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Newspaper Page TextPllflFK8SIOyAt, CARDS- f LAWYERS. Lott Warren, A'iTiVAn Xi 1 XLX UAW) ALBANY. QA, By WESTON, EVANS & WASREN. 1 Devoted to the Interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia. {$2.00 Per Annum ■wootbt ft jwaa, imiwntnmfi Am r ATTT VOLUME 13. ALBANY. GEORGIA, THUKSD AY, JULY 3L. 1879. NUMBER 31 ALBANY, GKORGIA DOCTORS* W. M. Uxxoas. Dra. Holmes & DeMoss, 9SHTZSTS. aiAant, » ■ ■ georg: oKra UJ I.bomorr owr Fort OBjf. i W. A STROTHER, 11. D. ALBANY, GEORGIA. Oflce over Gilbert’s Mi Store. jUJMUra Ml u tw Drag Sura » 1U imln|m|l Or. E.W. ALFRIEND, JkaarsadasmaadlagraaaUF- Cuff Mmm. on Plomrara. HOTELS The Old Reliable BARNES HOUSE, FIm St., lib,ay. 6.,, wmr HOUSE, (FORMERLY TOWNS HOUSE,) BROAD STREET. ALBANY, GEORGIA inBlMflHoM is now rtmsj for the rccepdMi 1 mtmmSSi Thoaaaels a *uSclent guAreatoe Rb» the Emm Will ho kept Id fim-cl** style. JJ" G. BOGEN. Proprietor JOHNSON HOUSE, • SalihTille. 6a., • win alma Sad Ik* bat of seamawO ' with the btst of trtTjthlng. Sml OUSE, Qeor&ria Opyra(UR.X.I*fM. a. WcAFEE. Proprietor THE ALBANY NEWS The Kan*aa Emigrant's lament She Orisons Amj) I'm tluin’ on de w’arf. Dinah, de w’aif at Wyan- De place'whar Kanaaa darkle* tit, dat'a all do place dey'e got; I’m mGhlj tired ob die place, but wbat’a de use to Dey fiScb us here—our Norther* (Hen's, wbst had a as to icrind. Fries* I aid r no, no. not frien’s. for frin’shlp am DadaSth^Trlen’s data here, 1 think. Is deni yon mad about. Iter’s 'bout nine hundred darkiee here, some sick an' some a' dyln’. It grieve* my heart to hear my wall of haf starv’d rbil'ens cryln*. My money's all gone up de spout, my heart grows faint and sad; I'nlem a darkey's beUey'a foil you know hc'a neber I miss de ole smoke house at home, I mlaa de meat an’ bread. a fori so hongry. dal I even eWh l'se I thought to-day ob old Mane John, an’ ob Miaa I thought ob all de folks at home, and oTa thought I thought" about de good ole times aroun' de cabin I thought about de merry songs I’ll neber sing no , ; mo*. I think I see de corn upon de ole plantation growin, I think 1 see de cotton held, wld nlxgen In it borin’ 1 think I see de little folks roll on de cabin flo’ I think 1 hear my ole’at boy playin' de ole banjo. Q'pTffKfftlifttttf, I think I see dear ; Mane Frank, a* ridln’ M’latosh Home INDIAN* SPRING, GA. p«te>lun,Iit9w oprarf fcr ttw nctptlsi. ot Health and Pleasure Seekers! ""tSScIAL -aw colored ssrvscU ba.1 TDUCEMENTS B. W. COLLIER Proprietor. BOTXMS ini O. W. COOK to tab* I* Diwmo, ud JXL iMa, lo On |copl* os* * tko mo* Beautiful Monuments s ovet the dear deceased ones, that hat i and adjoining country ind I reepectittlly aoiicit eoole. Iheso Uko the UhtSj Of Memn J O flamer. Frank Harrell. John and Tbcal ss“S?j3J. J o2e. snaa s-Tca. s rfciarhrwti rMrlir and Judge Crim, who aaa and will «tlafy tbooiwiahiag a beautiful mark oI I Msaameeer the graven of their dear ones, that they mm mva moch by giving me their work. I »u» taka cash and pmfuco for my work, at Dawson It it 'wisdom HI in (bis Wsrm Climate —TO— P CQQLf I la put yean, we again offer l to the citizens of Southwest Georgia in the ICE sad LEMON lice. W, propose to rise satisfaction in all o> x dealings, whether in receiring orders fro n boo, or at n distance. 100 pound ticket*. : : ; : $2* SO “ •• : 1,’S Thou who do not purchase tickets will places send the money, as we will not charge small quantities of ioe. Sunday M*#*to 11 A. M., 3 to 5 P. M. •* “ * W. K. Sc K. J. CUTLIFF. COM REPAIRING! LS5? I think 1 see Aunt Jfllly Jane up In de kitchen I think I smells the sweet ham meat a fry la on de I thin! 1 hear our young Mane Joe a’ playin’ on his fiddle. Dan young Mias Maude, de younge* chile what missus calls her baby, She ain’t ao baby now, you bet, she's dee a grown sklppin* ’round, her dress all gounc’d an* flutter’d, * You bet she makes the gem'mens know which aide der bread is butter'd. 1 think I heor her playin' now upon the big planner, lhU makes mo’ noise dan all de bends In dls S»ate ob Luryanner; I think I hear Ue roaner say “come up an’ draw you* rations,” I think I smell the sweet perfumes ob de white I think I*hear my good ole dog a* treein’ of de poa- Der ain't no possums In dia lan', for jes de simple I’d stay dai Mom I wouldn't listen lo no taka from Mr. Wtndom's I’d •tey^Sx*’loog wld olo Mars# John, a poor, but wiser darkey. mu. McAlister Bevehynotlfles the public (bat he is prepared to Repair all kinds of Cotton Gins, lad ■■■.irtTgUf Mllcitt |alraa>z*. ftolbbctloa aauaauai. Wriu.orcall Mur he»di)u»rt«n oral IBB>Sl^toaa .tract, AiUay, Cra. * * ABE YOU MM with Corns or Warts akuf BISAX TDS03*! for on, of bU laWUb!. Ctoatoa* Wait Cara Ptarlto. Ttrar wtu car. If you HN toUov rirattlon., ud IT they do noc yumr aw- Do!You Need Stationery? TrawiaaTUa Orau lairtaa I«nt> iSSmSn*** **"*** fcr ’°* r “* ' -Of Course You Need GROCERIES. m l«oa‘t(dr(Mtbit Hi —■ eu rat IS. gtoul&o old H.u. u D aa ala tefcra folo, bom. ud » to tk* beat Is aranoL TUoo’a to Ik' only IlIRAM