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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Good Templars.
At the Grand Lodge of Good Templars, in Augusta,
the following officer* were elected:
Grand Worthy Chief Templar—L R Gwaltney.
Grand Connaellor—M P Foster.
Grand Worthy Vice Templar—Mr« J G Thrower.
Grand Worthy Secretary—Samnel C Robinson.
Grand Worthy Treasurer—J Hdrtdge.
The following officers were appointed:
RevX XLandrum. G W C: Samuel O Houston, G
WM; JAG Carson. G WIG; R W Scott, G W O G.
The following are the Grand Pepreseneatives to the
proposed convention of Grand Lodges South: Rev L
R Gwaltney—Alternate, Rev OCPope; JG Thrower
—Alternate. R X Mitchell: K F Lawson—alternate.
Hr EG Foster.; W A Clark—Alternate, H E Shackel
ford ; X P Foster—Alternate, X M Landrum.
The delegates returned last night: The Grand
Lodge adjourned yesterday, after e harmonious see.
elon. The next meeting will be held at Acworth.
zen; ife was not a stockholder or an attorney of any
bank In his judgment, there was no necessity for
alarm here, or even In the South. We had at our back
whet few people have—$300,000,009 of cotton. Kuch
of the trouble at the North grows out of
speculation in watered stocks and on fictitious capi
tal. rhe basks of the South had not engaged la this
wild speculation. We mutt sustain onr banks. We
cant’ do without them. If the people are satisfied that
the banka are solvent there will be no ‘-runs.”
Honey panics, wben once fully set in motion, are hard
to check. There can be no doubt that our bank* ere
solvent. There is no necessity for a “run”—
for any panic ox disquiet If this large body will go
forth expressing their confidence In the banks, this
ReKALB SUPERIOR COURT.
Thsmas Wair Sentenced to be Hung
—An Impressive Scene—notion for
New Trial Overmled—
court Adjourned.
Yesterday morning an impressive scene was wit
nessed in the Court-house at Decatnr, when Thomas
Wair was brought before the Judge to receive the ut
most penalty of the violated law, for the murder of
L. B. Womack.
The court room was crowded with anxious and
many sympathizing friend s of Wair and family. The
prisoner is a young man of good appearance, tall and
-well formed,but somewhat pale from long confinement
and suffering from a dangerous wound from a pistol
tell which passed through-his right lung and still
lodges In his body. This wound he received from
the man whom he killed last winter, and for which
act he has been convicted of mnrder. He came into
court apparently deeply impressed with his impend
ing doom; accompanied by his sorrowing wife, who
was much more demonstrative of her feelings than
her husband. The address of Judge Hopkins, be
fore passing sentence upon Wair, was most impres
sive, and evidently thrilled the hearts of many present
With feelings of solemnity seldom experienced; it
was listened to with breathless and Intense Interest
by all who heard it and no
doubt will be a life-time remembrance
to many there. The prisoner listened to It with
bowed head and concentrated attention. His wife
'sat by him, clinging with that true and complete self
abandonment of disinterested affection whlo honly
a true woman and true wife entertains for the hus
band of her heart, with a love stronger than detth.
After his address the Judge said : ''Let the prisoner
Stand tip ! " He then passed the following sentence
State of Georgia vs. Thomas Wair. Murder.
The defendant, Thomas Wair, having been fonnd
guilty of Mnrder, by the verdict of a jury, It is or-
dered and considered by the Cenrc that he be taken
from the bar of this Court, to the jail off. DeKalb
county and there safely kept, until Friday the 31st
day or October, A. D. 1873, and tti\t on that day be
tween the hours of 10 in the forenoon and 4 in the
• afternoon, at a place within one half mile of the
Courthouse in Decatur, DeKalb county, the Sheriff of
said county do hang the defendant, Thomas Wair, by
the neck until he is dead. The execution of this
sentence shall be in private, and witnessed only by
ihe executing officer, a convenient guard, the rela
tions of the defendant and such clergymen and
friends as he may desire.
Jong L. Hopkins,
Juoge Superior Court
Atlanta Circuit.
After the sentence was pronounced, the pent up
feelings of his long suffering wife fonnd vent in agon
ized wailings and groans, wrung from her tortured
breast.
His counsel having moved for a new trial, which
was refused, the case will o doubt be taken to the
Supreme Court for review, with little hope of any re
versal.
HUNTED UP.
All Ex-Auditor of Louisiana Hunted
Up and Caught—He Disgorges
Bit >000—His Coolness
and Calmness.
ACTION OF ATLANTA .
pHANTS.
They Will Take the Hoij. John H.
James’ Loan Certificates as
other Honey.
In 1870 Hr. C. X. Wlckliffe held the position of
Auditor of the State of Lonieltna. Somehow or other
he got complicated in certain transactions of fraudu-
lent State bonds Be prudently withdrew from the
State, carrying with him, it is said, abont $60,000 in
$1,000 bills.
He went to Dallas county, Alabams, and settled
about 14 miles from Seims, where he practised medi-
cineunder theasenmed name of Dr. J Pope Slielby.
One day he we hse recognised on the streets of Sel
ma and identified as Ccnrad M-Wlckliffe. -He “fled
cio room - ..a disappeared from “human ken" for
awhile.
It appears that he bad sold about $41,0u0of the
fraudulent bonds to Mr. J. Strauss. Hr. Strauss
employed Hr. J. M. Thomas, of Selma, as a detective
to hunt the fugitive up. Mr. Thomas pursued the
even tenor of his way and a few days ago discovered
the ex-Auditor in the village of Brook-neal, Camp-
hell county, Va., some 35 miles from a railroad. He
was extensively engaged in the tobacco business.
Although having three piBtols on hi? person he made
no resistance to arrest. Ho disgorged to Mr. Strauss
the sum of $4.0C0 at Dalton, and went on to Selma.
He states, we learn, that he intends tnmoTebackto
Dallas county. Detective Thomas deserves great'
credit for his skill in the matter.
•‘tt-sA’’ will stop before to-morrow night. (Ap-
planse^Llf yon break the banke yon cripple com
merce. ■knufactures and agrienltni e. The South can
and ought to stand, because she has the bonns—the
o tton crop. Why devour the banks, sod then devour
ourselves ? We may feel the effects of the crisis at the
North, hat we can avert the rain thit threatens us by
confidence.
Colonel G. W. Adair seconded the resolutions in an
earnest speech. He recalled the panic of 1867 and Its
lesson. Confidence is what was wanted then and now.
