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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.