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The Daily Herald.
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1873.
THfC HERALD PI HLIMllIAG COMPANY,
ALEX. ST. CLAIR-ABRAMS.
IliCNHV W. GRADY,
It. A. ALSTOM.
Editor* and Manager*,
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Travelling Agent of the Hebald.
Our State Exchanges.
Some unsuspecting female has sent the editor of the
Greensboro Herald a boqnet of flowers, and he winds
off a half column of botanical information, and ex
patiates about the use of these dulcet “yerbs.” [This
item is from the guitman Banner. Dr. J. Westervelt
Irving is the editor of ibe Herald, and he is a
bachelor.]
There are between a thousand and twelve hundred
inhabitants in Carrollton now, and at the present rate
of increase there will be three thousand Christmas
year.
A Swe te by the name of Daniel Moline, was run
over by the construction train at Whitesburg on last
Monday evening, and immediately killed.
Mr. John M. Crnmp, aged 0, died in Pulaski county
of typhoid fever on the 5th.
Mr. A. Cordell died at Cuthbert ot
last, after a protracted illness, aged
AvOTlibH STEP AHEAD.
Tlia Hebald will agreeably surprise its
friends this morning by appearing in an eight
page dress ; thus taking anymore step toward
that absolutely inetropolitan'ournalism toward
which we have striven, and toward which we
have struggled during the post year.
We have no boasling to dc. Rather is onr
heart filled with au humble gratitude than an
uprising vanity. The people have built the
| THE POLITICAL COlfTKST IN MISSIS
SIPPI.
MACON D E PA R TM ENT. SERIOUS AGCIDENT TO A CHILDthe crops.'
The political conflict now going ou iu Mis
sissippi isof a diameter that promises much
good for those Southern States now' in the
power of the radicals It was inevitable
that tl^e few native whites who hud gone over
to radicalism and yet retained something like
honesty and self respect, would finally split
with the carpet-baggers and declare war with
Herald. To that Rood source is attributnble I tbem . A|nog> the K „ n . m . lav , 0 , 1)en Batler
H. C. STEVENSON
- - - • CITY EDITOR.
MACON, GA., MONDAY, SEPT. 15. 1875 |
Our Office.
The Branch Office of the Hebald is on
Cherry street, over Helfrich’s confectionery
store. Parties desiring to subscribe lor or
A Street Car Rut:
Injure** Lin
s over it Small Boj- i
Severely—Tile Dri-
CMtcrt Under a
On yesterday an accident c
advertise iu tne Hebald, will always find | Street Railroad line
i tae Marietta
Ileing Correct Intelligence of tlir
lug Crop*—Collated front t
Herald** Urgulnr Loral
Cnrreapondrnts.
MORGAN COUNTY.
Number of acres in corn, cotton. Ac., in
that Roperbencoes* that has made it o wonder ! nd t . b candidBU foi . Govpnivr ^ | »ome cue ip the office to attend to their H°iw * Co., thu .ttneted
of the Georgia press. To the people, then, is 1 belong8 tH tbatclag8of adveoturers winch have i * —
lie mauuiactory of J. 8. Morgan county, and number of hands m
a good deal of attention 1873—25,130 acres in cotton: 10,276 acre>
our credit due. Wu may be pardoned for
no interest in Mississippi other than that of
Tin? Sunday flcratd.
The greatest disappointment was felt here yester
day morning at the failure of the Hebai.i> to come
down on the regu’ar paper train. It showed the pop
ularity, tlie absolute and extraordinary demand for
i jure the people of his State, ho has been lib- i the paper. So soon a* a dispatch was received
saylDg that the Hrrald will never prove re-, pluDf]tr 0{ AlcorDi 1;ls orponeut , lit . .
creant to the manly confidence they have ! in tbe gbapo of praUa caa u But i
shown in its integrity and honesty. We have wbil „ hj , scalIawagj8m ha8 dono maeh to in . I
but one theory, but one plan, but one sched- I
iu corn; 48,943 acres in cultivation: 2,964
ngiuecr hands employed.
The crop prospects in onr county at present
during tli* day.
A small boy, u son of Mr. YV. B. A1
ou the Western Si Atlantic Railroad, aged about
three years, was run againat by a street err and severe* ! arc good, with few exceptions,
ly if not fatally injured- It appears that the child was — —
on the track, and not oeiug discovered by the driv
was first struck with the swingleiree, knock, d dt v
Brook*
i the trsck, and then l
nle, but one determination, but one religion, era j jn bjs v j ewg aad oppo3ed the jdunder- the oOo. or publication, umcm.ctnn tb.t it would »r- * be whfel *- Th ' r 'n !lt lc i>' w3 * broken ’ ,he ,bihh ,e ‘ ranging about 1 to X.\ lower than the Savai
Cotton Las commenced moving. Some 3■>
* nd P“">y °'* r ** 1 bales ot new sold ou last Satnrday-the price
mi thn tlii-h w>. . 1 ... ill. .. . t, .. ,i. . v
and that is: “Look out for rings and monop
olies, and when you see a head, crack it.”
With an enlarged sphere for usefulness :
( ing which his quondam allies have indulged 1 rive ttt 7:50 T
' - i Bulletin Hoard.
it
immediately posted
llie
erely injured and the body bruised until its recovciy u a h quotations.
i* doubtful.
All along the line of mv journey evidenc
... , When the train finally
, ,. „ . , . , , . As we understand it the struggle is one be- 1 for - nil - f) !lir ..
standing upon firmer ground, and backed by .. , v , .. or ana ° r E
^ 1 tween the foreign and the native radicals, the sent
a plentier success than we have ever bad, we e :. ... _. ,
1 , . . former to continue their career of misrule, «eut
stand ready to fight the battles of the people ., , .. . . . ,., .
