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POBI-ISHED ON WEDNESDAY MORNING —BY— H. H. CARLTON & Co., Proprietor*. H. H. CAULT05. Editor. WEDNESDAY MOKMMJ, JUNE S3. General Local and Traveling Agent. Capt. J. E. Ritch, Lj* (he duly authorised Agent of the North-east Osoctiux. Caft. Rrrcn Is »li^> th * duly authorised agent of (h»t splendid weekly, ih« •• Sunny South.” Tile Northeastern Railroad. A meeting of the Board of Directors of this Road was held on the 17th insi. to consider more definitely and cer tainly the proposed loan to the Com. pany. upon their first mortgage bonds, of an amount of money sufficient to complete "the Raid to the Air Line Railroad. Knoxville ami Nashville, Tenn., the importance of onr line of Road to them, and tiie certainty of its being built? Have they kept the city of Macon con stantly advised that au Air-line con nection between Macon and Knoxville passes within deveu and a quarter miles of Athens? Have they given sufficient encouragement to the Corpo rators of the Athens, Madison aud Mouticello Railroad? Have not Ae long sessions of the Board of Directors l»een more to determine how they might save a dollar, rather than spend one profitably to the enterprise ? Have not their lengthy and repeated delibe rations resulted more towards the set tlement of the difference between “ tweedle dum and tweedle dee,” than in the prosecution of the work upon the toad ? Have they considered the advantage it would be to the Stock holders and to the enterprise generally, to employ an experienced financial agent, upon a good salary, who would devote his whole time and energies in behalf of the Road and its speedy com , , , . . . . IH.tMM* 1/a me turn IM Fvcuur IUUI* W bile this project has and does give , lletio!1? The excuse given bv the some encouragement to the people, that j I)irector3 of this Koail> , or the the Road will vet be completed at un j ncsa with whicll , he work has been early day, st.H the publ.c expectations ^ . g ^ (h ( , 0 oot .. jntend , Q ^ ‘ e fa debt” or do not intend to put : IT j . . " [their Bonds upon the market at less lous Mockholih-rs and complaiuiug tax I. V payers, which has well nigh become I “Iv/T v “ lu:Ult,n ' exhausted, demands a little plain talk " ? about this enterprise, which is of such Mwe ““ ° f ‘ he , ^ v :,_t , , ... ! ;lro they altogether unmindful of the vital importance, not uulvto Athens. 1 , , . „ . . luc;, that the city of Athens, and the but to the whole country to be dcvel oped thereby. W e are fully canvitced individual Stockholders, who have al ready invested in the Road some two that the future increased important " of Athens, as a plan of business, u-' bundred and forty thousand dollars, The Georgia Railroad. The Ckrwude As Sentinel in noticing our article on “The Georgia Railroad, Its recent Organization,” gives the re sult of its Reporter's interview with Judge King, the President, and with Mr. Davies, the. Vice-President, as follows: dipping the article from the Geor gian, a reporter of the Qironidedc Sen tinel called at the ofiice of the Presi dent of the Road and interviewed Judge King, lie first read the article and then asked the Judge's opiuion in regard to it. Judge King—“ I take it for granted that Gen. McRae could very eosilv make the explanation himself in regard to the matter. As 1 understand Gen. McRae’s position, lie said that he never promised to acoept the office if it should be tendered him, unless the stockhold ers unanimously desired it, and until he had examined the affiiirs of the Road. He came to Augusta aud, after examiuntion, told several parties that he was satisfied that all had been done witli the Road that was possible to be done, and that no new hand could do any better. People expected too much ot him, but it was impossible for him to perform miracles. He said to me that lie fuuud uo concert uiuoug the opposition; that each member of it wanted some office for himself. Gen. McRae was assured by me that he would have the cordial support of the TO rectory, uriiwirnstnnnnig tie had not received a unanimous vote. But for for the reasons mentioned by him to myself and others, he decided not to accept the position, and went back to Atlanta.” Reporter—“ Was it not understood before the election, that Geu. McRae would accept the office if lie was elected ? ” far « affected bv the building of the j aTe amoUnt at the Northeastern Railroad, as well as the! ^ °* future benefit to be derived therefrom 1 Are by that section through which it is t,;" 0 ' ^ PU™mng‘‘a penny run, depends altogether upon its verv 1 P * aud 1 ‘ w,:sa *** 1,C - V ’ when early, if not immediate. completion as | ‘ k " w . U “‘ u TT far as tho Air Line Railroad. And ! ,he s ‘ Northl ‘ asts wUx, ;» me,. I.. „ i.,j • • * ! en * *v»au are so identical, as might nut uny, it may be asked, is our interest , , ® so dependent upon a hasty completion j °Y; ” ra,nl * he i hopo of direct mMe ' of tho Read ? We answer, first. I*. , r ' a ' < 1 1 tr0m theabove rae,,,,one ' 1 Km<I * cause the people are becoming discour- j !l nt ,ke inevitable travel over their aged, and their confidence in the on- j l"?