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The Tilepart «j Messenger.
MACON, GA , JUNE 10. 1879.
ChK GKOUU1A PKBSS.
Oivtss to tho temporary absence of the
writer at the time of the appearance cf
the first Dumber, and subsequent' inad
vertence, be has failed to call the advent
at Americas of one of the neatest, best
edited and zew*ie»t journals in the States
We allude to the “Americas Recorder.”
which is published semi weekly and
weekly, with an extra Sanday editiop be
sides, by Messrs. Callaway & Co. They
began with eleven hundred subscribers*
but the number has already risen to four
teen hundred and eightjr-five, and we
learn the new enterprise gives universal
eatisfeerion. We most cordially weloome
the Recorder into the ranks of Georgia
journals and wish the editors all the sac-
; cess they bo richly deserve.
Sometime* with a Soul.—Americas
Recorder: Tne truism has it that corpo
rations are without goals, and the Central
Rulroai ban not been classed ae an excep
tion to the tula. Bat recently it allowed
a rebate of freight on the shipment of onr
outfit from the North, by which a saving
of over sixty dollar* was effected. Mak
ing onr bow of thanks, then, the pnblio
will pardon us for thinking that he Cen
tral has at least sixty dollars worth of
sonl, for which amount the eonis of some
individuals would not sell in market
overt. And now tbatthis road hasdefied
competition by the purchase of the Mont
gomery and Enfaula line, if it will simply
give Americas an equal chance with other
points in the matter of freights, our es
timate and that of onr people as to the
sizs-and worth of its soul, will be largely
enhanced.
We have no reason to doubt that Mr.
Wadley intends to be as impartial as pos
sible in the future apportionment of his
tariff of freights.
Splendid Yield of Oats.—Tbe Recor
der *ayd: ...
Judge S. Montgomery threshed the
oats grown on the Coit lot last Tuesday
with most gratifying result*. The lot
oontained one and seven-tenths acres by
aotnal measurement, and he threshed
one hundred and twenty busbels and by
careful weighing and counting ascertain
ed that be had twenty-eight bushels in
the sbeef anthreebed, making tbe hand
some total of one hundred and forty-
eight bushels of oat* from a little over
an acre and a half.
A post-office baB been establisbed at
Hopewell, Colquitt county.
Fine Chop, in Washington.—Chronicle
and 8entincl: Wo learn that tbe orop
prospect in Washington county is exceed
ingly flattering. Harvest time hBB ar
rived and tbe sowers of Rmal’. grain are
reaping « rich product. Taere ere good
stands of cotton And corn, and bath are
growing vigorously.
Falling off in Guano Hales.—The
Chronicle says: Colonel T. J. Smith was
in the city yesterdsy, winding ap his ga-
ano inspeo.ion business for tbe season,
which has fallen some 5 000 tons short of
last year. This was caused, we learn, to
some extent, by tbe manufacturers sus
pending tbe working of an ammoniated
fertilizer, end al-o upon tbe indisposition
of farmers to buy. Upon the whole,
however, more business has been done
than could have been expected under the
cireumstauoes.
The Daily Dispatch.—Tne Atlanta
correspondent of tho Chronicle and Cun•
ililutionalht writes as follows: Mr. John
H. Martin came from Columbus Thurs
day to make A’lant* his future home and
to edit tbe Daily Dispatch. Mr. Bridges
Smith has oomo trorn Macon to control
the local columns. Mr. O. H. Williams
Is ready to manage the paragraphic and-
general cev.;. Mr. Cornelius Willing
ham. son of the editor or the CsKeravilla
Free Press, is also here ready to fall into
line. Next Monday afternoon the first
issue of the paper will appesr. Its pro
prietors end friends are confident of im
mediate and brilliant sucoeas. It is ru
mored that tbe Dispatch will aspire to a
morning’s appearance in tbe eonre-e of
six month*.
Down on the Bcuinating Milch
Cows.—“Grandmother,” in tho Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel, thus speaks of
the dangers to be incurred from old Brin-
dlo and Crnmplo Horn when allowed to
roam at large:
A surgeon of this place informs me
that fire cases of frigbtlal goring of
children from roaming cows have come
within his own personal knowledge. The
danger does not diminish; each year
there are more vagrant cows; more gates
to be unlatched; more gardens to bo de
vastated ; more ladies to ba frightened,
and more children to be gored, and
grown lolks are not always safe. A
nobleman in Edinburg, Scotland, who
chanced to be in the path of a furious
animal, escaped from a slaughter pen,
was thrust against a stone wall between
the horns with Rich force that both borne
were broken off oloee to the head and the
animal fell dead from the violence ef the
blow. I remember a case of like kind
occurring in a street of this city, when a
very slender man had reason to congrat-
nlate himself that ho was not eo large si
other men. He was ran against a fence
between the horns of a cow, and while
occupying so novel a position, not only
looked bat felt small.
The Athena Chronicle says: We learn
that Professor Rutnerford has perfeoted
an addition to the ‘'ibooJolitc, which he
will have patented. The new invention
enables tbo surveyor to measure dis
tances simply by tho observation of an
gles, without the use of any base line at
all.
Tremendous Tield cf Wheat.—
Griffin News-. D. W Patterson, of Grif
fin, has one hundred and two shocks of
wheat on three-quarters of an acre, and
it U thought they will yield one-half
bushel of wheat each. \ * j
Bbother Alexander says burmuda
grass is tho greatest thing in the world
to restore worn-out lands and send a
man’s eoul to perdition.
A Good Place fob Ehiobants toot.—
Quitman Free Press: A very proliflo plaosis
tbs one owned by Mr. James Wilson, Sr.,
a few miles from this town ; prolific in
marriages oertalnly, and we presume pro
lific iu everything else. In tbe last five
years ten white couples ha*e been mar
ried on Mr. Wilson’s place, to ssy noth
ing of the mnllltnde of colored weddings
which have been oelebrated (here. No
sooner does » family of girls move on the
Wilson plsoe than the weddings com
mence aud emtinua without oeasing as
long as there is a marriageable girl left.
It may La something in the atmosphere
or it may be simply a “hsppen 80,’’ bnt
neveitheless it is true. Persons of ei
ther sex deeirinq to marry will do well
to rent land of Mr. Wilson at ones.
Excitimjst.—A obicken fight in Dub
lin Tuesday evening oaused loafers to
slide off goods boxes and bet lemonade.
Two items from the Dublin Gazette-.
Tho nimble mercury climbed to 95 m the
shade ou Tuesday,
Appearanots axe decidedly against
Toombsboro. Dr. H.E. Hjtnao, a former
resident, had his bouse -pulled down last
week and snipped the lumber to Tcnnille
where be is going to rebuild. This looks
discouraging iu a thrifty community Uko
ours.
A Puzzle.—Crawforfvilla Deir.oerat:
We give it up. About three weeks ago
wo set a ben on eleven eggs, after setting
for t~o weeks she becam'-.impaticnt and
left tho neBt. The third # wee' ti ancthor
hen going on the nest, of - be ».own ac
cord, set one week and hatched'out four
chickens, and oamo off. * Two days after
ward* another ben with a little more pa,
lienee and experience than either of the
other two, thought she would try the
abandoned egg*; and in two days hard
setting and oareful turning, she hatched
six more of the eggs. We took the other
egg and put it under an old rnmplesa
hen, and if there is anything inside of it
she will batch it out in five days. Now,
I would like to know whioh hen haB the
strongest claim on the chickens, and if
the old rumpleBS hatches her egg, what
relation will her chicken be to the second
ben’e chickens.
Thanks to the Griffin Sun for a most
graceful but nnexpsoted compliment,
which modesty, however.forbids ns to re*
publish. " -
Griffin Sun-. An exchange tells of an
Alabuna lady who cries nearly all the
time and yet grows fat. The fat is laid
on in- tiers—PkUaddphia Bulletin. „
What an infatuated eye dear.
