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J JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. THE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITICS-;LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS, Etc.-JPRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM. 4 GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESTABLISHED 1826. MACON, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1881 VOLUME LV-JSTO. 19 TitE BLACKSXITIVS SOXG. Through the casement roseate dawn Already steals with cheanne ray; Let’s to the forge, and wake the morn With boist’rons voice and jocund lay! Bellow?, blow; and furnace, smoke; Bend the glowing metal soon I Hammer, fall, with telling stroke I Sing to my anvil’s merry tune, “Strike Pong, Pong— whilethoIron’s hot!” With lusty stroke my hammer rings; Strike hard! ’tis for your chubby boy Who to his mother fondly clings, And trills his cooing note of joy. Thanks to tho sweat that bathes my face, The paths of learning be shall tread, And knowledge make her dwelling place Within my darling’s fair young head I Labor unto the heart givw case, And will our daily bread supply! It decks the charms of my Therese, My wife, my household deity! Our hands were never formed to make Muskets or sword blades, bolts or chains; God gave us arms for labor’s sake; Oar minds He for love’s work ordains! Nor all who day by day pursue Some darlinghope, some cherished end— Old hearts who have but power in view; Young hearts, who love’s soft call attond; Men who wonld wield tho sword or pen— Sages and fools, peasants and kings— If you’d succeed, toko ns the word Of wisdom, what my anvil rings; Pong, Pong, Fong— “Strike while tho Iron’s hot.” ATLAXTA AXGIjIXGS. The Grand Competitive Cotton Test Production — All Abont It—T h e Basil Expected—Postell’s Shells Atlanta, Ua., May 0, 1881—The competitive test of cotton production for the cotton exposition, done under the su pervision of the able commissioner of agriculture, Judge Henderson, is a big af. fair, and gives promise of fine results Each competitor has a half acre of ground right by the exposition buildings at the fair ground, and every step in these beats is taken under closo watching, and with a record of cost, labor, time, prepar ation, etc. There are twelve competitors, viz.: Dr. W. P. Harden, of Smyrna; Mr, Stone, of Cobb connty; Mr. Fleming, of Cobb county; Mr. Sloan, of Norcross; Clies. Howard, of Cartersville; Col. T. C Howard, of Atlanta; Major J. W. Warren, of Kirkwood; Jordan Johnston, Mr. Aus tin, Durden & Hansell and Mr. Lyon, of Fulton county. The lots were drawn by lottery. The premiums amount to tho large sum of $2,000, and are divided as follows. 1. $70o; for tho greatest percentage of net protit on total investment in land, labor, seed and fertilizers. The best half acre, as determined by test or unfertilized rows to be valued at $10, and the other plots valued in proportion to the yield of the natural soil, 20 per cent of the value of the plot to be charged to rent account. The lint cotton for this and the second premium to be valued on the same day according to its quality Oil the Atlanta market. The yield of seed to be credited at 15 cents per bushel of 30 pouuds. 2. $000 for the greatest actual profit an the half acre. Other conditions as per first premium. 3. $-100 for the greatest per cent, of in crease in lint cotton over the production of the natural soil. 4. $200 for the greatest absolute increase in lint cotton over the production of the natural soil. 5. $200 for the greatest absolute yield of lint cotton per balf acre. No premium shall be awarded to any contestant who produces less than at the rate of 2,000 pounds of seed cotton per acre. The relative natural fertility of the plats to be ascertained by taking the mid dle one of three rows, of which the out side rows are five feet from any fertilized row, and the same sort of seed are to be used without any manure of any kind. The superintendent of the contest Is Hark Hardin,and everything in the wayof gitbering, ginning, etc., the cotton is dene by him, each competitor to attend and see it properly done if he pleases. The superintendent keeps a record in which every particular of the planting and cropping of every plat shall be entered, covering date of steps taken, implements used, character of ploughing, sorts and quantities of fertilizers and everything about it. Applicants for plats shall deposit $25 w “icb is foifeited if the plat is abandoned. The committee to settle all disputed questions are J. T. Henderson, J.S. Now- man ami J. J. Toon. The competitors have done some mar vellous preparations—plowing and cross- plowing, subsoilinjr, harrowing, manure by ton. commercial fettilizers, ditto, etc. Clies. Howard drew the first bloodletting a long start ahead iu the first cotton plants. He is about to chop out. PREPARING FOB TUB EXPOSITION. The troublesome problem anticipated is the capacity ol the city to entertain the crowd. There are talks of new hotels. The Kimball House will fiuisb up the bal ance of its rooms, which will complete Hus grand hotel and make it the largest and finest hotel In the South. Tho own- *j* encouraged to this expense because house has been crammed for six months under the management of Mr. owule, the present masterly young pro prietor. There has been an unusual run w travel this past fall and winter and it is kept up. POSTELL’S SHELLS. i a ,** ames FosteU, of St. Simon’s I*- **ua, u here, with twenty-four boxes of •ueils, the superb collection of a lifetime, and probably the finest collection in tbe t be allows the Young Men’s Library to use, and which will form a “agnilicent attraction for Ibe library. jr r, .£°*toll lias been offered $5,000 cash •or the collection but refused it, and now Sets $150 a year from the library to '“able him to manage the collection, coming back and forth. Georgia is many things. Wo have rich in ®* D 7 antiquarians. Mr. Fostell ex- *? ‘he shell line. Colonel O. C. •■ones is famous as a collector of Indian "Wies. We have a man iu Atlanta “J* a rare and enormous collection of uwerflies, Including thousands of speci- ■WS, Worth several thousand dollars. It ffi:« n v oa * how men with such fancies enng to their hobbies. They value money ii ‘, ug ,n comparison. “y the way, Mr. Julius Brown, the president of tho Young Men’s Library ‘•"Ociation closes two years’ presidency of »«.. u mcern with a showing of practical JJj'Jhthtwfil never be equalled. A building, a vastly increased llbra- *7»*b(la $5,000 collection of shells are fruits of his incumbency. Pretty bwa remits for one man. i Reality, ~ nJk-n .Won't Recognise It. Sparta Ishmaelite. discovery of a now comet ~.i.S oc ?.amJly placed at our service, for of nnr^°j ^ ho old cornels have not been in the 1 8et 7 ioe to toe people of this section, to dniS.