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THE DAILY SUN.
Saturday Morning June 24
Inciter from Foster Blodgett.
GEORGIA STATE AGRICUL-
RAL SOCIETY.
THE^SUN OFFICE.
Removal into a new Building.
The Sun Office has been removed
from its late stand on the corner of Broad
and Alabama streets, to the adjacent new
building on Broad street, lately erected
by Chief Justice Loclirane. A lease for
the term of five years has been obtained
npon this entire building, and our pur
pose is to fit it up substantially and con
veniently for our business. The busi
ness office is on the ground floor of the
building, where business can be transact
ed at any hour of the day and at all rea
sonable hours of the night. The edito
rial and composing rooms are in the
third story. The press room will be in
the basement.
Taken altogether, we think we now
havo one of the most desirable locations
for a printing office in the city. The
building is admirably adapted for it, and
it is situated near to all the principal
business thoroughfares.
We are entirely pleased with our new
habitation and, as it affords ns better fa
cilities for work than we have had here
tofore, we think we shall be able to make
the Sun a better paper than it has hither
to been.
Atlanta, Jua-j 23, 1871.
Editor Sun:—The erron<H>r , s statements' Its Conception and Foundation,
in relation to the Dobbins case, which Interesting Letter from the
have lately appeared in the newspapers, Hon. Mark A. Cooper,
being calculated to mislead the public ' Below we give a most interesting let-
and do me injustice, I feel that a full and ter from Hon. Mark A. Cooper, giving
1 ‘’Another ‘New Departure. 9 99
Under this bead, the Macon Telegraph
and Messenger of the 20th inst, quotes
from correspondents of the New York
Herald and Tribune, now traveling in this
State for the purpose of ‘‘interviewing”
General Toombs and others, and con
cedes with these words:
“The NewYork Herald of Thursday has
“a long report of another interviewer
“who pursued Gen. Toombs from Wilkes
“county on the 7th, and finally cornered
“him in Hancock, and professes to have
“extracted about a column and a half of
“discourse from Mr. T. much like that
“which was reported by the Tribune in-
“torviower, only more so. According to
“the Herald interviewer, Mr. T. was as
“belligerent as a Tgame-cock—almost
“spoiling for another fight.
“Somethinghas happened to inspire the
“whole tribe of Radicals with a new and
“extraordinary interest in Georgia politi-
“tics and politicians. Perhaps they see
“that Georgia is the Key Stone of the
“Southern Arch, and a solid Democratic
“majority in the South is too much weight
“for the Radical nag to carry on North
•'em Turf. Bnt whatever they may say
“about “Yallandigham’s new departure,”
“their scheme to enlist any large and re
spectable class of the Southern whites
“in political copartnership with the ne-
“groes, in behalf of Federal consolida
tion, protective tariff robbery, the an
“nihiiation of State rights and the final
“subversion of the Constitution, contem
“plates a departure from every principle
“and predilection of the Sauthern heart,
“too total and abhorent for possibility or
“supposition.”
We do not reproduce the reported “in
terviows,” as our neighbor of Macon did,
and on which these comments were made,
because we know them to be untrue in
sevoral important particulars, and believe
them to bo untrue in others, bnt we
publish the comments of the Telegraph
and Messenger to give them our cordial
endorsement.
We cannot permit ourselves to believe
that there is a Democrat in Georgia who
will ever, while he claims to be a Demo
crat-, endorse the declaration of the 9th
resolution of the “New Departure” Penn
sylvonia Convention, that all the usurpa
tions attending Reconstruction so-called,
were bnt the rightful exercise of power,
and that they were all done “ in die man
ner and by the authority constUuiionaUy ap-
jioinied.”
Thaddens Stephens said when he en
tered npon them, that ho would “not
Stultify himself by claiming that they were
constitutional.” He rhH “ they were
outside of the Constitution"--that is,
nothing but conkbsed u nrpatious—acts
in the very teeth and over the plain letter
as well as spirit, of the Constit ution.
We believe that no true Georgian will
ever be abject enough to say that these
monstrous outrages upon their rights
and upon the organic law of the Union,
were done “in die manner and by die au
diority constitutionally appointed;” nor do
we believe that any true Georgian will
ever, even as a matter of choice between
evils, vote for any man for the Presiden
cy who does endorse such a mischievous
untruth.
