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MACON, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1871.
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Rnlendors of morning i
rLilting and Inring the
r.r awav waves whero i
Karr.
the biUow-crest8 brighten,
iem on tlie land,
Far away waves wnere the wan vessels whiten,
Bine rollers breaking in the snrf where we stand,
Cnived like the necks of a legion of horses,
Each with his frost-gilded mane flowing free,
Hither they speed in perpetual courses,
Bearing thy riches, O beautiful sea.
Strong with the thriving of yesterday’s surges,
by the wanton winds leagues from the shore,
Each, driven fast by its follower, urges
Fearlessly those that are fleeting before;
How they leap over the ridges we walk on,
Flinging us gifts from the depths of the sea,
Silvery fish for the foam-haunting falcon,
Palm weed and pearls for my darling and me 1
Light falls her foot where the rift follows after,
Finer her hair than your feathery spray,
Sweeter her voice than your infinite laughter,
Hiet ’ re wild couriers, list to my lay! ■
Deep in the chambers of grottoes auroral
Mom laves her jewels and bends her red knee;
Thence to my dear one yonr amber and coral
Bring for her dowry, O, beautiful sea.
Kissing.
Some t ay that hissing's a sin;
Bat I think it’s nano ava—
For kissing Jias wonn’d in this world,
Since ever that there was twa.
0, if it wasna lawful,
Lawyers wadna allow it;
If it wasna holy,
Ministers wadna do it.
If it wasna modest,
Maidens wadna take it;
If it wasna plenty,
Pair folk wadna get it.
A DOG THAT PLATS EUCIIRE.
Itmarhable Scene on Hie Steamer Metis-
One ofOencrnl Illllycr's Friends wonts a
Little Gnme—And Is Accommodated—
Ami Is Euchred by n Drag Clerk’s Hog.
On Saturday evening, Jane 17, a listless party
were sitting in the main cabin of the Provi
dence steamer Metis. A disagreeable north
easter made it unpleasant to remain on deck.
A middle-aged, keen-eyed, sandy-haired man
was the most restless individual in the cabin.
He appeated to be sbmowhat annoyed by the
walking backwards and forwards of a dark-
haired, fino-looking young man, whoso every
step was followed and movements watched by
a large-sized Spanish poodle that slightly limped
with bis left fore leg. The sandy-haired man
finally accosted the man with the dog:
“I say, stranger, it’s very dull here; can’t we
get up a game of enchre?”
“I don’t care much about playing, sir; but
my dog hero plays a tolerable fair game. Per
haps he’ll try a hand with yon.”
“No jokes, if you please; I am an old euchre
player, and very fond of the game. I once
played three nights in succession with Gen.
liillyer, and beat him two games to his one,”
said’tbe sandy-haired man, rather sternly. .
“I am not joking, sir; I tell you honestly
that my dog can play a good game of enchre.
I'll warm him np a little and show yon what he
can do before yon play with him.”
By this time tho conversation had attracted
the attention of the other passengers, and they
had gathered around the dog and men.
“Now, gentlcmon, please to step back, so as
to form a good-sized ring, and we’ll show yon
some specimens of canine sagacity that may
astonish yon,” said the owner of the dog.
As soon as the ring had been made tho dog
man shouted:
“Come, Sport, give ns a walk around on your
ear.”
Sport immediately raised himself on his fore
logs and walked around the circle with his head
close to the carpet, his lame leg giving him the
appearance of sliding on his ear.
The man next took a ten-cent stamp, rolled it
cp into a little newspaper ball, made a dozen
ether balls of the same size and appearance,
mixed them np and threw them ont on tho car-
Pet.
“Now, Sport, pick out the one with the stamp
in it.” •
Sport immediately walked ronnd tho paper
wads, looked at them eagerly, and pulled ont the
one with tho 6tamp.
Sport’s master now pulled a pack of cards
abont the size of ordinary playing cards from
Ills pocket. Each card had a black letter printed
on it. The cards were placed around in a cir
cle, with tho letter uppermost.
‘‘Sport, tell these ladies and gentlemen where
you came from this evening.”
Sport walked around the cards until he came
to the letter P; this ho took in his month and
mid one side, and then took the letter R and
placed beside it, and so on until ho had spelled
“Sport, oldfellow, where are you bound for?"
Sport spelled ont New York in tho same man
ner.
The letter cards were now taken up and a
Pack of playing cards laid in their place.
“Well, Sport, what do you say to playing a
game of enchre with the gentleman?” inquired
his master.
Sport didn't appear to be very eager, but
hung his head a little, as if tired.
“Oh, there is plenty of time; yon never re
tire until nine, you know. Just look at my
watch.”
Sport jumped to his master’s knees and
looked at the watch, which was held before his
cyes ;
“Now, Sport, tell us tho right time to tho
minute.”
Sport walked round tho card3 again and took a
mne-spot in his mouth, which he laid on one
aide of the ring. Then he picked up a seven,
spot and laid it a short distance from tho
mne-spot. He followed this up by placing a
2*1 and ten-spot by the side of the seven,
ine man then showed his watch to the spec-
mtors. It wanted just twenty minutes of nine.
“Before you commence the game, Sport, I
w*nt to see whether yonr head is clear. Snp-
Posing yon were playing a game of old sledge
With Boss Tweed for a charter of a railroad
"Wtet a million dollars, and the gamo stood
„! x *® six, and it wa3 your deal, whet card
would you like to turn np?”
,, °P° rt walked around tho ring and turned up
‘he jack of spades.
flight, old Sport, your head is level,” said
patting tho dog fondly.
