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Mi ON. 4A. JUNE 250. 1870.
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No Constitution Aaus.—Good broth
ow, sMOoufitently cxpseted to receive
a barbtcu. d E tdical or at least an opos-
snm after your grand birthday ftle of the
17th. Bat nary morsel or paper. That
is hard. Are our MilledgeviUo trane-
gresfeiona never to bo cordoned ?
Xiiks. Conflict.—Atlanta Dispatch :
About half-past tour o’clock yeoterday af
ternoon a core! fight took pi*C9 in the
jdr, juat above the oentre of. the city. A
bastard, attraoted perhapa from his na
tive taunts by the imeU of the decaying
alUntnn* trees or stinking sowers, hov
ered over tbe city in his nsual swing-
aronnd-'.he-ctrde style, and seemed to
■niff something in the way of s delicacy
A lock of martins immediately attacked
the funl bird, alighting on fata back and
flying all over and about him in such
Daubers.an to impede his progress arc.
cause the scavenger of the air to make
strenuous efforts to get* out of the
clutches of the ferocious martins. They
whined him until bia ire was raised when
he turned over over once or twice, and,
disengaging ’himself, made a straight
shoot op in the air, leaving the martins
masters of the field. They no doubt
wished to repel any invasion of their
territory. Daring the conflict feathers
flew in every direction, and it was evi
dent that the buzzard would not have
yielded bat for the overpowering num
bers ot his enemy.
Tub Bill Cask.—The Dispatch says :
The coart opened this morning, end
after disposing of a few prelimlnarns, the
order of argument was announced as fol
lows : For the State, Messrs. Good win,
Hoke Smith and Solicitor General Hill.
For the defense, Meatrs. Glenn, Bray
and Gartre L > i
Before going into argument the Slate
produced a letter, referred to in the pris
oner’s statement aa being written by Sim
mons to Mrs. Hill.whion ths State pro-
posed to prove Was not in the handwrit
ing of Simmons. Th9 defense objected,
but (bo coart ovenaled the objection.
The first witness was Earnest Booh, one
of the State’s counsels, who testified ihat
letter bad no resemblsnoe to the chirog
raph? of the diseased. A. A. Brooks
also testified that it was not Simmons’
Writing. A. A. Manning was alao put on
the stand, and swore that tbe letter was
not In tbe dtoised’a handwriting.
The Cunrt room has been crowded every
day by acxions friends and lookers-on,
and tbe interest among those who do not
attend has not decreased one whit since
the beginning of tbe trial. The result
of tbe affair has been freely discussed
and a variety of opinions expressed.
Many have declared their belief to be
that toe prisoner is a monomaniac on the
snbjeet of love for hia wife. Others be
lieve that tbe jury should render a ver
dict of acquittal inatanter, while there are
others who think that the prisoner should
be punished.
Tn-re can be no denying that the pris
oner baa a boat of friends. This is made
manifest by ths eagerness to applaud any
tnrn in the evidence tending to favor
him.
On tbe same subject that manly and
outspoken j .urnal, the Griffin Sun, says:
The evidence is positive that Simmons, if
cot others, had invadsd the sanctity of
Hill's marital relations and added insult
to tbe injury by boasting of tbe fact.
.Hill’s wito ib but a yonng, vain, foolish
end pretty woman who had been reared
by kind parents and taught the proprie
ties as well as tbe religion of life. Her
husband doted cn her and cared for and
treated her kindly and even now has not
discarded her. Simmons was what is
termed a very clever yonng man and we
knew him personally as so worse than a
great many who are highly respected in
•every community. Bathe did that whioh
he would not have tolerated in any other
man were be himself concerned, and-he
has reaped the consequences. We would
-net encourage the takiog of life nor the
doiDg of crime in any of its forms through
the medium of our paper but, may God
’forgive us if we are wrong, when we say
that there was no other redress for Hill
and, from tbe standpoint of a natural man
-we feel mat he shot Simmons in delense
of not only his own dearest lights but
<the sacred rights of every otner man.
There is mush that is true and forcible
ia the above remarks, for of course the
man who invades the sanctity of one’s
dearest family relations should be slain
on the spot like a bandit or mad-dog
Bat then, how if both parties are guilty,
Well ti we mightlbe inclined to shoot the
masculine offender, bat tbo other might
"go to grass.”
Gbiwin Neict: Colonel Jones of tbe
Macon Tzleobaph and Me.singes, was
too modest to copy a complimentary par
agraph whioh we published about him.
He enonla make the exoeplion to the
cute when, as in that instance the com
pliment was really deserved end honestly
intended. The Sun tries to be honest
and sincere in the bestowal of such fa
vors, and takes pleasure in putting them
in at times when they should do good, if
ever. Some times we publish compli
mentary notice* of ourself which make
us b u,b, but we do so to let our readers
know what others think of the Sun, and
to show in; appreciation of the kindness.
The fact is, we don’t lie abont. it, we
want oar wife to read them, she couldn’t
be mad.- to believe but that they are all
honestly meant and well deserved, and
we like to please her.
