The Atlanta daily herald. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1872-1876, July 20, 1873, Image 4
The Daily Herald
SUNDAY. JULY 20, 1873.
(HE HERALD PLBU8HIAU COMPANY
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PATRONS OP HUSBANDRY AND MR.
GEO. W. GIFT.
' Editor Southern Cultivator:
1 concede the right to every men to be
hnmbngged *s it suite him ; bat I do not con
cede any men the right to hnmbag others,
| even thoagh he does it innocently. Of all
I the hambngs which have appeared since the
I day* of Know Nothiogism this of the Patrons
of Husbandry is the baldest and most shal
low. Ostensibly its objeot is a farmer's
anion, through which the world is to be reg-
: alstsd; railroads made to run at coat, mer-
! chants to sell goods without profit; whilst the
[ ™ 1 farmer, the lord of the soil, will get advanced
I go I wKZXLY, a Boots* 6c prices for his wheat, corn and meat In fact,
the great laws of supply and demand, and the
power of capital will be set aside by these peo
ple who go abont organizing granges !
We, too, concede the right ot every man to
be ‘^humbugged as it may suit him,” bat wo
shall not concede to Mr. George W. Gift the
right to instruct farmers upon a subject of
Columbus Enquirer of I7ih loot, says: -Mr. J*cob j which be is evidently entirely ignorant Mr.
Buhrer, a native of Canton Bcb»ffb»u*on. Switzerland, - (j|f| j s either ignorant of what he writes
yesterday purchased ot the drug otore of Mr. Eoatov a bo U t, or he has deliberately done the or
Ctapmanotwo^nnwriol of Undtonm .utiDB tbat^ of the Patrong of Husbandry
he waa tick and needed a dose. From the boot inlor- «> .... .. , , , _ . .
motion we can gather, he .wallowed the content, of I great injustice. It would be a sufficient
the vial at different time* during the day. Towards ! answer to the people of Georgia where these
night be went to hi* room on Thom** meet, iu • | gentlemen are known, lor them to be informed
stupid condition, and confessed what be had done, ^at 8ac ij pare patriots and earnest workers
The timely administration of antidote* put Buhrer on
hi* pin* again.”
Mr. David Ennis, an old citizen of Girard, opposite
Columbus, i* dead.
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Our State Exchanges.
The Telegraph and Meaaenger aaya,
team of horaea have attracted attention in Sew York,
aa will be aeen from the following paragraph, which
1 The Turf, Field and Farm of the eleventh
for the cause of agriculture as the Rev. U. W.
Howard, Dr. J. P. Stevens and Col. Geo. W.
Adams are the parties whom he charges with
that Clay's fine ! attempting to humbug the farmers of Geor-
of the monopolists make no better showing
tor their side than Mr. Gift, we do not ex
pect to be very much fatigued in our future
efforts to defend what we regard as the grand
est and most important move of the century.
THE CARLIST TROUBLES IN SPAIN.
Just at present the Carlist troubles in Spain
are occupying no small attention in Europe,
and we nightly receive more dispatches con
cerning them than from any other point on
the continent Don Carlos, the Pretender to
the crown of Spain, and in whose interest the
present insurrection was excited, is a great-
grandson of Charles IV, of Spain, who waa
succeeded to the throne by Ferdinand VII.
His grandfather, Don Carlos, the first pre
tender, was a brother of Ferdinand, and, un
der the Salic law which prohibited females
wearing the crown, was the legal heir to
the throne. Ferdinand married Maria Chris
tina, who bore him two daughters, the eldest
‘In fact, I know from the Trnatees that they
are desirous, whenever their funds will war
rant, still further to liberalize this Education- :
Alabama News.
The Alabama and Chattanooga Road —The latest
al policy 80 as to swell the list of beneficiaries I «“'“*««“ concerning thl. roral la. that J. 0. Stanton
ha* resigned and ha* nothing whatever to do with the
road, and that C. L. Fitch i* the General Superintend
dent of the Alabama and Chattanooga Road.
Captain W. B. Brannon, an old citizen of Eufaula,
ladead.
The Talladega Reporter say* more fodder can be
to the largest possible number. The truth of
it is, the Trustees intend to make Mercer a
University in reality as well as in name, and
they shall have all the aid and co-operation I
can give them."
We were glad to find in Mayor Huff such a
warm friend to this University. When it is
remembered what a numerous and wealthy
membership the Baptists have in this State,
there certainly ought not to be the slightest
difficulty in raising all the* funds necessary to
carry out the laudable and practical desires of
the Trustees. The Hebajld will take great
pleasure in publishing anything from the
friends of this enterprise calculated to promote
its success.
While we do not believe iu Government
building railroads, or churches, or school
of whom was Isabel, the late ex-Queen ^ ouse8 » but confining its spherp solely to the
of Spain. There being much enmity be- j Protection of person and property, yet we are
tweeu him and his brother,Ferdinand, issued j never theless warm advocates for enlisting in-
a decree abrogating the Salic law, and de- j dividual enterprise in promoting all these ob-
claring Isabel the legal heir to the throne, j j® 0 ®** an< * es P ec i&My that of education.
cause of the uproar. They resolved to sit np
all night. They sat until very late on the
front steps. About midnight a shower of
bricks and stones, hurled by invisible assail
ants, came flying along th*e passages, and the
watchers were glad to escape for their lives.
