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(The ijtnild. j~ l*. PARK, - - - l*ro|rietr IV. M. WEAVEH, - - Editor. THURSDAY. MAY 13. 1875. JI.IUIXE 018.45TE8. London. May 8 lntelligence o' a shocking marine disaster has just reached this city. Tfce Engle Line steamer Schiller, Captain Ihotnas. which sailed from New York April 28th, for Hamburg, by way of Ply mouth and Cherbourg, has been wrecked off the Scilly Islet. It is believed that 200 persons h vepr ished. Washington. May 8 Among the passengers on the steamei Schiller were. Mr. M Harrison and A. Waterman, of Haw kinsville. Ga.; Max Cohen, Montezuma, Ga.: Mr. Her* Spitz, of M*con, Ga : Mr. C. G. Lconhardt, Mrs. Mary W. Leonhnrdt and Miss Jennie Leonhardt, a!! of Augusta. Later —London. May 9—All day lon- details of the Schiller dis aster have been coining in. Un fortunately no more persons are re ported to be saved. Bodies are constantly being picked up Among the bodies recovered, at* those of Mr. G.o Leonhardt. Mr Carl Schmedt, Mrs. Beidorer and child, Mrs. Becker, Mrs Bulge way, and Mrs. Ilornmine West ; unidentified, five men, five women and two children. Altogether 2 l bodies have been found. The to tal number of lives lost is thiee hundred and eleven. Mr. Bole man. second officer of the Schiller, and Henry Stein, and Mr. Frahm. cabin-class passengers, have beer interviewed. Macon Telegraph, May 9th.— Among the passengers on the ill fated steamer Schiller, were Mr Herman Spritz, of Macon, Intelv clerk with V. Kahn, Messrs. M Harrison and A. Waterman, of Hawkinsville, and M. Cohen, of the firm of Eichborg & Cohen, of Montezuma. While we have no definite news of the loss of these oVi <•; to i noil ta abandon the trip, hut his mind was made up by receiving intelli gence that his mother was about to die. Mr. Maurice Harrison went to-Germany last year, and while there engaged himself to a young lady. He had built himself a snug home in Hawkinsville, and was on his war to the fatherland to bring his bride. The others were simply going to visit their friends i G the old country. Augusta, May Jl._Mr. H. A Brahe received a private telegram from Hamburg, Germany, yester day morning, informing him that Mr. Leonhardt and wife, and their liule Jiughter, were all drown and at the wreck of the Schiller. The bodies have been recovered. Ttade is rihcli depressed in Aus trir.. Grrc-of the largest industrial establishments in Vienna —Sig!> Engino Factory —is about to he closed. Several thousands of work- men will h e thrown out of work hv this disaster, and their families, numbering, it is said, about |i),. 001) souls, will he left destitute Onh’ l*®* year this 'actory made about 400 locomotives, which were cnt to Russia, and Italy. Herr Sigl now has orders from Russia for about 400 railway locomotives ; but it is said that he cannot obtain the necessary capital for carrying out these orders. The prospect of the already large number of desti tute workmen in the Austrian cap ital being increased by so many thousands has produced a legular panic among the inhabitants, and earnest efforts are being made to induce the (ioaerument to advance the necessary sums to Herr Sigl to enable him to keep his factory a: work. The little republic,f Switzerland has no less than 7,000 schools, and attendance i in all the cantons W two. Another fact, of kindled significance, is that Switz erland has always retained its free dom. It is easy to “put that and that together.” Itev. I>r. I*. 11. Hell. The Charleston News and Cornier is publishing biographical sketches ol some of the distinguished clergymen in attendance on the Southern Baptist Convention in that city. Among th m is that of the gentleman whose name heads this article. No man in the denomination sur passes Ur. P. H- Melt in mental acute ness and intellectual activity. It doubtful if i" mental culture, in intcl J l.'C’ual depth and vi-or, or if, in logi cal strength and acumen, his mind is exceeded by that of any anion- Smith, cm Baptists. Asa doctrinal preacher he has few equals, and perhaps no su perior ; as the presiding officer of a religious