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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1878.
No. 47, Volume X
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IIcrcniK", of tha Waabincton Poet,
I, accoaad of writing lore lettera to
O over.
Col A Mi.eoa Gtnoa, of the New
York Son, !a among the champion coc-
aaltiata of tha a<e.
Paevi, b.. gjoa 10 F.orlda toonnenlt
with McL o. Mattara era rapidly
caning to a head.
MrLtn ia ahead of Ham Bard. Sam
onl) nominated a preaident, but McLin
alcc*ed one; bat at tha aama lima Bard
ahoold have credit for what be did.
It ia to be hoped that tha repnb’iean
campaigner, who are to ba cant aonth
will avoid tha han-rooat maaa mac tin g
which made the carpet-baggers eo
familiarly odiona
A mono tha board of visitors to the
naval academy for the Jane anamina
tion, we notice the name of Daniel S
Printnp, of Roma. Rear-Admiral
Worden ia at the head of the list.
PcaTMAersB Use seal. Kar threat-
etH, regard leer of General Ur vena' law,
to embargo the lottery mails. The
people will sanction each a step,
whether Devena does or not.
Wrils the able metropolitan j inr-
nala are bragging over the feats of their
pedestrians, it ahoold not be forgotten
that Georgia has an editor who can
gallop up and down Lookout Mountain
^"without atopr.in* for refreshments.
Aaornaa apple shooting tragedy has
occurred—this time in Indiana. The
ball miaaed the apple on the
woman's bead ggd hit *
boy who ' Waa playing on the on>
aide of the c« ran. The little fellow
never knew what bnrt him. 01 ciuree
it waa "accidental,’’ but acta should be
speedily paaeed providing proper pun
ishment for local authorities that par-
mit such exhibitions to take place.
Rditoeial j ke, as related by Gil
Rchetd W. Grubb, of the Dtrlen
Uaaetle: At Chattanooga,vebidee were
celled into requisition to ascend tha
mountain. When these were brought
out a prominent colonel remarked. "I
have my eye on that bona.” "That is
well,” remarked the genial purveyor.
"I; ia all you will ever get pn him.” It
was only attar much persuasion that
Cilonel Grubb could be prevented
from voting the man a gold-beaded
MIFOSMIXO TBK ABUT.
The army appropriation bill now be
fore the house it the result of weeks, if
not months, of cu'ting and trimming.
It provides for the reduction of the
number of regiments from forty to
twenty-six, of the number of enlisted
men from twenty-five thousand to
twenty thousand, and of twenty per
cent of the officers' pay. These
with minor redactions, will,
R is thought. Insore an
an annual saving of $4 000,000. It is
unnecessary to enumerate the many
minor abn-ee that the bill strikes at.
If it pastes ss it now stands, General
Roger will be required to move bis
office to McPherson's barracks, cr
to some other government military
building. This sufficiently illustrates
the economic features of the bill.
We hope the bill will be passed; and
yet it ia far from certain that
onr military strength should
he suddenly reduced. Wi h Sitting Bull
jd one frontier end predatory Greasers
on another, with aplenty of warlike
Indiana all over the plains, and with a
budding commaoe from .Chicago to
Maine, it is plain that the country has
much to guard agunst But a stand
ing army, especially a standing army
composed in good part of officers, is
not oar sole or onr best security again,t
diaorderor insurrection. A well orgin
red militia ia the force contemplated
by the consti'ntion, and it should be
made the chief reliance as rapidly as
possible. Such a force would be eco
nomical, always on the spot, end free
of the dangers to the republic that go
with a large standing army. Each elate
should have, however, an efficient
militia organis ttlon in order to give to
the whole country e reasonable degree
of security. If Wes; Virginia hkd had
such militia 'organizations as
Hew York sent list summer along the
Erie railway, tha distressing events of
toe railway strikes would never have
occurred, and millions of dollars would
nave been eared. West Virginia had
10 militiaoraaniraiinn mbeSa—su This
was unjust to the other states. The
government should increase its appro- ‘
priationa for arm, for the militia in at
least the proportion that it reduce,
the standing army; A liberal anna,I
appropriation of that nature would
promote the organ’s ition of an effi
cient militia, end it would not be long
before we could safely lop off another
Are thousand from the costly ranks of
the regular army. Ten thousand
muskets backed by s well dietributedf
militia, should be the aim of our law
makers, thus blending economy end
self-preservation in judicious proper-
the law ia to stand until September, we
can get along until December, and
perhaps by that time I the senate will
know whst it ia really in favor of. If
the dishonest are to have three month■
which to contract debts and obtain
release under the ab minable statute,
they may as well have five months ;
for they will compress into the shorter
term all the mischief that they are ca
pable oL I! the registers and other of
beers who have pit filed from the ope-
rations of the law want three active
months, let them have two more, for a
lika reason. The effect of any poet
pooiment will be to keep np the lia'a
‘ failures and keep business interests
disturbed; and it does not, therefore,
much matter whether September or
Jan nary is named. The only chance
eecnre an immediate repeal consists
throwing upon the senate the entire
responsibility. This the hoos- can and
should do by refusing to concur in the
•enate’a latest whim.
The troth is the present law should
w : ped out, and atepa taken to bring
next December a new act that wbnid
give debtors and creditors
alike a equate chance, and
that would not give all of a bankrupts’
estate to officials in the shape el
cost*. The present law is little more
than an act for the benefit of lawyers
and officials. It woo made by lawyers
and officials forlawy.ra and officials.
The new one should be made by the
people for the people. It is a possible
scheivement. It has been done in
other conn tries. 11 can ba done in this
len-ral act is better than
state acts, and the honest
lebtor ia entitled to relief. It is better
him end for the country. But it is
not better to band over his property
third persons, or to give the dis
honest debtor power to practically die
late terms to his creditors.
Let the boose insist on immediate
repeal. V the senate back, down, well
and goot; if not, carry tbe question
before the peope. Failures should be
mmed ately be made unfashionable.
tint issues is ism.
. Tbe Springfield Republican, in pre
dicting the breaking up of old party
Unee, says:
TV- drmt rratlc hoed of onion 1, linos aa
foul •' the irpobtUan Tbe flatit lor boms rslv
sud dill oopnaiWT In the Booth endau, tha
pi, j baarllly nnlb-d on nothing. The atakc
el tha evil loot, and Iba coua quant control ol
the whole oonaraai will, of cuarta nlly th
part, neat ,*11. hot tha dial,Iona already appa
rent will only (tow during tha ml twoyaan.
Tne party moat develop tome wore tmplnne
policy than it has even hinted at In the p e< a’
touae, nr n tare- acthe of tiaotd rote.a wu
look alaawhtre lor n pmMontlnl Candida* and
platform.
Without g'lng to the trouble of
troverting this, U is enough to say that
tbe south can never be assured of home
rule and civil supremacy until the re
publican party as at present organised
is wholly powerless lor ovil, and it is
upon there insure and the iatue of offi
cial (rend and corruption the next cam
paign will be fought Even now, whilo
the whole country isai peace, the lead
ere ol tbe republican p rty are be
wailing, upon tbe floor of congrres
uid in tbe pnblic prints, the contin-
tency that removed tbe military
Ir. m the loath erd gave the states
nto the bends of their own people
the editor of 4he Rt-t ubtican knows
well enough that these men represent
tbe republican patty, and be most
know also that Mr. iUyee baa no con
siderable following except among those
who call themselves independent re
publicans. Tbs leaders of the perty-
thrgmen who “ran with the gang.” SB
the boys say—the Blelt.es, the Cock
ling*, the Camerons, tbe Howes, end
ell tbe shining ligbta of republicanism!
are opposing him solely open the
ground that he ba* been too lenient
with tbe aonth. Tbe democrat* have
no option but to make the campaign ol
1880 upon the issues of home role aod
civil supremacy and the frauds by
which the people were awicdled ont of
their rghtfully-e'ected president.
FACTS ABO FIGURES.
Replying to the criticisms that have
teen made upon Gjneral Gordon’s re
cent speech on Ute finances, tbe Cin-
cinnati E qairer prints some figures
which will prove interesting and in
structive. B> tha aide cf there migh.
be placed a list of the failuree in this
country since 1868, but this would by
no mean* adequately represent the
lissster and ' desolation that entrac
ion has wrought, but nevertheless it
may be elated that the number ol an-
ual failures has increased from fewer
han five hundred to about fourteen
thousand, and the liabilities involved
o there fail area have grown from nine
million* a year to more than
hrre hundred millions. W a commend
he table hereto appended to the care-
Ini consideration ol thore who igno
rantly assume that b.-cause practical
resumption has been reached -a (act
Jus lo the passage of the silver bill—
be eo called resumption act can work
no harm:
the sorrows oasesal assembly
1 OeAt. ledudlrg J
Aw fwwolw l m-iottUt. we i
June at. lass
Juueao. ia*7_
Janets lass...
Durirg three years of this time there
were a temporary or accidental pi urea
ia thia policy ol contraction, dosing
with the years aa follows:
Jim re. lies tej
On lutThnnday the general i
bly of “the Preebyterian church in
the United States" met at Kooxvi 'r.
