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MACON JULY 30, «878
Mac Mahon is said not to ba over fe-
lidOous in hio remarks. Pissing through
a hospital in Paris, he was told that a
patient bad meningitis. "A very bad
disease,” said MacMahon. “It either
kilIs / yoQ or leaves yon demented. I
hava had it myself.”
General Merritt, the newly-appointed
collector at New York, eays if a republi
can State convention is to be held this
fall it will bo the first time on record
that the New York eustom-honse will be
absent, and this, he thinks, will be a sub
stantial proof of civil service reform
which -.will do much to etrengthen the
party in that State.
hpt great Sutro tunnel is substantial
ly- completed, bat no understanding has
been reached with the managers of the
Comstock mines—for which it is intended
as a means of communication, ventilation
and drainage—as to the prioe to be paid
for its use. Mr. Sutro has a strong bulk
head in readiness to be closed, which
would dam the water in the mines and
soon fill them. He eays that he will
resort to this extreme measure if what
ho regards as reasonable terms are not
complied with.
Gen. Myera’.explanation of the fatality
of the heat in St. Lonis is clear. It is
simply thif: The city is situated upon
lime rock and densely built. The rock
and the bricks get heated and make the
air hot. Now, in dry air the perspira
tion from the skin will evaporate. But
there the air is continnally moist, and
therefore does not carry off tho surplus
heat which comes as perspiration from
the body. Besides hot damp air is very
unhealthy to breathe. Then, again, St.
Louis is situated where there is very little
wind to carry away this fatal atmosphere.
The Pekin Stoats Zeitung publishes
three inteiwsting decrees of the Enprese-
regent of China. The first announces
that the royal troops have again reduced
the city of Non-lo to subjection, and that
1,100 of its inhabitants have been behea
ded. “This news,” says the decree, "will
cause great pleasure to the recently-de
ceased emperor, who now reign3 in bea^
yen.” The seccnd decree directs tha-
thank offerings be sacrificed to hi3 depar
ted majesty, and the third commissions
Prince Li to communicate the pleasing
intelligence to him. The prince will
therefore have to write a report of the
victory and subsequent events upon yel
low silk, and bum it, with appropriate
forms, over the imperial grave. This
will effect tho desired connection with
the other world.
South Kentucky Fair ale College,
Hcpeinsvills, Ky.—We call special as
tention this morning to the advertise
ment of this institution, which is found in
another column. Parents who desire to
ednoate their daughters outside the State
vriV, we can assure them, find exceptional
attractions and advantages at the school
in question. One of the principals, Miss
Ella Mason, is of Macon birth and rear
ing, where her father, Mr. T. W. Maeon,
was one of onr best citizens. She is a
most accomplished and experienced
tsacber, and, as a musician, has few, if
any, superiors anywhere. Mr. Cave
stands deservedly high in bis profession,
and has wide and well won fame in that
State. We feel satisfied that parents who
may patronize this sohool will not find
their expectations disappointed in any
xccpeot. Their daughters will be well
taught, well cared for and have the very
best of advantages.
The three-cent piece nuisance is now in
a fairway to be abated, postmasters hav
ing been ordered to send all money of
that description which they may receive
at their offices to Washington, in order
that its circulations may be stopped.
Tvfna. Jenka has reappeared in New
Orleans with an announcement that she
has still in reserve a large fund of infor
mation which sho did not draw upon at
all during her two weeks’ sparring .with
the Potter oommittee.
The Republicans of North Carolina will
not make a contest in the judicial election
to be held in August. They declare that
tho nominations made by theDemocratg
for members of the Supreme Court are
satisfactory, and they are not willing to
make a partisan contest at aj judicial elec
tion
The Chicago Times reports er-Treascr-
or Jco. C. New as saying, conoerningthe
prospect of resuming on the 1st of Jan
uary: “Well, there is a doubt in the
mindsof manyas towkether specie pay
ments can be maintained. I don’t think
there will be any difficulty myself. How
it will affect national banks is a question
which no man can foresee, but that is not
a vital point either. The date once past,
I believe matters will move on Eteadily
for tho better."
Ah English critic- in the Saturday
Rsviewsin the Park seeing the Princess of
Wales says: “As yon reflect a sleepy
feeling seems to come over yon. The
endless roll of carriages, all going at the
same pace, all going the same way, is as
soporific as the manipulation ofames*
meriaer. Suddenly a thrill seenm to go
through everybody. Every carriage
draws to the side. A policeman in very
white gloves trots past. Then comes a
little phaeton drawn Dy two gray horses.
A lady 'divinely tall and most divinely
fair’ bowsand smiles. Yon see a charm
ing vieion of children’s faces; the carria
ges close m behind, and it is not till the
roand has begun again that you are fully
aware that you hava indeed seen the Prin
cess. She is so truly well dressed that
you have not even been able to distin
guish the color of her bonnet strings.’'
A Question of Vsbaoitt.—It will be
remembered that Minister Noyes, in his
testimony before the fraud investigating
oommittee, flatly contradicted the eviden
ce of Judge Cocke, who stated that he,
(Noyes,) while in Florida as a “visiting
statesman,” had been closeted with the
radical members of the returning board,
with doors locked. A few days since
Judge Cocke pnblished a letter in the Jack
sonville (Fli.) Press in which he averred
the truth of his previous statement, and
expressed bis willingness to meet Mr.
Noyes face to face with tho proofs. Judge
Cocke declares that if the investigating
committee “will take hold of the issue of
veracity between Minister Noyes and
himself, it can do much towards satisfy
ing the country of the frauds in Florida
perpetrated by tbeBepublicans, and there
will be a potent and irresistible argument
in the fact that Noyes and Stearns were
in conclave—con and clavi*—under lcck
and key, with two of the returning board.''
No More Grant.
N< Y. Sun.)
The ablest and most Influential of oar
Republican contemporaries have come
out strongly in opposition to him. Tfasy
will have no more of him. Tho man on
Uortebaek is not for this country.
Grant is weaker to-day than he was one
mouth ago.
If nominated he la almost oertain to be
difeated; bat his chances of even a nom
ination are diminished.
No more of Grant as President; no
more of Grant as a candidate; that is
what political probabilities say to-day.
Grant and tne Commune.
