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H. II. CAKI.TON. Editor.
to the power and nsefulnws of “Re-j • ~Tbe1 > t i niaft)(irg|i,"' '
vivals” is that of many of the leading ‘ welcome!! thrice welcome
secular new?paj>er* in botIf England ^ Athens.
WEDNESDAY MORXIXd, MAY 19.
tirneral Local and Traveling Agent.
Capt. J. E. Hitch,
b tbc duly auiborixcd A^vnt of the North-east
Gkosgiax.
CArr. RiTru it also the duly authorizH ssent of
that • pie a J id weekly, the•*Sunny South.’*
Edncalion anil Journalism.
While we wouhl not claim for Jour-
'haliim a power or a usefulness un
warranted by the facts, we nevertheless
affirm that there is, in the pre.^ent era
at least, no other element more pow
erful in the education of the people.—
The time has hecn when I took s were
almost the sole dependence in this re
spect. Within the memory of men of
middle age, there was a time when the i
Newspaper and the Magazine could
not boast of a circulation l»v any means
general, or even extensive. But that
time has passed, never to return.—
Now, there is scarcely a man, who can
rend at all, who does not read the pa
pers ; and the number of those who,
in the absence of these, would read
little or nothing musthe very great. In
deed, 10 be able to read the papers lias
come to be one of the most powerful
inducements to learn to read at all.
The range of subjects brought before
the people by the modern Newspaper,
it almost unlimited. Religion, Science,
the Principles of Government, great
Public Enterprises, Agriculture, and
all the Arts of Practical Life, nre
among the constant themes of its dis
cussion ; and. to say nothing of the
vnst amount of information in this way.
disseminated, the cultivation of the
habit and power of thought among the
people cannot but exert a wonderful
influence in educatiug them.
Tha responsibility of Journalism in
tbisgreat work, cannot be estimated too
highly, and that ft comes up to the full
measure of its duty cannot be affirmed.
No human work is, perhaps, ever per
fectly done. Indeed, there are not a
few Newspapers that are purposely and
willfully pernicious. But we venture
to affirm that in the main, and taken
as a whole, the Newspaper Press is do
ing a great and noble work towards
educating the people, and that, too, in
the right direction.
In return, the Press has received in
estimable benefit. The more n people
are educated, the greater do the influ
ence and usefulness of the Press be
come. The law of actioa and reaction
are herein well illustrated. It has
come to pass that the power of the
Press is greater than that of Govern
ment itself; and it is well that it is
•o, because while Government may, by
its patronage, subsidize a small number
of the Journals, the great majority
of them must depend upon the people
for their support, and must therefore
represent and vindicate the people.
Newspapers cannot be other, there
fore, than the friends of education—
universal education. It is in this view
that this paper has devoted so much
of its space, from time to time, to that
important subject; and while we may
not approve ail the plans that have
been adopted to accomplish the object,
and while we do not believe that edu
cation alone is the one thing needful,
or that, of itself, it can regenerate the
race, we do say that it is one of the
imperative duties of the Press to advo
cate its claims, and urge its importance,
until the means of Education shall be
placed within the reach of all.
and America, and of auch interest and
importance is 'the work of Messrs.
Moody and Sonkv considered to be,
j that to one, if not more, of the New
1 York Journals, daily telegrams are sent
by cable, reporting the labors and suc
cess of those zealous evangelists.
The truth is, that the Christian
Church started in a revival on the day
of l’enticost; and in spite of the charge
of drunkenness theu or of fanaticism
since, there is no observant man who
docs not know that, iu this country
at least, a very large proportion of the
purest and most steadfast followers of
the Faith were brought in by revivals,
and that very much of the growth and
pro.-perity of the Church are due to
the same agency. It would seem that
the time has fully come when the old
cry of fanaticism should cease, if it has
not already done so.
Strawberry Fesliv.il.
A Strawberry Festival will be given
at the Newton House, on Friday night
next, for the benefit of the Athens
Guards. We do hereby’ make a most
earnest appeal to all of our people to
turn out and attend this festival. The
Guards are lacking about three hun
dred dollars to pay them out of debt,
and set them upon
pendent basis. The Company is com
posed of our very best young men who
are exceedingly noxious to keep up
the Esprit de Corps of our city, and
they should most certainly be aided
and encouraged. Nothing lends more
to the pleasure and pride of a commu
nity thau a well organized, handsomely
equipped and thoroughly drilled Milita
ry Company. Nearly every town and
city in this State, now claims a Mili
tary Company as its especial boast and
pride. Then let not Athens be behind
in this matter, but let everybody go
to the Strawberry Festival, have a good
time, ar d by their mite thus contributed,
help to make the Athens Guards the
first Company in Georgia.
ATHENS.
Committee of Reception and Arrange-
Taawfi.wjj H.’Christy, H. H. Carlton,
Goodloe Yancey, F. B. Lucas, C. G.
Talmadge, T. A. Burke, W. II. Jones,
T. W. Rucker, Edwin D. Newton.
Committee will meet Members of
Press Association at the Railroad De
pot, on Wednesday, the 19th, aud
furuish transportation to Newton
House, where they will be received by
our citizens.
The Convention will assemble at
Moore College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts, at 10 o’clock, a. m.
Address of Welcome in behalf of our
citizens and the University, by Rev.
H. II. Tucker, D. D.
Response by President of Press As
sociation.
