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ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1875.
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overtaxed cities. How now do these unques- j atmosphere in and about the Fair grounds
tionably unjustifiable, demoralizing and per* i should have been loaded with jeers, charges
verted exhibitions of the previous years j of failure, uufounded and unjustifiable at-
compare with the recent entertainment held tacks a nd discouraging remarks, coming
under the established reformation of the 1 as they did from those who would have
Fair Association. It is said the entries reflected more credit upon themselves and
were short, and did not compare with those the people they represent, by trying to up-
It is true the entries in hold the Association in the much needed
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
one copy, one Ye«r — 2 oo former jears.
ivE > opies, one Year, 8 70 somo ofthe departments were rather short,
lE s copies, one Year, to oo j but this was no doubt attributable to thefact
• ; that the personstliroughout the State engag
Rates Of Advertising : led in these departments had been so disgust- pleadin
the
Ir.miant advertisements, of one square or more SI 00 ed and outraged at the conduct of the pre-
.tr square for ilteSmlaaeruoe, and SO cents for each sab- °
£q«cnl Insertion.
e«. All adrerUtetnenU considered transient except
eline special contraeuare made.
Tru lines or 1U0 words taake one square. .
I arf- Liberal contracts made with yearly adeertlaers.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Citation or Administration or.Oaardlamsklp.....--.-—S* 00
Appliolion tor OUmlmlon AdmlaleMmlerorGuardlaD 0 00
A pplication for Leave to Soli Lands —
yiouce to Uebtursand t redltora 800
■Sales of Land, Ac., per Httare...
sale. Perishable 1-roi.eriy. 10 days, persq 1 50
E-tray Notice, AO day. — *“
I nbrntfaalea.iKTiquare - • • 80
I Tai Collector 1 ! Sales, per aquare. 500
1 “ Korecloaure Mortage, per aquare, each time. 1 00
Ft, motion Notices (In advance) 2 00
Hale Sul's, per square, each time 1 00
_1
lilt: STATS FAIR. WAS IT A SUCCESS f
It wits our pleasure and privilege to be in
attendance upon the State Fair which has
closed its annual exhibition, and we un-
oitatingly pronounce it a most complete
jbl gratifying success.
He are sorry to see the misrepresen-
Siion, that it was not a success, going
he rounds of the press, and in denial and
itradiction thereof, we propose simply to
e such facts as come within onr knowl-
Igc and observation, feeling assured that
only will the misapprehension be re
ed, but that the people of Georgia who
t.,1 an interest in the mechanical, industrial
L,1 agricultural prosperity of their State,
luder the guidance of honest, legitimate
Iml moral influences, will be but too glad to
idd their endorsement to our assertion that
he Fair was a most complete and gratify-
ng success.
It must be known to many that our State
’air has been encouraged and sustained in
io inconsiderable degree through the fos-
ering care of the Legislature. It must be
ijually well known that owing to the illegit
imate and demoralizing introductions into the
niiu.nl exhibitions of the Fair Association
lie Legislature last winter seriously threaten-
1 its withdrawal of all aid or encourgcmcnt,
id that alone through the efforts of Gen.
11. Colquitt, the able and efficient Pres
et of the Association, promising for
iinsclf and the Executive Committee
iorir.ation in these exhibitions, was the
gislature induced to continue its cncour-
incut and support to the agricultural,
hanical and industrial expositions of our
'AIRS.
reform than by trying to break down and
damage its President.
We hope we shall not be understood as
a prohibition of snch exhibit of
speed of horses as is legitimate at
vious Fairs that they were afraid and refus- our Agricultural Fairs and which will
ed to bring their articles to the Fair. This tend to the improvement of onr stock of
same cause to our certain knowledge, kept I horses. By lio means is this our intent,
many good people away from the recent • nor do we understand the Fair Association
exhibition at Macon. The statements as 1 as so meaning. It is only the exclusion of
to the falling off in the entries only obtain- suc h racing as is illegitimate upon such oc-
ed in a few departments. The exhibit of ^ casions, and could in no way encourage or
Machinery was better than ever before, j S‘ vc the desired improvement to the stock
The Fine Arts department was well filled. I horses in our country.
The Agricultural department made up in j I n conclusion, let us entreat that the Press
quality what it lacked in quantity. The of our State will no longer herald or give
Stock show was not so large, hut well repre- \ P^ce to such misrepresentations as are not
sented. The Mechanical and other Industrial j only without foundation, but reflect so great-
departments were far from being secondjrate. j ty u P° n the intelligence, the refinement and
The crowd, while comparatively small the j the morality ot our people. Rather let it
first two days, which is the case’ every year, ! uphold and sustain that reformation which
was on the following days very much increas- j will not only prove the sure check to vice
ed, numbering on Thursday not less than “d immorality, but enable our Fair Associ-
twelve or fifteen thousand people. Was it a ! ations to conduct their annual expositions in
success ? Let the fact that the tax-payers of ' such “ w «y as so to build up, strengthen and
Macon have not been called upon to pay one i encourage our agricultural, mechanical aud
dollar towards defraying the expenses of the 1 ‘“dustrial interests as to make our Georgia
Fair answer. Let the additional fact that trul y and >“ fi“* the Empire State of the
the receipts of the Association, after all exs J ___________
penses have been met, will be between twenty- THE RECENT STATE ELECTIONS.
five hundred and three thousand dollars, go . . , . - ,,,
, . ® An election for state officers was held
to prove to the intelligent people of Georgia . . 0 „ . .. IT .
