Georgia Historic Newspapers

    GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER
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The Family Journal—Nets—Politics—L iteratu^e—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs.
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STABLISHED 1826.
MACON; TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1871.
Volume LXV—No. 8
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The Snpjeeme Conrt.
Atlanta, August 14,1871.
Jditors Telegraph and Messenger: In my last
promised to give you my impressions of
1 THE SUFBEJIE COCBT.
ad, if it bo not presumptuous, I will tell you
jati pittA it should be; and then, what I
nstitntion and protect the rights of the peo-
e. It is before this tribunal an honest man
\x always tread with firm step and buoyant
art, in fail confidence of its virtue and sta-
ity. If to anything else our pathway leads,
pc must vanish, as from year to year the dark
taro shall unfold and bring in fuller view the
ocs that betide us, and will crush with wider
mce, not only the pillars of, but the temple of
til liberty itself. The Superior Court Bench
id to be filled from the weak and erratic mate-
els resident in the respective circuits identified
Hh the State administration. This well ac
tants fort he alter destitution of judicial fitness
t the part of many of our judges, whose opin-
ss command no respect, and hence the crowded
ite of the Supremo Court dockets. Wo nat-
ally look for political factions to bo guided by
pa'sions and prejudices that spring out of
:eir straggles to get and hold place and power,
his is an evil to which all governments have
cn more or less subject; and it would bo ex-
etieg too much of an enlightened Christian
•public, even if governed by the best intelli-
acs and by the classes possessing the
ost public virtue, that it should be en-
;dy exempt from it. But it is not un
it or unreasonable for the people to
Eoiad of the Supreme Justiciary of the State,
lit the garments with which their judges are
olhed shril be kept in spotless whiteness, un-
raished by partisanship,unmoved by the pow-
above or the masses beneath them. This is
sablimo consummation of the American cit-
:eas' hope. Bad passions will assail us all,
at the judiciary must be impervious to their
Tort*. Evils and errors must needs fall thick
d heavy upon the country, but the judiciary
usi rear her head aloft and stand erect, like
.e rock clad mountain peaks amid the infuri-
ed winds of heaven. Let riBgs form and
oarisli with ill gotten gains, and dissolve when
ostile interests break the golden circle. Let
^nasties hatch in the filth of evil times and
(ten, and at last ba poisoned upon the cor-
iptions they prodace. Let parties rise and
!1 with the ebbing and flowing of popular
issions. Lot administrations flourish upon
;eir wisdom and virtue, or go down disgraced
aid the cloud of their errors and vices, but in
i came of justice and right, that are eternal,
the Lame of a people doomed to misery
hen these are stilled, in the name of Constita-
oral Government, the last hopo of suffering,
rlest-ridden, power-cursed humanity on earth,
t the escutcheon of the Supreme Court bear
wn with thoir history to unborn generations
is unsullied emblems of learning, free from
artisan bias, uninfluenced by misguided sym-
itby, nnawed by power, but guided and con-
oiled by organio law.
Georgia has no nr live son in high place.—
be United'States Judge for Georgia, and tho
bief Justice of the State Court are Irishmen;
ie associate Jnslices aro men of Northern birth,
angh all are identified with her in interest and
fffipathy, and none of them wanting in expo-
iace and ability. It is a penalty imposed by
■ 5 ruling powers, that tho leading minds of onr
setion that still bear faith and allegiance to
sth and political virtue, and cherish as more
itredtban the profits of office tho honor of our
tcile, are doomed to private life;
Re court has lost much of that impressive
1 S®ity which characterized the first twenty
ars of its history. Tho Judges each Eeem
trioas to show their sagacity, by frequently
■’irrupting debate, by asking relevant and ir-
sivvmt questions in the midst of unfinished
steaces and paragraphs of arguments ’ pro-
ressing before them; and by injecting hypoth-
: - li of cases to be answered impromptu by at-
in tho midst of their arguments, and
; ttn totally foreign to the matter then being
*cu«ed. It not unfrequently happens that
t Judges are thus interogating at once, and
* Forney trying to answer at tho same time,
ke scene reminds ns of a batch of cross-road
uticiiM, all trying to ventilate their ideas of
f science of government at once. This meth-
J o> colloquial argument in conrt, is not only
wgoified in a conrt of this character, bnt
lo confuse that class of attorneys whose
act slowly and are not ready in an off-hand
■wte. There aro a few to whom it gives an ad-
-’-•age. Questions intended to get information
1,0 “®t* to enable tho Judges to understand the
fgamenta are eminently proper. But those
•«sded, either to show the sagacity of the
or confuse the member of his conrt who
1 tugsgsd iu representing a cause before him,
!t distasteful—not to use a harsher term to
jpress it. He has his time to be heard—it is
«a ho pronounces the opinion and places it
tho records of tho Court. And a proper
'Swd for the amenities between the bench and
requires that he should speak at his proper
; * and place. There is more serious objec-
“ Run that of judicial dignity and profes-
5 i ‘ etl< luetto, to this practice into which our
■“preae Court has fallen. As long as the case
^ open for debate at all, the mind of the Court
b .® biased, the feelings all impartial,
, tie judgment open to conviction. This is
-Possible after the Judge ha3 thus publicly
■^*ged in a colloquial discussion with tbo at-
in his argument. Ho takc3 a side in the
J* oed ought to be on tho floor instead of tho
Mb. For, however honest he may bo, he is
imager an impartial Judge. It Is the duty of
- Morcey to bring all the facts before the
u, • refresh the memory of tho Conrt npon
•*r w > present decisions of other Courts on
questions, and reason fairly as to his
frights. Tho Judges are paid to hoar all
“dious though it sometimes may be, and
are bound to, hear it impartially. When
‘is done, their decisions are received by the
wf 510 ® an d the people and respected. The
J^v* utility, integrity and fairness of this
u tp we Priceless jowols to tho people; and
r j~®8 will tend more than the want of either,
a., Taurine public virtue, and the force and
■“wlity of public laws.
