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Newspaper Page Texti\ THE OX.STITUTIOX PUB. CO ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, JUNE IS, 1S78. No. 61, Volume X TERMS OF THE CONSTITUTION WUauj EDITION, pahHabad on TnOi n “•TW.W 10; ill mdir || 00. Farabi, lb linjUTIUKE-lMfe at tb. n—no laM on ijMRjr. u» uu Ikaraoa aUwa wbra tl oamTiTiTios, Atlanta, On The eoBwtry In »*ii| ml*. Bex Bctlsk • melia n rut. Jons W. touwnn ten Louisiana colonel. Wnnr te Bill (Jhai.dier pooling about? Tbm* in a none behind the arras. .In ft a rat. Hosato* Mxkkiiejm ban written a card to biaooon’iin.r te. A YiMTiao auteatuan In jail is worth two in the cabinet. Caoxnt'a non* BMina u> have acoom* pliahed wi oil.rn in Oregon. Jar (jpouate Mid to be a very mod eat and rMirint man The cry cl iba organa te "Poll down yonr ic-rct-l-g*'. I' 1 The republican rat te not alonr. There in a eat in the meal-tub. Taxr are endeavoring to make Stf n- ley llauhewa the old dog Tray of the exhibition. The bberman lamuy oppose dancing, bat it wnold bo no violation of the ralea lor John io a(ep down and out. Btanlet Matthew* appear* to be a terra cotta statesman. The beat of them get into boeiorw nnawnraa The CoaaTiTOTtoa waa the firat to call attention toOrvilla Grant's neat ad ver- tiaement of bia brother. It la a very valuable docmnent. It la Impoeiible not to remember that we ara in the midat of an exceedingly fnriona revolution. It ia one of tboae aort ol revolntiona that pnrifiaa the atmoephere Johx SnxEHAx wanted Anderaon to let the perjury ”ronon,”anditdid run on. At prcaent there ia aomething elae running on. We do not aympatbixe with John, but we feel aorry for hia family. We know that the feeling of old Tecum, will ba hurt before the epi demic ia over. Tna Burlington Hawkeye aay The OoaanTtmoH “ia one of the moo: aer- aible journals in the counter.” N. w that ia the way we like to bear a m. n talk. II he haa anything on hi* mind, let him come right out and tay it, like the editor of the Burlington Uawkejr, who eaema to apeak alter due delibera tion. WHATlua BAEN PAOTKN. Tae evidence of Buperviaor J*mea E. Anderaon and the letter* produced by him abow that the vote*, aa they came out of the ballot-boxes in the two periebra of Eiat and Wat Feliciana, elected the democratic electors for pre i dent and vice-preeident, and that in order to produce an apparent election of the republican elector* for preaidenl and vice-preeident, it waa neceavary for the mturaii g board to throw out the vote* or alter the election return* for tboae parishes. From one pariah the votea were thrown out, and from the other falae returns were Tbua the evidence of 8a- perviaor ' Andemoo, fortified by ample documentary evidence, ee- tahliahea the fact that Ur. Hayea’a title recta at the outset upon perjury. The electoral communion would not go behind the raturna from Louisiana, and those returns .are now proven to be but the product of perjury and un paralleled official villiany. The testimony of Elector Le-itse now coma in to show that the manu factured returns were insufficient— that forgery of tbe boldest nature be came neceaary in order to carry out the conspiracy to steal the presidency. Leviaee, it should be borne in mind, resides in Washington, and ia an ar dent republican. Tbe facts as disclosed by hia evidence are briefly these: The first set of re turns received from Louisiana were wretchedly irregular—aa irregular in form aa they were rotten in substance. Tbe votes for president and vice presi dent were cert fled together, in direct violation of article 12 of the constitu tion. The supencrlption upon the en velope that held them was also contrary won the chief pra-a. We give below tbe chief iasuea of tbe two platform*: Dmoenatc. StpyLdcan. Raer. laat.on or ,0 . FaMHacnl of later von re;—1 of r rorrp ud .pint of nations: Son ua; • me bad cn'raet.; no rep. ' - earreoey, payment o' re paialoa set; sa'lonaf o-lUmtlor.« *I form corencj on i grenb-ek. .bar. it w ulr. cost rtlUa aaS tuleitb-agcsolc. _ narr. For revenue only. i Slfrhtiy prottctlTO. _ AueieMTAieinw Oenoanceo iepo .,c.i. tar onr cea attempt to neuonal . mlLl. ration dcfrtndO.exoo’ r-I et- and tbe fora rler *od r-t etr., »nd the ea- ara-e of tnt. tary p - tr vamaca of tbe deal, b, wblcb pre..cent w. rilic au.lc gov.-rn mated ,nen'. There was also a greenback ticket in tbe field, bnt whether It bad mnch strength or not does not appear from tbe dispatches that here come to hand. We are indined’to think that the con- teat over the state ticket waa not wholly confined to tbe two old parties, for it ia thought that the democratic ticket ia delated. Tbe importance of the victory ia by no means inconsiderable. In the first place it displaces Hipple-Mltchell, and gives the democrats 41 out of 76 sens tore, with five or six good chan cm to bear from. It adds one to the demo cratic side of tbe next house; and if tbe presidential contest should goto that body for decision, it gives the democrats another state, Oregon being entitled to bnt one member. It, in fact, largely increases the probabilities tbal the democrats will control both the next bonne and e majority of its thirty-eight delegations. The victoiy is, perhaps, the more important because it is the first of the campaign. It gives the democrats a good send-off and tbe republicans the reverse. It fills the former with en couragement for the fall elections, and wakens the bacxbone of the men wbo t:on at the hands of the democratic convention, Mr. Stephens ays: But it be convention iball repudiate roe « aa unfit tvpreienialive afdewetaue prisciplel andiball attempt to rule me out of tb. demo crnlc part, became of aoythlns connect* d with ty retvnt pabilcact* or elalemenle, tbcolmj to yen and to them, plainly and dlftlcctj that Iaball recard tbelr edict aa bnt a Son— /Went, leased by an Irresponsible taction ot tridtatem, and tbe quretloo whether X or thej At. Mood In the laith of tbe telbeia ihail te lettlor tbe true cemocncj cd tbe district, to be retted at tnepoili. if ible .ball prodece any divieloo or distention in tbe part/, then tbe mpomiblUti for tbe coca qoenoe* must reel opon those Wit he re an aeealled retd oo gra to e statute. When the meesenger. are shouting themselves hoarse with UEAPM COLTVMM IN UKUBUIA. Wr were struck with tbe statement mails * fsw days since before the Po mologies! society, in regard to wine, making in Georgia. It has been exceedingly bard to get the Idea of the fanners of the state ent of the ordinary current ol cotton end corn cultivation. The system of broad scree, and the staple crops has taken possession of their'minda, and they cannot be diverted from this plan. There ia no donbt, however, if the slate, msnta of practical and reliable farmers an be believed—end there is no room to donbt them—that the small crops on a farm .pay mnch belter profits than the main crops. Dr. Hspe slated that gispe culture would prove very profi table in Georgia, and that the best, of wine eould be made for 80 cents a gallon. Mr. Woodruff now makes and alls a great qusnti y at <2 per gallon, and we believe that at $1 a gallon, he could all all he could make, soon sf ter season. At this prise it would be e very remunerative cro;>,and would out' pay all the oorn fields that could be planted. We suggest that the Pomotogical so ciety give an entire mating to tbo discussion of ths grape and wine question, and we promise that its debate shall be fully reported and con spicuouely printed. Thera la nothing in which Tn* Coastm-riox eo much delight* AS the material development oi the state, and the education of the tarmiog classes. Let us have the dis cussion on grape cnl'.nre, gentlemen. came on with the duplicate he was told to go back and get returns that were regular and legal He went, bnt at least one of the electors, Levies®, was not at home, and so bia name was forged nine times in the new returns. Upon these forged bnt formal returns the final count was determined. So that, in brief, official villainy in the twin forms of forg ary and perjury ia by the nt - eontrad c'.ed and absolutely unassaila ble evidence of Supervisor Anderaon and Elector Leviaee—both being good republicans—shown to be the basis in the last analysis of Mr. Hiyas’s title to tbe presidency. An excellent and in fluential republican paper—a paper that frequently pats truth above partv —tbe Springfield Republican, furnishes all the comment that the facta at pres ent seem to demand: “ 01 coarse all ihia nas no effect on the president’s li tie. But it sheds Iresh light upon the raacalitia to which LouieUua republi' can politicians lent themselves without a blush. * It illostrates still more forci bly the ntter unacrupolonsneu cf the vile gang to whose keeping was handed over the republican party in that state and the decision of a presidential ela tion for all tbe states. The party at large must suffer, end ought to suffer, from the revelation ol anon rottenness. No