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i I hose Murli i;,limit of Propositions In | OUR VISIT 10 WINTERVILI.E. j
an.! 11,0 W^inwille 'mention to tom* The PicNic—'The Ladies—The
Destructive Storm at Haxejs. 1 A Wonderful Progenitor.
ON
P’Jm I8JIED
WEDNESDAY MORN‘MG
BY
H. H. CARLTON & Co.,
Proprietors.
promise on a Third Man.
II. H. GAKI.TOX, Editor.
WEDN'ESD tY MOJIMNU, MAY 5.
ticnerol Loral and Traveling Agent.
Cavt. J. E. Ritch,
1» the <1h1j mthorii.-d Ajreut of the NOBTII-KJIPT
U BOBu us.
C*rT. Rmn l> a!«o the duly authorize.! agtut of
•h*t vpletiilid weekly, the *• Sunny South.”
NINTH DISTRICT.
The People’s Candidate.
FOR CONGRESS,
HON. B. H. HILL,
OF ATHENS. LA.
Remembe:: this, Wednesday,
the 5th day of May, is election clay
for Congressman, in this the 9th
District. Let every Democrat
who desires to maintain that great
Democratic principle, the right of
the majority to rule, and who re
alize the importance of talent in
our National Councils, be sure and
go to the polls and vote for Hon.
B. H. Ilill, the peoples* Candidate.
•Ion. It. II. Hill.
Owing to the heavy rain on Satur
day, and the lateness of the hour when
Mr. Hill finished his speech in Daniels-
ville, ho failed to reach Athens until
Sunday morning. He reports the
prospects < f his election exceedingly
flattering in the Upper Counties. From
all the information we can obtain, there
has no doubt been a great reaction in
his favor, even in those Counties which
stood out so unyielding against him in
the Gainesville Convention. The facts
in regard to Mr. Hill’s candid icy jus-
tiiyingthe same, and the facts in re
gard to Col. Estes’ candidacy showing
the utter want of good faith, and the
entire yielding to a selfish, sordid am
bition, are being now known and fully
found out, and they are having a hap
py effect in leading the Democratic
voters of the District to support Mr.
Hill, the only candidate in the field for
whom the people have spoken.
Mr. Hill regreted his inability tore-
mt.in ever and address the citizens of
Athens on Monday. He had to argue
a murder case in the Supreme Court
in Atlanta on that day, which com
pelled his leaving Athens on Sunday
night. He will return to Athens either
during the election or immediately af
terwards. lie is in fine healli
spirits.
It is claimed by many that the Hill j
men should have accepted the propo-1
sition of the Bell nieu in the Conven
tion, to nominate a third man. Well,
without pretending to defend the one
side, or censuring the other, yet, in
behalf of fnir play, it should be remem
bered that the first projiositions for
compromise came from the Hill dele
gates, and were hurled back to them
by Mr. Bell’s friends, with the state
ment that they came there to nominate
Mr. Bell, and would have no one else.
Then, was their offer in the end in
good faith ?
Those who, like ourselves, think the
Convention should have nominated a
candidate, or by mutual and harmoni
ous consent remitted the selection of a
man hack to the people, stating that
they were unable to make a nomina
tion, when the people might have de
cided the question, either at the ballot
box or by appointment of new dele
gates, must remember that the fault of
this present condition of affairs is just
as much due to the Bell delegates as
to the Hill delegates. Mr. Estes does
not claim to he the nominee of the
Democratic Party, but only running
at the suggestion and on the recom
mendation of Mr. Bell’s friends, as
they could not get Mr. Bell to do so.
Mr. Estes says he is not the nominee.
Then Mr. Hill, by Mr. Estes’ own ad
mission, lias a tatter l ight to be in the
field as a candidate, because the people
have expressed a desire that he should
be a candidate. No such desire was
ever entertained in regard to Mr. Estes.
Had Mr. Bell consented to receive the
recommendation ami run the race, then
his position before the people would
have been very different from that of
Mr. Estes, and perhaps much stronger
than that of Mr. Hill. These are
plain, undeniable facts, and however
much the chaotic condition into which
the party may have been thrown by
the results of this Convention is to be
regretted, still, it cannot now be helped,
mid voting for Mr. Estes can in no
wise lie justified thereby’, and certainly
will not do half as much towards re
storing the Democratic Party as voting
for Mr. Hill. Then, let all passions,
prejudices, and feelings of bitter dis
appointments be laid aside, and let
there be one grand rally for Mr. Hill,
against the unjustifi- 1 and independ
ent candidate, C'ol. J. B. Estes.
the Athens
This, the 5th day of May, is
Election day.
Shall the recommendation of
the Delegates of the Gainesville
Convention, representing a minor
ity of the voters of the District,
secure us a Congressman, or shall
the voice of the majority, who de
sired Mr. Hill, prevail?
Let your wise and just decision
he made, by going to the polls to-
dav and voting for B. H. Hill.
AYhnt Strange Creatures. spINi Am
bition, of men th.-ili make.
