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' Tht . Dfornlnar News tins the largest city
J „ m i| circulation of ally paper pub
lished in Savannah.
Affairs in Georgia.
Griffin is excited over the discovery of
of a band of robbers, and no citizen will
now venture out unless he is armed with
a claw-hammer.
Col. Fouclie has retired from the edi
torial chair of the Home Commercial.
Col. Triplett, of the Thomasville Times,
denies that he was recently married in
Tennessee. This denial does not satisfy
ns . We received a marked copy of a
Tennessee paper containing the an
nouncement, and we copied it. Nothing
short of an affidavit will convince us that
the publication is an error.
A Jlitchell county man has seventeen
hundred head of sheep. The dogs in
tlmt section are said to bo remarkably fat.
A little colored boy in Chattanooga
county got hold of his daddy’s whisky
bottle the other day and drank himself to
death.
The Schofield Bolling Mill Company of
Atlanta are 'manufacturing patent steel
rails, said to bo the best in use.
Thomas county sold over forty thou
sand bushels of com last year and the
prospects are that she will be able to sell
eighty thousand this year.
Dr. J. SI. Loftin, of Coweta county,
who recently shot a negro in self-defence,
lias been released from custody. .
Jlouroo county is now making soup for
fourteen criminals.
The corn crop of Twiggs county is
unusually promising.
It is evident that when Kimball re--
turned to Georgia he had no idea that
such a warm periodical as the Atlanta
Daily jYucs had been constructed.
Clay county planted only fourteen
acres in wheat this season, nnd raised just
enough to bake sixteen biscuit and a pone
of light bread.
A colony of Georgians, composed of
farmers and business men m the neigh
borhood of Columbus, will settle in Texas
next fall.
The caterpillars have gone into business
in Early county.
Sixteon • car-loads of freight were re
ceivcd in Columbus the other day from
Savannah.
.Mr. William J. Porter, of Early county,
(lied recently of malarial yellow fever.
The corn crop of Wilkes county is ns
fine us the land can produce.
Clay county has 10,757 acres in cotton,
12,7S1 in com and 1,409 in oats.
A correspondent of the Monroe Adver-
User tells of n Muscogee county man who
this year is making from fifty to sixty-
bushels of com per acre, lias red clover
growing thirty inches high, and will cut
this season three tons of Hungarian grass
per acre. This crop he is making on very
thin, very poor piue lands, that previous
to his cultivation did not produce more
than three bushels of com per acre, and
absolutely so poor that clover would not
grow an inch high.
It is by no means an unusual thing for
an Atlanta lawyer to walk out into the
street end endeavor to split a real estate
agent wide open with a carving knife.
When an Atlanta policeman hears of a
row, he has to go home after his umbrella
and spectacles.
Hr. Win. Law, of Macon county, was
evidently troubled with emotional insani
ty. He conceived the idea that he had
committed an unpardonable sin of some
bind, and concluded that the only way to
expiate it was to fast forty days and forty
nights, lie fasted along right well for
awhile, but finally succumbed.
A cotton-month water-moccasin eight
feet long haunts a fish pond in Coweta
county.
Patrick O.'Heran, of Atlanta, charged
with theft, attempted to commit suicide
in the court room the other day. The
■ facile stomach pump saved him.
ltaterree, who killed Clifton in Atlanta
some time ago, lias boeu arrested.
Madison Home Journal: Kelsey Mas
sey, a colored boy about twelve years of
sge, living on the farm of Mr. Joseph
Moore, about three miles from this-city,
was discovered Tuesday by some negroes
lying upon tho ground with a rope around
llw t the other end being attached to
mo limb of a tree. Coroner Wiley was
sent for to hold an inquest over a suicide,
but the jury observing marks of violence
I u,>ou l‘k person, and noticing that the
tope was slack, suspected murder. Dr.
I - ‘ being sent for, examined the body
sud gave as his opinion that death was
caused by violence and not strangulation,
iue jury, after vainly striving to get a
clue to the perpetrators, gave in a ver
dict of “death by violence at the hands
, ““d party or parties unknown.” We
?*? from the Coroner that the rope was
j™* and not drawn sufficiently tight
"found the neck even to cause discolora-
/S- Ihe boy’s father and mother were
m dead. It l s hoped that the murderer
yet be found.
Hberton Gazette: The caterpillar, toat-
,, u< ~ dreaded and destructive enemy of
I iu,, tllern planter, has, at last, made
appearance, and though there are but
foni i° £ worms, the flies • are to be
- , 111 almost every cotton field in great
(i R® 8 * The crop is three weeks later
sum ? as Ibis time last year, and unless
Kls done to stop them, we may
of A i nothing short of the destruction
won I,’ ouc -half of the crop. It is a
of tbi ° Wn Ja . ct tllat J 1 *® reproductiveness
,L,r„™ s ‘ usect la very great, and as a wise
^ w.e suggest that every farmer
taken re 0 l ,01Iit t0 have the web carefully
I tunv aut * destroyed by the hand. It
PPdar to be slow work, but when,
tliiuk it ■ r k°" ifist they mutiply, we
I first eini 1 ? not so slow aa S appears at
lv in .1 ■ end that it will pay handsome-
l j m the end.
j, Honda Affairs.