*’ an “ unless tho new ono is going itsm.rb. r,we n0 ‘ care to recognize this ance ‘, Until we are satisfied on oiaeL 0lat ’ W0 s h®fi shut down on the new The Sens OUI Round From the Brooklyn Eagle. “Could I see tbe editor?” she asked, looking around for him and wondering what was going on under his table. “Eh I yes; I’m him,” responded the edi tor, evolving himself and slipping a cork Into his vest pocket. “What can i do for yon?” “I am a student at Parker Institute,' responded the blusblog damsel, “and I have written a little article on ‘Our School Days,’ which I would like to have pub lished in the Eagle If you think it good enough.” “Certainly,” replied the editor, gazing ip unconscious admiration upon the beau tiful face before him, “Does in commence ‘Our school days 1 how the words linger in sweet cadence on the strings of memo ry! Is that the way it runs?” “Why, yes,” responded the beaming girl. “Then it goes on, ‘how wo look for ward from them to the time when we shall look back to them 1’ How did you know ?” Never mind,” said the editor with tbe engaging smile which lias endeared him to the citizens of Brooklyn. “After that comes, ‘So shiney! So gilded with the pleasures that make yojith happy, thoy tiave flown into the immutable past and come to us in alter life only as the echoes of sweet recollection.” Isn’t that it?” “ It certainly is,” answered tho aston ishedgirl, radiant with delight. “How could you know what I had written ?” “Then it changes from tho pianissimo and becomes more tender: ‘Tho shadows gather round our path. Tho roses of friendship are withering, but may we not hope that they will bloom again as wo remember tbe affection that bound us here and made,’ “No, you’re wrong there,” and tho soft eyes looked disappointed. “Is it ‘Hope od, hope ever ?’ ” asked the editor. ‘•That comes in farther on. You had it nearly right. It is, ‘The dun shadows close arouud us. The flowers of friend ship are sleeping but not withered, and will bloom again in the affectionate re membrance of the' chains that bound us so lightly.’” “Strange that I should have made that mistake,” said the editor musingly. “I never missed on one before. From there it goes, ‘schoolmates, let us live so that all our days shall bo as radiant as those we have known*here,and may we plnck happi ness fronr every bush,forgetting never that tlmjthorns are belowjtbo roses, and pitying those whose hands are bruised in the march through life.’” “That’s it P’ exclaimed the delighted girl, and then comes ‘Hope on, hope prAr.* W ■ “Sure’s yon’re bom!” cried the editor, blush : ng with pleasure, and once more on the r.gbt track. Then it runs: “And as for you, teachers dear I” “Yes, yes, you’re right,” giggled the girl. “I can’t see how you found me out! Would you like to print it?” and her face assumed an anxious shade. “Certainly,” responded the editor, “I’ll say it’s by the most promising young lady in Brooklyn, the daughter of au esteemed citizen and a lady who has already taken a high social rank.” “That finishes the school commence ments at one swoop.” sighed tho editor gloomily, as the fair vision floated out. “Can’t seo how I made that blunder abont the shadows and roses and friend ship. Either I’m getting old or some of those girls have struck out something original. Here, Swipes, tell tho foreman to put this slush in the next tax sales sup plement,” and the editor felt in his hair for the cork, and wondered what had happened to his memory. Car Sickness Rapid traveling and long journeys liavo mads car sickness a very common com plaint, and the anticipation of it destroys the pleasure of many trips to the sufferers. A Boston paper says: A lady who bad occasion to take a short trip on the Lowell road—and sho never travels by rail for pleasure—was, as is usual with her, as thoroughly sick as ever a landsman is on the “heaving deep," by the time she had ridden a dozen miles.* Tho conductor of the palace car, who was apparently very familiar with such cases, told the sufferer’s companion that a sheet of writiug paper, worn next to the person, directly over the chest, was a sure pre ventive of the trouble in nine cases out of ten. He had recommended it to hundreds of travelers, and rarely knew it to fail. The prescription seemed very liko a “charm”—a horse-chestnut carried in the pocket to ward off rheumatism, or a red string around the neck to pre vent bleeding at the nose. But it was simple, and could at least do no harm* For the return trip a sheet of common writing note paper was fastened inside tiie clothing, as directed. Result, a per fectly coinfortablo journey, without a hint of the old sickness that had for years made travel by rail a terror. It was so liko a superstition ora happy accident, how ever, that the lady wonld not accept it as real until subjected to a more severe tc*t. This came in a day journey to New York, and that hardest trial of ali—a night trip in an “alleged” sleeping-car. Both were taken in triumph. The “ebajm” worked. And the lady writes: “The day journey was a perpetaal wonder and delight to me. 1 could sit up and read, and look at the landscape through which we whirled, and act as other people do. And still 1 didn’t feel ready to confess to a cure until I had tried the sleeping car, which had always been a horror to mo. But even here the “spell” worked. 1 ate a hearty supper in the diniDg car—and kept well. SI *pt soundly all night, got up as com fortably and dtessed with as level a head and as steady a hand as tbougii I had bean Id my own room. Read until break fast time -a thing I have never before done on the cars—and was hungry for my morning meal. It Is really wonderful, almost too good to be real. For tho first time in my life I have experienced the pleasure of traveling. Give tbe Hoc a Chance. X. Y. Tribune. There has been a pie-eating match in Philadelphia, at the National Theatre, in which six boys of oormorant appetitos en gaged, tbe prizes being a silver watch ana a gold ring. Tho pies consumed were of tho dried-apple species—the most dreadful form of that truly American viand. I no winner swallowed five and_ a half l* 103 five minutes, nnd was still living when last heard from. Afterward eleven young men contended, devouring monster pies fifteen inches in diameter and two inches thick. Tho winner mado nway with his in one minute and five seconds. He. too, stilt lives. It is a pity, however, that human ambition should b© ■ waatod in^ such nn- worthy struggles, in companion with which spelling matches rise to tho height of intellectual sublimity. It is only fair, in eating matches, to allow the donizons of the sty to compete, although they would certainly carry off all the prizos. Who? • An Insider” in S' Y. Herald. Who carried Indiana ? Dorsey. Who was in constant communication with Garfield during the October cain- whom’did Swaim, Garfield’s doar- est chum, most sincere friend, most do voted adherent, go with tears in bis voice . ^To^iiose rooms did Swaim. Piatt) . U°r- ham, Filley, Woodford, and all tho mag num bonuins” of tho party go in Iudiau.ip- olis ? Dorsey’s. IXTEItES TIS G LETTER Ell OH 800CU01V, CAUSA. A CKjr of Low Reputation—'Twenty- One Centuries