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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN, FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 18 1872.
THE ATLANTA SUN
Fulton County Representative*.^^
Editor t Daily Sun: Atlanta is the
Capital of the State, and should be £.bly
The Stone*Mountain Association.
We
represented in the Legislature,
ought to retnm our ablest and best men
-—■who would wield an influence in that
tody—who would be looked upon with
high regard—whose wisdom, patriotism,
talents and reputation would at once as
sign to them a commanding position in
oar State counsels.
We can send such men to the Legisla
ture if ue will. Shall tyo do so ?
The importance of such a step to this
city cannot bo over-estimated. It is
vital; and I tell yon, and the people of
Atlanta, that a failure to do so will be
very apt to prove fatal.
I propose to ^peak plainly, and ask all
to bear with mo while I do so—assuring
your raaders that I have no possible ob
ject in view, but the good of,our city and
the State. . f . •• ; .
Take up your paper, or the Constitu-
. turn, or the Herald, and 190k ovegthe
list of names annpunced as candi
Atlanta, GA.,|Bept. 9.
Editors Daily Sun: This Association
to-day dosed a most interesting session
at Bockdale Church, two miles from
Conyers. It first met on Friday, some
account of which has already been sent
to
for the Legislature. , They are all c.eyer,
worthy gentlemen, who Luve
friends urging them to this coarse, japd
who will warmly support them; but with
all due respect, not one of them is such a
of
man as we ought to have,. fThe dc
men from whom, we should select our 1
tutors are not seeking, the office, .1 Th6y are
content with their occupations and "have
no aspirations. They will not offer as
candidates, or bring themselves forward,
or annonnce their names. The idea of
going into a scramble for office will not
tor a moment be entertained by them.
But they can bo had to represent us,
THE PEOPLE cau call upon them for
this service, and ask them as a patriotic
duty to accept it. If this is done, they
will feel themselves bound, and will, no
doubt, allow the use of their namifes and
servo faithfully when elected.
We want such men as John Collier,
Logan E. Bleckley, N. J., Hammond, P.
L. Mynatt, S. B. Hoyt—such men of ac
knowledged talents and eminence, to re
present us; andthough nonb such will
enter a scramble, yet I feel sure that
either of them would re&pond to any
earnest call upon them from The People
of Fulton couuty.
. Now such a movement must have a
start somewhere; and I venture most re
spectfully to suggest that the following
gentlemen meet at the City' Hall" at 10
•’clock on Thursday morning, to con
sider who of our citizens will best rep
resent Fulton county in.the next Legis
lature; who can most ably and effectually
serve us; and when they haye aeeided
this point, to call upon such men and
ssk them to become candidates: ;
James Calloway, John H. James, J.
A. Hayden, B. F. Maddox, M. Mahoney,
E. E. Bawson, Geo. W. Adair, Wm.
Bushton, Dr. J. P. Logan, B. J. Lowry,
Perino Brown,;W. G. Grafnling, Antho
ny Murphy, John Stephens or Dr. John
S. Wilson, (late ^Representative,) and E.
M. Taliaferro, or any other men .who are
known to have no other object in view
but the good of the city, the county and
State at heart. f ,
I suggest men who are known to
have no axes of their own to grind; who
have no object in view but the public
good.
I do not know whether these sugges
tions can be carried out or not. Will the
gentlemen named please accept the duty
I have suggested ? Will they move in this
matter? A movement must be made, or
wo will, I fear, fail to have, such repre
sentatives as we must have; for oiir high
tsl interests are at stales, and the stake will
ie lost as certainly as I now write, unless
we do something to save ourselves, which
we have not yet done.
Gentlemen must and will the ball in
motion.
Surely there is some way of bringing
offt and supporting onr best men. Let
that way be chosen, and let the good
workb8 done.
Pko Bono Publico.
Bev. E. W. Warren, pastor of the First,
was elected Moderator, "&nd T. A. Gibbs,
of Social Circle, Clerk.
The Baptist Churches in Atlanta were
represented in the Association by the
following delegates: ' _ j,
First Church—E. W. Warren, J. M. C.
Shumate, T. H. Morgan, O. Peeples, A.
EL. Seago, A. B. Sharp, and W. A. Love.
Second—J. J. Toon, * Dr. Hitchcock,
— Foster* *
Third—Geo. B. Moore, B. N. Fickett.
Fourth—F. M. Daniel, H. C. Hornady.
Fifth—J. F. Edens, J. C. Armstead.
The introductory sermon was preach
ed by Bev. F. M. Daniel.
On Sunday Bev. Mr. Strickland preach
ed a missionary sermon in the church,
from Luke 16:8. How much owest thou
my Lord. Bev. H. C. Hornady preach
ed at the stand from Mark 15:17. And
they crucified Jesus.
Mr. Strickland’s discourse with his
usual power, clearness and eloquence.
Mr. Hornady*8 was one of the ablest and
grandest efforts of his life. The minis
ters and the whole congregation present
were held in rapt attention, and the im
pression was deep and lasting.