Mr. Curtis, in Harpers' Weekly, descants
eloquently on the indignity offered to the
country by the plea of tho Grantites that
the public safety demands bis re-election.
Yes, each a plea put3 the country in a
very pitiable attitude indeed. If, m a
little more than a hundred yearn after its
birth as an independent government—
a mere stripling among nations—the
people of this country have become so
corrupt, or so imbecile, as to need a spe
cial champion to fight the “masses.”
and maintain order and the rights of
property against dominant numbers, it is
certainly an unfortunate and disgraceful
outlook for the system of free govern
ment ; and when the people are ready to
ratify that view of the case by providing
a third term for Grant, the beet way
would be to put him in for life, and dis
pense with any farther elections; tor the
demand for Grant is based on the con
viction of the suicidal tendency of popu
lar eelf-government.
Bat the cry of “the Commune” is only
a legitimate snccessor of the cry of “the
negro.” For a decade past the safety
and welfare of the negro population was
the one all-engrossing thing to be se
cured in the popular elections, and for
ever lost in event of a defeat .of the rad-
lctl party. The “Commune” now nat
urally follows as the next scarecrow in
order ; for the men of large financial
and property interests are uneBBy. They
do not like the fiery resolutions of the son
called workingmen about a division of
assets, and the right of labor to control
capital, and “pulverize" monopolies.
This pot-house talk, though compara
tively new in this country, is as old as
the oldest forms of civilization, and was
as noisy in ancient Rome before the
Christian era as it is to-day. If popular
self-government is not an idle Utopian
theory, it most confront and disarm all
agrarian dogmas by the force of enlight
ened opinion and the voluntary action of
the people themselves. If it cannot do
that, then there is no element of self-vin
dication in it. It can not live long in
form, and its duration in snbstance will
be shorter.
It will be a poor and shallow deceit to
maintain the pretences of a free govern
ment, while we resort to the repressive
expedients of absolutism. In this coun
try of free speech the communist must
vent his font heresies nnopposed save by
reason and argument. He must flaunt
his banners—hold his meetings and ful
minate his resolutions. He must have
full liberty of speech and press, even at
the coat of keeping weak souls in a con
stant vibration of tremor or of efferves
cence. And if tbe institutions of the
country cannot stand this trial, the plain
conclusion is that they are impracticable
—not adapted to tho situation. And if
they cannot endure it now, there will be
still les3 hope when population shall
thicken and the country come to number
its hundreds, instead of tens of millions.
Vain and ridiculous, then, are sll tbe
hopes of safety to be borrowed from put
ting xnen’of violent,arbitrary and despotic
tempers in office to combat the passions
and errors of the people. Saoh notions
are as distinctly anti-republican as tbe
Republican party itself. They are born
of a distrust of the people, which if well
founded, makes popular self-government
the most absurd delation of the time.
And they mnst find their own practical
expression in the unconstitutional and ty
rannical administration of a theoretically
free government, which would finally re
sult, not in absolutism, bat in anarohy.
Bat this talk abont the dangers of
communism in this country conceals a
certain peril—the peril of reviving Grant-
ism. The! people and the States are
abundantly able and willing to dispose of
the commune. They may be surprised
now and then by an emeute, but they
will repress and punish it sosoenas
composure is recovered. The rights of
property will never be successfully con
tested in a country where the great mass
of voters are property-holderB in some
sense, are where a large part of tho re
mainder are bonnd to tbe property-hold
ers by the strongest ties.
In old slavery times the North U3ed to
delight in showing that out of tho eleven
millions of Southern people, only three
hundred thousand held slaves; and yet,
when the pinch came, they saw the
whole South stand up to that property at
the peril of their lives So now, should
ever a serious conflict be raised against
property in general, the no-property
phalanx would dwindle to a corporal’s
guard. Should communism and agrari
anism ever rise to the height, or sink to
the depth of making a forcible demon
stration in this country, it will be ready
to hnnt a hollow log after it has once
seen and measured its comparative moral
and phyiical power.
Mbs. Sothebn.—This bloody damo is
repotted to be Tory serene and happy in
her penitentiary quarters, and gets along
on about half the work she would be re
quired to do at iome.
Nor, according to a letter published in
the Savannah News, written by the fa
mous Hate herself, is she even required
to wear the usual striped garments of a
convict.
'With her husband close at hand, and
drawing better pay than he ever earned
in his life before, the woman slayer seems
by no moans to be an object of sympathy
or pity.
The Old Capital says it has been sug
gested that Nate’s husband. Bob Soth-
ern, lease her himself and carry her back
home, bat it is probable that Nate
wouldn’t listen to such a proposal.
This is a bad showing for tho convict
lease system. It may save tbe State
something and prove highly profitable to
the lessees, bnt as a punishment fox
crime the experiment is well nigh worth'
less. Moderate work, with good rations
nndcr *he free vault of heaYen, and doc
tors bills and all expenses paid, might
well be regarded as a Godsend by the
average tramp and vagabond. Where,
save in the mere partial duress is the
punishment?
Whooping ’Em Up.
Vicksburg special to N. Y. Herald.)
General Chalmers, candidate tor re-
election to Congress from the Sixth dis
trict, on an invitation from the colored
men in Vicksburg, addressed a luge and
enthusiastic audience of colored men to
day. There were present not less one
thousand. The greatest enthusiasm pre
vailed— mu3io and firing ot cannon. The
andience was composed mainly ot colored
voters. The General was introduced by
the Rev. Mr. Middleton, a prominent and
popular colored minister. This indicates
Chalmers’ snocesv.
A Mad Report from Liberia,
In the Charleston News and Courier, of
tho 25tb, Mr. A. B. Williams, the corres
pondent of that paper who sailed with
the emigrants in the bark Azor, reports
their landing in Monrovia, the Liberian
capital, and describes the situation. He
found Monrovia, a town of two or three
thousand inhabitants, in a state of great
dilapidation anddecay. The streets were
overgrown with weeds, and a small foot
path in the middle alon9 indicated the
foot of man or beast. A few dilapidated
and sunken boats were the indicia of its
commerce. Every house and publio
building was going to rain and the peo
ple were subsisting on imported food.