How strange that tiio Gainesville
Eagle should have ever consented to
support Mr. Hill under any circum
stance*, when it sees him such a l ad
man now, and certainly knows nothing
more of hi* antecedents at this time
than when it was so favorable to, or at
least had no fault to find with him as
a candidate for Congress. “ Oh con
sistency thou art a jewel!,” which
should not no sacrificed through a false
conception as to what is “ the liberty
of the press.” Col. Estes, the oppon
ent of Mr. Hill, and brother of Mr.
Estes nt the Eagle, makes no such foul
and slanderous attacks jpon his poli
tical competitor, as doe.- the Eagle,
when soaring in the gale of its forget
ful, inconsistent, and selfish ambition.
the best and ablest representative in
Congress of any man in the 9th Dis
trict. anil he has th - mauln»d and con
sistency us a fair competitor to rtand
u;» to what he -aid. What a difference
in kith and kin.
The Northern Radicals arc
afraid the 9th District will send
Ben Hill to Congress. Don’t
blame them, for lie will piny havoc
with their future prospects ol
plunder and corruption. He will
prove the great antidote to third
term-ism.
Then, let every true Democrat
every true Southerner who loves
hi* wronged and oppressed coun
ty, . fail not to vote for Hon. B
H- Hill, the man that will prove
to Radicalism what David did fn
Golinli.
Prize Target Practice
Guards.
Monday afternoon, the time ap
pointed for the \<rw^ target shooting
of the Athens Guards, the Com
pany assembled at 3 o’clock p. m.
upon their parade ground, and being
formed, marched, under the command
of Capt. Mitchell, to the depot of the
Northeastern Railroad. Tramp, tramp
went the boys, until coming within one
an ' i hundred yards of the object of their
attack—“the bull’s eye”—they were
halted and the command given—pre
pare for action.
The skirmishing now began, and
while the whole company acquitted it
self with credit, entering into and con
tinuing in the engagement with that
coolness aud determination which
marks the true soldier, and which
alone rewards with glory and victory,
yet, Piivatc H. .Speer having been es
pecially conspicuous over all his com
rades for his gallantry in the battle of
“the bull’s eye,” was awarded tlie
first prize, u handsome Silver Cup.—
Q. M. Sergeant R. T. Pittard beiug
t ie next best champion in this “ prize
fight,” was awarded a box of fine
cigarc, (“The Belle of Athens,”) con
tributed bv Mr. G. Hauser. Private
R. G. Rowe, being the first am ing his
comrades whose exalted aim caused
him to entirely overlook the object to
be aimed at, was awarded a 15 cents
box of clierutes, which was about as
poor an apology for a cigar as he was
for a marksman. Private Willie
Griffith, utterly ignoring that through
which lie was expected to make his
mark as a soldier, and greatly alarm-
r.g and distressing his surrounding
and observing friends by his entirely
aimless ambition, was presented with
a green painted tin bucket, that it
might serve his insignia in the green
squad as well as his equipment ns
water-carrier to the Company.
Lieut. C. G.Talmadge was awarded
a CUJIjr or X7|iwu*b Taafus, a.Y tl.« L—4
shot amongst the officers, and Mr. A.
K. Childs a silver cup, as the best
amongst the honorary members
The prizes were pros* nted by Mayor
King in a very graceful manner; suit
ing each prize to its winner, with most
appropriate remarks.
The Guards then forming with the
University Battalion, under the com
maud of Col. Charhonnier and headed
with the Athens Brass Band, paraded
the city amid the admiring gaze of the
Athenians.
Prolractrd Meeting.
The meeting which has been going
on in the Methodist Church for the
past two weeks, is still to be continued.
Considerable interest 1ms been mani
fested in these meetings, and great
good has already been done in awaken
ing the wordly to a consideration of
their more important interest, their
soul’s welfare. A goodly number have
been added to the Church, and a still
greater and increasing good is earnest
lv desired and expected by all, fiom
Grangers—General
Speech—The Town, and the
good time Generally.
Having been favored with an iuvita-
tion to attend the Pic-nic, given last
Saturday at Winterville, by the
Grangers of that section, we but too
gladly accepted the same.
Saturday morning having arrived,
in company with Gen. Wm. M.
Browne, the Orator of the day, Dr.
H. R. J. Long, Master of Clarke
County Grange, Dr. J. S. Linton,
Seccrctary of same order, Mr. N. L.
Barnard and other favored Grangers
and friends, we took the train for this
delightful little forest village, situated
on the Athens branch of the Georgia
Railroad, six miles below our city.
Soon reaching our point of destination,
and finding our friends in waiting for
us, we were made joyous by their most
cordial and hospitable reception. The
morning being pleasant, neither too
warm nor cool, and the beautiful
groves, as well as the entire surround
ings of this attractive little woodland
town, wearing the full costume of
bright and happy spring, we felt as a
bird just released from the dreary con
fines of its weary hybernation and
again in the full ami happy enjoyment
of the green and fragrant groves
which our sunny land furnishes for the
theatrical summering-: of the gay and
cheerful songsters. Wandering amid
the Oaken shades of this little town,
now favored with such attending at
tractions in the way of bright and
happy groups of charming women and
prattling children, and here aud there
a collection of cheerful a:id well to do
Grangers interchanging the agricultur
al news of the season, we by no
means found the hours wearisome,
that intervened between our arrival
and the hour of eleven, when all were
to assemble to hear the agricultural
ADDRESS OF GEN. BROWNE.
