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THE EASTMAN TIMES
M. L. BURCH, Editor & Proprietor
THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1879.
A grand reception was given to the
members of the Legislature by Gov.
and Mrs Colquitt, on Thursday night
last at the Executive Mansion, in At¬
lanta, trom eight to twelve o’clock.
We see from our exchanges that
Buford, who killed Judge Elliott some
time ago in Kentucky, has been tried
and found guilty of murder. If he
would have avoided the awful conse¬
quences ,of this rash act, he should
have changed the venue of his case
from that county in which he was tried
in Kentucky, to Bibb county, Georgia.
We hope soon to hear of the settle¬
ment of the Macon and Brunswick R.
14. question. Several propositions and
plans have been su rgesfed. The thing
to do whatever plan is adopted is to
provide for its immediate extension to
Atlanta. We think too that the com
missioned should be selected from the
residents of Macon, Brunswick and
along the line of road. There are
numbers of gentlemen of property an 1
ability, whose interests are identified
with the prosperity of the road.
We call attention to an editorial
clipped from the Atlanta Constitution
of the 27th, wherein are set forth the
charges made against Governor Col¬
quitt by his enemies, together with a
brief review of the acts ot his admin¬
istration. We think it a disgrace to
the State of Georgia, that she holds
within her borders a class of men ut¬
terly unscrupulous, selfish and unpa¬
triotic, and who are always on the que
vine for a revolt against virture, integ¬
rity and ability, and whose aim is the
overthrow of the present administra¬
tion.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Legislature just now seems to
be engaged chiefly in speech making,
and the introduction of new bills. The
agricultural bureau has been sustain¬
ed by that part of the General Ass nn
bly not engaged in farming. The far¬
mers were opposed to it, so that not
much has been accomplished in that,
since the farmers will continue to op¬
pose it. The bill creating an agricul¬
tural college in Mifledgeville, we be¬
lieve has become a law. This we ap
prebend will give general satisfaction.
The other important matters affect¬
ing the financial and political interest
of the S ate have not yet been reach¬
ed. The Macon and Brunswick rail¬
road, Wild Land sab-s, and others. A
great many bills of less importance
have managed to get through' none
however, affecting our locality. We
will endeavor to keep our readers
p 1 sted,
Yellow Fever.
Dispatch advices from Memphis and
neighboring cities, indicate an appre¬
hension that the yellow fever will
spread itself again this year. Al¬
ready the Memphians have had a unm
ber of deaths, and the tide of refu¬
gees flowing out of the city carry with
them the dreaded disease, as the cities
of New York # New Orleans, L mis
ville, St. Louis and Opelika attest. It
is a sad thing to contemplate, and yet
no system or plan has been adopted
that will kill the poison, Our hearts
go out in sympathy to those suffering
p ople, and we hope ere long to
chronicle the good news of a victory
over disease and death.
Death of Mrs, Lochrane,
The death of Mrs. Lochrane, moth¬
er of Ex-Chief Justice O. A. Loch
iane, is announced in tbe Atlanta Dis¬
patch, which occurred at her home in
M'ddletown, Ireland, She was of
English descent The Dispatch says :
‘Jud^e Lochrane is the second son,
and his father belongs to the nobility*
and his brother is one of the great,
wealthy men of the North of Ireland,
and he could have lived there in per¬
fect ease aud comfort, but instead,
came to America when quite young,
made a hard fight against tremendous
odds, but won the battle. Judge
Lochrane has always been an orna¬
ment to the S ate, socially, intellect¬
ually and in his unswerving ability.—
Sumter Republican.
It makes us feel indeed sad to
chronicle the death by prisoning
James Parry the little son of Jo-eph
and L dia O. Collins of Liberty county
which took place on Saturday 19th
inst. It seerues that Mrs. Collins had
fly poison (cobalt) sitting for the ex¬
termination of the flies about the
house when the little boy who was
large enough to run about and begin
to talk, drank a quantity of it. He
showed no signs of suffering for near
an hour and a half after drinking it, at
which time he began to call for water
seeming to be very thirsty and died
before medical aid could be obtained.
Excelsior News.
Gov Colquitt and His Enemies.
From the Atknta Constitution.
