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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME 1. Grant’s majority in Ohio will be forty thousand. >♦ • The entire delegation to Congress from lowa is Republican. Greeley Radicalism has about as much backbone in it as a wet dish-rag. Governor Smith of Georgia, during the present campaign, it is authorita tively stated, will support Smith. The Now York Tribune heads an ar ticle: “Is there a limit to lying?” Yes, it is limited to the co’umns of the Tri bune. Delaware is c’osing her stills, in or der to give Sau’sbuiy a chance to stump the Sfa'e for Greeley without fading off the stump. The best as well as the truest thing Horace Grce’oy has over said or writ ten is the following : ** Gene a'Grant never hat been leatrn and never will b'." —— - Seventeen old Democratic papers in Georgia favor the Louisville Conven tion, and reject the proffered Greeley crow hash of the Baltimore Dolly Var den concern. «**«■> Because General Buell is now willing to indorse Greeley, Greeley says he is sorry that ho made the declaration in 1862 that ‘‘Buell ought to bo court martialed and shot.” —* ■ ■ —•> ♦ Mosby says that Greeley “ ought now, instead of being a candidate ask ing for 8 mthern votes, to boa suppli ant begging our forgiveness and doing penance for all the wrongs h? has done us.” Hon. Win. A. Galbraith, one of the ablest mon in Pennsylvaira, and a woallhy capitalist of Erie, lefuscs to be a candidate for Congress on the Greeley ticket. Ho was a life long Democrat. When Greeley’s tombstone shall re ceive if h epitaph next November, it will bo we’l to use his own words for that purpose, viz: “May it be written on my grave that I never wan a follower of the Democratic | arty, and lived and died in nothing it* debtor.” The old Democratic rooster is dead. His remains have been preserved in Bourbon whisky. His voice, by a trick of the Tainmany Jugglers, was made to enter tho body of Horace Greeley, and now known as “ the Greeley crow.” Ono silly cry of tho oflice-seekers is, “ Military despotism at the South.” There is now stationed at the South exactly one soldier to every twenty five hundred people, according to the figures of the Tribune almanac. What it cruel despotism ! • —«•» « 4*> Parties who make betting on elec tions a specialty say, that it is next to impossible to get the Grceleyites to bet more than a dollar or two on the result of the campaign. Those who have made bets on the Tribune editor are trying to “ hedge.” - ■■■— ‘ Military despotism in Georgia ” is a favorite “ fib ” used by the Greeley stump speakers. Like a s'irk with an old hat and coat upon it in a wheat field, this childish “ fib ” may serve to scare Greeley crows, but not an intelligent man, woman, or child in the State. Greeley ray« that "denunciation and “ personal abuse of opponents is a “ proof that they have the right on " their side.” Well, when Greeley was denouncing Democrats as liars, villains, horse-thieves, blacklegs, plug uglies, and the like, are we to infer that these parties had right on their side ? —-*♦ ♦ ♦> There are but one hundred and fifty Federal soldiers in Georgia outside the regular garrison in Fort Pulaski. These one hundred and fifty soldiers are here for the protection of Govern ment property; only this and nothing more. What a “bug-a-boo." “bayonet rule,” and “ military despotism " in in Georgia. '■ ■ ---• The Hflxboro (N. C. y Recorder, a prominen Greeley organ, alluding to the idle fanfaronade about “ election frauds," and “ contesting Governor Caldwell s election," pointedly says "And they want to conteet C*ld* •Il's <!<'■ lion. WeU, it m all bo»h again. Caldwell u rvrtaioly elected, and that we b»d certain y better make oar mind* up to. right off. 11.1 people have been footed enlßcient. Noddle headed obi jaekiea. aud Imen-dcster. and chowing-tobacw, and pipe-m.okiog <o»i.-r loafer* and sirteA talking politician* have be guiled oar ruen in the corn field and worklog shop* long enough. And we tell the people now that Caldwell will tardy take hi* seat And we tell them that a* to fraud* -we have known of no fraud* committed. and if they were, w* would a* eoon expect them on the one aide a* on the other.’ THE ATLANTA WHIG. The Greeley Radical organs have changed their sneering and attempted ridicu.jof tho Straight-Out Democratic movement into ill-concealed expres sions of fear. Like the little boy in the dark they are whistling at a tremendous rate to keep up their courage. The Louis ville Convention did the business for them. The most unpopular name that c.vn be mentioned among tho late Democ racy of Pennsylvania is Horace Gree ley. Buckalcw, the Democratic candi date for Governor, wisely keeps mum on the subject, knowing that ho would lose thousands of votes by avowing Greeley. Like Smith, of Georgia, he is straddling tho political fence as long as he can. —• • It is amusing to see tho attempts of the fourth and fifth rate writers on Greeley organs to criticise and de nounce Charles O’Conor’s letter to the Louisville