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GEORGIA PRESS. Jas. Dukes, of Thomas county, died on Iasi Sunday. He was about 70 years of age. Mrs. Linne Manly Wilson, of Hamp- ton, died on last Tuesday. , Hox< James W. Baiiksdale, of Lin- coin, was nominated for senator in the twenty-ninth senatorial district. Ibwixtox Appeal: Kev. B. II. Ivey, of Macon, has been conducting a two and one-half weeks protracted meeting at the Baptist church here. Thirteen additions were made to the church roll, and the people in crowds were out every night to tear Mr. Ivey, who has long since made himself very popular, both as a man and as a minister of the gospel. Wabeenton Clipper: We can’t sup port Norwood for the following reasons : Kiist, his supporters, as a general rule, and especially among the press, are ene mies of Joe Brown. Second, Norwood, while United States Senator, sustained the Northern Pacificrai road, and aided in overthrowing the Southern racilie rail road, the greatest of all Southern enter prises. This looks too much like he is ‘either an enemy of the South, or one of those kind of Senators that are styled lobbyist; that is, open to the highest bid der, whether friend or foe. Third, we have been veiy unfavorably impressed with him ever since he became the coun sel against Georgia in the case of the bo- cus bonds declared nail and void bv the legislature. This looks like he is uatural- ly Butler Ilerald: Our readersi willfind in ibis issue of the Herald a notice of the Wesleyan Female College, of Macon, Ga. It is of course well known that this institu tion has the honor of being the oldest fe male college in the world. From its or- qanization dovrn to tlie prescut it lias maintained the character of a first-class educational institution. The present fac ulty is as able as any thatbas preceded it, while tlie building and the grounds are in belter .condition and repair than they have been for a numbet of years past. The college is in as healthy a location as any r>omt in Georgia, while the society of Ma- con is as genial and refined as anywhere in the South. We are confident that the young ladies who are sent to this college will no doubt enjoy privileges that they would not have at any other female col lege in the South. Under all the circum stances we cheerfully state that we do not think parents could do better than to send their daughtc: s to til's old and successful college. Athens Watchman: While in Walton last week, we learned that valuable dis coveries of asliestos, corundum and gold have latelv been made on the premises of Thomas Stoue ar.d C. P. Blassingame, in '.hat county. The specimens are very pretty indeed. If the mines should turn or.t to be as rich as is thought, the new railroad will have ample employment for some time to come. Augusta Net?*: One of tlie most tal ented and best iooking seniors ol Mercer hails from Waynesboro, and his initials are Julian S. Rodgers. He is getting ready for college by turning out his chin whiskers, but he must not delude himself with tlie idea of winning our Macoa sweetheart with any such chin music. We wish him every success, however, for ail that. Rome Tribune: .The cotton season is opening up finely and bnsiness has al ready commenced to improve. The cot ton compresses have been oiled up ready for the campaign, and soon their pulling will he lizard both day and night. Ev erybody is hopeful for the future. Our merchants and farmers are jubilant over fue large cotton crops. Savaxxah News: Judge John Ers- kiae arrived in this city yesterday, after a three months’ vacation spent in Europe, in fine health. He goes to At lanta to hold the district couit* on the first Monday in September, and the cir cuit court on the second Monday in Sep tember. He will preside at tlie court in Macon on the first Monday in October, and will open the regular terms of the United States Court in this city in No vember next. Wo are glad to welcome him Lome again, and to note his renewed health aud vigor. Griffix yews: Mrs. Margaret Smith, daughter of Mr. J. M. Stephens, of this olace, died last Saturday night very sud denly of heart disease. She eat supper hearty as usual, washed her childreu'and put them to bed. She was taken sick and died about 10 o’clock, living only foity minutes after she was taken sick. She lived near Canton, Cherokee county, and was thirty-three years of age. Americas Republican'. Mr. W. H. Harrison, editor of the Lumpkin Indepen dent, has been in the city since Monday, en route to Hawkinsville, to attend the congressional .convention for tlie third district. His appearance has elicited a number of enquiries as to wbo he is. Tii reply one man said he was a minister. No, said another, lie is a New York drum mer, and he is very line looking, and some said he was an editor. An appeal was made to Judge Eason, proprietor of the Barlow House, who said: “No, I don’t think he is a i editor for this reason, he paid his hotel bill.” Now, Brother Har rison', if you had told the landlord you were an editor you would have saved your money. Americcs Republican: On Saturday last, Mr. Jule Byrd, who lives in the sev enteenth district, was in the city on busi ness. While here, it is supposed a negro in bis employ, set his corn crib on fire and destroyed it, with about twenty-five or thirty bushels of corn, and the other con tents. There was no insurance. Rome Tribune: Yesterday a man from the country, who entertained John Barleycorn too long, fell from his wagon, the wheels passing over and breaking his arm. Dr. Samuels was called hi and ren dered the necessary medical assistance. Athens Banner: We saw a. colored damsel on the incoming train on the Georgia road in great distress Monday. She and her sweetheart (who was tlie worse for drink) were tete-a-tete for some distance, and all went as merry as a mar riage bell. Finally he fell over against her four-dollar mirror, and sad was the wail she uttered. Her lamentation was accompanied with crocodile tears and interspersed with railings that were pre- fered to be heard. She applied to us for the law of redress. We told her to have him arrested at the next station aud hung up by the thumbs till he paid her four dollars. The drinking gallant left off journeying for the time aud will perhaps resume when lie finds a more peaceful companion. The damsei now has plenty ol small glasses to see how to do up'her back hah- nicely. Thomasville Post: Sheriff Coyle brought to prison on Friday last, tlie 27tli of August, Henry Spencer, the desperado, who, on the 27lli of August last, attempt ed, with others of,the chain gang,, to kill Mr. Georco Folsom, their keeper. He was lured'hjr Mr. Jr J. lrotitT dud Others ot lThrsrei le, Brunswick and Albany rail-, road, where Spencer had been in tbe em ploy of Mr. Butler, and at whom lie fired a loaded musket, having some little pre vious misunderstanding. Spencer lied, but was pursued and taken near Albany, where ha was turned over to Sheriff Coyle. The latter h as negotiating "or his arrest at the time of the difficulty between Spen cer and Butler, having received informa tion of his whereabouts, through a citizen of the place. Carters vili.e Express: Mrs. E. II. Adcock, living near Little Prairie, in this county, lias been an invalid for nearly twelve years, during all of which time she wgs confined to her”bed ami never walked a step. Several of the best doctors of the comity attended her, but failed to effect a cure. About live weeks ago, her husband, Mr. E. II. Adcock, sent lor Mrs. N. A. EockrWge. an elderly lady, living near ” who has considerable repntation !! in tbe treatment of chronic rases. Mrs. Lockridge at once (M of tlie case, declaring her effect a permanent cure, aud io Mrs. Adaock was able to rise bed and walk about tlie room, ...... .. .,ow almost entirely well. The move iiicts were given to us by Mr. Ad- • •ck 1 In whose veracity we nave me utmost confidence. Amf.ricus Recorder: We learn that Pleas. Paul, a colored man in Lee county, had two horses killed by lightning on Thursday evening of last week. He had sent two of his children on horseback to drive un tlie cows, when tbe electnc fluid struck the