The field and fireside. (Marietta, Ga.) 1877-18??, January 08, 1878, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text"FIELD l\l) FIRKSIIiE. >, I*7*. a tiii ii" v koi I would have d<>ul lor liitn T JCMfI B B. HBPB tin '^^BiPPi|^|?. KJKiI w hen I , Kd>-d in l>r >-, 3BL ~'JHFi iniiil. nu| imm timm BH|. sin* was a"' v ''vor! i- imv. ;i 11 the SI at e- HRnho Mis- i- ippi to the ea Bard at Darien, (’ol. ITobel, Kith engineers, is engaged clear ft ' out the river channel - in low [Btieorgia, on tin* < 'l'lnnLir. ami ■on the rivers are made li-Jit. will lie very little more |Krk to <l<‘. It is said (lie rumple B>n ot’ the work i< an assured Ret, and Mr. Frobell's nmne will lwnw*w*4ati?ly vyi h the greatest | ( *trk of the L The War In Europe. I Is doubtless drawing to n elose. fThe Turks reulirfh mo popole ,jailfif 6f defence and are already disposed to negotiate jn ace on the best terms to he obtained from Russia. It i> not probable that any obstacle will lie inter 'posed by other powers. The Order of Trade. Atlanta is destined to be the great distributing center of the commerce of North Georgia. Merchants supplies for all the towns of this section will be bought there from her wholesale ■ establishments The capital is there and will accumulate and the merchants art* there to man age it. Tributary towns will do a retail business; but it does not follow that buyers may not do as puoll in these towns as in Allan ■a. There, as in New York, they must purchase from retailers who ave no advantage, except in .Heights, over Merchants away the center. Atlanta Daily Tribune |o\ several of its predecessors Lvo dec all new enterprises, this lb row, aad excellent Evening Dai BM working earnestly for the ■ I’, ion to which it is entitled, ■Eder adverse cin iini'tauiV'. ■lie public mind is largely pro siienu><ul Mwth the gossip of old |*ai. >eemeurequires no little von ; glk B ~, ‘jm Th<* Southern Enterprise. falreavlic ]'f l l '’if! fiftwt<h\ 8./.i'iiinj^-i- I . 11,1 i_ |{ Hr B ■ ri YooketUs motto. how little of the kindness, higli e, and generosi me against the cos of selfish, rers, anil disgust ney worshippers, ter carry their ices, and how it loot them; they •ir fear of hone ling somebody besides -elf— •j>t Utohlr frllon') and some, with I < ijotism (to (l slu/xi/it >/, a oil ml In- | won, tnnl cunmntp a spirit of ! rid i or i'oio, nod of jniffiut/ rve \ ri/t/iliifj that /o/>/K, li:ivc* so dis couraged us at times, wo al t | * abandoned our purposes.— of tin- former class figggiß : liovv d'di;d)f to lioimr Ifß i !)■ ,\ I. in.w i, '.. their Bt I 1 'Mf Im' ; I * !§§j§S ■' ' . )> •/ -I" „ • and sonic, with modesty, and ol giving honor to "a ii*fiii 11'11111 i> duo, i;o encourage j us again, wo press onward with reviving hone." •(• viou s H V' 8.. 1 ■ 1 • Post of Cultivating Cotton. The State Department of Agri culture, from iU extensive State correspondence estimates the eost of raising (’ol ton at a I‘rac I ion over oioi rents per pound, when everything else is produced at home, and fourteen cents when supplies are purchased. It fol lows, then, that when everything else is produced at Jiome the far mer is not losing when he sells his i ’nttoii at ten emits and I hat he is following a losing business otherwise. In the estimate of cost isinclu ded. of course, t he value of labor, interest on capital invested aiul expenses of culture. At nine cents the farmer gets, if lie does his own work, pay for 1 1 is labor, interest on In's capital invested and is reimbursed for liis una voidable expenses. Poor remu nerat ion for the hardest toil. Let him cultivate well fertilize Ii is land and make a bale of Cotton per acre “0 Bushels of Wheat and ro Bushels of ('orn this ho can do, and fortune will smile u]ii hi him. Pommou Sense. Phosphoric Acid. Potash and Ammonia are the principal ele ments of plant food. Stable man ure-—ashes, and cotton seed will furnish each in moderate quanti ties. Save all you can and then gather surface soil from the woods or muck from the - swamps, and with plaster or lime preserve the humus of ibe soil. W hen you have done this add all the first class fertilizing elements you cau afford to pay for, these contain or ought to contain, just the fertili zing elements you require. I‘hos phoric acid, potash and ammonia and then you may hope to farm w ith intelligence and profit. Iu collect that the land you eul tivatecan never be made too rich that the more productive it is made, the greater tiie profit from your employment. What do You Think of It ! Nature has fixed no limit to her resources in Georgia, climatic vegetable or mineral.for the com fort and happiness of man. Mr. Woodrutf. near Grillin. took an old sedge field w hich had laid out for twent v-five vears, turned it Ti 1 E F I E LI) A N 1) F I H E SIDE. over and the second year bed* and for Cotton, leaving every tenth row for Grape vines, lie applied •Jon lb- of superpho phat* per acre and made one-half bale of < Jot ion pur acre—the ame the n y fJndTmTst fiaving his vines "hatD <-i tiio tliirdyear, sold some *"00 in grapes making ionO gallon- of the best quality. J’roducls of Industry. These consists of property al ready' accumulated, and property’ arising from the constant employ ment of human labor. Accumulated property consists mainly iu stocks, securities, and real estate, and constitutes the aggregate of all the savings of all the frugal and avaricious for many generations out of profits accruing from active la bor. It is true*thal many who have no share in this accumulated property live upon it and some times make fortunes out of it as speculators,office holders and pro fessional men; still, the I housands of millions of property in this country has all resulted from ac tive labor in the manner stated. At first, we had one class of people and traders and profes sional men who speculated upon (lie products of active labor.