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(Ctltgraplj imit FRIDAY OCTOBER 22, 1880. The grain harvest of Italy this year is estimated as amounting to '65,000,000 hec tolitres, orone third more tlian that ot 1870, which was between forty and forty-fire millions. Tine Swiss pleasure season has been the best for sis years. Up to Jane the 30 the lucerne Steamboat Company had carried ' 40,000 more passengers than up to the same date last year. A special investigation of the railroad authorities as to the cause of the frightful accident, near Pittsburg, Pa., is now going on. Twenty-seven deaths have so far re sulted from the accident. A convict in Toronto was bound to a frame of wood and whipped until he be came insensible. As soon as he revived the punishment was renewed. At length the attending physician stopped the torture just in time to save the man’s life. An Italian engineer has drawn out a plan, which meets with Theebau’s ap proval, for enabling foreign embassies to have an interview with the blood-thirsty potentate without taking their shoes off. The edifice is so designed that he will only see their heads. The wedding guests were assembled to see Howard Canby married to a Baltimore belle, when a telegraph boy brought in this message from the absent bridegroom: “I have left you.” The bride fainted, and her friends slowly] dispersed, express- jtg an unfavorable opinion of Cauby. A man complained in a police court at Marietta, that a neighbor had struck him in the head with a cane. “I don’t think be hurt you much,’’said the Justice. “No; I don’t know as ho did,” was the re sponse. But they were wrong, for the man’s skull was fractured, and a minute later he fell dead in-court. The excitemeut consequent on the dis- eorcry of new diamonds in the Free State ef South Africa, according to the latest in telligence, has not abated in intensity. Three new rushes have been reported. A gem of firat water, weighing fifty carats, and worth $30,000, had been unearthed at the Jagersfontein diggings. NATive Tea.—The Columbia Register says: “To-day the Agricultural Depart ment received a package .of OoKm& tea and a small bag of Eyptian rice com from Mr. S. Ott, of Aiken, wliicb was raised upon his plantation .near'Aiken.* 'The tea was tested and found to be equal to the best imported Oolong.” *.*_ * Plus IX prescribed-in his will his burial place and that no more than $400 should be expended on the monument above it. Leo XIII, desiring to do his predecessor due honor, has asked a commission of cardinals how tills conld be done without seeming to be disrespectful, and the cardinals have suggested spending the $400 in a small monument, mound and over which a costly one mpy be reared at the expense oi the princes of the church of the late Pope’s creation. Governor Kinkead, of Nevada, lias issued a proclamation calling npon all electors ol that State to signify at the general election their will as to the con tinuance or prohibition ofr Chinese immi gration by placing upon their ballots “For Cniuese Immigration,” if in favor of it, or “Against Chinese! Immigration,” if opposed. ‘ ' ’ The jfarquis of Lome and a numerous suite have been duck shooting iu’Ontario, and iu the two days the fourteen’ sports men bagged 1,142 ducks. The Governor- General showed himself to be not only an adept in the art of extracting merri ment from “roughing it,” but also a crack shot, for his score was 115 ducks, the larg- 66tbutone. -.i", In an action that was“recentiy tried in an English court, when the question in dispute was as to tliequatlty" and condi tion of a eras pipe that had been laid down mauy years before, a witness stated it was an’old pipe, and therefore out of condition. The J udge remarking that “people do not necessarily get but of con dition by being old,” the witness promptly answered: “They do, my lord, if buried in the grouud.” A Local Election.—The Newark city election resulted iu an average Re publican majority of about 2,100. The Republicans elect eleven Aldermen and the Democrats five. The Common Council will stand eighteen Republicans and five Democrats. The Republicans also gain five members of the Board oi Freeholders. The German, vote was strongly Republican. JThi i Democrats carried the city last OQtobbnbfr 3,800, and iu November by 2,000 majority. Is a recent work on primary education and apprenticeship in France, ]L Salicer, a naval officer and cantonal delegate, re ferring to the distaste for manual work of the children who leave the elementary schools of Paris, says: “These little bureau crats come to the end of their school course with but one fear before them— that of being forced to become workmen and workwomen; and but with one wish —the bojs to become clerks, theglrjs shop women. Hence this undefined, uncertain, overstocked class of bookkeepers, cashiers, salesmen, clerks, agents, scorning cap snd'biouse, aud the corresponding class still more to be pitied of ‘young ladies,’ ' »f no shop, perhaps, and with the .coveted attire, but, alas, how procured!” ; : Tiie New Houston PbesidentJ—The Mormon conference, which lately adjourn ed, was chiefly notable for the filling of the first presidency which has been vacant since the death of Brigham Yduhg. John Taylor was elected president, with George Q. Gannon first and Joseph IV Smith as second counselor. Mr. Cannon is the delegate to Congress, and was- rd- ' nominated on the 7th inst.. Joseph F. Smith is a Hephcw to tire original Joseph Smith. John Taylor«wa3-the ranking member of the twelve apostles. Mr. Can non is regarded as the power behind the forone. A romantic relic of Cowpens battle was shown by Mr. ITin. J. Randolph' at Xing's Mountain during the centennial observance la3t Thursday., The relic is a plain 22-carat gold ring, which was found frfi the Cowpens battlefield In 1821. The inscription reads: “This and ye giver are jours forever, 1772.” It was presented to a British officer by his sweetheart before bis departure with Lord Cornwallis for America. Tire officer, who was killed at the cow pens, also wore buttons of 20-carat •old on his uniform, and some of these buttons ate still owned In the Carolina*. One was presented to Gen. LaFajeite in 1S2C, and oilier* were sent to England, the coat-of-arin» on them revealing the family to whom they Leloaged. Radical Fundi for Georgia. It will be seen elsewhere from the let ter of W. E. Dodge, Esq., furnished to the Constitution by Hon. B. H. Hill, that a strong effort will be made by his North ern friends to elect Mr. Collins, the Re publican candidate in the first Congres sional district of Georgia. Forewarned, we trust the friends of Colonel Black will be In readiness to combat and successful ly Lead-off this attempt by foreign means and influence to defeat the Democratic nominee. The retirement of Colonel McDonald at this juncture was a commendable and graceful act, and now with proper exer tions there is no reason why Black should not lead his opponent by a good round majority. But the present apathy in the State which has succeeded the gubernato rial election, must be made to give way to an earnest an(J combined movement of the Democracy, if they would hope to retain Georgia’s prestige as the banner State of the Democratic South in the pending Presidential election. And surely the defeat