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THE INDEPENDENT. •Vri'RDAT, M, IMI. ■ ■■■■ . W~ J. C. QALLAHER, Editor and Proprietor. ■ - .. "He that u not For m to Aminat oa" He who eeeko t<> injure One cUiw of cftizeiM in a disorgunizer of society, n pro ducer of strife and discord; anil particu larly, aitnated ae w* ore iu tbe South, lie who triew to embitter tw race against the other is on enemy to both raooa and the country. And any nmii—after a knowledge of the facta given in onr last iaaue, in re ference to certain Radical visitors to the negro church near Gottlden'a plantation, soma three weeks siuce—that will an! and comfort such men by dealing with them aud associating with them, is meaner than they are, and are enemies to their coun try. The man who ai.client the invader of tlie country, conceals his whereabouts, aids him aud comforts him, communicates to him intelligence to strengthen him and weaken the country, is a more dangerous enemy than the invader. Our people are laboring, and bare been, for the general prosperity of the country. E. C. Wade aud Bam Grilßu are avowed opponents to it. They are attempting to throw barriers in the way, elog the wheels, anil lesson the facilities for a progressive march. They propose to weaken ami even destroy the productive force of the country by estab lishing a standard of wages so unreasona bly large that no planter can give; and what is the result that these parties de sire? One half of the population, home less and penniless, without food or rai ment, to refuse employment that will sup port t)ien> uixl declare their independence. The planter can't give their Wade and Gridin standard of priors; the negro won't work foe less. If he won’t work for less he must rob, steal or starve. If lie starves he may justly accuse Wade anil Griffin of his death; if he steals lie may be caught; if he roll* ho w ill certainly be shot, and Wade and Griffin are the criminals. With a knowledge of these fai ls, no gentleman will associate with them; and no honora ble oilmen will encourage ami assist them in their wicked schemes by dealing with them. No irogro mati that lias oolo rn on cornfield sense but wliat can see that to follow their plan would ruin him; and if he has nv honor he will disregard thejr advice and have no dealings with them. 'We ninlimtaml Hint certain par ties have said if they arc published iu The Indf.I'KNIiEN'T, as associating with Wade and Griffin, they will hold us personally accountable. We will not censure them for that, for we know of no disgrace tliat equals it. We have told the people who their ene mies arc; and we will tell, at the risk of a dozen lights, who their enemies’ associ ates are. We have no hesitancy in saying that a man who associates with a negro cqualist is a negro cqualist himself. Now, we are going to notify Wade and Griffin of the fact that there are men in this town who are friendly to their faces, and be hind their backs they denounce them with the utmost bitterness. Wo think it is a basely cowardly net to make a man no matter how mean ho is -believe you are his friend, and then make everybody else believe you are his enemy. If you at heart condemn his course you will not eu eoumge him in it. If you associate with him it is nn evidence that you approve his acts, or else you ure acting deceitfully with him, and that is contemptible; aud we will publish it for the benefit of both par ties. To The Pres*. In oecordenoe with a series of resolu tion* passed by the Georgia Press Asso ciation iu Convention at Americus, the undersigned Committee were appointed to take all necessary steps for the forma tion of a National I‘hkkh Association, The Committee hnviug received, through their Chairman, a number of favorable responses to the proposition to form sueli an Association, from journalists of several States and territories, giving to the Com mittee the assurance of tlioir hearty eo iippenition iu the movement, we deem the object worthy of an effort, and the present au auspicious moment to begin the work, we therefore issue a call for a Con vention of journalists throughout the Union to assemble at St. Louis, Missouri, on Wtdunitr, th* 1 2tltli. of November, 1873, to organize a National i\cya Associa tion. All jiupers in the United States are re quested to make uoiii-e of the pluce mid time, aud every joaonuUst is respectfully solicited to attemh The Georgia Press pJwiae de the favor to keep a standing notice of the cull, until the day of inmtiaig. ItoliRIIT L. Rodgkuh, Caxa W. Styles, t W. Hancock, X 3X. PIUU’LEs, J. B. Reese. Cbmtnittee. The World MutiuU Life Insurance Com pany lias in the United Stab's Circuit Court at Philadelphia successfully contest ed a policy on the ground of untrue rep resentation* by the assured, though the proof did netthow that the misstatements were very material. In charging the jury Judge McKeuuwA suiiltliut the answers iu flic application were not mere representa tions which might or might not have been true without materially affecting the nature of the arrangement between the assured and the assurers, but they were of the na ture of covenants, were of the essence of the contract, and must, have been strictly true in order to hold the defendants. A passenger on uu Indian railroad not being able to grt u seat refused to give the conductor his ticket until a sent should he found for him. The conductor could not get him a seat, os the train was crowded, but insisted on las ticket. The passenger would not give it up, wherefore the conductor put him oil' the train. and threw his Iwggage afterlnw. The do.