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FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1875.
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.1. C, GALUHRR, Editor.
Newspaper Law.
T. Any person who take* a paper regu
larly from the post-offloo-- whether directed
to hi* name or wiothcr'a, or whetlier he
hM sulmeribed or not —is retjAmsitilc fm
ilk jvti/tn/’nl.
2. If a penmn order* hi* paper discon
tinued, ho must pny all arreamgee, or the
publisher may continue to send it until
payment is made and collect the whole j
amount, whether the paper is taken from
the office or not.
3. The Courts have decided tint refusing
to toko newspapers and jierjodiottls from
the post-office, removing end leaving them
recalled for, is primn fitcir evidence of in
tmitional fraud. tf
Our County.
The prospect for the prosperity of onr
county is by far brighter now than at any
period since the war. The war loft the
county impoverished, stripped almost en
tirely of personal property, leaving a peo
ple penniless, nine-tenths of whom were
unused to toil, and not even familiar with
the theory of planting. They were not
prepured for the changed condition from
ease and affluence to poverty and toil. The
laws of the oountry under misrule, was op
pressive uml limmilnting, rather than pro
tective and encouraging, bonce tho morti
fying situation was by the people reluc
tantly accepted. Forced by the nooessity
of the circumstances, tho people w ire com
pelled to involve themselves for supplies
to make their crops. This expensif was
greatly increased on account of tho scarci
ty of money, uml tho disproportionate
high price of tho needed supplies. Tho
scarcity of money and tho pressing do
and for supplies, made interest high,
id tho shylocks availed themselves of the
pportunily. Ilenco tlio planters were
ireed, for several years, to purchase imp
lies on time (mortgaging their crops) at
rom fifty to seventy-five per cent, above
what the articles oolild have boon bought
for cosh. Another difficulty bad to be
overcome oravoided j that was the changed
condition of the labor system. The negro
fresh from tho emancipation mill, endowed
with nil the political and civil rights of n
citizen, being misguided by designing
men, they lost sight of their former condi
tion of servitude, their then homeless nnd
penniless condition ; and in their ignor
ance nnd impeenniosity, they declared
tlioir Independence, and claimed to be tho
lords of tho land ; set themselves up as
the chief rulers of the country, nnd by the
aid of national bayonets, succeeded for n
Henson. They were taught to believe, and
did believe that in their emancipation,
they were relieved from toil forever ; that
they were to bo kings and princos, and
that the whites of the South were to he
subject to their dominion and control.
They looked not at their condition. Their
poverty was a circumstance unworthy of
their consideration ; their prospective
joys were suflieiout to overcome tho dif
ficulties. They felt confident that tho
vale of poverty would bo removed ere
long, and they looked hopefully forward
in the near future, when the promised land
(the 40 acres), would spread out before
their enraptured vision, teaming with
plenteous supplies. Hut the vision Ims
past ; tho falsehood bus been exposed,
and the false and fitful pride has subsided,
and the former laborer is returning to the
field, having learned the lesson that in
the sweat of his face he shall eat bread.
And the planters, too, passing through
this ordeal, have learned a lesson that
must, in order to success, mako their owd
supplies.
This wo are rejoiced to say they arc do
ing, ami arc independent of the monied
monsters. Weliavo an agricultural and
horticultural society, well organized and
ably presided over l>y Dr. J. I. Groover,
in which many of our people are manifest
ing a profound interest, and in which
every planter in the county ought to bo
perfectly enthused. M e have two or three
active working Oranges iu tho county; we
know nothing of their secrets or ultimate
designs, but judging from the.character
and standing of the members, that it is
good and not evil. If it is designed to
build up aud protect the agriculturalists,
we aay God speed them, for everything
else hinges npou that. M'e have a large
spinning and weaving factory that will soon
he in full operation with a large amount
of new and improved machinery. This is,
and ought to be, the pride of our town
and county, aud every merchant and
planter ought to encourage it : every one
tlwt is able ought to tako stock nnd in
crease the rspital nnd build other factories
and mnehiuo shops, and dye-houses, etc.,
that will enhance the value of lunds, in
crease tl o value of town property, and
build up a market at homo for tho sur
plns produce of tho [ lauter ; bringing
money constantly into the county instead
of sending it out. Now, Brooks county is
on the high road to prosperity ; we have
the evidence of increasing enterprise, per
nevereuce and economy, the three princi
pal elements of prosperity,
A citizen of New Haven thinks that lie
liae discovered the true cause of planetary
motion, llis theory is that tight, with
its great velocity, strikes the earth with
Mich force ns not ouly to counterbalance'
the sun’s attraction, (pit at the same time
to move the earth in its* orbit sixty-eight
thousand miles per lionr. He asserts that
his discovery of the force of light was
made some yeors prior to that of l’rof.
Crookes, of England.
A Floyd comity man has captured a
thirteen year old she Fortune, and her
name was Sarah Ann. . It is possible, and
♦■veil probable, that he will raise several
fortunes during the next quarter of a cen
tury.
Southern Congeessmen.
