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Affairs in Georgia.
It is dow conceded that Pope, and not
Sheridan, is the author of Goldsmith’s
p, : “When lovely woman stoops to foliy.”
p . 1S the man, if you’ll remember, who
jj hi- i./ a.lquarters in the saddle. He also
jj, h j f,,r a short period in Atlanta, a fact
w:.; -h warns us not t.o dispute his poetical
We agree, then, that Pope—the
• who boarded ir. Atlanta—is the author.
Captain Thomas Hart, aa old citizen of
Laurens county, is dead.
A recent storm near Acworth so fright-
en -d a Mrs. Baker that she broke her neck
in descenling to the cellar.
A negro thief, who was caught stealing in
A;i_ i-ta. attempted to commit suicide. This
is the first sign of repentance.
Colonel W. S. Ramsay has taken charge
of the Laurens Department of the Irwiuton
The Columbus Enquire»’ says that a gen
tleman in that city raised last year three
crops of roasting ears in his garden. When
ever an ear of corn was pulled he ordered
seed corn planted. The result was he had
plenty of juicy corn all the year. Why can
not this bo adopted ou a large scale ? We
have the most glorious climate on earth, and
why cannot the cultivation of the garden be
transferred to the field? Cultivating less
laml and cultivating it better would traus-
f rrn fields into gardens.
The Thomaston boys celebrated Christmas
by hanging a horse.
An Augusta negro broke another negro’s
jaw with a fence rail the other day, on ac
count of some opprobrious words.
Augusta is still bragging on her new Post
Office.
The negro who murdered his female
cousin in Laurens county has been captur-
od. He has confessed the crime.
The Beggars’ Belief Association has made
its appearance in Augusta.
Judge Martin Andrews, an old citizen of
Meriwether county, is dead.
A Columbus criminal was sentenced to be
hanged the other day. His case will be car
ried to the Supreme Court.
The incendiaries are very active in Macon.
A colored man is in jail in Wilkinson
county for maltreating his mother-in-law.
In the good old times niggers never had any
mothers-in-law.
The Southerner says that Mrs. John Lend,
of that county, has a turkey hen which has
laid six litters of eggs, aggregating seventy-
live, and raised a brood of turkeys last year.
The warm weather in Middle Georgia is
said to be worse than cholera or negro
thieves.
Union Point enjoyed the sight of a live
beaver the other day.
Laborers m Greene county are plentiful.
Augusta proposes to turu the chimney of
the powder works into a Confederate monu
ment.
V Greene county man reports that last
year he made 150 bushels of corn to the
acre.
The Augusta Constitutionalist remarks
that Mr. Henry W. Hilliard probably began
life as a baby. We trust he did.
An Atlanta hero saved a lady from death
by catching a runaway horse.
We don’t know whether the following At
lanta item is personal or not, but it reads as
follows: “Grady has just received three
hundred gallons of cider.”
Atlanta also has cotton thieves.
A young man from Florida, on his way to
the college at Oxford, was taken in and
fleeced by a party of blacklegs.
An Atlanta man has lost an aunt and
gained $11,000. There are too few* aunts in
this world.
Judge Hopkins is in favor of introducing
short-hand reporters into the Superior
Courts.
Mr. H. W. Baldwin has become editor of
the Madison Home Journal. Wo welcome
him to the fraternity,
Mr. John T. Wilson is now editor and pro
prietor of the Hi ighi Side, published at
Camesville, Franklin county.
The Macon Telegraph says that after a
l ug ami lingering illness, Miss Flora M.
Campbei’. a venerable and Christian woman,
expired at the residence of her niece, Mrs.
Lewis Abbott, in Atlanta, at nine o’clock on
the morning of the 7th instant, in the
seventy-fourth year of her age. Her ances
tors came from Scotland and settled in the
colony of North Carolina before the struggle
for independence. Her grandfather, Col.
Campbei.. espoused the cause of the Colo
nies, and has left his name as a brave and
daring officer in the history of the seven
years' war as leading his columns in maoy
battles, <>u the grounds of the Old Do
minion down to the single line. He was
Bev «?n y wounded at the battle of Cowpens.
Ihe Campbells removed to Georgia about
the year 1808, ami settled in Wilkes and
other neighboring counties. The deceased
Was a sister of the late Hons. Duncan G.
a °d John W. Campbell, whose names are
rthily i urolied on the scroll of Georgia’s
distinguished sons. As early as 1826, she
with a largo number of the family, settled iu
this plac . In 1827, under the ministrations
of that eminently pious and godly man, the
v. Joseph Stiles, she made a profess.on of
religion, and became a member of the Pres
byterian Church. Her long life was one c f
-f-sacrifice, devoted to acts of ckariy
and the education and rearing of a family
of orphan children left to her charge.
The * Irwiat )u Southerner says that Mr
J. W. Us.s.ry, of Wilkinson county, raised
the past year, on six acres of land, three
hundred and fifteen bushels and eighteen
Pounds of corn, or fifty-two bushels and
thirty-one pounds to the acre. Mr. Ussery
one of the best and most industrious farm
ers and citizens of the county, and we re
cord the above with pleasure as a suitable
reward for his honesty, industry and correct
judgment iu farming. He is another one
of our farmers who raised his children on
homespun, bread and meat, aud kept his
ht-ad level since the war, and doesn't to-day
0WG a do'lar iu the world.
The Augusta Chronicle remarks that
G orgia is the only State which is not repre
sented on the Democratic National Execu
tive Committee. During the session of the
^ at: :i -i Convention at Baltimore, in 1872,
General A. R. Wright was appointed a
Member of this committee from Georgia.
Tuo death of General Wright left a vacancy
w h:ch, so far as wo are advised, has not
been filled, and the State is therefore with
out representation. The right of Georgia
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HI'oice and vote in the management
cf the party should be looked after at
0Dt ^. fhe time is approaching for the
(mfi'.iug of the National Convention,
the Executive Committee will probably
thcet in Washington City within the next
*eu days. The time and place for holding
the Convention are both matters of impor
tance. Other matters may also be brought
before this committee. It is time that Geor
gia was given representation. It seems to
Ub that the State Executive Committee has
full power to fill the vacancy, and w© hope
*J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
> A VANN AH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1876
ESTABLISHED 1850.
BY TELEMI
—TO—
THE MORNING NEWS.
Noon Telegrams.
it will act at once. The members of this
committee are: Thos. Hardeman, Jr., Chair
man ; Augustus Reese, James M. Hunter,
Herbert Fielder, Mark Blanford, L. N.
Trammell, Jno. L. Harris, J. C. Nichols, J.
H. Christy, T. G. Lawson, L W. Avery, J.
8. Boynton.
The Irwinton Southerner says that on
Tuesday night, the 28th inst., a party of dis
guised negro Ku-Klux went to the house of
Jake Coney, an old, peaceable, law-abiding,
well to do farmer of Laurens county—re
spected by the whites for his honesty and
hia efforts to control the evil passions of his
colored friends—and shot a valuable horse
belonging to him, and fired several volleys
through the wiudow of the house where
Jake was, with the intention of BOUCICAFLT AND THE
kill.ng him, but which fortunately
failed. They then fled. Suspicious parties
were arrested, but not being identified
were released. This occurrence, taken in
connection with a murder recently perpe
trated in the same county upon a colored
man, and one in Washington upon a colored
man who had turned State’s evidence at the
trial of the insurrectionists last summer,
and also the recent attempt upon the life of
Rack Beali in this county, proves conclu
sively that thejiegroes have au organized
secret society whose object is to kill every
colored man who is friendly to the white or
who refuses to joi« them in their attempt
to subvert law auff order.
THE FLORIDA METHODISTS
COUNCIL.
IN
Third Day’s Proceedings of the Confer
ence.
[Specia. Correspondence of the Morning News ]
Quincy, January 7, 1876.
The Conference opened with religious ser
vices by Rev. A. Peeler, Bishop Wightwan
iu the chair.
Additional members reported present.
The report- of the committee on the com
munication from Little River Circuit in ref
erence to John M. Bridges was read and
adopted.
A paper contemplating the raising of
funds for the education of the children of
deceased preachers was read and referred
to the Committee on Education.
W. G. Booth was duly recommended and
readmitted & member.
Isaac A. Towens was duly recommended,
and not being readmitted, permission was
granted to the Presiding Elder to employ
nim.
O. W. Ransom wag called, and the exam
ining committee reporting favorably, he was
advanced to the class of the second year
The Committee ou Books and Periodicals
made a report, which was adopted.
