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Ily W. A. HEMPHILL & CO. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1S75. No. 17, Volume VIII ELECTION* IS OCTOBER. Connecticut Las already held tn eke- U<w for local officer*, and sis nates and ooe territory are to hold electft moolh. Hot Toeadijr U the great hat Ik day. Ohio, Iowa aad Nebraska will then fonahadow the broader acd Bght ot 1874. No single Male election perhaps, erercoauiaed ao asaoh of weal or woe to the eoostiy at large aa the eae that ocean la Ohio Tuesday. The caaraaa baa been dueled *a cooauaaaca with .the lmpor- Uneeof the (real. The last arallable r»t« will be polled. Two yean ago Got. Allen waaelected by apionlity of 8V rotea. bet the sou of the Mate was light The prohibHIoolatt polled in that can- »a» 10,081 Totra. They are again in the field with a ticket headed by Jay Odell for governor. The conteM between Allen end Hayes is, bowerer, ao bitter that area the temperance vote of last year, 7,813, will be to a great extent »b»°rbed. In 1871 the independ fo _ 8,871 votes, which will this year Be cast for either Allen or llaye*. But the dem ocrats carried the ante last year by _ plurality of 17,108 votes, and we «b.|l be greatly disappointed if the geaenl drift of the popular current does not add ten thousand votes to that result. William will certainly rise up next Tuesday. He is the meet popular mania Ohio. The republican leaden object to hb age, his wonderful power of voice, and secretly to his Incorruptibility and aggressiveness, but be will cover them all with confusion and defeat The other elections of the month are dwarfed by the Intensity and overwhelm ing importance of the Ohio canvass. Iowa elects a governor end other state offleers, and a new legislature except one- half of the senate. The legislature to be elected will choose a successor to Sen ator Wright, a radical, whose term ex pire* in 1877. Shepherd Lefller is the democratic, and Samuel J, Kirkwood the republican, candidate for governor. Ltffler Is a granger, aad the friends of reform am not without hope of carrying this state which baa supported radical ism through thick and thin by im mense majorities We are not so sanguine as to expect such a result, al though the recent radical majority will be greatly reduced. To take Iowa from tbo administration now, would be to de prive the tottering fabric of any reliable •upport whatever. In Nebraska some judges, and a few legislators to All vacancies, will be chosen. Tbe chief InlereM of the election in this state relate* to llie adoption of a new constitution that contains several novel propodlirma On the 80th, California will hold its Judicial election. Why the should bold an election almost before the flgntes of tbe preccvdiag one have been obtained k a mystery thul we need not investi gate. Tbe coming election will not poa- aesa much political aignifk-aacs Oa the SAlh Oregon and Colorado will be the theatres of political contemn The former is called on to elect a nosigreaamau to All tbe vacancy caused by tbe death of Ur. la How. A son of (Sen. Joa Lane is tbe democratic candidate, with good pros pects of sncosos Tbo election in Col- crado will be for tbe choice of member* of her Ant constitutional convention. If carried the convention will meet In Den ver on tbe Sub day of next December, amt tbe territory will be admitted aa a state on the centennial fourth day of July. The mouth'* contests wifi be cloaed with a luatk in Missouri over the adoption of a new couMituliou. It will be rallAed by a large majority. I'K PIEBCE AND FEMALE F.Dl'CA- nos. In a very Interesting article recently published la the Southern Christian Ad vocate, of Macon, Ilev. I.ovick Pierce, l>. D., thus alludes to hk early, contin ued and steadfast advocacy of female education in college* of a high grade, and especially bk connection with the old (1 corgis Female college, now tbe Wcekyaa Female college ot Macon 1 think I was the Am man that ever urged tbe ereetkn of a female collage, on Uu-ground of woman's etpiaUtv with m in mental capacity, to knrn anything that waa comprehended by mind; aad that. In all common sense, there was no reason, If reference to tbe human race was had, why sun* should be better educated than daughters, in aa much a* leaching tbe young idea bow to shoot, was tbe Aril and surest life insurance office for inenr in* good capital Mock for life's falure waata. If fethers bad nothing else to do but attend on the nursing fo scren year* of human Ufe, they lay ia it* food aad furniture bait aa well aa mothere could, if their mind waa as well cultivated u their*. To mothers, it appertains ia the order of divine provi dence, to set up tba type* from which the proof sheet of Ufe k to be read. I entered, with the Aral, Into lbU female college enterprise; eras one ot It* first trustee*—am still one; have never been absent but one* from their regular meet ings; bar* been present, oa the stage, at every commencement, say* one, for thirty-seven yaare, aad have frit more inward joy at the development of female mind, than I aver felt at a male college In my life. Felt ao, because I saw the daughters of the land being ekrated to tbe intellectual plane on which educated men moved, and to which I knew their wise creator bad of count called them. My perpetual presence won for me the sobriquet of " Nestor"—an enviable title. Hence, whBe I will not ckim to be the eery founder of this mother of lemale colleges, I will claim be Us Him open advocate, the ground of woman's equal capacity to team letters, languages, phi losophy, aad mathematic*. On this, aaa mooted queation, 1 lectured, argued, and preached, aa agent for this college two yeaw—1838-’39—creilandlag everywhere that collegiate education was as much due to daughters aato tons; and that ia all general Issues, especially moral results, the country and chorea would derive a richer compensation frees well educated women than from educated men. Where fore, daughter* must not be neglected In favor of sons, and, whether from parental conviction or providential provision, it i» nsvMthrkas true that wttkia ten yean, I ihink, there waa in Georgia, two female college* for owe mate eotirge, aad at one time, white l kept posted no compand I re numbers, there wna fifteen hundred girts in ihees frmate colleges, against flv* bun died hoy* in the tour mate colleges, ai they then were. Aad even now, there are mote girls than young men enjoying whM is caneidemd a simple collegial* education. Thu old mother and modal Female college, ha* sent cot well nigh her thousand graduates, every one of them with her mental lamp well trim med aad buraiiM. aad ail of them, whether from heaven or earth, look back TBE CENTRAL RAILE3AD. A coushfosoett of the Madison President Wsdky's annual report k, ^ before 0*. It embraces* general history P°ok, as follow*: of tbe company’s affairs for tbe year ending oa the Slat day of August Tbe anting* of the rends and bank for tbe year were $9,843,717 against $3,132- 384 in 1873-4. The expenees were res pectively, $1.7.8,257 end $8,108,888, making the net income of the pest year $1^37,488, white that of1873-4 sras$l,093 0*8. TU roads themselrctesrMd $308,849 km, bat netted $180,887 more than they did m the preceding year. This mtlafac lory outcome is doe, of coarse, to a poli cy of strict economy. CoL Wadley isof the opinion that bat little if anything more can be accomplished in tbe same direction, aa the operating expenses have been reduced to tbe lowest limit con •*»*ent with the duty of maintaining the property of tbe company ia good condi tion. Tbe earnings of the Atlanta dirUon were $555,282 agalnM $638,151 ia 1873 4; kntthe policy of strict economy mercifully applied to this part of the road, and the expenses ran down from $544,078 in 1873-4 to $347,SH last year. The earning* per mile of tbe road* were u follows: Savannah division, $5,484; Atlanta division, $5,880; Southwestern railroad, $3,518, aad tbe Upson county road, $493. Tbe bank produced this year $58,180 against $38,478 last year, while tbe ex of tbe two years were nearly alike, about $22,OCO. Tbo btulnem ot tbe bank for tbe past year has been near ly nominal, aad it must continue so, says President Wadley, nntil acapital tesup plied upon which to transact n bulking basinets. It is now simply aa auxiliary tolbe operations of tbe road, which rat dere It a moderate source of revenue. The affairs of tbe Western railroad of Alabama are discussed at some length. The Central and the Georgia companies, being liable aa endorsers cf tbe Western company’s bonds, bought tbe road at a foreclosure sale for (3,286,357. The bonded debt of tbe Western rosd, how ever, stands st $2,533,OCO, on which In terest has to be paid at tbe rate of eight per cent If the annual net earnings of this Alabama feeder reach $184,248, It will not be a tax on tbe com panies owning it President Wadley believes they wilL . Tbe one million of bonds which are due are being general exchanged for new bond* at ninety-five cents on the dollar. $440,000 more of various bonds muci bo provided for daring tbe current jeer ft.