body he is peerless. For many years he was president of b-tli ihe Southern Baptist Convention and ,f the Georgia Baptist Convention; md. for a whole generation, he has presided over the Georgia Baptist As sociation of his native State, lie was l> o n in W’lilthourville. Lihertyi “ 'y. Georgia, Jalv 19th, 1814, in which county he joined the church and was baptized at nineteen by Rev. Samuel Law. Left fatherless at thirteen, he is -.self made man. Finishing his acade ideal train ng by a two years course at \mherst College, Mass , he returned t- Geor-ta. was ordained by the Benfield Church. November 19, 1842. when twenty eight years of age, by a l’re-hy ,ery consisting of B. M. Sanders. Otis Smith and Wui. H • Blokes. He im mediately assumed cha-ge of the Greft.esbnro’ church, of which he re mained pastor for ten years. Ho was pastor of the Baird's church. Greene county. Ga., for thirty years, and nl> „f the Antioch church, Ogh th-rpe c . Ga., for twenty five years, and so strong was his influence and so great his success in disseminating his opin ions, that that section has been denom in: , te d * Moll's Kingdom." For many years he was Professor of Ancient Lan ouages in Mercer University, and in 18G0 he was elected Professor of Log' ,„d Moral Science and Vice I hanccl of the State University of Georgia, which positions he filled with distin guished ability. He has resigned the office of Vice-Chancellor in the State University, but retains the Professor ship of Kilties and Metaphysics, preach ing once every month to Mars’ Hill church, in the vicinity of Athens Ga. He has repeateUv declined ‘alls to I prominent and wealthy churches, and Baptism, and two admirable Manuals " ne on Parliamentary Law and the other on Church Discipline. During the war ho entered the military sets vice, and was elected colonel of a regi mont. wnich he Commanded for six months, occupying positions in Atlanta. I Rome and Savannah. Oa Fie has been twice married, fir-t. to Miss L. Id C 0p,.,-. June 29. 1840, and then to Miss E. E. Cooper, December 24. 1861. bilietm children have been Imrn to him. ten of whom are living. || o j s nmv sixty years of age. tall and sir,•light but slender in person, with white beard and hair. Ik is a man of most decided character in every sense, of firm opiu lona, strong common sense and great wit and humor, fie ue.er loses lus presence of mind, nor is thrown off his b dance, and lias the power of attract ing friends to himself must ardently. t’UME.VMAL. MAY 13th, 1775— MAY 13tii, 1875. [From the Augusta Constitutionalist.] Mu Editor: As the times are fruitful in centennial reminiscences it may not be a iss to say that the 13lh "I May, 1875, next. 'Thursday, will !>■ the one hundredth anniversary of the entrance of (jvTgia upon the arena of the Revolution. The State. 0- as it was then, the Province, d:d m.t indeed come forward as an autonomy until later in the year, but on the 13th "I May. 1775, the journals of the old Continental Congress have thi- record: SATURDAY. MAY 13. 1775. The Congress met according to ads journment. Ihe Congress being informed that Doctor Lyu.au flail attended at the door, as a delegate from the parish of St John s, in the colony of Georgia, and desiring to kuow whether, as such, he may be admitted to this Congress; Agreed unanimously. That lie be ad mitted as a delegate from the pari h ol >t. Joliu s, in t}ie polony ~f Georgia subject to such regulations us the Con gtess shall determine relative to his voting. Mr Lyman Hall being accordingly admitted, produced his credentials, which were read and approved. 1 lie journal then proceeds to gi\e these credentials in extento, and though worthy to be reprinted iu fill], ftoui the curious aud inteiesting information they give as to the internal condition of Georgia three generations ago. I can, in this hasty sketch only give a synnp.