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CEDARTOWN RECORD:
W. S. D. WIELE dc 00 M Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 187G.
VOL. II. NO. 61.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Mies Julia Mathews, ol the English
opnr* bouflc troupe, died at Mullnnphy
hospital, St. Loais, on the F.Ult,of rheum-
atiinm nnd malarial fever. Miss Mathews
was taken nick nt Chicago in March, hut
continued uiuthe Mage, nnd after leaving
there sang at New Or lean*, Nashville
and Meiuphia.
A liRKAiRti nundter of visitor* at
tended (he exhibition at Philadelphia on
the opening day than attended any pre
vious world's (air on any one day. The
at'^n«l.mce at Philadelphia Wednesday
’*** at least two hundred ami filly
thousand, of which seventy-six thousand
•two hundred and seventeen paid the
price of admission. The following (aide
given the greatest number of \initom
attending previous exhibitioas on any
one day :
'l iik Huntsville (Ala.) Advocate
that instead of corn being ship|»ed into
that country as haa been the rare ever
since the war, it is now being shipped
from it. West Tennessee makes a sim
ilar rojiort. And little corn is now
brought into North Misaissippi and Ar
kansas. Cotton is low, hut the farmers
are no longer wholly rvlylug on the
northwest for "hog ami hominy.” They
are ls*gi'jni MR to produce the ueccMuiriea
of life, mid to realize that no community
una’jlo to feed itself can lie |*ermanefitly
prosperous. l<el im have more corn and
wheat ami fewer trust deeds; more hom
iny and less interest money for summer
advances; more hog* ami cattle
grasses,and fewer debts; more production
of the necessities of life and less cotton ;
inure fanning nnd less planting. It id
longer pays to " plant,” hut good farm
lug will |»y in every civil district in the
southwest. That's the sort of |Mditics.
Meinphi* Avalanche.
Tin: story conics from Franco of a In
ror similar to that portrayed by Du ke
—the death of a man from H|ion(anco
combustion. The theatre of I ho tragedy
was one of the suburl* of Paris, Fonte-
nay-du-Hois. The victim had been for
years a confirmed drunkard, consuming
i an average ngimrt and n half o( y hrau-
LATEST NEWS.
NOt'TIt ASU WIXT.
Osyka, Miss., is going to build a cotton
factory, and *» is Port Gibs
The corn crop of Arkansas last
nhout eighty million bushels, while tho
wheat produced amounted to sixteen mil-
n bushels.
The Alabama supreme court has de
cided that the Act of March 7, 187(1, provid
ing for impeaching certain officers, is uncon
stitutional.
The New Orleans Picayune says there
•rv twenty-nine negroes killed in Wilkin-
u county, Miss., during tho recent distur-
The first sack of Texas (lour, ship|>ed
inn Pallas to Galveston, sold at auction for
05. It was purchased by the llrazil codec
importers. They will send it to Pom Pedro,
F.mperorof llraril.
A grand jury at Atlanta (la., found a
true hill niralnst 'ho lute state treasurer
Jones, for illegally withholding money from
the state to the amount of $110,271. Jones
was arrested mid required to give bond for
$10,000.
Columbus, Gil, Ima shown more aule-
stnntinl progress Ilian any city ill (lie smith.
While Atlanta, Macon, Augusta, Savannah
and other wealthy cities are talking nhout
building one cotton factory, t’olninhus has
erected six, and now hns another III progress.
At (inhesion, on the 23rd, a lire dc
nt roved the Soiithwick building (a ihrcrstorjr
brick', corner of Strand and Twenty-fourth
streets,and two wooden buildings adjoining.
The loss is estimated lit one hundred limn-
sand dollars; partially covered by Instir*
sand men to the island; and the insurgents
hold a larger extent of territory than ever.
Three cotton mills at Preston cum-
need running on short time, nnd it is ru
mored that others will follow. Tho cause is
the continued dritiu and irrrguhuity in
s, anil the depression nnd uncertainty
of (lie market. It is slated that prices are
lower than for thirty years, with two hritf
-options, and the prospects are diseourag-
. Mills in some parts of l^uieashlre will
he closed during the entire Wliltcsuutidc.
