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THKAI'IjANTA HUN
jUl'H1AU«rlv COMPBTITIO.I.
At the late annua! meeting of the
Georgia Press Association a very un
pleasant subject was brought up. It
was charged that certain members
bad violated the established rules of
the Association by taking advertise
ments below tne minimum schedule
rates. It was very proper that the
charges should have been brought
forward if susceptible of being sus
tain'd, and if sustained, that offend
ing member should be expelled.
Nothing has done more to cripple
the usefulness and business of the
press than unprofessional competi
tion. It is a practice to be condemn
ed by all good and true men of the
press. Honorable competition is to
be expected ; but when men pursue a
system of underbidding for advertis
ing to such an extent as to reduce it
to'a starvation point, then it becomes
disgraceful. Honorable competition
does not lie in such competition. It
is not the low prices of work that
constitute leal competition. R.ml
competition id in producing a paj»er
the merits of which recommend it
to public patronage and higher rates
of advertising as the paper becomes
more valuable, by reason of its exten
sive circulation.
It is generally a pretty certain evi
dence of a paper’s worthlessness as
an advertising medium when Us ad
vertising space is sold at the lowest
figures. When the proprietor of a
newspajier, it he is a real business
man, is conscious that hid journal
has a circulation valuable to ad\er-
tisers as a medium through which
to make their business generally
known, he cannot afford to dole out
his space at low rates, because it
costs him u great deal of labor and
money to produce such a paper. To
sell such space cheap’y is like selling
gold for depreciated paper money,
dollar for dollar.
The journalistic competion com
plained of in the Press Association,
we repeat, is to be deplored by all
good men in the business. It is de
grading to the press and disastrous
to its business. If all the members
of the press had the courage to adopt
a fair amt honest schedule of adver
tising rates, it would soon be found
greatly to the pecuniary benelit of
themselves, and worth far more to
advertisers than the so-cilled cheap
rates now charged by too many ol
them. There would not be so
much advertising done, peihaps,
and our papers would necessarily be
come smaller, and yet our readers
would not sutler thereby, ami the in
terests of newspaper proprietors would
be greatly advanced.
Good newspaper men understand
the truth of wlmt we have said above.
It requires many years ot experience
to learn the true science of journal
ism, as au investment, and the man
ner o. making it pay. The object of
the Press Association was to promote
a proper understanding of its true
science by counseling with each other,
and shaping the best and most suc
cessful experience into rules govern
ing the Association for the general
benefit of the craft
RKTNY AND I ARK OUT."
A communication baa appeared
in the New ' York Daily Graphic,
from Eli Perkins, claiming Miss
Nannett Snow Emerson ae the au
thor of the popular poem under the
title of u Betsy and I are Out,” which
has been claimed and appropriated
by Will Carleton as his own for the
last fifteen months. Mr. Perkins
says he has "seen enough evidence
on the subject” “to convince any
one” that it is the production of Miss
Emerson. He also states that he has
“heard the gifted authoress repeat
poem after poem, every one of them
as full of pathos ana homely truth as
tnis first well-known ballad.”
Mr. Perkins says Miss Emerson
was’born of four generations of Bap
tist ministers, in the town of Wake-
held, near Boston. Her ancestors
are stern, upright Puritans—-all larm-
eis. She has been writing her simple
farm ballads lor years—always telling
the homely storks of her own family.
Her book contains twenty-one simple
stories of her uncles and aunts and
cousins—all her own relations. There
is the story of Uncle ’Liab and his
wife Betsey, Cousin Luke, Aunt
Prudence, Uncle Nat, and so on to
the end—all woven into a long poem.
The story of how Uncle ’Liab “got
out” with Betsey and how they
“made up” again, aie incidents ol
family history. They occurred in
the town of Wakefield, now called
Reading, and the residents all knew
ubout them.
Mr. Carleton has published a card
in a Detroit paper denying the
statement of Mr. Perkins. He states
that he lias thus far treated with
silent contempt the alleged claims of
Miss Emerson, and now deems it
proper to inform the public that the
statements she is said to have made
coneerning the matter arc base, de
liberate lies; that the ballad, “Betsy
and I Are Out,” as published in the
Toledo Blade, in 1871, was wholly his
own conception and composition, and
that any claims she has made to the
authorship of the poem, or any part
of it, places her in the position of a
rank imposter and literary pirate in
the fullest sense of the term.
