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THE ATLANTA SUN
Kt«m The Dally flan of Jm< IS.
KKTIVAL OF Til R UK >1 OtKAt'T.
The great political irupoLie* and senti
ments of ibo people of this country are
strictly Democratic; and all compromise
or pretermission of principle is not in
accord with their realv.ews ami feelings.
Tlu i triguings and .-cmiuiugb of politi
cal wire-work- rn, the corruptions tied
usurpations o: Corigrt-nsionul Lgiaiation,
hat'e overaw.nl or smothered the tmr
sentiments of the people, and they Lave
not a-serted their principles with the
persistent coldness and perseverance in
1 ate years as did our fathers. Tney seem
to havesoxewhat forgotten that “Eteu-
nal vigilance is the prioe of liberty,” and
-appear to have lapsed into a sort of iu-
d’flertnce us to the political driftings of
the times. But, now and men, we see
indio/tions that popular sentiment is
bemg aiou*ed in various parts of the
Conakry. and finding expression in pub
lic meetings or through t. c press. We,
theratfer?, believe that it is only necessary
that press should ipeak out boldly to
arrest the tendency to centralism, and
thus revive the Democrati • sentiment of
the country. The Jefferson (Tex.) Times,
an able and influential paper of that
State, says there is a general sentiment
pervading
—“tfce minds of reflecting men throughout the Stats
that the Oeiuoorat'C party flight to be revived; not
the party which resulted in the compromise which
eiMnina'ed iti the election of Mr. f avi-, nor like
the one at CorsicaDa, which b >l .ly inarched over to
moderate Itadicalism. but the pure, undefiled De
mo racy, which iu wetory and defeat has never
tilled its colors. XUe people ot T> ins— the bon
es! pure yeouiaury of the laud—are tired of com-
promise, a- d th • tricks ot a homing, wiry yviiti-
ci»n*, that an- always looiini,’ to pof'oy, and are
Htraiil ot givinp of! u e to datu orous, designing
TUB
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men,”
'Jhe people have too long confided the
keeping of their liberties an 1 the interests
cf the conatry gen,laliy, to speculative,
trimming poll icians, instt.ad o: plac.ng
.uein in the custody of honest men and
statesmen, who w ould feel the weight of
their responsibilities and act alone for
th-. jieopie and tho country. Designing
men, seeking power and position for the
single purpose of self-aggrandizement,
which means public plunder and official
corruption,have used all the arts of dema-
gopueismto beguile and deceive the peo
ple from the paths of political virtue. The
people, becoming indifferent to their
rights and interests, have too long allow
ed these designing men to usurp power
v the abridgment of their liberties.
Hence have resulted the infamies of
reconstruction and ail its attendant evils,
spreading lawlessness and disorder over
the land, corrupting popular sentiment,
'tad dragging tne people to slavish ;-ub-
mission to usurpations and corrupt gov-
ment. Thus “the honest, pure yeoman
ry of the 'and” have been beguiled into
the meatus of ‘‘compromises,” and fallen
victims to “the tricks of scheming, wiry
politicians, that aie always looking to
policy” in stead ot principle. In this
way the Democratic sentiment of the
country has been smothered and direct
ed into the channel of semi-Radical it-m,
as expressed in the guileful soph is'ry of
“the progressive ideas of the present
generation,” so flippantly quoted as or
thodox Democracy by those calling
themselves Democrats while they are
anything else.
But the great defeat of last year on
this line, it is to be hoped, will have, and
is having, we think, the effect of arous
ing the great Democratic spirit ot the
people, w ho will not again submit to or
tolerate those “compromisi.s” of princi
ple which lesulted so disastrously to
them. Bet “the minds of reflecting men”
of the whole country respond to “the
minds ot reflecting men” ol' Texas, and
the day is not far distant when the true
ring of Demjcracy will be the signal of
Democratic victory, and the preservation
of the liberties of tho people.
