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JOURNAL AND MESSENGER Said Thomas Jones In gleeful tones, "**' ‘ Unto his son and heir: “Your nose’s exact Like mine—a fact, My son, I do declare!” “Not quite so red,” Young hopeful said, (At daddy’s nose he squints); “Some folks prefer • Iligh colon, sir, But 1 like sober tints!” —Transcript. TKOY EXUCMED. Illoa, the Wonderful Hook. We take the following extract of a re view of Dr. Henry Schlcimann’s recent book cnUtledj“Ilios,” issued by the Har pers, containing over 600 pages, with maps and illustrations, from the Wesleyan Christian Advocate, of this city. In speakiugof the learned author,the review er says: He tells the story of Ills career from childhood ami it extends over half a cen tury. A more a thrilling piece of autobi ography has never been' given to the world. There is not in it oven a sly in trusion of vanity. The man is too much absorbed in his splcudid dream ot Homer and Ills warriors to think of himself,much less to obtrude himself on the notice ofthe reader. Held more lirrnly by the fascina tion of his own sentiment than any magic could have bound him, he is thoroughly one with his task, and, after keeping his passion alive for lifty years of toil aud snuggle, ids heart is as fresh as ever, his imagination just as vivid, and he hastens linaliy to the Hellespont with what he cails “a glad enthusiasm.” The whole narrative is told as naturally aud simply as if Uuuyaii or DaFoc had had the han dling of the incidents. And, moreover, it is told so minutely aud with such sell- convincing truthfulness, that one cannot fail, if lie lias any imagination aud sympa thy, logo heartily along with the Doctor and share to the full all ids hopes and fears. Over such a volume, how old Sam uel Johnson, if lie were alive, would bend his head in reverence, and what a pass age of eloquence, more powerful than that aliom i lie ruins ol lotda, would burst from the fulness of his soul! Picture to yourselves a poor German hoy, the son of a minister of the Gospel, thrown upon the world at an early age for a livelihood. His education was mea gre and was soon forgotten. But his la ther had a passion for ancieut history, and lia.l tilled the boy’s mind with the events of the Trojan war. At ten years ol age, he wrote an essay in bad Latin on the Trojan war, and at fourteen, Jell school to be apprenticed to a grocer who kept a small retail shop in the town of Fursteiibiirg. Yet while forgetting ids “book-learning,” the love of knowledge remained in him. Uppermost in all Ins thoughts were the mysteries and wonders or old Troy; by day a constant charm of retlo -lion, and by night a dream or perpetual delight. Of course, such a boy must have the friendship aud society of a sympathetic girl, and, aceord- iugly, little .Minna figures largely in the dramaof the young boy’s touching life. But fate intervenes and they are sundered; aud so, Minna aud Henry talk no more of Troy. “In later life,” says the good Doc tor, “I have undergone many troubles in diflereid pans of the world, but none of them ever caused me a thousandth part ot the grief 1 felt at the tender age of niue years for my separation iroin my little bride.” Beautiful, exceeding y beautiful, is that recurrence of the heart to its past aud the first throbs of its lovo against the gate ot Eden. There is a great soul there wakening into life and it will be heard from In due time, for love and inspiration are never found apart. A sad time has Henry In the grocer’s shop, yet already things are working together in the direc tion of the boy’s hunting enthusiasm. A drunken miller, who had mastered Ho mer iu better days, used to frequeDt the shop, and, to the unbounded joy of Hen ry, had a passion for recitiug Homer, which the boy paid for by spending his few pence to buy whisky for the classical declalmer. Henry “wept bitter tears over his “unhappy fate,” and “never ceased to pray God that by his grace" he juighjGiet “have the happiness of learning A blood-vessel was ruptured by over- exertion in lifting a cask aud the shop had to be abandoned. Then he began to wan der about in search of employment aud finally succeeded in getting the place of cabin boy 'on. the btig Dorothea. Though always poor, he had never been so poor as now’, for in utter extremity, he was compelled to sell bis only coat for a blanket. The vessel was wrecked but lie escaped to shore. Then he came to Am sterdam, where ho suffered “cruelly from the cold” as he had no coat, and, driven well nigh to despair,lie foigne.l illness and was taken to the hospital. A frienu,hear ing of his cmdltlon, sent him $100, aud, in addition to this good for tune, a situation was obtained fur him in the olfice of Mr. Quien. His salary was in our currency $100 per annum, and, of this amount, he spent one-lialf on his studies and the oilier half on living in a garret without fire, breakfastiug on tye- nteal porridge and dining on four cents a day. Glorious! The boy is growing Into young manhood now and he has found the secret of all true greatness, viz, rcant and suffering. Nature has very rough ways with her elect souls and site exaefaa good deal of Henry, her youthful favorite. But no matter. The demand is met. And there the brave spirit works on calm au l strong. If Henry goes to the post-ollfe.-, he reads a book while waiting for the mail. Every spare moment is turned to good account. English is quickly, mastered; then, iu rapid suc cession, French, Dntcb, Italian, Span ish, anil Portuguese; and In a few months, by virtue of porridge ajitf .four.cent, din ners, Henry can write and speak ibcai languages with case and exactness. Is it not marvelous? But there: is no telling what porridge and cheap dinners can do for the spinal brain and tire cerebellum and the cerebrum. And, tu the midst of it ail, Henry begins to rise In the tforlij, Schroder Jfc Co., of Amsterdam, r-qgage- his services as correspondent arid book- kerqier. And now the full tide of pros perity set iu, the first ilow yf that jttrdam of worldly fortune which- for so mii'iy years poured forth Its wealth for him.' In the meantime, Paradise had spread; its firmament over .'the miserable garret, for - the, linage dr Mlmia was there, and tlje romance: of Troy, was with her. Botiniehbd would /narryJltiRna hud —one drepm fulfilled—lie amH.Minna would prepare foe Troy- Hut alter writ-, ing to learn If Minna wonld marry hjui, ho geta a letter telling higi that she fe'a married .woman. Whereupon, the doc tor says: “I wasfor sdmn illmt uttiidy unfit tor any occupation and sksk In bed,?, and wo heartily admire•fiim.mtiikSu--, t\ : “heart-renderiitg'aiiiwcr” tp UftMeiteq i‘4 ’ho did,- nnd then bravely raltoww-ljs afoul in' hiiii. Yet the old Jijasi '.r^a.spleo. did vision still, amtSt dfiufibered on aud conc,U(les that ho | (a) It follows tlmt whan, on the writ- bas , SEE , enoug '’> T" a ™ ro J nan Indeed I ten requestor a person in Savannah lor a and well n glia miracle or flesh and blood, first cl ass milliner, a firm in Baltimore .StJnfm? 