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Weekly Constitution.
" TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1874
The Fall Trade.
brevities.
j Meeting of the Democratic Executive
Committee.
While some believe that the present
I general depression of trade will not be I Atlanta, Ga., July 1,1874
lifted during July and August, there is a I Executive Committee met at 10 o'clock,
remarkable unanimity of ’opinion among I Colonel Hardeman in the chair, and the
well-informed men in every part of the I following gentlemen were found to be
I country, that indications strongly favor a I present; Hon. Augustus Reese, Hon.
The time for a mercan-1 James H. Hunter, Hon. H. Fielder, Col.
A SUMMERS GHOST
Br LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON.
geventy-six Michigan journals are in
favor of woman suffrage.
Advices from New England and the I good fall trade.
Northwestern States predict on unusually financial and industrial reaction is I Nark Blandford, Hon. L. N. Trammell,
large apple crop. ■ ^ J believed to be near at hand, when the I C°l* ^ Harris, Hon. J. C. Nichols,
—There is no State in the Union where I ca pj^ a j a nd energies of the countiy will I Hon. J. H. Christy, Hon. T. G. Lawson,
iyan I throw off an enforced lethargy to bring CoL L -^very, and Col. J. S. Boyn-
—The total indebtedness of the various back the better days of liappier times, ton.
cities and towns of Connecticut amounts J Recuperative forces are at work, and! Ike chair stated that the principal ob-
,to $13,995,090. J cheerfulness and confidence begin to re- j i 6 ® 4 of the call of. the meeting was to
A Maine husband wanted to bet his J appear. I prevent nominations before the adjoum-
wife that she could whip a panther, but I Thi3 hopeful outlook is based on sever-1 ment of Congress.
al well-known facts. Congress has lost I Tbe chair announced the appointment
— 1 The Committee on War Claims of the the power to distarct business calculations | ofHon - Martin J. Crawford, to fill the
iHouse of Representatives, had referred to I by an opportune adjournment. Its com-1 vacancy in the Columbus District. He
it* during the session of Congress just I promise currency enactment will afford I rea d a letter from Colonel Crawford stat-
dosed, 3,753 claims. some relief> and even jj it doea not> it for
*d£ted l0 y^teS?f Sfe m Hon We jamS wiU work n0 And for that we him. Ihere being no objection he took
Wilson in the Vth District, and the Hon. ought to be grateful and take courage, his seat. ^ t .
W. McDill in the HcL Neither of them I But after all, wat chiefly lends a roseate , was stated by the chair that m sev-
was a salary-grabber. tinge to future prospects, is the magnifi- of tbejCongressional Distncts there
—An Albany man who was demonstra- 1 ” 1
VTUC that OUU wuiVA “ I ’ I
she saw his little scheme and refused to |
try.
In that old summer can you still recall
The pomp with which the strong sun rose
and set,
How bright the moon shone on the 6hining
fields,
What wild, sweet blossoms with the dew
were wet?
Can you still hear the merry robins sing,
And see the brave red lilies gleam and
glow,
The waiting wealth of bloom, the reckless
That woo their wild-flower loves, and sting,
and go?
Const hear the waves that round the happy
shore
Broke in soft joy, and told delusive tales—
We go, but we return; love comes and goes;
And eyes that watch see homeward-faring
Decoying the Forest Bird within the
Range of his Master’s Rifle.
“’Twasthuslnotherseasons?” Ah, may be!
But /forget them, and remembered this—
A brief, warm season, and a fond, brief
love,
And cold, white winter after bloom and
bUss.
A BRUTAL PASSION.
cent
ting to a crowd that there is no such I ,
thing as hydrophobia was the first to shin I v
no executive committee, and sug-
crop of almost every sta- [ gested that some action should be taken.
These good crops furnish I Colonel Blandford moved the call of a
it^^Mrhe^imrc^when^a'Tinall yellow I a sure basis for the confidence that is to I State convention. The motion was dis
up a careers poicwuen a smuu yeuuwi . • . I cussed in a conversational manner, and
dog came rushing down the street reanimate industry and inspire trade. 1 finely dec i ded j n the ne<mtive.