J , 1 ! the latter to put a stop to the excesses of their
against rings : the people agamst mouopo- j carpet . baBRing brethreu . lf there was aav
lists; the people against tyrants; the people ! po98ib n lt y of a Democratic candidate slip pi ng
against thieves.
As a newspaper, the Hebai.d will continue, |
as heretofore, to spare neither pains nor ex- j
pense to get the news first and scatter it
quickest! ,
down, a great rush was
low kuowu, every copy
sold in au hour afterwards. You should have
•eut at least five hundred more. Not a copy could j to cj
even be retained for a file iu the office. Everybody ! aud
fays that no such edition was ever before public lied in
- j Georgia,
Spotswoori llrxtnuruiit.
R. J. Lewis, who has taker: charge ot the bar of the
Dr. W. C. Asher was called iu and the wounds dress i caterpillar were visible, increasing ;i.
ed as expeditiously an possible, ami, in additior., Dr. 1 < ‘ x,t ' 11 t the lower down I came. In the lower
Asber wan auttiorizc't by tbr street Jlailr< >au Company *icr of counties the crop w ill be reduced a:
least one-tliird—some think more; yet I met
with a gentleman from Savannah, connected
placed iu char ts Wlt ^ a comm i SR * on house, declare that tberi
1 ^ u 1 would be more cotton produced iu Soathwest-
iu I)»*. W. H. Westmoreland for consuhatinu
atment. The parent* of the child had just left
and ill-* child t
between the two, the chance would be a fine
one for the Democrats. Unfortunately, how- j 8pot*wood-National Hotel, will soon fit up
! ever, the radicals are not only largely in the ! ran ) llnH r ®om Uckof the main office
majority, but they are more compactly organ-
ganized than the democrats. It would, there
fore, seeui to be wisdom in the latter to ab-
! stain from making nominations, and lo sup-
Exactly bow a man, whose salary is only ] port tbe AIcorn pnrty> uol so nmch M th „
1IOW DOES SMITH DO
1 s. urday C • . p twelve hundred dollars per annum, can sue- j leaBt of two evjlg os ; f pcrm ,.nentlv
j ears. • , . . . , r :iu .i J *
The Southern Express 1. I
freight from ceed fc’ ivin S his wile four silk dresses in one ; the radieals .
dividing
season, to say nothing of other things; or how We Eot at „ u hopelu , tbat Ames wi u be
onlj’ has he a large following
pay his grocer’s bills of seventy dollars, isyet b „ t lt jg next to impossi bls to persne.de the
able to purchase a diamond ring for one hun-
negroes that their rights are secured iu the
the extensive preparations being made for tbe forth
coming Htatu Fair. That exhibition is now the uni
versal topic of couvQi«atioo, the theino of every
tongue. Macon wid do its level best 10 make it a sue
cess, and to entertain the countless thousands who will
, „ certainly be here.
mild and timid sort of way we have occasion- an< j a q G j- t ij e Federal officials are against 1 Tbe silver wedding ot Rev. J. w. Burke will come
ally experimented upon the possibility of pay-, Aleorili wbo depend s entirely upon the Dem- ofr t ' > - Di|!ht - ""
ing a dollar with ninety cents without swind- ! ocrat8 a „ d 80ch colored votes ,, s can bc ob . ’ —
ling anybody, bnt.cn every occasion the result tained . xbo odds ate conseqQent)y iu favor
dred and fifty dollars, are profound mysteries hauda of aliy 0lber8 tbau advNllurer g hke I
we have vainly endeavored to fathom. In a ; Amea . Besides, nearly ail tbe State official
has been most disastrous to our expectations,
winding op invariably with its costing us one !
hundred and five cents to the dollar, so that
in despair of accomplishing the feat, we have
New York to M*con In forty-six hoars.
New corn is selling in the Bsinbridge market at sev. j a man who swears he hasn’t money enough to ! beaten. Not
enty-five centa [per bushel, fodder seventy five cents
per hundred pounds.
Bainbridge ia the beat cotton market in Southwest
Georgia, and planters living at a distance are fast find
ing it out. Quite a number of bales have been received
at that point from the counties of Miller, Mitchell, Ba,
ker, Early and Calhoun; also from Gadsden county,
Florida.
Crops are reported unusually good in Madison
county.
Charles Edge, son of Mr. Warren Edge, of Athens,
died of cholera in Lebanon, Illinois, on the 4th of
August.
The Rev. Nelson Osborn, of Franklin county, de
parted this life on the 3d instant, at bis old bomstead,
where he had lived for the paat forty-one years.
Bishop Gross will deliver a lecture in Stummer’s
Hall, Washington, Wilkes county, Wednesday evening.
Bartlesville has decided to hold a fair on tbe 10th of
October.
Columbus had received since August 31st to Septem
ber 11,349 bales of cotton against 1,152 last year, show
ing a decrease in eleven days of 802 bales.
Plaacie, tbe youngest daughter of Mrs. Theresa
Watt, of Columbus, died on the 10th, after an illness
of only three dsys. Her age, eight years.
Columbus thus far this season has received only 036
bales of cotton, againRt 1,489 same time last year. The
river has brought 240 bales against 23 same time iu
1873.
The Columbus Sun of 8unday says: “W hear that
many copies of * Atlanta Hebald of to-day *av«
been ordered 1 -• the city and wid be for sale at the post-
office tbit morning. It will contain the Waddell-
Phillips correspondence
party.”
Tbe Columbus Enquirer of Sunday says: “From
gentlemen who come down from Hamilton yesterday,
we learn that the preliminary examination of Wm.
