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VOLUME XXYII.
ROME, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 27, 1873.
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: . :tti!e C caiiseof scces- j gnawed at his brain,
v ’vtit his residence in ' "~* u 1 '*"** 1
V-r.:
xiromiiiir-
'.V;,1 J by the members
jt, c . moment ot his
: y occurred in the six-
r bis age.
; inborn in I.exmgton,
f .f Kebrutiry. 1*12. His
‘ j . H‘;is much cs-
' : the West, and his
1 George Nicholas,
.. ;lr tin- proposer ot the
’’’.tio'is ami the success-
f iqr. .»io|ition of thefed-
i,v Virginia against
: „f Patrick Henry.
jetton into political life oi
a!'r< was the organization
L meeting in tiivor of
T c x:ts to the L'nitcd
al at London
I Navy Agent
I’vr-ideiit Bu-
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of the
IDA DELZONS.
Chapter VIII—Uncle Gabriel.
It was not the doubting of the integ-
j rity of McConnell’s purpose that made
Fatlier Clialon so anxious to remove
r.cc'gi was s0 iveii him as far and as soon as possible from
gjivii-p. c ^_ caig g j nce j n | the haunts of his old life, but it was
•v-% ,],p champion of! &°» an uneasy distrust of his strength
i mocracv. and later i to resist the inordinatn cravings that
- ■ '" " ' ' gnawed at his brain. When that old
beaten patli lay just before his longing
eyes, and the long familiar precincts of
old Gorbeau’s were so temptingly near,
he felt that the danger to his purpose
would be great.
And in truth it was a danger that re
quired all the strength of his wavering
manhood to brave. From the old hab
it, as well as from the fiery thirst that
burnt in his brain, be would turn his
eyes yearningly down that path, and
once or twice his feet were lifted to
stagger again down its ruinous tangles.
Only the innocent sweetness that dwelt
in the little Kathleen’s eyes could turn
him away, and with a gasp of pain lie
would stagger back to the liut and call
for water to bathe liis fevered head.
Pat, too, stood faithfully by, tireless
in his dutiful watch over the wretched
man, encouraging him by hopeful talk
of the future, and appealing to him for
advice and instruction in liis plans and
Lis lessons.
A week had wearied slowly by be
fore Father Clialon could arrange for
the removal of the family to a neat cot
tage on the Fletcher plantation, some
few miles above Belmont. Its ap
pointments were humble, but rich in
contrast with the squalid poverty of
the old home. There were Lowers in
the yard, and a running rose clambered
over the window. Nice sanded floors,
smooth in their whiteness, caught the
patter of Kathleen’s busy feet, instead
of the rough puncheons over which
she used to stumble. Chairs—easy
spring-backed chairs they were — witn
a mr.kina cliair for papa, and a large
cuslioned arm chair for Father Clialon
when lie came. The rich luxury of tables
was their’s; and a book ease and a bu
reau, with doors and drawers; and a lit
tle wash stand with its drawers ; and
combs and brushes for Katie; and a
little mirror, in its mahoghany frame,
hung against the wall, on whose smooth
surface the pretty face of the delighted
little maiden made one of the sweetest
pictures that ever hung in a frame
against a wall.
This cottage, furnished, had been
rented for the summer by the good old
priest, and to silence any scruples of
pride that McConnell might have in
the matter, the rent contract had been
drawn up with regular legal precision,
and each item of furniture detailed
with a minuteness that left no room for
pride to demur.
Only one feature of the contract sa
vored of disinterested friendship. The
terms were liberal—twelve months'time
being given for payment, with ten per
so;i4e of Father Clialon was displayed':
the sense of a legal as well as moral
obligation to repay the money would
act as an incentive to the energy and
purpose of McConnell. Nothing like
an indepont leisure for the instigation
of mischief; nothing like an iron ne
cessity to hold one steadily to one’s
work. And it was an appreciative
sense of this obligation, and its re
straining influence, that induced Mc-
Sibte^.rights democrat of! Connell to accept it. In all the depths
1 efforts all
■.•hellion were
.;;'h. and it vn~ through him
v'lCn.'-etiiveley that the fa-
ni-e itiatimis" were at-
•’v'ttS.r.!. which Mr. Lincoln
Secretary of the Navy
On the 1 iltli of July,
a,-), at Richmond, Ya., Air.
: 1 the famous contract for
an iron-elad navy for
, Confederate Stales—a
i contained the germ of the
„»ir ru.tr>. ftttd onri-
(if the (I'eiieva arbitration
:,-rs. notwithstanding that he
u and enthusiastic democrat,
rfriends ini tin: wiiig and re-
1 Iis life was full of odds
11" was the friend of
Buchanan and all
ml was his right hand
; ;].e canvass for the nomi-
:!.(■ Presidency.
j.. riml he crossed the border
I..is an agent or emissary of
rowrmuent. and fixed liis
in Montreal. In that
1. 1'iii. lie indited liis
n t*. the Patriots of tlic
. romnnaiced in this lan-
t" dawn upon the
l n.iiid—the days are Lrihlen-
... vip.roti* statesmanship
saw will loosen the iron
|tl.e federal ruler. Many of
i'.iiout pausing to examine
e. .l.llbll el'. "-ni l ai j Jeti Sstli-
■ • "i depressing an effect,
rr'in the brant and Lee
f. o-tlid not mean the de-
■ol litre and citizens to helot
character was impressed
ai Lee hy preceding author-
arations and by the an
ti beneral brant, who was
•ir.i hy ids friends for the
last August as a
' standing.