horses, killing them, shocking and burning the children badly, but leaving them alive. This was truly a narrow escape. , Albany Advertiser: An ice manufac turer will purchase property in Albany and erect a factory here tbe 1st of next March. Wc are truly glad that it is now an established fact that Albany will not have to send off for her ice. Columbus Enquirer: It is pretty generally rumored in railroad circles there are soon to he some changes in the running of trains, which leave and arrive in this city. The report is the Georgia and the Central railroads cannot work well together, and that the former will ipt-A the West Point branch of the Wes tern railroad, which they lease jointly, and the latter the Opelika branch. It is also stated a daily passenger train will be run between this point and Goodwater, Alabama, the terminus of the Savannah and Memphis railroad, which the Central has control of. There will be a daily passenger tram between Montgomery and Macon (via the M. & G. B. B.) or between Columbus and Montgomery by the same route. These changes ate spoken of, aud will no doubt be made. Savaxxah Neies: The Republicans of the first district of Georgia held their nominating convention yesterday at Em pire Hall, and had a very harmonious ses sion, with Captain L. M. Pleasant, of tlie Forest City Light Infantry (colored), as chairman, and John McIntosh, Jr., as secretary. Delegates to the gubernatorial conven tion to be held at Atlanta on the 7th. in stant, were appointed as follows: John H. Deveaux, James Blue, L. B. Toomer, John Mclutosh, Jr., T. F. Johnson, A. N. Wilson, Jesse Wimberly, L. M. Pleasant, B.W. White. A district committee of fifteen at large, and one from each county, with J. II. Deveaux as chairman, were entrusted with the campaign. Mr. A. N. Wilson was put In nomina tion for elector, and Rev. Floyd Suelson as alternate, from this district. Colonel John T. Collins was then unanimously nominated lor member of Congress by acclamation, and with con siderable enthusiasm. A committee of five was appointed to inform Colonel Collins of his nomination, and to invite him to address the convention. On being introduced, Colonel Collins accepted the nomination in a short, well timed speech, pledging his best endeavors to carry the district upon the platform upon which he was nominated. Mr. Collins is the collector of the port of Brunswick, and has not heretofore figured prominently in Republican poli- tics. Columbus Times: Between lour and five o’clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the millinery store of Mrs. Ogletree and Miss Hasting, on the east side of Broad steet next door below the New York store. Fortunately it was dis covered before it was so far advanced as to be unconirolable. If it had bunted fifteen minutes longer without discovery it would have caused great, loss to the ibis city, for Lei* female < took cl«a! attlto u leu days i'rora her dation train on tho S. W. Railroad, which has been discontinued during the summer, was resumed last night, and will run regu larly rill further notice. The train arrives at Albany at 9:7 a. m., and leaves at 5:11 p. m. We-are glad to note the resump tion of this train, as it is quite a conve nience to business men. Savannah News: On Tuesday eve ning, abont 4 o’clock, two colored men, Solomon Banks and Abram Greene, em ployed at Captain Manigault’s plantation across the river, got to skylarking oyer a shotgun, when the weapon was accident ally discharged, the entire load, consisting of buckshot, entering the foot of Greene, lacerating it horribly. Greene was brought over to tbe city as soon as he could be removed, and was carried to the office of Dr. T. B. Chisholm, who, in con sequence of tho terribly lacerated condi tion of tbo foot, was unable to give a care ful examination, though he does not think any of the bones are broken. Tbe injured member was properly’ dressed, and the suffering darkey relieved as much as pos sible. Albany Advertiser: Mr. Manglis, express messenger between Albany and No. 12, on the Savannah, Florida and Western railway, informs us that a catas trophe occurred on the W. I. T. company’s railroad yesterday. As tbe train was crossing a trestle-work between Gaines ville, Fla., and Cedar Keys, the trestle gave way aud precipitated several coaches into tlie depths below. Conductor Weeks, Engineer Maxwell and Express messenger Seegar suffered serious injuries. Max well died last night from the effects of his injuries, and Mr. Week’s injuries will prove fatal. - Rome Courier : Prof. W. Flentje, of the German music store, contributes to the Ladies’ Loan Exhibition an instru ment said to bo one hundred and ten vears old, fashioned somewhat after the style of an ancient lyre, with the body or box of a guitar, and seems to be the first step in tlie way of improvement on the former, which led to the latter perfected and popular instrument. It is an inter esting relic of by-gone days. Pekby Dome Journal: During a rain storm on Wednesday of last week light ning struck a large oak tree about twenty feet from the house of Pat Gorman, col ored, in the thirteenth district, and killed a large ox that was standing near. The inmates of the house experienced a se vere shaking up, but no one was injured. Columbus Times: Yesterday while Mr. Wm. Kennedy, who is in the employ of Mrs. Win. Schober, was engaged in loading brass cartridge shells, one ex ploded, inflicting a painful wound near the left eye. The brass of the cap pene trated the socket of the left ^eye just above the eye ball. We trust he will not ose the eye. Babxesville Gazette: Monday morn ing Rev. R. W. Reynolds left for a course of study in Vanderbilt University. In order to get the beneficiary advantages of Vanderbilt, he was licensed by the quar terly conference of the Methodist church here last week. He had decided to go in to the ministry, but did not intend to ask license to-as yet. The three years course in Vanderbilt will give him superior ad vantages, and his future career is bright if properly utilized. Albany Nine*: Could Mr. Norwood, of Georgia, lie will be making out rail- ! young, having been educated In this cit}\ road tarifis when Gabriel sounds the last ! He was for many years connected with the hotel business in this city, being con cerned in the Pula3ki House, and for sev eral years proprietor of the Marshall House. He was also one of the mem- New York store in which a large stock Of• ifhe would, stop the convict lease con- $25,000 or $30,000 worth of goods are kept, to say nothing of what might have been lost by others. But as it was a very inconsidererable damage was done. Mr. R. B. Murdock, one of our most expe rienced fire insurance men, to whom we are indebted for our information, was lav ish in his praise of Mr. I. G. Strupper. for his thoughtfulness in using the fire ex tract? The governor has nothing to do with it, except to see that the convicts are treated as the law provides. The sworn statement of all the grand juries in the counties where the camps are located are to the effect that the law is strictly ob served. Hawkinsville Dispatch: Mr.Rosser, the clever and accommodating agent of tingnislier in the burning store, instead of y ie Southern express company, lias erected water from the engines. Mr. Murdocx a nea * dwelling on Broad street, and is thinks by this act alone Mr. Strapper saved $19,009 in damages to goods that' would have been ruined in tho New York store if water had been turned from tbe en gines. Mr. Strapper is a veteran fireman, and it does not surprise us that he undei- stood so well the best mode of procedure. We rejoice that no -greater damage was done. In a few days all will be well again. Butler Ilerald: It is with unfeigned pleasure that we announce the success of our respected townsman, Dr. Smith, m his candidacy for the Democratieic nomi nation for Senator of this (twenty-third) senatorial district. The honor could not have fallen on a worthier man and we confidently predict that if his nomina tion shall be ratified at the polls his course will reflect credit both on the district and himself and prove entirely satisfactory to his constituents. We