* , in ten States of the Union on the 2d rest
the most gratifying fact that ourAgncul- The returns so far have n6t been sufficient-
tural and Industrial exhibitions are m j ly f uU to determine the positive result, but extraoromary, or percv.vcw, xuruv
no wise dependent upon horse racing, garab- ! _ _ - - , - their keen senses, the internal upheaval
* 1 r ” fa j sufficient has been received to satisfy us ; t That animals
Earthquake.—Mond^j night, abbot ten
o’clock, it is confidently stated by several
gentlemen in our-city, that a distinct quiv
ering betokened a genuine earthquake. It
lasted about ten second^ and was felt all
over town. At the Newton House all of
the guests were arouaedjsnd every one on
the streets experienced the shock. Verily,
was it an earthquake ?f We arc getting,
scared. We arc. X
Mr. R. T. Pittanl, was working at hisdesk
and suddenly felt an ayful quivering and
shaking, which at first ho attributed to the
Georgian power 'preset but the rolling
noise soon convinced jfe that it was an
earthquake:*. Mr. Steffl£qiought that some
scientific burglar was foisting around on
roller skates in the upp< - M ,_ tory fhis store,
while a crowd of mlumgiT revelers Iiad the
beer shaken completely out of their flowing
glasses. Ye local, not being used to any
such lntnbcring. thought that somebody in
Hoggins* store was roliing hogsheads up
and down the floor, butsoon became convinc
ed to the contrary. The whole town was
aroused. This isbutone ofthose evidences of
internal disorder which some days ago was felt
at Memphis, Tcnn., mid which happeneverys
where ouce in a while, aud when it is a well
known fact that the sui face of the globe is nev
er free from sensible evidence of the continued
operation of earthquake agency that in some
quarter or another tremors are always taking
place, no special uneasiness need now be
felt The cause of the earthquake seems to
be the “actual pulsation of fluid matter in the
interior of the earth in translated waves,
from enormous ruptures caused by tension of
elastic matter and pushing forward on its
surface the superimposed rocky crust of the
earth.” This is the accepted theory of Rogers'
Several parties were out possum hunting
Monday night, and all noticed that for
some cause or other their dogs would not
hunt. Sometimes they would get them
started out on the trail, but pretty soon
they would skulk in and could not be made
to move from their masters. Could it have
been tha*. these aniin Is experienced some
thing extraordinary, or perceived, through
misty us | ] ong before it occurred? That animals do
’ that there has been from some cause such a j thus become cognisant of these natural phe
nomena long before they are apparent to
men, is a well known fact. In deserts
I “ change of front ” amongst the conserva-
ling tents, circuses, and such other demora
lizing institutions which have heretofore made
the fair grounds of our State any other than: tiye a „ d a , lti . adminislration element8 in
desirable places for the refined, intelligent thcge States sinc( . last &11> tllKt lo att t
and moral people of our country. j at tbis Umc tQ divinc> as to what will bc the
What a change m the moral aspect of our polilical dcterin i nalion in our next Presi .
tate Fair! What a bright and cheering ^ dent i a | election would be just as uncertain
prospect for the future of this Association, M the decision of a petit jury, the result of
when their exhibitions shall no longer be j ^ ordinary 8crub ^ or what will be the
overshadowed with those immoral and d* | pri ce of cotton twelve months hence. No
moralizing innovations which made their an- ; donbt thc future 8trengtb aud SUCCC83 of
I Was the promise complied with ? It was
[Hilled in bringing about such reformation in
late fair, as to inaugurate for thc first
io in thc history of our Fair Associations,
exhibition strictly in accordance with
• purpose of its organization. Did this
'onnation, this exclusion of vile and de-
bralizing introductions in the annual ex-
bitions of our State Fair, damage its suc-
K or impair its usefulness ? Let us now,
answer to this inquiry, compare the
fcir of this year, its conduct, its success
its future prospects, with the exhibi
ts of the two years previous. The ex-
Ditions of this association, the one held
i year in the city of Atlanta, and the one
i year before in the city of Macon, being
|tn over to thc direction and control of,
city authorities of these respective
lies, were in order to benefit their local
[crests, stimulated by the introduction
permission of such exhibitions on the
minds as were altogether foreign to the
irpnses of the Fair, and which could not
sibly be permitted under the auspices of
■ Association, without serious damage to
■ efforts being made for the stimulation
1 progress of our agricultural, mechanical
industrial interests. Thus large
[•" ds were induced to attend these exlii-
the larger proportion of which felt no
best whatever in thc cause or success of
^cultural Fairs.