'.rod fiat in-' battle cry
: nd would continue
' w-f ition ns it is and the
Mr. Saar
::: "f tic
'e-mi in:
of liis degradation he had not lost his
sense of personal integrity. Debased
as lie had been by his ilebaucliery;
humbled and insulted as he had been
by the domineering spirit of Jim Han-
i- li.f-ic.n to Lou- kins, his truth and his honesty remain-
-"Utiu rii Suites .he ! ed pure, and whatever he promised,
■riant personages, i even in a drunken excitement, he faith-
lie made when j fully performed.
• t.: -ul during Mr. Pierce’s ; The material aid extended by Father
"■ lie informed them that j Clialon would require a material re-
ai;t hy JciVcrsun Davis to turn; to make that return would re-
Nap.-loon ; r the rcogni- 1 quire a close application to his duties;
• he was 1 and now that he had accepted the ob-
‘ gation, all the burning thirst that ever
I maddened an inebriate’s brain could
I not have induced him to lay it aside
i unhonored.
, < o ... | With a firm purpose he entered upon
>"iiura, rin-.lua and Lower j his new life, and caeli day that purpose
, l. r ' that lie re-! grew stronger as his heart was opened
. amitiercel much greater in-1 and grew glad in the new joy of liis
,:! Aa •' 1| ' XII -' U presented, but j sweet little daughter. Father Clialon,
jn r ". r " :ls obdurate. too, without being obtrusive in his
.... t ic.-t weighty matters of ■ kindnesses, encouraged and strength-
"tale ■ ■ — >' ' • 1 ... ...
-■■m Confederacy lie was
' rvi"ws wall the French
■at the inva-imi of j
iit’ ii in pursuance of a j
"•'j upon, tor which the ,
ring -ecu red in j
Mr. Sanders did not
'•‘J'.v him<eii‘. lie was of a
ii'-pitablc nature. A Paris
f niM-s him thus:
1 tvc ' r . r pleasant morniug last
l ‘ t t ,r an hour or two, oil
'• 1,1 tn.i.t nf the Grand Cale,
1 **Ui inie ot the reddest faces
,!■ '‘de of a decanter
,V '' l>: 'I'talitv of cognac.
« George N. San-
I ■'-■as "Xiiiiiig and somewhat
' vl' i' 1 ' olosed calmly and
1 r. a_\ in New \ u rk, where
»ral\qn Us i'.T S ‘-T utccntllstreet -
I ■ take place to-morrow
cnuri-li in Eighteenth
t C “ !ored G| r'> Drowned.
cSw£r v,T ° fthc i5tu
, Mmcd J Ianda
14 and
H 'boned on t h c planta-
,neM61 enuville,
l-ut® ™ ISC; TIle girls
'•■■•. iv.t r >° u ' r fustaleliatchee
".ueh il f i.' rin S' 1 The
P h'ti from heavy
r.jsjJ'their buckets,
had th. v w >afely and went
1 n ~~ over. About
ptilli if l * T ™0 excited
Ih n,f dle odier with her.
f' 'I^ilvdrmi^l U T m '
i.*. - 'towlied: ihf. u".
out,
owned; the water
'" lU i at that time, 10
Monday morning. A
:... "y accident and gave
" arrived too late
c .„iL recov fod locked in
, Jn .p C0 about 5 o’clock
'J a 1,'fnf ao Unfortunate affaii
... Hj ouud sensation among
I tfs l nei ghborhood, and
: nnmerously attended
11^ rais yd hy Mr. J. c
° le Children 04
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ened him by the fatherly interest he
evinced in his fortunes.
“ Nothing but the black ingratitude
of a devil can ever induce me to abuse
his confidence,” lie would murmur to
himself; and then lie would rcaflirm
his resolution and go on with new
strength to his purpose.
And the little Kathleen! The change
was all like a beautiful dream to her.
The humble comforts of thc cottage
were like the fabled splendors of some
fairy tale. It was the first sunny
gleam of a homo she had ever caught,
and her glad little heart drank it in
with a beaming sense of gratitude. A
new glow colored her cheek; a new
light lit up her eye. Oh 1 if it could
only last 1 She almost dreaded to go
to sleep, lest when she awoke again she
would find it all a dream.
“ I want nothing better, Pat,” she
said one afternoon, as they sat in the
shadow of the little porch that sheltered
thc doorway.
“ Nothing better than what, Doody ?”
“Than this—this life — this home,
with you and with father. It is so
much better than living in the swamp
in the old home.”
“ Yes, it is much better.”
“ But still, Pat, I love that old liut,
mean as it is. It sheltered us when we
had nowhere else to go.”
“ And wouldn’t you like to go down
there with mo this evening? I want
to go down and bring up my canoe,”
said Pat.
“ Oh yes, I would like it ever so
much 1”
“ Wo can walk through the bend,
and it will not be far; and the ride
back will be. fun for you.”
“Yes, I know it will; and I can
gather the water lilies as you paddle
through them.”
“ A cs, and a collon-rnoulh to put them
in,” laughed Pat.
" Ugh ! the nasty things 1 It scares
mo to think of them. I wonder what
they were made for?” said Kathleen,
with a shudder.
“ To guard the water lilies, I reckon,”
answered Pat.
“What! don’t you think it right to
l )u l . ' va J er lilies ?” she asked.
