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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN.
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SUN-STROKES.
The Irulianaplia Journal says:
“President Grant, since tho inauguration,
lins gained twenty-eight pounds in
weight” Any other calf, pampered as
he lias been, would have gained as much,
or more.
The Washington Chroiiide says:
“Whisky, it is said out West, is the only
thing the Democrats have not departed
from ” Tliev know, that if they were to
rom it a moment, the Radicals
ADVENTURES WITH A FUN
NY PAPER.
Singular
K *rcU of Courier-Journal
Wit.
depart from
would steal it all.
If there is one thing for which
the Louisville Courier-Journal is more
noted than for another, it is wit. It is
notoriously the funny paper of the coun
try. It is always on the grin. Its very
types appear to partake of the inspiration
of its editorials. Its o’s appear to be
jpgp. Five divorces were all that a j specially rounded for a hearty guffaw, its
Nashville conrt found itself able to grant, 8 ’ s B eem to be wriggling with ill-conceal-
ia five hours, one day last week. Chica
go will have to hasten out of her ashes,
or the glory of her house will have de
parted forever.
The Washington Chronicle, in
mentioning a catalogue of good deeds,
which Grant lias in contemplating in
cludes ‘ abolishing Polygamy” in the list.
Ygs. He “abolished” it with a ven
geance in the case of the convict Bowen
—didn’t he ?
J8Qy The Louisville Commercial (Radi
cal) manifests some concern abont the
meaning of the word “regenerate,” and
well it may, for according td orthodox I
ed merriment, while there is a twinkle
in its i’s so full of fun that the. reader
has to laugh in spite of himself. /Talk
about “mother-wit,” the Courier-Journal
has not only it, but the wit of the
father, brothers and sisters, brothers-
in-law, uncles, aunts, cousins, in
fact of the whole family. Punch in its
palmiest days, never did anything com
parable with it. Jerrold never ^dreamed
that such jokes could be perpetrated as
find their way into its columns every
interpretation of the term there is not I doy* Hood, had the Courier-Journal
“saving grace” enough in the creed of been published in his day and land, would
the most liberal denomination to “regen- ]j ave « never 8m iled again,” nor would
enie" a (horonghly Radical organ, liko]^ tav0 ottempted lo kioiUe g
upon the faces of others. Had Joe Mill-
the Commercial.
B©- General Sherman will soon be on
his way to Europe to examine the milita
ry systems of England and the Continent,
in order to adapt some one of them to
the necessities of this Government—
Probably he will pay special attention to
the system by which England holds Ire
land in subjection, and then inquire of
the members of the lato Commune, how
the petroleum system answers for. the
purposes of incendiarism.
JO®- "Alexander II. Stephens Bays he never yet
has seen a single article of his republished in a sin
gle Radical paper.”—Exd.ange.
We have thought for some time of is
suing a daily supplement to the Commer
cial in order to publish one of Mr. Steph
ens’ “paragraphs.”—Louisville Commer
cial.
Do, and you will have more good sense
and political history in that single “sup
plement” than has been published in
the whole three volumes and ninety-
seven numbers which comprise the files
of the Commercial
fiS?*The Long Island (New York) City
Press eaya: “A Republican paper, dis
gusted with Grant, says that ‘he is a
Democrat, that he always was, that he
never changed his politics, that he never
became a Republican, never was in sym
pathy with the Republicans, and never
will be.’ No you don’t.” The Press is
right in saying “No you don’t!” Grant
can’t be crowded over now; but had he
never made that Portland speech, the
matter might have been open for con
sideration. As it is, the door is closed
and barred; and to till efforts to push him
over, the Democrats will say, “no you
don’t.”
The Washington Chronicle, of the
23d, says: “ Hon. J. W. Clift, of the
State of Georgia, and others, had a con-
saltation with Secretary Boutwell, on
Saturday, concerning tho filling of certain
vacant offices in that State. Among
these are three collectorsbips and one as-
sessorship. No final action will be taken
in these cases until a weok or two hence.”