-cur ded passenger then sued the company, and the cast* lias just been decided in hia"favor, the jury giving him two thousand dollars dainagcs- The Wisconsin Grangers and liwfumicr* have set Up an independent SUeKe ticket, with the understanding that it ia to he adopted tyr the Democrats usd Liberal He publics as There are two wars of gaining a repute* tiou—to lie praised by holiest men. or abused by rogues. THE THOMASVILLE FAIR. [Special Telegram to Tin- Independent. TnoaUirni.r.K (I*., Oct. 10, 1878. At a large, enthusiastic meeting of the stoekEofders of Hie Smith Georgia Agri cultural and Mechanical Association, it was determined to hold the Fourth Annual Fair of the Association at the Fair Grounds near Thomnsville, commencing Tuesday, the fourth of November next. Ample arrangements mode for the ac commodation of visitors, and for the exhi tion of machinery, and for the taking care of stock that, will Is; upon exhibition. A grand Toumuient will take place on Friday, the seventh of November, and di vers other amusements will be on the grounds. A. I’. Wk/oht. President. The KaTsnuah AilverlUer-Hejtuhliaan has the following sod account of a boiler ex plosion, which occurred late last Monday evening at Ellaville, on the J., P. it M. Railroad: "The boiler of the locomotive Ktonewall, while standing at Ellaville ex ploded, instantly killing tiie engineer, Mr. Charles Wiley, au JSuglisliman, and it is thought dangerously wounding the fire man and a wood passer. So great was the explosion that the body of the engineer was thrown fully fifteen feet from the en gine, and the head of the unfortunate □mu was completely blown off and thrown about the same distance from the body. “The Stonewall, we are informed, was quite an old engine, and was used iu pro pelling the lumber trains of Messrs. Grew lit Buckie, extensive lumber men of tliat loeslity. The tracks in tlie vicinity of the exploded engine were terribly torn up, so niueh so as to prevent the connection of the passenger train on the ,1., I’. A M. Railroad with that of the Atlantic it Gulf at Live Oak, ” Destruction of a Saw Mill. Tlie Adrerliser-Jisjiultlieim says: ‘ Tue large nod valuable saw mill owned by \ Messrs. A. Keppard A Son, on thu Atlan tic and Gulf railroad, at what ; s known as Station 71, was completly destroyed by fire on Suuihiy morning. The tire broke out about three o’clock, as is supposed, iu the roof of the bidding above the furnace, caused by the heat arising 1 herefrom. The watchman at the mill was asleep and could give no account of the affair, but the ouly cause that could bo given is that the fire originated from the heating by the fur nace ns above stated. The mill am en-! tircly destroyed, together with about fifty thousand feet of good Uuulior, and tbe ; same amount of refuse lumber; a’though | there was at least five hundred thousand I feet of lumber on hand, and but for the ! energy and work of the hands, all of whom interested themselves and went to work with a A’ill, more if rot it! 1 , of it would certainly hove been destroyed. We learn that between two and three hundred people, men, women and children ure now without the means of support. The mill hud from seventy-five to ouehun dred men, most of whom had large families dependent on them for a support, in its employment. These, as we have slated altove,ure now thrown out of employment. There, was no insurance on the mill or lumber, and consequently, it is an entire loss to the owners. Fortunately they have another mill at this jiluco iu perfect order, and amply sufficient to till nil orders, though there may be some delay in con sequence of the destruction of the other mill. But the energy and enterprise of these gentlemen is too well known to sup pose that they will permit any of their or ders to remain untilted for any longer time than they call actually prevent. ■a-**- The religious movement of Christendom, like the political movement, is tending to ward centralism aud unification. The Church of Rome owes its domination and power to those two elements of strength. The divissions in the I’rotestant Church have not only been the occasion of enor -1 inous wastage of useful energy but of : enormous irreligiou. The sectarian spirit, j like party spirit, is responsible for count less errors and wrongs which have brought j religion into discredit. The evangel l ical gathering in Now York is destined to |do a good work. It is ou the right rood I nml deserves own more of the pub' ; c at tention than it has received. Alaska has discovered gold mines within her territorial borders. The auriferous region just laid bare to the light of day is situated two hundred Mid forty-five miles from Fort Wraugel, and yields a generous amount uf the precious metal. Now, the best thing to Vie done in relation to this golil-flnd is to ullo-w the Alaskiaus to have it nil to themselves. They deserve every pennyweight of gold to be found within II licit- inhospitable boundaries, and the rest i of the world should, for once, be generous and not invade this hyperboreun El Dorn ; do. The Eastern people don't know what to make-of the several wecfc* frof aunt si lence and seclusion