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A philanthropical millionaire of
Connecticut has left a million dollars
for tho intellectual advancement OF
the negro race. John F. Slater, Of
Norwich. Conn, the donor, specifies
IN his will that the money is to be
used Exclusively 10 comforting on the
lately emancipated population Of the
Southern States aud their posterlty
the blessing Of Christian education
He make the bequest out OF compass
sion for their prevailing ignorance,
which exists through no fault d
their own"
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being killed while resisting the Off
GERS Of the law or in some of their
forrays, and 8 sentenced to serve
terms in the peniteniiary ranging
from 10 to 80 years. Only one OF
them is reported to have died nat
ural death Thus it will be seen how
surely the avenging hand of justice
pursues and finally overtakes men
who live by bloody deeds The bank
aud train robberies committed by
this panu are. ma follows:
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In commenting upon our notice Of
Judge Richardson being ten dollars
short with the parish funds, the City
Item remarks that if the judge we're
'long" it has friend who could help
him out of the difficulty in five min
utes. We have whole families mp
this way in exactly the same fix with
the Items friend.
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Pay up your subscription.
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TN. o. City ltem.l

Some Of our country exchanges are
discussing the manifest aud admitted
defects Of the Constitution Of 1879 |;
many urging them SIS reason for
calling new convention to correct
the worst sections. On the other
hand, it it is held that the imperfec-
tons complained of are more than
such as are incident to all human
works, aud upon this comfortable
conclusion compose themselves to
sleep, like one who would bear the
Ills he has rather than ruu the risk of
greater by attempting to amend
them. A references to the proueness
If humanity to error is ut all times u
wretched and insufficient excuse for
bungling work. And even if we were
to attempt to justify the blunders Of
the Convention of 1879. by citing the
mistakes Of others, we do not know
where we could find precedent that
can do justice to the subject. An
occasional slight defect in y work of
the kind should of course be over
looked but there is no excuse for
such conspicuous evidence OF in
competency as the new constitution
furnishes as with. 1t is so warped
out of shape that it will not fit the
settled jurisprudence of the state,
takes sheer against the constitu-
ton of the United States. aud many
Of Its articles are Inconsistent with
each other. There are few judges OF
lawyers in the State who do not ex-
perience great difficulty in recouncil.
ing its provisions with other impers.
tive requirements.
The cure for any specific defects il
nearer ut band than 10 another con-
ventiou. The Legislature Is coupe.
/, tent to propose amendments and al
the members Of that body are geDer-
ally the same politicians who com
posed the last convention aud would
doubtless manage 10 have themselves
10 a second or third, We can see nc
reason why they should not be called
upon to correct III the Legislature
their defective work OF 1879 as vel
al to assemble them anew in ths
body called . State Convention
What they lack the ability to do IL
one body they would probably fail Il
do any better in The other. And ths
changes it 10 thought necessary t.
make could be prepared 10 the Leg
islature without any additional los
to the people. II there are an,
specific amendments ready, or tina
can be made ready by the next SEES
sion, let them be sent to Baton Rougs
in time for the next session. and en-
trusted to the care Of the representa-
tives of the petitioners Our friend'
in the country seem' to have over
looked the fact that the constitution
has provided simpler mode for IL
revisiou and amendment than tn
assembling of . new conversation.
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This world is big thing, and 40

This world is a big thing. and 40 is
journalism To get correct idea of
the vastness of the latter it is only
necessary to examine "Hubbard's
Newspaper and Bank Directory OF
the World" 1t contains wonderful
amount Of information about the
newspapers aud banks of North and
South America. Europe, Asia and AT
RIGA. The work is the production Of
Mr.. H. p Hubbard Of New Haven.
Connecticut.
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mo. Is.



Our attention was recently attract
ed by the remark of . practical en-
giueer, that all our lowland levees
should be double. At fret blush the
great cost of such system might be
regarded rs an insuperable objection;
but as soon as the matter was thor
oughly explained. the larger protec-
ton such system would afford be-
came powerful argument in it's
favor. With . FIRST line OF levees
near the river banks, As has hitherto
been relied upon, and another two
hundred feet in the rear thereof, the
assurance Of protection afforded BY
the first would be- rendered doubly
sire.
TIE plan proposed is to elevate
both lines to proper height above
the surface level Of spring floods, and
through properly constructed food
gates, I'll the space between them.
