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Mft -I '• . .11.. ; .. -■ : Cekgraplj nuh Jfitssttigtt FRIDAY. JAXUAR1 7,1831. CiiTTisooflA's total losses by fire for tfesyeir ending November 1,1880, amount •!te 951,121 08, on which there was a' total Iatssneoe of only $18,865. Voont fe not only-on time with his storm, but now that he has his hand istfce acts as iflie would like to push his yrfar climate down into the torrid zone. > Mx-s'i a is about to iocrease her cus toms duties on all imported products dhotA 10 per cent. All American protec- Stoscsts, who claim that protection is the Vaeaud vital principle of commerce, dkecifi rejoice over this action, whether ,yt Makes It more • difficult to sell their joads in Buss la or not. ' Saxs'Qie Athenaeum: “As the papers 3tavobeen announcing various sums from £10,(00 to £30,600 as the price paid for -^Cadymion’ it may be as well to say that -£«* Beaconsileld will eventually receive £10^000. It may also be added, for the teaefitof the curious, that the novel was legs* some tea years ago. Our state smen* that the subscription amounts to copies is, despite assertions to tbo -eeutrary, correct.” "$fnK sugar business of Louisiana is rap- .increasing. Sugar plantations are >3caatinuous from the city down to tbepass- «ca. Gov. Warmouth lias growu rich -sb*cd the war raising sugar. His plant* -jci*. is forty miles below the city, and ho a telephone wire constructed to .'She dty. He will perhaps produce over a zoiiioii pounds ofsugar this season. The construction of the Mississippi i Will be of advantage to Lonisiana -exgar interests. A very warm climate is mht/«ib.ij for the development of the su- _3u--ta.ee. As evidence that the Republican vote <0Kke South Las not been “suppressed,” as -wna-.e Republican papers are wont to de- vjfiase. the Courier-Journal publishes fig- ir£ showing the vote of the two parties • lathe South toliave been as follows: 1S70, ' Rercbllcau vote 769,912, Democratic vote 9; 1839, Republican vole 657,912, iSemecratic vote 1,062,8S9. It will be jaen that in the past four years the vote -vf both parties has fallen o!f, the loss of Democrats being 13,850 and that of flr.q Republicans being only 81,287, of Tism 17,000 have gone over to theGreen- Csadkers. There is not much “suppres -aw a* 1 in these figures. v Land in the cotton belt of Alabama mas largely increased^ n price ofiate years. Montgomery Advertiser suys: “Lands ■5m this county have more than doubled in 3«ce. Those which four or five years mnoe could be easily purchased at $5 or -$S an acre now readily command from $IO to $15—some ranging even higher ■tV»» this. These lands before the war wrens not considered high at $50 an acre. Witt introduction Of the -‘Clemeat attach- steal' into the cotton belt, which we must Relieve is the consummation not distant, mnst add largely to the value of its Sands.” I 31 a.usnax. Fitzsimmons.—A Washing ton special of the 27th to the Courier Journal says: Senator Brown, of Gcor- called at the Treasury Department tn-4ay in connection with the case of Jfarslial Fitzsimmons, of Georgia, on bc- Jtolf of one of his bondsmen. The charge mgainst F tzsimmons now Is that there is m deficiency in his accounts of from $3,000 So SC,000. This is based on the report of m special agent ot the Department of 3as(ice. Den ath it, however, is Raum’s -Animosity on account ot his lukewarm- in the crusade against moonshiners. Shis was the sole basis for Raum’s in iieuasnt against Fitzsimmons last sum Fitzsimmons Will be here, it uaderstood, this week, to answer/or him- . - seif. It is said his bandsmen are getting tsaxioa*. This is a mere rumor. "George Eliot’s” death-.moves pro foundly the best English circles. The jzewapaper eulogies, though almost un- $Uld, hardly overrate the general sense Msfjess. Many inaccurate particulars are .jablished respecting her life—the truth -feaLug that “George Eliot” lived in much retirement, though surrounded by a circle «sf iatlmately^altached friends. Herbert Wjfamamr contradicts the story that be edu- otted “George Eliot,” saying he knew Jktr only alter her character was formed— aSltr she translated the “Life of Jesus,” •Jgr Strauss, or after 1851, when she was .already distinguished by .that breadth of icsdlure and univeisality of power which Cscs since made her known all over the -world. American fishermen have generally abandoned the right to inshore fishery in Canadian waters, which cost fire and £saif million dollars. They find better fishing at home. The Canadian fishermen are being driven oat of the market by the ■Norwegians, who supply fish that are bet- tier eared, and who conduct their business sueiiJk more enterprise. They fish now by telegraph in Norway. Stations have been ibxilt along the coast, and during the her- -ssag season, which is at its height for about six weeks, a sharp lookout is kept tfer shoals. Whenever one is sighted word As tent along the line, and the available iSsbermen promptly give chase. The old way was for tbe fishermen to cruise along -the shore; trusting to luck or tbe reports xWy might hear to come upon the herring. Vow, every morning during the season -,1m position of the shoals which are waten- tl it reported and posted at the principal leJegrsplilc stations. A. Fatal Wedding !Dav.—The Big ILiek, (Ya.) .Yew* says it lias been an open se cret forsoine time among their intimate -aojuaintauces that Mr. Douglas Warwick, vf Richmond, and Miss Nellie Burwell af Franklin county, were betrothed, and xrere to have been married about the first •af this month. Everything was in readi aess on the evening appointed for the wedding, the carriage was aent to the .‘tpot to meet the expected bridegroom -r-ut instead of the gentleman a messa csttie slating that sudden illness prevent ed his presence, and asking that the wed ding be deferred. Threo times successir i»v it was postponed for the saaie reason. •Sut last Wednesday, when, for the third name, everything had been prepared for xise nuptials, cauio the most cruel blow of ,-TL ’Twas but natural that the young - i/ly -iiouMhave felt some trepidation 'use approach of the carriage that bad tiirice failed to fulfill its mission, and the -u$A sequel proves that her apprehensions -oei« wot groundless. Instead of greeting Storluture husband site received a telegram <SM*eying the shocking intelligence that a*e wes deed. Terribly Cold far Georgia. Wednesday night and Thuraday morn ing were signalized by s temperature never before known In this section of Georgia. At 7 o’clock Thursday morning the mer cury in Yineville indicated plus 5, and scant at that. All unused to such a tem perature, It produced awkward results in every household. The dough put to rise under the kitchen stove for hot rolls In the morning was frozen as bard