have not as yet had the true returns from Houston and Craw ford counties bu‘ all indications prove liis success, tlie majority for Smith inTay- j lor being 2G3. Since writing the above we have re ceived intelligence that the majority for Dr. Smith in the district is 45S, which in cludes Houston, Crawford and Taylor. Griffin New*: At S o’clo:k yester day Mrs. Hale, after a loneliness, sur rounded by the loved ones ot her family, this very estimable lady gave up her life. She was the mother of Mr. Seaborn Hales and of Mrs. J. H. Logan, at whoso resi dence she died. She was in her 84th year, and had been an earnest and con sistent member’ of tlie Baptist church for more than half a century, She was a de voted wife, a loving mother, a kind hearted, pious woman, and died in the faith peacefully, confident of a glorious happiness beyond the gravo. Savannah News: Last night Peter Moultry, an old colored man, who is a cripple, was arrested for creating a con siderable disturbance in his house on Henry street lane, near Drayton, which excited the entire neighborhood aud col lected a crowd. Peter was in a bad hu mor, and not satisfied with smashing up tilings generallv, made a savage attack on his wife. After biting her nasal organ nearly in twain, he proceeded to butt her with his head. Haunali is said to be a hard working woman and lias to take care of the old man, who has so fearfully treated her. Her nose is badly “used up” and its symmetry is destroyed. Columbus Times: Matt O’Brien, who is a caricaturist ol no little merit, has produced one of the best cartoons of the campaign, illustrating tlie weakness of the Norwood movement. It represents Mr. Norwood almost weighed down by the clubs organized in liis interest in the State. There is two of them, one in Col umbus and one in Atlanta, though it is with great effort he keeps them swiuging. Matt’s a good one. Gwinnett Ilerald: Bro. Clements, of the Gumming Clarion, has been on the fence. Ho was against Colquitt before the convention, and after it was over, lie was kinder addled, but when Norwood stood right up in the capitol and in the face of the people acknowledged that he had grabbed that $5,000 and wanted to grab some more, Clement stepped over on tlie Colquitt, side. Aud tbe people are doing the same thing. Augusta News: Gen. D. M. DuBose is not half as old as even lie tries, to niake himself appear, and he a widower at that. Why yesterday he rushed out of the con vention like a hoy, and forgot his stick, and racing back for it, acknowledged that lie carried it only to keep the girls at a re spectful distance. The Cartcrsvillc Free Press makes the following official announcement: We have tlie authority to state that Dr. Felton occupies a neutral position on the gubernatorial question, aud will take no part in that campaign. We tiling he is right. His triends are composed of tlie adherents of bulk Norwood and Colquitt, and wc do not think that he ought to par- <i-i; .Uc- in tli.it .v.'utgh: even ifhe were in favor of either candidate for governor.' As most of the candidates these days have to “tote their own skillet,” there is no reason why Dr. Felton may not carry his own just as well. Columbus Times: Mr. Blown, who foimerly woi-ked at the Eagle and Pheuix, factory, but at present employed at Mr. George Clapp’s saw mill, on the Radciiff place, was badly bait yesterday by a log roiling on him. It is feared he is fatally injured. Gwixxett Herald: “Cut Lim down, why cumbeietli be the ground.” That is what Mr. Norwood wanted done with the negroes before lie was a candidate and net-iled their votes. Now he sheds great crocodile team over their misfortunes. now living “under his own roof,” and independent of assessments in the way of rents. In Mr. Rosser the express com pany has an energetic and faithful repre sentative. Griffin News: We regret to learn that Mrs. Samuel F. Gray died very un expectedly at her residence on yesterday. In addition-to.a large family, she left an infant only a few hours old. She was a most estimable lady, and had many friends, who sympathize with the be reaved family* Dalton Citizen: We learn that Cap tain Norman Webb has resigned the su perintendency of the Selma, Rome, and Dalton railroad. We are sorry to hear this, as Captain Webb made one of the best directors the above road lias ever had. A splendid business man, he was ever on the alert to the interests of his road, and has done more to putting it in good order than any other officer prece ding him. We hope that his successor 'may prove as efficient a manager. Hawkinsville Dispatch: Judge John H. Taylor, died suddenly of congestive chill at his home in tho lower part of Pu laski county, on Saturday night, August 27th, 16S0, in the seventieth year of his age. Judge Taylor was born in Wash ington county, Ga., in 1811, and removed with his parents to Houston county in 1822. Afterward he moved to Dooly county, and in 1857 was elected^ by the Democrats of Dooly to the legislature. He moved to Hawkinsville in the latter part of 1857, and engaged in mercantile business. Since the war he has been en gaged in farming. “ judge Taylor was taken with a chill about twelve o’clock on Saturday and died about nine o'clock that night. He was a brother of Sheriff D. W. Taylor, of Pulaski county, and Mr. Simeon L. Tay lor, of Dooly, and father of W. M. Tav- lor, of the Scarborough House in this place. Augusta Chronicle: Among the passengers of the up train of the South Carolina railroad yesterday morning, was a young man named H. Saur, a German, who could not speak a word of English. He was accompanying Mr. G. Cohen from New York to this city. AtBlackville he, with others, got out for breakfast. When the train started, young Saur attempted to jump on board, but slipped and fell under the wheels. One of his legs was fearfully crushed. He was left at Blackville for medical attention. Albany Advertiser: On Monday af ternoon a colored woman who was lying ill in her house in the western portion of the city, was alarmed at hearing unusual noises at her window,'when turning her gaze in that direction she saw a hand and arm projecting into the opening, tlie owner evidently endeavoring to enter the room. Her screams alarmed the would- be-thief, who thereupon deliberately pro ceeded to the adjoining room, (it being a tworroomed cottage) aud tried to affect an entrance through the window. The occu pant of tills room, a young colored worian, the wife of Henry Davis, promptly cap tured (he burglar, who] proved to] be “Babe” Ely, a” notorious young thief. There being no officers, in-the vicinity, after a good talking to, she was released. This young r- probate belongs to a fami ly noted for thieving propensities. Her brother is now serving a sentence in tlie penitentiary for breaking into a city store several years ago. MilledgeviLle, Sept. 3.—Mr. Sam Hill made Ids escape from tliq asylum last night. Will go to liis Wife very probably. Arrest and return him to the asylum. T. O. Powell, Supt. Gainesville "Eagle: Some of the pa pers opposed to Gov. Colquitt have tlie caudor to admit that Mr. Norwood’s Atlanta speech was a great mistake. 'flie truth is, it was a bundle of vague insin uations ahd flummery wholly beneath the dignity of a man aspiring to tlie office, of governor.|- ftT i AtaM 1 -<»- MERiWETUEn Vindicator: When Col. Stewart war announced to make a speech in Greenville, court week, on .the ques tions involved in tlie gubernatorial can vas, the friends of Mr. Norwood asked for a division of time and a participation in the discussion. Tho -request was readily granted, and Mr. A. L>. Freemau given an ei,ual time with Col. Stewart; It hav ing been reported that Judge Warner would make a speech next Tuesday in favor of Norwood, the friend* of Governor Colquitt asked if an opportunity would, be allowed to Judge Warner,.and a nega tive response was returned. . Why. this difference? If tlie Norwood-, case is a good one, why decline to.have the other side presented i' J...