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MACON, GA, MARCH. 18 1879.
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—When Stanley Matthew* drew hie eatery
asBenatoron Wednesday, ho said: 'I now
•bake the dost of pnb’.te life from my feet,
and hereafter I ahall give Washington a
wide berth.’
—Protection is losing ground In French
GoTemment circle*. The new president of
the commission on customs tariffs, M. Tip*
arcj ( is an enthusiastic champion of free
trade.
—A cooperative manufacturing city is
deemed feasible by Senator Rollins, of New
Hampshire, who Jus bought Fort George
Isisnd, on the Florida coast, as the place for
the experiment
—American anthraoite coal, conveyed by
sailing vessels to Marseilles and by rail to
Geneva, is sold in the latter place for abont
$10 a ton. It is cheaper than German or
Frenoh coal and better.
—At North Sydney, Nova- Scotia, a enow-
storm set in from the northwest, Friday
morning, and continued up -to Saturday
night. Drifts were eight to ten feet high.
No servioee in the churches in consequence
of the storm.
—The Illinois Legislature has not impres
sed the Chicago 'Times favorably, for that
paper begins an editorial article thus:
‘Springfield haa a large ass-pen, built and
supported by the State, and from ont which
there come forlorn brajings, whose volume
and dtaoordanee ate intolerable.’
Ths active campaign for the Speaker-
ship was expected to begin on Wednesday—
A despatch from San Francisco announces
that the Oregon member, cf whose non-arrl-
val in tlmeto take part in the organiozation
of the House tome fears were felt, is alrea
dy on hie way from Portland.
—Mrs. Ann Elisa Young, nineteenth wife
of the late Brigham Young, has written a
letter to Mrs. President Hayes dechuiog
woman suffrage in Utah a delation anna
snare, and asking her to exert her influence
against the vast and increasing crime cf
polygamy.
—The New York publio jumps up from its
study of the bank clearings for February,
daps its hands, and remarks that ‘(he tide is
rising.’ It finds that ths total cf business as
represented by payments in twenty-two
cities was 11.8 per cent, greater than in Feb-
nnry, 1878, tbrngh p:ice3 ware 10 per cent,
lower.
—The Kansas House of Representatives
has released Operator Smith, who refused
to deliver dispatches in his posseaaion rela
ting to the recent eenatorbl election, and
through whose case the Western Union Com
pany propoeod to teat its right to protect the
communications of its patrons from Legis
lative inquisition.
—It Its telegraphed from Washington to
the Cincinnati Commercial as the opinion of
‘a member of the Cabinet,’ that should the
Democrats insist upon the repoal of the
election laws there was a project that the
sessions of Congress would be almost con
tinuous until March, 1881. This seems to
indioate that somebody has supplied Hayes
with a frosh lot of backbene.
—The St. Louis Globe-Democrat of the
10th, publishes the sontiments and preferen
ces of members of the Legislatures of Kan
sas, Wisconsin and Arkansas on the Presi
dential question. Grant is decidedly the
strongest man among the Republicans, hut
the Democrats are dividod between Tflden,
Thurman and Hendricks, with perhaps a
majority forTilden.
—Some time ago Cardinal Hanning issued
an order forbidding women to eiogintbe
choirs of Westminster diocaso, and now
Archbhhop Fshre, of Montreal, has pro
claimed that after June 1 the same regula
tions will be enforced in his diocese, He
says: ‘We permit femalos to sing by them
selves at the retreat which maybe given
them, but it must bewail understood that
ths mixture of choirs of men and women is
prohibited.’
T«E Parmesan Pabdon.—Honeafc John
telegraphs the Charleston News and Cornier
that Corbin’s crew started the story about
the action of Attorney-General Youm&nsin
order to get a denial, and they have succeed
ed. Ism not responsible On tho other
hand the reporter of tho Associated Press
says the intelligence which is denied trom
Charleston, S. O., that ex-Senator Pit tore on
had received a fall pardon for hie alleged
offenoes in South Carolina, came from Mr.
Patterson himself.
—The eight commissioners of ths port of
Mobile, Ala, were eleoted on the 11th instant,
and the city authorities will turn over to
them the entire charge of munieiptl affairs
on the 15lh instant. The Mobile Register
appeals for the seleotlon of the candidates
from the very beet of the citizens, that no
injustice may be done debtors or creditors
Of the late‘city,’and that the new munici
pality may be saved fam such a career of
unwise Legislation as led the city of Mobile
to bankruptcy.
Ootiox PaEssza rou Batannah. — Ths
World says orders have been reoeived at the
West Pomt foundry, Cold Springs, from
Eavannab, Ga, for the construction of six
hydraulic cotton-presses. The work will
famish employment to a Urge number of
men for several months. On completion
these presses will be the moat powerful ones
in the United States. It is calculated that
th9y will press oottoa to the density of live
oik. The Harmony Mills at Cshoee has
resumed running on foil time.
Taxkaoes Tam, —The Brooklyn Fresby*
tery on Monday decided to try Dr. TaImage
on the follwolng charges presented by the
committee appointed at the previous session:
Dcoeit and falsehood in statements regard
ing his withdrawal from the editorship of
the Christian at Work, in aUting tho sittings
in the Tabernacle were free; in scorning J.
W. Hathaway ot dishonest practices and then
denying it; of falsehood in collecting sub
scriptions for payment of the churohdebt;
of deceit in the difficulty concerning ths
organist of the Tabernacle, and of stating he
was to be arraigned for heterodoxy when he
knew that such mss not the case.
—TheOcmmi'teecn Federal Belationeof
the Illinois Senate has reported as follows:
‘Your committee has the distinguished honor
of making its first and only report We are
happy to state that ths relations between
the General Government and ths groat com
monwealth of Illinois are harmoniour; that
all is quiet on the sloping banks of the San
gamon as on the peaceful besom of the
Potomao' Your committee did think ot
making a tour to Washington to investigate
the Potter committee and cipher despatches;
to instruct Secretary Sherman how to circu
late the dollar of our colonial fathers, to
urge the ship canal across the upper peninsu
la of Florida; to connect the gulf and the
Caribbean Sea, and to get an opinion on the
Drainage bill, but the fate of other commit
tees st St. Louis and at the hands of the
independent piece hie deterred us. Mr.
President, your committee met, considered,
adjourned sine die Like Othello, our occu-
ion is gone, and we retire to the shade
defunct greatness. Let os have peace.’
. matter of choice—whether to suffer
sterruptediy with a cough or to invent
>enta for Dr. Ball’s Cough Syrup end
9 it.
Hurrah tor Blame. _
Stand aside, Unole Samuel J. Tildeu,
wo certainly must support James G.