This would form . support TO the
front levee equal to the pressure OF
the river water on its other side.
Thus constructed. the inner levee.
with only dead water against it, would
not be subject to abrasion, and tho
space between the two would gradu-
ally eli up by annual deposits Of sed-
iment. making in the end = compact
wall OF earth Owe. two hundred feet
in width.
should the first or front line of the
levee be- undermined by the action
Of the current, the inner line would
still stand secure, and any crevssse
which might occur would not be
widened, as lie now the case. BY the
lnrush Of rapid and. too frequently,
reslstless current.
With cheapIy constructed and prop
erly angnlatsd jetties the abrasive
force Ct the current may be easily
turned away from an exposed point
fact with which tbs higher order
Of hydraulic engineers are thorough.
| " familiar-and, therefore, If the
dual Ievee be situated at the right
distance from the river bank and
elevated to . proper height. il would
furnish reliable protection against
all spring foods.
There are two agricultural contin-
genc,es, however which may demand
the conveyance of river water beyond
the inner line Of this double levee.
to- wit. the requirements OF rice Gull
tnre. and the improvement Of par
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I'VE MUST EDUCATE.

The changes have been 80 often
rung upon this subject that there is
hardly possibility of saying more.
unless it be to reiterate what has
been sounded in all our ears thou
sand times. Nevertheless. since it il
only by the iteration and reiter alton
Of stubborn facts that mankind can
be made to realize them as such, we
brave the fate of the pedsntic peda-
gogue and cry ont in severe stentori-
an toues: ave must educatel''
From every city. town and village
in the land there comes up reinforce
ment to this cry !: from the jails aud
prisons that swarm with ignorant
criminals from the slums Of wee
aud debauchsry where ignorance
reigns supreme; from the swnggering
bally, who has NOT sense enough to
see his folly; from the paupers. whose
Ignorance of the fact that respectable
isy Is constituted Of i'.duary and econ
0ny has made them vagsbonds; from
the young boodiums. whose igno-
rance is SO great they imagine it is
Just the thing to be card players,
whisky swillers and swearing black
guards.
We want teachers and we want
schools. Teachers who will teach in
our schools tina. the chief end of life
is usefulness and virtue. and that ig-
norance is a crime-the father of
crime Schools that are kept orderly,
and in which kindness and decision
rule jointly. We want better teach
ers aud longer school terms. Pay
the teachers more literally and
promptly and the best talent can be
obtained. Less than six months
schooling for six years can hardly be
expected to 1T the youth for the du-
ties of citizenship. They ongbt to
have more. but this much is better
than the present three months sys-
tenn.
1t is cheaper to educate the chill
dren than it is to punish the crimi-
nails that are the legitimate result of
ignorance. As matter Of economy
the taxpayers should favor education
and, when it comes 10 the genera
good of the commonwealth and the
happiness of the child. there is nc
computing the benefit. If the people
were more fully enlightened on thu
subject. instead of complaining about
paying taxes for school purposes
they would demand that . larger
proportion of the taxes be devoted L
educating the youth. Intelligence
begets industry. thrift and enterprise
intelligence helps to bear the burden
Of government by the accumulation o
property and paying Of taxes. Igno
rance begets poverty, dependence
shif,lessness. beegary it costs th'
taxpayers thousands Of dollars ever.
year Intelligent people produces
more than they CONSUME; ignoran
l,ecple consume more than they pro
dnce. Eincstion takes the materia
thai would develop into consumer
aud furnishes the skillful hands ans
4 ise bruins that make producers.
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All of Which he ia offering at very low
prices He will make it t. the advantage
OF buyers to purchase Of him before goine
elsewhere. jal0
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TIE biggest thing yet. in the way
If dramatic and musical festival, is
announced to come of in Cincinnati
next November. 1t lie proposed to
have all the prominent American ac-
tors in The cast aud to give certain
standard plays ON scale never before
equsled ia any part OF che world.
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For sick hesdsehs and acid stouseh.
