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TH K A 1LANTASUN
THE NEXT /'RESIDENT A DEMOCRAT.
An administration paper speaking
•f Governor ^Hendricks, of Indi
ana, being in favor of disbanding
the Democratic party says: “The
Governor baa nearly as much sagac
ity as ambition; and be 6eea the folly
of trying to climb to the Presidency
with all the rungs knocked out of the
ladder.”
The Burlington (Vt.) Democrat
replies to this by saying: “All this
may be true to the real situation at
present, but it doesn’t apply to the
case in hand. In ‘TO’ the Demo
cratic party will send a man up
to the bite House, but not by the
way of a ladder; he will be a straight
man, and will go up the straight way.
All those that have climbed up some
other way are thieves and robliers.”
Barring the last sentence in the
Democrat’s rep.y which is pretty
strong, we agree and believe most
candidly that the Democratic party
will send a man to the White House,
whose elevation will not be attaineu
by climbing a ladder with rungs
made ot dead men’s bones and sus
tained by the evil spirit of sectional
hatred. That man, if the Democra
cy only remain true to principle, and
we believe they will, will go up the
straight way, and be in a position
by the force of the correctness of
Democratic principles, *o restore
peace and national fraternity to the
country.
Gov. Hendricks is a man of
enough sagacity to see the utter fu
tility oi any effort to organize suc
cessful opposition to the party in
power at tne sacrifice of the true prin
ciples of free government. To in
cline towards what is considered tne
advanced central ideas of the Repub
lican party is merely to abandon
princip.e to follow in the wake of
that party. He who would follow in
the wake, would, of course, prefer to
fall into the more advanced columns,
and go to the front at once. The at
tempt made last year to place the
Democracy in the wake of the Re
publican party was too disastrous to
be r. peated. It drove men, or rather
led them, into the Republican fold
because there was little dissimilarity
between the Ciucinnati-Baltimore and
the Republican platforms. In vul
gar parlance, some were thus induced
to “ go the whole hog or none.”
All the talk we see in the papers
about the “New Party,” is but the
wish of the enemies of Democracy
which is the father to the thought, of
thus distracting and disorganizing
the Democratic party, expressed in
qruilelul sophistry to deceive
and uusleau. Nc true Democrat
has said anything, or proposed any
thing, or suggested anything in re
gard to the formation of a new party.
Nor has Gov. Hendricks. He, doubt
less, has not the remotest idea of
favoring such a stupendous blunder,
lie has witnessed enough of such
foPy in the last Presidential cam
paign. No true Democrat desires to
repeat a blunder, to call it in terms
the mildest—a criminal deception on
the part of trading politicians, but
really a blunder on the part of the
Democratic masses to thus allow
themselves to be duped.
Three millions of Democrats in
solid phalanx to begin with; with a
a political creed in perfect harmony
with the true principles of free gov
eminent; standing upon a platform
of well-defined and clearly expressed
Jeffersonian sentiments; with perfect
and solid organization throughout
the whole country: we say, with the
Democracy thus arrayed and disci
plined, the traitors in the camp
thrown overboard, with union and
harmony prevailing amoug our
friends everywhere, we shall place a
man in the White House, in 1876,
who will not dare to trifle with the
rights of the people, and who will be
sustained by a Congress overwhelm
ingly Democratic.^
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The Washington Chronicle, ad
ministration organ, in reply to the
charge that, although Gen. Grant
was re-elected upon his promises of
civil reform,which he has thrown over
board since, says such is not true, but
that the President will not abandon
any practical means of reforming the
civil service. It is to be hoped that
he will succeed in his good inten
tions. The field for reform is large
in which he may distinguish himself
very greatly. _
Notwithstanding the sharp
criticisms of a few—a very few—crit
ics adverse to “Clifford Troup,” four
thousand copies of the work have
been sold in three weeks, the best
kind of evidence of its power and
popularity.
ATLiAhTTA
r« S r.r«., <ror ,X»‘ PM 'i T h. 1 “ r - v
1'he last census gave us a popma- 1 T he ladies almo8t e*«7*bere are
tion of 38,558,371—the ^number of^ 1 " 5 ar [ an g emp nts and prepara-
male persons being 19,493,565, and tl0DB for the nronpr
that of lemalea, 19,064,806—the ex
cess of males being 428,758. The
census ox I860 shows an excess of
males of. 727,087, say 378,328 more
than the last census.
