The Greorgia, eeklv Telegraph and. Journal &c Messenger.
Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON AUGUST 8.J87L
The Badieal Firebrand.
We have copied elsewhere from the Tribune
the Ku-klux manifesto of the Bepublican Cen
tral Committee at Washington. It is the first
grand broadside from the Grant and Morton
battery, and all eyee will be turned to watch its
effect on the people. Will it prostrate the South
ern people under its mighty load of venomous
libel ? Will the virus take root in the Northern
mind, and stir up a raging fever of indignation
and sectional animoeily, which no Democratic
rebuttals or pleas in extenuation can abate—but
which must have ita.course and seek its final re
lief in still more signal vengeance upon the
Southern whites? If so, the plans of Grant’s
sense keeper, Morton, will have been successful.
But if the Northern mind shall view these fabri
cations with suspicion—if it shall be disinclined
to renew the war and the persecution of a de
fenceless people, then some other and better
plan must be tried. So far, we have seen but
one newspaper response. It is in the Herald of
Monday, and we reprint the following para
graph :
We see, then, what a farce, and, at the same
time, what a gross imposition upon the country,
tins Badieal Ku-klux report of the Congression
al Committee Is likely to be. But is it not play
ing with fire ? Is not such a one-sided inflam
matory report made for party purposes calcu
lated to do much harm ? Will it not make the
negroes, who are already in the ascendant in
some parts of the South, and who are commit
ting most diabolical acts, more presumptuous
and disorderly? Who has not heard of the
atrocities of a band of negroes in Chatham
county, and adjoining counties in North Caroli
na? And yesterday we. reported a fearful,
bloody and drunken riot by a body of five mon-
sand blacks at the Bepublican Convention in
Goldsboro, in the same State. Of course these
horrors will scarcely be noticed by any Badieal
Congressional committee, because they are per-
* petrated by the “poor negroes”—by the allies
and supporters of the Badieal party. It is the
pretended white Ku-klux that is made the bug
bear to alarm Northern voters and to give the
administration a chance to exercise a military
despotism in' the South. The Badieal carpet
bag and scalawag public men—and among them
was a Congressman by the name of Thomas—
and Stanley, the President of a railroad, seem
to havo been the abettors of the riotous negroes
at Goldsboro. Well may we despair of peace in
the South while the party in power makes mis
representations of the state of things in the
South for political objects, while it gives all its
support and sympathy to tho negroes, and en
deavors to crush the native white people of that
section.
These are the suggestions of a commercial
prudence and patriotism, which, it is to bo
feared, will find bufc.ia feeble response in the
rural districts. The reader will form his own
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
judgment of probabilities.
But every man’s judgment must endorse what
the Herald says of the probable result of a Pres
idential canvass on this programme. It is es
sentially a crusade against the Southern whites,
and the Northern Democrats as their sympa
thizers. It is a war of malignant slander upon
the Southern whites—a war waged to put ns
more deeply under the ban of political pro
scription by the Federal Government and the
odium and condemnation of the <ontsi.de world.
Tho Badieal press, which is substantially the
American press, will groan with the work of
detraction, and all the resources of the Federal
Government will be employed in holding ns up
to universal execration.
So much abroad. But at home, what is the
chance for social quiet and prosperity on the
schedule of Badieal operations based on the
fundamental idea and allegation that tho South
ern whites, a3amass, are organized into “dens’
of armed Ku-klux banditti to harry the negroes
into voting tfce Democratic ticket That charge,
of course, means ennnfA,-“"* : —
ing negro Badieal banditti. It means a revival
under sanction of the'Grant Government of tho
Sharp’s Bifle programme of South Carolina
Scott It means Badieal emisaries flying about
from farm to farm poisoning tho ears and en
venoming the passions of the simple and credu
lous negroes, and organizing them into armed
leagues. It means the,attempt to inaugurate a
reign of menace and terror all over the South
ern country. It meats little work and much
fear and excitement .after next midsummer—
neglected crops and insolent and contract-break
ing employees. It means a situation fraught
with, extreme disquietude and peril and great
moral and material injury to all olaases, espe
cially to the negroes themsevlcs, who will pay, in
lost time, money and character, for playing
cats’ paws to the most reckless, selfish and cruel
politicians who ever made sport of the-fortunes
of a great country and the fate of the people.
This is the future which Grants Morion and
their political runners have marked out for tho
popular sympathy of the North. Will the North
consent that this hellish programme of a Presi
dential canvass shall be carried into effect? The
whole matter rests with that section. Will they
concent that the South shall bo disorganized—
defamed and impoverished. Will they consent
that our productive resources shall be crippled
and the cotton crop cut shot by a quasi war of
races ? Are they willing that the passions and
animosities of the war shall all be enkindled
into a flame again by so wicked and reckless a
canvass ? Let them answer.
Daring Robbery.
A correspondent writes that Prof. Asbnry, of
Monroe Female College, Forsyth, was robbed
of Iiis watch and money on Wednesday eight.
The thief clambered into his sleeping apart
ment by means of a box placed against the win
dow, and made off with his booty without dis
turbing the Professor. Soon afterward ho awoke
ancl discovered his loss, but too lato to detect
and overhaul the thief. How long a record of acts
liko the:e perpetrated by our oppressed black
brother could be furnished as the reverse of the
pic tore for the Ku-klnx Committee ?■
Mayor Cleghom, of Columbus, has called a
public meeting next Saturday night, to see if
the city will subscribe to the -Albany and Colum
bus Bailroad.
' The Enquirer notices the deaths of Stephen
G. Wells, Mrs. J. A. Tyler and Bandall Jones,
prominent citizens of Columbus and vicinity.
Cotton reoeipts of Columbus 76,243—on hand
1,703 bales.
Whkes, Oglethorpe, Greene’ and Elbert.
The Constitutionalist says he conversed with a
gentlemen just from these counties, who re
ports the crops everywhere as very promising,
bnt suffering at the present time for rain. One
or two more good showers will insure the most
abundant com crop, and a very satisfactory yield
of ootton.
Augusta and Hartwell Bahroad.—The
same paper says the contract for building this
road was signed on the 1st instant. Parties wilT
commence work immediately.
Gas Stock.—Six hundred and seventy-six
shares of Augusta Gas Stock (increased capital)
sold at public auction on Tuesday for $30 25 to
$32 25 per share on a par value of $25.
Mrs. John Charles was killed in the old Eagle
and Phoenix building in Augusta, by a portion
of the plastering falling on her head and breast
as she laynick in bed.
Central Bahroad to th* Savannah.—The
Bepublican says the work of extending the Cen
tral Boad to the Savannah Biver has been com
pleted, the first loaded train with timber reach
ing the wharf on Monday morning last. Yes
terday the first train load of railroad iron was
carried from the wharf up the road. Two ves
sels have discharged cargoes of iron on the
wharf, while a third is ready to do so. .