-,,. , Griffin News: If Governor Smith nev er resigns the office of railroad commis- trunipet, Quitman Reporter: We learn that a most atrocious murder took place last Sat urday evening at Mr. Aaron Jones’ place in Lowndes county, under the following circumstances: Mr. Allen Jones went home from Valdosta,- filled to his neck with run-mad wliiBky aud attempted to shoot his father. His brother Maik inter fered to prevent it, and he turned upon him and shot all of his forehead, from the eyes out, entirely off, killing him instant ly. Wo have not heard whether Allen lias been caught or not. It is thought he has- committed suicide, as he was last seen making for a secluded place with a rope in his hand. i Meriwether Vindicator: The Hon. J. C. Dell aud the Hon. U. P. Wade, both from Screven county, adhered to Lester until just before tho last ballot when they went to Colquitt. When the minority met at night Mr. Dell was the first and Mr. Wade was the second to op pose a minority candidate. They both pleaded eloquently and forcibly for the triumph of unity and harmony. Screven should feel proud of their course. We believe they are the only members of the minority who made speeches in their open air meeting in behalf of the Democracy. They were styled “weak-kneed” but they were brave and stout-hearted to denounce wrong doing and’madness amid numer ous enemies. Darien Gazette: It is with a feeling of the deepest regret that we chronicle the death of Mrs. Rosalie V. DeLorme, wife of our fellow townsman, Judge L. E. B. DeLorme, who has been in bad health for a long time, and, with the hope that she might be benefitted by a change of cli mate, was induced to pay a visit to friends residing at Waterbury, S. C. She became alarmingly ill after leaving home, aud last week her husband was summoned to her bed-side, and on Monday the sad news of her death was borne to her stricken children aud friends. Savannah News: Mrs. Caroline Henderson did suddenly from heart dis ease at the residence of her son, Muses Y. Henderson, Esq, at White Bluff on Wednesday night. She was apparently in perfect health and was seveDty-six years and one day old. Her remains were brought to the city yesterday and will be interred in Laurel Grove Ceme tery to-day. Brunswick Advertiser: Jim Blue says Mr. Pratt Adams is a fine speaker and a mighty nice man, but that he has got on the wrong side of this little affair. The Norwoodites claim Jim as a convert, but he informs us that he doesn’t believe in being converted more than once, Gainesnille Eagle: It is a singular fact that in all the charges that have been trumped up against Gov. Colquitt by his enemies, the State has not lost one dol lar, but on the contrary has been in al most every case the gainer, as an impar tial investigation of the facts will demon strate. This explains how it is that the State’s credit is higher than ever before, and the people’s taxes nearly one-tliird lower than they have been since the war. If politicians from sinister motives would confuse you, hold these facts up to them You cannot explain away facts. Columbus Enquirer: Yesterday af ternoon, the Opelika bound passenger train from Macon was delayed about an hour, in the Western railroad yard. This was caused by the engine T. N. Munro, mounting the track, in consequence of a bad rail. The entire engine was off the track, hut the tender remained on it. The only damage was the bending of an axle and a few rods. The switch engine of tlie Western railroad left at 4:25 for Opelika with the train, and made con nection. The Munroe was gotten on the track about six o’clock. Cuthbebt Appeal: The Georgia Wine Company is in full blast, and is now turning out on an average ol 400 gallons of pure juice of the grape daily. The product ol this new enterprise this year will greatly exceed tlie expectations of the most enthusiastic. Uazt.ehubst Watchman: Mr. Napo leon Weatherly, on Monday evening, while riding in the woods hunting for his cows, discovered the remains of a dead infant wrapped up in an old piece of calico and a crocus sack, lying under’a clay root a short distance from Mr. Frank Wilcox’s field. A party Of gentlemen went out Wednesday evening and gath ered up the remains of the infant and brought them to the city for examination. There was no flesh on the bones, or any thing to denote whether the child was of white or black origin. What terrible crime bas here been committed? Proba bly some poor, weak .girl had thought to hide her sin and shame from the gaze of the cold, pitiless world bv doing away with her innocent babe in this manner, but murder “will out” at last. Whoever this poor creature was who committed this deed she is, in all probability, more to be pitied than censured, but the law is terribly hard in such cases as this, and we suppose justly so, Augusta Chronicle: Yesterday morn ing W. H. Woodhouse, of Savannah; an intelligent colored man, who had been elected Lieutenant-Colonel of tbe First Colored Volunteer Battalion of Georgia, appeared in the city. His object was to meet Adjutant-General John B. Baird of the State, and Colonel Wilberforce Dan iel, by whom he was examined before be ing commissioned to the position he had been elected to fill. We learn he stood a brilliant examination in Upton’s Tactics for four hours, and passed most creditably and successfully the ordeal. He will be recommended for liis position. Last evening, in compliment to their comrade, who is "tlie first colored man who has ob tained so high a rank in Georgia, his friends serenaded him at Douglass Hall. Tlie b’rass band played several airs, and in response to calls Woodhouse appeared. He told of tho strictness yet fairness of his military test, and said that he would shortly receive his commission. He tes tified to the fairness with which Governor Colquitt had acted in the matter; of the willingness he had shown to aid the col ored people of Georgia, and concluded by saying that he would bear evidence of his impartiality before liis colored friends of Chatham. Savannah Neies: Last evening about seven o’clock George Johnson,a prominent negro sneak thief/ was arrested for loiter ing around the market in a suspicious manner, evidently intent on stealingso'me- tliing. When taken to the barracks lie was very insulting and abusive to the 'offi cers, and on being removed from tlie bar racks to the station house to he incarcer ated, turned suddenly on the officer and struck him a wicked blow in tlie face, cut ting and bruising his eye. He was full of fight, and resisted the officer strenuously, occasioning great trouble. ■ He will be at tended to to-day at the police court. Rome Tribune : Mr. T. E. Hanbury will soon resume labor on this paper, when its readers will enjoy reading his so-called “stem winding editorials.” Swainsbobo Herald: The wind and rain the first of the week greatly damaged tlie' cotton crops. Caterpillars are’ also doing greatdamage to young cotton, i , Brunswick•Advertiser: Mr. W. i W. Woodruff; of .Gritfiu, of whom we made mention in our.last issue, visiting!St. biuions, has bought from the §t. Simons Mill Company that valuable tract of land known a»* Hawkins Islanfl, S{r. Woqd- ruffintends to bring it speedily under a system of improved tilli^e, and will, as soon as possible, establish a truck garden on a large scale. He is an experienced farmer aud fruiticulturist, hav.ng at this time, near Griliin, probably the largest and best assorted peach, orchard in the State. Mr. Woodruff proposes engaging in the semi-tropicaWrait raising, sucli as or.anges, bananas, pears, etc. A business experi ence. of thirty years in Georgia, indorsed by success in every instance, warrants tbe prediction, that Hawkins Island, with its natural scenery, under liis proverbial vim and energy, will, in a few years, become one of the most inviting retreats inthe State'to the tourist and pleasure seeker. ■ Savannah News:. We regret to an nounce this morning the death of Ralph M>ldrim,-Esq., one of our most highly es- AsIUiit oitivoTis * bers of tho Savannah Hotel com pany, which proposed purchasing the Screven House and the Masonic Hall on Bull street, and oxtending the hotel to Broughton street, by bridging Congress street lane, but were unable to carry out their design, through refusal of the legis lature to grant the privileges they