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The Georgia "Weekly Telegraph and. J~onrnal <fc Messenger,
Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON AUGUST 8. 1871.
Bibb County Board ot School Commission
ed mot yesterday morning at ten o’clock in the
Council Chamber. Present—Messrs. W. Poe,
J. T. Goxe, J. W. Burke, L. Jones, ft. F. Onse-
ley, W. D. Williams, S. D. Everett and J. Clisby.
The Board went into an informal consideration
of the situation. Tho -Secretary read a circular
from the State School Commissoner in Atlanta,
addressed to the School Commissioners of
Greene county,volunteering some suggestions to
meet tho impractibilities of tho situation. Com*
missioner Lewis thought the funds applicable
to common schools in the State Treasury would
bo somowhero about $400,000, and average
about $2 to the pupil, assuming an attendance
of about 50 per cent, of the whole number of
school children in the State. This might carry
tho colored schools through the three months
contemplated by tho law, and, in the case of the
white schools, could be eked out- by .adding
tuition foes—thus introducing a mixed system
repudiated by the statute itself.
But, unfortunately, of this $400,000 not a
cent of it was in money. Zt had mostly been
borrowed and spent by the last Badical Legis
lature, who had left, in lieu thereof, the L O.
U.’s of tho State of Georgia which must be sold
before the money could be forthcoming. Lewis’
letter oontained no satisfactory assurance that
a dollar would be ready to subsist the teachers
It spoke only his opinions and judgment of
probabilities, and pledged the State Board of
Education to nothing.
On the other hand, it was now universally ad
mitted that the decision of tho Bibb County
Board made two months ago was right, and that
the County Boards had no authority under the
law to levy connty or district taxes for the sup
port of public schools. This board was, there
fore, without the smallest resource, or guaran
tee of resource, to justify tho employment of
teachers, under the State System of public in
struction, which was itself practically a felo de
sc. It could amount to nothing at all, unless by
the assumption of powers unwarrantable by the
law itself, but which, nevertheless, bad been
suggested and recommended by the leading offi
cials under it.
Meanwhile, the Grand Jury of Bibb connty
had recommended the imposition of ten thou
sand dollars’ tax for the education of poor
children in tho county, neder the old plan; and
in these circumstances tho Board decided it for
better to attempt nothing, and to await the
action of tho next Legislature. They therefore
resolved to adjourn subject to the call c£ the
President of the Board and to direct their Sec
retary in tho meantime to proceed with the
enumeration of children in tho connty, as pro
vided for by the statute.
An Overland Trip from Macon to Cleve
land, Te^n.—From Gapt. Cowles, a member of
tho party of railroad gentlemen who left this
city on the 18 th ult, to go over the proposed
lino of the Osmulgee and North Georgia Kail-
road, as recently surveyed, wo get a few inter
esting dots in regard to the topography of the
country, its scenery, mineral wealth, crops,
etc. The first night out was spent in Clinton,
under the roof of that hospitable gentleman, Mr.
Kingsman. From thore tho party passed over
a fine ridge to Monticello, and thence to Cov
ington—the crops along the ronte looking well.
The party spent the third night at the Coving
ton Hotel, and are strong in praise of the ex
cellent accommodations extended- From Cov
ington, they passed over a ridge route, inter
spersed at times with beautiful natural scenery,
to Lawrencevillo. Along the route crops were
looking well and the farmers were hard at work.
From Lawrencevillo to the Air Line Railroad
was the next move; and here, in the distance,
the party got its first view of the Blue Ridge.
From this point to Dawsonville, Dawson connty,
the lino of the Ocmulgee and North Georgia
Railroad begins to run through the mountains,
and tho scenery to assume grand, beautiful
and impressive character. At Dawsonville one
can see the Amarcolla Falls, at a distance of 15
miles, and the rainbows formed by the spray
present an exquisitely beautiful scene. From
Dawsonville to Ellijay, Gilmer connty, was
-the next move, and between these two points
-our informant represents tho natural scenery
as indescribably grand. The road passes within
one mile of tho Armacolla Falls, and as they
are' approached, the tourist is enchanted by
their music and magnificence. Tho water leaps
in sparkling beauty from the crest of a preci
pice 500 feet high and fifty wide, forming the
loveliest, yet most sublime cascade on the con
tinent The valley lands aro very rich and
worth $50 per acre. Hero minerals of all
kinds abound, not even excepting the diamond
—one of which our informant saw, in a rough
state, and worth about $200. The com in this
valley is magnificent. AH through the Arrna-
colla Gap tho scenery is surpassingly grand and
beautifnl, and sparkling cascades give it life on
every mountain side. Ellijay is tho county-site
of Gilmer county, and will bo a thriving town
when the Dalton and Ellijay Railroad, running
through to Murphy, N. C., and tho Marietta
Railroad, are finished. The valley of the Elli-
j ay river is beautiful. It is about twenty miles
long and one in width. From Ellijay tho party
proceeded along the line of the road on which
they left Macon, to Dncktown, a distance of
thirty miles. The road winds along the sides
of the mountains, and on cither hand the
scenery continues grand. In these mountains
are imbedded all kinds of minerals, and various
kinds of marblo and slate. The view, as one
arrives at tho summit of tho ridge near Duck-
town, is grand in tho extreme. It appears like
some mighty basin formed by the mountains,
and in it are extensive smelting works that are
doing a heavy business. From Dncktown the
party proceeded to Cleveland, Term. Along this
routo the natural scenery surpasses in wild
ness, grandeur and sublimity all that we have
yet alluded to. The line of the road lies
through what is known as tho “Tecowah
Pass,” taking its name from the river by
that name whioh runs through tho mountain
gorge at that point. The copper company
have graded a road on the margin of the
Tecowah river for twenty miles, and it is
out through solid rock in many places. There
are many wonderful natural curiosities to be
found in this Baas. Among others, that of the
“Weeping Rock,” taking its name from the fact
that drops of water are ever trickling -down
through the pores of tho rock. The “Hanging
Rook” is another wounderful object of interest
to the travelor, as are also the innumerable
mountain cascades, the magnificent forest trees,
etc. The Tecowah River through this Pass pos
sesses immense water power. It falls for 20
miles, ranging from ono to twenty feet per mile,
and is about 300 feet wide. The Pass is walled
in by immense mountains, and is heavily tim
bered. It is well worth a long journey to see
(he Tecowah Pass, and inhale its pure, cool and
invigorating atmosphere. The “Half.Way
House,” between Dncktown and Cleveland, is
well kept, and along the ronte the crops just
now are looking splendidly—particularly the
oorn. Here are numerous fine farm buildings,
splendid horses, mules, cattle and sheep. Tho
people are intelligent, thrifty and hardy, and as
hospitable as any in the world. They have re
cently turned Lheir attention to the raising of
clover and timothy, and Captain Cowles says he
saw olover there fall three feet high, and very
thick over a 100 aore field. Everybody was hard
at work, and the people seemed to be hopeful
of the future and thriving. Cleveland is a beau
tiful town on the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad. The houses are built mostly
of brick, and the streets are wide and . t™
business brisk.