THAT LEASE OF THE MACON
AND WESTERN RAIL
ROAD.
impartial relation by me of the facts irf
the case is required. The statements I
make are capable of proof, and most-of
them are matters of public record.
When I took charge of the Western &
Atlantic . Railroad as Superintendent, I
found among the claims against the road
one in favor of M. G. Dobbins, Esq., for
forty thousand ($40,000) dollars, for lost
and damaged cotton, and for loss in price
in consequence of delay in delivering as
per contract Messrs. McDaniel & Strong
also had a similar claim for a less amount
was approached by both parties for
a settlement which was not effected. In
the mean time the case of McDaniel &
Strong was tried in Fulton Superior
Court, and judgment was obtained
against the Road for the full amount
claimed. Soon after this Col. Gaskill
called on me, as the Attorney of Mr. Dob
bins, in relation to compromising his
claim, which I promised to take into con
sideration, and after a number of meet
ings we finally agreed to settle the whole
matter by my giving a note at sixty days
in favor of M. G. Dobbins for fifteen
thousand five hundred and forty-eight
dollars and six ($15,548 06) cents, it be
ing less than forty per cent of the claim.
I gave the note, but before it become due
the road passed out of my control, jmd I
had nothing more to do with the trans
action.
I was of the opinion at the time I made
the settlement that it was a favorable one
for the State, and such was the opinion
of others, whom I consulted. I am still
of that opinion. I never received a cent
of money, nor was there any collusion or
arrangement whatever between CoL Gas-
kill and myself. He acted as the Attor
ney of Mr. Dobbins, and I as the Super
intendent of the Western & Atlantic
Railroad.
The following papers are on file, and
I publish them so as the whole transac
tion may be known to the public, and I
am satisfied, if the Grand Jury had had
these facts before them, no indictment
would have been found.
The originals of exhibits B and D are
signed by M. G. Dobbins in his own
proper hand, and consequently it is rea
sonable to suppose that he was conver
sant with the wholo transaction, for his
reputation ns a business man wonld not
warrant ns in supposing that he would
blindly sign important papers involving
thousands of dollars. I was informed to
day that there was some feeling on the
part of Mr. Dobbins against Gaskill on
account of the fee retained by the latter
as attorney for the former; but with this
I have nothing to do.
I will add in condnsion that I have de
manded in writing an early trial, feeling
confident of acquittal of all censure or
blame whatever.
Very respectfully,
Foster Blodgett,
Sup’t W. & A. R. R.
EXHIBIT A.
Atlanta, Ga., 5th Nov., 1870,
Western & Atlantic Railroad,
. To M. G. Dobbins, Dr.
For damages for loss of cotton and de
lays and injuries on account of failing to
deliver cotton in New York as per con
tract, in settlement of snits in Fnlton Su
perior Court. Damages alleged at $40,
000 in said suit. Actual loss $10,848 06,
besides loss in price of cotton on account
of delay.
I, as Attorney at Law of M. G. Dob
bins, certify that this is a fair statement
of the cose above mentioned, and in my
opinion, as an attorney, I believe the
State would eventually have been made
liable for forty thousand dollars or the
greater proportion thereof.
A. B. Culberson.
Jan. 5th, 1871.
EXHIBIT B.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 7,1870.
Western and Atlantic Railroad,
To M. G. Dobbins, Dr.
For damages for loss of cotton and for
delays and injuries, $10,848 06.
On account of failing to deliver cotton
as per contract, $4,700 00. Total amount
$15,548 06. Received payment,
Approved M. G. Dobbins.
Foster Blodgett,
Snperitendent.
Note given at sixty days, dated Nov. 7,
1870. F. B., Snp’L
>ad, 1
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SiO. )
EX HIBIT O.
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Superintendent’s Office,
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 7, 18'
$15,648 06. Sixty days after date the
Western and Atlantic Railroad promises
to pay to M. G. Dobbins, or bearer, Fif
teen Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-
Eight 06-100 Dollars, for value received.
The Western & Atlantic R. R.
By Foster Blodgett, Supt.
EXHIBIT D.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 7,1871.
I hereby authorize V. A. Gaskill to
sign my name to a receipt for a warrant
to be issued this day in my favor, based
npon a Note given by Foster Blodgett, as
Highly Important Decision—
Tlie Lease can 9 t be Consum
mated.