The following States show' an ex
cess of males, 730,861, viz: Arizona,
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Da
kota, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illi
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Kausas, Ken
tucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis
souri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texms,
Utah, Vermont, Washington, West
Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
'1 he follow ing States show an ex
cess of females, 301,159, viz: Alabama,
Connecticut, Dist. Columbia, Geor
gia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Mississippi, N. Hamp
shire, New J -rsey, New York, N.
Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode is
land, S. Carolina, Tennessee, Vir
ginia.
Ot the first States named as having
au excess of males, six of them are
Southern, and twenty-three of them
Northern.
Of the latter States named as hav
ing an excess of females, nine are
Southern, and eight are Northern.
Georgia has an excess of 20,199 fe
males.
By these figures, the reader will
perceive that the excess of the male
over the female popu'ation predomi
nates in the Northern States, while
the opposite is true in the South.
We do not account for the predomi
nance in numbers of the males in the
Northern States except upon the
principle that the great tide of emi
gration flows there from Europe, and
that a large percentage of the emi
grant element are composed of young
men without, families.
I>y the same figures, we mean the
tables given above, it will be per
ceived that the female over the male
population predominates in the
Southern States. The excess of fe
males in tne South may be attributa
ble to the great loss of the males in
the late war, which has not been made
up by European emigration
These are curious facts and figures,
worthy to be studied. The excess of
males at the North and of the females
at the South w’ould seem to indicate
the need of a closer union between
the two sections.
A JUST AND BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE.
In another column of The Sun
to-day we publish a beautiful and ap
propriate tribute from tue Sunday
School of the First Methodist Church
to tne memory of the lamented John
R. Hampton. No worus of ours can
add to the meed of heartfelt love and
admiration of the noble, Christian
character, expressed upon the page
that has been devoted to thus per
petuate Ins memory. It is sublimely
beautiful—it is eminently fitting and
just. For who that knew Mr. Ilantp
ton, either as the man of business or
as a friend, will not accord to him all
and in tne highest and strictest sense,
every characteristic therein to him
ascribed.
lie did not live for the honors of
men, save as they came in admiration
of duties well performed. The aim
of his existence was to do good ou
earth. Not upon the highways did
he fulfill this mission; but in the
quiet walks of life. And if his name
has not been registered upon the
scroll of fame, it is inetfaceably im
planted within many a heart, and on
the eternal register of the just, and
upon the books of the Savior of men.
His life was a pattern of the true
Christian on earth, and his deal, i a
tranquil passage of the soul from
earth Heavenward. But his death is
as the death of ever}' good man—a
public calamity.
the proper observance of
Memorial Day. ’ True to the no
blest instincts of the human heart,
the women of the South are always
trne to the memories of the past glo
ries of the good, the noble, the chiv
alrous and the patriotic. As it was
Mary who sought the sepulchre of
her Crucified Savior, with her offer-
ings, when others had betrayed and
deserted him, so it is with the Ma
rys ot the South who repair to the
graves of our noble Confederate dead
once a year to commemorate their
virtues, their heroism aud their pa-
tiiotism, and to bestrew the humble
mounds that mark their resting
places with garlands and wreathes of
spring’s most beautiful flowers.
This is right; it is divine, because
such sentiment can only emanateanu
live in hearts inspired by tne noblest
traits of mankind, who, made in the
image of the Creator, must exhibit in
his better nature sentiments in unison
with the divine goodness. Romanis
the embodiment of that nature. By
reason of her devotion to the higher
and nobler sentiments of the heart,
she clings with veneration to those
memories that remind us of the noble
deeds of the human race.
But for the self-sacrificing devotion
of the women of the South in the
late war, the “ Lost Cause” could not
have been sustained beyond the
second year. She clothed our armies
and ministered to the sick and wound
ed, and her prayers, from hearts as
pure as purity itself, ascended to
heaven for the success of that cause.
None were moie self-denying, and
none sent our braves away to the field
of carnage with greater love and pa
triotism for their country than they.
They gave up their fathers, their hus
bands, their sons and their kindred,
trusting to God for their safe return
ind to the Right for victory.
