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Tfie Telegraph and Messenger
MACON. GA , MAT 13 1873.
TUB GhOBUlA BUfcBS
Mi-ouidid Zzal.—We learn from thf
Savannah Netes that the advocates of
temperance in tbst city havo taken a
new departure to accomplish tbcir ends.
Una constats in nothin;; more nor leea
than amending the constitution so as to
forever prohibit either tho manufacture
or sale of ardent spirits m the State of
Georgia. Tne following is the form of
the petition:
To the Honorable the Senator* and Repre
sentative* of the State of Georgia:
"We, toe undersigned, citizens of
Chatham county. State of Georgia, re
spectfully and earnestly petition yonr
honorable bodies to submit to a vote or
the people an amendment to the Consti
tution of the State, entirely piobibiuog
th- manufacture and 6sle of intoxicat
ing drinks within tho State.”
The very intemperance exhibited in
this movement will do more than any
thing else .to kill it. Temperate men
mast set an example of temperance.
A Long and Pxeilouz Votagx —Sa
vannab Meier: Tho Bangor schooner
JEffla arrived here Saturday from North
f'jotblay, with a cargo of ice to the
Knickerbocker Ice Company. She sailed
from North Boothbay, Maine, on March
2C.u, and haa been at sea ever since, dcr
ing which time she has encountered a
success oa of heavy galea, notably th.
gale of March 31st. Oa April 10th, lati
tude 33:20, longitude 63:10, she enconnt-
ered a revolving hurricane, in whioh her
matntopmast and foremast were carried
away and rudder loosened. Oa April 31
the vessel eprung a leak, but this was
afterwards stopped. The crew were very
much exhausted, having bad to work
constantly sc the pomps and otherwise.
The cirgo has not yet been discharged,
hut is supposed to fco in a very bad con
dition.
Fish in Puddles.—The New* says:
We learn that the recent freshet bas
driven quantities of fish up into the small
ponds and puddles contiguous to the
swamps io the vicinity of the city, aod
the colored fraternity have bean quite
successful in catching them. A gentle
man informs us that hs taw an eight
pound tront which bad been taken from a
little pnddle near the line of the Gulf
Railroad which was scarcely large enough
to float a No. 12 boot.
XJkited States Distbict Coubt.—
Savannah New*: JudgeEraktne having
been engaeed during the past three weeks
in the trial of criminal • a- 63 in tfce Uoited
States Circuit Court and Distriot Courts,
will on Monday next proceed With ihe
civil cases pending in those courts. We
learn that Hon. Joseph P. Bradley, As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the Uoited Stales, will be in this city on
the 19th inst, and sit with Judge Erekine
in the Cirouir Court.
These Clips most the LaGuakoe Re
porter— A Mothselx Fiorox.—Josh
Stephens has a bantam hen that laid two
eggs in a neat made by a pigeon under
the steps, and began to set on them.
The pigeon came along, and thinking
that the mat and eggs were hers, fonght
the hen away and hatched ont the eggs.
She nuw bas two young chicks following
her, and ukes care of them with as
motherly an air as could bo desired.
Wheat is looking well; oats not so
Well. Tho cord that was nipped by the
cold seems to be growing cff. Some of
Our farmers will b gin to chop cotton this
week. We think they will have good
stands after the late rains.
In front of the residence cf General
Bibert Toombs, in Washington, stands a
large osk, beneath whose shade the fir at
Presbyterian conference ever held in
Middle Georgia conven d.
The Oglethorpe Echo is bright end
aawi-y as ever this week. We echo some
of its sayings, to-wit:
Ik the yard of Colonel Echols are two
Idols, made of stones neatly fitted to
gether, that Governor Gilmer dug up
near Lexington and placed os each side
Of bis door, where tboy now stand. They
sue abont three feet bfgb, cad for wbst
purpose they were doiigued we cannet
BurmtBA. T- ey evidently belong to the
pre-hietorio sge.
Ths B.ptisi and Methodist negro
presobers bad a big disouesion last week
on tue question, "Was Judas converted ?”
We arb glad to know that this important
question tans been irrevocably settled by
this august tribunal.
But wnat was the verdict, Ur. E:hi?
These ia an old man, a tramp, in this
netghb -iho id who claims tbatB. H.Htl),
James M. Hill and David E. Bntler are
seeking to uke bis life. He says they
followed him through Florida and all tbe
Western State? as a hound would follow
a deer He had several letters in bis
pocket describing bow these men treated
him. Io vain did we try to persuade
him that be was mistaken, and that Sen
ator Hill and his brother James nor Mr.
BuMer bud no designs on hia life. He is
doubtless non compos mentis.
A Sad announcement.—We are pained
to learu that Elder D. W. Pitman, a
promiuent aud highly lespected minister
of thia county, was stricken with paraly
sis on Sutidiy last, at) Big Creek Cuurcb,
and baa b-en speechless since. Wo trust
that this good man will soon bo restored
to bealtn.
Human Pondebositt. — Wo notlosd
five gtnrieo.en standing near eaoh other
last we.k—Messrs. S. H. Stokely, Eobert
MoWnorter, James M. Smith, Jadge
Hump UaWnortsr and Col. Aoton—:-o
m altos: of whom would pull down tbe
8 ales to 250 or mote.
Tbe Us: frt.czj killed every apple on
some tree., while ethers in the same or-
ohatd w- untouched.
A Delicate Dublin Qol.—Gazette: A
girl, p<>rooived enrough lore’s eyes, is a
tender, beautiful, delicato belog, bat to
see one of this kind stand up to a ptenio
table cad get on tho omsida of one whole
Jelly e.k- t -wi big onions, without any
salt, aud « whale bottle of pickle?, makes
a young mm detenu too to work one more
year b-foro be ms»riov.
Found.—Tnc Gazette eayes The body
of George Park , the colored ferryman
who drowned at Blacksher’s ferry
on the 19<-h nut., was found about a miio
from the Dublin ferry, hinging to some
willows, last. Sunday.
The mail route from Dublin through
Wrightsville to Tenoille, commenced
yesterday. Mr. William Crawford ia the
contractor.
Tub Colville makes regular trip3 now,
leaving Dublin on Monday for the bridge.
It will spend four days cf the week in
cleaning tbe riv-r and returning on Satar-
f*7.
Salmon is Gsoboia Water?.—Greens
boro Herald: A number of salmon have
been caught at Lawrence’s mills. These
fish were put ia the river at Milledgc-
ville. several ytara age. Nothing has
bren heat dot the salmon that ware put
in the Oooonee at tho railroad bridge. Ij
js generally supposed they were drowned*
The Herald rays: The mail that was
•thrown into the pond last winter was
found some time since, and was distrib
uted lest week. Some of it looked like
it£ad been chewed op and spit ont.
A Matrimonial Gazette. — Griffin
Nexa : Some :• b.-.a started a matrimo
nial gazette in Murray county, its ob
ject bring to aid men and women in
contmciiug matrimony. We don’t know
bow this new scheme will work, but we
do.^uow that a Murray county girl
whose' poit-oSico was Spring Place
“busted” our heart all to pieces and
kicked ns higher than a kite when we
were in our te- cs. W« have gotten over
it now, bat w* emtion ihe boys to be
ware of th»- Murray county girls. . How
ever, there was no gazette to aid us and
it mam he better success now.*.. Oh, deer
iittbeferoM eyed darling; what did you
• hist” os for?
Mb TuoglebF«e—W«- quite audan-
dorne tte following ia the Moutoe Adver
tiser:
Some people, especially lame editors
-n i poiiucisue, are doom-d never io be
(.abided in this world. Ja6t now com
plaint ia being made that Governor Col
quitt paid (O Odou-l Tuggle, of L»-
Graog**, the tom or *10,COO for coltoouni,
tbe claim of 4172 000 flout the Uoited
rtatea Government Abe fee wan a.reed
or, before Colonel Toggle went to Wash
lDgion Cty. It was to be fifteen pet
ceat it tee claim was colleoitc; nothing
if it was not collected. Too agent was to
spend several months in Washington City,
which be did, aed his expenses there
must have been heavy. In the event he
railed to col ret tbe claim, there would
davp been a clear loss uf bu expenses and
bla t ime. Of corns , be neglected his
business at home, whioh should also be
taken into consideration Colonel T.
performed a woik for whioh ho was pe-
ooliarly fined ana in which a large num
ber of rnea would b»ve fai'ed. Tbo labor
was a,da<>UH, involving a patient and
•h'lrougn rea-?rch into the reco'ds of the
Government for many years pa-t.
Bslsuazzah Abs-ad.—The Advertiser
sav*: Wo toarn that quite a number of
our peopld will attend tbe Bilabazztr ex
hibi ion in Macon on the 13;b, 14 h and
16th in3t. It will be well for those who
intend going to secure seats in advance,
•sit is almost certain the ball will be
crowded.
