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JOURNAL AND MESSENGER, CLISBT & JONES, Proprietors. THE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITICS—LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS, Etc.—PRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM. ESTABLISHED 1826- MACOSf, FRIDAY, APRIL 8Q, 1880. VOLUME LV—KO. 18 UNFINISHED STIFF. A baby’s boot, and a skein of wool, Faded and soiled and soft; Odd thing, you say, and no doubt yon re Round aseaman’s neck, this stormy night, Up in the yards aloft. Most likely it’s folly, but, mates, look here; When first I went to sea, A woman stood on the far-off strand, , With a wedding ring on the small, soft hand Which clung so close to mer My wife, God bless her! The day before She sat beside my foot; And the sunlight kissed her yellow hair, And the dainty fingers deft and fair, Knitted a baby’s boot. The voyage was ovei; I came ashore; What, think you, found I there? A grave the daisies had sprinkled white, A cottage empty, and dark as night, And this beside the chair. The little boot, ’twas unfinished still— Tlie tangled skein lay near; But the knitter had gone away to rest, With the babe asleep on her quiet breast, Down in the churchyard drear. Aunt Hannah Discards the New Hymn Book. Uncle Tony never once thought that the new hymn books he was distributing to his congregation would ever impair his usefulness as their pastor. About the closing of the morning service, he says “Brederen and sistern, uese are ae new liime books, I wants yer ail ter lam to sing wid the spirit and wid de understand ing, and yer gits ter raslin ; wid some of dese new fashun tunes, and is ’bout to be overeum, jest follow sister Hannah, she’ll tote yer through level. Her smoove vois is always heerd away down on the home stretch when the other nags is jes roundin’ de bend wid their rackit. Wien I calls for de mourners dese here himes -ill fetch uin if yu ingineers dem correct on the skedule. I takes dee noon ’freshments at sister Hannah’s, and is to converse wid Miss Lizebeth on de lookout of her feel ings, and I dismiss dis meeting to de evenin’ service when de csftidle am lit.” Aunt, Hannah pushed ahead toward home, to take up the chicken pie, and to set her house in order for the “noon ’freshments.” On her way, with hymn book in band, she came across some bad white boys playing marbles in the road. One of them said: “Why, Aunt Han nah ! What are you carrying that book for? You can’t read?” Aunt Hannah replies: “Dis is de new Lime book; jes read dis ritin on de fust leaf Mars Jo, please sah.” v Joseph reads: “Dis book am presented to my lovin sister Hannah by parson Tony Skot de minister.” “Dat souns purty, but you orter jes bear some ob de himes in dat book. Dar’s ‘When I can read my titles clear,’ Cross ober Jordan,’ and way down to ‘Hark from ye toom.’ Dere’s lots ob new fashun himes in thar, cause our cul ler is getting edicated, but dey sticks to de good ole doc’r’n, jes a new way ob wearin’ de garment; like as.I go and buy a bolt of calliker and make my dress de ole fasliun way, den my darter Lizzybetli cuts off her share and makes Iier’n wid de shoe fly and dolly vardin and de snatch- back, ain’t it all de same calliker? Mars Jo, jes read for my edifyin’ a few of those himes, please sah.” Joe winks at the other boys and reads: “I saw Esau kissing Kate, Axd she saw I saw Esau, And Esau saw she saw it, And I saw she saw Esau.”! “That’s a queer hymn, Annt Hannah,” said Joe. “Dere’s a mighty heap of saws mixed np in dat tune, and I is afeerd de hesaws and de shesaws will sesaw dat to pieces. But its got the right doctrine in thar; it ludes to Esau on de mount a viewing de promise lan’ wid de eyes of faith. Our preacher is a mighty pius high larntbrud- der, he looks through the spectacles of faith clean ober de trubals and trials of dis life to de other shore.” “Try a nudder one, Mars. Joe.” Joseph reads— “0 is an aught, d 5 is a figure, , Multiply the white man, Subtract the nigger.” “How do you like that one, aunty ?” “I uster think dat wasn’t a ligious hime when I lieerd it sung at de termination ob de free school. I rudder brudder Tony had left that out. Got no use for multi plying and subtraction in de pulpit. Let’s hear a few marc of’em, dere’s boun to he some real good ones in thar.” Joseph turned over a few leaves and read— “Beggars did the ni"gers fool "With forty acres and a mule, And to make ” “Stop, Mars Joe, right thar, I don’t want no politics mixed up in my ’ligion dat way. Why folks will think we ain’t not better’n yaukees. I don’t see what Tony let dat git in de hime book for, he hadn’t orter done dat. Move ober toards de mid dle ob do book, I spec it gits better. n Jo obeys and reads— “Nigger in the woods, Sitting on a log. Finger on the trigger , And eye on a bog.” “It pears to me dats getting was and wus. What business ole Tony got saying? He’s nothing bisseif? What he means busing his culler dat way ? You recon he ludes' to my son Sain a shooting at de peckerwood and killing de hog?” Jo thought it possible that the parson aVuji'n d to Sam’s case. * “Sam’s case? Sam’s case? Like ther wasn’t any Tony case; yes a half a dozen ob 'em. Dat cle-Tony nigger is de big gest rogue in dese parts. Didn't lie bring back de yaller puliit I sole to de store > 'U nlay, afore day dis niornin’, an’ got me to cook her for his breckfhs? and. no w makin’ small ob' my folks afore dinner.' Here’s many a hog whose light has gone out cause ole Tony was 'lowed to run in de same woods. Sam’s case! Ise a gettin’ tired of such times, and Mars Jo, if you will jes read ‘Ilark irom ye toom/ to repose my feelings, I’ll go and ’spostulate wid dat ole sinner man Tony.” ‘•Hark from ye toom, ye doleful sound, Old Beeve is trailin’ roiin’ and roun’s Lookout niggers: shore as yer born Ole nannahis in de new groun’ com.” ” “The lor’preserve us! Sakes alive! Danner in de new groun’, is she? Mare Joseph, I’ll tell for a fac’, Hau- u<-r ain't been in dat new groun’ but once His year, and dat was when ole Tony tome to my house and called liissell courtin’ me, and ole miasus gib me per mission to get some roastin’ years for him. He tells lies rite' dar in dat him.” Joseph now called Hannah’s attention to the reported engagement of Unde Tony and Mias Elizabeth—Hannah’s youngest daughter. “Dat news unfits me to sarve de Lord wid all my heart jes at dis time present.” About this time Miss Elizabeth and the parsou with the m^or portion of the con gregation arrises. Aunt Hinner pro ceeds: ’I niff y s in “My darter Elizzybeth ! jes a young gal about twenty gwine to marry dat ole crip ple up nigger ? IS] to Say ’bout