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.1. UAIXiHRU, Bditvr.
lATURDAY FEBRUARY 21, 1874.
OTTO TRIP TO SAVANNAH.
After tho aSockhohl ws ride kr*4 ended,aud
<uar k’i w<*k ws done, we picked our
li'tle Bt'lf up aud started for the Fore*t
< :*y, uot witliwnt regret* that we could
3d go sooner, for we wo*ld have been
S i.id to have been iu the city with our
f oith Georgia friends during their stay
lut th" fate opposed it, and
v.-tj, wills Moses-like meekness, calmly
i ibiuitted ami waited for our turn like u
’ lie nrra. So Friday caino and the Iw
3’iii SNPKNT was out, containing a liisterfy
■ ; the liutohelor’a big turnip, which we
i died a “root," and which tile irked the
modesty of throe of our anbsrribeni nod
t trew them into spasms, ond, we are sorry
t t *oy that during the pendency of Ihoir
) iroxiHin* we were m< with them to
s leviate their sufferings by refreshing
t ieir minds with some of the many anec
dotes they have related ond listened to,
with ecsUciea of delight. Tie think their
i > bine ton would have relaxed and relief
vmild have been immediate, hut, on we
v snt, uuoouiwionn of tho sufft rings of
■ i ir modest friends, that thought of sume
( ting entirely different from what wo
were writing about.
Wo felt safe, for the conductors win sc
< ommodating and vigilant, all the while
! okig after tiseir business. From No.
32, Mr. Maynardics was on tins train, and
vo have only to say that he is a model
c inductor. Ife is tins passengers friend,
i. ml true guardian of the company\s
interests. And, while on tho subject of
< snductom, wo mnat aay that Air. Keller,
v. lio was our conductor back to No. 12,
vaavrry attentive to tho comfort of his
passengers ami his duties to the company.
Hut, wo reached Savannah while the
r bn was pouring down in pitiless torrents,
i lliuli lasted with short intervals all day,
b it, on alighting from the earn, wo meet
with two hundred thousand men, more or
1 's, white, black and yellow, ready and
si uxious to accommodate us to a ride—
( imu for tho Pulaski, some for tho Seriven,
tme for tho Marshall, and some for
•resnan'* European House. That word
r landed very sweetly on our ears, for our
, cent grandfather's groat grandfather
line from Europe (that is, if Ireland is in
ittrope), and wo took pannage for the
European, and iu u few minutes was
cated at a table in tho reetnurnnt to a
'ireakfas* that would extort a smile from
sit cpfeure.
Saturday was a gloomy day, and Savan
.ll;vu is not a pleasant place in rainy weath
er, o wo spent most of tho day in doors.
forulay was a lovely day. It was the eel
• nation of the Carnival, and every thing
-tee was abandoned. Business and pleas
ure was forgotten, and tho streets were
< rowded at tho hour appointed for the pro
- eaaion to form.
We aro not familiar with the streets, nud
cannot accurately give an account of their
line of march. Wo met them at Bryan
;> tract, end to ns the procession was quite
i iturosting. Wo liave neither time nor
sp;ice, nor are wo sufficiently acquainted
'with tho organisation to give the charac
ters represented, with a description of
their masks, etc. Being from tho wire
:;russ regions and not accustomed tn such
scenes, we confess we didn't seo as much
as we might have seen. Onr eye fastening
upon some few of the characters, and wo
couldn’t got it loose nntil they and the
whole prooession had passed. Suffice it to
say wo laughed ourself into a profuse per
rpirntiou, and wc arc not ashamed for hav
ing laughed,if wo are from tho piney woods,
for City matrons and maidens, old and
young, and men of nil ages, classes, sixes
and complexions, thronged the streets, and
with some of our wire grass simplicity con
vulsed tlkoMselvoa With laughter.
Wo like these celebrations; they aro sen
sational; they bring the people together
better than preaching. Wo have deter
mined to get up a sonsation in our town
by fantastically ornamenting a few favor
ite dogs with tin pun appendages.
On our return home, when wc thought we
had left tho city far behind, the (ruin sud
denly stopped, and we learned that wo had
reached only onespau(n)from the city. That
'optui(u) was a maguifleent young lady, who
took passage with us, assuring us in con
fideuoe that she.was gohig to liecome anew
gent (Nugent), whioli is “done did," und
wo are absolved from further secrecy.
The culmination of the events will be seen
in auothor ewlinr.ii. Wo arrived at home
on Wednesday morning, siek with a cold,
feeling then and now but little like writ
ing-
Toncimw Akkcikit* ov a Spider.
“A fine 1 old English gentfemnn” (Mr.