*' f C0au t Cl,0 “ with lhe Air ‘ terprise lessentd aud destroyed. This i , ?*“ d at Bt!t ? n ' and the frei 8 ht resulting troru the incoming Fall crops would more than pay the indebtedness of itself is a strong reason, for confi dence once destroyed is not easily re- ,. , , - - stored. The question is now daily lbe - v " ould teiu P°™nly incur prise dead ? lias al! work, and every .... . ,, ousiuess to rne itoau, tney must see, attempt at building it, been suspended? ..... , , Will the Rond ever he ;r lhat the »»le <rf their Bonds, even at Will the Road ever be built; and if , \ , S ’ e ' en “ SO. how soon 1 A e ®° f UtS - U \ , b "- V ,r0n aod ^“'p the Road, would be more judicious than so, how soon ? &c. Again, freight and travel which would come over this Road, aud trade which would find its way to our mar ket, is now rapidly being diverted in other channels, and lines of freights and travel once established, or trade when onco directed to a given market, are hard to turn, if ever changed ; and to do which, require such advantageous inducements as are not always safe or profitable. But there is a greater and more important reason why the Road should be pushed at once to completion. It is hardly hoped by any one, that our Road will ever receive aid or encour agement from either the Georgia Rail- road or the Central Railroad, even as a connecting line. Then must we necessarily look to the city of Macon as our true ally. And now, how shall we induce her so to become, or convince her that it is to her best interest to seek that Western outlet, which she like Athens so much needs and desires, through our Rond ? Only by present ing our claims through a Road, the completion of forty miles of which makes its extension to Rabun Gap, and its connection with Knoxville, Tenn., a certainty. Is the city of Macon making this demand upon us ? Not at all. But being unjustly dealt with by the Ceutrnl Railroad, if not lan guishing commercially by reason of the discriminations of that Road against her true interest, she is seeking to pro tect herself through the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, and its final ex tension, her only hope of escape. The central Road is her antagonist in' this effort. Then, will Macon accept the aid of any corporation or community that will coni!! to her assistance ? At lanta, is fully alive to the importance of this Road and its extension, as an additional feeder to its commercial in terest. Brunswick, and indeed all that country lielow Macon, are clamorous for tho extension of their Road in the direction of the Georgia Road. Then, does it not behoove the Directors of our Tviad to push it to comp!cti<U), that at tention mny lie called to this the most prnclicsd aud feasible point of exten sion of this Rond, securing a Western outlet for the city of Macon? As it is the advised policy of the State to hold and tun thin Road, until through its convicts or otherwise, such extension can be made as will enable the Road to be sold to greater advantage, which policy, m ail probability, nmy be pur sued, will not our Directors have lost the golden opportunity for securing our only * reliable Southern or South western connection, should tbey fail to complete tbei? Road before the meet ing of t he next session of the Legisla ture? Are they ta'king the Road up and “T -.TT T"**" noAmo it with mfli.iAna.n .t.s.1, er _ remed >’’ w « hereafter discusa. pushing it with that enthusiasm which conipaniod with an excess of enthusi asm, but about ours, there is not Jefferson Davis accepts the Preeiden- cuough, and as to enthusiasm, there cy of the Texas Mechanical and Agri- seerus to be none. Have tho Direct- cultural College, at Bryan, at a salary ore kept constantly before the peopleof of$4,000. being asked, What lias become of the % CO[u P le ‘ iou of their Northeastern Rail rend ? Is the enter- ^‘ainly, with these unmis- T,ris« n l •» it*a -II L. -„n - takab!e facts - « to what would be the business to the Road, they must see, further delay in completing this great ly needed enterprise, even admitting that tho Bonds would ultimately sell at par. In conclusion, ns the •* do nothing” policy which has been pursued by the Board of Directors, and which has produced such universal dissatisfaction, is affecting too seriously our true and vital interest, and as it ia highly im portant that the Road sheulcl be com pleted in time to carry the Fall freights, we suggest the adoption of one of the four following alternatives: 1st. For each Stockholder in the Road to double his subscription. 2nd. To sell the first mortgage Bonds at their pres ent market value, (which cannot pos sibly be less thau 60 cts.) 3rd. To sell the Road as it is, to a new Compa ny that will guarantee its immediate completion. 