In 1B57 the merchants of the South were indebted
millions to Northern men. The election of Fremont
considered as equivalent to wiping ont slavery,
and thereby sweeping swav s large amount of proper
ty. It began on the 5th of September. The banks
were suspended and trade paralyzed The election of
Buchanan restored confidence. Oar condition now is
far better. We are not indebted now as then; but
little money In Northern banks, and a cotton erob.
The banks sustain the merchants, and the mer
chants should sustain the banks. Don’t take out your
money, and bury it in your bine socks, for somebody
is sure to rob you.
Let your money stay; be charitable and forbearing.
If yon drive the banks to the wall, yon will drive tha
farmers to the wall. We want delay. Europe has the
gold whether the North “bursts” or not. I have im
plicit confidence in every banker in Atlanta. The
Dollar Savings Bank is perfectly solvent. (Prolonged
applause.) The banks of Atlanta invested in the
bonds of the State, and now the people and the State
should sustain them. (Continuous applause.) We
have all the elements within ourselves to take care of
ourselves.
We went down to the bottom, and are recovering.
The North is now seeing their day. The camp fol
lowers and ehoddyltes who cams to the surface dur
ing the war speculated in wild cat railroads and ficti
tious bonds. When Northern banks wanted money
to send South to move the -cotton crop these fictitious
collaterals were forced to sole. In six months the
chaff will be cleared ont at the North.
On my books I have owing to me $50,000 on real es.
tats. If forced to sale to-day it will not bring over
$70,000. I shall not force the sale of any man’s prop
erty, and will tote my share of the criaif. The banks
are all solvent, and have ample assets. To runs upon
them now will te imitating a pig swimming—cutting
our own throats at every stroke. [Long and continued
applause.]
Colonel Avery, the editor ef The Constitution
was then called upon. He Baid that be could add
litUle to what had already been so well and aptly
said. He begged to call tneir attention to the fact
that this was the time in the financial year when the
South was comparatively enfranchised from
pecuniary connection with the North.
If anything, money balances were .in our favor. We
had our solid cotton crop to back ns and bring money.
Our financial condition was purely a domestic mat
ter. Tne banks and the people were each other’s
debtors and creditors. In this state of affairs, we
were entire'y masters of the situation, and would be
ourselves responsible for any disaster. It behooved
us, therefore, to act as if there were no outside panic,
and just as we would in ordinary times, using the
same confidence, coolness, forbearance and busicess
judgment.
The condition cf our backs was not materially dif
ferent Irom what It is customarily at this time of the
year. The banks had not made lmorudeRecnlsep t-
tions or dangerous investments. If tber had crippled
themselves, it wss done by too liberally loaning to
our merchants, who should not in remrn either press
them or withdraw tbeir usnsl deposits. It was well
known that banks loaned a liberal proportion of their
deposits, retaining enough to meet ordinary business
drafts. There was no time in the history of any sol
vent bank that discounted, when a sudden demand at
one time for all their deposits wornd not floor them,
and this with ample assets largely ab >ve tbeir linblli-
ties. If our people now got terror-stricken withcat
cause, and without any use for their money withdraw
it from the banks in a body, they would simply ruin
the banka by the most criminal and unnecessary piece
of folJy ever perpetrated by men at tb e cost of their own
rulD. There was no more necessity to run on the
banks now than in ordinary times, and if left alone
to pursue their ordinary financial coarse the banks
and the people of Atlanta would inevitably come out
all right, without aay further inconvenience than
that reEnlting from temporary monetary stringency.
Paying a warm compliment to our banks, and ad
vising tue people te pursue a sensible, clear-headed
course, uninfluenced by ill-grounded tenor, he con
cluded by urging the hearty co-operation of the
banks and business men in a policy to strengthen
each other and secure both against possible disaster.
dalle were made for Miles U. Dobbins, President of
the Georgia Loan and Trusj Company Bank. He
stated that when the banka received deposits they re
ceived them in a legitimate way and expected to pay
them out in like mannor. They did not receive them
to be “run on.” The indebtedness of the Atanta
banks is in Atlanta,and the merchant* owe the banks
The peopled Atlanta ewe hie bank $4 for every dol
lar the bank owes them. The people say they cannot
meet their obligations. Shall the bank throttle them
and demand the last cent or force them in bankrupt-
cy ? That would oe killing the goose that lays the
golden egg 1 m
The following is a copy of the Lean Certificates is
sued by Hon. John H. James in sums of five to one
hundred dollars. On Monday, all depositors will be
paid in this money, and from the card below, it will
be seen that our business men will take itiastrade.
We are delighted with this action, and note it else
where in an editorial.
$100. LOAN CERTIFICATE. $100.
Good on Fbisentation ) —
MR any Money Due.— >
John H. James. )
JohnH. James, Banker.—
On the first day of April next, pay to C, E. Harman
or bearer the sum of one hundred dollars.
(Signed,) H. C. Leonard.
Accepted on the face:
John H. James.
Atlanta, Ga., September 27th, 1873.
ATLANTA ERECT.
Called meeting to Consider the Fi
nancial Crisis— 1 The Business Hen
Unanimously Express Confi
dence in Banks* and Agree
to Support Ttaem.
Speeches of Col. John Collier* Col.
G. W. Adair* Col. I. W. AveryVjI
[and H. G. Dobbins.
In response to a call of President Crane, there was
a meeting of the Chamber last night to consider the
present financial crisis which threatens the country.
Every business man, of the city, whether connected
with the Chamber or not, was invited. The hall was
crowded to suffocation at an early hou", and many
even failed to get in.
The meeting was called to order by President Crane
who stated that he had called the mettlng in response
to the suggestion of many leading and solid citizens.
There was a panic at the North. The object was to
express confidence in onr banking institutions. Onr
faith in the solvency or onr banks was firm andun-
shaken. As yet, confidence, the comer stone of
commercial prosperity, was unshaken at the South.
We should sustain our banks and avert the evils
which threaten ns shonld the panic become general.
Capt. O. H. Jones moved the appointment of a com
mittee of sixteen to report business for the action of
the meeting* which motion prevailed.
Capt. O. H. Jones asked to be relieved from serving
as chairman of the committee.
The Chair announced the following gentlemen a-
composing said committee:
John Collier, Chairman; O. H. Jones, O. F. Simp
son, O. L. Bedwine, I. W. Avery, John Stephens, R.