I taor" car l )et ' lj aggers have accomplished
a ’’leanness than W. J. Purman, and
I theref'* ^fluently; taken him to task
I Oil K° r IU su t‘ scr 'bihg for the Hpan-
Ews Purman is moved to write:
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1874.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
CoL Pratt, of the Palatka Herald, is
visiting the North.
Can anybody tell ns the name of the
Democratic editor in Florida who bor
rowed money from Littlefield and gave
the bond swindler a mortgage on his
paper? We ask for information.
Between the carpet-baggers and his
oWn'friends, Uncle Josiah Walls is hav
ing a mighty rough time of it. The troth
is, Walls is too highly colored to suit the
carpet-baggers, and we are afraid the lat
ter can manage the negroes better than
Walls can himself. We are beginning to
suspect that Josiah’s chances for going
back to Congress are rather Klim
It is said that when Littlefield goes to
bribe a fellow, he handing his victim
as gingerly as a young lady would a mos
quito hawk.
Mr. B. F. Daniels, of Gadsden county,
offers a good cow and calf to any planter
in that section who shall get a bale, of
cotton ready for market sooner than he.
This is btisiness.
A storm in the eastern portion of Gads
den county last week did considerable
damage to crops and property.
A handsome gold ring, worth eighteen
dollars, was found in the placid bosom of
a Pensacola eel recently.
The cotton caterpillar has made its ap
pearance on several plantations in Leon
county, but the planters, as a general
thing, do not apprehend any great dam-
chain and free himself. In the meantime
the alligator made his escape, but the
tightness of the chain choked- him to
death. Next morning he was found dead
on the beach.
I!V TEIM1PE
THE MORNING NEWS.
Noon Telegrams.
THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY AND DIS
SOLUTION.
Disasters of the Flood in Pennsylvania
BEECHERS
“ VINDICATING ’
MITTEE.
COM-
Damaging Freshets and Overflows in
the West,
THE SHADES OF OXFORD.
Commencement Exercises of Emory Col.
lege.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
I ra^r tile ^y—the most oufc-
I S ' 11 best democratic paper in the
I 'fcavon; ' V<i Slia11 use our utmost en-
I *»v 8 of n r , CHCUe Finnan, from the evil
I °f Radicalism.
IctaUj ?* serve that.a few Florida Demo-
Ibibfmi ' e cot uiQcnced counting on the
||g ^Pubhcans-Bn-cuUed. This is
... - Our Florida friends should
. Gra ^ Republicans alone, and
1 and^v 816 188,16 on C ' V >1 rights
Pick ^ e Hsults of social equality.
SSUe * properly conducted,
“ ua *' eve *y Conservative voter.
the
age.
The fat woman exhibited in one of the
side-shows of the Great Eastern Circus is
now perspiring in Monticello.
During a game of base ball in Monti-
cello the other day Willie Carroll was
knocked insensible.
Francis Genoyar, Esq, has returned
from Cuba to St. Augustine and pur
chased a tract of 4,500 acres near the city.
Bishop Yerot has made the St. Augus
tine Examiner the official organ of his
diocese.
A monster shark was caught in the bay,
opposite Warrington, a few days ago,
which measured twenty-two feet in length
and twelve feet in circumference. This
shark is supposed to have followed the
monitors in from Key West, as a very
large one was seen several times on the
way and since their arrival in port.
Twelve gallons of oil was obtained from
the liver.
At a Radical meeting in Monticello tho
other day, one of the members, a negro
named Anthony Mills, made a speech
which was loudly applauded. He de
nounced the carpet-baggers in round
terms, and advised his race to support no
man for office hereafter who was not born
and raised in Florida.
Bronson is shipping cattle to Cuba.
The caterpillar pest has made its ap
pearance in several plantations in Gads
den county. They are three weeks later
than lost season.
The whaling schooner Charles Thomp
son has sailed from Femandina for the
whaling grounds.
Major G. A. Ball, of Tallahassee, says
that death to caterpillars is composed of
one part kerosene, two parts lime, and
sixteen parts water. The Major says:
“I found the above to kill the worm al
most instantly. I believe that a less
quantity of kerosene would be equally
successful—say about one gallon of kero
sene to a barrel of water, and just enough
lime to oause it to mix well, but not so
much as to thicken it like white wash, as
it should be thin so as to run over the
plant freely. It would be well for plant
ers to experiment with a small quantity
to find the best proportion.”
