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GEORGIA PRESS. A NEW steamboat company was formed reoentlv for the purpose of patting on a new boat between Augusta and Savannah on the river. The Wesley Monumental church Sun day-school held their anniversary meeting Wednesday evening. Everything passed off splendidly. The Young Men’s Christian Associa- „ tion held their annual meeting on Mon day evening. The fallowing are the offi- eers for the ensuing year: Dr. J. P. S. Houston, president. X). Vanmore Lebey, first vice-president, T. J. Elmore, second vice-president, E. E. Cunningham, recording secretary, C. M. Gilbert, treasurer. Registration’ of voters in Chatham county moves too slow for safety. Only 1,000 registered up to date, and the books close in two weeks. The following are the officers of the Georgia railroad. The election took place oh Wednesday: President—Charles H. Phinizy. Directors—E. P. Alexander, James W. Davis, James S. Hamilton, Stephen Thomas, M. P. Stovall, George T. Jack- son, L. M. Hill, Josiah Sibley, H. D. Mc Daniel, George Hillyer, John Davidson, Wm. M. Reese, John H. James, Joel A. Rillups, N. L. Hutchins, H. H. Hickman. General Alexander said of his retire ment: Auousta News: The delegation from No. 4, of Macon, headed by President Kennedy, presented Citizen, No. 8, with a beautiful tiltlngpitcherand goblets, which will constitute but another bright and metaltc tie between these strong compa nies of two sister cities. “ I have less hesitation or apprehen- * sion of any harm to the company from the suddenness of my retirement, from the fact that the sentiment of the stockhold ers, with remarkable unanimity, has set tled upon a gentleman as my successor of whose qualifications and ability to man age the affairs of tlie compauylhave the highest opinion. It is due to him to say that he has been my constant and confi dential adviser in every matter of policy and many details of management. Majuetta Journal: When you hear a Cobb county man say he is going to Texas to get rich, a man too who has a good farm, fine stock, ample cash to keep him out of debt, and in the enjoyment of excellent health, we wonder what const! tutes riches, and how much it takes to make a man contented and happy. It is a fatal mistake in the pursuit of wealth and happiness not to know when we pos sess them; men often abar don the real substance to grasp a shadow. It is well to let well enough alone. You may do better in Texas than you can in Cobb,but ten to one you cannot. Albany Advertiser. Mayor Wright came very near having his dwelling burned up last night. The particulars are as follows: The servant sent her child, a little girl, to kindle a lire in an out-house, about twenty paces from the dwelling, which •lie attempted by pouring kerosene oil on soino burning coals, which ignited very quickly. The flames running np £lie stream of oil into the can, burst it and scatterea the burning fluid over the child and the floor, setting fire to the carpet. The child managed to put out the fire on lierrpeison, and escaped with only a few burned places on her legs. Mayor Wright luckily saw the fire almost immediately, and succeeded in extinguishing it before it bad done any damage more than burning a few boles in the carpet. Atlanta Post: It is predicted that more than one member of the railroad commission will resign before their time is oat, Being sensible, men they cannot he long in seeing the iniquity of the. law which created the commission, and being just and honorable men, they cannot coun tenance such a law. The Tallahassee Floridian has the following: Rabbi N. I. Benson, of Macon, Geor gia, lectured at the Methodist church Thursday evening to a large and intelli gent audience, composed both of Jews and Gentiles. His subject was “The religions of the nineteenth century,” and was ably and eloquently treated. He has been ap pointed evangelist for the territories of Georgia and Florida. Before leaving he organized a Hebrew Sunday school. It is hoped that he will meet with success in his great work, and that he will favor our eity with another visit and lecture some time shortly. Athens Southern Watchman: Messrs. Reynolds and Patterson, formerly of the Northeastern railroad, have accepted po- aitions on the Macon and Brunswick road under Superintendent J. M. Edwards, and have left for Macon. They were efficient officers and we regret to lose them.' Ameiuccs Recorder: Wheat cutting will become general this week. The threshing machine men are happy, and the country children will soon have flour hoe-cake in abundance. Farmers, don’t forget that the poor editor’s children are living on bad bread made of second-class corn. Bring the hungry innocents a sack of flour, and in this way pay for your pa per, if the money is all gone. Augusta News: The Georgia press is S uing to be very nearly unanimous pri e subject of the railroad commission. It is a species of inquisition which the people will spurn at the next session of the legislature. Sheep Raising.—Sumter Republican: A piney wood’s gentleman says that the people in his section are excited on this subject, and want to go into the business, but owing to poverty and dogs they do not take hold of it properly. He says he has thirteen sheep, including a Cotswold ram; from them the wool brought Mm .thirteen dollars and twenty-eight cents, and they had thirteen lambs. Now, if tills is. not the best paying investment a man can put money into, jndging from this man’s experience, we would .like to know what is. From the Savannah News: The steatn- ship City of Columbus sailed yesterday with the largest freight ever taken out of this port by a coastwise steamer. The cargo included over six thousand boxes and barrels of vegetables. She’ went out drawing over seventeen feet of’water. This is an excellent showing at this late period of the season. The Cochran Enterprise announces the death of John M. Stokes, for many years a county officer of Pulaski county. He was a good and true man. Mr. T. Guernsey, of Macon, is to build a handsome brick store in Cochran on the burnt district for Mr. Dave Boland. Willie Sumter, a hoy about IS years old, in Jesup, placed his foot between the bumpers of two cars as the train was moving. Some cries, a few broken bones, a fainting man, and a crippled boy was the result. The Jesup Sentinel says it has other preferences for Governor than Col. Les ter. From the Hawkiiisvilie Dispatch we .learn that the cotton rate from that point to Savannah will remain at $1.80 per bale. Mr. Edwards, the superintendent of the Macon and Brunswick railroad, is fixing up a new tariff of through rates. The Hawkinsville brass band is to be reorganized. Professor Williams, of the Academy for the Blind, inMacon, will give an exhi bition with his pupils in Hawkinsville on Hay 25th. i.i he Sopp, Jb., of Dodge county, is d*vvl. * | Wool brings thirty-seven cents a pound in MawkinsvMle. True new hotel project in Brunswick hm> Uki-n a fast lrold on the community, no j we rejoice at the fact. Our “little -■: ;<. r by the sea” needs just such an addi- to west the Increasing prosperity and :r/i[^.r1sriee of her port. I nr, /Import Appeal says : Mr. Mac Of the Mscon TELEGRAPH AND nut., is In the city visiting our U ' fte i* making many friends here for Me i^/feilsr pHpsr. ipwsfoevitxK Dispatch: .A corre- ■i+ n> far forms US that Mr. W. L. in his field on the 6th instant, was way-' and you may besare ft wRl bewell done. laid and shot by Samuel Taylor. The ~ ” ' TT “ weapon used by Taylor was a double- barreled shot gun, and both barrels