In conclusion, our informant says the people
along the whole ronte were orderly and polite,
kindly furnishing guides, and were willing and
anxious to make tho trip of the party pleasant
and enjoyable. The party returned by railroad
to this city on the 28th having made the
round trip ;q ]g daj*. i
“Cotton Flat.”
Of course, my friedds. It is a matter in
course that cotton should be flat at this timie.
The great trade wheel, in its steady annuel rev
olution, has approached that point in which ex
changes are to be effected with producers, and
it is generally aflat place in the wheel. At this
point all the brakes are applied as a matter of
course and the wheel gets flattened by friction.
The market in Macon, under the depression of
foreign and domestic advices, sunk over two
and -a half cents in the month of July just
closed. It was flat at IT on the 81st—it was
buoyant at 19J on the 1st of Jnly.
The whole philosophy of this we take to be,
not so much a disposition or a combination to
tread on the toes of planters, although, of
course, everybody wants to buy everything
which must be bought at the lowest figures; but
it is predicated chiefly on the demoralizing in
fluence of large anticipated supplies to be forced
on the market. For illustration: if there were
even substantial reason to believe that no su
perfluous product of com, meat and flour would
come forward and yet they were rudhed to sale
as suddenly and inexorably as cotton is, they
would be drags.
It is true, that daring the month of July gen
erally brighter reports of tho cotton crop have
gone forward; but still there is nothing known
to show that there is going to be anything like
an average crop. Looking at our situation in
Middle Georgia, we say unhesitatingly, that
while July has not materially bettered our cot
ton prospects, it has terribly impaired those of
the com crop. When July set in we had every
prospect of a heavy com crop, but that has been
impaired more than 50 per cent. And no man
who knows anything abont cotton will believe
that the excessive drouth which has character
ized July, following the excess of rain in June,
can have really improved cotton. It has sud
denly ohecked growth—shriveled the plant and
pushed ttr bolls forward to earlier maturity.
But it br° also checked fruitage, and such open
bolls as have been brought in to ns as a sample
of early cotton, are mere farzy dog-tail, with a
black and blighted appearance, and a staple,
dry, short and ill-conditioned every way. It is
a poor showing for a crop, and we believe every
thing indicates as near a cotton failure as Mid
dle Georgia ever made.
And in respect to the cotton crop at large and
in general, these are what we believe to be the
facts: The lowlands winch ordinarily produce
tho best and heaviest portion of the American
cotton crop, will this year yield bnt little to the
grand product. They were generally drowned
out and grassed out by the heavy rains of spring
and early summer. 'Much of them were aband
oned altogether, and the stand obtained on the
remainder was very partial and defective. As
to the uplands the condition is better, bnt the
stand is generally imperfect—the plant dwarf
ish, and the fruitage meager.
These facts, however, must be known before
they will be accepted. The cotton market at
its opening will adjust itself, in all probability,
to a crop of 3,500,000 to four million bales, and
we may, perhaps, reasonably look for a steady
descent in quotations for three months to come.
When the facts are ascertained, prices will prob
ably meet with a sudden recovery.
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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Aminat Commencement of the University
of Georgia—Meetings of the Board
Trustees.
Athens, July 29, 1871.
The Board of Trustees held their first session
on the 2Sth instant Present, Vice-President
C. J. Jenkins In the Chair, and Messrs. Tancey,
Vason, Cooper, Moore, Cobb, Thomas, Miller,
Hill, Harris, Crawford, Mitchell, Barrow and
Barnet
After prayer by the Chancellor, his annual
statement of the condition of the University
was called for and read. The reports of the
various Standing Committees were then re
eved and laid upon the table. That portion
Of Dr. LipSCOmVa COniiuuniAafiAn ..laiiug to
the death of Governor Wilson Lumpkin and
Judge E. A. Nisbet, was referred to a committee
composed of Messrs. Jenkins. Mitchell and
Harris. Hon. O. J. Jenkins and Hon. Matk A.
Cooper were elected President and Vice-Presi
dent of the Board. Adjourned.
July 29.—The Board of Trustees again as
sembled, Messrs. James Jackson, Hall, Brown,
Billups and Seward, new members, appearing
and taking their seats. Two petitions, one
from patrons and one from the students in ref
erence to vacations, were read and referred to
the Committee on Laws and Discipline.
Tho resignation of Col. John Billups was
read and received.
The Board then proceeded to fill three vacan
cies in their number by the election of Hon.
Dunlap Scott, of Rome, J. J. Gresham, of Ma
con, and D. A. Walker.
Mr. Crawford then offered the following pre
amble and resolution, which was adopted:
Whereas, the future welfare and success of
the University of Georgia .is a matter of the
deepest concern to the Board of Trustees; and
whereas, they desire to avail themselves of the
well known interest felt by all its friends every
where, bnt more especially by tho Alumni of
the Institution, therefore;
Be it resolved, That this Board will appre
ciate in tho highest degree their continued ef
forts and co-operation with us for the advance
ment of the College, and would at all times re
ceive with pleasure any suggestions of an ad
visory character, which they in their wisdom
may feel desirous to make.
The honorary degree of Bachelor of Laws was
conferred upon Alex. S. Erwin, and that of A.
B. upon J. R. Crane, both citizens of Athens.
It was also decided that the vacations should
be fixed from commencement to September 15,
and from 15th December to 15th January, of
each year.
Crowds are constantly arriving by every train,
and many of Georgia's most distinguished sons
are bere. A brilliant commencement is antici
pated. In baste, yonrs, . J.
The Macon and Augnsta Railroad,
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: This
road is not doing for Macon what her people
expected, owing to the fact that no quick
through schedule has been made to Charleston.