of lieu. Butler. We have private reladde information that the old fellow has resolved to retire from all worldly pursuits and look after his spirit ual interests. He will make his dehut in a sermon before the New York Evangelical • Alliance, and will immediately afterward assume the charge of Dr. Newmans old church in Washington. A dispatch of the 15th ill forms us that the Bmnswiek and Albany .Kailroad was sold on Wednesday to the representatives of the German bondholders, for 8530,000. The telegraph line wns bought by 0. O. Whitney for $2,900, subject to a five years' lease. —— The Odd Fellows of Jacksonville are raisiug money in response to a call from their distressed brethren in Memphis. They raised 825 in two hours, and at last accounts the contributions were still iu etHisiag. - If a umu is not satisfied with a little, it is very certs in ho will never have enough. A 810 SCARE. Frightful Frrdli 11,,na uf th* Amrrlraa •vlcnltUlc Assoc In lion. We have no attack to make upon science, or the legitimate results of scientific in vestigations; but a science tliat robs tbe sun of its warmth uud brilliancy, plucks the stars from their sockets, and leaves the universe without a shining gem, and then runs a blind and crazy comet “into the ground,” and All the universe with long pent-up gasses aud oceans of melted lead, we have no confidence in. We learn from Scriptures that “One generation posseth away itml another cometb on, but the earth abideth forever.” Which is true, the Scripture, or the five following fran tic predictions, each' evidently the result of a scientific mania? If the creator in tends to destroy his works, his plans were, no doubt, arranged before the creation; and it isn't likely that he will employ all the ]ikins suggested by these scientific gentlemen, four of which must be wrong; and if they are all of eqnal scientific at tainments, we may safely conclude that they are all wrong. But to us individually it is Immaterial whether death comes to us by the bursting of the earth, or from the want of the suns warmth, or from starvation, or in any other of its mysterious ways, if we have lived right and can pre sent a clean record. Read below their mctliods of universal destruction: TJfB HUN TO BE EXTINGUISHED. Professor Young, tlie most, eminent liv ing student of solar physics, read a paper on the snn. Tliat body, he argued, is a gigantic bubble, whose crust is gradually ; thickening aud whose size is diminishing. There is a constant loss of heat, which will end in its extinction as a producer of I warmth ami light. He quoted Faye, Hee ohi and others to prove that the material of tbe sun is gaseous, and that these gases are retained by some kind of u crust. Through this surface the tumultuous inner composition is constantly spurting and out-breaking with great violence. He thinks that tlie crust “may consist of a sheet of descending rain—not of water,of course, but of the materials whose vapors are known to exist in the solar atmosphere, and wiiosii condensation un<l combination ! are supposed to furnish the solur heat.” As this peculiar rain meets the gaseous substance of the sun it coalesces into a continuous sheet, forming “a sort of bot tomless ocean, restingujion the condensed vapors underneath, and pierced by innu merable ascending jets uud bubbles." This uctiou of the hiiii’h envelope will be a quenching of the great orb upon which we depend for heat and light. It will grow : smaller, and more compressed and surrounded by this crust, until it will be so hidden and muffled as to be practically i excluded from the economy of the universe, j The result will be intense cold and dark ness, a cessation of all animal life, and an immediate return to original chaos. THE HUMBLE EARTH TO BUBHT. General <l. G. Barnard ihscrilied tbe iu- j teriur of the earth as a molten thud. Pre vious notions lias given thceartb, however, a rigeil exterior surfuee from one to two j thousand feet deep. He refuted this the ory, and claimed the globe upon which we live somewhat tbe coiiKtmotion of a rubber ball filled With mulled h ad. The) surface is, he thinks, a -pliable oentmg that has been gradually formed over the fiery mass inside. A globular form is j maintained by rapid rotary motion, the j inner fluid sustaining the soft shell in its position, so that the undulations are ini pereeptilde to us. Thus we ui>- being whirled through spats: on a huge globule, the surface of which flouts on an interior j of liquid fire. Only the rotary speed of this babble : keeps it together, and any disarnmgment or change in terrestrial | henomena would resolve itself into vapor. General Bar nard does not Ixdieve that the surface is of i ail essentfairy different composition from the liquid interior—it has only been con densed sufficiently to form, * sort of cap sule. The tenure of the world's existence, therefore, is exceedingly uncertain. Any ' greatly disturbing influence--tlie breaking j out of a huge volcano, any change in the ! surface that would render it brittle, the j impact of a heavy meteor or coun t —may, I in a moment, immolate it, leaving human ity to whirling death amid the horror of inorganic space. DABKNEBS, BXX.EN3E, AND DEATH. Mr. H, F. Walling began an essay on “The Dissipation of Energy” by saying: “Since the days of the ancients it lias been known that all motion is gradually devel oped by friction, and