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ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
BY
H. H. CARLTON & Co.,
Proprietor*.
II. II. CARLTON, Editor.
; WEDNESDAY M0K5IN0, MAY 26.
fire department took place on Monday
ConTfBtinn of the Pre«s of tJeorgia. munication by steam and- telegraph, ’< Annual Parade of the Athena Fire De»
Our city fathers being informed of. by which he said, the Americans of
the fact, that Athens had been selected : 1875 could reach the shores- of the !
as the place of holding the annual con - : Pacific or of Europe in a shorter time j
vent ion of the Georgia Press, with that! than it would have taken BeYere to ! afternoon, the 24th inst. The com*
' panies were out jn fall force and pre-
sented a fine appearance. The contest
ed a committee of reception and ar- j China and Japan than Samuel Adams
rangements to provide every accommo- j coaid have communicated ffttm Boston
with the iniuute men at Lexington.
Gen. Browne then remarked that, in
AY ARSING TO' THE PRESS.
partment. I Avoid' Northern Advertising
The annual parade of the Athe 9 Kkoundrelism.
"Intion for this honorable body.
A sub committee of gentlemen was i
General Lm-ai and Traveling Agent.
~~K.
Cai*t. .T. E. Uitch.
It tli* July authorized a rent of tlie X<«rth-i:a?t
. >tKO^.UN.
OaPT. Ki n il % alto f h* duly authorize! of
that #cekiy, the ** Sunny South.”
the Depot on Tuesday afternoon, } his opinion, had the fhther.* of the
with a vast array of omuibusses, car- revolution, whom, it is no exggeration
Ei-skwiieuk we publish the Graud
Jury Presentments of Occuee County,
which we take pleasure in doing, be
cause we are assured by the good peo
ple of that County, that it was their
desire and intention that they should
have been sent to our paper, and that
they were not, "s a matter which ex
cites their surprise and meets both
their indignation and disapproval. —
Wit it such an expression of friendship
! riages. etc., awaiting the arrival of the
! fifty Editors,” by the 3.30 train.
I Each committeemau was resplendant
i with u glittering badge, and each had
prepared an eloquent speech of wel
come.
What was their disappointment in
finding only one representatave of the
“fourth estate” on board.
However, what the Press lost in
numbers on this occasion was made up
in respectibility, dignity and intellect,
and ail these qualities of head and
heart found a personation in the pres-
ence of our ohl friend ami native
Athenian, Rev. J. W. Burke, of
on the part of the good people of Ooo- j Macon§ editor of Southeru Christian
nee. for whom wc do and have ever
entertained such a high regard, we
repent, that wo with pleasure publish
these presentments, in respect to them
and in tiefference to their kindly teel-
inp- for the Georgian.
Northeastern Railroad.
We are pleaded to uote the earnest
eilorts which have been made in the
City of Augusta, in behalf of our
Northeastern Railroad, by Dr. Jas. P,
Advocate.
On Wednesday morning, Col. J. II.
Estill, of the Savannah Morning News,
the Pre.-ddeut of the Association, ar*
rived. Yet, as there was not a quo
rum present, the meeting was postponed
till Thursday. The following are the
names of the Editors and Newspapers
represented: J. R. Christian, Sparta
Times & Planter, J. W. Anderson,
Covington Star, James E. Frost,
Phillips, one of the very best and most i Waynesboro’ Expositor, S. W. Hawk-
cuterprising directors of the road. • ins and E. R. Branham, Covington
to rank with the Swiss patriots at
Grutii or the English barons at Runv-
mede, known what great re-ults the
work they inaugurated would accom
plish in so short a time—results so far
beyond their power to understand or
control, they would have abandoned
the effort, as their sagacity would have
taught them the danger to local inde
pendence of the political centralization,
which vast accumulated wealth and
rapidity of communication necessarily
produce, and their honesty and purity
of character would have been shocked,
coiild they have foreseen the corrupt
ion and greed which enterprise, wealth,
steam power and the telegraph have
begotten and which have almost un
dermined the foundations of the re
public, for the establishment of which
the men of 1775 prepared the way.
Gen. B. then contrasted the men of
1775 with the men of 1875, and asked
arc the latter as puie, as honest, as pa
triotic, as worthy of freedom as the
men who for a principle, confronted
the most powerful empire in the world
just at the time when her armies and
navies had covered themselves with
ScOUNDREJLtiSM
the Northern
for the prizes offered by the citizens of
Athens, was spirited and interesting,
reflecting much credit upon the whole
Are department. The contest of Hook
& Ladder Company consisted in run
ning two hundred yards, ascending a
30 foot ladder to the top round, and
descending to the ground. The con-
i test ofHope Fire Company, No.* 1. con
sisted in running two hundred yards,
fastening hose pipe and showing water.
That of Relief Fire Company, (col’d)
consisted in running same distance
and fastening hose pipe simply.
The result was as follows:
1st Prize, Pioneer Hook & Ladder
Company—Case of Silver—Thomas
Hodgson—Time, 34} seconds.
2nd Prize—Pioneer Hook & Ladder
Company—Set Silver Spoons—C. S.
Reese—Time, 364 seconds.
1st Prize—Hope Fire Company No
1—Bronze Clock—T. L. Whitehead—
Time, 35 seconds.
2nd Prize—Hope Fire Company No
17lntA-A« o sn P o I o tl - I 11V. P.
