War In Spain.
Madrid, SeptemKr 8.—President Cas-
te’-lar has determined to make a supreme
effort to crush tho Carlist and intransigent
insurrection. He has decided to call into
active service against tho insurgents
150,000 men of the army reserve anil 300-
000 of the militia, lie Klieves that.with
this force, it will K possible to establish
order in the country Kforc spring.
A number of Carlist insurgents, not
withstanding theta recent successes, have
boen.ixiutider.ibly reduced lately, and they
are now capable of engaging in unimpor
tant skirmishes only.
Senor Olozaga has arrived in this city,
and Senor Sogaata is expected to roach
here to-day.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
Thc Mcrrlgnu Case.
New York, September 8.—It is said
that Mrs. Merrigun, Kfore setting fire to
the room containing the murdered body of
Miss Hannel, moved lier furniture into
an adjoining building, in order to savo
it from King destroyed. Mr. Merrigan
stated in an interview, that his wife has
lieen subject to fits, but he did not con
sider that a serious matter. Once she
hud a fall, tho effect of which she com
plained of as hurtful, but '.oyond this ho
knew nothing amiss with hor mentally or
physically. It is thought the plea of
emotional insanity will K set up.
Military Telegraph. ,
San Francisco, SeptemKr 8.—The
Military Telegraph from San Diego to
Prescott and Tucoa, Arizona, is being
pushed forward vigorously, under the di
rection of the quartermaster oml George
S. Ladd, contractor. Twenty miles south
of San Diego was completed hist week.
Tho party commences work south of
Prescott. There are materials and equip
ment for six hundred and thirty miles of
line on the ground.
After the Murderers.
Vasquez and his gang of murderers
were seen yesterday in Fijura Cannon,
Cal., pushing toward Arizona, hotly pur
sued.
Mr Gaston Accepts.
Boston, SeptemKr 8.—Hon. Wm.
Gaston has accepted the nomination for
Governor by the Democratic Convention.
Corner Stone Laying.
Thc corner stone of tho now church ed
ifice of the Old South Society, at the cor
ner of Boylston and Dartsmouth streets,
was laid to-day in the presence of a large
crowd. Addresses wero made by S. H.
Halley and Eev. Dr. Manning.
Maine Election.
Portland, Me., September 8.—Port
land gives Dingley, (Republican) 1,571
votes for governor; Titcqinb (Democrat)
626; Williams (LiKral Republican) 114;
scattering 3. Last year tho vote stood,
Republican, 2,822; Democratic, 2,727 ;
scattering, 4.
WOMAN SUFFKAGE.
A Place Where it has hren Tested,
andhoiT It Worked. ■
A Kansas corrcspondcndent of the Cin
cinnati Commercial writes thus concern
ing a small town called Genova that he
recently visited:
Speaking of Geneva, it is a town with
a history—a place of ideas. There, on a
small scale, the practice of woman snf.
frage has Ken pretty well testeiL Ge
neva was laid out Kfore the war by a
New York and Massachusetts colony for
a college town. A Presbyterian academy
was erected, and started with edaf. The
war and “hard times” broke them up, and
tho school was left without support. Then
it was proposed to merge the organiza
tion into one of thc regular graded
schools, which proposition developed, pro
and con, tho laical party and tho minis
terial party. In Kansas women aro en
titled to vote on all school questions, and
by their aid thc former party carried the
day, after ono of thc hottest wordy wars
of the century, and the academy Kcarno
graded school, after several votes, the
usual numKr of family quarrels, “silenc
ing” the minister and any amount of
clerical scandal. Then a small district
cast of Geneva, cut off by this arrange,
inent, Kgan an internecino war of its
own. “Shall wo organizo or divide and
annex?” became tho question of tho
hour. Four times the party far organiza
tion, independently carried tho day, Slav
ing a clear majority of the women; but
each timo with somo illegality in the vot
ing, so tho opposition was able to beat
them by recourse to the courts. (Smile
not, reader, at these humble chronicles
for this school district is but a typo of the
whole political world.) Homesteads aro
not taxable in Kansas for seven years;
hence, those with homesteads and plenty
of children wanted a separate district,
heavy tax and six month:)’ school annu
ally, while those with doodod land, money
and few children constituted the opposi
tion.
At last, all legal impediments removed,
they met for tho final vote, every able-
bodied woman of lawful age present at
the polls. Tho women commenced
heated argument with each other, and
t Ida m
soon got the men into a rovr, each siding
•with his own wife. It is said that stove-
wood, cur303, hard words and other mis
siles flew about with disgusting reckless
ness for a few minutes, though I am in
clined to think the stove-woexi part an
exaggeration. One Mr. D , a very
Hercules for size and strength* and an
opponent somewhat smaller* stripped fora
fight o la the prize ring* when Mrs.