Georgia has become so accustomed to
receiving slanders and insults at the
hands of a venal Radical press, that it is
seldom considered worth while to rebuke
or resent them, but when “the most un-
kiudest cut of all” is given in attributing
such stock as Llift to Georgia, “patience
ceases to be a virtue,” and, the people
arise in their majesty and with one voice
cry out—‘‘you’re unother J”
Chicago has passed out of the
teeth of the “firebrand,” and into the
hands of the poets. Bret Harte does her
destruction, in the following lines, which
appear in Every Saturday.
Blackened and blooding, hopeless, panting, prone,
On tbc charred fragments of her shattered throne
Lies she who stood bnt yesterday alone.
Queen of the West! by some enchanter taught
To lift the glory of Aladdin’s court,
Then lose the spell that aU that wonder wrought.
Like her own prairies, by some chance seed sown,
Like her own prairies in one brief day grown,
Like her own prairies in one fierce night mown.
She lifts her voice, and in her pleading call
We hear the erv ot Macadon to Paul—
The cry of help that makes her kin to all.
Bnt haply with wau fingers may she feel
The silver cup hid In the proffered meal—
The gifts her kinship and our love reveal.
The Courier-Journal persists in
wanting to celebrate the cow that kicked
over the lamp. It latest effort is in the
following lines:
There was a bovine of Chicago,
She made up her mind to let law go;
This wicked old tramp
Kicked over a lamp,
And away to the winds went Chicago.
"While it is all right and proper that
“Leary’s cow” should have her due, it is
not right that the “non-explosive” should
be robbed of its portion of celebrity.
Away with that cow of Chicago,
Nor let her into a "saw" go!
The fire ne’er had been
Had not kerosene
Pilled cp that lamp in Chicago.
We return thanks to the Monroe Ad
vertise)' for the following kindly notice of
our paper:
The Atlanta Sun.—This journal,
which finds its way to our table with the
greatest punctuality, is one of our favo
rites among our exchanges. The recent
enlargement gives ample room for the
political disquisitions" of the editor-in,
chief, full reports of local affairs about
the city, and in addition, great scope for
general news. This latter department of
any newspaper, when properly conduct
ed, forms its chief attraction to the gen
eral reader, and fortunately a master
hand, Mr. A. R. Watson, presides over
the news columns of The Sun. Long
may he flourish, and The Sun continue to
shine, as the result of industry and abil
ity iu his department.
Dre dful news comes from Chica
go. It is in effect that the womaa who
owned the cow says “her cow never kicked
over a kerosene lamp; that she had no
lamp, and that she was not in the stable
—being asleep in bed at the time. ” The
report is evidently nntrue. The woman
is only trying to cover her own careless-
er been a reader of that paper, he would
never had dared to perpetrate one of
those miserable jokes of his. There is
no doubt that a stray copy of the Courier-
Journal caused the untimely death of A.
Ward, and if Josh Billings were to read
it for a week, he would trouble the world
with no more “Aforisms” nor “Allmi-
One who reads the Courier-Journal is
obliged to laugh. There is no help
for it. It is laugh or burst. A sort of a
half “snigger,” half snarl won’t do. It
must be a full round detonating cachi-
nation, such as tortures one’s diaphram
and churns the gastric juice until it be
gins to gnaw the stomach for very
hunger.
Wo tried to read the Conriei'-Journal,
and did read it until oar landlady raised
the price of board on us. We laughed
so much that we were always hungry,
and when we sat at table we literally de
vastated our landlady’s larder, and
she raised the price of board.