must finally cease unless maintained by external power." The heat power of the sun, which he re garded as the motive power of the earth, is being exhausted by the prodigious lav ishness of its expenditure. It is supposed, he said, that the satellite will fall into planets, planets Into suns, and suns into a common centre, after which “darkness sileueo and death will reign.” He was not without shadow of hope, however. He saw two possible chances for a postpone ment, at least, of the dreadful catastrophe: First, a series of natural chemical evolu tions atrracting to the sun a vast amount of combustible material; and. second, the infinite magnitude of the universe being sufficient to permit a never-ending concen tration of masses. One dreaded effect of a loss of sun power, he said, is a displace ment of atmospheric forces. Tidal influ ences or planetary eoffissions may hasten the final dreadful mtastrope. which will be n slowing of tin l mnelunory of the uni verse, until growing stagnation culminates in a total extiuetioo of life forces. I NIVEUSiI, UIiOVUHT AND STOBTATION. Profess** Fkanklin Ik Hough foretold a perpetual drought—the result of it clearing off of tlri‘ forests. “The contrast,” he said, “between an open and sun-burnt pasture, ami or.e inteispcrsed with clumps of trees, must have been noticed by every careful observer. The fact that furniture in houses too much shad'd w ill mould is an ixistiuieyv of the humid influence of trees, and the results ol' woodland shade explain the fullness of springs and streams in the forest, which dry up and disappear when the trees are removed. “The rapidity with which forests arc disappearing has already been a matter of alarm; but when we consider the effect upon streams— practical illnstrtions of large ones being lessened and small ones easinglii-shed— there is cause for fright. Lund will bo come uuwarteredguid consequently sterile; crops will lessen iu volume until arid and treeless plains, refuse to respond to the in citement of the fartvyr; uuivevsal famine will ensure, and the work!, entirely depop ulated by starvation, will siuk into unin habitativeuess, until some new change calls another form of life into existence. INSECTS TO END THE HUMAN R.U.3S. Dr. I,e Conte, the new President of the Association, read a paj>er ou the e.norm ous increase aud destructiveness of injurious insects. The present actual annual dam age done by iua. cts te crops iu the United States is over tlrree millions of dollars, yet these figures give but all inkling of w hat ! the increase promises for the future. | “Juntnow,” aaysDr. Le<suite, “aportion ‘ of the insect tribe* are sufficiently numer ous,by nutate to inflict injury upon man and his potafssiona; but civilization des troys the balance of life which naturally keep down inereaae, and perm its In the ease of insauts—those previously insignifi cant in numbers -to become proiniuautac tors iu the work of destruction. ” The only method suggested by this scientist to avert a calamitous plague were “to abandon the crops and starve out the, noxious insect, or to establish “a system of checks on their increase equivalent to those existing before civilization inter fered.” Either of these plans are. of course, impracticable. The impending dilemma seems to lie an increase of insects so vast that the plague of Egypt will be more than produced, anil that all vegeta tion, and Anally starving and helpless man himself, will be eaten. j “ 1 '♦ ♦" Heart Eloquence and the Latest Style of Love-Letter Writing in Savannah. The following loving epistle was re cently picked up on the streets in Savan nah. Savannah, Ga., Oct 13., 1873. Mr Dkarikt Ellen : If you could but imagine with whig painful suspense I have waited tor a reply from your dear hands to the four letters I liavo written you before this, 1 know that your kind and loving heart would induce yon to send me some kind response to relieve my great anxiety of roiiid. I cannot rest uiglit or day much longer if thou treutest me so. Do now, my pnrciotis angel, flower of beauty and idol o 4 lav heart, Answer this and still the longings of my over-burdened soul. If thou didst but know how full my heart is with love tor yon; how I worship you in thought, I know that yon would no longer hesitate to be come my own beloved, an gelical, supernatural, devoted and abomi nable lady of my 1 wart. he il in heaven or on earth, Of all I know hi this world You art- tin- muni heautiful labig To my lorn-, aad, sail heart. The rose hi rpl and the violet's blue, Hngar is sweet anil ao are yon. Do, sweet Ellen, don't treat this short inspiration of my soul as you have the oile rs, but, of sweetness, an gel of beauty, reply shortly, as 1 will conut the minutes as luMirs and the hours as days till I receive one from my adora ble, pnsilanimous angel. Yrair ever devoted lover, Hknbv. Press on, Henry; a few more such shots and she will capitulate, and you will enter the citadel, it may lx-, with a tight squeeze. [From the Philadelphia Sunday Dawn, j A STRANGE STORY. A Out Iful Son—-Siml Meeting of nn Innorcul but Convicted Man and hU Mother In the Aubnrn \. V. State Prison. A lady who was some years ago left a widow with a small family of children, after much tribulation succeeded in bring ing up to manhood one son, who proved himself aide and willing to be a support not only of her, but to llis