Woegridgo), with abundant leisure for
studies in natural history, has written a
Tory entertaining hook cm insects, in one
i hapter of which (a* a critic asserts) ho
“elevate s the eiursetcr of the rpi.u-;. It
ix pleasant, at any rate, to know that he
fins found out enough about the creature’s
feelings to elevate science in the direction
of mercy. The story is briefly as follows:
Moggridge has lwen in the habit of im
mersing for preservation his different spec
imens of spiders and ante in bottles of
alcohol. He saw that they struggled for a
few minutes: but be thought that sensa
tion was soon extinguished, and that they
were soon free from suffering. On one
occasion he wished to preserve a large
fennde spidernt*T twenty-four of heryouug
ones that he Ivsd captured. He put the
mother into a battle of alcohol, and saw
that after a few moments she folded her
legs upon her body and was at rest. He
•lien put into the bottle the young ones,
ii ho, of course, manifested acute pain.
What was his surprise to see the mother
arouse herself from her lethargy, dart
round to, aud gather her yosing ones to
her bosom, fold her arms round them, and
again relapse into insen flvlit", until at.
1-ngth ilenth came to her relief, aud the
Pmns. no longer controlled by this mater
nal instinct relaxed their grasp and became
dead. The affect of the exhibition upon
him is a lesson to our common humanity.
He has applied chloroform before hnmer
■ ion. Judging from the above, the spider
S' superior to the human animal, in the
tact that alcohol docs not destroy her
natural affection.
OBORGIA NEWS.
James I„. Running, late poafoMater iu
Jttlnnte, is dead.
A lady in Morgur, county anperkrtefcied
a plantntfoTi last soawm and made, with
two hands, 22 bales of oottoM, 8(l0 bushels
of corn, io.tVW pound* of fodder, 200
bushel* of Mb, aud 100 husbok at w heat.
The Savannah AJoerUner-Uepubliom bos
this: The Savannah Otmtoin House is
heated by u big f uni see, uot ao large
though ns some of the folks in tliiwe may
well expect to lie warned up by after a
while.
George A. Gustin, fowuorty of Augusta,
is the inventor of u wonderful typo writing
machine. The tyi>c writer is aKmt the
sire of nil nrrHfcary sewing raucbilve, and is
worked with keys, wtnihir tw pfnno keys.
It is claimed that an expert mn write with
it readily sixty words a minute,and that it
can write fully a hundred words a minute.
The Clarkes villa Qatette speaks to the
jsrint in its comments niton the action of
the Georgia Legislature in allowing four
men from the ew counties of bodge, Doug
lass, McDuffie and Rockdale to occupy
scats iu the House of Representatives and
receive seven del tars a day, when they
were never legally elected by tho people.
The Meriwether VbuUeator learns that a
raun whoso name it could not ascertain,
was fmxon to death in White Oak creek
on Saturday night, 7tli inst. He and an
other man, both intoxicated, were in a
Imggy creasing the creek. 'Hie horse be
came entangled and conKl not free him
self, and one of tho wen succeeded in get
ting out., leaving tho other, too drank, in
the buggy. He was found dead in his
seat in the vehicle Sunday morning.
The Athens Watchman chronicles a hor
rible Occident that occurred at High
Shoals Factory on the Ktli instant. A
youth iiy the name of William Hrock, six
teen or eighteen jsiars of age, playing
with a Im,y by the name of William Wal
luoe, ageii about ten years, tied u rope
around his neck and threatened to hang
him. Ho then led biro to a lino shaft
which runs the pricker, which was making
upwards of one hundred revolutions per
minute, and threw the line over the shaft.
It caught on it and wound tho boy over
it, over und over, until a man ran out of
that room up-stairs and stopped the fac
tory. The boy was then cut down, and
found to be beat into a jelly, severul bones
broken, and no hope of recovery loft. He
lived about an hour and a half.
Augusta Crmutitutionnliit of Sunday:
Rutledge, a station on tho Georgiu Rail
road, in Morgan county, was tho scene of
a terrible tragedy Friday night. It seems
that John Wood, who had been drinking
heavily of Into, got on a fearful bender
the first of the week; ho abused his wife
and family terribly, and the woman de
clared she would make away with herself.
Site accordingly left the house. Wood
got. somewhat, si five red up Friday morning,
and was half apprehensive that his wife
had carried her threat into execution.
He went to her father's house and to sev
eral other places, but could not find her.
That night he went homo apparently so
ber. Yesterday morning a shocking dis
oovery was made by Iris neighbors. Wood
himself was found dead, having apparently
sliot himself through the heart. Ilis three
children were in their beds, but each was
cold in death. There iu no doubt that he
first administered morphine to his children
and then raised a suicidal against himself.
Hero is another commentary upon drink
ing, and more terrible illustrative than a
thousand temperance lectures.
Discouraging—The Ladies Attracting
Custom to the Saloons.
JmWT.imojmij,E. Ind., Feb. 14.—Tho
novel action taken by tho women of this
city for the suspension of tho liquor
traffic, fully developed itself this after
noon. Tho organization, composed of
two hundred ladies, met at tho Metho
dist Church at throe o'clock, and, after
services and some preliminary arrange
ments, they quietly marched to U. M.