In the afternoon, there be a« Inspec
tion of the University Buildings, Li
brary and Literary Societies.
Drill and Review of Uuiversity Bat
talion, by Col. L. 11. Charbonnier.
Dinner at Newton House, tendered
by citizens of Athens, at 81 o’clock r. v.
• Thursday Afternoon.—Reception
at Lucy Cobb Institute and Midi me
Sosnowski's Select School.
Inspection of our Manufacturing In
terests—Cotton Mills, Paper Mill,
Shoe Manufactory, Iron Foundry,
a sure and inde- Excursion to Experimental Farm
School of Agriculture.
THE PRESS DINNER BY THE CITIZENS
OF ATHENS.
Toaste.
The State of Georgia.
Our Honored Guest—The Members
of the Press.
The University of Georgia.
Our Female Colleges.
The Mayor and Council of Athens.
The Manufacturing Interest of Ga.
Georgia Agriculture.
Our Railroad Interest.
Our Miueral Wealth.
Our Commerce.
Our Common Country, 1775 and
1875.
The Learned Professions.
Ph-cmms* Prim.
The following prizes will be offered
Sunday Scwoorr Conventions
The Methodist and Presbyterian Sun-
on the occasion of our approaching day Schools have appointed as dele-
t f a t tin fifofo finnrloD Uoknnl
Doctor A. A. Lipscomb, Late Chancel
lor of the Uulversitjr of Georgia.
At a recent meeting of the Trustees
ofthe Vanderbilt University, at Nash
ville, this gentleman was elected to
the Chair of Modern Languages and
English Literature.
The Doctor, we learn, has formally
accepted the position, and enters upon
his duties on the first of September
next.
Iu his position of Chancellor and
Professor, he has rendered the State
and the South irr.j>ortant service.
The Vanderbilt University may ap
propriate him os a Professor and Nash
ville as a citizen, yet, the hearts of our
people will ever follow him in his la
bors, and swell with pride at every
success he may achieve in his new
sphere of usefulness. The golden
chains of our friendship can only be
lengthened—never broken.
The Forest News.
A Weekly Paper, (o be published
at Jefferson, Jackson county, by the
Jackson County Publishing Company,
i.-sues its Prospectus this week.
We look forward with pleasure to
the first appearance of this new can
didate for public favor, and will gladly
place it upon our list of exchanges.
We congratulate the Abies iu securing
the services of Mr. Malcolm Stafford,
who has been associated with the
Georgian for the past year. Under
his management we will promise the
people of Jackson county a weekly
visitor worthy of their perusal and
patronage.
Ninth Congressional District.
We give below the official returns of
the election held in the 9th Congres
sional District on the 5th inst., and
which are obtained directly from the
Secretary of State:
Ranks,
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Dawson,
Fannin,
Forevtli,
Franklin,
(iiltuer,
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Hall,
lialieraham,
Jackson,
Lumpkin,
Madison,
Morgan,
Ocoitce,
Tickena,
Rabun,
Towns,
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Firemens’ Contest and Review. «
The contests will not be between the
Companies themselves, but between
Sections of each Company:
First Prize, Hope—Beautiful French
Bronze Clock.
Second Prize, Hope—A Bouquet
Holder, silver.
First Prize, Pioneer—Solid Silver
Table Service.
Second Prize, Pioneer—Set Silver
Spoons.
First Prize, Relief—Silver Watch
aud Chain.
Second Prize, Relief—Handsome
Walking Cane.
The above mentioned prizes are now
on exhibition at the Jewelry Store of
Messrs. L. Scheveuell & Co.
Prizes to be delivered by bis Honor,
Mayor King, in front of Messrs. Longs
& Billups, immediately after the con
test.
A Happy Bachelor.—He wanted
to be “ a Benedict,” so he determined
to call “ a convention ” of all the pret
ty girls in his neighborhood aud make
a choice. So the day was selected, and
every preparation was made. All the
"substantial:;” am! the delicacies from
town aud country, that could be col
lected, graced the tables. Five or six
hundred of his neighbors were present
to show their appreciation of his lavish
hospitality. There was feasting, mu
sic and dancing, aud every one enjoyed
the occasion. Our host, a bachelor of
sixty-five, was so supremely happy,
however, in watching the happiness of
his guests, that, he overlooked the
grand object of the meeting, and al
lowed the girls to go home without
[topping the question. In fact, he
acknowledged the truth by saying that
there were so many pretty ones present
that it was impossible for him to con
centrate his atlections so as to make
the selection of a wife.
Old Jackson County has a host of
beautiful girls, and we will suggest to
our friend, that the next opportunity
which may offer, he might easily afford
to “ draw straws" for his spouse, aud
theu be sure of securing a prize.
The Tea Plant Cultivated Suc
cessfully in Athens.—At the resi
dence of our friend Col. William Jones,
can be sceu one hundred Chinese Tea
Plants. These plants are not raised
in a hot house, but are pcrrenials, and
grown in the opeu air. They can
stand a Northern temperature of 35
degrees.
An analysis of leaves show 8 per
cent, more of the alkaloid principle,
than the Tea produced in China.
One hundred plants will make twenty-
five, pounds of Tea yearly—enough for
an ordinary-sized family.
Let every one of our farmers have a
“ Tea Patch.”
gates to the State Sunday School Con
vention to assemble'at Union Point,
Friday 21st,' from the 1st Methodist
Suuday School, Dr. Wi. King, Mr.
