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ITEMS BY BATFST MAILS.
Col Jack Brown takes charge of the Revenue
department of the 4th District of Georgia, to
day.
Grasshoppers have extended their ravages to
the crops ol North Alabama.
A man named George Sylvester,was horribly
mangled bv the W. &. A. li. R. train,about three
miles from Atlanta, on Friday afternoon about
5 o’clock. Cause supposed to he whisky.
Work on the Atlanta cotton Factory was
commenced on Friday last.
Another Gainesville paper has up given the
ghost. The JJerahl expired last week.
Secretary of the Treasury, Bristow, and
Treasurer New,cannot agree iipon thclappoint
ees of the Treasury department.
Grady is very jubilant over the introduction
ot water into the pipes through the city, which
was done on the 10th instant. Wecongraulatc
him on the final consummation of the so much
desired convenience.
Fred Douglas denies having advised his col
ored friends to leave the Republican party and
set up for themselves. He says he wants them
to have no favors, but fair plily; his rights, not
alms.
The out rage manufactoi y has commenced its
operations in Illinois. The Radical Globe-
Demoi-ral of St. Louis, Mo., says that twelve
families v,'ere compelled to leave Williamson
County, 111., to escape the vengence of the out
rages of those who rule that county, and many
more are preparing to leave! Now, what
sensible man believes any such stories.
A young lady visitor at Saratoga Springs
has a colored swain. His attentions are very
marked, and the object of his aflTections hu
mors him whether in earnest or not, yet re
mains to he seen.
We are pleased to learn that there are two
first-class sleeping ears in construction at the
shops ot the Georgia Railroad, in Augusta,
Ga.
Ex-Governor Grahm, of North Carolina,
died at Saratoga, N. Y., on the 11th inst., of
organic disease of the heart.
Strange to say, Home voted against
compromising her bonded debt a few
days ago.
The Montgomery Advertiser puts
the majority for a convention in Ala
bama at 15,660. The convention
will probably stand: Democrats, 70;
Radicals, 10; Independents, 9.
Charlie Willingham, of the Rome
Courier, makes an admirable notice
of an appeal for patronage to the
new paper at Atlanta, the National
American. It is a good little paper,
and we hope to hear of its success.
The tunneling of the British Chan
nel will be commenced soon; there
is money enough in hand to com
mence the work, and we believe it is
only a question of time as to its com
pletion.
The Third Georgia Regiment got
on a big bust during the late excur
sion. They visited Fortress Monroe
and Norfolk, and a great many other
scenes of battles in which they were
engaged. They had a good old time.
The name of Gen. Waddy Thomp
son, who has been lately on trial for
horse stealing, has been confounded
with that of Gen. Waddy Thompson,
once minister to Mexico, and a prom
inent citizen. This man is a Gen.
Waddy Thompson of late fame.
<>! irdgiiDur or cue journal, ma
rietta, is very wrothy upon the sub
ject of the little gourd vine, which
has again made its appearance in the
streets of that city. We do not won
der at it, after the specimen we have
seen of the fulsome plant.
It is stated that a strange discov
ery has been made at Buckingham
Palace. While some workmen were
engaged in pulling down a wall a
large quantity of valuable gold and
silver plate of about the time of
George 111. and supposed to be worth
several thousand pounds, was found.
Immigration from Europe is de
creasing, but immigration from Asia
is increasing. Last year 15,807 Chi
nese were landed in California, an
increase over the previous year’s ar
rivals of over two thousand.
"W e have got as far as specie pay
ment in one direction at least.
Within the last ten weeks not less
that thirty-five million dollars in
gold have left the United States to
fill the vaults of the Bank of Eng
land.
According to our telegrams, the
result in North Carolina is still in
doubt, with no prospect of a heavy
Democratic majority. The Radicals
have fifty-nine delegates and the
Democrats fifty-nine, with a Demo
cratic county to hear from. It will be
rather a cloie shave for our friends
at the best.
Senator Johnson leaves a widow,
two daughters and one son : Mrs.
Patterson, wife of ex-Senator Patter
son, the lady of the White House
who received and entertained during
her father’s administration with
such dignity and grace; Mrs. Brown
formerly Mrs. Stover, at whose resi
dence he died; and Andrew John
son, Jr., of the Greenville Intelligen
cer.
A man smuggling tobacco from
Belgium into franco clothed himself
from head to foot with the leaves,
and then put on his ordinary clothes.
Having some distance to walk, he
got into a perspiration, and his skin
absorbing the strength of the tobacco
caused severe illness, resulting in his
detection. At last accounts he was
not expected to live.
A Frenchman named Georges has
been for many years experimenting
on the preservation of fish. At
length he has invented a fluid which
appears to be exactly what is desir
ed. Various kinds of fish were plac
ed in a bath of the solution for two
hours, then put in a cellar, and after
six days were found in a state of
perfect preservation. Both flavor
and color were perfect. This inven
tion is believed to be of great value.
This, we suppose, will turn out
something like the paper some man
invented and prepared to wrap fruit
in o preserve it. We have looked
anxiously for that paper to be used—
but can hear nothing more of it.