TISON, BdoadflL, Albany, Ga. loiter Yard Jn last Albany df.ooo nsT for saxni I TiAIl kaa raeaatly baaa caul i Alkasy- Sony Uwoaaad toat, tSaaaM basMatoa hand and i Neighboring Notes We believe nearly all, if not quite all, of our neighbors have had rain. Thomaaville is erecting a beantiful building for a library and museum. Sweet potatoes, peas, forage corn, etc., ia being planted now all over Southwest Georgia. The Bainbrldge Democrat nomi nates Col. B. B. Bower for the Judg- sbipofthe Albany Circuit. The Dawson Journal of last Thurs day, says Dr. J. R. Janes is going into the sheep-raising business in Worth county. - When you go down on the B. & A. be sure and take dintier at the Greer House, Pearson. Good fare and kind treatment await you. ‘Two Graces,” up in Dougherty county, want some of the boys to fly to their arms. We are agonizingly sorry for the two graces.—Berrien County News. Mr. Charlie Rouse, of Warwick, railed lo see us the other day. Char lie is looking well, and reports War wick in a flourishing condition.— Montezuma Weekly. The 22d inst. was I!cv. John T. McBryde's thirty-fourth birtli-dav.— By invitation a number of his voting friends dined with him at the Sharon Ilou-e. Bainbridgc, and spent a pleas ant time. The “Kansas fever" has broken out among the negroes of Lowndes coun ty, and they are preparing to emi grate in the fall. Poor deluded dar key-! The fever is infectious and will reach this section before long. Col. Alfred George, formerly of Baker county, bill more recently of Alabama, is visiting relatives and friends in the city. In the days of old “Lang Syne” Col. George was a wealthy planter in Baker county.- Cuthbert Southron. Rev. W. II. Cooper, of Fort Gaines, preached at Judson on the first Sat urday in this month, from Second Timothy, 1st chap., 12th ver. It was one of' the finest sermons we ever heard, and we welcome him back on the third Saturday. The members of the church met at Jmlson tn organize a Sunday School last Sunday hut had a very poor turnout. The above well merited tribute to IJev. Mr. Cooper we find in the Fort Gaines Tribiinc of last week. Mr. Cooper is a faithful, zealous minister, a fine scholar and eloquent preacher. His work in Cuthbert and elsewhere we hope wilt be abundantly blessed, —Cuthbert Southron. The Americus Recorder thus com ments on the Flint River Transpor*a- tion Company: “The farmers of Ba ker county, assisted by the business men of Bainbridge, have organized a transportation company, and propose to run a boat of their own from New ton to Bainbridge and the Golf. The first installment, sufficient to buy the boat, has already been paid in, and the treasurer of the company, Mr. W. W. Williams, has been instructed to proceed at once to New Orleans and make the purchase. Mr. E. C. Jones, one of the most thrifty and successful farmers in that section, has been elected president of th* company, and that within itself is a guarantee that the enterprise will be pushed to a successful issue. The benefits aris ing to that section from thi* associa tion are manifest, and will give freah impetus to every clasa ana kind of business. Our friends in Baker coun ty, by taking the matter in their own hands so energetically, have fonnd the only true solution to the much discussed transportation problem. New York Greenbackers will nom inate a full State ticket. A Visit to Indian Springs. Editors Albany yews : J.caving Albany on Monday, I made my way to Indian Springs.— From Albany to Macon the crops are very much alike, and nono ot them arc quite aa good as an average crop. Soma man by tho way lias planted only one hundred an l twenty-Jlce acres in watermelons. After leaving Macon toward- Forsyth tho crops get better, and from Forsyth to the Springs the corn is good, and the cotton promises a good yield. It is much better than in our county. The ride was a pleasant one. The recent rains had cooled the air and settled the. dust, and tho occurrences sufficiently varied for the amusement of a close observer. Let me mention a few I noticed as we left Macon.— The train was crowded before it start- ed, and yet the friends of those who were going seemed as anxious to keep a seat as if they themselves were go ing. Then those who were going all seemed to he desirous of getting tho best sent, and acted an if that scat was already taken by me, and that really there was such a thing on a car as the best seat Then an old man got mad because he had given up one seat, and notwithstanding thin politeness somebody had the inappre ciation to stop a lady by hint and look at him. Then two ladies fell to talk ing about a bird one of them had in a cage. Theirs were “trained,” and “cute,” and “nice,” Ac., and one could really sing “Home, Sweet Home.”— Then one of them remarked, as if de termined to be even, that that “one would be nine only” when it got home. When I fell to wondering how one bird could be nine by so simple a process as getting home.