Ihe cotton-mouths don’t think so,”
answered Pat.
No, they don’t think anything about
it, Pat. They just bite because they
are mean. They don’t care for the
pretty flowers at all, or they wouldn’t
mind one’s gathering them.”
“ Well, maybe not. AVe will keep a
lookout for them, anyway, and maybe
we can gather some lilies in spite of
them. So get ycur bonnet, Doody, and
we will go.”
The walk was a long one, but Kath
leen did not mind it at all, and trotted
along at Pat’s heels as merry as a bird.
An hour’s brisk walking brought
them to the deserted hut, which, now
that all signs of human life had gone,
looked more forbiddingly wild than
ever.
“Poor old house 1” cried Kathleen,
as her heart felt .he oppressive sense of
desolation that freighted the atmos
phere. “Poor old house! how sad it
looks! It seem.; as if it were sorry
that we are gone—don’t it, Pat?”
Pat was not without sentiment in
his nature, and he sympathized with
liis sister in her tender conceit.
“ It doesn’t look altogether as jolly as
it use to, when it had you to laugh and
make fun for it, Doody,” he answered.
“And my vine is all broken loose,
and tangled across the door, and keeps
out strangers. I wonder if anyone
else will ever live in it?”
“ Only the bea-s!”
“ Only thc bears,” said Kathleen.
“ That would he too bad. That ought
not to be; it is too good for the bears.”
“ It is open for all now. It has been
a good friend to us, Doody, anyhow,”
softly answered Pat.
“ Yes, and I am sorry to see it given
up to the bears. Here, help me to tie
the woodbine to its place again. It will
get broken all to pieces where it is,”
said Kathleen.
Pat helped her, and soon the tangled
woodbine was wreathed over the door
way again, and the brother and sister
could half fancy that they could see in
it a smile of thanks as its pink bells
nodded in the breeze.
A few moments were spent at thc
spring, and then Pat said,
“Come, Doody; we must be going.
It is a long ways up the river, and will
take me hard paddling to get home.”
“ Well, I am ready. Only let me
run and pull a bunch of blossoms from
the woodbine. I want something to
take with me,” and Kathleen ran and
tenderly selected her a bouquet from
the vine she had just rescued from its
tangle in the dcor. “And now, dear
old home, goodbye! I shall love you
wherever I go!”
They soon reached the canoe, and a
few moments sufficed to bail it clear of
water, and the voyage up the river be
gan. It was the same little craft in
which Pat and his father encountered
their late perilous adventure; but Pat’s
arm was well now, and he controlled
its motion with a perfect freedom from
danger.
The water lilies that clustered around
the mouth of the branch were gathered,
and_.rx“„s L ' ri ifveu_ mmsetL.Lar=e\L, with
a boatman’s skill, shot his craft up the
stream.
“ There is Miss Ida, Pat. I wonder
if she don’t want to ride?” said Kath
leen, as the ct'.noe approached the
grounds of Belmont, and Ida appeared
standing on the green bank that sloped
down to the water's edge.
“ No, I reckon not, or at least I don’t
think she Ought to,” replied Pat.
“ Why not, P it ? Don’t, you want
her to ride with us?” asked Kathleen.
“ No, I don’t mind her riding; but I
don’t think from what her mother said
the day the dog bit her that she likes
for Miss Ida to associate with us. She
is so much above us, you know, Doo
dy,” answered Pat.
“ Yes, I know, Pat; she is so much
above us. And that is why I like so
much to please her. I would do any
thing to make her glad.”
“ Yes, and so would I,” said Pat;
but then her mother don’t like it, and
we must not displease her.”
“ Her mother was very good to me,
Pat, and let us play together that day
all thc day long.”
“ Yes, and for that reason we ought
to be very particular with her. Miss
Ida is soon going oil' now, and you are
going with her; but for me there is a
world of difference between us, and
the less we have to do with each other
the better. So I will run the canoe
across and go up on the other side.”
“ Hello, Kitty! is that you ?” cried
Ida, in her glad ringing voice, as she
recognized her young iriends in the
canoe. “ And I’at. come by; I want
to ride!”
Pat turned his boat and paddled to
the bank.
“ We are going home, Miss Ida,” he
explained. “ We have moved, you
know, and we are going up home.”
“ Well, that is all right; you can let
me ride up as far as mama Zouzou’s
cabin, and let me off there. Cosette
can walk up the hank and meet me
there,” said Ida, stepping to the river’s
brim.
“ But the canoe is too cranky. I am
afraid it will tilt over with ub all in it
I fear you had better not, Miss Ida,”
reluctantly protested Pat.
“ Oh, I’m not afraid! • Sec here, it is
as firm as the Bienville. I can’t even
rock it,” laughingly said Ida, placing
one foot in the bow and affecting to
totter it. “ I will go, Pat. I can sit
there by Kitty. Cosette, you run on
up to mama Zouzou’s, and wait for
me.” And the laughing little princess
stepped lightly into the boat, and seated
herself by her little friend.
“ There now, Pat, pull out. You see,
I’ll be captain and you the engineer,
and Kitty will be—what will you be,
Kitty ?” she laughingly asked.
“ I don’t know; anything you want
me to—chambermaid, I reckon,” said
Kathleen.
“ No you won t, though! _ Y ou will
be the passenger—a little princess who
we arc carrying in state up to her new
palace!” , ., .,
Kathleen laughed. The idea of her
cottage being a palace, was as ridicu
lously absurd as was the idea of herself
being a princess.