Old—Hoar the Celes tial Government Protects Foreign Residents—How tbe News of the Denver Riots Was Received in Soo- ehow—Tbe Heathen Chinee Setting an Example to Christian America The subjoined letter from a nephew of the editor who lias, for tbe past nine years, filled tho position of a Presbyterian missionary in Soochow, is pcst-marked 10th February, and was forwarded to the editor while sojourning on Cumberland Island last April, and subsequently mis laid. It is therefore a little older than necessarily compelled to be; but it is par ticularly interesting as showing the efforts of the Chinese government to protect for eign residents and the pains it takes to afford the most ample security to Ameri can missionaries. In these respects the Chinese government has displayed a lib erality, courage and justice which may well rebuke tbe reckless intolerance of tbe Chinese shown by tbe mob in this country in many cases in California, and in the bloody assaults upon them last winter iu Denver, Colorado, news of which had just been received when this letter was penned: HEATHEN and the unavoidable irregularity in at tendance, is forced to spend most of bis noon recess in bearing recitations, who is compelled to neglect many home duties, wiiose incessant labors preclude all oppor tunity for aelf-improvemcnt; who, from his own slender, insufficient salary, must supply tiis school with brooms, buckets, chalk and glass for bis windows; who works on patiently, faithfully, cheered by no ray from “the powers that be,” save au occasional beam from the kindly facu of our ever genial superintendent. We ask you, gentlemen, of the board, for public recognition; we ask yon for the encour agement of your presence, for the work man Of whatsoever type or excellence, is cheered by the presence of the master. We are glad to know that a move has been inaugurated to give us what we wish. We stand ready to doff our liats to the originator of the idea to have tho president appoint from the board a visitant to our closing exercises in tho summer. We will welcome such an one. It is what we want. We envy not tho city teacher his comfortable room, his good round salary, his extras and his school appliances. He ought to have all-of these. Wo do not complain because ho has six hours per day for self-culture, his school journal, and for shaping up the thousand and one contrivances that tend to make school-room attractive and school work successful. He needs all of these. He could not be a good teacher without; but ifourworkbe equally meritorious, give us a part of that public recognition so lavishly bestowed upon our brother pedagogues of tho city, understand, gen- I tlemen, we are not afraid of wast’bg our IN THE HANDS OF THE a «A.iaaiir.nat I “sweetness ou the desert air”—we are sure preacher ot£cw\ork, t? i, ]eav? ourprlnts”-but wo awfully hate iu a centennial historical discourse, took for his text: “A citizen of no mean city.” Sorry I cannot do the same for Soochow. Listening to the half dozen epithets in common use, which are hurled at us on all occasions, especially when on the other side of the canal, of which “foreign devil” is the most respectable, ono ‘is tempted to think it a mean place. Satan was a philosopher when ho said: “Skin for skin;” “touch Ins bone and his flesh.” Curses fall lighter than brickbats, The present object is not a historical sketch, for the history of this city fills eighty-four largo volumes, covering twenty-one centuries. Tbe Cbineso have a proverb: “Above is heaven; below Soochow and Hangchow.” Its popula tion is rear that of Philadelphia. For nearly nine years I have resided within its walls. The foreign community (adult) consists of one less than dwelt in the ark, to-wit: A Georgia lady, a gentle man from North Carolira and his wife, another from Missouri and his wife, and tbe writer, from South Carolina, whose good wife is from Alabama. By the treaty of 1842, flee port* were opened; siuce then this number has been increased to twenty. In theso the mer chant must reside, and here only can Iio transact business. There is a clause In the treaty to the effect that missionaries may travel anywhere and preach. Tbe Mandarins interpret this that they may rent chapels in the interior. Iu this city five lots have been bought by foreigners and bouses erected. Missionary work lias been carried on In three ways, principally: First, by opening schools, at present about nine in number; second, by tbe ladies visiting the women from house to house, and the wojnen coming in great numbers to sec them; third, by daily preaching in tho chapels, where all who pass by drop in and hear, staying as long or short as they choose. The preaching is necessarily in the teeth of their superstitions and religions. Soon after we came, living on a crowded street, on a procession day, thirty women coming to worship was the occasion of a disturbance. The officials and the consul quickly settled tho aflair. Two years ago a gentleman took off bis trowsers (in China the most forcible way of showing disgust), and, imting them against the door of a friend’s chapel, cursed. The Mandarin commended his conduct, iu same livery, to tho tune of200 bamboos (lashes). Except theso instances, the people have been very friendly. Some four years ago an Englishman by the name of Margary, while exploring a route from Burmab, was murdered. Since then the government has been very particular to protect its foteign guests. A colporteur, who tho last two yeare sold 19,000 Bibles in a Western province, told mo that the mandarins would insist on sending a guard of soldiers with him from ono city to another. In Soochow they have a foreign secretary connected with tbe-Yamsm, who visits us regularly and asks us to inform liim of all friends who arrive that protection may bo afforded. Sometime ago one hundred proclamations were issued, commanding the peoplo to treat foreigners with respect. So great is the love of the Chinese for children, and they like so much to look at them, considering little foreign girls as ‘goddesses of mercy,” that nowhere in tho Empire could a man accompanied by child bo harmed. In connection with my chapel I have opened a reading-room, supplied with re ligious, literary, and scientific trans lations. On tho desk are several icriodicals and the Shun Pao, a Shanghai daily with a circulation ot 10,- 000. In It appeared a full and minute ac count of tho Denver riot, with all of its horrible details. Pleasant truth, for a foreign reading room 1 One would think the Chinese would riso In revenge 1 Not so. Ho is a very plethoric animal. He thinks, “well I could have told you so! What did you go to tho foreign devils' country anyway for? Did you not know the outside barbarians were a fierce set? Of course tho red- haired-men would eat you up.” H. C. DuBose, Southern Presbyterian Mission. Letter From a Country Teacher. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: A humble country pedagogue respectfully asks a portion of your space to say a word in behalf cf country schools and countiy teachers. The writer will hazard the as sertion that in the city of Macon can be found fifty men, prominent in business, in politics, in the professions and in trade, who know not the number of country schools; who know nothing of the teachers cf these schools, or of their work; who re gard the country school as a bone to soothe rather than to benefit the countiy people. We of the country are mindful of the great excess of tax paid by the citizens of Macon for tho support of our splendid system, and we. sincerely appreci ate their munificent liberality in establishing and successfully operating our sehools. We wish them to know of our appreciatiou by personal observation. True, the board of education, through our gifted superintendent, obtain periodical reports of tho general chatacter of the work dono In country public schools. They know that the schools are moving along, they have tabular statements of the number of pupils, number of teachers, attendance, etc., but.as country teachers e want them to know more of us. We isli them to meet us face to face in our school-rooms, to become acquainted with us as meu aud as teachers, to criticise onr work, and bo able to render a verdict, whether or not the country Is deserving of the liberality ot the moneyed men of Ms- coj. We wish them to know not only the kind of work but the amount of it dono by the country teacher whose labor begins at seven and closes at live; who, from the multiplicity of his du “to blush unseen.” Very truly, Country Ped. 8ESVISG US IVORD. Another Acconnt of Vienna’s Tragedy —Forayth aud Fort Valley Com rib ate Items. Special. to the Telegraph and Messenger 1 Vienna, Dooly county, May 9—A most terrible accident and dispensation of divine providence occurred hero yestor- day. L. J. Stovall, familiarly called “Jeff,” a yoitug man beloved by every body, of noble traits of character, a do ting mother’s pet, was shot through tho heart and instantly killed by bis brother, J. J. Stovall, who was laboring . under a fit of insanity, incident to delirium tre mens, at the time. No pen can describe tho feelings of the agonized family, nor portray the suffering of tho unfortunate brother, who, in a dim way, begins to re alize the awful occurrence. W. W. S. Fort Valley, May 10.—Wo regret to chronicle au accident that befell little Louis Brown on last Sunday evening. He was swinging, when the rope broke and threw him on his right leg and broke tho little bone in it above the ankle. Tho citizens of Houston have, we un derstand, filed a petition to have the “fenco or no fence” question submitted to a vote of the people of the county on the 1st Monday in July. There seems to be little or no opposition to this law, and tbe probabilities are that thero will be “no fence" in Houston next year, A. V. R. HOVERS COURTSHIP. How tlio Practical Blends with tho Romantic. Brooklyn Eagle. “And you really love me dearly ? ” he asked, as he coiled his arm around her wasp-like system. “And you’ll always love mo so ?” “Always, Frederick; ever so.” “Aud you pledge mo to sew but—” “Sir!” “You pledge me to so beautify my life that it will always be as happy as now ?” “With my last breath, Frederick.” “And, darling, you will mend my soe—” “Yourwhat, sir?” “You will mend my social ways and draw me upward and onward to a better existence ? ” “It will be the pride of my love so to dp, Frederick; I will sacrifice all for yoar complete happiness.” “1 know that, sweetness. But suppose some accident should happen to—to— say the trou—? ” “You forget yourself, sir. To the what ? ” “To the trousseau; would it defer the hour which makes you mine ? ” ‘Never, Frederick. I am yours, mind and heart, and naught can separate us.” “But what I want to say is, that should my pant—?” “Begone, sir. What do you mean ?” “Hear me, my life. 1 say, if my pant ing bosom should grow cold in death, would your love still warm it!” ‘As the sun melts the iceberg, Freder ick, so would the rays of my affection thrill your heart again.” “And you will care for me ever, my soul, and I for you, for though I may never have a shir—” “Enough! Leave me forever.” “But listen. "Thingh I may never have a slinking disposition. I shall soicetimes, perhaps, in the struggle of life, forget tho plain duty—” “And I’ll remind you of it, Frederick, in tender actions, and mako tbe duties of existence so pleasant ra performance that to avoid them will be pain.” And so on. That’s modem courtship. Lots of abstract swash,.but % manifest disinclination to contemplate such con veniences as buttons, socks, trousers and shirts. Colliding Bait. Washington Special to N. Y. Tribune. There is no indication that Senator Conklinghasyiclded iu any degree his de termination to exbanst every possible re source to prevent Judge Robertson from becoming collector of the port of New York. For weeks ho has been laboring with great assiduity among Democratic Senators to enlist their support. Among other circumstances that have attracted at tention lias been tho part played by the Vice President. It has been noticed during tho Inst two or three weeks Hint he tins quite frequently vacated the chair, and has usually, though not invariably, invited a Democratic Senator to preside. Either Mr. Harris, Mr. Cockrell or Mr. Voorhecs lias been called upon such occasions; and curiously enough, thoso three Democratic Senators are among those claimed ns re cent recruits to the anti-Robortson ranks A Democrat remarked to-day that he did not believe Senator Harris would “rise to that bait.” THE COLLECTORS OE CARDS. .Hnacbt?-Calltire.Iaii>. London Fun. Lady—“You wish to leave, Parkins ? But you only came yesterday 1” Parkins—“Yes, mann. Hin engaging, I thought you was sparrer-gxass gentry; but when I 'ears from the cook last night that you cat pertaters, cabbige, carrots, and sich like seeond-hand vegetables,I ses there ain’t nothing hestket- ic in it, aud I resigns my staff of horfice, so to speak. _ “WhM “Fa” Did and Said. Augptta Chronicle. Mr. Speer is Of the opinion that General Longstreot owe3 his appointment' as mar shal of Georgia to him: Perhaps so; but when did the General become an indepen dent ? Oucc wo know, at New i trleans, ha wont over to Greeley, but Hopped back in time to save his bacon witli Grant. Gen. Rosser got from Fred Grant that “pa” was wroth with Longstroot, who wrote him a penitent letter. “What did your father say whon lie got that letter, Fred?” “Well, unswereu the cub, “pa tore it to pieces in a rage and oxclaimod —! 