Being unwilling to sunder old
tics, we were for a long time
unab.e to decide between the Courier-
Journal and our hoarding-house. We
concluded, however, to cling to the latter
and take the former second hand. In
other words, we determined to hire a
laughing editor, whose business it should
be to read the Courier-Journal
The first man we hired, agreed to take
it a day on trial. He said he loved to
laugh, but if he laughed too much it
always made his face red and gave him
the hiccups, and then his friends twitted
him with having taken a toddy or two
too much. But having seen Bishop last
winter, and survived, he would risk one
issue of the Courier-Journal. We handed
him the paper, and he touched it ginger
ly, as if he were afraid some hidden fun
would spring ont of it to tickle him una
wares. He managed to open it, however,
and his eyes fell upon the following par
agraph:
A. H. S. has been re-inforced in The
Atlanta Sun by two distinguished para-
graphists who sign themselves A. M. S.
and J. N. S.
He read it through, and then quietly
laid the paper upon the table. His face
grew red and broad, his breath grew
short and quick; his legs twitched as if
there were a colic in each one of them;
his arms quivered like the leaves of an
aspen; his eyes sunk back into his head Out
of sight Thus the unfortunate man sat
for a moment, then he tumbled over on
a pile of exchanges os if he had been
shot, and then followed an explosion.
Well, the Westfield explosion was noth
ing to it. The explosion of a powder
magazine to that explosion, was as the re
port of’a pop-gun would be to the dread
ful bang of a seven hundred pounder.
The man had to be carried home on
shutter, and his wife threatened to sue
us for damages, and would have done so
had we not promised to send her a copy
of the Courier- Journal, just to keep the
old man in a good humor.
We determined to moke another effort
to obtain a laughing editor. After a
fatiguing search, we found an individual
who had not been known to
laugb, or even smile in ten years.
He was deaf, blind in one eye!
bad- the osilima, one foot was
swollen with the gout, and one leg was
drawn double with a rheumatism of
five years standing; besides he was fret
ting with the tooth-ache and had a boil
on a tender portion of his body. He was
willing to take the job and was ready to
sign a contract for a year. We told him
we wanted him first on trial for one day,
and, if he could endure that, he might
consider himself a permanent fixture of
the office.
He entered upon his duties at once.—
Four stout negroes brought him tenderly
up the three flights of stairs leading to
the editorial room. They handled him
lovingly as a mother would handle a fresh
infant. They put his easy chair down as
daintily as a rational man would handle
I a hundred pound can of nytro-glycerine.
Yet he cursed and swore at them for try
ing to kill him by their rough usage,
Before he had time to recover from
his pain and ill-temper, we thrust the
latest Courier-Journal under his nose.
alone. Lot her low her way down to bis- He stormed at us for handing it to him
tory, coupled with the praises of the non- * so roughly, aud with hugest of passions
explosive. /racing in him, he opened the paper and
his eye fell upon the following paragraph.
He read:
The Boston Post tells ns that “there
were eighty-two italic words in Mr.
Stephens’last paragraph.” We are sur
prised the number was so small We
didn’t count them, bnt it looked to us at
the time that there must have been at
least a thousand*
Than what a physiological study was
there before us. That man’s face be
came as placid as a May morning. His
eyes looked like blue violets, just ready
to bloom. The wrinkles on his brow
and cheeks disappeared like marks upon
a slate before a school boy’s devastating
sponge. He leaned back in his chair,
and became, at once, a perfect model of
ease. He was a glorious stndy for a pain
ter. When first he was brought into the
office, his face would have made a per
fect model lor a Parrhasins; and had it
been available in the day of that emi
nent artist, it would have avoided the
necessity of tormenting a slave to
death in order to obtain a “ fine
agony ” for the brow of his Prometheus;
but, when he had read that paragraph
once, the same face would have answered
for a model for a St. John—it wore such
a look of beatification.
Enjoying this,his first luxury in ten awful
years, for at least a half an hour, without
saying a word, he again resumed his pa
per, and read the following paragraph:
An exchange says “Mr. Stephens gives
very strange and wicked advice to the
people of Georgia.” Good heavens! can
it he possible that he has advised the
people of Georgia not to subscribe for
the Courier-Journal?
