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' 0Y ,
H. H. CARLTON & Co.,
Pnipriaton.
II. II. CAKLTOX. Editor.
Institute, Macon’s gifted orator, CoL
Thomas Hardeman, in his most elo
quent portray of “True Womanhood,” -
so disturbed the equilibrium of the
heavens, by the many brilliant meta*
phors drawn therefrom, that the home. ..._ b .. v . ——■
of the stars blushed with electric fires! of the College having run down very
at his repeated compliments, and the j low during the administration of Dr.
-stop Personals. . .' n
We were pleased to welcome to our
sanctum, on last Thursday, Col. H. H.
YVEDNESDW MORNING, JULY 44.
Ileaeral Local ami Traveling Agent.
Capt. J. E. Ritcii,
It the duly inthoriMd Agent of the North-east
Grosoiah.
Capt. Ritth b abo the duly Author!ted agent of
that uplendld weekly, the '• Sunny South.'*
EDITORIAL TES.
The Declaration of Independence, YVho
Is Its Deal Anthor I
We have noticed -in-several of the
. letters which have been written recent
ly, relative to the reviving of the
Fourth of July celebrations in the
South, that, after arguing the wisdom
and propriety of such a course on the
port of our people, it is claim'd as our
special duty and privilege by reason of
the fact, that the declaration of indo
pendenee was written by a Southern
man. While it is true that it is the
generally accepted belief, that Thomas
‘ JCJIeraOTt war’ll :e~a u I hor of this great
peal of American independence, and
while it is equa ly true that as an able
champion and watchful guardian of the
people’s litiertic.-. he occupies such po
sition in the history of this country,
and in the hearts of its people, as to
place his name and fame beyond the
possibility of detraction, still there is n
justice in the records of history, by
which all men’s claims shall be estab
lished.
Recurring to the history of those
days when, through the persuasion of
Benjamin Franklin, Toni. Payne the
‘•great apostle ot liberty,’’ was induced
to leave his native country and assume
Editorial clinrge of a paper of his
(Franklin’s) establishment in Phila
delphia, we find from tho pen of this
most powerful of all jiolitical writers,
either before or since his day, almost
the exact language of the declaration
of independence. The history of those
dark days of the colony further proves
that these writings of Payne’s were of
racli timely npuearance and cogency of
expression, a* to wield an influence
which was only equalled by the address
to the colonial army, which he wrote
upon the head of n drum, and which
Gen. Washington had read to his sols
diers just in time to arouse that spirit
nud sentiment which finally crowned
their heroic efforts with the glory of
independence.
Payne was the confidential friend
and adviser of Gen. Washington, and
no donbteontributed, in no inconsidera
ble degree, towards that direction of
colonial affairs which enabled our rev
olutionary forefathers to throw off the
’ British yoke, and declare America a
free and independent republic.
It is n remarkable fact, that history
no where shows any claim set up by
Mr. Jefferson or his friends, as to his
authorship of the declaration of inde
pendence, until after the death of Mr.
Payne, and it is by no means improb
able, thnt history may yet establish
the fact, that Tom. Payne is the true
author of the declaration of American
independence.
him at any time or under any circum
stances, to term a class of, students
foals, jackasses, or perchance negroes!
One other point or mention in the i Jones, of the Macon Telegraph ®*1
communication of “Justice.” He! Messenger. He is here as one of the
phors drawn therefrom, that the home | speaks of the'guverment and discipline Examining Committee ot the Senior
Class of tho University. The Colonel
adds great inteiest to his paper by the
able and entertaining editorial corress
pondcnce, which we so frequently have
the pleasure of reading, and of course in
his letters from this place, we expect
him to say a number of good things
about jtthens and the State Universi-
expensive vault of heaven echoed and
re-echoed with its salvos of artillery,
in thunderiug applause of the efforts
of “ this mighty Vulcan, at his forge
below, moulding thoughts for the
Gods above."
Loyal Snssreatiou.
As the 4th of July flyers of
Atlanta have so labiriously work
ed up a celebration of those princi
ples which were once so dear to
American freemen, and which have
been and arc still sacrificed, by a deni
al to our oppressed and downtrodden
section of equal rights and justice under
that common Constitution, founded
upon those great principles for which
our forefathers bled aud died, we would
respectfully suggest, that they now in
vite Ben Butler to deliver nn address
in theircity, upon the, inalienable rights
American freemen, as vouchsafed
by the principles of 1776, and sealed
by that common Constitution upon
which was established *l»a
Union.
This, ns n climax to their loyalty and
patriotism, would we imagine unite them
to the brood in such full fellowship,
that wheu their days of 4th of July
cc’cbrntious shnll have been numbered,
proudly and patriotically could they,
accepting the stars and stripes as their
winding sheet, find a welcome resting
place across “ the bloody chasm,”
which contains all that is left of our
heroic Confederate dead.
Li|tscomb, or at the time of his resig
nation. It is a fact, well established
and fully attested by every citizen of
Athens, whose daily observations make
them most competent witnesses, that
the government and discipline' of the
College, during Dr. Lipscomb’s ad
ministration, was better than it ever
was before, with no apparent improve
ment since his disconnection with the
University. It is due to say, that we
may not appear unjust in our remarks,
that the order aud discipline of the
College at this time is comparatively
good, and is due to- a combination of
circumstances existing since its revival
after the war, under the administration
of Dr. Lipscomb, which reformation,
as compared with the government and
discipline of former days, could not
have been brought about since last
August, by the best disciplinarian in
ali the land.