The crowd now assembling at the
neat and comfortable halt built at this
place for the use of the Grangers. Odd
Fellows and Knights of Jericho, Gen.
Browne delivered an address on agri
culture, which, as a sound, sensible
and practical presentation of the duties
and responsibilities of our farmers, was
not only interesting and instructive,
but equal in ability and important
truths, to any it was ever our privilege
to hear. Thislecture of Gen. Browne’s
at the unanimous request of the Grange,
will be furnished for publication, and
if the farmers will only follow the line
of practical, sensible and economic
duty therein laid down, then the Gene
ral, as a lecturer to the Grangers, will
have contributed much towards an im
proved aud stimulated agriculture.
AFTER THE ADDRESS.
The hour of dinner now having ar
rived, tlio crowd u-fls invited to the
room underneath the Lodge, where
the ladies, those elegant, e'.iannin
ladies of the Winterville District, than
whom there are none cleverer or more
hospitable among all the fair daughters
of our land, had prepared a most sump
tuous repast. The universal utterance
was in commendation of this elegant
feast, and beyond doubt it was but the
utterance of truth, as thoroughly, ful
ly and extensively substantiated by the
unrestrained gratification of coming
appetites, as it was ever our fortune
to witness or play patty to. Long live
those noble aud kind hearted daughters
of husbandry. May their supplies
never grow less, and may the joy and
happiness of that assembled and favored
crowd be not forgotteu, but increased
and made the more lasting by many
happy returns of the Winterville Pic
Nic.
THE GRANGERS
This Order is in an exceedingly
prosperous and flourishing condition
Mr. W. II. Morton, the Master of the
Grange, enters into the discharge of
his duties as such, with that earnest
ness of purpose which ever marks his
undertakings, and which, being fully
reciprocated on the part of every mem
her of his Lodge, will undoubtedly
make this Order a power and stren
in the agricultural progress'!vuess
this District.
WINTERVILLE.
We cannot close without making a
more direct allusion to this village.
Of only a few years’ existence, it
shows a degree of enterprise npd pro
gressiveness which should bring to
shame many older towns.
With its Church, its Stores, its Bar
ber-shop, its Steam Flour and Grist
Mill, its Waggon and Buggy shop, its
Shoe-shops, its Odd Fellows’, Grangers’
and Temperance Lodge, its number
of neat and comfortable Residences,
and other noted improvements, it pre
sents a village of no mean or small im
portance, and with that spirit of go-
aheadativeness which characterizes its
every citizen, it may ye', rival some oi
its neighbor towns, especially should
the Great Western and Seaboard line of
transit find its connection with tho
Georgia Railroad at Winterville.
They are soon to have a large Sun
day School pic-nic at this place, and
having already received an invitation
thereto, we are bound to go, if health
and the Northeast Georgian will
permit.
Mr. J. A. Moore, conductor on up j One of our city merchants informed
Browne’s day passenger train, informs us that j us the other day, that a negro man
the effects of the storm at Maseys ° D
last Saturday evening was fearful.
Two persons were killed outright at
Brightwells Store, which is two miles
distant from Mnxeys depot. A negro
man was blown one hundred and fifty
yards and thrown with such violence
against a stump as to kill him instant
ly. A negro woman occupying «
house with her three little children,
was blown several hundred yards away
and when the storm subsided, so as
from a neighboring county, and not a
very old man either, judging from his
looks, visited his store aud purchased
forty nine yards of cloth, and nineteen
pairs of shoes, besides other articles
of clothing for his children, saying
that did not clothe and shoe more than
about two thirds of them. Pray, how
many children have you old man ? said
the merchant. Sir, I have forty-six
legitimate children. How often have
you bct-ii married ? Four times sir ;
the West. The idea struck us as be-! say that the entire population of France
ing both norvel and practical. Hence 1 could be supported on food which is
we endorsed it and called upon the literally wasted in the United States.
Grangers to rise to the importance of j The number of people who live beyond
the occasion and nut up the stakes. ; their incomes is less, and the number
the occasion and put up
Our brother of the Columbus Times | of those whose incomes exceed their
offers an amendment to Dr. Newton’s expenditures is greater in France, in
to permit her return, she found the ; my present wife, I have been married
house blown down and to pieces, but
her children had fortunately escaped
unhurt. Several houses were blown
down and the occupants seriously in
jured. Fourteen or fifteen persons arc
reported wounded, Eome seriously,
others slightly. Houses, furniture,
trees, rails, etc., were blown promis
cuously over the country. There were
other fearful aud distressing results
from this storm, but our time and
space will not now permit a detailed
account.
to about one year, and as she is quite
a young woman, my family may yet
arrive at a respectable size. The
merchant complimented him with a
calico dress for his youngest child, now
about two months old. What a valu
able possession he would have been
about fourteen or fifteen years ago.
The Missionary Cause,
Last Sunday being set apart by the
Genera! Conference of the Methodist E.
Church South, as a day to be devoted
to the furtherance of the Foreign Mis
sionary Cause, it was so observed by
the Methodist Church in this place.—
Rev. Mr. Potter made a very able and
interesting sermon oil that subject in
the forenoon, when in the afternoon,
the Sabbath Schools being assembled,
interesting addresses were made to
them hv Dr. Wm. King and Mr. L.
