Georgia Historic Newspapers

    -AJNTD GEORGIA JOXJRTST& MESSElNTGrER.
jjSBY. JONES & REESE, Proprietors.
^UJSHEP 1826.
The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs.
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING
MACON. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1871.
Volume LXV—No. 19
^ Why?
„ .hf t rest when labors cease;
<55«itcii the .onset down the eky,
folded bands for peace, •
*? ItliafeW brought calmness. Why?
. ceased since life begun,
:^ rt5t whose day is done.
W ' .l.icii marks onr mortal sleep,
E St^KutSfb^Si»= w, “ Tf '
$SS*p« dl who tak . a tbia etone -
1 't in si'enco ronr.d our feet,
W.^nnd our bead with mufflod sigh,
pr»spv winding sheet
the whispered scandal. Why?
^.tanwaud wrong are mortal banes—
^'oor beait have mouldering manes.
' 3< i.nt the laurel where we rot.
JW.tJff, p :oisy aramanth high,
ijJSb ,lw blue forget-me-not
*SaW>«'- lle9 and ivy. Why?
7k-i ■'.!» not, nor feverish woo;
S le thal wo he low?
.‘ I,own ing, atarward,fain
Lerce tho hope of yonder sky;
J .,™ to live life's dreams again,
vv earth's broken fetters. Wiry ?
‘7. „o chains whose freedom’s won,
!£, <• rest wheae loving’s done.
„n mi Honest Sentiment be Per-
,wl verted to Base Ends ?
kjatUSe* York Son.]
Z.ni the most important of the many wise
Sns made by Col. F. A. Conkling in his
Sills speech before the Council of Politi-
jjM 4'pmcated the fact that the Republi States. Will tho country heed and take care
~® resorting to evory artifice which before it is too late to prevent another war with
its frightful consequences? If my action in
this emergency had been postponed until after
the meeting of the incoming body of legislators,
the Executive branch of our State government
would have been absorbed by the conspirators
in the legislative branch, and there would have
been no check upon the wholesale repeal and
destruction of all tho great measures of reform
and progress that wo have labored so hard to
establish.
The free school system wonld be abolished,
the colored citizen denied every right guaran
teed to him, and the whole work of Internal
Improvement carried on -by Northern capital
wonld be swept away. The growing spirit of
lawlessness and proscription for opinion’s sake
is doily rendering tho property and lives of
Union men and Republicans, more and more
nnsafe, and I fear the worst consequences if
the Executive office should bo filled by one not
only in sympathy with those who urge on and
infl-tme this feeling, but who is moved and ac
tuated by them. With no one in tho Executive
office to call upon the general Government for
protection, its friends and supporters would bo
handed over, without mercy, to the assaults of
their friends.
For these reasons I have determined on this
step believing that much that has already been
accomplished can be preserved through the wise
and firm check upon revolutionary measures
that will be given by Gov. Conley, in control of
the Executive branch of the Government, and
that thereby the good of the whole people of
Georgia will be promoted, and I shall cheerfully
give to Governor Conley all the information and
assistance within my power that he may desire.
Rufus B. Bullock.
i Tbnrsday evening, was that in
As for myself, being divested of official posi
tion, tho charges of every character which these
people are sure to make and proclaim against
me can be brought before the Court, and I Bhall
never shrink from any judicial enquiry that is
l divested of political bias and prejudice. May I
' bo pardoned for a word of warning to the men
who fought for the Union ? (Six months ago, in
Georgia, the mass of the people were acquies
cent in the results of the war and were willing
to accept those results as being finalities. But
under tho latter public teaching of certain old
leaders, who need not be named, the whole sit-
nation has changed, and leading gentlemen,
even in the Democratic party, who dared to
speak in favor of acquiescence and peace, have
been assailed and denounced, and the people so
intimidated that they dare not follow the advice.
These conspirators fear above all else the re-
election of General Grant. Their insidious
efforts to mislead him as to tho true situation
in tho South having utterly failed, they now
fear that same persistent and irresistablo main-
tainance of right under tho administration
which bo brilliantly ma- -ed General Grant’s
military advances in the overthrow of the re
bellion.
I am now fnlly persuaded and satisfied that
these men purpose to control the government
f nd reverse the political results of tho past two
ears, by peaceful means if they can, or by foul
means if they dare. Failing in this, another
attempt at separation will be made.
If evidence of this were wanting, we need
bnt point to the public and private utterances
of those who were foremost in secession and re
bellion, and now denounce and ignore the fun
damental law—the Constitution of the United
.nirtvVre resotting to evory artifice which
Simamuitv can invent for the purpose of
llL/ite piiscnt crisis in our municipal af-
P 10 partisan account. This notorious exhi-
arion rfpwtinwMp is deplorable, and cannot
i>'dosevwy condemned. The Democratic
^oftbs State, speaking through its most
fan'ntt.-Led leaders at the Rochester Conven-
leaders
ST ItcottBecd in the severest terms the Tam-
"TLff.sb, called for the prompt punishment
dO-itwrpetrators, recommended specific re-
Ktorss is onr city charter whereby like frauds
x'd t-tcidter be prevented, and gave the
cut Kairtalsable proofs of its sincerity by
to allow the Tammany delegates to en-
9 it ° convention, though their credentials
.'e Bulispnted stamp of regularity.
;>ce the adjournment of the Convention
iter moment which has resulted in anything
ici'ic ty toward tho exposure of theso frauds,
nJtbirtMguinent of guilty parties at the
tsrof js-tice, has been mainly initiated and
acriid through by prominent Democrats.—
Bernard issued the injunction which first
jnii: the ring to bay. It was by the influence
ilwcta s that Mr. Green, himself a life—
*5 Dcujcrat, wrs virtually made Comptxol-
ji; the city in the place of Mr. Connolly. It
slit. LUea the Chairman of the Democratic
aaCor.vuation, acting under the advice of
inSra-jor, Judge Church, Attorney-Gen-
a! Ci.n,[l.in, and other conspicuous Demo-
i? interior, who made those i^vestiga-
£3 iu 'Le Comptroller’s office and in the
issorBank which have thrown the first
liki 1 cit upon tl e embezzlements of the RiDg,
ttifra hid tacts sufficient to warrant a suit
Lint the culprits. It was Mr. Charles O’Con-
& ru-t name is the very synonyme cf old-
fsti»w Democracy, who, acting under a
H*d»l»ppoin:i!ient from the Attorney-General
irftcfJ the facts furnished by Mr. Tilden into
tepl for.-, preparatory to the arrest of Tweed,
’HKSo'.l, Garvey, and Woodward; and it was
Drtocra'.ie Judge, sitting nnder the walls of
aSute House, who issued the order for their
Best, tnl before whom the proceeding sin the
Sioa wi ’. hereafter be earned.
