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The Daily Herald
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1873.
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IIl?»KY W. GRADY,
II. A. ALSTON',
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THE CITY
HOSPITAL
AGAIN.
PROJECT
Mr. T. J. Boinzi is the only authorized
Travelling Agent of the Herald.
Our State Exchanges.
The LaGraoge Reporter gives out that the South
Union Musical Convention will meet at Monntville,
on Thursday, 21st instant, and will continue four days.
The territory included in the South Union Convention
is as follows: Beginning at Flint river, at .the junc
tion of Meriwether and Coweta counties, thence west
to Franklin, then down the Chattahoochee to Pine
Monntain, then to Flint River, and from there up the
river to the starting point. All this country will send
its singing men to Monntville, and the occasion will
be a Boston jubilee on a small scale.
"And Captain Rico he gin a treat," said the quaint
witness in Cousin Sallie Dillard. So Col. Fannin "he
gin a treat" last Satuiday, in the shape of a barbecue
to his hands. A few of his friends also attended, and
we are told that everything went off in the happiest
possible manner.
A correspondent of that paper, writing from Meri
wether county in relation to crops, says that immedi
ately north of Greenville, a circumference of about
five miiea, reflects much credit on the farmers for
their prompt action in the management of their crops.
The crops are in a good condition, ss well as in a thriv
ing state, and point to a remunerative result Corn is
splendid. Cotton is rather late and small, but the
fruitage good. No panic at present, as no fruit is
tumbling, by the effect of casualties. Wheat proved a
success this year, in proof of which, we sent some to
Blalock’s mill and got forty-two pounds flour of excel
lent texture, to the bushel. The farmers are cow at
leisure consulting economy, while they indulge in the
use of their fruits, some rotten, the balance not so
badly damaged ; speculating in lofty notions, of re
specting the first claims of their honest creditors the
ensuing fall.1
Hogsnsville is improving snd growing more than
any small town we know. The people are alive to the
importance of working, and, as a consequence, the
town is 7ery flourishing, and real estate commands ss
good price as in many places much larger and more
important. A good many improvements are now go
ing on.
The exercises of Hogsnsville Institute began last
Monday week under the former teachers. There are
now about fifty pupils in attendance, and this number
will be increased as soon as the warm weather is
Frank M. Ridley, of LaGrange, was one of the
Sophomore orators at the University of Georgia, la3t
Monday. His subject was «• The Ruins of Time."
The Good Templars had a picnic near New Hope
Church, in Harris county, and among the speakers
from West Point were Rev. Mr. Little, Dr. Griggs,
Cam. Lanier, Sam Houston, B. L- Harris, Jim Calla<
ban and Master James Pattillo. A correspondent of
the LaGrange Reporter says that everything passed off
nice enough, but the grest object of the day was wa
ter. It was a difficult matter even to get a drink. The
boys forgot to carry any along. Tbete West Point fel
lows rarely forget to do that. The speech of Cam.
Lanier is reported in full, and will bo published in
pamphlet form.
J. W. Clift, M. D., late carpet-bag member of Con
gress from the Savannah neighborhood, is now shov
ing the jack-plane in East Marshall, Mass. It is said
that he can dress a clap-hoard with much facility and
in the bight of fashion.
The farmers of Thomas county are making available
the Florida "beggarlice," or Cynogloisum. Tlje En
terprise says: One of our moat intelligent fanners
assured us a few days ago that it far surpassed the
clover of higher regions, and be intends introducing
it as a rival to the Northern clover at our next State
Fair. The same gentlemen informs us that one of his
most successful farming neighbor* considers a crop of
beggarlice on his land as equivalent to ten bushels of
cotton seed broad cast per acre, in the production of
corn. 8o great are its fertilizing qualities that old
fields impovished by cultivation nntil they would not
yield more than six or eight bushel* of corn per acre,
have, in many instances, been known to produce from
fifteen to twenty bushels of coin per acre after two or
three crops of beggarlice.
The marriage nuptials of Mr. A. B. Garland, of
North Carolina, and Miss Jennie Stokes, one of the
reigning belles of Rome, were celebrated in that city on
Thursday evening.
Eastman is badly in need of a dentist.
A gang of systematic house thieves are in successful
operation in Augusta.
The will of the late Robert Campbell, of Augusta*
was admitted to probate in the Ordinary's Court on
Thursday. The estate was worth about $200,000 in
the aggregate. To the American Colonization Society
he gives $1,000; to the town’ of Clarkesville, Georgia,
$1,000; to the Augusta Free School, $1,000; to the
First Presbyterian Church, in Augusta, two pews,
which are to cost $1,000 each, for the use of strangers
visiting the church; to Robt. C. Carroll, his heirs and
assigns, $10,000; to the widow and children of James
C. Carroll, $10,000, to be equally divided between
them, the widow taking a child's share; to Mrs. Emma
O. Smith, $5,000; to Anderson W. Carmichael, in trust
for his daughter, Aphra / Carmichael, $2,600;
to Mrs. Catherine C. Beattie, her heirs and
assigns, $1,000; to Mr*. Harriet C. Bean, $1,000; to
Mrs. Annie E. Ansley, $1,000; to Rev. R. C. Ketcbum,
$1;000; to Mr. Joseph S. Bean, $1,000; to Robert C.