Anothbb Sim beam: Colonel Hanlel
ter, of Griffin wantato know where Dublin
Georgia it. j.Q14 maz^ it is in Liwrens
county. Swap off one of your teBt.m-i.ts
for a map of tip. State.—Allania Phono
graph. ‘ v . ' .
O, of oourse, every editor in the State
knows where Dublin is now. Any one
oan make an egg stand on its end after
seeing the trick done.
Still Another Bay of Sunlight,
Fleas are numerous and tronbleaome in
onr city, and that’s another, argument
against dog law. SapoosdLthere were
no dogs, what wonld tho fleas feed on but
man? Who ever heard_of sheep with
such fleas on them ? . ; ’ M V Ll '-' a f a *_
The Evening Dispatch.—Constitution:
The new evening paper, the Dispatch,
made its appearance yesterday. It is
a neat six-column paper well filled with
reading matter. Tne publishers, Messrs.
Miller & Dickson, are experienced print
ers and publishers. Colonel J. H. Mar
tin, formerly of Columbus,, and a yeteran
in Georgia journalism,' Is the editor. ;He
will bo assisted by Mr. Howard Williams,
Mr. Bridges Smith, Mr. Cornelius'Wil
lingham and Mr. S. T. Jenkins. The
later gentleman will have charge of the
agricultural department of the paper.
These are all experienced newspaper
men, and wo welcome them to the field
of daily journalism in Atlanta.
Monuhent to Commodore Tatnall.—
A movement Is on foot in Satahiab and
Augusta, and by tbe friends, generally of
tbis distinguished naval offioor, who lies
at Bonaventare without tablet dr tomb
stone to mark bis grave, to ereot a suita
ble monument to his memory,
Tbe Chronicle and Constitutionalist
speaks thus of tbe lamented veteran:
Commodore Tatnall added a lustre to
the Ameriean nary that even civil strife
cannot obscure. His virtues were many;
bts nobility of sonl of so exalted type.
What Lie was to tbe army, Tamili bad
oircumstances permitted, would have
been to the navy. He was tbe Bayard
of tbe waver—sans peur ct sans reproche
Several ex-naval. officers have already
raised nearly seven hundred dollars in
Savannah, and an appeal is now made to
Augusta, together with tbe other oitiea in
the State, to assist in subscribing the
funds necessary to ereot a monument to
his memory. A list is now in the hands
of Mr. James Barrett, who will receive
oontribatione. We trust Augusta will
respond liberally.’
Large Sales of Bailroad Stock —
The Chronicle and Sentinel says over five
hundred shares of Georgia railroad stook
exchanged hands yesterday at eighty-firt
and above.
Four successful burglaries wers per
petrated in Augnsta on Saturday night,
tbs thieves escaping with their bcoty,
mostly provisions, in every instance.
Deanna A. putsL of ASaafc.
sionista reoently visited Fort Sumter, and
succeeded in getting Eoveral relics of the
siege in tbe form of broken fragments of
shell?, shot, etc. They were much rusted
from long exposure to the Bath atmos
phere. The Chronicle and Sentinel Bays:
Tbe visiting party were under tbe spe
cial charge of the President of the club,
who, during tbe bombardment, was one
of tbe foil’d defenders, and be oalled np
many interesting memories of that
stirring time; pointing out where tbo flag
stood, or wbera such a one was killed or
wounded, end the spot where tbe Federal
Lieutenant landed with his boat tbo nigbt
when, in spite of a shower of grape and
rifla balls, be rowed np and leaped one
npon tbe debris at the foot of tbe fort,
getting away again with the briok he had
come after. Altogether, the trip to the
fart was a pleasant one, the party being
well entertained by the Sergeant in
charge, whom the boys saluted with
tbrea hearty cheers as they put off from
tbe fort.
Grubb.—Sandersville Courier: Tbe
editor of tbe Darien Gazette thinks that
juatas soon as there is a law in Georgia
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquor in the State,: that
some fellow will rise np: and introduce
a bill preventing the use of Griib(b).
His apprehensions are groundless; how
ever, as Grubb is. essential to the well
being of tbe whol« State of Georgia as
well aa to the citizens of, Darien, while
whisky is not at all necessary. ’ Jr .,
Not to be Allowed to Serve.—Sa
vannah Jifivs: Oar reactors will remem
ber that one of the executors named in
the last will and testament of the late
HoahJi-Euapp, of. ttys city,, was Ezra
A. Hsyt, of New York City, the testator
considerable property at the
North, iwo now understand that Hon,
John E. Ward, bm of tbe counsel for
Clara Ksapp, the only heir of the estate,
has instituted proceedings in'the .courts
of New York to prevent tbe Skid. Hayt
from qualifying as executor apd entering
npon his duty as sticb, for the reason that
he is largely indebted to the eitate now,
and has been indicted, with other oflfcers
of the International Trnst Company of
Jersey City, for criminal mismanagement
of the funds. ; i
Savannah Nnrs Items : It is proposed
to corutrnct a railroad from the Central
Cotton Press to the Central Riilroed
wharves, and the Legislature will; be pe
titioned for the requisite authority.
A hundred excellent field bands could
be collected daily from the gallery of tbe
Superior Court. If they were holding to
the helves of heavy hoes in the field the
tender crops would be all the bttter
therefor and justice would smile to see
the "eternal fitness ' of things resume its
way.
Las.t night, about ten minutes past ten
o’clock, po'ioemanG. White was called
npon to arrest a'coltfed ibdividtia]. named
Cicero Roe upon a serious charge. It ap
pears that this warrior, without provoca
tion, assaulted the driver m the employ
of General Harrison, whilst he was sitting
in that gentleman’s buggy, causing tha
horse to run away. When arresttd, he
was very disorderly and turbulent, curs
ing ana abusing the officer in a violent
manner. It is to be hoped that he will
be visited with the severest punishment
of tho law. T jl7 £ q ^ -jlf?
Deepening and Improving the Coosa
Biter.—The Uoire Courier" onja: We
are informed by the engineer in charge.
Lieutenant Marshall, that tbe channel
from Box Shoals to Greensport will be so
far opened and improved that tugs with
bargee eaa be breaurht up the river be
tween those places by using warps or oap-
rtan and line in two or three pieces
This will bs doas this season, and in
time for the n«xt cotton crop and coil
from Broken Arrow for next winterV
supply. ^
Major L. Graves, aged about 83 years
and Tor a long time a resident of Boma,
died in that city last Sanday evening:
Foblovv College Exercises.—Snmter
Recorder: Tne exeroUes of this sohcol
will taka place tbis year as nsaal, except
that there will be no graduating class.
Oa Monday evening, the 26:h, Soph
omore readings in connection with the
juvenile concert, will take place. On the
morning following the Junior readings
andaddreBS. At night the grand con
cert.
We are informed that the efficient lady
teachers in charge and Proreaeor Schnei
der are working zaalously, and are deter
mined that the closing exercises of the
school shall not suffer in comparison with
those of former years.
A Good Move.—Montezuma Weekly.
Oar people are ' unanimously in favor of
the passage of the bill by the session of
the Legislature, to transfer all cases of
misdemeanor from the Superior to the
County Court.
From the same: Our farmers have
been playing havoo with the grass for
several days. The weather has been ex
ceedingly fine for that particular busi
ness.
The Alumni address at'Athens will be
delivered by Ben. H. Hill, Jr., and the
address before tbe eooieties by Governor
Colquitt.
How Did it Happen ?—Swainsboro
Herald: Some days since a gentleman
from one of the lower counties came into
onr town driving a handsome horse, at
tached to an elegant, new boggy. H
left here to return to his home, on Wed
nesday last, bnt wbat a wonderful change
had taken place in his circumstances ;
bs was now walking and driving a de
jected looking yoke of oxen, bitched to a
cart. He did not receive any “boot,” ei
ther. We advise him to dodge Cobb
Towd, or he may next be seen ‘‘toting”
bis ox-yoke.