D rushed in with arms bared for
the fray, declaring that her “Benny
shouldn’t be imposed on.” The meeting
broke up in a row, and the question of
the legality of the vote is again in the
courts* The men made up their quarrel
in a month, but the women axe still at it,
and likely to be till new spring .bonnets
come in, or some other crisis diverts their
minds from the sad causes of this fratri
cidal strife. Tho district is still unor
ganized, the two old districts from which
it wa3 carved refuse to take them back,
and educational interests are tn tlahuyuo
ante helium.
Wliat France has Lost and
Germany Gained.
A Paris paper writing on the subject
of the French debt to Prussia as it ttood
in tho middle of the ye?x 1872 says :
Five milliards or $1X00,000.000 is not
the whole liability of Franco on account
of the late war. There aro to It© added
to it—for tim ransom of Paris, $^0,000,000,
for interest due March 2. 1971, Ja further
sum oi $30,000,000, and for utdisfearsod
tiut revenue to December, 1871, a pay
ment of $11,015,000. These items make
a total of $1,031,013,000, to which must be
added interest at 5 per cent, from March,
1872, to March, 1874, on the unpaid bal
ance of, $600,Q0QX>0Ct This runs the
whole amount payable by France in $1,-
111,015,000—equal to about half the na
tional d d/t of the United States. The
Gerinaris have paid to Franco tho Mira of
$65,000,000 as purchase money of the
railroads in the coded provinces of Alsace
and Lorraine. In addition to the indem*
nity, France hu* been at the oost of
of $500,000,006 for her own wurexpen.se*,
including the damage done to Paris.
The war expenses of Germany are re
ported officially at $278,000,000, and her
receipts from France, as figured out
above will be $1,141,015,000. Therefore,
the German profit by the war, without in
cluding the value of Alsace and Lorraine,
annexed by thc conaucrupi, amounts to
$863,000,000. The gnmo of invasion,
therefore", "for which Louis Napoleon
•t.ik-. i to much in July, 1871, haa yielded
enormous stakes to the winner. Three-
Ohio brin .M thirty Cw r -in and ono hundred^ f. -irtlis of the French payments will be
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40 Half Barrels Mackerel. -
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300 Boxes Tobacco, All Grades,
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Notice in Bankruptcy.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR TILE NORTHERN DISTRICT
OF GEORGIA.
In tho matter of Nathaniel S. "Walker, Bankrupt,
lu Bankruptcy. ^
rpO whom it may concern.—Thc undersigned
I hereby gives notice of his appointment as
Assignee of Nathaniel 8. Walker, of the county of
Putnam and Stato of Georgia, within said district,
who lias been adjudged a bankrupt upon lxis own
petition, by ihe District Court of said District.
ROBERT A. NISBET.
LUgSl lawSt Assignee.
P. C. SAWER’S
ECLIPSE
COTTON GIN.
(rATESTED NAT 26,1373.)
With Adjustable Koll Box anil thringhm Front. I
lor Ginning Damp, Wet or Dry Cotton.
Also, tho Celebrated
GRISWOLD GIN,
Genuine Pnttcm.ViiththeOscillatingorWater Box,
Manufactured by
P. C. SAWYER, Macon, Ga.
Girls, 1V1 Cathedral street. Baltimore, Md. Miss
CluilTco md Miss Ilamcsslcy, Principals, assisted
by able Professors. Next Session opens Septem
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all branches of a polite education. French is tho
language of tho school. Class honors awarded at
the doso of the year. Circulars on application.
aug^O Im
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perfectly Adapted to popular use—*o simple that
mistakes cannot be made in using them; so harm
less as to be free from danger; and so ctllciem as
to to be always reliable. They have thr highest
with directions:
No*. Cures. Cej
?1. Pevcrs, Congestion, Inflammations, . .
JL Worms. Worm Fever. Worm Colic, . .
23- Crying-Colic, or Teething of Infants. . .
•k Diarrhoea, of Children or Adults. . . .
Dysentery, Griping. Bilious Colic. . . .
G. Cholera xloriius. Vomiting, ......
7. Coughs, Colds, Bronchi tin
8. Neuralgia, Toothe.che. Faceache, ....
!*. Headache, Sick Hcadochc, Vertigo, . . .
lo. Dyspepsia, Bili ms St..inru*li
1L SuppreaMd. or Painful Periods* . . ...
!i- Whites, too Profuse Periods
1J*. Crrwn. Cough. Difficult Breathing, . . .
14. Salt Khoura. Erysipelas. Eruptions, . . .
15. Rheumatism. Rheumatic Poms. ....
IS. Fever and Ague. Chill Fever, Agues, . .