A, turning to General Hillyer’s friend, he
said:
accessary
f P%mg with Sport it will be ni
f_- 5 0a to deal his cards face np. Tms wm
g ° you an advantage. In order to make the
twL 6Ten 3 ®M Sport ten cards. .As soon as
t 3 made he will pick ont five and
i*“Ow the rest aside. When Sport passes he
lur n °ne of his cards over. When he orders
you up he will nod his head.” ‘
to / n€ ?' al Hhlye'r’8 friend agreed to the arrange-
ans r! burned the cards, dealt Sport ten cards
tnrms 0 *5 himself, turning np the nine of dia-
Sr. I®?* 1 Passed, and General -Hillyer’s
of s;o t00 V tn F‘ 8P 01f t then selected the queen
tonnsf 0011 ^ 8 ’ ten of diamonds, eight of dia-
W th il 6113 aoe aud king of hearts. Sport led
suit b/i HHlyer’s friend followed
> nu lost tho trick. Sport then laid down
the queen; Gen. Hillyer’s friend took it with
tho left bower. The right bower was then slung
at Sport; he laid tho eight-spot on it. Taking
up the trick, General Hillyer’s friend hud down
the nine-spot, Sport taking it with the ten.
The dog then shoved the king of hearts at Hill
yer’s friend, who had to hand over the queen
of clubs, with the exclamation:
“Euchred, as sure as fate, by a poodle!"
Two more hands were then played, Sport win
ning the game.
“Now,” said the owner-of the dog, “lie down
and rest, Sport: you have done nobly.”
* The dog lay down with outstretched and stif
fened legs, as if he were dead. His master
pulled first one leg and then another, then
pushed and shoved him about, but he gave no
signs of life. Suddenly ho sung out:
• ‘Sport, you rascal, you have been gambling;
hero oomes the police!”
Sport was off like a shot for the forward end
of the cabin.
A Sun man who witnessed these wonderful
trioks could detect no signals between the dog
and his master. Sport appeared to do every
thing from the working of his own brains. His
master’s name is R. IL Dodd.- He stated to tho
Sun man that he wa3 a drug clerk in Williams-
burgb, and had spent three years in educating
Sport. Sport is seven years of age.—New York
Sun. .... .
“TcMvalry.”
They had a tournament at the Fair Grounds,
near Richmond, on the 4th of July. The charge
to the “Knights” was delivered by Dr. G. W.
Bagby, (Mozis Addums) and was perhaps the
most original address ever made on such on
occasion. Here are some extracts from it:
Tchivalby uy Me Native State : Your com
mittee-showed much thste when they selected
me as your chaTger. Not ablest of chargers am
I, and fittest. Educated in Princeton, N. J., I
can ride anything from a hickory stick to tho
walking-beam of a steaming. A horse I de
spise. But strap me down tight, as McClellan
did his troopers, or pin mo fast with hooks and
eyes to a side-saddle, and I can ride against any
man in the world—if another man will lead the
horse.
* * * * • , * *
But, Tchivalry of Virginia—to pronounce the
word properly, you must put a “t” before the
“chiv” and utter a preliminary sneeze before
the “t" and yonhave itexactly—but, Tchivalry
of Virginia, a3 some tremendous poet has re
marked, “look not mournfully into the past”
And when some charger, more gifted than my
self, tells you, “in the language of the sublime,
immortal and beautiful Burke, “the age of
tchivalry is over,’ ” and then adds “’taint so,”
in order to cheer yon up—when some gifted
charger tells you this, you up and tell them
“tie so,” and that ho is a mistaken. Aye! Mr.
Sir Knights, the age of tchivalry is over, and
yon may thank yonr stars that it is. over.
Zounds! where would you be this day if it were
not over? Gadzooks! how would yon feel with
a small iron pot clapt close to your Bkull. Marry
come up.’ what would bo the state of your suda
tory apparatus, if you had 200 pounds of skillet
lids distributed over your precious persons?
Sdeath! how your nerves would flatten if you
knew that in ten minutes from this time the
chances were that you would be knocked out of
yonr saddle, plumped out like middo men from
taw, by a real spear, and landed flat of your
back, twenty feet off in the road ? And ten to
n the scoundrel who played you tms tculvat-
ttlo trick, would crown your sweetheart,
and she would smile upon him, and not even
pay yon tho compliment of going to yonr fu
neral to-morrow.
Aye! Mr. Knights and Sir Gentlemen, yon
may congratulate yourselves that, although this
is the 4th of July, you don’t have to get up and
put on a ready-made suit of steel, go ont and
straddle an iron-clad horse, and pnt ont from
homo with every prospect of dying before sun
down, because it is your duty to dare every
man to knock a chip off yonr helmet who says
his mistress is prettier than yours.
“Therefore, Sir Knights and gentlemen, I
most earnestly charge yon to do your level best.
Proceed. Set saiL Unship your royal mizzen
cat heads, haul aft your spanker bowsprits,
hoist your fore-tops’I hatchway. Go it. And
may tho devil take the man that don’t take the
ring.” .
An Honest and Attractive Scheme.
From the Charleston Nows, May 13,1871.]
“What is everybody’s business is nobody’s
business,” and while the importance of foster
ing immigration is conceded on all hands, the
great work languishes, as far aa this State is
concerned, for want of the cash working capital
so indispensible for its prosecution. But tho
South Carolina Immigration Association, whose
organization and aims have already had our
warm commendation, is composed of live and
resolute men, whom obstacles cannot balk in
the execution of their self-imposed task of peo
pling the millions of rioh bnt idle acres in our
State with hardy and thrifty settlers from other
climes. Finding that the poverty of our people
gave little prospect of raising by subscription
the funds needed to give an impetus to their
enterprise, they have hit upon the expedient of
a series of Gift Concerts, to begin in Charleston
in October, the ticket-holders of which will bo
participants in tho grandest and most attractive
drawing ever held in oar State. The first prize
will be the splendid Academy of Music proper
ty, which was built at a cost of $23Q,000, and
whlob, besides stores, mnsic-halls, saloons, etc.,
contains the brightest and most beantifnl temple
of the drama in the South. The second prize
will be One Hundred Thousand Dollars in cash.
A long list of other cash prizes makes np the
grand aggregate of Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars, to be distributed among the ticket-
holders. The number of tickets issued will be
150,000, and the price will be five dollars each.
There can be no doubt of the extraordinary
popularity which the sohemo is destined to at
tain. Some idea of this may be formed from
the-circumstance that over two-thirds of the
tiokets have been engaged in advance by agents
at the North and in California. But the features
of the drawing* which will enable it 16 contrast
most favorably with the Crosby Opera House
Lottery in Chicago, and other similar schemes,
are: 1st. Its unqualified' endorsement by a
largo number of the best known end most re
spected citizens in the State. 2d. The fact that
it will be managed by gentlemen whose names
are a guarantee that the drawing will be con
ducted with strict honor and fairness; and 3d.