W. Thomas, with a view of cncoumg-
and increasing their interest and
participancv in this great work of the
Church. At night a general Mission
ary Celebration, on the part of our
hole people, was held in the Church,
hen Maj. M. Stanley and Gen. Wm.
M, Brown delivered able, appropriate
and interesting addre-ses to the large,
attentive and apparently much inter-
terested audience.
The contributions during the day to
this cause, we learn, were quite liberal,
nd no doubt a new and greater inter
est on the part of our people in this
great work, has been the result of that
day’s service.
original motion, which we gladly n<
cjpt and advocate. Let the prize be of
fered then for twenty home-raised hogs
instead of one, and let the General As
sembly, on motion of Dr. Carlton, at
its next session, make the stealing of
swine a felony. As to the impractica
bility of raising hogs in the range of
Columbus, we have our doubts. Un
til a trial be made, under the changed
conditions suggested, we can not be
lieve that hog raising is an impossibil
ity in any part of this State. At any
proportion to population, than in any
other country.
Then, again, the French are beyond
all others, a hoarding people. There are
few artisans in the cities or peasants in
the agricultural districts, who do not
keep a reserve of coin in their owh
custody. There has always been more
gold hoarding in France, than in all
other European comriGs combined.
France lias a fine c\. ■■ ite and an ex
cellent soil, and her lands, which have
been cultivated for centuries, instead
rate, let the Patrons of Husbandry, j of being exhausted by a vicious system of
Col. Estes charges injustice upon
the article which we copied from the
Atlanta Herald, statiug “that he con-1 let ; .- iV one ever venture to give th
ented to accept the recommendation distressing alarm of fire, until it is cer-
teudered him by Mr. Bell’s friends in I tainly ascertained that a fire does exist,
the Gainesville Convention, upon the Xhis is ea8l]v enough done, and the
round, that if he did not consent to j nn!loe nm . ^ sufficiently earIy given
run now, that they would not support th „ r , ro preveilt damage from
The
\V T Eare iudebted toGol. Malcom John
son, Sectary of the State Agricultural
Society, for a copy of the proceedings
of the last meeting of the society, held
at Thomasville, Ga. They are full of
interest, containing the opening address
of the President, Gen. A. II. Colquitt;
address of Dr. W. LeRoy Broun,
President State Agricultural College,
and Prof. H. C. White, and Dr. E.
M. Pendleton, Professors of Chemistry
and Agriculture in the same institu
tion. These, together with the ad
dresses of Dr. W. L. Jones, Editor
Southern Cultivator, “ on the cotton
plant as a fertilizer,” Mr. B. D.
Lumsden, of Bibb county, on “ Hay
making” aud Mr. R. H. Hardaway of
Thomasvilie, on “ the Garden ” ns
well as other valuable speeches and
proceedings, makes it an exceedingly
interesting volume, and one of much
value to every agriculturist. We
would advise that this copy of the
proceedings be filed by every farmer,
for future valuable and instructive
reference.
Fai.se Alarms.—Several times of
late, our city Ins been thrown into a
.tate of excitement by the false alarm
of fires This has not only become an
annoyance, but a matter of serious im
portance. Just so often a3 these false
alarms are given, just to that extent,
do our people become indifferent to the
cry of fire. Now, this may lieeome a
serious trouble from these indiscretions,
and our city may be caused to suffer
j great damage therefrom. By no means
subordinating the cotton questions tor
a moment, announce that SI,000 in
gold will be given as a premium for
the best twenty hogs raised in Georgia.
It is worth the money to test the ques
tion, and our deliberate opinion is that
it will be, in its results, worth hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. Now
what say you, Messieurs of the
Grange ?—Augueta Constitutionalist.
Our Agricultural Editor and Editor
pro tem., Dr. E. D. Newton, has just
returned from New York, and is great
ly surprised at the intense excitement
created in Georgia by his great article
on “The Hog Question.”
As the Columl>u3 Times and the
Augusta Constitutionalist whilst endors
ing his idea, have misunderstoo 1 hi-
position or proposition, we reproduce (
the original nrticle and ask them to
read and publish the same. His sug-1
gestion was a premium for tho best j
five hogs. The Constitutionalist has it i
one—and the Times amends, by sug
gesting twenty.
Tho madness of our farmers in the
adoption of almost exclusive Cotton
culture instead of making their farms
self-sustaining, induced him to pen
the article presented below. He says,
if he was supreme ruler of Georgia,
he would not only disfranchise, hut
would confiscate the lands of, every
farmer who failed to make his farm
self-supporting.
He seems to be in earnest about this
matter, and thinks the future of Geor
gia is in tho hands of the Press and
the Grangers, and that the Georgia
State Agricultural Society ha, not
lived or acted up to its privileges aud
responsibilities.
THE HOG Q VEST ION.
$1,000 In Gold for the best Five Figs,
Georgia liaised.
Said Pigs to be raised by the same
person, and not to be more than Twelve
months old.