The history of Georgia will not show
a parallel to the wanton, baseless and
wicked warfare thut h is been made
upon Governor Colquitt for the past
twelve months. It has passed into a
proverb that no man can hold office in
these days save at the penalty of slan¬
der and traduction. The malice of
the envious, the rancor of the disap¬
pointed, and the schemes of flie ambi¬
tious, all unite in the assault upon
character and position. But the war¬
fare upon Governor Colquitt has gone
beyond- the stretch of precedent and
stands unequated in ingenious and
reckless persistency Every recourse
of defamation has been exhausted.
Every suggestion has been run down
and every avenue explored. His
enemies though few have been tireless.
They have not hesitated to besmirch
the democratic party iu order to grat¬
ify their malice or advance their
schemes. Nothing has been too sacred
tor their uses. It is even suspected
that they have tried to make tho legis¬
lature, charged with the solemn duty
of legislating, a convention for the
waging of a gubernatorial campaign or
an arena for the avenging of persona!
prejudices,
Edmund Burke said in his oration
on Marie Antoinette: ‘When I Jsaw
the fair dauphiness ol France a few
years ago I thought that every sword
in France would have leaped from its
scabbard to avenge even a look that
threatened her with insult. 4 Ttiis
might have been said of Gov. Colquitt
befoie his enemies begun their work.
What name was so honored as his ?
What character so lofty and so pure?
What lite so blameless and bo lustrous?
He lived above the reach of slander
above all cloud or taint. Has he fal¬
len from this estate? Has he lost his
purity or his honor? Is he the ^man
that his enemies proclaim him? Are
their whispers—their hints—their
slanders justified?
It is the duty of every journalist iu
Georgia to meet the issue that these
men have raised and meet it squarely.
An honest man—a man whose name
we love—whose life has been given to
Georgia—is being stained insulted
and persecuted—sacrificed to the bru¬
tality of sore-heads nud the ambition
of place-hmiteis. As for us we assert
that this crusade against the gover¬
nor is utterly without reason or ex¬
cuse, and we propose to stand by his
side in defense of the character that
he loves better than all else on earth.
In a brief and precious manner we
shall recount the charges that have
been brought against the administra¬
tion of Governor Colquitt, and show
how utterly reckless and wanton they
are.
He is charged with the loss tho state
may suffer through ex-Treasurer John
Jones. Governor Smith had turned
Colonel Jones out of office before Gov¬
ernor Colquitt was elected, Since
then the case against him has been
managed by Geueral Toombs, Golonel
Hammond, and the attorney-general.
He is charged with the lease of the
convicts and all that is carried with
it. He has never been interested in
any way direct or indirect, with that
lease, which was ordered and executed
before he was made governor.
He is charged with having signed
the Northeastern bonds when he
should not have done so. He acted
ou the urgent advice of Senator Hill,
Governor Brown, General Toombs,
and others, and upon an interpretation
of the meaning of the legislative act
furnished by the legislative officers.
He was charged with having sign¬
ed these bonds under improper influ¬
ence. After an investigation indig¬
nantly demande 1 and of exhaustive
iuquiry and cruel research, he was
unanimously exonerated by the com¬
mittee and the charges against him
denounced in both reports as slanders
and caluinnige.
He is charged with the Garlington
Alston fee. He simply carried out a
contract that was made—-a most wise
and advantageous contract for the
state.
He is charged with having paid a
fee to Colonel Tuggle for whieh there
was no necessity. By his contract
with C >loneI Tuggle,$62,000 was paid
into the treasury and not a cent taken
out. It may be said that our congress¬
men might have collected this claim
without cost to the state. The claim
is over forty years old and uo con¬
gressman had ever yet been able to
collect it.
He is charged with the responsibility
of the trouble in the wild land depart¬
ment That department is in the hands
of the legislature managed by its laws
and officered by election and he has
no power to touch it or interfere with
it.
II** is charged with whatever there
may be, it anything, against Comptrol¬
ler Goldsmith He never appointed
the comptroller, and has no control
of his affairs, and his relations with Mr
Goldsmith have beet: purely official.
Tne legislature elects the Comptrol¬
ler.
And then, as if nothing was too
tender tor the use of his assailants he
has been charged with the responsibil¬
ity of the murder of his friend, Colonel
Alston. The testimony shows that
he left Alston in a place of perfect
safety and went immediately to find
Alston’s enemy and reconcile or con¬
trol him. Alston’s own father couid
not have done more for him.
