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THE ATLANTA! WEEKLY SEN
T E LEGRAMS .
Charleston, October 27.
Advices from the upper portion, of the
State report increasing terror and confu
sion in the proclaimed counties, on ac- j
count of the numerous arrests made un-i
der the President’s proclamation. The
Yorkville Enquirer received to-night
says: “The wholesale arrests made by
the military in this county have had a
very depressing influence on business,
nnd on industrial pursuits generally, and
we presume such will be the case through
out the entire section of the State em
braced in the proclamation. Crops
remain in the fields unharvested, and, on
account of tho general feeling of insecu
rity, business is nearly at a stand-still,
while a large number of persons have
left tho country, rather than incur the
unpleasant and uncertain consequences
of arrest. The future of our section is
now more gloomy than it has been at any
time since the close of the war.”
The grand jury of Chester county,
composed of six whites and six negroes,
made a presentment embodying the re
sults of their investigation of the allpged
Ku-klux outrages there, and concludes as
follows: “We, the grand jurors, upon
our oaths, are compelled to say, from the
testimony which we have taken, and from
our knowledge of the different parts of
the country, that the allegations contain
ed in the proclamation of the President
of the United States are withont founda
tion, and must be the result of falsehood
communicated to him by persons equally
regardless of good and the peace of so
ciety.
Ten deaths from yellow fever have
been reported in tbe last twenty-four
hours.
London, October 27.—Thirty of thir
ty-three, in the exploded mine at New
Castle, were killed. The pit is on fire,
and another explosion is apprehended.
Washington, October 27.—The De
partments will be closed to-morrow out
of respect to Thomas Ewing.
Boutwell, Robeson and Akerman were
absent from the cabinet meeting to
day.
A comparative statement of Internal
Revenue show’s $144,000,000, this year
against $185,000,000, last year.
Wm. M. Evavts and Benj. R. Curtis
have been appointed counsel before the
Geneva arbitration on behalf of the
United States.
Salt Lake, October 27.—Mrs.. Cook
has obtained .a verdict against Brigham
Young for money collected from her de
ceased husband.
Briglmm Young asks Wm. M. Evarts to
defend him against the charge of polyg
amy.
San Francisco, October 27.—Sixteen
dead and six seriously hurt Chinese were
found at Los Angelos this morning. A
great many Chinese have fled and their
houses have been plundered. The plun
der included $10,000 in gold.
Baltimore, October 27.—In the Uni-
. ted States Court to-day, Wm. Kierle was
convicted of an attempt to bribe a juror
in tbe Bowerman case, and fined $200
and costs.
St. Louis, October 27.—Dr. Medli-
cott, tho Kansas poisoner, has been con
victed of mutder in the first degree.
Chicago, October 27.—The City Treas
urer’s safe was opened to-day, and its
contents are undistinguishable.
An attempt has been made to burn the
Episcopal Cathedral, corner of Peoria
and Washington streets. The fire was
extinguished with but little damage to
the building.
The different political parties have fi
nally agreed on a union ticket for city
and county officers. Joseph Medill is the
candidate for Mayor.
Dealers in lumber and brick are de
manding extortionate prices; but,
consequence of supplies that are coming
in, prices are expected to decline.
Galveston, October 27.—The third
District gives Giddings a majority of 411
The count at Austin, after throwing out
limestone and Freestone counties, which,
gave a Democratic majority of 1630,
leaves Clark’s majority 947.
A special to the Bulletin says Clark has
received a certificate of election. Conner
is said to be the only Democrat who will
receive a certificate. Degener (Radical)
refuses to receive a certificate, on the
ground tbat Hancock received the great
er number of votes.
New York, October 2?.-*~-Tweed was
6erved with the order for bis arrest early
this afternoon, by Sheriff Brown, Tweed
stated that he was anxious to go before
the Court; After a protracted consulta
tion between counsel, bail to the amount
of $2,000,000 was furnished by Jay
Gould, Torrence Farley, Hugh Hastings,
Bomard Kelly and B. O. Fairchild.