Now is the “seed time of ideas,” and
the time to sow good seed. Let the trno
piess and the honest people speak out !
OBOLFRi IK •ANHV’J
9AMTA K.T PKH5CAU
IX ATLANTA.
There is no longer a question of doubt
that the cholera is iu Nashville, and pro
ducing great oonsternatn u and a great
stampede among her citizens. Tlu Ban-
tut of San *ay stales that there was
probably more excib-ineDt in that c-ty on
Saturday, relative to. the pr, vailing die
ts.-c, ‘liau on Thursday, which waa occa
sioned b_, the fac thut ivLat lias been
Ji reti 'tore known as cholera morbus or
sporadic cliohru, had - ev-lopcd iu regu
lar eh ders. Wtu n this fact was admit
ted Dy tee physicin ts, tho u»*ws was rapid
ly made known all -ver the city, and, ol
course created much alarm, causing a
large cumber oi people to pack up and
start oat for tLe country. The Banner
says that the office ot the Traubfev Com
pany was crowded throughout tlie day
with persons purchasing tickets for all
points of the c A large nnmbet
of people deparied on Sutui Juy, all the
trams beingcrowed. Tie Banner makes
the t< flowing statement:
The cholers, so fir, hss been mostly confined to
ttie Wilson .-limit; liiancb bottom, »bub is the most
sickly iortiou of ihe city. The brancn tnrhilig
more nor less th n an open se»t r. einumit; tout and
pestilential ooors Some t*o or*kreo hiiiulrwi b ys,
uanod by people in Us proximity, base taken great
delight iu wallowing in it and sil ting up a stench
t .-it is intolerable. It cugh. ong ago to have bt eu
oeveied over.
hi out of those who have been attacked and have
died, were < olored people.iiving in itS immediate vi-
oinity. i he attack (fan, ai .ust In every instance,
i rought about by the 1 • pru eut ea uig of vegeta
bles. Bat it is uow confine l altogether to the oolrred
classes, but extends to the white people living iu the
lower perilous ot the i ity as well.
Up to Friday night there „&d been aa many as for
ty a.atius since tne fiistof June.
We make the foregoing quotations for
the special consideration of, our own citv
authorities and tne qu.-oj.l6 of Atlanta;
aud to direct their att* utinn more partic
ularly iO wiint should oe done at once iu
Atlanta, we make auother quo.ation irom
the Banner:
The Latest from Nasliille.
LI8JL /ATIlW/fiBJW*.
It is stated, on the authority of a physician, that
the w-t-n which ernes irom Wilson Spring is noth
ing more nor less than ihe se< pings from privies.
He savs that, with the proper sani ary renovation
of theci y, cholera will be suppressed withiu a vary
short time, aud ihst not an hour should be los! in
the rsmorai of everything having ihu wmbisiiceof
filth The work so aid go on to-day. If it r, qnired
600 men to clean up the city in the most thorough
aud efficient manner, it should be done, snd done
without delay.
We understand that the Sanitary Commies on ap
pointed by the Mayor will recommeud this course.
Steps should at once be taken to have
the public streets and highways, as well
as private prim-sea throughout the whole
city, put in proper sanitary condition.
Sprinklinu carts should be improvised,
lime and copperas dissolved in water,
should be employed to disinfect the streets
aud private premises. In this work
we do not think action can be too prompt
ly ta'.en. oaut on just now aud in ad
vance may save the city in.m the terrible
scourge which is uow afflicting our sister
city of Nasuviile. Delay miv be dan
g< rous; prompt aotion is safety.
Correction.—We stated in our “Geor
gia Items ” colurnu on Sunday morning
that Bov. Dr. Jesse Boring had gained a
case lor damages u> the amount o. $10,-
cOO iu Troup Supt nor Court/us: week,
against the Atlanta & West Point Rail
road. The item was taken from the La-
Grange R'porter, which did not state
what road it wav, Tne injury received
by Dr. BoriDg occurred at Opelika, Ala.,
on the Westeru Railroad. The eastern
terminus of that road beiui; iu this State,
Dr. Boring sought redress through the
jurisdiction of the Georgia courts in
Troup county.
