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CLISBT, JONES & REESE, Proprietors.
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Established 1826.
MACON, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1876.
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Volume LXTX-No. 38
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Tub Chronicle and Sentinel of yesterday
says:
Some weeks since Mr. T. J. Jennings,
of this city, concluded to make the ex
periment of sending a couple of shad to a
friend in Liverpool. Procuring tWo fine,
fresh fish from the waters of the Savan
nah, bo carried them out to the Augusta
Ice Company's works and had them
frozen into the heart of a large block of
ice. Thus encased they were placed in a
box and forwarded to Liverpool. Yes
terday Hr. Jennings received a letter
from his friend, acknowledging the re-
the fish. Ho says: "The shad
has fetched me and no mistake. It ar-
■ rly a week ago. My wife was
bn at the time, but was to return
on Saturday, so after examining it and
finding that it waa in perfect condition, I
nailed tho box up and left it in the cellar-
to keep till Jjlonday, when she would be
at home. I 'wanted to show it in our
Exchange NewsTtoom as a curiosity, but
it wa3 too big. and, berides, tho ice
was quite white and • almost opaque,
so that the fish could not be seen
through it. Of course, wo fc had a
regular fat dinner party, and it
embraced quite a number of national
ities. We bad an American—a tobacco
chewing man from Kentucky—a Ger
man, a Frenchman, a Greek, a Scotch
man, a Welshman, an Englishman. We
had to cook both the fishes, and tho
fragments that were taken up certainly
did not fill seven baskets,’ for you never
eaw a lot of men eat fish with better ap*
petito. It was in m03t splendid condi
tion, and tasted as if it had just come
out of tho water. We drank yonr health
in a bumper of champagno—the young
Dempsters joining in—and wore only
sorry that you weren’t there to make a
speech, or sing a song, or tell a good
story in reply. It was, indeed, a perfect
success, in every way, and the wife
desires me to send you her very best
regard*, end to say that she never had
such a fish upon her table. It melted
in the mouth.”
The Celumbus Enquirer of yesterday
publishes tho following very pitiful letter
from a sister of the unfortunate C. A.
Kendrick :
Atlanta, April 30, 1876.
Editor of the Enquirer Sun
Dear Sir—Will you pardon me, a
stranger, for obtruding upon your timo
and attention for a moment ? Only the
impulses of a bleeding, broken heart
impel me so to do. In an article of your
paper of Friday you set forth tho meagre
scraps of my unfortunate brother’s past
life in an incorrect statement you evi
dently gleaned from an unreliable sourco.
He is not yet thirty ono years old—till
the 19th of Jane next He did not dis
appear from the army at Spottsylvania.
He was a member of tho Fourth Georgia
regiment band and wa3 captured at the
Fisher’s Hill roat. There are those liv
ing near yon, who were captured
at tho same time, whose names
I could give, no remained a pris
oner of war on parole for six
months or more. Then at the surren
der he took the oath of allegiance to
avoid imprisonment, and went from
Winchester. Virginia (where he wa3 pa
roled), to Rochester. New York, to our
uncle. He did not graduate in Roches
ter. ne did not complete his course.
Previous to joining the band he carried a
musket, and was a brave, good soldier.
These are facts which I give, not so much
on account of their importance, as to
show you your information is incorrect.
I feel tnatit is sacrilege to speak of our
family sorrotv, and yet how keenly the
newspapers have lscerated our souls God
only knows. I blame no one, I ask no
one’s mercy; but, my unknown friend,
had yon known personally my pure, spot
less father, my patient, gentle, invalid
mother, my trne, lonely, innocent
sister/, I feel assured in your no
tices of our family sorrow you would
have more tenderly tempered “jus
tice with mercy.” O, God! the anguish
our hearts have felt, in our long, dark,
bitter week 1 I would not cover crime, I
would not hinder justice; but, oh! the
sweetness of charity and mercy in such a
trial a3 this! When our precious, unfor
tunate brother left the parental roof five
years ago, before God, he was all that
our hearts would have desired. As hi3
eldest sister, and the one reared by his
side till the changes of life divided us,
1 know what his past life was. Meekly.
> ven with reluetance, he chose the holy
calling of a minister, and with pride
and gratification, his many friends and
kindred saw him eet apart for that
precious work. By what devious paths
heha3 wandered, to find his feet so en
snared, is known alone to God above;
that God who is more mercifnl than man.
Why, or how, this mysterioos affliction,
my heart vainly tnrns here and there
for an answer. Lifo to me forever
seems darkened — that life which
has hitherto been all sunshine. If
ho is gnilty of crime, I know that he
must bo insane. As a family, we know of
many burdens that he has been called to
bear since his ministerial career began
that were amply sufficient to weaken the
mind and purpose of stronger natures
than his ever was. May God bring light
out of this darkness, and vindicate his
holy cause, is the prayer of my anguished
soul. I would not liavo troubled you
with this letter, but I feel it my duty to
correct the incorrect statements, and to
bespeak yonr mercy for any others in any
trial hereafter, when the pen and the
type may add te their sorrow. I can but
exclaim with David, "Sorely, no man’s
sorrow is as my sorrow,” and, my friend,
may God ever shield you from its bitter
ness. In great abasement and grief.
Very truly, Mrs. B. F. Abbott.
Private A. H. Hooke, of the Georgia
Hussars, during a practice on Mayday,
was thrown from his horse violently
against a tree and so badly injured that
bis recovery is regarded a3 very donbt-
fu!.
The Savannah News, of yesterday,
eaya the day before a colored woman was
found in the canal with her throat badly
cut. It seems that tho woman, who is
about fifty years of age, and whose name
is Catherine Johnson, was walking along
the canal bank, shortly after eleven
o’clock in the morning, when she wa3
accosted by two negro men. who de
manded to snow how much money she
had. She replied that she had no money,
when some further words passed be
tween them. Suddenly ono of the ne
groes seized her and the other drew
razor and wiped it across her throat, in
flicting a deep and ugly cut. They then
grabbed her up, and taking from her
pocket two cento, all the money she
had, threw her into the canal and quick -
ly decamped. Several colored women,
who were some distance off, observed tne
men pitch their victim into the water,
and immediately hastened tothercene to
discover the reason. They then pulled
her out of the canal and discovered, to
their horror, that her throat had been
cut. A messenger was sent for a po
liceman, and, as above stated, found and
notified one. The officer secured a wag
on and conveyed the woinan to the
barracks, but her condition was so criti
cal that it was deemed best to send her at
once to tho colored hospital and thither
she was taken. The wound was sewed
up, and while it is possible she may re
cover, the chances are against it.
