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Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON, JUNE 13, 1871.
Tempora Blutautnr, etc.
The presence of the Hon. Benjamin H. Hill
at the banquet, or reception, or whatever is the
fashionable term for the social entertainment
given certain notorious Northern Radical lead
ers by Governor Bullock a few nights since at
Atlanta, is about the most striking illustration
of the truth of this expression that has ever
fallen under our notice.
Time was when Mr. Hill, iu' his fiery zeal
against gentlemen of the Delano-Cameron-
Bullock persuasion even adjured the wives of
those who should dare to agree with those men,
politically, to sunder even the matrimonial tie,
and leave them to the blistering scom and con
tempt of their fellows. If we have not quoted
Mr. Hill correctly, we beg his pardon, but thi3
is our recollection of his position. Certainly
there was no language too scathing, no denun
ciation too severe, no invective too bitter for
Mr. Hill to express his hearty hate and scom
for men of the Cametonian politics, and for
those who dared to offer them any mark of social
consideration. They were thieves, robbers, out
casts, contact with whom was pollution to do-
csnt men and women. If there was anything
bitter and unsparing in condemnation that Mr.
•mil omitted to say we have never heard of it.
Especially did Mr. Hill emphasize his policy of
social and personal ostracism as a punishment
for political sin. This, if our memory serves
ns at all correctly, was Mr. Hill’s specialty, if
one may so phrase it. Other men equaled him
in the vigor of their condemnation of Kadieal
reconstruction and reconstructionisls as a policy
and as politicians, but none approached within
gun shot of that proud eminence of personal and
social antagonism upon which he stood.
It was Mr. Hill’s right to so feel and so speak
in 1867-68, and it is Mr. Hare still more un
doubted right to acknowledge a change of heart,
now. It is none of our business with whom Mr.
TTfii eats, or drinks, or clasps hands in Governor
Bullock’s parlors, or elsewhere. We trust he
will not consider thi3 article as intending any
suoh impertinence. Wo only mean just what
we said above: That he has deigned to famish
ns the most startling verification that men
change, and times with them, that we have ever
known. If so disposed, we might educe another
lesson from the illustration, but we shall not.
If we added another word to what is already
written we shonld simply say that history teach,
es no truer lesson than that let extremes touchent
—that re-action from one violence swings the
pendulum too far the other ride of that safe
medium where, at last, is not only the greatest
strength but the least nerve and brain wear.
There are very few words in denunciation of
«he same; measures and the same men that so
stinedMr. Hill’s pen and tongue in the years
above named, that 'the writer of this article re
grets or would now modify; "but every day doth
write in deeper .characters upon his judgment
the conviction that though they were truthfully
said it might have been wiser to temper their
heat and cool their rage. Perhaps the jjhlf that
now intervenes between the people of this land
and that peace and accord so much needed
might not new be so deep and wide bad fewer
bitter words been spoken on both sides. If the
thing were to do over again we know we shonld
speak our share as before, but judgment and
feeling wonld not, we fear, be so heartily in
agreement again. What a pity it-is that a man
ever lives long enough to feel that there has
been such a divorce—and that it is absolute 1
Floaters, Sow Peas.
Every indication points to a short crop of
cotton the present year. Should the extraordi
nary wet spell of the past few weeks, be suc
ceeded by protracted drought, as may reasona
bly be anticipated, the yield of corn also must
be greatly abridged. Experience has shown
that when a plant becomes habituated to redun
dant moisture, and is fall of sap, and luxuriant
in grownth unless fed by repeated showers until
maturity, any reverse of seasons is well nigh
fatal to it
With this prospect before them, true wisdom
dictates that steps shonld be taken in time,, to
supplement any lack of provisions which may
arise. No esculent is as available for this pur
pose as the pea crop.
We are aware that as a field crop planted with
com, the yield of this valuable grain is very
uncertain. If planted on old land too soon,
rust and blight almost inevitably follow, and in
any case, the cultivation is too imperfect to as
sure satisfactory results. Again, the vine over
runs the stalksof corn, rendering the gathering
much more difficult, and the good old time alas,
no longer exists, when the hogs of the farmer
effectually gleaned his fields.
All crops do best when cultivated alone, and
from actual experience the writeris well assnred
that one-fonrth of the area of land sowed usu
ally in peas, if carefully broken and planted in
drills from the first to the middle of Jnly, will
prove to be far more remunerative.
As thiB crop draws largely upon the atmos
phere for nutriment, even the poorest soil will
produce abundantly, and a single plowing and
hoetag, is all that is necessary. The rows should
be 2} to 3 feet apart, and the object in planting
late, is to have tho plant commence to bear be
fore It runs to vine and bush. Only tho early
varieties will frait before the cool nights in
September, and if sown very early, they will
rust or cast their leaves before that period.
It is a great waste to thresh out peas in the
field and throw away tho hull. They should be
gathered bright and sound, and carefully
housed from the weather. No article of food
is more nutritious for horses ana mules, and
fed in the hull, they servo the double purpose
of grain and long forage. Care should be
taken, however, to moisten them well before
feeding, to avoid choking the animals, it is
curious that they never ohoke after the first
mouthful, which is owing to the Increased aotion
of the salivary glands.
The writer ha3 worked his mules for twelves
months consecutively upon peas thas prepared,
without one grain of corn, and kept them fat
and sleek and in the finest condition daring tho
whole period. It is a matter worth considering.
Does it Fay to be Sick?
The Medical and Surgical Reporter estimates
the cost, to the people of the United States, of
medical services and medicine, at $100,000,000,
and adds $25,000,000 for tho quack medicines
swallowed. “Bat the people,” it says, “study
these fignr<33 awhile, and then reflect that prob
ably one-half, or certainly a large fraction, of
this expense, is incurred by a deliberate infrac
tion of the laws of health; that, if they tippled
less, smoked less, overworked less, were less
fast and less self, indulgent, they would save
some thirty or forty millions a yoar.”
This is honest End truthful advico, consider
ing the source from which it emanated, but
does not go far enough. It is safe to assume
that seven-eights of the'nauseous pills and
purges swallowed by a credulous and ignorant
public, are not only nsoless but deleterious to
the human constitution.
Yet how common it is to hear invalids com
plain that tho doctor does nothing for them,
when the Sangrado phebotomy treatment, or tho
horse drenches of ignorant empirics, would cause
(hem to “shuffle off this mortal coil” in a trice.
We confess to a love for homeopathy and the
bread pill management of disease, because at
best neither can do any harm, and they pormit
the grand annealer, Nature, toperform her office
unmolested.
Still, we do not join in tho fashionable hue
and cry against physicians, and vote them ex
tortioners and vampires upon the body politic.
This will do very well when the blood courses
joyously through the veins, and tho glow and
vigor of health renders ns oblivions to tne aches
and melancholy ino^nt to tho sick chamber.
