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Affairs In (ieonria.
\ jiapatch from Hawkinsville, received in
„,j s c ity yesterday, states that there was
a destructive lire at that place on Thursday
night.
The ofliciais at Atianta seem to be in dread
of tho action of the convention on the capi
tal question, and are, therefore, putting a
false ceiling over tho Hall of Representa
tives, to improve its acoustic properties
Awnings w
ill also be put over the number
less rear windows, to keep off the intense
heat of the sua. As several appropriations
have been expended for acoustic wires, it
looks like extravagance to roof over the hall
for a brief session of the convention. Aud
aB to tne awnings, the only ventilation in a
hot afternoon comes from these windows,
and awnings will not cool the heated air
which comes in from outside. The truth is,
neither summer nor winter can this Kim
ball’s Opera House be used with comfort for
legislative purposes.
“In winter cold, in summer hot,
A Bullock-Kimball, what a spot.”
Atlanta is full of excursionists from towns
between Selma and Tror, Alabatha, on the
routes via Montgomery, Columbus and Ope
lika. They stay three days iu the ‘‘Gate
City.”
The smoke house of Rev. C. Barefield, of
Habersham county, was burned down a few
nights ago. It caught from au ash barrel,
aud nearly all bis meat and several other
articles were totally destroyed.
Dr Charles Howard, ot Cusseta, Chatta
hoochee county, sent his little son on horse
back to his orchard to gather some apples,
and while gathering them a negro named
Walter Lewis mounted the horse and made
his way rapidly towards Golnmbus. A vig
orous pursuit with hounds resulted in his
capture, and ho will probably swell the
army of Alexander & Co.
Mr. Saninel Smith, of Schley couuty, lost
two valuable mules recently, both being bit
by rattlesnakes, from tho effects of which
they died iu the course of forty minutes
after receiving tho injury.
Tony Jackson, a negro, who recently es
caped from tho jail of Leon county, Fla.,
tho account of which was published iu the
Morning News, has been arrested in Ca
milla, Mitchell county, and is now iu the
jail at that place subject to the order of the
Sheriff of Leon county.
Several of the interior towns propose to
celebrate the coming Fourth of July by an
“all day singing.” Apart from the heac of
the weather aud tho strain upon the lungs
by an all day exercise ot that kiud, it is a
more reasonable way of celebrating tho
nation’s birthday than by burning “villain
ous saltpetre.”
All of our country exchanges whose publi
cation day falls on the Fourth of July pro-
p-Mo to suspend for that day iu order to
give their printers a chanc) to join in the
joyful experiences of that national occasion.
The Sheriff of Giimer county resigned
rather than hang Goble, and the Coroner
had to conduct tho execution.
The JJuUs County Argun is reponaiblo for
tho statement that Rev. Thomas Walker,
colored, was licensed to preach on last Sun
day morning by aboard of colored ministers,
delivered his first sermon, and wont directly
from the church to Mr. Head’s wheat patch
and appropriated his wheat. Mr. Hoad is
deaf e nd dumb, and a very industrious and
successful farmer. He has been robbed by
nogroes, who have taken advantage) of hss
infirmities, until he has learned to see and
smell them whenever they como noar his
premises.
Four negroes escaped from Twiggs county
jail last week by the following well arranged
plan. While Mr. Renfroe, the jailer, open
ed the door to give the prisoners their
breakfast ho was knocked down by a negro
named Feyton Jones, under sentence of
death for the murder of Peyton Chapman,
and was held down by another negro named
Seaborn Rousg uutil Jones and two others
escaped, and then lie followed suit. Pursuit
was made and one of tho escaping negroes,
who was couffned for gia house burning,
was recaptured.
Mr. Richard E. Lindsay, au old and es
teemed citizoa of Dooly county, died at the
homo of his nephew, noar Hawkinsville, on
Monday morning last, after a long illness.
Tho Fort Valley Mirror says there is a m iu
in the community of Taylor’s store,Craw ford
county, over fifty years of age, who never
courted a woman or took a drink of whisky.
.Mr. O. E. E lwards sends us, in a letter
dated the 29th, two cotton blooms from his
plantation, No. 3.V Central Railroad, Effing
ham county, and remarks that his crop is
looking very Hue.
A veritable live panther has been fright
ening the people in the neighborhood of
Meek’s Mill, in Emanuel county. Pursuit
of the animal wa3 made, but it had disap
peared beforo the hunters arrived.
Two negroes ia Chattahoochee couniy
got into a dispute on Tuesday last, whoa
one, named Hamp Williams, severely and,
it is thought, mortally wounded tho othor,
named George Stanford. Williams imme
diately fled the county.
A Presbyterian Church has been or
ganized in Eastman, Dodge county, by the
Rev. Mr. .McKee, of Macon. Twelve mem
bers joined the church, ten by transfer and
twj by profession, and J. W. Sheldon and
Win. Pitt Eastman were elected elders.
A party of thirty-five excursionists from
Chicago passed through Brunswick last
week on route for Flotida.
The Waynesboro Expositor says: “Mr.
iistili ia entitled to grout credit for publish
ing such a p£.per as tho Weekly News. It is
adapted to the home circle or the counting-
room. The opening chapters of the new
i. *4 t at.. Tr,tl.£.r’a Donfrhtpr 1
The Columbus Times, in an article on re
munerative industries, concludes with the
following very pertinent remarks: “Now,
the remedy we propose is to let railroads
alone for awhile. We in the youth have
enough of them, and owe more for them
already than this generation can pay; and
let those who have money to invest in great
public enterprises take hold of the natural
water power of these States, that is now
wasting itself at thousands of points, and
put lactories to work—factories that will
supply onr own peoplo with the various
staple articles of every-day life. It will
save millions to onr own people that are
yearly sent away never to reacu ns again;
and it will give employment to thousands
who want it, by educating them to do work
that is now done abroad. Factories are
w hat we want and not railroads. If we made
more than we consumed, we would to that
extent have less use for railroads.”
This from the Atlanta Constitution: “Col.
Owens, at the Markham House, has fixed up
a nice fountain with a reservoir, iu which he
has fish, frogs, etc. Mr. William Markham,
tho owner of the hotel, thought he too wonld
add to the attractions of tho pool by having
a few alligators in it. About a week ago he
met a friend of his going to Florida and told
him to send him some vonng alligators for
that purpose. Yesterday he received a bill for
one hundred alligators, at seventy-five cents
a piece, making seventy-five dollars for the
lot, shipped by express C. 0. D. Mr. Mark
ham spent the forenoon of yesterday tele
graphing along the line as follows: ‘Too
much alligator; hold up for further instruc
tions,’ and other very earnest telegrams.
He is now ready to deny the allegation and
denounce the alligator.”
The Walton County Yidetle says: “Master
Quince Burton, who was staying with liev.
Mr. Edens’ family last night during his tem
porary absence, shot and killed a noted
tramp that has infested this community for
some months past with his hated presence
and depredations. It will bn remembered
that some one recently entered the same gen
tleman's house and frightened his family
nearly oat of their wits by seizing and nearly
stripping his nurse and house girl who in
tercepted his exit from the house after his
discovery, and of his escape, etc. Last
night the aforesaid tramp reappeared and
began Drowling around the house, and Mr.
Burton, who was awake, discovered and shot
hinafrom the window, the ball entering be
tween the shoulders from the rear, causing
death almost instantly. For our part we
think Mr. Burton should have the thanks of
the community. We are unable to learu the
name of the tramp or any of his previous
history.”