— Then a negro came on the train to sell coffee. He bore a waiter bearing six or eight cups. As he got about the centre of the car some man want ed to rise np, and he rose np, and in rising np he put his shoulder under one side of the waiter, and oh I me, what a downfall and a break-tip and a spilling I I suppose he would not have cared but for his white jacket and apron, from the way he treated that suffering garment. Well, 1 am at the Indian Springs, and so are about one hundred and twenty-five others. Why should they be called “Indian” ? Well, the legend goes that formerly the two streams that come from opposite directions and now meet below the springs, met directly opposite the spring from which we drink; that they met ab ruptly and formed a common current and ran on about their business. Two Indians met there, and one said to the other: “Which way did you come ?” He replied: “I came down the stream-" “No, you did not,” was the other's reply; and from disputing about which ono came down the stream, they fell to blows. After the fight they bathed their wounds in the spring so near by, and the water soon healed their sores. And thus the wa ter was discovered, and from this “they say” the springs take iheir name. Certain it is that they deserve a good name, as they stand second in the laboratory in Washington, the Saratoga being first. But does not everybody know how valuable they are? I am at the McIntosh House, and why it should be called “McIntosh” I do not know, for how could it have a better advertisement than to bo call ed the “Collier House,” as is shown by the fact that it is so called fre quently, notwithstanding its name, Here we have good fare, coo) nights, comfortable apartments and health- giving water. Messrs. Editors, can’t you come and bring your friends and see? ’ II. T. IL July, 25th, 79. Grand Dinner by the Colored Churches of Smithvllle. Smitiiville, Ga., July 21,1S79. Editors Xews: We, with pleasure, accepted an in vitation to attend and partake of din ner given by tiie colored churches of this place on tiie 19th inst. It was on the occasion of their annual UNION riCNIC, participated in by the A. M. E. church, Rev. Robert Hamilton pastor, and the Baptist church, Rev. James Whitfield pastor. Our genial friend, B. I. McKinney, kindly tendered us a scat behind his high stepper, “Bear- faced Charley;” and we were hastily driven out to the grounds, to find a large gathering of colored people, anxiously awaiting the spreading of the many good things to eat, which was then in progress. Through the kindness of Rev. Hamilton. Dudley Woodbridge, and others, we were conducted to a table reserved for for their white friends, which was presided over by “Aunt” Charlotte Robinson, and this of itself is a suffi cient guarantee that we fared sump tuously. Friend Ben claimed tohave partaken of dinner before leaving home; if this be true we have every reason for feeling thankful that ho did, and as it was we were at one time rather solicitous of our own wel fere, thongli we were not hungry, CO in securing onr portion—not that there was any scarcity of eatables. We never saw a more boanlifal sup ply ; but of the manner in which Ben delved into tbs intricacies of chicken pie, etc., clearly demonstrated the fact that were lio at himself he would ruin the reputation of being a “big feeder.” Our friend, J. G. B., came in for his full share of everything, and really ho seemed to rcli-li it. But enough of this. It should he gratifying to our citi zens to see tiie evident prosperity of our colored people; and though we are free to confess that there isnn oc casional “blacksheep”in the fold,still we believe that it is tho earnest wish of the majority of our representative negroes that their people should con duct themselves in a commendable manlier. CHOCS. Having been favored with good seasonable rains crops are improving rapidly, and though the corn crop is injured to a certain extent, we hope still for a bountiful yield. O. S. O. Crops in Bilker County. Baker Countv, Ga., July 20, 1879. I)eab News : It has been some time since I wrote you, hut I have not, in any way, forgotten your pleasant face. I think farmers are like birds in tho month of April. Winds blow hard and boisterous, the weather is cold for the season, and you can scarcely heor any of the winged tribe. But, if a warm shower of rainfalls every little songster is rattling away and making as much noise ns it can. Just see him when there is a severe drouth parching up his crop, and he wears a countenance that does not bespeak much sociability and cheer. But let a good rain come, and the good humor in his soul expands, all Ilia expressions are Ungcd with the mellow light of joy, and he fairly feels like singing. We have had rain, so this humble writer is one of the “songsters,” and takes this mode of 'rattling away” to your ever-listen ing ears something about crops and how we are getting along. Take Baker all over, and I think '.here will not be over an average of >our bushels of corn made per acre. Old men say that they never saw but one drouth to equal the one we lmve just passed through, (somo farmers are still not through it). Even the oaks in tiie