—Three years ago the proprietor of j No rust spoils the wheat harvest, the | CoL Trammell moveef that the chair-
three gold-fish, on leaving Bennington, j caterpillar has not touched our own I man be instructed to issue an address,
Vermont threw them into a pond near t t l d f ,, . embodying the views of the committee,
that place. The pond Is now well stocked I ^ eat sta P le ’ and fr0 “ a11 ov fJ“* The chairman stated that he had pre-
•with fish of that kind. come up joyous predictions of bountiful pared a brief statement of the political
—Those who have doubts about the I harvests. There has been a stagnation of [situation, which he read,
propriety of capital punishment often nearly a year, and the time of revival is Col. Reese moved that the statement
ask if hanging prevents murder. To a | over-due. Circumstances have postponed I bc a dqpted ** the action of the commit-
rartnin oxtent it docs. 3Icn who li&vc I •, . . .. ,. • . . I tcc. un&minously curried.
Shung Sdom commit great crimes. 11 beyond all anticipations, and now when To the democratic Party of Georgia:^:
. Inntern-iawed Vermonter not I an abundant crop of almost every pro- You are soon to engage in another
nhnn-ri of i steamer for the first time duction, commanding remunerative pri-1 election for the control of your State.
SlUcTu" bSf.ylUS «*, is a-s3urcd, « - cerfcUt* -t b. fcsSUatt SS ”^
J 10ld ^^fbfs el mreS“ rt ‘‘WeTri , rthc r nlraStliepr0Sn0Sticati0n80fthCSlirCWd ' P 08111011 are thoroughly organized, f&
Ho^i tl - in!i We ’ I est observers are at fault. the conflict, are your forces ready for the
darned thin, a . While trade has been dull for the last field? Is there union and harmony in
—A temperance orator speaks of a l lf , 1 your ranks? Union is success, division
file of topers, seventy-five miles in length, six months, and profits small, yet the 7 defeat Select good men, Sle men to
marching steadily to drunkards' graves number and importance of mercantile lead you and give them a united, cordial,
at the rate of three a minute, or one failures show no serious signs of disor- hearty support. Be not divided’ by local
every twenty seconds, all the year K i t ig a f ac t, as surprising as it is issues beware of jealousies arising
round. 1 .. . , . , . I from “claims overlooked,” “stocked
—Disraeli’s attentions to the Empress I ^ ratl ^ m ®> t b at m *bat length of time, | conV entions” and personal preju-
T’.itg^nie are getting to be very marked, j there have absolutely been fewer failures dice. These are weapons fumish-
The curl upon his forehead is more care- in number, certainly fewer in prominence, Jed by a skillful enemy to break
fully disposed than ever, and his instruc- t imn for the same period in the average y° ur ranks and defeat your cause. Look
tions to his tailor are explicit, that his . . . lin „ -o n with distrust upon “peoples tickets,” citi-
• coat Shall be a snug fit about thewaist. of I*™- And we have R. G. Dun & zeng can didatei,” when brought forward
—The wife of Bismarck, over sixty Co ’ s Reference Book for , Jul y 83 811 in opposition to your regular nominees,
.ears of age yet fresh and beautiful, di- authority for the statement that the j They are subterfuges generally of disap-
rectS her household affairs, carries at | mercantile indebtedness of the country | pointed aspirants, who are used by.tlie
home a bunch of keys in her belt, and is L notmoni than two . tWrd3 of what it CovT™k°en
proud of the many embroidered covers} , 1{ .. . , " e cannot attord to destroy or weaken
and curtains, the work of her own indus- [ was at the corresponding time of last the Democratic party. It has rescued
trious hands. |year. The fright that the debtor class [the State from Radical misrule; it has
—A correspondent writes to the Scien- received in the September crisis has had broken the allhmce .^“^d between
tific American that the worst toothache, the effect, not only to reduce indebted- Fvotom of public’plunder which was
,,r neuralgia comiM iromtlic Icctb m»J h» t ,o rundown the stocks of .11 /r™ S our peopl “to ’ hSupcy
Sa’icSof d .t3ffi(c'£SS kloiotmcroho»dkoto .U re udl»..dUd S*rt it "5J, restored the Son’
to the defective tooth. Sometimes the harvests, reduced indebtedness, return- j Georgia a position in the Union beyond,
late sufferer is prompted to ^ momentary j confidence and low stocks, all point to j that of her unfortunate sisters of the 1
A Memphis Lawyer Shoots Another
for a Supposed Insult.
[By Telegraph to The Constitution.]