Says be:
Cassada, the great staple of the conn-
try, sells at fitty cents per bushel, a
bushel of the roots being abont equal to
a bushel of sweet potatoes; yams sell at
the same price. Fresh meat is almost
impossible to get. Even chickens are ex
ceedingly scarce, and very small ones sell
at twenty-five cents eaoh. Eggs are
three cents apiece by the dozen. Ameri
can flour $ 14 per barrel. American pork
is $28 per barrel. English canned meats
and vegetables are fifty cents per can.
Onions (English) bring twelve cents per
pound. That 1b about til the Honrovian
hill of fare, and it is largely procured
from English mail steamers, which nom
inally pass twice a week, Even in the
country they live largely on
IMPORTED FOOD.
In answer to inquiries en the subject
I was told that it was supposed that
beets, carrots, parsnips, onions, peas,
beans, potatoes, <fcc., would grow there,
bnt they had never tried. Everybody co
incided in my expressions of wonder,
and everybody re-echoed the set phrase,
“ Yes, It ought to be done, but you see
what we lack here is enterprise; enter
prise, sir, new blood and capital would
make this country one of the'greatest in
the world. Our resources, sir,” . It
seems to me I’ve heard something of
that sort down South in Dixie. The con
trast between Liberia and Sierra Leeue
strikes one forcibly and hourly, but in
nothing more than m the matter of
food. In the latter plaoe we procured an
abundance ot all fresh meats, fruits and
vegetables cheaply. There is a large,
brisk looking market, and nice brisk look
ing loaves of bread sell on tho streets at a
penny. In Liberia there is no fresh meat
(denominated “fresh”). Hard raking for
two weeks procured ns abont four dozen
ohiokens (marvels of Iankness), which the
steward always dispatched with trembling
eagerness to prevent dissolntion from in
anition, as they alwsys seemed on the
very verge of it when bronght aboard.
Monrovia sends sixty miles down tbe
ooast to Grand Bassa for fowls. Vegeta-
blesit was impossible to get, and although
mangoes, delicious pineapples, oranges,
bananas, lemons, limes, ooooanuts, bread
fralt, batter pears, sonrsaps, and other
fruits may be had for the gathering timost
anywhere, they were soaroe and high.
In this place, two hundred and fifty* five
African emigrants were landed at the be
ginning of the rainy season, substantially
without money, and with only three weeks'
supply of provisions. They were all un
der oontraot with the Exodus association
ot Charleston to xeoeive six months’ sup
ply of food on landing. Gloomy angaries
of their fataze are hinted at by the cor
respondent.
Disquieting Rumors.
A war with Mexico and a simultaneous
outbreak of the railway strikers are just
now among the cheerful auguries for the
immediate future. The strike is ap
pointed for the 15th of August, bnt as it
had been previously arranged for tbe 15th
of Jane, and then for the 15th of Jnly,
and did not come to time in either case,
we most be excused from reposing tiny
faith in the last appointment.
The plain fact is that, in the matter ot
stirring news, the times are so unfruitful
that the guid nuncs ate well nigh driven
to desperation for the sensational, and
they are eompelled to draw on their im
aginations.
In the matter of the promised Mexican
war there is an effort to show the exist
ence of a combination between the Texas
politicians, tbe railway and mining spec
ulators and the administration of the gen
tle Rntherford, to bring on hostilities.-
Wo take no stock in the enterprise or the
rumor. But it is clearly the duty of the
Government to protect the Texas fron
tier from the outrages to which it has
been so long subjected; and in order to
do it, under the existing state of affairs
in Mexico, we believe the army officers
are right in pursuing the maranders, if
necessary, into Mexican territory. It is
one of those cases in which the honor of
the country and the reputation of the
Government are involved; and so soon as
the Mexican authorities see that the
Government is serions in its purpose to
protect its frontier from invasion by
bands of lawless freebooters the trouble
will cease.
The absence of all stirring incident just
now is a happy indication. No news is
good news. The country is in a state of
repose and recuperation. The people
are at work and generally quiet, peacea
ble and orderly. The reign of violence,
we trust, is over for many a day.
The Bonded Debt of Savannah.
From a private letter we leant that the
City Council of Savannah has adopted the
propositionof a portion of its bondholders
representing 1,000,000of bonds, to receive
in exchange for the present bonds new
bonds for same amounts to tun thirty
years from the first of February, 1870,
with quarterly coupons for interest at
five per centum per annum, til ot said
bonds to be exempt from taxation and re
ceived as fast S3 they mature at their
face value as cash for all taxes and debts
of every description (due and to become
due) to the city, or paid in cash, at the
option of the holder.
It is also agreed to receive in full pay
ment of all interest and coupons to Feb
ruary 1,1879, fifty-eight (58) per cent,
of their value, at which rate they are
to bo received for one-half ot any tax or
debt due the eity, and paid in cash, in
the order of their maturity, as rapidly as
practicable, until June 1, 1879, and after
that date on presentation.
These bonds are to bo registered by
the City Treasurer, and can only be
transferred by endorsement.
The city binds itself, by authority of
tbe State, to issue new bonds, and ap
point sinking fund commissioners to set
aside not less than ten thonsand dollars
per annnm for the first fire yean, twen
ty-five thousand dollars per annnm for
the succeeding ten yean, and forty thou
sand dollars per annum for the succeed
ing years, until all of the new issue of
bonds shall be fully satisfied.
All bonds of those who accept this com
promise shall be stamped in aooordance
with the terms agreed upon, and until
one-half of the holders of all the bonds
oatstanding, join in the proposed settle
ment, the same shall not be binding be
yond July 1st, 1880, on whioh day, un
less one-half of the holders shall agree to
the same, those who have agreed
shall be relieved from the stmt.
The above compromise has been for
mally accepted and adopted by tbe corpo
rate authorities of Savannah, and steps
will betaken to oarry it Into effect by pe
titioning tbe Lsglslalute for the neoessa
ry power in tbe premises.
It is confidently believed that the sink
ing fund.provlded for in the above agree
ment will eventually rid the city of the
debt which now rests like an incubus
upon her energies, and at the same time
prove satisfactory to the majority of her
creditors. It cannot be called xepudia
tion, as not a dollar of tbe principal of
the debt is ignored, and a moderate in
terest is guaranteed to the bondholders.
The latter have exhibited a liberal and
conciliatory spirit in view of the Provi
dential visitations which have afflicted
onr chief seaport. With til our heart we
wish Godspeed to the ancient city of
Oglethorpe.