Tne session was a very pleasant one—
vary much enjoyed by all wbo were pres
ent; indeed, it was one of the most prom
ising and encouraging ever held in the
Stone Mountain Association.
Over $500 were raised for the support
of missions. •
The next meeting of the Association
to be held at Indian Creek Church on
Saturday before the second Sunday in
September, 1873.* -
A very large assemblage of the people
were in attendance—from the churches
in Atlanta, and indeed from nearly all the
churches in the Association.
Rockdale Association.
September 7th, 1872.
Editors Sun : The Association met pur
suant to adjournment. The regular or
der of business was taken up.
The agents of the various boards and
benevolent institutions ably represented
their respective fields. Collections were
taken up accordingly, resulting very well
The order of business was suspended
to receive the application of the Bell
Street Baptist Church of Atlanta, for
membership with the body, which
Church was unanimously received.
Adjourned to the stand to hear the
Sunday School sermon by Bev. E, W.
barren, of Atlanta: Text, Mathew xii
12—“ How much then is a man better
than a sheep. (Wherefore it is lawful to
ip well on the Sabbath day.)” He dis
cussed his subject masterly as well as
tenderly, and to the perfect satisfaction
ci everybody.
At 2 o’olook the body met. Prayer by
Bev. H. 0. Hornaday. The usual busi
ness was transacted in harmony and in
good order.
At 4fr o’olock the body adjourned until
Monday at 9 o’clock. Prayer by Bev.
Mr. Duffy, of Flint Biver Association.
J. F. E.
Ieatlnct* of Turtlei.
Audubon, the naturalist, stated that
at certain places on the coast of Florida,
sea-turtles, those huge, stolid-looking
reptiles on which aldermen are fed at the
expense of the tax-payers, possess an ex
traordinary faculty of finding places.
Working their way up out of the reach
of the tide-water with their flippers,
quite a deep hole is excavated, in which
a batch of eggs are deposited and then
carefully covered up. On reaching the
vaterthey not unfrequently swim three
hundred miles out to sea, foraging for
•ppropriate tood.
When another batoh of eggs are de
veloped, after a lapse of about fourteen
days, they will return unerringly in a di
rect line, even in the darkest night, and
visit the buried eggs. Removing the
sand, more are deposited and secured.
Away they go again, as before. They
±u know instinctively the day and hour
in Vermlii.t-4f^hen the young brood, incubated by Bo
th* first WednSfiLy "dll break the shell, and are
™ * ... :^n the spot to liberate them
v,: 'Mjon. As soon as fairly out
Vv f.Lffi^r.tortle leads them
Theti^V
day.
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you.
The Gold mines of North Carolina.
The Consumption of Timber.
The United States Commissioner of
Agriculture says : “If for twenty years
to come the demand for lumber shall ad
vance in the same ratio to the population
as in the pas6 twenty, more than $200, -
000,000 worth of American sawed lumber
will be heeded each year, denuding more
than ten million acres of land.” About
7,000 acres are cleared of timber each
weak-day in this country. Of the an
nual crop $75,000,000 worth goes to fuel
and twice as much to fencing. The lo
comotives in this country consume no
less than 7,000,000 cords a year, or 500
acres a day.
Tins is a startling revelation, but there
is no doubt that it is substantially true,
and the day is not far distant when every
acre of timber land will be immensely
valuable. Think of Southern *pine lands
being offered at $1 to $6 per acre. The
quotations in this city for Southern pine,
per cargo, are as follows, viz:—Pensacola
flooring 32 to 34; Jacksonville do. 29 to
32; Carolina do. 22 to 35. Dressed do.,
from yard 40 to 50. The quotations are
in dollars per thousand feet. 1 . j
Local Matters.
Another Railroad to Atlanta.
Caterpillar and Rust.
A correspondent of the Telegraph and
Messenger who has been making observa
tions down the South Western Boad,
writes as follows:
I found everybody worried with Cater
pillar, and predicting a failure in the
crop. Some gentlemen, more hopeful,
think there will be as much cotton made
this year as there was last year. I heard
several humorous stories about the cater
pillar. An old man on the cars from Lee
comity saidthe-met a man on a mule run
ning as if for dear life? He asked him
what was the matter? Said he, iTm
running from the caterpillars. They
have eaten my cotton aown to j the
ground—have eaten up my fence, and
when I left had commenced on the cot
ton screw, and I-thought it was time to
leave.” The rust is injuring the cotton
that I saw on the railroad more than the
worm. Indeed, I saw but little sign of
the worm, but was told that further down
in low places they had made sad havoc.
