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£jj> Hamilton Visitor by yp. Bfimsiti FRIDAY MORWIWQ MAY. 22, 1874 News from Texas. v r Through the courtesy of Di.T,.S. Mitchell we are permitted to publish the following extract from • private l iter lately received by bird from Mr. IT. M. Bryan, formerly of thia place. ■„ We are pleased to announce to onr readers that Mr. Bryan has signified his intention to write a series of let ters for the Vimtob. We know they will be interesting. But to the letter. It is dated at Johnson’s Station, Tarrant county, Texas, May dib, and we extract as follows* '' % ****** 1 have ho cause to altar from my first impressions which I. wrote you. This is certainly one of God’S favored spots. On the edge of the “ Cross b Timbers," all south and east open •t>rai*i,.which now is a grand sight. The farms as yet do not extend more than two miles from the timber. Go beyond these*, the prairie is a carpet of green, upon which children might roil' and tumble ■ for days without touching the'grdhnd.You can see hundreds of cattle, which are now beginning io roll in fatness; herds of from 10 to 75 horses, most of which fiirly glisten—ninfftenihs of which never tasted an ear of corn. They are about the size of Capt. Dendy’s cream down to Dr. O's gray. These, wild, are worth from S2O to 186; bfokdpwom S3O plenty of which will give three to five gal lopg; of milk, fronj to S3O. Bacon J2c. ;* corn $1; wheat $1.26 ; flour, at a splendid mill, best quality, 4(14 jc. Wheat,owing to tho wet spring, is somewhat affected with rust. Farm ers say it is not at all, fine, but to your humble servant it is bully —think it will average at least 20 or 26 bush els per aero. - It is- now in full head, and, 1 tell yon, it is a show. I know some pieces which I think are good for from 30 to 86 bushels. Oats look splendidly, which is nl ways the case. Tjtey nevdr count on less than fifty bushels. We hove had a very backward spring—wet and c{dd. Corn is srafrll—lias just started off. Farmers say they never saw it look so small; It is generally plonghed over. Cotton is all planted, and many have good stand*. ■ Everything is driving ahead. The people are sodding extensively this spring; usually with three .or four yoke of oxen. They tbep sow cotton seed broadcast, and brush it. It makes from 600 to 1,000 poandß . of. seed cotton per aore. Health as good as any country T ever saw, so far. •> There are three church organiza tions nt this place. Thick settlement, and only one burial since I came, and that au old man 80 years old. There arc some deer, a good many turkeys and prairie chickens, and this spring there were millions of what they call plover —a kind of snipe—a fine bird, between our snipe and the woodcock. I can stand in my door any morning aud count from ten to fifty in 75 yards, and if I had my old gun, could'kill enough for my family every morrting before breakfast.... Plenty' of mule-eared rabbits On the prairie. They can only catch them with gray-hounds—fine sport. * 4 * * * * Hot Shot from W. 1). Trammell. The following, taken from the Ma con Telegraph and MesaeOger, has been handed ua by Mr. Trammell, with a request that we publish it: Wavkrly Hall, Harr's Cos., Oa., May 2, 1874. . 7b the Editor of,the Telegraph and Messenger, printed at Macon , t'n JBibb county, gn, the Ocmulgee river, \ in. the central portion of this State.' Sm-1 do not read your paper. If J mil, you woutdartylst have a prima facie case of lnuoojr against me. But I si-o'the following attributed to you by Several other papers: A man named Trammell writes from Harris county to the Augusta 'Chronicle and Sentinel a Jt'fetacc qf the incendiaries and assassins of the Commune, declaring them to be “hu ' ihotiity’s heroes,” and their scheme of govchtntent “ the grandest concep tion of 'government the world ever v baW.” He ought to be shut up in l)r. Green’s, or some other State in stitution.” And aa for you, air, if impertinent ignorance was an offence against the laws of this State, you would long ago have been shutj up in "tome other State institution.” For the reet, had I not reason to suspect your pefeket to be as empt y of money as your head is of brains, I might afford to take some further notice of you. W. D. If. ISF* Ex-Governor Brown will con test the late act 'of the Legislature taring t’.e railroads, on twogfounda: tat.' That it ii a violation of the charter privileges of the roads. 