Bradford Nicholson, Mr. ~ Claude
Chandler and Mr. Andrew Lips
comb, Jr.
From Oconee St Sunday School,
Capt. R. Nickerson, Mr. Albert Geans,
Mr. John Lucas and Mr. John Black.
From the Presbyterian Sunday
School, Mr. W. W. Lumpkin, Mr.
Stevens Thomas, Jr., Mr. H. H.
Phinizy and Mr. Robert Smith, Jr. .
~ GENERAL "NEWS?
Rome, Ga., May To.—Rome voted
to-day ou the liquor question, and de
cided for restriction. By a vote of 108
for and 85 against restriction. Major- 1
ity for restriction 23.
Augusta, May 15.—Judge Gibson
refuses to grant the injunction restrain- tiujrv t . r : rr j ,
ing the Georgia railed from paving >*»«*«*?■»* of these gentle
interest on the bonds of the Western
We notice among the visiting law
yers in attendance upon our court this
week, Cols. Mathews and Johnson of
Oglethorpe and Col. John Reid of
Green county. We were struck with
the style of baggage, of one of these
gentlemen. From the label thereupon
we suppose it may be taken as an
evidence of his having been employed
iu the Beecher Tilton case.
The members of the Georgia Press
Convention, will be cordially welcomed
at the sanctum of the Northeast
Georgian during their sojourn in our
city.
Soda water free of charge, at
Longs & Billups, if you will just strike
Eddie (who, by the by, is one of the
best boys in town) at the right time.
Hills majority over Estes 3,360,
over Price 5,114, over the whole field
2,043.
Legal Height.
The following is the Legal Weight
of a bushel as fixed by an Act of the
General Assembly, approved February
20th, 1875:
Eondon, May 10.—Among the
passengers outhe^b fated s-tea me
Schiller wm* n||9PRntou Spritz,
Macon, lately clerk with V. Kalin,
Mpssrg**M. Harrison and A. Water-
inan, of Hawkinsville, and M. Cohen;
of t. e firm of Elcldierg «& Cohen, of
Mouteasuma. '.While we have no de-
i* ?. .1
Religious Revivals.
The time has lioen when Religious
Revivals, as they arc called,-Were re
garded by very many people as a spe
cies of fanaticism. For this alleged
reason, the great work of the Wesleys
and Whitfield in England and A merica,
in the last century, found very few ad
vocates among the more intelligent
classes. It was opposed even by men
" set for the defence of the Gospel
and the weapons of ridicule and perse
cution were used against it with no
sparing hand. But it would seem that
now "all that has been changed,”and
the benign results of that work, ns
seen in our day, has, perhaps, done
more than anything else, to produce
the change. Although those men were
Presbyters of the Church of England,
they were forced to resort to the.com-
mons to preach to the multitudes that
flocked V hear them; while in ourday
the largest and most comfortable halls
in London are rented, by contributions
from tha great and rich, to hold the
eager thousands that crowd to hoar
the Gospel, in revival style, from the
lips of two American laymen; and
Presbyters of the English Church sit
liesidc them on the platform, and re
joice iu the good work. In cold and
logical Scotland, too, where even
Wesley could make no great impres
sion, our two Aiuericau laymen hnve
aroused the “cannie Scots,” as they
have not been aroused before, since the
day* when the slogan called them to
battle. Iudeeil it is said that a reviv
alist has penetrated even to Berlin, and
has preached with such power and suc
cess to the imperturbable and, as we
are wont to think, semi-infidel inhabi
tants of that imperial city, that even
Royalty itself has sought instruction
anfl eon solution from his plehian lips.
Verify the prejudice against "Reviv
als " must be on the wane.
Doctor Henry II. Tucker—Chancellor
University of tieorgla.
We gladly acknowledge receipt from
the above named gentleman of a copy of
his eloquent address before the Georgia
Legislature, February 3rd, 1875. on
the " Condition, Interests and Wants
of the University of Georgia.”
This document is worthy of the head
and heart of the author, and will be
read with pride, by the friends of the
University throughout the entire South.
A full synopsis of same was pub
lished in this paper at time of its de
livery.
Hartwell High School—-Examination
and Entertainment.
The citizens of Northeast Georgia
are cordially invited, by Professor and
Mrs. M. V. Looney, to attend the exa
mination and entertainment of their
High School, on May 3ist and June
1st.
Wo premise all who may visit Hart
well on this occasion, an intellectual
treat long to be remembered. Long
live the warm hearted people of Hart
well and Hart county.
The Northeast Georgian tenders its
sincere thanks for their kind invitation.
Like the Pyramids of Egypt, it
Towers Aloft on Broad Street!—
We allude to the new Colossal Sign
of L. Scbevehell & Co., with wonder
ful hieroglyphics covering the same—
while high in air is perched Old Time,
holding centuries in its hands.
Inspection Fire Department,
City of Athens, will take place
(Monday) May 24th. Companies will
meet promptly at Engine House, at 4
o’clock P. M., by order of Henry
Bcusse, Chief Engineer Fire Depart
ment.
We are glad to see that our friend
R. T. Brumby, Jr., has returned to
his old stand on College Avenue, in
Not the least remarkable testimony • p^od health and fine spirits.
Wheat, 60 pounds.
