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THE UNION & RECORDER.
Old
‘Southern Recorder” and “Federal Union”
consolidated.]
MILLED as VZ&LZ1, OA:
Wednesday, Jnly 9, 1873.
Personal.
The Editor of this paper expects to
be absent, on a tour at the North for
a few weeks. It providence permits
the readers of the Union & Recorder
will hear from him through the col
umns of that paper, as he intends to
report, as often as once a week, what
ever he hears or sees, that he thinks
will interest them. He hopes his
friends of the Atlanta Herald will not
feel that they are neglected, if he
should not pay his respects to them
for a few weeks. It will not be be
cause he loves them less than former
ly, but because he has no time to at
tend to them at present.
Our Exchanges—Georgia Dailies.
We desire to make a profound bow
to the editors and proprietors of the
daily papers of this State in acknowl
edgement of their liberality and ap
predation of the Union & Recorder
in continuing to exchange with us.
Without exception they continue to
send us their papers, and we consider
it a high compliment from the most
intelligent men in the State. Such an
endorsement fortifies the judgment of
those who read and appreciate our pa
per at home. Gentlemen we acknowl
edge our obligation and hold ourselves
ready to reciprocate in any way in
our power, and promise to take the
best care we can of the “old Capitol.”
The Methodist District Conference.
The Conference of the Augusta Dis
trict was held in this city last week,
commencing on Wednesday night and
closing on Sunday night. The official
report of the proceedings of the Con
ference will be found in another place.
There were a large number of Minis
ters and delegates in attendance, and
much able, and, as we hope, effective
preaching during the meeting. On
Sunday morning Bishop Pierce preach
ed a very solemn and impressive ser
mon in the Methodist church, and at
night Dr. Hicks delivered an eloquent
discourse to a crowded house. There
was preaching also on Sunday morn
ing by members of the Conference in
the Baptist and Presbyterian churches,
at the Factory chapel, the colored
church and at the Lunatic Asylum.
Duelling.
Whilst fearful accidents and casual
ties are daily thinning out the ranks of
mankind, and pestilence is claiming its
victims by thousands, some impatient
individuals are not willing to wait for
the visitation of providence, but pre
fer to take the work of the destroy
ing angel into their own hands,
and madly and foolishly invite those
who have offended them to come
and kill them or consent to be kill
ed themselves for the amusement of
the public. This is the result if
not the intention of most modern
duels. The great mass of the people
have come to look upon a duel as a
sublime piece of folly. The result
proves nothing. The most innocent
party is as likely to be killed as the
most guilty. It does not even estab
lish a character for bravery. Some
very great cowards have been known
to fight duels and some very brave
men refuse to fight duels on principle.
To kill a man in a duel is to commit
murder in the eye of every law, human
and divine. No two men have any
right to agree to murder each other,
and no true code of honor can sanction
an act whic God and the law's of our
country has forbidden. We believe
the time will soon come when dueling
will be considered as dishonorable as
other kinds of murder.
Attempting to Crush the Independ
ent Press.
We think it must be apparent to
the whole country that the adminis
tration is using all of its power to put
-down, and destroy the influence of
every independent newspaper in the
country. In New Orleans the minions
of the government have made war
upon every independent newspaper in
the city. At the North they have com
menced persecuting C. A. Dana, the
bold and talented Editor of the New
York Sun. They charge that Mr.
Dana has published a libel against some
of the officials of Washington city.
But instead of prosecuting Mr. Dana
for libel in New \ork where he could
have a fair trial and where the offence
was committed, if committed at all
they commence their suit in a con
temptible Police Court in the city of
Washington and send an officer to
New York to have Mr. Dana arrested
and brought to Washington for trial.
In Washington they have Judges,
Jurors and witnesses all packed and
ready to try and condemn a man like
r * < ana, w ho has for a long time
been,, thorn in the side of many of
he government thievee. But we trut
the authorities of New York will not
lurrender Mr Dana to the teodetmer-
fieB of the Washington ring.
Public Buildings Again.
Letter from Dr* Flewelien.
State of Georgia,
Office Public Works,
Atlanta, Ga., July 3d, 1S73.
Editors Union ff Recorder,
Millcdgevillc, Ga.
Dear Sirs :—I have just read the
article in your issue of yesterday head
ed “Repairing of Public Buildings,”
and regret to see such an evident in
tention and desire to do me injustice.