D.ilsy,s Saline lEeztspt in gre saslzs
rslisf
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LOVERS EXCHANGiNG TEErH.-I per.
romantic circumstances Ona certain occL-
sinn \ young i,dy, as pretty as u peach,
AMI Il tihc Inrkln., young Fellow, came to sc c
me one morning. After no little hesitation
they told me they were bctrothed, aud that
he WAS in the army, and was going away to
the plains for at least year, hunting In
dams. And We are very unhappy at p,rt-
Ing whimpercd she. Yes, we are" almost
blubb..cl he. We heard oftrlu>pI,ntins
teeth, lnl wrnt y,u to take one out ofc,ch
Of our mouths and transfer them For
4 moment | was transfxcd with laughter
and aston .shmcnt, aud attempted to reason
them out of their foolish prrpo-itinn but
they ttf-,ts ed So UxtTIcrGt nc Of her 1lrg
est bIck teeth anl Que Of his smallest, aud
changed them boat. Hers fitted in his jaw
all right, and he went off a few days after
wards his past with his lady loves molar
His torih. hLwcvcr, would not stick in, for
within week the young lndy cane buck
with lirr face drndIuiiy swollen. | reduce d
til" inf ,matinn aud caScd the pain. but could
I"t rrpILnt her lovers fang, and she went
aV'ywlth it wrapped upInn paper. On THE
it ',n>t ,ncy "f 'n,n Six mnth> aitc:'
sh" mrrrIrd m,u old cn"uh t" bc her father.
When the young lieu 1n,nt subs .JI .nrly
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The Press AND THE PEorLE.-In our day
the pc 'pIe can no more move and have their
being IN any truly effective sense without
the press than the press can live without
that responsive popular support 50 necessary
to the wide efficiency of a journal, how yer
faithful aud earnest its work. These forces
then, must move together with cordial
mutuaity in order that society should
perform its full functions. OF course we
do not deny that people can crja with
GU, the press. but let us imagine for Il mo
! mcnt the whole people of a free State with
out the modern newspaper. You may re-
move the railway AMI pull down the tclc-
graph wires, but stop the newspaper, which
fluids its way into every nook aud corner of
the land, however remote or obscure, and
| you would i'll our day stop the very springs
| Oh "man action; you would lower the stan
IsG.ssd Vt hsn,ssst, +, eM9sini9n, reuder next to
Impossible tSc unitc1 action OF thespe5pie
in any given direction, and ch,,! down the
very heart of the State to tire mcnG"st aSpi
rations and the paltrcst performances
1t may be SAID with simple truth shat the
newspaper performs Il greater function in
the economy of a free State in our day and
times than the most exalted craftsmanship
Itmakcs aud unmakes STAT ,Sncn and actual
ly maps ont affairs for the exercise of proper
craftsmanship. Andin more eases than one
has the pen proved mi Yhtier than the sword.
We are living in IN age OF more or less
military cast just now, and hence military
heroes of all dimensions gill the page But
we are approaching, if we have not already
reached. the era when facts shall fix the fate
of empires rather than successful chicltains
When truth aud justice a3d the actual ne.
ccssitics of human society shall find big
voice in human atflirs. When the pregnant
negation of the masses, acting in their own
| behalf shall sullcnly stand across the path,
whom neither the needle gun prick to
performance nor the armorcd monsters of
the deep drive into submission. Human
intelligence aud will shall be found more
than a match for gunpowIcr.
The power to stand still, to clog the
wheels, to stop the grain in the fields, to
! stop the looms 1T their work and the great
avenues of transportation, IN ladiny and
unlading, n word the strike that strikes
all along the line of human production or
its distribution, sooner ar later will have its
reckoning. Sooner or later w" will hear the
swelling voice of down-troGacn humanity
utter in thunder tones Let Justice be done
between man and man Aud who snall
gansay the DOMAIN? The bubbles ofthc
court house. the strategy of So-callcd states
manship, the deep laid wiles of machnc
politicians, the sham worshi and insincerity
of priestcrait fall these things will have had
their day. whilst the actual necessities Of the
case, with its actual possibilities will give
the law to the occasion. For it will soon
! he Dlllu all that N A m l,Innfs Gnl
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CT North America at the present day. They
burned s,umpiu dark alley at midnight
to tho mellow tints of aripc pumpkin tnSed
with the rays of the rising sun They vary
iu other respects. The young one is more
impuleut aul less respectful thin the old,
one. When she comes III search Ct place,
she is apt to say that a "culld washlady
told her that the white woman that liveG
here wanted to hire Il COOK; but they all
resemble each other in one particular
ignorance Of cookery is 20 degrees above
proof. and their inconsistencies o! their
Ignorance may safely b5 said to register at
least 1l5 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade
We have not space to dcscrb, all the
varieties Of the cplorcd cook, but will tell
what We know Of the commoucst type, the
culinary atist who is fat, black aud forty
years of age, or thereabouts. She is proud
Of having "bcongc to dc old judge for, de
wah, and she is fond of comparing the pre-:
sen, with the past. lie: cnmp,riSons are not
complimentary To the pScscnt, for her sur.