desired. After his retirement from the hotsl busi ness he engaged in the grocery trade, and was confiucting the same up to the time of his death. He was 57 years of age, and leaves a son, Peter W. Meldrim, Esq., and a daughter, Mrs. Thos. F. Thomson, besides a large circle of relations and friends to mourn his loss. He was a gen tlemen of genial, kindly disposition, highly esteemed by all who knew him. His funeral will take place this afternoon at 4 o’clock from his late residence. Dalton Headlight: There i3 no power to change the inevitable; Georgia is bound to have a Democratic governor. The people must take choice between Norwood and Colquitt. There are weak places in Colquitt’s administration, but it is the best that Georgia has had since the war. Her financial standing—the tax re duction—shows tlat. Norwood comes before you a self-acknowledged salary- grabber and a railroad monopoly attorney. Independents and Grcenbackers who.are honest in their pretensions cannot indorse these. And they will not. Albany Advertiser: There is not perhaps a city in Georgia whose corporate imits are of as small dimension as those of Albany. And some of our leading business men live just beyond the city limits and are therefore debared tlie privi lege of having any voice in the city gov ernment. Their business interests are subservient to city laws and regulations, yet they have no right to say who shall lie, or .to question tlie equity of the man ner in which they are administered. In deed they are as strangers, not citizens, in their own home. North, south and west the corporate limits of the city extend nearly half a mile each way from the court house. But east they only extend three hundred yards to the river. Within these limits Albany has a population of over twenty-nine hun dred souls. And by taking a quarter of a mile more, each way, her population would run up to four thousand and her taxable property be increased thousands of dollars. We say let the city’s corporate limits be extended, and we believe every individual living just outside and doing business in Albany will join us in this appeal for - an nexation. Terrific Hurricane in Jamaica. Capt. Bassett J. Smith, of the steamer Dover, which arrived at this port yester day with fruit from Port Antonio, Jamai ca, tells a graphic story of the destruction cf property by the terrific hurricane which swept the island on Wednesday, the ISth ult, only very meagre accounts of which by cable had been received up to the arri val of the Dover yesterday: “We were lying at Port Antonio,” said Capt. Smith yesterday, sitting in his shirt sleeves in his snug little office cn board the Dover, “taking in a cargo -of ba nanas. The weather had been threaten ing for two or three days and I knew that something was up. I did not look for any such storm as tlie one that struck us and deviated the island in such a short space of time. The barometer, which had fal len for two or three days, began to go down very rapidly on Wednesday, and at 1 o’clock that afternoon it began to rain witli great violence. Two hours later it began to blow. At first we thought it only a squall, but the force of the wind gradually increased to a hurricane, and from 10 o’clock that night until 2 o’clock the next morning it blew with a power that swept everything before it. HAVOC IN THE IIARIlOR. “The harbor of Port Antonio is the best barbor iu the West Indies. We were completely hemmed in by mountains, so that the wind could not hurt us much, but the destruction on shore and among the small coasting vessels engaged in bringing fruit to Port Antonio was simply incalculable. Droghers—small schooners of from twelve to fifteen tons burdens— were driven high and dry upon the beach and stove or sunk. In the little village of Port Antonio eleven houses were com pletely demolished. At Spring Grove out of thirty-seven houses only eleven are- left standing. At Nanchioneal there is not a house left whole. It is impossible to estimate the loss from the destruction of fruit. The banana plantations were totally destroyed and the cocoanut trees were twisted off and the growing fruit utterly rained. Men who had hundreds of acres of bananas ready for market have not a bunch left. People who had small patches that would yield them $400 or S500 in money will not real ize a.cent. We left there on Saturday, the 21st, and then people who were well off three days before were cutting up the breadfruit and drying it to keep them from starvation. All the telegraph lines were-down and all the roads were block aded with fallen trees, so that it was diffi cult to get news Irom other parts of,the island, but at every point that we did hear from tlie news was the same—that total destruction ot fruit crops and great dam age to buildings and other property, have no doubt that the hurricane swept the whole island.—Philadelphia Times. Skylarks Disappearing.—An enor mous decrease in the number of skylarks in Scotland and northern England lias been complained of recently. Mr. Ed wards, a Scotch naturalist, has published an essay, in which he attempts to dis prove the popular theory that starlings or meadow larks causo the mischief by breaking the eggs in the nest and by kill ing the young. That the bill of tho star ling is, capable of destroying the egg he admits, but lie ridicules the idea of de stroying the young, and he docs’ not be lieve that tlie starlings are to blame. He attributes the evil chiefly to tho increase of cattle and tho .taking iu of waste ground for agricultural purposes. “As a rule,” he says, “larks do not oreed among hay, corn or barley. For one nest 1 have known in such places I have, I may safely say, found a dozen in meadows, on pas ture lands and on waste ground. Now, for one cow or ox that the*p were years ago, there are about a score at present. Is it not. possible that the great increase of these animals may have something to do with the decrease of the lark by tramp ling on their nests aiid maltreating them? 1 have myself, while searching in clover fields for moths, and in grazing grounds for beetles, came across numbers iu recent yearn so destroyed- Pheasants, partridges and other ground breeding birds, also suffer severely. Beside, we have cattle aud sheep now, but more particularly the latter, put into woods and plantations to eat down tlie herbage t]iere.” In conclusion, Mr. Edwards protests very earnestly against tbe destruction of birds’ nests and the trapping of song birds by men-and boys, by which thous ands of birds are destroyed every year. •**—Lady Burdett-Coutts, so all letters from London concur in saying, continues obstinately bent on her marriage with Mr. Ashmead Bartlett. It is reported that she has settled $80,000 a year on her pro- messo sposo, and it seems likely that the resolute and probably indiscreet opposi tion of her relatives and friends and the royal family to tho match have only had the effect to make her more obstinately persist in its consummation. She is said to be rather headstrong, and she has been accustomed to have her own way through life. The Burdetts are an odd iimily, anyhow, aud both they and the Couttses are prone to do queer things. Lady Prom Europe. Lucerne, Switzerland, August 14th, 1S80. Editors Telegraph andl Messenger: Upon reaching Lucerne a day or two since, I found every hotel in the place full to overflowing, and In the subsequent scramble for rooms, my contact with En glish and American travelers brought forcibly to mind the remark of the native of Florida, who, when asked by a Yankee tourist^ “What in the world the people of Florida lived on?” replied, “On fish and alligators in summer, and Yankees in the winter.” The diet of the Swiss differs only to this extent, that they Jive on Yankee? and English both winter and summer. In the parlors and reading rooms of the elegant and spacious hotels, which border the Lake of Lucerne, it would require very little effort to Imagine yourself at some fashionable American watering place, so universally is the En glish language spoken—and English books and English newspapers predominate on the shelves and tables. It, after muster ing all your resources, you