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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C.. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOPER 21 1 MMT VOLUME XVI.-NO. 1.1 TUE A M F li IC AN GIRL. An Interesting Lecture by Dr. I la ml Hun Osgood, of Boston, on tho Necessity of a Raul leal Chance In Girl?' Training und Education. Tho amphitheatre of Jefferson Medical College Hospital, in Philadelphia, was thronged one evening last week with professors aud etudtuta and their lad/ friends to hear the annual address to the alumni by Dr. Hamilton Osgood, of Bos ton, a graduate of tho College, whoso subject waau*The Necessity of a Radical Chango in tho Trainiotr. aud Education of tho AttJferlcan Girl.-" Tho, greatest error, Dr. Osgood said, iu the'trafnliig of tho American girl 1B that slio is allowed to become a woman beforo ?he knows it. One day sho is a child; Hie next, all unprepared, all ignorant of what it mean?, she is a woman. Talco the average girl of to-day. at tho age of niuetcen, wo will say.' - This girl, who would blush if obliged to confess igno rance of some fourth-class character of mythology, will calmly admit, that BIIO not only knows nothing of the physiology of her functions, but is perfect^ indiffer ent about it. This is a monstrous error -ono into which our girls should by no means bo allowed -to fall. They should be so trained between their twelfth aud fourteenth years OB not only to bo men tally but physically prepared for tho metamorphosis which is coming. Tho American girl should kuow how to live physiologically, and gradually be taught thc croat and divine meanings of woman hood. She should bo impressed with a feeling of reverence for her highest mis sion in life, in spite of as many women's rights doctrines as might All the shelves of a Bodleian library. The women of to-day who are Btriving to put off and fly from the true mission of woman remind ono of thc boy who, in order to rid him self of an aching tooth, filled it with gunpowder, put a slow match to it aud then ran. I? rom the age of twelve to tho day ol her marriage a girl should be made to feel her responsibility towards her future and those whose lives will one day bc in her keeping. If the boy bo father, tho girl is in a double sense mother of tho man. A NATIONAL REQUISITE. Tho supremo end of nature, Herbert .Spencer says, is the welfare of posterity. Tho first requisite to success in lifo is to bc a good animal. The American girl should know that to hare a nation of good mothers is tho first requisite of na tional prosperity. She should be taught her sharo in this desirable result is to bo attained only through conscientious care of her body. Sho caunot escape from herself. She cannot change her sex. The r?sllesjnesa so common among our cultivated women is a mistaken and fruitless insubordination : an endeavor to escape the duties which ure tho glory and should constitute the chief joy of woman. Need I tell you why a chango, a radi rnl change, in the education and training of our girls is nccossary? Look at the young - women of sixteen to twenty who pass us by hundreds as we walk the streets. Whether tboy bo ricli or poor, whr.t is more rare than a finely formed girl, with firm step, bright eye and ruddy cheek ? When these are lacking, what is tho reason of their absence ? "The first observation of a European who comes to America," says Dr. Clarke, in his "Sex in Education," "is that our women are a feeble race, and, if a physi ological observer, ho is sure to add that they are responsible for a feeble raca suc ceeding them." "I never saw so many pretty girls together," said Lady Amber ley to Dr. Clarke, during a visit to a Bos ton school, "only," sho added, "they all looked sick." THE DIFFERENCE. Why should there be such a radical difference in treatment of boys and girlr, in their early years? The boy has his warm clothing. Hm feet and legs are well protected. The girl is but hui f clad. Half her limbs are exposed to the weather, protected only by stockings nono too thick, tho necessary undergar ments, in the majority ? cases, being omitted. This difference lises a point of ! departure for the cultivation of the groat sensitiveness of the girl. The ignorant j mother but little realizes the amount of physical vigor it costs an insufficiently j clad girl to keep warm. And BO, while j the boy acquires a growing hardihood, an indifference to changes in the weather 1 and ia ready to eat at any hour of tho day, the girl becomes delicate, shrinks from cold, her appetite ia as sensitive ac the thermometer, oer cheek lases ita rosy hue. - Thus her life goes on, steadily in creasing its divergence from that of tho boy. Ho becomes square-shouldered. I straight and . sturdy"; she, stooping, ! round-shouldered and sensitive. 1 do not include every girl in this picture. I refer, simply, to the avorago girl of America, whoso training does not develop her original vigor, but transforms a con stitution as fine in every aenso as the boy's into u tangle of fretted nerves ; and this is tho avorago Amorlcan girl. But while girls are not given enough oxcrciso ss children, they are allowed to havo too much of a kind that is not good for them when they grow older, 'lako tho exceptionable case where girls aro not allowed to go into fashionable disais 1 nation until after they leave sobool. .j. hese giris, ail unused as they are to the strain of Bocial dissipation, pl??g? i?to a vortex of engagements-dinners, par ties, lunches, balls and theatres crowd ing uponeach other with hardly a chink for rest. The rcault is that ono or two seasons rob them of their bloom and brightness, and not only this, but they havo exhausted ?bc social pleasures by mcrogluttony. SCHOOL CRAMMING. Ono of tho great errors of tho day is that a girl is expected to complete her education by. her nineteenth year-an ago at which lads are bnt little more than hr\{ way in theirs. Everything in the sn '0 of culture is crowded into tho years (Turing which the girl should be cultivating tho physical strength, com mon senso and practicality which are to bo of life-long benefit to ncr and her de scendants, while half tho so-called cul ture with which fashionable education crams tho girl is of little use and is quickly forgotten. Less study and moro exercise should bo the rule. Upon good health and upon the ability to perform her functions easily and naturally de pends, in a very large degree, the com fort and happiness of women in later years. Our girls rush through the years uf their adolescence utterly regard iez of thc great need of inter /als of rest. And if tho careful mother or the watchful . physiolau insist ?mon periodical repose, they submit to it most ungraciously and wi tu an impatient criticism upon their sex which in pitiful. They try to Uro as if there were uo swing of tide in their organism. They wish to live down and put undor reckless foot tho necessities