5 ! be had into tbU strange sent out a milliner who proved unsatislac- wb<> ,t iad ‘ money enough,” t°ry, a suit to recover the expenses of yfftJjJgtMa worth, “x loved money sending her to Savannah would involve ^MeadUbattMtelyuttso nMBaaa of realizing not omy the question of her competency? d0a .°n m l fe i — , tlie e *huma- but the nature of the agency—whether for fr°D do voting himself to the j reward or not-tho diligence used, am of Kussian, Arabic, Latin and I what expenses were necessarily Incurred Greek, and giving much time to archxo- I Judgment alliimed. * logical investigations, ho mado his way in I * 1* w> 1 Jf , L. tI i ,e a Dar ^ anelles - He bad married Collins, et. al., vs. McDaniel & Stromr in behalf of his proposed enterprise After 11 clerk of tlio superlor court is liable examining BoJmSiSbl, rca3oil ot Ilis that it did not cover the site of Troy. I O r^ he J“ pr0per orne 2- Availing himself of tho idea of Maclaren, 3 ^Performance of the duties required of who was the first recent writer to assert & j-..- „ . . . . that if Troy ever existed at all it would be tit^had^fd ^ ° aa l,ie P IaI "- found under Uissarlik, he began the ex- wW, ? tho superior cavatious at that point and m soon con- ‘ m* b , ad , filed a bHI , of «* vinced that he was on the right track to wf/cTfi cle , ri ’ wbose da 'y >' success. Spades, pickaxes aud carts did I C fll„ ry , and send U P the record and busy work. An engineer and an dlfraL?h?£ w,t 1 th ® lute,lt!o “ to artist were employed, ami, at «!!;£, „.,Jf!^5’. dd not a “ d wouIJ not times, as many as ono hundred : “p 6 . lrausmit s uc'i papers in due aud lifty laborers. The cost per day I of 1 t, .‘ l3 defaaI ' tbe reached as high as‘one hundred dollare fc. had not and tho excavation was continued, though aid n ^rL»° 0 U d ld !if V ° obtaincd » not constantly, for some live years. The | theTr claim .- d tha 0| nuunt of Held, that the allegations were sufficient, ami a general demurrer thereto wx_ properly overruled. (6) That the plaintilto In error did not compel the clerk by mandamus to send up the record was not such negligence as would prevent a recoveay for the default of the clerk. Judgment affirmed. It will also bring to light the fact that _ farmer with ono year’s provisions ahead ought never to fall behind, and that with one year’s debts upon him It will take a miracle almost for him to 'recover. Let the farmer keep an account book to see what ho is doing. To the thriftless we. recommend this plan as one that farill reward their former errors; to thq prosperous we propose It as one that will increase their success. Far mers, try a more systematic prosecution of this year’s work.—Albany News. accumulated debris of three thousand yeara was dug through, each stratum con taining its own specific relics and witness ing to the particular form or civilization which theseven cities represented. What masses of ancient splendor have been ex humed—vases, golden cups, bracelets, or naments and costly treasures—tho reader must turn to his large and superb volume to understand. Taken in all its aspects, I .i “7“ ‘ this excavation of Troy Is one or tbe most Wi,!,l ^«‘*l’.exaa i to r s,v«. Toibertct a!, amazing things amid all the wonders ot I i V Date °* w,ll .> fr °m Madison, the age. It startles one into areal con- ? a ft r ?PP aar,, . 1 S in other respects sciousness of man’s power to study thi3 I R . e ‘* °* 6“' with warranty of title remarkable book. The exhumation of fel a! ,^? I der f d M ‘Momentary in its sections of Pompeii and Herculaneum. I , c i , a by the following provision con- ami of Nineveh and Babylon, had prm I iSSLUf” ? 11 J 3 , hereby expressly pared scholars to expect some results a B™ed between the parties from Dr. Schliemann’s undertaking. Yet | if.t* 3 llc . ani1 the said Elijah no one looked for such unparalled sue- j Hf 0 , '“s'rnjnent) reserves to cess. It is a pleasaut tiling aud an inspir- 1, iim'[l“H* 10 ,n lh e tract of land iting tiling to know, that olff Ilium has I ber 1,1 * nd hereby conveyed, to have, use, been brought back jrortlvery distant I ^ d e,,J ? y l| ie same during his ages and presented toour eyes as a very I na , ,ra .‘ il,a ' a,,d 10 **ke and enjoy the tangible reality. Better still, such I f eat ?V- ,8SU ? s f, nd pro<lt * the same du.*- a resurrection from the tomb ,n * ” of remote centu-ias ennobles the present I A he tac.s surrounding the making by quickening iu iuterest in the past. . . . 3,:vera , P a P”re propounded as testa- Mauy a chapter in the lost history of tbe I J” 0Illar y * n . l “ w do not indicate that Divine Providence, that presides over the ,a * e ;‘ ded l h‘‘m as such, outgoings of the world, is thus illnmina- I 1 hat, at the suggestion of a lawyer ted; and assuredly we need every day who beard that too maker of such iustru- more and more insight into the past to I !- nel ,.? ' Vi ? 3 to ro,ervu the use of the laud form just ideas ofthe present. But, at I ,or 11 e ’, ,ey ' vore altcst ed by three wit- last, the transcendent charm of this vol- I llessei > <loas ‘' ot render them tesUmenta- ume is tlie personal career of Dr. Schlic- ly ., tt w. 1 ,b<! ,acl3 ?* tbii case ’ maim, to whose inflexible fidelity to the I '/“ere several papers wore propoitud- dream of boyhood and the inspiration of a e ‘i a ''estamentaiy in character, only one tried and tested manhood, we owe an ex- I ?, w 11:011 was admitted to probate, and [ ra( ., mu n v a slrnn ,,,, , . ample of heroic univordilness without an I ,be propounder* (wiio were named as ex- r^“.--.V Uy a alran S er cannot bo * 1 • I - . ! liniriinil na #1... «•! equal iu our day. THE SUPREME COURT. Decisions ltcujerei* Dec. 28, 18SP. Abridged for the Telegraph and Messenger hg Hill 11 Harris, Attorneys at Loio, Macon Georgia. Drake vs. Dawson. Distress warrant, from Hancock. 1. Tim 's'- i. aisnuss a coun ter atlidavit iu a distress for rent takes precedence of a motion to dismiss the warrant, yet where the counter atlidavit was sufficient iu law to retain the case iu court, the plaiutili' is not hurt by the fail lire to hear his motion first. A counter atlidavit which, besides setting out laeU amounting substantially to a good plea of recoupment, follows the statute aud alleges ‘-'.bat the sum distrain ed for or some part thereof is not due,” is good, and should not be dismissed. 