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THE EASTMAN TIMES.
M. L. BJJROH, Editor & Proprietor
THCiiSDAY, AUG. 15, 1873.
DESfOUBATIC MEETING !
The DemocraticVo&rs of the county
of Dodge arc requested to meat at the
Court House, in Eastman, Ga., on
Saturday August 17th, at 11 o’clock
a. m , to select two or more Delegates
to attend the Convention for the Third
Congressional District, to be held in
the city of Macon on the 4tli day of
September nex, and to transact such
other business as may be necessary.
Ciias. 11. Armstrong,
Ch’n Dem. Ex. Com Dodge Cos.
July 24,1878.
3d DISTiI 3CT CON VENT ION.
A Convention of delegates of the
democratic party will be held in the cuy
hall in city of Macon on IstWedncsday
in September next, for the purpose of
nominating a candidate for Congress,
and the transaction ol such other bus
iness as may be deemed proper.
Each county xvili be entitled to two
votes tor each representative in the
Legislature.
The chairman of county committees
will please take such action as will in
sure a full and fair representation iu
the convention. John Mcßae,
Oh’n Dein. Ex. Com. 3d Con. Dist.
July 8, 1878.
DODGE CO. DELEGATES.
The election of delegates to the nom
inating convention comes off next Sat
urday at the Court House. Let the
meeting be well attended, and let eve
ry man discharge his duties indeppnd
cntly as a good citizen, in selecting
men to fill the important trusts, dele
gated to them on this occasion. These
meig with others similarly chosen from
other counties, will say on the fourth
day of September who shah represent
this District iu Congress for the next
two years. Of course their action will
receive a subsequent endorsement of
the people at the polls to fully equip
and “set up” the Congressman, but
but these elections are now only nom
inal, the dio is cast and the Represen
tative virtually chosen by the conven
tion, hence the great impcrtance of
sending your best men to represent
you. Dodge county will be entitled
to two votes in the Convention and
it is with the people to say how
whether two or more delegates shall
be chosen .to cast those votes. It, is
quite probable that two sets of dele-,
gates will bo voted for on this occa
sion—that is to say, that those favor
ing Col. Kibbeo will vote for Jvibbee
delegates, and those favoring General
Cook for Cook delegates.—the onefl re
c iving the greatest number of votes
will be declared authorized to cast the
two votes for Dodge county in the
Macon Convention.
Would it not be well for our county
to give some expression ag to f tifee
course hitherto ol" this Congressional
District in holding its conventions in
Macon. We insist that the 3d district
ought to be more independent and hold
its conventions within its own bounda
ry The holding of these bi-c\nnial ses
sion in Macon publishes to the world
that the 3d Congressional District is a
liitli-oue horse, out-of-the-way crowd*
ed-cff>iu-one-corner sort of a place,
which is not true. Neither is it true
that we have to go to Macon to got
our friends of the Sixth District to
direct, and aid Gs in the management of
our own affairs. But it looks this way
to an outsider. We have several places
.that are accessible ami abundantly able
to provide places for the convention to
meet and homes tor the delegated and
Wo say # let’s hold our conventions at
home alter flux on and show outsid
ers and the rest of the people that we
can manipulate and manage out’ affairs
itiuei ( ndently of other places and oth
er | eoide so tar as nominating our can
didates tor Congress is concerned.
[COMMUNICATED.]
TI i E LON E CON FEDF RAT E
ARMY.
Editor —Please state for tho in
\ '' ination of the Sumter Republican,
■Moutezuiha V eekly and Macon Tele
graph, that whatever historians may
nay to the contrary, the people of the
Sd Last i ict are now thoroughly satis**
lied, that, at the lime of&en. Lee's
surrender, his army consisted of only
one man, and he a Brigadier-General
ii there were any others they have dot'
come to the lront to claim reward for
t e r services, and boast publicly of
their soldierly acquirements ; their
modesty has at least been commensus
rate with their patriotism. X. Y. Z.
A branch coll go oi the Stats Uui
ver.sity will be established in the old
capit 1 building at Milledgeville.