If our Fair Associations in Georgia
would but offer the above-mentioned
colossal premium, every fanner in our
husbandry, or yielding less than form
erly by unskillful tillage, a
natcly the case in many parts of the
United States, are now more produc
tive than they ever were before, while
the division into small ownerships—
the result of the French law of inheri
tance—increases every year the acre
age under cultivation. Notwithstand
ing her large population to he fed upon
what her M*il produces—a populatii n
of some 3 ).000,000 upon a territory
much smaller than Texas—she is a
large exporter of various kinds of ags
rici ltural products. As a purely agri
cultural country, she is undoubtedly
the first in Europe; in manufactures,
second only to Great Britain.
But notwithstanding the eeonomv,
the industry, the skill, the general
thrift of her people, and her great ng-
rii ul'u nil resources, together with the
accumulations of former years, France
would not have been able to pay the
indemnity exacted I y Germany, and
t> recover, as she has done, from the
disastrous effects of the war, had not
the management of her finances and
revenue been confined to the hands of
able, experienced and upright men, and
hud not her own people and the enpi-
tnli-ts of oilier nations relied implicitly
upon her good faith. French states
men have not been notable examples
of political wisdom or conservatism,
nor have the French people been es
pecially trustworthy on questions of
government; hut no country has been
more favored in the possession of really
able financiers and political economists.
— Chronicle it- Sentinel.
from Ih.. Atlznu u
another STOinr
F om Conductor Johnson am, 0lh
who arm ed tu this citv las*
the Georgia Road, « ve '„ c t <= n 0! ""S^
culnrs of another disartrous m
wind, rain and hail, which “V" c!
Georgia Railroad. ru, ' k 4| |
Mr. Johnson states that win,.,,
tram was stopping at Untied,,. , ■•7
is a small town about -17 m iuV i'?*
----- • -to*
I :
this city, for the purpo*. „f
wood and water, a must *ew e
burst over the place. This « as
half-pa.-1 two yesterday af ter ,^'
bo violent did tne ram and l w ;| ?■
scend, which were necomp-zniedbr
terrible wind, that he thic— 1 - •- - *
dent to move his train 11 t iri)>
mity of the houses and rrcea wh,*'-'
surrounded him fearing tint tlxwL
building would he carried away, h
is unfortu- could see immense trees and rails fin
ing the air, and the roaring of »l*
storm was fearful. ° *“*
Coming half a mile this -sideof R u ,
ledge, when near the residence of li
Montgomery’s
of his
he nolle
liou»e v.as gum- an
trees blown across the t • nek.
course, necessitated ;i delay
obstruciii.n cou!
occupied about
ICS ot l) r
1 that the I
top
feve: a |
This of
until tb #
1 removed, which
. - . , minutes. I)„ rin
the cyclone, u little son of Dr M„ n ,
gomerv’s. aged about four years wj
blown away, and had not been found
when the train left.
1 he wile and child of John Norton
were seriously injured at Covington by
the house being blown down. Mr
Johnson could not lei, what damage
was done at Rutledge. iu above stated,
the train movinrr off iuu it,.
GENERAL NEWS.
Washington, April 21.— Tbc
Comptroller of the Currency, in accor
dance with it request of the Secretary
of the Treasury, will immediately di-
r :: the bank examiners for the several
districts in the course of their exami
nations of the different hanks to in
spect till checks and vouchers required
to l>e stamped with two cent stamps,
and report the facts iu reference there
to, which information, when received,
will be transmitted to the Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue.
Washington, April 2S.—Judge
Edwards Pinrrepont, of New York,
has accepted the position of attorney-
moving off jast as the storm
struck there, from appearances the
most violent portion of the wind was
below that point ; but all along between
Rutledge and Covington the effects
were very visible, and trees were nrm.
traled on all sides.
At the time of which we write tele-
graph communication between this
point and Covington was cut off, th e
wires being down. We await farther
information from that quarter wiih
much interest and anxiety.
Aug Cota, May 1.—A fearful tor
nado struck Columbia, S. (J., at half,
past 5 this evening. The steeple of
the Presbyterian Church was demolish- *
cd, the roof of the market blown off,
and although hundreds wore aru.md
no one was seriously hurt. The depots
of the Greenville & Columbia and
South Carolina Railroads were unroof,
ed and otherwise damaged, and trees
uprooted in every direction. Onlv one
death reported.
Knoxville, May 1.—A heavy
storm hero this afternoon, binning
down the county bridge over the Ten-
nes=re river. It also damaged the
Charleston railroad bridge. Loss to
the county, 840,000.
him in some future race.” We are not
disposed to do Mr. Estes any injustice
whatever, and as we are not respon
sible for the article, can make no issue
with hint on this point. As we learn
the telegram which Mr. Speer received
from Col. Brobston, of Madisou, Ga.,
and read at Watkinsville and in
Athens, on last Thursday, makes Col.
Brobston responsible for the statement,
wo leave the issue with him and Col.
Estes.
It is but just and fair to say in this
connection, that Col. Estes, while lie
denied the charge in his speech here
trvattee.
giving«»:
serious oii .-u-i: in
unit hubinit.-i tin- |
i ary
alarms of fin- I - quite a
in the eye of the law,
petrator to no in
considerable punishment. We hope
the evil will be abated in our commu
nity, without any resort on the part ot
the authorities to the restraint of the
law.