Another suit was commenced in the
Supreme Court against Tweed, by corpo
ration counsel, O’Gorman, charging him
with a corrupt conspiracy to defraud the
county by fraudulent charges for work
and material. The case will be tried in
this countv.
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Hard on Pomeroy*
Senator Pomeroy, of KahSus. ia brought
to the front as follows, in tbe Washing
ton special to tbe Savannah News:
The Chicago Tribune publishes some
very grave Charges against Senator Pom-
ery, having fallen under the power of a
counterfeiter from Ohio, named Corman,
being detected in a criminal liason with
bis wife, has not only paid Corman six
thousand dollars hush money, but pro
cured his appointment to office in tbe
Pension ^Bureau at Washington ; also,
obtained places in the Treasury Depart
ment for two of his sons, while Mrs.
Corman and another woman of similar
character, named Mrs. Ghant, were ap
pointed on the solicitation of Pomeroy
to positions in the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing. These charges were made
S ublica month ago, and remain uncontra-
icted.
Worthy of Mention.
In the late canvass many persons have
labored with zeal to secure the nomina
tion of good men, and sound Democrats;
of representative men who would be an
honor to the State and the city, and in
whose hands we could nil feel satisfied
that our interests would be safe. Among
those who have thus labored, none are
more deserving of high praise thu Ool.
S. S. Fears, President of the First Ward
Democratic Club. He is one of the ris
ing young men of this city, who will
make his mark. No doubt others . have
labored with the same unselfish devotion;
but we happeu to have seen and known
much of what Col. Fears has done. It
is for this reason, and not in disparage
ment of others, that we say what we do.
MISCELLANEOUS items.
There ai» 70,000 glove makers in Eng
land.
A $5,000 d*mond ho* been found in a
Florida fiah. , .
Minnesota hig ten railways in process
of construction.
A recent decision of the Supreme Court
of Illinois restore* to Gen. S. B. Buck
ner property in Cb'eago of the estimated
value of $1,000,000. The losses by the
late fire axe stated it $250,000, partly
covered by insurance. But the property
remaining untouched is said to yield a
rental of $50,000, and tin judgment re
ferred to restores not onlythe property
but the rents and profits w>ich accrued
from the time of its transfetby General
Buckner to Henry Kingsbury in 1861.
General Thomas W. Bennett, of Indi
ana, has been appointed Governor of
Idaho—vice Bowen resigned.
Versailles Assembly,
Corsica, and has goi
Governor Hoffman appointsNovember
the 23d as a day of thanksgiving in New
York State.
It is tbe pride of H. G. and his politi
cal followers that they cannot be bought,
Perhaps; but the recent Syracuse Con
vention showed that they are easily sold.
World. -
A most melancholy accident occurred
in our neighboring town, Cleveland, Ten-
nessee, one day of last week. A lovely
and interesting child of Mr. John Craig-
miles—a little girl eight years old—was
crushed to death beneath an engine.—
She was riding in a buggy with her
grand-father, Dr. Thompson, who en
deavored to cross the railroad track in
front of an approaching train. The
horse, we understand, became refractory,
the harness was broken, and the bnggy
left upon the track. Dr. T. received
some injuries, but escaped with his life;
but by the time the little girl had climbed
down the side of the vehicle the engine
was upon her, and her little life instantly
yielded beneath its crushing power.—
Dalton Citizen.
Iowa has five thousand more Metho
dists than members of all other denomi
nations put together.
A Wilmington, (N. C.) merchant had
six hundred bushels of pea nuts burned
in the Chicago fire. •
A wagon load of Union torpedoes ex
ploded in New Orleans last Thursday,
killing the driver instantly. His leg was
blown several hundred feet.
A physician states that five hnndred
children were born on the prairie and on
the streets of Chicago daring Monday
and Tuesday nights of the fire.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: “The
charge, as an ofiset for Grant’s appoint
ment of so many relatives, that ‘General
Lewis Cass foisted his son into the dip
lomatic service and allowed him to dis-
ijrace the country in it,’ is not true.