Tbe northern assembly met on the
same day in n northern city. Unlike
the grand split In the Methodist enureh,
the raptors ia tbe Presbyterian choreh
did not occur until war waa actually
upon us. The southern church was
organised at Augusta in December,
1861 -not because separation was de
sired, bat because isolation made it im
perative. The southern churches were
compelled So prur'iie for a court oi
last resort, or lot matters go on withcn'
superior c introl. And now that the
war is oyer, U u found very difficult,
on account of the nowise utterances of
*'»* of the unrelenting leaders of the
northern c'lnrchptnd more particuLrly
of their official declarations, to bring
the two churches together again. There
is, however, a tendency among all Prea-
bvtarian* to organic union, and per
haps in the long future the southern
and the northern chu-ch will conclude
to get along with one generaljasermbly.
The general assembly t. a rep re
tentative body, from which there ia no
appeal within tbe church. I, ia com
pored of ministers and elders, a ho are
expee'ed to render an account ol ihdr
work to the urestr, tery that they res
pectively repreevn*. We give below a
list of th* representative* of Ute synod
of Goorgi*:
AmSsOry sgagsUe-RteJ H Manta, wits
Base Mania: tffcto W A Moon, wits B L
rv.lftoy ef tWmetee BrlM M CtMeell.
wits Dr J O Slreq; g.Ser J P Halt, with
■n Bagnos
IrmA.tere ef Start Sa Rev X M Lore. Dr
TttMeir.wua MmCTsiaar.
rtehtteref Mum-tee J B Sail, Elrr T
W raaelv, wtm B C Jarkaos
/aotyrey ef a JMa'r-Bsv I B Myna Bi
det B V Waltac*. wua M aa M 47 Cow.a
yrutywy if Jmvut-tarC BKtar. La
SMB, linear; g Oe, T B Ma'laid. wtih a L Glu*.
Jsmsii.ut: iu asset
The panic of 1871 compelled tbe chief
rariaUon from the otherwise nniform
and pitiless policy.
Too Eeqnirer thus comments: "The
recent era of abundant money began
in 1863 The ere ol contraction began
in 1866 ’66. This ia the accompanying
bnaineea history. In 1863 there were
bat 485 failures in the U el ted 8tat*s,
with liabilities ol bnt $6,864 700. In
1864 there were bat 530 failures, with
iiabilitJee of bn’ $8 579 000 In 1.865 there
were bat 530 failures in the country jutd
the liabilities inv lived were bnt $17,
635,000 At thi* point.oralittle before,
contraction took up the management
ol the business cf the eonn ry, as
shown abovs. The result we have
more than once printed in detail. The
annual nnmber of failures has grown
from 500 to 14 000 and the liabilities
from $6,000000 to $330,000,000 This
is the argument.”
TBE BAXKRUrr MRPSAt ACT.
The bankrupt repeal bill ia still in
doubt, on account of tbe ficklett
the senate. That uncertain bo.';
not eeem to know its own min-' By
vote of 37 yeas to 6 nays it rei. to the
boost« bill to in^mediately rep.al the
' >ns statute. When a alight
technical amendment in the house
brought the bill beck, tbe senate took
three weeks in which to consider
then voted t* postpone repeal
Sept. 1. The bill has again gone to the
boose, and its late is uncertain. The
bourn Stands 306 to 39 in favor
immediate repeal, and aa it is not
fickle bedy it ia believed that it will not
fOMQr jn th© KQttt’d l&tMt
that case tha present law has a chance
of existing until aa indignant public
sentiment procures its repeal.
W* hope the boos* will eland by its
first vote. Let the vacillating senate
shonltlsr th* entire responsibility.
THE BEAD TO WSS OF OEOROIA.
I aed *no,’ dat one wax ’naff Jls mimin’ an*
I'd cum back aa* ait d» odder ana time tar-
mocrer, Easel thotdat m*y-be be em’y KJM ns
two ier er qnabter like anm ob ’em do at
borne.'*
-Well, what thenT”
**W*y be j<*a stood dar like er fool hab!n*bl
fotltraf tuk an* seem'd like ba wua kinder k at.
D a» I thot dat I’d korter call him ter blssef an*
1 *td dat cs rd bln atwini from whisky for rum
time he mooght es we'l gimme de two drinks
d-ran* den, an* 1 fumbl'd fer de quahter.**
• Of eoune be gare them to yoar*
"Sot dat Tae beab’d, bat be turned oat mm
green truck dar dat 1 apecka be dipped oaten er
ole bom-pend an ahored bit at me. like I yuz
gwjne ter i»<dnate my itammlck wid pixm
dir far fam de fam'l* turnin’ groan’ I”
-That waa abainthe—the favorite French
drink**
"Well, den. de French kin bab my sheer, kaae
I’m lor Morphy now tell 1 gits back horns. Dis
Vperieace lets me out on deae bogus ’Merican
ban whir dey kant Ulk ncr drink 'Merican no
mo* den I kin prccch Latin to a bauky mole.
’Kareyerawl knows now#by one bottle of
whisky tux go: mo* patxliism in hit fei de
’Merican abroad dan er tboaalnd dollar office
hr* at term!”
A:.d tbe old man went oat in eeareh of fresh
Atteufiona Pale film bj onr Cftla*m
A Call from tbe Greenback Club-
lenta and Views.
AXhWZlta TO C0BRX**09HE1ST8.
Do re la •▼nut. May U.
Mes-R3 Editors: You moat excuse
a simple eooutrjmui for suing yon a question*
la a i* cent letter fxoa Faria by 8. W t>,
told Uut tbe presidency of one of the net _ _
the exhibit iota was Ounfcrred upon Fays-Rw a
^nuceut a parsonage than the prince royal of
Pat*-Bab. N*w. wher* in »he name of old
Hick' ry is P*y»-Paa, and who ia tbe orinee
wn.4te*mbi buiato wear tbe diadem c
It moat be recollected that oar Faria correa-
pondent la now, to all intents and purpoeea, a
PreLchmaa. When be lived here be »rad to call
it Holland, and history baa made aa acquainted
with it as the Netherlands. This latter name
aigniOes the low lands, and low lands translated
Into French means Paye-Bta. Hence- you aee it
la %n old friend done up French. The prince of
Pays* Baa la the prince of Orange .eon of the king
of Holland.
A WRUiELirVL JtIDB.
Willie Boblnson Jlecta Bis Death on
•ne Geurgfn Bona.
A shocking accident occurred yeste^*
day morning on tbe Georgia raliroad^juAt be-
yond the depot and waxebooBe oi that company,
which resulted fa*, ally to Willie Boblhsao, a
yoaug man about IS yean of age. As tbe acci
dent occurred at 2 o’clock in the morning there
We have received through the mails
volume from the pen oi Col. Charles
J mas, jr., bearing the title of “Tne
Dead Towns of Georgia,” f >r which we
not know whether to thank the
courtesy of the Savannah News or tht:
thoughtfulness of the efficient librarian
the Georgia Historical Society,ujder
whose auspices the vomme has been
published. I' is perhaps l irtunate for
Georgia and her history that the taste
and inclinations of one of her most dis
inguished sous should have led hie
studies in tbe direction indicated by
the title cf the work before ns, and
fortunate fur the iuture hieto, ian tbaj
die scholarly attainments ui Col. Jones
have been seconded by the en
thuaiasmand experience, of an anti
quarian laboring to rescue from ob
livion any attainable fact in the history
the past calculated.to illustrate the
character of those hardy pioneers who
first set foot upon tbe verge of tbe wii-
that Jus tinco developed into a
great state. Viewed in this light, “The
Dead Towns of Georgia” ia one of the
moat valuable contributions that has
ever been made to the history oi the
rtate -more valuable, indeed, than the
remarkable volume oi Oglethorpe’s let-
era printed a few years ago by the
Georgia Historical Society.
If one of the pioneers shoal 1 revisit
the pale glimpera of the moon, be could
not entei more heartily into the nar
ration of every available fae
interest in regard to these
extinct Tillages than diet Colonel
Junes, although, as he says, in giving
the traditions aud grouping the almost
obsolete memories of tbe dead loan*,
ne has endeavored to revive them, ts
far as practicable, in 1hs language oi
those to whom we ere indebted for
their transmission.
The volnme before us contains
ketebee and reminiscences of Old and
New Ebentaar, Frederica, Abercorn.
Sonbnry, Hardwick, Petersburg, Jark-
sonborougb, and mkcelUneous towns
and plantations, accompanied in many
□stances by outline Ulna: rations of
their plans. In treating oi there dead
towns, CoIolcI Jones has retrained
from writing of the indications of
foreign occupancy antedating the
establishment oi the Oglethorpe colo
nies, such as those observed by D.
Brahm on Demetrius’ I-land, because
the theories explanatory oi their origin
poteeesion and abandonment ate so
nebulous as to seem incapable of satis
factory eolation ; bat of tbe rise and
progress, the decline and decay, of the
settlemen'B already mentioned, he has
written ably and, ire may aay, exhens-
ively.
Colonel Jones has long been known
to lame aa one oi tbe most accomplished
and industrious of American antiqua-
and arcl ee ilogisis. With all the
ardor and moca of the philosophy that
are supposed to haye characterised Sir
Thomas Browne, Colonel Jones Is
never led into trifling and
moralising. Ha research, prompted
by a deep veneration lor the past, is
invariably turned in a practical direc
tion, an.l, in two instances at least—
(the volnme before ns and “ Antiqui
ties oi tbe Siuthero Indians, Particu
larly of the Georgia Tribes”) -theresult
thereof has been oi inestimable vatue
not only to the historian, bnt to the
student oi history.