Mr. Carleton says he shall, at the
proper time, disprove the contradic
tory and irresponsible statements
which have been made concerning
this matter, by sworn testimony of
persons of established character and
reputation.
MUeeilLO.
sen hers” by publisher* or newsdealer*,
when the following rates ere charged,
payable quarterly in advance, either at
the mailing Of delivery office:
Dailies. (1 —*«*
I ailUBHIWhl... SO Mil
M cents
ww — .......... » csais
flue oineral and agricultural region, and! >hi^11 1*. *
Caal saS Iran u IsrU uc«r(is.
Ttom Oer Trseeltac Oorreepoedsat
Rikgoold, Ga., May 28th, 1873.
Eaiora Seas; Binggold, the oounty j
seat of Ottocsa con my, is situated in a j wcekue*
CONDENSED NEWS
apon the line of the W. k A. R R, one' »<* >oar ounces. i «m
hundred and fifteen miles from Atlanta.
Before and daring the late war it was a
point of considerable commercial im-
Newspapere and circulars dropped into
| the office for local delivery most be pre-
1 paid at the rate of one cent for two
ounces, and an additional rate for every
portance, large quantities of corn, wheat ! additional two ounces, or fraction *here-
and bacon, produced in Catoosa county I of; “ d P eriodic » ,f ! weighing more than
and the ad 4 acent county of Walker, find
ing a market here; but the people eeem
not to have recovtied from the effects of
the disasters of the war. and agriculture
has deteriorated acd trade has languished.
V ist mines of wealth in coal and iron lie
undeveloped in their bills, and now arises
the question. How can these va uablein-
t a et ti be developed and these counties re
stored to their former prosperity 7 This
question is important, not alone to the
people of this region, bat to the
State of Georgia at large, and in vo small
degree to tha citizens of Atlanta, as may
be deduced from the facts which are em
bodied in this letter.
These oonnties are capable of pro-
facing, at a low estimate, a turpi us of
five hundred thousand hm-hels of wheat
ind corn and thousands of tons of hay.
The eastern slope of Lockout Mountain
abounds in coal and iron ere of a supe
rior quality; but, unfortunately, therich-
st section of Georgia in mineral and
agricultural lands is too d.stantfrom rail
roads to render at all available her wealth,
und the only way in which it can
be made available to increase onr trade
and supply one of onr great wants—cheap
fuel — is by providing cheap Iran-
portation. To get this, somebody must
hnild the Rmggold k. Lookout Mountain
lidlroad. This contemplated road has
been surveyed, and is 23 miles long from
Ringgold to Cooper’s Gap, extending
clear aeio#s McLemore’s Cove. The
> mds within this cove, to oe rendered ac
cessible by the construction of this road,
embrace an area of not less than 200,000
square act es of the most fertile grain and
grass lands in Georgia or any where else,
it is said that the supply of coal will be
immense, and that almost every variety
ol irou ore can be obtained. We saw in
the cabinet of Dr. Ghiselin, at Ringgold,
fine specimens ol fossiliferons ore, brown
hematite, manganiferons and needle ore,
all from the hills and mountains of Ca
toosa and Walker; and in order that your
readers may be imormed as to the quality
of the coal und iron on the slopes of Look
out, I give the analysis of the coal ty
Prof. J. B. B.itton, of Philadelphia, as
follows:
Volatile matter, including moisture
expelled in process of cooking.. .27*95
Combustible carbonaceous matter...69 93
Ash, s 2 12
rHR At'Sl'STA CO.\ S I I riITIO!V A LIST
UROttNlVg grul'A OK ARM*.
As there are u great many military
companis forming and organizing
throughout the btate, it will be a
matter of interest to the public to
make a statement in regard to Geor
gia’s quota of arms from the General
Government An act of Congress,
approved March 3rd, 1S73, gives the
annual quota of arms to States which
did not draw for the same trom 1S62
to 1SC9.
The Ordnanoe Department at
Washington notifies the several
States, that did not draw any arms
during the years above mentioned,
that the arms due them are now sub
ject to the requisitions of the respec
tive Governors of each State.
The amount standing to Georgia's
credit is probably over tnirty-one
thousand dollars. Upon notification
from military companies organizing
as to what kind of arms desired, the
Governor will make requisitions
therefore after the 1st of July.