younger broth ers and sisters. About a year after be coming of age lie was offered a lucrative position iu tbe West, and he emigrated thither, and, settling there permanently, soon married. Newsies, however, did not absorb old affections, ami as he prospered in business, he sent regularly to his moth er the means neros-AAry fi>r licr support anil that of la-r family. Two years passed on aud made many change*; but still reg ularly as the quarter came so also the am ide remittance of this model sou and brother. When the tide of emigration flowed to the far West, this son was car rh and with it to Omaha, where lie invested his earnings in town lots, which speccdilv rose in value and mode him a man of wealth. At least this was the intelligence sent his mother. Lately, while visiting Auburn, his parent was invited to moke the tour of the State prison, and whilst passing through the various wards she ae ’ eidentlv encountered one whose presence caused her cheek* to pale and her heart to • teaqsiruiilv stop its heating. It was her sob, her good and well-beloved l*>y. who fox years had been -her pride and support; for a br was speechless, but at length, bursting into a flood of tears, iu which the prisoner joined, she said: “O, my son, my son! how came yon here?” His stray being told, developed the feet tliat lie had, by trading with strangers, come into possession of a largo quantity of counterfeit money, and that iu igno rance of its character, he being on a visit to New York, hail attempted to pass it, had been arrested as a chief of a gang of coun terfeiters, and having been identified as , having endeavored to circulate it, was, in spite of all evidence of previous good character offered, convicted and sentenced to serve out a term in tlie State prison. His wife, with wlro.u he was in constant corrcsiNuidence, had aided him in keeping his incarceration a secret from his mother, and hail regularly remitted the quarterly allowance, together with letters forwarded from the prison by him, But for the- un fortunate visit the mother would have re main'd frarever unaware that her son whs serving rail a peuul Rcutcnea for a crime never committed liy him; she banned, however, that by tine rise of comer lots he hud lieen made a wealthy muu-oud when he he should come of prison, which would be in a few months, he, through the skillful stewardship o 4 his wife, would find await ing him tlie sina of not less thsr. 82(KI,(KK) in United States howls, Seb ore the' vi cissitudes of life. A TerbuUiß Tragedy.— St tsuw, October 13.—A special dispaeh from Carrollton, Missouri, gives an account of a terrible tragedy enacted near here. Robert Aus tin, a young farmer residing near Carroll ton, suspected his wife of infidelity, aud on Friday bust left home, saying that he was going to the St. Louis Fair, to be ab sent several days.. He went to the depot, but returned and secreted himself in a closet in liis wife’s bed room, armed with a double barrel shot gun. His wife soon re tired, and shortly after Elijah Haley en tered th* room and undressed himself. As he was getting into bed Anstiu sprang out and fired, but missed Holey, and the shot entered his wife’s abdomen. Austin tired again at Haley and killed hint instantly. Mrs. Austin died on Saturday,and Mr. Aus tin surrendered to the authorites. Ail parties are highly connected. Correction due* much, but encourage ment will do more. Encouragement after ens uv is like the sun after n shower. State Gossip. A considerable Earthquake was felt at Eatontou few dAys ago. Wheat in North Georgia is selling at 81 50 to 82 00 per buslieL I'p to lost Saturday Atlanta raised 81,- 283, for the yello w fever sufferers, Tlie Thomnsville Baptist are endeavor ing to raise funds for anew church. Brunswick ha* contributed one hun dred and twenty dollars fa the Memphis sufferers. Columbus has raised about $7,000 up to Sunday night for the yellow lever Sif ferers. The death of Mr. C. N. Powell, a prom inent citizen of Thomas county, is an nounced. The brick work of the new Masonic Temple in Thomasville was finished lost week. A “Dancing Club" has been organized in Brunswick. Wonder if Smith la-longs to it. The colored Masonic fraternity of Sa vunnuh have received their Grand Lodge jewels. Macon is receiving gold in exchange for cotton. The basis of exchange is fifteen cents per pound. The Eatontou Messenger comes to us this week w-ltli anew dress, enlarged, and otherwise improved. Friend Smith, of the Brunswick Appeal, wants something started down his way to exercise tlie mind. The Early County Sews has n good stock of thanks on hand tor all who want to pay their subscriptions. The Thomasville Timm mail has had a ray of sunshine east around his lonely heart by a visit from the ladies. Seventeen freight cars were thrown off the track the A. & G. R. It. a few miles from No. 3, on Saturday last caused by a defective truck. Ida Wilson was recently lodged in the Chatham county jail [or stealing a watch from D. I* Moore, for whom she was house keeping The Are department of Thomnsville seems to l- demoralized. Due cmuimtiy has suspended for ninety days while an other is talking of disbanding. We learn from the Thoma.