-sident Wsdlry urges the jgy- mtnt of a part of this sum from tbe net earnings of tbe company. He thinks it would be better for tbe stockholders Ilian a dividend. Tbe steamboat bustiaeas on the Chat- UhoocbJe has answered expectations, sod the licet is to be enlarged by a light draft boat to run on the Tombigbec, be tween Columbus, Mississippi and He- mopolia, Alabama. Thla boat will be ready thla month, and ia perhaps at tbe present time searching the upper waters of the Tombigbec for cotton bale*. The report of President Wadley is an enconragiog one aa a whole. Tbe road is evidently on tbe up-grade. _ hereafter ran more In tbe intercM of the Mockholdere than In the promotion of the tetminal city, schemes of trade divi dends can be and should be speedily re sumed. For the largest yield of wheat from fire acres of land. For tbe largest yield of oats from five acres of land. For the largest yield of corn from five acre* of land. For the largest yield of swaet potatoes from one acre of land. For five bogs weighing tbe meat. Any farmer could enter a cereal pool by psyiog two dollars, aad tbe bog pool on tbe payment of one dollar. The cor respondent of tbe Home Journal thinks roch pools would bare an’iofioence to diminish cotton culture, and thus prevent tbe rain of our agricultural interests. We team from Mr. £ A. Newton, tbe efficient and obliging agent of tbe Macon aad Western railroad at Jonesboro, that be baa already shipped from that point 500 more bale* of cotton than were lent off daring tbe tame period last year. Tbe total shipments last season were only 8,000 bales, aa there was a abort crop. Tbs total amount for this year will pro na- My not be larger, as the crop Is again abort. The Increase over last season np to tbe present time, has been caused by an unusually early sale of cotton by the planters. Tnx Catoosa Courier says there te great activity in farming operations in its section. Everybody te at work, and deep ploughing and harrowing are the order of tbe day. This ia enconragiog. It give* promise of many more grain caravans from upper Georgia, such as Haj Hockeabull brought in test week from Dawson county. I'pper Georgia can feed the reM of tba state, and it be gins to look as IMhcv ^ntended to do ih Mr. Wiluam Loom, of Dawson county, one of tbe rising farmers of that section, was in the city but week. He reports* high degree of prosperity among the tillers of the soil In hit neighborhood. SOUTHERN! MANUFACTURES. day ing star, wbi ushered in tba brightest woman's mental birthright <h to-day, among all It* compctit glorious race of turning out illustrious women, none hat excelled this queen of female coUegts. I am both prood and glad of my connection with ll, and I ask for It immediate help ia mooey and large patronage. It te Georgia's mint, where temale minds are oatned into a circula ting medium, which will never drpre- K betid# the aDver aad oat Educate your Money will charm ■ and spendthrift*, bat cultivated mind* and well governed beans will J » nobility of —Major dona eowaty, cam* te Iowa jestasdsy, at tbs k cf a teals at grata wagons, la* majot oa* In Attests. A correspondent of tbe World, who is a citizen of New York, urges tbe south to abandon its tbeoiy of direct trade. A resident of New York could not, in Jus tice to bis own interests, fire any other advice. And yet when he says that di reel trade must be the result, not tbe forerunner, of a development cf our manufacturing interests in cotton, wool and iron, and of tbe opening up ot our mines and quarries, be perhaps gives expression lo a good deal of busl- ne. He advises the sooth to turn her extra energies to manufactures. He cites her success in cotton manu facture* wherever “mills have been erected with economy and managed with intelligence." This phrase seems to us • very happy one. It is tbe moM com pact statement of what ia necearery In tbe erection and conduct ot a cotton mill that we remember to have seen. “New Yorker" expresses sur prise that the south manufacture* littlo of her great crop, bat be u sanguine that a marked change will soon take place. He believes that northern capital will soon “find it* way tolbe south, to profit by the groat ad vantages which must accrue from tbe manufacturing of cotton on the very •pot when it grow*. Who shall my that before twenty-five years have passed away most of our cotton mills will not be found in the south beside tbe cotton fields, enjoying virtually a monopoly of notarial* of cotton in this coantiyf" lie proceeds lo show that a section of the country which furntabra the balk of its exports should not be so bare of industrial and manufacturing interests. It should at le*M supply wagons, carriages agrlcnl tural machinery and implements, etc, for ita own use. Tbe south is an empire in itself, which contains all tbe elements necessary for a foundation on which to bnUdnp avast manufacturing interest, “the proflu of which will go far to make its people the wealthiest munity on tbe face of tbe globe." He picture* tbe wealth ot that community, which could ia itself realize the profits of tbe agriculturist end tbe manufacturer oc lb* colossal scale which it ia in the power of the south to do. An this te very uitc. We all know U is possible, bat knowledge of oar capo- bOitteste not sufficient. Mills most be tmSt with economy aad managed with intelligence. Georgia aad the Carolines have taken the first steps towards the grand consummation pictured by “New Yorker." We must keep right on. Every mill built in the cotton fields will pay if ecoaotay in construction and in telligence ia subsequent are applied to it. Tnat much know. Why then should not «*ch county in tbe state combine its cap tel for the erection ot a mill or min* to a iu cotton? Build small mills if yon cannot bulkl large ones, tfpia if ycncanooi weave; and never let vote money product pans from yon with- racliag Irons it growth's present profits. Tax New York Tribune having Mated that CoL John Forsyth te doiag good service for hard money, ia the Mobile Register, the Cincinnati Enquirer in dnlgm in the following explanation: Tbe cotoec] aiirsys ends a srana mas the Msnhsttsn Ctab when he visits New York tty. Tbe Maokatam chips always always welcome tn J Riroxw In tbe republican party Is a dial*, bed repentance. It comes too late. Ovik twelve million dotlirs are estimated as lost by strikes In England this season. Ax engineer from the Black Bills reports gold M twenty rents a cord and broad at 111 a crumb Toung* Man-WIU-Be-More-Afraid- of- Hb Hones If tbo episooty gets much farther towards the setting son. Gioaos Altssd Towxsssd says Mr. Abell, of the Bsl-iiore Sun b the richest newspaper publisher In America, not ex cepting Bennett or Childs Jcst so long tt the Ames power roles Mississippi, jost so long wfll white men bs compelled to sleep with gum handy to reach.—(Vicksburg Herald. Tnx Uon.W. D. Kelley b the teniur mem ber of the forty-fourth cosgrers, and lo that capacity wfll administer tbe oeth to the next speaker. Mr. Kelley bss been elected for eight consecutive terms. Firms ycais of republican rule hare Increased the debt of Philadelphia from nineteen millions to sixty millions and the rate ot taxation from |t 40 In the hundred touts. Uasxr says that tbe next war In thb country will be between Ignorance, on oh If it te side, and intelUgenesea the other. And for acme strange cause be omits to Inform ns on which side ho Intends to fight. —[Chi cago Times. It will be well for people who as* postal cuds to remember that anything whatever, except an addicts, written and printed upon the side of a postal card Intending for the address, requires tbe cud to be prepaid at tbe letter late. Tnx Eufaula News saya the connecting link between tbe Soolhwistern railroad and tbe Montgomery and Eufaula railroad wav p leted Saturday. It tv the Intention of these roads to run sleeping care from Montgomery to Jacksonville, FIs., vb thb rente. Tn 8). Louis Republican says Boston capital U about to be Invested In 81 Loub In the shape of a twelve story “flat” hotel con taining two thousand rooms. It will. In Ita way, be absolutely without a rival in tbe country ia point of magnitude aad elegance of finish. Tn fastest time orer made by a steamer between Liverpool and New York was ac- ipUthed by the Inman mteamer, City of Berlin, on bsr last TOjage, baring made tba passage la seven days, eighteen boon aad two minutes, aa average of three han dled and sixty mile* a day. Tnx couslltutlocal convention la North Carolina propose* to rednee the governor's term of office from four year* to two, lo pay him $3,000 per year.to abolish the ofltea or lieutenant governor, aad to limit the pay of tbe members of the legislature to $4 per day for sixty days. TnaaHoaal pat* known a* tbe national basks hsve Just been accorded additional favors. The secretary of the treasury has gives opinion that a lax upon the capital ot a national bank can not be enforced, aad tha' stale officers havs no right either to examine