POLITICS.
The politicians over the land seem
busily engaged just at present in form
ing and organizing parties for use in
the campaign of 1880.
We have the Democratic and Repub
lican parties representing the opposing
elements, finance, civil service and oth
er issues. Wc have the national and
the greenback parties representing la
bor and cheap money. And we have
communism, under the name of Kear
ney ites. These last were, in our judg
ment, born of the disintegration of the
Republican party. Each represents a
phase of American and usually
iinds expression in the plat forms ot the
great national parties, the Democratic
and Republican, bilt they have seper
ated themselves, and are organizing
with a \ iew to be employed in the
great contest two years hence.
The Republican party is not asleep.
Messrs. Elaine and Conkling fully re
alize that their strength in the South
is gone—that there is not an electoral
vote in ail the South for them or their
party. They are ambitious and would
like to lead. Mr. Blaine was in a few
votes of the last nomination and while
the South will vote through her dele
gates in the Republican
yet she will contribute nothing towards
the success of the Republican ticket.
The States supporting the ticket will
be jealous of their dusky coadjutors,
and they will divide in their efforts to
control their votes. Everything looks
towards confusion in the camp of the
Republicans ; and surely woof the
South, and of the Democratic party,
ought to profit by it. Arid how are we
attempting it ? We do not like to an
swer. The sad spectacle presents itsell
that in this Empire State of Geor
gia we have a few independent char
acters, carried away by an inordinate
love for office, who, regardless of the
denunciations of the people and the
press, present] themselves as repre
sentative men, not called by the peo
ple, but self-constituted advocates who
pretend to say that the organized
mocracy is corrupt, and .ought not to
be supported. We do liopo the sth
day of November will prove “the ides
of March'’ to themselves and deluded
followers ; and 'that we may be able
after the battle to join in the glad re
frain, ala, Childs—
Gone to join the carpet-bagger !
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL
TURE.
We are in receipt of Dr. Janes’crop
report for July. This report shows a
decrese in corn of fifteen per cent, in
the State at large, and in cotton of six
teen per cent since the first of July.—
Dice; sugar cane, sorghum, field peas,
chufas, and sweet potaLoes have all
suffered in greater or less degree, and
show a lower average condition than
on the first of July. We copy in full
what the Commissioner has tc say
about oats, &o. :
“One of the correspondents ef tin
Department remarks, that, at the nex
meeting of his club the question for
discussion will be—
The best plan to make the present
crop meet the uext one/
This is a most practical and timely
question, especially in those sections
ol the State that have failed to make a
full supply of corn. Every effoit should
bo made to supply the deficiency from
the farm itself, instead of waiting un
til the gathered supplies of a meagre
harvest shall have been exhausted,
and then resorting to the ruinous pol
icy of buying on time.
To this end efforts should begin at
once and in season. All crops as they
mature, should be harvested in the best
manner.
Now is the lime to sow turnips, and
a libera! area cf rich, well manured
laud should be devoted to them. On
many farms the fodder and hay crop
may bo supplemented by cutting and
curing the grasses which grow
luxuriantly in wet and waste places.
Rich lots sown thickly in rye or bar
ley, will furnish grazing during winter
and in spring, not only lengthen out
the supply of long forage, but render,
necessary less grain. Cow peas may
still be sown for hay, and German mil
let will do Wei! if the seasons be favor
able, or if sown in rich, and moist
land.
No portion of the products of the
corn lields that can be profitably gath
ered and fed to stock should be allow
ed to go to waste.
Horses and mules, when idle, should
not be fed from the crib and barn ; if
convenient to supply them
with cut gruss ? corn, forage, pea vines
corn tops, etc., in their 4 stabks. It is
astonishing how much can be saved in
this way.
