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The Daily Herald SUNDAY. JULY 20, 1873. (HE HERALD PLBU8HIAU COMPANY ALEE. ST. CLAIR-ABHAHi. HENRY W. GRADY, R. A. ALSTON. Kdttun BRd THE TERMS of the HERALD ■» *e follow,: DAILY. 1 Yrer (10 «0 I WRERLY, 1 Yi DAILY, t Mouth.... 6 00 1 WHEEL,Y, « Month* DAILY, > Month*.. DALLY. 1 Month.... 1 uu I Advertisement* Inserted *t PATRONS OP HUSBANDRY AND MR. GEO. W. GIFT. ' Editor Southern Cultivator: 1 concede the right to every men to be hnmbngged *s it suite him ; bat I do not con cede any men the right to hnmbag others, | even thoagh he does it innocently. Of all I the hambngs which have appeared since the I day* of Know Nothiogism this of the Patrons of Husbandry is the baldest and most shal low. Ostensibly its objeot is a farmer's anion, through which the world is to be reg- : alstsd; railroads made to run at coat, mer- ! chants to sell goods without profit; whilst the [ ™ 1 farmer, the lord of the soil, will get advanced I go I wKZXLY, a Boots* 6c prices for his wheat, corn and meat In fact, the great laws of supply and demand, and the power of capital will be set aside by these peo ple who go abont organizing granges ! We, too, concede the right ot every man to be ‘^humbugged as it may suit him,” bat wo shall not concede to Mr. George W. Gift the right to instruct farmers upon a subject of Columbus Enquirer of I7ih loot, says: -Mr. J*cob j which be is evidently entirely ignorant Mr. Buhrer, a native of Canton Bcb»ffb»u*on. Switzerland, - (j|f| j s either ignorant of what he writes yesterday purchased ot the drug otore of Mr. Eoatov a bo U t, or he has deliberately done the or Ctapmanotwo^nnwriol of Undtonm .utiDB tbat^ of the Patrong of Husbandry he waa tick and needed a dose. From the boot inlor- «> .... .. , , , _ . . motion we can gather, he .wallowed the content, of I great injustice. It would be a sufficient the vial at different time* during the day. Towards ! answer to the people of Georgia where these night be went to hi* room on Thom** meet, iu • | gentlemen are known, lor them to be informed stupid condition, and confessed what be had done, ^at 8ac ij pare patriots and earnest workers The timely administration of antidote* put Buhrer on hi* pin* again.” Mr. David Ennis, an old citizen of Girard, opposite Columbus, i* dead. noderat* rata*. flub- and advertisement* ‘nvariably in advance. HERALD PUBLISHING CO. Drawer 33 Af Office on Alabama Street, near Broad. icrlptions a Address Our State Exchanges. The Telegraph and Meaaenger aaya, team of horaea have attracted attention in Sew York, aa will be aeen from the following paragraph, which 1 The Turf, Field and Farm of the eleventh for the cause of agriculture as the Rev. U. W. Howard, Dr. J. P. Stevens and Col. Geo. W. Adams are the parties whom he charges with that Clay's fine ! attempting to humbug the farmers of Geor- of the monopolists make no better showing tor their side than Mr. Gift, we do not ex pect to be very much fatigued in our future efforts to defend what we regard as the grand est and most important move of the century. THE CARLIST TROUBLES IN SPAIN. Just at present the Carlist troubles in Spain are occupying no small attention in Europe, and we nightly receive more dispatches con cerning them than from any other point on the continent Don Carlos, the Pretender to the crown of Spain, and in whose interest the present insurrection was excited, is a great- grandson of Charles IV, of Spain, who waa succeeded to the throne by Ferdinand VII. His grandfather, Don Carlos, the first pre tender, was a brother of Ferdinand, and, un der the Salic law which prohibited females wearing the crown, was the legal heir to the throne. Ferdinand married Maria Chris tina, who bore him two daughters, the eldest ‘In fact, I know from the Trnatees that they are desirous, whenever their funds will war rant, still further to liberalize this Education- : Alabama News. The Alabama and Chattanooga Road —The latest al policy 80 as to swell the list of beneficiaries I «“'“*««“ concerning thl. roral la. that J. 0. Stanton ha* resigned and ha* nothing whatever to do with the road, and that C. L. Fitch i* the General Superintend dent of the Alabama and Chattanooga Road. Captain W. B. Brannon, an old citizen of Eufaula, ladead. The Talladega Reporter say* more fodder can be to the largest possible number. The truth of it is, the Trustees intend to make Mercer a University in reality as well as in name, and they shall have all the aid and co-operation I can give them." We were glad to find in Mayor Huff such a warm friend to this University. When it is remembered what a numerous and wealthy membership the Baptists have in this State, there certainly ought not to be the slightest difficulty in raising all the* funds necessary to carry out the laudable and practical desires of the Trustees. The Hebajld will take great pleasure in publishing anything from the friends of this enterprise calculated to promote its success. While we do not believe iu Government building railroads, or churches, or school of whom was Isabel, the late ex-Queen ^ ouse8 » but confining its spherp solely to the of Spain. There being much enmity be- j Protection of person and property, yet we are tweeu him and his brother,Ferdinand, issued j never theless warm