3. A distress warrant based on the alii davit of John Drake in its recitals and yet not sworn to by him at all, for the sum claimed to be due, but by his attor ney, aud that only on the best of the at torney’s knowledge aud belief, is bad, and should be dismissed ou mot ion.. Judg ment affirmed. ocutors) appealed as to the other paper upon a finding agaiust them iu tha Supe rior Court, costs were properly awarded a:rai'»sL lln»m as inilitfiiluaia Decision in the Virginia Tax Caae. Washdtotoh, January 24 Tlia fol- lowingis the decision of the United States Supreme Court to-day In the case of Hart man vs. Greenhow, treasurer, which was brought here by a writ of error from the Supremo Court of Appeals of Virginia. Justice Fields, after reviewing the history ol the debt of Virginia,expresses tho opin ion of tlie court In substauce tint,: ■' The power of a State to Impose a tax on her own obligations is si subject upon which there has been, a difference of opinion among jurists and statesmen; brit what ever may be tho wisest rule as to thb taxa bility of public securities, any tax levied upon them cannot be. withheld- from the interest payable thereon. This was the judgment in the case of Murray vs. Charleston (00 U. S. 443), where tho court held that by tho legislation of tho city its obligation to Its creditors was im paired, and, however great Its power of taxation, it must be exercised, being a po- I tical agency ofthe State, in subordina tion to the inhibition of the Federal con stitution against/egislation impairing the obligation of a contract. This decision would be decisive in the present case, but the present case is still stronger for the creditor. The funding act made the bonds issued under it payable to the order ofthe bearer, and made the coupons payable to bearer. The bon ds and coupons, there fore, were so far distinct and independent contracts that they amid be separated from each other and transferred to different hands. This court has repeat edly held that such coupons have all the essential attributes or commercial paper; that they are separate claims against the oiate and may be used to support separate and independent actions. Tlie coupons held by Hartman, the petitioner, were distinct contracts, Imposing their own separate obligations upon tlie State. Hart man was not tbe owner of tbe bonds to which they had been origiually attached. In his hands they were os free ainl dis charged from all liability on those bonds as though they had never been connected with them, and argument is hardly neces sary to prove that au act wlfich requires the holder of one contract to pay the taxes levied upon auother con Tux PtuircK Cossmir. Cultivation of Upland Bice. A reporter of the Charleston News and Courier, sent by that paper to investigate their agricultural prospects and the labor During ther reigns of our Queen’s imme- I condltlon » **)'* W cultivation of upland dlate predecessors the observances ' of I rico ls openiug a veritable bonauia : in Christmas degenerated; but for sonio of I the npland counties of South Car the interest it now assumes, -we have to „i:„ . . 1 00,1111 thank the Prince Consort, who held it a I ° l aa ’ aUd be venfle3 llis opinion most sacred time. Peculiarly happy • in I by tbo fol,0 ' vit| g narrative of results and his domestic life, such anniversaries were I'processes in Orangeburg county: ansi Sssass? w '«** I sussst«ssSau against them as individuals, affirmed. sustained. Such an act is not a legitimate exercise of tlie taxing power. It under takes to impose upon one burdens which Judgment fall > U ' at all > upon another. The = ut funding act stipulated that the contions Gresham, for use, vs. Baugh. Complaint from Hancock. Where a testator, after specific legacies, leaves his entire estate to tlie widow with remainder over to four legatees, and said estate consists of realty and personally, and most of the latter perishes by the emancipation of slaves and in the use of it, and the widow and sou are left to exe cute tbe will, aud tlie latter pays debts ol the' estate out of his own funds, and on the death of the widow suit is brought by one of the remaindermen tor his interest, ami the surviving executor, having legally sold tlie estate, shows to the satisfaction or tlie jury that said debts absorb the proceeds of the sale aud were paid by him, not to speculate on llio estate but bona fide: Held, that a verdict for tlie defendant will be upheld as uot illegal. Judgment affirmed. Fanning vs. The State. Robbery^ from Fulton. To constitute robbery, as distinguished from larceny from the person,there must be force or intimidation in the act; therefore, where a thief slipped his hand iu the pock et of a lady and got his linger caught therein, and she felt tbe hand, and, turn ing, saw him looking unconcernedly at tlie houses, and caught him by thq coat, which was left witu her In mak ing his escape: Held, that the crime ls larceny from the person and not robl»ery. though tlie ] ady's hau l was torn i.i extracting his iiaud. Judgment reversed. Calm cl al. vs. Wright, comptroller gen eral. Rule, from Fulton. 1. Tin comptroller general’s execution against a detaul’.iUg tax-collector and bis sureties is au execution for taxes in the true iiitonl aud meaning of. the cot.stliu- tiofi'3 of 1868 aud ii’n’yand may be en forced against peisoinlty set apart and exempt £ our ordinary judgments, execu tion:. MuWccrocs in puss issiou ofthe said collector or fits stireUM.' Thu case Jo t» Ga., Hi; reviewed diuT-reaffirmed. ' j.-Tii'refbre, toTtfre said execution was levied upon a surety’s peisonaity, ami the money rawed lroqi its sale was *n court for distribution, jui.l t}i: wife of the stire- ty, fie refusing, had applied to have the aalue exempted, and the caw was pend ing on appeal I'rour Urn ordinary, aud -tlie comptroller ^gjneral ruled the sheriff for the money—the wire being made a party to tho rule, and the court ruled that tho be paid t»r the St4ta: Held, that the court ruled correctly. Judgment affirmed. , Atlanta xtid Chartotto Air-Lino Railroad vs. Smith, administratrix. Case, from Fulton. '■ • 1. Where the exception to to.tao refusal ofthe court to grant anew trial,The brier a of evidence may be Wrought* u? to tills cAtirt as part ofthe recot’d; but it must be iwferreduo tu tue bill of exceptions, or the writ of error.wili be dismissed. . £ Wire re Hie date or the clerk sccrtifi- cate to the bHI W exceptions is prior to the date of the judge’s signature, 1 i will be dismissed. '• ■ ‘ Hawes vs. Hawes. Alimony, from Lin coln. 1. Where a husband and wifpngiTrt'l that ?he slispjhhi pface), and that lie would support her, it amounted to a voluntary separation, and a petition for alimouy ttuder section 1747 of the code could ba brought. 