But the main reliance must be the
next crop of oats, and the time is near
at hand when they should bo sown,—
Corn and oats in our climate aro natu
rally complemcntal to each other. A
deficiency in the corn crop is always
manifested in ample time to provide
against it by sowing a full crop of fall
oats; and this will mature early enough
m spring to meet any ordinary di fi
ciency of corn. Or on the other hand
in the euily spring a partial failure of
the oat crop will usually be evident
before it is too late to increase the aiea
of corn. Thus, these two crops may
be said to “dovetail’’ into each other,
and the circumstance is an additional
argument—if it were needed—to in
duce a large increase in the area to
oats this fall.
The correspondence of the Departs
ment sh >ws that there will probably be
such an increase, and in addition, that
many farmers are beginning to rely on
oats mainly as food for stock. Reports
heretofore published have abundantly
shown, that the fall is the proper sea**
son for sowing, and the yellow or red
rust-prooff the best variety.
Those farmers who have for sale
seed of approved varieties of oats and
wheat, arc requested to notify the De
partment, stating what variety, quan
lily, price, etc , that inquiries for seed
may be answered.’
OUR PARIS LETTER.
The Exhibition—lts Progress
Its Restaurants and its Music-
Telephone and Phonograph ~
Comforts for Newspaper Men—
The Canadian Trophy—. Marble
Exhibits—The Great Elevator
in Trocadero, &c.
From our regular correspondent.
Paris, July 31, 1878.
In a pite of the tropical heat of the
past week, the number of visitors to
the Exhibition has llot materially di
minished, and yet is intolerable hot in
the galleries of the Champ do Mars,
and the sun burns down unmcrcilessly
on the '‘promeneurs” 0 „t 0 f doors.—
St ill there are shady nooks. If there
is the least breeze stirring it is to bo
felt oh the Trocadero terraces, where
me flowers and grass are kept fresh
by a system, of incessant watering,
and where the fountains and cascade
help to cool the air.
Since it has been found impossible
v. > instal a military band in the Exhi
bition grounds, several of the restau
rants have set music of their own.—
One band plays at the British bar, and
another at the Spanish cafe Several
small buffets for the sale of cakes and
iced drinks are newly opened, and the
visitors, including ladies and children,
arc now well supplied in this respect ;
they may also buy Turkish refresh
ments, Algerian fruits, Russian kumes,
E iglish beans, Parisian gatfres, and
Persian scraps in various places.
The captive balloon in the Place du
Carrousel is now visible, from all parts
of Paris, its huge bulk towering over
the buildings of the Louvre and Tuil
eries. The public is to be permitted to
make ascents next week, the price be
ing fixed for 20 fr. each person. In
the meantime the balloon lias been up
twice to the heighth of 1300 feet, the
second time Mine. Goddard and Mme.
Dartois wore of the party.
The exciting moment for the exhibit
tors has arrived, the jurors are finish
ing their workj and the question of
prizes, and especially of the grand pri
zes of honor, is a burning one. Of
course nobody knows anything of what
is going on in the jury room, nor in the
juryman’s breast; but there are certain
rumors and some not of a pleasant
kind. These do not however refer to
any of the American exhibitors.
Yesterday some very interesting ex
periments with the telephone and pho.
nograph combined, were liiade in the
telephonic section, before the jury.—
The mouths, of the two instruments
were pressed together, and the words
engraved on the phonographic cylinder
were soon distinctly heard iu the tele
phone reception room at Versailles,
and vice versa.. After this the inter
locutor at Versailles sang an original
song through the telephone which was
taken down in the phonograph at the
Champ de Mars, and it was sang and
repeated by that instrument amidst
great applause. These are among the
first experiments which have been
made with these two instruments to
gether, and it is evident that they may
be usefully applied.
If you have duly obtained a press
puss to the exhibition, adorned with
your photograph, and with official sig_
natures, which render it doubly valua
ble to posterity, then you have the
right to claim admittance to the Press
Pavilion. It is situated near the post
oflice, and had a telegraph office of its
own ; but that is practically broken
down, and the journalists use the same
wires and letter-boxes as other men.—
The value of the pavilion is in afford
ing a cool and quiet retreat to write,
and one is supplied with all the news>
papers. Here are all the principal pa
pers in the worlds and through the care
ot some Polish gentleman connected
with the Parisian press, the pavilion is
especially rich in Slavonic papers. The
pavilion has many studies and bou->
duirs, in addition to the great reading
room ; aad ladies and music, it is said,
are not to be excluded from it. It is
hoped, however, that some rooms will
be preserved for solitude and quiet, or
the benefit of all its other advantages
will be lost to the working bees of jour
nalism, for which it was designed.
