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■p’: Mirirda. Jan. 8, I*7*'. It ■L IP*”* v! 1 -* ™ W ■ % • TSBS& sSffiHE. , . bteJSk K B Br K t-'/ jX-Y*",' "j" s *." r ''- i r I ii v.lm it W is II Bflkl'U I lie and plumant manner ■ I'OIM lIIitI •: I III" \ ,iii I I:, I* i ill ■sled, and afforded ample room Bor those who part ieipal ed in the Bauci'. Any one who has lieen ahoul hard times, and at the supper, as provided ■ 1 arranged hy the ladies, need no more, fur after leeding ■Soul four hundred persons, nun h ■tis left, and distrilmled tin' next ■ay among the less fortunate ol fthe IfrwlerliOod. Many of the from other Lodges in the Pcouuty, were present, and with Itheir families, were hospitably eu j Itertained. L The Wild Laud*. The wild lands of Georgia em brace, as we understand the mat j ter, all lands in the State not re turned on the tax hooks. I'poll "wl , ... titese, executions are issued loi taxes, by the Comptroller Gene tr&L ami the li. fas. sold to spectt lators. Some hard cases have a having had their lands sold with no fault of their .own; but, under the law, we do not see how he could have pro j ceedod otherwise in collecting the taxes due. Of course, sharpers will come in and take advantage of the State and people when they can, but the only remcdy.it seems to us, is a full return ol all Uthe lands. We leave the matter. However, to those better aeipiaiw Bed with the details than we are. ► Koduee tlu' Taxes. , Now that the new constitution sin operation, providing for t>i Miuial sessions, reduction of sal (tries, and general expenditures, surtaxes hereafter should not ex kcd one half ot the assessments |Bherly made. Let us see that giound gained is held. Bonk Li sso\ we will learn from k> darkies in their state of tree Inin. long a> there is a corn i. ■ al. day. I . > ■ ■ mBSmmSmSK _ able. o don't “ hanker" after an;, more, even though tempted l>y a chicken roost. f I BL m hSmHh *3 - f& ii I *<>; , 91 1 jjp^ UgHr i 0.0 iv H- 1877, 91,308 fciJsoS, 52,! 22 gߧ|f||V‘' ■•; ■ B Till' >!H v , <• 11. /', /7.-<..., i<- i.i election. looks oth erwise : •• Reports concerning the lute election/. ij (1 corgi si, recto ved by members from that Stale, show that in every instance, except t\\ o, independent candidates were successful wherever placed in the field. <Jen. < Jordon thinks that lids will probably give the imle- eighty members of the Ir. •. ill- lead o|' tw■•! \e. the HK !.■ -i ■BpPr 111 peakin'.' I' rent It o! .'lopnii 111 o| Ihe il'depen \inn i in i.i ni ia, Si Iff:'/Bi ■l■ ■ll di i-lared that ;l ;i- SP* l;' 11. ii •■.■'i\ \li i"; ’ 111' i B^P^^/onlhern policy, and that of that soil wort* in extending over a large I ion of t lit- south. By becom ing the champion of the adminis t rat ion in regard to eontirmations, Senator (iordon believes tliat—he. Tias pal himself a I Ihe head of the independent movement in Geor gia. lie undoubtedly expects to seeing, t lie votes of the indopen dent legislators in liis coining senatorial contest. Other pronii limit southern leaders express the opinion today that the Georgia elections indicate the beginning of anew order of things in the South. The negro vote, they say, was divided. There was no color line; and tin 1 independents and Bourbon democrats both sought the aid of the black man. The result has been the defeat of the Bourbons in almost every ease. Tin' independent tickets were all ant r Bourbon." Tile recent election in <ieorgia gave the old Bourbon democratic line a good shaking tip. As there was no republican organization in the lield, the democrats divid cd into Bourbons and liberals, or rather under the title of regulars and independents, and both went in search of the colored brethren in their most persuasive ways— Imt the independents won oil nearly every contested Hold. This is a hopeful sign for the south, and w hen it is considered that the independents divided from the Bouillons in support of the ad ministration of Hayes, the result is all the more significant. The south will cease to be Bourbon democrat as soon as the north ceases to lie revolutionary repub lican.- DhilaJelj>hia Time*. in<l. The Eastern W nr. Though no new developments have transpired, from the fact tin# operations have been impe ded by the severe w inter, it is ap parent that the Russians will soon move successfully upon Coustan tinople. and that the Turks must abamlou Europe forever. A wri ter on the sit nation, says England is certainly preparing to tight, if need bo, in order to protect her “interests." She could throw a hundred thousand troops into Koumelia. She eould pay, and thus reinspire the army of the sultan. She eould bar the way to t 'oiistant ineple for at least a year. And by so doing, slie might in volve all Europe in w ar. tierma ny would certainly take a hand. But England w ill not go to war. She Inis no expectation of doing so. Iler commercial people do not want it. and none of the queen's subjects relish the idea of giving assistance to the Mu hotniuedans in their war against Tv- -p 17 r 77 r j \ \ v 1 s 17 TT> 77 4.: y7\ 17 1 z ■ : j l 1 ~j j. 3 J iN J J r l it hi Ii) Tj , Christians. Re. a cannot all’or.l to encounter England far away from