dat. ince meetin’ eber he was in. Well, I de clare he’s got to be a regular ole Beeche He’s got two—five wives in dis settlement now, exc’udin’ dem he leff back in Geor gy. Tony, ole slack britches Tony, l’se talkin’ ter yer. You’s been a preachin’ ’bout John de Baptis and John _de Bun- yan and Blow Gabrll and do Nigger de mits dat was bom agin, and a prayin’ for de Lord to take sister Hanner home to glory, and a shoutin’ yer ole Tennessee jack bass, and it’s git- tin my time now to preach, and I takes my tex. “Hark from ye toom, ole Tony,” and I tell you afore dis tex is ended tbar’l be weepin and masnin ob teeth and rattle ob de hones and scratchin when dat ole buggy trace starts to poppin’ and de skil- lit’s a turning wrong side ontards cross yer heads, and de yeartbquakes and fallin stare ar a darning afore yer vishun, and de wash tubs of consecrated ly ar a splash- in over your soul,and de yearth is a buckin under you like a young mule and yer day of grace is gitten dark—Tony, den you’ll wish you saw what Esau saw. Den you’ll kr ow dat ort without de Agger ob speech and when you subtract de nigger from the forty acres and de mule, he’s got no time leff to see whose a settm on de log nor who’s to thin out de new giound com, den you’ll want to ’scard yer new doctrine hime book and be bom again before Blow Gabrillgits de dirt dobber nest out of de bom, Tony you hear mo? You ole scattering talking nigger; there’s a sboamuff hell, and Ise gwine to see dat my darter Elizybeth don’t trable dat downward direcsbnn wid you—Here’S yer hime book; it ain’t to git inside o’ my house. I scards it.” ACilLD IN COURT. THE POWER OP TRUTH. The following beautiful illustration of the simplicity and power of truth is from the pen of S. A. Hammond, formerly ed itor of the Alabama State Register. He was an eye-witness of the scene in one of the higher courts: A little girl, nine years of age, was of fered as a witness against a prisoner who was on trial for a felony committed in her father’s house. “Now, Emily,” said the counsel for the prisoner, upon her being offered as a wit ness, “I desire to know if you understand the nature of an oath ?” ‘•I don’t know what you mean,” was the simple answer. “There, your honor,” said the counsel, addressing tin court, “is anythin" further necessary to demon3tate the validity ol my objection? This witness should be rejected. She does not comprehend the nature of an oath.” “Let us see,” said the judge. “Come here my daughter.” Assured by the kind manner and tone of the judge, the child stepped toward him, and looked confidently into his face, with a calm, clear eye, and a manner so artless and frank that i6 went straight to the heart. “Did you ever take an oath ?” inquired the judge. The child stepped hack with a look of horror, and the blood mantled iu a blush all over her face and neck, as she answered: • “No, sir.” She thought Le intended to injuire if she had ever blasphemed.. “I don’t mean that,” said the judge, who saw her mistake; “I mean, were you ever a. witness before ?” No sir; I never was in court before!” was the answer. He handed her an open Bible. “Do 5 on know that book, my daugh ter?” She looked at it and answered, “Yes, sit; it is the Bible.” “Do you read it?’ 1 he asked. “Yes, sir; every evening.” “Can yon tell us what the Bible is ?” inquired the judge. “It is the word of the great God,” she answered. “Well, place your hand upon this Bible, and listen to what I say,” he repeatet slowly and solemnly the oath usually ad r ministered to witnesses. “Now,” said the judge, “you have sworn as a witness; will you tell me what will become of you if you do not tell the truth?” “I shall he shut up in State prison,’? answered the child. “Anything else ?” asked the judge. “I shall never go to heaven,?’ she re plied. “How do you know this?” asked the judge. The child took the Bible, and turoinj rapidly to the chapter containing ike com mandments, pointed to the injunction; “Thou shalt not bear false witness against tliy neighbor.” . “I learned that before I could read.” “Has anyone talked to you about yeur being a witness in court against this man?” inquired the judge. “Yes, sir,” she replied. “My mother heard they wanted me to be a witness, and last night she called on me to tell lier the ten commandments, and then we kneeled down together, and she prayed that I might understand how wicked it was to bear false witness against my neigh bor, and that God would help tae, a little child; to tell the truth as it was before Him. And when I came up here with my father, she kissed me and told me to remember the ninth commandment, and that God would hear every word that I said.” * “Do you believe this ?” asked the judge, while a tear gliJtened in his eye, and his lips quivered with emotion. “Yes, sir,” said the child, with a voice and manner that showed her conviction of the truth was perfect. / “God bless you, my child,” said the judge, “you have a good mother. This witness is competent,” ho continued. “Were I on trial for my life, and innocent of the charge against me, I would pray to God for such a witness as this. Let her be examined.” ‘Nothing but Compound Oxygen Saved We.*’ “Compound Oxygen has certainly done’ wonders in my case,” writes a gentleman from Eufaula, Indian Territory. “Before I commenced taking the Oxygen I had ta ken in the way of medicine about every thing that was recommended for. con sumption, tv no effect. I had beensick in bed about thirty-eight months in all, and in lvss than three months from the time I began taking the Oxygen, I was up and getting about. Had been given up by the doctors to (lie time and again; bufcfstill live, and believe that nothing elg but Compound Oxygen saved me.” A letter received five months later from a brother of that gentleman," says: ‘“Your Com pound Oxygen has in the case of my brother performed suck a miraculous cure —for we attribute it to nothing else—that have concluded .to test it myself.” A treatise on Compound Oxygen, its nature, action and results, sent free by Doctors Starkey & Fallen, 110b and 1111 Girard street, Philadelphia. apr27-wlt —At the time that railroads were com ing into operation in England many per sons imagined that horses would become in a great measure useless, and a Mr. Gray, .one of the most active promoters of railroads, wrote to a leading London peri odical in 1830: “Every horse requires as much land for the production of its fig I as would yield comfortable substance to at least three human beings.” Mr. Gray proceeds to calculate that railroads would throw 3,000,000 horses out of work, and A FOLDED LEAF. A folded page, old, stained and blurred, I