or exact reports from national Into form tgsia. Her best record was made on tha blind Ps k course near Albany, Sep tember 25,1874, when she beat (Nmora (de- eeaaed), In ZS0}f, 2.16X and 2.19. been constantly at work thb year, and her death la a serious loss, for aa a brood she would have been Invaluable. Mr. Lor- ell valued her at $25,000, h* having been of fered $*0,000 for her on several c She was said to bar* been thirteen years old, ead was certainly very popular Is every section of the country. to the old Mount Vernon mansion, on the Potomac, there are seventeen rooms, thir teen of which have been SM apart for each of the original thirteen states to furnish. With the exception of Coaaecticut, ill of these rooms are furnished, or partly so, in a s'yle corresponding to the days when Washington resided there. Daring the re cent excursion of the Connecticut party to Virginia, Mount Vernon was one of the places Tithed, and tha ladles were so Im pressed with the desolate coodltioa ot the Connecticut room, that they resolved that upon their return home tomtlhing thould be done about It. In accordance with the spirit of this resolve, tbe ladles of tbe expe dition, and more especially those who went from Bridgeport, hsve already commenced preparations for a reties of entertainments be gtren at tbe opera bouse. The mooey raked by these entertainments will bs de voted to the manufacture of a lull ot furni ture from wood grown on Connecticut sou, and made In the style of TA This is a praiseworthy object, and we hope to see It succeed.—| Dsfly Standard, Bridgeport, CL Cssxixi rxxDLrrox Of the Valdosta Times I* said .to be all O. K.—feaokee. rFortVa'fey Mirror. Wxndxll Phillips thinks that the Fall Hirer troubles are only tbs beginning of a great socialistic storm. Is Massachusetts tba delegate* to tba re publican convention were on an average ten year* older than those sent to the democrats convention. Tnxxx were some good points shout N > i O'Baldwin. He never took hack pay, or wrote an obituary l«em, or tied firecrackers toadog’stalL Timdeecs Faibdanks and Charles F. Chtekering are the only Americans who hire ever accepted tbe nonsensfesl English title ot 8lr. A Kcrr-sory glance at the field would vm to Indicate that Indiana has a good chance for the sprakcnblp of the next boose.—[Nashville American. Tbs steady yield of ore at the Consoli dated Virginia silver mine, tn Nevada, Is worth 82,000 per hour, or more than $1 every two seconds. Tn Bayards ot Delaware, says an ex. change, may be regarded as one ot tbe hla- toticxl famines of the country. They are derived from one Nicholas Bayard, a French Huguenot, who corns to America to 1417, with Us brother-in-law, the celebrated Peter StayreaanL Du eh governor ot New York. Hamilton Fish and tha present United States Senator Bayard are, Uu re- fore, remote connections. One hundred twenty yean attar tbe arrival of Nicho las Bayard, James Ashetoa Bayard was born la Philadelphia, and died forty-eight afterward. James A. Bayard waa educated at Princeton college, studied law In Philadelphia, and went to congress at the age of twenty-nine to snpput John Adams' administration as a fede allst. He waa one of the men who bolted the federal ticket and made Jeffersm president, and waa rewarded for It by a re-election to the senate In place of bit father-in-law, BatsetL amca A. Bayard, fir., who assisted to make the treaty of Ghent, and two of his sous went to the Unltid States senate— Richard Bassett Bayard, who died In HP'S, at the age ot seventy-two, and James A. Bayard, Jr., who succeeded his brother, af ter elapse of twelve years, as United S-ates senator in 1811, serving eighteen jeers si Washington, part of the time serving as chairman ot the judiciary committee. James A. B*yar«, Jr., resigned in favor of his sou Thomas F., la 1886; ao that tha seastorahlp has teen a family matter among the Bayards for the last aeventy years, the present senator Is just forty-seven years old, U dig nified, scholarly. Industrious and highly cs- ForaFiralX. has conferred on Major John D. Kelley, fete of Richmond, Vs. nad bow of New York (n brother ot Mayor Kelly ot that city, aad President of the New York fit. Michael’s Association), Hie honor of tbe Grand Croat, or Knight Com mander ot tbe Order of SL Gregory the Great. Ufe tbe third time that this grade of tbe Order of SL Mlcbiclhaa ever beta conferred on any one ia the United Elates. 8o«xuoDT has raked up a carious notice of Barou Stelaberger, the funny old primate of the Samoan Islands, from General Slier Memoir*.” It occurs on pegs 188 of VoLL, aad runs astollowa: “Returning to the Planter's house, la 8k Louts, while Fremout was la command, I saw old Barou Steiabs-gtt. I avoided hbu on purpose, because hts presence la SL Louts recalled the maxim, ‘Where tbs vultures ere there Is a carcass close by.' ” Turfy of Mobile had la eircufelto* a large amount of city scrip, cr promises to pay by that dty, which circulated very r In every department. The l"a State* revenue authorities undertook to collect ten per cent, penalty of Mobile for dmlatiitUdiiBOMT.udoerulaD and damages beside*. CoL J. LUtfe Smith went to W aahlnglon to investigate the mat ter, and Mr. Pratt, tha commissioner of in ternal revenue, decided that the Mobile scrip was sot subject to the tea per een*. tax. National impudence b sometimes cooler aad more refreshing than the assurance ot Individuals. There la Hewdaras, for In stance. The slate has an Income of $338,- every cent of which Is required to meet the ordinary current expenre* of the government, and yet, sine* 1867, Hocdan* has borrowed In England $18,080,000. Three years ego the state applied to England for a gTVIOejn* loan to bslld a “tatp rail way, whatever that may be; but the English did not look with favor on say project that would taks any mot* of their eaoaayeo Honduras, and that rate fe now the “spoage” among Ih* aatiuns of the world. Arnica* Gnu. was owned by Mr. Wil liam Loved, of New York, sad was by Amos's Cassias M. Clay, Jr, out of aa un known mare. She began trotting ia lids, whew Goldsmith MaU beat her ax Paugb- fetegnpto the time when ah* was raid to have beau poisoned te Philadelphia, after which It took iSTrra’. seasons to bring her Gooo-kt, Governor Gaston. Lightning never strikes twice in tbe tame place.— Rochester Democrat Governor Gaston wasn’t elected by lightning. He was elect ed, by thunder!—Boston Post. Buffalo hunting Is still one of the favor ite sports in Texas, and a party of Waco gentlemen are making preparations to try it up In Coleman' county, about tbe flreto November. Tni»TV-six thouened dollars ayerrls a steep price to pay for supplying about a score of army officers with tbe malls, tat that b what the government fe paying for the monthly mill service from Portland Oregon, to Alaska. lac New York republicans asked Hon. John Bigelow to be Iheir itindard-bearer. He declined. The democrats asked him. He accepted. In the estimation ot the re publican organs, John 'a now m bold bad man.—Boston Pott. Tax Catholics of New Jersey made a rig orous struggle against the school (lease of the eonstltatlou Toted oa by the people tbe other day, tad the majority against them In the state was oily 2,000. grxxrox Fxilisohutsix fe thought by hit state papers to be a good presidential candidate, tecs use be 1* a handsome man. If that fe the only reason for his nomination he must wait for the advent of woman’s suffrage. Ws might as wofi mike up our minds first at last to hire Grant on the course for a third beat. The old msn mesas business, and the republican* will hare to enter him; bat It will be the feat race the republican parly will ever take a hand In.—[Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem.) It Is said that s Missouri clergyman has left tbe pulpit and become a down tn a cir cus, He gives as a reason that “three square meals a day and 830 a week are bet ter than 8$08'p*r annum, payable la dried apples, bsy, and old clothes.” Perhaps there tea lesson for some churches In this title paragraph. Political timidity was the most striking characteristic of the republican convention Had every man voted as well as he knew Adams would bar#been nominated. But a large number feared Hut their fellow-parti- might aot like 1L “Young-mau-afrald of-his-horset” must bean Indian politician. "Yonag-man-afrald-of-hts-aases” was at Worcester.—[Boston Herald, In<L Axa now President Grant has broken tbe silence, mads a platform of his own, and flang his third term banner to the breeze In defiance of all party organizations. It will he accepted as the dying agonies of a mad amhiUou, aad It will be remembered in the long hereafter Hut a great soldier was was wise In silence through years of honor and sneers*, and fell broken on tbe altar of hts greed for power, as be unseated hit Ups toning wild vagaries Into the face of his lingering worshippers.