of their sex, but it is the''old fight With windmills, with this difference: Den Quixote recovered from'his hurts; but they, in too many cases, never do. 1 can mention ?. vo women, honored by our sex as well as their own, who are largely re sponsible for the present restlessness of many of their sisters. They aro noble, cultured women, of great influence. Ono of them confessed to a patient of mino that last year nervous exhaustion nearly mado her insane, and incidentally re marked that at her last confinement she sont oil' her proof-sheets and at the samo mom jr.t called for doctor and nurse. You :vould bo surprised if I told you her name. The other admitted that In spite of all eho had said in public, touching tho rights of women, her persistent, un restful labor had so o^hausted her that she had modified her views, but would aot confess it to any man living, and would not hare tho nublio know ol it fo* tho world.v I could quote o'ther equally significant confessions. These cases are only a fresh suggestion of the battle with the windmills. It would seem as if these women ought to know tho exact sense and weight of what they affirm and teach. But do thoy realizo tho actual condition of our young girls, and is this condition entirely duo to mistakes in dress and party going? Do we physi cians not know there is another sido ? Tho Dino Ridge Scrip Snits. At tho present term of the United States Circuit Court tho cases of Jno. P. Southern and others, assignees of tho Bluo Ridgo Railroad, against the Comp troller-General and other officers of the State of South Carolina, and Amos D. Williams against the same, will como up for trial. These suits are brought to enforce tho liability of the State of South Carolina for the Revenue Bond scrip, issued under tho Act of March 3, 1872. Tho parties prosecuting tho caso un der the name of Williams are Edward B. Wesley and Amos D. Williams, ban kers, of New York City. These two gentlemen advanced about $400,000 at tho request of the State treasurer and thc president of tho Bluo Ridge Railroad Company, to enable the State to redeem its guarantee on very nearly $4,000,000 of bonds of tho Blue Bidgo Railroad Company, which had been guaranteed by tho Stnto prior to Mareil 2,1371. By the act of that dato tho Stato provided for tho issuing of $1,800,000 of scrip (styled Revenue Bond Scrip) to take up and retiro $4,000,000 of bondB of tho Blue Ridge Railroad Company which had been guaranteed by the State and had been pledged in Wall street with differ ent bankers. Messsrs. Wesley & Wil liams were induced to mako the advance mentioned on tho faith of UI?B Revenue Bond Scrip. The Blue Ride Railroad bonds were taken up, with the exception of $000,000, which wero in tho hands of thc State agent and were handed over to tho Stato treasurer and by him cancelled, thc Revenue Bond Scrip being left in the hands of these gentleman as. collat eral security. Sometime subsequent to this loan a a question was made as to tho validity of this Revenue Bond Scrip, on tho ground that it was unconstitutional to issue it, and the question was so decided in anothercasB by the Supremo Court of the Stato. From that timo to tho present, therefore, these gentlemen have boen trying to recover their money, with the interest duo, which now, in tho aggregate amounts to nearly $800,000. various legal proceedings have been taken by them and by tho assignee of the Bluo Ridgo Railroad Company, which finally resulted in appeals to tho Supremo Court of the United States. The cases wore argued by Mr. Dcunis McMahon, of New York, for Messrs. Wesley & Williams and for the assignees of the Blue Ridge Railroad. The State was represented by Attorney-General You mans. In tho caso brought by Mr. Williams tho decision of the lower Court waa affirmed with tho liberty to the plaintiffs to commence a new suit, on the ground that they had not made a demand on tho State officers for tho amount of their claim prior to commencing the suit. The Supremo Court, at the timo of tim ruling, plainly intimated that if Mr. Williams had made his demand on tho Stato treasurer prior to the com mencement of tho suit, it would have held that tho legislation of tho State of South Carolina repealing the Revenue Bond Scrip Act after its issue was unconstitutional. The caso brought by assignees of the Bluo Ridge Railroad was reversed and was sent down to the Cir cuit Court for a now trial. Mr. Williams, in the meantime made tho required demand upon tho State officers and commenced a new suit, and both cases will consequently now be tric-d together before Judges Bond and Bryan during the. present term on new and revised pleadings and additional evi dence. Tho record will occupy 200 Srinted pages. Tho cases will be argued y Mr. Dennis McMahon of New York, Col. J. H. Rion of Chesterfield, and Mr. Thomas S. Cavender of Columbia ' for tho plaintiffs, and by tho Attorney General for the State. Messrs. Williams and Wesley with their counsel, Mr. McMahon, are in the city, and say that they lent the money .in goad faith, and all they desire is to got back tho principal with interest at coven per cent, per annum. Through their agency tho State was released from liability under its endorsements of tho Bluo Ridgo Rail road bonds, and, nt tho same time, Ima escaped, so far, from any recognition.: of '.ha Itnvp.ndo Rand Sorirt on the securit** j of which the money to redeem the bonds wan advanced. TEN CENTS A DAV.-NO matter how ; largo your salnry, yon will save nothing if you np end too freely. Men nra contin ually indulging in small expenses, saying to themselves that it's only ? lrrfle( 'yet forgetting that tho aggregato' is serious; that even tho seashore in mada up of potty grains of sand. Ten cents a day is even thirty-six dollars and a half a year, and that is the interest of a capital of six hundred dollnra. Thc man that saves ten cents a day only is so much richer than he who does not, as if he owned a lifo estate in a house worth six hundred dollars; and- if invested qear terly, does not toko half that time. But ten cents a day is child's play, some will exdaim. Well, John Jacoe Astor used to nay, that when a man. who wishes to bo rich, has saved ten thousand dollars, ho has won half the hattie. Not that Aktor thought ten thousand much, but he know that in making suro a sum, a man acquired habits of prudent economy, which would keep bim advancing tn wealth. How many, however, spend ten thousand in a few years in extra expen sed, and then, on looking bacV, cannot tel!, as they say, "where tho money went to." To save is to get rich. To squan der, oven in small sums, is tho first step toward the poorhouse. Tho habit , of extravagance ls easily formed, but almost impossible to break up. - An intorviowor tackled the "great silent man," Gen. Grant, at St. Louis, as ho C*SBCd through lhere, A - day or two ago. nnd asked him his opinion of Gar field's