In a recent conversation Bi-nator Han
son, North Carolina, said that be lias con
versed with a number of those gentlemen
elected to the next Congress from South
ern States who were officer* in the Con
federate army and is led'to believe that
they will be more conservative in speech
snd national in flu-ir actions on the floor
of Congress than very many Northern
Democrats who will be members of that
body. The New York Times Washington
correspondent is authority for this* state
ment. Tne Senator says they arc deterai
inod to avoid everything that might bo
construed as sectionalism, and will strive
to discharge their public duties in such \
manner nk will command tho respeot and j
confidence of the people of the entirocoun- j
try. The Senator believes that those who
expect to aee ex-Confederutcs moving to
undo tho results accomplished by the war,
advocating payment of debts iucured by
tho late rcbelious Htates, or any other fol
lies so frequently alluded to iri this con
nection will be egregionsly disappointed.
Ho says some of the more prominent of
this class express tho belief that they will
Bud more difficulty in curbing some of
the Northern Democrats than in disciplin
ing their own number. They will, lie
thinks prefer to follow Gordon and Lamar
rather hot head* John Young
Brown.
About Advertising.
Tho New York Tribune has the follow
ing about tho valno of advertising, nnd
every practical business man who has
goods to sell will confirm what it says of
the present dull state of business:
Prudence and economy, of course, arc
the two great lessons to he learned; but
there i one part of these lessons which, in
dull times, is very liable to be forgotten.
He sure of one thing: Whenever you have
goods to sell, there are many people ready
to buy,even in the most depressed season.
Find them out, show them your warcsjier-
Bimdo them to buy of you rather than
another. When buyers are reluctant, sell
ers must be. active. It is neither cheap
nor sensible to sit still behind yotir coun
ter and wait for the hustle of trade to re
vive. When business is dull that is the
very time when you most need to adver
tise; and, in the second place, that is when
people devote most time to reading news
papers, nnd when your advertisement,
consequently, fs generally most seen. A
few dollars thus invested will do more to
revive a sluggish business than anything
else in the world.
The Press Convention.
This body met on tho Bth instant. MV
regret that we could not attend, but was
ghul to hear that the convention was well
attended, aud tlmt in all of their delibera
tions harmony prevailed. MV have no
doubt tlmt tho citizens of Atlanta, es
pecially members of the press, did every
thing to make the delegates comfortable.
The excursion to Tocooa and Tulula Falls,
was certainfy pleasant and interesting.
This was all given by tho proprietors of
the Cfmslitution. Wine, it is said was
abundant, bat B. O'. 0., says ho prefered
gin punches, nnd partook of thou very
freely. It is said that gin on some occa
sions is very healthful, and Ivaytou knows
it. It is said tho that whole convention
has Centennial aspirations, and about start
ing time wo propose to join tho happy
baud.
The Adams Express Company is on n
strike, having notified the Secretary of the
Treasury that, after thirty days from date,
they will decline to carry National Bank
notes over their lines, at the usual rate of’
twenty-five cents per 81,600, because of
the risk being too great to insure profit on
the business. They propose to continue
the carriage of legal-tenders tho same as
usual, because with them they have a
guarantee of indemnity in ease of loss.
It is understood that the company will ask
lmlf of bankers’ rates. They claim that
their present contract amounts to about
one-eight of bankers’ rates for tlio same
work. As the receipts of National Bank
notes for redemption will amount to about
one and a quarter millions per day, during
the month of July, the proposed iucrease
is an important question to the National
Ihiuks,
It is stated that Mrs. Lydia. Smith,
Thad. Stevens' housekeeper, is suing his
estate for six years’ wages, at two hun
dred dollars per month. Mrs. Smith is "a
colored lady.” Thad. left her 85,000 by
his will, but that is only about one-third
the amount of six years wages as house
keeper, at two hundred dollars n month.
A play lias been produced at the Oym
nnse Theatre, Paris, the chief character in
which is a deaf, short-sighted duke, who
owns several very valuable paintings, llis
chamberlain pawns three of tho pictures
in tho absence of hf* employer, whose
unexpected return makes exposure certain
unless some trick to bide the theft can ho
devised. In this strait a young artist con
ceives tableaux, arranging the participants
in groups so much like tho stolen pictures
that the duke, tho dim light and his own
poor eyesight helping the fraud, supposes
that he sees the original paintings. The
tableaux thus introduced in the play are
imitations of pictures that have been ex
hibited iu the Paris Saloon, and the men
nnd women appearing in them nro by occu
pation artists’ models. The scene is a
decided hit.
Tho Now York World thus addressed
M’illiam 8. King, the Minnesota stock
farmer and congressman: “Look to it.
William! Gome not to AVashington. If
thou dost, in the language of Richeliou,
behind three stalks the headsman. Your
evil deeds are thick upon you; there is an
angry legislature behind you, and an
angry public opinion all around you, nnd
yon bad really and seriously better stay
away. Buy another bull, enlarge your
legitimate field of effort, and dazzle the
amazed Northwest with the short-horn
calves of the highest blood and breeding,
and iu so doing earn of your countrymen
tire mercy of their forgetfulness. ”
The Raleigh (N. C.) Kerrs publishes the
particulars of a most revolting murder
recently committed in M’ako county, in
that State. The victims were Mrs. Anna
Partin and her child, and the murderer
is alledged to be the husband nnd father,
A. TV. Partin, Jr. On Saturday last the
Ixxlies of the victims were found, after a
king seal ell, buried iu aswnnp, inlPauther
j Branch township, some fifteen miles from
Raleigh, literally cut to pieces.