Convention. It is such n damaging <-.rpo.o‘ of the Baltimore Con vention “fizzle ” that these radical ink slingers find it impossible to rebut its argument, and, like boys, they resort to throwing “ spit bulls.” A few weeks ago gambling John Morrissey put some money on Greeley. John is said to be a little dissatisfied with tho present outlook. Ho wrote to Horace the other day about the propriety of “ hedging,” and the sage blandly replied, “ you, go West, and hedge with Osage orange.” John is thinking about it, but swears he never hedged any of his bets that way before. ■ Cail for a Convention or the lltpiiblli mi Party of the Seventh Congr<*»loiin I District nt Kington. We, members of the Executive Commit tee in the Heventh Congressional District, hereby call a Convention at Kington on Sat urday, 21st. instant, for the purpose of nom inating a candidate for Congress, and the transaction of such other business as may be necessary. Tho counties composing the dis trict are earnestly requested to organize for the campaign, and send up full delegations. The counties composing the district are Cobb, Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Whitfield, Mur ray, Catoosa, Walker, Dade, Chattooga, Floyd. Polk, Paulding, Harralson. Z. B. IlAUonovK, F. A. Kinnv, W. B. Hiooinbothau, Aanox Com.inh, A. T. WIM.IAMBOX, Executive Commit toe Notice. Booms Hsi-vbi.icam Exacuriva CoMMi-rrr.c, Tinan CosoaitHHioM*i. Dm*i< r nr Gaoiior*. Amshicch, Okokoia, Heptember 2, 1872. At a meeting of the Committee held this day for the purpose of calling a Conven tion to nominate a candidate to represent the District in the 43d Congress, it is or dered that said Convention do assemble at Americus, Hatiirduy, September 21st. Each county composing tho District will be entitled to twice the representa tion it has in the Lower Branch of the General Assembly. Under the late net re-districting the State, the following counties compose the District : Coffee, Dodge, Dooly, Irwin, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pulaski, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor, Tel fair, Webster, Wileox. It in is requested that every county in the District be represented. D. Baiiwai.p, Floyd Hnri.i.sox, W. 11. Scoville, Thomas Crayton, Executive Committee Third Congres-, sional District. fl«-pul>ii<!Mn Convention in Forsyth. Forsyth, Ga., September 4 th, 1872. Pursuant to a call of the Republican* of the old 4th Congressional District, the Conven tion met at 12 o’clock m., for the purpose of nominating a candidate to fill the unexpired term of the Hon. T. J. Speer, (deceased), in the 42 1 Congress. On motion, the Hon. George Wallace was chosen chairman, and J. B. Deveanx secre tary. On motion of Hon. G. H. dower, a Com mittee of three was appointed on credentials, as follows: Hon. G. H. Glower, Hon. H. F. Gove and Hon. William Guilford. On motion of Hon. S. F. Gove, the Con vention take a recess of fifteen minutes. On reassembling the Committee submitted tire following report nine counties repre sented: Joue», Munroe, Twiggs, Baldwin, Spalding, Up*on, Newton, Pike and Rockdale. On motion the report was received and adopted. On motion a Committee of five was ap pointed to 4.aft appropriate resolution", upon the death of Hon. T. J. Speer, M. C. from this district. The chair appointed the follow ing. a* said Committee; Hon. K F. Gore Hon. 3. B. Deveaux, Mr. John D»vi», L. B. Anderson, Ev| arid Hon Geo. H. Closer. Ou motion the Convention took ri-cesa until I o’clock r. n At i o’clock the Convention was called to order by Ike chairman. The committee made the following report, wbi'-h was received and adopted by a rising vote: Where**, Almighty God, baa removed from < a lb to the world above, our friend end Rep re <Bt live nCobgrcsa, the Hon. T. J. Speer, we deem it therefore, proper ami suitable that we make some expression of ->ur feeling • touching hi* death. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1572. Be it therefore, Resolved let, That in tho dentil of the Hon. T. J. Speer, tho State has lost n good and faithful Representative, socie ty a useful member, and tho poor a friend who nt all times was energolic in relieving nnd ad ministering to their wants. Be it therefore, Resolved 2d, That we sym pathize with tho family of tho deceased in this, their greatest of earthly nfiiiction, and tender to them our most sincere condolence, and direct them for comfort to Him who rules nbovo “and doeth all things well." Bo it Resolved further, That a copy of this preamble and resolutions be furnished tho family of the deceased. Hon. 8. F. Gove offered the following reso lution which, after .dismission pro nnd con, was laid on the table. Resolved, ■'l’liat this Convention deems it host under tho ciroumstanoes, to postpone the nomination of a candidate to till tho uuex pired term of Hou. T. J. Speer, until the 21th inst at Macou, at 12 o'clock m. Rev. J. T. Gibson move I that the Conven tion proceed to nominate a candidate. Hon. G. 11. Clower moved as a subiititute that when the Convention adjourn, it