The Piedmont factory, on the Saluda
river in South Carolina, has just brvn com
pleted, nnd is now in smooth running order,
making cloth equal in texture to tin# Gran
itcville factory. Olio hundred hands are
employed, and the annual eoneuniptiou of
(lie raw material will lie about four llimisinid
hales of cotton.
The house that Mississippi built on the
centennial grounds is composed ol every
variety of wood (list grows in that brave old
stale—fifty-six in number. Forty-two kinds
will he used in the finish on tho inside. Mr.
G. Ilergtund left Met.’omh City on the 8th
iiintaiit to superintend tin- erection of Ihu
lieadqiinrter building for tliu centennial
hoard of the slate of Mississippi
A large meetitig of citizens Interested
in rice and sugar planting in Louisians, w
held nt the chamber of commerce, in Nt
Orleans, Inst week, in opposition to (lie Ha
waiian treaty. Hon. Win. M. Harwell, Lieu-
niwi:i.uxrot's.
The |K>stollleo appropriation hill, which
pissed the house a few days since, contains
provision that Ulirdelass mail matter not
receding four pounds in weight, shall ho
charged at the rate of one cent for two miners
instead of two cents, ns at present. This
lausc includes newspapers in its provision,
The President hns sent to the senate
the following nominations: Edward Pierre-
pout, of New York, minister to l-'itglnml
Alfoiuo Taft, of Ohio, (now secretary of
attorney general; J. Donald Cameron,
of Pennsylvania, secretary of war; John
Pratt, secretary of the territory of Now
Mexico; It. F. Chambers, register of the land
office at Niohraia, Minnesota, and George
M. Miller, postmaster at Appleton, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Myra Clark (inines is nhmit to
reopen her suits to recover tho ow nership of
the New Orleans property for which she hnH
been fighting fifty years. When in Wash
ington, recently, she was olt'ercd $260,000
cash and one-fifth of Iho property in dispute,
if sin- would assign her interest to some New
York sneeitlHlori. The vonoriilde lady will
not lie caught hy sueh elmlVan Vlial, as she
proposes to nave tlio whole properly or none
CONGRESSIONAL
In the senate on tho 20th, senator
Morton, from the committee on privileges
and elections, submitted a report in the
of sriiator Bpenedr, which wan ordered
printed. Mr. Mitchell called up senate hill
for Hie relief of U. H. Tyler at d K. II. I
ell, with a veto nienHSgo of the president.
The hill niillioritcs the secretary of the Irens-
pay the peraons named $I*H, wrong
fully eollcutcd In the second district of Ken
tucky, ns tax for keeping bonded warehouse.
Passed, notwithstanding the objections of
the president. Yens,-to; nays, nom
senate then went into secret session
question of jurisdiction oil the imprnrlmieiit
matter, aud Mr. Iloiitwcll spoke in npii '
lion. Without reaching a decision, the ih
opened, and the senate adjourned.
In the senate,on tho 22d, the clutir
laid la-fore the senate a communication from
Do; sect clary of yap, including a emniuaulen-
frmn the eliiel of tho engineer corps
tliat'tlm appropriation fnt the
the western Vlvers he in-
Hint offered I
the uumherof i
Mr. I bile, it men
-oinmittoe, opp«
cent, additional
to tinvid officers
(lore. Mr. Da ill
naval committee
nmendioetiL AI
was taken; first,
lowing longevity
diseon'tinuiinee c
at length, but, v
aud (lie
In the lumw
went Into comnii
val npproprinlioi
(lie diseontiuuni
Mr. Piper offi-rc
navy yards til Hr
Charlestown, Pei
Island lor geucri
station. Mr. Ha
nuiend|iieiit as
aiiiendmeul ode
taldislimeiit in
000, nnd the sen
directed to orgn
-ouunlssiiitieil o
practicable, win
me folly mid d
opinion, any of
penned with am
Ilia best milliner
same; anil furtl
priely of establishing a naval rendezvous at
Tybeo Maud or
state of Georgia
ment properly i
avalliinle and Is
nnd said hoard s
meiieemetit b| (Vie next Mission the result of
their inquiry, nil
with npproprlNti
said hoard. Mr,
Mr. Hnudnirs su
station to he esli
t'oekspur Island
coast of Goorgia
Mr. Hnitdiill
Tin-1
rose. Mr. lilac
niithorillng tlm I
mitten to net by
Mr. Woodhtiruf
eonimitlee to fill
wlthdrnwnl of M
Tho house <
consider Urn Lmilshiuti QoltlcidCil eltso of
Hpelteer vs. Moroy, tlin report of the major-
tty of (he eoiiimillc-o being that Win. U.