Major Cass was appointed by an admin
istration of which his father was not a
member. He was continued as Minister
Full reports of the last German expe
dition to the north pole have reached
Germany, and it is stated that a polar sea
was discovered, free from ice and swarm
ing with whales.
Jerome Bonaparte was elected to the
as a member from,
gone to Paris to take
his seat.
Rev. J. F. Yallandigham is engaged in
writing a biography of his late brother,
Clement.
The Rev. Robert Thompson, a British
clergyman, will, it is said, shortly preach
two sermons, believed on good authority
to have been composed by Sir Walter
Scott, at Abbotsford, in 1828, for a young
clerical friend ot his own. The sermons
are very scarce, being almost out of
print.
The Sprague brothers are creeping in
the cemetery at Providence, Rhode Is
land, a monumental tomb-stone, at a cost
of $100,000.
President Grant was in Maine, a tlioit-
sand miles from Washington, when his
last proclamation was issued from the
Executive Mansion.
Resolutions of “Thanks to God and
*he police of the city” were passed at an
Indianapolis meeting.
The Southern Home, speaking of Gen.
Joe Johnston, says: We have always
been disposed to place General Johnston
in the front rank of the great command
ers of history. His great intellect and
personal courage won the admiration of
his soldiers, while his warm, genial na
ture secured their love. The veterans of
Napoleon did not idolize their Emperor
more than did our ragged rebels the lion-
hearted Johnston. No one now doubts
that his policy of disregarding positions
and never suffering an army to he cooped
up, would have saved the Confederacy.
The Franco-Prussian war is an eloquent
tribute to Joe Johnston—Sedan and
Strasbourg were but repetions of the
folly of Vicksburg, Port Hudson and
Richmond. The Star of the South set
in gloom and disaster when Johnston was
removed at Atlanta. Sherman exulted
at the act, and cried out, like Napoleon
at Austerhtz, “Now I have them 1” The
baffled “bummer” knew that his time
had come, and clapping his hands he
said, “I have fought, hitherto, when
Johnston pleased; now I’ll make Hood
fight when I please.”
An Illinois love letter closed patketical-
to Rome by General Taylor, who deemed
it indecorous, as he was a political oppo
nent, to remove the son of the rival can
didate for President. We never heard
that he disgraced his country while in
Rome before.”
Australia is a convenient region of ro
mance, being too distant for close inves
tigation by the skeptical. For example
An English nobleman falls in love with
his mother’s pretty maid, a sort of Becky
Sharp. She avoids her noble lover and
complains that she is “persecuted.” So
milord takes a year’s trip in Europe, be
comes love sick as well as sea sick cross
ing the channel, and writes her an offer
of marriage. She doubts, he swears fi
delity,. and marries her privately. A
daughter is bom, the mother dies and
the father weds again. Twenty-five
years elapse; the girl falls in love with
one who has the misfortune to kill his
superior and is transported. She follows
him to Botany Bay. In an “unfortunate
affair,” her lover loses his life, and liis
disconsolate lady love becomes a hand
maiden in tho house of a poor settler.
Her father dies childless, a persevering
solicitor seeks the daughter so long dis
owned, and she becomes Lady Elizabeth
Morton, with $200,060 a year.
The Paris correspondent of the Tri-
buue read, the other morning, a para-
grajih in one of the most widely-circulated
Paris papers, of which the following is a
faithful translation: ‘ ‘Echo of American
news: On the 15h courant, Mr. Jerome
Bonaparte, grandson of Prince Jerome,
was married to the grand-daughter of the
celebrated American humorist, Daniel
Webster. ”
It has been observed in England that
in a certain class of cases a majority of
persons signing the marriage register of
the parish moke their marks. It w’ould be
unsafe to set this down as evidence of
inability to write, for the Rev. B. W.
Willson, curate of Liverpool, informs a
newspaper that one in five of the persons
signing tho register in his parish make
their marks for the simple reason that
they are too drank to write.