in Ohio and Indiana ought to be sufficient to put the Democ- racy of the entire Union on their mettle. If they would bnt emulate the example of their Republican enemies after the Maine election, and resolve to make a supreme effort for Hancock and pure government for the next two weeks, the victory can fce won without doubt. What say our Colquitt and Norwood friends to this? Is It not high time that they had sunk the past and were battling valiantly side by side to preserve opr com mon country from the evils of Radical rule? In the first, second and fifth Con gressional districts especially, there is no time to be lost. The campaign should be pressed with vigor and without ceasing to the latest moment. Let ns see 'the pa triotic and gifted sons of the State who were lately at variance upon a mere per sonal issue, now vying with each other in upholding the national standard bearers of the party on the hustings, and present ing an undivided front to the Radical foe. The Senatorial Question. According to the Constitution, the issue between Governor Brown and his oppo nents was sharply made during the late gubernatorial canvas. That journal says The result is, that in almost every county the preferences of the candidates for the House and Senate were known and canvassed. These were reported to the friends of Governor Brown, and the result of the election shows that of the members and Senators elect, a trifle over two-thirds are open and confirmed iu the support of Governor Brown and will vote for his re-election. Of the remaining members, less than a third of the two houses, only half of them are known to be opposed to Governor Brown. The Leg islature, then, with its preferences accu rately ascertained, stands over two-thirds sqnare Brown men, one-sixth anti-Brcvvn men, and the remaining one-sixth doubt ful. Unde? these circumstances, the tri umphant and overwhelming re-election of- Governor Brown to the Senate cannot be doubte'd. , On the other hand, the Post-Appeal is of the opinion that the ex-Governor will fiBtjl himself iu a minority in the next Legislature. We have no means of know ing how the case stands as yet, the mem bers elecE not having publicly, so far as we have been informed, except in a few instances, announced their individual pre ferences in the premises. The . belief is general, however, that Senator brown will be elected to succeed himself In the United States Senate by a considerable majority. 1 Had Nothing to with the Late Elec tion.- C ■ [ Gen. E. P. Alexander, who is at this time the virtual head of the, Louisville and Nashville railroad, iu a late interview with a newspaper reporter, emphatically denies that the Louisville and Nashville has now, or has ever had, “the slightest in terest, directly or indirectly, in the elec tion of Governor Colquitt, * Governor Brown, or any other man in Georgia. 9 As a commercial enterprise only, it has “no interest whatever in the politics of any State.” Moreover, he says his com pany has nothing whatever to ask for at the hands of the Legislature or Gov ernor. With the ease of the Western and At lantic railroad he is so well satisfied that he .docs not w&b to have a line of it changed, nor would he desire to see that property sold. J" When interrogated as to his views con cerning the present railroad commission, the General replied: “I am heartpy in favor of it, and have beenone of its wannest friends ; from its inception. In short, I repeat, and I put my personal xndmfflcial authority on the statement, that we have 'never bad the slightest interest ip the Georgia election— aud in addition to my veracity oh this point, you will - see that, although, the election has gone as m were reported to want it, we will never have anything to ask of either the Governor or Legislature elect, and could suggest no way* in which they could us if they were to yolun- t66r. w ' | Of the great roacl with which^he fa con nected—the Louisville ’ and Nashville— Vice-President Alexander jubilantly re marks : “It was a ever as strong or prosperous as at present. It Is a perfect system, pro tected at all points and commanding a larger'business than it can possibly han dle. -We will make the doubled a ten per cent, stock, in rny opinion, within two years. We are at peace with our neigh bors ; for they have all discovered that we waut nothing but our rights, and that we are able to insist upon them. No possible contingency can arise in which we are not willing to submit any Issue between us- to disinterested arbitration and abide,the result. We are strong enough to want nothing but justice.” . '* i Mr. Newcomb’s resignation was caused by threatened apoplexy of the eye. He had been warned by his physicians that “he would lose his eyesight entirely unless he rested from business.” The resigna tion takes effect on the 1st of December. A Glut of Wheat in San FbAxcis- co.—The latest received San Fiasidscc Herald says: “Wheat arrives freely^ com pletely filling up all the long .andJ capa cious sheds recently erected, on .tile’now city front wharves; also the large (ware houses recently utilized for this purpose. The same remarks will apply^to Stockton and other iutcriorpoints; sheds a mile long have been erected at different embarcade- ros on the line of water courses and the railroads, and yet the . cry Is forj more storage room. Cash advances upon jwbeat in city warehouses can be obtained at 0 to 7 per cent, per annnm, although 8 to 9 per cent is generally exacted from non residents. In point of fact, harvesting is not yet completed; a vast amount of grain is yet In the field unthreslied, ani all •peed is given to haste i forward the work before the October rains set in. A free a'fiv-»l of ships suited to the gram-carry ing trade of the port, many of which were chartered prior to arrival at or about CO s i lings, and others secured since arrival at 70s or thereabouts, has been the occa sion of con-iderable purchases of wheat at $1.30 to $1.35 percental for good to choice No. 2 wheat, while tnillJrs pay about 10 cents more for strictly choice No. 1.” Insignificance of the Presidential Office. The New York Herald prints a striking article on the “powerlessness of American presidents.” It contends that if the career and recommendations of each occupant of the White House in the past be closely scanned and analyzed, it will be made ap parent that they not only tailed to-accom plish anything very salient and useful, but for the most part their suggestions were unheeded and oftentimes treated with de rision. The administrations of the more recent presidents are particularly cited in proof of this allegation. Thus, Congress failed to adopt Mr. Lincoln’s plan for the reconstruction, of Louisiana towards the close of Us life. Andy Johnson was generally in direct antagonism with the legislative depart ment of the government, and failed to carry his points, and General Grant’s nu merous recommendations in his numerous annual messages were seldom discussed, much less adopted. His financial sugges tions, internal improvement recommenda tions, civil service reform hobby, and proposition to annex St. Domingo, were all rejected or regarded with contemptu ous indifference. So, also, Mr. Hayes has been baffled in everything he undertook. So far fromin dorsing bis civil service Ideas, the