her bases of supply. Ger many wants peace. The way out is plain and easy. The Black sea and the Dardanelles will become tree, while Egypt and the Suez canalwlllbtymnexed t< tin king can break through Adrianople line of de work arranging the terms of peace We do not despair of a satisfacto ry peace before 1 spring comes. Hell. What is it, and where is it '! The Constitution has been interview ing the ministers in Atlanta, pro testant and catholic, and all hold to the doctrine of a hell, a devil and eternal punishment. The catholics have some modification. They say there are three classes : the saints, who are few, and will all go to heaven—the extremely wicked, few also, who will all go to hell—and the great mass of lm inanity, not intentionally wicked, who will go to purgatory <0 have their sins purged away. It seems that Beecher is stirring up tin* church with new and pestilent ideas. The following looks very tnuehee like a description of the late bullying in the United States Senate—but ii happened among I he heathens : Cong Ling and (lor Bing. ( Arc y.>ri (1 nlp/iif.) Siii < iiig l.ing Ii” wa- a < 'liineo; Seal (i.ii' I ling lie was a llimlno; Tlie.v ipiaiTcleil ami enuhl nut agree, A ml they looked at each oilier askew _lu-S4- I! .o' .-.alii me 1 eng In < Tied (!or I ling “ Yon want to lie iioss !’’ \nd hr pounded his desiCwitli a rap: “Oh, I’m a hyena and a lioss And a brass niniintod terrible eliap l'’or a stranger to happen aero--!’’ '•<l, you are a lyre, I he lie ye,’' t Iteinarl.ed the i>r.i\e ltraliinan l ong Ling: ‘ You're played, ii is I rue, and I grieve.' ' \ lyre V” W hy, il reined to tior I 'ing lie was eliarged with attempts to de ceive. “ I’ll settle this insult with you." t 'ril'd < .or 1 'ing gout side of t his hall,’ In a voire \\ hirli the doll kee pah knew Meant I’.la l>en Itug, powder and hall A ltd tea and revolvin'./ for two! Oh, did they not welter in gore? Not a welter, hut quite the reverse; They shooked hands and smiled as he fore. And said, ‘‘Brother, good men are seurse— And we can not be spared from the floor.” Then Tligr Alan and Ham Lin said, “w e Anil Tint How have settled il slick. Noenemies Ling .and Ding Im, Hut I hoy spoke in the tongue of I'iek Wick, In theeouneils of Sam, the Yan Kee.” Married. On the 27th ultimo, at the resi lience of the bride's father, Dr. Win. Alston, by the Rev. IS. E. Barnwell, Robert B. Goodman and Miss M urn: I*. Alston, all of Cobb county. Bo.mkEkli.ow down in Ogle thorpe county [we rather think he lives elsewhere] has sold an old mule every fall for five years, and itas to take it back each time, upon the note falling due. It is again on the market. Tlu* Border Biots. OiucAuo, Dec. 28.—The corres pondence received at military headquarters details the surren dor of Howard and his band at San Elizaro. and the subsequent shooting of Howard. Mcßride. At kinson, and other events. The rioters were reported to be pick ing up their effects and moving, some over the river and others olsew here. Only live of the riot ers were identified as Mexicans, audit is thought that there were not ten from that side, although the organized rioters were -”.50 strong, and were accompanied by about 150 thieves. The Mexican authorities have posted a large number of notices on both sides of the river, warning Mexican citizens against participating in the trouble. North and South. The war, with its extravagance, spirit of speculation and over reaching. sent the north forward with tremendous impulse. It ap peared tube building upon the ruin of Hie souih. But suddenly its fabric tumbled into the mire, and crumbled away, and in the wreck the south appeared, brok en, distorted. but patient and ear nest, struggling, full of hope.— While the north had been build ing at the expense of the south, which it was oppressing and crushing, the south was acquiring habits of economy, frugality, pa tient industry. Now, the people <#the north can. with poor grace, complain that we have learned the economical habits which built New England on a granite rock. The same patient industry and en ergy applied in our climate, to our soil, and with our resources and advantages, will give us a prosperity beyond anything ever witnessed on earth. Surely the north cannot envy us now. The splendid glamour of slave aristo cracy is gone. The ephemeral prosperity of that day melted be fore, their envy and hostility.— There is nothing in our slow, toil some but sure march upward to attract envious attention, or to a rottse another sectional crusade. Our systems of labor are now a like. There is no destructive dif ference in industrial or political systems. We are to advance by (lie same toil, and to accumulate by the same frugality, and a solid south means only a people united in a national policy fitted to ad vance all parts of our country by advancing one part of it. It, is equally applicable to the other. It is national —democratic. If the south advances more rapidly, it will be because she lias, with e qual energy, advantages in soil, climate, resources and natural transportation facilities. When the sectional clamor of disappoin ted politicians is out of the way, and silenced by a people