Georgia Historic Newspapers

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MACON, JUNE 27, IS71
Tbe University of Georgia.
We are now publishing a series of earnest ap
peals from an Alamnns of this institution, of the
class of 1852, to his brethren in behalf of his,
I and their revered old mother—No. 3 of the se
Common. and Nonra Geobgla Raileoad — : ries being printed in this issue. We can add
i Gwinett Atlas sends a long editorial charg-j nothingto lbs force and fervor of bis invocation
: ag ibe Central Railroad with duplicity in apre-1 and therefore content ourselves with directing
fended advocacy of the Oemalgee and North
Georgia Railroad, and asserting that the lease
of the Uacon and Western, if consummated,
will necessarily array that corporation in open
hostility to the Ocmulgce and North Georgia
lire. Bat that paper reasons that the lease, so
far from defeating or retarding the construction
of tho line, makes its completion a certainty. It
he . omes a matter of life and death with the Ma
con and Brunswick line to insure a western con
nection, and this can best he done by pushing
the road from Macon to Knoxville to immediate
c mpletion. Tho stock owned in the Maccn
"nd Western road by the Macon and Brunswick
capitalists, transferred to the Ocmnlgee and
North Georgia enterprise, will, with tbe State's
-n lorcoment, construct and equip 120 miles of
rbf latter road, allowing $20,000 to the mite,
amt the remainder could be built on subscrip
tions along the line.
-bis is tbe substance of the article. We can-
no! find room for it in full. We do not under
stand the Central Kaiiroad as opposed to the
O.'uiolgeo and North Georgia, Or in any manner
special attention to what he says, and wishing
him a hearty God speed in his good work.
What the University needs most of ell, of
coarse, is money, and it is net at all to the credit
of those who have squandered so much of the
State’s funds within the past four years, that they
have cot turned ono small stream, at least, iu
the direction of Athens. We believe now, that
this might have been accomplished if well-
meaning, but impolitic and injudicious counsels
had not been followed—counsel that we heartily
approved at the time, but whiob we are now
satisfied was not for the best. Bet the friends
of the University see to it, hereafter, that no
more is lost from lack of endeavor in tho same
direction,
But money is not all the University needs.
It needs popularizing, and tho first step towards
this consummation seems to us to bo to give the
Alumni more occasion for personal, active zeal
in its behalf. As matters now stand, apart from
the power of old associations and that tender
respect and affection for the Alma Mater which
hardly over wholly fades out of lh3 average
i -..eking to defeat its construction, but hope the man’s heart, there is no special reason why a
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Idea thrown out by the Atlas may take a prac-
j .1 shape and Becure tbe speedy completion of
bo Ocmulgeo and North Georgia Bailroad.
J'hb GoraKfanKT ax Ik>jto Bjihcu.—For-
CS.v s Press complains of the little attention the
country is paying to General Grant, while he is
i vmg so much to the oountry, and loves it so
-re]! that ho can’t sleep nights for the anxiety
he )eel3 to extend his personal protection to the
c .\intry four years longer. Wo feel rebuked.
V.'j acknowledge the corn, and herein exhibit
. / e shucks. The Government at Lang Branch
, : '-ell—only it smokes too much and is Lar-
vi seed by office-seekers. The Government
«fces a drive daily along the beach and some'
.j::ics into the country. The Government drives
j i -elf, and is so poor a driver that many aged
-matrons fear the Government will one day be
»na away with, or upset and break its bead cr
teg. The Government is going to stay at Long
Branch till 17th August, when it is going to
O.difomia, on a deed head ticket, with General
~oiter.
■JraciAS Conquest or England.—The ttk-
r ms inform us that a serious misanderstand-
ug has sprung up between Germany and Eug-
ianff, and that Bismarck and Earl Granville are
sow interchanging very bitter missives. We
hope Earl Granvillo will consider that the Ger-
nah conquest of England is set down for the
’•ear of grace 1875, and net anticipate the re-i
=•:!: by any needless fire-eating. Let Great
B -tain give up Helgoland—that island of evil
u line—rather than go totbesan-m plan* faenwif.
That is nil Germany wants of her, at present,
sad tho demand is reasonable. Bat as to Bei-
i. "in, Holland and Luxemburg, the Prince wants
:■!; of them qnd means to have a clean bill of
Let England consider their cases and be
w'. enable. The Emperor Wilhelm preys fer
, : ace and is determined to have it, if he has
: whip England and the whole concern into
edt-regs: ^
. >obth CanoLiNA.—The last Legislature piss
ed an act calling a convention of the State to
r.n: end the Constitution. This act provides for
•- own submmission for popular ratification on
-mi: first Tuesday in Angnst next,.and it under-
f..1 vs to limit tho amendatory power of the con
vention in four particulars. It seem3 a strange
.//.'position that a legislature should undertake
to prescribe and limit the powers of a conven
tion of the people. It is time they invoke tho
ranotion of tbe people of the ballot box; bet
that can make it nothing more than an act of
IV- Legislature.
cotton in the Trans-Mississippi,—Herald
- nshington dispatches of Monday, tbe l9tb, re-
rt tho receipt of an official letter at the Trea-
•i ry Department. dated at Monroe, La., tbe
vih. It reports excessive rains since the 14th
day of April, and everything swimming. The
c ounts from both cotton and com were ex-
c: -dingly unfavorable. Much replanting of cot-
ic;. had been done, with very poor success. A
; >d deal of the crop would have to bo aban
doned on acconnt of the grass, and of tbe re-
rosmder the stand was so poor that not more
, uan half a crop could be expected.
Bowen's Pabdon.—The Tribune’s Washington
- ■ aeials, of Monday, say that Bowen’s case was
favorably considered in tbe Cabinet meeting on
• ? nday, and the District Attorney has recom-
luv-ndcdtho pardon. The papers are in tee
! tudsof the Attorney General, and will be for-
v aided to the President to-morrow. The friends
of Mr. Bowen express the positive belief that
i-c- will get bis seat in Congress from the 2d
1 '/strict of Sonth Carolina, over Delargo (col
ored,) the sitting member, who was declared
c ected by 400 majority.
'Ihe lawyers, after all, are much like the old
Jr/ribes and Pharisees, who thought they should
I e beard for their much speaking. Daring the
argument on the Macon and Western lease case
;ust considered in Macon, there has been jast
about thirty hours of speech making by coon-
fc -1 on both sides, which is probably prelimina-
to three times that amount before the Supreme
Court.
gradaato of the College should take any more
trouble in ita behalf or even feel any more
interest in its welfare, than any other person.