When the organization was arranged in Au
gnsta before the war, there was a strong ten
dency to bnild a direct road from Macon to
Augusta, so as not to be dependent upon the
Georgia Road for any part of the ronte; and it
is believed this would have been determined
upon had hot the assurance been-given that a
qnick through line from Macon to Charleston
should be maintained. Whether this under
standing was reduced to writing; in the form of
a contract, is not remembered, and it is impor
tant that this matter should at once be looked
into and properly assured.
Under tho late decision of the Supreme
Court, sustaining the lease of the Maoon and
Western Road, and the railroad combinations
now on foot, it mil only be a short time before
the Central will control the Georgia Railroad,
either by lease or otherwise. After this «h«n
happen it will be too much to ask the,Central
Road to make any such arrangement for a
rival line, bnt the arrangement should be made
immediately by those controlling the Maoon
and Augusta Road, so that no matter into
whose control the Georgia Road may fall, an
independent competing line between Maoon
and Charleston will be secured for all time.
If the Georgia Road does not wish to enter
into this arrangement, no doubt the South
Carolina Railroad Company would cheerfully
and promptly do so—for surely the city of
Charleston would like to reach the business of
Macon and the interior of Georgia when so
little effort and really no expense is required to
attain the object. Merchant.
Macon, Qa., August 1st, 1871. -- - i
Comparative Temperature of STacon.
Macon has the unmerited reputation of being
comparatively a warm plaoe, but we will now.
prove that, so far from deserving this stigma, she
has really a cooler atmosphere on the average,
than any one of the so-called “interior cotton
ports.” And we will do this by citations from the
reports of weekly average temperature, by the’
New York Commercial and Financial Chronicle,
made up every Friday night.
Let us begin with the very last Friday. In
the report for the week ending last Friday, wo
read as follows:
The thermometer at Selma has averaged 85,
at Montgomery 87, at Columbus 82, at Macon
and Charleston 78.
For the week before, that is to say, the week
ending Friday night, 21stult., we made the fol
lowing note from the weekly average of tem
perature by the Chronicle:
“The mercury at Macon averaged 85; Colum
bus 88; Montgomery 89; Selma 91; Memphis
87; Charleston 80.”
The next occasion on which we made an edi
torial note of relative temperature as reported
by the Chronicle, was in the Telegraph of the
6th instant, and was the average for the week
ending Friday, 30 th Jane. It was as follows:
The mercury averaged at Mobile 85, Mont
gomery 87, Columbus 84, Macon 83, and
Charleston 83. At Galveston it was 89, and
the crop reports from that quarter continue
favorable Memphis sends also favorable re
ports both from upland and bottom land cotton.
The average temperature there was 85.
But not to oonsume time in referring farther
to our own files, we are safe in saying that in
eeery report made by the Chronicle of average
temperature during the hot weather of this
summer, Macon has been set down at the lowest
temperature of any of the “interior cotton
ports.”
This testimony of figures froma disinterested
party must satisfy anybody that the common
idea that Macon is a very warm place, is wholly
groundless.' But, in truth, in dog days, any
place seems remarkably warm to a visitor who
comes to town to trade or gossip—walks about
in the sun, and being a comparative stranger,
feels that he must keep his cravat tied—his coat
and vest on, and sacrifice his bodily comfort to
the restraints of etiquette and polite social de
corum. He does not do this at home. There
he consults his own bodily comfort, and this
fact makes the restraint of full dress all the
more uncomfortable, especially when attended
with greater exposure to the sun than is per
haps his ordinary habit. We suppose these, are
the circumstances which give rise to the com
mon idea that so high a point as Macon is re
markably warm. But the reader will see it is
all a mistake. The figures show Macon to be
comparatively a very cool place.
The Kn-Klnx Committee in South
Carolina—Morton’s Trump Card.
When the Sub-Ku-Mux Travelling Committee
got to Washington on their return from a trip
to investigate affairs in the Garolinas, they pub
lished through the Evening Star a terrific report
of their discoveries. They found more than a
hundred refugees from Ku-klux terrorism in
Columbia. At Spartanburg, the victims came
in by scores showing scarified backs, gun shot
wounds, maimed ears and other proofs of vio
lence. Murders and violences had so terrified
every Republican, white and black, that they
slept in the woods concealed for months.
At Limestone Springs 118 oases of whipping
were proved, and the committee awoke every
morning to find the hotel yard crowded with
new witnesses, some of whom had suffered out
rages which could not be decently described.
In the South Carolina Spartan were found the
cards of 42 Radicals renouncing the party, who
had been compelled to print these cards at the
stem bidding of the Ku-klux on pain of death.
At Unionville, there had been more killing
and less whipping. The terror of the negroes
was complete, and the committee conld not find
a white man who dared to e-row himself a Re
publican. A prominent Democrat of the place,
Mr. Shard, a lawyer, startled the Committee by
testifying that almost every white citizen of the
place belonged to the Ku-klux, and there were
a thousand within a day’s march. Lewis Thomp
son, a negro Methodist preacher, June lltb,
afterpreaohingwas whipped, mutilated, dragged
by horses, whipped again, hung, and his body
thrown into the Tiger River. -.
At York, the Committee found a bitter spirit
—the community demoralized and the civil au
thorities a farce. And bere the milk was thrown
on one of the Committee, (Stevenson,) by one
Berry, who had a quarrel with A. T. Wallace,
representative of the county, by whom Steven
son was sitting. Colonel Merrill, commanding
in York, reported sixty-eight cases of outrage,
some of them most revolting and horrible. It
was fonnd impossible for the Committee to ex
amine more than a small part of the crowds of
whipped, maimed and terror-stricken wretches
who flocked in for a hearing. Such is the sub
stance of the Star’s narrative.
To all this, according to a telegram in yester
day’s edition, P. Van Thump, a Democratic
member of the committee from Ohio, responded
through the Washington Patriot in an authorized
report of the evidence. Van Trump charges
that the statement of the Star is untrue in many
essential particulars, and the facts perverted
in others, in order to produce a false impression.