17. Piles, blind or bleodimr, . . * ....
18. Ophtluilmy. and Sore or Weak Eyes. . .
llti Catarrh, Acute or Chronic Influenza, . .
20. Whooping-Cough, Violent Coughs, . . .
21. Asthma, Oppressed Breathing
22. Ear Discharges, Impaired Hailing. . . .
2-°>. Scrofula. KnLtrgcd Glands. Swellings, . .
2 k General Debility, Physical Weakness, . .
25. Dropsy and Scanty Secretions. ....
2d. 8* a-Sicknem*. Sickness from Riding, . ..
27. Kidney Diam*e. Gravel.
2^. Nervous Debility, Seminal Weakness, or
Involuntary Discharge*, 100
20. Sore loath Canker,
SO. Urinary Weakness. Wetting the Bed,
H. Painful Period*, with tkmsxn*, . . .
H Sufferings at Change of Life, 100
33. Kpilepscy, Spurns, St. Vitus’ Dance, . . . 100
Diphtheria. Ulcerated Sore Th root, . . .
35. Chronic Conrc*tion3 and Eruptions, . . .
FAMILY CASES.
Case (Morocco) with above 33 large vials and
Hantnl of Directions. .... - &0 00
Case (Morocco) of 20 huge viols uni Book. »J 00
These rwuodic* are tea it by the case or single
box to anjr part of the country, free of charge, on
rfrrfpt of f»rir*». A»Wiwh
H UHPH KEY'S SPECIFIC
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE CO.,
OfTirc and Depot No. 562 Broadway, New York.
For sale by all Dmrrist*. And by John In
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scpO-eodlswli
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irty etcerag
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Lexington Rare-
The
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l
1 par
win
1 be
r\xL- Nils-o>
-IfoUZAUD, WHO Will
Lexin.iTo:.
, Kv.. ^ptember 8.—The
from Enr,pe
n a lev days, will be
iin»t raco t*x
a y, mile li*.ats, wan won by
t up New Y v
rk I3ar by a l .r;-o
Tk-xnor; time, l:46i, 1:404.,
of Lillies and
uentleinvn frien-l-.
b>:. r:,,
jnd raee. three-<iuarter
—ve cliartore**!
a ctoumer. and will
« won by Yillers* Littler ;
the look-OUt f
vt the CunardcT.
time 1:101.
distributed thus: Nine-elcventh3to Prus-
vjid only tiro-elevenths to Bavaria,
| Wuxtembur^, thuicn and South Uesed.
E. B. POTTER, M. D.
HOMCEOPATHIBT
O FFICII Wood** Block. Second street, third
door K-li.w Johnston jewdrv establishment.
Residence Lanier House. julyUtf
PHK attention of thc r
York *
alkd t
lcirantile public ui re-
,« above l*aeket Line !>*•-
,** ... .Hawick, Ga-
Th.- m-h.untr >. J-. ll»» »>U b» <V ul ;'' O r Y“? t »
'p-iclit in N— Y"rk on r nlxn:* ill.- 12tli «t An-
KU«. ,r.d ihe (i. L. Hneik / eboul the iftth Au-
"wi have even- hciUtt t’VS»V ; ‘?l2S5 i ?*
formrrliur froUM. imif *11 oAv*M shftipcd by this
line will ivc'-ivc r.rtimpt attention.
WARREN KAY. Ag’t New York. 120 Wall st.
S. C. LITTLEFIELD A CO..
au*?wtf Brunswick, Ga.
THIS GIN TOOK THREE PREMIUMS LAST YEAR.
THE SAWYER ECLIPSE COTTON GIN with
its improx aments has won its wny. upon its own
merits, to tho very first rank of popular favor. It
stands to-day WITHOUT a competitor in all tho
points and qunlitios desirable or nttninablo in a
PERFECT COTTON GIN.
Our Portable or Adjustable Roll Box places it in
the nower of every planter to regulate tlio picking
of too need to suit himself, and is the only ono
made that does. Properly managed. SAWYER'S
ECLIPSE GIN will maintain tho full natural
length of tho staple, and lie made to do as rapid
work ms anv wrnim in use.
The old GRLS WOLD GIN—a genuine pattern—
furnished to order, whenover desired.
Three premiums were taken by SAWYER’S
ECLIPSE GIN last year, over all competitors,
viz: Two at the Southeast Alabama oml Southwest
Georgia Fair, at Enfaula—one a milvor nip. the
other n diploma. Also, tho first premium at tho
Fair at Goldsboro’, North Carolina.
nsnsw o-iisrs
Will be delivered on lioord tho cars at thc follow
ing prices:
Thirty-five Saw*
5131 to
Forty Saws
150 00
Forty-fivo Saws
ICS 75
Fifty Saws
187 50
Sixty Saws
225 00
Seventy Saws
262 80
Eighty Saws
280 00
To prevent delay, orders and old gins should bo
sent immediately.