We ore' indebted to the Charlotte
Democrat for some interesting facts re
lating to the gold mines of Mecklenburg
county. The writer of the article—a
communication—in the Democrat (men
tions three mines, two of which are
worked at present. Tho Wilson mine,
belonging to a gentleman living in New
Haven, is rich in the sulphuretic brown
ores common in the quartz formation of
that county. The superintendent sent
some of the ores to New York to be tried
by fire assay. , The result of the experi
ment proved the ore to be worth $755
per ton." The mine'has been worked
down to the depth of five hundred feet
by an inclined shaft, through which all
the ore and waste dirt from the mine is
drawn up on a railroad by means of a
large steam engine, which affords ample
power besides for milling purposes. But
without stopping to tkke out the ore,
except as they'cut through it with their
tunnels, the miners have been pressing
on exploring the mine, until they have
established its permanency beyond a
doubt, and it is now one nf the best
mines in the United States. The McGinn
mine is situated on th6 same side of Mec-
lenburg county with the Wilson mine,
and is very near the celebrated Capps
mine, it being one of the veins leading
from Capps mine. This mine is also in
successful operation under the manage
ment of an intelligent California miner,
wbo is using a stamp mill with copper
plates differently arranged and differ
ently prepared for catching 1 the
gold from' anything ever used in
that county, .and it is understood he ie
producing wonderful results from it in
the way of making gold, and no doubt
will bring about a great revolution in
the mining interests'of - the county. One
of the most valuable of the Mecklenburg
mines is the old Capps L mine. It is not
worked at present, though there is no
doubt a fortune awaiting some energetic
miner. There have been as iew failures
in the mines in the Mecklenburg Cabar
rus section as there have been iu Califor
nia and Colorado. The average yield is
said to be richer than that of western
mines. The advantage of North Caro
lina over California is that we can work
our mines ail the year. Hands cost less,
and provisions and wood are nothing
like so high as in California. J_
Liabilities of Telegraph. Companies.
The American Cotton Ufop.
In Portland, Maine, an important legal
decision has just been rendered, which
settles the law, so far, at least, as the
State of Maine is concerned, as to the
liabilty of telegraph companies to their
patrons in case of their failure to trans
mit or deliver messages. Two years ago
shooting affray.
A Lively Little Warfare.
The corporators of the Atlanta and Tennessee
Kail road Company held a meeting yesterday in the
parlor of the National Hotel, In this city, with a
view to a more effectual organization.
On motion, Mr. W. R. D. Moss, of Cherokee
county, was called to tho Chair, and Mr. T. S. Poster,
of Fulton county, requested to act as Secretary.
The following corporators were present: W. B. D.
Moss, Wiley Petty end John B. Blchards, of Chero
kee; Edward Denmead, A. J.- Hansell, and 0. A. Dun-
woody, of Cobb; A. J. Glenn, of Pickens; B. W.
Frobell, W. H. Weems, J. F. Alexander, N. J. Ham
mond, W. P. Westmoreland, Jos. Thomson, Jr., B.
B. Crew, A. J. McBride, and E. S. Bay, of Pulton.
The corporation then entered into a Board of Di
rectors, and the following gentlemen were chosen
to constitute that Board: W. B. Berry, of Mobile;
Tate, of Pickens; Edward Denmead, of Cobb;
B. W. Frobel, W. H. Weems and J. P. Alexander, of
Pulton, and John B. Blchards, of Cherokee. The
Board, after being elected, designated Edward Den
mead'as President, and T. 8. Poster os Secretary and
Treasurer.
This road,'when completed, will form an air-line
route from Atlanta to Cincinnati, and will run due
North from this place in a direct line to Ducktown,
Tenn., passing through the counties of Cobb, Cher
okee, Pickens, Gilmer and Pannin, andjin close prox
imity 10 Mill on county, thus developing and placing
in expeditious communication with Atlanta and the
world, a region of Cherokee Georgia, which, were it
not for this enterprise, would probably he destined
to languish, and possibly retrograde for want of -the
conveniences and advantages 01 a railroad system,
which, in this day, is the invariable concomitant of
enterprise, wealth, prosperity and intelligence:
At Ducktown the nad will strike the large mining
regions, which abounds iu coal and copper to an
unlimited extent. Prom Ducktown it is proposed
to extend the road in a direct line, due North to
Stanford, Kentucky, where it will make direct con
nection with Cincinnati and Louisville, making the
shortest possible ronto to both these great produce
markets, hud placing them in direct communication
with Atlanta by a single line of railway, in which
Atlanta stockholders will have an influential control.
The originators of the enterprise and the corpo
rators'of the railroad have the most encouraging as-
snrances that the road can bo built immediately.
Charters .from the States of Kentucky, Tennessee
and Georgia have already been secured, and it is be
lieved that sufficient capital can be obtained in
Tennessee and Kentucky to complete the road In
thoseStates.
The Board of Directors will provide an engineer
ing corps immediately, who will be directed to sur
vey the route-forthwith. Committees to solicit sub
scriptions to the capital stock have been appointed
for the various counties; andafnll determination
to build the road is manifest by all.- 1 ^*
This enterprise is of prime importance to Atlanta,
as it opens to her the vast mineral and agricultural
regions of North Georgia and Tennessee, and places
her in direct and expeditious communication with
one of the first provision markets of the world.
a firm in Portland, sent a dispatch to
Baltimore, accepting an offer of a cargo
of corn at a given price. The message
was,■written on what is known as a “night
blank,” at the usual night rates. The
message was not forwarded in time, and
the cargo was not secured, and great loss
was sustained in consequence. I
A claim was preferred against the tele
graph company, which was resisted on
the ground that the night blanks con
tain a printed condition to the effect
that the company shall not be liable for
an amount exceeding the sum paid for
transmission, which was forty-eight cents.