found within your book last night. _ I did not read the dim, dark word I saw in the slow-waning light; So pnt it back and left it there, As in troth I did not care. Ah! we have all a folded leaf, That in Time’s book of long ago We leave; a half relief ' Falls on us when we hide it so. We fold it down, then turn away, And who may read that page to-day? Not you, my child; nor you my wife, Who sit beside my study chair; For all have something in their life That they, and they alone may bear— A trifling lie, a deadly sin, A something sought they did not win. My folded leaf; how blue eyes gleam And blot the dark brown eyes I see! And golden curls at evening beam Above the black locks at my knee. Ah me ! that leaf is folded down, And aye for me the locks are brown. And yet I love them who sit by, My best and dearest—dearest note. They may not know for what I sigh, What brings the shadow on my brow. - Ghosts at the best; so let them he, Nor come between my life and me! They only rise at twilight hour; So light the lamp and close the blind. Small perfume lingers in the flower That sleeps that folded page behind. So let it ever folded lie; ’Twill be unfolded when I die! —Chambers’ Journal. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. EDITED BY General Wm. M. BROWNE, Professor of Eistory and Agriculture in the University of Georgia. LARGE GOOD FARMS, RATHER THAN FARMS. What fanners want is not so much large crops as profitable crops. A hun dred dollars’ worth of cotton or corn which cost a hundred dollars to produce, is practically equivalent to no crop pt all. Before farmers generally can become prosperous, that is, make a profit on their investment of land, labor, seed, manure, implements, they must recognize and act upon tills truth, and learn that it does not pay to work a large number of acres for a small number of bales of cotton and bush els of com. It is far, better to have good farms than large farms, and to con iine onr planting operations to such num ber of acres as we can prepare, cultivate and manure thoroughly, and leave the rest of our land to take care of itself. .The profit of planting is wholly derived from the surplus of production over and above its cost. This varies, somewhat, hut in an average of years it is nearly a fixed quantity. It is certainly in the aggregate as great in raising meagre crops as in raising large crops. If 500 pounds ofseed cotton per acre will repay the outlay, 1,000 pounds will yield a clear profit equal to the value of 500 pounds. There are thousands of clay farms in our. country which possess a sufficient quantity of the element of fertility to produce good crops with the addition of moderate artificial manuring, in which, from the want of draining, those elements are una vailable. They are wet and cold and compact as putty in the spring and early part of the summer; in July and August they were as hard as a briclrfloor, and whSn the fail rains come return to their condition of putty. No amount of labor or manure can make such lands productive without draining. It is a very common error that low lands alone need drainage—that lands which suffer from drought do not need it, whereas, it is of ten true that lands suffer from drought just because they need draining. Let the stagnant water flow out, and let the air and warmth flow in, and they will not suffer from drought. SELECTION OF SEED. The closest observers and experimenters have arrived at the following conclusions as the result of many years’ experience: (1.) Every fully developed plant, whether of grain or cotton has one ear or boll su perior in productive power to any other on that plant. (2.) Erery such plant contains one grain or seed, which, upon trial proves more productive than any other. (3.) The best grain or seed iu a grain plant is found in its best ear or lole. (4.) The superior qualities of this seed are transmissible in different de grees to its offspring. (5.) By repeated careful selections the superiority is ac- cnmnlated and the improvement main tained. WHAT IS PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURE ? A writer in the New-York Observer aptly and comprehensively answers this question as follows: Under its influence spring up tasty and convenient dwellings, adorned with shrubs and flowers, and beaHtifuI within with the smiles of happy wives, tidy children in the lap of thoughtful age—broad hearts and acts, as well as words of welcome. Progressive agriculture builds bams and puts gutters .on them, builds stables for cattle and .•aises roots to feed them. It sets out new orchards of choice fruit trees, and takes care of the old ones. It drains low lands, cuts down bushes,shelters tools and wagons, keeps good fences, and soils cattle. It makes hens lay, chickens live, and prevents hogs from rooting up the garden or the meadow. It plows deeply, sows plentifully, harrows evenly, and ways for the blessing of heaven. Finally, t subscribes for good, religious, agricultu-! ral and family journals; and pays for them in advance, advocates education, and al ways takes something besides the family, to the county fair. WHAT IS PLANT FOOD ? All that plants consume in their growth' is plant foot'.. But there are other things which cause them to grow. There may be sufficient nourishment within reach of the roots, but it may be in an unavailable condition. The soil must be light and po rous so that air, warmth and moisture can. easily penetrate it, and produce the chem ical changes of the mineral and vegetable matters, that a gracious providenco has furnished as plant food so as to make it digestible. THE MOST EFFICIENT AID to agricultural advancement is the diffu sion cf agricultural newspapers and books, It will be seen from the fore going that in the nitrogen (the ammonia forming constituent) the soluble organic and inorganic matters, and potash and soda salts, there is a loss in the exposed manure which renders it half the money value of that which is shel tered. GREEN MANURING. Whether the land has borne a crop of oats, wheat, barley or rye, is to be sown again in the fall for another grain crop, or is to be left fallow, to be planted in corn or cotton next spring, there- is no better or more economical way of enriching it than by sowing it broadcast in peas, at the rate of two or two and a-half bushels per acre, immediately after the grain has been cut and removed, plowing the peas and stubble under, with a good turn plow. “In no other form,” says Professor Johnson, “can the same crop convey to the soil an equal amount of enriching matter as in that of green leaves and stems.” Professor J. is- decidedly opposed to leaving the