* Toabow onr genial contemporary that
his kindness is appieolated, the more es*^
peoUlly aa it dote not oontaln the said
compliment to the writer, we pnb-
Ihh ths above, but mast Insist,
upon .saying that Brother Hanleiter
never printed a pleasant paragraph from
any other paper oonoerning himself, that
we do not endotse and pronounce richly,
'merited. He does sand out one of the
wittiest, m at original and independent
sheets in tbe State. And who will gain
say tbe fact? ,
Oobobserving friend Blocker says: In
JBioffton, oarn is being vended ut fifty
oents per bnsbel, whioh speaks well for
that section.
Fatal Tbifltko with Fibe Arms.—
Early County Nnet: Ws are pained to
- j leans that Mr. E. A. DuBose's litile son,
whom we reported last week as having
been accidentally, or perhaps more cor
rectly speaking, carelessly, thot by Mr.
Ja*• S. Garrett’* son, died of his wonnd,
and was boried on Saturday last, just one
week from tbe time he was shot. We
hope this sad affair may at l-.aat have the
effect of impressing on the minds of boys
the necessity of great cere in too nse of
fire arms. Tbe parents of both boys
have onr sympathies, for tbe affair is
probably not less mournful to the onethan
the other.
What too Much Fiex Water Did.—
Augusta Neir*: A sad accident happen
ed two mile* -.he other side of Stone
Mountain Saturday night, abont 11:30
.o’clock. Mr. Eugene M. Johoeon, a
** young man 21 years of age, had come
. from his inotnex’*, at Dnlnth, to Stone
Mountain, to vieft bis sister and other
relatives, but found that she was visiting
a brother residing about three miles the
other sida of the Mountain. It is said
he took several drinks and after night
. started to walk up to his brother’s. The
engineer of tbe down freight train
thought he saw something knocked
fr"w> tbai;«<*k nnd so informed tho en-
(id ’« of the up t rain. They stopped at
thu place and found the mangled re
mains of the yonng man. His body was
crashed and oat to pieces, the skull
broken. It is supposed that he woa in
toxicated and 4 went 'tfi sleep while sit°
ting on the track when within a quarter
or nearly a half mile of his brother'and
sister. An inquest on Sunday was held
and a verdict in accordance with these
facts rendered. -1
CtMl AND TaKC SATISFACTION.—(The
Grinflin Sun says: , Speaking ot ’Mr.
Waterman’s address before the Sands;
Sehool conventions wS remaiked last
week that there wastao tolling Waterman
out do an til he tries, - Tbe Macon Tble-
oraph and Mzsazsaza oopled the par»-
grapB thus, ‘ mere IS po tailing what
Waterman oan do nqtilhe tries?’; »nd
tbns knocked tho pith ontof our sentence.
We’ve oaused the-death taf ose or two of
onr oompositors in- times past far Jjast
snoh effenses. . n , ^msyryv« .i * 3
Sow, cur eontempomry must know that
we nre not responstbjs that “what,”
but the compositor knew better of.course.
All we otn da under the eircumstanoee is
to surrender bis so rip on demand.
Pfiicrona Estival —The result of a
protracted owing- aJfcOB^^jjriij^irfan
aid, twenty-six new members and a great
rovivri of .God’s people.- The members or
the Presbyterian and Methodist churches
with* their pastors, united zn partaking
of the Lord’s Sapper, in the Methodist
Charob last Sunday night.
A Bid Tebl—The LiFiyette Hessen
gtr, noticing- the qisim that a tree in
*VoehiLgton, W.Uee Ciuo.y, is the Ur
ges! tree in Georgia, nays'that Walker
cianty has a sycamore tree, on Henry
Hiofc’a farm, near Upper Core, that is
more than twloe as large. It Is supposed
to be aboat one honored and twenty feet
high, Is fl'ty-eight feet In circumference
and nineteen and ona-thlr^f dht. in diam
eter. - It li hollow, with a riainral door,
three feet wide, and seven feet high. >
This is qmte a respeoteble approaoh to
the great ocestitiion Hock Emrybroogh
a hollow of whioh the highway passes.
A Savage Indictment.—Cody era Weeh-
l]/: Yet a little while and tho Georgia
LidgUUtnre will be m extra session. For
what purpose? To attend to the busi
ness of the State and assist tho people ?
No. To work for their own private In*
Yes. ti endeavor to pat do jd crime
and sia and build up too benign influ
ences of love and morality ? No. To
attend the operas, wait on fast women,
hang around faro banks, drink whisky
and ourto their constituents t -*■«.. To
be tree to their constituents and vote
Lad-week—ito-their interests? No. To
sell’ their votes and services to scheming
rogues and politicians, in order to put np
at tbe. big noiels and pay their whisky
and other intemperate bi.Is? Yes.
Oar respected contemporary starts ont
with n mistake. The ensuing meeting
ot tbe General Assembly is not an extra
session, but a necessary piolongation of
the Nsvefaibi* term to enable the local
badness of the country to be transacted.
While we are free to admit that onr legis
lators like all olhBr mortals are prone to
err, yet toe present .body of law-givers
ia made up of many commanding intel
lects and sterling men. Indeed it will
oompare favorably with any of their pred
ecessors.