JUSTICE H. K. Al’CAY,
Hiii not a nal ive of, has a life-long identity
t ‘ f ' te People of this State. He is the only
id ts Kristian on the Supremo Bench;
task®* 1 mnc t abused, and a part of tho
iia t, . was merited, those who know
6d va tbo tetter opinion of his head
«• He Is a man of nerve, a bold and
,{1., . lI r er » end fearlessly follows tho dictates
s judgment His brain is of good size and
Sticfl by a durable physical consti-
tjr, “is mind, well stored with knowledge,
7 speculative and practical. And if he
MtuS 0 *]"* tut a judge, be would be well
* or Hte position ho holds. But his
to .‘ttions led him into radicalism—his tal-
it*. 0 a Party so bereft of real ability in this
otrnar 1 ^ 0 a l 0a ^ er —a chief actor in the
lie, ( “° v n the Government, and elevated
*i!lv » 0 to holds. It has been tbe gen-
J tceived opinion, that ho has been active
and controlling in the counsels of the imbecile
and corrupt administration that now enrses the
people of this State, shaping legislation and ad
ministrative policy, and then sitting in judg
ment to affirm that legislation and policy. If
this is not true, he is falsely accused, and the
accusation withholds from him the measure of
public confidence that should be awarded to a
man of his integrity and ability, and to a Judge
of tho Supreme Court. If it is true, now that
he is in position, he owe3 it to the people and
bar who respect him personally, and to his own
reputation, to cut loose from these political en
tanglements and devote his strong mind and
good heart to the office of Judge. If he will do
th : s his future career may be eminently useful.
If be persists in being a politician and judge
be will spoil both, and succeed well at neither.
The relief measures of the State Government
have called down censure upon him. Resist
ance to their binding force has elicited praise
of his associate. Pretermitting any expression
03 to how far political alliances and pecuniary
interest may affect the honest judgment of men,
I will suggest that undue praise, as well as un-
jnstcensure, mayhave been bestowed both ways;
that we now have much to forbear; and when
the smoke of these dark days shall have cleared
away, and we can look back upon them without
the passions that are now excited by interest,
we shall see much that we will be mutually wil
ling to forgive.
JUSTICE EIBA1T WAENE3
has been long connected with public affairs in
this State, with whoso people he identified him
self in early life. Most of his youthful cotem
poraries have gone'to that “bourne whence no
traveler returns,” and by reason of great natural
strength and uniformly temperate habits, be is
not only a connecting link between the past and
present ages, bnt preserves much of the vigor
and elasticity of his middle life. His force of
character elevated him to tho State Legislature
at a period when the best talents were to be
found there, forty-five yearsago. After serving
with distinction two years on tho circuit bench,
he had practiced at the bar several years prior
to the organization of the Supreme Court in
1845. His associates of the first benoh, Lump-
S and Nisbet, stood in their lot and place, and
at last, full of years and honors. They were
eminent as lawyers, judges, patriots, scholars,
gentlemen—and last though most important, as
Christians, and departed, ready for the great
Assize above, and prepared to be judged by their
faith and obedience in Christ-Jesus. When
Judge Lumpkin fell asleep, Warner was called
to the Chief Justiceship of the Conrt—an ap
pointment approved by the whole bar of the
State.
If when that conrt was dissolved by the edicts
of the Federal Government, he had retired, the
breezes that should sweep over his grave would
have borne to mortal ears no whisper of reproach
upon any part of his life.
He accepted the third rank on the benoh with
men bom after be was a lawyer, perhaps, and
who had never been on that bench. This many
of the bar appeared after be was driven to the
alternative of accepting or refusing it But
he sought and accepted position under Rufus B.
Bullock, and was so far removed from his past
alliances, and so nearly assimilated with him as
to receive his favor. This, when his pecuniary
condition did not demand it When it was not
necessary to fill up the measure of his fame as
a jurist. This is a historic plaster that will
stick. For when the thousand tongues of his
tory leap from the influence of Federal bayonets
and are free to record the whole truth, this ad
ministration will form so black a spot on the
annals of Georgia, that no man can havepassod
through it as a recipient of its favor without
having his garments soiled.
But Judge Warner’s share of the reproach
will be the least of all his companions, for he
has placed on record a line of decisions which
indicate his unyielding devotion to the consti-
tion. And while it is not to be expected that
he should retain his mental vigor as it was a
quarter of a century ago, if there is any strik
ing sign of the old man abont him, it is in the
fretful manner in which he dissents from his
associates upon questions of contracts, and tho
collection of debts. May bis years be pro
longed and bis honors brighten with the ad
vance of time.
ennr justice o. a. loohbane,
who holds under temporary appointment since
the resignation of Chief Justice Brown, has
been charged at the bar of the Senate of the
United States, where he had no voice to defend,
with being the friend of “everybody.” If a Ufe
of uniform politeness, a bland smile, a kind
word, a heart and hand ready alike, for all his
fellow creatures, an amiable disposition towards
associates and opponents, a faithful iffort to
elevate himself in the profession, extend his
reputation and increase his emoluments, and a
manifest willingness heretofore to servo tho
pnblic in official station, and frequent changes
of political allignment, make out the charge, ho
must stand convicted. But if it requires that
he should have betrayed his private friendships,
or proved recreant to trusts reposed in him, the
evidence is wanting, and the accusation must
fail. Nor is it apparent that he has sought office
with more perseverance than his accusers.
A few instances, andonly a few, have occurred
where tho choice of the Governor was tho choice
or met tho approval of the bar and people. The
appointment of Judge Lochrano was not one of
them. But he is entitled to justice at the hands
of bis profession—and that requires a frank ad
mission that his bearing is pleasant, bis treat
ment courteous, and his attention earnest and
nnremitted; and all the decisions pronounced
by him, so far as I have heard them, show a
critical examination anu a clear and distinct un
derstanding of tho matters reviewed beforohim.
Ho concurs when his judgment approves, and
dissents when he dissents in opinion from Ms
learned associates. Thoso who favor the collec
tion of old debts accuse him, as they do McOay,
and as those favoring relief do Warner. If
otherwise there has been any suspicion of a
want of official fidelity, I have not heard of it.
Men of literary endowments and florid style of
popular eloquence—capable of moving the
masses and wieldiDg juries—usually get the char
acter of- a want of solidity and depth. _ Many
who are wanting in and sigh for these gifts are
not slow in attempting to mould the character
of their superiors. TMs is a point at wMch
Judge Locbrane has suffeied. It is not, and
never was, evidence of a want of solidity of
mind that it was quick and brilliant. The dia
mond, wMIe it ontsMnes, cuts by reason of its
hardness. The diamond would need no defense,
if charged by lead or brass with a want of solid
ity because it shines brightly. In my next I will
give you my impressions of Atlanta.