France, Italy and Belgium contaiu
the chief center of production of mar
ble work. In consequence of the ins
creased facilities for transport, and the
decrease in custom duties, this branch
of industry has flourished and increas
ed considerably in Fiance since 1870-
Paris in this, as in so many other in
dustries, is the chief seat cf the trade.
The marbles are brought from the
north, also Iron* Marseilles, the Pyren-
the west and from Java. The
great works at the Louvre, the Tuil
leries, and the new opera house have
brought the employment of marble
decorations in luxurious habitations in'
to general favor. Working in marble
is divided into four distinct branches,
namely, buildings,, decorations, clock
ibaking, and monuments. Each of
these branches is well represented in
class 18; but the merit of the French
manufacture is especially noticeable in
the marble decorations, the execution
of which will bear comparison with
the work of the Renaissance, or the
time of Louis XIV. The art of orna
mental sculpture employs a comp ira
lively large staff of artists and work
men. Thus the models executed in pot
ters clay are cast by the moulder, and
the ornaments are either in statuary,
pasteboard, mill, staff, or plasters'.
The Canadian trophy is one of the
great sights of the Exhibition, and
comes prominently before the Vmeri
cau tourist because if is close to the
American refreshment department.—
Solid petroleum is among the riches to
be seen in the Canadian section; and
as the sightseer makes his way toward
the trophy ho comes upon a great gild
ed mass raised iu the air, apparently
without any support which neverthe
less testifies to the riches of Canada,
by an inscription setting out that it
represents in bulk the amount of gold
gathered in Canada up to the end of
the year 1877, namely, oun
ces in British Columbia, 271,000 in
New Scotland, 50,000 in other provin
ces making a total amount of 4,173,-
000 ounces, worth $88,460,000.
The elevator in Trocadero is at last
and will be placed at the dis
posal of the visitors within two or three
days. Even those who know the bind
ing well and have watched the pro
gress ot the elevator, are astonished at
its enormous proportions. The tower
in which it is erected rises to the
heighth of 283 above the surface of the
hill on which it stands, and to 390 feet
above the level of the Seine. The pis
ton by which it is worked descends in
to a well, which passes through the
old quarry below to the depth of 16
feet below the level of the sea. The
counterpoises each of which is . com
posed of a mass of iron 65 feet long and
weighs 10 tons, work in two other
wells. The triple wire cable is eight
inches wide, and 1 1-5 inches thick and
is formed of 88S wires 4-5 of an inch
in diameter. . The cage of the elevator
is about ll \ feet iu diameter. The
flight upwards is performed in two
minutes, The view from the summit
is grand, embracing not only the city,
theßoisde Boulogne and St. Germain,
but a view of the Seine, with all its
curiosities as far as Mantes. A leo of
a franc will be charged for the ride.
Ali?ha.
YELLOW FEVER
The Death Rate Rising’.
New Orleans, Aug. 11.—New cases
for the week 233 ; deaths for the week,
66; total cases to date 466; total deaths
126. Included in today's report were
11 new cases and 2 deaths at charity
hospital. \
The following is yellow fcvei state-*
ment for the past twenty four hours—
New case 22 ; deaths 14.
At Port Eads today tb cases and 5
deaths have been reported.
New Orleans, Aug. 13.—Among the
recent deaths from yellow fever is the
Rev. Mr. Davidson, a Jewish Rabbi,
aged 30.
Grenada, Miss., Aug. 12.—One hun
dred cases yellow fever were reported
here up to noon today. There were 10
deaths in 24 hours.
Vicksburg, Aug. 12.--There was one
death from yellow fever here today.—
Great excitement prevails throughout
the city.