The end sought to be gained, which is one that
must enlist the sympathy of every friend of
Sonth Carolina and the South.
The last consideration, indeed, elevates the
enterprise from tho rank of a private specula
tion to that of a project of vast public import
ance. We want and must have those small
farmers whose labor constitutes the true wealth
of a State. And if the gentlemen of the Immi-
gration Society succeed, in bringing them hither,
nobody will he disposed to criticise tho plan by
which they accomplish the feat.
Iktehpebate Monkets. — In Darfour and
Senaar, Africa, the natives make a fermented
beer of which tho monkeys are passionately
fond. Aware of this the natives go to parte of
forest frequented by_ the monkeys, and set on
the ground calabashes full of the liquor. As
soon as tho monkey see3 it and tastes it, he
utters loud cries of joy, that' soon attract his
comrades. Then the orgie begins, and in a short
time they show all degrees of intoxication.
Then the negroes appear. The few monkeys
that come too lato to get “fuddled” escape.
The drinkers are too far gone to distrust the
negroes, bnt apparently take them for larger
specimens of’their own species. When a negro
takes ono by the hand to load him off, the
nearest monkey will cling to the one that thus
finds support, and . endeavor to get off also.
Another will grasp him, and so on, until a negro
leads a staggering line of ten or fifteen monkeys.
When finally brought to the village, they are
securely oaged and gradually sobered down, but
for two or three days a gradually diminishing
supply of liquor is given them, so as to re
concile them by degrees to their state of cap
tivity.
THE GEORGIA PRESS. Sr..
Rev. Wm. N. Avriett, one of the oldest resi
dents and most highly esteemed citizens of
Decatur oounty, died last Saturday.
The Rainbridge Argus says crop prospects
have considerably improved within the last week
in that section. Sugar-cane and potatoes are
very fine. ■ There is a great deal of sicknessin
many localities.
At Upson Superior Court last week, a man
was fined $50 for “illegal employment of ser
vants.” ’ it? t. Mr'S
• The Thomaston" Herald makes our mouth
water telling about some “fat” bee trees np in
that neighborhood—one ten inches in diameter
with ten feet of honey, yielding 150 pounds,
and two others with 14 and 18 feet of honey,
each. ’
Jas. W. Barrett, of Oalhoun, Gordon county 1
has, as we learn from the Atlanta Sun, just
patented a oar couple,-by whiob cars can bo
ooupled without going between them.
W. M. Butts, of Atlanta, has just been
elected to the high and mighty office of J. P.
for the 1026th District, G. M., by 144 majority,
over H. T. Holderness. Up there, J. P.’s pass
for real judges, you know, and that explains
the scramble. ,
The Atlanta Sun reports considerable sickness
in that city. • "
The Sun learns, by private letter from For
syth county, that at one country churchyard-over
ten children had been buried within the past
week or two, all of whom died with flux, super
induced by eating fruit.
The corporators of the Griffin, Monticello and
Madison railroad met at Indian Springs last
Friday, and organized by electing H. I. Kim
ball, President, Joseph H. Johnson, Secretary
and Treasurer, and Messrs. J. S. Boynton, J.
A; Beeks and A. D. Nunnally, of Spalding
county; H. N. Byars, of Butts county; Thomas
J. Smith and W. 0. Leverett, of Jasper county!
P. R. Thomason, of Morgan county; and J. 0.
Kimball and George Cook, of Atlanta, Directors.
Judge Boynton, the chairman, of the meeting,
stated that he had perfected a proposition with
a capitalist who would undertake to build the
road, provided the Directors would act harmo
niously. Ho also stated that a bona 'fide sub
scription of $254,700 had been received from
the couutica of Butts, Morgan and Jasper, and
that he had no doubt Griffin would raise its sub
scription to $100,000. •
The Lumpkin Telegraph says the corporators
of the Americas and Florence Railroad met at
Preston, Webster county, on Monday of last
week—it is supposed for the purpose of consid
ering certain bids that have been made for their
charter. It says the Central, Macon and Bruns
wick, H. L Kimball and an unknown company
are the bidders, and favors the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad getting it, because the edi
tor (hints that company wni onua u, mej mo
obliged to liuvo a connection with tlioi* &T<mt
gomery and Eufaula road.
Bullock left Atlanta for New York, Monday
night. Lookout, bonds!
Mr. Harrison, of the Monroe Advertiser, will
commence the publication of a paper called
tho Indian Springs Mirror, at that point on tho
28th instant.
A. O. Hodgson, of Athens, who was ap-
pointed to the Naval Academy, at Annapolis,
from the 6lh District, stood the best examina
tion of 40 applicants for admission, and was
elected Captain of his mess and boat.
We clip the following items from tho Atlanta
Sun, of yesterday:
Fxbe in Athens.—Wo have been permit
ted to read a letter from Athens, Ga., dated
Sunday, in whioh the writer says, the day be
fore that (Saturday) the alarm of fire was
sounded, to the great consternation of the citi
zens of that usually quiet city. On investiga
tion it proved to be what is known as the old
“Franklin House,” whioh was nearly destroyed.
Owing to the, exertions of the fire department
the flames were confined to that buildidg alone.
The loss is not stated. - •
Dn. Habeison Westsiobeland, who was sen
tenced to tho penitentiary for twenty years for
the shooting of Dr. G. L. Redwine some time
last year, was released on hail yesterday— $6,-
000 being the amount of the bond—and upon
which he secured the names of Peter Hugo, J.
Lynch, Wm. Haville and Dr. J. G. Westmore
land. He was refused a new trial by Judge
Hopkins, anfl appealed to the Supreme Court,
during the pendency of whioh he gets out on
the above bond.
Mobe Bubglaby—A Mcbdebous Attempt by
Robbebs— A Nabeow Escape fbom Death.-Suii-
day night about 12 o’clock, two negro men
burglarously’entered the room frhere Walter
Maffitt, a young gentleman well known as clerk
at Redwine & Fox’s drug store, was sleeping.