Memphis, July 1.—At 10 o’clock this
morning M. D. Welsh, a well known at
torney and a candidate for Clerk of the
Criminal Court, was shot by B. B.
Barnes, also an attorney, and probably
fatally wounded. They had a quarrel on
Monday, when Welsh drew a pistol an
Barnes. To-day mutual friends attempt
ed to adjust the difficulty, and had a
meeting in Dr. Jones’ office* The parties
to the quarrel were present. Barnes said
he was ready to settle the affair, and it is
supposed that Welsh misunderstood the
remark, as he rose, drew a pistol and
said he was also ready for a settlement.
Whereupon Barnes fired, the ball strik
ing Welsh on the left temple and coming
out under the car. Barnes at once sur
rendered to an officer.
THE DEPARTMENTS.
NEW USE FOR A PARROT.
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
Commencement Exercises—Brilliant
• Success.
. — — ^ - _ ^ tl J . - . . I
Anti-Tight Lacing Society are broader [ tion of all departments of business. A [ you spli^into petty jealousies, and
than the name of the organization would J stiff upper lip, combined with prudence, | endanger your success? Think of down
seem to indicate. The ladies will go from economy and energy, will soon lift the I trodden Louisiana. Will you, by a thirst
head to foot in dress reform. High- J I for position and place, distract and
heeled boots are to be banished for the country out of the famous depression your f orcea ? Look at piun.
simple reason that they create bunions on that we inherited from the September | dered Florida and determine that
the feet. In the matter of diet mush is | panic. | in this contest, patriotism shall guide
.recommended in place of pound cake, | —^ ■ [your actions, and love of State shall con-
and fish in place of meat. The by-laws The State School Commissioner sent I trol your aspirations and your hopes,
of the society provide that no person shall j ou t blanks for the enumeration of the | Your defeat is Radical rule, and Radical
be eligible to office m^this society who population in March last, and re-1 "d® 13 oppression, civil rights bills, social
wears corsets, or who does fiot wear lier . -,. . ,. I degradation, plunder and bankruptcy,
clothes suspended from her shoulders, and | quired that the returns should be m his | y^ur succe3s gives assurance of constitu-
-vbo does not live liygicnically. [office by the 15th of June. The appor- j tional government, enforcement of law
The New Postmaster General tionment of the school fund is made I and maintenance of right. The cause is
] upon the basis of school population, and I worthy of your efforts; its success should
Mr. Eugene Hale, of Maine, attained the enumerative returns ought all to have dMdual^^LibUity” < SSthd to^a
Jus majority seventeen years ago. For been in the State Commissioner’s office favorable termination of the struggle,
mine of these years he was prosecuting by the 1st of July, the day on which the j Let the campaign be quick, sharp, aeci-
attomey of his county, for two more of | law requires the apportionment to be I dye. Look well to your nominating con-
them he was in the legislature, and for the made. At this date, thirty-one counties ^Sity are Sered^o" thl ^oplffS
dast five years he has been a member of are behind, viz: Bartow, Berrien, Bryan, their support—men who will spurn the
■Congress. He had just received news of Bullock, Carroll, Charlton, Clayton, Cof-1 rings; that would raid upon your Treasu-
'liis remnnination for the fourth term of fee, Crawford, Dade, Dawson, Fayette, I *T» m en who will look only to the inter-
•congressioa.il service, when the uncx- Floyd, Fulton, Glynn, Haralson, Irwin, ^ u an ^ e kon ” < £ e £ e y *J? SidS£
Jiected honor of a Cabinet office was | Jefferson, Lowndes, Macon, McIntosh, | you will command a victoiy. In the
plumped into his already full hands. His Mitchell, Monroe, Morgan, Muscogee, [Federal elections there is great need of
whole life lias been a round of lucky in- Putnam, Terrell, White, Wilcox, Wilkes | action- Indifference before gave Geor-
cidents. The Speaker as a Maine man and Wilkinson In a few cases, the State
persist ently suo\ed 111s younger col-1 Commissioner, for special reasons, ex-1 injuries and insults too revolting to con-
league ahead, making him successively a [ tended the time till the 1st of July, at the J template. Justice to yourselves, justice
member of the important Committee on ] request of the county officers. It is top 0 your children, justice to peace and
Appropriations and of Ways and Means; be hoped that all these returns will be
and a rich father-in-law, Senator Cliand- received in a few days, and that the State J under the guise of friendship, all require
ler, of Michigan, was probably at the j Commissioner will not be delayed with J of you action,(decisive effort, unceasing
bottom of she latest and greatest promo-1 the work of apportionment. I l^of brand these men, with the seal of
. ,i,:^ irtiHnnMn nniifW.n I W ■> m I condemnation and remove them from a
“Tr" -i « n i , ^ ‘. I We learn from the principal keeper of I position, they have degraded. Men of
NeitaCT Mr. Hale ^prommence nor huLhe penitentiary, who has just returned Georgie, the issue is with you-itis big
developed ability entitle him to the high , . / „ - with consequences. Do your duty and
office; audit is generally believed that V™I £ r■ ^ COd * a Jli will teweU with you Ind your'noble
° J | victs on the Elbcrton Air-Lme Railroad, | old State.