Tnere is no doubt that this will be a
grand txhibi. ion, and be a rare entertain
ment to all who attend. The leading
amateur musicians of Macon will take
part in it. The scenery was brought
from Chicago tt gna- expense. Such
another opportunity for ou enjoyment
will not be prisented again far a long
time
Personal.—Monroe Advertiser: Rev.
B ,b>. F. Ja.kson, of Sr. Pam’s (Epteco
pal) ei.urcn ic Macon, will preasu to night
(: uebfia-,) in the Bip isl-church. The
p o,>le are tnrdi iiy invited to attend,
Mr. Jackson is a yuoog minister of fine
talent, and will interest his hearers.
Tee Dublin Post says that in Laurens
county there is a family of nice brothers
all living and in good health, the young
est fi ty yea e of age. tin of ihem served
through the late war. Four of them are
good blacksmiths, and none of them ever
had a chill cr fever until past twenty-one
years of age- Thefatoer of this quiver
full of boys was the late Stephen B.
Pester.
Foestth Specimens.—Advertiser: That
Forsyth is a healthy place is auesied by
the fioe physio*) heMutES of her oi (sens.
Of eight oitizecs * ho sec dentally met on
tho streets one d«y last week the average
weight was considerably upwards of two
hundred pounds.
A Stbono Appeal—Meriwether Fin-
dieator: When Bill Arp’s wife went visit
ing, he genercmly gave her two dollars;
when Ur. Beviil went to Atlanta last week
sbe.tcok all the oasb our firm had, saying
she was entitled to it because the State
press said she bad managed the paper
well whila the writer was riding around
Washington, Now we ate ont of money,
Mrs. Esvill away, rations short; won’t
onr friends bring ns some of tbe old silver
dollars they’ve been saving for ns.
Editorial Change—Eev. M. Sikes
succeeds Mr. B. S. Barton in the control
of the columns of the South Georgian
and begins his duties with a very grace
fnlaud practical salu'atory. Our good
wishes attend both tho retiring sod in
coming editors.
Laconic and Happt.—South Georgian:
The floods came, tbe creeks rose, timber
floated, Darien rejoiced. Cutters ri
mmed—many of them ia town to day
settling their bilia. Our merchants eli
wear a broad smile to day.
Ths Henry County Weelcly say* a ma
lignant type of typhia-pneumonia is pre
vailing in that vicinity.
Poetical.—Blue Bidge Echo: The ten-
dor blades now peep above terra firma to
kiss the refreshing breezes of spring and
drink in tbo warm sunbeams cast from
the lighthouse of tli Sol.
Complimestaet, Eathec.—The Echo
Bays:
Some cf our lawyers ate in attendance
upon Habersham Superior Court. W<
misa their manly forme, end the merry
laughter of their voices upon the piles oi
dry goods boxes around town.
What Beduciho thx T.bacco Tax
Ha3 Done.—Some Courier: A train oi
eighteen ctri loaded with tobacco will
pass through Boms to-day on the S E.
and D. E. E, on tho way to New (Means
from Virginia,
Won’t Let Blocebb Aloke.—Albany
Advertiser : Daring tbe recent flood,
when me train reached Camilla, the con
ductor sent E K Biooker out us the oliv-
dova to fiad ths twigs of returning life
and hope. Tbe report was : ‘‘All water
no sprigs of mint, and no eigns of julep.’*
Madisonian: Lincoln is a happy county
There ia not a licensed liquor house with
in her limit?, and there nave been no in
dictments for years by grand juries foi
carrying concealed weapons, gambling or
any of me crimes which are generally in
atigated by drunkenness.
The Atlanta resident pupils of Profes
sor M. E. Bacon will givo bim a recep
tion at the Governor’s Mansion on Friday
night, May 9ib, and cordially invite all
his former pupils and their families to
unite with them.
It is eaid Colonel Joe Harris has beeD
off red a position on tbo Washington
Post.
CottokJvs. “Matfom.—Broad axe and
Itemizer: Borne of onr farmeiB now bo*-t
of a good stand of cotton, bat complain of
eqaallyasgood stands of nuypop viuei.
and crab grass.
Small tiBAiN.—Tha Upson Enterprise
says: Tho grain crop is exceedingly
promising at present. A prominent
planter ways he never knew conditions
more favorable for wheat and oats. Tne
cold weather, he says, his injured the
oats come, bat the crop will be better
thsn an average if nothing happens.
Memobial Dat in Ejxtpntcn, says tbe
Broadaxe and Itemijer, was this year ob
served on the 23th, instead of the. 26tb,
nil., by epeciol request. It brought with
it more than its wonted interest and im
pressiveness. The day itself was a beau
tiful one; the crowd large, the military
imposing, the marie well rendered, the
oration exceptionally good, and tho floral
tributes in a modest profusion.
Ties on the Track.—Newnan Herald:
Some one plaaed an old oross tie on the
track of the Savannah, Griffin & Noth
Alabama railroad, a couple of miles abov-
tbls plsoe, and asthetrainwentfromhere
towards Carrollton last Tuesday aftetnooD,
it ran over the tie, but as tbe driving
wheel s attack i;, it broke ia two, and
therefore no damage wa3 done.
A oobbesfondent of the Newnan Her
ald is in favor of abolishing the grand
jury system aud giving tbe work of tbe
grand jury to the traverse jury and edict
tor.
Govebnob Oolqtjitt delivers the Me
morial Day oration in Bom; on tha 10:b
instant. Great preparations are being
mitie for tbe ocatsion.
OslaatBatnrday there was considerable
frost abont Borne, bnt it did no damage
to vegetation or fruit. Crops ere good,
bnt late. Wheat will bo harvested about
Jane 20tb.
The employees of the Eigls and Pnc-
he sustained,besides, injuries in the back
and spins. One year ago this same young
mao bad bl? right arm broken by falling
from a irapt zi on which he was perform
ing noma acrobatic exercises.
The City Council of Augusta have
passed resolutions taking active steps to
ward the suppression of the praotice of
carrying ooneealed weapons. Tho reso
lutions are strong and to the point. They
make it tha daty of every member of the
police force to report to the Chief and
Litutemuts or police any one found to
nave a concealed weapon about him, and
the duty of said officers to proceed to
taka out warrants against each offenders,
and tofurmsh tbe Solicitors of tbe Connty
and Superior Conits wiih such.
Mbs. William Bekbt Peck, wife of
the distinguished author of that name,
nas broaght suit egainst the Elevated
railroad, of New York, for injuries recent
ly received, placing the alleged damages
at stventy thousand dollars. Her inju
ries were very severe, ond may be per
manent for life.
The editor of the Early Connty News
has tattated himself on a single straw-
berry four and a half inches in circam
ference.
Cut WcEHSj Eays the Broad Axe, have
damaged things about Eitonton consid
erably.
An election will be ordered to fill tbe
vacancy caused by Colonel Alston's
death, on tbe first Tuesday in Jane.
Buena Vi-ta Argus: On Friday of week
before .net Chiok Ouppsge, while plowing
in a field near Pinson, turned np what he
tioppcitd to be angelica root. He ate a
quantity of it, and in a few ruinates hb
leit eick. But tbe first spasm passed off,
and be started on with his work. In a
few moments ho grew sick again, and
waiktd to the fence, intending to climb on
it and rear. He had hardly seated him
self on the fence ere he fell off in a spasm
and died in a few moments. The unhap
py yenth hsd eaten hemlock, a deadly
poison, famous in biBtory for its quick
fatality, and classic as baying been need
by Socrates, the philosopher, as the
swiftest, sorest and most painless or
cleans for journeying through the dark
and dread Valley that lies betwen human
life and immortal beatitude. Young
Coppage hardly lived thirty minutes after
eating tbe fatal root, and died with little
pain. Be was an industrious and promis
ing boj, tbe idol of a happy home.
The Q litman Free Press gives the fol
lowing aovioe to certain colored exodus-
era who have naked its oploion in regard
to the olimate, eto, of Kansas. It says:
“deleot three of your best and most re
liable men, men yon can depend npon,
who are sensible and will bring yon cor
rect aooounts in regard to the climate
and prodnotlons of the soil, and suchotb-
er matters as may be of interest to yoo.
Furnish these men with plenty of money
itint they may travel over the country
end spy out tbe lsnd. Lat them go tbe
last of summer and remain at least half
■be winter, and if they determine to ad
vise you to emigrate let tbom select a
place and have it ready before yon leave
old Georgia. Make no hasty move, bnt
oottbider tbe matter well and kuow wbai
you are doing, and don’t depend upon
>r-e assistance of the government, for yon
will not recelvo it."