-villc Eater prise that Mr. W. H. Hopkins hat? a horse stolen from his stable last f ittxrduy ifight, for which he is offering a lite ral reward. The Fonrth Animal Fair of the South Georgia Agricultural aud Median teal As sociation will open at Thomasville on the fourth of November. Dr. A. J. Soinmes, of Savannah has left his home anil gone to Memphis to render bis services to the afflicted citizens. A noble deed, and one tliat should never he forgotten. A venturesome servant girl iu Snvann h recently tried to poor ken wane into a light ed lamp. She now wraps her arm in a molases bandage, as the fruits of her folly. A nurse iu Savannah sent iu a hill of five hundred dollars for nursing a man two hours, while the physician sent in his for two hundred. Wouldn't like to get sick there while the money crisis lasts. The Atlanta Hern!' 1 is making arrange ments to present each one of its subscri bers with a New Year*’ gift. Allan months subscribers will be entitled to u ticket in the (lestfiliation. Tlie Brunswick Appeal says: "The country along the line of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad is remarkable for Uealtlifuhiess and is being rapidly devel oped. It bids fair in a few years, to be populous, productive and wealthy. Tlie Tbomasvßle Enterprise has this: A colored boy only some eight or ten years of age, set Mrs. Bird’s bam on fire alxjut dark last Wednesday night. Light wood splinters were used and a decayed spot iu one of the sills was chosen. The flames were discovered in time to save the build ing. Ho did it for fun. A young man l>y the bsiao of Constan tine had one side of his face and one eye badly burned on Sunday last while bird hunting near Savannah. It appears that he had just shot a bird, and was re loading his gun, when *u explosion took place; also exploding his powder fttsk. It is thought that the injuries are not dan gerous. Another warning to Sabbath breakers. Says the Hinesville Gazette: “Tlie pota to crop this year, in Liberty county is said to be an unusual good one. We hear several farmers, who generally make a erop of one to two hundred bushels, say, that this year, they will harvest six or seven hundred bushels. The Mexican Yam or “New Issue, "as it is called, is consid ered the aaoHt productive variety. Pota toes at the nibnaul eouxnaiud a very good price—eighty cents per bushel.” Mr. A. J. Dodge, who has been for sev eral years foreman of the Morn ing Sews job office, come to his death on the 12th inst by the supposed accidental firing of a pistol in his ow n hands. Mr. Dodge had been a great sufferer from asthma for over twenty years, which of late had become so acute as to cause him at times to loose his mind, and he was suffering intensely throughout Saturday night and Sunday morning previous to-his death- The Savannah New* has this: ‘ ‘lnfor mation has bees reeeived here that some few’ilays since an oLd lisbernuui. rusiiliug at St (.’atlairine’s Island, died within half an hour after some medicine hail been administered to him, anil was afterwards buried without an inquest being held up on the body. It is surmised that Ki-agawn, the fisherman, was iu possession of certain money, or other property, which parties on the island desired to possess themselves of, and adopted the means above stated of getting him out of the way. Officers Morgan and Crean left the city for St. Catharine's Island last night for the pnr- P'leo of investigating the matter." Love Among Thorns. The ri-ahatic age, which bos exploded ancient legends, ui*proved traditions and I reversed the oldest eiprioes of history, hus i. stroyed neatly all the romance of court ship by dragging "il into oourt. Judge Neilsou, of Brooklyn, New York, deliv ered tin mosi xtroordinory and unheard of opinion in a mount case of brench-of-! marriage-promise which was tried before Lit n. A merchant named Alexander Earle was sued for breach of promise by Miss Roxa leiia Homan, ai. i Judge Nelson, finding that the lady offered no other proof of the ' contract of matrimony except the fact Uiut she had been kissed by the aforesaid Earle, decided that no words were neces sary to constitute an engagement; that “the gleam of the eye, and the coninne-1 tiou of tlie lip*, are overtures where "they become frequent and protracted.” The' | jury, thus instructed us to the law, gave j Miss Homan 815,000 damages; the cose | was a[i[s>aied, and the Court of Appeal*; sustained the decision of tlie court be low. The flintv-henrfed Judge, compared : with whom Judge Jeffries was n Mild as the moonlight dream of a maid of sweet, sixteen on a midsummer night, added, with aii the acrid partiality of exusjieruting de tail: “Iu au engagement to marry, the contract can lie > i tered into between lov ers without his asking in words tLe ques- | tiou whether she will marry him, and with- i out her answering in words that she will j do so. * * * This contract or en gageioent can be made without such • word* H the facts and rircnmstar vs , are sufficiently full and sigmficient to urnouut to the engagement, were they or' could they lie articulate, the spirit of the luw supplies the lucking speech." And so for lnxiiriuting in Roxr,lona’s “eye-gleam*’ anil “lip conjunctions," ; Sandy Earle is doomed to pay the enor mous price of 815JKXI! Miserable lover! He had better have bought 315,1KK) worth ,of Pacific Mail stock at 250, and seen it drop to 50 the day foDowing, than paid so dear a price for “eye gleams," which are transitory, and “lip conjunctions,” whose weetness, though fraught with entranc ing bliss, fade away like a