2d. That the road belonga to the levees, and that they did not euter into an agreement with Uvs State to pay the taxes, and that to be com* jK'iled to pay thorn now would be ib jlUJiuith. Diu&n** Ffood. Three large reservoirs above Wll liamsl.Urg, Mass., which were con staucted to supply the manufactories of Williamsburg, Leeds and Hay* denviile, gave Way on the 16th, the water sweeping everything before it. The above towns were almost en tirely destroyed. A late dispatch says 160 lives were lost, and upwards of one million dol lars is property and treasure swept away. All the accounts attribute the dis aster to the weakness of the reser voir walls. They were not thick enough to resist a pressure of 126 acres of water, averaging 30 feet in depth. Details of the flood are heart rending. **'•’ i ." ; , The watchman discovered the dan ger, and rode down the valley,Rout ing the alarm, making three miles in fifteen minutes. .1$ Moj. Day took* op the cry at Haj denviile and carried it to Leeds, file reached there a little before 8 o’clock, shouting, ■“ The reservoir is broken 1 Save yourselves, for the flood is at hand!” He rnshed for the bridge over the Dover, and had got about half way over it, when the roar of coining water was heard by the in habitants, who by this time stood at their door steps. He dashed towards Florence, and the people looked towards the north of the dam and saw what appeared to them as the crest of an enormous moving wood pile fifty feet high. They knew what it was, and rushed wildly,up the slope to safe quarters. Their houses were left just as they stood, with tables for breakfast and children getting ready for school. In less than five minutes the stone dam had given way, and the great oolumn of water —laden with frame houses, huge mills, machinery, cows, sheep, poultry and human beings from IJay denville—plunged into the valley of Leeds. Murder in Newnan. A most horrible murder was com mitted in Newnan, Oa., on the 13th, an account of which we find in the Atlanta Constitution. A man named Stephen B. Brinkley entered the business house of his wife, and after an angry altercation be-r tween them, he stabbed tier to,the heart; killing her talmost instantly. He then tried to kill himself, but did himself no injury. Mrs. ,Brin)iley left two little girls and a baby only six months old, and the cries of the little ones for their best earthly parent are said tu have been heart-rendibg. This man Brinkley was tried at the last term of the court for an assault with intent to murder hiß wife, and was acquitted. Mrs. B. had institu ted proceedings of divorce because of bis cruel treatment. Brinkley was at once arrested and put in jail. The dastardly deed caused great indignation iu the community, and the desolate situation of the poor little children excites universal sympathy. Any man who beats, or otherwise cruelly treats hia wife, places himself on a level with the brute; but hang ing is too good for the wretch who takes the life of the being whom he has sworn to love, honor and protect. DirncuLTY is Columbus —Col. Fuench Strange, of Opelika, entered the office of the Enquirer, last Satur day ndorning, and demanded of Maj. Calhoun the retraction of an edito rial published nine months ago. ahd reflecting on him. Maj. C. refused to retract, and after some further Words, Col. 8, attempted to spit in the face of Maj. C. and pull his nose. The spitting was a failure, and as his hand touched the Major’s cheek, the latter gave him a staggering blow. While Col. S. was drawing his pis tol, several of the employees of the office rushed in, seised him, and took away his pistol. At that moment two policeman entered and arrested Col. Strange. A warrant, charging Col. S, with assault with intent to murder, was ob tained, and the case came before Justices Chappell and Shivers, but the hearing of it was postponed to Wednesday—Col. S. giving a bond of SI,OOO for his appearance. 