A large freight shed will soon be constructed
by the company on the river front, and it is
contemplated to extend the wharf so as to admit
of more wharf room. . -
The completion of the new dry dock across
the river is so far an accomplished fact that it
is confidently expected a vessel will be placed
in it some time»neit week. - In a word, every
thing is in readiness to that end, exoept that
the dredge has not qnite finished its work, which
will occupy three or four days.
The Old Palaaki, with her southern and east
ern walls tom down from the second story to
the basement, the vast mass above snpported-
by wooden stilts, and the streets around lum
bered up with old bricks and mortar, presents
rather a sorry plight. The work of modernizing
is progressing with commendable dispatch, the
iron front ana side being delivered on the spot-
and in the course of a few weeks the venerable
old hotel will be rejuvenated and lookingyonng
and vigorous as a boy in his teens.
1 A Washington correspondent of the Savan
nah Daily Advertiser, writing on the 29th ult.
says:
J. Clarke Swayze, who is an applicant for the
position of Collector of Internal Revenue for
the Second Georgia District (endorsed by Fos
ter Blodgett.) during his recent visit here pub
licly stated that the Bepublican delegation from
Georgia to the next National Bepublican Con
vention would go dead against Grant’s renomi
nation. This boast has been brought tatheuo-
tice of the appointing power, and the conse-
sequence is, Mr. J. Clarke Swayze-will not col
lect the Internal Revenue for the Second Geor
gia District.
The Oxford Case.—The Sandersville Geor
gian makes a long and eloquent remonstrance
against the unjust assumption by the Telegraph
(hat Oxford’s liberators were from that county.
We have explained-that this assumption, was
founded wholly under the impression that, as
Oxford was convicted and sentenced in that
connty, he and his friends belonged there; but
the fact being that Oxford did not belong to
Washington connty, of course the assumption
was groundless. And why should our friend of
the Georgian take this assumption so much to
heart ? Wc suppose there is hardly lathe world
as populous a county as Washington is, wherein
enough disorderly men could not be found to
♦ho *—-—■* ; ana u
The Hawkinsville Dispatch, of the 3d inst.,
has the following:
Crops.—A severe drougth is prevailing in this
section, which is greatly damaging crops of all
kinds—especially cotton, cane, and late com.
Potatoes and peas are alro being injured by the
drouth. Fodder-pulling is going.on briskly.
Remedy eos Chicken Cholera.—The follow
ing remedy has been tried successfully by ladies
of this county, recently, and, in every cast, has
cured the fowls of cholera, or the disease that
has destroyed so many in this connty diring
the present year:
Take the roots of common Jimson weed and
make a strong tea ; then make a dough of jom
meal and the tea; feed it to the diseased fowls.
If they are too sick to eat the dough, drench
them with a teaspoonfol of the tea.
Dbx Weather.—The weather, (says the
Bamesville Gazette, of the 3d,) is growing ex
ceedingly dry. No rain since Monday, 17th
nit. Lato com badly injured. Early planted
com is a fair crop. Cotton is now safferipg;
many farmers report their cotton shedding its
forms.
was therefore certainly no impeachment of the
general character and reputation of Washington
—a thing which it is not in our mind or heart
to make.
We copy from the same number of tho Geor
gian the following items:
Buffalo Spring, in this county, is attracting
considerable local attention just now. The
waters are said to possess valuable medicinal
qualities. Visitors are charmed with the excel
lent effect.
A large and very singular fowl was killed in
this county a few days since. “ The oldest in
habitant” never saw anything like it.- ’Twas
probably a seabird driven into the interior by
the recent heavy storms.
A Move in the Bight Direixon.—The great
obstacle in the wayof those who desire to build
or improve their buildings in Sandersyille, has
been the inconvenience and expense in obtain-
mg material The nearest saw mill was seven
mile3 or more distant, and brick could be had
only by rail from Macon or Sayannah. This
difficulty is now being removed.' A saw mill
has been erected within a short distance of town,
SO.U,, .p™ I-
past week we have visited the country in two
different directions. Crops are generally clean,
nicely laid by and looking better than we had
hoped to see them. Com is far from being
good, however, and will be much short of the
yield per acre in 1870. Cotton-, though small,
is heavily fruited and looking- well. The pea
and potato® crop look very welL Fodder pull
ing has commenced—the warmest work of the
year. . - .
The health of the connty continues generally
good,' though we hear of some alckpess.
Radical Africa Broke Loose in Charleston.
—Tho Charlestonians, on Monday, had a fear
ful time of'it. Th» Badieal negroes paraded
tho town, assaulted several houses and their in
mates with clabs and brickbats, demolished win-
dows—guttel stores, and made several attempts
to fire them, which fortunately were frustrated.
Their.fury seems to have been mainly directed
against the Germans, for no other reason con
ceivable than that General Wagener, the Con
servative candidate for- Mayor,-is a German,
acd they made lively threats of “burning down
every d—d Dutchman’s house.” The telegram
reports that on Tuesday night after the votes were
polled, both parties claimed the. victory. But,
if wo are not mistaken, the law allows the can
vassers several days to make out the returns—
bo that the result is not determined by voting,
but by counting.
Macon and Augusta Bailroad.—Mr. EL M.
Oottingham, in a communication complains of
the injustice of “Merchant,” towards the Ma
con and Augusta Bailroad, and asserts that the
freight and passenger time North by way of
Charleston, is shorter than by any other route.
Crops in Louisiana.—A letter from DeSoto
Parithreports crops as “very sorry.” Com firing
almost to .top for want of rain. Not more than
half, a crop can possibly be made. Cotton, the
writer says, is much worse. He says it would
surprise ns to see the Bumble-bee ootton on tho
lew lands of Louisiana.
New Money Order Pqst-offces.—The fol
lowing were made money order post-offiees, on
the 1st instant: Cave Springs, goeiqj Circle,
Washington; West Point.
The Atlanta Son, of yesterday, says a gentle
man from Gedartown states that on Tuesday last,
at that place, the slate property of the Blance-
ville Slate Mining Company was Bold at Sher
iff’s sale, and purchased by Chief-Justice Loch-
rane for $7,500.
State Tax.—Au order was issued by the Gov
ernor on Wednesday that four-tenths of one per
cent, be assessed and collected upon the amount
of the value of property returned by each tax
payer, subject to taxation ad.valorem.
The Son says the contraot for famishing the
premiums for (he forthcoming Fair of the Geor
gia State Agricultural Society has been awarded
to Messrs. Sharp & Flpyd, Jewelers, of that
city.