The once celebrated Fanny Ellsler,
is now said to be living quietly at tbe
Hague, occupying most of her time in
raising flowers, of whice she is passion
ately fond. Roses are her favorites, and
she has raised one particular kind, which
has for some time borne her name, and
which is much prized in Holland. Though
she danced before our grandmothers, she
has entered, only veiy recently, on her
61st year. She is mtrch esteemed in tbe
Dutch capital for her numerous deeds of
charity.
A curious incident happened at the
Park Concert, at Amsterdam, a few days
ago. Several Prussian officers in full
uniforms were present. The band struck
up “Die wacht am Rhein,” which was
one of the pieces set down on the pro
gramme. Thereupon the audience took
it into their heads to commence hissing
lustily- The band, to soothe them, glided
into the Dutch national air, “wien Neer-
lands Bloed in den Aderen vloet” At
the first strains the Prussian officers un
covered, rose from their seats, and re
mained standing until the conclusion.
Hon. James Brooks writes thus to the
New York Express of a sleeping apart
ment in Japan:
“We had a whole floor to ourselves,
and on that floor a dozen rooms—all one.
though, if the paper screens were re
moved. Snch tenements as these, you
see, are not very favorable for private life,
or secrecy, or domesticity. One caunot
whisper at night without being heard all
over the domiciL A husband can’t jaw’
a wife, nor awife ‘Caudle’ a husband
without everybody’s hearing them. Flirt
ing is impossible, and courting would be,
if courtng was ever heard of in Japau.”
A young lady translates the C. O. IX
on express packages to Call on Dad.
ly as follows: “My best loved one, I
chawed the postage stamp on your last
letter all to thunder, because I knew, you
licked it on.”
The Boston Post says many young
ladies are accused of wearing their engage
ment rings in their pockets exoept
when “he” is around.
: A girl of the period” comments thus
on Mormonism : “How absurd; four or
five wives for one man, when the fact is,
each woman in these times ought to have
four or five husbands. It would take
about that number to support me de
cently."
The Germans lost, during the late war
with France, 18,000 killed, 87,000 woun
ded and 6,000 missing,
Personal gossip from India is not so
easy to write as one might suppose. For
instance, the marriage of Mr. Rughoona-
thdas Madhowdas, a Kupola Bunla mer
chant of Bombay, with Dhuncoorbal, the
daughter of Shet Gudhurdas Mohundas
and the widow of Luchmicliand Dhurum-
sey, was celebrated at Cainclipoogly the
other day.
At Lexington, Missouri, Monday, Hen
ry B. Moore, an old and worthy citizen
obofc Limeolt, aacLW. Moot, a. printov. and
a stranger, name unknown, attempted
suicide by taking opium.
The municipal election in Baltimore
resulted in the choice of Van Sundt,
Democrat, for Mayor by 8,000 majority.
Blount county, Alabama, has a model
baby, four months old, that weighs eighty-
six pounds.
of choice, and has done little else, though
he assisted in carrying bricks, as a la
borer, to bnild the present City Hall.—
He was a private and carried a musket
in the late war—Company K (Captain
Ballard), 7th Georgia regiment—and was
dangerously wounded.being shot through
the body at Malvern Hill, from which he
did not recover for years. Since the war
he has been foreman in the Intelligencer
office, and is now foreman of the Consti
tution office, and a member of the pres
ent Council.
JOHN P. MAXES
was horn in Cobb county—the son of
Edward Mayes—one of the first settlers,
who represented it in the Georgia Legis
lature—both branches—some ten years.
He is 39 years of age—was brought up to
work on a farm—came to Atlanta in 1855,
and was conductor on the 'Western and
Atlantic Railroad most of the time, up to
the beginning, of Bullock’s administra
tion. He is now a family grocer on
Marietta street. He married a daughter
of John W. Fowler, of DeKalb, one of
the oldest citizens now living in that
county. He was councilman from the
First Ward while Col. Halsey was Mayor,
and has the respect and confidence of
those who know him.