9*Mr. Eden Taylor, Secretary o£ the State Grange, publishes the fol lowing : “An appeal has been made to our Master by the W. Master of Louisiana State Grange for help for the deeiitute agriculturists of his State. We hope, in conformity to our obligation and in harmony with the genius of our will at once forward to E. TaylovSecretary, each sum* to be thus appropriated aa yon may be able to contribute.” -. fie gho invests oowdoUtfr in Wi nMs shbntd inveet-obe dollar t&igg ihat'fcusiiiees.— A. T. Stewart. Meret HentlOß. -s ; J The Augusta Constitutionalist re porta the cotton crop in Barnwell district, 8. C., as destroyed by frost and heavy rains, and common cotton seed selling at fifty to seventy-five cents per bashel, and scarce at that. A few days ago, when. the flood fn the Mississippi was at its height, the width of the rivet from Cairo all the way to the gulf, was not less than fort? miles, and in some places it reached silty miles. Mr. J. B. Carver, of Rome, adver tises that he wants $30,000 in Con federate money of the dates of May 17 and 26, and June 15, 1862. He proposes to pay for it ten cents on the dollar in cash, or fifteen cents in goods from his store: says that he wants it to pay a war debt. Hon. David, flfeliish, a member of Congress from the .Ninth District of New York,, has been" removed from the Honse of Representatives to a recognized and well ordered insane asylum. 'Y’ : ' , 3 ■■ *• A close estimate shows that 7,650 persons have registered at the &L James and Grand National Hotels of Jacksonville, Fla., sisee November Ist last. Tallahassee, Fla., had green corn on the 10th of April. It is said that It rained, grasshop* pets in Kentucky a few weeks ago. A man in California has written a letter to parties in Illinois, confessing to having committed a murder there twenty-nine years ago. The loss by the fire in Milledge ville, on the 12th, is estimated at $50,000. The trial of Hooper for the mur der of Philips has resulted iu Hoop er’s acquittal. Mr. Win. Solomon, of Atlanta, fell from a window of his residence, on the 15th, and died in a few hours. A negro route agent on the State Boad has been arrested and jailed in Chattanooga for robbing the mails. The residence of Maj. C. J. Moffett, in Columbus, was burnt on the night of the 14th. Nearly all the personal effects were saved. The bouse was owned by Rev. Mr. Wright, and was covered by insurance. The Franklin News tells a dis graceful tale of a party who;-had a picnic at a church near tb#e, and played cards in the church and on the tombstones 1 Grant bas declared Baxter Gover nor of Arkansas, and ordered Brooks’ followers to disperse in ten days. The wife of Edward S. Stokes, the murderer of Fisk, bas procured a di vorce. Ten thousand dollars worth of diamonds and jewelry were seized Saturday from Solomon Abrahams, a passenger on the steamer Scotia, under a suspicion of having been smuggled. The Griffin News has reports of a heavy hail storm in portions of Meri wether county, last week, which was destructive to drops. The hail stones are said to have been so< heavy that they beat the bark off trees, and broke and battered up timber and plank fencing. Whooping cough in a malignant form is prevailing in Gwinnett county, near Lawrenceville. A number of persons have, died of It. Mrs. Sallie Brown, mother of ex- Governor Brown, and lion. James R. Brown, died in Cobb county on the 10th inst. She was an estimable aftd much loved old lady, aged 87 years. ■ ■ ■ ! •" r* The Mayor of Cincinnati will issue orders to the captains dP’pblice r to prevent the Women from praying m the streets hereafter. The Darien telegraph line, ftom Jessup to the Altarosba river, was sold the other day for $25. Gaines Chisolm, who killed Penn Bedell in Atlanta, has been acquitted. Gov. Moses, of South Carolina, has been indicted for grand larceny. One of Russia’s Grand Dukes was lately arrested for theft. He stole his mother’s diamonds to give them to an actress. The citizens of Shreveport, La., hung two gamblers on the 18lh for the murder of a man whom they had enticed into their den. The Savannah Advertiser-Repub lican says all the riou plantations from the Savannah and Charleston rail road bridge to Savannah, are report ed under water, with a consequent loss of crop. The damage is im mense, and planters are very much down in the mouth. “ Old Unde Sharper,” of Stewart county, ia 102 years old, and can pick 208 pounds of oouon in a day, but “Old Aunt Tahilha,” .of the same