The Deed Towns of Georgia” is
most appropriately inscribed to Mr.
George Wymbxrly-Jones D R;nne, s
well-known dtisea oi Savannah, who
has rendered conspicuous service to the
state in rescuing from oblivion the early
memories of Georgia, We do not know
that the volnme will be placed
in the book stores ior sale, but it can
be obtained from the librarian of the
Georgia historical society at S,vannah
The hock is issued from the Morning
News office, and i s neat typ-graphy
dose great credit to that well known
ttblishment.
wnsewiD TBS ACCIDENT,
but from all the light tha^ oatd be oblnhicd
with reference to the eed atTir It wema to have
happened in tbe following manner :
Willie Rohlnfou. the ton of a widow lady
who reside* near the residence of Gen. Gartrell,
baa been employed since the convening of the
Methodist conference in onr city as a mailing
clc-ik for their newspaper, which publishes the
proceedings oi each day's aerskm. Els dutiea
weresoch that be was required to bent the office
waen the paper was published every morning tt
S o'clock To accomplish this he would board
the through freight train from August* by tbe
Georgia railroad every morning aa It slowly
neared the croaung at the cemetery, and ride to
the city to attend to his daily d uties. Yesterday
morning, as usual, he jumped on the train At
his regular place of boarding it and
COMMK’fCXD HIS RIDS
to tin city standing on the front part of the
cab, which is the last cat of the train.
Wh< n the train bed Arrived vary nearly at Its
destination and wa' ruining slowly along by tie
side of a platform situated between the tracks,
he made an attempt to jump upon the platform
dom the place where he waa 5lauding. As he
mtde the j amp the train start ed V r ward with a
quick jerk, which had the effect of throwing him
from his bstlanoe. He struck the platform and
Ml backward under the front tracks of the cst|
While prostrated oa the tr>-ck two car wheel,
passed over the pit of his
STOMACH AMD HU THIGHS
rrutilatinic his body in a moat frightful
but not killing him instantly. Crlea for help
waa tne first inimation that the conductor re
oelved that any one had been on his train, and
been injured. The cries brought out conductor
Norman aud hi* train hands, who, on goiny to
the scene, found Robinson lying across (he track
wounded fatally. A physician waa sent for and
o'-ber assistance precured, but all of no avail,**
yoaug Robinson only lived a few minutes alter
he met with the acc denL When life hid left
his b^dy, it was placed in an empty box car.
where it remained uutU
am iMQuarr
could be held. Coroner Kile was sent for. and
upon being notiflod, procured a Jury and re
sponded to the call. Tbe deceased was found in
the boxcar, where he had been placed by the
rmp oyeea of the road after death had relieved
him ol hi* sufferings. All evidence aooeasibla
procured, and after an examination by Dr
K J Roach, the folio wing verdict waa made up
the jury:
8tatk or Gbokgia.
FULTOM tOCMTT.
Atlanta, Ga., May 11,1878
We a coroner's jury, this day aammoc el by
Coroner William Kile, to hold an icq teat
,hj body of Willie Robinson, now lying dead in
u- on th* Georgia raitroad, haring
fully examined the causes of death in this case,
Dr E J R-mch having made a post mortem in
presence, aee of the opinion that the de
ed came to his dea h accidentally by
being ran over by a t. eight train of the Georgia
railroad.
W- are farther of the opinion that the officers
ployees of aaid road are in no way
responsible for raid accident.
CWBranr.au, foreman; J H Holland, Moo
roe Dennis, Wm Ballard, Wm F y::n Z Baher
Wm Kile, coroner; E J Roach, M D.
After holding the Inquest; the body was de*
llvered to friends of the family, who traxufered
it to the late raid cnee of the deceased.
We learn that youeg Robii son had e
big intention to go up to 1 oceoa City to day
n excursion, and visit his slater who has
been spending some weeks in that Place. He
young man ot flue habits, and waa in*
dattrious an' hardworking. He will be a great
to his distressed mother, who for some
months baa beea dependent upon him for mnch
Oa yesterday mor-ing a special car
coDtafelng some diattngniched visitors, rolled
Into the dty.
WHO THEY WU1 AMD WHAT THXT WANTED
Upon iLquiry tt waa ascertained thu tha vi-
iton were Mr Peter Cooper the tminent phi
lanthropist, of N.w York; Prof Raymonde.
man of affiir>; Mia Edward Cooper; tke
Mistes Cooper; Mil Abram a Hewitt, ana
Mrr. Raymond. Tne party had ju»t come from
tour of inspection to limestone Springs etc.
It has beea understood for some time that Mr
Cooper intended to purchase this magnificent
property and establish thereon a superb charity.
The main feature of this dually was to be a free
school ior girls- The place is now owned bj
Major Thomas H. Bom*r.
A CoMsrmmox reporter found his way into
csr and lading into the hand a of CoL O iver
H. Jones, was soon introduced in the mwt im-
manner to Mr Cooper. The philan
thropist and ex*can4idate for the presidency, tt
Venerable-lo-iking, rather infirm old man,
with strongly marked features. He wore spec
tacles with blind bridles to than, and •bospitk*
bly haudkd a bottle ot champagne which ha
careened to the glasses upon the slightest prove-
cation. At bis right hand sat the Hon. Dal
Pittman, who outside of the jh len^Aropias. him
self, is perhaps the most distinguished salt-
money man in the world.
THE CCMIAO CHAXXir
Fending tha philanthropist's recovery from a
tort or stupor into which he waa thrown by a
statement from Mr D. M. Bain, who with tine
scotch frankness Informed him in a loud voice
that he didn't vote ior him for president, but
vote for his son-in law, we took our teat an J
prepared an interrogation.
Mr. Cooper, in reply, aaid that be had spenta
day and a half at Limestone Springs, and waa
very much pleased with the property, bat espe
cially wnh Maj. Bomar himself. Ha described
this gentleman as an enthusiast uponeduca*
tional and scientific tubjtcts, and one in WLom
had the fullest confidence * He said, there
fore. that instead of buLding np tbe school
himself, he had duidad lo let Maj. Bomar d)
having advanced him sufficient money to do
He said that Maj Be mar woiuld commence
making the neceatary improvements at once,
and that matters wiuld coon ba put in ship
shape. He hoped to see a very fine charity grow
onto! the proposed school. He said that what
money he had pat in was given purely aa an
endowment, and that he never expected to re-
1 'cel re any of it.
THE LADIES IMTEEEUITED THE IMTEXVIEW.
after a hurried consultation among themselves,
and informed the reporter that If he was seek-
for information. Frofesaor Raymond would
glad to furnish, and intimated that
ibis gentleman knew more of Mr. Gcopet’s
Ira than be die himself. It is
pleasantest trip they had ever taken. A
great nnmber of onr people visited Mr. Cooper
his car, and were presented to the ladies
OleU Bl AA IkASOR
He Flails mm "American* Bar
When O d Si exme heme last sight
ba evidently kid soaaothlra on bis mind
ally he aaid:
-Lookl* heah. B aa. bow * neb longer b; a we
got ter stay la dis ccwctxy !**
"Oh. several men tha yet. Why r
-K wa I wara't be’a ter fool 'roend in furls
art*. IXaria cne pert cb my slsum dat i
ter stay rite In Georgy an* newkax «Me r
-WUl. I 8»cx down de street dar whealaaed
er Mne dal aed • 1 Merican bar.’an’ my heart gib
er flop jem like tt hao keek'd er angel i
went rite lx dar widoei knoextn’ as der doah
an* spoke ter de boas wt loot handin' my kyard/
••What aid yea say r
"1 abound for co*n whisky In er Mg rambler
** And what did tha man aay? ’
M Ha aaid *klBky saw* wh’Cbl tho’r that may
behavestung-tled an*men: w*i.akysour,Ml
said *yta. trey way, ao *Ca* Mt’a whisky,*
*kaaa I hadn't aed rone ten*? jo* LoCLegib
ont on da bxtl"
**DM ba andentand that?**
“I tods ool 'to X. rail qau fit wo',
Senator G iruon’a Sprrfh
Wrahioctoo Sunday Herald.
81ong4be curridois, as in tbe goesip
of city resorts, tbe event of tbe week
baa been tbe remarkable speech oi
-Seaster Gordon. Tbe organs of Sber
man aod of tbe plutocrats of Wail
.-treet furiously assail General Gordon
as a ‘ demtg gue” and “communist”
and other polite appellations that neith-
er bis senatorial associates nor pnblic
sentiment will accept ms adequate to
his powerful arraignment oi tbe crimi
nal folly oi the prevailing financial
misrule in this country. His fervid
pleas ior justice to tbe people, bis vivid
pictures cl tbe stork desolation that
attends tbe policy of bheraan and Wall
Itree>, bis multiplied citations from
reports and -itber documents am ple-
mented by tbe “inexorable logic of
facts ” and figures, make Gordon'*
argument very exbenative. Let tbe
heathen roge. The Georgia senator will
be satisfi:d with the shower oi eulogies
and congratulations that fell
ipon tim. Qioth Senator
Lamar when tbe speech
auished: “It wss a great tffjrt, worthy
of tbe big man "that made iu” The
robust B-ck, chary oi praise, as in hie
brawny Speeches be is lavi h of iaci
and figures proving the crimes and lil
ies of radicalism in its treatment of tbe
udnstrie* oi the cinntry, exclaimed
from bis seat: “G ion, Gordon; I hope
von will speak all day just as yon are
alkingnow.” Again.at ihs seswnetnn,
said tbe Kentucky eeuator: “It was a
masterly speech.” A western republi
can member oi tbe house, who declared
that be bad beard every word of Gor
don’s speech, expressed bis disgust a
the unfair comment oi the New Y >rk
Daws. Said be: “It was tnesbie-t
effjrt made in either house this ses-
ion.”