Bat what care the Republicans for all this,
wrtded tLey can, by noise and clamor over
b- fran k ard by stimnlating the prejudices
*f pwiotis of heated partisans, succeed in
Acting the ltepublican Sti to ticket and a ma-
ixiij’ of rie Legislature ?
Ite llrpnV.iean Slate Convention refnsed to
wrcsie.- the glaring corruptions in its own
Ptf- fhoagh its seats were occupied by a
priof vena) officeholders, and by politicians
i*bLave earned tho. wages of infamy in the
[upUtare, and though twenty-five of its mem-
isvere bribed on the spot to betray their
■stiiBcBts, the only delegates it turned out of
till were those chosen by an organization
Bid over by Dr. Horace Greeley, onr later
£m. In this particular, what* a humilia-
contrast did tho two Conventions exhibit!
Democratic delegates from this city, be-
i* the odor of 'i'ammany was detected upon
uganv.cat*, were forbidden by tho disciples
bias M'right to pnt their feet on the bottom
? '-c’a led to Corinthian Hall. The Kepub-
siMeestts from the city, wearing the badge
j-t honest old farmer of Chappaqua, were
if! down the three flights of stairs of Wiet-
H*!j Ly the shoddyites of the Custom
fail the Itepnblicans of this State have done
cleanse their organization of corrup-
Democrats have to purify theirs, it
■Mt became them to try to use for partisan
'P'ts the indignation of honest men of all
J®** »suuat the few members of Tammany
^lallock’s ltcnsons for Resigning
Executive Department,)
State of Georgia, -
Atlanta, October 23, 1871.)
political Friends and the People of
i tirs this day received information, the
* of which I cannot doubt, that the political
fjprators who seek the overthrow, not only
' Reconstructed Government of Georgia,
-oftho United States, have secured the
of a sufficient number of the incoming
l «s of the lower House of the General
to vote, without previous investiga-
■> for articles of impeachment against me,
Cutely after they have assembled and or-
on Wednesday, the first day of Novem-
I*tut; and, that having adopted each arti-
P u the House, a sufficient number of Re-
Itthcni Senators will be nnseated to insure
■^fiction upon the articles so presented.
■ r ‘tisa learn that the Judge of the Supreme
1^. «ho is personally and politically bitterly
to uo, faas informed bis friends that this
r'JI r4L -^o has been perfected and that he has
I;,-.b stUcted to preside over the Senate during
|^ tn il, and that tho Senator representing
I v , { oom bs’ District is to be elected Presi-
Senate and immediately announce
Hie Macon Fair.
From the Griffin Star.]
The fair business has been rather overdone
in Georgia this year, and we have published so
ranch fair intelligence, that we fear the people
are getting surfeited with this class of news.
But we cannot forego the pleasure of express
ing our great satisfaction at the success of our
State Fair just terminated. We have visited
many fairs North and South, but can truthfully
say that this was far superior to any we have
ever witnessed. To begin with: The fair
^rounds at Macon are vastly superior to any
thing of tho kind we know of. They are
perfectly level nnd covered with a majestic
growth of oak and pine forest, furnishing at
once a glorious shade, and all the beauties of
the richest Southern landscape. The Ocmnlgee
river forms a natural boundary for near one-
half this magnificent park, the banks of which
are high and beautifully terraced, and artesian
wells and fountains give the greatest abundance
of pure water all over the grounds. The
buildings are far superior in architecture and
convenience to any heretofore built in the
South for similar purposes. The race track, a
full mile in circuit, is one of the best on the
continent, with the amplest accommodations
for spectators. In fact, all tho arrangements
for exhibitors and guests were the most sump
tuous. These grounds fnrnish a magnificent
park for the accommodation of the Maconites
for many years to come. „
The exhibition of live stock was good; that
of horse stock splendid. The mechanical de
partments w'. e full and very interesting. The
floral and art departments very beautiful;
while the various amusements and entertain
ments prepared for the pleasure of visitois re
flect the highest honor upon the management.
The police arrangements wpre like i
rable, and the best of order prevailed every
where. The press gave a very proper *oken of
their appreciation of Mayor Huff’s admiuisirn
live abilities in a gift of a fine service of sil
ver plate.
In a financial point of view, the fair was
likewise a success far beyond the anticipation
of the most sanguine. There was over fifty
thousand visitors, and the gross receipts must
have amounted to nearly if not quite $30,000,
thus showing what energy, activity, enterprise
and the free use of printer’s ink will do.
Taken.all in all, the late State Fair reflects
great credit upon the city of Macon and the
State of Georgia.
Xlic Regatta ot Friday.
A vast concourse of spectators lined the
terraces and beantifol banks of the Ocmnlgee,
eager to witness the trial of speed between
“Lady Clare,” thebantlingof onr ownEoff Club,
and the crack boats of the ancient “City by the
Sea”—Savannah. The particulars of the entries
will be found elsewhere.
As the three boats burst into view on the
home stretch, the Lncille lead the van by at
least two lengths, Lady Clare fthlowing in her
wake, nnd tho Alice bringing np the rear. But
now tho gallant “Roffs,” stimulated by the pres-
K‘ f a j, and claim to be, Governor daring the ; ence of wives and sweethearts, and burning to
J'Sic^rf nF eaChme - nf, j^ n<1 the I? afte j ( or <! J e I retrieve the day, bent to their oars with a new-
E^iW3a , n4L , £%jrs!t*» ~«j. «*.<**p~«* «*»
I'^or. to take effect before tho meeting and sboot bko a ipeteor, and inanin-
Ik “J\ i;: °n of the new body, and thereby do- ' stant she ranged np by the side of her antago-
scheme of theso desperate | an( j {jj 6 raoo became a neck and neck
t&Uri, course Tshall protect my political ! ^g'° for victory Thegoalwastoo nearat
Uw Senate froi tho expulsion that ! ba “ d > bowser, for the Lady Clare, and though
foreordained in order to secure my im-! ^RMgahead, she came iu about six
-fat, Rnd at the same time save the State ! feet beb,ndth °
J?* posters that would be sure to follow ! “*»• Sacba defeat
irate of success on the part of the un-i® 11 * 1116 - “d for once the stjurdy saltwater boys
and unrenentant rebel leaders, who.! Mt the - v bad «ncountered foemen worthy of
- unrepentant rebel leaders, who, I . .