Railroad in Japan. —Thenative
Japanese papers are just now dis
cussing, with great earnestness, the
expediency of extending the railway
system of that country. What sys
tem is it to be? Whether Japan is
quite ripe for railway enterprise on
an extensive scale may be opened to
some doubt; though the question
hardly presses just at present. It
may be urged, however, that it pos
sesses thirty millions of a very intel
ligent people within a compact terri
tory, a fertile soil, afine climate, and
some few trunk roads along
which this population is densly
massed. Its great want appears to
be subsidiary roads to these trunks,
and the question of making them
appears now to be earnestly engaging
the attention of the government. The
issue to be determined is whether
these railways shall be constructed
by and remain in the hands of the
government, or whether they shall
at least after construction, pass into
the hands of private native compa
nies, whet her com posed of the nobles
or others. The Japan Mail, we see,
expresses the opinion that if at
goverment is wise it will not permit
the control to pass from its hands—a
conclusion, we venture to add, the
variance with the convictions of all
whom experience has taught that
private enterprise is, in every aspect
of the cases better than official super
vision.
The story of the Nathan murder is
being discussed once again in New
York. In the police investigation
now progressing there, an ex-police
man named Conkling swears to hav
ing tracked up and arrested a man
the morning after the murder was
committed, against whom his story
makes out a strong case of circum
stantial evidence. Conkling says
that lie visited Wash Nathan, one
of the sons of the murdered man,
and tried to dissuade him from work
ing up the case, and that when he
went to the Supreintendent of Police
for permission to follow it up, lie was
flatly denied, and was told to go
back to his beat and about his busi
ness. Conkling’s story is calculated
to revive the oid charge that has been
so often hinted at,that Wash Nathan
knew more about the dreadful ac
currence than it was expedient to
bring to light.
While from the West great com
plaints are constantly reaching us
of the great overflows and abundance
of rain, we in Georgia are suffering
want of it. From the Columbus
papers we learn that, if the drouth
continues much longer the crops, es
pecially of grain, will be completely
destroyed, and fears are entertained
of starvation. The corn has begun
to lire and twist up considerably in
this section, and cotton shows sadly,
the want of rain. It is now time
that oats and winter turnips should
be planted, but planters tell us they
cannot prepare their ground for these
seeds until they have had a rain. The
int.. TOin iictrus me rain to mi out
the grains. We fear that when fod
der pulling time comes there will be
groat complaint that it will be hard
ly worth the pulling. We sincerely
hope, ere our paper reaches the press
to hail a drenching rain.
In the summer of 1833, when Gen.
Jackson’s unpopularity was at its
height in Boston, the old frigate
Constitution, which by order of the
Navy Department is to be repaired
for exhibition at the centennial, was
at the navy yard at Charlestown,
Mass. A roystering set, whose head
quarters were at the Tremont House
in Boston, were making merry on
the evening of the 3d of July, when
one of their comrades arrived with a
huge package rooled in a flag and
protected by sail cloth. It was un
rolled, when out came, not the head
of Holofernes, but the head of Gen.
Jackson’s wooden statue, the figure
head of the constitution! The dar
ing thief went in a boat at night and
sawed it off right under the very
tread of the officer who guarded the
deck. One of the ears was sent as a
gift to M. M. Noah, of New York.
Special Treasury Agent Kinsella
is in New Orleans taking testimony
in regard to the alleged frauds in the
payment of the employes working
in the Custom House. It is
charged that many mechanics and
artisans, who accepted work on ac
count of the dull times as laborers,
worked as mechanics, signing blank
payrolls, and receiving one dollar
and seventy-five cents per day,while
the government was charged from
four to five dollars a day for their
services. It is also stated that much
of the work done by these skilled
mechanics was afterward covered
by contracts, and the government
made to pay again for the same work.
Of course brother-in-law Casey took
good care that the money went into
loyal pockets.
She stepped into the car radiant
with youth, and looking cool and
bright in her flower-trimmed hat and
speckless suit of linen. Four young
men immediately offered her* their
seats; she accepted one with an en
trancing smile and instantly gave it
to a poor, wan, little old woman who
had been standing for ten blocks.
The young men did not know wheth
er to get up again or not, and tried
their best not to look foolish.
The boasted navy of Turkey con
sists of some expensive ironclads,
which never tempt deep water, but
are moored in summer opposite the
Sultan’s palace at Dolma-Baghtelie,
and in winter go into comfortable
quarters inside the brige of the Gol
den Horn. Their chief occupation is
in firing salutes when his Majesty
goes to mosque on Fridays. The
Turks have no engineers who can
manage them, but depend on Eng
lishman.
MULTUJI IN PARVO.