Malarial Horrors.—The Herald says:
It makes a fellow feel pretty bad to sit
down to a dinner of excellent vegetables,
and to suddenly remember that he has
recently taken a dose of calomel, and can
not safely indulge in those vinegar flavor
ed esculents.
To be Destroyed.—Tbe Atlanta Dis
patch rajEt A resolution authorizing tbe
cutting down and extermination of pll
trees in tbe city known as the “Alanthos”
or u rree of Heaven,” was adopted.
Union and Recorder. Two loads of
Oconee fish, caught some twenty miles
below here, were brought to town last
Saturday. Captain Latimer says tbe
rafts in the river down there interfere
with the passage of the fish in this low
stage of the river. The cunning fisher
men took advantage of the fact and haul-
edthem in.
A severe drouth exists in Baldwin
county.
Southern Medical College.—Consti
tution : On yesterday at 2 o’clook, with
pick in hand and assisted by Mr. MoAfee,-
Dr. Powell broke the first dirt for the
foundation of the new medical college.
Tbe work will'go regularly on now until
the college is completed. The drawing
of the building presents a good appear
ance, ana when the college is completed
and the lot graded, it will add very
much to the appearance of tho part of
the city in which it is located.
GeiBGXA at West Point.—Constitution:
Toe closing “zeroises at the military noid-
emy atWest Point will begin tbis week and
will oonunne until tbe 11th of Jane. Ou
the night of the llch there will be a
grand closing hop given to the class of
1879 by tbe class ot 1880. according to a
onstom whioh has long been in vogne at
the aosdemy. In a published list of the
graduates for the present year we see
that Georgia has bm one representative,
Cadet James Lockett, son of Colonel Ben
Lockett, of Albany. He gradaaies as
number thirty m a class of sixty seven.
Mr. Lookett has bad a coarse at West
Point which has been honorable to bis
Stale and himself. Tbs first man in tbe
class is Csd-t Frederick V. Abbot, of
Massachusetts.
Wz sympathize deeply with onr friend,
Mr. H. H Oabaniss, editor of the Mon
roe Advertiser, at tho death, on Sanday
last, of his precioos little child, aged
ADty —Attfii- Tr twill hA Jftna .Ka^ma
tthe parents oan look with oomposnro up
on tho ii tie vacant reeling chair and
the Ia-.t p’.sy things of their darling.
But, God oan give them consolation,
aud we trnst it will not be withheld.
Scribner Again.
Tbe following communication is from a
highly respectable source, and we da not
feel at liberty to reject it, though we
think tho anthor’s criticism npon the
c;nno of onr respected contemporary,
the Atlanta Contlifuiion.nnjnst, harsh and
uncalled for. We should not make war
npen onr friends; and no one can donbt
tbe fealty and devotion of the editors of
that popular journal to the people of tbe
South. The article npon the Scribner
diatribe, emanating from the Constitution,
was simply admirable, and onght to hare
proven to onr correspondent that it was
Incapable of blowing hot aud cold npon
any question affecting Southern morality
or tbe dne exeoution of tho law within
onr borders. The following is the com
munication referred * to, with tbe senti.
merits of whioh concerning the Scri&ner
man ws are in fall aooord:
the joab stab.—a tew pointed ekmabks
ON 'A MUCH HACKNEYED SUBJECT.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger : My
Attention has been recently c-tiled.to an
article in the Atlanta Constitution, writ,
ten reply to the infamous Bland*:’'* upon
the South and her people, by the editor
of Scribner's- Magazine, and published in
thenumo*r-for 'J uue. The article in the
Constitution i a.a well-timed .and very just
rebuke to the yile slcbbsrings of a fonl
\ i *, • < vV '
I Bnt it has seemed to the writer that
tl^e Constitution has aof^by the article in
■ i..n incxeased its reputation for con-
cjf. 'Tnofeei 1 Wburead"thatI paper
will remember that immediately after
the killing o! Colonel Alston by Cox,
there appeared in the Constitution an edi
torial whieh' for unfair, untruthful, un
called-for statements, falls very little, if
any below tbe senseless ravings of the
crack-brained editor of Scribners. In
that editorial, which, by the way, could
not have been written by a Southern man,
the Constitution charged upon the people
of the South, at least in substance, just
what the renoinons disciple ef New Eng
land bitterness charges upon us in his
magazine; and called upon the public, in
most urgent tones, to put a stop to the
very happenings which it now i claims
do not occur. And further th»n this, the
Constitution maintained for weeks its war
upon the so-called non-administration of
the law in the South, where murders of
the character of the Cox-J la ton tragedy
occurred. Anybedy who '.ares to sub
stantiate tbe assertions mode above, bas
only to consult the columns of the Co»-
ttilulien from and Bince the date of the
murder of Colonel Alston.
V The writer has been amazed that a
paper cHiming to be a representative of
the South should sot-only so wantonly
malign her people, bat should absolutely
invite upen the part of those wto were
only too eager, loo anxious to seiza the
opportunity for perpetrating against ns
such ppprobiods libels as that of the ma
lignant editor of a magazine which evory
true Southerner should spurn and spit
upon. For the Constitution wa? the origi
nator ot this very class of abase, and ita
utterances were seized upon by the (lack
Republican press: cf the. North with a
howl of joy— black Republican press?
Why the very exponents of religious sen-
timentr, the reftyvou* press of the North
oven, seized, upon the utterances of the
Constitution, and to this good day they
*ie still, quoting them as texts for their
regular weekly quota cf abuse for the
South! i
• "If our'fepresentativeB—the press—en-
gagedn suoh unrighteous abuse of their
own section, what can be expected from
those who are ever ready to misrepresent
us? Tho writer charges npon the Consti
tution tbe responsibility for the attack ot
tbe Scribner hireling, and for all biuii
lar attacks from eimilar mouth-pi^ccF,
since tbe publication of its now cele
brated editorial on “the hip-pocket prac
tice”
Now, to notice briefly the article in
Scribner's Magazine, to which the writer
referred—it is headed “Southern Civil
isation,” and for unwashed, unadultera
ted sublimity of wretched, iniquitous lies,
it has has never been equaled since Faust,
Guttenberg and Scboiffer invented tbe
art of printing m Mayence. Dr. J. G.
Holland, a man for whom decent people
once had respect, i3 the evident author of
this batch of .gall. It is not Surprising
tfaat Dr. J. G. Holland is the author, for
as he- has progressed in the so oiled
paths of liberalism, leaving the old or
thodox ways, and setting himself np as
a reformer, not only of public ' morals,
but of religion itself, he has
grown more and more careless of
truth and fair dealing, and closer
red closer allied bimstlf to the doable
compound of “new ideas” and rotten the
ories of momls and religion peculiar to
Nsw England—the legitimate ontcome of
pnritanism. What a fonl fester he is ?
But the article.
It charges that the “condition of morals
and society makes every true- friend of
tbe Soath and every trne American bang
his head in shame, Murder after murder
is perpetrated in high life with the cool
est blocd, and nobody is arrested for it
and nothing is done about it.”
Wbat snyycu to that, officers of the
law ? Did yon ever read a more patent
lie? It is an assertion made easily
enongb, bnt where are yonr proofs, moat
doughty “reformer” of morals and the
prayer-meeting? Produce them,or elso
confess yonrself a liar.
Again, “no man dares to move for the
maintenance of law and tbe punishment
of crime.”
“Murder is committed, and the murder
er shakes his bloody bands at the law
everywhere and walks the streets with
entire freedom and impunity.”
“These Southern murders give evi
dence of a lawlessness and a degraded
civilization much more notable than any
thing that cju be found among tbe Ital
ian wilds and mountains.”