Shelled Corn, 56 "
Ear Corn, 70 "
l’eas, 60 "
Rye, 56 “
Oats 32 “
Barley 47 “
Irish Potatoes, 60 “
Sweet Potatoes, 55 “
White Beans, 60 "
Clover Seed, 60 “
Timothy, 45 “
Flux, 56 "
Hemp 44 "
Blue Grass, 14 “
Buck Wheat, 52 “
Unpeeled dried Peaches,...33 "
Peeled dried Peaches 38 "
Dried Apples, 24 **
Onions, 57 "
Stone Coal, 80 “
Uuslakcd Lime 80 “
Turnips .55 "
Corn Meal, 48 "
Wheat Bran, 20 “
Cotton Seed, 30 "
Ground Peas, 25 “
Plastering Hair, 8 “
Oconee Court—Hon. Ueorge D. Rice,
Presiding.
There were no cases of importance
except those of a criminal character,
the principal of which was the State
vs. Richard Hancock, col’d, charged
with rape upon the person qf Mary
Furlow, col’d. Verdict, Guilty. Sen
tenced to 15 years in the Penitentiary.
There was a singular ca«e of assault
r.nd battery against A. Vickers and
Luke Robinson, both col’d ; an escape
from jail—handling the Jailor, Mr.
Edge, rather roughly. Verdict, Not
Guilty, the Court holding that the
Jailor was the assailant, the negroes
only acting in self-defense.
Personal We were delighted and
highly entertained by a visit from his
Honor, Judge G. D. Rice, on Satur
day last. The Judge had just returned
from his inaugurative term of Court
in Oconee County, and was patiently
waiting the arrival of Monday morn
ing, whea he was to enter upon the
administration of justice by way of
regulating the legal affairs of Clarke
The Judge makes a fine presidiog offi
cer, and discharges the duties of his
office with much dispatch. He in
forms us that the dockets iu the various
counties of his circuit are pretty well
cleared up. Positive and rigid io the
enforcement of the laws of the land,
On one occasion, in a certain town,
every person in the town and from the
surrounding country had gathered in
front of the leading hotel to witness
the entrance of John Robinson's cir
cus and manngerie. A young gentle
man was talking to two ladies from
the country, one of whom had a habv
in her arms. While he was fondling
with the baby and endeavoring to get
the mother to let hi a hold it while
she saw the show, the elephant cime
along. “Sail, Sail,” exclaimed her
companion, “here comes the elephant.
I gosh, lie’s got two tails 1”
Place, a Fancy Dry Goods Store.
Enter two ladies from the country.—
Mr. , have you got any lases ?”
asks one of them, addressing the pro
prietor. “ Yes, ma’am,” replied the
polite merchant, pulling down his
boxes of laces, and spreading them on
the counter. After examining and
admiring the laces for awhile, one of
them said, " Not this kind of lases,
but that kind what’s black like tar,
and sweet, oh Jerusalem ! ’
The old maids of Athens met in
convention a day or two since, and
passed resolutions requesting the next
legislature to pass a law making it
penal for any widow to marry again,
or even to nccept the addresses of any
single gentleman. As their reason for
this, they say that is not fair for one
woman to marry twice, while there arc
so many of them dying to dnior the
connubial state. ,
The Parlor Barber Shop.—
Next to Phillips & Crews, ou Marietta
street, Atlanta!' Ga., is one of the
luxuries of that city, and certainly an
enterprise which should lie sustained
by nil lovers of a good shave, or a
fashionable and artistic hair cutting.
We know whereof we speak, and ads
vise all persons visi ting Atlanta to give
that shop a call.
A certain young man in our city,
in the Insurance business, addressed
young lady q few days since. He is
to receive his final answer next Satur
day night. Oh, what suspense! Wi
speak now for some of the fcedding
cake. . .
Boys.—A gentleman from Oconee
County informs us that they are about
to organize a school in liis settlement
consisting of twenty-five boys from
three families—be being the father of
nine, while two of his neighbors con
tribute eight each.
LoAFino chairs at Dr. gmith’s,
Longs & Billups’and Pitlard, Mitchell
yet, fair, just and impartial to all per- j & Co.’s, (and that, too, with " Sock,")
sons, he is a power of strength to the; at 50 cents for the summer seasou.
good order of society and a terror to' Apply at Burke’s Book Store
evil doers. tickets.
.■ ■ ' '• : ■ r *,. *• l fr, •• .
Prof. Broun, of the State Unis
versity, writes as follows to the Aug
usta Chronicle & Sentinel:
Athens, May 8, 1875.
Editors Chronicle <fc Sentinel:
Sirs—I am anxious to have placed
in the museum of the University, for
preservation, evidences of the force
exerted by the wind during the recent
destructive tornadoes that pu-sed over
our State. Posts or trees that have
been penetrated or pierced by stones or
by pieces of tiuiber are what it is de
sired to collect. A section of the post
or tree with the timlier or stone in it
should be lalieled with the name of the
donor and the locality, and also with
the date of the occurrence. This
should be packed in a box fur pn»te<s-
tiur, etc., shipped to Athens, directed
to Museum University qf Georgia. If
tie donation should be accompanied
by a well auth.uticated statement of
facts of interest illustrating the des
tructive power of the storm, it would
be the more valuuble. I regret the
effort made to secure for the University
the telegraph pole from Can ak lias
been unsuccessful, as tiwt, by order,
has been sent to New York. By
unking this request known iu your
paper you will [ lace us under obliga
tions. Very respectfully,
W. Leroy Broun.
We call the attention of our readers
in the counties vi.-ited by the late torna
does, to this request.