About 800,000 gallons or over sl,-
000,000 worth of ice cream is manu
tured annually in Boston. Leading
hotels and saloons there consume on
an average forty-two gallans daily
Gen. E. Kirby Smith is now
Chancellor of the State University of
Nashville, Tenn., but thinks of leav
ing to become Professor of Natural
History in the University of the
South at Sewanee A young man
in Lanchester sent a dollar to a firm
in New York who advertised a re
ceipt to prevent bad dreams. lie
received a small slip of paper on
which was printed “Don’t go to
sleep.” A negro woman in
Wayne county gave birth to a child
weighing twenty-four pounds recen
tly Pierce Young and Bob Alston
were in New York on Monday last
Parker, the defaulting ex-Treas
ury of South Carolina, who escaped
from jail, has been recaptured
Earthquakes have commenced in
California again. There was one in
Ilaleto on Monday last The Sea
Serpent, after an absence of twenty
years, is said to have made its ap
pearance upon the Massachusetts
'coast Bob Alston, of the Herald
made a speech in Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., on the 7th instant Mr. John
L. Rowe is now erecting anew flour
ing mill about three miles from Bol
ling Green, Ky., called Cave Mill,
which is somewhat of a curiosity, as
the machinery is to be worked by
the water of a stream sixty feet un
der the ground, while the mill is on
the surface Andrew Johnson
was buried, by his own request,
wrapped in the U. S. flag, with a
copy of the Constitution in his right
hand. The copy of the Constitution
used was the one lie first used and
bore his name and date, 1835. The
flag was the one which was captured
from Gen. Roseeranz by Gen. Bragg,
at Chicamauga, and taken to Rich
mond. Subsequently it was re-tak
en in the battle before Saulsberry,
North Carolina, by General Stone
man’s command, with which Maj.
Ilambright was connected as Prov
ost Marshal, and fell to the posses
sion of Maj. Hambright. It has
since been used on public occassions
at Knoxville, such as decoration
days, etc. It was 60 by 80 feet
Atlanta calculates upon receiving 75,-
000 bales of cotton this season
Barnum is going to build a half mil
lion dollar cathedral for the Univer
salists On the 6th instant, the
first man was hung in Selma, who
ever suffered death there in that way
There are 800 convicts in the
Georgia penitentiary—one tenth of
whom are white The South,
a newspaper published in the
interest of the Southern States,
in New York City, recom
mends the establishment of a Broom
factory in Whitfield county, in this
State At some of the Northern
watering places, the ladies prome
nade in the air bareheaded and they
sit at the table with their bonnets on
Mr. j. ii. Wallace, near Home
lost his house and kitchen by fire on
Thursday morning, the sth instant
There seems to be some hopes
that the missing package of money
—547,500 from tiie United States
Treasury, will be found. We hope
so for old man Spinner’s sake
It is now r believed that W. 11. Don
aldson, the aeronaut, was not drown
ed in Lake Michican, as supposed,
but is yet alive. A prominent
official at Algonac, has testified
to have seen him in that town. His
reported disappearance was an adver
tising dodge J. A. Young,Brig
ham’s oldest son, died on the 7 th inst.,
lie left four wives and a large lot of
children The combined wealth
of the visitors at Saratoga this sum
mer, is said to be $220,000,000.
A Mr. Robert Patterson, with his
sister and another young lady, in a
buggy drawn by a mule were return
ing home from church in Gordon
Cos unty. When they reached within
a mile of their home the mule became
frightened and ran away. Patterson
jumped out at the side and broke his
right leg below the knee, his sister
jumped out at the rear of the buggy
and was stunned to unconsciousness
for a long time. The mule took to
the woods, dashed the buggy against
a tree and smashed it into pieces; the
young lady remained in it, miracu
lously escaping all injury. We be
lieve, as a general thing, the safest
place in case of a runaway, is inside
the vehicle.
A party of northern tourists were
fooled out of ten dollars by a hack
man in Atlanta, the other day. The
party were anxions to see “the iden
tical spot” upon which Gen. Mc-
Pherson sell during the late war.
The hackman knew of course. The
tourists swallowed the story and paid
the generous hackman for imparting
the satisfactory intelligence to them.
The ladi es of the party took away
momentoes, in shape of twigs, grav
el, etc., which they no doubt believe
were stained with the valiant Gener
al’s blood.
It is reported in the European
newspapers that one of the Continen
tal sovereigns has set a good example
to his brethren by disbanding his
army and placing the whole military
establishment upon a peace footing.
Prince John 11. of Lichtenstein, the
other day, had a body guard of fifteen
warriors and an army composed of
ninety men. The Prince had to pay
this imposing force out of bis own
pocket, and as his income had been
reduced he gradually began to per
ceive the great wickedness of war,
and the ruinous consequences of
mantaining troops in idleness. Ac
cordingly he has dismiased the sol
diers, and unleas the militia can be
depended upon, Russia or any other
power may march in and gobble up
Prince John and his government
without interference. Our Peace So
ciety ought to do something for the
Prince. We commend him to Mr.
Love as a candidate for a medal and
vote of thanks.
The Rascal Hussar.— Col. Val
entine Baker, who has been convict
ed in England of committing an in
decent assault upon a young English
lady, belongs to the Hussars, is a
friend of the Prince of Wales, and
ranks as a swell of the first water.
He was sentenced to twelve months
imprisonment, £SOO fine, and to pay
the cost of prosecution. There seems
to be one country in the world in
which high positions do not screen
offenders from merited punishment.
The Fall Elections.— The fall
elections, which will be looked to
with interest, begun with Kentucky
on Monday. The California election
comes September 1, the Arkansas
election comes one week later, and
that of Maine follows, September 13,
lowa and Ohio vote October 12.
New York,New Jersy,Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Maryland Mississppi,
Minnesota, Kansas and Virginia,
hold their elections November 2, and
Texas votes the following week.