They resigned their lease and vacated the
premises.
An old man named Johnstone lived in one
of the Port Royal valleys. His house was
built on the slope of a gully, the back of it
raved from on. acre In millet than from twenty acre. ! on ‘ h ® rock . the front on pillnrs
Z
Several paraons in Bollock pMuted buckwheat thle : neighborhood, aft hig flocks and herds in-
apring. The Union Springe Time* raja It came np | creased, and everything he put his hands to
readily, grew off luxuriantly, and la now (July ith) In j prospered. His neighbors laid their heads
fall bloom.
We clip the following from the Topeka Time*: Riley
Driver, a colored man, desire* information of hi* son.
who, before the war, was called Jeff. Prior. He lived
in Pike county, Georgia, when last beard from, about
three year* ago. Also would be glad to hear from hi*
sister, R»md* Driver, who lived in the same county.
together and went to the •beahmao.
OBEAH AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.
The valley was thickly settled, and the
obeahm&u 6&w s chance to establish a reputa
tion, and make plenty of money. He deter
mined to “set" the obeah effectually. One
day Johnstone and his son west to town. In
Riley Driver live* in North Topeka, Kansas. Georgia j the afternoon there was a heavy thunder
paper* please notice or copy. storm in the mountains, and the rivers came
one half intere*t in the North Alabamian and Time*, down. Johnstone dared not return that night,
at Tuscumbia, i* offered for **ie. ' ^ ould not venture across the swollen
I streams. When be reached home next morn-
°n the morning of the 18th Inst by Rev. T. F. I ing ear l y , he found his house in ruim , Ex .
Mangmn, at the residence of the bride . mother; Mr. ; amination showed that the three wooden pil-
Walter A. Douglas to Mis* Mary A. Sinclair; both of Jars in front had been sawn almost through
Tuskegee, Alabama. go that a shove with a long pole would snap
At the Magruder House, on Tuesday, 15th in*t., by i them. The sawing had no doubt been done
Subsequently,while lying ill aud expecting to ! rpjm statu, MEDALTO e\-GOVEI(AUK 1 W, G. Brewer, Esq., Mr. Egbert Reynold* to Miss day time when Johnstone and his sod
surd attack of this champion of mon-
We will inform Mr. Gift that
gia. These are the gentlemen who are en
trusted with the duty of organizing granges,
1 and it would be a waste of time to attempt
instant: In the good old ante-bellum day*, when the ^ defend such gentlemen from the ab-
opulent planters of the South made the fortunes of
the watering place hotels, it was a common thing to
aee in our parks and on our promenades the most j opoly.
magnificent prodnetions of our most eminent carriage ! this Order is not only “ostensibly," but in
builders, drawn by superb spans and double teams re a.lity a union of farmers. It is a necessity
of beautiful horses, whose blood like appearance , bee n t orce d upon them by the
gave unmistakable evidence of their Southern ...... .
Seeding. a. the Sonth >. .lowly recovering powerful combination among railroads and
from the lorac. »nd diraaten of the war, the stream j monied men, which have so far had but one
of Southern travel la gradually returning to the old i tendency, and that has been to reduce the
channel. We were forcibly reminded of thia pleasant j , 0 vassalage and poverty. Oo-opera-
fect by the appearance on onr fashionable drives of a j; ve combination exists in every department
fonr-in-hand team—a quartette of uolle grey*, every . .
on. of which, in hi. lofty creat and magnificent ac-1 °* business except agriculture. The farmer
lion, shows hi* descent from a long line of thorough- j may make a hundred bales of cotton, which
bred ancestors. This noble team, unrivaled in New will contribute a hundred thousand dollars to
York even by the famous team of Mr. Fellows, w»a RQ pport of others, and yet leave him
brought here from Georgia by Mr. J. J. Ct*y, of Macon. ^ ^ for baving raUad it When it
Mr. Clay handle* the ribbon, with a akffi worthy of I . . . . . . . . „ . ..