Prominent among
scoundrels who are now seeking to take
advantage of the Southern Press in
advertising their various cheats and
humbugs, and then when called upon
to pay for same, succeed in escaping
the most vigilant search of New York
detectives are:
J. THOMPSON, IIANNA&Co.
907 Broadway, N. Y.
WILLIAM BARCLAY,
P. O. Box, 3752, Broadway, N. Y.
BLENKER, GUN & Co.
129 Broadway, N. Y.
J. M. WARD & CO., N. 'Y.
Let the press throughout the country
keep these imposters before the public.
the West cheaper than they can raise j — GEORGIA STATE NEWS. i - GENERAL, N'F'ttro"
them. The repeated failures which. . , . . . ... * i ... ^ , vv °. 'I
-»* *— r.i— u—.t- i—i - J—? -Mrs.: Eberhavt, y»t Elbert County,
Wc are alto pleased to know that the Enterprise, Clarance Stephens, Midi-
Chroniele <fc Sentinel, which is ever 1 son Home Journal, A. C. McCallu,
alive, not only to the. interest of its own . Rockdale Register, Ccmyeis.
immediate section, but to the interest
of Georgia at large, yea, and to the
As a courtesy to the Press, on Wed
nesday afternoon, the three Compa-
1—Flower Vase—F Patatt—Time,
33J seconds.
1st Prize—Relief Fire Company
(colored)—Silver Watch and Chain—
W. Brown—31} seconds.
2nd Prize —Relief Fire Company
(colored)—Walking Cane— Bob Harris
—Time 32J seconds.
The prizes were delivered in a grace
ful and happy style by Mr. E. E.
Jones. Athens, nmy well feel proud
of her Fire Department.
Fires*.
The residence of Mr. W. H. Brown
of Greensboro, Ga., was totally des-
troy.id by tire ou the 21st inst. Lass
nbnnt 85.000.
The Telegraph Office at Newnan,
Ga., was burnt on the 22d inst. Loss
83.000.
The heroic efforts of the citizens,
doubtless saved the town from confla
gration.
The Superior Court of this County
was in session, during last week.
Quite a number of cases were called and
ail the farmers of the South had adop
ted the plan of planting just one-half
the land in cotton which they had for
merly planted in that staple, and .the
remainder in provision crops, they
would have realized the same amount
of money as they have for the crops
on all the land they have cultivated;
and by this plan they could have raised
their provisions at home, independent
of the Eastern market, and their cot
ton crops would have been a surplus.
These vast crops of cotton which,
year after year, have been thrown up
on a glutted market, has diminished
prices, and cotton, ouee the source of
our wealth, our pride and our nation
al grandness, is now only the product
of an overstrained and expensive sys
tem ot labor, to enable us to build up
the prosperity of our Northern oppres
sors. and to render us acceptable cus
tomers to the Western market, for the
articles of living ; thus virtually sell
ing ourselves to distant monopolies as
hewers of wood ami drawers of water.
I now proceed to our relations to
the demands of commerce, and also our
political necessities. In doing this, I
will refer to the origin of our embar
rassments—I mean the late war. It
! is well known that the slavery question
1 was the Alpha and Omega of the war.
and the war the cause of our present
j distresses—hoth politically ami fiuan-
| cially. I will not stop here to discuss
hung herself in her Smokehouse, on
Sunday, the lgth inst., while the rest
of* the family were at Church.
*Mr. Lewis E. Graves, a brave sol
dier in the Confederate army during
the late civil war, died last Friday, of
paralysis. He was shot through the
lungs in the battle of Knoxville.
The Savannah Advertiser says Mr.
Wadley was elected President of the
Savannah, Griffin and N> -'h Alabama
Railroad Comnauy on li.'uivdav, and
all the other officers were continued,
but their pay was cut down one-third.
President Wadley was voted the hand
some salary, in these hard times, of
fifty dollars a month.
We learn that Kt. Rev. Win. Gross,
Catholic Bishop of Georgia, will or
dain three young men for the Priest
hood at Macon, on Saturday, the 23rd
instant.
General R. H. Chilton was excused,
the other day, from serving ou the
jury, in Muscogoe Superior Court, be
cause he was disfranchise. 1 by the gen
eral government
disposed of; none, however, so far | the ()f the elaverv (J ues.ion. but
we have learned, of very special inter- j j
Sad Uerenvement.
Quite a gloom overshadowed our
glory, and concluded by asking whether ! community on Tuesday evening the
interest of the whole South, has so; nies of the University Battalion, with
nobly assisted our representative Dr. ' the Athens Guards, the whole under
Phillips, and so faithfully urged his! the command of Col. Charbonnier,
claims in behalf of our road, upon the j gave a grand parade and review. Our
citizens of Augusta. We have not J visitors expressed themselves exceed-
learned as yet, what success Dr. Phil-! mgly gratified with the military bear-
lips met with in securing aid to the ! ing of the College boys and the sol-
road, but feel assured from our know- dierlv appearance of the “Guards.’i
ledge of him as a mau of cuUrpiise,! On same evening, at 84 o’clock, the
and as a most earnest advocate of the | citizens of Athens, Trustees and Fac-
Northoastein Railroad, that every j uhv of the University, met the Press
all that constitutes true manhood,
the average American of 1875 is au
advance on the minute man at Lexing
ton Green, and at Concord bridge.