Immersed in the cares of business, as most or
them are, it 15 not to he expected that they
should be moved by a mere sentiment or memo
ry, if you please, to bestir themselves, actively
and zealously for its advancement They must
feel, and have, not only &personal,bnt a business
interest in it How best to secure this end with
out exciting antagonism and provoking contro
versy, is a question, the delicacy of which we
freely admit, bat of ita full and happy solution we
have no sort of doubt. Aud that tbe opposition
of a few unprogressives who misname them,
selves conservatives is all that the friends of
this advance will have to meet and overcame," is
equally clear to us. The meeting of tbe Alum
ni at Athens at the approaching commence
ment may result in developing the mode and
measure of this step forward, and to its delibe
rations we shall look with nnnsnal interest.
How other Colleges have done what we think
might be done with the happiest effects here in
Georgia, may be learned from tho following—
for our purpose—exceedingly apropos and sug
gestive article, which we take from the Phila
delphia Press, of Saturday, and to which we in
vite special attention. Says the Press:
Alumni in the Yale Corporation.—It is gen
erally conceded that a physioian not only re
fuses to take his own medicine when sick, bat
even lacks tbe critical judgment to determine
bis disease. On this principle, no doubt, was
constructed that theory of uniting the College
i sed lb a Rlala hv a Tint
this argument proves too much, as it would
prohibit any member of the faculty from cor
porate dignity and functions. Besides, there is
no reason why an eminent physician, retired
upon his laurels, would not be completely com
petent to treat any of his old associates in med
icine, though in a most critical state of disease.
And so there is every reason to believe and
every argument to demonstrate that an alam
nns, scholarly and able in college, sound, broad,
far-seeing, and administrative out of college,
would be just tbe man to share in the manage
ment of his alma mater.
We welcome, then, tbe new era of govern
ment that Yale enters upon in 1872. By a legis
lative enactment of the State of Connecticut,
last week, the six senior Senators of the State
who, for long years, have acted as trustees of
Yale, yield their places in 1872 to six graduates
of the institution. These are to be selected by
a vote of the alumni themselves. Graduates of
any of tho different departments and honorary
graduates all may vote and be voted for at this
election, subject to the limitation that the Bach
elor in Arts, Theology, and Philosophy does not
Sain tho privilege: until a period of fire yoara
from his first degree.
Thus ends, or will end with the sanction of
the corporation to the bill, this vexed question
of Yale’s domestic life. Harvard has already
taken a similar step, tho happy results of which
have so soon and so widely been recognized.
If those behind tho scenes best know the play
in its spirit and its details, the college drama
will be both elevated and intensified by this new
accession to its stars. Especially will this be
true when their fellow-graduates, thus brought
into intimate communication with the fellows,
ara thus made influential critics. But above
all, we forecast, this revolution will strengthen
and perpetuate among Yale’s sons that esprit du
corps so essential to true progressive life.
Duration of Sea-Going Vessels
Few have any adequate Conception of the an
nual per centage of marine losses; or the aver
age life-time of those mighty 6hip3 which tra
verse the pathlas* Beas, and are ever contending
with the power of tho elements. Built usually
of the most durable materials, such S3 white-
oak, live-oak, cedar and teak, and coppered
below the water line to prevent the ravages of
insects, yet such is the tendency to dry rot, and
so damaging is tbe bilge water, which, despite
all caulking, will leak in through the joints
daring long protracted gales, that not more
than one new craft in four will remain seaworthy
"for twenty years, while more than half are use
less after ten years service.
True, we read of the great age of the old
Frigate Ironsides, and other ships whose keels
have plowed the briny deep for a half century,
but investigation will show that these vessels
have been repeatedly overhauled, and repaired
to such an extent that few if any of tho original
timbers remain.
Important tables have been formed by the
Department of the Treasury on this Enbj6ct,
covering a long period of years, and embracing
tho building, career and life of twenty-seven
thousand sailing vessels. Of these, in I860, ac
cording to the American Lloyds Begister, but
four thousand were still afloat.
When it is considered that according to these
tables tho mean life time of newly built Ameri
can vessels, is but fourteen years, we-can com
prehend the rapid decadence of the New Eng
land marine, and the alarm of (bat mercantile
people.
Not only has there been a great falling off in
the construction of new vessels of late years,
but even many of the shipyards and docks of
Maine, Massachusetts, and New York, are de
caying and almost abandoned.
The effect upon the machine shops of New
York has also been exceedingly disastrous.
English tonnage, loo, i3 rapidly superseding the
American in out waters, and onr Yankee friends,
in short, despite protective tariffs, universal
suffrage, the freedom of the “nigger” and all
their advanced ideas, strong minded women,
and countless isms, are in danger of collapse.
The troth is, Jerome clocks and wooden nut
megs are about played out, and direct trade
with Europe is every year making the South
more independent of the sanctimonious skin
flints of that region. Let Georgians and the
Gulf States unite upon their own seaports, and
make them the great entrepots for all their im
portations. We have only to be true to our
selves and a great destiny awaits us.
New Books.
The Mobile Register chronicles the first
cc'.ton bloom received in that city on tho 20:h.
This tells of a backward crop. The same paper
has Texas reports of the 12 th, which report
r-oiton backward and much hindered by the wa
ter fiend. Mercury on the 20lh reported in
Ml bile at 91.
New Yobk Kd-klux.—The Commercial Ad-
v.-i.iser, of Tuesday, says Saratoga county, in
that State, has got tbe Eu-klnx, and very badly
too. They ride all “niggers” with white wives,
on rails, and the “niggers” don’t like it. A
Tribnno correspondent has gone to the scene of
the outrage.
The Boston Post says irreconcilable negro
a’ ’atom will do well to remember that the only
j. =opIe now engaged in the slave trade are ne
groes, and that eight-tenths of all slaves in the
world are held by negroes.
Lettebs from Lexington, Va.—We are in re
ceipt of several letters—printed on slips—from
Lexington, Ya., giving an acconnt of the Com
mencement exercises of the college there. We
haven’t room for them.
The Washington Capital says, “Freddy Grant
won’t tell tho iadies at West Point whether he
will accept the Princess Beatrice if she is of-
iSred to him.” The ladies at West Point ought
to know that no member of the Grant family
ever declined anything of value that was of
fered him.—Courier-Journal.
Check!
The Atlanta Sun.—We have not received a
copy of this paper in four or five dayB. Is its
non-appearance accidental or intentional ? We
wouia be pleased to know as soon as convenient.
■Iohn Logan ’a vice-presidency of a moral
r-ienoo Congress excites the derision of the
"West, who have painful reminiscences of his
I>icii3iency in draw poker.