The Rome Commercial announces that
rust has appeared upon tho blades of
wheat in That section of the State.
Toccoa City has added a barber to her
list of attractions. ■ 1
Mb. Anderson HcNxal, says tho
Fort Valley Mirror, an old citizen of
Reynolds, died very suddenly on the 24th
inst. Ho was taken very pnddenly and
violently on Saturday, and died the
Monday morning following. Age, 74
years.
The Thomasvillo Enterprise
^^j^eavns from a passenger'<?
larnyriltrain,on Saturdayevl
that as the train was very near the Aucff^
la trestle^n that evening, three shots'
were fired into it by parties unknown,
one of the balls shattering a window m
the next seat to which our informant was
sitting. It will be remembered that this
trestle was discovered on fire some ten
days since, and the origin of the fire was
at tho time supposed to.be accidental.
Speakino of Colonel T&bmaS*Harde
man,' the LumpVla,'Independent 1?ays:
This distinguished son of Georgia wasij £P
onr town on Monday and Tuesday, ana
created a fine impression among the citi
zens of Stewart, Ynany of whotn had
never eeen him befoVe or' heariT him
speak. At twelve' o’clock oh Tuesday,
after the adjournment of court, Colonel
Diphtheria. -
Thefollo w ing treat ise on diphth eria will
be found uscfol and' interesting reading.
It was written for the Christian Union by
Dr. Fuller Walker, of the Eastern Dis
pensary, New York s
The name of this fearfully fatal dis
ease is derived from a Greek word which
signifies to cover, or clothe with skin,
since the inflammation which occurs in . •
the throat causes a false membrane or 153
skin to be formed. This membrane ad
heres to the surface of the upper air pas
sages with great tenaciousnese, and in
creasing in thickness, or extending down
into thw> tangs, causes suffocation. Aa
might be expected from such a condition
of things, diptheria is vastly more fatal
with young children than with grown
folks, since they are less able to with
stand its assaults, and do not understand
how to expel the products of the inflam
mation from the throat. Jn view of the
/act^that diphtheria may appear in the
'most favorably located town or village in
'the country,as well as in the great centers
of populations like New York, and that
ift^ljable to ^become epidemic in form,
if not^jpjierly looked after,all the in
formation about this disease which can
be'given’to’the publio is of importance.
The writeAra^is has seen villages in
Vermont Dean.Qleeima.ted of their child
population thjro®5LAhi3 disease, because
its nature w’iis hot3mly'understood and
the necessary prewmasTto prevent its
spread and developmWtRJre not taken.
For no town or houBe is?qfavorably sit,--
mated that it is woof against'diphtheria,
anymore than it is against”small-pox.
W heme an be found a more -healthful or
beautiful, village than Greenfie' ‘
with ijts mountain streams andV
ed-strcotS f "The press reports tha!
ter. In 1861 we'§aw much of thm dis
ease in tho Valley of Lake Cham
plain, and the towns'whLh skirt tho
eastern foot-hills of the Adirondack
Mountains. It appeared in the high and
dry lo --bouse of the farmer on the moun
tain side, as well os in the comfortable
home inthe village. In tho city of Nsw
York this disease has long been an epi
demic, and the rate of mortality in
creases, notwithstanding all tho pjocau-
tions taken. How bad it would become,
if nothing was done, we will not under
take to surmise. The difficulties pbysi-.
cians and health officers have to contend*
with are very great. There is a largo
population which is poor, unfed, over
crowded, cut off from sunlight, ignorant,
and exposed to all the conditions of con
tagion. Many children who are taken
sick really dio of neglect. Perhaps tho
mother to sick in bed herself, or she is
obliged to go out to work, or coals and
food arc insufficient, or tho father is in
temperate. These things help to keep
up the death rate to its pre/ent high
standard. In the country such conditions
seldom c-xisf, and if diphtheria appeals in
a family or neighborhood, it should be
tained them with one of the finest agri
cultural speeches we ever listened to. If
tho advice given in this masterly effort
is followed by the people they would soon
becomo prosperous and bappy. There
wa3 no allusion to politics, but Colonel
Hardeman has secured friends, and no
few of them either, who an outspoken in
their preference for him above any Gub
ernatorial candidate. In portions of the
address the Colonel was most eloquent,
while at others he put together more
solid chunks of wisdom in a few words
than we have heard on the farming inter
est from any other source.
Sous time eince, says tho Augasta
Chronicle and Sentinel, a fine hound was
sent by express from Macon to Mr. J. W.
Crawford, of this city. Soon after re
ceiving the animal Mr. Crawford took it
oht on a fox hunt. During tho chase
tho dog disappeared, and no one know
what had become of it. A few days ago
a citizen of Augusta who happened to bo
in Macon saw the dog on oho of the
streets of that city. It had traveled all
tho way back on foot, over a country that
it knew nothing about. When it be re
membered that it bad been brought to
Augusta in a close car, tho case appears
the more remarkable.
A tear old daughter of Mr. W. H.
Dawson, of Sumter county, fell from a
piazza last Sunday and broke her neck.
TnE Atlanta Times of yesterday, has
the following with regard to the arrest
of the notorious Kelly brothers s
Yesterday afternoon the West Point
train brought to this city the Kelly
brothers, recently captured in Randolph
county. Alabama. As the train rolled
into the car shed, it passed a large num
ber of citizens, who, having heard that
the famous outlaws would arrive by that
train, had gathered to witness their arri
val. When the train stopped, two men
were led out of ono of the passenger
coaches, well bound with chains around
their necks, and their hands encircled in
a pair of iron bracelets. Tbo officers in
charge immediately carried them over to
the station house, whero they were lock
ed up in separate cells. In conversation
with Edward Kelly we gleaned the fol
lowing: The two brothers and a man
by tho name of Busbee, left Oglethorpe
county, in this State, about two weeks
ago with four or five horses
which had been stolen by Charles Kelly,
for Alabama, whero they arrived safely.