Our readers are aware that the city of
Macon and other stockholders of the
Macon and Western Railroad have pray
ed for an injunction against the comsum-
mat ion of the proposed lease to the Cen
tral Railroad and Banking Company; and
that the case has been pending before
Judge Alexander, in Macon, for several
days.
We learn that a decision was rendered
by the Judge last evening, granting the
injunction prayed for, upon the ground
that the lease couldnot be made without
the consent of the Sockholders and also . ,. . « ■ . ......
... «... »/-. • -nr i 1.1 According to a French statistician, the
of the State of Georgia. \\ e further avera g e man has, at the age of 50, slept
learn that the decision was re- 6,000 days, worked 6,500 days, walked
ceived in Macon with the liveliest satis- 800 days and amused himself 4,000 days,
faction, and a general rejoicing was man- spent 1,500 in eating andbeen sick 500
. ’ ,, .. ; daps. He has eaten 17,000 pounds of
itested all oyer the city. bread, 10,000 pounds of meat and 4,000
W e will give further particulars in our • pounds of vegetables, fish, etc,, and
the origin of the idea that gave birth to
the Georgia State Agricultural Society,
together with a graphic sketch of its his
tory up to the present time.
As apropos to this subject we may state
that there have been but thirteen life
members of the Society, all told. We
name them in the order of their selec
tion: Mark A. Cooper, Thomas Stocks,
John W. Graves,* William Terrell,*
vid W. Lewis, George M. Troup,* Wm.
C. Daniel,* William M. D’Antignac,*
Benjamin H. Warren,* J. M. Davidson,*
John S. Thomas, Richard Peters and P.
M. Nightingale. Those marked with an
are all dead, which leaves but six sur
vivors of those who have been honored
with life memberships in the Society.
Here is Mr. Cooper’s letter:
Glen Holly, Ga., JnnelO, 1871.
Hon. jD. W. Lewis, Secretary Georgia
Stale Agricultural Society—DeabSib: Yottr
etter of the 21st ult. was duly received.
[ cannot, from memory, give you the pre
cise date at which I was chosen Presi
dent of the Society. Maj. Thos. Stocks
was elected at my instance at our organi
zation at Stone Mountain. He was the
first President. He served, and was re
elected from year to year,until the Socie
ty moved to Atlanta. I succeeded him,
and was chosen when he declined a re-
election. This, according to my recollec
tion, was at the close of -the first session
at Atlanta. You have the date of that
meeting. /1 continued to serve by re-
election until the year we moved to Ma
con. At the close of that session I de
clined a re-election. This was the year
that Gov. Troup presented the Society
with a flock of sheep. At this session
Gov. Troup and myself were elected life
members of the Society. From these
dates you can probably make your record.
This Society, now kuown in all the
States, kuown and felt throughout Geor
gia, and cherished by the people, to
whom its benefits are habitually distrib
uted, was in its origin the result of
chance or accident.
After the Georgia Railroad had reach
ed its terminus, a house for a hotel
was built at Stone Mountain, and Mr.
Graves, from Newton county,noted for bis
hospitality and good cheer, moved up
and occupied it. It happeued at this
time I passed by and stopped with him.
In conversation, he wished to make the
place prominent as a summer resort. He
asked me how he could manage to gather
a good company the next summer.- He
also requested me to aid him. My fancy
lor the locality and my liking for Mr.
Graves prompted a ready promise to aid
him. I was then engaged - in the iron
business and running a good flouring
mill at Etowah. I told him that in at
tempting to build up bis place and bene
fit him we might do much good for the
country. I suggested tli9 formation of a
State Agricultural Society. It was much
needed, and that was the place to organ
ize it and then the time. My object was
tp get the planters of Middle Georgia
and southern Georgia and the grain-
growers and stock-raising farmers of
Cherokee, Georgia, together annually in
conference with each other 1 , that they
might see and know how they were iden
tified and interested to'cherish each oth
er; that they might also foster the inter-'
cstoi' manufactures necessarily associated
with them. I particularly wished to see
the growth of wheat and grapes promo
ted.
There was no one present but Mr.
Graves and myself. I had not conferred
with any one before. He had not thought
of it before, but caught at i tas the move
for him, and brightening at it, asked
me how we could start and get the peo
ple together. I told him that I would
prepare a call through the papers that
would bring very many good men there,
if he would have it published. -He said
that he would. We both kept our pledge.