F. Maddox, G. T. Dodd, W. J. Gan (fit, E. P. Cham
berlin. O. C. Hammock, J. A. Stewart, John Keely,
J. C. Peck, J. L. Winter, T. J. Hightower.
The committee after retiring for some lime re
ported through. Col. John Collier, chairman tne fol
lowing resolutions: - .A
Whereas. Thsre is a monetary stringency in Atlanta
and throughout the country, due in no way to impru
dent or Irregular operations of the banks or mer
chants, hut arising out of the recent financial troubles
in New York, and somewhat due to the withholding
of thefr usual deposits by tha merchants from the city
Xfinks;
And whereas, There is ample cotton coming in from
the farmers to pay the factors, while tnere is no
money to purchase said cotton, and thus relieve the
tightness;
ana whereas, there is every reason to believe thai
onr banks possess undoubted solvency, and creditors
cannot lose by the regular business procedure of the
banks as heretofore.
Therefore be It resolved by the business men of
Atlanta, That we pledge ourselves to abstain from
running the banks, ana while continuing onr usual
deposits, we will confine ooraelves to necessary checks
only.
Resolved, That in view of the fact that onr banks
have largely locked np their meins in the State
bonds, that the State deposits be allowed to remain
in the banks as fir as possible nntonched until the
crisis is over; and that his Excellency, the Gov
ernor, be requested to assist all that he can in reliev
ing the banka and the people.
Hesolved, That the banks be requested to stand by
each other, and that, in our judgment, if thoy will
do so, and the people will rtand tty the bsnke, there
will be no serious trouble in our community.
Col. John Collier stated that he was here sea citi-
-n CARD.
We the undersigned agree to take J. H. James’
Loan Certificates for money due us and for goods.
W B Lowe ft Co.
Lowe, Douglass & Dallas.
Msgbee & Hsrber.
W L Hubbard A Co.
AC&BFWyly.
McBride & Co.
Winship &Bro.
Louis de Saulles ft Co.
H&JHirsoh.
John Ryan.
A C Ladd.
TheoISchuman.
John Keely.
L B Langford.
Puller & Smith.
XcNanght & Scrutchin.
John T Htgan & Co.
T J Hightower.
G H Holliday ft Co.
A L Talley.
Phillips, Flanders & Co.
Dunn, Ogletree A Co.
Bedwine & Fox.
J A Leyden.
Cariey, Duck & Co.
W F Peck & Co.
Jordan, Howard A Haralson.
BPS Klmbra.
Wm Rich & Co,
R F Maddox
A K Seago.
Markham & Holderness
Mark W Johnson.
Chapman, Backer A Co.
Chamberlin, Boyn'on A Co.
And numbers of others.
HILTON HALONE.
A Visit to bis Cell and. Its Incidents—
The Story of the Homicide as
Told by Himself* and his
Hopes ■
There is no earthly use for a panic here. The banks
have ample means to piy all their debts. Put they
can’t give up'all and help commerce. He had
been a banker for thirty years, and passed safely
through the financial crisis of 1851
1857 and I860. He had never suspended and didn’i
intend to suspend. If people sem him under, many
of them would go further under than he went. He
had no secrets from his creditors. His books were
open to their inspection. Commerce wss never in
better condition. In one months time the crisis
would not be felt. He had paid out $30,000 that day
to parties that were not needing it for use. But they
conldnot shut him up. ITremyndon*wpi*”"®-!
The resolutions wore then adopted by the unanim
ous -voice or that large assemblage.
Colonel A. B. Culberson moved that the bnsincss
men present enroll their names with the Secretary as
indicative of their concurrence in the resolutions,
which was adopted amid eu.huslasm.
Mr. J. A Stewart, of 'the firm of Stewart, Austin &
Co., said ihat instead of drawing out deposits from
the banks they would increase theirs, and if need be,
rather than see the banks suspend, stop their mills
and deposit all in them. [Applause.]
Capt. O. H. Jones stated that if anybody who had
drawn out money had $10,000, he wonld mortgage
$30,000 of unincumbered real estate and give personal
security for the loan, and deposit the $10,000 in the
banks to-morrow. [Appleuse.j
President Crane stated that his firm intended to
continue their deposits as usual. They had some
collaterals which they were willing to give to secure
lean and deposit it in the hanks. (Applause.)
The following letter was read amid great applause
Atlanta, September 25,1873.
Gentlemen: In view of a meeting of the citizens
to-night in regard to tbe matter of deposits, etc-, in
the banks in onr city, to which I have been invited
by citizens (whoare not bankers) I respectfully de
cline attending on account of my age.
But, at the same time, I believe it right at this criti
cal time to sustain the banks, or moat ot them, (upon
their merit.) as this crista is not chargeable to them,
and at a.t'me like this it is very easy to exrite a want
of confidence which would result, possibly, in great
injury.
Ism not directly interested in any bank but, have
deposits at this time to small amonnts In three of tbe
Atlanta banks, and I Intend checking ont tneee de
posits only sb heretofore, in a legitimate business
wsy, and 1 Intend to make farther deposits to-morrow,
in case of making collections.
Very xespecifally,
John Neal.
Mr. John Stephens offered the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That from information of a reliable char
acter, we are pleased to learn that the Dollar Savings
Bank, which has ansi ended, has good solvent assetts
largely above its liabilities, and will, with forbearance
on the part of itscreditors.be able to pay all its lia
bilities.
•Col. W. M. Nichols,seeirig the Intensity of the cr owd
came over snd generously tendered the use of the
KimballHouseballroom. The thanks of the meeting
were tendered him for his conrtesy, bnt the crowd
was too dense to move easily.
The following bueiness men had their names on-
enrolled as indicative of their hearty support of the
resolutions:
Stewart, Austin & Co, Fuller & Smith, O H Jones &
Co, Chamberlin, Boynton & Co, Jones & Beatie, W
M Williams; Williams, Langston & Crane, Jordan,
Howard A HaraUon, A K Seago, J Knely, Stephens A
Flynn, Longley 4: Robinson, John Collier, Adair A
Bros, Garrett A Bro. J L Winter, West & Edwards,
Winter, Sllgh A Co, J Ormond, Nunnally, Hallman A
Co, Bowle& Gholeton, W LHubbard & Co, EParsons,
Morrison, Bain & Co, Meador & Bro, G tv Adair, Xc-
Koy & Roberts, WW Compton & CoJHarris & Langs
ton, G H & A W Force, Winship A Bro, W A Hemp
hill A Co, M O A J F Kiser A Co, Morris & Bro, J B
Wallace, W G Whidby, Agent, Furniture Emporium,
5 A Echols, Hunnicult & Bellingralh, J R Simmons
A Co, L B Langford, J T Hagan A Co, W F Peck A
Co, I W Avery, M rkhsm A Holderness, Phillips
6 Crew, Bedwine ft Fox,.W F Stokes, Cshn A Camp,
White A Prior, Phillips, Flanders & Co, Klelnert A
Co, Eddleman & Brown. J Ben Wilson' A Co, W R
Phillips, Jr, Mark W Johnson, T J Hightower, Cox A
Hill, G W Parrott A Bro, Hitchcock A Co, Gay, Me-
Oleskey A Co, Alien, Taylor A Smith, Akers A Bro. J
N Fain, F E Block.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
B. E. Cbane. President.
W. G. Wbidby, Secretary.
One day last week an editor of The Constitution
wended his way to the Fulton eonnty jail. This is a
stately two story edifice, by no means forbidding in
11s exterior. Under the charge of Captain John S.