On Tuesday morning, April 25, about ten
o’clock, they were surrounded by an
armed body of men, beaded by the Sher
iff of Randolph county, Alabama, and
ordered to surrender, which they refused
to do. The poise then commenced firing
and Charles Kelly and Busbeo were both
shot down at tho first fire, but Edward
ran and succeeded in making his escape.
Charley and Busbee were both captured
and taken to Randolph county jail and
confined. As soon as ho had eecaped.
Edward Kelly then went to the bouse of
a cousin of bis, some eighteen miles from
where the conflict took place and asked to
be concealed. His cousin promised to
do so, but shortly afterwards betrayed
him, (to use his own expression,) and
he wa3 captured and carried to the same
jail whero his capture took dace. Or
the Friday following the Tuesday on
which the balance were captured, when
I arrived at the jail. I found my brother
and Busbee confined in wbat they
call the grand jury room of the jail, a
room which is used by the Grand Jury of
the county. I found that my brother
was badly wonnded in the legs, arms and
body with buckshot. One finger on bi3
right hand had beon broken by a bullet.
He told me be had it broken by & bullet
while trying to pull down 1 'on the Sheriff
daring the fight in which he wa3 cap
tured. Busbee was also badly wounded
in several plac’s. On Sunday morning,
while wo were in the jury room, Busbee
watched his chance and jumpod out of
the window into the yard, making his
escape. I have not seen him eince He
had no shackles on him at the time, but
they were put on after Busbee made bis
escape, and was then brought to Atlanta,
The prisoners will be conveyed to Ogle
thorpe county, where they will be tried.
Charley Kelley will go to tho peniten
tiary, where ho will serve out a lifetime
sentence. He made his eseape from the
penitentiary sometime ago, and hanging
around Newton county, his former home,
until he found a chance to steal the
horses which ho had when he was ar-
rested. The prisoners will leave to
morrow is charge of a sheriff and a
deputy.
The Constitution has the following
with reference to the Columbus scandal;
We are informed by friepds of Rev. C.
A. Kendrick that tney are strongly of
the impression that bis mind has been
impaired and becloaded for months past.
They think that his strange conduct
after his arrest and during his confine
ment plainly indicate the loss of self-
control, and the return of mental abera-
tion, from which he was a sufferer in
early youth. We learn that for roars he
was treated for a painful malady or the
head and ear induced by violent fever,
and his family have been apprehensive
for some time that the responsibility of a
large cbnrch would prove more thian he
could bear. One who baa been near to
him daring and since tho investigation
informs us that he has no comprehension
of his situation and of the crushing
sorrow which tho matter has brought
upon his family and friends.
confinedTtrone spbt.
The best authorities now ayree that
diphtheria, like measles, tho whooping
cough, scarlet fever, etc., is a contagious
disease. No matter where it comes
from, or how it comes, it can be commu
nicated from one person to another. This
fact should always be kept in mind, and
if a child in any family shows symptoms
of diphtheria, let it at once be removed to
an upper room ay itself and all other
children kept away. If mothers will do
this, they may save the lives of the rest
of their children, even if the first one
sick does not get well. It to really
criminal to allow tho sick baby or child
to lie in its crib in the same room with
the rest of the children. It should not
bo kept cn the same floor, but must be
carried up stairs. All the towels and
clothps used about the eick child should
be kept from the rest of the family;
even the spoon it uses and the glass from
which it drinks. There is danger for
any one to kiss the person sick wi:h
diphtheria. The poison which causes the
disease lodges in the air passages, and
from the sore throat it ppreads through-
out tho whole system, causing fever, loss
of appetite, prostration and often death.
Often this poison clings to certain places,
rooms and houses, for many months.
Think what a fearful thing it must be to
have the living-room of a family infected
with diphtheria poison.
German microscopists claim that diph
theria is caused by a minute organism,
which is called bacteria Recently, at the
School of Mines, in connection with Co
lombia. college, in New York, photographs
of these little animals were shown
through the magic lantern. They pro red
to be of ail shapes, from a corkscrew to
a tangled piece of thread. And the
learned doctors who discoursed about
them were unable to say whether they
caused the disease, or were the product
of diseased action. That there is some
thing which floats in the atmosphere and
lodges in the throat, causing diphtheria,
is certain, and the poison begins to act
the moment it finds lodgment. If the
throat is perfectly strong and liealtby,
we may doubt if the poison would affect
it. But most people do not have sound
throats; from ono cause or another the
throat is inflamed and in a sensitire con
dition. A catarrh in the bead, or nose,
or throat, a cold on the lungs, etc., will
so iefiam- the air passages that they will
readily respond to the diphtheria poison.
From these facts we see how important
it is that the throat should be kept always
in a healthy condition. Physicians of
experience have discovered that a sudden
checking of tho perspiration of tho skin
causes a cold to settle on the lungs, while
wetting of the feet causes a eore throat.
Now, in tho winter, when there i3 much
snow on the ground, or when the walking
is very sloppy, many children get their
feet wet, a cold in the throat follows, and
if they are exposed to the poison of diph
theria they are sure to catch the disease.
The lining membrane of the throat in
children under five years old is very deli
cate and almost unable to resist even
slight impressions. This is one reason
why so many small children have diph
theria.
After a child has been exposed, in from
two to five days it shows marked symp.
toms of sickness. The glands of the neck
swell, the pulse is quick, there is fever
and prostration, the inside of the throat
is red, and in timo white patches appear
on the tonsils. Of course there is dry
ness, and more or less difficulty in swal
lowing. In mild cases these symptoms
disappear in three or four days; in unfa
vorable cases they increase, and great
prostrition follows. Children who have
recently bad ecarlet fever, measles,
whooping cough, croup, or who are feeblo
in constitution, are more liable to the
attacks of diphtheria than well children
*! he rich and poor are alike liable to
this disease, and it may occur in all
climates, but is more prevalent, in damp,
cold weather. Sometimes it owes its or
igin to tbo absence of sunlight, to the
impurity of the water used, to badly
ventilated rooms, to a vile habitof living
or underfeeding, to decaying animal or
vegetable matter. When this disease
shows itself in any family, it should be a
matter of great concern to try and dis
cover the cause, eo that it can be re
moved. If the sleeping rooms are dark
or badly ventilated, let in the pure air
and Bunlfgbfe„ S there is water in the
cellar, or decaying’ matter -* any sort
about, have it removed; Where people
have been sick in a room with diphthe
ria, tho ceiling should be whitewashed,
the wood work repainted, and the room
opened to the air and sunlight for a
week or ten days before using again. The
child should be kept warmly'/dad in
flannels, if the weather is cold.