C j Biparatively few in numbers, move their steeL
,; y the irresistible pressure of sec-
Ikr te and ® ocia l proscription.
t;« ls , e ii “ I *i D laine d my official position against
l*W»l«6kf of tbeB8 people upon the cause of
. and Republican government, just
ltd a jL s , 18 Possible for me to be of service,
tfcaik. ’ tor *ko purpose of again defeating
^RtifS «K ans of Grese destroyers I have
Ntm.'B. . °®oe in the hands of that noble
V b!!; 1 ’ 1 ? 8 friend of right ana justice, tho
tJtios i7 lamm Conley, who, under the Consti-
| tt Se’naC e . a,on °* bein S now the President of
liked n»r* l i ecotne 8 Governor daring the nnex-
i my term > or until o eucceesor is
IS® tra-tlv, 7 . tbe . P* 0 ® 1 ** Noehargtt lias yet
|^*Wofor« k a 6 amst because he has not
I'i* *,» ?** n supposed to bo an obstacle in
llle cons P ir ®tors’ success. If as-
^P 011 hi™! the country will
tbo purpose for wfaieb they are
THE TIME OF THE BAGS.
After diligent inquiry, wo learn that to this
Regatta taking place on a stream in tho remote
interior, belongs the distinguished honor of
making the best time (so far as wa can ascer
tain) on record in tho annals of the sporting
calendar. The distance (one mile) had been
carefully measured three times by competent
engineers, and was correct to a hair. This was
accomplished in the short space of five /ninuics
and seven and three quarters seconds. The
fastest time on reoord that we are aware ot is
5:18, and 5:22 is the best, we are informed, ever
made previously by a Savannah crew. This
shows a difference in favor of the present race
of 1G seconds, which is equivalent to 255 feet
per pile.
The above is a most admirable exhibit for the
Macon Regatta, and we are not a little proud
of onr Roff Club. All honor to them and their
gallant guests.
PREMIUMS AWARDED
GEORGIA STAtTfAIR OF 1871,
MACON, GA., OCTOBER 23, 1871.
[official )
ESSAYS.
Division 1, Class 1, Section 1. For the
best essay on root crop3 to E AV Pea
body, Columbus $ 25 00
Sec. 2. For best essay on dairy farming
.at the South, to H E Cotton, New
York. ; 25 00
Sec. 3. Home made manures, A O Van
Epps 25 00
See. 8. On drain&ge, to unknown 25 00
Recommend publication of one by J N Mont
gomery on same subject.
faim lepobts.
Class 2, Section 1. Best report of actual
farm management, in 1st district, to
Dr. B Hamilton 50 00
Best report in 4th district, honorable mention
of S W Bloodworth, Griffin.
For special premium of W W Parker on
best essay showing deep preparation,
green manuring, eto., To Unknown... 30 00
(Signed) J H Faexin,
Superintendent Essays.
FIELD CHOP.
Division 2, class 1.—For most economi
cal result on five acres of upland corn,
Dr J S Lawton, Forsyth $ £0 Q0
Sec. 3. One acre of clover hay, V7 L
Lampkin, Forsyth 50 00
Sec. 5. One acre native grass hay, Hen
ry C Rogers, Milton county 50 00
Sec. 7. One acre of wheat, Henry C
Rogers, Milton connty 50 00
Sec. 8. One acre of oats, R H Harda
way, Thomasville 50 00
Sec. 13. One acre of sweet potatoes,
S Vi Leake, Griffin 50 00
Seo. 14. One acre Irish potatoes, Dr B
Hamilton, Dalton 50 00
Sec. 1C. One acre ground peas, A P
Boggs, Richmond connty 50 00
Seo. 17. One acre field peas, S W Leake,
Griffin 50 00
LABGEST CEOPS PEB ACRE.
Class 2, Section 3. Com on two acres of
lowland, S W Bloodworth, Griffin 5000
Sec. 4. Cotton on two acres of upland, S
W Bloodworth, Griffin 50 00
Class 3, Section 2. Largest crop of clover
hay in other parts of the State, Wm.
L Lampkin, Forsyth 50 00
Seo. 3. Largest crop of native grass hay a bale
of crow foot hay, unmarked.
See. 4. Special mention of a balo of peavino
hay by S W Leake, Griffin.
OTHEB FIELD CROPS.
Class 4, Section 1. Best box chewing tobacco,
Thomas O Williams & Co, Richmond, Va.
Sec. 2. Best box cigars, Boehm, Benheim &
Co, Savannah, Ga.
Special mention of William Drake, Macon, Ga.
Class 5, Section 1. Largest crop of Indian com,
by boy 1G years old; Ephraim Roan,
Spalding county $ 25 00
SAMPLES OF FIELD OATS.
Division 3, Section 1. Best one boshel
bread com, J A Nelson, Macon 10 00
Sec 2. Best one bushel stock corn; J C
Ragsdale, Dekalb connty 10 00
Sec. 3. Best ten ears bread coin, R G
Carlton, Greene connty 5 00
Seo. 4. Best ten ears stock corn. Premium re
fused.
See. C. Best one bnshel oats, R H Har
daway, Thomasville 5 00
Sec. 9. Best collection native grass seed,
H D Leitner, Columbia connty. 10 00
Sec. 10. Best bushel Georgia raised clo
ver seed, B D.Lumsden, Bibb county. 5 00
Sec. 19. Best one bushel field peas, J.
C Ragsdale, DeKalb county 5 00
Sec. 20. Best one gallon table peas, Dr.
B Hamilton, Dalton 5 00
See. 21. Best one bushel sweet potatoes,
James Tinley, Bibb county 5 00
Sec. 22. Best one bushel Irish potatoes,
Dr B Hamilton, Dalton 5 00
Sec. 24. Best one peck onion setts, H J
Peter, Bibb connty 5 00
COTTON BALES.
Class 3, Section 1. Best five bales upland
cotton, T G Holt, Jr, Bibb connty.... 50 00
Seo. 2. Best bale upland cotton, T G
Holt, Jr., Bibb connty. 10 00
Seo. 3. Best bale upland long staple,
Mrs E C Grier, Jones connty 10 00
Honorable mention of 10 bales of upland, by
D T Driggers.
Honorable mention of 1 bale of upland seed
picked ont by hand, by W H Caruthers, Tay
lor connty. Wm. H. Rose, Chairman,
Committee on Cotton Bales.
SAMPLES OP BOOTS AND PLANTS.