1” The reader tics, „ —, „ - —- ■— , must imagine what that dash and those ex ilic ungraded condition of his school clamation points may mean. Ax Epidemic That Sparc* Neither Old nor Tout, “It seems to have first broken oat Boston,” saida scrapbook and album manufacturer, speaking to a reporter of the Sun about the card-collecting mania. “At least, it was from that city that the great increase in the demaud for books first came. New York soon followed; lias broken out with great violence in Philadelphia, and is moving westward like the epizooty. It does not yet seem to have penetrated the South to any extant, but it looks as if it would sweep the countiy. Our house manufactures 200 differeui styles of card albums, and turns out a thousand a day. We are behind our orders, and yet we are only one house among a dozen here iu the business.” The books manufactured by this house for the use of card collec ors range iu price from twenty-five cents to ten dollars apiece, and in quality from com mon cardboard backs to full morocco, with pages of fine cardboard on which to mount the cards. All sorts of de signs embellish the covers—Japanese, arabesque, East lake, and nondescript. On some, sliver paroquets sit on gold boughs: some display red palms, blue flowers, aud birds of gorgeous plumage sailing in golden skies; some display groupings of cards in various colors; but tho most expensive and durablo are in plain morocco aud gilt. “Wo always have had more or less ap plications for our cards,” said a member of a firm that usc3 a large variety of pic ture cards for advertising purposes, “but they used to come mostly from school children. and Saturday was the day for tho children’s visits. But during tho lost six months card collecting seems to hare become a fashionable pursuit with all classes of people. I understand that one of the finest collections in the city lias been mado by tho wife of ono of tho vico- presldents of tho Erie railroad. Another fine collection has been made by the witc of a leading officer of the New York Cen tral road. One of the finest collections I have ever seen was made by an up-town doctor. At first wo used to give cards freely to callers, but the pressure became so great that wo had to stop tbe practice. Now we make collections of cards which we sell for postage stamps from three cents upward. \Ve pay as much as $100 a thousand for some fine large oleographs, which are In demaui as ‘centers’ for al bum pages. When a person comes in for cards, wo simply hand him a circular giv ing our terms aud stating that we can at tend to applications received by mail only. We still receive many office appli cations, but the bulk row come by mail. During the past year we have sect out a small profit on them, while at the same time they bear our advertisement. We buy our cards in so large quantities that wo can disposo of them to collectors at a a small profit to ourselves, and yet sup ply them cheaply.” Every mail brings many letters, enclos ing stamps, to this house. Most come from New York,Boston and Philadelphia, but some from as far West as Chicago, and as far South as Charleston. Tbe firm have cards put up in collections ranging from three cents to $1.00 a set. Somo few shops put up a notice of “No cards given away,” in order to keep off collectors, but most of them are making use of the mania for advertising purposts, aud give away cards to draw trade. Tho cards of invitation issued by many up-town retail stores for their “openings” this spring were beautifully illiuniuated. A millinery house got up a beautiful card in the shape of two birds of gorgeous plumage, whose wings when opened dis played pictures of tho latest styles in bon nets. Drug stores receive iunumerablo applications, but these aro mostly from children. Seekers for tho beautiful in art cards have learned that really'Bno cards aro not to bo procured by tho more asking. A sort of reciprocity system has sprung up among houses which get out fine cards. In order to give variety to the collections which they send out, they mako exchanges of cards among themselves, each house thus pelting tho advantage of the connec tions of the others in sending out adver tisements. Caro is taken not to disfiguro the cards in printing advertisements upon them. The demands of the collectors hare also created a special business in the supply of cards. It is now a common thing along the thoroughfares to seo card peddlers, with their wares spread out in large bas kets. The weekly papers are full of ad vertisements of card dealers. Tho last is sue ot tbe Weekly Sun contained the ad vertisements of 21 firms which make a specialty of supplying cards to collectors. Great taste is displayed in tho making of fino collections. In inountiug cards on album page, a large fino card must be badforthu centre, aud small cards aro arranged on tho borders. Fains are taken to mouut the cards so that they will harmonize in color and design, and bo symmctriccl in their arrangement on tho page. Collectors become very ex pert in judging ol tho quality of cards, and can promptly tell whether a card is German or French, or whethor it is an American imitation; how many impres sions of color it has received, and what quality of colors has been used. Somo of tho best collections have as genuine and artistic value in their dis play of the varieties and excellence of color printing as collections of prints have in their exhibition of the graver’s art. While dealers do not expect the present mania to last, they say that it lias done great good by stimulating de signers and color printers to ilo their best work, and by creating a demand for fine art cards that will ho permaneut. The clerks at the post-office say that last year not over 5,000 Easier cards passed through tho mails; this year thero ware 00,000.—N. T. Sun. Jeff Davix’Speech «t New Orleans. New Orleans, May 11.—At the con clusion of the ceremonies attending the dedication of the tomb of tbe Association of the Army of Northern Virginia, and the unveiling of the statue of Stonewall Jackson yesterday evening at Mataire Cemetery, Jefferson Davis, after compli menting Gen. Lee’s address, and congrat ulating tho association ,on the completion of their tomb and monument, referring to Gen. Jackson, said; From the academic shades of the military institute lie went forth to battle for the cause of State rights, self-government and constitutional liber ty. Nobody expected that this quiet pro fessor would have au opportunity to show the great qualities be possessed and be come the great hero of tbe war. To-day he stands in the opinion of Europeans, so far as I kuow it, the mightiest chieftain ot the Confederate cause. This silent pro fessor constantly rose liko a meteor over the battlefield cf the Confederacy—only litre a meteor in Its brightness, for bis light was as steady as the orb oi day. It shone to the very close, increas ing in brilliancy and In tbe trust which tbe people put upon it. Such was Jackson. He lire;! for his country, never doubting in the justice of her cause, believing it was rights ms and trusting in it. He died as l live to-day, feeling that the Confederacy ought to have succeeded because it was founded on truth and Justice. He > gave his life for the whole country, and the countiy gave its heart to Jackson. You, the men upon whom be leaded in tbe Tbe ffontbera Baptist Convention. This body, comprising delegates who represent the conventions and general as sociations of the Southern