were discharged at Mr. Brown, two balls taking effect, one in the arm and the other in the forehead. As soon as Taylor discharged Ins gun he took to his heels with Mr. Brown in hot pursuit, but it seems that Taylor was too fleet-footed for Mr. Brown. The Montezuma Weekly nominates Hawkinsville as a suitable place for hold ing the next nominating convention of the third Congressional district. _ We think the convention should be held in Hawkins- ville. Gainxsvtlle Eagle: If M. K. Jes sup can, through the United States courts, restrain the railroad commission from en forcing the law of Georgia in regard to railroads within her borders, aud thus nullify a statute of the State, then it will be time to wipe out State lines and turn over the whole business of governing to a centralized despotism. H. W. Grady has purchased one-fourth interest in the Atlanta Constitution, pay ing $20,000 cash. Mr. Grady is a brilliant writer and his connection with the Con stitution will add greatly to its real worth. The Democrats should not forget that 9th of June is the time for the meeting of the State convention and be ready for it. Griffin News: We are pleased to see that Colonel Farrow and Marshal Fitz simmons are now on a visit to the moun tains of Northeast Georgia, for the pur pose of seeing and talking with that much- abused people, and convincing them of their duty to comply with the revenue laws of the country. In our judgment one such visit by these gentlemen to the rough, but whole-souled mountaineers, will accomplish more good than the whole revenue force of Clark. We are also glad to see that a'commissioner has been ap pointed to try these cases nearer home, which will save them a great deal oftroub- le, and at the same time save the govern ment much expense. We make the following extract in the Augusta News, of Thursday, .styled.“A death hole;” The finding of the body of young Speer yesterday in the fatal eddy at the mouth of Hawk’s Gully, in the Savannah river, is by no means an uncommon occurrence. Mr. J. O. Hackney, who lives on Miller street near that place, informs us that he alone has taken out or assisted in taking oat from this “death circle” as many as thirteen dead bodies. It was he who re- Savannah News: We learn that Mr, P. W. Meldrim, of this city, has been in vited to deliver the commencement ad dress at the University of Georgia, at Ath ens, in July next. The many friends of Mr. Meldrim will he pleased to hear that he lias received this great honor, and feel confident that he will acquit himself of the duty in an able and creditable man ner. Greensboro Dome Joumal says: The Ealonton Messenger is not altogether unanimous, it appears, for Mr. Blount to hold his seat in Congress for another term. He may go further and fare worse. Tire Cuthbert Appeal, in speaking of the press association, which met in that town this week, says: Wednesday was a day of unusual im portance in the history of Cuthbert, and we are indeed proud of the record she has made. The beauty of her surroundings, the hospitality of her people—the inviting aspect of the country around here will be spoken of by a hundred tongues next week, caught up by a thousand perhaps the lollawing week, and for years to come, like returning dews and showers, the work of the past few days will be felt for a long time, in the furtherance of her material prosperity. The meeting was not so full as we had hoped—there being only some seventy-five members present; but these were the pick of the press, and our people have enjoyed their presence greatly. Oglethorpe Echo: It is a strange fact that a negro invariably pitches liis habitation in the dryest and hottest spot he can find. A short time since a gentle man in this county had occasion to put up a tenant’s house and selected a,spot in a fine oak grove. In this he moved some ne groes. But jiutae his surprise in passing the place a few days since to find that the occupants had gone and cut down the last shade tree near the house. The Columbus Times says the Marietta Journal is in trouble. A question of “Christian virtue aud refinement” has in vaded the sanctum of the editor, and he gives vent to his perplexity m the follow ing paragraph. We wonder if the same questions ever give trouble to people who are not editors, but who have daughters and sisters to look after: “Round dancing,” as practiced at the hall last Saturday to music, where the young men placed their arms around the waists of young ladies, and the young la- , It dies placed their hands on the shoulders ££^nhe W mh!hl^miSmf^thlS SS/bSSS^U?pa^onareenforacef face of the miniature maelstrom for three c9nducive t0 t , ie development of Christian The .Augusta canawl is to he put into Frank Leslie's Rlustrated Newspaper. Two men have come all the way from New York for it. Their names are signif icant—Messrs. Barrow and Goater. The first Democratic trumpet for gov ernor was sounded at Jeffersonville, Twiggs county, on the 10th of May, when a convention was held and delegates elected to represent the county in the State gubernatorial convention. The convention was unanimous for Colquitt, and appointed a Colquitt delegation to the State nominating convention, which meets in August in Atlanta. This also from the Free Press: The outlook for the wheat crop in this section is very gloomy. We have con versed with farmers from all parts of the county and beyond its limits and the uni versal report is that,there is no hope, with the most favorable seasons from now out, a half crop cau be expected. Indeed, there are many farmers who are willing to sell their prospects for the seed sown. Some have plowed up their wheat and planted the ground in corn and cotton. We have never known a more gloomy outlook for a wheat harvest. Perry Home-Journal: Mr. Mark Kemp, an aged and most respected citizen of Dooly county, died at his home near the Houston line last Friday morning. He went out to shuck some com, and fell dead in the crib. The coroner’s jugy re turned a verdict of death from providen tial causes, probably heart disease. Albany News: Mr. Levi Sterne has a most beautiful field of com on his planta tion over the river—a field of one hundred acres; com about three or four feet high, and without deviation in size. The News has this to say also: Everything is being put in “apple pie” order at the fair grounds. The race track is in splendid condition, the flowers arc blooming, the walks are clean, and the whole ground shows the active prepara- rations being made for next week. Gainesville Eagle: Our hotels and boardinghouses are being brushed up, renovated and put in shape fer the recep tion and entertainment of summer visit ors. From the number of rooms already engaged, and the host of enquiries from all sections south of here, it is believed there will be an unusually large influx of health and pleasure seekers during the approaching season. ' Caetersyille Free Press: -Mr. Chas. Herbst, librarian of the Macon public li brary, passed up the road yesterday morn ing on a visit to Louisville, Cincinnati and other points. He was looking well and we hope he will have a pleasant trip. Talbotjon Standard:. Captain S, W. Thorton, president of tlje Talbottou railroad, has perfected negotiations with Messrs. Redd & Johnson, contractors. ■ These gentlemen have contracted for the grading of upwards of five miles of the route, work to begin immmpdiately and to be completed by tbe 1st of Octo ber. . The surveys have been completed and the line made in six and three-quarter miles. It is estimated that the entire cost of construction and equipment of the road will not exceed $45,000.00. Gainesville Eagle: A short time ago we had the opportunity of testing rice grown by Mr. 23. A. Harris of this county. Mr. Harris cultivated a small area of ground in rice last year, and we learn that tbe yield was highly satisfactory so much that he has considerably increased his crop the present year.