“ Here—here is your tiara, contin
ued Ida. snatching up a cluster of the j
water liiies and twisting them into a
crown “The four de lis—and real lilies
too. And what a pretty princess too!
Pat only look! Your Highness, I sa
lute you!” and with the charming
grace of .a princess, she stooped her
lips to the hand of the girl.
“ oh Kitty don’t blush so, or you
will frighten the lilies into spasms!
They are white as snow already, and
your cheeks are like roses. Ah yes, I
see, Kitty, you compliment me: on
■ariflammiitai fair de hs-the emblems
of France!” and Ida had this time to
kiss the cheek of her little Mend. “Do
you know, Kitty, that I am a true
Frenchman?”
“ That sounds more like an Iriihmnnf
laughed Pat
“How?”
“ The bull, I mean.”
“ I don’t understand.”
And now Pat was puzzled; but Kath
leen came to his help:
“He means the funny mistake you
made,” she whispered timidly in the
car of Ida.
“ Ah, 'the Jimx pas! Well, I don’t
care. A true French girl—is that what
I should have said?”
“ Oh no, Miss Ida, the other will do,”
said Pat, amazed at his presumption.
“ No, it wasn’t right, Pat, and I am
glad you corrected me. .It. is paying
me back for the way .1 used to scold
you for your awkwardness,” laughed
Ida.
“ I can never pay you back for your
kindness to me,” feelingly answered
Pat.
“Yes, you have already done it,”
said Ida. “ The bite that Bruno gave
you was enough to'wipe out a score of
obligations, to say nothing of all your
other kindnesses.”
“ Oh, that was nothing!”
“ And your arm has gotten well,
Pat?”
“Oh yes, as sound as a dollar; but
lookout, there’s a signal on the bank!
Whose place is it to whistle, captain?”
laughed Pat.
“ The captain's, of course, and I will
whistle when I find it necessarj'. You
work your engines, and let me manage
my part. That booby on the bank is
only brushing off the flies.”
“ No, it is Father Chalon ! We must
salute him,” said Kathleen.
The girls crossed their hands upon
their breasts and bowed low to the
priest, while Pat reverently raised his
hat.
Father Chalon smilingly returned
the salute, and wished them bon voyage.
A few moments silence followed,
when Ida turned with a sudden im
pulse, and looking steadily in the face
of Pat, said,
“ Pat, arc you sorry that I am going
away ?”
{Tv be continued.')
On Wednesday of last week the son
of 0. J. Ausdalile, of Warren, Wis.,
aged twelve years, was drilling some of
his playmates as soldiers, using a piece
of lath to represent a sword, and while
running at a rapid rate his foot caught
in a croquet arch, throwing him with
much force upon the sharp end of his
sword, which entered the socket of thc
eye, passing to the depth of three inches,
penetrating the substance of the brain.
The stick broke off, leaving a projection
of about one inch in length, which thc
boy himself grasped, and not until after
applying much iorce did he succeed in
withdrawing the same. After receiving
thg iniu tn’.he, walked.JiQmC^Jcpmjibinr
to be the fear that he would lose the
sight of his eye. Soon, however, he
became stupid, and, after lingering for
forty-eight hours in agony, died.—Dar
lington (IKs.) Republican.
A down East editor must feel un
comfortable. He says:
A country subscriber writers that he
is just recovering from the small pox,
and will be on in a few days to renew
his subscription. We hope he won’t
mind a little thing like that We will
send the paper and wait for the money
as usual.
We will wait cheerfully. We. ain’t
of that avaricious kind of people who
will grab for money as if for very life.
We despise such things. There’s earth
ly reason for his coming on; we will
wait.
A lively time is being had in one of
the Talladega justices’ courts, over a
case that has been a long time on the
books. Two colored individuals are
contesting the ownership of two geese,
and the case has had four or five trials
already, and now njrain the jury have
disagreed; so it will have to be gone
over again.
The costs already exceed seventy-
five dollars, to say nothing of lawyers’
fees.
A gentleman of this place stepped
into the postoffice a few days ago and
called for some stamped envelopes.
The postmaster enquired what denom
ination he would have. The gentleman
did not seem to understand the post
master, and he asked him again, “What
denomination will you have ?” “ Well,
if I have to select, I had just as soon
have a Baptist as any other.—Gadsdai
Times.
Mr. Ed. Walker shot and killed Mr.
Wm. Clark at Cowles’ Station, about
church, and Rev. D. J. Myrick preached
a most elegant and feeling fnneral dis
course.
The body was then earned to the
cemetery and, deposited with Masonic
rites, The funeral procession was one
of the largest and most imposing that
we have witnessed for a long while: ■
He leaves a wife and four children to
mourn his loss, around whom the sym
pathies of oar good people will cluster,
giving protection ana comfort in this',
their hours of sadness and affliction.
about the
been killed at that place within thc last
five years.
A lady passenger on the North &
South Railroad from Blount Springs,
was taken sick with cholera while on
the train. She was taken to the hos
pital at Montgomery.
The Monroe Advertiser, of tho 19tn,
reports the following:
The announcement of the death of
Mr. D. F. Walker, on lost Sunday morn
ing, cast a pall of gloom and sadness
over our community, such as we have
seldom seen.
Mr. Walker was reared in Greene
county, from which place he moved to
this county at the age of eighteen. He
was about seventy-three yearn old at the
time of his death, and had been an ac
tive member of the Methodist church
for fifty-five years. His Christian char
acter and virtues shone to the day of
his death witii undimmed brilliancy.