the tram, which la the prid. ami admirals of the leaves his plantation he pays toll to the
South, and which has, at the various fairs, distanced ' railroad, wareho usage to the cotton merchant,
all competitors by carrying off forty-one premiums in ! drayage to the drayman, commissions to
various forms. the cotton broker, profits to the manufacturer,
Mr. Rowsy, of Hart county, was killed by the falling j employment to the carpenter who boxes the
of a tree. | goods, and they come back to him in the shape
The Augusta Chronicle announces another scheme ^lico, worth one dollar per pound. Now,
which pr.mlra.wU for that Aa Kogli.ho.pLj objection to all of these parties
taliat haa anbacribed *32,000 toward, forming a land . J . .... ,
company, with .capital of *100,000. Th. balance wra | making their living in this way. They have
made np by residents of Augusta, and the company is
now a certainty. The Chronicle says: “The English
capitalist referred to, as] an inducement for citizens
here to join him ia a manufacturing enterprise
to be established on the Augusta canal,
stated that he would head a subscription list
in Eaglaod with eleven thousand pounds
(fifty-five thousand dollars), to organize a company for ! to b e their overseer and to find him
self besides. Farmers discovering that
that they were growing poorer and poorer
the right to employ their intellects and money
to advance their peculiar and individual in
terests, so long as they are honest, bat what
we do obiect to is, that owing to “ co-opera
tive combined effort" among them all, they
have managed so as to reduce the farmer
the purpose of building on ssid csnal a factory of '
05.000 spindles, and use his influence to get np a com
pany with a capital of one million dollars with that
view. M. J.J. Gregg wiu leave for Englaud thia morn.! each year, working harder and harder, have
ing to perfect the scheme in concert with the capital- finally come together to ask themselves and
ist. He is sanguine of success, aa he hss received ; each other, "What are we to do ? At this
great encouragement from prominent English capital- | point 8 pringS np the Order of the Patrons of
ista. If the scheme lie perfected, as we trust and be- 1
live it will be, a great impetus will be giv
die, the adherents of Carl’s forced him to re
establish the law ; but on his recovery he re- |
affirmed the decree of abrogation.
On the death of Ferdinand
daughter Isabel was proclaimed Queen. Sim
ultaneously Carlos proclaimed himself King,
and a civil war ensued, which lasted several
years, and resulted in the defeat of the Car-
lists and the flight of Don Carlos into France.
He married twice, his first wife being Maria
Francisco, a daughter of John VI. of Portu
gal ; and the second Maria Theresc, Princess
of Beira. Among his children by Maria Frau-
cisca was his eldest son, Carlos, who was born
in 1818, and in whose favor the Pretender ab
dicated in 184.5. Four years later be made an
attempt to enter Spain lor the purpose of fo
menting a revolution, but was arrested and
forced to relinquish his design. He was not
a man likely to press his claims to the throne
very vigorously, os he loved his ease and pre
ferred the society of women to the carnage of
the battle-field. He died in I860.
The present Don Carlos is the eldest
son of the second pretender by Maria
Carolina Ferdinanda, a sister of the late
King of Naples. He was born in 1851, and
is consequently quite a young man. His first
attempt to excite a revolution in his favor was
in 1869, about the time of the overthrow of
Isabel. Prim and Serrano, however, dis
persed his Basque followers in short order.
After Prim’s death, and the accession of Ama
deus, Carlos revived his attempts, but his ad
herents were beaten. Just prior to the abdi
cation of Amadeus, the present insurrection
was started, and it bids fair to last as long as
that which the grandfather of the present
Pretender waged against Isabel.
The great bulk of the Carlists are to be
found in the Basque provinces, which divide
France from Spain. In these rugged and
mountainous regions dwell rude and hardy
mountaineers whose devotion to Don Carlos
CHARLES J, JENKINS.
We have received the correspondence of
Governor Smith with ex-Governor Jenkins,
which we shall publish on Tuesday. We re
gret not receiving it in time for this issue, as
it commemorates an event which will form
an important epoch in Georgia history.
The whole correspondence is very interest
ing, and no doubt will be read with lively in
terest. The names of all the actors in this
interesting drama will be held in proud re
membrance by the people of this State long
after they have passed away.
We are glad to find Governor Jenkins re- j
ferring to those from whom he derived im- |
portant aid in snch grateful language. With- j
out intending to ignore the part acted by any, 1
it may not be amiss to state that to Col. John
Jones, the bold, fearless and honest Treasu-
Emm* Hugging—an of Mscon county, Ala. , w ere known to be absent. The long pole had
Itobert C. Brick,!., htaiy .ppolnta.l to th, Supreme j !£“ **?!
night time when it was supposed the old man
and his son were fast asleep in the front part
of the house. The truth about the matter
did not come out for some time, and when it
began to be whispered the obeahman de
camped. He was subsequently arrested for
practising obeah and received a flogging and
a year's imprisonment He is now a more
successful obeahman than ever.
interaata of Augu.ta, and a largo addi-1 necessity and an infant in age, Jt baa already
proved itself a giant in influence and power.*,
We do not intend to make war upon mid.
tion made to her material wealth aad prosperity
When th* excursion from ltlll*dg*vill* to Augusta
take* place on the 20th, Bishop Gross will preach twice ] die men and merchants. They are a neces
sity. But we are rejoiced to see farmers,
too, combining to remedy some of the
evils that have heretofore kept them down.
i Sunday. He will also deliver four lectures at the
State House, beginning on Monday night and closing |
Thursday night.
Mr. B.M. Zettler, Superintendent of Bibb county . . . r
_ . , , . . , . . . . . The prosperity ol the farmer is as important
Schools, makes a long report, which show* a great un- i r 1 J r
provement in the institutions under his charge. The i to the merchant os to himself, for a declining
schools have cost $20,000 in the pa«t year. Two more ( agriculture will certainly produce a languisli-
bulldiogs are projected.
On the 7th and 8th of August the “Clayton County !
ing trade.