Clarke, Atlanta, $500; to Robert C. Starr, Charleston,
$500; to Robert C. Oliver, South Carolina, $500; to
Mrs. Harriet C. MacMurpby, $100; to Richard Mc-
Kinne, Edney Boyle and Tenah Davis, all colored, $100
each; also $100 each to all servants living with him at
the time of his dea‘h; to Mrs. Grace McWhinuery, of
Ireland, $2,500; to Junius B. McVea, of Ireland, $2,000;
to Samuel Orr McVea, of Ireland, $2,000; to John Mc
Vea, of Ireland, $2,000; to Mrs. Jane Dickey Ward,
near Belfast, Ireland, $800; to William J. C. Allen, of
Belfast, Ireland, $800 to Henry F. Campbell, hia heirs
and assigns, stores No. 203 snd 206 Broad street.
Mr. Grant, agent of the Georgia Railroad at Athens
for many years, has retired—as also the clerk, Joseph
Evans. Mr. George Lumpkin and his son will fill the
vacancies.
Wild cats are peddled on the streets of Cnthbert,
and meet with ready sale.
There is a district in Washington county In which
not one of its citizene has ever applied for the benefits
of Che homestead or bankrupt laws, and there has not
been a salt brought In said district for more than two
years. J. P.’s and lawyers don’t make fortunes out of
that people, and of course friendship and good feeling
prevails generally.
The crops in Wilcox county are the best they have
made in a number of years.
Notwithstanding the Bhort crop, whest is coming
into Ringgold rapidly. Between three and four thou
sand bushels have been marketed there within the
last week. Prices range from $1.35 to $1.50 per
bushel.
The Courier sayt the health of Ringgold and sur
rounding country continues good, no cholera on hand
and no apprehension of it to disturb the minds of
the citizens; and it has yet to hear of a single case of
cholera originating in North Georgia.
And, Mr. B. C. Yates of this city returned a few
days since from a visit to McLemore’s Cove, in tho
"pper part of Walker county, and bring* glowing ac.
counts of magnificent corn, flue cotton, etc., in the
cove. He says that Messrs. Newton Germany, and
and Wilson Trunnelbave some as fine cotton as he has
ever seen anywhere. It ranges from breast to shoul
der high, is full of bolls aud as green and healthy ss
can be.
Not least among the many sins of omission
which have lain at the door oi our city gov
ernment for years, has been the failure to
establish a hospital for the poor and the
stranger. Effort alter effort has been made
in the direction by a few good Samaritans,
but our municipal authorities have rejected,
with stolid indifference, all petitions for aid
in the good work. Not long ago two thou
sand dollars was asked for and refused, and,
to-morrow, if the same request was made, it
would be again refused, even though the next
minute a similar amount was voted for some
thing not of special necessity.
Since we cannot expect any aid from the
city government, we must go to work and
build the hospital ourselves. An association
has been formed for the purpose, and a com
mittee, comprising some of the most benevo
lent ladies of the city, has been appointed to
solicit the aid of the charitably disposed in
the work. It ought not to require an appeal
from us to those who have a few dollars to
spare. An institution of the kind, whereat
the sick can be tended tree of charge, is of
as much importance to Atlanta as water
works. Now and then when a physician here
declines to give his services gratuitously, we
hear a general murmur of indignation; but,
after all, it is grossly unjust to expect any
professional maD, always excepting an editor,
to labor for nothing. And besides, it even
it were reasonable to expect our physicians to
devote their time and skill to the needy
gratuitously (as many of them do) it would
be ridiculous to expect them to furnish the
poor sick with such medicines, comforts, and
attendance as their cases may require.
The construction of a hospital is conse
quently a necessity, and it is a disgrace to our
character as a Christian people that we are
still without one. Eight thousand dollars are
needed to purchase au eligible building, which
can now be obtained for that sum. Will the
citizens of Atlanta subscribe that much—or,
rather, that little. If eveTy merchant on
Whitehall, Peachtree, Marietta, Alabama and
Decatur streets will contribute only $50 each,
a handsome sum of money wonld soon be ob
tained and the building obtained.
We trust that the opportunity which now
offers will not be permitted to slip from our
grasp. It may never offer again; hence the
importance ot promptly subscribing and ena
bling the Hospital Association to give us one
charitable institution at which the penniless
sick can be taken care of.
THE SOCIAL EVIL IN ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis is in considerable agitation just
now over her new experiment of licensing
houses of prostitution.
About two years ago some influential gentle
men of that city, assuming that the evil al
luded to could not be effectually curbed,
(much less checked), determined to bring it
within the province of the law, and control
its operations by officers of the law. Hence,
they secured the passage of an ordinance
licensing houses of prostitution, aud putting
policemen in charge of them.