On Sunday evening at 5 o’clock, the
Masonic fraternity, of whom he was a
member, formed a procession and took
charge of the body for interment The „ ^
remains were carried to the Methodist provements, we recommi *at no
PauliEng county Croud Jurv—Pr, scut-
meats, August Term, 1873.
Tht Grand Jury for this term of the
Court make these our general present
ments. Our respective committees re
port aj follows:
We find the books of the ordinary's
office, is regards administrator’s returns
and eitdte matters generally, kept in
good tfder. We aft not satisfied as re
gards Ihe record book of roads hereto
fore esablished in the county, and re-
commmd that when roods are laid out,
the orier shall be entered on the road
book aid signed, by the' ordinary and
county commissioners jointly. Thear-
rangermnt of the office otherwise is
neat aid in good order.
The iffice of the clerk of Superior
Court Ve find in good order, his record
books lept in good style and properly
indexet, and we approve the system
with wlich his books and office are ar
ranged.:
The sheriff’s books we find, satis
factory ■ofiS tiie administration of that
office fn tho- part of himself and the
deputy ir very creditable to them.
The'tax collector having made a
proper 'sltowing, and noticed in. the
most favorable terms by the Grand
Jury ollast February term, and the
taxes of this year not yet due, we en
dorse thir report and the merits of this
officer.
We nake' the same report of the
treasure’s office, except the receipt of
our firstenstahnent of the public school
fund, amounted for by his vouchers, its
payment to teachers, and three dollars
overpaic-by him.
We fnd'tlie tax receiver lias deposit
ed in tie ordinary’s office a neat and
correct-iopy of his digest of tax returns
for thisycar; also that he has likewise
rendereJ an account of agricultural
statistic-, as taken by him, for this
county—this last not provided for by
act of legislature calling for the same,
but furnished by him to the county,'
and forwhich he deserves proper praise.
We lotice the taxable property has
increase! 8172,606 over the return for
1872, tie white polls being 1145, and
the blatter, or about 12 of the former
to 1 of the latter. The average of com
and cotton is 11,600 acres of the former
to 10,4^5'of tiie latter. As regards
stock, tic returns show 9031 head of
hogs, 1310 horses and mules, and 6087
cattle.
As to public buildings, our commit
tee repots the jail in bad order, and
unsafe, but without any occupant We
find ths contract for its repair has been
let out, and in process of construction,
which vre approve, and think it will be
made safe enough to hold any criminal,
should there be a necessity for its use.
We find the court house in good repair,
and recommend that proper steps be
taken to keep it so, and that lettered
plates be placed over the doors of the
different rooms, showing the public where
the different offices and jury rooms are
located; and that in case any of the jury
rooms aie^eflted, that five dollars per
one, ariEf collected for the rent of each
them be held responsible for theTr"g&33
condition and proper use; and that the
occupancy of the court room by any
mountebank show in no case be allowed;
and while we approve debating societies
for the benefit of our young men, when
other places suitable for holding their
meetings can be obtained we deem the
risk to the court house and records by
fire as too great for the purpose: and as
it was shown by the charge of the court
that we have control in directing these
matters, we trust that our wishes in this
respect will not be disregarded.
In regard to roads and bridges we
have to report, that we find them in some
of the districts in wretched order, owing
to the fact that the road commissioners in
those districts, by miscarriage of their
commissions, had no authority to act,
and on account of heavy rains in the
spring, and the neglect of this duty, the
roads in their districts are almost impass
able. We recommend the roads in the
different districts be properly worked hy
the next term of the court, or each de
faulting-commissioner be fined fifty dol
lars.
We recommend that parallel roads to
and from the same places in the county
be consolidated in one good road, and
that road properly worked, and that gates
or bare never be allowed except on neigh
borhood roads of minor importance, and
then only when it is shown that a large
amount of fencing can be saved.
Bridges we find generally in good
order. There is needed a new bridge,
thirty or forty feet long, near Bethel
meeting house, on Sweet Water creek,
and we hope it will be built.
The books of the judicial officers of
the different militia districts have been
laid before our body, and show primer
entries. The business before them has
been light, which we deem a favorable
sign of the solvency of our citizens.
We find some of these officers have
failed to furnish the receiver with a list
of tax payers in their districts as re
quired by law.
As regards other matters of great in
terest to the county of a pecuniary na
ture, we recommend that W. K. Hurt,
one of our former deputy sheriffs, who
summoned jurors and did other work
for which he has not been paid, receive
four dollars for said service.
We recommend that Newton Grove
bo paid two dollars for going after wit
nesses for our body., -We recommend
that the bailiffs be paid two dollars per
day for th^ services, and that the clerk
of the Superior Court be paid thirty-
five dollars for issuing jury scrip, ms
services in drawing up our general pro*
sentmenis, postage, and all extra service
at this term of the court and since the
last court.
We recommend tiiat the sheriff be
paid fifty dollars for extra service at
this term of the court, and that after
the adjournment of this court all the
sawdust be removed from the court
house, os its remaining so long breeds
vermin. -
We recom mend that the former sheriff
be paid twenty-five dollars for services
heretofore rendered by him and not
paid for.
And specially as regards public im-
umounl received for license in the county
treasury from this source is but little com
pared with the expense to which the
county is ran in insolvent criminal prose
cutions arising from this source.