A Tempest in a Tea-pot.
Anyone who reads tho ear-pieroing ha
rangues, ad eaptandum nonsense, sensa
tional paragraphs and violently partisan
effusions of the Felton press in the Sev
enth distriot, cannot fail to see that this
independent ohampion has been cornered,
and Is in danger of being badly whipped
by tbe regular Democracy under the lead
of tbe gallant Lester. -
What at first perhaps was honestly
meant as a revolt agains oertain arbitrary
usages and proceedings,emanating from a
particular class or “ring” of the Dem-
oaraoy, has now orystslfead into ohronio
opposition to the grand old party itself.
The contest,too, in the present canvass,
has assumed tho shape o! vituperative
personalities, which tbe eelf-annoncoed
“parson” candidate was the first to inau
gurate. Bat it was a capital mistake on
his part, and will be so resented by the
friends of justio9 and the indignant lorn
ers of the lost cause, whose standard-
bearer is a maimed Confederate, as to
ensure a Waterloo defeat for bim. It 1b
amusing to reed the communications and
editorials contained in th9 Fslton organs.
One would think that black was in reality
white, and the wrong the right. Bnt their
talk is til fnatian, and just in proportion
bb the canse of the parson grows “smaller
and beautifully less,” may we expect his
desperate followers to crack on more
steam and abase tbe ‘‘regulars” the harder.
Hear how one of them raves in the Ma
rietta Field and Fireside:
Totersofthe Seventh Congressional
Distriot! select no judges, lawyers, mili
tary chieftains, or ring-bound political
tricksters, held together by the cohesive
power of publio plunder; but vote for the
old farmer, W. e Hi Felton, who haB
served you with distinguished ability and
complete success, and is an Independent
Democrat, above reproacb, and in direct
sympathy with the people, who have
honored and trusted him, and are net
ashamed of having done so.
The parson is trying to sail under three
digs cow, that of the farmer, preacher
«nd politician respectively. But, the
task is impossible. No bark could be
worked and steered by saoh a piebald
crow.
We opine that this “democrat” par ex
cellence will derive his chief suppoit un»
dsr the orders of Bryant, from his blaok
sympathizers. Why not then run np the
fiag of Ethiopia also ?
Again, listen to what General A. R.
Wright, one of Felton’s warmest friends,
and Ms truest exponent, has to say of the
organizations of the time honored Demo
cratic party, nnder whioh the nation onee
flourished so wonderfolty, and whioh alone
rescued the South from Radical thral
dom.
We quote from a letter of the General
fo the Rome Tribune:
These conventions have grown to be
nuisances. They broke np the Federal
Government and brought on the war.
They filled the land with blood from An-
tietam to the Gulf of Mexico. At St
Louis they overthrew the fundamental
principles of nineteen-twentieths of the
Democracy, and nominated Tilden, one
of the largest bond-holders in the Union,
and the controller of a half dozen shaving
shops called national banks, and com
pelled the revolting Democracy to take
him or support the representative of that
party who made the bonds, created the
banks, and put in operation the whole
system of oppression. From the tone of
the press, the money-mongers are evi
dently feeling to see if it can’t be done
again. Let them try it; it will not be
submitted to by the laboring classes.
* * Am I wrong in calling him
[Felton] tho “Marshal Ney” of the
common dosses ? It not, let us rally
against friend and foe to the man we
have chosen to lead us, and fight- over
again the battles of our sires, the battle
of freedom for the common people.
All of which being interpreted is sinm
ply bosh and htiderdash. From the
stand-point of Judge Wright, and his
“ independent ” candidate, tho only pure
Democracy to bo found in the nation is
embodied in himself and tho parson.
What say the unterrified “regulars” of
the Seventh Distriot to such a monstrous
assumption?
The Charleston Journal of Out*
mw.-We are very sorry to see that the
publication of this paper was suspended
indefinitely, last Monday—the expenses
having eaten np til its capital and sixty
thonsand dollars more. This was inevit
able—not due to mismanagement or on*
akllfulnees, bnt to tbe lack of room.
There is no room in Charleston for two
newspapers or the ability and enterprise
of the News and Courier, and one mnst
die. There are not people, money and
business enongb to support both; whioh
would require $150,000 a year in una
voidable expenses; and consequently one
mnst die, though by extrinaio aid and
friendly conlribntions tbe deaih-eriug^le
may be prolonged. The time for stait ng
daily newspapers in the South, either as
a speculation or a caprice, has gons by
forever. They have beoome too expen
sive. The Chaileatou News and Courier
is one of tbe most enterprising, indefati
gable and judicious daily newspapers we
know of in any quarter of tbe Union, and
is an honor to the “City by the Sea.” We
trust that oity will sustain it handsomely,
and we know it will never prove unfaith-
fnl to a single political, sooial or eom-
meroi&l interest of Charleston or the
State.
Ashers, G A. December 8,1877.
A few nights since I gaye my son one doseol
Worm Oil, and the next day he passed sixteen
large worms. At the same time I gave ons dose
to my little girl, fear yean old, and she passed
eighty* six worm*, from four to fifteen inches
long. t • ■' w I PHILLIP8.
Athsrs, GA, February Si, 1878.
Six: Sty child, five yean old, had symptoms of
worms. I tried calomel and other Worm Modi,
tines but failed to expel any worms. Seeing Mr
Bain’s certificate, I got a vial of your Worm Oil
andfintdosebroughtfortyworms,and tho sec
ond dose so many were passed I did not cornt
them. • 8 H ADAMS.
HUNT. RANKIN * LAMAR.
iun5«m Wholesale Agents
A Touching Poem.
Onr readers will remember that abont
one year since a sweet little girl, the
child of Dr. and Mrs. N. A. Quarter man
in attempting to crcsi over tbe elevated
trestle which spans the creek approach
ing tho “Bine Spring” near Quitman,
Georgia, missed her footing, and was pro
clpitatcd into the water below from
dizzy height. The little innocent floated
for a moment on the rushing tide, and
then sank to rue no mere. The lines
below furnish a graphic and pathetic
narrative of this heart-rending incident,
and are from a pen not unknown among
Georgia’s native poets:
LITTLE NELLIE.
Ob! merrily the sunbeams fell.