Plenty or Silvee.—The receipts of silver at
tuo mint are said to be double their usual
amount
Strife.—A romance of Germany and Italy, by Mrs.
E. D. Wallace, author of Flo, etc. H. C. Bog-
era & Co■, Philadelphia, publishers. For sale by
J. W. Burke & Co.
This is a singular and almost wierd Moravian
story, showing the folly of yielding to the influ
ences of “dream land,” and tho30 spiritual or
clairvoyant tendencies which are so dangerous,
especially to tho young.
The book exhibits considerable power, but
its finely drawn theories and unreal speculations
are too deep and fanciful to be fathomed by or
dinary minds. The moral, however, is excel
lent, and it will prove a prize to a certain class
of readers who, not content with sublunary
things, are even seeking to unravel mysteries
which are beyond tbe ken of man.
Affairs in Liberia.—The New York Com
mercial Advertiser, after holding an interview
with an old merchant of New York trading with
Liberia, says;
The accounts which wo receive through the
channel indicated, are not very favorable as to
the effects of colonization from the United
States, unless a better class of emigrants go out
than have been sent from here of late. Colored
men who are indolent andfehiftless are of no
advantage in any community, and if sent to
Liberia become only a burdeD, some of them,
as we are informed, literally starving to death.
In consequence of their inability to get employ
ment, a number are now on their return. Of
twenty passengers soon to arrive on the bark
Thomas Pope, about one-half are of this class,
'sho return dissatisfied.
The Fall Cotton Market.—Tho Picayune of
Wednesday, speculating on cotton prices next
Fall, says:
The next season will doubtless open with
higher quotations than aro now ruling, but it
seems at present doubtful whether tho aggre
gate value of tho crop will be sufficient to pay
planters a good profit on the cost of production.
The surplus held over iu India will hang heavy
upon the markets of Europe, and other pro
ducing countries will scarcely lesson their acre
age under cotton.
It is very certain that such ruinously low
prices as we have witnessed during the past
season cannot prevail, but the South can pro
duce so many other articles with more profit
that her devotion to cotton production, even to
the extent of 3,000,000 bales, is unjustifiable.
Even before tbe smoke of the Parisian con
flagration is dissipated, the Commune finds its
apologists. Meanwhile the Paris correspondent
of the New York Herald, who elsewhere half
apologizes for tho wretches, writeB:
Before shooting the priests eleven of them
wero stripped stark naked and tied each to a
nun, who was in like manner divested of every
particle of dress. I dare not trust myself to
comment upon these atrocities, but simply state
what I have heard from excellent authority from
an officer of standing who was present at La
Boquette when the bodies of the hostages wero
discovered, and who had the questioning of
some of the demons in human form, who not
only confessed to what they had done, but
boasted loudly of their devilish acts. After
seeing this is it to bo wondered at if MacMahon
has ordered no quarter to be given to thoBe who
may be found fighting with arms in their hands,
j or who were convicted of throwing petroleum
into the Paris houses ?
Iu He Blodgett.
Blodgett writes a letter to the Constitution, of
yesterday, touching the charge of larceny after
trust, on which he and Varney Gaskill stand in-
dieted by the Grand Jury of Fulton county.
Sycopsized, it amounts to this:
That he (Blodgett) as Superintendant of the
State Hoad, compromised a cotton claim held
by M. _G. Dobbin against the roaA. tar Sid..
548 oc, Gaskill acting as Dobbin’s attorney.
The settlement was made in the shape of a
sixty days’ note given to Gaskill, and when due
was paid by Executive wanant to Gasbill for
Dobbin. Blodgett says his connection with
the matter ended there, and that he never re
ceived a dollar of the money— $S,548 OG—which
is the difference between the sum Gaskill drew
from the Treasury for Dobbin, and the $7,000
that he actually paid Dobbin. The Constitu
tion, in its comment upon B.’s card, states that
Dobbin never saw tho note for $15,548 06.
Gaskill delivered to him a note for $7,000, sign
ed by Blodgett as Superintendent, which amount
he, (D), eventually received.' Blodgett appends
to his communication copies of official papers,
that substantiate the fact that the note given
Gaskill for Dobbin, was for $15,54S 0G. The
Constitution thinks there is a “rank smell” of
“forgery” and “conspiracy” about these two
notes, and so do wo. We trust the accused
parties may bo able to deodorize the transaction
before a jury of twelve honest men.
The Crops and the Kaius.
The rains have generally set in again, within
the past week, all over tho cotton region, so
far we have beard. Even corn is suffering
from excess of moisture. On lowlands, here
tofore most productive of com, that crop has
gone to rust and ruin. Cotton in lowlands is,
of course, in a hopeless condition. On higher
ground it is gaining little or nothing. It is im
possible to keep the crop in condition. H hands
could work with anything like regularity, still
tho rank grass would set again about C3 fast as
it is uprooted by thf hoe. Tho planters are
making np their minds that if they can gather
half as many bales as they planted for they
will be doing very well, and everything squints
in that direction just now.
The Ku klux Committee at Washington, are
meeting with some backsets. They stumbled on
an awkward and unwelcome customer in the
person of Judge Bichard Busteed, Judge of the
United States District Court of Alabama, and a
carpet-bagger of great magnitude. Busteed does
not seem to have been of tbe class of swift and
willing witnesses. On the contraxy, what was
got out of him, was wormed by direct questions.
He testified that life and property wero as safe
in Alabama as anywhere elae. That the only
case of obstruction to the laws he knew of was
when the former Badical Comptroller of the
State refused to obey a mandate of his court—
that Lakin’s evidence was entirely untrue and
the character of the Badical office-holders in
Alabama is notoriously bad, both as to intelli
gence and honesty. He said that tho people of
that State render full obedience to the laws,
though they think them unequal and partial
On the whole, Busteed busted into the Badical
rawhead and bloody bone3 schedule at a terrible
rate. The committee’s grand electioneering
document for 1872 with a thousand pages of
testimony to bloody murder by tho Ku-klux,
and a thousand more pages full of evidence
that their witness are all a pack of unmitigated
liars and scoundrels, will confuse the people
instead of producing the grand sensation de
sired. Tho whole grand Ku-klux enterprise
will fall as flat 89 the meal tub plot did after
Titus Oates had been flogged at the cart’s tail.
Better quit it at once, before a million or two
have been spent in per diem and printing
merely to writo the engineers of this election-
eering scheme guilty of eggregiou3 blunder
and failure.