But when pain and misery puts out of tunc that
“harp of a thousandstrings,” the human organ
ization, how wistfully wo arq prone to watch and
listen for the wheels of the son of Esculapius
who comes to the rescue!
Hear, then, the conclusion of the whole mat
ter: Live temperately and virtuously, pay your
debts, support the Gospel, avoid medicine, and
subscribe and pay for The Telegbath ahd Mes-
8ekgeb, and all will be well with yon.
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
We extract the following from the Columbus
Enquirer, of Wednesday ;
Cnons ih Babboub.—A subscriber, writing to
us from Cowikee, Ala., giveB ns the following
information concerning the growing cotton in
the rich region in which he lives. Accounts
from most of the important cotton-growing dis
tricts east of the Mississippi make similar re
ports:
“Daring the last four months we have had
more rain than I ever knew in the same length
of time. Consequently, in this seotion, crops
are nearly lost in grass, especially oottoD, and
the stand of cotton is very defective on the
driest lands, and on bottom lands (which are
the best) a great deal of it is drowned. I am
living in a neighborhood that is known to pos
sess a3 fine cotton lands as there are in South
east Alabama, but notwithstanding this, it is my
opinion, if the seasons should bo favorable to
fanners, that there cannot be made in this sec-
(Ion moro otaf a «wp plfcbon*
year. If all other sections of the ootton States
have had as much rain as we have had here,
the crop will be quite limited this year.
Cobh Prospects oh the M. & G. R. K.—From
conductors and engineers we loam that much of
tho low lands on the road are inundated. The
Conecuh river near Troy was yesterdaymoming
nearly a mile wide. Mach of the cotton is com
pletely overrun with weeds and grass, not hav
ing yet been chopped out. Com, despite the
floods, looks well. Altogether the prospect looks
rather discouraging.
Muscogee Superior Court is now in session.
All cases of debt where affidavit'that taxes had
been paid was not made were struck from the
docket. Many old cases were dismissed—some
which had been commenced prior to 1810.
The Son says:
"Wxhhtoh Ebopeexx at Auction.-—Yesterday
at 12 m., Wm. H. Chambers, executor, sold the
residence In Wynnton belonging to the estate of
Colonel Job. M. Chambers, deceased. The house
is a taro-story wooden one with nine rooms, with
sixty acres land attached, and out-houses com
plete. The place is well improved. It is located
:n Wynnton, some two miles from Colnmhns.
D. P. Ellis was auctioneer. The property was
knocked down to D. F. Wjllcox, for $5,850.
All residences outside the city have greatly de
preciated in value. We understand a place in
Wynnton, on which is a good two-story house,
surrounded by a good deal of land, has been
offered for a year, without finding a purchaser,
for $1,000. The house must have cost that
amount when if was built, sixteen years ago.
On the contrary, we find city property appre
ciating in value, especially smaller houses.
People find living in neighboring'villages and
supporting vehicles far more expensive than
residing in Columbus whore they are convenient
to their business.
Mb. Chase and the “New Departure."—The
Washington correspondent of. the Baltimore
Gazette, under date of June 5th, writes a3 fol
lows:
Chief Justice Chase will leave hero to-morrow
evening. He is not determined where he will
go, whether to Rhode Island, to bis daughter's
residence, to Saratoga, or some other of the
interior places fot summer retreat. His health
is not muoh improved by his sojourn in Wash
ington, and he hop*3 to_ obtain recuperation by
his summer trip. He approves the platform
recently adopted by the Conventions in South
Carolina, Pennsylvania and Ohio, except the
financial feature of the Ohio platform, which,
he thinks, might well have been omitted, first,
becanse it was unnecessary to provoke dis
cussion on that subject; and second, because it
creates a misapprehension as to the relative in
terests of capital and labor. He is rejoiced at
this new departure of the Demooracy, because
x * C0 Buizes the equal rights of au men, of
co -° ror condition in life, and he
Hgkatottod th* great Democratic pity pro
nouncing itself unequivocally on suffrage and
Reneral amnesty, end he says if he shall be in
Ohio whejr tho fall election takes place, he will
vote for Gen. McCook
It is proposed to establish a new bank in Co-
lnmljps to be called the “Merchants’ and Me
chanics’ Savings Bank, ’ with a capital of $200,-
CoL T. S. Nickerson, proprietor of the Scre
ven House, Savannah, died very suddenly, last
Tuesday, at Milwaukie, Wisconsin. Ho was a
native of Massachusetts, but for many yearn a
citizen of tho South, and well and widely known
in connection with the hotel business in South
Carolina and Georgia.
The monthly sales at Augusta, on Tuesday,
were dull—little property offering and. fewer
bidders. Seventeen shares of Georgia Rail
road stock sold at $105 871' a share.
The sales at Savannah were rather spiritless
owing to lack of bidders. Southwestern Rail
road stock sold at from $93 50 to $96 a share—
tho.latter ex-dividend. Ten shares Central
Railroad stock—ex-dividend—sold for $123 a
share. Horses and moles brought from $100
to $150, each.
Red Head Harris, of the Savannah News,
boasts that ho i3 a great traveler, but there’s
one place he don’t dare go—and that’s the pow
der magazine at Savannah. They do say he
gives Brunswick a wide berth, too.
The Atlanta Fire Department cost the city
about $0,500 last year. This year it will slight
ly exceed that amount.
The Grand Jary of the United States Dis
trict Court at Atlanta, were discharged Wednes
day. About SO true bills were found this term.
The lawyers of Rome have just signed the
following pledge:
Rome, Ga., Junes, 1871.
Recognizing the importance of kind, friendly,
a*d courteous relations among the members of
our Jp*pfesaion, high and honorable as it is and
ought to w» t as well as the Christian duty of cul
tivating peace. and good will among all men:
We, themembw^of the Rome Bar, exercis
es that noble virtue, ®#rgiveness, with a view
to a state of better feeling. moro perfert
harmony, agree to bury whale*** has been un
pleasant in the past, and heren* withdraw
everything that has been said or done hy any
of ns that may have wounded the feeling 0 f,
or been distasteful to any other, with a deter
mination to promote in future the highest
courtesies and most kindly relations among our
selves and in the community.
“Behold how good and how pleasant It is for
brothrento dwell together in unity.”
We are glad to loam there is one section of
the State which has not had too much rain.
The Elberton Gazette of Wednesday says:
Splendid rain3 have fallen within tho last few
days, which were beginning to bo very much
needed.
We clip the following from tho Hawkinsvillo
Dispatch: -
Heave Rain.—Mr. Green W. Bateman, now
in hl3 fifty-ninth year, assures us that during
his entire life he does not remember to have
seen as heavy rain as that whioh fell in his
neighborhood on last Sunday evening.
Rath ahd Alligators.—Mr. Wm. H. Hendley
informs us that tho whole face of the earth is
about to be washed away, in his neighborhood.