Spencer, eonlcstnnl, is entitled to tlm seal,
nnd Hint F. Morey, the'fitting member, is
not, nnd Ilia itiiimrily taking mi opposite
view. Without Hiking 'nettop i)h l'» Inn Unit-,
ter went overfwP the present. Mr, Wilson,
of Iowa, nlfcrcil a ri-Holullou directing llm
eouiniillee mi eommvree to Inquire into the
alleged emiihinntlon of the leading milroiuls
CKNTMNN1A1. (OH It KS I’ONDKN(T).
• Iteiilons Xltri'l-
IliHtiiM-iooir^A'iiya
ll.AOItl.lMttA, May 2H, 1870.—Spenklng
of the practical remiiida mo of the
hoonieinug. For more tlmn twenty years
have l searched for this extraordinary weap
on. In my dlfiVrent trips to Ihe old world,
I sought it,' hut, not henring of it, nor seeing
it, concluded it was a myth, and was used as
an illustration by politicians. Such an one
was using a hooup-rimg- as we would snv.
" hoisting one on Ids own petard.” It is said
of this formidable weapon, that when hurled
at an object by a uativo it moves along just
above the ground with grout rapidity, amt
after rcnehmg il» objective point, leaps as it
were into mill air, and tints poised (or tlm
moment takes a retrogressive movement in
an air line for tin- point from which it was
east, thus making it as dangerous to the
thrower if inexperienced, as a heavily
charged blunderbuss. It lias been itsgront a
puzzle to the Mivniis and scientists tut the
-aleiihiting machine of Hunhngc. F
these curious siieeimetis of savage genius art
to la- seen in tlm department of Australia,
liii.it saddles, wools, tweeds anil shawls,
none of which will compare willi Iho Ameri
can section, nml coal seems twelve feet (hick,
shown as specimens from Hunter river
district northern coal fields Ilf New South
Wales. There are sixty-six collieries. They
also exhibit preserved ’ meats, candies, ids-
cults, condiments, ores of antimony and olli-
minerals,
V A ItlllH I'ltOM TIIIC COMMINHIOKKItH.
The lion. Dniflel J. Morrell thinks the ilea-
llnv of tho exhibition iN to open on Hundny.
how or when <s one of the Inscrutabilities.
Gen. Hawley laid nn ovation ntn meeting of
the bildc sosiety, they rising nml remaining
standing while tlm Introduction wan going
on. Tlm ex-governor is sound nil llm Mon
day question, lienee, Ihe euthusiiisin of tlm
loly. lion. .1. T. Hai-imril Is einplinlie in
Ids arguments for the pro. of tlm matter,and
says tlm doors should la- thrown open on
Sunday in spile of thosn who favor tlm
in which lie Is hacked by Ihe emphatic Don-
itldsoii.wlio is a live, progressive commission
er from Idaho. Goldsmith, of Vermont, hiij-h
Ihe iimjnrity of the eouiiuissioners are in In-
of Mitndav openings. Tlm entlitlsiiislie.
eoiuuiissiiuier (rotu Maine is stirring the pool
of temperance, and stands aghast nt tho dis
sipation of llm limes, and ' '■ “““
... ( ill elicit .