A Musical Pbodigv.—The Conyers
Examiner tells cf a remarkably musical
child, Miss Lula White, aged cix years
“She doe3 not know a single note. She
never has had any instructions from any
one, yet she plays almost perfectly, on
piano or organ, ail tbe music used ia our
tiabfiuth schools. She catches the atr
from others, the bass she makes. Her
music is soft aud sweet, without any dis
coid. Her parents aad grandparents are
proud of Ludie, as they should be, and
wo fed confident that in due time they
will place her where this talent will be
cultivated.”
iNOENDiACiaii. — Crawfordville Demo
crat: O , Monday night, between twelve
and one o’clock, Mr. John T. Wright,
living near BaytowD, in this connty, b->d
biB barn and stab e burned. Tbe barn
contained 350 bushels of corn, and a larg*
ot of fodder, oats and peas. In tbu
staoles were burned five head of horse?,
including Mr. Wright/dllne match mates.
Tbo loss is estimated at moro than f 1.-
500. This firo was ccitaidy incendiary,
as have been tho several ether fires
which have occurred in this county with
in tho past few weeks. The time bas
acme when every man mdat consider him
self a detective, and exert every nerve
to ferret out tbe perpetrators of theee
outrages and bring them to mertttd
punishment. No man ia safe as long a?
such scoundrels are left to roam abou
- be country and apply tbo toroh at will
Let our people organize themselves into
vigilance committo.-B, and acting with
organized effort, never rest until tbe
goilty parties are landed safely in thr
peniteutiary—the rope and Judge Lynch
would bo better.
The Darien limber Gazette will make
tta re-appearance from beneath its eshes
on the 27th instant.
Valuable Deposits—Savannah News
We axe reliably iniormed that there is a
layer three feet thick of sea shells under
Doctor Town Bluff, on the line of the At-
■antio and Gulf Railroad about five feei
below low water, which, if tbe fiel-
proves extensive, might be mad-* a min.
ot wealth to Wayne and Appling coun
ties. Tue attention of tho State Gaulo-
gist and other interest* d parties is di
rected to this fact, as tbe ma ter is wortb>
of investigation. We also learn thert-
is a small stream of water about batf u
mile farther up the railroad from this
point that petrifies wood. Mr. J. B.
Strate, tbe well known contractor m this
city, some twenty-four years ago planet)
two sticks oil-stone size, and buried them
there, and would be pleased now if som,.
person would forward th<.m to him.
At the lest regular monthly meeting of
the Georgia His orioal Society, Colonel
Comtes Janes, Jr., of Aagasts, read t
paper on tbo "Bonte pursued and aaven
’arcs encountered by Hernando da So-o
during his march through tbe territory
now known as the State of Georgia."
A painting of the oity of Ssvannab, by
C.ruean. in 1837, was presented by Mr.
Gc'orge L. Coke.
Tun National Bdacd cr Health.—
Tins distiugntsbed bat j is meeting in fit-
haa.
Tn» follo.wuu; i« a^alV roll of-thooNss
hers of the board :
President, Dr. J. £>. Cabell, of the
University of Virginia; VIee-Pr?rident,
Dr. 3 8- Billings, Scrgeon oi the United
States Army ; Secretary, Dr. T. J. Tur
ner, of the United States Navy.
Members—Dr. S. Smith, of New York;
Dr. H J. Bowditcb, of Bosiod; Dr £
W. Mitchell, of Memphis; Dr. S. M. Br
ans?, of New Orleans; Dr. T. S. Verdi,
of Wnshiugton ; Dr. P. H. B-riibache. ot
< be United States Marine Hospital; Dr
H A Johnson, of Chicago. Hon ti. L.
Phillips, of ths Attorney-General's office,
Is the legal adviser of the Board. There
was a full attendance, except Dr. Bow-
ditch and Mr. Phillips. Both are neces
sarily absent.
The proceedings of the board, w?;iearn
from the Constitution, were full of inter-
nix F^toryToTGo'.umbua, ^had" aX ‘-‘f 10 mea ‘ ni boTe 1,r * el * on
fine picnic in two trains of eighteen cars
to a smtioc in Alabama on the Montgom
ery and Girard railroad.
The BaptUt Sunday Sihool Conven
tion was held at Mount Zion ohuroh laa<
week in Talbot county.
A Singular Accident.—Savannah Re
eorder: A young man named Ausrin.liv-
ng in the soutbeastern part of tbe-oitj.
fall from the scat into the body of a wago ,
by the sadden starting of a hcrae- His
right wrist was broken by the fell, end
the quarantine problem.
Trained Teachers.—'We find the fal
lowing in the Constitution:
Edi'ors Constitution:—Please allow k?
epao? in your paper o ray that seven o<
tue State appointees to the Natini al col
lege at Nashville, Tennessee, will gradu
ate during tbe month, four of the rum-
bar being gentlemen and three ladies.
These young gentlemen and ladies hare
been two years at Nashville, pursuing a
course of apeoial training for the profes
Sion of teaching. Before going to Nash
ville each of them bad completed a cur
riculum of studies equal to that pur
sued in our best high schools. They hav«
enjoyed un-nrpasaed advantages in the
way of speoUl trsining. I am very de
sirous that these young Georgians may
obtainemployment in their native State.
I write this to aay that, while it is so
part of my official duty to find empl >y-
ment for teachers, I will, nevertheless,
take upon me, with the greatest pleas
ure, the trouble of putting boards of ed
□cation, boards of trustees and individu
als, desirous of obtaining the service of
well trained teachers, in communication
with my young Georgia friends at Nash
ville.
Gu-tavus J. Obr,
State ScuojI Commissioner.
Bishop Beckwith is delivering a
oonrse of lectures under the auspioes of
the High Schools of Atlanta, on the rela
tions of religion and science and kindred
themes.
Atlanta Fibxmin’b Pabade.—Tne fire
men of Atlanta bad a big time an Man-
day. The hose reel test wa9 for eaoh com
pany to provide for themselves a hose
reel, on whioh shall be carried 250 feet of
bose, connected. Tbe si me shall be
weighed, and one min allowed to every
seventy-five pounds. Eaoh company re
quired to ruu two hundred yards, unreel
from carriage one hundred feat of hose,
attach to water ping, attach pipe and play
water one hundred feet from end of pipe.
No second trial will be allowed except in
Cise of failare on part of the water works.
No. 1 made the test in 65 seoends ;
No. 2 failed : No. 4 64$ ssoondc; No. 8,
51 j seconds; No. B, 54J seconds.
In the disianoe test the result was as
follows: K. E. Lee No. 4, two hundred
and sixty-one feet ; Atlanta No. 1, two
hundred and fifty-two feet; Mtchamcs
No. 2, two hundred and fifty-three fee
and two inches; Tallulah No. 3, two
hundred and eighty feet aud two inches.
Gate City N > 5, two hundred and sixty
two feet and five inobe?.
EDITORIAL LUBKEsPONOEKCE.
Washington, May 6 th, 1879.
agreed at last.
Tbe Demoorats, having laid their heads
together several times last week, &nd ;
with cnn3ual solemnity and earnestness,
at last agreed, on Saturday, to a measure
whioh it is confidently believed will "cor
ral'’ Mr. Haves, and spiko tbst Rtdictl
gnn which tho veto mecs&ge loaded to
the muzzle. This time the modus is
simple declaration that two sections of tb»
Revised Statutes—2002 and 2003—ahull
not be ccnstiued to authorize tbe Presi
dent tu station or keep soldiers &t the
polls except to repel armed enemies of
tbe United States, or st the request of tbe
Governor or Legislators of a State, tore
press domestio violence. This bill wa
given tbe finishing tonobei at Saturday’i
osucus, and may be introduced to-day,
though that is not very probable. It is
generally understood that the Damocrats
will not debate it at any length, which
ongbt to bs good news. The Radicals
however, may want to talk at length
it, end if so there will be the usual ram-
S us. I hope, however, there will be nt-
gagging” done by our side. That hurts
whoever practices it, though it very rften
results in a great saving of time, money
aod temper. I hardly think tbe bill will
get through this week, even under the
most favorable circumstances.
