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<*kUahfr’s .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. ' . . - NKWAV VERTIBEMESTS. 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