Honestly and freely can we say, that
we.haveuno preferences or prejudissslSL follow.
ty.
The numerous friends of Bailey
Thomas, Esq., were made happy a few
dayajinee, by his return home, after
aa absence of some time in Washing
ton city. Mr. Thomas has been ou to
Washington, trying to secure a patent
for an important and most valuable
inventiofi of his, for believing the force
and strain upon horses in the starting
of street railroad cars. Froti the des
cription given of this invention, we
have no- doubt as to its success and
future inestimable value aa an attach
ment to street cars. We wish you
great success, Bailey, in obtaniug a
patent right to your invention, as well
as the fortune which must ( * ‘ ♦Uy
“Oblige* to Commend It.” j shining fkces, did honor -to themselves
While we cannot look with love up- “d efficient instructors, as was wit-
on the anniversary of the fall of Vicks- nesaed by the deafening cheers of the
burg, and the disaster at Getteysburg, audience.
we are yet constrained to commend the Wednesday was the examination of
sentimeuts expressed in the following j Senior f-la^es, and gt night wi
| etters had reading and speaking. Were I to
The Northeast Georgian, at Athens, attempt to particularize, I should ge^
publishes a lot of lettetffrora the cm- lost, for all performed their parte to
sins of Dr. Ed. Newton, tho agricultu-1 the satisfaction of IBe whole assembly;
ral editor of that paper, all of which are though I must mention Mr. A. G.
down on the 4th. A letter from the Jackson, in hjs speech on Temperance.
Hon. B. Blinker Blowhard is supposed It was delivered in a beautiful and
to have been written by the Doctor impressive style, and I have mftlouht
himself, as that is a non de plume un- he brought tears to many eves. He
der which he sometimes sails. has the material m him to make a fino
The Atlanta Herald is in error. Dr. SP Mr*'Thomas, who is a Christian gen-
Newton did not write the letter. Hon | tlemah and successful educator, ought
Columbus, Qa., July 10,1875.
iGen. Henry L. Banning died here
fcWiightoMo’cbxdfcj yfe
Jviue boasts of fine rains and
riugerops, which Were never butter,
idge Hopkins, of Tliomasville,
fined a'negro 835.and cirtsforcruelly
treating his horse.
The Telegraph and Messenger, of the
7lh inst., in nn article headed “Ill-
Timed and Characteristic,” takes Gen.
John S. Preston, of South Carolina,do
task upon bis speech recently delivered
at the University of Virginia. The arti
cle censures Gen. I’rcstou for “pouring
forth the surcharged contents of a heart
full of gal! and bitterness,” and adds,
“ So now we find this ‘ Confederate
Ghost,’ ns the New York Herald styles
him, doing all in his power to snap the
tender ligaments which begin again to
bind the various sections of the Union,
and re-open wounds hardly yet cica
trized." The Telegraph and Messenger
then, after commenting upon the pro
priety of nursing wrongs long since in
dicted, and stating that tho worse than
profitless brooding over und cherishing
the memories of the past, is likely to
dispel the silver lining to the cloud
that has m long overshadowed us, a id
which now hetokens the advent of hap
pier times, publishes, in another col
umn, a full account of “ The Mannc
ling of Jcfferabn Davis.”
Well, for one, we think a record of
such unpardonable, unjustifiable and
never before hoard of treatment should
lie preserved in the memories of our
people, and when tho Telegraph and
Metm^er, thinking doubtless ns we
do, publishes these records for the
public, ought it not rather seek to
throw the mantle of Southern charity
over the expressions of Gen. Preston,
dictated no doubt by the recoil, ctiou
of the treatment of Ex-President Da
vis, tho burning of Columbia, the his
tory of which lias recently been so
fully revived, and of a thousand other
such records ?
Eloquence and Electricity.
The surprise in our community, ns to
the recent repeated and violent electri
cal phenomena, is now satisfactorily
ascribed to the presence in our midst
on Saturday afternoon the 3rd inst., of
Dr. W. P. Harrison, the electric pulpit
orator of Atlanta. The Doctor being
stir-charged with such electrifying elo-
qucncc, threw the heavens into an op-
jMisiio electrical state, resulting in a
lightning display, which was but the
counterpart of his eloquence ou Sun
day. Again, on Wednesday afternoon
following when,at the close of the Com-
University of Georgia—The Chancel
lorship.
As much is now being written and
said throughout the State in regard to
the Chancellorship of the University,
and as doubtless it has all originated
from an article which appeared in the
Geo kg i a.- some few weeks since, we
deem it but proper that we should re
fer again to the subject. In the article
which we published, and to which we
now refer, we did not mention uames,
for certain prudential reasons, but as
it has become generally known to
whom reference was had, and further
more, as it has heen charged, that the
publications in regard to the Chancel
lor of the University are mere flings,
based upon personal preferences and
prejudices, we will now state, that the
article was a perfect photograph of
facts as they occurred, between Dr.