4th. The resignation of the preseut Directory, aud the election ot an entirely new Board. Inspection or Fertilizers. We notice that die railroad statistics of the movements of fertilizers for the year 1875, from the ports of Charles ton, Savannah, Port Royal, Norfolk and Wilmington, show an increase this year of 29 per emit, over the amount last year. This abuudantly shows the confidence of our agriculturists in the use of commercial manures. In 1874 there were shipped from Charleston 46,302 tons, and from Savannah 30,- 895 tons. In 1875 there were shipped from Charleston 48,403 ton., and from Savannah d3,18i tuns. Wo sec thus, there is annually expended in the South a large amount of money for tho use of fertilizers. Taking the whole amount shipped from the five ports named, in the season of 1875, nud wo hare over 120,000 tons, which at $50 per ton, amounts to over $6,000,000. If 33,- 000 tons were shipped from Savannah iu the last season, it is probable that au equal amount reached the State of Georgia through other ports. Thus, if 60,000 tons were used this year in Georgia, we have, at $50 per ton, au expenditure incurred ou the part of our jieople of $3,000,000 for fertilizers.— Now lhe question is, what protection do the laws of Georgia afford our far mers in their purchase of commercial manure.-? llow does the funner know he is buying a good commercial article, of standard value? What guarantee has he that the fertilizer is not a fraud, and is in fact not worth one-fourth of the price be has paid for it ? We have our inspection laws, if is said; these were framed for the protection of the farmer. We propose to show, as the law» now stand, that they are wholly inadequate, and afford but little pro- Nnw lot us inquire what tho tecU ° n ’ and “ fact '“P 086 an apnual . j.. , . ,. tax on our farmers of about $50,000. of Directors are doing in this matter, a _.l- • j , , . . ’ * How this is done, and what is the prop- . ... . , Iu the meantime, let it be kept be- is Ben-.-ary m all such enterprises, and .l i en ■ . ... which meets the expectations of the ' i **00000, '*■ year, they are paying an annual tax It is often Ihe ease, that new enter- of $50,000 *y their system of inspec- priscs are talked of too much, and ao- tion laws. Judge King—“ HU supporters so ! stated.” Reporter—“ You assured Gen. Mc Rae after he was elected that he would have your support iu the office of Su perintendent?” Judge King—“Certainly. Gen. McRae well knows that I am one of the best friends he has on earth. It was I that secured for him the exclu sive control of the State Roal. I knew that at thetime he had taken hold ofit, a strong hand was needed to manage it. It had been too much uuder the man agement of politicians previously, and it was highly necessary that it should he controlled by a positive, strong minJ. Geu. McRae possessed this, aud I deemed it best that he should have en tire control of the Road. While I am a strong triend of Gen. McRae’s, it U well known that no Road of which ne had control previous to his taking charge of the State Road, ever paid” Neither of the North Carolina Ruuds nor the Macon and Brunswick Road, of whicii he had cltarge, paid any divi dends. Wheu he took charge of the State Road, the lessees had just expend ed over four hundred thousiml dollars in improving the Road, and it was then iu splendid condition. Nor has that Rond paid anything really. Evei v dollar of its property has been mort gaged to pay dividends, the money having been borrowed for that pur pose.” Reporter—“ How about the second statement in the article that “the question has been raised in this com munity as to whether Judge King n regularly or legally the President elect of the Road, inasmuch as a certain gen tleman living in Athens attests that bis mother's and his sister’s stock, amounting to one hundred shares, was voted for Judge Kiug as President, without authority?” Judge King—“I know nothing about that. The opposition had a very decided majority of the election com mittee, and would certainly have de lected any irregularity bad there been any. It is well known that I declined to he a candidate for President of the Road. A number ot gentlenieu came to me and stated that in view of the fact that the opposition entertained projects which would work disadvan tageous^ to the Georgia Railroad, I should allow the use of my name in the election. If I um* not elected, which I did not then expect, and so expressed myself up to the last moment, the vote for me would serve to show to the opposition that a large number of the stockholders, at any rate, were op- [K>sed to their projects and would per haps deter them from carrying them out. In view of these representations, I allowed the use of my nime, but did not desire nor ex|«ct to bo elected." The reporter also had a conversation with Mr. Ja«. \V. Davies, Vice-Presi- dent of the Road. Mr. Davies said that, according to his understanding of the matter, Gen. McRae had given three reasons for his non-acceptance of the position of Superintendent. In the first place, he had never promised to accept if elected; in the second, he knew that too much would be expected of him by the stockholders, and, in the third, that it was the wish of Mr. Waiters, the principal lessee of the State Road, that he should retain his present position. As Mr. Walters had first secured for him the position of Superintendent of the State Road, he could not well disregard his wishes. In regard to the matter of Gen. McRae and his non-acceptance of the position of