TLe Mitchell Reformer says : “Tho Sa
vannah Weekly News containing the first
four chapters of ‘My Mother’s Daughter’
has been received, and i# indeed very inter
esting. We advise those who like to read
anything novel to subscribe for it, and do it
right away. This story commenced in the
issue of the 20th instant, and if you sub
scribe now vou can get back numbers of this
story. The story alone is worth twice the
subscription price, which is $1 00 for six
months.”
The Hawkinsville Dispatch makes the fol
lowing prediction : “If the convention soon
to assemble should, iu framing a new con
stitution, provide a homestead law that can
not be waived by the owners of property,
we predict that the next Legislature will be
forced, bv public sentiment, to re-enaet tho
old crop lien law that was in existence from
1807 until a year or two ago. The farmers
would bu compelled to have soir.a kind of
basis of credit, and if the convention should
so frame a homestead or exemption law that
property could no. bo mortgaged aud a
waiver given thereto, it is very evident that
all classes would favor another act allowing
parties to give liens upon their crops.”
The Fort Valley Mirror has the following,
which shows the enterprise of a little negro:
“A few days ago a little negro was found
under the passenger coach on the Eufaula
train, sitting on the break beams. He came
all the way from Atnoricus, was bound for
Macon, aud would have made tho trip if
some of the officers of the road had not dis
covered him. After giving him a dressing
down the officers told him to go back heme.
The last we saw of him he was loitering
around on the streets.”
Tho Atlanta Constitution notices the fol
lowing piece of mechanical ingenuity: “Mr.
F. X. Biilcv, of Atlanta, is constructing ‘a
sore of machine horse,* built upon the ve
locipede dlan, aud operated by a combina
tion of motive power which will drive it
‘like blazes.’ The power consists in tho
multiplied weight of the rider, who moves
in the saddle exactly aB though he was
riding a horse. The driving wheel is three
feet in diameter, and Mr. Bliley claims that
the machine will carry a mau faBter than
any horse—can even, on a smooth road, out
run a steam engine.”
The Columbus Times has the following:
“ The young ladies who will take part in the
closing exercises of the public school this
morning, at tbe Opera House, have, by their
own consent and through tho wishes of the
trustees, coucluded to appear in plaiD, neat,
pretty calico dresses. The girls have pledged
themselves not to drc-BS iu the ‘ pin-back ’
style or with the polonaise, hut with simple
bounces. TLe dresses havo been furnished
gratuitously bv the trustees, who, in their
fullness of heat t, were willing to subscribe
their mite to inaugurate such a custom in
the schools, where heretofore such a lati
tude has been allowed as to embarrass many
a worthy and excellent recipient of honors
on graduating day.”
OCR ATLANTA LETTER.
Peraoonl .Mention—Fresh City News—
The Constitutional Convention—Jeukins
or Lmwion for President—The State
University—Mouth Georgia Student.—
Minor Topics—Atlantn Public Schools
a Suocees..
READY-MADE SPEECHES.
[Special Correspondence Morning News.]
Mother’s Daughter,’
We commend the pa
Korin!, entitled ‘ My
are iu the last issue,
per to our readers.”
One of the vexed questions which tho
Constitutional Convention wag to have de
cided is happily removed from their cour
niueration bv the action of tbe Barnet ville
Literary Society, who recently discussed the
question: “ 'Jiesolved, That Georgia should
i ntablisli the whipping-post as a mode of
punishment for minor offences.* After an
interesting debate, the question was decided
in the negative.”
Tho Hawkinsville Dispatch says: “James
• Benifioid, the white mau who has beeu
confined in Dooly ooqnty jail for tho last
twelve months, charged yitu ft very heinous
crime, will be brought to fi&wkinsifffi© and
tried before Judge Pate on tne second Mon
( Ly, 9th day of July.”
Puis from the Hawkinsville Dicpatch: “It
is presumed that the persimmon crop
promises an abundant yield, as a man was
town last week offering to contract to
deliver next fall one hundred opossums at
t>renty-tiv£ cents per head. A gentleman
Dom Havaunah requests us to engage a good
tat one and a pan iull q?roasted potatoes for
bun. ‘Bring him in/ **
The Swainaboro Herald says : “On Sfttur-
day last a plot was discovered to release a
number of negro prisoners confined in jail.
A crowbar of steel, about two feet long, had
been conveyed to them by s »me one, with
which to effect their escape. The cell wliero
the negroes were confined was searched,
the crowbar found concealed in a straw
broom.”
. k°dgo county is looking after the turpen-
iiie business of that section. The Eastman
'ones says: “Bubiucss at Coleman & Ses-
pas’ turpentine factory has been quite ac-
the p*at week. They run two stiffs, snj-
sonje si^ty hands, and shipped last
week to Brunswick fthd Savannah one bnn-
crel and fifty barrels of }osi$ at three dol-
JJfJ l )e F barrel, and forty casks of spirits
jurpentino at ten dollars. On Wednesday ft
wge shipment was made to New York.”
Will the People Sustain It?
The people of the United States will
shortly hove occasion to decide whether
their courts or the unauthorized agents
of the Treasury Department are the pro
per interpreters of their laws. Mi.
Hayes’ Secretary of the Treasury has de
termined if he can to force tne government
to pay its bonds, principal and interest,
in gold alone, at a cost to the people and
a profit to the bondholders of about
$100,000,000—the difference between the
value of silver and gold calculated on the
whole bonded debt—and the way he
sets about effecting the scheme is
worthy of notice. In the first place,
he has his Assistant Secretary to give
biin an opinion to the effect that all
bonds issued subsequently to 1873 are
payable in gold only. This opinion was
put forth bv the Treasury Department as
a feeler, the department taking occasion
to explain that the Assistant Secretary
alone was responsible for .it. There was
no loud protest from the country against
the Assistant Secretary’s impertinence,
and Mr. Sherman therefore presumed it
safe to adopt his assistant’s opinion as
the opinion of the department. This he
did in his letter to Mr. French, of New
York, repeating in another form ail
that It's assistant had said a week be
fore and adding something on his
own account. This letter was ap
proved bv the administration, and Is,
therefore, its aci; so that we have the
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, the
chief Secretary anti Mr. Hayes’ adminis
tration agreeing that the people shall
pav their national debt, not in
gold and silver, bat in gold
ulone. Now the question is whether
the people themselves will cheerfully ac
cept this new burden which the adminis
tration has determined to impose on
them cr not. When the five-twenty
bonds were issued during the war, those
previous blatherskites, Jay Cooke & Co.,
without any authority whatever, ad
vertised them as com bonds, and prom-
ised that the principal and interest sacmd
be paid in coin—although in point of
fact they were payable in lawful money
that is greenbacks. Subsequently, when
the question came up before Congress,
lav Cooke A Co.’s unauthorized promises
were brought forward as a reason why
the bonds should be paid in coin, and a
Republican Congress in 1869 enacted that
e h Jy should be so paid. A similar wrong
“ to be inflicted on the people now.
There is tholnw directing in express words
linw the four percent, bonds shall be paid
Sof the standard value of the
Uni ed States on said July 14, 18.0, with
intertkt in such coin.” This means gold
and silver—for tho word com includes
h»ld to be higher than the law in I860,
Secretary Sherman and Assistant
bo g nd-
htddersdemand £ lift. contract caUs
for and ten per cent, additional and th
administration, without any warrant
whatever, undertakes to promise that
they shall have it. The peoplo will naye
something to say about this business of
heaping unlawful burdens on their shoul
ders at the proper time, aud we
they will disavow the pledge made m
thefr name by tbe administration.-#.