Tucker and the students in the prayer
room of the University. This unfor
tunate nccuniDce, which is but a repe
tition of ill-advised actions on the part
of Dr. Tucker, is greatly regretted by
his numerous friends who are ac
quainted with the facts, aud by none
more than the writer, and we dare my,
the want of wisdom and propriety in
such a course, which must be apparent
to Dr. Tucker, has caused much regret
on his part.
There appeared in the Atlauta Herald
of the lltb inst., a communication
signed “Justice,” which we suppose
was designed as a defense of Dr.
Tucker, but which, if so, falls very far
short of its purpose. The writer
terms the comments upon the Chancel
lor and his administration ns flings,
based upon prejudice and a preference
for Col. W. LeRoy Broun. Now, so
far as this relates to us and our notices
of the College and its administration,
we have simply to say, that as regards
our unmistakable and unquestionable
friendship to the College, founded upon
none other than an honest and impar-
tiid desire to see it such an institution
as would make it the pride of every
Georgian, we are more than willing to
be judged by our record for the past
four or five years, ns a citizen of
Athens, and as a member of the
legislature.
Again, iu reply to “Justice” who so
conspicuously commences his article
with the egotistical pronoun “ I,” we
would say, that as a public journalist,
we arc and shall over hold ourselves
above the influence of personal prefer
ences or prejudices, in our reviews of
the administration of the State Uni
versity, or any other public institution,
and will at all times as cheerfully com
mend the wisdom aud executive pro
prieties of the Chancellor of the Uni
versity and his associate officers, as
wo will certainly censure their errors
ami improprieties.
Furthermore, the man who imagioes
that we could be influenced by such
motives, is ho, whose contracted mind
and views, being solely confined to the
narrow channel of personal preferences
and prejudices, lacks the magnanimity
of soul or liberality of thought to even
conceive of a person being actuated by
any other motive, than mean, little or
selfish aims.
Justice fails in his article, to present
one single argument or point in favor
or vindication of the present Chancel-
lor, and contents himself with a lot of
very undignified and uncalled-for flings
against the venerable and much-loved
Ex-Chancellor, Dr. Lipscomb, the
honorable and esteemed Ex-President
Davis, and the able and efficient Pi«e-
ident of the Agricultural College, Dr.
W. LeRoy Brown.
Personally, our relations with Dr.
Tucker are of the kindest character,
but we ask “Justice” if be or any
member of the Board of Trustees, or
any citizen of Georgia, or any parent
of any of the young men now in at
tendance upon the University, can jus
tify or defend the Chancellor in such
gratify in any proposed reorganization
of the University. We simply desire
to see such steps taken as will secure its
future prosperity, irrespective of indi
viduals, sects, or any other considera
tions than the good of the College aud
Georgia’s bast interest. The corrects
of improprieties or irregularities arooug
the officers of the institution, or any
needed reorganization or rcforn.ation
for the future good of the University
is a matter for the wise deliberation,
and honest, impartial action of the
Board of Trustees at their meeting in
August next.
In conclusion, wo would respectfully
suggest, us a reorganization in August
next, which undoubtedly would give
universal satisfaction, harmonizing all
discord and differences, and bring the
wanted prosperity to the University,
tho reflection of Dr. Lipscomb as
Chancellor, with no defined line of
duty, allowing him to deliver his course
of lectures upon Aesthetics, and per
form 6uch other duties in the College
as his wisdom might dictate, and be
come the general advocate of the Uni
versity, delivering lectures upon the
subject of education and its fostering
care by the State where ever he should
see fit. Then let the Faculty elect
Dr. Mel), or Oil. Broun, or who ever
they should deem best suited, as Chair
man of their body, who shall become
the active and executive officer of the
College.
This re-organization would uo doubt
be acceptable to all the friends of the
University, and well could the Board
of Trustees afford to give Dr. Lips
comb a salary ^rhich would secure his
acceptance.
B. Blinker Blowhard requests us to to be sustained and encouraged in his
say, that as soon as Ben Butler comes U8efal »P bere - b 7 buildin B a
, „ , . . . . „ comfortable and convenient school-
down and receives you ...to full fellow- housc and te — ng away the old diUip _
ship, that he will write you a letter of i idated concern, that is a disgrace to
congratulation ever his true signature, I the cause in which .he is engaged,
so that vou may no longer mistake as The elegant music furbished by Mr.
to who he is. < Henry Jackson and Miss Emma b a party of “ crooked” distmers.
1 Wilson, was one of the most attractive -r > j
,p, / .. . , , | features of the occasion, aud the thanks
The enterprising people of Columbus of a] , are due thein for their valuaWe
do not think it pays to send their chil- | contribution .
The exhibition, to say tho least, was
- x - . .... ,, -. i a success, and was closed to the entire
propose to educate their children at faction of the whole audience,
home—nnd/to that end, they have put | r llev Mr Lanef in a f ew remarks,
replete with souud sense and good ad
vice, delivered the prizes awarded.
Who knows but what a future Pres-
The Gainesville Southron says, “ let
U3 smile,” and yet, he coni mends all to
“ be sober.”
Police Commissioner Morris, of At
lanta, who was charged with arson, has
been discharged after a full investiga
tion of his case.