Superintendent, we have oulv to say, that while we would not call into question the statement - of either Judge King or Col. Davies, yet, wa cannot fail to note that their ex planations as to Gen, McRae’s reasous' for declining are somewhat at variance, and shows a dear misunderstanding on the part of the Stockholders, as to the condition of his acceptance, if they do not do injustice to that gentleman. Judge King says: "Ailunder stand General McRae's position, he said that he never promised to accept the office if it should be tendered him, unless the Stockholders unanimously desired it, and until be had examined the affaire of the Road.” This dearly shows a condition upon which Gen. McRae would haveaccepted the position, namely: a unanimous election and a satisfactory condition of affaire of the Road. Judge King again reports Gen. McRae as bringing a grave charge against- thoee who opposed his election, as Is found in the following quotation: ‘He said to me, that ho foond no concert among the opposition, that each member'of it wanted some office for himself.” h - - -'-t' .* . This would again indicate that Gen, McRae had antidpated, at one time, accepting the positiou of Superintend ent. Mr. Davies says, according to bia understanding of the matter, Gen. McRae had given three reasons for his non-acceptance of the position of Su perintendent. “ Iu the first place, he had never promised to accept if elected; in the second, he knew that too much would be expected of him by the Stock holders, and iu the third, thq^t jfr was the wish of Mr. Walters, the prindpal leasee of the State Road, that he should retain his present position.” From this, it would appear that Gen. McRae never anticipated accept ing the position offered him, even con ditionally or any otherwise. The above are only the statements of the President and Vice-President-of the Road, aod while they doubtless have given the facts in accordance with their understanding of the matter, yet, io strict justice to himself, as well its the Stockholders of the Road, it remaius for Gen. McRae to be heard from. ‘ Now, as to the votes cast without authority, we give simply the state ment as wo have it from one of the- Election Committee. He ways, that upon examining the proxies, it was found thatthe Stock of the Athens gentleman before mention ed, and that of his mother aud sister, amounting iu all to two huudrc-.l and twenty-five shares, had bv proxy, been voted for Judge Kiug. A gentle man in ths city of Augusta presenting a proxy from the Athens gentleman, and having voted hiaone huuJred and twenty-five shares agaiust JudgeKing, that number of votes of course, was de ducted from JuJge Kings’ strength. Supposing tho proxies for the mother aud sister were all right, they were passed without any special or particu lar examination. Upon returning home, he (the member of the Commit tee) mentioned the fact to this gentles man, when he stated that several years ago, he gave Judge King the proxies of his mother, his sister and himself; but distinctly stated that they were only given for that one particular Con vention, being held at the time tbey were given; that, his proxy had been given to another man, and there being no proxies in the hands of anjr one for the stock ^his mother and sister, It bad been votedin the late Convention with out any aothority whatever. Again, that his mother having died about one year ago and no administration as yet having been appointed, uo one had the right to vote her stock. We have given tho&cts just as we received them, aud our notice of the matter has been made in no opposition or advocacy of any one, but simply iu behalf of justiceand fair dealing; being satisfied from the various reports we have had from -the Stockholders, that similar irregularities hare obtained in the annual Conventions of this Com pany for yeare past. QUESTIONS, - - Relating to theStateUniye ns rr v, the State College of Agricul ture and Mechanic Arts and the North Georgia Agricul tural College at Dahloneoa, for the Investigation and Con sideration of the Visiting Board, and such other Author ities, whose dutt.it is to Inves tigate and Consider the In terest of these Institutions. Ceuleaatal Celebration of- BcnVer Hill by the Colored Troops. Two of tho “ Wards of tho Nation” St. Louis, May 29,1875. PuMuher of Georgian, Aiken*. Ga. We desire to contract with you for one inch space in your weekly for the term of one year "(52 insertions), for which we can pay $1.50 net cash in advance. We hope to send you considerable business during the season, and you can greatly aid us by mailing a copv of your paper regularly to our address, which we shall expect during continu ance of any contract. Your immediate reply will oblige, Yours, truly St. Louis Adv. & Pub. Co. We preseut the above as one of the most liberal, generous and self support ing propositions that has ever been made us since our connection with journalism. That the public may be enabled to see how newspapers grow rich and prosperous, and that they may appreciate the liberality of the above offer, we give our regular advertising rates—one square, which is one iuch— for one