advocates for enlisting in- a decree abrogating the Salic law, and de- j dividual enterprise in promoting all these ob- claring Isabel the legal heir to the throne, j j® 0 ®** an< * es P ec i&My that of education. cause of the uproar. They resolved to sit np all night. They sat until very late on the front steps. About midnight a shower of bricks and stones, hurled by invisible assail ants, came flying along th*e passages, and the watchers were glad to escape for their lives. They resigned their lease and vacated the premises. An old man named Johnstone lived in one of the Port Royal valleys. His house was built on the slope of a gully, the back of it raved from on. acre In millet than from twenty acre. ! on ‘ h ® rock . the front on pillnrs Z Several paraons in Bollock pMuted buckwheat thle : neighborhood, aft hig flocks and herds in- apring. The Union Springe Time* raja It came np | creased, and everything he put his hands to readily, grew off luxuriantly, and la now (July ith) In j prospered. His neighbors laid their heads fall bloom. We clip the following from the Topeka Time*: Riley Driver, a colored man, desire* information of hi* son. who, before the war, was called Jeff. Prior. He lived in Pike county, Georgia, when last beard from, about three year* ago. Also would be glad to hear from hi* sister, R»md* Driver, who lived in the same county. together and went to the •beahmao. OBEAH AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. The valley was thickly settled, and the obeahm&u 6&w s chance to establish a reputa tion, and make plenty of money. He deter mined to “set" the obeah effectually. One day Johnstone and his son west to town. In Riley Driver live* in North Topeka, Kansas. Georgia j the afternoon there was a heavy thunder paper* please notice or copy. storm in the mountains, and the rivers came one half intere*t in the North Alabamian and Time*, down. Johnstone dared not return that night, at Tuscumbia, i* offered for **ie. ' ^ ould not venture across the swollen I streams. When be reached home next morn- °n the morning of the 18th Inst by Rev. T. F. I ing ear l y , he found his house in ruim , Ex . Mangmn, at the residence of the bride . mother; Mr. ; amination showed that the three wooden pil- Walter A. Douglas to Mis* Mary A. Sinclair; both of Jars in front had been sawn almost through Tuskegee, Alabama. go that a shove with a long pole would snap At the Magruder House, on Tuesday, 15th in*t., by i them. The sawing had no doubt been done Subsequently,while lying ill aud expecting to ! rpjm statu, MEDALTO e\-GOVEI(AUK 1 W, G. Brewer, Esq., Mr. Egbert Reynold* to Miss day time when Johnstone and his sod surd attack of this champion of mon- We will inform Mr. Gift that gia. These are the gentlemen who are en trusted with the duty of organizing granges, 1 and it would be a waste of time to attempt instant: In the good old ante-bellum day*, when the ^ defend such gentlemen from the ab- opulent planters of the South made the fortunes of the watering place hotels, it was a common thing to aee in our parks and on our promenades the most j opoly. magnificent prodnetions of our most eminent carriage ! this Order is not only “ostensibly," but in builders, drawn by superb spans and double teams re a.lity a union of farmers. It is a necessity of beautiful horses, whose blood like appearance , bee n t orce d upon them by the gave unmistakable evidence of their Southern ...... . Seeding. a. the Sonth >. .lowly recovering powerful combination among railroads and from the lorac. »nd diraaten of the war, the stream j monied men, which have so far had but one of Southern travel la gradually returning to the old i tendency, and that has been to reduce the channel. We were forcibly reminded of thia pleasant j , 0 vassalage and poverty. Oo-opera- fect by the appearance on onr fashionable drives of a j; ve combination exists in every department fonr-in-hand team—a quartette of uolle grey*, every . . on. of which, in hi. lofty creat and magnificent ac-1 °* business except agriculture. The farmer lion, shows hi* descent from a long line of thorough- j may make a hundred bales of cotton, which bred ancestors. This noble team, unrivaled in New will contribute a hundred thousand dollars to York even by the famous team of Mr. Fellows, w»a RQ pport of others, and yet leave him brought here from Georgia by Mr. J. J. Ct*y, of Macon. ^ ^ for baving raUad it When it Mr. Clay handle* the ribbon, with a akffi worthy of I . . . . . . . . „ . .. the tram, which la the prid. ami admirals of the leaves his plantation he pays toll to the South, and which has, at the various fairs, distanced ' railroad, wareho usage to the cotton merchant, all competitors by carrying off forty-one premiums in ! drayage to the drayman, commissions to various forms. the cotton broker, profits to the manufacturer, Mr. Rowsy, of Hart county, was killed by the falling j employment to the carpenter who boxes the of a tree. | goods, and they come back to him in the shape The Augusta Chronicle announces another scheme ^lico, worth one dollar per pound. Now, which pr.mlra.wU for that Aa Kogli.ho.pLj objection to all of these parties taliat haa anbacribed *32,000 toward, forming a land . J . .... , company, with .capital of *100,000. Th. balance wra | making