(VTiat was the effect of these innova-
Hie large and spacious grounds which
1 boon so expensively and so beautifully
arid for the accommodation of an ex •
Jit ion ofthe acquirements and progress
Ihose interests and pursuits upon which
f»the future welfare and prosperity of
country, wero absolutely converted
theatre of snch vice and immorality
hot only to offend thc moral sentiment
Ike lietter, but even to shock the mod-
p of the less fastidious. Horse racing,
f° hanks, Circuses and such entertain-
could in no wise be claimed as
|''tnate parts of an agricultural or indus-
T ei position, so completely monopolized
L,’ ccas ' on as to make the trne objects of
a,r of secondary consideration.
“ 1 '» right ? Did it so increase the
_** lo make thc Fair a great suc-
1 Oslook into the matter fairly
pipania!ly ln( jAs to the
L } ° l '" s P r Mtitution of so valuable
c “ anassotij.tion for the general good
I* < f mtr ’ V ’ Wc ' eaTe the intelligent, re-
r '|' ora l sentiment of onr people to
. . 5 to l ^ c success of these enter-
*> «t the tax-payers of Macon and
, We were informed last
prominent citizens of both these
l * lat * Q the one instance thc tax-pay-
to jiay not less than ten thousand
” to defray the extravagant and nn-
'lc expense of the Fmr held in the
*ty, while the tax-payers in the other
' e * c *P° with a tax less than five or
wand dollars. Thatthereceipts were
for from reimbursing the heavily as^
nual expositions rather of the extent of vice | tho DemocraUc party> wiU be greatly de . lmcs:
in our land, than of the advancement and tennined by the course of the Congre8s t0
improvement in our important and material conVene ia December next. The whole
nation is looking anxiously to the meeting
of this body, now so largely Democratic.
Thc wisdom exercised by the representa
tives in our National Council in settling
•and determining those questions which are
now so disturbing and dividing thc politi
cal mind of this country, will, beyond
doubt, prove that weight in the scales of
our national destiny which must guarantee
unto us a free and independent Republic,
through a sure and speedy return to honest
and constitutional government, or continue
interests. How improved was this last Fair,
when, instead of drunkenness, rowdyism,
profanity and general demoralization, such
ordec, such system and such genteel and re
fined deportment pervaded the whole groun.Is,
that even the most modest female or the
timid mother with her little ones, instead of
fearing, really felt a degree of protection and
security by being present at such an enter
tainment.
Who among the good people of Georgia
can fail to hail with pride and gratification
such a reformation in the annual exhibitions lbat comjplion in our administration which,
of our State Fair ? Why then has an attack
been made upon the President, charging that
the Fair has been ruined in its prospects and
that the recent exhibition was a failure ? Will
the good and intelligent people of our State
credit this statement or endorse such an at
tack, when the issue is simply, shall morali
ty, refinement, decency and good order char
acterize our State Fairs or shall they bc occa
sions for the exhibit and encouragement oi
vice and immorality, theatres for the demon
stration and presentation of the accumulated
demoralization of the nineteenth century ?
Why, we repeat, is the attack made upon
Gen. Colquitt? Is it because he, in accor
dance with the wishes of the Legislature, the
Executive Committee of the Association of
which he is only President, and of the good
people of Georgia, essays to become the Cham
pion of morality ? Why not let the shafts and
mnlignant darts of the envious and disap
pointed be directed at the Georgia Legislature,
the Executive Committee and the people of
Georgia who seek and desire moral reforma
tion in this institution of such importance to
our State, and who will ever uphold Gen.
Colquitt in the new order of things which he
has inaugurated in our State Fail ? Is it
personal animosity, or do they seek to break
down thc association ?
Is it or is it not true, that the Chief Exe
cutive of our State complained that there
was no horse racing or exciting entertain
ments of a necessarily demoralizing charac
ter at the Fair ? Is it possible, with such a
fine exhibit ot labor-saving machinery as
was present, with a collection of snch supe
rior agricultural products as to show the
improvement in this foundation interest of
our land, with a display of fine arts which
would have reflected credit upon an older
country, with a presentation of mechanical
and industrial results which should have
filledjcvcry Georgian’s heart with emotions
of pride, with such a gathering of the good
and intelligent people ofthe State as should
have made every native yf this soil feel glad
that “his lot had been cast in such pleasant
places,” that his dwelling was among such
a people that our Governor could fiud no
thing to interest him, and sighed as one
whose ambition and taste could only be
fed by such things as a Chief Executive
should feel it his highest duty and proudest
privilege to discountenance ?
How mortifying to the people of Geor
gia to know, while the distinguished
guests from abroad were charmed and de
lighted with the exhibition, bestowing much
praise upon the Fmr and especially upon
the wisdmn and good sense of tho Associa
tion which had so excluded immoral and
unjustifiable innovations as to make it truly
an expomtion well calculated to stimulate
the best interest of onr land, that the whole
with constitutional violation and disregard
as its chief characteristic, must prove at last
the overthrow of this so-called American
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM ON WHEELS,
OB,
A Pen-Picture of ‘the Menage,”
FOR TUX BENEFIT of those who DID NOT VISIT
THE CIRCUS “OB ass THE ANIMALS.”
