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0 The I'liiTeiicy.
0 Ben Hill has had a evere ha-1
ing from the Ceorgia pn ,on ac
count of his pu-ition on the cur
Policy question; Init the Cotton
'jxcliuugc of S|iMimi ili Lack him,
jiiid now a moot in:: in A t bint a
bennies to the rescue. Hen X not
ms far wrong a- some ol hi ad
versa l ies.
The Bondholders.
The following tabular late
meilt f till* bonds i tsned h\ the
(lovcrnmont from istjgnn I'us.
and the value tin geld paid for
VlicMi, will lm iu l crest in • to our
readers;
ill-ill iiil'h j
if'iiuh i,s9t-iil. /iVrtftvt/.
1 sd2;'~i)iTHC)s2.l;nif 11,<c.<u>K*
100,987,fu10 101 ,stio,s.ll
f&fft, 8s 1.292.2.10 i>:i.i;;i7.i;:;o
1805, 279.7i0.K10 208,21 Ljt!o
18(5(1, 124,011. 100 >s,.V.i|t^
1807, 421,409,i.70 ••'.I’J.sNiAA'::
1,874,88(1.1.10 1.248. Itiii.vjs
Thus We find I hat during Ihe
seven years named, ihe govern
Then! issued and sold .jil.sfJ.>•>(>.
150 bonds, lor which it received
greenbacks worth in gold only
iji 1.24 >. fliti.sgs. fhese bond-Wole
ipayable in tin'same kind of me
>uoy they were sold lor green
hacks; but when in iMfOlhegov
ernment graluitously pleilgcd it
self to redeem them in coin, it
made them worth dollar for do!
lur in coin thereby i;N ing to tle
holders of them $020,870:822, I'm
which it had not received a dollar
of consideration.
I
Drawing to a ( lose.
The terrible war of semi barba
trails, Russians and Turk-, i draw
aig to a close, the weaker forced
LA the wall, and the stronger vie
ftirs by material fore'. The Turk'
are refugee ing to ('oN't ant iho pie.
destitute, starving, -nil'-- ring all
to pom liuiiiani
Vv. ajfijjii^tiiX’K--ian- advancing
[VHF giv,ur.., o ,j city, "soon to
. v<>l °* n p"'.,. >
HH^oi'- <H >
1 -a
nc— of the **Si-ting war than wo
could in tli.it through which ui-
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7 1| i ( ioiili i if in- tlirt if m 'jo
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i . .111 >11- I;111, fvervl liitit; i propar
111 lor Ilu 11- lll'l ||< I III' I ;i'l C\ I I I‘III
ilv, ami adv i■ o- I In- inlia bil.ihl -■
lo lio i a I 111.
Tho I'ora col To-potidciil of tlt**
I ,i llll l ll ll / hi, /// liliijiiijili Xin
loniiri) tlial llio [ii'ai'o delegate
aiv iii :l nu t oil io 1111 1l■ • pence on
iin . I orin . o a I<> flip flu- I! n
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M'... from t 'mi (ant mop e. dafcd
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amiiti I Win yesterday having m 1
J llll <• I lie Kii'i ian cotiilil ions.
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Lffeyi ■< • X regarded a • virtually inn
’oil. The Ru -ian eondilioii'
iHi/ol yet oflii 1 i; 1 11 \ known here.
Tin! it appears certain that they
greatly exeeeil I lie conference
programme ami stipulate holli for
i in* i erf it in ia I concession- a nil l lie
pavilion! ni' a war inileinnily.
The hilt! if l‘( /< i/i ii/i/l, ill ,1 sec
onil eililion, prints (lie following
from < 'mi I ant innple ;
*• The Turkish delegate- have
lieen oi'ilereil In sign the peace
preliniinarie . A n arini I ice w ill
probably lie coneliKleil to ilny.—
Ihe peace coM< i i l ion ■ are slated
mi excellent authority to include
I lie following, : Servia In lie inde
pendent wit limit eompon-at ion ;
Alontenegro lo receive Antivavi,
N icsics and Spue and a port ion of
i lie territory hordering on lake
Sciilavi ; Russia to hold I'atouni.
Kai's and F.rzeroiiiii until a w ar in
deinnily of twenty million pounds
i' paid: the Dardanelles to hen
pemal to Russian men of war; a
Unitarian automony to lie eon
ceded nil her oil principles of l,i
lia non than mi the plan of the
('on>lant!nople conference, and
Turkey to noniinaie a (’liristian
governor fora long term of year-,
stihjeel to rat ili' at ion liy the jiow
ei'. I>iiiri.i is net understood
to include Thrace, Inil only to e\
tend to the line of ihe I>nlkans.