Gonb to Bsst.—The Times says i We
regret to learn that the venerable T. Q
Cossels, of Liberty oonnty, fatner of Mr.
S. J. Cossels of this pUce died at bis
residence in that county on Thursday.
Ho was full of years and honors.
A Monument to Col. Alston.—The
Atlanta correspondent of the Chronicle,
and Sentinel writes :
The friends of the late Colonel Eobert
A. Alston propose to build a monument
to bis memory. It will probably be
erected over his grave in the Decatur
cemetery. Few men in the State had
more warm personal friends, and nearly
all these will contribute to the erection
of the proposed memorial. E1 warn Cex
is still in jail here, hopeful and cheerful
to a remarkable degree. He is confident
of a new trial. Never yet has he seemed
to realize the terror of hia situation.
Witn a life-time doom hanging over bis
bead be seema confident all tae while
tbat some power will intervene to savd
him. His lawyers are preparing the mo
tion for a trial with great care. It will
be heard aome time next' week before
Jnage Hillyer. There is really little
hope of Ub success, but if tbe Judge
overrules it there will be an appeal to the
Supreme Const. This will cause a long
delay.
Madisonian: Thraa little petty flings
at Governor Colquitt by a few papers
«hoaa cnareoteiiaiio restores are to ridi
cule or abase every one who happens to
be in tbe way of same of their favorites
for office, meet no response from tbepeo
pie, and are doing-more to re-elect hia
Excellency than anything they could
write or say io bia behalf.
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel; Thi
Oolambus Enquirer sees no reason wh
members ot military companies should '
<-xempt from jary duty. Nor do -i
Every citizsn should do bis share of pal
lio duty. , ■
Cr.rs . nr Habtis. — Enquirer-Sufij j
8ome of onr subscribers in H.rria in
form os that the corn and cotton orop*
are unusually promising at the present
time. -Sufficient, though not an exoess
of rain, baa falles, and crops are grow
ing finely. A better prospect boa not
been seen for years. _The wheat and oat
crops have been harvested, and are muoh
better than was anticipated.
Biscuits in Abundance.—La m p k In
Independent': The mills ia this section
have oeen very basy this week grinding
wheat. from the lower oonnties. We laarn
that Brown’a mill had to run all night in
one or two instances. ( i: ;
Per contra the same paper says:
The peach crop will scarcely amount to
anything in this county’, nor .will'any
other frnit crop’unless the. watermelon
laiiaM!, »»«." UIS *-> 1
Az last accounts the trial of Mr. HiU.
for murder in Atlanta, had gone to the
jury. After being out some time, failing
to agree upon a verdict, they came into
court again and naked for farther inatrno.
tions from Jadge Hillyer. j .
It was thought that they would come
to a decision without muoh further delay.
The Constitution, speaking of the frail
creature who has been the cause of so
much trouble, says:
She has been present excepting only In
tervals in the trial when testimony of her
acts cr denunciation of them were in pro
gress. It is said that she has objected lo
thi?, but has been held to the exhibition
by her husband. He refuses, and has con
tinually ref used to see evil in -her, and
hia bliad, unreasonable and almost un
natural fondness for her, despite the
proof against her, and the convictions of
hia relatives and warmest friends, ia one
tho most marvellous, unaccountable
things about the whole affair. This faith
and this devotion amount more to insani
ty than anything else. It is not only
painful, but pitiful. Daring Solicitor
Hill’s final speech for the State she woe
conspicuous by her absence. ‘ ' •
Catoosa Brantas.—Constitution: There
springe will be formally opened on next
Tuosdey, tfceSUb, with a large ball, at
which three bands of mnaic will be used.
Invitations are now being sent out, and
if wo mistake not it will be the opening
of a brilliant season, and we trast a very
successful one. Already over fifty rooms
have bsen engaged, and everything is
now in order for five hundred guests.
Old residents in the neighborhood of the
springs assert that the springs have not
looked eo clean and pretty in many
years. .
The Dispatch says the Wild Land legis
lative committee is doing yeoman work
for the State in unearthing fraudulent
land trans&otions in the past. Wo quote
as follows: They meet early in the
morning, work until dinner, and after
dinner resume their labors until six
o’clock. - The investigations are thorough
and minute, and when ready to report to
tbe Legislature will show the many
thousands of dollars the State has been
swindled oat of, into whose hands it has
gome, arid why ifcie retained,
gantic undertaking, and probably some
of the mud-sill facts will never be reached.
If the committee were to close their la
bors to-day, they have dome enough to
forever merit the support and good will
of their constituents, for they have
trooed tho State’s money into certainpar-
tiee bands,’and will be able to show the
State where it ie. ^
These patriotic gentlemen are working
without the hope of reward. No appro
priation was made to defray one cent of.
their expenses, and henoe each one foots
his own bills. It was a labor put upon
them by the Legislature, and they are
cheerfully serving * he State gratis, to the
utter neglect ot their private business.