Presenting onr ticket at “ the door,” we
ore ushered into a large pavilion flanked
on both rides by diminutive tenements with
iron fronts, vulgarly denominated “cages,”
for the wild beasts ofthe forest ana the
plumed habitants of the cerulean world.
The first object which attracts our atten
tion, is tha tender gaze of a mild-eyed
Eland, (antilope areas) vulgarly called the
u impoofoo,” a species of antilope and a na
tive of South Africa.
We immediately organized ourselves
into a mutual admiration society, and at
once looked at the Eland. The Eland in
return looked at us, but as we did’t care
w a continental” for the Eland nor did the
Eland care a “ Confederate rag” for us, we
passed on. Next we observe the grunting
ox ot Penant, ( u bo* poephagus) commonly
called “the Yak.” This wonderful animal
is a native of Thib< t, and whilst it serves
as one of the attractions of the peram
bulating showman, its delicate fleece fur
nishes the material for the exquisite laces
which adoni ‘‘the Queens of society.
A “happy family” of Kangaroos in an
adjoiuing cage, present a group worthy of
an artist’s pencil. The naturalist desig
nates them under the euphonic title of
(“macropas”) but as Shakespeare says
there is nothing in a name, ye macropas
would no doubt ejaculate •* lceno,” and be
perfectly satisfied to be called by any o-.her
cognomen—so the “small boys” threw
them a peanut for an afternoon lunch.
P. S., first cousin to “possum.” and takes
ont naturalization papers in Australia.
T.ie South American Lama, (aucheria) a na
tive of the Andes—born of poor, but honest
parents. Its habits arc similar to those of
the “Gulielmus Capricoraus,” (vulgarly call
ed the William Goat.)
Tlie Ostrich, (struthio) wboishel A native
of Africa, a bird of feathers, who fled from
the simoons of Sahara, to rest neatli the shado
of the tree of liberty, foeds exclusively on
hard boiled eggs—has been known to board
at a shot-tower, and dine on trible IPs,
entered for the four mile races at Jerome
Park next spring.
The reliean (Pelicanus.)—Th. Pelican
is a very unique bird. This is thc only live
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
has been found that camels give signs G f! fpeotmen now in existence--the carpet-
- - baggers ot Louisiana having devoured the
uneasiness at the approach of those awful
storms, when they are yet fifty miles off;
aud historians affirm that long before the
rolling, rumbling noise of Vesuvius became
noticeable to the reveling inhabitants ot
Pompeii, the goats and cattle that browsed
unon thc distant hills gave unmistakable
signs of fear. It was this, indeed, 'that
called ;orth from Macanlcy those famous
Instinct, humble guardian, wakos and *avea:
Proud reason sleeps nor knowa tho doom sue braves.
Just before the earthquake Monday night
a very large and briHia^ - matow-flashed
across the starrv sky and was so bright as
to attract the attention of many of our citi
zens.
Our devil swears that the shock struck
him last night with such force as to cause
him to drop bis composing stick, and says
that he smelt sulphur strong. He says that
hereafter he is going to be a good boy, and
has been wandering around the office all day
singing “ Who’s ou the Lord’s side.” But
we are afraid that when the spell of awe now
surrounding him .-hull be removed be will be
as naughty as ever, thus sharing in the ca
prices of that devil,
“Who when sick a saint would be,
But when well the devil of a saiut was lie.”
.Somebody said that the noise was the
rumbling of the great circus caravan on their
way to Athens, the elephant perclianced try-
Uuion. Let us hope for the best and for ing to cross the bridge, &c., &c., Ac.
better times. Let us ever bear in mind the
motto of our grand old commonwealth, and
at all times exercise “ wisdom, justice and
moderation,” but let us at the same time
remember that it was the denied right of
free and constitutional government which
drove our forefathers to battle for their
liberties, that it was thc outraged and dis
regarded liberties of Southern freemen
which instituted thc late sanguinary section
al conflict, and that the liberties which once
were so dear to our patriot sires arc still
fresh burning upon the altars of the
American heart, and for the maintenance of
which we still will do or die.
1)00 CULTURE.
The immense competition which now
exists among the glove manufactories of
America and E rope, has induced them to
abandon the use of sheepskin, “kid,” and
other high-priced material, and turn their
attention to thc cultivation of the canine
race as a cheap source of supply. A new
“big bonanza” now bursts upon our impe
cunious people. “No money in cotton!”
“no money in iron !” “no money in rail
roads !” “no money in sheep raising!” “ no
money in pig culture.” Yet at last the scales
have dropped from the eyes of our unhap
py Southrons, and before the dose of the
year millions of bench-legged fioe, “bob-
tailed, yaller’dogs,” and varegated“speckled
purps,” will, no doubt, be tendered as offer
ings upon the altars of onr insatiable
avarice.