It was at the residence of Ins mother, in the
northern portion of the city, near Peachtree
street. Walter, on retiring,.had put his pistol
under his pillow, as usual, and when he awoke
he could easily discover that one of the robbers
was keeping an eye on him, while the other was
colleoting such valuables as he could lay his
hands upon. He had already gathered several
articles of silver-ware, clothing, etc., and de
posited them in the room where Walter was
Bleeping. While this one was in another room,
the one watching him began for a moment
looking around, and as he did this, Walter im
proved the moment to reach for his pistol—np
to tbia time he feigning sleep. As soon as he
did this, the ruffian sprang at him, and caught
his arms, while the other one made several outs
at bim with a knife, cutting his night clothes in
several places. Then placing a pistol at his
head, was in the act of firing, when Walter
knocked it off and received the ball in his left
arm, inflicting a painfal flesh wound. He fired
at the retreating rogues, but was unable to tell
whether he did them any damage or not. In
their retreat they failed to carry off anything.
Tho Monroe Advertiser, of yesterday, says:
Bevxbx and Disastrous Bronx—The New
Chuboh in Rums.—Forsyth and- vicinity ex
perienced one of the heaviest gales, about 6 p.
m., yesterday, ever witnessed hereabouts. The
rain storm was comparatively, light, but the
wind blew a perfect hurricane, and lasted some
time, leaving numerous evidenoes of*its vio
lence in every portion of the town. The tall
spire of the new Methodist church was lifted
from its moorings and thrown down, destroying
the entire roof of the edifice. The Bpire was
not quite finished, and the high scaffolding fell
with it, greatly adding to the weight of timber
that fell upon and orushed through the roof. It
is estimated that repairs of the damages sus
tained will ooat $2,000. A portion of the front
parapet of Mr. Rudolph’s photograph gallery
was also blown ofL As no other damage was
sustained, Mr. B. may consider himself laoky.
The warehouse of Mr. Moran also suffered—a
considerable portion of the roof having been
badly injured. It is estimated that repauB will
cost about $500. Evidences of the fury of the
storm are visible in every direction. A number
of trees were blown down, and many branches
broken off in various portions of the town.
The telegraph wires were also blown down.
We have no information as to the extent of
country visited by the gale, but trust it was
limited, as the growing crops would be irretriev
ably injured if exposed to .the fury of such a
gale as was felt here.
The Columbus Sun is to have new type, and
therefore offers its present material for sale.
Eatonton and vicinity had a fine rain Satur
day. Ditto at Milledgeville and vicinity, the
Thursday before.
The Ordinary of Putnam courtty has ord^ed
an election on the 8 th of August for Tax Re
ceiver, Sheriff, County Treasurer, County Sur
veyor and Coroner, of that county.
Ben Shields, a dark brunette of trewly loyl
persuasion, who killed another one of that.sort
in Morgan oounty, nearly a year ago, was ar
rested and jailed at Eatonton, last Saturday.
Letters for D. M. Gugel, G. F. Cherry, S. W.
E. It., J. E. Dense, W. S. Brantly, and J. S.
Jeter, all of Macon, are held for postage in the
Savannah Postoffice. ~Z ‘ •-’« > v;"*; :•
The Southern Recorder, of Tuesday, says:
On Wednesday evening last the committee
appointed by the Good Templars to petition the
Governor for the Representative Hall as a lodge
room for the order received a document from At
lanta, stating that the hall alone could not be
given,butthat, if the Good Templars felt so
disposed, they could take the whole building
under their charge, and appoint a guard them
selves.
The capitol building, for a year, has been in
habited bv three families of negroes, whom the
Government paid one hundred and Six dollasaJ ® f i®t rr ?f2- r pisto1 - wa8 l l SS r ? f ln - w
per month to live in toe_ House. Compiaints
Baptist Church. Thosain the immediate neigh-
have been before made of the slovenly manner
in which th*e building was kept, and doubtless
these had some effect on Bullock in inducing
him to sign a document requiring, the negroes
to vacate immediately, and give the key3 in
charge of a guard appointed by the Templars.
We quote as follows from the' Federal Union
of the same date
A Touching Incident.—Within the past week
an aged and worthy woman—once the property
of the mother of Captain Lewis Kenan, and his
nurse throughout infanoy—came to our city
alone and over three hundred miles of travel,
with no other object than to look at his grave
and sympathise with her old mistress iirthe
deep distress of the family! Her feelings were
those of a mother; and when the poor, sorrow
ing soul gazed upon the narrow bounds which
holds-all that is mortal of him she had tended
and eared for as her own, there is little doubt
she shared much of the sad bereavement of the
real parent. Such instances of devoted attach
ment and unostentatious gratitude are few,
even amongst the highest grades of society—il
lustrating as it does those ties which subsisted
in tho relation of Southern masters and their
slaves—making it a mutual joy and a lasting
benefit to both alike.
The woman here alluded to is Dicy, well and
kindly remembered by many citizens of Mil-
ledgeville—horn and owned in tho family of the
lat6 Col. Robert W. Alston, and who has never
lived under any other protection. She is now,
and has been ever since the war, in the service
of one of her former yonng mistresses (Mrs.
Reid, of Thomasville, Ga.,) and the same at
tentive, unswerving friend and assistant, as she
had been the dutiful, faithful and trusted ser
vant. Her mission ended,.:and her feelings
gratified, she has gone back to her home,
where, we hope, her days may be prolonged,
and their termination crowned with the assur
ance of a happy hereafter. J.....
Tho weather being too hot for the Colnmbns
thieves to go into the country, to draw their nsual
rations of blackberries, they are doing a lively
business in town.
Tho sales of .manufactured goods by the
Eagle and Phenix Company at Columbus, for
aw jjm>b oi-a. nave vw«
those for tho corresponding period last year.