KewYobe and Brunswick Steamers.—A card
informs U3 that a line of steamships has been
established between New York and Brunswick,
to make trips evewy ten days daring the dull
season. James Hand, no Walt street, is agent
in New York, and Messrs. N.s. Finney & Co.,
in Brunswick. Steamers leave at 3 r. m. from
pier 28, North Biver.
A New Yose gentleman states positively
that on returning home from his olub about
2:30 o’clock a few mornings sinoe, he passed
along the west side of Union Sqaare, and that
the statue of Lincoln was not standing upon its
pedestal, but appeared upon it in an easy sit
ting posture with tho right leg crossed over the
left. The papers speak of it as a “ mystery.”
—Courier-Journal.
From personal experience of New York
benzine, we are ready to give some credence to
tho gentleman’s story. If he had reported
seeing two Lincolns in that free and easy at*
titude, wo should feel no hesitation *at all In
folly accepting his statement.
The heaviest man in New Hampshire is a
well-known railroad official in Amherst, who
jnst turns the beam at 3261. It is generally
supposed that this same wefght turned matters
in the New Hampshire Legislature.
THE GEORGIA. PRESS.
Bonilly, of the Lawreneeville Atlas, is howling
for a pig. Says he much prefers a pig to a
money subscription. Musi have a pig r or hopes
are blighted and life a miserable failure. If
somebody don’t send him a pig soon, we fear
there will be a case for the next Grand Jury
of the county.
The Atlas reports crops in Gwinnett county
as only so so, except corn—oat3 and wheat bad
ly damaged by rust. _
The blackberry crop of Thomas county must
be a demuition, this season. Tho Enter
prise reports a lively raid on smoke-houses by
the enterprising freedmen of that ilk.
Charles Strickland, negro, was killed in
Thomas county, last Thursday, by a stroke of
lightning. Two women were severely stunned,
and a horse killed, at the same time.
Savannah has broken out afresh with her old
complaint On Tuesday night, the resources
of the yard3 and outhouses of six dwellings on
Montgomery street, were neatly developed by
some of Dr. Batter’s admirers.
.We clip tho foliowing from the Savannah Ad
vertiser, of Thursday:
A Novel Plan.—In these summer days, when
hosts of tourists are rushing off to the seashore
and the mountains, wo may be pardoned for
mentioning the sensible plan of a gentleman in
this city, who, with his family and servants,
leave to-day for Warsaw Island, where they
propose encamping cut under canvas. Their
stay will cover some lea days, and as the tent
carried is a first class protection against the
elements, they naturally and reasonably look
for a pleasant trip.
With an ocean broezs day and night, they
will hardly realize that the weather is warm.
Feoposed Change in the Cbuhnal Juexsdic-
tion of Chatham.—It was intimated in the
columns Of tho Advertiser not long 6ince, that
plans were in coarse of operation for changing
the jurisdiction in criminal cases to a set of
commissioners. A bill is now being drafted for
presentation in the next Legislature of the State,
which, if passed, and a strong effort will be
made to that end, will provide for tho election
of three commissioners for Chatham county,
whose duties shall be to try all criminal cases,
and receive as compensation, a salary of $2,000
each. All money derived from fine3, etc., will
be turned over to the County Treasurer. The
bill provides for the election of the commis
sioners every four years, and in case of a va-
caey, the commissioners to appoint a suitable
person to the office, subject to the approval of
the Governor.
A little misunderstanding in McConnell’s bar
room, on Bryan street, Savannah, Thursday,
was amicably adjusted by a man named Von
Bym being Ku-kluxed over the head and face
with a pistol to such an extent that his best
friends failed to recognize him.
We find the following in the Savannah Repub
lican, of Thursday:
A New and Impobtant Enteepbise—Oegani-
ZATIONOF THE ALBANY, MOBILE AND NEW Ob-
leans Eailboad Company.—We are gratified to
state that a provisional organization was made
in this city yesterday, to be made permanent on
tbe bom fide subscription of three million dol
lars and the payment of ten percent, in cash on
or before tbe first day of December next, for
tne purpose or tmiiamg ttu road. The Direc
tors aro Wm. M. Wadley, John bi-rc-ran, w. S.
Holt, L. E. Welsh and Nelson Tift. Nelson
Tift was elected President and T. M. Cunning
ham Secretary and Treasurer. Tho Central
Kaiiroad and Banking Company subscribed
$500,000 to the capital stock under the terms of
the provisional organization
This road is to be operated as a trunk line for
all connecting railroads, and it is believed that
there is no other line of road which has been or
can be’named that would so materially benefit
Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans, and the
railroad interests with which they are connect
ed. ‘ By this line Mobile, only 450 miles distant,
would be, at twenty miles per hour, within 22 j
hours of Savannah, and New Orleans, GOO miles
distant, within 30 hours. At thirty miles per
hour, Mobile would be within 15 hours and New
Orleans within 20 hours of Savannah. The gap
to be filled by the construction of this road is
from Albany to Pollard, only 195 miles, and if
the enterprise should prove successful Savan
nah will be in direct communication with the
improvements and trade of the entire line of
Golf States.
Wednesday was a dark day for the Augusta
bow-wows. About eighty barks were wrecked
in a huge tank of wafer by remorseless police
men.
The Mayor of Madison and Judge Augustus
Beeso are stirring up the people of Augusta on
the subject of aid to the proposed Griffin and
Madison Eailway.
The Atlanta Era, of yesterday, says:
Oglethobpe University.—The Commence
ment exercises of Oglethorpe University will
begin on Sunday, Jnly 2, and end on tho 5th
day of that month.
The commencement sermon will be delivered
by Bev. G. L. Petrie, D. D.. of Montgomery,
Ala., on Saturday. On Monday morning de
clamation by the Freshman class will take place.
In tho afternoon cf that day orations by the
representatives of the two literary societies will
be delivered. On Tuesday morning declama
tions by the Sophomore class, and on Tuesday
evening an oration on the life and character of
Hon. Eugenius A. Nisbet will be delivered by
Dr. Wills, President of tho University, after
which there will be a presentation of prizes to
the Freshman and Sophomore classes. On
Wednesday the junior exhibition will take place,
and the annual address before the literary so
cieties will be delivered by Prof. F. A. Lips
comb, of the University of Georgia.
Of erdps in Talbot county, the Standard re
ports as follows:
One week of dry weather interrupted by a de
lightful shower, has given new life and vigor to
farming operations. The gsass has been piled
high up in the middle daring the last few days.