That capped the climax. There was
one tremor through his body, then a sbud
der, next a contortion, then a convulsion,
then an explosion, that shook the office
to its foundation, pied two galleys of
type, ;♦ upset the lye-pot, and sent
the roller of the prooLpress out up
on the roof of a neighboring build
ing; while the man, forgetting his rheu
matism and gout, and other conglome
ration of ills which had made him a sec
ond edition of Job, danced hornpipes at
a rate that would have made a Virginia
negro blush in spite of his blackness;
and he ended the whole demonstration
by going down stairs at two hounds and
rushing home to his wife, a well man,
leaving us again without a laughing edi
tor and in despair.
We are unhappy oyer this matter.
We despair of getting a man who can
stand the test. We can’t stjind any
more laughing. Oar sides have been raw
for six months and onr landlady isinexo
rable. We are at a loss what to do, un
less it be to appeal to the Courier-Journal
not to be-so funny. A little fun will do
admirably. But this triple-extracted,
double-distilled, high-pressure fun just
ruins a reader, and will, if persisted in,
make perfect wrecks of all the readers of
the champion funny paper of America.
We appeal to the editor not to be as fan
ny as he can :
What Bard Says About It.
A telegraphic dispatch from Washing
ton to the Savannah News, makes this
statement:
Samuel Bard says he is trying to buy
the Savannah Republican. The Era, the
administration organ of Grant, says the
Republican party has had enough of
Bard.
The Doctor tried hard to get the New
Departurists of New York to buy the
Intelligence)', of this city. He mado cer
tain propositions and promises of future
purchase to Jndge Whitaker, whereupon
river, and when the steamer Rosa made
the landing they stepped aboard and were
brought to this city lost evening.”
The News, of Tuesday, has the
following additional particulars of the
affair:
From Major Arthur, commanding a
detachment of United States troops,
which were dispatched on yesterday to
»! | the scene of the recent troubles on* the
DeMontmollin plantation to investigate
the matter, we learn that the difficulty
was not of such a serious nature as was
at first supposed.
It appears from the statement of the
T , , Major, that the negroes who did the
tne Judge allowed him to take possession shooting went to the plantation armed
of the office and run it for a time, or till with legal docuinentsissued from a negro
the sale could be consummated; but when J us ti ce id Bluffton, for the purpose of
Bard had published the paper long disp °- sse ^ Mr DeMontmollin, and
. . .* . . , . ,, , . ° meeting with resistance, fired upon the
enougLi .o damage it with its old friends, whites, as stated yesterday, wounding
be simply surrendered it back to Judge them all. Mr. DeMontmollin and Kent
Whitaker—remarking ;o those who talk- are but slightly wounded. Mr. Slyer,
ed with him, that he kept it till he found bowev 1 er ; is supposed to be mortally
wounded.
“ But learn to wear a sober phiz:
Be stupid if you can;
It’s such a very serious thing
To bo a funny man! **
«
Tlie Georgia State Fair.
[Special Corespondence of The Atlakfa Sum.]
Macon, Geobgia,
Tuesday Morning, Oct. 24. |
Yesterday the State Fair Grounds at
this place were thrown open to the pub
lie. It was an event long and anxiously
anticipated by the citizens, as well as by
the friends of Macon, as there has been
an uncalled for rivalry connected with*
the State Fairs, entirely unbecoming our
people; and which, it is hoped, will cease
entirely with this fair,
The grounds were in thorough order
yesterday. Everything, that the city of
Macon had promised was fulfilled. The
number of entries was larger than at any
fair we have had; and the show of goods
of every description is equal to the “great
expectations” of the people.
THE FINE ARTS BUILDING
is, within itself, an exposition that has
rarely ever been equaled in the South,
To enter it, and gaze around, one conld
easily fancy that lie had been transported
to some scene of Eastern splendor, where
everything is lovely to the eye, as if
wrought of finest fabrics, and brilliant
with the rarest combinations of color.
I am willing to stake the reputation of
the Georgia State Fair upon this one
room, and if there were nothing else upon
the ground the Fair would be called
success.