vety men he degraded from office because of their peculations, have been lionized and promoted, and despite his pjonounced op position, the iniquitous custom of: assess ing government officials and employes for partisan purposes, is continued as: rigidly as ever. As illustrating what has been said, we have only to point to the present Republican candidate for the vice presi dency, and the case of Governor Cornell, of New York. Both of them were under the ban of the administration for various official peccadilloes reflecting seriously' against their personal integrity, In short, it is shown that the President is practically destitute of real power, save in the rare instances where his veto can be successfully interposed. The offief is one more of dignity than power. The Herald says: The Republican campaign orators not only admit this, but proclaim it. Senator Conkling and the rest take pains to say, with an obvious fling at President Hayes, that it is a violation of personal and politi cal honor for a citizen to accept the nomi nation of a party to whose will lie doe* not intend tp submit. This is a • notice served on Mr. Garfield, as well as a declar ation that Gen. Hancock, if elected, will be controlled by .hi« political party. The point we desire to make is that this asser tion of presidential imbecility is true in fact. The President of the United States lias rather more power than the Queen of England, who “reigns but does n t govern,” but less real power than the E-glish Frime Minister for the time being.” Congress is really the supreme power in the American system of government, and this is becoming more and more appa rent every day. The President is'forced to drift along with it, and in reality is lit tle more than the pliant tool of the party that elevated him to office; Even jn the matter of executive patronage the Senate places an effectual bridle upon the ap pointing power. Still, to Be even the nom inal head of fifty millions of people is an honor which challenges the respect aud admiration of the world. A New View of Insanity. We are indebted to Germany for much truth, and an immense amount of chaff. They have the profoundest scholars, many wise philosophers, and at the same time an abundaut supply of insane sentimen talists. All the heresies and Isms'which afflict the world and retard civilization, when traced back to their original' foun tain, are discovered to be the dreams of the (Jeiinan .se’ntimeptaiiits, ; They are the originators of much of the modem •thought which characterizes every depart ment of life. Perhaps in the devciqpr ment of the human mind, they may he a necessity to arouse the latent' energies of the mind, aud induce close and patient investigation, put of which comes all truth- , J The latest theory announced - is that of a German physician, who claims that in-, sanity is not an unmitigated evil. In fact, he claims that there is much good - in' it,' and that in many cases It fa a boon rather than the reverse to the person immediate ly affected. He reasons thus; The loss of reason lands the sufferer from a sea of trouble into one of comparative' calm', and often Into one of decided happiness, and all attempts It- restore such an one are cruel In the extreme. I . ■ This a novel idea of insanity, and robs it of its most repulsive features. The world, however, will be slow to accept this pleasant theory. All' past experience teaches that itis the most .fearfttl Calam ity that befalls the human family. ‘ It is the most dreaded of all afflictions, and produces in the hearts of the friends of the afflicted the keenest pangs of sorrow. ‘ We ars glad/ nevertheless, that'some body has found good, even In our extrem- est sufferings, and can bring comfort out of our most dreaded misfortunes. He says all eminent men are more or less mad. Many of them are dangerous mom act, whom it would be deslrable'ob pub lic grounds to shut up, but who, neverthe less, achieve grand careers and are cred ited with doing a vast amount of good'. This false notion 'he attributes to the fact that the greater mass of mankind are also Lisane and quite unable to distinguish be tween good and evil; - Whole nations are, he says, occasionally seized, like individ ual persons, with attacks of madness, and and, leftby eminent madmen, either de stroy themselves or their neighbors. These paroxysms are, be admits, undoubtedly dangerous, but when madness is, ,blcnrded i with just sufficient self-conicol to keep it within bounds and prevent it from betray ing itself, it.displays' itself In nervous en. ergy.and enables' the lunatic. to exercise immense influence over his fellow-crda- tpres. . >V;^.I*5p — e-he.de i -i - 1 Ghant In June, lSEfl, saM: •' , "I haze nothing to say'arjhtnsi General Hancock,., I have known him for forty years. His personal, official and military record is good.”• Grant ia October, 1880,said: “When the Anny of the Potomac ws-, looking for a commander it took almost ever)-body—even came over to the West for officers—bnt nobody ever even sug gested Hancock for tbe pluce. After he received that vote in 1864 be had ‘the bee’ in bis bonnet, and shaped everything to gain Democratic and Southern favor. He lias watched and planned and watted, till at last be baa received tbe Democratic nomination. ‘General, do you think be is in sympathy with the South?’ ‘He is crazy to be President. He fa ambitious, Herd Work Needed in the First Con gressional District. Commenting upon tbe patriotic with drawal of Colonel W. A. McDonald from the Congressional race, tbe Savannah News pays that gentleman a high compli ment, and says he would have had a large following in the district from the support to which Colonel Black is entitled as the regular nominee of the Democratic party. Our contemporary declares that “the is sue is now fairly and squarely: presented to tbe people of this district whether they will be represented in Congress by a Geor gia gentleman thoroughly identified with the interests of this entire section, com prising as it does the first seaport of the South Atlantic coast, or by a citizen of Maine, who recently came to reside in our midst for no reason other than to hold a lucrative position under the Fed- al government. In other words, shall we elect as our representative a native Geor gian, or go backward ten years, and once more fall under-the control of carpet- baglsm. This is the plain, simple point for our fellow-citizens to decide.” One cause of danger to the Democracy not only in the first district but all over the State, is the apathy manifested in tbe payment of arrearages for taxes. The News learns that in Chatham county there are still 1,500 white tax delinquents, who will be disfranchised unless they set tle their dues to the commonwealth. This is a bad showing for the patriotism of the people, who should be ashamed to place so little value upon the elective franchise, ■which is the dearest prerogative of an American citizen. On the other hand, Mr. JohnT. Collins, the Republican candidate, is exercising an immense amount of energy in the canvass, and will stump the district thoroughly. He is a gentleman of pleasing manners, aud, aside from politics, quite popular. He en ters upon this coutest also, hacked up by the money aud influence of W. E. Dodge and other Northern • capitalists, and will not lack for the sinews of war in the campaign. The friends of Colonel Black, therefore, should leave no stofle unturned if they would assure the success of their gallant leader. Now is tbe time then for General Jackson, General Lawton, Cap tain Mercer, Colonel Lawson, J. J. Jones, Esq., Colonel Ashton, Mr. Norwood and all the orators of the Democracy, without regard to late temporary and personal dif ferences, to unite for the next two Weeks in one graud crusade against the attempt to revive carpetbagism, by the election of the high protective tariff Maine candidate of the Radicals. Chinese Entebpbise.