When a prostitute arrives in St. Louis she
applies tor and receives a “permit*' to ply her
vocation, for which she pays a fee, and is
then assigned to u licensed house, and put
under the superintendence of a policeman
and a physician. The press of the city de
clare Hat the experiment has proved a per
fect success: That while it has not increased
immoral exercise, it has, by taking charge of
controlling an evil that the law, nor anything
else could eradicate, removed many of its ob
jectionable features. A case involving the
right of the city to issue a license to this class
of people for this purpose is now before the
courts. We quote the first of an editorial
from the Missouri Republican upon the sub
ject:
We have intimated that the ordinance now
in force here is by no means perfect, nor do
its triends claim perfection for it. We think,
however it can be shown that the benefits
arising from that ordinance are sufficiently
palpable and numerous to justify its continu
ance. The social evil is less intrusive and
aggressive, and has fewer objectionable sur
roundings and accompaniments in St. Louis
than in any other city of equal size in the
country. So far, at least the experiment has
been more successful than could have been
anticipated from the peculiar nature of the
case; and we feel assured that as it progresses
experience will suggest various changes which
cannot fail to increase its efficiency, and there
by commend it to the support of ali good cit
izens. We trust, therefore, that the ordi
nance will stand the test of the courts; but,
should it be set aside, we are confident that
sooner ot later the eminently sensible and
practical proposition upon which it is founded
will induce an alteration in the statute so
that our city may go forward in the path she
is now following.
A PUNGENT PLATFORM.
Probably the hardest thing in tho world to
build is a political platform. To be able to
suit the taste of the talented O’Rafferty with
out offending the sensitive Snooks, and at the
same time conciliate the phlegmatic Blitzen,
is a task to the accomplishment of which the
most admirable tact must be brought.
A plank that one man loves well enough to
get drunk and lie down on, receives unmiti
gated scorn at the hands of some other pa
triots; and that which is slipped in to please
one clique, must be speedily slipped out again
to please another.
Only one platform has the present sea
son—so prolific in platforms—brought forth
that we consider completely up to the notch;
fulfilling the demands of every exigency, and
answering the suggestions of every possible
prompter.
It is aplatform that we hug to our souls; a
platform that we love; a platform that we
swear by; aplatform ou whose stout planks
we want to congregate with all the sons of
freedom, and fling high our heels in the joy
ful dance of the jubilee.
It was adopted by the State Grange of Iowa
at a late Convention, and if the Grunge of
Iowa proposes to stand by this platform, and
fight in its shade, then we are ready to sing,
"1 want to be a Graoger,
And with the Grangers stand."
We present it herewith for the prayerful
consideration of all who think there is no
hereafter. It is as follows:
Whereas, ve believe that when a man steals
he is a thief; and
Whereas, a majority of tho politicians of
both parties steal; now, therefore,
Resolved, That we are tired of beiug plun
dered.
Resolved, That it is a good timo for thieves
to stand from under.
A QUESTION FOR THE COURTS.
A very interesting case came up on one of
the railroads leading out of Atlanta the other
day. Mr. Z., of Atlanta, was stopping at one
of the stations along this road, and got on the
train to make the next station. The distance
between the two stations was exactly 7 miles.
The custom of the road was to charge 50 cents
the seven miles. Of course this change is
purely arbitrary, and still the people have
quietly submitted to it all the time without
murmur. Not so with Mr. Z. When his
fifty cents was demanded, he squarely refused
to pay it, saying, “Your charter only allows
you to charge five cents per mile at the out
side, and I will pay you that, and no more.
I am going seven miles. I will pay you thirty-
five cents. If yon demand more I will refuse
it, and you will have to put me off between
stations; if you do that I will fail to reach my
destination, and damage will issue. I will
then take the case to the courts.”
The conductor—who, by the way, is proba
bly tho best conductor that leaves Atlanta—
was sorely puzzled as to what course he should
pursue. He refused to take the thirty-five
cents; and yet, did not feel justified in tak
ing the responsibility of involving the com
pany in a law suit for the paltry sum of thirty-
five cents. In the midst of the discussion,
the traiu reached its destination, the conduc
tor was called off, and before Mr. Z. could
see him again, the train had gone.
Now, the amount involved in this matter
is very trifling, but the piiciple underlying
Mr. Z’s action is of immense importance.
The question should be taken to the courts
at once, and there settled. A railroad re
ceives its power from the people—from the
people it acquires its right, its terrible privi
lege of monopoly; the people breathe the
very breath of life into its nostrils, jind it
should respect the rights of the people, or it
should be made to.
$ Whether Mr. Z. was right or not right in
saying that the charter of this road limited it
in its charges to five cents a mile, does not
matter. There is a deeper principle than
this that would sustain him in his refusal to
pay seven cents a mile to ride over a part of
the road, when he could ride over the whole
road at five cents per mile.