vines to decay in the open air, by which, he says, “there is a loss both of organic and inorganic matter.” IN ANY WEATHER. When the weather is wet We must no't fret; When the weather is cold We must not scold; When the weather is warm We must not storm, — But Be thankful together, Whatever the weather. ~ TheFarm. BARRETT’S CERTAIN PREVENTIVE OF THE POTATO ROT. Sow unleached ashes over the field once a week for six weeks, commencing soon after the second hoeing. Apply two or three bushels to the acre, usiug care to dust, the tops well. It has never been known to fail, where faithfully test-, ed. TO DRIVE EATS AWAY. Fill the rat-holes with new slacked lime; repeat it a second time if necessary. It affects them In such a manner that they will soon leave, very seldom requiring a repetition of the dose. TO KEEP ICE. Make a double pocket of strong woolen" cloth, no matter how coarse and faded it is. Have a space of two inches or so be tween the inner and outer pockets, and pack the space as full as possible with feathers. You have no need to use geese feathers, hen’s feathers are just as good With a jiocket thus constructed and kept closely tied at the mouth, a few pounds of ice may be kept a week. AT MILKING TIME. At milking time we do not want much talking and running around the “pound” or yard. We want all those who arc not milking to either stay away or act quietly and sensibly. We do. not wan! the cattle chased all around the yard with a stalk or a heavy stick until they are “tired enough to stand still now, are you?” But by being unifoimly kind we want each cow to know that we come to relieve her of her milk, which we intend to do quietly and quickly. We want her. to understand we are her best friend, and never intent on injuring her in any way. By having only quiet, experienced milk ers, you will, reader, he surprised at the great difference in the daily yield of milk, It is scarcely necessary to caution clean liness at milking time,for all should know its great importarce, but- we must speak of the habit of moistening the cow’s teats to make the milking easier. This may be the case, but when this: is persisted in, the teats are apt to harden and crack. The best plan is to sponge them off just before milking with pure water—warm in winter, cool in summer—and when they have dried off, do the milking, and the teats will be nice.—Kansas Fanner. AN ACRE OF LAND. . The number of square feet in an acre is 43,500. In order to have this area the piece of land must be of sucii a length and breadth that the two multiplied together will produce the above number. Thus an acre of land might be 43,500 feet long by one foot broad; 21,780 feet long by two feet broad; 14,520 feet long by three feet broad, and so on. If the acre of land is to he exactly square, each side must be as nearly as possible 208 feet 5| inelies. The nearest you can come to an exactly square acre with an even num ber of feet in the side, is to make it 220 feet long by 10S broad. Georgia Baptist Convention. From our own Correspondent.] The Geoigia Baptist Convention, which ended its session at 1 p. m. on Monday last, was the largest that has met for many years, and its spirit was, in a high degree, harmonious and kind. Not a single un kind" word marred the proceedings. mittee, in Atlanta, of which Hon. J. H. [ stature, with a well-knit frame, an elastic James is chairman, to wind np the in-1 step, and a kindly expression of determi- stitution as soon as possible, sell the I nation in eveiy line of his face. In mau- “Home,” and turn over the. remaining I ner he was inclined to be somewhat funds to Mercer University, perhaps for j brusque. He wa3 always at war with the benefit of the same class of persons. | some party or man, and entered into t h The board, by which the convention | contest last summer with the Keamey- - T . has for years been collecting funds for in- I Kalloch party with a bitterness which — . .. -H 0 ® 8 ,' ic digent superannuated Baptist ministers in I soonmade him the nrominent obiect of at- was a convention, too, noted for the large the State, was discontinued by the adop-1 tack. He rented the scandalous record wbo attended, ap<l tion of a report requesting tfie district as-1 of Kalloch. then running for mayor, who, whom the Central railroad was consid- I sociations to take up collections for the I in turn, made speeches assailing 1 the ante/ erate enough to return home free. For purpose, and send their collections to the cedents of the DeYoungs, and S pronounc- the delegates/as did, also, SSUISS I St? ^ board at I ing them “two bastard sons ofa prosti- cured the favor. The convention was I N ext morning after this Baptists, a larger sum having I elg® boarihof the Southern Baptist Con->, , , , *• ,, ^ been collected for missions and I vention, has written a large and splendid j **“*? ***”!; 10 o clock, just as Kalloch benevolence during the last year than has book on the foreign mission work of the into a carriage witH Carl been collected since the war—-nearly Southern Baptists, which was highly com-1 y!®™’ s former secretary. De $20,000. Our State board reported $17,- mended by the convention at Savannah, j 8ei f lt a messenger boy to Kalloch 000 contributed for mission purposes dur- The same may be said cf Kind Words, j |® 1 !f y tbat a lady washed to see him. Rail ing the past year, it being a 1 remarkable the Sunday School paper of the Southern the coupe, and, m he fact-that eacliof the Boards, as well as | £ a P^jublished^ the | wa3 about the Southern nary, got from sSiSMkK5s I ram cmdK.'aSf 'i1 Southern Baptist Theological Seminary I nounced that Rev. M. B. Whar- ™^ded Kalloch m the left and, although the seminary had asked for ton, D. D., had purchased a large and obtained $45,000 from tlie Geoigia interest in the firm, and had been ceased Baptists and had obtained it, through the made business director and associate ed- to me ha weapon he kept the crowd off efiiciencyofitsagent,Dr.B.M.Wharton,of itorof the paper. Many were glad to I tbe l wUc ®\- Hq revived Macon, yet Dr. Boyce asked for $3,500 as learn that a leading Baptist was now a | L ,nY CVer ’ a , nd -£ 1S cou P e ,?’ as an annual quota of Georgia as aSustenta- member of that firm, and would now tionfund for the seminary; and it was lend his eminent business qualifications I 1 w CO /. Crj . from 1,13 wounds was granted by the convention?Sl,000 in cash | topwmotog the Interests and circulation | and Dr. the JEFFERSON’S DUSK, upon which lie wrote the Declaraticn of Independence, was the attraction in Con gress yesterday, and the inspiration of some Congressional eloquence considera bly above the average. In the House the honors were fairly carried off by Mr, Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, who spoke conamore. His heart like that of every other Virginian, stands always full to the brim and bubbling over with love and ad miration lor Jefferson. It was theft a la bor of lore for him to speak, which he did in a most eloquent aud felicitous manner. A Massachusetts icicle named Crapo spoke for the donors of the desk. He called the United States the Nation— with a big N—which is the latest and most correct thing in loyalty’s lexi con, and seemed rather unhappy at - not being able to get a few licks at “rebels” and “traitors” but remembering how awful a sinner in both respects Jefferson was he had to forego the luxury. Over in the Senate the dreary Dawes and Johnston, of Virginia, did the talking, which was quite prosaic, and tried to I not to say soporific in its character. Mrs. Partington at the Sociable.” There was no mistaking the costume, and the fact that the venerable dame led a small hoy by the hand confirmed the impression that Mrs. Partington was in- deed in the assemblage. There was a momentary lull in the buzz of conversa tion, and the party gathered around the newcomer, eager to shake her by the hand. “Bless me!” said she, with a beaming smile, .which played over her face like sunshine over a lake. “Bless me! how salutatory you all are 1—just as you ought to he at a time like this, when nothing harmonious should be allowed to disturb your hostilities. You are very kind, I’m shure, and I am glad to see you trying; to enjoy yourselves. TVe had no church sociables in my young days, butwe had huskin’ bees, and quailtin’ bees, and apple bees, and—” “Bumble-bees,” said Ike, breaking in like a boy on thin ice— “and though we had good times, and so ciable enough, goodness knows, when the red ears were round, they were nothing to the superfluity of this.” There was a slight disturbance in the circle, as Ike in his restlessness placed his heel, on a cir cumjacent toe, hut it was stilled as the master of ceremonies came up to intro duce the minister. “Glad to see you, madam,” said the minister; “I hope you may find the hour spent with us a happy one.”“I know I shall, sir,’’replied she,“for happiness depends very much on how we enjoy ourselves, and enough of anything always satisfies me. How could I help enjoying myself in a scene of such a life and animosity as this?”. “Very true, madam.” “And then tlie lights, blazing like, a consternation, and the music and flowers make it seem like Pharaoh land.” The minister was called away, and the master of ceremonies asked Mrs. P. if she would like “an ice,” which she faintly heard. “A nice ?” she replied, looking at him and hanging on to the , as if it were the top bar of a gate, “oh, very.” ' J A rash by the contestants'in the increase of the number of good schools a game hero broke in between them, the xriili mvul anti tliA ! haiwl fruro a nracVi tvlnnli conmnd tn cfr,>+ missions, and it was voted; and so was I South. j $5,000 voted for home missions, to be dis- miscellaneous. wardS VjfS, f pensed by the Home Mission Board, at The hospitality and kindness of the adt f r d .^" Marion, Alabama. people of Savannah were unbounded, and m. „ , - u-rxrp rmufiu -pt a v ” I received the warmest eulogiums from all f? aac Kalloch, who figures ‘ I those in attendance, and will long make ff/f°n? 1 nen ^y in t l da feud, and who is It is# great pleasure to the Georgia the conveil tton a “memory” of pleasure °£ 1 D ^ Y ?? Dffs “ urd <;. rer » *** Baptists to witness the success of their with many> 1 doubt if a State convention bom m E°cW a nd, Me., where his father plan of collecting missionary money was ever J etter managetl or more hos iti . wfts a preacher. He began to preach m through the secretary of a State board, I bj y entertained 11* 031011 when ha was twenty-seven, and whose duty it is to act mostly through the In bidding for the next convention a ******* ™> ted for the plainness and bold- agency pf^the pastora: themselves; but it is a Dew species of tactics was developed, to ?!? 8 f. lan p a S e m the pulpit. In greater pleasure still to note tlie increased w bich special attention is invited. ’ A1 . ms character was called m question, Uberality in our denomination, as evidenc- bany and Athens were applying for the E* ,^ r , ch foluld r innocent, ed by the amounts contributed. During the convention and each nut m its claims cl Shortly after; however, Mr. Kalloch WB! past year $0,000 were raised in Georgia for ^n?& 1 fe P thaf pfece whi^ tndijtadfor adultery,, the jury disagreed, our foreign board, an amount about equal emulates Savannah, and allows the ladies w° r and ? ur fo f to that of “the good old days” of the past, tbe pleasure of attending,” exclaimed !f$£ ttaL Kalloch afterwards want and nearly as much was collected for oar onp T)p Mell nrnmntlv to Lansas, where he started a farm, and Home Board Dr. William H. McIntosh, ^fedf “I would stare (hat we not onlj t was * ™ll kno wn ch aracter at the coan . Secretary of that board, who was present, w £ nt the brethren to come to Athens, but b . eca ™ e a _ la >" expressed gratification at the Georgia col- we want them t0 bring their wives.” Up P. rea ^er and settled in San Fran- lections for his board in the last twelve rose j ud „e o.^vason, of A Ibany, and , cisco " En , terlD S the political field, months, and was made happy by a bal- exclaimed: “I wish it clearly underetood ¥„ n \ as ,, e ] ected . ma y° r , of ® an . F /an- anceof So00 turned over to him by the that m not only want the brethren t0 cisco by the workingmen’s party in bep- secretanr of our State mission board. briug their 9toea t0 A i bany but we want ^ lU Llm , made This board has kept about twenty State | tbei £ to briD „ tbeir children, too.” The by Charlcs DeYoung having made him first vote was a tie, and on the second itJ ?-P°P ll ar -? iai ^ r ' Having recovered from stood, Albany 49, Athens 50. missionaries in the field, and will be able to pay~yp all their salaries in full. The exhibit -«5afte by Dr. J. H. DeVofie, secretary of the State hoard, in his re port was exceedingly gratifying, not only as regard the collection of funds, but in wu uiiuau xAiucua h>s wouifds, Mayor Kalloch entered ac- A night was devoted to-the interests of| ^ duties of his office, and took - a - - — *• 1 a leading part m the turmoil which the anti-Chinese crusade has occasioned. His the ■ Georgia Baptist Historical Society, and excellent speeches were made by Mr. 1 ... , - -i . . J l , , J. C. C. Black and Rev. W. W. Landrum J < ”g tn ~ regard to missionary and Sunday-school bo .h of Anmista The formpr mw »n in nation, and recently the judiciary corn- work done. The labors of the State Sun- teresting historical acJunt of the Augus- 130 t rd ° f sn P e . rv ! i > or3 ° f day-school evangelist, in the employ of ta Baptist church. He was also elected ^ b ?