dream of the morning. A Grecian philosopher once re marked of a little intrigue, that threat ened to cost him a thousand talents in gold, that he did not care to buy repent ance at so ih -.r a price, and the Brooklyn merchant wiii probably conclude to strike from his price list in future those high priced commodities as “eye gleams” and “lip conjunctions. ” The decision of the Brooklyn court will lie s death blow to all I the romances of love-making in New York. A young man with any regard for his purse would as soon think of getting into ; a pirate-ship as into a courtship in the face of so terrible a decision. Moonlight ser enades must go liy the board, and Penn sylvania “bundling” is no longer to lie tin mg!it of. The dead line of courtship which no bachelor dare touch in future iu , eludes buggy drives, sleigh rides, hand squeezing, eve glances at church, and lip eonjectnr** behind the hall door. Cupid is utemliy kicked out of court, aud his | bow and darts have been wkitted into ig nominious tooth-picks. We tfe&C the above from the Courier- JourMif. C'iinssderiug the facts (which were fe A aivf route , re Hiink the Verdict exceedingly mud, though it interferes with tb sweetest delicacies of life. Many, no doubt, will think it a severe punishment, and some will suspect the Judge of hawing a daughter the 1-e don't want kissed liy the wrong fellow. We think Roxuleua did right, the Judge did right, and the jury did right, and tlie Court of Appeula ! andi 1 right, and Earle bos no right to cos*- j pnst 1J | for a kiss that isu't worth $15,098 isn’t worth taking, and he took it. If Roxie was as pretty as either one of an hundred girls we saw at camp meeting last Snuday, we will give double the amount for a single glance and half such a smack, and make her mistress of our number one Wheel, it Wi'son Sewing Machine. If, however, Roxalena submitted to his ca l' .•* under the circumstance* that caused Susan’s tears, when Snooks kissed her, Roxalena ought not to have sued. If the Judge will read carefully the cause of Su san’s tears, he will luive some doubt as to the propriety of his expansion of the rules jof evidence. Read Snooks’ report of THE CAUSE OF SUSAN S TEALS. Susan und I sut side by side, aud I couldn’t have talked if I had tried. The light of the lamp was turned down quite tow, anil I felt, dear reader, exactly just so. Her little hand in mind did rest, and her waterfall laid on my breast, while imy heart beat fast and I couldn’t stop it ; and 1 was taking a pain iu my left vest pocket! I chanced to look down iu her gemlike eyes, and I saw big tears up in them rise, which made my heart beat faster and fasfj er, and if she would have me I conclude.? ; to ask her. “Wilst be my little wife,” said I, to make yon happy I will try. Wilst bake me pancakes through this life, and never 1 cut me with the carving-knife? Wilst get my dinner and bake my bread, and wever throw forks aud plates at my head? Wilst sew on my buttons and my shirt fronts stitch, all other tliiugs of a nature like sieh? I’ll not ask yon to work, for you are able, and I’ll buy a patent self-rocking cradle-” I kissed a tear from her rosy cheek, aud Jerusalem jingo! but it tasted sweet! But still more tears came fro® her eyes and j fiom her bwast came mu ay sighv “Wherefore those tears’ said I. “Su sie, what makes you look so roozy suoozy? I’d give my life to make you happy, and have your first to call me pappy! Susan’s eyes look at her feet, and I’m blowed if I didu’t just feel dead beat! I kissed tin -c rosy lips once more, as I had done oft-times before, then I pressed her . close! to iny heart, aud swore by jingo! we’lf never part. But tears still flowed down her pretty face, aud looked as though they were run ning a lace; while sighs still came from out her breast, ami she looked as if she couldn’t rest. “Speak, Susan!” said 1 “Speak once to me, and tell me what the matter can - l>e. You have roused mv utmost fears bv shedding those tremendous tears; but \ know, my darling, they’re shed for me, j and I Jote’t see why this should lie.” “Snooks, ” said she, with a long, losg sign, and I was just afraid she was j going to cry, “those tears tliat I shed are not for thy sake, but beeaaee I’ve got the j stomach-ache! Then die ojswe and took , a pill, and for all I know she’s suffering still. Snooks, ,Th. Poor Snooks! What a ma-love-en-ekolie disappointmentt Be sure, the next time you kiss Susan that her stomach is not j putting on airs. While a compositor on the Montreal! Witness was setting up an advertisement; | for a lost canary, a few days ago, the bird j ' flew in at the window. This shows the | 1 value of advertising. Telegraphic Brevities. THE FEFEIT Of MEMPHIS--NEEDY OLIHANS— .HfewrCAWi AzrOirr. Mewhir, Oct. Id. -Fifty of the re cently made orphans hade been sent to th- Church Home, near Buntyn Station, She!-' by county, in care of the Sisters of St. Mary, but that institution reports its ina bility to supply them with subsistence. An appeal is made to tiie citfzettt of Memphis to fiftniih Cooked provisions for their dinner to-day. The Catholic Or phan Asylnm reports that they have rooms for a number of orphans, but are unable to feed and clothe them. Another frost occurred this morning. Lateh.—From noon yesterday untS noon to day there were forty-seven deaths, of which forty were from yellow fever. Memphis, October IS!