I 'art of the Kui" ian army is to
einluirk at ('onstant iuople for
their return home, and the limit
treaty of peace i- to he signed at
Constantinople by the (fraud
Duke Nicholas. This arrange
nienl will nlXl'v Russian military
honor, without involving the oc
eupat imi of ('mi t ant ample.”
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Dur Faldo.
Since tallies are becoming the
popular literature of the day.
your readers will pardun me ter
relating one mere I ruthful in fact
and in a I loam y than the lies) of
Ksop's;.
1' uu.i: ei rui Deo. (ince up
on a t in io. a mi - era Ide. inanity cur
worried a whole settlement by i'<
liahit el nicking eggs and depre
dal ina upon pant rv and kitchen
whenever opportunity ollered.
lie was a miser.ilde looking i rea
tore, and even decent dor; snarl
ed and harked at him when heap
pea rod in society, -o that lit l was
always seen slinking awa\. with
a hang dog look, w ith not another
dog to sympathise with or en
e urage him.
I*ut a change came. The cur
was stimulated by neglect, to en
terprise, and looking around, he
discovered a (lock ol sheep, and
destroying several, he invited
tray, hlaneli and sweetheart to a
refreshing leasl, to which they
readily came, the cur. feasting
upon aieli rich food, omi grew
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fat and comely, and lie did not
hesitate to add to his mutton re
pa -l pig or v: al. to r< .ah liiuiselt
III'! tilt' (loy- o| limll Oil low ill'
yi’ee that now followed hi- lead,
lie had not only liccmiie a loader.
Ini en io 'ym pa
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■Were - tjiij ili,it Imres ~i'
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■ t dtlie liia and little doy all
admiration or esteem the
fP^j* ,|, Vv many cur. i*vmi thouyii
n/r ''lnieliiiies stole the bone the
thrifly dog had buried, lie In
came a leader among dog a
(//•('■ i 1 dug. and whenever lie bark
ml, every dog began to yelp.
Muriil Who knows lln luck of
a lmisy call. Ti Mon.
Died,
(to I lie jl h instant, at his resi
dmire. in (’obb county, from in.ju
ries received by the kick of a
horse. Tiiom \ -*. (’ imp. When
an honest man dies, his family,
friends, society, mourn their loss.
An a Heel in mil e husband, a loving
father, an upright, genial worthy
man the ias( of his father's fami
Iv. of honest son~ and daughters,
ha gone lo hi silent home. We
need not invoke peace to his a'lies
lor peace is hi-, lull we do invoke
liie Messing'- of I'rovidenee. and
the sympathy ol all good people,
in the 111 id ion of his bereaved
family. Kart 1 1 can never repair
their loss; may Heaven aMVnd
them the consolation which can
alone a- sauye t heir grief.
How jocuml lie iliil Hrvi-i his |cam
aiichl!
Ilow how I'll till' w ooil- hclit':tlh hi
si imt\ -a iailc !
Alas!
Hi' h:i s |>t< • 1 1 o 1 1 . -, I his l:i! I’lllToW . O ‘.‘l li
cit liis hi~l yraiii:
\o mow iuy s|i,ill awalc him io lalioi'
• e'iiin.
Mr. Hayes' Title.
At r. < ’handler, KepnliHcan, and
Air. IMair, Demoerai. are making
a great deal ol useless noise over
Mr. Have-" I it le t u t he Presidency.
Thai question has been settled
long ago, and like that of I lie war
it is one that sensible men want
to hear no more of. As long as
I he issue was a ii\ iay one, and its
dctcrminal ion hung in t lie i>al
amv before ( ’ongress, and alter
wards before t lie Kleeloral Com
mission, it was Ihe great question
of the hour, hut when both Houses
had agreed lo acquiesce in the
fraud oft lie ('oinmission, t he mai
ler was settled then and forever,
as far as Congress was concerned.
We think under all the eireiim
iaiicc.s ol l lie case, the Democrat
ic parly did wisely in refusing to
reject the decision of the Com
mission. The whole country fell
that the Democratic Nominees
were Ihe clod ol the people, but
the question had been submitted
by tlie contest ing partios to the
arbitration of the ('oinmission,
and their decision, though con
trary totin' general conscience of
the country, was binding upon
those who had agreed to he bound
by it. So far as the Houses of
Congress were concerned it was
decided by a court created by
themselves for that express pur
pose, and its verdict was timil.