TUB FATE OF THE BILL
after it gets to the White House, ia of
course, a matter of lively epoculation I
fied some Radicals who profess to believe
that Mr. Hayos may sign it, or that
can be so dootcred as to make it accepta
bleto him. Consequently they look
rather sour, and are disposed to swear
little. They have never fully got tbrii
consent to kill tbe fatttd call for
tbo returning prodigal, and will now b
disposed to go slower than ever. There
was some talk floating around yester ay
to tho effect that before ths bill is final
ly paesed.'he Democrats were going to try
and find out, in eome way,how Butherford
is disposed towards it. It- was also norater-
:round the centres of new?, (and spirit-
ualrefreahmen'), that as it was taken foi
granted that Mr. Hayes would not sigi-
any bill doing away with the deputy
marshals at the polls, tho Democia'
would flack him ont of that hole b
making the appropriations eo specific
that no money could be used for that
dirty work. That will be pretty harr
io do, though, and I wouldn’t bet very
, heavily on its success. About tbe mo*
difficult thiDg accomplished in tbi-
country at present, is to lock up the
money box so securely that Radical fin
gers can’t slip the bolt and get at
the contents. Practice makes porfeot,
you know. Of course, if tbe Democrat*
„nd Mr. Hayes oome to aoy sort of nn
dorptanding, the question of the length
Of the session will bo materially affected
I heard a very prominent Southern S-n
tor say, yesterday, that three week*
would see the end of it, but he acknowi
edged, at tbe same time, that he found
few or none to agree with bim. I thick
Jane 1st will surely, and at the very
latest, see the curtum rung down. By
.hat time, perbaps, the sun will begin t.
put in some earnest work, and green
fields and babbling brooks sugges- allur
ing thoughts to tbe Congressional mind.
What that sat of themselves.
The Congressional Directory for thb
first session of th« F.my.Sixih Congress
ta jnst ont, and is the object of the usu*:
amount ot interest to new members ce
lt* o ally, who sea their aoblevements and
'nntnphB for the first time duly ohroni
eltd in its pages. It ia also generally a
very entertaining work for marriageable
spinsters and widows who contemplate
capturing Congressmen. It it only se.
fon b the personal and zeal estate ot their
intended captives, it would be a most ex
ceptionally entertaining book, and have
rhe further merit ot preventing many
awkward mistakes. I don’t know bnt
what it may be a matter of general in
terest for Georgia folks to know wba
tbeir Representatives in both Houses
nave to aay of themselves, and therefore
I give extroots from the volume in quee-
cuw. Commencing wiih the Senators, I
Sod the following!
* Joha-B. Gordon, of Atlanta was bom
in Upson county, Georgia, February 6,
1832; wau educated at, the University or
Georgia; was admitted to tbe bar, but
practiced law only a ehorttime; at the
beginning of the war entered the Con
federate Army bb Captain of Infantry,
and was pr-'moted Major, Lieutenant
Coknel, Colonel, Brigadier-General,
Major-General, and to the command of
the Second Army Crrps; commando:
one wing of General Lie’s army at Ap-
potna'tox Conrt House; was wounded in
battle eight time*; was the Dsmooiatio
candidate for Governor of Georgia in
18C8, and hiB yatty claimed h<B election
by a large majority, but his opponent-
Rufus H. Bullock, was declared elected;
was a member of thn National Damo-
c-atio Convention of 1S63 from Georgia;
wa- a Delegate from tbe State at large to
rh? National Democratic Convention of
1872; was elected Presidential Elect.'r
for >be State at large on the Seymour
atfd B'atr ticket m 1863, and the Greeley
and Br..wn ticket in 1872; wa, cl* to*
io the Unit'd Etu-S S- rate as a D-mo-
crat, to aaoceed Joshua HtH, B.publican,
and took his seat March 4,1871; wa**
re-elected. His term of service will ex
pire Mfch 3,1885
B--iijaQim li.»rvey Hill waa born in
Ja-per county. Georgia, September 14.
1823; received a classical' education
graauAting at the University cf Georgia,
at Athens, tn 1844; studied law, was ad
Bitted to the bar tu 1845, and comuibnc*.
practice at LiGr-uge, Georgia; i.
member of the Sia> House of B-pic-
Si &ia ives in 1851, 1859 and I860; was
defeated as th? Ameriom csndi-i-te tor.
CongreBa io 1855, - receiving 6.813 votes
against 6,883 votes for H, Warner.
Democrat; was defeated as tha American
candidate for Governor of Georgia in
18S7 receiving 46 889 votes against 67,-
631 votes for J. E. Brown,. Demo- rat
was a Presidential Elector on the Bell
and Everett ticket in 1861; was a dele*
ga<e to the State Convention of 1861,
and advocated the Union until the seces
sion ordinance had been adopted; was a
delegate from Geort-ia to the Confederate
Provisional Congress, and subsequently
a Senator from Georgia in the Confeder
ate Congress; was arrested in 1865 and
imprisoned in Fort Lifayotte; was elect
ed a Representative from Georgia ia the
Forty-fourth Congress, (to fill the va
cancy caused by the death Garrett M)
Mtllan,) and was re-elected to tbe Forty-
fifth Congres?, but resigned, having been
elected a United States Senator from
Georgia. He took his seat Mtroh 5
1877, and hitt term of service will expire
March 3,1883.
REPRESENTATIVES
FI&ST riSTSICT.
John O. Kichoils, of Biackshear, was born
at Clinton Jones county, Georgia, April 2 \
1831; waa educ-ted a> Willi m and Muy
college, Virginia; is by profession a lawyer
and is also a planter; was an effi er in the
Confederate army during the enure war aud
served with General Joseph E. Juba-ton;
was a member of tbe National Democratic
Convention that nominated John - *. Breck
inridge for President; waa a member o? the
State Constiiu ional Convention or 186 -,
was the Elector or ths First District of Geor-
tria on the Seymour and Bliir ticket in .863;
was - leoted to the Georgia Benate iu -870,
and served five years, and whilet a member
cf that body seived as Ohsiiman of the Com
•"ittee to I -veatiato tbe Administration of
Govemur Bullock; was a r elegate to the
national Democratic C’onventi n at Saint
Lou's in 1876; and was elected to the Foity-
sixth Congress as a Democrat, receiving
8.177 votes against 5,031 votes for B. A.
Co ker, Independent D mocrat.
SECOND DISTRICT.
William E Smith, of A bany, was bom at
Angus a. Georgia. March 14,1829 - rereived
an academical education; studied law, waa
admitted to tbs bir iu May, 1848, n u der a
special act o' the Legislature, *nd has since
practiced; is also a planter; was elected Or
dinary of Dougherty county, Georgia, in
1853; was elected Solicitor-General o' the
Southwest Circui in It59, and the seme
> ear was appointed bv Gov Browu to fill thu
ontxpired <erm of John W Evans: was
nominated a, the canoidateof the Union
patty m Dougherty cunnty for the Sta’e
convention m 1860. but declined iu favor of
Hon Lott Warren; tntered the Confederate
Aimy aa a volunteer in tha Fourth Georgia
Volunteers, after the State seceded; was
elected Utptain n ap il. 1862: lost a
the defensa of Richmond, at King’s Bobool-
house, June 25,1862; was elected to tbe
uoniedorase Congress in 1863; was tendere
the cfilc-j of Circuit Judge, in 1874, by Gov
*mith, hut declined; wa,- elected to the
Fotty-fourtlr ana Forty-fifth Congresses,
a d was re-elected to the Forty-sixth Con
gress te a Democrat, receiving 8 i*6 votes
agriuBt 8,613 votes for wade. Republican.
THISD DISTBICT.
Philip Cook, of Americas, was bora in
Twigge county, Georgia, July 81,1817; was
partially ed .cited at Og oihoipe Univetsity,
Ueoigia; read law at the I niv.reity of Vir
gjjia ant has continued tho praouce; was
elected to the Btate t-enato of Georgia in
.859 ’60, and ’61; was elected a memoer of
the Btate Convention of 1865 called by Pre.«
idem Jobnaon: entered tha Confederate
hoi vice in April, 1861, as a private; was
ccmmhiBioned First Lieutenant, Lieutenant-
Co onel. Col .nel.tud, iu Aug 1863, Brigadiei
General; wss elected tx the 'lhu.y-nlnth
Congee?*, bnt nut allowed to tak? bis seat:
was e octed to the Forty-third, Ferty-fonrth
and Foriy-afth Congress- s, and was re
elected to tho Fony-s-xth congro s i. a
Demi crat receiving 2,628 Va'eo, without
opposition
rouain DISTBICr.