their living in this way. They have made np by residents of Augusta, and the company is now a certainty. The Chronicle says: “The English capitalist referred to, as] an inducement for citizens here to join him ia a manufacturing enterprise to be established on the Augusta canal, stated that he would head a subscription list in Eaglaod with eleven thousand pounds (fifty-five thousand dollars), to organize a company for ! to b e their overseer and to find him self besides. Farmers discovering that that they were growing poorer and poorer the right to employ their intellects and money to advance their peculiar and individual in terests, so long as they are honest, bat what we do obiect to is, that owing to “ co-opera tive combined effort" among them all, they have managed so as to reduce the farmer the purpose of building on ssid csnal a factory of ' 05.000 spindles, and use his influence to get np a com pany with a capital of one million dollars with that view. M. J.J. Gregg wiu leave for Englaud thia morn.! each year, working harder and harder, have ing to perfect the scheme in concert with the capital- finally come together to ask themselves and ist. He is sanguine of success, aa he hss received ; each other, "What are we to do ? At this great encouragement from prominent English capital- | point 8 pringS np the Order of the Patrons of ista. If the scheme lie perfected, as we trust and be- 1 live it will be, a great impetus will be giv die, the adherents of Carl’s forced him to re establish the law ; but on his recovery he re- | affirmed the decree of abrogation. On the death of Ferdinand daughter Isabel was proclaimed Queen. Sim ultaneously Carlos proclaimed himself King, and a civil war ensued, which lasted several years, and resulted in the defeat of the Car- lists and the flight of Don Carlos into France. He married twice, his first wife being Maria Francisco, a daughter of John VI. of Portu gal ; and the second Maria Theresc, Princess of Beira. Among his children by Maria Frau- cisca was his eldest son, Carlos, who was born in 1818, and in whose favor the Pretender ab dicated in 184.5. Four years later be made an attempt to enter Spain lor the purpose of fo menting a revolution, but was arrested and forced to relinquish his design. He was not a man likely to press his claims to the throne very vigorously, os he loved his ease and pre ferred the society of women to the carnage of the battle-field. He died in I860. The present Don Carlos is the eldest son of the second pretender by Maria Carolina Ferdinanda, a sister of the late King of Naples. He was born in 1851, and is consequently quite a young man. His first attempt to excite a revolution in his favor was in 1869, about the time of the overthrow of Isabel. Prim and Serrano, however, dis persed his Basque followers in short order. After Prim’s death, and the accession of Ama deus, Carlos revived his attempts, but his ad herents were beaten. Just prior to the abdi cation of Amadeus, the present insurrection was started, and it bids fair to last as long as that which the grandfather of the present Pretender waged against Isabel. The great bulk of the Carlists are to be found in the Basque provinces, which divide France from Spain. In these rugged and mountainous regions dwell rude and hardy mountaineers whose devotion to Don Carlos CHARLES J, JENKINS. We have received the correspondence of Governor Smith with ex-Governor Jenkins, which we shall publish on Tuesday. We re gret not receiving it in time for this issue, as it commemorates an event which will form an important epoch in Georgia history. The whole correspondence is very interest ing, and no doubt will be read with lively in terest. The names of all the actors in this interesting drama will be held in proud re membrance by the people of this State long after they have passed away. We are glad to find Governor Jenkins re- j ferring to those from whom he derived im- | portant aid in snch grateful language. With- j out intending to ignore the part acted by any, 1 it may not be amiss to state that to Col. John Jones, the bold, fearless and honest Treasu- Emm* Hugging—an of Mscon county, Ala. , w ere known to be absent. The long pole had Itobert C. Brick,!., htaiy .ppolnta.l to th, Supreme j !£“ **?! night time when it was supposed the old man and his son were fast asleep in the front part of the house. The truth about the matter did not come out for some time, and when it began to be whispered the obeahman de camped. He was subsequently arrested for practising obeah and received a flogging and a year's imprisonment He is now a more successful obeahman than ever. interaata of Augu.ta, and a largo addi-1 necessity and an infant in age, Jt baa already proved itself a giant in influence and power.