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THE ALBANY DEVS INCREMENT
VOL. 12.
ALBANY, OEOKOIA, OCTOBER I!, 1878
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A* Error Corrected. .
Editors Albmiy Sem:
1 see it stalcil in a St. Louis pa|tcr
. that Mai. C. II. Caulfield. who was
the successful competitor at a caval
ry tourney iti that city a short time
since, was a member of Hampton’*
Legion. South Carolina cavalry.- This
i« a mistake. He was First Lieuten
ant company D., Colib legion raval
ry. auil while hobiing that office re
ceived wounds which disabled him
tor active service iu the Army of
Northern Virginia. Major famtleld
rettirued to Heorgia, and alicr parti
ally recovering from his wounds,
raised a batallion of cavalry, and did
good service for his country liolh in
this Stale and Florida. No braver or
truer man ever donned the gray; and
the survivors of the Dougherty Hus-
•ars (his old compnnyjsend warm
, congratulation* to hint iu his far-off
home on his recent success in horse
manship.
The Cobb Legiou was part of
Hampton’* brigade, which was com
manded first by Wade Hampton, sec.
nod bv P. M. B. Young and last hr
ti. .1. Wright, whose commission as a
Major General, it was said, was e»
mute to him when the war closed.—
Hampton roar to a Lieutenant-Hen-
• craley. Young to the command of a
AiVidon; and Wright t-t the same dis
tinction, barring that the fortunes of
war sent "the boys,” who loved him
.M Well. to their home., thus cheating
him out of his promotion.
Me are unwilling. Messrs. Kditor*.
to torn Major Camfleld over to South
Carolina, lie was a gallant Heorgia
cavalry officer, and shed his hloml
freely in defense of the cau-e which
Went down in gloom at Appomattox
Courthouse. II. If. J.
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.Middle and Southern Georgia.
- Fran the Mrs Turk Wrakl; Wilnen.or Auguil IS.)
Mr. Editor: 1 read in your good
pa|>er. the Wit nett, many itif|iiiries
ahum farm, and lands for stock, fruit,
etc. Now, sir. please let me say that
in .Middle ami Southern lieorg'a.oti
the Atlantic and fltilf Kail mad, there
ate thousands of acres of the host land
I ever -aw for a man of small means.
The soil is sandy, witli clay subsoil,
good water, and timber plenty ; some
eleared. witli buildings and fruit, for
three dollars an acre on easy terms.
The people want good, industrious
neighbors among them, and .losepli S.
Brown. .M. I>., write* me. under date
July I ft, 1878. He says: -I think this
i* tlie healthiest conn ry that 1 ever
have been in. You think fallaud win
ter U> the best time to come here. I
know that the summer is the very best
poasible lime, as you can then see the
planting and harvesting going jni all
tM little; and it is astonishing how
tn.iiiy things are grown here, and
liow fast they grow. Corn now over
twelve feet high; potato vines over
twenty feet long, and sprouting and
taking root at each joint; oats, buck-
wbcaf, and Irish imtatoes all ripe;
and I am uow planting yams with
potatoes, and plowing for corn, low
I was. anil vegetables.* This i* the
place for the |M»or man, and for rich
men also. Our school session lias just
o|M-ned here iu Homerville, and we
have teaching for eight hours a day.
Truly the weather and climate are
delightful. 1 have not seen or heard
of a drunken person in our town of
about six hundred inhabitants, with
«ix stores, saw mills, and ltir|icntine
and rosin distilleries that emyloy ti
large number of men. Almost cverv-
lliing grows here tlie year round, mid
laud is cheap; no stones, no under
brush to contend with, as I had in
New Jersey. We have plenty of
tuelons of all kinds; potatoes, 'both
kinds; all kinds of fruit — grapes,
apples, |Hatches, etc. Crops arc gmwl
this year, and uow all areal w ork put
ting iu second crops. Prices for ev
erything arc lietter here than iu New
Jersey. Till- is a great sheep raising
country, with piculv of and
tf-tli.”
Now, Mr. Kditor, I know that l»r.
Brown will give information to ant-
one who will write him and enclose
a Mump. I was down where lie is
last February, and I can say truly it
Isa land of promise. A iiiiriihcr of
good familic- arc going from Plain
field, N. .1, Yours, .I.M. Sr loin.
Plainfield, X. J., .lull 33, 1878.
Not amiss—a young wi.lou.
Notea front tlie Plague Stricken
City.
A IlFMAKKAHt.F MOirnNFUL SCKXK AT A
CFSIFTFRV.