And as nothing was too sacrei for
their purpose they have assaulted the
governor, because he has seen fit to
give countenance and encouragement
to the cause of morality and religion.
Il ever a man on this earth went to
the altar of God with humble and hon¬
est heart, that man was Governor Col¬
quitt— and yet bis enemies have
found in even this, cause for sneers and
inuciido.
This is the list of the charges
brought against this man. How con¬
temptible and puerile they seem when
contrasted with the grand, practical re¬
sults of this administration, Here
they are. Let honest men contrast
them with the charges and insinuation
against tl»e governor, and then decide
whether he should be blamed or hon¬
ored. These are the results of Gover¬
nor Colquiett’s administration:
1. The floating debt of $350,000 has
been entirely extinguished.
2. The rate of taxation has been re¬
duced one-third.
3. Over $200,000 has been collected
from old claims and put into the treas*
ury.
4. The credit of the state has so im
proved that the New York banks offer
her money at five per cent, where she
has been paying six and seven—her
four per cents bonds go off readily at
par, where sue was lormerly forced
to issue Is and 8s. Her credit is in¬
comparably better than any other
southern state.
5. The expenses of all the state in
stitutiens are diminished. On the lu¬
natic asylum aloue $20,000 per annum
has been saved, and on this saving the
state will enlarge the asylum.
6. The expenditures in every fund
the Contingent tbe public printing,the
pulilic building were diminished before
the late convention m*t until they
were less than ever known before.
7. Profound peace and good order
rules throughout the state. The people
are prosperous and contented.
These are the actual works of the
administration. The truth is Georgia
never had a better governor. Never
had so prosperous an administration.
It has made our state the admiration
of the whole south, and the equal of
any in the union. Governor Colquitt
promised the people honesty and econ¬
omy in office. When lie went in be
t« ok the oath, ai d he has religiously
kept his promise. Quietly, modestly
but firmly he has put the pruning
knife every where. He has been hon¬
est, attentive, devoted and scrupu¬
lous, and now stands by bis record,
and appeals to the people for justice.
We very much mistake the temper of
our people if they will allow the as
saults of a faction of sore-heads and
aspirants to break down a character
that is pure and illustrious, or con¬
demn an administration that in practi¬
cal achievement is without parallel in
the history of the state.
Eggs Hatched by the Warm
Weather.
We have a good story related to us
a day or two since by a county gentle¬
man relative to peddling eggs. Oue
day last week a lady needed some
change aud concluded to sell a lot
of Guinea eggs she had on hand to
raise the funds. She sent them to town
putting a good big price upon them.
The sun shone on the eggs all the
way as hot as July sues will shiuc,aud
the vendor tried in vain to dispose
of them in town—uobody would buy.
They were returned to the lady in the
aftenoon. She turned them over to a
peddler to try aud sell them in the
neighboring village. This peddler
took them home and kept them over
night. In the morning he started to
Eilaville, aud on looking iuto the bas¬
ket to see that the eggs were all right
found it full of young Guineas. The
eggs had hatched during the night
from the great beat ol the weather.
This is given as true—the gentleman
relating it to us having seen some of
the young Guineas.— Snmter Republic
can.
Dr. Lovick Pierce.
This venerable old soldier of the
cross, whose name has been familiar
to three generations, is at this writing
[Wednesday] extremely low. For
six days his pulse has been in the
neighborhood of tnirty beats to the
minute. His death would not be un¬
expected at any moment. He is ex¬
tremely weak talks but little, but is
conscious. A day or two ago he said
to the Bishop that he was not able to
make a dying statement but that he
might say to the church and his
friends that be died jiibt outside of
heaven.
Oh, what a glorious welcome awaits
the old hero, when hk spirit bursts
forth from its prison-house of clay, and
goes ‘‘sweeping through the gates”
into the celestial city !—Sparta Times
and Planter , 16th inst,
THE CROPS IN GEORGIA
Consolidation ot tlie lleportsfor
the Month of June, *79, Re¬
turned to the State Depart¬
ment of Agriculture, at
Atlanta, Ga., July
1, 1879:
State or Georgia, i
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, July 9, 18*19,
corn*.