Time given to responsible parties.
VOLUNTARY TESTIMONIALS !
Are furnished from various sections of tho cotton
growing States, of the character following:
Locust G rove, Gju October 30,1872-
31 r. P. C. Sawteh, Macon, Ga.:
Dear Sir—Enclosed find draft on Griffin Banking
Company for $150, as payment for our gin, with
whicn we aro well plowed.
Yours truly. n. DICKIN & SON.
Tho above letter enclosed tho following testimo
nial, addressed to Mr. Sawyer, viz :
Locust Grove, Gju October SO. 1S72.
We, the undersigned, planters, have witnessed
tho operation of one of your Eclipse Cotton Gins,
whicn wo think superior to any other gin wo havo
ever seen used. It leaves tho seed j *erfoctly c lean,
and at thc same time turns out a beautiful sample,
etc. H. T. DICKIN A SON.
E. ALEX. CLKAVELAND.
31. L. HARRIS.
Mr. Daniel P. Ferguson, of Jonesboro, Go.,
writes under date of October 10,1372, as follows:
I have your gin running. • • * I can say it
is the bout that I e.ver saw run. It cleans tlie seed
i terfoctly. I have been raised in a gin house, and
lielieve I know nil nlout wliat should lw expect
ed in a first-dans Cotton Gin. I can gin live hun
dred pounds of lint inside of sixty minutes. Tho
first two tain ginned weighed 1100 pounds, from
3010 pounds seed cotton, bagging and ties included.
IRWX5T05. Ga..October 7.1372.
Mr. P. C.SAWTHR—Dear Sir; Tho Cotton Um
wo got from you. Wo are pierced to say, meets our
fwil.-t I’Xju Mill (I■*•*. till YOU promised it
should do. We have ginned one hundred and six
teen liales on it. and it has never choked nor bro
ken the roll. It picks thc seed clean and makes
good lint. We have ha l considerable experience
with various kinds of cotton gins, and can. with
safety, say yours is tho best wsunro ever soonrun.
Col. Nathan Bn vs, cf Rome, Ga., says ho has
used Griswold’s, Massey’s anti Taylor's Gins, and
that ho is now running a D. Pratt Gin in Leo
county, Ga.,and an Eagle and a CarverOm in Ar
kansas, and a “ Sawyer Eclipse Gin ” in Rome. Ga,
and regards the last named as superior to any of
thc others. It picks faster and cleaver than
any other gin with which he i« acquainted. Ilo
asyi he has ginned eighty-six bales with it without
breaking tho roll.
Bullard's Station. M. A B. R. It.
January 20,1873.
Mr. P. C. Sawyer, Macon, Ga-—Dear Sir—Tho
Cotton Gin you repaired for me. with your im
proved box, gives perfect satisfact>ort, and I take
very grant pleasure in recommending ycurg 1 -
thc public.
W. O’DANIEL, M. D.
Fitted With Compartments
for Bills, Currency and Specie, «
Nickel*. Ready to attach to any coun- |
ter In a few mlnutrs’ time.
- SOL.D at—
Fairbiink’s Scale Warehouses,
And by tbe Hardware Trade geuerally.
sejii towifl .
New York aad Brunswick
PACKET LINE
Dr. J. W. Summers, of Oran raburg, S.. C^ ;rites:
AO your Gins rold by mo thi* sesson art doing
well nnd giving entire satisfaction. I will be able
to sell a great many next season.
J. C. Staley, of Fort Valley, writes: “ Your Gin
is the only Gju lever saw that anybody could feed.
I have heretofore been compelled to employ a feed
er for srinnimr. but with your gin a child can feed,
it atwl it will never break tb»* roll. It gins both
clean and fast and makes beautiful lint.”
Moure. Childs. Nickerson A Co., of Athens. Ga-
writfl: ** All the Sawver Gins sold by us are jnring
satisfaction. Wo will t* nblo to sell a number of
them the coming season.”
CocheaN. Ga-. January 7.1873.
Mr. P. C. SlVTSt. .Macon. Ga.:
Sir—The Cotton Gin wo bought of >«» lmt l ah.
aft. 1* a trail, im- ” us satis.-iction. It
makes goo Hint u.ui ck
GINS EEPAIRED PROMPTLY
And :
New Improved Ribs..
Roll Box
H<*ad anil Bottom Pieces..
Babbit Boxes
New Saws, per set
Repairing Crush
New Brush
Painting Gin
go-jJ aj. new at the following low
figure* ;
...$ 00 each
.. 10 00 each
... 1 50 each
... 1 50 each
... 1 00 each
00^15 0»
a Oi*
P. C. SAWYER.