We should like to see tli9 fight made
squarely and fairly, in favor of one uniform
fare 0 for all parts of the Road; a pro rata
charge for all service rendered. When any
man takes this^tand, and can get the matter
to the courts, the Herald promises him ,the
most eloqaent advocate in the State of Geor-
j gia to champion his cause without money
i and without price.
About once a year a little comedy is enacted
at the chateau of the Comte de Chambord. A
deputation of Legitimists pay him a visit,
formally tender him the throne of France,
which he, with royal formality, accepts.
Somehow or other, however, he has never suc
ceeded in taking a seat on the throne offered
with so much regularity and solemnity. The
Comte de Chawboxd is now an old man who
has been waiting, Micawberlike, far forty-
three years for something to turn up. With
his white flag in one hand and a prayer book
in the other he has endeavored to win France,
but the ungrateful French have forgotten the
white flag and prefer praying without the
help of the last of the Bourbons—if he is a
Bourbon.
Alabama News.
During the last few daja the cotton ci-*p in Ii«
county has made a decided advance. Our former* re
experimenting with various things to get rid of the
worms, and some of them hsve been quite success-
fuL There has been a great demand for Par - green
during the last few days, snd it took our druggists so
by surprise that they were able to fill but few orders.
They have sent on tor large supplies, which are ex
pected to arrive by the middle of the week, and all
who desire can send in their orders and have them
satisfied.—Eufaula Timet.
Having just returned from a visit to onr neighbor
city, Talladega, the first for many months, an inclina
tion pervades us to localize a part of what was seen
and heard on this trip. The farmers along the railroad
line, and around Talladega, speak encouragingly sf
the growing crop, and it ia denominated the best pros
pect at this season since the surrender. The com
crop is said to be remarkably good, and the cotton
crop to be better formed as to stalk, and filled
as to fruit, than any other crop since 1H65, at this sea
son of the year. The cotton worm is not complained
The day of the completion of the Air Line
Railroad is almost upon us, and before we
know it a train through from Charlotte, filled j of as having done any damage yet, and are compara-
“with all sorts of distinguished people from j ^
everywhere,” will come thundering into At-
ties. The people, including those of all vocations,
to be in better spirits as to the future condition
lanta. It becomes her, as the capital city of | of the country than for some years past, as the few
Georgia, and the headquarters of the road, to last years’ crops have involved, to some extent, both
meet these gentlemen in heartiness aud with
liberal hospitality. What has been done to
ward this end that will secure the desired re
farmer and grocery merchants; and a crop thia year
of like character, and which was a few weeks since ap
prehended, would Irretrievably ruin many, a flatter
ing prospect at this time promises relief to the masees.
Suit i It is time to act. V» bo will set the ; The health of that beantiiul inland city is, as usual,
ball in motion ? ! good. The streets and alleys are clean, and exhibit
the characteristic attention of her health loving and
OUR WEST POINT MAIL. j health deserving people.
,,, I „ , By a private note ft cm a responsible gentleman at
We will not send our mail on the West | Dixie, on the Selma, Korn. & Dalton Eo.d, the Seim.
Point Railroad this morning, because of ' Times learns that on the 4th inatant, a fatal difficulty
numeron3 complaints which reach us almost
daily of the failure of our subscribers to get
their Sunday Herald. During the present
week we will complete arrangements which
will enable all patrons to obtain their papers
either on Sunday or on Monday, as they may
select.
Oub municipal Dogberrys acquitted a po
liceman on Friday night of a charge of drunk-
eness, after the officer had himself, ad
mitted that he had been drunk—his plea of
mitigation being that be was off of duty. We
presume that he obtained his acquittal
through the eloquence of that Demostheman
Alderman, our friend Langston.
Abundant rains seem to have fallen in Middle Geor
gia. Late corn, peas and potatoes will be improved
and doubtless yield good crops. Now is a good time
to sow your turnips and collards. A single patch of
the latter will accomplish wonders for the milk
bucket.
tocuoa'falls.
occurred there between J. M. Kinney and Charles ,
Lathram. Lathram received five wounds from a
pocket knife, resulting in his death in about au hour
and a half. No other particulars are given.
Mr. Griffin Gatewood, an old citizen of Hog Island
neighborhood, Russell county, Ala., was stabbed on
Saturday last, by Mr. David Merrell, living in the same
locality. Mr. Gatewood is not seriously Injured. The
parties are said to be related. A law suit between
them was the origin of the difficulty.
A negro man by the name of Pope Tajlor was ar
rested in Montgomery Monday morning by the police,
on the charge of assault with intent to morder Mr.
Strickland, of Griffin, Ga. The assault was made
while the latter was on his way to vifcit some relatives
living near Wetumpka. The negro struck Mr. 8. sev
eral times on the head with a heavy stone and left him
for dead in the road. But he was not so badly hurt as
his assailant thought, and having recovered from the
firat stunning effect of the blows, lodged the com
plaint which led to his arrest.
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed in the dis
trict court of the United States for this district, against
the Mobile and Montgomery railroad company, and
the 15th instant has been named by Mr. Register
Burke as the d*y for the hearing. Hon. James Q.