-is. The credentials are in the form of au address from tnc inhabi tants of the p rich of St John s, in the province of Georgia, ‘-to the honorable gentlemen of the Congress, designed to he held at Philadelphia, on May, A.D-, 1775.” and set forth that after many iff'ftsto attain a similarity ol views, the people of St. John’s have been • hliged to dissent from the views ol the rest of the province on the subject „f the relations of' the colonies with Great Britain. It is then stated that in order to relieve themselves Irom the disabilities attached to a non-ohsevv anee of “ the Continental Association ” certain articles of agreement uot to deal commercially with Great Britain ~r her adherents until the obnoxiou* legislation of the mother country was repealed—the inhabitants ut hit John > had notified the South Carolina Com mittee of Correspondence that they w re willing to acceue t) thu associa ii„„ ~nd should not. thmef re,< be in eluded in the interdict * *•> °> the Continental autho/"S. upon the rest of Georgia. The ISdreiM proceeds to say that the South Carolina commit tee. while deeply sympathizing with them, could not separate the parish from the r.st of the province, and therefore advised it to appeal to the Continental Congress. The credentials conclude by saying that subsequent to these proceedings it was resolved t send a delegate to Congress, and that -on the 21st of March at u full meet ing,, Lyman Hall. Esq., was unani mously chosen to represent and act lor the inhabitants of this parish as a dele u ate at the general Congress, to he held ii, 1 hiladelphia in May next, who art deter ined faithfully to adhere to, ami abide by the determination of him, and ihe other honorable members of the name. Signed by order of the iuhahi iants by Daniel Roberts and twenty 1 1 thers, members of the committee. Midway. St. John’s Parish, in the pro tinee of Georgia, April Utb. A. L> • 1775 ” From the date, it will h•• seen that six days before the famous fight at Concord, Mass., which was recently the theme of so much eloquence at the North, the Georgia parish of St. John s east in its lot with the old Contiuen tats, and sending up us spokesman to sit in Congress with Washington, Han cock. Franklin. Deane. Jay. Middle on. llutledge and other worthies, resolved 1 >• iaiUiliGly to adhere to and abide ny l iU. '’Province of Georgia, adopted February 5, 1777 tin parishes of St. John, St-'Andrew and St James were made one of the endit counties into which the State was then divided, and called Liberty, iu memory "f the gallant stand taken by St John's when the rest of the State Gun back. As to Dr. Lyman llall.it is recorded (hat he spared (he Continental Con gress the delegate tjuestion of his right to vote for St. John's, while the Test ' 1 <,t; or.i-i was us yet undetermined. h > B,a,i "g 'bat he wished ‘merely t„ hear and assist in the debates, as he only represented a part of Georgia, and to vote only wheu the sentiments of Congress were net taken by eolo uies. W hen Georgia shortly there after wheeled s lidly into line. Dr. Hall was one of the regular delegates ami as such signed tilt Declaration ol Independence with Georgia's other He presentatives. George Walton and Hin- ton Gwinnett. In 1783 Mr. Hall was elected Governor of Geotgia, hut lives m the constitutional history of the i>t ite les as Governor than as signer, a (act c mmemorated by the Greeue street monument of granite. On next J hut-day at 10 a ui. that obelisk will point as the morning’s sun gilds the-l "auieof Lyman Hall to the deed of just j one hundred yea is ago. Tyrone I STATE ITEMS. The grading on the Elberton Air Line Railroad will probably be completed this month. By a vote ol 89 to 19 the Ro manson Monday decided in favot ol compromising j t b the holders of their city bonds About six miles from this city, on the Long’s bridge road, and near the residence of Mr. John liariis, there is a natural curiosi ty, a pine limb growing out of a china tree.—[Sandersville Herald. The Methodist Advocate a North ern concern, published in this city, says that the recent tornado was sent to scourge the ku klux region. Such blasphemy is accredttable to such a source.