Strauss’ saloon, one of the most prominent,
where they found the doors closed. They
asked for admittance, but it was refused.
Service was then commenced upon the
sidewalk. By this time the excitement
was at its height und the crowd immense.
After singing ami several prayerH, they
marched to A. A. Fonts’ saloon, followed
by a vast crowd of men and boys, where
they were received with kindness. They
asked Fonts,to close and quit the business,
which ho agreed to do, provided they
would buy him out. This, it was under
stood, they consented to do. Then sev
eral hymns wore sung and prayers offered
up, but during this time Jone Ramsnot,
the bar-tender, was busy dealing out all
kinds of drinks to tho noisy crowd that
hud taken possession of the door-wavs
and counter. Two kegs of beer were sold
whilo the services continued. Many ex
prassions both for and against tho move
ment were to be beard among the vast
crowd that had assembled. The bar
tender said, after the services, that finan
cially the meeting was a great success.
From here the Indies marched to A.
Kloeaper’s silicon, and were met by tho
proprietor, who kindly tendered them
the use of tho saloon to hold their devo
tional exorcises. He was naked to discon
tinue the sale of spirituous liquors and
close the saloon, which he declined to do
unless they would buy him out, and no
arrangement to that effect was made.
Singing and prayer was then commenced,
but the immense crowd became so noisy
that the ladies were forced out to the
sidewalk, where the services continued
for some time. When they concluded,
the hour being late, they adjourned to
the church, whero further services were
held, and tho hour of one o'clock Monday
afternoon was set to meet and continue
their efforts, when great crowds are ex
pected from Louisville and New Albany.
The movement Ims created a great ex
citement among all classes of citizens, and
its effect on the liquor traffic in this city
is yet to be told.
A gentleman of Marblehead, says the
Boston Post, who, by sad misfortune, had
lost a large portion of the roof of his
mouth, together with the soft palate, and
consequently the ruin of his articulation
and eass of eating and drinking, ciuue into
our office last week, and presented for oar
inspection a i ingenious piece o mechan
ism, invented and constructed for him, at
the request of n Boston surgeon, by Mr.
Dudley, senior, of Salem. It is no less
than an entire roof for the mouth, with
several teeth mounted thereon, also both
a hard and soft palate. With this artificial
•substitute for the natural organs, the gen
tleman convinced us by actual triad, that
he could speak plainly, and declared that
he oouM eat and drink iw well as liefore his
misfortune. He assured ra that he would
not take ten thousand dollars for the doc
tor’s artificial work, aud expressed much
gratitude for the excellent service of the
skillful dentist.
The eighth ward, New York, is about to
establish a committee to help the genteel
poor who do not beg, and to whom soup
kitchens may bring no ulleviatiou of their
sufferings.
FLORIDA NEWS.
•
A coroner’s inquest and post-mortem
examination in JeiVerso* county cost the
tax payors oße hundred *.n<t forty dollars.
As the Steamer OckluWulia Was crossing
letke Harris on the 2d, a young man
named Vinton, from Indiana, Ml over
board aud was drowned. Up to lust ac
counts bis body had not been recovered.
Young Vinton was n youth of more than
average promise, and wua just ready to en
ter college.
Tile trill grunting tho Atlantic aud Gulf
Railroad Company" privileges in the State
failed in the Senate by a strict party vote,
twelve for and twelve against the measure,
tlie President mating hi* vote in tho nega
tive. It was thought tho Company asked
.too much, and that if the law passed it
would monopolize West and South Flor
ida. The lave Oak Times says that an
other hill has boon prepared, which, it is
tli ought, will prove more acceptable, and
will probably be passed.
Tho Live Ouk Tima* says that advices
from Tallahassee state that it is probable
a resolution will pass both Houses of the
Legislature condemning the Governor for
not handing Littlefield over to the au
thorities of North Carolina, and recom
mending his immediate surrender. It is
now probable that visitors ’o the North
Carolina penitentiary will notice a burly
figure in striped trowsers busy “totin
brick,” and, npnn inquiry, will learn that
it is “Old Plausible" from Florida.
A correspondent of the New York Ex
preu, writing from Jacksonville, gives the
following remarks from an old darkey
in regard the present st ate of affairs in that
State; “Bose, deso am hard times, sartuin
sure. Fibe or six men soon own all dis
country. I) so dam taxes too much for
hi niggers; tax on ill's yore mule, tai on de
shanty, tax for dis, tax for d;.t—wlmr do
bigger gwine to git nil dis money to pay
dose taxes ? Soon hab to sell um farm.
No money to make um crop wid.” The
rame correspondent ako says: “Most all
the darkies who own places owe more
or less money on them, for which they
Iny from 20 to 00 per cent, interest. We
were offered by one 25 per cent, for a loan
of of 8100 until next September to make
his crop, with a mortgage on his farm
that cost him 81,000 os security.