He adds:
The testimony shows that there are four
counties, viz: Laurens, Chester, York and
Spartanburg, where acts of violence have been
committed on both sides. The whites and
blacks are nearly equally divided in population,
and the carpet-bag rule, by which the negro is
forcibly put over the white man, has produced
a bad and even a dangerous state of feelings—
The poor whites are mostly aggrieved by an op
pression which is intended to make them the
inferiors of the recent slaves, steeped in igno
rance and vice. Everything has been done to
aggravate the laboring whites, and to outrage
tho social condition of their families. It is in
proof that the negroes, disguised as Ku-klux,
committed many outrages. The testimony given
by the negroes was of the lowest kind, and ut
terly unworthy of belief. Many were attracted
by the per diem of $2 per day. The statement
concludes as follows.:
There is no political feeling of any kind in
the unfortunate disturbances which have occur
red in these few counties of South Carolina.
They result from maladministration, corruption,
robbery carpet-bagism, and especially among
the poor laboring white men from a wicked pur
pose on the part of tho authorities and Legisla
ture to assist black supremacy and degrade them
with negro rule. That i3 with them,-perhaps,
the real and most serious difficulty. It is a
question of race which, as South Carolina is
now administered and sustained by Federal pow
er, threatens* the gravest consequences. The
white mechanic and laborer, when he finds the
worst crime protected and pardoned, tho law an
engine of persecution, and political power abused
in order to oppress him with negro domination
and to outrage his wife and children, will re
sist, be the sacrifice what it may. He may be
uneducated and plain, but he is still American,
and proud of his race.
We notice this report particularly and at
length because it is the trump'oard in the grand
Eu-klnx pack. The researches of the.Gommit-
tee in the Garolinas constitute the strong point
of Grant’s programme for re-election on the
strength of Northern horror and indignation
over the outragesof the “rebel Eu-klux.” Ther
particular application made of these alleged
discoveries is disolosedina telegram to the New
York Herald, of last Sunday, whioh we Will no
tice in another ariiole.
A Brattleboro, Yt., husband, who had posted
his wife, took it all bBck thus : “ Having adver
tised my wife last week while under the influ
ence of intoxicating drink and the advice of
others, I hereby give notioe that said advertise
ment was without ju3t cause or provocation,
and is herebv retracted.”
Editorial Correspondence.
Athens, August 1,1871.
On Sabbath night Rev. Dr. Hicks addressed
the Young Men’s Christian Association in the
Presbyterian Church, from the passage of Scrip
ture known as the “Golden Rule.” A full house
greeted him, and the Doctor’s discourse was an
imated and eloquent
'alumni meeting.
The next day (Monday) at 9 o’clock A. m., the
Almrvni Association convened in Chancellor
Lipscomb’s large recitation room. A long dis
cussion ensued upon a motion to admit under
graduates who had left tho University, to mem
bership. The matter was finally laid upon the
table after a telling speech from Henry Hull,
Esq. Pending the consideration of a resolution
offered by Prof. Lewis Jones, to appoint a com
mittee to digest and prepare such suggestions as
the Association might desire to make to the
Board of Trustees, the hour of 11 A. m. having
arrived, a procession was formed, and the soci
ety marched in a body to the College Chapel to
hear
THE ALUMNI OBATION OT HON. B. H. HILL.
A vast audience filled the spacious building,
and a silver cornet band from Savannah dis
coursed excellent music. As true chroniclers,
we are compelled, however, en passant, to state
that the speaker was much disturbed by the
noise in th‘e galleries.
A retrospect of the evils and past effects of
slavery (many present conld not endorse these),
and the development of the grand resources
of oir noble State, including the proper endow
ment of her University, formed the inter-
esting theme of the orator. His remarks were
eminently practical and apposite, and the con
cluding portions really eloquent and beauti-
fal. We forbear any sketch, as the entire ad
dress will be published.
Returning to this place of meeting, the Alumni
Association resumed the unfinished business of
the morning, and a standing committee, with
Chancellor Lipscomb as Chairman, was appoint
ed, (to be renewed every year) under the reso
lution of Professor Jones.
On motion of Hon. David Vason, it was de
cided that this Association may from time to
time, as it deems proper, elect on their own
merits to membership, such undergraduates as
had left the college through sickness or other
good causes. Under "this ruling, Hon. William
O. Fleming, of Bainbridge, Col. John Screven,
of Savannah, and several other gentlemen were
elected members of the Association.
Ex-Govemor Joseph E. Brown offered a res
olution, that measures be adopted to memorial
ize the next General Assembly to donate to the
University for educational and agricultural pur
poses, the lands granted by the United States
Government. Also, that a combined and earn
est effort be made to procure the appropriation
of $500,000 as an endowment fund for the Insti
tution. He sat down amid a very storm of ap
plause, and was followed in the same strain by
Hon. Iverson Harris, D. A. Vason, B. H. Hill
and others. The resolntions were adopted with
the greatest enthusiasm, and it was further de
termined that a committee of two from each
Congressional District be appointed to confer
with the members of the State Agricultural
Association at Rome, to secure their co-opera
tion in the premises.
Gov. Brown announced that this committee
would be famished with free passes over the
Western and Atlantic Road.
On motion it was resolved, that Hon. Bobt.
Toombs, Hon. B. H. Hill, Gen. John B. Gor
don and Gov. Joseph E. Brown, be requested
to address the members of the Legislature upon
the important questions under consideration.
H. H. Jones offered a resolution whioh was
adopted, that the roll of the years of the Uni
versity be called, that the members of each class
present, might answer to their names.
The clerk accordingly began with tho year
1804, and every succeeding year was called. It
woo a solemn proceeding, and forcibly reminded
every one of the ravages of time and his own
mortality.
The dinner and orator committees were re
appointed for the ensuing year.
THE BANQUET. _ .
At 7 o’clock f. m. the members of tho Asso
ciation present, over two hundred in number,
formed in the campus and marched, led by a
splendid band of music, to the oommodious hall
where the feast had been prepared. It was a
long and imposing procession, and the streets
were thronged with spectators. Four parallel
tables the length of the- hall, groaning under
the weight of every delioacy of the season, were
soon occupiedby theinooming guests. They were
received with a# eloquent address of welcome
from Mr. Lumpkin, on the part of the commit
tee.
Hon. W. L. Mitchell, the President of the As
sociation, then called upon Dr. Palmer to in
voke the divine blessing, after which the festiv
ities began.
Too muob praise cannot bo accorded to the
committee of arrangements for the sumptuous
repast afforded, and the admirable order and
system whioh reigned throughout The wines,
cigars, ices, etc., wero unexceptionable and su
perabundant A free invitation had keen ex.
tended to the members of the press and we were
glad to note that it was well represented.