Every sink throughout his plantation is filled
with water. Bottoms, which he cultivated las*
year are now submerged and inhabited by alli
gators. A few evenings ago he killed one three
feet long, while making its way from one basin
to another, Hq gives gloomy accounts of the
cl '-F «, end thinks if the heavy rains continue
the crops will bean utter failure—which is very'
near the case anyhow.
Editorial Correspondence—flfo. 4.
From York westward to .Brandon, about
hundred miles, civilization is slow—improve
ments very moderate—embellishments meagre
—principally Hembold’s Bucha—Simmons’ Liv
er Regulator, and the like—but no Central City
Condition Powers. Why is this? The pine
woods are about average Georgia rough pine
woods. The swamps and hammocks are ahead
of us in the magnitude of the timber. The
oaks, gums and. magnolias are more towering
and gigantic. The agriculture to be seen from
the road is scarcely worth mention.
We tied up Saturday night at Hickory, twenty
miles west of Meridian. Meridian is a strag
gling collection of wooden houses, with .a few
of brick, which shelter, maybe, 2,000 people.
Hickory is so-called because it is on.Jackson’s
line of homeward march after the victory of
New Orleans. It is the emporium of a small
neighborhood trade—has five or six stores and
a stock of cotton on hand amounting to four
bales. On the platform containing these resid
uary deposits, we sat and discussed matters and
things in general till ten o’elock, and then took
to onr berths.
Mr. Wadley tells mo he has contracted for
steam traction road engine, which will be em
ployed in hauling logs at his brother’s saw mill,
in Emanuel county. The cost of the machine
will be $5,000. It is perfectly manageable-
traverses rough roads and even plowed grounds
without difficulty, and Trill drag after it a gang
of plows which trill pulverize tho soil to almost
any desired depth in laud free from stumps. In
dragging oarry-logs he expects it to do the work
of many mules or oxen on far less expensive
fuel. Should experiment jnstify-it, he will put
one of these machines on the road from Geneva
to Talbotton, and carry the Meriwether Springs
travel. He thinks they can be used with econ
omy on our dirt roads and will be found useful
in hauling ootton to. points on the railways.
Forrest, on tire Vicksburg and Meridian Road,
is a lively little village station, with perhaps fonr
or five hundred inhabitants, and appropriately
suggest that the line of the road was the scene
of some of the most stirring exploits of that
great cavalry officer.
One very vexations and expensive peculiarity
of the soilon a large portion of this road is
worthy of notice. The eye detects no difference
between it and the ordinary yellowish soil of
much of onr Georgia pino land, bnt it has
marked and unoommon peculiarity. It is
crawling poll—it won’t stay where you put it.
On an embankment it is constantly spreading
and in an excavation, no matter how shallow
and broad, it is constantly filling up. Thus it is
that a very large portion of-the whole line, on
both sides, is wharf ed with two inch pine plank,
braced with six inch timber. These wharfs clear
the end of the cross-ties, say a foot, and are ordi
narily two to fonr feet high; and bnt for them
it would be impossible to keep the rails above
ground. The soil does not seem to have a sur
face so’much as a subsurface, movement
Seems tu suck uS grow Uk» fungus. This un
common and unpleasant trick adds to the ex
pense of keeping np the- - road-bed and super
structure almost the cost of a duplicate set of
cross-ties. The wharves are very expensive, and
they soon rot down and have to be renewed.
Judge King says the same trouble, to a limited
extent, may be found on the Nashville and
Chattanooga road, bnt it is very rare and very
deplorable. In one case it was found impossi
ble to keep an excavation open, no matter how
much dirt was carried away, and it was there
fore tunnelled at an expense of $30,000.
At the Brandon station the eonntry changes
quite suddenly, and takes a level aq£ fertile de
velopment. Then, leaving Jackson, it becomes
undulating, but is generally open and fertile
thickly peopled, and a good deal of it being
well clad in Bermuda «nd supplied with fine
shade trees which have been left of the original
growth, it is picturesque and beautiful.
The road approaches no nearer than a mile of
Brandon. Here, long time ago, lived that fierce
and gigantic wild-oat, the Brandon Bank, and
here probably flourished Belle Brandon of the
song. At Brandon, a delegation of the Vicks-
burghers met the party. It embraced Colonel
McArdle and Mr. Shearer, of the Vicksburg
Herald; Dr. Emanuel, President of the Vicks
burg and Meridian Railroad; CoL Ra worth, Su
perintendent ; Mr. Geo. Lawrence, Director;
Major A. M. Paxton, and Messrs. Blakemore,
McCutchen, Richardson, Hobart and Back.
A terrible rain set in at Brandon. Daylight
almost disappeared with it. Passing Jackson,
we could not see the town for it. It has been
raining here off and on for sixty days, and the
country is wet as Jonah. The showers have im
mortalized themselves. Daring one of eighteen
hours at Holly Springs, C.7 inches fell.
Major McArdle tells me the Mississippi Dem
ocratic editors are going to recommend the party
to take no other action in the National Demo
cratic Convention than simple ratification of its
proceedings. Mississippi is in favor of letting
the Northern Democrats navigate the ship for
the present. J. C. |
TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA'
Over Twenty Tbonsand Square Miles of
Country Devastated—'Temples. Govern
ment Building* and Dwellings Destroyed
—Over 2,000 Lives Lost.
From the New York Tribune, June 5tb.]
Washington, June 4.—Onr Minister in China,
Gov. Lowe, has forwarded to the Secretary of
State the following translation of a report of a
terrible earthquake, from the Chinese Governor-
General of the province in which it occurred :
BRIEF ACCOUNT OP THE EARTHQUAKE AT BATHANG,
■ IH SZCHUEN.
I have ascertained that Bathang lies on a very
elevated spot beyond the borders of the pro
vince, about 260 miles west from LI Tang, and
more than 30 post stations from the district
town of Ta-tsien, on the high road to Thibet.
About 11 o’clock a. al, on the 11th of April,
1871, the earth trembled so violently that the
Government offices, temples, granaries, stone
and store houses and fortifications, with all the
common dwellings and the temple of Ting-lin,
weroatohee overthrown and rained; the only
exception was the hall ih the temple grounds
called Ta-chao, which stood unharmed in its
Isolation.
A few of the troop3 and people escaped; bnt
most of the inmates were crushed and hilled
under the falling timber and stone. Flames
also jsuddenly burst out in fonr places, which
strong winds drove abont until the heavens were
darkened with smoke, and their roaring was
mingled with the lamentations of the distressed
people. On tho lGth tho fl-imo3 were beaten
down, bnt the rambling noises were still heard
under ground like distant thunder, and the
earth rocked and rolled like a ship in a storm at
the mercy of the waves. The multiplied mis
eries of the sffiictcd inhabitants were increased
by a thousand fears, but in about 10 days mat
ters began to grow quiet and the motion to cease.