One of the chief evils that this Order pro-
Agricultural Society” gives its annual Fair, which is ; t 0 remedy is, that reckless disposition
open to all the surrounding counties, no entry fee be
ing charged for any article.
to bay on credit, which has proved rninous
to both farmer and merchant. Now, how
The Savannah News says: Mr. Dell, of Atlanta,..-, , _ . _
c-ntly dlirarad au oration to. -Phltaraphy of j docs the ° rder P ro P®“ *° reach thl8? Iu th »
Clubs.” There was no allusion to the philosophy of ! first place, by encouraging an economy that
the Jack of Clubs, and yet nothing would be more in- j will save, and an aversion to debt that will res-
toresting to the amateur student of several-up.
I trict a farmer to the cultivation of only so much
The Newnan Herald is hereby informed that we do land as he can manage without going on a
credit to the merchant. How is this to be ac-
not iaaue an evening paper, but send them the very
latest news up to the minute the 11 o'clock train at > .. . .. Z " .
night leave*. Wfiat wr fail to get In our Aral edition, i complied ? How ,s the farmer who has no
is included in the edition for the next day.
The Macon Telegraph learns from the editor of the
Brunswick Appeal that the parties in the Brunswick
and Albany railroad suits have effected a compromise
by which the contractors accept a preferred lien for
thirty per cent, of their claims, aud the bondholders
take judgment for the fsos amount of their bond* and
interest, the roitd to be sold at Brunswick on the 15th
of October next.
A gentleman who reached Columbus Thursday re
ports that all trains coming to Montgomery from all bale of cotton for each member ot his grange,
qnartera, rave theeratera, are .topped aix mile, from i be to At l an t a nex t November and sold,
tt. city and carefully examined and queationad j , Qd tho proceeds applied to tbe establishment
Thoae who evince any symptoms of cholera sre sent ! , _
I nf Q Varmavu 1 Until- Tkia .. .ee . I
U(4 ^ is only equalled by their religious fervor. To
to the ! Husbandry, and, though the “offspring of j men Q f their own faith they ^re hospitable
and kind; to those who even question the
truth of the Catholic religion they are hostile
to implacability. Of little education, and
completely under tbe influence of their clergy,
who are, in these provinces, the most bigoted
and intolerent set of men in the world, they
have been taught to regard Carlos as their
only legitimate monarch, and as the only true
exponent ot their faith.
But, notwithstanding the ultramontane
character of Carlist Catholicism, the preten
sions of Don Carlos have never received a
warm support at Rome. The Papal Govern
ment have always been afraid lest the vio
lence of Carlist religious zeal would do
the church more harm than good; and, as a
consequence, the Pope has refrained from
using his influence in the several attempts
made by Carlos to seize the throne.
An overwhelming majority of Span
iards are opposed to Carlos, and the
insurrection now raging in northern Spain
would be summarily suppressed, but for the
terrible lack of discipline in the Spanish
army, and the political differences of officers
commanding it. We do not believe Don
Carlos will succeed in seizing the govem-
troller General in the following terms, which
will meet with a hearty response by every
one who reads it:
“lam prompted, both by inclination and
a sense of duty, to refer, in this connection,
to certain most worthy gentlemen in close
official association with me, and who shared
the responsibilities, trials and perils of the
time. I allude to Mr. John Jones, Treasurer;
Nathan C. Barrett, Secretary of State, and
John T. Burns, Comptroller General.
The position of Treasurer was the most ex
posed and perilous of all, because tne Treas
ury was the objective point of the raid. To
carry into effect promtly and successfully Ex
ecutive directions for placing the funds of the
State beyond the reach of the raiders, aud
still to confront them iu their rage, was noth
ing less than the exhibition of moral hero
ism."
Court bench of Alsbams, rose from the printer’s esse.
His father was a printer, aDd Mr. Brickell himself
worked several years at the trade before he commenced
the study of law. He is said to be a fast compositor.
The Mobile Register says:
“On Saturday evening, at «.** o’clock, at hia resi
dence in this county, died the Hon. Drury Thompson,
who hss been a resident of Mobile county for the past
fifty-six years Mr. Thompson came to our city in j the CURSE.
1817, and waa acventy-one yaara old at tho time or bia ■ I wi n c | ose tbis Ietter wjth a remarkable '
de,llh -” ! story ot obeah. At tbe Eleven Mile, St.
Col. Saffold, editor and proprietor of the Selma ! David’s, there is an old colored man named
Times, i* confined to hi* bed with chills and fever. Cole, who makes his living by cutting grass.
! His feet are precisely like yams. Take a yam
[ out of the ground and place it beside the old
man’s feet, and yon could not tell the differ
ence. Some time ago there was resident near
by an old man who had the reputation of pos
sessing supernatural power. He had once
practised obeah, but latterly had discontinued
it. One night his field was robbed. All his
beautiful yams were dug out of the pit and
carried off. The settlers around were indig
nant, as the old man was much liked. After
a patient seorch for the offender the old man
announced that he was going to set obeah for
the thief. This stirred up the neighborhood,
as he had not done snch a thing since he had
become a member of the church. The obeah
was set, and the old man publicly proclaimed
the fact, announcing that from that time forth
the thief8 feet should be turned into yams.