as a stone. The water in every receptacle was in the same condition. Milk all frown, and a pitcher of cream in Irwntitu from dairy to diulng-roomtook on asolidityrendering it unfit to use 'before thawing. The fish were as stiff as a poker, and Cook declared they froze harder when dropped in the fryingpan. In short, it was a morning ever-memorable and never-to-be-forgotten At various points in town we hear the mercury quoted (though at differing hours) at three, four, six and eight degrees above zero. In the office the pipes sup plying the engine with water froze solid, and when cut disclosed a solid casting of ice through their entire length. Through out the long cold night the hands were busy trying to get out an edition by filling the boiler by hand, and then cooling down to fill again. This, as might bo expected was vain. Not half the edition was print ed. The same thing, we imagine, hap pened to hundreds of steam engines and locomotives in the State last night, and there was many a failure of performance, resulting from failure to forecast and pro vide for any such degree of cold. At noon yesterday the mercury, under the influ ence of sunshiny weather, rose to 16. When the sun goes down we shall have another cold night. A Hospital’s Hospitable Entertain' ment Eleemosynary institutions, such as hos pitals, asylums, charity schools, etc., are universally regarded as objects deserving of substantial remembrance at Christmas by tbo humane and liberal of every community, liut for once, the genial Superintendent of the Bibb County Hospital, Mr. Harmon, fairly turned the tables oh Wednesday upon all tbe Dor cas societies and almsgiving associations of tbe country. This time it was the hospital,through its accredited head, that did the feting and feasting,and the beneficiaries included,pri marily, some of the most distinguished dignitaries of the county. Among those present were their Honors Judges Sim mons and Holt, of the Superior and County courts, Dr. Blacksbear, the recently returned European tourist Dr. A. P. Collins, Tax Collector Peters, the excellent secretary of the coun ty board of commissioners, Mr. W. G. Smith, and others. To any one seeing the immense vessel of egg-nog, deep enough to float the miniature jolly boat of a man-of-war, it would have bean impos sible to realize that “hen fruit" is selling at forty cents per dozen. But the expla nation is afforded in the fact that Mr. Har man lays hisoum eggs, or, to be more ex plicit, the hospital chickens perform that pleasing duty for ltim. Then there were sundry mysterious bot tles, doubtless drawn from the medical stores of the hospital, and kept in readi' ness to meet sudden emergencies which on that snowy day, were constantly occur ring, that played quite an imnortant part as aeant couriers of the coming banquet. They were administered, however, under the direction of the regular county pbysi clan with due regard to quantity and the ngency of each case, and the imbibers scored another victory for those who con tend that “God’s creatures” (among them old whisky) were made to be used but not abused. Thexlinner itself was a model “spread,” covering imperial turkeys, fat chickens, juicy joints of beet, oysters, raw and cooked, vegetables, the like of which, out side of the State fair, no other man but Harmon can produce, chicken salad pickles and other delicacies, all prepared secundum artem, and an elegant dessert besides. The company enjoyed themselves Im mensely, and many were the pleasant ut terances and sparkling sentiments that went circling round that board which was so heavily freighted with good things, Mr. Harmon fills most faithfully and ac. ceptably the difficult and responsible du ties of his office. The hospital wards ate well kept, scrupulously clean, and the pa tients receive the most careful nursiDg. They are abundantly supplied alse with wholesome, well cooked food, and a per fect wealth of the finest vegetables we have ever seen. Tbe moral and religious Influence exerted over the inmates of the Institution, too, is salutary and excellent. Indeed, we do not know where the board could duplicate their vigilant and efficient hospital superintendent. That he will be retained as long as he will consent lo hold tbe position caunot be doubted. But tbe county should show its appreciation of Mr. Harmon by a liberal increase of his salary. At present It Is far from adequate, The Picture Berersed. LaaS year, at this time, we were printing telegrams from Europe telling ot terribly severe weather on tbe other side of tbe Atlantic. Fierce snow storms, tempera ture bordering od zero and terrible inun dations were chronicled even in mild and genial France, and as low down as South ern Italy and Greece. Tbo comparative isothermal lines between Europe and the. American continent were confounded and blotted out from the meteorologist's map, tor while these wintry scenes were being enacted in Europe, all America blossomed with untimely spring. Old Winter had lorgotteu his work, and all nature was confused with April tempera ture at Christmas. The newspapers were all telling about strawberries on the Christmas board, and early spring vegeta bles were not uncommon. Peach and other fruit trees were in bloom, and, in fact, have not yet recovered from the ef fects of that premature development, un der the seductions of a balmy spring tem perature. But now we see the picture Is almost entirely reversed. They had a green Christmas in London this week, and all over the Continent the weather Is mild and genial. Let the meteorologists bring to light the recondite celestial causes of this remarkable see-saw between the two continents. It would seem that some general planetary cause, affecting our so lar system, must be at work to produce so extensive a revolution. Belf-ltolaing Flour. It is a fact that more floor Is to be found now in Ireland than at any time since the late famine. It is tbe “flower of the British zrmy,” which a London Timet dispatch tells us Is now quartered in tbe Emerald Isle—a self-raising preparation, which nnfortnnately does not set well on the Irish stomach in any form; and If, as Intimated, it is shortly to be employed In enforcing a general disarmament act, there la great danger that it will bring on convulsions. But we shall soon see what is coming. Parliament meets next week and government will probably show its hand at once. Tbe spectacle disclosed at the trial of Parnell and his associates in Dublin is well calculated to put John Bull on his mettle. Tbe defense fund now roaches tbe amount of fourteen thousand pounds sterling, and the trial is apredestlned and foredoomed farce and failure. The court is a little central figure surrounded by an immense crowd of hostile* in a high state of