"Wo clip as follows from the Columbus En
quirer, of Tuesday:
A Despebate Oitendeb Re-Abbested.—Bill
Barton, colored, recently sentenced to the pen
itentiary from this oounty, for horse stealing,
bnt who confesses to having jumped from tho
train at Bntler, while en route forMilledgeville,
was recaptured near the Southwestern depot
yesterday morning, by Dook Eiland and polioe-
man McEachern, each of whom fired several
shots at him before they opnld take him. One
of the shots we understand took effect in a place
unmentionable, bnt whioh disqualifies him from
sitting comfortably. He was lodged in jaiL
Bbought to this City.—H. L. Toomer, white,
arrested in Montgomery for having misapplied
funds belonging to a picture house in Augusta,
while acting as all
gomery, wasbroni
in the lock-up by
to Montgomery for him. The arrest was made
at the instance of a gentleman of Augusta to
whom the pictures belonged. We have not
heard what reward was offered for Toomer.
The Sun, same- date, says:
Babbectces.—We are told that a series of bar
becues are being organized along the entire lino
in the interest of the North and South Railroad.
They will commence in Harris oounty about the
1st of August, and terminate at Rome about
the 11th of the same month, the time when the
stockholders convene.
We find the following in the last Lumpkin
Telegraph:
Woodland Cottage, July 9, 1871.—Editors
Telegraph. —Thq notorious negro H. M, Tur
ner, of Alaoon, made a speech to a large crowd
of freedmen in Florence on Saturday. I have
not been able to gather the particulars, only
that a collision took place between the Demo
cratic and Radical negroes, in whioh blood was
shed and several negroes were wonnded.
Chattahoochee. '
We frequently hear of the appearance and
political harangues, in different sections of
Georgia,of this mischief-maker and disturber of
the peace of the oolored raoe. His pretended
mission is that of preaohing, bnt really is to
ferment discord in arraying one portion of the
negroes against the- other. He has for some
time been giving attention to the~neighborhoods
of Box Spring, in-Talbot, and Jones’ Crossing,
in the eastern part of this county; in both of
whioh great dissensions have been stirred. If
the white people of these neighborhoods would
do their duty to themselves and the oolored
race, he would cease his visits.
Martin Broderick died at Savannah, Sunday
morning, from the effects of snnstroke.
The Savannah Advertiser, of Tnesday, says:
Anotheb Bow Boat Gone.—We learn that the
Messrs. Schley, owners of- the successful oanoe
boat ’‘Vernon,” which has won several races in
last six months, and has proven a craft of no
small speed, have disposed of her to a club in
Macon.
Master Walter Mitchell Jackson, of tbi3 city,
took the first prize for declamation at Emory
College last Monday. Really) Macon seems to
hold all the honors nowadays.
Two more Atlanta hasheriea have dosed this
week—the American and United States.
A white man named McCord, and a negro,
wbMe at work on the First Methodist Church at
Atlanta, Tuesday, fell from the scaffolding to
the ground, a distance of Bixty feet McCord
was badly hurt, and the negro only braised, as
he fell on his head.
We find the following items in 4he Atlanta
Sun of yesterday:
Bio Time Among the Nigoebs—About 10,000
at CovraaTON—Fbeaks op a Scabed Mule.—
Last Sunday was preached the commencement
sermon, at Covington, of Emory College, pre
paratory to the exercises whioh were to follow
the succeeding day. This is an old time o us tom,
and a great many people flocked to Covington
to hear the eminent Bishop Pieroe orate on that
occasion. True to their apish instinots, the ne
groes improvised a big meeting in Covington,
for that day, and an immense crowd of them
were on hand, from the surrounding oountry,
in attendance. They came up by every convey
ance, and soon outnumbered their white breth
ren, who were holding forth in another part of
the town. Quito a large number went from this
place. The big preacher of the oooasion was Joe
Woods, well known in this city as a good drayman,
wad an usually good negro generally. While Joe
was in full swing, warning his fellow-sinners of
the terrible oonaequences of their sins, and get
ting up the excitement to its nsual pitch on such
occasions, the train from this city came puffing
and snorting close by the congregation. This
lent additional excitement to the crowd, and the
oenntry colts and mules unused to the. ears,
were all whirling and twisting in the very ago
nies of fright. Brother Joe was calling up the
mourners; the sisters were hnggifeg and clasp
ing the brethren in true Christian unity, the
engine was puffing and blowing, and when the
two shrill toots were sounded for “down breaks,”
one old Confederate mule oould stand it no
longer. He just gave one long, strong and de
cided pull, as a mule only knows how to give,
and snapped the rope which held him to a swing
ing limb. He apparently closed his eyes and
went ifc-blind, for as Boon as he was freed from
-the Jimb he made right for the congregation,
with head and tail erect. He unceremoniously
plunged into the crowd of devout blacks, scat
tering them in every direction. A wide open
ing was made for the mule, which never halted
until he arrived right in front of the pulpit,
amongst the mourners and preachers.
A Mytebious Affaib—Makes or Blood—A
Stbange Man Asks a Significant Question.—
About 11 o'clock Monday night the sharp report
of a Derringer pistol was heard in the neigh
borhood were startled by the report, and oh
looking in that direction no person oould :be
seen. A few minutes after the firing a strange
man walked into a beer saloon near by, and
asked of the crowd sitting around if . any one
was hurt by the shooting just now? Nothing
unusual was noticed in his appearanoe or man
ner at the time. He was answered by Borne
one present that they did pot know of any dam
age being done, when he retired.
Yesterday Messrs. "Wallace and Waddell were
examining the front of the school building, and
discovered traoes of blood on various part of
the house; On doser inspection^ the. marks of
fingers were seen bn the steps, all oleirly de
fined by blood. -It was scattered around on the
grating and pavement to a. considerable extent.
Many speculations are indulged in as to the
probable cause of these signs, bnt no satisfac
tory explanation has been found.
Xongfel-
The. Great Karato;
low TS.
" The New York Commercial of Saturday re.
ports it as follows: .
But the great event of the day is now ap
proaching. Longfellow is brought on the track
blanketed—a hum of low voices is heard, like
an army of buzzing bees, on the Grand Stand.