Palatka Herald: To all persons seeking
orange lands and locations for settlement
in Florida, we recommend* self-reliance
and personal judgment on the part of
purchasers. As the old saying is, go it
blind, pick out your choice spot and be
gin your work. Don’t wait for advice
from too many people. Nearly all who
have succeeded adopted this method.
Lands can be had from one dollar tqone
hundred dollars per acre. If a man has
five bushels of com and a hundred pounds
of bacon to begin with, he can select his
piece of government land, bhild his log
hut and go ahead. Go it while you are
young.
Monticello Constitution: Corn is made,
and a magnificent yield it is in the county
of Jefferson—larger, by many thousand
bushels, than for several years past. Cot
ton is doing remarkably' well; the weed
is healthy and putting on fruit with great
rapidity.. Several, weeks ago a few cater
pillars made their appearance, but of late
we hear no complaints, and the prevail
ing opinion is that the cotton will escape
the great destroyer the present season.
If so, the planters will reap a rich reward
for their labors, and the country generally
be mode prosperous and happy.
Marianna* Courier: The past ten days
have been exceedingly warm, with clear
weather and propitious for the cotton
plant, which we are glad to learn is fruit
ing and boiling weU, with occasionally
open bolls. The caterpillar is here, but
upon enquiry-of one of our best farmers,
he feared but little or no damage, and re
marked that in MayDf last year they were
as numerous as at this time. Fodder
pulling is engaging the attention of the
farmers just now, and it is hoped that it
will receive the attention it deserves.
Long forage is indispensable for the wel
fare of farm animals.
Femandina Observer: The steam-tug
Annie M. Wood, owned by the St. Mail’s
River Lumber Company, sunk at Wood-
stock, on the St. Mary’s river, on Monday
night. At the time of the accident her
tanks in the hold were being filled with
water from the mill of the Company, and
it is supposed that the tank overflowed,
and filling tho hull of the steamer, sunk
her. The Captain, who was asleep at the
time, barely made his escape. The Annie
M. Wood has been in these waters for a
few months only, having been purchased
in New York and brought here by the SL
Mary’s River Lumber Company. The
steamer lies-directly in the channel of the
river and is supported from careening
on her sides by the lines with which she
was made fast. She was lying at the
time alongside the schooner F. Harris
•Kirk. The steamer Godfrey Keebler,
upon her return from St. Augustine, went
up the river and will probably make an
attempt to raise her.
Falatka Herald: The large alligator
that was caught a few days since, was
kept tied to the trunk of a large tree near
the water just in rear of the Ocklawaha
wharf. The Palatka hogs rendezvous at
that point for the purpose of feasting
upon the refuse of Smiths’ fish house.
For several days after the gator was se
cured he layed himself out flat on -the
margin, to all appearances as dead as
Ctesar. Hogs got familiarised with
the long black object, until they took
the liberty of sticking their noses
under the sides of the monster
and commenced rooting. Quick as
a flncli the animal brought the force
of his prodigious tail round, that
sent an old sow sprawling in the water.
Making another circle with his head and
tail he gulped down several young pigs.
Lx the affray he broke the end of his.
chain and would have been free but for
the interference of a man with a small
boat. This man caught the end of the
chain and fastened it to the stern seat,
when the alligator commenced gyrating,
and at every turn in the water he coiled
the chain still tighter around his hod)-.
One more circle would have drawn both
man and boat under water, but fortu
nately the man had just time to loose the
meeting: of the board of levee
COMMISSIONERS.
Fatal Coses of Sun-Stroke in St. Louis*
THE MISSISSIPPI LANDS.
>- . nicely, coming irom tne poeuciu region:
Washington, July 28.—The Board 01 of Senow, and Mr. A. S. Hough, of Ox-
r% rttvi 0 01*0 VA/lAniltr i.nnnmioil Lit ill a r —T —1: A —~ L t e A. —7 .... —.—1 — t—* Tm
Engineers recently appointed by the
President under an act of Congress passed
at its last session to devise a plan for
reclaiming the overflowed lands of the
Mississippi river, met at Newport, R. L,
on the 21st inst. Present—Gen. G. K.
Warren, U. S. Engineers; Gen. H. L.
Abbot, U. S. Engineers; Capt. W. H.
Benyaurd, U. S. Engineers; ex-Gov-
emor P. Q. Hebert, of Louisiana, and
CoL J. E. Sickles, of Arkansas. The
Board was in session several days, de
liberating on the various proposed plans
of reclamation. It distributed the duties
of its members as follows: To ex-Gov.
Hebert was assigned the district of
Louisiana; to Capt. Benyaurd the dis
trict of Mississippi, and to Col. J. E.