® n «onsidenng whether the State hoard, were productive of large president of the society, Dr. J. H. Camp- 5? ayor EaUock or dld not U3 « “cen- and greatly beneficial results, in consti- be ii 0 f Columbus bavins' resigned Thp d,ary language in bis recent public tuting Sunday-school conventions, organ- | efficient secretary of t.lds° ocicfvis Rev I speeches. _/ Atlast;accounts they were con- izing Sunday-schools Sunday-school necessity of economizing space, only, pre- j cords of Baptist history in the Sate. I «- •, vents the presentation ot figures to exhibit, 0 ne of the incidents^ tbe convention' T. T „ An t J nC1 f d ® nt fi a 3ff ° raL ,, in itemized form, the actual amount of was the collection (iu cash and pledges) than fo F ty -, five yeara a S° there work done and good accomplished by our I C170 to nnrehase a level for thp riw of I was a bar-room in the northwest comer of State board, injts missionary and WISSEESSCSSSTte SSf day-school work, during tbe last year, bv .w nr ince of beware Dr 1? I nal1. Behind the counter stood a ynun; thanks, mainly, to the faithfulness, effi- Wharton a worthv feat which lie accom- cler ^» whose business it was to deal out cieney and untiring labois of three men, a few minutes accom fire brands, arrows and death to those Dr. J. H. DeVotie, Rev. G. A. Nunnally 1 Dr J H DeYotie made a touchim? an- I wbo came " He did not tben tlllnk about and Rev. T. C. Boykin—the first, Secre- L ea ] ‘' a i so 'for a verv worthy and/vell I tlie moral character of his business, thou^ taiy of the board; the second, a member [known Baptist minister, who felaid aside hl8 A eart was achin . g with a f f nstt .°£ 3i . n of tlie board and editor of the Church and bv an afflictin" nrovidence and succeeded and by 110 means m sympathy with his School; the third, State Sunday-«*ool I I surroundings. He would not now engage gelist,and, also, editor of the Khurch 0ne brother with a larce body, made on m sucb bns “** for * "'orffi. One day a young man, tall, erect and of command- £vangeiist,and, also, editor 01 tne.LTiure/i. 1 Q n(} br other with a large body, made on and School, a missionaiy and Sunday- purtK)Sa by the Almighty to contain a 1 i vuus miUi ’ 01 .command- at reasons for holding fast, to that faith in school paper pubiished by Harnson & Lg*e soul", threw into fhe hat a twenty m minus boots, bis emL f.tness to represent them to the Co., of Atlanta. dollar bill | hat, coat and vest, with a maniac’s stare ... i' ll Is in place, here, to remark that the The followin'* brethren were elected as ou bis coante “ ancfi ' & few loung- Convention sanctioned and encouraged e P^ent, mdi a. are alwaja' found I **» following year, all ol whom, it .ill be | 2K? Mean missionary magazine, by Rev. G. A. Nun- Ljerceived reside in Macon • nally.-and that it will be soon launched 1 1 E W. Warren M B Wharton, s p 1 time the facts of his history were brought An fLa ran r\V innunoliani in flm inf Onoctu I _ *" * _* * , w * .* *_ on the sea of journalism, in the interests of missions in general, and of the mission work among the Baptists in the Southern States in particular. visitors. Among the distinguished visitors present Wharton S P I kuc ma lnsuwy were orougui, Sanford. L W. flun f V Powers’.Tamps I out- was tbe son °f a highly respect- McBride and J. E. Willet. ’ I able ma ? a ?1 mini ster of the Gospel, a The preaching on Sunday was generally ?'°, UDS P bysician , bad married a young reported as highly creditable to the Bap- j Jj' dy /^ l ‘ a |’ y f 3 jtists. - Dr. Tucker preached a grand ser-1 t ia l be came to the city well mounted on Among me nisiinguisueu visitors present | i n t i,„ nantist phnreh nnthatovt l a “ ne horse, saddle and bridle, well were DrTJas.P. Boyce, of Louisville, and “Yeare b^ueht withamfee” th ? *“*» dressed, with $250 in his pocket. All Dr. J. W.Lathrop, of Massachusetts. The I it is'said that two of thp. defecates whn I this—money, horse, saddle and bridle, former made an excellent speech in favor {preached in the Lutheran church officia I bat ’ boot3 » coat and vest—was gone. He of the Southern Baptist Theological Sem- f ed j n robes according to the custom 0 f| seemed insensible to the insults of his inary. The latter, at the missionaiy meet- tbat nu i D j t to which no sDecial obiection tormentors, until one.of them decided that Innrn 'Tbririav wiiri.t o,iim,v>in,i .i™nin I lEat P U1 P IC > to wniQn no special objection | wa , tnn mp«n to live and he would forward his cruel ably conducted by Dr. T. J. Robert and I feg theBaptbfbrothS semmn^fth the | raffled fb^ drelvoff the greeifba'ize covert Dr-D. Shaverat AtlantaGa Under the SSnganSt ° I and commenced prepiWms to aim! auspiecs of the Home Society of the North- J J T ^. EX curs IO n er 2,-baptists. . . . . ’ . I down the Savannah river, merits special I ? , There. a » now one hundred students in mentioll) „ it was a delightful tripTand ± A that institution, and it is doing a great a most grateful and unussal treat to man v !owed by the work, and destined to do a much greater,. of the d£i e <»ates^nd attendants unon the upoa b,m with the fury of an enra ged ti- in the education of colored Baptist minis- j conation! The BrWectoniefMhe^v I g *f> saymgmstentorian tones, that he was “not afraid of heaven or hell, of God poor victim looked at all at first unmeaningly, then gleam of intelligence, fol the look of a demon, and rushed ters. convention. The Bridgeton ieft the city about 2 o’clock, with four or five hundred ... . _ ... Jon board, and sped seaward until the roll- BvpfwATp^Pr'rfnfJwS?. .‘TS&’ l ing wav ? 3 of old ocean tossed the steamer MERCER UNIVERSITY. however, is Mercer University, at Macon, iresided over by Dr. A. J. Battle, who up and down with graceful and undula ting motions, threatening serious in- tsra *ress, « stitution tobeina healthy and flourish- Memorable Fort Pulaski, the quaran- nor the devil, and it shall never be said that the son of—(calling his father’s name)—was afraid of a gun.” There v, as no fun in this. The gun was put away, he was pacified with a drink of brandy, and in a short time was lying on a cellar door, just across the street, in a pitiable, shameful and disgusting plight. Some finift offiipwartlg nrvf rnrr Inner !io of While it is a pleasure to he able to state 0n board were S some who had neverbeeii I The fonner bartender is now an honor- that the funds in the hands of the treas-. j nsucba situation before and whiwif I ^deilgyman of the Baptist denomiMtion, urer of tbe convention will allow the. edu- , hVt and i* «t present in the city as a delegate cation in the University of several more'| saw> ’ Sala oSold brother from the inte- State Convention.