2. In this case it appeared that the wife had a separate estate, aud the ltusbau had children by a former wife, but til value of such separate estate as compared with the husband's property, and his obli gation to support tbe other members of tbe family, were not iuquired into, as they should have been, in fixing the amount of alimony. Judgment reversed. Hightower vs. Beall. Spears & Co. Claim from Hancock. Where a deed was made to secure a debt, which was afterwards sued on and judgment confessed, a deed back to the debtor made and tbe fi. fa. levied on the land, the defendant could uot set up that the deed was void by reason of usury in the debt, tlie record showing no indica tion thereof. Nor could the' wife of the debtor who obtained a homestead subse quently to the making of the deed, plead such usury, as against the judgment. Judgment affirmed. Jafiray & Co. vs. PnrteU. Claim, from Fulton. A declaration iu attachment was filed after the first tenn and notice given to the defendant. At the next term the attach ment was dismissed, without prejudice to the proceeding on tlie declaration. On the same day a general judgment was entered against the defendant by default, a fi. fa. issued and levied. ■ Held, that a judgment could not bo takeu atthat term; one so taken was a nullity, and tbo levy thereunder was prop erly dismissed. Judgment affirmed. Farmers’ Books. N<>thig is so essential to snccessfnl busi ness as keeping accurate accounts. * This is no less true of farming as a business than of mercantile or mechanical pursuits. If one keeps a strict record of bis expendi tures and receipts, he must behold sys tematic results following diligence and a good season. * Yet, in tbe face of this gen eral business principle, there are compara tively few fanners who make any pretense to a strict account of their expenses and in comes. It is undoubtedly true that the whole business world rests upon his shoulders—when his crop fails the town merchant fails, and when the town merchant' succumbs to financial pressure the city merchant goes under, and to on up to the factories. ‘Ilia farmer supports the world. It is startling, then, to think that he who, in a sense, carries on the business of all mankind, should generally be the most neglectful and un systematic business man of them all. There is not a particle of reason why farmers should allow supply merchants to keep their books for them. They ought to do ittliemselves. As one of tbe least weighty considera tions for such a course, they would find iu their farm book-keeping pleasaut en tertainment for evenings and rainy days, aud at the uud of tiie year have a written review of their labors, and in ten years have a comparative history of their farms. But from an economical point of view the advantage would be much greater— prosperity would come out ol it—money wonld be found in It. If every ono would waited for him -In the grand septricliral | Any^'rou^i Cator & Co. vs. «om- mouudon which the'Bnrkl.h village of] plaint, front L-hatham. . nissarlik was built. 'A voluntary agent without reward is neglect iu and about should be receivable for all taxes ami dues to the Elate l'or their full amount, and upon this pledge the holders of tlie bonds ol tho State surrendered tfiem and took The act of t thair amount, shall not be thus tecelvea tor taxes ror their lull amount, hut only for such por tion os may remain after the tax subse quently levied upon the bonds to which they had been attached is deducted. If act does not impair the contract with the bondholder, who was athorizedtotransferu to others the coupons, with tho quality of receivability for taxes annexed, it is diffi cult to sec in what way it would be im paired, even though the tax on the bond should equal the whole face of the cou pon. If agaiust the express terms of its contract, the State cau take a portion of tbe iuterest iu the shape of a tax bn the bond, it may, at its pleasure, take the whole. This court is clear, therefore, that the act of the Legislature of the State of Virginia, of 1S7U, requiring the tax on her bouds issued under tlie funding act of March 30tb, 1871, to be deducted from the coupons origiually attached to them, when tendered iu payment of taxes or other dues to the State, is iu violation of the previous/contract with such bondholders contained in tlie fund ing act—is a law impairing the obligation of a contract, and that it is therefore void. It follows that the petitioner was entitled to his mandamus to compel tbe treasurer of the city of Richmond to receive the coupons tendered to him in payment ot taxes for their full amount. The judg- xnent ofthe Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia denying the writ Is therefore re versed and the cause remanded lbr fur ther proceedings iu accordance with : this opinion. ■ Justice Hiller expresed his dissent from tbe opinion of the court, aud gave as his reasons, first, that no Legislature of a State has authority to bargain away the State’s right of taxation; second, that In issuing tbe bonds anil coupons which are the subject of this controversy tke Legis lature or Virginia neither iu terms or by any just inference made any contract that the bonds and coupons should not be sub ject to tho same taxes as other property taxed by tbe State. The Champion Hunter. Luke Wheeler, partner of Frank Ains worth, the champion shot of Colorado, was in Fort Collins on Friday, haring just come down from North Park with a load of game. Mr. Wheeler favored tlie Express with'a call and kiiidly gave some account of his season’s hunting, which is now over. The two huutere during tbe season brought to market fourteen large loads of elk, antejope and deer. They killed 300 antelope and 250 elk. They sold all the meat readily In Denver and Boulder. Elk ;sold-ftbm T cent* to 10 cents per pound, antelopes from 7 cents to 8 cents and deer from 10 cents to 12} cents. The season was a very profitable one. They made two sbipmeuts of hides, the last being 3,500 pounds. Game was fat and. in good condition. There is plenty left in the mountains. There was a herd of 500elk within 000 yards' of camp when Mr. Wheeler left.’ The hunters, at one stand,i killed eighteen elk within ten minutes. Wheeler .considers Ainsworth tho most experienced hunter he ever saw. He beggn bunting when ahoy, and hunted buffalo in Kansas. He recently shot with Govej of Denver, and with a crack shot onMontaua, and.was a ttfinper on both occasions. He uses a tliirty-Uve calibre Maynard rifle and sixty-grains ofpbvvder, good for anything within 400 contact in spirit with your loved ones in i i. i t y yeal i? 1 < t 0IlG,led to the homeland, where you were ever so I ^ iVu?’7 1 were b a( Hy drained dear to me.” Holt was who instituted' ll,ab, ® for l , he cultivation of either that general Interchange of gifts, coiiilu-1 Vi® >’ ear is °7 tlie plau- uednowjnany of the royal homes in I ^ !!? a ?!i y by tb&ir , cott °n operations, which her Majesty ordains to sn^nd I ^ # y i! a , rtei ? , tbe year "'Ith cotton at thirty Christmas. Sis still her custom to^dve ,° Ut at four i eea cents - It‘ presents to all her attendants, both ladies I ? raS 7v ry wet ,^ ear ' and farmers and gentlemen, aud also to the dressers J f° U i r iL* bat i CVe . n J n uplands where rice and maid servants. There is peril ansi bad be ^ a planted good heavy crops were throughout Great Britain no other K y :lSG8 where more kiudly surprises are planned „!.