Had you been inclined to know and
publish the facts, you could have easi
ly ascertained that, instead of only
“hiring a hand to go on the top of the
old Capitol with a pot of paint to
stop the leaks” as you would have
your readers to infer, I had at work,
under my personal supervision, in ma
king such repairs on the old State
House as were necessary for its pre
servation, a carpenter, mason, glazer,
tinner, and several painters, besides
other laborers.
Causes of damage to both the old
State House and Mansion w'hicli I was
informed have existed for years not
withstanding the efforts made to stop
them, were successfully and, it is be
lieved, permanently remedied.
It was not deemed wise, or proper,
to expend a large amount of money in
repairs to the plastering, &c., of the
houses, and in the erection of a fence
around the State House grounds, and
in repairs of those about the Mansion.
The fact that the legislature appropri
ated twenty thousand dollars for the
public buildings in Atlanta and Mil-
ledgeville is not sufficient reason that
it should be spent. I deem it my duty
to co-operate with the Governor in
his efforts to administer the govern
ment economically, and shall make no
expenditures on any of the public build
ings not considered necessary for their
preservation.
Respectfully,
E. A. Flevvellen.
We take pleasure in laying before
our readers the statement of Dr. Flew
elien, Superintendent of Public Works,
for it amounts substantial/// to what
we stated in the article he complains
of, viz: that few repairs were neces
sary on the public buildings in this
city and that these had been made in
the most economical manner possible.
The work done required only a small
outlay of money (possibly two or
three hundred dollars"?) and it is a
matter of no material consequence
whether it was paid to one or more
workmen. We disclaim any intention
or desire to do injustice to the Super
intendent of Public Works, and again
give him credit for an economical use
of the appropriation here at least, and
again express the hope that he will
pursue the same policy in regard to
the Opera House in Atlanta—then we
will he able to see the wisdom of con
tinuing an office not provided for by
the legislature.
Qetrgia News*
A Colored Federal Juror in
Limbo.—Sometime ago, our enter
prising cotemporary, the Savannah
News, published a list of all the jurorS
who were drawn to serve in the U. S.
Court. In the list was one Dave Scat-
tergood, a negro chickenliftcr of this
county. On last Tuesday night this
juror was caught by our city Marshal
in the chicken house of a widowed
lady of this city. Dave was not pre
pared for that sort of a “box,” so he
attempted to come out of the coop, as
he did so the Marshal boxed him with
his club, and scattered the red juice of
that juror. Dave succumbed, and
was taken to jail. A preliminary tri
al was held on Wednesday and the in
telligent and honest (?) juror was re
quired to give bond for his appearance
at Superior Court.
Think of it, a negro chicken thief
as a juror to try honest and intelligent
men. A sad commentary on the jury
system, and the government instituted
by Washington and Jefferson.— San-
dersvillc Herald.
Mr. Williamson Middlebrooks, of
this county, has threshed his crop of
this year’s wheat, which yielded an
average of twenty bushels to the acre.
From thirteen acres he obtained 2G0
bushels of good wheat. Who of our
farmers, can beat this?—Thomaston
Herald.
Washington County Nomination.
—In response to the call from the De
mocratic Executive Committee, the
Delegates from the several Districts of
this county assembled in this city on
the 30th ult., for the purpose of nomi
nating a candidate to represent the
county in the Legislature. After or
ganizing the Convention passed the
following resolution :
Resolved, That no person’s names be
permitted to go before this Conven
tion as a candidate ior the Legislature
except such as pledge themselves,
either in person or by the solemn
guarantee of their personal friends in
this Convention, that they will abide
the nomination of this Convention.
Several names were proposed, nnd
after a number of ballotings, Joseph
W. Sessions, Esq., was duly nomina
ted.
A committee was appointed to in
form the nominee of the choice of the
Convention. The committee return
ed escorting the candidate, who, in a
pleasant little speech, returned thanks
for the honor conferred upon him.—
Sandersville Herald, ilk.
Governor Smith, in his proclama
tion seizing the Macon and Brunswick
railroad, after quoting the fact that
certain parties hold bonds of the road,
says:
Whereas, By the second section of
the said act ft is made the duty of the
Governor in the event that any inter
The Middlebrooks* Murder Cose.