Cotton is small and no blooms are reported up
to this time. The 20th of June, last year they
were plentiful. Corn is laid by, and with a few
more grateful showers, Talbot county will house
enough to do her two years. The wheat has
either been very poor or good. A splendid
farm sown in wheat, only made two bushels per
aero. Higher up in the Valley, 20 to 30 bushels
have been realized in some instances. Not
withstanding tho rust, a large quantity of oats
will bo made.
Dalton is bragging on tho ugliest girl in the
State. Such manners 1
Ono day last week a Catoosa county belle fell
into a well, but without a yell she immediately
went to woik and climbed out.
An iron kettle np at Cartersville came to an
untimely end on last Friday by colliding with a
negro’s head. There wasn’t even a piece of it
saved.
Mr. John Limar, of Griffin, aged eighty
years, started for California last Monday, to
reside there.
The Middle Georgian hasn't a particle of local
pride. It says “fellers,” up there go down to
the cars every day to borrow tobacco from pas
sengers, and get ice water.
The Georgian reports the corn crop very
promising—wheat and oats doing much better
than was expected, and cotton still in the grass.
Tho boiler of tho old switch engine of the
Macon and Western Bailway, at Atlanta, ex
ploded Thursday afternoon. Tho Constitution
says of it:
with the State Koad to tr&BSport some 480 bates
of cotton to New York, to be delivered in that city
within ten days, at a stipulated price, some
where between ten and eleven dollars per bale.
The cotton was dropped cn the way somewhere
in Virginia", where it remained during the win-
t«r f and did not reach New 'York until-Alarcb,
18GG. The rain caused tbe ropes ana bagging
to rot, and cattle indulged their propensity for
eating - cotton to such an extent as to entail a
loss of some forty bales out of the lot. In the
meantime cotton had declined in value. Mr.
Dobbins estimated his damages in lost cotton
and depreciation of : the value of the remaining
cotton by the delay, at between. $30,000 and
$40,000, and accordingly sued the State Koad
for that amount. * V
When the bill passed to lease the State Koad,
V. A. Gaskill called upon Mr. Dobbins and
stated that it was desired that his claim should
be settled, and not be permitted to go before
the commissioners, and to name his terms. Mr.
Dobbins, wishing to get lid of the matter, re
plied that if the road would pay him for the loss
sustained by the destrnction.of the forty bales
of cotton, which he estimated at about $7,000,
he would say nothing about the depreciation in
the value of the 440 bales. This waft about the
8th of November, 1870. Foster Blodgett, there
upon, gaveMr. Dobbins his note for $7,009, at
sixty days, and signed it as Superintendent of
the State Koad. The sixty days expired on the
Sth day of January, 1871. On the 7th day of
January, 1871, Mr. Gaskill called on Mr. Dob
bins, stating that he wanted the note for col
lection, but would require a power of attorney
to get an Executive Warrant. Mr. Gaskill wrote
out the power of attorney himself, naming no
sum, but clothing himself with authority to sign
Mr. Dobbins’ name for an Executive warrant in
settlement of Blodgett’s note. This, Mr. Dob
bins signed. The Executive warrant was
drawn for $15,348 09, but Mr. Dobbins only re
ceived $7,000—leaving a balance to Blodge t
and Gaskill of cS^lS Co. it is barely possible
that Governor Bullock would issue an Execu
tive warrant on a note for $7,000 for over $15,-
000. Soon after the commissioners commenced
examining claims against the State Bead, it
was announced through the press that they had
passed a claim of Miles G. Dobbins for $15,-
548 00. ]#. Dobbins called upon Mr. Culber
son, the Secretary cf the Commissioners, to see
about it, and was informed that no such olaim
had been audited. Nevertheless, the $15,548 00
has been paid.
Mr. Blodgett arrived home yesterday, and
proceeded to the court-house to give bond. As
Judge Hopkins had not determined the amount
of the bond, he did not give it. It is under
stood that while Mr. Blodgett admits the facts,
he denies receiving any of the $8,548 00.
Ordinary’Duer, of Muscogee county, against
whom two indictments for malfeasance in office
An iron brace, weighing about twenty-five
pounds, struck the parapet wall of A. K. Seago’s
store at the corner of Forsyth and Mitchell
streets, while another piece fell near the juno-
tlon of Broad and MitchelL A pieoe of the
band rail was sent into Bender’s garden,
through the roof of an arbor. The smokestaok
was blown aerdsa. a oar near by. One*of the
front wheels of the angine was broken. Mr.
James Hancock, the engineer, his little son, and
Bud Osborne, were on the ViAuan at tho time,
and escaped without receiving any injury. Both
gentlemen afe sober and skillful mechanics, and
the explosion was not tho result of any negli
gence on tholr part.
The Constitution will perhaps get tho facta of
the Blodgett-GaaUU indlotmont right, after a
while. Its isauo of yeaterday says:
The Blodgett and Gaskill Case.—Ve were
in error yesterday morning in stating that
the Georgia Loan and Trust Company had
a claim against the State Boad.' The faols
of the case seem to be these: In the fall of
1805 Miles G. Dobbins, Esq., made a contraot
were recently found by the Grand Jury, is com
ing out of tho fight with flying colors, having
already been acquitted on one of them.
Mr. Francis J. Abbott, of the firm of Spencer
& Abbott, well known merchants of Columbus,
died very suddenly, in that city, Thursday Af
ternoon. from an unintentional overdose of mor
phine and laudanum, taken to relieve pain. He
was about fifty years of age, and had lived in
Columbus since 1842.
Mr. Wm. B. Gnerry, of Americas, has been
appointed Judge of the District Court for Sum
ter, Schley and Macon counties, to fill the va
cancy caujed by the murder of Col. Geo. W.
Fish. *
The Savannah Advertiser has an agent with
the sweetly suggestive came of Gushing. Ho
baa iat«iy been on a visit to Albany, which seems
to ns, in the light of the recent showers in that
neighborhood, to be a case of adding insult to
injury.
Mr. F. M. Thompson, an old and respected
citizen of Albany, died last Wednesday.
The Albany News, of Friday, says:
The Bains Continue.—On Sunday last tbe
rains resumed, and we had a good shower. On
Monday a heavy rain and wind storm visited
ns, on Tuesday the programme was repeated
with increased volume and wider range, and on
Wednesday and Thursday the sun poured down
with all force, and consequently we had warm
weather.
Planters had a good time last week, but these
heavy rains bring back" the grass to life again,
and their hopeful labor accomplished bat little
good. A half crop of cotton is now about the
highest estimate, and many do not hope for so
much.
The Columbus Enquirer says:
C'apt. E. B. EUand, of Crawford, Ala., spent
the day Sunday last with' A, H. Stephens, at
Crawfordsville, Ga. We are pleased to learn
from him that Mr. Stephens’ health is improv
ing, and that he now weighs 79 pounds—his
weight about six months ago being only 70
pounds.