Smith and Robt. H. Kuox, Esq , are attorney for the
petition.
If no disaster overtaxes the crops, the canjbrakeand
i prairie portions of Greene will make more cotton than
- COUSIN JOHN THRASHER'S j has been made before since 1869.
THE LIMITS OF RELIGION—; Negroes arrest, d in Montgomery for creating - nui
sance, by constant fifing and drum beating, were bound
over to answer the charge.
A correspondent of the Montgomer; Adver* ; **r,
writing from Chambers county, amon^ ctht, ♦h ug*.
THE SECRETARYSHIP OF THE AGUI. J poudent, containing some pleasant incidents. I says-. embrace this opportunity of in .-uL - o*
Where is the man that will pitch the first
box of tea overboard ?
THE EXCURSION -
GOOD DRINK-
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.
We have a letter from an occasional corres*j
CULTURAL SOCIETY AND MR.
MALCOLM JOHNSON.
Mr. Macolm Johnson, the present Assistant
Secretary of the Agricultural Society, is a
candidate for the Secretaryship of the societj',
a vancancy having been created by the resig
nation of Mr. Samuel Barnett. Mr. Bar
nett’s ill health for a long time previous to
his resignation forced Mr. Johnson to per
form the whole duties of the Secretaryship,
and that, too, without an assastant; this he
has done in a manner not only entirely satis
factory, but such that it has won the con
gratulations of all parties concerned. The
truth is, he is peculiarly adapted to fill per
manently the position he has by chance filled
temporarily, and we trust he will be unani
mously chosen in the election of next Tues
day. He is a thorough gentleman; a scholar,
of fine attainments; a man of extensive influ
ence, of tireless eneigy, and redoubtable
pluck.
| the prospects in good old Chambers
1 county, where the white
' white ]
and
Among other things, he says:
< county, wnere me wince man is tu*. :» r i
Now we are at Norcross, and, sir, there is i ,
i where a great portion of the muscle and sine*-. ed in
Cousin John Thrasher waiting to see as. We j agriculture is furnished by the white man. I am .
shake his hand, and being rather dry, ask j formed by planters from every section of the county
him, “Cousin John, can we get anything to j that the crops of both corn and cotton are the best
drink here ? haven’t had one since we left At- '
lanta.” “Oh, yes; come on,” said he; “I’ll
give yon as good a drink as you can get any
where.” We follow him. He enters his
house, proceeds through the hall, and, stop
ping on the back porch, says, “There is the
only drink I’ll ever give you, and it is the
best in all the world.” We looked in the di
rection he pointed, and saw two or three
buckets of—water.
We felt slim; but turning to him, I said:
“Cousin John, don’t you really keep anything
to drink in your city? Is it possible that a place
as large as this is stictly temperate ? I can’t
believe it. “I did not say there wa9 none in
town,” replied he, “but you cannot buy it,
and I don’t know who has any.” I should
imagine that fellow yonder has some, or has
had at least,” said young Dyke of my crowd.
that have grown here ever since ,
and from what I can see and learn in my walks
arouDd town, I should think so. The farms in this
county are generally quite small, not averaging per
haps more than fifty acres, planted in cotton. The
lands are badly worn, but well prepared, heavily fer
tilized and neatly cultivated, hence the result of the
fine prospect. It is really refreshing to one hailing
from the miasmic influences of the prairie swamps,
where Spanish grass, crop failures and chills are the
leading topics, to see a people so healthy, cheerful and
full of confidence of better times ahead. It is not
uncommon here _to hear the planter speak of
making a half bale of cotton to the acre. As a matter
of course you find the merchant in
fine spirits, confident of being able tx
obligations in trade this fall.
meet
He has no opponent that we can hear of, ! The P erson be spoke of had undoubtedly
taken too much twist-heel; and the best
and we suppose he will have no difficulty in
his election.
THE RELIABILITY OF THE HERALD.
Some days ago the Herald published the
statement that there had been several cases
of the cholera in Ringgold, Georgia. Since
that time divers articles have appeared in the
“Little Imitator Round the Corner,” impugn
ing the truth of this statement; among others,
a paper signed by several citizens, declaring
that there had been no cholera in Ringgold.
Most of these gentlemen were friends of ours,
hence, we were quiet when their statement
appeared, save to reiterate our assertion
that the Herald was right, feeling sure that
we would be vindicated. On yesterday the
Constitution published the following card
which explains itself :
A CARD.
Rijjgooj.d, Ga., August 0,1873.
Editors Constitution:—Our attention is called to a
certificate in the Constitution of yesterday, signed by
nine citizens of Ringgold, to the effect that no case of
cholera has occurred in our town. With all due re
spect to the intelligence and honesty of thsse gentle
men, we feel it a duty we owe ourselves as practicing
physicians, as well as the public—who has the right
to expect honest statements from those who aro com
petent to speak on a subject of to much moment—to
stat s that we have recently had several cases of chol
era in Ringgold, two of which terminated fatally.