Our readers are doubtless familiar
with all the main facts relating to the
recent trial of the Middlebrooks mur
der case before the Superior Court of
Putnam county. The jury, it will be
remembered, brought in a verdict of
“ voluntary manslaughter,” and this
verdict was thought by Judge Hop
kins to be of such an extraordinary
character, when judged by the evi
dence that had been adduced, that he
then and there gave expression to his
astonishment, and proceeded to read
the jurors a very severe lecture on the
quality of mercy. This fact has oc
casioned some comment, and there are
many who probably imagine that
Judge Hopkins, travelled somewhat
outofhis line of duty to administer
rebuke to the twelve men who are
supposed to have brought in a verdict
in accordance with the law nnd the
testimony. This verdict was “ vol
untary manslaughter” and the prison
er Greer was sentenced by Judge Hop
kins to the Penitentiary for twenty
years. In order that our readers may
judge as* to whether this verdict is
justified by the facts in the case, we
present herewith a brief summary ol
the evidence as elicited during the tri
al.
Joseph Middlebrooks, the young
man who was murdered, was a citizen
of Forsyth, and at the time of his
death was engaged as a clerk in a dry
goods stoae in that town. He was
what is known as a model young man
—a member of the church, modest
and retiring in his disposition, and
absolutely free not only from the
lesser faults usually' found in young
men, but from the more glaring im
moralities that pertain to humanity.
So much from our own knowledge.
Now as to the testimony.
On the 2d day of July, one year
ago, in the town of Monticello, Greer,
the brother-in law of young Middle
brooks, endeavored to borrow a pistol.
When asked what he wanted with a
pistol, Grier said he intended to have
a row, and in response to further ques
tioning, said it would be the most seri
ous thing that ever happened in Monti
cello. He endeavored to borrow a
pistol from several witnesses, and final
ly' succeded. He then went into the
store of the Kelly Brothers and ob
tained cartridges for the purpose of
loading his weapon. While Mr. Greer
was in the store his victim passed the
door. Greer stepped out upon the
sidewalk and said : “ Come back, Joe,
I want to talk to you.” It should be
remembered, in this connection, that
on account of ill-treatment at the
hands of her husband, Greer’s wife hud
left his house and gone to her father’s.
In response to Greer’s call young Mid-
dlebrrook’s turned and came back to
wards Greer. They approached each
other without visible anger on either
side, and when they met the conver
sation was carried on in too low a tone
The Reigning House of Austria.—
The reigning house of Austria is a
story of happy accidents. A young
Swiss count, poor and obscure, while
riding in the chase, comes to a river,
where he finds a priest on foot, an
xious to cross the stream, but unable
to do so. Having addressed the pi
ous man kindly, he learns that he is
hastening to administer the sacrament
to a dying parishioner, and thereon
freely offers his horse, on which the
priest passes over the river, and has
tens to the beath-bed. Next day the
horse is returned, with expressions of
gratitude, but the count declines to
receive it. “ God forbid,” In* exclaims,
that I should again ride a horse
which has carried my Saviour!”
whereupon he returns the animal as a
gift to the priest and the church. In
course of time the priest becomes
chaplain and confidential adviser to
the prince elector of Mentz; he re
members the pious count, and per
suades his patron to name him to the
assembly of electors of the empire
Inquiry having shown that the count
is as brave as he is pious, he is chosen
to the monarch, and appeals in histo
ry as Rudolph, count of Ilapsburg—
a word which we may translate in
connection with the hap which has
generally attended the family. This
Rudolph has charming daughters,
they marry five powerful princes, and
the marrying-on, so to speak, of na
tions becomes the structural growth
of Austrian dominion. The beauty
of Austrian arch-duchesses has been
apolitical element in the shaping of
Europe, Napoleon, having conquered
the country, is satisfied to be paid
with the hand of one of the pretty
princesses, instead of with milliards,
the horrors of Austerlitz ending in a
warm friendship between Austria and
France which even Solferino was not
able to destroy. There is, perhaps,
no more attractive queen in Europe
than she who has knit together the
thrones of Austria and Belgium.—
Frazer's Magazine.
Batter Churning: Made Easy.