Such unselfish conduct should not pasB
unrewarded. V ^
Ths same phpiff contains an interest
ing-sketch of :Chaitman D. A Eassell
and hits associates, Messrs. Lewis Strick
land, John' htDuld and F. D. Davis.
-Their report will make a sensation.
Death or ax Old and Lam anted
Cmzw.—Hinesville Gazette: h is cor
sad duty to chronicle, tbe death of Mr.
Tho*. Q Cassells, a prominent oitizen of
onr county. His death occurred last
Thursday after a very short illness. He
had reaobed the ripe old age of seventy
one years, and was still strong and robnsi
nntil taken off by disease. Tbe funeral
services were oondneted by Bev. J. W.
Montgomery at Fiemmgton otrarcb, of
which church Mr. Cauele has been an
elder ever sinee its orgamzitioD. The
Urge ooneontse of people was an evi
dence ot the profound respect and es
teem entertained tor him by all classen
For neatly half a oentniy Mr. T. Q.
Cassells was identified with tbe pnblio
interests of the country, and at different
times was honored by the people sb
their representative in the Legislature,
and over pnblio assemblies he was inva
riably selected to preside, a posnioa
whioh he graoed by hits suavity of man
ners, hia native dignity and venerable ap-
pearanoe. ! iii I <3 ’ ' J il
PxB30nal.—Monros Ad vertiser: Eera.
Robert F. Jackson and Gfiffiin, Episco
pal ministers of Maoon, will oonduot di
vine service In the Presbyterian Onnrch
on next Thnrsday night.
Adhitted to the Bab. — Augusta
Neves; Mr. EJ. B. Hook was admitted to
the bar this morning at 9 o’clock, after
a most creditable examination, in open
coart, before hia Honor Judge Claiborne
Sneed, of tbe Augusta Circuit. The ex
amination was conducted by Messrs. F.
H. Miller, 8. F. Webb, J, C C Black and
Salem Dutcher. After an exnaustive ex
amination showing the applicant’s thor
ough acquaintance with the principles of-
law, and testing the gronnd-work of hia
professional study, Judge Sneed stated
that he considered any farther question
ing nnnsoes-ary on bia part; whereupon
he administered the oatb, and, together
with tbe bar, congratulated Mr. Hook on
his propitious entrance to the high pro
feBBion of tbe law.
Mr. Hock is the eldest son cf Judge
J. S. Hook,one of the most prominent law
yers in tbe State, and will go into part
nership with his father in this city. Hia
training was reoeiyrd direct from his
father, whioh, with bis inherited talent,
accounts for hL. thoroughness and famil
iarity with the work and principles of
8 WAINXSBOBI Herald: Aronto fortbo
projeoted raiirosd rrom this point to (be
CiDoocbee river, where it V7iil be joined
to Wadley & Co’s, road, was surveyed
last week. We hope the grading will be
began in a very short while.
A Nbqko Suioidz. — Enquirer-Sun:
Yesterday morning No. 1 rock was th-
geene of a suicide. The party committing
the tash act was a mulatto girl named
Mollie Jackson. The suicide of a negro
is something heretofore unheard of,-and
there must have been some cause besides
thesa now assigned. Thosa who wit
nessed tbe act f’the fishermen who were
jnst across the narrow channel) say she
came down abont 11 o’clock snd sat on
the rock for shone thirty minutes, and
they supposed was going to fish. She
tied her shoes and her bonnet, then,
standing erect, pointed to the water and
to tbe sky, which she did three time?,
when she made the fatal plunge. A ne
gro man hallowed at her not to jump, bat
unheeding his warning she leaped into
eternity.
Search was commeqced for the body*
bat not until 5 o’clock in the afternoon
was it found. Lemuel Daniel, colored,
who tad been dragging all tbe afternoon,
at last succeeded in|fiuding her.
cause Assigned.
The deceased was about sixteen years
of age, and daughter of William Jack-
son, formerly porter at the Central Ho
tel. She was sent on an errand abont 10
(/clock, and retained bo more. The
came assigned for the rash act is mis
treatment at home. It Is said her father
scolded her on Snnday night, and she re
torted he wonld not have the opportuni
ty of doing so again.
Another case cr Dkownino.—The
same paper gives an account of the
drqwning on Snnday of Tommie Kent,
son of Mr.. C. C. Kent, who got over Lis
dsplh while bathing in the river, and be.
ing unpbie to Swim, went down to rise no
more. • !
True, Evert Word.—Milledgavillo
Recorder: We shall always feel tbit the
removal of >he eapltel by 'the military in
Against the' subsequent 1 selection of At
lanta ssthe Capital,,by a role of the peo-
pie, we- haw no wand; of ooroplalnt, al
though we do-not believe it was the dfe-
size of a majority ot the taxpayers. That
qaeitioa^JjCtettledi but the Lot remains
that some sor t of remuneration ia due to
tbe oil zhUs of Miliedgoyiile who bought
property here With the pledge of the
Slate tbat Hilledgevills should remain
the Capital. We, however, place pur
claims for tbe utilization, for edu
cational purposes, of the valuable
property located here, upon mors
general, and higher grounds, viz: the
pnblio good-’ It must be plain to any
man, who haa bean honored with a seat
in the General Assembly, that intermedi
ate school?, feeders to onr universities,
and a higher business education than that
afforded by our common schools, to those
who camiot attend the universities, is
demanded in onr edaostiouri system.