If however. Air. Tilden himself
was dissatisfied with l lii- result.
lo 1 had anot her way open to test
this matter. The hill creating
the klcctornl Commission espec
ially provided that iis decision
should nol ailed his right to eon
test the title in tin i-mii'/s at (hi
i‘'i>iiih i/. lie might have sought
at the hands of the Judiciary De
partment that justice which the
leg isJn l ive depart incut had denied
him. I'or reasons good and -nlli
eieni to himself hedidnot choose
to pursue that course. Snell
being the case, we do not see
w hat good is to be arrived at by
anot her in\ est igal ion of the dee
toral frauds.
We hope Congress will waste
no more time on this subject.
There are plenty of other live and
practical issues before the conn
try on which it' time and talent
can be more profitably expended.
-\ ' i't'i h him V.
liu' President's owu attitude,
popular support and high senato
rial backing, have combined to
give him advantage strongly eon
trusting with the appearance of
deteat which the vaunting exploit
of Air. Conkling was intended to
put upon the administration a few
weeks ago. They create the
•• harmony” which cheers the
hearts of Washington observers.
Theiv is harmony, because the
popular power is seen to he ulti
mutely on the President*' side,
w bile party suicide is in the coun
sel?, of his opponents. This con
viction will often be obscured and
confused, muddled by the di-po
-a! oi a -iiigd* oii!!-e. or dimmed by
an exerin in! ing "president - Mini
der.” but every recurrence to I lie
touch - tone of public opinion is
likely iocontiri.il it and freshen it.
if Mr. Hayes holds out as he has
hegll It. ihe people he\o patience
with a man ol -ell control, persis
tence. and pure and right purpos
e .X),, /,/ I,‘t /inli! t•■l n . i i/i.
Honors to Stanley.
•Pa his. Jan.. PT -I he < ieograp
leal Society's banquet in honor
of Air. II airy AI. Stanley at the
Hotel Louvre to night was a mag
nificent all'air. Two hundred and
seventy guests were present in
cluding the leading members ol
file society. Air. Janus (iordon
Kennel! ami other representa
tives of tho New \ ork l.'i rnhh
the London hitili/ I’l hi/i-ii/ili and
Pari'newspapers, and a repre
sentative of President AlaeAla
lion. Vice -Admiral do la Ron
eiore le Xotiry presided. In re
ply to a toast Air. Stanley said he
attributed ihe chief glory of ids
explorations lo Air. ISeunett, who
conceived the plan and furnished
the mean- for executing the ex
ploraiions. lie proposed that
the ltiver ('ongo bear tin* name
of Livingstone. AI. Puncher (‘a
riel ollered a toast to the Jlirnlil
and Ti lci/i-ii/i/i. the organizers of
the expedition. .Messrs. Ryan,
Campbell and Clarke, their rep
resentatives in Paris, replied,
-aying that Stanley discovered
I lie sources of Ihe Congo, but Air.
Rennet! discovered Stanley. The
Mini-tor ol' Public Instruction
entered the room and handed to
Mr. Stanley the decoration of the
-Academical Palm. The Presi
dent announced thal tin* Deo
graphical Society had awarded a
gold medal to Air. Stanley, who
was overwhelmed with eongrat
ulat ions.
Can This he True.
One of the most remarkable
instances on record of parental
devotion and of success in keep
ing secret a family aillieimn may
be found in Hie family of a citi
zen who is keeping a drinking
saloon in lln* western part of the
city. Twenty’ seven years ago
he kept a house on Western row.
-About that time a number of
houses in the vicinity were' de
stroyed by lire in the night-, in
eluding Ids residence. Ilis wife,
iti a delicate condition, siillered
mud) from fright, and subse
quent l t v gave birth to a nioiis
trosity -an offspring vv-itbout any
of the belter senses of a living
creattire, except that of sight—
without toe- or lingers; deaf,
speechless, without the leasl
spark of intellect or instinct.
Twenty seven year- have passed,
and the family have kept this
creature in the household, secre
ted in a room, and only a few of
the neighbors besides, who are
on the most intimate relations,
have known of its existence. It
eats when food is placed to its
mouth, and is kept in a cleanly
condition by the most constant
care. -A long beard has grown on
its face. It is about three feet in
length, it crawls about somj*,
but moves with great diHiem ulty.
That such a creature lias lived so
long is singular. That a family,
instead of placing it in some asy
linn, has endured its presence in
their midst, and nurtured it in a<
sidnotis privacy through .HI of
these years is a strange and af
fect ia# incident of paternal devo
tioll. ( 4 111-11 l iilltl ('< ’ ill In I t‘r iit l.