And gladly Tang the sweet farewell,
As two fond alsters bade good-bye
To parents, friends, without a aigh.
One was a maiden fair and aweet,
The other light of heart and feet.
Dear little laughing, bright* eyed Neil,
As lithesome as the wild gaeelle,
With a companion young and gay,
They went, intent on fun and play.
Where the bine waters bubble up
In Nature’s own moss -covered cup:
Where the gay crowd from far and near,
With invalids, assembled tha^p.
Within the buoyant, sparkling wave.
For health, for happiness, to laTe.
The trio, happy little band,
To join them wandered hand in hand.
Oh, happy hearts! No thought of cam
Shadowed those countenances fair;
And gayest of the little crowd.
Dear Nellie’s laugh rang sweet and lend.
As, dancing by her sister’s side.
She plunged into the azure tide.
But oh f the waters cold and bright
Soon chilled the little one’s delight;
And the lond lister’s watchful heart.
Acting the tender mother’s part,
Noted the purple, paling chul
That held the w&xon limbs so still,
And, seizing one round, dimpled hand.
Led the wee bather to the land:
And with kind words and gentle care.
Dressed thelithe form and curly hair;
Then, turning to prepare herself,
Dismissed from mind the little elf.
Oh, cunning little restless feet,
For life’s rough pathway all unmeet—
As the gay wild bird In the air
Flits hither, thither, free from care—
Onward thelittlo footsteps bound.
With faiiy tread ucon the ground,
Toward the trestle’s dizzy heignt.
That spans the river deep and bright,
Like some huge web, so thin, so frail,
Constructed for a fairy trail. .
How could she dream of danger near
In childhood’s innocence of faar?
Oh, blinded mortals! Who shall say.
But what some angel, bright as day,
Beckoned the littio wanderer nigh,
To waft her to the realm on high.
Perchance her spirit heard them calling.
Beheld their outstretched winged arms
To save her little feet from fafiiBg,
And bear bar to her Savior’s arms.
skips alone; t
Pauses to watch tbe fleeting tide,
Rushing, rushing, on and on*
Forever Koin sr. never cone.
And the pure waters, swift and deep,
Seem some dark mysteiy to keep.
As they go murmuring far below.
In gentle, undnlating flow.
Oh, that bright face, those eager eyes!
Forward she leans in glad surprise.
stands.
With laughing lips and outstretched hands,
Pictured upon the distant sky,
Like a bright angelhov'ring nigh.
Ahl Suddenly one small foot trips
And helplessly the light form slips
Between the trestle firm and high,
Withont one shriek or warning cry.
Hark t hark! A splash, a plunge, a struggle.
And the doep waters foamandbubble.
While in their cold, relentless grasp,
Thelittle winsome form they clasp.
Down in the river’s breast of night,
She sinks from hope, from love and light,
But the doep, buoyant waters bear
Their fragile burden back to ain
And once again the sunbeams bless her.
And once again the winds caress her.
As borne unon the surface wide
She drifteth with the downward tide.
And whore, eh! where, are arms to sate?
Will they behold the angry wave
Become her murd’rer and her grave?
Assistance comes, hut, ah I too late.
For settled was the maiden's fate.
And though she opens once her eyes.
As blue as yonder azure skies.
The beckoning angels ready stand
bright, i" ’ '
In all their l
alluring charms.
She lies in her pure beauty there*
Blanched is the rose hue on her face.
But in a sweet and quiet grace,
She sleeps like some pure lily white.
Lulled by tho gentle calm of night.
And the fond parents, far away,
Upon that sad, eventful day.
In the bright sun no shadow secs.
Hear no low whispers on the breeze.
When that white form in wild alarm
Needed a fathei’s helping arm.
Tightened not then his sinews strong
As the dark waters bore along.
Upon the swiftly flowingtldc.
The little one for which he’d died?
And while the loving heart grow still.
Came there no sympathetic thrill?
Drew he not once a shorter breath.
While waged the struggle withcsld death?
Andthefond mother, far away,
Crooning his evening’s lullaby
To her fair boy amidst his play,
With curly head and laughing eye:
Whilo one by one come in the others,
Bright.merry, roguish, stalwart brothers.
She sighs as will sigh tender mothers
To see two vacant empty places—
To miss tworo»y, happy faces;
Plying the while with patient caro
The thread and needle, here and there.
Upon some little garment torn,
A garment by somo darling worn.
Bnt her fond heart outstrips her fingers,
And o’er the absent fondly lingers
Unconsciously around them strays.
Uniting in their happy plays.
Oh! wliy cannot her spirit’s *i*ht
Behold that fatal downward flight?
And why, oh! why, can sho not hear
Those great heart-rending cries of fear.
That rent the startled earth and an?
Ah! her fond bosom does not feel
Thoso closing waters cold as steel:
Nor doth her fond hand stretch to save
Her darling from the cruel wave.
There’s no moro need to mend that dress,
Tho wearer is clad in holiness;
No use to dam those stockings red,
For golden streets tbearhitafeet tread.
That little bonnet, stained and frayed.
No more the dimpled cheeks will shade;
And the oldshoes athwart your way—
Oh! do not east them by to*d§y!
For you will never herr their tread—
Our little Ntll is cold and dead.
Ah] oar groat spirits cannot see
Through all this darksome mystery;
For no highinstict leads the mind
Through the great harriers undefined.
And the fond mothor, calmly sewing,
Felt no instinctive horror brewing—
No shadows creep within her dwelling.
Or undefined.unsonght heart swolling.
Of her great sorrow darkly telling.
But, Iixe a auddon thunder crash
Athwartaikyotcloudlesshlne,
A blasting, withering lightning flash.
It burst upon her—vivia, true!
Load Rumors’ cruel tongues proclaim
A child! a death'.—norage nor name.
“Which one?” the trembling parents cry,
Which one will look them in the eye—
Which one a palid corse doth lie?
O God! Parental hearts refuse,
Between the two boloved to choose,
Help, help to bow to tbe decree.
Dividing them twixt us and thee.
Not long the fatal news delays,
And they kneel down with heartfelt praise,
That not the eldest, first bom daughter;
Became the victim of the water;
That she. the guileless little one,
Whose earthly sojourn scarce begun.
Had not yst lost the look of Heaven,
To childhood’s innocence that’s given.