Mrs. S. G. McHenry, daughter of Dr. T. N,
Poullain, of Greensboro, died suddenly in that
placo last Monday.
Nicholas Cotter, of Augusta, sued the Geor
gia Bailroad to recover $25,000 damages for
killing his minor son aged 9, in February, 1870,
by the negligence of its servants, but the jury
failed to see the point, and on Wednesday last
found for defendant.
The Fort Valley receipt for keeping a hen
from sotting, Is to tie a piece of red flannel to
her tail. Waterman, of the Houston Home
Journal, who is standard authority on such
matters, pronounces itu “sure pop.”
Says the Home Journal of Friday:
Fine Cobn.—W. H. Talton, in the eastern
part of of this county, has an aero of com con
taining 8,120 stalks, averaging about twelve feet
in height. This corn was planted in four feet
rows, and one foot drill, and has had about
thirty bushc-h of cotton soed pat on it at differ
ent times.
There wa3 a very exciting contest for Al
derman of Dawson, Saturday of last week.
Fourteen votes were polled, of which tho suc
cessful candidate received ten.
Tho Dawson Journal makes the following
crop report for the past week:
Weatheb and Cbops.—Weather very warm,
with almost daily showers. Cotton is beginning
to rally where not completely bnried by grass.
Oats harvested and housed and an excellent
crop. Sugar cane excellent, promising an un
usual yield. Corn, more planted and the pros
pect good for the largest orop ever harvested in
this section of tho country.
We clip the following from the Savannah
Nows, of Friday:
Sebious Illness of Mb. Bobebt Gbey, at
Millen.—We regret to hear of tho serious ill
ness of Mr. Eobert Grey, (Uncle Bob) the well-
known and very popular proprietor of that first-
class hotel at Millen, on the Central Kaiiroad.
Mr. Grey has been suffering with rheumatism
for a long time, and was directed by his physi
cian to use sulphur. He did so, but, as we are
informed, took an overdose, and at tho time
that our informant saw him, yesterday, he was
suffering very much from its effects.
Savannah and Atlanta Kaileoad.—We are
informed that there will be a meeting of Direc
tors of tho Savannah and Atlanta Bailroad on
the 28th inst., at Atlanta, to take into consider
ation certain proposals from foreign capitalists,
for the construction of a road at an early day.
It seems that the people of Middle Georgia ore
determined on the building of a line, and are
making every effort to secure the capital nec
essary to success. From information which we
have, it appears that the road will be built if
necessary from Savannah to Atlanta.
Mr. William Nash, Treasurer of De Kalb
county, and a venerable and much esteemed
citizen, died last Thursday.
Col. Thomas Akins, of Decatur, De Kalb
county, died Friday morning, aged 84 years.
He died on the same lot where ho had lived and
transacted business for fifty years. He was
□ever married, had never changed hie politics,
and for forty years had been a paying sub
scriber to the Federal Union at Milledgeville.
Tho Constitution, of yesterday, says:
Desperadoes Arrested.—About two weeks
ago, Daniel Queries, of Dawson oonnty, came
to this city and claimed protection at the hands
of tho Stato authorities. He stated that four
disguised men entered Ms house one night, took
him out and whipped him unmercifully. Cap
tain G. W. Anderson and James B. Quillain
immediately proceeded to Dawson oonnty and
succeeded in arresting four desperadoes, Capt.
Leadbetter, W. Dooly, J. Asheworth and Levi
Elrod. These men were bound over by the civil
authorities there to answer the charge. The
men arrested are reputed desperadoes, and the
citizens of Dawson oonnty, without respect to
party, lent every assistance in their power to
bring them to justice. Politics had nothing to
do with the nutter.
We credit the Newnan Herald with ihe fol
lowing :
Savannah, Griffin and North Ala. R. R,—
Onr Carroll friends are doubtless anxious to
know why fba work on the road west of Newnan
has not been oommencod ere this. We are in
possession of the following facts, which we give
for their, benefit, as well as other friends of the
enterprise:
The work was first tendered to Major Gard
ner, who finally deolined, and took work in
Florida. The work was then offered to Captain
H S. Watt, who his accepted, but, as he has
not completed his work on the North and South
Koad, cannot begin operations on our road un
til about the 1st of July, when, in all human
probability, the work will be commenced iu
good earnest. Tbe above may be relied cn.
Ip all ihe-grass now in Coweta was mowed
and cored this fall, it is a question which would
bring the farmers the more money, the hay, or
the cotton they will produce. In fact; crops are
exceedingly grassy.
Host Women Get Office
ington.
A correspondent of the Pittsburg OhronUfle
writes from Washington:
Tho road to preference in official life is only
easy by comparison. I do not propose to inun
date the Capital with feminine solicitors by in
timating that appointments grow on the trees
that shade the Government grounds, bnt only
to show how hundreds of women are transferred
from their homes to the elevated station of
“ Treasury ladies.”
For example, a father from Maine or Ver
mont, by the favor of his member, gets a clerk
ship for himself. He has a daughter, and,
after a time, by persevering effort, she gets a
place. The family all go into Society, entertain
company, and become influential. They have
a cousin or niece, and presently they get a place
for her, because it is so nice for her to have an
independent purse with which to dress herself,
and the value of her board adds to the revenue
of the family. Thi3 is a true illustration—not
of an isolated caso, bnt of hundreds.
In some instances the daughters of farmers,
who aro a little restricted in their resources,
and covet a gayer life, persevere with their
members until tbey get appointments, and thus
become independent of the paternal source of
supplies. Not long since a lady died in one of
our hospitals, who had saved hundreds of dol
lars from her salary, and who had left a comfort
able home for a department placo that many a
soldier’s widow had begged for. A niece of
Ben Butler was her fortunate successor.
There is a lady resident of the District of Co
lumbia, who holds a place in one of the most
desirable bureaus. She has a very pleasant
home with her family, all the members of which,
including herself, would be quite indignant if it
was intimated that necessity compelled her to
seek or accept employment from tho govern
ment. At this time she is malting an extensive
foreign tour, in company with distieguished
friends, while a sister acts as her substitute in
the department.
A very large proportion of the women ap
pointed from Virginia and the District, have
sympathized with tho rebel side, and do still.
Some few Senators remain in Washington &
considerable portion of vacation time. They
are the most sought after by local applicants,
and nre tbe most succesful. One cf them is a
great favorite with the ladieF, and has wonder
ful success iu pre curing places for them.
y or
Sharp Splinters.