Blaine, of Maine. Blaine has been down
to Richmond. ancLihe bland atmosphere
of the Old Dominion hu wrought such a
stupendous moral effect bn Jeemea that
his Teller Committee can’t tell the half
of it. He is on rising ground—he Is on
South-loving ground. Like Daniel Web
ster, when he made his celebrated October
sun speech m the same city, Blaine is new
a better Virginian than the best to the
manner born. And as for the matter of
birth, Blaine discovered that he was,
after all, actually bom in Virginia, or
leastwise, if not precisely bora there, he
was born on the border and clung eo
tightly to the rough outside edge of the
Old Dominion that his cradle never tum
bled off.
The faot is, the Virginians got hold
of Blaine and reoiprooated his feelinks ao
warmly that everything was fairly tout
ed ia fraternal heat and mntnal admira
tion, and every bottle in Riobmond wu
empty. They also took him to the To-
baoco Exchange and there smoked him
ao thoroughly in the beet Golden Leaf
that he spoke with moiat eyes over bis
vote against reducing the tax, and even
paid an eloquent tribute to ardent spirits,
and tobaoco, principally, however, as
sources of revenue.
It is not rsoordedthat the Exchange
appointed a committee to harmonize this
part of the epeeoh with th& Maine pro
hibitory law, ‘and the docirinea of Neal
Dow; bnt it la presumed they did. Sore
ly Blaine was not so much enamoured of
Virginia as voluntarily to oast off entirely
his ancient hold of Maine. He is rather
in love with both and wishes neither
away. He says, "if I know myself, I
would vole for Virginia as quickly as for
Itfaiae—for the South as quickly u for
New England. The patient enduranoe
of Virginia, nnder circumstances that
might well have disoonraged the bravest,
had enlisted for her the sympathies and
admiration of the u[hoIe universe,■’ and
Blaine, though beyond sunrise, was not
out of the universe that he should fail to
kiss the tear fr ■ •> Virginia’s weeping eye.
His grandmu her was bora in Virginia,
and, aays he, “ whenever my voice can have
influence to promote your prosperity you
can rely on me.”
Now, what lover of Virginia and the
solid South can resist such love as this!—
love ardent—love unsoueht—love undy-
ine. We must go for Blaine. As a Vir
ginian, born in Ware county, Georgia, wo
must go for Blaine. *’0, mamma, we
must be married—to Mr. Pompineliy."
Sometlilne concerning tlie Cul
ture of Sugar Cane.
We were surprised while on a brief
visit to Southwest Georgia last week, to
learn that the farmers were not through
planting sugar cane, and much of this im
portant crop was atill out of the ground.
Th3 complaint is general that many of
the “eyes” have perished daring the win
ter and the aoreage must therefore be
greatly diminished the present year. A
continuous experience of over twenty
years in growing sugar and syrup, indnoea
tbe writer to made a few suggestions aa
to the best method of treating the cane
crop and preBorving the portion set aside
for seed. To begin with the setting of
the canes.
During the first open weather in feb
rnary, after the land haa been broken
deeply, lay out the rows four feet asunder
and make deep furrows with a straight
shovel, running the plow two or three
times in the same track to ensure the
requisite d:ptb. Then cut the at9lks of
cane in short pieces, having not more
than three eyes each, and lay them touch
ing, or even lapped almost double. (A
thick stand is highly essential to success.)
Then fill up the trenches with well-rotred
stable manure or killed cotton seed, and
cover, leaving a slight ridge to turn the
water.
Jnst before the spires begin to appear
knock off the dirt from this ridge with an
ordinary board attached to a plow-stock,
which breaks the crust n-nd lets in the
light and heat of the aun. The shoots
occupy at least air weeks in rising above
the surface, the more advanced eyes com
ing out first, and then begins the process
of atooling or tillering. Aronnd every
shoot quite a number of succors start
forth, and the observant farmer must
know how to encourage this multiplica
tion of stalks, and when, and in what
manner to check their production. To
promote their growth cniti veto the ground
perfectly flush, keeping it mellow and
carefully avoiding throwing earth to the
plants.
When the stand is sufficiently thick,
that is, after eight or ten' young cane3
have come np aronnd the parent sprout,
then-bed up'the crop with hoe or plow,
and the atooling process will cease at once
and tho plants above ground rapidly at
taint o the same size and height.
The subsequent cultivation is precisely
like that of Indian corn, viz., by running
frequent shallow farrows with the sweep
until tbe plants joint and cover the
ground.
Unlike every crop that we wot of eave
English peas, sugar cane, to do weU, must
bj very thick, and this necessitates
a very rich soil. Care moat be ta
ken, however, not ta plant land newly
trodden by stock, in cane. If this be done,
the growth will be exuberant, but the
stalk almost valueless tor the lack of sac
charine matter. Indeed, the salts de
rived from the droppings of the catil9
will be plainly perceptiole to tho taste,
and while an inferior artiole of syrup,after
prolonged evaporation, may be obtained
from the juice, it is almost impossible to
produce granulation. Let a single crop,
ho wover, of turnips, peas, or potatoes, be
grown on this trodden soil to absorb tbe
superabundant ammonia, and then the
sugar cane can be raised in its greatest
perfection.
Of tbe grinding of the cine, and how
to manufacture eyrup and sugar wo do
not propose to apeak in this article. The
process ia improved upon almost annu
ally and now haa been reduced to a per
fect science. The writer saw on one of
tbe immense engar estates of Caba a
single mill of giant dimensions, which
cost $20,COO, and a balf acre of boilers,
coolers, etc., under one cover, together
with the splendid and complicated appa
ratus wbieh reEnsd and prepared for
market seventy hogsheads ef beautiful
sugar per diem.
In this country, eave on the plantations
of Louisiana, sugar making ia oonduoted
upon an infinitely leas scale, and the
farmer seldom makes more “aweetning”
than will suffice for tbe wants of his
family. But this will not continue for
any leDgth of time. The production,
more particularly of syrup, is rapidly ex
tending and increasing in quantity, and
soon will form an important item in the
revennea of the Sooth.
We come, in conclusion,‘(and it was
for that purpose that the writer essay
ed this article,j to deseribe what experi
ence baa taught na to be a very certain
method of preserving the oane daring ohr
severe winters.
Imprimis. When October is waning and
tho u'ghl threaten frosl, wirbout waiting
for its blighting advent, select a oe>d
spell, if po-sibls just suooeeding a raur,
and dig sip by the roots the area of sane
set aside for seed. It may be profitable
also to go through tbe whole orop and re
move the smaller stalks In tbe same way
to supplement tbe amonot of seed. Then
gather tbe Danes and spread or matrass
them in beds six feet in width, commenc
ing at one end with the roots outward,
and shingling them along to the depth of
abont two and a half feet, taking care
that the foliage shall oover the exposed
joints.
Throw earth over the unprotected end,
and let tbe whole remain for a week, or
antil the moisture evaporates from the
leaves. Then after a shower when the
ground is wet, cover np deeply with soli
to exolnde tbe oold.