administration. Tho General quit smoking and hold tip his hands In alarm. "I do not want to talk politics," he said; "I am ont of that now." And as ho con tinued to protest, the bell rang and tho train pulled out from tho depot, THE EARTHQUAKE AT ISCIIIA. First Detailed Account of the Catastrophe -The Terrors of a Day and Might. ROMK, March ll, 1881. ? Tho beautiful island of Ischia, in the Bay of Naples, which is celebrated for its thermal springs, has suffered from a severe earthquake. At 1 o'clock on tho afternoon of tho 4th of March the first shock was felt, and the second followed in a few Moments. It was undulatory and rotary, and lasted seven seconds, de stroying two-thirds o>* the town of Casa* micciola. There are one hundred And twenty-six dead abd about seventy wounded, and the laborers are constantly discovering other bodies. Tho falling houses, the gaps in the streets, the screams of the wounded and tho weeping of tho frightened and bo* ireaved inhabitants formed a scene which will never ho forgotten by those who were there. Many persons fled to the open country, while others hung over the masses of stones where their loved ones were buried, unmindful of falling walls and the heaving earth. ' Three young girls, whose mother was bnried beneath j tho walis of their habitation, would not leave tho spot until, with the assistance i of tho soldiers, they had extricated her j mangled corpse. The soldiers, who wcro sent oy tho government from Naples, ex hibited the greatest courage and coif- j forgetfulness, and the auecdotes that aro related of their generosity recall tho affecting stories told by Edmond de Amicis in his book culled "La Vita Mil itaire." Even the prisoners released for the occasion from their cells in tho Bagno of lucilia performed prodigies of valor in saving tho wounded ana burying tho dead. A Neapolitan sergeant, with gen erous temerity, rushed into a falling house and succeeded in saving a poor woman and her child. A corporal saved a blind man who, distracted with fear, rofused to follow him and opposed all his strength to the efforts of tho courageous soldier. Tho night lent new horrors to the scene, as nothing could bo done in the darkness. The shaken houses fell at in tervals, and tho cries of the wounded or bereaved v: rounded through the silent hours. Work was resumed in the morn ing, and more doad bodies were dragged from under tho ruined walls. The streets show here and thero wido and deep fis sures. Here is a house divided, from tho roof to the ground, by a bread gap, and there another, of which only a piece of wall romains with a tightly barred win dow in it. What irony of Nature I Tho window is still closed, but the house is ruined and the little family-a husband, a wife and daughter-are dead or wounded. While the soldiers were laboring to pull down trembling walis and clear the streets of rubbish, ono of thom suddenly uttered a cry. Ho saw something which, even in the midst of those indescribable terrors, excited new fear. From the Buminit of a high wall which had formed the corner of a houso ho saw a white handkerchief waving. A Woman had been thero a whole day and night, the ???? oi vno building having fallen, leav ing her little room in the corner of the wallu. Col. Farodi ordered ladders to be placed against.tho wall, but none volun teered to. ascend them, as it was almost certain death. The Colonel then mount ed the ladder himself, nnd with the aid of another person succeeded in rescuing the poor woman. She could not speak at first, but soon gave a desperate cry and distractedly ran away, only to full faint ing. Her reason was gone, and she may not regain it. Many of the inhabitants have been disinterred from the ruins after.remain ing there a day and a night, nnd others, often the only living members of their families, are paralyzed with grief and fear. The doubt whether all have been rescued from the ruins has delayed the necessary destruction of the trembling walls. In some cases these are blown up with dynamite, and in others they nre pulled down with ropes. Thu terrible earthquake, tho most 8erioua that has occurred in Italy for many years, is believed to have been caused by thc filtering of the hot mineral waters into tho cavities of the rock below them, whick had been slowly corroding and was only a local phenomenon. The springs a short time before the earth quake wero observed to be io a state of agitation. Great "excavations had been made by the long and slow labor of tho thermal waters. These dissolved the rocks of the under soil and carried to the surface a great part of their substance. The crust of earth thus left beneath the town at last suddenly gaye away. The many and enormous fissures in the ground aro proof of this theory of Professor Pal mieri. All who went thero remarked that tho catastrophe waa confined to Casamlcciola and another town near, other parts of the island being as green and undisturbed as before. Until they reached the doomed town they could not' belie ve that tho ro Iiorts they bad heard were true. Straugo y enough the hotels and tho establish ment for the mud baths are uninjured, and travelers and invalids will soon, no doubt, return to them. TUB LADD M??D"?? CASE.-Tho case against Hugh 43 Ka'oe, Wm. Durham, Cf (?Aran Wi. Kf Arva? land B?J >*?? t. Rr; Hi crrrs chided with the marilee"tof Amos hf Sd, iu rivk?t??'-Croupier,; while acting as uni tediSt?teaT?Wttutfo?jterOj will' come up fortexam?riS^ Judgo.Bond du rie? ?!LY^^^]^^atth?^nTl. This caa*), it will be remembered, came up first before Judge Kershaw, flitting ns Circuit Judge of the State, In Pl?kens County. TAie defendants being United States offi I cer.H, filed petitions for the removal of the re?5e to the United States Oe url. Argu ment upon this motion was finally heard at Greenville before Judge Kershaw, and Sending a decision from him, and in fact eforo the argument had closed, the keys of the cell in the Greenville County jail ?were placed so that tho United States Marshal could obtain thom and *he pris oners were released. Tho State authori ties, while hot actually releasing the prisoners themselves, allowed the Mar shal to release them. Tho prisoners were then placed in the custody of tho Mar shal and gave no bail. They are sup posed to be in tho custody of tho Marshal now, although there is no Marshal in ex istence in this Stato. Karie has even been acting as a rcvo.ue officer since the killing was done. The caco carno np for examination before Judge Bond sitting as United States Oircuit Judge at Colum bia at the last November term of the Uniftl States Circuit Court, but owing to the absence of witnesses tho case was continued to the present term here. Tho proceedings will be in tho nature of a orcliminary examination by Judge Bond. If from the evidence adduced tho Jndge considers that the caso should bo hoard it will be regularly tried before a jory. If on tho other hand ha thinks tho charge of murder ls not sustained the prisoners will bo released.