We are. told by those who ought to
know, that the wife of Rev. Dr. Skin
ner, of A.thens, has inherited a for
tune of 8200,000.—Enquirer. •
A Gainesville special to the Atlanta
J^eraU says J. A. Findley, a deputy
Federal Marshal, was shot through
both lejp last Friday near Dahlouega,
Col. W. G. Johnson, of 1
delighted us with a visit Inst week.—
He was in fine humor and health, and
though be said be came to our office to
“ haul us over the coals,” for mention
ing him in a Certain connection not
long siuce. still he was iu such fine
humor, from his attendance upon the
Lucy Cobb Commencement, and the
happy appearance of things generally,
, (especially in ouroffice,) that he believed
he would settle the whole affair by re
newing his subscription to the Geor
gian, and paying for it in advauee.—
Come again, Colonel, we aro always
glad to mnke amends, when<we are in
the wrong, and especially to settle dif-
culties in such an amicable way.
Mr. Smith Clayton, of Atlauta, a
graduate of the University, and cors
respondent of the Atlanta Herald,
smiled upon us the other day iu our
office. He expressed himself as de
lighted with his visit to tbe Lucy Cobb
Commencement, stating that his pleas
ant duty of communicating to the Her
ald the interesting features of the
Commencement, bad only been inter
rupted or marred by the constant soli
citations of Col. Ilowell Erwin, of his
on the market a sufficient quantity ot
seven per cent, bonds to build a female
college. Many of the bonds hare
been sold. ’ The limes believes there. ident iigrowing up amo ng us?
will lie no trouble in disposing of the I D H. L. W.
Alice. The proposed college will
r '~ j not be under tho control of any reli-
8 on ’ ! gious sect, and is to be equal in grade
' to the Augusta female college, of
Staunton, Va.—Atlanta Constitution.
Citizens of Columbus, save your
[For tbe Northeast Georgian.]
TO THE SURVIVING VETE
RANS OF THE THIRD REGI
MENT OF GEORGIA VOL
UNTEERS.
bonds, preserve your money, and send | Comrades !
your daughters to the Lucy Cobb In-1 As the last commanding officer of
stitute, the pride of Athens. ‘he old Third Georgia, I take pride and
1 pleasure in directing your attention to
GEORGIA STATE NEWS. rea d It -how*«.. . -
.1 a "dance on ba n ,i .
tho credit of the assoaation m
584.41. The total amount A
by the association, to date
sources, has been $14,127 36 f ft?
sun, 83,530 20 were
work, head-stones, etc., at theTmu?!
section, laying the foundation of!?
Confederate monument of incirL, ,
expenses. ~ ai *l
The design for the Confederate
ument, accepted by the Deafen ru*
mittetf and the officers of the
tion, was exhibited to the niew^*'
It was furnished by Von Gund!„\
Young, of Philadelphia, and is a V e
chaste and elegant affair. It j 3 j n ;{7
shape of an octagonal obelisk, sevent
one feet in height, including a st *'
at the top. It is twenty-one feet !!
the bare. With the exception of
base, which is four feet high, t| le ®
tire monument is to be of Italian ma
ble. The obelisk is surmounted b
the figure of a Confederate private *J.
dier, heroic size, at rest. On the
corners immediately above the bajej.
is proposed to place statues of Gener-1
als R. E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
Incendiary Fire.-—The Scoundrel Ar
rested and Lodged in Jail.
On Sunday night last, the house of
Mr. Ed. Hutchinson, of Oglethorpe
County, and son of Dr. Hutchinson,
the Representative of that County, was
robbed by n negro boy about fifteen
years of age, and then fired.
Wc have not been able to gather all
the particulars in regard to this fiend
ish outrage, but learn that the house
nnd its entire contents were consumed,
the family barely escaping the raging
flames.
The negro was caught, and is now
confined in the Lexington 'Jail. The
excitement in the neighborhood was
cjnsiderable, and it was all the more
considerate portion of the citizens
could do, to prevent the scoundrel from
being summarily dealt with by the in
furiated and outraged neighbors.
This is a herd blow on our young
friend, who had but a short time since
gono to housekeeping, and was an act
well calculated to drive him and bis
friends to violent action towards the
black fiend.
Athens.—We reached this refined the approaching re-union of our regi-
and lovely spot, which, wir.h its 7,000 meat at the scene of your first year’s
inhabitants, palatial residences, busy service, and the home of many cher-
stores, and time-honored University, ished friends—the city of Portsmouth,
forms the most desirable and delight-1 Va.—on the 4th and 5th of August,
ful city in Georgia, at 2.30 p. m. But 11875.
alas, tbe Commencement exercises of Members of the regiment, and friends
the Lucy Cobb Institute had absorbed I invited by them, can procure tickets
every omnibus, cab and carriago that for the round trip, good for twenty
tee town contained, aud we were days, for 812 each. Efforts will be
forced to shoulder our valise and foot made, and doubtless consummated, for
it for a mile, most of the way up hill, transportation over the Georgia roads
to the hotel. Just tlieu, too, the an- at half price.
grr clouds began to discharge their Each company will report, as soon as
watery treasures, and the booming I possible, by letter to Capt. A. A. Winn,
thunder woke tbe echoes of the sur- Secretary of our Survivors’Association,
rounding hills, ever and anon launch- at Savannah, Ga., stating the name
ing a liolt which fell much too near and number of veterans, nnd the nnm-
for the personal tranquility of the de- her of friends invited by them, propos-
ponent. However, after many slips, ing to join in the excursion. It is par-
and a pretty thorough sprinkling, he ticularly requested, that there be no
icached the Newton House in safety, delay iu making these reports, in or-
and was soon made comfortable and I der that the requisite transportation
happy by the attentions of the host, may be provided, and that circulars
Mr. Clinard. may be prepared bearing the names of
We remember reading, last year, nn all members of the regiment participa-
^ ill-natured effusion from some newspa- ting in the excursion.