forest have died and withered. We have been blessed with such refreshing showers as to make corn, peas, potatoes, cane, cot ton, etc., assume an entirely different appearance to what they had when the skies were as brass. Cotton has not shed very badly, and very little rust has been noticed. Though the coni crop will not be suff^gient to supply home demand, yet if every farmer will look to his chufa and pea crop to fatten his meat with and to pasture his mules on during the fall months, aud will grow a good chance of turnips, the chasm can be success ftilly bridged. Don’t forget to pay great atteution to the potato crop. Wo tliiuk tho best way to house this crop is to dig a cellar say eight feel deep, put the potatoes in, cover with straw, and build a tight little house over it, with a door to go in and out. Potatoes kept this way will be good until next summer. Digging time comes when the first frost nips the vines. By following tho above pro gramme, with the early sowing of oats, we can all “weather the storm.” Some little sickness in our county. Politics scarce, though we hear of some “buyers” who want to make a “corner” on our next Senatorial and Representative nominations. But Time, that inexorable furnace where all things immortal are moulded, will pan out in “spots” (not in “futures”) much to the discomfiture of man. More anon. Yocxo Farmer. Letter from Hot Springs, Ark. SAFE ARRIVAL OF MESSRS. W. T. MOR GAN AND A. I.. HUDGINS. Hot Springs, July I9th, 1879. Dear News: After a run of 72 hours we arrived safe and sound at Hot Springs. Wc had brisk running and close connections, and made the trip in good time. We were dusty and thoroughly worn out upon ar rival. I was requested by a great many friends to write them, and I take the method of your columns tn do so. Mr. Hudgins, whom I have in charge, was better when lie reached here than when lie left home. He itnprov cd rapidly up to the 18th, when i very heavy rain catno along. We havo still cloudy weather, which has stopped his progress, but I hope only for a short while. I will give some few ideas of Hot Springs. The town is all on street, and a very crooked street it is, too. It is 55 miles south of Little Rock and 21 miles west of Malvin It lies between two mountains. In the valley flows Hot Springs creek, and what ia not creek is town and rocks. Looking down the creek is Hot Springs mountain, from the side of which flows the spriugs, about sixty lu number, and varying from 95 to 150 degrees of heat. They are scattered over about 40 acres. The water is very clear. Gocd-bye for this time. Respectfully, W. T. Morgan. We are pained to chronicle the fact that Mrs Emory Speer is no better, and that grave apprehensions are felt as to her rocovory. In tho sore af fliction which has been visited upon the household of Mr. Spcor, ho has the deep felt sympathies of our en tire community.—Athens Banusr. A Novel Confession. Seventy years ago, in a Vermont town, a yoimg lawyer-—a member of large church—got drunk. The brethren said lie must confess. He leiutirred. lie knew the members to lie good, tint I hey had their Httlo limits, such as driving sharp bargains, screwing the laborer down to low wuges, loaning money at illegal rates, misrepresenting articles they had for sale, etc. But they were good peo- de anil pressed the lawyer to come jelbre the “church meeting” to own up to his sin of taking a glass too much, for they were living where temperance societies existed. Tiie sinner finally went to the confession; found n large gathering of brethren aud sisters, whose eyes gleamed with heavenly delight as the lawyer began his confession. I confess,” began he, “that I never took ten per cent, for money.” Six was the legal rate. On this confession a brother’s head went down with a groan. “I never turned a poor man from my door who needed food dr shelter.” Down went another head. I confess I never sold a skim milk cheese for a new one.” Whereupon a sister shrieked for mercy. “But,” concluded be, “I have got drunk and am sorry for it.” Tho meeting was peacefully dismissed.—Exchange. Tho Bainbridge Democrat says:— He went on : “I never sanded my su gar, rocked my coffee, nor watered my whisky.’’ Upon this several mer cantile members got exceedingly ner- “I never retailed, to the injury of any ono, the multitudinous slan- dors of that prince of liars, ‘They Say.’ This caused a great flutter of uneasi ness among many of the congrega tion. “I never learned in any arith metic that thirteen ounces make a pound avoirdupois. At this confes sion Brother Profit had an attack of the drygrins. “I never sold a man whisky, and after he got drunk kick ed him out of the door.” A consid erable noise followed this, and upon investigation it was found that Broth er Bungstarter had fainted. “I never run a farmer at a 100 per cent, profit, and then turned him out or took pos session of all that he had, when his crops failed.” This was decidedly uncomfortable for Col. Skinflint, and that worthy begun to reach for his beaver. “I havo never nosed around among the people saying things that I knew would injure another’s repu tation, and for the express purpose of pulling that one down. I have never rejoiced whena poor struggling Chris tian fell back into the hands of Satan. I have never met the church collector with a sanctimonious lie in my mouth about “not being able,” when the preacher’s salary was being assessed. I never changed the mark of other people’s cattle; nor have I ever put false packed cotton on the market. I have never swindled my neighbor, knowingly, in a horse-swap. Never perjured myself in giving in my tax returns. And finally, uever owed the printer a three years subscription, and then went about the country say ing all manner of detrimental things concerning him.” Tis needless to add that that congregation melted away in double-quick time, led by the illus trious galoot whom tho last cap fit so admirably. The New York Times, the most rabid of all Radical papers in the Un- confidently believes aud hopos that the Independents and Radicals of Georgia will do a deal ot harm to the Democrats. It says: His reported that Messrs. Hill and Stephens will lead a movement to organize thelndependeutsagainstthe regular Democracy and that they will place Dr. Felton in nomination for Governor. The plan is said to be to present Dr. Felton as the anti-Ring candidate against Gov. Colquitt, ana should the convention nominate the latter, Felton will be announced aa an Independent Democratic candidate, and Hill and Stephens will take the stump and advocate Ids election.— Should Felton be run as an Indepen dent candidate a very bitter campaign will follow, (luring which the leasing of couricts and the alleged fraudu lent practices of the State officers will be exposed. Dr. Felton has been three times elected to Congress as an Independent Democrat. He isageu- llcman of liberal education, large ex perience in public affairs, and an ora tor of considerable force and olo- qucnce. Tho power and influence of Messrs. Hill and Stephens are well known to the country, and with these three men to lead the Independent movement a lively and interesting contest may he expected. A Times reporter held an Interview with Mr. Johnathan Norcross, of At lanta, a few days ago, in answer to a question if the Republican party would he organized for tho Guberna torial campaign next year, he said; “That depends very much on the course the Independents may pur sue,” ho replied. “I think they have it in their power to organize and put forth a platform of principles which might induce the co-operation of tho Republicans, and secure to them the Governor and the State House offi cers, as well as a majority of the mem bers of Congress. The Leader of the IIouso. To a man in the gallery, Turner, of Brooks, seems to be the leader of the House of Representatives. He Is i small, dark-browed gentleman, look ing very much like a Spaniard. His rhetoric is not striking—his delivery is not gracoful, but ho possesses the magnetism of common sense. Whon he rises he rivets attention, and when he sits down his auditors are sorry Ho never speaks at groat length, and has a wonderfully clear and pointed manner of making a point. Ho is chairman of the judiciary committee. —Atlanta Correspondent of Athens Watchman. The Bill to Prohibit Speculation in “Futures. The following la the bill that pass ed tho Senate, prohibiting the sale, aud purchaso of what Is known as fu tures: A HILL, To he entitled an act to amend section 2*138 of the Code of 1873, which reu- dersvoid contracts for the sale of goods for future deliver}', where tho parties are aware that tho seller ex perts to purchase himseir to fulfill his contracts,- being a mere speculation upon chances, by providing that no agent of a purchaser or seller, in esse of snch illegal transaction, shall re cover from his principal money ad vanced io tiie latter, or expended for his beneUt, in connection with such contract, and that either party mav recover from the other, or from the agent of either party, any money, or other thing ot value, hypothecated or paid, in fotheranoe or in consequence of the contract. i Section 1, Tie General Assembly of ike State of Georgia do enact. That Mction-2688 of tb»Gode of 1873, as follows f‘A bar* contingency cannot he the subject of-*ato—unless there exists a present right in the person spHlug-toafdtein benefit: so a con tract ror the sale of goods to be de livered at a foture day, when both partiee are aware that tho seller ex pects to pnrahase himself to fulfill hi* contract, and no skill and labor or expense enters into the consideration, is contrary to the policy of the law, and can l>e enforced by neither par ty,” be and the same is hereby amend ed by adding thereto the following, to-wit: No agent of purchaser or seller,-in case of such illegal purchase or sale, or contract of purchase or sale, shall recover from his principal any sum of money whatever advanc ed to tho latter, or expended for his benefit, in futherance or in conse quence of such contract; but either party may recover from the other, or from the agent