—Jong Ting Sing, the managing director of the “China Merchants Steam Navigation Company,” is said to be visiting Cuba to ascertain the feasibility of establishing steam commu nication between China and Havana. This shows what a vast change has taken place of late yean in the policy of the Ce lestial Empire, which has so recently been practically closed to the commerce of the world. Indeed, if peaceful relations con tinue to be maintained ‘with China and Japan for another decade, it is difficult to estimate to what extent our trade will increase with those pagan, bnt not un civilized, nations. In many departments of the fine arts and mechanical sciences they excel the most enlightened Christian countries. And it Is a fact to be' noted and commended, especially among the Japanese, that they seem not only desir ous, but anxious, to learn and utilize all the improvements of the age, both in America and Europe. Hence,'the-estab lishment of a Chinese professorship in one of our most prominent New England universities, and the presence'of quite a number of young men from. China and Japan, who are scut here to aoquire the literature, and study the customs; mate rial "progress, and .government of the United States. .. •: If the teeming population of those an cient countries could be thoroughly Chris tianized, it is difficult to calculate what the effect would be upon the trade and industries of tho whole world. According to the Charleston News and Courier, a New York letter ot Saturday says: “In the commercial and business world the disposition to intermit opera tions inquiring -Jab outlay ol|-cap ital until the result qf tbe Ohio and Iudi- ar.a elections Is ascertained was quite Aiarked 1 tottiay, and' prominent mer chants, I am told, have proofs enough of ft like disposition at other trade centres. The leading agency here of one of the principal jobbing houses in Chicago,' who ate in the habit oi receiving thirty dr forty orders from that quarter every week in form me that they have• only had four Since Monday last—a circumstance well nigh without a parallel in their experi ence. . “Other houses make similar statement. There fa also a feverish feeling in the iron trade, under the vagne apprehension that if the Democrats should elect their Presi dent, the tariff would be reduced. In fi nancial circles, the indication to ‘keep in shore’ is even more noticeable, as witness the Teiy noticeable contraction in the vol ume of business at the Stock Exchange. It would be a mistake to suppose, liow- e\er, that this extreme caution has refer ence 1 altogether to Ohio aud Indiana. These are but incidental factors in the situation, so to speak. Back of that is an apprehension (quite irrespective of parti san interests) that Ur' general election in November may be so close as td reprecip itate the country into the feverish excite ment and uncertainty which, it is remem bered, were so prejudicial to tho material interests of tbe country iu 1870-77, and which finally led to the invention of tho electoral commission. This apprehension may or may not be .groundless. That.it exists is beyond question, aud is presented as the true explanation of the present par tial suppression of business activity;” V..;' n I < AIVondeef' ' discovery.—The Lon don Times sa) - “The new and apparent ly most valuable-method of preserving raw meat, discovered by Professor Artim- ini, of Florence, and patented in this coun try, promises to have a great effect upon our maikets. According to a report by - Professors Uarff and Mills, of the Glasgow University, and Dr. Stevenson, of Guy’s Hospital, meat six months old was found to be perfectly sound and good, the mus cular fibre unchanged and tbe nutritive properties unimpaired. The material em ployed is said to be less expensive tlian salt, and not only wholesome but pleasant to the taste. This will bring fresh meat within the reach of thousands on the Continent of It would Europe who now never taste it. also prove a perfect bonanza to ihe stock raisers of Texas and New Mexico. -The Nashville The Reason Why American justly says; As the Greenbackers held the balance of power in Indiana, and the Greenback vote is very light, there is no need to look anywhere else for the reason for the Re- vain and weak. They will easily control j publican increase. It is a notable fact him.” I that no such quantity is In the way of the It appears, therefore, that Grant has j Democrats in tbe Eastern Slates which .b. w a „ opinion or fort, . “Th« Pomp at XgT*.*' The World says in the church of the Disciples of Christ, ia Twenty-eighth street, near Broadway, tbe Rev. J. Brad ford Cleaver spoke Sunday morning about the Egyptian obelisk. Mr. Clearer fa one of the chaplains of the Grand Lodge F. and A. M., of this State. He took for the text Ezekiel, xxxli., 12: “The Pomp of Egypt shall be spoiled, and all the multi tudes thereof shall be destroyed,’’ and said: “The treasures of Egypt—Egypt, tbe wing-shadowed land of the Nile, of the Pyramids, of the stores of Kamac, which were twenty-five hundred years in accumulation; Egypt, the museum of architecture, coloring, philosophy, science; Egypt, where Galen studied medicine, Euclid taught geometry, and Philo and Plautinus led off -iu the ieo-PIatonic phi losophy! 'Herodotus is called the father ot history, hut thirty-two hundred years before Herodotus visited Egypt the deft hand of sculpture had carved in stone the dignified form and mild features of Shafra, the builder of the second pyra mid. Egypt antedates all history. Abraham saw Egypt a mighty empire, resplendent with glory. Joseph at Heliopolis was fa miliar with the obelisk whose corner stone was yesterday laid in yonder park. Into Egypt came the Hebrews to buy com, and hither came the Greeks to con the rudiments of civilization. Pythagoras found the threads here which he wove in to philosophy, so brilliant and withal so lasting. Thales learned mathematics. Ly- enrgus and Solon came for hints of law and government. Plato spent thirteen years at Heliopolis. Then came Cambyscs to conquer the liberties of the latter laud. Later Alex ander, marching by the same coast road, invaded the land and founded the city which almost rivalled Rome, the city wherein the Ptolemies gathered the learn ing of the world into the library, which was so vast that after centuries of mis haps had manuscripts enough spared to heat 6,000 baths six months together. Here 200 years before the Nazarene was In Xfarv , « orm« In TIofMnViom" laid in Mary’s arms in Bcthlchem;'Euclid wrote the geometry used as a text-book to-day in all our schools. And in tbe same century was made the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Scriptures. And now the Egypt prize is wrenched from the Greeks by Roman prowess. Csesaris legions despoil it. A present to Cleopatra, Caesar fetched from Heliopolis to Alexandria the Gorringc obelisk and laid it at the feet of the queenly sorceress. Here Antony flung away an empire, dic ing with Cleopatra. Hero with his own hand he slit open his breast and let out bis life blood, and sbe set to her breast the asp. Hither came and tarried Maty and the baby Jesu3. His eyes may nave rested on yonder obelisk, for it was the ? 