But, what mast be the struggle in the
heart of the average freed man, in parting
with his favorite “coon” or “possum dogs,’’
in exchange of the same for a handful
of our “Rag Money.” Preference, it is
said, is given by the manufacturers to the
cinolient cuticles o‘ those barking quadru
peds which have been nurtured exclusively
“on sheep-meat,” fresh pork, and the fruit
age of the poultry yard. For further in
formation aud prices, sec New York quo
tations in our next commercial report.
The average question yesterday morning:
“ Did you feel the earthquake, eh ?”
A good lady in Cobbham thought that
from the roaring noise, her chimney was on
fire, but was very much relieved to find that
it was “ only an earthquake.” She didn’t
mind a little thing like that.
entire family This bird was captured nine
teen miles from any land ana thirty-four
miles front any water, in the swamps of
Lake Poncliartrrin. It wadeth into the
water to its kneel, and then wadeth out
again. Why it doeth so, the naturalist
won’t tell.
T;e lion—called “Leo” for short—(we
onee had a dog by that name,) is a native
STONEWALL JACKSON.
Description or the Statue and Pedestal.
[From the Richmond Dispatch.];
By the happiest of choices this noble work
of art, the crowning achievement of the great
sculptor’s life, is to be fitly placed in the very
heart at once of our city and of _ our Com
monwealth. The ground chosen is one right
lovely in itself, just where the line of lindens
being broken the sunshine falls on a plot of
rich turf all aglow with flowers. It is easily
approached, and under view from many
points. It lies, moreover, in neighborly
nearness to the chief centre of our State and
city life. To the South, so close as almost to
embrace the statue with its shadow, stands
the Capitol, planned by Jefferson; withinthis
building met not only the Legislature of the
State that Jackson loved so well, but the great
Convention that by its ordinance of secession
called him to the field, and the Confederate
Congress, under whom he conquered and
died. To the north, across the street, lies
the new open and unbuilt square upon which
our city is to build anew its courts of justice
and its council chamber. From tho east,
through long lines of arching lindens, the
statue will stand in the full view of our Gov
ernors in their official homes. Westward
from Jackson, sharp and clear against the
sky, there stands, as if suggesting compari
son and inviting companionship in glory,
Washington amid the other heroes of that
earlier rebellion which even fools have
ceased to denounce as a crime. Surrounded
thus by imposing presences, well attuned to
the silent voices that speak around him of a
glory older than himself, stands the figure of
our Jackson, the inmost treasure of all our
treasures.
And the statue itself, as a work of deep
and significant art, will he found right wor
thy of the place it holds in our Capital and
in our affections. Yet to enjoy or to under
stand it, we must free our minds from the
contamination that false and meritorious
works of sculpture have spread widely in
America. For among us, a people not prone
to high artistic enjoyment, the art of sculp
ture has been subjected to the cruelest
treatment and to the deepest degradation.
Washington is not the only one of our great
cities that has, to the laughter of mankind,
been dishonored, at huge expense, by bronze
or marble monstrosities. There is no lack
of praucing horses poised on their hind legs
or held in stable equilibrium by the balance-
weight of head and tail. There are Ameri
cas, and Columbuses, and Washingtons,
,-clad or naked, in infinite variety of
silliness. Of more recent construction, worse,
f possible^ than anything older, the ape-like
Lincoln,
tool, that made up the great soul of Jackson.
It is not beautiful; no bastard notion of
Dress th
English face,
beauty of feature, the higher beauty o1
ral force and of intellectual vigor has
plrill
Yet, without suoh superficial
, the r • •
SHRINKAGE.
Much has been spoken by our planters
concer ing the great reduction in weight of
their cotton bales duriug the period of stor
age. Now, let careful experiments be made
upon this subjfpl daring the winter, so that
we may learn roe exact amount of contrac
tion in a given period of time.
Whilst engaged in this very lauadble
undertaking, would it not be wise for our
commission and pork merchants to furnish
our farmers with a few live hogs from St.
Louis, Louisville and Cincinnati, and allow
the latter to keep the same for twelve
months, in order that the great question of
“shrinkage” may be tested in this direction
aa well at with the cotton bales.
Merc Mention.
5,000 people attended the circus in the af
ternoon.
Well how about those counterfeit bills
which our exchanges say flood every city at*
ter the circus has left ?
Each boy at College this morning inanswer-
iug the roll of bis class had to rise and ex
plain, in fact, swear that he nouldu’t pay but
$20.00 for board lodging aud light.
The description of the Menagerie in our
issue was gotten up by a prominent New
York Zoologist now sojourning among us,
and we claim to be the only journal in the
Ssate which gives a lull and correct descrip
of this wonderful hippodrome.
Queer. Nearly every paper in the State
when apprised of the advent of Howe’s Cir
cus congratulated themselves and the people
upon a treat in store. And every little place
which was slighted on the route, drew along
breath and res onded, “ What a blessing
that we are spared such imposition.”