Wire, the surroundings are assuming a most pleasant
aspect The grounds around the building have been
tastily arranged. Flowers and shrubbery adorn the
garden and vines are clambering up the front wall.
One almost thinks he is entering the gate of a private
residence.
the interior of the jail.
Passing through the outer door, tho reporter found
himself In tne office room, where a knife or any other
weapon in his possession must bo left as an act of
precaution. Ushered into the next room or rather ves
tibule, the visitor stops before a heavy lron door,
through the bars of which he sees a motley crowd of
prisoners. It is generally thought necessary to de
plete set of moBt dreadful looking wretches, win,
haggard In face and crime-marked in countenance.
But this reporter saw no such thing. He saw a few
hard looking cases, but the majority appeared in very
good condition, some as fat as Btall-fed beeves, and
showing no particular marks of meanness snd
crime. These prisoners are in the open
Court around which are arrangeu on
two floors the prisoners’ cells. Here -:he reporter met
Milton Malone and_^c«*«”P‘ nl<a him into his little
8x12 r««t pri»on home upon the lower floor.
HIS SUEUOUNDING3.
A glance around the cell revealed its contents. A
couple of trunks, a pallet and a few artl les of furni-
tore, comprised absut all save a few engravings hang
ing upon the stonewalls, “After Ton,” an illustration
of politeness, “Last Snack Before the March,” and a
picture of Governor Smith; and upon a shelf a few
books—“Sorry of Eagle’s Nest," “Yashtl,” and some
others, all of which he has read. Here, snrrounded
by stone walls, with an iron door at one end and in the
other a small grated window letting in the light from
tho world without, he has beon imprisoned for over
THIRTEEN MONTHS.
He wss qnite sick for abont two months, bnt is
now in ordinary health. A pretty little terrier dog is
his constant companion, and as the reporter seated
himself the little fellow, after some playful freaks
about the room, quiotiy nestled down beside him.
BAfter some general conversation, the reporter re
marked that be,as desired to see him, he had called.
‘‘Yss,’’ he replied, “I wanted to see you. Scarcely
an article has seen printed about me, in which I have
not-been cruelly "wronged. I believe that The
Constitution wonld do me justice.”
The reporter stated that The Constitution sought
to do all men jnstice.
"Every account," he continued, "has misrepresent
ed my conduct, and outraged my feelings. Before
the difficulty, I had been under the iufluence of
liquor for several weeks. On the Friday evening be
fore I felt quite sick and started
TO MY BOOM
to lie down. I saw young Cooper, and asked him to
go with me. We went and I lay down. He took my
pistol from under my head, and started off with it.
I called him back. He said that he took my pistol
because I was crazy, and would.hurt myielf. Satur
day I wenl to the Dolly Yarden Saloon.” Here fol
lowed an explicit narration of his movements, which
are not material H1b impression was that Cooper
was seeking a difficulty with him, and he, Malone
told him that “hewas sick and wanted none.” Finally
be sent to the Malson de Vllle for his pistol and got
it. This was early Saturday night. “While sitting at
the Turf Exchange, several parties came out. ’Words
passed between them and McAllister, who was with
me. I touched Mac on the -shoulder and said, if ho
was going to have a difficulty,
I WANTED NONE,
and I walked off. I started to No. 11, opposite thi
Turr, to go to sleep. This was about 9 or 10 o’clock
There was no one in the room. Feeling sick ant
nervous from the effects of liquor, 1 fell
lonely, and walked down Decatur streel
toward the carriage lactory. On thi
way I saw an acquaintance from Macon and several
others and asked them to go with me, but thej
refused. I walked over there and went in. Three oj
four men and two or three women were sitting in thl
room. I sat down on a sofa. While I was standing
talking with LilUe Williams, with] my hand on her, it
man came to the door and I heard him say, with
oath: “Take yonr hands off her ; I’ll kill any mi
that troubles her.” I moved back across the roord,
Williams following mo and saying: “Don’t mind hln^
he 1b drunk.” I told her, drunk or not, that he must
not hurt me. He then came in to the right of tin
centre table, over which the lamp hung. One of the
men In tho room got up and caught him, saying:
“Don't do that." B :t he threw his left hand on hjs
shoulder and said; “Get aside; I will klU him,” pit
ting his other hand behind him, I shoved the womfn
aside, saying:
"I XX GOING TO SHOOT."
threw my pistol np from my side, and fired. After
the first Bhot I saw him reel, and I dropped the pistol,
the ball going into the floor or wall."
In answor to a question from the reporter, Malone
Btated that according to the testimony In the case, the
man he killed had no pistol at the time. He then
proceeded to say; “I walked out into the hall. As
1 started down the steps I met a couple of policemen.
They ask ed me 'what’s the matter,’ I answered that
had shot a man, and asked for the sheriff. They
said they were officers and I surrendered myself,
handing them my pistol.”
Reporter.—Then yon claim to have acted in self de
fence?
Malone.—I do, most positively. I did not know the
man; never remembered having ever met him before,
I was very mnch under the influence of liquor, and
was alarmed for my life.
We tried to get ihe Solicitor to postpone my trial
for twenty-four hours, but could’nt get it done. He
sald thst he had set up all night to prevent a mob
from acting, and trial must not be postponed. Fe
ought to have had the ring-leaders arrested.”
Malone here stated that efforts were made by par
ties to overawe the jury, and that his case had been
prejudiced by reports that he had tun off a witness,
where he had made every effort to secure her by send
ing to various cities. He enumerated mnch wherein
ha thought that he had not received inll justice in the
Courts.
The reporter then asked him what he now proposed
to do. Ho answered that Us lawyers wonld take his
case to the Supreme Court of the Untied States,
he failed in this, he believed that his friends would
appeal to Governor Smith and conld get affidavits to
prove the wnote or the testimony false and that his
life had been threatened.