But with a brow unmarked by sorrow,
A bopo tliftt drefi^od not tbs morrow*
• — *-*—--* 1 — conscious sin>
its within.
She fled to the bright realm above.
To glorify a Savior’s love, ,
Oh! mourning psrents pause and think.
Your tender hearts in anguish shrink.
From giving up the little child
That on yonr loving bosoms smiled.
Toyoutno honor naiu noengn
To bear a denizen of Heaven,
You heid an angel to your breast,
And lulled its innocence to rest,
And tauKbt its lisping voice to raise.
First notes in that eternal praise.
It shall proclaim through endless days.
Whatever weal or woo betide.
The other darlings by your side.
This one is anchored, safe and sure.
Where pain and parting are no more.
Beyond the roach of toil and cares.
Whore God. hath wiped away all tears,
And where hath ceased the march ot years.
Then lift thoJittio waxen thing,
From off the faithful sister’s breast,
Who fain had made the fatal spring,
To save that bird! log f or its nest.
And strove with all a sister’s prayers.
And all a sister’s burning tears,
And all a sister’s love so bold.
To rescue from the waterscold,
That form her tender aims enfold.
But friendships rescuingpresenoe caaght her,
Oh! sister thou art still a daughter.
And must not risk the cruel water.
Now help comes from the other side,
Than thine, a help more strong and tried.
To battle with the fleeting tide.
Nearer the strong arms reach more near.
They seize the little waif with care,
Oh! God it cannot be too late,
Suspend the sttrn decree otfate.
Alas! but onco unclose those eyes.
Blue as the distant sunny skies.
And then to God the spirit flies.
Disrobe the little form with care,
And smooth tbe tangled curly hair.
Clothe her in garments snowy white.
Emblem ot purity and light.
And weave a wreath of fairest flowers,
Gathered amongst earth’s sunny bower*,
For she has ’reaped the cross' frown.
To glory in the Heavenly crown.
And with the loved ones gone before,
Has mot upon the shining shore,
Where death and parting are no more.
Fond mourners cease your bitter sighs,
No tears can gather in her eyes.
No pain can marker shining brow,
Nor sin pollute her beauty new.
But safe within her Savior’s breast,
Yonr little Nell is now at re*.
Her greatest joy to watch and wait.
Tour entrance at the pearly gate,
fComposod tor Nell with tSe love of Bessie).
Walthoubville, Jnly J8th, 1878.
cneating tbe Indians.
The allegation has been repeatedly
made, and is not yet, so far as we
have seen, denied, that the Indian wars
of the last two years are wholly due to
reokleas and almoBt universal violation
of treaty stipulations on the part of Unit
ed States agents charged with their exe
cution. In a word, the Indians have
been either swindled ont of the supplies
of all kinds promised them, hr no aclivl*
ty has been shown to ferwotfl them in
time, so as to prevent severe suffering
from destitution. It is charged that the
whole Indian service In rotten with fraud
and abase, alike of tfcw friendly and
the lees kindly disposed, anl fee declare
tion ot Sitting Bill, mafia seme moathe
ago to a British officer In the same ser
vice, that the people of the United States
were til thieves and liars, is net far from
a fair and logioal dednelien from the
treatment nearly all these Northwestern
tribes have received from the Indian
agents.
In the last session of Congress an at
tempt was made to transfer this service
from the Interior to the War Depart
ment, where it would be nnder the di
reel supervision ot the officers of the
army, and ont of the hands of speculators
and politicians; bnt it failed. We trust
it will be renewed, and prompt and faith
ful dealing with the Indians be onoe more
re-established. The histories! frands
upon the Indians nnder Grant’s appoin
tees have probably cost the Treasury in
suppression of Indian outbreaks, more
than in direot spoliation by false and
frandnlent voucher?.
Not UrodltaMo.
An exclusion train tram Weatfeld,
Mass, and other stations oa the North
ampton and New Haven railway, (as has
been telegraphed,) was, on Saturday, the
19th instant, stopped by a gang of tramps>
and tbe passengers, men and women, in
sulted and maltreated ad libitum. The
roughs and tramps numbered forty, bnt
the exonTBionists filled four cars, and
numbered at least fifty men and as many
ladies. The attack was very sudden,
bnt the roughs appear to have held pos
session of the train for a long time, with
the prinoip&l object of amusing them
selves by heotoring and bullying the men
and terrifying and insulting the women.
It seems to ns there was time for the
officers and passengers 5f that train to
have recovered themselves and to have
returned tbe blows cf the roughs and
protected themselves and their helpless
female companions. The story is a very
discreditable one. If the men of the
populous regions of the North wish to
maintain Older and public security, they
have got to display mere promptitude
and pluck than were shown in this case.
THO Drouth.
The country abont Macon, more par
ticularly to the northward and eastward,
is distressingly dry. The gardens long
sinoe yielded np the ghesh Lata corn
will be a failure. The wells are going
dry. The rains in this belt of country
have been very light for the past six
months. Daring all that time a large
part of it has never been saturated,
though all corn of early planting has
done very well. There will be a good
deal ot bnrnt and worthless fodder in
this region, and forage will be scarce if
later rains do not encourage a grass crop.
Gotton in the same region is said to be
suffering very much—shedding badly.
Some say the falling off in the last ten
days has been equal to thirty per cent.
Southwestern Georgia has had tw 0
pretty good rains sinee wo had any, and
is in mueh better plight.
Tbe Educational Wants of
Middle and Southwestern
Georgia.
We are in receipt of two letters from
prominent and influential gentlemen, one
a citizen of Milledgeville, tho other of
Cnthbert, urging that a branch of the
State University bo located at each of
those places.
Onr Milledgeville friend asks that tbe
Legislature donate the old Capitol and
gronnds for an agricultural or military
sohool, with such additional endowment
as may be necessary.
The representative from Cnthbert, (a
most exemplary and publie spirited citi
zen) announces that the people of that
beautiful and most salubrious of all the
interior towns of Southern Georgia, stand
ref dy to make over in fee simple to the
State, the splendid property known as the
Southwestern Baptist College, with 20
acres of ground adj&oent, including a pure
and unfailing spring of water, and in ad
dition, a new and most commodious
Academy, which cost $8,000, and ten
acres more of magnificently wooded land.