The suspension of this old, popular
aud mlluential paper has called forth
many expressions of regret from the
press, not only in the State, but from
various parts of the country. It had
become a household name in a large
proportion of the State, and was well
and favoiably known throughout the
country to intelligent readers. It
has ever been conducted with much
dignity aud ability. Its discussions
were always conducted in a high-
toned manner, and hence its influ
ence was always felt with decided
effect.
Col. James Gardner, its able and
distinguished editor, had been con
nected with the Constitutionalist for
a quarter of a century, and liis influ
ence and ability were felt and recog
nized wherever his paper was known
aud read. It is a matter of regret
that this old landmark of a past gen
eration should become extinct, no
longer to remind us by its presence
of the days of the past when it was
the representative of men who re
flected the sentiments of the State
with a devotion to princip’e that now
seems to lx* almost extinct.
But this grand o’d Georgia paper,
formerly the organ of the grand old
statesmen of this grand old Common
wealth is no more; and yet its memo
ry and its good work of the past can
only be cherished, admired and re
spected for what it has been. To its
able editor, CoL Gardner, we can
only say that, as a high-toned jour
nalist, he has made a record to be
treasured by his friends aud to be
emulated by those who come after
him in the arduous and perplexing
100 00
Gross amount of coke 72 05
Aud the analys.s of it on ore, made b *
Prof. C. 0. Buck, of the University ol
Delaware, as iollows:
Sesqui oxide of iron 76 88
Phosphorus ' 11
3ulpi*ur, none 00 00
We mention these facts merely
to call the attention of the thinking
men of Atlanta to them. They are pat
ent to etery one who has 'nvestigated
them, are we’l known in this region, aud
it is possible that Atlanta may find the
solution of the great problem, “ how to
get cheap fuel ” right here.
Iuthis connection I give also the opin
ion of Mr. C.W. Howard, of Kingston, Ga.
ItbtiU whom no one is more highly known
or respected in this State) as expressed in
a letter which was published in Mav,
1872.
****** iron, marble and
coal lying at and West of Ringgold, if
developed, would not only ennoh that
seettou, but would be of vast utility to
the whole State.
W»th you I am amazed that the ptople
of Atlanta do not take hold o. the pro
posed railroad with great energy. If
they wonid do so, they imglit have cheap
coal tor next winter’s use, besides bring
tng to Atlauia a large amount ot agri
cultural produce which now finds a mar
ke£ in Ohattanoi ga.”
Would it not be well, citizens of At
kinta, to lDVtstignte this maitei? Cau
you have too many souiees, from which
to draw your supplit* ot coal, irou and
grain ? Yours, Respectfully,
Kbo-Kwill.
Poitage Rale*.
There has of late, says the Mobil»Reg
ister, been much pressure upon us to
Dubli-jh concise and reliable roles ol the
Post-office Department under existing
laws, and under those to go into force at
once. These we condense as follows, be
lieving them perfectly reliable:
The recent Congressional legislation
''rovides that “ *11 laws and parts of laws
permitting the tra .smission by mail of
any free matter whatever, be, and th
«me are hereby repealed, trom and after
June 30, 1873,” This cats off tne free
exchange of newspapers oetweeu publish
ers, ana the free circulation of papers
within the counties of publication. No
changes in the rates of postage charges
have been made, consequently postage
charges will be as follows : For letters to
all parts of the United States, three oents
per half ounce; for pamplets, occasional
publications, transient newspapers, mag
azines, handbills, posters, unsealed circu-
book manuscripts,
two ounces are subject to two cents, pie
paid at the le’ter-carrier offices. The
postage on regular papers, etc., must be
paid in advance, either at the place of
delivery, to the carri r. or ot tbs office,
otherwise they will be chargeable at tran
sient rates. Book mar.u.s npt passing
between authors and publishers requires
prepayment at the rate of odo cent for
each two ounce* or fraction thereof.
Manuscript intended for publication in
newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, ■ to.,
is subject to letter rates oi postage. Full
prepayment by stamps is required ou all
transient printed matter, fdeign and do
mestic. All letters not prepaid by stamps,
all such as are received in the office with
stamps cut from stamped envelopes, or
witn such postage stamps as were in use
prior to 1861, or with levenue stamps on
them, ere treated as “unmailame” and
sent to the dead letter office.