Soon the President announced the reading of
the regular toasts, whioh were duly responded to
in the order mentioned. They were thirteen in
number as follows:
BEQULAB TOASTS AT THE ALUMNI DINNER OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF-GEORGIA.
1. “To the memory of our deceased Trus
tees.” Drank standing and in silence.
2. “To the present Board of'Trustees.
‘ Honor to whom honor is due. ’ The Board lias
a great work to do: tho complete endowment of
the University of Georgia, and her expansion
till she takes rank with the first universities of
the world, and throws open her halls of tnition
free to all her children.” Responded to by
Hon. Charles J. Jenkins.
3. “To the memory of our deceased Presi
dents, Professors and Tutors.'’ Drank standing
and in silence.
4. “ To the Chancellor and Professors now in
office: ripe scholars, efficient instructors, Chris
tian gentlemen. The yonth of the country need
not look elsewhere for bettor training.” Re
sponded to by Rev. Dr. Lipscomb, Chancellor.
5. “Tothememoryof ourdeceasedAlumni.”
Drank standing and in silence.
6. “To the living Alumni: They owe a duty
to their Alma Mater, and they are here to pledge
themselves and their absent brothers to dis
charge it, and to assure the Board of Trust that
they are ready ‘to help, aid and assist in every
work, however difficult or dangerous,’ which
the Board may plan for the advancement of
liberal education, ot professional learning, and
ot schools of industry combined with mental
cultnre—regarding, as they do, all. students of
the University as peers, in whatever school en
gaged.”' Responded to by Hon. W. Hope Hull.
7. “To the Alumni of the first quarter of the
present century: They did what they could to
seep our Alma Mater among living institutions,
and they have exemplified theirlraining as her
alds of the cross, as physicians, as lawyers and
as citizens in the other walks of life, equal to
any of their day. Some of them still linger
among us, and manifest their interest by'their
presence at this festive board. Among them,
we welcome CoL Wm, H. Jackson, the only
survivor of th9 first graduating .class of 1804,
and Mr. John Phinizy, of Augusta, the sole sur
vivor of the class of 1811, and-besides them
some remain of the first deoade of our Alma
Mater.” Responded to by Hon. r Iverson L.
Harris. ' ' . . ",
8. “To the Alumni of the Second Quarter of
the present century : They present many his
toric names, of whom onr Alma Mater may
justly feel proud; but to individualize them
might seem invidious. Let us cherish the mem
ories of the dead, and let us love the living.
We have a heart for all our Alumni, of whatever
party or creed. A mother’s full heart goes out
to each and to all.” Responded to by Hon.
James Jackson.
9. “To the Alumni of the Third' Quarter Of
the present century: They promise to equal,
if not surpass, in all respects, their illustrious
predecessors.” Responded to by A. O. Bacon,
Esq.
10. “The graduates of the Law School: May
they rise to eminence, bl6us the country, and
aid in preserving its liberties and handing them
down to posterity whole and entire. ” Responded
to by Mr. Washington Dessau.
11. “The graduates of the Engineer School:
They are already in demand, all being either on
some railroad, or in some professional employ
ment testing their training. Two have just
been oailed to the Southern Pacific Railroad,
and we weloome here to-night one who has just
been advanoed to the rank of Chief Engineer.”
Responded to by Mr. W. W. Thomas, Chief
Engineer.
12. “The Reverend Clergy of the Alumni:
They do guard with untiring zeal and ceaseless
vigilence the paramount interests of the immor
tal soul.” Responded to by Rev. B. M. Palmer
13. “The noble profession of Medicine, of the
Alumni:. They labor night and day to restore
health and prolong life. May they'ever be ap
preciated and duly rewarded for their toils.”
Responded to by Dr. H. Y. M. Miller.
14. “The necessary profession of Law, of the
Alumni: ’Tis theirbusiness to watch over life,
liberty and property. May they be always found
true to duty.” Responded to by Gov! Joseph E.
Brown. . . . .. .
15. “The Press: The art preservative of all
arts. We hail with joy the fact that a number
of our Alumni are oonneoted therewith. May
the number of such continually inorease.” Re
sponded to by CoL H. H. Jones, of the Tele
graph and Messenger.
10. “The Fair: Never to be forgotten by
good men and true, God bless them.”
Many of the responses were replete with
pathos, sentiment and humor. At this late, or
rather early hour, it is impossible even to al
lude to them, though the archives and traditions
of seventy gears were exhausted to furnish inci
dents and data for this interesting occasion.
At the conclusion of the regular toasts, many
other gentlemen were called out, and entertain
ed the hall with witty and eloquent addresses.
Among these were Rev. Dr. Tucker; Dr.' Hicks,
Mr. Hammond and others.
In the small hours of the morning the assem
bly broke np, and thus ended the celebrated
Alumni gathering and banquet, which, we trust,
have inaugurated a new era of prosperity and
good feeling for our anoient and honored Alma
Mater.
Your correspondent desires to make special
mention of the courtesies and favors reoelved
at the hands of Captain W. Williams, the gen
tlemanly Express Agent at this place. . J.
“Boots,” a cotton speculator, says “many of
your readers would be pleased if you would give
them extracts of-your cotton crop estimate of
this time last year as published in your enter
prising jonrnaL Your readers desire to com
pare statements then and those to-day pub
lished.” We do not recollect whether we ever
attempted any estimates last year or what they
were. We make none now, and made none yes
terday—except to express the opinion that the
crop would fall below the anticipations of three
and a half to four millions bales with which the
market would be opened on the part of buyers.
If we should give an “estimate,” it would be at
least disinterested and not that of a bull or a
bear; and we believe would be nearer right than
his or any other person’s estimates of the last
two orops in the month of July.
But we have very little pride of-opinion on
that or any other subject; and if “Boots” and
his friends would like to ascertain whether we
made any estimate of last year’s crop, and if so,
whether it was wider of the mark than other
people’s, we have not the slightest objection to
put onr files at his disposaL If we did not make
some blunders that year, it will be a gracious
exception; and.since the actual crop exceeded
the Agricultural Department’s Estimate some
seven or eight hunarea ruousana Dales, we atiaU
have plenty of company, allowing that we haz
arded any judgment on that point. But whether
we did or not, it runs strongly in our mind just
uuw Urns the growing crop, when it comes for
ward, will confound estimators generally in the
matter of falling short, somewhat as that of laBt
year did in the matter of overrunning. But we
shall see. The Year Book well says that three
big crops never come in succession.