Vicksburg, Aug. 13.—Three other
cases reported at the city hospital, but
there are no new cases today. The
alarm continues.
The Reading (Pa.) Eagle says that
V. Doriot, a Frenchman from Bristol,
Tenn., now in Reading, lias a great
curiosity in the shape of a wooden
watch, made by himself. It is of the
ordinary size, but only weighs half an
ounce. It is open-faced, and the dial
plate is made of the horn of a buffalo
killed on the Texas Pacific road by bc
iug run over by an engine. The out
side is of mottled brown olive wood
from Jerusalem, and all the works, ox*
cept a-few of the more important
wheels, arc of boxwood. The watch
keeps excellent time. It was made last
year by Mr. Doriot, who is a jeweler,
and who carries it as a time-keeper.
Even the stem and the bow are wood.
It is marked “Nq. IP
Gov. Colquitt has been elected a
Trustee ot the State University, vice
Hope Hull, deceased.
CASHMERE AND ANGORA
GOATS.
The following letter, from Mr. Robt.
W. Scott, of Kentucky, which we clip
from the “Planter & Grange,” will he
read with interest by those of our read
ers who are engaged in goat culture. —
The Angora goat has made his way in
to our midst, and though yet quite a
stranger to most of us, we think it not
amiss to cultivate his acquaintance, —
Mr. Scott is considered good authority
ou this question, and we give his letter
iu full. Read it :
Mr. Editor —I hare such frequent
application in regard to the Cashmere,
or, more properly the Angora goats,
that I feel assured that some practical
articles concerning them will he accep
table to the numerous readers of your
popular paper, and I therefore send
you one herewith, comparing them and
sheep as wool-bearing animals.
As in mechanics there is a dead
point, which it is diffrhult to pass, and
at which motion may be suspended,
but beyond which progress is easy ;
so also the practical value of these
goats for wool-bearing purposes seern
cd for a while problematical, ffiainly
on account of want of manufacturing
establishments at home to create a
market for the wool. But the “dead
point" has been safely and successfully
passed. Manufactories of this most
beautiful and durable and valuable
product have been established m this
country and hencefoith there will be
a steady demand, at n munerating
piices for all that can be pioduced.
By drawing a comparison between
sheep and goats as practical wool-bear
iag animdlg, I would not, if 1 could,
have one sheep less, or one pound less
of their wool raised; for now we im
port many million pounds of wool, and
many million dollars worth of woolen
goods—all of which, and more, we
could and ought to produce at home,
and would do if there were no villain"
ous dogs in the land. But rather let
. us have more goals, and more of their
wool, commensurate with the superior
quality and value.
Let the “improved Kentucky" sheep
or any other of the large breeds which
produce lustrous combing wool, be ta
ken in comparison with the Angora
goats, and at the usual of
eight goats or five sheep per acre of
good grass land. Mohair (the commer
cial name of a goal's wool) is subject
to fluctuation in price as with combing
sheep’s wool, which is used exclusively
in thef adulteration ot Mohair. My
sheep’s wool brought me this year 25
cents per pdund (the highest pryije in
the market, for the whole clip, though
not well handled) at the house, and the
best Canada combing wool is selling
at 22 and 23 cents per pound. Thus
the acre of grass by five sheep at 8
pounds per head as average, and 25
cents per pound, brought ten dollars
per acre, while tile acre of grass with
eight goats on it,producing four pounds
each of mohair, at a low’ average, sold
at 50 cents per pound for the whole
clip, brought sixteen dollars per acre.
Sumo of my mohair from Texas has
been sold as high as 80 cents perpound,
when graded. The entire lot, as sta
ted, was sold at an average of fifty
cents.
If these estimates even approach cor
rectness, the goat will, as a wool-bear
ing animal, be of far greater practical
value than sheep of any breed. May
it not, be said,J aiso, and correctly,
that they are of greater productive
value than any other farm stock, cs>
pec;ally when we consider their healthy
and hearty constitutions, their prolific
character, their cheap and varied sub-'
sistence (even ou newspaper, no mat
ter how obnoxious its politics) and
above all, their exemption from the
depredation of dogs.