Second 'Ward.
C. C. HAMMOCK.
Judge Hammock was bom in Walton
county, and is 48 years old. His father
was a farmer, and he was brought up to
farm work. He went to Athens as a
clerk in a store in 1848—removed to,
and married in Lexington, Georgia, in
1853, where he resided 9 years, daring
which time he filled the office of clerk
and Judge of the Inferior Court, and
clerk of the Superior Court with credit
and ability. The firm of Langston
Crane & Hammock was formed in Lex
ington before the war, and came here in
1862. Judge Hammock went into the
army with the 66th Georgia Regiment;
served on Gen. R. J. Henderson’s staff as
captain, and was surrendered with Gen.
Brief Sketches of tlie Nominees of tlic
Democratic Party for Mayor and
Council.
by all who know him. He had five
brothers—three of whom were lost in
the war. He volunteered in the early
part of the war, bat was compelled to
resign on aocount of the condition of
hi3 father, whose age and infirmity re
quired his assistance.
Fifth Ward.
AUSTIN LEXDKN.
CoL Leyden was born in Pennsylvania
of full blooded Irish parents. He was
poor, and when a boy worked as a canal
boat driver, and went to the free schools
in that State. He learned the trade of
an iron moulder and machinist, and came
to Atlanta in 184S. He built the present
Porter & Butler Foundry—the first in
this city—having tbe celebrated Robt
Finley, of old iron works fame, for a
partner, and worked at the business six
years. He went into the army with the
First Georgia regiment—being a private
in the Gate City Guards. After the bat
tle of Greenbrier, he came home and
raised a battalion of artillery, which he
commanded to the close of the war. He
is now at the head of one of our largest
commission houses, and one of tbe best
business men in Atlanta. He married
a daughter of the late William Hefting.
A. L. FOWLER
is 27 years old, was born in DeKalb and
has been in Atlanta 15 years. His father
died when he was about 15 years old, and
he had to work his own way through the
world. He began by driving a dray and
when he made some money at it, he went
to school a while. Afterward he engag
ed in merchandizing, and is now worth
more thftn $20,000. He is a member of
the present Council and has the repu ta
tion of being the most vigilant man in it,
looking after the wants of his Ward. He
never was drunk, never played a game of
cards, is strictly moral in all liis habits.
His father, Thomas Fowler, was a travel
ing preacher in the Georgia Conference
many years. He married a sister of Hon.
Daniel Pittman.
JOHN H. JAMES
was bora in Henry county, in 20 miles of
Atlanta, and is 41 years old. His father,
David James, settled there about 45 years
ago—coming from North Carolina—a
poor but energetic and honest man.—
John, bis youngest-, worked on tbe farm
—going to school a little, as he could be
spared in the fall and winter, In 1050
he came to Atlanta, and was employed as
clerk in the book store of Wm. J. Mann
and Wm. Kay at $10 per month and his
board. He traveled and sold books at
auction for them till 1855, when he com
menced business for himself with a capi
tal of $2,200.
In 1860, he married Miss Leonard, of
Talbot county, and commenced a broker
age business in Atlanta on about $40,000
—half of which he had made himself, the
other half being furnished by his wife.
He made a great deal of money, but in
vested it largely in Confederate securi
ties. At the close of the war ho had
about $10,000 in cash and nearly the
same amount in real estate. By close
attention to his business, good judgment
and integrity, he has made money and
gained the confidence of all. He is now
the largest property holder in Atlanta—
owning not less than $200,000 in city
property. He invests his money here,
and has his property improved.
He gets along smoothly in the world—
never had more than two lawsuits in his
life. He is strictly temperate in his
habits, plain in his manners and dress,
unassuming and kind—having no ene
mies that we ever heard of.
He has done much for Atlanta, and
will do more while he holds the office of
Mayor. He has paid out not less than
$10,000 to bnild churches since the war.
He is now building a dwelling that will
cost $50,000, and a block that will cost
$70,000. Qur city is proud of John H.
James, -and will do herself credit in hon
oring him.