Henry Persons, if tienova was bom in
Munroe cmnty, Georgia, i 1834; removed
to Talbot connt7, Georgia, iu 1835, and ba?
since lesided there; graduated m 185) at
ihe Uni.orsity of Goorgia aud is a fann
er, having ne^or studied any prof?«iou ;
was a Captain of cavalry m tbe Confederate
service: was never a candidate for any omco
uuti. .876, when bo led Ho— H R Harm
fur Bixty-ihteo balloti gs in the conventiou
for numi sting a itop.eaentat ve in con,
gress, and wuhirow hi* name whilst lea
leg; again offered for the nomination in
i876, when tha convention w-s tumble t»-
nominate, and remitted tha question to the
peoplo; was elected to tbe Forty-sixth Con
gress as a Democrat, receivi: g 13 3iG vote
against 10.1U1 votes for H. It. H»rns, Dem
ocr&t«
FIFfH DI3TFXCT-
N. J. Hammond, of Atlanta, was born in
Ei or Connty, Georgia, x ec.mb r 26.1833,
graduated at the Un.versUy of Georgia, m
Athens, in 852; has practiced law si Ct
.853; wis 8ohcitor-G(neral from 186 t-
1866; was Reporter of tho Supreme court
trotn 1 67 to 872; was Atturuey-Gener*)
from 1872 to 1877: »as a '• ember of ih,
Connituuunal conventions or 1865 and 1877
was eleo ed to the Fo.ty-s xth Congres* aa »
Dtmoo.at, rccnvi g 10,269 votes again*!
8,183 votes for Arnold
S XTH DISTRICT.
J*mo) H- Blount of Blaoon, was elected
c the Forty-third Forty-fourth, and Forty
fifth OoDgreeaes, and wa* ro-elcctoo to th
rorty-e xtb Congress as a Democrat, rcce.v
ing 3,192 vote*, wtth nt opposition.
3SVSNTH DISTBICT.
William B Feuun. o> Caitersvillo, was
corn in Cgletborpe co -nts Georg a, Jo> <
19. 1821; graduated at the Umvarsity ot
Geargia, at Athena, in August, 1842; gradu
ated at tbe Medual College of Georgia, at
Augusta, in Mar.U 1844; is a farmer by pro
fntsion a d practice; wa* a member of iht
Btate Hous j of Representatives o Georgia
from U>ss (now Dar . wj connty, in 18.1.
was olec.fcd to the Forty-rooitn and Forty-
firth Congresses and wa- re-elected to th
Forty-six h Congie.* as *d I: dopon ie •
Demo rat, receiving 14,315 votes agues.
12,965 votes for Late . Dnmoorat.
EIGHTH DISTBICT.
AlexiBder Ham-iton Stephens, of Oraw-
fortlviila, WJ bo n to that part of Wilkes
can ty, Georgia, wh .h now forms a par, o’
Taliaferro county, F b.uary H, 1812; vradu
a ed at the University of Georgia, at Athens
832; taught school eighteen months; wa-
ar.m tied to tha oar at crawfordville in 1*84
wa* • member of thoHeuseof Representa
tive* of tha Georgia Legislat ire from Talia
ferro connty in ’8?6, ’3?,’88, *39,’40, and
4 , and Was a momb.r of the otate Senate
from lam erro conrny in 18««; was ran as
a PresniB-.tia Elector for the State at lan:*
in Georgia on tbu Douglas and Johnson
ticket iu i860: was e ecred to tho Secession
Convention of G .orgl. in 1861: opposed and
voted ag lost the or inaoca of aec. saion ii.
thatb.dy, bnt gave it his support after it
hsd been passed by the convention agri.bt
hie judgment as toil* pjlicy; w*a elected
by tuat Convention to the Confederate C n-
c- ees whioh me at Montgomery, a ab-ma.
February 4, U61, and was chosen Vice
Fieri ent under tha provisional Govern
ment by hat congress; w-e elected V.o.~
Preeideat of t e Confederate States tor the
tprm of s:x years, uoder wha- wss termeu
the permanent government, in Nrvembrr,
1861; visited th State of Virginia on a mis
sion under th Confederate Go.ernm nt in
Apri, >811, upon the inviulim of that
state: wa* one or tbe commtsriener* on the
par. of tbe Confederate Government at iue
Hampton Reads conference in Ftbrnary,
1865; waa elected a R-jprsaei tative to iho
Xwonty-e ght, Tweu y- ninth, Thirtieth. Thx
ty fint, 'i mr.y-seoon, 1 . Thirty-third, T'hirty-
foortb, a-d Thiny-fifth Congresses, when
bo declined a lo-eiectio.-; wa* eleore * to th-
Benate ot tnn Dinted btate* in 1866, by the
first Legiriatu-e convened under the new
constitution but w-s not allowed to take his
seat; was cl-.cted to ih. Farty-ihrd Ooa-
g ear (to fl 1 the vacancy occasioned by the
dea-.ii of Ambrose R Wright;) was electee
to tbe Forty fourth and F^rty-fif.h Con-
greets*, anil was re-elected to the Forty-
-xth Congress as a Democrat, loidriu?
8,355 votes agates' to scattering vatea ]
MSTH DISTLICT
Bayonets at the Polls.
Washington gossip pretty untnimoariy
chargee the authorship of the late vsto
message on S aretary McCrary, who his
made the law of flsotioos a special stady,
and who, in one of hia pnbliehed volumes
on the aubjsct, says :
•• There can, however, be no doubt but
that the law looks with great disfavor up
on anythiLg like an interference by the
m-litary wttb the freedom of »n elee’-ion.
An arnied force in the neighborhood of tho
polls is almost of necessity a menace to the
voters and an interference with their free
dom and independence; aud it *>noh armed
foroe be in the hanus of or under the
control ot tbe partisan friends of any par
ticular coudidate or eet of candidates, the
probability of improper interferenze be
comes still stronger.”
S->me of the pap re are arguing the im
possibility that tbo Seoreiary, after writ
ing and printing to this affect, should
have crossed hia trail with the veto of a
s»w luro.dJing troop* at the polls ; but
parrisaa necftBiue* at time* become over
bade wing and lelentiess. The times are
'■ght and Gran: most be ze-eleoled, even
if a majority of the people refuse to vote
for b<m. This can only b.- duDe by tak
ing ail tbe ohanoes ; whioh will be done
by puttu-g the army at tbe poll* to se-
onre, es nearly as possible, plentifal de
posits of the right kind of votes, and then
• he appoint meat of VV. E. Chandler,
which has already been tnado, to take
general supervision of the oanva^s and
be counting rnabos tbe business es near
as possible complete.
After all this haa been done Secretary
McCrary cen reverse his position, end fall
o.aok tn good order npon bla original view
st tbe law of elections.
fir. Wudlt-y uu alto sate of (lie
llomgomrrj A bulaula it U
The following from the Montgomery Ad
vertiser will be read With interest. For th9
comfort of onr Cuthoert, Dawson and
Amsr cue friends, it may be ?rid that the
control by tho Central Road f o a great ex.
tent hereafter of ilia cotton centering at
Eufanla, will probably induce a more libe
ral couret toward* them in the matter of
local freight discrimination a Bnt we shall
se9 what we shall see. Tha Advertiser says
Jn accordance with a decree of tbo United
8tates Court, the Montgomery and Enranta
Railroad was put up tor sale yesterday by
Messrs Ik W. Healey and J. W. Dimmick,
commissioners appointed by tho court to
conduct the sale Owing to its being iu
splendid condition, doing a fine businoes
and an important conneo- tog link between
he Northwest and south Atlantic country,
it was greatly desired by more than one in
terest The compsti.iou however, was con
fined to Mr. W. iu. Wadley, the well known
President of the Georgia Central Railroad
and Dr Btandiford, President ot the Louis
ville end Nashville uailroad Ths latter
fine owned a large part of tbo bonds, and il
*a» thought would undoubtedly beoome the
purchaser. It stun:, however, that Mr.
WaUiny strongly desired the road and wonid
go almost any length to get it The terns
of axle, eta, were announu. d and tha bidd
ing commenced The Looisvihe anc Nseh
ville bid 91,300,000 and it run f.om this np
t $2,120 06u. at which figure bid .ing stop
ped and Wm M Wadley wae annouao d as
the puroha cr Sr-me suggestion being ciado
about payment, Mr Wadlov said be came
prepared to meot a'l obligation?, ana in
.er.fimuon of ii, before 2 o’clock paid in
cash ihe whole amount Lid.
It was o&?y to boo, cn.iug and after ihe
sale, that the entire comumn ty wanted Dr
titanditord to purchase <li9 road They be
lieved that be would so far from bun ing
Montgi-m ry, work to aid iu building it up.
aud that iu hie hands Hont<jom ry woald
uevtr ouffor Uu tha contrary, the feeling
was widespread that Mr. Wadley’d busiuex*
and pe-souri tr.teroata all lay in another d >
r-ction and that under ma management
Montgomery wo.Id bo 60 cia riuiiuatei
against as t rob her of nearly all trade
ir-m along tbe M & is. road, woich now
b. tugs in over half of ail the cotton recetv-
jd by tad iu this city. They feared too that
froy and tha seouou which trades largely
hero would bo now entirely cut off, and ah
onaiaoBB for that place foict-d over to Geor
gia. Tue merchant* here complained bit
tt-rly or Mr W diey last wiuter. on auoonn
of iMight arrange.ent* which hurt Mont
gomery at point* in and a-ound upeLki an
.anted nesny all Ih cotton in that - eg on
to other market*—tho di crim nation bomg
-a return of u much per bale to all whj eeui
■heir cotton to Columon.