*, We do not intend to make war upon mid. tion made to her material wealth aad prosperity When th* excursion from ltlll*dg*vill* to Augusta take* place on the 20th, Bishop Gross will preach twice ] die men and merchants. They are a neces sity. But we are rejoiced to see farmers, too, combining to remedy some of the evils that have heretofore kept them down. i Sunday. He will also deliver four lectures at the State House, beginning on Monday night and closing | Thursday night. Mr. B.M. Zettler, Superintendent of Bibb county . . . r _ . , , . . , . . . . . The prosperity ol the farmer is as important Schools, makes a long report, which show* a great un- i r 1 J r provement in the institutions under his charge. The i to the merchant os to himself, for a declining schools have cost $20,000 in the pa«t year. Two more ( agriculture will certainly produce a languisli- bulldiogs are projected. On the 7th and 8th of August the “Clayton County ! ing trade. One of the chief evils that this Order pro- Agricultural Society” gives its annual Fair, which is ; t 0 remedy is, that reckless disposition open to all the surrounding counties, no entry fee be ing charged for any article. to bay on credit, which has proved rninous to both farmer and merchant. Now, how The Savannah News says: Mr. Dell, of Atlanta,..-, , _ . _ c-ntly dlirarad au oration to. -Phltaraphy of j docs the ° rder P ro P®“ *° reach thl8? Iu th » Clubs.” There was no allusion to the philosophy of ! first place, by encouraging an economy that the Jack of Clubs, and yet nothing would be more in- j will save, and an aversion to debt that will res- toresting to the amateur student of several-up. I trict a farmer to the cultivation of only so much The Newnan Herald is hereby informed that we do land as he can manage without going on a credit to the merchant. How is this to be ac- not iaaue an evening paper, but send them the very latest news up to the minute the 11 o'clock train at > .. . .. Z " . night leave*. Wfiat wr fail to get In our Aral edition, i complied ? How ,s the farmer who has no is included in the edition for the next day. The Macon Telegraph learns from the editor of the Brunswick Appeal that the parties in the Brunswick and Albany railroad suits have effected a compromise by which the contractors accept a preferred lien for thirty per cent, of their claims, aud the bondholders take judgment for the fsos amount of their bond* and interest, the roitd to be sold at Brunswick on the 15th of October next. A gentleman who reached Columbus Thursday re ports that all trains coming to Montgomery from all bale of cotton for each member ot his grange, qnartera, rave theeratera, are .topped aix mile, from i be to At l an t a nex t November and sold, tt. city and carefully examined and queationad j , Qd tho proceeds applied to tbe establishment Thoae who evince any symptoms of cholera sre sent ! , _ I nf Q Varmavu 1 Until- Tkia .. .ee . I U(4 ^ is only equalled by their religious fervor. To to the ! Husbandry, and, though the “offspring of j men Q f their own faith they ^re hospitable and kind; to those who even question the truth of the Catholic religion they are hostile to implacability. Of little education, and completely under tbe influence of their clergy, who are, in these provinces, the most bigoted and intolerent set of men in the world, they have been taught to regard Carlos as their only legitimate monarch, and as the only true exponent ot their faith. But, notwithstanding the ultramontane character of Carlist Catholicism, the preten sions of Don Carlos have never received a warm support at Rome. The Papal Govern ment have always been afraid lest the vio lence of Carlist religious zeal would do the church more harm than good; and, as a consequence, the Pope has refrained from using his influence in the several attempts made by Carlos to seize the throne. An overwhelming majority of Span iards are opposed to Carlos, and the insurrection now raging in northern Spain would be summarily suppressed, but for the terrible lack of discipline in the Spanish army, and the political differences of officers commanding it. We do not believe Don Carlos will succeed in seizing the govem- troller General in the following terms, which will meet with a hearty response by every one who reads it: “lam prompted, both by inclination and a sense of duty, to refer, in this connection, to certain most worthy gentlemen in close official association with me, and who shared the responsibilities, trials and perils of the time. I allude to Mr. John Jones, Treasurer; Nathan C. Barrett, Secretary of State, and John T. Burns, Comptroller General. The position of Treasurer was the most ex posed and perilous of all, because tne Treas ury was the objective point of the raid. To carry into effect promtly and successfully Ex ecutive directions for placing the funds of the State beyond the reach of the raiders, aud still to confront them iu their rage, was noth ing less than the exhibition of moral hero ism." Court bench of Alsbams, rose from the printer’s esse. His father was a printer, aDd Mr. Brickell himself worked several years at the trade before he commenced the study of law. He is said to be a fast compositor. The Mobile Register says: “On Saturday evening, at «.** o’clock, at hia resi dence in this county, died the Hon. Drury Thompson, who hss been a resident of Mobile county for the past fifty-six years Mr. Thompson came to our city in j the CURSE. 