After delivering opinions is cases here
tofore argued, the nsnal erder of business
was resumed.
EasterA Circuit.
N i. 5—John Savage vs. E. D. Smjthe,
et al. Trover, from Chatham. Argument
coo eluded. Geo. A. Mercer, represented
by HeDry B. Tomokins, for plaintiff in
• rror; Hartridge k Chisolm, Harden &
Levy, comra.
No. 6, Margaret Deiajal et al, vs. W. J.
Wallace. Certiorari, from McIntosh.
Argued. W. B. Gauiden, George S.
Thomas, lor plaintitG in error. Rufus
E Lester for defendant.
No, 7, J. It. Sheldon vs. Southern Ex
press Company. Complaint from Chat
ham. George A. Mercer, Henry B.
Tompkins, for pl-.iutiff in error. Law,
Low 11 k Falligiiut, £. R. Carr, contra.
Pending argument of Mr. Tompkins,
Comt adjourned until 10 a. m. to-morrow.
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA, JUNE 11.
Eastern Circuit:
No 7. Argument concluded.
Brunswick Circuit:
No. G. S. A. Clinch et al. vs. F. Wes-
low et al. Injunction, Irom Camden.
Argued, Smith k Mershon, Harris k
Davenport, represent d by Leister jc
Tiomson, for pluinnff in error; A. J.
Reagent, J. C. Nichols, represented by Z.
D. Hairison, contra.
Nil 1. Dismissed for want of prosecu
tion.
M x 2. Lyon, iloneudon k Co. vs. the
Bruistvick and Albany Railroad Com
pany. Equity, from Glynn. Hines &
Hobbs, for plain-iff in error; O. A. Loek-
raue, contra.
Pending the argu r. ent of Mr. Hines,
the Court adjourned until 10 o’clock a.
m. to morrow.
Killing of Hftiliaxd Klein tug—Trial In
tlie Suyi rior Court*
By the courtesy of a gentleman from
Nashville, who left that city yesterday
morning at 4 o’clock, and arrived here
last night at ?1 o’clock, we were in pos
session last night of the Union & Ameri
can of the same date. From it we learn
there were 18 interments on Sunday,
and 25 on Monday, including one peni
tentiary convict, making 43 for Sunday
and Monday—20 whites and 23 negroes.
Of the burials of Monday, five o f the
number died from other diseases than
Cholera or Cholera Morbus. It was the
general opinion on Monday, says the
Union American, to at the disease was
abating, and that Tuesday’s list of inter
ments would be smi.ll in comparison to
those of the three previous days.
Our informant further stated that the
number given iu tbe Union #nd Ameri
can does not include the paupers, but
only those who were interred in-the cem
etery.
The gentleman referred io informs us
that the stampede irom the city was in
creasing, and that the railroad trains
going in every direction were crowded
with people fleeing from Nashville, the
negroes as well as the whites.
Our informant also stated to ns that
the physicians pronounced the disease a
sort of malarial fever, that will perhaps
sweep the country as did the epizootic
the p ist winter.
fl® 1 * The New York Tribune says that
“ most smokers like meerschaum pipes
so well that they would also like to have
them a little cheaper.” Next to bread
and meat, we don’t see where a man’s ex
penses could be more agreeably lessened
than in the reduction of the price of his
smoking and—beer.
The Baptist General Association
of Virginia is m session in Richmond.
The memorial iuDd has reached $220,-
000, of which $200,000 have been con
tributed in Virginia, $80,000 Las yet to
be raised. $1,000 was subscribed on the
spot.
THU Git AFFIX STAR.
This paper has olianted hands—Mr.