The idle pnblio property bore offers fa
cilities, snob as no people ever possessed
before, for the. establishment; of snah a
sohool. We cannot believe our r»pre->
tentatives will neglect each so opporta
nity and leave the pnblio buildings here
to go to deeay. The memories of tbe pjwt
and the hopes of the fatnre alike demand
a liberal and enlightened consideration
ol the snbjeot.
Secorder: We learn that Captain A. C.
McKinley has been appointed Judge o‘
the County Court to fill tbe vacancy
caused by the death of Colonel Pct;r
Fair.
Bitten bi an Alligator.—SAvannah
News: On Sanday evening, as a young
man wa> returning from Bsnaventure,
be encountered an alligator about four
feet long leitarely crossing the track
below Bchuetzen Park Junction. Heat
once proceeded to esptore tue amphib
ious tourist, so to speak. In ths effort,
however, tbe ’gator managed to seize his
captor by tka right hand and severely bit
him la the thumb, inflicting a sericni
wound. He did not yield np the 'gator
nntil the city was nearly reached, when
he relieved himeelf of ita further care by
turning it over to two negro boys whom
he encountered on the way,
A Magkiticxnt Plant.—The News
says: The century plant gracing the
portico ot Mr. Stoddard’s residence on
Harris street will bloom this week. It is
now covered with fifteen hundred burst
ing bads.
Homicide in Jasper."—Monroe Adverti
ser j On the 10th inst., we learn, a young
man, Thomas Grubbs, sou of the Snerilf
of Jasper oounty, shot and instantly killed
a negro, name unknown. The circum
stances of this deplorable affair, as under
stood in the immediate neighborhood of
the fray, are substantially as follows:
Yonng Grubbs was on his father’s planta
tion, superintending the work, and bed
employed a negro woman, "sister of the
deceased, to cock for him. For some
neglect . of duty od her pait she was
chastised on the morning ot ths lO.fa. A?
eooo ss the broih-r heard of tms he went
to Grubbs’s residence, where he not only
soled very insuleot.y, but altered repeat
ed threats of haring revenge. After this
Grubbs armed himself, and as booh as
he went to the fisld where the negro was
at work, tbe dispute again oome up, and
became so excited that tbe deceased re
sumed bis threats, and also appiosohed
Grubb, with hoe raised, the latter fired
two plat 1 shots, one of whioh struok the
negro and passed threngh hie body in
the direction of the heart. After running
a few steps he fell dtad YouDgGruob.,
it Is stated, surrendered to bis father, the
sheriff,. at once, and the latter sajB be
shall stand 'rial for the so:^
The Advertiser rays: The wheat crop
of Monroe county is turning out to be the
best that haB been grown in the county
for years. Mr. Andrew Zriler says bis
crop is the best be ever made. On twen
ty-six acres the yield was three hundred
and ninety bushels; on six acres of tbe
twenty-six the yield was one hundred
and thirty-eight and two thirds bushels,
without manure, o 3 one acre, the best,
the yield was forty otuhels, and this was
not manured.
A New Business.—Swainesboro Her
ald : Our mail-driver ia peddling on go
phers ; a peck of plums is the price usu
ally asked for a particularly fine speci
men.
Immense Insurance Dividend.—The
Soatnern Matasl Insurance Company, of
Athens, Georgia, has just declared a div-
ldond of 60 per cent, to policy holders of
tbe ojmpany upon the profits of the past
fiscal year.
Almost Gone.—Mr. John A. Wilson
haa a very narrow eacspe from drowning
at Tybee on Sanday. He was in fcvhiog
in tbe Enrf, when hta bat'-.ing snit slipped
around hie legs, prevent tog him from
swimming. His perilous condition was
observed by a coo pie of gentlemen, wno
went to his. ssiiatanoe aod brought him
ashore in an ‘ insensible oooditioo. Res
toratives Were applied, and after a short
time be revived, and we Wrn has expe
rienced no serious tffeots from (LO mis-
hap. i v
EDITORIAL L'OBRESI’ONDEJiUE.
Wasblioton, Jane 16,18.9.
all in a muddle
This is emohauc&Uy the pteB3nt condition
of affairs here, both as regards the fate of
ono or more of tbo appropriation bills, and
the date of the adjournment. There fa a
beautiful equality all around in respect to
these maiteis. One man knows jnst ss
much as another, which is veiy ex is..orating
to eoma select lew, bnt immenstly cheerful
to'ho reet ot us I h»ve become so ois-
gusted with my own diemri failures in ihe
prophetic, me, at leaet as to at jourament,
that 1 am determined to make no more at
tempts m tha. direction Tho thug m»y
“ bast” this week, or it miy ran on a mumn
or more longer X near the Senate appro
priation eommittn will le.ort this afternoon
mfavorof amending the Home resolution
by Bnbetituung Friday, the 2utb, for to
morrow as the date, in which case you will
take in the gaad tidings with your breakfast
in the morning Bat as I e.y above it is ail
in a muddle, and a mo t particularly ngly,
missus factory, irritating muddle, and ono
wnicn I'fear means mizcb ef {hereafter to
ih? only party that the truunies of tho umti
have left to honuet men. We have lost
ground by this extra cession, or all signs
tie, and ine man who can’t see it is either
blind or stadia. Perhaps £ write myself
down both iu venturing tho above opinion.