insertion, $1.00; each subse quent insertion, 75 cents. One column, which is 24 inches, for one yen, one hundred and thirty-two dollars; and now lor one inch for 52 insertions, which would make over two columns of space, we have the mast .liberal and geueinus offer of one dollar and fifty cents. We have only to aay in reply to this Advertising and Publishing Company, that our people down here think that a newspaper that will work for nothing and support itself, is hot worth taking; aud as we do not feel disposed to voluntarily destroy the character the Georgian has gained with the good people at home, in be half of whose interest we propose to run it, we respectfully suggest that this Company would make more in the tlian we would in advertising at their rates. Rev. BobertL-q. Mallard, d. D. We learn from a letter in the Chris tian Advocate, dated Clarksville, Ten nessee, June 3, that at the late com mencement of Stewart Cullege, Rev. K QvM^r^, Paste* of the Prnooia Street Presbyterian Church. New Or leans, had conferred upon him the de gree of Doctor ;<ffD»i«ity!, Dr. Mallard i$ a native of Liberty coouty. Ga., and a graduate of our 8tate University. He was beloved by all of his class-mates and the Athenians* when a student in our midst, and he fully deserves “the honor” recently conferred. Reunion of Company B.ieth Georgia Regiment. The surviving members of this gal\ lant Company are requested to meet at Center Hill, Jackson county,\on Saturday, the 17th July. A full attendance is requested. Each member is requested to bring his W^r Bag,” well filled with nun ,.— . -_ CCW> mtssary supplies.. £ f« 16th Ga.” What has become of the Taylor ap propriation to the University? what was the purpose of this appropriation, and how has it been.used ? it. What disposition has been made of the Terrell Fund, appropriated for the advancement of Scientific Agriculture in the State University ? lit. Is it proper, or in accordance with the spirit of the Charter or law govern ing the Institution, or with strict jus tice, for auy one to hold the position of Trustee, Member of the Faculty, Secretary, Treasurer and General Su pervisor of the College, nil at one and the same time? IV. Is it proper that the President of the North Georgia Agricultural College should hold the position of Trustee, President and Professor, all at one and the same time? V. As it lias been stated and proven tkat the State has been neglectful of it* offspring, “The Uuiveraity,” by way of appropriations and other suit able legislative nurturing, the question arises, is this not due in a great degree, totlw want of proper or sufficient effort on the part of the Board of Trustees, in bringing the interest of the, College properly and forcibly before the Gen eral Assembly ? and are they not more to I4tme for this state of affairs than the' Legislature of (Jeorgia ? ' 1 ' J VI. Would not the .interest of. both the State University and the State College of Agriculture and Mechuuic Arts, each be better advanced or subserved, by having separate Boards of Trustees? ; /! •’ :- ». VIL III’*, v : As objections are urged all over the State against the present management and organization of the College, wheth er well founded or not, inasmuch as it U calculated to retard the interest and progress of tli 2 University, would it not be well and wise to niorganize the entire government of the same? 1 VUL Is it true as rumored, that denomi national considerations have crept into the State Uuiversity, aud perhaps had au influence in the reorganization of last August? ix. 'W*- 4 *"* Is the apparent opposition or want ofconcert of feeling and action between the officers of the State University and the State College of Agriculture and Mcchauio Arts, likely to result iu any special advantage to either Institution? x. Why has not a lecture room and a private study, for the Professor of Agriculture, in the new State College Building, been appropriated and fitted up, as for the other three Professors in tho same Iustitution ? XI. Has the Act of the General Govern ment, appropriating the Land Scrip, so far ns it requires or allows the purs chose of a proper model or experimens tal farm for the Coilege so established, been complied with ? xu. Does the present contemplated dis bursement of the fifteen thousand dol lars. appropriated to the State College by the present Legislature, allow a pro rota proportion for supplying the “deficiencies in the Analytical Depart ment” of the Professorship of Agricul ture? ! xm. ;*•’ What is the condition and disposition of the Mineral and Ornithological Cab inets of the University ? . xiv. ]\ How many new books have been added to the College Library within the post fifteen years I ■**., ■ ‘ Is the University 6f Georgia a closb corporation, or Kayo the people of the State an interest in it aud its welfare? Another Good Citizen has Fallen. Mr. George P/ Rsllowtj Wh id Canada. January 13, 1803, and for .more than half a century a citizen of this place, died on Thursday morning, • - * “Maryland my Maryland.-’ T IMBSSTSTiu* Wctako t}io liberty of publishing STmiTE.