Then, how natural is it that our
fair and beloved women should com
memorate with subdued sentiment
and affectionate tribute the day set
apart by general consent to gather
around the graves of the brave and
lost, and decorate them with flowers
thus made to speak the language of
the tenderest love of country and for
its defenders! But for the women,
the memories of noble deeds would
be forgotten amidst the rushing tide
of life which fast bears us from them
leaving them in the dim past as
things almost forgotten and but little
cherished.
Let the women, the guardian
angels, as it were, that hover over our
destiuy and direct our best impulses,
weave the beautiful garlands and lay
them upon the graves of our noblest
aud truest and our best beloved—for
it is an ottering as beautiful, as sacred
as divine as heaven can bestow anu
angels dispense.
~CJ JST—APRIL 13,
siirit of the georoia press. j purture, and decline to adhere to or tol-
[Our State cotemporariee are pub- erate any policy other than a strict or-
lishing but few leading editorials on P AUIZ *^ l °b upon Democratic principles.
,.. , r , i And in this work th. re will uot be toond
public questions, and hence we have ; *u. porters more sincere and energetic
found nothing for a day or two of *h aii the loar °r five Hundred delegates
important int^t to poblisl, from MSh*? £
them in our columns under the above tbeii votes in November.
caption.]
The bond question still, however,
is under discussion by some of our ' selves, they do not care a rash tor the in
The adherent* to principle care noth
ing as to what individuals shall fill the
offices, and not being office seekers them
ia. )
rlKAL. V
t, 1873. J
Malt Liquor and Sewing Machine*.
The following letter, wh>cb has just
been published by the Auwus»a pap.; 8,
will afford information up >n questii i s
whicn will be o> oecunar interest to those
immediately concerned.
State of Georgia,
Office Comptr >ller General,
Atlanta, Ga., April 1st
John A. Bohler, Tax Collector, Rich
mond CoutJy:—Sib — In reply to your
r«vor of the 31st ult., m which you ask
“Are dealers who sell ale and port, r in
bo'ties packed in casks, oy the cask, lia
ble to the t x as wholesale dealers in
malt liqaois?”
I answer they are wholesa.e dealers,
anil if the lie, porter, etc., ; smal. .lquor,
tuen they are liable for the tax.
21. “Are men who are employed by
authorized agents of sewing machines :o
canvass a sec ion for tne purpose of sell
ing or exchanging, liaDle, as well ae their
principal, to the tax?”
I answer each agent is liable, *ub-
ag'nt as wellas principal Yer. t.-^peci-
folly, W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller G- ijeraL
OUR BOOK TJBLK.
WONDERS OF THE MO >N. from the Fnnch of
Auaske Guii.l*mid, by Mus M. G Mead, and
edited by M,kia Mitchel. New York: Scbibneb,
Arm-thong A . o. AtUnt»: M. Lyn.h A Co.
One of the chief oVj-ctions to works
ou science is that they are always so
heavily written, so abstruse in thought
and so musty m dry detail, as to repel
■he b'.udeut whose perseverence is not
rq :fll to his need of kuowledge. This
act ha- hecc me s-' uppareut oi late y-.iars,
that mam- writers have abandoned the
old style and endeavored, so far as the
-u eject wou'd admit, to popularize it ;
ami thus open new avenues of pleasure,
as we 1 as instruction, to the masses.
Abb -tt has oeeu one of tne mostsuccess-
.ui in this line ; while the *orld owes to
ne Chambers, of Scotland, a debt of
gratitude for breaking through the laws
of custom, and makmg the study of
matters of fact as entertaining as useful
Tne work under notice (which does
credit to both author and publisher,) is
t valuable and quaint addition to our as
tronomical literature ; ami uutolds the
mvsterits of the moon lu such au mter-
. snug manner as to captivate tin- atte -
tion of <he re td r. Tuose of us wic
have never utuaied the “ orb of night”
have opened to us by this work a pha.-*-
uut study, claiming the attention of the
marvellous as well as the searcher atter
truth.
The work can be had of M. Lynch &
Co. _
Interesting to Insurance Agents
The following correspondence, which
r quires no explanation, will be read
wttu fceLtnq inter* bt by our insurance
agents:
Macon. April 3, 1873.
IF. L. Goldsmith, Esq., Comptroller
General:—Sir : In yours of 27 n March
you requ r- of me to collect £10 of each
•gen- of insurance companies. Do you
intend the tax to app y to each memoer
of a firm ?