The General then, as a retired Ed
itor, welcomed the members of the
Press to Athens, and hoped that he
might have the opportunity to improve
his acquaintance with them.
“The Learned Professions”—was re
sponded to by Judge George D. Rice,
who remarked that he was not much
in the humor for a speech, as he was
18th inst. as the remains of Mrs. J.
B. Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. England of this city arrived here
for interment. Mrs. Smith after a
brief but paiuful illness died in the
city of Atlanta on Monday the 17th
inst. The funeral services took place
in the Methodist Church on Wednes
day morning, after which iter remains
were deposited in Oconee Cemetery.
The heartfelt sympathies of our whole
community are tendered the friends
and relatives of the deceased. May
est or importance. One noticeable
feature in our courts, is the very prom
inent position the younger lawyers of
our city are taking in the management
of the legal affairs of our County and
section. They evince gieat interest
and earnestness in their cases, and are
sustaining themselves with ability.
will say, that whether slavery is
an immense throng h J
to pay the last rad houiK the * l0 “*
orvof a great and good mau. >
officers of Snye, headed bv Gem. '
Leslie, were presen I in a body *7**
also Senators Stevenson and McC **
and many <uMr .lUtiug U i s |, e(i
The funeral was conducted hv l
Iymgbts Templar, of which order
B reck on ridge was an exemplary
her. No such umpiring of the perl
has been witnessed since the deathVj
her.
has
Henrv Clav
Washington, May *20 JSe veri |
gaugers and storekeepers of Chica™,
have been dismissed. Anioim ,jf
seizu r*s were tu o small still* -in (S*T
Ilia find Itrn oco.,
ma, myl two o* ? „ whl, a wa g , til in
Tenh^ee. Tn<S aggreem*-
:gfegnte value „f
seizure.- up ro-<lny amounts u> an eight
of a million, mostly in Chicago. 8
Atlanta. May 20.—Two whiu
girls, aged about twenty years, Wtl| , |
in battling in a pond near the city this
afternoon. One. known as Ma™,
Chester, was tirmvued. Her body
recovered.
Chicago, May 20.—Mrs. Lincoln,
upon the petition of her son Robert’ **
The Governor left yesterday for Ma- > m J*™ t0 l ! le ' ,1>ai,e a --)'!uni
Her property exceeds seventy-five tliwi.
sand dollars, which she is incapable o(
managing.
very much exhausted by his labor on He, that dnelh all things well, temper
thissnd affliction to thesorelv bereaved.
effort has l>een expended ou his part,
towards arousing the citizens of Aug
usta, to a full realization of their
direct interest in this road and the im
mediate importance of rendering such
aid as is within their power, and which
at a dinner in the Newton House,
Chancellor Tucker presiding. The
occasion was one of a most delightful
character.
To the first toast, “ Our honored
guests, the Members of the Press"—
will inevitably return to them a com- Col. J. H. Estill, President of the
mercial benefit far more than com-! Association, responded in a very happy
mensurate with their most liberal con- j manner. Responses were also made
tributions to this Northeastern feeder to : by the other members of the Press As-
their city. I soeiation. The toast “ the University
Are not the city ol Augusta and the j of Georgia,” brought forth Col. LeRoy
Georgia Railroad natural allies of Broun, President College of Agrieul-
Athens and the Northeastern Railroad? ture and Mechanic Arts, whose re-
Indeed would not the completion oi* \ marks were very interesting—announc-
the Northeastern Rond to its terminus I ing the future aims of the University,
at Rabun Gap, thereby opening up ! and those of his own progressive
not only a trade to Augusta from all School of .Science and Art.
North Georgia, but supplying the long . “ Oui Female Colleges”—was respond-
nceded western communication, be ) ed toby Maj. Lamar Cobb. The Women
really of as much, if not more im- ' of our State should be very proud of so
portauce to that city than to Athens? ; chiva’ric a champion of their rights
Certainly it will need no arguement to ! ami cducatioual privileges. He de-
the Bench that day. He differed how
ever, with Major Lester, at that mo
ment. as to who was the greatest man,
and joined with Sancho Paiiza in his
admiration for him wh > “ first invent
ed Sleep.”
To the same toast Col. W. W.
Lumpkin replied in the happiest man*
ner. His speech was replete with the
fruits of a well cultivated brain, and
bright with the flowers of rhetoric.
Dr. Tucker, the Chancellor, in a
handsome style, adjourned the Con
vocation sine die.
On Thursday morning the Associa
tion met at the College of Agriculture,
a quorum not being present, they ad
journed to meet at the call of the
President. At an informal meeting
The Professors of the State College
are now moving their apparatus into
the new Laboratory, preparatory to a
change of quarters in theii new and
elegant home. We understand that a
scries of leetures will he delivered by
the Professors, in commemoration of
the opening of the new College Build
ing. The first lecture will be deliv
ered by the President of the State
College, at the inauguration of the
Laboratory, on Tuesday. June 1st, at
54 o’clock. Notice will be given next
week, when the other Professors will
lecture.
fFor the Northeast Georgian.]
A CARD.
Athens, Ga., May 23rd, 75.