The grain collector at Bathang says that for
several days before the earthquake the water
had overflowed the dyke, but after it the earth
«*acked In many places, and black, fetid water
spuiwi out in a f urieus manner. If one poked
the eartu the spurring instantly followed, just
as in U6M*.with tho salt-wells and fire-wells
(m the oastemp«t of the province;) and this
explains how it happ»n«a that fire followed tho
earthquake in Bathang. ~ -■
As nearly as is ascertained, there were de
stroyed two large temples, the office* of the col
lector of grain tax, the local magistrate, *nd tho
colonel, tho.Ting-lin temple, and nearly 700
fathoms of wall around it, and 351 rooms in all in
side ; six smaller temples, numbering 221 rooms,
beside 1,849 rooms and houses cf the common
people. Tho number of people, soldiers and
lamas killed by the crash was 2,29S! among
whom were the local magistrate and his second
in office. *• •
The earthqnake extended from Bathang east
ward to Pang-Chahemab, westward to Nan-tun;
on the south to Lin-tsah-shib, ahd oaths north
to the salt well3 of A-timtsz, a circuitof over
400 miles. It occurred simultaneously over tho
whole of tiffs region. In some places steep hills
split and sunk into deep pits; in others, hills
ojxleveLspots became precipitous cliffs, and the
roads and highways were rendered* impassable
Jby obstructions.
The people were beggared- and •scattered like
Autumn leaves; and thia calamity to the people
of Bathang and viciffltawas really one of the
most distressing and^lPtrnciive that has ever
happened in this country.
BY TELEGRAPH
New Orleans, June 7—Midnight.—There Is
strong southeast wind .with rain on Lake
Ponchertrain thin evening. The water in the
city has fallen two inches within the past twenty-
four hours, and is near three inches below high
water mark. The neutral ground on Canal
street is clear of water nearly to Claiborne
street. Besides the police ana charity boats
there are hundreds of small crafts engaged in
the passenger traffio. They are as thick around
the neutral grounds on Canal street as vehicles
at the race course, and boatmen are as solicit-
ons for patronage as depot cabmen. Boats are
required to carry lights, and after dark the
scene is interesting. Five thousand loaves of
bread and other articles of provisions have
been distributed daily. A disagreeable odor
arises along the border of the overflowed dis
trict coming from stagnant water and decaying
vegetable and animal matter.
San Fbanoisoo, Jane 8.—There has been a
tremendous hurricane in the vicinity of the
Fiji Islands. The brig Kentucky from Sait
Francisco for 1 Melbourne, foundered,' and all
were lost including the Captain’s wife. There
are great floods in New South Wales, and im
mense Iossesincluding the wheat crop. The gold
yieldis increasing, but anew disease is killing
sheep by the thousands. From Honolulu the
news i3 unimportant The Nevada, the initial
steamer on the Australia line, made Honalulu
from San Francisco, in seven days and sixteen
hours.
Cohoobd, N. H., June 8.—The House failed
to elect a olerk yesterday. The Senate merely
met and elected a temporary chairman, and ap
pointed a committee to count the Senatorial
votes. Both parties are caucusing to-day.
Cincinnati, June 8.—The Rabinical Council
adopted a resolution providing for the uniform
reading from the Pentatench daring three years,
omitting the antiquated laws. A resolution was
adopted protesting against the establishment of
a national Rabinical office at Washington.
Baltimore, Jane 8.—The Typographical
Union has adopted a resolution admitting press-
men to membership.
Paris, June 7.—The funeral ceremonies to
day over the remains of five clerical victims of
the Commune were solemn and impressive.
Notre Dame Church was grandly arrayed. The
central object in the solemn pomp was a gor
geous catifalque containing the remains of the
Archbishop, surrounded by minor structures
bearing the coipse of Dngnerry, the Cure of
Moriain-Snret, and the Grand Vicar of the Di
ocese of Becourt and Sabatur. The boffin of
the Archbishop was covered with a pall of black
velvet embroidered and enriched with a massive
silver cross. Thousands of tapers were burn
ing in silver candlebras, and the incense ves
sels were also silver. The floor was covered with
black cloth, and the pulpit covered with black
gauze bespangled with silver stars. In the
transepts, 150 feet wide, appearedhnge recesses
of black drapery, which covered every statue
except those of the Virgin 'and child and St.
Denis, the first bishop of Paris. In the midst
of all were the blaok and charred remains of
the bishop’s chair and his throne, also half
burned, with whioh the-Communists -endeav
ored to bum the cathedral, and which was left
intact as a memento of the crime,
Versailles, June 8.—A motion for the pro
longation of Thiers' term was postponed until
after the supplemental elections. It is authori
tatively stated that Thiers favors a Republio.
London, May 8.—Jules Mines, a celebrated
French banker, 1b dead.
Berlin, Jane 8.—The Czar and his son Alexis
arrived at Berlin and were received at the sta
tion by the Emperor.
Washington, June 8.—Walter T. Shipps,
route agent from Norfolk to Raleigh, bu boon
arrested on the charge of a violation of the postal
laws.
Two distilleries, with fixtures and 175.acres of
land in the fourth North Carolina district, were
seized for violations of revenue laws. .
General Sherman, writing to the Herald from
Fort Sills, says : Now, as to politics, I think
all my personal friends know my deep antipitby
to the subject; yet, aB you seem not to under
stand me, I hereby state, and mean all that 1
say, that I never have been and never will be
a candidate for President That if nominated
by either party I shall peremptorily decline, and
even if unanimously elected, I should decline
to serve. If yon can find language stronger to
convey this meaning, yon are at liberty to use
it I am your obedient servant,
V. T. Shebman.
The Ku-klux Investigation Committee ex
amined, to-day, Gen. Eglerton, of Mississippi;
Mason, of South Carolina, and Cherry! of Ala
bama. Gov. Parsons, of Alabama, will be ex
amined to-morrow.
Work has been resumed at some points at
$1.50 per day. The workmen are unmolested.
A strong force of police, however, are in readi
ness. Many still hold ont for $2, and eight
hours.
Judge Olin will hoar argument Monday as to
whether he can withhold Bowen’s sentence nntil
the motion for a new trial is decided.
Montgomeb;, Juno 8.—The Alabama and
Chattanooga Railroad Company, better known
as Stanton’s road, was to-day placed in bank
ruptcy by Judge Bnsteed, of the United States
District .Court. The motion wa3 made by Mao.
Jones, an Alabama creditor, whose claim is
abont $15,000. E. H. Grandin and John F.
Bailey have been appointed temporary custo
dians, pending the election of an assignee by the’
creditors. ■ - ■ .
New Yobs, Juno 4.—John H. Austin was
elected Grand Master of Masons.
Dr. Sparr, brother-in-law of Woodholl &
Claflin, died suddenly, the doctors say, of con
sumption.
Conoobd, N. H., June 8.—The entire fore
noon session was consumed in tho attempt to
draw seats, which failed, owing to duplication
of some members. Mr. Randall urged tho pro
priety End right of ballot for clerk, whioh the
democrats persistently refused, fearing shaky
members.