THE MACHINES! DEPARTMENT
is crowded to overflowing—a large num
ber of the best labor-saving machinery
being on exhibition. There are no less
than a half dozen different engines that
have been put up outside the building,
for lack of room, notwithstanding the
immense size of the building set apart
for them.
So far as the amount of goods on ex
hibition goes, the Fair is unequalled by
any we have seen.
There is a very large number of horses
on the grounds, and in thia line there is
no doubt there will be a plenty of fun
and excitement.
weston’s walk,
yesterday against time, was witnessed by
thousands, and notwithstanding it was
performed during a heavy rain, he made
live miles and a half—half mile back
wards, in 59 minutes.
A tremendous storm of rain and tliun
der and lightning came up about
o’clock, and continued till night. Never
was a storm more acceptable. The dust
and heat was oppressive, and the shower
was welcomed by alL
There are quite a number of promi
nent men here, and many more are ex
pected. General Toombs will address
the visitors to-morrow morning.
Colonel Sparks and his bride, were on
tho grounds yesterday. He married
few days ago in New Orleans, and
making his bridal tour.
The lightning Kukluxed a negro and
pair of fine mules .near Macon Tuesday
evening. A house in Macon was struck
the same evening, and six colored in
mates shocked.
out that it -was worth but little. No
doubt, Judge Whitaker was materially
injured in the sale of the paper by Bard’s
using it a short time, aud his failure to
purchase, as was confidently expected.
His True Georgian has failed to secure
any circulation or influence here, and no
party seems willing to acknowledge it as
an organ, or to help it to live. The
wealthy Departurists, the big bond-hold
ers of New York—those who originated
that plan of forever killing the Demo
cratic party—refused to come to his aid.
They could not “see” anything in it. If
they could have believed the Intelligencer
or his so-called True Georgian, under his
management-, would have exerted any in-,
ffiuence for their cause, they would have
‘shelled out” to any amount, for they
have the means; but they properly appre
ciated Dr. Bard’s strength and influence
in Georgia.
It also seems that not even the Radicals
will bid for the support of him and his
so-called True Georgian, and we imagine
they will not give much for the support
of the Republican, under his manage
ment.
War in South Carolina.
An Outrage Iiy Negro Officials.
Tbe Savannah News of Monday had
the following account of an outrage
committed by some South Carolina ne
groes:
From parties who reached the city last
night by the steamer Rose, the following
version of tbe bloody affair was obtained:
It appears that Mr. Louis H. DeMont
mollin is the owner of a rice plantation in
South Carolina, near the Savannah and
Charleston Railroad bridge, about four
teen miles above this city, and that he
last year rented it to Mr. Lumpkin Zetler,
formerly of Effingham county, Georgia.
This year, it is said, Mr. DeMontmollin
notified Mr. Zetler that he wished him
to vacate the premises, which Mr. Zetler
refused to do.
another version
is that Mr. DeMontmollin stated to Mr.
Zetler that he must not sub-let the place
or a part of it to negroes. However,
Mr. Zetler is said to have taken no par
ticular notice of either one or the other,
or both of Mr. DeMontmollin’s requests.
The difficulty grew out of an attempt on
the part of Mr. DeMontmollin to enforce
his demand.
About one week ago, Mr. Demont-
mollin went to the plantation and
The white gentlemen were conveyed
to Bluffton, and are now under arrest,* in
pursuance of papers from the negro
magistrate, and until their release is ef
fected, a correct history of the matter is
hardly possible.
Two of the citizens who went from this
city yesterday, proceeded beyond the
plantation in tlie direction of Bluffton,
and the others returned on the 5J train
yesterday afternoon.
Notwithstanding the information im
parted by Major Arthur, on his return
last night, many rumors are stall in cir
culation, nearly all of them differing ma
terially in point of information.
The following is a courier dispatch re
ceived by our reporter at a late hour last
night, and which, of course, is the latent
news from the front:
Everything on plantation all right
with the exception that numbers of ne
groes are about the place, arme'd. Mrs.