The condition of the corn crop in
Georgia on the 1st of July, as shown
by the detailed reports from the seve¬
ral counties, was far from promising.
In some localities a (air yield was al¬
ready assured : while in some others
a good yield w*as still dependent on
favorable seasons. But throughout
the larger portion of the State—in the
aggregate—the crop has been serious¬
ly injured by excessive drought and
other casualties, and in s<>me localities
there will be almost a total failure.
Up to July 1st, North Georgia
shows the best condi'ion and prospect,
being 90 compared to an average,
while the average in Middle Georgia
is the lowest, it being only 78 The
average for the State is 83.5, against
06 on 1st June—a falling off of 12:5
per cent.
In the N*>tes from Correspondents
and Table NO. 1, the condition of the
crop is shown in detail, and the reader
is referred to them for p irticular infor¬
mation.
The correspondents trom Southeast
Georgia very generally complain of
serious injury to corn from a bug or
worm that attacks the stalk at the
first joint, and so weakens it that
much of it is blown down by the
winds—even aft or it has reached the
silkage state.
From the specimens sent to the de¬
partment, I bare not been able to de¬
termine, with certainty, to what spe¬
cies this insect belongs, but think it
is probably allied to what is Called in
England the wire worm. I know of
no remedy for them but to destroy the
young stalks of corn in which they
first appear—worms and all together.
Correspondents, who have opportu¬
nities for doing so, are requested to
observe closely the habits ot these
destructive insects, and send a history
of the same with specimens, to this
department.
COTTON.
Since the last monthly report of the
cotton prospects has fallen from
93 to 92.6, but with this difference in
the circumstances : The 1st of July
lound the crop in the midst of a
drought, which had seriously injured
the c«>rn, but had not, at that time,
materially affected the cotton. At
this writing, the crop, in many places,
must have suffered seriously by the
drought, which still prevails.
The blooming of cotton is a fair in¬
dication of the forwardness of the
crop. By reference to table 1, it will
be seen that the average date of the
first bloom is ten days later than last
year, in the Slate at large—occurring
later in every section, except Noith
Georgia, in which the date was the
same as last year. In 1878 the aver¬
age date of first blooms was June 4 ;
in 1879 it was June 14.
The condition of the crop as com¬
pared with same date last year, was
89.4 on 1st day of Jnly, or 10.6 per
cent, less promising.
OATS AND WHEAT.
The small grain harvest of 1879
was remarkable in several respects :
1st. The superior quality of the
grain, especially of wheat ; 2d, total
exemption from rust: 3d, the greatly
increased average yield per acre, and
4th, the great number of instances of
very large yields per acre, both of
wheat and oats The reader is refer¬
red to the Notes from Correspondents
which ]give m »ny interesting and en¬
couraging facts iu the midst ot the
gloomy accounts of the effects of the
drought on the growing crops. It ap¬
pears that the avenge yield of wheat
in the State was 8.9 bushels per acre,
against 6.6 bushels last year, and 10.5
in 1877.
While it is unquestionably true that
the production of wheat is peculiarly
influenced by meteorological condi¬
tions (which are not fully* understood)
and the past season was an exception¬
ally good one, it is yet evident that
farmers are making decided progress
in the cultivation of this cereal. Some
measure of the success of the past
crop must be attributed to the greater
care in preparation more liberal ma¬
nuring and the selection of yarieities
better adapted to our climate.
MISCELLANEOUS CROPS.
The condition and prospect of the
rice crop is unchanged since last re¬
port.—Sugar cane, sorghum and pota¬
toes have fallen off considerably, as
the table shows.
THE FENCE QUESTION.
In the circular questions upon which
this report is based, occurred the fol¬
lowing. Is the annual cost of fencing
iu your county greater or less tbau
the value of all the stock, exclusive ot
hot sob aud mules ?
From Middle Georgia a majority of
correspondents state in reply that the
cost of fencing is greater.
From each of the other sections of
the S ate much the larger number re¬
port that it is less ; but maay corres¬
pondents take occasion to remark that
the cost of annual repairs, including
iuterest on the original cost of fencing,
is greater than the annual income from
such stock (excluding horses and
mules.)