Reporter.—Who vialts you?
Malone.—A newspaper man occasionally comes.
The Columbus editor, who made a report, I took to be
a preacher, he was so solemn. Rev. Dr. Wills has
been to see me, bnt no other minister.
Reporter.—Are religious services held often in the
jail?
Malone.—It has been abont two months since a
religions meeting was held.
Ac timeshe became worked up to the highest pitch
of earnestness, but only once, when he spoke of his
father and mother and tneir sufferings did a tear
GLISTEN IN HIS EYE.
"My pooor old father, it almost kills him, and my
mother is almost driven crazy.” “But, sir,” he cried
“I am no murderer—I acted only in self defence.”
Indeed his framejshook with nncontroleable emotion
as he spoke of their anguish, and he wept. Their
lorrows evidently lay deepest at his
heart. But quickly recovering himself
to said that he conld hut feel for them, pow
erless as he was ior their help and comfort, hut as
for those, who wronged and persecuted him, they
should never triumph over his weakness, for, if die
he must, he should face death without
tremor. “Th-y had told it,” he said, “that
lie had killed four or five men. It was
false. He had killed one man at Columbus and shot
another, bnt they had sought and assaulted him,”
(here showing his coat through which a hall had
passed), “but he was not even bound over for it,
though he surrendered himself promptly.”
He is manifestly very hopetnl still, yet, when
glancing there upon the wall,on the face of the Gover
nor, In whom now probably rests his only chance of
escape from the doom which the Courts have fixed,the
reporter, remembering that Governor’s stern ideas of
duty, could but wish that the prisoner before him
could but realize more thoroughly his situation, and
these words are penned in alt solemnity. And in the
kindest feeling. *.
ROME.
The Queen Manufacturing City
Notth Georgia.
of
Her Foundries) 'Hills* Railroads,
and (Mechanical Inventions.
[We here give the readers of,The Constitution a
flue account of the manufacturing interests of our
beautiful North Georgia city, from the able pen of oar
correspondent “W.”] '
HOME FOUNDRY.
This big establishment covers between tour end are
imuL.-liti usiumurn , i s92 by 40 feet, with an
err atrfoet tong, allot wuich ia two stories high and
built ot bard brick. The first, or ground, floor is the
office and heavy machine works—through wbicn is a
railroad track with a pit attached, giving eveiy possi
ble convenience for the repairing or the building of
locomotives. The second Btory is used as the pattern
and drafting rooms—between their ceilings and the
roof is stored patterns of sll descriptions, worth
thousands of dollars.
The foundry is also built of brick, and is 120 by 80
feet, and is complete in all its departments. Attached
to this building Is a brick building containing the
pits used lor annealing car wheels. The blacksmith
shop is 130 by 40 feet. In one end of It is a hammer
weighing over a ton, kept continually m motion by
steam power, and near by are the furnaces. Tho boil or
house is also in close proximity, and is 130by IS feet.
It is well lighted and ventilated, having large ventila
tors in the roof.
There are also several other buildings, used for
carpenter shops, storing sandiros, Ac, Each have been
built especially for the business intended, and with
special reference to the health and comfort cf the
workmen. They employ from 80 to 100 hands, and
uee one day witn another abont twenty tons of Iron,
about seventeen of which is manufactured into car
wrfeels and machinery castinge. Forty car wheels and
sixteen axles are made daily. They have
done , and arc cow doing an exten
sive basinesB in building engines, rolling-machinery,
blast' furnaces and mill gearing. They bnllt the
engines and all the macninery for the Woodstock
Iror. Company, the Bartow Works, the Round
Mountain and Coal and Iron Company; also
the castings and engine for the Rome Water
Works, (it has been running two years without one
cent having been spent in repairs, so 1 was told by
W. A. Hilts, Superintendent of the Water Works).
Castings have been made by these works weighing
eight and ten tons.
These work shops are a curiosity. Not only every
variety of tne latest improved machinery, but many
v-ry ingenious contrivances of their own arc s,en.
Twelvo massive cranes are scattered here and there
by which the heavy castings arc handled with ease
Puree engines are kept at work and are rt qntred to
carry on tne macniuery uted in the several depart
in', ms, and they are suopded with waterfromthe city
welt. i saw nearly compleied an upright c-’tiue cf
huge proportions. Fifteen feet' high without the
blowee and weighing 55.000 tons aud when tbe latter
is adjusted it will he 23>f high ard weigh (iJ.GOO tons,
and two boilers fifty feet long and forty inches in
diameter, aud one fly wheel fliteen foot in diameter
and weighing ten tons, •¥ f AN ewi.a moriat
The iron need in this foundry is Georgia iron, and
mostly from the Woodstoca A Cornwall Works.
The Messrs N oble, the proprietors, are Englishmen,
bat have been in this country many years, and many
of thtir workmen sro Englishmen, having learned
their trade in England Rome is greatly Indebted to
the Meesrs. Noble, as they have done much to give it
Its start.
THE ROHE ROLLING MILLS
coverSM a'res. Twelve furnaces are kept In opera
tion. Their average capacity is abont 16,1-00 pounds.
The pudlers and their assistants, after mixing cast,
wrought andpig iron in proper proportion,not only put
it in the furnaces, but see that it is properly cooked.
When ready it is drawn off in baits and naulea to
a kind of alligator press and is squeezedjthrough it sev
eral times for the purpose of ridding it of its Impuri
ties and shales. Itis then grabed by big hooks or
tOD“s and sent backward and forward through what
are called muck rollers. This makes tt.iuto what
is called muck iron, or tue first condition of bar iron.
This process leaves it In largo flatten bars, where it Is
out up into avaltab.e pieces and token to the merchtnt
mills, or moulding machines and made into mer
chantable iron. ... . , , „ .
They are also manuf rctunng extensively railroad
spikes and common nans, having twenty-one nail ma
chines at work, turning 125 kegs of nails daily.
The reputation of their nails, I am informed by
hardware men is second to none, except It may be
the old Dominion; by many they are considered their
•[ e(] aal. Tney also have tho contract for making the
f railroad iron for the Memphis Branch Road, and are
iai now engaged in rolling it. Two hundred aud
1 fifty men are employed. The Georgia Iron
made adjacent to Romo is mostly used. It must be
of a superior character, as the railroad spikes and
nails manufactured by this cetabltshmeutare war
ranted to doable without breaking.
The officers are, Capt- John C. Allen, President;
Col. Robert Thomas. Superintendent; Col, J. It.
Tewerr, andO N. Perkins, Office Managers.
bomb hollow-ware and stove manufacturing
COMPANY.