1817, and waa acventy-one yaara old at tho time or bia ■ I wi n c | ose tbis Ietter wjth a remarkable ' de,llh -” ! story ot obeah. At tbe Eleven Mile, St. Col. Saffold, editor and proprietor of the Selma ! David’s, there is an old colored man named Times, i* confined to hi* bed with chills and fever. Cole, who makes his living by cutting grass. ! His feet are precisely like yams. Take a yam [ out of the ground and place it beside the old man’s feet, and yon could not tell the differ ence. Some time ago there was resident near by an old man who had the reputation of pos sessing supernatural power. He had once practised obeah, but latterly had discontinued it. One night his field was robbed. All his beautiful yams were dug out of the pit and carried off. The settlers around were indig nant, as the old man was much liked. After a patient seorch for the offender the old man announced that he was going to set obeah for the thief. This stirred up the neighborhood, as he had not done snch a thing since he had become a member of the church. The obeah was set, and the old man publicly proclaimed the fact, announcing that from that time forth the thief8 feet should be turned into yams. My informant declared to me that Cole’s feet at once began to be transformed, and in a short time presented the appearance of a couple of large warty yams. I have seen the victim’s feet many a time, and certainly I never saw anything look more like yams; how they looked before the obeahman made his The Obeahman’s Curse. How ttie West Imllta. Kegrot-s Av« Their Wrong*. especially due the glorious result j HOW THEY SET 0BEAH iSD H0W 1T "°eks-how which has been so gratefnllv acknowledged through Governor Jenkins. Treasurer Jones kept the seal, and never parted with it until he coaid safely return it to hands that would scorn to use it for the injury of Georgia. Governor Jenkins refers to tbe conduct of the Treasurer, Secretary of State, aud Comp- j na | Vfricanr“even to“tte'fifth Md ‘sixth ^"gen- OBEAH RAISES GHOSTS AND BRINGS DEATH— OBEAH PROTECTING THE SQUATTERS AND DRIVING AWAY THE WHITE MEN. Correspondence of the New York Sun. Kingston, Jamaica, W. L, June 1, 1873. In this island the descendants of the origi- eration, believe in and practice obeah. L.t- terly tbe government has taken cognizance of it as a crime, and it is now punishable with the cat-o’-nine-tails and hard labor. Among all classes of the colored population obeah is practiced to some extent, and there are many white residents even who, though they regard it with disfavor, would nevertheless feel very | threat I cannot say. uncomfortable if told that obeah had been ' “set" for them. The professional obeahman practises with $peat secresy, yet he makes a i good thing of it and prospers temporarily, j his client often paying him liberally for his * services. r I have conversed with several negroes who for years have had a reputation as obeahmen. As a rule they are shrewd, observant men, re- Life in Paris. SUPPOSED MURDER AND 6UICIDE—END OF I.IFE OF PLEASURE. Correspondence of the New York World. A drama still revealed only in part has just tiring in their habits, and of good character ! occurred. It is probable we shall never know apart from their profession. I will try in this I more of it, for tbe chief, if not the only ac- letter to give yon some idea of the way in | tors, lie in their graves. This is all I have which they perform, or—to ose the common I been able to gather: A M. Touchais was well term—set obeah. money to get even a little to begin the system of cash trading ? Wo reply, by raising the value of his land by snch a combination as will make it the very best security for borrow ing money. Suppose, for illustration, that in the county of DeKalb there should be ten granges, with an aggregate membership of one OUR WEST POINT RAILROAD MAIL. Our cotemporary of the Newnan Herald j HOW THEY SET OBEAH. Let it be supposed that a negro by diligence and tact has acquired a respectable standing in his village. He has built a good house, has a neat, well-arranged kitchen iu one corner of his yard, and owns a couple of donkeys, a mule, a brood mare, and a number of pigs, errs in supposing that the paper we now send j goats, fowls, and other small stock. A neigh- to our subscribers on the West Point Road is ' bor becomes jealous and envious, and wauts an evening edition. It is our regular morn-1 him brought down. His character i. shape ot local and telegraphic news which ous, as it might involve the destruction of the reaches this offico up to eleven o'clock | entire settlement and the ruin of the incendi- j IlYC “ n * r at night. As a consequence, nothing is lost | cWhmn is therefore re- f^^lo^e”?^ ^ meL ^ by our subscribers but the midnight dis- X^fctimof hta“arta! Obeah'“s "s"r 10^1^1! ! ? r since her brother-indaw (who had known among a certain class of pleasure- seekers; he had money and an iron constitu tion, which a life of debauchery had been unable to corrode. His liberality and gene rosity to tbe sex was so notorious that he was obliged, when he came up to town on busi ness (he lived in the provinces,) to assume a. false name to protect his hotel from invasion. His favorite was a widow of excellent lamely, who was still voung, and who, if not beauti ful (French women rarely are,) had a well- made body, developed by exercise. Riding was her favorite pleasure. She spent hours daily in a riding school. She could not re ceive him at home, for she lived with her patches, which are inserted in the next day’s j This is done in such a way as to come to his edition. In fine, we send the same paper ■ knowledge. down tbe West Point road that