For Council—First Wuril.
C. W. WELLS.
Everybody knows Charlie. He is 27
years old, son of John D. Wells, and
came to this city in 1851, when a boy.—
He was brought up in a printing office,
Joe Johnston. Since the war, he has
been engaged in merchandizing, and is
now one of our popular Real Estate
Agents. He has first class business quali
fications, and enjoys the confidence of
every body in Atlanta.
DR. E. J. ROACH
is a native of Maryland—graduated in
medicine in the University of that State
in 1854—practiced in Baltimore, and was
connected with the Baltimore Hospital;
come to Atlanta in 1855, and has well
sustained himself in his profession with
our people. In 1861 he was elected City
Treasurer, but resigned, and entered the
army as surgeon, where he remained till
the close of the war. He has three times
been City Physician, and was a member
of the Council in 1869. He has always
been faithful in the discharge of his du
ties, and has the esteem of the people of
this city. He married a daughter of A.
W. Mitchell, one of Atlanta’s old and
most highly respected citizens.
Third Ward.
L. P. GRANT.
The Demooroay h&veJionored the party
in the selection of Col. Grant. He has
been with Atlanta from its earliest histo
ry—is better known than almost any man
in it—and we forbear giving any minute
account of him. He is universally re
garded as one of the ablest Civil Engi
neers and Railroad men in the South,
Abetter selection could not have been
made in the Ward*or in the city. He
will be equal to every duty that will come
before the Council.
T. A. MORRIS,
is a native of North Carolina, came to
Georgia in 1833, and to Atlanta in 1849,
then in its infancy. He was connected
with the Georgia Railroad for fourteen
years —from 1850 to 1864—serving
twelve years as an Engineer—one of the
most faithful and trusty on the Road.
In November, 1865, he became Engineer
on the Western and Atlantic Railroad,
where he remained until Octobey, 1869.
Since that time, he has been connected
with the West Point Railroad.
He is emphatically a self-made man.
Reared as an orphan, he comprehended
the struggle before him, and with a vigi
lant eye and a ready hand has baffled
misfortune, and triumphed, and is well
and favorably known by the people of
Atlanta.
Fourth Ward.
DR. H. L. WILSON
was born in Danville, Virginia, is tliirty-
JSS?* New Hampshire gives thanks on
the 30th of November.
“Chicago Cocktails” substitute
Jersey Lightning” in firing the brains
of the habitues of Eastern bar-rooms.
GEORGIA MATTERS.
It costs “$5 and costs” to get up a “rum
pus” on Gainesville streets,
Newnan, on Saturday, entertained her
self with the highly moral and metaphy
sical pursuit of gander pulling,
A riotous affray occurred at a school ex
hibition in Walton. Whisky.
The Columbus Fair opens to-morrow.
As two gentlemen were passing near
Stokes’ Hill, about a mile from Hamburg,
last Wednesday evening, tliey_ perceived
a man on a gray horse slowly riding back
wards aud forwards upon the brow of the
hill, and evidently keeping watch upon
somebody or something. Their curiosity
being excited, they turned their steps in
the direction of the strange horseman
but when they reached the top of the
hill, he had disappeared. They discov
ered, however, that a trench four or five
feet deep had been drawn around two
persimmon trees, situated about twelve
feet apart. In the centre of this circle
was a hole about three feet and a half
square which had been evidently lately
dug. Footsteps of three persons were
found in the loose earth. The surmise
is that the diggers, whoever they were
were in search of hidden treasure, sup
posed to have been buried by Shultz in
days long gone.—ConsiitmonaCsi, 27.
The Worrell sisters play this week in
Columbus.
Judge Clifford Anderson declines to
serve as attorney for the State in the
matter of the Brunswick and Albany
Railroad.
Wesfcoii Succeeded, in Macon, in walk
ing fifty miles in 9 hours, 41 minutes and
38 seconds.
The Macon Citizen has grown so Hnff-y
that it wants Wm. A to be Governor
next time.