Sickles the district of ArVimmiH and Mis
souri. To Gen. H. L. Abbot was assigned
the duty of investigating the course
and effect of the flood of 1874, as com
pared with previous floods; and to Gen.
G. K. Warren was assigned the duty of
collecting all information now in the De
partments bearing on the question.
The Board adjourned, subject to the call
of the President, which will be made so
soon as the reports come in from the va
rious States. It will be prepared to moke
its recommendations at an early day in
the next session of Congress. Generals
Warren, Abbot and Hebert are probably
more familiar with the levee question, in
all Its phases, than any other three gen
tlemen in the country, except, probably,
the distinguished Chief of Engineers,
General Humphreys.
THE FBENCH ASSEMBLY.
Pams, July 28.—At the session of the
Assemby tbe benches of the Right were
well filled, the absent members having
nearly all returned. The Committee on
Parliamentary Initiative made its report
on the resolution for dissolution, recom-.
mending that the Assembly proceed to
constitute a government or dissolve. After
a scene of intense excitement the debate
was adjourned until Wednesday. It is
anticipated that the consideration of the
budget will occupy the Assembly until Au
gust 8th, about which time the House will
adjourn until November 15th. The inter
val will be shorter than was expected, be
cause the Conservatives fear a long recess
will incline the Left Centre to support
dissolution. The Deputies in favor of
dissolution are confident of success after
the recess, and believe their opponents
will have a bare majority on Wednesday
when the resolution comes to a vote.
RAILROAD DISASTERS.
Cincinnati, July 28.—At Sparta, on
the Louisville Short Line, a south-bound
freight train went through a bridge dam-,
aged by water. No one was hurt. A
mile and a half south of Sparta an engine,
baggage car and one of the passenger cars
of a train went through a bridge. One
man was fatally and three seriously in
jured. Five miles further south, five
ggage cars are detached between Cin
cinnati and Walton. The two bridges are
down. The damage is principally to the
rolling stock. The officers pf the com
pany say trains will run regularly in two
days.
FBOM BOSTON.
Boston, July 28.—A party of roughs
stoned a train, and a man in the smoking
car and a lady were fearfully cut in the
head. This occurred within a mile of
West Palmer, Massachusetts.
The National Bank Examiner has-pre
ferred charges of dishonesty against
Cashier Milford, of the National Bank.
FOREIGN NOTES.
London, July 28.—Gashill Bros., cdtton
merchants, of Liverpool, have failed;
liabilities $480,000.
The Times' dispatches from India say
the prospect of crops is most favorable,
notwithstanding the recent floods. Many
deaths from cholera are reported at Bur-
devan.
Chicago, July 28.—An awkwardly con
structed slow match of rags and kerosene,
leading to three kegs of powder, was
found in ’Nicholas Stenders’ hardware
store, 219 Clark street. Standers was ar
rested. The fire had progressed consid
erably when discovered.
THE PENNSYLVANIA FLOOD.
Pittsburg, July 28.—The details of
the flood show the disaster to be greater
than was supposed. Fully two hundred
lives are lost. The damaged district is
twenty-five miles in diameter. The pre
vailing theory is that a water-spout of
some kind did the misdhief.
bekohee’s ‘‘vindicators. 7 a. - ....
New York, July 28.—The Beecher in
vestigating committee resumed its session
this evening, as usual, with closed
doors. Beyond the fact that two or .three
‘ messes were examined, nothing; is
known of the proceedings. .
FBES1HEXB D[ THE WEST*
Cincinnati, July 28.—The com crop
of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky is dam
aged by wind. The Ohio rose five feet
in a few hours. The Licking river dashed
out four feet higher than the Ohio, driving
drift against the. shipping on the ’ oppo-
the child abductors.
Philadelphia, July 28.—Four English
persons are still held for kidnapping the
Ross boy. The arrest of these parties
led to the discovery of a large amount of
supposed stolen property.
STEAMER LOST.
San Francisco, July 28.—The Alatona,
from Yokohoma, reports the loss of a
steamer on the west coast, with twenty-
seven lives. ;
SUNSTROKE. .
Sr. Louis, July 28.—Twenty cases of
sunstroke occurred yesterday, ten of
which were fatal. -
The Vioekbubo Troubles.—The Vicks
burg Herald of the 21st inst says: “Adju
tant General Packer, of the State militia,
was in the city yesterday to obtain the
arms belonging to tho State. He first
applied to the white troops, who propos
ed to" give up their guns upon condition
that the colored people did the same
thing. Colonel Packer then applied to
P. C. Hall, colored, for the guns ip the
hands of the negroes, but they declined
to ■ give them up.. Whereupon Colonel
Packer retired in disgust, and returned
to Jackson,”
About $0,000,000 worth of sugar was
lost during the flood in Louisiana. Of
the rice crop destroyed by the overflow
it is estimated that about 5,031,940
pounds have been lost, which, valued at
cents, aggregates $311,996.