Mr. E. K. Lumpkin had his buggy and
horse stolen from him yesterday. Hi3 horse
was tied to the rack in front of the Newton
House and while Mr. L, was at the circus,
some gentleman made way with them. Mr.
L. suspects a negro who worked upon his
place, Jake Mathews by name, and as. this
youth hiw not boon heard of since the circus,
suspicion resta very atrong upon him. Mr.
JL. & Bowdye Lumpkin, Esq., went down to
Lexington this morning to aee if they can
trace op this gay youth.
Last night as the elephantine quintette
were wending their way to the depot, one
of the five began to grow restless and finally
became decidedly rampant, despite til of
the efforts of his keeper. He, the elephant
reared and pitched, he snorted and cavorted
and finally concluded the ceremonies by a
deafening roar, which scared off bis master
and put two policemen to flight. These
worthy “stars” had never before been
known to turn their backs to the enemy,
but tins terrific bellow sounded too much
like a young earthquake for them, and so,
abandoning their ahillalah’s they cut a bee
line for their home.
of Africa and a member of the Republica.
party. He “ bars” the society of “ small
boys” and is not fond Pea nuts. He is
sometimes a male and aomet jnt a—'iemale.
He wears full beard, bbt shaves his mus
tache. He eats like a cross-cut saw, puts
on lots of dignity, and roars like a cross
road politician; also an amphibions animal
and distant relative of the Daniel family.
The Bengal tiger (Felis tiger,) is a native
of Asia—sometimes ot Europe, America and
the Faro Isles. The design of the Ameri
can flag was taken from this wonderful ani
mal—the stars from his eyes, and the
stripes from bis skin. Were it not for his
teeth and his claws, he would b.. perfectly
harmless, and immediately substituted for
Sir Thomas cat in our household economy.
Joined the circus in his early years, a fol
lower of Bliudda, or any other man—in a
jungle. Takes an eagle by chance,| and
heard of in primary political meeting-'.
Said to be a bad bedfellow, as be snores in
his sleep and scratches whilst awake.
The Hyena (Gentis Canis) lives excliv
sively on dead bodies—sometimes eats a
live man—but then he is in a hurry. Re
fuses a fifteenth amendment even “ or
toast” Nervous temperament, and neve
sits down except when asleep.
The Monkey (genus Simia—A cosmo
politan, born of its mother, and the
special friend of “the clown” and the Shet
land ponies. On lib father’s side was a
near relation of the “Darwins;” can talk,
but is wise enough to hold its tongue until
the next Presidential election b over; evi
dently moral in its chaicter, as the anti
circus folks always pay special attention to
thb ever-present attache of the “menage.”
Sleeps well, especially when not disturbed
by admiring adolescence duriug the day’s
exhibition.
The Elephant (ElepTias, order Pachyder-
mata)—A native of Cent
Yo-k; very social in its disposition, and
usually takes five to make a tea-party; size
of a house, sometimes larger, 5
smaller; no carpet-bagger—always carries
lib trunk; shows lib ivory when he laughs;
swift of foot, but can’t beat tho “Athens
Branch” Railroad; tail serves as a “check”
(balance) to hb trunk; indifferent to flies
and “musketersgoes bare-footed summer
and winter, and to advertise himself‘‘blows
his own trumpet.”
The Shetland Pony (Egtnis lillipuri-
eus.)—It libtory b coeval with the primi
tive circus; drew tho baby-wagons of the
antediluvians; a city gent—its country
cousins, more robust, are known by the
vulgarisms of “mustangs” and “martih-
tackles.” Its possession b coveted by every
“young America;” its size b only .equaled
by “papa’s purse.” Saith ye juvenile,
juve
“Them’s mighty nice ponies, bat they
nothing to me.”
To enumerate and describe thb entire
collection, would fill » whole libraiy;
therefore we dose by alluding to the Psitti-
cus Erythacua. In Webster’s spelling book
thb “bird of plumage” b put down a:
“Poll Parrot.” When domesticated
placed within the family circle, it reflects
the moral and social status of its happy jkjs-
its expressions and songs being
either sacred or profane, in accord
ance with its teachings. As it sometimes
attains the age of one hundred years, we
suggest “the Parrots’’ of General Washing
ton, Jefferson, Hancock, and our other
Revolutionary patriots of 1776 be furnished
for exhibition at our great American Cen
tennial celebration.
figure of President Lincoln, made uglier still
by a realistic striving after the bagginess of
his trowsers and the vulgarity of his facial
lines, disfigures the public squares of many
American cities. Everywhere there is a
tendency, jut. aiming at exaggerated force of
action or exaeggrated fidelity of portraiture, to
sink the noble conception of sculpture as a
fine art into the mere vulgarity of heavy and
colossal caricature. Between flashiness and
feebleness our American sculptors have left
us generally a sorry alternative. But Foley’s
work takes us, all at once, into a purer and
higher [atmosphere of art. His Jackson,
overleaping contemporaay urt, takes its
place worthly beside the noble Washington
of Houdon. There is in both the same sim
ple dignity, the same grand severity of treat
ment. There is the same self-control in sub
ordinating all details, in holding fast, not to
the unwavering lines of photographic por
traiture, but to the higher expression of
character are individuality as idealized in
form. When these great statues differ, it is
difference of century, a difference in man
kind itself as modified by the circumstances
ofthe time. In Houdon’s work there is a
quaint touch of the grave, old-fashioned
manners, of the stately dignity and some
what artificial precision of the eighteenth,
century grandee. In Foley’s there is a
freer, a more robust and outspoken person
ality ; there is, indeed, an equal diguity,
but it is a dignity derived rather from in
ward nobility of character than from an ar
tificial training in manners.