Tbe republican organs dread s fair
view oi Gordon by i he northern masses.
Chey grieve over tbe ovation accorded
'lira at Boston tbe other day ; they bate
: iim for his power 10 serve tne perse
cute and maligned Bomb, which be
lias fittingly represented wherever peril
-r responsibility baa bad to be encoun
tered. The contact of Gordon with
be northern people helps to teach tbe
troth as to tbe aonth. A constituency
cannot be lull ol sectional bate and cl
ihe instinct of violence which detiber
itelj selects each (representative. This
is tbe lesson that Gordon teaches by
example. Hine illae lacnrymae of the
Times and its confreres,
PETES COOPER.
ii r or
OBBMjr
TUX rEUBBABLB
ASSEMBLED METHODISM.
THE -EIGHTH GENERAL COXFER-
’ ,'f'' EXCE.
pie VToetr>#<eof KnltreS'ncilfiqntlow
V n<ler K vifW-Tlie Bible ekcleiy’fl
Worm, Etc
DAY*8 PRCCEKDISG3.
The geDeral conference was called to
order at 9 o’clock yea’erday mcmlcg by Biahop
McTykre.
Tha opeDlrg divina advice* were conducted
by Rev Wm Xa rah, D D, ol the North M eeis-
eippi conference.
lh-> mfeute# of the precedlrg ee-sion were
re vi and .pprOYcd, after a tlig'di ccirecuon.
Bishop Keener lock tha chiir
R. Abbey, clerical. Missus ppl conference, said
be r a* to a *«e«tloa of privilege. He m<md a
nc >ntl 4 erati,nof ibevo.eby which ho co fer
ence agreed t» bold its rerefon ol tj-day in he
baaemeU, an I re fare 1 to go up a alra to receive
the fraternal aesscDgera ot the M. E. church.
Tbe motkx w a stc^nded
It was moY-^i to :ay the motion cn 'll. table.
On this qa * t ior. n d vieicn a as eaktd. and the
jea-» were found to L. WJ, and he u» a 124.
So the xsouoa to fey on the table was
lo.L > A
Dr. Abbey ..ey. insLied on Ms motion to re-
W W. Du*can. derica', South Carol na con-
ierencc, exiJttn d why L* hfd made ihomoiou
the previous caj to receive the meaaei. jera in the
basement. v lfe had made the mutton from no
liqx: at all, Wd he desired to do himself the
justice to make the etateruert
Jene Bor.iqr ckr ca', N«rth Georgia confer
ence, aaiu he hoped the confer nee would not
recocaidtr in action. It w-n d ahuw a flckle-
i.e s which he wotli deplore All th* eta-ioaa
had be-n b«td here in the baaiment. Here let ua
rec lreour fraternal messengers
The motiefl to reconaidur was pub
A dirt:ion was demanded and dia yea: were
found to bql92, and tt* uaya 116.
So the mapian to reconsider waa lcat
P..A. tt ier on, clerical. Vi'fnii conference,
oflered are o alio »that no memoilal, resolution
pad ioa eta change of diadphne be received
after Thun ay, tbe ifi.h.
jp Kee jet—That U not yet In order. There
wid be a pT^er lime foe it
Leave of abcentfe waa granted to Dr. J. H. Cafe
ivle, c er c 1, eon h Carolina conferen e. Hia
place was tuppUd by W. T Bake both in tte
Cdt guioa aud cn the commiuee on Sunday
brought up a question of return
Uckeia bj.tkc railro da
On mol di U was ordered that a apedal com
mittee or rtiliosufe be appantod.
The guects were taken oat riding daring the
day, by a party of Atiantiana. Judge Loch,
rane, with tbe gallantry for which ho la famous,
took charge of Mrs. Cooper's 1U to dog. and pro*
fetaed himacU to have been quite uneasy while
carrying it- It waa awfol fierce.
mu ccorEx on fa rhino.
We clip txom a Caro.iua paper, what the dis
tinguished philanthropist talked of in Char-
file;
••ihe Charlotte, (N. C ) Obeerver in speakirg
of Mr. Cooper’s pataing thiocgh Charlotte says:
Mr. Cooper is quite* stout and heal ihy man
for hia axe—he was 87 years old the 14th of last
February. He didn’t talk much oi hia plana
reference to the school at Limestone spring*,
i disposed to discuss farming. He said
going to have an experiment in farm
ing tried on hia new place. About thirty years
ago, continued he, a *e«dy looking man canu
my office and cffeTed to sell me a great re
cret for S90 He was to persistent and biacon>
ditlon waa so pitiful that I finally ccncluded to
buy it. I paid him the money aed he told me
the accret.**
Mr. Cooper then t roceeded to relate that it
wcaa process of treating seed com which would
doable its productive power. The corn should
c overed with glue and rolled successively in
lime, guano, Ac .and planted with the accumu
lation thus gathered around it- I gave tbe
recipe, continued ha, to a man. In New York
state, and he reported that th* yield of the com
v> treated waa double that planted in the usual
way. I have a barrel of g.ue with po and in
tend Lo try th*experiment.’ *»
THE FIRE-FIGHTERS.
VGUBIA'a GRAND
JUBILEE.
Reirplion to Gov. Colqnttt—The
Clinch So. 3 Makes Water In Forty
Seconds— A Banquet anil a Hide
the Casa*l.
Augusta, May 14 —The firemen’s pa
rade to-day waa the grandest occasion Augusta
has witnewed «n many years.
OOVEXMOX COLQUTTT WAS PRESENT,
and occupied the grand stand during the con-
It raised hard until noon, bat sine i then
tbe weather ha* beea p!eiaanu Governor Col
quitt w*a ecorted by the mayor anl city conn
cil and dUtmgulSLfld dttxeua. He rode in a
carriage
DRAWN BY SIX BEAUTIFUL HORSES.
There were six bands playing at once, and
over four hundred firemen in line. The Ci nch
No 2 won the first prixs, maxing the ran and
getting on water
IX FORTY SECOND*.
Thia aame company made last year the beat
lime oa record in the Uuieed Stales. The Even
tog News made
THUS EDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON,
which contain all the exercise* n^ to six o’clock.
To-night
A GRAND BANQUET
la being given to Governor Go quilt at tha P
ten. To-morrow the cLy government, accom
partied by leading dtiz -na, will tender him
ride to the canal locks, which will cornu me the
day. He returns to-morrow night
CHINA.
Leetnreby Bev. TonngJ AH
Thursday night every seat in the
large First Methodist chnrch was occupied and
tkv aisles were fi lei b^ a very large audience to
hear the lecture of the Rsv Y King J Allen,
ot the mfeitonaries or tbe Methodist Episcopal
church south in China.
Mr. Allen gave a fall statement of all tbe
Chnrlan work now in progress in China, and
prospect of it* aucreaa. In spite df the many
difficulties that surround its proxreaa. Christi
anity la making some progress there and has
before it a rich harvest.
His view* of the work are moat hopeful, and
tbe details which he gave w^re full and inter
ning.
Mr Alien ia a moat earnest worker, having la
bored with great patience and good raulU is
don’t want to be cut off, and if this line If-
changed there will be iucoavenier.ce and trou*
ble. Is it dea’gued just to ae z; this people and
carry them rffas booty whether they will or not
H vou do this you will irfl et a wcuid which
ytarg may not heel. „
Dr.Finky made an explanation relative to the
circumstance* of the division of the conference-
He aaid he thought at the time a wrorg wts
being done. He aAldhe had not been on tte
ccmmittee on division, but merely on a prelimi
nary committee.
H D Moore, clerical Alabama conference,
epoketnfavorof the report and said the com
mittee had carefully considered the matter and
prayed ovjr it. He supposed the report was
proper and just, and on it he called the prevtcu-
quesiion.
The previous question waa ordered.
The item of the report was read and on it the
vote was taken. It waa eo close by the sound
that a division wm taken with the following re
suit: Yeas 105. nays 100. So tbe report of the
committee wai adopted.
Tne yeas and nays were called for, but Blehop
Keener ruled the motion too late.
The following committee on railroads was an
nounced : D G Godwin. W H D Lee, J M Retd.
The committee on be uadaries submitted re
port No 3 recommending the formation of an
Indiana anautl conference and othar changes
in church boundaries. The report under the
rule lies over at least one day.
The arrival oi S B Pretty man, lay del gate
from the Baltimore conference, was announced.