2,000 years old. Under the shadow of this obelisk Origen walked barefoot, slept upon the ground and was stoned. Here was fash ioned tho A'.hanasian Creed, and here was rocked the cradle of Arianism. Here wa3 written the manuscript of the N»w Testament'now in the British Museum. After the Romish Apostacy Egypt was soon thronged with monks and frescoed with monasteries. The Gorringe obelisk is supposed to have stood In front of the college attended by Moses. The treasu ries of Egypt to-day enrich the museums aud galleries of other lauds. A native- born American sits as supreme judge where once tbe nod of Pharaoh had the power of life or death. American machi nery and American enterprise have sup planted the evidences of the ancient meth ods. Of the matchless obeliskal monuments which once ornamented the capitals of Egypt and stood as stately sentinels over her schools and libraries, twenty-five have been borne a3 trophies to Rome, Paris, London, Berlin and other cities of Eu rope, and latest to the shores of the new est nation has come the monolith which o.'icc told the flight of time to the dwellers in Heliopolis. Later was borne by Ctcsar to Alexandria a toy, and now under the patronage of our government is conveyed to these shores by Lieutenant Commander Goixioge, of tho United States navy. Here, then, have we a witness unimpeach ed alike aud unimpeachable to tbe truth of God's word: 'The j>onip of Egypt shall be destroyed.’ The things wtnea are not seen are eternal. Truth is unseen and love, but truth endures and love will last. In spired by love, and for tbe dissemination ,of truth, there has existed a society from time immemorial. It was powerful when Egypt was young, it bad sway when Egypt was grown gray, and now that Egypt ex ists only as a memory, this society flour ishes with the seeming vigor of immortal youth. From Pythagoras to Gladstone, from Plato to Herbert Spencer, from Aris totle to Washington, the wise and good of all realms have been patrons and friends of this society, have ‘aided it by their labors and have illuminated its records by thoir lives. In Egypt 3,480 years ago a .corner-stone was laid by Thothmes IH. This, it will be remem- berefi, was D00 years before Israel proph esied aud 500 years before David swept With cunning hand bis sacred harp, and yet the rites then observed were substan tially identical with those displayed yes terday when the corner-stone was laid of the Gorringe obelisk by Jesse B. Anthony, Grand Master of New York. • Mr. Cleaver concluded witba descrip tion of the obelisk and by reading and commenting on the translation of Its in scriptions. The Okefenokee Swamp. On the subject of draining tbe Oke- fenokee swamp, tho Waycross Reporter says: , “ Colonel J. C. Reynolds called to see us yesterday morning. We learn from him that the work' on tho new road to Jack sonville has been retarded hi consequence of so much rain and continued bad weath er, which set in last June and lias contin ued almost uninterruptedly ever since. He cave us some Interesting facts as to the.practlcability of draining the Okefen okee swamp, which we regard as not only feasible, but as showing that the work can be performed at a comparatively small cost. The benefits would be immense, if not innumerable; millions of acres out side of the swamp, which we learn are quite. fertile, can be reclaimed, which, when brought into a stato of cultivation, would be well adapted to raising upland rice, corn, sugar cane, sea island cotton, sweet potatoes, and all kinds of garden truck. And, besides, tbe country fa said tq be perfectly healthy up to the edges and even inside the swamp. Here is pre sented ah idea to some enterprising capi talist who may take advantage of it. “Tbe swamp and all of Us surroundings, as it now is, is of no earthly value to the State or any one else. Suppose a propo sition of this kind was made, i. e.: that a col Ipany cau be found who, will agreo to canal the swamp an draw‘the water off if the State will agree lo make them a deed to all the laud not yet surveyed, and that parties holding lands contiguous to the swamp and now subject to overflow, and hence valueless on that account, will agree to give one-half to have the other drained. “If the State or the government will not make an appropriation to drain- the swamp, then we think capitalists can he found wlio will updertake the job on tbe basis of the above proposition.” ing because Hancock was nomlnatek for ' Democratic, with no third party holding J the presidency. the balance of power. Expobts fob Europe.—Tho steamers sailing Saturday from New York to trans- Atlantic ports carried full cargoes of the usual diversified character. The most in teresting feature is the continued large shipment of apples, which have grown to proportions never before known in our export trade. Indeed, the shipments of American apples is something remarkable, and the steamers not only from New York, bnt also from the other ports, are carrying very large amounts. It is said that freight room for 100,000 barrels has been engaged ahead in Boston, while six steamers sailing from New York Saturday carried nearly 20,000 bans la. Kcoaur&ge Hone Industry. The following from the San Francisco correspondent of the Baltimore Sun shows that tbe glorious day is hastening, already prophesied by tbe prophets and antici pated by al! the fhr-sighted, when what is professionally and politically denominated “American industry” will lift “the na tion” far above the achievements of na ture, as well as the “pauper and serf la bor of Europe.” No longer shall we owe our wine to the grape, our sugar to tbe cane, our butter to the cow, our coffee to the beny, our flour to wheat, our silk lo the worm, our cloth to sheep, but, with a noble contempt of all the agencies of nature, we shall put our entire trust for existence and all its blessings ou “Ameri can mechanical ingenuity and industry,” which will beat nature all to pieces with bare imitation: Attention is called to the Increasing de terioration ofSbilk goods coming to this market. It appears that jute, 'a cheap In dian textile, chiefly used for bagging, is found to interweave with silk ana to es cape detection of ali but experts. It takes colors and carries a gloes equal to silk. It also washes even better. It use is said to cheapen sUks more than it injures tbe cloth. And Frenchmen say that, without jute or its equivalent, the demand for silk cannot be supplied, so greatly is the silk product reduced by disease in the silk worms. Iu Japan ramie or China grass has long been interwoven with silk and considered an improvement.