From Memphis pa|wrs of the 17th
and lfttli instant, we clip the follow
ing paragraphs. Tlie mournful
scene described al Klmwood cemete
ry will lie read with much interest.—
Dr. H'liite is well known in Savan
nah, baring lived there for a number
of years. The account of thissail amt
remarkable incident of the plague we
take from the A catnnvhe of the 18th:
‘•The sorrow* of the epidemic were
never so pictured ill mure distressing
scenes thail were witnessed lust Sun
day at Klmwood. six friends ot tlie
late Kd. Worsham had followed Id
remains to ‘thecity of the dead.’ for
tlie purpose of paving this last sad
tribute to their ileai ly beloved com
panion. On arriving at the cemetery
they foiiud the Hev. Dr. H'liite, of
Cavalry Church, who. with liis good
wile, and a faithful colored servant,
were the only innurni-.-'s at the funer
al of tlie minister's sou, Kugeiic li.
White, who died tlie day previous.
“On learning that the remaius of
‘poor Ned’ were about to he consign
ed to tlie grave. Dr. H’hite, who is
also a Mason, asked the privilege of
readiug his burial service. Tlie re
quest was readily granted, and the
revered minister.' In words most feels
iugly rendered, amid tears and sobs
that almost choked tlieir utterance,
eulogized the cliaracier of the dead
As the »od was falling upou Ike cof
fin or ihe departed, Dr. H’liite was
approached liv a gentleman well
known in this community, w ho asked
of him ihe favor lo read the service
over hi- dead wife. He was the only
mourner, and was heart broken over
his sail liras, Tlie kiml old man will
ingly consented, hut first asked that
lie might consign lo ilic grave his
-mi. Tie- mourners of Kil. Worsham
acted as pall hearers to Kngeue D
While, anil with uncovered heads lis
tened with aching hearts to the
father as he read the service over his
dead son.
“This painful scene had liardli
ended, when Mr. Ed. Ueaseli ap
proarhed ami said he would take it
a* a special favor if Dr. White would
read the funeral service over the re
mains of the late William Willis,
whom a few frieuils had just brought
to consign to their last resting place.
Thus it was that the services of the
giHid old in-in whose venerable ap-
petirancc in keeping with Ids age,
performed the duties of ids calling
within the short period of half an
hour to four drparlfd souls that are
now at rest. - ’
From tlie A/i/jcuI and Acnlunche.
of the 17tli, are culled tlie following:
“From 13 in. Sunday to 12 ill yester
day It. W. Blew, the publisher of tlie'
Chriatinn Adeonole, Ids wrife anil
three children were hurried. One of
the most heart-rending incidents of
tlie (ircat Plague is the sweeping
ntvay of whole families at one stroke
of tlm (treat Reaper. The Almighty
Hand doctb nil things well, but we
poor mortals do not discern the wis
dom- of the Providence that rules us.
“H’liat an example of devotion to
duty tlie Catholic priests set. As fast
as one falls another lakes Ids place.—
Fathers Scaulan, Thomas and Van
Troostcnburg have recently arrived
here to take the places of those who
have died at their posts.
I. W. McDonald, the volunteer
telegraplt operator front Cincinnati,
died Sunday evening. Mr. .McDon
ald is the sixth operator that lias suc
cumbed to tlie fever. It is strange,
bul nevertheless true, that so far no
telegrapher that lias* been attacked
has recovered.
‘President Laugxlnff, we are hap
py to say, has passed the crisis, and
will he up iu a few days.
Dr. J. T. McFarland, ofSavaiiuah.
brings to (lie aid of our nfllicled peo
ple the valuable experience he lias ob
tained iu six epidemic- through
which he has passed.
“t'liief of |Milice Atliv, yesterdav,
with the assistance of Captain .laiuc*
liarrou, of Ihe Savannah nurses,
walked tlie corridors ami spacious
balls of the Peabody.
took good care his carcass did not ap
pear.
Nkw Yuan, September 30.—The
ladies’matinee, given liy I lie women
of New York, for the benefit of the
fever sufferers, at Booth’s theatre Ibis
nflcrnoon was well allendeil. Tlie
pciToramcc was opened with music
by ihe ninth regimeutal hand, after
Which there V’crc many theatrical
production*.
Mkmppis, September 20—To F. s'.
Davis: The deaths to date arc 2,. r i00.
Tin- number of of sick is over 4.000.- -
The average deaths is fat per cent of
the sick. We are feeding some 10,-
000 sick auil destitute in camps and in
the city. Tlie city is a hospital. Fif
teen volunteer physicians have died,
and others are sick; thirteen Protest-
mil aud Catholic ministers have died.
A great many nurses have died,
many of whom hud the fever pre
viously, the names mid number of
whuni'We are unable to furnish. The
fever is abating iu a slight degree
from want of material perhaps, and
things look a little more hopeful.—
We are praying for . frost. It is our
last and only hope. A thousand
thank* to the generous people of New
York. The fever is rapinly spread
ing to the suburbs, and several miles
out, and also iu tlie little towns iu the
interior. We are compelled to sup
ply all the people with provisions,
■supplies, etc.
IRON WORKS,
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S*n<l for a Dncriptiif Circular of
Mafs Screw Cal
Of various kinds, for Hand! Horse, ySfotep or Steam Power.