Postal cards, as issued from the va
rious p. st-oflices, can be sent ti any dis
tance within ilie limits of the United
Statey without extra postage ; the stamps
lithographed upon them bring sufficient
In using these cards care must be taken
to follow the instructions printed upon
them. The address truly must be written
upon the stamped side, where lines are
arranged for that purpose. Nothing v hat-
ever but tne address must be written
upon the stamped side of the card. Ou
the other side the letter or message can
be written at as great length as the will
of the writer dictates. Or an advertise
ment or a inouncement may be printed
upon half of the card, or around its
edges, leaving a blank space for the de
sired writing. Many thousanus of such
card advertisements are now passing
through the mails. All writers will spe
cially note one thing; the postal card
itself must be used. An ordinary card
with a one cent stamp attached will not
be passed through the mails.
Letters which have not been delivered
cau be forwardea, without additional
charge, upon a written request. Letters
orce delivered trom a post office cannot
be remailed without prepayment of post
age. Department postage, after June
3a, 1873, will be prepaid by special
stamps, prepared aud luruished by the
Post Office Department. It will, never
theless, become important for corres
pondents oi the several departments and
bureaus to fully prepay their postage
after the 30th ot June next. Of course,
tne local officers and agents o f the de
partments will bs instructed to this
effect.
Mr. Stephhen** School History.
Nobcbobs, Ga., May 17, 1873.
Db. A. L. Hamilton—Dear Sir: Ihav
cri.ioally examined H<>n. A. H. Stephens’
School History of the United States, and
unhesitatingly pronounce it one oi the
best books on the subject. It is all truth,
in style terse and persuasive—no quid
minis. It is another block in the ever
lasting monument to Mr. Stephens’ gieat
mind.
Pat it into every school and household.
No one who wishes to know the true history
of our country can afford to bewithotU it.
Very reaped fully,
Jas U. Vincent,
O*or*a* I trass.
The crop proej .-dH near Seaoia are
very flattering.
The Commencement exerois s of Bow-
don College will begin July 6th.
Stalks of ootton fourteen inches high
have been exhibited in Griffin.
The rebuilding of the Hamilton Fe
male College is rapidly progressing. 4
An aPgator was killed in the small
stream near Ha 13, C. R. R, a few days
trace.
Dr. Hicks has been left a legaey of
$13,000 by his wife’s father, lately de
ceased.
TUe Macon Telegraph thinks that per
sonal journalism has reached its climax
iu Atlanta.
Crops are looking well in Washington
county, but the planters are having a
desperate straggle with Gen. Green.
Thomas F. Willis, Esq., an old and
respected citizen of Elbert county died on
tne 31st of April in the 74th year his age.
The District Meeting of the M. E
Church, to be held at Barneeville, will
begiu on the 11th of June.
Emma aud Hickory Jack wi 1 have
another trotting matoh next Saturday.
Tne race will take place over the Angnsta
course.
Bill Barnes had a full house in Griffin
Wednesday night The News says, alto-
get her is was decidedly one of the most
entertaining penormances we have seen
for some time.
Mr. Jordan R. Smith, an old citizen
of Johnson county, died at his residence,
on the 26 h insr. He was the father-in-
law of Elder T. M. Harris, State Evan
gelist o. the Christian Church.
The Macon Enterprise says that new
iron, from Schofield’s Rolling Mill, has
been laid from the junction to the Labor
atory, on the Macon and Western Rail
road.
The Catholics of Albany are to have
service regularly in their chnroh every
fourth Sabbath. Father Surgerp of Ma
con, having accepted an invitation to of
ficiate.
A severe storm crossed trie Macon and
Western railroad Thursday evening, just
above Minims’ Station, and not far from
the line of Bibb and Monroe oonnties.
The storm covered a i raot about a mile
wide, and much damage to trees, fences
aud crops.
Negro men go to parties in Macon and
represent that they have been sent by
the health officer of the city to clan up
some place about their premises which
has been reported as a nuisance. Their
story seems so plausible that they ere put
to work and get their own price for the
job.
W. T. Burge and family, of New York;
Mr. Ballard, of Macon; Mrs. Stickney,
of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania; Joe Greer,
of Forsyth; Rev. B. C. Green and lady;
Miss Mattie J. Bowen, of Toombsboro,
Georgia; ana Mr. C. Gamble and servant,
of Macon, Georgia, are visitors at the
Indian Spring
The Savannah District Conference, of
theM. E. Church, South, held at W hites-
ville last week, was largely attended by
the ministry and laymen of the church,
and was a feast to the sonl. Rev. Dr.
Lewis Prioe. Bithop G. F. Pierce, and
many other bright and shining lights
were present The preaching was the
‘pure milk of the word.”