John C. Breckenridoe. — We
judge tha? Title hope remains for the
life of Kent:i"ky’s Chevalier Bayar.',
the kingly man, leave soldier ami
true Southern patriot whose name ap
pears above. Writing at 4 p. m.,a*id
upon the information found in the
noon telegrams, we see little or no
ground to ex[>eet any other than a
[>eedy death. The night dispatches
will probably tell the sad, sad story,
and send a pang of keenest regr t
through the thousands of Southern
hearts that hold so d ar the name,
character and services of Breckenridoe.
Of all the men in this South land
who took part in the late civil war,
there was not one who Imre himself
more royally—whether iu the shock of
battle, under the ban of official favor,
or as a paroled prisoner and disfran
chised "rebel.” To every fate he pre
sented a front of serenest courage
and most philosophical patience; and
it is not too much to say. that of all
the politicians who held ex-ilted milita
rv positions in the Confederate army,
he showed the highest aptitude for war
while it lasteil, and the most dignified
acceptance of its results when over.—
Perhaps it was iu his blood—none no
bier flows in nobler veins—perhaps in
the man himself. He was tried with
many tests ns man, put riot and soldier,
but never found wanting. Nature was
in one of her sunniest moods w hen he
was moulded, so richly did -be dower
him with her choicest gifts. If lie
has indeed pass-cl to the other shore,
she has lost one of her rarest jewels,
and Kentucky her most distinguished
sen.—Tlejrapk and M t eager.
THE
THE
for
CLERKSHIP OF
NEXT HOUSE.
The Richmond Wli r g, one of the
ablest and wisest of .Southern political
journals, nominates Col. Alliert R.
Lamar of this State as a Candidate for
Cleik of tiie next Hau*u of Repre
sentatives. It seems to lie conceded
that this position in the organization of
the House will be tendered to the
.South. Georgia has borne herself so
bravely in this Reconstruction business,
that her claims are just aud great, ami
in the selection ot Col. Lamar she
wouhl be honored in the honor paid to
a worthy son. Ilis pen did yeoman
service in tiie cause ot Democracy as
we can attest, v hen chnmpious of
courage and abili.y were few, and to
day he can carry more political follow
ing to the position than any man
named for it.
He was the faithful and efficient
Clerk of the Confederate House of Re
presentatives. While Radical poli
ticians may see in this a bugbear, sensi
ble men all know that the permanent
e rehabilitation of the country can uuly
be brought about by the recognition of
the Confederate clement—the only
element representing the hraius and
virtue of the Smith. Cul. Lamar’s
claims are almost irresistible political
ly. In a social point of view, lie has
not his superior in America. If there
he one man in the Uuion who can out
shine him on festive occasions, when
wit and beauty meet over the spoils of
the elements wrought into miracles of
cookery, we have not seen that indi
vidual. Orator, statesman, true knight,
man of brains, mellowed and glorified
by experience, where, in the whole
land, can a person of each rare com
binations of orilliancy and substantial
merit be found for the honorable and
responsible position of Clerk of the
Hotwe?—Augusta Constitutionalist.
railroad of Alabama, on the ground
that the question of facts should go
before a jury. John P. Branch, of
\ irgitiia,^ has applied for an injunction
in the U. S. Court at Savannah,- to
restrain the sale of the Macon and
Brunswick railroad, ontheground that
no provision has been made for pays
iiient of the second series of bouds en
dorsed by the State and repudiated by
the legisture. The case will be argued
oa Monday, before Judge Bradley.
Washington, May 13.—The minor
parties to the mail route swindle, had
a partial hearing to-day. Kettle bid
in the name of Lochlin and Iddiugs.
There were nine or ten bids for Texas
routes, three of which only were genu
ine. United States Marshal Hinds will
have a hearing to-morrow. Frauds
amounting probably to seventy-five
thousands dollars have been discovered
in the St. Louis and Indianapolis mail
bag depositories. Tiie.- ■ ■ lid cut new
bags to patch old one-, a.,u charge for
both.
The President signed the commis
sions of Benjamin Conley, postmaster
at Atlanta ; M. G. Parker, postmaster
at New Orleans; James \V. Ward,
postmaster at Corpus Chrisli; John
D. Wilson, pustmuster at Murfrees
boro, Tenn.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
made tiie following decisions :
Salt in sacks is not considered a
perishable article.
Cigars brought into the United States
in transit for foreign countries may be
forwarded to their destination irrt--
pectiv? of the quantity .contained in
such shipment.
Horses exported to be trained may
be returned free of rimy.
Marine hospital patients are not to
be treater! at home except by special
l>ermission in certain cases.
Vessels are not to tie documented
until inspection fees have been paid.
Vessels licensed for the fisheries are
not to pay a tax on tonnage.
Cottons arriving in port March 2d,
1875, are eutered afterwards, aud en
titled to ten per cent, reduction of du
ty-
Secretary Bristow, in n letter to a
firm in Cleveland, says : “ In auswer
to your letter, iu which you ask to be
informed if the inspector would lie jus
tided in approving an old boiler which
you propose to put in a uew boat now
building, you are informed that if the
boiler iu question lias beeu previously
used only on steam vessels, and if the
inspector's records show that it was in
all respects in conformity to the re
quirements of the steamboat acts in
force at the time it was built and first
used, and is now in good condition, its
use in a new boat may lie permitted,
with an allowance of working pressure
such as iu the judgment of tiie inspec
tor may be used with perfect safety,
the pressure being within the limits
prescribed by the law iu force at the
time of its original inspection.”