Tho Tallahassee Sentinel says that there
occurred on Monday at Jackson's Bluff,on
Ocklocknee river, about eighteen miles
west of Tallahassee, one of those tragic
and bloody affrays which shock humanity
and make the blood run cold. A difficulty
hud existed between Zed. Russell, son rif
Mr. .Jesse Russell, and Simon Ulmer, an
old man with a large family. The par
ties met yesterday to settle it i.i an amica
ble way,bat angry words excited their evil
passions and old man Ulmer started to n
tree rear by for hi., gun, when Zed. Rus
sell fired aud Ulcer fell. His gun John
run to tho assistance of his father, and
while leaning forward to raise him np,
Russel) fired ami wounded him in the
head. Seizing his father’s gun he turned
and Russell ran into an old log house.
John Ulmer followed, kßooked open the
chinks between the logs and fired fifteen
buckshot into Russell as he attempted to
escape out of the door. Simon Ulmer
died last night about twelve o'clock, and
Russell was alive at, last accounts, but with
no chance of living b. v >nd a few hours,
Russell also wounded a man by the name
of Pope, though not seriously.
A neat little romance—if it can be called
snoh—has recently had its culmination in
Florida. More than twenty years ago,
Major Waldo A. Blossom, who is now in
Jacksonville,was a resident of Washington
City. While there, chance cast in his way
a young man named Larimer in whom he
became deeply interested. Larimer had
been led away by the influences of wicked
associations and was utterly dissolute and
dissipated—to all appearances a moral and
physical wreck. It is more than probable
that Major Blossom fliseovered redeeming
qualities in the young man, notwithstand
ing the depths to which dissipation lmd
brought him, for the good Samaritan res
cued him from the gutter, gave him a
pleasant home, and aided him in throwing
off the vile habits he had contracted. In
December of lost, year, Major Blussam's
attention was called to an advertisement
in a Boston paper over the signature of
Larimer, inquiring the address of Waldo
A. Blossom. He responded to the inquiry
and soon received a letter from the parent's
of his former pqrhge in Costello county,
Colorado, informing him that their son In
dying had willed his properly to his for
mer benefactor. The letter, which is pub
lished in the Jacksonville kepvbuam,
touchingly alludes to Major Blossom's
kindness to young Larimer, and gives a
cine to the result of his casual charity.
The young man nfter reforming, returned
to lus parents in Colorado, became oil
honest, honorable, noble man, and accu
mulated a vast estate, all of which will
come into the possession of Major Blos
som in June of this year. Ono of tho ap
praisers of tho property, who was in
Florida a few days ago, writes to tho Re
publican that the bequest is fairly valued
at one million of dollars, and is free from
encumbrance—truly an auspicious ending
to a pretty little story.
Boos nr Weight.— Tho Legislature of
Massachusetts has lately passed a law mak
ing it necessary that a dozen eggs weigti
one and one-half pounds. This is a move
in tho right direction, and we hope that all
of the other Stales may speedily follow the
good example set by Massachusetts. It is
annoying to the breeder of blooded and
fine fowls to find, when ho offers for sale
eggs nearly twice ns large as his neighbors,
that they bring no more per dozen than do
the smaller ones. Also, the consumer is
often vexed to find that he must pay the
same price to-day for a dozen eggs weigh
ed but. a pound that he yesterday paid for
a dozen weighing a pound and a half. Be
sides an egg from a well fod|fowl heavier
and richer than au egg from a common
fowl that is only half fed, so that weight
compared to size is an indication of rich
ness. Thus, eggs of which eight will weigh
a pound are better and richer than those
of comporitively the same size of which ten
are required for a pound. Of course, with
eggs at three or four cents n dozen—and
the writer of this has seen hundreds of
dozens sold at these figures—it is not rnneh
matter ns to the size; but when tho prices
range from twenty-five to sixty cents per
dozen, it is a matter worth looking after.
It is high time that this old style of selling
aud buying poultry aud eggs by the piece
should be continued. It is a relic of the
past, and reminds ns of the times when
dressed hogs sold for a dollar each without
regard to size or condition, and were a
dull sale at that. Insist upon it, then, you
who raise jsHiiUy for the market; insist,
upon it, then, yon who have to buy eggs
for consumption; insist upon it, all ye rich
and poor, high and low, that egg’s bo sold
for so much a pound. Then it will be an
inducement for farmers to raise a better
class of fowls, aud all will get their just
dues. Then the enterprising breeder aud
poultry fancier will receive the reward for
his efforts to furnish a market fowl of good
size and of such a degree of fatness that it
shall be eatable; and the breeder of poor,
half-starved specimens will no longer bo
.his successful rival. Ffint Wicl>. 1
TIIE GRANGERS.