latter-day abase of the witnesses who now expose the fraud they com mitted can outweigh the fact that they were the trusted agents end represen tatives of the party which now declares, as everybody knows, that they were always villains.” criea ol “revolution” and “Mexicani- xation." These men are now trying to revive their courage by laving all the blame on Hipple-Mitchell, but it is no use. As some paper says, it would b, xa easy to rid a tiger ol its stripes as republicanism of its rascals. WILLIAM CILLAN BSTAXT. TOM NEW INDIAN OPBJ3INO. The news of the death of the vener able American root vesterday morning did not not come unexpectedly. Ever since his fall on the thirtieth of last month, altar an exposure of two hours in the auo at tbe unveiling in New Yoik's greet park of a bast of Joseph Msutnl.hehasbeen lingering between life end death, with the chanca in fa vor cf the latter, on account of his great age. He waa born at Cummiugton, Massachusetts, November 3,17W. His father was a physician, who took unu sual interest In the development of his children. William began *1 ten year* ol age to send Una to the county paper, and in his nineteenth year he wrote “Tbanetopels,” one ol the mat im- P waive poems in the Unxnage. Alter be was graduated et Williams college he real taw end began its practice; bnt (he publication of “Than- aiopsis” and his tastes soon led to an exchange of law for literature. Hia fire! volume of poems wax published in 1821, and in 1823 he removed to New York, where he became an editor of the Ney York Evening Jtiview. During the ioUowiug year be connected nimseU with the Evening Post-a step that soon led to an exclusive control ot i‘a columns, and to large wealth. At hia death be owned a controlling interest in this profitable newspaper properly and was donbiieaa the wealthiest poet in the country. It is unnecessary to follow the story of the rise of hia liter ary reputation. His works, both of proa and poetry, are by no mane few, end be has long held the first position in American literature. A couple: edition of hie poems was published in 1883, bnt as be continued anting, sev eral supplementary volumes have ap peared. Ol Mr. Bryxnt'a various writings in proa, it ba been aahl that they tain “a euperflaous word, no < mp or showy phrase,” bnt are nirk throughout by “pare, manly, r aig forward and rigorous English.' N poet, ays Griswold, “has dee-rib with more fidelity the beanttaa o: cr non, nor song in nob'er song the; res ness of the Creator. He ia the MBamacr oi the silent language of the universe the world. His poetry is pervadad hy a pore and genial philosophy, a solemn and religion* tons, that influence the tancy, the understanding, and the hart." William Cralt, colored, who will be remembered ss one of the authors of an ante-bellum sensation, la now en gaged in a suit against Naylor A Co., of Boston, for alleged libel. It fapp-.sre that William, who te supposed to be e Georgia farmer, or something of that kind, went to Boston and gathered np subscriptions for e supposed school, which, in bis mind, he had established upon hia alleged planta tion. Wo apeak carefully, because don’t want Craft to come down here and sue* ns, and wo don’l want to offend Naylor A Oo., though really snch a contingency wonld be a grateful change from the ordinary every dev experience of a daily news paper. While this is true, it ia never theless too early in the season to get into business with either Saylor or Craft; wherefore it becomes us to use the cantioos terms and phrases with reaped to Craft the employment of which has led ns into this digression. Suffice it to say "las the Eatonton Broadaxe and Itemixer would remark) Craft is engaged in the anit as afore said, and the trial ia one ol Boston’s sensations. It appears that Naylor A Oo. printed something calculated to throw several pailfuls of cold water on Oraft’s contribution scheme, thereby damaging the plaintiff, as might net orally be supposed, to a considerable amount. They stated,if we interpret the somewhat vague testimony aright, that Cralt was somewhat of an imposter*, that his term wsa a suppood farm that his school was an alleged school, end that, in short, everything pertain ing to Crail was imaginary except hia desire to pick np contributions here and than. OI coarae Craft being a colored man of parts and somewhat care Ini of bia go* d name, could not stand this sort cf thing, and ao ho haa appealed the law. Tbe Boston paper* kindly cell it “ the Georgia libel ease,” bnt,in onr opinion, it is a laudable attempt on tbe pan of Cralt to discover, by a legal precise, whether the character of quiet and inoffensive colored man can be attacked with impunity in Boston. We forget now whether we sympathise with Craft or with Naylor A Co., but, aa a Georgian, Craft haa claims on tbm oeegon auction. We have at teat reliable news from the Oregon election. The returns from all the distant eastern counties have not been received at the capital, bnt enough is known to fully justify theso noonccmeut that Gov. Joan Whittaker, the democratic candidate for congress, haa been elected .and that ths legislature will have a democratic majority on j tint ballot of not leas than ten over both republicans and independents. Whiuaaer’s majority will not be lorn than five hundred, and may exceed six hundred. This te a remarkable victory in view of the fact that the vote of the state haa always been dose. In 1872, how ever, Grant carried the state by 3 493 majority. In Jane, istfi, in a poll of nearly 30 000 votes, the republicans elected their congressman by 1,106; five months later, in a poll of almost exactly aq*al numbers, they gave Hayes a majority over Tildeo of 1057, the Cooper and Oaiey ticks! receiving The scene of the new hostilities is in eastern Idaho, about seventy-fite miles sooth of east from Boise City, end about one hundred and fifty miles from Fort Hall. The lava beds be tween Big Camas prairie and Snake river is tbe stronghold of tbe now hos tile Bannocks, who are mere entrench, ed to the nnmbe^of about three hun dred, under tbe leadership ol Buffalo Horn. Another fora of shoot one hundred Bannocks is engaged in com mitting depredations on attlere and in. attacking trains on tbe overland wagon road. Between the arms furnished to the Indians by the broken down Illi nois politician, Brayman,whom Messrs Hayes am* Schurz appointed governor Idaho to illustrate the new civil service reform, — between arms eo furnished and the ammunition captured in tbe wagon trains, the hostile Indians are splendid ly equipped lor war. t There is enough gram and water and wood in the lava beds to subsist Buffalo Horn’s fora *11 summer. He is in a strong position, and is trying to secure tbe help of the Snake Indians, and tbe In dians on the Upper Colombia river who have usually affiliated with be Bannot ks. Buffalo Horn’s emissa ries sre aid to be in *11 the surround ing camps. It is fared that the Pelouse Indian* and some of the Nez Perce* will be drawn into the straggle. As narly sll the troops in toe department ol the Platte have been ant north of the Black Hills to oppose fn ex pected invasion of the Sioux under Sitting Bnll, it is sot strange that the people of Idaho are apprehensive of a bloody and disastrous war. The government ia, however, endavoring to concen trate* considerable Ijrcelorthe pro tection ol the settlers. Gen. Crook has been ordered to and to Fort Hall all the troops he can spare lrom the line of tbe Central Pacific railroad, and Gen. Howard is making hi* way east ward from the division of the Pa cific. Bnt all the troops that can be gathered together will find it no easy task to dislodge the Bannocks, who sre entrenched in the lava beds aa stron at least, as the Modocs were. The story cf is uprising presents the same old sickening facts—the seme disregard ot treaties, the same dis honesty in the agents selected by the government. Toe Banrotk Indians had invariably tan friendly to tbe whites; andthev did not rebel until their wrongs became unsupportable. Daring the whole of toe winter of 1676-77 only une-belf f the rations oi flour, baf and potato®- to which they were entitled were iaened, on the firs'. March all the baf was gone; on the twentieth of the following April all general issues were stopped, and the Indiana were left in a pitiable condi tion, the mountains end foot-hills heir g covered with snow and there being very little game in that part oi the country. They did the bat they conld, however. They tried to raise what and vegetable*, bnt the government refused in the faa of plain treaty stip ulations to anpply them with imple ments and seeds. It in fact left them and yet lava them to starve, after placing them on a reservation that is almost wholly destitute ol game. It oaee the Bannock andSnake Indians no leas than twenty-three annual treaty installments oi clothing, and three or four of good* W hat conld these un fortunate Indians