Walker, Iwre had (to keep paoa with the nicMin* and
rapidly increaaina: demand*) t j eniarga their csp«clty
to do work until they are now obliged to keep em
ployed forty to fifty hands. Their present moulding
room is sevealy-five by one hundred feet; the mount-
ing room thirty by firty feet, or the room wh-re the
stoves are Acted and pat together, and other work
cleaned and made reaoy for sale Over these is the
pattern shop. These severally are supp led with the
most improved class of modern macninery, and is
moved by a fl fty horse-power engine.
They turn out daily, complete, sixteen stoves, be
sides a large amount of country hollow-ware, such as
ovens, skillets, dog irons, wagon boxe? 1 g'atea, as
well as iron fencing, etc. In addition to this, their
regular work, they have lately completed for the Bar-
tow Iron Company two hot blast ovens weighing over
200 tone, one ter the Stonewall Iron Comrany of
abont 80 tons, and one for the Alabama Company
ot about one hundred and twenty tone. They have
now en hand, nearly completed, a Sawyer-Hampton
Double Printing Press (which I carefully examined,
and which is hereafter dlscribed) Tneir average
consumption of iron daily is from eight to ten thou
sand pounds of iron, and of Georgia make.
They have also on Brood street s large store, over
which ia an extensive tin abop. What they s<U they
mdke. It was these live, shrewd men that gave the
John B. Gordon and if. E. Lee stoves as a premium,
at the late Cherokee Fair, for the best cooked dinner
by any yonng lady under twenty year* of age.
Mr. Seay informed me he had taken Th* Constitu
tion from Its first issue, snd that his wife would not
let him come home without itl
HOMS FLOUR MILLS.
De Soto Mill is constructed of stone and brick, situ
ated near the river and upper part of the city. It ba«
3 run of stone and is operated by Mitchells, Hill and
McCrary.
fimlth Mill, or Empire Mill, lsabrickbuilding; also
3 run of Etone for making flour and one for grinding
com; is run by Smith and May.
Mountain City Mill belongs to and isran by Messrs.
Reese A Dykes, has 3 ran of Stone. All of these are
moved by steam power.
J. j. Cohen, Eeq-, has a water mill of 6 etone. He
I also manufactures a splendid article Ot pearl grit?,
com flour and hominy. He has a water fail ofrenr-
teen feet, and is Using one of Leffelt’s Turban Water
Wheels. Hib power Is equal to 80 horse,
Each makes a capital grade of flour, and every
Romanlte is not only proud of their flonr mills but
positively declare there is none made better. There
is about as mnch division as to which mikes the best
as there is on the merits ot the several sewing ma
chines.
SAWYER-HAMPION-DOUnLE PRINTING T8ES3.
This late invention has excited much commenda
tory comment from those wno have seen it. Alter
(tving it a very careful examination, as explained by
ts pattentees, I came to the conclusion it possessed
great merit. I therefore propose through The Con
stitution to brine it to the attention of tho world.
It la the joint invention of CoL B. F. Sawyer, well
known as the editor of the Rome Courier, as well as a
practical printer, and Dr. Robt. T, Hampton, a scien
tific gentleman possessing marked mechanical genics.
Bothare citizens of Romo. They have received let
ters patient under the form of the “Sawyer-Hampton-
Donbte Printing Press,” and will soon be able
to exhibit a machine to tne public, as Messrs.
Seay and Walker (as above mentioned! have in their
foundry a small one nearly completed (the one I ex
amined). This press consists or a substantial frame,
accommodating two type beds, one above the other.
Which move eimultaneouiiy in opposite directions,
and yet they meet in the centre or the frame, at a
point directly over and under each other. The tipper
one is vertically above the lower. At this point the
impression is made by.thc platens. Theupperand the
lower platen are connected by upright arms and oper
ated by camB in th e driving wheels After the first im-
pressions are made the morion of the beds is reversed
and they move back to- receive the ink, while
the paper is fed up to receive its final
impression, or to bo cut and thrown cff.
The roll-paper is placid above the ptatens, and la
fed off by an intermittent roller which revolves in a
vat lined with spunges and fi Ud with water which
dampens tne paper as it is rolled off. The vat Is sup-
plied by a syphon from a tank and gov.rned by
cocks whereby tho water is regulated to any kind of
paper. It firEt passes under t-e upper platen, when
its under side is printed; passive out from this it Is
carried over a register roller and backward under the
lower platen, presenting its reverse side to receive
tb e final impression. It then passes ont at the end at
which it entered, and is cut into sheets by long
sheers, aud then thrown off by a fly. both sides being
perfected during the process, and are ready for the
reader, or to be folded. The registering device is so
arranged that the pressman can standby the pile of
papers S6 they are thrown off by the fly
and regulate the register with psrfect ac-
uracy wnile the press is running. The machine
though not completed, is sufficiently so to see its
practicability. It combines the maximum of speed,
with durability, perfection of work and economy,
aud can be made for a reasonable price. It seemed to
me to be so simple t hat any pressman can easily com
prehend and work it. It ia peculiarly adapttd to
bnokas well as heavy newspaper work. I never Eaw
any rotary press which I th’nk equals it for fine
printing, simply because the Inking apparatus is so
arranged that it cannot fail to give an even and per-
feet impression,and because ihe ink is applied to the
type twice and in beth directions and thereby giving
a distribution that is pot possible lora roiary press to
attain. The advantage, or superiority, of sucu distri
bution ia at once perceptible.
It is calculated that five of thev» presses will do the
work of ono of Hoe’s ten cylinder presses, and that
one man can easily attend the whole, while it re
quires ten feeders to attend one of the Hoe.
Here is the labor and expense of nine men saved
A good pressman in the large cities will command
$32 a week, and therefore nine (9) times that sum trill
be saved weekly. Again, the cost of the Hoe ten
cylinder is $63,8"0. while the Sawyer-Hampton press
trill not cost over $0,003, or the five requited to do
the same work $30,100, making a saving of $23,S00
in the cost besides the continued reduced price in
X am informed that when a model of this press was
shown to tb* leading presemen in New York city,
taey universally pronounced it the best thing they
had ever seen, and even Hoe pronounced the in kcr
the most perfect.
THE RAILROADS TO AND THROUGH ROME.
GEORGIA’S ELDORADO.
Golden Dalonega and its Dor
mant Treasures.
A. L. Harris Takes a. Jannt tUrongh
Fulton* DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hil
ton* Forsyth and. Dawson
Counties* ana Gives a
Kacy Account of
W hat H e
Saw.