We catch the following splinters as they fly
from the “All Sorts” side of the sturdy old Bos
ton Post:
Tee latest dish—for paragraphed—is a Chi
nese roast, eaten in junks.
Miss Hossier is said to be patting the finish
ing touches on & colossal bust. So is Yates.
That stolen letter, fromCatacszy, was a Fish
“hook.” 1
They have “dead fall” saloons in Indianapo
lis. The merchandise gives the name.
Eueope takes a delicious Todd this.Eumnjer.
It’s an American one, named Naomi.
Suicide is almost as popular this season as the
seaside.
Long Island Sound fishermen are crazy abont
the new' oyst6r bed, and rush by hundreds to
’oist her from her little bed.
A Chicago thief named A. King has been
jailed, and there is an A King void in his family
circle.
The murderer of Patnam continues to Foster
hopes.
- Byrd, of Al<-T:nuiia, loved too well, and Is
now a jail Bytu.
Freddy Grant is four from the end of his
class; but its the wrong end.
Miss Delia Roberts, a Kentucky school
teacher, twenty-two yeare of age, hung herself
last week because of her love for one of her boy
pupils, a lad not yet fourteen. On the evening
before her death she went to the boy’s house,
and calling him to the gate, said: “Nod, yon
will never see me again. When yon grow to be
a man and marry, tell your wife about the wo
man old enough to be your mother who died on
your account.” Thus saying, she clasped the
object of her strange passion to her bosom, and
was never seen alive again.
The Boston Advertiser says: A wealthy gen
tleman, 73 years old, residing in one of our sur-
buxban towns, recently offered to settle $90,000
on any young lady, a resident in tile town, who
would become his wife. He desired, he said,
sorfce one to ride with Mm, spend bis money,
and take care of Mm in his old age. Strange to
say, although the place is noted for the beauty
and accomplishments of its lady residents, no
one could bo found willing to take the chances
of even becoming a rioh young widow.”
This was tbe prettiest dresa on exhibition last
week at Stewart’s, In New York: Of grayish
green silk, trimmed at the bottom with one
broad pleated flounce, headed with a heavy
fringe. The overskirt, open in front, was cut
square and gracefully looped. It, as well as the
waist, was a very dark green silk, without a par
ticle of trimming except a flat band of the ma
terial about three inches broad finishing off the
overskirt and the flowing sleeves.
A lay speaker, in a Methodist conference
down East, illustrated his readiness to frater
nize with his Southern brethren, by a stc-ry of
two men that would not speak to each other;
bnt one, having been converted at a camp meet
ing, on seeing hia former enemy, held out Ms
hand, saying: “How d’ye do, Kemp? Iam
humble enough now to shake hands with a dog.”
Young Mutbes3 (gravely; she had seen an
affectionate parting at the garden gate). “Ieee
you've got a young man, Jane!’’ Jane (apolo
getically). “Only walked oat with him once,
m’m!” Mistress. “O, but I thought I saw—
didn’t you—didn’t ho—take a kiss, Jane?”—
Jane. O, m’m, only as a friend, m’m 11”
The witty John Clark, the barrister, who was
lame, overheard a lady remark to a friend:
“That’s Mr. Clark, the lame lawyer. Mr. Clark,
who was passing along the street, turned round,
and, addressing the lady, said: “No, madam, I
am a lame man, bnt not a lame lawyer.’’
The marriage of a couple in Connecticut re
cently took place in the room where the grand
mother of the bride was born, married and died.
The aged grandfather witnessed the ceremony
by standing in the place he occupied at his own
marriage, sixty-two years before.
The ladies have adopted the fashion of dis
pensing with the button, and fastening tho
chemiso with a-blue ribbon instead.
Mb. Greeley, on his farm, keeps a running
account of Ms hens, double entry. "When & hen
lays an egg she runs around tho bases, and
when she strikes the home base, where the
book-keeper,is located, she sings out “tally
one”- or “tally two,” as the case may be, be
cause some of them are repeaters, and the book
keeper gives her credit and charges her for her
meals. In this way Horace can tell what hens
are shirking, and how much he make3 on each
hen. He says that his experience is that roost
ers are a glaring fraud, putting'&a style around
and never laying an egg once in two weeks.
From the Chronicle and Sentinel 1
To the Alnuini or the Unlversi,
- ' , Georgia-Xo. 3, 1
Brother Graduates ;
Ibave m my .two preceding’letter,-i,
m general terms, what I eoReeived i^/ 0 ^^
duty devolved upeta each and everyAh^ 8 tk<!
the State University. In the last y T cf
necassity of organizing, as an essential
to the success of our movement
who were present at the last annual
recognized so fully the cogency of
ment, that we determined to take o C9 7»
step, at any rate, toward tho effecting 11 * 5
purposes by appointing a committee to r . ® Br
means for, and superintend the eett^f 1 ^ 6
AN ALUMNI DINNER'
This committee, with a view to the
of their instructions, issued in the
fhe year, tho following appeal: F-’fqf
Athens, Ga., January is, 1S71
ular meeting of the Alumni of' the r,;
of Georgia w August last, the
■ present, while rejoicing in the hi^h r-v-u- tkEa
in Wash* which the University had attained io
the revered memories ofv 6 rv
days of yore had been students' at - h
stitution, were saddened by the «•
that, m year after year
sce'n^ 51 ^ UfR?
Moved by sweet memories at
desired to gather the scatters. I
once more aronnd the shrine of b 3 u leril0od
loved Alma Mater, and there. w’ 1 ^och
and heart, endeavor to awaken 2
the breast of every son in her behalf”* zeal St -
Actuated by this desire, thev rrm*-‘
solved to have an .Uumni dST^ 1 -^'
tee was appointed to solicit contrihni; C0:aait '
pose* & ‘ l Decess3fy crrao S« m oa?s L fcr L tH’p E i; a
Acting under this resolution we »
tee, invite all the Alumni to be pre^nU^
SS&«5g8K3&i££
After investigation we find thttitw"! to**:
at least $5 from each Alumnus to fullv e-r^
out our designs. y c - rr ?