“A man might as well live m hell as in
a community where the law has no force
and life bas no sacredness.”
Now, the writer admits that murders
are committed in tbe South, and that
some of them are of a most heinous
character, but is tbe law any less quick
to avenge here than in the North 9 As
long as tbe evil passions of men remain
implanted in tbeir hearts, just to long
will murders continue to occur, but to
charge that none move to maintain tbe
law add and arrest the spread of so terri
ble an evil, is, in the face even of recent
facts in this Staio and others, a wantoq,
willful, villainous, malicious lie, and tbe
mac, whom certain people in tbe State of
Massachusetts have elevated to tho posi
tion of a little god, either knew it to bo
so, or is criminally ignorant.
The two last allegation in tbe indict
ment which tho writer has quoted are
beyond expression, infamous and men
dacious ! What an impotent fling at the
civilization of a people with whom the
base slanderer who bolds the helm of
Scribner’s Magazine when be is compared,
sinks luto a cesspool of 6limy filth too
deep for bnman measurement 1
Let U3 compare the civilization of the
two seotions as viewed from a standpoint
of mnrders, following, in doing so, the
lead of tbe prince of liars who engineers
Scribner's Magazine on to infamy. As the
Constitution remarks, “There is adiffer-
encr also m the sort of crimes committed
in the two sections. In tbe South there are
sharp, passionate conflicts oetween bigh-
etrnng men, inflamed beyond control.
They usually come from a hastily spoken
insult, an imputation npon women, or
some each thing; or at most drunken*
cess. In tho New England States, we
havo tbe oold blooded sneaks, tbe leohe-
tons villians who filled np their email
amoniB against bnmsn life—tbe avari
cious thieves who murder with tbe delib
eration and greed of a Thenardior. That
is the laud or the psvlm singing Bishop,
who poisoned bis own wife and the hue-
tMua xisa |/atauivuAy ouu iucu tu»w«
Sta'e’s evidence to save his dirty neck;
of Hnnter, who insnred hts friend Arm
strong that be might coin gold from bis
life blood; of Cove Bennett and Mrs.
Jennie Smith, who clubbed to death tbe
man they had dishonored, and of a hun
dred other oold blooded oliraes.”
That is enongb
The writer had intended to add to this
list other high toned, highly civilized
mnrders whioh be had himself collected
from New England sources, bat let ns not
drown in blood tbo man who writes'in so
saintly a manner of tbe evils of tbe
Christian religion sed so charitably of bis
neighbor 1
Bnt whioh will yon have ? Southern
civilization, or New Eogland civilization?
Enough has been written.
Taere may be some, who, in tbe small
ness of their little Bonis, will object to
the pnblioation of an article liks this for
fear of injuring or otherwise throwing
ontof plumb the bridge across “tbe
bloody chasm,” but it is time to burl
back the vile slanders against onr people
into the face of those who utter them.
Peaoe and forbearance are good things,
bnt we have had onr (nil share; and It
wonld be a shame and a disgraoo to allow
snoh infamous utterances ns ihose <>f tbo
bitter paltroon who edits Scribncr’3 Maga
zine to go unanswered.
They are all unutterably Vila lies!
A. I. B.
Taking Time l>y tbe Forelock—
legislative Belief.
The city authorities in conjunction
with an able committee of private gen
tlemen, to wit: Hon. L. N.- Whittle, A.
O. Bacon, Asher Ayres, J. E. Jones and
B. F. Lawton, have given notioe, as has
been seen in cur advertising columns, of
a bill to be presented to tbe adjourned
session of the General Assembly in July,
biob, if duly enacted, we trust will bring
daylight to the night of Macon’s financial
darkness.
The objeot of the movement is to au«
thoriza the issne of bonds bearing a low
rate of interest to be used for the purpose
of re-funding the present bonded debt,
and funding also the outstanding floating
debt whioh hangs so drearily over us.
This to be accomplished through the
agenoy of a special commission empow
ered to sell the new bonds and with tbe
proceeds take up the old, besides issuing
as stated, bonds to cover the floating
debt.
Thebill provides also for the levy and
collecting of a tax for the payment of
the interest and prinoipal of said bonds,
and to prescribe the manner in which
they shell be issued and paid cff.
We haTe no donbt that this most im
portant and salutary measure will be
passed with but little if any opposition,
and that ere long Macou, which is so
rapidly increasing in popnlation and sub
stantial taxable improvements, will, like
Augusta and HaTanuah, emerge from all
of her pecuniary troubles, and stand
forth redeemed, disenthralled and finan
cially stronger than ever.
This modification of the oity charter
will enable the Mayor and Cennici), (as
they most assuredly should do at tne
earliest hour,) to reduce the present
onerous, unequal and almost ruinous
license tax. At present they have no
other resort by which the revenue neces
sary to run the city can be raised, and
the condition of the streets, with barely
light enough to reveal the gullies and
pitfalls on every side, show that even tho
sum thus provided, in view ot maturing
obligations, is uttwrly inadequate for the
purposes sought to be accomplished.
Wsfaope therefore, that a fair trial
will be given to the proposed flaaneial
remedy which hss the merit of being tho
pet soheme of no clique or i&otion, bnt is
the jjiut prodnot of the wisdom of a
representative body of onr citizens.
A Report of Yellow Fetkr.—AMem-
phi* coirespoudbnt uf tbe S>. L ints Globe-
Democrat, Bends that paper a statement
that there have been three oases of yel
low fever in Vickabmg. Tne man’s au
thority fa a “reliable gentleman,” who
bad tbs story from a telegraph operator,
in communication with another operator
in Viokabnrg. It Is not often that out
side accounts cf news by telegraph oper
ators have any foundation in faot
FremMure Rejoicings.
Several of the Northern papers, with
anti-Grant sympathies, aro exalting, over
tbe defeat ot Taft for tho gubernatorial
nomination of Ohio,as a strong indication
of the defeat of Grant for the Presiden
tial nomination next year. Taft, it will
be remembered, was one among the many
Cabinet offioeis daring tbe Grant admin
istrations, and was understood to be in
favor of Grant ss against Sherman for the
nomination next year.
When tbe vote was taken, Foster led
Taft by only nine out of 550'votes—a
small and unreliable majority at bset.
As an indication of any settled opposi
tion in Ohio to Grant’s proposed third
torm, it amounts to nothing. State pride,
Sherman’s personal strength in his own
borders—his activity and that of his
friends who are the leading Republicans
ot Onto, ami his address as a political
tactician, should have shown a better re
sult than nine majority!'
Certainly such a conclusion as this was
little better than defeat. Where was
Sherman to show strength as a candidate
bnt in bis own State and among bis per
sonal friends—<but even here Grant comes
within less than a dozen of beating him.
It seems to ms that all reasoning predi
cated on snch a result a3thiB would goto
show that against Grant Sherman iB an
impossible nominee; and this we believe
to ba tho case.
It te said that the “Grant Boom” is dy
ing oat; bat we do not so read the signs
of the times. The attitude of tho Hayes
administration and the Radicals in Con
gress unmistakably means Grant. The
naughty vetoes and the bold defiance of
popular opinion and the constitution all
mean Grant. They lay the track for him,
carefully aligned with uis old caieer as
President'—the conqueror of tbe Southern
States, with whip in hand to lash the
rebels into unconditional subjection. The
man on horaebaok slashing, dashing and
careering over prostrate States and peo
ples entitled to nothing but such grace
and ^percy as may be extended with profit
to the party which saved and now owns
tho government.
This is the programme of tbo nomina
tion and tbe oanvsss, as clearly as any
thing can bs foreshadowed, and it is not
worth while fur anybody to delude him
self with the idea that those who will con
trol the Republican nomination mean
anything else, or will fail to carry out
their pirns, unless something Wholly un
expected happens to change the direc
tion.