There are at present two thousad
men and six hundred horses and
carts engaged on the construction of
the Southern Pacific Railroad in the
Telegraphic Pass. The work tobedone
is of the heaviest description of grad
ing and rock cutting. In one place
in the pass, the road winds around
among the mountains for seven
miles, whilst actually making a di
rect distance of but a little over one
mile.
Returns from the Cherokee elec
tion indicate that Col. Roas, now
holding the office of principal Chief
of the nation, has been defeated by
the Rev. Charles Thompson. The
Chieftaincy has been held by some
member of the Ross family for many
years, in fact, during most of the
time since the tribe abandoned their
nomadic habits and adopted a civ
ilized form of government. Ross’
successful competitor lias long been
very popular with the Cherokee Na
tion.
The Queen of Madagacar has been
making a royal progress through her
domains. And Father Gelbose de
scribes her appearance at a reception
with satin dress and golden crown,
with a huge scarlet umbrella in one
hand, an ivory sceptre in the other.
“Now you all may dance,” she says,
after the formalities. They all be
gin to hop about in an independent
and comical manner, as though the
floor was a hot gridiron, the old folks
with the rest, and the Queen seems
to enjoy it greatly.
Captain Paul Boy ton, who recently
exhibited his life-saving dress in the
English Calder, writes to the London
Times: It lias been my misfortune
to taste the water of many dirty
streams both in this country and
elsewhere, but I am certain the Cal
der is second to none, except, per
haps, the Liffey, for holding the fla
vor of every imaginable abomina
tion. I was informed, to my aston
ishment, that this is the only water
the people of Wakefield have to
drink.
Several more pieces of pipe of the
Atlanta water works have bursted,
when they were being tested. The
pressure, according to contract, to be
sustained by these pipes is about 300
pounds to the square inch, at the
works and 150 pounds in the city,
consequently these breakages are no
loss to the city—time only being lost
to the citizens in getting the water.
“Some body,” that everlasting
busy body, has been inquiring into
the affairs of a Mr. W. W. Watters,
of Cedartown. He lets them know,
through the columns of the llecord
that he is sufficiently able to take
care of himself, lives as he pleases,
pays for what he gets, and has a suf
ficiency of the wherewithal to keep
him from becoming a pauper, to be
taken care of by the authorities.
A proposition to build a fountain
in the triangular square in front of
Phillips & Crews, in Atlanta, meets
with great favor. We hope it will
be caried out, and that it will not be
a petty affair, but something really
grand and magnificent—worthy of
the progressive Gate City. Such a
thing of beauty as might be made
there would be one of the proudest
ornaments of Atlanta.
The Alabama constitutional con
vention propose to abolish the board
of education, of officers of lieutenant
governor, commissioner of industrial
resources, county solicitors,and coun
ty supre tendents; to prevent the
ligislature- from aiding railroad en
terprises with tho State credit and
to fix the ratio of legislative repre
sentation.
A. T. STEWART AS A MASTER.
“Burleigh 1 ” writes to a Boston
journal: Stewart runs his store on
the detective system. Each man
feels that he is under the eye of some
one—that he is watched- -and no one
disguises the annoyance this fact
gives him. I was in the one
day, and in conversation \vith an
employe. It was not a busy time,
and all hands seemed to be layii 'g off.
Some lounged, some lea ned,
one or two sat on the boxes. I,i a
moment the scene in the store cha g
ed; all came to ‘attention,’ sharp. Is T o
one was seen—no one spoke. Each
man was erect; the loungers came to
their feet; there was not an idler in
the "store. In a moment Stewart
came in from his little coupe on the
curb stone. He spoke to no one,
bowed to no one, seemed to recognize
no one. He gave a sharp glance
right and left, and went up stairs.
‘Did you see that glance ?’ said the
clerk ; ‘ he saw every one of us, and
could tell what each were doing.’
While Stewart remained not a man
‘laid off.’”
The largest mirror in the world has
just been put into the parlor of one of
the Saratoga hotels. Two platform
cars were required to transport it.
It will be a great convenience to the
Milwaukee belles at Saratoga, ena
bling them, for the first time in their
lives, to get a complete view of their
feet in a mirror.—Chicago Times.
Some friend sent us a copy of the
Poughkeepsie Daily Netcs, from
which we make the following ex
tract :
Serenading Distinguished Southerners.
Speeches from Gen. P. M. B. Young, M. C., and
CoL It A. Alston , of the Atlanta Herald.
Col. R. A. Alston, of the Atlanta Herald , a
leaving and well-known journalist of the
South, Gen. P. M. B Young, a brave and dis
tinguished officer of the “lost cause,” Out now
an apostle ot peace and good fellowship, were
with other Southern gentlemen, complimen
ted with a serenade at the residence of ex-
Mayor Eastman on Saturday evening. They
were well known to some of the citizens, and*
several called on them during the evening.
Wheu the band ceased playing, the residence
and grounds were Ailed with people. Gen.
Young being called for, appearing upon the
piazza and was introduced by Mr. Eastman.
In a handsome characteristic speech, he thank
ed the citizens for the mark of courtesy ex
tended to him. He said coming here almost
a stranger, he had been received with the
utmost kindness and courtesy. He was de
lighted with our beautiful city, and its refined
and cultivated society. Its institutions of
learning, and in fact its multiform attractions.