venture to ad dress a shop girl in Lucemfe or Geneva in your best French, the reply is almost invariably given in equally good (?) Eng lish; the inference being apparent that it is really considered a reflection upon the qualifications of this class of this com munity to presume, that they are not con versant with the English language, These remarks, however, would not be strictly applicable to the more remote parts of Switzerland, in which I have spent the last three weeks—a tour which was so full ofinterest and novelty to me, that I have thought a short letter in ref erence to it, would not Ije devoid of inter est to your readers. We left Paris the night after the great “national fete,” and taxing a sleeping car, was landed in Geneva next morning, in time for breakfast. The French call their sleeping cars “wagons-lits,” which comes about as near being a translation of “sleeping car,” as you could expect of a Frenchman, and they afford a most striking contrast in size and appearance,, as well as in com fort and elegance, to a Pullman palace sleeper. The one we rode in was simply one of their ordinary railway carriages cut up into four compartments, with an aisle running along one side of the car, into which the doors of these compartments opened. For a berth in one of these little state-rooms, I* was charged the modest sum of twenty-six francs, or about $5-25. What would the railroad commission of Georgia say to such extortion? However, it enabled me to make, in comparative comfort, a journey which a few years ago was necessarily very tedious aud disa greeable, and I found myself transferred, as if by magic, from the gay streets of Paris, to the quiet and lovely shores of Lake Leman. We spent only a day in Geneva, a3 the weather was oppressively warm, and we were anxious to get to cooler quarters. After traversing tlie whole length of the lake in one of the little steamers, we took the railroad running from the lake up the Rhone Valley, which, in a few hours, brought us to Brigne, the present terminus of the railroad, and the point of departure for carriages going over the “Simplon Pass” into Italy. This quaint and picturesque little town is chiefly remarkable for its beautiful sit uation, and for its convenience as a start ing point for several very interesting ex cursions into the high Alps. We there fore determined to make it our headquar ters, and after a night’s rest, vve prepared to ascend to the “Belle Alp Hotel,” which is situated some four thousand five hun dred feet above the Rhone Valley, and seven thousand, one hundred and fifty feet above the level of the sea. As seen from Brigne, the hotel appeared perch on the mountain side, the weather was beautifully clear and we enjoyed irifluuif .fl..f ti, A .1 J - wtt^ u tstinttheg r a n dj)a n oramaof'sno C w1mind a L1ar n more :E fi!d Ch a^d - ut t0 - my peaks all around us. The “great Aletch glacier,” by far the largest intlie Alps, and many times larger than the celebrated Mer de Glace at Chamonix, is in fitW view for upwards of ten mile* of its length, and looks like a great river which lashed into gigantic waves and rushing madly down the valley, has been suddenly frozen and slopped forever. Everything around you in the Alps is on such a magnificent scale that you are deceived about the distances of objects from you in spite ol all allow ances you may try to make. This gla cier for instance, appears to bo but a few hundred feet below the hotel, and yet you can hardly distinguish with the naked eye a party of men crossing it, even after your attention has been called to the spot where they are—and rocks lying on tbe surface of the ice, wliieh appear to be mere pebbles, are in reality gigantic boulders. This deceptive appearance was forcibly illustrated and brought home to us on the day after we reached the Belle Alp. Wehad about an hour to dis pose of before dinner, and we concluded it could not be better spent than by going down the path to the glacier and taking a little walk on its surface—not having the least idea but that we could accomplish the distance and return within the hour. The path led in zigzags down the face of an almost perpendicular precipice, and we hadn’t gone very far before we saw that we had under-estimated the distance. We didn’t seem to be any nearer the bot tom than when we started, but after a consultation, we conciuded.to go on, even if we lost our^dinuer. So far from getting back to the hotel within an hour, it took us nearly an hour to get down to the glacier, and very nearly two hours were consumed in climbing back again. Thereafter, when wo undertook walks just before dinner, we allowed a little more margin for errors in judgment. Twice during our stay at the “Belle Alp” we ascended the “Sparrenhorn” a moun tain just in the rear of the hotel, which i3 very near ten thousand feet high. Both times the sky was perfectly cloud less, and the view from the summit was simply superb. The whole horizon was bordered with snow-capped mountains, some of them more than a hundred miles distant, while others were so near as to seem to be almost within reach of bur hands. We spent two hours on the sum mit the first time we went up, and during that time the sublimity of the prospect around us was not so absorbing as to pre vent us irom restoring our tired energies by disposing of a substantial lunch which we had brought with us. We mingled our wine with snow gathered from the crevices in the rocks, and we came to the unanimous .conclusion, that under such circumstances even “ten ordenaire” be comes a most delicious beverage. The slopes of the “Belle Alp” even to a height of one thousand feet above the hotel,are covered with green grass, winch affords rich pasturage for immense herds of cattle and goats. "The former seem to be for tbe most part of the “Jersey” or “Guernsey” breeds, and are fat and sleek enough to' do honor to the “blue grass re gion” of Kentucky. On the approach of winter these lierds are all driven to the valley, where they have to he housed and fed until the opening spring enables them again to climb to their elevated pasturage. The Swiss chalets, so celebiated iu song and story, seem to be almost as good mountaineers as the cattle and goats, for you see them scattered ever}’where over the mountain sides, singly, and in groups, to the height of more than eight thousand feet. They look very picturesque and ro mantic when seen from a distance, bat they can’t stand close inspection. The plan generally pursued in their construc tion is to have the stable or cow pen, which is built of stone, in the basement, while the habitation of the less favored mortals formsjke wooden superstructure. Imagine a family of a dozen people living As seen from Brigne, the hotel appeared ' m a single large room, beneath which to be about tbe size of an ordinary barn, are penned during eight montlis in tbe and very much the same shape, but we were assured that it contained about sev enty roooms, and was well kept and com fortable. So, after telegraphing to secure rooms, we prepared to mount our steeds. Of course Ve had to leave our trunks in the valley, and had .packed ail articles necessary for our comfort, into valises, supposing that they would be carried be hind us on the mules, but we v.ere soon informed that our baggage was too heavy for the mules to carry, and lhat it would be necessary for us to have a porter. As wc knew this was simply an excuse for compelling us to employ another man, we at first demurred, but upon learning that the man would carry all three va lises, besides a bundle of shawls and a heavy package of hooks, all the way to the top of the mountain for one dollar, we thought it would he a pity to discour age such cheap labor, and made no fur ther objection. I felt sorry for the fel low at first, but he seemed to think noth ing of it, and. wouldu’t hear of our substi- tut’ng for him a pack-mule, and as the mule, to do the same work, would have cost us double the money, of course we let him have his own way about it. The truth is, that among tbe beasts of burden in common use in this country, the mule occupies the first place in the estimation of the