that
Changes in Office—More Letter Bnsi.
ness.
[By telegraph to the Constitution.]
Washington, July 1.—The public
debt statement issued to-day shows a re
duction during June of $2,180,196, the
currency balance is $14,576,010, the coin
balance $74,205,304; coin certificate $22,-
825,100; special deposits, held for redemp
tion of certificates of deposits $58,160,00.
The Comptroller of Currency has called
for statements from the National Banks
of their condition at the close of business
on the 26th ultimo.
Wm. G. Avert’, the new chief clerk of
the Treasury Department, will assume
his duties to-morrow.
The President to-day appointed Charles
F. Conant to be assistant Socretary of the
Treasury, vice Sawyer.
Mr. Conant has been clerk in the war
rant division of the Treasury for nine
years, four of which as chief of division.
He is from New Hampshire.
Reductions of employees of the public
departments continue. A large number
of males and females were dismissed to
day in the patent office.
To-day a clerk, who had been dis
charged, became temporarily insane, and
divesting himself of all his clothing,
seized a bayonet from the model room
and rushed through the hall of the build*
ing, to the great consternation of the
clerks. He was finally taken in charge
by the police.
A. C. Cattell, who was appointed one
of the District Commissioners, has finally
declined. Blow and Denison accept.
It is expected that a Commissioner in
Cattell’s place, and a Postmaster General,
vice Hale, will be appointed to-morrow.
There was a Cabinet meeting to-day, at
which the subject of post-office appoint
ments was discussed, but the President,
as yet, has made no determination. At
the meeting, Creswell stated upon leav
ing, that he would act until his suc
cessor was appointed, but that he in
tended to insist upon leaving the
department as soon as possible. On re
turning to the Post-Office Department, in
reply to a question whether he would re
consider his resignation he said emphati
cally: “No; I was in earnest when I re
signed, and would be glad to be relieved
to-morrow.”
John B. Packer, of Pennsylvania,
Chairman of the House Committee on
Post-Offices and Post Roads, i3 men
tioned in connection with the office.
The monitors at Key West, excepting
the Dictator, left that port yesterday for
Pensacola, conveyed by the Brooklyn,
9sipee, Shawmut, Kansas and Pinta.
J. B. Faginhas been appointed Marshal
for the Western District of Arkansas, and
Joshua Bell for the Soiithem District of
North Carolina, _
The Stain of Blood.
[From the Little Rock Gazette.]
The owner and trainer of this parrot is
a boatman, who formerly plied between
Little Rock and New Orleans, but who
some years since gave up the business of
boating, and has since led the life of a
hunter, living in a snug cabin at the junc
tion of Big Mammellc creek with the Ar
kansas river. This hunter hermit, whose
name is Nathan Lask, brought with him
from New Orleans, on making his last
trip to that city, a fine young parrot, to
which he soon became more attached than
to any other thing on earth. Seated
upon his shoulders, the parrot attended
liim in all his walks. To train and talk
to it was almost his sole occu
pation.
With the careful training of so
loving a master, added to its great nat
ural talent for imitating all manner of
cries of birds and animals, this bird had
become a marvel of cunning, and a great
wonder in its way. Taken into the hills
bordering Big Mammelle Creek, and the
signal being given at intervals, it utters
the vry of the turkey so perfectly as to
deceive the oldest and most astute gob
bler that ever strutted. On being an
swered, the parrot proceeds to lure him
to death in the most fiendishly coquettish
manner imaginable. Seated on his mas
ters shoulders, charily and coyly the par
rot replies. Once he has fully attracted
the attention of the vain and anxious
gobbler, often allowing him to call in
fretful tone twice or thrice before deign
ing to answer, he then in a few low and
tender notes lures the proud bird
of the forest within range of the hunter’s
deadly rifle. Seeing the turkey strug
gling* in the agonies of death fills the
parrot with the most fiendish delight, to
which he gives utterance in a succession
of blood-chilling “ha, ha’s,” in all man
ner of diabolicm tones and keys. Should
the hunter miss his aim, however, the
parrot ruffles his feathers, croaks and
scolds, pulls his master’s hair, and long
refuses to be pacified.