The result was the gatheriugat the Stone
Mountain. The Society was* formed and
organized. Your services were put in
requisition. * * * 0n3 of the hap
piest events of my life was that which
called us habitually for so long a period
into such a close communion on the in
teresting topics. In drafting the call for
a meeting it was agreed between ns that
at all times and by all means, politics
and statesmanship be kept out. I told
Mr. Graves that people would come in
crowds to hear public speaking. I took
the liberty to name several distinguished
gentlemen who might be expected to be
present. The call was published, and
you will examine the old files atMilledge-
ville, Macon, Augusta and Athens, yon
will find it. In organizing, the Chairman
appointed a committee to draft a consti
tution, with my name on it. This com
mittee met and requested me' to draft a
constitution. I did so. They adopted
it, reported it, and it was adopted after
amending it so as to change the
name from “Georgia State Agricultural
Society” to that of “ Southern
Central Agricultural Association.
This was done by motion of
CoL James A. Whitesides, of Tennes
see, who said there were gentlemen there,
from Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee.
He was from Tennessee, and wished to
join the Association. The motion was
received and unanimously adopted.
I have thus given you a portion of the
nnwritten history of the origin of the so
ciety. I am the only man living to whom
these facts are personally known; there
fore I have written.
In regard to the photograph which you
make the occasion of so many agreeable
and pleasant reminescences, if it can
serve to add to your gratification a pleas
urable emotion or stimulate others fcofol-
Superintendent Western and Atlantic | low yonr worthy example oL high-toned
Railroad, in settlement of a claim agaiust feeling and devotional public spirit,''
Western and Atlantic Railroad.
Witness, M. G. Dobbins.
J. W. Goldsmith.
will be content to have you appropriate
it as you pi-opose. Unless prevented, by
unavoidable causes, I will be at the meet
ing in August at Rome. I see it is ap
pointed for 8th August. Will that con
flict with Commencement at Athens?
With highest regards, I remain your
friend.
MARK A. COOPER.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Savannah is agitated over a case of
attempted Bowen-ney. - f.
Green county chickens are dying
of the cholera.
Augusta drown ed eighty dogs on
"VSiednesdayrr\ > r v s i
OheTiundfed'bushels of d£w wheat
sold in Griffin on Wednesday, at
*1.75. :
CoL John’ it Stewart, of Griffin,
will deliver the address before the
Bamesville High School on the 30th.
The Middle- Georgian intimates
that certain Griffin - Jblks _ visit the
cars just to get a glass of ice water.
That is what might be called down
right cool.
We learn that Mr. Doc. Craver,
Sheriff of Meriwether, died on Sun
day last, from wounds received at the
hands of Mr. Emanuel Finley. We
are not posted as regards the particu
lars.-—[oenoia Journal.
We learn that Rev. Dr. Jessee Bor
ing of the Methodist Church, who
recently vissted Thomasville in com-
r with Rev. Samuel Anthony^ has-
ecided to leave Atlanta and become
a resident of our more genial clime.
This will be a great acquisition to so
ciety and the church here, and we
welcome him with open arms.—
Thomasville Enterprise.
The Rev. David B. Hamilton, of
Cave Springs, Ga., has been appointed
by the Agricultural Fair Association'
of the Cherokee county of Georgia
and Alabama to write an essay npon
the educational interests within her
borders, to be read before the State
Agricultural Society, which meets in
convention in this city on the 8th of
August next.—-[Romo Courier.
On last Saturday evening, at Plane-
ville, Jesse Burnett deliberately and
with malice aforethought, discharged
the contents of a rifle gun at John
Turner, a mechanic, while he was
sitting unsuspecting in a car in which
he was staying, having quit his work
on the new depot being there erected.
The hall broke his right forearm just
below the elbow ana in dangerous
proximity to she heart, inflicting a
sore cut about the left breast. Bur
nett escaped, hut his whereabouts is
kuown, and lie will doubtless yet find
that the affair will have to undergo
judicial investigation.— [Calhoun
Times.
Mr. S. H. Ashbury* of Cave Springs,
informs us that not long since his
cat, having lost all her kittens but
one, he happened to catch a young
rabbit about the size of the remaining
kitten, and gave it alive to the cat for
food. But the cat, instead of killing
the rabbit, carried it to her nest,
fondled it with maternal affection, and
it was soon -sucking her like one of
her own kittens. The kitten and
rabbit grew up together like brother
and sister, until a horrid dog killed
the adopted pet of that happy family.