The Bishop here made this report the
basis of a powerful address to the preachers
as to their responsibilities in encouraging and
lending a helping baud to the increase of
the literature of the church, referring to
the instance of one Presiding Elder that he
knew, who had sold two thousand dollars
worth of books during the past year. His
remarks extended to the time appointed for
the
MEMORIAL SERVICE
at the church, which were largely attended
by the population of this place. Pathetie
eulogies were pronounced to the memory of
Rev. Samuel McCook, by Revs. J. M. Hendry,
O. Eadie, E. J. Knight*; to that of Rev. J.
M. Stokes, by Revs. S. E. Philips, R. R.
Hawner, li. Barnett, M. M. Michau ; to that
of Rev. J. E. A. Van Dusen, by Revs. C. A.
Fuliwood, J. P. Depass, W. R. Johnson, A.
A. Robinson—Rev. C. A. Fuliwood reading
the memoirs. The services were quite
touching aud interesting, the Bishop con
cluding them with his usual appropriateness
of idea ana strength of speech.
REV. C. A. FULLWOOD,
from the text, “Let him know that he
which converteth the sinner from the error
of his way shall save a soul from death, and
shall hide a multitude of sins,” entertaiued
a crowded church to-night with his melliflu
ous oraterv.
SPAIN AND HER TROUBLES.
THE LONDON “TIMES” IN FAVOR OF
A STERN POLICY.
A Polar Wave Sweeping over the North.
children of' deceased ministers, urgiu;
greater endeavors of the preachers in col
lecting the funds assessed for their benefit.
The Bishop a-nouuced the Joint Boardjof
Finance for the ensuing year, Rev. E. L. T.
Blake, chairman.
First report of a committee on education
being considered, Rev. A. L. Smith, Profes
sor of Latin language and literature, Emory
College, being called upon delivered
sprightly, humorous and interesting speech
in behalf of Emory College, very much en
joyed by the membors and audience. Hid
repartee was fine. He was followed iu a few
graceful remarks, after being called upon,
by John M. Doggett, Professor of Greek
language aud literature Emory College. The
Bishop aiso threw iu one of his sensible
ideas as per contra the foolish prejudices oi
some persons about the study of the dead
languages. A man does not fertilize the
soil with guanos and phosphates to raise
guanos and phosphates, but to raise wheat,
corn, etc.; aud so Latin and Greek are taught
to fertilize the mind aud make it rich iu its
varied attainments, and not for the-purpose
of talking those languages. The report was
adopted.
Second report of the committee on edu
cation was read by Rev. T. W. Moore, Chair
man, and adopted*, the Presiding Elders be
ing appointed a committee to fill the blanks
therein.
Recommendations to amend the constitu
tion of the Missionary Board by the addition
of 5th and 6th articles, created some discus
sion by Revs. J. P. DePass, T. W. Moore,
A. Peeler, aud others, the Bishop under
standing it to require four reports now,
when one was hardly attainable from the
proper committeemen. Af er a while the
matter was cleared up, aud the recom
mendation adopted.
The report from tho Committee on Bible
Cause was adopted, with certain amend
ments.
Mon’iicello was selected for the next meet
ing of ihe conference.
Rexdutious of thanks were presented to
the Secretaries for the faithful discharge of
their duties.
D. W. Cove called, aud he was continued
in the close of the third year.
W. W. Hicks called, character passed, and
granted a located relation at his request.
The Secretary was requested to purchase
complete copy of the general minutes of
the connection since 1846, and to raise the
money to pay therefor by subscription.
STATISTICS.
The following statistics of the Florida
Methodist Church for tho year 1875, wen
gathered from the report of the Assistant
Secretary, Rev. H. E. Partridge, which re
port was adopted : Number of local preach
ers 97; number of active preachers 47; num
ber of superannuated preachers 8; number
of supernumerary preachers 1; white mem
bership 8,705; increase of white membership
466; colored membership 24; increase of
colored membership 11; number of Sunday
schools 117: number of teachers, 627; num
ber of scholars. 3,593: number of churches,
129; value, $20,201; value of otherchurch pro
perty, $7,418; amount paid for salaries of
preachers, $15,295; amount paid Presiding
Elders, $2,178; Bishop’s fund, $211; domestic
mission (say) $1,100; foreign mission (say)
$404; paid widows, orphans, superannuates,
$%9; building, repairing, Ac., §6,122; Sunday-
schools, $1,443; miscellaneous expenses, $943.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Conference love feast 94 a. m., conducted
by the Rev. T. W. Moore;" sermon and ordi
nation, 11 a. m. ? by the Bishop; Sunday-
school mass meeting, 3 p. m., conducted by
Rev. O. L. Smith; sermon by Rev. O. L.
Smith, and appointments by the Bishop, 7
p. m. To-morrow, colored pulpits supplied.
MISSIONARY SERVICES
were held to-night under the auspices of
Revs. C. A. Fuliwood and O. L. Smith.
REMARKS.
The following lay members are in attend
ance: Hon. G. W. Gaylor, Worthy Master
Florida State Grange; Judge D. W. Gwyun,
Richard Turnbull, J. K. D. Sanders, Rev. T.
A. Carruth, Judge W. W. Wells, H. W. Long,
Rev. Oscar Myers, Samuel Turnbull.
To-day the interest of our population in
the proceedings of the Conference increased
considerably, aud tho effect has been that
the preachers are correspondingly cheered.
Revs. E. L. T. Blake, J. P. DePass, T. W.
Moore, C. A. Fuliwood, J. B. Fitzpatrick,
and A. Peeler are regarded as the most
prominent ministers present from the part
that lias been taken in the proceedings,
but Dr. O. L. Smith, of Georgia, has created
the most conspicuous expressions of per
sonal admiration thus far, won by tho
humor, good sense, and eloquence of his
address to-day and to-night. Jacob,
Fourth Day’s Proceedings.
Quincy, January 8th, 1876.
A prayer meeting was held at 9 a. in., con
ducted by Rev. W. H. F. Roberts, after
which the Conference convened at tbe regu
lar hour, Bishop Wightman in the chair.
The Committee on Sund iy Schools made
their report, which was adopted.
The report of the Joint Board of Finance
was adopted. Rev. E. L.T. Blake made a fer- . T> ,,
vent and eloqueut appeal in behalf of the cisco Bulletin is responsible for the
THE SPANISH TROUBLES.
London, January 10.—The Times, in a
leading article warning English vessels not
to approach the Spanish coast east of Bil
bao, says that if Spain cannot police her
coas + , wo must. Also, that the United States
might set a good example by insisting that
Cuba he no longer allowed to become the
plague instead of the pearl of the Antilles.
The article concludes by recommending that
Spain be told that she will be held account
able tor every shilling of d image done to for
eign vessels by Carhst shelD, wheD, doubt
less, after preliminary blaster, the remedy
yvould be found easy and Spain would see
clearer the danger of dallying with a civil
war.
FOREIGN NOTES.
London, January 10.—A dispatch from
Delhi reports that during tho parade in that
city on Saturday Lord Napier was thrown
from his horse and had his collar-bone
broken. He is doing well.
Yesterday morning the steamer Faradv,
which weDt out to pick up and repair the
direct cable, communicated with Ireland
and reported that the eastern end of tho
cable from the break had been found and
would be buoyed. Nothing later has been
received.
WASHIJjgTON NEWS AND NOTES.
Washington, January 10.—The Supremo
.Court will not deliver the Grant parish de
cision in the Senate to-day.
In the Senate, joint resolutions were in
troduced urging neutrality between Spain
aud Cuba, and the adoption bv the President
of the regulations similar to those between
Spam in the recent conflict with tho South
ern States.
congressional.
Washington, January 10. —In the Senate,
Hamilton, of Texas, introduced a bill to
secure the speedy completion of the Texas
Pacific Railroad.
The President to-day sent to the Senate
the following nomination: El ward C. Bil
lings to be United States-District Judge for
the district of Louisiana, vice Durrell.
THE FENIAN PRISONERS.
London, January 10.—Dion oucicault
writes Disraeli a strong letter in behalf of
the Fenian prisoners, arguing the popu
larity of such a measure from the sympathy
expressed by English aud American audi
ences at incidents in his plays concerning
the supposed amnesty to Fenians.
CABLE COMMUNICATION.
New York, January 10.—Officers of the
Direct United .States Cable announce that
the repairs to their line have been com
pleted, and communication thereby between
this country and Europe was re-established
at 1:15 this morning. The liue is again open
for business.
RIOTS.
Brussels, January 10.—It is reported
that serious disturbances occurred at
Charleroi last right. The military were
obliged to interfere, and a number of per
sons were k l ed or wounded. A baft lion of
the Guards have gone from here to the
scene of the troubles.
COLD WEATHER.
New York, January 10.—Dispatches state
that within the past ten hours the mercury
has fallen 48 degrees at Milwaukee, 46 at
Chicago, 45 at Detroit, and 30 at Buffalo.
The cold wave is moving eastward rapidly.
DISCHARGED.
San Francisco, January 10.—Capt. Saw
yer, on trial for wrecking the Orpheus, is
discharged.
DEAD.
Boston, January 10.—Dr. Howe, founder
of the Institution for the Blind, is dead-
aged 74.