Of the treatment of diphtheria much
may be said. The indications • are to
keep down the fever, to remove the local
irritation* and to (sustain the system.
Much may be done which is harmless in
itself, and may prove valuable.aid to
wards arresting the disease. The throat
should be Well fomented, or steamed,
with flannels rung out of hot water and
put about the neck as warm as the pa
tient can bear. Good effects will result
if now and then a cloth dipped in ice
water is put about tbe throat, in alterna
tion with the hot flannels. This sudden
change from hot to cold, and vice versa,
relieves the inside of the throat. Bits of
ice should he constantly dropped into the
month, and allowed to melt m the throat
If there is much general fever, reduce
by a general towel bath with soda in
tepid water. Keep-the. feet warm and
the head cool. Give'the child plenty of
warm milk to drink.
When the doctor arrives he wOl use
medicine in which he has the mdst con
fidence. Some dissolve twenty grains of
chlorate of potash in an ounce ofewater,
and with a soft sponge fastened to a bit
of whalebone, dip it in tho solution, and
swab out the throat four or five times a
day. Any sensible person can do this, by
holding the ton^ua down with the handle
of a spoon. Outers take the dry powder
of the potossa, and blow a grain at a
time into the back of the throat through
a quill or a straw. Some physicians dis
solve twenty or thirty grains of-mitrate
of silver in water, and with a sponge and
stick carefully touch the white patches
oEMtotohsils with the solntitfa; Other
crowds put five or six drops of tbe tine-
tul-e-othconite into a glass of water, and
give a teaspoonful every half hour until
tho fevervsubsidea. The outside of the
throat can'be painted, where it is swol
len, with a mixture of aconite'and the
tincture of iodine.- We have seen doctors
who always begin, withe do3e of calomel,
followed by castor*oil; and others give
quinine. Moat of these remedies are use
ful, and will do little harm. In esse of
necessity, a parent need not lieeitato to
make use of them until a doctor can be
procured.
The physician would hardly be safo in
predicting a favorable termination to any
case of diphtheria. In different epidem
ics the mortality varies from thirty to
fifty per cent., and is xnoro favorable the
more adults are attacked. The younger
tho individual tho more dangerous the
disease. Among children under one year
of ago it is comparatively rare. The
more extensive thesurfaco of diphtheritic
inflammation the more doubtful will boa
favorable termination of the case The
most favorable cases aro tL-.se uriwhieh
tho local affection remains confined to
tho tonsils. When diphtheria attacks
the larynx the majority of tho cases are
fatal. Repeated occurrences of fever m
tho earlier period of tho diseaso are evi
dences that it is spreading. A low form
of fever, with the temperature of the
body varying from forty to sixty degrees,
indicates a thorough blood poisoning, and
a case which generally terminates in
death. Loss of appetite at the beginning
of the disease is a bad sign.
A. Vast Engineering Scheme.
The London Times comments as fol
lows upon a scheme of the American en
gineer, Mr. Spalding, to fill the basin of
the Caspian Sea from the Black Sea:
We published yesterday an engineer
ing scheme which tor grandiosencBS of
conception must bo allowed to transcend
all that has been produced in this age of
scientific achievement. Mr. Spalding, an
American, proposes to reverse a natural
process which has been in action for
thousands of year?, and, in his opinion,
has produced tbo present distribution of
the human race in Earope. It is a ques
tion of nothing less than turning the
waters of the Black Sea into tha Caspian,
and filling that great inland basin to the
depth which obtained at a remote period
ia the age of the globe.
Tho lower partR of this basin are occu
pied by the Caspian Sea, which receives,
beside smaller tributaries, the two great
rivers Ural and Volga, which drain a
large proportion of the central regions of
the Russian Empire. TheBO rivers have
for age3 deposited in the Caspian the soil
of the regions drained by them. The di
mensions of the sea have consequently
become contracted, and the bottom of
what remains of it ha3 been raised until
very large areas are becoming unnavi-
gable. By reason, also, of tho diminu
tion of the water space available for evap
oration, the surrounding regions are be
coming sterile wastes, and commerce
diminishes notwithstanding the ap
proach of civilization.
The only means of arresting this im
placable action of nature is to restore to
the Caspian its ancient body of waters,
and consequently its ancient depth and
area. This is to be done by cutting a
channel which shall bring into it tho
waters of the neighboring Black Sea.
The projector would make a great cut
ting, about two hundred and fifty versts
in length, connecting tho two seas upon
one level. It is to be promised that the
Caspian is considerably lower than the
Black Sea and the Mediterranean, and
therefore a continuous flow from the lat
ter into tile former would ensue upon a
communication being made.
Tioht Shoes.—A correspondent of the
New York Tribune has the following:
Said a young girl, who had becomo an
invalid: "I have learned during my ill
ness that a vast deal of iil-kealtb among
women is owing more to tight boots or
shoes than any other cause.” I conversed
with a woman who had been in business
thirty year?, and the greatest portion of
this period had stood on her feet and
never felt the slightest inconvenience.
“I always looked out,” continued she,
" to wear slices and boots that gave room
to expand the muscles of my feet.” She
at this time had m her employ two or
tbrpe girls, one of whom was subject to
fainting fits from wearing tight boots.
It is impossible for a woman or girl to
stand an hoar with snug-fitting boots or
s noes without suffering n. torture that
affects tho whole bodv. Here tbe effect
ia made the cause. Very few people un
derstand the wonderful elasticity of the
muscles of the feet, and those who ought
to be best informed know tho least—
these ore the shoemaker?.
What Constitutes a Cabpet-B agoee.
“You call mo a crpet-bagger,” con
temptuously exclaimed an indignant but
witty Rapubhcan, who bad been inter
rupted in a political speech in a Missis
6ippi back county. "I am a carpet-bag
ger ; I have neither house, nor land, nor
shelter, nor property of any kind; I am a
carpet-bagger—perhaps the only one yon
ever saw. You people are great fools.
You call Governor Ames a carpet-bagger.