-Charleston News and Courier. - The Grconb' ikors will hold a con ference at St. Louis in May. They still hope to "sweep tho country" in 1884, TUE CABINET QUARREL, A Semi-official Statement from an Inti mate Friend of tho President. Chauncey J. Filley, who haa just re turned from Washington, whero ho has been for some time past in intimate re lations with the President and high offi cials, makes thc following statement regarding the reported differences between tho Cabinet officers and senators and President : "Tho newspaper imports upon all these matters aro all exaggera ted and colored to make them, accord with sources from which they emanate, B?M? to euit the parlies in whoso infero*!* they aro promulgated. There ia no doubt but that Attorney-Geilferal Mc Yeagh has taken a decided stand against Mr. Chandler for solicitor-general. This action of MacYeagb'a antagonize* Secrcisry Blaine and mskes the contest a personal one as between MacVeagh, Blaine and tho President. This is par ticularly ibo case as it is reported that MacVeagh is endeavoring to defeat Chandler's confirmation, which makes a direct pcraonal issuo between tho attor ney-general and tho President. This, connected with MacVeagh'a public de clarations against Gon. Kaurna declara tions made in the presence of several gentlemen in bis (MacVeagh'a) offico, indicate a variance of opinion between him and thc general policy of the Ad ministration which, aa Senator Ben Har rison said, if allowed to prevail would mako both Indiana and MacVeagh'a own State (Pennsylvania) Democratic. The difference aribing between tho New York senators and tho Presideut ii not ono about individuals really but about the ob servance of tho usual courtesy towards sen ators and congressmen as regards ap pointments in their respective States. In this matter all Republican Senators and Congressmen are interested. It waa one of the matters which raised a difference botween General Garfield and President Hayes. General Garfield was not con sulted about many appointments in his own district, and in fact many appoint ments were made over his head. This General Garfield did not reliih or ap prove, and that he ?hould not way very natural under the circumstances. This is the position of Senators Coukling end Platt. They would have been satisfied to let Merritt remain collector af New York. Whatever fight is made will be upon this issuo and tho result cannot, of course, now bo seen. Tho Blaine, Chan dler ?nd MaoVeagh contest is a diff?rent affair, and tho St*!wsrt= -OSSrslly SgroS with Blaino and Chandler. I did?not hear up to tho time I left Washington any expression of the purpose of any fight boing made by Senator Conkling. In fact the Senator then had given no pub licity to any such intention. The effort on tho part of soinu parties to keep up factions and to prejudice the President against those who supported Gen. Grant would amount to nothing. Go?. Slant's meetings with the President were entire ly pleasant, and lie (Gen. Grant) remark ed that he never saw a better disposed man than Gon. Garfield. It remains with President Garfield to say whftther he will have the solid sup port of tho "306" for his administration, a- .e had the earnest and effective sup port of the Grant men for his election. The Grant men, so-called, havo raised no such questions, and in common with all well-meaning and true party men, boliovc in ono solid Republican party. Tho Revision of the New Testament. From an article by Dr. Joseph Angus, in the January .Sunday Mo aztne, wo glean the following particulars about the Revision of the New Testament, which h now finished, and the results of which aro being issued from tho press. The movement for Biblo Revision be gau at the Convocation of Canterbury, May 5th, 1870. A Commilteo was ap pointed, and, at its first meeting, twenty one scholars were selected, us members of thu New Testament Company. To these were afterwards added fifteen eminent American scholars. Tho English Com pany first revised the Greek text and tho translation. They confined themselves to forty verses a day, aud ittook them six years to completo this part of their work. As each portion was completed, copies were sent to tho American Company, who sent back their criticisms. Then there was a second revision by tho En glish Company, which took two years and a half. The various portions of thia second revision were also sont to Ameri ca ; and tho American scholars returned i these, with any further criticisms and suggestions. At last, the Revised Ver sion was sent to America in its final form, I and tho American Company asked to express its judgment upon this. A very great deal of caro and labor has thus been bestowed, to givo tha English speaking world as perfect a translation of tho Word of God as can be mado by men. The two Companies are composed j of scholars of all denominations. In the I Becond and final revision, it was required ! that all changes should be affirmed by a ! two-thirds vote. The meetings of the English Company have ">een held in the J?rusalem Chamber of Westminster Abbey. The Company bas been con vened ten times a year, for tbe last ten years, for four days at a time; and. generally, for aevun hours each day. Thus four hundred wcrking'dsys have been given to this work, by twenty-one men. A ha fifteen American scholars have expended scarcely less timo and toil. Tho expenses aro borne hy the Clarendon Press, Oxford, and tho Uni versity Prees, Carabrldgo, who ~t/?bliah : the book. TFhero ?B some diversity of opinion rs to the wisdom of undertaking this Re vision ; but, we '.hink, there can he no doubt that tho work hos been weil dono. Our present translation, tho King James' | Version, ns it is called, was made with much less pains. This, was done by two j Companies of eight and noven scholars, who sat at Oxford and Westminster, and \ seldom, if ever, compared notes. Tho time occupied was about two years and three quarters; the final revision, by portions of the two Companies, occupy ing nine months more. In tho.matter of caro and time, therefore, tho K'AV Ver sion haa greatly the advantage. It is fair to presume, too, that the scholarship devoted to the work is greater now than it kvas then. Tho new Testament will Boon be scat tered abroad, and pcoplo can then judge fox themselves. It will, probably, be found not to differ much in style and language ' .om tho Revision we now have, but to free this from obsolete words and' obscure forms of expression. No ono need be afraid bf these changes. It will still Uo the sani? old Bible, whatever the differences in modes of statement. Let us be thankful that wo have thia new help in the study of the blessed Word of God. - Great discontent is roo pr ted among growers of vegetables in Columbia Coun ty, Fla., in consequence of the increase of freights on light vegetables, such ss peas and beans, by the oxpresa compa nies. They say that it debars them from market on late crops, when prices decline t from fancy to substantial. A NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE. The South C si rolla?, Georgia and Central IlaUroada-A. Combination that I'rom lae s Great Things for Charleston. 