— Now, we have another class, who live and amass fortunes by specu lating upon (lie accumulated wealth, and with wit, address and shrewdness the clianccss for suc cess is so much greater in these vocations and the products of ac tive labor so stinted and burdened that all aspiration points in that direction. Accumulated wealth, however, is often wisely' and beneficially employed where it facilitates and cheapens transportation and the interchange of the products of active labor ; where it increases aiul cheapens useful manufac tures; w here it .advances the de velopment of agricultural and mineral resources. Iu all such in stances it is a blessing to the ac tive laborer; in most others, it always has been and always will be a curse to man. Rome sunk under the curse, and modern states may profit by her example. We are not surprised at theeon lliet between capital and labor.— The capitalist is at his ease with an income from ten to one hun dred dollars per day. The pro ducer will sweat on his farm from morn till night, and nett perhaps a dollar. This is unhealthy, and points to the fatal disease of the body politic, it is not right, for of all men the producer is enti tled to reward. It is not surpris ing that he turns his eyes to pub lie offices, to trade, professions or westward, where there is no capi tal, and where, it - the products are meagre, all fare alike. But, the w’gst will soon be filled up, and the recoil, when it gathers its force, will crush the social fabric that resists it. On Sleep. A letter writer for the Coo rite ■lourihtl relating a conversation w ith llenry Flay in days ‘dang syne.” when, having used the quotation— ••Tin'll nature —sweet restorer —Filmy sleep—" Was asked from w hat book he quoted and replied, from Voting's “Night Thoughts.” lie may have been correct but the appropria tion sounds to us something like one made by a friend tit saving— ••as the Bible says"— ••There's a Divinity that shapes our etuis, tiitojh hew them as we will." Notwithstanding the admira tion of Mr. (’lay. for the expres -ion. Shakespeare touched the matter with equal deleoaey in : iu saying— t —balmy <U*op! sivoet nurse/' And Sanelto l’auza did as well as either in his grateful expres sion— • Blessing- on the man that in vented sleep! It covers one all over like a cloak.” '/to v'nut the Massachusetts. The < inventor's message endor ses tin- Southern policy ol the Pr idem, -.tying : i he country has declared with great unanimity for the return of peace anil the restoration of inter course and good feelings between the sections that were alienated by slavery and the war. It is the duty of the north to adhere to a pacific policy on the basis of the constitutional amendments, and the great body of the people in Uie south have manifested 1 lie purpose to accept these amend ments as unalterable conditions. It must needs be, perhaps, that occasional conflicts will arise out of political ambition and partisan zeal, but if they do they must be dealt with by wise and ingenious statesmanship, as difficulties in separable from a free government extending over a continental do main. There must be steadfast adherence to sound principles of government with great tolerance as to choice of methods of ad ministration. The right of local self government in the states re spectively in time of peace, so it be republican in form, is practi cally undisputed. The latter can not be said to be granted while a state is menaced by military force in its own borders, and not under its own authority, and peace and fellowship cannot be said to be accomplished without the signs of recognition, which demonstrate that the pacification is genuine and w orthy to be trusted. If any section of the country is, in fact, false to its professions on this sub ject, the sooner that fact is made manifest, the less dangerous will be its power for evil, and the eas ier will be the remedy for the mischief it may have already ac complished. Massachusetts will also heartily support all practica ble and just means to correct any oviD —Uh? civil sor-v-i-c-e—of the country, and is in lull accord with the honest purpose of the presi dent to render practical what has been so eloquently declared in convention, by speech and resolu tion. Public sentiment in this country will sustain the appoint ment of competent add trustwor thy persons in the civil service and the removal of those who are not or who abuse their places for unjustifiable ends. Talk up your Town. Talk up your town. Yes, talk it up, if it has good schools, good