Oumlssio.ie—Commltteeon misstoua subuit- hai * rlgtu , 0
ttd report So 5. It propo«d certain cluuig:. la c^iea lo Jie Comuiii*
from a'aa* ’ag committees were then called for
and the Jollawing were offered:
On itinerancy—Committee on itinerancy sub
mitted report No 6 It stated that the commit
tee had examined all pipers relat've o changes
in the law relating to presiding elders* office
and duties, and they recommend no change in
the pretfit law.
JE t'wards, clerical, Virginia conference,
moved tt> substitute the report by a resolution
changing the diec.p iae on the matter of form
ing predli: g elder's districts. He aaid the com
bat n ncammous in its action,
and ha bop •d nis resolution would be paujd.
Linos JSirker, clerical, L jufeiaua conference,
offered to amend the tabs.!.ute.
ihahof. C -ener—That is out of order
J O A Clark, clerical, SjU-h G orgia confer*
..ce, moved that both report ana substitute lie
a the table at least one day.
L a Bnkhead, clerical, NorthC-ro ina confer
ence, hoped the motion to ttble would para
Dr Wi field, clt-ncii Littlf Hock conference
morel to ameud thu motion to table by making
Ute matter the special order fur Friday at lo
o’clock
Accepted by Dr Clark.
H J A ams, clerical North Georgia confer*
ence, ra ved to indefinitely postpone the
amended motion.
H F JoIidboe, clerical Mississippi conference,
•Oai^ra motion to table be indtfiaitcly poat-
pooedT
Bishop Keener—* Yta, air ”
Mr Jonnson stated his point’ more fully, and
said he thought tbe last motion on: of order.
B.sbop Kveucr—“I underst-tucl the matter.**
The motion to ind-.fi iltely postpone waa loaL
J S K -y, clerical Sjuih Georgia conference,
moved to strike ont the auted hoar in the mo
tion to table.
The motion to strike oat was carried.
Tbe mutton to table the report and substitute
waa carried.
Call for reports was continued..
Committee on publishing interest asked to
turn over some papers on the hjmual to the
committee on that anbj xt. On boundaries.
On boundaries—Th^cxnmittee on boundaries
submitted a report on item 8, report No 2, which
waa recommitted.
Committee retained the item unchanged.
The l.em was taken up and read aa follows:
That the prayerof the mimwHliste of ths Eiat
Texas conference be granted, aa that the north
ooLilary line of tuc Kisi T>dtaacooierence shall
discipline on the subject of contributions to the
B ble society.
xt waa laid on the table under the rule.
Bishop Keener presented Dr. Hunt to the con
ference. ^
He was reciivrd most cordially and after being
introduced he addressed the conference in a
ry interesting speech detailing the great work
which the American Bible society Is doiDg. 11
prin’S and sella the New Testament for fire
cents and the whole Bible for 25 cents. He ap
pealed to tte conference for the suipjrt of tbe
work which was in progress. The society is
working better t£au ever before and is vetting
hold of the heirta of tbe people. The details
which the speaker gave ot the manner in which
the affiira of the eociety are carried on were
heard with interest and were instructive aa to
the great spread or the Bible, whicb is the dine
result of the labors of the American Bible
society.
He referred to the effects and prospects of the
foreign work of the aocie y. Before its work
hi resy ana i&iee religion are falling aid fading
away. Ia Japan there is such a dtmana for Ute
Biole that a native publishing bou-e asks the
privilege of publishing the Bible In Japanese as
a fiaendal enterprise Th* B.bie is being spread
ia Russia iu such a way aa it never wea.belore
aud it is impossible to supply the cr jit g demand
of the Russian soldiers. Tbe speaker said he
had recently received from Ur Pierce a letter
which nad great y cheered aed comforted him-
rna*. TcUtraiue utar. Khiu came u call f. -
taer in i h list, had wni.cn Lint a letter in which*
AGRICULTURAL.
THE El ELD—IHE BARE—TH K GAB.
DEN.
ido, *
kdtf s
Cypress river, thence up aaid ri<
Upsnnr c uuty
•ur line of aaid <
r to tee line of
Htfl
rail-oad, thence wed with (he line of said real-
road to the e«at fork of Trlni y river, thence
down said river to ita cot flu. rice with the mam
lrirutv r.ver. Provided, mat all towns and vil-
iagts which are now on said railroad or shall
hereafter be built, shall belong to tbe Esat
He graduated a. Emory college at Oxford, Ga
in 18o9,*knd aoon after he left that Uutitu.loa
and entered the Methodist ministry. Hia duty
pointed him to China, far aw*y from friends
one and cherished ambition, but be went
and haa lab xed there nobly ever amee.
He now returns to hia native state after his
long absence. His many friends era cordially
glad to meet him and to know that he works in
hia great field with Iscrea-.ing jty and na fol-
Daring bis stay it is hoped that he will be en
couraged la every wav possible by thoae iater-
ested in miarionarv iaboca
Tcxsw cooiereLce. W. 8. Bl-.ck, ciialiman.
8. X Hall, eccretAry.
It was moved to adopt the report on the item.
J H McLean, clerical, N Texas conference,
asked the reading of the report egtin. He ad-
conference iu opposition
report ot ’ the commit
tee, and said the conference should repre
sent the wishes ol the people,which he wu sore
wu opposed to any change in the present lints
The first adjustment had been proper. The peo
pie h vi woiked in the boundaries then l x .-d and
people earnestly requxt y
them alone. The change
bring bid results and 1
tit;oerely hoped it will not be made. The peo
ple are deirous to work just u the v have ia the
past. They would regret any forced transfer
euch u is proposed herd. Not a solitary voice
asks this transfer, and there are plenty of peti
tions against it This shows how the people
etand oa the question. Ha deplored any pre
cipitate action by the conference.
J C Simmons, clerical, Mississippi conference
asked why the proposed change
Biahop Keener—*• Brother Finley cm tell
you. 1
R 8 Finley, clerical, Eart Texu conference,
asked that the petition of cast Texu conference
be read ao that its wishes and the reasons there
for could be mad? known.
Tbe petition wu read by the amistant secre
tary, and. Dr Finley aadretsad the conference in
rapport of the committee oa boundaries- He
said the change proposed bad been recommend
ed to the last general conference,
by peculiar muteuvres had been defettei. Tbe
committee on boundaries had reported in favor
of tbe change. The item had beau re-committed
and now the committee return it again, recoin*
men ling their former action to th* conference,
It thus coma* be ore you endorsed by three sep
arate recommendations. He aaid the original
line had been onju-tly drawn aud had worked
hardship. Tbe East Texu conference merely
etked reparation for the wrong done to it by
tbe original division. The North Texu confer
tnce is rich in every resource andean wall spare
the texritorv asked ior the B*>t Texu conference
and which the latter conference mast have if it
prospers to the b at advantage. Tbe change wLl
not injure the North Texu confer*ace and will
«ork a great good for the East Texas coofi
He daimed that the people were not opposed to
the change asked for. There were abundant
reasons why tbe East Texu conference ahoold
receive the territory asked
good reason against 1: cou’d be given. All *bat
it tortuous line
should be straightened and made reasonable.
tte constitution or the missionary board, and
under the rule lira on the table at least oae day.
J C Simmons, clerical Pacific conference,
submitted* minority report, which wuread
and laid on the table with the report of the ma
jority.
THE DCCTRIHK OF PERFECT LOVE
On revisa la—Committee on revivals submitted
report No. 8- It recommended non-concur rencc
in the following resolutions and memoria'
On restoration of question in discipline, “Do
you expect to be made perfect in love in this
liler*
r L Boswell, clerical, Memphis conference,
movtd to ameud the report by striking oat the
word “non,** and gave hia reasons ior proposing
so to do. He regarded th: question as one or
very great importance, aud he wu much ear-
praed a year or two ago to find that the ques
tion had been omitted It wu generally tup
posed that this question Is still in the discipline.
The question refer* to one of the oldest and best
of Bible doctrine*. Enoch walked with God
three hundred year*, and attained to perfect
love.
H J Adams, clerical. North Georgia confer
ecce, called the speaker to order, and aaid he had
goue Into a discus.ioa of the doctrine of perfect
love.
Bit hop Keener—I do not think he la oat of
order.
Dr. Boswell continued his argument in favor
of the restoration cf the question. It wu ne
cessary. he said, to instill into young preachers
tte doctrines of our church. The question h as
a good object and founded on broad and jua
reasons.
H J Adams, clerical. North Georgia confers
ence. aaid he wu a Methodist and believed in
all the doctrines of his church. Dr. Boswell ar.
gnad u if there were eom* opposition to the
doctrine of perfection of love. There Is none.
Tne report states that the question is merely
rapeffinoua
Bishop Keener: 'You misunderstood the
broihei.'*
Wm. A. Tarwater, clerical, Missouri confer
ence, favored the restoration of the question
and uid it wu Important that it should be re
stored, u the doctrine wu now mieUng with
■opp r Billon. He, hoped the adverse report
would not be adopted
C. K. Marshall, lay, Mississippi conference,
■aid, u a question of privilege: “There la now
worse «eniilatioa In this ball than there has
been vet. We are shut up and cm yet no air.’’
Bishop Keener: ‘There la a committee to
ventilate tne hall, and I hope they will attend
to it.”