The decision of the court sustains the
plaintiff’s claim :n full, the ground of the
decision being, that although telegraph
companies may establish reasonable
rules, they cannot, by printed notices on
their blanks, relieve themselves from
the liability which the law imposed on
them. f oi
A Fattier of Fifty Legitimate Children.
From both the English and Anierican
tablets of cotton statistics it appears thht
the American cotton crop is rapidly at
taining its former position in the com
merce of the world. Onr exports to
England were only about 689,000 cwt.
less than iff I860. Daring 1870 and 1871
the imports of American cotton in Great
Britain were 15,668,955 owt, and from
British India 6,898,905 owt., showing an
excess from the United States during the
last two years of 8,770,049 cwt. The
most important point established by these
returns is that the staple industry of the
South has revived, and is likely to pros
per more under free labor than under the
former system of slavery. The problem
now to 'be solved in this South is not
that of producing cotton cheap with la
bor free, but of improving the methods
of agriculture and cheapening the cost
of handling and of transportation. The
demand has not yet been fully met, and
the time will probably come within a few
The Waco (Texas) Advance publishes
the following statement by a correspon
dent) who, it says, is one of the most
trustworthy and respected citizens of the
place:
“There lives in our midst a man who
is the father of fifty legitimate children;
he has been married to five different wo
men. By wife No. 1, thirteen boys; by
No. 2, eighteen children; No. 3, ten; No.
4, isix; by No. 5, three. Thirty-five of
these children are still living—or were a
few years ago—eight were killed or lost
in the Confederate army, and seven have
died natural deaths. L. 1
“Thirteen of the boys—all children
of No. 1, held office in the Galloway
brigade Platte county, Mo., troops,
Burns commanding. Of the children
by No. 2 there were four in the Confed
erate army, in different brigades. By
wife No. 3 there was one in the Confed
erate States army and two in the Heel
Flies, making twenty sons in the Confed
erate service. The man is hale, healthy,
and hearty. I know him well, as also his
wife No. 5 and her children. She is
, young, with a mountain of wealth of
hair, fine-looking, pleasant, and prom
ises to still add to the population of the
country. I will, if required, produce the
affidavit of the father of this numerous
progeny to the truth of this statement.
In the year 1871, at tfia Georgia Baptist Conven
tion, 17111011 assembled in Cartersvilie, steps were
taken to establish an Orphans’ Home nnder the
supervision of the Baptist denomination ef Geor
gia. A Board of Trustees was elected, with Col.
Cincinnatns Peeples as President, and Hon. John H.
James as Treasurer. The Board consists of ten
members, six of whom are residents of Atlanta.—
Bev. B. W. Fuller was appointed agent to visit the
various churches and associations in tho State, and
solicit subscriptions for the Home.
The permanent location of the Home will be on a
tract of land containing about 300 acres, situated
two or three miles from Marietta, which is promised
as a donation from the citizens of that city. .This
landwe believe is tee former site of ^water-cure estab
lishment. There are, however, no buildings on the
place—the Water-Cure Establishment haying been
destroyed by Sherman’s army when it passed in its
tour of devastation through Cobb county. , — .
A temporary homo has been established in At
lanta, in a building rented by a lady of this city,
and contributed for the year to the Board of Trus
tees, gntuitously, for which she deserves the thanks
of all interested in the care, cnlture and education
of these unfortunate children. Mrs. Crutchfiedwas
selected as matron and manager, and nnder her caTe
and instruction there are at present fourteen orphans
enjoying the benefits of this charitable institution.
Exclusive of lands donated in various portions of
the State, and of contributions of clothing for the
orphans and furniture for the Home, Bev. B. W.
Puller has secured as donations and contributions
in notes and cash, about$23,000 during the year.
With such ah auspicious beginning we may safely
predict that before many months have passed, the
institution will bo permanently established, and the
prospects are that it will be a monument of honor
to the Baptist denomination of Georgia and a glori
ous reward to the energies of the gentlemen con-
troling and directing the enterprise.
years when the South will find a ready
and profitable market for five or aix mil
lions of bales ; henoe the necessity of a
demand on the part of the Southern
planters for is reduction of transporta
tion, Land is oheap and abundant; and
if the oost of labor and carriage could
be reduced, the South would soon reoov-
er her former supremacy in the cotton
markets of the world. It is estimated
that Texas alone oontains land capable
of producing 15,000,000 bales of ootton
annually, and that is considerably more
than is consumed at present by the whole
civilized world.
Engilth Battlers la Virginia.
The Soottsville (7a.) Register says:—-
“There seems to be a prospeotof Vir
ginia being settled again by the honest
and intelligent people of England. Mr.
Benger, together with four other Eng
lishmen, have par chased the magnificent
farm of Mrs. Soott, known as Scotland,
containing 1,700 acres—price $35,000.—
Harford, also an Englishman, has bought
an adjoining farm of Mr. Norbeme Mor-
Two other Englishmen and a
The Coal Famine in England.