DeMontmollin was taken from the next
place, (some two miles off,) and carried
with L. H. DeMontmollin. They have
taken them with Slyer and Kent to
Bluffton. He, (L. H. DeM.) is not
wounded as bad as supposed. Kent is
only wounded slightly, but Slyer is mor
tally wounded. I will not return until I
can give you full particulars.
Appointments of tlie Georgia Confer
ence—JI. E. Church. (North.)
FORCIBLY EJECTED
Mr. Zetler and a number of the negroes
working on the place. There is no Mag
istrate’s Court in that neighborhood, and
as a number of negroes decided to remain
and work for DeMontmollin on the same
terms as they had been working for Mr.
Zetler, and as quiet’seemed to have been
restored, Mr. DeMontmollin returned
to Savannah. Two or three days ago,
however, the negroes who had abandoned
the plantation with Mr. Zetler,
DECIDED TO RETORN
and drive off those at work for DeMont
mollin. The latter named gentleman
immediately left the city, and, accom
panied by Mr. W. A. Kent and a Mr.
Henry Slyer, encamped on the plantation
within the ruins of an old Confederate
rifle-pit, there being no house on the
estate. This rifle-pit they in part re
paired, in order to
RESIST AN ATTACK,
should one be made by the negroes. A
colored man named Stonewall Jackson,
one of Mr. DeMontmollin’s servants,
who encamped with them, yesterday
morning about daylight went down the
river to catch some fish for breakfast.
Whilst there he heard
A ROAR OF MUSKETRY
in the direction of the camp where he
had left the three white gentleman deep
ing. From the noise made by the dis
charge of the guns, Jackson is under the
impression that there were at least one
hundred shots fired. Jackson immedi
ately hastened to the shore, intending to
reach tbe camp, bnt by the time he had
walked a few yards, he heard the negroes
shouting and cursing
“that white man’s nigger,”
and knowing that the band of outlaws
referred to him, he returned to the river
bank and concealed himself in the bushes.
Presently tho shouts, cheers and curses,
commingled, became still more distinct,
and soon after about two hundred blacks
passed, bearing Mr. Slyer on a litter,
and guarding Mr. DeMontmollin and
Mr. Kent, who were profusely bleeding
from their wounds, down to the river.
After placing them in the beat, the ne
groes divided, some of them going in the
direction of the rifle-pit, the others leap
mg into a number of small boats, rowed
down the river. Some distance from the
landing where the [negroes took to the
boats, the river makes a bend to the
northeast. From this point to where the
negro (Jackson) was concealed could be
heard 4 the cheers of the assassins and the
words *
“GO TO BLUFFTON,”
from which it is inferred that the white
men were carried to that place, for what
purpose is not known, perhaps to give
the victims a burial in some out of the
way place. Jackson in time left the
bushes where he was concealed, and went
up the river some distance until he found
a boat and pulled himself to Purysburg,
He was accompanied by a white boy and
a negro from the Carolina side of the
The Georgia Conference of this Church
has been in session in this city for. sev
eral days, presided over by Bishop Scott.
It’s session closed on Tuesday—the Bish
op going to Alabama to preside over the
Conference in that.State. The following
is a list of the appointments for the en
suing year in this State:
AtlantaDistbict.—J. W. Yarbrough,
E.—Atlanta, Loyd street, J. H.
Knowles; Clark Chapel, W. Hunter; Ful
ton circuit—D. Hines; Oxford—D.
M’Clendon; Covington—E. B. Davis;
Marietta—T. Groover; Clayton—J. ELj-
by; Jonesboro—L. D. Ellington; Fay
ette—S. D. Brown.
E. Q. Fuller, Editor of the Methodist
Advocate, aud member of the Loyd street
quarterly conference.
W. Prettyman, Agent of the Freed
men’s Aid Society, and member of the
Marietta circuit quarterly conference.