- Mr. Daniel Durham, of Greensboro, one of the oldest and best citizens of that community, died on the 13th' inst. He was eighty years of age. Americus Recorder: Wylow Lamb, of the fifteenth district of Sumter county, a few days ago, in making up biscuit, mis took tartar emetic for soda and put it in her dough. '* Herself and children were made dangerously sick by eating the bread. . l - Y I Dr. John Boring was sent for and promptly relieved the family. The latest report received brought the intelligence that the whole family were oat of danger. Meriwether Vindicator: We learn that 700 pounds of wool were sold in Greenville last Saturday at prices rang ing from 19 to 24 cents per pound, R. N. Ellis being purchaser, Athens Post: On Tuesday last Mr. Seaborn Stark was in Jefferson on a spree. Becoming somewhat disorderly some of his friends got him offinto a room and locked him up; This enraged him very much, and, obtaining an axe, he cut his way out. As he came upon the pub lic square he spied Mr. Hunter, the town marshal, who lie supposed had locked him up, and he, Stark, having a shot gun, fired at Hunter, a distance of about forty yards, shooting him in the side. The gun was loaded with small shot, consequently the wounds, while painful, are not considered dangerous. , . Savannah News: The Norwegian hark Frey arrived at Venus’ Point last evening after * passage of fifty-five days from Rotterdam. She has onboard a cargo bf steel rails for tbe ' Savannah, Florida and Western railway. She will come up to the dock about 10 o’clock this morning. ~ 'ft Oglethorpe Echo: Of late yean par alysis has become an epidemic in Georgia, whereas, before the war; it was of the rarest occurrence. Dr. W. M. Willing ham, thinks it traceable to the galvanized and bright vessels used in rooking, as tbe plating thereof becomes mixed in the food and from tlieuce conveyed into the system. Dr. Moore, who has been practicing in Murray county, where they still use pots and ovens, said he attended his first case of paralysis after locating in Oglethorpe. This is getting to be a serious matter, and the source of the malady should be searched out. virtues and refinement, but we Lave grave doubts of such ennobling results. The Y. M. L., of Atlanta, however, made a success of tlieir picnic, aud returned well pleased with their trip to our town.” McVille South Georgian: On the farm of Archie McMillan, two miles from town, there is a calf that surpasses any thing for deformity we have ever seen, it is more like a buffalo than a bovine, and has a little resemblance to a bear. It has six distinct and separate hoofs on each foot; the front ones are perfectly formed, while the others are drawn under like the daws of a wildcat, though not near so small; it is stout in its shoulders and its front knees are nearly twice as large as an ordinary calf of its age; to see it standing directly front ing you, its head and face looks very much like a black bear, but from the sido it is like a buffalo. There is a con siderable rise on its wethers and its back goes down with a taper of about four inches. -It never bleats, and when it was first drove up and put with the other calves they acted towards it like it was some wild animal. The hair on it is one and a half or two inches long and is curly like a buffalo. It has become gen tle, though at first the least noise would make it jump and appear wild. In mov ing it has a shuffling gait like a bear. Fort Valley Mirror. Our people no doubt recollect seeing a large number of buggies going through .Fort Valley some weeks ago. We learn that a house in Dawson purdiascd them in Cincinnati and had them shipped to Macon, the freight to that point being sixty dollars, but here they stopped, as the Southwest ern road charged one hundred and twenty dollars to carry the buggies to Datfson. The purchaser of the buggies then made a contract with a stable man of Macon, to deliver the buggies at Dawson for sixty dollars. • Quitman Reporter: We have yet to meet the first planter who favors the act creating the railroad commissioners. A correspondent fromTatnal county to the Darien Gazette says i For Governor, Thos. Hardeman should be Georgia’s choice. No man in the State has done more for our old commonwealth than lie. He has served (in many posi tions) without reward, and now the time has come when the people of Georgia should show their appreciation of his val uable services by rewarding him with the first office in the State. I ao-not think he asks it, but justice demands it; a better man than whom decs not live in Georgia to-day. Baldwin's Candidate for Congress. We copy the following from the Union and Recorder of the 11th: FOB CONGRESS—HON. JASt H. BLOUNT. The undersigned, having seen, with re gret, the card of Colonel James H. Blount, declining to be a Candidate for renomina tion by tbe Democratic party of this dis trict for Congress, hereby renominate him os his own successor, ana pledge him our earnest support: j: " Lyman H. Compton, Adolph Joseph, Samuel Walker. - J. H. Nisbet, Walter S. Vaughn, O. T. Kenan, T. It. McComb, J. T. Moore, E. E. Bell, Y. Joel, H. Goodman, J. H. White, Peter J. Cline, Geo. G> Gardner, W. A. Massey, , C. M« Brake, A. L. Ellison, W-J. Owens,. •C. W., Ennis, sheriff. A. B. Brooks, W. H. Roberts, W. Caraker, J. H. Hall, John M. 'Clark, P. M. Compton, Wm. E. Haygood, S. A. Hall aw anger, James Supple, B. 0. ; Lester, T. W. Turk, i,., J. B. Wall, Hatch Turner, A. J. Pound, J. B. Pound, E. J. Hogue, . W. S. Scott, J. N. Wood, Jas. Magill, J. W. Fears, Wm. S. McComb, Walter Paine, John W. Supple, W. G. Edwards, A. F. Skinner, W. B. Morris, A. T. Chapman, R. F. Gibson, B. M. Thomson, A. W. Batchelor, Jessie N. Ayeack, D. Brewer, Lawrenoe Butts, Baldwin Bridger, R. L. Davender, I. V. Denard, John Kenmngton, James W. Branan, W. C. Branan, N. M. Jones, J. C. Whittaker, K. G. Jones, L. Hatcher, John T. Burke, John Allen, J. M. Burke, F. S. Barclay, Wesley King, Jr., John Smith, > - S. L. Patterson, S. A. Denard, J. F. Bragg, B. F. Bridger, C. B. Mathis, A. H. Rice H. W. Bridger, G. L. Boatright, R. S. Smith, J. A. Stevens, J. T. Pettis, H. C. Hall, R. T. Nelson, A. O. Flemister, J. W. Sanders, J. D. McCook, T. A. Miller, J. J. Whitehurst, E. J. Massey, W. T. Whitaker, W. S. Smith, W. D. Scott, A. D. Myers, • V. O. Meredith, A. N. Burke, - A. H. Rozar, A. C. Hooks, J. S. King, L. M. Jones, W. H. Corliff, C. M. Hooks, J. W. Hall, J. T. Dupree, J.T. Dingo, T. W. Dupree. J. T. Kennington, D. X. Smith, H. S. Denard, R. F. Pate, J. H. Branan, J. W. McCook, G. B. Hughs, J. E. Hatfield, B. W. Todd, L. W. Lee, D. W. Rutland, W. Vi Lee, Jr. R. M. Manson, D. O. Sullivan, Lewis Lee, Eli Frasner, C. E. Frasner, J. W. Powell, T. H. Lingo, C. E. Mathis, W. L. McMillan, W. J. Bridger, Ira Chambers, E. A. Walker, F. C. B’.annan, J. F. Merkison, J. J. Bush, John G. Harris, King Sanders, A. H. Morse, D. F. Sanders, M. L. Byington, J. B. Stevens, L. M. Hall, J. C. Hicks, T. A. Parker, J. T. Hodgson, Henry Miller, W. C. GibsoD, Nimrod Burke, E. McNair, G. B. Carsrill, Sam nugb, A. R. Rozar. Butts County’s Candidate. The undersigned citizens of Butts county, having seen with regret the card of Col. James H. Blount, declining