CABINET CRISIS.
Paris, Januarv;10.—A ministerial crisis is
imminent. A Cabinet Council was held last
night.
Suicide of a Rooster.—The Sau Fran
veracity of tbe following narrative : Tho:
Roach, keeper of a chicken ranch on the
old San Jose road, purchased, several
months ago, a lot of^fine cropple-crowns,
which ho kept a’oof from his less aristo
cratic, fowls in a small yard. The chief
of this family was a large black bird of
an exceedingly haughty disposition. He
was monarch of ali he surveyed till about
a week since, wben Roach procured
white bird of the same breed and turned
it into the yard of cropple-crowns. Tbe
two male birds immediately joined in
battle, which, after a gallant display of
courage by both contestants, resulted ii
the defeat, of the black cropple. The un
successful bird took its defeat sorely to
heart. Iu fact, life was no loLger worth
possessing, since honor had departed.
Tho bird was seen trying to kill itself
with its own spurs. Not, succeeding, it
tried to jam its held under y, gate, but
again failed. It flew upon a barrel half-
tilled with rain water, and after carefully
surveying the situation, plunged into the
cask. Roach ran out and found the bird
with its wings closely folded to its side,
its br ak open and apparently endeavoring
to repress the natural struggles at self-
preservation. It was speedily rescued
fro ai its dangerous situation, but refused
to take any further interest in life : and
after a few days of mental torture and
physical suffering, it entered that eternal
rest which was the one remaining desire
of its heart.
The Church Must Preach Against
Stealing.—“ Thou shalt not steal ’ seems
to be the troublesome part of the deca
logue for a large portion of our people:
and the offenses against this command
ment seem to be acquiring that semi-
tolerant reception which, in a more
marked way, attends unchastity in the
Latin nations. This is a tendency, only
a tendercy to be resisted, resistance to
which is one of the important duties of
tho American pulpit. The Indian is
robbed; the cities are robbed; the na
tional government is robbed. There is a
startling statement ascribtd to official au
thority that it would cost $75,000 to pre
pare a list of official d?falcat:ons and
shortages within the last seven years.
There is something staggering in the
statement. We have altogether too many
well-behaved thieves, thieves in honest
clothes, and under Christian professions.
Our thought is that the public education
leeds to be attended to. Morals should
be given prominence in the education of
the youn}', prominence in the instruction
given by the pulpit anti the press. We
must ah jo learn how to condemn effect
ively the dishonest man, how to taboo
him with the relentless severity which we
visit upon offenders against chastity.
Upon the churches must fall the greater
share of the task of resisting this ten
dency and preventi ng its passing on into
confirmed habit.—The Methodist.
The Army not Large Enough If.
It is cur opinion that the army is not
large enougn, at its present size, if it be
kept up simply as a means of emptying
the treasury and giving the War Depart
ment an opportunity to make such pro
digious estimates as th at for the ensuing
fiscal year. It is not large enough for
the contractors. It is not large enough
to be symmetrical, in view of Generai
Sherman’s statement that there is one
officer for every sixteen men in the effec
tive force. It is not large enough, if it
be intended to furnish c omfortable places
and large salaries ior great numbers of
supernumerary officers aud sinecurists,
who have hardly anythii lg to do. It is
not large enough, if it is to cost twice as
much as it formerly did i n times of peace.
It is not large enough, if tho country is
to get the full advantage of the *'social
influence” it might exercise. It is not
large enough to justify the heavy sala
ries of some of its figureheads. But other
wise it is too large, and ought to be cut
down, so as to reduce pu'plic taxation.—
THE LAND OF FLOWERS—No. 12.
Cedar Kc>h and the Oyster Trade—The
Surrounding Country—Hillsboro anil
Polk Counties—Manut ee nnd Charlotte
Harbor-—Monroe and Dade Counties—
A Letter of Hood Advice to Florida I*n-
ni ia roots
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Exchange Hotel, D< . 8,1876.
Cedar Keys is the great eeapor. city of tbe
Gulf coast, and of its steamship lines to
New Orleans and other points I have al
ready spoken in previous letters. Stand
ing on thi* platform of the At
lantic and Gulf Railroad depot at Savan
nah, some three weeks ago, I saw two very
large hogsheads of ice going into the ex
press car. Curiosity led me to ask where
they were being shipped. “To Cedar K s,”
was the reply. “We ship large quantities of
ice there,” tbe agent added, “for packing
fish and oysters.” i need not tell your city
readers that the oysters fiom about Cedar
Keys have a most enviable reputa
tion, and immense quantities are
annually disposed of, with a good supply of
fish. The Southern Express Company does
a very large business in this line during the
fish and oyster season, as rapid transit is
necessary to meet the demands of this
branch of trade.
CEDAR KEYS AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY.
A weekly line of steamships to New Or
leans an<^ Havana, and a semi-weekly line
of steamers to Tampa, Manatee aud Key
West, with the oyster and fish trade, com
bine to make Cedar Keys a lively place dur
ing tbe winter season. The distance to
F> rnandina, ou tho Atlantic coast, is 155
miles, which is t r aversed by the A., G. & W.
1 T. Company’s Railroad. Levy county, of
which Cedar Keys is the most important
town (having a population of about eight
hundred), contains some of the best ham
mock lands in Florida. That it is
desirably situated is seen in the
fact that it is nearly surrounded by
Hernando, Marion and Alaeliua, three of the
finest counties in the State. LaFayette
county, on the opposite side of the Suwan
nee- river, completes the boundary, aud is
also a beautiful ami well *ocated section of
ihe country, la all these counties are to be
found splendid sugar cane lauds, much of
which can be purchased at low prices, aud
large quantities are subject to homestead
entries. “There is a section of Levy coun
ty,” says tho Jacksonville Press, “between
L-vyvillc and the Suwannee river, which is
a fine, high, rolling country, of excellent
quality of pine land, with clay sub-soil. This
land bears good crops, and much of it, we
were told, is subj* ct to home stead entry, or
could be purchased of the State at $1 25 per
acre.” As tho railroad runs through the
ce: tie of the county, and Cedar Keys is only
about thirtv-fivo miles from the Alachua
county line,* the people have a choice of
either kind of ti&usportation.
BiLLSBORO AND POLK COUNTIES.
Hillsboro county, which joins Hernando,
l*o k ami Manatee, is distinguished for hav
ing within its borders the ancient town of
Tampa, whose sandy beach has been im
mortalized in the sweetest verse by a gifted
Southern poet, Hon. R. H. Wilde. Hills
boro bay is a continuation of Tampa bay,
and the* town of Tsmpa is situated at its
head. Clear Water, some six miles west,
on old Tampa bay, is also a healthy an 1
growing place. 1 have conversed with sev
eral old army and navy officers who were
stationed there thirty and forty years ago,
aud they invariably pronounce it a healthy
section of country. a
Polk county joins Sumter, Orange and
Brevard, which are among the great orange
growing counties of the State. Hillsboro
and Polk are also so considered, although
out of the line of the great tides of im
migration which are now pouring
into the first named counties. Polk
county abounds in lakes, aud has an und -
latiug* surface. Fort Meade, located < •
Peace creek, which flows into tho much
praisi d Charlotte harbor, is a thriving and
growing commercial centre. Mr. C. B.
Lightsey, son of JudgeLightsey,of Dupont,
Ga., is a promin nt citizen aud successful
business man of the place, and letters ad
dressed to him will no doubt be satisfactori
ly answered, if written by patties who Bin-
cert lv desire to know what ad\autages the
county off rs to actual settlers.
Brevard county extends to the Atlantic
coast, aud embraces within its bordera the
highly extolled Indian river territory, of
which I gave an outline in o 3 of my 8t.
John’s river letters. It is a m r e question
of time, the settlement ot these countiet as
they have but to become more widply known
to draw within their borders a large share
of the immigration that is now so densely
populating Orange, Putnam aud Voiusia
counties. A railroad through this section,
from the St. John’s river at Lake Monroe to
Charlotte harbor, would make the la ds iu
this region eagerly sought after for fruit
culture and agricultural purposes. The
mall stage line liom Gainesvole to Tampa,
takes the tourist through the best portions
of Alachua, Marion, Sumter, Hernando, aud
Hillsboro counties, a distance of one hun
dred aud eixty-tive miles. Pei suns making
the entire trip, however, will probably re
turn by steamer to Cedar Keys and take tile
cars at that point for Gainesville. Stage
traveling is “as safe as it is slow!” and on ar
riving at Tampa a p-rson feels like standing
up for a day or two, just for a relief from a
deep seated feeling oi weariness. x
MANATEE AND CHARLOTTE HARBOR.
“Don’t forget Manatee,” saida gentleman
to me uu tbe cars, “as I live iu that coun
ty.” Of the town of Mauatee little nee t be
said, as it has most effectually spoken for
itself, and drawn to its immediate vicinity a
large Northern, Western and Southern im
migration. It is h eated on tuc Manatee
river, south ol Tampa bay, and is rapidly
developing its natural advantages, and be
coming a town of considerable importance.