Dry rot is the prolific cause of tbe de-
s-motion of the seed, which may be de-
tected by the presenoe of a thin white
eabatsnee overspreading the oanee. Cot
into them, and the stalks appear sound
and may beoonverted Into sngar orsyinp;
bat s olose examination pf the eyes will
show that they are dark and abrnnken in
appearance, and the germ ntterly destroy
ed.
In seasons of drought watering the
beds, when praolioable, will preserve tbe
seed. If the ottne is out after the leaves
have been nipped by frost, there ia no
oariainty that the seed will be good. We
have never known sugar oane, dag nphy
tbe roots, properly covered with earth,
and kept moist, suffer any Injury from
the severest winter.
We trust these hiots will be utilized
end turned to advantage by our farmers,
many of whom are jnst beginning to cul
tivate the sugar oane, which ie one of the
most valuable productions of the South.
Kice Culture.
Our farmers are beginning gradually
to realize the importance ot the rice crap
as a source of revenue and wholesome
food for man and beast. In response to
onr several articles on the cultivation of
the’ highland article very many have
been the requests for farther information,
and where to procure the seed. As a
consequence, thousands of bushels have
been raised the past year in Middle and
Southern Georgia, and there is every in
dication that this cereal will form a promi
nent staple in Upper Georgia ere long, as
well as in the tide water swamps and
estuaries of tho rivers inthe low country.
Nothing ia cultivated easier or yields a
more generous return to the husband
man. The Carolina, or Golden rice, ia
beat adapted to wet soils, and until the
nawly-cleared swamp becomes cct with
crab and crowfoot grass, will flourish and
produce heavily, almost with no cultiva
tion.
The undergrowth to a pond or swamp
ia simply cat away, heaped, and when
dry, burnt, the large trees being allowed
to remain until they die after bring
girdled. Without any plowing at all, the
gtound is then trenched 18 inches apart,
the seed, at the rate of 1J bushels to the
acre, deposited and covered with aboard
attached to a handle resembling on ordi
nary scrubbing brush, and this ia all the
work needed the first season after clear
ing, save cutting down any sprouts that
may spring up. Wo have seen from 40
to 50 buBhela per acre produced ia this
manner the first year.
The upland rice ia of a pale drab color
and will thrive on any soil that produces
Indian corn. Indeed, with the same cul
tivation and planted aide by side, it will
double the yield of corn. When ponnded
and prepared for market tho two are
almost nndistiugiiiahable, though tbe
golden variety may weigh a trifle more
to tho bushel.
As the season is near at hand for plant
ing, a bint or two to those who have bad
no experienoo in rice culture may sot be
amiss. About the first of April flush the
ground thoroughly with a turning plow
and, if oonvenieht, follow with the
harrow.
Then opes shallow furrows with a
scooter two and a half feet apart, and
drop the seed in Hills 15 or 18 inches
asunder to allow tho free passage of the
hoe between them. Deposit abont 15
grains of rice in each hill and cover with
a board very lightly. Afterwards, culti
vate level with a narrow plow and keep
down the weeds and grass, which ore
very obnoxious to ths crop. Harvest
with sickles and bind in sheaves when
the lower grains on the head are still
green, to prevent “shattering” or shell
ing out in handling. Before it ia taken
up and tied, however, the straw should
be quite dry, which requireB from one to
two days exposure to the sun. After*
wards stack, so as to turn the water until
ready to bo threshed, or haul into bains
The straw is good food for all kinds of
■took, while the rough rice will command
at the mill from 80 cents to $1 per
bnahel.
We hope soon to see rice mills as plen-
tifu’ • u our water courses as those used
for tn« grinding of wheat and corn.
In the meanwhile, however, the farmer
can prepare as much of the grain as he
needs for family consumption with the
use of the simple “mortar and peatle.”
The former is hollowed or burnt ont from
a section of an ordinary heart pine, the
coat of both po&tle and mortar being in
significant.
With this rude contrivance one hand
can pound and doan abont three bushels
of rioe per day, the yield when hulled
being abont one-half. In the low coun
try shallow baskets made of rushes sewed
with oak withes and called "fanners, 1 ’
are need to winnow the pounded grain.
An abundance of white Beed rice can
be bad without difficulty at about $1 per
bushel. We saw some for sale recently
at Daly Brothers, in this ciiy. Dr. J. if.
Stevens, ot Leo county, raised a large
crop the post year.
We regard this crop and non-rus’.ing
oat aa a priceless bcon to Georgia. No
fear of famine or abort rations to man or
beast if every farmer in the State will
sow two seres of oata to each mule an
nually aad one acre of rice. Almost every
one soon learns to love this delicoas and
healthful edible, which forms the btape
food to st least three hundred millions of
earth’s inhabitants.
Czegedin orZcgedm,
which was flooded yesterday with such
appalling destruction of life and property,
iaa oity of Southeastern Hungary, situ
ated on both banks of the river Theiae, at
tbe influx of the river Haros. It is a
large and busy town, the seat of a heavy
manufacturing and importing and ex
porting trade.' Unfortunately, however,
ita site ie on low and marsby ground, and
the levee defenses having given away, i>
abont fifteen feet nnder water, according
to the London telegrams of yesterday.
Our Gazetteer, dated 1874, pats the popu
lation down at 62.700, which has proba
bly largely increased since that date-
Tbe telegram says 80 000 people were
houseless last night.
- Having Used Dr. B ■ til’s Gough Syrup'
for the' last tew flays, to my -gratification
I find it dio me a great devl of good. I
bad » severe i-o'd »mch if ncred in n very
few da}?. C C. BOBER ISON.
130 Main Street, Lyucaoarg, Vj.
A Mistake Gladly Corrected.
In-oar- article of Tuesday,- beaded
' ‘Protection Odious,” whtoi was design*
ed primarily and obiefly as an argument
against tbe existing foreign tariff and all
excites of a similar Character designed
for the benefit of the few at the expense
of the many, an error ooonrred in tbe fol
lowing statement: In illustration of the
general remark that house industry should
be enoonraged whenever practicable,
bnt if, “with a limited inoome,” a
man' "oannot afford to pnrohase an
article made by bis neighbor, when
the same, equally as good or better,
oan be had from abroad for half the
amount,” he is not blame worthy, the fol
lowing was given as a cais in point:
’‘Thousands of bili-hsads, cards, etc., are
lltbqgraphed and executed in tbe hand*. Jot and citizenship, onr people regarded
eomeat style at Cnioago aad other cities
for onr merchants, ia far batter style
than any Macon establiabmsnt can print
them. Hence, the former send their or*
dare to those remote places in preference
to patronizing home industry.” u j_
We were led to make this remark,
because told so by ono or more
merchants whose job work we offered to
do. But it is with tbe greatest pleasure
we now learn from one of the most ex
tensive printing and publishing houses in
the State, located here, that the. writer
was erroneously informed. The member
of the honse referred to declares that “sb
fine specimens of printing have been,
and are being daily produced in Macon
as ccn be found in Chicago or any where
else. Furthermore, where printing is
ordered in lilt quantities the Macon prices
will oompare favorably with those of any
city in the Union.” The gentleman who
penned the above is far better posted
than the writer, who his had bat little
experienoe in practical printing, and
spoke only from hearsay. We hasten to
make the correction, and only hope when
the truth comes to be known not a book!
of native origin, or bill-head, will ever
again be printed outside of the limits of
Macon.