tin rant tlm spirit of Hatiqtio. The buys will
have swl lagt'r, it ltd Its useless In ile-ttyc
Ilium. Mcl’ormlek, of Arizona, is in favorof
passing two persmiN for a dollar, rather Ilian
the cramping rule id forcing each visitor to
present t'oil aet-tion fifty cents. , Professor,
of Tennesseo, wants a committee appointed
to consider tlm propriety of reducing Ilmen-
puss, transit,
side, (lie prismatic mini-
nit nnd other instrimientH
id hy that intrepid uuvigntor near tlm
frigid wilds of Western Greenland; draw
ings and piilnlhigs of Arctic scenery nnd an
imal life, executed hy himself. nml tlm ling
of llm Advance, Ihu ship In which Im made
liHncuutttl Vi»yii||M) Urn three other sides of
Iho case contain rcllcxof 1'ic cxpcdllluiilt Df
J la. cm, Hall and 1 trail foul; llm llag that
Wilkes look on Ills Anlarcllo expedition in
Iho ship I’eimm-k, the same llag being (liken
hy Kane, Hayes and Hall.also, on llmlr Are-
tic voyagest relics of Mir Jolm l-’rimklin's
expedillon, Including portioliK of his VcsNIil
secured by captain Hull in his second expe
dition nil’ll brought buck hy him (hull, to-
ilh relics of Parry's voyage; tho
* |ils I'olaris c-xpcili-
feellv sound nnd dates hack 1(112. also from
tlm Island blank mangrove, rubber, olive,
fiddle and other woods. Arrow root is ii
long, yellow-looking root like the horse rad
ish. Tlm centennial stamped envelope Is
good anywhere In Iho United Slates. A sil
ver brick lias arrived from Nevada one hun
dred mid seventeen pounds in weight, value
in gold $1.82.1.116. Ms something to he a
brick." 'I'lte reduction of the admission
fee. is in debate. As Horace Greeley would
have said, "If you arc going In reduce, why
don’t you reduce?” The receipts on Mon
day, loth. $10,siM. Tho middle stales pen-
farming nnd can't come; It la too
cnrlv for Ihe west nod south, Walt until July
and then see the jam. Grand competition
between tlm chief military hands of America
in tin- centennial grounds July 6th. Details
will soon he arranged nod published. The
Hnrtlmhlu fountain will he finished in two
weeks. It takes a general manager, one
captain and aid, chief clerk, a chief Inspector,
twelve Inspectors, 102 gate keepers, two spe
cial gate keepers, one chief nml sixteen wag
on gntc keepers t* pass tlm iiuinhcn in. An
Iron hank vault is on exhibition, price $26,-
000; ten hy sixteen feet, fourteen feet high,
weighs thirty-five tons, four doors nnd twen
ty hulls to each, lining steel, plale two nml a
half inches, two feel of filing, llro proof. The
sntno makers tint one up in Hnltimoro Iwott-
tv-live hy thirty-five, weight two hundred
tons. Farr el A Co., show a magnificent cir
cular safe. A beautiful display of orna
ments arc exhibited from Florida. The
American blblc society, Unsolved, " We en
dorse llm action of tlm centennial < •minis-
sioaers in refusing to open tho exhibit mu on
Mmitsy.” Tho valuable collection of tree*
and shrubs scat lo the centennial hy Veiloli
A Sons, ol London, have been presented to
Ihe Fairmount park commissioners. First
the Fnirmoimt nark commissioners,
special display oi agriculture 17th Inst
The lowering weather is interfering with
the hope of visitors wlm anticipate pleasant
walks in sylvan shades in Ihe hcnutilul spots
of tho grounds. Tliero is (tin much mud,
ami of a mucilaginous character. If you
confine yourself lo the buildings it Is even
more eomfnrlnhle than pleasant weather, ns
you arc not crowded. Hnrthnhll ami Koch-
umbcnii have arrived, Ihu funner a famous
French architect, the toiler Iho descendant
of a slock whoso sympathies were with tho
colonies lit their struggle for Independence.
In spite of the report* to the contrary. If you
can dome to tlm exhibition you will find no
difficulty In securing oomlortnblo quarters
and at low rates. If you wish rooms en-suite
first lloor, and call for pate do foln gras.
on iirnt uoor, ami enu lor pan- mi* gm*.
with CImmbortIn and La title, you will find
tlm Idll as large as if in Paris at tlm Mille
Union, or Vie Vefotir or Trolsfreres. Tlm
Inlier is brum-hod here. Como along and
take jtiitr oorresnomleiit’s word for It, you
regret It. Haueipta Tuesday lfith
hist,, $7.(164. Tho New York press associa
tion will visit the centennial latter part of
August. Tho Massachusetts 1st of June.