ad journ to meet in Forsyth on tho 24th instant, for that purpose; which substitute prevailed. On motion tho following resolution* were adopted: Resolved Ist, That wo, a portion of tho Re publican party of Georgia, in Convention as sembled, hail with great delight and satisfac tion the nomination of Ulysses 8. Grant and Henry Wilson, for tho I’rosidency and Vico Presidency of tho United States. They are honest, capable and faithful Republicans, nnd wo pledge ourselves to uso all honorable es forts to si cure the ir election. Resolved 2d, That the nomination ot Hou. Dawson A. Walker for Governor of Georgia, meets with ouv ur.cptalificd approval, audit < lected, we arc satisfied that the people, with out regard to race, color, or previoo* condi tion, will be proud of him and bin adminis tration. Ou motion of Hon. William Guilford n vote of tbnuks was tendered to the cbairmnn for the courteous and impartial manner, in which he presided over this body, nnd to the secre tary f>r the eflieient nnd faithful perfornianc* of his duties, also to the citizens for their kind and hospitable entertainment dutiug our stay with them. Ou motion the proceedings of this Conven tion was ordered to be sent to The Atlanta Whig, Savannah Journal mid Southwest Georgian, for publication. After which telling speeches were made by the chairman, Judge Green, Jas. 1). Deveaux mid others in favor of Judge Dawson A. Walker, Gen. U.S. Grant and Hon. Henry Wilson, wlii- h were received with great enthn hlhhui. On motion the Convention adjourned until the 24rh imt, 12 o’clock, M. Gnuiiac Wallace, Chairman. •I.'.s B. Di.ve.aux Socre'ary. i » lloi-m-e Ori-i-lej- on “Wlisst 1 Koon About Ku lin mln --lt<- Tent-tie* till: Young Idea How to Nwiin—A Molly Account or The Sall Itlver CitntUilult-- How He “Tnnk»” the Olrl*. The conci pondi nt of the New York Com mercial Advertiser, writing from Fire Island, relates the following incident of Dr. Greeley's visit to that delightful spot: “The news that Horace was going to wrestle withold Neptune brought two or three hun dred guests, farmer folks, etc. to the shore to witness the novel sight. As the veteran mer man emerged from the bath-house the crowd yelled approvingly, mid tho boys shied clam shells nt him in mi encouraging way. Hfii Apollo-like form never appeared to better ad vantage, and were it not lor tho slight ten dency of liiri right hip to play see-saw with the left, (producing a peculiar shambling gait,) he might bo said to have advanced, ‘gracefully’ to tho water-line. Half a dozen young lady bathers bud placed themselves tinder his protection for a plunge in tho brine." •'(), dear, Mr. Greeley, I know 1 can never stand it," said a beautiful blonde, as a big wave burst, enveloping her little feet in the creamy foam. “Pshaw, my dear, you needn't be alruid. I’ll protect you." And so lie did, to the great uneasiness of her lover, who beheld the dex terous veteran (mistaking her neck for her waist) encircle tier with bis arm, nnd drag her niter him ns though ho meant to drown her. In four feet of water they suddenly disappear ed from view, and reappeared after five soo ond",tbe young lady in a terrib'e state of fright. The kind old man rndcavored to pacify her: “Steady, my dear,’’ he said, endeavoring to hide hi* own nervousness; “there’s no use of getting flighty. It is natural for the human family to swim," “O, Mr. Greeley, how can you say so?" ex claimed the wretched maiden, wildly spurting thrfsand and the brine from her mouth. “Von ain't accustomed to it, my child; calmly endure it a little longer aud you’ll like it." “No, never, never. I want to be unnatural. I don’t like it, and never will. I don't want to belong to the human family, Mr. Greeley, and ’’ here another huge breaker cut short her frenzy, and lifting both bathers, burled the Bage headlong over his fair charge. A volley of cheers arose from the beach as be recovered himself, quickly seized her by the back of the neck and one leg, nnd held her aloft, dripping and struggling with the fine energy that a female ean exert under the pres sure of mingled rage. “She still lives," faintly murmured an old lady near me, who, when a child, had been dandled on John Quincy Adams’ knee. “Come, that's played out, old man. Fetch her ashore,” ejaculated an angry countryman, suggestively gathering a handful of sand. “I thought you knew better than to be yanking a poor girl around that way." But by this time the horror-stricken and incensed lover had waded in, boot* aud all, and rescued his sweetheart from the perilous clutches of the chivalrie merman, who stood gazing stupidly after them with bis back to the »a, until tho water* collecting their strength, struck him abeam with a mighty fore . ami landed him sprawling far upon the beach. Thus ended tho ewcct old philan thropist's attempt to prove what “I know about natation.” ami compare ! to it, it is con ceded that what he knows about farming is small potatoes and a few in a heap. He left this afternoon, with scarcely anybody to at tend bi* departure, and, upon the