They Tne a M*nifeto to the American People—
A Non-Political Order for the Elevation of Man
and tho Improvement of Women- -Homely
Truths for Far men.
St Louis, Februay 11.—The National
Orange to-day, after the transaction of
some minor business, road tho fepoft of
tlie oommitce on the resolution prer, anted
by Ward law. of Florida, aud suOpted it
unanimously. It is as follows:
“Profoundly impressed with the truth
that tlie Natioual Grange of the United
States should definitely proclaim to the
world its general objects we lietehy unan
imously make this declaration of the pur
poses of the Patrons of Husbandry:
“First—United by tho strong and faith
ful tie of agriculture, we mentally resolve
to labor for the good of our order, our
country and mankind.
“Second—We heartily indorse the
motto, ‘in essentials, nnity; iu non-essen
tials, liberty; in all things, - charity.’
"Third—We shall endeavor to advance
onr cause bv laboring to accomplish tho
following objects:
“A developed and higher manhood and
womanhood among ourselves
. “To advance the comforts and attrac
tions of onr homes, and to strengthen our
attachments to our pursuits,
“To foster mutual understanding and co
operation.
“To maintain inviolable onr laws, and
to stimuli!' 9 each other to labor, to hasten
the good time coming.
“To reduce our expenses, both individ
ual and corporate; to buy Jess and produce
more, in order to make our furrns self-sus
taining.
“To diversify our crops and crop no
more than we can cultivate.
“To condense the weight of onr ex
lort, selling less in tho bushel and more
on the lioof and in fleeee.
“To systematize rmr work, and calcu
late intelligently on improbabilities.
“To discontinuance (of the credit sys
tem, the mortgage system, and every
other system tending to prodigality and
bankruptcy.
“We propose meeting together, talking
togeiher, working together, buying to
gether, selling together, and in general
acting together for our mutual protection
and advancement, as occasion may require.
“We Hliall rvoid litigation us much os
possible, by arbitration in tho grange.
“We shall constantly strive to secure
ertire harmony and good will, and vital
brotherhood among ourselves, and to make
onr order perpetual.
“We shall earnestly endeavor to suppress
personal, local, sectional and national
prejudices, sll unhealthy rivalry and all
selfish ambition.
“Faithful adherence to these principles
will insure our mental, moral, social and
material advancement.
“Fourth—For our business interests we
desiro to bring producers and consumers,
farmers and manufacturers, into the most
direct and friendly relations possible.
Hence we must dispense with a surplus
of middlemen, not that we •* unfriendly
to them, but do not need them. Thoir
surplus and tbeir exertions diminish our
profits.
“We wage no aggressive warfare
againat any other interests whatever. On
the contrary, all our acts and ail our ef
forts, so far as business is concerned, are
not only for the benefit of producers and
consumers, but also for all other interests
that tend to bring _hec two parties into
speedy and economical contact.
“Hence wo bold that transportation
companies of every kind are necessary to
our success, and that their interests are
intimately connected with onr interests;
and harmonious action is mutually advan-
tageons.
“Keeping in view the first sentence in
our declaration of principles of action,
that individual happiness depends upon
the geuerul prosperity, wo shall therefore
advocate for every State the increase in
every practicable way of all facilities for
transporting cheaply to the seaboard, or
between homo producers and consumers,
all the productions of our country.
“Wo adopt it as onr fixed purpose to
open out the channels in nature’s
great arteries, that tho life-blood of com
merce may flow freely. We are not the
enemies of railroads, nor of navigable or
irrigating canals, nor of iiuy corporation
that will advance our industrial interests,
nor of any of the laboring classes.
“In our noble order there is no com
munism, no nggrarianism.
“We are opposed tosuch spirit and man- i
ngement of any corporation or enterprise
aa tends to oppress the people, and rob
them of their just profits.
“We am not enemies to capital, but we
oppose the tyranny of monopolies. We
long to see the antagonism between capital
and labor removed by common consent
and by an enlightened statesmanship wor
thy of the 19th century.
“We are opposed to excessive salaries,
to high rules of interest, and exorbitant
per cent, profits in trade. They greatly
increase our burdens, and do not bear a
proper proportion to the profits of the
producers. Wo desire only self-protection
and the protection of every true interest
of onr land, by legitimate transactions,
legitimate trade, and legitmante profits.
“We shall advance tho cause of educa
tion among ourselves for our children by
all just means within our power. We es
pecially advocate for our agricultural and
industrial colleges that practical agricul
tural, domestic science, and all the other
arts which adorn the home, bo taught in
their course of study.
“Fifth—We emphatically and sincerely
assert the oft-repeated troth taught in oiu
organic law, that the Grange, National,
State or Subordinate, is not a political or
party organization. No Grange, if true to
its obligation, can discuss political or re
ligious questions, nor call political conven
tions, nor nominate candidates, or even
discuss their merits in its meetings. Yet
the principles we teach underlie all true
politics, all true statesmanship, and if
properly carried out, will tend to purify
the whole political atmosphere of cmr
country; for we seek tho greatest good to
the greatest number.