inflammation. It bad impaneled a jury on Tuesday last, no doubt,a* a matter of fact, commit ted to acquittal or failure to convict, on pain of death. The trial, therefore, but a gorgeous spectacle of utter helpless ness and frustration, and so far as a pa rade of military force is concerned, one can only say it is not applicable to the oc casion, and only makes II mors ridiculous A hundred - thousand “flowers of the' British army” would not stiffen a Juror to render a verdict which would expose bias to an assassin’s knife or pistol every time he passed a bush or turned a street cor ner. The point of actual conflict will arise when Parliament suspends tbe habeas corpus—-military law Is declared, and “tbe flower of the British army” is used to disarm tbs people—disperse Land League meetings tod generally reestab lish British rale, writable ®ow a shadow. Have Ton Paid Tour Pastor! The above pertinent inquiry the writer has been in the habit of propound ing for a series of years to the readers of the Telegraph and Messenger upon the advent of every New Year’s day. It addresses itself to ‘each adult or head of a family ybo is a believer in the Christian religion and worships at the shrine of God’s sanctuary. The recipient of the stated instruction and pulpit ministrations of any man of God,of whatever evangelical creed, surely is morally and honorably bound to aid in his material support. The “laborer is worthy of his hire,” and this is eminently true in the case of a pastor, who is usually denied the privilege of supplementing his income by engaging in secular pursuits. If the general beliover (though perhaps a non-professor) is thus called upon to aid in the work of conserving the public mor als and welfare of the community by help ing to sustain the ordained ministry of the church, how much more imperatively does it devolve upon those whose names are solemnly enrolled among the people of God to stand by tbe devoted heralds of the Cross, who havo forsaken all to follow Jesusrand labor in His vineyard. Their trials and hardships are many; their self-abnegation most wonderful; their trust in God oft-times sublime, and the pittance they usu ally receive wholly inadequate to cover the ordinary demands of the humblest household. Yet even this slender stipend is frequently denied or curtailed to pro portions which ought to call the blush of shame to the cheek of every church mem ber. Therefore, again, we emphatically ask, “Have you paid your pastor ?" If you have not, leave the new year’s turkey un touched; pause in the midst of your busy calculations for another year; make haste and delay not to repair the wrong you have inflicted, not upon the potsherd man, but the Great Jehovah himself, who said: “Inasmuch ye did it not unto the least of these, ye did it not to me.” We venture the assertion that taken you have paid your pastor (not in chips and whetstones, but in good coin currency) every cent that is his due, then will the pleas ures of the season be enjoyed with a keen er zest, and your head repose more sweet ly upon its pillow when tbe day’s labors are ended, and another year has been inaugurated. Yes, pay your pastor thank fully, honestly and gladly. Ye may not rob God and prosper. The Fiercest Arctic Wave. Talking about last Thursday as the coldest ever seen in Macon, we have been advised by a friend to consult oar own files in 1835 for a colder, when the orange trees in Florida were killed—the Ocmul- gee froze over, and the thermometer reg istered two below zero. But we are not yet prepared to recall our words. We learn that Prof. Daly, who is the official representative ot the government in Ma con as to meteorological facts, records the temperature at Fio Nono College on Thursday last at three degrees below zero, according to tbe approved instruments in his office. There is considerable dis crepancy in the thsrmometrical report* from various parts of Macon and vicinity, but that of Prof. Daly should be con-, elusive. Bet. B. F. BaaxDLOvn.—We extend a cordial welcome to tbe new pastor of tbe First Street Methodist church, Ber. B. F. Breedlove, who lias just entered upon tbe discharge of bis ministerial duties. Tbe writer formed his acquaintance several years since in Cuthbert,and learned to respect and esteem him highly fer bis many lovely traits of character. A more gentle spirit, truer friend or humble Chris tian cannot be found within tbe bounds of tbe conference. In bis intercourse with tbo pastors of other denominations, also, he Is ever kind and liberal. Tbe best proof of this was to be found In tbe close intimacy which existed between Mr. Breedlove and the excellent pastor of the Presbyterian church at Cuthbert, Bey. James S. Cozby. Their friendship was like tbat of David and Jonathan. The congregation of the First Street church will soon learn to appreciate and love their worthy pastor, and we trust his so journ among them will be both profitable and pleasant to pastor and people. The company which bas been founded for taking preliminary steps to ascertain whether a submarine tunnel can be made between Calais and Dover bas at last suc ceeded in driving a shaft down to tbe depth at which the tunnel, if practicable, would have to be made. Although in tbe upper strata there was a good deal of water, there is no infiltration of it in Um gallery, which is in the solid rock. A second shaft Is about to bo driven, and tbo directors say that if no unforeseen obstacle arises tbe tunnel might be computed in four years. Senator Blaine’s bill to iocrease tbo number of Supreme Court judges ought to peas, with a proviso tbat at no time shall more than eleveu of tbe thirteen bo Ohio men. We must draw tbs Una an where, and we propose lo draw it on tbs eleventh Judge. All TJnprapusd tor Arctic Weather. Tbe recent wave from the Artie circle bas taught ae all bow totally unprepared wp are for a low temperature, either in respect to personal comfort or tbo comfort and safety of tbe brute creation around To begin at tbe beginning, tbe vast majority of our houses are unfit for cold weather. They are covered only with half-inch wiatherboardiug and each board leaves free scope for tbe external atmos phere ail round it. It is not bevelled, and there ia nothing tbat can be called a fit— impervious to rain or cold. Strip off the plastering inside, and the house would be no warmer than out-doors. Now, the office of a dwelling Is to exclude the cold air outside and prevent the escape of the fire-heat in the inside. In Northern coun tries tbe wooden house Is first covered closely with inch boards tongued and grooved, and then with bevelled weather- boarding called clap-boards; and this gives an almost air-tight enclosure. The floors are also double, L e., made of two Uyera of inch stuff, breaking