Oar friend,is assured, also, that we are
not opposed to patronizing homo indus
try in every form, whenever able to do ao
and only lament that onr shoes, hats,
clothing, watches, meat, flonr, and every
article of consumption cannot be produc
ed and sold at home. The next best that
can be done, however, is to patronize
those who bring them hereforsale, which
we faithfully do. As stated in the outset,
our article on Tuesday was levelled
against a protective tariff only, which en
riches the North at the cost of tbe Sontb,
and bears most heavily upon the poorer
classes, who are chiefly consumers.
Tbe English Cotton Mills.
The pertinaoity with which the English
cotton mill proprietors are applying the
screw to the operatives’ wages is signifi
cant of tbe perilona oondition of that
groat British industry. Wages, - already
ao low bb to famish only a meagre subsis
tence to spinners and weavers, are forced
down still father with an inexorable will
whiob gives assurance of a piaotioal in
difference amoug misters whether tbe re
daction is acoepted and the mills zod, or
whether it be refasod and the mills
closed. Either result seems to bb accep
ted as a oholoe of loss.
One ia impressed with the idea that
the great English cotton manufacturing
interest finds itself beset by conditions
which render it unromnnerative. That,
in fact.it is a business which baspaeaed ita
era, and althongh it ia to be hoped that
bettor conditions may revive at times-
and these gigantic investments yet yield
fair returns, yat, in point of fact, it must
be classed as a deeaying industry which,
with alternate ebb and flows, ia surely
destined, in the fatnre, to a general aver
age decline and diminution till it shall
lose ita prominence as a great national in
dustry of the United Kingdom.
Many circumstances conspire to indi
cate this result in Great Britain, whiob
wo do not care to speoify, and also to in
dioate the rapid transfer of the trade to
America. Oar own hope is that tbe next
generation will see a large proportion of
tbo cotton fabrics of the world span end
wove in the United States, and perhaps
mainly span in the Southern States. '
HOW THey Were Paid.
The New York Sun prints In doable
column a catalogue of the active mstru-
meats in the counting in of HayeB, atft a
list of the appointments they received for
thejoh. There are 115 in the crowd,
and the salaries of the offices to which
they have been appointed aa compensa
tion for this service amount to 1254,115
per year, and will aggregate $1,022,460
daring tho four years of Hayes.
The Sun scams to think this is faithful
and good pay; but when ono considers
the horrid nature of the crime they were
pud for committing, it seems like selling
ont to Satan at a low rate. It ia not nin?
thousand dollars a piece, and fora man
to forge, Ito and perjuro himself in a con
spiracy to rob the people of the United
States of the right of suffrage for $9,000*
looks cheap—very cheap.
EVOLUTION.
In 1824, Daguerre commenced expeii-
mentieg. In 18B9 he gave to the world
the process of making DagnerreotypeB.
By patient industry, the art has evolved
into the perfeot pictures of the prest. He
who views the fast fading niotnrea of his
ancestors, and compares them with the
almost living and lasting photographs of
to-day must acknowledge an advance
ment. If an advancement haa. been
made in photography and other sciences,
ia it asking too mnch aimply because it
cannot be ocularly demonstrated, that the
donbta and uncertainties of Sir Astley
Coopcr’a time bo set aside, and an equal
improvement granted in the science of
medicine ? Must tbe ability of the sin*
dious and experienced physician be
doubted, simply because tho negligent
aad inexperienced fail ? Bat a few years
since the diseases and weaknesses uoca-
liar to women were regarded as incura
ble. Now Dr. Fierce’s Favorite Prescrip
tion is sold under a positive guarantee to
cure. Ladies, if afflicted, and you wish
to avoid painful examinations and nse-
ii-s i local treatment, and employ a medi
cine that is scientifically pr.pirad, that
id chemilally pare, that is graduated in
strength, and that will never disappoint
yf u in it ita action, Uto Dr. Pierce’s Fa
vorite Proseripnou.
L no John Cohn —Tuoce wishing to
plane tbia variety of seed corn can be
aopplied by Mr. Charles T. Ward of Yine-
ville. The growth is very rapid and tho
ears of extraordinary aiza and length.
For table u°e, the Long John is without
a annerior in sweetness, and it will ma
ture from four to air weeks sooner than
any variety of field com we are a qn tinted
with. Tbe bread and bominy made from
the ripe grain is also of superior quality.
For ea-ly pro visions this variety of corn
ia invaluable.
TBE SOUraXBBM BEV1YAL.
Ex-Governor Brown, of Georgia,
on the Education of me Col
ored Kace-So Begrels tor tbe
Coat Cause.
Atlanta, Ga., February 11.
Colonel W. O. Morrill, Atlanta, Gear*
gia :
Dcab Sib—In conversation you have
referred to tbe fact that many of
tbe people of the North do not yet under-
stand tbe position which the people of
Georgia, and, so far as I know, the peo
ple of the 8outb, occupy in' reference to
tbe education of the colored people. As
you are welt aware, the abolition of sla
very was, at the time it occurred, regard
ed by the people ot the South aa a great
calamity. It certainly involved ua in
immeose pecuniary loses?. Then the
early enfranchisement of the negro, giv
ing to the race the privileges of the bal-
IQS kuu Vluawui‘V|-VUC ingaiucu
as premature and harsh on the part of
the government; and there has been, as
you are aware, a great deal of political
strife and bad feeling engendered.
I am glad to say, however, that the
passions and prejudioea engendered, by
the war are rapidly passing away. Al
ready nearly balf a generation haa passed,
and a large number of those who were
upon the stage at the time are no longer
with us, while young men have risen up
to take their places who knew less of the
former caases of division and felt leea of
the angry passions which were created
during that period. We now, I think, as
a people, realize and acquiesce in the
fact cot only that slavery is forever abol
ished, bat that theeolored race are placed
upon an equality politically with the
wnite raoe; that they have all the eivil
and political rights that are possessed by
ourselves. In other words, they are
legally oar fellow-citizms...
The question, then, natural!/ arises,
what is onr. duty: in the premises?