-P^r writer, reflecting upon the man- Capt. 8. A. Corker, and our former
c.ty, to make apecial mention, m > - : * nt 0 ’ f tllb ho ? eL Those strict- Quartermaster-Sergeant [George N.
letters, of bis sale wuiskers ami ins ures were certainly unjust. I Dexter], have consented to piecede
If 111* half of a spring chicken, good the regiment, and make all necessary
beef and mutton, and an abundance arrangements fur our coming. Com-
of tho liest vegetables placed at the panies will rendezvous iu Augusta, on
disposal of each guest, should not rat- the 2nd of August; reporting to our
isfy any reasonable man, then we can 1 former Quartermaster [Capt’. Alex-
only aver that the grumbler never had I ander Phillip], No. 2J>6 Broad
anythin" good at home, aud therefore I street.
is no judge in the premises. The beds Each company will provide its mem-
>f tho New ton House are also clean bers with a badge of ribbon, marked
and comfortable, and the servants at- j “ Third Georgia Regiment,” and be-r-
tentive. We know of no better kept ing the letter of the company, and sec
establishment in the interior. that the baggage is distinctly labelled
... , . with the namo and company of the
M e extract the aoove compliment owner The Washington Artillery of
to Athens and its Institutions from Augusta have kindly consented to give
the Editorial Correspondence to the one hour’s notice of the departure of
Macon Telegraph d• Messenger. the ‘ rai » b ? a * l ' ut , c tbir * e ™ h’Uns
... 4 *. . , ... , o i «wi the afternoon of the 2nd of August.
\\ c return thanks o our friend Col. Co , R B Nrbet> „ hrnier ? om _
H. H. J., blit would state that we zander of tlie regiment, will deliver
think our town is more delightful at the regular address on the occasion of
any oilier hour thau 2:30 p. m. How-1 our re-union,
ever, it may be that tbe Col. meant
he arrived in Athens at that hour.
moi staclie. Don’t fret, my friend,
these are tribulations which news
paper men have to contend with.
Mr. Mill com Stafford, of the Forest
News, paid us a flying visit on Satur
day afternoon last. He looked as happy
“os a big sunflower,” and says Jets
ferson and the News are lovely, and
that “the goose hangs high,” viz., the
commencement of Martin Institute
was a champion success, and the sub-
serpiton list of the News was daily on
the increase. Always glad to sea you,
Staff, it looks natural to see you in
our office.
Struck by Lightning.
The warehouse of the Langley Man
ufacturing Company was struck by
lightning nn the Cth inst. Loss from
$25,000 to 830,000. No insurance.
It is raid that when the lightning
struck the warehouse, instantaneously
it was distributed upon the iron ties
around the numerous cotton bales, fill
ing the inside of the building with one
solid blaze of fire.
iviiumii, -uo vyiiaoeciior in suen
nil tvvniont t b of the Lucy Cobb idiosyncrasies of genius as would lead
The Chroniele and Sentinel, of the
11th inst., says, “Welearn from a trust
worthy source, that there is a move
ment on foot to take off the day train
of the Athens branch of the Georgia
Railroad.”
There was, but we are happy to
learn from a reliable source, that the
visit of Col. S. K. Johnson to Athens,
resulted in the determination not to
remove either the day or night train,
The Atlanta Herald is utterly and
absolutely opposed to the election of
Jefferson'DavU to the Chancellqrship
of the University of Georgia, aud in
an editorial on the subject, rather.in
timates that Mr. Davis is not scholar
sufficient for the position. On this
point the Herald is mistaken. Mr.
Davis is one of the finest scholars in
all the land.
Agricultural Statistics of Clarke Coun
ty, for 1875.
No. of Acres in Grain.
Indian Corn, 7,276 4-16
Wheat, 1,406 10-16
Oats 1,991 3-16
Rye, 129 6 16
Barley 16 9-16
l’eas, alone or with Corn,...1,731 1-16
Hay and Forage.
Clover or cultivated grass,.....205 6-16
Bermuda grass, 22
Other grasses 29
Corn or Rice, to be cut for forage,...58
Other C;tors.
Cotton 5,776 5-16
Tobacco 3 6-16
Sorghum, 23 2-16
Ground Peas, 5 216
Sweet Potatoes 242 13-16
Irish Potatoes, 32 9-16
Melons 87 10-16
No. acres in garden products,..332 2-16
Orchards and Vineyards.
Apples,
Peaches,
Pears
Area in Vinevnrds
...16,052
..224,740
....1,684
.K 19.1ft
Farm Animals.
Horses and Mules 949
Jacks and Jennies, 4
Work Oxen, 187
Other Cattle 2,039
Hogs, 1,877
Hogs for killing next Winter,.^^44
Goats 17R
Miscellaneous.