That this unvarnished and honost statement of facts
may not work detrimental to the interest of Colonel
Hewitt, nor the gentlemen signing the certificate, wo
will state that the disease has disappeared, and in all
probability will not return during the present season.
Very respectfully,
A. 8. Fowlkb, M. D.
J. J. Bboyleb, M. D.
THE AUGUSTA CONSTITUTIONALIST.
It is with feeliogs of pleasure that we wel
come to our exchange table agaiu this veteran
newspaper. There is no paper in the South that
has done more to endear it to the people than
this journal; and though its management of
late years has been unfortunate (fatally so
when it took position in favor ot paying
Georgia’s repudiated bonds), it comes before
the public to-day with a character to back it
that is in itself worth a fortune. Col. James
R. Randall, one of the most agreeable writers
that ever dipped a pen forth© honor of Geor
gia journalism, is the editor, and Messrs.
Toombs, Branch, Jackson, aud the Augusta
merchants, are stockholders. We wish the
enterprise sifficess.
East Tennessee Items.
The Sweetwater Enterprise says: Our Fork Creek
correspondent gives an account in this issue of a
death from cholera, which occurred at the house of
Robert Kitrell, on Saturday morning last. It seems
that the disease is spreading all over the country. Our
town is not out of danger; therefore, let our citizens
continue to use disinfectants.
The following items are taken from the Kingston
East Tennesseean:
* A couplo of men working on the road near Suddoth’s
got into an altercation on Saturday last, when one
knocked the other down with a spade, skinning his
head considerably, but not seriously. The injured
party got out a warrant and had the other arrested
and fined a small amount.
A son of Mr. Robert Burns, aged about sixteen, liv
ing in the 3d district of this county, was kicked to
death by by a mule on Monday evening last. We lesrn
with the mule, snd wss found dead by some of the
family. He had been kicked in the breast.
Mrs. Keziah Johnston, who had reached the ripe old
age of four score and ten, died at the residence of her
son, Mr. Isaac Johnston, on Saturday last. Mrs. John
ston was the mother of fourteen children: eighty-five
grand children; one hundred aud thirty-five great
grand children, an! one great great grand child.
Our town and vicinity remain healthy. Some few
part of it was, he belonged in Norcross.
We are off again. On, on through Buford,
quite a nice place—on to Gainesville, where
we are joined by quite a party; and now have
settled down in earnest, for we won’t stop
again for a long time. Now we rush
through the country from whence came the
immortal “Banks County Guards”—on
through the “flat lands” of Hall county, the
only reason I could think of why they were
called “flat lands” was because they were ?iot
flat. This county is quite celebrated, lor emi-
nent geologists have said there is any quantity
of gold to be found on some of the “flat”
hills, and as for diamonds, they can be picked
up almost anywhere—if you can find them.
Some one said, “It is * raining. ” I think itP|
was, but am not sure. We went so fast the! ^ 8t ^ ble
rain could’nt touch us.
Mr. Richards turning to me said, “ Mister,
do yo u see that church ihere, it is tho last
you will see on this road—that is the bounds
of religion—this is the jumping off place;
they wouldn’t know what you meant
up farther if you asked for a church.”
Now we are rushing along through the hills.
Now. we have reached Mount Airy, said to
be the highest point by this route between j oases of cholera-morbus, however, are reported. We
New Orleans and New York. We are off j however learn that a physician, familiar with cholera,
again, steam ofl, aud don t »we go down this ■ pronounced that of Mrs. Wiley G. Robinson, who ie-
grade ? I was told the car would run for [ 0( , nlly died ln the dirtric of th.» county, a
twenty miles without a pound of steam. Why clMt CMI) cf Asi , tic cho i trm> Morri8tm „ sc ,’ Te .
don t they make railroads so they will all run „ casc in the Bil neighborhood,
that way. and just send engines trom one end ? w . helr a , dMl , bom Mr couatrT frlcnds bpmR
lou could walk back. We have reached Toe- ; „ * , ,
coa-eight houses, and six of them “hotels” i ,frald 10 VIB “ KD0 * v,lle « *<-*»>"‘ “Vortod
and two bar-rooms. We got an excellent of iu °" rcil . v - Known, the true
dinner at the ‘*0161,” if a" man don’t care ^ ln the m.U«. we would b. derelict In cur dot,
what he says. Wo soon leave, and start for j 8 hould we fail to disabuse the minds of our country
the falls. Wo walk, callBe whv, we ain’t got I friends of this erroneous idea. True, wc occasionally
the money to ride. The road is like most of Kara a case of cholera in cur city, but the cause of it
country roads, rough and mean, three creeks
to the ’mile, and one very large hill, they call
it, anywhere else it would be a mountaiu.