„M An0 i E .. c ^° p op bice t and more gentle thoughts for others ***■?** 11tod * 8, ‘ d tbat yc ~ °°> 000 bushels evinced than in tho highest household in I nnliif 1 p C ii® *° Charleston. The the land. ° ,louscn0IU lu I quality of rice, however, that year was The first Christmas of their married a3 i ’ t s boll,d bave beon » and life, just after tlie birth of the Princess sinil !w 1 7 3a,lzed were not satisfactory. Royal, was spent by the Queen aud her I nia^?«n lat j™ 8 8maller crop* havo been husband at Windsor Castle; and wo read plan , tedand u ‘° re attention paid to its in the “Life of the Prince Cousort” how farmS* n’i' „. lh f. cllle 1 f . advantage to the Christmas trees were sot up in tlie Queen Y* c , t \ at I “ s t,ds at *P !e teems to and Prince’s room, a custom 1 em P loya , a cbu3 that Js continued in future years, when they 1 D,t ?? Ure y uufi i for lba cuIti * were also set up in another room for the I vatlon . of au ythiiig else. The crops that young princes, princesses, aud in the Oak I Srf^pfe tG ? rc *i ,re » are almost a clear Room for the household. Tho Jadies aud I t 11,0 planting ot upland riec,how- gentleraea in waiting were summoned to U °r “ ny ? al “f* ,f - safo > 83 t,le me corridor on Christmas Eve, and^ the I ThliH 5 ° f rM ?.J u lbo , 11,10 water fields. Queen and Prince, accompanied by tlie I ° f l i b ° ^ entlre ly tiepend- toyal family, pointed out the presents m-1 ^t, UI>0 ?i ie . ra 2 s u 1 *? “ ontl13 « Au. tended for each, inviting theni afterward I n!Yv/. al | ld;3ept | Cnib ? r ’ alldlf ll ‘ese montiis to go Uirougli the different rooms to s»e E! dry , a ,2 d u ‘> favo nifilo Lho crop will what they themselves had mutually given I P™' e . au ) u “ er i failure. The cultivation aud received. Present-givinj has always rtfji P if nd | r 3 ak r 8ub ^ ect t0 tbo fur -I . _ 1 3pcc , ial del ’ 3 l ,t royal fa,,li| y* Seldom ^irotiio tells of* rh?! I ^iinY e ? Ua,ly ' 11 is tbat both the Georgia " b V re 1110 argument was held were filled r "° | seldom are ® ^. r i“* ou,,d 'n ®°n- j Senatore will •import tlie taMte • Waahinfftoft Letter. Washixotojt, D. C.t January 21. THE QUHEK OF THE LOBBT. The vitriolic Edpmuds, of Vermont, to fairly snorting,with rage about it, and threatens dungeons and cutting off Of the whisky ration to the guilty parties When Christmases, lie says: “These pleasant J. „ ^ • u mosi generally fesUvitics always bring mo doubly in sections. The cnltiva- g She' was pointed out tp me yesterday, I discovered. Let him put his colleagues and I* confess To quite a- decided disap- *^ ba ' van f* t0 ^'id out wliere the polntment. If I were an M. C., and Colonel Henry Grady and General vulnerable In that direction St would ! Evan Howell, of tbe Atlanta Constitution take more outer charms than she shows bave 1)01,5 be® 11 h «re this week. The lat- (to the multitude at least) tq enUimle ? at hi> name off fer;Sg brunette, hailing from ths South, and 1° f»t at a rapid rate. He begins to as- claiming to be the widow of a Confed- aun J®. •Idegnmnlc proportions, which to erate colonel. She also claims to have \r_ r °£ °“ e ?° young and charming. Um .bm.,1 ami u> U» matt N« V^SStS."’ hI’ STlS famous meni of England aud France In ad- summoned there as a witness in the Fed- dition to alarge list at home. She to said p 18 ’ co51rt i“ » cotton case wherein tlie es- topics that usually interest statesmen 11 hear mT! Guitln wiJL aftTiTeartMNSi; whose hair is thin on the top of I Torlc > v,3, t the celebrated Eureka Springs their heads. She dresses in black, of I J? -^Iteusas, on tho- recommendation of course, and evenings her costume g££ bav r ® s '‘^“Sbly tested and is brightened with a knot of what Dr. Felton’s “new departure” speech is supposed to be rare lace, iu wliose 3ec,ns to liang fire soraeliow. What the soft folds glitters a diamond cross of a nmter is I aui not informed. The rumor splendor aud lustre to make your mouth t,lat 'bo doctor has fully and freely for- water. It is said she is under very Ligli j given Gov. Brown for the latter’s alleged pay lor lier services and earns it all. More work *?ainst him In the last canvsss to than one M. C. owns hor sway, aud Is * tearfully announce, unrounded. ’ completely submissive to her will. If site T b° House made a first-ciass ass of it- ta heie next winter when the Radicals sola last night by remaining in session control tlie House she will have her I u,lt| l aix tills morning. Nothing was ac- hands full capturing them. Now, how- complisiied by it beyond making a lot of ever, she has to work very hard with slim '“embers especially red-eyed aud thirsty results. So much for Democratic indiff- | to_da y- There was uot a quorum present ercuco to feminine charms. * UAESIIAL PlTXSIMSIO.VS had a hearing yesterday .before Mr. Hayes aud the Attorney General, in reply to the charges preferred against him m tho rc- any time during the session. A'. W. R. ' 11 1 ^ ‘ - * Tha Great Consolidation. — luo r C -,„.^ EW lr ^° 8K « Ja miary23^-Thecaso of port of tbe agent who was sent down to I . . v ** 1,10 % estern Union, At- mvestigate his official conduct. What tbe I ***“ Faelllc and American Union result wa3 or rather will be to not yet iuIe S I ?P* 1 Companies, to prevent their known but the opinion is general that I 9/ usu , atiou was called in tho Supreme there will be a vacancy in tho office I V°. l . lr ' bJ Judge Barrett shortly after the pretty soon. I understand Mr. Stephens , y recess * The matter came up on an has preUy well given up all hone of savia-> I ? . er 811057 cause why the temporary his friend and when he despairs tlie cas“ I, J unod ' )l1 ? ra “ted last Friday should uot must indeed be hopeless. ~ j P^nnancut, The chambers The interchange of gifts on birthdays I, ™ om of rice found to cou- New Year’s and othfr ar.nivenSh*^' I When it tends S? 1 I ,Ie *- Th r are Windsor, have been signalled by sorrow „,i r n U1 ‘ , t Dy , ASTJ t GEB ’ and anxiety, as when the ITiuce of Wales e™ S , tb ? m 1 to . !10w 'b®' tUe cultiva- was dangerously ill in 1871, and the ivtu 1•J'b® oplxndrlce is really uot with- cess Alice fai in 18H. -SSSuSSyal SUS - < J r ? wba< : I “ t aod «HwIv.ata«e,, bdrough is not forgottemn her absence, is 811 ,udu $try which is grow- On New Year’s day, some A'200 is dis- !.'?.Jl apid ] y l 1101 '? P°P u J* r 13 i' becomes tributed in gifts to 1,200 poor ol tho par- I '? Kb proper cul'iva- islics of Windsor and Glower, in the form f 2 and . wlt )‘ 8 6? od seaso . 11 yield in of coals, meat ana bread, tlie amount h' 3 i.^ un » y ,, bas been as high as forty varying according to the size ofthe family I ^'i 3 s ° f 110 , rou =' r . io ® 10 'be here, of tlm rm*inif>nffi tvhn --i j I whldi is considered a lair yield for tide Hi Kimball for tlie prospective vacancy in I r P ad , 8n ad, davit of Rufus Haleb,in which this office, aud that he can be confirmed tbo , a 4r r said 1,18 Western Union T’elp.