Baptists, met at Columbus, Miss., on tbe 5th of May. Dr. P. H. Mell was elected president, and Rev. C. E. W. Dobbs and Rev. Lansing Bur rows, both of Kentucky, were elected sec retaries. This convention is organized for the purpose ot eliciting, combining and directing the energies of the whole denom ination in promoting foreign aud domes tic missions, and other important objects connected with the Redeemer’s Kingdom. Fcr these purposes it has two boards—one for foreign missions and one for domestic missions, whose duty it is to collect and expend the money tho Baptists of the South contribute for the propagation of the gospel. The first thing at each ses- sioti of tho convention, therefore, is to hear the reports of these boards, made by their corresponding secretaries, declaring what has been dono during the past con ventional year. It will thus be seen that our Southern Baptist Convention lias nothing at all to ao with governing tho church, and being in that respect totally different from a Method>st General Con ference ora Presbyterian General As sembly. HOME MISSION BOARD. The report of our Home Mission Board demonstrated the contribution forborne and Indian missions during the past year by the board of*$21,000, of which there was expended in the employment of missionaries during tbe same period SIS,- 000. Twenty-six missionaries were om- iloyed in the States as follow: Iu Flor- daS, Georgia 2, Texas 2, Louisiana 1, Arkansas 2, Tennessee 2 Alabama 5, Virginia 3, North Carolina i, Kentucky 1, California 1. Among the Indians of the Indian Territory seven missionaries were kept employed. Of the labor of all these domestic and Indian missionaries tho fol lowing is a GENERAL SUMMARY. Weeks of labor, 1,203; churches sup plied, 59; other stations, 43; sermons aud addresses delivered, 3,316; prayer and other religious meetings attonded, 976; baptized, 119; received by letter, 101; irofessod conversion in connection with ds labors, not baptized by missionary, 316; Sunday-schools, 59; pupils, 2,619; pupils converted, 71; Bibles and Testa ments distributed, 108; religious visits, V241; miles traveled, 54,669. “KIND WORDS.” The report of the board said, in repard to this Sunday-school paper of the con vention, which is published by J. TV. Burke & Co., of your city: “The paper is gotten up iu good style, and conducted with marked ability. It deserves,and is re ceiving, a liberal patronage from the de nomination. It is a Sunday-school mls^ slonary, Baptist paper.” levering school. This is the name of a manual labor school started in the Indian Territory for boys and girls by the Home Boaid. Tho building will be completed in July, and with the adjoining land purchased, will cost $10,000, aud will affotd a homo and tuition for fifty boys aud fifty girls. This will be a great aid to oar mission among the Cieek Indians. ■ THE FOREIGN MISSION BOARD. The receipts of this board were about $47,000. Its disbursements about $46- 200. In expending this amount the board has maintained in China seventeen mis sionaries and fifteon assistants, as follows: At Tung Chow, six; at Shanghai, four, and four assistants; at Canton, seven and eleven assistants. In Central Africa it has maintained four missionaries and two assistants. In Italy, it has maintained five missionaries, four of whom are Araer- cans, and eight assistants. In Mexico one and in Brazil three missionaries are sustained. It will thus be seen that we have thirty foreign missionaries and twen ty-lire assistants. It is a sad task to bo compelled to state that one of our mis sionaries to Mexico was murdered by a band of Indians and Mexicans on the 18th ot last December, but his place is supplied by another. In that country wo have eight Baptist churches. Our Rome chapel has cost us $30,519.73, and is a fine building in a central locali ty. The board expects to build another residence for our missionaries in Canton, and enlarge that ot Dr. Taylor, in Rome. Contemplating a mission in Cuba, where there are a few Baptists who desire a pas tor, the foreign board inquired of Secre tary Blaiue what toleration might be ex pected for missionaries in Cuba, and what protection might be expected from tho United States government. The fol lowing is Mr. Blame’s reply: Department of State, ) Washington, March ISth, 1831. $ H. A. Tupper, Esq., Corresponding Sec retary of the Southern Baptist Conven tion, Richmond, Va. Sir—I havo received your letter of the 8th iustaut, wherein, representing the Southern Bapt’st Convention, you in quire, “Whether the Spanish or Cuban government would protect or tolerate Baptist missionaries in Cuba; and, if not, whether our government would do any thing, by treaty or otherwise, to secure protection for any of our citizens, whom the above named conventiou might ap point as missionaries to that island ?” In reply, I have to observe that, while the existing treaty relations between the United States and Spain protect the rights of our citizens, as such, no as surance can be given in advance as to the action of foreign authorities toward the missionaries themselves or in respect to their work. This government, however, is always ready to give all due protec tion to Americans, it their rights as citi zens are infringed. I may add that it is not thought likely that your agents in Cuba will meet other or greater obstacles than in the countries named by you, where the convention already has missions. I am, sir, your obedient servant. James G. Blaine. Tbe convention will consider this mat ter. Mexico.—There is a strong tending to establish a Baptist mission in Mexico, there being, now, Baptists and Baptist churches at Monterey and Santa Rosa, Ebanos, Montemorelos aud at four other places—eight in all, with 200 members. T. M. Westrup, tho proposed successor of J. O. Westrup, who was murdered, is in Mexico, at present, prepared to enter up on the work. Our three missionaries in Brazil report two churches and 44 mem bers. Africa.—The African mission has churches and missionaries at Lagos, on tho coast, Abbeokuta, Ogbomosho, and Gaun in the interioi, 4 churches, 92 mem 543. There is a loud call for more missiona ries to be seut to China. Italy.