All eyes are strained to get a view of the noble
animoL In a few momenta his jookey mounts
him and ha starts off on a gentle gallop, to the
admiration of all present, Mr. Harper, his
owner, remains quite nnconoerned in his seat
on the Grandstand. The betting, about this
time, begins to be very exciting—parties are so
confident that they offer to bet $100 to $35, and
several bets are taken at such long odds. ’ .
Kingfisher makes his appearance. He has,
up to the present tifue, been regarded as the
fastest horse in the oountry. His owner, Mr.
Belmont, had confidence that he conldnot be
beaten on this side of the Atlantio until he
witnessed the race at Long Branch. Mr. Bel
mont is a cautious man, and did riot baok his
horse very steep. The difference in the ap
pearance of the horses is the difference : be
tween a clipper ship anda Dutch aallioi- King,
fisher is a noble horse, and must not be dispar
aged because Longfellow is a better one. It is sen to invent, is of so new, so unique, and
shall have another horse^bef ore’Iong't&at “ omo “ “ - ~ ould make Job SWI
take the oonceit ont of Longfellow. Both
horses leave for the starter’s, whioh isfarnp
the line, the distance to run being two miles
and a quarter. In a few minutes is heard on
all sides: “They are off!” “Sit down in front!”
“Here they come!" “Longfellow leads!”
“Kingfisher is pushing him!” and such expres
sions could be heard as both horses went dash
ing by the Grand Stand like greased lightning.
Longfellow took the lead' from the start, and
kept it all the way. Kingfisher pushed him hard
for the first half mile, but it was evident to all
the knowing ones that if heoonld not lap bim oh
the first half mile there was no hope for King
fisher. Indeed, the race was manifestly decided to
all the horse-sharps after they had run half a
mile, and some of them felt so confident of
LoDgfellow’s winning that they ventured $100
to $20. Kingfisher was doing his level best
and losing ground. The distance between them
remained unaltered until they reached the half
mile pole, when Longfellow opened the gap to
three lengths, gradually increasing the distance
to four lengths as they passed the stand for a
second time. Goiing to the turn. Kingfisher
struggled gamely, but without avail, for Long
fellow got farther away, leading Ms opponent
six lengths at the quarter pole, and the same to
the half mile. Kingfisher then made another
attempt to get closer, but without avaiL Long
fellow finally winning by three lengths easily in
4:02£. The first mile of .tho Taco was run in one
minute forty seconds—tho fastest ever run in
this country. This performance stamps Long
fellow the champion of the turf, for he has met
and gallantly defeated what was considered the
best four-year old in the country.
There was a large amount of money lost
and won on the race; the Kentucky men were
large winners, and New Yorkers and others
heavy losers, owing to the long odds. There
are always people willing to bet even-against
favorites, but'when $100 to $40 is offered it is
very tempting to these men, and many of them
“fell very heavy.” Old Mr. Harper took the
affair like a philosopher—not in the slightest
maimer excited. Mr." Belmont met him and
congratulated him on having the best horse in
the world. The old gentleman seemed flattered,
and replied that he didn’t know about that; he'd
seen a great many sure things beaten.
From Batts County—Crops—Railroad
. Indian Subxngs, July 14,1871.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I reached
here yesterday and regretted to find on the road
the crops suffering for the want of rain. The
corn crops fen days back, were more promising
than for many years, and with rain now would
make a fair average yield, sufficient for home
consumption. The cotton looks better, and bet
ter stands than the level and less undulating lands
of Southwestern Georgia; bnt the size trill not
allow a full crop under the most favorable cir
cumstances.
This has been a memorable day to the people
of Batts and Jasper oonnties, as they hope to
date the inaugural of the Griffin and Madison
Railroad from this date. I have never seen or
known such fervor and excitement, as was man
ifested in the Convention. A railroad they need
and will have, and though I was an outsider and
not easily led wild with tk^ excitement, oould
not resist the influences. 1 tbinV w ith them—
that the road will be built. The Convention
elected nine Directors: Nunnally, Boynton and
Beeks, of Spalding; Byars, of Butts; Leverett
and Smith, of Jackson; Thomaston, of Morgan:
and Kimball and Cook, of Atlanta. So yon see
they mean work, and all hands are ready to
make a long and strong pull to secure the road.
Messrs. Editors, you oannot imagine the re
lief and comfort a Maconite enjoys here, after
suffering from your exoeasive heat, dust and
mosquitoes, to find a cool spot where covering
is required during the night to shut out the oold.
Such I assure you was the case last night, and
much did I enjoy it. The arrivals at the hotel*
yesterday exceeded one "hundred and flfy> a
large number being delegates to the 000*"®“?®-
Stiff I find the crowd pleasant and muoh in-
ereased within the past three or f*«* days. The
skating and ^waing rinks a** open day and
Autograph Letters or Bevolutiouarf
Celehrltieo—Curious Belies.
We have been permitted to examine and pe
ruse a large number of letters and original
papers, written by men who figured in the times
that “tried men’s souls,” and whioh are in the
custody of one of our oldest citizens.
They carry one back to the period when this
mighty nation was in swaddling clothes, and.,
embryo State, fringing the wilderness in fc' n „ r _
tow belt of coast line 1,200 miles in len^h, with
a sparse and scattered population, cm poor in
means and resources, yet dated to meaanre
swords with proud Albion, all powerful in the
field, and the “mistress of the seas.” There
was a moral sublimity Ini 'the patriotism and
fortitude of those heroes, who, shoeless, half
armed and poorly olad, forded icy streams,
made foroed marches with bleeding feet, and
and fearlessly grappled in bloody oombat with
a disciplined and splendidly appointed foe
vastly their superiors In numbers.
While we do them reverence, let us not for
get, however, the glorious heroes of our own
day, “worthy scions of honored sires,” who by
their prowess in a cause infinitely dear to every
loyal Sonjhrdn, demonstrated the falsity of the
current apothegm that the times, and men with
them are ever degenerating. ; " V
Among these anoiont, time-stained documents
te appears which is spiced with fun, and
savors of the chivalric days of the Knight of
La Mancha. It was penned by an officer of the
army against whom a practical jokq had been
perpetrated. It seems some of the girls had
twitted onr hero with being the possessor of a
pair of “green breeches patched with leather.”