The pricq of coal has advanced in Eng
land. What this means in apprehension
of suffering may easily be imagined.—
Daring the year coal has already advanc
ed more than 60 per cent, in Great Brit
ain, andiron and everything else has
participated in the exhilarating move
ment, and “gone up.” Meantime, large
importations of coal from Belgium have
been made, but they have no effect upon
this advancing tidal wave. .The fact is
the coal supply 01 England is decreasing
at a greate rate, and what is of equal mo
ment every day increases the cost of
raising coal even from the most prolific
measures. Of course there is coal enough
for the present, but its price is on a
steady advance, aud with it goes up the
cost of living. Wages will sympathize.
The cost of prodnctB will be affected, and
so the ball will move on, becoming more
nnwieldy and of more crashing weight.
Commercial Advertiser.
Slaughter of the Innocent*
nson.
Scotch capitalist have purchased two of
the largestyfarms in Albemale county,
for which they paid $50,000. Altogether, ]twenty-f onr of the reptiles were slain,
snake-
The Camilla Herald of the 7th is re
sponsible for the following:
The wife of Mr. Bichard Moye, who
fives eight or ten miles from town, walk
ing out late in the evening, recently,
discovered a large rattlesnake near a tree
that had fallen years since. Mr. Moye
was sent for, but did not fancy a combat
with snch a monster in the dark. The
next morning early, however, he repaired
to the place, armed with a gnu, and find
ing the big snake under the log, shot
and killed it. The snake was six feet in
length. He then saw another serpent of
the same species, about one and a half
feet long, which he killed. Tlwn snakes
of the same kind and size began to ap
pear from beneath the fallen tree, until
V acont .8100,000 invested in the vicinity \ Mr. M. demands a premium as “i
1V *' ’-f' 1 faille.” killer.”
Tlie Georgia Baptist Orplians’ Rome.
Yesterday afternoon about two o'clock a serious
altercation took place on Whitehall street, between
Mr. George 0. Tanner, freight train conductor of
the State Boad, and Mr- Francis 0. Perry, a sleeping
car upholsterer, employed In the office of the Pull
man Sleeping" Car' Company, at the Union Passen
ger Depot. Several shots were exchanged between
the parties, only one taking effect, wounding Mr.
Perry in the hip.
The circumstances, as'wo learned them, are as
follows:' Either by some mismanagement on the
part of the servants or some misunderstanding on
the part of Mr. Tanner, that gentleman occupied
Mr. Perry’s seat at the breakfast table of the Na
tional Hotel yesterday morning, This circumstance
annoyed Mr. Perry. He abused the servants and
indulged in some insinuations, which reflected upon
Mr. Tanner, and which provoked from him some
remark. Words were multiplied for some time,
when Mr. Tanner seized an inkstand from the bar
of the hotel office, and hurled it at Perry, striking
him on the arm.
Perry thereupon left, inviting Tanner down to
the Passenger Depot, where he said they would set
tle the difficulty.
£»At this juncture the altercation terminated until
about 1 P. M. At that time, just as Tanner was.re-
turning from the dining room of the hotel and was
stepping on. the sidewalk Perry brushed by Tanner
in rather a menacing manner. Tanner seeming de
sirous to avoid a difficulty by eluding him, turmd
and entered the hotel. Perry soon followed and
lingered around Tanuer, who was in company with
Mr. Fred W. Waddy, as if he sought a difficulty.
Mr. Waddy, anxious to prevent a collision between
the parties, assiduously kept himself directly be
tween Tanner and Perry.
After maaoeuvering in this manner for some time
Mr. Tanner and Waddy left tho hotel, crossed the
raiiroad aud proceedfd up Whitehall street. Arriv
ing iu front of Lynch’s old clothing stand,, they
halted for a moment to talk with some one, when
they observed Perry immediately behind them. He
passed by, however, and walking on up Whitehall,
stopped in front of Mr. H. Mnhlenhrink’s store.
Directly, Messrs. Tanner and Waddy came on up
the street. As they approached the spot where
Perry was standing, he (Perry) drew his pistol from
his pocket and asked Tanner: “Are you prepared?’’
Tanner replied: “I don’t seek nor desire a difficul
ty.” Perry replied, “you aro obliged to have it,"
whereupon Tanner drew his pistol instantly and
fired upon Perry, inflicting a flesh wound in his
hip.
Perry then jumped into tho door of Mr. Muhlen-
hrink’s store, and Mr. Tanner followed, when three
shots wero exchanged—Tanner shooting twice and
Perry once, it is believed;.hut none, of the shots
took effect.
' Both parties were imtnediatoly arrested and car
ried: before Justice Butt, on the charge of assault
and battory, with intent io kill. They both waved
examination, and gave a bond of $1,000 each to ap
pear at the next term of tho Superior Court.
Very' soon afterwards Perry sued out a peace war
rant against Tanner, and, also, upon his affidavit,
Mr. Geo. 0. Tanner and B. P. Hancock, who was in
company with Mr. Tanuer during the difficulty,
were arrested on a charge of assault and battery.
Funeral of Father 0’Rclu ej .