—Philadelphia Times (lad) A caracu built by the southern Metho dists of tfco United States was recently ded icated la the City of Mexico Acout 400 hundred persons were preecnt at the open ing sermon, ‘.of whom the majority were Mexicans. The dedication sermon was preached by the Rev. Santiago Faso cf To- Isso; the act of dedication wax performed la Spanish by the Her. Joel T. Davis, periatendent of the southern Methodist minion la Mexico; the R*v. Sostenes Jua rez sod the Rer. J. C. Mots also took pert (0 the rerrlces. The church is built after the style of the churches tn the United states. Connected with ft Is a free eehool for boys and girls. Tux supreme coart of Wisconsin has de cided that a railroad company of that state shall pay $1,000 to Mfee Helen Croker.a school teacher whom ooe of their conduc tors forcibly kissed while she was oa her way to a meeting of teacher*. The court gracefully remarks: “A railroad company is bound to protect fault psssenge s on Its trains from all Indecent approach or assault, and where acoudnetor ca the company’s train makes such aa assault oa a female per, the company is liable for com pensatory damage.” S3S5SS Gaurt'aviiittobb Missouri pools oa the vacant seat la the eabincL At first Ohio sold as favorite with commits loner Dennison tint choice, Julge Taft, second; Wsyse McVeigh, of PeassjIrsoU, third. Then tha betting veered rapidly, Feansylvanls selling favorite, with Wm. H. Armstrong, first choice $100; Wayne Mc Veigh, second choice $53; Dennison, third choice, $22; Field. $15. In the field were As sistant Secretary Cowcn, Judge Taft, D. D. Pratt and John Rice of Philadelphia. Rice wiabroughttabecame hewtsavery wor thy gentleman, aa Intimate friend of ex-Sec retary Boric, and lately gave an elegant quet to the PrealdenL One sport observed thsL If It had been a house iottesd ot a banquet, ha would have "bet bis pile upon losses were more than $1,720, aad that the company does not reimburse Mm bs shill have recourse to few. Tn newspaper published by Mr. Abel of Baltimore, ctn not be raid with the naked aye, and perhaps that fe one of the reasons why he Is the richest newspaper publisher In America. Somebody who knows him •ayi: “He Is a native ot New England, northern in his basinets views, southern H his political views Abel gets about $125, <00 a year out of the BalUn ore Sun. He nude his greatest profits In coal fields, har ing taken for a bad debt of $TOO a piece of mountain fend foil ot fuel; in mani;nlsting U he dltcorercd the value of coalliads,coa- tinned on In that form of lnrcitmenL and as he acquired money, put It la Baltimore city suburban res’, estate. Behxdtheferg est oeonn of any Baltimorean, even In Pfetlmecf John Hopkins; his income at presentb larger than that cf John W. Gar rett or Alexander Brown tc Sons.” farm appears to have been unsatisfactory. Ad.licaalDg the farm bands fn his usual strata ot fiery afeqaeace. he gave them to understood that he ws* “thuadcstacly dis appointed tn the looks ot things. *’ Ws have not reed red the fall text of his speech, but the peroration reads as feRn-es: - I appear among yon as the representative of agricultural reform, aad when I order a patch of ground te bs planted with rye, I don't want any back-jaw la favor of winter cabbages.”—!Brooklyn Argus. Tits a* moat unmarked grave of Edgar Allea Poe. author ot “Ike Karen,” was opened fe Baltimore a tew day* ago, to fey the foundation for the monument shout to bs erected by hts admirers. At a depth of Ire (ret, the eotla was found, la good pre- serration, after lying then nearly 38 y. Tbs lid was removed and tha skeleton was seen, slsaoet la perfect eoodftJoa, aad lying with the long bony bands reposing one up on the other, as they bad been arranged la death. The skull bore marks of greater decay, the teeth from the upper ]** baring become dislodged, tut those la the lower wereaTteptaev, andaomt little hair SUB cUagteg wear the forehead. Beyond whatbasbeea described nothing was to he Torn ramblers hi Washington are selling Coxoaxsraxw Wilson (republlcar,) of Iowa, hat come oat against coutract'on and forced reanmptioa. Minister Wasnacass has been tpeadlng the summer at Montgomery, life third son has entered a medical reboot In Faria. A now of the Hoc- Daafel W. Voorhees, It Is stid, will toon mike hit appearance upon the atsge la tha character of HamleL which he fe now Mod] Ing. Gxorgx Dawsox COLxwax, of Pe-.uyl- ranla, fe spoken of aa (access ;r toEx-Secro- tsiy Delano. He Urea at Lebanon, fe an Iron rn wger, and fe worth $10,000,008. Boxxol the admtn'itntlon organs are so delighted with the (resident's speech that they think be ought to lay aside hla official dignity and take tha slump for hla party! Cnizr Justice WaiT* Is at present hold ing coart la Lynchburg, Va., and the Lynch burg Vlrgtnlan saya that this b thn lint times chief josUce of tbe United States supreme court ever presided la that c'ty. “It does really seem is it nothing could prevent the election of Gaston and Bartlett in the old Bay rime, unless nature should mistake h.-iself for a quartermaster's mule and kick Massachusetts tntoth* Atlantic ocean,” philosophically remarks the Brook lyn Argus. Turn republican cocveutloca which adopt ed autt-third-term resolutions did net know that Gen. Grant fe an orator, and clreum stances may alter tbe ease. If the presi dent should continue to deliver speeches, the third-term movement would soon he me Irresistible.—Buffalo Courier (dem ) Tn* fill term of the supreme court of tbe United Slates will begin Dext Monday The number of case* on the calendar fe now COO, more thin one hundred greater than ever before at the beginning of a term. The Importance of devising s xne way to relieve tbe supreme court of a put ot Ita business I* every year becoming more appa- recL For the next three yean merchants will hsve to conduct thcL- business operation* on a declining markeL This fe Inevitable, the mid policy ot the republicans Is per sisted in, for there musL of absolute seces- sltv, be e positive and constant shrinking of valors In order to bring their wares down to tha basis of specie This fe not a cheer ful business outlook. A coaaxsroxDXXT of the Cincinnati Com mercial, referring to the de-lentlon of that journal that sn Increase of the currency wonld make the rich richer and the poor poorer, seys that the present fe the first In stance known where the itch men u s class hare earnestly oppose a financial policy which won d inevlta* If add to their own wealth! WillpuL —The counsel for Ottoman, who fe ac cused of being concerned In the larceny of the $47,000 treasury package, says the arrangements will be completed this week for the release of Ottoman on $33,000 bail. No attempt has been made to ball Halleck and Brown, who are connected with tha transaction. The trial of tha above- named parties is not expeetel to take place before November. The grand Jury hare not yet examined the ease of the tressary tMeres Wmtix the last year, thirty-eight persons bare died In Philadelphia fearing pctsonal property beyond $100,000; aa can be by the official records In the office of the register of wll's. William H. Blanchard Is put down at $1,728,848; J. Edgar Thompson, $1,091,804; Richard Norris ft 8887,345; Mary D. Brown, $635,830, and Wm. Amer, $371,667. The real estate, ot which no men tion is made, Co doabi, was much larger, as the good people of Philadelphia are very mack In the h*Mt of investing extensively In that way. Ex-Mxxsuxu tcusrrxxnrio, who has been getting fees for thousands of Imagine. sscs and variously swindling Uncle Sam to the extent ot $100,000 or more. Is said to hsve been the best champaigns scaker In Colorado. He would doubtless hare bathed the president In champaign on the occasion of hts present visit had he not beer under a cloud. It was thought a few days ago that he would make (rigorous effort to secure the president's favor, knowing that General Grant has a strange faculty of warming np to everybody who Is charged with outrageous awlsdlng or connivance IberesL Indus Commissioner Smith remains In office oat of pore lore to the Indians. He is afraid his successor will not treat the poorred men ao gently as ha has. He show ed Ms fend new a lew year* ago, when he telegraphed on hi* own authority to Fort SCI ti “begin an Iad'an war.” The order waa so atrocious that Felix B. Brnnot tele graphed hack to Washington that the order suit he countermanded, or a war wonld which would cost the government 88M$86$qt The order was eoontermanded. Tbe troth of this s’oey fe vouched for by co of hitherto uaquestioned terse ly. Ms. BxxJxwia Moran, Catted States minister to Lisboa, Is visiting in Loudon. He was s psmtagar os the Boyne, which was wrecked on th* rocks off Brest, ia Au gust. Through thn feck of discipline on board, all the passengers barely escaped death. They were floating shoot ia boats without tfflrrs and badly leaking, aad were rwcoedby some English wreckers' pesedto beta that locality looking tor aa SHALL TALK. * Two Suicides « Day.” ilombus Times tel's the folloi— A Colaxba* merchant recently visited At lanta, and a* he was tested In one of the hotels, he wee bettered by a couple ot rn ergetee newsboys. Uneof them said: . “Won’t you buy a paper, sir 7" • “No, I believe not, ’ was the reply. ta “Vou’d better: Ml’* got *11 but a tulcldr “Only one suicide; where I live wa hare two sulddea a day, and If we don’t get ap but one, we kill somebody to make up for *V- fean’t take a paper wl'hotdvone aul- cl«le la It.” “Mister, where does jo t live J” “In Columbus.” “J? there any newspa ra there 7” “Tea, two of them.” Here the joung buenogator turned to his companion and said: “Wrot my skin, Tinker, less go there j*4 *1 papers. Two suicides a dav' Hard Times Ahead. Jake sauntered up to where Pete was sit- Usg mending a whip lash. "Pete, please, sir, tend me a quarter 1 “Is yon a fool?” said Fete. “Pay yer tack nex week, 'elsr to grs- •hns.” “Takin upakerlecUon to git Into de dr cus, am jet" again queried Pete. “No, I ain’t—I a war I ain’t—I’m got* pretickler uu for dat quarter to-day I” earn estly urged Jake. “Well, I can’t negoaherate da quarter ter ye to-day, Jake." “Pay ye bark. >pe 1 may die 1” “Ter can’t do It, chile. I tell yet Dere’* mighty hard times cornin’ nex’ week—de drfcus he hyar anil bankrop’ de town. ’Spose ye don’t recomembcr datdodrkus aid one elemphlnt last rear nigh hasted At lanta, aad now dfe one’s got fonr—tlnk o’ dat!