He alluded to the good feeling that was every
day increasing betv;ceil the north and the
south, and hoped to see more northern men
south, more southern men north, that they
might know each other better. He extended
a cordial invitation to the people cf this city
and the north to visit the State of Georgia,
assuring them of a hearty welcome. Colonel
R. A. Alston on being called for, stepped for
word and in the course of his remarks referred
to the past differences between the two sec
tions, which now tliank God, were obliterated.
He spoke of the South and its industries,
which had been slow to revive, but which
were now bright and encouraging, aud from
this time forward everything indicates pros
perity and plenty. The people devoted to
agricultural pursuits were beginning to learn
that it was to their interests to diversify their
crops instead of depending solely on one
thing. Where before they planted cotton on
ly, they w'ere now planting corn, w heat and
other products which they previously relied
on the West and North to furnish them. He
said no section of the country to-day offered
the inducements to men of small means that
Georgia does. Its soil fertile, its climate sa
lubrious, its people law abiding and prepared
to welcome the worthy and industrious from
all sections. Thanking the citizens for their
kind attention, he retired amid great applause.
Colonel Alston and General Young visited
Eastman Business College on Saturday and ad
dressed the students. They were warmly
greeted by the large number of Southern stu
dents in attendance, many being from the
State of Georgia.
[Communicated.!
Nanci;’s Creek, August 13,1875.
Messrs. Editors: I went to Dalton last
Tuesday, to attend the summer session ol the
State Agricultural Society, hoping to get a lit
tle farming sense. The meeting was well at
tended; too much so lor the hall furnished us,
and the hotel accommodations.
The talk between the British embassadors
and the Georgia sovereigns was the great at
traction of tho first day’s proceedings. They
had come across the ocean, all the way from
the old country, to tell us poor people how to
get rich, and of course we welcomed them.
They all spoke their pieces, but there was but
one orator among them, and he had learned by a
long sojourn among the talking people of our
country. Everything they said to our interest
was applauded, and they lcoked happy. One
of them tried to incite our loyal hearts to treas
on, by asking why wc helped to build up such
foreign cities as New York and Boston, aud suf
fered our own to go to decay ?
When they got through, their American
cousins proceeded instantly to show that they
could out-talk them. Gov. Brown was glad
they had come, and told them all about rail
roads. Chancellor Tucker was delighted, but
did not express himself well, because he tried
to talk nonsense. Tom. Hardeman, always
ready, with sense or nonsense, gave them a
regular Buncombe speech, which pleased the
Britishers hugely. Mark A. Cooper told them
that he could tell them a great many things,
but would not do it at this time, which delight
ed the crowd exceedingly,
President Colquitt finished the entertainment
with a few profound platitudes, which convinc
ed the ambassadors that their mission was a
success, and that direct trade was as good as
established. lam glad they were pleased. If
they want gas as a motive power in this direct
trade movement, a convention of Georgia pol
iticians can produce it, but if they want mo
ney they will have to furnish it themselves.
Rev. Mr, Roger.. of Dalton Female College,
gave us an invitation to a concert prepared by
the young ladies, in compliment to the conven
tion. Of course we accepted, aud after suppe* -
we met in the beautiful hall of the College.
Upon an arch over Ihe front of the stage, was
painted, in large letters,
“ SPEED THE rLOI'GH.”
Just behind it in larger letters,
“NITOR GLORIAM TRIUMPHO."
That last sentiment caused a good deal of
merriment. We had half an hour before the
appearance of the performers, and it was amus
ing to hear the efforts at translation. Several
prominent men were called upon in vain. At
last, the Commissioner of Agriculture solved
the mystery, by pronouncing it the name of a
new fertilizer.
The performance, as we expected, was first
rate. The girls were elegantly dressed, not
pinned back too tight, and looked beautiful.
Some of the dear little things could pitcli their
voices as high as a church steeple, without
making a wrinkle in their faces.
The chief attraction of the next days’ session
was the presentation of a gold medal to our
fellow-countyman, Hon. Mark A. Cooper, for
being one of the original founders of the soci
ety, and for his success in living so long.
President Colquitt allowed Rev. Dr. Means to
make the presentation. Those two old gray
headed men stood up before that crowded au
dience, lacing each other; .Major Cooper, grand,
in his height and magnilicent proportions. Dr.
Means, small, keen and wiry. He looked ten
years the oldest, but with the hallucination of
age addressed Cooper as lie would an aged fa
ttier. The Doctor took Cooper for liis text,
then dashed off upon every thing but Cooper,
lie touched upon everything in Heaven above,
and the earth beneath. He rode upon the
wings of the wind; ho Hashed with the light
ning and roared with the thunder; he mounted
upon the telegraph and scintillated over hills
and rivers, prairies and mountains. The surg •
ing waves ot the broad Atlantic did not stop
him. Rushing in, he dived under and came up
in old England, the home of his ancestors, with
not a lock wet. W henever lie would get too
high, ho would alight an instant before his
“aged friend" and make out that ho was about
to give him his medal, but the sight or the touch
of the gold would make him bound away into
space. Major Cooper stood that brilliant mete,
oric display like a man. He never blanched.