F. M Kennedy, clerical, 8. C. conference,
■poke in behalf of the committee on revisal,
and said they had thought a restoration oi the
question in the discipline wu unnecessary.
Tbe questions are already foil on the doctrine
perfect love, and there is really no need ol
restoring this question which hu been stricken
out. L ’ *-•«•— —^ ^
B McFerrin, clerical, Tennessee conference,
asked when mud bow tbe question wu left out
the discipline.
Dr Summer* made eome explanatory state-,
meats on the sub j act.
A committee was'appointed at Nsw Orleans
the revisal of the discipline. They bad
worked with grpai zed and care. Their work
wu submitted at Memphis aud the conference
adopted it. A great many thing* were left out
of the discipline simply becau-e they were repe
tition*. Tbit question wu one of many tuci
wu c^niidered that the subject wu fully cov
ered by tbe other questions- He himself had
written largely oa the question ol
perfect love, and certainly he
could havd had no reason to leave out the quea
lions dogmatically. It wu too late in the day
raise a question on the subject.
CG Andrews, clerical, Mississippi conference,
said he nnp to occupy the floor for tte fltsi time
two general conferences. He feared ttai
many parx of tbe discipline hid been carelessly
teviewed aid revised. He meant no refl ctfen
any general conference or any commute*
revision II the qoes'ion is important ough. ^
not to take It np ? Ought we to leave it o
merely because it hu been omitted by aoi—
past legislation. The doctrines of onr church
must be c'.eariy and fully expressed in onr dis
cipline and we can go nowhere else for therm
I cannot see that the doctrine of perfect love la
fnily tan.ht at present in our dLcipline.
The questions ar* now too general and do
not put the doctrine
light The moet important question on the g-e*t
doctrine hu been lelt out. 8ball we lose it? I
entreat you to atop before you go further. What
harm will there be in patting b*ck this qui
tioa? Are you to surrender your distinctive
doctrines one by one He wouid deeply regret
if tbe conference ialted to walk boldly np and
take a stand on this question. He prayed the
restoration of the question.
K H Lee, clerical, Louisville conference, spoke
in favor of the restoration. Tbe doctrine of per
fect love must not only be taught in our theo
logical writings, we want it in our discipline.
The present questions in the shape in which are
cherish it. The dhtlncttve question is that
which hu been left oat sod watch we want
rettore. Thia is our distinctive doc
trines and when men come
presort themselves for our ministry, theythould
be questioned in th* strongest wav on this doc
trine. There is a tendency to abandon tbe dec
trine of perfect love. We should cling to it all
ie more firmly.
Dz Lovick Pierce roes to address the confer*
ice on the question. He aaid he should not
fytve presented himself unasked. He had rc-
innmu-j had a right to
turn asidj to anything cm. 1 , Lot i. there wu any
other occupation to which k« might go he had
chosen next to the ministry in its holiness aud
oatfuinees. 1 he ap.aker said he silil cherished
the cause of Christ, and strove u earues Jy u
ever to promote it- ills remark* were lull of
earneianes* and were.grateiullr received by tte
conference.
A Worthy flaa brad
CoviNGiox, May 15. —Mr. T. 8. B ack,
a worthy sed honored chisen of this place, died
yesterday at 1 p. bl of corrampUcn; age a. He
leaves a wif• and four children. At the Ha* of
• wu cleik of the superior court, a
i, a good templar, a knight Of honor, a
There w.a * wrong committed years ago and
w* now seek to right it.
(Dr. Lot ck Pierce tock a seat on tha platform
at thia time, looking remarkably well and
rroag.)
It Line, clerical, north Texts conference, said
be bad do appaal to aa^ka ta the sympathy
tears of the conference. He appealed for right
and jostles, and the conference should settle
ita i
He
A yea-
B oe
—W* were glad to meet noon oar vi
terday Judge George N L?*ter. oi
Ridge drcait- JaageLtstei it will b
bered, acme day* ago net with an aed'tent bv
tailing down a fi ght of ataira at the Kimball
bouse and breaking a large haste in his sum. He
hopes to be fnhy recovered Irocs hia isjonca er*
■sny weeks.
—Hoc James W Robertson, at Goth coamy, ia
m rely to give f c’a. without msgnilying.
ni. jlng a single fact. He would rather teas hia
suae than to misrepresent, the other ode of the
e -se He rehearsed tha history of thedivbion
and dented any inju*t!ce done at that time. Eg
wu in the minority and oppoaed any dirMon
bat It was the will of the majority and
w:a ordered by th* conference. The line
division wss drawn by five men, every
whom wu pvobehiy over flftv yean old ax the
time. That e mmittee wu generous and pin
dent asd it divided tbe conferecoe u beat
cou:d Our report wu read and wu adopted,
though there w re some protests. When tbe
Wer.ans radioed cl Alabama. Mr Boberfeoa
hash*d an extent ire experience in railroading,
‘ >ld make a more fl; *“
asd no one woe Id make a more fi: manager for
for this railroad than Mr Robertson, of Cobb
county This vacancy is made by the resigna
tion of Gen E P Alexander, who Juajxe to
inra—
had more members, only fear teas preachers and
an equal territer.. The conferences had
equal start and the East Texu conference
<n _ [i ^ _ no reason to ccmpUdq. Tbe people are oppesed 1 of Kew York, the secretary of the America
AnruTta'to u-nne charge of the Gecrgla taife * “J change in the lire new. They are stadj ^ Society, whose stay wu necessarUy brief.
Bishop Keener respond dto the words of Dr
Hunt and **id he had felt and seen that the
work of tte Bible society could well precede the
work of missions He had been in some of tbe
foreign field* to which Dr Hunt had referred
and could endorse what he had said in regard to
the work tht re. »
The effect of the Mexican war wu to throw
the entire country open to tte reception of the
Bible. This wu not the objtc: of the war, but
it had b Jen its gracious result- H j had heard
wheu iu Mexico tome remarkable things which
it m’ght not be out of place to state
Severs delegates—“Go on,*’ * stale them.”
The bishop prec eded—
“A teutitman told mo that he wu a year or
two ago travelling in Mtxico, and wnile in a
wild part of th* coun ry apprehended danger
from b uiditti. He approached a clump of trees
u be walked alon<:. and In a tiul* space
within he saw some men sitting iu
a circle. He feared that he had
run into tha very danger he wu trying to avoid,
but he waa disc, vered and it wu too late to
escape. He approached the circle and noticed
that a venerable old man wu reading to tbe
otters from a book. Ihe men received him
politely, u Mexicans usually receive strangers
they invited him to join them, and hd soon saw
their kind demonstrations that they meant
harm to him. At length he went up to the
man and asked what he wu reading. To
rarpriae and j*y he fonnd that he had b en
reading out of a New Testament published by
American Bible society.
The English Bib.e aocie.y hu an agency in
te City of Mexico, and I tbink the American
Bible society hu an agency of some sort there*
Mexican boy c dried a basket of Teatautsnta
a fair in one of the cittra to sell, 1 hardly
know how he got hold of them. But he filled
basket with testaments and trinkets and
went to the fair. Among thoae to whom heeold
the books wu a M xican ci considerable promt-
named Gomra, who greatly distinguished
himself for oravery ia a recent Mexican war. Go-
read the book and wu convicted that his
whole conception o. dnty and religion was
wrong. It wu holy wee . and this man had
to take the part of Criaphu in aaoenie
xbluitton which wu to go through the streets
the dty. He took himself to the mountains to
avoid this work, now ao disagreeable to him
The priest aoon discovered his absenov, learned
whereabouts and aePt for him, and told
him he most play hit part He replied.
••No, I’m done with such things now.
and I will never take part in them again.”
The priest inaUted, anl'told him U be would
only fill the part then he would not aik him
again. At last he consented, bnt for tte last
time. Gomes is now one of the staunchest Pro
testant minister* in Mexico. Imagine how it
thrilled my heart to hear the brother tell of this
work in foreign lands. Oh 1 I am greatly in is-
▼or of this American Bible society.“
IHE LA aL NT RUMORS.
Potatoes-Far in Notes—Fruit Trees—
A Mistake—Floral Items—Tea Cul
ture—Rice Culture—Rural New*—
Tbe Cora Cro|»-8tay at Hobs -
Grantee Convention — Home and
Household — Kalslag Sbtep and
jDogs-Caro of Grape Tines—Sheep
Ralolngla Southern Georgia-Crop
Sews. __
TEA CULTURE.
To those who desire to embark in
tea culture we suggest that you select
a friable, pulverized soil. Draw hills
with a hoe, about three inches deep
The cultivation of the plant can be
with the hoe or with a plow. The
seed should bs covered Bnme two
inches. When one year old the plants
should be transplanted to permanent
locations.
potatoes.
■round light and kill on*
the weeds and qrAss. As tUt a culti
vation as possible so as to admit of an
aosorption vf the water, ia very desir;>
b!e. Ashes, bone meal and’ salt is an
excellent mixture for potatoes.
THE CORN CROP,
See that this crop has a clean and
thorough cultivation. R unember that
grass and weeds consume a food which
should go towards maturing the corn
crop. Good cultivation of the crop
keeps down the weeds, and aside from
thia keeps the ground open to admit
the fertilising influences of the air, the
rains and dews.