Yours, respectfullv,
W. T. Nelson.
T. C. of Biub county.
State of Georgia, Office Comp Gen, )
ViLANTA. April 13, lb73. j
IF T Nelson, T. C., Miom, Go.:—
Dear Sib : Yours of 3J instant o hand.
Each memoer of insurance hrm pays the
-pedal faX Ol 310.
Very respectfully,
W. L. Goldsmith.
Comptroller GsuohaL
cotemporaries. The Atlanta Consti
tution made a statement a few days
ago to the effect that
tnere are vital facts connected with
the Bullock bonds that necessarily
the Bond Committee could not get,
because they could not secure the
witnesses. These facts will throw a
flood of light on the bad bonds, will
show up tne dark practices of some
of the bondholders, and enlighten us
as to the real innocents, in whose
equities alone is there any merit
which the State should recognize.
The Augusta Constitutionalist, in
referring to our neighbor, knows of
nothing which will justify the State
in reopening the question and involv
ing us in fresh trouble and expense.
It has heard of no ‘vital facts’
which the Bond Committee was un
able to discover that any other Com
mittee will be able to obtain.” In
conclusion the Constitutionalist says:
We assert again that no further
investigation is needed or desired.
The whole scheme of fraud and vil
lainy has been thoroughly “probed,”
the bona fide and the “innocent”
purchasers have been discovered, and
the “equities” have been adjusted.
The report of the committee was re
ceived, its recommendations calmly
discussed and almost unanimously
adopted. Let the matter rest just
where it is.
Our neighbors of the Constitution
thinks that it is to the State’s inter
est to settle the matter definitely after
proper inquiry ; that it is the imper
ative requirement of the State’s honor
to inquire properly before definitely
settling the matter, aud comes to the
conclusion that—
An investigation does not carry
with it the pledge of acceptance of
any proposition. It simply shows
our willingness to do right. The man
or journal that opposes a fair hearing
by the State to her creditors puts her
in a ialse position. And when it is
done on the ground that our people
can’t be trusted to resist corruption
in the inquiry, the State’s sell-im
posed degradation is then complete.
The Brunswick Appeal, in an arti
cle on the Brunswick and Albany
Railroad, discussing the litigation
and claims against that road, says that
the bondholders, having lost hope of
securing their advances from the
State of Georgia, claim that the
property should be turned over to
them, as they furnished every dollar
heretofore expended in its construc
tion. The Appeal further asserts
that
—before the question of priority is
determined, we cannot reasonably
hope for a termination of ^lis im
portant suit, save by compromise.
Unless each interest—(the lien and
general creditoi, the stockholder and
bondholder)—agree to agree, ic will
be seen at a glance, that the case can
be prolonged and its end delayed by
either party at interest, for perhaps
even years.
will of those politicians who were disap
pointed lust year in their expectations of
plunder or honors.
The masses of the party are fully con
vinced that a million voters, who held
aloof, are worthy of more consideration
tuuu the scattering thousands who op
pose Geu. Grunt, aud yet insist upon ao-
sorhing the Democratic organization aud
name in their own skeleton ranks.
The Mobile Register has ably argued
this question, and detiues what will be
the action of the party in the various
State conventions. The result will justi
fy the prediction, that over three mil
lions of voters will oou»i actly march
ahead, under the same old banner, aud
that the ostracised Radicals, wno arc
honest in desiring reform, will not listen
to any prejudice, but will nni e with and
support tne OidDemucr tc organization.
And the day will yet come, when evt-u
those Democrats wno are still sore aud
disappointed, will confess that thedeieat
of last November was the salvat on of
Democratic principles, which, as well as
the party name, would iuevitally nave
been destroyed if the coalition had suc
ceeded aud had placed m office thousands
who had no other common motive than
self-advancement, and, if they possessed
principle, must have entertained ideas so
diametrically opposed as to prevent the
slightest chance of future harmony.
Real Democrats, therefore, however
they may have differed Dst year, either
upon questions ot policy or expediency,
will insist absolutely upon a cessation ot
all bickering; and those who attempt to
embroil the organization or to split it
into factions, will find themselves crushed
under the united and harmoniously em-
pnatic condemnation of the masses,
whenever that vohv can be heard.