S. Louis, June S.—Lyman J. Fnllarton, of
the Ann of Furguson, Fnllarton & Co., died
from an over dose of chloral taken to relieve
pain.
Baltimore, Jane 8.—The committee on fast
ty£e setting gave the first premium to George
Ahrensbnrg, of Philadelphia; second, W. A.
Edwards, Norfolk; third, James A. Butler,
Little ROok.
London, June 8.—A dispatch from Constan
tinople, dated yesterday, says fires had broke
out that morning simultaneously in fonr
places, and at one time two hundred houses
were ih flames. Fortunately the wind was Jight
and there was a prospect of getting the confla
gration under control. The damage done to all
the oity was very heavy. The fires are sup
posed to be the work of incendiaries.
New York, June 8.—A World special dated
Paris, to-day, says Marquis Gollifet was ass as-,
sinated to-day by the widow of a Communist *
Who was shot by his order. i./ ’"
Versailles, June 8.—It is reported Bossil
and Courbet have been unearthed in Paris. The
Court-martial for the trial of insurgents has not
yet convened. The Official Journal asrbedthe
insurrection to the congregation, by Napoloon,
of three hundred thousand workmen in Paris.
London, June 8.—It is rumored Count de
Chambord has arrived at Boulogne.
New Yobe, June 8.—Arrived: Manhattan,
Julia. Arrived out: St. Patrick, Atlanta, Frank
fort, from NewUrleans.
Savannah, Jane 8.—Arrived, schooner Spark
ling Sea, New York. Cleared—Steamer Gen
eral Barnes, New York; bark Pauquta, Barce
lona, via New York; sohooner J. P. Allen, Al
exandria, Va.
Washington, June 8.—The Board of Super
vising Inspectors of steamboats is in session
here. Tho Board will, to-morrow, appoint a
number of committees to oonslder steamboats,
machinery, etc. No business of importance
has yet been transacted.
New York, June 8.—Joe. Coburn, prize
fighter, has been arrested on the charge of hav
ing a stolen watch and chain in his possession.
The Lakeshore Railway directors at a meet
ing to-day dodared four per cent, dividend, pay-
ablo August 1st Transfer books will be closed
June 26tb, and opened August 2d. A resolution
was also adopted calling a special meeting of
stockholders at Cleveland, Jnly 27th, to vote on
the proposition to increase the share capital
from $35,000,000 to $50,000,000, No action
was taken in regard to the amount of money to
be called up oh the $15,000,000 new stock.
London, June 8.—The House of Commons
to-night, is engaged in a long debate on tho
army regulation TfflL Cordwell defended the
clause of abolishing the sale of military commis
sions. . The incident vote, while it did not de
cide the question pf abolition, showed the Gov
ernment nad a majority of 177.
A St. Petersburg journal recites the formal
presentation to the Czar of the Imperial Order
cf OsmanU, Instituted by the present Sultan in
1 SGI. The presentation was made by the Turk
ish ambassador. Speeches made, and the com
ments of the journal upoqthe ceremony, fully
confirm the belief that the relations of the two
countries are excellent
Kingston, June 8.—Carlotta Patti arrived
from Panama to-day, and started for England.
The Indian engineers have begun the work
for irregation of soil.
Dispatches from Aspinwall of the 6th, Btate
that another engagement had taken place at
Tilpa, State of Bayaoa, between the Govern'
meat troops and insurgents, in whioh the for
mer were victorious, driving the latter on all
sides and inflioting great slaughter! The Got
eminent troops numbered 1,000 and the in
surgents 800. The insurgents are disbanded
and the Government party is again secure *
power.
The ship Illinois, from San Francisco, was
foundered at sea; crew saved.'
NeWB from Panama to the 5th has been
ceived. A Catholic Bishop had arrived. The
bark Chester wks wrecked in Turk’s Island.
The United (States Besca returned to Panama
disappointed at not discovering a canal route,
and will iptag^to the United States shortly.
Andrew Johnson’s Opinion or Slier
man, Grant, and Hancock. 1
We copy from the correspondence of the Cin
cinnati Commercial:
I asked Mr. Johnson what he thought of Gen
oral Sherman as a Democratic nominee for the
Presidency.
* ‘Sherman, ’’ said he, “is a smart man; and a
shrewed man. There is no doubt but what
is looking forward to the Presidency, and if
can’t get it from one party he intends to from
the other. He is not very particular abont
parties. In course of time he expects to be
President, bnt he is in no particular harry about
it His ehief aim now is not to lose his popu
larity, and to be ready when the golden moment
comes. He is a military man, and don’t care
muoh abont parties. He is a good deal
Grant was after the dose of the war. That
lit 1
tie fellow had quite a notion of going with the
Democracy for a while.”
“He was formerly a Democrat, was he not ?”
“No, he wasn’t anything. He didn’t have
sense enough, He has got. no head'of his own.
Sherman is as much smarter man than he as
yon can imagine. Frequently they hhve both
come in to see me on business. Grant always
stood baok and let .Sherman do the. talking.
The little fellow felt his inferiority,.and took
backseat, and let Sherman transact the bosi.
ness. Sherman is a man, while Grtttfft ia noth
ing. Yes, sir, he is just nothing.”
“Bat the Republicans will be apt to renomi
nate him, don’t you think ?” "
“Appearances indicate that they will.”;
“They have got him, .and seem inclined
M rm tn KliWW»"-
to
hold on to him?”
■“No,”.replied. Mr. Johnson; .“ho,has got
them. They can’t get rid of him.' He Is in,
and intends to remain in. He has got the pa
tronage and that infamous Ku-klnx bill to aid
him.That'Ku-klnx law is damnable infamy.
Twenty-years ago It wonld have shocked the
American people like electricity.”
“ It on think, Mr. Johnson, that there is no
prospect that the Democracy will take Sher
man ?”
“No, they will not be apt to take him. Gen
erally speaking, I am opposed to a military man
on the noket; bnt if it tsnecessarythat we have
one, why not take General Hancock? He is
soldier, a statesman, a scholar, and a gentleman.
He is a noble specimen of a man every way you
take him, physically or mentally. There is no
comparison between Grant and him. Grant
no man; he is nothing.”
A CYCLONE.
Extraordinary Phenomenon In Southern
Illinois.
Chicago, Jane 5,
A cyclone occurred near Mason City Illinois,
last Friday morning. A cloud of smoke-like
column was observed gathering near the earth’s
surface, on the open prairie, six miles from that
plaoe, and from this oolnmn soon shot ont three
narrower and spiral-like cloud columns, whioh
continued to ascend rapidly till they reached
and seemed to attach themselves closely to the
passing cloud above. This frightful apparation
moved slowly towards Mason City, but finally
changed its coarse, much to the relief of the
people of that place. An odor, much like burn
ing sulphur, was inhaled by several persons who
stood about a hundred yards from the cyclone.