Louis Republican.
Atlanta, June 28.—Capt. Harry Jack-
son, son of Gen. H. K. Jackson, cf your
city, has succeeded MajorC.W. Henderson
as Captain of the Cadets, and his election
has given new inspiration to the military
spirit of Atlanta.
The smiling face and graceful form of
Major L. Mims, of Savannah, have added
to the attractions of the Kimball House
during the past few days. Atlanta had
hoped to secure him as a citizen, but I
learn that his headquarters will remain
in Savannah.
In writing from Columbus I neglected
to refer to the successful manner in which
Mr. W. L. Clark, Superintendent of the
Mobile aud Girard liailroad, has conduc
ted the affairs of that corporation. He is
one of the Savannah boys of whom your
city should be proud, as he is steadily
adding to his reputation as a President
and successful railroad manager. The
Central Itailroad has no more faithful
official, and Savannah no absent citizen
who feels a deeper interest in her wel
fare. The Mobile and Girard Railroad is
a valuable feeder to the cotton business
of your city.
FRESH CITY NEWS.
The Blodgett-Bryant slander case was
to have been called in the City Court this
morning, but Judge Clarke took up other
eases which preceded it on the docket.
Bryant and his friends, for the defense,
and John L. Conley and his followers, for
the prosecution, were on hand, and, from
the large array of witnesses, it is safe to
predict a lively trial when it does com
mence.
The marriage of ez-Aiderman Aaron
Haas and Miss Fannie Rich, which took
place this morning at the Jewish Syna
gogue, was a splendid affair. Judge
Hilton was not invited, as all “vulgar
people” were excluded. Mr. H. is a promi
nent citizen, having filled many important
offices in various organizations. The
ceremony was performed by the distin
guished rabbi, Rev. Dr. Broune.
The United States army, as far as the
troops in Atlanta are concerned, can be
reduced to a “peace footing” without the
aid of Congressional action. Railroad
trains and suicidal propensities have kept
up a steady reduction, and yesterday
another victim was added. Frederick
Petfoldt, a Prussian, of company E, Sec
ond Infantry, cut his throat on account
of not hearing from his family at home.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
It is generally conceded here that in
ease ex-Governor Charles J. Jenkins de
clines to accept the position, General A.
R. Lawton will be chosen President of the
Constitutional Convention.
Of his eminent fitness for the position
it is not nteessary to speak in tkis con
nection, as I have so often referred to the
matter in connection with his past public
services. He will have no opposition if
a candidate.
The Hon. J. R. Smith, of Coffee, the
efficient and popular veteran Messenger
of the House of Representatives, is
spoken of as likely to be tlected Messen
ger. Hon. W. A. Harris, of Worth, the
present popular Secretary of the Senate,
is also the most prominent candidate for
Secretary, with Messrs. H. H. Cabiness
and Eugene P. Speer as assistants.
Is is to be hoped, however, that all offi
cials, as well as the members of the con
vention, will be put on a reform and re
trenchment platform from the start. Not
one dollar nor one day should be wasted
by this convention. The people look to
it, with oppressive anxiety, to give them
needed relief from burdensome and use
less taxation. There is no reason why
twenty of the very best men in the con
vention should not shape its policy in re
gard 1 o such matters, as that number of
distinguished men will be present in whom
ail Georgians have the fullest confidence.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Messrs. James P. Harrison & Co., of
the Franklin Steam Printing House, have
presented mo with a copy of the Annual
Announcement and Catalogue of the Uni
versity of Georgia, for 1877, the seventy-
sixth year of existence.
It is safe to say that this is the most
elegant catalogue of the kind ever issued
from the Franklin press, and it clearly
shows that there is no need to send lo
other States for such superior work.
Without being flashy, this catalogue of
nearly one hundred pages is attractive in
all it., main features.
In looking over its pages I see that Sa
vannah has two members of the Board
of Trustees, Gen. A. R. Liwtonand Col.
John Screven, and three students, Ed
ward H. Allen, R. H. Cornwell and A. R.
Lawlon, Jr. Thomas county has four
students, Wyche W. Linton, Eli M. Hal-
lette, Daniel J., W. R. and M. Y. McIn
tyre. Effingham has Chas. M. Baggs;
Washington has Isadore W. Newman;
Liberty has Wallace W. Frazer, law stu
dent; Screven has Wm. H. Cooper;
Brooks has John G. Stanley; and Florida
has only one—Henry J. Davis. Total
number of students, four hundred and
forty-two, being forty-eix for Medical
College at Augusta; one hundred aud
eighty-six for departments at Athens,
and two hundred nnd tnirty-five for Agri
cultural College at Dahlonega.
MINOR TOPICS.
The First Methodist church of this
city, of which Rev. W. P. Harrison, D.
D., is pastor, is a Southern Methodist
church, as is also the church at Wash
ington, to which he has been called.
. it - /»L
Services of
Ulysses* S.
the Great Ctesar,
Grant.
Tlie Constitution of 186S and the
Capital.
The following are given by the Mil- At the
ledgeville Capital as a few of the many
reasons for framing a new constitution
and restoring the capital to MillegeviUe :
First. The consitution of 1SG8 was not
called for nor framed by the representa
tives of the intelligence, patriotism and
manhood of the people of Georgie.
Second. It was framed under military
rule in accordance with the arbitrary, un
constitutional and oppressive reconstruc
tion acts of a Radical Congress.
Brevet Major General John Pope, mili
tary commander in Georgia, ordered an
election of delegates to be held on the
29th, IJOih and 31st days of October,
which was continued ou the first and
second days of November, 1807.
The list cf registered voters numbered
188,647. Of these only 106,410 votes
were polled. Four thousand one hundred
and twenty-seven tickets were not in
dorsed, “Convention.” Of the 106,410
who did vote, at least 80,000 were colored
men. Of the remaining 26,410, 22,383
were whites, consisting, mainly, of Radi
cals and others, who favored what was
termed a relief measure; 81,737, consti
tuting the main body of the intelligent
white citizens of the State, did not vote
at all.
General Pope, the military commander,
issued au order November 19, 1867, com
manding the delegates to meet at Atlanta
on the 9th day of December, 1867, and
“ proceed to frame a constitution and
civil government for the State of Georgia,
according to the provisions and acts
above referred to,” etc.
The constitution, when framed, was
submitted to tho people for ratification or
rt jectioD, and it was ratified by the votes
cl ignorant blacks and a few thousand mo a lot of rights which I don’t under
write Radicals, and friends of the relief gtand and which j guess you
to exer-
[From the Loudon Punch.]
Ex-President Grant, a few days since, ;
in returning thanks for his health at a ]
Manchester banquet, admitted that he
liked his speeches like his drinks—short
and strong, but that he hated tho work
of talking, even under these conditions.
Mr. Pune!., always anxious to serve an
illustrious visitor, begs to present his
General with a few outline orations that
may be useful to him. He trusts he will
appreciate tne spice of local color he has
tried to throw in, to take off the air of
preparation, and give an extempore and
off hand style to the General’s utterances.
RETLY TO A CORPORATION ADDRESS.