Tha above question was not design¬
ed to elicit evidence of the necessity
for additional legislation on the subs
ject of fences in Georgia, but to ex¬
cite throught and investigation in the
minds of the farmers of those sections
of the State where timber for ordinary
fences is becoming very scarce. The
act of 1812 (sections 1449—1455 of
the Code), provides that the boundary
lines of each lot, tract, or parcel of
land iu any county shall be, and the
same are hereby declared a lawful
fence, whenever a majority of the vo¬
ters in such county shall vote in favor
of no fence, at an election to be order¬
ed by the Ordinary, upon the petition
of not less than fifty freeholders. This
may be called a local option law,
which enab es the majority of the vo
ters in any county to adopt the system
ol fencing in, instead of feucing out
stock, making it incumbent on owners
cf stock to keep them from trespassing
upon the cultivated lands. This law is
a wise one, and perhaps as much as can
be reasonably demanded by the advo¬
cates of a no fence law. Georgia is a
large State, and the circumstances
differ greatly in the several sections of
the State. It is much to be desired
that some of the older counties of Mid¬
dle Georgia shall put the law in oper*
ation, that its practical value may be
put to the test. Its general adoption
in the cottou and corn growing sec*
tions of the State is simply a ques¬
tion of time. Whenever the land in
any county becomes loo valuable to
lie waste in the woods—furnishing
scant pasturage to a largely increased
number of cattle and hogs—and tho
timber too scarce and valuable to be
used for rails, tho system of fencing
iu stock mobt prevail. In England
and on the continent, though fences
or a hedge are still in use, their chief
purpose is to confine stock within en
closures—not to protect crops from
tho inroads of cattle running at large*
It would probably be wise policy to
provide for this change gradually, by
enacting that a fence sufficient to turn
cattle and horses shall be a lawful
fence. Such a fence could be made
and kept in repair at much less cost
than one close enough to keep out
hogs. Any law on this subject, in¬
volving a material change in the sys¬
tem of fencing, should be submitted
to a vote of the people of each coun
ty for adoption or rejection.
In the present local option fence
law, the words fence and no fence re*
quired to be endorsed on the ballots at
the election provided for by the act,
are not consistent with the sense of
the law itself, and their use was unfor¬
tunate.—Many voters uuderstand that
in voting a no fence ballot, they would
thereby vote to prohibit the builing or
keeping up fences. Of course this is
an error, # as, by the terms of the law.
there would be no prohibition but
,
every farmer left to his own option
whether or not be will keep up his
fences.
THE GENERAL OUTLOOK.
In view of the probable failure ot
the corn crop in many sections of the
State, the outlook is somewhat gloomy.
But with proper economy in the use
of present supplies, by utilizing all the
resources of summer and fall crops,
and sowing early and largely of small
grain, the apprehended scarcity of
next spring- may be anticipated, and,
in a great’measure, if not fully, met.
It is not too late to sow peas in
drills for forage, and farmers should
avail themselves of seasons to put in
large acres for this purpose. Peaviue
ha}*, though somewhat difficult to cure
properly, is highly nutritious. Rich
lots near the farm house or lot should
be sown in barley or rye in August,
aud will furnish large quantities of
green food.
We must rely chiefly on oats to sup¬
plement tbe abort corn crop next
spring, and ffarwerg are advised to
sow early and fertilize, well, that the
crop may be secured against winter
freezing and be available as early as
possible next spring.
If August aud September shall
prove seasonable, as they probably
will, sowings of cat-tail millet and
German millet may still be made for
soiling purposes. The drafts on the
corn crib and fodder house should be
relieved, as far as practicable, by pas¬
turing and soiling the mules aud
horses. Whenever the corn has failed
to produce ears, the stalks, blades and
all, should be cut and cured for for
age. By prudent foresight and prompt
action much may be done in the way
of supplementing short corn crops,
aud providing against the ruinous ex¬
pedient of relying on the West for
supplies for our stock.
Very respectfully,
Thomas P. Janes,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
True goodness is like the glow¬
worm ; it shines most when no eyes
but th 'se of Heaven are upon it.
Our Public Roads.
The time of year approaches for the
over s^ers to summon out their bands
and work the different roads of the
county. Good roads are an index to
thrift and enterprise of the citizens
of any county, and are an absolute
necessity to the citizens generally. It
should bo the pleasure of every road
hand to do faithful service on his road.