-3°. facori ‘ 1 ceremony of F&thor O’KeUlj
was began yesterday with tho sin B in R ofttf*
1 Or*,,
Requiem Mass yesterday morning wag _
a tremendous assemblage 0 f people, ’iw^l
Church during the mass and sermon wa 9
overfiowing-the aisles, windows, portico
swarming with people.
Among the distinguished Catholii
participated in the. Grand Requiem
Bov. Bishop Persico; Very Bev. BMW
Augusta; Celebrant Father O’Hara, *
con Fathor lino rmr) Atlnni.. n , '
con Father Duggan, Atlanta; Sub-de^V
Quinlan, Augusta; Father Cullenan, Atlanta- r
Ler08. RavAnrmh • Pofiia* a »f$l
Leros, Savannah; Father Patrick, Bsvmm*!i-.. ■
Cafferty, Columbus; Father Bazin, Macon ‘
The Grand Eequlem Mass was sung L
foundestsolemnity from 10 to 11 a. it, af. , M
Bishop Persico proceeded to deliver the
course in the Church in the presence of the» f
of the lamented decease and a large cone
His discourse, which lasted about an hou)^ 1 ^'
nounced one of the ablest, most eloqc, n t'
touching of his entire life. The nenal fun^
monies wero performed in the Church, while !
hundreds outside, eager and yearning towitne**!
lasttribute to tho dead, were unable to ga n.* '
tance byreason of the multitude. After tho ce-ea
in tho Church were concluded, the remains*
moved from the Church and borne to the vault ^
pared for their reception in the basement
Church, amid tho tears of hundreds of his dewM
congregation and friends. 4 1
Thus has passed away a pious minister, a de T -‘ fl
pastor, a .beloved instructor, a learned man a uLH
friend, a public benefactor and an honored
His luneral obsequies were attended by Catto
and Protestant aline, many of whom seemed to-
with each other in. paying a last tribute to one nh
they admired for lffs talents and revered for his v
tue.
A Matrimonial Scene.
Recorders’ Court.
where
resort
An Inexperienced Bobbee.—On Tuesday even
ing, at a late hour, a negro hoy named Henry Tur
ner, who resides with his mother on Summer Hill,
stole ninety-one dollars from the iron sate of Messrs.
Shepard, Baldwin & Co., Decatur street.
The little rascal had been to the store twice dur
ing the day, desiring to be hired to work, and tho
proprietors had him to bring them a bucket of water,
or perform some small job both times. They, how
ever, did not hire him regularly.
The last time, after he had performed what was
desired, he took a seat on a box outside at the Line
street end of the store, and remained there for an
hour. The proprietors and every one else, except
Mr. Carroll, had left the store. He was busy at his
desk posting his books. The Iron safe, with $91 in
it, stood beside the desk. It was dosed, but not
locked. No doubt Henry had observed the opening
and closing of the safe.
Mr. Carroll for a moment stepped down to the
Decatur street end of the store to attend to some
business. When he returned he saw the safe door
open, with the money drawer out and empty. Sus
picion at once fell upon the hoy. Policemen Drake
and White ware called upon and the matter made:
known to them. They, with polloeraan Sam Hol
comb, started out in hot pursuit. They did not
even know the name of the Juvenile offender or hi*
residence, bnt they hurriedly went through nearly
all the principal streets.
He was discovered at the oorner of Walton and
Broad streets, with several other negro boys follow
ing after him, who seemed to want aomething-he
had, which he refused to give them. This excited
suspicion, and he was at once arrested, and the
money found upon his person. He ooDfeaaed it and
told all about the matter.
He -wlH probably he brought before a magistrate
to-day.
Sometimes such juvenile offenders are not punish
ed for their orimes. We have no doubt Henry will
have an effort made to save him from the Penitentia
ry on this score. We thine any one capable of steal
ing as he did is competent to do good service In the
chain-gang.
A Dear Egg.
Yesterday as three gentlemen were pa using a rea
taurant and bar-room, on Decatur street, the pro
prietor of tho establishment rushed out, and franti
cally seizing one of them by the button hole, cor
dially invited them in to take a drink. The gentle:
men promptly accepted, and walked into the dining
room, when the proprietor asked them to partake
of some bread, eggs, etc., that were lying on the
table. One of the gentlemen picked up an egg and
ate it.
The three gentlemen then accepted a drink of
liquor each from the very hospital proprietor, and
thanking him for his kindness, were about io de
part, wnen ue demanded thirty cents pay for the
liquor. He was promptly paid.
Yesterday, when he was an singed before the
courts on the charge of retailing Bpirituons liquors
without license, he made a most abstruse and in
genious defensa, saying that he charged thirty cents
for the eggs, and treated the gentlemen to a drink
for their liberal patronage, with a view to securing
the same in the future.
The Court, however, was too obtuse to see it in
that light, and fined the ingenious gentleman ten
dollars, to which, adding five dollars for cost, makes
it a rather dear egg l
Were the desciple John living in these days, we
venture tho assertion that he would have precious
jittia time for preaching, and baptizing, for ho would
find abundant employment in "casting cut devils.”