—Sqven lieanUful G.llj u ’ „ fhs following letter from our old friend ] als, to be presented at the fi.m ' ^ iHustrated the first cotriest on Buuko|! Capt.^onv Mahooi, Commissary of the ! ment of the above named - Hill, on the eveniug preceding this gallant 3rd Georgia Regiment. We glorious struggle, by a combat unpre cedented. “ Pink” Morton, a handsome youth, it seems, had received an interesting note from a fascinating damsel, and this so excited the curiousity of John McClesky, a dashing lad, that the lat ter determined, at all tamn| ? to in spect the contents of the same. During the debate, “Pink” made some earnest investigations in regard to the anatomy of Mac.’a scalp, with the ragged edge of a rock. John Mac. re turned the compliment, by exhibiting marked canniblistic propensities, re moving one of “ Pink’s” auricular ap pendages with bis angry incisors, or, in the language of the Swine-herd, left a “ swallow fork” in his leafl ear. John Mac. has gone for parts un known, while “ Pink” hopes that his ear will “ grow out” by the next Cen tennial. While the fugitive from justice has his ear, we wish to assure him, that in bis bereavement, be bas our deepest sympathy. - The Boys in Grey.”—The Ca«. dels of the University Batallion had a grind time during the past week. The ladies of Athens, with their character istic liberality, provided a very beauti ful Flag as a priza for the best drilled Company of the three, A, B aud C. On Wednesday evening the contest took place on the grounds of the State College of Agriculture, iu the presence of a large number of our citizens. Each Company displayed remarkable skill iu the inatiuel and various militaiy movements, and reflected great credit ou their instructors. The Prize Flag was presented on Saturday afternoon, in front of the College Chapel, to Company A, by Mr. C. G. Taliuadge, of the Athens Guards, the Chairman of the Commit tee for decidiug “the victor” of the contending Companies. Appropriate responses were made by Mr. Jubu T. Graves and Capt. Flem ing, of Company A. In the Prize Drill for the best sols dier iu Companies A aud B, prizes were offered by the officers of each Company. H. G. Ganahl, was the successful coutestant in Company A, and Sgt. T. P. Vincent, in Company B. , I he prizes were delivered with ap propriate remarks by Lieutenants Clark aud Warren. CoL Charbonuier and Major Bon ham ehould be very proud of the Uni versity Batallion. Court House and Jail for Clarke County.—The following is the result of the electiou on last \Ve.luc-*Jay, the 16th, ou the question of Bonds or No Bonds for the new Court House and Jail: Votes polled 317 No Bonds-... 80 Bonds 237 are very grateful for his kindness, and will remember with infinite pleasure, the attentions of the Baltimoreans to our “ boys iu grey” while liviug, and the respect they have 3howu our dead heroes who sleep their last sleep in “ Loudon Park Cemetery:” Baltimore, Juno 15,1875. John Williford, Esq.: Dear Sir :—By this mail, Ienduse a copy of the Baltimore Gazette, with an account of Memorial Day and a list of the interred, amongst them many Georgians and some of the Old Third.- It occurred to me that if the Geor gia papers would publish the names of the Georgians interred, it might be the means of letting their friends—at least some of them— know, for the first time, where their bodies now repose, and how they are cared for. Truly, your friend, Tnoe. Mahool. the honored list. A. B. Foster, Company K, Sixty- fourth Georgia Regiment. W. Fredericks, Third Georgia Regi ment. A. J. Cochrane, Company E, Forty- first Georgia Regiment. S. Lawson, Company E, Twenty- second Georgia Regiment C. Walker, Company K, Forty- uinth Georgia Regiment. F. Goodwin, Georgia. J. R. Weller, Georgia. J. Clemens, Company G, Twenty- fourth Georgia Regiment D. Teems, Company G, Thirty- eighth Georgia Regiment. L. D. Pierson, Company F, Twenty- eighth Georgia Regiment. H. P. Taylor, Company E, Seventh Georgia Regiment. , iT D. L. Watts, Company D, Twenty- first Georgia Regiment F. H. Jarrell, Company F, Thir» teenth Georgia Regiment. W. H. Thirgett, Company C, Sev enth Georgia Regiment. B. F. Ogletree, Company I, Thir teenth Georgia Regiment. W. B. Smith, Company A, Seventh Georgia Regiment. _ , the 17th inst. Quiet and unassuming, yet of that strong and determined na ture which made him must reliable as a citizen, true and attached as a friend; and in the :highest degree a man of noble and honest purpose, he was great ly beloved and esteemed by our Cntirt community. HU V tree will be deeply felt in our midst, and commingled with the tears of a sorely afflicted family circle, will be the sorrow of many a sympathizing friend. ‘ “ Peace to his ashes. ;,,;; . Oconee Academy, WatklnsvIUe. An examination of the classes of the above mentioned Academy, will take place on July 7th. The examination will be conducted by the Board of School Commission- era. There will be an Exhibition at night. The public are respectfully invited to attend. , . Mr. George C. Thomas- is the Prin cipal, and we promise .the visitors a pleasant occasion. Majority 157 The Board convened ou Friday, the 18th, and organized by electing Major M. Stanley President, aud Judge A. L. Mitchel Secretary. The foil lowing resolution, introduced by Col. Charbonuier, was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we issue $30,000 of Bonds, running twenty years, to be issued in denominations of $500 and $100, in the following proportion viz: $22,000 nf the denomination of $500, and $8,000 of the denomination of $100, and that Judge Mitchell and Mr. Moss lie appointed a committee to prepare the form of the Bond, and report at next meeting of the Board. Sunday School Concert at Oco nee Street Church.