The Macon Telegraph says the anni
versary celebration of the two literary
societies of Mercer University took place
at Ralston Hall on Friday night. Though
the evening was a very threatening one—
the clouds uttering forebodings of more
rain—a large audience turned ont to en
courage the young men, and wish them
bon voyage apon the wide, wide sea of
literature.
The New System of Collecting In
ternal Revenue.—One of the govern
ment officials, who nan just returned to
Washington after au expended tour in
the South and West, reports that in his
travels through the different collection
districts he particnIaii\ inquired of the
internal revenue officers what was
thought ot the propped change in the
system of collecting n venue, and found,
witbont exception, the new plan most
cordially approved, even by some whose
terms of service wonid expire on its go
ing into effect. It w s generally con
ceded that the plan o .g it to have been
inaugurated long • go. Commis-ioner
Douglas is confident i u e r.-venue reoeipts
will be iully kept up, ;o .*ay nothing of
the great saving to the government in
the redaction of expense of collecting
the revenae.—Savannah Advertiser.
* Ricketty little reuegadc, is the
not inapt name applied to Mr. Alexander
H. Stephens by the Lexington (M ■.)
Caucasian.
By the bye. The Atlanta Sun has
ceased to come to th? Appeal office since
we had the temerity to make a few edito
rial lemarks raiuer reflecting, though
quite respectfully, upon the claims as a
statesman and a true Southern man, of
the modest and meritorious editor of that
luminary.
The Appeal continues to be published,
however, notwithstanding the occasion j
loss of ouch exchanges, and of railroad
patronage and advertisements.—Memphis
Appeal.
The London Times sarcastically
points to the fact that France has just
paid over to Germany ten million sterl
ing, without making the slightest fuss
about it, while England cannot pay a
third of that sum to the U nitad States
lars, prospectuses,
proof-sheets, maps, prints, engravings, ....
blanks, flexible patterns, sample cards, | without resorting to every possible de-
pnotographic paper, letter envelopes, -*7> aau then borrowing money ia order
postal envelopes and wrappers, cards, j to do it The government is also warned
duties and great responsibilities of ' plain and ornamental paper, photograph-1 tliat the withdrawal of three millions of
u ... & * I r. ^presentations snd lenlv next S^otember will sen -
editorial labor.
J3?~How true the old adage—
“Politics makes strange bed-fellows.”
Henry A. Wise, the veteran politi
cian and an original secessionist, is
said to be the administration favorite
for Governor of Virginia. What
next?
CoL J. W. Robertson has re
signed the position of Chief Engineer "hereof!
of the Georgia Western Railroad, to 1
accept the Superlutendencv of the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad.
0 f different types, 1 coin suddenly next September will sell
seedsT cuttings, bulbs, roots and scions i oosly cripple the finances of the country,
1 can be transmitted through the mails at, ***d “ advised to commence depositing
one oent for each two ounces or fraction ! o°in at ooce ou the other side of the wa
An exchange says: ‘ All the
J new polanaisei are cutdouble-breast-
i ed.” We don’t see that they should
I be cut otherwise.
^ l ter, in order that the loss may not be so
Books, two cents far each two onnocs j severely felt.
or fraction thereof. 8maples ol mer
chandise^ metals, ores and mineralogical
xp, cimens can pass tnrongh the mail in
As the ~>ce«n his washed away some
fifteen feet of the bluff at Long Branch
plckages not exceeding twelve ounces, at i ia the last seven or eight months, it
The death of Judge Chase
closed up the last male of the family.
Ol six or seven brothers, all have
died before him, and ad without ma'e
issue to perpetuate the name.
Tom Wright, colored, will be
hanged to-day, May 30, at Washing
ton City for mnrdt-r.
Vegetables are plenty in the
Gntiin market.
tac raio of two caiito i u r each two ounces | estima.cd that in the next ten years it
or Iraction thereof; to be lc.t open at the will nave destroyed the present site of
euds f r eximinatmn, and to contain no j tue hotels. The oonrse ol! the Atlantic
writing
other than the address. All j threatens to be very destructive to the
liquids, puixouft, gb*** explosive mater
ms, obscene bocks, and all ovher mate
rial liable to injure the miils, or timee I
having cuarg** * b* rt*of shall be excluded .
ibereircm. New.-panere sent by mail I
i. us be pie a i by » »inps, uuUas “reg j
larlv i»ae.i urn* - -t to r. c u..* uj
aod-fron;* recently purchased at ex:rava
gant prior*.
c s' , belonging to Greenville county,
oad that he publicly stated, both before
aud d unng bu ’rial, lit t U lie were OOR
victed the county would “never get on
oent of it”
Kwtackj Items-
A month ago, the proepect was good
tor a fair crop of apples and peaches.