Atlanta Vinegar Works.—The Constitution
says Atlanta has a vinegar works, and apples or
other material is fermented in two fermenting
vats four feet high and 800 gallons capacity
eaoh. We do not care for the “other materials,"”
but a little pure cider' vinegar would remind ns
of old times.
Second Baptist Church.—At a meeting of
the members of the second Baptist Church, At
lanta, held in the lecture room Wednesday
night, a committee was appointed to report the
name of some suitable divine for pastor at the
regular conference on Friday night week, when
if the church ehould'deem it expedient, an elec
tion-will be held. *.
Inexcusable.—Some one on a switch engine
in Atlanta opened a hot water cock on two little
children sitting oh tho railroad bank, scalding
one of them dangerously.
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, .were still
on the Southwestern Circuit—No. 25.
Col. Christy, of the Athens Watchman, who
has just relumed from giving his testimony
before the Ku-klux Committee, says in his pa
per : . .
We met with several gentlemen in Washing
ton last week, whom we had known two years
ago as decided Bepublicans and zealous sup
porters of General Grant, whonow declare that
they have had enough of it, and that if the Dem
ocratic party will avoid extreme ground in their
platform, they, and. thousands of others of their
acquaintance, will heartily co-operate with it in
turning out the plunderers and restoring the
Government to a Bepublican form.
The Colonel adds in another paragraph:'
_ “Be sure to send full delegations to the Na
tional Convention, but in Heaven’s name, avoid
sending extreme men,” is the universal lan
guage of our Northern and Western friends.
The advice is good. Let ns profit by it.
The Campaign Bombshell—The Rad.
ical Bill of Indictment.
From the New York Tribune of 31st ult]
RESULTS or THE INVESTIGATION—FACTS BROUGHT
TO LIGHT DURING A TWO MONTHS’ SESSION
The resident Bepnblican Executive Commit
tee of Washington publish the following digest
of the facts established by the Ku-klux invest!'
gation during the two months in which the
Congress Committee have been in session:
1. That in all the late insurrectionary States,
and generally diffused, though not found in
every county, is an oath-bound, secret organiza
tion, working only at night, and its members
all in disguise, with officers, signs, signal, pas3
words, grips, and all the necessary paraphema
lia, with the pledged and sworn purpose of put
ting doicn the Republican party and putting up
the Democratic party, known in different local!
ties among the initiated by different names, but
everywhere recognized by the generrl cognomen
“Ku-klux.”
2. That the organization came into being a
few months previous to the last Presidential
election, during which canvass it was in its most
vigorous condition, but is now through all the
South, with more efficient discipline and effec
tive direction than ever, reviving in preparation
for tbe next Presidential campaign, when, as
they told one of their victims in Tennessee, a
few weeks since, “no d—d Badieal voting is to
be allowed in any Southern State by black or
white.” V. <
3. That this Kn-klux organization is the pre
meditated and determined scheme for carrying
the South at the next election of President, and
so, by securing the entire electoral vote of that
section, make sure the election of the Democrat
nominee.
4. That the officers and establishes of these
“Dens (as they appropriately call their separate
bands) are the leading and active Democratic
politicians of the Sontb.
5. ' That the scheme has tho hearty good-will
of a large section of the Democratic party in all
those States, and the acquiescence of nearly the
entire party. •
6. That the direct and chief purpose of the or
ganization, as sworn by all tho victims, as the
assertion uniformly made to them by these
midnight assassins, and corroborated by the uni
versal testimony of the repentant and divulging
members of the order, is tln3: The putting down
of the Bepublican and the puitibg up of the
Democratic party.
.7. That, while the Democratic and Ku-klux
witnesses on their direct examination usually
deny the political purpose of the order,asserting
that tbe Ku-klux axe a social necessity, growing
ont of the abolition of the old patrol; that they
have to ride the oonntry .to “keep the niggers
in their place;” that under the influence of
Badieal legislation and Methodist preaching the
niggers are liable to become saucy,” and with
out an occasional Ku-klux visit would “begin to
think themselves as good as white folks and
that these frequent floggings, and an occasional
murder, are necessary to maintain snch a state
of morals among the blacks as will permit the
vioe-hating whitep to live in their neighborhood;
yet, on the cross-examination, these witnesses
also very generally, as well as very reluctantly,
confess that the intimidation of Republican, vo
ters is a prominent and not to be regretted re
sult.
8. That to secure this purpose, tho putting
down of the Bepnblican arid, the putting ug^o,'
measure—the intimidation of Bepublican vo
ters, black and white, bnt especially the humble
and defenseless, by midnight raids; by bnrning
houses and stores, and the destruction of crops;
by whippings of suchextreme cruelty as often
to end in death; by most indecent and painful
maiming; by assassination and Murder in such
cowardly manner and with such hellish device
as may strike terror into whole counties, and
bring down the Bepnblican vote from 2,000 or
3,000 to less than a single dozen.
9. That “school teachers” and “preachers of
the Methodist Church North” seem to be tho
especial abhorence of these Democratic assas
sins ; and hundreds Of school houses and Meth
odist churches have been given to the flames;
and Christendom will stand aghast when it is
made«known the scores of school teachers and
Methodist preachers, who, by this Democratic
agency, within these three years, have been
whipped, shot, hung, and, in some instances, it
is believed, burned at the stake!
10. That in nearly one-half the States of this
Union this work* of hell is now going on, night
by night—every month extending the Tange of
its bloody operations, and fearfully multiplying
the number of its victims
11. That it is solely and immediately in tho
service of the Democratic party—a large portion
of tho party South heartily approving—large
numbers of the party-North attempting its pal
liation by excuse, and its shelter from scorn by
covering up or denying its crimes, as if coward-,
ly Assassination could ba palliated, and brutal
murder excused, and the Democratic party
throughout the land rejoicing in its promise of
h6lp. So, either by open and acknowledged
action, or by tho no less criminal and the more
cowardly participation of extenuating and shield
ing the crime, the party, South and North, be
come before the people and before God equal
sharers In the responsibility.
Macon and Augusta Railroad.
Macon, Ga., August 3, 1S71.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger; My at
tention has been called to an article signed
“Merchant,” in your issue of yesterday, which
is calculated to produce false impressions, and
do iojury both to Macon and the Macon and
Augusta Bailroad. Whatever foundation there
may have been several months ago for the charge
that there was no “quick through schedule” on
that road, such a statement is far from being
true now. The road is not only in os good or
der as any other in Georgia, bnt it famishes as
speedy transportation to the sea and to Eastern
points as can be obtained on the Central or any
other road leading out of Macon. It is now
the settled purpose of the company and of the
Georgia Boad and its connections to offer eve*y
inducement to the people of Macon and Middle
Georgia to patronize onr line. If snch a result
can be secured by quick time,.careful handling
and reasonable freight, it will most assuredly
bo accomplished.