JoHKI-ll IlAIUIIKItK.
1IKN.IAMIN It. IIII.li.
Ills Tien* nil 11 Mi StlliiNllon -jyhsl the
Noiiili Ash* ..im l>«MiNtiiU-W«r4s
o ^VUilom niMl l'n(rlull*in.
A few tliiya since a corrcn|K>mlont of
tlm Ilaltiinoro Gazette interviewed tfils
distinguished CWbrglnn, who wild : “ I
do not know ir It is proper lor mo to ex
press any views uikiii tho subJoet of the
ensuing prealdontlfd election. The peo
ple ol tho aoutli recognize the aeiisltive-
iichh of the public mind of tho north In
regard to the active interference of the
noiillt In iMillticn. Wlillo this is but
nnlurnl, It In doing the south nn Injun-
tlce, as she la on nil equality with the
other Motions of the country, nnd hua
the sntno duty to pci “
FACTS ANI) FANCIKS
As Jkhhi; I’OMEIIOY, the boy fiend, haa
not nnirdcrcd any one alut-e being con-
lltied in jail, the lloaton clergy tiro of the
opinion that he lueuna to relorm.
It aeeina good H» have the Prince of
Walea hack home again. Tlda shooting
llgera, even If tho alnaiter ia up in u tree
a mile and a half from tlw tiger, ia pro-
earioua husinesH for a prince. There’s
danger of lulling *11’ the limb.
Ski.au occurs seventy-four'limes in
tho 1’wilier, and lliriee in llnhuktik.
Nolauly knows what it ineana. Many
think it comes from tel, to elevate, aud
so is a direction to raise (lie voice in
singing-others think it Ih a simple nut a.
Irnc,— Chrittian Advot'alc.
Mu. Moody, in his laatsormon in the
llip|M>drunic, said: “ Christians should
live in the world, hut not bo filled with
it. A ship lives in the water, but, if tho
water gets into the ship, she uoea to the
bottom. Ki Christians may live in the
world, Imt. if the worltl gets into them,
tlwy aink.”
MY ntlKNIl.
Tlm frit-mi who Imhls a mirror In my face,
And hiding tmtiu Ih nut afraid lo trace
Mv faults, i
Hinnlh-Nt hlcinishi-H, within;
W'lm friendly warns, reprovesnm if I sin—
Although it senus not so, Im is my friend.
Hut he who, ever Ihtllcring gives mu praise,
Who ne'er rebukes, nor (-ensure, nor delays
To oolite with eagerness and grasp my hand,
Aud pardon me, ere pardon I uoionml—
enemy, although hu
Hu Is
friend.
Tilt; lad lea of the civilized world are
delighted at Tyndall's marriage. They
feel that no thoroughly great scientific
mind has ever yet grappled with the
problem ol Iho extinguishment of Ircck-
ich. and (hey feel, now that Ihe leviathan
Ih ltarnessed, he will soon be placed at
the right kind of work.
(loon habit in reference lo sobriety
will save you from iiiiitinierahle sins and
temptations. In the one sin of drunk
enness, almost every other sin is included.
It may with great truth he said that the
field ol iniquity has many paths, aud
inlonipernnoo is tho gate lo them all.
Ho that Viy good early liahlls in litis one
ease, yoit will he saved from a thousand
snares.
Delicately nut—Scumble: " You’ll
get your rent, Mrs. Flaherty, if you’ll
wait a little. I’m nntgoing to run away?
Hcsidcs, there’s my clothes—” M is. F.—
" Your clothes, intitule 1 A nmighty lot
on ’em you've got, sure. Why, whin
yor hat’s on, yet wardrobe's Imply I”
Husk in observes as a rule women have
no eye for color. This explains why a
woman is obliged to spend three quarters
of a day in getting the exact shade of a
ribbon to trim a dress, while when it
comes to mending her linslmml’s panta
loons she seems to think that a yellow
natch is just tho tiling lo nmlcli black