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Telegraph and Messenger
MACOS, MAY 23 1871.
.Varrjlug a Prince.
The Prince Alexander Von Lynar, of Prussia,
married Miss Amalia Parsons, of Columbus,
. Ohio, at Trinity church, in that city, before a
delighted audience of BOO people, last Tuesday.
As this is the nighest royalty we are likely to
set for some time, let us make a little appro
priate ado about the matter. Tho family of
tao Prince is said to bo of Italian origin, bat
cne of his progenitors, married a German lady
of fortune, and removed to Germany, towards
the end of the last century, where the head of
the family was created a Prince in 1806. Tho
estates lie in Irasace and Bohemia.
Prince Alexander was upon King William's
.staff during the war, and will be first Secretary
of the German Legation in Paris on his return.
He first met his bride at the Emperor Napo
leon's Sommer fetes, two years ago, and subse
quently at one of the German watering places,
lie is forty-two years old, and as the bride was
accompanied by four sisters who acted in the
capacity of bridesmaids, a presumption arises
that she is no chicken. She was dressed in
white satin eu train, lace overskirt and waist,
high neck, fitting light to figure, long sleeves
decorated with orange blossoms—value $3,000.
She wore her hair a la Pompadour and a long
lace veil. The only ornament was an elegant
pearl necklace.
Everything in this course of true love seemed
to run smoothly. Tho Emperor William not
only made no objection, bnt sent a special con
gratulatory letter to tho Prince, which wa3 re
ceived just before the ceremony. The Prince
himself was no fortune-hunter, socking to pil
low his family prido on a sack of republicann
greenbacks. Not he. Just the reverse. His
first material arrangement for tho wedding was
to settle 6ixty thousand thalers upon his fair
fiancee. Add to all these the facts that he is
a fine, soldierly looking man—wears the iron
crass, as substantial evidence of merit—traces
his ancestry back behind the middle ages—has
targe estates and plenty of money, and stands
high in favor at Court, and it i3 clear Miss
Amelia has made a brilliant match. Tho happy
coople were untried at half past 12 m., and left
at 3 for Niagara. They will visit a few of the
natural lions, and sail for Europe next Wednes
day in tho Cuba.
IVbnt of Taris.
The reports of tho Communists and Versail-
Iists have steadily been so diverso and conflict
ing as to pnt readers very much at fault in re
gard to the actual situation. The Paris reports
cf Friday through London at midnight, and
which reached hare yesterday at 12 ir., for ex
ample, claim that they repulsed the attack of
the Versailles troops from Clichy to Yanvres,
and that is along tho whole line. But on the
other hand, tho fects that Rochefort has been
arrested while attempting to pnt a safo distance
between his valuable person and peril, and that
the Communists are loopholing corner houses
for musketry, and Bwear that they will rezo the
city to its foundations if they fail to defend it,
show a sense of desperation, hardly compatible
with their boasts that they mean to inaugurate
an offensive campaign.
It is to bo remarked, however, that the morn
ing dispatches claim no military events favora
ble to tho Versailles government. The report
that the Germans are going to intervene in be
half of tho Versailles government is contradict
ed, bnt, perhaps, another of equal importance
is put in currency. “It is said” that tho Ger
mans demand an armistice and a plebiscitum,
to decide upon a form of government end bring
the civil war to a close. This would be a great
blersisg if tho Communists would adhere to the
decision; but it is an essential part of their po
etical creed that tho rural districts know noth
ing abont politics, but are too superstitious, ig
norant and priest-ridden to bo entrusted with
political power. It is hard to believe that there
can bo any peace with such a crowd on any
toms.
Bibb Grand Jury Presentments
Tho Bibb Grand Jury givo ns a long and, in
many respects, interesting document. They
report tho tax receipts of tho county the past
year $70,241 44, and $1G2 50 received from
other 6onrces. The total expenso account was
$68,752 92, which included $36,375 01 appro
priated to the now Court-house, and ten thou
sand dollars for educational purposes.
They recommend a similar appropriation for
the education of poor children, to bo levied and
disbursed by tho Ordinary until tho “State
Board shall be prepared to discharge tho duties
provided by the law passed at tho last session of
the General Assembly.” And they also “rec
ommend that, until the jurisdiction of the State
Board is actively enforced, the school reports bo
made to tho Ordinary, that ho may know how
much money to raise by taxation to meet tho
requiraments.’’ And they also “recommend
that the Ordinary nse all possible diligence to
ascertain that all those who receive free educa
tion, at the expense of the county, are legally
entitled to do so.”
These recommendations seem to bo based on
a misapprehension of the law and facts. The act
establishing a system of pnblio instruction in
Georgia is in fall operation. The Stato Board of
Education is fully organized. So, also, arc many
of tho Connty Boards of Education. A question
arose with the Connty Boards abont the con
struction of the law, and whether they could
impose connty taxes under it for educational
purposes. On that question authorities differed
—the State Board of Education holding that the
law empowered tho Connty Boards to do It, but
tho Attorney General deciding that the law re
served the power of taxation for school purpo
ses to the General Assembly.
Bat this matter in no wiso affects the ques
tion of tho legal existence and operation of the
school system or tho other duties, power# and
rights of the State Board and County Boards
under it. That Stato system, besides what Stale
tax may hereafter be levied under it, devotes
specific State revenues to educational purposes.
Among these are one-half the net earnings of
State Road, which should be $150,000 under the
existing lease—the poll tax, which ought to be
$150,000 more, and the special tax on shows
and exhibitions and the sale of spiritnons and
malt liquors, which is conjectural. The income
of Bibb county from this State educational rev-
nne ought to be at least four thousand dollars.
Bnt, of coarse, this income cannot be col
lected nnder any system putside of tho law.
The school system must be carried on, and the
returns made in accordance with the law, or tho
connty will lose her pro ratum of tho general
fond. If, then, the Ordinary shall think him-
Leakv Vessels.—ft seems that snbtile omni
present newspaper reporters, are too much for
Senatorial injunctions of secrecy. The High
Commission treaty has leaked out in some scan
dalous way before it Las been ratified by the
contracting parties—a fact which may perhaps
materially add to the difficulty of final adjust
ment and ratification. The New York Tribune
published tho first copy, but tho World com
plained that it was done by some breach of faith,
so that it is probable several other reporters had
a hand in the transaction, as well as those of
the Tribune. Ihe impossibility of maintaining
proper legal secrecy in Washington illustrates
the corruption which pervades the public ser-
vice.