Old Peach, Going to tho Country, aud
Tehen. for Acton.
The Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad passes
through Rome. It is 235 miles long. It has not been
paying idividends, though much his been ex
pended in putting it in fine condition. With the
number of furnaces built or building on end near it,
hopes are entertained that, under its present man
agers, it will in the future be able to declare divi
dends. John Tucker ia President; Colonel Daniels.
Prlntnp, Vice President; 'Ahos. A. Walker, Receiver,
and Colonel John B. Peck, Superintendent. J. A.
Smith is General Freight Agent, and J. C. Printup,
T. and G. P. Agent, of the S-lma and Rome, and Ray
Knight G. T. and F, Agent of the Rome and Dalton
portion.
HOME AND KINGSTON RAILROAD.
It la 19 miles in length; was completed in 1848
During that time it ha» paid thirty-six cash dividends
The last two years paying 7 per cent. It has paid air
high as 20 per cent., and stock dividends hvee been
made of 60 pet esnt. When first constructed the old-
fashioned fiat rail was used. It has all been taken np
and replaced with heavv T rail. W. s. Cothran ia
President and manager of lb He has filled the former
office for twenty years.
MEMPHIS BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY.
It Is now being constructed from Rome westward,
in the direction of Decatur, Ala. The distance from
Rome to Decatur is 124M miles. It is thirty-eight
miles to the coal fields of Lookout Mountain, aud it
crosses the Alabama and Cbattinn-iga Road at Col-
lirsvill*, only six miles further. The road is graded
seventeen miles to the Alabama line. It is-to he a
narrow gauge, three foot road. The President. Col.
W. S. Cothran, Informed me that It was a home enter
prise, built so far with Georgia money. The rails are
being made at tho Rome Bolling Mill, and out of
Georgia lion. Everything except the locomotives
will be of home manufacture, and that they will be
running the seventeen miles by Christmas.
Tbe survey from Rome toDecatnr has been made
and pronounced practicable The monotain grade
being only sixty-six feet to the mile. The great object
is as soon as possible, to reach coal, so as to give Rome
competition In this all Important article.
Tbe Rome Water Works deserve loo careful and
lengthy a notice to warrant me (considering the
length of this communication) in doing so at this
time. H A. Hills, the Superintendent, as well as ths
Messrs. Noble & Bros, who plan and build them, are
thoroughly posted, and would take great pleasure in
showing a committee of onr City Connell its advan
tages, and giving them all the dots required. My
examination of these works convinced me that At
lanta could be supplied in the same way with all the
water it would require for y ears.
I had also prepared a full description of Messrs.
Hill & Co., furniture manufacturing establishment,
but I have just learned that it was burned,
and that already the owners are clearing away the
rubbish with the intention of rebuilding on a larger
The Rome Press has made and established a char
acter which will compare favorably with Its first-class
manufacturing establishments. W-
Adair Si Buothebs.—The firm of A dair ft Brothers
is well known in Georgia and ad j, cent States. By
their energy and attention to business they have de
veloped a large and growing »rado. They mean to
sell goods and thoy do It. They are prompt in selling
aud making returns, and fill erders as cheap as if the
purchaser was present. We know cf few better or
stauncher firms
A Large Potato.—A citizen of the body corporate
of WeatEnd, near Atlanta, and of African proclivities,
who bears the not very loyal'name of “Rebel Brooks,'
has presented ns with a jam potato which weighs a
fraction over three pounds. This is pretty good for
the first week of September, and proves that the soil
is not rebellious to him.—Sural Southerner.
Those who have not settled their State and county
taxeB should, aa early as possible walk up to the office
of S. S. Hoyle, Tax Collector, aud settle. Delays are
dangerous.
John H. James’ loan certificates will be received
, “‘Y . A , ,„-i r. ,, John ja. James roan csruucsiea win no received
ouaTerfthan of compaStive* y moiert pretonriTn£ > caah by Col. G. W. Adair for rents or account, due
bat Its enterprising managers, the Messrs. Seay & | him.
Dahlonxga, Ga., September 23,1873.
Editors Constitution.- On a mild Saturday aftoi,
noon your correspondent, in company with Maior A.
H. Moore, a gold miller of judgment and experience,
rode away from Atlanta behind a pair of gallant grey*,
billed for this auriferous locality. It was a lazy, sun
shiny afternoon; the air was balmy with the fruits and
flowers and forrests of the country; there were bits
of delicioua landscape, and a calm contentment
seemed spread over nature and us The week’s work
was about over, and tbe repose of the blessed Sibbath
was heralded qulatiy and sweetly.
DB. BAY AND SOMETHING OF HIM.
Bolling smoothly over the excellent highway, we
reached Norcross and John Thrasher’s liostelrie, in
time for a hearty welcome and supper. At Norcross
we met our former fellow-citizen, Dr. Ray, who ia
now practicing medicine there. The Doctor asys it ia
disgustingly healthy about Norcross, although
he occasionally picks up a promising case on the river-
bottom. He was called upon recently by a gentleman
asking professional advice in the case of an ailing
child. Says th* anxtoua parent: “Doctor, don’t
yon think it would do her good to take her info the
country ?” Now Norcross. although not as big as
Atlanta, is no slouch of a place, but the Doctor,
no doubt, with the magnificence of the Capital be
fore his mental vision, answered: ‘“Taka her into
the country 1’ What in the name of goodness do you
call this?’*
The next marning our Gothic Bteeds and archi
tectural barouche were drawn np before Norcross’
Kimball House, and taking onr seats we drove to
the Cbatiahoochec, to the ferry of that fine, courtly
gentlemen. Judge Graham, and were promptly Bet
across by Kirk.
OLD PEACH.
As we were crossing, Maj: Moore says: “Kirk, you
have’nt anv old peach. I reckon?” Kirk replied:
you wonlon’t drink anythineof that sort would you?”
Aa wo toiled up the hill, Kirk remarked, “Didn’t yon
say something ab. ut some old peach ; Come to tha
honPe and let's *eo tf~l ran ecus up auy.”
We stooped, Kirk glldtd in, and re-appeared with
one of those old fashioned hard shell.fiat quart bot
tles with su eagle on it, and the rich, yellow liquid
within, through which the snn shone like an Itartau
sky. I am torry to say Major Moore took an observa-
tion of the firmament wuh the bottle in his right
hand. I didn’t driuK any. Success to Kirk and his
ferry.
MILTON COUNTY.