TiiEitr. is nothing in town to get up
a local about—no fights, no Police
Courts; in tact, Athens is dead—at
least, f t- awhile. There is hardly a
drummer comes to town. And so ye
loem reporter will take in the Springs
State would surely- make the attempt i general and will enter upon the dis-
to raise a portion of his “ plantation j charge of his duties on May 15th, at
supplies”—at least, so far as regards j which date the resignation of Attorncy-
that ot bacon. j General Williams takes effect.
There now seems to exist such an j The President this morning sp-
antipathy among our people for swine, j pointed Major Robert Maefeely to be
(at least, while they are alive,) that it j Commissary General of Suh.-istance
would seem they were recognized as j rice Shiras, deceased. Major Maefeely
fiercely carnivorous animals, and very j is at present sc-rvinz on the staff of
dangerous to control. But no sooner j Lieutenant General .Sheridan.
are they slain by the blood-thirsty ! Washington Anri! 27. Bard's
butchers of St. Louis, Louisville and j resignation ha- been accepted,
Cincinnati, and carefully packed—with | effect the first of May, which <!r.v
courage are they approached by the j c |,, sc3 j,is quarter. Iti contradiction
fanatic devotees of king cotton! j of half a dozen reports that he had
Seated in the office of his commission | not. it is now sure that the President
merchant, the farmer having already , to day signed Conley’s con.mission as
THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.
Richmond, Va., April 28th.—A
large number of ex-Confederates, in
cluding general and field and staff
officers, serenaded Gen. \V. F. Bart
lett, formerly of Massachusetts, to
night. at his residence in this city, in
acknowledgment of and to return him
thanks for his speech at the Lexington
Centennial celebration. Gen. Bradley
T. Johnson, on the part of the Con
federates. addressed Gen. Bartlett iu
complimentary terms and returned him
thanks for his manly and courage
ous speech on the above-mentioned oc
casion: Geu. Bartlett responded, say-
in Athens, yet, in n rathei modified j or go to Winterville, for refreshments.
form, admitted as much. Certainly
what lie did say aud what he here ad
mitted, caused his hearers to think
that there was no inconsidertble foun
dation for the report
But before we leave, we shall serenade
our sweet with the following pathetic
words :
“ Maid of Athens, ’ere we part,
Give me back—
Hth
of
An Important Impkovzment.—
We would respectfully suggest to cur
city authorities or the owners of lots
in Oconee Cemetery, to eit-ct a nice
Summer-house at some suitable point
in tho Cemetery. A neat house with
a large shed or portico built in connec
tion therewith, and that provided with
seats, would not only furnish a great
convenience to all visitors to the Cem
etery in time of rain or inclement
weather, but would be a source of in
terest and attraction to those sacred
grounds. If such a hdise was erected,
which might bo used firing the win
ter season for the p rotation of plants
and flowers, no donq the families
having friends hurried there, would
take more pains and inteest in beauti
fying and adorning tfese grounds.
Our Cemetery is natural): a beautiful
and picturesque place, an\ only needs
the floriciiltural and arrive attention
of our citizens, to make it «ne of the
most beautiful and attra^ive of all
Cemeteries. Then, let this “ City of
the Dead,” the resting plnciofour de
parted friends, ever receite a com
mendable, watchful, and jeautifying
care on tho part of our wble people.
that 50 cents I lent you.”
Ben Hill and J. B. Estes are being
rubbed down preparatory to being led
out on the Congressional Race track.
Hill seems to be the favorite, by Jong
odds, though it is thought that Estes
may give him a brush on the home
stretch.
Price has been tied out too long in
the weather, and owing to his short
feed, may bolt.
allowed his Agricultural Congo* to
dictate the pitching of his crop on a
hi-is of almost exclusive cotton cul
ture, pledges a “ lien” on his cotton
bales, or even mortgages his farm, in
order to enjoy the juicy contents ot the
bacon cask before him. Fed by the
Western farmer, the Southern farmer
following exclusive cottou culture,
must forever be a slave.
“ Pi-_- > lture” is one of our means
of safety. Yet, to commence again
1.ee is
r Court
P 'stmaster at Atlanta. John
appointed Postmaster at Chest
i House, 8. C.
! Washington, I). C., Ariel 3(>.—
j The following letter was exhumed to-
; day in the Post Oifire Department
; from a large number of letters which
i found their way to the dea 1 letter office
jin 1861. The letter is dUed May 4,
I 18G1, and is addressed :
To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
tiiis long-abandoned pursuit, seems al- j /. ^ ^ . t • c
P . r .. ’. . ' As soon as von take rossession of
the W idle House 1 should like to re
ceive the job for refurnishing the same,
ipect™
„ „ ... . , this good work of the people of God.
Rain AND Hail, tin Wednesday lh« minister earnestly and prayerfully
last, there was a very heavy rain in appeals to all of our citizens to attend
this place, accompanied with boil.— ,hpfiC v ’ rv ' c * s * n( I l® n< I their cncour*
. i ,_ have ever seen ! n 8 en,w, t to a work so much needed in
don t remembe and which will doubtless
pr hear*] of so muc.i hail during any . p rove a gre!lt blessing |o onr whole
,Htc as has iallcn ibis spring. 1 community.
Col. J. B. Estes, now stumping
the Ninth District for Congressman,
agreeable to appointment, made two
good speeches for Mr. Hill in these
parts, on last Thursday. He spoke in
Watkinsville at 11 a. m., and iu
Athens at 8£ o’clock p. m. He was
assisted in these services by Messrs.