—[Rome Courier.
A prominent and influential citizen
of Cherokee county, writes a business
letter to the editor and concludes with
these remarks:
“We are all excitement here for the
Marietta - and North Georgia Railroad
getting terribly iU eahiest; we are
going to have a good old fashioned
Barbecue and Railroad Meeting on
the fonth of July. Now is the time
to work. We must have the road ;
we can have it, and we are going to
help build it, and to this end we will
sow*with ,a liberal hand. It is the
road of our choice—we want to be
linked to Marietta by the iron rail.—
There are many reasons why we
should not he separated—many why
we should unite. I hope we will
show our appreciation of your excel
lent paper by an increased list of sub
scribers, &c., for the bold and manly
stand taken iu hehalf of our Road—
■hope it will long live to do battle
for the right.”-—[Marietta Journal.
. The Buenos Ayres Pestilence.
A: correspondent writes the London
Times, under date of June 1:
I left Buenos Ayres on the 14th of
April, and from the beginning of the
plague until that date had sad experience
of every phase and detail of the calami
ty. I am, therefore, enabled to speak
with accuracy on the subject.
The population of Buenos Ayres is
abont (from various causes it is difficult to
take a census there) 200,000. The germ
of disease was imported from Paraguay
and Corrientes early in January. Up to
the end of March the whole number of
deaths was 20,000. The inhabitants who
had the means removed in the country
districts, which, without exception, were
and continue to be, free from the disor
der, and the accommodations in the little
towns of Flores, Belgrano, Arc., were
comfortable and decent in every respect,
and there was an abundance of every
class of food, Arc.
There is no mystery as to the cause of
this fatal malady in a city populated as
stated above, and entirely without the
most ordinary sanitary arrangements—no
roads, no drainage, almost no pure water,
no baths, and a system of cesspools which
probably has no parallel in the history of
civilization.
The climate is, perhaps, the finest in
COTTON CROP NEWS.
A vast quantity of grass and clover hay
cut, cured and housed. Corn growing
finely, but considerably in the grass.—
Rain continues with short intervals of
sunshine. The weather delightfully hot.
—Calhoun Times.
We have received, through Mr. Thom
as H. Moore, from Mr. Mat. Moore, two
stalks of-cotton some fifteen inches in
length. The leaves are broad, verdant
and healthy. This is a “good show” for
this season. . ■ " i
Upland com is excellent, but 1 that* in
the bottoms is almost a failure—too much
rain.—Marietta Journal.
From the Sandersvillo Georgian.
Mr. Herman informs ns that he has al
ready some 300 laborers engaged for
planters in this county—staunch men—
and new orders eonrtantly being received.
He will leave for Europe in a few weeks,
of which due notice will be given. He
is in regular correspondence with parties
in Europe who represent many of the la
boring class in territory recently ceded
to Prussia as exceedingly anxious to emi-
j spate. They are said to be good people,
left destitute by the late of war, and Oaly
awaiting an opportunity to leave for the
inviting homes offered them in'the South.
They are honest tillers of the soil there,
and would add greatly to the laboring
force here. We would like to see abont
500 of them bringing back the waste
places of Washington county.
From the Griffin Middle Georgian.
Our friends from the country continue
to report the prospect for a large com
crop as never more promising. Farmers
are busily at work slaying grass and put
ting their farms in good condition.—
Wheat is being rapidly harvested, and
on many plantations is turning out much
better than was expected. No doubts
are entertained now, but that plenty will
be made to supply the reasonable de
mands of the people and some to spare.
Oats are also undergoing the pressure of
the sickle, with a much larger yield than
could reasonably have been expected a
mouth ago. It is thought, everything
considered, a fair average crop will be
made in this section. Cotton continues
in the grass, with little promise, of much
outcome, unless immediate relief can be
had from the frequent heavy rains, and
a general cleansing, together with the
genial rays of a summer’s sun, which is so
essential to the growth of the staple.
The peach crop which is now being
gathered in Georgia and South Carolina
is not only a large one, but a forward and
healthy one. Columbus, Georgia, and
Aiken, South Carolina, are large ship
ping points; at the latter place thousands
of crates are already en route to New
York, where a sound bushel of peaches
readily brings ten dollars. More than
one thousand crates were shipped on
Friday (16th,) and double that quantity
were forwarded Tuesday (20th inst.,) from
Aiken and vicinity. And this reminds
us that the valuable property, advertised
in another column, will soon be distribu
ted to share-holders. Mr. Derby reserves
sixty acres for a permanent residence.