of either party, any tponey, or other thing of value, hy pothecated or paid, in pursuance or in oonsequenco of the contract : Sec. 2. That all iawa and parts of laws in conflict with this act are here by repealed. About to 'Wool Wooley. There was a funny scene at Ander son ft McCann’s. The Rev. Dr. Bur rows and Mr. Frank Woolley were introduced to each other, and the following dialogue ensued: ; “Were yon notan inmate of the hospital at Fort Delaware in 1864?” asked. Dr. Borrows. “I was,” replied Mr. Woolley. “I occupied the bed on your right,” said Dr. B. “Why, Doctor,” exclaimed Mr. W., “you are the man whose blanket I stole that bitter cold night,” “And voq are the very man I have been looking for these' fifteen long years,” retorted Dr. B., at the same time pulling off his coat and rolling up his sleeves in mock anger. - “Hold on, Doctor,” pleaded Mr. W., “another preacher had just stolen my blanket, and I had to take yours to get even.” The episode was a most pleasing one, ana immensely enjoyed by all parties.—Lazlngton Transcript. “You can pat one hundred men into a corporation, and the morality of the worst man will be the morali ty of tiie corporation.”—Bob Toombs’ Atlanta Speech. To which the MUIedgeville Uuion and Recorder says: “And the Railroad corporation Mr. Toombs’ persons in- Texas encourages immigration l>y almost giving away her public lands. Tiie head of a family can get 160 acres for the expense of the survey and pat ent, which is about fifteen dollars. might reply—using Mr simile—and you can pat 5 . to a man’s family, and thi morality of the worst one in it is the morality of the Whole fepiily. that work !• How would Atlanta, July 22.—Samuel G. Grasty, a railroad and commercial traveler of this city, last night shot a man. named Read and his son, Sam Read, at Opelika, Ala. They attack ed him in his hotel room for alleged improper intimacy with Miss Read. Grasty was badly cut on the head aud bands. He shot the elder Read in the eye and abdomen and the younger' Read ; under the right jaw. The elder' Read haa since died from his wounds ; the younger one will re cover. Grasty is under arrest. Hamlet was a prophet and bene factor. He Wiu a beneflsetor in con tributing to the literature of the world the observation that “the dog Will have his day.” - The dog is hav ing his day surely in Georgia now. He has-been kicked and cuffed about, and created a good deal of noise every way. With all this, our Leg islators put the cordon of protection around him. May be they are in fa vor of muzxling sheep. It looks like as it the greatest objection they have to him is as Harris says: “He don’t take his mutton barbecued.” Bob Webster, a mulatto barber of Atlanta, claims to be tho son of the great Massachusetts senator. This has been disputed; but notwithstand ing, a Boston man has engaged Bob for a series of lectures in Massachu setts and other States of that region. “My cultivated Boston audience, al low me to present to your attention a scion of Dan. Webster.” (Cheers and huzzar.) Bob commences his speech, more anon. Ex-Governor William Allen, of Ohio, one of the old land-marks of pure Democracy, died at his home near Chiilicothe, on the morning of the 11th. He was a veteran in poll tics, and had. done long service for his people. Gov. Bishop Issued a proclamation of enlogy, and order ed the state offices closed and flags displayed at half mast, oh the day ot tiie funeral. Jacksonville, Fla., recently held her municipal election. There were three tickets in the field, Democratic, lie- publican and Conservative. The Re publicans won the entire ticket.— Reason : too many negroes aud radi cal bummers in town. But tiie De mocracy of that town can do better than this, and It should do it. A Bran New Bebel. OPINIONS OF TIIE REVEREND AND HON ORABLE H. 'it. TURNER, COLORED. Atlanta Constitution: Henry M. Turner, the negro preacher, who is teddliug lies at the north, says that n Georgia the whites refuse to sell land to the colored people except for tiie purpose of building churches.— The fact that the colored people of Georgia own nearly six million dol lars’ worth of land doesn’t seem to impress this eminent mulatto rascal. Editors Constitution: I most re spectfully beg yonr pardon, if the re marks attributed to your paper br the Alabama Troy Enquirer, be true. I have said no such thing, at no time or place. To the contrary, I have again and again stated, that the col ored people of Georgia were ahead of any state south in their land po - aessions. 