—four elemphlnts, an* I fell yer mon ey’s gwtne ter ha skeereer dan freedman banks round hyar nex’ week! Go ’long, chile P And the child treat off minus the quarter. Sunday Reading. The whole family climb’d out of the wag on and went Into the Atlanta book store. They were tether, Bother and sixteen year old daughter. “Mister, we want ter to:ter git somethin good to read on a Sundays, which fe pow erful lonesome la the country.” “Shall be glad to terra you, sir. Whit will the ladles like 7*’ “What d'ye want, 8ofy?" “I’d choose somethin 'bool it the new fa h- - koarsc, 1 mought a kuow’d thet! Kin yer fix her oat 7” “Oh, yes," replied the store keeper: “we bare here Godey, Leslie, Harper’s Bazar, Peterson, Demurest, and numerous other migtziBes.” ~Ucdj f W’y yen don’t tell mo he’a 1 to aa 1 figurin'out fashlna yet, do jc?” a led *H)h, yt*l” vm the reply. “Well; centennial smites sod cr U-barrcd brooches! Wy, ole ’oomon, don’t ye miail jo thet we bod cur veddin’ c'oso fixed up srter his plan? (Jody! Of konrs*, Sofj. jo’ll take Uodj ( on’ I’d bet the bob Uiltd mule on’ tbe block shoat that wbst he sex is the fashion can’t be discounted.” “Whit will jocr wife like?” aikedthe merchant, as the old msn paid for the msg* “Somethin* that’s got good chur* h remdln’ In It—some religus paper, ef je please.” replied the oldladj. “Here is the best wIutj-J'I) OhritHa* at Her*.” “Hold up, thar! Is thet got soy of thet Beecher sn’ TUtlog bizacss fn It?” “None o* jer blsness, anyhow; spose there Is I” fired up the old Isdy. “’Tsint.hejrl” “Go. ’tsinll fio’s Us church resdn’ it don’t bother you, sir; so dry up!” “Well, meobe that’s so; sn’ what I read don’t bother you, too? All right, mister, list hand me out half a doxln ’lustrated papers foil of pictures of lega with striped stoeklns’ on an’ fifty dollar garters, sod—.” The old lady chocked the Lkrislisn a*. Work under the table, grabbed the old man by the ear, end it he had worn striped suckings, about eleven Inches ot them could hare been seen between the tops of Ms shoes and tha bottoms ot Ms pants’ legs, a* she made Mm walk Spanish out to thewagen. How the Picture was Taken. Her “young man” went weal some months ago, and is diligently engaged in growing up with the country. To exhibit his progress, lahl* last letter ha tent on hi* tteture. Sho supposed she was In duty bound to return him one of herself, ao *ha reunited her dad to bring her In yester day and “hire the likeness struck off.” They went Into Atlanta’s best ri lery, on Whitehall street, and the old man, who had taken several drinks ot enthusiasm In tha can’e, remarked to the artiste “Look ’ere. Mister Plctnretqner, I’ve brought our Julteup hyar to bar’ her feek- •tmller tok for her bo’ what’s out Into Texas. The ofe ’oomaa’a primped her up filten to giro a yo .ng colt the blind stag gers. She’s my brag gal, you bet yer ’scopes on It! an’ we want ter har’ a big tin plctur' of her made that ’ll cost nine cents postage to keny It, or we don’t want none stall ’” “All right, my dear rlr; hare senfe:” re plied the polite photographer. White the artist prepared for tbe work. Jolla re-disposed her criiapa aad worked her face up into a gorgeous smile. “All ready! Let us sent you here, Miss,” Mia the irtirt. “All aboard, Julie, p'.ump right down in that parlor cheer In front o’the little hat rack, and mind yer don't blink oneetl” or- tiered the old man. ’Then! That’s right! No, face a llltte to the right—look sight here! Still, now!” The cloth was removed, and jost then Julia thought "how altered sweet she’d CASTT.SS TX SAND. Two children were miking the most of the day. Is the smtds their e sties building, White outln th* harbor th* sunset gold Was every vessel gliding. But the sen cam* over the castle* dear. And ue charm ot the tunaet faded; Oh! after n labor b lost may we Go happily home as they did For we build and build In a different way, Till our heads are wise and hoary; Bnt alter it all th* sun goes down And the sea—’tis a common story. [Hiram Rich, la October Atlantic OKKtEXOKEE. Adlea 1. Fisyd’s tolsad. - Camp | i at one time he drifted by the side of the lost or devoured by wild hearts In the | boat, and I thrust my knife Into his side, Okefenckce Messrs Birberand Hendrix, . 'opposite from me, to the hllL It teemed satisfied with Iheir part of the undertak- | to infuse new life, and before I couhli x RAILROAD CONVENTION GREENVILLE. IN Delegations from Columbus. HarrL Xerrlwether, Senola, Fajette and Atlanta. Every One Greatly Cheered — Kill road a Certainty. Editors Coast mracgt:—Yesterday. October 5th, the largest collection of stiDDcb, sturdy, reliable citizens assem bled in tbe court bouse to take counsel together concerning railroad connection between Columbus and Atlanta via Ham ilton, Greenville, Senoli and Fayette, and was organized by calling Hoo. John H. James, of Atlanta, to tbe chair, and requesting Hon. Wm. T. Kevin and Captain Wm. Redd, of Columbus, to act as secretaries. The chairman briefly ex plained the object ot the convention and declared it ready for business. Delegates appeared and were enrolled as follows: Clumber of commerce, Atlanta, lion. John II James. Columbus, Cols C. A. Redd, John L Hustian, John McIUienny, CapL Wm. Redd, superintendent of the North and South road. Harris county, Hon. Wm. I. Hudson. Senola, T. A. Ilirnci, A C North. Fayetteville, Z. B. Hi llock. J. a Murpliey. A.crriwelher, en masse. On motion of Hon. John L. Uustian, Messrs. Musti&o, McUhcnny, Hudson, Barnes, North, Rlalock, Murpbey, Reeves and Warner, were appointed a committee to prepare business for tbe convention. During the absence of the committee Hon. John II. James, lion. Hennr R. Harris, CoL C. A Redd, CoL Z. D.‘ Bla- Ieck, and Hon. G. L. Perry made stir ring spoeches advocating a speedy con struction of the road, which were warm- endorsed by the entire assemblage. At tbo conclusion of Senator Perry’s speech tbe committee appeared and submitted tbe following report, which was adopted with tut one dissenting voice: REPORT. Recognizing ibe fact that tbe counties through which the proposed airline rail road from Columbus to Atlanta, vis Hamilton, Greenville, Senoia and Fay etteville, would be of incalculable ad vantage to tbo section of tho slate through which it would pass, and it be ing evident that the present is a favorable time for inaugurating and pushing for ward tho enterprise, on account of the cheapness of iroo, the abundance and low price of labor, and tbe interest man ifested by citizens of Harris, Meriwether, Coweta and Fayette counties, as well as the .citizens of Atlanta and Columbus, and as the charter of the air line road provide* for a connection with the North and South road, which already lias twenty miles equipped, reaching within three miles of the town ot Hamilton, Resolved, That a committee of lire from each county and the cities or At lanta and Columbus be appointed to so licit subscription* in behalf of the North and South railroad from tbe citizens of their respective counties and cities. Resolved, That the committees of Atlanta and Columbus be directed to confer with the city councils and chambers of commerce of these cities and learn to what extent they are willing to aid the extension of tbe North and South rosd from Kings boro, Harris county, in Atlanta, on the line of the Air Line road. Tha chairman appointed the following gentlemen, as directed under the resolu tions: RAIUUS COUXTT. a C. Goodman, J. M. Mobley. W. C. Johnson, A T. Brooks, Joseph Miller. M6BIWETIIER COURT*. M. Reeves, B. F. Tiguer, IL M. Mc- Caslan, L. J. Milam, C. W. Williams. COWETA COURT*. Eighth Lt'tertoTh* Constitution Valdosta, Oa, SepL 23,1875 Our stay on Floyd's island was much briefer than we anticipated, and hence we did not go entirely over It and examine ttaacloaMyaaldJwd. Before passing from it, however, l