1 emcerely hope eo
DULL
Yon cannot fail to know tbat this woid
describes t^e present Congress onal oitna-
tion xhe merest glance ic the telegrams
proves that No wonder eo m«ny members
of noth Houses aro daily slipping iff f r
p.easauter pastures Edmunds, of the ceu-
ate, and Morse, of Poston, Fernando Wood
and Kobcton, of tho House, havo cither sail
ed for -fc.ur.jpo or will do within a week. On
Wednesday Senators Go.d n and Limir
wil Io»vo for filiaa-Beippi to fill engagements
before literary insii.mions in that Stale -
the first at Aberdeen and tbe letter at Brook
h.vcn Of coarse both are paired on ail
political qubotions. Ths Home looi-s wo.«
fuiiy sum for half an h.urormore alter
Spe ker dams rips to order, and over in the
UOuate, one day last week, Judge Thurman
and Mr Hill wore >he omy S u&tore present,
whan (he Jadge ripped to order ana d recto
edtheUieik to rear the Juurnal. Instead,
however, of calling the senate to order, he
said: •• the oenaiur from Georgia w.ll come
to order,’’ which made tue pages smukor and
caused even the ancient Bissau to nearly
emie The ancient B is, yon most know,
peihsps the most dignified human being in
exiatpnee, eo 5ou can imagine how immense
ly Judge Thurman’s little joke must have
tickled him I bsfo noticed, UoweVcr, that
a nttie fan or \nt goes a gr at ways in the
Senate, and thus one can do an extensive
Lusmbsa ae a humorist on an aimosLinfinl-
tecma> capital. A Senator who can make
his colieigies smile outwardly ono* o:
twice in the course of a f onr hour speech is
oonsidered to have shown wonderfu. ap&cl-
ty aa a humorist, and Is Immediately voted
very frivuloua by Hamhu, Morrill and the
other ex ra solemn old pomps of that body
ONE DAT JT liU OIOX.
I was one of a thousand or more portons
who on last Friuay took part in ths sad
ceremonies o'f honoring the dost ot the Con
federate dead who sleep at Arlington The
ceremonies were simple yet moit impressive
and the address by Mr. BLokburn ono ot
the m.at beautiful snd appr>.p-i*te I hive
ever beard. He stood on the broad veran
dah ’hat rune the entire leDgth of the Man
sion. faring ths Fotomao, and in fall view of
the capital whose white walls glittereu ia the
soft light of the fast rieeeendmg sun. In
front of the house from a lofty stitt floated
the Federal flag, and all around an • nearly
up to ike step* of ths h-.use were the wmie
marble head atones cf ihe Federal dead
The scene was one of the most impressive:
have ever witnessed, and so seemed to think
the crowd that etoad is front of ihe bouse
with uncovered heads and save the speaker
almost rapt attention. If ever men and
women \;ere in earnest, and X am a Jadge or
it they were there. Tuere were not many
silks and diamonds, not much fine dressing
and 8.0w, bnt were earnest eyes, serictu
faces, loving hearts Bad willing hands
Flowers were in profusion and each grave
was richly dowered. Tney are all some dis
tance i. rear of the Mansion and entirtJy
surroun ted by those cf tbe Fedei ale The
latter are nursed by marble head-stone-,
bat onr dead sleep under rough wooden ones
on which is conspicuously painted in black
letters the word “ Hebei” Thus do had.-
cal hate and Radical mendac.ty follow to,
and insult in ths grave, the dost and
memory of the gallant dead. I stood by ono
of these head-board* and heard some one
call the attention of one of themo*t 111ns-
trioos chieftains of the Confederate army
Who was present, to th.e word. I shall
never fo-get the flash of his dark eye and
tbe expressisn of hia resolute face as he
answered: -‘it is a lie.” If tint be “dis
loyalty,” or ‘ treason,” let the saints make
the mo it of it. They do lie when they call
ns ** rebel*” and they know it.
The Mansion at Arlington Is oocu;ied by
the mAn'who has charge of the cemetery,
and as he haa 'ocked up mast of the rooms,
2 could not xatisfy my cariosity as to what
was inside them. He condescended to leave
a few of them open, hut all were bare of
furniture and looked quite deaoltte. Ar
lington most have been a delight! nl sum
mer heme, bat is rather suggestive to me of
an arctic temperature and ho«li->g winds in
win'er. The rooms are too large and the
ceilings too lofty to have been comfortably
wnmed by slave or grate. The graves of
Mr. .net Mrs. uu-ttis, Mrs Lee’s fatter and
mother, aro near tka spoi where the Oonrtd
orates are buried and aro almo*t surround
ed by head- etooee. O Jy a roush plank
fence oncloaes them and the inscriptions on
the tombstones are feet bexg obliterated.