—[Atlanta News. • The Richmond Whig nominates Col. Albert R. Lamar, of Georgia, as a ’candidate for Clerk oi the House of Representatives. At the recent meeting of the Trustees of Vanderbilt University, Dr. Lipscofibe, late Chancellor of of the University of Georgia, was elected to if Professorship in the school of piodern languages and English luerature. We sskcjl a good man what he thought ofjihe explanation given of the cyclone by Professor Broun and Alr. Stephens. He replied. ••God ridtf upon the whirlwind atul directs th storm.” And we tho’t he had it down right [Griffin News. A Meriwether farmer made hist vear vvitwMie horse, eleven hales of cottonjand one hundred and sev c.,A hc-hels of corn. [Vindi cator. A thriving incident occurred re- 1 cently at\the copper mines near Villa Rif Several miners were engaged in clearing out a deep shaft hyAji'ting. One of the men had place a lighted time-fuse in the blast-ole, and was being drawn out of thqhaft by a windlass,when the rnnni gear suddenly got out of order a refused to perform its office. Tre the man was sus- pended foi ?veral terrible moments, 11 is life h g upon a thread, and another n ute’s delay would have ended hi's istence ; hut with great presence jmind, he leaped to the bottom ufjho shaft, a distance of twenty fi snitched the burning fuse fron s position, and thus es caped a t strophe. He had been literally liu one minute ol death. [Carre >n 'l'iiues. Gohl-ti ioft * n 'xtheast (i or -ia prese* j uit n °'* very hope ful appe cnee. 1 , Ampletctj mills are mning *> sa Netory results, a? e °j\r x i is rapidly p r n , >• W ; ini b. fimiheb: c °f‘Z *■ - j next motif I Jl ‘ ■ t 0 t , • l,e Lawrence 1111110 I he * U J& : n,.u™ ruaclrgd gold-bearing quartz in rha hills ah iut Dahlonega. Hnd the men who ire delving for it now will not be foiled by ordinary obstacles Thev have means and plenty of persever ance.— [Constitution from a gentleman residing near Morven, in this county, we have the particulars of an occurrence "Inch happened in that neighbor hood on Tuesday oflast week, that will sadden and chill with horror 'lie heart of every mother whose j eyes this may meet. A little boy, two years and four months, and his younger sister, one year and one month old, the children of W. F. ""'I M. A. Hatchett, were out in the yard engaged at their childish amuseinents—the little bov placing with a small ax an.J cutting every thing that come in his way. Whilst thus employed, he unfortu nately missed his aim and struck his little sister in the mole, or soft part of the head with the edge of bis ax, cutting a gash that was her "Tying to behold, and producing diMin in about fifteen minutes [Reporter. Since our last issue. Time, with her scythe, has visited our county and claimed several of our oldest citizens. The first Mr. James Holmes, aged 90; the next ts Mr U C't riingham. aged 84 ; Mr Van Horn, aged 70, die., last week Me M. B. .owner, aged 50, was al- so summoned from this world of j eare a few days since. Mrs Arm strong, aged 70. living near S.in dy t toss, died a few da\s since Mrs John Armstrong, who lived near Bairdstown, also died a short time since. All of the above deaths occurred within the past ten days, most <#f them being from old age [Oglethorpe Echo. CROP I*KO*I*E('TS. From information obtained from fnends from different parts of the county, we learn that crops are backward. Iry some portions of the county wheat is reported as good as it can be. A fe.vsay that the crops in their neighborhoods are father sorry, but generally, wheat promises well, A friend says that from Greeneville to Grif fin he never saw a finer wheat crop. Oats are looking tolerably well.— Corn backward, but the stands generally good. Cotton beginning to come up.