-Saran- rior, “Well! This is the biggest creek I' JSews ' ever saw.” And noticing the buoys here and there, alongside the channel, he was students of that class who need financial assistance, yet it must not be inferred the Mercer is sufficiently endowed at Wuhington Correspondence. Washington City, April 23d, 1880. MB. STEPHENS’ spec I’ll hab siunthin’ I , _ l’s gwine ter take dat j that consequently there would be food for Oie sinner nigger through de wust sper- 9,000,000 more people. with good teachers, and the multiplica- band gave a crash which seemed to start, than aught else, has lifted U16 denomimu .{y~r^r®!' 3 . a £ say, teach Mr. Stephens one or two Jessoas finn nf factories, crist and saw mills, wnrlr- ! Hip roof, the ma«snf npnnlo wivoi! tn tinn in tl,o fitnto tn tlio lnflw .. cuse ui suiiug ou lire i«si. seat iu tue mna-1 1 tion of factories, grist and saw mills, work shops and railroads. TRUE. Horace Greeley once said that “the darkest day in any man’s career is that in wherein he fancies there is some easier way of getting a dollar than by squarely earning it.” SHELTER FOB MANURE. If the manure from the staDio* ad peas were always gathered and pUcA ^Bder shelter from the washing rain ancTseorcb- ing gun, its value as a fertiliser would be increased twofold as compared with tbe same balk exposed to the weather. The Boston Journal •/ Chemistry, publishes the following result of an experiment as to the relative value of sheltered and ex posed lot manure: Exposed. Sheltered. Nitrogen 1.35 1.88 Soluble organic matter. 1.78 6.22 Soluble inorganic mat ter . , .... 2.67 3.98 Phosphoric acid . . . 0.20 0.29 Potash and soda . . . 0.70 2.00 the roof, the mass of the people waved to and fro, Ike started off with a new crony in quest of some suggested peanuts, and Mrs. Partington backed into a scat. She looked pleasantly upon the - moving spectacle through her own paraholia, her fingers beat time to the music, and her oil-factories inhaled tbe breath of flowers and the smell of coffee from an adjacen* room, till she was becoming “lost,” when she realized that a figure was standing before her, and a cold spoon was being thrust into her right band. It was the attentive manager, again, with an ice cream which he invited her to take. “Yon are very surprising, sir,” said she, smiling, “I was unconscionable at tbe moment. Thank you; I will. I am very partially fond of ice cream, and this is manilla, too, which is my favorite.” She ate with a sense-of enjoyment caught from the scene, when Ike had joined her, with plethoric pockets, bidding, the manager convey a a good night from her to the party, saying she had enjoyed a real sociable time.—B. P. Shiilaber. towpolot . MJW for ttlM; SESLjS? P 8 varsity, whose efforts shall be directed This was about on a nar with the I exErius.>3 to the completion of the. endowment Lfan exteedinelv rural vounlhrotW I last Jetter Gener al Gordon has reached fund; and by universal consent, Rev. G. b visited the S German Scheutzen Dark bere ’ and excites almost universal pity for A. Nunnally is considered to he the man writer. It is regarded as even more for the place. I feel warranted In saying d river “Do they caH' i^Scheutzen Dark weakly spiteful and sick-womanish than that he will be unhesitatingly appointed, ® a V ^S?” <W is “ u *H y tbe nowadays with if he will consent to accept the position. e ]Sb2 “ill uS to it that gentleman’s effusions, and hue for the The times are auspicious for the success e frobcold-Blooded venom that kins all through cf such a work, for not only is the condi- “fraTmmmari nera freshfrom *• not ' at a11 worthy furtber BOtice - tion of our people improving, but a ^J^^ a d^“ a ^ e ne ” f ^ b iL 0 “ General Gordon’s friends think the time mighty impetus .was given to the move- , h d , h ^ nrmnUed for 1143 now 001,16 f * r him to close this contro ment in Savannah, and the Geoigia Bap- the Sanford “level ’ ,y “This w theworat versy by dealin S wit h his assailant as he tists seem more than ever inclined to rally .. t e ’ bad » He u ^ deserves, and as any other one of the same ^totlgon w^ch, more OHMi ^““om the railroad conductera a^ I class wouW be^dealt with. He can, they tion in the State to the lofty position it j occupies. OTHER SCHOOLS. Besides the University, the Crawford j High School for boys, at Dalton, the Georgia Female Seminary,for young ladies at Gainesville, Rev. Wm. C. Wilkes, Pres ident, and the Hearn School, for boys, at j most car that he may save the interest on his money just so much the longer. S.B V that he ought to have been taught long ago, and force him either to he silent, or if speaking, to do so with some respect for the amenities of decent controversy, and regard for facts. This is their deliberate judgment, and they insist that Gen. Gordon shall adopt such a policy. But they and everybody else should re- Charles DeYoung and the Father of His Slayer. Charles DeYoung was tbe most noted Care Spring, all of which belong to tlie I journalist of the Pacific slope, though not convention, were reported to be m a high- the greatest ornament to his profession. | member the fact that Gen. Gordon was, ly prosperous condition, With a large Charles DeYoung was the eldest of three I once upon a time, preferred by the people number of students in attendance. The 1 brothers, was a native of Louisiana, of 1 of Georgia through their representatives Shorter Female College, at Rome, the I Hebrew descent, and bis parents had j in thyGeneral Assembly, to Mr. Stephens, Southern Female College, at LaGrange, I resided in New Orleans, Baltimore and [ as their Senator in the United States the Georgia Female College, at Madison, Cincinnati. The brothers began life in I Congress. That tv as the unpardonable the Monroe Female College at Forsyth, San Francisco as newsboys. Charles be- j sin. It has never been condoned, and the Female College at Perry, and the came a printer, and in 1859 started a j never will be, either by Mr. Stephens or High School at Hepbzibab, were all re- dramatic newspaper, which ultimately some others who came to similar grief at ported prosperous and flourishing. I grew into the San Francisco Chronicle, j tbe same time. It has fed the fires of orphans and aged ministers. in the publication of which he was asso- j malice, and kept them at a white heat The Baptist Orphans’ Home, at