The two lie almost cohtignous, and other
acquisitions of land adjoining could be
had at reasonable prices, enough indeed
to make an admirable experimental farm.
Oar correspondent claims that South
western Georgia should be provided for
out of the fond derived from the Bale of
the Government AgrionUnral sorip, as it
Is too inconvenient, and coats too mnoh
to send her sons to so remote a point as
Athens.
Both cities will be ably represented by
their best men at tbe approaohing meet
ing of tho University Board of Trustees,
at Athens, and will then and there prefer
their claims.
If it be praotioable, we should like ex
ceedingly to eee the prayer of both peti
tioners granted. It would greatly en-
chance the educational advantages of the
commonweal tb, and two sohools equally
flourishing with that at Dshlonegt, would
be of inoaloulable benefit to the State.
But the means to conanmmate these
desirable projects we apprehend would
have to be provided for by taxation un
der the new constitution of the State, and
for one we would cheerfully aoquiesoe in
anch a measure.
It is almost impossible to expend too
muob, if the money be judiciously ap
plied, tor the civilization and education
of the masses who virtually control the
government, both State and Federal.
But in the present instance, so far as the
avails of the agricultural scrip are con
cerned, we do not see how they could be
consistently diverted from their present
channels.
Predicated upon the promise to incor
porate the fund with the University en
dowment, the city of Athens built Moore
College at her own charges, and the
State expended $15,000 for its equip-
ment. The old mint at Dahlonega wai
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givenby the government of the United
States upon the special proviso that it
should be converted into an educational
establishment, and be regarded a bran eh
of the University.
As the matter now stands, therefore,
the Board of Trustees, will probably hold
that the State University has peculiar
-and vested rights in the agricultural
sorip fund.
Thus, for the income derived from the
same a handsome college has bsen erec
ted, which, with its apparatus and furni
ture, cost over forty thousand dollars.
In addition, all the buildings,the gronnds,
library, original apparatus and appurte
nances, and franchises of the University,
have been tamed over to those agricul
tural students who are educated free of
cost, and they share, and share alike, in
all the advantages of th« eld foundation.
There are grave difficulties in the way,
therefore, of dividing the revenue of the
agrieultnral fond, but we should hail with
delight tho establishment of the two in
stitutions asked for, at Cnthbert and
Milledgeville, if it can be done without
injury to the parent University.
Doubtless the subject will receive the
earnest attention of the Board of Trus
tees, and be diseussed most thoroughly
at its next meeting.
To Whom it may Concern.
The editor of this paper who usnally
compiles the “Georgia Press” column
thereof, has been complained of in a pri
vate letter to one of his associates as
showing in that column undue partiality
to General Cook, one of the candidates
for the Congressional nomination in the
Third Distriot. The writer of that com
munication should have addressed it to
the offending party. The latter is alone
responsible for the alleged offense,
and, it seems to him, should have been
persontily informed of the cause of com
plaint. He thinks that courtesy,
if nothing else, should have indicated
this course.
We reply to this correspordant that we
have only published in that column what
the newspapers of his district say of the
contest now going on. We give their
reports and utterances just as we do sim
ilar news from other districts, the only
difference, perhaps, being that as the
Third District is nearer home, and the
TsLsaBArH and Messenger has a very
large circulation in its limits, onr reports
from the connties composing it are falter
and more frequent. That a large ma
jority of the papers of the Third District
favor General Cook’s renomination is not
our fault, neither should our reproduc
tion of what they say on the subject give
offense to any reasonable man. If they
talked about other candidates we shonld
quote* their utterances jtret the same.
While we have a decided personal pref
erence among the candidates, not only in
the Third, but in all the other districts,
we do aot intend to allow that par
tiality to work injustice to others.
All shall have fair play, and the Tel
egraph and Messsnoxb will give a cor
dial and zealous support to the nominee,
whoever he maybe. Democratic unity
and snccess are the prime considerations
with us, and to that end we shall always
work.
Death from Hydfophobli.
Carthage, July 24.—A most remark
able death from .hydrophobia occurred
yesterday near Lamar, in Barton county.
The victim was & prominent citizen of that
locality named John Halem. Twelve
years ago ha ^was bitten by a mad dog,
and the wound healed np, never giving
him any pain, and the occurrence had
nearly been forgotten. Last Friday he was
suddenly taken with convulsions of a
terrible nature. He continued thus until
yesterday, when he died. The first two
days of his convulsions be was perfectly
rational, and on Sunday became crazy.
His death and suffering were terrible to
witnoas, it taking fonr stoat menTo hold
him. He leaves a wife and two children.
TROUBLE AHEAD.
Reported Agreement for a Gen
eral Labor Strike.
New Yore, July 24.—A Wiliesbarre
letter in the fiVifane gives the conversa
tion of a gentleman engaged in a man.
ufaoturing business m one of tho northern
counties of Pennsylvania. He says the
ehamces are that wa shall have much more
Berious trouble within the next two
months than that which came so unex
pectedly last summer. Preparations are
being made fora simultaneous strike all
over tbe country on the railroads, at the
mines and in many of the largest manu
facturing establishments, and nothing
but the utmost vigilance on the part of
the State authorities and such prepara
tions as will make it possible to crush out
suoh a movement instantly will prevent
one of the worst calamities that has ever
befallen this country.
The 15th of Jnne had actually been
fixed for the strike, and the outbreak
would certainly have taken place then or
soon after, but for the preparations made
to preserve the peace by Gov. Hartranft
when he called out the militia and made
arrangements to obtain uniforms and
equipments for them at the Frankfort
arsenal. Those who were to have mana
ged the strike called a committee meeting
in Philadelphia, and decided to postpone
the attack to the fifteenth of August,
when it was hoped tbe country might b9
takes by surprise. A Chicago [represen
tative of the strikers, on his way to New
York, stopped over at Hornsttsville, and
said to his friends that theyonght to
take the property of the rich, and they
ought especially to break open the banks
ana take all the money and divide it.
Grand National Fireman’s Tourna
ment.
One of the most magnificent posters
that we have ever seen Is that giving s
description of the National Fireman’s
Tournament, to be held at Chicago on the
1st'of September next. It can be Been at
the store ot Mr. Maohold, Chief of the
Macon Fire Department.