In view of Mr. Wadiey'a changed rolatlon*
witu Houck- mery, by hi* becoming purcha
ear o' one of our main arteries o Dusineu?
,fo w. sought an iutervion with bim A tti
stating to him that the whole 'ommuni'y
leaieu that hi* interest were in coifliot wnh
oum—that he would use tue W. & K. to th
advantage of other pi cea with which ho had
.-aitioou c mi eetioi-s and hat he woutd put
ou men tariff* betwten h*ro aod E of aula a*
wonid amouut to practical prolubuiou w-
asked tom his intention* and view* in iht
management of the road Mr. Wadbywu
free aud fr nk in hi* txpreerions se to fu
ture b siness He say* that our people,
wuo imagine that be will divert trad* from
Montgomery in order to tbrow it over other
lues represented by bim. are n edless'y
alarmed aud agitated He says that the
nsw policy will be just to aiontgumery ana
a pot t • on the fine: that no dircrimin»-
cio.. will be adopted, and that the aamu op
portunities for trade with ah place* wntigu
us to Montgomery now er-j ,yed will be en>
toyed iu the fa.are. The r ad wae par
maxed becatu* it could be managed to - b
inteie*tof Mr W-ol y and hi* aseocl'tca
oetterthuif in other hand-, but this be
o ju tea e will not. ia tbe slightest particulxi.
v»rk to the detiim-nt uf tni* city He bat
uo prejuatoea or animoa'tits to individual
or p>ace*; feels bat if Montgomery g.oWb
bis road and lineB will be ooire?pondiLgi>
bantflited, and so far from attempting to
•ake away any of bar business, or tecreas
h rb udens, h . wifi do everything po-.ab.e
o build up tbe first and dociesse .he latter
tie aay* oar peoilo wi-l ha e an opportunity
of jadgiug for ihemsolve. of his good into
■ton*. We *raeet.y nope that the utu ?
-vili fully demonstrate io cur citzens that
.heir f»ara are fil founded A* to ths future
official management of the road, ha ia no
prepared to say what, if any, changos will
ako placo.
amps of Sherman's arm?. The Colonel'* fdePrri Ct Takes Khan.
force* turned about and retreated in tne . ^ SnEpe—Cfit.
eat order to lha depot. Here ih*y spent ” ' " “
the Bight Eerhr next mornteg after a eean-
ty breakfast made on air, the troops mount
ed, rode through the town and out towards
tbe yaukee camp*.
Arrived at “ Camp Brauhtm.” the place
where tbo Putnam Rifles need to hare thei-
parades before the war, just opposite the
present rendm • of Judge Lawson, the
Oolontl’a gallant 1 trie, oommand descried
8Herman’* army beaded by a full regiment
of oaveby moving down the road
” Halt l” cried th- Co’cnel to hia m?n,
On came tho yanka at a uashing pace pre
ced'd by two officers, one riding a creera-
colored horse a d the other a large bUck
-Now. men,” arid tho Colonel, “ot
jour pieces a'd give ’em blszee 1”
Ths order wsa qolokly o -eyed. The yanks
surprised by the impndenoe of the attack
and not knowing what fores was still behind,
wavered, ana checked thrir horses
* That’s enough men 1” tang net the 0> lo
ne!, “we’ve done what the anny didn’t do at
Atlanta—checked old Bill fiber man's bum
mer 1 Now tain about and get out of the
wilderness!”
Around turned the motley crew and off
they da>h*d in predpita’e retreat. At the
comer of the road, where it bends sharply
to tbe left around Mrs Habersham’* lot. one
of it e wen, hi* bone slipping to the ground,
tell roiling into the street.
"Ride on >bead nd save yourselves!
ahomed the Colonel, “ Til take oare of tins
man!”
'J'nen hastily shouting to he fallen man
to j amp over tho fence and hide under lb)
ceaar*, the Colonel and Captain Ketner. who
had remained with h m tur ed baoato see
tbe yai k* dash around the corner.
■ he.v came oo iik.. & whirlwind heads'bv
two officers mentioned before popping tbeir
short ovrbines at the fl ing men! front
” Now, Ketner,” aid toe colonel, * shake
your rein* aud lets got out of thi-1”
« ff they dat-h-d, ths yank* not more than
forty yards behind Old Hammer-Tongs
sccm-Dgiy knewi g that to* in a .tax'* life de
pended on toe speed, d. mb ed mmeelt into a
denote bow-knot, lifted toe bead, and charg
ed gallantly down tbe atr.et Never did
hjraa inn so before 1 Not even when ihe
g-od new* was broogh’ fr m Ghent to A x
Not e «n whoa fiber dan rode from Win-
ohe-t r, twenty tniies aw.y I Ovor ih-
bridge at the foot of tbe hilt up past ihe
pose office on to Captain R’oe’s, then short
to tho left ont tow*r- e the Oomeo and the.
yank* were distanced, the Colo-el’e life was
a* veil! Hurrah for old Hammer Tong* 1
When thu Colonel saw that he had di*
tanned the yank*, he turned and rod • back
towirda the to-»n. leaving Captain Ketner
oa the top of a hill near 'he cdoi welt. Get
ting nearly iato the town, the Colonel was
svart.ed by hearing the eoueds of a rapid-y
galloping horse in Li* rear Looking ov r
ha stioalder, he »aw the o p oer of the blark
horse charging down on him, sword n hand.
The Colonel halted, turned about, drew hia
revolver, and yelled to the yankee officer,
“Halt!’’ Behilted Bat instantly drop
ping hi* sword, he d~ew h s revolver. The
Colonel immediately fired striking his ene
my’s horse iu the right knoo. Down tum
bled horse ana ridor to the ground. ■
“ Now,” said the Colonel. “ I've got you 1
If you'll go on shout year business, I will
not firo on vou rgiia ’’
“ Yes. leb "said tho discomfited cffiier,
“ you've got me. l’fi go back to town ’•
Tbe mao got up and walked back to town
wt il* tho O lonal remained long enou.h to
di-cover whether or not the town would be
burned, and then rejoining Captain Ketner,
qmetly rode off.
The hero cf thia exoloit was no leea a por-
eonsftO than the gallant Col net B. B Nls-
bet, of ths celebrated 3d Georgia regiment.
A. I. B.
A good nur?e is a blessing to every
family, ond all seosr le nurse» recom
mend that innocent but effectual remedy
'or oil the pain* aod ills that befull
baity,—D.-. Bull’* Baby Syrup. Price
25 cents.
nese Labor at the South.
The planters of Madison Parish t .
siana, and others, have gone to “oi 30 . 1 *
earnest, and with fair prospects °/ k *»
cea., to supply the places of their ' ^
laborers, who the meddlers of th« v ^
are inciting to| abandon their homef^
tbe promise of material aid *
It seems that the poor African is
to be permitted to expiate tha C n™. .
H0m # an i? Se f IT the F°^«onSf ^
era ot wood and drawers of water
foil dignity and rightB of
And to those false tiiends of v ® D ?, hl P'
cock und whoa* only motive is to uae
•uded creatures for politics’ nn. do *
will they bo indebted for all the^*’
hat ia certain to ensue from the
-nov-aifSi^. a0 P re *«ot
What wiU beoome of the Ka*.,
granu who do not perUh aLm Xf.
of that cold region, and relntn 0 ^? f 2*!
M CUOMO
Francisco to know if than- *
planutiona could not b* stocked
introduction of Coolie labor T h 9 r ®
t-ponse was that the companies .
benevolent asaoolations, and did n-f 1 " 8
*.8, to U... bueiBM, N« tow to,j
any authority to bring Codies and
make oonlraots for them. Ea
They think al-o that the prospect b
food for lnduoing tbe Otioesa
in California to exchange the hign va^.j
they reoetve in tha Golden 8:ate, fo.l
rates at the tioetb. * 1 *
But the gentlemen who represent tie
?tx .ompanies havano doubt that on?
Southern planters by Bending an agent to
Hong Kong, can contract for any nnmre?
of laborers for five yeats, at trom $8 to
110 per month. They say aUo text
"auoh contracts they will faitbfnily
if reoiprooated in kind. Thi* ola.-a of
labor ia entirely free, aad many go and
oome with as much freodom and as far aa
any European emigrant to tho United
States. The Chinese are tho beat labor,
era in the shop, field and house, ob they
are kindly disposed towards their m-
ployera, sober and honest; but the de.
maud for them far exceeds the supply, a
there is not one stogie idle Chinaman ia
the State of California." This is the tea-
timony of the managers of the six com
panies.