To the Ladies of Athens:—With an un
feigned expression of deep, earnest
and heartfelt gratitude, do we the offi
cers and members of the' Athens
Guards thank you for your noble
work, in getting up and so successfully
conducting the Festival given in our
behalf, on iast Friday night. Com
posed, as our Company is, in n large
degree, of young men w hose means are
far from being commensurate with that
interest, pride and responsibility which
they feel, in attempting to become the
worthy representatives of their gallant
and heroic predecessors, many of whom
did, and all of whom were willing to
sacrifice their lives and their all upon
the altar of their country, that you
might claim thatjliberty and independ
ence of which you have ever shown
yourselves so worthy, we have not un-
trcquently felt, soldiers though we be,
that, adversities beyond our control
would at last rob us of that victory
and success which has ever l»een our
have lieenour fate,
your kind and generous effort-!.
morally right or wrong, the interfer
ence by the North in the institutions
of the South, and the forcible abolition
of slavery was a public wholesale rob
bery and a grievous outrage on the
rights of the Southern people—if slave
ry is a sin, it is a National sin, and
the North as well as the South, have
been partakers in it. When they
found slave labor no longer profitable
in the Northern States, they sold them
to the South for the purpose of raising
cotton, rice and sugar; and after our
prosperous condition and our wealth
exciic-d their envy, they set up their
hypocritical wailings for the sufferings
and iuhumnn treatment of the slaves.
Now, by whom was this war of aboli
tionism prosecuted against the South?
While the best blood of the South was
being spilled on the battle fields, their
corrupt and fanatical foes maintained
the war (according to reports,) in a
great measure by the aid of merce
nary hirelings, such as they were glad
to get rid of. and by swarms of the
scum and off-couring of Europe, which
had been for years poured upon the
American coast in an incessant stream.
I write this from information, but I
think it too well authenticated to admit
of doubt. The two sections of country
which forced abolition upon the South,
(tor though the government of Eng
land did not interfere, yet, her sympa
thies were with the North in the work
of our subjugation,) those countries
for the
X’,,i . ... u ! products ot slave labor as the source
Nowihat_through .^ f „ undation of their weaUh an( ,
highest ambition; and, but for von, I . ,. , „ ,
noble and patriotic ladies, such would 1 were . Spending ™ the South
products of slave labor as tli
Missionary Ground.—pur ele
gant and ’ dn.-hing young friend, the
Editor of that spirited and readable
have realized an amount sufficient to i P ro -P cr, t>•
establish us upon so sure a foundation j
as to relieve all apprehension as to onr j
future success as a Company, we sol- j
While the war was in progress, it
was thought by some, that in case the
South were subjugated, the supplies
the suggestion was made to invite the ! paper, the Covington Enterprise, arrivs
“ Pateut Outside.-” to join the Associa
tion.
In the afternoon the Press in a body
visited the Lucy Cobb Institute, Mad
ame Sosnowski’s Home School and
convince the commercial men of Aug- J dared that it was more important to Dr Pen(lleton - s Experimental Farm
School of Agriculture.
me sons or ueorgia.
interest, than permit Savannah and ■’ To “ Georgia Agriculture”—Major
the Central Railroad to step in and ; Tom Lester replied, by saying that
wrest from them that enterprise, which j whilst peans had been sung and mon-
would prove such a valuable and need-! uments erected to the memory of all
ed stimulant to their business impor- J the great throughout the world, noth
tancc. Our road must find that ally j ing hud been said of him whom he
which will guarantee the necessary ; considered the greatest of the great—
Southern connection or outlet, and j that mau who was the first to invent
now with inducements of such uii- } the Plough,
mistaknhlc importance, so forcibly and
To the toast, "Our common coun-
fairly presented, and our necessities so | trV) 177 r, and 18 7 5, Gen. Wm. M.
fully made known, ns doubtless they j g roW ne, Prof, of History in the Uui-
have been i>v Dr. I hillips as well a- : versity of Georgia, responded in the
at other times, and in other ways, it: raos t eloquent manner. In introduc-
remains to he ,-een whether Augusta, j ing t |, e General, Dr. Tucker, in a bit
Jj&v&niinh or Macon will liecome the j 0 f pJ.jasautry, proposed a slight change
needed friend, and consequent recipient ; n t h e phraseology of the toast, and
of the, benefits of the Northeastern | sug j,e-te<l “ Our uncommon country,
Railroa<1 - 11775 and 1875."
The Court House Question.
Attention is hereby called to the
advertisement of Judge A. L. Mitchell
ordering an election to Ik* held in this
County, on Wednesday, the 16th day
of June p r ox., for the puiposeof de
termining whether or not Bonds of the
County shall Ive issued for the building
of a new Court House. • As time and
space will not now permit the giving
of our views in fnll upon this question,
we will do *o in a future issue.
emnlv pledge ourselves to so hear the I would l-e cut off" from the Northern
name' of the Gallant Ohl Guards, whose j manufactories—but much to their dis-
war sti uggie for your homes, your fire- j appointment, the supplies have greatly
sides and your freedom, lias forever
endeared them in vour hearts and
Gen. Browne l»egan by denying that
there was anything “centennial” about
him, as the fact of his being called to
respond to the toast might seem to ar
gue; that though he held iu high ven
eration the memory of Capt. Miles,
Capt. Davis, old Deacon Haynes and
James Hayward, the men who, it is
said, carried bayonets that thought and
loaded their muskets with n principle,
he had not the honor of their personal
acquaintance, and therefore he was
surprised that the Committee of Ar-
rangements had selected him, as there
Owing, to the pressure of qutsifte, were several gentlemen present who
business upon ns during I he past week,! might deeply interest the audience by
nud the number *»f local r.oiices which j personal reminiscences of Samuel Ad-
fill our space in this issue, we bust our | amsand John Hancock, and one whose
readers will excuse the lack of «*ur
usual.amount of Editorial matter.