If principles are to govern, the Demo
crats have a bright future before them.
Each can best promote success by for
getting past difference of opinion.
Blanton Dunoan.
’l he Democratic Patty.
The following article, published in the
San Antonio (Texas) Hevaid, is re-pub
lished in The Sun by request. In trans
ferring it to our columns, w« take oc
casion to say tnere is a great deal of
iruth in what is slid, esj ecially in th
last paragraph. Whatever of difference
existed iu the Democratic ranks last fall,it
is to be hoped will no longer divide the
party. What is most to be dei .ri d by
all true Democrats is, that tnere shall be
no more disturbing elements irtrodneed
into our counsels:
San Antonio, March 31,1873.
Editors Herald: A quotation in your
journal from a Louisville paper states,
that Senator Jason B. Brown, of Indiana
was a leadtdg actor id the Louisvdle Con
veution, and has received a Federal ap
p liniment “as a recognition for seeki'ig
to create a split in his own party.” It
must be expected that each of the four
Gaper* which engineered the movtuien
to urn-g aoout such a d.sastrous defeat
.ast November, will continue to mi*
«Ute the ac ions ot those wuo . eemed
themselves justified in supporting the
“straight-out” idea. But facts so no
tonons as Senator Brown’s unqualified
adhesiou to the Radical party iu July
last, and ms open advocacy ot General
Giant, weie as well known in Kentucky
as th y wer- in Indiana. If the Louis
ville Convention has done any act re
quiring penance and absolution, it cer
luinly is n< t called upon to incur any
responsibility tor gentlemen, who, in
their disgurt and anger, op* nly identi
fied them-eives with tne Ridical party.
So far as any developments have been
made,, only two ueiegates (and they
prcmmei t actors) in the Louisville Con
vention, bav declared their affiliation
with the Ridical p.iriy. It is possible
b tL of them may receive and accept
Federal offices.
Of the Cincinnati delegates, it is as
sert d, tw '-*hir< 4 s ere agon iu the bosom
of the Ridual party,* a d in full faitu
and fellowship.
The qu idrilsteralpress (now!; depend
ent) which sought to dtstroy even the
Lame of the Democratic puny, succeeded
only iu creating a tempo? ry uemoraliza-
tion; anti, to-day, *ome ot the most
strenuous advocates ot Mr. Greeley are
the fit meet opponents of any further de
Letter from our Travelling Agent.
Athens, Ga., April Sth, 1873.
Dear Sun:—Some may come aud some
may go, but we are ever on the go; aud
iu our coniiuued locomotion we found
oursel* again at Union Point. A name
siguifieent of its manv attractions, espec
ially in a social point of view. The place
is making respectable advancement iu
the line of improvements. The Baptist
Church is nearly completed and presents
a fine appearance. They have a flour
ishing school of which we will have
something to say at another time. There
s a copper mine not far from here which
affords a prospect at this time of becom
ng a source of wealth to this place and
surroundiug country. One hundred
bauds will soon be employed upon it.
We snail give notice of its progress and
prospects from time to time. Our lumi
nary is m the ascendancy here.
We left this place with many attrac
tions, on the night train, with that oolig-
iug conductor, Caqt. Edwards, for
Atbeus. We arrived at daylight, and
found afine span of horses and phie’on
at the dep >t, quite an improvement upon
the old plan of getting to the hotel.
This outfit is owned by Messrs. Gann &
Reeves, whose card may be found iu the
Athens directory, in another column of
The Son. Tuey keep constantly on
hand a fine lot of horses and vehicles for
hire and sale. Persons wishing to uire
or purchase would do well to give them a
call. On our arrival we were sorry to
learn the old proprietor of the Newton
House, Col. Wna’ton, had departed this
life the Friday before. He was well
fittea for his business, a good citizen, a
invinue. of the M. E. Church, a Mbsod,
aud an Odd Feliow. Hisson-iD-law, Mr.
Conrad, who was his clerk, is carrymg on
the business, ai d we hope he may be
come the proprietor. His house is
worthy oi praise, and we iruBt will con
tinue to receive the patronage of the
puolic.