Duck hunting in Forclic and Mcto
bayous is, however, the parrot’s chief
delight. Seated in the bow of his mas
ter’s boat, snugly ensconced in a patch
the appointment linssomc political signifi . t|jat loaHh ,
ct.ce. The President u ett adroit P^*J* I sickness o r death has occtitted the past
ical manager m a quiet way, and it isl ^ . , . „ ,
.w t,„ ntiMnWi u, nor * mdeed . causalties of any
Respectfully submitted,
Tnos. Hardeman, Jr.,
Chairman Dem. Ex. Com.
Introduced by Col. Fielder:
thought that he iHilized Mr. Creswell s [ The new stockade is of improved I Resolved, That the Democratic party
-vacancy to kijt twobirds with one stone— I pattenij insuri ng superior comfort and of thi ? State 1)6 . earn . estl y requested to
to secure Michigan through the powerful,
though often intoxicated, Chandler, and
sppnritv I org® 11 * 26 thoroughly in every county, so
T?5c&'™si„o .i „ , , , I as to secure perfect harmony and united
i.i to o, , • T, _ . ■ El ght miles of the road are completely J action and the earnest co-operation of
to retain the old Pmc State in the Rcpub- j graded, and seventeen will be ready for j every voter in the party. That we urge
lican line. It should be remembered [ the iron by the first of October. The | upon every voter of the party to see to it,
that Maine is a test State, being the first track will be first laid out from Toccoa tkat ke be l e S all y qualified to vote, and
one to lead off in the Fall elections, and ci t y. President Matthews apprehends u^tha^ thTTw of — fhe^tat^or^
often influencing enough votes to change no difficulty in finishing the whole line hi’bitlng illegal voting is rigidly enforced,
the closely-balanced States. Inl8GGthej 0 f sixty-five miles. The work is com- Introduced by Colonel Avery and
Republican majority in JIainewns 28,000.1 paratively light. There will not be a Umpndpd ,, follow*
In Wit was 16,000. Last year it had | bridge on the road. ‘ f ° U ° WS
fallen to about 10,000, and all concede
Resolved, That the Democratic party
, . Marshal Manuel De La Concha. m the Congressional districts that have
= that the vote this year will be very close. 1- hnm t , n , .. no district executive committee be
The bitter senatorial fi-ht for the veteran 1 ® Y Me leadm S recommended to hold Congressional con-
• ° , j aa assault at Estella, was eighty years of j ventions where the last Congressional
Hamlin s shoes does not lessen the chances I e —tlie oldest oY the generals of Spain j convention convened, and the saidcon-
. of the Democracy, who are full of cour- e t ^^artero. His first fighting was ^ntions be held in the Fourth on the 2d
ponton
President certainly would n °t have i a - L seized Oporto in thePortn ho acting committee, that the convention
nored the Southern States. Secretary j i ; .. , .. . [be held on the first Wednesday in Sep-
Bristow lives on the very edge of Dixie’s tfn tember. Carried.
Land; and he with Mr. Creswell repre- J ^ ^ Iarqiu ! Introduced by Colonel Reese:
sented the whole South in the Cabinet. ° J?L t Resol 1 ved - Th^ we suggest that the
Mr. Creswell resigns, and the President , accepted text book personal attendance by aspirants for Con-
; = , “ ' „ . I in all the military schools of Spain. The gress, upon primaries and county meet-
, finds a successor way down m ^une. soldiers o{ 53^^,, ^ dep rived by his for tbe V**P°*? of controlling their
Not that any appomtment of the Presi-1 , ... , „. , J . | action, and upon Congressional District
dent’s would be likely to really represent ^ meetings, for the pui^se.of electioneer-
c ...... , v* J . | formly successful, and in whom they had I ing for the nomination, is disre-
• the South, but the almost utter prosenp-1 ^ J cbnfidence . y [spletfui to the d“^,’ and S
tion of fifteen States shows that the ap- j ^ I coming the dignity of the office sought,
pointing power b«d something more in J Frequent ’ applications are made to| Carried.