And it aeema to me very elear, end A
think I speak the sentiment of a vast ma
jority of onr people, that it is onr interest
to make of the colored raoe the very beat
citizens we oan. To do this, it is neoes-
sary to ednoate them aa far as onr means
will allow, and to lift themfrom th» ig
norance in whiob they were found at the
time of their freedom to a mnoh higher
grade cf intelligence. They oan never be
good otuzsna and exeroise intelligently
the rights ot freemen till they have these
advantages.
The State ot Georgia moved in this
matter in faot earlier than soms of ths
other Southern States. Laws have been
enacted here, placing the ohildren of the
white and colored rao< s upon an equality,
in proportion to numbers, bo far as tbo
diatribntion and use of the school funds
are concerned. Icia true, onr schools are
kept separate; bnt they receive the same
amount of money per capita that the
white children do, and we are taxed, aa
yonr are aware, about as much as onr
condition will enable us to pay for the
purpose of oommon sohool education. On
this point, too, we hear bat little mur
muring, onr people very generally agree
ing that it is important to edneate tbe
children of both races, and submitting
with a good deal of cheerfulness to the
tax they pay for that purpose.
Bnt this is not all; it was seen, after
the freedom and enfranchisement of the
colored race above mentioned, that it
would be necessary to edneate many of
their people beyond the degree afforded
by oar common or pnblio schools. It
was also seen that they would naturally
make application for admission into our
State University; and in the then temper
of pnblio sentiment, their admission
there woold have been tho downfall of
the University. Thoae in charge of our
public affairs sought to avoid this calam
ity by doing justice to them npon an.
other line. They conceived the idea of
having two universities, one for the col
ored race and one for the white race; and
it was agreed that the same appropria
tion annually should bo made to each.
We having for many years appropriated
$3,003 per aannm from the State Treas
ury to the University at Athens, for tho
white peeple, a like amount of $8,000
jrfts appropriated to tho Atlanta Uni
versity, which bad been establish
ed here by a benevolent society
of New England, to aid them in conduct
ing their college, provided it was to be
done with tbe consent of those In control,
audit wbb not to have the eharaoter of a
sectarian institution. These terms were
accepted, and tbe appropriation was
made from yoar to year, until the meet
ing of onr Constitutional Convention in
1878, when it was incorporated in tbe
Oonatitntioo, which was overwhelmingly
ratified by tbo people, that said appro
priation shonid be continued m tbo fu
ture. It iq therefore, now aoonstitmion-
al provision. Tons, yon see, the Statu
of Georgia has dealt liberally with the
colored race. This grows ont of the faot
that onr Representatives, both in tbe
Legislature and in the Convention, were
obliged, in order to meet the require
ments of tbeir constituents, to adopt snoh
line of policy as looks to the elevation of
the colored race. This is what pspnlar
sentiment now requires.
Bnt we must not forget that the white
college still has a decided advantage in
this, that it gets the eame appropriation
onnnally from tho State Treasury ’that
the colored college dooe, and its patrons,
who send their eonB to it for inatrnction,
are generally able to pay tnition; and
the appropriation from the State and
the tuition sustain the college. Not so
with the colored race. While they have
made very considerable advance in the
accnmnlation of property, and now pay
tax on between five and six millions in
car State, atill few of them are able to
ednoate their ohildren in college at their
own expense. The result ia that nearly
all the scholars who are sent there are
charity scholars, and they mast be edu
cated at tho expense of some one else.
Tho State appropriation of $8,000 ia not
sufficient to maintain the professors and
sustain the college as it ought to be sus
tained. Indeed, it lacks a great deal
of it. Of courso the noble charity
which conceived the idea of locating the
college here ia highly appreciated, bnt it
ia not supposed that its benefactors in
New England can afford from year to
year to make largo donations to aid in
sustaining the college. It is therefore
very desirable, if it could possibly be
done, to have the University better en
dowed. And I think every effort shonid
be made that possibly oan be to accom*
pliah this object. If any man of large
wealth has means to spare, and seeks a
Worthy object npon which to bestow it,
he could nowhere find one moro deserv
ing; and I know of no plaee where dona
tions to an endowment would be more
highly appreciated, not only by the col
ored race who would be the immediate
recipients, bnt also by the white race, who
wish them well and who are very anxions
that tho University be made in every
sense a success.
Whilo speaking of tho feeling that ex
ists between the two races, I might hero
remark that hundreds ef thousands of
Southern men laid down their lives dar
ing the late unfortunate strife to sus
tain their view of the Government, and
especially to sustain slavery. And hun
dreds and thousands more would have
made the eame eacrifice if it could have
resulted in success, bo earnest and strong
was tho conviction on our part that we
were right, and that it was lest for both
races that slavery exist. An experience
of a little over a dozen years under the
new order of things, which we supposed
to be insupportable, haa shown ua that
we were mistaken, in many of onr most
cherished ideas. While the abolition of
Blevary ha? been a terrible loss to us in
a pecuniary point of view, and baa re
sulted meat disastrously to many intelli
gent and estimable families, we are led
now to conclude that it was the will of
Providence that it should occur, and that
in the future onr children and their pos
terity will be a more prosperous, self-re-
l ant, useful and happy people than they
would have been if the ins’ifution had
been maintained. And I ihiuB I may
now tay, without aay exaggeration, that
not one white citizi n iu every hundred,
probably not one in every fiv-j hundred
in Georgia, and I believe the same feel
ing to exist generally in tbe South,
would vote to re-establish slavery, or
would content to fcave it re-established
tinder any circumstances.
I trust a wise Providence will bring
great good to both races out of *hat ap
peared to na at the time to be an over
whelming calamity. Iam, very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
JoezpxE Bbown.
THE ALlveX HtTRDBH.
Details ef the Fatal atencontre—The
Death Keene.
Seldom has the death of an individual
created Buch intense interest in the Btate
ae the tragedy which occurred in Atlanta
on Tuesday afternoon. Both parties be
ing well known, and Colonel Alston
especially ao, the news has had more
than passing interest to all who hare
heard it The Constitution, of yesterday,
contains the details of the affair in
three colnmnB and a half, with a diagram
of the scene of bloodshed. The telegrams
already pnblirhed are fully corroborated
and the following additional information
obtained:
The trade which Colonel Alston had
made was with Colonel Chesley B. How
ard, of Reynolds. The.man whom Cox
wished to have the contract was Mr. Jes
sie Walters, of Albany. Over the refusal
of Colonel Alston to reeoind tbe trade the
difficulty arose.