The Latest tiling in rminlet feil-.
W vsiiinu rox. Jan., lb There
was received to day at tin* Re
demption Agency from a city
hank a .+'-'0 note, two thirds of
which was counterfeit and the
remainder genuine, ’l'he note
was pasted very nicely, and as
the right end of the bill was gen
nine a teller in counting this
package would have passed the
note if he had counted if tram
the end. Ihe only safe way to
examine hank notes i- to count
them se that the whole note can
he seen.
Covington Star: Air. Cary S Cox.
jr.. who has been absent about
two years, returned home last
Saturday morning. He has been
following the profession of a -ail
or since he left home, and has
ere sed tlit* Atlantic eight times,
lie sailed from New York in .\u
itiist last for Java as third male
of the Plying Kagle. and when
about l.dOOiniles S. S. K. from Rio
Janeiro his vessel sprang a leak,
and vva< compelled to pul into
that nort. U bile there he was
taken sick with yellow lever, with
which he was confiKcd I'or g'S days
After his recovery he returned to
Baltimore, thence home via Sav
annah. where he arrived 1a - 1 •'Sat
urday. He will remain at home
a few weeks, when he expects to
be ol! again.
The Future Siateof Man.
ei:i: vt \i.ns stiij. iikasonixo a> to
IUK I I At !•: 01-’ TOr.MKXT I’el’.
Ki’Ul.Xo SOI l.s.
liie announcement that the
Rev. O. I>. Frolhingliain. of liie
Idepoudeiit Liberal Church, X.
Y., would preach on •• ihe Doc
trine of Future Punishment.”
drew a large congregalion to the
Alasonii Temple Sunday morning.
In his opening prayer Mr.
Froth in ghum asked that tied in
iii- loving kindness would teach
them that liie wa- not without
an object .but that t hey were
part of a great organic system,
liie accomplishment of whose
purposes would redound to his
great honor and glory : to teach
them that they were no! livingiu
vain and rid them of the dissatis
fying and atheistical belief that
they "Wereborn ol nothing, liv
ing for not lung, achieving noth
ing, and at last vanishing like ev
anescent waves on a shoreless
ocean."
In beginning his >ernmn Air.
Frolhinghain said that In* could
hardly realize that in this en
lightened age he was called up
on to discuss so preposterous a
doctrine as that ol eternal pun
ishmeut, a doctrine long since
exploded and discarded by intel
ligent theologians, in coining
beloie a congregation to serious
ly consider the subject lie fell
like a hunter who armed with a
rille perfected by modern skill
ami science, would go out to
seek the ichthyosaurus *i:’ other
beasts of a pro -Adamite age-—.
Tlie skeletons and scattered bones
of these monsters alone show
that the beasts ever existed. So
is it with illeTo7< i ]rme~oi'~"eternal
damnation; it is an antique
monstrosity, and its hideous skel
eton alone remains. True, it is
sometimes brought forward by
revival preachers hut even then
the gause thrown around it so
.obscures its shadowy form that
ils (errors have no lasting effect
upon the intelligent mind. The
I rue teaching of Christianity' is
to reduce to the very lowest point
elements of pain and sorrow. To
say that there is a Supreme Be
ing, all wise and all good, and at
1 he same time that there is a lie’ll,
is a coni radietion which shocks
all philosophy and all human in
telligei-ice. If there were such
things as eternal curses and dam
nation, and Cod >o will it, then
He could not have done- more to
justify the At heist in Ids disbe
lief mid to prove that the devil
was master of the world both he
fore and aftei death. Hod is
love, and through love the whole
world will he converted, even
Satan himself eventually yielding
to its all pervading power.
W herever science has entered,
said the preacher, all such doc
trines as that of future punish
ment have lied, and when science
has completed its work there will
be no evil spirits left. It was
only by an arbitrary decree of
the Church that the doctrine of
Ini lire punishment was ever en
tertained, and intelligence, phi
losophy. science and the human
heart are all opposed to the he
lief in a hell.
It is too true that a large num
ber of professing Christians be
lieve in a hell, and many preach
ers object to agitating the sub
jecl fer the reason that the doc
trine of future punishment can
mil be withdrawn without weak
eiiing the whole plan of ('ini
tials redemption. According to
the orthodox theories there must
be a hell I" balance heaven, lie
cause if it wore not so men would
have no cause to repent. They
would enjoy life, and then lay
down to their final rest in peace.