will remark that here wax the greatest diversity ot lands in the compare of a few miles that I have ever TBE ISLAXD ia four or xix miles long, laying north east and southwest, and at either extrem ity, and on ooe aide, about half wav there are three separate and distinct hammocks (the growth of which hare already been alluded to.) and skirting one of these is a thick live oak scrub on sandy aoil, which I would judge was rather poor. Next adj seent,.and stretch ing for several mile* to tbe next ham mock, is a pine ridge, which ha* no at. traction over the common pine hell of south Georgia. On tho northwest side of the island ia the luge prairie before alluded to, and adjacent to these hammocks on the swamp aide are dense growth of red bay, and againat the pine section the cy- prcaj predominates. The character of THE SOIL that produce* these different growths must be as divinlfledai the growths themselves. The hammocks are rich, and if cleared and cultivated would bo very productive: On Sunday morning, the 21st of Au- r0 ?,. tt . the who °P of lhc ow t in big oak” above us, and soon were ready for the tramp ahead. We threw awayour remaining supplies, and in fact everything that was not actually necessa ry t° be carried out. I was ambitious lo get down in tha same place. A Norwegian hark approached them but eooly salted away without offering relleL The sailors of the Boyne, *• soaoasth* vessel struck the neks, broke open the stores and appro priated tba liqnon, and robbed the psi gen’ trunk* of mooey, Jewelry, and every thing of value. Mr. Moran (ays that hla cheek-booea. The a-tist tamed end the camera, entered hla doaet, bat *ooa re- turned without ut picture. “Whsr'i the ptetnr—gimme a squint I Lor,’Jute, I wish yer granny war nUr* ter see one of yer ptetorgrafti” “The picture UspolleJ,I regret to say. The young lady smiled Just at the wrong ent," explained the artist. “Thar now, Jole; d'ye bear that. Jlat flop yersa’f down thar agin, will je 1 Try agin, mister—taka nattber view. id ter her’ thet pictnr or bast thin’ 1” “I couldn't Dope It, psp—It felt ao tansy. It did,” Julie simpered. “Felt funny, eh • Well, yer won’t feel so fanny, 1 reckla, ef t tike thet spile J p’eter end post It to yer feller, with yer mouth runnln’ round yer teee like slipp’d senes In ~ §xck o’corn—hey ?” Julie pinniped down In the chair, at the arilsl's request, bnt looked mad. “Brighten up thar, cal, or I’ll jerk yer downright hyar and outtetbet tied-back la tess*n no time; an’ then IH send thet pfe- inr* to Rube, by gnm, an’ tet'faa see bow be Uke* yer looks, with yer S angry swath resehia' ’round lo chaw yer tight ear off I Whoa! steddy, now I” At this shot tbe picture was struck, but It made Julie look as solemn ssn girl trying to think npn composition “on Death.” Decatue, Ga., Oct. 5.1875. Editors CossrrrunoR: I think it would be well to notice tbe decease of Dr. Welklon Jones. He died on _ 20th ult, in Lawrenc* county, Ala., aged eighty-four year a With the exception of his brother Richard, be was the oldest living gradcite of the university of Georgia. He graduated at that institu tion in the } car 1812. He was a native of Georgia, or came to this state when he was quite a youth. His father was a bran soldier of the revolution, and lost a leg at the battle of Guilford C. IL, N. C. He was a gentleman of fine judgment, and had a mind well stored with useful information. He accumula te L before tbe war, a Urge fortune. He wax never married. He was emphatical ly an boneM man. He has very respect able relation la this state. Thos. A Watkins, Dr. F. SL Brantley, W. C. Barnes, Dr. J. P. Taylor, A. C. Ncrih, Col Jared E. Stallings. PATETTE COURT*. CoL R. T. Dorsey, Dr. Paul Favcr, L. F. Blalock, Hon. E. W. Leach, Dr. W. L. Williams. [ATLANTA. John N. Dunn, J. N. Langston, W. J. Garrett, J. W. Fears, H. W. Fuller. COLUMBUS. Maj. A H. Allen, IL W. Epping, W. L. Salisbury, G. Gunby Jordan, Wm. J. Watt Hon. W. J. Hudson made a telling address and pledged Harris county to do her whole duty. CoL Mostlan and Mcllhnnny stated that Columbus would aid liberally in the ^itpntion. Mayor McIUienny stated that $20,000 would bring tho road across the moun tain into Meriwether. A letter from Major Allen, of Colum bus, was read, stating that $15,000 would only bo required to have the iron hone whistling within the limits of Jleri w ether. The clialrmin in adjourning tbe meet ing said, if all wonld work the road would certainly be built and assured the meeting that Atlanta would lend a help ing hand. Many citizens who have hitherto had bnt littlo confidence in the construction of a road through our county, assured the writer yesterday evening that they bad strong hopes now of the success of our enterprise, while ils old advocates are enthusiistie. The sneer* made »t our expense have been beneficial. ^ ^ Me BIWET HER. Augusta Female Seminary. Stauetox, Va., Oct 4,1875. Editors Coxstitltiox:—As Georgia is always so largely represented in the Augusta Female Seminary, being second to Virginia alone In point of numbers, you will, lam sore, be pleased to learn that the school opened it* present scseioa under the most favorable auspices, and with the most encouraging pros pects. Notwithstanding tbe mon etary pressure which has been felt throughout our southern country, the pnpife have come in very promptly, and in largo numbers. There are already about two hundred present, and others are expected. The long-tried and accomplished teach ers who compose tbe faculty of the in stitution are all at their posts, and the earnestness of purpose and laiihfalneaa to every duty exhibited by the pupils are gratifying and encouraging in the high est degree: This excellent school has such a firm hold on tba hearts of the hearts of the southern people, that not even the fluctuations in the mooey market can effect it in any sensi ble degree, and there is ercty indication that tbe present session will be tasked by a prosperity exceeding the moat a«- gttine expectations of the moat sanguine friend* of the institution. IL i. Executive Nolen —Yesterday the governor commission ed John W. boggs to be treasurer of Cpaoo county, rice James II. Rogers, Agal.-toe’s Hospltalltr-Wagon off for Haines—A Fruitless Hunt-On Suwannee 1 ake —Great Quantities of Fish—Bare Sport —Three Hun dred.III. gators. SHOOTING THEM—Excmxa SPORT- RACE TO CAMPS—OFF TO HOEEY ISLAXD—IX THB SWAMP AOAIX, VXD AOAIS CPOX TERRA FIRMA, ETC., ETC. carcc near carrying me into the lake with him On this lake are great quantities ot WATER FOWLS. I wonld like to hsve time snd space to dwell at some length on this subject, but I will leave it for a more versatile pen ot Tbe Coxstitltiox expedition that will visit it soon. We returned to camp about night and made arrangements for a trip lo ROXET ISLAXD. MT BEAR RIDE U ° m * “ atrophy, hut my boy was load ed and I did not care to burden him any heavio-, nor was I willing to add anv thing to mv own irksome load, sn I told my comrades that the one that would carry it out to the wagon could have it. Henry Boone accepted the offer, and *f- te r cutting the legs and the head off, rollfd it in as close a roll as possible, and then strapped it across his shoulders and under his arms. We set out al diylight, taking TRE B CE TRACK the way we had came. Those who fol lowed me through my descriptions of the route will remember what we had to encounter in repassing over the same ground, and I deem it useless tore-hash a “tale that has been told,” suffice it to •ay that owing to the fact that we had cut many bushes and bamboos out of tbe way while going in, we made tbe trip out in two hours less time. At one o'clock we reached BILLY** ISLAXD AOAIX. “J 1 ! 0 ? F . r ,‘ ink ' Who thought best to wear his old clothes,” came out almost lerfectly nude. It was amusing to are lim slipping around Mr. toe's premises to get to the wagon. We found 31 r. Johnson, our wagoner, on hand, and in good (piths, but the idea of going uack after Mr. Haines was rather unpleasant t-» him. It being Sun day and the day far spent he did not start until next morning. Having been on SHORT BATIOXS for three days, we enjoyed highly the fish, fresh potatoes, beef, buttermilk, etc., etc., to say nothing of the water melons, which Mr. Leo so kindly fur nished us, In addition to our own sup plies in the wagon. No one could have appreciated it so much under the cireum- ThU felted lays southwest of Billy’s is land, acd b noted for the quantity of wild honey found on it Lee agreed to accompany us with hb dogs, and we went for a regular hunk After eariy breakfast next morning,Mr. Le*.L ode Ben,Boone and myself set out for the southern point of the Island, and after following a hog trail two miles and a half, wo came again to the Great Oke fenokre. Our path entered the boggy morass and wc lollowcd It The swamp was not so dense as we found it generally on tbe way to Floyd’s bland, lul, ft any thing, it was mure boggy. Wc had but a bslf mile to go through to Honey island, and »c were near two hours going it. Our lends were heavier ('or we carried plenty of provisions this time) •ud wo were sore and jaded from our other tramp, besides, wo took our time. We got on the island about il.veo o clock and went about a mile diwn it and Mopped for dinner. C It I*. ooixoox tos s went a snips— rack to camps roa rux biout—ssinxino tux BIAS Nxxr MOUSING —A DUX UCXT — MODE OP STILL BCSTIM-BI MARKS A GOOD SOOT ASD KILLS A 1AUGK BUCK —POK BILLY’S ISLAXD AOA1H—OUR UBaTT load—back to lex’u—uainis rut in ax turned California traveler, 3L Dwinell, AI-rSAKAXCS, Ac., Ac. —The resignation of Geo W. Chltty, notary public of the 804th district, U. M., Echols county, was accepted. —Tbe resignation of J. J. Bradford,at captain of the Mutcogee Rifles, Colum- Monday morning tarty we posted the wagon off, and the rest of onrputy, ac companied by Mr. Lee and his dogs, wenf driving on Billy's Island, but we still failed to get any venison. We re turned at 12 m., and after dinner, Mr. Lee. Uncle Ben and myself went into Ibe Suwanee lake. It commences In the edge of the swamp, about three hundred yards from his house, a XAHItOW BODY OF WATER not over twenty feet across, and stretches away seven miles into the swamp, in a northwest direction. Just hero a creek cornea in and the water fe moving slug gishly- The lake widens as it goes, but at no point is it over two hundred yards wide. For the first two or three miles it has stand bottom, and averages about •even feet deep. About midway from cither end, it is widest and very deep. At the lower or wet; end, the bottom is muddy. The lake resembles a river, and I judge from its windings, and other in dicalion*. that in ages put it most have been the run of the Suwanee river At the lower end there are three creeks leading out which come to gather about two miles away and make what is known u Log river, cue or th main arms ot the Suwnnec. In a w< i seaton a passage can be made through three creeks from the lake into the Su- wanec, and down to Mixon’s ferrv. SOME FIXE FISHING. Uncle Ben took hb seat in the Mere of the boat and did tbe paddling, while Mr. L*e ana myself, with a bob apiece, pulled in the trout and jsck fish until we caught mote than we had any use for: This wts done in leas Ihsn a half hour, and was the finest sportof tha kind I 1 id ever participated in. "We had not gone far before wc dis covered several ALUOATCllS swimming ahead of us, and as we went their number increased. When we quit fishing we laid our poles array and pad- died ahead for the lower end. driving these monsters in ad ranee. Every torn ot the lake we would notice that the number still increased, until the sight was truly wonderful They kept just out of reach of our guns, until are seared tha end of the lake, and then they became more familiar, and many attempted to past us and turn back, without sinking beneath tho surface of the water*, and large, rusty fellows, twelve feet in length, would swim up within fifteen feet ot the bosk When e cot n lares number of them hemmed y in a place not orer two acres in size 1 attempted to count them but there was no use. We had to content ourselves at XU raring. The lowest (stimxte was put at three hundred, and Mr. Lee said “it was not a good day for 'gatere, < Whether the estimate waa correct or not, I cannot say, but I do know that there was a living mass of them <Mt no man could count, and, x! range to say, there was not one among them under six or seven feet long Mr. to says the young ones are rawed in tbe adjacent swamp, and that they dare not venture into the Uke until they became large, because tbe eld ones eat them up. Mr. to, with lib rifle, and I with my shot gun, PI.ATED HAVOC WITH THESE MOXSIERS. We tarried Iheir white bellies np on all side*. Frequently we would wound ooe and he would fling, and race quite equal to a porpoise. Sometimes be would thrust his body half length out of the water, then reversing hb position his bead would go downward and his tail flounce and atap tbe water with terrific force. It was fun for my comrades (I didn’t relish it much at lint) to get after these fellows with the boat and catch —The resignations ot Wm. DeLsne and W. T. Anderson, as first and second lieutenants of the Clinch Rifles, Augusta, were Accepted. There waa a quiet day at tha capital yesterday. The only Item ot note waa the filing of aa application for tbe par don of Jeff Davis. colored, convicted of a railway track aad seo- i in the penitentiary. Valdosta, Ock, 5ih 1875. TU Const: t it ion’a ninth tetter from the preliminary expedition. Alien dinner and* good easy rest, we arranged for a bear hunk We had teen fresh sigosj ist before wc stopped, and it was supposed by toe that he would re turn to the same palmetto patch late that afternoon. It was agreed that Brown and Yarborough would remain and watch this place until night, . and Lee and myself would go farther down tho bland (U is ten miles loag) at d st arch for other Indica tions ot bear, The dogs were tied and left with the baggage. We had gone about a mile ahd a half when we came to the objeckof our tcarch. In a pal metto patch A HXAH had been within the last lecnly-four hours and had pulled many buds. We moved beyond for the sake of gelling the wind right, and we had not goat far hafure a heavy ram came on us, and bated for an hour. Our blankets and coals were two mile* •way, and wo bad to shelter behind leuilag pines as best we could. Our guns were laid across slog with muzzle down ward, and two rounds of thick bark from a dead pine nearby laid over the ham mers. This kept them dty. When the rain closed it was near sun down, and Lee a Hired me that the bears were out feeding and no mistake; that we may keep a lookout for them. We started hack towards our “ car sign,” only skirting dose along the swamp. « e !i«d gone but a short distance when toe stopped and looked steadily for a moment, and then significantly p. loted his finger towards A PATCH OF PALMETTO a littlo to onr left. I looked and saw old bruin busy ste pping round and round, and pulling the palmetto. Lee told me to follow him closely, and to atop every time he did. Wc moved on with a alow ind noiseless (read. Noth ing could be heard but the rip of the palmetto and tbe thump, thump, thump of my hcark I thought I was cool anu that my neyres were steady, but my heart was unruly. It teemed that old bruin, over a huudr.-d yards away, would hear ik When we got within sixty yards ot him he threw up bis head and whiffed the air, and then struck off for the swamp in a gallop. We were almost be tween him and the awamp, but he went quartering off to our riglik We ran about twenty steps, andthen at a simultaneous fire, at a distance ot seventy-five yards, one of us plugged him in the hind quarter and the other ia the fore shoulder. Lee gave him his second barrel at too great a distance to effect much, and my second failed to shook He was badly shot, how ever, and it waa with Ultlculty that ho hobbled on towards the swamp. Lee shouted to me to follow him and giro him my remaining load. 1 hastily put on a fresh cap, and like a Comanche In dian, I flew after him in hot pursufe, heedless of my stiff knees. Just as he wfu slowly entering the bushes 1 ran up within ten steps and gave him the benefit of nine blue whistlers in the left loin. I had to shoot him in this spot, became his head was from me and 1 could not get at his heart; betide*, I had been told that a ufe plsce to break one down, aotlitt he could not get away, wu about the small of the back. At the flash of tbe gun he fell and began to scramble in the fern. I wu wilhrut my pistol, and very much fearing that he might yet make his escape, I dropped my gun and DIIEW MI EXIFE, and was making up to him when Lee came nearer up and called to me to stop. “You're in danger, boy I" (aid he. I did not know, after a second thought, but what I was, and I paused, but u soon as Lee came up he uid it wu fin ished with him, and lure enough it was.. A little more agonizing, and the usual bleat like a sheep, and he gave up the ghosk He wu not u large u the one I kilted on Floyd's island, bnt hla daws and tusks were longer. I have the full ict of the latter preserved. We left him, as it wu too near dark to skin him, and returned to our camp. We found Boone and Y’arborough hxd returned without getting a shot, and were await ing us with a delightful lightwood knot fire. Wc were very wet, and after dty- mg our clothing, wa coiled up for the -‘-hk ext morning, Wednesday Uie 23d, we returned to our bear and stripped hla hide off. Boone wu again tbe can didate for carrying It ook From this point we drove up the swamp, on the opposite tido to the enc we had down on, for deer. Onr dogs JUMTED FOUR OR FIVE, but not knowing the “stands" we failed lo get a shot nntil we nearly reached the point we came into the island ak Tbe dogs were jaded—it being just in tho heat of the day—and they were follow ing along behind us, and when Uncle Ben spied a large buck feeding about four hundred yards ahead, we stopped and tied them, and Lee wu selected u the man to go for him. When deer