Seats, for tbe murder of bis brother, Cupp Seats, in
Hamilton, on Wednesday last, occurred on Thursday.
pects to have t-verv thing in readiness for the reception
of the public by the first of October.
The City.
Wo have now !u ly entered upon the fa 1 trade, and
business looks decidedly better. The wind aud the
clouds indicate a return of the storm of last week.
Sunday in the city was passed very quietly. A great
many persons who are confined iu their shops, offices 1
aud counting-rooms, took advantage of the day and rence
went to tbe Park t<
for Rome, Georgia,
others, but by chauce it w
went on the track. From wh
the child wav on the track *u.
roHian- the car called to the drive
He ex- then the child attempted to i
was caught.
Wc also learu that the di.
are doing everything iu thei
comfort and secure the recovery of the cl
driver, who is a stranger here, Mr. J E.
been arrested, under a warrant charging
gross carelessness, but what the testimony
cannot tell, aud how
4 be regretted, we cat
the yard aud
able to K*th<
inked back, and
improvements and must have been purely accidet-td au
ou the part of the driver. Tae questi*
is th s only point to be considered.
who has certainly stamped
his individuality upon the world and the uieu of his
time. Macon rtcognises in him one of her best, tru-
;, aud greatest citizens. Tbe writer sends greeting
of the carpet-baggers ami they are likely to j to him and his wife: May their future lives be as calm
('rinonal Intelligence.
Gen. L. J. Gartrell goes down the Georgia Railroad
to ThouiSou, McDuffie county, to-day, to defend a gen
tleman charged with au assault with intent to murder.
General L. J. Gartrell leaves this morning for
Thompson, McDuffie county, on the G<*o gia lUilroac*
to attend tbe fall session of th*i Superior Court there.
The General is associated as counsel in sonm very itn
ern Georgia than there was last year; that the
cry of caterpillar wm* delusive to a great ex
tent, and that they would do tb« crop but
little damage. I need but add tbat he was
1 qnite a young man.
j As to the caterpillar destroyer so largelv
of the Company ! used in this section, there is a variety ot
to promote the opinions. Some coincide with Col. Lockett
The ; that it is a success, while tuanv intelligent
h*« farmers ttiink it a useless expenditure: and
with some even express tbe opinion that the *pizeu
tH*. attracts the worm, and as proof, declare that
much the occur- those plantations where the article has been
but believe tbat it used are nior** infested with the caterpillar
than < tbeis in the same neighborhood when
none has bt-en used. Thus it is the Doctors
disagree, and it will require another season ot
experiment to determine the trite efficiency o:
this compound
The cottou is opening rapidly under the hot
sun of the p*st week, and the planters are
pressing into service every available hand,
paying in some instances lrotn seventy-five
cents to one dollar per day.
After resting I may have something more
to say. Until then, lam A Granges.
lintcutional
negUgenc*
This good will, however, result from it:
The better class of white radicals and the
mote intelligent colored voters will perma-1
settled down to the old fashioned method of nentlv abandoa tbo radlcal party aa(J will
spending only one dollar where we have only final|y fae absorbcd by tbe Dcm0 cracy. Thus
one * t some good mast come of a family quairel
Doubtless this adherence towhatmaj be an which has developed that in Mississippi, as in
effete idea of honesty is distressing and even : other Southern States, the carpet-bag element j the police
humiliating to cur wives and daughters who have but one idea aud that is to tax and steal j
look upon the silks aud grenadines, the dia- 1 at every opportunity, and to bold on to power, i
monds and pearls of their neighbors with 1 ccir.e what mav.
a* the unruffled lake,and when entered into the ocean 1 P'- ,r t 4 at criminal cased to be tried during the ten:;
wistful, if not envious, eyes. But it certainly
enables ns to preserve a tranquil conscience,
and gives us time to philosophically contem
plate the mystery of spending five thousand
dollars oat of twelve hundred and laying up
something for a rainy day besides.
For is it not a fact that in our midst there
are not a few men who perform this feat which
furnidhed by the latter i equals, if it does not surpass, that of working •*« ......
1 , , . r ° i such a oohev, but aa Alabama is situated, it
for nothing and boarding ones self.-* There , . “ . ....... ,, ... .
. __ t ° __ t looks very much as if this deplorable conflict
is Mr. Smith for instance. He is emplo3 r ed i - , , .. . . m i
, _ r _ . _ TT . 1 . , j °1 races was forced upon the whites. They
by Mr. liaconsides & Bagging. He is married;, . .......
, , , . , , . TT . i have done everything in tboir power to con-
and resides in a neatly furnished house. His 1
wife is a most charmiDg lady, always fault-
YVIIITES and BLACKS IN ALABAMA.
The political situation i:i Alabama is as
suming a grave appearance. With notable
unanimity the Democratic press have agreed
to make the issue of too next election between
the whites and the blacks. Under ordinary
circumstances we would be forced to condemn
of eternity, may their authors say to them as did
the Savior to the troubled water* of Galilee, * .Peace,
be still.”
Rape*
There was* rape committed at 11 o’clx-k yesterday
by a notorious Savaunah negro named Ames Barnes,
in a block adjoining the Brown House, upon a colored
girl 12 years of age. The ecreams of the girl attracted
IIo rau by them, they not knowing what
had occur: ed aud escaped.
Found.
The body of ibe negro girl, Mary ITill, drowned
Friday was found this morning lor* yards below, lodg
ed against a wood boat, much decomposed. The Coro,
uer’s jury rendered the same verdict.
— —— wm ■■n—oniii i i
East Tennessee Items.
McDuffie .k Bro.. plant* rers, are now doing a thriv
ing business. Dsn, the indefatigable Alderman, is
tip-top ou either plain or < rnanienta! work
We had the pleasure of meeting on ye-Ucrday
Mr. Edwatd Baik-y, the genial and talented editor ol
Our Mount tin Home, published in Talladega, Al*
He visits Atlanta iu the interest of his journal.