F. S. Fitch having transferred his half
interest iu tho property to Mr. Eugene
F. Speer—and ’t wiu hereat er ee con
ducted by Mr. J. D. Alexander aim Mr.
Speer, who is said to be “every way com
petent to fill the position of editor and
publisher.”
With all Mr. Fitch’s editorial idiosyn
craciee, he is a live newspaper man, and
always made the Star interesting. Until
it attempted to advooate what was to bet
but didn’t be, ‘‘A Young Man’s Party,”
and from that sprung into the “new de
parture” humbug, the Star's politics were
pretty good.
We regret, however, to lose our friend
from the editorial fraternity, for he gave
to the press much of its fun and merri
ment. Peace be to Fitch’s quietude.
Jfe^A few days ago there Were “rumors
oi war” with Mexico. It was certainly
very unmanly in the Mexicans to “ban
ter us for a fight” as long as we had oar
hanos fml with Oapt Jack, Shacknasty
Jim, and the h»lf dofcen other Modoc
savages of the lava beds.
g®* The Bombay Gazette says that tor
many years past no season has opened so
favorably as the present one for planting
interests in the south ol India, and oof-
fee planters are in high hopes ol making
fortunes this years.
IT* Senator T. M. Norwood has our
thanks lor quite a number of “Pub.
Docs.”—all of whioh we Bhall take pleas
ure in preserving with jealous care, by
placing them in The Sun library for fu
ture reference.
We have reoeived an invitation to
attend the first nommanmn^mt session
of the North Georgia Agricultural Ool-
D * hlone «a, beginning on Sunday
JalT ' 0ar thanks an hereby
tendered, witn the desire to attend,if pos
t&Tf report be tine, St Patrick lived
before his day. It « stated that the
Wisconsin railway trains are seriously
impeded by thousands of snakes, which
crawl from their retreats in the swamps
and he in the sun ncross the warm nils.
has addressed a letter to “the
fellow, not in a hurry to so
horns, hss ad*- - ,
Devil,” which
lies in the poetofioe >*
LaFayette, Indiana, for the want of the
proper stamps to send it forward.
g®^The Chattanooga Times says: “We
do not intend to loose our patience.” If
it is rather tight, we would suggest that
it be loosened; and then, perhaps, the
editor might not lose what should be bis
greatest virtue in his profession.
. The trial of Thomas G. Junes, for tbe
murder of Hilliard Fleming, occupied
tne whole day jesterday. A lurge num
ber of witutsses were exanfined, tbe
greater part of whom were for the de
fense. The State’s witnesses proved tbe
circumstances attending the commission
of tne deed, the pnucipal witness be-
irg Boyd Fleming, brother of the de
ceased.
He stated that on the 2i day of June,
his biother came home and called him
out, as he eatd. “to get satisfaction ot
some parties.” He got up and came out.
As they passed down Peters’ street his
brother pulled a pale off of a fence.
When they got uearCastleberry ’shill they
found JoDesand O’Shields. He spoke
to them. His brother bad t.een drink
ing, and he struck Jones with the pale,
the policemen both ran across tbe street
tiring at him and his brother. Thinks
O’Shieids fired the first shot. They both
fired. The fonrth shot struck Hilliard.
Mr. Cook, also a witness for the State,
swore he saw Hilliard Fh-ming on the
night of the killing a little before 11
o’clock. H-. was intoxicated. When he
saw him he was abusing the policemen
and threa'ening “to kick” one of them.
Tne policemen were trying to get him to
go home. Witness thought that the
boisterous talking was in fun. He got
Fleming to go towar s bis h me with
him. This was the last seen of him. He
he ard him coming back later, whooping
very loud.
O’Shielns introduced for the defense
testified, that when Fleming struck
Jones he and Jones ran off across the
street. Fleming iollo we.l J ones and shot
at Jones first. Jones returned the fire,
the second shot taking effect. A good
many testified as to the character of
Fleming, and represent him to be a des
perate fellow.