Gentlemen: It is the custom to lasso
royal personages and other distinguished
visitors with a string of platitude- and
pomposities, drawn up by the Town Clerk
or Recorder, where there is one, and
flung at the head of the object of
corporate civility. I can't escape, and I
don’t complain. When in Rome do as
Rome does. I have. Y'ou hive slicked
me down. I have stood quiet to bo
slicked down. Thanks. Now you can
get out of your red gowns and big talk,
and re-enter the region of rational re
mark, aud the coat, vest and pants of
private life.
SPEECH ON RECEIPT OF THE FREEDOM OF
THE CITY OF LONDON.
My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen: I know
you like this big place of yours to be
called “the first city of the world.” Ac
cording to usage, I beg to declare London
some pumpkins iu the way of bigness,
business and bunkum. You have given
Jefferson’s idea of a lawyer was that he
. w ho contested everything,
who conceded nothing, and who talked as
long as a human being could be made to
hear Uiffi.
provisions incorporated in the constitu
tion.
Third. This constitution, thus origins-
Led aud framed, repeatedly declares that
the people of Georgia, in seceding from
the Union and contending for their inde
pendence, were rebels against the lawful
and paramount authority of the United
States.
Fourth. At the election for ratification
or rejection of the constitution, an im
mense majority cf the white, intelligent
citizens of the State, went to the polls and
spurned it as a fundamental law, unwor
thy of a liberty loving and intelligent
people.
Fifth. Among the most influential rea
sons which caused the white citizens of
the State to vote against ratification, was
the declaration in the tenth article, “The
seat of government of this State, from
and after the ratification of this constitu
tion, shall be in the city of Atlanta, and
the General Assembly shall provide for
tbe erection of a now capitol, and snch
other buildings as the public welfare may
require.”
This was a violation of the pledged
faith of tho State, that Milledgeville
should be the permanent seat of govern
ment. The act is found in Clayton's
Compilation, assented to December the
T2tb, 1804. The pledge is in section 7 of
the act, and is as follows: “And be it
further enacted, that the next meeting of
the General Assembly after the date of
said proclamation (by the Governor that
the State House is completed! shall be at
the said town of Milledgeville, which is
hereby declared to be the permanent seat
of government of this State.”
Fifty years after this pledge was given
to silence the c'amor of those who wished
a removal of the capital to Atlanta, the
Legislature passed an act to submit the
question of removal, ot no removal, to
the legal voters of the State. This act
was passed aud assented to, to give
finality to the question. The popular
vote was overwhelming in favor of re
taining Milledgeville as the seat of gov
ernment.
Sixth. The removal, by a constitutional
provision in 1868, totally ignored the
wishes of the peoplo. No one who has
the least regard for his fair fame, will
assert that it was a fair expression of the
popular will. The question of removal
did not enter into the canvass for dele
gates. The constitutional provision for
removal was the act of the lately enfran
chtsed negroes, the carpet-baggers and
other Radicals, and viewed in its proper
light, it has about it something of tbe
colorings of tbe returning boards, who
havo fraudulently hoisted a President
over the people against their expressed
ehoice and will.
Seventh. The return of the capital to
Milledgeville, will save to our heavily
burdened tax payers hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. Already, greedy aud
interested eyes are peering about in At
lanta for sites upon which to erect a new
and costly building, new Executive Man
sion, and other public edifices, that will
touch the people’s pockets to the tune of
more than a million of dollars additional
taxation.
stand, and which I
never expect me
cise. You mean it civilly, and I thank
you. And now, gentlemen (with my
Lord Mayor’s permission), we will turn to
for a big dinner and a big drink in genu
ine Madison House style, though I guess
you can't cut out Deimonico’s.
SPEECH AFTER A VISIT TO THE CRYSTAL
PALACE.
Mr. Chairman and Directors : You have
shown me an almighty, big green-house,
some considerable plaster casts, and an all-
fired handsome garden, and I don’t know
which I conclude to like best, your water
works or fire-work fixings. On the other
hand, I have shown myself on your ac
count to a big crowd of the shilling pub
lic, I trust (as I understand on all hands
that ycur establishment is deserving of
more support tfc.au it gets) that the money
taken at the doors on this interesting oc
casion will more than defray expenses,
and that the result of this and similar
national and patriotic ovations, may be
sensibly felt in your dividends.
REPLY TO DEPUTATIONS OF SEVERAL SO
CIETIES.
Ladies and Gentlemen : You have corns
to see me with the view of trotting out
your various hobbies. I am used to that
sort of *hing at home. I guess you'd
rather talk yourselves than listen to me.
I'm quite agreeable. So fire away, and
I trust your orations will be reported to
your entire satisfaction in to-morrow’s
papers.
The building committee of the church
bore mot again yesterday afternoon, and
are determined to devise some plan by
which to at once finish their oburch edi
fice, and theYeby keep Rev. Dr. Harrison
from going to Washington.
The public schools of Atlanta are hav
ing their annual examinations this week.
The girls high school have graduating
exercises at the Opera House to-night,
and the boys high school to-morrow
nioht. Major Sum W Small, the popu
lar journalist of tho Constitution, deliv
ers the address. I’rof. B Mallon, for
merly of Savannah, has made the public
schools of this city equal to any in the
State. He is a faithful and successful
educator. .
A prominent railroad official r:om
Memphis, Tenn., states that Capt. John
A. Grant, of this city, the new General
Superintendent of the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad, has made a line
impression upon his subordinates. He
arrived there just before the late freshet
and as soon as the water subsided from
the track, he started out on foot and
walked nearly fifty miles, giviDg his per
sonal attention to the needed repairs.
Such fidelity to duty is sure to wm suc
cess in any field of labor.
Dr. Thomas P. Janes, tbe Commis
sioner cf Agriculture, has been over
whelmed with congratulations on account
of the popularity of his “Manual on the
Hog ” issued by his department. Among
the pictures of valuable thoroughbreds
are those of “Alice Brown” and “Duke
of Wellington,” the fine hogs of Capt. L.
T. Davis, of Thomasvtlle, . nd Red
B-jss ” a magnificent an.mal owned by
Col. Richard Peters, of Atlanta. Valua
ble reports from hog raisers add to the
interest of tho work, and make it more
practical in its character. Dr J. J.
Groover, of Brooks county, Mr. John T.
Rogers, of Laurens, and Hon. W. A.
Hants, of Worth, are among the persons
whose reports are published.
Chatham.
Putting Out His Wife’s Eves. Wil
liam Kief, of Eighth avenue, Newark,
was cleaning bis finger nans on Wednes
dav with a pair of scissors. His young
wife began teasing bim to buy som “ f “ r
Diture, and be became angry and threw
the scissors at her. The two blades pene
trated her eyes just beneath the eyeballs.
physician said that the woman could
!ipt recoyer her sight.
The Duke of Brunswick’s Mausoleum.
The late Duke of Brunswick, who died
a few years ago at Paris, was possessed
of very considerable wealth in diamonds
aud other precious stones. His collec
tion was for some time in this country.
In a modest house at St. John’s Wood a
burglar and fireproof room was built, in
which it was kept; but the owner, grow
ing perhaps tired of the monotony of
English society, removed to Paris some
years before his death, and took with him
to that paradise of Yankees the whole of
his mineral and other possessions.