Small launches and yachts are sub
ject to inspection.
Deteriorated drugs, etc., shall not
lie allowed to pass the Custom House,
but must lie either exported within six
months or destroyed at tiie expense of
the owner under the supervision of the
collector.
Paper imported for printing purposes,
and to l»e exported afterwards, is duti
able.
The Department does not permit tiie
re-hipnieut of goods in bond from the
ports of delivery to which they have
iieen sent iu bond from |>ort of entry,
the shipment in bond to ports of de
livery being only allowed for the pur
pose of withdraw d on the payment of
duty at such [wrt.
Washington, May 14.—The new
Commissioner of I:it< null Revenue en
ter d upon the discharge of his duties
thi= morning.
Judge Pierrepont, the new Attorney
General, took charge of the Dejnirt-
ment of Justice at noon to-day.
Charleston. May 13.—The pleas
ure yacht Ella Anna, containing a
party of eight excursi-uii-ts, was sunk
to-day in tie- mi.t.ir :• .-qu ill. Four
ot the party wi-:v ,i and four are
missing, and sujy..- .1 to be drowned.
Houston, May 13.—Jefferson Da
vis delivered tha addressat the annual
Texas Fair. In an address to the
Texas veterans ot the Mexican war,
he entreats them to lie as loyal to the
stars and stripes now as they were zeal
ous and brave in defense of their first
flag-
New York, May 13.—The fWha?
the toilowing Washington special:
" The statement is made, upon excel
lent authority, that the Supreme Court
will not render any decisions of a poli
tical nature at this term of the Court.
[Mistponing all such until after tiie Fall
elections. This has given rise to a
story, which is credited in high quart
ers, that the Court lias been polled and
a majority found opposed to declaring
the enforcement acts constitutional.
Tliehelief is that the Court will sustain
the views taken by Judge Bradley, in
the Louisiana caso, from which an ap
peal was taken and tho rase brought
into the Supreme Court.”
Nashville, May 12.—The College
ot Bishop* of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, which had been in ses
sion for several days in the city, just
before adjourning sine die, announced
the following Committee of Fraterni
zation to the next General Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church;
Rev. Lnvic Fierce, D. D.; Rev. Jas.
A. Duncan, D. D.; and London C.
Garland, L. L D.; and, in accordance
with a resolution of the last General
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, the following commis
sioners to meet a iike commission from
the Methodist Episcopal Church, to
remove all obstacles to formal frater
nity lietween the two churches, were
men, there are tue gravest reasons to
apprehend that they went down with
the multitude. Ail of the <: are well
kiiowii iu Macon.. Mr. Colie-i had,;
ab >ut determined (o ab indon the trip,
but his mind was made up by receiving
intelligence that "his mother was alwiut
to die. My. Maiirici Harrison weut
to Germany last year, a id while there
engaged himself to a young lady. He
had built himself a snug home iu
Hawklnsvfllefand'was oh'his way tr»
the fatherlaud to bring his bride. The
others were simply going to visit their
friends in the old country.
London, May 10.—The steamship
Cadiz was lost near Brest, while on a
voyage from Lisbon to this city. .Six-
tern persons were drowned.
St. Louis, May 14.—Tin Kansas
City and Northern railroad rejio.i
freight trains on the road badly de
layed hy grasshoppers on the track,
rendering it almost impossible to make
up grades.
Sr. Joseph, May 14.—During the
last four days the grasshopper plague
Iia-< assumed an alarming aspect. The
weather has brought these pasts out in
full force, and farms in this neighlror-
hood are black with them. They are-
doing terrible damage to the wheat and
oat crops, as well as the g i-dens.
Discouraging report.- ar- eimiag in
from nil parts of the country.
rnioerfUfOf GW*#
This is tho inscription on the i
stone of .the ; areh, ov^rr thaniL^
trance ol a budffing'j&r 'fciil^r t 1 ' .
the us ? ot the J
’ the Georgia State College of .\„ r / %
tore and Mechanic Art-, a:,d e i
from the proceeds of the »a! e
009' di bonds, issn/.d hv the 0 it\-
Athens, upon which 323,500 Wer i 1
nfikadj! The building has 1**,,
pleted within this Sum and with;,, ^
estimates; and the surplus is hein.qjf
purchase" of snbs^i
tiie several Lect Ur ,
THE WATER POWER I V ASD
AROUND ATUEXS.
We copy from the Southern Watch
man, of April 28th, I860, the follow
ing description of water powers in and
around Athens, furnished the columns
of the same by James D. Pittard, Esq.
Athens Factory shoals, iu Athens,
on the’Oeonee River, 200-Horse Pow
er—100 irtose.
Georgia Factory rh'oals, 4 miles from
Athens, on tiie .Ocqiiee River, 400
Horse Power—125 in Use.
\V. A. Carr’s shoals, Athens, on
Oconee River, 125 Horse Power—
.mite in use.
S. J. Mays’ shoals, 3 miles front
Athens, ou Oconee River, 125 Horse
Power—none iu use.
Smith’s shoals, 6 miles from Athens,
on the Oconee River, 100 il tie Pow
er—none in use.