I think “Merchant” need feel no apprehen
sion that the Central Boad will ever control the
Georgia Boad, by lease or otherwise. There
are too many obstacles in-the way to render
snch a thing possible. Being the western agent
of the through line from Macon' to Charleston.
S. O., and thence North, I have deemed this
statement proper in order to remove any mis
apprehension which the article in question may
have created.
I ask at the hands of .the merchants and ship
pers of Macon their patronage and a fair trial,
and I will prove onr line not only as cheap as
competing lines, but the quickest
You win confer a favor by giving this a place
in your colums. Very respectf; By,
EL M. ComKOHAiL
Hankering‘after the Presidency.—Unques
tionably the philosophic H. G. Is seriously
hankering after the Presidency. His very
fatherly discourse to the Alexandrians presents
a broad issue in spirit, at least, with the cut
throat policy and platform of Grant and Morton.
The philosopher is bland and fascinating. We
stand with him so far as believing six* years of
military rule instead of six years of carpet-bag-
ism, would have been far better for the South
ern States. No liberty would have been lost,
and many dollars saved.
Dr. Livingstone has not had any breecheB to
speak of for four years, the merchant tailors of
Ujiji refusing to oredit him. With a little paint,
however, and a fragment of a lion akin around
his lions, the doctor has managed to keep him
self in a presentable condition for the levees of
African monarchs, whose regulations concerning
court costumes are quite liberal.
EDITORIAL CORBESPOBDE9CE.
Crops in Middle and SorttaGeorgia .Growth
of Atlanta-Kimball House.
Pausing for a few houjp in thia Georgia Hub
of the Universe, I will say a word respecting
the agricultural situation in this portion of the
Empire State.
From Maoon to tho Georgia Bailroad the lands
for the most part are productive, and in a tol
erable state of cultivation. The stand of ootton
is irregular, but the weed better grown and
eaoTe promising in tho lime belt below.
Early oora looked well, bnt a distressing drought
threatens to reduce the yield materially. In
Hanoock, the Dickson method of crowded cot'
ton and shallow cultivation, and.wide rows and
great distance between the hills cf corn, seemed
to obtain generally. This system will hit the
present season admirably.
The crops in Warren were reported by CoL
Pottle and others as very poor. From Union
Point to Athens the cotton prospect is probably
the best in the State, and the fields were dean
and well tilled. From Athens to Atlanta, how
ever, com languishes for moisture, and bread
will be scaroe unless the “latter rain” comes
speedily/
Of fruit there is a superabundance every
where, as the bending bonghs of the trees at
test On the whole, the prospect of the hns-
bvndman in Middle Georgia is quite encourag
ing. The Northern part of the State will not
fate so well if a scant production of corn suc
ceed* the almost total loss of the wheat crop.
All this region of oonntry is capable of sup
porting a very dense population, if the farms
could be subdivided and sold to intelligent white
emigrants. To paroel tham ont among the ne
groes would be to fasten upon the body politic
an incubus which, like the Old Man of the Sea,
would ride the Anglo-Saxon to death. Experi
ence has diown that in the majority of instances
even au erstwhile industrious African, when in
vested with landed proprietary rights, degener
ates into n lazarone, and from a producer be
comes a consumer of the earth’s fruits. A little
spot of land cultivated nominally seems but to
serve to cover his peculations sad thieving pro
pensities.
For long years to come onr fieedmen, to be
profitable to themselves or employers, must la
bor under the direction of the superior intellect
and control of the old owners of the soil.
Between Atlanta and Macon, save In excep
tional instances, cotton is small, irregular and
backward. The drought is general and dis
tressing in this region also.
At Griffin on Wednesday afternoon a rushing
rain roared through tbe gullies, and filled the
rows of the crops of corn and cotton with the
gratefal fluid. Alas, it extended but a, short
distance, however, and we soon emerged again
into tbe parched region beyond.
Atlanta continues to grow like Jonah’s gourd,
without any one being able to tell the why or
wherefore, unless the hope of perpetuating Rad
ical rule and spoliation, causes the.multitnde of
harpies who have fattened upon tho treasury to
plant their stakes at the Capital, and invest
their plunder there. This solution of tho prob
lem is sufficient to account for a world of brick
and mortar.
Some are ill nalnred enough to say tho
“big Kimball House” don’t pay. We certainly
saw nothing like the buptle and crowd of visi
tors visible every day at the hospitable head
quarters of mine host of the Brown House.
Query: Will the “powers that be” call for a sub
sidy from the Legislature to restore the equili
brium between the credit and debit accounts of
this pet concern if there should be a'deficit ?
Stranger things havo happened. Witness that
$600,000 that was demanded to sustain the sink
ing fortunes of the State Boad, which under the
honest direction of a private administration,
now pays $25,000 per month into the Treasury.
But we believe, this palatial structure is run by
private enterprise, and this may save it. The
passenger depot here will compare favorably
with any in the United States. J.
From Wilcox County.
Wilcox ■Coucsty, July 31,1871.
Editors '1 degraph and Messenger : It appear-
ing to th« Hfluonent.that every portion of the
habitable world aspires to~Bomo^...... —, *_
sour invaluable journal, save this delectable
part of our own State, it is therefore deemed
practicable to ask a small space in yonr columns,
wherein to chronicle the march of events in this
locality.
Although the wiregrass region is considered
in more advanced communities as rather below
par, capable only of producing superior gophers
and inferior beef,and its unsophisticated natives
a capital target for doubtful witticism, it is des
tined yet to become the Now World to emi
grants, both native and foreign. These broad
level lands, so easily cultivated, and capable of
producing everything grown in the temperate
zone, need only the magic touch of a “developer
of resources” (not a carpet-bag developer,”
but one who can furnish to the people post bel-
lum auxdium.) If, for instance, the renowned
High K. would only deign to observe this ob
scure-region in. his railroad transactions and
send a steam engine throngh here with a shrill
whistle to rouse these Bip Van Winkles from
their dreamless sleep, what a resurrection there
would be, my countrymen! These wild lands
would rejoice in civilization, and bloom, and
smile rich returns to their benefactors.
Many lands are lying waste this year for the
want of laborers. Indeed, we are sadly in need
of more laborers in this vineyard, both tempo
ral and spiritual. Our orops are similar to those
as reported from other sections of the State—
drowned ont on (he .hammocks, upland cotton
delinquent and com striving for nsnrpation. Our
farmer’s contest with their enemy, grass, has
been so severe this year that they bethought
themselves to have one grand holiday on Satur
day last, the 29th inst. By previous appoint
ment they met atCedar Creek church, with their
wives, children and friends, forming qnite an
imposing crowd. After a few preliminary re
marks by Hon. D. Johnston, Judge Jacob Wat
son was introduced as orator of the day. His
address was exceedingly appropriate, discours
ing as he did most eloquently, on the advantages
of social intercourse. Ho was followed by Dr.