JU is trne there ia & strong opposition
to Grant in the Radioal party; bnt it is
nos an effeotive opposition, nor is it an
inexorablo opposition. Nearly every
State will go for him In Convention, and
tbG mass of his Repnblioan opponents
will fall into line afterward. Grant end
bis friends control all tbe party enginery.
They know how to nse it, and they know
that tor them “there’s millions in it"
Bnt, conceding the candidacy to Grant
bis election wonld not necessarily follow
provided it were combatted with the
ardor-^-the courage—the boldness—the
faith and energy demanded by the stu
pendous issues at stake and the vicious
political record bo and bis supporters
baTe furnished.
Local Legislation.
The General Assembly will meet again
four weeks from.to-day, and tbe impres
sion is general, that after this date no
more local bills can be introduced into
that body because not advertised for
thirty days.
Tbis is a mistake. The law esjoine
thirty dayB previous advertisement, it is
true, before any bill oan be introduced
and acted upon, and limits tha
lntroaucnuu ui lu^ii .» ... ....
fifteen days of the session. Bnt any bill
which haB been advertised say for fifteen
days prior to the assembling of the Leg
islature, oan be reoelved and acted oa by
that body. There yet remain therefore
twelve or thirteen days, daring whioh any
looal bill if advertised can be aoted npon
by the General Assembly.
We trnst our friends all over the Stato
will note this fact and govern themselves
accordingly. So far as we can perceive,
there will be comparatively little local
legislation in the next session of the Gen
eral Assembly. Not a moiety of wbat
occorred under the old. constitution.
Now any measnro of the kind involves
some care and expense, and is not
entered into hastily. Formerly, nearly
every member bad a batch of insignifioant
Ideal bills which cambered the docket,
consumed the time of legislators, and
were a grievous burden to the State.
Ia this respeot the new Constitution
will prove s great saving to the com
monwealth.
Poisoned Water
Of seventeen school children who drank
the water of tho poisoned brook at
Island Pond, Vt., eleven had died np to
last Friday. Of these eleven fire be
longed to one family and left it childless
and the mother insane.
This brook reoeived tho drainage ot a
field which had been cultivated in pota
toes last year. Upon these potatoes
Paris Green had been used to kill the
Colorado beetle. Ayonng colt had also
been buried in the field; bnt donbtless
tbe poison came from the Paris Green;
and this tragical event ehonld pat cotton
planters on tbeir guard ia using Paris
Green for the purpose of killing the cat
erpillar. Care should be taken that the
drainage from such fields does not flow
into runs or springs U3ed for drinking,
whether by man or beast.
After Years ot suffering,
Mrs. Elizabeth Mock, of Ualem. N. O.,
writes under date of March 26th, 1878, that
she suff ered for many years with dyspepsia,
oomplicatsd with neuralgia. Tae pain was
so severe thu she cjnli not rest day or
night Several phy*i Jana attended her with
one benefit, or even relief. She was consid
ered incurable By reading. the People's
Common Dense Medical Rdvssr, she team
ed that Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo. N. X, anc-
cessfnUy prescribed his Golden Medical Dis
covery in snob oases. She commenced its
nse. The pain giaduaily subsided 'and di
gestion became more natural. She perse
vered, and in a few weeks was perfectly and
permanently restored. Her oaae is a wonder
to all who know her. In the faoe of inch
testimony, is it not foolish to oondemn Dr.
Pierce’s Family Medicines, simply booms*
some almost unknown nostrum haa failed?
Suppose you have purchased shoddy goods
of one or two merchant*, is it fair to con
demn all merohants as swindlers.. and all
goods aa ah oady ? Thcss who ones try Dr.
Pieroe’s Family Medicines eves aftorwatds
speak in their praise.
Thz promise of rain, which has been
apparent on the face of nature for the
past forty-eight hours, was realized in
this vicinity to tho extent of a.fex.hnn--
dred drops to the acre; but. we.shall get
more shortly, as it is hoped and believed.
The roasting ears now net d rain sadly.
In point of fact, the question ot roasting
ears, hangs on a epeedy rain. The
gronnd is very dry and tbe springs and
wells are getting low.
Dehccbxtic Congressional Caucus —
The early Washington telegrams pub
lished to-day announces that a Demo-
oiatio o mens of both Houses wonld con
vene at 3 p. m. to outline some policy in
rsferenoe to the vetoed bills. The later
telegrams,' we presume, will tall ns what
has been agreed upon.
i CONSUMPTION cured.
An old physician, wtirel from practice, hav
ing hud placed in his hands by an Hast India
missionary tbe formula ot a'simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and parmauent cure for
Consumption, Broncbita?, Catarrh. Asthma, and
all Throat and Lung Affections, also * positive
and radical cure for Nervous Debility »na all
Nervous Complaints, after having tested lis
wonaertul curative powers in thousands of cases,
hss telt It his duty to make it known to hit
suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and
a desire to relieve human suffering, 1 will seud
frcecf cbargie to all who dWWTSBWSu i ivyl.Mt
with fall directions lor pr*psring»nua*lnBYn
OermAD. French or English. Sentbymsdf by
uddref sing with stamp, naming this puA»W W
Sms sab, 118 Powers’ Flock. Bochr- 1
tbl* 6m
ORB. BAUBETT.
Ttie Custom House <>oeita Dp
Mswy-A Mrange 11 n u ot
Criminal!* l a Polk County—
Telephonic rroabie—csilts
Celebrea -Notes
Aillnta Ga., Jane 2,1879.
Tbe leisurely msnner in whioh the Custom
House iu Atlanta is being constructed is
som thing exceedingly remarkable. U pro
ceeds wi hi a deliber-uon bo strikingly in con
trast with the csdioary guahead method of
doing things in tbis iapid town, that the cu
rious speculate much upon it. For two
months the tremendous job of pencilling the
brick has been drag^ ng its tedious length
along. Now, one or two mortar esniers
el wiy ‘ram j up to the top of the building
with iheir nods. For two or three yeata the
same deliberate progress has marked tha
con»tiuotion of ihe v -ry handsome structure.
The inventive endeavor to aooount for it on
the theory that tbe Superintendent who gets
a goodly earn a <>ay tor directing tbe erec
tion: is nnren g hts job to lengthen his pay.
I have no theory of my own. I only know
the strnetare goee up slowly, with small
squads of workmen upon it, tint ths oidi-
nary observer sees no reason for not increas
ing in number : and the luoiy Bjssbf the
bonanza draws hts par diem wrthrig’d regn
lariiy.
A STBAXaX BAND OF CSIVINAIS.
There oomo down to ns whisperings cf a
stranre band of'criminals np in Folk county
of tbis State There n said to be A Clan or
men engaged in forging and selling land
grants. They operate near the State line
and oecilUte b.ck anl forih from Alabama.
A man living neir the Alabama line is said to
be making the. Ut&te seal and soiling them
at two dollars each to bo attached to ths
forged grants'. Tbe blank grants have been
printed at the printing office at Oedartown.
It is said that in tho last month application*
have been mane to tbe proprietor ot the
printing office to piint some or the blanks
with the offer of large pay, which was de
clined.
The clan, is believed to be extensive, cov
ering tha whole conntry np there. They
take advantage cf the poor ana Ignorant.
Their dealings oro widespread, thore being
members of the clan in a number of ccnn-
ties. It i3 certainly a curious thing f true
In April, 1878, or thereabouts, a man
named Lambert was alleged to have beon
assassinated by two men named J M Rowe
and Horatio Obisolm. Lambert was said to
be a member of the clan. Thaa* men quar
relled, and these, men it is charged killed
Lambert to prevent exposure ot forgery and
horse stealing. Lambert bad a book in bis
pocket when killed, fait of numbers of land
and the name* of the Justices if the Peace
in various counties.