who per ct'ive llieirown interests, we shall hear loss of the solid south. That the south lias attained to this po sition in a struggle with a con quering power is assurance of the energy, patience and greatness of her people, and assurance that in the path of progress she will ac complish something groat for her self and for the country of which she is a part. .Vmv/t rilh Anieri cun* Jem. Washington Notes. If a member wishes to bo heard in the House, he must, discard pa per, declaim clamorously, and at tract attention by the vigor of bis pantomime. I had IDo good for tune to see “Beast Butler” throw ‘•bricks,” which mob like recrea tion was brought to a speedy con clusion by a gentleman reading a previous record that put the Mas sachusetts bully point-to-point with himself. 1 heard Alexander 11. Stephens. He was seated, with his hat on, in an invalid chair ou rollers, pro pelled by his shrivelled hands. — When he spoke he took his hat off, and vociferated in a shrill, clear voice, full of sense, and dex terously rolled himself about in his chair in front of the Speaker's desk, occasionally bringing his bony list down with a bang upon the arm of his chair. The novel ty of the spectacle, the respect of the members for the mummy statesman, secured him attention, many leaving their seats and crowding around the little sitting figure, looking so ghastly and gro tesque as he piped out his sen tences.— Corn. Courier-Journal. Aiding Sick Banks. Washington, Dec. 29.—Com missioner Raum, of the internal revenue department, to-day di rected the abatement of the tax assessed against the State savings bank of Chicago, amounting to ever twenty thousand dollars.— There are six other insolvent Chicago saving banks, in whose cases similar relief will probably be granted to the depositors. It is understood that Commissioner Ratim has addressed a letter to the committee of ways and means recommending that all savings banks, without distinction, shall be relieved from taxation. He, however, favors the retention for the present tax on banks and bankers, and is strongly opposed to any change in the existing rate of taxation on whisky and t ohacco. San Saba (Tex.) News : 8. V. Yoo, esq., who has just returned from a trip through Brown and Hamilton counties gives a rather discouraging account ol the con dition of affairs in those counties. Crops this year have been almost a complete failure. Many fami lies have been forced to leave their homes and go- to more fa cored district . where they could get cotton to pick ami thus earn a subsistence. Numbers of these will never return to.their homes, which in many cases w ere pre emption settlements. Country Beads. In a few days the roads of up per (ieorgia at least will be al most impasable. The man who uses them will do so at the risk of his wagon and horses, if not hi neck. Trade will languish, and stagnation will be the rule in both town and country. The wear and tear of harness, mules and wagons, the loss of time, and the suspension of business will be, as m the past, severely felt; and yet we will go on expending labor on our roads without any substantial return. The oldest roads in the the slate are no bel ter than they were fifty years a go.* This is due, first, to our in adequate highway laws, and, sec ondly, to the ignorance that pre vails on the subject of road-mak ing. Few country people, says the Baltimore Sun, know what a good road, highway or turnpike should be; fewer still realize the great advantages their construc tion affords, even when the work is done, in the first instance, at a high cost. The foundation, the drainage, the materials, their pre paration and size; the kind of stone, where stone can he used ; the benefit of sand or gravel, the proper slope to be given, the merits of hillside or valley— scarcely auv of these points are understood by one person in five hundred outside of the profession of engeneering, The calculation of insistence to travel on different kinds of roads lias been made, and this is the record : Force to Move a Carriage. j nrnpiKe 30-1 ibs. Compact loam . . . 53 lbs. Ordinary county road . 106 lbs. Loose sandy road . . 204 lbs. It will be seen that between the first and last of these the dif ference is enormous, and that between a turnpike and an ordi nary county road, as we now make them, the ease of fraction is more than three to one in favor of the former. There are very few roads that are well made, or that will stand the rains of sum mer and the frosts of winter, and such roads have usually been constructed partly if not wholly at the expense of the adjoining property owners. All other roads are radically bad, and the patch ing done to them makes them no better. For the country road maker to throw dirt from the sides to the middle of tin* road, scoop out a shallow ditch to car ry off the water, and put rough water breaks at intervals on de clivities, are the extent of his scientific acquirements. After a heavy rain the dirt is frequently washed off again, and if it remains in winter it freezes and thaws, and the horses plow through it up to their fetlocks. This is not road making. It is simply a waste of the money of the tax payer. Good roads are indispensible in a prosperous country. There will be no influx of emmigratiou and consequently no considera ble increase in the value ol farm property, while we have poor roads. The subject is one that the people should press upon their representatives, with a view of securing suitable legislation as soon as possible. And we should understand at the outset that good roads can not be made without considerable cost. The outlay is always however, hand somely returned to the tax pay er in many ways. Thk President’s Southern poli cy is right, and the whole country will accept it. He lias nothing to recant on that score, and can not be forced into a retreat. 