Richard.
Fbuit Tbade in New Yobe.—The Commercial
Advertiser of Wednesday evening says:
The largeBt arrival of peaches during tho sea
son occurred to-day. Since daybreak there have
been received no less than 192 car loads, and
8 500 crates by boat. Yesterday’s arrivals
amounted to 141 ear loads and 5,000 crates by
baat, making a total in two days of 333 car
loads and 13,500 crate3. Tho prices aro quite
low, ranging from 80 cents to $1 50 per crate.
This fruit sells very readily, and this afternoon
there is not much left on hand. The capacity
for consumption seems to expand equal to the
supplies offering. The apple trade is very dulL
The large sale of peaches forestalls the demand
for apples. Tho prices aro from $1 50 to $2,
and tho best $3 per barrel. Fears are at differ
ent prices, from 50 cent8 to $5 per crate; good
Bartletts are worth from §3 50 to $4 per orate,
and from $8 to $9 per barrel; “Duchess” and
“Sickles" from $2 to $2 50 per crate.
The mean depth of the North Atlantic Ocean,
which is stated by Maury to bo 12,500 feet, has
been reduced by more elaborate soundings to
9,900, and it is probable, according _ to Keith
Johnson, Jr., the geographer, that this average
depth is greater than will be verified by future
measurement.
The Rev. RichardWilkins, in a recent sermon
in tho church of St. Michael, Ssvanmore, stated
bis belief that there would be twelve women to
one man who wonld enter heaven. This, he
stated, was a calculation of his own, and was
based on sacramental oonfession.
EDITORIAL. CORRESPONDENCE.
Finale ofFortValley Fair—Crop nml Kens
Items from Southwest Georgia.
CtJTHBEBT, August 14, 1871.
Let ns take np again tho thread of events so
rudely severed in onr last, by the arrival on the
scene at Fort Talley, of the shrieking locomo
tive, whioh, like “time and tides wait for no
In the afternoon the laughable xnulo race,
like the “tub” contest of aquatic sportsmen,
came off, affording much amusement to tho
orowd. Then followed the eagerly looked for
exMbition of lilliputian live stock, yclept the season *
“baby show.” About a dozen magnificent spec
imens of mamma’s prodigies, fortified against
colic we suppose, by the magic of Mrs. Winslow,
their patron saint, and looking all innocence
and dimples, sweetness and smiles, were pre
sented for the prizes. We searched closely
for the wings of this cherubic band, tMnking
they had escaped from their elfin abode beyond
the ken of mortals. But no; their pouting lips
and gleesome prattle, plainly evinced that they
were emanations of their glorious Heavenly
Father, and as yet untouched and uncontam
inated by the stain of sin. The judges had a
difficult task to perform, and in their award of
prizes to tico of the beauteous innocents, of
course mortally offended the mothers of the
remaining ten. One of their number, a petit
and lovely lady, could not exactly contain her
indignation. A few words escaped from her
lips, which caused us devoutly to bless our stars
that tee had not pronounced against her peerless
babe. Look out for the Ku-klux again in old
Houston.
THE SUFPXB.
After night-fall, in the spacious apartment'
above the exhibition room, two long tables were
spread, and literally crowded with tempting
viands and every conceivable delicacy—many of
the cakes were splendidly decorated, and the
entertainment was most tastefully arranged. In
the large hall below, were assembled a brilliant
array of the beauty and fashion of this refined
portion of the State. Elegant toilets, flasMng
eyes, flowing tresses, and animated conversa
tion lit up the soene, and formed a tout ensem-
lle, rarely surpassed in our most fasMonable
cities. Certainly the fair of Fort Valley Fair,
at least, will challenge comparision with tho
proudest beauties of tMs or any other clime.
Thus ended this industrial exhibition which
was a perfect success, and will prove the fore
runner to many others in the interior. No
surer or more rapid stops can be taken to dig
nify labor, and elevate the standard of agricul
ture iu Georgia.
CHOPS.
The rains have been copious and general
throughout the country, but the cotton promise
iu the judgment of the writer, is worse than it
has been at any previous stage of the season. On
the red lands, the forms and young fruit had
nearly all fallen off before the rains, and the
plant had blossomed up to the top. A new
growth of weed will now set in causing tho bolls
already on the stalk to dwindle hr stop growing,
whilo it is too late to mature another crop. The
cotton on gray and sandy soils looks better, but
has also lost much of its fruit, and is exceedingly
small and irregnlar. Planters are greatly dis
heartened with the prospect.
EBUCATIONAL.
On Saturday last the tax-payers of this place,
by a vote of eighty to three, decided in favor
of imposing a corporation tax of $5000 to se
cure,_ if possible, the location here of the male
district school, abont to be established by the
Methodist denomination. Two free schools
also were opened to-day (for whites) under the
late law, presided over by Prof. McNulty and
Mr. Murray, both gentlemen of experience and
tbo highest attainments.
Cuthbert is improving rapidly,and the streets
are generally throngod with railroad officials
and employes.
■ Soon the work of locating and constructing
the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Columbus Rail
road will begin, and progress like magic in
the hands of the energetic contractors, Messrs,
Atkins, Tomlin and others. Any amount of
laborers stand ready to piteh in. J.
Letter from Indian Spring.
Indian Spbings, August 13,1871.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: If a suc
cessful attempt were made at describing tbe
spot where the most superior water this sido of
Saratoga is to be found, it would be an old sto
ry thrice told. Indian Spring and her healing
waters aro as familiar to your readers as scenes
in tho history of Georgia wMch have made this
place memorable. While many aro seeking
health and pleasure in places remote from our
glorious Empire State, benefiting those who
“would it they could” guide and hurl tho thun
derbolts of heaven against her comer stone that
she might only be remembered as once the
home of nature’s truest type of American chiv
alry, there have been almost a faithful three
hundred mindful of Georgia’s interest, who,
knowing tho requisites so essential to summer
happiness, were dispensed through tho rock,
which tho greatest combination of gasses, saline
and sulphurous ingredients pass through of any
in this country.