whole, bis reception hero must be pronounced chilly aud uncomfortable. The Saturday Review is merciless on Geo. McDonald for the puerility of “ The Vicar's Daughter.” It nays he need* something to brace him into masculinity again, after hav. ing been a weak-backed, gushing, sentimental, aud pious young woman. AM. SORTS. New York has paid U,ltX),ooo for fruit this summer. Tho cochineal insect is now largely raised in the Canary Islands, and Guatemala is suf fering from the competition, Switzerland exported#*,ooo,ooo worth of cheese a year, that being almost the only arti cle of export from that country. Tho car shops of tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Altoona give constant employ ment toXipwords of 2,550 men. Tho Internal Revenue Bureau is now ready to furnish stamps cf the denomination of $5,000 for tho use of cetflßralions. Tho following notice rtjay besoou on a black smith'* shop in Essex: "No horses shod on Sunday, except siokuos* and death." Gold orc, containing oTefThirty por cout, of pnro gold, lias lately btiej^L-covered in South ern Kansas. A valuable*!!ver mine has also been found in Arkansas. 1 Tho contract for the TEiprovcmcnts to tho Savannah River lias boon awarded by General Gilmoro, nnd tho work of dredging will be Immediately commenced. Ono million llvo hundred thousand dollars is tho annual income of tho chcoso factories in Cattaraugus county, New York. Over five million dollars capital is involved. It is evident from oue fact that Groeloy is very unpalatable to the Democrats. Every one who has swallowed Idm looks ns ugly iu tho fnco ns if ho hnd swalfowed n spoiled oys ter. Tho East Boston Marine railway is to have a chnin containing three hundred links, cnoh link weighing fifty ponuds, mnde*by the con victs of the MoMsnchusetts State Prison nt Charlestown. A complete set of skulls of all tho varieties ot the dog is to bo collected for exhibition by- Mr. Flower Professor of Anatomy nt tho Royal College of Snrgr ous, London. The Acting Commissioner ol Internal Reve nue has decided that tho tax on brokers' and bunkers’ sales of gold, silver bullion and coin, promissory notes, stocks, Ironds or other secu rities is repeale d on and after October 1, 1872, The miucrnl resources of Texas are receiv ing greater attention iu view of tho comple tion of the contemplated railroad facilities. Investigations show that the rock, contain tho characteristics belonging to, the oonl measures of Missouri nnd other Western States. Some idea of the immense sums expended iu this country on French luxuries and kniok knacks may bo gained from tho fact that dur ing the past eight years the transactions be tween the two countries foot up nearly $220,- 000,000, or about $27,500,004 a year. Tho prospects of sugar, crop are good; an English authority estimates an increase of eighteen to nineteen per cent, in the yield of beet sugar and an excesH of 150,- 000 tons of cane sugar. This would give au average iucrcaue in the world's production of ten per cent. In a recent number of tho Colorado Chief tain the following aiinoniici meht was inserted among the “linsiness notices:" “Money loaned in moderate amounts on short time. Pre-ernptors thusly eojoniiuodated. 011100 near where Sam 1 lie’s game rooster got killed. R. K. Swift*Co." There is a man in Portland, Me., who Hip ports hi* family iu handsome style by simply tying an able-bodied cut by the tail to tho clothes’ line every night, and then going out in the morning to collect the soap, shaving cupa, brushes, Ac., thrown into tho yard by angry boarders in adjoining houses, Boston has a mending and repairing society composed of women who undertake to sew on buttons, darn stocking, nnd perforin other kindly services for unprovided bachelors. This is benevolence indeed ; but there is trouble ahead, for tho society is made up mostly of married women whose husbands are positively bullonieM. —* •«- FIYK ARTH, An international exhibition of < il paintings will take place next year nt Beilin, under tho auspices of the Crown Princess Victoria. The new Art Galley in Cincinnati will bo sixty-two feet wide, giving a spacious central hall for painting IGO feet in length. Queen Victoria has rccontiy obtained pos session of an interesting art treasure a copy of the bust of Charles 1., by Bernini, which was recently placed in Whitehall. Rosa Bonheur's new painting, Two Tigers Fighting, is said to be her masterpiece. It is numbered 71 in tho list of bor works. Mes sionier has completed 319 pictures. Mr. Graves, of Pall Mall, has purchased a very interesting rolic of Milton. It is a por trait of the poet, taken while he was at Cam bridge, pointed by Cooper, and is said to bo the only authentic likeness of him nt that pe riod of his life. An eminent American art connoisseur, now in Europe, in a private letter, gives tho follow ing interesting item relating to foreign art: Bouguereau has upon tho easel two largo pic tures which will take all bis time for many months to come. Tho most important work of the two represents a “Bevy of