[For Oaltahes’* Indbfki>zxt.]
Baptism Essential to Salvatiofi.
Ma. Ewtob:—With your permission, I
will notice one more of the feeble efforts
of poor unfortunate "Querist,”in the mean
time rejoicing that editorial courtesy with
holds his name from tho public, thereby
shielding him from the justly severe criti
cisms and merited derisous of the entire
populace, including both saint nnd sinner.
Wo notified him on a former occasion
of onr sympathy for him, believing his
zeal to Ire in excess of his information, but
he, like ull other dogmatist nnd bigots, who
never sec themselves ns others see them,
failed to appreciate it. Now, wc again
notify him that our sympathy is on the
inoreaso, for, after reading his last article
—if I can by an infinite stretch of lan
guage dure so to call it—l am constrained
to beliove that ho is not only wanting in
information, but absolutely bordering on
idiotcy. When I penned my first en
quiry, I did it to provoke talent to a
logical, sensible, scriptural reply ; not.ig
norance to a dogmatical system, or M.t of
assertions. My enquiry was propounded
in snob a way as to impress tho readers with
the belief that I Bias assuming tho affirma
tive—that is that baptism was a condition
precedent to admission into Christ’s king
dom. While I did not affirm it, tho infer
ence that Fbelieved if, was very reasona
ble, Nevertheless snrewd, cunning adroit
sectarian tactitions would not hazard their
reputation, or commit their sects to the
belief of the opposite by declaring it to
the world. I insist that the better secta
rian tactitions evade a reply, because they
are Hnffieicutly informed to know that the 1
affirmative is irri'sislably supported and
sustained by the scriptures. Not so with
poor unfortunate ‘‘Queriit," who has no
knoweledgo of logic, or rhetoric, or scrip
tural teachings, or of his own capacity to
understand either or all of them ; marshalls
all of his mental inferiority and weakness
against the stupendous mid impregnable
fortifications of truth; reared by tho hand
of omnipotence, nnd scaled by the blood
of Christ, as its eternal nnd imperishable
monument. Ho takes no position that he
ean define or support with argument or
authority, hut flies from side to sideof the
issue like a weaver’s shuttle, forcibly re
minding mo nnd the readers of a certain
sheep of classic renown, who never gave a
second butt without changing his base or
backing out of his position. Every reader
will remember that my enquiry was, is
baptism a condition precedent to admis
sion into Christ’s kingdom, and after
wards asserted that it was an net by which
tho sinner was brought into the fold of
Christ, absolving himself from all other
kingdoms, principalities or powers ; a seal
ofacovcnantof elegiancoto Christ's king
dom. This is the last condition required by
Christ, and when performed, it is all tho
alian can do, nnd Christ is pledged to
remit past sins, and adopt him as a
citizen of his kingdom. This is wlmt I
menu by salvation from sin ; and this, Mr.
"Querist,” is what I mean by tho first
salvation. | stated this equally ns plain
before—you didn’t understand it then,
you will not understand it now, which I
think is attributable to a want of capacity.
And thou I told you that eternal |
salvation depended npon a godly life. '
Who but an imbecile would have en
quired of mo whether 1 believed bap- j
tisrn was essential to salvation ? No-one,
or no-two, after I had given my po
sition in language that could not possibly
lie misunderstood. I never asserted that
there was uny divinity or eflieney in water,
nor did I ask for any information upon the
subject. I did' ask if as an act of obodi
ence, it was essential tio salvation from sin
ora condition pPeeent to the remission of
sins, aud “Querest” answers in these
words : "Neither do I believe that any
act of obedience which" you can render
will save you." And now, with brazen
faced impudence, asks me to point out the
tirno aud place, when or where, he said
so. Tlmt is equivalent to a denial. He
asserted it iu iiis first nnd reiterated it in
all others; lienee the isolated question of
baptism ceased to be tho question, nnd
tho essentiality of obedience to salvation
became the issue. Now, being driven to
the wall ho asks me to point out when lie
said it. Ho charges me with saying that
faith and babtism was all the law of the
New Testament, after I have repeatedly
told him that it was the law applicable to
the admission of aliens into the kingdom,
and that it was the ouly law iu reference
to that; that, it was ample perfect and
complete, an entirety, aud obedience to
it must be ns perfect, complete aud as en
tire as tho law itself. This is before their
admission; afterward they become the
subjects of tlie kfngdom, the laws of
which they must obey in order to
maintain their citizenship and heirship
to an eternal inheritance. This I made as
plain to a sensible mind as a sunbeam at
noonday is to the human vision. Reason,
burning and thrown from the brightest
lamps can’t reach his intellect; the most
brilliant supernal ray would waste and
turn to midnight darkness, or inky black
ness, e’re it would penetrate his dungeon
liko mind.