are feeding, thty always signal with their toils before they raise their head*. Ia this way a careful hunter, who hu the advan tage of the wind, cao get very near them. It wu ao with Lee. He had the wind right, and with careful tread, and bis eye on the buck's tail, he advanced. When he would see the tail switch, be would stand motion Ires until the deer pul his bead down again, to this manner be got within sixty yards, and n sure fire laid the prize low. It wu now one o'clock, and w-i stripped his jacket in a few min utes, and had Lis liver naoiLixo ox coals for dinner. After refreshing ourselves, we bundled up and started for Billy's bland again. Lee shouldered half of the deer, the hide, and hla gun, Uncle Ben look the other half. Boons bis gun and bis bear bide, while I followed in the rear with my gun, tba axF. blanket and knapsack. With tegs, returned home wiser, perhaps, if not better men. Tho reunion around our camp fire wua pleasant one. Each one had his adventures to tell, and it wu late before we had “fought our bat tles over again.” As I had feared, wc learned that Mr. Usine’s party went in a ■lay ahead of us and turned back before we reached Fiord’s island. But Mr. H. bss ktadjy furnished me with a written account of the part bo played, and I will introduce him to tho readers in mv next. C. R.P. 71IE ROME EXPOSITION. The River Improvement Conven tion-Speech or lion. U. G. Eailman. ICculitnlioa'sSpectil K-poit | Rome, Ga., October 5,1875. This morning st an early hour I left the city of Dalton for this place. When 1 left, so fu as heard from, none of the poisoned ones bud died. On the train I met with Colonel W. A. Haskins, a pleasant and affable gentle man, whom I learned will sente In Mari etta. He is interetud in the copper mines In Villa Ilica, the Franklin gold mines of Cherokee county, and ibe Ma rietta and North Georgia railroad. Y'our correspondent reached hero at half put eleven o’clock, und found com fortable quarters with that prince of landlord*, J. C. Rawlings, of the Choice house. In 1868, your reporter (topped at the same house and met with CoL Hen C. Yancey. Ho bad tho good fortune till* time to meet with him at the mm house. He also soon met with the re ef the Courier, and CoL iievio, of tho' Commercial. We were scon en route to ite fair grounds, where we met with the T. J.—Charley Willingham, u jovial and rollicking u ever. We have not time to enumerate the articles now on cxhib.tion, but sufficient to say that the display te satbfactoiy. Several trotting matches and races canto (if during the day, and a balloon ucen- tion in the afternoon. Of course no fair couldget along wi’hout George John- sou's great show. Among the dfetin gufehed visitors to see his mummy and mermaid, were Hon. IL G. Eastman, mayor of Poughkccpsio, New York. Charley Willingham and J. Brown Mor gan. The Cboico liouso fe well supplied with guesu. Among those registered here arc CoL B. C. Yancey, CoL Gaylord B. Clark of the Mobile Register, IIou. Joacrh Hodgson, former superintendent of education in Alabama, Hon. IL G. Eastman, Poughkeepsie, New York; Gen. Howard J. Tilton, in charge of im- irovcments in the Coosa, Hey. A. Means, Jxford and W. Crutchfield,.of Chatta- them by the tail. When one wu badly wounded and near exhausted, Lee would get “tall bolt" on him and give him an exciting tuiseL Oaefei .ow shout nine his head would show itself Above the water I would plug a pistol ball into it nntil my “roand" of cartridges gave out I then resorted to my knife when I could tenced ta four years in the penitentiary, reach hi* body. LUete**, apparently, lion. W. IL Felton, of Cirtcnvillo and his estimable lvdy are here. Rev. Juebua Knowles, of Greensboro, and lion. Mark A. Cooper. Delegates to tbo river improvement convention arc begining to pour in. Tbo convention opens 11 n. in., to-mor row. CoL Tom Hardeman hu written that he cannot bo present, but extends an invitation to the convention to attend ■lie Macon fair and be his guests. Ils promises that they shall not be in his fix at Morganton. Hon IL G. Exatm&n delivered an ex cellent address to-night to a large crowd. He urged upon all, eapecially the young men, to labor for two thmgs—for reputa tion and money. He mado profir: ot himself u a gcpuioe northern yankee. He contended that success wu not dc- I Modem upon location Chicago wu i milt io a mudhole 8k Louis fe the best 1 text ion for tbe Urgent city in the United States. Chicago hu outstripped bk Louis. It wu in the men.not the town. He advised them to learn something wherever they went, and to make the moat of their time. Ask t.e question of everything, will it pay?'He then decant ed on the want ot leaders and urged all to strive for the leadership. Us alluded to the laigo number ot ; roung men who congregate at our depots, tie addressed our yvung men to stay in Georgia. Georgia will be considered the leading state in tbe union. He cautioned tho young men from scattering their energies and urged them to stick to one thing, and do It weU. He cited tbe fact of a young lady in New Y'ork who wu making trout $30 to $40 x r day drawing on wood, and paid a tigh compliment to Miss Dora Ford, a girl of 15, in Rome, for her painting. Newspapers build up towns and cities, and while some tty to ignore them they Can’t get along without them. No busi ness can tuccced without advertising. He gave numerous instances of success attained by advertising special ties. If you had but three things to sell, adver tise them well, and never get out a cheap circular or handbill. Always get out first-class bills. Governor Tildcnwu elected because he fe a splendid business msn. He plastered New Y’ork with the portraits of “S. J. Tilden, the next gov ernor of New York,” and wrote personal letters to men and women to vote and lire their influence for him. He opposed emigrating to the west, and urged the young luen not only to stay here, but locct up papers setting forth the advantages of Georgia. He wu favorably impretsed with Georgia, and would tty lo do us all tbo good he could in the north. His address aboun ded with many brilliant sayings'and/vu applauded during ita delivery. lion. W. H. niton wu loudly called for and responded in a handsome littlo speech, expressing thinks to Mr. East man for life excellent address. Tbe reporter is under many obligations i Means. Dwinell, Willingham and Kevin for many kinc’ncrses and courte sies. October 0rn The day opens inaosplciously. As I send this tbe rain is coming down fast and copiously. Fire in Monroe. Monroe, Ga.. October 4,1875. Editors Cohstitution:—Our quiet llule village wu somewhat aroused from Us lethargy on test Saturday morning, by a fire breaking out very near tbe heart of tire town, which consumed the gin bouse of Messrs. Sbepetd and Smith, together with an elegant new gin, and two or three bales of cotton. With this one, there hu been two steam gins in operation here all tbe season, Messrs. Smith & Upshaw and Mean. Sheperd & Smith, until the latter wu burned u stated, and moat of Ibe cotton of the county fe teing ginned b> them. The fire fe supposed to have caught from tho pro*, which wu under tbe same roof, and very new the gin, and after having fir it caught it spread very rapidly, con suming most of the cotton in the bouse. N> insurance. Lou about (GfiOl for tunately lor the town, tbe wind wu Mowing in each s way, as to drive the file from the nearest building. Messrs. Sneperd & Smith expect to rebuild at once and begio business u before. W. J. IL Another Moastioslty. (Coireipocdince McDuffie Journal) ColumbiaMixe, Ga., Sepk 24,1873. I wu yesterday called to sea a singu lar mat formation of a negro child (female) born-on the plantation oiRlL Sistrnnk, near here. The bead wu immensely large for an infant, and as soft u a sack of water- well filled. There wu a line for each eye, no prominent nose, but n hole shaped like an inverted a, and an open ing from that hole to a line for the mouth—no cliio. Tbe body wu perfect, i xccpt that arms sad legs were like the tl-ppeoicf a turtle. Arms three inches long from tbe body—no joints. Seven fingers oo each arm, or hand. Leg* two itches long—six toe* on each foot or leg tiguing trip, u no Incidents of Interest —heels well deref—’ tbeij respective loads we were to come that half mile through the swamp, and then two and a ba’f miles across Billy's island to camps be fore nighL I need not detail the fa-, , tiguing trip, u no Incident* of Interest —beets well developed occurred. Suffice it to say that we ar-! The cabin wu so dark and so filled fret long came near cettinz me over- riTed at camps again very much with people, I could not get u satiafac- board. Lee had his tail aad as often u <*Hgued and with the enure load we lory an examination ul could have - - “ ’started with. j wubed; and not being lolly ported up in When we arrived we were rejoiced to' anatomy 1 wu not competent to make a find that I scientific report, and bad no time to lend MIL HAINES I for assistance. - _ ^Youra truly, snd Stance had arrived, and were not J. Belknap Smith.