- without difficulty. I P*P? Com pap v chanred !»«• *n»u the oxce too j I Ajuencan Uniou Company to thore points Tdu ol course recollect the story ofthe ?‘? re 'P 8 ., f bad wires, but pitcher that went ouce too often to] the I n , m a, ntained them it the same rates to well and what happened to it. ItJ re-1 P° a ' 3 w liere the American Union did minds mo of what has recently befallen Jt 01 . °? I ?I le ' e w *'b tiiem. Counsel said the venerable, Hamlin, the coutemuw of V . ] r ' lleso ' 55 ’° companies were consoli- overcoate. He braved tho weather in l “® ratC3 5Voula be raised, that old dress coat once too often the|Ia«t tt - n %n ^” a y uy > counsel for tbe American cold spell and now lies fiat on his back I un, °I l A eiegrapli Company, in response with a sharp attack of rheumatism in Vine * vaJ V-‘? 8, . aluLor y ac t in relation to the of his legs. I saw him hobbling about 2? , 1 datl011 of '°*^ r, Pb companies, and Willard’s Hotel some teu days ^o, and I ? u i° re ?i alHdavits °f President T. now the papers say Iio has been com- ~-' kart and becretary T. F. Clarke, of tlie clerk of the I avi!ra SC of about fifteen bushels an acre. 0 o’clock in the -mortem;’ire the i A1 '2 . year , 1Si ! 0 J us1, closed ha3 been the riding school of Windsor Castle, i the ■ several years. Queen’s purveyor having been busily era- ™11ha-t.- aa cou ^ ime. •- * / the average, bo satisfactory has the cul privileged visitors are permuted to see. sivatiou ofthis r' himself conquered at last. xtuag By the way, what a career A pap-suck ing his has been! Born iu IbiW, he was 3p«im , tsr-.sf, Mv afth lo; then'an ai. «:• iu the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth sivatiou ofthis rice proved that several of j Congresses; Senator four years frop« 1848 the planters have, during tho last, four ty fin a vacancy; re-elected for a I”’ *«riu On the tin flooring, all along the centre . luu uavu , llllrlI , s lll0 msw tour ty fit! a vacancy; ” f i.‘ b ® « b 2.? “1?.“ 'r".°/»c W ’^ l .?. ! 52'?.!l ed I J’ e !'”> b®*n turning their attention to its h, 1851, but resigning to act as ( tables, With joints of beef varying from I cultivation upon the overflow plan, j Mr. seven pouncto to three pounds, enlivened 1 (;. j. s lrmMU , W h 0 owns lauds on bean by sprigs of holly, lhe recipients, ytjung j swamp, for two yeais past has used the and old women'and men, and souie yi^ting I Waters of tho swamp by means of darns children, enter by ticket, carrying neatly am i ditches, and has overflowed his rico folded cloths and bags, and pass out by I ^ j 3 done in the rice Helds nearer tho.cpast. the east entrance, underneath tho room I # £lie lirst year of thb experiment he raised whence the Fnnce records he and the rest 12,500 bushels, but last year lie gathered a ofthe royal family were wont to witness crop of between 8,000 and 10.0UO bushels, the ceremony. In tho Quecu s absence,she which brought.au average price of $1.10 a is represented by court officials.. Last bushel. Other planters are now pursuing y® al 'foints were given away, weighing^ I the same plan, aud by next year the crop, 3,221 pounds. Besides this, 1,203 cwt. ot j r is thought,'will be laigely increased, coals, in portious of 3 cwt. and I cwt., are I • i tub mode op cui/tivation delivered at the homes of the poor; and I { 3 ver y simple. The planting begins about her Majesty makes liberal contributions the Urst of March.. Tho seed iS sown In to the Royal Clothing Club, blie also I hiH s very much as cotton, aud frequently sends presents of game to the Windsor lu t i ie middle of a cotton lield, where the Inlirmaiy, University College and other J cbttoh rows run througli low ground, and ho9mtal?. and a ernat deal nf nAn i- from the palaces, which, however, does I ton..^ It. ls given three pluughings and not always arrive at Christmas time. I.. I three booings. The gathering, to acoom- At Osborne, on Christmas ove, her M^j-1 pushed in tho same way as in the tide- esty distributes gifts to all the chiidten on water fields, anil iu appearance the rice is the Osborne estates, for whom a Clwist-1 very much the same, except that the stalks mas tree is prepared in tbe servants nail, I are smaller ami the rough rice to not so with presents of books, toys, etc. Acoom-1 golden in appearance. iThe seed to really isnied by the various membera of herfatn- I tfie same.. A measured bushel, to lighter Iy, and the ladies and gentlemen of the than a measured bushel of tide-water rice, household, she hands these to eadi child, owing to the uumber of immature grains and, alter the distribution, they have all I in every bushel. It to sold, however, by plum pudding. On the evening of New I wejglit, loAy'-fnur pounds to the busiiel. Year’s day she presents gilts to the upper The income to the farmers ofthe county smaants of the household ip the 8tew- year f rom this source i^om was ardsrtKJra, where fa a Christmas tree, over $40,000. Ifi order to determine acen The Queen and the princes and princesses I r .tei tf » with her attend divine service at Whip- 1 • T * E pbofit 1 ’ ! plugton church on Christmas morning, inihfa klhd W planting I have obtained , j 11 ?' plum pudding nor plum porridge I the . following^ .figures from a reliable isomitted from tho royalmenu.andthe Miurce,.whichshow a profit,of 100 per baron or beef to cut from a shorthorn ox, ^ . uj^n the^apltal invested. In he bred on the Prince Consort’s turn at l‘g5t V pla^e the land used, as stated above, FrogtnOrc. T he servants indoors all dine I fa finfitTor raising either com 6r cotton, together, and the outdoor servants have «i not wort h over $3 an acre. • The allowance of a few shillings each, accord-1 cost of sqed-for planting an acretotwcuty- tngtothelrstatus. . five cents. Three ploughings will average Christmas to kept at Sandringham by I about $2.75, three livings about S2.7& the Prince and Princess of Wales iu I gathering $1, threshing about fifty cents. thoroughly national style. On Christmas Eve beef is distributed to the laborers and wortmen on the royal estate— prime joints, in proportion to the size of the family, reckoning two pounds to each adult, one pound for each child. It Is given irethe Royal Mews, In the presence Total cost $7.25. Average yield 15 bush els, which at present prices to worth $1 a bushel. A IttCE-FOL'XDINO MILL. The increasing production ofthis staple in the county induced the establishment In 1872 of d rice-pounding mill on a small tile pursuits without fitrUMf-iiitortwpUon.” ccnt’on of hto agency I and to i;uuu put down from day to day hto actual ox- j yards. Wheeler has seen him kill a coy- penses, and then note how much this par- ota wolf at 750 yards. ., Wheeler is going tieular crop costs him, and how much lie 1 to tlie Indian Territory after some,horses, lias spent during the year in labor, ma- i which he will lake to Powder river. He mire, ex., on this part.cular field, and 1 will make that region his home and hunt- then place on the opposite side of tiie bal- : ing-ground. He,-also, la an old hunter, ance Sheet the returns in prodace and ■ having hunted through Texas and.