We called at the office of thr Athens
Watchman, and found onr friend, the
worthy editor, Col. Christy, at nis post,
fully recovered from tue effects of ais
night’s lodging with three or f >ur t e-
rween two and tbree hundred pounders,
not all in tbe same bed, but all iu the
same room, at the Walton Court. W^
were glad to le irn his paper has a good
circulation and is doing well. We also
called to see those gentlemen of the quill,
CM. Gtaut and his son, of the North
Eist Georgian. We spent some agreea-
bl* moments m their sanctum. We
were informed their paper is rapidly
growing in favor and ii creasing in circu
lation. Both the Watchman and North
E ist Georgian are good advertising me
diums.
We learned the University is in a flonr-
'shing condition as also the Lucy Cobb
lus'i’ute and Madam Sosnowaki’s Select
School for young Ladiei are ail don g
well.
i’is with feelings of pleasure that we
mention the business men of this pia.
There is no town in Georgiatha: can bo ist
of* a nigUer toned or more intelligent
class ot merchants. Among them we
would notice Messrs. Summey <k Newton,
who do a large business in hardware, ag
ricultural implements, etc.; also Messrs.
Guilds, Nickerson & Co., who are huge
dealers in hardwaie, mill findings, agri
cultural imp emenffi, Chicago farm
pumps, etc. We noticed come fine cir
cular saws, of wh ; ch they sell a great
many. We wculd mention onr old friend
A. 8. Dor-ey, who is a large dealer in dry
goods, groceries and assorted merchan-
di i-, and who is alao agent for the justly
celebrated Sea Fowl Guano.
The above are all reliable firms, whosi-
eards may be tonnd in the columns oi
The Sun, There are many other mer
er ants in this place wno do a large busi
ness, w ose cards we snould be pleased
to ins* rt m The Sun.
dufueb’s opera hall
; b an extensive building recently erected
at a e->st of ab ve forty thousmd dol
lars. TLeHJ, islar;e and comm *dious,
and will seat e gut nundrcl persons. The
staire. its paint ugs, scenery, aud indeed
all its appointments are said to be tLe
most complete ot any in the State aud
bav® been gotteu up at great expe. se.
Troup .a lu pacing lu.OUgh Geofgni
would do well to visit Atbeus. whose pop
ulation is near six thousand. The citi
zens are refined and intelligent. Music
aud the drama, indeed all the liburai arts
would be fully encouraged hero.
Before closing our letter w.- would re
turn our thanks to one of Athens noble
man, Dr. J. A. Hanicutt to w. otn we are
uuder many obligations for avors shown.
We regret we coaid not ac<vp im invita
tion to visit him at his elegant residence
in Cobbham.
We were happy to meet onr yourr;
iriend the Hon. A. Mitchell, who is look
ing very well. Little did we think that
the easy mannered school boy of a few
years ago would rise so rapidly as to be.
called to fill imponaut posts of trnitaud.
honor at so early au age. Guv. Smith,
has manifested good judgment in up—
poiu'ing him to fill the place he now oc
cupies, that of Judge ot the County
Court. Tho appointment has given en
tire satisfaction.
Onr effort-* iu behalf of The Sun for
this weeK will now close aud we hasten
home to enjoy a S.bbaiti d.v's rest, be
fore we aguiu annouuee ourself
On the Go.
CHAT WITH STATE PAPiCHS.
—The regular term of Pike Snpt-rior
Cc-nr. begau yesterday.
—Tue LaGrauge boys still keep up the
old practice of tying tiu boxes to the tails
of the innocent and unsuspecting dogs.
— Mr. E. Lott, Several years post
master a< Fort Games, died on Saturday,
seventy years old.
— Tue S-iudersviile Baptists are pre-
P’ri’tg to dedicate t ieir uew church on
the first Sunday in May.
The Rome Courier promptly denies
that Mr. Paul H. Haym is iu charge of .
the literary department of that paper.
He is only a contributor to its columns.
—The graceless, howling dog no longer
disturbs the quiet of S.inuersviUo, in
in consequence of the enforcement of
t .,e dog l«w.
— The bridge at Ftanklin, across the
Chattahooche river, was destroyed *>y
the gale wmch seeu'8 to have swept over
me greater part of the State last week.
— G. B. Lamar, Sr., Esq , of Savan
nah, has returned after a protracted ab
sence at the North, where he has been
endeavoring to compel the parties wbo-
despoiled him of his property to dit-gorgo.