Division 4, Section 1. Best samples of
cotton roots, J C Ragsdale, De Ealb
connty $ 10 00
Sec. 2. Best sample of com roots, J C
Ragsdale, De Ealb connty 10 00
Sec. 8. Best 2 cotton stalks, B G Carl
ton, Green connty 5 00
J W Burke & Co.’a special premium for
the beat collection of native grasses
of Georgia, with ?xplanatory cata
logue, Wm Lundy Bibb connty 25 00
Special mention of contrivance by L W Asbee.
for picking cotton.
[Signed) Jno. P. Fobt,
Assistant Superintendent.
HOUSE DEPARTMENT.
Division 5, Class 1. Horses of all work.
Section 1. Best stallion 4 years old, M
G Whitlock, Mariatta $ 50 00
Section 2. Second best stallion 4 years
old, Jerry Walters, Albany 25 00
Section 3. Best horse colt over G months
and nnder 2 years, M G Whitlock,
Marietta 15 00
Section 4. Best brood mare, with oolt
by her side, M G Whitlock, Marietta. 50 00
Sec. 5. Second best brsod mare, with
colt by her side, John Bryant 25 00
Sec. G. Best mare, four years old, R B
Hall 25 00
Seo. 7. Best brood mare, with mule oolt
by her side, A M Pounds 50 00
Sec. 8. Best Gelding, Jerry Hollis, Mon
roe connty, Ga 25 00
Sec. 9. Beat filly, 3 years old, O M Mc
Cone 25 00
HEAVY DRAUGHT HORSES.
Class 2, Section 1. Best stallion, 4 years
old, M. J. Whitlock’s Blaokhawk,Jr.. 50 00
Sec. 2. Second best stallion, 4 years old
Richard Peters, Atlanta 25 00
Seo. 3. Best 1 year old, Capt A J White,
Macon 25 00
Seo. 4. Best brood mare with colt by
her aide, J S Stewart 50 00
Sec. G. Best filly over one year old, S
W Bloodworth 25 00
BLOOD HORSES.
Class 3, Section 1. Best large thorough
bred, stallion, four years old, Captain
Williamson 25 00
Seo. 2. Second best large thoroughbred
stallion, four years old, A S Hamilton,
Jones county..... 25 00
Sec. 3. Best large thoroughbred stal
lion, three years old, Geo W Napier, 25 00
Sec. 4. Second best large thoronghbred
stallion, three years old, V B Holman, 20 00
Sec. 7. Best large thoronghbred mare
with colt by her side, M G Whitlock,
Marietta, Ga 50 00
Sec. 11. Best large thoronghbred filly,
op" year old, T Dixon, New Orleans, 10 00
MORGAN, CANADIAN PEBCHEB0N AND IMPORTED
HOUSES.
Class 4, Section 1. Beat Morgan stallion,
M G Whitlock, Marietta, Ga $ 50 00
Honorable mention of J L Stewart’s “Belshaz
zar," and W J Howe’s “John Morgan."
Sec. 2. Best Morgan mare, J H Pound,
Baraesville, Ga so 00
Sec. 3. Beat and largest Canadian Stal
lion, J O Nichols 50 00
- - GEORGIA BAISED.
Class 5, section 1. Best pair of matched
horses, J H Carlton 25 00
Sec. 2. Best single harness horse, S W'
Brown '• ' 20 00
Seo. 3. Best saddle horse, N H Biddle-
corn’s “Bertram” 20 00
Sec. 4. Best heavy draft horse, A M
Pound, Jones oounty 25 00
GEORGIA H0ESE3 OF ALL WORK.
Class G, section 1. Best stallion four years
old, J S Stewart, Pntnatu connty 50 00
Seo. 2. Best horse oolt, M G Whitlock, '
Marietta, Ga 25 00
See. 2. Best brood mare with colt by her
side, W B Hall, Washington connty,
Georgia 50 00
Sec. 5. Best filly, C R Rice 25 00
Seo. G. Best gelding, S W Brown 25 00
GEORGIA RAISED HARNESS HORSES.
Class 7, Section 1. Fastest trotting
horse, N H Biddlecom 50 00
Sec. 2. Fastest pair trotting horaea, J
H Pounds 5000
FAST HORSES—OPEN TO THE WORLD.
Section 1. Fastest horse, 1 mile. Tom
Bacon, South Carolina .7 50 00
Seo. 2. Fastest horse, 2 miles, Tom Ba
con, Sonth Carolina 100 00
SADDLE AND HARNESS HORSES—OPEN TO THE WORLD
Section 1. Fastest trotting single har
ness horse, V V Holman, Nashville... 50 00
Sec. 2. Fastest pair trotting horses, J
H Chambers 50 00
Sec. 3. Best single harness horse, B G
Lockett 2500
Seo. 4. Best pair harness horses, J G
Brown, Houston connty 50 00
Seo. 5. Fastest four year old, J H Pound 25 00
Seo. C. Fastest three year old, MG Whit
lock 25 00
Seo. 7. Fastest pacing horse, saddle and
harness, T P Roach 25 00
COMBINATION HORSES.
Class 10, Section 1. best harness and
saddle combined, Jeny Hollis 25 00
OLDEST AND BEST KEPT.
Class 11, Section 1. Oldest and best kept
horse over 20 years old,Richard Peters,
Atlanta 10 00
See. 2. Oldest and best kept male over
20 years old, Kirk Dillard, Monroe
connty 10 00
SADDLE HOUSES.
Class 12, Section 1. Best saddle horse, D
B Wimberly 25 00
Seo. 2. Best walking horse, Jerry Hoi- •
lis 25 00
JACKS AND JENNETS.
Class 13, Section 1. Best and largest
jack, F A Crowe, Clarke connty 50 00
Sec. 2. Best jannet, W A Cherry. 25 00
• mules. (Open to the world.)
Class 54, Section 1. Best pair mules, F
S Johnson, Jones county 25 00
mules. (Georgia raised )
Class 15, Section 1. Best pair mules, S
W Brown 50 00
Seo. 2. Best single mule, S W Brown... 25 00
Sec. 3. Best 2 year old mule, J T Mat
thews 15 00
Premium recommended to T J Higgins for pair
of 2 year old colts, well matched.
Honorable mention of pair of 4 year old horses,
by H R Dougherty.
]Signed] Wm. Phillips, Sap’t.
J S Hamilton,
R J Reedixg,
Judges.
CATTLE.
Division G, class 2, section 1. Durhams.