1 could not. have made the remarks above, without telling a will ful falsehood, for I have bought land in Georgia myself, and have both bought and sold it to other colored people, aud bought for other people, I am not in politics; hope never t< bo again. My-business, however, a> the general publisher of the A. M. E church, carries me all over the coun try, north as well as the south, and having some .notoriety, I am often urged to speak, and it appears like there are a set of reporters in the land who make it their business to report whatever they would have you to say. I have read remarks, said to have been made by me, that I never heard or dreamed of. Only a month or so ago a New York Herald repor ter claims to have interviewed me, and published a lot of stuff that, I hope I may d’e, if I ever said or thought of saying. Nor did any snch reporter ever interview me. The onlv thing I have said anywhere or under any circumstances bearing any relation to such a remark, was said at an exodna meeting in Boston, at which I was invited td apeak. There I said, “That if statements be true, whole countries in certain sections ot tiie south had combined not to sell negroes land, and as ia landless peo ple never did amountto anything, the negro that would-seek it in .Kansas merited the aid and sympathies of the people.” But for me to have said the colored people of Georgia could not buy any land, would have been to tell a monstrous lie, which I do not tell if I know it. I confess,bowover, I have many complaints against this country. I sen no future here for the negro.' I-think tiie sooner he gctBout of It tiie better. Therefore, I am an African cmigrationist squarely and fairly, and have been for some years. But if yoq tKink I am peddling lies for either party or section, yon are mistaken. I havo no confidence in any party or section. Every political party in the land and every section of the country are in opposition to the elevation of the negro. I used to think tho north wished us big things, but I find white people are the same everywhere. None of you can use him. So I have no charge to make against the south that I do not make against the north. I am down npon tiie entire nation, and intend fo fight negro prejudice everywhere the rest of my davs, not as a politician, but as a humanitarian, or as a : rebel to this government, for t aka rebel. Respectfully, H. M. Turner, Crop reports from all over the South say that there Will be a deplo rable scarcity of corn another year.— It is gratifying, with this unpleasant fact staring us in the face, to know that the western harvest promises a most bountiful yield. Bntwe do not know whether this large yield of the corn-producing States will keep the prices at about the same standard as present. It is stated that the grain crop of England, France and Ger many are failures, and hence the for eign demand will be immense. It behooves our people to do everything they can to supplement the deficiency of the com crop. Don’t let them for get this. Senator Bayard was interviewed Just before leaving for Europe. He ts abundantly satisfied, with^ what the Democrats have.gained by the extra session, thinks Hayes has been cap tured by the stalwarts, points out that the Executive has claimed dan gerous powers, and finally : considers the results of the extra session to have been favorable to the-good govern ment of. thp country and creditable to the Democratic majorities, by whose exertions these valuable re forms have been achieved despite the obstructiveness of a Republican Ext ecutive. The Charleston News and Courier says: “There is certainly no reason why the South Bhould not look for ward to the time when manufactur ing capital will largely seek employ ment in the cotton states, where the raw material can bo had at the doors of the factories. The cotton mills which have beon started in the south have been very successful, and' the number is increasing every year.— We repeat the watchword first given, ten years ago, in these columns—bring the mills to the cotton.” Wit and Humor. The knobbiest part of the house is the door. Mumps arc plural, yet they often look singular. Woman’s sphere—that she will nev er get married. The pen may be driven, but the pencil does best when it is lead. Brass passes for gold in Africa, and, by the way, it does here, too. The belle of the Sultan’s liarem is named’Dhin-Ur. Evidently a dinner belt. “Stage struck 1” remarked the toad when tiie wheels of a loaded omnibus ran ever his head. There isn’t much romance in the existence of a member of a hose com pany—his life is too reel. There is great trouble with Mount ./Etna tills season. The Italians can not keep the crater quiet. Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Early to bed and early to rise, A man gets rid of mosquitoes and flies. Every man could have a wife If he. only maiden effort.