There are several true bills of indiolment
against Joseph J Rowo for forgery in Pcik
oonnty, bnt he has evaded arrest He and
the man Chisolm are said to be tbe leaders
of tbe clan They live upon the edge of
Alabama and make tbeir raid- tbrongb tbe
counties Chisolm is said to be a ve.y des
perate, vindiotive man. He w*a seen near
Oedartown the time of the nre there He is
said to have sworn that be w.li not Lave
that conntiy until ha settles np scores with
some of t e attorneys and witnesses against
him The citizsus np there aro mn.h inte
rested in etoppi i* tne opera iocs ot this
clsn and soma very vigorous measures will
be adopted.
THE TELEPHONE.
The telephone is pretty well at work here,
bnt there ia a good dual of profanity result
ant irom the wondei fat thing. Tne whole
town is getting in communication. Bnt the
ooncem don’t work exactly right The wires
get oat ot order. Numerous hitches or ono
kind and another occur. Parties do not un
derstand tho mechanism The central ofiic
somehow don’t understand, or don’t pay at
tention. A verson will ring a half hour tor
the central t ffi;e and get no answer; era par
eon with a telephone sib Do rang np by the
central offioe and respond with frantie haste
•nd slap the thing to his ear and find some
body else talking. One Candid i: dividual
was Ueaid to tell the central operator that he
didn’t understand the (using a nangli y
wo.d,) th ng anyhow. I suppose it will get
all right after awhile.
the law c sse,
Thero haB been delay in arguing the mo
tion icra new trial in tho Cox mutder case
owing to tha time needed to write out tho
testimony. It will lako Mr Small, the court
stenographer eight hours a day for fifteen
days .to writs it I have heurd tint the law-
ifident of getting a nerfiiiil from "rfiage
Hiilyer. His ratings weie eo stiffly impar
tial and eo carefully exact, that no gaps
wore left open. So in tha Jones case, he so
stud oudy tracked the law that he hao left
no ground for a rehearing for error. I see
that two gentlemen npon the temporary
bond, Col Nutting and Col. Grant have g ven
notice of the introduction of a local bill in
the Legislature in July to relieve them of
tbeir liability. This w- old indicate some ap
prehension about the oourt giving relief.
hotzs.
The Governor bad a royal | ovation in
Brooklyn and made a profound impression
npon those people. The press all over the
country are commenting upon his utterances
and hiB visit whl do Georgia great good.
Mr Julius Brown «a- elected President of
the ¥oung Mens’ Library Association and is
a joung mau of unusual energy, ability and*
decision. A grandson of tbi great John 0.
Calhoun, Mr. Pat Calhoun, was elected a di
rector. W
The Sunday Gazette, run by yoong Derby
and edited by Henry Grady, is a sparkling
paper, building into large circulation.
Ube Dispatch is out. A good thing.
Abe yon bilious? Do you feel drowsy?
Rave you tbe “bluet?’’ Take a doee of
Dr. Bulk’s Baltimore Pill*. Price 25
cents. All druggist keep them.
Sabbath School Celebration at
Hickory drove* Houston co.
Editors Telegraph* * Messenger—Last
Saturday the intelligent and refined people
of Hiokory Grove in Houston oonuty, met to
celebrate tbe anniversary of their Bnnday
School. There was assembled upon that oe-
caaioa a large crowd from that immediate
section as well as great numbers from
Hayneville, Perry, Henderson, HawkinsviUe
and otb-r places Tbe large and beautiful
church rendered peculiarly attractive by tbs
bxquvriie floral embaiiehmenu. was packed
to us full capacity. Tee day’* exercises was.
opened by tbe singing of i oau iful songs by
the Bnnday school choir and prayer bytMr.
Evans, ' ‘ ”
lowed
song.
some and talented Dr. B. O. Engrain, of
Montezuma. He roee with his ease and
graceful dignity, % smile playing about bis
face, glancing down the campoa of the
old school house just in front, this smile in
stantly changed his face to a look of reflec
tion, then be began by saying that it was
with fee ing* anu emotions of a peculiar kind
that ne ar.se to address that audience, as
Just in sight stood the old House where he
first received the embryonic cryealis of bis
cuucation; that dotted hero-aud therein the
congregation were many of tha school-mates
and friends of bis feemer years, whiie.qthsra
bad been stnken from the muster-roll of
earth to answer tho great lull-call above.
Than turning to hu subject—“Bnnday
Schools," he began an earnest, able and elo
quent address and for an hoar carried tbe
attention of bis audience npon every word.
He graoefuly glided from one thought to
another with sq, much case and a .ility that
his oration or an hour seemed but a disqui
sition of twenty minutes. having made so
able and beautiful address without time or
opportunity to prepare, plaoes him amongst
onr best impremptaspeakers. . .-Jiasai
After aaother-song, Mr. Reiser, in mi ap
propriate manner presented a prize—uBibie,
to Miss C1 fford Poole, is the pnpil who had
earried the largest nnaber of pnplls into the
sobool. This lovely Ijoong lady, in a pretty
little speech reoeived lbs prize and returned
her thanks to the meiabcis of the school who
presented it. It was nicely and prettily
done. Then folio wed the able, the profound
and oompr. htnslve address of D. F. Thirpe
DD., of Perry. His diacouree w«s solid and
iniidiUble. for an hour and a half he summed
np to ths audienoe what oonsti .utsd a **.per
fect gentlemanhe did it ably, nnmisUke-
ably as only Dr. Tbarpe oeold. He is one of,
if not theveiy ableit civinesin the State.
He is a genius with a store-house fall of
nseial knowleoge, and it is always s rare
feast to hear him apeak. Oar Bands; school
via fortonate to secure him M one oT tbe
orator* npon the occasion.
«Iter Dr. Tharp had olo*ed and more songs
were epng, the ancieuoe were invited from
these feasts of reason to the grpve to par
take of thu anmptnoua dinner that had been
prepared. Bach a Bountiful rapaat has not
of ten been seen here; there wa« more than
enough and to epare. The Cays txcroies
was an overwhelming aucoeas and we moat
regret that it ended eo toon. After dinner
Uie afternoon wae spent at libtrfy, there be
ing no exercises, lu'. the eutlie aitembly
were left to erjoyand amuse themselves ss
they best liked. <[
we are alt glad ihn the Sabbath school,
and the nays txe:msas were eo complete a
euocet*. ' • • . M.
Guilty.—Any bedy recommending a
soothing remedy for children containing
'bpiuru in any form is gull y of’doing
barer. Dr. Balt’s Baby Bjiup is wairan-
ted nobto Contain opiates and ehonld
-•therefore be widely recommend* d.
For ths Telegraph and Messenger.
CVXBHLAlfD.
A SOSBBT.
Seaward I looked. The ocean rolled ashore
IU white-capped ware*, the great ones with
deep notes
Ruling harmoniously the sibilant roar.
And stranding, broken shells, like ill-starred
Whose luckless crews have perished, Sweet and
bland,. .% nc,
God Neptune’s breath enriched the wind,
which e'er
The rippled wet beach urged the enow? sand
In streams like river ghoets, ’Twas hut
before
Nigh tail—a beacon here:. the birds, a lone
Sail slipping cff: the pale moon; solitude.
I though*. “The sea is changele»s—still my own
Whene’e -1 come." And then I understood
The teweetnees ef the love I claim lrom jaa—
So nobly deep, it mu*t be constant too.
—-Jo.”
Macon Jane 3d, 1879.
Going to Uni Gnat, b
The New York Sun says it is announc
ed that the arrangements for an excur
sion party to meet Gen. Grant at San
Francisco, and accompany him across the
Continent, are all completed.-
VYe are glad to hear this. We hope
the party will be large, ss there is every
reason to believe it will be, for the crop
of fools and snobs is abundant.
The reason we hops the party will be
large is because wa think it will ba very
injurious to Gen. Grant, and for the good
of the oonntry we want to eee him de
feated.