Strain the milk shallow; the more
surface, the more cream, hence large
pans are the best. Keep it in a room
free from jars; do not churn in the
room ; keep it at an even temperature;
it must have light and air; it is much
like the rest of us, and spoils for want
of good, pure air, but it is averse to
draughts. Watch it, if you want good,
sweet butter, and skim when the milk
is thoroughly thick or loppered. If
you skim sooner, you will lose some
cream ; if later, there will be spots
on it or mold, and your butter will
not keep. After skimming your cream
into your cream pail, stir altogether
with a case-knife or spoon ; a knife is
best, as it manipulates the particles
against the sides of the pail more
thoroughly. This process takes but
a moment, and if you do it each time
that you skim, when you come to
churn (if your milk is at proper tem
perature) your butter will come in less
than ten minutes, as the particles are
already half churned.
est due on the bonds of said company, j to be heard by witnesses, until finally
indorsed as aforesaid, shall not be paid Greer said: “Joe, why didn’t you
by said railroad company at maturity,
to seize and take possession of all the
property of said railroad company and
apply the earnings of said road to the
extinguishment of said interest, and to
sell the road and its equipments and
other property belonging to said com
pany in such manner and at such time
as iu his judgment may best subserve
the interests of all concerned :
Whereas, I have been further in
formed by the said holders of the
bonds aforesaid, that they have re
spectively presented the coupons for
payment, and that payment thereof
has been refused ; and
Therefore, I, James M. Smith, Gov
ernor of said State, do issue this my
proclamation, making known that 1
have this day seized and taken posses
ion of all the property of the said rail
road company, to the end that the
same, together with all the earnings
of the said railroad, may be held, ap
plied and disposed ol as is required by
the provisions of said act; and that
George II. Hazlehurst, of the county of
Bibb, appointed the agent of the State
to receive, hold possession of, manage
and control all the property of said
company for the purpose hereinbefore
stated.
Hannah Moore said, “If I wished to
punish an enemy I should make him
bate somebody!”
The Macon Telegraph says: The
annual commencement exercises of the
Monroe Female College, at Forsyth,
will begin on the 11th inst., and end
on the 17th. The commencement ser
mon will be preached on Sunday,
the 13th, by Bishop Pierce; the pre
sentation of the medal to the success
ful Sophomore will take place on the
15th—the speech to be made by Judge
R. P. Trippe; the annual literary ad
dress will be delivered by Rev. James
Dixon, D. D., on Wednesday, the 10th,
and the address before the Alumnman
Association on Thursday, the 17th,
by Governor Smith. This is a bril
liant promise of entertainment out
side the regular college proceeding,
which will be very interesting. There
are one hundred and fifty-four young
ladies in attendence upon this school,
sixteen of whom will be graduated
this year. The college is the oldest
but one in the South, and the people
will rejoice to know that it is in so
flourishing a condition.
The Chronicle and Sentinel says it
is reported in that city that a com
pany is being formed there “for the
purpose of building a splendid hotel
with all the modern improvements, on
Broad street near the centre of the
city.”
Atlanta has had a case of genuine
cholera. A lady arrived there from
Nashville, and died shortly after. No
other cases have occurred.
Dr. Lovick Pierce, who has been
quite ill in Columbus, is improving.
A Mr. Alexander, of Hancock coun
ty, committed suicide recently by tak
ing laudanum and cutting his" throat.
Domestic afflictions were the cause.
The Columbus Sun says it is stated
that Gen. Gordon and Mr. C. B. How
ard have lately bought a. plantation
on Flint river, belonging to the estate
of Mr. Joseph Hill, lor $25,000. It
cost $78,000 before the war.
Col. James Slaton, and old and much
respected citizen of Fort Gaines, was
found dead in his bed Sunday morning.
Heart disease.
bring her home?” to which the an
swer was made: “She is your wife
If you want her why don’t you come
after her?” Here Greer fell to curs
ing Middlebrooks, and at the same
time drew his pistol; whereupon
Middlebrooks said: “ You have al
ways treated her like a dog and if
you’ll put down that pistol, I can
whip you.” Greer continued his curs
ing, and Middlebrooks finally caught
hold of his coat and said: “ Don’t
curse me.” Greer still continued
cursing his victim, and as the lat
ter, unarmed and at the mercy of
the wretch, threw up his arm to ward
off the pistol, the fatal shot was fired,
and thus was consummated as deliber
ate and cold-blooded a murder ns ever
disgraced the State. As Middlebrooks
fell forward, writhing in the agonies of
death, the murderous wretch, Greer,
stepped back ami said : “ Damn you !
take that for your part!” According to
the evidence, there never was a more
deliberate murder in the annals of
crime. In the trial, the defence in
troduced no evidence at all, but after
the prosecution had closed the prison
er was allpvved to make a statement.