After falling in encll creek, to see if the water
was wet, we reached the fall. I have ex
hausted myself already, and even if 1 had not,
1 could never do justice to the beauties of
this wonderful fall of water. I will simply
repeat the toast I dtauk as I stood in front,
while the spray fell thick and fast over me. I
took the bottle and said (,if I can remember
what I said, for that was not the first time I
had taken the bottle,). “Gentlemen, heieisto
the lovely Toceoa: I hove seen Niagara in all
its power, and I now say Niagara is the grand
aud magnificent, but Toccoais the wonderful
and beantiiul.” And I meant it Above us
the rocks rise tor one hundred and eighty-six
feot; the water, about twenty feet wide,
seems to leap out of the sky almost, and oom-
iug down such a distance, separates and be
comes mist. The rocks are all covered with
green trees and moss. I wonld be willing to
bet my old hat that if the people of Atlanta
really knew what a lovely place Toccou Falls
is, they would fiook there ia great numbers.
Ecskbaue.
A New Song;—And a Careless
Poet.
From too Georgia Musical Eclectic for August.
Tt is not often that we aTe called upon to
notice a piece of music which is so eminently
of .*>,utbcm production as is one before ns,
just received from Messrs. Guilford, Wood &
Co. rititled ‘Love’s First Dream.’ The words
are by Charles W. Hubner, of Atlanta; the
music by Mr. A. B. Knapp, leader of the At
lanta Mozart {Society, and the pnblisbers are
Messrs Guilford, Wood A Co., of Macon and
Atlanta.
“The composer has done his duty m this
matter, for be has given a very sweet melody,
which will become popular, if onr music lov
ing people wiil only try the song.* The pub
lishers have also done well in bringing it out
in good style.
But we are compelled to scold onr friend
Habner a little; not simply because we have
room to scold but because he deserves it.
Hubner is a clever poet, as thq reading*public
well knows. His ihonghts are poetic, and he
understands, better than most people, the
mechanical requirements of verse; but the
l .tter he bns wofi dy disregarded in writing
this song. We on : te a few lines to show what
we mean:
• >b, bright u:,»y ne *l»< lrearoi that swing
Tbeir plumes *.-< ,J lie height* cf fame;
Ami sweet n\ry i» t). d ‘ami that bring
'as day* ot childb >l bock again.’
“Now, Hubner !:u ws that ‘serene* and
‘dream do not rhym- together; neither do
•fame’ and a^iin.’ \ id these are only two
exam pi s fren th\» . g. There is another
equally as bad. For ii.-tance, he makes
‘dream* rhyme with '-.be; n.* These all occur
in a song of twentyeg.
“We claim that, vL m ve are not a poet—
at least n t enough s<» to injure our appetite
for beef aid cab bug -*f w- were to pull off
our coat and com ov-u t tough work for
an hour or two, wecouio havi produced bet
ter rhymes (ban tl cl — q oted, and have
still preserved the ant harmony of the
verse. Hubuer cm Lav . me the same
thing, and h tho kk t, rather than
let a song, b -ring 1. r-:; , go before the
world with t .eh blights upon its beauty.”
Macon Telegra. and Mcsstnjer.
We presume hat Mr. Htumer is indebted
to his genial mend, Mr. Asa R. Watson, the
talented editor the Mu con Telegraph and
Messenger, for the above “bitter-sweet” com
pliment.
The opinion of a writer of acknowledged
ability on literary subjects is always worthy
of consideration, and the literary world de
rives benefit from the proper discussion of
the canons of legitimate criticism. Simply
for this reason we call attention to the woful
disregard of principle and precedent evinced
by our Macon friend, in charging the writer
of this song with “ wofolly disregarding the
mechanical requirements of verse. ”
Mr. Hubner does not know that the words
quoted by the T. and M. are “blights,” and
do not rhyme together; they are what every
I cultivated student and writer of English pros
ody will acknowledge as “allowable rhymes,”
| such as are found in the metrical composi-
i tions c! Mmost every modern language,
| Trench versification excepted, and frequently
! used bv tbe master* cf our own. It is fcyper-
criticisn v assert he contrary.
Servile atte’ Tri pe-fe* t exactness of
, rhyme :« veil . igh as a tbeon, but when
I the practi t s.andsrd writers inculcates
legitimate -1*viaticn from suefi procrustei u
truL inels, U exception to the role cer
tainly cannot be denounced as a defect. 01 a
“blight.”
Using the idea of a standard authority 1
this subject, we submit to the editor of ti
Telegraph and Messenger the want ^r
recollecting the licenses of our best writers
and how agreable they occasionally are .o the
nature of our poetry, has often been the cauo^
either of choosing a weak expression for the
sake of perfect rhyme, or of relinquishing a
valuable one for no other reason than the
want of it
To illustrate this, and possibly to avert the
blight of killing criticism from Mr. Hubuer’s
lyrical bantling by holding up the example of
those far greater than he, who have disregar
ded “the mechanical requirements'of verse,”
we quote at random from a few careless poets,
whom the world has heretofore recognized
; as tolerably well skilled in the art of poesy.
; Parnell, one of the sweetest singers that
ever touched the Apollonian lyre has this:
Even here I sing, when Pope supplies thetfem^.