These, along with other property of
immense value, he bequeathed to the city
of Geneva, and the municipality, after
mature consideration of the most appro
priate manner in which to record their
gratitude, have resolved to erecta mauso
leum to the memory of their benefactor
which shall be without a parallel in Eu
rope. The monument is to be placed in
the Jardin des Alpes, and is to cost 1,~
400,000 francs, or $240,000. The desigD
includes a series of six statues, repre
senting the ancestors of tbe deceased
Duke. The first is to be Duke Henry
“the lion,” and tbe last that of Duke
Frederick William, who fell at the battle
of Quatre Bras, which immediately pre
ceded the defeat of the French at Water
loo. On a colossal pedestal of polished
granite, sixty feet in height, will re,t the
sarcophagus, on which will bo a recum
bent figure of the Prince, and over this
will be a canopy, to be mounted by an
equestrian statue of tbe late Duke in
modern civil costume. The canopy is to
be supported by pillars of white marble
richly sculptured.
Tho artist selected for carrying out this
grand design is M. Franc, a citizen of Ge
neva. The statue is to be by M. Vella,
and the animals are to be executed by M.
Cave, who are also natives of the canton
which tbe Duke of Brunswick has so
magnificently endowed.—London 1/lobe.
Dom Pedro, after leaving the United
States last year, made an extended tour
abroad through Continental Europe and
Egypt. London telegrams announce “the
Brazilian Emperor is here, and is out
driving furiously round the city at five
o’clcak every morning.” This is “just
like him.” His eagerness to see every
thing and passion to acquire information
starts him out at early morning hours,
aud thus he is on the go morning, noon
and night. But although the English in
London are not very early riseis, the sun
is, at this time of year. Daylight beginB
to show in that high latitude by two
o’clock, and the sun is up long enough
before the Emperor begins his daily jour-
neyings albeit he may start at five o’clock
in the morning. The Emperor, by his
unostentatious, business like ways, makes
as favorable an impression upon tbe peo -
pies of Europe as ha did here.
Was it Fair?—The other night, when
Nicolini appeared with Patti at Oovent
Garden, the tenor was hissed by the up
per tiers of boxes and tbe gallery. Patti
was applauded to the echo. It was evi
dent that Nicolini was hissed, not be
cause he did not sing well, but. on ac
count of his buccessasthe diva 3 lover.
Isn’t this rather unfair ? Patti may do
as she pleases, in spite of marriage vows,
but her deer ami must be “sat upon.
Officeholders In Polities—llayes’ Views
A special to the New York Times from
this city says: Gentlemen who have
talked with the Piesident touching his
recent letter to Federal officeholders say
he is very earnest upon this question, and
expresses a determination to rigidly en
force its instruction?. When asked how
far an officer may go in taking part in
election affairs without becoming liable
to removal, the President replied that it
is not intended to prevent or discourage
Federal officials from taking part in po
litical affairs, but their services to the
party must not be at the expense of the
public service, nor will they be permitted
to take advantage of any power and in
fluence which may attach to their official
positions to influence political conven
tions and control caucuses. They may
devote to politics all the time not re
quired by their public duties, and spend
as much of their own money as they
choose, but they must do this without in
fringing upon their public duties and by
conducting themselves generally the same
as though they were not connected with
the public service. The interference of
Federal officers in the preliminary work
of elections is what the President desires
to correct, and he believes the only ef
fectual way to do this is to prevent these
persons from putting themselves forward
as controlling spirits in conventions,
and as leading members of committees
charged with the conduct of political
campaigus. This is no new theory with
the President. He referred to the case
of Col. Wykoff, of Ohio, who, in the last
Presidential campaign, was Chairman of
the Ohio State Committee, and Adjutant
General of the State. Although his own
election as President was in issue, Gov.
Hayes notified Col. Wykoff that he did
not approve of his acting as chairman of
a partisan committee and holding the
office of Adjutant General of Ohio at the
same time, and that he would be required
to give up one of the two places. In
pursuance of that notification from Gov.
Hayes, Col. Wykoff did resign his
State commission, that he might be
free to direct the caupaign in Ohio.
The President says it is notorious
that the Federal offices iu some large
cities have been run in the interest of
factions, and for the purpose of securing
the preferment of certain individuals and
for the defeat and punishment of others,
the power and influence of the offices be
ing fri quently used for the preferment of
the officeholders themselves. “It is this
condition of affairs,” said the President,
“that I desire to correct, and I am deter
mined to show my earnestness and sin
cerity to produce reform in this direction
by making an example of the first Fede
ral officer who shall violate the order
issued on Saturday. Every man must be
left free to act for himself in political
matters without dictation or intimidation
from men possessing special opportuni
ties for influencing political results by
reason of holding public offices.” Those
who have conversed with the President
on this subject are convinced that be is
determined to enforce the spirit of his
letter, and that he will direct the removal
of the first official reported for its viola
tion.
The Sea Serpent Sighted from a
Royal Yacht.
The Osborne, paddle royal yacht, Com
mander Hugh L. Pearson, which arrived
at Portsmouth from the Mediterranean
on Monday, June 11, and at once pro
ceeded to her moorings in the harbor, has
forwarded an offioial report to the Admi
ralty, through the Comrnander-in-Cbief
(Admiral Sir George Elliott, K. C. B-),
respecting a sea menster which she en
countered during her homeward voyage.
\t about 5 o'clock in the afternoon of
the 2d of June, the sea being exception
ally calm, while the yacht was proceeding
round the north coast of Sicily toward
Cape Vito, the officer on the watch ob
served a long ridge of fins, each about six
feet loDg, moving slowly along. He called
for a telescope, and was at once joined by
other officers. The Osborne was steam
ing westward at ten and a half knots an
hour, and, having a long passage before
her, could not stay to make minute ob
servations. The fins were progressing in
an eastwardly direction, aud as the vessel
more nearly approached them, they were
replaced by the foremost part of a gigantic
monster. Its skin was, so far as it could
be seen, altogether devoid of scales, ap
pearing rather to resemble in sleekness
that of a seal.
The head was bullet-shaped, with an
elongated termination, being somewhat
similar in form to that of a seal, and was
about six feet in diameter. Its features
were only seen by one officer, who de
scribed them as like those of an alligator.
The neck was comparatively narrow, but
so much of the body as could be seen de
veloped in form like that of a gigantic
turtle, and from each side extended two
fins, about fifteen feet inleDgth, by which
the monster paddled itself alODg after the
fashion of a turtle.
The appearance of the monster is ac
counted for by a submarine volcano,
which occurred north of Galita, in the
Gulf of Tunis, about the middle of May,
and was reported at the time by a steamer
which was struck by a detached fragment
of submarine rock. The disturbance
below water, it is thought probable, may
have driven up the monster from its
“native element,” as the site cf the erup
tion is only one hundred miles from where
it was reported to have been seen.—Ports
mouth (England) Times.
Fifteen hundred operatives, we are
told, have struck against a reduction of
wages which has been made in several of
the large iron establishments in the Le
high and Susquehanna valleys. The re
duction ranges from five to twenty-five
per cent., and has been impending for
some time, the manufacturers declaring
that it is impossible for them to make
anything by iron manufacturing in the
present depteesed condition of the trade,
and that if wages are not reduced work
must cease altogether. This intended
reduction has been discussed in that part
of the country for several weeks, and it
does not appear that all the working peo
ple there object to it, though a large
number of them, in certain branches of
trade, make most serious objection. The
men on strike are but a small proportion
of the whole number of operatives in
the iron mills of the Lehigh and
Susquehanna region, but tbe result of the
strike will be taken as a guide, not only
by all of those there, but also by iron
workers generally throughout this State.
It affects one of our greatest industries.