To illustrate the absurdities to
which the belief in hell lias been
carried. Air. Frolliiiigham related
a story from Creek tradition of a
woman who died and was sent to
hell, where she was continually
beaten with iron clubs by two
demons twelve miles in height,
simply because while she was on
earth she had dropped a lock of
hair in a basin of consecrated
water.
flic doctrine of hell. Air. k roth
inaliam -aid. had no moral signi
ficance. It simply meant that
man must be hrtunded to Kara
disc by terror of hell. •■Alen."
In* said, "may be deferred from
crime by fear of punishment, but
they were never made better by
it. On the other liaml love, when
it brings its gentle force to bear
upon guilt, is always successful.
In conclusion Air. Frotliinghain
-aid that the only effect of the
doctrine of future punishment on
the world has been brutal. The
wheel, the rack and other iiistru
meiifs of torture used by the la
quisition were the outgrowth of
this doctrine, and with the spread
of enlightenment both doctrine
and instruments of torture have
been discarded.
Mr. F. (’. Johnson, of the sixth
district, gives us the following ex
periments. which he made last
year with commercial fertilizers :
lie planted four rows without fer
tilizors, four rows with it at the
rate of 100 pounds per acre, and
four at the rate of 200 pounds per
acre. On the first four rows he
made .Iti pounds of cotton, on the
second Os pounds, and on the
t liinl lOS pounds. From the above
experiment, which he said was
conducted with care. eonclu
sion is. that it will
tilizors at the of 100 pounds
per acre, but the rate of
20t. Since fertilizers are used so
extensively, thi- is an important
mat ter. and we should like to hear
the experience of others of our
farmers.— ( V/ i-i-ollion Trows.
Col. John T. Refills died at his
plantation in Bee county, Texas,
in Hie seventy seventh year of
iiis age. The deceased was one
of !he original 300 colonists who
came to Texas with Stephen T.
A n't in in 1
The second advent people now
declare that the milleniuni will
commence in 19TR 80 years from
flic presold time. Theprognosfi
cations have failed so repeatedly
during the past twenty years that
the wisdom of this adjournment
of Hie event to a comparatively
remote date X commendable.
Senator ALC. Butler says that
ilinv ,v in South Carolina re
sources unsurpassed by those of
any state in the Union, which
resources are si ill a sealed book;
and he wishes ils Natural produc
tions to he largely represented
al the Fan's exposition.
K< row Carroll, a lawyer of
Home, X. Y„ need fifty, dropped
dead on tlie* sth inst., en route to
Hie funeral of his brother, Hon.
George K. Carroll, of Camilla
who dropped dead Wed ties
Their lather and brother
dropped dead.
Sheridan, to test the acoustic
qualities of anew theatre he hail
built, desired the carpenter to
speak on the stage while he would
go and listen from the gallery.
Now. then,'' said Sheridan,when
he had ascended. The carpenter
responded,‘*l and my mates have
been working here for the last six
weeks, and we should like to test
the color of your honors money!"
‘■That will do," said Sheridan ;
■•the acoustics are perfect."
In South and Middle Georgia the
small grain crops look remarkably
well, and a large area of wheat and
oats having been sown last fall,
the land will he crowned with fat
ness, and the barns stored with
plenty. At least to this end let
ii> work and hope.
The colored population in a por
t ion of Merriwether county, in the
vicinity of Rocky Mount, and Pike
county, joining Merriwet her, are
on a general strike, and positively
refuse to work except on their
own terms. We believe that there
is a vagrant law in Georgia to
meet just such cases, and it should
he strenously and vigorously en
forced.
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Richmond (Va.) State: One of
the most cowardly and cold-blood
od murders we have ever ehron
icled occurred on Wednesday of
last week a few miles from Wood
ville. .Mi-s.. near the residence of
Mr. -I I! 1. Primm. Mr. Ren Yai
den the unfortunate victim, while
hauling his cotton in a gin. was
met by Mr. Frank Graves, be
tween w hom and the former gen
tloman a feude had existed some
time. Graves, we are told, told
Yaiden he was going to kill him.
whereupon Yaiden informed him
(Graves) that he was unarmed,
and even pulled out his pockets
to 'how him. but w hen Mr.Priinm
and Mr. Yaiden's father turned
their heads < traves raided his rille
and shot Yaideu dead, and then
tied for parts unknown. Mr Yai
ben was said to bo an honorable
gentlemen, and had a host of fri
ends. lie leaves a father and
two sisters to mourn his loss.