Show my own love though not increase his fame.
Quaint and rollicking Oldham says:
Draw next the patron of that tree.
Draw Bacchus and soft Cupid l/jr.
Garth mak& thia bad rhyme:
8he'a d?af to beauty’s soft persuading power.
Nor can bright Hebe's charms her bloom secure.
Pope the most polished and harmonious
master of English verse, wofully disregards
tho mechanical requirements of verse as fol
lows:
Cuba bids fair to have a triangular fight. A
Carlist movement has broken out on the
island, if our dispatches from New York can
be relied upon. Should the report be true,
the patriots will easily achieve tbe indepen
dence of Cuba; as the moment the Spanish
quarrel among themselves they will not be
able to maintain their hold iu the den-rtments
now in revolution.
Professor Wise is to take with him on bis
balloon voyage a number of carrier pigeons,
to act as reporters for the Daily Graphic. The
birds are furnished by Mr. O. S. Hubbell, of
New York, who is a famous pigeon fancier,
is invariably traced to some act of imprudence. Alj
over Eaat Tennessee vre hear of Isolated cases of the
disease, and Knoxville is os safe a« any place. Come
to town, do your tradiDg and you need suffer no an
easiness.—Prut and Herald.
The news from Jonesboro grows more and more
favorable day after day. Only one death—that of a
negro woman—occurred Wednesday night, snd up to
noon yesterday, no othera were reported. The case*
that remain are of a very mild nature, and the few
new cases that are developed from time to time are
easily manageable.
Intelligence of a very severe case of cholera at
Rogersville Junction, was brought by the noon train,
yesterday—that of an engineer, named Drane, on the
Rogersville branch railroad. Hi* condition, early
yesterday, was pronounced very critical.
A report reached the city yesterday that the cholera.
In a violent form, has reappeared in Chattanooga, aud
that much excitement prevails there. The Mayor has
issued a proclamation prohibiting tbe sale of melons
and oil vegetables, except tomatoes and potatoes.
Though the rumor la apparently well founded iu fact,
yet we trust it ia incorrect, and that ChatUuooga may
not suffer from a second visitation of tbe scourge.
Prtst and Herald.
And again:
A similar example from Dryden, the father
of English verse:
Prior makes “errs” rhyme with “cares,”
and even Addison perpetrates bad and blight
ing rhymes in his lyrical rhapsodies:
[“And these are only a few examples !”]
We are willing to admit that Mr. Watson,
as he himself claims, could have produced
better rhymes than those in question, and, if
it is all the same to our muscular Mactn
friend, wo would be glad to have him “puli
off his coat and come down to tongh work for
an hour or two,” in the reconstruction of the
rhymes of such careless poets as Pope, Dry-
den, Addisou, Parnell, Prior, etc. Certainly
to him ’twould be
nor would the w irk interfere with his poetical
penchant for beef aud cabbage. A few hours
tough work would forever rid tho flowerbeds
of our English Parnassus of the noxious
weeds and metric debris which, in the course
of centuries, have there accumulated.
Even Washington, least romantic of all cit
ies, has her Enoch Arden, his name being
prosaic Brown. Ho turned up a tew days
ti nee, but, instead of pining aud dying.
Brown iuoontiuentlv booled Ins successor off
and who is now putting the little messengers the premises, aud Mrs. Brown and ibe babies
through a course of training at his farm in | ftre „ ow all his own, but he has to settle with
Connecticut. i the police couit.
If Brigham Young s remaining sixteen wives \ ‘ 7 \
will sue him for divorce and alimony, the j Ralph Keeler is wntiug plays m j artner-
Mormon question will bo settled. ' **kip with \ ictorien ourdou.
American “humorists” are not always re
ceived with open arms in England, as the fol
lowing from Figaro bears witness: “Eli Per
kins,” who is a “humorist,'’ resident in New
York, bos fallen into the singular habit of
writing to tbe editor of this paper letters
which begin familiarly and end affectionately.
He is good enough to send bis photograph, a
quantity of laudatory—shall we say self-lau
datory ?—notices of a book he seems to have
written, and certain newspaper cuttings,
which have a curious way of beginning thus:
“ ‘Eli Perkins’ says,” etc. In one of his let
ters he says : “If you would like a good thing
now aud then, let me know.” We feel that we
have not merited this kindness from an utter
stranger, but will defer our thanks until “Eli
Perkins” comes to London to give a course of
lectures, which, it must by this time be obvi
ous to the reader, he is about to do.
I Mr. Tremaine, M. P., whose yacht was part
of the naval pageant at Portsmouth during
the Shah's visit, was injured by the powder
from the guns from a near gunboat. Two
daughters of Lord Sandys were also hurl, and
the powder grams riddled tho yacht’s bul
warks and boats like bullet*.
Mr. Joseph Tit comb, opulent ship-builder
and treasurer of Bowdoin College, stands as
good a chance of beiug beaten lor the Gover
norship, this year, as any other Democrat in
Maine.