When the water fails to achieve a beneficial
change the virtues of the excellent faro at the
McIntosh House are weighed and never found
wanting. We have found though why there is
such a wanting for chickens, mutton, etc., in
your city. B. W. Collier, being Mayor of Mc
Intosh, (name given Indian Spring by Legisla
tive enactment of 18G6,) Las appointed each of
Ms twelve boys, including George and “Ns-
tilas,” commissioners for districts between tMs
point and Central City, for the purpose of
‘coming” kleptomania on all innocent cMckens
and sheep that rove through these parts uncon
scious of their nearness to the guillotine.
The success of their labors are shown to ap
preciative friends at every meal. Those of the
guests who can be induced to leave the enticing
dining hall have many opportunities of spending
the houra in various enchanting ways. Between
the McIntosh and Vamer Houses, the latter
built by General McIntosh in the early part of
this century, is a large and well ventilated hall,
used by the skating and terpsichorean amateurs.
Music discoursed by combined brass and siring
bands, for the benefit of skaters, steals through
the many windows, and is wafted on the cool
refreshing breeze, always blowing here, to the
ears of the many married ladies who adorn the
long galleries in front of the hotel with their
sweet faces, and neat and useful little work
baskets, while the “coming man and woman”
are doing the honors to Terpsichore, and Major
Williams, Colonel Lockett, and about fifty other
widowers and old bachelors are stored away in
the largo promenading hall on the first floor of
the McIntosh House, guarded from those to
whom man owes all happiness by clouds of
cigar smoke, playing that game Ah Sin did not
understand.
In front of the Varner House is the celebrated
rock on wMch Molntosh stood when he informed
Jnnussbogee and his fellow braves of the con
cession made to the few “pale faces” then living
here, wMeh ’tis well known caused his untimely
death. It is said tMs rook, weigMng probably
twenty-five tons, turns every time it hears a
chicken crow. The cMckens here seldom live
to be large enough to use their voice as awam
over this phenomenon. So the rock will to
main as it is till the waters dry up and the many
thousands who have been here at different times
will meet together.
About fifty yards below this historical place
is a large two story house, first floor furnished
with elegant bathing rooms supplied by water
from the spring abont ten steps distant, on the
second floor are several Russian bagatelle ta
bles for tbe benefit of those who prefer playing
“ten pins” on an improved plan to the oldstyle
practised across Sandy Creek at Elder’s bowl-
lD ^herJ have been three new bridges built
across the streams that flow around the Spring,
each one ereoted where Inuabogee crossed with
his beautiful Katherine McIntosh, a short time
after he and his followers killed her father.
Their love and courtship form an interesting
romance for the Indian Spring Miiror’sreaders
—a neat paper published here.
Those who have visited Indian Spmg this
season have been, if possible, more inpressed
by the virtue of the water than ever before.
A gentleman who has visited the placeregular-
water Abetter now than whemhe firfffelt its
recuperating influence, though a receit analy
sis has proven it the same as that of H39 when
analyzed by State Geologist Cotting. I
The residents of Butts county, ixpect to
have a narrow gauge railroad rnnniig within
two or three miles of the Spring before next
season. If completed it will pi ace the water
wMch like salvation is free to all, so lonvenient
to health and pleasure seekers, thatinstead of
two hundred visitors, the number Will,. a3 it
should be, quadrupled. frnANOEn.
Letter from Chalybeate Swings.
Chalybeate Spbings, Augustl3,1871.
Editors Telegraph and Messenjen These
Springs wMch seem to have attraetd a larger
number of health and pleasure seekers this
season than any in the State, are, delightfully
located in a mountainous part of Meriwether
county, and those who desire to .be relieved
from doll times, warm weather, md a lack of
pleasure, can here find invigorajibg air, shady
trees, and waters as elear and sjarkling as that
with which tho Indian Sagam»re slaked his
thirst in that far off time when /‘Naremetta,” a
maiden of the “Cherokees,” ecpired of grief
because her warrior lover provid untrue; the
legend, (whioh I got from the ddest inhabitant)
runs that findmg herself decored, she did noth
ing but lament her loss—her tears flowing in
cessantly. At the expiration d ten years, tMnk
ing dissolution about to take place, she ex
pressed a wish that the “Grat Spirit” would
perpetuate her memory as a warning to un
faithful lovers; so that none night suffer such
anguish as hers. Her prayer fas undoubtedly
heard and answered, for no sooner was she
buried, and whilo the echo of her “death
song” was yet lingering amongihe hills, a trem
ulous motion of the earth was felt, and near
where she had shed tears so loigand copiously,
a rock opened and to this daj sends forth a
stream, wMcb, whatever may btsaid of its oth
ers medicinal qualities is certaitly an excellent
remedy for affections of the Mart. For any
observer can daily see young md despairing
lovers leave tbe hotel with serbus faces and
desponding hearts, but after weMing their way
to the Spring and partaking of some of “Nare-
metta’s tears,” then wanderings short time in
the adjacent groves, they are sure to return
smiling and happy. There are some who insist
that tho solitude of the groves, and the oppor
tunity for conversing away from the too watch
ful eye3 of guardians are incentives to love and
devotion, but the oldest inbtbitant tells me
that it is the effect of the water.
Modem innovators, not satiated with following
the customs of the “redman”md simply drink
ing at the fountain, have erected bathing houses
near tho spring, and now offer suffering hu
manity an opportunity to immerse themselves
in its fife and love-preserving waters; and it is
said by experienced persons that a few of these
baths render one perfectly fascinating. Bat its
most extraordinary qualities are seen to the
best advantage in cutaneous disorders; its in
stantaneous effects upon tho skin are truly as
tonishing. I can myself bear witness of this;
for standing near the spring one day I kaw a
lady and gentleman approach; the lady was
young and a widow; tho gentleman waswealthy
and a bachelor. With mineral spring etiquette
the gentleman offered her a cup of the elixir.
With half averted head and one of thoso “simple
nods and wordless smiles which woke a warmer
throb than if the beauty spoke,” the fascinator
received and drank it. The gentleman made a
wMspered observation. The lady s face, before
unusually pale, suddenly become a charming
crimson. Some rivals of tho widow were Ill-
natured enough to assert that it was the nature
of the gentleman’s remark which caused tho
sudden flush, but the more intelligent are satis
fied that it wo3 solely tho effect of the water.