to he a candidate for nomination to Congress, and believing that at this time he can serve ns to better advantage than any one else, we demand his return, feeling confident that Col. Blount? will cheerfully accede to the wishes of the people of the district; B. W. Collier Robt. J. Lawson, D. W. Marshall, P. J. Collier, J. G. Saunders, Jas. P. Neal, J..B. Grant, J. G. Daughtry, Thos. J. Saunders, B. A. Wright O. M. Laneson, John W. Gibson, E. E. Pound, E. L. Lawson, .' M. C. Pears, R. P. Watson, J. C. Maddux, W. L. Flynt, N. O. Alexander, P. M. Peters , H. L. Daughtry, Jesse F. Cleaveland Isaac Gardner, S. H. Johnson, T. J. Waldrup, B. L. Daughtry, Dadvid Maddox, Jacob Mayo, T. L. Williams,. W. H. Jenkins, Daniel O. Neal, J. M. Bennett, M. M. Fogg. Isaac W. Nolan, W. A. Nolan, James Pye, W. C. Whidby, A. J. Moore, J. G. Moore, Daniel S. Goin, T. J. Carson, Jr., N. C. Carson, T. P. Fogg, W. A. Waldrup, Thos. Waldrup, S. J. Beimett, * Sherwood Lindsay, W. F. Smith, Steve a Moore, W. H-Smith, Robert, Grubbs, B. F. Watson, H. Macy, G. M. Dickinson, R. C. Gardner, Fred S. Horton, R. G. Byars, James Jolly, G. B. Elder, C. W. Grant, D. P. Carson, J. H. Singley, J. A. Thompson, S. T. Haizley, E. P. Childs, S. L. Thompson, V. T. Lassater, R. E, Mellan, J. C. Carter, Chas. McManus, W. A. Nolan, W. H. Bryans, •J. C, Flynt, N. N. Maddox, F. F. Gilmore, W. A. J. Fretwell, Ajlen Hale, J. B. Hoard, J. R. Maddox, - E. P. Giles, S. J. Smith, H. H. Higgins, G. T. Thurman, Willis Wynn, J.M. Madden Alex Sanders, Jr., W. B. Smith, T. J. Mayo, J. D. Watson, W. H. Blacktuoore, B. S. White, I. J. Marshall, A. J. Turner, John B. Dremble, il'roy S. Sanders, J. E Bartrelle, Marion Bartlett, Alex Saunders, W. H. Fears, H. M. Edge, A. C. Amos, J. B. Smarr, J. H. Bryant, M. D E. P. Fears, John W. Saunders, James Rowland, John M. Fears, J. J. Kelly, B. F. Gunnels, I. F. McCallum, T. R. Davies, C. W. F. Maddox, Miles J. Turner, R. B. Hale, Homer Maddox, J. M. D. Barnes, * W. R. Dickinson. A.S. Jones, W. Wilson, John Preston,. T. X. Brownlee,- J. W. Heard, Vs iUttUUUil) Vi VT • UCWUy q Robort McMahan, H. P. He ales, Henry L. Brown, J. (j. Marshal 1, L. L. Saunders, r . T. G. Moots, i T. M. Edwards, R. D. Lcverette, J. M. Fogg, M» Pbymale, William D. Heard, Lewis H. Still, J. B. Wright, James Fogg, * W. A. Plymale, F. M. Mayfield, H. L. Grant, A. H. Ogletree, S. J. Green, S. W. Green, Thomas, Dickens, Charles Standard, S. E. Hughes, H. Temples, • J. A* Jarratt, Michael Butler, H. W. Thomas, L. L. Glover,- W. M. Sawyer, A. W. Green, C. L. Case, •( A. A. Bayne, JL Adler, John L. Fejrell, F. Hanft, O. H. Bonner, F. Haag, E. Ome, - , H. E. McComb, C. L. Johnson, A. J. Carr, John J. Wooten, J. A. Casey, , A. Patterson, G. W. Caraker, J. Caraker, ■ -- J. G. Fowler, S. B. Marshall, Geo. W. Garrett, W. J. Brake, G. G. Grieve, M. Hines; * J. H. Stembridge, M. A. Barnes, F. M. Barnes, J.H. McComb, O. J. Murray, A. V. Tatum, E. G. Lewis, J. B. Fair, L. J. Lamar, F. W. Butts, T. T. Windsor, S. F. Hancock. G. W. Haas, P. H. Ferrell, G. T. Weidenman, J. It. Cause, W. W. Stembridge Wm. A. Jarratt, Jr., T. S. Bagiey, Wm. H. Scott, H. V. Sanford, Solomon Barrett, W. L. Bethune, Geo. DT Chase, J. J. Outrun, A. Dunn, Rich N. Lamar, M, K, Daniel, G. W. Fair, E. Kins Champion, M. H. McComb, W. H. Stembridge, T. A. Conker, Joseph Staley, J. N. Leonard, C. H. Wright, T. J. Fairfield, W. T. Conn, J. H. Grieve, Thoe. H. Kenan, Iverson L. Harris, Dan Denton, S.P.Myrick, M. R. Bell, Jere Beall, - Henry Stevens, H.' C. Wadlejy J. T. Richards, Daniel B. Sanford. R. L. Hunter, N. MsGehee. We have also received from Gordon, Wilkinson county, a paper of like tenor, with tbe following names, which we are requested to publish: La.Grs.ngk Reporter: Hon. A. H. John Gardner, D. D.Sevlnt, Cox, of LaGrange, will deliver tbe address before the literary societies of Mercer Uni- C. H. Branan, T. A. McKenzie, fir verr. of W11*/* county, while ploughing versitf, at the coming commencement, W. L. Smith, John Bloodwortb, E. F. W. Callaway, Jas. C. Scarborough, Daniel Tomlinson, E. A. Eider, W H. Fears,-j- Wilson Smith, J. S. Gregory, John L. Flint, - James P. Brittain, Wily Goodman, R; G. Bryans,< Y. A. Wright, J.S. McDaniel, N. O. Anderson, R. II. Tuckes, Thomas. J. Higgins, R. K. Fears, Thomas Ji Fears, T- V. Smith, G. W. Watkins, S. J. Smith, J. M. Byars, B. P. McGough, R. T. Watkins, J. C. McCord, J. Wm. McCird, M. A. Duke, James Chasteen, Obadiah Hendrick, B. F. Dison, Wiley W. Tliaxton, T. J. Yancey, P. M. Compton, W.D. Curry, W. S. Henley, Tr Mt Harkness, . J. L. Oretwell, J. J. Easton, James W. Harkness, N. A. Roberts, Y. Thaxton, L. D. Watson, W. C. Nutt,, D..L. Healey, R. C. Carmichael, A. A. Good run, W. M. Harbin, H. O. Burton, J. H. Pettigrew, J. N. Phillips; - S. J. Norris, Lafayette Byars, H. J- W. Gilmore, James A. McCord, W. T. C. Redman, Joe Jolly, Alex; Jolly, Green Duke, W. H. Malone, Columbus More, James Greer, Wi A. Elder, Jr., W. H. Kimbrough, E. R.: Newton,* J. D. Watson, R. D. Andrews, J. W. Johnson, J. H. Cole, Larkin Waldrop, B. F. Ward,- -j-Ln. R. V. Smith, T J. Carson, Sr., J. G. Thurman, A.F. Martin. George W. Phillips, L. W. Phillips, J.F. Grier, Richard Byars, L. C. Tomlinson, Hi Ai-Thomtoto, J. J. Barnes, Mat Hendricks, James Jolly, J. C. Varner, S. F. Smith, J. M. Sfs Preston,. t J. W. Ivey, J. P. Castleberry, A. A. Watkins, » Joseph B. Decker, t John D. Fogarty, j John B. Thomas/ George Dinkiu, F. M. Coody, Amos Treadwell, B. C. Ward, , R. W. Coleman, J. B. Brooks, r] Uriah Pbymale, Town‘Geology. By Canon Kingsley. ' Published by Messrs. I. K. Funk &, Co., Dey Street, New York. Price 15 cents per copy. This is another publication belonging to the “Standard Series,” which have be come so popular in Macon that the news dealers cannot meet the demand. They are a wonder as to cheapness. Canon Kingsley had done a-good work in render ing this interesting subject so plain “that any townsman, at least in the manufac turing districts in England aud Scotland, may learn from it to judge, roughly per-, haps, but on the whole accurately, at the rock* and soils of his own neighborhood.” He discusses “the soil of tbe field,” “tbe pebbles of the street,” “the atones in. the wall,” “the coal in tbe fire,” “tbe lime in the mortar,” “tbe slates on the roof.” We hove received also from the same publish ers (be 6th volume of “Knight’s popular history of England.” Tsen Southern Enterprise.—This excellent agricultural paper for May has lust reached our table, but tt is none tbe less welcome. It is Well filled with use ful information to farmers, and in fact to all others who take any interest in the de velopment of our country. It is pub- lishen in Atlanta by Dr. J. S. Newman. Price $1 AO per annum. The Bailroad Commission. Editors Telegraph and Messenger:— Ydur correspondent, “Fort Valley,” in his article on the commission, and in reply to my communications in your paper upon this question, is evidently hon est in the positions he assumes—on the general question—but has fallen into the error of most men who, unacquainted with the facts governing railroad tariffs, conclude without reason, that there is blame on the part of the railroads (?) for what appears to be an exorbitant rate. So far as he confines himself to the le gitimate matter involved in the question of the commission, I propose to answer him. When he goes outside to criticise my i>ersonal motives, and thus reduces a fair discussion of facts and principles to a personal controversy, I must say to him that the public have no interest in this, aud I do not propose