Reorganization of the Savannah Custom-
House.—Dr. George H. Stone, late Auditor in
the Chicago Custom-house, has been appointed
Deputy Collector in the Savannah Custom-house,
under Collector Robb, vice 'Wellman, the de
faulter who was dismissed from that position.
Mr. Charles H. Townsend, of the Cnstoms Di
vision in the office of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, has been ordered to assist Collector Robb
in reorganizin^the ‘force employed at the port,
and has also been tendered the position of And*
itor in that Oostom-honse.
Dumbfounded.—Wo see from the N. Y. Tri
bune that the magi of New England are gathered
at Yale, dumb-foonding each other in what are
called “philo-logioal discussions.” Each man
having crammed on a certain point—the force
of a Greek particle—the use of the asperate—a
Hebrew or chaldee root, or the parts of speech
in Algouqueen or Choctaw, pours out a perfect
volcano of erudition to whioh there can be no
reponse, and to which nobody can say nay.—
Consequently the meetings are very harmonious
—but tedious—extremely so.
The.average weight of the cotton bales receiv
ed at New Orleans during the year ending June
30th, 1871, amounts to 451 pounds—the 1,297,
557 bales exported weighing 685,490,483pounds,
and being worth $83,882,013. The overage
weight of the cotton bale in the year ending June
30tb, 1870, amounted to449 pounds-there having
been exported from New Orleans 969,959 bales,
weighing 435,452,826 pounds, and valued at
$100,685,603.
Sleighing in July.—Last week a terrible
hail storm passed over portions of Sullivan
connty, New York, and Wayne and Pike coun
ties, in Pennsylvania. Trees were blown down
—buildings demolished and crops destroyed.
In Wayne connty the ground was covered to the
depth of two inches with hail stones, and sleigh-
riding was practicable. About the same time a
hail storm in Subsox, New Jersey, covered the
ground to a still greater depth.
The President has abandoned his trip to the
West and California, he having been advised by
General Sheridan, General Sherman and many
others, that it is now too late in the season for
a satisfactory visit through the Western coun-
rj—the crops having all been gathered and the
country being in a bare condition. He has ac
cordingly concluded to postpone the trip until
the latter part cf the spring of 1872.
University of Nashville.—We oaiU attention
to the advertisement of the University of Nash
ville, announcing the opening of their fall term
October 4th.- This institution, In its Collegiate
and Law departments, has ten professors, and
numbered 482 students at its last session. That
gallant soldier and accomplished scholar, Gen.
E. Kirby Smith, presides over it as Chancellor.
The people of Rhode Island are happy in
oonsequence of the appearance in their waters
of that excellent fish the bonita. This fish is
esteemed superior to the Spanish mackerel, and
nearly equal in flavor to 1 the salmon. It has not
been known in Rhode Island waters until re
cently ; now it is so plentiful that it is sold in
the Providence fish markets at twenty cents per
pound.' v-
A Tennesseean, who has been raising and pre
paring opium experimentally, is authority for
the statement that the yield per acre is from
thirty to fifty pounds, whioh varies in price
from $7 50 to $10 per pound. One hand can
cultivate easily and well four acres, which, at a
yield of thirty pounds, would be $1200.
The Cotton Situation.
Watts & Go.’s Weekly Liverpool Circular of
July 14th, has the following:
The Situation.—We have in several of our re
cent reports called attention to the faot that the
recent very rapid reduction in the visible supply
was more apparent than real, and last week we
gave a table showing that the actual position
on the 30th nit, including the stock held by
English and Continental spinners, indicated an
excess in supplies then as compared with cor
responding date last year of about 000,000 bales.
A further inveatigation of the subject satisfies
us we then somewhat underestimated the sup
plies held by Continental spinners, and if, in
addition, we bad taken into acoonnt the excess
of stocks held in Russian and Spanish ports it
would have been nearer correct to put the ex
cess at about 700,000 bales. This large excess
in the aotual supply will, of coarse, have an
important bearing upon the oourse of prices
sooner or later, for it is very evident the time
must come when from one cause or other the
trade will fall back upon the large stocks which
they hold, and we are then almost certain to
have a long dull spell and a consequent re
action in prices. This is the weak point in the
present position of the market. But, on the
other hand, if the American crop grown this
year should oontinue to give promise of
a decreased yield, as compared with the
crop of last year, of about one million of bales,
which seems now to be about the popular es
timate, this would not only offset the excesses
in the present actual supply, but allow some
300,000 bales for decreased productions next
year. It shonld farther be borne in mind the
question of actual supplies can only be approx
imately arrived at- by the few who carefully
study the statistics of the trade, and conse
quently exerts a less direct influence on prices
than the visible supply at the principal markets
which are more generally observed. Now from
our usual weekly table given above, it will be
seen we make the present visible supply only
132,720 bales in excess of this date last year,
whilst the stock here in Liverpool is now actu
ally reduced to within 68,030 bales of the figures
of last year at this date. This last item seems
at first glance really astonishing when taken in
connection with the faot that the imports into
this port since 1st January last have exceeded
the corresponding period of last- year by 721,-
7S0 bales. . *
In our report of last week we estimated the
stock of cotton held by English spinners on the
30th ultimo at 220,000 bales; since then, say
two weeks, they have taken from this port and
London 153,000 bales, and assuming consump
tion at 59,000 bales per week, they would now
appear to bold 260,000 bales, against about 59,-
000 at this time last year. The stock at the Con
tinental ports, excepting Havre, whioh is given
in onr table above, and excluding the ports of
Spun and Russia, from whioh we cannot ob
tain regular and aocurate returns, amounted on
the 7th instant to 182,150 bales, against 67,100
last year and 28,150 the year before.
UNITED
INTERFERENCE WITH THE
STATES HAIL.