Like Mt. Atlas
“When storms and tempests thunder on his
brow,
And ocean breaks its billows at his feet,
Hestands unmovd.and glories in his height,"
When the Major did get hold of his medal, he
returned thanks in a dignified way, and finish
ed with a magnificent I.atin peroration, to
which the audience listened with breathless
attention. The scene was a fine one. No one
in Gcorgiacan equal Dr. Means in the oratori
cal use of the English language, nor does the
State produce a liner looking old gentleman
than the Hon. Mark A. Cooper.
The interest of Thursday’s proceedings cul
minated around the adjournment of the con
vention at 11 o’clock, a, m., to accept of Gov.
Brown’s invitation to take them on the train to
Chattanooga and back for nothing. All who
went arrived there safely; found the Tennessee
rolling along quietly in its banks; the streets
dry; the barrooms vet; dinner tolerably good.
A* the excursionists could only remain one
hour and a half, they could only gaze around at
the cool heights of Lookout mountain, like
Moses did at the land of Canaan, but could not
get there, f was reminded of what Gen. Mc-
Rae once said, when the Btiite was deeply agi
tated, as to what to do with the convicts. His
advice was to put the very worst of them in
Chattanooga, and so on, down the road, as their
punishment became lighter.
When we started homeward, we went with a
rush. I hope that every mem her of theeonven
tion arrived at home as safe as I did, and found
their families as well; and as good a turnip
sowing season as I had.
I will dofer my opinion of the proceedings
until another time. Nemo.
The death of General Pickett has
occasioned the publication of an In
cident illustrative of the high sense
of honor of this gallant Confederate.
A gentleman who has personal
knowledge of tho facts says that
shortly after the capture of Newbern,
N. C., a considerable sum of money
was sent by a flag of truce to a Fed
eral officer (who was taken at the
capture) through General Pickett, at
that time in command of that de
partment. This money was forw'ard
efl by a courier to Richmond for
delivery to the officer in question,
but the courier deserted to the ene
my and appropriated the money.
General Picket); then raised the
amount from his own estate and
sent it to the officer, whom he had
never seen, by a member of his staff.
This is the manfestation of a differ
ent spirit from that which prompted
many Federal officers during the
war to rob Southern wine sellers and
plunder private libraries. —Augusta
Chronicle.
Disheartening failures iu the shape
of destroyed crops by grasshopper
ravages have met the Mennonites
settled in the northwest of Canada.
A good deal of destruction is tho re
sult.
]From the Atlanta Uerald.l
foreign and more missions.
I am glad to see a growing dispo
sition on the part of the people to dis
eountennnee foreign missions, under
the sanction of authorty, purporting
to enlighten and proselyte what are
called heathen countries.
The idea of employing,paying and
sending men to go fourth and preach
to other nations, as heathen, is
enough, in itself, to insult the people
sought to he proselyted. It natural
ly arouses their pride and feelings of
opposition. They also regard it with
suspicion, as well as jealousy, and
oppose such movements as danger
ous to their own polity. Such has
been the feeling and attitude of the
Empire of China toward England and
other countries endeavoring to make
inroads upon her religious institu
tions, and so soon as money
and efforts have ceased to guard
the slight footprints made, as per
force, on her borders, the great tidal
wave has flowed over,and left scarce
ly a trace. Such will it ever be when a
system of religion are sought to be
established by authority and money.
We should never lend an ear to a
call demanding gold and silver and
brass and scrip, fine shoes and beauti
ful staves. We must not forget that
“the laborer is worthy of his meat
and if he goes fourth himself, mov
ed by the true spirit, and “spends
and is spent’' in the cause of humani
ty determined to burden no man, he
will always find “food and raiment,”
and he will be content. Such are
the men who make footprints no tid
al wave can efface. Such men work
with their own hands. They go and
do /they are not sent as hirelings,
with a flourish of trumpets sounding
their fame. They are moved by the
spirit to a foreign country; they go
on their own hard earned means, or
work their way by the labor of their
own hands, and they preach the gos
pel of love, “without money or with
out price,” and if they are men of
worth and genius, they are apprecia
ted where they “tread on the corn.”
They expect no one hundred dollars ,
or more per month, to insure their
every comfort. Such riches, to them
are deceitful, and might possibly ob
scure their vision so that they could
not see to enter the “straight gate,”
and pursue the “narrow way which
leadeth unto life.”
What w’ould we think of a Chinese
missionary, here in Atlanta, sent
hither free of expense to himself, and
dressed in fine apparel, and preach
ing to us the grand moral precepts
of Confucius, and receiving by con
tract, one hundred dollars, or more
in cash per mouth.”
He would actually be making
more money than nine-tenths of the
citizens; and whether he hoarded it
up, or spent it in sumptuous living,or
in the cause that kept such living, it
would matter not, so far as the public
might scan the disinterestedness of
his motive.
It is becoming patent that this for
eign movement is more of a profes
sion for a livelihood, and sinister
objects of gain or curiosity, than a
yearning for the goods of others. The
Profession of religion is constantly
assuming a conventional form, in
the interest of a class. The ranks are
constantly filling up at home, and
seeking broader fields to support the
increasing army of nonproducers.