We wtre pleased to meet on the street yesterday
evening our excellent f rieud, Captain S. R. Love, now
of Rice, Love Co.’s famous Concord WooU-u Mills,
Smyrna, Ga.
•‘Joe Brautly,” the live merchant of Fail burn, Ga.,
is in our city looking after his n ercantile interests.
“Joe” lias a host of friends both :i
city, and wo wish him great success
The following, among others, wen
National Hotel last night: Charles
Troup Conuty.
By your request we give yon our views o;
the growing cotton crop. Kecipts here ia**:
season were eighteen thousand bales, aud w*
think they will be nineteen or twenty tuou.-
and bales this season.
Around Covington.
alley News
From the evidence elicited during this j | ess iy dressed and whose earrings have exas- v
examination, lt appears that deceased 1
shot in the right breast, between tbe nipple and arm , , . . nu .»»— u «iwv* . v ..v»u U
pit, »nd th»t d«th followed .lmo.t immedi.itly. Tbt , moderate calculation Mrs. bmith s wardrobe oonngelg of ttdTentn „ ra and 80 allnw,. R «, und
perated more than one fair creature. At i
ciliate the negroes, and to guarantee them
protection in tbe exercise of all their rights.
! Not content with this—or rather distrusting
j the whites—the negroes have followed the
two brothers had baen in the habit of quarreling, and
bad quarreled on that oay. The prisoner had threat
ened to kill his brother repeatedly. At dinner time
be had cursed, swore aud threatened, and had been
asked by his brother-in-law M hash nntil he and his
wife could leavs the table. After tbe first shot tbe
prisoner bad to be held by his mother and sister to
prevent him from shooting a second time, he assert
ing that it was his purpose to kill and wanted to 6hoot
him in the head. The inference is that Mr. Cupp
Seats was shot while lying on his bad. No provoca
tion appeared in evidence to justify th** rash act.
After a fair and impartial bearing. William Seats was
put nndar a bond of $5,000, failing to give which, bc
was sent to jail.”
Mr. W. D. Car hart died at bis residence near Clinton.
N. J., on tbe $3th of August, in the 49th year of his
age. Mr. Carhart was one of the founders of the firm
of Bray, Carhart k Co., of Macon, of which the pres
ent firm of Carhart A: Curt are the successor*.
W. E. Collier, a well known and popular citizen of
Dougherty county, died on his plantation, near Chick-
asawhatchie, on Sunday evening last, aged about sixty
years.
Mr. E. J. Phillips, an employee in the gin factory of
Mr. O. W. Massey, near Macon, was found dead in tbe
woods not far from Mr. Massey’s residence, on Friday
morning.
Dr. A. G. Thomas, formerly of Georgia, it is report
ed, bis just been appointed Professor of Latin in tbe
Nouhwestern Christian University, located at Indian-
apobc, Indiana. Dr. Thomas is well and favorably
known thronghoat this State, having graduated at the
Atlanta Medical College. He is also a minister of the
Christian denomination, and resided in Atlanta for a
considerable period.
The wife of MaJ or Robert S. Hardaway, died in La-
Fayett-. Ala., on Tuesday last. Mrs. H. was the daugh
ter of a Mr. Hungerford, a prominent merchant of
Columbus, daring its early history. She was noted
in her >«*uth for her wealth, beauty and rare accom
plishments. She was first married to Mr. Daniel
Grant, a manufacturer, of Columbus, before tbe war.
General Robert Toombs Las returned from his sum-
cost one thousand dollars per annum, her
children's (for they are always well dressed)
four hundred, while Smith’s clothes cannot
cost less than three hundred. In addition,
Smith is of a convivial nature, and indulges
forced the issue, which the superior race has
accepted.
Unlike Louisiana, Alabama has a large and
compact white population numerically supe
rior to the negroes, and not at ali likely to
in a social game of poker, and takes a drink I , ook with favor apoQ .. naiflcatioaIaove .
now and then. At the least estimate, he 1
j m-nts. If, then, the struggle is to be between
| races, even though it be a violent one, the
I negro must go to the wall, and it did not need
I the italics and capitals of our Alabama cotem
poraries to explain the gravity of the conflict
spends three thousand dollars per annum out
of a salary of twelve hundred.
It is an old story, but we do not see it ter
minate as these old stories usually do. Smith
has not yet been arrested, his credit contin- I gnd iaevi tob lo result
ues good, (at any rate he can get goods “on I
time.”) He stands on the line of promotion,
and is, perhaps, a respected member of the j month $207,000 for work
church. But how does he do it ? How is the ! of tbe l° wet cnd
marvelous feat accomplished ? What adds to | 8c * r ‘- ,, y of mone y*
our amazement is the fact that Smith is also
saving money, and has actually bought some
city lots. For the life of us we cannot un
derstand how the thing is done.
w.\ Fla; Thus Ro!an<], Bolton; Jno T
Mountain; L E Durall uni win*, Loi.uviBe, Ky: .1 1*
t % J 1 Moor**, Marietta; D F Sullivan, Ceraawla; \Y a Carr,
^nian by the ot .Jiuie Lassl^v died j Chattanooga; Col C Peeples, city; F M Swanson, Mou
lt A
ford, Lovejoys Sta
tion ; Mrs Dean Dow, Griffin;* W Harris, Jr, Car-
. . , . - , - * » j teraville; James 8 Bnn, Baltimore; J A Walker
her daughter weie the only inmates of the , . IX ~ ^ ... _ _ T .