^lieli*. money, anl if this were done every year, dlan Territory for buflilo. Jie bad an and iu connection with every field and ’ encounter with Big Bow’s band or Kio- I team by actual experi- was, near Monument Rock, Texas, one u .:i ..f tei place to plant ’ day, and caugbt an arrow m hto knee.— his different crops wit'i most pecuniary Foit Collins Express.. advantage. In kills way he could learn J ...... , ..a.,- —j which field ought to bo planted In corn, j This i s a naUon/of SOjOOO.fiOO people, and in cotton. Ho would tlm3 learn the_ >[ld yot one darlusy with sore .ears capabilities of ids farm and liow to plant j iag ifieked up a fuss which has made his It most profitably. ' name indie fkmons tlian that ef any Vice By a strict system of book-keeping the president W e eidr had.— Detroit Free farmer would also learn the fearful danger or credit. Ho would sec that the enormous percentage which the credit system eom- peis him to pay for his supplies, coining ■as that credit does all tho way down from New York to his immediate supply mer chant, Is/noie thad Ids farm, under extra- •-okiiuary\;ircun!3tance3,ca:i possibly yield. Press.. Ladies shoulii. remember that Julias & Co. keep one of tlie best assorted stocks of flue slides for todies and children now to be found anywhere in tbe market. Call and examiMo Ttusuxun jusbaia oy ' b ® Pr,8 °® 8ad Princessitheir children, J 4ca ] 0 { n the town of Orange burg by Messrs, and their household. On Christmas mom- Jos€ph St rauss and J1 J. Strelt. The ca- Ing the choristers assemble on the terrace I parity of the mill has increased every year, to sing carols and anthems, lhe school I an( j now . ^ capable of turning-out from children receive new clothing and each a 300 to 400 bushels per day. The capacity Christmas card. There are generally will shortly bo increased to 500 bushels large ahooting parties, and plenty of fun pe rday . ^he mill purchases in the rough prevails. j a || t | I0 r ; m [,, llllu i S) am i £)... proprietms - , . _ . purchase rice from several 'other counties .7™_ an “ fe° nd ®*) >0, ]p u fib gave an than this, and even from North Carolina, odd dinner party on Christmas day *' The business has hcen umfunnly prolita- thelr house In London. The guests were blCj an d the prospects aro better now than 'J 5 ?.'Jf ly A™« r,8aa dwarfsTaiown as the t }, e y j, aV ebeen. Tho mill lias been agreal Midgets, and furniture, dishes and plitea convenience to the farmers of tlie county W * r * y S * Z ° ° f * and aflords a ready market at fair prices small people. Even the food correspond- for lIieIr crop3 . At prescnUthe milt pays ed, everything being of the most minute $1 a busiiel. The price, uf, couree r virfaa * 126 ’ | frequently, and has reached av’higii as 1 L ’ $1.45 a bushel. The mill soils its clean Opposed to the Fukdino Act.—The rice in Charleston, Augusta and. Coluuir Philadelphia Record says “the attitude 011 hia, and has mado sales in. ChicinnoUL iu 1857; theu Senator again ur’ .efll when he became Vice President for four years; then collector of Boston in 18(J5, which position he resigued the next year to ent er tlie Senate, to winch he was again re-elected in 1875, his ternrcxpiring March 4th of tills year. Verily, tne old parly lias had a luxuriance of luck that makes one’s mouth water. THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE Idiots arc again in session here, and, if possible, making themselves more disgust ingly ridiculous than ever. They invaded the Senate galleries yesterday to hear the fate of a resolution appointing a special committee of that body to consider the question of their “righto,” but retired with much snappmg of eyes and wrath ful suiffingof noses aud shaking of heads when Davis, ot West Virginia, made a successful motion to bury it in the com mittee on rules. The vote was 20 to 23, aud 1 am glad to record'both tho Georgia Senators among the yeas. Senator Mc Donald, who has recently become a Ben edict for the second time, was their spe cial champion. By the way, hto brother Senators did a very haudsome thing by him on that occasion. They presented Mrs. McD. with a piece of silver worth $700. The Senator was a saddler m ear ly life, but fa now one ■ of tha foremost lawyers in the West, and a Democrat without fear and .without reproach—an honest money man, holding bravely to the true faith aniid a storm of demoralization and lunacy tbat has swept pretty nearly all other parly-leaders: in -that State and section oil their feet. Garfield's cabinet. f If a man wants to know the real com position ofthis piece of official furniture, all lie has to do to to come on hero aud spend Ids'money'liberally at-the liolel bars. Tho able-bodied statesmen, like wise the “judges” and “majabs,” who hold themselves lu perpetual readiness to drink with anybody who will pay for the liquor, will name It for him without a bobble. Each one lias “sources of private informa tion” not attain.tele by any other human beiug.and knows exactly hovrlt willstand. These gentlemen mow say that Blaine will npt Jbe iu tlie cabinet atall—that CoiikliDg has forbidden it; and Garfield doesn’t dare say the inrk.-v co ir iuv. Ti.fa piece of peWs 1, worth about _ tlrree “nips:”. Fill them a little fuller,'laiul tWy will tell Nan more—all gbonrihe enUrecdbinet in tuct. It to' high ton to watch these old rummies When they capture fi gmrtiy who is thiraty fob tlie “latefcr tie tfs" as'they are lbr wills- -e " ' ‘ J . , f , THE CHARTERS * ' ’"l j ql tho national bank.-, under the Ijiw gre- attug them, aftJ begiii iu expire, next year, as lliey ouly mu 1 for" twenty ‘ yeai s. Quite a uumber expire next year, and in the u&imima sime ot them bare- found otil'libwtbltanlc'.ihe law chite-sUrtrs,ful ly. The pffin fa for the Iniuk first tbj gb Tiao Ir^iteAnotiis fi nau.mal banlc,- then riVitgaaizo uf a Stale’bank, am! t jicn fo'rUi'witli apply for^a u6w charter as aiia- tiofial luqtuwilU'tiverrty years to run, but N .It!, .. t 1 funding act, Intended to reduce the rate of interest upon a large part of the public debt, to: unfortunate. The.people are not indisposed to continue in the handk of tbe banks a practical monopoly of the busi ness of snpplying the people with paper money. The value of tbe national bank ing system is fully recognized. But if its advantages are to be purchased at tbe cost of maintaining a high rate of interest upon government securities tbe price must be considered too dear. Proper re duction in tbs rate of bank taxation should out to said to be first-class. 