do bnt fight 7 It is true they wold fold their arms and starve, bnt that wonld be scarcely nat ural. From B-ayman to the but employee of the Indian bureau the In dians have received tittle besides in justice. The whole concern is corrupt, heartless and fraudulent. U Schurz and the beautiful Brayman conld be pnt in the front of the fight at the lava beds, in the places cf either the starving Indians or the unprotected white set tles, perhaps a ray of hope wonld sp- As it is, nothing lee* than a tranafer of the Indian businea to the war department gives any enconra ge lt lor the futcre. We have soldiers enough and to spare ii we can find a banditti of honest men foe Indian agents. It te very fairly demonstrated that the republican party doa not con tain enough. Tbe impression left by this extract nnmistakeably is that Mr. Stephens has just made op his mind to become a candidate regardless oi the action of the democratic patty, because of tbe misrepr sentations” that have grown oat of his atterscces in relation to the Potter movement. And yet this im pression most be unwarranted; for .on the twenty-fifth ol May Mr. Stephens telegraphed to Mr. H. G. Wright, “I will stand lor re-election.” His letter in reply to Mr. Potter was not printed nntil the thirty-first of May, and very little if any comment adverse to Mr. Stephens appeared nntil after the firat of the preant month. Yeeterday’s dis patch is a reaffimation of the dispatch that came more than two weeks ago, with this difference—no one cottid tell from the May dispatch whether or not Mr. Stephene intended to ran as an in dependent candidate,whereas the Jane dispatch shows that he intends to ran with or without the democratic nomi nation. Instead of inviting a nomination at tbe hands of the demo crats of his district, he gives notia that he will not be bound by their action— that if they do not nominate him they will become in his estimation “an irre sponsible faction of tricksters,” whoa edict will be bat a harmless thunder bolt This is indeed strange talk from veteran representative, who has loved to witness the resene' by this same or ganised democracy that he despises, of Georgia and the whole south, and who will, we hope, live to witness the grandjcnlmination of their patient and patriotic labors in a national victory that will restore honest and constitu tional role to the entire country. It is strange, uncalled for and most unfortunate. Mr. Stephens’s nomina tion by the democratic convention was not endangered by his votea or utter ances in the hoose over the Potter res olution. Why, then, has he gone off o*a tangent? This u a conundrum we cannot solve. Tbe democrats ot the eighth district, with Mr. Stephens’s fall letter before them, will doubtless solve it speedily and satisfactorily. We await their decision without anxiety. committee. We will not know before the day of final adjournment whether Mr. Candler’s clever and timely amend' mend will stand or not. If it does, some f na will live to sa the Atlanta coort- honse completed. ASSWAXa to COBAM UPONDEBTS. -on. Alt SomeUUKK HeiS !” ATLeSTA, Juae 8. Messes Editors: Will you please afotm me wn*l bun It 1* that baa asbd bo&ca ke a quadruped! AD early aaawer laa-ttett- ed by him to whom yoo Bald, "aak me some thing bard " W. XL i*. Tbe apteryx of Kew Zealand la tbe bird moat distinguished for (hia. Tbe apteryx (from ”»•' privative, end "pieron,"a wing.) la a bird with, oat wings, bavins only two span In tbe place ot tboae eppenaege* Be bee * remarkably lozg blit, and frequently leans a it as an old m n would on a esne. He burrows iu the earth like a hog, end la ▼try glow in his movements. Tbe boaea of all fixing birds as hawks, eagles, sic., are pneumatic or aerated to a high degree. Tbe bones ol direr* and runners, such as penguin*, ihes, etc., are comparatively solid. The apteryx is the only bird with bones as solid as ihose of a mannsl. On the 17th of July. Covixaioir, Junes.* Messrs Editors: When does the next meeting ot the stockholders of the Atlanta couon factory take placet P. On the 17th of July. ▲ Dead Letter Law, Roxz, (ia., June 6. Messes. Editors : Ia there ia s law in Georgia against the dissection of human bodies by pnyelciana or medical a* ulenta ? J. There is such a law on some of the statute books, but it is a dead le ter. Dissections take place constantly at all of our medical colleges. Property Desireyed and People Killed—Hr. Stephens Bepllen to hia Crlilew—Colton Warehouse Destroy ed tn Albany—Harder or aa Offi cial ol Whit field County. TUB ATLANTA COURT-UQUSK. The sundry civil service appropria tion bill was taken np in the house last Monday. Aa paragraph after para graph was read no snag waa struck un til the head, “public buildings,” was reached, and the fir.t item under that head was ior tbe erection ol * court house at Atlanta. The committee re commended $20,000 for the continna- ion of the work. Mr. Candler moved to make it $60,000. Mr. Atkins, chair, man of the appropriation committee, mplored the house not to agree to the Amendment, ior he waa satisfied it. wonld be followed up by mo tions to increase the amounts on every appropriation for public buildings. Mr. Butler said he was willing to take np the gege just where Mr. Atkins threw it down, and to ay that he, for one would vote to increase the appropriations in every esse, Ior he believed men shonld be pnt at work Dy the government. Mr. Foster also iavor- ed the largest appropriations for those works. Mr. Eden opposed all increases, and predicted that if this and other motions prevailed, increased taxation wonld necessarily result. Mr. Carter Hatrison spoke, particularly with ref erence to the appropriations lor Chi cago, and charged that the appropriS' tion committee showed a lack ol busi- capacity in framing this bill aa it bad done. Mr. Sparks, ol Illinois, who is on the committee, got nettled at this and told Mr. Harrison that he wonld appear better aa clarionet player in the middle of the Marine bend than aa a business man; to which Mr. C irter replied that when he played tbe mnsic his collagne played the clown. Mr. Wright, of Pennsylvania who his become the special champion of the laboring men, was, of course well plased with this movement to increase the appropriations, and tbe marks made thereon. It was a satis- fection for him to know, he said, that the race of demagogues was rapidly in creasing in the house. For months, be said, he stood here alone as the cham pion o! the workingmen, and be was ailed e fool, en idiot, end everything else that was reprehensible; bnt he was glad that recruits were coming to his side. He did not know to what to attribute this change, unless it was that an election for congressmen was coming off in November. Mr. Singleton, ppi, bitterly opposed any in crease in tbe appropriations. Mr. Charley Foster got to questioning him on the subject of allegiance, and drew from him an admission that he regarded his first and highest allegiance as dne to the state of Mississippi, and not the general government. Mr. Durham protested against the theory advanced that it WAS the d*nty of the government to take care of all pauper* in the United States, which remark excited the ire of Mr. Wright and others, who wanted to know wbat he meant by “paupers,” whereupon Mr. Durham explained that he did not mean men who were ear neatly ’ striving for a livelihood. Mr. Ewing said he wonld vote fur sd in crease ol the appropriation* np to the estimates sa submitted by the depart ment. He believed it to be in tbe in terest of tbe highest economy to pnt these people at work. He attributed *11 tbe evils that had befallen the working clang* to tbe policy of Sher man and tbe matter of resumption in maintaining the sicking fond. He wonld deprive Sherman of power over that fund, ao that money conld be used to bnild there public buildings. In response to s question by Hr. At kins, Mr. Ewing said he had never come here on the wave oi economy. He neveT raised that cry in his district, when people were lasing millions be cause they conld not get work. The i result of all this discussion was me. MTEPBASS a.vd toe ElOUTB DIS- ■ jj r Oandler’s amendment waa I adopted by a vote ol 104 to 61. Oiher tlmllar amendments have iu** Tbe Foraolofci 4ta. Tbe Atlanta Bornological society held a meet ing yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. Tne attend ee was quite large. The meeting waa called order by President Robinson, with Mr. Cole, secretary. xxoamoai or nuns. By President W. P. Robinaon—Apple*: yellow May, red Astrachan, red June, red Margaret Peaches: Amaden's Jane, Alexander, red May. Beatrice, early Louise, early Rivera. By M. W. JoUnaon—Ptacbe*: Ayiaden’s June, Alexander, Beatrice. Gooaebeniea: Houghton's seedlings Blackberries: Georgia mammoth. By Geo. H Hynda—Peachea: Alexander, Be atrice Pears: Beorre Gifford. By & T. Jsnklns—A basket of Beatrice peaches and a bottle of aenppemong wine. By Wm. Jennings—Peaches: Beatrice. Peart: Beorre Gifford. Plumbs: Wild Goose. By 8. B. Robaon—Peaches: Louise. By ML Cole—Peaches: Alexander, Louiie. Peers: Beorre Gifford,.Doyuned’Ete. Cherries: MoVello. By Dr. Hape—Peaches: early Alexander, Downing aaoden. Wilder, and a new seedling. By J D. Cunningham—Peaches: Hale’s early, grown at Orchard Hill, near Griffin. By J. T. Cook, Tennllle, Ga.