- The ramie fibre cost hitherto more to cleanse of its resinous gum than the production of silk. It is, therefore, not counted adulteration. This fibre is even better than jute in every quality of assimilation with silk. As already noticed- iu the Baltimore Sun, the mechanical genius of California has at last discovered a cheap way to cleanse ramie fibre that equally applies to jute and the New Zealand flax {phor- mium tena.) This year ramie culture is greatly extended here by parties having confidence in the patent process for pre paring tho fibre for the loom. Before the year expires the test will be completed. Unsuccessful, tbe present clouded pros pects of this State for want of industrial employment of the over population will assume a brighter coloring. Every At lantic centre of industry will feel the ef fects of home-grown new textiles, even if confined in great measure to this coast. It will change the character of farming profits and moral advancement when, in stead of raw wheat, textiles become the principal production. To rude field la bor, employing only men, will be . added manufacturing, giving work to women and children, and doubling the value of the raw material by refining it, aud fur nishing tenfold more fertilizing refuse to return to the soil and improve it, instead of impoverishing It year by year. Petroleum oil effectually destroys pa rasitic vermin in our trees and vines, but it is found to gradually destroy the plant also. In Prussia the same experience is reported. The largest champagne factory of this city has changed hands. Only pine grape juice is used, and the fermentation is legitimate. Champagne wines with French labels run close competition with ours. They obtain preference because supposed to be French. But there is no grape juice in their composition. A recent contract is chronicled with a Connecticut Valley rhubarb planter for 2,000 hogsheads of rhubarb juice, to be used, with tho customary cider, in the manufacture of the finer brands of foreign champagne. The factories are in Connec ticut aud New Jersey. Their champagne supplies three-fourths, at least, of the de mand in this country for the pure French article. The cost of making it does not exceed five cents a bottle. The common kinds are made from cider and dried ap ples. The finer brands have rhubarb juice added. The juice is extracted frern the stalks in a cider mill. It is watered to suit, and cheap effervescent substances added when bottled and corked. It may be as wholesome as any other, but twenty- five cents a bottle would pay tbe maker. It would bear taxation. A Lvttnr firm HutMok. New York, October 15.—Hancock has written the following letter to ex-Govem- or Randolph,of New Jersev,h> regard to an interview published in' the Patteraon Guardian: Governor’s Island, N. T., October 12— My Deab Governor : I have received your favor of tbs 11th inst. In my letter of acceptance I expressed aay full sympa thy with our American industries. I thought I spoke plainly enough to satisfy our Jersey friends regarding my tariff views. I am too sound an American to advo cate any departure from the general features of toe policy that has been largely instrumental in building up our industries and keeping all Americans from tbe competition of tbe underpaid labor of Eu rope. If we intend to remain honest and pay the public debt, as the good people ot all parties do, and if we mean to adminis ter the functions of the government, we must raise a revenue in some way “or other. With a harmonious country we shall certainly,in time,pay off the pub lic debt, but the necessity of raising money for the administration of the government will continue as long as human nature lasts. All parties agree that the best way for us to raise revenue fa largely by tariff. So far as we are concerned, therefore, all talk about “free trade” is folly. But the_tariff question will probably be treated with justice to all our interests and people by some such bill as Eaton’s. I believe that a commission of intelligent experts, representing both tbe government and American industries, will suggest tariff measures that Will relieve us of any crudities and incon sistencies existing in our present laws, and confirm to us a system which will be judicious, just, haimo.uous and in cidentally protective as well as stable in its effect, I am very truly yours, Winfield S. Hancock. To Hon. Thco. Randolph, Morristown N. Y. i in a Ball Room. j Well, say,” said one of our best vonn» men ( ata North Hfll hop i ofe J even S mg, you know bout this fellah Hancock’ Well, say, he aint the same one tba‘> president of an insurance company, fa he? Writes awfully coarse hand.ySu know?.'- , ^ a J r > replied tbe best young man ad. dressed, “be s tbe man that tuned the constitution of United States; great polki! cian, I reckon. Had a row within Washington at battle of Monmouth.” “Haw, no,” interposed a third best young man, “’taint that fellah. G»d he s dead, man, on my soul he fa.” ’ “Well, say,” exclaimed the first best young man, “when did he die ? ” Address to Indiana Democrats. Indianapolis, October 15.—The Democratic Executive Committee have issued tbe following address: To the Democratic and Independent Voters of Indiana: The result of the election of last Tuesday Is a deep regret to us all. The extent of the success which the Republi can party has achieved Id this $tate'is as much a surprise to tbe Republicans as it is to the Democrats, and proves that the majority of the Republican party were as ignorant of the means which their corrupt leaders were employing as we were. The temporary loss of otu- State is a calamity which lime will enable us to re trieve, but tbe injury which our free insti tutions will sustain resulting from the frauds and corruption practiced by the Republican leaders to secure tbeir tri umph, is incalculable. The causes which enabled tbe Republican party to succeed in the election, are now plainly tbe partial success of tbeir scheme to Africanize our State for political purposes; the corrupt use of money for the purpose of obtaining votes; the importation and use of repeaters protected by deputy marshals, and the aid derived by them from tbe use of the Fed eral machiuery of election, under the pretense of supervising the election of members of Congress. In the presi dential election we will not have to en counter these forces to the same extent in our State. The corruption fund will have to ‘be divided among many States. Tbeir repeaten will be all at home, and those of them who were discharged from the arrest of deputy marshals on straw bail will not be likely to make tbeir appearance in onr State soon again. We shall have no Federal marshals or Federal machinery to contend against. We are thoroughly united in our counsels. Whatever our adversaries may say to the contrary is uutme. We there fore call upon you not to relax any oi your efforts. Put some new life ahd en ergy into yourcounty and township organ izations, and take all measures in vour power to bring out your full strength to the polls. The same vote polled by us iu October if polled in November will secure to us the State. Tbe average majority against us at the late election will hot exceed 4,000, and may fall below that' figure. This majority can, and, In our opinion, will be overcome in tbe presidential elec tion. A chango of three votes in each precinct will accomplish it. Remember you have a leader in this contest who never sounds a