All of the testimony was concluded at
6 o’clock, when the Court adjourned for
an hour and a half. The arguments were
commenced at night at the re-assembling
of the Coart and were continued till u
late hour.
T. P. Westmoreland and Col. S. B
Soencer, of the defense, made their ar
gument m the case before adjournment.
Gen. Gartrell and the Solicitor General
will conclude this morning.
The court met at 81 o’clock yesterday,
Judge Hopkins presiding.
The morning session was occupied iu
hearing the arguments of General Gar
trell in Dehalf of Thomas Jones, police
man, accused of the murder of Hilliard
Fleming, and Oapt. J. T. Glenn for the
State. The oounsel concluded a little
after 12 o’clock, and Judge Hopkins
delivered bis charge to the jury, submit
ting the case to them at five minutes be
fore one o’olock, when the court took a
recess till two o’clock. Immediately
upon ihe convening of the court the
jury brought in a verdict of not guilty,
and the prisoner was discharged.
The Lecture at the Representlve Hall
A fair audience, though not large, was
present to hear the lecture of Bishop
Haven, of the Northern Methodist
Gnurch. at the Representative Hall last
night. We noticed a considerable sprink
ling ot the African element haviEg seats
on the floor. The lecture was a plain
description of the past, present and fu
ture of Mexico. The lecturer dwelt con
siderably on the oppression of the Cath
olic Church for three nnndred years past.
He now sees some light dawning upon
the country from the introduction of
Protestant Missionaries and Bibles, and
the lulure will be marked, he thinks,
with a general diffusion of American
ideas on religion aud politics.
Shall we have a Fair at Oglethorpe
Park this Fall.—This question was dis
cussed upon the streets yesterday by a
number of our 1 ‘adiug citizens and mer
chants. It is requested by a number of
tne Stockholders and Directors -n the
Atlanta Agricultural and Industrial Asso
ciation that a> full meeting of the mem
tiers of that Association, aud also a full
representation from the Atlanta Pomolo-
gical Society, and from the Manufac
turers’ Association, meet at the reading
room of the Kimball House on Thursday
evening at 8 o’clock, to discuss the prac
ticability of holding a District Fair.
CONDENSED NEWS.
VOL IV-.i
Owrjl* Item*.
A soldiers’ monument is to be de
signed and erected in Rome at once.
The new Masonic Temple is
proaching completion in Macon.
Ripe peaches have put in an ap
pearance in Macon.
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NROSI UOHAI^ "
LaGmk*,, j one }
net
op-
Messi®. Editors: Our v
Court has been in session f or
three weeks, much to the
the planters. Jud
th ’? r disgust
court. One*of tho most
J s. Judge Bnehanafi 1
creases in popularity with ..H
ynportad
M., Manha_ A, Wilde,, o,
She was i
syth, died on Friday last,
sixty years old.
Robt. Eppinger, Esq., Ordinary of
Pike county, died on Sunday last of
typhoid fever.
The first cotton bloora of the sea
son has been placed on the table of
the Thomasville Times.
The Thomasville Times
This
case
out. j
N. J.lt, " ,:l
gomerv Railroad,
guedbythe Horn _
for the road, and Col.G^Y? 0 * 4
ami B. U. Hill forth- plain,
mrv returned a verdict for ten I
sand dollars against the road v'
Hammond made one of the ti-. ,
gaments it has ever been the«o3f
tune of your correspondent ° --
ie limea is ner-1 wrresponuent to list,.
vousty excited in regard to the re-j Lester followed, and ic^;.
viral of a military company. j *- >e keve) his first appearance befV •
Edwin A. Belcher, the new Post-, ° n ^ n f rt ; rn:u1 ?.;. 1 ' : \ ne impression. 1
master at Macon, took charge of the ^continued f
office on Monday morning. , ^ l U wh,ch «"»e t i
, J . , Judge hopes to leave our - t
The heavy ram of Sunday after- condition that hereafter k t " u '
noon washed sway a large portion ot
a bridge on the Alacon and Augusta
two Week
may suffice m which-to do the u
of the- session. * or
l’or tiie past three weeks itK
rained almost every day. born
looking splendidly, aa are the n-
road.