. 0 * Hampton; John II Turner, Earaosville; G G Barrett,
So Ex Co; G P Bivens, Hampton; J D Bowles. So Ex
Co; J M Williams, Hampton; W H H Futnell. Milner.
Judge David Irwfn, of Marietta, wai in the city yes-
The corn, oat, wheat and cottou crops o:
Jasper, Butts, Rockdale, Walton nnd Henry
counties are much better than most ot the
planters had hoped lor. The long dry seasot.
in the summer injured corn and cotton to
urn, Ga., some extent. The rams following tho dry
interval*, season caused the cottou to shed m thesr
t of this counties considerably, yet a very fair yield
gain, Joe.** will he realized, and the farmers of Middle
edstthe Georgia can easily meet all their liabilities
Tall bap- without „ny serious injury to themselves or
The King
A- , ..
sndJenly oulhe Uigt/ol; Sunday_ Install the | tiMl!o . Chns E lalsy> Cillcinliati: j b Kipper
Hemlon, Hampton, Ga; J D Cri
. stone families. On account of the scarcity of Afri-
!i labor, some of the best lands in thest-
nnti: shave remaineduncul.ivated this rear
10th district, m the neighborhood of Cooper’:
Landing. Tbe verdict of the jury was that
she died of hemorrhage of the lungs. She and
her da
house.
We learn from the county Superintendent
tbat up to the present time he has issued
twenty-nine certificates of qualification to
parties desiring to teach public Hchools iu tertla y-
Koane county. We have not as yet been j Judge A. C. Mclntoab,
able to loam how many have prospects for a P r °miueut citizens of Cobb county,
school. Among the number there are three j business mission,
colored men. The highest grade of qualifi
cation attained by any of these applicants
is an average of 9, the lowest 61.
Major F. S. Wallace, to whom we have re
ferred on several occasions heretofore as hav
ing charge of the surveys, on the eastern
of the most stab’
(COMMUNICATED.)
oinlnations for Clerk
ourt, May**r siid Alderm
0 the Editors of the Herald :
As it is an admitted fact that the Democrats of Fill-
The water-power at Steadman, ou Yellow-
liver, three miles from Covington, is, perhaps,
the finest and most powerful of any iu Mid
dle Georgia.
Aorcross and Vicinity.
Our wheat crop was a comparative failure,
but w** have a good wheat country. Our oat
o..qj was never better. Our com crop is very
promising. Several of our farmers have set
11 p..n ot their lands iu clover and grass, with
line prospects of success. The number of
acres or quantity per acre, I am uuable to
give at present. Our people seem to be
aroused and iu good spirits, and determined
upon success. We have a large and sightly
Academy, well tilled with pupils, built up
within the last year. Within the last two
.. v. . / - 1 . •* au aiuniiwu i»t» iu*i iu« iseiuocrai* oi r ;il- i
11U68 ot thu proposed Cincinnati Railroad, j ton county mU8 , . c „ DdiJ »te ior clerk of mHuths » printing press lias been established
town on Friday last, and, in company
with R. K. Byrd, went over towards Sweet
water, prospecting along the route *ot a rail
road survey made some time in 1866, from
Emory Gap to that place. Mojor Wallace’s I your v * luable P^ er ' that the Presidents of the various
purpose is to obtain the right 01 way for the 1 " ard Clu bs c *h for nominations in their res-
thc Superior Court before the election on tbe 4th of
October, and as tbe nominations for Mayor snd Aider-
men must soon be held,permit me to suggest through
which sends forth to the people the “Norcross
‘ ‘vance.**
J. J. T.
King Priam’s Jewel Box.
Cincinnati Southern Road along this route, in P ective Wards for Ma.-or and Aldermc;
case the trustees should see fit in locating the 1 ou Saturday, the 27th day of September, and that Dr. Henry Schliermann, the discoverer o:
road to make connection with the East Ten- ! for the candidate tor Clerk of the Superior Court at th e reputed treasures of King Rriarn, at Troy.
The Memphis aud Savannah Railroad paid out last j nessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad at ! the same time, people who live iu the country to has written a letter describing them. At the
the line. Yet the people
not happy aud complain of the
A Prize Package Boy’s Dream
in a Church.
Sweetwater, instead of following the Tennes- j
see valley to Chattanooga. The Major re
turned to town again this week, and we un
derstand that he is meeting with great suc
cess in his mission.
The Morristown Gazette savs
« . , . . e .. . . . I One of the most alarming cases of som-
Somebody baa to pay for it, we know; but aaa)bulism with which
we are familiar is
who? Every dollar above Smith’s twelve j that of the prize packace boy who operates
hundred comes from—-just where, is the real | on the Norristown railroad iu Philadelphia.
week has beeu
id no indicatioi
^ko^health of Mjkrristown during tbe past 1 i, e tw e eu thp tima suggested and tbe usual time of 1 which was built a wall, probably dating bac
2E
for Clerk ouly, and those living in the city to 1 beginning of July, after three years of explor-
voie for Clerk. Mayor and Aldermen of their ree- : iug, Dr. Schliermaun discovered the great cir-
pective wards. ; cular wall of the city, and near Priam’s pal-
It may be urged that this is too early a day for the ace a large copper object of Singular form, be-
mnnicipal nominations; but as the other must be held* hind which he noticed gold. It was covered
nd only a period of eighteen days will intervene by a solid layer of ashes and fragments, on
mystery. Is it not possible that Smith’s
By some extraordinary combination of
cumstances, this child of sin was induced
smiling cotmtenance is only tbe mask of much , to g0 to chnrch a few Sundays ago, nnd while
anxiety? May not those social games of | listening to the sermon fce fell asleep in the
poker and those too frequent drinks mean back pew where he sat. There had been a
something more than the luxuries of a happy I aad ^" >e ‘ ti ? e . ,h - ero bef " M church>
excellent. No cholera holding m
of any since the death of '
Mr. Haynes, on the 31st of August.