Fruit culture is quite successful m the re
gion about Manatee, aud new orange groves
are constantly coming into bearing. .Sara
sota and Charlotte i.arbor will gradually
grow into places of importance. At the
former point it is proposed to erect a large
sanitarium for consumptives, as it is a re
markably healthy location. Already numer
ous settlers have located there, and others
will sttadi y follow their example. Charlotte
harbor, still further aonth of Tampa, with its
bay stretching out twenty-live miles, with a
breadth of nearly ten miles, is letoked to &s
the Gull terminus of a i abroad from Waldo,
via Ocala, Brookville and Tampa. It has a
tine harbor, but whether the»se “great ex
pectations” will be realized within the next
ten years, I am not prepared to prophecy.
Of the interior of Manatee county I hear
poor reports. Much of the territory is un
inhabitable, unhealthy aud unfruitful. In
the neighborhood of the places already re
ferred Jo, aud Hickory Bluff aud Tine Level,
there are good lau ls, good health aud a
fruitful soil. Schools, churches aud good
society offer inducements to settlers that
cannot be found iu the interior portions of
many of the belter counties of the State.
Peace creek, if made navigable to Fort
Meade, in Polk county, would bring to
Charlotte harbor a large amount of business
from a rich country, aud make that new
seaport town one of the most important
points on the Gulf coast.
MONROE AND DADE COUNTIES.
Monroe county, which joins Mauatie coun
ty ou the south, is but little heard of, al
though it includes within its limits the Key
West Islands, where is located the impoi-
tant city of Key West, with a population of
about six thousand. Steamers and steam
ships touch at this point, in passing to and
from New York, New Orleans, Havana, Gal
veston and Cedar Keys, and a United States
Admiralty Court is established there. The
Dry Tortugas, where Confederate prisoners
were confined during the war, and, later,
the persons said to have been implicated iu
the death < f President Lincoln, is at the
terminus of the Florida Key?, and has none
but unpleasant memories associated with its
ro?k-bouudcoast. The Cnba telegraph line
runs Irom Waldo across the coun ry, through
Alachua, Marion, Sumter, Polk and Manatee
counties, entering Monroe county at Fort
Myers. Thence it goes to ther coast, wh«re
a connection is made with submariav cables
to Key West aud Cuba.
As only a very small portion of Monroe
county is at present suitable for agricul
tural pursuits, but few inducements are
offer--d to immigrants to settle there. Pua-
ta Bas-a, an old Iudian war-time fortified
town, is located at th e mouth of tho Caloo-
sahatchie. and still higher up the river is
Fort Mvers, a vt ry healthy and delightful
place. The C'aloosahatchie river connects
with Lake Okechobce, a large body of water
iu the northern part of Dade couuty, which
joins Monroe. Steamers can ali go up the
river to within about ten miles of the lake,
wiiere navigation is stopped by the rap.ds.
Years hence, I doubt not, this extreme
southern portion of Florida will hr made de
sirable for tropical fruit culture, but just .,t
this time it is only a good place for adven
turous hunters, as game is plenty and ro
mantic adventures easy to find. Cape Sable,
so familiar to school children, forms the ex
treme southern point of Monroe county, be
yond the region formerly occupied by the
Semihole Indians, aud the Everglades, both
of which used to excite my boyish wonder as
I read about them long years* ago in Por-
tir’a Rhetorical Reader.
Da le county uuites with Monroe in formiug
the extreme southern point of the State, but
ble islands or keys, as they are called, which
lie south of Dade county. These extend
around to Capo’s Sound, on the Atlantic
coast, where Turtle harbor is located, which
is the proposed terminus of a projected rail
road from the interior of the orange coun
try. Lake Okechobee, said to be nearly fifty
miles long and half that distance in width,
and the Everglades occnpy a large tract of
the western portion ol Dado county, from
tbe Brevard iine on the north to the Gulf
coast on the south. It has been suggested
that the Everglades, like the Ok< lenokte
swamp, could bo drained and made rich
farming lands. The Atlantic coast section
of the county is very desirable, having aa
agreeable climate and fertile soil. Hon. W,
H. Gleason, of Miami, or E. T Sturtevaut,
Esq., of Biscayne, Dade county, Fla..can give
reliable information in regard to this couuty.
A LETTER OF GOOD ADVICE.
I have seldom seen a more truthful and
sensible letter from Florida than one writ
ten by Mr. Sturtevaut fri-m Dado county,
aud published in the Cleveland (Ohio) Her
ald, and I beg to incorporate it in tbe pres
ent epistle. This I do with the assurance
that he is a gentleman of high character
aud practical good sense. In answer to a j
letter from a friend, asking for advice as to |
removing to Florida, Mr. S. writes :
“I feel some hesitation as to what I ought 1
to sav in reply. I would not discourage the |
emigration to Florida of any one I could
feel c -nfident would better his condition.
The breaking up of an old home, change of
employment, leaving a city where every ele
gance, comfort, aud necessary of life is in
prolusion everywhere about* you, where
schools, churches, lyceums, libraries, read
ing rooms and everything, in fact, tiiat a
refined and Christian civilization supplies.
IHE SAGE OF LIBERIA HALL.
Condition of Mr. Stt-phens—Ills First At
tack aud the Relapse—How I hound the
Patient This Morning — His Condition
Later in ihe Day—A Final Interview
with the (Jrcnl Statesman—When will
the End Come?—A Word in Conclusion.
i [Special Correspondence ol the Morning News.]
Liberty Hall, January Tthj 1870.
The telegraph has already made known
j to your numerous readers that Georgia’s
, distinguished statesman, Hon. Alexander
H. Stephens, is lying in a critical condi-
; : ion at his home. Bat this simple an -
nouncement only increases their desire to
know more in detail the causes which
have produced this result, and what pros-
| pect. if any, there is for his recovery,
i One object of my visit here to-day has to
! do with giving this information to your
! readers, while tbe chief object is to pay
my respects, probably for the last time,
to one whom I have learned to honor
and esteem for his great mind, his noble
heart, and his useful life.
HIS FIRST ATTACK AND THE RELAPSE.
* Of the character of the severe attack
which prostrated Mr. Stephens some six
weeks ago, I gave you a full report in a
letter written from here at the* time.
From that attack he somewhat recovered.
meet you at every corner, and exchange all | although he told me to-day that he is
these comforts, refinements and eli- I ...- c *i :e v _ i
these comforts, refinements and ele
gancies for a rough open shanty iu
a wild, uncultivated, thinly settled
country, involves so great *a change
that the step should be well pondered
before it is taken. I first came to Florida iu
1870, in the month of March, leaving Cle re-
land, probably forever, on the 6tli day of
December of the same year. I left deter
mined to forego all the comforts, privileges
and refinements and tho friends aud social
enjoyments I had so valued during a resi
dence of thirty years in Cleveland aud fifty-
five on the Reserve, if in Florida I could find
a spot that would, iu the first place below
the liue of frost afford a climate of un
doubted salubrity, and a soil that with .are
and skill and patient toil would make satis
factory returns. After a search of some
four mouths I found as 1 believed such a
spot.
“This has been my home since the 13th of
January, 1871. Every summer during heats
and all ino»nvenit nces and privations I have
not lost a day from sickness, nor a meal for
want of something to eat or an appetite to
do so. I cannot adcise you nor any one else
to locate here if you /nice not considerable
means to Jail hack upon. From a wide ac
quaintance with various sections of tho
State, I can say unhesitatingly that if you
are determined to make a change and come
to Florida, select the Atlantic coast, and as
low down as you can get. You must not
rely upon any trade, profession or skill trait
has gicen you support in Cleveland. They
icill avail you 'nothing in Florida. It is nerve
and muscle in your arm, money in your
pocket, and an unyielding, obstinate
perseverance that uitl sustain you
for the first six or eight years. If
you come to FI rida I advise >uu to get
on iho Indian river, not vouching for ab
sence of insects or chills, and ague and
fevers, but the Atlantic? coa?-t is the best, to
follow down that river, aud even down as
low as Lake Worth or New river, when yon
will be within twenty miles of my home.
Ifi the course of this year you will find State
and United States laud that you can buy or
homestead. The land in that region is
easier cleared. * * * Florida is full of
humbugs; don't believe ail you hear or read;
and yet, after all 1 have said, I am every
day more and more attached to my new
home, and shall never go back to my old
home to live.”
Although the above was intended as a
private letter, its publication cannot but re
sult in good to innumerable persons who
need sound advice iu regard to the “Lind
of Flowers.” Sidney Herbert.
POTASH.
A Faithful Servant Seeks His Reward.
[From the Macon Yelezrapb.]