• Since the raising of goats will be so
remunerative, as shown, there ought to
be, and there may be, thousands of
them produced where nothing of value
is now to be found. The destruction
of sheep] by dogs prevents the raising
of them in many localities ; but that
difficulty does not exist with goats, as
dogs rarely molest them.
Thousands of the wool bearing goats
may, therefore, be raised at a small
expense, and with but little care, in
the pastures, woodlands, hill-sides and
mountains of the country, and about
the commons of towns and cities—all
of which will be almost clear gain.—
Considering their varied and valuable
production in milk, cheese, meat, leath
er, wool and pelts, and the cheapness
of their subsistence, it appears that no
class of animals gives promise of such
liberal remuneration.
Let no man, and especially no farms,
er, be discouraged from raising them
by their roaming disposition andbrea
chy character. They do not break
fences of any kind, as other stock do,
and cannot clear live feet high at a
bound. An ordinary stake ahd-ridered
or a plank fence will keep them sccure
ly, and a row of cedars or of Osage
orange beside a stone fence wifi make
it also goat proof. They abo endure
better than any other stock, restraint
by coupling, hobbling, hurdling and
picketing, all cf which are practical
and cfiective with them in < pen fields
and pastures
Considering their omnivorous tastes
and habits, they are very valuable as
scavengers on old farms and as pioneers
on new lands, in cleaning them of ob
noxious weeds, brushes, and burs, al
most all of which they will eat at some
season of the year, of in some stage of
their existence.
Then let us have more,* and more
and more, of the wool-bearing goat,
until the new manufactories shall be
supplied, and still many others shall be
erected in our midst, and until the la
dies wear cashmere shawls and the
gentlemen wear prop d'eie coats at less
than half the present price.
Robt. W. Scott,
Near Frankfort, Ivy., July, ISB.
BTA T E NEW 8.
Macon is besieged with tramps.
Work on the Brown House at Ma
con rapidly going forward.
Macon has received six bales of the
new crop of cotton.
Montgomery, Coffee, Wilcox and
Pulaski counties have gone for Ktb
bee.
Rev. ijf. R. McCall, of Ilawkinsvilie,
has been elected Treasurer of Mercer
UniversitJ.
Mr. D. 11. Smith of Emanuel county
killed his sixty-first and largest deer a
few days since.
Ilawkinsvilie received twenty-five
thousand pounds of Wool more this
season than last.
Mr. Joe B. Little, a very promising
and highly esteemed young man of
Sparta was accidentally drowned in a
pond near that place ou last Wedness
day.
In some of the river plantations o
Quitman county, the dreaded cotton
caterpillar lias put in an appearance
but is thought that they will do little
harm.
Treasurer J. W. Renfro, received a
few days ago, from Mr. J. Wilson, of
Richmond county, a watermelon which
weighed fitly-three pounds. It was
of the variety known as the ‘‘LegrJ
Tender."
Columbus had a very severe Storm
last week. A heavy door was blown
against Mr. Win. Egles, foreman of the
Southwestern railroad shops, fractur
ing his skull and causing his death.
Superintendents of various railroads
centering iu Macon have, upon consul
tation, decided to still further reduce
the value of the Mexican dollar, and
will hereafter receive it for only ninety
centsi
Ex-Gov. Joseph E. Brown and fam
ily, and Judge James Jackson of the
Supreme Court, and family, have re
turned to Atlanta after an extended
trip through the West.
Dr. Felton said at the opening of the
campaign that, he would beat Lester
five thousand votes. The doctor is a
shrewd politician and a good preacher
%ml now we want to see how he will
pan out as a prophet.
Col. 11. 11. Jones, one of the editors
of the Macon Telegraph was
by a lady of that city, on the
few days ago. The lady became
suited at the publication of an article
reflecting on her father, and thus
sought levcnge. Col. Jone's course
was very maaly.