—The following list of U:o mis stouaries employed by Southern Baptists in Italy aud the points at which they la bor, together with the number of church members: At Rome, G. B. Taylor, Mrs, Taylor, J. H. Eager, Mrs. Eager and Signor Cocorda; at Torre Pelhce, Signor Ferraris; at Milan, Signor Pascbetto; at Modena and Carpi, Signor Martinelli; at Naples, Signor Colombo; at Bari, and Barietta, Signor Volpi; at Island of Sar dinia, Signor Cossu; at Venice, Siguor Bcllondi; at Bologna, Signor Basile, and Signor Torre. Baptisms 26; present membership, say, 175. I have summarized the home and for eign reports for the information of many of your readers, as brtefiy as I could add a few words of the conclusion of Dr. Tupper’s interesting report: A terrible blow fell upon us in tbe murder of our missionary in Mexico; but the Lord overrules In tbe proffer to our service of his more able and experienced brother. Two brethren of South Caro lina, where their praise is in all the churches, Rev. T. P. Bell, and John Stout, have come before the board and been appointed missionaries respectively to Tung Chow, aud Shanghai. Drs, Crawford and Yates will be greatly en couraged and strengthened, as tho board is, by tl 10 signal answer to long and agonizing prayer m the gift to our cause of these two gifted men. The board ac cepts their self-consecration to the heathen as a token cf divine favor, and as a distinct signal to “go forward.” Cuba pleads for help; and Hong Kong presents to us a fully equipped mission ot one hundred members. Nor are laborers lacking. Two candidates are to meet at the convention a committee of the board. Yet otliers are ready to offer, if encour agement is given. Our Jehovah moves in advance, Afid says, ‘‘Folloff me.” I The proceedings of the convention, 86 far, havo been unusually interesting. Many of tho vary best men aud ruling spirits of our denomination are here and tbe spirit is excellent. All seem bent on advocating and advancing the cause of the Gospel. Dr. S. Landrum’s missionary scrjnon on Thursday night was universally commended. The foreign mission ad dress of Drs. Hawthorne and Curry on Friday Right were superb. A memorial from the Mississippi btato Board was pre sented, urging the convention to engage in mission work in New Orleans, and a special report on the matter was brought in on Friday, supported by some of our strongest speakers, although they opposed buying or building church edifices there. The seminary was ably advocated, and Dr. Wharton succeeded in raising over $5,000 for it, mostly by subscription. Rev. Mr. Kerfoot, of Baltimore, made a strong speech, in accordance with a resolution oi our last convention, In support of a plan for more effectually obtaining the contri butions and co-operation of the masses of our denomination. It is an important subject and 1 may allude to it again. The more definite action of the convention on various matters must bo deferred to an other mail. S. B. ■ Columbus, Miss., May 7tb, 1831. REACHING THE MASSES. I Tbe last convention appointed a com mittee to render a report to the present convention, setting forth somo plan by which contributions from tbe masses for the purposes 4 of the conventiou maybe best reached or obtained. That commit tee reported through its chairman. Rev. F. long address explanatory of a printed re port which embodied their recommenda tions. These wero to secure (1) a close and influential connection withtheStates, (2) a diffusion of information, (3) an ac tive representative of tho convention m each State, (4) an annual address from each board to tbo denomination, (5) a re port lroin each Slate to the convention. This report was submitted to a special committee of one from each State, Rev. E. W. Warren representing Georgia, and they brought in a report, which, summed up briefly to suit your columns, is as fol lows: Plan adopted to elicit, combine and di rect the energies of the denomination: 1. Tbe two convention boards to lorm tbe closest possible connection with the State boards oi tbe different State conven tions, and unite with them on some plan mutually agreeable for attamiug tbe ob ject. 2. Disseminate information on mis sions as much as possiblo and prepare an annual address from each hoard to tho people, and secure, if possible, the co-op eration of the pastors. 3. Keep a record of the churches and associations which contribute and try to win over those which do not. 4. Appoint a working vice-president of each of tho two boards in each State, with definite duties assigned- 5. Results to be reported at each con vention. 6. Tbe second day of each convention to be set apart for the consideration of these reports from the different States. 7. The recomendations to become by laws of the convention and alterable, but not during tbo latter days of any session. NEW ORLEANS. The Southern Baptists have ever recogniz ed New Orleans as a grand strategic point, from which Baptist mission operations should radiate, especially so because of the overwhelmning number of Roman Catho lics in that city and throughout Louisiana. For that reason the State Mission Board o.f Mississippi and East Louisiana made a strong and pointed appeal to tbe conven tion to begin a mission in the city of New Orleans, strengthen tho two Baptist churches in that city and aid them in building houses of worship. Much and earnest discussion ensued, many being unwilling to build bouses and incur pe cuniary responsibility. A special report cn the subject was sub mitted by Captain W. H. Hardy, of Mis sissippi, who made an able speech on the memorial of the Mississippi State Board, favoring mission" In New Orleans. “Cap ture New Orleans,” said tho speaker, “and you take the citidel of South Amet> ica!” Dr. Burrows, of Kentusky, opposed the report and moved to recommit. Dr. T. G. Jones, of Nashville, Tenn., made a strong and eloquent speech in fa vor of the New Orleans mission. Dr. Ford opposed the building of Baptist churches by the convention, and said, “Send men to preach the gospel.” Rev. T. J. Walnc, of Mississippi, made a touch ing appeal to the convention in behali of II1C IIIUl upuil nuvua UG IU MJW *|UU f, hour of danger, iri honoring him also Statistics— Baptized, 72; 'pupils, 190 1 , ’ honor yourselves.” contributions, $474.14; church members, bers, 180 Sunday-school scholars, 93 day , missions In New Orleans, and touched on school scholars, 26 catechumens; baptized j the spiritual blindness of that great city during last year 22, and baptized since . with moving pathos. 1875, 84. The colored Baptists of the | Much feeling and heartfelt sympathy South are co-operating in the support of was aroused, and a report was adopt- this mission. Brother David, a white ed, which embraces the following missionary, in Africa, appeals for two action, in regard to New Orleans: more white men immediately. 1. A recommendation to the Baptists China.—The following is a summary . everywhere to aid the First Baptist of our China missions: j church lu New Orleans to secure a house Missionaries at Tung Chow (post-office of worship. Cheioo).—T. P. Crawford, Mrs. Craw- 1 2. The home mission board is iustmet- ford, Mrs. 8. J. Holmes, Miss L. Moon. ed to’send two or more missionaries to .At . tjhanghai.