to answer, unless it be necessary to vindicate my character. - He says: “Whilst I am to a certain extent an advocate of the railroad com mission, yet I would not be understood as being in favor of a wholesale reduction of tbe aggregate income of the railroads.” Now, I propose to take “Fort Val ley” at his \vord, and show him by the most conclusive proof that the road on which he is supposed to be located cannot pay legal interest on the capital invested in, and requisite to its operation, charging on eyery article it transports the rates of the same tariff table—that the rate fixed on the car load of com-wbich I thank him for instancing. I assume that the management of the Southwestern road, for the year 1879, was efficient and economi cal; that expenses in operating the road were only such as will necessarily be in curred every year, and that last year’s business is a fair average of what it will be this year. I think these positions will all be admitted without question or quali fication. The length of the road and its branches is 300 miles, and its net earnings were $307,023.65, or $1,005.30 per mile. And the rental paid its stockholders by the Central railroad—being seven per cent, upon their capital—was $352,052.50, showing the Central lost by the opera tions of this road in 1879 the sum of $45,028.85. The rates on corn—and, in fact, all articles of freight—were the same during the year as that fixed in the tariff that governed the rate of freight on “Fort Valley’s” car of core, and the result, which! have stated, shows that the Central railroad lost money on the year’s business, charg ing this schedule of rates. I think this is a clear demonstration that,so far,it cannot be charged that the rates were exorbitant. The State makes 7 per cent, legal interest, and authorizes the charging of eight, and I • do not suppose “Fort Valley” would deny that a railroad stockholder is en titled to legal interest on his investment. His idea of what is a high rate of freight from Macon to Fort Valley—$17.30 on a car of com—is doubtless formed by com parison of this rate with that from At- ianta to Macon of $17.52 for the same thing. [This correspondent supported liis charge of discrimination by giving rate paid on a car of com from Atlanta to Ma con, $17.52; on which the Southwestern road charged $47.36 from Macon to Fort Valley.] Let us look into the matter and see which is the better rate for the railroad $47.30 from Macon to Fort ValleyH $17.52 from Atlanta to Macon. The length of the road from Atlanta to Macon is 103 miles, and its net earnings last year were $224,304.87, or $2,177.71 per mile, showing clearly that a. tariff based upon $17.52 per car of com for through rate over the 103 miles of this road, paid better than $47.30 on the Southwestern, from Macon to Fort Valley, and corresponding rates upon that road to other points. The length of road .and net earnings per mile, given above, show that the road from Ma con to Atlanta earned. over twice the amount of money per mile last year, that the Southwestern road earned for the same time. ; ',,c Coming back now to “Fort Valley’s' position, as opposed to a “wholesale re duction of the aggregate income of the railroads,” I desire to apply the rates es tablished by the railroad commission to the Southwestern railroad, end show him, by his own statement, that he is’op posed to their enforcement. I will take shipments of com to liis fair little city, to start with. Supposing, in the case lie has cited, that the car of corn weighed 20,000 pounds, the-rate from Macon is a little over 21{ cents per hundred pounds. This was tho rate in’force last year when the 1 Central lost money by paying'seven per cent, rental for the Southwestern. What will bo the effect this' year, when,- under the commissioners’ rates, the freight is reduced from say 21J cents to 8 cents per hundred pounds. This is a reduc tion of about 65 per • cent, from the rates of lalt year, ’ and must ef fect the income of the road accordingly. I wMMoy Jtat here that this is an extreme illustration, from the fact that Fort Val ley is so near Macoh. What ’railroad men denominate “terminal charges” cort stitute a higher proportion of the rate on short than on long distances; and hence the rate to a point twenty-nine miles from Macon will be relatively higher than te one twice that distance. • ■». - I find by. careful inquiry that” the ap plication of the commissioners’ rates to cptton will reduce the income of-the Southwestern railroad below that of last, year at least $75,000. With tills large falling off in income, from this one item, added to loss in operating the road last year,we find that it -will involve a loss this year of $120,000; and when we add to tins the amount of falling off from re duced rates on Fort Valley’s coni, and oh every article that is shipped over tlie road under the commission’s rates, it is evident at once‘that the loss involved will be equal to the rental of the road; if, indeed, it does not involve additional out- lay. ’’ It is quite customary, in disciissing mat ters relating to railroad fredght tariffs, for parties to speak (n unbomided denuncia tion of them, in general and vague terms, when they have iittlp or no idea of the controlling necessities of thfeae establish ments. T am glad “Fort VSlley” has re duced the matter to actual figures, giving me an opportunity to show from thpm how grossly the public mayte deceived by what is seemingly a just and fair compar ison. Granting all that he says in mak ing his showing of discrimination against ncss him, it is clearly established that what on his line of road is apparently an exor bitant rate of freight,is not as profitable to the compauy operating that lihb as a much lower rate on the road from Atlanta to Macoh, and does not pay legal interest on tho capital invested in the road. One drawback that seriously affects tbe earnings of the Southwestern railroad as compared with tbe Atlanta division of the Central,is the small proportion of through business passing over the former, in com parison with what is done by the latter. Will “Fort Valley’ii-assert that a reduc tion of rates' oa the Southwestern tothe basis charged on the Atlanta division, will, increase the tonnage over the Southwes tern to local points ? Will he assume that stockholders of the Southwestern are 'not entitled to seven per vent, on their capi tal; or, admitting that they are, would be require the Central to operate this road under tariff rates that involved a loss of $45,000 last year, and from the most in dubitable proofs will involve a loss this year, under tho commissioners’ rates, of several times that amount. Will he show- how the rates te any point can be re duced, and the revenues of the road main tained at figures derived from the enforce ment of the tariff, under which the car of com was shipped ? Just here, be will encounter the difficul ties that have always been acknowledged by railroad men, and. to the solution -of which, they have so far applied in vain the results of all the experience they could command. . _ _ The seeming discrimination suggested by “Fort Valley” is only one of a class of cases they have always felt anxious’to ad just equitably, as between tbe suffering points aud the stockholders of tbe rail roads. It costs as much to build a road through a country having a light business as one furnishing heavy business. The wages of employes aud other expenses are just as great when trains are enppte as they are when they are full. A great deal has been said about dis crimination and extortion