Oxford, July 21.
This is the third day of Emory com
mencement, and so far nothing bug dis
turbed the pleasure of the occasion.
The exercises were opened by Rev. Mr.
J. H. Hinton, of Macon.
After this, and music, the like of which
no man has heard, except those present,
Mr. D. Q. Abbott, 'of Columbus, took
the lead in the jnnior exhibition, and
handled “Know Thyself,” knowingly.
Mr. W. A. Candler, Villa Rica, kept
the baR in motion, and tried to prove
that there is “No Patriotic Infidelity.”
He seemed thoroughly convinced and
enthusiastic in the conviction. He has an
eloquent appearance, and as I have never
seen a bust of Cicero or Demosthenes, it
is impossible to say that he resembled
them, but his effort is worthy of special
notice.
Mr. C. C. Cody, of Covington, shaped
“Thejewelsof Georgia" in to indescribable
fashions, and left them just so. What is
remarkable about the whole matter, and
which, also, is the conclusion, is that he
found no jewel among the living.
Then, while Mr. W. B. Flambrough
spoke of “Poetry,” in a poetical way and
nicely, coming from the poetical regions
ford, discussed on '“Originality and In
dependence,” the whole audience forgot
that the vox populi should not be heard
on such an occasion, and did their best
to throw out suggestions to these thought
ful young gentlemen.
Then, amid the music of sweet murmurs
'from blushing maids and smiling boys,
some quite small, Mr. W. H. Hartly,
from La Grange, told some good things
about what he knew about “Character,”
and agreed with the illustrious Arnold
that labor omnia vincit.
Mr. R. H. Jones, who is happy to claim
Oxford as his domicil, took “Equality of
Citizenship does not comprehend Equality
of Virtue, Talent and Usefulness.” It is
hoped that the statement of his subject
will not make this letter’too long. I state
it to show the wit of brevity. The propo
sition was proved.
Mr. G. W. Mathews handled “Merit of
Discipline” masterly, and showed in the
preparation of his speech the truth of
his utterancea
Mr. C. D. Woodson, who comes from
the Gate City; introduced Dickens to the
audience in a felicitous way; and his
speech, though .it did not pry into the
deep and dark mystery of the sepa
ration, was the most pleasing of all,
and speaks well for his industry and
thought.
Several other speeches were made, but
as, doubtless, they will be published, I
will not trouble your readers with a de
scription.
The junior exhibition was not so-bril
liant as some that have taken place in the
classic village. Some men are born to
luck and happiness, and among the num
ber the junior speakers must be men
tioned! It so happened in the notice of
things that there are only twelve regulars
m the junior class, and from this regu
larity all got speakers’ places. Happy
fortuife! for otherwise some would- have
been unknown to fortune and to fame.
After the speaking was finished, the
Hon. G. E- Pierce, Jr-,, delivered, the
prizes to the successful Sophs in a fine
address, enlivened by his splended elocu
tion. The successful combatants were
Messrs. Reubins, of Sandersville, and
Herbert Hill, of Macon. These young
gentlemen have been complimented and
caressed, and bear their laurels well.
This closes the exercises for to-day,
and to-night will witness the closing ad
dresses of the two societies. J. K. BL
Oxford, Ga., July 22d, 1874,
Editor Morning News:
The last and brightest day of com
mencement fit Emery has come, and is
nearly gone. Everything seemed to con
tribute to the freshness and brilliancy of
the scene. The interest felt in the festiv
ities culminated to-day, and not long after
the sun had risen in his splendor, crowds
from neighboring' hamlets and villages
rushed on and behind fiery steeds and
slower mules, the rich and poor, to the
chapel to witness the welcome and sad
farewell of the graduating class. Soon
every nook and corner was filled,
and soon no man, woman, or child
hod where to' place its, her, or
his feet. Among the audience was
noticed the fact of the presence of more
men,influential in State and Church, than
at any other previous gathering of the
kind in the classic shades of Oxford. It
is ominous, and bespeaks for the future
of Emory splendid things.
The exercises were solemnly opened as
usual, and the blessings of the Great One
Invoked on the coming men.
Then followed the Latin salutatory pro
duct of the classic genius of Mr. N. T.
Burks, who carries back’ to Henderson,
Texas, the second honor of the Institu
tion. ♦ -
It was said by a young lady that the
English was good, and she was quite sur
prised, mortified and bewildered to learn
that she knew not whereof she spoke.