Nymphs,” similar iu composition to Winterhalter's “ Florinda," which is owned iu America. Hcheyer is over-crowded with orders, and the nemos of English, French, and American art collectors are constantly on his books. Gc rome, in company with several other great French artists, ha* projected a visit to Japan next spiiug, and will return to France byway of New York. Therefore you may confidently anticipate seeing this artist in tho United some time next summer. ■ 1— 1 I* I*' • The colored people of Minnesota have pub lished an address, setting forth that “iu years gone by Mr. Sumner has been the friend and seconder of the colored men, nnd by them much loved; but finding that either from old age, mental derangement or some other cause, he is endeavoring to lead us into the camp of our enemies, we have concluded to halt; we cannot and will not follow him any further, but pledge ourselves to stand by tho old Re publican party and as a return for tlio good it has done us, and, as good citizens, wo pledge ourselves to vote and use our influence to se cure the election of Grant and Wilson. Anne E, j, ickiu ion is writing a new book. FKMININK VKUriTIKS. Nilsson is spending her honey moon on tho Rhine at the expense of herhnebands “rhino,” Girls are gradually working their way into all the collegiate institutions of this country and England. / A St- Louis man advertisiw' for "girl* to work in hair.” If married Women will snit, ho can bo supplied. Can the five young ladies who recently en tered the University of Vermont bo consider ed as belonging to tho froslimen class? Gon. Birney’s daughter is learning to be a compositor in tho Gazotto oftloo, Boston, iu order to qualify herself to edit a paper in tho South. Some oue asked the daughter of a New Yorker, who was about to marry his fourth wife, who was going to perform the ceremony. She replied, "I don’t £now, but I presume that it will bo Dr. Spring. Ho generally mar ries father.” ■ Gome, gentle Spring, etc." Au excellent institution, says tho woman's Journal, exists in London, called the "Rofitgc for Deserted Mother* and their infants," A thousand young women have passed thiangh tho home and been restored to society. lie lapses never occur. Tho mortality among the infants put out to nurse and inspected is almost nil. The gratitude of the young wo men to their bonefactrce* i« one of the most touching incident* of the system. UOLBKN WORDS. / Life is hardly respectable If it has uo gen erous task, dutioa or affection* that constitute a necessity for existing. Every man’s task is his life preserver. Garrick once said that the reason why tho players boat the prcneliers was because tho actor hosted fiction as if it wore reality, and tho preaebnr reality as if it were fiction. Wil loses its respect witli tho good when soon in company with malice; and to smile at tho jest which plants a thorn in another 1 * breast is to become a principal in the mis chief. True glory cousista in doing what desorvos to be written; in writing what deserves to bo road; and iuso living as to make the world happier and bettor for our living in it. Lord Mecanley said: “If Sunday had not been observed as a day of rest during the la«t three centuries, I have not tho smallest doubt wo should have boon, at this moment, a poor er and loss civilized people than wo are.” If wo had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would bo like hearing tho grass grow and tho squirrel'* heort beat, and wo should die of that roar which lie* on tho other side of silence. As it is, the quick est of ns walk about well waded with stupidity. IIOMK INDUSTRY. Rich load mine* have boon discovered iu Buller county, Kansas. More vessels arc loading in I’cnsacola, Fla., at this time Hinn over before known iu tho summer. Tho Sintis of New York, in 1850, raised 5,701,582 pounds of tobacco, and in 18701 ml 2,349,798. Albany has a cork factory that makes 300,. 000 corks daily, and a checker factory that turns out 150 checkers a minute. Within a radius of six miles of Portage Lake, in Michigan, thero is available metallic wealth Huflloient to sustain 100,000 people, and pay a handsome interest on $100,0(8),(MM). Manufaeturor* of blast furnace machinery everywhere are driven to their utmost capaci ty, aud more work is ordered from tho differ ent work-shops for general distribution than can bo turned out in twelve months. Iron ore has boon found ia tho Hazarebaugh District, in India, which is said to contain eighty per cent, of pure metal, together with a slight admixture of manganese. There is said to be 500 square miles of this ore in tho diamond coal fields. Those who are onriou* to know what Amer ican manufacturing company it is that is going into the pious business of tnanufactming idol* for tho Hindoo market will learn from the Calcutta papers that it is the Qilintard Iron Works of New York. -* • *. MTK.HARY UOSNII*. Mr. Walter Thornbury is to compile a his tory of London, worthy of the importance of tho subject. Mr. Motley will soon have ready for publi cation the first instalment of his “ History of tho Thirty Years' War." An original novel in the Hebrew tongue has recently been published in Vienna. Il* title ia “Ilotoo d'barko hnchaem.” Mr. Julian Hawthorne is busy rovitiag his novel toward perfection, aud it will not be published, at any rate, till the last of Hie year. Mr. Howard's book of Travel Round tho World will be published this fall, and will bo one of tho most notable books of the season. The Gcrruau Shakepoare Society has ap pointed a committee to edit a throe volume commentary upon the great translation, lately finished under the auspices of the Society. Froudo, it has already been announced, has selected for tho subject of hl* lectures here, tho relations between Ireland and England. Apropos of thia, Hie first volume of his naw work, tho History of Ireland, will lie pub lished in America during his stay, by Scribner, Armstrong A Co. A Hallo publisher n cenUy issued an athe istic pamphlet with the uncompromising nan>“ “God, tho Error of Thousand* of Years." A now edition is now publishing, but I tho authorities have notified tho publisher that I the title must boa little modified, and the same heresy will bo toned down oultuk to “God aud Natural Science, Error and Truth." An iiumeuse uuderlakiug is being published iu Germany a lib rary biograpl'ical dictiona ry to the history of German national litera ture. Heinrich Kurz furnishes biographical notices »f all poets nnd prose writers; there are also u list of tin: works of each author, and a statement of all the works that treat of j this author iu general or of any one of bis I works in particular, nnd a report ot nil tlio translations of tin: author’s works. I GAHtSKM WONK FOH «KI<TKMRKK. Is«ltnee, Radishes, Spinach, Mustard, will i do well planted this mouth. Onions, for the main crop, If not already planted, may now be got in. Carrots, Boots, Swiss Chud, etc., if you failed to got a stand last month, may now be sown with better hope of sneress. Cabbage must bo transplanted for winter heading; also Cauliflowers and Broccoli. Sow European seed for opting cabbage*. Dants from American seed are more apt to run to seed in the spring. To protect tender young plants, as cabbage, beets, carrots, etc., from the snn and beating rains, set bushes between the rows, reclining a little over them; or lay bushes on crotches raised throe or four feet strove ths bed. In tho flower garden, bnlbs of the early flowering plants, taken np last spring, should bo set out during the present mouth, includ ing Snow Drops, Narcissus, Iris, Johuqnila, Crocus and Hyacinth*. Sow Stock, Dnk, I'anay, laikspur. Mignonette, and other hardy annual, biennial and perennial plant*; aud set out frwe, geranium and other cuttings. The beauty of your winter aud spring garden will depend much upon this month's opera tion*. HOIWKUOt.It HIM ». Cracks iu stoves may bo effectually stopped by a pasta made of ashes and salt, raised with water. Wash tho glasses of pictures with a damp ened newspaper dipped into whiting, and rub dry with a newspaper. Soap suds will eventually destroy tho pal. ish on marble fire-places, tables, Ao., if used iu washing them. Tho potash iu the soap de- Compos®* tho carbonate of lime aud causes the destruction. Laeo curtains should never bo ironed. Wash and starch them, using in the rinsing water a tablespoonful of powdered borax. This makes them stilY. When wet, spread on a shoot cither on the floor or oa a heel, aud pin down firmly every two or three inches. Lot them dry several days and they will look very nice. Al! kinds of poultry and meat can be cooked quicker by adding to th* water in which they are boiled a little vinegar, or a piece of lemon. By tho uno of an acid, there will be consider able saving of foe), as well as shortening of time. Its action is beneficial on old, tongh meats, rendering them quite tender and easy to bo digested. Tainted meats and fowls will lon* their bad taste and odor if cooked in this way. and tt not used too freely, no taste of it will bo acquired. aoric* ox wtn.xv k. The mind of man wtetly fail* to realise dip immensity of space, and no one unaccustomed to the use ot the telescope can have any ade quate idea of the difference presented by the he* veils when viewed by the naked eye, even upon a dear uighk and the scene which is disclosed to the yje end mind >f the nstreuo mor. How .bill, lit it is to ro.disto that each star in th<> -wh’inn 1 pth* < f the utdvoisa is a suu like our own sun, but separat'd one from each olhvt and our own by vlistauev.. almost beyond the power el man to compute, Only about three thousand stars can be distinctly aeon and counted by tho naked eye, while an ordinary telescope reveals the prescuc* ot somathing like three hundred and fitly thous and. Haraohd’a great eighteeu-ineh instru ment, it is estimated, shows ouo hundred aud eighty millions, while th® great Rosso tele scope, by its vast penetrating power, is sup posed to open up to oup'vision uot less than seven hundred milliou*. And yet, wbeu th® whole hoavena is swept by thia telescope, we have only