The Eagle and P’nenix factory, at
Coinmbii8, has suspended work for a
few days, lor the purpose of putting I dens. Cotton does not seem as u
in rsew water wheels. Using as the planters would liVh-
The funds o$ the Building and j " ^ S'' ass ^’ as advance,
Loaa Association, of Griffin, were '' 1 , ee P t . 10m on t* 19 double-quick
sold at Irom 08 to 61)4 per centra I C ?T n ‘ ^
last Saturday night. t , e “ eu r i °* LaGrange ig ;ii
n i a r wvi v ii q „ J Pretty good. We have had
Capt. A. J. White, of the S. G. & j several eases of “cholen
N. A.R. R. is spending most of his but in qiuti a mild font
time at the Company’s office, in " r 1
Griffis^
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W. S. Willingham, of Merriwether
county, informs the Greenville Vin
dicator th*t iie found squares on his
cotton on the 27th of Maw.
Died in Greenville, on the evening
the 2d of June, Mrs. Dora Freeman,
wife of A. H. Freeman, Esq., and
only surviving daughter of Judge
Freeman McClendon.
The Macon Telegraph flourishes a
stalk of cotton from the plantation
of Mr. W. W. Thompson, of Lee
county, which is thirty inches high
and bears thirty-six iorms.
We heivrof grand preparation a
the ooming commencement ol th'
Southern Female College. President 1
Cox will leave nothing undone to I
make it as- pleasant as it has ever been 1
on former occasions. I am informed I
that the number of young lady™.!
pils is larger than any previous vear
since tne war. We shall look for a
full representation of the Pr. ss of 1
your city—feeling satisfied that by
the Press of our own State must out
institutions be built up. If Georgia
possesses a mau whose wnolenatur;
is iu the cause of female education,
that man is L F. Cox, President of
the Southern Female College.
be
ayi
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Mr. Charley Abernathy, of Moil- I [From our Traveling CorrespouJent.
IQr A poor girl at Evansville, Indiana,
has fallen heir to a New Orleans aunt’s
960,000. With snob a sum as that, she
will find no difficulty in marrying above
her station.
IW Mr. Alexander Stephen, a Glas
gow ship builder, has reoeived from the
Emperor of Brazil the derivation of
Knight of the Order of the Bose.
Nsal Hurra, who ,.lelt this ouy about
twelve years ego, is located at Topeka,
Kansas Territory. This may be satiBfao-
tory news to his mother, who, we learn,
Uvea in this eity.
Southern Female College.
Attention is directed to the advertise
ment of the commencement exercises of
this old, popular institution. Those who
have attended the commencements of
this Coilege will fully appreciate the
statement we now make, that the ap
proaching season will be one of the most
interesting in the State. Besides the
the junior exercises and the graduation
of a fine class of yotmg ladies, the other
entertainments will be on the most mag
nificent scale.
Miss Carrie Stokeley and Miss Sallie
Cox, daughter of the President, will pre
sent a very beautiful operetta, entitled
“ The Fairy Grotto,” on Monday night,
the 23d. On Tuesday night, the grand
concert oi Professor Schirmacher aud
his advanced pupils will take place,
which, we are informed, will be the most
elegant and magnificent he has ever got
ten up in LaGrunge. Knowing him as
we do, and the resources he has at com
mand in the way of musical talent, we
mean and know wbat we say, when we
assert that he aud his pupils cannot be
excelled iu the South in the arrange
mens aud ex c cation of a programme
made np from the tin. st selections from
tne old masters of mnsic.