A “Baxcn’’ or a Beidegroom.—“Brick” Pom
eroy embarked tbe second lime on the—to him—
uncertain Bea of matrimony, last Monday. Wo
are told in the Sun that the new Mrs. P. is of
“fair complexion and pretty face,” and that she
wore “a diamond, cross, a brooch of aniqae
design set with forty large diamonds, and largo
solitaire diamond car pendants—the wedding
gift of the groom.” Also, that after tho marriage
“Judge Reymert stepped forward, and on bo-
half of Mr. Pomeroy, gave the bride a dowery
of $75,000. All of which must make the mouth
of “BrickV friend, Dr. Butler, water when he
roads about it. _ _
Boons Ltoestv.—According to the Paris dis
patches in yesterday’s paper, the Commune ar
rested 153 persons, men and women, at supper,
for extravagant feeding. A few days ago the
Commune interdicted night work by the bakers,
and stopped all the hot rolls. The master bakers
claimed the privilege of doing night work them
selves, bnt the journeymen brought tho strong
arm of tho Commune npon them at once. That
idea of liberty is not confined to Paris, it is
spreading all over the world—it infects radical
ism everywhere.
Opposition to the Tbeatx.—A correspondent
of the World says a strong undercurrent o op
position is setting against tho High Commission
Treaty. Mr. Sumner, tho centre figure of this
opposition, will bo supported by General Logan,
Carl Scbnrz, Trumbull, and Tipton and Casserly.
Their influence, great as it is, will not prevail.
To the credit and patriotism of Mr. Reverdy
Johnson, be it said, that he is using all his great
influence to support the treaty. The veteran
ex-Senator, who is now here, is indefatigable
n the good work.
Atlanta Dbyiko Up.—We hear that since
Atlanta has been bo completely left out in the
cold by Stanton’s fast-schedule over the Ala
bama and Chattanooga Railroad for the New
Orleans and New York travel, that the people
np there are talking of moving down to Mil-
ledgevillo so as, at least, to be near a little rail
road life.
A Rod op Inos.—Tho “ironmasters" are dis
contented. They want more “protection.” They
want to add half a cent per pound to the exist
ing tariff, making the duty in gross 70 psr cent
on foreign cost They holdanadjonmedmeet-
ing for this purpose the first .day of next Jane
in the city of New York.
Two Memphis editors have been calling each
other a lot of things, and. now both of them
have their meals brought to them in the sano-
tum, for fear if they go out to lunch they meet
each other. When they are obliged to go out
for a drink (bey are disguised so no one will
know them.
self authorized, nnder tho existing law, to levy
and collect tho Connty School Tax recommend
ed, it had bettor be disbursed nnder the-gencral
plan of tho school system, which can be done
with entire harmony between the Ordinary and
the Board of Education, and with the mainten
ance of every safeguard against wasto or mis
application contemplated by tho Grand Jury.
In most of their other suggestions, we folly
agree with tho Grand Jury. The District and
City Courts are expensive and unnecessary ad
ditions to the Judicial system established by
section 1st, article 5th of the Constitution. The
judicial power of magistrates ought to be en
larged so as to enable them to dispose of petty
offences against peace and property. This
would do more to maintain order and private
security than any other legal provision we can
imagine. If petty violations of tho law, such
as trespassing on private premises, stealing
from tho field or the farm-yard, breaking down
fences, drunkenness, disorder and the like,
conld bo tried and punished without expense or
delay, much would be done for tho benefit of
society and in tho interests of pcaco and pros
perity. The kind of public justice most needed
all over thi3 State is in tho nature of police jus
tice ; and so long as these petty offences are to
bo dragged through a Grand Jury and a Su
perior Court, after, it may be, six months’ de
lay and a great cost of time in attending as wit
nesses and complainants, two or three evil results
are bound to follow: First, comparatively few
of these offences will be punished. Secondly,
thoso which are prosecuted will be sufficient to
swell Court expenses unduly. Thirdly, tho fact
that trial and punishment are so dilatory and
expensive, will always operate as a strong temp
tation to the aggrieved to take law into their
own hand3, and so lay the fonndation for future
troubles and disorders.
which has been well worked in its early stages
will be green and vigorous at that time, and
you will mako twice the yield by not distnrbing
tho roots, if tho gras3 bo unmanageable. Tho
plant then has possession of the soil, and a tol
erable crop can be realized, whilo to plow it
deeply wonld be fatal.
. We are thus particular in describing the cul
tivation of this crop, for it is tho staff of life
and back bone to the whole country. A slender
com harvest is sure to mako poor and impover
ished stock, thriftless farmers and emaciated
purses. Indeed, a well filled crib is tho main
spring to successful agriculture.
Oar limits will not permit us at present to
prolong this “talk with the farmers," so as to
embrace their great staple. Much the largest
portion of tho writer’s life, however, has been
devoted to the practical details of tho field and
farm, and he hopes from timo to time to resume
his notes, and continue his suggestions to his
planting friends on those topics which are of so
much moment to them.
A Talk with the Farmers.
Yon are now entering in earnest npon the.
campaign of the year, and the operations of the
next eight weeks most decide the fate of the
contest. Remember, this is not the winter Bea-
son, when days and weeks may be lost without
any apparent detriment to the farm; bnt every
muscle must be strung—every energy taxed to
the utmost, and all your tact and knowledge
called into requisition, for the pressing dntios of
the hour.
Especially should you bo diligent to improve
every moment of sunshine and fair weather, if
you would hope to recover the time which has
been lost by the rains and cold weather of the
past month. It should never be forgotten that
whilo the teams aro idle, and tho freodmen
weather-bound, your greatest enemy, grass, is
jnbilant and flourishing. And the son3of Africa,
yon have good reason to know, aro easily de
moralized.
Let them bo as busy os possible in the future;
and be careful to observe every precaution to
maintain yonr control and hold open their ser
vices.
Oar chief staples are Indian com and cotton.
Tho stands should be worked diligontly and
often to ensure a good yield. Com, more th nT>
any other crop, must and will be attended to in
duo season. Tho growth of a few weeks only,
neglect at any stage, is fatal to suocess. Hence,
after deep preparation, shallow covering, and
early thinning, let the first plowing bo thorough
and complete, breaking ont the middles at once,
and putting very little earth to the plant. After
wards the sweep only should be allowed to enter
the com field, and the cultivation shonld be as
frequent and superficial as possible, taking care
at all times to avoid much hilling. Everytimo
earth is applied, th« stalk immediately throws
ont new roots jnst below and even above the
surface, and just so much of growth and vigor
is substracted from the crop. Beatty, the ef
fects of drouth will prove much more disastrous
when the ground has been thrown into high
ridges.
But the laying bye or finishing work to this
valuable cereal, is that which requires the best
judgment and the most critical attention. For
lack of these, millions of bushels are annually
sacrificed. Com should never be plowed or
touched after the silk appears. Just when the
stalk is swelling with the tossol, and it may be
seen peeping forth here and there, let the sweep
set as shallow as possible be applied, and
do not plow near the plant with tbe point even
of instrument. The soil shonld barely be
stirred to admit light and moisture, and destroy
the young orow foot grass which is then making
its first appearance. Do otherwise, and yon
cut off and destroy myriads of tender thread
like rootlets, which form a net work just beneath
the surface, and are the circulating medium and
feeders of the plant. We have seen splendid
fields of waving cornered up to the top and well
nigh rained in three days, after one injudicious
plowing with a shovel at this critical period.
It matters not if the grasslooks formidable when
the orop should be laid bye. If too large to be
killed by the sweep let it alone. Any oora orop
A Strange St ory—Retribution at Last.
Is He Gnitty ?
On the morning of the 26th of April last,
man named Rath, business manager of the
Lawrence, Kansas, Tribune, was found dead in
his bed at his house in that place. A physician
named Medlicott is suspected of having pois
oned him, and a coroner’s jury has returned
verdict of murder against Medlicott coupled,
however, with the expression of a “reasonable
doubt” of his guilt—which doubt, of course,
can only bo settled by a formal trial of tho ac-
cussed. This will soon take place. So far there
is nothing particularly strange about this drama
of death, but reference to tho previous history
of tha parties already named, and the widow of
tho dead man, make it not only one of thrilling
interest but the most appetizing mystery.
Mrs. Rath has been married three times.—
First, to a Mr. Do Sprangb, nowdead, and next
to a prominent lawyer of St. Louis named Sey
mour Vollaire, from whom she was divorced to
marry Rath. At the time of the divorce, Rath
was a clerk in the St. Louis post-office, and board
ed with' the Youllaires who lived very unhappily
together. An intimacy sprang up between Ruth
and Mrs. Yonllaire, which they always asserted
was innocent, bnt which pnblio opinion did not
either so declare and believe. Voullaire, of
course, was exasperated almost to madness, bnt
no outbreak occurred until ono night when hi3
wife went to the theatre against his wish and
request, and met Ruth there who escorted her
home. On their way they met Yonllaire, and
Mrs. Yonllaire apprehending an assault, handed
Ruth a small pistol she carried with which to
defend himself. Yonllaire approached them,
and when he was close by, though he made no
threatening demonstrations, Ruth instantly fire d
shooting him in the shoulder. Ruth wa3 arrest
ed next day for assault with intent to kill, bnt
was acquitted. Yonllaire soon afterwards got
divorce from his wife, who immediately mar
ried Ruth. Shortly thereafter Ruth attempted
to cowhide Yonllaire for alleged slanderous re
ports against Mrs. Ruth, which led to another
collision in which neither was hurt.
To escape the scandal that followed these oc
currences, Ruth and his wife soon moved to
Lawrence, Kansas. There they became ac
quainted with Dr. and Mrs. Medlicott, and from
this date’wo begin to see the coming shadow of
that retribution that was soon to overtake ono
of tho actors in the drama. Dr. Medlicott soon
—so it was whispered—“admired” Mrs. Rath,
just 83 Ruth had done Mrs. Voullaire. Disagree
ments and quarrels soon followed between Mr.
and Mrs. Ruth, and on the very day of Ruth’s
death a violent altercation took place between
them.
Preceding this, however, was Mrs. Medli-
coit’s death under very peculiar circumstances
—so very peculiar, in fact, that bnt for Medli-
cott’s high standing there would have been an
inquest. On tho morning of her death she was
good health. She poured milk into her cof
fee, bnt her hnsband did not do so, although in
the habit of taking milk with his coffee. Somo
of tho milk was afterwards given to a cat, and
the animal died. Dr. Newman examined tho
dead body of Mrs. Medlicott, and “ thought she
had been poisoned.” Ho even informed the
connty attorney of his suspicions, “butDr.
Medlicott stood so well in tho community that
no legal proceedings were adopted.” There
was an insurance on her life for five thousand
dollars, and her husband received tho money.
He continued very friendly with tho Ruths, of
ten playing chess with tho husband, and seeing
a great deal of the wife. On the night before
tho alleged poisoning, Mrs. Rath being absent
on a visit to friends in a neighboring city, Dr.
Medlicott passed somo time with Rnth at his
hom9, and played three games of chess with
him. The doctor left Rnth before 10 o’clock.
Rnth went to his chnmbor and never left it
again alive. In the morning he was called. No
answer was mado to loud rapping, and tho door
was forced. Tho poor man wa3 found stiff and
dead. Dr. Medlicott was summoned, and “ it
was remarked that he was palo, and trembled so
violently that ho conld scarcely hitch his horse
in front of tho house.” At tho coroner’s in
quest, however, he “ dangled his watch-chain
with considerable sang froitL” This was only
at first, when all was blank and inexplicable.
Presently Marshal Carnes found something for
which he had been anxionsly looking, and ex
claimed, “Hero it is!” “It” was a note written
by the unfortunate deceased, and ran as follows:
Dabung : Tho doctor—I mean Dr. Medlicott
—gave mo a quinine powder Wednesday night,
April 26. The effects are these: I have a ter
rible sensation of a rash of blood to tbe head,
and my skin burns and itches. I am becoming
nnmb and blind. I can scarcely hold my pencil,
and cannot keep my mind steady. Perspiration
stands ont over my whole body, and I feel ter
rible. The clock has jnst struck 11, and I took
tho medicine abont 10£ p. m. I write this so
that, if I never see yon again, you may have
my body examined, and see what the trouble is.
Good-bye, and ever remember my last thoughts
wore of yon. I cannot see to write more. God
bloss yon, and may wo meet in heaven. Yonr
loving hnsband, L M. Rum
Medlicott, as we have already stated, has
been held for trial. He persistently denies
having given Rath any medicine at all on the
night in question, though morphine, mixed with
other poisons, in large quantities, was found in
thedoad man’s stomach. Medlicott’s friends
say that Rnth committed suicide, and that, be-
ing jealons of Medlicott, he left tbe note in or
der to be revenged npon him. The trial will be
looked for with deep interest, and is likely to be
of the causes celebres of the day.
Yalaudiglmm on the Situation.
Last Thursday Yallandigham acted as Chair
man of the Committee on Resolutions of tho
Montgomery County Democratic Convention,
Dayton, Ohio. In this oapacity ho reported
series of eighteen resolutions proposing to waive
the issues of the war, and invite the co-opera
tion of all Republicans opposed to the present
course of tho Radical party. Declaring that
the Democrats acquiesce in the Constitutional
amendments—waiving all differences of opinion
on tho manner in which they were effected; bnt
insist on tho role of strict construction applied
to tho constitution as it now stands. Denounc
ing centralization and consolidation, and the
enoroachments of one department on another.
Calling for universal amnesty—the payment of
tho pnblio debt—moderate taxation—return to
specie payments—and so forth and so od, down
to tho Kn-klnx bill, which the resolution charac
terize os a scheme to establish a military des
potism.
In supporting the resolutions Mr. Vallandig-
ham mado a heavy onslaught on Morton’s re
cent campaign speeches, and said:
“I say to him and all behind him, tho hour
has now como when neither he nor they can be
permitted to provoke or dictate issues for tho
Democratic party, or ignore those which tho
revolving years and the changing condition of
tho country necessarily bring forth. That which
since 18CS, has been but a question of timo, is
now npon ns. Tho auspicious moment, the
golden opportunity, tho tide in tho affairs of
man to bo taken at its flood, has now, in my de
liberate judgment, reached us, when tho Demo
cratic party of the day, laying aside every
weight and Bhaking from it the dead body of
the past, yet adhering to its ancient principles,
can and most at ono bound place itself upon
the vantage ground of the present, and defy its
enemies to battle upon the living issues of the
honr. I am confident we shall meet a prompt
and very cordial response from our brethren
elsewhere and everywhere in this and other
States. Personally, I care not for denunciation
or unjust criticism from any quarter. Upon
fullest deliberation and ample council with tho
wise and brave men of tho patty, I tako tho re
sponsibility. He added, that tho movement is
not a new departure, bnt a return of the Demo
cratic party once more to its ancient platform
of progress and reform.
Mr. Yallandigham then concluded: “More
over, as to the movement here, we all bear wit
ness that in it there is nothing of merely per
sonal character cither to advance or hinder any
member of the Demoeratio party anywhere;
nothing except an earnest and fixed purpose
to promote the welfare of the whole party, and-
with it, the whole country.”
This is another political event of tho times,
which helps to show ns the drift. As a matter
of historical fact, we have not tho smallest
donbt that tho Northern Democrats mean to
make a soft and inviting place for tho anti
Grant element of tho Radical party, and have
not the smallest idea of accepting the platform
which Morton, Grant and Butler have so kindly
constructed for them.
Morton has committed the error of planning
his battle and establishing his lines before the
enemy is in the field, and actually trying tho
range of his cannon on the cul dc sac he has
built in advance for their occupation. The re
sult is that they will flank him and take him’in
the rear. Ho has planned to assail them as the
enemies of public order and harmony; butthoro
is precisely the point at which they all tako him.
His terrible Kn-klux enginery of misrepresenta
tion and slander—his black picture of Southern
disorders and violence—Ins blasting anathemas
on every living thing South, not a carpet-bag
ger or a negro—will all be turned on his own
party, as a pack of desperate and mercenary
politicians—trading in tho public disorders—
either confessedly powerless and imbecile to
remedy material dissentions—or cunningly and
malignantly fomenting them to operate for their
own selfish purposes on tho fears of patriotio
people. That is the turn they will take with
Morton, and his grand Kn-klnx battery which
he will have been hard at work upon for eighteen
months planting for tho fight of 1872.
vided for such practices. Mr. A. K. Brown, of
the Allianee (Ohio) Monitor, labored nnder this
delusion, and was indicted and oonvioted. The
judge decided that a real supplement may be
thus Bent out; but that a mere advertisement
is not a supplement in contemplation of law.
Has Antbodt Seek Him?—Mrs. Zenas Tattle,
of Finleyville, Pa., is advertising for Zenas.
She desoribles him as “a tall man with consid
erable money and a high fothead, long-faced
and lantern-jawed, wean a gray coat, with a
large month, and one bine eye, a hideous look
ing man and I want him brought slap up in the
law, with brown pants, and a bald-headed rascal
full of flattery and deceit."
Newseasxb Supplements.—A decision of some
importance to newspapers has just been ren
dered in the Unit£» Statea -District Court, at
Cleveland, Ohio. Many newspaper publishers
have a fashion of folding in thet* papers adver
tising sheets, circulars, or posters, «gsoming
that by printing “supplement” at the heacufiey
evade the Tnited States statute made and pro- the fast sohedole made sinee the opening of the
Fair and Crops in Spalding.
Tho Spalding County Agricultural Society will
hold a fair in Griffin on tho 3d June next, which
will bo an occasion of much interest. At a
meeting of tho Society last 'Wednesday, reports
were presented on tho condition of growing
crops. Tho small grain crops, says tho Presi
dent, covor a much larger area than last year,
bnt owing to unfavorable weather tho general
preparation was less thorough. Rust and mould
many instances have injured wheat, and
somo cases of ontiro failure aro reported; bnt
wherever tho land was snbsoiled and well fer
tilized tho crop is promising. Oats look well.
Norway oats aro highly commended for fall and
winter sowing. Com looks healthy and vigor
ous. Cotton is backward, and early plantings
havo died ont considerably, bnt in most cases a
fair stand remains. All crops requiring cultiva
tion ftro grassy and fouL
This is tho President’s report. Of tho Distriot
reports—the three Vice-Presidents mako a very
gloomy report on cotton. Ono says he does
not know of a good stand in his district—an
other says it threatens to bo a failnro, and tho
third says it is tho worst prospect ho has ever
seen. Corn—a largo crop planted and very
promising. Oats plenty and very fine. Wheat
will do well with good weather, and a good deal
has been planted. Frnit crops abundant in
promise.
All speak highly of the grass and clover crops.
Lncorao, orchard, hard, timothy and blue grass
are attracting attention, bnt red olover is the
favorite. All tho grass crops have done well,
and those of two or threo years’ seeding aro
magnificent. One of tho Yico Presidents re
ports about two-thirds of the land under plough
planted in grain; Another says there are prob
ably two acres in grain to one in cotton. Con
siderable interest is reported in stock. It is
improving in kind and in better condition. As
to labor, ono of tho Yioe Presidents says, in
stead of improving, it is growing worse. An
other says the froedmen seem to be getting
more oaxeless and neglectful; and the young
more so than the older. The third reports
“they are working better than they have for
merly done forme.” •
Change of Schedule on the Sew York
and New Orleans Line.
A convention of parties representing this line
met here Thursday, and made a complete revis
ion of tho schedule going North from the latter
point The schedule, as it now stands, is about
as follows: Leave New Orleans at 11 a. m., Mo
bile at 6r.it, Montgomery at 7 a. k., Colum
bus at 12 u. and Maoon at 6:15 p. m., arriving
at Augusta at 3:30 a. m next day, where passen
gers will bo detained until 8 a. ar., four and a
half hoars. This sohedule, it will be observed,
greatly lengthens the time between New Or
leans and New York via the intermediate points
named above, and if we are correctly informed,
was adopted solely to accommodate local inter
ests, it being found impossible to compete with
Alabama and Chattanooga road, over which
route the time between the two cities is only
70 hours—against about 90 hours over this route
under the schedule just adopted.
We very much regret that the managers of
the various roads In this section, with all their
advantages of settled road beds, low grades, etc.,
have not been able to make a better bid for this
heavy New Orleans business. Their failure to
do so will certainly tell heavily against them
this summer and fall, when the tide of travel
is at its height.
Mr. A. H. Brown, one of the oldest and most
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organize a revolution in favor ofiTT^
„ .. . obtain command of.the federal*. , 0 ’^ k
D,L K. O’Neal, of Tribotton, rs lying so- Wl>HC!GT0H> May 19 ._ Panama advices te an effort now making to
ri0 “ I y lU bl3 bom ?. V* * p c °’ Lt - , 12th report no war vessels in port. Five hua- army. It is believed there will b« * ft*
The Standard saj s i as een g y I insurgents are within sixteen miles of Pa- Gal election by the people, and tht*
a month in that connty Ihe SUmdard makes girLtar assures protection to the of President wili deVolve upon ^
the following crop repor or o. property and persons of foreigners. The Pres- ltis expected will be largely comon'j’*^
p2£ fiUS»SS SSS panama has five hundred militia and
county. Wheat is very poor and not more than threo hundred national troops, well armed, and “ md _’ and own private f^o,
one-half crop will be made. Oats were never I j^g gent word jhat should Panama be attacked j 06 Presidential campaign. Whoever 10 ***
better, so far. The frnit crop is unprecedented. nQ rebel ufe ^ b0 spaI0|3> elected, his opponent will inaneum.
A Cap.. Sellridg.’. b * J*
. , , . ° TT7 JZe T-Z* expedition says that the surveying parties met at ““f * -■ * <*
abont his rations. Ho says chickens hardly J * , , . , . , , . The friends of
, ,, , .. I the divide and selected a spot for depression -me inenas ot .t'other io Diaz are w,
feathered cost 2o cents each, and tho beef is .. . . . ... - , r . Zamasana is their l«n3«,. i. . PWruW
... ? . near Paya—tho lowest elevation found. It will I 13 tne ir leader, and Lieia ^
The six odock store-closing movement in 1
_ ■ , „ ti, n *—n-n nr roootnmaadad. The route is now considered as l J ‘ Ui “ Dilu f arue3 is immir-.i ^
Columbus, commences Juno 1st. Tho bun of , . ., .. Guerrero the Dolitieal j.
— , impracticable. The expeditions, from both tho I me ponucai disturbances ccst,v.
k tt^q Vtrem Tfc was rumored V erv Atlantic and Pacific sides, suffered terribly from i an e r 3 exiatsamong Congressi oaa i fa^
Sun U. S. Assessob.—It was rumored very } “ I great hatred. The Legislature rf o, - ct: ^
authoritatively in the city yesterday that Mr.
George HnDgerfordhad been appointed Assess-1
sickness. , great hatred. The Legislature
o „ . In the Senate a brief debate took place, in ® a ^ orize ^. Escobedo to organize a fora.
or of this sub-district vice O. W. Ohnpman, re- Morton, Fenton and Wilson denied they 4000 men m anticipation of election ti.J' c!
movedbydeath. It was said he hM proceed L ad intllo prematarepublicationof Guadalajara tho troops impeded veil 13
£SS.™*4®at&uXZ th. totv. Th.,**Hartattaired 0»t8_ ““^■ 0 “”""“ a ' a -
pointment. As nono other but a Republican ntors shonld be examined by tho committee. cU “ oa 01 tL ° Bepubh„ is fettled as nsuaL
could holdtiie offioe, the rumored appointment J Pbe Senate went into Executive session on the I May 19. Austria has
meots with general approval.
A Mr. Flagus, .of Lockport, N. Y., is tickling
tho Columbus City Council by telliDg them that
their city has the finest water power in the coun
try except his own town. 1 which has been accorded.- Nothincr. however. 1 misconduct of the’jurors” and Conrt , arj
newly discovered evidence. amSSS f
an important character. Th* .7
Switzerland agreed, to a conference ( , 3
tho snread of riendemc.st. P^vey
treaty.
Tho latest dispatches from from Franco seem spread of rienderpest.
to indicate that the TeMts have had
verses and have asked Prussian co-operation, charges errors in the ruling of it! Wal Ha
which has been accorded.- Nothing, however, misconduot of the’jurors, and 6 Oonrt - ! "' J
is definite,
London, May 19.—The French specials say the
Yersaillists have occupied Clichy, and a sharp
fight has occurred at Asnires. Tho Yersaillists
The Columbus Sun says a majority of the cot
ton planters of that section have plowed np, ire-
bedded and replanted their cotton lands as the
best way to kill grass and get a good stand. A
good deal of lowland not yet planted. I were repulsed at tho Dauphin gate after an at-1 vey «mh
We dig the fol owing sparkles from the “Af- to storm tbe gato . The National Guard a
fairs in Georgia” mine of the Savannah News. reIigIoi { 3 BerT i CQ in St. Augustine and JjKgSSlSSSlTJZSf i “W‘2
Red head Harris is improving. I Trinity churches, and turned the Sisters of taken from a source never
an important character. Tho^eenp™^- 1101 °*
sion is that all the points will beovemi U 5 pI£3 ’
L Washxgion, May 20—Csptain ShaS! 4 ,
has arrived here, reports that a tlioiwS?
n*h. 0
said they had no idea there was so much affiu-
enco in the country.
The Savannah compound known as “Mike’s
Artillery Punch” has made its way into the office
of the Elacksheav Georgian. This classic bever
age is the same that knocked the entire South
ern and State Press Associations into a cocked-
hat lost year, and we warn the unsophisticated
yonth who runs the Georgian to beware. One
sip too much will transform his legs to the com
sistenoy of unvuleanized India rubber, “stretchy
and twisty.”
The stoamer Dictator left Savannah on
Wednesday, with fifty Swedish immigrants who
are going to settle in Florida.
ChanniDg and Farmer’s fire alarm tew,.
| patent has been extended. The decSn g
near Confiens.
BeKlin, May 19.—Bismarck has gone to |
Frankfort to exchange ratifications with Favre.
London, May 19.—Paris dispatches of the 1 - _ _ B tjibiqian
18th say it is stated that tho Yersaillists made ^^eYenues must be stamped, is reaffirmed "
an attack on Fort Montrouge on the lStb, bnt tickets £s bam
were repulsed; losing seven cannon. TheYer- that the companies havo lost thirty theory
saillists were also beaten in Bois de Boulogne dollars. y oniCa
and before the Mailotte Gate. The Yerssillist .. In the SenateMc Mortop explained, shasini
flag floats over Yanvres. Sron^h w m tJ ? ave ob 1 t “ ned pSSS
Chicago, May 19.—The Presbyterian General session on the treaty. & ° W£n ml ° execabTa
Assembly appointed a committee to examine the Galveston, May 20.—Mr. Greeley was
credentials of Commissioners. The question of dially received by the people. Respondm^*
xt m ir.a. I n KflrpnartA La Avoir?or! nn!;ti«s 7/ •a
Mr. Daniel. Brown, a gentle gazelle of Mor- the eligibility of laymen to the office of Mode- a serenade he avoided politics beyohdtte«
monish proclivities, is wanted in Savannah, by ra tors provoked a warm discussion. Mr. Hum- pre£s i on of ^ disa PP°iatment about the M-
ono of his wives, to-wit: Mrs. Ellen Brown. [ phrey was elected temporary Moderator. 1 B ! n -i w
She avows her determination to do him up Alexahdma, VA.,May 19,-The market house I rep^rithat tto PrusSL wSfevfS 1
brown beforo a jury of honest men if she can buildings, covering a squaro, including the city j is unfounded. The Telegraph’s special amomi
catch him. I 0 fjj ceg were burned. The city archives were ces Favre and Simon leave the French
The Savannah Nows has a Kn-klnx story all saved. The loss is $75,000; insurance $10,000. Private letters implicate Gambetta
the way from Laurens county. It is about threo Tho Masonic body’s only museum, containing | menti^flago/tiuco from Pa^baiS
of tho trooly loil who made an honest living off relics, was destroyed. . at Versailles. Rochefort’s arrest at Meuxisre-
thoir neighbors. This year they planted a small Boston, May 19.—Tho citizens of Charles- ported. Tho ocenpajats of comer homes in
“crap, ’ but tho undertaking completely ex-1 town are raising a purso of two thousand dol- , a ^.k a7ebe 1 e 1 no . rde *p d Yscato. Thecoma
hausted them, and they retired to the shade, lars to entertain the Marshall Fire Company } Centrd^ommitteohaveMsumedlhVwaamL
leaving the grass to tako the “crap.” Tho of Savannah, Ga., who visit Charlestown at the I The Commune has determined to take theof-
neighbors thought abont their cribs and concla- next anniversary of Banker Hill battle, on the fensivo against the Versaillisls. Another dis-
How they did 17th day of June. patch in ^ Telegraph says the Communists
1 ‘ J -it .1 t t> l aro preparmg to explode the ramparts.
Washington, May 19— Geo. L. Pntnam was _ .. - T , ... .
Dominated as Postmaster al Mobile, Ala. saidUiat tb^Gerwaes demBDdttaUnarmiiUB
ta3rx£w sn 1. ? M,ow -»? •“wars?
bloody-beads and bear bones mir»ht Lave been lD & Senators Scott, Pool, Blair, and Represen- of a plebiscitum throngliout France, which shall
seen creeping cautiously to that old man’s door, tatives Polland, Stevenson, Colburn, Beck and decide tho future form of government and bring
at which they arrived when least expected. YanTramp, aro a sub-committee to hold sessions Thoofficeraof t^Communo have seiz'd wl-
hnskytenes, annonneedto^him^haKis'Ston ^ WasMjJgtoD ’ ^ ith ~ power to sen3 subs from ? aWe sacred articles in the Church of the Trm-
on earth was to instruct him to plow his land. tllQ Bub-committee throughout the South, ity, and all the churches m tho city will be ac-
Old gentleman, joined by his sons, all trembling This arrangement lasts until the 20th of Sep- j I . arly and P, en c | osed ’,. The demoli-
an ox do? Yes, answered the chief demon, f fnrtll6r Vrogramme
anything. Assured that their orders would be -Both houses of the New Brunswick Esgisla-
complied with, tho unwelcome Kn-klnx with- j tore unanimously adopted resolutions condemn-
d f® w * . Tk° oM man and his sons gazed at each j ing the treaty where Canadian interests are af-
other in mute astonishment, evidently deter- , a
mined to earn their bread infataro by the swoat I xecl0 ~ . _ . „
of their brow. I A dispatch from the Pennsylvania Coal Mines
ded to learn them how to plow,
it we let the News tell
In the “stilly night” when all nature slept,
and no man thought of crossing his peaceful
Impeachment
was opened to-day to select hostages upon whom
to execute the retaliatory measures determined
upon by the Commune. The Communists claim
that they repulsed, yesterday and to day, the
attacks at Neuilly, Clichy, Issy and Yanvres.
Yebsailles, May 20.—Rochefort was arrested
while attempting to escape from the Commune.
Tho latest report in regard to this awful Ku- announces that the workmen, by a largo majori- Ho will be brought to Versailles.
klux attack npon this lazy old citizen and his I ty voted to resume work on tho Companies’
sons, is that the school-boys, in passing by the ferm< ,
grass-eaton farm next day, witnessed the singu- 1 lerias *
i ar sight of tho old man plowing with all his
might, and one of the sons driving tho other,
who was pulling tho plow through tho matted
jrass with the strength and facility of a beast of
warden.
The father of Mr. William Swoll, of Savan
nah, died at Brooklyn, Wednesday, aged 102
years.
On Wednesday, Collector Robb, of Savannah,
remitted to the Secretary of tho Treasury $40,-
000, received as duties on imports the day be
fore.
A white woman named Emma Everiy was
nearly murdered by a negro, near Savannah, on
Tuesday, who threw her to tha ground and at
tempted to outrage her person. She was cat in
the head in several places, and her throat severe
lacerated by his efforts to choke her into
silence.
Flour advanced fifty cents a barrel in Atlanta,
on Thursday, in consequence of the reports
from the wheat growing sections.
The Judge of tho Atlanta Circuit and a ma
jority of his bar leave that city to-day on a big
frolic down to Brunswick,
Tho taxable property of Rome is set down at
$1,393,100,
A letter from Walker connty to tho Rome
Courier, says that F. M. Coulter, or Cedar
Grove, was shot and killed by M. A. Ellison,
on tho Cth instant. Ellison surrendered him
self, and is now in jaiL
Mr. W. W. Hammond, a well known citizen
Griffin, died Thursday morning.
Washington, May 20.—The English High
Commission paid a final visit to the White
House to-day.
Morten says he had his copy of the treat;
burned.
Mr. DeBellanho has been appointed Charge
d’Affairs for France—Mr. Treilhard, the Minis
ter, having received his leave of absence.
Philadelphia, May 20.—The coal troubles
have been compromised. Fall work will be re
sumed on Monday. A vigilance-Kn-klnx com
mittee has been formed in Union, New Jersey,
for the detection of incendiaries.
Tho Sena*'! confirmed:Warner, Governor of
NewMexlco, and Pntnam, Postmaster of Mobile.
The Senate spent six hours on the treaty to
day. It meet3 again’at 10J o’clock to-morrow.
It is thought the vote will bo reached by Thurs
day.
Chicago, May 19.—In the Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly, Gov. Polock, chairman of tho
board of trustees of the female institute atLex-
ington, Ky., read a report declaring the right of ^Ew OBLEANSj Hay 20.—Jno. Henning ie-
AT,* rte„« roi A covered $10,000 damages from the New Orleans
the General Assembly to the property and fran- j j^cl Chattanooga Railroad, for injuries sustained
chises, unimpaired by local legislation. I jjy failing through an opening in tho Company s
New Obleans, May 19.—The Times’ Galvea- wharf. . '
ton special reports tho explosion of the new ^ 0BK > May 20.—The Erie litigation has
steamer Stonewall, from Galveston for Lake been postpone<J for tw0 wee ,, . .
Charles, near High Island, killing five and „ 2 .°,f7 A .v Vo £ a Epecial *
s Paris, 20th, states that the Prussians are at
wounding several persons. I Botfly nmi Aubervilliers, and strongly reic-
Tho track laying upon tho first western divis- forced. The prisoners accused of causing the
ion of the New Orleras, Mobile and Texas Rail- explosion will be shot to-night. The first hos-
roadwascompletedyesterdaytoDonaldsonville Gue”?^dS. ° ?
a distance of 63 miles from this city. The road j p AJaI g j jj a y go, Evening. There was an ini-
will soon be open for traffio to Donaldsonville. I portant engagement near Antenil to-day. Tta
Grading is completed twenty miles beyond Don-1 result is unknown. Fort Montrouge still bolus
aldsonviUe. A strong force is employed on its 1
extension. made seven distinot assaultsnpon the ramparts.
New Yobk, May 19.—Billy Donnelly and Ar- Great] numbers of Federals "are concentrate!
thur Chambers fight within 'two months for $2,- at the threatened points. The bastions facmg
500, and the feather weight championship of Genian positions are being
... * I ed. The minority party in the Commune ana
Ajnerica ’ I military commission is being replaced by tt»
Pabis, May 19.—The Committee of Safety Communists of a more radical type. 1“
decrees • the suppression of the Rovne des church of Notre Dame des Victorias was sacs-
1 ed, and is now occupied by Federal troops.
Mondes, Aovenir, National Patrie, Commune , -^“-7^ ^V-lTwo spies were shoty^r-
unmu ^ iuuxoua „ _ . and E6ver£d other Journals. No new papers will ^ an «ifoM prisoners condemned to death®
TIT, nw.rrhn«s«» be established till the end of the civil war. a charge of complicity in the recent explosion.
Mr. Law did not lecture » Atlanta Thursday Writeramiists ; „***, are JUfe to be ^Central Committee is again the prm<*
ght, on account of the smallness of his an- * , . ’ .. - pal power in Paris, and acts in concert
triedby court-martial for a tackmg the Govern- g°Zittee ^Pnbtio Safety. ,
ment. Officers who hesitate to obey orders are The j onrna ia 0 f the Commune declare the
warned that they will be considered guilty of Federal position stroDg. Their organization
treason. Many arreBts have been mado of pros-1 has improved,and confidence is greatly streng
titutes and drunkards. A requisition has been ^d. p.im’sas-
made for tho silver candlesticks in the Church | sa89inatio i implicates Rogne Barcia, P*sect
night,
dience. Tho Era fits a cap on Atlanta, there
for, which somo folks think Macon can wear as
welL It says:
If Demosthenese himself conld rise from his
grave ho wonld find it an impossibility to col
lect an nndienoe in Atlanta. We are disgusted.
Bnt let us make the best of it. Let us send for I of Notre Dame. Persons without passports are I member of OorteS. . ,v n
a oirons, a monkey show, Grady and his sword- not eJloW6 a to leave the city. The Committee London, May 20.-The steamer
SKir “““ 0 “°* a
depot of that city is not finished. It says: eral ordere » teUs 80131018 of the destruction San Salvador, Montgomery, ana p .
A year ago, or nearly so, the different rail- ° f tba “omiment; in the Place Vendome, which J A ° a dne Bartow, England; brig
roads centering in Atlanta, united and contracted foreign enemies had left undisturbed, and ex- dv SL Johns. N B.- schooner Jesse Wilson,
for the erection of a magnifioent passenger de-1 horts them to redouble their efforts to preserve | Jacksonville^ *
New Yobk, May 20.^—Arrived, Virgo. ^
It Is said Duke Broglie will succeed Favre 1 _ Ohamkston, M® y
when the treaty is ratified. G ifec^STMay^O.-Sailed, Bella Diloree,
The steam frigate Galatia has arrival in Eng- ; brig Panchita, Barcelona; barJ:
lish waters from a trip around the world. min*, Rotterdam; steamer Champion, «
Chablxston, May 19.—Arrived—steamer York. , .
Charleston, from New York. Sailod—brig Ellen I _ Fbankfobt^ May 20. — Bismarck,
pot, to be one among the grandest structures of and ite gluons memories,
this kind in America or elsewhere. It ia very 1 ' b
nearly completed, bnt work on it has been
stopped for some time—the true cause of which
not generally understood by the pnblio.
It seems that the Western and Atlantic, the
Georgia, and the Atlantic and West Point Roads,
entered into the contract. From some cause
the President, or proper representative of the
JC KAHMIUUlj ittBJ A<V« — * - -J,
Macon and Western Road, was not present to I Maria, for Union Island, Ga. I Q ne *H« r ires'?
jSKiSiCSS-SWS^K _ “ e **■*“*""•»« KjmoDU,,
share of the exDenses. and with this calculation 1 Eos 1 ®® 3 , whlle proceeding to sea parted hawser | private residences are decorated with fl«fP
honor of the occasion. _ v ..
_ _ _ „ Pabis, May 20.—Atjnoon yesterday tire
Belgn of Terror fat Faria. saiffiste attacked the gate of St. Cloud. Atb*
London, May 19.—All the official dispatchers the combat raged at Neuilly, and at 2_o &&
to the London journals represent a reign of ter- **»• b»t*te ® xl ? Ed j ld ^° ia .
-r “ KS5 zgF&.tzg'ssR
hostages | rea ^
New Yobk, May 20.—In the Fleetwood *2
share of the expenses, and with this calculation
the work was ordered.
For some reason not certainly known by us,
the structure to be erected was unsatisfactory
to the representatives of the Maoon and West
ern, and they refused to join in building it.
Several efforts at negotiation have been made | ror prevailing in Paris,
by those who ordered the work, with the offi- j drily imprisoned, and those held as
cere of the Maoon Road, which have failed to . ,,
secure approval, and thri road has not paid any are dee P air0d of * Twenty-one members of the
part of the coat of building the depot Commune no longer attend its sittings, bnt re
part 1 . _ , .. . ■
The lease of the State Road baa also compli- main in their respective arrondissements. Four
cated this matter considerably. Its officere_or I hundred Yersaillists are arid to have deserted
other hands, who, ot course, are not expected I Dauphin gate, which has been strongly fortified
to incur the expense of meeting this obligation; | ^rith earthworks and new barricades,
and the Governor’s position about meeting it is
rather a delicate one. After the lease was
races' to-day Goldsmith Maid beat Amen**?
Girl three straight heats. Time—2:23, ‘
and 2:22J.
Death of s Georgian in MissIssipP*’
We learn from a letter to the editor of tW
Southern Christian Advocate, written from yo1 ’
Mississippi, that a young man named J. '
' “ ' *— ^
In this House of Lords today Russell con- ] __
made, he, however, said that he, as the repre- »“* 03 *° • postponement of the discussion Hud«m,fonneriy
senUtive of the Western and AtiaqHc Railroad, j of the American treaty until the 20th of June, I denly in that place on Saturday, the I3tn
would pay its full share of the expense, and to await the arrival of nfflmal papers. He arrived there that day in a train from u>
perform a full part of whatever aU the other ClTI Mexico, May 12.—Tampioo continues West and lived only a few hours after his aru-
sasssss m. ^ ■. *
the others, and Governor Bollock, it is by 400 men who have had several fights with the the heart He had no papers of important
not willing to pay more than a proper propor-1 federal troops outride the walls. Cen. Rocha, his person, and his only luggage waa a sman
tion with all the roads united in the oontreot, | hand man, has left San Louis I lise. He had enough money to give him a oe*
the I emit burial. He w*s on his W»y to Georg*
esteemed citizens of Upson county, died, lari I m the woitfteltt^p^^and toerete’no'^M^g I Potati tor Tampico, professedly to suppress
Saturday week. Ho had lived in Upson 45 yMnt.lwlMn it will be resumed. j revolution, but is suspected of an intention to J when he died.