In the conclusion of our labors, in
view of the prosperous condition of our
county we will not forget to acknowledge
onr dependence on an over-ruling Provi
dence who has blessed our land with the
promise of a good crop; and we would at
all times recognize our dependence on
His bounty ana goodness.
To his Honor Judge Underwood we
tender our thanks for the firm but mild
manner in which he secs that the laws
are executed, and our thanks for his
courtesy and kindness, with that of the
solicitor general, C. T. Clements, extend
ed to our body.
Samuel R. McGregor, Foreman,
Postoffice at Dallas, Ga.
Jeremiah Wood,
Acwortli, Ga.
John H. Bartox,
Roxanna. Gn.
Roland W. RussOm,
Dallas, Go.
Thomas Griffin,
Lost Mountajp, Ga.
Zedekiah Land,
Lost Mountain, Ga.
Allen Smith,
Dallas, Ga.
Tilmon P. Brown,
Dallas, Ga.
David M. Taylor,
Brownsville, Ga.
William Bone,
Dallas, Ga.
John W. Wills,
Dallas, Ga.
Larkin Catiicart,
Powder Springs, Ga.
Asa Roberts,
Roxanna, Ga.
Benjamin F. Hagin, •
Dallas, Ga.
James C. Lane,
Dallas, Ga.
James T. Henderson,
Villa Rica, Ga.
Abraham Leathers,
Villa Rica, Ga.
Roeert G. Hays,
Hnntsville, Ga.
Pinkney Goggans,
Roxanna, Ga.
IIiram D. Hutcherson,
Villa Rica, Ga.
Bexajer McMatthews,
Dallas, Ga.’
Ivy R. Rakestraw,
Powder Springs, Ga.
Imoney be paid out of the treasury for
that purpose, except it be shown that
itis for the benefit of the whole county.
As to the charge of the court, in regard
to the liquor traffic, we endorse his views
on .that sgbject. It has been proven in
our county site that the retailing of
liquor has damaged the public interest
more than it.has benefited us,land we
hope the law abolishing its sale under the
retail-license system will be sustained,
as the' damage arising from its sale in
this way! is meal
arising ft
nlculaole,
and thc small 'sui
The Pittsburgh Iron World of the 12th
\j£:
We are informed that a scheme is on
foot which is worthy the attention of
capitalists and scientific men. It is
neither more nor less than a scheme for
piping oil from regions to the seaboard.
An effort is making, says a local co-
temporary, to organize a company for
this purpose, and the novelty of the un
dertaking, as well as the desirableness
best thoughi'ot’ifie^moel' capable min'd!
in the State. It is actuoBy proposed to
lay pipes across the mountains and ap
ply a pressure sufficient to send our oil
to market
The feasibility of the scheme once
demonstrated, the necessary capital
will be forthcoming, and a in few years,
vesssels lying in the Delaware may
take their cargoes of oil direct from
thc West without the cost and delay of
trans-shipment
The importance of this latest Ameri
can enterprise can hardly be overesti
mated. The cost involved will be
enormous, but the prospect of large re
turns from thc capital invested trill no
doubt, tempt a thorough trial of the
merits of the proposed improvement
It is not safe in the nineteenth cen-
tmy to pronounce against the practica
bility of any project, though at first
sight it' seem never so chimerical;
wherefore we treat this subject with
greatest respect and express our cordial
sympathy with a movement which, if
successful, will be of incalculable ben
efit to all who are directly or indirectly
concerned with the oil interests of Penn
sylvania.
It is believed that Anna Dickinson
was induced to quit the lecture-room,
wliqre she made both fame and wealth,
for the stage, hy unlucky faxixpas of the
chairman of a lecture committee in a
certain town in Northern Indiana.
The sprightly Anna made her appear
ance on the platform according to an
nouncement, and the duty of introduc
ing her to the audience devolved upon
the chairman of the lecture committee,
a worthy individual, but not very well
versed in the history of the language of
of the lamented La Pucelle.
Ladies and gentlemen,” said he,
advancing to thenront of the platform,
“ Miss Dickinson will address you to
night on the life and adventures of
John Dark, one of the greatest heroes of
antiquity. We are not as familiar with
the heroes of antiquity as we onght to
about the most remarkable of them all
— John Dark.”
Anna is said to have got through her
lecture after that horrid preface hand
somely, as she always does, but she was
so utterly disgusted at the ignorance of
the chairman of a lecture committee
who didn’t know the difference between
Joan of Arc and John Dark, that she
shook the dust of the lecture-room from
her feet, and is now preparing to act the
leading part in Hawthorne’s “Scarlet
Letter, which has been dramatized for
her.by Julia Ward Howe.
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'The report presented at a recent meet
ing of tne shareholders of the Suez
Canal Company, in Paris, shows that
the transit has increased 50 per cent
Compared with the return for the last
year, the expenses for the maintenance
of the works are below the anticipated
it Lost year they were 800,000
francs.
A Selma druggist lately sold 2300
_ rands of Paris green jn one day. One
planter bought 850 pounds of the great
new worm cure.
Ortho sixty4iTO deathsdn Montgom
ery and vicinity in July, twenty-two
were reported to bo white citizens and
forty negroes.
- Mr. L. H. Mathews has been elected
the city council of Birmingham,
dent of education.
An Ena; on. Apiculture.
BY -WILL R. KING, OF KENTUCKY.