My informant declared to me that Cole’s feet
at once began to be transformed, and in a
short time presented the appearance of a
couple of large warty yams. I have seen the
victim’s feet many a time, and certainly I
never saw anything look more like yams; how
they looked before the obeahman made his
The Obeahman’s Curse.
How ttie West Imllta. Kegrot-s Av«
Their Wrong*.
especially due the glorious result j HOW THEY SET 0BEAH iSD H0W 1T "°eks-how
which has been so gratefnllv acknowledged
through Governor Jenkins. Treasurer Jones
kept the seal, and never parted with it until
he coaid safely return it to hands that would
scorn to use it for the injury of Georgia.
Governor Jenkins refers to tbe conduct of
the Treasurer, Secretary of State, aud Comp- j na | Vfricanr“even to“tte'fifth Md ‘sixth ^"gen-
OBEAH RAISES GHOSTS AND BRINGS DEATH—
OBEAH PROTECTING THE SQUATTERS
AND DRIVING AWAY THE
WHITE MEN.
Correspondence of the New York Sun.
Kingston, Jamaica, W. L, June 1, 1873.
In this island the descendants of the origi-
eration, believe in and practice obeah. L.t-
terly tbe government has taken cognizance of
it as a crime, and it is now punishable with
the cat-o’-nine-tails and hard labor. Among
all classes of the colored population obeah is
practiced to some extent, and there are many
white residents even who, though they regard
it with disfavor, would nevertheless feel very | threat I cannot say.
uncomfortable if told that obeah had been '
“set" for them. The professional obeahman
practises with $peat secresy, yet he makes a i
good thing of it and prospers temporarily, j
his client often paying him liberally for his *
services.
r I have conversed with several negroes who
for years have had a reputation as obeahmen.
As a rule they are shrewd, observant men, re-
Life in Paris.
SUPPOSED MURDER AND 6UICIDE—END OF
I.IFE OF PLEASURE.
Correspondence of the New York World.
A drama still revealed only in part has just
tiring in their habits, and of good character ! occurred. It is probable we shall never know
apart from their profession. I will try in this I more of it, for tbe chief, if not the only ac-
letter to give yon some idea of the way in | tors, lie in their graves. This is all I have
which they perform, or—to ose the common I been able to gather: A M. Touchais was well
term—set obeah.
money to get even a little to begin the system
of cash trading ? Wo reply, by raising the
value of his land by snch a combination as
will make it the very best security for borrow
ing money. Suppose, for illustration, that in
the county of DeKalb there should be ten
granges, with an aggregate membership of one
OUR WEST POINT RAILROAD MAIL.
Our cotemporary of the Newnan Herald j
HOW THEY SET OBEAH.
Let it be supposed that a negro by diligence
and tact has acquired a respectable standing
in his village. He has built a good house, has
a neat, well-arranged kitchen iu one corner of
his yard, and owns a couple of donkeys, a
mule, a brood mare, and a number of pigs,
errs in supposing that the paper we now send j goats, fowls, and other small stock. A neigh-
to our subscribers on the West Point Road is ' bor becomes jealous and envious, and wauts
an evening edition. It is our regular morn-1 him brought down. His character
i.
shape ot local and telegraphic news which ous, as it might involve the destruction of the
reaches this offico up to eleven o'clock | entire settlement and the ruin of the incendi- j IlYC “ n * r
at night. As a consequence, nothing is lost | cWhmn is therefore re- f^^lo^e”?^ ^ meL ^
by our subscribers but the midnight dis- X^fctimof hta“arta! Obeah'“s "s"r 10^1^1! ! ? r since her brother-indaw (who had
known among a certain class of pleasure-
seekers; he had money and an iron constitu
tion, which a life of debauchery had been
unable to corrode. His liberality and gene
rosity to tbe sex was so notorious that he was
obliged, when he came up to town on busi
ness (he lived in the provinces,) to assume a.
false name to protect his hotel from invasion.
His favorite was a widow of excellent lamely,
who was still voung, and who, if not beauti
ful (French women rarely are,) had a well-
made body, developed by exercise. Riding
was her favorite pleasure. She spent hours
daily in a riding school. She could not re
ceive him at home, for she lived with her
patches, which are inserted in the next day’s j This is done in such a way as to come to his
edition. In fine, we send the same paper ■ knowledge.
down tbe West Point road that we send down j * or instance, a hole is dug in his field or in
.. , r . .. . .. .. . i.the small coffee-patch near his house, and into
the Macon road, so that the suggestion of our ; this is put a bottle containing some ill-smell-
cotemporary, if adopted, would not make it j ing liquid. The newlv turned earth attracts
any better.