retreat, and who commands an army that neversurren- ders. [Signed] W. H. English, ’ T. A. Hendricks, J, E. McDonald, u Franklyn Landers, Wm. Fleming, r. J. M. Cbopbev, j -• , O; O. Sleatley, Executive Committee. James H. Rice, Secretary. The Supreme Bench. Marietta, Ga., October 7,1680. Dear Sir: It will devolve upon the next General Assembly , to elect three judges of the Supreme Court. I am a candidate for tie position on the bench of that court now occupied by Hon. W. A. Hawkins, who will not be a candidate. My candidature will not conflict with the interests of Judges Jackson and Crawford or with any one who may compete with them for the places they Occupy. U this office were political in its character or du- ties I would not seek it or desire it, but being a position in tbe line of an honora ble profession, to the careful study and diligent practice of which I have devoted the best years of an active, earnest and laborious life, I am exceedingly anxious to obtain it. It fa the last and the jnly office that I ever expect to seek. To hold it is the extreme of my ambition, so far as official place is concerned. I will feel deeply indebted and profoundly grateful for your influence and support. For my character as a man and my ability as a lawyer and as a judge I refer to any nn prejudiced man who knows me. Y our fellow-citixen, Geoeob N. Lutes. Universal Prayer. ' The International Sunday-school Exec utive committee cordially unite with the committee of the London Sunday-school Union and kindred institutions abroad in recommending that Sunday and Monday, the 17th and 18th of October next, be ob served as days of earnest prayer for Sun day-schools throughout the world. In years past many- Sunday-schools on this side of the Atlantic have engaged in suit able religious services at this time with marked oeneffi. The zeal Of tencliers has been quickened, the interest of churches aroused and salutary impressions pro duced on the minds of the young. ' The following outline of service is rec ommended for observation as far as prac ticable: That on Lord’s Day morning, October 17th, from 7 to 8 o’clock, private Interces sor y prayer to be offered on behalf of Sunday schools. That the opening engagements of the morning school be preceded by a meeting of the teachers for prayer. That ministers be asked to Jreach, morning or evening, or both, on topics connected with Sunday school work. That in the afternoon the ordinary en gagements of each school be shortened, and a devotional service be held. To this service the -parents of the scholars' might be invited. That at the close of the evening service the teachers, iu union with other Christ ians, meet for thanksgiving and prayer. That on Monday morning, October IS, teachers again' bring their scholars, one by one, in private prayer before God. That iu the course of the day the fe male teachers of each school hold a meet ing for united prayer and thanksgiving. That in the evening each church or con gregation be invited to hold a meeting, at which the interests of the Sunday-school should form the theme ot the prana aud addresses. A Lime-Kiln Report on Longevity. The Concord School of Philosophy hav ing requested the assistance of the Lime- Kiln Club in the conundrum of why tbe people of thfa age do not live as long as those of early days, the matter was given to the committee on judiciaiy to investi gate. They now expressed a readiness to report, as follows i “Dis committee had no trouble to find plenty of reasons b’arin’ on de inquiry. In de fust place, da taxes am so high dat no' man kin afforij to lib over a hundred y’ars. In olden cays a man could tell his wife to git a long away if she did’nt please-him- In dfa aigehe has'to stick by her an’ fight it out. Dis has an influence to make him sigh fur a chance to de evergreen shores. None of dose ole chaps had a second shirt to his back, an’ none dreamed qf frying’; to put on style. Look about you in dis aige an’ see de coat-tails, sleeve buttons, diamond pins an’ odder gewgaws which bow down a man’s head ia sorrow to de grave. In de time of the prophets dar was. no means of scootin’ aroun’ the kentary an’ takin' in de sights. In dis aige, after a man has bin to New York, Washington, Chicago an’ a few odder places, he am up a stump for a change of scenery, an’ he naturally wants to be pusliia’ on to’rds de- pearly gates. Dfa committed am of the opinyun flat de modem man who reaches de age ot 100 years ought to be perfectly satisfied to hand, np his ticket to de con ductor. He gits more trottin’ hjorse— more picnics—more ice cream an.’ ousters, an’ whateber else goes to make human catur’ smile all over in a bloomy day In dat little time dan Mathnsaler got in all his 000 years of life. An’ we will .eber pray.” The secretary was instructed to prepare a verbatim report aud forward the same to Concord, together with the hope that the school and the c'-ub would work to gether iii tho greatest bannony duripg the long evening period. ‘ A Rural Home Entebpbise.—Twelve miles from the city of Philadelphia, on tbe Pennsylvania railroad, Mr. Geotge W. Childs and Mr. Anthony Drexel have bought six hundred acres of Land, part of which has already been improved, for the purpose of laying off the tract into lots for suburban homes in the midst of ornamen tal grounds. The town founded there is to be called Wayne, after that “mad An thony,” we suppose, whose capture of Stony Point, on the Hudson river, was one of the most brilliant exploits of the Revo lutionary war. However this may be, Messrs. Childs and Drexel are arranging to lay out the property la the most at tractive manner, with walks and drives, and all the refined features of trees and shrubs and flowers that the most skillful landscape gardener can suggest. When this is done and the ground platted, build ings are to bte erected add lots sold to those desiring to purchase. To persons of mod erate means who wish to build a part of the money will be advanced. The whole amount invested m the laud and improve ments by Messrs. Childs and Drexel will be, it is said, over .-two hundred aud fifty thousand dollars. The lots are tohb sold at private sale, and the object of these gentlemen is not, we are told, to speculate on their purchase, but “to provide subur ban homes at au almost nominal cost to persons of moderate means.” PenMusf Sense Now concede that Wall Street speculation is as legitimate ob speculation in grain or land, or any other commodity; while it is often immeasurably more profitable. How to speculate wisely can be learned from John A. Dodge & Co., 12 Wall Street, New York, who are every way reliable men. Macon, Ga. Messrs Lamar, Rankin <& Lamar, Gen tlemen:—One bottle of Brewer’s Lung Restorer cured me oi Bronchitis iu a week's time. I want a few more bottles soon. I intend keeping it in my house all the time, as I consider Tt a valuable med icine. Yours Respectfully, lw Henry Davis. “I suffered fora long time with goitre, cake or swelled liver, iudigestiou and general had health, and alter trying mauy other remedies, nothing done me so much good as Simmons’ Liver Regulator. It cured me and now I have not to take anv medicine, for I am well; but I shall al ways keep it iu tbe boose to core any one else of tho family that have anything the “Can’t say, ’m