The poster is very large, and is printed
in six oolors, with all branches of the
sendee represented by fine illustrations.
The edges axe adorned with the coat of
aims of every State of the Union.
The" premiums are very liberal and
numerous, and adapted to eveiy conceiv
able branob of the Berries.
The programme of the variety of teste
is very attractive and interesting to every
fireman.
Reduced rates for board at the hotels
have bean arranged for, and a redaction
of fare on the railroads la a large num
ber of States have been secured for visit
ing fir i men.
Should a delegation of Georgia firemen
attend the tournament, it is believed that
ths Macon department can contribute a
squad that will favorably contest for sev
eral of the valuable prizes offered.
American Pharmaceutical a»mci&
lieu.
President Sannders has made the fol
lowing announcement in regard to Ui«
next annual meeting of the American
Phamaeentical Association:
The twenty-sixth annul meeting of
the Amerioan Fharmaoeutioal Association
will be held In the city of Atlanta, Gem
gi», on the first Tuesday, the third da*
of September, 1878, oommeacinc «t q
o’clock p. m. * J
Mr. J. W. Rankin, of Atlanta, the ]<y»i
secretary, will be glad to receive wmt*
for exMfcition and make sns Bf -7meX
for their display. There will doabtW
be a Urge gatheriug 0 f Southern pharma
cists on this occasion and fremanZ,
them a considerable accession f 0 on?
Ill addition to the usnal reuerts it i* at
ggasssSKaaft
expected in the replies to querWW wd to
the volunteer papers. The city of Au
““y attractions, and U beaut
tifally and healthfully situated amidst
charming scenery. Our Southern friends
are expecting a large attendance, ani
will be glad to welcome to their beautiful
city all who can come. Let there be a
grand rally of Northern pharmacists.
Wm. Saunders, President.
LoNDon, Ontario, Canada, June 27.
Kilpatrick Springs Barbecue.
Yesterday at Kilpatrick Springs, in
Jones county, a place noted throughout
Jonesa&dBibb counties as oneof the most
favorite localities at which to have barbe
cues, one of the most pleaB&nt oE the sea
son occurred.
With the early morning, while the
dew yet lingered on the cotton blooms
which now dot the broad acres of Geor
gia’s Burface from one end to the other,
tho crowd began to assemble, and until
after the magnificent barbecue had
been safely disposed of, arrivals did not
esase.
The crowd wa3 large, the largest that
has heen at a barbecue at the Springs in
sometime, and both Bibb and Jones
counties were well represented.
Dancing commenced at an early hour
and was entered into with great zest.
The barbecue was given in part in honor
of Colonel J. H. Blount, the Representa
tive of this District m ths national
Congress, and in part by the farmers of
the surrounding country who annually
assemble here to join in a day of festivi
ty and real enjoyment.
At about half-past ten the dancing was
stopped, the assemblage drew around
the musicians’ stand, and tbe speaking
began.
In a few complimentary remarks, Mr.
J. J. Clay introduced Colonel H. H.
Jones, who, for about fifteen or twenty
minutes, made a short address, fall of
hamor and sens?, which was interrupted
frequently by applause, and wa3 well re
ceived by the listeners.
Mr. Clay then introduced Colonel
Blount, in a short speech.
■ For nearly an hour Colonel Blount
spoke to his constituents, at times rising
to eloquence, and evoking tbe applause
of his hearers.
He reviewed the eourse pursued by
the Democracy of the country in the last
six yesrf; showed what dangers and dis
couragements they had to meet and de
fended their eourse; the electoral com
mission, the Potter resolution and other
important measures came up for review.
Colonel Blount’s remarks were Bound,
strong, polnted,and were listened to with
attention. Colonel Blount is a conscien
tious and patriotic Representative and
his record will bear close scrutiny.
Toward the rear of the grounds the bar
becued meats were prepared.
From the dancing platform the blue
smoke of the fires could be seen rolling
up through the branches of the trees,
like transient fragments of the sky, and
tbe savory odor of the crisp-done meats
filled the glen, and gave by their essence
areal, old fashioned Jones county wel
come.
When the dinner was announced, the
crowd formed aronnd the tables, and a
most bountiful repast was served for all.
The savory fragments of fifteen carcasses
of swine, sheep and kids were more than
sufficient to feed the people who were
present;
By the indomitable energy of Messrs*
Bird and Clay, the managers, a huge
chaldron of one hundred gallons of Vir
ginia stow was prepared, and the nioeat
stew ever served up is Jones county was
given to the assembly. It was prepared
especially nnder Mr. Clay’s management
and was superb.
The boldest spring in the county bub
bled jnat by tbe table and furnished tho
purest, sweetest of water.
After dinner dancing was resumed and,
until the curtains ot darkness began to
be wrapped around the valley, “all bal
anced,” “swung corners,” and “seated
partners.” Never did dancers enter with
so mnch abandon into tbe dance.
The music f umirhed by a colored band
was excellent and just the thing for out
door dancing.
The highest praise is due from all *ho
were present to Mr. J. J. Clay and ^
Mike Bird fer the able manner in which
they got the barbecue up azd^ managed
the affair throughout. Nothing could
have been better. Every detail was
thought of, and if appreciative senti
ments could repay these gentlemen for
their very arduous work, they will te
doubly rewarded. ,
On the grounds we noticed many o.
the most substantial men of Jone3 conn*
ty, whose hospitality never flags,
too, from far and near were -gstberea
the lasses of the farmlands, whoso glob
ing cheeks told of health and happ>“ 8i f
Mr. Kilpatrick, proprietor of tb*
Springe, was very attentive to all, an
made many iriends.
The whole affair was a gteuk •**??;
and Jones county is in the_ van for m
becues, and Kilpatrick Springs the p*»
to have them.
He Went HurrleUIV*
The following letter was received !«•;
terday by tho local agent of the. Nation* 1
Life Insurance Company at this place,
and pate the information rather delioat -
ly of the defaulting and absconding®
two of its offl( ^ o ’ AGO( JuIy 22) 1873.
tioaal, his career w u-
small percentage of the Company
sets are in his poaaeMion. n#
C.M.Home, of ^tteburgh.
to Cansda-be went bumedl/,
with him his last month » ,
Additional information if desire
E “ P j eC M Butler, Sec's-