in a general way, but “Fort Valley” lias given the first instance I have seen in which facts and figures are quoted. I think I have answered his.case fully, and shown that the rate is not extortionate. Will others who oppose the railroads, and favor the commission, do as he has done, and give the facts upou which their charges are based? Let them state when, where and how- they have been subjected to extor tion, and by whom has the practice been enforced. The public, who are honestly investigating - these questions, are tired of vague generalities. They now want the specific facts, - and unless these are given a just public sentiment should discredit the charges as unworthy ot be lief. The public wants information; the railroads are ready to give it, as represent ing their side of the question, and the men who are persecuting them should not hesitate to respond fully. Failure on the part of the latter to make good their charges, will not enable them to blind the public by the mere drivel about State sov ereignty, which they are so freely Indulg ing of late. Macon. The Southern Baptist Convention. From our own Correspondent j Lexington, Ky., May 8,1880. My last letter did not conclude the pro-- ceedings of Saturday, which was a most interesting day. Many reports on special subjects were made and in each case the chairman of the committee supported his report by a set speech, which, in many cases, was followed by speeches from va rious other members. A matter, which created quite a breeze in the convention, was a resolution offered by Mr. G. E.‘ Brewer, of Alabama, to consolidate the two boards, virtually abolishing the - home board. After a breezy discussion the res olution was referred to a special, which reported in the afternoon as follows, After saying something in. favor of the^ home board: “In view of the fact that much-land yet remains to be possessed by the conven tion, and that as population ad vances, new fields open that ought to be cultivated by us, in view of our obligation to give the Gospel to the In dians; and hi view of the growing interest in our mission in California, we recom mend the adoption of the following reso lutions : 1. That we commend the work of the boards to the .sympathy, prayers and co-operation of our churches. 2. That we cannot, at present, recommend the consolidation mentioned in ttie document referred to yourcomihittee. • * G. E. Brewer, Chairman.” This settled the matter, as this report wa3 adopted. A resolution was then adopted urgently requesting the different State bbards to co-operate with the home board of the convention in the collection of funds, in order that the expenses may be reduced. This is a move in the direc tion of the course adopted by the Georgia Baptists in the collection of mission funds. They employ a secretary for their State board, whose duty it is to act as an agent for both boards of the convention. The report on domestic missions was then taken up and adopted. It' recom mended the home fioard to enlarge its do mestic mission work in important centres, and to give special attention to Sunday- school work, co-operating with State con ventions and general associations of States in the employment .of Sunday- school missionaries. There are come new practical ideas in that recommen dation, upon which I shall not enlarge. There seems to be a good missionary feeling in the convention.' China was de clared to be the greatest and best mission- - ary field of the world, white for the har vest and standing now with doors provi dentially wide open and inviting us to-en ter and disseminate the gospel, with ev ery hope and encouragement. The de nomination was urged to increase its con-; tributihns until we send one hundred missionaries there. It wa3 also encour aged to prosecute the African mission, but mostly through the agency of colored missionaries. It was deemed a subject of congratula tion that six Baptist institutes are now in successful operation In the South, for the education of colored ministry; but these are under the care of Northern Baptists. The mission in San Francisco, California, among the Chinese, and that in Brazil, are to be heartily commended, and the foreign board was authorized to employ two more missionaries m the latter coun try. On all these questions you must remem ber that speeches were mqde; some of them brilliant and many commonplace. But tfiere is no use expatiating upon any of them to your readers.. Suffice it to say, that the convention a^jonrhed Saturday night at 10 p. in., after a meeting in the interest of foreign missions,. completely saturated with the mission spirit. Why,Dr. H. A. Tupper, who has been'sitting neat' my aide at the table in front of the stand, has received $1,200 in donations during the convention, from individuals who at tended. A very interesting incident occurred on Saturday night, after the convention had adjourned. A complimentary serenade was given to Governor Jos. E. Brown', at the The nix hotel. ’ The band was a splendid one, and played (most exquisitely) in the large hall on the second floor, in front of the parlor. The mayor of the city, to whom the governor was introcuced bv Dr. Ja3. P. Boyce, delivered a short ad dress of welcome, to which Governor Brown responded in a speech eulogistic of Kentucky. Many mepbers of the corn vention were present, ah‘d speeches were made by Drs. Boyce,’ Hatcher, Moss, of Indiana, an,d Rev. Lansing Burrows, pas tor of the church here. The music was provided by Mrs. Governor Robinson, and the occasion, while honorable to Govern or Brown, was also, by reflection, credita ble to Georgia, and we felt it to be so. The ex-governor has beemtreated with much distinction at the convention; as a vice-presidenjt he was formally conducted to the rostrum and given a seat near the piesident, on Saturday. On Monday he was invited To- address the convention', pad did so in a plain, sensible and Chris- tian-likc manner, in advdcacy Of the true principles of missions. Place him where you will, he seems fully eqnal to the occasion; and sustains himselfpobly. As a Georgi an, I felt proud of one to whom all showed respect, and who, by no means, in' his manner exhibited tbe least symptom of superciliousness, hut who acted in a plain, Christian-like, dignified manner, with suf ficient self-respect, yet with no haughti- Monday, May 10th Tho proceedings on Monday were in teresting without being of any special im portance. The most interesting speech in the morning was made by Mr. Kerfoot, of Maryland, on Italian missions. It was an earnest effort and the facts given in re gard to the work of the Southern Baptist Convention through the missionaries at work in this particular field, made all our hearts rejoice..Some practical suggestions were made anil considerable interest and enthusiasm awakened. Brother Kerfoot is pastor of Eutaw Place church, Balti pore,' and occupies the front rank among ouj rising ministers. He was chairman of the committee on European missions, and his report related much tl.at was en couraging in regard to our Italian mis sion. Much of the discussion on Monday was in reference to' a better sup port of our home hoard, by the denomination at large, and I think tbe re sult will be greatly beneficial to our home missions. . .On Monday night the conven-' tion listened to four missionary speeches by four selected brethren, among whom was our brother, G. A. Nunnally, from Georgia, who made a fine address, and ex plained fully to the convention tho method pursued by tbe Georgia Baptists in the collection of funds for missions, and