Dogs,
— 959
Sheep killed by dogs past year,... 112
Fish Ponds,
/.... 21
Bee Hives
190
Domestic Fowls
....7,931
Farm Laborers.
Whites,....
.... 181
Colored,
....1,037
Hired for Wages,
353
Working on rented land
684
Working ou shares............
354
Communications.
Assemble then, Comrades, iu Au
gusta, on the 2ad of August next. A
few hours will transport us to the scene
of our entrance upon that military ca
reer which, with all its hopes and an
ticipations, its glories and reverses, is
now in the past. There let us renew,
face to face, and hand in hand, a com
radeship which, formed amid the glit?.
ter of steel, and with the flapping of
warlike banners, still survives in the
scattered and peaceful remnants of that
[For the Northeast Georgian.]
Carnesville. Geo.,
June 30tb, 1875.
Dr. H. H. Carlton,
* Dear Sir I see in your I p roud re;: j raell t which kept its guns
last issue, an account of the pyclone rea(1 and fl unspotted to the
that visited Harmony Grove on the j agt -
17th uit also, of the shooting affray ’ Claiborne Snead,
between JudBirdand “\\ ill Harrison, JWr Col. of 3rd Geo. Regiment.
as lie terms me.
1 am of the opinion that the worthy All members of Companies K &
subscriber was not presout when the k, and their friends who desire to at-
shooting took place. lie says that the tenJ . W 'H please hand in their names
whole.affair originated from an over- ,0 S. D. Mitchell, at the store of Pit-
dose of corn whiskey.” I was not | taf d, Mitchell & Co., Athens, Ga.
drunk. Mr. Bird can speak for him
self. But I think Mr. Bird is too nice
a man to drink corn whisky. He says, | GENERAL NEWS,
in the wiud up of his sermon, “ Harri
son has made his exit to parts un* I Berne, July 2.—The-National
known.” I will just ray to the worthy Council voted 25,000 francs to defray
subscriber, that the citizens of Har- the expenses of a proper representation
mony Grove all knew that I went to of Swiss products and industry nt the
Franklin, and no doubt the subscriber Philadelphia Centennial. Of the large
heard I had gone to Franklin, but did European States Russia is the ouly
not know where Franklin lay; thought one which has declined to encourage a
in all probability it is in Smith Amer- participation in the exhibition,
ica, or some of the Pacific isles. Brooklin, July 2.—At 11:17 this
I think, Mr, Editor, I know the sub- morning the Beeceer jury came into
8criber’s voice. _ I think I have heard court, which was densely” crowded and
him pray. I will just state to the Mr. stated they were unable to agree, when
Subscriber,' that I am in^Franklin, and j they were discharged. The jury stood
it joins Jackson on the East.
I am, most respectfully,
Will Harrison.
[For tho Northeast GoorgUn.]
Watkinsville, Geo.,
July 9th, 1875,
Editor Northeast Georgian: ^
If the man who causes two blades I AcreTupon acr^lif wd.rai 5re cut and
uitie for aoquitall and three tor convic
tion.
Southern Harvests.—Tho Nash
ville Banner thus speaks of the prog
ress of iiarvesting grain in that aud
other sections of the South:
“ Yesterday was tho greatest day
yet for harvesting, and every farmer
in Tennessee took advantage of it.
Mills.
Grist Mills,....
Saw Mills,
No. of Stones run for Corn,... 8 j torn-fier to be of the first grade.
Wheat,.. Mar”
of grass to grow where only one grew 1 sWked : It is believed that within
^if 0 ! 6 ’f ^ rVe !L t !L”o ^ame of benefactor, tbe ne xt ten days nearly if not the en-
what shall we hy 0, tb ® man ™ bo tire crop of the State will have been
trains our children to be useful to harvested and gathered into tho gran-
themselves, and ornaments to the so- ariea for shipm f“ t . Ill8tead of
crety m which they may move in after ti ain f £ n , the north and
life? The examination and exh.bit.on | we f t * we wi U export it. Last year’s
^WatkinsviHe Academy h.^ just i^Atlanta
closed, and it proved entirely satisfac- u v the farmers «f tw l,Joi
We are in receipt of a very full and
interesting account of the commence
ment exercises of “ Martin Institute
of Jefferson, Jackson county, but too
Into for this issue. We will with
pleasure give it space in our next issue.
Manufactories.
Wagou aud Carriage Manufactories,. 1
Other Manufactories, 4
No. of Foundries for'Casting,T
Acres enclosed for Pasture,.3,234 12-16
Acres under Fence/. 30,829 10-16
Acres of Original Wards, 10,439
Lucy Cobb Institute.—The exer
cises of this School will open on tbe
second Wednesday in September next,
and not on the first Wednesday in Oc
tober, aa stated in tho Constitution of
Saturday.
teacher, to be a successful one, must 1 j 1 v~ —
not only acquire the respect of those I ” d ^
under his charge, but their love; and _ - **7 , , n _ ■
this lie has done, in the true sense of T>1 . Louis, J uly 9.—Gen. Frank P.