Captain Nelms, at Governor Colquitt’s
request, endeavored to dissuade Cox from
vlolenoe. Cox refused to see him. Boon
aftex Alston saw Cox approaohing the
capltol with his band in hia breast. He
went to the Treasurer's offios. Not find
iog Alston be went to the Exsontive De
partment in aearoh of him. The remain *
ing act in the tragedy is graphically and
tividly described ia the Constitution as
follows;
. Alston in the meantime went back to
the Treasurers office and cat down. He
again spoke of the impending difficulty,
being told that Cox had jnst been tbc-re
hunting for him. He said that it was “a
terrible thing to be forced into a difficulty
with a man who was hunting you down,
as Cox was him.” Almost immediately
after this Cox came again into the Treas-
nr ^iP office and found Alston there. Cox
and Alston were both considerably ex
cited, bnt Cox seemed to be exceedingly
angry as well.
They began the controversy again, Cox
telling Alston that he had treated him
wrong and had to answer for it. Alston
got np, and putting his hand gently npon
Cor, and B&id to him:
"Mr. Ccx, I do not want to have any
difficulty with you abont this matter,
and there ia no seed for it. Let us drop
it now. It will do yon no good to kill
me, and do me no good to kill yon—not a
bit in the world.”
Cot replied in an abusive manner and
oontinned to denounce Ahton and to
urge him on to the affray. It was thought
his object was to goad Alston to make
tbe first attack. At tbe time only Treas
urer Renfroe and the tax-collector of Gil
mer county were in the office, Captain
Nelmea coming in Boon alter. Whilo the
quarrel was in progress the Gilmer gen
tleman remarked that Cox was abusing
Alston beyond endnrance and that Alston
ought not to let a man talk to him in
that way, bnt onght to kill him. >
Treaanrer Renfroe, fearing the difficul
ty, told them not te have a fight in bis
offioe. Upon tbii Cox invited Alston ont
doors to Battle the matter, bat Alston de
clined to go, repeating that he did not
want any diffionlty: Cox replied that he
should have one. Alston said if be conld
not avoid It be supposed be would. Cox
told him be conld not get ont of It, and
Alston asked him it be wanted to begin it
right then. Cox said that was as good a
plaoe as any, and that a difficulty - was
what be wanted. He went to tbe dcor
of tbe room and attempted to shut it.
Treasurer Renfroe told him not to shat
that door, bnt Cox paid 'no attention to
him, bnt, seeing that it was hooked baok
to tbe wall, he Unbooked it and ahnt it.
He then tamed and advanoed tc wards Al
ston, who also rose and stepped forward.
Captain Nelms ran between them and
oatohing each by the shoulder with bis
bands, bnt as be did bo, both men drew
their pistols and began to fire at each oth
er with great rapidity. Captain Nelmea
fell back npon the table, and Treaanrer
Rsnftoe and tbe other man were standing
in the room next to Marietta street and
near tbe door where Colonel Alston was
standing in frontof the store.
Colonel Alston, when he arose from hi3
chair, had hia coat bnttoned aorosa his
breast, bnt be nnbnttsned it and drew
his pistol from an inner pocket. His
was a self-cooking pistol, and this enabled
him to get the first shot at Cox, the ball
striking Cox on the left side of the upper
lip and penetrating the mouth and jaw.
Cox then got into the corner and fired at
Alston, bnt missed him, and the ball went
into the wall behind. Alston then fired
twice in eucceesion, his second ball strik
ing Cox in the left band, the fleshy part
between tbo thumb and forefinger, and
the third shot going wild aad burying in
the plaetered wall abont a foot from the
floor and close to Cox—so close, it ap
pears, as to have gone through the breast
portion of his coat as he stooped sand
leaned eidowaya to avoid the shot. Cox
then fired his second shot, the ball pene
trating the right temple ot Colonel Al
ston, abont an inch from and level with
the eye. It ranged tbrongh the brain
and lodged under tho Bcalp at the back
of tbe head on the left lower aide.
Colonel Alston staggered, reeled, and
fell in the other door, athwart
the threshold, bleeding profusely and nn-
conscious upon the instant. Mr. Cox
changed position from tho corner to the
opposite aide near the table, bnt seeing
the effect of this shot he did not attempt
to shoot again. He was bleeding himself
copiously* from the wound* in the mon'h
and in his hand. He said to Treasurer
Renfroe : "We are both of ns killed I”
and then he went into the front room and
laid down npon the lonnge. The shot*
had been heard all around and through
the building, and men c\me running to
the acene of the tragedy. The epectacls
at this description beggars description, and
sickened all who eaw it. The floor ot the
room was slippery with pools of blood,
and yet the faint blue smoke from
the pistols was creeping along the ceiling
inseerehofanontlet. One of the men
was lying upoa the floor at foil length,
with the blood streaming from that hor
rible shot in the head, and the other was
moaning npon the sofa four or five feet
away, with the blood choking him and
flowing from his month, and bis hand
dripping m thoogh taken from a pool of
crimson life blood. Oa the floor were
found a pistol ball and some of tbe teeth
knocked from Mr. Cox's month when he
was hit. The pioinre was one that baf
fled imagination,* and nothing go vivid in
its Biient testimony of the desperate af
fray so fatally closed could bo put upon
oanvas or in printer’s ink upon this page.
Tho closing soene ia deBoribed as fol
lows, by the Atlanta Post:
The death soene was one of the meat
impressive that ever roused human sym
pathy or saddened the souls of men. Dar
ing the three honrs before his death,
there stood aronnd his bedside a company
of acxious friends tearfudy wstoniug ino
pale faee that lay above the blood satura
ted linen, all e»>ce-t!y and prayeifnlly
hoping for BOtne faint onuae for hope, but
boding in tbe d'ffioolt breathing and an
occasional alight cOova'sior. of the limbs
only food for appalling despair. Onoe on
ly did the dying man open and eloee hie
eyes, end hts lips moved in the whisper,
"I am dylog to see my wife.” Mrs. Al
ston, daughter and son arrived a short
time after, bat to tbe most
pitiful and h-ut-bresking appeals
of his wife to speak to h r i-nl>
once, to a'.! the endearing words cf a
breaking heart, he responded with ao
■word or look of consciousness that the
wife whom he bad so longed to* see was
at hia aide. Mrs. Alston raising her
eyes for a moment from her husband's
face and looking imploringly urcutsd the
room, asked for some one to pray. At
her request Governor Colquitt knelt at
the foot of ths death bed, while all
bo wad down aronnd the dying man, and
ponred forth an earnest appeal to God.
For a moment the silence was only broken
by tbe diffionlt breathing ef the sufferer,
the low moan of some breaking heart and
the solemn appeal to the Power in whose
hand was tbe inane for life or death. Tbe
clock struck six—in inch a soene a sug
gestive sound, its harsh,' unfeeling tones
foroing a thought of tin e’a flight and
death’s approach. Before another boar
had elapsed, Ool. Alston was dead.