joints. I£ is then ae impervious a defense against cold and wet as a brick or stone structure. Our stables and out-houses have also clamored for reform. All our dumb crea tures have suffered from exposure, and as a matter of safety our horses should be shod with calked shoes—that Is to say each shoe Bhould have three projections from the lower surface, about an half Inch long, which give the animal a foothold on the ice and snow. It is pitiable to see.a horse slip in the efiort to drag a vehicle up bill or hold it back going down; and the effort is dangerous to horse and rider. Another lesson is, keep a better store of fuel. The leisure of summer aud fall and the dry roads are the time and op portunity to lay In winter supplies of fire wood and coal, and not many Maconlans will forget the impressive lesson they are now receiving. We may blame the rail roads, but we cannot spare ourselves. The railroads, no doubt, could do five times tbe transportation they now per form, if they had the locomotives and rolling stock; but they are never going to have a surplus for emergencies and times of pressure. They are not going to keep unemployed and reserve stock on hand, and will always measure their possessions by the measure of demand in ordinary cropping seasons. The man of family who encounters winter without a supply of fuel, if he can possibly buy it, is far more inexcusable tbau tbo railroads, and has no right to assail them on any score. But the roads should do their utmost in this emergency. The office of 3I0thing is to retain the heat generated in the body by the circu lation of the blood and the decomposition of food. The cold of the past week has approached very nearly a point when woolen clothing is powerless to prevent freezing on account of its porosity. With weather below zero, it cannot be depend ed upon, and humanity has to resort to skins of fur-bearing animals, which are impervious to the escape or entrance of the atmosphere. Good, thick woolens will do well enough for us; but they should be provided and should cover the persou It is a pity to see the little girls, with their short skirts and long legs, the latter cov ered only, in most cases, perhaps, with a single thickness of not very warm stock ing. That such little ones should suffer and contract violent and dangerous colds is a matter inevitable. But we will not further pursue the natural suggestions o. this arctic visitation. They will, we have no doubt, modify household and personal arrangements a good deal in tho future. A Happy New Year. This is a common expression, and often times very thoughtlessly employed. It glides glibly from the tongue, but, by the majority of people, as slightly understood and honestly meant as the more universal “Good-bye; I wish you well.” Was there ever a happy year to mortals given? In this world there is a continual mixture of happiness and sorrow, of sunshine and shadow. The tendency of our natures is to the gloomy side of life. Although there are more bright spots than dark ones in our pilgrimage, we forget the good and remember only the evil that ever- takes us. If we will only enter into the inner temple of our being and analyze our feelings and thoughts, and our purposes and designs for the future, we will be astonished at the selfishness that has taken possession of our natures. We wish our neighbor well, In so far as hu interests do not interfere with our own cherished schemes, but where it demands a sacrifice of our imaginary comfort, the expression is meaningless— the good wish is from the lips only But to-dsy let us put aside the selfish ness of our hearts, aud let the better self manifest its presence. Let us think more of the mercies, and not so much of the misfortunes that have followed our path way. It will enable us to smooth off many of the rough places of life, and heighten our enjoyment of the good things which have been so profusely pro vided. We are apt to say, “there is no sorrow like my sorrow,” and yet within a short distance of our homes there are others “who are bereft of hope, and beg gared by grief.” As we gather around our warm firesides to-day, let ns remember tbat tbe snow and wind and the hail do not spare the poor. Tbe rigor of the elements, it is true, cannot be overcome, but much can be done to assuage its effects by the ten derness of human charity. Let us not say “a happy Now Year” and then put forth no effort or employ a single energy to make it even a tolerable year to the suffering. A curse was pronounced in the Good Book against those who say, “Be ye clothed and be ye warmed,” and then make no efforts to supply the wants of the needy. Again, to-day is a good time to enter into new covenants with self. It Is fool ishness to ssjr that it is vain to resolve anew- We believe in llio value of good resolves, and because many resolves Lave failed, that is no reason for despair. If ws neglect to prop and sustain our char acters with pure and honest motives, and persistent effort, we are sure to retr^gade discipline to keep ourselves unspotted in tbe world. But may the year 1881 not be marred by these destroying evils enter ing into our lives, but may the year bo marked by a grander development of char acter than any former year of our exist ence. Mother Shipton’s Prophecy. The appended “Mother Shipton’s Proph ecy” bas been copied by a correspondent of tbe Globe from a work published A. D. 1448, and now in the British Museum: Carriages without horses Ah all go, And accidents fill the world with woe. Around the world thoughts shall fly In the twinkle of an eye. Water shall yet more wonders do; How strange, yet shall he true. The world upside down shall be, [tree. And gold shall be found at the root of a Through hills man shall ride, And no horse nor ass be at his side. Under water men shall walk, Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk. In the air men shall bo seen, In white, in black, in green. Iron In the water shall float As easy as a wooden Lost. Gold shall be found and shown In land tbat is not now known. Fire and water shall wonders do; England shall at last admit a Jew. Tbe world to an end shall come In eighteen hundred and eighty-one. The above statement appears in one of Yennor’s Almanacs,published in Montreal, Canada. The doggerel vaticination itself has often gone the rounds of the newspa pers for tho past twenty years, and never have we seen a serious attempt to disprove the statement that such a prophecy was actually made aud published hundreds of years before steam engines, railroads, magnetic telegraphy, or iron ships were ever heard of. It is a curiosity of litera ture to ascertain whether the prophecy does appear as stated, in a work bearing date 1448, and now in the British Mus eum. It is certain that for