county, is sharper still. She •cores 108 years, and considers her self a * gal.” SAVE \ r By Baying a '**• m FLMU SEWIJt lAffliit. - To meet the urgent demand of the times the PLOIEXCE SEWI.VG UCBIXE CO. Hare Reduced the Price ef their Machines THIRTY PER CENT. The ftasiptCß Is the only machine lhat news backwards and forwards, or to the right and left, as the purchaser may prefer. In US -onstmetion the Flobbbcb Is the Knur inner and simple of any good sewing machine. Always tub Bbst—bow thb Chbamwt. FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE CO., inar22 15 Cotton Avcnne, Macon, Ga. EMPLOYMENT^ Every man, woman, hoy and girl who would like to engage in the busmens of sell ing Pictuies, Charts. etc., should‘send their address at once. From $8 to #l6 can easily be made. Send (or private terms and cata logue. Address W M Bcbbow, 200 Main st, Bristol , Tenn may 22-41 GEORGIA— Harris Ooukty. L W Pearce applies for exemption of personalty, and setting apart and valuation of homestead, and I will pass npon the same on the 30th inßtant, at mv < fhce. may22-2t J. FC. WiLUAMS. Orrf’y. THE BROWN COTTON GIN. The attention of planters and others is again called to the above old and reliable riMjkeot Cotton Gin*. They are furnished this year greatly Improved, and nothing which an experience of thirty years In their manufacture could sngge t has been left un done to make them the mo-t reliable and perfect Cotton Gin hi market. As the re sult of our effort* we need only refer to their established reputation anti uride-spre-d pop ularity. For Paammos or Workmanship, Strength liioirr Running, ami quantity and quality of lint riioDUCEB. we challenge com petition. We are prvpired to w a*rant to aay reasonable extent perfect aatisfartion to every planter or operator The G-ns are ■old at the lowest possible pi ices for good machines, and on reasonable terms. We in vite examination of the samples in the hands of our local agents who will give all desired information, and furnish applicants with cir culars and (spies of commendatory letters from parti- * using the Gins in all sections of the cotton planting country. Circulars, Price Lists, and oilier information, may lie obtained of our agents or by addressing the Brows Cotton Gin Cos., New London, Conn. J. R. SCOTT, Agent, We-t Point, G. RROSPEUTUSOF THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. Jambs Gordon Bennett, Proprietor The Weekly Herald Is published every Saturday, at five cents per copy. Annual subscription price:— One Copy . $2 Three Copies 6 Five Copies 8 Ten Copies 16 Postage five cents per copy for three months. Any larger number, addressed to names of suhscribeig, (1.60 each. An extra copy will be sent to every club of ten. Twenty copies to one address one year, $25 and any larger number at tbe same price. Two extra cop'eg will be sent to clubs of twenty. There rates make tbe Weekly Herald the cheapest publication in the country. Term* rash in advance. Money sent by mail wfll be at tbe rIA of the sender. A generous portion of the Weekly Herald will be appropriated to agriculture, floricul ture. pomology and tbe manag. ment of do mestic animals. Particular attention will be paid also to reports of tbe markets. The aim will be to make tbe Weekly Her ald superior to any otkeT agricultural and family newspaper in the country. Every number of the Weekly Herald will contain a select gtory and tbe latest and most important news by telegraph from all parts of tbe world up to the hour of publica tion. During tbe session of Congress the Weekly Herald will contain a summary of the pro ceedings and tbe latest news l>y telegraph from Washii gton, political, religions, fash ionable, artistic, literary and sporting intelli gence ; obituary notices, varieties, amuse ments, editorial articles on tbe prominent topics of tbe day, a review of tby cattle and dry goods markets, financial and commercial intelligence, and accounts of all the impor tant andlinteresting events of the week. The Herald employs no agents in the country nor in distant cities to canvass for subscriber*, as none are necessary. Any per son pretending to be an Wnt for the VV eekly Herald should be treated as a common swin dler. The dub system has abolished the agency system. It is safe and cheap. The price