the man’s attention, and on searching he finds
to giving our patrons a good newspaper be
tween here and Montgomery, we have re
organized our news room, put ou an addi
tional force of printers, and cau aud will
ment. but ha will probably w^o iTar for | ““ ke , the . H f RALD the b * St uews P a l >l ‘ r P ub '
many months longer before the Spaniards
We mast also add that the West Point ■‘* iebot . tle \ Or l>«b.ps a stick twisted fantas-
.... „ ,, , , I tically is placed at his door. He knows at
edition of the Herald contains ad the latest | 0llce this is obeah, and begins to be wretch-
market reports, and in this matter it is ahead j ed. He tells his family, and they join him in
of all cotemporaries. In short, with a view 1 misery. The fact leaks out among the
1 neighbors, aud they and their childrsu run
and hide when thev see the victim of obeah
I fished in Atlanta.
thousand. The masters of these ten granges j wlII ' leara wisdom enollKb to end tbeir petty '
come together and they agree to furnish a I qUttrrel8aud concentrate their strength against
to the hospital. Those who are well cad go oa. The
treins from the etst ere not troubled.
The Cetooee Ceurier says: “ Mr. Williughem is well-
known to the people of Georgia, as e strong and vigor
ous writer. He wee for meny yeers the editor of the
LeGrenge Reporter, end for some months tbe sssociete
editor of the Atlente Sun. We congratulate the citi
zens of Griffin upon his secession to the Star, end
tender brother Willingham our sincere wishes for hi*
success in the field to which he he* removed.”
The seine paper says: “The growing corn cr od in
of a Farmers’ Bank. This gives a capital of
$75,000. Next spring three or four farmers
want each a car load of corn. Instead of pur
chasing this corn on time and paying fifty
per cent, more for it than thdy would be com
pelled to pay cash, they make a joint
note, go to this bank and pledge their
land for repayment. They get the
money at a low rate of interest and buy
their corn. Tbe note falls due, and will cer-
North Georgia, north of the Oostaneula 1* needing • tainly be paid, for a refusal to pay would sub-
rein, up to the present time the prospect for a fine crop ] j ec t parties to the censure and condemna-
has been exceedingly promising, but a protracted 1
drouth now would rain everything. We trust that
Heaven will bless cs soon, with bountiful showers
aad that such a heavy yield of corn will be harvested,
as will In a measure compensate lor the failure in the
wheat crop.
The merchants of Hswkinsville are paying 27 ‘4 cent*
per pound for wool in the bale, and 25y, cent* for
loose wool.
The Dispatch says:
Friday night last some person went to the cabin of
James Robertson, a colored man living on the farm of
Mr. Wm. CoOlhs, and fired a load of shot Into him.
Robertson waa sltttng in tua cabin reading. The muz
zle of the gun was placed la a crack, there wae a flash,
a report, and Robertson lay stretched upon the floor.
Dr. Johnson was called to attend him, and he is likely
to recover, thoagh the wound is severe.
Robertson suspects another freedman of shooting
him.
Mrs. M. Jj. Davis, wile of Mr. Robert Davie of Dooly
county, died at the residence of Mr. J. W. Cerruthers
in HawMs^lh, on Tgesflay *<*»!*g. l«fc tost.
The baby cr6p of Columbus is in floe condition, with
promlatng proajMcta.
Dr. Lorta Pima ia Mill imprertn,.
A Columbn, man be. rar.nU, raosinU 9ve cotton
(in. that were confiK*t,d in N.w Orleans b, Brut
Butler.
F. Wbratan, for twenty year, ronsecteff with tbe
central BMlrrad. b>. taken charge of th. 8[wtawood
Motel, la tUcoo.
Fram*no*hl.ld:
’ C. L Hterap. aad M. A. Ballard, who era farming oa
'he plantation at Mr. W. K. BaUerd, .bent Or. mllM
(root thl. ptaee. ha* a field of cotton that wra In fall
hloea. on the 00th of Jan*.
tion ot their own neighbors aad friends,
and their neighbors would know tbe value of
the lands, and could easily make the money.
See tbe saving ou one thousand bushels of
corn. The cash price on the loth of May,
90 cents. Time price, paynhle 15th of Octo
ber. $1.35. Iu other words, 50 per ceot. ad
ditional for fire months' credit.
1,000 bushels on lime. $1,350 00
1,000 bushel, cash tfilO 00
$
450 00
37 50
DeducJ 5 months int. at 10 per cent
In 1,000 bushels dear saving $ 413 SO
Here is a clear gain to tonr larmers in 1,000
bushels of corn of $412 50—equal to nearly
six bales of cotton. If the patrons of hus
bandry should accomplish nothing more than
this feature of combining capital among
fanners, it would be worthy of tbeir atten
tion ; but thia is only one of tbe great ends
in view. This, too, is entirely practicable,
for the writer of this was In a Orange not
long since w hen the proposition to subscribe
a bale of cotton was offered, and every mem
ber subscribed one and some two or three.
Ur. Gift says: *Tf an y patriot thinks he
will have a good thing in a small tilt on thia
question, let him atrip and aail in."
We hereby pledge tbe Hxbald to “sail in”
whenever Hr. Gift or any other person makes
an attack, and we can say tbis, if the balance
him and his followers.