This statement was in substance that
he (the prisoner) had asked young Mid
dlebrooks, why he hadn’t brought his
wife home. To this Middlebrooks
replied it was Greer’s piece to come
after her. Greer rejoined that it was
the understanding that some of the
family would bring her home. Mid
dlebrooks said Grier was a contempti
ble liar, and prisoner retorted “ you
are another;” whereupon Middle
brooks collared him. This is the
prisoner’s statement. Several wit
nesses swore that Middlebrooks did
not collar Greer, but simply placed
his hand on the lappel of his coat.
Another witness testified to hearing
Greer say he had promised to go after
his wife.
So much for the evidence in the
case. Our readers may form their
own conclusions as to how far Judge
Hopkins was justified in expressing
astonishment at the extraordinary ver
dict of the jury and denouncing the
crime as cold-blooded murder. In
our opinion, he would have been jus
tified in making much severer com
ments than those attributed to him.—
Sav. News.
One Cause of Consumption.—Dr.
MacCormac of Belfast, Ireland, is the
author of a work on pulmonary con
sumption, recently published by the
Longmans, London, and which has at
tracted considerable notice. Accord
ing to Dr. MacCormac, induced con
sumption—as distinguished from that
which is hereditary—has its origin in
rebreathing expired air. Persons of a
delicate constitution or organization
should, he says, sleep ’alone, and, if
possible, in spacious rooms, thus insur
ing a larger supply of pure uncontam
inated air; and the window-sash should
also be invariably raised on retiring.
When the dormitory is small, if not
carefully ventilated, oxygen, the es
sential element that supports life, is
quickly exhausted, and the individual
takes back into the lungs carbonic acid
gas, which is so destructive of life—
the whole system becoming deranged,
the air-cells' ulcerating, and with the
destruction of these, the whole bron
chial region falling into diaease.
Disappoint* i Ambition,
A newspaper correspondent writes:
I saw yesterday a correspondent’s des
cription of Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague’s
house at Naragansett, the fashionable
seaside resort in Rhode Island. It
contains eighty rooms and is magnifi
cently furnished, and is of course filled
with choice works of art. Mrs.
Sprague has all which ought to make
life desirable—wealth, beauty, grace
and accomplishments—yet I doubt
not the May morning on which her
father was found unconscious in his
room, with no hope of his recovery
possible, has darkened her life forever,
and though time may alleviate her
grief at the loss of the father of whom
she was so proud and to whom she
was so devoted, yet nothing can ever
cure the pain from the mortal wound
her ambition has received. Mrs
Sprague is thoroughly ambitious. It
has not been because of mere personal
vanity that she perfected herself as a
woman of the world and queen of so
ciety. It was not the desire to fascin
ate and delight merely for the sake of
the homage it brought her that in
duced her to study every graceful pose,
and school herself ia courtly language
and brilliant repartee.
She for years prepared herself, us
ing all the advantages wealth gave her
to cultivate her really remarkable tal
ents for a social ruler, in the fond ex
pectation of being one day the pre
siding laiiy at the White House. Mr.
Chase was credited with an overween
ing desire to be the Chief Magistrate,
yet I believe that this was less due to
his own ambition than to his elder
daughter's. A gentleman who acted
as one of Mr. Chase’s chief agents du
ring the campaign prior to the nomi
nation of Seymour, in 18GS, has told
me how thorough Mrs. Sprague was
taken into consultation, how high
were her hopes, and how constantly
her father spoke of her connection
with his success or failure. When he
thought success certain, as be did un
til the very day Seymour received the
nomination, he rejoiced most of all for
the joy it would give Mrs Sprague,
and when the certainty of failure was
made known to him, his first words
were: “Does Mrs. Sprague know?”
When told she did, “And how does
she bear it ?” he inquired. He seem
ed more relieved to find that the bad
news did not overwhelm her. When
Mrs. Sprague was told she manifested
wonderful self-control, but evidently
the blow was severe. She said little,
but that little, albeit was calmly
spoken, showed the violence of the
shock she had received.