A Negro Hob Take Possession of the Steam
er San Antonlo—Insnbordlnotion of One
of the Crew—Examination before the
United States Commissioner, Etc.-
-Captain Lee, of the steamer San Antonio, re
ports that he left Savannah last Friday for Jack
sonville, that at Brunswick he took a party of
colored persons on board, numbering one hun
dred and fifty, bound to Fernandina; that on
their return from that place they commenced
disorderly conduct, drawing pistols and razors
on Captain Lee. and ordering him to turn back,
whioh he was compelled to do; that the Cap
tain then applied to the United States Revenue
Cutter at Fernandina for assistance, which was
rendered in the shape of two deputy marshals,
who kept the negroes quiet until the steamer
arrived at Brunswick.
After leaving Brunswick—having landed the
whole party and the marshals there—one of the
crew of the San Antonio, a colored man named
JohnDoboy, became not only abusive to Cap tain
Lee, but also insubordinate, which rendered it
necessary for him to be secured, after having
been knooked down. There being no irons on
board he was tied. On arriving at Darien, the
oolored people there, finding that the Captain
had one of their color tied, collected a large
mob, headed by the sheriff of McIntosh county,
who refused to allow the steamer to leave the
wharf, stating that he would get papers with
which to detain her, and stationing a number
or negroes at the gangway and at the lines to
prevent her leaving. After his departure Capfc.
Lee cut the lines and headed his boat for Sa
vannah, where he arrived yesterday morning
at 9 o’clock, and delivered Doboy to the United
States Marshal. A hearing was had in the case,
before Commissioner Wayne, who discharged
him because he had been first assaulted. Doboy
was subsequently arrested on a peace warrant
issued by Justice Oliveira, on complaint of
threatening the life of the mate of the San An
tonio.
Captain Lee has made application for assis
tance to the Postmaster at Savannah and to the
United States Commissioner, to enable him to
carry the mails according to his contract, as the
negroes at Darien had threatened to detain the
boat on its next arrival.—Savannan Republi
can.
THE «EOR«IA PRESS.
The Atlanta Agricultural and Industrials?
ciation announce that they will hold a faitT
October.
The Fairburn Sentinel says that
section were never finer.
The Brunswick Appeal says 181,000 fe*
pitch pine lumber was shipped to Cienfnll
Cuba. ' j i i ~
The Southern Banner says Mr. Jeff Lana as
Miss Marion Reese were married on Wedneat!
Mr. and Mrs. Hoover to give a soiree on TV
day night
ThS Western and Atlantic Railroad ha!
ranged a new schedule with three daily tW
passenger trains to New York, making th«t,
in 49 hours and 49 minutes from leaving i
lanta—giving choice of thirty-nine dafcC
ronton.
The Griffin Star, speaking of the lease oft
Maoon and Western Railroad, says:
Maoon feels very much distressed about j
interests in the premises, and it is said that fi
Macon and Brunswick Road will be aln,
ruined by this operation. Wo feel only an,
oidental interest in the effects at Macon andfc
low there; bnt, so far as Griffin is conceit
we fear the movement bodes no good toi
Hopes have been indulged that the Cent*
would take hold of and eomplete our North*
abama Road, but indications now are that tC
have a perfect understanding with the lessees
the State Road and will therefore encoura B «
enterprise in competition with that lease! '
this be so, the people on the lino of our ir
road must look to their own resources ana t
orgies to complete this road.
A Negro Killed in Henry County.—B
Middle Georgian has news from Henry cone
that a oolored man named Charles Prioe »
Wiled by John Sims (coL) in Henry county,
last Sunday week. Two negro women haa*
quarrel at a prayer meeting near Mr.
Lewis’place, the subject of the controveu
being a pig, which ended in a fight. Thaa
I ant gentlemen from Afric’s sunny clime, sta
ped into the women’s shoes to settle tho
tion, which resulted as above Btated.
Something interesting is advertised fot;v
10th of August at the-Indian Spring. A cai,
ball is something new, and under the muni)
ment of the Indian Spring Skating and Danes
Association, will result in the biggest kind of
success. We expect quite a crowd will he;
attendance from Griffin.
The Middle Georgian learns from those *■„
vPere in attendance at the District Meeting
Thomaston last week that the crop prospects if
the line of railroad from this city to Thoms*
are very poor—not a fair average crop out
whole route. Corn is suffering very much £
want of run, and in many places the cottot
not half leg high, and not more than a ha
stand at that. If it were not for the veiy 1»H
amount of com planted over and above for-’
years, we should begin to have serious aj
tensions upon the bread question.
We clip the following statistical inform»s*|
from the Atlanta Georgian:
Statistic.—Of the sixty-nine young hi;
who fainted away in Atlanta, during tha -
mer, fifty-seven fell into the arms of gentle:
eleven fell on the floor, and one in the i
bucket. Nothing serious In any of the eases.
The Street Railroad is going right m
Preparations aro being made for an early or
mencement of travel over this line.
Goon.—The Ice Manufactory stock is r]
booming. Ten tons of ice is manufactured ^
disposed of every day.
From the Monroe Advertiser, of the 1st,™
take the following:
Efforts Rewarded.—Among the entris i
the Fair on Saturday last we notice several v*j
made by colored men. Sturdy-armed Ab. Kr:
carried off the prize offered for best sweep, k >
honorable mention was made of other spit.
mens of his blaoksmithing for which no prt:
run had been offered. Dan Taylor, also, it tj
be seen, was awarded a special premium fa !
coop of ducks exhibited. “Uncle Dan” oufl
several other entries that attracted attenlis
and others entered the list as competitors:
growing tobacco, com and melons. The sp:
that animated all these contestants is comae:
able, and its growth should be encouraged.
Monroe in the Market.—The Griffin S;
says.
Matt Farley, of Monroe county, scut in sir.]
bales of cotton on last Friday, and has sctes
more of the same sort left at home. Hear
several bales a few weeks ago. Matt is one:
those fanners whose com crib and smoke fcos
are on the “Farley plantation,” and after w
ing off hishands, his cotton left is clear. ‘Wo:
that we had plenty more of such farmers.
Visible Supply of Colton.
The New York Commercial and Financial
Chronicle of Friday gives the following table of
visible supply np to Friday night:
1871.
Stockin Liverpool bales 699,000
Stock in London 80,062
Stock in Glasgow. 700
Stock in Havre 79,440
Stock in Marseilles 23,200
Stockin Bremen...., 59,149
Stock rest of Continent. 65,000
Afloat for Great Britain -
(American) 59,000.