H»’a no carpet-bagger; bo owns a house
in Boston.” Whereat the whole crowd
shouted asseat.—Washington Cor reap on
dence New York Herald.
EATONTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Eatonton, May 1,1876.
KOBE SISQBACE FOR OXOROIA.
Those of ob who live away down Sooth
have been very much scandalised at the
Beecher business, and the prominence
given to it in the newspapers. Now,
eince the Columbus escapade, what shall
we say P And if it terminate as did the
Plymouth affair, still more emphatically
.{ask, what shall we say? But there are
those in this State who assent that such
things have already happened within
onr borders several times since the war,
and that they have been hushed up, or,
to use the common expression, "white
washed.” Georgians, sons and daughters
of tho colony planted by Oglethorpe,
and preached to by the Wesley?, ‘what
have we to say ? Bnt this is a subject on
which lam afraid to trnst my pen, and I
dismiss it.
WEATHER, CROPS, ETC.
I can tell yon exactly about the weather
here. On tho 12th, 13 th and 14th April,
we had a great deal of rain. Since then,
on the night of the 25th April, a few
drops fell; do. about 2 o’clock p. v. on
tho 28th. There was a slight drizzle
cn tho night of the 29th. This May
morning, the same. That is all, now, in
sixteen days—sot amounting to a respec
table • sprinkle,” if the whole wero put
together. We are needing it very much.
The cotton planted since the heavy rains
b coming up badly. There aro some
good stands that were planted earlier.
The rust in wheat 13 very extensive.
People are trying to console themselves
with the idea that it i3 confined to tho
blade and has- not reached the stalk.
Well, it always begins that way; so very
little comfort, it appears to me, is to bo
derived from that circumstance.
ERRATA
must bo occasionally written, in spite of
tho firmest resolutions that may be
formed. Time and again havo I prom
ised to correct no moro mistakes, and a3
often have I yielded onco moro to temp
tation. Sometimes I pass over very glar
ing errors, but there are moments when
the strongest human will is powerless to
resist the impulse to set things right.
There are circumstances which cause a
writer to exclaim to tho printers as Job
did to hfe friends—for I consider type
setters my very good friends—“No doubt
ye aro tbe people, and wisdom shall dio
with you.”
But to the point. A whole sentence
was left out near the beginning of my
last letter. It was something as follows:
"Who i3 it that will be smirched?”
Then they had fangs instead of forms. I
did not quote verbatim, but alluded to
this passage from Poe’s “ Raven:“
“ Take thy beak from out my heart.
And taka thy lorm from off my door."
Where I used small d’s" and rfe, as in
democrat, radical, etc., they substituted
capital D’s and R’s, and where I person
ified time and used a capital T, they put
a small t. They had "retrogrations”
for “ retrogradations.” Other miner mis-
takes were made. But, “No doubt ye
are the people,” etc. Now I have re
lieved myself somewhat, perhaps I may
not have any moro errata in a long while.
PHILOLOGICAL.
While "i’ the vein,” I will mention that
thoso Yankees who laugh at Southern
people for saying ‘’I reckon” so and so,
probably never paid much attention to
the eighth verse of the eighth chapter of
“Romans,” where the English translation
of St. Paul’s language is, "For I reckon
that tho sufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be compared with the
glory which shall bo revealed in us.”
Now, after thfe, don’t condemn a South
ern person who says "I reckon that I
know ai much about it as you do.” On
the other hand, there was a time when
we used to ridicule Northern people for
saying "I gues3.” A few, or perhaps I
might say a good many, still attempt to
keep up this ridicule, but it has become
customary for certain kinds of Southern
folks to imitato what has generally been
considered a Yankee colloquialism by say
ing “I guess so.” But why should we
ever have laughed at them all, and why
is it that the English have laughed at
them more than any body else, when the
expression "I guess,’’ is found in eo high
a standard, so classical an English work,
as tbe Spectator?
It i3 curious and amusing to notice the
various colloquialisms of different na
tions. Tho most ignorant Englishman
or Irishman is generally very precise in
8lying "I have something on hand,” while
the language of tho average American,
conversing carelessly, would be "I’ve got
something on hand.” This is in the pres
ent tense. In the past tenBe it is reversed.
The American becomes more correct, and
the Englishman offends against the rules
of grammar. In Punch’a ‘ London Med
ical Student*” I find this: "Why you
hadn’t got an atom of tin, when you left
’ Now an American would have
said, "Why you didn’t have a red cent,”
etc.; or “you hadn’t a cent,” etc. So it
seems that, ia the present tense, John
Bull is more accurate, while ia the past
tense, Brother Jonathan ia more obedient
to the rule than the old man.
An American will say, “Have yon had
your dinner?” An Irishman—that is
some Irishmen— will ask, “Did you have
your dinner yet?” The Cockney always
leaves out the h at tho beginning of
words, and puts it in before vowels
where it should not occur. Some years
ago Harper's Magazine had an amusing
picture of John Bull kicking the letter
H—a huge capital—out doors, and ex
claiming, “Get bout hot my ouse you
orrid hobjectl’’ If theso people could
not sound the h at all, it would not be
very surprising; but the fact of their
almost invariably pronouncing it where
it shonid not he, and leaving it out
where it should be, is tbe strangest
anomaly in language ever noticed by
one who h&3 always been very curious
and very observant concerning matters
of this sort. Speaking of not being able
to produce certain sounds reminds ms
that it is next to impossible for a Dutch
man to pronounce th, bnt he will say dis
instead of this, etc., while the English
find almost equal difficulty in uttering
the guttural sound so cotnmon among
the Germans.
I read in a telegram a few days since
the following, punctuated just as I writs
it: “They (the Indians) will leavo_ the
reservation in good temper, to raid on
the whites.” I presume tho comma
should have been placed after the word
reservation, thus: “Tney will leaVa the
reservation, in good temper to raid on
the whites.”
GEORGIA POLITICS,
district politics, and even county politics
are subjects on which I have been trying
to make up my mind to say something,
bnt have not yet succeeded. As to Gov
ernor, I believe I can name Patnam’B
favorite,-ditto-representative in Congress,
not so sore about State Senator, tolerably
cortain about representative in tbe Leg
islature. Snppose I name the last and
make all the rest mad. Well, I will
quote. He is "The Unknown."