which have proved so successful during the last two years. The convention has been a very'pleas ant and profitable one. In an especial degree it lias been a missionary conven tion, and its influence is obliged to be beneficial to the cause of missions. During my stay here I went with Mr. C. C. Smith, sf our city, to behold the celebrated Clay monument in the city cemetery. It is a most tasteful and beau tiful marble shaft, towering 132 feet high, with a marble statue oi the eminent stafeman on the summit. Behind an iron grating, in the bpe of the monument,may be seen two marble sarcophagi, in which repose the dust of Henry Clay and his wife. IVe visited, also, the grave of John C Breckinridge, and of General John H. Morgan. The former has. a beautiful marble head piece, with his name upon it; but no memorial save the grassy sod marks the resting place of John Morgan. The convention adjourned to-night, Monday 10th, and a large excursion party, among whom are our friends, Dr. B. F, Tharoe of Perry, Rev. G. K. McCall of Hawkinsville, Rev. W. N. Chaudoin and Dr. M. B. Wharton, will visit Cincinnati aud spend a day or two; aud you may hear from me in regard to it. Dr. E. W. Warren and Mr. C. C. Smith return homeward to-morrow, and to them I entrust this hastily written letter to you, S. B. The Bailroad Commission. Editors Telegraph and Messenger The Atlanta Constitution alludes, in con temptuous terms, to -the action of Mr. Jessup, in appealing to the Federal courts to restrain the railroad commissioners from enforcing a large reduction on the rates of transportation over the Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad. It is a well known fact that, working under the rates established by the officers of that road; its earnings were not sufficient to pay tbe interest on its bonded debt, and upon failure to pay such interest, the road was sold under foreclosure by the bond holders. If tbe schedule of the commis sioners is applied-to that road, its earn ings will be reduced largely—probably oue-lialf at least, and if, under the old rates, the read was not able to pay Mr. Jessup the interest- on his bonds, how can it be expected to pay the interest when the revenues are reduced one-half? It is plainly to be seen that it is impos sible for it to be done, and yet the Con stitution says Jessup “believes orpretends to believe” that he is in danger of losing the interest on his bonds. Everybody else acquainted with the facts is certain that he would lose the interest, and yet on account of liis action, looking to liis own protection, by the application of his only remedy, an appeal to the Federal Courts, the Constitution appeals to the fears of the people in reference to the centralizing tendencies of the general government, and daily deals in irrelevant dissertations on the doctrine of State sovereignty, as called in question—a3 per the Constitution—by the action of Mr. Jessup. I would ask which savors most of cen tralization, this action of a citizen of New York, looking only tothemaintainance of his unquestioned rights, or the action of the State, in placing supreme power in the hands of three men, to do just what caprice, ignorance or prejudice prompts, in reference not only to the property in which Mr. Jessup is interested, but with all the railroad property in the State. I apprehend this action on the part of the State will suggest to many of its prop erty holders the necessity for some restaim ing hand to protect them, when necessary, in the enjoyment of their legal rights; I fail to discover any difference between the destruction of my dwelling by fire, or the destruction of its value to me by the State by-any unwarrantable action on its part- through an agency of its own creation. What matters it to me that she destroys its ■ value under the forms of law ? What comfort do I derive from the fact, that the law authors izmg its destruction was passed, and is en forcedly citizens of my own State? The fact that the wrong is inflicted by men professing to be my friends Would but in crease the bitterness of that wrong when inflicted by their injustice, and I would not hesitate to invoke any power conse quent upon my citizenship to afford me that protect ion to which 1 felt justly en titled, against the Incendiary upon the one hand or a despotism in the shape of an irresponsible triumvirate on the other. Wlille one proposes to- act from motives higher and better than the other, the re sults are alike ruinous to me, and merit the same efforts in either case to compass their defeat. The danger of centralization in this country is increased, not by appeals to the Federal courts by tbe citizens—this is only tbe result of the real cause—but by that class of legislation in. the States which tends to compliance with popular clamor, without regard to its effects upon private rights! which degrades t]ie pres tige and poweir of the States to the en actment of laws, tlie chief end and aim ot which are too often for the purpose of making popular with the masses the demagogues who originated them. If State sovereignty confines itself to the legitimate functions ofjts existence, it will live in this and other States forever. If it dies, it will.be at the hapds'.pf those who, -misapplying its principles, attempt to use it for the accomplishment of ends inimical-to justice, thus driving from its support its real friends, who regard its teachings as protective rather . than de structive of private rights. One extreme begets another, and whenever people re alize that a doctrine cherished as the pledge of protection, is being employed as an agent- of oppression, they will rupu- diate it as a delusion aud a snare. There is great fear amongst conserva tive people of this day in reference to the tendency to communistic ideas in certain stratas of society. Therefore, any law tending to impair the secuiity of property, is but a millstone on the neck of the State enacting it. The prosperity of every community depends upon the possession of capital. Without it labor isparalyzed, and without the. protection of law—full, ample and complete—it will not assist in giving employment to the idle. 1 warn, the men who are supporting in this State the enormous reach of power which is being despotical ly wieldedagainst tbe capital invested in our railroads, that the principle they seek to establish will prevent the influx of capital into the State for the development of our enterprises,and when once fuliy established as the policy of . the State,,, will be .regarded with such repugnance and distrust abroad, that ion any ‘great ' un dertaking we will be deficient in that element of credit, delved from an abiding faitli in the permanency aud justice of our laws, necessary to the protection of everyinterest based upon agreements The fear of complication and loss ia' a State whose legislation is based upon popular clamor, and whose lawmakers handle a question involving fifty millions of vested capital with that reckless indif ference to private rights which character izes the railroad law, will be regarded as sufficient reasous for more than the usual extreme caution with which capital sur veys the ground of its proposed invest ment. . . .. r !