For full particulars call upon Mr. Derby,
comer of Jackson and Reynolds streets.
Do not delay. It will cost nothing to
read an account of the beautiful town of
Aiken, now known as tlie “Saratoga of
the South.”—Chronicle and SentineL
The wheat in this county has fallen
short from one to two thirds of an aver
age crop, at a rough guess we would say
that from two to .four bushels will be
about the quantity per acre. Too much
rain is thought by the fanners to oe the
cause, bringing on rust which will cause
the small amount made to be made quite
inferior. The oat crop is also materially
injured from some cause, falling down
and otherwise proving a failure that is
serious. From what we can learn of the
farmers, that some crops of cotton are
now past redemption, owing to the con
tinued rains, and their present grassy
condition, which will evideniy make the
next crop of this staple an exceedingly
short one. The corn crop will suffer
now very soon, should the rains continue.
But should the rains cease to come as
they have been, and come at the time and
in quantities suitable for corn, with the
present start of this crop we predict an
abundant yield of this cereal—Chatta
nooga Advertiser.
The New Orleans Picayune of Sunday
takes the following glowing view of the
cotton crop prospects:
While the report of the Agricultural
Bureau makes due allowance for the ab
solute reduction in the acreage put un
der cotton this year, enough stress is not
laid upou’the loss to result from a poor
stand. The cotton that is up and alive,
no matter how sickly, may grow and
yield, but where tie stand is poor, the
number of plants is small, and the yield
must be below the average, no matter
how the weather may be henceforth.—.
That the stand over nearly the whole cot
ton belt is unprecedcnily poor is a well
attested fact, and. this deficiency m the
stand is equal to a farther redaction in
the acreage of fully fiye or six per cent.,
or 400,000 acres. In short, the prospects
do not warrant the expectation of much
over 3,000,000 bales even with a fair sea
son from this time on.
Butler Piclied Up.
The following good story and true,
about Ben: Butler lias, we believe,
never before been published:
Dr. Gottman, who was a resident
of New Orleans during the war times
and who bad signedbhe original ordi
nance of secession, after having
fought it with all his might in the
Convention, bethought him of run
ning for Congress during the reign of ;
Butler. The Massachusetts warrior, '
however, heard of Cottman’s aspira
tions, and sent for him, when the ->
following dialogue occurred:
Butler—“ Doctor, I hear you think
of running for Congress.” .
Doctor—“ You have been correctly
informed, General.”
Buttler (with an air of severity)—
“Why, how can yon run for Congress,
sir, when you signed the ordinance of
secession ?”
Doctor—“ Why, you see, General,
I did sign the ordinance, but only as
a witness.”
Butler (very red in the face and
very angry)—“As a witness, sir.—
Look at that!” (suddenly unrolling a
copy of the secession ordinance.—
“Look at your signature there, sir! as
plain and bold as that of John Ran
dolph’s to the Declaration of Inde
pendence.”
Doctor (culm, but a spice of sar
casm in his voice)—“Really, General, 1
I never knew before that John Ran-
doip signed the Declaration of Inde
pendence.”
Butler (suddenly chapfallen, but
still very mad)—“John Hancock, I
meant, sir! John Hancock! But its
all the same thing, sir; all the same
thing!”
It is scarcely necessary to add that
Dr. Cottman did not run for Con
gress.—[New Orleans Picayune.
A Texas Snake Story.
A Texas correspondent of a New
York paper gives the following snake
story: “One night my wife and my-
seif were awakened by a noise from
the shelf which contained our small
store of crockery, followed by a crash,
which showed^ thatj a great por
tion of our cups and plates had been
flung to the floor. Springing up to
discover the author of this “ attack
upon China,” I found a large snake
in a somewhat unpleasant fix. He
had crawled upon the shelf, attracted
by a number of eggs which he saw
scattered about. One'of these he had
swallowed, and in order to get at the
next, he had put his head and a por
tion of his bodv through the handle
of a jug which happened to stand
between the coveted delicacies. The
handle wa3 just open enough to let
his body in the natural shape, slip
through> hut not sufficient to lot it
pass when puffed out by the egg. In
this position he had swallowed the
second egg. His snakeship thus
found himself unable to advance or
retreat; and in floundering about to
escape from this novel stock, had
caused the accident which had arous
ed us. 1 of bourse proceeded at once
to execute snmmary justice upon the
interloper, but the eggs he had swal
lowed were a dead loss.