We are indebted to Capt. J. H. Trent, Su
perintendent of Public Schools of Hamblen
county, for an exhibit of the scholastic pop
ulation of the county. It stands as follows:
Between 6 and 18 years of age: white males
1,089, white females 6.157; total whites 2,146.
cipai nominations,
two separate nominations can
tLink tbe best course to pursue
Rei-pectfully,
d the necessity for i to a period immediately following the destrnc-
ius be obviated. 11 tion of Trov. To save the treasure from the
the obo suggested. I cupidity of his workmen. Dr. Schliermaun or-
N. o. Bolter. dered them at once to cease work for break -
— ; fast, and then, by the aid of his wife, secured
lie New York Tribune says: Alabama pays interest ! the treasures,
on a part of her debt, having disbursed $245,7*3 for ' The objects discovered were a copper shield
that purpose iu the fiscal year of 1872. The debt of | ^hout niueteeu inches in diameter; a copper
kettle with two horizontal haudles: a bottle ot
A , * , , ‘ , ’ . *, the State direct and contingent, exceeds $30,000,000.
Colored males -11, colored females -14; total TT „„„ .. ^ ,... th6 1 pure gold, made in the form of a shield, and
colored 425. Total white and colored be-
* i tween 6 and 18 years of age, 2,571.
Upou nearly all the
State, default has bc
man? Has Smith, in fine, a skeleton hid
somewhere which, if brought to light, would
tell the story of how he performed au ap
parent impossibility?
We have in our mind twenty such men as
Smith, and thej r have been haunting us for
some time. We have tried feebly to experiment
_ g .... . ; °a this plan aud failed, but they continue
trip to tbeyV ir #tnia Spring*. Afterjtuo fall courts 1 ;
>ver he will go into winter quarters at his old thelt care * r successfully. Would Smith tell
rejoiced to see | the secret if liis employers asked him ? Does
his wife know how it is done ? Could tho dry
7 ,f a , i . , • • ’ 1 tween (> ami lo Years ot age, l.oli.
and nil the Bibles and missionary newspapers | I!atwecll 18 -„ nd 21 veira of age: white the suu h.» au.1. default i
were piled up m that particular pew. had- , UJ { f ^ ^ | th. state 1ST, were tl.Of
denlj tliw remoiwless youug oiphnti Picked m C [ , ^ ,, females H; fMTC.Ooo. There wore, or
nn rt hiinillo ot the tianers m his siecn and . . . . . ._ . , .
lrosd bonds indorsed by . - . - ...
".ado by the companies, , nd | weighing one and one-third pounds, having
♦nr,, Tim r . a «., t . nf ! on oue sl( ^ e a * ar K e and on the other a smai.
^ 1 nwtli..A fra. i4winl*i,ar. Tlanr.a ta-.reo olon m o.va.ala
are over be will go iuto winter quarters
borne in Washington. His friends
him looking well.
Mortality Hung tU. freedmen of I’p«.a county i* , KO()ds merchants, the merchant tailora, tho
i the increase.
Mr. Merritt Fletcher, of Indian Springs, fell fr m a
gin honse Udder snd broke two ribs.
Colonel John V. Price, of Americus, died last Friday.
Alabama News.
Tne Sheriff of Russell county executed fifteen wa.
rants on Tuesday, all made on the affidavit of one man.
Five peace warrants, and ten for breaking and tearing
down fences. The line between two tracts of Und in
dispute is what’s the matter. The parties live a few
miles from this city, end are good citizens.
The Opelika Observer learns that tbe crop in Clay an.
Randolph counties, Alabama, was never better. Farm
ers in Alabama will average a bale of cotton to two
acres, and will not bare to buy a bushel of western
corn for tbe next year.
Tbe iMontgomery Advertiser says: “Mr. W. tack*
son. of Elmore county, raised this year s field or patch
of awaet potatoes, the finest perhaps that were ever
brought to this market. He has sold all tho products
of s half acre for $100 in cash. That would make
$200 per arre, or tquivalent !n value to three average
balsa of cotton. This, however, was but ene of his
crops. From all that he planted he will doubtless
realize more clear ready money than the largest cot
ton pUnter in AUbazua.
Mr. Drake Dolbear son of Major Dolheer, while out
hunting turkeys in Clarke conuty, on the 25th ult,
was mistaken for ons, while yelping, by a negro boy,
wbo shot him. Eight shot struck him in the head,
neck and body. Most of the shot were extracted, and
he was doing wall on tbe 2d inaUnt.
From the Advertiser: We learned yesterday that
one of the largeet and, generally, the most successful
planters of Lowndas cooaty, bad tbi* year a ons
• hundred acre field of cotton from which be did not
expect to gather owe hundred panud*. In fact, as we
are informed, be does not expect or intend to attempt
to gather anything from it. ThU year has been tho
most disastrous to Central Alabama tbat was ever
known.
j up a bundle of the papers in his sleep and
began to walk up the aisle, throwing one intn j
each pew as he went along. When he j.or, |
under the lee of the pulpit he stopped and
waited two or three minutes. The minister j
looked cro8s-eyed*ut him and glared at him I
through his spectacles, but tlu voting brigand
was unconscious. Then he glided down the
aisle and amazed the congregation by n-mov- !
ing the papers from each pew. When he
reached the rear he seized au armful of Bibles j
and rambled up the aisle again, tossing them !
at tlie occupants of the pews.