The Grant movement culminated too
early to be snoceaefnl. Even now it Is
manifestly on the deoline.
The American people propose to elect
their own President. They do not think
for a moment of having him dictated to
them by the snobs and sycophants of any
party. The more receptions General
Grant has the better; for the less will be
the political support he will receive; and
'o save this country from that first, long
stride toward an hereditary monarchy, a
third term, ia tne greatest service at pres
ent in the power of any patriot to render.
' An official report from Sumatra states
that frequent disturbances of telegraphic
communication are caused in that island
by elephants. Daring the three years
1875 78 there have been sixty serious in-
i (irruptions traceable to this canBe. As
in instance, the report says :• “On May
25.1876, the Muara-Darat-Libat line was
completely destroyed for a legth ot three
panlB, and tbe wires and insulators were
hidden away in a cane thicket. All the
repairs executed daring the day were
regularly destroyed by cicht, and this for
three nights rnnning.” Besides the sys
tematic hostility of the elephants, the
nnmerons tigers, bears, and white buffa
loes make it both difficult and dangerous
t-, keep an efficient watch on the telegraph
tines where they pass through thick
jungles. Both the greater apes and tbe
little monkeys eeem to regard the lines as
set up for the purpose of affording them
tbe opportunity of practicing special
gymnastic exercises, swinging from the
wires, breaking them and carrying cff
the insulators.
Bushel* In Georgia.
An ect to fix by litv the standard weights
of a bushel of the artioles and com
modities hereinafter mentioned.
{section 1 Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the Slate of Georgia, That tbe
legal weight of the following articles and
o immoduies per bushel shall be as fol
lows : Of wheat 60 pounds, of shelled
oom 56 pounds, of corn in the ear 70
pound?,' of peas 60 pounds, of rye 56
pounds, of oats 32 pounds, of bailey 47
pounds, vt Irish potatoes 60 pounds, of
sweet potatoes 55 pounds, of white beana
60 pounds, of clover seed 6 pounds, of
timothy seed 45 ponnde, of flax seed 56
pounds, of hemp seed 41 ponnde, of blue
grass seed 14 ponnde, of bnokwheat 52
pounds, of dried peaches unpeeled 33
pounds, peeled 3_8 pounds, of dried Jip-
etono coal 80 ponnde, of unBlaked lime
80 pounds, of turnips 55 pounds, of oorn
meal 48 ponnde, o! wheat bran 20 ponnde,
of cotton ated 30 pounds, of ground peas
25 ponnde,.of plastering hair 8 pounds.
Approved February 20,1875. t _ - ,
Scribner’s JHagazlne.
We have always regarded Soribnet’s
several publications aa among the beat
and moat jodtoiona that could be fonndin
tbe Union; and as each have more than
onoa characterized them. Bnt the last
number of the magazine shows conclu
sively one of two things: either the old
editors have been removed from tbs
heim, ot $ha concern has forfeited Its na
tionality and sold ont. “stock, lock and
barrel” to the Radicals. Upon no other
hypothesis can wa reconcile the late
brats), malignant and vilely false
attack npon the people of the
South whioh Is, elaborately Bpread forth
in.its pages. The language and ex
pressions used would better become
Zach Chandler, the California Comma-
mat Kearney, the swearing, blasphe
mous Ingsraol, or even the demented
John Brown, whose ghost ever “goes
marching on.” A decent, well informed
colored citizen, each as Fred Douglass
and scores that could bo named even in
onr own community could never have
beeninduced thus to slander thb white
friends they know so msch better than'
tbe mendacious scribblers of Scribner. - ■ ■
We shall scorn to plead to the several
charges made against our people,aa their
falsity axe as patent to well informed
citizens of ths : North as they are here.
Two specimen samples taken at random
only are given without comment:
The writer says’ ‘‘Any man may com
mit a murder there, and if he he a m^n
in high life, and do it for personal rea
sons, and have a whits skin, with a great
certainty that no ono connected with thee
law will take notice of his crime.”
And again: We read of banditti ia
Italy, who make it ncrafe for A traveler
who has any money 10 get outside the
lines of ordinary travel, and we wonder
at the imbeoility bf-a government that
can give him no protection, and at the
low civilization that renders suoh abases^
and outrages possible. We hava no
longer any reason J to look abroad for
anomalies of this sort. These Southern
murders give ovidenoe of a lawlessness
and a degraded civilisation much mors
' '*■' ' ~ HMticsn.be found
mountains.
notable than anything tea* c
among the Italian wiftto and
They are abominable—beyond the power
of an ordinary pen to charscterizi. Thera
is nothing whatever to be said in apologj
for them. Tha American, when he read*
of them, can only bang his head in hor
ror arid shams, and gtoan over the fact
that snch fiendish deeds can ba perpe
trated under the national flag without
punishment, and without even tbe notice
of those who pretend to administer the
* • *V XJ | h its
Now,the only question to be considered
after reading the above is, will tbe peo
ple of ^the South consent to admit aqy
longer to their homes and firesides, tha
Scribner publication!? In other wards,
do they intend to feed and foeter any
enterprise which thus shows itself to be
tbeir d ladliest foe and most malignant
traducers. We trust not.
The Fruit CrOF.—The New York
Herald, of Saturday, reports the oat-look
of the fruit otops bn the Hudson river JlilUionitsly heilthy end sn«F"jrj
and Southern New York as altogether on- lAta* an RflMsOliOS ^ * « -s
precede n ted. Strawberies end raaberrlea
of ell the numerous varieties give prom
ise of an unusual - abundance. The crop
of peaches wilt bo enormous. The epples
only are not particularly promising.
If you are troubled with Dytpepsia,
pain in the region of the.Heart, Liver or
Kidneys, or any other painful symptoms,
do not wait to confirm ths disc eee, but
break It np at once by using Dr. Ball’s
Baltimore Pills. You will thank us for
the advice. ; • ; ",
—Herr Joschim, the great violinist, went
into a hsir-dresser’s In London to have his
h»ir cut. *2ou really, sir, ought to show
me to take a little more off. if yon do not
wuhto ba tiken tor a nadlor,’ euu the
operator.
Lose not tby own for went of asking it ?
Lose not your infant for want of Dr. Boll’*
Btby Byiup, which any druggist will »ell you
for 15 cents a bottle.
one another’* throat*,
themselves in theprooeat! 7Vk« •l?“pP t h5
thingwuis, any wajt ‘Wareo
—The Italian authorities ass _ ,.
awakening to the necessity oft»wP nb!ic Ve
to ameliorate the sanitary oondhinn 5„* te P«
where th. death rata u from
l.COOtoaain London. Booh a**®
rendered tbe mors imperative is
ing population, In 1874 it wu
it is 270,000 M «».00ti; no*
—Acoording to statist!-* In.,
there were 18.738 young
twenty German uaiVMmUM d^KMtho
tar semester just pasted, i r ,? 8 the win.
were studying theology. 5100 i,_ 9.433
537 medkanl-7.657 bring h.^ ^3.1
philosophical faculty.
the most part from 19 to 22 lot
—The Washington. Kentuekyw,,^
says: Mr.JohnT. Leare!.™;^ vJ*® 12
owns a two weeks’ oldooit
two hind Isgs end three foralLv^
fetlow is aa lively a* a erick« ,5? 8 iltu «
about with the utmost agUitv are m ° Te8
goto all toe gaits natmriij,^ 6 * 8 ®- ,H»
to be a number one saddle mdaTi pt0m - 8 *-s
—By the death of his sister vw *> ,
Wheeler is left entirely alone in C6 »?» re,Utct
without family, his wif* hsviL diif™ tla ’
ipgtcn in 1875 and no ohilcJen
been bora to him, and withcnfl® 1
a solitary oousCT c iergjS^ n 0 t ! k ;”
who discovered his rsiVtionshin ft9»
Presidential oimpalgn of 1876 ^ dutlD 8th3
—The captain of a vaseel, *talit„m;.
elontiy meeting, said: ’T»i n,;,!!? 11115 '
cannibal feast in ons of ’the
presided over by the king. HbSUSft
was upon
feast was held and united with
of three thousand persons in Chris
ship, and. heard toe same VmR pnblic!^ "'
hia reoeption of Christianity.’ Th«^
should groatly feiicitate himeolf ou
that he was not eaten when he first met Mb
the banquetets of Fiji. 1
—The oolored Republicans of Ohio a
very atrongln their opposition to FtataS
Tmmin.tinn lesdeta eK-
vote fc:
ia Columbus have arid' that ‘thesokn!
dred colored voteta in Franklin uotmt« Foskr
wonld not get flf ty. In Cincinnati the senti.
meat is even stronger, and a leading cubic’
man said tost none of his raoe could to en.
tnueiastic for the author of tho Louisiana re-
port, and Foster .wool! feel the rssentmec 1
of five thousand colored voters.