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
When we were last in Macon, Mayor Huff,
with that conrtesy which distinguishes him,
took great pains to show ns all the public
buildings, and the improvements going on in
the city. He first earned os to Central Citv
Park, which is not surpassed, for beauty of
location, and the adapledness of the build
ings, by any park in the United States. We
know this is strong language, bnt we mean it
Central City Park is one of the most beauti
ful places in the country, and the grounds
are not surpassed as Fair grounds any where.
After a pleasant drive through the Park, be
remarked to us, “ Now, I will show you the
pride of the Baptists, and I may say, the
pride of Macon. Let us drive to Mercer Uni
versity.'' Situated on the top of a beautiful
eminence, with Tatnall Square in front, stood
os fine college buildings as are to be seen in
tbe South. “Now, sir,” said he, “there is
Mercer University, and we intend to make it
a University, or we will worry every Baptist
in Georgia end the Sottli until he will be glad
to do s' liething f is. The University is
now worth, in real , .ate, stock, and bonds,
about $3'10,000. t hese buildings are being
lived with her) received M. Touchais’ visit.
He knew the latter, and waa familiar with the
intimacy existing with his sister-in-law, for
the large amount of money which she spent
exceeded her income. M. Touchais said:
“Your sister-in-law committed suicide yes
terday, at 15 Kne de la Grange Boteli’ere.
Come for her corpse; it is in a trank which
I have placed in those lodgings.” The
brother-in-law thought Mr. Touchias deliri
ous, still, as there might be truth in his de
clarations (vicious people rarely die in their
beds) that be went with him, and sure
enough, there in a portmanteau lay the corpse
coming, lest his shadow should fitll npon them •rLnchSo^ivlSiS J'a 't tl ^ ^° n ^ x ‘
. .... , f r ' Touchias confessed that the previous evening
" I they had dined together; two claret bottles
how the obeah woEKs. and a champagne bottle, all three empty, and.
By and by the obeabed man grows sick 1 broken victuals on plates and dishes con-
from fretting and anxiety. Then the neigh-1 firmed this assertion. After dinner he bad
bors roll their eyes and raise their hands aud ■ informed her that their intimacy must cease,
exclaim, “Hi! obeah work. Me no tell you ' She, no longer young, depended upon Mr.
so ? Grass soon grow da him do.” (Grass | Touchias for the gratification of her expen-
lu repealing the ordinance prohibiting the ' ^ £»£ XSSS^^St
If the obeahed man does not fret himself 1 (habit binds stronger than passion). She up-
into sickness, the first misfortune that befalls 1 braided him with all her vehemence, and so
sumed a grave responsibility. As is very 1 will be attributed to the obeah, even ' fatigued, so irritated him with her tears and
ii i 4i u r tt '.a, , a, ! though it should come vears after. A com- her reproaches, he rose, went out and left
well known, the Board of Health opposed the , luon \ aying aulong the ' uegroes is .< Obeah 1 her. It was four a. m. when he returned,
repeal on the ground that, while the fruit might j travel long. ’’ Although he had a key he was unable to open.
Where the obeahman has a reputation to tbe door—the latch behind it had fastened it.
keep up, he will generally find means to see 1 He kicked open the door, and in the gray
that the obeah does not fail. If no ordinary ! fight of that early hour he found her body
trouble or disaster befall the victim, the
obeahman will, either himself or by his agents,
bring mislortune on him. A favorite mare
will be found dead in the bosh. A herd of
stray cattle will in the night time be turned
into the doomed man's field, aud bis growing
produce will be destroyed. Or even in some
A GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY .
sale of watermelons in Atlanta during tbe
i present summer, the City Council have as-
not be the means of bringing cholera here,
it was more than like to aggravate cases of
cholera morbus, a disease now prevalent in onr
midst. As the matter now stands, if we bav %
cholera in Atlanta and the spread of the dis
ease is attributed to watermelons, tbe Coun
cil will be wholly to blame. That the per
mission to sell the fruit may not result inju
riously to the public health does not make
OREAH AND DE.yTH
the action of the Council in disregarding the an,J tbe victim driven *° a borrU,le en<l
advice of the health officers lees grave aDd
less injurious to the sanitary interests ot the
city.
dsngling lifeless to a rope. He cut her down,
released her neck from the fatal noose, and
tried to recall the vital spark. It had fled
beyond recall. Crazed by all them incidents,
he went to Pasy, rented a lodging there—Bue
Pergolese, bought a portmanteau (so large the
QHHL H flSI H BH. corpse was placed unmntilated in it), sum--
cases poison will be secretly administered, 1 moned the janitor and a porter to help him
1 bring the portmanteau down stairs and place
t tt on a cab, drove it to Pasy, placed the
Iu the Pariah of Thomas in the East | and left
portmanteau in the newlv-lea-ed lodgings
there is a thrown up estate known as Cool ,
widow and children.
Tbe people .round Rockmert a
erected
vervitv ?
,itL a vie
there, intending never |
return. But his hands were full.