When it passed, some small flashes of electric!
ty were constantly visible in a storm column
passing from the earth to the cloud above, .and
rapid, popping, cracking reports were heard,
reminding one most forcibly of an infantry
regiment in battle, firing their mnskets as fast
aspossible.
The pathway of the cyclone was nearly three
miles in length, and from twenty to eighty feet
in width, and in that pathway not a spear of
grass, not a stalk of com or wheat, not a shrub;
not a particle of vegetation was left alive. For
some distance the earth was literally plowed up
to the depth of six inches. The oolnmn of whirl
ing air must have been intensely hot, as every
green thing in its path was literally dried to
crisp.
Another feature of the cyclone was that while
its rotary motion most have been of incredibly
great velocity, its progressive motion was not
above the rate of six miles an hour, outlines of
its pathway were so well defined five feet frdm
the onter line. There is a total destruction of
vegetation of every kind. Not a vestige ef its
effects could be seen. Fortunately, no house
stood in tho tornado’s line of march.
Railroad meeting.
In pnrsnance of a call previously issued, a
number of citizens of Clarke, Madison, and'
Banks counties, met at Harmony Grove on Fri
day, May 26tb, in the interest of the Northeast
ern Railroad.
The meeting was called to order by Dr. W.
. J. Hardeman.. Bev.-Win. R. Goss was called
to (he chair, anff J. K. P. Douglas, requested to
act as secretary.
Mr. Goss, in a few appropriate remarks, ex
plained the object of the meeting, after which
io- introduced Mr. A. S. Erwin, of Athens, to
the audience, who, in a forcible style, narrated
the past history of the Northeastern Railroad,
and portrayed the advantages which would ao
erne to this section of country by the construc
tion of thia road, placing us, as it would, in easy
and quick accoss to the markets of our country,
and developing the resources of this portion ef
our glorious old “Empire State of the - South.”
He was followed by Mr. J. J. Tnmbull, of
Homer, who advocated the claims of this road
on our people, stated the superior advantages
of the route by Harmony Grove and Homer
over any other—demonstrating this to be the
most practicable, cheapest and Bhortest one,
and our ability to build it a nanotfr-gaage,*if
we cannot construct it broad-guage.
At the conclusibn of the remarks of the gen
tleman, proposals were made for stock, and two
hundred shares were subscribed.
Oa motion tho Athens Watchman and Ban
ner were requested to publish thp proceedings
of this meeting, iind Macon; ’Augusta and Sa
vannah papers to please copy. —i |
, On motion, the meeting adjourned. -
W. B. Goss, Chairman,
J. K. P. Douglass, Secretary.
Then and Now.—Rev. Washington Thomas,
of this county, on the'6tb of June, 1870, brought
to thia office' s cotton stalk that was twenty
inches in height and having bnjjttttonty forins;
On yesterday, 8th of June, 1871, he informed
us that from the same piece of ground, with the
same cultivation this year a3 last,-he conld not
find a stalk more than twelve inches high! or
with more than six forms. What a contrast 1“ •
The best cotton, patch now in Central Georgia
is on Captain Hamilton’s place, in Jones county.
On Saturday, the 26th of May last, we saw sev
eral forms that were taken from it the .day be
fore, by a gentleman who was in the city to
attend the ptenio of the Beading and Social
Club. ■' .
Fall or Rain.—Mr. j. M. Boardman kindly
furnishes ns with the following statement of
the fall of raia since the first of the present
month. The statement is in detail for each
day to 12 u. We estimated the loll of rain in
yesterday’s issue at 3£ inches, and not 8£ as the
June
.67-100 Inches.
“ 2d
92-100 .« >
“ 4th
ri..u. .35-100 «
“ 6th
.69-100
“ 7th
.....1.84-100 “
“ 8th
.04-100 “
. Total
...-. ....4.5i-I00
TwEsir-nvE Cists—This amount wilfbnya bot
tle of Mrs. Whitcomb’s Syrup, the great soothing
remedy for all diseases incident to infanta and
children. '
See advertisement of Dr. Baits’ Dispensary,
headed Book for the Million—Marriage Guide—in
another column. It should be read by alL
an20-d*wtf •
TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION.
Tho Tichbornc Case.
One of those extraordinary cases that occa
sionally occur to oonfirm the truth of the adage,
that “troth is stranger than fiction” is now de
veloping in London, and to its progress the
journals are giving much space. The story of
the Rev. Eleazar Williams, as narrated by J.
H. Hanson, or that of Tittlebat Titmouse, or of
reaBMigi
at Ml probable that of
Wilkie Ooliins ! Armadale, i3 not more curious he should have married and aatSSj? 1 ®*! tat
and exoiting in interest. In a question of per- without communicatin'-' in anv m
sonal identity are involved the succession to the family; and that he should so Ion^i ay b
titles and -dignities and wealth of an ancient his return to claim tho title and A . 3 deh-M
baronetcy, and in the Westminster court of It is .also said that tho presen* ri - °‘
common pleas a elond of lawyers and witnesses npt at all answer to the description n lmant dot*
are striving to bring out of the strange and con- given of the Sir Roger of 1353° be^
flicting testimony the facts. broad, bulky, and has dark crisn'p,- 1 “ fc
The first scene i" f bia ntnmnA Rtnrv nnAna I remarkablo dimrAnnnn.. Afint:,..
in the midst of the 1
ancient house, allied by blood and marriage j x-ngnsn—b'rench^was, indeed Utendkw-Wi
with some of the noblest families of England, er tongue—bnt the Roger who hai n “ 3lBo 'i
among others the Howards, ArrundellsandNor- up does not know a syllable of tha 1 ^ei
folks, and in'common with many of these it has The case has excited great * inter^f
preserved steadfastly its allegiance to the Oath- land. There is material eacueh inhV J %•
olio Ohurch. Sir James Doughty. Tiehborne I en stories audit is hardlv probahln •» Cra dcz.
was married in 182?, and by ms wife became be utilized.—Cin. Gazette. 0 11 to;
the father of two boos. The first son, Sir Bog- [
er Tiehborne, was born in 1829 ; tho second,
named Albert, lived to be married, and dying,
left a widow and one child, born in 1866. Sir |
L' Graduate 3.—On Thutslay twel Te
I were graduated at Mercer College
Roger Tiehborne early entered the army, firstl BrantIv'Tr 3 John'p^'l'i ty^
ranking as a comet and afterwards as a lienien- Bran «y» Jr -> JohuP. Callaway,
ant of dragoons. .His disposition was sullen, Sam’L R. Garrison, Calvin A. wua ®i
and ho was noted among hi3 companions, for Jackson, J. Pope Jones, A H w W8e ’ Jaaac
retioenoe and secretiveness. He had learned ^ Forman Tapper, Her
the French language when a boy, and spoke it („ n , ’ q« n
even more fluently than his mother tongue. In "• "bear, Jr., of our city received a eeHifw°’
1850 ho fell in love with his cousin .Kate^but having persued an irregular course • ”
his passion was not approved by his father, and during the year. At twelve odor-’- * Efo3j >
the intention of marriage thathe seems.to have I ^ uuato,
entertained he was obliged to abandoij. This y ° nng piemen above named,
disappointment he appears to have felt deeply, I according to appointment in the iw. -
for three years afterward,in 1853, still smarting j room, and received their Diplomas- p „ 8
under it, he retired from his regiment, and in Tucker, conferring upon - them thl 7 ^ U ‘
March pf that year took passage on a ship . B , m , tho tt
bound for Valparaiso. .\?hen Sir Roger left I - ’ ’ . was by special authorization—u- 0
England, aged then 24 years, he was of slight Trustees have so empowered the Faculty —.