The delivery was impressive, and the
welcome hearty. Mr. Burks, in course, de
livered another speech, on * ‘Truth, ” which
was in good English—nay, King’s English,
and filled with good thought. Mr. B.
did one thing more which commends him
most highly to the thinking portion of
mankind. While he has learned the lore
of. Greece and Rome, be has wooed and
won one of the finest daughters of Ox
ford ; and with his other honors of mind
will carry back to Texas the honors of the
heart. To-morrow evening the happy
two will be happy one. ’
The speech of Mr. A. F. Banett, of
Atlanta, on “Heroism,” was one of the
finest of the occasion, and showed mind
and thought. How the heart of the noble
Secretary of State beat with the highest
joy and the most inspiring hopes as the
worthy son of worthy are discoursed in
a strain which gave promise of higher
things; and while we applaud him as
Thane of Cawdor now, we shall expect to
.see him King.'
W. M. Crow followed, on the “Philoso
phy of Legislation,” in a happy vein of
thought. He is, too, from Texas.
It would give me pleasure to notice the
speeches of Messrs. W. E. Keever, of
Augusta) on “American Literature,” and
E. R. Kinnebrew, on the “Cultivation of
Natural Sentiment,” but as much is to
follow in this epistle this can’t be. They
did welL
Just after Mr. B. A, Lewis, of Sparta,
had finished a fine effort on “Intellect in
Brutes,” Bishop Pierce arose, and, though
he said big name was not on the pro-
gramme, still he had a word to say. With
the graduation of Mr. Lewis closed the
list of seven sons, all of whom had been
educated by Rev. Mr. Josiah Lewis, of
Sparta, at Emory; and though he has no
land to transmit nor stocks to divide,
still the noble old Spartan had given all
seven an education, which was better
than land and stocks. In testimony of
esteem, the Bishop presented the honored
lather with a gold-headed cane with the
inscription, “The Model l?atron of Emory
College.” AH his sons have borne away
the honors of the institution. The plau
dits of .the crowd vindicated the fitness
of the tribute. -
Mr. J. M. Myers, of Macon,'delivered
a sensible speech on “Religion vs. Ma
terialism.” Much can be said of it.
Mr. J. B. Pork, of Greene, showed how
necessary principles are to sucoess, and
he might have added principal.
Hr. Selwyn L. Smith bore away the
fourth honor. • He made a line speech on
“Mental Science and Sociology.” Much
too deep for its average audience.
The funniest speech of the day was
that of Talfourd Smith, of Oxford, on
“Circles and Angles.” He investigated
in mirth the line of beauty and tbe sweets
of ugliness. His address was dedicated
to the beautiful minority and the rest of
mankind. * '
Mr. W. H. Wimberly, of Macon, spoke
well, and showed in a logic that was
severe, the “Influence of one Literature
upon another.”
The Valedictory was well written, and
finely and sadly said by W. W. Lewis, of
of Greene, who carries the first honor.
The Baccalaureate address of Dr. A. L.
Smith was a happy effort, full of wisdom
and instruction.
This closes the Senior exhibition. Pro
fessor R. D. Walker, of Savannah, deliv
ered"' a fine address before the alumni
of the Few Society, and those who knew
him as an industrious student can mark
the improvement he has made in his high
calling as a teacher in the State Agricul
tural College.
This afternoon the literary address of the
commencement will be delivered by the
Horn Thomas Hardeman, Jr., of Macon.
With this the exercises will close. Till
then, adieu. J. K. H.
[From the Atlanta News.]
SOME MOKE STEALING.
Hannibal’s Development Ont of the Ten.
nesseo Car Company—How a Swindling
Contract was Made—§100,000 of Draft
Issued for 842,500—Kimball Gets them
Cashed and Pockets the (Honey—Two of
the Drafts in His Possession Now.
The Tennessee Car Company was a cor-
poration in the State of Tennessee, whose
business was supplying the Nashville and
Northwestern Railway with passenger
cars,' for rent. In 1869, John Rice was
President, E. N. Kimball was .manager,
and Campbell Wallace and H. L Kimball
stockholders and directors of the com
pany. Some time in that year the com-
pany wound up its affairs and ceased to
exist. The duty of the manager of the
company was to receive rents for cars.
The company never owned any box ears,
and hod no business transaction with the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, or with
airv one else, as late as 1870.
" On the 5th of April, 1870, long after
THE COMPANY HAD CEASED TO EXIST,
E. N. Kimball, a manager, entered into
.an agreemeht with Foster Blodgett, Su
perintendent of the Western and Atlan
tic Railroad, in the following terms:
Georgia, Fulton County:—The Tennessee Car
Company, by E. N. Kimball, Manager, and' tbe
Western and Atlantic Railroad, by Foster Blodg
ett, Superintendent, agree as follows: The Ten
nessee Car Company are to fmnisb and deliver to
the Western and'Atlantic Railroad fifty box cars
of nstial length, height, and width, double roof
of clear, panel grooved, sheeting, and flooring oi
matched pine, and made after the latest patterns,
thoroughly braced, trussed and ironed, for the
price of C850 per car. The Tennessee Cpr Com
pany are to commence delivering the'cars at
Chattanooga, or Dalton, within sixty days, and
deliver all within ninety days.