—This concert, on Sunday afternoon last, was quite a success, and furnished a very interest ing occasion to the many visitor^. The children, under the direction of their most excellent Superintendent, Mr. R. Nickerson, and efficient Musical Di rector, Capt. Wm. H. Jones, sang quite a number of beautiful Sabbath School Songs. Indeed, this exhibition of the children, many of whom are quite young, wps particularly credita ble, ’ Short addresses were made Ky Bees. Mr. Potter, Mr. Williams and Dr. Hamilton^ of La Grange, Ga.!— [Long.will this occasion, bringing glad ness to many a little heart, be remem bered as one of the happy and interest ing events of Oconee Street Sunday School. ; , . Another Court House Election Necessary.—The legal gentlemen of the city prefer the Court House being built on the site already selected, in Cobbh&m. The business men desire its being built down town. Let us hare a gathering to consider- this mat ter, and if needs be, an election to set tle the question. Tho lot purchased up town is a very desirable location for a residence, and could readily be sold doubdeasat aprofit. Let ns have such harmony and perfect agreement iu re- gard to this matter, as will insure its certain and speedy erection. Ex-President Davis, fa a letter to General Win. M. Browne, of the University, .says that urgent business requiring his presence in Mississippi, alone prevented his accepting the invi tation of qur Literary Societies. A visit to Georgia would have afforded him sincere pleasure, and he regrets fast circumstances rendered itimpossi- A couple of enterprising “ Dutch men,” “doing” the clothing business in Atlanta, are interviewed by a customer ia search of a coat. The Senior of the firm bandies the new comer, and soon finds “a first class fit.” In answer as to the price, the response is “eighteen dollar.” “ Well, mr, ■ I like your coat very much, but don’t like the price.” “ Veil, mine frent, ze price is noting so you like ze coat. We let you take em at fifteen dollar!” ‘ The customer still complains of the price, saying that fifteen dollars was too much. This was too heavy for the dealer, so taking the customer by the coat collar, he leads him to the extreme end of the store, and drawing him into a dark corner, whispers in his ear :• “Mine frent, I let you have zut coat for twelve dollar and a half.” “ Well, sir,” said the customer, “ I like your coat very much, and am sat isfied with the price, yet, I would like to know why this mysterious perform auce.’’ “ Veil, mine frent, you see dot lee- tle man dere ? He vas mine broder. He got ze heart disease, und so help me gracious, if he vas to hear me tell you I take twelve dollar und a half tor zat coat, he drop ded mit his tracks.” are dii exhibition at the Jewelry E ’ tablishment of L. Schevenell A Co They are all on the ordw of 'tfa Maltese Cross, and are designated follows: ~ ** Instrumental Music. Vocal Music. French. Fresh Class. Sophomore Class. Junior Class. Senior Class. Rain.—On Saturday last, and again un Monday, our county was vijted with fine rains. From reports -them r uns seem to have been general) and will prove a great blessing to thecrop*, which already arc quite promising. [Fortfaa Northern G»orjt»a.J Harmony Grove, Ga., June 17th, 1875. Mr. H. II. Carlton, Dear Sir:—As wo have bad a young cyclone in this section, and it being something new to we' Mountain people, I have concluded that I would communicate it to you, though I have no deaths caused from it to mention. It passed on yesterday afternoon, about four o’clock, but did not do any serious damage at this'place, though we began to th;ak our time hod come ’ere it had dona The most destructive portion of it passed down near where the Grove and Hudson river unite,.blowing down timbers, upsetting fences and fruit trees to an alarming extant. It is gen erally conceded that the wheat was badly damaged on the Grove and Hud son, and cotton and corn uprooted con siderably, it being freshly worked. One little girl was iu the field, where her father was hoeing cotton, and he is under the impression that she was can ried fifty yards bv the storm. One sinner has been convicted since the ex citement, and says the time has come when there ar% - nd”qijarteraj shown" in the time of cyclones to sucKas he. Crops ti)rough this section look well. There was mot a great deal of wheat sown, but it is generally an atetage crop, I think. Cotton looks well and a little earlier than last season. To-day we had a little excitement, hy way of a shot fired at Jud.ffird by Will Harrison, formerly of Girdes- ville, but the, ball mis?fed its aim, aod therefore resulted without damage to either party. The whole affair origi. nated from an overdose of corn whis ky. Harrison has made, his (x\% to parts junknowp. ^,, * ; i Yours truly,. Subscriber. Crops in Clarke County. Extract from the report of Dr. Thomas P. James, Commissioner of Agriculture. Acreage. Corn, 110 Oats. 125 Wheat, 110 Cotton, 100 Average Condition. 