-Peaches: Hale’* uly. Tue fruit on exhibition, with one or two ex ceptions. waa of a very One quality. The peaches sent to the society by Mr. Cook were the finest exhibited at any meeting of the association held the present year. Ths trees from whicbed they were picked had ripe fruit upon them Jane 6th. Mr. Jenkins had on exhibition a basket of fine peaches of the variety known as the Beatrice. They were grown at his orchard in south wr*’ Georgia. He alao exhibited a bottle of acnppi u non* wine which deserves especial mention » of his own mannfactnre and waa i his farm in sooth west Georgia. The subject of fruit culture was dltnxssed. more particularly with reference to peaches. Hale’s early, Beatrice and Alexander were pro nounced the finest qualities of peaches now on the market. Sampling Mr. Jenklna’s wine brought forth a discussion upon the matter of cultivating scop* pernoeg graces for the purpose of making wine Special Dispatches to Ths Constitution. Augusta and Vicinity. AitgoBta, Ga, June 10.—fhe Eve ning News is filled with accounts of the DB^taccnoN ov utk and raorxaTY, by tbe terrible storm on Sunday. In tbe neigh- borhoed cf Harlem and felair, on tbe Georgia railroad,, house*, fences, and even cars stand ing on sidetracks were overturned. At a Sun day-school tn the upper part of this county the house blew down KILLING TWO BOYS, aged nine and fifteen yrara, the sons of a wid ow Allen: Other* are aerionaly and it ia feared f ltally hurt. The large gin factor* of Thomas Wynn, & Be lair, wa* completely demolished, eutall'ng a loss on Mr. Wynn of nearly -TXtf THOUSAND DOLLARS, nolnsurrnce. The crop* in some sections are comiU'.'uiced, tee fields iookiug as if a fire had over them. Large trees were blown Distances against houses, knocking them do -. *nd GULLING HOUSES AND CATTLX. The lets in this section is immense. On an elevated place near Berzclia, every outhouse was blown do w l. and a large fine dwelling considerably damaged. In Columbia county the hail atones weighed from - ON* TO THKXK FOUNDS, killing cattle and hogs, and breaking through the shlcgh roofs of houses. In South Carolina the destruction waa even greater than on the Georgia ride of the river, one town (Currytown) being almost swept from the face of the earth. Along the Charlotte load Mr. Jenkins stated that the wine drank of a lot which took the premium at the last southwest Georgia fair for the excellence its quality. The premium was awarded W. Fanier, who allowed the xrspea to hang his vines nntil they were nearly decayed before he plucked them and mads tbe wine. He said that a Boston merchant had pronounced It to tbe best domeatio wine be bad ever drank. Mr. Jenkins mid that he predicted that in five millions of this quality of wine would be produced by the farmers ot southwest Geor gia. He thought that the wine could be lectured and sold for about 80 to 75 cents per gallon. Dr. Hope informed tbe association that Mr. Woodruff, last year, made one thousand gallons of scupp rnong wine from a vineyard eight acres. This wine he asked two dollars gallon for, and found alow sale at this pric'. He thought that if the price of the wine cut down that it would meet with a ready sale, did not think that much money wonld be do from the mle of wine at fifty cents, but be thought that two dollars per gallon was too much for it Mr. Jenkins mid that in southwest Georgia they made three qualities of wine from the variety of senppernong grape. The first quality was ths juice of the grape. Tbe second made by pressing the pulp and adding to the juice from the pulp a certain amount of water. Tbe third quality la made from the holla which are left standing in water until ail ot the flivor la removed from them to the water. Tula quality, he said, waa regarded aa having the moat pleasing flavor. Mr. W. H. Bedding stated for the information of ths society that last year he had made more money by the sale of wine from a vineyard of one acre, than be had in the mle of eight bales of cotton. The following resolution was adopted: By Mr. J. 8. Newman—Resolved, that a mittee of three be appointed by .no chair to during the season whose duty it shall be to announce on the last Saturday of each month subjects fOr dlscunsioa at each meeting of this society during the next month, add subjects be appropriate to the season. 2. That said com mittee shall also designate a member to open tae discussion at each meeting. A resolution of thanka was voted to Mr. Jenkins for the information which ho had given tbe society In reference to the culture of grapes. Also, for the bottle of senppernong wine which they had drank and so much er joyed. The committee, of which Mr. L. DeGlve was chairman, was gxan e<yurther time for the pur pose of making a report on the subject of ho*d- ing a fruit festival. TO this committee arere also added President Robinson and Dr. Sam Hape. The sodsty adjmrned at 11 o’clock, after which the table of fnfft waa destroyed by forty fruit fiends. INCIDENT ASD ACCIDENT. ram fust of ram storm is job jlcgvsta melt. went in the direction of the Savannah river, wnich it crosKd at the Locks. Near the latter it swept over Mr. W. H. HowaitJ s plantation like a Deeom of destruction. Nearly all the tions where the huge hail atones had struck. Corn wa« struck down to the furrows- The hail sfooea were as large as gcoie eggs and fell with great force. Mr. Howard estimates his lorn at not km than 13.000 Mr. Frank Beale's planta tion. near Mr. Howard’s, waa also in the path of the storm and suffered fearfully. We understand that Mr. Beale expect? to FLOW HIS F1XLDS over again and plant peas, as he does not con sider it worth while to leave the remnants of the corn and oouoa. Messrs. Geraty A Armstrong, who hare a place near the Locks, lost considerably by the storm The crops were badly cut up and several houses were blown down, including a barn. Cro&siig the rivar the storm played havoc in the curry town settlement, beverai planiauou* were devastated. On Dr Snaw’s place lenom were blown down and cotton, corn and fruit de- str yed. Rev J P Mealing. Dr Hudson, Mrs John Mealing nod others were visited by the storm and their crops destroyed. The bail crashed through everyth tog, even through shin gles. The oldest inhabitants declare that such a storm wai never Uiiore scon in this action. We are informed that a WAGON LOAD OF ICS could have been obtained from a single fence Major George W ( miles from au river was in 1 denoes of its visit s_ _ jured, tn.es &ud houses blown ( Tbe Albany Disaster. Albany, Ga., Jane U.—Welch A Bicon’s warehouse was struck by lightning,burning the building and cotton. The lorn la from 815,000 to 820,000. It was folly insured. Tbe Whitfield County Harder Dalton, Jane 10 —Dr R. warren, coroner ol Wnlifleld county, was killed by Barney Bivlngs about 11:30 o’clock to-day. houses sere blown down, and crops and cattle destroyed. Several deaths are reported from th.t side. The News also contains A LETTSa FROM MB. A. H. STEPHENS, which the recent charges by the press and telegraph as to his conduct on the Potter inves tigation business is flatly denied. We gather additional particulars of tbe storm of Sunday from onr Augusta, Colum bus and Kewnan exchanges. IN ALABAMA the storm had the same general direction of nearly ail oar violent hurricanes, vis: from' sooth west to northwest. In Russell county fences and trees were blown down and the crops damaged by hail, the pellets being very large. AT SXALK, tbo window panes suffered, some fencing and trees blown down. Tbe rain fall there wsa not very great. The hail stones were the largest iso by any wbo mw them. In Se-ile, fences end pollings were prostrated; trees ’Uprooted or broken cf£ window glas-ea broken; fowls killed; vegetables in same places beaten to pieces; young mellons were perforated and smashed by tbe falling stones, and stalks ot com cn( jn two as effectually as If done by grape shot A large, tlick stone jar standing in tbe porch of Mr. Hinch'a residence waa broken to pieces, and four of the large panes of glam in the down train which arrived at that time were broken. THE INJURY. Bo far as heard from the Jamage to crops is great, and it ia feared will be still more serious when other localities are reported from. The crops of cotton and com of Mr. Hill Tucker two and a-half mile* north of Seale, are reported very badly injured by wind and hail. Mr. Jerre Perry’s promising crop is reported aa literally ruolned, theootton being beaten aU to pieces, and scarcely a stock of com left standing, the gulLes and other places being filled