8ifCiial Dispatch to AVtr* and Cbnrt'er. AUGUSTA, April C. Railroad rumors, which havo bcou agi tating thia section for some time past, took definito simpo to-day. It is now said that the friends of the Central Rail road purchased enough stock of tho Georgia Railroad to secure the control of tho latter. It is generally belioved that such ls tho case. . I Mr. William M. Wadley, president of tho Central Railroad, arrived in Augusta this morning, having he - n mot nt Millen by a committee of the Georgia Railroad directors. Ho stated to persona who conversed with him that while no defi nito arrangement had been made looking .to working the Central, the Georgia ana the South Carolina Railroads under ono system, it waa lery probable that such a ?ohomo would bo perfected. Nono of those roads would own any other, but all would work together for tho general benefit. 80 far frc-n doing anything to i nj 111*0 Au gusta 0; Charleston) ho would do all tn his power to add to their prosperity. Ho intended to givo Charleston a? good a lino of steamers as Savannah, ana make ita facilities and advantages in every respect equal to those of the latter. He baa tho good of this section at heart, and his earnest desire hi to promoto Ils ad vancement. Messrs. Wadley and Wm. Johnson, of Macon, and Samuel Sloan, of Now York, will reach Charleston to-morrow, whan it is supposed the preliminaries will be per fected. Col. Johnson will arrive in the afternoon and Col. Wadley in tho ovon ing It ia raid that tho Quintard Lino of steamers will be greatly increased, and the track of tho South Carolina Railroad run to tho water. A prominent railroad man declared to day that the 1 Couth Carollua Rai i rc ad ss it'now stand? carns interest on an amount equal lo the whole bonded debt under tho reorganization and to pay 2 per cont, on tho stock. To-day the stock of this road was in request and 40 could bo ob tained for it, with assessment paid. It is authoritatively stated that Moses Taylor and other friends of the Central bought large blocks of Georgia Railroad stock which, in conjunction with old stock holders in accord with the movement for the joint working of the roads, will control the action of tho rj_/I_:_*-i_J _ ?r_ rv*_1 ucvigia uuuTCUuuu iii .uny. A?IV'OI and others with him aro also largely in terested in South Carolina and Control. President Phiolzy, of the Goorgia Railroad, stated in nn interview to-day that it would be to the interest of all tho roads to work together. That it is folly to talk about Wadley trying to injure Charle ston or Augusta. He would not if ho could, and could not if he would. If a frcat through business is to bo established elween tue West, East and Europe via Charleston and Savannah, it is highly nec essary that tho Georgia and the Central and tho South Carolina Railroads work together in harmony. These roads have boen dividing bnsiness for some time, but under tho pooling arrangement the Cen tral got most of it, having to carry the larger part of tho freight. Under the proposed system Charleston will have fully as good a lice of steamships as Sa vannah. Each road will continue to havo its own officers for the mnuugement of its own business, but all will be under one general management. Under tbis system whippers at tho West can direct which way- freights shall go from Atlanta, which they cannot do now. It is impossible as yet to say exactly what will be done. There could be nothing Bottled until tho meeting of tho Georgia Road stockholders in May. Beforo any arrangement was made certain conditions must be com plied with and security given for their performance. It was far better, how I ever, for all parties that the roads should work under orlo sy tem. It would inure to the benefit of all. j There has been n break in both Geor gia and Central Railroad Blocks to-day. Georgia sold this morning as high as 143 and before 12 o'clock there were sales at 135, the market closing: with sales at 130. Central opened strong nt 120 bid and closed at 114 with sales at 114 J. It is believed, however, that tho market will react to-morrow. It is the impression here that tho Rich mond and Danville combination did not get control of the Snartanburgsnd Ashe ville Railroad{ and the Augusta and j Knoxville Railroad bonds have appre ciated in consequence of this impression. The prevailing opinion is that the pro posed triple alliance will be immediately and largely advantageous to Charleston. It has three great objects, viz : To protect tho allied lines against absorptions and consolidations ; to avoid cut-throat com petition, and to prevent tho business of the 'territory tributary to Georgia and South Carolina from being diverted to Norfolk and other poiiits to the north- ] ward. How Horses are Spoiled. How quick a horso becomes dilapida ted and demoralized after it cornea '.uto the, possession of some people. It makes no difference how young or haw nice they aro when they get them, thoy all lock alike In less than t?*o years, and always have that discouraged, destroyed appearance. I hiv? seen men who claim to havo great judgment-when we look toas'wwe. nrudft?t. and shrewd in busi ness-that did not seem to have any Idea of what treatment ? horse requires. If I hadj a boy teh years old.that weano more capable and reasonable i.boutsuch things than .many people, I should think he was, a helpless 'idiot. Many seem to think that a horse can endure everything, go V'thout feed ail day und half tho night, und be off on a journey .on bad traveling time, ofter time. .. When they I get homo they put them in an old dark pit-pen, throw in a forkful of hay, the first' they come to and "let them rip." They never rub or clean them, and never take any pains to protect them from cold or dampness. They overlook diffi culties when in no condition to labor. .How many young stylish horses havo wo soon all drawn out of shape and sagged down, their back six inches too low in front of the hips anda foot and a half toolong. A hors? needs feed regularly and often, as often aa fi ve hours at least, at reg ular hoars in tho day. They cannot bear fasting as well as ruminating animals : but they should' never bo crammed full of hay, especially after a long drivo, when they hare been without lt all day, nor just befcro a hard day's work or long journey. I have seen a gdod many horses spoiled by cramming and fasting. It will soon spell their digestive organs, and if lons; continued it .wilt, weaken them and destroy their vitality so that they win never tali on flesh a', all, even under. good i treatment. , Arid so they always remain a crooked, shapeless mass of nusllghtlT, useless "horse flesh.'