:U knsteM t-oc-u
••Friends al a distance who are.’bare shown themselves c.
sending small amounts to minister* ! :. '.‘, ol ' r,lf!: !l "* 1 devoted. -
and other pnrson* for their relief 1
Tlie Mystery of Yellow Fever.
N«*w York Timet’ ConiDitinit atiou
This is simple, but terrible. II is a
s|ieciflc poi.-ou, which is never gener
ated auew, but alwavs propogatcil
from old stock. It is' killed bv frost
anil various disinfectants, • of which
fresh air. plenty of soap and water, a
solution of sulphate of zinc for bed
and body clothes, auil siilphaic of
iron and carbolic acid for -ti
yards, privies, gutters anil all dim
holes. It is always imported into
this country from places where ihcre
is no frost, such as Havana. Vera
Cruz, and other places. The yellow-
fever patient is not personally infec
tious or contagious. lint everything
which comes from him heroines so
outside of the body, by changes
which takes place iu them in the
course of a few days. Thus, the
sweat which soakes the bed anil lin-
becomes infectious, unless thi-
eloihing is dropped at ouec into a so
lution of sulphate of zinc, or sonic
other equally good disinfectant, and
then quickly and carefully washed.—
The vomits, the hloml from the vari
ous hemmorrhages, the urine, aud I he
passages from the bowels, unless dis
infected at once, so produces a mala
ria which infect others. . If these
things arc thrown out upon the
ground, a poisonous malaria will
arise from them: if into privies the
matter becomes still worse. If dirty
clothing ispul under beds, or into
closets, or in corners of rooms, a ma
laria will arise from it. If urine is
left to stand and spoil anil putrify,
the same thing will happen, elc. All
the public disinfection of streets,
yards, gutters, privies, etc., will
amount to little or nothing unlcss'nh-
solute cleanliness is preserved iu per
sons aud houses. Firing of cannon
aud fumigating with sulphur arc also
almost useless when compared with
the altove.
Laxiikiih—In Memphis, Tenn., Sera I-.’, 11 ksmciii
t.lXUKI'U, local lilller or llie Hni/oo. ■/«, Ihe la-1 el
the stall".
“Tlie Inst of tlie staff!” Wlint a
story is told in these live words I
Young Landrum—w.e believe lie w as
little more than a hoy—saw hi- as-n-
cialcs fall, one by one, by his side;
hill still he stood at liis post, as trite a
hero an any soldier, whoever joined
iu a “forlorn hope” charge ii|h>ii the
enemy’s halterics. lie was worllit m
Ills editor-in-chief, the lamented
Thompson, who know ing Ihnl the li
ver was on him. insisted that no word
should be scut his wife whom lie It nr
ried to a place of safely, and laced j
death alone rather iluiii ri-k a .life
dearer lo him than liis own. The
courage aud devotion shown I.* cler
gymen. the sisters of the religious ei
ders, physicians and uur*e* in the fe
ver-si rickcn cil ie* arc n hove a II pra i c
hut man) an obscure newspaper man
and tunny an underpaid telegraph op
era lor have shown themselves cquni-i
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Steam Engines, Saw Mills an.«J
all kinds Castings and Machiii
Repairing Steam Engines and Machinery a Speciality.
[JSr’SeiMfl for Circulars and the Lowest Prices in the
Stale.
C. D. FINDLAY, Agt„
Findlay Iron Works, Macon, Ga.
Schofield’s Iron Works
iiiiisI not expect to receive acknowl
edgements therefor. The hourly
calls Upon their time lo attend the
sick and dying are t>o constant and
imperative that they have no time to
write letters.
“I 'alliihuu. a widower, a carpenter,
who had a good i-liimicler here, left
liis children in Memphis, at the be
ginning of the epidemic, went lo
Louisville, married again, anil sent
back, n In John Doiiovnu, ‘to tukc
care of hi* children.' These children
are all dead or dying, but Callahan
Nothing could more clearly aud
forcibly Indicate xti-nt to which
dishonesty' prevail* among lindieal
official* than the fussniid parade Ilian
is made over liny one of them w In-
Ini- bail charge of public fund*, and
lia* not been guilty of pceuhHion.—
The fact (lint such cases arc
worthy of s|H-cinl mention, or are
mentioned til nil shows lluil llicv arei ■'
regarded ns exceptional. Tim*, uidn-l tV
lentioimlly, the lindieal party confess f
e» Its guilt.— WoahhujtoH font. \
Macon, Georgia,
MANUFACTURERS OF , , . , , , ( . ,,
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AIlni. Wlicid-Thieshiiig Engines |>rcpar«l to niount on any nidinary farm-wagon
CjJrisi Mills, Cotton Presses,
itSI I* till
Cam- Mills atnl Syrup Boilers, Shaftings, Pulleys,
AN I* ALt. KINDS OF CAHTINUS.
nipt lUjriitinn paul to Repairing MILLS AND MACHINERY.
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