W. A. Carr’s Creek s' v>ai- .in. Ath
ens, 10 Hor.-e Power—no;a: hi n->.
Elijah Carr’.- Creek sisals, one mile
from Athens, 25 Horse Power—none
in use.
Barrett’s 6hoals. 4 miles from Ath
ens. on Nocatchee Creek, 10 Horse
Power.-’
John Save’s shoals, on Little Sandy
Creek, 14 Horse Power.
W. P. Talmadge’s two shoals, on
Sandv Creek. 4 miles from Athene,
from 12 to 25 Horse Power.
Wm. Patman’s shoals, on Middle
Oconee River, 8 miles from Athens,
150 Horse Power—none in u-e.
Fowler’s shoals, 4 miles from Ath
ens, on Middle Oconee River, 200
Horse Power—none in use.
Mitchell’s shoals, 4 miles from Atli-
■’ns, on Middle Oconee River, 150
Horse Power—25 in use.
Epps’ shoals, two and a half miles
from Athens, on Middle River, 100
Horse Power—none in use.
Princeton Fuctorv shoals. 3 miles
from Athens; on Middle O.-once River,
j 400 Horse Power - 41) in use.
Simonton’s Bridge shoals 4 miles
from Athens, on Middle O o iee River.
100 Horse Power—none in u-e.
Ms r.’s Hill Factory shoals, 7 miles
from Athens, on Barlier’s Creek, 50
Horse Power—none in u-e.
Epps’ shoal- on Barber's Creek, four
ami a half miles from Athens, 50
Horse Power—none in use.
•PeterCulp’s Shials, 10 Horse Water
Power—Trail Creek.
Paper Mill slioat.-. 4 miles from Ath
ens, on Barber’s Creek, 75 Horse
Power -50 in use.
Colt's Mill shoals, 7 miles from
Athens, on Big Sandy Creek, 50
Horse Power—25 in use."
Jenning’s Mill siio.ils, 6 miles from
Athens, on McNutt's Creek, 30 Horse
Power—20 in use.
Epps’ s ioh'.s. on McNutt’s Creek,
three and a half miles from Athens,
25 Horse Power—noue in iree.
Ba n -it’s shoals; on Oconee River.
8 miles from Athens—two shoals—500
Horse Power, 00 feet full-—none in
use.
OUR MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.
Athens Manufacturing Company,
water power—Oconee liver, spindles.
5,500, R. L. Bl-ioiiiiield, A f e ij,
Aihens Check Factory, water [lower
— Highland Lake, looms, 159; R. L.
Bloomfield, Agent.
Georgia Factory, water power—
Oconee river, spindles, 5.000, looms,
120. John.White, Proprietoi.
Piincetou Factory, waterpower—
Middle Oconee river, spindles, 2,600,
looms, 60. W. J. Russell, Agent.
Pioneer Paper Mill. Water Power
—Barfior's Creek, R. L. Moss, Supt.
S oe and Luther Manufactory, J.
W. Bruinhv dr Go/* •
Athens Foundry & Machine Works,
R. Nickerson, Sup rintendent.
Athens Bobbin Mill .J. II. Newton
& Co.. Proprietors.
jb. M. McLeroy & Co’s. Flouring
Mills, wa er power—Middle river.
t. ity Mills, (Flouring.) water powei
—Oconee river, Athens Manufacturing
ConqKinv.
also announced: Rev. E. H. Movers
D. D.; Rev. R. K. Hargrove, D." D •
aud Hon. Frusten Polk, of Missouri’
and Hon. David Clayton, of Alabama’,
Laymen.
Paris, May 13.—L’Union says the
Poj>e recently made representations
through the Patriarcti of Venice to the
Emperor of Austria that the position
of the Church was becoming more and
more intolerable. If the unreason-
aWo demand* of Prussia are not re-
ststed by the Catholic powers, the latter
will lose all their influence and become
subject to the German Government
Voted to the
furniture for
Hall-.
Early iu 1374. I was requited
the Prudential Committee ofthe Roar’d
of the'Trustees, to prepare plain ai) ,
estimates fin- tiie budding, tire c, )St n ,.
to exceed the amount on hand derivel
from sale of bonds. A. ter four week ’
work, plans and,estimates were fU H.
mitted and approved of; tin* site to r
the building was selected; bids f,ir
work were advertised for, and con.
tracts made on the 15th of May. The
ground was broken for foundations oa
I7tli nf June; corner stone laid an 9fn
of July; house covered in by 15th of
October, and ali work, save paimin -
was completed by the 15th of Janus-
IIow carefully the estimate
were made,, has been shown by tiie
fact that the actual cost bus varri«[
from the calculated cost by less thau
fifty dollars.
The building is 100x50 feet oa
outside measurements. The genera!
[dan consists nf a central projecting
part with wi.igs. It is of brick*
lough-casted to imitate brown siii!i«
and stone groins at the angles. The
windows are circular headed, witi,
stoue workaround arch. There are
three stories and a basement. The
pitch of hisementsis 7 feet; of i 6 {
story, 15 feet; of 2d, 14 feet. The
root is a Mansard, with large dorn.er
windows, giving an abundance if
light to tiie third floor; il is covered
with ornamental slate, and the deck
is orn.im. nied with a hand-o ne cre-t-
1 ;g. The building has Iieen cou- W
structed of the best material and in
the'most substantial 'manner." The
funds jit- \con«nanc\“cfcd not_fj]„ w
’much "ornamentation, and strength
was- made the first- object. The
strfJctifrC, however, is said to present
a handsome appearance. f '
The building contains the following
rooms and halls:
On first floor, 3 balls 31x30 feet;
2 rooms 16x20; 2 rrtotns 12x15.