This strike has come at a time when, ac
cording to the statistics of the Iron and
Steel Association, the iron trade of this
country is passing its lowest point of de
pression. As a general “lock out” is
threatened if the reduction is not acceded
to, it is probable that the strikers will
yield, thus accepting the least of two
evils—lower wages rather than none at
all. The season is at hand when it is
customary to “blow out” furnaces, so
that this may be an additional reason for
yielding. The employers are raid to be
very firm in their intention to cease
operations altogether if the reduction is
not promptly accepted. —Philadelphia
Ledger.
A Good Season for Rattlesnakes.—
While a revenue officer was out hunting
for illicit distillers in the mountains ol
Western Carolina a short time since, he
stumbled into a den of rattlesnakes, and,
before he could extricate himself, was
bitten in several places. He succeeded in
reaching a house a mile or two distant,
where he died the next day in great
agony. Our informant did not learn the
name of the unfortunate officer, but said
he had recently entered the service, and
that it was his first visit to the region
where he mot his death. He also stated
that,notwithstanding the extreme weather
of last winter, there is au unusually large
uumber of rattlers iu the mountain coun
try this summer, and that it is a little
dangerous to be trampling arourd in the
brush, especially after dark.—Athens
{Tenn.) Post.
THE GREAT TIDAL WAVF.
A tlrnphic Picture of llie Peruvian Earth-
iinnke by the Captain of tbe Lost Ship
Alliln.
Cap'ain Colley, ol the ship Alida, whose
vessel was destroyed by the great earth
quake which occurred off the coast of
Peru last month, has just returned tc. —is
city. A Herald reporter yesterday af er-
ncon visited the Captain at the office of
Messrs. W. R. Grace & Co., No. 60 Pine
street, and was given the following
graphic account of the occurrence :
A SCENE OF HOBROB.
We have now at Milledgeville a grand
capitol building that has cost nearly half
a million. The present capitol at Atlanta
is, in truth and fact, unfit for the purpose
of a capitol. It is a poor, miserable, un
safe building at best. Many were afraid
to enter it at the inaugural ceremonies of
Governor Colquitt. The peoplo of At
lanta, we understand, are proposing to
furnish the ground upon whioh to erect
a new capitol building. That alone might
cost at least a million of dollars. Why
should tbe State incur such an expense
when it own3 at Milledgeville a capitol
grand, capacious, and thoroughly adapted
in all its halls and rooms, for the purpose
of its erection. We have no idea what
the Opera House capitol m Atlanta could
be sold for. It cost $380,000 and proba
bly would not bring, at the highest esti
mate, one-third of that turn; but it would
surely yield, in the large and growing city
of Atlanta, three or four times as much
as the capitol building at Milledgeville.
Sell the capitol at Atlanta and re-establish
Milledgeville as the seat of government,
and that alone would save to the taxpay
ers of the State a million or two.— Mil-
ledgevUU Capital.
“On the 9th of last May,” said the
Captain, “we were anchored in the port
of Pa'oellon de Pica. The weather was
fine and nothing unusual wls noticed.
All of a sudaen. about ten minutes past
eight o’clook in the evening, wo experi
enced a very Jjeavy shock of earthquake.
The night was very dark, but simultane
ously with the shock a bluish phospho
rescent light seemed to burst from the
hilltops. The earth appeared to have
cracked open and lo be vomiting forth
flames. The first shock was immediately
succeeded by another still heavier, and
this was followed by a great tidal wave.
The sight became at once terrific. Thero
were twenty-seven vessels in the harbor,
all dragging their anchors and floating
about at the mercy of the waves. The sea
was very high, and currents were running
in all directions at tho rate of eight or
nine knots an hour. No small boats could
keep afloat. The launches were put out,
but the sea turned them right over. In
less time than it takes to tell it an im
mense wave was bearing us to the shore.
Our ship, the Alida, struck the rocks and
commenced to break up very fast. There
were eighteen feet of water in her when
I left the wreck. When we struck the
depth of water on the rocks was about
fifteen feet, but twenty minutes after
ward I threw the lead over and found this
had increased to ten fathoms. The length
of the wave might be calculated from
these data. Seven other ships were driven
along shore with us, and were lost. All
the other vessels iu the harbor were seri
ously damaged. Fortunately, however,
the crews all got off safely.
the town destboyed.
’The people on shore were not so
lucky. The shocks of earthquake had
laid prostrate all the buildings of the
little town. The kerosene lamps used to
light the houses had been broken and
the town began to burn up. When the
wave came it put out the conflagration,
aud on reoeding took with it all the
houses, stores—iu faot, everything in the
town, sweeping the place where it had
stood as cleanly as a new broom. The
inhabitants, who numbered about four
thousand, bud taken to the mountains at
the first snock of tbe earthquake. But
the wave was too quick for some of them
aud about one hundred and seventy par
sons were drowned.
nature’s burst of anoer.
‘The blue flames rising from the
mountains, the burning town, the flying
inhabitants and the unmanageable vessels
in the harbor made n sight never to be
forgotten. We had absolutely no warn
ing of the terrible disaster. The direc
tion of tho shock seemed to be from north
to souths A volcano twenty-eight miles
to the north of where we were, whioh
had long been quiescent, broke out again.
The greatest elevation of the tidal wave
that followed was about sixty feet over the
highest part of the town. The place vs
a considerable depot for guano. All the
guauo boats, condensers and machines
were totally destroyed. The actual loss
must have been very great und the dam
age to the town will not be repaired for
many years. We had twenty-jno men,
all told, on the Alida, and none were lost.
The American Consul at Callao took
charge of us aud Sent us home. For a
fortnight after the tidal wave had occur
red there were severe shocks of earth
quake along the coast of Peru. We often
experience slight shocks in sailing in
those regions, but I never saw the liko of
this before and never want to experience
it again.”
Stuart, this quietly and calmly breathing
out his noble life, he said to President
Davis, who stood at his bedside: ‘I am
j ready and willing lo die if God and my
country think that I have fiulfillcd my
destiny and discharged my dnty.' Col.
Lewis Minor Coleman, of the University
of Virginia, who fell mortally wounded at
first Fredericksburg, and lingered for
some weeks in great agony, uttered many
sentiments which would adorn the bright
est pages of Christian experience, and
among other things sent this message
to bis loved and honored chieftains:
‘Tell Generals Lee aid Jackson that
they know how a Christian soldier shonld
live; I only wish they were here
to see a Christian soldier die !’ Not many
months afterward Jackson was called to
‘cross over the river and rest under the
shade of the trees, and left another bright
illustration of how Christian soldiers of
that army were wont lo die. Col. Willie
Pegram, ‘the boy artillerist.’ its he waa
familiarly tailed, left tho University of
Virginia at the breaking out of the war
as a private soldier, rose to tbe rank of
Colonel of artillery (he refused a tender
of promotion to the command of an in
fantry brigade), upon more than one oc
casion elicited high praise from A. P.
Hill, Jackson and Lee. and at the early
age of tweniy-two fell on the ill fated
field of Five Forks, gallantly resisting the
overwhelming odds against him. His
last words wsre : ‘I have done my duty
and now I tarn to my Savior.’ ”
The Meat Trade.—The meat trade
continues. The imports for April re
ceived in England were six million pounds
from New York. Imports from Phila
delphia have increased since October
from ono hundred and fifty thousand to
two million five hundred thousand
pounds.
The freedom of the English railroads
(D. H.) pleases General Grant quite as
much as the freedom of the cities.— Pos
ton Rost.