sure,” replied the third best young man, who appeared to bei young man of broad information on gen eral topics, “but I know he’s dead. Thfa naucock’s a military man—colonel in the army and governor of some Island near New York.” The other best young men gathered around him with a common expression of the liveliest interest. Finally one of them asked: “Well, aay, what’s be want to run for President for, if he’s governor of an island ?” “Don’t know,” said the well-informed best young man, “but guess he has to. B’lieye after a fellah’s been Governor of an island for ’bout so long as he Las to retire, an’ • if he can’t get to be Presi dent, he has to—hasn’t got nothing to do, you know. I don’t know Just how it fa.” “Well, say, who U this preacher fellah, Garfield, that’s rtinnin’ the Democrats for President?” asked the first best young man, after an intelligent pause. ■ L “Don’t know mneb ’bout him,” said the well-informed young man; “he’s been President once, I know.” “Talkin’ man or dancing man ?” asked the third best young man. “Ohio man, i b’lieve they call him,” said the well-informed best young man.' “What’s that?” asked the other best young men In intelligent cborns. “’Pon my soul I don’t know,” replied the well-informed best young man, frankly, “Some kind of a— er, ah—er— kind of a man—I don’t know’m sure.” And just then the band struck up, and the three beat waltzers in the room ceased talking politics and abandoned the pro found study of statecraft for the giddy mazes of the dance—the glory of the land is freedom and the pride of society is its young men.—Burdette. The Episcopal Convention. New Yoke, October 15.—In the house of deputies of the Protestant Episcopal convention to-day, the committee on con stitutional amendments reported on a res olution oreviously offered, proposing to change the period of tho meeting of thfa convention from three to five years. The report was adopted and the committee discharged. The committee on prayer books having considered the memorial on tho revision of the book of homilies re ferred to them, reported adversely to the petition and were discharged. Rev. Dr. Buel, of North Carolina, called up a resolution which originated at the previous convention, calling for the inser tion in the litany afterthesupplication:“To Illuminate all bishops, priests, deacons, etc,” and the: espouse thereto, the supplica tion: “That it may please Thee, O Lord of the harvest, to send laborers into the harvest,” and the response: “We beseech ■Thee to hear us, good LOrd.” Dr. Buel made a long speech in favor of the adop tion of the resolution, and the subject wa3 then referred to the committee on prayer- books. The committee on canons, reported ad versely to the inememorial presented by the delegation from Alabama, petition ing that the canons be amended so as to establish an appellate court to which may be appealed the cases of clergymen who ■have been tried by a diocesan court. A resolution declaring such addition to the canons inexpedient was adopted. Dr. Franklyn's resolution of Wednesday last, relating to the canon forbidding the marriage of divorced persons, which was referred to the committee on canons, was reported back adversely, and the report was'adopted by a large majority. At the afternoon session, Rev. Dr. Mc- Crady, of South Carolina, offered a reso lution that the third supplication iu the litany be changed to read: “O God, the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, have mercy upon us.” Also that the words after the Holy Ghost: “Proceeding fromtheFather aud the Hon,” in the present reading, be stricken out, and that the fourth supplica tion be made to read: “O Holy Blessed and Glorious Lord, God Almighty have mercy upon us”—the words “Trinity of three persons and one God,” to be strick en out. Referred to the committee on canons. A motion was adopted that the conven tion adjourn sine die an the 23d Instant. A Corrupt Press. We are informed by a prominent jour nalist that he was shown by Mr. .Henry W. Grady, of Atlanta, a list of Georgia papers that had sold their political influ ence in the late gubernatorial contest, and the prices paid each. And what is more surprising, some of these depraved journals are the most blatant iu their boast of consistency. Would that the names of these journalistic abortions could be given to the public that they may meet the scorn deserved. They should be kicked out of the Georgia Press Con vention to the tune of the “Rogue’s March.” Their names should be stricken from the exchange list of every respecta ble journal. They deserve .to be ostra cised by tbe members of tbe fourth es tate, upon which noble calling they have brought disgrace. , A-pure, incorruptible, outspoken press fa one of the greatest blessings and pro tections to a five people. One that is rot ten, corrupt and venal the veriest curse. Our informant says that a numt* of our State paperq are free from thfa taint. It would he sad indeed if the shaping of public opinion was a matter of bargain and sale. 'If a journal cannot earn a sup port through legitimate channels it should suspend publication, and not maintain it self by bringing discredit upon the noble order with which its fortune and fame are linked. Would that the names ot these recreant and unworthy brothers were given to the public. It is due to the incorruptible pa pers tliat their names be separated from these vile bastards. We want to see the list published, together with the price of their prostitution. Let tlie press unite in demanding them. We owe thfa to the vindication of our worthy members. Until this be done, we advice certain papers to be careful how they slur at the Fcho about inconsistency. We are ready for the expose.—Oglethorpe Echo. A Wtae j£ei “ Deacon Wilder, I want you to tell me how you kept, yourself and family well the past season, when all the .rest of us have been sick so much, anq have "bad the doc* tors visiting us so often.” 1 Brother Taylor, the answer fa Tery easy. 1 used Hop Bitters in time; kegf. my family well and saved the docto’ bills. Three dollars’ worth of it kept well and able to work all the time. l’l. warrant it lias cost you and the neighbors one cr. two hundred dollars apiece to keep sick the same time.” “ Deacon, Pji use your medicine here after.” Amonsr the Useful Toilet Articles we notice a mucli-liked preparation for the lialr, possessed of properties so re markable that no one who cares to own a clean and healthy scalp with beautiful hair should pass it untried. Its properties are cleansing, Invigorating anil healing, and after a lew applications the hair ceas es to fall. Dandruff and humors disap pear, and tbe hair grows clean, soft and silky. It keeps the head cool and comfor table and gradually restores the hair if gray or laded to the natural and life-like color, beautiful to took upon. It i» Park er’s llair Balsam that has won such popu lar appreciation by Its many excellent and healthful properties. Sold In large bottles, at only 50 Cts. and $1, by all first-class druggists. Tbe Voltaic Belt Company, Msrehslh Michigan, wlli send their celel Electro-Voltaic Belts to the aflheted upon thirty days trial. Speedy cures matter. It fa good for nearly everything.' teed. They mean what they say- w™" lw M. I. Wilt a, Clinton, Ga.” 1 to them without deiay.