Resting again uuder the pulpit, and wholly I
indifferent to the circumstance that the cler
gyman’s eyes agaiu were out of their natural
traight position, and were making his spec- I
total colored 17. Total white
between 18 and 21 years of ag
»nd colored
Grand
090,(M), and the payment* 1
1871, Oi t-itamliii;.' warrant* against tho treasury
mount of $196,600, nml certificates of indebtedndM to
total entitled to attend the public schoo
tii** county, 2,858.
Tho Kingston East Tennesseean savs
In- ,
lormatio
that a gi
had beer
ivas received here ou last Tuesday : 193.39.
i nominal vah
»the School Fi
sipt* from Stat
* of $286,600. There
ifi the .sum of $318,50
taxes during the year
;ranged,
I ly growing
i liett*
j grocers, etc., etc., give us nu insight into the
j mystery ? Perhaps they could, and perhaps
! not All we know is that Smith worries us.
i He like « nightmora on .our pecuniary I t^ieslook like ft douhieVbnrrelhTrhu'oinoi
j conscience; he makes our slender roll of headlight, the infaut brigand piaueed down
j greenbacks wither with envy. Does it cost i tho aisle the second time, yeliiug, “Ilerer;
I him an effort? Ls he really performing the iprize peokagea ou^eu oeuu.; each one
J ° contains a prize worth from ten cents to ten
miracle and robbing nobody ? Here, again, dollars!" and grabbing for tho liiblo aa ho
we wander into conjectures. We know hi 1 proceeded. Tne minister waved his hand to
does it; his wife wears those silk j one of the ducons; the deacon and the sexton
dresses and diamonds; his children are al-
charged on that boy, and tbe organist tells us
the three scudded down that thoroughfare at
n—a stranger and trav
murdered on the mountain, in Cum
berland county, on the road in tlie neighbor- tally with those of
hood ot tin* residence of Mr. Calvin Gtbsou, the m*inx*nrr*>.-t
one day last week. We were unable to learu
any ot the particulars, further than that he
w»s murdered, as is supposed, for his money.
Tne names of the assassins are said to bo Cal.
Sharp and Wash Gideon, who escaped.
F«*r rtcvt-ml wcvks past little has been said
about the Cincinnati road, except complaints
! at thn dilatory policy ot the trustees. But
J recently. Major Wallace, one of the engineers
j ot the road, made his appearance in town,
1 and the subject bus been revived and consid-
| erably discussed on our streets. The object
I of the Major’s visit is to take observations
and secure tho rights of way through the sev
eral farms on a formerly surveyed route t>—
Thu
ways beautiful to look upon; he is superb. ^ rate of fifteen knots an hour, while the
And yet somehow we cannot help believing ! sexton shook the boy up, and the deacon
that buried somewhere in Smith’s heart is a boxed bis ears and wished it was not wicked
. , , . . . . . . .. jtoiwenr. Then they took him tip into tne
leaden bullet, whicn weighs heavily npon 1 8teep i 0Il n d killed him. Wo are not certain
him. And every time we grasp Smith’s hand j that they killed him, but we think th. y d
and look up into his face, the thought passes 1 of course, lor that is the only w
through our mind that he finds it difficult to j ^bo^kept^ quiet.
sleep at night.
Nevertheless, Smith accomplishes the mira
cle and we are curious to know how he does
orifice for drinkimr. There were also a small
av w goblet of gold alloyed with twenty-five per
t*na i!«< .iLI! tuL ' cen * silver: six pieces of gold alloyed with
% n ~* n “ ,r * * silver, possibly Homeric talents: three large
silver vases, a silver goblet, a silver bowl ami
two beautifully worked silver vases. Thirteen
copper lance heads and other weapons were
found. Near the articles were found a cop-
siiuilar to the largo safe keys used
in banks. Of the authenticity of these treas-
xactiy ures Dr. Sc'nlierman remarks:
are in Probably the treasure was hastily stowed
set by away into the box by some member ot Priam's
*ie al- family, who carried it away without having
ivtbod time to withdraw the key. On the wall he
: stive, i was ovtrtftkeu either by the enemy or the
Tbe ! hre, and was compelled to abandon the
•omul. ! l 'hest, which was immediately hurled to the
depth ol five or six fee t under the red ashes
and the stones of the adjoining palace. That
the treasure waa packed away hL tho risk of
life and amidst tear nud troubling, is shown
by tho contents of the largest silver vase, at
whose bottom I fouud two magnificent gol
den head-bun Is aud one tromkt, nud tour
•e Durkbam, of Kentucky, presiding. | splendid, most artistic ear pendants of gold,
.odgea reported; 31 Rrand encamp- J On tbt*Ne lav filty-aix goldeu ear-rings
fiuauces of tUj SU
f Dot going fro » bad to wortc are«
Then* figure* do not «
tor Reynold*, but they
i* raaiu correct. The Tribune clones tbe *ubj
i-cnomeudimr repudiation. A* regard* the M
:uly mentioned, it say*: “it their present u
dealing with theiV creditor* I* lire only alten
e tooanr they publicly repudiated the better
oper place for a decaying carcass i* uuder g
THE ODD FELLOWS.
Good Works oi a Noble Order.
Baltimouf. September 15. 1873.
The Gia::«l Lidffft of Odd Fellow* are iu t*e*eion,
Deputy Grand
>rty.ou>
butchered him long ago ii we could only hav
got him alone iu a steeple some where.
- - , . ...cuts represented. The Grand Secretary report*, most singular desigu, Ulld thousauils ot
tween Big Emoty Gap and Bweetwater, a | jMn j lg71 . 31.1872—Number of lodge* in 187!, ' very small rings, dioe, buttons, etc, all
* ’ rt> | made of gold, which were evidently dc-
of ■ tuched from the jewelry. Then followed
jj. mx golden bracelets, aud on the top
l tf> . ! were placed the two small gold goblets.