•view than the moderate capacity of the
. appointee when Mr. Hale, of Maine, was t h^who may hereafter be sentenced 1 011 a® 00 ™ 4 o£ inability to attend,
named. Does it foreshadow a campaign j have been leased for terms varying from I Thomas Hardeman, Chairman,
for a third term? J twenty-one months to five years. t L W. Avert, Secretary.
CoL Jones resigned as committeeman
[New York Commercial Advertiser.]
Four years ago occurred the Nathan
murder in the family residence in
Twenty-third street, and the special hor
ror of that crime has so involved the very
stones of that structure; within which
it happened that there has been in all
this time no pnrheaser orlesseefound with
sufficientlycallous sensibilities to buy,lease
or occupy it, and it is consequently at
present in process of demolition. This is
a peculiar event in the annals of metro-
S olitan crime, for there are very many
wellings in this city with a similar his
tory, which have nevertheless been occu
pied ever since the commission of
the acts which made them temporarily
notorious. There is, for instance,
the Cunningham residence in Bond
street, the scene of the sanguinary Bur-
dell murder, whose secret has been equal
ly well known with that of Benjamin
Nathan. There is the Rogers House, in
Twelfth street, another illustration of the
truth of the proverb that “murder will
no# out.” There is the Grand Central
Hotel, whose fatal staircase is daily trod
den by hundreds of footsteps, as though
it had never been the scene of the min
der of James Fisk, Jr. These buildings
have somehow outlived the terri
ble shadow of crime which once
hung over them; and life, with
all its earnest interests, proceeds
as tranquilly therein as though no
“skeleton in the closet” had for
once made itself visible in their chambers
and stalked publicly into the noon-day
view of the world. But with the Nathan
Mansion it has been widely different.
There, as in the “ Moated Grange
“ All day within the dreamy house
The doors upon their hinges creak’d;
The bine fly sung in the pane; the moose
Behind the moldering wainscot shriek’d.”
And so, although we do not as they did
in ancient times, strew the very sides of
the structure with salt after its demoli
tion,, still it would seem that the senti
ment of abhorrence which has clung to
the Nathan mansion woula not be satis
fied by a less sacrifice than the destine- ]
of tall bullrushes. the parrot bursts forth
into such a “quack, quacking,” and gen
eral duck gabble, that there seems to be
in the vicinity a whole flock of - these
Thus’are many passing flocks of ducks
lured within range of the gun of the hun
ter. Geese are in the same way called up
by this wonderful parrot; also man}’-other
wild fowl, and even deer, as the bird
imitates the plaintive bleating of a fawn
or doe to a nicety. No money would
buy the bird, and Nat. Lask, seen stroll
ing through the woods, gun in hand, and
with bis almost inseparable companion
seated on his left shoulder, seems a second
Robinson Crusoe.
Although so perfect in his imitations of
all manner of birds and animals, the
parrot is not a great talker; indeed, his
vocabulary is limited to a few words and
one or two short phrases. He will some
times sing out, “Nat, you lubber,” and
when Dan Lanagan, (a brother boatman
of Nat’s, living at the head at Bayou
Forche, and almost his only visitor!, in
his dugout is seen paddling in toward the
mouth of Big Mammelle Creek, the par
rot—whose name we forgot to say is
Bobby—will shout, “Lanago, ahoy!
Lanagan, a—a—hoy!”
The moment Bobby secs his master
take down his gun, he is in a great flat
ter. He cocks nis head on one side, his
great red eyes sparkling with delight, and
in a low, inquiring tone, says: “Turkey?
turkey?” “No, Bobby,” Nat will per
haps say, “not turkey to-day.” Bobby
cocks his head the other way and softly
says, “Quack, quack, quack!” “Yes,
Bobby,” says Nat," “quack, “quack!”
Bobby then bursts into a loud “Ha, ha,
ha!” and cries, “Nat, you lubber, quack,
quack, quack!” Then he ha ha’s till the
whole cabin rings again.
STARTING A NEWSPAPER.
[Special to The Constitution.]
Macon, July 1, 1874.
The commencement exercises to-dav
were a brilliant success. The hall was
crowded to its fullest capacity.