Even at first sight, the statue shows us
that the sculptor has scorned all trick and
raanuerbm. His work is simple and true
Like all the greatest sculptors, Foley has
wisely abstained from representing violent
action or bodily excitement. There is poise,
and strength, and selfcontrol, most neroic
of all virtues, in every line of the calm, easy
figure. The soldier u standing with his
right arm a-kimbo. The body b not stiff
and upright, as in self-conscious attitudini
zing, but it sways easily upon the hips. The
bared head, neither drooping nor thrown
back, but turned a little to the right, is look-
somctimes ^ een i y> but without excitement, into the
distauce; it is as if be were watching, with
confidence in his subordinates, for tho fulfil
ment of an order already given. The left
hand, raised to the level of his left shoulder,
is holding the hilt of a sword, whose point,
without bearing any weight, is resting light
ly upon the top of the low stonewall that
symbolizes the heroic name. The legs, en
cased in military boots, are wonderful in the
perfect naturalness of their attitude and
movement The left leg* thrown slightly
forward, b bent at the knee, and relaxed by
the absence of weight upon it The right
leg comes down straight and strong, bearing
the burden of tho body, but free from every
sign of muscular strain of fatigue. The at
titude combines ease and dignity; it has,
moreover, the high merit oi endurance. It
b an attitude—not, indeed for a second or a
minute—bat one that a healthy man might
maintain for hours without weariness and
without essential change.
In the treatment of the costume there b
the same freedom from conventiontiitv on
the one hand and from vulgarity on the other.
The uniform of a Confederate general is un
mistakably expressed, but there is no mil
liner exaggeration of the details. The coat
been
seized with tin ascendant skill. There b
earnestness in the face, a deep calm of soul,
a steadiness of resolution that rises high
above excitement There b tenderness and
goodness, too. It b the face of a man wise
and dutiful, sublimely unconscious, and he
roically modest There is enormous power
of will, and of that self-control whkh passes
so easily into the power of controlling others.
Such a face will harmonize well with til the
traditions ofthe war and with all hb achieve
ments. It will speak to coining ages of the
high motives under which he took, up arms
for the South, of the Christian spirit in
which he led our armies, of the daring sa
gacity with which he planned and executed
our victories. This bronze statue will thus be
a part of our history. It becomes a priceless
treasure for our people, at ouce a model of
art and a monument of our glory. As we
look at it we cannot but feel deep sorrow
that the great sculptor died before ho saw
his work completed. Yet, with Foley as
with Jackson, the last achievement was the
greatest. For as Chancellorsville was to the
soldier so is this Jackson to the sculptor—hb
life’s master-piece, sealed and glorified by
death. The statue will stand among statues
as Jackson stood among men, simple, heroic,
and sublime.
Origin ofthe Name “Stonewall Brigade.”
[Gen. Bewiregerd in the N. 0. Picayune, 22d.]
In your issue of thb morning, I notice
quoted a short statement from a Bowling
Green, Ky., paper, giving the origin of the
name “ Stonewall Brigade,” which b erro
neous, as well os the iucident relative to
the Confederate flag, which does not apply
to Gen. T. J. Jackson, but to Col. R. E.
Withers, of the Virginia regiment, now
one of the distinguished U. S. Senators
from that State. The correct version of
both incidents b as follows:
During tho battle of Manassas, about 11
o’clock a. m., when that gallant and merito
rious officer, Brigadier-General Barnard E
Bee, was endeavoring to rally hb troops in
tho small valley in the rear of the Robinson
house, he noticed Jackson’s brigade, which
had just arrived and taken position a little
in the rear of him, in a copse of small pines
bordering on the edge of the plateau where
was about to be fought the first great bat
tle of the war. Bee, finding that hb ap
peals were unheeded by hb brave but dis-
organbed troops, then said to them: “Ral
ly, men, rally! See Jackson’s brigade
standing there like a stone walL’’ Those
words gave the appellation to that brigade,
and thence to its noroic commander.
The other incident occurred at the deliv
ery of the Confederate battle flag, to my
forces QtCcntrcviUc, iu the autumn of 1861.
Many of these flags had been made froih
ladies’ red silk dresses, somo of which were
much faded, but nevertheless, highly appre
ciated by our troops. The brigade nad
been drawn up in columns of regiments on.
the plateau of Centerville, around a small
elevation where were stacked til the flags
for distribution. The coloneb of regiments
marched to the front and formed a line
near the colors. After addressing, a few
remarks to these officers, I handed each one
in succession a flag. When I came to Col.