—M. T, Yates, Mrs. , New Orleans as soon as practicable to Yates. Native Pastors—Woug Ping San ’ preach the gospel; With reference to aud Sea T’ay San, wita four other native Cuba the convention declined to enter into assistants. \ $ny missionary work in that island, as the At Canton—R. fl. Graves, Mrs. Graves, missions iu Italy, Brazil and Mexico call Mias Lula Wailden. E. 4- Simmons, Mrs. for as large au. expenditure of means and Simmons, Mias bailie Stein, Yocg Seen labor as tbe convention can devote to the San, aud eleven other native assistants spread of the gospel among the Latin and Bible women. peoples. This was doubtless a wise de cision. It wasjresolved to press the mis sion work in Mexico, and to push forward with all possible diligence in onr China missions. Tbe two brethren, Uer. T. P. Bell, ot South Carolina, aud Rev. John Stout, of Alabama, who are going to China, made affecting speeches and ox- eited tbe heartfelt sympathies of all, and received tho heartiest commendation from each one on account of their true mission ary spirit. Their speeches followed the reading, by Rev. R. A. Graves, returned mission ary to China, of the special report of China missions. These two young men will probably set sail for China with Mr. Graves next October. Perhaps the most brilliant events of tho session, so far, havo been the mission speeches In favor of foreign missions, by Rev. J. 1). Hawthorne and Dr. J. L. M. Curry on Friday nigbt,to a vast audience. Tbe former is veiy graceful and eloquent, and his graceful gestures, timely words,in polished sentences, and his earnest elo quence may become fruitful in well di rected effort iu mission work hereafter. In regard to Dr. Curry’s address, tho Tri- Weekly Dispatch of this city, says : “Dr. Curry, although not well, waspro- vai.ed upon to speak on this moving theme, and royally did he do it. The earnestness of tho speaker, bom of a love for souls and an intense yearning for the spread of tho gospel into all lands, begot an interest and attention and sympathy in the subject the like of which has not, perhaps, been seen and fejt in Columbus before. Dr. Curry Is au orator, and to the qualities of oratory adds a learning most profound. His indorsement of mission work is an indorsement carrying vast weight. We have not beard a lecture in the recent past that was more to our lik- iDg, and Dr. Curry has the thanks of nearly all that heard him for his earnest, intense words of soberness and truth. Truly, tho occasion wa3 a field day for the friends of missions.” After the addresses Dr» J. W. Mi Wil liams, of Biltimord, quite captured his audience by a few minutes’ talk, and no contribution that has fallen under my ob servation was ever taken up with such general good-will. Tho $239.00 given was certainly a free-will offering. On Saturday night Dr. William H. McIntosh read a fine paper on tbe history of tbe Homo to a large audience, and was followed by Dr. E. T. Winkler, in au able address on home mission work. A collection of $150, I believe, was taken up. This wound up tho week. On Suuday the churches and Sunday- schools were crowded to hear the different preachers and speakers; aud as the names of these are matters of gcnoral cariosity, I send a list of the appointments as a fitting closo to this hastily written letter: Baptist church—Dr. H. H. Tucker, Georgia, 11 a. in.; Dr. John A. Broadus. Kentucky, 8:30 p. m. Methodist church—Dr. J. L. Burrows, Kentucky, 11a. m.; Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, Virginia, 4 p. m.; Dr. J. W. M. Williams, Maryland, 8:30 p. m. neehytai ian church—Dr. T. O. Jones. Tennessee, li a. m.; Dr. rv. nr oarroll, Texas, 8:30 p. m. Cumberland Presbyterian church—Dr. F. H. Kerfoot, Maryand, 11 a. m.; Dr. M. B. Wharton, Georgia, 8:30 p. m. Jewish Synagogue—Dr. E. I. Winkler, Alabama, 11 a. m. SABBATH SCHOOLS. Baptist—Rev.J T. M. Bailey, Ala bama; Rev. Lansing Burrows, Kentucky. Methodist—Rev. S. Boykin, Geor gia; Rev. J. Rowan, Tennessee. Presbyterian—Rev, J. Wm. Jones, Virginia; Rev. J. Curry, Texas. Cumberland Presbyterian—Rev. M. T. in rell. Christian—Rev. S. A. Iladeu, Texas; D. W. Hughes, Tennessee. S. B. THE BIG POLITICAL HILL. Tint Blood Claimed Tor tlie President —Conkllng Somewhat urocnr on His Pins, Bat SU11 ltr the Bins. Washington special to Cincinna i Enquirer. Tbo ruling political sensation continues to be the New York complication. It is discussed at all public places, and tho probable outcome variously speculated upon. Tbo issue seems to bo irreconcila bly joined between the President and Conkling, and overtures in the interest of peace are useless. At tbe Senate to-day everything was calm. Conkling was early on hand, and for the first time siuce the Robertson quarrel begun he clearly be trayed sigus of anxiety. It Is altogether in looks, for with the few who spoke to him he maintained his defiant air, and as sumed that the battle had not yet been lost. At the capitol to-day the opinion that Robertson would be confirmed appeared to be general. A friend of Senator Conkling said to him that he believed the confirmation of Robertson could not be prevented. The reply of the New York Senator was to the ellhct that he did not share in his opiuion—that the matter was not yet settled by any means. In short, Mr. Conkling expressed himself as still holding a strong position. Efforts to bring about a Settlement of theattair, so as to avoid a coutest within the party, are still being made, and tbe indications are that a good many Republican senators still hope to see some kind of a com promise effected. Several Senators of that party called on tbe President again this morning, and urged the withdrawal of Robertson as the best and surest means of harmonizing the party. They argued that' as the New York nominations bad been withdrawn, if the President would now recall Robertsou’s name that would re move all cause of irritation; that then an entire new deal could be bad with New York patronage which would satisfy both wings of the party. The President ad hered firmly to his former declaration that he conld not withdraw the nomination. He expressed himself as sincerely desirous of party harmony, but thought it was ask ing too much of him, under all the cir cumstances, to withdraw Robertson’s name. It is given out that Senator Conkling ba3 accepted the President’s ultimatum, and does not indulge in any idea of his re ceding from his ppsiUon. If there is no report made by the commerce committee on tbe nomination by Wednesday next, tbe talk is that another caucus will be held, and that the friends of the ad ministration will have enough votes to reconsider the action of the previous cau cus, and, having accomplished this, re fuse to be bouud by any ukase which will delay any longer the crisis. The long-beaded Senators say that as peace is now impossible, the sooner the tight is over tbu better for all concerned. What the PnsMszt (MboaM Bo. Philadelphia Times Commissioner Le Duo ought not to be turned oat of office; he says so himself. Hie reason for this is, that he has now got the tea-plant in good humor and it has con sented to grow successfully in this oountry. it has been growing for a great many yean in some parts of the South, but it has been disoovered tint it costs three or four dollars more a pound ta ratio ten in this country than it does to import it. If the cultivation of tea in this oountry is necessary, and the watchful oare ot LqDuc is essential to the enterprise, tbe President should though fully take the Agricultural Bureau off his shoul ders and give him full swing a$ the tea bus iness ou his own account,