He may never own a tine carriage or
buggy to ruu over it but then your
market, church and mill must be
reached and others must be furnished
good roads for their vehiekles. This
is a public duty we owe our State that
furnishes laws to protect us and at the
same time it is a general or common
duty binding alike upon all c'asscs ol
citizens. There is a practice among
road hands of putting poles across the
road on hillsides and ditching across
above them. Those are properly called
breaks, and should be discontinued.
Ail loose rock should by all means be
thrown out of the roads and hillsides
ditched and the road bed thrown up iu
the middle .—Gainesville Eagle.
No Pony No lie.
His loving mother said* ‘If you take
some of the caster* oil, I'll let you go
to the circus/
‘How much?’ he cautiously roquir
ed.
‘Oh? only a spoonful; just a spoon¬
ful,’ she replied,
‘And you’ll give me some sugar be¬
sides?’ be asked.
‘Of course I will—a big lump* 1
He waited until she began pouring
from the bottle, and then asked, ‘And
you'll give me ten cents, too.*
‘Yes, of course/
‘And you‘11 buy 'me a shoo fly kite/
he vent on, seeing his advantage.
‘I guess so/
‘No kite, no ile,‘he said as he step¬
ped back.
•‘Well, 1*11 buy a kite/ she replied
titling the spoon up,
‘And a velocipede.
‘I’ll think of it.*
You can‘t think no castor-oil down
ine?‘ he exclaimed, looking around for
his hat.
‘Here—I will, or I‘II tease father to
and I know he will. Come, now, swal¬
low it down. 4
‘And you'll buy me a goat? 1
4 Yes. 4
‘And two hundred marbles?'
‘Yes. Now take it down. 4
‘And a coach-dog?'
‘I can't promise that. 4
‘Ail right f no dog no i!e.‘
‘Well J‘11 ask yonr father.*
'And you‘11 buy me a pony?'
‘Oli11 couldn't do that. Now be a
good boy and swallow it down/
Oh, yes! IfII swallow that stuff, I
will/ lie said, as he clapded on bis
hat.
‘You may fool some other boy with
a circus ticket and a lump of brown
sugar but it,II take a bundl ed dollar
pony to trot that castor-oil down my
throat .*—Hawkey e.
The Telegraph & Messenger says :
There is enough of the flavor of mys¬
tery about the following which we find
in the Augusta News, of Saturday, to
make it quite readable. It purports
to be an extract from a private Atlan¬
ta letter, and says :
‘There seems to be little doubt here
among knowing ones that the Macon
and Brunswick railroad will, at no
distant day, pass iuto the hands of a
New York aud Boston company, con¬
sisting of Wm. B. Astor and others of
less note though well known in Geor¬
gia as railroad magnates, express
men, and other public benefactors in
various parts of the Union. It is al¬
so understood that the Macon and Au¬
gusta road is a part of the programme,
either to draw Mr. YVadley into the
scheme or remove the iron to continue
the Macon and Brunswick road to the
Gate City. There seems to be a pow¬
erful undercurrent at woric which may
wake up some of your railroad offi¬
cials before they are aware of it, un
less wide awake already. Atlanta is
determined to offer every facil ty to
any project that will cut off Macon
from Augusta, and some Georgia rail¬
road directors are winking at the pros¬
pect, as 1 ttl»i as yon think ol it.
‘White man very uncertain/
Mrs. E'lri, of Ithaca, N. Y , has in
her house a large room tbe floor of
whieh is covered with sawdust and
with two leafless trees and many
bamboo perch* s in it, where she keeps
more than a hundred canary birds,
raised from a single pair which she
bought a few years ago. She can
identify almost every bird and tell its
age.
Gov. Colqu’tt is a strong Metho¬
dist and bis wife is a firm Baptist.
Henoe it is that the Baptists and
Methodists are both intending to put
the Governor aud family back into po¬
sition .— Warrenton Cl ipper.