of subscription, whenever prac ticable, should be transmitted by post-office orders. It h the sifeet mode of transmitting money by mail. At small pat-offices in the country where post-office orders cannot be obtained, money may be remitted in registered letters. Ad vet the ment*. to a limited number, will he insetted fit the Weekly Herald. Price of the Daily Herakl, four cents s copy. Annual subscription price sl2, al ways la advance- Write the address an letters to the New Tork Herald. to S hold and legible hand, and give the name of each snbecriber, of poet-office, oounty and State as plainly that no ernes in mailing papers will he liable to pecur. j. H. HAMILT ON, WHOIJsSALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN BAGGING, TIES, fcACONV COIO, SALT, SUGAIt, CDFFEE, <fce., FLOUR! FLOUR! FLOUR! A LArgC Stuck of Hest Brands At prices which defy competition; - ALWAYS o*f HAND A FULL SrflCK OF Plantation & Family Groceries & Provisions. Junction of Franklin, Warren and Oglethorpe Sts, OOLXJMBtJH - - GEORGIA, No charge for Drayage. r fcb2l-Iyf ■ - '' ' ir 11 BOATBITB & CLAPP, Wholesale atld Retail Dealers in Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Boots, Shoes, &c. Have Jnst Received Their NEW SPRING GOODS. Best Spool Cotton 70c. Prints lOe. Dress. Goods atuLall other goods at very low prioes. 4—4 Bleached Goods 10@12^c.—.worth 168s Columbus, Ga., May 1, 1874. ;i thayl-3rrt ===!!^^— — ■■ . ■ ■■■ -■*- r ‘*--; 1874 SPRING MILLINERY 1874 CHEAPER THAN EVER, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL! MRS, L. A. LBS HAS NOW OPENED AT HER STORE,' . 75 BROAD BT-, COLUMBUS, GA, A Magnificent Stock of Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Hats, trimmed ami nntrimmed. Flowers, Parasols, Fans and Ifibbous. Hosiery, Gloves aud Corsets. And many other novelties, which she offers cheaper than ever. BQ. Orders faithfully attended to. tuavl- 2m GRAND ATTRACTION. NEW CLOTHING STORE. THORNTON & ACER, 78 BROAD ST-, COLUMBUS; GA, Having received their new stock of * % SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING, For Men’s, Youths’, Boys’ and Children’s wear, off. r super! r inducements to the trad*. Having carefully selected their goods with an eye to the wants of the trade, and the finan cial condit on of the country, and having purchased their entire stock for Cash, they atv enabled to offer great bargains to all buyers of good clothing. Their stock of Furnishing Goods is Complete, new, no\el and cheap. Give them a call.' aplo-6m J. W. PEASE & NORMAN, COLUMBUS, CIA,. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN e><3>@i2s 3 xphlsj®e s ©iec&astSs, chubim scors-nOi, v $ Asaissg jpaswmitev Rosewood seven octave Pianos from S3OO to SSOO. Geo. Woods A Cos., Mason A Hamlin, and other Organs. Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Banjos, mouth harps, sheet mußic, etc. We make orders for sheet music and music books every few days, and anything wanted aud not in stock, will k; ordered and furnished at publisher’s prices. nov7-ly W. J. CHAFFIN, booksullrei <*, station bil AND DEALER IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, ca&ostos, fbakss aud nouuDmas, NO. 92 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. A- WITTICH. C- M- KISSEL. WITTICH & KINSEL, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKERS, AWSLIRS Hi IHiilflßSp NO. 67 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. All of tbe Latest Manufacture* An entirely new stock of the best goods and the latest styles has been recently bought is New Tork, and is hereby offered gt the Lowwr Casa Pwcm. Dianosm. gold and silver Spectacus and Eye-Glasses, gold and silver Thiihib. ixair* gents’ Chains, plain and fancy Gold Bings of beautiful workmanship, •** ererj variety of article found in a First-class Jewelry Store. Stencil Pistes of every description cut at short notice. ■ , nte Sole Agent* for the celebrated Diamond Pebbled Spectacles and Eye-g!s*ee. . for the Arundel Pebble Spooks, which are slightly colored, and in high tovor with body using specks or ere-glasees. „ . , ; c ■ gsdgeP. Watch, Clock and Jewelry repairing in all (tabmnehee. Hair Jewelry, Society nsog Diamond setting, or any new work made to brder at regmpable chargee. , 91 i T Engraving prom ply executed. oc '“ ’