When the multitude on the Day of
I Pentecost enquired, “TVliat shall wo do to
be saved?” Peter replied : "Repent, every
one of ye, and be baptised for the remis
sion of sins, that ye may receive the gift
of tho Holy Ghost.” Now, we propose to
| notice “Querist’s” vorsiou of this in his
i next preceding his last. He says we are bap
| Used "for or unto the remission of
: sins,” nnd that “it moans on account
of the remission of sins.” Now, read
er, your special attention to this :
|No question but the people had
i faith in Christ, or they never would have
’ asked, “What shall wedo to be saved.” Cer
j tainly faith was not sufficient, or Peter
j would have told them, • 'By your faith ye are
! saved.” If by faith alone they were saved,
j what folly it was iu them to cry out,
[ “What must we do to be saved?” and
[ how uncharitable it was in Peter to im
ipose other duties aud obligations upon
them. The sinner knew that his faith was
not sufficient, hut tho belief itself taught
him that there were other requirements—
some duties to perform ; hence he, or they,
enquired of Filer what they must do.
Itomembor, Peter commanded them to re
pent; bear that in mind. If by their
faith they were saved, would Peter have
commanded tliern to repent because they
wore saved, or (as “Quoiist would liavo
you to believe) on account of their
salvation or the remission of their sins ?
Bonder, whit would yon Ireqp thought of
Peter if he had told the multitude to re
pent for, or unto, or on account of tho ro
mission of sins, and be baptised ? What
would you say of the multitude if they
were repenting and weeping on account of
tho remission of their sin 1 You would
say Peter was a disciple of the devil, and
that tho multitude waa composed of lnnu
tics. That is the view that "Querist's”
language would compel you to take of
Peter and the multitude ; but bow much
more reasonable and logical is tho other
(or indeed tho ouly correct) view : that the
multitude believed, and inquired what they
should do, and Peter told them to repent
of their sins and he baptised, in obedience
to the form of doetnue, that their sins
might he remitted. "Querist" says:
“When anxious emiuktrs cauio to Jesus
and said, 'what shall do that we might
work tho works of God ? ’ Ho answered
them and said unto them, ‘This is the
works of God, that ye believe on Him !
whom ho hath sent. ‘ ”
This language was nddressed to men
who applied to Christ in person while He ;
was on earth ; while Ho was performing '
miracles, the greatest of which was the j
forgiveness of sius. And lie said to them |
in the same chapter from which “Querist”
quotes tho above, (John vi, 40), "And this
is tho will of Him that sent me; that every i
one which south the Sou arid believeth on
Him shall have everlasting life ; an l 1 will
raise Him up at the last day.” None but
tho most stupid minds would fail to see
and understand that all this took place Ire
fore the spiritual kingdom was set up in
tho earth, nnd before the gospel plan of
salvation was completed. Why don't
"Querist” give ns tho instance of the rich
young man that came to Christ ami asked
what bo must do to be saved. Did Christ
tell him to believe on Him ? No ; nnd
why ? Because the Jewish dispensation
had not been superceded, nnd tho young
man was a subject of the law ; henceCbrist
told him to keep the Commandments.
But after Christ had righteous
ness by his death, burin!, rosumitiou, and
j nssension, then His kingdom was estati
! lisbed, and his diriplos wore called Chris
tians, nnd commissioned to preach the
gospel to every creature, teaching tho doc
trine that "whosoever believeth and is
baptised shall be saved.” Wo don't see
Christ now as "Querist's” anxious inquir
ers did, iu person. Wo cant appeal to
Him an they did for instruction and tho de
monstration of his power ; Unt we are to
believe His word, the Record He left for j
our instruction. M'e can't hear it from !
His own hallowed lips, but wo must have j
"faith iu Him through the word, as we re-
I ceive it through the inspired pousmen.
I And what deles the word teach (after the
i kingdom was set up and the gospel plan
i established) ns essential to salvation, faith,
i repentance and baptism ? If baptism was
uouesscntiul, why were tho disciples that
had received John’s babtism command
ed to receive the Christian baptism ?
“Querest” quotes the trembling jailor
on us, who enquired of Paul and
Silas what he should do to be saved, aud
“Paul said unto him believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ aud thou eh alt be saved and
thy house.” That’s “Querist’s” stunner
that ho feels confident will silence our bat
tery. Paul,did tell the jailor that, but is
that all that ho told him ? He must have
told him something else, or why did the
jailor and his household go straight way
witn Paul nnd were baptised ? If Paul
didn't, who could it have been that recom
mended baptism to this poor, ignorant
jailor? and if it was uoucsseutiul, why
were they so hasty aud precipitately bap
tised? M’hy didn’t Paul postpone it until
a more convenient season, Lr for a more
propitious occasion.
I stated iu my last that wo were saved
by faith, by grace, by the blood of Christ,
by the living word, by the preached gos
pel, by the church, by' repentance, by
obedience, aud by a holy life ; all of these
being essential, no' ojie being sufficient.
Remember, as essentials, “Querist” denies
them all but faith, and relies upon it
alone for remission of sins and salvation
in heaven ; and he quotes this from the
article and says that we don’t mention bap
tism once, not once. Baptism is, we have
argued, the first act of obedience after
faith and repentance, and by this net of
obedience wo beattue established citizens
of the kiugdom. Bo baptism comes with
in the purview of obedience, nnd this has
been the issue for the last two or three
articles ; made so by “Querist” himself,
but like the sheep, he has butted the for
tifications without making the. slightest in
dention, and, according to sheepological
tacties, changes bis base.