Best bull 3 years old and upwards, E
Taylor, Monroe county $ 25 00
See. 3. Best bull 2 years old or upwards,
S S Dunlap, Macon 10 00
Sec. 4. Best bull 1 year old and up
wards, W W Summers, Bedford coun
ty, Tenn 10 00
Class 4, section 1. Alderneya. Best
bull 3 years old and upwards, Richard
Peters, Atlanta 50 00
Seo. 8. Best heifer 1 to 2 years old,
Richard Peters, Atlanta 15 00
Class 5, section 1. —Brahmin cattle.—
Best bull, G W Jordan, Pulaski county 50 00
Class G, section 1. Any breed. Best
ball, Richard Peters, Atlanta 25 00
Seo. 3. Best heifer 1 to 2 years old,
Richard Peters 10 00
Class 7, section 1. Grades and crosses.
Be3t bull, R Peters 25 00
WORK OXEN, GEORGIA BAISED.
Class 8, Section 1. Best yoke work oxen,
W A Cherry, Macon 25 00
ANY BREED OB GRADE, GEORGIA BAISED.
Class 10, Section 1. Best bull, one year
old, Richard Peters, Atlanta S 10 00
Recommend a silver cap to W W Summers for
seven heifer calves.
(Sicned,) R M Young, Ch’m.
SRMcOaney, n
Mark A Cooper,
Committee.
10 00
20 00
Class 1, Section 1. Merinos. Best pen,
•counting buck, ewe and lamb, Richard
Peters, Atlanta .....§25 00
MUTTON SHEEP—SOUTH DOWNS.
Class 2, Section 1. Best pen, buck ewe
and lamb, T J Stewart, Jones connty, 25 00
LONG WOOL.
Class 3, Seotion 1. Best pen, buck ewe
and lamb, W W Summers, Bedford
county, Tenn 25 00
OASHMEBE, THIBET OB PERSIAN GOATS.
Section 1. Boat thoroughbred buck and
ewe, RichardlFetcrs, Atlanta § 20 00
R. M. Young, Chairman,
S. R. HoCaney,
Mapk A. Cooper,
Committee.
svm
Division 8, Class 1, Section 1. Best Es
sex boar, R Peters, Atlanta § 20 00
Sec. 3. Best sow, R Peters, Atlanta... 20 00
Seo. 4. Best lot of pigs, 3 months old, R
Peters, Atlanta 15 00
BERKS HIRES.
Class 2, Seotion 1. Best board, W W
Summers, Bedford county, Tenn $ 20 00
Seo. 2. Second best boar, Edgar A Ross,
plate
3. Best sow, Smith & Norris, Ma
con
Sec. 4. Best lot of pigs, 3 months old,
WW Summers 15 00
ANY BREED.
Class 3, Seotion 1. Best boar, W W Sum
mers., 2000
Seo. 2. Second best boar, W B Sparks,
Macon, (plate) 10 00
Sec. 3. Best sow, W B Sparks, Macon... 20 00
Seo. 4. Best lot of pigs, six months old
or less, W W Summers 25 00
LARGE AND FAT HOGS.
Class 5, Section 1. Largest and fattest
hog, considering age, C E Holmes,
Macon 25 00
LABGEST AND FATTEST BATSED IN GEORGIA.
Class 6, Section 1. O E Holmes 25 00
Recommended premium to Theo W Ellis for
best white Chester sow.
Also, to W W Fletcher for pair of guinea hogs.
B. M. Young,
A. Gammell,
G. M. Ray,
Committee.
HOME DEPARTMENT—DAIRY,
Division 9, section 1. Best ten pounds
Georgia made butter, Jeny Hollis,
Monroe county, (plate) 10 00
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.
Sec. 2. Best 20 pounds hard home made
soap, Mrs. T Jsagby, Bibb connty 5 00
Seo. G. Best loaf of light bread, Mrs F
H Wrigley, Macon, Ga 2 00
Special mention of George T Rogers’ Sons and
Mrs Andrew Dunn.
Seo. 7. Best sample of rolls, Mrs Lewis
F Anderson, Macon, Ga 2 00
Seo. 11. Best corn bread, Mrs R O
Banks, Monroe connty 5 00
Sharp & Floyd’s speoial premium for
com bread, awarded to Mrs Lewis F
Anderson.
Seo. 13. Best sample of jellies, Mrs
Maugham. 5 03
Best sample of preserves, Mrs Cabaniss
Beat sample of pickles, Mrs A Dunn....
Best sample of jams, Mrs L A Gibson...
Best sample catsups, Mrs A G Butts
Best sample of cordials, Miss Annie
Bayne .'
Best sample of brandy peaches, Mrs J
RVanBuren
500
5 00
25 00
10 00
10 00
50 00
Seo. 14. Best half bnshel dried apples J
O Ragsdale, DeKalb conn tv 3 00
Sec. 17. Best half bnshel dried peaches
Miss Alma Tharpe 3 00
Honorable mention made of Robert Ohis
olm, rf South Carolina, for dried figs, dates, eto.
Seo. IS. Most wholesome, palatable and
and cheap bread, Mrs Lewis F Ander
son 10 00
Sec. 19. Best barrel flour, Geo T Rogers?
Sons for “Silver Lake” 1000
Seo. 20. BeBt barrel flour of Southern
wheat, Geo T Rogers’ Sons 10 00
Seo. 21. Best bnshel hominy, Woods,
Maud & Co 10 00
Seo. 22. Best bnshel grits, Woods,
Maud & Co 10 00
D A Vason, Sap’t.
BNye,
H Stephens,
L Haynes,
Committee.
SOUTHERN DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.
Division 10, Seo. 4. Best G yards woolen
carpeting, MissBannieBaynes,Eaton-
ton, plate 10 00
Seo. 5. Best hearth mg, Miss A J Smith,
Sec. G. Best rag oarpeting, Mrs J U
Floyd
Sec. 8. Best coverlet, wool or mixed,
Mrs P Solomon, Macon 5 00
Sec. 0. Best cotton comfort, Mrs T
Bagby, Bibb connty .*. 5 00
Seo. 10. Best pair woolen socks or stock
ings, Mrs T Bagby, Bibb connty. 3 00
Sec. 15. Best coverlet, cotton or mixed,
Mrs P Solomons, Macon 5 00
Seo. 19. Best pound ootton sewing
thread, Columbus Manufacturing Co.
Honorable mention made of a set of homemade
buggy reins, exhibited by Miss Charlotte
Fontine, of Sweden.
Honorable mention of Miss Strohec&er, for
silk quilt.
Jas M Mobley, Sap t.
* DA Vason,
J Ecollex,
Jno a Davis,
Committee.
FINE ABT3.