L. H.
GEORGIA MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Memorial Tribute to Dr. C. B. Not
tingham. -
Tho action of the Medical Association
of Georgia, at its recent meeting in An
gnsta, with reference to the death of Dr.
C. B. Nottingham, of this city, was of so
interesting a charaoter, and so eminently
just to the memory of a pure man and
learned scientist, that we give space to
it to-day. The addresses delivered upon
the occasion have not before been pub
lished.
The Committee on Necrology made the
following report:
It is the painful duty of yonr Cam'
mitteeon Necrology to come before you
with their report clothed in mourning.
Since last we met death has entered our
ranks and taken one of the shining
marks in the person of Dr. C. B. Not
tingham, who died March 14,1876. Dr.
Nottingham was one of the fathers of
this Association; and from the time of
its organization to the day of his death
ho was an honor to the Association and
an ornament to the profession. His
whole life wa3 earnestly devoted to the
advancement of medical science; and
indeed we are told by those moat inti
mate with him, that he might bo called
a professional martyr.
Ho was among the first to inaugurate
the great sanitary movement of our State
Board of Health, and a3 one of the mem
bers of that Board he was indefatigable
in the discharge of its duties.
Having filled several places in cur
Association, and at one time enjoying its
highest honors, it i9 befitting that the
Medical Association of Georgia should
pay this humble tribute to his memory.
Therefire,
Resolved, That whilo we bow with
submission to the fiat of the Great I Am,
we do so with exceeding regret, and will
ever cherish in onr memories, as one of
our best members, the name of Dr. C. B.
Nottingham, of Macon, Ga.
At tho conclusion of the reading of
the report, Dr. G. E. Su3idorff, of Macon,
said:
Mr. President and Qcnlle.nen: I most
heartily approve the resolution just of
fered by tho chairman of tho Committee
upon Necrology—it is but a deserved
tribnte to the memory of our lamented
friend and brother.
But few men possess tho qualities of
mind and heart, which united in him,
maflo his character one of rare nobility
and goodness. The principles which
governed his life, were sublimely illus
trated by his entirity of purpose and the
consciencious discharge, of duties, which
demanded self-sacrifice. His sympathies
were large and his affections strong, and
in hia intercourse with his follow-men,
beautifully exemplified the principle of
noblesse oblige.
His abilities were truly of a high order"
and his success as a physician and writer
oommaneadJP-a remarkable degree the
confidence and respect, nob only of the'
community in which he lived, but of a
laree part of the entire country.
He died in the 58th year of hU age,
and in the zenith of hfe usefulness, and
though ho had accomplished much, he
was just entering upon new fields of use
fulness, in which he would undoubtedly
have worked out even greater results,
and such as wonld have satisfied his
generous hearr.
I doubt not but his los3 is felt by all
who ever knew him, but especially is
this so with thoso who participated with
him in the every day occurrences of life,
listened to his wise counsels, and receiv
ed the benefits of his skill and sympa
thy. To su:h his loss is great indeed.
His life was, indeed, an unselfish one,
and the ordeal of a particularly painful
illness brought out the more clearly the
grand attributes of his nature.
His memory i3 dear to all, and will
ever be cherished with reverence and
love by multitudes nnto whom he minis
tered, May the example of hie virtues
ever remain with us, and may he now be
blessed with that happiness for which
all hope, and which comes to those who
have attained the knowledge of the mys
terious Giver of all life.
Would that I possessed the power of
eloquence, that I might suitably express
upon this occasion all that I feel should
bo said in commemoration of hia life
and work—but must content myself with
these few words: I see distinguished
gentlemen on the floor to day who were
Dr. Nottingham’s old and warm friends,
-and to them I resign the sad duty. 1
refer to Dr. J. G. Thomas, of Savannah,
and Dr. Robt. Battey, of Rome.
Dr. W. O’Daniel, of Twiggs county,
followed with a short address. He said:
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Medi
cal Association of Georgia: Words are
inadequate to express the high apprecia
tion in which onr friend. Dr. Nottingham,
was held in the city of Macon. He was
known to be one of the ablest members of
our noble profession. He devoted bis
whole life to the advancement of science
and the investigation of disease. To
him is due much credit for the existence
of the Stato Board of Health, as well as
our accomplished and energetic friend.
Dr. Thomas, of Savannah. As I said
■before, words are inadequate to express
such an eulogy upon him as he deserves.
He was, indeed, a noble man, one of the
highest order of intellect?, honor, integ
rity and fidelity, hence his motto, fat
juititia, rvat caelum.
The following rom irks were made by
Dr. J. G. Thomas, of Savannah:
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Med
ical Association:
I deem it a sad duty to make a few re
marks upon those resolutions pertaining
to the life and character of our deceased
brother and friend, Dr. C. B. Notting
ham. My friendship for him waa not
formed in youth, and which had grown
with onr strength and cemented by
years. I have only known him for the
past eight or nine years; but circum
stances have been such as to throw ns
intimately together in the furtherance of
purposes in which we both felt a deep
interest- It was in studrinj; and perfect
ing professional matters in onr State
which we believed deeply, and I might
almost say vitally, concerned us all, that
I learned to know and to love him. He
was a man that most men would not call
great in mind. He, perhaps, did not
h ive that giant sort of intellect that we
cadi great, but with all that he was what
many men his superiors in grasp of mind
are not, and that was, capable of great
deeds.' His mind was on the Roman
order—whose minds, like their architec
ture* built of solid blocks of granite—
and what was singular, with all his
firmness and solidity he was man
ifestly, to us all, 03 tender
a woman. Who of ns here that
do not remember him in these meet
ings. When he rose to speak upon any
important subject his utterance was
often choked by his feelings; tbe kind
ness, the sympathy, the tenderness was
written legibly all over whatever he said.
I saw him several times as he lan
guished upon his last bed of suffering.
When I last saw him, which waa only a
■hext time before his death, pain, anguish
ef body and suffering was manifested in
all the lineaments of his amiable counte
nance, and yet rest, contentment and
resignation of soul was just as apparent
under the pale shadows of dfeease. IV hen
I heard he was no more an undefined
shadow came over me aa I went about
tho duties of the day, such as we feel
when we lose those who are near and
dear unto us by blood.
But lkhew that Time, the curer of all
our evils of this kind, would soon dissi
pate these clouds from my feelings, and
I thought of our profession and the mul
tifarious affairs of it, in which he was so
deeply interested, and asked myself who
will take his place, who will fill the vac
uum which his loss has made ? And the
question came back to me like a faint
echo in a dark cave.