In addition to the ordinary pastimes of riding,
batMng, walking and love-making, there is
skating and dancing. Last night there was a
grand masked ball at wMch several hundred
beautful Jadie3 and gallant gentlemen indulged
in tho exMlarating pastime of treading the in
tricate labyrinths of tho “mazy.” Every pos
sible kind of character was assumed, except
one’s own, wMch dangerous experiment was
not attempted.
I regret very much that I was unable to learn
the names of tho many fair ones present, but
owing to the unusual crowd I,with a number of
others, were compelled to witness the enter
tainment through a window,
“Like outcast spirits, who wait
And hang ’round Heaven’s gate,
Seeing angels within it.”
There were fine ladies from Macon, fair belles
from Columbus, lovely angels from Savannah,
and, in short, there were fine, fair, lovely, sweet,
bewitching creatures from all parts of the State
concentrated in one delightful sea of gauze;
and when the entrancing music floated out upon
the air there was a billowy movement for an in
stant, and then the angelio creatures assumed
a thousand graceful positions; elegant gentle
men responded in their best manner; bands
were clasped, glances exchanged; then a simul
taneous movement in all directions; then more
attitudes, more forward and baokward, until the
ladies were tired and led to their seats, and
your correspondent sauntered to Ms cabin say
ing to bimself:
•‘O, hours of blias
To equal this
Olympus strove In vain,
O, happy pair,
O, happy pair,
O, happy, happy swam.
John Gilpin.
Crops About Fort Caines.
Fobt Gaines, Clay county, Ga., August 12.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I have
seen much writing abont orops in the newspa
pers, and muoh to disoourage people about
Southwestern Georgia and its health. I have
not xjrospeeted muoh of the growing crop, but
around Fort Gaines theKcrop3 are as good as
oonld be expeotea. Col. B. A. Tumipseed has
about twenty-five acres in cotton near town,
without manure that will make a bale to the acre.
His corn crop on his place near town is good,
and he informs me that on his plantation, four
miles north from town, he is making a good
crop of com and will have several hundred
bushels to sell after supplying his plantation,
and that on Ms plantation he will average a
bale of cotton to two acres. Mr. Thomas E.
Speight, who lives two or three miles south of
the town, says that he has a good com crop-
will make more than enough to supply his
place; that his cotton crop is as good as ever;
that he will doubtless make seventy-five bales,
and Ms crop since the war has ranged from fifty
to seventy-five bales, I believe. I notice other
places about producing according to the strength
of the land and culture. OoL Tumipseed has
used no guano, and £ do not think Mr. Speight
has, though I have not heard him say.
The health of the town and oounty is good
—less chills and fever than I have ever known
in a county in this section of country since the
war. Chills and fever are not an epidemic in
Southwest Georgia—as some would make you
believe. Now if you wish to see as I have seen,
and write as I have written, and place the
country right on the record, some of you “pack
off” down to Fort Gaines—spend a night with
Dick TurnipEeed. He lives in the town; and
will take splendid care of you, and show you
Ms crops and the crops of Ms neighbors. Then
yon will be satisfied that wherever the soil is
rich enough to make produce, it is there in
abundance. Do not be afraid of chills, A young
man returned from New York to Fort Gaines
about ten days ago, and is in fine health. Oth
ers of the citizens have been off up the country,
for months, and say they can enjoy better
health at home than abroad. For the last three
days muoh rain has fallen in and around the Fort.
If I never write again, the typo will not com
plain at Olay.
Foreign Notes.
(PBEFABED FOB THE TELEGRAPH AND HESSENGEH.)
The feud between the friends and enemies of
Papal infallibility continues in Germany. In
Hesse the infallibilists are particularly active,
and their temper may be seen by the following
extract from the “Starkenburger Bote,” wMch
paper is said to be inspired by Bishop von
Ketteler of Mayence: “The governments of
Europe must now come to a decision. Two
ways are open to them. If they resolve to re
store the temporal sovereignty of the Pope,
they wili find the Catholics the most obedient of
their subjects, easily to be satisfied in all pure
ly political questions. If, on the other hand,
they recognize the robbery of the Church, let
them prepare for a war to the knife, against the
newly established order of things, a fierce and
decisive war, withouttreat or compromise. Let
the governments know onr patience was great,
but it ba3 now come to an end. "We Catholics
have a right to demand the liberty of onr
Chnrcb, and it is the duty of the governments
to satisfy our demands; we pay .them tho blood-
tax, but we are tired of being cheated by vain
promises. .The only asenranoe we demand is
the withdrawal of Victor Emanuel from Rome
and the complete restoration of the Papal
States. "We do not humbly ask for tMs guar
antee as amact of grace; no, we demand it im
peratively as our right Hear it, ye mighty of
the earth; hear it, ye governments, whatever
your names may be; hear, Bismarck, Glad
stone, Boast and Andrassy. The Catholics bid
yon satisfy their just demands and interfere in
favor of the Holy Chair; believe ns; do not
neglect frir warning. If you will not restore
tho Catholic Church to all her rights, not one of
the existing governments will continue to exist”
According to the “Cologne Volkszeitung,” a
clerical paper, the Prussian government is en
deavoring to come with Bavaria and Austria to
an understanding for the purpose of rendering
Papal infallibility harmless to the civil power
of the State. Confidential letters on this sab-
ject are said to have been recently exchanged
between Prince Bismarok and the chancellor of
the Austrian Empire.
In the meantime the movement for establish
ing a German Church is progressing. Forty
delegates from Germany, Austria and Switzer
land assembled in Heidelberg and appointed a
committee to drawnp a constitution for the new
church. The principles of the Counoil of Con
stance of 1314 will be embodied in it: subordi
nation of the Pope to the Council; separation
of Church and State, participation of laymen in
the management of the Church; free election
of the bishops; communal election of the pas
tors, and modification of the confessional, are
among the cardinal points the committee has
adopted as the fundamental laws of the new or
ganization. The question whether the Pope
shall be acknowledged a3 the head of the Church
has not been decided yet.
Though many French railway trains had been
captured in actual battle by the enemy, the
German Government has deoided that railway
rolling stock is not to be considered a fair prize
of war, and the carriages taken from the Frenoh
will be restored as soon as the great transports
now going on have ceased. The value of the
property in question was considerable as, ac
cording to the offioial statement made in the
French National Assembly,“ten thousand rail
way carriages had fallen into the hands of the
German troop3. The right of using the Lux
emburg railways belonging to the French East
ern Company has been ceded by France to the
German Empire. Tho Rhenish Ttnii«»“y com
pany wilt r —oecure the lease of the lines
passing through the Grand Duchy of Luxem
burg.