Virgil Walker, in quite a short, but original and
pointed address-, after which all hands adj owned
to a shady grove on the hanks of the creek,
where was a table 130 feet long literally groan
ing beneath the weight of a good old-fashioned
country dinner. After the inner man was boun
tifully supplied, the old people gathered in
groups to discuss farming, housekeeping, etc.,
the children played baso and the young people
sought the shady nooks, where their tele a tetes
would not be disturbed. As old Sol’s rays grew
slanting and the shades deepened, the inspiring
strains of a violin fell upon the ear. Of cowse,
the yonng people could not resist the tempta
tion to keep time, so on the velvety sward they
“tripped th'6 light fantastic toe” until the even
ing shades prevailed, when after many adieus,
all set but for home with the consciousness of
having spent a pleasant if not profitable day of
recreation.
Pardon the length of my letter, but you so
seldom hear from us there is much to tell. Thc-re
is every evidence of unity among our people.
‘One people and one party” is their motto.
Respectfully, Osceola.
BY TELJKGEAPH.
The Tribune and Butler.—The New York
Tribune in a very caustio artiole on Butler, in
timates its opinion that he means to ran for
Governor of Massachusetts whether nominated
by the Radical Convention or not The Tribnne
says: -
Before his phonographio visitor concluded his
dictee, the question and response were written
down which forms the key to all that went be
fore. “What will you do if you are not nomi
nated by the Bepublican Convention?” To whioh,
with a smile, and ho can smile and be a Butler
still, theloyal statesman responded, ‘ ‘I have never
contemplated such a contingency.” Before a
threat like this, from such a souroe, will the
Massachusetts Convention hesitate as to what
is decent and politio ?
The mode in which stock-raising is managed
in England is shown by the following extract of
a private letter near London : “Last week I went
to a sale of pedigree stook,’ and saw some splen
did cattle, as well as splendid prices paid for
them. One cow, only two years old, sold for
over $1,250; a calf, six months old, for $1,000;
and suckling calves for $125 and $150 eaoh;
while $10,000was offered and refused for a bnll.”
Some young ladies from Geneva, N. Y., by
the name of Collier, lately went to Roohester to
visit a sister, but were horrified, upon their arri
val, to find a hearse standing at the door to
take away her dead body. While they were
giving vent to their grief, a telegram was
brought them Baying that a sister whom they
left well at Geneva, in the morning, had sud
denly died.
Washington, August 3.—The Indiana plun
dered an express train and robbed a post near
Fort Benton.
The Exoelsior B re wry at 8L Louis is burned.
Loss $150,000.
The disaster at the Scheubnnfest has been
exaggerated. Only one was hurt.
The cutter Vanguard took the first prize at
the Cowes regatta yesterday.
New Yobs, August 3.—Three more persons
are missing since Sunday. Another is dead.
It of or Hunt, of New Orleans, holds the stakes
in the Mace and Coburn fight
Harrisburg, August 3.—Mrs. Burnside,
daughter of Senator Cameron, i3 dead.
Paris, August 3.—Algerian advices are alarm
ing. The insurgents are burning forests and
committing horrible atrocities. The natives of
Oran have joined the insurrection. The Depu
ties of the Left Centre in caucus resolved to
vote for the prolongation of Thiers’ power un
der the title of President The proposed con
ference between Thiers, Von Bnest and Earl
Granville relates to the international sooiety.-
Count de Remusat has been appointed Minister
of Foreign Affairs. A motion was made in the
Assembly, on the part of the Deputies of the
Left Centre, for the prolongation of the powers
of M. Thiers for three years—M. Thiers to be
President of theBepubtio, to which he be alone
responsible. Itis understood the motion was sup
ported by 400 members of the Assembly. The
agitation in Algeria continues, bnt numerous
chiefs of the insurgents in the sub-disvion of
Lelif, have given in their submission to the au
thorities.
Florence, August 3.—The British iron-dad
Warrior and an American war frigate are ashore
near Leghorn. It is hoped to get them off with
out serious damage.
London, August 3.—Two passenger trains
oollided on the underground Metropolitan Bail
road, and several were hurt
New York, August 3.—Arrived, Donati and
Pasthia.
Liverpool, August 3, noon.—Arrived, Mar
garet,' of New Orleans, from Wilmington.
Washington, August 3.—Thos. H. Dudley;
for nine years' consul at Liverpool, .has re
signed.
The Treasury Department has announced its
readiness to redeem $1,750,000 of three per
cents which cease bearing interest on the 31st
September. - -
The assignment of land warrants must here
after be made on the back of the warrants.
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.,
August 3.—In the Dental Convention, Dr. Har-
riman, of Boston, read a paper on the forma
tion of teeth, showing them to be fibrous instead
of triholi,the popularly.accepted formation. The
views expressed created no little surprise and
comment as a bold discussion from old estab
lished theories. The discussion then followed
on dental histology, and was participated in by
Drs. Atkinson, Judd, McQuillan, Harriman and
Walker. The report on Dental Therapeutics
was followed by Dr. Bogne, who read papers,
and was discussed by Drs. Tuft, Judd, and At
kinson. A paper on Anesthea was read by Dr.
Diokerman.
Fortress Monroe, August 3.—In the boat
race the Potomac Club, of Washington, beat
the Undines, of Norfolk; distance round the
stake mile and a half down the river; time, 22
minutes and 15 seconds.
Wilmington, August 3.—The election passed
off quietly. In the second ward of tins city the
Con.-ervative gain is 75. In Magnolia, Duplin
connty, the Conservative gain is 17. The
whole vote of the city in majority -against the
Convention is 973, which is a Conservative gain
of 21 on the last election.
Wilmington, N. G., August 3.—In Halifax
county there was a very large vote polled, but
little change on the vote of last year.
Long Branch, August 3.—Milesian won the
steeple-chase wine cup. Time 3:43J. Nelly
Gray won the third race in two straight heats.
Time 1:55£, l:47j. Hemboldwon the Tammany
cup. Time 6.
New-York, August 3.—The proprietor of the
Jersey City Evening Journal was arrested at
the Instance of George Watts, on a charge of
libeL
The Sweden have determined to join the Ital
ian procession in celebration of Italian unity.
Six of the remaining sufferers from the. West-
field disaster will die.
tt-tv^ctov A pun at 3.—The Hornet is read
ana preparing to leave, a npnBwvar tcbdc
is watching her closely.
Sx. Louis, August 3.—A woman crazed from
nnrsing her sick child, took it just outride of
La Cygne, Kansas, and choked it with rags, and
then strangled herself by tieing a rag around
her throat.