penetrated a distance, into space from onr stand point on this globe which, when compared to tho immensity beyond, is no more than the space occupied by tho loom where wo write or read is to tho immensity of depth penetrated by the last mentioned in strument. -w i.’ittt't I'oitictrtx h.ntw. The London Spectator believe* G.aiubvtta will be the suee»a-or of Thiers, Groat preparations are being made in Rome to celebrate th* twenty sixth anniversary of the pontificate of Do Nino, The Now Paris Opera liouso will cost SB,tXM),- 000. Tho sculpture and painting alone will cost $220,000 and the ornaments $2(10,000. Among the interesting features of tho com ing Exposition at Vienna will be the private library of book in tho Oriental languages be longing to tho Hultau Abdul-Axis, which has never hitherto been accessible to scholars. The Hultan has consented to scud this library to Vienna, at the request of the Archduke Al bert, ol Russia. A report recently presented to the English I'arliamcut gives tho average daily pay of me chanics as follows: Austria, ouo dollar; Uel gin tn, sixty nente; Franco ouo dollar aud ten cents; Denmark sixty cents; Italy forty cents; Netherlands seveutyflvo ceuts; Norway sixty cants; Sicily thirty cents; Portugal forty cants; I'rnssia seventy-five cents; Russia sevouty-flv* cents; Sweden sixty cents; Switzerland sixty cents, -M| *»- -•-»»». Tlir I niff'll Postal Kcivite* Official data compiled nt the l’>st Office De partment show that postal service was in op eration on the 30th of June, 1871, over 40,- Ml miles ot railway, at an annual cost of $5,- 724,979, and then since then, in the course of tho last year, postal service has been placed on 7,698 miles additional, making n total of 57,332 miles ot postal railway service now in operation, al un auntinl coat of sG,:liM>,2o6; the added cost of the ui w aei vice being $391,- 404, aud Ilin increase of cost by readjustment of pay ou old routes beiug $2.-3,76-1. Th* extraordinary co-orelinat > grow th of th® railway and postal system of tho vouutry is sbowu by th* following statistics; Mail ser vice was tired placed on railroads iu 18 33, aud iu 1337 there were 974 miles of postal railway j service. In 1842 there were 309 miles, in 1830 i there were (i,886 miles, iu 1860 there were 37,-! 129 miles, iu 1870 there were 43,727, and now | as above stated, th* postal service is in otwia- , lion over 57,333 miles of railroad, involving ; a total annual transportation by all mail trains run ol nearly (>l,<X>o,ooo miles of distance. • ♦- A crisis has occurred in i.io government i f Bavaria, and the Minister* have tendered l.eir resignation* to tho King. NUMBER 23. fifsvrst Grant tn Private I.SCv. A oorresix'ndsnt of th* Christian Intelligen cer writes from Ixiog Branch: I am in time to see s plain buggy, drawn by s quiet looking horse, go by amid tho throng of flashy turn-outs and elegant familv chariot* that fill tho road. The driver is alone lit th* carriage- a thickset man. whose face shows th® touch of wind aud weather. Ho ba* brown hair and beard, de«p eyes, a square, not a high forehead, anti a closely clipped moMtache is pressed vr®U upon tho boarded tow*r lip by th* firm line* of the mouth, lists are Ittt«d here and there as he passtM, and he raises hi* in response, bnt with no change in th* habitnsl gravity of his conate nance. There is literally uotbin* m hi* vehicle, dress or manner to distinguish Ixlin from baa deeds of hi* follow citixons flocking along tho thoroughfare. I m**t him almost daily in cur rides and walks - always, lot m« say it, with a return of those emotion* that thrilled ma on *n Amis -morning, serve ream.ag.mo. vrhswf drlw 'from nr bed by thongbte born of th® previ ous day * excitement, I beheld through my window, streaming brightly and proudly from the church tower opposite, th* Sureßp«ng!ed Banner, aud fell on my knees in a burst of glad recolteelion that th* war was over and our flag unsullied. I wish it were proper to «p«ak here of Hi* glimpse* of th* warner-statesiuan'ahome with which we have been favored this summer, the proofs we have had that in private life he is as deeoreus and exemplary as be has showed himself wise aud tef rc iu battle. lam no’ more of a j ohticiafr than my "monarchist" friend, Dr. ■, but I know whereof I speak when I assert that those thing* are true, step inter-Mewey and WIG- Nlalen lie. errlptlou or Stolen I'repert J-. Th® New Orleans Vioayutio slates that Dap tain Badger, Chief of Police, received tho fol lowing tetter from a lamenting husband. Tita doaoriptiv* powers of th* husband, as well a* th® charms of tho "lost lisonore." are both enticingly rich, ’those of onr reader* who have equally charming wives had latter be upon their guard, «s thia select aifo-ste.ihr may desire .to ply Lis aeduotiv* arts i.u tki ■ vicinity. Here ia th* lamentable "hubby's tetter: A man giving his tiaine a* that lea C was at work form« iu July. He left my house ou Saturday night, July 27ih, takini; with him my wife and about ouo thousand dollars of my money and a horn* and two