'■ idahalf inches in height, | vious to the suspension of the Ucw -
his hair was light and straight, his_ eyes were | Tho final examination took place duriT^'
OAaV. find urnu ram • .... 0 l ** v
light and he was rather handsome. It is proper _„„i. -
to add that before he sailed he left with the ‘ ’
_ ver 7 creditable to all the jo M '
steward bC the Tiehborne estate, a man named merL ^ was conducted strictly In private
Gosford, a sealed packet, which Gosford still the Faculty through motives of modesiv "
bolds, and the seals of which are yet intact The Baccalanreafn
- SirRogersarrivedin Valparaiso insafety, and >1
r nearly a year wrote at intervals to his mother, C f.\ tae ^ ai “ eat > ? fl id that i*
for
informing her of his whereabouts and Ms ramb-j conferred these degrees with as great, if-'i
lings. Occasionally he sent her trifling articles more pleasure than any he ever conferral t.
that had attracted. Ms attention. Among them fore be83use in timea of ^ *
were birds and pictures, and noticeably some I -.. . . - - . . “ crouwen.; e
spurs and stirrups. In the course of time, to- °* tbe cI f® s b _ at * desert ed the Institutioa, baj
ward the' end of 1854, news came to England j stood by it to the last, and therefore hi
that Sir Roger had embarked for home, taking bound themselves to the Faculty with corh a
passage on the Bella, bound from Valparaiso to I j ove an jj respect. c
New York. Hot long after this the sad tiding3 „
came that the Bella had foundered at sea, and congratulate tho young gentlemen ca
that all on board had perished. The months the honorable end of their college career. .Va
went by, no news came to contradict the sorrow- honors were conferred, at the special reaae.fi
ful intelligence that bad been already received, of thQ CIas3 . h33 beea th ^
the underwriters paid their losses with that com- , . . ™>eiorfi!e
mendable promptitude that characterizes good Iast taree or fonr V ears *
companies, the Tiehborne estate, with its hon- The present term of Mercer Collcga eadj
ors and wealth, passed into the hands of Sir about the 5th of Jnly; and the neit term bs
ss&sssS^atssfisiS:n °t be ? j* ?• “ss* .-**«
a strange infatuation, as unaccountable as it is P rei ? eri £* believe the Trustees expect to
feminine, clung to the belief that her son was b®8 m bnffdmg out on Tatnall Square, before
yet alive, and would at some time return to the present tern the students
claim his own. . and Faculty of Meroer, have been pursuing
Thus things remained till 1858, when a sailor 111911 vocations quietly but -intently; and to
came to Tiehborne park and asked for alms. A ! congratulate onr city upon the presence of
conversation ensued between the man of the
seas and Lady Tiehborne, in the conrse of
wMch it came ont that the sailor boy was from
Australia, and that he had heard that a boat’s
crew from a sMp, wMch he thought was the
Bella, had been picked up at sea ahd brought
into Melbourne. Old hopes that were almost
dead revived again in the mother’s heart, and
such au able body of instructors.
OBITUARY.
Died, on the 7Ui of May, after a very brief Has*,
George Wile;, infant son of Alfred and Huy Ri
ffle, aged seven months and twenty-six dip.
Thus are we tanglit how transient,- how
she at onoe caused advertisements to be inserted I are all earthly joys and blessings; bow earthly
in Australian papers, and took other measures j hopes may bo blasted; onr fondest and teodewst
to discover her lost son. All proved unavailing, ti08 rent asunder and dearest idols shattered and
however, till March, 1866, when she received a „ . ...
letter from Sir Roger himself, written from bnshteat flow.ra -mthered m a few bn.f bom.
New South Wales, expressing a desire to return 1®*“ f " ends * though yonr home is made dew-
and asking for money to be able to do bo. I 2T 0Tlr hearts bereaved, do not nesa at
Money was sent him, and in January, 1867, ac- the dispensation of anAllwiso Providtsaiata
companied by his wife and child, Sir Roger ar- removing your loved little one—yonr tehold
rived in Paris. There his mottier met Mm, and angel. It did not come to stay: but like birdiof
of her interview-!she testified in an affidavit: passage it only prosed for a brief period, total u
»^ H ®?“ dreMe<J ;. bnt t 0wn n P? n 1119 it were, before winging Its way to a more (tal
bed, and was much overcome by emotion at I
seeing me. I instantly recognized Mm as my <aiIlie -
first bom son, Sir Roger Charles Tiehborne.
expressed my happiness at seeing Mm, and I j IN MEMORIAM.
did all I conld to soothe Mm, but ho became so I Died, in Athens, Ga., on Taesday morning, May I
ill thatl sent for Sir Joseph Olliffe, physician 30, 1871, from congestion of the brain, Ttoos
to the Bntish embassy at Paris, andDr. Shrimp luxfeik, son of John A. and Lacy Cobb, agedfiw
ton, of that city, to attend noon him. I waited TMP . 3 ' ^ |
until they arrived, and in the presence of the ... .. „ ^
plaintiff and of the said Sit Joseph Olliffe, and TtHa mth 019 bn S ht >
Dr. Shrimpton, and Mr. Holmes, tha plaintiff’s httlo Wilson, brighter and moro bcantifaltbintiE;,
solioitor, and Mr. JosephLeete, a friend of the has gone. He closed his eyes in the snaclti: j
plaintiff, I declared that the plaintiff was, as I loving mother, opened them with wondering delight
n fact he is, my first bom son. I upon the glories of Heaven, and now neetiaa l:ra;-
„„,-i v 1 ?- 06 *! 1 * 111 a f * sroofmy own existence, j jy ja the bosom of Him who said, “Suffer li:Ue
a fi n l awe ? r > thal the children to come nnto me.” t
plaintiff is my first bom son, tho issue of my [
marriage with the said Sir James Francis I - _ _• _ , . .