we send down j * or instance, a hole is dug in his field or in .. , r . .. . .. .. . i.the small coffee-patch near his house, and into the Macon road, so that the suggestion of our ; this is put a bottle containing some ill-smell- cotemporary, if adopted, would not make it j ing liquid. The newlv turned earth attracts any better. the man’s attention, and on searching he finds to giving our patrons a good newspaper be tween here and Montgomery, we have re organized our news room, put ou an addi tional force of printers, and cau aud will ment. but ha will probably w^o iTar for | ““ ke , the . H f RALD the b * St uews P a l >l ‘ r P ub ' many months longer before the Spaniards We mast also add that the West Point ■‘* iebot . tle \ Or l>«b.ps a stick twisted fantas- .... „ ,, , , I tically is placed at his door. He knows at edition of the Herald contains ad the latest | 0llce this is obeah, and begins to be wretch- market reports, and in this matter it is ahead j ed. He tells his family, and they join him in of all cotemporaries. In short, with a view 1 misery. The fact leaks out among the 1 neighbors, aud they and their childrsu run and hide when thev see the victim of obeah I fished in Atlanta. thousand. The masters of these ten granges j wlII ' leara wisdom enollKb to end tbeir petty ' come together and they agree to furnish a I qUttrrel8aud concentrate their strength against to the hospital. Those who are well cad go oa. The treins from the etst ere not troubled. The Cetooee Ceurier says: “ Mr. Williughem is well- known to the people of Georgia, as e strong and vigor ous writer. He wee for meny yeers the editor of the LeGrenge Reporter, end for some months tbe sssociete editor of the Atlente Sun. We congratulate the citi zens of Griffin upon his secession to the Star, end tender brother Willingham our sincere wishes for hi* success in the field to which he he* removed.” The seine paper says: “The growing corn cr od in of a Farmers’ Bank. This gives a capital of $75,000. Next spring three or four farmers want each a car load of corn. Instead of pur chasing this corn on time and paying fifty per cent, more for it than thdy would be com pelled to pay cash, they make a joint note, go to this bank and pledge their land for repayment. They get the money at a low rate of interest and buy their corn. Tbe note falls due, and will cer- North Georgia, north of the Oostaneula 1* needing • tainly be paid, for a refusal to pay would sub- rein, up to the present time the prospect for a fine crop ] j ec t parties to the censure and condemna- has been exceedingly promising, but a protracted 1 drouth now would rain everything. We trust that Heaven will bless cs soon, with bountiful showers aad that such a heavy yield of corn will be harvested, as will In a measure compensate lor the failure in the wheat crop. The merchants of Hswkinsville are paying 27 ‘4 cent* per pound for wool in the bale, and 25y, cent* for loose wool. The Dispatch says: Friday night last some person went to the cabin of James Robertson, a colored man living on the farm of Mr. Wm. CoOlhs, and fired a load of shot Into him. Robertson waa sltttng in tua cabin reading. The muz zle of the gun was placed la a crack, there wae a flash, a report, and Robertson lay stretched upon the floor. Dr. Johnson was called to attend him, and he is likely to recover, thoagh the wound is severe. Robertson suspects another freedman of shooting him. Mrs. M. Jj. Davis, wile of Mr. Robert Davie of Dooly county, died at the residence of Mr. J. W. Cerruthers in HawMs^lh, on Tgesflay *<*»!*g. l«fc tost. The baby cr6p of Columbus is in floe condition, with promlatng proajMcta. Dr. Lorta Pima ia Mill imprertn,. A Columbn, man be. rar.nU, raosinU 9ve cotton (in. that were confiK*t,d in N.w Orleans b, Brut Butler. F. Wbratan, for twenty year, ronsecteff with tbe central BMlrrad. b>. taken charge of th. 8[wtawood Motel, la tUcoo. Fram*no*hl.ld: ’ C. L Hterap. aad M. A. Ballard, who era farming oa 'he plantation at Mr. W. K. BaUerd, .bent Or. mllM (root thl. ptaee. ha* a field of cotton that wra In fall hloea. on the 00th of Jan*. tion ot their own neighbors aad friends, and their neighbors would know tbe value of the lands, and could easily make the money. See tbe saving ou one thousand bushels of corn. The cash price on the loth of May, 90 cents. Time price, paynhle 15th of Octo ber. $1.35. Iu other words, 50 per ceot. ad ditional for fire months' credit. 1,000 bushels on lime. $1,350 00 1,000 bushel, cash tfilO 00 $ 450 00 37 50 DeducJ 5 months int. at 10 per cent In 1,000 bushels dear saving $ 413 SO Here is a clear gain to tonr larmers in 1,000 bushels of corn of $412 50—equal to nearly six bales of cotton. If the patrons of hus bandry should accomplish nothing more than this feature of combining capital among fanners, it would be worthy of tbeir atten tion ; but thia is only one of tbe great ends in view. This, too, is entirely practicable, for the writer of this was In a Orange not long since w hen the proposition to subscribe a bale of cotton was offered, and every mem ber subscribed one and some two or three. Ur. Gift says: *Tf an y patriot thinks he will have a good thing in a small tilt on thia question, let him atrip and aail in." We hereby pledge tbe Hxbald to “sail in” whenever