“Querist” says, “ ‘Querist’ lias not de
nier! the uses of obedience.” I dont know
what ho means by the “usesof obedience,”
but I do know that he has denied its ef
ficacy iu tho salvation of men. He gives
as a reason, that “our acts are imperfect,
lreneo our obedience cannot save us.” lie
says, “it is not true that I have anywhere
said or implied that if we render perfect
obedience to every command of Christ,
that it will avail us nothing in the salva
tion of our souls.” Here is what lie said:
“neither do I believe that any obodi
encawo can render will save ns. There
fore, according to “Querist,” if our obe
dionoe is not iu every particular perfect,
[such as we can render is uonesseutml.
Clue question; if the children of Christ’s
kingdom are obedient, will they not be
saved ? I jiresum you will answer yes.
Well, if they are disobedient, will they
be saved also ? I presume you will say
no. Then, tell me what it is that saves
us, and what it is that"condemns ns. Can
it be election [and (prcfiestina'iou ? As
you have taken water on every other
position, I suppose pou will settle upon
that. „
Enquireii.
Anew paper has “flnug” its banner to
the breeze at Canton, Cherokee county.
Georgia.
Report snys that Hon T. M. Norwood
proposes to establish a stock farm in Ware
comity, where be will raiae sheep.
Hubert Collyer says that a Christian
onu go to tho circus without risk. Wo
suppose this is true, unless he should try
to ride the trick mule.
The colored people of Montazuma lmvp
organized a debating society. The 'limes
thinks they are a little wanting in pa
tienue.
A violent wind and rain storm passed
MilledgeviUe about 2 v. m. on the 7thinst.
Much damngo was done to corn anil cotton
iu the country.
Tho reports from all quarters of this
State in reference to tho growing crops
are very encouraging. —Flush times may
he expected this fall.
The season has now arrived when news
papers generally like to give credit to the
man who raises tho largest melons and
peaches.
Mammoth Turtle. —One of, if not tho
largest, that has been caught on the coast
was captured Sunday morning by a party
of mnrooners at Bench Hummock. The
tracks of a large turtle had been seen
several .times by the party, but they hud
never been up early enough in the morn
ing to get a glimpse of the animal himself.
Sunday they ‘were up long before the
break of day, and shortly after tho first
light- waa seen ihe march was commenced,
atd the capture of this inuhstet was the
result. He must weigh near six hundred
pounds, as all who saw him declare. A
party who returned on the Mary Draper
yesterday, report having dined on soup
that this fellow bad provided, and from
his size, we should judge he will furnish
soup and stakes for several days to come.
—Hatannnh Adrertiser.
The people of Montazuma had a grand
fish-fry at Lake Baldwin recently. Ozier
was there, and of course ho got "tight”—
on fisli, and other good eatables.
Mr. John T. Cooper, a prominent, nnd
highly esteemed citizen of Houston coun
ty is dead.
ITdmicidk. —From Mr. Littlefield we
learn tho particulars of a terrible homi
cide which occurred on Wednesday last,
about fifteen miles above West Point, in
Troup county, near the State line. It ap
pears that a son of Mr. Bichard,Tommie
had parsed tbesisterof Jameß Foster, who,
on hearing of the oconranco, went to the
hoys father and demanded that he punish
his son. This Tommie failed to do, where
upon Foster himself inflicted punishment
on him. This was reported to Tommie,
who took his shot-gun and started to find
Foster. The latter saw him coming, and,
being unarmed, went to the house and
procured his gun. Ho was in tho act of
[getting into a wagon t) come to West
Point, wluui tho former approached him,
knocked him out of tne wagon with his
| guu breaking it at the breech, and then
I stepping buck, snapped it at. Foster twice.
! Foster thereupon fired a large charge of
I buckshot full into Tommie’s breast, which
! tore him in a dreadful manner, and pro
j djiced instant death. Foster fled immedi
ately, but a jury of inquest decided that it
[was a case of self-defence. West Point
\ Press.
Tho S'nport Appeal is disgusted with
"patent insides,” and now proposes to
give its readers a first-class £8 column
j newspaper, gotten up on a business-like
! style. One by otic they are or,riling home.
Thomasville had a stubbing affray the
other day, in which Mr. Wm. White was
seriously stabbed in the region of the
heart, by a Mr. Jackson.
Tire friends of temperance are making
things lively for whisky dealers in and
around Forsyth.
Mr. Absolnm Joiner, an old and highly
j esteemed citizen of Monroe county, died
on tho Bth iust., at tho at the advanced
I age of 78 years.
And this is the way the Monroe Adcer
| User puts it: "Expressing only a common
I sentiment wo do think that a young widow
i just passing out of her ‘weeds,’ is the next
, most interesting object to a ‘aweotsixte, ~’
| But we are just now more concerned .or
about fntlr or five well-preserved and de
sirable widowers tlmu for both these com
bined. Please call a meeting ye losses and
widows mid devise in their behalf. One
of them is getting desperate nnd has giv
en himself only twelve months in the
market when he will he withdrawn. Oh!
| where is some ‘fair, fat and forty’ to take
[ him to her embraces.”