He was deeply interested in the affoirs
which now so intimately concern ns all,
of publio hygiene in our State. It was
after reflection that he gave so much of
his time and thought to the. measures of
health in the State which have been in
augurated in the last few years. But his
zeal for public health had assnmed all the
force and power of a religious impulse,
and he allowed nothing to withstand its
resistless energy. It was conscience,
burthen of the heart, that drove him on
in the discharge of the duties of his
office. I ask, Mr. Chairman, that a page
in oar minute book, and in our transac
tions, be set apart and tho name otC. B.
Nottingham inscribed upon it.
Dr. Battey, of Rome, said :
Mr. President: I would fain nurse in
the secrecy of my own heart the deep
personal sorrow which I feel in the loss
of our departed friend and brother.
Dr. Nottingham, hut I cannot allow the
report of one committee to’pass with
out a, word of tribnte to hfe memory.
Some two months ago, upon my return
from a professional trip jn Southern
Georgia, chancing to have a leisure hour
in Macon, I sought for Dr. Nottingham,
Learning that ho wo# critically ill I re
paired at once to his bedside. Taking
the invalid by tho hand in the warm
clasp of friendship, hfe eyes filled with
dew drops and the pent lip emotions of
tho heart choked hfe utterance with an
eloquence far beyond that of word?.
He seemed to have a conviction that the
end was not distant, though I hoped
myself that it might be otherwise.
My acquaintance with Dr. Nottingham
was not of many years duration, hut it
had ripened into true friendship and
heartfelt sympathy. He was a man
of sensitive nature but of warm impulses,
full of benevolence and charity, not only
for his brethren of the-profession, but
for the whole human family. He w&3 a
man of peculiarly nice sense of propriety
and courtesy, always jast, always gener
ous, bold and cbivalric in his nature, his
soul was the very shrine of honor and of
probity. Peaco to hfe ashes. Long may
we cherish hfe memory, emulate his vir
tues, and profit by his example I
Dr. John M. Johnson,of Atlanta, spoke
aa follows:
Mr, President: I desire to say a few
words in .reference to the death of Dr.
iVoitlng&ans before the subject is dis
missed _ ■ rn .
It was my good fortune to have known
him, and to study him. Oar first meet
ing was in the city of Atlanta, whither
ho had gone to urge upon the Legisla
ture the establishment by law of a Board
of Health for the State of Georgia, and
the erection of an asylum for inebriates.
I was invited to an interview with him
by mv friend, Dr. Joseph P. Logan, a
worthy and efficient coadjutor in the
movement afterwards. I attended a
meeting of the committee of the Legis
lature, and heard the earnest appeal
by him in behalf of both objects. So
deeply did hfe arguments impress me,
that I was induced to inqniro into his
character and history. Every one speke
of him in terms of eulogy, as a husband,
father and friend, and a? a cit'izen and
physician he was regarded as a sage and
a philosopher. a
While all agree that he stood among
the foremost in his profession—that his
learning and skill were of the highest
order—yet it is not from this standpoint
that I would pronounce hfe eulogy. He
ho3 loftier claims than learning, science
and skill can give. He loved his race,
he was the friend of humanity, he pitied
man in hie degradation and shame; his
trembling hand, feeble from tho en
croachments of disease soon to lay him
lew, was raised in supplication in behalf
of the poor, besotted and degraded ine
briates now filling your jails and peniten
tiaries with criminals, and the land with
mourners and beggars. He begged in
behalf of these poor wretches of a dis
eased appetite, that the State would give
of its abundance a mere pittance to
build them an asylum, where, under con
strained abstinence, and kind treatment
and counsels, their moral nature could
be restored, and being redeemed from
their brutal appetite i, might walk forth
wearing again the image of Efim who
gave them life and being.
There is a German tradition which
says that before God created man he
summoned his three ministers—Troth,
Justice and Mercy to hear the high
decree. Bnt Truth said, “Oh! God,
make not man; he will degrade thy
name and falsify thy truth.” Justice
said, “Oh, God, make not man; for he
will fill the earth with cursing and defy
thy law.” Bab Mercy, with streaming
eyes and on bended knees, said, “Oh!
God, make man; Trnth and Justice
have well spoken, but I will throw my
arms around him, and, by tby grace, I
will lead him in the paths of trnth and
holiness.” And God said, “I will make
man; he shall be the child of Mercy;
teach him to deal with hfe brother.”
Our deceased friend fnlfilled to the let
ter the meaning and spirit of the fable.
He was true to his brother whilo living,
and as he yielded his last sighs in the
bosom of hfe family, no donbt a prayer
went up for him also. And now while
hfe body “sleeps beneath the green sod,
bis pare spirit is above tbe blue skies.”
When history shall write the name, of
those who have been true to file’s event
ful mission, high upon the list will stand
the name of Curtis Bell Nottingham.
Why Bristow will* Not De for tbe
Repnbllean Candidate.
Cincinnati Times.)
The party lines ore drawn almost as
cloeely this year as in 1860. The Repub
lican party will demand a candidate whose
record in this fierce struggle of the past
will convince the people beyond all shad
ow of doubt that tbe great cause for
which we have done-and suffered so much
is safe in. hfe hands. . This requirement
places Mr. Bristow utterly out of the
question—if he had ever been in it. A
Southern born man, with dangerously
pleasant relations with the Bourbon De*
mocracy, with no political record, and no
political experience, there is no more pos
sibility ef hfe being taken for a Repub
lican leader in this campaign than there
is of the Roman Church taking an un
known Protestant for their next rope.
These are the reasons why Blaine and
Conkling, enemies though they be, wonld
nnite against Bristow; and tbe same
reasons will apply to all the really Re
publican delegatee in the Convention.
Mr. Bristow’s support will be from thoen
who have been enemies of the
since 1872.
A DISASTROUS OVERFLOW*
Tbe Parishes of Concordia, nnd enta-
beut* Abtanst Satire!y Inundated—
. Kola ta the CitaM too tMrftir.
New Cyieaps Bulls tin. April S9J
We have reports of another disastrous
overflowjof the oountry west of Natohez.