Macon District—R. T. Kent, P. E.—
Griffin—H. Stricklin; Barnesville—W,
Fincher; Forsyth—G. Ansley; Liberty
Hill—A. Talmadge; Jackson—W. Hark-
ness; McDonough—J. Walker; White
water—H. Elder; Lenoir—To be sup
plied.
La Grange District.—R. H. Waters,
P. E Lagrange—G. Standing; Troup—
To be supplied; Hogansville and Grant-
ville—S. Sewall; Palmetto—A. Wood;
Newnan—J. Sams; St. Cloud—To be
supplied; Campbell Pipkard; Car-
roll and Heard—J. J. Bailew; Green
ville—R. T. Lumsden; Hodo
Whitesville—B. Hall; Haraldson—J.
Murphy; Pike and Upson—T. P. Jay.
Dalton District—J. W. Lee, P. E.
Dalton—To be supplied; Dalton Circuit—-
H. Triplett, A. H. Basemore; Whitfield—
J. Crocket Johnson; Chattooga
Cedartown—W. C. Walker; Rome—R,
Miller; Flood ; Cave Spring
Walker—T. A. Pharr; Murray—W. Sul
livan; Gordon—B. F. Ivie; Cartersville
and Adairsville—J. McHenry; Cherokee
and Pickens—N. Trimble; Ellijay—B.
W. Hipp, H. Shuffield; Fannin—G. A.
Hill and one to be supplied.
Gainesville District—B. Crist, P.
E.; Union and Towns—J. P. Bazemore
and one to be supplied; Lumpkin and
White—W. E. Tarpley; Dawsonville—J.
Thomas Johnson; Camming—To be sup
plied; Simpson—A. Dorman; Oconee—
N. Martin and one to be supplied; Gwin
nett—A. Pool; Rock Springs and Wal
ton—J. T. Thurman.
Augusta District.—J. Spilman, P. E,
Augusta—Green Street and City Mis
sion—G. W. Rogers; Augusta Circuit—
To be supplied; Richmond—C. Roberts
Waynesboro; Waynesboro Circuit—P.
Bell; Old Church—T. Baker, one to he
supplied; Louisville; Mount Zion—F,
Ellington; Scriven—L. J. Preston
Charleston—A. Johnson; Scarboro; Sa-
tilla Mills—T. B. B. Gurney; Satilla cir
cuit—J. L. Fowler.
Savannah District.—C. O. Fisher, P,
E.; Savannah; Savannah circuit; Bruns
wick and Darien—G. A. A. Amos; St,
Marys; Camden—J. Ward; Traders
Hill; Blackshire and Sessup—E. Tracy
Tatnall; Southeastern—A. Palmer.
Those Bonds ! Those Bonds!
The Legislature authorized the Gov
ernor, oh ike part of the State, to in
dorse the Bonds of the Brunswick snd
Albany Railroad to the extent of $15,000
per mile—taking a first mortgage upon
the whole road as security. These bonus
were to he indorsed by the Governor,
registered, and the Great Seal attached;
then to he delivered to the road as fast
as each consecutive ten miles Bhall be
fully completed and in running order,
and no faster.
The bonds of the State, which were to
be given to the road at the rate of $8,000
per mile, in exchange for the bonds of
the road, (in addition to the foregoing
indorsement), were to be delivered to the
road as fast as each consecutive ten miles
is completed, and no faster. Such is the
law.
Governor Bullock has had all the bonds
fully executed and delivered to him. The
first mortgage of $15,000 have nil been
fully registered, indorsed, sealed and de
livered by his own order— the last of them
in April of this year—the aggregate
amounting to $3,300,000; and by his own
order the whole of the State bonds given
iu exchange for tho second mortgage
bonds of the road, which it would have
been entitled to had the road been fully
completed—amounting to $1,8S0,000,
have likewise been fully executed, regis
tered, sealed, and delivered to the Gov
ernor, by his order—the last of them
sometime in May.