_ Spring. Years ago the original proprietor [ of gore. and gore attracted them
Th. committee appointed to receive contribution, j <!““*<* “>® property end soon a number ol: with all its weird magnetism. He wandered
for the benefit of th. f.tally of General Cl^ton .nb- ‘"‘KJ 06 *, ^rst they occu- j in the Bo.s de Boulogne, he wandered in
mit their first report, which w, find pubU.h.d in the ^ * he hl « h ll * Dd ' b . u * 1-T »t>dby they Nemllv, he wandered in Pern, his fevered
t.iv.rfi... Th.(r ..hisu A... ,V.. enoroached on the ground nearer the great brain, insensible of time or distance—of eve-
Montap-ery Anvertieer. Their exhibit show, that j bouae> This arouse,! the attornev of the I rvthing except the secret which was ecoroh-
lour thonrand three hundred raid thlrty-thre. doil« j prolierty , and be rented the great house at a i ing him-so he waa goaded back to Pasy.
end fifty-seven cen.s h.ve been collected, ad of which j obeap rate in order to have some one on the I There he took the portmanteau again and
hra been expended in Ihe pnrchno of a lot and the j Hpo t to keep the negroes in check. White ! brought it back to No. 15 Bue de la Grange
erection of houBe, which h*a been made over to the , men, one after another, rented the house. Bnt I Boteiiore. He placed it iu his lodgings, aud
as soon as they began to interfere with the j then went to her brother-in-law. The con--
i squatters the latter applied to the obeahman, j fession ended, the latter went to the nearest
err deeply inUr-, and for years evexw occopant of the house died j commissioner of police and .repeated the eon-
L. . f . .V . ; e>ted ,n - are devoting a good deni of tine u> tbe j off suddedly soon alter his arrival on the fession. The commissioner at once proceed-
tne wants 01 tne uni-, investigation and development of mineral*. The corn j estate. Strange to Ray, though it was the talk 1 ed to M. Touchais’s arrest After an exami-
tfle com t. g centuries, as well as | crop iu that vicinity are *pL?ndld. They have formed j of the neigh borVood, no inquiry was ever 1 nation which lasted two hour*, he was locked
up iu a cell in tne prison at the court-house.
^ hen the turnkey went to carry him break
fast the following morning, M. Touchais ia
turn was hanging by the neck, his cravat fur
nishing the rope, dead—a sniride. The do-
lice arc inclined to aooept his version of his
mistress's death. Her family believe that he
killed her in a fit of pasaion.
Th** lUrmin^ham N*w* 1* mtck iu it* stricture* ot
the manner ia which th* n*fTo«* act toward* their
owa race, who are rick aad deetltuH. In it* Suaday *
Issue the Mews oayt: •• Bor nearly two week* the ne
groes of mrauncham have been *4jing like sheep with
the rot. ‘ Iirao Instance ha* a black man showed kind-
new, sympathy or ‘fellow feeling* for one of hi* suf
fering brethren. We have seen nfroee lying on tbe
street dying, and have tried to persuade thoae who
ware well to aid thaai, but have never succeeded. They*
invariably ref urn.”
their adiiptntK'Ti to present needs. I under- j» grange with Judge W. F. Darden, Master. The do- made into the matter,
stand tli. college is educating free of tuition i mand *or slate >» iDcr»*a*iug.
even- iu'iigeot young man who applies, and j There will be . graiTd Mlriwaiioo o7ih. Good Ten,-
can procure u recommendation of good char- f plar* at Miiltown ou the 6th of August. Tho Lodge at j
at ter from the Board of Trustee#. They now | tlliB P Iac * received an invitatiou last week, which was
propose to educate free of tuition the sous of t • cc *P tet1 ' b * Ul1 ha * * 1>u bpt ‘ a i»*»ted.
all ministers of the gospel iu the State, of
any and every denomination.
“In order to promotes laudable emulation
i study, aud thereby elevate the standard of
scholarship iu the common and high schools
of the State, one holarship is tendered to
tbe best sell' Ur in uich city and town having
tbe couirnpi* schcK-l system, and three schol
arship* to .th* *hrev best school* in each Con
gressional District.
Mr. B. L. Dyer ha* established a money and broksr
office, iu the Rea Building iu thi* place. This la a
convenience long needed iu our town, and we with the
clover gcntlemtu who i* engaged iu it, atundaat auc.
ceo*.
The Marion Commonwealth wants a new party, to
be called tbe Reform party, and aee* tbe harbinger
of It* hope* ia th* movement of th* Weatora farmer*
Rome 1* abowt to establish aa ice manufactory, and
ia clamorau* for street car*.
OBEAH AND GHOSTS.
Messrs. Jameson and Sertur, two well
known young merchants of this city, lived in
a large house just under the Long Mountain
range, five miles from here, for sometime.
Their presence on the estate was objectiona
ble to the negro squatters, and they deter
mined to get rid of them. The obeahman
was resorted to and he and his agents went to
work to drive the white residents away. The
house was an immense building, with scores
of windows and an unusual number of doors.
Every night the sleep£of the two young mpu
was disturbed by ghostly noises throughout
the house. A small army of men apparently
rushed through tbe corridors and down the
the stairs. Horrible shrieks and wails echoed
through the building. The young men, on
arising and searching, could not discover the