President Battle awarded diplomas to
the following:
William A. Adams, Linton.
Charles E. Armstrong, Macon.
Thomas U. Butts, Spaita.
D. Le SueuwGaulden, Thomasvilk*.
James C. lll$bn. Macon.
Alexis A Marshall, Spalding.
Charles M. Nutting, Macon.'
Robert W. Patterson, Macon.
Horace 31. Powers, Macon.
Peter Solomon, Jr., Macon.
John A. Bradley, Adairsvillc.
Judson A. Cheney, Rome.
Joseph H. Jones, Atlanta.
Darnel W. Proctor, Talbotton.
It is announced that the next session
of the University will open in the new
building. c.
SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS.
Rome.—The interest in the prayer
meetings progressing at the Baptist
Church still continues. Eight members
were added to the church hist Sunday.
The heavy rains of Sunday and Mon
day have done much damage to crops
and railroads in this section. 'The Selma,
Rome and Dalton RailroSd had some five
hundred yards of the track washed off
the road bed near Prior’s station. Six
tressels were damaged on the lower end
of the road, and some of fee bents washed
away. The residence occupied by Mrs.
White on Church street was struck by
lightning Monday. In one room of the
house the mantle-pieco was drawn from
its fastenings and split open. The chim
ney wliich the lightning ran down was
swept as clean of soot as if sweep with
his broom had been down it. Nobody
was hurt. A new base ball club has
been organized in Rome, and named in
honor of the “ComracrciaL” They have
challenged the Fleet-foot Club of Cave
Spring.—Commercial.
John Dayton Crcsfl cll of Bartow coun
ty was murdered last Saturday night in
his front yard by a Swede named Conrad.
Creswell had employed him to clean out
his well, agreeing to pay him $5. lie
paid him $2 50 on the completion of the
work. Last Saturday night Conrad came
to Creswcll’s house, and demanded the
balance, which Creswell refused to pay
him, until the well had been tested.
About 8 o’clock Sir. Creswell was found
A Little Experience with a Hungry
Evening Daily.
[The Burdett in the Burlington Hawkcye.]
The Peoria (111.) Review is said to be
sold at Sheriff’s sale this morning to sat
isfy a mortgage. We are under obliga
tions to a Peoria friend for promptly ad
vising us of this opportunity to regain an
interest in that excellent paper, cheap,
but we don’t want any. We have loved
the Review; so did the gods, hence it has
died young, less than a year and a half
old. It marked an era in onr journalistic
career which we love to ponder over, with
tears. It was the one daily paper we
helped to start. It precious soon got the
start of everybody connected with it
We had that little twilight twinkler for
nearly a quarter of a year. Then it had
U3 the rest of the time. The insatiable
maw that pretty deceitful little
sheet, in its nobby, metropolitan
dress of minion and nonpariel, had for
coupons, the wild, ungovemed appetite
it had for shekels, the excellent voice it
had, which it retained to the last, for
louis d’ors; the avidity with which it
reached out for base bullion, and the
equal avidity with which it didn’t get
any! Such a fearful old inflationist it was
on the Dr. side; such a terrible contrac-
tionist it was on the Cr. side. We hope
it will sell welL We hope the mortgage
will be satisfied. If it is it will be the
first thing the Review ever satisfied. Wc
hope some good man will buy it and run
it successfully, though we doubt if can
he made to do better than it did under
Mr. Coffin berry’s excellent and careful
management. But with all due regard
and tender feeling for the journal of our
earliest love and highest aspirations, we
do not wish anymore of the fruit, if you
please. Life is too short to throw away
on such a hollow vanity as a Peoria
evening daily. We would much
rather not kind of try to
have anything to do with it hardly any
at alL If at any time we desire to re
new the fierce excitement of those sweet
days, we can wait till harvest and go up
in the country and crawl into a threshing
machine, or in a city where so many saw
mills ply the busy buzz saw as in Bur
lington, we can find pastime of a less ex
citing and arduous character than run
ning the Review, it is true, but still suffi
ciently exhilarating for a man of a rather
phlegmatic temperament. We do not
wish to run any evening dailies on our
own hook. That is, not just at present
We may after awhile, along sometime
after the millennium, may be, hut we are
too young for such onerous duties now.