Tho first bill of exchange whioh reached Ber
lin as an installment of the war indemnity was
drawn on a banking firm of that city. It was
endorsed by Ponyer Quertier, the French Min
ister of Finance' and amounted to 1,200,000
thalers. As the stamps required for this draft
amounted to six hundred and thirty thalers,
wMIe the Mghest represent only the value of
ten thalers, sixty-three stamps had to be affixed
to the bill. The municipal authorities of Horn-
burg, the famous German watering place, had
petitioned the Imperial Chancellor to prolong
the time of grace granted to the gaming tables.
The request has been promptly refused, and in
pursuance of an act of Parliament the gambling
establishments throughout the German Empire
will bo abolished toward the dose of 1872. There
have been colossal fortunesmade daring tho late
war. A Berlin firm, dealing in cereals, is said
to have netted two millions on army contracts,
though part of the large capital required had to
be borrowed at forty per cent. A young man
of Berlin was sent to the theatre of war for five
dollars a day; he turned Ms time to account
by doing also a little business for Mmself, and
brought fifty thousand thalers home. Another
firm cleared one million on contracts for meat
The book-keeper of the house who had the
promise of one per oent., claimed and received
ten thousand thalers as Ms share of the profit.
The court-martial for the trial of the Com
munists are iu session at Versailles. Most pris
oners assume a defiant tone and are often rep
rimanded by the court.
TMers and the National Assembly have come
to an understanding in reference to the indem
nification bill. Inhabitants in the departments
are to be compensated for loss and damage suf
fered during the war, by either French or hos
tile troops, and one hundred million francs have
been placed immediately at the disposal of Pon
yer Quertier for distribution among the most
needy of the claimants.
Appreciating the importance of popular edu
cation for wMch hitherto, so little has been done
in France, the government has introduced a bill
providing for a system of compulsory and gra
tuitous education throughout the oountry.
The war budget has been increased 275,000,-
000 francs. The Finance Committee has re
ported in favor of the income tax, generally
considered to be one of tbe most odious taxes.
Energetio measures will be taken for a speedy
suppression of the revolt in Algiers.
The English are always warm sympathisers
of oppressed foreign nations, bnt slow to recog
nise and repair any wrong within their own vast
empire. Six centuries have passed away since
the British sceptre ruled over Ireland, six centu
ries of wrong and oppression. The present
English Ministry is deserving great praise for
having honestly sought to reconoile the Irish
by abolishing some of the most crying abuses,
and the disestablishment of the Irish church
and the land tenure bill entitle Gladstone to the
lasting graditude of the Irish. But whatever
the government may do to win the loyalty of
the Emerald Isle, it cannot undo wrongs dating
from the time when Ireland was conquered by
the force of arms. All concessions have been
in vain, and nothing short of perfect indepen
dence from England will satisfy the people of
Ireland. We must, therefore, not be surprised
at learning that the land tenure bill has been
unable to put a stop to agrarian orimes which
continue as atrocious as ever. The government,
however, has persisted in a policy of reconcilia
tion and endeavored to flatter the vanity of the
discontented by bestowing an Irish title upon
Prinoe Arthur, and prevailing upon the Prince
of Wales to hold for several months of the year
royal oourt in the castle of Dublin. This policy
baa also been very far from being successful.
The presence of the heir-apparent has giv*n
rise to a f earful riot, costing many people <heir
lives.
The Scott oentennary has been “ *
general holiday in the city of Edinburgh. _Tbere
was a splendid procession in wmoh figured char
acters taken from the great romancer’s novels.
Public —|—whi w«e kept np for several
^The Lords hashed their revenge upon Glad
stone for abolishing by Royal warrant the pur
chase system in the army. They have defeated
the ballot bill sent npbythe House of Com
mons. It must be seen, now, if the Premier
will punish those stiff-necked gentlemen by cre
ating a number of peers.
Guizot and a number of other distinguished
Frenchmen have appealed to the King of Spain
to abolish slavery in Cuba and Porto Bioo.
Garibaldi is said to suffer very muoh from the
wound3 he received in the battle of Montana,
when the French Chassepots, for the first time,
“did such wonderful execution among the Ital
ian volunteers” who were maroMng on Rome.
In conclusion, we need hardly dwell on the
absurd speoial to the Herald, stating that Russia
had concluded an alliance with Franoe against
the aggressive policy of Germany and Austria.
That the Russian heir-presumptive, on ascend
ing the throne, will assume a hostile attitude
towards the German Empire is almost certain;
bnt during tbe life-time of Alexander the Second
the best understanding will continue between
countries. France, no doubt, counts upon Rus
sia to make a war of revenge, and the interviews
between the Emperors of Germany and Austria
at Gastein has, probably, given rise to that idle
tumor. - Jabno.
^ i.. : Impressions of Atlanta.
Atlanta, August 15,1871.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger : In my last
I promised you . .
MY IMFBESSIONS OF ATLANTA.
Newspaper effusions and verbal criticisms
abroad, by persons not well-informed, have
tended to bias the minds of strangers unfavora
bly, as to the moral tone of Atlanta people.
That wickedness abounds here cannot be de
nied : bnt a very large per centum of the people
are religious. It is doubtful whether there is a
city in the State where churches are more pros
perous—where there is more devotion and vital
piety.
Situate midway between the coast and the
mountains, it partakes but little of the climate
of either. Dust and mud are the alternate con
ditions of the soil, as oppressive heat and
blighting cold are of the seasons. Henee, it is
a hard place for weak constitutions the year
ronnd, as the bills of mortality (abont one in
thirty) will show.
It has no large stream—no stagnant water-
nothing from the hand of natnre to produce ma
larial diseases. TMs is a circumstance greatly
in favor of a new inland city. Bat it will grow
old after a while and may become densely pop
ulated. That wMch large rivers carry off from
cities on their banks will deposit here, and mix
ing with, will poison the naturally pure water,
and by exhalation taint the atmosphere. They
have no money or time, or if they have, are un
willing to expend them in providing sewerage
and drainage. They are relying npon the inland
undulations to cleanse the city, and are crowd-
in and rushing onto death by epidemic and
pestilence. The odors that greet tho nostrils of
strangers from about the bases and foundations
of the older buildings are giving forward their
unheeded warnings.