With my riads of the huge hail stones. Tbo gi -house ot W. T. Andenon was blown down *La hia crop badly damaged. Mr. Perry commenced to plant overyesteroay. A Li TILE CHILD of Mr. W. A. B. Faikner’s waa knocked down and hurt very badly. FURTHER DAMAGE. Some of the hell atones, weie as large as hen ATOUKIST’S THOUGHTS AN ATLANTAL MERCHANTS 1M- JPREMBIONS OF FOREIGN LANDS. Doing; London—llyde Park—Mean Howell's Prototype—Direct ‘Trade With EuRland and France—A Ven ture that Promises to Hake At lanta Independent or New fork— Money saved by Avoiding; tbe Mid dlemen—On to Paris—A Hew Trav ms Companion. Mr. Tucker says his com was completely ra ined. Numbers ol window glaaRes were broken here and considerable damage done to garden Iambus, moving In as east northeast direction, It crossed the nver at Wooifoik’a There was a heavy fall of hail at Abercrombie’s, on the Ala- bama side, and on tbe Kyle, Bats and Woolfolk plantations, on the Georgia bide. Major Mooes says that the hall fell in great quantities at his place, five miies from town. We have not learned of any material damage oi the Georgia side There wm no damage done in Columbus. In the neighborhood of L. F. Jones, in COWRTA COUNTY, great damage was done hy the bail to all the growing crops of com. cotton, fruits and oata. air. Jones thinks at least two-thirds of his crop of cotton lb destroyed, and ills com ia Rurally cut to pieces. TWO PERSONS KILLED. At Brown’s station, near Dawson, the storm did considerable damage to crops and for ce*. by lightning, and Miss Adeline I Smith were instantly killed. buildings were dcstro ed and trees unrooted in The following we i kf from tbe Ai Chronicle: On ths pis. eof Mr Adanu small building used loraducday school, under the superintendence of Mr Robert Mercer. The scholars and teachers had jwt aarembted, when the storm In all its destructive fury burst upon them, sod in an instant the house wm a com plete wreck. BURYING ALL ITS IRMA' in the ruins. Two boys, aged respectively seven aad ten years, sons ot Mrs Alien, a widow lady of the neighborhood, were taken out dead, having been insUntly killed. Mr Joseph Watker, a young man in the employ of Me*an Neal A Fancett, was, it is Itaxed. fatally injured. A litue daughter of John Adams had her hand badly crushed. Him Celia Adams wsa suuca down by the falling Umbers and received several very severe bruises. Meat ot the ic ju ries rtesived by others were of a trifling nature, and some, incredible as it may seem, escaped itirriy unhurt. It is reported >bat a Mrs New ■n wu kill d near Harlem. These are all tht caauallUcs to life and limD that we have been ascertain. Mr Wm hmilh’s plantation SENTENCED TO EWISO. % Ife-Hnr- Merer, •enteneed Again—lie At tempts Suicide. Special Dispatch to Tbe Constitution. Millkdgrville, June 11. Mike Shaw, the wife murderer, was re-sen tonoed fo-day^nd this evening swallowed strychnine in his cell. He was fearfully con vulsed, but there is hope for hia life. He was sentenced to hang on July 13. He is desperately thing he ^ os-cosed. The track of the tornado app.ared to be about half a mile wide. TRACK OF THE CYCLONE, if snch It proves, i« plainly w-en—trees are tom looking over their stricken fields, which have cost so much cire and labar, and a few dr g«ra z-uca bnghi promise of plentiful hi At B.-rzelia, Mr. H?nry Merry's crop i — -«— t. At Mr. Wm. Heaney' e storm swept every turn uprooted and cotton an oorn laid pros rate in the fields. At Mr. Oliver’s place near Beizeha, window glass waa broken by the haii,treaa cut to pieoes and crops destroy ed. The same thing occurred at Baston's, ATLANTA HONORED. »r. W r. Westmoreland Token the 1st Vies Presidency of Use American The following dispatch was received oo Monday night, and should have appeared in yesterday's paper: • ra- rw *r r r*~ SlW YoXX * 10, 1S38. To Dr. H. L. Wiitow. Tbe Amenoui Medical aesoctation decided nnanimoosly to hold the next meeting in Atlan ta. Ik* following officers were elected ior the eusn ng year: Theoptutus Parvin, president; W.'F. Westmoreland, a. J. Fuder, John Mor ris, John H. Murphy, vice presidents. The honor given to Dr. W atmoreland is rich ly deserved, and Georgia appreciates the selec tion that has been made from her medical ranks Dr. W. stands at the very front of hta profession In the south, and is ay mojgst aa ha is * killful. Atlanta will be glA. to welcome: s aodatten to her midst. PARIS PENCILUNGS. RECORD ON ATRIP TO THE OBBAT FRENCH EXPOSITION OF 1878. Tbs Jnrlee—Tbe American Thet eof-Coortesy of Hr. Cnnllfie Owen—Ike Legloualrea Expectant, Etc. We have been permitted to publish following highly interesting letter, written Mr. J. F. Riyr, of the wholesale dry goods firm of M. C. A J F. Kiser. It will be seen that Mr. Kiser has combined business with pleasa- and inaugurated direct trade with Europe, this praiseworthy undertaking he has the good wishes of every lover of his country and this sterling firm deserves the patronage It wilt receive. A true merchant is ever alive to pro jects by which his customers can get the bes' goods for the least money. We mud congratu late the Metsrs Kiser on this masterly enter prise, and wish them the tallest success: Lamghak Hotel, Portland Place, London, W„ May 28 1878 My Dear Brother-Since coming up to my l have just thought that as tbe steamer soils day after to-morrow from Liverpool, and I had purposed writing you by it, I must do to-night, if I would get it off iu time. A TREAT XI? HID. I arrived in London on Saturday at 10 p m. I had intended to go and hear Dr Spurgeon preach Sunday, bat, having lost so much sleep the preceding week, I did not get out of my until uoon. Thus, you see, 1 loat the greatest treat that the London pulpit affords. A CALL FOR CASH. On Monday morning my first visit waa tp call Messrs Seligman Brother*, as l waa running short of sovereign*. Messrs B A Bro’s very xeid ily cashed my draft, and were very kind in every way to me. LIKE EVAN HOWELL. My traveling companion now is a Mr Griswold Montreal, Canada, a good match lor Evan HoweU. RAMBLING ABOUND. We left Seliguan Bro’s, and very near their office we found the Bank of England. We stepped in and were shewn through the B*nk. It was quite a show to tee them shoveling gold and sliver coiu as we do coal in Georgia We then d-.ove to many other places of note, among teem tee London tower. Charing cross bridge. Prince Albert hall, Hyde park, and last, but not least, I spent all the forenoon in tee lat ter place to-day, and I feel that it alone haa just- re paid me for my trip to this country, least one thousand ladles r ding hoc- back. It tee most elegantly arranged pj 'k ever via iied. The track for horseback ildi g if center; next is tee promen je and th*a the seats; outside ot this comcrt a moat beautiful drive where you can see all the nooiUty either driving or on horseback. 1 mw the Prince of Wales driving four beautiful greys, followed by tee German embassador, driving hia four-in LINGERING ON THE (CBN. of Glasgow, stating that he would be here at 8:30 a. m., to-morrow, ao we will visit Pans gether. I have been received with a hearty wel come at every place. AN IMPORTANT MOVE. I wrote you by the last steamer teat I had bought quite a lot ot goods at Bradford and Manchester, snch aa alpscas, pure mohairs, LETTER X. Editorial Correspondence of The Constitution. Paris, May 33,1878. The exposition, with reference to its exhibits, is divided into nine general groups and these groups sub-divided into classes. These divisions are made in the most careful manner and consti tute a nearly perfect analysis of the entire range ot production and manu facture. The classifications in all the departments have been effected only after tne most careful consideration of details, in order that all competition may be strictly legitimate and each ar ticle entitled to an award may obtain it upon the strength oi its well-defined superior merits. The matter cf jury awards at inter national exhibitions is always a delicate and difficult one. Whatever system may be adopted ia sure to find criticism and to cause dissatisfaction in some particulars. Remembering many untoward events springing from this source at the ex- posi‘ ion of 1867, and having in plain view the yet unassmged heart-burn ings that followed upon many of oar centennial awards, the French govern ment has taken the moat precise and rigid measures for the organization of the international juries who are to serve upon this occasion. I deem it interesting to American readers to know the leading facts in this regard, both as matter of useful instruction and a guide to the estimate they may safely pat apon the largely advertised statements some months hence that “John Jim Johnson & Co., of Muddy Branch, has been awardrd the grand medal of honor at the Paris exposition of 1878 for their celebrated American peanut candy!” It is to be hoped that when it comes rime for such announce ments to appear, that people