—[Meriwether Vtndi-. cator. In the whole of Southwest Geor gia, south of a line running from Ilawkinsville via Fort Valley to C lu nhn , the crop prospects are remarkably good, considering the backwardness of the season, and the inauspicious .weather since planting time set in. Me hear no cmplant of the stands, eitoer o! cotton or corn, while many plan ters brag ot better stands than foi many years. It is also admitted that the crops, as a general rule, are in good condition, and that la hor is equal to the emergency. If this crop intelligence bo t lie, and no disaster shall come upon our people till harvest time, Southwest ern Georgia will get out of the wil derness and sing hallelujah at the Centennial. [ Aloany News. From inquiries among farmers, we learn that the prospect for a good vield of wheat is very flatter** ing. The acreage too, is quite large larger than for several years past. The wheat is now ve ry generally headed out, and unless some disaster befalls it, there will he more than an average yield.— Large crops of cotton have oeeu planted, hut the proportion of corn is larger than usual. T:.e cotton lias done hut little, so far, much of it dying after it comes up, on ac count of the cold weather. 'I he corn too. is yellow and of slow growth, from tho same cause. Ihe fruit crop is surprisingly promis ing, when the cold and late frosts are taken into consideration. Up on the whole, the crop prospects for this county inav he set down as or dinarily promising.- [New nan Her ald. The crops are exceedingly baek ;vL and the fields along the rail , ol jV>m Griffin to Newnan, with i f-rtiin > v exceptions where small ® i’uOK ‘v(rr \rrv c/a °f everything, even to discov<M\ Corn, where it can be rather “th en P asßant * looks is believed an<l ditninutive lt day, if g enerc the rain of S ' ltur ' few Bucceediog to - ether wi,h the will improve the 8 °* B,,nsh,ne ’ bring up goo I stun" ® uch Bnd M heat promises well * lottor ' "light intimations of r** h one instance of rust, have aml ■" 0,,r ?"rs. Oats are not J ache,i good. [Senoia Journal. ' r ""* V From the best information uf, the I ho'iiasville Times can gath.j from the planters, corn ami cotton were smaller ami less advanced on 'he first day of May than it ha, been for years. The stand was ve r.v good, hut the late hard rams and cold weather has had the effect of injuring is somewhat, though, we believe, not seriously. The farmers are pretty well up with their work, and the hands, as a gen oral tiling, are di>;ng well. There seeuis t 0 a disposition on the parr of planters to take hot and cold, wet and dry, as come, and to make the best of it. Oats are verv fine, and as yet there is no com"- pluiut about rust. GrLIiANINOB. There are now thirty,eight States in the Union. An lowa cow fetched j>7.200 last week. Iler name was Maud. The Somerville ( I'enn ) Falcn estimates the loss of horses and males in that county (Fayette)from buffalo gnats from last Friday night until Monday at from 3U<) to olid head. The Mooiie Register refutes Morton s slander, hv showini; that the cotton and tobacco of the South brought in the country more gold thm all the other agricultural pro ducts o! the entire union. A dispatch in the Charleston News and Courier, announces that the remains of Miss Auna Pamela Cunningham, the late regent of Mt. Acrnon, were interred vesterdav evening in the Presbyterian church yard. She was honorably distin guished for her successful exer tions to recover the Mount Vernon property from embarrassment and place it under national care and keeping She died at Rosement, her family seat in Laurens county. The latest and most reliable sta tistics of the Soutnern Biptists are ar follows; Alabama, 75.60(1 ; Ar katisas, 44.900 ; District of Co lumbia, 8,150; I' lOridu, 17,000; Georgia, 170.000; Kentucky, 147,- 000; Louisiana, 35,000; Mary land, 5.650 ; Mississippi, 88,800; Missouri, 88. COO; North Carolina, 116.500; South Carolina, 94,000; Tennessee, 104,300; Texas, 54.- 009; Virginia. 146.600; making a grand total of about 1,216.000 persons, of whom, perhaps, 300,- 000 are constituents of the South ern Baptist Convention. The war on Roman Catholic in stitutions in Prussia continues. — Saturday, Dr. Folk, minister of public instruction, introduced a hill for the suppression qf religious orders. The hill excludes all re ligions orders from Prussia, giving them certain periods in which to remove or dissolve. The property of the convents is not to he confis cated, hut will he temporarily ad ministered bv the State. The French government has com municated to our government the fact that it has appointed a commission to arrange lor the display of French pro ducts at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition A' the head of the com mission is a grandson of Lafayette. Copies of leading French j mnials have also been sent to Philadelphia, showing that a great deal of interest is being taken in the matter throughout the manufacturing d.striets of Fr.nce. Ailjoimii <! 