Tbe sermon and addresses, the one by
the Rev. Dr. Dixon, of Augusta, and the
other by Mr. H. G. McCall, of Union
Springs, Alabama, and Mr. A. A Miller,
of Montgomery, will, beyond d iubt, pre
sent a succession of intellectual treats
seldom enjoyed anywhere.
Visitors to tbe commencement will be
passed over tbe Atlanta and West Point
Railroad for one fare.
roe county, exhibits a stalk of cotton
two feet and one inch high, with
twenty squares. Mr. A. has a field ot i
the same height.
Mr. Juhn Schrenk ( s or John SiirinK,
as we got it from the Advertiser,)
steps forward to say that he has not
yet suicided. The report was a prac
tical joke that John uon’t appreciate.
The editor of the Rome Commer
cial has seen a fine specimen of clover,
four feet long, from a large field
owned ty Gen. Geo. Black, ot Floyd
county.
The anniversary of Steam Fire
Company No. I, of Griffin, was ap
propriately celebrated last Friday by
a parade or the full Department in
the morning, aud ending in a grand
ball iu the evening.
Solomon’s Lodge No. 1, Zerruba-
ble Lodge No. 15,. Clinton Lodge No.
54, and Ancient Landmark Lodge
No. 231, Free and Accepted Masons
of Savannah, will celebrate St. John’s
Day, the 24th instant, by an excur
sion and picnic.
In Savannah, on Sunday morning,
Mr. C. Black, clerk in the Central
Railroad office, was found dead in his
bed in the boarding house of Mrs.
Constane, on South Broad street, near
Barnard. Mr. Black was a native of
Charleston, S. C., and was about
thirty years of age. Verdict of the
inquest: “Death from Providential
causes.”
Mr. Morris Marks, a native of Gus-
lin, Prussia, and a merchant citizen
of Rome since 1842, died in that city
on Saturday evening last from the
effects of being burned on the pre
vious night, while laboring under an
attack of vertigo. Going out of his
room about 10 o’clock, Friday night,
into the hall with a lighted candle,
he was attacked, when he placed the
caudle on a table, and leaned, resting
on his right elbow against the table
for support. Coming into contact
with the lighted candle, his clothing
took tire with the results as suited.
pkoji wiHiEm,
A Uay in Cob" County—Fine Cr<i|>aanii
Progressive Pitrinria—“I.'vinx
in Clover.'’
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Regular Meeting of Chamber of Com
ma ere* .
Atlanta. Ga., June 9, 1873.
At ft meeting of the merohants for the
purpose of perfecting arrangements to
ward holding a daily exchange, Capt. W.
J. Garrett was called to the chair, when,
on motion of Major B. F. Crane, it was
Resolved, That a committee of three be
appointed by tbe ohair, whose duty it
■halt be to furnish to the city papers
daily market reports.
The chair appointed Major Crane, Mr.
Donn, and EL fc. Edwards.
On motion, the Secretary was in
atrooted to furnish a register and black
board for the use of the Chamber.
J. F. Edwards, Secretary.
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The Cholera and Sulphur.—A phy
sician called in to see os yesterday morn
ing to give ns a few ideas in regard tc
sulphur as a preventative against and a
remedy for cholera. He says that it is
neither. He also stated that some years
ago a physician, in one of the Northern
cities, pnblisbed that sulphur was a spe
cific for obolera, and actually cored sev
eral cat.es with tbe remedy he represented
as sulphur, which created a great sensa
tion. Numbers tried sulphur for the dis
ease without avail, and others called in
physicians requiring the treatment to be
sulphur, from which they died. Tbe
physicians who tried it failed in every in
stance. Finally, the remedy of the sul
phur doctor was tested, and found to
contain a quantity of morphine mixed
with sulphur.
The same gentleman also stated to us
that the back yards of stores and private
premises iu tne city, are in tbe worst
possible condition.
Owing to a little difference ot opin
ion between the proprietor oi the
News and the Typographical Union
o’ Savannah, in regard to the inter
nal management of the affairs of the
office, that paper appeared on Mon
day with a great deal less than its
usual amount of reading matter.
