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©aUaltcr’ji #m!qjcmlcnt. FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1875. ■efe';.* 1 ': "stes: --fceSsrr —: _ .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.” 'm*