On each of second and third floors,
l ball 32x47; 2 balls 31x28; 1 room
17x20; 1 room 15x12.
There is 1 resides, on each floor, %
lobby —47x30, in which runs up a
winding wide, (goring
e.isv access to all parts oj thejioup.
A very lecture l, all is thoroughly
venjduted. Hot sip stove* will be
used for beating; IWflne* have‘ brea
arranged so that tfits Entire buildiug
can he heated by fit maces in basement
whenever desired.
. A tank containing 7D0 gallons, sup
plies water to all points where needed.
Tne first tl>H>r will be occupied by
the Department of Chemistry, Prof.
H. C. White. One of tbeJmiL will be
used as a lecture room, accommoda
ting front 90 to 100 students. Ad- i
joining tiiis are two rooms for appara
tus and chemical stores. The other
two hulls will ne occupied lor Inborn-
torie-; they will provide ample n<oin ti r
100 sru-!e-its. Adjoini g mteiifShesa
halls are the Ptofissor’s office r.ni bis
private laboratory.
Tint second floor is anpropri ite 1 to
tiie Depirtment of Natural I'tiyW-n-
pliy, Prof. W. L'*R «y Broun, Prc-i-
dent'of* thftvndlege. The large h«;;u:
this fl.«»r, 32x47, will uconnr*d ite a:
!ea-l 129 students. It is uiranM
with sc-its raising, iu amphitheatre
style, so that the Pm e.ssor’s t ihle wi l
Ite iu full view of each student, ami all
exj>eriment* will he easily seen. V Ad
joining this hall will >>e the apnara’u-
i.hi’ii; then a hall for a physical lain)-
retorv; a room fora scientific and ret-
erence library; and the President's of
fice, to !>e used oIso As a room for t ie
uue iags r.ftlio Slate College Faculty.
The third floor will be for the Fu-
giuoering Department. The large
hall will be used as a drawing room;
another ball fora lecture room;another
fora drawing room for advanced stu
dents; (lie two looms will lie tor models
and instruments.
As already mentioned, furniture is
now being made for the buibliii-.'.
Like this, it is to lie substantial, and
gotten up eniirelv with a view to its
uses. The lecture balls will Ik* fur
nished with seals, and conveniently ur-
ranged elesksfiir use of the student* in
tuking notes. Neat ahu convenient
working tables will lie put up in tiie
laboratories, and properly arrant' ed
desks in the drawing rooms. The
Store rooms, apparatus and model
moms, will be properly fitted up with
shelves.
With the appropriation made hy
the last Legislature of Georgia for the
express purpose of fitting up this
building, a g< od deal of apparatus,
much needed by each of thy depart
ments, will he purchased, tiud the use
fulness of the college much increased.
Thus provided, we shall be able to
offer tp Students expecting t® **.^ e *
scientific education, an opportunity^of
studyiug.thiiigs, and uqt, words only;
of verifying fuels for themselves; and
the Professor* themselves will now oe
able to engage in practical researches
from which tliev have oeen heretofore
debarred, fiir waul of suitable appa
ratus—and the results of which can
not fail to lie uselul.
In addition to the appropriation by
:iVVD ~ j the State, there has been an amount
ie Lb * * “ —"
The Northeastern- R v
in the city for tiie purpose of obtaining
subscriptions to that, road from our
citizens. He only desires to havo one
hundred shares, ten thousand dollars,
taken in Augusta. The road, extend*
from Athens to Rabun Gap via Clarkes
ville. It. crosses the Air-Line Rails
rottu at Lulu city, forty mile* north of
Atheus. The entire forty miles lie-
tween Athens and Lula city has Iieen
graded un0 cross-tied, nod the iron
placed on nine miles. The iron for
the balance of the forty miles lias been
negotiated for. Mr. Phillips 1 'simply
wants ten thousand dollars in addition
to the amount already sub-eribed, to
euabte him to complete the grading of
the road to Rahuu Gap.—Aug. Chron
icle & Sentinel.
'*“ ■ ,tt ». .
The meeting of the stockholders of
the Georgia Railroad ha-accomplished
its work and adjourned. John P.
King has been re-elected President*
Gen. Me Brea, Superintendent, non all
the bid Board, except T. J. Burney,
Athens, for the same purpose. *
to be htqied that this amount »»" . Q
increased bv subscription, not o“'- T .
Athens, but also from iiwntM t»
stitution in other pars ot tire ^
Not only to wmlotits, , ((f
this cnHetre-luult 1^. \ ^
the city of Athens, omi cqu'l'i . ,,
fcfctlu appropriation and ptn* ® •
script ion, prove usefnl; hut 11
tended to give every winter P u '...
lures mi scientific subjects, sP 60,
tor the mechanic.* of Athena.
Thus equip,ied, «nd 'ft’f '
dnwed as it is, the Slate C'ijlege •
tablishul on a firm fimmlatiom ^
has the good wishes of the ^ , i (y
modern education, and it. hasia
that will work faithfully to aoep
second to none.
L. H. Chardo.vnikR-
Prof. Engineering.
Georgia University Mugosiue.^ <r
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