tho word. He has about fifty schol- B1kur expired at midnight, surrounded
ars, and with the assistance of Miss b ? bl8 family and a few intimate
McWhorter, an estimable lady and en- *”5®®*; death came suddeotly
tirely competent, ho manages them ant ‘ bo P a, nful surprise to his
like an old and competent hand, thotmh friends who had confident hopes
he is comparatively a young man. He ofIus recovery,
has been our teacher about two years, It is estimated that the destruction
nnd I believe he has given general sat- of property by inuudation in the south-
iafaction, though, you know, worth western part of this country will
and merit sometimes have enemies, j amount to 3,000,000 francs. The
The exercises of the Junior Classes number of persons who perished is ea-
were opened Tuesday night, by prayer timated at 3,000. President MacMa-
by Rev. Mr. Anderson, and the young | hon continues his tour through tho ins
orators, with their hearts elate and undated district. isw W
A
one, must
since the war.
happened there
Cotton aud corn are
Colonel R. B- Neshit, of Eatonton,
will deliver an address before the vet
erans of the Third Georgia Regiment,
at their re-union in Portsmouth, Va.,
on the 4th of August uext.
It appears that Gen. Toombs was
a stockholder in the Atlanta News, and
has fallen heir to what remains of that
defunct institution, as the papers re
port him as being in Atlanta the other
day boxing and storing the material.
The Rome Cdinmereial rays there is
much dread connected with the har
vesting season in that section. And'
notes the death of Mr.' David Hicks,
of Polk county, recently, from the
bite of a rattle snake while he was cut
ting wheat.
The Millodgeville Union and Re
corder learns that the health of Judge
Iverson L. Harris is in a critical con
dition. He has been confined to his
house for many months, nnd about a
week ago his disense assumed a serious
and alarming form, and much anxiety
is felt in the result.
Another Cyclone.—A violent wind
and rain storm past Milledgeville about
2 p. m. Thursday. Much damage
was done to corn and cotton in the
country. The roof of the cotton factory
was blown off, and the stables and
outhouses suffered seriously. Many
of the beautiful shade trees in the
town were broken off and ruined.
A letter from Bryan county m tbe
Hine3ville Gazette, dated 1st, says:
We have recently had fine rains. Crops
are generally good. Corn is small,
but promises to ear well. Rice is
planted on our pine land to a very
considerable extent, and
healthy, growing condition. Cotton is
line—some persons brag of their prom
ise with the king.
The Cedertown Express rays that
Mr. John Smith, while cutting some
grass, was struck at by a high-laud
moccasin, which just did fail to thrust
his fuugs into the flesh of Mr. Smith’s
arm. He struck him on the left coat
sleeve, the fangs so firmly clinching
the cloth that it hung by them with
such tenacity that Mr. Smith could
not free himself from it until he cut
off the snake’s head.
The Forest News chronicles the mel
ancholy and fatal accident, iu Jeffer
son, ou last Thursday, which resulted
in the death of one of Jackson county’s
most highly estedmed citizens, Mr.Thos.
J. jib.vis. n. Itlappears that Mr. Moni-
son. while the large overshot wheel of
his Tannery was stationary, had gone
into it for the purpose of removing
some hides which had previously been
placed there, and that unexjiectedlv it
was set in tnotiou by the waste water
which happened to full upon the wheel,
and in attempting to escape, slipped and
fell between the uo\y revolving wheel
and the timbers surrounding it, which
so badly ctushed his body as to cause
his death in a few hours. The best
medical aid was summoned, but hu
man skill was insufficient to stay the
fatal results of so serious an accident to
one advanced to the good old age of
72 years. Mr. Morrison's loss will be
greatly felt through Jackson, the coun
ty of iiis birth, nnd which had so long
been the recipient of his noble and
generous deeds.
The Atlanta Herald has the follow
ing under the head of Athenian Notes:
The other day Dr. Tucker became a
little angry with the Junior Class, and
quietly informed them that they were
a set of jackasses.
Wc learn from good authoiity that
the Doctor is frequently in the humor
for paving these delicate compliments.
It is no uncommon thing for this pol
ished Chancellor and Christian gentle
man to sny to a class when uot perfect
in recitation, “ Gentleman, in my hum
ble opinion, you are all fools.”
In the election for the Chancellor
ship this summer if the students were
allowed to cast the votes, the Doctor
would be elected by a rising and unan
imous vote.
Our young and talented friend, T.
W. Rucker, is tbe uia-t successful law
yer of his years in Georgia. At the
last term of the Supreme Court he car
ried up eleven cases, and won teu.
Ho is City Attorney of Athens.
Athens has more pretty girls than
any place of the same size in Georgia.
The last thing wc see before dosing
our eyes at night, tbe first thing we
see after opening our eyes in’ the
morning, is—a pretty girl f
The new laboratory buildiug in the
rear of the Chapel is an ornament to
the campus, an honor to tho citizens
and the pride of President LeRoy
Brown, the man whose energy had
much to do with its erection.
Tbe favorite air of the student, now,
is—
“ Old Dan Tuckei he got drunk.
Fell in the fire and kicked up a chunk;
A red-hot coal got in his shoe;
Oh. la I mnssa, how the ashes flew I”
Col. Howdl Irwin is still suffering
from a slight attack of side-whiskers..
His moustache is still slowly, but sure
ly, asserting its prerogative'of wrowth.
He was mistaken for a French Count
to-day, aud blushed.very rosily.
Washington Dessau, Esq., once
raid to Mrs. Dr. . Wm. King, upon
Thomas R. It' Cobb and Wm. Henry
Walker, as representing the Conieder,
acv, the State of Georgia and Rich,
mond county, respectively.