will be prepared to fully understand the sig nificance of such vaunted prizas. ORGANIZING THE JURIES. An official decree has just given no tice of the manner of organizing the juries and of the character and grade of the recompenses that they will be empowered to bestow upon meritorious exhibits. I will briefly synopsise so ifiuch cf the regulations as will interest the American reader. The French government has appro priated $300,000 as the amount to be given in award*,ind the selection of the recipients is devolved upon an inter national jury to be composed of 750 members. Oi the whole number 400 are to be chosen from foreign countries and 360 are to be natives of France The number of foreign jurors assigned to each country represented here is proportioned to tbe space it occupies, the numoer of its exhibitors and the mportance of its collective exhibit. Under this ruling as I have already written you, the United Slates gets thirty-three jurors, and is entitled to rank fourth in the list of visiting na tions. There are to be also 325 supple - men’al jurors, of whom 175 are to be foreigners and 150 Frenchmen, and are intended to serve, whenever occasion requires, in tbe place of absent jurors. The foieign jurors are nominated by (he chief commissioner of their conn- try, and the French jurors by the French superior commission. The jurors are divided among the classes which make up the group to which they belong. The j uries are ex pected to begin their investigations upon the Ibi of June and to file their reports by the 1st of September. THE DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS is fixed for the lOih of September, and will take place in the grand hall of the palace of the Trocadero, amid solemni ties and gorifications quite as enthusi astic and equally as impressive as those which marked the opening occasion. In the first group of the exposition— that of fine arts—the following awards will be in the hands of the jury: Sev en feen medals o # horror and art objects of French origin, 32 first medals, 44 sec ond medals and 48 third medals. The jury in this group will consist of 63 members, but tbe proportion of for eigners and Frenchmen has not' been determined. Exbibitoisin this group miy serve as jurors without being de barred from competition. This is pos sible because the jurors are to be divi ded with reference to the classes, viz o: sufficient causes, we are still fairly represented. Commissioner General McCormick could not assign out of onr 33 jurors the number of Americans that he desired should act upon thi9 group. In .the emergency he wrote to Mr. Cunliffe Owen, in charge of the English section, proposing to exchange the place of a juror in another group for one of the places given the English in the machinerv group. Mr. Owen generously yielded us the place and at the same time declined to deprive us Of the other juror. So, by the cour tesy of our English brethren we are to have 34 jurors, and they are to con* tent themselves with 72. The action of Mr. Owen in this matter will cer tainly be appreciated by his American brethren. THE AMERICAN JURORS. The list of American jurors iff now complete. In addition to the names I have already sent, I complete the par ticulars as far as I am able, with the following: Class 1-Oil paintings, etc.—Frank D. Millet, a young American artist of considerable fame to whom the French authorities confided the work of produc ing the typical statue of North America—the same that occupies a place upon the pedestal at the Troca dero palace. . . . Class 6—Engraving and lithographs— Joseph K Riggs. Ido not know Mr. Riggs, but I am told that he is very competent to serve in this claes. Class 7—Organization and appliances for secondary instruction—John D. Phil brick, of Boston. Mr. Philbnck was one of the most successful of the superintendents of public schools in Boston and has been in charge of the educational exhibit here. His is in every way an admirable selection. Class 10 Stationary, book binding, painting and drawing materials— Charle*. O. Fulton, of Baltimore. Mr. Fulton is the veteran editor of the BaK timore American, and is recognized as a proper choice in the class to which he is assigned. Class 12—Photographic proofB and apparatus—Joseph Tuckerman. (An American citizen of Parisian prefer ences.) Class 13 —Musical instruments—Fred H. Post Class 17—Cheap and fancy fnraitnre —Thomas B. Oakley, American mer chant in Paris and non resident honor ary commissioner from the state of Class 24-Goldsmiths’ and silver smiths’ work—George T. Bourne. Class 27—Apparatus and processes for healing and lighting—Harry & Homans. Class 38 — Clothing for both sexes— W Tucker—(not attached to a sew- ig machine.) Class 54—Machines and apparatus in general—Prof. Geo. Davidson and ihom&B James S'oan. Class 55 - Machine tools (as addition al juror)—Charles R. Goodwin. Class 58—Apparatus and processes for making up clothing—Isaac H. Burch. Class 62 -Carriages and wheel rights’ work—John Munroe. Class 64 -Railway apparatus—Theo dore Bronson. Class 72 —Meats and fish—George Wurts, editor of Patter3on (N. J.) Press, and therefore a competent judge. These, with those already announced, constitute the 34 representatives of the United States upon the inter* national j ury. The southern represent atives are, we may say, two in number, viz: Hon. Ashbel Smith,'of Texas, and Mr. Fulton of Maryland. These are fully in accordance with onr part in the general exhibit—for which we have only ourselves to blame. 8. W. 8. I shall go to Alexandria park to-morrow it oil paintings, water colors, sculpture; being tee last day of tee tournament of tee engraving, etchings,porcelain painting, blooded yoong ladles, where prizes are to be etc. awarded lor tee best rider and liaper. AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES, I start for Paris to-morrow evening, in the order written, are looked upion I received a telegram today from Mr. Barnes by the French authorites as the most “ON DE FENCE!” VERT IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR THE PBOPL R OF FUL TON COUNIT. The Fence-Law Election on Uie lat of July—Nome ol ttie Points In volved—The Drift of Mentlment—A. Hew View of the Subject—Why me Election was Ordered. THB CYCLONE'S TRACK. GUY H- AVZBY. *Tis peace on the breast ~ blossoming we*t; Through tee yielding soda; The catUe graze Near the waving xnaiae. , . «y Of the startled loon. Or the moaning dove From tee maple above; On thn ugh tee ao^s Tbe ploughman plods, And tee catUe graze Near the waving mtlza. That moaning strain t Nearer now. Clearer now. Everywhere Iu the air 1 Behind, before 1 A thunderous roar I And the Cyclone sweep*o’er Banting in wrath In tee ploughman's path, * Hurling death Oo the blossoming heath. Leaving a track Grim, blasted and blade The people of Fulton county do not aeem tobeaware of tbo fact that In a very few days they will be called on to vote in one of the most important elections ever held in the coon* A comparatively Inconspicuous notice In the advertising columns of Thr Constitution calls attention to the fact that on the 1st of July an election will be held to decide whether or not the present fenoe law shall be abolished, tee alternative law provided by tee code be substituted in its place. That the people miy be fully informed upon tee subject, we present herewith some of tee POINTS INVOLVED IN THR CONTEST. At present, Fulton county is under tee opera tion of tee general fence law of the elate. This law requires that each man shall keep his crop* fence 1 iu with a fence five feet high. He la not oound by tee law to build and keep up this fence, but he can collect no damages from the inroads of stray stock upon his crop* if he haa net such a fence around his fmm. He Is, there* fore, forced, through self \ rotection, to have his farm well fenced in, and to keep it so. By tha operation of this law, cattle, horses, goats and sheep have the benefit of all open range, and their owners cannot be compelled to fence them In. which can be adopted by any county teat desires to adopt it. This alternative provide* that the farmer* shall not be obliged to keep their farms fenced in, bnt teat owners of stock shall keep their animals fenced In, and shall be responsible In the law for aU damage done to crops by teelr stock. The terms of this law are very stringent and it of course require* precisely tee law a* It now exists—making the stock-owner and not the farmer responsible for tee fencing. This alternative law Is entered in the oode as a local option law—it bring provided teat any county can adopt it by a vote of a majority of its dtlssns. It la also provided that tee ordi nary of any county shall, upon tee petition of fifty of the tegal voters of tee county, order an election to be held upon this issue that tee will of the people may be ascertained. WHY JUDGE PITTMAN ORDERED AN ELECTION. Having asked Judge Pittman why he had or dered the election