people, and receives tbetenderest consideration at their hands. Men come next in order, and last of all women, upon whom the great brunt of the hard-work falls. The preliminaries being arranged, we took up our line of marchjn single file, the lady of tlie party being honored by a year as many cows, and you have a fair idea of the average Swiss chalet. Is it at all wenderful that “cretinism” and “goitre” should prevail to an alarming ex tent among such a people? After spending a most delightful week at the “Belle Alp” we went to the “Eggis- chom Hotel,” a resort very similar in its ap pointments and situation to the one we had just left, but more convenient for making several excursions which we were anxious to accomplish before we returned to the valley. It is about twelve miles from one hotel to the other, and there is a good bridlepath all the way; but in whole some recollection of my recent experi ence, I prelerred this time to walk all the way. In crossing the glacier I was very much amused at tho conduct of a mule which, in company with a horse, was being led a'cross the ice at a point a 'little lower down than where we were crossing. On coming to' a rather steep place on tbe ice, the man who was leading them cut some steps with bis ice-axe to enable them to get a better footing. The horse took advantage of them very promptly, but the mule, true to the instincts of his race, wouldn’t be led; and planting all four feet firmly, and stiffening liis legs he slid gracefully and rapidly to the bottem of the slope. It was a performance that would have done honor to a member of the English Alpine Club, but would have been rather uncomfortable to a man on his back. * Our next climbing feat was to the top of the Eggischorn, another mountain nearly ,T he jicw is not so extensive wwv Wild and impressive tYe onS a f ned summit » in spite of twi’ d> fr0m 2: ?° p ' m ’ uatil sunset, as tw in .ir e n , cIoudless > a «d knew that m the whole course of our lives w» would probably never have such an on- portumty for witnessing a sunset amonz the snow mountains. As soon as the sun isappeared the fall in the temperature was amazing to one unaccustomed as I was to the phenomena of these high alti- tuoes, and though we were well provided with wraps and kept constantly in mo tion we were unable to keep warm. Not withstanding all this, however, we*felt amp'.y rewarded for our patient waiting for never as long as we live can the glori ous scene which unfolded Itself to us as the sun went down be anything else than a wonder and a joy unspeakable. The descent to the hotel was accomplished in double-quick time, and tbe comforts of a good fire and a warm supper soon made us forget the wintry air without. The next morning soon after daylight I was aroused by tbe noise of people getting up “ to see thesun rise—ana with the re- collectiou of what I had seen the evening before still fresh in my mind, I felt for the moment tempted to follow their ex ample, but on further reflection I remem bered that I had always preferred sunset to sunrise, and concluded to let it rise without me. I had reason to congratu late myself afterwards on my decision, when an Englishman, who was one of the unfortunates, told me that it was “really quite a tidy affair,” but that he nearly lroze to death before- he could get back to bed. I would be glad to give some account of other very interesting excursions which we made in the Rhone Valley, as well as of our passage over the mountains in a carriage to tlie Lake ol Lucerne, hut the length of this letter has already far ex ceeded my first intention, and I must bring it to a close. We will remain in Switzerland a week or ten days longer,and then go to Strasburg. From there we will probably go down the Rhine as far a3 Cologne, and then across t6 Paris. Per haps from that city I may inflict you with a renewal of this correspondence. T. B. G. Rotation on Cotton Lands. A writer in the Mobile Register says tliat there are ijjit few, if any, questions of lpore importance to farmers in the State where cotton, wheat and com are made the main sources of revenue than those directly relating to the rotation of crops. In a country so y?st in its extent as this, the system of rotation desired must necessarily be va rious. The best system in tbe North va ries materially from that needed in the South. In each, rest is essential, though particularly so in Southern climates, where the causes which produce volatili zation are much more prevalent than in cold countries. It is a well-known fact that so long as the soil is at.rest, there is a gradual increase of nitrogenous mat ters, which are of such vital importance in the production of large crops. What is wanted is the best paying sys tem. Tbe Hebrew rotation has six years of cultivation and one of rest. This is much too long for a practical and profitable system. Either of tlie following are very good systems in the cotton-producing States- One-sixth the tillable land in cottop the first year, one-sixth in com; the second year, one-third the land to be sown in winter oats in September; the third year, rye, or rye and wheat, on one- sixta of the land; the fourth and fifth year to he in clover; and lie fallow and rest. Another system which involves the ex cellent idea oi keeping one sheep to each acre of tillable land, provided there are as many acres of pasturage as of the culti vated land, is as follows: First, cotton aud corn in the same field in suitable pro portions ; second, roats sown in August on the cotton and com land; third rye or rye and wheat, sown in September, the land having heen ploughed twice to kill the germinant oats; fourth and fifth, clover, if the land is in sufficient heat to produce it, if not, rest ungrazed, and the fifth year sheep aud cattle penned upon it every night during the year, using a portable fence. In this estimate ten sheep would manure an acre every year. The customary rotation in West Vir ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee is one which, generally embraces com, small grain and grass, tobacco sometimes being interpolated in the series. In the lime stone regions of the upper Southern States it is found that wheat follows clo ver more advantageously than com. A three-year course in common practice there is: Eirst, com; second, wheat; third, clover. Or, first, corn: second, wheat, or other grain; third, clover, three years. A four-years’ course, witli two years in clover, is also quite commonly practiced. In the tide-water district,- in the counties near Richmond, the usual rotation em braces five shifts as follows: Com, oats, wheat, clover, wheat; or, corn, wheat, clover, wheat, pasture. In any system of rotation the number of fields, whether fenced or not, should cor respond with the number of changes in each course. Again, whatever system is adopted, it should includes the keeping of more or less live stock on the farm, re quiring, therefore, that the greatest possi ble amount of forage be grown. Success ful farming must ever have for its basis tlie cultivated grasses, particularly red clover. The thinner tlie laud the loDger ten. thousand feet high, the view irom s ]jould lie in pasture. The poorer the M m. . W whose summit is one of the most celebra- ‘ s0 ;j w h ere the leading crop is an exhaust- seat on one of tlie ugliest mules I ever ted in the whole Alps. The weather was j ve onei ^ m0 re necessary is it that saw, while we poor_ men had to be con- not very favorable for distant vipws when a judicious system ol rotation, high ma- ,,i *i.