MA I IA.il Ah riUM;!;F.SS OK NORTH
GEORGIA.
LAKGF. I.KAftK OK GOLD MINKS.
The Glory of CaUfurnia Eclipsed.
TEN' WO BONANZA* SOON TO KK
VKt.OPEI>.
We learn that a North Georgia
Croesus hue within the last few days,
leased ten large gold mines, located in
the heart of the Gold belt of this sec
tion. ! '
W« trust that «1I his bright
dreams may be fully realized, and that
not only will Georgia, as Texas nod
Mexico, soon boast of its hard currency,
but that these development* may fur
nish a tolulion to the grave question of
^‘ftoknc« v now.agWtidg the American
mind.,
tr/ftVoO • 1 i!
-j.jj'T frrma
naqie he would not mention, who it is
rejxirted actually rode behind Paul
Revere on his famous ride to rouse the
minute meu of Middlesex, and tell
thorn that the Briti.-b soldiers were on
the inarch.
The *}>eaker then proceeded to con-
i trast the jwople of the American colo
nies of 1775 with that of the United
States of 1875; the scant population,
limited settled territory, unity of race,
language and religion, rural life, devo
tion to local self-government of the
one, with the forty millions of the
other, one fourth of which is composed
of foreigners representing every race,
language and religion, scattered over a
territory extending from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, from the St. Lawrence
to the Gulf of Mexico, a territory
covered with cities, many of which
contain a population almost equal to
that of all the colonies; the immense
development of commerce, enterprise,
wealth, resources, rapidity of conr.-
Atheus Guards Festival.
The* Strawberry Festival and Sup
per, given on last Friday night, for
the benefit of the Athens Guards, was a
magnificent success. The evening was
exceedingly propitious, and our citi
zens, especially the ladies, turned out
en masse. The many interesting feat,
ures attending this festival occasion,
and which made it enjoyable iu the
highest degree, are far too numerous
for mention in this connection.
After the elegant supper of substan
tial* had been most destructively at
tacked by the vigorous appetites of
the more amphibious feeders,and the ice
cream, strawberries, and other delica
cies had been largely appropriated by
the more delicate and sentimental ap
petites, the result of the election for
the most popular married lady of the
city, and the most popular officers of
the Athens Battalion, was announced.
Mrs. F. W. Lucus having received a
large majority of the votes polled, was
awarded a handsome silver service, as
the prize to the most popular married
lady of Athens. Capt. W. H. Flem
ing, of Company A, University Bat
talion, was awarded an elegant silver
cup, and Lieut F. R. Clark, of same
Company, a beautiful' gold beaded
cane, as being the most popular offi
cers. Several handsome cakes, and
other contributions to this supper,
were raffled, adding cuusiderabley to
the general fund.
The crowd then adjourning to the
parlor and verandas of the hotel, the
tables were removed from the dining
room, when the sound of music soon
re-assemble them, that the occasion thus
far so profitably and so pleasantly
spent, might conclude with a brilliant
display of terpsichorean art.
At last exhausted nature having
admonished the gny and iestive that
the wee small hours of the night had
arrived, and Lieut. Talmadge an
nouncing that the net receipts of the
evening were over three hundred dol
lars, all retired to their homes, happy
over the results of the Athens Guards
Festival.
ing at Union Point, on last Monday
noon, en route for Athens, where the
Press Association was to meet, was pa
tiently awaiting the departure of the
Athens train, and most iinpatiently
awaiting the sound of the dinner bell
notes, which was to bring com
fort and relief to the most exacting ap
petite that ever afflicted the traveling
journalist. At last the sound of a bell
was heard, when the said gentleman
rushed frantically to the dining room,
but alas, what disappointment, when
the proprietor informed him that
it was the church bell. " Ah,” says
the disappointed epicure, whose gas
tric pangs had now become well nigh
intolerable, “ this must be a most re
markable place, church bells ringing
on a weekday; and how stranger still,
to exjiect a man of my epicurian ne
cessities to distinguish between a church
bell and a dinner hell.
tiKNn in vour
memories, that while we may never
hope, nor indeed would we desire, to
rival them in your affections, yet, in
seeking to perpetuate that glory and
honor which they have left us as a
prowl legacy, a ■ i which will ever
rentier the naui- of " Allien- Guards"
but the synonym <>? Southern Patriots,
we hope, at K-a-t, to prove ourselves
worthy the inheritance, and likewise
worthy the recent and repeated mate
rial remembrance on the part of those
who are still the soldier's friend.
Ladies, should this ft-'i!'. acknowl
edgement of our appreciation ot vour
kiudness fail, for want of elegance of
increased, ami as the demand governs
the price, the tanner consequently, re
ceives a reduced price for his Cottou,
the proceeds of which must be sent
lo the West for provisions at. whatever
puces the settlers may think proper to
demand, and much of the Southern
soil being thus exhausted every year
by this system of cotton raising, it is
evident that this state of tilings must
result in bankruptcy and ruin to the
South, while the Southern planters,
once the cotton lords of the American
Continent, and wielding a vast influ
ence as the producers of raw material
to float on the wings of commerce and
supply the tiiamtlacturies of the world
con, whither he goes to look iuto the
affairs of the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad. He will be absent only a
few days.