—It seems about settled that New York ii
to loan one of ita ancient landmarks, which
tha most devoted antiquarian, however via
not grieve <o see demolhhed Investigation
by the municipal authorities hu fnl y estsb
liehed what pe pie knew well enough before
that the old rookery styled Fulton Uwketij
both unsafe as a buidiuganda breederof
pestilence, by reason of Us til,by condition
Everybody agrees that it onght to be torn
down without delay, and as tbe msiket men
offer to bnild a new market themselves if the
oity wUt giva them a long leiee of the ground
there onght not to beany difficulty about
making the change.
—The terrinle ‘commencements’ e&js tho
Conrier-Jonmal, are at hand, and ont or
every t,000 ‘essays’ which tho swest girl
graduates of this country will read, jddgizz
from our observations in the past, wo predict
that, unless th. subjects be changed, eighty,
one of those essays will be on ‘ive Yu• ago
of Life;’ 137 on ’Woman’s Missit n; tifiy-
tbreeon ‘Man the Architect of HtsOvn
Fortune;’ ninety *eight on ‘We Launch Ou
Bark—Where is tbe cihore?’sevtnty-fonr on
‘True Heroism; 103 on ’Night Brings 0. t the
Blare;’ sixty-one on ’Honor and Fame from
No Condition Rise, Act WeU Thy Fart,’ etc;
thirty-nine on the ’Philosophy of ibo Vc-
conditioned,’ eighty five on ’ We Gither Light
to 8oatter,’ ana tho remaining 269 on mil.
cellaneons subj eots. Willi tome changes in
themes, these figures will be tqurily as ap.
plicab e to the orations of the boys.
—Tho Washington correspondent of tho
New York Herald, says it has leaked ont to
day that in the protracted mooting cf lha
Joint Committee last night 8en&terThnrcin
made a very forcible and .emphatic tptec’j,
declaring that, of coarse, the appropriation
must bs parsed; that it would be unpatriotic
and disastrous- to the Democrati: put; to
refuse them; that the army must be tuataic-
edand necescary supplies voted, and be
favored the passage of the appropntion bills
pure and simple under any circumstances.
The speech of Senator Thurman wilt have
an important effeot, especially asm tho joint
With Mr. Thurman on this ground it neei*
only that the Southern meu make known
their will ta cause the immediate adoption of
a resolution to pass tho appropriations with*
ont further delay acd adjourn.
—An unprecedented scene ocoirrcd in tho
Assize Court in Paris the other day, on Iks
trial of three most dangerous scoundrels,
who stole cabs, in many instances drove fare*
to remote plaoes, and then ill used and rob
bed them- They were alt powerful men, ud
the police, rightly, as it tamed out, tbo gtt
them likely to make a violent attempt to re
caps from the dock. In coDsequ:;..'- tbo
usual military guard was douclea, and sen
tinels were placed at every i.eue fnm tto
court. The 1 w does not allow prisoners to
be chained or handcuffed doting then trul,
but, as a precaution, officers were ready to
clap OQ.handepff s the moment scntencawu
pronounced. Tha Court condemned tho
three to penal servitude for life, ana in in
instant two of them were seized and pinion
ed, but they kicked tbe policemen who held
them. Tbe third fought for a long tint
With half a dozen guardB, «id veu- W
drew the sword from the ecabbud of one of
Hum, corning all tbe time,
—Several artioles and letters hive beta
printed iu the German piper* of late finding
the efficacy o' ths sting of the common tee
as a care for goat Here is one of ths latest
Of these commun.crticns, which appeirm
only a few days ago in the Augebnrg Mtn*
big Gazette. ‘I was lying in oed,’ says the
writer, ‘Buffering from a hsavy attack or
Kont, .accompanied vyith violent piins m mj
left foot; when I chanced to resn in a nows’
paper an article desrribinghow gout m.J M
cured ty the sting sf bees. I at once dete^
mined to try the remedy, and eoun contrive-,
a email box by . means of which a csptnrsa
b*e ooold b» applied to the tlEmed ptrt-
1 then let my foot be stung ty three ba-a in
snoceauon. each bee leaving uis eung b nma
in my flseh After a few minutes, to 8 ? 8
stings were extracted; end »bsn the pin
censed by them h&d subsided. I fo nd wj
tho gouty pain had also left me On tns
same day s left my bed, and on the mo * 1 °.
was able, to walk- abont, : -For some
time my footr WW« alightly infiam d, «B“
experienced some burn'ng aensitioD;
font or five dsys.tfiis" left me, end 1
completely recovered.’
New Orleaes Utallh Frospetl*-
New Orleun Tientat >» r
The' Boxioas end oft repeated inquiry
now gttag the roonds Is, “Will ws hiw
yellow fever this jeer?” Hundred ?’
families who ; wUhld cheerfully remns
through tbe summer in this city ii
were no danger from f6ver, arc cnt=':
and resiles-, fearing there m*y 1 8 “ i ' -
ger from furor, are uneasy aadreiuM 3 !
fearing tSfts may be danger of s reffl*'
renee of list yiaria plague. So, t :o, >
of the country towns nre vigilant and «•
ger to grasp at fbs first excuse to aeci*
shotgun quarantine against this city*
To all each we would simply ssy ”
at no time has Neik Ot leans been
from fevers of any '-description, or --
ited less tendency to yellow fever *
sow,' The death rate is lower thw ,
bas bees ineveiuwhM. -were cons: =
to be healthy yearm: tbe winter l^s
UaasuallysBVsrew Abe Fpriog cool M
rainfall neither slack nor . exc<!a! * T ^' t , s s
present there ia not the slightest r ,
to believe that th|a»*Mon will bem 8 ”^
byevan Hie nanal sporadic oases .
have frequently appeared in so*- 8 ?
demio years, and it amounts to •» .
possibility for yellow terer to obtain
epidemic foothold. Invariably
demic years, April and May were
by the appearnnoa of malanal , —^at
different kinfls, giving a
was to oome, snd there never ha i y
year reoorded in which thoce
occurred later on. npiaeum»
fever are always foreshadowed, a . sCD i,
toe premdnttory symptoms ,', e ,9e.
we,oan rely on the absence of , coa
It is onr firm belief, therefore, bss
reaaon, tost not only will this e -,7 el i,
tiri-ly free from yellow fever «
but even from other fevers and ^
whioh often oppear in ell SaI ?t :f ‘_ n ,hit e
We believe tbis year will be tc« 6
after tbe storm, the season cf h 8
comfort after the yesr ot desol*
death.
'i he Macon and Augusta w
Injunction —Tho “PP 6 * 1 , ln ^r’.rt to*
the Supremo Court failed t'
decision of “>e lower tribun^ #bi ,
necessary result the ' Vo’U 5 -
sold under the order of Ju^e
The sals wul be made by toe «j|.
railroad through Ue attorney, Joug*
Ham M. Reeee, trustee.