O11 cacti corner of the bare is to he
placed a stone or iron cannon. Two
of the tablets ou the monument wifi
bear Confederate emblems, while on
the others will be inscribed the names
of the hero dead of Richmond county.
.While the design has been definitely
accepted, it nas not yet been positive,
ly decided whether to give the prefet.
ence to’altitude, that is to say, wheth
er to make it seventy-one feet iu height
with a base of twenty-one feet, or re
duce the height to fifty feet and io-
crease the base to twenty-four feet.
In the latter case the obelisk above
will be proportionally increased in
character. The height given above
wili, in either case, be increased four
feet by the brick foundation already
constructed.
Georgia Railroad.
An Acknowledged Tyrany in thz
Management of this Road.—Exf
ployee has no Right to Criti
cise the Action ofBis Employer,
and wiien Information is Sought
and Obtained op him by Direct
ors and Stockholders, he, upon
giving said Information orOpin-
ions, is Expelled from the Ser.
vice of the Road.
Announcements.
It may be proper for me to explain
to my lrienda who have known me dux
ring a connection of nearly fifteen
years with the Georgia Railroad, the
reasopB for my discharge. When Mr.
Reed informed'tae of my discharge, I
asked him to give me some reasons
for it. He replied that it was owing to
iny having criticised very severely the
administration of S. K. Johnson. 1
stated to Reed that I had urged tbe
election of the Hon. D. E. Butler to
the place Johnson now fills, and I sup
pose some Ramsey Sniffles had told
him. I replied that I had done so be
cause I really regarded it as a duty
which I ewed to the Company. Du
ring the recent commotion over tjie se
lection of Superintendent, I was ap
proached by Directors and Stockhold
ers', and questioned in relation to the
affairs of the Rond. I at first objected .
to expressing my opinion, raying there
was great danger iu an employee of a
Company criticising the in^nagemen t
of his superior officers. They insisted
ii[on the right to get all the informa
tion possible, and urged it as my duty
to give it; whereupon, I unhesitatingly
stated that I regarded 8. K. Johnson
ns utterly incompetent, nnd proceeded
to give facts and figures to sustain this
opinion; and, at tlie same time, I
urged the appointment of Hon. D. E.
Butler. This is my offeuse, aud noth
ing more. I have not been discharged
for wantofcapactity or neglect of duty;
hut, on the contrary, because I was
faithful to my duty in frankly point
ing out blunders that were palpable
and that I felt it mv duty to expose.
D. M. Vising.
Augusta, Ga., July 1st, 1875.
To whom it may concern:
The bearer of this, Mr. D. M.
Vitiiug, an employee of this Company
a number ot years, as Conductor,
leaves tlie service of raid Company 011
and after this date, though without
any neglect of duty or violation of
orders and instructions from the offi
cers of the Road.
Very respectfully.
Geo, M. Reed, M. T.
: 1 < s ■ ■ ■
I confirm the above statement, and
cau recommend Mr. Viniug to any
Company having need of a man tor
such qualifications.
[SignedJ Jno. P. Kino,
President.
Gen. PiKEi’s Way of Settling
tiie Indians of the Plains.—A re
porter for the St Louis Times ha9 re
cently interviewed Gen. Albert Pike,
who is at present attorney for the Choc
taw Nation of Indians. He holds that
I can take one thousand Cherokees
aud whip any wild nation of Indians
on the plains. When Jeff Davis sent
me up there at the begining of the war,
I sent out a plug of tobacco tied
arouud with a ribbon, which they call
wampum, and a bullet, saying to the
Comanches: You can take whichever
you like. If you want the tobacco,
come in and make a treaty. If you
don’t, I have a thousand Cherokees
here with whom I mean'to clean you
out. They came in. The United
States government could profitably
employ Choctaws, Chickaraws and
Creeks to manage all the wild Indians
of the plains. Every time Sheridan
kills an Indian it costs 910,000.”
hearing her play the organ: “If
Dickens, before writing Martin Uuz-
zlewit, bad heard you play, he would
have made Tern Pinch a woman.”
Those who attended tho Methodist
Church on Sunday night last can ap-
pretiate the handsome compliment to
the lady in question.
Tbe Contemplated Confeder
ate Monument at Augusta.—Tbe
annual mooting of the Ladies’ Memo
rial Association of Augusta was held
in that city ou the 30th ult. The
President’s report was read, t rtsBif
Tho report of Mrs; Jna T. Miller,
Secretary and Treasurer, wa* next
It is said that the inhabitants of the
Nicobar Islands, a group in the Indian
Ocean, about one hundred and fifty
miles south of the better known Anda
mans, have a universal passion for the
cast-off hats of civilization. There is a
regular trade in old hats between Cal
cutta aud the Nicobsrs. • The value of
the article is measured in cocoa-nuts,
the only produce of the Islands. The
chimnet'pot is tbe favorite shape, too
taller the better; and the •consurama-
nuts, aud is the favorite attire c °f
noble savage when he goes a fishing
clad for tlie rest ouly in the usual wav
doth. . ■ ■!
Ninety million pcapi®
glisli language, 45,000,000 s,
man, 55.000,000 Spanish, and
000,000 French, i'/: