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Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON, JUNE 6, 1S71.
aiouroc Comity.
VTo learned, on Thursday, from onr friend
Ge-orge W. Adams, that Dr. Lawton, who is the
correspondent of the Agricultural Bureau for
ilonroo county, has made up his figures, and
wiii report to the Bureau an increase of 25 per
cent, ovor last year in the com crop, and 50
per cent, in the oat crop of the county. He
reports the decline in cotton acreage at 10 per
cent., and in wheat shout 30. Mr. Adams
thought the wheat crop would present about the
same yield per acre as last year, but inferior in
quality. Oats are badly rusted. Com is very
promising. Cotton is in wretched plight—the
worst stands ever known—dying out rapidly,
and badly in grass. Since the 22d of May there
have been five heavy rains in the county, not
counting that of Thursday, whatever It may
have been. The fruit crops of all kinds are
magnificent. Such a crop of Irish potatoes was
never known in the county." Clover has turned
out finely. By actual weight and measurement,
Captain Lumpkin cut 1,090 pounds dried clover
from one-quarter of an acre in the second
year’s growth. This was at the rate of 0,760
pounds to the acre. Mr. Dudley Hammond,
from one-third of an acre, cut at the rate of
7,500 pounds dried clover to the acre. These
returns were exact, and show whether Monroe
is a grass county or not.
Timely Question.—The World asks cannot
somebody abate the Northern capitalist who
periodically goes South and stirs up oil the
editors, chambers of commerce, public-spirited
citizens and other notabilities of tbat region
into gushes of enthusiasm respecting the influx
of capital and outgrowth of prosperity certain
tc follow in his footsteps ? What with the
orange groves, bananas, mint juleps, feasting,
adulation and jollification generally which meet
our man of money, it is not surprising he
should consider it a good thing to travel about
with the declaration that if it suit him be may
think of baying np a State or two; but as long
as he does not plank down his cash in some
enterprise, is not this kind of touring a base
reckoning, a species of fraud in the tourist, and
a cause of reproach to Northern men ?
The Peach Geop.—Peaches in Middle Geor
gia will be very abnndant this year—in fact, the
crop promises to bo overwhelming in quantity.
In quality, however, it will be inferior. The
trees will so uniformly overtax themselves that
the fruit must necessarily be smail. We saw a
few days ago a small lot of early Hales. Where
the frnit had been thinne d out early in the sea
son, it was of doubla the size of that which had
been left to take ifa chance. Now as few peo
ple will take the trouble to thin the trees, the
peaches generally must be inferior in siz9 and
quality. Wa suggest, as times are tight, that
measures be taken to utilize the peach crop by
drying it for market.
All Horton to Old Floyd.—Full returns
show that Captain Dunlap Scott has been again
elected by an overwhelming majority to the
Legislature from Floyd county, to supply the
vacancy occasioned by fae death of Eepreseu-
tativo Gartrell. The people of Georgia never
had an abler or more fearless defender in their
council halls than Dunlap Scott, and we are
glad to know he is again in a position where his
burning words of eloquence and sound logical
arguments will carry terror, if not conviotion, to
the hearts of our enemies.
Smoking Kegnant.—Mr. Colfax's dangerous
illness is said by bis friends to have been caused
by excessive smoking. General Grant seldom
Las a cigar out of his mouth. These two ex
alted functionaries should consider the perils to
which they expose th6 Republic in their own
persons. If the entire Federal Executive should
end in smoke, the ease would be embarrassing.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: It is a mat
ter of interest to your readers to know that The
City Bank of Macon does not redeem the bills
of Kimball Co.'s Albany and Brunsict'ck
money. It was presented to-day, and Mr. Nut
ting wonld not redeem it. It has been cur
rently reported tbat be wonld. Upon that an
nouncement many have taken it. Citizen.
As two of the editors of the Telegeaph and
Messenger were absent yesterday, and the
ether, a mere recruit, had double duty to per
form, he trusts the gentle reader will make due
ailo’wance for all deficiencies which may appear
in the present issue.
Lease Injoined.—We are requested to an-
nounce that his] Honor Judge Cole has passed
an order in Chancery in joining any further
steps towards consummating the proposed loan
cf the Macon and Western to the Central Rail
road.
A Kentuckian has killed himself at the early
age of 00 by drinking a pint of whisky daily for
the brief period of thirty years, and the tem
perance press points to his untimely end as an
illustration of how swiftly retribution follows a
vicious course.
The District Attorney in Washington has an
nounced his intention of bringing to trial the
two recusant Tribune correspondents. The
penalty npon conviction will be fine and im
prisonment from one to twelve months in the
county.jaih
Senator Henry Wilson has put out for Eu
rope, too be out of this Radical tug for the
Presidential succession. By mixing himself up
with no man’a fortunes he may perhaps subserve
his own.
A Good Cuisine is indispensable to the com
fort of all travelers. That of the Amebicax
House, Boston, is irreproachable, while the
other conveniences of the house include all that
is modem and desirable.
Ton Tickle Me and I’ll Tickle Ton-
Grant and Brigham Young.
The President has appointed Willard koung,
the son of the Mormon Satrap, cadet at large to
the United Stales Military Academy at West
Point.
The matter was arranged, it appears, like the
majority of Grant’s official favors, on the mutual
compensation principle. Brigham, some months
since, extended a polite invitation to his Wash
ington brother to visit his Seraglio and Salt
Lake dominions. To render increased honor
to his expected guest, he also ordered from
Brooklyn a magnificent yacht, to be placed a*
hi3 service in exploring the briny waters of the
Lake.
The invitation w&3 accepted, but afterwards
declined, when the result of the elections, and
divisions in the Radical Congressionalal wig
wam, convinced the President that his presence
was needed at homo to keep the Ku-klux ball in
motion, and grade the track for the campaign
of the ensuing year. As a special mark of es
teem, however, for this modem Solomon, or
perhaps in fulfillment of a, previous bargain;
the young scape grace alluded to has been bil-
letted to West Point.
Look out soon for more squalls in that piebald
and ring-streaked “happy family” of embryo
heroes.
It is well known that the old Dad is devotedly
attached to hi3 “peculiar institution,” and does
anyone suppose ho mil trust his young cub to
the heathenish influences of this outer world,
before “sealing” him to, at least, a half score
of matronly dames ? With such a body-guard
and a good supply of broomsticks for defenoe,
master Willard may safely bid defiance to the
Professors, and Cadet Smith, and all Yankeedom
in the bargain.
Jesting aside, however, what a fall in Ameri
can morals, and how sad a comment upon the
past glory and dignity of thi3 Government is
presented, by the action of its Chief Magi
strate in this appointment. But nepotism, cor
ruptionand high-handed usurpation mark the
career, and stamp tho policy of the Adminis
tration.
Is there any wonder that the question seems
to be narrowing down to. a mere conflict be
tween the Outs and .the Ins ? The former,
goaded to madness by the “Powers that Be,”
appear willing to sink all personal differences
and unite against the common enemy.
We shall see what the coalition will amount
to,
The rush to the Yosemiteond tho Big Trees
is double that of any former year. A newly-
discovered grove, larger than those in Calaveras
county, attract many visitors.
Hon. W. S. Gboesbeck has published a card
repeating his refusal to accept a nomination for
Governor or any other office at the approach
ing election in Ohio.
A freshet at Hot Springs, Arkansas, on Sat
urday, washed away the Hall Hoase, California
House, aca other buildings, and.otherwise do
ing great damage.
Western and Atlantic Railroad Co.,}
President’s Office,
Atlanta, Ga., May 31, 1871. )
Dr. N. L. Angies, State Treasurer:
Dear Sir—I send you by the Treasurer of
this company $25,000 in cash, the rental due
tho State for the present month of May. Please
return me the usual receipt from the Comp
troller General for tho amount.
I am very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Joseph E. Brown,
President W. & A. R. R. Co.
Comptroller General's Omci,)
GA., MaySl, 1871. )
Received ot W. o. Morrill, Treasurer W. &
i S’ S’ C ,°* §-5,000 rents of W. &
R., for May, 1871* as pet certificate No.
i^>of N. L. Angier, Treasurer..
Madison Bell,
Comptroller General.
Heave rains have fallen in Northern [Cali
fornia and along the foot of the Sierra Nevada.
Fight or Ratify.
In our noon telegrams of yesterday will be
ound the substance of an interesting interview
some one has bad with President Grant at Long
Branch. It may or may not be true. If it is
not true nobody is hart; but if it is true, it
throws considerable light upon recent national
topics of discussion and events of great impor
tance to the people of this and other countries.
It will be seen that Grant, like all other men of
diminutive meutal calibre, attributes much im
portance to himself, in the peaceablo solutions
of the delicate questions which have, for the last
two or three years, puzzled the minds of Eng
lish end American diplomatists to settle. The
settlement at last agreed upon by the Anglo.
American commission, as surreptitiously brought
to light by the wily Washington correspondents
of theN. Y. Tribune, was not altogether satisfac
tory to Mr. Grant, bnt ho candidly assorts that
it was fight or ratify with him, and that it isnow
the same with the House of Representatives and
the American people. The Washington treaty
must be ratified, or somebody will get hurt, is
the Presidential prognostication, but npon what
good grounds ho bases this opinion is not stated,
and until they are, the President must be con
sidered in the light of a scare-crow. Why the
American poople’s refusal on the part of their
Representatives to ratify certain objectionable
features in the Washington Treaty should get
np a fight with England, wo do not clearly see,
nor do we think that it will, and hence we won’t
scare worth a cent on the President’s proposi
tion.
If there are objectionable or dishonorable fea
tures in the Washington treaty let them bo bold
ly and manfully rejected regardless of conse
quences, and tho reason for their rejection be
clearly and unequivocally stated. If, however,
as is generally believed, the treaty is a sort of a
jolly-go-easy concern, gotten up with a liberal
spirit and enlightened viows by the representa
tives of both nations, and which does not re
flect upon tho national pride or honor of either
peoples, while at tho same lime it pnt3 at rest
certain vexed questions about which there is a
disposition to wrangle on somebody’s part-
then we say ratify it and let it rip, but don’t
fight. The civilized world i3 now standing, as
it were, aghast at tho rivers of blood that have
been flowing for the last decado, and the
snowy-winged messengers of peace are now
standing in the representative halls of the na
tions, with tear-dimmed eye3 and wringing
hands, pleading for quiet and repose, and fqr
the helpless and tho innocent. Lot the rulers
of the earth hoar and heed them.
No Snare tills Time.
It is a chronic affection of tho Now York cot
ton bulla to throw tho market up every spring,
or about tho timo planters are ready to give the
seeds of the staple to the coil, for the purpose
of inducing them to put in large crops, and in
spiring the hope in their minds of realizing
good prices in tho falL Heretofore the trick
has been little else than a snare, bnt this season
it will entrap nobody, for the cold and wet
spring lias rendered it impossible for the plant-
era to fall into the snare even if they would.
We think, therefore, the present advance in
prices is genuine, solid and reasonable, from
the fact that it is now apparent ibis year’s crop
will fall short at least 1,200,000 bales of wbat it
was last year, and probably more, if the present
wet spell of weather continues but a littlo while
longer. In the face of this fact Hie price of
cotton is bounding upward with astonishing
celerity, and there is nothing unreal or deceptive
about it. The great misfortune to the South,
however, is the fact that it! has sold its last
year’s crop, and Northern speculators will now
realize immense profits npon tho price at which
they bought it. Out of tho 100,0C0 bales re
ceived in Macon of VHc last year’s crop there
now remains In our warehouses a stookof only
2,500 bales, and such is the faet generally all
over the South. The present advance will not,
thereforo, help our planters in tho least, and it
is a consolation to know that it cannot hurt
them. It is no snaro this time. / ’ ' I
Rev. W. W. Hicks.—Oh our first page Vrijl
be found a letter from this gentleman, who is
known all through Central and Southern. Geor
gia as the pastor of the First Street Methodist
Church of this city, written in reply to certain
charges of damaging nature to his oharaoter as
a gentleman and divine. Its perusal greatly
interested ns, and, we think, it will interest
many ot onr readers. It is rather long, but
having read the first paragraph or two, the de
sire to read on increases until it is finished. In
publishing the letter the Savannah News re
marks that the political opinions of Dr. Hicks
may appear to be somewhat extreme; but it is
worthy of particular note that all earnest men
are eitreme in their views, when oompared to
those sanguine individuals who are coldly and
carelessly conservative. Tho letter speaks for
itself. • _ -~ diljjcc . 0. J
Planters Ought to Know It.—Ba A. Wise &
Co. are prepared to sell their, entire .stock of
Cooking Stoves on a credit till the first of No
vember at cash prices, adding but 7 per cent,
interest till due. 5ont2-d&w2t *
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
The Savannah Regatta is progressing with
spirits, and attracting much attention. On
Wednesday the canoe and shell-boat races came
off and were hotly contested. The number of
entries for the first race was four, and the start
ing judges were:' Messrs. A. F. Wetter, J. M.
Schley, F. M. Hull, J. H. Johnson and J. W.
Anderson. Louis Young, J. Martin Tuffs, J. P.
Huger, J. W. Sims and J. M. B. Lovel.acted as
terminal umpires in a tug-boat property posted.
The Republican says:
Dr. McFarland, patrol Judge, was in a swift
craft, manned by eight experienced colored oars
men, and kept within noticing distance of the
boats in the race.
At five o’clook the signal for starting was giv
en and away the boats sped with the speed of
arrows, each muscular oarsman bending to the
task allotted. It early, became evident the race
lay between the “Vernon,” of Savannah nnd
the “Brick Pomeroy,” of Brunswick, each of
them having their especial favorites and back-
era. It was an exciting struggle, and as the
boats passed the thronged, docks cheer after
cheer greeted them and their gallant crews.—
The vim of the crew of the “Vernon” proved
too much for her competitors, and amid the
most enthusiastic applause the “Vernon” came
in tho winning boat, by several lengths. Time
6:13J. The canoes came in in the following
order:
First, “Vernon,” 0:13^; second, “BrfckPom-
eroy,” 6:25; third, “Ada fourth. “Kinu Cot
ton.”
The Washington Comet Band, nnder the lead
ership of Millen, gave additional enthusiasm on
the announcement made from the judges’ boat
that the palm of victory had been awarded to
the Schley crew and their beautiful canoe. Bets
were settled freely, and general good humor pre^
vailed, especially among the winners.
Shells only competed for tho second race, and
four boats were also entered for this trial of
speed, and wind, and muscle. We quote again
from the Republican:
The race was very exciting, and was made
more so by the fact that the crew of tho “Ver
non”—who had just pulled successfully the first
race—manned the “Alico White,” which was
consequently a favorite boat and were largely
backed. The start was equally fortunate, the
shells getting away at the signal in fine style.
The course was the same as the first race., and
before reaching the middle of the course it be
came evident that the contest was really be
tween the “Anna Huger” and the “Alice
White.” The time was quite an improvement
on the preceding raoe, the ‘‘AnnaHuger” coming*
in winner by about "two lengths in 5 minutes
and 48J seconds.
The starting judges reported the starts fair,
There was no “foul” acoording to the re
port of the patrol judge, and tlife victory for
the shell race was accorded to tho “Anna Hu
ger.” A beautiful wreath of flowers wa3 pre
sented by some one of the fair sex as she came
up to the judges to report.
The river front presented a lively spectacle of
life, animation and beauty. The shipping in
port was handsomely decorated with banting,
and the various small craft which studded the
river, of all shapes and build, helped tho tout
ensemble to a great extent.
The Thomasville Southern Enterprise thus
speaks of the recent Railroad lease:
Another Consolidation.—The Central and
Macon and Western Railroads have been con
solidated under the direction and management
of the former, thus giving to Savannah an un
broken connection with Atlanta and completing
the Savannah system of railroad connection
with Memphis on the Mississippi.
The same paper also reports the following at
tempt ct robbery:
A little after dark on Saturday evening, Mr.
F. H. Jeffers being indisposed, his clerk, Lee
Hall, colored, closed the door and accompanied
him home. Shortly after their departure, the
wife of the aforesaid clerk, who resided near
by, discovered, by tho light which was left
burning within, some colored individuals mak
ing an entrance into the store through the front
window, and immediately communicated tho
fact to Chance, a little brother of Lee. Chance
repaired to the spot, and coming suddenly on
the thieves, a little “scrimage” ensned, in
which Chance, though outnumbered and rather
overpowered, succeededln summoning help and
capturing one of tho party. The other two beat
a hasty retreat, taking with them each a turn <?f
goods. They, however, were so hotly pursued
that before they reached and crossed the rail
road they dropped the most of tho stolen plun
der.
Columbus is powerfully aroused at this lime
on the subject of her railroad connections. A
meeting’of the stockholders in the Mobile and
Girard Railroad was to be held on Thursday.—
Tho question of leasing or selling the road to
meet its liabilities was mooted, and strenuous
efforts were to be made to obviate such a ne
cessity. , - ,
The Enquirer states that the sum to bo raised
is only $80,000, while the cost and value of the
road amounts to about $2,000,000, and tho
mortgages upon the property to bnt $010,000.
This is the day of leasing, absorption, and
consolidation, however, and wo should not be
surprised if this enterprise is engulfed in the
capacious maw of some more powerful organi-,
zation. Kous zerrous.
Decision Against the Southern Express
Company.—The Enquirer publishes the follow
ing:
Superior Court.—Tho most important case
up yesterday was that of J. M. Nunez vs. South-
ern Express Company. It was a suit for the
recovery of damages in Ioes sustained by tho
shipment of a lot of three hundred bexes of
peaches to Now York, in 1807, which were not
delivered in that city according to the time stip
ulated. The damages were estimated by Mr.
Nunez at about $1,000. The case was heard
before a stricken jury, who returned a verdict
for plaintiff in the Bum of $882.75, principal
and interest. Major B. J. Moses for plaintiff;
Smith & Alexander for defendant.
The Fate op Apalachicola.—An exchange
states that a brick building which cost $20,000
recently sold.for $750. Ttai3 shows how the
art of man and the power of capital, can over
ride natural obstacles, and clear a way for com
merce through mountain pass and trackless
plains. In this railroad and telegraphic epoch,
it seems, water can he made to run up hill, and
old thing! are done away, and all is new and
progressive.
The Middle Georgian says:
The president and directors of the Savannah,
Griffin and North Alabama Railroad held their
regular monthly meeting in ibis city yesterday.
We understand they speak in flittering terms of
the future of the road.
The same paper says Judge Boynton, of the
Griffin and Madison Railroad, and others, went
to the Indian Spring yesterday to attend a rail
road meeting. I 1 .
We truEt it will not be long before this fa
mous Southern Spa will be accessible to all.
Its healing waters are already well known to too
invalid world. The Georgian expresses its be
lief in the truthfulness of a remark recently
made that the debt of Spaulding county was 00
per cent, less than last year. This is a brave
shoeing, and augurs that there is a good time
coming. Tho crops of that section are said to
be improving rapidly.
The Rome Courts* estimates the majority of
Dunlap Scott, Esq., at ooo.
Tho Regatta is still the leading topic with the
Savannah press and columns are devoted to its
description and the result of the contests. On
Thursday there were three races, the first be
tween the defeated oanoes “King Cotton” “Ada’’
“Brick Pomeroy," (of Brunswick,) and the
shell boat “Lucille,” for a purse of $25—won
by the “Lucille”. Time: 5:25, and the fastest
known in the Savannah waters up to that time.
The second race was between the ehell boats
“Annie Huger,” “Lucille,” and “Vernon.” Won
by the “Annie Huger” in 5:24, beating the “Ln-
oille’s” time in the race before by one second,
and making the quickest time xeoorded on the
South Atlantic. The Regatta closed on Thurs
day evening with a most humorous and inter
esting tab race, for which there were eighteen
entries. Won by Master J. C. PostelL
The Savannah News, in a closing paragraph,
giving the incidents of the Regatta, says:
night, the presentation of the champion pen
nant took place. The flag is the handiwork of
Mrs. Theo. Moves, and is an exquisite specimen
of needlework. The field is of pink Bilk, elabo
rately embroidered in black and white, the cen
tre figure an anchor crossed by two oars, and
above and below tho inscription, “Champion R.
A- 8. G.”
After the presentation of/the pennant, the
Couper boys, with their, invited gnests from
other Clubs, engaged In a social reunion, where
general good humor and hilarity prevailed up
to a late hour. Many prominent gentlemen of
tho Regatta Association wore on band, who were
brought out in hapny and appropriate speeches.
The crimson pink of the Savannah Nows, is
appalled at the Bhadowy glimpse he gets of his
hereafter, in the preseneo of a negro woman
who dropped dead on Reynolds street, in his
town, and that, too, when apparently in the en
joyment of good health. We urge him to re
pent
Macon has commenced the work of economy
by discharging nine men from tbe police force.
This, on the score of saving, is almost as bad
as taking children from school, provided, of
course, that Macon morals are not such as to
require no looking after.—Savannah Eepub
lican.
Mr. JohnT. More, a well-known ’steamboat
man, of Augusta, has bought four boats to run
n the Savannah River. The boats are all light
draught vessels, built to do business on the Sa
vannah in summer os well as winter. The prico
paid was $10,000 each.
The Chronicle and Sentinel says collecting
money in that city just now is an uphill
business. If it will extend its observations in
this direction, it will find the same thing to re
port.
The gay and festive of Augusta inaugurated
a series of amusements at the Fair Grounds,
near that city, on Friday night, with a grand
ball.
A Macon correspondent of tho Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel, under date of May 28.
1871, thus alludoB to the late great railroad lease.
We thinkhe is mistaken in his prognostications,
or, at least, we earnestly hope so:
At tho inception of the Augusta and Macon
Railroad I attempted to rouse up Augusta and
the Georgia Railroad Company to the aggres
sive policy of the Central Railroad Company.
My feeble voice was lost in “Sleepy Hollow.’
Now, seel it is almost fait accompli. The
Central, like an anaconda, is drawing its folds
around Macon, Augusta and the Georgia Rail
road. By its discriminations it is seeking to
draw business from all inland towns to Savan
nah, and from all other roads over the Central.
Through its cordon of roads, from Savannah
to Vicksburg, it cuts off Augusta and Charles
ton from cotton bags. And now leasing “ the
Macon and Western,” it will soon bnild the road
from Griffin to Decatur, and at the latter point
graciously receive all Western produce from the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Good-bye,
then, Atlanta, Augusta, Georgia Railroad and
Charleston; grass will grow in the thorough'
fares of tlio-.e cities, and spiders weave
their webs in their deserted houses. The Central
Railroad and Savannah are not to blBme.
All honor to their spirit and enterprise 1 Bnt
shall Atlanta, the Georgia Railroad, Augusta
Charleston and Macon accept the situation, and
all bo moribund. That’s the question. En
lighten us through your paper, please. A.
At a large meoting of the stockholders of the
Mobilo and Girard Railroad, held In Columbus
on Thursday last, at which a majority of tho
stock was represented, the following whs intro
duced by Alderman J. A. Cody, on tbe part of
the representatives of the city of Columbus:
Whereas, The Central Railroad and Bankin;
Company has from time to timo assumed am
paidS for the Mobilo and Girard Rail
road Company; nnd, whereas, means must be
raised for this indebtedness, as also for the pay
ment of $50,000 of the bonds of this company,
and interest on bonded debt falling duo on July
I, proximo.
And, whereas, ihe Central Railroad and
Banking Company has given notice that pro
vision must bo made in some way to meet these
liabilities; and there being no funds in hand
with which to relieve tho road, be it therefore
Resolved, By the stockholders of the Mobile
and Girard Railroad, in general meeting as
sembled, tbat a committee of seven persons be
appointed to confer with the proper persons
representing the Central Railroad and Banking
Company, to the end that on extension of time
bo granted and assistance given, or upon failure
thereof, that tho said committee be authorized
and empowered to provide by loon, lease, or
salo of the road as to them shall seem best for
tho interest of the stockholders and payment of
said indebtedness.
Bo it further Resolved, That tho said com
mittee do report back to this meeting their
action in tho premises at an early a day as prac
ticable for ratification or rejection. •
The Chair appointed as said committee Cok
M. J. Crawford, Homer Blackman, W. L. Salis
bury, J. R. Browne, Ben May, J. E. Rogers and
Dr. Banks.
The following amendment by John Peabody,
Esq., was also adopted:.
Provided, The action of said committeo in
making any sale or Ieaso of the road shall not
be binding until ratified by tho stockholders,
and that said committee report at tbe 'annual
meeting at farthest.
A lengthy and latitudinons discussion sprung
up on this substitute, which was participated in
by Messrs. W. L. Saulsbury, A. M. Alien, L.
T. Downing, Dr. Banks, John Peabody and
others. The general tenor of the debate waB
against a sale. Some of the speakers favored a
lease, some tho buying in of maturing bonds by
tho stockholders, some the borrowing of money,
and some one thing and some another. Cody’s
substitute was finally adopted as amended by
Mr. Peabody. /
The meeting then adjourned, subject to tho
call of the committee above named, of which
Colonel M. J. Crawford is chairman.
Hon. David Clopton, of Montgomery, Ala., an
c-x-Congressraan and distinguished lawyer, was
married on Thursday morning last, to Mrs.
Mary Chambers, at the residence of her father,
Colonel Threewilts, in Wynnton, a mile or two
out from Columbns.
The Sun reports heavy rains on Wednesday
night and Thursday last. It says daring.the
last month abont twenty-three inches of rain fell
inColumbus. - v ■ 1 •
The Columbus Enquirer learns that a conven
tion is to be held in Atlanta soon, for organ
izing a detective force throughout Georgia.
Tho local of the Standard says “Talbotton
has the prettiest girls in the world, and nqt an
ugly baby in tov?u.” He wants topay for some
body’s calico and dandle a baby of his own on
his knee. That’s what’s the matter. In regard
to crops the Standafd reports:
Under the influences of occasional showers
and hot sun, a decided improvement is manifest
ed in tho growing crops. Corn is ploughed the
second time and looks splendidly^.from knee to
waist high. Thero is a large amount of laud
devoted to this important cereal. The long wet
spell in April and first of this month, had it con
tinued one week longer, would well nigh have
obliterated the, prospect of a cotton crop for the
present year. On grey land, young plants never
died to such an excess; tho grass appeared early
and nearly choked out what was remaining,
consequently the stand is very imperfect on
many plantations. We learn that a good many
farmers in the Valley, have ploughed np cotton
and planted corn. Since our last report, the red
rust nas appeared in the oat ofop, so promising
at one time, and. threatens to ent it very short.
We hope this, blight, however, Is only confined
to localities, and not general. The wheat har
vest has commenced; the yield will be better
than anticipated. With another week’s sun, the
ootton fields will be cleared of grass. Our far-
mera never worked with more energy,.
Bat, Mr. Standard, the prospect of another
week’s sun has been blighted by the last three
days of almost incessant rains.
Bainbridge is panting for an ice-cream mill,
and the local of the Sun sighs piteously* 01 ' a
“sasser.”
Fleas are attacking and killing horses'in the
town of Whigham, Southern Georgia, so the
Bainbridge Sun reports. The Son had better
flee the wrath to oome by not trying to make
people believe anything of the sort.
A portion of an old briok wall fell down in
Terrible Fire* in thTw^T"
B . a ed» u ll,. a do». onh.mn. The DLlrlr, Caert.JM.ln.
der itand „cei,ed v«rjpainfalinjnrlei. Th. , ; Prai WooM, Gl., M.J3I I871.
cu, a»u,.,m. s tt*
stand within their corporate limits, should b L®*®. nmje* the caption of “District Courts.”
held responsible for all damage they do in falling I ijhSkhe ia mistaken in assumingthatitwas shows that fires,
upon passers-by, or those near them. What J ^ j ne ffl c i e ncy of our magistrates that Jereated aa3 788,1 «tent of raInSi ttT6a «a
Sse, or sense is there in letting them stand ? j a storm of indignation, which the legislature ^ lands, are still raging. ^ 1 ® NS
^Th^Qffitoan Banner reports: a fatal stabbing J couldnot remstj ???<, ! State- 6 *
affray on
Brooks county,
stabbed another to me nean. • - •: I provecitwodaysinereaner—monon -v-. w diupossinie to stav"tWT ’"" uef i tad
The Banner also reports .the capture of a be no kin—their proxbmty indicatesia common the flames. Orange county,
Florida borco-tbiet, a- to, K«», who bad
been bruising around Quitman, and had stolen ex<) fflcio justices, within the ineor- wood. The Khawangunk lionSEr 8 803 «w
a fine horse from Colonel B. F- Ware. The towns of the several counties of this I is literally a sheet or fame.
Tiotra was recovered and the thief lodged to I state, was one of the wisest and moat humaneacta Company have lost heavflv in
horse was recovered and the thief lodged
jriL
A French Letter from Charles Lamb, j
it cases from term to term, ho was held down, enveloped and
and‘perhaps' entail upon the country a hasty j eompanions could remove the tree
State, was one of the wisest and most humane acta | uompany have lost heavily in
passed by onr Legislature since the war. What the farmera, in many W iy
was tho misohief to be provided against? Onr I P e3,ed j“fight fire” for weeks c,Cl -
population had' numerically Increased. It had the loss has been still
. . . . nearly doubled itself in the citizenship of the Sullivan is one of the leading 8eiit >’a.
In the new English edition of Charles Lamb s colored population of our State—the inevitable benng counties in the State and ^ 8113 >05.
work is the following characteristic letter writ- result was that infractions of our criminal law I spring immense qQantitiesofh’emin^?^ the
ten to Coleridge bnt now published for the I would occur twice where it had occurred but been peeled in the forests. Tke^a
• I once nnder onr former status—nay, that minor i Wng about two weeks ago begin,
first time: offences might increase in & -still greater pro- thousands of cords of bark and am: deslf0 M
Ootobeb 9, 1800.—I suppose yon have heard portion. The other branch of the mischief very of lumber. Especially i 3 feet
of the death of Amos Cottle. I naturally suggests itself: ThAt onr Superior I townships. s °* Betigj
I paid a solemn visit of condolence to his Gohxts wonld, in Consequence of the new order An employee of Morse’s tfinne. ff
brother, accompanied by George Dyer, of bur- 0 f things, be crowded with' business—business by the trunk of a burning tree & e* j CRl3 kea
le6que memory. ■ I ot minor importance, and so much of it as to I The brush beneath him was a Wt- 3 s fP-
I went trembling to see poor Cottle so imme-1 postpone important
diately upon the event. I and perhaps entr”
He was in black; and his younger brother was | ^ careless way
also in black. I fag mneb though!
Everything wore an aspect suitable to the jostice. . ■ j augei mm prouertr ~r“ cr >
respect due the freshly dead. For some time | Having suggested the misohief, what was the | a burga house and bam, the Black
after onr entrance nobody spoke, till George j remedy? It was wisely given ns in the aot of House, the extensive Brodhead dm u 11001
modestly put In a question, whether “Alfred,” jggs. By tins act all minor offences were tried other valuable farms, all in Bethel s y ’ 8a3
[a poem written and published bv Cottlel was 11,„ »v.s nffiniaia own minimi In a mmmmm?. I destroyed. A bov nomd o.5r. ’ “ T <i bees
likely to sell. This was J | JUjJH
his poor face, wet with tears, and his kind eye I all the rights and privileges he had hitherto en-1 and, fix escaping, Ms’ nair was s!dms «
brightened np in a moment. Now I felt it was joyed in the Superior Courts, except that the his clothes scorched. The town of FniWw 883
my cue to speak. j number of jurors was reduced from twelve to has also suffered severely. Over alarm?S? 8
I had to thank him for a nressnt of anaz-L.... »h« District Conrf* 1 of the dense hemlock enrage * pomoa
nifleent i
remarks—the least thing I could do; so I ven-1 this thought leads me to one of the objections I estauushment has lost heavilv
fared to suggest that I perceived a considerable j have to said courts. “Courts, they say, are themselves, as well as the lumber
improvement he bad made in bra first book c08 Uy luxuries.” How well was this said of onr damaged. Montioello, like Port
smoe the state in which he first read'll to me. District Court—if you will leave the last word I been the centre of a vast ampMheS’i 188
Joseph, who till now had. sat with his knees 0 g f or we have had three terms and Aot a case f Over ihe whole extent of the kTontimiJiT^
cDwsnng in by the fireplace, wheeled about; tried. Think of it-the citizens of our county road, and for miles in the Delaware
and with great difficulty of body shifted the required to abandon their business and comenp [ dense cloud of smoke has obscure J
same round to the comer of a table where I was as witnesses and jurors monthly, and for what several days. m {01
sitting, and[first stationing one Uilgh over the purpose ? To look at these newly constituted In Pike connly, Pa., the fires have ***« u
other, whioh is his sedentary mood, and placidly judges, with more beavers than brains. • Why, mountains for ten miles to the SZ.3 118
fixmg hra benevolent face right against mine, E irs , i fc a d ten to one rather risk important The mountain overhanging the vfflSvff-
waited my observations. I mlcaq IWnrn tvrn insticea ot onr eonntv that I moras. ODDOSite Pni+.Tenrio vTT? . .■r 1 ®-
At that moment it came strongly into:
mind that 1 had got Uncle Toby before me, he J them before the appointee of Bullock.' They
looked ot kind and so good. I could not say an are more conversant with the law—possess more I the trees like lightning. Jflariies. and bvn;$
unkind thing of Alfrep. So I set my memory dignity, and more moral character than said I present an appearance that beggars de«cripti^*
to work to recoflect what was the name of Al- ap p 0 i£tee. In the lower townships of the wuntv thTr^
frea’s queen, and wifa some adroitness recalled I *i t wiB not t0 expedite business that said are suffering from the ravages of fire
the well-known sound to Cottle a oars or Alas- J courts were established. This was done under Pond Eddy, on the Erie Railway, where tv...
S 1 to? , 84 I.could perceive that j tho act of 1868, and that, too, at one-fiftieth of tensive quarries of the Pennsylvania Bine St vl
Cottle had forgot his brother was so lately be- the tronble and expense attending these district Company are situated, work was gnspeadM for
ematiciaira, the authorwasas | ------
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I to •, . . , , _ | *vmuj w »*jr huw mow base) uo aw vtiu t>VS MJ I —vm.wimu wa uvjuiuo nuiui U1 mm fifty
felt my cue, and strong pity working at the a u the cases by tho two Justices under tho aot standing and cut, have been consumed. Rail’,
root, I went to work and beslabbered Alfred 0 f 18C8. The fact is, onr people are so much road tie«, bark and timber, have also bees d«.
with most unqualified praise, or only qualifying opposed to it, that they refuse to come in con- stroyed in large quantities. In Monroe cc-!r
my praise by the occasional politic interposition tact with it in any shape. Judgingby the past, where tanning.and lumbering sre tie kid’,
ot an exception taken against trivial faults, I j am inclined to think that violators of the law ing interests, much bark and timber bn ha
slips, ana human imperfections, wteeb, byre- have concluded that they would be disgraced destroyed. Ainannamad Smith Coryell
moving the appearance of insincerity, did but by being arraigned before it Don!t infer that ported to have been burned to death ueaiTcly.
in truth heighten the relish. f it has had a salutary influence in our district, banna, on the Delaware and Lackawanna Biii-
Perhaps I might have spared that refinement, -jt fa not the existence of the court that has | road. He was sleeping in an old cabin, and be.
l 7 ®® in humor to hope and believe stopped the commission of crime, bnt the oppo-1 fore he was aroused was so . badly burned that
all things. jVhat I said was beautifully sup-1 sitionto tlie court. Our people neither want I he died in a few hours. In Paradise towmhip
corroborated and confirmed by the sta- t 0 support nor patronize it—had rather suffer a valuable hotel property, belonging to HUa
pidity of his brother on my left hand, and by I g ma u wrongs and' petty offences to go unpun- Henry, ex-sheriff of Monroe county, bas been
George on my right, who has an niter incapacity I isbed than continue it. * _ I burned to the ground. The farmers, tasnen
tilere can anything j jf Qaidam •wants a District Court in Bibb, lumbermen of certain districts Invest
uaa in poetry,. AU poems are good poems to I we hope that fie will confine his theory and ar-1 pended work. Much damage has been sustsiaed
.“S® flre , ? 8 emn ses. I gument to the wants of his own county, and not by growing crops. Carbon county, Penasjlri-
oo wbat wttn my_aofaal. memory, of which 11 seek to enlist other sections of the State in its i nia, has been fearfully devastated. NearTOe
rtiirea, i maao Sims to discuss the_ most [ he does not comprehend tbe motive tbat prompt-1 structive for two weeks previous. Driven by a
csssenual parts entirely to the satisfaction of I the Legislature to organize these tribunals, I strong northwest wind it spread rapidly. The
“ s repeatedly declared that he I or jf comprehended, that ho is seeking to cover | East Haven school-house, and David Col vers
t ^othing better than candid criticism. I yt over. residence were burned. Thefireswept'np-
St 12 t 1 ? n< l w --5 r 0I . I Tho party in power wanted patronage—want- idly through the woods to the reiukica ct
aid I ao right ? I believe I did. Tho effect I ed to form a nucleus around whioh they hoped t A. Gorringer, destroying on tho way the hois
waslucious to my conscience. _ I to build up a 'party in each district—wanted of John Shaffer. Mr. Gorringer succeeded is
For aU the rest of the evening Amo3 wa3 no eighty-eight additional officers. The act of 1SG8 removing his family in safety, but on returning
more heard of, till George revived the subject j confronted them: no pretext as long as it was I to endeavor to save the building he was con-
by inquiring whether some account should not fa force; hence they repealed it, ana within two plofely surrounded by tho flames and escaped
bo drawn up by the friends of the deceased to days brought forward this Pandora’s box in the with great difficulty. The buildings betoamg
bo inserted in Philip a monthly obituary; add- shape of an act organizing a District Court in to Mr. Dorringer were destroyed, including
mg that Ames was eBtimablo both for his head 24 out of tho 44 districts of tho State. Glad I bams containing valuable st„ek and produce,
and would have made a fine poet if I that there were wise legislators in some parts I The fire continued on its course toward Hay s
^d lived* ^ I of the State—men who had the maniinnaq to j Greek, burning to the ground the tcuso cf W.
To the expediency of this measure Cottle I sa ve their districts from these pests, and we I V- Droisline', the family narrowly esupirg.
fully assented, but could not help adding that j confidently Vir’-evc, that one of the first acts of | Tho fire crossed Hay’s Creek and swept toward
he always thought that the qualities of his I 0 u r cent legislative body will be to repeal the | Hickory Run. Tho houses of John Magee,
brother s heart exceeded those of his head. I ac t organizing'the District Courts, and revive George Fox and George Weiss were saved with
believe his brother, when living, had formed the act of 1808. Yeesus. great efforts. The town of Sewardsvillewai
precisely the same idea of him; andlappre- j only preserved by persistent endeavors on tie
lend tbe world will assent to both judgments. «>!-*>„ ramed I»v Snmilanennn CVmi. ! P art °f tlie entire population for two days.wtea
I rather guess that tho brothers were poetical I .? fa heavy fall of rain began. At Hickory E—
rivals. I judged so when I saw them together. DlJSUOn. - the loss is severe. The hotel, with all its cos-
Poor Cottle, I must leave- him, after his short I Firo Inspector Holloway, of Baltimore, has j tents, at Henryrille, yras entirely consunei
dream,_to muse again upon his poor brother, for Ia t e ly investigated the causes of afire in that Minions or feet of lambed, thousands of coifc
whom I am sure insecret he will yet shedmany . h “ ! “ , 0 f wood, bark and tie3 have been reduced to
a tear. Now send me in return some Greta f C1, y> an “ now ma k e3 a report on theory of spon- P q>,pg. q, p. Holcomb & Co., Keck, Childs A
news. | taneous combustion. He says: Co., and Albert Lewis, are among the heaviest
Many of the substances wo use in the home, losers. _ '
Andrew Johnson. j store, or manufactory, are extremely liable to I Sussex county, N. J., along the Blue Mot-
President Johnson, in his late great speech at i S nite > 110,1 &om a spark only, but from the oxy- tains, has been the scene of extensive fires W
Knoxville, stated that the Federal debt amounts gen of the a(mos P hcre - Spontaneous combos- | past week. Several school houses tare to
. e . 0 _ nn „ nn nnn , .. . , , ,, | tioa is not so rare as many suppose, and a criti- destroyed. VValpack and Sandystoa towU£a:f»
to $-,o00,000,000and tho interest $150,000,000, I cal investigation of even the best premises often I have suffered most,
at 6 per cent. Who is to pay this, he asks? reveals lurking incendiaries where theyare least j . These fires, although widely separate, appfa
The men in the shops and on tbe farms “II to ba expected—incendiaries whose guilt rests j to range simultaneously. Largo quantifiesin
assume that no nation vet in the histm-v nf not with themselves, but with those who harbor game—bear, deer and foxes, with which tJ
assume mat no nation yet in the history of na-J th6m . innocent appearing incendiaries, mod-1 burned districts abonnded-must have been
tions has ever paid any large public debt with-J estly retiring from public gaze into the private destroyed. The loss in the whole territory css-
out repudiation. You may take the debt of the I nooks and dark oorners of buildings. If gene- n °t fall below $300,000. The fire3 are.no”
revolution. It was nearly all repudiated. I relly known, it is not always considered that I smouldering,
assume further that no nation has any right to W »e«0Commune and its Lessons,
make a large pubho debt permanent m its char- ra t 0 heat enough to produoe spontaneous com- One-quarter of Paris lies in ruins, its
acter. You found the soil here. After you bastion. . - .. _ V, are died with blood, and tens of thousands ot
have enjoyed it, it should pass to your children There i3 much reason to suppose ‘ that a its people havebeen killed—but the Commn»
and children’s children ” majority of the fires which are reported as of l 13 destroyed. Henceforth it will be but a bate-
ana cmidren s children. - “unknown" origin arise from this same cause. f nl memory. Its atrocities have been ftB*
ims is bold language, and will strike a re- Many fires in dwellings originate in unusad its Iast etrnggio the bravery of despair, ana
sponsivo cord in .the hearts of thousands who I garrets; where no fires are used, and to which I short life one continued record of erto, chij
say they have ho part nor lot in the Federal 1 seldom a lamp is carried. Theso garrets'are I minatingin the murder of the Archbishop®*
debt and are not re^nonRiWe fnr it the receptacles of cast off clothing and rags. ‘‘ Earis and some Bixty other priests held as
12 S”! In cellars where charcoal is stowed, firls not ages- The Government has regained posses^ 1
Of Coegress he thus discusses: ,1 tin frequently begin to the surprise of every one, its Capital only after a long and blood/ con
CONGEE3S runcHASABLE. ,-h J except those who understand the dangerous I test > but now that its triumph is assured,
Think of it, and that Congressis almost ah ar- quality of suoh material left undisturbed for most difficult questions of all still remain
tide of merchandise, as purchasable as any weeks ana months. ’ *• - settled. .The lessons of the revolt were not
other commercial commodity. I have passed I Cotton waste from factories,'cotton rags and I f? learn, for they were taught by men -
through the ordeal, and, thank God, my hands unbleached cloth, more or less saturated with |*Wj8g everything upon the hazardous
havo never been contaminated'; In the future, oi1 j or greasy from wear, are liable to ignite they played—the law was set aside, taeo.a c*
if I can have my name inserted as one who has spontaneously when accumulated in any she!-1 cialist doctrine that “property m rout* 1 ? . -
honestly toiled for the people, it will fill my am- -tcred nook Or corner where Ihe-vrina does not proclaimed ana practiced, the Commnne »-
bition. TfJcome and a moderate degree of heat is main-1 1 * license and by theft. Its leaders we.e®“
Mr. Johnson proposes the following plan for I jgggfJgJg
the relief of the tax-bnrdened people:
Are we prepared to pay this interest? Let us I mothers before tho introduction of friction I publicans have riTalied_the
examine this principle; $2,500,600,000 now In matc . he3 * n J? t6ri l al , lod S e3 1 j 11 comers and {**> h?°b V** tollowe io govern
the vaults of this counti^ wd Europe. Here an 5 “ byways through floors, The 'efforts” of ,ha ,5^^ 0 Sa 0 hsolnesof
It ortho
tho'capital of the National Banks, that prey ” ies “ e £$$$ bo . quoted, but these soon as wi
upon the oountry like so many harpies.' I are euough to show that suoh sources of danger f baa been evioenr. iroui ti^
P " • * inntYyhaVeagreenbaSuIaUon, F^thyof attention. The only safety &s selection of ILThiera *e head_ ofauew ^
and thus be relieved of paying so much inter. 1 1,1 l»rfeot cleanliness and constant care, Sew | public, was a serious error,
est
soon as wholesome restraintau- ----- { ^
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A monarchist by
eonstant care. Sew puonc, was a _ 0 faith in
combustion have oo- babit and convicHon, M, TMots Juso x
ail drugstores in this a government of the people by thepeop e—P?.
At the- room of the Couper Boat Glub, Iast Augusta on Thursday, while workmen were en-
interest each year be considered a3 an annuity purred in wholesale andretail drag stores in this »
paid on these bonds, pud. in sixteen years't& I
toreinvestin bonds, they will' lock over the 'waauy-Jfflura.'- . •• • ; • _ f gr—i./iywmy,
oountry to find out where' to invest t6 advant- 11 T, ^^biess, which isa His vaoflatmg had be-
ago, and fans'this capital will aid In manufab- remedy for all existing evifa, fa • alio the main [ delayea msUve ^fences; an 3
fares and general Improvements, instead of -ouo.tendingto a suppression, of fires—ifae care-Fguntb brtstfa y 1 * ff^dable defecce ,
being in safes, corroding and eating np yonr I less handling of open lights, matches, children ! at the last, the inhuman order to refuse
famrie^CapUalwanteproteoUoi^Mthefemale j SlVi®^0, improper gak-flttfaA rafingout !
oower isabsoluie ZS fa^o the vessels, throning cigar stumps In wOodiri to the country. During fae conflicts of fael*^
of the fabonng porrion of the I ^ith sawdust in themfand the impro^r l months, the Provinces have supported tho W
OTrrode 1 the faansrtieTof “” r ’TJ.steampipes often take flre, and dropping off ig-1 genfa; but u Al. atuers snows no
corrode fae industries of the country. fates any timber that may be new. Placing to cope with civil affairs than he Eas Mjj,
From tho above it will be perceived that R oods too near gas-burners in »how-window4 in the suppression of the revolt, he will co^
Andy is by no means a political fossil, but on fae flues taking fire, fae use of explosive oils in to oreata discontent, his tenure of P° Te i. meI it
I lamps, and many others oould be added to fae I oome to an end, and fao form of Gove _
He will live vet to be a fasterfag thorn in foregoing list of firos caused by thoughtlessness, which he represents be displaced by a s ^
S A ramedv for this might be found by the own- nile. At the best, however,
,e Radioal side. | ^ short intervals examining their promises he France for many years to oonw. -t . ^
' and stock, and strongly enforcing obedience of I tralizaiion of. powiriafae OapitalhM
a code of rules adapted to each particular ease. J destroyed by the acta of its own peop** ^
* much that gave it prestige Is gone tonjer.
ALIto AtotoA II .to a a. to V M i Vama /a* tho fntnie wi
A Fowl Ku-klux.—A friend living near By.
ron, tells os of a Ku-klux hen belonging to him.
A short time ago she hatched thirteen chickens,
five of whioh were black. She killed the black
ones almost as soon as they left fae shell.
The New York Tribune' opposes capital thte fact U« fae beet hope far the future© ^
punishment in general, but favors the execu- fae^reok- <g
Other chickens, hatched by another hen, were tion of eaoh particular criminal as he turns up. tralization has bean the curse of France,
placed with her to ’ be raised, two of whieh be-1 It fa paxticulariy fleroe in its demand for the fa(«e latcat revelations of its tendencies so
ing black, were killed immediately.—Houston hanging ot Foster. as a warning to other grekt communities.^-- •
Home Journal:iiii'Ji’nii-:
We demand of Waterman that he have that The Courier-Journal says that with the ad-
ken arrested and cooped until fae next meeting. I journment of Congress all the - Ku-Klux out-1
Yl Commercial Advertiser.
Mb. John RosnnKWr^*
OAT ifi
of Congress; and forthwith report the facts to I rages ceased. It is astonishing what a fine I one leg
the Outrage Committee. In .the meantime do moral effect fae adjournment of that body gen- J gfaj aeverad toeasut iPom the other foot.
.leU us if sheiilled them wlthherUttleAaf;A-ff, ? .*erally has upon the people.of the Sooth. • faoughthc will ho» oriflpl® fw fife*