Division 11, Seotion 1. Best photograph
Fair Grounds, A J Riddle, Macon,
Ga Kate, 25 00
Sec. 3. Best painting in oil of animal,
Mrs J T Crowe, Macon...... 25 00
Seo. 4. Best painting, Southern land
scape, G H Mills, La Grange
Seo 7. Best fancy painting, Miss Leila
Sec. 5. Best painting in oil. Subject
chosen by artist. Miss Mary Burke,
Macon 25 00
Seo. G. Best specimen of fruit painting,
Miss Mary Burke, plate 10 00
A Ross, Macon, plat9 10 00
Seo. 8. Beat specimen of water color
paintiDg, Mrs J C Wheeler Macon,
plate
Seo. 11. Best oil painting by a Georgia
lady, Miss Gertrude Johnson, plate...
See. 12. Best colored oil paintings by
one lady of Georgia, Miss Mary B
Burke..:. 25 00
Seo 13. Best collection of painting and
drawings by pupils of a school, Wes
leyan Female College painting class.
Seo. 14. Best specimen of printing
weekly newspaper, J W Burke & Co,
Macon Medal
Seo 15. Best specimen of printing
monthly magazine, J W Baike & Co,
Macon Medal
Sec. 10. Best speoimen of ornamental
printing, J W Burke & Co, Macon..., Medal
See 17. Best specimen book publishing,
J W Burke & Co ••••• Medal
Sec. 18. Best specimen of binding, J W Burke
& Co., Medal. ...
W A Huff’s special premium for best specimen
of penmanship, B B Easton, Macon, Ga.
Sharp & Floyd’s special premium"—Best oil
painting by Georgia lady, Miss Leila A Ross,
Macon, Ga., (plate)^. 100 00
Best oil paintmg by Georgia girl 15 years of
ago, Miss Kate C Hillyer, Forsyth, Ga.,
(plato) , 5000
Jas H Blount, Ohm n
B B Lewis,
M J Magill,
Benj 0. Smith,
Wm A Loftin,
Committee.
RECOMMENDED PREMIUMS IN FINE ABT DEPARTMENT
To Mrs J P Lee, Macon, Ga., for medley pic-
ToE H Link, for Topographical map of Aquari-
nm.
To J R Buckingham for specimens of pen
drawing.
To Lewis Rollat, Savannah, Ga., for chromos.
engravings and paintings.
To E Isaacs, For specimen of map drawing by
b °J 3 ‘ . ,
To Nashville Engraving Company, for^peoi-
mens of engraving.
To Wing & Solomon, for largest and best dis
play of solid silver and plate.
To Miss Annie Willbum and Miss Leila Ross,
for crayon sketches.
| TO BE CONTINUED.)
Twiggs County Agricultural Society.—On
the 28th instant a very large number of the best
and most substantial planters in Twiggs oounty
met at Twiggs Lodge—tho most central and ac
cessible point in the connty—and permanently
organized an agricultural society with the above
name, and elected the following officers; Dr.
W. O. Daniel, President; Col. Wm. Faulk, Vice
President, and Judge W. L. Solomon, Secretary
and Treasurer.
THANKSGIVING DAI.
The President’s Proclamation Designs-
tine the 30th of November.
Washington, D. O., October 28,
By the President of the United States—Proc
lamation: . ...
The progress of the seasonshas again enab.ed
the husbandmen to garnet the frnit of his suc
cessful toil. Industry has been generally well
rewarded. We are at peaoe with all nations.
Tranquility, with a few exoeptions, prevails at
homo. Within the past year we have, in the
main, been free from the ills which elsewhere
has affected onr kind. If some of us have had
calamities, there should be occasion for sympa
thy with the sufferers, resignation on their part
to the will of the Most High, rejoicing to the
many who have been more favored. I, there
fore, recommend that Thursday, the thirtieth
day of November next, the people meet in their
respective places of worship and there make the
usual acknowledgments to Almighty God for
the blessings He has conferred npon them, their
merciful exemption from evils, and invoke His
protection and kindness for their less fortunate
brethren, whom, in His wisdom, He deemed it
best to chastise.
[Signed.] U. S. Grant, Prea’t,
Fish, Secretary of State.
5 00
5 00
5 00
5 00
5 00
500
A Model Young Lady.—Corporation Conn-
sel Wiley relates the following incident con
nected with the great fire: “I knew a sowing
girl, a dress-maker, who had a little money,
that while the fire was burning telegraphed her
brother in Indiana to .bay and send her a car
load of provisions. Her brother did so. This
girl took sick families into her rented house,
and in the first ten day3 after the fire fed, by
one meal or more, six hundred people. She
is a pore, modest, retiring Christian girl, and
my wife discovered it not from her, bnt indi
rectly. She has been my wife’s dressmaker for
about five years.
Great distress prevails in Paris, on account
of the ceaseless drain which the indemnity pay
ments are making npon the finances of the
country. Already the Bank of France, which
has linked its fortunes inseparably with those
of the government, has commenced the issue of
paper currenoy, in small notes. This is the be
ginning of a series of desperate shifts, and will
remind alarmists of the unwholesome assignats
of the old republic. Meantime $700,000,000
remains unpaid. . 7.7 ..... ,
Foreign Notes.
PREPARED FOB THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER
In England, Field Marshal, Sir John Bnrgoyne,
the “Father of the British army,” died ninety
yearn old. Though, until recently, extraordi
narily hale and vigorous, the death of his son
who went dovm with tho ill-fated “Captain” in
tho Bay of Biscay, had shattered his health.
Sir John Bnrgoyne was the son of that Lien-
tenant General John Bnrgoyne, who was so
unfortunate in the American Revolutionary
war. and fell with his troops into the hands of
the Amerioans.
Another colliery explosion took place near
Newcastle, resulting in the death of thirty
miners.
The Paris Courier Diplomatique has publish
ed a communication, pretending to come from
a diplomatist of high rank and to make impor
tant revelations in regard to the negotiations
which preceded the war between Denmark and
Prussia and Austria. According to this state
ment in 1864, Earl Russel, then British Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, made overtures through
Lord Cowley, the British Ambassador at Paris,
to M. Rouher, proposing an alliance offensive
and defensive with France to help Denmark, in
case Prussia and Austria should declare war
against her. England was to co-operate with
France by” sea and land, and was willing to pro
mise France in return for her assistance the
rectification of her frontiers on the Rhine by
by the annexation of a portion of the Rhenish
provinces. M. Rouher asked time for the con
sideration of these proposals, bnt after three
days already, the Emperor Napoleon aooepted
them. Lord Cowley immediately communica
ted the fact of the Emperor’s acceptance to his
government, wherenpon Earl Russell replied
that it was too late, as her Majesty’s govern
ment had decided not to interfere in the case of
Denmark. This closed the negotiations and no
attempt was made to re-open the subject.