At home the cry is for one hundred
dollars or more, per month, for
preaching the gospel! Millions upon
millions of dollars yearly expended,
and in direct violation of the very
spirit and teachings of Jesus. Pop
ular religion at home and abroad is
becoming a mere Formatism, a
profession per se, really desirable for
the money and bodidly comforts it
affords.
Indeed, It is quite time for the
people to awaken to the fearful ten
dencies of these alarming features of
Formalism. Whither are we drift
ing? Let us “bew T are of the leaven of
the Pharisees.”
Marcus A. Held.
“No flirting, except on business,”
is the motto of Saratoga belles this
season.
BARTOW lOr.\TY SHERIFF SALES.
WILL IJE SOLD before the Court House
door in Cartersville, on the First Tuesday
in September, 1875, within the usual hours of
sale,the following property, to-wit:
Seventy-three acres of iand, number not
known, in the 16th District and 3d section of
Hartow county, known as the property of Jas.
Reed,bounded on the cast by the Rome railroad,
on south by land ot Couch, on the west by land
of McMakiu. Levied on and sold as the’prop
erty of said James Reed to satisfy one Bartow
Superior Court li fa. in favor of Jas. G. Rogers,
use of Newell Rogers vs. said Jas. Reed. Prop
erty pointed out by defendant.
Also 145 acres, more or less, of lot of land No.
127 in the sth District and 3d Section of Bar
tow county. Levied on as the property of
Wade 11. Wofford, to satisfy one Superior Court
fl fa. in favor of Susan Gaines vs. Wade H.
Wofford. Levy made by VV .W. Rich, former
sheriff.
Also, all the mineral interest in lot of land
No. 146, in the 4th District and 3d section of
Bartow county, will be sold as the property ot
W. H. Hargis, to satisfy one Justice Court fl fa
from 959d District Justice Court, G. M., in favor
of Robert B. Trippe vs. W. H. Hargis. Levy
made by Wm. G. Anderson, L. C.
Also, one house and lot containing one and a
half acres, more or less, in the sth District and
3d Section of Bartow county. Sold as the prop
erty ol Henry Russell, to satisfy one Justice
Court li fa, from Justice Court 828th District, G.
M., i> favor of Robert B. Trippe vs. Henry
Russell. Said property bounded by John A.
Crawford’s land on the west, by Warren Akin
on the north, by Chapman’s property on the
east, and fronting the Cassville and Kingston
road, on the south side. Levy made and re
turned to me by J. L. Milhollin, L, C.
Also, the land and property known as the
Peck Lime Works ; property containing twen
ty acres ot land, more or less, in the 4th Eist.
and 3d Sec. ot Bartow county, the same being
the east half of lot of land No, five hundred
and ninety-one (591). Said property is now in
possession of def’t Ladd. Levied on to satisfy a
Bartow Superior Court fl fa, in favor of Geo. J.
Briant against Styles Peck, principal, and A.
C. Ladd, endorser.
Also one narrow gauge locomotive and ten
der, named Euharlee. Levied on and sold as
the property of the Cherokee Railroad Compa
ny to satisfy one Bartow Superior Court U fa
in favor of tho Georgia Railway Contracting
Company vs said Cherokee Railroad Company.
Said engine is now at Taylorsville in said
county autl will be delivered to purchaser
there.
Also one lot of land, No. 79, lying in the 17tli
district and 3d section of said county, contain
ing 40 acres, more or less, to satisfy one fl. fa.
issted from the Inferior Court of Whitfield
county in favor of Harrison Rogers vs. G. W.
Suttles, Henry Brooker and R. H. Sapp secu
rity. Levy made by former sheriff Kennedy.
Also twenty tons of pig irou, as the property
of W. H. Stiles. Levied on to satisfy a Bartow
County Court fl fa., in favor ol G. J.’Briant vs.
said W. H. Stiles.
MORTGAGE SHERIFF'S SALE.
Sale to take place on the Ist Tuesday in Oc
tober. 1675.
One-hall interest in lots of land Nos. 719, 659,
654, 651, 755, 826, 825, 759, 684, 685, 667. 687 and 784,
all in the 17th district, and 3d section of Bar
tow county; also one undivided half interest in
the following lots of land lying and being in
the 4th district and 3d section of said county,
to-wit: IMS, 649, 577, 616, 506, 714, 582. 632, 643, 654,
427, 430, 429 and 651. Levied on as the property
of W. H. Stiles, to satisfy a Superior Court
Mortgage fl. fa., in favor of Fannie C. Pritchett
vs. said W. H. Stiles. Defendant in possession
of said propetv,
A. M. FRANKLIN, Sheriff.
G. L. FRANKS, Deputy.
Gilmer Street School.
THE FALL TERM of my School will open
on Monday, 2d day of August, in the
house opposite my residence, on Gilmer street.
My patrons will receive the benefit of the
common school fund.
Rates of Tuition, from $! to $3 50 per month,
payable monthly. J. W. PRITCHETT.
July 29ml
FURNITURE!
Coffins, Coffins, Coffins.
FIRST CLASS Metallic Coflins 20 per cent,
less than formerly.
Second Class do. ilo. do.
Third Class do. do. do.
Common Collins from $2 to fit.
A Fine liearse for iny customers, at half
price. WM. GOULDSMITH.
August 2, 1870 3m
ni.S€FXL.OEOIfiI ADVERTISEMENTS.