Hr. Gift or any other person makes an attack, and we can say tbis, if the balance him and his followers. MERCER UNIVERSITY. When we were last in Macon, Mayor Huff, with that conrtesy which distinguishes him, took great pains to show ns all the public buildings, and the improvements going on in the city. He first earned os to Central Citv Park, which is not surpassed, for beauty of location, and the adapledness of the build ings, by any park in the United States. We know this is strong language, bnt we mean it Central City Park is one of the most beauti ful places in the country, and the grounds are not surpassed as Fair grounds any where. After a pleasant drive through the Park, be remarked to us, “ Now, I will show you the pride of the Baptists, and I may say, the pride of Macon. Let us drive to Mercer Uni versity.'' Situated on the top of a beautiful eminence, with Tatnall Square in front, stood os fine college buildings as are to be seen in tbe South. “Now, sir,” said he, “there is Mercer University, and we intend to make it a University, or we will worry every Baptist in Georgia end the Sottli until he will be glad to do s' liething f is. The University is now worth, in real , .ate, stock, and bonds, about $3'10,000. t hese buildings are being lived with her) received M. Touchais’ visit. He knew the latter, and waa familiar with the intimacy existing with his sister-in-law, for the large amount of money which she spent exceeded her income. M. Touchais said: “Your sister-in-law committed suicide yes terday, at 15 Kne de la Grange Boteli’ere. Come for her corpse; it is in a trank which I have placed in those lodgings.” The brother-in-law thought Mr. Touchias deliri ous, still, as there might be truth in his de clarations (vicious people rarely die in their beds) that be went with him, and sure enough, there in a portmanteau lay the corpse coming, lest his shadow should fitll npon them •rLnchSo^ivlSiS J'a 't tl ^ ^° n ^ x ‘ . .... , f r ' Touchias confessed that the previous evening " I they had dined together; two claret bottles how the obeah woEKs. and a champagne bottle, all three empty, and. By and by the obeabed man grows sick 1 broken victuals on plates and dishes con- from fretting and anxiety. Then the neigh-1 firmed this assertion. After dinner he bad bors roll their eyes and raise their hands aud ■ informed her that their intimacy must cease, exclaim, “Hi! obeah work. Me no tell you ' She, no longer young, depended upon Mr. so ? Grass soon grow da him do.” (Grass | Touchias for the gratification of her expen- lu repealing the ordinance prohibiting the ' ^ £»£ XSSS^^St If the obeahed man does not fret himself 1 (habit binds stronger than passion). She up- into sickness, the first misfortune that befalls 1 braided him with all her vehemence, and so sumed a grave responsibility. As is very 1 will be attributed to the obeah, even ' fatigued, so irritated him with her tears and ii i 4i u r tt '.a, , a, ! though it should come vears after. A com- her reproaches, he rose, went out and left well known, the Board of Health opposed the , luon \ aying aulong the ' uegroes is .< Obeah 1 her. It was four a. m. when he returned, repeal on the ground that, while the fruit might j travel long. ’’ Although he had a key he was unable to open. Where the obeahman has a reputation to tbe door—the latch behind it had fastened it. keep up, he will generally find means to see 1 He kicked open the door, and in the gray that the obeah does not fail. If no ordinary ! fight of that early hour he found her body trouble or disaster befall the victim, the obeahman will, either himself or by his agents, bring mislortune on him. A favorite mare will be found dead in the bosh. A herd of stray cattle will in the night time be turned into the doomed man's field, aud bis growing produce will be destroyed. Or even in some A GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY . sale of watermelons in Atlanta during tbe i present summer, the City Council have as- not be the means of bringing cholera here, it was more than like to aggravate cases of cholera morbus, a disease now prevalent in onr midst. As the matter now stands, if we bav % cholera in Atlanta and the spread of the dis ease is attributed to watermelons, tbe Coun cil will be wholly to blame. That the per mission to sell the fruit may not result inju riously to the public health does not make OREAH AND DE.yTH the action of the Council in disregarding the an,J tbe victim driven *° a borrU,le en<l advice of the health officers lees grave aDd less injurious to the sanitary interests ot the city. dsngling lifeless to a rope. He cut her down, released her neck from the fatal noose, and tried to recall the vital spark. It had fled beyond recall. Crazed by all them incidents, he went to Pasy, rented a lodging there—Bue Pergolese, bought a portmanteau (so large the QHHL H flSI H BH. corpse was placed unmntilated in it), sum-- cases poison will be secretly administered, 1 moned the janitor and a porter to help him 1 bring the portmanteau down stairs and place t tt on a cab, drove it to Pasy, placed the Iu the Pariah of Thomas in the East | and left portmanteau in the newlv-lea-ed lodgings there is a thrown up estate known as Cool , widow and children. Tbe people .round Rockmert a erected vervitv ? ,itL a vie there, intending never | return. But his hands were full. _ Spring. Years ago the original proprietor [ of gore. and gore attracted them Th. committee appointed to receive contribution, j <!