This was too mnoh for his equanimity to with
stand, and hence a challenge Voutrance to all
of Ms defamers, and the following indignant
remonstrance addressed to one of his fair calum
niators: “"When an officer of the regimental
rank I bear is grossly traduced, it is incumbent
on him to clear up the affair to the world. The
spirit of detraction and calumny, I am sorry to
say, has grown to noxious and intolerable
heights in this continent. If you had accused
me of a desire to procrastinate the war, or of
Holding a treasonable correspondence with the
enemy, I should have borne with it; this I am
used to, and tMs happened to the great Fabios
Maximus. If yon had accused me of getting
drunk os often as I got liquors, I might have
sat quiet under the imputation. Or even if you
had given the plainest Mnts that I had stolen
the soldiers’ shirts—this I could have, put"up
with, as the great Duke of Marlborough would
have been the example. Or if you had con
tented yourself, with asserting I was so abomin
able a soldier as never to parl with my shirt
until it parted with me, the anecdote of my
illustrious namesake of Sweden would have
given me some com fn -t- Bat tua uatumuy yuu
have, in the fertility of your malicious wit, cho-
so
swear
Telegraphic Hews Due Monday Might.
As stated in our last edition the telegraph
wires were prostrated by the storm on M
evening, and we received only the- *• • ,
T - a *■*«-
08 are Eendgvr.Jefro«M*xoaupro
cessions except military or funerals. -
It is stated that the late Henry J. Raymond’s
interest in the Times, which was about one-
third of the whole property, has been bought
by the other owners-for .§875,000.
St. Louis, July 17.—Yesterday the Mercury
ranged from 100 to 105. There were three fatal
sunstrokes to-day.'
Boston, July 17.—Butler’s readiness to ac
cept the Governorship meets an unfavorable
response from the Boston journals.
Wilmington, .July 17.—In Robeson oounty
this morning Lowery and bis band Of negro out
laws waylaid and killed Daniel MurdoohMoLane,
a prominent citizen, and Hugh MoLane, his
brother, a youth only thirteen years old. They
also wounded Archibald McLane. These parties
were riding, along the publio road in a buggy
and,were fired on from a ttock piece of woods.
A fearful state of terror exists among the women
and children of Robeson oounty. The sheriff
has a posse of one hundred and fifty men in
the field, but efforts thu3 far are utterly fruit-
Ij?S. .-, /t
Lowery, at the head of the loyal black Ku-
klux of North Carolina, ontwits all his pursuers
and slays the whites ad libitum. Won’t ho get
the appointment of Collector somewhere?
On Kalelde. . u"
The Courier-Journal offers a a few brief ob
servations on this subject which strike us as
eminently seasonable and sensible. It says :
Suicide is one of those purely personal affairs
wMoh may bo brought about in fiva several and
True to their apish instinots, the ne- night,'where the young an** 8 a y have a festive
Hmfl -The old and m<*» sedate have a quiet
same of euchre, or *«tire into social groups.
Now if you have «n appetite for “yellow leg”
ohichans and delicious mutton, oome to the old
Tnd ! fln Yours truly, Felix.
WnixiM and Maby.—Since our Revolution
ary War, William and Mery College has had but
three Chancellors, George Washington was
the first, and the next, after a long Interval,
John Tyler. The third is Hugh Blair Grigsby,
just elected. •>
aud blaspheme like a Virginia Colonel.”
Then followed the denouement of the oharge—
a challenge to its originators, and an offer to
send the identical so-called “green breeches
with leather patohes” to Ms fair enemy to prove
its falsity. The whole forms an amusing and
melodramatio episode to those dismal days of
strife and hardships. -
Among the antique missives before us, we
notice letters from Major-General John Stark,
General Phillip Schuyler, Sir Arthur Pigot,
Admiral Lord Byron, General Israel Putnam
and Benediot Arnold.
Not haying space for them all, we are tempted
to reproduce tho note addressed to General
Sullivan by tMs world-wide arch traitor, who
was then a zealous patriot: "/
“Connyett s Fxbet, June 16,1777. .
“JDear General:—Youra of this date I re
ceived with the Light Horse Man. The women
will go ever with the convalescents, to-morrow
morning! I have nothing new from Philadel
phia—the militia are turning out with great
spirit —shall we have anything to do ? The ex
press has a letter for General Washington—
four wagons with ammunition go off in the
morning fir him—they have orders to receive
your instructions; a guard of seventy-five men
go with them.
“I am anxious to hear liow’matters are—the
number and designs of the enemy, if General
Washington intends attacking them, etc., etc. I
hope you will advise me of every thing of con
sequence. I am, dear General,
Yours, eto.
B. Abnold.”
“M. G. Sullivan.”
The above is an exaot copy, and we are sure our
readers will be interested in these reminisenoee
of the olden time.
A Kensational Story. .
The New Orleans Picayune, of Sunday, tells
a story that smacks very strongly of the ultra-
sensational. It is about a hunchback of huge
proportions, who made Ms appearance in that
oity some forty years ago, and has, ever since,
resided entirely alone in a house in the lower
part of the eity. Afew days since the neighbors
missed Mm from his accustomed haunts, and
went into the house to search for him. We let
the Picayune finish the story. It says:
Bure enough he was dead. He lay pallid and
stark on a pallet of straw. There were a few
scattered chairs around the room and a plain
table. Only one object arrested the eye: Near
the body was a rioh casket, set in mother of
pearl and gold. Jewels flashed from the oostly
lid, and wreathed in the dust of diamonds were
engraved the “Lilies of France” in a coronet of
gold. They opened the box and there flashed
on their eyes the Bourbon diadem. It was sto
len the night of the 16th of August, 1830, when
Charles the Tenth abdicated the throne of
France in favor of the Duke of Bordeaux. Ur
demeath it was a manuscript, written in Frp- o£l -
It contained only these words: . „ .
“I am Oharette, the Vendean Ge»<-*“ Mana
of Savoy was to have been myr**; »®e was
taken from me and given to Of Domte a Artois.