years, in ev& ry household, gossips have been repeating the final couplet of the prophecy with no positive faith in it, but still with wonder ing curiosity whether the old witch who anticipated so much is at fault about ber culminating prediction. What is the true history of this often re-published prophecy? The Colombia Theological Seminary. The numerous alumni and friends of that revered and venerable “school of tbe prophets,” the Presbyterian seminary, at Columbia, South Carolins t will be rejoiced to learn that there is every prospect that the sum needed to re-endow the institu tion is in a fair way of being raised, and its sacred portals re-opened to those who contemplate devoting themselves to the study of the ministry. The Courier-Jour nal says:- Tlio Presbyterian people of South Caro lina and Georgia, after a struggle of sever al years to keep open their Theological Seminary which formerly had an en dowment of some $250,000 and had and bas still a theological library of 20,000 volumes, were obliged at last to close tho institution by reason of tbe loss of a great part of its endowment during the war and the persecutions whicli followed it. But with true Christian courage they resolved, tins autumn, to re-endow and re-open the institution. The Synod of South Carolina resolved to raise $20,000, notwithstanding its poverty, and theSynodsof Georgia and Alabama pledged their share of aid also. In hopes of raising Some $10,000 by an appeal to their brethren m oth, r synods having no local interest in Clio school, Dr. Girardeau was urgently requested to be come their sp>kesman. In fulfillment of hL- mission,- ho appeared before the Second Presbyterian cburch of Louisville last Sunday morning. Tbe result of bis eloquent appeal, seconded by tbe pastor, was a contribution of some $1,800, which will probably reach $2,000 when members absent on Sunday are heard from. This is certainly a most graceful tribute to the perseverauce aud courage of their South Caiolina brethren. It is to be hoped that their brethren in Nashville, Mem phis, St. Louis and New Orleans will do as generously. When it is remembered that this is tho school in which Drs. Thomwell, Adger and Palmer formerly, and Drs. Woodrow and Girardeau more recently, have figured as professors, it is not surprising that our Presbyterian people feel an interest in it. In addition to the above,Dr. Girardeau collected $700 in Nashville for the same purpose, and to-day will present the cause of the seminary to the people of New Orleans. With Dr. B. M. Palmer and Bev. B. Q. Mallard, D. D., to assist him in that opulent city, it is hoped that an other large accession will be made to the endowment fund of the institution. ot carrying out oar good resolutions that damage* us, and makes ns lose confidence in our own self-reliance. Let onr prom ises be made to ourselves and to our God. Then, under His guidance and by our heroic efforts to mset tbe obligations, we shall conquer, Finally, let us be honest with ourselves aud with onr neighbor. We arc apt to become world-hardened by being jostled together In our business relations. I11 these days of peculation, intrigue and overreaching in all business pursuit*, it Activity at the New Orleans Mint.—“The mint,” says the New Or leans Democrat of tho 22d, “shows the bustling activity of a laigo manufactur ing establishment. Tbe sliver bricks from New York and Colorado are com ing In at the rale of 50,000 ounces per day, and the demand for silver dollars is greater than the coinage capacity. In addition, the deposits from Mexico are increasing upon tbe arrival of every Mexican steamer, the returns being paid on the following day by draft on New York, if so desired by tho depositor. Visi tors from Mexico declare their .commer cial community look upon the New Or leans mint as a boon to trade and a pow erful means of developing trade between New Orleans, the South American coast and Mexico.” WEABY OF A HERMIT’S LIFE. JLs*kl*| tor • Wife Alter a badj Alto «r Forty Years In a Ditaal Cave. Dinohah’s Ferry, Penn., December 10.—Austin Sheldon, who bat lived a her mit’s life for over forty years in a deep aud dismal cave in the wildt of Lehman township, Pike county, eight miles from this place, bat recently come to the con clusion tbat he could enjoy the remainder of his days more comfortably by taking unto himself a wife. He has always, until within a few months, expressed a bitter hatred for the fair sex, in conse quence of a disappointment in love when be was a young man. Sheldon was born in Connecticut, near the village of Bradford, in 1800. He lived at home, his father being a wealthy farmer, until arriving at man’s estate. Then he became enamored of a young and accomplished woman in the immediate neighborhood, and they became engaged. Tbe woman’s par ents were averse to the match, and broke it off by sending their daughter to a dis tant boarding-school. She was sent away in the night without Sheldon’s knowledge. As soon as Sheldon learned that she had gone he started nut to find her. He trav eled from Slate to State, and spent the greater part of his money in the search. At length, failing to find her, be grew de spondent and threatened to take bis own life. t One night, after the family bad retired, Sheldon deserted his home without tbe knowledge of his parents. His prolonged absence alarmed the family, who, after scouring the neighborhood in vain for the missing man, came to the conclusion that be had committed suicide, as he bad re peatedly threatened. A reward for his restoration to his family, dead or alive, was offered, but nothing same of it. After 'waiting montlis in the hope of receiving some tidings of the ab sent oue, the family gave up all hope of ever seeing him' again. They firmly be lieved that he was dead, until a few years ago his whereabouts was made known by a paragraph in the Sun. Sheldon walked from Connecticut to Milford, the County seat of Pike county, Pa., where he pur chased a smah, uucultivated,tract of land m Lehman township. As there was no clearing within several miles of him, and baviug no money to build a house, he sought a cave in the rocks, and subsisted on fruit aud game. Day by day Sheldon grew more averse to seeing anyone, and for years he would secrete himself if he saw a stranger passing near his abode. But of recent years be has growu more sociable, aud strangers are welcomed to bis dismal cave. Sheldon has lived without a companion of any kind for upward of torty years, and, notwithetanding his advanced age, and thejact that he has had many hair breadth escapes from death by animals, forest fires aud exposure to the cold, he still expresses his intention of spending the remainder of his days in his gloomy abode. He has for the past two years been