now pending, he replied that he had been petitioned eo to do, in accordance with the law upon the subject. A petition of fifty names, signed prindpa ly by the dtisens of East Point and vicinity, had been pre sented to him, and he had ordered tee election as directed by law. Shortly after tb* petition of fifty names asking tr an election was filed, another of 200 or so ames was filed asking tha} no • lection be held. Those in Uvor of an election teen got up another* petition, signed prindpally by merchanu.which was in turn supplemented by another anti* elecion petition. The Bias of tee petition is very decidedly in favor of those who favor the present law. and are opposed to any chug* SOME OPINIONS ON THR fcCRJECT. Said one gentleman to us: "The pawsgeof the alternative law by which every man would be compelled to keep hia stock fenced up, would a great deal to* arda improving oar stock. In tee first plaoe, a man would, under these cir cumstance*, take much better care of hia ani ls than he does under the present loose style, the stcond place, h* would be able to breed hia stock up to a much better point. As it is a man cannot control this matter. No mat ter bow fine his cow Is, if she takes the range she wiU produce poor calves." bflld another: ‘The saving in fencing' alone will be enormous. Instead or running miles of fence around your whole plantations you need merely put up small lota ol fencing to hold In 7our stock. There Is nothing so expensive in Its lint arrangement, and so expensive to keep up as fencing; It freqaestiy quit* as mnch as it does to run tee whole farm. By ^opting the new law we will do away ^rlte nearly the whole of this expense, and will save hundreds of thou sands of dollars in oonsequenoe.” An opposite view is thus expressed. "Ills foolUh to say teat we shall save money in fenc ing by adopting this new law. * We might do it if all tee counties around us had no similar law. But do you think a man who lives near either one of the adjoining counties is going to Jet hia fencing go down, even if this law ia passed? Of course not. The very day he does it a drove of hungry cows will troop in from the next county and destroy his crops. Where will ho get his damages then t He can get protection from the cows in his own county, but he will be at the mercy of the oows of the adjoining counties. I would be glad fosse the law enforced if it was & general law, but not otherwise.” A CONSTITUTIONAL VIEW OF IT. A writer In a yirginla paper takes a new view of tee fence law altogether. He claims teat even if no such law exists, the constitution of tee United States will guarantee a farmer the right to enjoy hia property, without Intrusion or molestation, and will give him damages sgainst any person who does Intrude upon him. or al lows intrusion. If this view Isa correct one, and U haa a look of substance about it, the farmers of this county will claim damages against the stock ol any other county that intru ded on teelr farms. lportant groups. For collective and ^dividual exhibits in these groups there are allowed 100 grand prizes and special allowances of - money, 1,000 gold medals, and 8,000 honorable men tions—a grand total of 21,100 awards! The grand prizes are destined for those who exhibit peculiarly meritorious and Italian cloths, black velvets, oorduroj, and novel inventions or of improve men’s white goods; aa well as a lot of lace window cur- which have been of special tains and other at Nottingham. I will practical value in production and the bey a stock of dress goods in Pari*. I ordered processes of manufacture, or for excep- what I bought to be shipped on the lit ot July, tionallv meritorious collective exhib- as that will be earlv enough for our trade. They its. These will be the real honors of will get to you by the firat of August. the exposition and of course much I could not help but think, when making coveted. These awards are only to these purchases of.foe^wonderful strides Atlan- be made after the concurrence of ia u making in the badness world. It seem» the ciaes, group and resident juries, but a few days dace we were content to exhibit and hence it nlav be taken as certain few hundred dollar*’ worth of ordinary wares that whoever obtains one of them Will from neighboring points. Then we spread out, have just cause to be j>roud of the dis* and aesrehrd the metropolis of the continent tinction. In our American department (New York) for first-class goods; aad now, as we we have anroausual opportunity to sc once bunted te* provincial style of business ao CIir e a con«| limentary number ot these w* hav* outgrown the fetters of the two oceans, desirable prizes. and organized direct trade with the manufac- «p 0 use w hat may seem a vulgarism, tnrera, regardless of t e space that intervenes.^ t h e competition here will be upon the principle of “an open field and fair fight.” The various class juries are instructs ed to “examine the products, appara tus, or processes which are submitted to them, and make without distinction The storm swe£t everything before it. Tree* were prostrated, com and cotton cut to pieces and the ground strewn with boughs and leaves of trees, clipped off by tee hail, witch is raid to hav* been enormous. Some parties say tee Moues were ra Urge aa a man’s flat and crashed through the fields of com like minnie bails, cat ting Urge fcUlks. an inen in diameter, to tha ground, and strewing the furrow* wit'i teem until the Arid looked as if the reaper with his scythe had passed along. Trees were uprooted and burled with viouno* against bouses and fences. At tea sixteen-mile post a freight car rain drops, pecstzated into tea bouses panes of guss, and in one instance that ofT’.hrough tea blinds It Is sold that at one pace a bushel of hail stooea were gathered from tbs fljor ol tbs room. Coming on down the Georgia railroad the ston Wynn’s place, a above Berzilu, and htr large cotton gin manufactory FELL SIFJSZTHE WESfl. Burring beneath tee rains a quantity of valu able machinery and forty new gins. One end of tee building, which was a two story wooden structure, 1» fee* Song by 40 lest wide, bit wa out and carried clear across ths era distance of about twenty Tarda. It augurs not only the increasing importance Atlanta, out snows tee increasing wealth of the south, when her merchants, avoiding tee impo sition of New York merchants, become them selves importers, and thus give their patroa* every advantage of purchasing from first nands. Aside from th* duty we owe our country to be come independent of Intermediaries, I find from the purchases I have already made adding tees freight, that we can sell goods profitably at price* teat never have been appeoeebed in At- inta. Returning home, I teall go aboard at Queens town, after spending a few days at Belfast. NO LAND LIRE OUX OWN. I can see the cable dispatches every moral a g ram New York in the London Times, sod you may depend I am sure to read everything that relates to tee United States. I feel a little more inclined to up for tee United 8tates now, aa those Englishmen often call after all the Americans are a sharper people than the Engi h. I will write y ou again soon. I am. u ever, your brother, J. F. Mm. M. G Kiser, Atlanta, Ga. in a i A fall oopv of Mr. Siephens's letter to the chairmen of the executive com* | doob.ediy been made, bat the house mittee of hid district has nor been rc« J will doubtless pass the bill with them Cdived. We have only the extract that | in, ooe member voting for the other’s the wirpi brought at a late hour on ; amendment. The bill must then ran Tuesday night. Alter storing that he the gauntlet of the senate, to bring np MQ votea, The democrat! have now(wiU neither s«tt nor derlinfir nomina- at last in the hands of a conference We will send, carriage free, a Wor- ester’a Unabridged Dictionary to the person' sending o' 22names sod twenty-four doLars to. if Weekly Tois Dlct’on ^y la a mawlre volume of 1S54 pages, and castdna considerable more than hundred thaoaaad word* In its vocabulary, with teelr jrewreclaftoa, ard ctymolcsjj Hi* [Uartrated wlteo'flr looo neat woed cam, article on Stwotib, ia white five thous&nd S}naoys*ona words are treated, aid a ecu-ate’y aad cocdsafv lllawrstod by sbor a: d w 11- SMnen examples. It J* adeptod as ths standard IB Public Schools •* Atlanta. jua*4~tnr * • Mr. Wynn ralfored considerably from tee de- motttioaof his crop and fencing. Carton aad corn were cut down even unto the gioucd- was blown.