Social Cliit-Cliat.
Advices concerning the cotton crop are
still very discouraging. Rains are fre
quent, und the grass has the advantage
over nearly the whole valley of the Mis
sissippi. Many of our factors console
themselves with the reflection that better
weather later on will insure a good crop,
but it seems to us the young plants are
now being injured beyond recovery.—N.
O. Picayune.
-i The information from the interior in
reference to the growing cotton crop has
bf eu variable; and in many sections there
has been too much rain, the grass being
troublesome, and the plaut in an. unsatis
factory condition; while in others the
weather has been genial, and the crop is
progressing favorably. The reports up to
this time indicate that, in large portions
of the cotton belt the season has been
-'sell .is to inunre the belief that an im-
the world, and its beauty lulled the j.eo- i-oi Lmt «lixuiuution of the yield may take
nlit ft AamlAwn nnfil tiw> filfk nloua f Dl» a — • • i
Twelve hundred bushels of new
pie into A careless security, until the filth
and the crowds of the city were ripe and
ready to receive and propagate the in
sidious disease. The Indians and natives
were the chief sufferers. These people
live in a filthy and meagre way, hate soap
and water, and do not know what venti
lation means.
The malady is no w gradually declining,
and doubtless will die during the cold
months, from Jane to October. Mean
time the authorities are taking active
, . .. . p , __i . . pleasures, to au>ke up for their previous’gloomy, the *u.-.u- uum.t m
" s ° ' 1,1 lytersburg, Virginia, ufglect, and the wauts indu-au-d above gun. , ui.d .n .--oux* localities aiuio.-.t be- looking for her nighi cup after the
1 on lhursday at per bushel. * wiU soou be app.iej. 1 yoad redemption.—Mobile Register, 'lamp ha$ been put out.
place. Tlie corn crop is promising, «nd
an amplo supply of this valuable article
of food is hoped for.—Charleston Cou
rier.
The crop prospect on the prairies of
Mississippi was never more discouraging
than at present. Excessive rains, cold
nights, grass and lice have all contributed
to a very sorry situation.—Memphis Ava-
JauuLc. ► c * ——
Accounts from the interior are still
Linen collars are now worn square
instead of pointed back and front,
and are trimmed with lace insertion
and edging.
Ruffles and ruchi ngs of lace for
the neck and sleeves are more in favor
this season than they have been for
several seasons.
White kid gloves are no longer
worn with full evening dress, the
preference being given to lavender,
light grey or yellow.
Russia leather belts, with large
buckles and small hags attached at
the sides, are very much worn by
ladies with all styles of dresses, par
ticularly muslin.
Very wide braid or velvet is now
used for binding the edge of street
co ,tume, since the new styles of wear
ing long dresses in the street would
otherwise ruin and discolor them
very quickly.
Very handsome toilettes ‘ are of
black China crepe overdresses, elabo
rately embroidered, and worn over
black silk, with small ruffles. A
sieveless jacket of crepe is worn over
a black silk waist, with long sleeves.
The new style of bonnets for next
fall are said to be something really
new, and many milliners think that
they will have to hire a few people to
wear them, so as to get people used
to their decidedly unique appearance.
Many young children and half
grown girls are afflicted with curva
ture of the spine, which is produced,
the doctors affirm, by requiring, them
to practice several hours a day on the
piano without any support for the
backs or feet.
Young men who use perfumed note
paper and gilt and red monograms,
tinted cards, embroidered handker
chiefs and shirt fropts, lace neck-ties,
and fancy sleeve buttons, must not
be surpised if they are considered
effeminate and foppish.
The old style of presenting each
guest at a wedding with a box, con
taining a liberal slice of wedding cake;
to take home and dream on, has again
come into fashion, and is much more
sensible and agreeable to all parties
than having an elaborate cake in tlie
centre of the table for everyone to
look. at and be aggravated by the
smell of it—rNew York Mail.
1 drank 7,000 % gallons of liquids.
It has just been discovered that
nothing will make a woman so mad