'I' have thus run over briefly the facts connected with the rice growing interests of the county. There facts are not gen erally known, and illustrate tlie facility with which the farmers havo transferred their energies from one ciass of industry to another. It. Is growing niure popular each year now, and it is safe in pivJicL tbat In a few years tlie crop will pe classed next in importance to the raising of cotton. eut, and only ono was absent; that sev en-tenths of the stockholders wero favor able to the consolidation, reureseutiiur 73.354? nut nf 100 0(10 -rj 2* company to defraud any of the sharehold ers of tho company in any way, or t hat such a conspiracy ever existed. JoiRt affidavits of Russell Sage, Sid ney Dilion, Jay Gould and Washington E. Conner were also read dcoyiug tlie ex istence of any conspiracy in the consoli dation agreement. Au affidavit of Da vid H. Bates, first vice-president of the American Union Telcerapli Company, was also read, in which he said lie believ ed that tiie consolidation would act for the good of all the shareholders of tne company, and denied that tlie public or any ol tha stockholders of the American Union Company would be ignored in any way. “Qralitod* and Duty.” Hon. Wm. D. Kelly says in a letter te Dr. Starkey: “Gratitude to you and duty to those who may be suffering as I was from chronic catarrh and almost daily et- lusious of blood in greater or less quanti ties, impel me to say to you, and to au thorize you to glee any degree of publicity to my assertion, that the use of your Com pound Oxygen at intervals lias so far re stored my health that I hare not been conscious of haring discharged any blood for more than a year; and my cough, tbe severity of which made me a frequent ob ject of sympathy, has disappeared.” Our Treatise on Compauud Oxygen sent free. Address Drs. Starkey & Paieu, 1109 and and 1111 Girard street, Philadelphia. Oleomargarine vs. Butteb.—By- actual count, tbe uumber of packages of butter in New York city on January 1st was 07,480, of which only 11,500 wero of tlie quality quoted as “State creamery and dairy firkins.” It fa. also stated by com petent authority tbat “more oleomarga rine, lard butter and other substitutes for butter are exported from this country an nually than tiie genuine article, and all American butter is, In consequence, re garded with suspicion.” The fact that less than one-fifth of the butter in store to of good quality shows plainly, in connection with the above statement of exports,what grades of butter have anything to (ear from the manufacture of oleomargarine and “milled” butter. y!tb tjie , 61tr'tirid’,‘‘ Tlhs plan hfiritrorfi.-d sftaewUDt irt ’fiSyeratliusances. In pn« iisb 2, b iiik lii £ sii/gib week figured' as a national bin’.;, a State* bank aiid a liew national'bank. The rujtv bank Hits lhe same till,-, the • h. vr-, notes printed frofii tlie same piatcsjrimlpresumaidy tlie same banking liuuse) books and customers as the haiik which went it/.o liquidation. The two banka differ only in their organiza tion number; widen i« untiled'lh large ied figures across tiie face Of the note'. Nov- t uheiess they are technically two dto> met ; hank,. The notes of the oid bank, like ID OX Tammany*.—if wo do not j there or ail nth-t llquida'in.: haute-!, are ’ mistake tlie temper ofthe country J redceinabtel}? the United States, witil- 1 Hard ... , . ^ , greatly mistake tbe temper ortho country, be conceded as a matter of justice; the Democracy, a deb-cation from any, “hall" th ■ no -.-s 5 i tin- n. w b bosiMoa of banking la oppressively bur- ln Ne w York city'.will her.-afi-r i ive a : by th • b it-,-if ugh tiie time ia getting adiuittn i tu i>. *.v:ir\* I)cp. State conventions. Down wuh all the J tu: banlai;eiie:Mly a ite * thu “halls”—spelled with’ a little “H.” * l\v i’y > -.t:- ilmii.i vi o:t t>. ntfifcracy haii bedn worried almost to dqaih [ wlii imioii;)-. to n-)f;::ic. an and certainly out of uli patience by 'the will' mischievous not to say undeir.oc atie or- , tern. e mzations in the city ot Ne.v York, I lown as Shis “hail”or that “’iial!.” I*, is ! T. high time an emi was put to -the annoy-! him The Mental Calibre of the Next Congress.—There is good ground for the gibes of the Republican press over the cuia-c.dated condition of the Democratic side of tlie Senate chamber in tha next Congress. The loss of Wallace, Thurman, K.r.ou, McDonald, Kern,-1:1 and Randolph liar not been made good by any accretion of ability in other States. There to soma compensation, however,Tn the make-up of tlie lower House. In that body, while the Democracy will bo in a voting minori ty, they retain an undoubted lead in the matter' of quality. Tlie Republicans have been transplanting their best men from the n<uu« to the Senate and elsewhere until they have not a leader left.—Phila delphia Record. must not be allowed to become tfeeir masters. Tbe rate of Interest upon gov ernment bonds should be the lowest that tbe national credit will command, and untnwnmelled by any consideration ot policy not making for the financial. ad vantage ol the whole people.” introduce J c:.nf.u:r>!i inking tys- “it* ■ ■ i p 1 iodical King Humbert has bestowed the decors- _ . ... -Oae.-: soon. „ „ _y tk . sVii-w I tplerattpn ol which has cost pie p t,- publieatiqu iii , wvrra! paper faiKusSJSISL.®?- , affil.. natlyn, defeat after’dc- . Lliiucsb .feeaty ’after it was He. dl Cesoola for w c^c^rstl^ |q Cyprus. 1 feat.—Cutskdl jfccoriler. .ivJfaUis piplqp pygsldjra’.i'oii’' by t f . leaking out and I papers of the j , National University in the South. The New York World ot last Monday prints tiie following. A recent,meeting of tho Alumni of Washington ami Leo University, who are residents iu this city am! vicinity, itsued acail for a gathering to effect a permanent organization on February 22—Washing ton’s birthday. Their object to to further the plan inaugurated by General Wash- ingtou himself of founding and endowing a central university iu which the youth ot ail parti of the Union may iearn to know and esteem each oilier. Efforts have al ready been made to realize iu Washing ton and Lee University these ideas of Washington, and one principal object of the Altimni Association now to be formed wilt he to heartily co-oporate with the ! oQeii'dnnial Organization for the Better ! Endowment of Washington and l.eo Uni- I vers tty,’’ fay bringing to tiie notice ofthe public the historic amt patriotic associations 1 of more than a century which belong to 1 that venerable instil»tion,origiially found- I c l hv Washington and ’.be soldiers of the j Revolution, and to tea v toil thejitei.ticu j of men nf thought at tiie North as well as at the South. Vive years ago six million croquet seta sent to land j were sold in this coiiulry; kat year lesw hat bfiy. tha n thirty thousand wore sold.