“But wo must always bear it in mind
that uo one, by becoming a gmnge mem
ber, gives up that right and duty which
belongs to every American citizen, to take
a proper interest in the politics of his
country. On the contrary,it is a riuhtj for
every one to take an interest in the poli
ties of his country. On the contrary, it is
right for every member to do all in his
power legitimately to influence for good
the action of any political party to which
ho belongs. It is his duty to do all he can
in his own party to put down bribery cor
ruption aud trickery; to see that none bui
competent, faithful and honest men, who
will unflinchingly standby ourindustri.il
interest*, are nominated for all positions
of trust; ami to have carried ont the prin
ciples which should always characterize
every yraaw member that the office should
seek the umu, and not the man the office.
“We acknowledge the broad principle
that difference of opiuion is no crime, and
hold that progress towards the truth is
made by differences of opinion, while tin
the fault lies in bitterness of controversy.
We desire a proper equality, equity, and
fairness; protection for the weak, restraint
upon the strong; in short, justly diatribu
led burdens, and justly distributed power.
These are American ideas, the very esuenee
of American independence? and to advo
cate tho contrary is unwoilhy of the sons
and daughters of an Arteri":'.!* republic.
“We cherish the lielief that sectionalism
is and of right shorn Id be dead atfd buried
with the past. Out WoA is for the present
aird the future.
“In our agricultural brotherhood and ite
pnrposea We shall recognize no Ncfrth, no
South, nd East, to West. It is reserved
by every patrdn, as the right of a freeman,
to affiliate with any party that will best
carry out his principles.
“Bixth—Ours being peculiarly n farm
ers’ institution, we cannot admit all to our
ranks. Many are excluded by the nature
of our organization, not because tboy are
professional men, or artisans, or laborers,
but because they have not a sufficient di
rect interest iu filling or pasturing tho
seal, or may have some interest in conflict
with our purposes. But we appeal to all
good citizens for their cordial Co-operation
to assist in onr effort* toward reform, that
we may eventually remove from our midst
tho last vestige of tyranny aud corruption.
We hail the goneral desire for fraternal
harmony, equitable compromise and earn
est co-operation as uu omen of our future,
success.
“Seventh—lt shall be an abiding prin
ciple with us to relieve any of mrr im
pressed and suffering brotherhood, by
any means at our command.
"Last, but not least, we proclaim it
among our purposes to inculcate a proper
appreciation of tlie abilities and spbeie of
woman, as is indicated by admitting her
th membership and position fa onr order.
Imploring the continued assistance of our
Divink Masteii to guide us iu our work,
we here pledge ourselves to faithful aud
harmonious labor for all future ti.no, to
return by onr united efforts to the w isdom,
justice, fraternity, and political purity of
our forefathers.”
TUB OOTTOK STATU*.
A memorial to the Patrons of Husbandry
in tho Cotton States was also presented
and unanimously adopted. It is an argu
ment in favor of mixed husbandry ill the
South, inst ad of expending the ene-gies
of the people raising a single crop. It
says:
“During tho past seven years, onr cot
ton fields have added to the wealth of the
world two thousand millions of dollars,
and caused prosperity to smile upon ev :y
one who has handled our crops, save those
who struggled for its production. Annu
ally the energies of tho cotton planter
have been exhausted in attempting to
produce a maximum crop of a single staple
whilst quite os f oquently lie hits reduced
liis means insurudyisglihi necessary wants.
A system Iwseu upon such a policy aud
producing such results meet he rr lically
wrong, and, if persisted in, Will lead to
bankruptcy and ruin.
“No people can ever beennte nroeperons
who are not self-sustaining. Our fertile
soil, exhaust!ess mineral wealth, abundant
water power and general salubrious climate
avail U3 nothing if annually wo expend
millions for subswtsnca. It is generally
conceded that home grown bread
is cheap r than purchased supplies, and
the observation of cverv planter is that
that those Southern fanners who live
within themselves arc more in.l pendent
and less incumbered with debt than those
who have relied solely upon tlie cotton
crop. Were it otherwise, it is h.iznr.lon
for any people to rely upon others fora
supply o' those a:hales which are ue:oa- j
f;arv for their daily consumption.”
it then refers to he famine which more
than onee has oceßred in India ow-j
ing to the efforts of the peoplo to grow i
cotton to the exclusion of breadstuff's, and
ad.lt': *
“During the past year, portions of lowa
Minnesota and Dakota have been invaded
by grasshopper.i, which destroyed every
vestige rtf vegetation. Imagine your con
dition, should a sinid.j’ invasion become
general in the Northeast, andc. nplod v. i .h
this idea, the total failure of the cotton
crop, either from worm, drought, or any
other unavoidable cause, Improbable as
such visitation may appear have we the
power to prevent them ? And is it wise to
subject ourselves to the possibility of
becoming tho victims of such calamities ?