churches, good newspapers, clean streets ornamented with beautiful trees, talk it up. Don’t grumble if anything is not to your idea, especially if you do nothing to help make the place. Don’t tell strangers it is the worst place you know to bring up a child, unless you know it is worse than other places of the same pop ulation. Give encouragement to every useful and creditable en terprise in your midst, for as ef fect follows cause, so sure enter prise or merit repays every cit izen. We can not live to our selves,and we can not discourage any movement in behalf of a place without inflicting upon our selves a personal injury. If you see a needed improvement, go demand it and talk vigorously uu till the whole community is ini preguated with the idea—until a storm of public sentiment com pletes the work. But if you can’t get up everything that is needed, remember that in that respect it is just like thousands of other pla ces in the land. Keep on talking, encouraging, not grumbling. Don't stop because some poor mummy out of whom lias wither ed all public spirit and love of advancement moans out his sepulchral whine, “it won’t pay.” Show to j our live follows that it will pay,and leave to the mummy his embalmed and swaddled dust and bj' and by you will see the result of your courage and talk in universal improvement, increased facilities for business, cultivated society, and a broad, liberal gen erous spirit that pervades and vivifies and makes pleasant and beautiful every place where it enters. As the president is bitterly op posed within his party almost solely because ofhis steadfast per sistence in the southern policy, is it not palpably the duty of demo cratic senators to stand by the president rather than by his as sailants? Democrats should not only defend their policy, but the man who defends it.— Cincinnati Enquirer.. dem. We, for our lives, can't tell which are most opposed to the interests of the South and West —the Democratic New York pa pars, or the Radical New York papers.—j Vicksburg Ilcrald. South Carol! ii a Bobbers. ()t tli..- band oi ioobar> and sharpers wh<* degraded and plan dered South Carolina, none have escaped ignominy and public shame. Some, like Lee, Corwin and S*vails. were allowed to re sign. Others, like Woodruff and Nash, made partial restitution of the money they had stolen. Whittemore and Kimpton are fugitives from justice. Smalls, tried and convicted, avoids the common jail by seeking anew trial. Cardozo and Carpenter and Parker are in jail. Ex-Gover nor Moses is threatened by a re publcan judge with arrest as a va grant. Upon the shoulders of Mr. Chamberlain the hands of the officers has not yet been laid. The committee on frauds have no re ports concerning him. Mackey's occupation’s gone. Bowen, how ever, is sheriir of Charleston. Of Patterson we could speak more freely if he w ere further from the grave. United States senator as he is, lie dare not plant his foot on the soil of South Carolina. Seolt is in Ohio. ForGorbin, the doors of the jail yawa. Buttz seldom disfigures Charleston by his presence. Like a crushed eggshell is the handiwork of Scott Moses and Chamberlain.— Char leston Xewsand Courier. The ((uesf tun S‘ M‘H. As the Catholic and Protestant Clergy of Atlanta are giving their views of “Ilell” and the Spiritual punishment for sin, we submit the following from a ••llniversa list Minister’ of New York: The Rev, Sir. Sweetzer, who in spite of the Rev. Mr. McCarthy is the pastor of the fJleecker Street Univcrsalist Church. preached Sunday 1 he comfortable doctrine of no hell-fire, taking for his text, however, nothing less than the seventeenth verse of the ninth psalm, which reads: “The wicked shall be turned in to hell, and all nations that for get God.” Lord Macaulay was once when a child lifted up that he might look into the mouth of a smok ing chimney, and he immediately asked if it was not hell. It was a childish question, but no more childish and "ridiculous than a popular notion of that place which is prevalent, among grown people pf to-day. There are four different words in the original Bible which have been translated into the word hell; these are, sheol, hades, gehenna and tarta rus. The Hebrew word “sheol” occurs sixty-four times. It is translated “hell” thirty-one times, “grave” thirty times and “pit” three times. Dr. Rigby lias said that it signifies only "grave;” Dr. Campbell, that it is "used to express the state of the dead without regard to their goodness or their sinfulness.” Whatever was its meaning, it seems clear that that meaning must attach to it, wherever used, and that if it means hell, a place of future pun ishment, once, it must mean hell alwaj's. It is, however, difficult to reconcile the meaning with the conditions under which the word is many times used. Jacob said, "1 will go down into sheol unto my son mourning.” And again it is said, “You will bring dow nmy gray hairs in sorrow to sheol.” Evidently it will not do to translate sheol "hell” in these and many other instances. Yet how can its meaning essentially differ in varioas passages t It is quite clear that “sheet” signified, primarily and literally, the grave, and secondly, sorrow and