Speer and Rucker, of this place. The
Colonel regards this as a very hill-y
portion of his circuit.
Col. W. P. Price adjressed the
citizens of Athens on Maday night
He was replied to b» Judge A
last.
L. Mitchell. We supposejhe Colonel
is convinced as was ColonelEstes, that
he “ wasted his sweetness di the desert
atr,” as Clarke county is prfeommitted
to the support of Hon. B. tt. Hill.
Important Decision.—E1 * e-
where will be found an important de
cision of the Supreme Court of the
United States in regard to lobby
service. As this is a matter which has
excited considerable attention through
out the land of late, our own Georgia
not excepted, it no doubt will be read
with great interest by all who desire to
see pure legislation, both state and
federal, and a general overthrow of
that corruption which has so marked
our political history for tho past ten or
fifteen years.
THE HOG UESTION
We read as follows in the Columbus
Times:
The Northeast Georgian and the Au
gusta Constitutionalist favor an offer of
81,000 for the best hog raised in Geor
gia, and think that will decide the ques
tion. We l>eg leave to differ with
them. We think the prize should be
given for the best twenty hogs. The
best hog might be raised by aq amateur
farmer, who only raised one or two
hogs, in order to win this premium.
We contend that the only way to pre
vent the stealing and killing ot the
1 •! 4 I •
most a herculean task—for in some ot
our Agricultural districts, “ye swine”
has become so completely extinct, that
il is rumored “old John Robinson,”
on his next tour South, proposes to
add this animal to his Menagerie of j
living curiosities.
The “Essex” apd the “ Berkshire” j
arc to-day, far more valuable to onr r> ,, T -„. T . . 0
people than the ferruginous pigs ..f ExeeHencr Jefferson Davis. President
Cherokee. Georgia, or the Golden n“i ' lo ^
Sands of the Chestatee. ke P‘ 1,11 calle, ‘
Nearly all of our farmers are “pig- '' ahiiington, May 1.—The Phila*
headed’ on tills subject. Only intru- | rielpihi:*. Enguirer says editorial!
duce the subject of “ pork, or bacon,”
and the ready response is, “ We can't
which I guarantee to do on tho most
liberal terms. Your*, respectfully,
“ Conrad Brewster,
“ Upholsterer, No. 800 Broadway, N.
Y.”
The envelope is addressed “ To Hi
t
raise hogs in Georgia.”
How many of our farmers who so
report, have made the experiment
within the past twelve months? We
are sure if they had used the necessary
economy on their farms, they could
at least, have raised a few pigs, if not
successful in hog-raising on a larger
sxilc.—-N. E. Georgian Feb. 17l/t.
PlC-N ic-ing is the ordeipf the day.
On last Saturday, the stuquits of the
University picuie-ed at tho Gum
Springs, and the Colored Fie Company
excurted to the forests gpeu, while
the Grangers held a basket Conclave at
Winterville, six miles downjthe Athens
branch of the Georgia Railbad.
Dull Times.—Trade
ting rather dull in Athei
our prominent merchants
lar “ fist i-cufT the other
sale of two chickens,
were regular Game Cocks.
bo get-
as two of
regu-
ly over the
be, they
farmers’ hogs is to make the crime a
penitentiary offense. It is simple folly
to attempt to “ raise your own meat”
in this part of Georgia. In North
Georgia, where there are comparative
ly few negroes, it is often the case that
the farmer raises his supplies of every
description. Both “ overseers” and
hog thieves are things of the past.
But it is not practicable to raise ho<*s
here.
While Dr. Carlton, of the Northeast
Georgian, was engaged in doing the
State, some service in Atlanta, as a
member of the Legislature, Dr. Ed.
Newton ran the paper according to his
own statement, as n first-class agricul
tural organ. Among other clever sug
gestions, he proposed that a prize of
81,000 in gold should bo offered by
somebody for the best Georgia-raised
hog, declaring, incidentally, that the
prospect of such a sum as that would
prove conclusively that we need not
altogether havejour smoke houses in
WORTHY OF REPRODUCTION
IN EVERY PAPER IN OUR
LAND.
Your paper of the 28th instant, con
tained a long and most valuable letter,
from Mr. Hugh McCulloch to the ed
itor of the Tribune, from which I have
cut some extracts, which might well
be studied until known by heart by ev
ery American. Read, mark and in
wardly digest. The only reason for
mutilation, is to condense the essence.
Respectfully, N. B. M.