Atlan- dated with his brother MicbaeL j ever since, and will continue to do so ta, which is the property of the conven- Tbe building which' it occupies to-day is ] while life lasts. Let no one wonder then, tien, and which, during the last ten years, | regarded as a model newspaper offlos, { hereafter, why A. H. Stevens hates and has maintained, educated and provided and the value of the Chronicle is esti- j pursues John B. Gordon with such per- homes for many poor orphans of both I mated at $250,000. Charles De Young ‘ sistent malice and perennial spite. There sexes, was placed in the hands of a com- had a dark complexion, was small of is the explanation in a few words. The desk is an old fashioned mahoga ny affair about two feet in length and six indies thick. The top is lined with green baize, and being thrown back, cau be readily utilized for writing purposes. It also contains a drawer for writing mate rial. I should think it would bring about two dollars and a half at a fair auction. I was glad to see there was one man in Congress who "noticed, in this connection, and rebuked the new fangled loyl slang of speaking of the United Slates as “na tion.” It was Senator Beck, of Ken tucky, who did that righteous thing, and he ought to have had a found of applause for calling attention to this latest and most nauseating exhibi tion of latter day “loyalty.” Whenever you hear a man in Washington, whether in or out oi Congress, speak of this repub lic of ours as a “nation,” you know exact ly where to place him. He belongs to the crowd whose creed is: “In the name of God, amen! Let us steal something J” KELLOGG. The case of this miserable creature who sits in the Senate as one of Louisiana’s representatives, will probably consume much time in tkat body for several days to come. I presume there will be an uu- sual number of “greatest efforts of their lives,” and that among the number Mr. Hill will stand conspicuors. All the same I am stupid enough to stick to the opinion heretofore expressed that the whole business is a blunder, as we will clearly find out before we are through with it, I mean the present considera tion of it, Are we going into the next race riding so light that this handicap is desirable or necessary? Kellogg'is doubt less all his enemies paint him;.'and cer tainly has no right to sit where he does now; but can’t we, having endured him this long, stand him untii after the next election ? I have no doubt that Mr. Hill will make a inaguificeut speech on the ease—one that will stand as a monument to his splendid talents and forceful elo quence for all time—but will that com pensate the Democratic party for any probable loss of vote3 at the November election on account of this expulsion of Kellogg ? The Lord knows we' have none to spare that I have heard of. * MR. BLOUNT’S management of the Indian appropriation bill which passed the House a few days since was the subject of general remark and commendation. He fought it through the committee of the whole with a tact, energy and ability -that would by itself have put him among the foremost men of the House, and, better than all, he saved the government more than half a million dollars by resisting and defeating amend ments with which it was sought to load it down. If Mr. Blount’s constituents could have dropped in on him that day they would certainly have found addition- next Congress which I hear is so univer sally anu warmly entertained by them.. NO GO. It is understood that Mr. Hill, a day or Cwo since, made a strenuous effort to have the injunction of secresy removed from the proceedings of the Senate while in execu tive session on the nomination of Sim mons for census supervisor of the fifth, Georgia district. His proposition, I hear, was summarily sat down upon—squelch ed, as it were, iu the shortest of short or der. I regret the fact, myself, for I should have immensely enjoyed the speeches of both our Senators on that occasion. They were on their metal and must have had the keenest of edges on their respective blades. I suppose, however, we will nev er know what exactly was said. I should think it would be very interesting reading to parson Simmons. By the way, how is the parson ever going to get even now with those “cowardly secession traitors”? A. W. R. Thf Digging Up of Troy Comple* ted. The St. Petersburg Golos says: We have received a letter from the famous arcbaiologist, Sclilieman, dated Athens, March 14. We print this extract: “I have just returned from Asia Minor, where I have at last finished that digging out of Troy which I began in 1870. Dur ing ten years I have struggled with great difficulties, among which perhaps the most troublesome has been the large amount of debris under’which the an cient city was buried. It has been neces sary to dig down and dig up the ground for more than sixteen yards below the surface. But I atn fully recompeused for all my trouble. I found the remains of seven different cities; the last of them was the Ilion of. Homer. t That city was built by the ^Eolians, banished from Greece by the Dorians in the eleventh century before our era. In one of the buried cities I found many statues of Minerva with the owl’s head, whence her name of Glaucopis. In another city were found many images of the divinities. But the most important of all discoveries is, of course, the city of King Priam. Every article found in the ruins of that city bear unmistakable signs of having been destroyed by fire and in a There were discovered many re mains of human bodies in full armor. I dug out and cleared away the debris from the entire wall that surrounded the city, and also from all principal buildings. Now I am finishing a large volume in England describing with full details all my discov eries and containing 200 illustrations of the most important of the discoveries. My Trojan collection is now in London, but at tbe end of this year I shall take it to my villa in Athens, which is fire-proof, built only of marble and iron. I have re ceived large offers for my collection from the Unitea States, England, France and Germany, but I cannot part with any money in the world. —Tbe little town of Haltern, near Munster, in Prussia, has been recently celebrating the singular good fortune of its inhabitants. Owing to tbe value ac quired by the town property, the citizens are able not only to defray the whole communal expenditure out erf the annual returns from the property in question, bat also to distribute a large surplus each year among themselves. On March 31 and April 1, this yea-’s surplus, amounting to 14,000 marks, was thus divided among the Inhabitants of this enviable par ish.