We read in La Franoe: It is said that tho
German Government intends to construct a rail
way from Metz toStrasbnrg. Besides the strate
gical considerations it wonld be the object of
this lino to establish a direct ronte between
Ostende and Brindisi. Postal communications
wonld thus exist between Ostend and the Alps
byv/ayof Brussels, Namur, Luxemburg, Metz,
Strasbnrg and Basle, and letters might be for
warded by the foot of St. Gothard. when the
projected railway is completed. Germany de
sires to obtain the transit of the Indian mail,
and to find it placed in her hands from Luxem
burg to Basle. One cannot bat remark the great
activity displayed by tho German Empire in all
directions for the purpose of developing the
resources of the country. Its military, political,
administrative and commercial organization is
at one and the same time the object of its ef
forts and its solicitude.
The same paper expresses its approval of a
decision lately made by the French Minister of
War. DeChissey has issued an order inviting the
officers to unite and consult together for the
purpose of choosing such Gorman works os best
deserve to be translated and circulated in the
French army. “This is an excellent measure,”
says La France, and we hope to see it generally
adopted. Here, as in Prussia, every garrison
town onght to have a circle, where the officers
will meet to exchange ideas. The library should
take the place of the cafe.
The Paris Figaro, on the other hand, seems
to hold somewhat different opinions. “There
are people,” writes a recent number, who say
“ Raise the moral standard of the nation, ani
hilate the corruption of December.” “ Give
the people compulsory education,” cries one.
“Inspire them with tho virtues of the citizen 1”
exclaims the other.
“All that is senseless.” These things may
be excellent in their way, bnt liberty, education
and morality have nothing to do with soldiers.
The best informed man, the most honest oiti—
zen, the most intelligent Liberal may make a
sorry figure on the battlefield, while a real bri
gand who can neither read nor write, an Arab,
a Don CcoSack, will make an excellent soldier.
“ For—and do not deceive yourself here, as
the army is an instrument created to make war.
When it does not kill, it is an abnormal sitna'
tion, to which we have nothing analogous.”
The following marriage certificate drawn np
nnder tho empire of the Paris Commune may
be considered an interesting cariosity, though
the grammar is rather deficient: *
French Republic.
“ Citizen Aret, son of Jean Louis Aret, and
citizeness Marie Saint engages herself to follow
the above citizen wherever he may go and al
ways to love him. Abet Marie Saint.
Done before tho undersigned, Paris, April
27th, 1871. Fachan Laroche.
Marie Saint, however, despite her solemn en
gagement, did not always follow citizen Aret, as
she wa3 condemned to three months’ imprison
ment for theft shortly after the fall of the Com
mune.
The Paris courts have altogether liberated ten
thousand Communist prisoners. Connt Palikao,
the last Premier nnder the Empire, has pub
lished a pamphlet defending his conduct during
the crisis which resulted in the overthrow of
Napoleon.
The National Assembly will probably return
from Versailles to Paris towards December.
Prince Napoleon has resigned his seat in the
Council-General of Carsica and gone to Italy.
Daring the late war, a student of the Uni-
veisity of Berlin, then a Prussian lieutenant of
hnssars, wrote a laconic relation of the battle
of Sedan, in Sansorit. This report, through the
medium of the English press, has reached the
banka of the Ganges. The Hindoo jonmal
Vinr Ulabsar (Light of the Eyes) acoonnts for
the brilliant victories of Germany by supposing
that the German soldiers, familiar with the
anoient language of Hindostan, havo learned
the magio formulas of Atharvan, the fourth
book of the Vedas. King William at Sedan is
compared to that monarch in Indian fable who,
in the thick of the fight, eayied a lotus-flower
in his hand. Tho superiority of the German
artillerists is ascribed to prolonged meditation
on the sacred syllable “bourn!” ‘Finally, the
editor of the Light of the Eyes recommends the
French to seek new and formidable weapons in
the assiduous study of the Paranas and the
Sutras.
The Old-Catholio movement in Germany, is
not making any considerable progress because
tho leaders, shrinking from seceding formally
from Rome, hesitate to throw down the gaunt
let to the Roman hierarchy. Tho ultramontane
papers comment in unmeasured terms on the
Old-Catholic Congress at Mnnicb. The Danube
Gazette, in an artiole headed “The beer Coun
cil,” calls the assembly “a ridiculous orgie” and
siatea that its members possess pbysioguomios
which ought to be confiscated in order to main
tain the honor of the Caucasian race.
In Italy the transfer of the government to
Rome proceeds bnt slowly. Cardinal Antonelli,
the Roman Secretary of* State, is seriously in
disposed. Tho workmen’s societies of Rome and
Naples havo resolved not to participate in the
laborer’s congress shortly to bo held at Rome,
because that assembly, being a mere republican
demonstration, will be unfriendly to Italy. On
the other hand, the government, believing that
communistic principles will find but little sym
pathy in Italy, has relaxed the vigor of its pre
cautions against the Internationale.
The Dnke of Montpensier will take his seat
In the Spanish Cortes as soon as his daughter’s
health will permit. The country is perfectly
qniet.
The late Franco German war has had the
effect of transforming all Europe into one vast
camp, a3, naturally enough, the Prussian mili
tary Bystem, whioh had proved so snccessfnl,
has been generally adopted. An order issued
by the Russian War Office makes every man in
the country capable of bearing arms a soldier
on a peaoe fooling. The numerical strength of
field and landwehr forces of the Empire will
thus be raised to a total of 1,600,000 men,: when
required for war purposes, without even includ
ing sixty regiments of Cossacks.. Jabno.
Hobatio Seymour.—The Reform Democrats,
at the instance of Charles O'Conor, nominated
Horatio Seymour, of Utica, as candidate for
the Assembly from this city against the Tam
many candidate, Tom Fields. Seymour tele
graphed his acceptance. •
SOVm CAROLINA.
TheTerrotsmln the State—Letter to Hon.
Keverdy Johnson.
From the Baltimore Sun.]