receiving letters from relatives in Connecticut, urging him to abandon his wretched home aud return to his native State, where he might live and not want, but to all such entreaties he has turned a deaf ear. His quarters are about the same to-day as they were when he began bis hermit life, only tbe surrouuding country is more thickly populated. The old hermit uses no stove, but does Ills cooking over a stone fire place. He sleeps in an old rocking-cbair, and uses blocks of wood for chairs. He bas no light at night, except that coming from the fire-place. He has notshaved in over forty years, and a thick shaggy beard covers his face, and his hair is a grizzly gray. He is as deaf as an adder, and lias been so for several years. Persons who 7isit him through curiosity, converse with him by writing on a slate. Notwithstanding tue land tbe hermit owns is not worth the taxes, lie entertains the belief that untold wealth lies buried beneath tbe surface. He is continually exploring among tbe rocks in the hope of discovering some kind ot mineral. Since lie has taken it into bis head to marry he lias been continually on the road in search of a companion. He called at the house ot a young and respectable widow a few weeks ago and offered to marry ber. The woman made no reply,but seizing a kettle of boiling water, caused tbo intruder to make a hasty retreat. Sheldon bas since been making matrimonial calls in another direction, lie is a fit subject for a lunatic asylum. He is growing very feeble, and his death by freezing may be recorded be fore the close of the present month.—New York Sun, Population of the United States. Washington, December 31.—She Su perintendent of the Census makes the iollowiog approximate statement of tho population of the States and Territories. It is believed to be very near the final figures, which are expected to be au- nouncea next week: Alabama ... Arizona ... Arkansas . . • California . • Colorado. . i Connecticut . . Dakota . . • Delaware. . District of Columbia Florida “A FiiiKND of mine,” says the Spectator, “has a rough-haired collie, wise and ex quisitely modeled. < 'ne evening a lady of the household, with whom ho was a spe cial favorite, stopped quietly, as he lay asleep on the rug, and placing her face close to liis head, blew sharply with a slight shout in one of his ears. Tickled and startled, ho jumped up aad moved off, seemingly offended. In the course of tbe evening the lady happened to l>o reclining in an easy chair, when tho collie was ob served by some of the inmates to rise and, making a circuit, to move. stealthily to wards the chair, put his fore paws on on*e of the arms and, placing his nose close to tho lady's ear, to give a sharp hark and Instantly bound off. The case of Dcbcnbatu vs. Mellon, in volving tlio question of tbo liability of husbands for' the debts of wives, bos attracted great attention in England. Mrs. Mellon was supplied by her husband with a sum adequate for her apparel, but ran into debt in excess of it. Under the case of Jolly vs. Rees, tbo court decided for tlie husband as not being liable for bis It i* not the forming, but it is the failure- w jf u ’ s debts, if lie supplied her with money enough to buy necessaries and forbade her to exceed it. On appeal tbo decision was affirmed, and reaffirmed (Mr. Beqjamiu for the appellants) by the House of Lords. Col. W. F. Elkin, tbe last but one of the famous “long uinc,” headed by Abra- hkin Lincoln, in the Illinois legislature In 1880-40, died In Decatur on Tuesday. N. W. Edwards, of Springfield, alone sur vives. The aggregate height of the “long nine'’ was precisely 54 feet. They secured the removal of the capita! from Yandatia to Springfield. Col. Elkin was grand- requires constant watching and severe - father of Mis. Gov. Routt, of Colorado. Georgia . Idaho . • Illinois . . Indiana • • Iowa • . Kansas . . Kentucky. . Louisiana. . Maine . . Maryland. . Michigan - . Mississippi . Montana . . Massachusetts . Minnesota . Missouri . . Nebraska. Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey . New Mexico New York . North Carolina Ohio . . Oregon . . Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee . Texas . . Utah Vermont . . Virginia . Washington . West Virginia . Wisconsin Wyoming Total .... 50,152,559 Tho following Is a statement of the population of the leading Southern cities: New Orleans, 216,140; Louisville, 123,645; Richmond, 63,803; Charleston, 40,999; Nashville, 43,461; Atlanta, 34,398; Mem phis, 33,593; Wheeling, 31,266; Mobile, 31,205; Savannah, 30,681. 1,202,344 40,441 802,004 864,080 194,64!) 622,683 134,502 146,659 J77.638 260,566 1,533,983 32,611 3,078,636 1,978,358 1.624.463 995,'133 1,648,599 940,263 648,945 935,139 1,634,096 1,131,89!) 39,157 1,783,086 780,807 2,109,091 452,432 62,265 347,784 1,130,892 118,430 5,083,173 1,400,000 3,107,794 174,707 4,282,738 276,528 995,700 1.542.463 1,607,509 143,007 » 332,286 1,512,203 75,120 018,193 1,315,386 20,788 A Pbesent fob Gen. Grant.—The Philadelphia Record states the subscrip tions to tho fund of $100,000 to be raised by Philadelphians ior Gen, Grant are all in, aud tbe transmission of the check awaits the word from the cx-President that he is ready to receive it. Tho Record further says this is entirely a private af fair, and hu nothing to do with the rais ing of the fund started by the New k'ork Times. It also says that one gentleman, a Philadelphian of Urge means, who is a warm friend of the General, sent his name at once for $25,000, with a letter stating that if it was necessary he would give his own cheek for $100,000, or that be would be willing to pay a life annuity to the ex- President of $25,000 a year. The Cincinnati Gazette says that 150 men slept in the city station house in a single night because they had neither money nor shelter, while advertisements were out for 300 laborers on a tingle rail road, and only 100 could be obtained. Trad® Review. New York, December SI—The Ebert- ing Express, in its annual review of the pest year’s business of the country, says: “Viewed from a business standpoint, the year has been a remarkable one.probably the most remarkable one in the history of the country. There bas been a great revival in trade, and tbe volume of legit imate business during tbe year was oe- yond all precedent. Tnis improved con dition of affairs was the natural result of the large crops, tbe good export demand for our products, the growth of the coun try, the he%ry influx of gold from Europe and the complete restoration of confidence growing out of the success of specie pay ments. “One of the most gratifying features of 1860 has been tbe great falling off in the number of failures and the amount of tbe liabilities of suspended merchants. The growth of tbe country and large