These bonds should not have been ex
ecuted and delivered any faster ttyan the
road was completed. Why has the Gov
ernor ordered them all to be fully execu
ted and delivered to him in advance of
the completion of the road ? We know
not what reason he will give; but an
unlawful use of them is the only one
that suggests itself. ' It is highly impro
per to have such bonds executed any fast
er than they are needed for delivery ac
cording to law. We state the fact and
leave the people to form their own con
clusions. ’ ...
Vincent Reese. McDuffie county.—
Crib containing 800 bushels of corn. In
cendiary unknown.
The Augusta Constitutionalist will issue
an evening edition in that city during
Fair week.
The parade and inspection of the Au
gusta Fair Department, will take place
to-morrow.
The Athens Watchman speaks of
“Jonas Cochran, a free negro.” Aren’t
they all free down that way.
Speaking of the Synod of Georgia,
the Athens Walchman says: “This eccle
siasticalbody convened at the Presbyte
rian church in this place on Wednesday
last. The introductory sermon was
preached by Rev. Dr. Wilson, of Atlan
ta. Rev. A. W. Clisby was elected Mod
erator, and Rev. Messrs. Stacy and
Ketclram Clerks. The attendance was
not full. The body adjourned on Mon
day.
A Talbotton bailiff met with opposition
in serving some executions, and, accord
ing to the American, he says: “If he goe3
out there to make a lawful level, and they
infuses to incept, if he don’t make a sacra
ment of them fie’ll be darned.
Savannah mortality last week—7 white,
13 colored.
Six young ladies have entered for the
cooking match at the Columbus Fair.
Cotton States
Life Insurance Co.
CHARTERED BY THE STATE OF GEORGIA*
CAPITAL $500,000.
OTYJiED AT HOME AM) MAKA0ED BY
Sobie of our Best Financiers.
Over 2,500 Policies Issued Since
June lsf, 1869.
The only Company doing business In the SouUi.
that has ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS Deposited with the authorities of the
State of Georgia for the protection of Policy Holders.
Policies Upon all the
VARIOUS PLANS OF INSURANCE ISSUED.
A loan of 33 per. cent, of the
Premium Given When
Desired.
ALL POLICIES NON-FORFEITABLE.
NO RESTRICTIONS AS TO RESI-
dence or Travel,
Strictly a Home Comp’y
With its Capital and Investments at Home.
It appeals to those who desire to avail themselves
of the benefits of Life Insurance to give it their
patronage.
The time has arrived when every thoughtful man
is disposed to mate this wise provision for those de
pendent upon his life.
This Company proposes to give all the advantages
which are offered by foreign institutions of like
character, with the opportunity of keeping the vast
sums in onr own midst, which are annually sent
abroad.
PEOPLE OF THE
COTTON STATES
Foster Home Enterprise*
JLctive and Energetic gents
Wanted in every County
and Town in the South.
ADDRESS OR CALL ON
WM. J. MAGILL,
SUPERINTENDENT AGENCIES.
Office, 28 Whitehall street.
Office: ATLANTA, GA.
EDWIN S. RAY, Medical Examiner.
OFFICERS:
WM. B. JOHNSTON, President.
WM. S. HOLT, Vice-President.
GEO. S. OBEAR, Secretary.
JOHN W. BURKE, General Agent.
J. MERCER GREEN, Medical Examiner.
septS-lawd&wSm.
-AAlaxita. Water Cure.
T his place is open at all’ seasons.
Chronic Deseases of all kinds, treated with largo
success. Outside, my institution will cure all scoot©
deseases. I refer to tho following persons, who haver
been, and are being treated at my establishment,
Lavendon House, Hunter street. Mr. J. W. Ituoker,
of Chapman, Rucker & Co., Ma). W. B. Cox of Cox
& Hill; Capt. J. M. Hill, J. T, Hightower A Co.,
I. FleischeJ, Bermau and Kuhrt, Bov. Win. Smith.
Macon, J. Hill, Newnan, Ga. .> T
4-w 1-mo. DR. F. KALOW-