James Kilgore, of Columbus, sentenced
to be hung on the 30tb, it is said has joined
the Catholic church.
“Air. J. H. Spencerof Camilla, has a corn
field of none two acres that will make, this
year, sixty bushels of corn per atre, with
out a disaster cones soon. How is that
for Mitchell ? M T e nro satisfied that
Mitchell cau beat Southwestern Georgia
on fine corn and oat crops.
There is no gainsaying it. Alitcheit
county is the banner county of Southwest
Georgia, agriculturally. Her crops are bet
ter one year with another than any county
in thesection named. M'e’ve got the facts
to prove this and challenge a trial of the
issue. Who'll accept it ? ’
M’e clip the above paragraphs from the
Camilla bnilcrprise for the purpose of ac
cepting the challenge for Thomas connty.
Come to the fair to be held here next fall
and bring your samples of crops, and your
certificates of yield, properly authenticated,
and then if Thomas don't beat you, may
tie Brooks, Lowndes or Decatur will, and
if none of them can beat, you wilibeenli
tied to the premiums offered, andean boast
ad libitum. M’e pormiso not to say a word
if we are beat, but to take it just as well as
if we wore still as much ahead as we now
believe ourselves to be.— Thomastille Times.
Mr. Keely's Own Account of His Inven
ton.
In view of the publication in the Scientific
American, deriding me and my invention,
I feel it to be my duty to depart from my
intended policy of making no public decla
ration relative to mv invention. I now
publicly assert that I have produced the re
sults which mauv persons have seen, in the
precise manner heretofore stated—to-wit:
Tho introduction of atmospheric air into
my machine, a limited quantity of mitral
wide direct from the hydrant at no greater
then'lhe ordinary hydrant pressure, and
the machine itself, which is simply a me
chanical structure. M’itli these three agents
alone, unaided by any and every chemical
compound, heat, electricity or galvanic ac
tion, I have produced iu an inappreciable
period of time, by a siuple manipulation of
the machine, a vaporous substance, at one
expnlsiou of a volume of ten gallons hav
ing an elastic energy of 10,000 pounds to
the square inch. This I solemnly assert,
and am ready to verify by my oath. I only
ask of the public their iudulgence, until a
new and perfect machine, now rapidly ap
proaching completion, is finished, when I
will publicly demonstate that which I now
bnbliely assert. John M’. Keely.
rinmuuiU HiA, June 25, 1575,
TELEGRAPHIC.
AS OVATION TO BEECH JOB.
New Y’ohk, July 18.—A dispatch from
Peekskil! says there was an enthusiastic
demonstration last night, by the citizeus
of Peekskill, in honor of Henry War and
Beecher. About one thousand people
marched in procession to Beecher's cottage,
where the latter received them on the lawn.
After music by the accompanying bund,
Judge Wells, as spokesman, explained to
Beecher that this demonstration of the
citizens was for the purpose of giving ex
pression to their confidence iu him as a
man and Christian minister. Beecher
replied in a remarkable speech of an hour.
He reviewed the aspects of the late trial,
and declared bis honesty aud character,
and the confidence of his countrymen iu it
had carried him through. He referred to
tho devotion of Plymouth Church to Lita,
of numerous letters from ministers, ex
pressing confidence and love, and said he
would continue in the work he had begun.
He bad no new conrse. Was too old to
change his position, and would not be
muzzled iu future. The expenses to him
of the lute trial had been over 875,000.
He closed by thanking all for the expres
sion of their confidence.
Chauncey M. Deptic next made a brief
address of congratulation to Beecher.
The crowd then shook hands with tire
Plymouth pastor and withdrew.
SLACK IIH.L REPORTS.
Sioux City, lowa, July 12. — Parties Irorn
tho Black Hills say they have encountered
fearful hardships, storms aud disagreeable
weather. Many are slill at the hills. The
military will leave Fort Bandnll early this
week to drive out all the luiiiers remain
ing.
DESTRUCTIVE EIRE IN MACON.
Macon, Ga., July 13.—A destructive
fire broke out about 5 o’clock this after
noon iu iho livery slablo occupied by
Stewart, Ihe flames spreading to another
stable owned and occupied by Mnsterson,
burning two stores, one -.ecupied by
Hodgkius A Son as a gun establishment,
the other by A Patterson as a bar and
billiard saloon, also the fine dwelling used
as a hoarding-house by Mrs. Hall. Loss.
15,000; insurance, so far, unknown.
AN ATTACK ON ORANOEMKN— A SERIOUS RIOT
ANI) LOSS OF LIFE.