« * we reached the top, as you will readily nuring, and rest, should be adopted with- imagine when I mention the fact that it ’ out necessary delay. He who wittingly Coutts’ own brother, who died the other day£t the Albany, left no will, and not teemed fellow citizens, which occurred ! eV cn a memorandum of ids property. In about two o’clock yesterday, afternoon at ]lis roolll:j W e-e found $1,250,000, all in his residence, 175 Terry street, etter an < . . illness of several weeks. Sir. Meldrim batik of England noics of iht. denoinina was born iu the nortli of Ireland iu^ IS23,. tion of £1,000. tent with horses. They said the reason of this arrangement was that the mule was more surefooted and steady, and be fore I got to the top of the mountain I had reason to wish that I had swapped my nag for a mule, or even a cow, before I started. The path for more than half of the way was horribly rough and steep, and I hadn’t gone very far before 1 con cluded that it was healthier in that fine mountain air to walk, so I dismounted and allowed my horse to go a3 close to the edge of the precipice as he wished. When we left the valley I occupied the second place in the procession, but after we had passed the worst part oi the road, and I had remounted my horse, I found myself in the rear. This arrangement didn’t suit the aforesaid steed at all, for either he was a very ambitious animal, or else he had an especial affection for the leading mule, and began to make dem onstrations which looked very much to me as ifhe was going to tiy to pass Mr. M.’s horse in spite of all I could do, and thus regain his lost position. As the path was rather narrow lor such a perform ance I felt considerable uneasiness, al though tbe guide said he was a very well behaved horse, and of-course that ought to have quieted my apprehensions. At last it began to rain a little and! hoisted my umbrella, in doing which I gave Lim the opportunity he had been looking for,- and he actually made a dash and rushed by the horse in : front of him before I Could stop him. Fortunately tlie path was a little wider tliau usual just at that point, and consequently no harm resulted, but it was by no means a pleasant inci dent, and since that time I have been very much disposed to walk, even though offered the luxury of a mule instead of a horse. We readied the hotel after .about four hours and a half of this rough scramb ling and found it full to overflowing. Thcr rooms are small and the ceilings very low, but the house is very well* kept and every thing is as neat and clean as one "could wish. The fare is really excellent, and when I took into consideration the fact that everything about the house had to be brought over the lovely road I have just described, I was amazed to see how the difficulties had been overcome, and how comfortable a hotel could be made away above the clouds, as this oue often is. I have never yet exactly made up my mind how they brought the piano wbich graces the salon up from the valley, though! sup pose a porter must have brought it on bis back, for I saw one with a full-sized Sar atoga trunk strapped on like a knapsack, and when he put it down at the hotel door he didn’t even draw a long breath. What would tbe average Georgia darkey, who contends that a man can’t do hard work without his full allowance of a half pound of meat a day, say to the iact that these people never eat meat at all ? The day after we reached cur lofty snowed for an hour while we were on the summit. We remained up there for sev eral hours, however, and at last the clouds disappeared, and we were rewarded with an almost perfect view of the whole pano rama. Another day, while at tlie Eggischorn, we spent in an excursion to the Margilin See, which is the name given to a little lake about a mile long, lying fu a ravine adjoining tho eastern side of the great Aletch glacier. Here we had an opportu nity of seeing how icebergs are formed in the arctic regions, and it is the only 'place in the whole temperate zone where such a sight can be witnessed. Portions of tbe ice-cliff of the glacier are constantly split ting off and tumbling down into the green waters of the lake, where they fonn veri table icebergs. Some of them tower at least fifty feet above the-water, and being tinted with tbatrdelieate blue color pecul iar to glacier-fce, they presented, when glistening in the sunlight, a scene of fairy- like beauty which I shall long remem- ber. From the Margilin See we took a walk on the surface of the glacier itself, to a point where we could get' a view of its whole length. At this place it is a mile and a quarter wide, and as it is more than twenty miles long, and several hundred feet in depth, your readers can ‘ foim some idea of what a vast'body of ice it is. ' After spending four or five days at tbe "Eggischorn, we scrambled down tbe mountain, this time on foot, and returned to Brigne. Here we found our mail awaiting us, and among the papers re ceived were several copies of the Tele graph and Messenger After reading these last, I came to the conclusion that political affairs in Georgia were at fever heat, and I am now fall of impatience and anxiety to have later news from the “seat of war.” I do earnestly hope that the action of the August convention may be so wise and prudent as to heal all dissen sions, and restore that harmony to the party which is so essential to the peace and prosperity of the State. Our next destination was Zermatt, an elevated valley about a day’s ride from Brigne, and in the very heart of the Alpine peaks. We spent nearly a week in that vicinity, and found it by far the most in teresting place we had yet visited. The hotels are excellent, and the scenery un surpassed, but the weather was just a little too cool for a summer resort. The hotel on the Riffleberg is 8,500 feet above the level of the sea, and the night we spent there (the 5th of August) tbe thermometer went down to 27 degrees Fahrenheit, and ice and frost were abundant nest morn- ^roru this hotel we made the ascent of the Gornergrat, a mountain 10,400 feet high, itself partly covered with snow and completely surrounded by the monarchs or unwittingly robs the soil of its ele ments of fertility, and leaves the land poorer when he parts with it than when he came in possession of it, -is guilty of land, slaughter in the first degree, and is justly entitled to universal condemnation, not only of the preseut, but future gener ations also. What the farmer wants is a paying ro tation. He can have this without there being any necessity that he should rob the soil. A proper rotation is in accor dance with nature’s unerring laws. The advantages accruing from rotation are well known, and spring from natural causes. It was Dureau de la Malle, who, in 1S25, first called, attention to natural rotation. By obsetvation in woods and pasture fields, he established tho.fact; that an alteration of growth, as he called it, occurs as a natural phenomenon. “In pasture lands, for instance, the grasses get the upper hand at one time, the legumi nous (those having a seed vessel Tike a pea-pod)plants at another: so that in the course of thirty years lie was enabled to witness five or six sucb alternations.” The economic reason for a succession of crops is that each crop shall feed upon different substances from those required by a crop which preceded it. The golden rule of farming is that judicious variation in accordance with scientific principles, which is the basis of ultimate success. Tbe fertility of tlie soil must be maintain ed in order to- make farming profitable, and whatever adds to (tie general knowl edge on this import subject is a blessing. Whatever system of rotation t we adopt, we should not forget tliat the true teat of any system is it* continued success. A writer in the Philadelphia Times rec ommends, to the cotton planter: For tbe first year, clover or peas; second year, cotton; third year, wheat.. A Point Well Taken.—Some of the excitable suppporteis of Mr. Norwood are too good Democrats to vote for Colquitt because he appointed Joe Brown, Lnited States Senator. But they endorse Nor wood, a candidate put forwajd by a com mittee of eleven (appointed by Mr. Nor wood himself), and upon which commit tee we find the name of ex-Judge David B. Hairell, of Webster county, who was, if our memory serves us well (“and we think she do” ),a regular organized Repub lican iu 1868, went with Joe Brown to Chicago and assisted in nominating Grant and Colfax. Consistency thou art a rare bird—a jewel as it were.—Lumpkin In dependent. Hon. A. H. Cox was lately asked why did not the Legislature impeach Colquitt. His reply was a truthful and marny dec laration of what be knew to be a fact. He said: “Because we could find no evi dence against him.”