additions to the national wealth during 1880 are strikingly illustrated in the products of the soil, of which we raise 475,000,000 bushels of wheat, 155,000,000 bushels of corn, 413,000,000 bushels of oats, 24,000,000 bushels of rye, 40,000,000 bushels of barley and. 6,000,000 bates of cotton, to say nothing of tbe tobacco, sugar, rice, hemp, bay, aud other crops, and hogs and dairy products, which yield an immense sum of money in the aggregate. In plain words, tbe United States now raises enough to feed her 50,000,000 of people and to supply the de ficiency of the balance of tbe civilized world. “During the year more miles of railroad have been built, more consolida tions aud combinations have been entered into, more freight and passengers have been transported, more money earned aud more interest and dividends paid than in any former year. The commerce of the country during tbe past year bas made rapid progress aud caused the Unit ed States to take a still higher rank, being now third among the commercial nations of the globe.” Cold Day*. Editors Telegraph and Messenger; At my residence, on Tatnail Square, about 8 a. m. of yesterday, December 30tb, an ac curate mercurial thermometer, made ac cording to the Smithsonian standard, showed 4| degrees above zero. A six de gree, seif-registering, alcohol thermome ter, in the third story of Mercer Universi ty, also registered 5 degees above zero as the minimum for the prerious 24 hours. Both were hungoutside the buildings with a free, northern exposure. The same mercurial thermometer show ed a cold of 11 degrees above zero, at tbe student’s hall, January 19th, 1873. This day was signalized by the first death from meningetis (a servant of Mercer Universi ty) of tbat memorable period. About the first of Jauuary 1852, the thermometer was said to have marked 2 degrees above zero, at Penfield, Greene county, and zero at Athens. This would have indicated about 4 or 5 degrees above zero at Macon. Tbe writer was in Macon at the time, but had no access to a ther mometer. But the coldest day of “the oldest in habitant ” was in 1835. It Is generally known as “tlie cold Saturday.” Col. J. B. Ross, late of this city, told me in the year 1S7G, that the “cold Saturday” was February 8, 1835, that the 7th, 8U1 and 9th were all cold days, and that tbe Oc- uiulgee was frozen over. Co). W. B. Johnson, of this city, told the writer about the same lime, tbat Sunday morning, the 9th, was tho coldest; tbat lie went fiom a fire which had broken out on Poplar street on that morning to his store on Mulberry street, and that his thermome ter showed a temperature of six degrees below zero. It is probable that Saturday was tbe most unpleasant day to tho tool ings, but tbat the greatest cold occurred on the morning ofSunday, February 9th. Borne of your correspondents may throw more light on this fertile subject of tbe season. There will be no more opportune occasion for putting “on record” facts of this nature. Respectfully, .* J. E. Wielkt. December 31, I860. How She Dressed So Quickly.—The New York fashion correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer writes that, on enter ing the dressing room oi an actress friend at a theatre, slio saw spread out on a chair an elaborate dress of satin and vel vet, a peculiarity of which was that all the bows and other ornaments were al ready fastened in place, and tlie garment was open in front from neck to hem, though so contrived that the juncticu would not be visible when worn. This arrangement was to avoid delay, and how the actress made a complete change of costume in less than five minutes is de scribed as follows: “First, she picked up a pair of gloves aud began to put them on. At tbe same time her maid unbooked her dress from top lo bottom with quick, deft fingers, and stripped off the whole garment in a twinkling. She seated herself and extended her feet for the maid to take off the shoes and stockings. The latter being stripped over the feet in a jiffy, dis closed clock silk hose, so that the fresh pair were already on. By the time tbe slippers were in place the actress had got the last button of ber gloves into its but ton-hole. A minute and a half bad elaps ed Then the maid took off several pulls and a bow from her mistress’ head— her hair in the previous set having been simply dressed—and put on a more elabo rate blonde wig t fastening it in place with hair pins. Next tbe actress stood up, and the maid swiftly put her into the dress that had lain on the chair. Every part of it fell admirably into place, plentiful hooks and eyes bolding ail together. Standing before a full-length mirror she finally surveyed herself critically, at just three minutes and a half from the start. Haifa minute more was employed in put ting additional rouge and powder ou the face, and then she was ready to go on tbe stage.” _ The \ oilalc Belt Company, Marshall Michigan, will send their celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belts to tbe afflicted upon thirty days trial. Speedy cares guaran teed. They mean what they say. Writs to them without delay. aw*' 1 CAN assure you that «n no tingle in stance has the Teethtna ever prosed a fail ure. We hare tried the soothing medi cines and everything known to us and “Old Women,” and Teethlna is preemi nently a success, and a blessing to moth- era and children. J. M. DeLacxy, Hatchechubbe, Ala. Atter trying Soothing Remedies with out avail, and physicians without relief, I gave your Teethlna, and it acted like magic. I occasionally give a powder to keep my child’s gums softened. S. R. Baldwin, Columbus, Ga. There is no difference of opinion among those who hsve tested Pond’s Ex tract. Thousands both in the United States and lu Europe, unite in giving this remedy tbe highest praise as a curative agent. Its power in arresting inflamma tory diseases is almost miraculous, never failing to awake tbe grateful admiration of the afflicted. It can be said of this great remedy that it can never injure tbe most sensitive or delicate organism. Send for little book of particulars to Pond’s Extiact Co., 98 Maiden Lane, N. Y. Beware of imitations. lw Ssmibl R. James. Wilbor’sCoaapotuMl of Faro CsS-Uv*r Oit and Unas. The advantage of this compound over the plsin oil is, that the nauseating taste of the oi! is entirely removed, and the whole rendered palatable. The offensive taste of tbe oil has long acted as a great obstacle to 1U use; but in this form the trouble is obviated. A host of certificates might be given here to testily to the ex cellence and success of “Wllbort Cod- Liver OU and Lime,” but the fad that it is regularly prescribe 1 by tbe medical faculty is sufficient. For sale by A. B Wilbor, chemist, Boston, and by all drug. S* 8 * 8- _ _ _ lw Tu Obangn Boom.