Thirty years ago there were no curb
stone brokers and bankers, no bands of
reportorial interviewers, passing up and
down the earth, and visiting public men
like the plagues of Egypt, and not only
to extract from them all they say and do,
but much that they never said or believed.
Startling sensations were kept for yellow
covered literature. A black lie was a lie
then, and rarely framed in gold. A spade
was a spade all over, and the lie was not
one of Mrs. Opie’s harmless fictions, nor
the iron spade a silver spoon or ladle.
Things by their right names” is some
times indulged in now, but it is hard for
organs to speak the truth of friends,
however ready they may be to do so of
their enemies.—Erastus Brooks.
Just from Utah.—A Mormon, who
says he is a brother ot one of the mem
bers of the Cabinet, has arrived in
Washington city. He has been in Utah
for twenty-five years. He says he has
come on to see his brother. He has two
wives, and married the last one about
eighteen months ago, after a tremendous
rumpus with his first wife on the subject.
When he told her that he was to be sealed
to a new wife she hit him on the nose
with a rolling-pin, broke a washpitch6r
over his head, tore his Sunday coat all to
pieces and threatened to break his back
if ho ever brought another wife to his
house, but finally she had to give in.
The Pointe Coupee (La.) Pelican tells
of a colored man named Charles Jackson
who said that by simply tasting blood he
could tell if a dead animal had died of
the charbon. The test was made on the
blood of a mule that had suddenly died.
Sure enough, Jackson tasted, and Baid
the mule had been killed by charbon. It
was a wonderful test of tast6 0ver science.
Its only drawback is found in the fact
that the negro died of the same disease
shortly after rendering his professional
opinion.
They order those' things better m
France. A t the race for the Grand Prix
quite a haul of pickpockets was made.
One of them played tbe foreigner, and
opposed the most perfect dumbness to
the Commisfatre’s questions. “Do you
understand French?” asked the official.
No answer; neither any sign of intelli
gence. “Youcan go—you are free,” said
the Commissaire. The man started for
the door, and in a second the handcuffs
were on him, and he was en route for the
cells.
Wages fob June.—We learn that
miners' wages for June will be thirty-
three per cent, below the basis. This is
quite low enough, hut it is better than
many of the men had expected, some of
them being despondent enough to look
lor fifty per cent, below the basis. As
announced last week the P. & C. & I
Co.’s men will be paid at the rate of thirty
per cent, below the basis.—Potlsvi'Je
{Pa. Miners') Journal.
At the reception given to Gen. Grant,
at the residence of Minister Pierrepont,
in London, a miserable wretch of a ple
beian who had only nine titles sneaked in
amoDg the distinguished company. When
his name was announced the company
waited for the rest of his titles, and when
the usher shut off at the ninth the inter
loper was promptly side-tracked.—Bur
lington Hawkeye.
A Hobbible Crime.—We have just
heard a startling piece of news from
Washington county. It seems that a
young man, whose name we could not
learn, married, some time back, a Miss
Bowls, whose family had at one time lived
on the lands of Mr. A. S. Mayes. The
girl had been seduced, and, before mar
riage, had given birth to a deformed and
idiot child. Her husband appears to
have been dissatisfied about the child,
and had influenced his wife to a mode of
getting rid of it. With this view a box
was obtained, and the child, while yet
alive, nailed up in it. But, while this
was going on, a neighbor woman hap
pened in, and, hearing a strange noise in
the box, inquired and found out what was
done. Shu persuaded them to open the
box and take the little thing out. The
news, however, of this matter got out,
and a few nights thereafter a mob visited
the house, and the next morning tho hus
band and wife were seen banging to a
tree in the neighborhood. This event
occurred about ten days ago.—Lebanon
Kentuckian.
No Politics in the Navr Yards.—The
Secretary of the Navy has issued a circu
lar directing commandants of navy yards
and stations to see that laborers shall be
employed in tbe several navy yards with
reference to skill and efficiency, and with
out regard to political or other consider
ations : that none be discharged for po
litical opinions, and that they shall not be
requested to contribute for political pur
poses.
A board of inspection, consisting of a
line officer and a paymaster in the navy,
shall be appointed by the commandant of
each navy yard from the officers of the
yard, to serve three months, unless other
wise ordered. The commandant may
add a third officer to the board, to be taken
from the department whose material is
to be inspected, and these three officers
will inspect such articles as may be sub
mitted to them, and shall report to the
commandant in writing. — Washington
Star.
Poisoned by the Dead.—Dr. William
LeRoy Stevens, a young physician, late
ly attached to St. Peter’s Hospital, Brook
lyn, died at that institution on Sunday
last from blood poisoning. Dr. Stevens
was a resident of Richmond, Va., and an
alumnus of the Medical Department of
the University of that State. Tbe sad
accident which ultimately caused his
death happened several days since while
he was engaged in making a post-mortem
examination at the hospital. Every effort
was put forth by the medical staff of the
institution to save his life, but all in vain,
Dr. Stevens dying as above stated. His
father, a respected citizen of Richmond,
was with him during his last moments.—
N. T. Herald.
It begins to look very much as if the
story some time since referred to by tho
Republican, that the Hayes administra
tion makes it part of its general policy to
mainta.u a common scold for strategic
purposes, wore true. The New York
Times of Saturday has a long editorial on
“ Hayes and his Ohio friends,” severely
denouncing the entire polioy of the ad
ministration, and yet the fore part of last
week the chief proprietor of the Times
was in Washington hobnobbing in tho
most friendly manner with Hayes and
•‘ his Ohio friends." Let the malcontents
beware of the Times, for it may be truo
that it is simply playing into Hayes’
hands.—St. Louis Republican.
In tho history of the wars between the
Turks and Montenegrins but very few
successes tor the former are recorded. By
dint of overwhelming numbers, however,
they have lately achieved a signal victory,
and are now in possession of tho Mon
tenegrin capital. A special correspondent
near tbe seat of war, telegraphing to an
American journal, says an idea of the
desperate nature of the recent fighting
may be formed from tho fact that theHon-
tenegrins admit the loss of every seventh
man in their little army. In tbe whole
history of warfare, perhaps, no nobler
instance of heroism is recorded than tho
gtand made by these hardy mountaineers
for their hearths and homes against such
overwhelming odds.
SaUroaas.
Central & Southwestern
iiailroads.
Hatakjtae, Ga., June 3,18TT.
O N anil after SUNDAY, June 3d, 13*7, passen
ger trains on tho Central and Southwestern
Railroads and Branches will rnn as follows:
TRAIN NO. 1—GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leaves 8avannah 0:20 A. M
Leaves Ar.gnpta 9:15 A. M
Arrives at Augusta. 4:45 F. M
Arrives at Macon. 6:46 P. M
Loaves Macon for Atianta 9:16 F. II
Arrive at Atlanta 6:02 A. M
Making close connection at Atlanta with West
ern and Atlantic Kailroad for all points North
and West.
COMING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leaves Atlanta
10:40 F. M
Arrives at Macon
6:45 A. M
Leaves Macon
7:00 A. M.
Arrives at Milledgeville
Arrives at Eatonton.T-
9:44 A. M
11:30 A. M
Arrives at Augusta
4:45 P. M
Arrives at Savannah
4:00 P.M
Leave? Augusta... 9.15 A. M
Making connectio n at Augusta for the North
and East, and at Savannah with the Atlantic and
Gulf Railroad for all points in Florida.