Withers, he remarked: • “ General, it b
nearly white, and may be mistaken for a
flag of truce.” I answered at once: 1 “Then,
sir, dye it in the blood of our enemy,”
which he promised, laughingly, to do. But
he had occasion to dye it more than once
in hb own gallant blood, and finally he was
so desperately wounded that he had to be
put on post duty towards the end of the
war. G. T. Beauregard.
Dead.—We are pained to learn the death
of Mr. Jerry Gray, an old and highly re
spected citizeo of Athena, which occured last
Monday night
Death of Mbs. Susan Golding.—-Thb
most estimable lady died thb morning at
12 o’clock, at her residence on Dougherty
street Her death—from organic disease
of the nervous system was very sudden,
and her departure will be mourned by our
entire community. Funeral services will
take place to-morrow morning at tho Pres-
nor pnnea. It bulges and wrinkles, so as to
reveal the figure of a man healthy indeed,
but far from athletic. The belt too, i
buckled so losely as not to dent the wabt
it droops comfortably on the left, to show
the weight of the scabbard. The boots, the
doves, the chevrons, the army cap that hangs
m the crook of the left elbow, all speak of
real work and bard service. Every detail b
homely, yet the general effect b graceful and
Agricultural, < ! - . «n »
Saving Siocet Potatoes.-*Construct a
house on the following plan. Build a dou
ble wall, with a space of ten inches between
thc walls, and daub closely inside and ont,
and then’fill up the space between the walls
with dry dirt. At the proper height place-
a lot of logs closely laid and daubed, leav
ing a square hole two by thfee feet to ad
mit air immediately over the door. The
potatoes should bc dug as soon as ripe,
which may be known by breaking and lay
ing up for a few hours; if ripe, they will
turn white where broken; if not, they will
become dark.
When ripe, dig and leavo them in the .
path two or three days exposed to the son;
if cold, throw vines over them from frost.
They should remain in the sun a sufficient
time to wilt, after which they may be
housed. Potatoes should be sorted before
being put up. Place in piles of thirty
bushels and sift on dry sand until all crevs
ices are filled. When the weather is warm
leave the door open to admit of free circu
lation of air. Tne hole in the loft should
never be closed. Thb system will save
sweet potatoes.
The Cheat Firmer of the World.—A
Sacramento paper publishes tho following
respecting the farming operations of a man
whom it denominates “the hugest former
in the world,” which, considering that Mr.
Glenn “rnns his farm of 500,000 acres, him-
elf personally superintending it til,” the
appellation is, perhaps, correct. Hb case
illustrates a point often made that fanning
may be conducted upon a larger scale as
well as any other business, and that when
it sha 1 be carried on with the same order
and nice adjustment of means to the end aa
cotton or iron manufacture, it will pay as
well.
“Tho great former of tho world, Dr.
Hugh J. Glenn, of Jacinto, Colusa connty,
California, has raised and harvested, the
past season, on hb own form, 600,000 bush
els of- wheat. Tins would load eighteen
1,000-ton ships, or three hundred canal
liner exaggeration of the details, 'l he coat boats. All of this wheat he has now in his
b buttoned, but it is not stiff with padding warebouse8j ready for shipment when the
water in the Sacramento River rises suffi
ciently. The doctor pays #90,000 freight
to pat his wheat in the ash Francisco mar
ket. The doctor is a wonder to the agri
cultural world and to himself He runs
ninety gang plows, and a whole county’s
population m the harvest field, vrith si dozen
threshers. Hfr firiiding 'is not confined to
wheat alone. He lpa»taW c>IJ#Mm» -d;
>? » *}«J»
Sister Ignatius, known to the world Miss
Ellen Clarke, died at the residence of the
Sisters ot mercy, Charleston, on Sunday night,
at eleveu o’clock, in the seventieth year of
her age. She was a native of County Ca-
vud, I relaud, but had been a resident of thb
community for over forty years. She was
oue of that band of noble and self-sacrificing
women who came to this country, by invita-
tion of Bishop England, to aid him m those
good offices in which he acquired so much
lustre. Up to within a few months she en
joyed excellent health, but since that, time r r | _ - , . 19RIN
gradually sank until she passed from earth mere portraiture into the phgwcaL type of he had left but few effects; to which a lady
*iv
It b the face, however, that is worthiestof
study; worthiest, toe, of admiration. The trace and make a key to an ox-bow with
lines of that countenance are so dear and so b ; 8 jack-knife, just as easily as drawing his
familiar to onr remembrance ttot it would be chcck lor $1,000,000, which he can do every
unfair %o demand of a foreign artist, working da _ the week. Dr. Glenn is a big*
solely from bad photographs, so perfect a hearted man, and wa3 born in Augusta
piece of realistio portraiture as many a can- CO n at y Virginia. rtusSWSv^
catunst could furnish. Bat the bearing and —— Q —— r
expression are perfect; the face rbes above It was observed of a deceased lawyer that