— Samuel Tompkins, one of the o dest
citizens of Burke county, died suddenly
at his residence on Saturday morning,
the 29th ult. Rhesa Bostick, of the
same county, died of meningitis the day
previous.
— The Times indignantly denies the
existence of smail-pox in Carrollton.
Uutil that town does enjoy that luxury,
we don’t see how she is to becomes first-
class city. These country editors should
cease to discourage the advancement of
the age.
— Tue Northeast Georgian notices
cleverly the presence of Mr. Nebhut, the
genera, ag.-nt of The Sun, iu Athens,
and commends the agent aud the paper
to its patrons—for which we have to
hank the editors.
—The last number of the Waynesboro’
Expositor appears under uew auspices.
Mr. James E. Frost, the former edi r or,
has disposed of his iuteres’8 <n the paper
to Messrs. Lawson, Corker & Gray. The
Expositor is a number one paper, andt
we trust that, under its uew proprietors,
it may be more profitable thau ever.
—Rev. Mr. Dixon, has consented to
preach the Commencement sermon of
tbe Monroe Female College iu Forsyth,
in July next. The Advertistr under
stands that ex-Prerident Andrew John
son, of Tennessee, has been invited to
deliver the literary address before the
Athenson Society, and it is expected that
he will acoept.”
—The value of exports for tho port of
Savannah for tne month of March was:
39 bales sea island cotton, valued at
$5.020; 26,732 bales upland cotton,
valued at $2,320,387 ; 598 bbls. turpen
tine, valued at $2,C01; 20 bbls. tar,
valu’d at $80; 1,000 bbls. butter, valued
at $250; 500 lbs. la d, valued at $45;
250 gallons spirits turpentine, valued at
3174; 2,355 Dounds tobacco, valued at
$349; 1,667,000 feet lumber, valued at
350. ,2,976 staves and headings, valued
at $12,976; 8,bb6 ci.tir f eet liewu tim
ber, vuiui-d at $1,514; to al va.u^. x-
ports, $2,341,453. Of this ’mount8340*-
091 was carried in American, aDd $2,031,-
359 in foreign vessels.
—Claren ’e Fort, colored, who i3
charged with having murdered Richard
Frdzer, of tho same c jlor, was arrested
and safely lodged in j ill iu Brunswick a
few days since, hv J irub. Tne
Appeal ituica mat a court ui enquiry has
oeeu iu progress for several days and fhe
examination developed the .act that tho-
homicide was, by whoever perpetrated,
one of the most fiendish and diabolical
deeds ou record. Threats by Fort thait
he would kill the father of the boy, on
have vengeance on his family were
proved to have been made the morning
of the day at wmch the homicide tooc
place; and that Fort left Im father's
house in direction of the place where the
boy was killed, with a gun oo his should
er. Tbe defence attempted to prove an
alibi, whicn the Court did not sustain,
and Fort was c mmitted for a hearing at
May Term of Glynn Superior Court.
HTttFUJKjyrs' school msron v.
An Kndor*ement by Prof. Logan.
Atlanta, Ga., April 9, 1873.
Dr. Hamilton:—Dear Sir: To thi»
Southern p* riot and educat r, Mr. Ste
phene’ History of the United Stales ist.
most opportune and hopeful contriba-
t.on. It is just tne book for bi-> pur
pose—isufficienily full and compr hen-
sive in its statement of facts—perfectly
free from all par y rancor and sectiona
bitterness, while with a firmness and sell*
respect thac does honor to the di^tin,
^uished author, and Li, pe* p-.e <s well
ue does uot shrink from a masterly vindi
cation of the principles, a-d cour-e of.
the South in -the great part she has
played in our national History—written
throughout in the pure, vigorous, ner
vous language so characteristic of Mr,
Stephens. It is ajmodel of 6tyIt—a classic?,
from which our you'h may imbibe, not
ouly correct views of Southern hi-tory,
but the very purity of English andefi’ed.
A Southern teach* r, who would delib-
erately select ai d adopt in hii school u
Norttieru tex’ book ot Unit* d S'ates his
tory, in preterence to this work of Mr.
Stephens, I do not not hesitate to pro
nounce unfit for his high trust and call-
ing. Yours trulv,
J. H. IiOUAN,
Late Prof of Phys. Sciences, Ogi-tnorpa
Un'veisity.