He would find a life-time employment in this city,
and coold with the utmost propriety, make his
head-quarters at His Honor’s Court-room
men and woman “possessed of the devil’
daily “in great legions.”
His Honor does not seem to “caBt out devils”
with any marked degree of success, but when it
comes to costs, he gets that out every pop.
‘ MU. JOHN HAKPEB
filed before His Honor’s Court yestei day a bill of in
junction against Eliza Jenkins, by which he sought
to enjoin her to let him have whisky whenever he
thonght proper to tako it. The circumstances which
provoked this case are as follows: Mr. Harper, at
fifty-five minutes past eleven o’clock Monday morn
ing suddenly discovered that ho had taken only
twenty-nine drinks since breakfast, wanting one to
complete the full quota of his morning’s devotions
before twelve o’clock. An omission to take this drink
he firmly believed would be his eternal ruin, so he
frantically seized his hat, and by dint of walking on
his feet one step and on his Ijead another, he at last
reaches Eliza Jenkins’ bar-room, where, making one
last and valiant effort to preserve his equilibrium by
crossing his legs and spasmodically grasping the
counter, he pleaded for the favor of another drink.
Tho bar-maid observing that the wretched fellow
was in the last stages of drunkenness, took compas
sion on him, and said:
We never serve customers when they have had
sufficient. You have had too much already.
John Harper—'* Yez 'urn (hie) h-h-h I may’ve ’ad
(hie) too much, b-but I ’aven’t ’ad (hie) enough 1 ”
Notwithstanding this pointed repartee, the bar
maid positively refused to oblige him, whereupon
he departed.' Just as he reached the door he became
furiously mad, and just for spite fell “heels-over-
head” out of the door, over the sidewalk into the
street. He thought that demonstration would bring
the bar-maid to her senses, hut strange to say, they
found much more difficulty in bringing Mr. Harper
to his sences; for in performing that athletic somer
sault his head formed a very sudden aud unnatural
connection with a rock, at which coalition his brains
revolted, and flew about promiscuously in the street.
Mr. Harper’s brains are still astray somewhere, sb
he is utterly destitute: of brains at the present.
He was permitted to go out on the streets again by
himself on the payment of- $5 and costs.
KISS ABAMINTA WAIiFORE
was a lady of more remarkable than illustrious de
scent. It must not he inferred from this, however,
that she was born in the royal family of Emperor
TFUliam of Germany. Her noble descent consisted
in descending, with masterly sgi ity, from tho top
of a railroad embsnkmsnt into the excavation bo-
low while she was drunk as a “ fiddler’s hitch.” It
Is by virtue ot this remarkable exploit that she
makes claims to nobility—an ambition that oost her
$10. .
HABITS WHBBI.HR
is a perfect wheel-horse. Having been called upon
to pray at a prayer-meeting the other evening, he
forgot himself and commenced repeating a prayer
more familiar to him, viz: one in vogue at the card
table. " Now by golly and the holy fathers, and
the almighty king of spades, you villainous heathen
soonndrtl go to —l” Just at that moment he was
reminds 1 of his peculiar situation—the child-like
touch of a gentle policeman—who kindly .-scorted
him to his “little bed,” for which he paid $5 and
costs.
HACK WTATT j - ,
suddenly became very sick yesterday Just as he
walked out of-—street saloon, and being some
what faint, swoones away. He wanted to go home
to his wife for .treatment, but a 'hot headed cruel-
hearted policemen said he knew what Mack wanted,
and, carried him to the calaboose as if he were
drunk. His Honor prescribed for him yesterday
morning, which prescription cost $5.
FRANK BLTBB
drank eo mnoh buttermilk for breakfast yesterday
morning that he could not walk straight; and he
too had to beg the assistance of a policeman. His
Honor, after hearing his statement to thiB effect,
fined him $10 and costs, remarking that he was
going to put a stop to such proceedings. There
must De some mistake about this case, as we think
every man is at liberty to drink buttermilk until he
bursts if he wants to.
A sad reflection on tho solemnity, purity sod a SB
credness of ma.rimony occurred yestcresyat ttlfl
office of JuBtico E. B. Saesoen. Two likely '■-r-jB
named Pompey Kimbrough and Tennessee
had been guilty of a little indiscretion of
marriage was the only remedy, and niarri&£eti
imprisonment the.only alternatives. tFponbef
advised of their critical situation, they hcia.tloTqf
counsel; and upon mature deliberation upcaiJ
iron fetters of prison life and the golden fetters 1
matrimony, resolved to cast their- lotwith thehtfcS
The loving (?) prospective husband was lutsd
dispatched for a license, and the prospective tr;$
instead of indulging in idolatrous eulogies on |
manly virtues of her affianced, sat there grim 1
silent as a spectre, awaiting the return of tkei
ono.
Her liege lord having returned, they carelealfJ
sumed a standing attitude, and in obedience to t
magistrate's injunction to join their right 1
closed them together with about as much 1
as if they were a' out to engage in a cotillion j
or a game of “ William Trimble Toe,” andsaii^
suppressed laughter of tho court and spectators^
with a ludicrous grin on their faces, thop;
to become man and wife.