The impression prevails abroad that this is
to be a large city, and that is a great auxiliary
to that result. It invites both population and
capital. The surrounding country is poor com
paratively, hard to cultivate, subject to
drouths and not so easy by far for the common
people to live and be comfortable in as tho soft
vine and sugar growing lands, with the mild,
even climate of the low country. But tMs sur
rounding country is so extensive, without of
fering a central town to compete with tMs, that
it more than compensates for the want of fer
tility. It is already a railroad center, and the
struggles for ascendancy in the railroad mo
nopoly by oapital abroad is adding to tho ad
vantages already enjoyed. They are pushing
their connections by the Air-Line towards Vir
ginia, through the no*th«*Bteim put d tho
State, which, when developed, is almost an em
pire within itself. The connection now agita
ted via Columbus to the fertile regions of
Southeast Alabama, and from Coiambus south
via Cuthbert to the rich belt of Southwest
txeorgiB, promises to stretch out an immense
feeder to tMs place. Their grandest enterprise
is by the proposed Georgia Western to North
Alabama and the Valley of the Mississippi.
There is more building going on now than at
any time past, and a still greater improvement
in the style and durability of the buildings.
Brick and mortar are being piled np in every
direotion; ohnrch spires are rising here and
there in stately grandeur, and all outside has
the appearance of life and the Mghest degree of
financial prosperity. But there is another or
deal to pass through, and another scene in the
play.
A few enterprising men in almost every de
partment of business have made money, and are
investing it in brick and mortar; but a large
majority remain comparatively poor. Many
are absolutely poor, and the strong probability
is that of the thirty thousand people of the two
races they claim, at least half live from “hand
to mouth.” A large proportion of the improve
ments are said to be speculative, being based
on credit and by capital owned abroad; and a*
large per oentnm of merchandise is on commis
sion. I have no evil to predict; bnt the result
of all tMs belongs to the future, and depends
much upon fortuitous events which these people
may or may not be able to oontrol for good, or
adapt themselves to.
If I have time to write again, I may give you
my impressions of the State Administration.
Richabd.
LIST OF PREMIUMS
Awarded at tbe Fort Valley Industrial and
Asricnltnral Fair, Meld In Fort Valley,
on tbe 11th August, 1S~1.
Col. W. J. Anderson, rye—premium; oats—
premium; wheat—premium.
Mrs. Lizzie Austin, apple preserves—pre
mium; canned quince—premium; grape jelly
—premium.
MissM. Austin, landscape painting—premium;
ladies dress, hand made—premium; infants
dress, handmade—i>reminm.
Miss Lon Austin, tidy—premium.
E. R. Anthony, native grapes—premium.
Mrs. Lizzie Austin, home made basket—pre
mium.
B. B. Barnes, sweet potatoes—premium.
Wm. R. Brown, Jr., cotton—first premium.
Mrs. L H. Branham.- ground peas—premium.
Mrs. E. W. Brown, picture frame—premium.
Miss Susie Brown, jelly—premium.
Miss Florence Brown, tomato preserves-
premium.
Mrs. W. E. Brown, peach preserves—premi
um; nutmeg preserves—premium; mango pick
les—premium; cucumber pickles—premium.
C. W. Byington, game cMckens—premium.
T. M. Batner, dunghill cMckens—premium.
Miss Minnie Brown, toilet sett—premium.
Mrs. S. Brown, cordial—premium; cranber*
ry preserves—premium; whortleberry preserves
—premium.
W. M. Boswell, winter oollard—premium.
Mrs. L Hi Branham, onions—premium.
Mat Brookins, (colored) best beet—premium.
Mrs. E. W. Crocker, largest variety flowers—
premium; oorn—first premium.
Mrs. J. W. Collier, cover raised work—pre
mium.
Mrs. H. P. Everett, apple jelly—premium-
J. A. Evans, homemade shoos—premia®-
Mrs. J. A-Flournoy, grasses—pren“ am ; fit
ter table boquet—premium; whor*®berry jelly
—premium; Btrawberry j 0 Uy-i>remium; peach
jelly—premium; pair duoks — pre-
J. Greer* quince preserves—pre
mium; Canned riches—premium; pear pre
serves—L
Miss Lot*
jj.jlHoi . ■■
jiM. D. H. Houser, snap beans—premium;
wmatoes—premium.
Miss CeMl Hightower, fig preserves-pre
mium.
Mrs. J. D. Houser, fruit painting—premium.
Mtm Nettie Lou Houser, cradle quilt—pro,
rainm
Walker E. Boiar, stalk of tobaeoo—premium.
Mrs. Jno. A. Houser,butter beans—premium;
watermelon—premium.
Mrs. A. F. Herzog, poundcake—premium.
Mrs. Sam Hall, pears — premium; pepper
sauce—premium.
Mrs. Georgia Haddock, quilt—premium.
B. 3. Leseur, washstand—premium.
Mrs. J. L McWilliams, homemade lard—pre
mium; Irish potatoes—premium.
J. A. Maddox, jeans—premium.
Mrs. Seaborn Mims, batter—first premium.
Mrs. Cynthia Mims, butter—second premium;
imported cMokens—premium.
Mrs. J. L Williams, counterpane—premium.
J. A. Pagh, Photograph—premium.
Miss Issa Postell, hair work—premium.
Miss Eugene Rnmph, pair hoee—premium.
Mrs. M. Humph, rolls—premium; sponge
cake—premium; coverlid—nacmuMy; coHAr^ff*
—premium.
Miss Joe Bua&E^^mornin^itass-y-premium*
Mrs. J. C. BtSey v huttejc—tfcnd premium;
light bread—premium.
Miss Mattie Sharp', shirt—premium.
B. W. Sanford, best corn meal—premium;
cotton—second premium.
Mrs. J. F. Troutman—best oountry ham-
premium.
Mrs. M. M. Ussery, patch quilt—premium.
T. O. Vinson, apples—premium; peaches—
premium.
Mrs. J. I. Waite, one apron—premium. .:
J. I* Waite & Co., best lounge—premium;
garden plow—premium.
Mrs. General E. Warren, domestio wine—
premium. —_• . , V : . ' - •• -
Miss Leola Wiggins, hand made dress—pre
mium.