Lawrence, Mass., July H- — A mob at
tacked the Orangemen returning from a
picnic. A dozen Orangemen, with ladies
and children, disembarked at the steamer's
lauding. Several hundred Irish followed,
shouting aud jeering, and finally throwing
■stones. A lady was struck three times
and badly hurt. All Were more or less in
jured. During a half yule walk to tho
station house for refuge tour men wore
•regalias, one of whom was severely hurt
and had his sash torn off. Tho Mayor,
wsth a squad of police, attempted to escort
the refugees home. Blum era of stones
and bricks were hurled at the party as
soon ns they appeared. With the excep
tion of tho Mayor every one was hurt,
some seriously. The mob then made
furious assault on the Orangemen, nnd the
police commenced tiring on the Irish, who
cried kill the d—d Orangemen. The mob
scattered before the revolvers. Niue were
killed outright, hit two men, one woman
and a boy of tho twelve were wounded.
The riot lasted two hours, and extended
over a mile of tho most thickly settled
portion of the city.
MRS. LINCOLNVOONDITKIN —A PROPOSITION
TO THE RAILROADS.
Chicago, July 13. ~ Arecc.it visitor to
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln at the private
retreat for the i.. iu* -, at Batavia, Illinois,
reports her condition unchanged. The
superintendent vidcntly’did not think the
prospect for her ultimate recovery encour
aging. Hhe is surrounded with every
comfort, aud visited eveiy week by her
son Robert. Bin; is very quiet, and would
scarcely be considered insane by a casual
observer.
FRIGHTFUL STORM IN MAINE.
Portland; me., July 10. — This city was
visited this morning by one of the most
terific thunder storms known here for
yeurs. The people in all pari* of the city
were aroused and many received shocks,
tint no serious damage was done. About
;l o’clock there was a most Winding flash.
| The bolt struck the First Bbti*t Church,
in Congress street, nnd knocked down‘the
chimney.
The fire alarm wires which were attached
|to tho chimney canted the bolt to break
aud scatter, ami also sounded an alarm,
j The lightning also struck the roof of the
j Roman Catholic Cathedral, descending
' into the church by one of the pillars,
; which it set on fire. The tire department
| quickly put out the fire.
Two’ Methodist chnrehcs were also struck
by bolts, but not damaged.
Death of General Blair.
General Frank Blair died in St, Louis,
at midnight on Thursday—very suddenly
and unexpectedly to his friends and the
public, llis physical condition, it is true
has been considered desperate for more
than a year past, but a few mouths ago
recourse was had to the transfusion of
healthy blood into his veins, with great
apparent success, and he was suppose and to
be gradually mending. General lilair’s
character and claims were extensively dis
cussed in the Presidential canvass of 1808,
when he was a candidate for Vice Presi
dent, on the ticket with Governor Sey
mour, He was a man of unquestioned
ability—a bold, outspoken politician, nnd
an unflinching ndvoeate of the fundamen
tal principles of the Democratic party—
the rights afrl equality of the States, and
a strict construction of the Federal Consti
tution. His whole public life, since the
war, in much of which he occupied the
position of United States Senator from
Missouri, has been harmonious’ with the
great doctrines of free and constitutional
government, in which he was reared.
Peace to hi- ashes' —Telyraph and Messen
ger.
A groat deal of interest is felt, and very
naturally, iu the new invention for super
ceding coal and steam, which is at present
known as the “Keeley motor.” The state
ment that it is produced from air and
water throws no light on tho nature of the
discovery, for the constituents of these
elements are no secret, and they have been
combined and reeqjnbined by chemists for
a very long period without producing any
wonderful results. Air. Keeley says that
he cau run a train of cars from Philadel
phia to New Turk with a pint of water as
liis motive pow er. AYheu he does that, it
will bo admitted that we have enterednpon
anew and w onderful era in the history of
the world*-though, after ail. the invention
would not bo more wonderful in itself than
the electric telegraph. A correspondence
writes to the Sun that he has produced an
1 apparatus which is capable of being work
ed to almost any limits by the same agen
cies as those described by Air. Keeley.
M’e should be glad to see these statements
j tested by competent scientific men, for it
is clear that the investigations of “inter
viewers” and reporters cannot help us to
arrive at the knowledge of the truth. Are
Air. Keeley and Air. Arnold willing to sub
mit their inventions to the only examine-
I tion which can be decisive? —3’. Y. Times.
Moulton Wants to be Prosecuted.
New Yobs', July 8. —The following cor
respondence has taken place:
To the Hon. Winchester Britton, District
Attorney :
Sib—lt is now nearly a yenr since, at
the instance of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
I was indicted for libel in ebarging him
with adultery with Elizabeth B. Tilton.
During all this time the prosecution liuvo
taken no steps for the trial of the indict
ment. ' I am advised that I have a right
to demand a trial, and accordingly I here
by notify you that 1 am ready at any mo
ment to meet the charge, and I request yon
to appoint the earliest practicable day for
the trial, and since it is intimated by the
partisans of the prosecutor that they in
tend to shield him from the consequences
of the exposure involved iu the trial of my
charge of adultery by procaring a with
drawal or suppression of the indictment,
I hereby protest agniust ancli an invasion
of public justice and outrage upon private
right. If Rev. Henry Ward Beecher lie
innocent of the charge I have published
against him I ought to be punished for my
offensee. On the other hand, if I have
not accused him falsely nnd he were guilty
of the offense, society and the law owe me
mi acquittal a id vindication from the in
dictment preferred against me.
Very respectfully yours,
Francis I). Moulton.