* But etraogo as it may appear, people no vcr know the difference as lon? aa the ani mal has a paunch, hair and hoofs I It ia .* it all work that has brought him to thia. There are thousands of horacs that look as well ss they ever did. It is tho general management. It ls uot the team homo nor tho livery horse- so much as the fr rm horse that shows bad treat ment. Some pretend that the horse has a bad constitution or is sick. Others call it lack of vitality. I should call it a lack of common sense in tho cranium of his owner. A Political Sensation WASHINGTON, March 18. I am enable to apprise tho 7W6une of a political move or the Ant magnitude, which tho chief promoters are not yot ready to announce, but tho facts of which reache? your correspondent from perfect ly authentic sources. It han been an open secret that in less than forty-eight hours after tho result of the November election was known an important con ference of leading Democrats was held in Now York City, with a view to promptly meeting what was even then regard?e! as the final crisis in the career of tho old Democratic party. At that meeting were no less than cloven mem bers cf the National Democratic commit tee, besides a considorablo number of Bourbon Congressmen and State politi cians. Out of that meeting has grown the movement referred to, and tt baa galnod such impetus and dimensions, especially in Now York State and tho South, as to warrant the prediction that lt will prove a revolution. The move mont involves the virtual abandonment of tho Democratic uame and party frame work. In other words, a disbandment of the Democratic organization and a permanent furling of the flag. As ono of the Southern leaders in tho new departure put it "Th? Democratic party is as dead as Julius Crcsar, so far as concerns any hopo of again- controlling thc Government or shaping tb?? policy of tho Nation. Wo cart, shin along from ono campaign to an other a? n minority party, playing tho part of spy'ana critic on tho successful and governing'party.- but nothing more and for ono I've got no timo or stomach, fox any such -- "oiiBenBC. I didn't go into politics for au. such purpose, and I'm Tn for a chango." Th?ro IH to be a now party, and that be fore another congressional election. Tho new generation of politicians at tho South will come to tho front ; tho election of Garfield and a Congress Republican in both HOUBOS will bo accepted as tho Na tion's final arbitration and deposition of the subordinate questions left as a leg acy by tho war, ana tho main elements of tho old Democratic party, pubing tho past behind them, wiii appeal io tho country under a new name, largoly now leaders, and on ontiroly now issues. It is claimed and hoped by thoso who aro at the front of this movement that war and negro questions finally and perma nently out of the way, the solidity of tho Republican organization will yield ; that the time is ripe for a recasting of parties, for a fresh division of tho people North and South by lines of political sentiment ! and opinion that, have bad no influence whatever since 18(50. Appearances indicate that the chief plank in tho platform of tho new party I will bo "No Protection-No Special Priv ileges." It will attempt to draw off from the Republican ranks all who favor freo trade, and will endeavor to OH its sails with the wind of an ti monopoly and local hostility to railroads abuses. The present labors of cx-Concressman Frank Hurd, of Toledo in travelling over tho country and organizing free trade leagues in each Stato is in fact n feeler for tho new crusade, aud, while he is ostensibly working of his Own accord and on his own responsi bility, he is in fact the agent- of the coali tion. Sonator Thurman is known to sympathise with with tho new party idea and there is scarcely a Southern Con gressman below tho ago of 60 who hos nbt lent a friendly ear to the new gospel of change. There will shortly appear in a number of leading Western and Southern jour nals, nominally independent, with Demo cratic leanings, tentatives, articles and in I tr views with prominent Democrats, look ing to this chango of base and designed to i break tho news gently to the rank aud filo. Charles A. Dana and his New ' York Sun, ex-Mayor Cooper, of New ! York, and the World, of that city, the Butler wing of tho Democracy in Mas sachusetts. Senator Pendleton and tho Cincinnati Enquirer, a majority of the Kentucky delegation and the Louisville Courier'Journal, both Senators Hampton and Rutter of Soutli Carolina, are all named ns sure to take an carly place in I the movement. rr'..o defection of Mahons and the ad mitted fact that ho can carry a majority of tho Virginia people with him have given a great stimulus to tho now party boom, for it is recognized that a very large aud probably a controlling clement at the South are on tho verge of rebellion against the hide-bound policy of tho Bourbon Democracy, and its is felt to be wiser to join and direct this uew current than to resist and be overthrown by it. It is part of tho plan that the old guard of tho Democracy shall koep up an im posing front in Congress while tho details of tho retreat are being carried on by the ?-ubordinatcB in thc roar, but tho Demo ( ratic army is moving ont of camp all the tunis/ and looking for a placo to hide their uniforme. Tho name of tho new and future opponents of the Republican party has not yet been born, but it is ex pected to bs " stroke of genius end an omen of success.-Cbr. Minncapolit (Minn.) Tribune. GROWTH OF THE TELEPHONE.-The wonderful growth of the telephone waa shown in tuc statement made nt thc an nual meeting of the Bell Tolophono Com pany in Boston on Wednesday. The company hr?d at the beginning of the year 138 telephone exchanges in opera tion, with (50,873 instruments in uso. There aro 408 exchanges now about to open with an aggregate of 132,692 instruments. Tho increase of instrumenta also includes 21,000 from the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company. Previous to February 20 last ?ear 2,800 instruments bad been exported, inst year tho number exported, reached 10,141. In tho United States there are only nine cities with a poplation of over 10,000 and only ono city of 15,000 with out a telcphono exchange. The company has expended considerable sums in de veloping its system In other cities, while in Boston alone $130,000 have been ex pended. Although the management of the company tu-ns out to be more expen sive than at first supposed, tho general outlook'shows that the business of run ning these exchanges promises to be a proutablo one in thc immediate future. The expenditures last year were a little short of $2,000,000. - Twp loving beings that bad plighted their troth some years ago and were about to bo married are separated forev er. They were.Bitting together one evening, going cn about as usual, .when she observed to him rather petulantly: "Charley you don't understand anything about hugging; you haven't got the knack of it." "ludeod,"bo replied in a dis heartened tone ; "that's very strange, for I've been practicing on two or three other girls for several months."