And then, since we came to Burlington
we have become so dreadfully addicted
to telling the truth that we are about
ruined for Peoria newspaper work, any
how.
tion of the gloomy and sadly memorable! —The Sandwich Islands have a public
place. * debt amounting to $355,000.
by a negro lying dead in the yard. His
skull had been fractured by a heavy rock,
and he had been stabbea to the heart.
His wife was Miss Fannie Pearson, a
most estimable lady of Rome. Conrad
has not yet been arrested.—Courier.
Savannah.—Warm weather intensi
fies the matrimonial fever in Savannah.
There were thirty-seven marriage licenses
issued during June.—Adccrttier and lle-
piibUcan.
Augusta.—Several darkies who were
preparing for a descent into the cotton
warehouse of Messrs. Dunbar & Sibley
were raided by the police Sunday night.
Unfortunately none of them were caught.
A colored dog-lifter snatched a pet
a out of a negro woman’s arms on
y afternoon, and struck out for
the pound. The enraged Amazon gath
ered up her skirts and followed. That
boy has had two doctors sticking plasters
to him for two days, and the job is not
finished yet Another buggy smashing
enlivened Broad street Monday evening.
The inevitable small hoy was in the bug
gy, and described a graceful circular
curve of some fifteen feet. He destroyed
a couple of signboards and a pair of jean
pants, and landed on the sidewalk a little
demoralized but still smiling. The
Augusta Boat Club are building^ a
splendid club house. A crowd of Fif
teenth Amendments from Augusta made
a descent upon Aiken last Sunday. The
people have temporarily suspended using
chickens and eggs. Hon. H. Clay
Foster struck his foot against a gas drip
on Saturday afternoon, and fell, break
ing his right arm at the wrist. A
called meeting of the Christian Church
was held last Sunday, Judge James S.
Hook in the chair. Resolutions were
passed accepting with deep regret the
resignation of Rev. James S. Lamar ns
pastor of the church, and paying a high
compliment to his ability and fidelity as
a minister.—Chronicle and SentineL
Macon.—The Pike murder case lias
been set for trial on the 9th of July.
Pike is still in jail. Morse, a colored
man employed on a farm near McCall’s
milL while cleaning up a piece of swampy
land Monday morning was bitten in nic
hand by a copper-bellied moccasin.
Remedies were applied immediately, but
at last accounts, his arm was badly
swollen to the shoulder, and he was suf
fering great pain. George Birdsong, a
celebrated lifter of other people’s pocket-
books, was jailed in Macon on Monday.
George came to grief through practicing
his art on a Columbus nigger lost Sun
day.- Lou Shields, the wiclder of the
flat-iron which put a ten year old child to
death last Friday night, is in jail for
murder.—Telegraph and Maaengtr.
Columbus. — Columbus furnishes a
splendid field for a temperance crusade.
There are forty-three bar rooms in the
city. Seven Urn-class and thirty-six
second-class. It is reported that as much
liquor, if not more, is given away in stores
to customers than is sold in the saloons.
Ten carloads of darkies from Macon
cxcurted to Columbus last Sunday.
The County Commissioners have appoint
ed Mr. John A. Johnson jailor in the
place of R. A Wood resigned. Anoth
er cutting match enlivened Girard last
Sunday afternoon. A good deal of bad
blood was spilt, but unfortunately for the
future good order of the community, no
body was killed.—Enquirer.
Hymeneal.—At St Joseph’s Catholic
Cnurch, on Monday morning, the 27th
inst., Mr. Joseph II. Douglass to AHga
Sarah I. Hunt. Both of Macon.
At the residence of the bride’s father,
in Forsyth, on the 14th inst, Mr. R. P.
Burton to Miss M. S. Smith, all of Monroe
county.
On the 17th inst, at the residence of J.
A Love, in Riceville, East Tennessee,
Rev. W. D. Mountcastlc, ol Holston
Conference, to Miss 3L Fannie Moore,
formerly of Fort Valley, Georgia.
Deaths.—Mrs. Patillo, the wife of the
it watchman at the Eagle and Phcnix
s, in Columbus, died on Sunday.
Colonel J.AL Lee died at his resi
dence, in Muscogee county, ten miles
from Columbus, Monday morning. He
was suffering from cancer of the throat,
and was in his sixty-third year.
In Forsyth, on the 23d instant, Mr.
William Zellmcn, aged twenty-five years.
3Irs. Hull, the widow of lion. Asbury
Hull, died on Saturday last, at the resi
dence of Prof. Waddell, in Athens.