Many causes may be assigned for
the wealth which France has b.eti
found to possess in all great emergen
cies, among which are the following:
I he h ranch people are an eminently
economical and thrifty people, A
French family can live, and live well,
on less than would be considered suffi
cient to save from starvation an Amer
ican family of the same numbers. An
intelligent Bostonian, who had spent
some years in France, said to me last
bummer, in speaking of the economi
cal habits and skill in cookery of the
French people, that “a French village
of a thousand inhabitants, co.ild bo
supported luxuriously on the wa.-te of
one of our American hotels.” The le
mark was not far from the truth. If
the art of cockary were understood and
practiced in the United States as it is
in France; if our people knew as well
how to make the most of their provi
sions as the French do, the cost of liv-
*°r> as J* r a * food is regarded, in most
® tales * would be reduced more
than 40 per cent. Domestic economy,
as a rule, is neither practiced nor un
derstood by American!}, as it is in
France. It may not be too much to
lion. Wm. D. Kelley having returned
in Washington from a prolonged tour
liiinugh the South, declares that the
vote lie most regrets during his four
teen years’ service in Congress, is that
which he cast last Winter in favor ot
the Force b'li, and he a ids, that so far
as hi- observations went during his ex
tended tour, there was no more neces
sity f>r the use of Federal military
force in the South, than there is in
Pennsylvania or Oiiio. He talked with
all classes and conditions of men re
garding the political feelings oi the
people of the South, and was stir-
prised to find the prevalence of amity
and good will to be universal. Judge
Kelley has lost all confidence in the
stories of Ku-KIrx amt Southern mu
rages, having personally proved them
to be the myths of mere partisan ma
levolence. \Y hen a Republican of
such eminence as Judge Kelley gives
testimony such as this, it would seem
as if it we.e time, indeed, for Mr.
\\ illiams to retire tq his native wilds
of Oregon, and for the super-service*
able organs of the carpet-baggers to
learn new tunes to stir up vindictive
feslings against the South. It. would
also appear to be lime to withdraw our
army lrom those places where it is not
wanted, and to send it to the Texas
frontier, where it is wanted very much.
While I appreciate deeply this mark
take j of your esteem and approval, I cannot
dav ! all>>w you to give me undue credit. I
cannot allow yon to suppose that it re
quired any courage to tell the audiencs
at Lexington the truths that came to
my lips. Had it been my lot to tell
them unpleasant truths that might mar
their joy or excite their indignation ;
had I been forced to admit that the
war was not yet over; that a Northern
man could not live peaceably at the
South and lie true to his convictions;
that the men of the South, having ap
pealed to the dread arbitration of the
sword, had, regardless of honor, re
fused to abide by its stern decree—then
I grant you my task would have been
heavy—my courage would have been
tested. But the truths that I uttereu
were the most welcome tidings they re
ceived on that day of jubilee, and
what you now approve and confirm inis
already been most heartily indorsed by
the people and press of the North. I
only spoke the hopes and feelings of
my people. The chord of love and
harmony was there, and only wailed
for the touch. The chief defect in tho
great fabric of our Union, which while
it existed rendered a perfect harmony
of interests impossible, has been rudc-ly
swept away, leaving a strncture mine
permanent, inure full of glorious possi
bilities than onr fathers dared to hope
for. To cement this new Union on a
sounder foundation and avail our.-elves
of the promises of ihe future is a
solemn task well fitted to thesv centen
nial ymtrs. As soldiers who fought
the battle out in good faith, you can
wield the strongest influence lor pence
and right. Your v or.-t cnen ies al the
South are the few men here and there
who talk more bravely than _ they
fought, and it is the same at the North,
but the people there, tired <d these
politic;tits whose voices are still tor
war, arc fin-1 replacing them l y men m
less selfish purpose, wl:n>e views arc
bounded by no narrow lines of State
or section or parly, hut who d -j re
justice and prosperity for all. Ihe
war through which we passed develop
ed and proved on lmth sides the
qualities of American mr.nl’oud. It
has left to us soldiers .nice foes now
friends, a memory of hard-fought
fields, of fearful sacrifices, of hemic
valor, and it has taught ns the les?<^*rhJ
to !k» transmitted t • our children that
divided we are terrible, united we are
forever invincible.
Gen. Bartlett was frequently inter-*
tupied by hearty applause.— Tribune.
Out on Bail.—Mr. J. N. Ebcr-
liart, the last of the gentlemen con-
As a new crop of Southern outrages j in U)e reccnt mi?e d y in our
will Le required next Fall, it will be
just as well for the North to remember
the testimony of Judge Kelley.
Note.—The Enquirer has been
nltra-Radioal, and Judge Kelley is lie
who refuged under a table when there
was loose shooting in Mobile some-
years ago.
Mem this, April 27.—The planters
are complaiuiug greatly of the unpre
cedented destruction of mules, horses
and cattle by tho buffalo gnat, it is
estimated that within the ]>ust ten days
ten thousand dollars' worth of stock
has been killed *by them within a
radious of one hundred miles, taking
this city as the centre of the circle.
Cincinnati, April 28.—A dispatch
from Lexington, Ky., reports that the
Hon. John C. Breckinridge is in veir
feeble health and rapidly failing.
county, was last week admitted jo hail
in the sum of 825,000, and is now
with his family in Athens. This is
right, for whatever maybe the guilt of
a criminal, the law presumes him in
nocent until lie is proven guilty, and
lie ought to be treated with at least
common humanity. Judge Pottle, m
his remarks upon bailing the prisoner,
stated this, and said he did not wish it
understood, that in fixing the bond at
so large an amount, it was as an ex
pression b> him of a conviction of th*
guilt of the prisoner, bui that I s
it at that sum because he thought tne
prisoner able to meet it. He furth , f
stated that he considered a good bond
the best jail in the country.—Echo.
And now they adulterate honey
Thisi s a bees-tly fraud.