The Governor lias declined to ac
cept the organization of any more vol
unteer companies, the Legislature at
its last session having failed to make
any provision for the arming ot them.
Here is some useful information to
the great army of martyrs among our
business men. It is from the Savan
nah iVeirs:
A well-known wag yesterday got rid
of a loquacious peripatetic v-nder of
patent articles, by inviting him to take
a drink of brandy from his private
Ixittle. The brandy was enlivened
with red pepper, and the vender bolted
as soon as he got his breath.
The new Trion factory starts off
with a capital of 8225,000, which will
make it grander and stronger in every
way than the one the fire licked-up.
All of the stock was taken in ChatlbOt
ga and Walker counties except one
subscription of ten thousand dollars
by Messers. Moore. Marsh & Co., of
Atlanta. This is creditable to the
people of those counties. Mr. Algood,
says the gummerville Gazette, will
visit the North in a few days fully em
powered to take advantage of every
improvement in machinery and con
struction, to the end that the new
Trion may be one of. the best cotton
mills in the world*
Will He, or Will He Not?—
Under this head the Atlanta Constitu
tion says General McRae left Monday
morning for Augusta. Grave uncer
tainty seems to linger around bis ac
ceptance of the position. While the
directors of the Georgia Railroad say
with emphasis, that he will accept,
having already agreed to do so, the
directors of the State road assert em
phatically, that he will not. It is ru-
n/>red in Augusta, and also ou our
streets, that Col. S. K. Johnson, a
popular and efficient official, will be
General McRae’s successor on the
State road. We can obtain nothing
deSnite in either case. There are only
Boston, May 17.—Gov. Weston,
of New Hampshire, ami four outiif
five of his council decide that the vot«i
cast for “ Nut” Head, Republican can
didatc for State Senator from the Svc-
ond district, are tube treated as blanks,
claiming that hi * name is Nathaniel.
They also threw out the votes cast for
the prohibition candidate for State
Senator, declaring him ineligible ou
account of not having, beeu a resid em
of the State as long as the law p re .
scribes. This gives the two disputed
scats in the Senate to the Democmu
Chicago, May 20.—The America
Tract Society held its semi-centennial
anniversary here last evening. It
largely attended.
No additional advices have been re-
ceived from the grasshopper country.
Reports sent to the press from thU &<
office within the past two days, hare
been gathered from trustworthy sour-
ces and are reliable. Hie devastation
in Missouri is very great, and in some
portions of Kansas the settlers are
feeling very much alarmed at the pros
pects. Private and special reports
from their region agree in all material
points, and none of them deny the un
favorably outlook.
Lexington, May 18*—General
John C. Brecken ridge died on yester
day of abscess of the liver, combined
with consumption. His last Lours
were quiet and peaceful. On Sunday
night his regular physician, who ad
ministered au opiate to ihe, sufferer,
after which he slept until late next
morning, then visited by Dr. Louis R,
Sayre, of New York, who dressed the
wound made by operation on Mondsy,
of last week by I)r. Gross. This dis
charge was taken from the wound. He
expressed himself hopeful of the pa*
tient’s rapid recovery with proper at-
tetion. After this tufferer took some
nouiishmcnt At three o’clocd p m.,
a change lor the worse was perceptible
and his friends beramealarmed. Stim
ulants were administered but without
effect. He sank rapidly until near
five o'clock, when he become speech
fourteen applicants for Gea. McRae’s i ^ es -'- He died at 15 minutes to 6
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must now become the dependants of
language or finish of style, to impress i those who ha\e been instrumental in
you with the deep sense of our grati- j procuring their fiuuucial and political
tude, we trust that its merit of accept- embarrassments.
mice will be in the assurance, that as
an utterance of thanks, it is an earnest
expression from the heart of every
officer and memlier of the
Athens Guards.
Grangers’ Picnic.—On next
Thursday, the Clarke County Grange
will give their annual picnic at their
Fair Ground. An invitation is hereby
extended to all neighboring Granges,
and as Generals Gordon and Colquitt
have been invited and are expected to
be present on that occasion, it is
hoped that there will be a large turn
out. Let all who can, be present.
And let the members of the Clarke
County Grauge bear in miud that they
are expected to be preseut in full force
with their wives and their daughters
and with the good things which they
know so well how to furnish, and which
makes these occasions so enjoyable..
[For the Northeast Georgian.
KING C01ION DETHRONED
AT LAST.
Mr. Editor : Very uch has been
written on the subject of the cotton
culture of the South, and the error in
to whieh our farmers generally have
fallen, in regard to the over-abundant
producing, and consequently the di
minished prices of that staple. So
much has been said, that any attempt
to add to it would seem to be only a
repetition of what has already been
written. The writer is not prepared,
at pressent, to furnish a statiscal review
of this subject, hut merely by the state
ment of a few plaiu and simple facts,
to present a brief synopsis of the agri
cultural interests of the country in
connection with our present embarrass
ments.