The Southern planters it seems mean
business, and having received tne report
of their San Francisco agent,the Chronicle
ot that dry says the suggestion relative
to tbe Bending to Hong Koug and chatter
ing a ehipjwill very shortly bo acted
upon. That paper adde:
Steamer* can be chartered at Hong
Kong Cor Hew Orleans at very low rates
■or this new "passenger traffic,” and if it
■a once fairly begun, we need not ba out-
prised if, in a short time, it is productiva
of very extraordinary nsults—the whole*
a*lo migration of on* race from South
io North in our own country, ana the
emigration of yet another mca to fit! tho
vacuum. That the Chinamen wcutd
make a capital field hand is universally
admitted, and if once he < Ltaius a com
fortable foot-boM in th? Gulf State?, hi
will bo likely to "stick.”
The New York Bulletin makes this sen
sible comment upon the contemplated ia-
traduction of Johnny Chinaman:
How Old Raauwrr runxs saved
tbe tolonri’a -rife
tmory Speer, o.’ Athens,was born at Uu!»
loden, Monroe cou-ty, Georgia. September
3, 1818 ; h > received n clcuri al education,
and graduated at tho University ot Gtorgl*
in An-.eat, 1869; he read law at the La*
School of the Unite.city and under tha in-
b.ructions of Hon U H.JBU1; be en ert-d
the Gor-fed-rate A-my. when sixteen yo'-ra
of age, a* a volunteer in tue Fifth Konmckj
Be-tment, Law-,’ Rngtde. and rtmsned
with tnat command uaul .h* surrender |
tho Coniederaie foroe* -. he began ths prac
tice of law at Aibana in the wi ter of 18C9;
in 1873 ha wae appoint! d Solicitor-Genera
to ih* mate in the e tven canstics embi-c-
d io the western ju’iouJoircult; after huld-
ii g thia offl a thre • > ea. *, ho resigned it: he
waa dele .ted for (Jongrees by Hbam P Ball
in Much. 1:77, in the etoaion.tofl>lthe
-r.csnoy caused y tho o’cetiou of B H. Hill
u> the United btate* Senate; he wae . tooted
to the Forty-a xth Congress as a Democrat,
receiving u, 9uo vo >» against 10,675 vote*
for Joel A Bfi.npa D- mocrat
I: -e-itl bo SHt u t hat Mr. Stephens is the
oUtobt- and Mr. Spur 'he youngest mem-
her of the dele,;tutor. There are only
«<■ m-teber* of t. e present Hon-*-
,g<r than th- t-iu-r—Messrs. R. G
F o-t, -r St. L'l -s, who wae born D.--
.b.-r 29, 1851, a.d J. A. Ackiin. i
(.O’-eiaua, wt-o *.us bore May 20. 1850.
Th J nvx'youngeet aruJohnE K.nna,
of W-et Virginia, borj April Iff 1848,
ard J.»bnR. Tbomae, of Iiliuoif, born
O.tober 11, 1846. A. W. B.
Editors Telegraph & Messenger—I hut
recontiy learned of an incident of the closing
ay* of the late civil war which deseivst
commemoration.
A dis inguiahed Confederate officer, one
wto, with hia reg msnt he waa then a Cap
tain therein—wa* among ‘he very first to re
spond to hia country’s call, and who ariivdd
in Virginia even before that State seceded,
had served with great gallantry doriug the
early preg-esa of the war. Iu one o> the
bat tie* In Virginia he was w-unded rimo.-t
to iho death and leiton the field to d-e
Fortunately th* Federal Sam having swept
over him, ho was rescued: in the ni- k of-
time by a brother mason, kindly cared for
and, ultimately recovering in eome degree,
was exchanged wi'h other prisoner^ and re
turned to his native State—Georgia Still
eulfortog terribly from hi* wounds, he, for a
,o gums lay hoveung between life and
death Tnanss to tbo tender aud careful
nuteteg of relatives and friends, however he
wa* finally suVciently restored to health to
accept at the hands of hi* admiring fellow
citizens a teat in the Georgia Senate Ha
waa aeriduou-.ly engaged In the discharge of
hi* senatorial dniox in MiliedgeviUo np to
the time whin soma <-f t-lienum's raiders
came along and Ciua.d the legislature to ad
joum sine di*.
Ths Colonel—bo bad bo*n promoted to
that rank during the fiiet twenty-four houre
of hi* first tatue—turned his faro towards
tatonton—hl» h me Arriving there, he
was inform d that the yankee* were rapidly
approaching iho towx
It hkpp.net that there were to EatODton
at th - time r which I write, half dozen Con
federate soldiers who had returned h mo on
sick furlough* smoug tko number was
Uaptain J. H Ketner, or At.auta an office!
as cool and as brave aa ever wore the grey
These Gonfeds mat at the Colonel’s resi
de -oe Just at nightfall to hold a consultation
None of them oared to be o»ptur*d and y<?
the oauntry being fall of ewirmlng hordes of
yack*, -heir chance* for htorty and a little
more fighting were very alim. At tho Colo
nel’* suggestion, they deto:mined to lido
out and reconnoHre ic order, ir i oistole. to
determine the enemy's position.
The Colonel m muted hisriiorse, a eplou-
did grey, bearing the nsms Hammer Tonga,
<nd the oihats forlcwedauit; only tho st'juda
bearing upon their baekt that liulebanlof
improvised cavalry, wore as mothy a collec
tion of horses, muhs and jack? aa ever wa*
seen outside of* stock yard ('o-ie cf he
men—»oven in number—were aim-d w:fh
rusty old musk «-i while the C one! and
.rrnla Koine; c-triad each a revolver.
The Colonei’s commend—bcdly •redcco’,’ I
—Marie Gh-Is’ine Daatree Henrietta Feli-
cUh Rente te in ih* n.mi if the sweet jcudr
thing King Alfonso, of Spain, is going to
many
A rlen'iul pen oh crop is reported in-
upper Eut Tenneesae and Southwest Vir
ginia The pp'e crop In the sections men
tioned is also good.
—The following appeals in a Breton papei:
Wanted—A reliable coachman; must not be
and-r 6J years ef age; a lame, ona-e-td
h>mely man preferred Mast bs a good
••aref at driver, A wife and children no objeo
tion. No young bach-.lor need apply.'
- Of oonree no woman ever aid eaoh a
thi. g, but anpposirg cow, for the sake of
,rgu Ob-1, as it were, that a woman wa* to
go to church for the purp iso of showing off
hernews»eqi«
—Z m’e Herald, the great Methodist Or
gan -.-f Now. ligiaud, Ba.,0iu re is an evident,
wideapr-ad r.action, in ah the churches,
gainat evangelistic movements . and an
-w-kaned ocnfidence in fa regular pulpit
mini.trition nd in the regular aerial service*
or th? cha ch
—When Queen Tirioiia visited tho King
an Qaeen ot Italy, the latter b ung attended
by m»oy of fie Milan--e« nobility al- the
t-.atUn ladies ware mcnrrii-g in complim-nt
to the eovengn tSngliehwoman Q xeeu V-o-
toria an 1 King Humbert, on mee'mg, ’gree
ted each other on bo h cheek* ’ Th a ootre «•
pondeut of the London Sts icard, who tele-
<raito-the i- ci lent add*: I ihicklmay
vaninra to say that her majesty was alto
gether pleased and gratified by her recep
tion.’
—The Emperor Wil ism was greatly meved
whau u* heard of the recent attempt upon
tie life of tho Czar. He immediately sent
■o hi* nephew a long tolegiaptoo message of
•ongra’.nlation upon hia escape The Czsr
8 ot to bis uncle fail details of ths even'.
«1-i detenbed how when taking hi* n-ual
-norni- g walk a ma» acooa’ed and then fired
at hitr. B-ing without, arms ) 0 (prang back
aud took to fl ght. wherenpon the mnrdert r
pur-ued and continued to charge at him
until neiz-d by tomepaesere-by.
—The steamship Citv of Atlanta, fur New
For* from 0‘ ari-eton on Sa'U'n&y, teok 2 -
39 orate* of veg tab’es, coneieting ofgr eo
p as, atr ing boau* Aa. also about 20 000
quarts strawberries. This last chow* a de
ed falling off from 'oreviou-* shipments
wh'oh U ow.ng to the deo*ea c e in tue yjeld.
nppoaed te be from the eff»ot of the frost
rhe demand for strawberries here haa Ma
imed good throughout the season. £h°
aUo carried about seven'? passengers.