TRAIN NO. 2, GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leaves Savannah 7:30 P.M
Arrives at Augusta 6:0;» A. M
Leaves Augusta 8:C5 P, M
Arrives at Milledgeville 9:44 A. M
Arrives at Eatonton 11:30 A. M
Arrives at M&con .* S:0 )A.M
Leaves Macon for Atlanta. 8:40 A. M
Arrives at Atlanta.... 2:16 P. M
Leaves Macon for Albany and Eufaula. 8 20 A. M
Arrives at Eufaula 3.49 P. M
Arrives at Albany 2:10 P. M
Leaves Macon for Coinmbus 9:33 A. M
Arrives at Columbus 1:13 P. M
Trains on this schedule for Macon, Atlanta,
Coinmbus, Eufaula and Albany daily, making
close connection at Atlanta with Western and
Atlantic and Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line.
At Eufaula with Montgomery and Enfanla lta.il-
road; at Columbns with Western aud Mobile
and Girard Railroad.
Train on Blakeley Extension leaves Albany
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
COMING SOUTH AND EAST*.
Leaves Atlanta.... 1:40 P.M
Arrives at Macon from Atianta 6:56 P. M
Leaves Albany 10:00 A. M
Leaves Eufsula 8:05 A. M
Arrives at Macon fr’m Eufaula & Albany 4:10 F. M
Leaves Columbus .11:19 A, M
Arrives at Macon from Columbu3 3:11 P. M
Leaves M aeon 7:36 F. M
Arrives at Augusta 6:00 A. M
Leaves Augusta 8:05 P. M
Arrives at Savannah 7:15 A. fit
Making connection at Savannah with Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad ter all points In Floriaa.
Passengers tor Milledgeville and Eatonton will
take train No. 2 from Savannah and train No. 1
from Macon, which trains connect daily, except
Monday, for these points.
WILLIAM ROGERS,
General Supt. Central Railroad. Savannah.
W. G. RAOUL,
Supt. Southwestern Railroad, Macon,
ie9-tf
Atlantic and Guii ii. K.
imiu SnFKEIirTKHDKST’fl Onus, I
Atlxhtio add Gulf Kajlboxd. >
Savankxh, May 5th, 1317.)
O N AND AFTKK SUNDAY, the 6th Inst.,
Paasoczer Trains on this Kota will run as
follows:
NIGHT EXPRESS.
Letts btvumth Sailyt. ...
Arrrie at .Teenp “
Arrivo at Rafiinrlflge “ ——
Arrive at Albany •*
Arrive at Live Oak 11 .......
Arrive at JacKSonvlhe “ ......
Arrive at Tallahassee " ......
Leave Tallahassee “ .....
Leave Jacksonville “
Leave Dve 0»k “
Leave Albany “ ......
Loave Balnbrldge “
Leave Jesup “ ......
Arrive at Savannah
...... 4:00 P.M.
7:10 P.M.
7:46 A.M.
9:40 A.M.
3:50 A. M.
10:00 A.M.
„... 9:20A.M.
3:30 P. M.
i:0U P. M.
8:50 P. M.
2:30 P.M.
4:00 P. M.
5:06 A.M.
8:30 A. M.
When this place was first selected for
the future capital of Georgia, the State
owned the land where Milledgeville now
stands, and had three thousand acres of
land surveyed off into town lots, and they
were sold to purchasers uDderthe express
pledge, written and published, that this
was to be the permanent seat of govern
ment ; and the money which thGse town
lots sold for, was used to build tbe public
buildings. So it will be seen that the
people of Milledgeville paid the money
with which the first public buildings were
erected. The only way in which tho
State can do justice to all is to restore
the capital where it belongs.—MilledgetUle
Capital.
A young lady in San Antonio, Texas,
thinks that she is haunted by Poe’s spirit.
She was reading his “Raven” a few days
ago, when she was disturbed by a “rap
ping as of some one gently tapping” on
the headboard of her bed She will be a
Raven maniac yet.
Fannie Brown, who was arrested in St.
Louis and brought to Philadelphia on a
charge of abducting Mary Masterson,
aged ten years, plead gnilty and was sen
tenced to five years’ imprisonment in the
Eastern penitentiary.
No change ot cars between bavanu&h aud Al
bany.
Passengers from Savannah for Tallahassee,
Brunswick and Darien take this train.
Passengers leaving Macon at 9:15 a. m. (daily
except Sunday) connect at Jesnp with this train
for Florida.
Passengers from Florida by this train connect
at Jesup with train arriving in Macon at 5:45 p.
m. (daily except Sunday).
No change of cars between Montgomery and
Live Oak.
Sleeping cars run through to and from Savan
nah and Live Oak and Montgomery and Live Oak
on this train.
Connect at Albany with Passenger trains
both ways ou Southwestern Railroad to and from
Macon, Eufaula, Montgomery, New Orleans, etc.
Mail steamer leaves Bainbr.dge for Apalachi
cola every Saturday; for Columbus Thursday
and Saturday mornings.
Close connection at Jacksonville dally (Sundays
excepted) for St. Augustine, Palatka and Enter
prise.
Trains on B. and A, R. R. leave junction, gfclLg
west, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:14
a. m.
For Brunswick Tuesday, Thursday and Satn>
day at 4:40 p. m.
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS—EASTERN DI
VISION.
Leave Savannah, Sundays exccpted.at. 6:45 A. M,
Arrive at McIntosh
Arrive at Jesup
Arrive at Biacfeshear
Arrive at Dupont
Leave Dupont
Leave Blackshear
Leave Jesup
Leave McIntosh
Arrive at Savannah
9:40 a. M.
11:50 A. M.
3:20 P. M.
1 7:00 P. M.
5:00 A. M.
9:05 A.M.
12:30 P.M.
1 2:36 P.M.
1 6:15 P.M.
WESTERN DIVISION.
at 5:00 A.M.
aldosta ' “ 7:00A.M.
Arrive at Quitmin ** “ 9:00 A.M.
at Thoi
Leave Dupont (Sundays excepted),
Arrive at Valdi
Arrive at Thomasville
Leave Tbomausvilie
Leave O airman
Leave Valdosta
Arrive at Dupont
11:15 A. M.
1:15P.M.
3:20 P. M.
4:40 P. M.
6:45 P. M.
Gao. S. Haihis, General Ticket Agent.
H.S. HAINES,
myS-tf General Superintendent.
S&vannah and Charleston R.R.
Office Savannah & Chaxlvstoh R. R. Co., I
Savannah, Ga., May 5th, 1877. )
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, MAY Gth,
inst., the Passenger Trains on this Road
will run fellow?, FROM ATLANTIC AND
GULF RAILROAD PASSENGER DEPOT:
Leave Savannah daily at 10:00 A. Ha
Leave Charleston daily at.—...... .9:00 A. M.
Leave Augusta daily at .....7:59 A. M.
Leave Port Royal daMy at 10:t0 A. M.
Arrive at Savannah daily at........... .3:46 P. M.
Arrive at Charleston daily at 5:90 P.M*
Arrive %t Augusta daily at 6:10 F. M.
Arrive at Port Royal daily at 2:53 r. M.
Connection made at Charleston with the North
eastern and South Carolina Railroads; at Augusta
with the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta,
and Georgi.i Railroads.
Time—Savannah to Now York, 47 hours 30
minutes.
TlskotsIsrsaleatB. R. Bran’s and I„ J. Ga
san’s Special Ttciet Agencies,No.22* BoU street
and Pulaski House, alee at Depot Ticket Office.
C. C. OLWtY, Bee. C. 8. GADSDEN,
myl-tf Inghieet and Superintendent.