Our wisest and safest policy is as far as
practicable to produce at home our neces
sary supplies.
“Is there a farm South upon which this
con not be done, and at the same time
produce aa average cotton crop, w tho net
result of the farmer's annual 1 dwr ? We
believe there is not. Annually four mil
lions of bales of cotton aro produced upon
Southern soil; but what proportion of this
vast amount is returned to indicate our
prosperity ? One-half of it is expended
(or necessary supplies, whilst tho remain
der is divided between labor and taxer.;
hence the cost of production has exceeded
the value of the article produced. Shall
this policy continue ? Extensive cotton
crops have evinced our unity of purpose,
and entailed poverty upon ns. An equally
uniform adhesion to mixed husbandry
would secure onr recuperation. Cotton is
a necessity, and the extent of that neces
sity can be calculated with eraetne. . If
3,500,000 bales are grown, they w:' 1 be
consumed before mother crop can be
gathered, and a remunerative market price
will be sustained by the consequent de
mand. If 4,600,000 bales are grown, the
large marginal excess will control and
depress the market. The alterenativos
for success are numerous, but wo need
rely upon the single one of co-opcrating in
tho determination to subsist at home.
With this end attained, there is no reason
why we should not be the happiest, most,
independent, and most prosperous people
on the earth.”
The memorial is signed by the M.'stevs
of the State Granges -f South and North
Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia and Ten
nessee, and was not only heartily approved
by tho Committee on resolutions, but
indorsed by every member of the National
Grange.
Sai-t in Sickness. —Dr. Scuddor re
marks: “I am satisfied that I have seen
patients die from deprivation of common
salt during a protracted illness. It is a
common impression that the food for the
sick should not be seasoned, and whatever
si 07V may bo given, it is almost innoeent
of this essential of life. In the milk diet
that I recommend in sickness, common
salt is used freely, the milk being boiled
and given hot. And if the patient cannot
take the usual quantity in his food, I have
it given in his drink. This matter is so
important that it cannot be repeated too
, often, or dwelt upon too long.
“The most, marked example of this want
of common salt I have ever noticed has
been in surgical disease, especially in open
wounds. Without a supply of salt ike
tongue would become broad, pallid, puffy,
with a tenacious pasty coat, the secretions
arrested, the circulation feebfe, the effusion
at the point of injury serious, with un
unpleasant watery pus, which at last be
comes a mere sanies or ichor. A few days
of a free allowance would change all this,
and the patient get along well.”
It is understood the House Committee
on Expenditures will recommend the aboli
tion of all special agon hi of the Treasury
Department, these officials being regarded
as costlv nuisances.
{From the Chicago Tribuno.J
A General Revival.
There is great religious excitement
throughout a large part of tho civilized
world. In Germany, dpain, and Italy,tho
Roman Catholic Church is fighting the
fctato. In each country it chums to Be fast
increasing its wettlbtrshfp, We trie no
reason to doubt this, for the imprutoh
tftom of priest*, as well m tho blood of
martyrs, is the seed of faitb. Unless per
secution dcvelopes into extermination, it
is apt to strcugtlum any organization
which offers eternal bliss as the reward of
temporary twin. In Austria, and likewise
in Italy ana Spain, Protestantism, freed at
last Mm Ultramontane shackles, is push
ing forward ite work to tho right and left.
In France, the curious plionomenon erf tho
pilgrimages presents itself. Tens of tllosi
s-’uds of people have gohe in solemn pro
cession, with prayers ad psalms, to the
grotto where Onr Lady of Lourdbs occa
sionally appears to the faithful, and to the
other sacred places, where Iho miracles of
1878 were wrought.
On holidays the special trains fot pil
grims block up the railways. The pnsSeh
;?ers ffwarm from every quarter of France.
The taunts, nfrd sometime* the blows, of
the free-ttiinking Reds, give a not unplaes
ant flavor Of martyrdom to the journey;
The scored Springs over which tho Virgin
has hoVered before the eyes of ecstatic
worshippers, seem as unf.-dling as the wid
ow's curse. Bottled water from Lourdes
has been rent over the whole world. It
Was but a few days ago that a touch of it
cured a nick nun in Indiana. Then, too,
France must be ardently Catholic how, for
does not ardent Catholicism mean hatred
of Prussia? Crossing the Channel, we find
that the senior Duke of England, the
Duke of Norfolk, headed a recent pilgri
mage to one .of tho French slrrines. A
mnnbor of noblemen, and consumers by
tlie hundred, followed him.
Two eitra steamers bad to be chartered
to carry the party across the Channel, and
the railroodsmi half dozen special trains.