120 150 130 113 50 per cent of Fertilizers Conpost. Peaches, 50 per cent increase. Apples, 10 per cent decrease. AU corn fed, home made. Gov. Charles J. Jenkins, the pa triot Statesman of Georgia, in a letter to the Chronicle & Sentinel, declines, without qualification or mental reser vation, to allow his name to boused again as a candidate for Governor. May the eveuing of his life be as happy as the remembrance of a weU spent life, and the acknowledged grati tude of our whole people may render or justly entitle, m* Musical.:—\Ve are indebted to our esteemed friend, Maj. T. A. Burke, for the following beautiful Musical Gems: •/'.! • ■ Age and Youth, Duett, Meyerbee*; The - Recognition, Duett, H. Prbch; Autumn Song, Duett, btto Beh?*; The Chaplet, Duet, Bee tho ven;” The Neckar and Rhine, Trautz Aht«. Duplicates for sale at the Book Store. Personal Reminiscence of tien. Robert By Rev. J. William Jones, D. D., Late Chapeau?, Army North- - ern Virginia. . This very interesting volume should bo fa the library of every household. Sold by subscription. Mrs. Ruther ford has kindly accepted tho agency, and will forward all orders for this valuable work. -• The Athens Cornet Band discoursed sweet music on the. University Campus Grounds on Monday afternoon last.— They will repeat the same every Mqn- day, from 5J to 6J p. m., for the ben- fit of the ladies and children. commend to the smoking community, the “ Cigar Gift Enterprise ” of our friend, G. Hauser. This gentleman is a very worthy tuaimed cx-Confed- erate soldier, and deserves the most liberal patronage of our clii/ru:. PLATFORM OF THE BILL ALLEN DEM OCRACY. Columbus, Ohio, June 18.—The following is the platform adopted by the Democratic .party fa titate Con vention here.: Adherence to the principles of our fathers’ republic. Opposition to ag gressions of either upon the functions of the eo-ordinate powers of tho gov ernment, or exercise of thd ftiricliobs reserved to tho people. Protection to ail citizens, regardless of auytbing One term and $25,000 salary- grants of money, credit or land* to schemes. Abolition of national banks. Issue of legal, tenders to. meet tbs wants of trade, and the establishment of State banks of discount and deposit under State regulations. Half -ue customs payable in legal tenders. No currency but legal tenders. The com plete separation of church and State, and no secular schools,' The continued tyranny and cruelty to the Southern Statons denounced: ! ' : ~ Sad tidings 0ome i frbm- Savannah of the drowning at Arkwright Ialand. te- merly Beach Hammock, ft.new kMfif* refort lying some seventeen miles from the cityon the ocean, of Mr. Frank C. O’Driscoll and Mr. Charlie John son, t^o of At pleasure party wbo bid gone' down on Monday for a day’s en joyment. Mr. ODrisColl was the isdii tof'W. C. 09)feisl«iLi fi*2 » old and prominent cotton merchant of the Forest City, was about thirty years tdd, and^had married a ^sughterjy and waa .qjOT^iiM^;**** gentleman. Chaiue Johnson, wtlu known'to'tfie SiiUer* %as a bright raa noble vouth of fifteen Summer*. '«* loved by bis companions and esteemed by all wbo knew him. He was the sot of Capt. JoKfi R. Johnson; formerly;# Virginia, But' for'a long time Treasur er of Savannah, r vvbkb office of trust J19. tp* Md*: Chartia iaa ■***& fa tlmcotton.officerof Mr? Jaba f>- GEORGIA NEWS. Tax on Tobacco^—The following note from the ColleetoB '*f„* ftiferiial Revenue : of this district will be'o? in terest to planters, and may put some of them on their guard and possibly save some trouble and expense: Editors Telegraph and Messenger:Jn compliance with your: request, I 're spectfully state that my construction of the ruling of the honorable Com missioner of Internal Revenue relative to collecting internal revenue taxes from planters who sell manufactured tobacco to their hands, is as follows: If a planter employs hands for a part of the crop, and the contract sets forth the supplies to be furni-hed. in which is included a specified quantity of to bacco to be furnished at first cost, and so mentioned in the contract, such plan ters will not be taxed as a dealer in manufactured tobacco, and in order to prevent an assessment, satisfactory proof should be furnished by planters to th j/ office or to the Deputy Collec tor of the proper division, that they come within the foregoing cunstrution of the law. • ■ : Very respectfully yours. Alvin B. Clarke, Collector. Villalonga. supreme court decision CONCEMv INQ THE GEORGIA AND OTHBB RAH" Atlanta; Jun^ld.—Tba PpE re !°* Court reversed the decision of To THS Poffers. We cordially The Court held that the roads are only liable to tax one and a half on net earnings. The Court tho Central Railroad and Railroad must pav the tax levied sn-tain Hopkin.-’ dcoi.-i 'ii n> rt n* tlK=-c roads. ' 4