AVujiington, August 3.—The fourth ward
of this city is Conservative—a gain of 12.
Charleston, August 3.—Arrived, bark Kath
leen, Middlesboro. England; sailed, steamship
Empire, Philadelphia.
Savannah, August 3.—Cleared, steamships
Rapidan, New York; America, Baltimore.
Tbe .Westfield Disaster Investigation.
New York, August 3.—Dennis Eobinson,
engineer, sworn says: I left Staten Island at
half past twelve o’clock; came into New York
slip; the engine bell'rang all to dine; went ont
and put the hose on the tanks and went on deck
to straighten them; went back to the engine
room, and saw there were 27 pounds of steam
on; went ont; the fireman shut off the water; I
then saw the fireman coming out of the fire
room, and asked him if all was right, and he
said yes; I then returned to the engine, and
saw 27 pounds of steam; I then walked slowly
off towards the bow, and saw the captain with
his hand on the wheel; I then returned towards
the engine room, and, when within ten or
twelve feet of it, I heard the explosion; I
rushed for the engine room door and stopped
and lifted the trap, when a fireman came
up so badly injured that he died imme
diately; was not absent four minutes after
notioing the 27 pounds on the gauge; don’t
know whether the gange was. correct or not;
when there was no steam gauge it would some
times stand at two and other times at zero ;
worked 20 to 22 pounds on the way up; gener
ally use from 25 to 27 pounds ; valve was set at
27, so as to give the steam a chance to blow off
and keep it at 25; when the gauges showed 27 in
the slip the safety valve was just simmering;
the water in the tanks is sometimes boiling;
could not tell the difference between high and
low pressure ; there were sometimes little pin
hole leaks in the engine, and there'was a patch
on the saddle pnt on last fall, which, was blown,
off at the explosion.
Synopsis of Weather Statement.
War Dep’t, Office Chief Signal Officer,)
Washington, D. C., August 3, 7:30 p. sl )
The area of lowest barometer remains, as on
Wednesday, north and west of Iowa. The high
pressure, which had advanced upon the South
ern and Gulf States, remains, but is somewhat
diminished. The barometer, after rising some
what, is now decidedly fallen on Lakes Erie and
Ontario and in New England. The temperature
has very generally risen in the Atlantic and
Gulf States and on Lake Ontario. It has fallen
from Lake Erie to Central Illinois. Southwest
erly winds, with partially cloudy and clear
weather, has very generally prevailed in New
England and south of Pennsylvania and the
Ohio river. Cloudy and threatening weather,
with local rains, has been more frequently re
ported from the lower Lakes to Southern Illi
nois and Iowa, and heavy rain now prevails
from Central Ohio to Lake St .Clair. Clear
weather has prevailed to-day from Lake Michi
gan north and westward.
Probabilities: Partially cloudy and clear
weather is probable for Friday from Louisiana
eastward and in the South Atlantio States. The
conditions will remain favorable for local storms
from Missouri to Ohio and northwards. The
barometer, with threatening and rainy weather
now prevailing from Ohio to Lake Ontario, will
probably extend over Pennsylvania and New
England.
Charleston, August 3,—The count of the votes
cast in yesterday’s election is not conduded,bnt
the election of Gen. Wagner as Mayor, and the
whole citizens’ ticket is now conceded by their
opponents. The majority, at the lowest esti
mate, is 500 votes. There is great rejoicing
among the citizens.
New Orleans, August 3.—Serious trouble is
apprehended from the bitter feeling betweed
the two wings of the Bepnblican party, when
the Convention meets on the 9 th.
A policeman was fatally skot while walking
his beat last night
A desperado named Gerevend was mortally
shot by Sheriff Houston. A stray shot hit a ne
gro. Gere vend had killed one man in 1868 and
one in 1669. Houston was jailed.
Salt Lake, August 3.—The small pox is re
ported in this vicinity. Three deaths have oc
curred.
London, August 8.—The Count and Countess
of Paris dined last night with Duke de Brogle,
the French Ambassador.
In the House of Commons this evening Vis
count Euford, of the Foreign Department, de
nied that negotiations were pending with the
United States for the abolition of privateering.
Bartellot expressed his approval of the grant
to Prince Arthur, but deplored the continued
seclusion of the queen. Gladstone denied that
her Majesty was unpopular. He expressed his
regret at her seclusion, bat declared that the
queen was anxious to resume public duties os
rapidly os her health permitted.
Paris, August 3.—The Minister of Finance
yesterday completed the payment of another
instalment of 500,000,000 francs of tbe indem
nity. The German army of occupation has
been redacted to 150,000 men.
Marshal MacMahon reports -the casualties of
the Versailles foroea in the second siege of Paris
at 7514.
Trains for the transportation of passengers
and freights have oommeneed running throngh
Mt. Cenis Tunnel
The French postoffice authorities are about
arranging the money order system with England
and the United States.
Two hundred and thirty witnesses have al
ready been subpoenaed to appear before the
courts-martiaL
Boston, August 3.—The Lyman school house
has been burned. Loss $100,000.
Decisions of tbe Supreme Court of
Georgia.
DELIVERED AT ATLANTA, TUESDAY, AUGUBTl, 1871.
From the Atlanta Constitution. I
Seymour, Johnson & Co., vs. John M. Cobb.
Complaint, from Sumter.
Warner, J.—Where a suit was instituted by
the plaintiffs against the defendants on an ac
count, alleging that the defendants were part
ners; and in the progress of the trial, evidence
was introduced for and against the existence of
the partnership without objection, and on the
argument of the case before the jury, the point
was made, that no plea had been filed denying
the partnership, whereupon the Court allowed
the defendant, at that stage of the case, to file
his plea under oath, denying the partnership.
The counsel for plaintiffs claimed a oontinnanoe
of tbe cose, on the ground of surprise, which
was overruled by the court. The plaintiffs then
offered to introduce witnesses, then in court, to
deny the troth of defendant’s idea, and to prove
the existence of the partnership as alleged in
th6ir declaration, which the court refused to
allow them to do, whereupon the plaintiffs ex
cepted, and also excepted to the admission in
evidence of a written argument to submit cer
tain matters in controversy between the parties
to arbitration.
Held, That the plaintiffs have the legal right
to have requested the Court to charge the jury,
that if the defendants were sued as partners,
the partnership need not be proved, unless de
nied by the defendant on oath, when no snch
plea denying the partnership on oath had heen
filed; that when the court allowed that plea to
be filed by the defendant it materially altered
and changed the legal status of the case before
the court-and jury so far as the defendant’s lia
bility as partner is concerned, and if the plain
tiffs were not, in the discretion of the Court,
entitled to a continuance on the ground of sur
prise, they certainly were entitled to introduce
evidence then in court to controvert the defend
ant’s plea, which evidence was not necessary to
be introduced to entitle the plaintiffs to recover
against the alleged partnership, until the plea
was allowed to be filed by the court.