—[Dcs Moines Register. Bnt a lass he wo’u. Because th :re are eighteen “pina fore” companies in Missouri, some one says: “Missouri loves company.” The boys are coming out of the creeks in undress uniform these days. They get “dressed” when they get iiome. The Railroad Gazette thinks that Hash Knife, the last uew postoffice in Texas, may be fairly held to balance Fried Liver, in Arizona. "In tho bright complexion of my . outh I’ll have no such word as pale,” and she reached for the rogue-box with the clutch ofan angel. A college orator in a spike-tailed coat points the way to true greatuess and then goes and rents himself as a pitcher for a professional nine. The small boy may get chilled go ing swimming, in these early davs, but he gets warmed up when his mother finds his shirt on wroug sido out. If you see a bank note on the aide- walk or crossing, he sure you pause, stop and pick it up. In not doing so you might be gniltv of passing a counterfeit bill. Atmospheric air ia so heavv that its weight upon the body is 'fifteen pounds to the square inch. People can understand now why it is go hard to raise the wind. “Don’t be an editor!” shrieks tiie Boston Transcript. It’s all very well to say, “Don’t be an editor,” hut when a man gets too honest for a preacher or a member of Congress, what is he to do? No matter how indulgent a man may bo, no matter how sweet a dis position he may have, he will feel considerably put out, if not totally wild, when he discovers that his wife has been driving nails in the wall with his razor-strop. I just came in to ask a scent From you, dear Mrs. Rhyme." “Why certainly. You're welcome friend—" Here is just half a dime.” “Good joke!—ha! ha!—you do not see On what I am intent.” And plncking here a fragrant rose— “This is tiie sccnt-i-mcnt.’’ Sparta Times aud Planter: Dr. L. Pierce, the venerable old soldier of the cross, whose name has been fa miliar to three generations, is at this writing (Wednesday) extremely low. For six days his pulse has been in the neighborhood of thirty beats to tho minnte. His death would not be un- - expected at any moment. He is ex tremely weak—talks but little, but is conscious. A day or two ago he said to the bishop that he was not able to make a dying statement, but that he - might say to the church and his friends that he died just outside of heaven. Oh, what a glorious wel come awaits the old hero, when his spirit bursts forth from its prison- house of clay, and goes “sweeping through the gates” into the celestial city I For fear of any mistake on account of the identity of surnames, on the part of any portion of thepubiic, we would say that the Mr. Wright who ts charged with offering bribes to members of the Legislature is not the Mr. Wright who is a clerk in the Comptroller General’s office, norany- one this gentleman is related to. It la Mr. Hinton P. Wright. Captain William A. Wright, of Richmond, has been in the Comptroller General’s office for three years, and has come oat ot the wild land investigation, as those who knew him but felt assured he would come, with his reputation for complete and absolute integrity untarnished. The investigating com mittee take occasion in their report to command Captain.W. A. Wright in unqualified terms.—Atlanta Con stitution. Considerable racket has been in dulged lately about the cooking of eggs by the recent heated weather, but for the startling annonneement that a half dozen eggs were hatched by the sun, the word of a uewspaper man is authority, and what better backing does ativ other newspaper man want? An' old hen who had been setting about two weeks was driven by heat and the mites to the s&d necessity of quitting the business. The eggs remained in the nest, and what was the most surprising item in the programme, about a half dozen actually hatched out little chickens a few days after. Now, let somebody doubt this.”—Evening News. Two brothers and two sistera of our fellow-citizen, Mr. Cornelias Jor dan, weighed altogether in a bundle tho other day, ana thev netted 1,090 pounds. This group lives in Wash ington county. They have another sitter in Albany, Ga. Cornelius, the voungest and lightest of the family, lives in Warren and weighs at times 215 pounds.—Warreuton Clipper. Alexander Beavers edits the Grun dy (Va.) “Vidctic.” He was sub pcenaed as a witness in Judge Rivers’ Court a few days ago, and the Judge sent him to prison for contempt. The next issue of his paper contained this brief but brilliant editorial: “Damn old Rivers 1" Tiie Department of Justice will send a special agent to Georgia to in vestigate the charges made against Marshal Fitzsimmons. Tho Augusta Evening News pub lishes the following extract from a private letter, dated Crawfordviile, from Hon. A. IL Stephens: “The weather here is very hot. The ther mometer in inv liali, without any ex posure to out-door reflection, for the past few days has been about 100 at 3 p. m. I have never known it in the same place to be above 98, except on the 11th and 12tli days of July, 1860. They have been noted since as the hottest days ever known in Georgia, when on each of those days it rose to 102. I think the newspaper report of the thermometer in Augusta on those days was 106.” Houston (Texas) Telegraph: At lanta has a lli Kimball house and a bran new cotton mill, it is thought she will soar to other heights soon.— She is as proud as a Texas boy with his first pair of red-topped boots, and that is as strong as anything in the language. Here is the pith of it expressed by the St. Louis Dispatch: The pith of the republican theory of government is, that the republican party must govern the country, regardless wheth er it has a majority or not.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Albany news. (Albany, Ga.) 186?-1880, July 31, 1879, Image 1