A thunder-storm caroused over Waynes
boro last Monday night.
The steamer C. D. Fry ran against a
snag about 25 miles below Columbus, on
Friday, and is supposed to be a total
loss.
J. H. Barksdale died on the streets of
Savannah, Thursday, from disease of the
heart.
Savannah paid out last fiscal year $65,-
000 more than she took in.
John H. Cordes, a Savannah burglar,
has been arrested in Charleston.
Marcus Thompson, who lives near Sa
vannah, grew jealous and attempted to
shoot his wife and his wife’s sister, and
now he pines in jail. All colored.
Troupe county counts up her $3,142,-
871 worth of property and grins.
Albert H. Cox leaves LaGrange and
comes to Atlanta. We gather them in.
Several car loads of freight have al-
SUJV-STROKES.
For the Atlanta Son.
l'.V H. 8. T.
Ere this sweet Cay is dead, my friend.
And stars above its burial beiid,
Will no soft feeling epnru control,
And break tho calm of tliy pure soul,
Misting tbe light of thy kind eyes
With tears that all unbidden rise—
Sweet tears—o’er memories that burn
Together in thoir funeral urn.
This day, this day, with beauty crowned 1
My thrilling pnlses madly bound
To greet once rnoro its sacred light!
And whoa 'tis tombed within the night.
Its living records shall reveal
The impress of my truth's own seal;
And still above its Ethion tomb.
Love’s trust shall fling a starlit gloom.
And I shall deem thy soul with mine
Hath kept its faith before this shrine.
And if, when comes another Spring,
The birds above my grave should sing,
Though beauty smile o’er land and sea,
Would earth be fair as now to thee ?
Would not the sorrow of thy heart
Its shade to every joy impart?
And Nature wear, if I were gone,
A plaintive eadness not her own?
Would tho soft light of early morn,
The tender chirp of birds at dawn,
Tho moan of winds, the voice of streams,
Tho airy visions of thy dreams,
The holy calm of starlighthours,
And thrilling breath of fragrant flowers,
With mystic power thy spirit move,
And wake tho memory of thy love ?
Ah t me, tho darkness of the tomb
Would be disrobed of half its gloom,
If I could know that from thy heart,
My memory would ne’er depart.
Raytown, Taliaferro County.
HguTlie Washington Chronicle quotes:
“Knowledge is running to and fro and
increasing.” But its shadow has not
fallen upon the pages of the Chronicle.
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EgU The Boston Post says: “A North
Carolina goose has attained tho vener
able age of 37.” The venerable goose of
the Boston Post is much older.
“Huers of woods” is what the
New Orleans Times calls house-painters.
Then, of course, a painter of marine pic
tures is a “drawer of water.”
Grant is evidently attempting to
rival Seward’s reputation as a traveler;
but ho fails, for, while the latter has been
entirely around, the world, the former has
been only half-seas-over.
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Ega„ The local of the Macon Telegraph,
who evidently has been persecuted, says:
“Gentlemen, be careful how you pun
upon our name; it’s a dangerous one to
fool with, ‘A word to the wise,’ etc.”—
Pop, Gunn!
—
IS^The New York World says “Gte&t
did not produce any enthusiasm in Bog-
ton this year.” If he had only made his
Portland oration in Boston, the city
would, no doubt, have gone wild with en
thusiasm.
Lisa, the Web(er) footed nymph
of the ballet, failed to pay her printing
bills in Louisville, and her wardrobe wae
levied on for some of her other debts.—
Unless she dresses more than she diet
when down hero last winter her wardrobe
is “nothing to nobody.”
The Memphis Avalanche says:—
“Two bites at a cherry is about as ab
surd as trying to swallow an ox.” Then
why do tho Avalanche and other “new
departurists” make two bites at the Radi
cal “cherry?” "Why didn’t they attempt -
to get the Democrats to swallow the
whole “ox” at,once, horns and all?