| roundingS are to her as the gloomy ruins of
social aud mntcrirl things standing out
against b7ill,nt AMI gold tinted back =.
ground ''oh d. yoi5"JuSness ob d. go ole
days" With the loyalty of her race, she
is faithful to her d master and mistress To
the extent Of ctllin5 IA ;h.n ftr tht hm
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THE FIRST DEAD REBEL"
ALBANY, GA. July, 21. 1S

The reasons given by you this morning
wGy Colonel Fisher who was killed at Bull
Run. coul not have been the first rebel
killed was correct. The first soldier who
died while in the service ofthe Southern
States was tailor from Augusta, Ga, who
died in April, 1861, and the first soldier
killed in battle WIS bcardless 10y not TWEEN.
ty years old, from North Carolina, in May,
1861 This was the first blood shed in the
Southern cause There were two First
Georgia regiments which went to the war
in April, 1861: the first Regulars, who were
sent To Savannah aud the First Volunteers
who were ordered to Pensacola under Col.
Ramsey. from Augusta Tnerc were two
companies from Augusta Georgia, in this
regiment. one of buys just from school,
aud one of older citizens Of Augusta. In
the latter company was a tailor, who, in Il
frolIc, caught and put in his bosom a garter,
or, as Sometimes called, thunder and light
ming snake. There is variety Of this spc
eeS Of Scrpept, some whose bite is deadly
and Others who are not at all poiSonnus.
The soldier made mistake, as there is but
very Ii tie Inference in their looks. Whilst
going around with the snake in his bosom
a crowd of his fellow soldiers gathered
around, aud in spirit of bravado he took
it out and provoked the reptile until it bit
him on the back of his hand, from which he
died very soon. The snake was killed
taken to August and preserved in alco :
hol. Being in that city few uuonths after.
wards, | saw the reptile, which was two cct
long and about the size of chil!.s fuger.
all the members Of the First Georgia Reg
iurnt will rccollcct this circumstance.
The rs, soldier killed in battle on the
Southern side was at Big Bethel Church,
about fifty miles from Gut Towu, Virginia.
cnjnmin Butler had landed the first Yam
kee troops in Virginia in May, 1861, and
WAS met by Virginia regiment at the church
named Gcnc'al Wadsworth, of Connect,
cut. was in immediate command, and upon
seeing the Southern troops advancing on
him jumped log, waved his sword over
his head and ordered his men to fire. They
did So, aud the North Caroliaa boy, who
was volunteer in the Virginia regiment.
fell dcad-the only one killed on our side.
immediately our men returned the fr>
shooting the General from the 10y and
his soldiers left that battle field. These
two men, one on each side, was the first blood
shed in the war, except the men Of the
Massachusetts regiment who were killed by
a mob in Baltimore, Maryland. WIS with
my regiment in July, 1861 and visited the
ccmctary in Richmond, Va. and stood over
the grave, at the head of which was board
bearing this inscriptiouOhe name have
for"ottcn): His name was Wyatt, aud he
was ii member of the Edgccombe Guards,
Commanded by Captain John l.. Bridgers
"From North Carolina; the first soldier
killed in the wal between the North and
SOUTH. Any of the old soldiers of the
Sixteenth Georgia Regiment will rccollcct
the circumstances Of this, the first battle of
the war. s. b. WIGHT.
One of the staff in the Sixteenth Georgia
Regiment.
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NUMBER 81.

Six PLUCKY IoUNG GIRLS.-Mouut
Airy n. G., August S.--Sx gay and frolc;
sumo young ladies arrived in this place to day
all rigg, out and equipped for journey on
foot through the mountains of this State
The girls wear dresses even shorter than the
regulation walking skirt. They have KNAPP.
sacks strapped over their shoulders. wear
b Dad bouomcd, easy shoes, dark hose and
ara fixed up for comfort. TEey propose to
take trip on foot through all of the mouu.
tain countries of North Carolina. In their
baggage they have hammucks which will be
used in case they have to camp out at night.