To be read before the Bee Keepers’
Association of Cherokee Ga: arid Alaba-
ma, which ritccts Sept 9,1873, (second
day of -the Fair,) and otheis who may
become interested in bee culture in the
sonny South.
1. Can the cultivation and care of lha" little
busy bee” be made profitable in the South ?
2. Wo at claries end professions may make
bee culture both pleasant and profitable?
JL How can it bs done?
If you will give me your attention
for a short time I will attempt to say
something upon this subject that may,
if followed up, prove not only pleasant
but profitable to each and every citizen
of the sunny South.
“ The home of thc honey bee.” I
do not here propose to enter into all
the minuttc necessary to thc successful
hnndlinz of bees, but to give you some
idea of bee culture, should you become
sufficiently interested to undertake it.
“ Can the cultivation and care of the
little busy bee be made profitable in
the sunny South,” is a question that
will not for one moment admit of a
doubt
In the first place, in order to prove
this we do not propose to give you the
evidence of some Kentucky beekeeper,
or that of some Northern or Western
man or woman, bnt we will give you
the experience of one of your own cit
izens, that of Mr. L. S.-Hereford, of
West Baton Rouge, La., taken from one
of the bee journals of last September.
He says: “ In our beautifm South,
we have flowers from March until No
vember. There are scarcely twenty
days during the entire year in which
bees cannot fly out; only two months
in which queens cannot be raised and
fertilized; never have to take our colo
nies in to protect them in winter, or
have the terrible fool brood, or the dis
eases that are so fatal to the bees at the
North and West In such a country as
this a man must he a fool, or have no
rgy, that cannot get an immense
yiela of honey.
“ Nearly every one assigns a different
reason for my success. Some give the
locality the credit; others give it to my
hives. But I think my locality is no
better than nine-tenths of the South,
and if bees are properly managed, any
one with ordinary intelligence and
energy can do as well. I fed satisfied
that I am a long ways short of perfec
tion in my bee arrangement, and can
make them double their present yield
of honey. I take every bee journal
and book that can give me any infor
mation, and read every article as closely
as if I was just starting with bees.
“ It is a wonder to me that more men
of the South do not add bee keeping
to their farming operations. Is it not
better to have a few colonies of bees to
settle your grocery bill, than to pay a
merchant twenty-three per cent for aff
vances, or to have these faithful little
(watnres to. ■sd' withiwit
watching and without pay, from early
dawn until dark, instead-of pacing
twenty dollars per month and rations
to the lazy negro for six hours half
work?
“ I consider one hundred colonies of
bees just like a rich uncle who stands
liwil written
tof bees
l other-
hhd said about the :
through the beadJBpWWWWW
wise, thatds of little importance to a |
lame portion of-those who would like
to keep bees.. In fact would be apia
rians who have something to sell would
land do make it appear .that there is a
great mystery about bee keeping. So is
there a great mystery about standing
an egg upon its smaller ’end, until we
once see it done, then we can easily do
the same, thing.
It is not true .that there is any great
mystery ’cpnpected .with ;bce keeping;
but it is true that there are a w th ings
which it is necessary for iis to know in
order to be the more successful. You
would not expect to practice law in
your courts before having read or ex
amined publications upon law. You i
could not expect to practice medicine
successfully or amputate human limbs,
unless yon had firetlearned’the proper
ties' of medicines and their action upon
the human system, and studied thc
anatomy of the human system.
■The best plan is for us to get one or
two colonics and commence handling
them, and read, as the season passes.
We prefer to have the subject before us
when we are studying its parts, its na
ture and its habits; Thus tho impres
sions of the ficts sought for are made
’upon vntv *!
wish to study apiculture as a science,
and become a scientific bee keeper, JuUy
understanding the nature and habits of
the little busy bee, then we mnst go
to mare expense, and prepare observing
hives, etc. This is not by any means
necessary where we are working for the
profit and not the pleasure.
There is indeed something veiv en
ticing and entertaining in the study of
the nature and habits of the honey bee;
and the more we see and know of them,
the more we wish to learn. There are
very many lessons to be learned from
the industrious little creatures. The
minister, the lawyer, and the doctor can
spend many of their spare moments,
not only pleasantly hut profitably by
having a few colonies of bees near their
office.or study. There is a something
about it which-so attracts the enquiring
mind that .it. is amply impossible to
resist when we once become interested.
There has been very many discover
ies made connected with apiculture;
but there has been but few improve
ments made upon the original movable
comb hive. It is true that there are
hundreds of patented hives, but very
few of these patented arrangements are
of any benefit to the bee keeper, but
upon the other hand are a great draw
back. The reason of this is that very
many men unacquainted witii the na
ture and habits of bees, have concaved
the idea of making money bv having
or taking out a patent on what they
term a bee hive. These useless traps
have been forced upon the unsuspect
ing public until those who would make
in attempt at bee culture are afraid of
being swindled. Thus thousands who
could and would not only have pleas
ure and profit from handlingbees arc
driven from it in disgust. The only
remedy that presents itself to my mind,
is for all that would like to engage in
apiculture^ to first inform themselves
of the nature and habits of the honey
bee Before trying it extensively, and
then they will know and appreciate a
good hi® 0 when they see it
In conclusion, let me say that I hope
soon to see a great interest taken in bee
culture in the sunny South. And let
there be no failures. • Be not a doubt
ing Thomas, bnt if you go in to win
you will surely succeed. Let us not
beside you, and says, Go ahead, my
boy! I will never fail you; I am always
here to pay your expenses.