Colonel Henry P. Farrow, United
States District Attorney for Georgia, in
approaching the end of the term of his
appointment, begins to feel an interest
in having himself continued in office, and
is seeking to enlist tbe favor of the Re
publicans of Georgia. To this end he
has addressed a confidential circular to
Republicans throughout the State, a copy
of which has fallen into onr hands. We
give the Colonel the benefit of its publi
cation entire, believing that our readers
will fiud it refreshing enough to repay
perusal:
Atlanta, Ga., December 20, 1875.
My Dear Sir—In a short time my term
of office as United States Attorney in
Georgia will expire, and I desire to be re
appointed to that office. I have tried to
be, and believe I have been, a faithf-ul
officer. I did not fiud the district \n
good condition when I came into office.
The jury-box from which our jurymen
were drawn had in it the names of those,
and those only, who had been selected by
the clerks of the courts of the several
counties of the State, and were nearly
all opposed t3 the enforcement of the
laws of the Federal Government, but I
caused a change, by virtue of which
they are now selected by commissioners
appointed by the Federal Court, aad they
are now friendly to the government and
the proper enforcement of the laws.
When I came into office no colored man
had ever servtd as a juror iu the Federal
courts iu Georgia, nor was the name of
one of them in the box from which our
jurors were drawn, but, after a long aud
hard struggle, I succeeded in establishing
a ’rule of court by virtue of which in
telligent colored men are recognized as
jurors, aud are now found upon every
jury in the Federal courts iu Georgia.
During a period of six or seven years
before I came into office, all my able pre
decessors combined bad convicted only
ninety-three criminals in the Federal
courts in Georgia, while during the past
three years I have convicted over four
hundred criminals.
I have not accomplished as much as I
desired under the Enforcement acts, but
the fault is not upon me, as is well known
and conceded by all who are familiar with
the facts.
So much as to my official record, and
now as to my political record.
I claim ngt only to have been a faith
ful officer, but to have labored as faith
fully the last ten years, as any man in
Georgia, for the Republican party.
As President of the grand council of
the Union League in Georgia. 1 per
formed much hard labor in the work of
reconstruction in 1867 and 1868.
Being honored by being placed at the
head of the Grant and Colfax electoral
ticket, in 1868, as first elector for tbe
State at large, I canvassed iu person-
thirty-six counties, embracing all North
Georgia, and maintained our party
strength as shown by the vote of these
counties, while the vote in that election
fell over thirty thousand votes short in
the remainder of the State.
As chairman of your State Central
Committee, during the Presidential cam
paign of 1872, I shaped aud directed tbe
contest which carried three Congression
al districts, electing three members of
Congress, and coming within a few thou
sand votes of carrying the State for Grant
and Wilson, when our fnends throughout
the Union did not expect us to accom
plish anything, and gave us no aid.
In that campaign I was also chairman
of my own county executive committee,
and carried our city (Atlanta; by about
1,300 majority for Grant and Wilson,
thereby saviug our Congressional Dis
trict and electing Mr. Freeman to Con
gress.
In the coming Presidential election I
propose to do even more, if within my
power, for the party that has done so
much for and continues to struggle for
human rights.
With this record as an officer and Re
publican, I appeal to my Republican
friends throughout the State for their
support for re-appointment to the office
of United States Attorney for the Dis
trict of Georgia.
Wifi you please do me the favor to
send me a special letter addressed to his
Excellency, U. S. Grant, President of
the United States, in my behalf, and also,
if not asking too much of you, get our
Republican friends in your immediate
vicinity to sign and return to me the en
closed petition. _Yery respectfully.
satisfied, if others are not, that he has
steadily grown weaker from the first ill
ness down to the present time. His re
cent relapse was not, as reported, the
result of pneumonia, but rather of cap
illary bronchitis, with a combination of
other causes. Under the skillful treat
ment of Dr. H. H. Steiner, of Augusta,
Mr. S. was relieved from his first intense
sufferings, but only by the use of power
ful narcotics, freely and variously admin
istered. While the rheumatic-neuralgic
pains have not returned with severity, a
free usa of opiates is still required to
secure that rest of body and repose of
mind so much needed by the patient.
Dr. Steiner returned home from his last
visit on Monday, satisfied that Mr. Ste
phens's left lung had become affected,
aud with doubts'as to his recovery. Dr.
Wui. Alford, of Sparta, an old and valued
friend and former medical attendant of
Mr. S., has been here a few days, and he,
with other physicians who have made
friendly calls, agree with Dr. Steiner in
his diagnosis and treatment of the case.
They h1.so agree that the patient has a re
markably good pulse, as well as an excel
lent appetite. Still he is very weak, aud
his feed does not assimilate, although his
digestion is good. This has always been
t ;e case, and his peculiar physical condi
tion was the result of it. At this critical
period, however, it becomes absolutely
necessary that his food shall be made to
nourish and strengthen the functions of
Lis frail body. If this cannot be done by
stimulants and other powerful means, his
present daily weakening will go on until
the feeble flame of life quietly dies away
in its earthly socket.
now I FOUND THE PATIENT THIS MORNING.
Mr. Stephens sat up a short time yes
terday; and again this morning, at about
eight o’clock, he was dressed and sat up
over an hour. On my arrival at eleven
o’clock, however, he was in bed, and
seemed to bo slowly awaking from a
drowsy state. But in a few moments he
roused up somewhat, aud conversed with
me until his dinner was brought in,
which was full an hour later. A single
glance at his pale face, the feeble pres
sure of his hand, tho weakness of his
usually clear voice, these revealed to me,
without a word from any one, the real
condition of the sufferer. Iu no other
previous sickness had I ever seen the
same peculiar symptoms of a wasting
decay of the wonderful vitality that has
so long kept a great and vigorous mind
and a noble and sympathetic heart at
work in a frail and diminutive physical
structure. Early in the morning ho had
one of his severe coughing spells, and as
the cough had been loosened, he raised
considerable mucous matter. Through
out my stay in the room he rested very
quietly, and just before I left him, at the
cell of the dinner bell, he brightened up
considerably, and talked with something
of his old time earnestness about
public matters, during which he
kindly intimated that some of his visitors
Were careless in reporting his remarks
about the questions of the day, especially
the two-thirds rule, which measure he
considers unjust in spirit, as applied to
State nominations, and an innovation
upon time-honored Democratic practices
in Georgia.
HIS CONDITION LATER IN THE DAY.
After dinner Mr. Stephens sent for me
again, and on entering his room I found
him more animated, and his pulse, which
is better at this hour, was quite high.
His faithful body servant, Harry Ste
phens, who watches over and attends to
the comfort of his old master with great
tenderness and fidelity, dressed the pa
tient and placed him in his invalid chair
by the fire. This produced a coughing
spell, the effects of which soon passed
awai. After conversing with Dr. Alford
and myself for more than au hour, at
short intervals, Mr. S. complained of un
usual weakness, aud remarked that he had
overtasked himself by sitting up so long.
Harry came and put him to bed, where
he was left to secure such rest as per
fect quiet and seclusion could bring
him, with the assistance of soothing
opiates. The room occupied by Mr.
Stephens during his illness is his former
working and sleeping room, in the rear
of the library, which is situated in the
old extension, the only portion of “ Lib
erty Hall” that is left unchanged and un
demolished. In this old familiar room,
where the ablest productions of his pen
have been written, and the most laborious
hours of his life have been spent, he
found himself suddenly stricken down in
the midst of his labors; and now, after a
few weeks cf suffering, with a mind un
dimmed aud a heart sanctified by tbe
grace of God, he there calmly and re
signedly awaits the will of Heaven, con
tented to go or satisfied to remain, as the
case may be.
A FINAL INTERVIEW TO-NIGHT.
As I was to leave on the midnight
train, Mr. Stephens requested me to
come in early after tea and take my
leave of him, that he might “go
to bed,” as he calls it, before seven
o’clock. I found him more feeble than
I had seen him at any other time
during the day, and brief coughing
spells annoyed him considerably. Still,
he conversed with me in regard to-the
future, as two persons would naturally
talk under such solemn circumstances,
Dot expecting to meet again on earth.
“I am sixty-four j-e&rs old,” said Mr. S.,
“but, considering my frail physical sys
tem, I have lived equal to seventy-four.”
He expressed himself as perfectly re
signed to the will of God in the matter
of his departure from earth at this time.
AU his important literary work is com
pleted, except a few articles for the fourth
volume of “Johnson’s Universal Cyclo-
j ledia,” three volumes having already
gone to press. Of his political career, in
reply to my suggestion that it would no
doubt be gratifying to him to live long
enough to see his course and measures
bette’* understood by those who had cen
sured him, he only stated that while such
a thing would be gratifying to him, yet
Le was content to leave his public record
in the hards of a people whom he had
never failed to serve faithfully and full},
guided only by a conscientious sense of
duly and a due regard for right and
justice.