Rev. Dr. Wa. L. Breckinridge, for
merly of Louisville, but for several yean
past a resident of Cass county, Mow, WM
married at Chicago a few days since Ms
Mrs. Garnett, aiao formerly of I iiiela
viile. „
The location of the government budd
ing to be erected at Covington has beeR
settled, and atrout four hundred and fif
ty of the patriotic citizens ot that village,
who desired to sell lots for the location*
are not baepy.
Lafayette Mosher, E-q., formerly off
Kenton comity, bmtberoi W. W. Mosher,
Piesidont of the Coviegton City Coun
cil, has been appointed by the 'iovenur
t Oregon au Associate Ju-iice of the
Supreme Court ot tout State.
Lexington is uoted for the liberality
of its uierchau's. The Press tells the
following o: one of them. “We heard
)f a merchant the other iiay, who said
t.hur ll the Souriieru Hal rvad trus'eeN
would guaniure* to briua him ;« customer,
he would give fifty dod>rs to the road.”
aiirdtaiuoM Iuim.
Mr. Wildtiiu Arthur has iu press, un
der “ e wo. u‘ar fitie of “The Modern
Jove,”;i t -vie*' of the collected speeches
Of Pio Nolo.
The extou-ive . uuti.'u* d i ilk fao’.o-
tories iu Switziaud Um? 2U,lu quarts of
milk drily, aud four tilths the pro
ducts ate exported to E jglau >
The total receipt of the sale for the
beuefit of the orphar s of the war, with
Mme. Thiers as President aud Mile
Dosne Treasurer, amounts to the large
snm of 296,755 f.
It is rumored that the work apon the
life and tunes of the late Chief Justiee
Chase, which was in progress with a view
to speedy publication by Judge Robert
B. Warden, of Ohio, will not appear, ha
consequence of serious disagreement be
tween the biographer and the surviving
relatives of the Chief Jostioe.
An almanao has been published in the
Armenian language, at Constantinople*
for the first time. Among other inter
esting articles is one on the statistics of
the raoe, according to whioh the Arme
nians are 5,200,000, of which 3,500,000
are in Turkey, outnumbering the Greeks*
and 1,500,000 in Russia.
A statement just prepared at the Treas
ury department t hows that for the nine
months ending March 31, 1873, the re
ceipts fiom customs were $147,223,078
90. During the same period ending
March 31‘ 1872. the receipts from the
same source were $166,747,466 68, show
ing that unaer the new tnr.ll law the re
duction in taxation was 19,524,387 78.
President McMahon is ubove the mid
dle size in stature, has a scrutinizing
look, and rather >uteiiigeut features;
bearing the impress of his military pur
suits. His wife is of Irish extraction,
and takes a prominent parr in Frenoh
charitable movements. He received a
good hilted sword from his Irish admir
ers soon after the battle of Magenta, and
is on frienoly terms with some of tho
Irish residents in Pans.
The PostofiLe Department is annoyed
at the carelessness of many postmasters
of minor grade thr jughout the country,
who wrice to the department inclosing
money for stamps, envelopes, etc., ana
neglect to put the post mark on their
letters. As there are over 30,000 post-
offioes in the country, many of the post
masters having names alike, it is extreme
ly difficult to ascertain the names of suoh
writers, and therefore cannot be answered
by the department.
Alabama. Items.
Bishop Marvin, of the M. E. Church,
South, will preside over the next annual
conference in Alabama.
The schedules of all the railroads in
the State have recently been changed
slightly for the purpose of increasing
speed.
On the 5th of June, the Distrust Con
ference of the Methodist Church, South,
convenes at Tuskegee. Bishop Doggett
will preride.
The Advertiser, 28 th insk, notes the
presence the day before of five or six
wagons laden with cotton, jnst in from
the country.
According to the Mobile Register
there are now ten blast furnaces in oper
ation in Alabama and four in the course
of construction.
The Mobile Trade Company has elect
ed as Directors: C. W. Locklin, M. War
ring, R Otis, O. E. Thames, Owen Fin-
uegau, P. C Conley, J. G. Stewart.