STAY AT HOME.
There ere many things on the farm
which requires tne constant care and
supervision of the fai mer. He has bnt
little time to visit town or city for the
mrposesof pleasure or amusement,
lis eye must see that land is iu a prop-
condition for work, being neither too
ueiirLborhsod V n ” •,
cannot be successfully done. * Djg-
raisibgrequires no hkiii, no caoiul, and
but lii.ie h >me food. Ihe F^roi and
Fireside says: A comparatively recent
invesHgttion shows that there are over
100,000 does in Georgia, which annual'
ly destroy uearly 30,000 sheep, valued
at $80,000. At thia time there were
only thirty-one dogs to every sheep.
It is estimated that while only six per
cent are destroyed by disense, fifteen
« er cent are annnolly killed by dogs,
t is further estimated that the dogs
require as food, in addition to the 30,«
000 sneep, an amount of food which, if
ted to hogs, would produce bacon
enAugh to aff ird-an annual supply sat*
ficient to feed 50,000 laboring men.
Kansas, though one among the best
adapted states for wool-growing, has
74 640 dogs. And sj it is in eveiy
state in the uuion. Hardlv a week
. „ . . - , , . passes that we do not see an account cf
wet or too dry, to select good seed for |; heep killeJ by j™ xta
planting, he is to judge how to plant, g re g a t e number itui ah.ughlered ex
ceeds over 1,000.000 head. There are,
exnreaalon of bta opln
ioa on tbe sabjrei under consideration. He
I confess that I deeply regretted
when I first learned tha*. thoae beautiful words
‘Do you expect to be made perfect in love in
this life r bad been left oat of tht discipline.
They have no business to be ont- Ira clad to
disposed to restore the qieatioc
The question, “are yon striving to attain per
lection? - ’ ia very different from the question “Do
you expect to be made perfect in love in thia
life.** a great many of you are after sanctifies’
tion, bet you never expect to get. Fo.myief Jam
fled this subject has hero unexpectedly dla
coxed before this venerable body. I hope
■aay die. and I may aay let me be buned. before
Methodism fa bereft of such a flavor aa this.
The blessed faith that we may be made perfec
in love by the bicod of Christ in this life E!«i
ed be God that I have had an opportunliy
speak to you on thia quest km.
The remarks were full of unction of power
od were beard with g eat Interest by the en*
tire confi
Dr Evens raid it waa da* to himself to ray that
the committee had acted in hia absence. He
ul no objection to the restoration of the quea
DO.
Dr J 8 Key called the previous qaestiou.
was ordered oa the amendment to strike out
in the advene report. The amendment
was adopted by a targe majority.
question areas aa to whether the item should
tte on the table under the rule. The general
■:nae a emed to bs that the question should lie
the table under tbe rule.
> waa moved by Dr B-mmers to suspend
ea and act on the amended report aloe
The rote* were suipsuded and the item
Tbe report waa continued. The committee
sported dol-concurrence in the following me
mortal* as 1 resolutions:
in annul conference relative to schools, &cv
under the care of the chnrch. On motion the
report wu adopted
Bishop Keener announced that if there
no objection he would hear a re pert from the
committee oa tbe Bible cause.
THE XtSLR QUEST
The report under conskierauoa was tabled
and H F Johnson, chairman of
the
the Bibte cause, submitted
report No. 1, which it was desired ahoold
up daring th* presence of Bev A 8 HantiD
jng sp m eserial* tod »ppcAt agA&it iU Thej
what to plant, wnat manures to use,
how to cultivate, and when to gather
the crops. 1 f labor is not not to be lost,
if the investment is to pay an interest,
if the soil is to be improved and 1 not
impoverished, all of his time and atten
tion will be needed.
CARE OF GRAPE VIXE1.
Why do farmers deny themselves
pretty much ever; luxury, while many
of. them can be had at comparatively
bnt little trouble? Tbe grape is a de-
]'cioU8 fruit, vet on how many Georgia
f irms do we see it growing? A few
vines of different varieties, planted oh
sanny spo.s, or by the Bide of some
bouse, if lo. ked af.er, wi’l furnish such
nice frnit for the family. Triy it, farm
ers Buy or beg a few vinee, make
your ground rich and mellow by using
the spade, and with old manures ana
fiuely ground bones and ashes, and
then set them ont. In three or four
years the investment will pay. 0.:e
thing we will add: On wash days take
the soapy liquids used and pour on
your grape vines.
FARM NOTES.
Chopped leaks or onions are an
excellent raw vegetable food to give
poultry for a change. I» is an excellent
good tonic, and some claim that it aida
toward keeping the fowl bodies free
from lice.
A farmer says that ever since the
^izwtic year he has given his team a
pint of onion sets every morning dur
ing winter and spring; they kept off
the epizootic then and twice since,
when it became threatening He is
satisfied they are very beneficial in
other ways, as his team are never sick
or. off their feed. He uses the “top
onion,” merely because they are plenty
and cheaper than other kinds, other
wise they are no better. They are al
ways eaten before the com.
—Crude carbolic acid mixed with
sixty parts water is recommended for
killing tick on sheep. *
—It is a bad plan to permit poultry
Count Neh*nval»ITs Wialt—Ttte In
dian Troops—A Hove on You.
London, April 15. —'The greatest se
crecy is maintained regarding the
Count 8 ihouvalofFa visit Many ver
sions are current in St. Petersburg and
elsewhere, bnt doubtless more or less
plausible hypothesis. The Times* spe
cial from San Stefano bays all the troops
here will move within a few days and
camp ou rising ground two miles aud a
hall nearer Constantinople.
A STRATEGIC MOVE.
St. Petersburg, May 16.— It Is rn
mored that England is sending 30,000
men from India to take Van to
threaten the Russians In Caucasus.
AUSTRIAN FIERCENESS.
Peeth, May 15.—M. Tz a said ob
jections to the treaty related as much
to the stipulations affecting the eastern
as the western half of ihe Balkan pe
ninsula, and that the repeated insinn*
ations of the intention on the part of
the government to follow the policy of
allowing things 4o take their own
couree in the east, had never bad the
slightest foundation. This declaration
waa received with cheers. Credit will
probably be voted by a great majority.
SEVERE MEASURES THREATENED.
LohD'N, May 15.—A special from
Constantinople to the Times says Gen.
Todleben declares that unices the
Turkish insurgents disperse he will
adopt severe repressive measures.
A telegram from Batoum states that
concentration of seven thousand
Mussulman inhabitants at Lazistan, in
Ardanntch district, has compelled the
Hubs ans to retreat, and a rapid gath
ering of armed bands renders untenable
the Russian positions at Livona and on
the Choruk river.
ACTIVITY IN ROUMANIA.
London, May 15 — Advices from
Bucharest state that detachments of
Russian reserves and recrnfcs continue
to pass through Roumania for rtgi»>
iments in the field, some totally ignor
ant cf military drill. Trains of ammn
nition are aleo passing to the Danube.
The Russians will make additional con
tracts in Roumania for transport of
carts and animals. I*, is said that three
thousand more have been ordered to be
ready in two weeks for service eomh
of tbe Danube. Renewed activity
prevails in the S.rvian arsenas.
< )rdera have been issued to tbe factory
at Kragnjeratz to increase the produc
tion of the P tebody maritime ammuni
tion to amount to fjrty thousand
rounds per day. All the serviceable
artillery in store has been ordered to
be mounted and sent immediately to
the front.
THE INDIAN TROOPS
London, May 15 -Tne movements
of the Indian troops matter will be
discussed in the house of lords on Mon»
day, when Btron Selbanue will call at
tention to the question whether such
movemement was previous, and to no
tify the parliament at Constantinople
Opposition, however, will not move
any resolu.ion on the sobj $ct in the
house of lords, and Lord Harrington’
resolution in the house of commons i
declared by him aa not intended to raise
the question of policy of using
the Indian forces, bnt merely
egal issue. The Times says that waen
it is announced beforehand that the
ekder of the opposition in the lower
house will not raise a question of poli**
i.y, and when the principal lawyer of
the party n the boose of lords will not
throw his obj actions into the form of a
resolution, mere discussion of the con
stitutional law of the cause wouid be
more suitable for a debating society.
The fact is, the issues of the present
causes have passed beyond the control
of even the British parliament. Ihe
general policy of the government has
received, at its moet central stage, the
support of the country, and the minis
try have accordingly taken steps
which leave the next tarn
of eventa in other hands.
roost in the stables. Hen lice will
attach giemselves to horses and cows
seriously annoying them.
To kill borers in the orchard early
in the spring, and then in the fall, wash
the tree in strong lye-
RURAL NEWS.
-rDo not stupefy your Baby with
Opium or Morphia mixtures, out use
Dr. Ball’s Syrup which is always safe
and reliable and jjfcver disappoints, f’
Therepwtrecommend*ratitalchao^alothe ceL fl, . ’ 243
ranse. A mm need notown all the
land he p?s'ures on, but can use Hun
dreds and tho* panda of acres free.
FRUIT TREEP.