There was one condition of his mind
with which I was greatly pleased; and
that was the entire abaancu of all worldly
ambition. When stnRcen down, some
six weeks ago, Mr. S. was deeply engaged
in a great literary work ; and to-day the
Congress of the United States, of which
he is a member, offers him a grand field
in which to display his statesmanship.
But not one word of regret escaped his
lips ; his great heart seemed full of higher
and holier thoughts, and he spoke kind
ly of men who have misjudged, and-
80me who have
secluded couch of weakness and pain, his
soul seems to be daily and hourly ripening
for heaven. With great intellectual
power, a wide field for political ambition
to occupy, and a thousand ties to bind
him to earth, he resigns himself to the
will of God with all the simplicity and
tenderness of a sweet child, whose mind
has learned but little of the attractions
of earth, and whose soul is filled with
beautiful visions of a heavenly home.
WHEN WILL THE END COME ?
I cannot, nor can any person, answer
this solemn question. In this case, at
least, “no man knoweth the day nor the
hour” in which the angel of death shall
unfold in this mansion his shadowy wings
above the couch of the great statesman.
It may be to-morrow, or next week, or
next month, or next year. But to all hu
man appearances, and as Mr. S. views the
matter (and his views are shared by some
of his near kindred), the diy and the
hour aze not far off. Be they far or be
they near, the angels that shall come to
convoy his departing spirit up to its hea
venly home will find it springing forward
on joyful pinions to meet them in their
earthward flight. It will be to him a
blessed hour, a happy, peaceful closing of
a long, honored and useful life—the end
ing of an earthly pathway along
which, on every side, his many
unostentatious d»cds of charity and
kindness to the poor and the oppresstd
will over keep his great name fragrant
with blessed memories. After* such a
laborious and consecrated life, all un
selfish in its plans and purposes for the
good of others. Georgia’s honored son
can meet death whenever it shall come
to him:
“ As odc who wr ips the drapery of his couch
about him,
And lies down to pleasant dreams.’’
A WORD IN CONCLUSION.
Mr. Stephens, owing to his cough and
bronchial difficulty, as well as the ex
treme weakness of his entire system, is
not in a condition to be visited by other
than his most intimate friends. His
faithful body servant, Harry, is his con
stant attendant and nurse, assisted
at times by Mr. Stephens nephews,
Wm. G. Stephens, Esq., and Mr.
Clarence Stephens, who are un
wearied in their attentions to the
comfort of their distinguished uncle.
Miss Rebecca Stephens, of Sparta,
daughter of the late Judge Linton Ste
phens, and a most estimable young lady,
is also rendering valuable assistance in
the sick room. Nothing, therefore, that
medical skill and good nursing cau do is
left undone for the comfort, relief and
recovery of the patient.
Ex-Gov. Herschel V. Johnsor, accorn
panied by Miss Gertrude John-on, will be
here on Monday next, aud it is also ex
pected that Hon. George H. Pendleton
will arrive about the same time, from
Macon, where he has to-night gone, from
Augusta, |o visit Col. Thomas H. Harde
man, Jr. Should Mr. Stephens continue
to grow weaker, as he himself apprehends
will be the case, many distinguished citi.
zens of the State will, no doubt, come
to his bedside to receive his farewell
words. Probably the best idea of
his real condition can be gathered
from a remark which he made to
me to-day. In alluding to the finan
cial affairs of a certain city, I said
the entire fabric was like Dr. Oliver
Wendall Holmes’s “One Hoss Shay,
which bad no “weak spot,” but came
to pieces all in a lump. “That,” said
Mr. Stephens, “ is just my condition at
the present time; there is no ; weak
spot,’ but the whole system is gradually
giving way.” It is on this account that
I do not apprehend that he will rally
from his present low state.
Chatham.
dially invited to attend and lend us the
aid of their counsel and countenance.
As th* subjects to be brought before
the meeting are in the hands of several
committees appointed at the preliminary
meeting, it is not expected that the con
sideration of the reports will occupy more
than one day, so that there will be no
great sacrifice of time. I understand,
also, that the railroad will carry for one
fare, going and returning.
C. H. DuPont,
President of Meeting.
December 27, 1875.
Salts
<f ity (Ordinances.
SCAVENOElt CONTRACT.
[From the Tallahassee Floridian,]
Adjourned Meeting of the Landhold
ers’ Convention.
To the Citizens of Middle Flrrida:
In response to a call previously pub
lished in the Floridian, the landholders
and other citizens of the Middle District
convened in public meeting at Gallie’s
Hall, in the city of Tallahassee, on
Wednesday, the first day of the present
month. The purpose of that meeting
was to devise and put into operation
such measures as should attract and stim
ulate immigration to this section of the
State.
Amongst the measures suggested were
the perfecting of direct transportation
by way of the Chattahoochee river to St.
Louis and Chicago, the great distributing
emporiums of the Northwest; the organi
zation of an agricultural association for
Middle Floridc: and the adoption of the
best means to bring into notice the agri
cultural and other advantages of this
section of the State. These subjects,
after haviDg been partially discussed,
were severally referred to committees to
be digested and reported upon at an ad
journed meeting to be held at the same
place on the first Wednesday in January
ensuing, beingthe fifth day of themontb.
The purpose of this communication is
to remind our citizens of this adjourned
meetiug, and to impress upon them tbe
importance of the subjects to be consid
ered. No one who will give thought to
the subject but must be impressed with
the importance, nay, absolute necessity,
to the prosperity of this section, that
we have unbroken connection to the
great West. This connection is now
complete, with the exception of 135
miles of river navigation between Chat
tahoochee (the present western terminus
of the J. P. & M. Railroad) and Eufaula,
in Alabama. Proper effort on our part
to bring to the notice of the rail
road companies most interested in the
transportation and travel over that route
cannot but be effectual in the early estab
lishment of a line of steamers on the
Chattahoochee river, which would afford
daily communication between the two
points. The rapid increase of the orange
culture on the Apalachicola river, and the
business of “trucking,” which promises
to be soon a leading industry along the
whole line of our railroads, render the
establishment of such a line of boats not
only a matter of prime necessity to our
citizens, but when properly made known
will hold out to the capitalist a most
tempting invitation for profitable invest
ment.
The organization of an Agricultural or
Industrial Association for the Middle Dis
trict will also give impulse to any meas
ures that may be devised looking to the
increase of our population by immigra
tion. Such an organization will afford an
opportunity for the frequent meeting of
leading minds, aud the free exchange of
■ideas cannot but result in great benefit to
the people at large. It is to be hoped
that ere long Florida, like her sister
States, will have her State organization,
and when that time shall have arrived,
this proposed District Association will be
found to be a most powerful auxiliary.
These, with other subjects which will
probably be brought to tha notice of the
meeting, commend themselves to the se
rious consideration of every citizen who
feels an interest in the prosperity of the
State, and particularly of this section.
Our fellow-citizens of the Eastern Dis
trict, with a wise forecast and a most
commendable zeal, put forth early efforts
to invite population to their section, and
are now reaping tbe well-deserved fruit
of their patriotic effort. If we would
participate in that tide of immi
gration to our State which they
inaugurated, we must at least give
some evidence of our interest in the mat
ter, and I know that if successful they
will not begrudge us the benefit which
may accrue to our section, but rather re
joice at our success. The best evidenoe
that we can now give of our interest in
the subject is to attend the proposed
meeting and to participate in its pro
ceedings. Let no trivial excuse prevent
our attendance, for I look upon the re
sult of that meeting as the turning point
of our affairs. Upon it, I solemnly be
lieve, hangs the destiny of the Middle
District of Florida.
Before closing I desire to say that al
though the original ** call ” was addressed
to the “ landholders ” of the district, we
wish it to be distinctly understood that it
was not designed to exclude any citizen,
of whatever calling or avocation. The
lawyer, the doctor, the
T HE following Ordinance is published for in
formation (see adveitisement for Election
of City Officer* published elsewhere):
AN ORDINANCE to chance the manner of keep
ing the streets, lanes and other thoroughfare?
in the city of Savannah clean, and to prescribe
the duties of the Superintendent.
Section 1. The Mayor and Aldermen of the
city of Savannah, in Council assembled, do her. -
by ordain. That on and after the liret regular
meetiug of Council in January next, ihe work of
the Scavenger's department shall be given out by
coll ect, and proposals for performing tile same
U- he made and received as hereinafter specified.
All bids must l* handed to the (. lerk of Council
before ten o’clock on the morning of the day of
election, notice of which election shall be given
ten davs previous to tne time at which such elec
tion shall lake place; aud each bidder shall eu
close with his bid the names of two ir more se
curities, who, with the person elected, shall bind
themselves in ji sum which shall exceed the
amount of the bid for whidTfie pNHBBes per an
num to do the work by one thousand dollars, for
tbe true and faithful performance ol the duties of
Superintendent. The City Council shall, at its
first regular meeting in January next, and at the
first regular meeting iu January of every third
year thereafter, sele t lrom those who Bhail sub
mit their propot-a s one who shall be declared
elected Superintendent, and who shall execute a
bond to the city in the amount above required, to
be approved of by the Mayor, and shall enter
upon the duties of his office within ten days af er
said election Upon failing to give such bond, or
to enter upon his duties within the said time, his
election shall be deemed void, and the City ( ouu-
cil, at its next regular meeting, shall elect tome
other person in his place.