—Governor Roberts, of Texas, haa issued
a proclamation estib'ishing quarantine along
be coast of that State against ah vessel*
from or that may touch at any point eou b
-f ad tune 25 degree* mr'h to tain iff sol
om and after *pril 25 1879, and eg.inr*
any other port or pl«ce at winrix contagicu.
r epidemio diso-se may exist Turn is
t-king time by the forelock Tbe Governor
ryld-ntly conaidere an ounoe of prevention
better than several pounds o' onr*.
—The New York Express thinV* that
D avid Davis s*!d Thomas F Baya.d, as a
Fresidential team, would distacca all comp --
titore a d draw the ct-n-<ervative. patnot'c
masses of the country after then wi-h an
enthusiasm like that which resulted In the
election of Harriann in =84) and Jickcon in
832’ To which tbe Boston Herald adds:
We wonid like to see th* Dem-vorat? wise
nongh to hitch np euch a team and we
bouidnotbe particular aa to whioh hors -
might be the leader
—IV ePbll'detphU Times sav* that part
of Ohio known aa the National Government
at Washington and the State ot Ob.a itself
dashed a little bit, at Cleveland, on Monday
Thomas H. Casey, a love-tio' ao'diei d er-
a trom the Jtffsrson harr eka that he
aught go to see hia girl in Western New
Fork Whan arrested (Jasey olaimed that he
enlisted, and ought therefore to get dear.
writ of habeas corpus was taken out. and
tbe Sheriff hastened to get his man. But a
quad cf soldiers, who didn’t want the Btate
tu interfere, presented bayonet* at the
rih- liff The latter called a posts to bis aid
aad the soldiers yielded Tbis fricionbe-
twain the two grand divisions cf Oslo ap
ps&'s as strange as it wou'dif P/eaident
day es should reach up and bite cff hia own
nose.
- Iu the time of Jalius c,-c <ar. Lake Fuciuo,
tasted in the Apinninex. about flftv mi es
semtoast of Rome, and eome 2 270 feet
above the level of 'he sea, nas a eonrceof
gnat onn yaucs It reo ived tha rainfall cf
a large d'etxiO'. and wa* oonaUnlly varying
in extent frequ ntly destroying the labor* of
he tiller* cf ths neighboring soil and promo
ting disease Julius Tic jar therefore plan
ned the drainage of - ho lake by a subterran-
ewi tnnnei. but wx» to,lea to.fore thia oonld
be done. In the inretventeg oenturie* e nee
hi* death, various speculators hav* proposed
to comp “te the work, whi-.'h at length ha*
been admirably carried out at tbe lngtasoe.
of'hegre't banker, Torionla, ataoorof
f 10 000,000 The work toe taken twenty-
four y^ar*. and 85';( 0 acres of excellent
ankle land bare barn redeemed, on whioh
tbe farmer can expendbl* labor without fear
of inundation. Aa an engineering feat this
rank* very high-
Among other advantages ho wib have
over tbe negro is hia exemption from pol
itics, with no desire to combine the bust-
utss of cotton and sugar planting witk
the eolation of profound problems ia gov
ernment and logiclxtion. The politicians
will cot bs able t j cither use or abuse
Uim; and if will be etraogo indeed If,
with his exemplary habibi of industry,
te does nob in tbe course of time affect a
marvelous transformation in Southern
ludus'iies, and one that may nil -ct io a
very important extent the c mmeroial
status of tho leading Southern aiaples.
Aatothn negro, who ia thusburrendertog
hisplareito the Asiatic, it ie baid y worth
while to discus* the future that i* in store
for him. in the higher latitudes to which
hs is flocking. He can never compete
with tbe white labor which ho wilt find
• oeupving every field cf enterp- Le wher
ever he goc?, and whero his ; option
iu tho scoial scale ia all human
probability will never, under any circus-
stance?, lie much higher than it i* al
ready. In the Southern Atlantic Stater
he seems to be free from tbe Kannas la-
fectiou which has caught the field tomb
ot Louisiana and Mississippi, and in so
far be is contented and proaperou-; bet
how long ho ix to be ex< mpt frem the
contagion which is producing such curi
ous results io tho lower Muameippi
country, is a matter for thu futuie to de
termine."
Let it be remembered tbat the above
dekv ranee is from a perfectly disinter
ested Northern source. We quite
sure there are too many intelligent well-
to-do colored citizens, in G orgia a' least,
to permit their lees-informi-d breitoen to
rt-lu quish thatr peaceful homes and pro
fits' le employment, for tbeco-d ciuritier
of Kansas. Nor have we >hu slightest
•iuposition to swap them for Coiners
labor, ncless driven to do so by their own
foolish abandonment of ,their ancient
friends end couatxy.
THE OLD RELIABLE.
Ninth Drawing « emmonweallli
(MHtribation uompHiiy, at
Lonisvilie, K;., May 31«t
Oae merit of these Dmwioi** is their
regularity. Every sixty day* WI f ■ OUT
FAIL. All pnzeB for the Eighth Draw
ing were duly paid. Outside of the espi-
■al aud larger prize* already published
we have obtained tbe conceal to publish
the names and addresses of ‘h- foit-.-wicg
parties who, with hosts of oto?is, hire
drawn smaller prize*, viz: Carl Valeries!,
434 West Madison St., Chicago, lit; Jm-
G. Memugcr, Manor Hill, Fa.; Was. J-
Davies, 841 West 4-.h St., C ucmnati,
O.; James Ohnsbi, care Barnaam & Co-
Deadwood, D. T.; Wm. Kail?, 8iu*M
Olay Co., Ind.; H. Mayer, Vicksburg,
Mis- ; G. H. Colder, KalarouZKi; Mich;
Ja*. H. Kinsey, Troy, New York.
Next Drawing, May 31su Ticket*
only $2.
Ad-ir-ss T. J Commebfobd. S-o’y,
Courier Journal Bldg, Louisville, Ky.
It. - ■ -
LxthcT Vegetable Mabkbt.—-At Ne*
Y- rk, on tbe 21 in-tant, say* tne Charle*-
xm News and Courier, new Southern po"
tatoe- wexe unaeuled, and only
ctotk has much call, and were
per bol. Fme Bermuda potatoes aeil
iy at $7.50 per bbl, bnt poor lots r“- c
muctx lower. Green peas were a
The Mo-mokTsi l - In tbe Milos po’y
gam? ca:e on tiatuiday, Jadge Emeraon sen-
tocoed Daniel H Wall* firat Ct unaelor to
tbe twoive spoatle* of the Mormon tihurch
to a fine of 9H0 and two day* Imprieonment
. forodntemptin refusing to answer a qaes-
wxsn’t it ?—paced slowly out ths Mxdi-on {tion relative to ths endowment bouse iDd to
road In aeaioh cf thi enemy. When they the costumes worn. The endesoe taken is
KCived at the reeidenoe of Mr. James R< d similar to that taken before the comtaisaion-
ju-toualde tbe limit-of .thi town, a halt I er at the examination ia G-jtober last, ani
wm called, fo-j oat io front, Hoiog tbe aid* 11 points to oonviotion. Arguments to the
of thi road were th* almost Interminable - ea*« will be made Monday.
easier, and Savannah were quoted at 50:
to $1 per crate; North Csroltnas wor8 ? 1
43.60 to 4 per half bbl. AeparaRU*
light supply and rather firmer; 8*wj®
were at- $2 50 to 4 per d.zeo. Stnes
beans $1.60 to 2 75 par crate, Cahbagw»
Sou: hern $ L50 to 3.50 per bbl- A caea*
lar saya tnat new Florida potatoes W
small, and prioes const quintly 1°*”
String bean* allowed .to remain o
the buBh too long, are old and toughs
ah- md be young and tender to comffl jTl a
fail prices. Cuoumbers, Florida *“*
-p neareat $8-9 per box.
new Florida 48^9 per box;
six qu.rt box, $L75. £q lashes 4—*.
per oox. Strawberries wars deC1 ^;
nigberl Tr.e steamer lots were ? c>r
and receip s by express not praviogl~r“
nolders were enabled to obtain 60»d6j
any tbing fioe. The first crate ot
Carolina sleek came in and brought «•*
per quart.
JUoTICXTO A WoBTBT OrVICUL.—I*
otxr notioe on Sunday of the recent verj
admirable streetxmprovexnonU,»«
that the work was under the direct***®
Cap:. James Simpson. Tuat ge 01 ",.,,-.
informs us, however, that Mr- - Q
Woods, too Superintendent of the u
gang !>»■ had as much to do with
ti <u of tbe work as himself. * , . e *
tied to great praise for th* fa’thf o'
UiT in whioh i v ey have dieobarged
duties. We gladly make tteamonee
Mr. Woods.
a—to—a i- in t?™. ^
drals oa tbe Emperor WUUun's bixtbttay.