Tub Tennessee Car Coin*any,
By E. N. Kimball, Manager.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad,
By Foster Blodgett, Superintendent.
Atlanta, Ga., April 5,1870.
Approved: Rufus B. Bullock,
Gov. and ex-officio Pres. W. & A. R. R.
It will be borne in mind that when this
agreement was made the Tennessee Car
Company had no existence, and, conse
quently, there could not have been a
manager of that company. The company
had never owned any box cars, and had
disposed of all its property, of every sort,
in the year 1869.
NOT A SINGLE BOX CAR,
or anything in lieu thereof, was ever fur
nished to toe State road under toe above
agreement. But, nevertheless, within
three months after the date of the agree
ment the notes of Foster Blodgett, as
Superintendent of toe Western and At
lantic Railroad, amounting to over $99,-
900, were given to E. N. Kimball, man
ager,' pnd-ware by H. L Kimball disposed
of to various persons North. Over
$32,000 of these notes were examined and
promptly “passed” by Auditor Hotchkiss,
of the State road, and,
AT MATURITY WERE PAID
at toe treasury. Others, amounting to
$47,000, are reported to have passed into
the hands of Henry Clews &_ Co., who
then claimed to be acting as the financial
agent of toe State. Two of toe notes,
amounting to over $20,000, are still out
standing. One, claimed by the Elliott
National Bank, of Boston, and toe other
by one Demeritt, the former President of
that bank. Payment of these notes has
been demanded of toe State and refused
by Governor Smith. During toe present
visit of H. L Kimball to toe city he has
applied to a lawyer, living here, to take
these notes for collection.
From toe foregoing statement it appears
that H. L Kimball, in this fraudulent
transaction, has already “developed” over
$79,COO and is seeking to “develop” over
$20,000 more out of toe State which he
loves so much.
In 1871, when public attention "was
first directed to the frauds perpetrated by
toe Kimballs in toe name of toe “Ten
nessee Car Company,” John Rice, who
was President of toe Company at toe
time of its dissolution, had an Interview
with them in the city of New York, and
DEMANDED THki re AUTHOBITY
for toe use. they had. made of the name of
the company. They admitted to Rice
that they had no authority whatever, but
had used toe name of toe company be
cause they found they had an oppor
tunity of contracting with the Western
and Atlantic Railroad for toe sale of cars,
by which they could make a profit, and
had used toe name of toe company for
that, purpose. They promised Bice that
they would explain the whole matter to
Mr. Campbell Wallace, who was a stock
holder in toe company at toe time of its
dissolution, and H. L Kimball said that
he was going to start toe next day for
Atlanta, and would there see Mr. Wal
lace, and make the explanation to him in
person. Wallace was notified by Rice of
toe interview, and of the promise of the
Kimballs to see bim and make the expla
nation. It is hardly necessary to " add
that toe explanation, as promised, was
not given to Major Wallace, who was as
much surprised and indignant' as Mr.
Rice had been at toe use of toe name of
the defunct company.
Hoh. Fred. A- Sawyer, late Assistant
Secretary of toe Treasury, enjoyed con
siderable renutation in Washington for
his familiarity with Holy Writ When
any of the numerous “Christian states
men,” who flock there in toe winter sea
son to “exchange notes,” got into an ar
gument over the accuracy of a quotation
from toe Bible,' Sawyer was toe happy
man to whom the dispute was referred.
Upon one occasion the President had his
feelings aroused by a flat contradiction
from Richardson as to toe source of toe
saying, “ Procrastination is the thief of
time.” Grant expressed liis willingness
to swear that it was from Isaiah, while
Richardson was ready to make an affida
vit that it was from Habakkuk. The
situation growing critical, they appealed
at once to Sawyer. ■ "When he heard their
statement he seemed struck with amaze
ment at such an exhibition of ignorance
in high places, and hardly able to conceal
his emotions, he thundered out, “Mother
of Moses, gentlemen, gentlemen: you’re
both wrong. That passage occurs in the
Sermon on toe Mount! ”—Brooklyn Argus.
Other Womf.n Implicated.—This con
test is not likely to be restricted to toe
charges against Mr. Beecher as regards
his relations with Mrs. Tilton: Mr. Shear
man admitted, reluctantly, to your cor
respondent, that Tilton had, before the
investigating committee, mentioned toe
names of several other women with whom
Beecher had either had criminal relations
or to whom he had made improper ad
vances. Even in case Mr. Beecher should
succeed in convincing toe public of his
innocence, so far as Mrs. Tilton is con
cerned, there is no doubt that Tilton will
press other charges, and carry out, if pos
sible, his threat that he would prove
Beecher to be unfit to occupy a Christian
pulpit.—N. T. Dispatch, 23d, to Chicago
Times.