An old farmer once said, with more
tru'h than elegance, “There are two
stalks in this world to one do.‘
The following particulars wc get
near from the Mr. heme George of C. the Watson, subject living
of tie
sketch :
A lady of the Seventh district f
Worth 0
county, has become insane on
the subject of religion. Her first de
mentation was first noticed about
month a
ago, soon after the cl. •« „f 3
protracted meeting of the Union Bij
.
tists Church near her home. She
tended the different services very re*
ularly and seemed deeply impressed
and troubled from their commence¬
ment. A short while before the meet
ing closed she joined the church. Go.
mg back home her incoherent, mad,
dened and rambling conduct was no
ticed by her husband and children
and they became terribly excited atid
wrought up about it. She went ray.
ing about the house and yard with a
bucket of water.
BAFTISING EVERYTHING
ia her pathway. She baptised her
husband and each one of her children
and while doing this sang the raoit
beautiful songs—aongs that she had
heard but once or twice. Although
an unlettered woman, ther husband
will swear this), she reads any chap,
ter in the Bible readily, pronouncing
correctly and distinctly, paying alien.
tiun to the punctuation points, rto
She preaches nearly all tho while, and
our informant says uses the choicest
words, and displays great wisdom
and knowledge in the handling of dif.
fere lit subjects. Although not a ma¬
son, she kuows
ALL THE MYSTERIES
of that mysterious craft by heart
Dozens of masons have gono to sco
her, and they all come away dumb,
founded. Her husband has come to
the conclusion that she is a witch. She
has attempted acts of violence, but ai>
yet done no harm. He, with outside
assistance, at oue time tried t<» incar.
cerate h r in one of the ro. ms, but
the.doors became unmanageable anrf
wouldn’t slay locked. She hasn’t
slept iu eighteen days and nights, and
during that time has taken but a fev
morsels of food.
Ibis is one of the strangest cases that
we have ever heard of. Hundreds are
flocking to see the frenzied womari.—
Albany News.
Ilawkinsvilla Dispatch; On Tues¬
day evening last 17th in*t, at the res
idence of the bride's mother, in this
county Mr. Jacob Louis was married
to Miss Laura Dupree, Rev. Larkin
Joiner officiating. On Friday lollop¬
ing the nuptials a luge party of friend
and neighbors, by invitation from Mr,
Louis, assembly at his home to enjoy
an ‘infare, 4 which was prepared ami
managed in handsome style It may
not be out of place in this counec’ioa
to state that Mr. Louis is the gentle
(nan so sensationalized recently by the
Constitution, one of the reporters > (
that paper having written an extensive
and elaborate account of an interview
with a grief stricken young lady on
her return to New York she having
come south by appointment to many
a man, who to her sorrow and morti¬
fication, she learned on her arrival was
a gray-headed old codger with uo mon¬
ey and living iu a little old cabin on i
farm too poor to supportja ground mole.
The lady as we stated Ihen, threw
away an opportunity to secure a hus¬
band and a good comfortable home.
But if she didn’t love him, she did
right in returning unwedded, because
it was kindness and justice to both
Mr. Louis is all right financially phys- j
icaliy and mentally and his many <
friends wish him a long and hupp)'
life. Though a foreigner by birth,
he is a Georgian by adoption, and wai;
true to the south when she called foxI
friends to vindicate her cause.
Hamilton Journal: A gentleman
iti this county gives us the following
account of a horned snake : He states
—and he is a gentleman of undoubted
veracity—that while hoeing in a fM
of corn lie Saw a largo snake crawling
along with his head and tail ra-< d
about eighteen inches from the grow 1 -1
He decided to kill the snake, and nre]
ing his hoe started in pursuit, Tlx
snake seeing]him, turned back to me#
his foe, when the gentleman, conside*
ing prudence the better part of I
took to his heels and fled, the snake H
pursuit, A large white oak tree u 1
standing not far off, aud to this L 1
made his way. Just as he j un3 .' j
behind the tree, the spake struck J j
him, and the horn (about two lllCB
long) was buried in the tree, Tj
snake, unable to get his horn out
the tree, was killed. The sLian?
part of the affair is that in six h
afterwards the leaves on the t -
which had been perfectly green
flourishing, began to wither and
less than twelve hours was peih ^
dead. The gentleman wbu relate'
above is a reliable farmer,
A country negro recently sent a rfj
invitation, in which ri ‘*r<
ply to an j
gretted that circumstances ref u "
to the reqniescence would preven
acceptance to the invite.