—There wef# forty-one fever deaths yesterday Memphis, Oct 14.—Mayor Johnoc.r, who has devoted himself unremittingly to his duties, has the fever. the nrru* w hkbvkfout. Shbevepobt, Oct. 15. —A gradual de cline in the epidemic is reported. Tfc'rtjr block vomito cases have recovered. THANKSOIVIRO. Washington, Oct. 14.— The President has proclaimed the 21st of November Thanksgiving Day. the effect of a great hurricane. Havana. Get. 14.—Advices from Hayt? state that Jaemel and several other places in southern Hayti were visited tef a hur ricane on the 28th ult. Marry horses were demolished, and trees torn from their roots, and carried a grnit distance. There was considerable lose of life still serious damage to the shipping. The hurricane did not reach to Port-au-Priuce or Aux Cave*. Washington, Oct. 14. —The Israelites of San Francisco have sent 82,1KK) in gold to the Memphis sufferers. The State Grand Conunandcry of New York sent 8150 to Memphis and Shreveport. MISC ELLANEOtK AUVEKTISI -IK-NTS. MARKET SQOARE HOUSE VALENTINE BASLER, (Successor to hia brother Antony Bailer: THE WEU KNOWN Ti:N lIN AtoLEY, At the Old Stand, 174 Bryan St, OPPOSITE SUV. STAKMET, Continues to keep on hand the of Brandies, Whiskies, Wines, Ales, AMJ) AI.L 07IIfa: liquors. My Foreign Linear* arc aU ef my own Impor iwim. an^rlMC A PA WILY ARTICLE , Agents rowkw sl*2 5U jmt (fay, $75 per week. an ENTIRELY new SEWING MACHINE F*or Oomrs!ic Vn#, OWL Y FIVE DOLLARS- New Patent 1 tTO.\ HOLE WORKER. Patented <hu<* 27th 1871. AWARDED THE FIBHT PREMIUM AT THE VMEUICAN iNkUTTUXB ANiVITAim AN L> INSTITUTE FAIR©, IFWi A m<*t' iWnd(“?<rfl and rk-gantly em**trmte<£ : Sk-wiko Ma( Ini*. fur Family Work.’ (.'ompkte ir all itw Part,* 1 the Straight, Kye Pointed JVVe | d/e. Help Thblai>in, dir**** t Pcmrnvi? Monos, New Tt n**n>n, Guitler ; Operates hy Wataftl aind <*n a Table. Ligid Hur**~ j tang. Km*oth and noiteleM, like all geod high-* I priced machine*. Has Patent Cfoek V> y**vfii % ; the wheel being turned the wfctfig*tfay. V*e**Ai r • thread direct from the spool. Makes the Elamtivt j Lock Stitch, (fluent and utrongcst stitch known);- ’ firm, durable, cloae and rapid. Will do all kind** 1 "f work .Jine and coarse, from Cambric to hcavy* ' Cloth or I rather, and uses all duKripcittus oC ; thread. This Machine is heavily CO3WTRVt-TEi> ; to give it ktrenoth: all the parts of each Ma | chine being made alike by machinery, and beau tiftiilv finished and ornamented. It is very *&hy |to learn. Ha; ki, Smooth and Silent in operation.- j Reliable at all times, and a Practical, Scientific, ; Mechanical Invention, at Greatly Reduced Price I A (Ilmkl, ( heap, Family Sewing Machine at last. ; The find and only success in producing n valua i ble, snhstantiai aud reliable low-priced Sewing Machine, it** extreme low price reaches all ccm j flitions. Its simplicity and strength adapts it • > all capaeitW, wlme it* many merits make it a universal favorite wherever used, and crvales a rapid demand. IT IS ALL IT IH IlEf OMMFNDim I can cheerfully audeonfalentLy recoauund it* use to those who are wanting a really good Sew ing Machine, at a low price. Mils. H. B. JAMESON, Peotonc, Will county. 111. Prie* of each Machiuc. “Class A.” “One,” (warranted for five years by Hpeeiai certificate) with ate the ftrfit ret and erer>/fti inf complete be longing to it, including Help TaasxDßKi NnsLr, | packed in a strong wooden box, and delivered to any pari of the country, hy express, free of ftir i ther charm s, ou reeept of price, only Five Dol lars, Safe delivery guaranteed. With each Ma chine we will send, on receipt of $1 rrtsnz, shs new patent BUTTON HOLE WORKER, One of the moat important and useful inrentmn* of the age. So simple aud certain, that a child can work the finest button hole with regularity and ease. Strong and beautiful. KBEi.TXL.TEBM*, and pj-Ua inducement# to Malk ami FfcarALE Agents, Store Keeper**. Ac., who will establish agencies throng fk* e oxantoy and keep our New Machines oh JCxhffdtion and Sale. County Rights given to smart agents free. Agent’s winplete outfit furnished, without any ex tra cHAKtoR. Samples ot *•. 't'irtm *lescriptive cir ; eularx om taming Terms, TestirmihSd", Engrav ing*. Ac., A*., slnct free. We also ttappky AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Patents and Improvements for the Farm and Garden, Mowers, Reaper*. Cultivators, Feed Cutters, Harrows, Farm Mills, Planter Harvest ers, Threshers and all articles needed for Farm work. Rare Seeds in large variety. All Money sent in Post Office Money Orders, flank Drafts, or by Express, will Ik.- at onr risk, aud are perfectly* secure.. Safe delivery of all our goods guaran teed. “An old sank re*p©n*itolP firm that sell the bent gof sls at the lowest price, and can relied upon by "nr rratfevß.*' —Farmer $ Journal, Ne\r York. Not Responsible for Registered Letters. Al>l>il£** O&UXBH JEROME B. HUDSON A CO. Corner Greenwich and Cortlandt Streets, N.Y.* sept97-6m "■ H. STARK. E. I>. RICHMOND. Wl. H. STARK 4 GO., M hole salt- Grocers, Commission Merchants and Cotton Factors Cui'ner qf Day and Lincoln Streets, SAVANNAH. GEORGIA., Agents For E. FRANK COE'S BONE SUPERPFOSPH ATE,. Magnolia Light Draft (oil,:: Gins, PRINCETON FACTOTY YARNS. ARROW TIES. Careful Attention Given to Sales or Shipment of C otton. —AND— ALL KINDS 0¥ PRODUCE.. ral ADVANCES i"<le ou Con.tirnmonte. tugM-3in.