For years past the mania for cotton
has produced a state of things almost
Farmers
Planters of the South, will you thus
peiv-Lt in a course, the result of which
will inevitably build up the wealth and
prosj erit v of your Northern oppressors
at the expense of your own ruin,
and that too while the despot’s heel is
on your necks. Will you do this in-
st -ad of becoming your own sovereigns
in a commercial aud agricultural point
of view? Avail yourselves of the op
portunity which i- now in your power,
by adopting that system of labor which
will ensure your wealth and prosperity,
and ruin to your fo^s. It is easy to
perceive the result of such a change of i which l occupy,
policy by the South.
As corrupt and black in principal as
the Northern Radicals may be, yet
they are not such devoted negro wor
shippers, as to prefer the'welfare of the
negro race to their own pecuniary in
terest aud their necessities. Withhold
from them those vast supplies of cot
ton, aud the effects will soon tell favor
ably for the South.
The comparatively small amount of
cotton ptoduced in Africa and East
Indies will not supply the mauufac-
toriesof Europe. The Northern States
position on the State road, it is said. |
A few days will solve the problem.
As staled by the Constitution, it was
a matter of grave doubt whether Gen.
William McRae would accept the Su-
periiitendency of the Georgia Railroad.
Yesterday the matter was solved be
yond all question, for Gcii- McRae re
turned to the city from Augusta and
notified in writing Hon. John H.
James, Georgia Railroad director, that
he would not accept the position ten
dered him. No reasons were assigned
by him for the declination. Specula
tion is rife as to who is the coming
man for Superintendent of the Geor
gia Railroad. The matter is so involved
in darkness, that the name of any prob
able “coming man,” has not even been
given by Madame Rumor. A few
days will solve this problem.—Constitu
tion.
Hon. Herschel V. Johnson, whilom
Democratic nominee for the Vice-Pres
idency on the Douglass ticket, turns
up as Judge of Tat nail County (Ga.)
Court. In a recent charge to the
Grand Jury, he thus moralizes: “I
speak not as a Judge, hut as a Geor
gian. My course is almost run. I
have nothing in the way of political
houors to look forward to. All that I
wish, is to be useful in the position
We have a herculean
distressing. Farmers have devoted
all their time and energies in its pro- • <>f this so-caiieU Union must have cot-
Almost a Fire.—On last Saturday
afternoon, the residence of Mri Charles
Stern was discovered to be on fire,
having caught from sparks which had
fallen between tin; chimney and the
roof. The alarm being given, the Fire
Companies were promptly on hand,
and after removing a portion of the
shingles, soon succeeded in extinguish
ing what in a few moments more,
would have been a most destructive
fire.
The Babcock Fire Extinguisher did
the work, aud was of invaluable service
on this occasion.
For the benefit of our farmers who
raise wheat, we reproduce the ancieut
conundrum:
Why is a baby like wheat at harvest?
Because it is first cradled, then thresh-
We are glad to see that our friend
R. T. PIttard, who was quite ill for
some days, is again able to be out.—
We. hope that he will soon be fully
cd, and then becomes the flour of the restored tq his usual good hea)th si)d
fiimilv.
fwJrtUrf
| bouyancy of spirit?.
duclion; and what renders it so dis
astrous, is that those nbuudaut cotton
crops have been raised by the neglect
of the provision interest. The neglect
of graiu crops, and the raising of slock,
has in a great degree cut off the sup-
f lies of provisions from the country.—
n this ago of progress and improve
ment, a man cannot run a small farm
without becoming tributary to some
monopoly. If farmers would pay more
attention to the improvement of the
soil, ond buy less fertilizers, they would
realize better profits. It is plain that
most of the fertilizers now in use in
stead of improving are only exhausting
and leaving the soil in a worse condi
tion than they find it. The amount
paid by the planters every year is eiu
ormous, for which au obligation must
Crop.- The farmers in J be given, amounting virtually to a
1 lien on the article* at a stipulated
price, which leaves the farmer to run
the terrible risk of a failure in the
crop, in which event lie must sink al
most to bankruptcy and ruin, provided
he is also in debt for provisions where
on to run his farm. The farmer then
is in debt, and if his credit is sufficient,
must increase his indebtedness to ena
ble him to make a second crop.
This proves the folly of Southern
piauters keeping their corn cribs in the
West, rather than at their own duors,
and thus becoming the purchasers and
consumers of the very articles of which
•they, ought to bo the vendors. This
is donauuder the mistaken opinion
that , they een bay their provisions in
v *i*l. Sir!’) a
Wheat
this section report the wheat crop not
so promising. Bust has made its ap
pearance in many places, and as the
crop is considerably backward, no
doubt the result will be to greatly re
duce the yield. From other sections,
however, we have rather flattering ac
counts of the wheat prospect.
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v j- .*>■.*.«/
ton; from somewhere, or their mills
must stop and suffering and ruin must
cusue to the millions who are depend
ing on them for employment and sup
port. Rather than suffer such a state of
things, our political enemies would be
come willing to recognize our rights
under the Constitution. A failure of
supplies for a short period ot time
would be far worse to them than the
repeal of that abomination of desola
tion, known as the civil rights bill.
A total failure from the South would
be a much greater disaster to the North
than if the reconstruction amend
ments should be strickeu from the con
stitution. Your haughty aud corrupt
oppressors would sue to you as depen
dents on your will, and hasten the
terms of reconstruction. The sootier
you commence this agricultural reform
the sooner the desired object of your
political freedom and aggrandizement
will he effected; then will we be enabled
to bid defiance to the foul party who
have crushed our institutions into dust,
and the sunshine of prosperity which
has been so long obstructed by the
gloom of oppression will again warm
up the genial soil of the South, Farm
ers will then be the sole controllers of
their products, find a better market for
i f heir surplus crops; then we should no
longer crouch at the feet of our North
ern oppressors, but in turn they would
wcognize and respect onr rights, and
the lung afflicted South again become !
a prosperous and happy people.