4 ourt. At Chambers, May Bih, 1875. rniJE Begular March Term, 1875. of 1_ Greene Superior Court, having been adjourned until ihe 2d Monday in May next, to meet at the hour of 10 o’clock, a. m., and the Presiding Judge, from severe personal indisposition, finding it not possi ble to attend at the time of said Adjourned Term; It is ordered. That the Clerk of said Court of l.reeae county do adjourn said March Adjourned Term of Greene Superior Cou Ito meet on the and Monday in Julv liexi. ar me hour or - .-.i„..t an , . and the Jurors drawn and summoned to -mend at the said Adjourned Term, to he held on the 2d Monday insant. are required to at tend said Adjourned Term of Greene Su perior Court to be held on the 3d Monday in July next. Ordered, further, That the clerk of Greene Superior Court publish this order at the Court House door and also in the papers published in the city of Greenes boro’. Witness my official signature. G, T. Bartlett, J.3.0.G.C. may 10.li, 1875. ed EOKGlA—Greene County. T Columbus),. Park. Adni’i of Win, A. Florence, applies for Loiters of Dismis sion, and sucli Letters w ill be granted on •he first Monday h, August next, unless va lid objections thereto are filed JOEL V. TIIOKXXON. Ord’y. May 3rd, 1875—3 ms EOJtGlA—Greene County. 8 V Thomas Swindall, adniinistrator of Gilby Moore, applies for Letters of Dis gnission from said estate and such Letters fill he granted on the first Monday in igust next, unless valid objections thereto filed. tui vei un 'f , ’ r my hand and official signa llie olli dav of May. 1875. JOKL F. TIIOBNTON, Ordinary. ma *fith i 1875—3m* j'w Gmuisl'f ; Nsw Goods.: NEW GOODS!: J F. BALL & CO, -i. rr.iuw and IJ. F. HALL & flfl. I Arc now reccirin their Are now receiving their SPRIXO- STOCK SPRING STOCK Spring Stock J? ,ess Goods, Notions, of Ladies Dress Goods, Notions, Boots and Shoes, Boots and Shoes, Ladies' Tints, Gloves, Ac. Ladies' Ilats, Gloves, Ac. We are offering great We are offering great GREAT' ’ INDUCEMENTS Inducements to cash buyers Inducements to cash buyers as our stock has been ’anight for cash, with tresli goods and fair dealing ami short pro ofs. we hope to share a fair trade. We cab the special attention of the lad ics to our attractive stock of Ladies Hats. J. F. HALL A CO April 7th, W5.-3tno M’ McCALL, COPELAS & CO.’S SPECIAL COLUMN FOR TBH WEEK: c 50 Pattern* Neat Prints, with and without aid* borders, just received at McCall, Copelan 4 Co’a A A Large Lot Of heavy Linen Drills, and light,, medium, and heavy weight Colton ades can be found at McCall, Copelan 4 Co’s L The Thi-d Lot Of Black Grenadines, (that won’fc slip,) and are selling rapidly at McCall, Copelan 4 Co's L, . Striped Victoria Lawns One yard wide, at 25 cents per yard, at McCall, Copelan 4 Co’s r TlcCall, Copelan & Cos Keep a full line of serge, genuine calf, and goat Shoes, of T. Miles & Son’s make, Philadelphia. 0 Roant Reel In 3 It), cans and Dried Sweet Cons, can be had at McCall, Copelan jt Co's V Royal Celery Salt For Flavoring purposes at McCall, Copelan 4 Co's E Clothing, Clothing-, Clothing, anew lot of Men’s White Vests just in at McCall, Copelan 4 Cos s L A I¥ew Lot Of Plow Hoes received weekly at McCall, Copelan 4 Co’a A One Car Load Syracuse Salt, and Groceries of all kinds at McCall, Copelan 4 Co’a Shoes, Shoes, Gents’ genuine calf Congress Gaiters and Buckle Shoes, the neatest thing of the season, at McCall, Copelan & Co*§ & iVlilliuprj , Millin' ry, Sjiecml attention is directed to the Millinery Department, which is complete m the very latest style* of Hats and Bonnets, and Fancy Not#l - which are being received every week. The ladies are invited to cal) and examine. ~ all, Copelan A Cos. May 4th, 1875. CO,