The following letter was received on Saturday
by the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, to whom it was
written. He has plaoed it in onr hands, at the
request of the writer, and tells us that he knows
that he is a gentleman of high oharaoter, and
that his statements may be confidently relied
upon. Although Mr. Johnson is authorized to
give the name of the writer, he deems it proper
to withhold it from the fear that it might sub
ject him to the tyranny which now prevails in
many portions of his State. After referring to
eome matters of personal business, and stating
that he is deeply interested in tho proceedings
now going on in his State, he writes as follows:
Bock Hill, York District, S. 0.,>
October 2t>, 1871. >
Hon. Iteverdy Johnson, Baltimore, Ml.: Dear
Sir: * * * One of my brothers has been ar
rested and thrown into the common jail by
United States soldiers without charge or aceusa-
tioDy without form or warrant of law, without
the shadow of right or justice. Before the sus
pension of the writ of habeas corpus profound
qniet prevailedln this seotion of country; men
were pursuing their business avocations in the
most peaceful manner, and a season of prosper
ity was beginning to dawn npon ns; but now
words are almost inadequate to describe the
reign of terror that is existing among ns. Bands -
of United States soldiers are raiding the country,
arresting citizens by thewholesale, tearing them
from their homes in the night time, terrifying
women and children, hurrying the prisoners on
to jail and cramming them in dungeons and
filthy cells. These arrests are made without
warrant. Men are ignorant of the offenses for
which they are thrown into j ail. No explanation
is given the prisoner as to the cause of his ar
rest; no hearing is allowed him. The innocent
and the guilty fare alike. The fniy of the rad
icals is levelled against the best of onr citizens.
Old and young, gray-haired men incapable of
committing outrages, mere boys innocent of
orime, are arrested indiscriminately. In a time
of profound peace, when farmers are engaged
in gathering their corn and cotton, we are de
clared to be in a state of war. We are suffering
for crimes that have never been committed. Wa
are punished for offences of which we are not
guilty. We are warred upon by tho United
States government on account of a rebellion
which—God save the mark—has existence only
in the imaginations of President Grant and tho
vile politicians who have poisoned his ears with
false and malicious reports. There is no rebel
lion ; thero is no hostility to the United States
government; there is no resistance to lawful
authority, either State or Federal; the reports
cf collisions between armed bands of Ku-klux
and Federal troops are utterly false, base and
slanderous fabrications, uttered for a purpose.
The cruelty, the inhuman barbarity of this
most unrighteous war npon ns is enough to
bring the blush of 6hame to the cheek of a Nero
and soften the heart of a Tiberius. Our women
and children are the greatest sufferers by this
monstrous act of wanton oppression; they are
pale with affrignt; they aro distracted with
grief and angnish; those loved ones npon
whom they lean for support are torn from them,
and they are left defenceless and at the mercy
of bratat, lawless negroes. And all this suffer
ing is entailed npon onr people that a few
wicked politicians may continue in power and
batten on tho spoils of office. Grant’s proclama
tion, alleging that the upper districts of South
Carolina aro in a state of rebellion, is the most
stupendous lie that was ever promulgated to tho
world; the most infamous document that ever
bore an official seal. In its ntter falsehood, its
cool audacity, its daring assumption, its sublime
mendacity, and its damnable iniquity, it is
without parallel in history. There is no docu
ment on record comparable to it. The cruel
tyranny of the measure is only equalled by the
arbitrary despotism which has been practiced
upon a Poland or a Hungary, a Greece or an
Ireland. And the worst of it is there is no help
for us. When the President of a free country,
in a time of profound peace, deliberately turns
his “dogs of war” loose npon an unoffending,
defenseless people, and tho cold eye of the
world bears in it no sympathy for us, there is
no help for ns nnder the sun, and little hope.
Pardon me for trespassing upon your time,
and believe me to be, with the highest senti
ments of esteem and regard, your obedient ser-
vant.
Anecdotes of Wnsliingion and Andre.
Many years ago I made my first visit to Wash
ington’s headquarters, at old Tappan Town,
about half a mile from tho Seventy-six House.
The ancient edifice was more than a hundred
and twenty years old, and, although built of
stone, seemed almost tottering to its fall. It
had four roofs, one on the top of the other, and
from the first lower layer of cedar shingles I
selected powdering specimens, which pulled out
easily, and have them ndW among my Revolu
tionary relics.
I entered with my friend, whose guest I was
at the time, and who was a resident of the im
mediate neighborhood. Wo were courteously
welcomed by its then occupants, two elderly
ladies, who were born in the house.
Nothing could be in more perfeot keeping
with the mansion than these two venerable wo
men. Their name was Van Bruyck; and I was
the more interested in them because I had re
cently become acquainted in New York with &
relative of theirs of the same name, a promising
young painter, who wa3 fast increasing his rep
utation as a very natnral artist and a keen ob
server of the picturesque. One of his most
admired sketches, I soon saw, was a most life
like picture of this same old house. .
One of the two ladies was over eighty years
old, and her sister was se venty-five. They were
very lively for persons so aged, and were oblig
ingly communicative.
“Did you ever see Gen. Washington?” I in
quired of the oldest old lady.
“Ob, yes- many and many a time,” she an
swered ; “in this very room. He often used to
hold me in his lap. *1 remember it jost as weU
as if it was bnt yesterday. He was a lovely man,
General Washington was. And here,” she con-
tinned, going to and opening a wide cupboard,
“he used to keep his ‘things/ These hlue-and-
white cheney cup3 and sassers he used to drink
ont of; and here’s the very bowl he used to
make his wine sangaree in; and they used to
pass it around from one officer to another when
they’d come to see him; they helped themselves.
He seen a good deal of company, Gen. Wash
ington did.” «
“Did you oversee Major Andre? I inquired.
“Ob, yes—more’n fifty times. He was a
beautiful man. He kissed me twice. 2 was a
little girl then. I seen him the very morning
they took him on the top of the hUI to hang
him. The day before, in the morning, I took
him np some handsome, ripe peaches. Ho
thanked me so kind, and broke one of ’em open
and put it into his month and tasted it; bnt
somehow or ’nother he didn’t seem to have no
appetite.”
I asked how Gen. Washington seemed to feel
on the occasion.
“Oh, he must have felt dreadful! Ha
walked baok’ards and for’arda all the morning
in this very room; and I’ve hear’n Fop Blan-
velt say that he nover Bee him feel so bad afore.
He kept looking at his watoh every now and
then, and was oneosy till the timoabad come,
and Major Andre was hung. I seen Major An
dra myself, when we was a-swingin’ in the air;
and I seen him when ho was dug up and took
away; so did you, Polly, too, didn't you
From our Monthly Gossip, in the November
number of Lippincott’s Magazine.
Tbe Premium List.
We could proonre bnt a small additional in
stalment of the Fair Premium List yesterday;
but are promised tie whole for onr next edition,
when we hope to complete the publication.
Fousn.—A large brass key was found last
night iu Light House Alley. The owner can
get it by applying, at this office.