Deep planting of fiuii trees is some
times injurious, iu fact, it ia better to
set out a tree shallower than b*-£ »re re
moval. As a matter of course, fruit
n all know th.it trees Lave two kinds
of roots. F.ret, the rootlets, which are
. ouug and tender, r.re found near the
surface, getting air and moisture to
feed the tree; then the lower roots, the
supporters of ihe tree and the conduo
tors cf its food. As a matter of course,
if, in transplanting, you bury tbe tree
deep in the greund aa to have the
rootlets very lar under, you work aa
injury. There is another w*y by which
trees are iujurtd, aud that ia by bring
ing green manure in contact with the
roots. The true plan is to put the ma
nure on tho surface,' and its beneficial
elements will be carried down on the
roots. As a matter of course; yon
should have rich soil into which to
transplant your treeu; but if at this
time manure is used, und brought in
contact with the roo.s, let it be thor
oughly decomposed.
RAISING SHEEP AND D Ol.
It is very generally co. lens^d that
1 dog raising iu the same
— England pays annually $30,000,000
for imported units.
—Tennessee haB twice as many acres
wheat as she had last year.
—The spring wool chp in Gsliforniu
will be about 20,000,000 pounds,
—A new kind of lung fever is killing
the hogs at Biggsviile, III.
-The Am< rican Pomological society
will be held in Nashville in (September,
1878 •
—Sheep raising is the chief industry
of New Mexico.
—There is no place in America where
farmers feed their cows so high as with
in five miles of Elgin, Illinois, anti no
farmers who make so mnch money
from milk.
—The annual yield of potatoes in the
United States, according to the retnme
of the last census, was nearly 150,000,
000 bushels.
—The corn crop exceeds in acreage
and value any other in the country.
Next in value is the bay crop, not in*
cluiiing pasturage. Iu 1875, out of
123 243,000 acres under cultivation, 44-
800,000 were de v^ted to corn, 26,400,000
to hay, 11,900 000 to oats, and 10,800,-
.000 to cotton. The money value of the
crops, as given by the department of
Bgricul'ure for that year, was, in round
nnmners, $555 400000 of corn, $342,
000,000 ot hay, $294,500 000 of w heat,
$272,900 000 of cotton, and $129,599 000
01 r a s. Potatoes are down for a value
of $65,000,000 tobacco $30 000,000, and
barley $25,950,000
RICE CULTURE.
The culture of rice is attracting atten
tion in some localities of tbe state where
it has not been attempted before. The
culture of the crop is simple, and re
quires no great amount of labor. To
those who desire to try this crop we say
yrepare your ground well ana lay off
n shallow drills, say thirty fnchet-
apart. Drill the nee and cover lightly
In the first workiog of the crop be sure
and remove all grass and wreda. After
this ordinary hoeing and shallow plow
icg will be snffirienL We find in the
Gainesville Etgle an interesting letter
from Col. J. H. Nichols, who has been
succe&sinl in growing rice in Habrr
sham county. He reused a crop at the
rate of 93} bushels per acre. The col
onel says "the idea that wet land on!}
will prodace rice is erroneous, as the
land devoted to its culture by me Iasi
year is as dry as any portion oi my
valley farm.”
GRANGE CONTENTION.
The annual convention of the Broad
River grange association will be held
at Paoli on July 31 vt and August 1st
A very large attendance is expected
The several grange uigamiationt
throughout the district embraced, are
all reported in a live and prosperous
condition.
SHEEP RAISING —SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
the United S;art*8, about 32,000,000
hheep and 8 000 000 dogs, or about one
dog to every five persons, li/is esti
mated that these*dogs eai enough,
rauie from the sheep they kill, to feed
and fatten 5000,000 hogs, each worth
about $12, or $60 000 000
To the average farmer, theep raising
more profitable than dog raising, in
spite of the combined opposing it flu-
enccs of dogs and their allies, politic aI
wire work rs. Iu the cotton giowing
states it has been democstra .ea that it
costs no more to raise a pound of wool
than one of cotton, and the market
value of the wool ia three times asgren .
It is estimated that the annua! viUUd of
he wool clip in the United 8:ales is
valued at $50,000,000. There must and
bhouid be a more per»isu nt and nutted
effort made by wool growers to proper
ly protect their interests. Wik iuey
make the necessary effort.?
FLORAL ITEMS.
—German ivy roots best in water.
When well started, transfer to a flower
pot, which should be kept in a sunny
place.
•Ferns love a thick, damp wood,
where they have a rich soil, but lifele
mn, and a great deal of moisture. Ti
have success with them, you must ini -
tate nature in its piovision Lr them aa
much as possible.
— Geraniums sometimes turn black
hen the soil is too rich, and where
they afe kept too wet. Geraniums do
not need u vdry rich Loil^and it should
at least one third s.iud.
Red spiders sometimes trouble
plants. To exterminate them, take
one leaspaonful camphor to a qti ut of
hot water, and pour on the plant. It
is elao death to all the worms that
plants are heir to.
A MISTAKE.
A day or two since we heard an
elderly farmer, and we have heard that
he was a succe?f ful one, rather ridicul
ing agricultural papern and books, lo
this he was wrong. No doubt his life
long experience on the farm, his
watchfulness over his crops, his obser
vations on the weather, his care of
stock, de v, was worth a great de&l to
him. Perhaps had he read agricultural
books and papers he ought tong since
have garnered the knowledge he has
been years in gaining frem experience
in the farm. This ia not all. Suppose
that all he has learned irons practice
was all written out, what a guide for
others, and what a benefit they would
derive from it. Take to-day the reports
cf the agricultural departmental Wash
ington, or of the bureaus t f the south
ern states, pr read agricultural jour
nals, and their analysis ot fertilisers, < f
soils, plants, bones and manures; their
examination ot seed*; their investiga
tions oi various feeds for stock; their
speculations on diseases of grain, cf
frmt, and of animals; their facta gener
ally on crops, f lrniak a vasi. amount of
information frem which the farmer can
beat learn to be economical, efficient
and practical. From these he will de
rive tbe benefit of practical experi
ment the knowledge of the best fer
tiliser!.; the proper varieties of seed to
plant; what animals are beet to raiss or
jreed from; receipts for all kinds of
farm purposes, and also the nature of
all kinds of soils.
HOME AND HOUSEHOLD.
—Remedy for rheumatism—^Take a
pint of spirits of turpentine, to which
add an ounce of camphor. Let it stand
until the camphor is dissolved; then
rub it ou the part affected, and it will
never fail of lemoviog the complaint.
Flannel ehioud be applied after tbe
part is well fomented with turpentine.
Repeat the application morning and
evening. I*, is said to be equally avail
able for burns, scalds, bruu.es and
sprains, never failing of success.
Cabbage Worm.—For the benefi’ of
cabbage raisers troubled with the green
worm eating the heads of cabliage, ap
ply as much common salt to e.;ch head
as can be held in tbe hand, and shut
the hand and sprinkle evenly over the
head.
luring Scalp.—Ww h tbe head with
a nail brush well with carbolic soap,
rub well through - tbe scalp, then take
« sponge and rnb through the scalp,
after wetting with this solution : Car*
bolic acid* one drachm; calendula
tincture, one drachm; can (hairs tinct
ure, one-half drachm ; of glycerine and
water three ounces, and perfume to
suir, with roee water or any thing you
like.
—Sick Headache If yon have it
upon getting up in the morning, take
i lablespoonfui of soda (baking,) bathe
ne feet in water aa hot as can be borne,
\nd keep quiet, and in two hoars if re
lief is not obtained, take a grain of
quinine every hoar rill three are taken.
—For a Coogh— Oae lemon, two
ounces liquorice root, four ounces
chopped raisins, four ounces fl >.x seed.
Put into two quarts of water and boil
down to one qaart. Take a teaspoon ful
hree times a day and aa often aa you
:ough.
—H'lme-made Court Plaster— 1 The
following receipe come to ns w ell recom
mended: One ounce of French isiuglats
one pint of warm watei; stir till it dis
solve; add ten cents' worth of pure
glycerine and five cents* worth of tinc
ture of arnica; lay a piece of white or
black silk on a board and paint it over
with the mixture.
GEORGIA CROP J EWS.
—As a matter of course crops are ^ret
to be made. Ere the season cl jsbs dis
asters of various kinds may overtake
any of the various crops, and tbe har
vest may belie the present outlook.
We only give the news from some lo
calities that.cn r readers may seethe
present prospect. Tbe Greensboro
Home Journal says all sections have
been recently blessed with good sea
sons.
—Jonesboro News: Bees which pur-
In speaking of sheep culture in Geor
gia, the Albany News says: There b
no country upon earth wheie with ae
little care and attention sheep raising
can be made to pay so handsomely
They require no shelter, as we have no
snow and but little ice. They thrive
upon the native grasses and other vege
tation in the pine forests which art
green throughout the year. No atten>
lion is given them by their owners ex
cept at shearing and marking time.
Sheep are peculiarly exempt from dis
ease in this section, the diseases eo pre
valent with them in other localities be
ing unknown here. The estimated net
profit upon sheep raising in this sec
tion is ninety per cent upon the money
and labor invested in sheep. Sheep
would thrive better with some winter
pasturage, such as rye, turnips, efic,
which could be produced at a very I rived the winter appear to be doing
trifling cost. Improvements of breed I well. The largest swarms are coming
With more care and attention, would I out, that we ever heard of, and if they
well reward the trouble. lean have a dry May the ir houses will
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