The trip will consume about two months
and cover district OF six or ci sht hundred
miles. The girls are all young, the oldest
probaly not twenty-five aud the youngest
not sixteen. They arr litho and hearty aud
appear to be able to make fifteen or twenty
miles day easily. Three of the fair p J.
dcstrians are from Virginia andathe< other
three from Maryland. Three OF them nre
pupils Of Il well known seminary in Virginia
and the daughters of wellknown business
men in that State. Their present novel and
independent trip is made principally to
yratii'y one or two OF the party, who could
not afford to travel on railroads, When
desire was expressed by chem in the presence
of the other four siIls who make up tho
party to see the magnificent scenery of the
western part of this State, it was ut once
proposed to tramp it through the country,
AMI thus avoid railroad fares and at the
same time afford a better view Of the seen:
cry. The party will leave here to NOR.
row for Ashcvillc, in Bumcombc County.
They do not manifest any fear of being mo.
Tested in the Ion. aud lonesome route. -
They say they are fully able to take care of
themselves. Part Of the way is through
dense forests, through which even many dar-
ing men are not anxious to go, especially
at night.
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K,Itrn THE Wpnxo JJrvS An ;r,so;
bile Sc, c.pInin settled down TO p,rtl,nJ if.
hy tba sid, ,f E, ~ Ill ,n,,,,.r,l ,,,, ,J ,L ,
tyn ,,,t ,I,n, v.rv vail n,,;I ,h, h,, ,,,,,,
ton can, up. Sud the Clptain:
IL ike vnu ,s y, n,.;..hh,r I'm, a,,,, III,
your hens and if thev troubI. mo onv wnrn
in shoot them"
The mild-m,nncrel ncinhbor s,ud;.d ava,
the m,ttcr some but KNOWN, tbc C,nt,in,.
reputation well by the repo.t. he rcplied.
.W.lI if w.. can, yct ,lnn,, INV n,,,.r
way, shoot the hens. but IN Iake i, as =,
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Why SIZE PowDEns Miss Lilyphace
says sh" uses powder merely to take tho
Shine of her face, but Fogg thinks she uses
it 70 take the shiuc oil Of the other womau's
fae4.
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tbs VI >TCH MOSOPoLY..-Notce was issued
"cdncsdryto every wholesale dealer in Phillde-
pht of the Il lvance III the price Of matches from
20 cents TO ) 30 per gross, according to kind.
lhiS VIII ncccSsItate u propOrtionate rise on tho
part of the dealers and joobers in the trade
In consequence Of the Inacton of Congress, he
the public have been placcl at the mercy of a
company which can put the price up as high as
II peaSes. About fifteen yctrs ago the hrSt effort
at combination Of match manufacturers WAS
made by the Swift & Courtney and Bcechcr
Company. The financial; result was great
STOCK company, comprising about twenty
manufactorics and said To represent q capital
Of $1,000 900. The sulphur matches, which
originally were sold by the combination ut > 80,
are now sold for 81 30 and parlor mauches rose
from - TO 30. The stamp act was imposed
about twenty years ago, which drove out Of the
market all small manufacturers. At first the
government sold the stamps at one cent each
ten per cent. off, and compelled the match
men to have their own plates engraved,
which was the condition on which the ten per
cent. was taken off. The ten per cent was not
directly taken off ut first, but they were given
ten per cent. more STAMPS, which was equivalent
I" an allowance OF but nine per cent. The com
bination has for some time been carrying on q
suit with The government to recover the addi.
tional one per cent
AWFUL SULLEN.--A gentleman in Hart
well sent to the Great Western Gun Works
ard purchased small parlor rife, with
| 900 cartridges Of the smallest size, the
bullets being about the size Of buck hot
lie went over to Bsnsnns mill pond frog
hunting. and found a very large frog OF the
masculine gender sitting on stump, just
abovcthe water. lIcshot twenty seven tim -
at hun, when his irn;;>hip lost his balrncc
aud dropped over III the shallow water. Up.
nu taxing the frog out it Was frlnd h. h I'd
swallowed twenty six of the bullets, catching
them i'll his mouth. supp ',in. them to be
h,rs. When he went To III we the weight
of thclcad carried nin nverb m,l. anl when
taken out he wr NOT ddc,d but awful sullcn
--Nnh5cn, tCn.O SDt.
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Iph watch Dies not concern us We max
no mention bf,
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81 good t" yourself anl you vii! never
I1ck friends.