trouble. ••Hades’’occurs in the Bible eleven times. Ten translations of the eleven render it hell, while once it is translated grave. Ha des, however, is but the Greek form of sheol. and the same ar gument, therefore attaches to it. It should have been translated simply and invariably grave. St. Haul's sublime utterance reads: "O death where is thy sting '( 0 hades where is thy victory ?" Gehenna is found twelve times in the New Testament. It is used only by Christ and St. Janies. Had it referred to a fu ture state, a place of everlasting punishment, it is likely that it would have been constantly on the lips of all the disciples. It has no such reference or mean ing ; its origin i< well known and its application in the uses the Savior made of it i< readily un derstood. It is the Greek form of the compound Hebrew word y,t hinnom. The \ alley of Himtom was the place where the barba rous rites of Moloch, consisting chieliy of the sacrifice of infants in fire were performed. When the good King Josiah put an end t;i thi- dreadful practice he caus ed tin sail .• - iii• •!i bad lioen its theatre, p> l>*-<- ittt; an a''cursed reserved for the deposit of filth and refuse, and made the place of all public executions. To prevent this foul spot from polluting the entire atmosphere a lire was kept constantly burn ing. It i> this Valley of Hinnom, which was well known to the Jews and had come to be a svm bol of all terrible judgments, to which Christ referred when he said, -Tt is better to enter into the kingdom of heaven with one eye than, having two, to be east into gehenna” (translated, “hell fire"). Nobody takes Hie state ment “enter into the kingdom of heaven with one eye” literally ; why, then, should the subsequent sentence be so taken ? Those to whom it was addressed doubtless understood that ed a state of suffering am™des pair, such as sinAutails, better or more forcibly thaw an allusion to to this accursed valley of death and pollution. The very charac ter of this spot also explains the words,-Where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” The word “tartarus,” which has been translated “heir is found only once, and then upon the lips of.St. Peter, when he refers to God's not having spared even the angels hut cast them down into hell. Tartarus was, howev er. but a portion of hades, and it K evident that St. Peter used the term only as w'e now often use the figures of mythology. “Rut,” continued Mr. Sweet scr, after having carefully elabo rated his argument in proof of an erroneous translation, “sup pnse sheoland hades and gehen na and tartarus do mean literal iv a lilace of future punishment,., there is even then not the'slight est proof that it is to be a place of eternal punishment. The Uni versalists do believe in the words of the text that ‘‘the wicked shall l>e turned into hell and all ua lions that forget God.” We be lieve in it more fully than those who call themselves more ortho dox. for they say sinners may re pent and escape hell. God says positively the wicked shall—not, may —be turned into hell. And tnat this command is now and al ways has been and always will he in force, who can deny? The very moment|a man begins to sin, that moment he begins to get inly hell, if the meaning of the word *sheol' in the text is made literally and solely *the grave" even Ihen the prediction is fulfilled. Ask t lie police about this matter; consult the Bureau ol \ ital Statistics, and you will find that the average life of the sinful, the criminal classes is short. Sin in any form violates a law, which, if observed in the generality of instances, enables mankind to reach three score years and ten. But it is not simply in its literal meaning of ‘the grave' that we see the text concerning hell (sheol) verified. The hell made by an injured con science David well knew. When confronted by that terrible accu sation, ‘Thou art the man,' ho was plunged into the -lowest hell.’ \\ ho has not shrieked in agony with Richard ? O coward con science, how dost thou afflict me? Whether this hell will extend in to the future life the Bible does not say, but it is probable that that will be the case. If a man dies in the hell of sin he will doubtless awake in the same con dition, intensified perhaps and probably by the very freedom of the soul and its increased capa bilities for suffering. Perhaps the freed soul can still continue to sin. If it can, hell will cer tainly continue for that soul. But the time must come when hell will have accomplished its purpose and be done away with forever and forever.” We heard of a curious case of absorption the other day, which will be of interest to the medical profession at least. A negro wo man of Henry county, about sixty years of age,and formerly the pro perty of J. R. Fontaine, deceased, was il] for a long time, and imag ined that she was “tricked.” She died, hut previovs to death she re quested Dr. Smith to make ajp<?.*r mortem examination which he did and found in the uterus the rem nants of a fu tns, part of the skull and other hones remaining. The fa tux. it is not doubted, bad been there a number of years, and had been nearly all taken up by ab sorption. thus causing ill health and death.— DanviUe{ Ya)lieg.