; ~ u On8EBVER
task before us, if we want the rising
generation to be anything. Money is
not all. We may accumulate the
riches of Golconda, and what will it
all be to our children if they are des*
titute of character and principle? I
may awaken the censure of some by
this degression from a Judicial charge,
but if I can be instrumental in sowing
some pood seed that may spring up and
prow, I will welcome their censures.
Let us do our duty, and leave this
world with the satisfaction that we
have not lived in vain."
As-Aristocratic Emigrant for
Georgia.—We find the following in
late copy o f the Free West, an Anglo
American paper published in London:
“The Hon. and Rev. James Went'
worth Leigh, brother of Lord Leigh,
of Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire,
who for some years, held the family
living of Stoneleigh, where he was uni
versally respected, has bid adieu to
Albion’s ungratef ul shores, and arrived
in New York recently by the White
Star steamer Celtic, en route for Geor
gia. where he will make his home in
future. The estate which he goes to
cultivate is the property of Mrs. Leigh,
an American lady, whom the Hon.
and Rev. gentleman wooed and won
whilst on a tour in the country some
three years ago. The property is of
vast extent, but owing to th® unfortu
nate results accruing to the Southern
States from the late unhappy civil
war, it is now only partially cultivated.
One of the far-famed sea islands, at
one time producing the finest cotton in
the world, is included in the estate.
these men like the country and assim
ilate themselves to the conditions of
climate, and if everything promises
favorably, lie will, afler a time, en
courage colonirati*>ii oj a large scale.”
o’cliK-k. Was conscious aapatentlg up
to within few minutes of his death.
There was no scene, no last words,
only allusions he made to death were
once alter the operation was performed
r n him last week by Drs. riayre ar.d
Gross, when he said he felt so com
fortable he believ4*d mortification had
set in again. In his will made nm
day by Hon. Jas. ii. Beck, in a LA
he use these words; “After all ny
just debts, which are few and smell. ,
and the expense of a modest funeral
are paid, I devise, ,&c.” Around the
death-bed of the general were his wile,
two daughters and one sen; and a f.-
other immediate relations. In accor
dance with the wish of the deceas'd,
and the desire of the family, the iua-
eral will be a modest one. It will
take place on Wednesday afternoon st
7 o’clock. ’
The Southern Lowell.—Write*
a correspondent ot the Baltimore Sun
The place whence I write is Colum
bus, or, as we in the pride of onr heart!
often speak it, the “ Lowell ot the
South.” And perhaps frqm its num
erous cotton factories the soubriquet ii
uot inappropriate. Three miles above
the city are the falls of the Chatta
hoochee, producing a water power
sufficient to turn many million*
spindles. From thence to the town,
on both sides of the river, are most
eligible and desirable mill sites. I
suppose the mill of the Colunibui
Manufacturing Company, situated
directly at the falls, owing to the pecu
liar formation of the banks and islands
of the river, is operated with less «>
pense, as far as regards the motive
power, than any other in the world.
The Eagle and Plienix Manufacturing
Company, with a capital stock of 81.*
500,000, employ 800 liaari?, run three
mills, and turn out many varieties end
patterns of goods. This company can
scarcely supply the constant demand
iipoii it for its articles.. •* The mill* of
this company are the only ones in the
United State* where the beautiful cot
tou blankets are manufactured, the
machinery for the purpose having bees
imported directly from France. There
are other companies here in more or
less flourishing condition,, and there p
no reason, other than the general mis
trust in such enterpriser since the dis
astrous results of the past year, w j
more should not be formed-
The Value oT Corros.-The to
tal value of the exports of every
scription from the United StaW
the last fiscal year was 865'.' ^
in gold. Of this amount »- 1 1
580 was on account of c°tM?' .
year we exported 2,093,075 . ^
Of this quantity England bWKjL.
6137,005,000 worth, or
pound*. Franco paid «*
about 827,500,000.
of our leading staplein th ® ^..jon
months S17.500.000 worth. Of cot
goods manufacture*! j n J^! 1S . j .
we sent abroad $2,350,000, ’
000,000 yards of which ***»»£
land. The greater part of® Atoer-
rabrics, however, went , o , ^ ou ‘ 250 000
2am Pmi«si •‘gcpivGti over _ .* n *rt\
Chili
Mr. Leigh has taken out with him
eight English laborers, a blacksmith,
carpenter and wheelwright, and their . . „„„„
families. He proposes to tee how jcn. Brazil received ° ver n 7 o
vards alone. Chili l>ought
t
worth, and Mexico 8150,000- ^
India Iwught about $ „ ot
year. Of other «!***. S ^0 t 600
,mcl The mW. thing netful for the per- year good>f made Orf«»* J
* feet enjoyment iff htpe is con^deh^ ^v^hied »t 825.0W.,, M
*. same wav with hasffwwil sausages. 'Tunes, i. * f
ilnswd as ,2““"w»59^ d h “
im sss&i- 3n£35ff* m .
same way.
ntpsStta'w*
>*
ages,