This circumstance forces Harris, the
high-toned assistant editor, to repair
to the composing room to gouge out
of the “ case” his sparkling wit,
which he has heretofore prepared on
gilt-edged paper and with purple ink.
As the proprietor, the chief editor,
and the assistant editor, are all typos,
we suppose the News will not be sus
pended.
Marietta, June ", 1871 l<
Editors Sun:—One of the most
pleasant things to note in Cobb |
County is the apparent prosperity of
the agriculturists, which is indicated
by the appearance of thrift about ev
ery thiug appertaining to the farm
generally. The fences are in good or
der, the farm buildings are substan
tial, and the stock in good keeping;!
wheat is thin but looking well; corn)
crops are really promising. 0:
course, it is too early to say anything
about cotton, though 1 fear some are
over cropped with that; for it is worse
than folly to plant more cotton than
can be properly cultivated. It is a
jealous plant and will not bear ne
glect. The oat crop, if seasons ate
favorable, will be large.
We were particularly phased to
note the growing interest manifested
in the cultivation of clover aud the
grasses. We saw upon the excellent
tarm of Gen. PLillius, about do acres
in clover that would be considered
fine in Kentucky. It was just ready
to cut, and will yield not less than
two tons per acre. J ust th ink ol that,
you cotton men; $80 per acre for
bay, and the whole cost of produc
tion, including the preparation of the
land, cost of seed, sowing and har
vesting, will not exceed, at a very lib
eral estimate, $10 per acre!
Gen. Phillips has growing in one
field upon the same kind of soil, oats,
wheat, corn, cotton, clover aud herds
grass, thus practically illustrating
the great adaptability of the s*dlof
Cobh county to diversified crops.
It has been rather a mooted ques
tion among grass men, whethc clover
should lie arr.i'Ved in, brushed in, > t ^
simply sown upon t p ot ihe soil,io
order io stun re a stand ; ami our at-
tention was especially directed by .
Gen. P. to ms stand of young c over BJ
sown with oats, and we found upon
examination tha- ttie stand was a.-1
mosi perfect;the seed was sown ordi-PW
uarily thick aud thoroughly liar- Hr
rowed in. The ground was thus le. M
level and in fine condition for th de
mower, and a tine stand of clover st- jfoi
cured. . M
In a somewhat extended trip
through the interior of this county yj,
we noticed that almost all the open g^f
lands are in cultivation in something!
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JHiscellaneoa* Items.
Three million dollars of the new
loan bonds have just been forwarded
to New York to supply the home de
mand.
The various Departments of the
Government are receiving their res
pective official postage stamps direct
from the manufacturers.
The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue lacks only about three and a
half millions of do.lars to maxe up
his estimate of the year’s receipts.
An examination comes off this
week in the Patent Office for the pur
pose of filling positions of the first,
second, and third assistant examiners
in that office.
and many prime orchards have best
reclaimed
and now give promise ot 3
bountiful harvest. .
Among the farms that we saw j 0
high state of cultivation, those of_of r - j> t
J.Y. Alexander, Dr. Butts and Gen-
Pnillips are deserving of special men- er;
tion. , - xJ
The County Agricultural Club n
in a prosperous condition, as are
two smaller subordinate clubs; one s
at Acworth and one at Roswell. They
are all well conducted and have maue
their mark, as is evidenced on the
generality of Cobb county farms-
indeed 1 doubt not, Cobb count/
owes her supremacy in agriculture
to-day to those useful and progresa‘ v -
men, who, in their march of impro"-.-
ment, have founded and fostered " “ .
paternal care her “Farmer’s Clubi
Success to you, sturdy yeomen <-
Cobb, say we; press forward m jov
high calling, and other count y
which are now behiud in tne rac •
will have a difficult task to overtax
you or wrest from you vour banner •
supremacy. Nro Kw ill-