Trustees, with that wisdom which
ever marked all their deliberations in le4 0 1
^ 6a Jblv endorsed tho resolatioa,
of the Alumni, and set apart Monday, the 2W-
of Jnly, exclusively for tho exercises
ho £y> whmhaay the dinner will takepw
Should the committee be prevented froicsT
ryrng out the resolutions of tho Alnmri th
money contributed will be promtly returned
Please enclose contributions to Dr H ” j
Long, Secretary and Treasurer cf Comiitt\V
Very respectfully,
. W. W. IiunpinN, "j
Stevens Thomas, j
N. Is, Baenabd, ^Committee
Fora Babbow,
H.B. J.Lono, J
This is the first step towards organizing onr
forces into a well drilled, compact, f&orcnsfcir
trained body, whiob, while its members wHl*
scattered throughout the entire Sanlh, shaf
have a central point at which these meato
will regularly ana punctually gather every jeer
to make their reports, exchange views, receive
instructions end, “by joining hand and ttstt,
to endeavor to awaken freEh zeal in the breast
of every son in her behalf.” In no way car
such measnres be initialed so successfcHyes k
the manner propose d. The gray haired sam of
olden time have hailed the proposition with jov,
and graduates of nearly every year, frea 160!
to 1871, have expressed their glad aj-probtiioc
of the projected banquet.
But, brothersof the* Alumni, banncehrqcitc
substantial foundations upon which to built,
and, in order to make the occasion a gatine
success, the committee have laid their pints for
a really fine feast. They think, and think rea
sonably too, that five dollars a piece is not too
much to ask from the number likely to be pres
ent at the first meeting. Do not disappoint
them. Do not delay to cend in your contribu
tions at once. Remember that it will be too late
to make the necessary arrangements if yen defer
making yonr payment until yon come cp to
Commencement yourself. Tho dinner nest be
all prepared, the money must he all spent, be
fore that time. Remit at cnee, as many h?,ve
already done, so that the committee may hc:e
exactly upon what they have to depend in order
to carry out the Society’s instructions. 0i!
fellow members, let ns not fail in this matter.
I tell you there is no limit to the powers of the
Alumni, if they were only organized, and this;;
the most feasible plan for organization. Seal
in your contributions. Como up yocreelrej to
the next annual meeting. 03 the 31st of Jclv,
induce every Alumnus of year acqLWjAsnce to
do the same, and we will have a glorious time—
a grand meeting. Cotemporaries of Judge Clay-
ton, of Asbury Hull, of Judge Hoit, of Alexander
H. Stephens, of hosts of others, themselves the
noblest of the land, will be there. Come and
let ns live over the old days—“shoulder car
crutches and fight our battles over again"
Come and let ns band ourselves together end
separate again, each man of us an enthusiastic,
vitalized, heart-and-soul colporteur, traveling in
the interests of our Alma Mater. Come and !etu=
organize our ranks, and go forth into the high
ways and byways of life, a highly disciplined,
ardent, earnest and thoroughly effective aruy
of missionaries in the great cause of liberal
education. The good we may do is incalculs-
ble. The power we may wield is almost illim
itable. "While I write the Governor is daily
expecting the script for 300,000 acre3 0.
United States lands, given by Congress fer
the establishment of Agricultural and Me
chanical Colleges in Georgia. If cur (Soci
ety was in active working order, we corn;
secure it, with scarcely an effort for Ihe
University. As it is, private individuals are
moving heaven and earth to secure its proceed
for themselves. The State of Georgia is rifhN
eously indebted to the College for 5CKH) aefes cl
laud granted to it, and afterwards cut off into
South Carolina by tbe Tugaloo boundary lme-
An active Alumni Committee could pro:® the
liquidation of this claim. Oh! brother?, bro-.-
ers, awalze, arouse from the apathy which K=
come down like the throttling grasp of death it
self, during the long oblivion of seventy-®
years. Will you-see yonr old mother die,
so little exertion on your part will save her t
tell you she needs your help. The friend? oft*
denominational colleges are working wito over
wearying unflagging zeal for their jeapectv
institutions. JS r o one is working for tne i «•»-
sity. Up, np and be doing, ere it is forever t“ u
late! “ Come over and help us,” and m Key
ing others youwill yourself be blessed.
An Alumnus or *t»-
From Macon Conuly-
Oglethoefe, Ga., -June 21, R' 1 -
Editors Telegraph and MessengerI
not noticed any communication in your colGnim.
lately with regard to the crops from thispw®h
I beg leave to give you a few dots in re ere
to Gen. Greens movements in tin's immedu-
neighborhood. Ha is in full possession of tt?
greater portion cf the cotton lands_ ana there u
very little liopo left of dislodging Ms hosts1 f«°
these positions. “In the grass «** e
cry from every quarter, bnt most of yo ..
respondents speak of com b “ng hoomn-g-
Well, I suppose, Messrs. Editors, they “
by the term dooming” that it
and that there is a good prospect for an evy^
crop. With a very few exceptions the
in this quarter have not a very bocmuffW*,J.
nnce. A stranger passing through ougm
we had gone into raising six wee-fc . j aT r,
bumblebee cotton. The staU is smaJ . ^
sending out a tassel very near the *°. .’ 5 “ 3 -- e pt
blades look as though a simbonhad w^ 0 -. :
A reporter of the World has interviewed M.
Drury, one of the leaders of the International
Working-men’s society in this country, and has
obtained Ms views on the future projects of the
association. The International Is spreading rap
idly in the United States. There are twelve sec
tions in New York alone, composed not only of
French, bnt also of English, Irish, German,
Swiss and American working-men. M. Drury
predicts tho abolition of war and the mastery
of the labor field by the artisans. The inter
nationals did a heavy business In the way of
abolishing war 14 Fr^e.
• A'a PT0 on e
over these parts. I have to my mind. :
field cf corn (upland) which last ^
2,200 pounds of seed cotton per ac "' r4l i. = u!
year it has been highly manured, mm,'■ ^
a great improvement, will not yiew ““ e a t
five bushels of com per acre! _ inera ^
least four different stands growing ont ^
field. One farmer says he is getting rw t w
grass without work—that it 13 drownm,, ^
a stani A disease is very prevalent a~o s
farmer, known as the “hollow eye. ..^-s
The colored persuasion around town, n £ aTe
of exercising their oratorical pou«°>
formed themselves into a debati* « a “- c3 p^
are very strict in enforcing their byj?’”’/ ^3.
daily those relating to the payment 0 te
No member is allowed a voice at a aens
has not ‘‘paid up.” Their manner of ^
ing the prodding officer when he has a vu jt
“May it please your Honor. We say
Ephraim. ■» & sir.
The latest sensation in our little oars t j a .
Hunt’s “shoo fly.”. It is certainly
vention, but we stand more in-neea s>
flea.” Yours, eta,
Db. Fbanklin recommends »
the choice of a wife, to smoother from fflaD y
giving, as Ms reason, *? en .and
daughters they improve each ot “ .> anS
emulation acquire more chilJ
know more, and do more, than a smg«
spoiled by parental fondness.