Nothing but an almost passionate feeling
of religion could have carried ont that pil*
grimage in the face of the ridicule of the
press. Yet that ridicule was actually
courted by the isslle of conspicuous adVer
riseffients of “Pilgrimage ! Pilgrimage !
Our Lady of Lourde I Round trip, .42 5s
first class; 30s. second-class.” In the
midland counties tho established church
has been gaining largely. One of its rain
istery has been dubbed the modern Wes
ley, on account of the ferver of his revival
sermons. Aud everywhere the different
sects have been working for the control of
the schools with desperate vigor.
Denominational dissatisfaction with the
educational act was one of the Cannes of
Mr. Gladstone’s overthrow. Crossing the
ocean, we see, in the multitude of small re
vivals now in progress throughout this
Country and in tlie prayer meetings that
are suppressing the Ohio liquor traffic,
signs of a deep religious feeling. This
universal revival ta a phenomenon.
Throughout Christendom, we find the
church militant in full conflict with its
foes. It has led more united bands, has
met less determined enemies at other
times in it: cause, but we doubt whether
it has ever waged war along the whole
force, regular, volunteer and guerrilla,
with greater ardor.
Poor South Carolina.
Cor.tMmi, S. 0., Febrnray 17.—Tho
Tax-payers’ Convention met at noon.
Nearly two hundred delegates were pres
ent. In H:, opening address, President
Porter said that the bad faith of the State
I government and public corruption and ex
tmvKgj'.ncq made a reason for the reassom-
I tiling of the convention necensary. The tsx
payer: ore in despair. They have no civil
freedom, but are the subjects of a plain
and marked despotism,
It v. s prop; r to provide protection for
the proprietory interest representing ono
hundred and seventy millions of dollars of
property which io taxed rtd t&ifrm with
out its consent, by those who bear no bur
den and enjoy the spoliation.
Governor Porter showed by fact!) slid
figures that while taxublo property dedlft
ed from five hundred millions to one hun
dred and seventy millions, the taxes had
risen from 8400,000 to over 82,500.0(H)
People are virtually required to pay twenty
times as much as before the war. The
bonded debt is tret Jed. The amount of
the floating debt is unknown. Legislative
exjiens a have risen from $40,000 to S3OO,
000,and the public printing from $5,000 to
$330,000. He suggested that the conven
tion should encourage immigrr.tirm, organ
ize the *ax payers in every county, and
memorialize Congress for a redress of
grievances by resolute words and acts. !
The Federal government can do much to
improve onr condition, for that govern
ment is tlie only power the wrong doers
fear. Bancroft the historian had said that
Sonth Carolina founded the American
Union under the lead of Gadsdeff and
Rutledge and Lynch.
She was tho first to answer
tho call of Massachusetts in 1665. With
out her no American Congress would have ,
been held. There la olie thing the Amer- j
iean people may be disposed to remember !
against South Carolina,but there are many j
things they cannot afford to forget. Let i
us appeal to the American people, and if’
they hare nature in them, they will heed
and hear the call.
The address was received with applause,
especially the reference to immigration on
on the part played by South Carolina in
the war of independence.
Resolutions were adopted for the ap-!
pointment of a standing committee of ap
pointment. The committee is to take tot
Washington a petition to Congress. The
convention then adjourned till to-mor
row.
A llaud Case. —Tho widows of the
Siamese twins appear to be between two
fires, and fated to be scorched by one or
the other which ever way they turn. For
a week or more after the doat-h of their
husbands, the doctors and scientists gen
erally of the North, spurred on by the
pres;, poured a fierce broadside into’them
for allowing their prejudices to stand in
the way of a solution of 3 great natural
problem that had been perplexing the civ
ilized world for over half a century. Ev
erybodv declared they ought to give up
the bodies for scientific examination, and
considered them very obstinate and un
appreciative women’ to refuse. Well,
science prevailed over natural objections,
and the widows yielded up their dead hus
bands for the benefit of tire world. But,
it seems they have not satisfied the de
mand erf a most unreasonable public.
| They are new quite as much crif.ici.-ed and
condemned for doing a thing as they were
for not doing it; eg., take the fouowihg
from the Coiirisr-joarnat:
Tie precedent set by the young man out
in Missouri some time ago, when he sold
the body of his grandfather to the agent;
of a medical college for S4O, seems to have j
encouraged Mrs. Chang and Mrs. Eng a j
good deal. How much the Philadelphia
doctors paid them for the bodies of their !
twin husbands is not yet publicly known;
but the sum is no doubt large enough to j
make the widows very sad—very sad, we i
mean, to think ihat they didn’t have the j
chance to make the trade many vears!
ago.
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,
OVftce County Qourt, 7
QuiTMan, Ga.-, February 4, 1874.1
OIS&fcKED THAT W. G. BENTLEY BE, AND
is, hereby appointed to test the Weights
and Measures of Brooks County, and that he pro
ceed to nerform said dnty on and after the First
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