Meld, further, That the written agreement to
submit certain matters in controversy between
the parties, without more, was irrelevant and
improperly admitted as evidence to the jury.
Judgment reversed.
signed and transferredby^Watierer to therms
linitaa Am AL. £ t * * e .. v
tioner. On the final hearing of the case iit
court below, the mandamus nisi was mad*
solute, and the Ordinary was ordered to w
and collect a tax sufficient to satisfy the iW
Goner's demand: Whereupon, the counsel)
the Ordinary excepted on various ground* ?
set forth in the record: 08111
Reid, That the act of the General
authorizing the tax to be levied and collect*,
was a constitutional and valid act. ■
Held, also, That mandamus was the pro**
remedy for the enforcement of a right accrrS
to the petitioner under a statute of the 8ba
which was not barred by the statute of lia,/
tions, until after the expiration of twenty yes,
from the time of the assessment of the damfo,
by the commissioners under the act. ™
Held, further, That the official signatures h
majority of the justices of the inferior
on the back of the commissioners’
.. — — certifieata
without more, was a sufficient endorsement b,
them of the amount specified therein, aocordia
to the true intent and meaning of the act. '
Hdd, also, That the assignment and transf.
of the certificate by Watterer to the petition^
vested the right and title thereto in him as fc,
assignee, and he was entitled to be paid ths
amount due thereon, as well as the interest da
on both certificates.
Lyon, deGraffenried A Irvin, Geonre TV
Warwick, for plaintiff. 8
C.-B. Wooten, for defendant.
Wm. H. Morgan vs. James P. West, et aL
Complaint, non suit, from Sumter.
Warner, J.—This was an action instituted on
an administrator’s bond, against the principals
and their security in the name of the Ordinary
for the use of the plaintiffs. The defendants
demurred to the declaration, and the court sus
tained the demurrer on the ground that a suit
on the bond could not be maintained thereon
until a suit had first been brought against the
administrators, judgment obtained agai nst the m,
and a return of nulla bona. The plaintiff’s made
^ motion to amend their declaration which was
annulled by tbe court, to which the plaintiffs
accepted:
Held, That under the 2468tlx section of the
Code, a suit may be brought on the administra
tors’ bond without first obtaining a judgment
against the administrators for a devastavit by
them, and a return of nulla bona.
Hdd also, That the plaintiff could have
uroucu xus ueuianruoa so as to reqmre me ae-
fendanis to account for the estate cf Walker,
which came into their hands as his administra
tors, and for so much of the estate of the Jack-
son children which came into their hands as the
administrators of Walker's estate, if any, but
only to that extent that the defendants were
not liable on their bond for the waste commit
ted by Walker, as the guardian of the Jackson
children in his life time, unless their property
so wasted by him or some part thereof, eame
into the hands of the administrators as a part of
Walker’s estate. The administrators of Walker
and their security, are liable cn their bond to
account to the plaintiffs for the amount of their
estate which cams into their hands as part of
Walker’s estate, if any and no more. The lia
bility of the defendants on their bond as the
administrators of Walker, and the liability of
Walker as the guardian of the Jackson children,
are two distinct causes, of action which cannot
bo joined in a suit on tbe administrators’ bond
for an account of the estate of Walker, which
came into their hands &3 administrator on his
estate. The administrators of Walker are lia
ble for any debt due by the intestate at the
time of his death, to the extent of the assets of
bia estate, which came into their hands as his
administrators, in a suit on their bond, for the
waste thereof by them as such administrators.
Judgment reversed.
Hawkins & Burke, N. A. Smith, for plaintiff.
O. T. Goode and Phil. Cook for defendant.
Martha Tamer, vs. Penelope Barfield.
New trial from Sumter.
Warner, J.—Where a warrant was sued out by
the plaintiff to remove the defendant from her
land as an intruder, the defendant filed a coun
ter affidavit, and on the trial of the case in the
Superior Court, the plaintiff proved that Am.
broso Barfield purchased the land in 1859, and
took a bond for title thereto, and built a house
on it, when Ambrose Barfield went to the war
in 1863 he gave John Barfield’s wife permission
to occupy the house as long as she pleased, but
she did not occupy it, and it remained unoccu
pied about a year, when Bushin Barfield’s wife
went into possession of it, by Mrs. John Bar-
field, the defendant being without a home, Mrs.
Bushin Barfield, from sympathy, allowed her to
come into the house end occupy it with her un
til sometime in 1865, when Mrs. JBushiu Bar-
field moved out and left the defendant in it.
The. defendant introduced no evidence—the
jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, and the
coart below granted a new trial, to which the
plaintiff excepted.
Held, That the court below erred in granting
a new trial in this case, on the ground that
there is no evidence in the record that the de
fendant claimed any legal right to the possession
of the land.
Judgment reversed.
Hawkins and Guerry for plaintiff.
No appearance for defendant.
Tbe Explosion of the Westfield.
From longer dispatches in the Western papa,
we take the following incidents:
Many persons were drowned. The harba
polio® boat came to the rescue, and gentleme
who were in a row-boat near the Battery sav#
several lives. The firemen also went to ti
rescue, and right bravely did they work.
HALF ROILED VICTIMS ZN THE HOLD.
The debris in the fore part of the hold vj
first removed. The cries of the poor, half-boUa
victims were heard rending the air. Stimulaii
was given them as they struggled beneath tfe
beams, and oil was poured upon their burn
As fast as the wounded recovered they wet
borne to the deck of another ferry boat moon
along side, where they were tenderly cared t
by Dr. Shine.
REMOVING THE SUFFERERS.
Within twenty minutes ambulances from 4
Centre Btreet Hospital were at Whitehall. T:
scalded victims were placed in the ambulate
and driven to the hospital at full speed. Priu
carriages and express wagons were also bronji
into requisition. The insurance patrol wag:
bore several loads of mourning human beiq
to the hospital
A WAGON LOAD OF CHILDREN.
Some died on the way; others became del
nous with pain. One ambulance was filled vis
children whose eyes were closed, and their who
faces swelled beyond all recognition. Their 1
tie feet and legs were cooked, and their tend
muscles laid Imre.
THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
By 4 o’olock over seventy wounded persa
had been reoeivedin the Centre-street Qospiii
Five of them died within an hour. The soea
here were heart-rending. Twelve dead
were removed from the boat. Four have
been found in the water, and five have di-
making, so far 0s known, 21 persons killed nea
outright Many of those in the water clung
the piles until they were rescued, hut othi
sank before aid could reach them. At least
persons must have been killed and drowni
This is basing it on the lowest estimate. 7
wounded will reach 100. Many of them w
placed in carriages^md driven to their homi
'The drug stores in the neghborbood were 57
with them. Among the injured was Shei
Madden, of Brooklyn, who was driven to
residence.