With her father, Mrs. Sprague’s
ambition to be the lady of the White
House must necessarily have died. She
can not hope to have her husband
place her there. Not even her pow
erful personal influence and talent for
diplomacy, added to his unbounded
wealth, can procure the Presidency for
Senator Sprague. I doubt if Mrs.
Sprague passes much time in Wash
ington hereafter. For nearly three
years after the disappointment which
was wrought by Seymour’s nomina
tion she was there but seldom, and
even when her days of mourning for
her father’s death areover.it is scarce
ly probable she will care to resume
her old life in the city where she had
hoped to be the chief lady. She is a
wonderful woman. There are few
women of whom history tell us, who,
united with so much beauty and grace,
have had so powerful a mind aud
senilis for rulimr.
Violent Shocks of Earthquake in
Xtaly.
Florence, June 29.—Strong shocks
of earthquake were felt in the north
of Italy at 5 o’clock this morning
The motion was severe in Venice, and
Verona, and caused a panic. There
were several accidents iu those cities,
hut no serious damage was done to
persons or property. At other points
the shocks were more violent, and
their effect disastrous. A dispatch
from Treviso reports that at Feletto,
near Conegliano, about thirty-five
miles north of Venice, a church was
destroyed by the earthquake, and thir
ty-eight persons were killed ; and in
lour villages near Vittoria fourteen
persons were killed and many injured.
Great damage was also done in the
town of Belluno, on the river Piave,
fifty miles north of Venice.
Florence, June 30.—The violence
of the earthquake yesterday morning
was concentrated in the country north
ef V enice, where its effects were ter
rible, both in loss of life and ruin of
property. At Belluno, four persons
were killed and many injured ; at Pi-
eve di Alpago, several were injured;
at Torris two -were killed ; at Carago
four; at Puos eleven at Visone two;
and at Cuvessago one. Several church
es are in ruins, many were badly shat
tered, and hundreds of houses have
been levelled with the ground. The
inhabitants have not yet recovered
from their terror, and thousands are
encamped in the field; but there has
been no recurrence of the shocks.
Over Niagara.—Rochester, July 5.—
A party sailing in a boat at Chippewa,
above Niagara, got into the rapids,
and were carried over the Falls. They
are not known. Pieces of the boat
have been found.
Later.—The young man and wo
man who went over the Falls were to
have beeu married to-day. Their
bodies have not been recovered.
Georgia State Agricultural Seeietj*
Secretary’s Office, Macon, Ga.,
July, 1st, 1873.
To the County Agricutural Societies and
Clubs:
1. The next Semi-Annual Conven
tion of the Georgia State Agricul
tural Society, will meet in the City
of Athens, on Tuesday, the 12th Au
gust next, at 9 o’clock, A. M. t and con
tinue three days. Delegates and Mem
bers are requested to arrive the even
ing previous, that there may be a full
body present upon organization.
2. The Railroad Companies of the
State, as heretofore, will pass Officers,
Life Members and Delegates, free to
and from the Convention.
3. The Delegates who were elected
for the February Convention of the
present year, being the regularly elec
ted Delegates for thi3 Convention,
Tickets will be issued in their names
as originally reported to this Office,
and will then be sent to the Secretaries
of the respective County Societies for
distribution. A properly appointed
Alternate may take the place of a
principal.
4. Societies which did not report for
the last February Convention, or New
Societies, can be represented by for
warding to this Office, by 20th July,
along with the credentials of their Del
egates, a list of their membership, and
a statement of the number of meetings
held during the preceedingsix months,
certified to by the President and Secre
tary of the Society.
5. No County will be allowed more
than Three Delegates, notwithstanding
it may have several Societies.
6. Life Members desiring to attend
the Convention, must give notice to
the Secretary at Macon, by 20th July,
otherwise they will not be supplied
with Railroad passes.
Malcolm Johnston,
Assistant Secretary.
A. II. COLQUITT, President.
What fish is most valued by a happy
wife? Herring.
When is a woman as cold as ice ?
Wheh she is a scold.
Why is a thriving tradesman like
ice? Because he is solvent.
In character, in manner, in style,
in all things, the supreme excellence
is simplicity.
The passionate are like men stand
ing on their heads ; they see all things
the wrong way.
Gen. William 0. Butler, of Ken
tucky, candidate for Vice President on
the ticket with Gen. Cass iu 1848, is
still alive at the ripe age of eigbtj-
two and in robust health.
The office of beadle of the parish of
Islington, London, is to be abolished,
after being in existence for upward of
a thousand years.