11 is position on the currency question is sound and admirable, and it is likely to call for an act of official courage. If he performs that act with decision when the occasion arrives, he will make strong friends and fierce enemies, but the final verdict of his country men will be favorable. Wo hope he will reorganize his Cabinet; but that is a question for him to decide. But in any event let him have nothing more to do with specious.shams, and try to administer the Government in the true spirit of our institutions. —| New Vork Herald. Ben. Sherman ou the Mexican QUESTION. In the event of war Gen. Sher man said there would not be any delay in concentrating a suffioi ently strong protective force on the Rio Grande. He did not an ticipate an invasion, and was de cided in his convictions that Mex ico desired no war with the Uni ted States. Should the Greasers have the hardihood to throw an invading army across the Rio Grande, a force of from 8,000 to 10,000 American regulars could be collected along the river with in a few days. This force was all that would be necessary for defensive purposes. “But if war should come,” said the General, “we would be forced to take the offensive, and then we would have to raise a volunteer army. We could get all the men we wanted, and more too in a few minutes. Once on the war-path, we would sweep the Mexican territory, capture their national strongholds, and march an over powering force to of Mexico. The capture of Mfeeir capitol would, paralyze them beyond effort, anil we would be in a position to dic tate terms.” Gen. Sherman remarked that to accomplish this it would per haps take more than were em ployed by Gen. Scott in 1846. Scott first had 18,000 soldiers, afterwards increased to 40,000. but the Mexicans are better fight ers than they were then, are bet ter armed, and have stronger forts. ('oncerning our army, as it is now, the General said it was hardly large enough for the actu al protection of the various fron tiers. Soldiers had to be distrib uted along the Rio Grande for defense against Indians and Mex icans. Settlements, towns and stage roads had to be guarded in the Northwest; Sitting Bull had to be watched; and various oth er wild tribes required constant attention to suppress A mtreda (ions and outbreaks. The trou ble was that when troops had to be concentrated at any particu lar point depletion took place at others, and the weak spots were (litis left exposed, often subject ing the life and property of citi zens to great peril. General Sherman said he would remain in St. Louis about ten days, returning from here direct to his headquarters in Washing ton. lie is in excellent health, and is evidently ready to take the saddle once more should the speck of war on the Rio Grande (doom into a national conflict. — St. Louis Globe , Deni. The ITesideut should not sur render an inch. Bound by the courtesy of the Senate and under the lash of Oonklings's leader ship the Republican Senators are against him, but the mass of the parly and nearly the whole peo pie are with him. lie must go ahead.—[ Philadelphia Times. Children are quick to perceive the standard of integrity held by those around them, and to catch the prevailing tone of moral feel ing. When they hear injustice condemned in large things and palliated in small ones; when their own childish depredations are treated with levity, or passed over Avitli indifference; when de ceitful practices are tolerated, and simply troublesome habits are punished, it is not strange that they learn to measure the guilt of dishonesty only by the material loss or annoyance en tailed.—[Phil. Ledger. We spend about 15,000,000 a year in gifts to the Indians, or in support of soldiers to keep them in order. The question with re gard to the Indian is whether we shall civilize him or fight him.— For the past forty years the mili tary operations of this country against the Indians has cost .sl2, 000.000 annually. We have 60,- 000 civilized Cherokees who cost the Government nothing, while 10,000 savage Apaches cost $2,- 000,000 a year to fight them.— Which is the cheaper—to tight these people or to civilize them < —[Cook. The great Southwest demands an open highway to the Pacific coast that shall not only develop the marvelous wealth of that vast region, but save the country $lO, 000,000 a year by its coaipetative inlluence upon the Union and Central Pacific railroads.—Vicks burg Herald. The State Master of Texas re ports three hundred grange halls in that State.