Crowds of spectators.
Over 15,000 persons gathered at the bal
within an hoar after the explosion.
THS OFFICERS OF THE BOAT.
John Mager, the pilot, was thrown from!
forward pilot-house twenty feet in the air, ft
ing on the boat and escaping without a Ecrati
John Freeland was captain of the boat "
Harry Robinson engineer. The latter is a
ored man, and the indignation, of the pi
gera against him is tremendous, though t
friends claim he is net to blame. The boil
was inspected by John H. Mathews, Uni!:
States boiler inspector, on the lath of June,
ptunoonoea sale.
According to the statement of the engiw
the boiler had been in use nine years, and
patched on the cylinder part. One of the
men says that fifteen minutes before the
dent he was on the head of the cylinder vipii
it off, and then went into one of the cabins
a drink of water, and thence into the fire-rc
While there he heard a hissing noise procee
from the rear of the boiler, and went to see
cause. He had gone but about half-way of
length of the boiler when he found th8 st
so dense he could proceed no farther, and t 1
ed to come back, when he was struck in the fi
by flying splinters, and knocked down,
made his way to the deck as fast as possil
This hissing noise which Orosson heard m
have been the starting of the plate of patch
on the boiler, and the first premonition of
impending disaster. A cursory examination
the boiler as it rested in the bottom of the to
revealed the fact that the explosion occurred
the rear, and that a piece about four feet Ii
and two feet wide was tom ont of the jai
and thrown a distance of about 100 feet on
dock at the barge office. Another and lar;
portion of the boiler was thrown directly
ward into the bow of the boat.
President's Office, 1 j
Atlanta, Ga., July 31, 1871. > j
Dr. JV. L.Angier, State Treasurer :
Dear Sib—I send you by the Treasurer j
this company $25,000 in cash, the rental,
the State for the present month of July. Pie
return me the usual receipt from the Com.'!
troller General for the amount.
Yours truly,
Joseph E. Brown, President j
James W. Wilkinson, Ordinary, vs. Clement
A. Cheatham. . Mandamus, from Lee.
Warner, J.—In 1856 the General Assembly
passed an act providing for the removal of the
county site of Lee connty, from the town of
Webster to Starksville, and also provided in
said act for the appointment of three commis
sioners to assess the damages sustained by the
owners of town lots in the town of Webster,
and aa soon as convenient thereafter, to give to
suoh owners certificates of such assessment of
damages for loss sustained in co&seqnence of
such removal of the county site, and that said
Qertificatesh&vinganendorsementof the amount
due by a majority of the justices of the Inferior
Court, shall be paid by the treasurer of the
county out of the removal fund of said county,
created by the aot, and authorizing the Interior
Court of Lee county to levy a tax not exceeding
fifty per cent, per annum on the State tax, to
constitute a removal fund for the payment of
said certificates. On the 31st of December,
1869, Cheatham obtained a mandamus nut from
the judge of the Superior Court requiring the
Ordinary of Lee oounty to show cause why he
should not prooeed to levy, and have collected,
a tax sufficient to pay two certificates held
by the petitioner amounting to $526 00,
besides interest due thereon. The mandamus
nti was filed in the clerk’s office 14th February
1870. On the trial of tho case in the court be
low, the petitioner exhibited in evidence two
certificates, specifying in the face thereof the
amount due for the damages sustained by the
parties named therein, in consequence of removal
from the town of Webster under the aot of Gen
eral Assembly, which were signed by theoommis-
sioners, and on the back of eaoh certificate the
names of three justices of the ftiferior Court
were indorsed in their official capacity. One of
the certificates was issued to the petitioner for
damages done to his property, tbe other was
isaned to Watterer for damages done to his
property, which latter certificate had been as-
No. 290.
Comptroller General’s Office,)
Atlanta,sGa., July 31, 1571. )
Received of W» C. Morrill, Treasurer Wes
em and Atlantic Bailroad Company, the swac
Twenty-five Thousand Dollars, rent of lVestfSj
and Atlantio Bailroad for July, 1871, as perc
tifioate No. 290 of N. L. Angier, Treasurer.
Madison Bell,
$25,000 Comptroller General |
A Haverhill, Mass., man, who lately lost’
pocketbook with $90 in it, has to consols hisj
self with this anonymous note from the finde f |
“I am a poor man, and my health is poor, s*
it seems to me that you tost that money to to
efit me. I send you back $1 and the cha“?j
You are rich, and profess to be a Christian. 1
claim to belong to the same family. If ®
Lord blesses me, I will repay you if I can; •
not yon must look to the Lord for it.”
The editor of the Elmira (N- Y.) Adverli
has poor luck buying medicine. He says:
went to a drug store early one morning f®l
dose of morphine for a aick friend. The srf
clerk objected to giving it to me without a p*
scription, evidently fearing that I would desK*
myself. ‘Pshaw,’ said I, ‘do I look like a n>
who would kill myself ? Gazing at me siets*
for h«ir a minute, he replied, ‘I don’t kno*
Seems to me if I looked like you I should
greatly tempted to kill myself.’ ”
A few days ago« young gentlemen and to
from the rural districts visited Somerset, r*j
to get married. The young couple entered to
on this festive occasion astride of one hoc
had their horse fed, partook of a sumptuoM-j
past consisting of orackers, were then united]
the holy bo&ds of matrimony by a justice of t
peace, when they again mounted their steed »
wended their way to their mountain home a®
the cheers of the populace.
John Van Burrn was dining in Dowid^jj
saloon, having just cleared, a man from s®T
charge in the court, when the complains” j
the case, angry at the lawyer who had be*,
him, walked up and roundly abused P 1 ®"
John. “Could there be any man,” said he,,
wicked, so mean, so vile, who could
commit a crime so foul that you wouldn
fend him for it.” “1 don’t know,” said ’
prince, sacking another oyster right from
shell; “what have yon been doing.”
“ The fact is,” said a middle-aged wife,
man does not know how to straiten up thj
He does not know how to push himself at"
He does not know how to begin. I don t j*
der,” she remarked in conclusion, “ that *
God made Adam he went right to wori
made a woman to tell him what to do. ’
Dr. Dolungsr has been elected Beotor 0 .
University of Munioh- Fifty-four P r0 ‘®
oat of sixty voted for him. Dr. I)oUiu6 e U_
hitherto occupied the professorship of c£|
law, and the honor now conferred u P on j) r‘,f
of the greatest significance and shows to* j
has risen in popularity.