The greater part of the parishes of Con
cordia and Catsfaobla are underwater to
an unusual depth. This stato of affairs
has been expected and greatly feared for
the past two months, over since the river
has been so high below MempmjTand
Yioksburg. Tbe water from tlrtMissis
sippi escapee through tbe numerous bay-
one in the neighborhood of Vicksburg on
the Louisiana side, flows through them,
finds its way into the Tensas, and thence
into the Ouachita and Block rivers, swel
ling them out of the back and soon inun
dates all the adjoining country.
The destruction from this nse„wtyt of
conrse, be great. Nearly all of tbe crops
of this year there will be lost entirely, as,
when the water goes down, it will be too
late to plant cotton, and com cannot
grow on account of tho insects always
following in the train of an overflow.
Great numbers of ilvie stock'Will’neces
sarily perish, too, and the peopAe thero
can as ill afford to lose them aa their
crops. Tho country about Trinity, and
the'extent of Black and Little rivers, and
Tensas and Bayon Macon, are named as
now suffering with this flood—an extent
of country about 125 miles long by 30 Of
40 wide. ; * '. '
This is tho fifth heavy .overflow tha
inhabitants of that part of the State have
suffered in the last ten yean, and-'they
have once or twice been helped in their
necessitous circumstances (incidental
thereto) by the charities of our own
people and of strangrts, and notably by
tbe noble gift* of Bqstod and other Nor
thern cities: in 1874. .* - t- w A
The country which is thus desolated
by the flood ia one of the richest, most
beautiful and desitaole portions of (he
State. Before the war the people wero
immensely wealthy, and maintained their
own levees, hut ruined by the war. their
fertile fields have been submerged timo
and again by the breasin/ of insecure
and improperly maintained leYeee, and
their attempt to maintain their homes
and plantations has been a long and dis
heartening struggle with misfortune,
which would have disheai t.-ned a people
less patient and hopeful. There most be
a vast amount of suffering among the
unfortunate people whose domains are
covered’ by the merciless waters, and
something must be done for their relief
by those of onr people who have not been
visited by disaster.
It would seem that repeated overflows
of this character, with their attendant
herrors and attendant ruin to crops,
would induce prompt action by Congress
on the matter of levee appropriations.
The Mississippi is the great water
highway of tLe DaticD, and the nation
should have the care of its levees." "We
trnst our representatives in Congress
will loacino lime in pushing the levee
hill through ^ -j», V-'.l
Case of Sir. Blaine.
Baltimore Run.)
. ’ While we have been disposed to accept
Hon. J. G. Blaine’s late explanation of
the aUeged $64,000 transaction with the
Pacifio railroad, m which he was 6aid to
be involved, we find that even seme lead
ing Republican papers aro not satisfied,
and call for more explicit explanation of
the following order of tho executive com
mittee of the road:
“New York, December 16,1871.—Or
dered, that Morton, Bliss & Co. be au
thorized to draw on the treasurer of this
company for $64,000. payable, in forty
days from date, and hold a3. collateral
security for the company seventy-five
land grant bonds of the Little Rock and
Fort Smith Railroad Company’s bends,
$1,000 each.
The Cincinnati Gazette, a Republican
paper, contends that the •* bottom: ficta”
in the case have not been reached, and
noticing Mr. John B. C. Hirriaon’s late
statement, published in the Sun of Thurs
day, say3: ., . " ’ . ’V '
“ It will bo observed that it was Mr. E.
H. Rollins who inculpated Mr. Blaine,
and that Mr. Harrison’s information alto
the connection of Mr. Blaine with the
transaction was obtained trom Mr. Rol
lins. It will also be observed that Mr. J.
H. Millard, of Omaha, another Govern
ment director,’beard Mr. Rollins report
tbe statement, that an investigation of
tbe transaction would implicate Mr.
Blnine and defeat his election for Con
gress, then pending. Here are two com
petent and living witnesses- as to.what
Mr. Rollins said. In order to exculpate
Mr Blaine, therefore, it must be sbown
that Mr. Rollins stated to 1 oth Harrison
and Millard that which was not true.
“ Furthermore, it will lie observed
that Mr. Harrison followed the mattes
up, as he w.ia bound to do. In 1873,
when the Credit Mobilier investigation
was in progress, and Mr. E. H Rollins,
Secretory of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company, was oh the Bland as a witness,
Mr. Harrison telegraphed Judge Wilson,
of Indiana, chairman of tbe investigating
committee, to ask Ms? Rollins oerteta
questions, and on the 31 of February,
1873, he wrote him fullv on the same
■abject, not mentioning Blaine’s name,
however, but telling kite that according
to what Rollins had told him aa investiga
tion of tha $64,000 transaction would im
plicate a prominent member of Congreee.
Mr. Unison did not aek tbe questions, and
it is now in order for him to explain that
branch of the subject. If Rollins told
the trnth in 1872 an investigation in
1876 wonld be even more fatal than it
would have been then. If Mr. Rollina
told a falsehood it is dne to Mr. Blaine
that it be made known. Upon that state
ment made by Rollins rests the whole
case against Mr. Blaine.”
Georgia fer TUden.
So says the Mobile Doily Register in a
long article about Tilden’g prospects.
That peper-of ^Tuesday says:
The State of Georgia is as yet the only
Southern State which bat nominated
delegatee,- and it ia interesting to know
that the sentiment there is decidedly for
Tilden.. Iu all the meetings that were
held to elect delegatee to the distriof
Conventions, no instructions were offered,
nor was any preference expressed for
any candidate, but a very decided feel
ing in favor of an Eastern bard mpney
candidate prevails throughout the State.
Th* conventions met in each Congres
sional district. They passed no resolu
tions favoring any candidate, bnt it iq
distinctly understood that the delegatee
will act upon tbe idea thet an Eastern
man can organize a Demor ratio victory.
Governor Smith, who heads the delega
tion, wifi net talk, but bis preference for
Tilden has been known for some time.
State Senator Howell and Judge Hall,
Atlanta delegates, favor a hawl money
Eastern candidal o. and give Tilden the
preference over Bayard. Ex-Congress
man Young etrongly favere an Eastern
man. and thinks Tilden will bring more
■adroitness and resource into tho cam
paign than any other candidate. It U
quite certain that Georgia’s twenty-two
votes will be given to cither TOwm oq
Rsjard, with the preference tar Til^q t