Colonel Alston was bora in Maoon in
1832, and haa always cherished a deep
love for the city of hia nativity. The
report that Mr. Cox had died.of hia
wonnda is erroneous. At latest accounts
he was doing well, but is confined in the
jail closely guarded, aa the feeling against
him ia very strong. The reenlt of the
coroner’s jury is to be found elsewhere,
and places the most serious aspect on the
Connell Prseeraiazi-BtVBlar
Heating.
. Cons era Chahbzb, '
Macon, Ga., March, llth, 1879.
Present, Hon. W A. Huff, Mayor. Al
dermen Cannon, Maeteraon, Kennedy,
Higgins, Hendrix, Fitzgerald, Dub,
Hudgins, Flanders and Danlap,
Absent, Alderman Corpnt.
Tbe minutes of the last’regular and
adjourned meetings were read and con
firmed.
Petition of Frank King, asking per
mission to erect a slaughter house on tbe
city reserve, waa, oa motion, referred to
tbe Pablio Property Committee.
Petition of Augustus Rogers, asking to
be allowed to take out a one-horse hack
license by paying an additional $10 to
what he haa already paid as a merchan
dise dealer, was, on motion, referred to
the Finance Committee.
A communication from L. Vannuckt,
T. S. Green, W. T. Nelson, G. 3. Blake,
and other?, asking that aU guano now
stored in the city be removed, the same
being offensive and eiokly, was, on mo
tion, referred to the Committee on Hoe*
pltal and Charities.
A commnnioation from W. G. Smith
Clerk Bibb County.Commissioners, rela
tive to the burying of panpera by the
coanty, a-king that the oonnty be re
lieved of the payment of the non-reBident
fee of fire dollars, charged for burial in
the oily cemetery, was on motion, refer-
red to the Cemetery Committee.
A oommunioation from J. J.Clay, City
Sexton, asking the use of one of the oity
carte, to be nsed at tbe oemetery, and
asking that the committee on publio
property, arrange for the keepiog cf the
new hoarse at the Oity Hall bnilding, waa
on motion, referred to the Committee
on CameterieB and Pnblio Property.
A oommnoioation from J. S. Schofield
k San, relative to the scavenger oarts de
positing trash and filth on Poplar street,
between Fourth and Fifth, and asking an
abatemeci of this nnisance, was on mo
tion,referred.to tbe Committee on Streets
A communication from John L. Hatde-
man, attorney for Thomas Colemao, ool-
ored, looking to the settlement of hia anit
against the oity for damages, by reason
of hia felling into an open oellar at the
rZLXOBAPa AND MSBDlKOBB building,
was, on motion, referred to tbe City
Attorneys for investigation.
Bill of J. J. Cornel], W. F. Nelson and
T. W. Freeman, City Assessors, was re
ferred to the Finanos Committee.
Bills passed—I. H. Poole $225, Mrs.
S*rab Aldrich, $50. B. B. Hail (2) $22 70,
$45 55.8 W. MoMinn $5. G. J. Blake.
$8 62, E. J Freeman $7 75. L. M. Bam-
eey & Oo. $35 68.
Tbe Committee on Fire Department re
potted favorably npon the petition of Ja
cob Basse)], to baud a wooden kitchen on
hia premises. The report was received
and adopted.
The Committee on Pablio Property re
ported favorably npon the petition of W.
L. Henry for permission to ereot a
slaughter house un the city rtasive.
The report was received and adopted,
The Committee on Pumps recommend
ed the bid of A. C. Bobbins to keep in re
pair the city pumpe, aa per specifications,
for the present year for the sum of seven
hundred andfitty dollars, be accepted.
On motion the report was reoeived and
adopted.
The Committee on Streets reoommend
ed the bids of Thomas Battle to haul the
rock from the rirer to the Vtneville
branch sewer at seventy-five oents per
perch and the bid of James Lawler to lay
ihe rock in the sewer at one dollar per
perch, to be paid in city money atpar.be
accepted. On motion the report waa re
ceived and adopted.
The Committee- on Hospital and Chari
ties recommend the bid of B. B. Hall to
furnish medicines for the use of the city
jor the present year, as par list of prices
oa file in the Clerk’s offioe, be accepted.
On motion the report was received and
adopted.
The number of complaints of over aseees-
menta was then taken up. Those pres
ent, or their representatives, were given
a hearing, the balance were passed upon
or adjusted.
After which, Alderman Flanders offered
the following resolution, which wsb
adopted:
Resolved, That after this day no com*
plaints in reference to aaaeesments made
by the Citv Assessors be entertained, and
that the Clerk be instrncted to make np
tbe tax book. -
Alderman Hudgins introduced the fol
lowing resolution, which was adopted:
Whebxas, At a former meeting of
Council a resolution was passed author
izing and directing the chairman of tho
Committee on Public Property to adver
tise for rent all the tillable grounds of
tho old and new Park; and,
Wheel*as, Much dissatisfaction exists
in the pnblic mind in regard to tho man
ner of offering the Park for rent; he it,
therefore,
Resolved, That the said resolution pass
ed at a former meeting of Connell in
reference to the renting of the grounds
of the Park ba, and the tame is heroty,
rescinded.
Resolved further. For the accommoda
tion and best interests of ell citzena of
the city of Mason, that the Committee
on Public Property be authorized and di
rected to advertise for rent, on the 17th
day of March,at 10 o’clock ». m., at pub
lic outcry to the highoat bidder, on the
grounds of the Path, for the term cf one
year with the privilege of two years, all
that portion of the old and new Park be
low and in rear of tho bippedrome and
grand stand and inside of the one mile
track heretofore under cultivation, but
upon condition that the grounds bo plant
ed in such cereals and so harvested as
not to interfere with the free use and con
trol of the Park by the Agricultural So
ciety, and the same to bo turned over to
aud be at the disposal of the Agricultural
8ociety at their annual State Fairs. And
conditioned further, that the person or
persona renting said grounds shall be re
quired to pnt in order and keep in good
repair all of the outside fence of the old
and new Park.
Resolved further. That eaid committee
b» authorized to rent the same for cash or
on time with bond and approved security,
as they may deem to thu best interest of
the city; terms to be made known on the
day the properly is rented.
Previous to tbe reading ot the following
report of the Fiusooa Committee the
Mayor vacated the chair, and Alderman
DanUp was called on to preside The
fij’owing was then read, reoeived and
adooted.
We, the Finanoe Committee, appoin
ted by • resolution of Council te exam
ine and inquire into the report of Col.
W. A. Lofton, Master in Chancery, in
the ease of tbe oity of Maoon vs. W. A.
Hoff, find that Col. W. A. Lofton, Mus
ter to Chsnoery, after disallowing oertain
elsims of W. A. Hoff, has awarded him
na rnmerioaliy Bp-ictfiefi the M-owiog
amount*,' vis: No. 1, $312 89; N ». 2,
; No. 3. $604 80 ; No. 5. *440 75.
No. 6; $1 836 80; No. 7. $1,666 14; No.