Section 2. And it is further ordained by the au
thority aforesaid, That the person so elected
Superintendent, shall before entering upon bis
duties, provide himself with a sufficient number
of able-bodied men, me horses or mules and
cart-, to perform the duties of the department,
as bereinatter described, which men, teams and
carts shall be approved oi by the Mayor, and
none shall be employed in the department but
such as are able and efficient. And it shall be
the further duty of said Superintendent to cause
the men so employed to pass through all parts of
the city, daily, Suudajs aud general holidays ex
cepted, with the carts, and to take off all offal,
filth, manure oyster shells, or other rubbish that
inay be collected in barrels or boxes, or that may
be found in any street, lane or square within
the city, and carry the same to such place or
places as maybe determined by the Mayor or
Chairman of the Street and Lane Committee:
Provided, that all manure and offal shall be at the
disposal of the said Superintendent, and shall lie
carried beyond the limits of the city, to be used
or farmed out by him.
Section 3. And it is further ordained by the au
thority aforesaid, That itsha'l be the duty ol said
Superintendent to report to the Mayor every
Monday morning the numb :rcf hands aud teams
employed iu the department and the condition of
the streets, lanes and squares; aud at every alarm
of fire it shall be his duty to repair to the place of
the fire wi h such of his teams and carts as are
not actually loaded and carrying off the offal at
the time of the alarm being given, and be subject
to the orders of the Mayor or person acting in his
place; and for failure or neglect to perform any
of the requirements of this Ordinance, the said
Superintendent shall, on conviction before the
Police Court, be subj-ct to a fine of not less than
five nor more than fifty dollars for each offence,
one-Lalf to go to the informer, and the other bull
for the use of the city: Provided, nevertheless,
that for any charge of grossTieglect or misdemea
nor, the said Superintendent shall be liable to be
tried before Council, and be removed from offi e,
or be fined iu such sums as Council may direct;
and in cases of removal from offic** a new election
shall be held at the next regular meeting of Coun
cil to till his place for the unexi ired residue of
his term; und notice of such election shall be
given by the Clerk of Council ten days before the
day for such a new election.
Section 4. And it is further ordained by the au
thority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of
said Superintendent to see that the public squares
are also daily examined, aud any offal or rubbish
that may be therein found shall be removed by
his carts.
Section 5. And it is further ordained by the au
thority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the
said Superintendent to take charge of aud feed all
cattle or other animals liable to be impounded, or
that shall he impounded by the City Marshal or
any city officer, and to deliver up said catteor
other animals to their owners on the customary
fees bting paid; lor the fulfilment of which duty
the said Superintendent shall have charge of all
the buildings belonging to the city and attached
to the Pound, and shall use the stabies for keep
ing the mu es or horses engaged in the Scavenger
department, (and shall keep such buildings and
stables in good :epdir). And it shall further be
his duty to be at tbe said Pound, or have some
agent there at two stated hours each day, when
cattle or other animals are within, for the pur
pose of delivering the same to the o A-ners when
called for; and further, he shall well aud truly
pay a'l moneys collected for thus delivering up
cattle or other animals to the Ci*y? Marshal, the
money allowed by ordinance for feeding cattle or
other animals impounded being excepted.
Section 6. And it is further ordained bv the au
thority aforesaid, 1 hat any person keeping more
than three animals of the horse or cow kind in
his or her premises, shall bee impelled to remove
daily, at his or her own expense, ihe offal from
any such animals above three, and iu default
thereof shall be liable to a fine of n jt more than
ten dollars for everj* day’s default, Sundays and
general holidays only excepted.
Section 7. And it is further ordained by the en-
t hoi ity aforesaid, That ali Ordinances aud parts
of Oruinances, so far as they militate with this
Ordinance, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council December 20,1SU6.
Attest: E. A* SILVA,
Clerk of Council.
NOTICE.—The following shall be the limits
included iu tbe above contract: Savannah river
on the North, Randolph and East Broad streets
on the East, Anderson street on the Sooth, ami
Cemetery and West Boundary street on’the West,
and all property east of Randolph street that is
now or may become subject to taxation.
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.for Sale.
RAKh INVESTMENT !
For Sale.
T HE GOOD WILL, STOCK and the unex
pired lease of the
ARCADE SALOON
for cash. The owner being engaged in another
line of business cannot fully attend to both. This
offers a rare investment, as the saloon is situated
in one of the best portions of the city lor busi
ness. Apply to M M. SULLIVAN, or
Til OS. ENRIGHT,
jac6-6t Manager.
Printing Press for Sale.
A NY one wishing to buy a good No. 4 Wash
ington hand PRINTING PRESS, can hear
of a bargain in one by addressing PRESSMAN,
care of Atlanta Daily Constitution. The Press is
a g /od one, and is now printing a paper 24x36.
Address as above at once if you would secure a
bargain. dec24-tf
FOR SALE,
White Pine and Black Walnut
OOL'NTBK TOPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND
O. S. GAY,
octt-ly Corner Charlton and Tattnall Sts.
^Uuminatino (Oils.
Postponed City Marshal’s Sale.
city marshal s omega
S..ANNAH, January 1th. 1876. (
U NDER RESOLUTION of theCit. _
Savannah, and by virtue of CitvTvflr 1
cations in my hand., I have ktrted’anJand’wiM
rell. under direction of a Special ConunitterS
uonnoi' on THE FIRST TUESDAY INFEMiC-
between the legal hours of
8a -, before the Court Uovse door in the city of
Savannah county of Chatham and State of Geor-
gR. the following property, to-wit:
Improvements on Lot No 6 Calhoun ward-
le-. d on as the property of the estate of {
An rustus Bonaud.
lot No 15 and improvements Elliott ward-
lev ed on as tne property of Gugie Bourquin
Improvements on Lot No To Movd ward •
on as the property of John G. Butler. ’ '
IrOts Nos 23 and 24 and improvements J mm *./ f
ward; levied on as the property of Francis O
pion, trustee. J
Improvements on Lot No 2 Anson war.
tything; levied ou as the property of M Aavs—
honey.
Improvement on western x of Lot No 66 (S ' .
ton ward; levied on as the property of T P Elkins® #
Lot No 6 and improvements Decker ward*
Tower tything; levied on as the property of Mrs
M C Ferrill.
Lot No 2d and improvements Currytown ward-
cutor ° n ^ ^ propert y of Johu 0 Ferrill, ext>
Lot No 1 and improvements, Percival ward,
auck s tything: lev.ed on as the property of the
estate of John C Ferrill. 3
Lot No 62 aud improvements Brown ward-
levied on as the property of Wm O Godfrey. ’
Improvements on Lots Nos 40 and 41 Walton
ward; levied on as the property of J F Gowen
Improvements on Lots Noe 31, 32 and 33
\\ altou ward ; levied on as the property of Mrs
M R Guerard.
Lot No 23 and improvements, Gilmenrille*
levied on as the property of the estate of A Har
mon.
Eastern one-half of Lot No 4 Cuthbert ward
filth section; levied on as the property of R p
Harmon.
Improvements on Lot No 5 Forsyth ward-
1 vied on as the property of William Hone. *
Lot No 51 Garden Lot east; levied on aa tho
property of James A LaRoche.
Improvements on Loi No 6 Pulaski ward; lev
ied ou as the property of Mrs G J LaRt»che and
children.
Lot Nh 17 aud improvements, Gilmerville; lev
ied on as the property of F S Lathrop.
Western one-halt of Lot No 31 andimprove-
me ts, Greene ward; levied on as the property
of Michael Lavin. F ^ y
Improvements ou the western one-third of Lot
No 3 Wesley ward; levied on as the property of
A K MaUette. ^ 3
Eastern one-half of Lot No 3 and improve
ments, Screven ward; levied on as the property
of Eli MaUette. F ^ 3
Improvements on the eastern one-third of Lot
No 3 Wesley ward; levied ou a* the property of
Mrs K M MaUette.-
Western one-half of Lot No 3 and improve
ments, Screven ward; levied on as the property
of Mrs Catherine MaUette.
Improvements on the middle one-third of Lot
No 3 Wesley ward; levied on as the property of
Miss Eoline MaUette.
Improvements ou the eastern one-half of Lot
No 25 Calhoun ward; ietu u« as the property
of CC Millar. v 1 3
Improvements on Lot No 48 Brown ward; levied
on as the property of Kanoa Molina, trustee.