Office or the District Attorney, I
Kings Cos,, Brooklyn, July 8, ’75. J
Francis D. Moulton, Fsq.:
Dear Shi— The contents and character
of the publication relating to the Beecher-
Tilton controversy for file past year have
been such that I am reclined to think,
that in ease I am called upon to prosecute
criminally every libel which has been pub
lished in connection with it, the more im
portant administration of the criminal law
will of necessity stand over for tho next
half century. It is among the misfortunes
of the civil courts that parties may there
indulge iu all manner of quarrels and ex
ploits, natural or artificial, at their will;
but courts of criminal jurisdiction are
moved only by the people and for the peo
ple of the State.
Iu this hot weather jail eases like those
of Loader and Price have the preference,
as it is regarded a greater hardship for
parties not yet proved guilty to sweat in
Raymond street than to suffer from libel
ous publications. It would afford mo
great pleasure to try you for nuy offense
coming within the severe duties of the
summer months, but itis out of my power
to indulge you in what you seem to regard
as a luxury, at the cost of neglect of busi
ness entitled to a preference. Labor on ;
I may be able to accommodate you to your
entire satisfaction, and then you may have
reason to rejoice that the ordeal lmd not
.taxed your energies and fortitude during
the heated term.
Very respectfully,
Winchester Britton,
District Attorney.
0a Pru ing’.
The subject of pruning frees and vines
of all kinds, the mode, nnd the time, and
the amount of pruning to lie done, is re
ceiving much attention from promologists.
As might be expected from the varions ex
perience or theories of observers, as the
standpoint from which they draw their
conclusions, there is much diversify of
opinion, seme condemning it altogether,
and ethers advocating the free use of the
knife. These discrepancies arc more ap
parent than real, if we keep in mind tho
true nnd ultimate ol jeet of pruning, and
the effect wc v, ish to produce.
It i safely In Inserted as a 'ffcffernl 1
principle in vegetable physiology, that all
pruning is more or less injurious to the
well being of the divine plant.
Iu a stale of nature, or when a tree rr
vine is left to itself, there is n gradual ad
justment and equilibrium established be
tween the roots and branches. There are
roots enough to absorb and carry np the
nutritive fluid, and there are branches,
with their leaves, enough to work it up
and pKsfmilnte the nutrition. When this
equilibrium is disturbed, injury, disease,
|or death follows The degree of injury
i will depend upon circumstances, such as
j the amount of pruning, the time when it
i is done, and the constitution and habits
|of the particular plant. Some bear prnti
! ing better than others, and in winter bet
ter than in summer.
We lake a lesson from the manner in
i which nature docs her pruning. It is al
! ways a safe nnd sure process. Take a
j young tree, a pine, for example. There are
| a number of small laterals. As the tree
grows upwards and the trunk enlarges,
the sap lias a tendency to pass on to the
upper portion ; these laterals begin to
j lose their vitality, and at length die out
j and fall to the ground. Tn the old tree
j there is not even n trace left of these pri
! maty branches, and their very scars are
obliterated.
A i ry different is the effect when, by ar
tificial means, a vigorous, healthy limb is
1P!" '1 "ff. The eqnilibrinm " between
foots and branches is suddenly destroyed,
and the plant receives a shock to its sys
tem, which impairs vitality to some extent.
Bqt in nil kinds of cultivation, whether
for ornament or for fruit, we find it latter
to sacrifice somewhat the health of lon
gevity of the plant for some other advan
tage to be gained, of greater valne. We
prune oar fruit trees and grape vines to
keep them within bounds and give thouT;
shape better to resist, the effect of a too"
hot sun, or high windß, and also by re
ducing the amount of woody growth, to
obtain better fruit. 80 also of hedges, or
other artificial shapes we may desire to
produce. A bodge 5a collection of stun
ted, half starved, ill conditioned individ
uals. but when taken atn whole its gener
al effect (which is the thing sought after)
is useful or ph asin' -. Whatever may be
the chief object in cultivation, whether it
he the perfection of fruit or flowers, or
usefulness as a hedge, or ornamental
shape, we seek that, and not the longevity
of the plant. If the plant conld not fur
nish these requisites, it wonld not be
worth the cultivation. The true end and
aim of all pruning, therefore, is to do
just so nincli of it and no more, ns will
give the best results, with the least injury.
And this must bo ascertained by practical
observations ft niff experience.
The above remarks are of conrseintend
ed to apply to such things as are growing
and fixed permanently for life. In trans
planting it is necessary to prune. No
matter how carefully a tree may be taken
np, the roots are injnred more or less,
according to the care used.
In proportion as the roots are lessened,
so must we lessen the branches. Even in
transplanting small things from thennrsery
bed when all the roots can be secured, it
requires time for tlie absorbing functions
to commence their supply of fluid, and so
it is beat always to pinch off a portion of
the leaves, and thus restore the equilib
rium.—H. W. Ravenel, in Rural Caro
linian.
“What’s yonr business?”asked the Judge
of a prisoner at the bar. “Well, I s’pose
you might call me a locksmith.” "When
did you last work at your trade?” .“Last
flight; when I heard a call for the police,
I made a strait Ixilt for the door.”
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