THE COTTON WORM.
An Interesting Letter on tbe Subject.
It will be remembered that several
weeks ago the Picayune had an article
relative to toe destruction of cotton
worms, wherein was described a plan
adopted last year by certain farmers in
St. Landry. Herewith we give a letter
from CoL John M. Sandidge, one of our
prominent business men and a planter of
large experience, advocating identically
toe same theory and authoritatively affirm
ing its perfect efficiency.
Apropos of toe same subject, we have
received a suggestion from another of our
leading merchants, to which reference
will be made at another time. Mean
while we commend toe letter of Mr. San
didge to our country friends:
To the Editor of the Picayune:
Knowing toe nervous anxiety of all cot
ton planters aboat their crops at this sea
son of toe year, and toe general fear of
the cotton worm, allow me to suggest
through your paper to all of them that a
means of destruction can be readily ap
plied, should there be occasion, witoont
resorting to toe costly and. somewhat
dangerous use of “Paris green,” and may
he relied on with quite as much confidence
as any of toe poisons.
It is known that any violent agitation
of toe cotton stalk or leaf on which toe
worm is feeding causes them to double
up and spring off. Getting them to toe
ground when they are very, young, very
many would perish (if nothing more was
"done), not finding their way up toe plant
again; but, to make toe thing sure, they
should be buried at once. With many
other ways for toe accomplishment of
the same purpose, to get toe worm to toe
ground, perhaps toe simplest would be
for two men or boys on horses or mules,
keeping one row of cotton between them,
to ride from one end of toe row to toe
other, each holding an end of a piece of
bagging or other heavy cloth twenty-five
or thirty feet in length, so that it would,
in a loop behind their horses, be dragged
over toe cotton row between them.
Passing over in that way, they should re
turn along the same row, thus pulling toe
stalks in both directions, with two good
shakings.
To be still -more effective, some small
brush hanging down from across toe
pommel of tbe saddle could be made to
tickle toe side limbs of each plant. And,
to finish the job, should come right
after toe ploughman with a “buzzard
wing” or some similar sweep, sufficiently
wide to clean out toe row with a single
furrow and cover up toe worms, by that
time all on toe ground.
To toe homes of toe gear, on toe ani
mal drawing the plow, might be attached
some brush that would again shake the
side limbs of toe cotton stalks imme
diately ahead of toe sweep. This opera
tion performed two or three times—or as
often as toe worms might appear in num
ber—has proved as effective as any appli
cation^ poison, costs no money, and but
little labor, at a time when the labor can
be conveniently given, and does much to
keep down toe grass and other stuff that
would interfere with cotton picking; and
I commend it to Every cotton grower
should the worms appear.
John M. Sandidge.
Picayune. '
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Something New in Steamboatino.—A
banquet took place in New Orleans last
week in honor of Charles G. Johnson,
patentee of a new species of steamer for
carrying produce down the Mississippi
river. A model of the proposed new boat
was exhibited at the banquet. The great
bulk of freight is to be carried down, and
not up, toe Mississippi, and little pro
pelling power is required. The difficulty
with barges is, they cannot return against
the current with the same propelling
power necessary to convey them down.
This difficulty is now obviated. The new
craft, is so constructed that toe part of
the hull having great cargo capacity is
raised entirely out of toe water going up
stream, and is carried on a hull of less
cargo capacity, having great speed with
the small power necessary to propel the
boat down stream. Speed up stream is"
estimated at twelve, miles per hour,
capacity in upper beam 3,000 tons, speed
down stream twelve miles. The boat
will also have two screw propellers, com
pound engines of 150-horse power, and is
expected to consume on toe round trip
from New Orleans to St. Louis and back
less than 100 tons of coaL
Suicide of an American Doctor in
Paris.—The Paris Constitutionnel says an
American doctor named Hunt, residing at
129 Rue d’Aboukir, committed suicide by
cutting bis throat with a razor. He was
forty-eight years of age, and had passed
toe greater part of his life in Paris, where
he hod studied medicine; he did not, how
ever, practice, but lived on a small private
fortune. He had for some time been in
a desponding state from grief at a domes
tic calamity; an only daughter, aged
about twenty, had lost her reason through
toe events of the war and toe Commune,
and he had recently been under the ne
cessity of placing her in a lunatic asylnm.
The Carlists, in butchering their pris
oners, appear to have slaughtered some
Germans, and it is said that Germany
will lay a heavy hand On Don Carlos in
oonsequence. Once in Spain, .the Ger
mans might do something for the Hohen-
zollem who wants to see how that big
chair of Isabella’s will fit him. They
might at least kill Don Carlos, and tons
rid the world of a royal nuisance.—Cou-
rierMournal.
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