Northern one-third of Lot No 0 and improve
ments Decker ward, lleatbcote tything; levied on
as the property of the (-state of U 1’ Morin.
Lot No 25 ;.ud improyesaenu Washington
ward; levied on as the (.roperty of James Mc
Grath.
Lot No 10 and improvements, Franklin ward-
levied on as the property of M T (^uinau.
Lot No 75 White ward: levied on as the prop
erty of Mrs Winefred Quinan.
Lot No 37 and improvements, Middle Ogle
thorpe ward; levied ou as the property ol James
B Read aud U J Nunn.
Lot No 40 and improvements. Middle Ogle
thorpe ward; levied on as the property of Mrs
James B Read.
Improvements on the eastern one-half of Lot
No 41 Jac ks. >u ward ; levied ou as the property
of Mrs L G Richards.
Improvements on Lot No 24 Walton ward;
levied ou as the property of Miss Kate Roberts.
Lot No 3 and improvements Jones ward; levied
on as the property of Dwight L Roberts, trustee.
Lots Nos 2 ana 3, Garden Lot west, front lot.
tanyard tract; levied on as the property of James
II Roberts.
Improvements on Lot No 16 Troop ward; levied
on aa the property of the estate of Mrs M J
Roberts and children.
Improvement on Lot No 7 Walton ward; levied
on as the property ot the estate of Mrs M J
Roberts and children.
Improvements on lot No 2, wharf lot, trus
ty's garden; levied on as the property of James
Ryan.
Lot No Oard improvements, Bartow ward; lev
ied on as the property of M T R) an.
Improvements and machinery on Lot No 25
Garden lot east; levied on as the pro pert’* of
Sullivan & Hull.
Lot No 14 and improvements, Cuthbert wa*d,
seventh section; levied on as the property of Jno
A Sullivan, trustee.
Lot No 7 and improve ments. Cuthbert ward
seve th section; levied on as the property of W
D Su'livan.
Improvements on Lot No 40 Lloyd ward; levied
on as the property of W B Sturtevaut, trustee.
Improvements on Lots Nos 6 7 and 8 Klbert
ward; levied on aa the property of the estate of
Mrs Margaret Telfair.
Lot No 5 and improvements. Eastern wharves;
levied on as the property of the Tyler Cotton
Press Company.
Lo; No 20, Gallie ward, and improvements;
levied on as the property ot Henry G Ward,
trustee.
Improvements on Lot No 44 Stephens ward;
levied on as the property of Mrs A F Wayne.
Purchasers paying for titles and stamps.
GEORGE W. STILES,
j m.Vlm City Marshal.
City Marshal’s Sale.
OFF1CEJCITY MARSHAL,)
Savaknaii, January 4, 1876. >
TTNDER RESOLU HON of '.be City Council of
U Savannah, ana by v#tue of city tax execu
tions in my hands. I have levied on and will sell,
under direction of a special committee of Coun
cil, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY,
1VT6, between the legal hours of sale, before the
Court House door iu the city of Savannah, county
of Chatham aud State ot Georgia, the following
property to wit:
Improvements on Lot No 23 Currytown ward;
|levied ou ms th • property of J V Connerat.
■Lot No. 8 and improvements, Soutluoglethorps
ward; levied ou as the property of Mrs. Mary M.
Marshall.
Improvements on Lot No. 4S Jackson ward;
levied on as the property of the Savannah Poor
House and Hospital.
Lot No lo and improvements. Reynolds ward,
thir4 tything; levied on as the property of James
J. Waring.
Purchasers paying for titles and stamps.
GEORGE W. STILES,
jar5-lm City Marshal.
UNITED STaATEaS MAKS HAL’S SALE
L r NDKR and by virtue of a writ of fieri facias,
issued out of the Honorable the Fifth Cir
cuit Court of the United States for the Southern
District of Georgia in favor of the plaintiff. Sam
uel J. .Armstrong, in the following case.towit:
Samuel J. Armstrong versus Isaac N. Hart, D,
F. Hart, Isaac Hart. Sr., S. G. Hart and A. T.
llart, I have levied upon, as the property of
Isaac Hart, Sr., one of the defendants, to-wit:
Lots of lands uu nbers 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179
and 206, each lot containing 2o2^ acres, more or
less, situate, lying and being in the 30th district
of Schley county, State of Georgia, the same
being the plantation whereon Isaac Hail, Sr.,
now resides and known as the ‘‘Hart Home-
place.” al.-o upon the grist, flouring and saw mill,
;o ether with all the improvements upon said
plantation; also on the following property as the
property of Isaac N. Hart: the two-story brick
store-house and lot situated on the north side ot
the public square in the city of Americas, county
of Sumter and State of Georgia; lot 35 feet front,
running back to the street from Jordan’s stable*)*
by the Jail, about 325 feet; and on the one-story
frame store-house next door east of the above-
det-Crioed property, together with the lot on
which said store house is built, and will sej tte
same at public auction in front of the
United States Custom House, in the city of
Savannah, county of Chatham, and State of
Georgia, on the first Tuesday in February next,
between the lawful hours of tale. Property
pointed out by plaintiffs attorney. Tenants no
tified iu writing. Terms cash, purchaser paying
for titles.
Original Levy dated at Americas, Georgia,
May 25th, 1872, and December 4th, 1873. Reltvy
dat*i Savannah, Georgia, January 3d, 1876.
WILLIAM H. SMYTH,
jan4,Tutd United States Marshal.
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Read the following certificate, selected from
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December 23, ’74. /
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AM MAKING A SPECIALTY of the above
Oil, and deliver it to any part of the city in
cans of five gallons at 40 cents per gallon, Also,
C. West* Sons’ best KEROSENE at 25 cents.
Faucet Cans furnished to parties purchasing five
or more gallons. Oil House, 140 Bay street.
aug31-tf C. K. OSGOOP
AUptor ©il.
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Grease Oil!
[TRADE MARK ]
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The best article in the market for machinery,
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seLt t i any address on receipt of 25 cents, Send
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CHATHAM SHERIFF S SALE.
TTNDER and by virtue of a fl. fa issued out
U of Chatham ^’uj>erior Court in favor of
1- redcrUk KoCh vs. Orlando II. Lufburrow and
Mary G. Lafburrow. I have this day levied upon
tbe interest of the said defendants in tho follow
ing described property:
Lot number thirty-two (32) Columbia ward.
dust half of Lot number twelve (12) Brown
ward. j
Lot number nine (9) PuLs ri ward.
Lot number ten (10) Beltha tything, He&thcote
ward.
Lot number forty-nine (49) Brown ward.
Lot number twenty (20; South Oglethorpe
ward.
Lot number forty-six (46) Jackson ward.
Lot number thirty-two (32) Brown ward.
Lots numbers 12, 19, 20, Wesley ward.
Ka.*t half Lot number 11 Wesley ward.
And 1 Will offer at public outcry, bt fore the
Court House door of Chatham county, iu the
cry of Savannah, the interest ot ;he defendants,
(;r audo II. Lufburrow ani Mary G. Lufburrow:
in the aboved scribed property, on the FIRST
Tl ESDAY IN FEBRUARY, 1876, during the
legal hours of sale, to satisfy said fi. fa.
Terms (ash. JOHN T. RON AN,
jan4,! 1,18,25,febl Sheriff C. C.
CHATHAM SHERIFF S SALE.
C INDER and by virtue of two JL/as issued
out of Justice Elsinger’s Court for the
Second District G. M., in favor of Wm. Metzger
vs. Wm. O. Godfrey, and levied upon by Julius
Kaufman, constable of Chatham county, Ga.,
October 4th, 1875, the following described
property :
LOT NUMBER FIFTY-TWO (52), Brown
ward, aud IMPROVEMENTS, in the city of Sa
vannah, northwest coiner of Liberty andiloyd
street-'. , ..
And the said fi.Jai having boen placed m my
hands for advertising and sale, I will offer at
public outcry, before the Couit Hou-e coor ot
l hathara county, In the city of Savanualn during
the legal hours of sale, on TUESDAY, THE
FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1876, the above
described property to satisfy said rt./tw.
Terms cash; purchaser paying for titles.
JOHN T. RON AN,
jan4,il,lS,25&febl Sheriff C. C., G<u
£rgal aotirrs.
S TATK OF GEORGIA, ('hath,* CoOTT—
To al! whom it may concern : ''bereaa
Patrick K. McEiligott wli. apply at the Court ot
Ordinary for Letters DiBmissnry as Admintatro-
tor on me estate of Mary Kennedy, late of sa.d
county, deceased. Theae are, therefore, to ciro
and admonish all whom it may co™*™
and appear before said Court to m^e ohjeedan
SMSES KilKSarE letters
W! WlmSTSy official ° f
November, 1915. JOHN O. FERRILL,^
novll-lam3m
Ordinary C. C.
S TATE OF GEORGIA, BOTOHa* Copntt.
SSfeesisewsss;
1876 a my office.