sil ver watebrs, on* aiugl* and on* doubt* oa-o. They wore last heard from near , going ou foot in th* direction of-, Th* horse has been recovered. Tho man is aiqiarently a ateamboatman, and claims New Orleati* a* a homo. Il® i* about six feet high, thirty-five to forty year* old, square shoulder*, walks very straight with a swinging gait, rear* No 9 shoe*, too* turned out, had a bwrey, dark beard, stuile* when he talks, dark complex ion, weigh* about on® hundred and ewhty ponnds, dark, yellow eye*, or perhaps dai i, blue. My wife is forty-six y*ars of age, quite small, weigh* )wrli*]w ninety-five to ou* hun dred pound*, light complexion, but badly sunburnt, giving th* anpearaneo of bring dark. Sho is a pkiu looking old country wo man, and addicted to smoking a pip®. ' Hair light, exes bill®, short, round foot, sveaka oosne for a woman, chtiws tobacco and ha-s a long, slim nose standi»tralghtofit, two ti.nt teeth iui**ing aud th* rest of her teeth are very defective. Her Huger uail* are very large ami tint, »o much so ns to b* easily uotierd Her name is Susannah, Tn* mH* are gener ally unit* Miiall, and mor* especially the little and llio next ou® to it. In her walk the toes turn in. right foot turn* iu mote than the left, an I she Im* a quick step. The letter te aoeompauivd by a note sug gesting that the man has "shaken ' the wo man; may be that La ha* made away with her, and a request i* made that a sharp look out m ry be kept tor him. w*|iapers and their Kititur*. Some people estimate th* ability of n news piqmr and th® talent of its editor by the quan tity of original matter tho publication con-' talus. It is comparatively an easy task for a frothy writer to pour out daily a column ot word* words upou any and ail subjects. His ideas may flow iu one weak, washy, everlast ing floral, and the command of his language may enable him to siring them together like bum-lie* of onions, and yet his iiaper may be a meagre and poor concern. Indeed, the mere writing part of editing a |*>per ia but a small portion of the work, i'he care, the limo em ploved in selecting, is far more important, ami th® tact of a good editor fa better shown by hi* selections than anything else; and that, Wv know, is hall the l-attle. Hut aw we ha'v said, an editor ought tube estimated aud liis labor undorstood aud appreciated by tho gen eral conduct of his paper; it* tone, its nuiform consistent course, its aims, its manliuot-.*, its dignity and its propriety. To preserve these a* they should b« preserved is enough to oc cupy fully the time aud attention ot any man. If to this bo added the general stipervisiou of th® newspaper establishment, which most editor* Lava to encounter, tho wonder is how they can find time to write at ail. !.ssi-ii’r fbiirirr »/ouni«t » ll I—■» I | A l*ig Xi tn* Months under n Hrrnvtstaik, X*< tomes out Alive, The Ashland (O.) Times vouches for tho fol lowing incredible story ot a pig that had fast ed for nine months: The bog belongs to David Hughs, living four mtles southwest of Olivesbnrg, on tho road leading to Mansfield. Mr. Hugh* missed th® hog, as neat a* he can reeolloel, about th* 12th or 20th of last October. It was in good enter at that time, aud would weigh iu the neighborhood of two hundred pounds. Thsre was an old straw stack near th* barn, under which th* hog* wer' in the habit of go ing, and it is supposed that this one, born to fame, was under at th* tim* they threshed, aud heuo* got so completely covered up that it could uot gel out The straw stack was a very large one, mid during the winter and spring Mr. Hughe permitted bis cattle to run to the stack. They hav* gradually eaten aud worked it away, aud ou the hurt of June bad so far reduced it a* to release tho unfortumto hog It made its appearance through a very small opening, after a fast of nearly niu'u months, in which time it had neither food nor water. How it succeeded in retaining thu vi tal spark we are not able to say, but moat con fess that it is a story almost too incredible to ask any one to believe. Yet we have it ou the best authority and from men who are reliable. Our reporter says ho saw the bog, and from general appcataueee ho would couchido tint it would have to he led about two mouths in order to make it a good skeleton. • ♦ • llnw I Ihcnniv my owu Grauiltnthea. “1 manivd u widow who had ft growibup daughter. My father visited our house very often, aud fell iu loro with my step-daughter, aud married her. So my father becalm* mv sou-iu-law, aud my step daughter uiy mother, because she was my father’s wife. Si metimv afterwards my wife had a sou; ho was mv father's brother-in-law and my uuclo, for ho was brother of my step-mother. My father s wife Lo,, my step daughter had also n sou; ho was, of course, my brother, and nt the same timo my grandchild, for bo was (ho son of my daughter. My wife w«s niv ; i.ui.l mother, because she was my mother's motliw I was my wife’s Lutbtud nud grandchild at th® same timo; aud as tho hnsband of a per- HOn’s grandmother fa his grandfather. 1 was my own grandfather,“