Gen. A. M. Clayton, formerly of Holly
Springs, Miss., has been elected Preei-
dent of the Red Mountain Iron Works,
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
ath of Daniel Pratt.
The general impression among the
newspaper men seems to be that cotton
will not range higher than teD or twelve
cents next season. The South has
pitched for about six million bales.
Ex-President Jefferson Davis, who is
an honorary member of the Mobile Ca
dets, has sent $10 to the oompany to
assist in ereoting their monument to their
Confederate dead in “Soldiers’ Beet”
The General Assembly of the Cumber-
loud Presbyterian Church adjourned on
Friday last in Huntsville, after a session
of more than a week. The next meeting
of the Assembly will be held in Spring-
field, Missouri.
The Diatriot Conference for the Mont
gomery District of Alabama Conference,
Methodist Episcopal Chnroh South, will
xmvene at Tuskegee, on Thursday, 5th
day of June next Bishop Doggett will
preside.
Governor Lewis, of Alabama, in com
pany with a number foreign capitalists,
visited Pensacola on Saturday last and
remained two days, the party spending a
portion of the time on the snapper
banks and having fine spert Ehe Gov
ernor seems much interested ou the sub
ject of annexation, which it is expected
will be disposed of at a special session of
the Florida Legislaiure, to be held some
time during the summer.
Personal Items.
Miss Kate Field has nearly ready for
press a book to be entitled “Hap-Haz-
ard.”
Wilkie Collins is expected to make his
American debut in Boston early in Au
gust.
Rev. Asher Wright of New York, lias
translated the Gospel into the Seneoa
language.
Back-pay disgorges: John Hill, of
New Jersey, George A Halsey, of the
same State, and Henry H. Starkweather,
of Connecticut.
’Tis said that Joaquin Miller is to
marry an English lady, daughter of Sir
T. D. Hardy, of London. She will be
Mrs. Miller No. 2.
W. B. Astor has ordered $10,000 worth
of chopped stone from Rome. The hew
ing and scoring is to be done by Dana,
thejsculptor.
The E japress of Japan has ceased to
shave her eyebiows and black her teeth.
She has also called npon Mrs. Capron
and evinced her desire of conforming to
the customs of other nations.
Julia Ward Howe, Miss Peabody, of
Cambridge, and Miss Lydia Dix, are tha
American members of The Ladies’ Inter
national Correspondence Society, ot
whioh Her Royal Highness the princess
Louis of Hesse is President f
ex-Duke of Modena reoently vis
ited the Prinoe of Wales in Vienna, and
a friendly meeting of the representatives
of the Houses of Stuart and Guelpnoo-
currecL The ex-Duke is a deoendant of
Henrietta, the youngest daughter of
Charles I, of England, and, thaefore,
could assert a claim to the British throne.
gf D*ATH or a Distinguished Actor. —
The Richmond Whig contains the follow
ing- “Saturday morning Mr. James W.
Wailack, while en route from Aiken,
South Carolina, to New York, died in a
sleeping-car of the Richmond and Dan
ville Railroad, near Borkeville, of con
sumption. Mrs. Wailack stopped in this
citv with the remains of her husband,
which were taken to the Exchange HoteL
Several gentlemen of this eity sat up with
the remains Saturday night and yester
day the body was sent North on the I
M. train, Mrs. Wailack accompanying
it Mrs. Lester Wailack was to meet the
body in Washington and accompany
Mrs J. W. Wallacx with it to New York,
where the faneral wilt take place.”
Tne Rsga'ta of Goorgia resulted in a
-access and the awar ung of prizes to the
V C.ub, of StVaua >ii It'., and Pai-
aiet*ont Jli rlestuD 2'td.
Imlk CaraUas Itama.
Mr. Marion Sanders, a venerable and
respected citizen of Sumter county, died
on the 22d instant.
A correspondent writes that ex-Treasu-
r j r Al*eu, of Greenville, has in his pos-
Siou, iu addition to the amount due
the State, ue triy ten thousand dollars in
Berlin. May 31.—The Shah of Persia
has arrived. He was received at the rail
road station b. Emperor William, sev
eral Imperial Princes aud Prince Bis-
mar fit. He was escorted to the palace
assigned him during his sojourn iu Ber
lin by a body of troops. Great crowds
of citizens enthusiastically welcomed the
visitor.
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