-Brook lyn Eagle. Cotton aud Corn, The Agricultural Department of Geor gia has been questioning the planters of that State and obtaining their answers with reference to tho best fertilizara for cotton and corn. In tho report of the department for 1880 a dish of valu able information, gathered in this way, it is set before tho public, the cream of which may bo skimmed off about as follows : Tho mass of Georgia farmers, according tr this report, favor the employment of compost in whhh stable manure and cotton seed figuro, both with or without commercial fertilizers. There is also a very general cxnrctsion in favor of com mercial guanos and other fertilizers. Mr. W. A. Speer, of Henry County, who cultivates soil red and thirsty, with ?;ood clay sub-soil, gives his preference o compost on account of ita being more durable, and not impoverishing the land sa do, in his opinion, most commercial guanos when applied alone. Ho cm posts after the following formula ; 750 pounds leaf mould, 500 pounds cotton seed, 400 pounds stable manuro, SOO pounds commercial guano, 50 pounds salt, applied at tire roto of 650 pounds per aero on cotton. Mr. J. M. Dill, Lincoln County, believes that commercial fertilizers applied economically, will pny, hut that a compost of stablo manuro and cotton seed with a good acid phosphate is the bret and cheapest fertilizer that ran bo uscc*. Mr. E. 8. Wellons, Houston County, thinks that good guano uniformly pays; ho also favors acid phosphate composted with stable manure nnd cotton seed. His soil io cray and rather sandy, with a good red clay subsoil. Air. J. T. Donnis. Putnam County, says that guano has paid him every year, but not so much during 1880 as usual, on account of the excessive drought followed by too much rain. Ho uses compost mostly on his cotton, and thinks it pays bettor tbau guano. Mr. E. 13. Hoard, Elbert County, nftcr using commercial fertilizers for a num ber years, sayH that under no circum stances would he attemnt to raiso a cotton crop without them ; solid dork, porous upland, with stiff clay subsoil. Mr. W. H. Ellison, Talbot County, whose experience has been with dark mulatto Boil, having a clay subsoil, says that no fertilizer, either commercial or domestic, pays no well on corn or small grain os compost. All high grado guanos pay mi ilia lund TI heil VVvrll uFOkcH ??iu tiie seasons are favorable, but best on land abounding in vegotable matter. Mr. Johnson. Bibb County, who works Randy loam ana well supplied with hu mus and having a compact red clay sub soil, thinks that commercial fertilizers do not pay more than a Binall per cent, on tho capital, in a series of years. Not so with composts, from which ho has never known loss to occur. Mr. M. R. Russell, Carroll County, who has been using commercial fertili zers for many years-soil stiff-is satisfied that they pay if judiciously used. Hi? plan ls to apply about two hundred pounds used. HiBplnn is to apply about two hundred pounds per acre, very deep running off the the rows 'with a scooter plough, following in tho samo furrow with a long straight steel shovel. He puts the guano in thc furrow and ruus two first-listlhg furrow? with three inch scooter, following with two furrows of turn plough to finish tho beds. When planters can get enough of it, Mr. Rus sell thinks tho best fertilizers or either cotton or corn is a good compost of Bta blo manure and cotton seed, mixed in equal quantities and penned up dry for six weeks. Mr. J. T. Lindley, Cobb County, con siders a compost made from stable, cot ton seed and some good dissolved bono an admirablo fertilizer. Mr. R. W. Everett, Polk County, about tho middle of February each year com poststable manure and cottonseed, using equal quantities of each in alternate layers, ile applies this compost without any commercial ingredient to his cotton just as ho would guano, only u dug moro to the acre. He makes this go as far as it will, and then finishes out with com mercial manure. His compost induces hotter yields than does any guano ho over used. Commissioner J. T. Henderson, in the circular recently issued, advises Georgia farmers who are testing commercial fertilizers not to buy any fertilizer or chemical for compounding, unless it has both tho manufacturo?'? gurantecd analysis and inspector's tag attachod. Farmers aro BIBO informed, after n crop is made, if there is reason to believe that fertertilizers employed wero not aa repre sented to be, that samples lb ward eil to the department nt Atlanta will be analyzed without charge. - President Eliot, of Harvard Coilego, Mary L. Booth, editor of JJarpcr't Bazar, and. tho cook at the Parker House, Bos ton, receive tho same salary-said to bo $6,000 n year. -- Postmaster-General James is said to bo. the happiest man in tho Cabinet. Ho Bticks close to his desk, never goes into the 8ca of patronage squabbling, and has already reformed several abuses of long standing. -' In Minnesota snow han fallen to tiio depth Of thirteen feet R?n?n tho finit dav of November. Fortunately a good deal of it has been blown away by blizzards. Tu6io is a chance for four or five f*>o.t more of tho srtiole durinf April. - The General Conference of tho Mcthisdiflt Episcopal Church South, at Nashville in May, will perhaps elect four non Bishops. Tho Richmond Stale says : .\mong tho names most prominently mentioned for tho four places are those of Rov. Dr. John C. Granbcry, Professor of Vanderbilt University, and for some years pastor of Centenary Church, in this city j Rev. Dr. Articua G. Hagond, of Macon, Ga., editor of tho Wettern Melho diet,1 and President of Emory College ; Rev. Dr. A. W. Wilson, of tho Baltimore Conf?rence, but who is now Missionary Secretary of the Mothodist Church South. It is generally believed by prominent Methodist? that Dr. Hagood will bo elected on the first bulloc. - The secretary of the treasury has received a petition from the hoop iron manufacturers throughout the United States relating to tho deplorable condi tion of the hi.op iron and cotton t?o man ufacturers, in which it is stated that roll ing'mills which employed thousands of operatives directly and indirectly aro at r. stand-still, from being unable to com peto with foreign manufacturers for a supply of their products in American markets. This stagnation, the petitioners maintain, has. reference mainly to the manufacturo of cotton ties, for which year after year thoro is an increasing de mand iq tho United States, but which the iron workers of this country cannot sup ply .because of tho competition of Eng lish manufacturers who can undersell them in cons?quence of existing rulings of the treasury department as to rates of duty. These rulings, the signers of tho petition bcliovo, if persisted in, will ut terly destroy, as it baa already seriously aflected. this important branch of the iron Industry of tho Uuitcd States. Nerta aud Gossip. - A thousand Canadian? arc localing in Dakota. - There left Ireland last year i)6,357 emigrante to other lands. .