Convention at Athens, August 12th,
13th and 14th, 1873.
rules.
1. Addresses and Opening Discus
sions, made at the request of the So
ciety, will not be limited as to length.
2. Other Speeches and Discussions
will be limited to Ten minutes, and any
extension of time will be subject to a
five minutes’ limitation.
3. Any member who has spoken
twice on any particular subject, can
only be heard again by permission.
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS.
1. President’s Opening Address.
2. Reports of Committees:
1st. To Prevent Negro Emigration
from the State—D. E. Butler, Chair
man.
2d. Transportation of Lime for Ag
ricultural Purposes—B. C. Yancey,
Chairman.
3d. The Co-operation of Local Fair
Associations iu the State with the
State Agricultural Society—J; M
Stubbs, Chairman.
3. Report on the 'Experimental
Farm. By Dr. E. M. Pendleton.
4. Address on Industrial Education.
By Prof. Wm. LeRoy Broun, Presi
dent of the State College of Agricul
ture and the Mechanic Arts.
5. Address on “Land and Labor,”
and a Tenantry System for the Labor
of the South By Col. Wm. McKinley,
of Milledgeville.
G. The Cultivation and Preserva
tion of the Sweet Potato. By E. C.
Grier.
7. Elections.
8. Bee Culture. By Dr. L C. Mat
tox, of Clinch County.
9. New Business.
10. Place of next Convention.
11. Closing Proceedings.
N. B.—All Opening Addresses will
be followed by Discussions, in" which
any member of the Convention may
participate.
Malcolm Johnston,
Assistaut Secretary
A. H. COLQUITT, President.
She Oranges.
Washington Wakes and Tells the ^
and Objects of the Order.
Washington, July 2—The organ!
zation known as “Thq Patrons of Hus
bandry” in Washington in 1867, and
the National Grange, was organized i a
December of that year in this city
The object of the order, as announced
in the second circular, were to advance
education, to elevate and dignify the
occupation of the farmer, and to pro-
tect its members against the numer
ous combinations by which their in
terests are injuriously affected, and for
protecting, by all available means, the
farming interests from fraud and' de
ception of every kind. The social f ea .
ture is to make country homes and
country society attractive, refined and
enjoyable and to balance exhaustive
labors by instructive amusements and
accomplishments. This order pro-
poses to abolish the commissions of
the middle men, and deal directly with
the manufacturers and consumers, and
where it may be deemed necessary to
reduce the rates and freights on rail-
roads by a system of co-operation. No
political or religious discussions are
permitted, and, like most secret orders
this one has a charitable feature. Wo
men are admitted as members. The
headquarters are in Georgetown, Dis
trict of Columbia, where all the busi
ness of the National Grange is trans
acted. Over half a million of tracts
or pamphlets, principally of addresses
delivered from time to time in further
ance of the order, were sent out last
year, together with occasional circu
lars of a confidential charuc ter. There
is a total of 4,355 subordinate Granges
in the United States and eight in Can
ada, ' comprising probably 325,000
members.
An Honest Confession.
The conflict between the two win^s
of the Radical party in Arkansas has
lead to disclosures which show the
corrupt means by which the present
Governor, Baxter, was elected. By
the voluntary admission of prominent
Radicals, Baxter was elected Govern
or by intimidation and fraud. The fol
lowing is an extract from an editorial
in the Fort Smith Patriot (Republi
can,) provoked by Gov. Baxter’s with
drawal of the official printing from it,
and awarding it to the Fort Smith
New Era, slso Republican. This act
of unfriendliness unlocked the mouth
of the Patriot, and it speaks of Gov.
Baxter (Republican) in the following
terms:
His friends, however, asserted that
gratitude was one of his marked char
acteristics, and that lie could not be
bought nor swerved from the line of
duty. With this assurance the Re
publicans of Arkansas raided to his
A Western Pioneer.—It appears
that another distinctive American type
of men is becoming rarer every day.
It is that of the “American Arabs” or
half wild” mountain rangers—full
of adventure, daring wanderers, hat
ing civilization and its tame ways,
men who “ drank out of the Missouri
and slept on the prairies,” and who
were crowded by a neighbor within a
hundred miles. One of this class,
tamed and civilized, was Mr. John
Tabor, who died a few days ago in
New Orleans. He was born in Charles
ton, S. C., was originally a printer,
and thirty years ago worked at the
case in New Orleans. From there he
went to Texas, and was concerned in
many Indian fights, and experienced
many hair-breadth escapes. Walker’s
raid into Nicaragua attracted him, and
he was one of the first fillibusters. Af
ter this he went to California, where
he edited a newspaper at Marysville.