—Land sales, large and small, are being made to a considera ble extent in this county. We shall be able, very shortly, to mention with defin iteness a number of such transactions, which are being made chiefly with a ns* to set oat orange trees.—J7eriaf*w. ME ABBOTT MBS. Sosckcref tbsintrleaa suga. The Western reporters have goue reck lessly into the psychology of the “Abbott kiss.” - There is something about it, tf we are to believe these mad wags, tbat stim ulates investigation. One of them de clares that it ha* breadth but no death, and mother has detected a sectarian flavor in it. Still another, whose investi gations have evidently been hi tbe line of wardrobe, insists tbat it is - “cut bias.” The two cities of Chicago and St. Louis, having got into'an inextricable wrangle ever this delicate psycbolongical ques tion, there was nothing to do but lo inter view the lady herself bn the subject, and a St. Louis reporter, to use his own words, “tackled her m her boudoir.” As everything that Miss Abbott says is fraught with a fine inner sense of Abbott aud art, and as stage kissing is a phase of dramatic work which may be said to be unexploited, this interview has a peculiar interest. We can only call the reader’s attention to the marvelous ingenuousness of the lady aud the naive frankness with which she disclosed tbe real secret of tbo “Abbott kiss,” which, of cocrae, Is ear nestness. The reporter tells bis story In the following direct manner: “I want to know something about the art of osculation, or the osculation of art, Miss Abbott,” said the reporter, feeling that it was possible to bare a worse sub ject of conversation than kissing and kiss es between a young lady and an inex perienced and guileless young man who was devoting his life to the acquisition of wisdom. “Well—but—now—you know,” blushed the scribe, “everybody bas more or less to say about the ‘Abbott kiss,’ and so, en tirely in the pursuit of information, I must know something about it.” “What can I tell you that you do not know about kissing? Every one who has a mouth can kiss. Remember, there are kisses and kisses, and you may believ* me when I tell you that tbe stage kiss is a cold, dim, pale phantom —unsatisfactory, elusive and empty compared to the kiss of love. I know what both are. Do you?” “Well, I think 1 can guess at some of the conditions of the latter kiss,” admitted tbo reporter. “1 have some vague, gen eral views about It, which have never been crystallized into practice. If it could be Illustrated now?” “But it can’t, you kuow." “On your part, perhaps, but on mine—” The reporter would probably have made a well rounded and effective remark if Miss Abbott bad not at this point touch- inciy asked him if he would eat au apple. The topic was spoiled; no amount of in terviewing could evolve Miss Abbott’s views on the kiss. All tbat she could be got to admit was tbat the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet was copied troru a painting of Anthony and Cleopatra which sbe bad seen at Milan. “People talk about what they are pleased to call Ibe Abbott kiss,” said she, “altogether forgetting that if the scene is not made realistic it would be utterly flat, stale and unprofitable. I will not sing roles like Traviata, of which I do not approve, but those which I do act 1 will act with my whole heart and soul, witii all the art which God has given me. I have never sung yet that I was not accused of being in love with tlie tenor^just because I sing and act in dead earnest. Tbat is wbat realism in art means.” So much for the positive kiss. The stu dents ot comparative kissing, who will, of course, look over the whole field in a his toric way, will have to take into consider ation the various schools of osculation. There was tbe Platonic kiss of Kellogg, who used lo fling them like icicles with her fiuger-tips, aud os Sher Campbell once said, there were chilblains In them. Then there was the Presbyterian kiss of Ada Dyas, who used to plant it on Montague’s left ear, or on tbe back of his neck and always created au impression in the gallery that she had bit him ; and tbe Lotta bubble, which always .sounded like tbe pulling of a cork, and seemed to be a number of linked kisses effervescing; and the Corinthian kiss of Wainwrigbt— a severe affair, somewhat motherly, and when dropped upon a stock-actor, al ways frightened him a little bit—as if he bad pulled a New Testament out of his pocket instead of a pack of cards; and tbe Carey kiss—ah! The romantic kiss, that never began anywhere and never ended— that ran down tbe back and tingled In the arms aud legs, and made the hair stand on end, and was accompanied with laugh ter, whose echoes were undying; and the cavernous Soidene kiss, tbat opened its ponderous and marble jaws, with a report like tbe bursting of an India-rubber bal loon. Who (bail formulate all these qgjiools for us ? Certainly not Abbott; foxier 1 * is the spiritual kiss, and we are not edu cated up to it. A clergyman, meeting an inebriated neighbor, exclaimed: “Drunk again Wil kins!” to which Wilkins, in a semi-con- fidential tone, responded: “Sho am I, parson!” Camilla Uno. [COMM U XICATED.] Dear People of Macon: Would you know the difference between a school girl’s first effort at painting and one of Turner's exquisite landscapes; ormarktba contrast between a granite bowl of planta tion Bio, and a china cup of fragrant Mocha—or compare anything common and vnlgar with something refined and ad mirable, go to the concert of tlie Meudela- aohu Quintette Club, Monday evening, aud observe the broad difference, the startling contrast and striking comparison of the music then furnished and that or dinarily given to Macon audiences. While tbe programme shows absolute dasslcity in the selections, they are not severe and will not fail to please even the non-musical. Gf the former qlub, with which we are familiar, but one remains, Thomas Ryan, with bis wonderful clario net. Of tbe other artists, we know noth ing except their full endorsement by the moat hypercritical audiences of Boston ard other cities; and the fact tbat each one is an artist and soloist on his chosen instrument. We never expected to hear that musical prodigy, Camilla Uno, in Macon. But she will appear as tbe only female violin ist of the world who has achieved great ness on that most difficult of Instru ments. Sha attempts tbe music of Paganini and Ernst, and would not hesitate to play with tbe most renowned violinists of the old or new world. We were all delighted with the smooth, velvety tones of Richter’s violin, lately heard in concert here, but no one more than he feels tbe difference between his powers and those of the wonderful woman, violinist, Camilla Urao. Akonyma. 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