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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.