1871, | ^ on,> head-bend measures twenty inches
N (V, v .I,.i — —. • ; ----- — -• i „ ... <1 -un * i ;UlJ a golden chain, from each side
•iv iu ‘ which ‘’^^ P^Hed °v« the route last we-k and j ju is^-. i *.7* i ot whlcL lmu « a ° wu e, « ht ^ains, fifteen
M I we ,,r '’ « 1,u1 fo fo»i» vxptriencert no trouble in ; •* M.mb.r. In ltri. 317^1. .Iu ... j incheg Iong whicb ar „ ,. OTar ,. d on tir,-lv wit:
! i. 1 "touring the rl^ht of w«J nlong the entire ncu '*“‘. ' JJ "' 1 email solden l-.iv.
point ou tlu* East Tcunesseo and Georgia
Railroad. We wtre unable to learu anything
definite in regard to this motive, further than j
ihat it is tho order of tho trustees. Major |
Wallace, in company with Col. Byrd aud'
others of our citizens, familiar with the!
4.292; in 1872. 5,045—i iorca*e, 753. Initiation* in 1871.
49,259; ia 1872, 59,250—inerta*#, 9,993. Uevcm
Grand IjOtlgft aud <i r roid Encampment. f5.3bU09 53;
and in 1872, $4,291,072 12—meres**. $981,081 59.
lief of Grand Lodgft and Grand Encampment in
Since Die failure of the Graphic Balloon |
enterprize, we are disposed to think that the
proprietors ot that paper—the Messrs. Good-
sell--are very appropriately named. Il3’-the-
wsy, we are goiog to give tbem just ten days
longer to get that balloon off: if they don’t do
it in that time, why the Hebald will. That’s
all!
‘ ' **Saui,'' said a darkcv to his ebony brother,
| “how am it dat di* yai telegraf carries do
froo de»* wilts?” “Well. Casar. now
pose dur am a dog rive miles long.” “Neb-
her was such a big dog; do’ii b’Jeih dat!”
“You jess wait rninnit; 1 se only illustratin',
you stupid nigger. Now, dis \na dog, y m
Hee, jess puls his front l^ets on de Hoboken
sho’, nr.d h- pots his linhind feels on the New
Yorkj| hho’.” ‘A>i»h»*i. ' “Now. s’pose you
route. Major Wallace speaks well of the
I route and c untry through which it passes,
and will no d«'ubt make a favorable report.
The Bristol News:
An hour spent at the pleasant nnd growiug
; town of Unimi gave uh opportunity to witness
uiHOy evidences of growth and enterprise. .
Messrs. Prailicr Brothers have completed j
their dam und race, with small exceptions, | “*
nnd have also finished the foundation f or | Tno*day i
their cotton factory. Tbo brick walls will ,H!irh " !,b
hi uni be run up. The town now has a thor- frf ■
oughl
IHE WEATHl'U.
I'nibxbilttle*—Ou Tuemtay for New Englaml—treeb
brink Moiitn wm«l» vrorlng to west, bl^bcr temjior-
to inner the temples,
the end of* each of these sixteen chains hangs
j an idol, one and a quarter inches in length,
j adorned with the ow l s head ot tho goddess
matron ot llioa. Between these pdudaatn
| a K.n.r.llj Cloudy .ether w.th r.in onr th. I * r »<foruiutf tho temples m.\j be seen sereu-
I north portion; lor the middle Hut., .nd lo.cr l.ko ty-four cliun .Jalsa cjvoroi with leaves, lour
walk on dis do^'n toil in Now \ork
“Yesser.” ••He’ll bark, wont Im•Aoi'scr.'
“Well, whore will that dog bark ?” “Iu Ho-
Beu Butler was beaten for the Governship | ^ f li i Vil*' xI'w^YoVk*
of Mnssnchusetts solely oil account of his
back pay record. Verily, it is a hard road to
t ravel!
walk on d** dt»g'*
bark in Hoboken; >
works.” “Vessel-; d
by golly.”
ami co.awqnally bri*k west to uortb
w«*t witifis, ami generally cloudy weather during
i'U» Tfimnacp *iul MiftEouri to tbe upixr
north to uoithwc*t winds diminishing to
ery generally clear, coot weather; for tlie
rganized municipal government. We , Sou b Atlantic—gentle, fresh northca*t to »onthra*t
r.V substantial lock lip, tho very , wtndancd partly cloudy wc*tber with oceaeionaleonet
far t lie i iulf State* mate! the
vmeta n.o*tly fr«.m iho north and partly cloudy
r; cautionary signal* continue at IVtroit, To! •
a Yt land, Krle, Buffalo, Rouhc«tcr, aud U»wego.
linohdsin length, destiu^d to hang do«n the
| forehead. To each is attached a double leaf,
th rec-qnarters of an inch long. The fifty-six
I ot her ear-rings are of various sizes, and three
of them seem to have boon worn ns fiugt-r-
lings also by the royal princesses.
dais dc way tli
•o ! You
eh had tho effect to loose tho
strings of the first offender whom j froh
You Yost ordered to if, in default of a fino j wsmli
n’ h« ■ whieh h« rHnsed to pay for l*eing d. aud d. i cdo, i
teiegiaf! W« found Mi. (J.-rstlc busy ut his counter as
.-.right. 'iHiia'. ud i rqHiriag to go North lor more
The most m
)r!d—Millers.
aly-monthed people
It is said that auriferous saud has Ikh-u dis
covered near Tnhch, in Prussia, nud from thn
attention given to the mutter by tlie govern
rneut miners, it is thought that the value i«
| great. A company has be m formed to work
the I t*i 0 diggings, and S'eat results are anticipa-
tetl.