- The Constitution, even though it lives under the very shadow of our great com mission, should learn to be tolerant to, and should not assail for desiring reason able protection,Capital—this much abused and yet iudispensable agent of everything that works useful progress in this wonder ful age. Macon. —Mr. John Walter Cross, who recently married Mrs. Mary Ann Evans Lewes, the novelist, is an Englishman, of a highly respectable family, > who resides at Wey- bridge, in tbe county of Surrey, near Lon don, ami is the senior partner of the bank ing firm of Cross, Benson & Co., in that city. His brother, Mr. Richard J, Cross, is a banker of New York. Mr, .Cross is a tali, athletic man of about 43 years, and be was for some years a resident of this city, and one of the firm of Dounistown, Wood & Co., bankers. He was never previously married. His tastes are literary, and his information extensive, aud, al though he is about twelve years the jun ior of his bride, a long acquaintance satisfies him that -in no one could he find a more congenial companion. She, on Iter part; it is affirmed, lias also good rea son to be pleased. Each has a comforta ble income. Blaine in Pennsylvania.—-A Penn sylvania Republica'n member of Congress has just retamed from a Visit home, says the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun. While there he saw and conversed with a good many of the Chi cago delegates ana with a number of the leading Republican politicians. He says that ths belief is now that the Blaine men on the Chicago delegation are in a majority; that they will insist upon ad hering to the qnit rule,'and cast the fifty- seven votes of Pennsylvania for Blaine. This would be a sore blow to Don Came ron, after ail his struggles to control the delegation. It is said, nirther, that Sena tor Cameron, who went over to Philadel phia on Friday last, has become entirely satisfied of his inability to vote the dele gation for Grant, and will make no fur ther fight on that line. This is not, per- j baps probable. MISTAKES AND PKEJITDICE Of Beligious and Temperance Jour nals. Some good Religious and Temperance journals are making the mistake of declin ing to advertise a most valuable anti-intox- caftng medicine, simply because it is called i rs, while the same journals are making a greater mistake by advertising ZZ^ aWhhkey « nostrum; because it has some nice, fancy deceptive name, ending with “eine,” “tine,” panted on its label, when the bottle is filled witkei- destruction, drunkenness aud death. If these good journals would take the trouble to ascertain how many overworked clergy men have had their lost nerve-force, brain- waste and flagging energies restored by the use of Hop Bitters, enabling them to perform their arduous pastoral duties and preach the good sermons that they would have been totally unable to do but for this valuable medicine, and did these journals but know of the host of good Christian Temperance women who rely on themfor their family medicine, and how many in valid homes they could make happy and what glad tidings they would send to every neighborhood by publishing the merits of Hop Bittern, they would advertise them without money and without price. And did these journals but know how many have been and may he saved from forming intemperate habits by doctors prescribing Hop Bitters, instead of beer, where the use of hops are needed, (there being more actual hop strength in one bottle of Hop Bitters than in a barrel of beer, without any of the intoxicating or evil effects of beer,) they would lay aside their fear and prejudice against the word “bitters.” A few of the many witnesses from reli gious and temperance sources are given below, who use, recommend and advertise Hop Bitters. The President and Manager of Hop Bitters Mfg. Co. is a veteran Temperance advocate and worker of forty-eight years’ service ; eveiy man in the Company is an active Temperance worker, and the Com pany spend thousands ol dollars annually in Temperance and Christian work. What the Religions Press Hays. Chicago, Nov. 18,1878. Hap Bitters Mfg. Co., Rochester, N. Y.: Gentlemen—'JVe do not allow anything in the line of Bitters to enter our paper that contains alcohol, but we are satisfied that your Bitters are free from that ingre dient. We feel responsible for the good or bad that may be done to the families of our subscribers that arc affected by our advertisements. Therefore our discrim ination in your favor, and we trust that our very low rates will meet your ap proval and that we may hear’from you. “Teqs Living Church.” Temperance clergymen, lawyers, ladies and doctors use Hop Bitters, as they do not intoxicate, but restore brain and nerve waste.—lemperance Times, Rockport, N. T. Kot a Beverage. “They are not a beverage, but a medi cine, with curative properties of the high est degree, containing no poisonous drugs. They do not tear down an already debili tated system, but build it up. One bottle contains more hops, that is, more real hop strength, than a barrel of ordinary beer. Every druggist in Rochester sells them, and the physicians prescribe them.”— Rochester Evening Express on Hop Bit ters. , r, ’ We are rot in the habit of making edi torial mention of patent medicines, but in case of Hop Bitters, feel free to do so, be cause their merits deserve to be known.— New York Independent. Northern Christian Advocate, Syracuse," N.Y. Exanflner and Chronicle, N. Y. ■Evangelical Messenger, Cleveland, O. National Baptist, Philadelphia, Pa. Pilot, Boston, Mass. Christian Standard, Cinn., O. Home Journal, Detroit, Mich. Methodist Protestant, Maltlmore, Md. Southwestern Christian Advocate, New Orleans, La. Christian Mirror, Portland, Me. , And over five hundred more Religious aucf Temperance papers.- Pittsburg, Mass., Sept. 16,1878. Sirs—I have taken Hop Bitters and rec ommend them toothers, as I found them very beneficial. Mrs. J. W. TULLER, Sec’y Woman's Christian Temperance Unitin'. ' ' / ‘ -■* A HEDICHfXXar A I) KINK. High Authority. Hop Bitters is not, in any sense, an al coholic beverage or liquor, aud could not be sold, for use, except (o persons desirous of obtaining medicinal bitters. GREEN B. RAUM, U. S. Corn'r Internal Rev. Washington, D. C., Sept. 4,1879. Dear Sir—Why don't yon get a certifi cate from Colonel W. H. W., of Balti more, showing how he cured himself of drunkenness by the help of Hop Bitters. His is a wonderful case. He is well known in Rochester, New York, by all the drinking people there. He is known in this city, CiSeinn&ti, New Orleans, New York; in fact, all over the conntry, as he has spent thousands of dollars for rum. I honestly believe his card would be worth thousands of dollars to you in this city and Baltimore alone, and make thousands of sober men by inducing the use of your Bitters. J. A. W. , Feb. 10,1680. Having used Hop Bitters, the noted remedy for debility, nervousness, indiges tion, etc., I have no hesitation in saying that it is indeed an excellent medicine, and recommend it to any one- as a truly tonic bitters. Respectfully, Rev. Mrs. J. H. ELLGOOD. I declined, to insert your advertisement of Hop Bitters last year, because I then thought they might not he promotive of the cause of Temperauce, hut find they are, and a very valuable medicine, myself aud wife having been greatly benefited by them, and I take great pleasure in mak- ini? them known. mg me Hkv JOHN SEAMAN, Editor Home Sentinel, Alton, N. Y. Scipio, N. Y-i Dec. 1, 1879. I »m the pastor of the Baptist church here and an educated phvs'ciaR. I *m not in predicant -mrolefamRy physl Bitters to my .... -— - ■-- ■> . .. , under medical treatment of physicians several year*- greatly benefited and still usostbe medi due. I believe sfca will become tto£ oughly cured of be? venous compfiret*^ diseases by their to*. We both J*®"®* mend them to our friends, many ot'Kboza have also been cured of their various ail ments by them. ' Rev. E. R. WARREN.