- A New Hampshire Judge has di vorced 227 couples in five years. - Greece ?B bent on a war with Tur key, and the music is likely to begin in a very few days. - Twenty-flvo hundred gallons of whiskey uro manufactured daiiy in Woodford Count *?. Kentucky. - Mallorie's wlfo weighs 200 pound?. Bite can sit down on tho Senator more effectually than the innate can. - Mr. Charles Budd, of Carthage, N. Y., named bis oldest daughter Calla Budd and the youngest Rose Budd. - Hungry rata are Raid to bo devour ing young calves and chickens in the town of Redfield, near Minneapolis. - The School Superintendent of Kan sas City, Mo., says that study after school hours not be a means of punishment. - Little girls with fair con plexionB are in moBt demand among thom who adopt children from tho New York Infant Asylum. - In covering Riddloberger into their party tho republicans indorse the repu diation o? $12,000,000 of Virginia's in debtedness. - Tho Missouri Legislature has passed a law declaring that a husband shall not be responsible for the debts of his wife contracted before marriage. - George Stevenson, tho inventor of tho locomotive, WBB born June 9,1781, and it is proposed in England formally to celebrate bis next birthday. - Tho North Carolina House of Rep resentatives is composed of 120 members. On tho last day of tho legislative session only forty-four members wero present. - It is predicted that Mississippi will bo visited this yeai by tho thirteen and seventeen year locusts-an event which is believed to occur only every 221 years. - Kansas cattlo uro afflicted with a new kind of disease. A wart grows on tho eye-ball, sometimes to tho length of an inch and a half, producing complote blindness. - The weather was so severe in tho Upper Peninsula, Minnesota, tho past winter, that huge trees along the lino of the Marquette and Mackinaw Railroad split open owing to tho cold. - Heavy duties on rye constitute ono of tho causes of tho large emigration from Germany. If Bismarck kecpB ele vating bia prolcctivo tariff half the Ger JJ.J.JJ .."plj. _ Jil jjg^j. QQ .1. jj. ?f ?!.?; wator. - "STBAYED-From the Democratic party a little toy mulo, readjusted on re pudiation springs and Raddled with a Virginia Senatorsbip," is tho way tho Owcnsboro Messenger puts the Mahone matter. - Small-pox is cured by Mexican doctors in turee days, and no marks left, by treating the path ut to cold drinks of cream tartar ano water. The cream tar tar is first dissolved in boiling water. The Mexican method ia worth looking into. - The New York Tunes, in a leading editorial, declares that "President Gar field has set himself down to tho level of a common politician in hits New York appointments, and that he is nothing moro than a cat's paw of Mr. Blaine. This is rather plain talk for a Republican organ. - On a farm in the lower San Pedro valley, California, the Apache Chief Es kim-in-zin has settled down, and employs fourteen Mexicans and Indians. Ho has 150 hoad of cattle, a number of fino horses, Bomo sheep, wagons and agricul tural implements, aad will go into stock raising and the cultivation of the soil. - Thero are three thriving villages in Howard County, Ark. Center Point, the county Beat, has three or four hundred inhabitants, Mineral Springs about Ave or six hundred and Nashville about two hundred. About 160,000 acres of United States and Stato land is yet subject to homestead settlement, the Center Point News says. - A New York letter says : Conkling's friends have had a serioua "set-b.ick" in a leading editorial in tho Chicago 7r? bane of Tuesday, which goes to show that if the Senator from Now. York is resolved upon a rupture with tho Presi dent, because the latter will not submit to bia dictation, tho West, at all hazards, will stand by the Executive. - It is reported that the sudden call ing togctner'of tho British Cabinet last Monday was caused by the receipt of nows of a disquieting character from Ire land. Details aro lacking, but it is re ported that insurrectionary outbreaks arc looked for. Mr. Parnell's two visits to Paris are regarded aa inexplicable tho government not having keen able to discover any sufficient ground for them. - There seems little reason to doubt that Russia and Germany aro seriously meditating a scheme to secure concerted action on tho part of the Europe-an Gov ernments for the apprehension of politi cal assassins and ?malefactors. The Rus sian ambassadors at tho principal foreign courts have all been summoned to St. Petersburg lo recclvo instructions, it is said, to lay' tho matter before tho gov ernments to which they aro accredited. - A singular cane was before a Missis sippi court a few days ago. A planter decided to plant his lands in grass seed and raise stock instead of cotton. . His neighbors, who ali Bttck to colton, applied to the court for an injunction to restrain tho planter from sowing grass Bced, on tho ground that grass wiii not confirm it self To the land of tho planter of it, but spreads over surrounding plantations and unfits tho ground for cotton. Tho in junction was granted. -. It is whispered that tho Graut ele ment have determined, if they are unable to foist Gen. Grant upon tho Republicans as its candidate in 1884, to bring forward Robert Lincoln, and endeavor to push him through by the ; light of tho halo which surrounds tho name of his father. The anti-Grant element bas some inkling of this, and it is surmised that efforts may be made to bring about a condition of circumstances which will forco his re tirement from tho Cabinet. - The people on tho line of tho Mis sissippi aud Tennessee Railroad, botweeti Memphis, Tenn., and Grenada, Misstate indignant over the removal of Robert H. Matthews, a youth of seventeen, from bis position of Routo Agent on tho above named road. Thorough competency, efficiency and close attention to his duties did dot weigh in his favor, sgainat tho fact that he was the son of a Democrat. Robert could not vote, but the Demo? catie vote of his father stirred tho ire of the powert that bo; hence the son'a ro mo val. - After a brlof run through tho South, Mr. Jay Gould returns with the convic tion that a better day ls dawuing for that section, in a business sense. "The old South,-" he says, "seems lo mo to be actually -turning Its face towards tho rising sun,' not lu any political sense, but in its new and visible appreciation of industry/economy and enterprise. That perfect order reigns is clear from the way in which Eastorn capital ls going in there. I find the whole country dotted willi industries, backed by capital from the East."