As we rode through old Milton, the cyo wa* glad
dened with orchards filled with fiutt, broad fields of
corn, and wide expanse of cotion; indeed, ihe whole
conntry, from Atlanta, through .Fulton. DeKalb,
Gwinnett, Milton, Forsyth, Dawson and Lumpkin, to
Dahlonega, has abundant crop3 to ensure plenty and
contentment.
CUMMING.
The village of Cuuming, in Forsyth county, lay
serene in the Sabbath etillness, and had withal, an
appearance of dignity, befitting the home of a live
Congressman. Tue citizens of this district are ex
pecting a good record of Hon. Mr. Bell, and I do nos
think they will be disappointed.
DAHLONEGA.
Mondiy brought ns Into Dahlonega, and as we airily
alighted at the door of the “Eagle,” wo were wel
comed by “mine host,” Besser.
RESULT OF BEING FAT.
An agreeahlejooking gentleman walked 'down the
piazza and seizing tho hand of your correspondent
exc'aimed: “How are you. Colonel Acton?” I fett
highly honored at being mistaken for so distinguished
a gentleman as my frail friend. Colonel Acton; and a
wicked thought may have entered my head, to allow
the sel’-decclved gentleman to remain thus deceived*
and communicate the intelligence of the arrival of
yonr unrivalled agent, when a rush of subscriptions,
with the accompanying cash, would pour in, and,
with my ill gotten gains, I could retire to some beau
teous isle and live a life of eastern magnificence
and oriental splendor. But. if such a wicked
thought did enter my head, it was quickly
banished, fpr I informed the gentleman he was mista
ken in his surmise. ‘ Then, - ' says he, “you are ‘Pat
ty’ Harris, for their are no other snch men in tho
State." Such Is fame 1
GOLD, YE GODS I
Announcing our deslra to inspect the various m'ncs
sna sold jbUm about Dahlonega, we have received
most courteous and hearty attentions from Mr. VTood-
werd, of ihe “Signal,” CoL Boyd, Mr. Sitton, Meesrs.
Parker and Martin, Hou. Mr. Afee, Mr. McDonald,
and other gentlemen, who accompanied ns to the
rocky fastnesses wherein lie nntold wealth, and to the
gold mills, for powdering up the quartz and extract
ing the gold. Some of these are In noisy activity, bnt
most of them ar ® Idly silent. Indeed, bnt three mins
are constantly at work; that of Mr. McAfee,
s mile and a half lrom the court house,
with five stamps [that of Mr. Clirisson,
the same distance, with twenty stamps, and that of
Mr. Moore, wiih five stamps. These milts are doing
well. The great Yahoola Company’s Mill, and the
celebrated Pride Mill, and the Wood Mine Mill, near
Nncklesvllle are idle. But signs of renewed activity
appear. It ia said the Yahoola Company’s and
Pride’s mills, will be soon put in operation, supplied
with water from the celebrated Yahoola acqueduct,
which is to be repaired. Messrs. Parker and Martin
are opening a mine abont a mile east of Dahlonega,
whicn shows extensively rich ore. Other mineB are
being opened. Yesterday a negro dng a pit In the
gutter of of the highway, half a mile north of the
Court Bouse and took out six pennyweights of pure
gold. Some fifty men and women are panning tto
branches and make good wages. The whole region
is fall of gold, and the day ia not far distant when
thousands will again resort to tbeeediggings, and the
hills will resound with tne clang ot mills and reports
of bloats. ,
EVIDENCE OP GOLD PLENTY.
I do not think your readers, generally, are aware of
the immense value of the gold that has been mined
here. It ia estimated at over twenty millions of dol
lars in gold. Six an d a half millions were sold to the
mint; and the forest growth shows that mines far
greater In extent than thoaa that have been worked
are yet nntonched. No one can dispute the presence
of gold in vast quantities, and if the proper
means were taken to let It bo known in
the proper manner, in the proper quarters, the
secures of the o'ghteen—thirties and for.ys would be
re produced, and Dahlonega would be wbat it wss
before the California discoveries carried the miners to
the Pacific elope. This is an Eldorado asrich as Cali
fornia. Australia or New Zealand; the precious
me al exists and will be discovered in astonishingly
rich veins. Vfhat ha* been done can be done. In
185S masses rquaby of qnaitz and gold were taken
from ihe Finley vein. F»om >he Passmore vein $10,-
000 of gold were taken in twenty days by d'gging
in soft Slate. From Singleton’s vein, a half mile from
tho conn house, a large amount of free gold in coarse
particles was taken. A vein was discovered In the
bed of tho Chestatec River, four miles from tha court
honso, iu which the gold could be seen from the bank
of the river. The most magnificent uncrystallizect
specimens ever seen were tak-.n ont of this vein, and
as mnch as $3,000 worth has been thrown out by a
single blast. Many rocks which couldeasily be lifted
in ono hand, were valued at hundreds of dollars.
Three men, in one day. surreptitiously dug out Ore,
carried water in a tub, and with common pans got out
over $900 worth of gold. Many more instances of tho
astonishing richness of the veins in this
vicinity could be repeated, and (they are not
in one Ideality, but scattered over a region
of five miles. 1 have seen specimens of ore, broken
from the v ein, studded with native gold, flashing its
glorious light to tho world for the first time, after so
rasnv centuries of concealment in the sombre rock.
Don't think I have the “gold fever.” I havn't got it.
1 only reiterate what the patient, waiting peop'e of
this place know so well. They are hopeful—they are
confident that the day will come when tho treasures
of the green-clad hi'Is on which they g*zo every day
will be revealed, and JDahlonega Mill take its olace
among the prosperous cities of the world.
MISCELLANEOUS.
I met Mr Charles Perry, of Savannah, and his culti
vated family here, where, and at Porter's Springs,
they have been spending tha season. Two of his sons
attend tbe excellent academy here. Mr. Perry is a
most intelligent andrefined gentleman,and Isssn'dilno
that this uection has a future.
I a [so met here Mr. John H. George, formerly of
this region, hut for many years of Fort Mason, Texas.
Mr. George came hero to visit the scenes of his youth,
on route to New York, where he goes to receive a
shipment of nine thousand head of cattle in install
ments of five hundred. The cattle go via St. Louis snd
Erio Railway. Ep lives on the western torder of
Tcxis, and ssys emigrants who stop at Sherman and
Dallas, and vicinity miss their chance. They ehonld
go to San Antonio, a city of 40,003 inhabitants and
90 miles from a railroad or steamboat; and the
country west of these, it they would thrive. There,
I've lighted In San Antonio, Texas, from Dahlonega,
at one jump. I think I'll quit.
A. L. Harris.