The Era of yesterday says: “The
Athens Banner wants the Legislature,
which convenes here on Wednesday, to
make haste slowly in the radical reforms
proposed by some of its incoming mem
bers.” But there ate no “Radical re
forms proposed.” There will ho “re
forms,” most certainly, but they will all
be Democratic.
three years of age, is a graduate of Em- ready been delivered upon the Augusta
ory College, and graduated iu medicine
in Atlanta, in 1858. Joined the army as
Surgeon ot the 7th Georgia, and con
tinued in that service till the close of the
war. His father, Col. Wm. T. Wilson,
commanded the 7th Georgia — was
wounded at the first battle of Manassas,
and killed thirty yards in front of his
regiment, at the second battle of Ma
nassas, a very short distance from the
spot where he was wounded. He was
very popular in Atlanta. Since 1867,
the Doctor has been one of the manag
ers of the Georgia State Lottery, Or
phan’s Home, and Free School.
B. M. FARRAR
is thirty-two years old—is a son of J. C.
Farrar, an old and highly esteemed citi
zen of this^ity. He has been connected
with the Georgia, and Atlanta and West
Point Railroads, either as clerk, book
keeper or agent, most of the time from
1853 till the present time—being now
Agent of the latter road mffhis city. He
was elected member of the Council to
fill a vacancy in 1866; was City Treasurer
in 1867 and 1868. He is a faithful busi
ness man of sterling integrity, who has
led a spotless life, and is justly esteemed
Fair ground.
The Fairbum Sentinel of Friday says:
On last Monday, Peter Sherden, who
had been digging a well for R. Sims, in
Coweta county, met with death in a very
sudden aud mysterious manner. He
had been down and prepared to blast a
rock, and was fearful that the fuse which
he had arranged had gone. He descend
ed again, and was near the bottom when
he concluded that the fuze was still
burning, and ordered the man above
to draw him babk. When near the top
some one saw him turn loose with one
hand and fall backward out of the bas
ket. The fall killed him instantly. The
well was ninety feet deep
A gentleman, Mi. H. C. Sheffield, ar
rived in LaGrange on Saturday night
last, just from Southwestern Georgia.
He started last week from Bainbridge,
coming through Decatur, Miller, Early,
Calhoun, Randolph, Stewart, Cliattakoo
cliee, Muscogee and Harris counties by
private conveyance. He states that it is
not expected to make more than two
thirds of a cotton crop in any of the
counties named, and by many not more
than a half crop is anticipated. He says
the corn crop will be an average. More
land in com and less in cotton, compared
to last year’s plauting, has been tbe poli
cy of tlie farmers
jESS?” It is now suggested that the Chi
cago fire was the result of a spontaneous
combustion, the cause of which was a
vast accumulation of love-letters, col
lected as testimony before the divorce
courts of that city. This suggestion is
made in order to relieve the growing im
pression that the Paris Commune was at
the bottom of it all.
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B£&»The Selma Argus says: “The Mont
gomery Advertiser and the Administra
tion organ at Washington agree in hold
ing, affirming, proclaiming and main
taining that ex-Vice President Stephens
‘gives very strange and wicked advice to
the people of Georgia.’” And why
should they not, since brethren ought to
dwell together in harmony?
jggy* A correspondent of the Baltimore
Evening Journal asks: “Is there no
Patrick Heniy in this broad land that
will volunteer with his eloquence and pa
triotism to set fire to the damnable cara
van which is grinding down and crushing
out the liberty' of the people ?” Alas !
there is but one Patrick Henry iu the
country and he is employed on the other
side. His latest burst of eloquence was
heard at Portland, Maine.
" Stanton and liis Koad Bonds.
J. C. Stanton, the great railroad ope
rator in Alabama, has been in New Yorl
for some time, but recen j been ar
rested on a requisition from tlie Gover
nor of that State to answer an indictment
las been tue pou- npi w , ...
all the counties for obtaining the indorsed bonds of that
<..,1 f.ir as he Slate to help buiJ,d bis road, under false
| pretences.
through which he passed so fur as he ,S:ate to help buil^l
could learn.—Exporter.