Getting into a quarrel with a brother
editor, and not understanding the Pick
wickian amenities of journalism, he
shot his opponent, who was no other
than one Mansfield, the father of the
notorious Josephine, of Fisk-Stokes
fame. Of course Tabor went in for
the late war. At the close he settled
in New Orleans and became connected
with the various papers there.
—
Special to the Atlanta Herald.
THAT nONBV. *
The IHneau nnd Brunswick Currency—The
Currency will be Unstained.
Macon, Ga., July 3, 1873.—Gov.
Smith was here to-day. In a confer
ence with the Macon Board of Trade,
assurances were given that the circu
lation of the Macon and Brunswick
money will be carried on as heretofore,
and be fully protected. The Macon
Board of Trade and business men gen
erally will co-operate with the Gov
ernor in sustaining the credit of this
road for the next six months, during
which time the whole of the currency
will be retired. f
The action of Governor Smith in
this matter has given great satisfac
tion to business men here and in South
western Georgia. T. J. B.
The Modoc trial commenced July
4tb and will last a month;
support, put forth herculean efforts,
spent thousands of dollars that lie
might be elected. Elected, did we
say? We beg pardon for this viola
tion of the queen’s English, No, he
was not elected, but made Governor by
the wonderful sacrifice of the Repub
lican party. No honest man, who was
at all cognizant with the facts of the
last election, would presume to say
that Mr. Baxter was elected. The Re
publican party held the entire control
of the election; all the machinery of
registration and vot.ng was in their
hands, and they simply determined
that Mr. Brooks should not be returned
as the De'nocratic Governor. They did
this as a matter of self-preservation.
They knew, while Mr. Brooks hated
the Democracy, yet if he was placed
there by them he would be complete
ly in their power, and, that the State
would be given over completely into
the hands of a vindictive foe. For
this reason Mr. Baxter was made Gov
ernor.
tbit paper has always supported
Gov. Baxter, and the former editor,
Gen. Pierce, did more by tongue, pen
and personal exertions to secure his
election than any man in the State.
We happen to know that Gov. Bax
ter was duly informed of a little mat
ter of 3j0 voters in Sebastian county,
570 in Scott county, 400 in Crawford
county and 900 in Franklin county,
making a total of 3,170 voters, who
would have liked to have voted for
Mr. Brboks, but did not get a chance,
on account of certain ‘appliances’ used
for the benefit of Mr. Baxter, and
which met his hearty approval.”
The above is the evidence of one
who knows what he is speaking about,
and it comes out because Gov. Baxter
has turned his back upon his parti
sans, and determined to be, as far as
he can, an impartial executive.
While Baxter is to be censured and
condemned for the corrupt way ia
which he was elected, he is certainly
entitled to praise and commendation
for an honest administration of the du
ties of his office.
Death of.tiie President’s Father.
—Cincinnati, June 30.—A special says
that the immediate cause of the death
of Jesse Grant was softening of the
brain and spinal marrow, though he
had been suffering for a year from a
paralytic stroke. There were present
at his dying bedside the Presidents
mother, Mrs. Rose, the President’s
aunt, Mrs. Metcalf, two grand chil
dren, a physician and a private soldier,
who hqd been detailed from Newport
barracks to nurse him.
President Grant, accompanied by
Babcock, left Cincinnati on the two
o’clock train, for the purpose of at
tending the funeral.
The late Capt. Hall wrote as follows
to the editor of the Nautical Gazette
.before embarking in the Polaris: “
shall bring you tidings which will as
tonish the world and recompense nff
friends for all their labors in my be
hall, or I will die in the attempt,
•will never return to the Arctic
gions agaiu if I am successful ; J >a
not, and live to see the United Sta 1 »
I shall tell my story and seek a u° !
in the far North, where in peace*
shall pass away to a brighter and u ^
ter land. God bless you ! Farewell-
Hiram Powers, the American sculp
tor, who chiseled a. “ Greek Si
from a piece of marble, died at I
ence, in Italy, ou the 27th of June.
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