I could have forgiven tM‘*® a * J® deserted me
when most I needed h** ael P and assistance. I
revenged myself »-? Played his overthrow,
and am happy p 5 * 4 ® 6 died m exile. ^
uv, uaievah slabs at Amherst College have
finals oeen deciphered by one of the alumni, a
y-sv Yorker. They have long presented un
translatable MexoglypMos to the erudite schol
ars of that college, aud have been an objeot of
great interest to the explorers of the mysterious
depths of history for many years. The transla
tion which is now suggested will be eagerly
awaited and closely criticised, for these ancient
characters probably bear within their bosom
the unraveling of many Biblical statements that
now seem incredible.
in Lyons, N. Y., leaned too far over the galle
ries during the sermon, on Sunday, to look at a
new bonnet or something of the kind, and, los
ing her balance, fell headlong plump upon the
head of a deacon, bounding thence into the
ingfrom the top of a seven-story ]
theie methods are each open to some objection.
The most zealous advocates of not one of them
can claim for It the attributeof infallibility. If
you attempt to drown yourself—and if you ara
a Radical politician you ought to do it at once—
the water may be too shallow and some officious
scoundrel may drag you ont alive; if you at
tempt to shoot yourself the pistol may fail to go
off and thus give you the mortification of a fail
ure ; if you attempt to hang yourself, the ropa
may break and drop you on the ground, hurting
you seriously; if you swallow a few ounces of
Cincinnati wMsky, there is a-bare' possibility
that a. steam stomach-pump may be able to frus
trate yonr.deeign; ; if yon jump from the top of
a seven-story house, meddlesome people may
throw a mattress or two under yon and thereby
destroy yonr sweet,'young’hope of gliding into
the silent tomb. Bat there i3 one method,
which, as it isn comparatively,recent invention,
we had almost forgotten. Procure you a oan of
non caploot-. ,«c.t ..il ar.fl aiAampt to kindle B
fire with it, and if you find you haven’t commit
ted suicide, then you may write yourself .down
immortal. •
Grand Central Hotel, Hew York.
It is now nearly one year since this mammoth
hotel was opened to the publio. It commenced
its business upon a scale of magnificence un
equaled in modern times, with accomodations
unsurpassed in aDy of the cities of the new
world. In made a complete innovation in
prices, combining all the elegance and comforts
and ease, of at unco the most fasMonable and
domestic of hotels, at rates that took a quick
hold npon the publio mind, and wMch it has
sustained throughout the year with unparal
leled success. . s
We record with pleasure the fact, that tha
patronage it has secured has be6n worthy its
high and increasing reputation, and that its nu
merous advantages have placed it in the fore
most rank of the world’s enterprises.
We understand that no efforts will be spared
to make it during the approaotong Autumn, tho
same favorite resort for families and tourists.
It continues to present a freshness of appear
ance, a perfectness of appointments, and an
eastern splendor of beauty and elegance, in
strong contrast to most of its rivals, and we
predict fdr it tor the ooming year a suocess, as
to the class and number of its guests, at once
mutually gratifying to its enterprising and oour-
teons proprietor, Mr; H.' Lyman Powers, and
the entire public generally. We are also glad
to learn that Mr. Powers has determined to
adopt permanently the same low and uniform
rates as heretofore, for which he is entitled to a
vote of thanks from (ha traveling public at
least.
Alabama Should Educate tbs People.—Wa
trust that Superintendent Hodgson will lay this
case to .heart, as illustrating the urgent necessity
of educating the blacks in his native State. The
case is propounded by the New York Sun:
The manner in, wMch the spoils' of a" recent
express robbery in Alabama were divided bythe
robbers, who were negroes, Shows in the case of
one of the parties a sad instance of misdirected
intelligence. None of the gang could read, but
after the safe was broken open Alfred Orosby
tore off the ends of some of the packages, and
soon discovered that the largest contained the
smallest bills, and consequently.the least money.
Therefore, In 'making the division, Alfred pro
posed that two small, packages should count aa
one large one, to wMch the others readily ac
quiesced ; and he then took care to take hia
part in the small packages, thus getting a donbla
share of the booty. Ju is evident that Alfred
has eminent qualifications tor a seat in the Ala
bama Legislature.
The Dead at Wosth and Gbavxlotte.—A
traveler who has lately visited the battlefields of
Worth and Gravelotte writes to the P*R Mall
Gazette to say that in hia opinion t^e carnage
on those occasions has been i>**cb underrated
in England, and perhaps i^tionally miare-
present in Germany. TJ*> of Gravelotte
occupies from five to st» -“ n glish miles in length-
The tombs, or ra»J*M trenches, are scattered
over all this ext**“; perhaps fifty in one grave
may be a fa 1 * estimate. In one, however, im-
mediateh- racing the French right wing at St.
Print there are' interred 2,500 oorpsee, and ot
tb^te only 25 French. Multiply 2,500 by 10^
and one may arrive at an approximately correct
account of the German deaa at Gravelotte alone.
The statistics are from Prussian authority, or
rather from Information given by Prussian
soldiers in charge of the graves. Possibly, a
quarter of a million lives on all sides from
sword, disease, and various causes were sacri
ficed in the lato war.
The overseer of the House of Refuge in San
Francisco was lately induced to go down into
the new well by two of the youthful inmates,
who complained that they oould not work there
safely for want of a platform. After letting him
down, they out the rope and decamped. The
unfortunate man was discovered and drawn np
twenty-tour hours afterward “more dead than
alive.”
A dandy of tweaty-eix having been termed
an “Old bachelor,” appealed to an elderly gen
tleman to deoide.whether he should be called
t, giving bis age. “Twenty-six” said
ly gentleman, ‘fit is owing to how yon
take it Now, for a man it fe young enough;
but for a goose it is rather old.”
Put in Yous Claws.—The Postmaster of
Macon got a letter on Monday inclosing a one
dollar MU, city money, and telling him to “buy
a Barlow knife with the thing ana give iFto the
aisle, very much demoralized, but not seriously beet looking man in Maeon. We presume ap.
hurt The deacon complains of the headache, plications will be received fit tee department
But the singer joined in the last hymn. for the next ten days.