Hon. Allen G, Thurman, the distin
guished Ohio Senator and democrat,
and who is being prominently men
tioned in connection with the Presiden
cy of the United States in 1880, will
visit Georgia in the fall, and will at
tend the State Fair.
The oldest man in Georgia is said to
be John Williams, who resides near
Albany. lie was at the surrender of
Lord Cornwallis, in Virginia, October
19, RSI, and was 27 years old at the
time, which makes him reach the amaz
ing longevity of 124 years.
The Ilawkinsvilie Dispatch says:
I will pay twenty dollars reward for
evidence to convict the person who fired
a pistol ball into my residence on Sun
day night last.
George P. Woods.
Will Bro. Woods tell us all about
it?
On Saturday night, 3d inst., the res
dence of Mr. Morris Dawson was bro
ken into and lobbed of $22 in money,
a lot of postage stamps, clothing etc.
Mr. Dawson and family were absent
from Home at the time. The parties
made a light with paper to aid them
in their search for plunder. A lot of
jewelry belonging to Mrs. Dawson was
unmolested. A trunk containing a
watch and other valuable was broken
open, but none of the articles taken.—
Siminsboro Herald.
Ihe Chronicle and Constitutionalist
of Augusta has the following to say
of lion. Allen Fort of Sumter, and
who is just at this time being brought
very prominently before the people of
the 3d District :
“Hon. Allen Fort carried the city of
Americus but lost Sumter county in
the recent primary election for dele
gates to the Congressional Conven
tion. Mr. Fort is too good a man to
waste his energies in a fruitless strug
gle. He is*already deservedly popular
with the people, and has only to wait
a reward of five hundred dollars for
i his arrest, dead or alive/
A letter from “Georgia," in another
column, says the New York Bulletin,
presents the crop prospect there in a
very satisfactory light. Cotton, grain,
and about every other product of the
soil have yielded abundantly; for that
matter, almost beyond precedent ; and
if there be no drawbacks front drought
during the remainder of the month the
writer is confident that the empire
State of tlie South will be back to the
same prosperous plane which it occu
pied prior to the civil war. This is in
deed a very gratifying assurance. Not
the least gratifying feature of the situ
ation, it may be added, is the steady
industry aud contentment of the freed
men.
EDGEFIELD I) IFFICULTV.
Three Men Killed and Seven
Wounded.
A difficulty occurred at Edgefield,
S. C., ou the 12th inst., in which three
men, Booker Toney, Thom is Booth
and James Booth were killed and sev
en others wounded—one mortally.
The trouble grew out of a family
fend of long standing. Toney's brother
was killed several years ago, and To
ney suspected the murder was commit
ted by the Booths. lie therefore svvoro
he would kill the latter on sight.
Tile hostile parties met to-day, when
Toney proceeded to carry out his
Kireat. lie drew his pistol and fired
[-killing the two Booths before he, was
shot himself. The friends of both par
ties were drawn into the fight and IT
shots were fired.
There was a Democratic political
meeting in progress at the time, about
half a mile from Edgefield, iu which
the shooting occurred; and Governor
Hampton, who was at the meeting, u3
scon as he heard of the fighr, ordered
a company of State troops to the
scene. There was ho fighting after the
soldiers reached the spot.
Tue Republicans are in danger of
losing the one Southern Congressional
district in which they had a chance oi
success, viz : the Alabama Fourth, now
represented by Mr. Shelly (Democrat)
in consequence of there being two Be
publican candidates at the last elec
tion. The two Republican contestants
then were Messrs. Rapier find Haral
son, both colored, and they are now
rival aspirants for the republican nom
ination. Their rivalry is so bitter and
uncompromising that two republican
conventions are already called. A re
publican correspondent says “the
Democrats are likely to walk over the
course*' in consequence of the Repub
lican split.
Congressman Blackburn, pi edicts
that there will be four lYesidential can
didates in the lield in 1880 ; Grant aud
a Conservative by the two wings of
the Republican party ; Butler at the
head of the Nationals, and Thurman
at the head of the Democrats. This,
he says, would result iu the choice ot
a Democratic President by the House.