Doughty Tichbone, deoeased. His features, • 1x1 Sense DEomE._What is the rt-1
us that judicious stimulation is required? lb re
sort to violent purgation in suoh a cue is as sbsd
as it wonld be to bleed a starving men- i'etitis
done every day. Yew, this stupid and unpbitoeojbi-
cal practice is continued in ' the teeth of the great
fact that physical weakness," with all the eerrow
disposition and voice are unmistakable, and ttoaalmodeof prqcodnroincaaeaofgeaerildsK-
must, in my judgment, be recognized by impar- fly and nervous prostration ? Does not reasontrit
rial and unprejudiced persons who knew him' 1 ' ~ —
before he left England in the year 1853. ”
It is time now to go baok and read Sir Rog
er’s story. When the ship Bella foundered he
says two of her boats were launched, and the
crew and passengers entered them. One of
these boats capsized, and all in it were drowned. 1 , . - - ? - ..
The other floated around for three days, and was disturbances that accompany it, is morecatmiy
then picked up by an American vessel bound ! and rapiffly relieved by Hoatetter's StomichBiHOT
for Melbourne. Landing there he proceeded to thariby any other modi sine at present knoss. It
Dargo, and then, accepting some menial era- j is true that general debility la often attended with
Dame to Thomas Castro, torpidity or irregularity of the bowels, «»«
me“oneTrii" Orton? A^Jr OrioT was a W*?** not ££!
butcher boy from Wapping. When a young I lhe discharge °f tho waste matter of tho eys-ea*-
man he left home, went to Valparaiso, rambled expedited of regulated, its vigor must be reenita-
abont the Chilian territory, and finally turned j Tlia Bitters do both. They combine aperient
up in Australia. Then ho settled down by lie antibitious properties, with extr&ordiniff ton:
side of Sir Roger, and the two worked and I power. Even wMIo removing obstructions Iron
delved together. At last news was brought to the bowels,-they tone and invigorate those orger*
Slr Boger that seaw^WM rnsMng for jffm in Through the stomach, upon which thegrehveret-
representative of the heir of the estate, his P*™" 9111 impetus to every enfeebled faction-
brother Albert’s son, with disfavor andsnspi- Digestion is facilitated, the faltering cirea-w-w
cion. It is alleged in their behalf that Sir Bog- regulated, tho blood reinforced with a no*
er is not Sir Roger at all, bnt no other than the I sion of the alimentary principle, the nerves bracei
butcher boy of Wapping, Arthur Orton. They I and all the dormant powers of tho system rouae-
U r into healthy action; not spasmodically,
the Bella went down; that Arthur Orton, be- I ...wniatael
coming acquainted in his wanderings abont Yal- 0489 U .. a m8ro . ._ .w suck
paraiso, with certain facts in Sir Roger’s history, for a continuance. It is in this way
and with others in Australia, through the me- extraordinary changes arewronghtmtneconu
diamsMp of an old servant of tho Tiehborne of the fseble, emaciated and nervons inv»iM» 1
family, Bongh by name, conceived'tho idea of thenaaof this wonderful corrective, alterative &-
representing himself as Sir Roger. The ques- tonic- Let common sense decide between sach»
tion then, in dispute, is whether tho Thomas J and a nrostratinsr cithartie snppie-
Castro, of Australia, is Sir Roger Tiehborne. or EggR;^ ^ toiDS
Arthur Orton. It is a question in tha decision a V>'* onon3 aetriagent
of whioh -personal marks and characteristics —————
the pain killek
and habits and recollections play an important
part.
One of the proofs relied on by Sir Roger to
prove his Identity we have already referred to
—the statement of his mother. In another part
of Ms mother’s affidavit she says:
Since he returned we have constantly talked
over manyprivate family matterawMch occurred
in bis yonth and np to the time of hi3 leaving
England, upon allot which ho has a perfect rec
ollection, and he ha3 reminded me of Ms hav
ing sent over from South America the. birds,
pictures, spurs and stirrups hereinbefore^er
ferred to. I had forgotten the circumstance of
hi3 having sent the Bpurs and stirrups. After „ . tho — m3 jic.n3 ot
the loss of the Bella was reported,^ I ordored Ma * JusUy be atylod^tho great ^
that all his military accoutrements shonld be j world, for there is no region ot[
placed within a large box, wMch was accordingly which it has not found its way, and bw _ oC aaeM
done, and to the best of my knowledge and be- J and highly prized. Moreover, there 1 ,
lief snch box has not been opened for some few I which it has not proved .to be well »a»pw“ . s
years, until it was searched as hereinafter men- cure of a considerable variety of diseaeo® * 1
tioned. I had the box sent to meat Essex | apeedy and safe remedy for burns.
Lodge, Croydon, aforesaid, and opened it, and bruUa9 rui0 w> other tal** 1 *!!
in .the box I found the spurs and stirrups, . Z, .. _v„ boive l
wMch tho plaintiff immediately recognized as I for dysentery, diarrhea and ra« ; -
those he had sent home from Sonth America. ! generally, It is admirably suited for
The box also contained the plaintiff's two mili-1 men on the face of the globe. |[Lrfr -mt
tary cloaks, three-cornered hat, gauntlets, cap, | It is a very significant fact, that noW*““
coat, browsers, epaulets and other articles. The the long period of years that the
hat, cap, cloak and gauntlets fitted him directly _
they were.taken out of the box, and ho put them -pa jm. ttvt ittt.TiE* 1
on, while the other garments seemed to have . o; ;
been made for a man o£ the same height mid H aa been before the world, it has p
length of arms as the plaintiff,, bpt thinner-in noonia-itv but on the’coatr**
person than ho now is. The evidence I have **** from #•**£
had that the plaintiff is my first born is most [ eaU tot 11 j 11 * 8te4<3 J - th-acuua 3 k
positive and. conclusive, aud It is impossible I [ covery, and at no previous time h -beerri 0
can be mistaken. . , . J it been so great, or the quantity m
Moreover, when young. Sir Roger had a fall I large, as it is to-day. ,MJ i:
1 his head, and a wound was inflicted. Upon Another significant fact is, that nowa“ ^
the head of thia Sir Roger there is the mark of wnicr ever been in higher repute, 0^
jast suoh a' wound. When ha was in the army moragen6taUy wed by tenUies and ioW .
> was seized with illness that,terminated in a 4oa8l w j,e» it
. Tha surgeon found that none of the ordi- the T& ^
nary remedies—bleeding in the arms and so 1 dfecomed and JnlroaueM- .
forth—were of any avail. He then lanoed {will continue to be, west we nave 3
above the ankle, blood was.drawn, and here-! irnrli
covered. The most eminent surgeons in London irrb« fiwuii KwHeins of ID6 ”
have examined a soar above the ankle of this Aiie
Sir Roger, and they declare that it is one of J the shadow of » doabt-V
much longer standing than the time that ha* ( There c*uriot jnna2-eod<l lB1 -
- - ~ - - • ^ 1 Hence Advertiser. JU
elapsed since Sir Roger claimed the'estate, ahd j