The ceremony through, they made for the dir'fl
and heat' a hasty retreat down stalls, congratnkiH
each other on the little stratagem they haJaiq; fl
to dupo the Court, cheat tho law and esaptlj ■
rigors and just punishment. Doubtless they fOUT
in a few minutes, with a mutual determintitat ■
regard tho “ solemn covenant of faith and fidelk;, '
as a joke. Such are the mockeries of this holy t .
stitution of marriage.
United States Court.
This Court was occupied yesterday in caliinguj
Issue and Equity dockets. Several verdicts vcresH
corded, but no arguments were made.
Over one hundred persons, .postly witnesses
defendants in cases of illicit distilling, are
These gentlemen, who are nearly all larmeis,
citizens of Haralson, Paulding, Cherokee,
Lumpkin, Towns;Union, and White counties,:
all hailing from Cherokee Georgia, which seenij
he the favorite section of illicit distillers.
These persons are here, some of them onai
mons from the Grand Jury, and othors as dels
and witnesses iu cases of illicit distilling, kt
is tho purpose of the Court, to investigate I
diately.
The cases for violation of Ku-Klnx, enfo
and election laws have all been postponed'
dth Monday, inst., when Judge Woods, of (Uth|
will occupy the bench in conjunction with
Erskine. This arrangement iB in accordance vi
the recent decree of Congress which provides cs
a Judge of the District Court, in conjunction r-*
Judge of the Circuit Court, shall constitute thet
for the Circuit Court.
Hon. B. H. Hill and the Jews.
Mr. Hill, in one of his letters on the State 1
lease, combatting tbe majority report of the I
lative Committee, and alluding to some 1
cations by anonymous writers, used the fol
language:
What an.encouragementto anonymous :
ties to this report of the majority I They 1
the front as legal authority. I never thougatui
mous writers were great on law and trot- J
then I admit I have known even the picayn^ D
to bide his time behind tho stolen names of ’- jg
like Csesar or Napoleon, and heat all the ri-™;
BJackstones and Storys of the earth—lying. Jj
The Isralile, a Jewish paper published at C-3*:
nati, quotes the foregoing from “B. H.
al,” and comments on it thus:
We suppose to know that Mr. Hill ie a dlsWl
ed politician whose ambition runs away ff *|
it not oeiug b;tl .need by merit and ability- I
If Mr. llili was iu trouble about a llouneu^.l
up his dry paper, we could have gi Yen
which is true, viz: “ I have known a luiDgnr
seeker hide behind a show of patriotism *“3
rity, aud still fail to beat any of his opD-b]
There iB certainly more truth in this metor-'l
in Mr. Hill’s; for if one intends to beat nA
or .Story, he will certainly not begin to C-'.-uJ
Burning tho names of two soldiers, none 0 it
was ever noted as a great Jurist. Besidee 1
the picayunish nature of a man to do wl"
gacity as to his Juridical knowledge?
Nomination fob Congress—Yeaterdoy the Grant
Republican Congressional Convention which assem
bled at Griffin, unanimously nominated J. O. Free
man, of that place, as a candidate for Congress from
this the 5th District. The nomination was unaui-
mous.
Ho la a brother of Mrs. Jndge Lochrane, and a son
of James Freeman, formerly of Jones county. He
has followed the business of a planter all hta life, but
of late years is a hanker. He is a Grant man, aud
we understand, has been all the while, bnt has not
been an active politician. He is 48 years of age.
United States Court
The United States Circuit Court adjourn:-'^'
day without transacting any business. ^
The United States District Court was
to order and proceeded to business.
Plnkey Morrow, of Pannin county, I
working in a distillery in violation of th*
the United States, was convicted with* 1 ^'"
dation for mercy to the court He was
one months’ imprisonment In the corn® 0 -)
The defendant was represented In an »b' J *■’“ 1
by Mr. T. P. Westmcreland, of this «UJ-
James Mullanax, charged with ffi 1 ^ ^
was acquitted by consent of the District
and the Corut, the witnesses for the 0° f
being inaccessible. , t
Marion Cooley, of 'White county, _
licit distilling, was also acquitted in th* re
ner. He waB defended by Gen. GartreU- fe
Pending the trial of David Dunlapi of
county, charged with removing
liquor, the court took a recess until th 18 v
Bain.—The city and vicinity was tI ^^I
by refreshing rains, such as for seterw
been a rarity among us. The rain
violent, flooding the sidewalks.
Sharp.—When negro draymen ar®
»rr»- r
eir
boisterous hallowing while driving
tho city, they plead that tueir horaea^
they are obliged to hallow in order to
Co
Administrator’s Sale—Ogletbo®- 1 ®
See the notioe of sale oi lands belong b
tate of Newton Stevens. ^
par :
Greeley’s Prospects Decli-'-i-’-o-
Gov. Vance’s recent visit to this cit.
Greeley had nor. a shadow of a chance
,ol»13
be*!
Os'-eolas.—A meeting of th 0 p ; , 1
cluu will ho held to-night, at the 0
White, on Broad street. A 11 tbe
needed.