“ And what man is there who cannot
make a living, if in one day of each
week he can make enough to pay all
expenses, and all he earns the rest of
the week is clear profit? Many of onr
aristocratic Southern planters will smile,
when we speak of our little friend, the
bee; and compare them with King Cot
ton, or that gold mine the sngor crop.
Bnt, gentlemen, I have tried both and
knowwherethelaughcomesin. When
planting cotton and cane, I was out by
daylight every day, staid with my hands
all day long during the melting days
of summer, and in the winds, rains and
frosts of winter; and at the end of the
year my whole crop would be swallow
ed up by expenses. But now how dif
ferent 1 I care not for the summer’s sun
or the winter’s cold, for I only go out
when I please.
“ I extract a barrel of honey, and put
up ten or twelve dozen jars each week.
This takes only part of Monday and
Tuesday. On Wednesday I fix up all
orders for bees, and give queens to
queenless hives. The rest of the week
my bees require no attention whatever,
and I can occupy myself as I please.
I sell my honey in quart jars at ten
dollars per dozen, and the extracted
honey at from ninety cents to one dol
lar per gallon, giving me about one
hundred and fifty dollars per week, be
sides the sale of queens and bees, which
is no inconsiderable item. I have sold
so far this year, from one hundred colo
nies of bees, within a fraction of six
thousand pounds of honey, and six
hundred and thirty-seven dollars’ worth
of bees. This is no guess work, for I
keep a careful account of all I sell.”
Now, gentlemen, this is the evidence
of one of your neighbors.«. Mr. Here
ford tells you that he has tried “.King
Cotton” and that gold mine “ the sugar
crop,” and here are the results, to say
g of the vexation he would have
had with that terrible incumbus, the
lazy negro. It is not alone the fanner
who can have both pleasure and profit
from his bees, but the minister, the
lawyer, the doctor, the mechanic, the
merchant, and particularly the ladies.
It is a well known fact that exposure
to the pure air is peculiarly farvorable
to health, ruddy cheeks, bright eyes,
elastic step, as well as beauty, for which
our Southern ladies are so noted.
“Y«t I doubt not Umazh the ages oneincreuing
of men in widening with the
There could be much said upon this
subject which it would be impossible
tosay in so short an article as this. The
itest drawback to bee keeping is the
iger of being stungby the littie pets.
By a little care this can be entirely
avoided.
The surest way to gain all necessary
information concerning the proper
handling of bees is to read oneor more
of our Best bee journals and books
upon and devoted to apiculture, and
letourmotobe, NemomeirnmmelaeesshLj
Thus we may be sure that success
will attend our every effort: always re
membering that if a thing is worth do
ing, it is worth doing well. You can
not 'expecttdBnceeediiirainrbuaincifc
whatever unless you firstimform yotrr-
self in
hear of one, failing, using that i—...... ...
boman of feminine felicity, “I told
you so!”
Speech or Admiral Semmes at White
Snlphnr Spring*.
August 17,1873.
The Southern Historical Society, Gen
eral Jubal A. Early presiding, met yes
terday, and after the transaction of some
routine business Admiral R. Semmes,
late commander of the Confederate
cruiser Alabama, was introduced to the
association, which he addressed.
'’ Mr. Semmes said: As he wished to
correct certain points in his own career
which had been assailed, he felt honor
ed at being first to address the associ
ation, and excused himself for seeming
ly being egotistical, as he desired to
vindicate his own career.
Men owe as duty to posterity a cor
rect record of the events of their times.
Unbiassed history could hot be written
until the actors were hushed in death,
and participators could not be impar
tial judges. But if they could not write
the lustory at least data could be fur
nished.
He had been called pirate, buccaneer,
privateer, nis was nothing bnt a
regularly commissioned ship. Thc
destruction of property on land, which
represented the necessaries, was not con
sidered by our enemy as robbery, but
the destruction of property at spa,
which was the wealth of the nation, by
him, was called piracy.
In olden times the destruction of
commerce was a slow matter, and the
nation that succeeded in most damaging
the other’s commerce was generally
victorious; but it was not so slow since
the introduction of steam. It had been
his lot to command the first steam
frigate, and her fame was due to this
and not her commander.
His warrant for all he did on the
high seas conld be found in the laws of
nations, and still more in the acts of
the federal navy. The denial of belli
gerent rights to the South was farcical.
The blockade and the very parole given
them proved their rights belligerent
The Alabama being built in England
gave noclaim to that government to hold
her. Again, she was armed and equipp
ed out of England. Her commission
was read upon her quarter deck, and
her flag unfurled on the high seas. The
Federal government had for a year be
fore the purchase of the Alabama nego
tiated with her builders for similar
vessels. He got her by paying more.
This fact he established by proof.
To refate the chum that England
should have held her when in any Brit
ish ports, he referred to the war of Spain
and the colonies, and the action of this
government, citing the Santassama Trini
dad. He next referred to the ware of
1776 and 1812.
He quoted extensively from Cooper
and cited Paul Jones and others. The
part; taken by Franklin and the
State of 'Massachusetts in furthering •
nautical enterprise; the cases of the
Queen of France, the -Surprise, Revenge
and other cases as analogous, were
plainly dissected.
In referring to. the Geneva arbitra-
he showed the difference between
nd grahdaon; in the elder
u money obtained from the
of captured ships, to aid the cause,
the other denying these right*.
'He was charged with not having a
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