Afloat for France (American
and Brazil) 43,10S
Afloat for Bremen(American) 15,572
Total Indian Cotton afloat -
for Europe*. 607,530
Stock in United States ports 156,002
Stock in inland towns 15,879
1870.*
589,000
29,734
400
148,810
10,300
23,317
35,000
59,000
17,810
*452
496,902
115,165
24,223
Total.
.1,903,642 1,550,113
*Ihis item includes all Indian cotton afloat
for Europe, and also all cotton afloat for Liver
pool other than American. .
These figures indicate an increase in the cot
ton in sight to-night of 353,529 bales compared
with the same date of 1870. According to a re
quest from a correspondent in this city, we to
day obtained by telegraph the stock of cotton
at Providence, which, of oourse, is not included
in the above. The figures are as follows: Thir
ty thousand bales to-day against ten thousand
bales the samo date last year. We notice that
the Associated Press dispatches give the present
stock 37,000 bales.
Frederick William Among the Girls.—Near
ly two thousand young ladies of Berlin applied
for the position of presenting the golden laurel
wreath and delivering the ode of welcome to the
Emperor William upon his entrance into his
capital. The younglady who was finally entrust
ed with this task, Miss Blaster, was selected not
only on account of her great beauty, but also
because sho had distinguished herself during
the war as a nurse in the hospitals. In accord
ance with an old established custom, the Empe
ror will hereafter take care of the lady, and in
case she should marry, give her a dower of five
thousand dollars.
Twenty-five years ago a Mr. Robinson, of
Titusville, Fa., sold one hundred acres of his
farm to a shoemaker of the vioinity named
Grant for $100, to be paid in boots and Bhoes
for Robinson’s family. . Within the past few
years, both Robinson and Grant have been
made wealthy by finding upon their property
some of the most productive oil wells in the
State, bnt the contract said boots and shoes,
and a few weeks since the last pair were fin
ished, the leather having just been used np.
A leading Philadelphia doctor takes upon
himself the duty of correcting the theory that
black-berries are useful or harmless in cases
where children are convalescing from diarrhoea
or cholera inf&ntnm. TTa rava : “Fmm aIaka nh.
or cholera infantum. He says: "“From dose ob
servation daring several years, meantime enjoy
ing a large practice, I am forced to believe that
there is no other one cause so fatal to life- in
the.se complaints as eating blackberries.”
It is believed that a large proportion of what
are termed Tnflinn outrages are committed by
white desperadoes from Mexico, who disguise
themselves as Indians for the purpose of de
ceiving their victims as to their nationality.
They are said to frequent the Mexican line in
the vicinity of the Rio Grande, committing
depredations with impunity upon the people on
both sides of the river.
Don Putr, as janitor of the Galaxy “Club
Room, ” has fallen early in the aotion. The Don
didn’t hold out as long as Mark Twain did by
several months. This thing of writing maga-
zine fun to order is very wearing on delicate con
stitutions.
The fifty-third victim of the New York til j
died last Friday.
The latest pretty idea of the Atlanta ice wcr> j
is a bouquet frozen in the centre of a blocs. ]
ice.
The British Admiralty do not intend to re ]
struct any more large armor-plated ships i j
present.
John Harper, of Saratoga, the owner il
“Longfellow,” is the mm who plays on a 14 3
of a (hundred) thousand strings.
The name of Seven-Up is claimed by a tS j
town in Iowa. It is fanciful, pretty, and s»i
gestive.
A London jeweller has been five years at *4 ;
npon a watch, and it will be worth $10,000 sal
finished.
Thomas A. Soon is said to be Presidenif
two railroad companies, Vice-President i
ejeven, and Director in thirty-four.
During last year 940,000,000 letters pas
through the post offices of Great Britain, aci
the whole number only 27,000 were alleged
be lost.
Two firms in Natiok, Mass., annually re j
same the skins of two thousand horses in ps_ 1
viding envelopes for the balls used in the
national game.
The .Washington Capital is discussing
momentous question: “shall we have a *
White House to put our President in, ora
ter President to put in onr White House ?'
The Boston News, the organ of the
chusetts prohibitionists, says tho Repablii
party in that State is a nondescript animal
which a rum head is joined to a prohibit
body.
Calais, Maine, is a nice place for young
to go to. The local paper there says that t<
thirds of tho-wealth of the town is to be ini
ited by young girls. The rich men there do:
have sens.
Out of 31,500,000 inhabitants of Great Br.
ain, only about 30,000 are owners of realesbj
A land reform party would not bo a bad
for that government.
The polar, steamer Polaris, Hall, master,
rived in St; John’s, N. F., a few days Bi: __
The officers and crew had a public recepm
from the colonial authorities and a banquet*
the Governor’s mansion.
New York, July £8.—A sensation story j*J
that a hundred and fifty thousand infected t-
falo robes are on the way to this city ft®
Buenos Ayres and Mountevideo, where set
pox has been ragiDg.
On the 1st of Jnly, the birthday of Bright
Young, his wives and children gave him a F-
prise party. It was his seventieth birthday, w
how many of his wives ini children partis?
ted in the demonstration is not stated by°
Utah papers.
The Alabama darkies are holding pel* 1 ,
meetings at which “no white man is allowed
attend.” They say they intend to have ts 1
own way this year, and that ‘.‘the carpet-bag
or scalawag who interrupts them will go *'■
with a flea in his ear.”
Gov. Palmer, of Illinois, is determined
punish the lynchers, of Martin Herea, who *
hanged by a mob for murdering Iris son.
brute certainly deserved hanging; but the 6-
emor is right in his resolve to bring the no*
who took the law into their own hand? to a sm
accountability for their actions.
The New Orleans Picayune says that
the direction of A bad class of whites the
groes of that city have organized an imitat?
of the Ku-klux Klan, the object in view b*
to control the political influenoe of the cob
population in favor of the faction headed
Lieut-Governor Dunn.
Already one hundred indiotments haveb^
found against members of the Ku-klux n* 4 ^
North Carolina, and there is a cheerful pros?’
that the number will be increased to one tj**
and by the time the United States Circuit. w*
aits. Verily, North Carolina is invaluable
the Radicals.
Ax a reoent review, at Boshey Park, Eng*^
the Prince of Wales wore tight pantaloons
brilliantly shining high top boots, a oirff^
stance that has set the military critics in L**g
quite agog, as it was an innovation upon ^
ceived notions in the British army as reg|^
tbe correct costume for the lower extrem*
The idea is a sensible one and will take.