: $ $978 10; No. 9. $2 964 45; Interest,
$1,272 96; total, *9,276 95. 1
Hiving otosely examined the rtpar.
and weighed the matter carefully in
ita bearings and equitable rights we
would recommend Out the Council aeoenl
tbe award of the Master in Ghanosry a*
a final and complete settlement ot the
ease.
[Signed,] ' S. S, Dunlap,
Faux Cobput,
John D. Hudgins,
W. E. Flandxbs,
T. O. Hzndrix,
Ci remittee.
Alderman Hudgins Introdnacd tha fol
lowing, whioh waa adopted:
Whereas, Experience has demonstrated
that long delay in the settlement of di,.
puted questions, aimply add to the diffi.
oally of • proper adjustment, and as it i B
evidently to tbe interest of the city of
Maoon, that these greivons difficulties in
whiob so mnoh dissatisfaction and dis
trust manifestly exists in the pnblio mind
should be settled at onoe.
Be it therefore Resolved, |lhat lfc 0 report
of the Master inCaanoery, refected to and
set forth in tbe report of tbe Finance
Committee, of this date, in reference to
the sime. be adopted aa a full, Huai and
satisfactory settlement of the differences
between the Mayor and Couneil of the
oity of Maoon afad W. A. Hoff, growlog
oat of tbe Park controversy now pending
in Bibb Coanty Saperior Coart.
The Mayor here made a short statement
to Conaoil touching npon the mattsr, af
ter whioh Counoil adjourned.
A. B. McLauohlin, Jn„
City Clerk.
A Card ta the Pabtto-AfflilaTit of Sirs
Jerry O’Conner.
. The following wt.l explain itself:
Georgia, Bibb County.—Potsjeally ap
peared, Mary E. O’Conner, wife of Jerry
O'Conner, who, being dnly sworn, aays,
that on the raeent trial of the case of the
State vs. Jerry O’Conner, for "wife whip
ping,” on the 6th day of March. 1879,
hia Attorney, Col. C. J. Harris, offered to
tntrodnoe deponent as a witness, bat the
court dsoided that whilst she was a com
petent witness for the btate, she waa sot
for her husband, the defendant
She sow sweats and she would have
■worn, if Bhe bad been allowed to testify
at that trial, that Ellen Thomas, a colored
woman, who was the only one who testifi
ed that her husband struck her opoa that
eoeatlon with a club, teas not present up.
on the ooossion, in question, viz: The
9th day of Deoember, 1878, nor at any
time when there was any trouble be
tween herself and husband.
That at the. time mentioned, Jerry
O’Conner did not strike her with a club,
■tlok or any weapon of like oharaoter, but
did with hia band upon her faoe, whioh
made her nose bleed, and then, not until
she had first struck him with a small
stick.
That abe etrnok him with the stick un
der excitement, induoed by hia coming
home nnder the influenoe of liqnor, and
that this is tbe only time that he ever
struck her.
That since this unfortunate occurrence,
abe and her husband have been living in
pesos and on the beat of term?, and that
in open court tbrongh their Attorney,
Colonel Harrie, they made a written de
mand that the case be settled and the
pro3scatidn stopped.
Mast E. O’Connee.
Ssorn to and subscribed before me,
this 12:h day of Msrob, 1879.
E. C. Gbankis, J. P.
N. B.—EUen Thomas, the colored wo
man, referred to above, has been arrested
for perjury, and given bond inthe earn of
$500 for her appearance at the Saperior
Coart. . it.
. SUPERIOR COURT.
Two Trials Yesterday—The Gibson
• Case.
At tha opening of the court yesterday
morning the jury which had received in
charge the case of Abner Mack, colored,
assault with intent to murder, after
being ont all sight, returned and ren
dered a verdict of guilty. Judge Speer
sentenced him to seven years in the peni
tentiary.
The first case taken up yesterday was
that of Ed Cooper, colored, charged with
assault witn intent to mnrder, was tried
and the defendant found guilty of stab
bing. He waa sentenced to twelvo
months’ service on the chain gang.
Isaac Adams, for the alleged offezse of
an attempt to rape, was tried. The
orime was attempted on a young white
female. The evidence was mostly circum
stantial, and depended for the full iden
tification of the defendant on the appear
ance of certain foot-prints found near tho
residence of the prosecutrix.
The case was given to the jury late in
theeveniog and no verdict had been rec*
dered. Tho accused bears a bad reputa
tion, having been before the conrta pre
viously on a similar charge.
To-day has been set for tho trial or the
Gibson oa- a. Ths Deputy Sheriffs were
yesterday very busy summoning jurors,
as difficulty ie expected in making np a
jury for the case. There ie a great deal
of interest manifested in it. Hon. J. H.
Blount, who ia one of the counsel for the
defendant, haa not returned from Wash
ington City. Whether a continuance
will be sought on this ground cannot bo
stated at present.
A Brave Lady.
The name of the brave lady, the heio-
ine of the recent runaway on Hnlberry
street, whose coolness and presence of
mind has formed the theme ot osnTersa-
tion with many tongues for-the past few
days, ia Mrs. Duval, of New Yerk, The
runaway was one of the most exciting
that haa oocurred in Macon for a long
time. A hone attaohed to a baggy near
Mr. Sol. Waxelbanm’s residence on Mul
berry street, became unruly and backed
into a pair attaohed to one of Brown’s
phaetons, when they fceoame frightened
and dashed down Mulberry street, and by
the merest chance were taken np at the
Conn Honse by tbe driver. The carri
age was oooopied by Mr. and Mrs Duval,
of New York. The clattering hoofs at
tracted every one’s attention in the neigh
borhood. Men stood on the aidewalkt
thrilled with the aoene, ladies felt faint
and sick, and matters looked very seri
ous, but the oecnpaats eat perfeotly
calm, the lady evincing not tho slightest
trepidation. The runaway was witnessed
by many, and fortunately terminated
without damage. Since ita occnrrence,
however, there haa been a great cariosity
to know who woe the heroine of the
ride, sod much admiration has been ex
pressed for her behaviour wrier the
oiroumstanoes.
Tbe Fire Department.
As the time approaches, great activity
begins to be manifested by the firemen
composing tbe department, in regard to
the apptoaohing annual parade. The
question aa to what the test will be, hM
become very frequent. Inst evening at the
engine bouse of No. 1, one of the largest
meetings of offioersof tbe Department nod
Companies waa held.
A great deal of interest was manifested
A committee, oomposed of the foremen
and engineers ot eaeh company, was ap
pointed to arrange a programme of tits
testa and report at an adjourned meeting
to-morrow evening. Tbe summoning of
fliemtn to do jury doty waa Oteoussed
quite freely, and it was raaolvcd that
aometbing looking to ths exemption Ot
members of the fire depaetment should
be done.