““*<* “>® property end soon a number ol: with all its weird magnetism. He wandered for the benefit of th. f.tally of General Cl^ton .nb- ‘"‘KJ 06 *, ^rst they occu- j in the Bo.s de Boulogne, he wandered in mit their first report, which w, find pubU.h.d in the ^ * he hl « h ll * Dd ' b . u * 1-T »t>dby they Nemllv, he wandered in Pern, his fevered t.iv.rfi... Th.(r ..hisu A... ,V.. enoroached on the ground nearer the great brain, insensible of time or distance—of eve- Montap-ery Anvertieer. Their exhibit show, that j bouae> This arouse,! the attornev of the I rvthing except the secret which was ecoroh- lour thonrand three hundred raid thlrty-thre. doil« j prolierty , and be rented the great house at a i ing him-so he waa goaded back to Pasy. end fifty-seven cen.s h.ve been collected, ad of which j obeap rate in order to have some one on the I There he took the portmanteau again and hra been expended in Ihe pnrchno of a lot and the j Hpo t to keep the negroes in check. White ! brought it back to No. 15 Bue de la Grange erection of houBe, which h*a been made over to the , men, one after another, rented the house. Bnt I Boteiiore. He placed it iu his lodgings, aud as soon as they began to interfere with the j then went to her brother-in-law. The con-- i squatters the latter applied to the obeahman, j fession ended, the latter went to the nearest err deeply inUr-, and for years evexw occopant of the house died j commissioner of police and .repeated the eon- L. . f . .V . ; e>ted ,n - are devoting a good deni of tine u> tbe j off suddedly soon alter his arrival on the fession. The commissioner at once proceed- tne wants 01 tne uni-, investigation and development of mineral*. The corn j estate. Strange to Ray, though it was the talk 1 ed to M. Touchais’s arrest After an exami- tfle com t. g centuries, as well as | crop iu that vicinity are *pL?ndld. They have formed j of the neigh borVood, no inquiry was ever 1 nation which lasted two hour*, he was locked up iu a cell in tne prison at the court-house. ^ hen the turnkey went to carry him break fast the following morning, M. Touchais ia turn was hanging by the neck, his cravat fur nishing the rope, dead—a sniride. The do- lice arc inclined to aooept his version of his mistress's death. Her family believe that he killed her in a fit of pasaion. Th** lUrmin^ham N*w* 1* mtck iu it* stricture* ot the manner ia which th* n*fTo«* act toward* their owa race, who are rick aad deetltuH. In it* Suaday * Issue the Mews oayt: •• Bor nearly two week* the ne groes of mrauncham have been *4jing like sheep with the rot. ‘ Iirao Instance ha* a black man showed kind- new, sympathy or ‘fellow feeling* for one of hi* suf fering brethren. We have seen nfroee lying on tbe street dying, and have tried to persuade thoae who ware well to aid thaai, but have never succeeded. They* invariably ref urn.” their adiiptntK'Ti to present needs. I under- j» grange with Judge W. F. Darden, Master. The do- made into the matter, stand tli. college is educating free of tuition i mand *or slate >» iDcr»*a*iug. even- iu'iigeot young man who applies, and j There will be . graiTd Mlriwaiioo o7ih. Good Ten,- can procure u recommendation of good char- f plar* at Miiltown ou the 6th of August. Tho Lodge at j at ter from the Board of Trustee#. They now | tlliB P Iac * received an invitatiou last week, which was propose to educate free of tuition the sous of t • cc *P tet1 ' b * Ul1 ha * * 1>u bpt ‘ a i»*»ted. all ministers of the gospel iu the State, of any and every denomination. “In order to promotes laudable emulation i study, aud thereby elevate the standard of scholarship iu the common and high schools of the State, one holarship is tendered to tbe best sell' Ur in uich city and town having tbe couirnpi* schcK-l system, and three schol arship* to .th* *hrev best school* in each Con gressional District. Mr. B. L. Dyer ha* established a money and broksr office, iu the Rea Building iu thi* place. This la a convenience long needed iu our town, and we with the clover gcntlemtu who i* engaged iu it, atundaat auc. ceo*. The Marion Commonwealth wants a new party, to be called tbe Reform party, and aee* tbe harbinger of It* hope* ia th* movement of th* Weatora farmer* Rome 1* abowt to establish aa ice manufactory, and ia clamorau* for street car*. OBEAH AND GHOSTS. Messrs. Jameson and Sertur, two well known young merchants of this city, lived in a large house just under the Long Mountain range, five miles from here, for sometime. Their presence on the estate was objectiona ble to the negro squatters, and they deter mined to get rid of them. The obeahman was resorted to and he and his agents went to work to drive the white residents away. The house was an immense building, with scores of windows and an unusual number of doors. Every night the sleep£of the two young mpu was disturbed by ghostly noises throughout the house. A small army of men apparently rushed through tbe corridors and down the the stairs. Horrible shrieks and wails echoed through the building. The young men, on arising and searching, could not discover the