* distance ef forty or fifty •. Wynn and hi* w|Ie nad been out rid ing, and had just arrived *i borne when IKE C1UZX BURST CFON THEM. Mr. Wyuu wae in ten statue unharnearing his ho.se, end Mrs Wynn waa in ths dwelling. In an instant the tornano raged around teem in all its fury. Three hum trees were uprooted in tee yard, be:ween tee ruble ead tee house. Mr. end Mrs. Wynn, separated by these barriers, cate though: tee other had been killed until tee storm subsided sulficienUy for Mr. *ynn to get to the dwcllirg. A carriage, which waste tee factory, was taemoli-fced Mr Wynn esti mates his tom at from tt.Mfitolfi.m He Is Phil Cook Ahead. Monte zoma Weezly. The names of Hon. Phil Cook, Wil lis A. Hawkins and Allen Fort, of Sam ter, Hon. C. C. Kibbee. of Pulas ki, and Hon. L. M. Felton, of Macon, will be before the nomine ring conven tion. We are for Uook; bat if some thing should turn np that we cannot now see, and by some sort of engineer ing the convention happens to make a dead lock of it, we have in our mind the name of a capital “tied out horse,” whose name will be put before the con vention. We believe that Gen. Cook will receive the nomination on the first ballot, however. Jeho’a Death. Keokuk Constitution. Thx Atlanta Constitution thinks John Sherman ought to hire a hall. Better hire a hearse, John’s dead. THE SMTENTH DISTRICT. Proceed Ing* of Democratic Becting of Cherokee tonmy-Prlmury Meet- Inge called and the Democracy to be Unified. Canton, June 4, 1878. A meeting of a portion of the demo' cratic citizens of Cherokee county was thiB day held in tbe courthouse. On motion, of James U. Vincent, Captain Thomas N. Delaney, of Wood- stock, waa called to the chair, and Mr. Jabez Galt, of Canton, was requested act as secretary. By request of body, Hon. James B. Brown and Hon. Carey W. Styles ex plained, in an able and eloquent man ner, the objects of the meeting, and strongly presented the importance of thorough democratic organization, and of harmony in the seventh district, and of a solid sooth; whereupon James U. Vincent, Esq., offered the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted, to-wit: Whereas, Th* executive oorn-litre ol tee .smocratic w meeting held i last, ca kd a c Ringgold oo ih ; 4to pf July n xt. *_ candidate for congress, and appoint*d the Aral Tuesday in Jon* tenant as tbe day for public of nationality the classification of ex« nibitors.” They will then classify without distinction of nationality’’ the co*laborers, foremen, or workmen whom they believe worthy of note, either for services rendered to agricul ture or manufactures, or for their par ticipation in the production of remark able objects displayed at the exposi* tion. The presidents and reporters of the class juries constitute the second, or group juries. Etch group jury has a president and two vice presidents. A list of these I have already sent to yon so far .s the nationality of the officials is concerned, and the name of Prof. White as the American vice president in the second group. The presidents and vice-ptwsidents of the group jori* s constitute the president's jary. The class janes determine finally only the awards of bronzs medals and honors ble mentions in their divisions. They decide, in the first instance, upon the nominations for gold and silver medals to be made by the group juries. The president’s j ury decides all exceptional awards, aa of grand prizes, etc. OF THX LEGION OF HONOR are the great objects of ambition Frenchmen and foreigners alike. It ia asked by the authorities that they be allowed to distribute 300 of these cov eted prizes, and it will doubtless be done. They will only be given for the very highest merits and services, and will be precious prizes to those who get them, for I an glad to say that, under the republic legionairee, are not eo common, either in numbers or ma terial, sa they were under the regime of Napoleon IIL AN ADDITIONAL AMERICAN JUROR. With Americans the machinery in- —The healthy growth of the baby is wT^tiMirwitnatit ^^I'in UfliM're ud dependent upon its freedom from the nuuauicuwMM »*** ***»*.- & aniteto foremove tha aeon* cltrf* foe- pernicious eflecta of opium. Dr. Bull’s! te rests of our country and onr fame torj and put np a ttfoperary stiucture mures Baby Syrup is the best remedy known i that line is always a matter of jealous the diseases of early childhood. | consideration. While we are not Attsr Hatf&n JE Wjcu’i place the ston?| Price 25 cents. 24? strong ip this department! by reason to be a Utter and excited one. .While no gen eral interest has been aroused as yet, each rifle ol the forae haa strong and devoted partisans who are working with might and main to carry the day. Things will heat up aa the firat draw* Where**. Ih re lino actirg executive del party ulretd county, in public meeting o.ed, e*ra**tly dea ling mat 'he party *1**11 be fully. Uiriy and ably :*pre*euted In mid conven tion. reapec’ fully request that the ciua several militia districts of add count/, primary mreusgs in Mil dlrtncta ou tee 15th day of Jane Instant, to elect three cetente* each to the county convention of delegate* of ch«o- k*e to be he.d fit Cantou on tee sd day of Jaly **Beselv*d. Tha*. the arid militia district dele* gate* be anteorLr 'da: raid meeting at Canton on tbe second da ol »uly next, to etoct from tueir nuatber delegates to the Rforgotd conven tion to he held on tbe said fourth day of Juiy. Resolved. That the said delegate* so elected ai th* Rinnoid convention be authorised to ca-tthe vote of Coerokre for a nominee for congress ao- der such rules nd regulatloas as tee taid con- * for Us proceedings and gov- Reso ved. That upon te i IaLure of any ooe of the said districts to rend *p delegates to arid meeting at Canton, teen, and te th»t event, the deleg ite* aim up shall pr coed to *-l«ci of the»r number delegates as aforesaid to tee convention at Ringgold. Old -Another morjr. Raleigh Obterver- Mesfrs. Editors : The writer is loth tospoil the foregoing sensational sketch of a friend's early career. [The one we recently copied from the Wytlieville Despatch.] It reads well. When a young man, by dint of industry and perseverence, risee superior to the unfa vorable circumstances that surround him, and elevates himself to an exalted position among his tellows, the story of his early struggles always interests and pleases us. Bat when the case is dif ferent, and one’s youth waa more or less blest with the smile of fortune, there is not mnch relish to a cnltivated nature in the kind of biography we have above. “E ght years ago Samuel W. Small graduated with distinction atEmoiy and Henry College, Virginia. He is the son of a premment citizen of Hous ton, Texas, and, I presume, from the way Sam. pulled the old gentleman’s purse-strioga, by no means a poor man. The writer at that time was a soph at the same Institution, and knew Mr. Small as a young gentleman of accom plished manners, brilliant talents, and great promise. His inexhaustible fund of humor, added to a winning power in conversation, made him a general favor ite, and there is no boy in the Bouth wbo was at college with him who fails to remember Sam. Small, the t*'l hand some, well-dressed boy cf nineteen, in whom both faculty and students rec ognized the fire of genius. His rare and versatile store of knowledge, aa his success in hia c vs, was a matter oi sur prise to his friends. The “midnight lamp,” text-books, and Sim. Small were essentially opposed to anything like a combination. Hia ready and well- merited success in bii chosen proles Bion, and especially ns a humorist, does not astonish his friends. He has un- doubted ability, and future eminence ia merely * question of time. I write this merely to show my friend waa never a (ramp printer,Without clothes, wua- { u. taenda, and without money, as the editor of the Wytheville Dispatch would have the public believe. Poesibly it may have been one of Sam’s trick" during a summer vacation to “play eff” on the editor in this man. ner. “Old Si” could have sustained the port admirably Uiroughnut.^ KmoiVM, Ttatutwo thermal, or retail of ooj one of tk. muy-* totcc.pt u:duets J^oTthOM^ucmctaCUl tune* bare tore* member* in said de.e**Uco anA Turfi said exccutiv* committee- „ lieeo v«L That tee Cherokee Georgian, tl Marietta Journal, "*?*** tion be rtqareted to itobxiah lb*proceeding* *^SS^°c£y?fSfeoa wooded b, ritaJtmre McJonaell,the chairman was an- fse cSlrair»o Locnc.d tb. tollmriu: mined eentiemea as tee oommi'tee; N J Perkins, ?R McOncnell, Jamre U Vincent. J RMcKin- and Joshua K - On moUM of lion J*s E Brown, tbo mooting adjourned One die. 1 f.TSaOiur, If such be the cose’ I hope Sim’s sue- ccea in life may be sa complete as the above sketch shows this little episode to have been. HG. til- ad Wlnilo. do*, not RevoXalo T- Waablsgun Bast. Taking the Wall street quotations of stocks, we find that the value of twelve of onr leading railways has increased *146.000000 from the lowest point reached in 1877. This is a very hope* ful sign of the times. Evidently the business men don’t think that to inves tigate means to Mexicanize. —The annoyance occasioned by the continual crying of the Baby, at once ceases when the cau e e is (as it should he) promptly removed by uBing Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup. «i cents per hot- tie. -• • Tl

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1868-1878, June 18, 1878, Image 1