Miss Ida Wiggins, lunch—premium.
FBEMIUHS FOB BABIES.
Mrs. J. W.. Golyer, best male baby—premium.
Mrs. J. A. Everett, best female baby—pre
mium.
HONOBABLE MENTION.
S. E. Bassett, plow stocks.
T. W. Murphy, plow stocks and cotton planter.
Chas. J. Gray, corn and pea planter.
O. B. Bond, variety plows and stocks.
Peter Sawyer, Cotton gin.
Johnson & Dunlap, cotton gin.
B. H. Wrigley, cotton gin.
S. E. Bassett, cotton gin.
E. Crockett, horse power.
Miller, Brown & Co., plow and wheelbarrow.
Jno. A. Houses,
Chair. Ex. Com.
We, the undersigned members of the Execu
tive Committee, take this opportunity for ten
dering to Capt. Jno. A. Houser, chairman of our
oommittee, onr sincere thanks for the faithful
and successful discharge of his onerous duties
on the occasion of our Fair, and we cheerfully
acknowledge that his management and direotion
unquestionably proved that he is a gentleman
of excellent administrative ability as well a$
fine business capacity.
E. W. Cbocebb,
J. D. Houses,
G. W Byington,
J. W. Mathews,
Ex. Committee.
uannea
j>u*&reen, plum jelly—premium.
Houser, flour—premium.
The Charges Against airs. Wharton.
From.the Baltimore Gazette, 17th.]
The grand jury signed and presented, on Sat
urday, indictments against Mrs. Elizabeth Q.
Wharton for the willful murder of General Wil
liam Scott Ketchum and an attempt to poison
Mr. Eugene Van Ness.
The indictment for the murder of General
William Scott Ketchum charges murder, in the
first count, by administering tartar emetic in
tincture of yellow jasmine on the 2Sth June,
1871, and in the second count by administering
poison, the name of which is unknown, in the
same manner, on the same day. The third and
fourth counts charge murder by three adminis
trations of tartar emetic and of poison of un
known name in lemonade'on the 24th of June,
in tea on the 2Gth of June, and in tincture of
yellow jasmine on the 28th June, 1871.
The indictment for attempting to poison Mr.
Eugene Van Ness is in twelve counts, and
charges the actual administration of tartar
emetic and deadly poison of unknown name,
on the 19th, 20th and 24th of June, and min
gling such poison with beef-tea on the 24th
June, and with milk-punch, of which he was
about to partake, on the 28th June, 1871, with
intent to poison him.
It is founded on the Code, Article "30, section
158, “ Every person, his aiders or abettors, who
shall be convicted of the crime of attempting to
poison any person,shall be sentenced to undergo
a confinement in the penitentiary for not less
than two nor more than ten years.”
Since the removal of Mrs. Wharton to the
tower of the City Jail she and her daughter have
enjoyed much better health than when confined
iu the narrow and close cell in which she was at
first placed. Her present quarters are of the di
mensions of an ordinary size dwelling house
room, and,-apart from the restrictions imposed
by the prison regulations, are quite comforta
ble. She is frequently the recipient of fruits
and flowers from sympathizing friends, and is
allowed to receive all the reading matter she
desires. Her daughter still shares her prison
life, and rarely leaves her, even for a walk in
the prison yard. Mis. Rosa Neilson, of Hart- •
ford county, visits her every week, and remains
with her several hours.
Many persons have called upon her since her
Imprisonment, but the Warden has granted ad
mission to only a few of her moBt intimate
friends. Her pastor, Rev. George Leeds, of
Grace P. El Church, visited her frequently pre
vious to his departure from Baltimore, and, in
his absenoe, his assistant, Mr. Converse, attends
her at her request.
Mrs. Wharton bears her imprisonment with
remarkable fortitude. She converses but little
on the subject of the charges against her, and
contents herself with the quiet assertion, at
proper timra, of her entire innocenee, and her
confidence in her ability to establish it The
daily papers are allowed her, and it is said she
reads all that appears in reference to her case.
The result of the analysis of the remains of
her son, Major Harry W. Wharton, has not yet
been made known by Professors Aiken and
Miles, who have them in charge.
Mr. Van Ness has recovered sufficiently to
leave Baltimore for a trip to the country. It is
expected, however, that some time willneossar-
ily elapse before he will be well enough to re
sume Ins duties at the office of Messrs. Alex.
Brown & .Hons,
Nepotism.—Some of Grant’s organs are play
ing foal—striking back-handed lioks—kicking
backwards, and doing other things inappropri
ate to the funotions of a Grant organ-blower.
For example, what can be more fool than this
blow at Grant from Harper’s Weekly ?
It is stated that the day before Gp“8*al Har
rison was inaugurated, Preside** Van Boren
called on him, and said, “I® there anything I
can do to oblige you ?'* <4 Y^» said General H.;
“my son-in-law, General Pike, died on the bat
tle field, and leftano»Jy8on, whose inclinations
are. as his father’** for the army. I cannot ap
point him.” **» that all?” said the President.
And in t*»* hours the commission was signed
and se»»J t0 the young man.
uagine General Grant standing on any such
scrapie as tisil
A new side drum has been introduced in Eng
land, one of them having been offered as a prize
at a recent volunteer encampment. It is of en
tirely new construction, having only one head,
which, instead of being of parchment or vel
lum, is made of thin steel, and is beaten by
sticks with India-rubber tops. The advantages
claimed are that the head is practically unaf
fected by damp or changes of temperature, is
practically indestructible, and oan be tuned
more simply than the ordinary drum.
A linnet whioh escaped from a cage in New
Bedford, Mass., abont a year ago, recently re
turned and began feeding its mate through the
bars. It soon became so tame that it allowed
itself to be again caged, and appears to be happy
in confinement.
Mtbb Wolcott, the young lady who was in
jured in the re oent railroad accident in Charles
town, N. H., had a marvellous escape. When
the train struck the carriage, she was hurled
above the top of the telegraph pole, her fall be
ing broken by the wires.
It is arid that the rapidly increasing popula
tion of Minnesota, by destroying the timber and
tilling the prairies, has so changed the olimate
of that State, as to make its value as a sanitarium
for oonsumptives exceedingly doubtful.
A man in Iowa has recently purohased six
thousand acres of land for a dairy farm. It must
be something of a job to get the cows home every
night on such a farm as that.
mm