LARGEST AND GRANDEST
FAIR EXPOSITION
OF
Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanical, Mineral and Art
Ever Held In this Country, Will Commence in Rome, G., at the
Old Fair Ground*. October 4, 1875, and Con
tinue until the 9th.
COME, ONE AND ALL, TO SEE THE BRAND SHOW!
Exhibitors are earnestly requested to commence preparations SOW, and to brine toth. v
all their F ine Stock, Mechanical Inventions, Minerals ami Works of Art, not alone
Premium, but to gain reputation for our intelligence and skillful workmanship. Xo eniru r
for articles on exhibition. A great many of the most noted and prominent men of the r,;, j
States are invited and EXPECTED. t nited
J. J. COHEN, Manager.
T. J. PERRY, Secretary.
THE
Mobile Life Insurance Company,
• Mobile, Alabama.
maurice McCarthy, h. m. friend,
President. Secretary.
JOHN MAGUIRE, SHEPPARD HOMANS,
Vice President. Actuary.
THE MOBILE LIFE
June, 1875, 1
Has Issued over Four Thousand Policies,
and paid out for death losses
OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
Every death loss has been paid promptly and without delay.
THE MOBILE LIFE
Is rapidly coming into popular favor with Southern insurers.
VIGOROUS and PROGRESSIVE
HOME COMPANY.
About the only Southern Company
that increased the number of its policy-holders, last year.
Insure in this Staunch and Reliable Company.
R. 11. JONES, Agent,
Car ter mile, Georgia.
*** Agents wanted in every county >n Georgia. Address
R. O. RANDALL,
General Agent and Manager,
jime.M-Um. ROME, GEORGIA.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SAVE YOUR MULES!!
* Z?yl *2' 5-v’
Only Three Hundred Dollars.
Four- aii-a-M Horse Power
ONLY §3OO 00!
"WTOUTt ATTENTION is directed to theex-
X ceeding low price of the BOOK WALTER
ENGINE. These engines are especially adapt
ed to the driving of Cotton Gins, small Grist
Mills, etc., and guaiartteed to do all claimed
for them or the money refunded.
Orders received and further information
lurnished upon application to
T. W. BAXTER,
Agent for Manufacturer,
aplß-y. Cartersville, Ga
GOWER, JONES & CO ,
4FTER MANY YEARS of close applica- j
tiort and indefatigable labor, have Slic
ed in building the best
WAGONS-BUGGIES,
Carriages & Phaetons
That were ever introduced Into thiscountrv.
Their trade extends far and wide, and their
work has given entire satisfaction. They are
now selling a great many Jobs, and have
Reduced Their Work
TO
EXTREMELY LOW FIGURES!
o
Thankful for past favors, they would solicit
a continuance oi their patronage.
Gower, Jones & Cos.
are also Agents for the celebrated
Studebaker Wagon,
and keep constantly on hand their j
2-HORSE FARM WAGON, j
ALSO
Diamosd and 3-Spring Picnic Wagon, |
for sale at extremely low prices. These wag- <
ons have been fully tested in this country, and 1
have been proven to be the very best Western
wagon ever introduced here.
PRICES FOR 2-HORSE WAGONS:
2J4 Thimble Skein Brake and Spring Seat $ 95
3*4 “ “ “ '■ “ 100
8% “ “ “ “ “ 105
Diamond Spring Wagon 12k
Picnic 3-Spring “ ...150
apl22-y.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
O. Pinkerton. Lixdskt Johnson.
Drs. Pinkerton & Johnson.
Physicians and Surgeons,
OFFICE —in Johnson & Curry’* Drug Stor*.
March 18,1875.
J li. & J.M MOO>T
A^SPMIfe AW -
Office: Up-stairs, over Stokely A William*.
Vt est Main Street. Marll
AKIN & SON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CARTERBVILLE, GEORGIA.
Feb 11, ly.
Q.EO. C. TUMLLN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
Office : Cp-Stairs, Bank Block.
Jan 2>-ly
G H BATHS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office in the Court House.
Feb. 6-
M. FOUTE,
ATTORNEY at law
CARTERSVILLE, GA-
Will (IPifA <7oI. Warren AHn,) .
p', - ll U )raC . tlc . e th® courts of Bartew.Cehk
£rJh, Floyd ’ M ordol ‘* Murray, Whitfield and ai
loining counties. March SU
JOHN W. WOFFORD. THOMAS W. MILK**
OFFORD & MILNER,
attorneys at law,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
OFFICE np stair*, Bank Block.
9-5-tJ.
Only Three Hundred Dollars.
T> W. MUJIPHEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
Will practice In the courts of the Cherok**
Circuit. Particular attention glvea to the cal
cction of cl&iuis. Office over Baxter A CtO'
fee’s store. Oct I
II. TRIPPE,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE witU CoL Abda Johnson, i
Court House.
GEORGE PACE & CO.,
Kanfisetarers of
PATENT PORTABLE CIRCULAR
SAW MILLS, At
ALSO STATIOIU2T k POiiTABIA /|f\
STEAM ENGINES, / M \
No. sN.Schroeder at-
Grist Mill*. LeUhl's Tnrbine Water Wheel*
Wood Working Machinery of all kinds, and M*
cUniats' Sundries.
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