Thi governmeut his curtalniy made Ar
lington one of tho loveliest spots I have
ever seen, but what a p.ty one cannot fozget
even while feasting one’d eyea 00 Ita beau
ties, thot it is stolen prop.rty sod that: its
retention is one or the most disgrace
ful acts ever perpetrated in any age. Tno
Federal Gjvernmeut, under H*dijal rule,
live been made to dLgraoe used . ery often,
bat in to inetanoe more snimefuily than
this. In any oJter country, utiling it.elf
civilized, tbe infamy wju d long emo have
been at least par inly couponed by its res
toration lo tho owuors.
O last’s ABABIUt BOSSES
Were am rug the sights lart week. They
were a preuen. from tka HulUn *nd wore
sent be e to be taken care of on the farm of
one of his cronre near ti e eity. V had curi
osity enough to cr 1 on them e ilo the: were
at a livery stable here and fotmd myself
pmhed and elbowed by a large and rosy
rr.ie**! an ons omwd on the u.me errand.
The game wa* not worth tho candle. I have
se*nm*nyilu?. horse* in a moat every re
aped. They were both gray ; one neatly
iron-gray, and the ether nearly white on
aome purrs of hia body. Both were rather
small—abont fourteen and three quarter
hands high. I heard a very “horsey’look-
ing party w th a red nose and bow legs re
mark—with email bodies and beautifully
shapedheadsA-Ld necks with about aa brib-
kant ayts as X ever saw in equine heads ana
clear timoe. though—to me—not notioeably
to I hardly think they would attract any
great attention if not Arabians and a pres
ent fron the Button, though of courts X am
not a judge in each matter*. Thor were
shod with American mi do shots, bu: those
worn m their country were sh u wn, consist
ing of a solid steel plate the size and shape
of the foot, with a hale abont an inch in
dlamtterm the centre. A. W. B.
[Communicated. |
Jane ISth, 1879.
Editors Telegraph & Messenger—As there
appears to be a di»cr«,ity of popular senti
ment with reference to the obnoxtuue quali
ties of tho Tree of Heaven, (aiiantus,) as an
ornamental, or shade tree, not only on ao-
oount of Its unpleasant odor, but upon the
assumption that it is injurious to health, it
may be well enough to inquire upon what
basis rosts the latter proposition It is now
universally conceded by all scientific enquir
ers that the leaves of all trees and plants
t x *rt a 0 mservative i t U sance open health in
the exercise of their function a- purifiers of
the air. By the prmc ple of actinism, that
ij. ths action cf the i»js cf tho sun upon
the green loaves of plants, cubonio aci a
ga* dottr ictive to animal life, and whi.h is
evolved in eucn immense quantities in-the
putrefaction of animal and vegetable matter,
is decomposed, ita carbon appropriated to
the nutrition of the plant and its oxygen re
turned to the air for tbe support of all liv
ing brings. Korea’s, therefore, cannot be
detrimental to health unless th*y are so
dense as to exclude sunlight and retain mo:s-
t re ia tho dead loaves tbit accumulate on
the eoil under ths branches of the trees ana
thus 1 aver their ojnaUnt deoay and evolu-
t on of nnhe<by gases. If. the.etore, the
debris of leaves, rotten limbs a_.d decaying
trunks of trees aro annually burned, we can
not eeo how even deLse foreeta can be pro-
judicial to health. This uuth has been il
lustrated in many parts or our State, now
considered nuuealihy, where the firet eet-
tlere were in the habit of annually corning
the forests for tbe benefit of lha luxuriant
grass a that afforded such bouctifnl sup
port to. their innumerable flacks and,herds.
Again, all odoriferous trees "and fragrant
flywere aro generators of czaner whiclisa
universal ug^nt omplOjOd by nature in des
troyingtho products of an mil and vegeta
ble! putrefacuon. For the exercise ot this
eons-rvauve agency by-tti» blooms of trees
and flowers It 'is.nut 4 absolutely; ueeescary
that tbe odor emitted by thtm. should be
agreeable 10 onr sense cf ameil It is well
known that theEuoalyptua tree is extensive
ly cultivated in many sections or country
nsturaJy unmlnbitaiiaby mm on ac.-ouot
of thtnr ext- emu unbealthfuineea and whioh
cave been made peifeo ly s&labrioua by the
vitalizing properties of the Fnoalyptua
trees. Upon the authority of Frol- a L
yeoman?, “ wj havo eviden e that the
planting tho Eucriypiu* in marshy localities
counteracts paludal fever. This haa been
.hewn ai the Capo, in the proviuo s of Ca
diz. Seville, Cordova, Valencia, and Barce-
luSvIn Corsica and in Algeiia At T-rdoek,
di-Unt a few miles from the rity of Algeria.
tnere"w*s afaim on the burns of the XUuty-
eo which waa noted for its terete, so that
p, ople died there “ like fl.e?,” so deadly w«s
the atmosphere. In tho Spring of the year
rS67,13,1)(JU Eucalyptus trees were planted
there, and 6Vtn in Jnly of the same munih
iu which the fever ia wont to bo moat viru
lent, ’here was not a single case of disease
altboujh the trees Were then nine feet in
beght;and the piaca baa bean free from
fevor ever since. In tho viemit, of Oon-
stantmo, the farm Ben Macbydlin was in tbe
tike bad repate; sllaronnd it vere swamps
tbat never were dry, n„t even in the hottest
summers Still, in fivd years, tnia great
moral's was completely dried by the plant
mg of 14 OcO E caiyptus frees, and the health
of tho Inhabitants haa ever be n excellent ”
The Encaiyptns is not omy a Very rapid
grower, bnt tike he Ailantns, it emit* avery
strong pungent odor which I believo is rath
er more agreeable to the olfactories than
tim emitted by the Atlanta*; but I think
tbat we may venture the assertion that their
inflaenco upon tbe atmocph<ne is alike con
servative by the generation of ozone, which
is ratal to all atmospheric disease producing
gorm ’. We cannot conceive how the Allan*
tua can bo prejudicial to nealth, un e:s the
aimoapbo e should become as densely laden
with their unpleasant odor as to irritate the
nerves f emeli sufficiently to react upon
oth:r organs and impair their fanctisn. No
authenticated facta confirmatory of this by-
pothos a has ever been brought to my
knowledge. It is true that individual idio
syncrasies present some marvelous instan
ces of nasal susceptibi itiea to particular
odors Thu* it is related tbat Qiercet,
Franc : s the First’a secretary ar ae from the
table and took 11 ght whenever an applb was
brought tuoutha table. “ Gretry w.e great
ly annojed by the odor of roses; that of a
hare otused Mdile Comat to tint. Odors
which disgust os like thu of aatfeoada and
or the vaierian root, are on the contrary
highly enjoyed by the Oriental* who Use
theeo substances fro indim-nt*." Xu indi
vidual inatances of ■ xtraordimry suscepti
bility to 8pecifia odors, we may readily con
ceive how the smel. of the Ailantns may ex-
eit an unhealthy influoare, nt upon ration
al principles we would enter a protest
aganst ths distraction of forest tree? u
general and a special plea for th9 presatva-
lion and mnltipucation of shade and orna
mental trees J. F. B.
Congesting Wilts.
The controversies over Vanderbilt's
and Stawir,’* wM« fcava tended to make
popular the oon’etiing cf wills. One of.
the Host oases is tnat of Mr. T. W. Wal
ler, of ITdtoote, P*. Hi bad for years
•nffeied a oontincccs death from b soro- ;
fnlons swelling, or "fevorsore,” ou his
limb. No pbyeioian oonid cure, or even'
givaro ief. Id hi* pain aud despair, he
w.llcd to have hia leg out off. His
friends contested hia will, and after re
peated tribls succeeded in "breaking” it
and persaadiog him to nse Dr. F.eroe’d
Golden Medical Discovery and Ptenant
Purgative Pellets. Under date of Da-
cembsr 14, 1877, he writes that “after
crying everything I oonid hear of in vain,
I took Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis
covery and Pleasant Pargative Pellets,
and they effeoied a speedy, perfect, and
permanent cure.” S*ad the People’s
Common Sense Medio*! Adviser, sn illus
trated work of ovet 930 pages. 100,000
copies already sold Prise, post-paid,
$1.50. Address tun author, R. V. Pierce,
,M. D., Buffalo. N. Y
Negro HtaniestHru.
We are not wont, says the" Charleston
News and' Courier, ‘to speak harshly Of
oar fellow Oilmans of African descent,
but tbs Gcronsr’s inquest* held kt Sum
merville on Sanday l*?t, on the body or
George Washington, (oolored) illustrates
so sirikmgly the want of humane feeling
for each other whioh characterizes the
race, that it demands our notioe. On Sat
urday night three oolored men found
Washington alongside the railroad track,
so injured that he could not walk. They
knew where he lived, and tbat it waa not
more than a mile off, yet they made no
effort to get him home, and failed to ren
der him any assistance whatever. They
did not go to his house and tell his wife,
but neither she nor any one the gave
auy heed to him until uext morning, and,
•rhon some oue did go to him, he was
dead.
Iastiuces o£ colored popla dying of
neglect are commbn enough both in city
and country, but they are generally for
want of a continuous care tb* neo?£sitj
of whioh these ignorant people do not
fnlly appreciate. But here was a man
suffering under circumstances calculated
to excite bum in pjmp.tby iu the liveliest
manner, and yet ho is left 10 die, not on
ly by tnese fellow-men, (who Were not
altogether strangers, tor they knew
where he lived) but b/ his own wife.
Snch a people surely need elevation in
some other way than by the right of suf
frage.
The StasoUBW Club.
At the Park yes erday the regular
praotioe of the Ocmnlgee Shotting Club
wss held, and the following score gives
an exhibit of tbe txcoution done by each
marks nan, breaking the " vttrious
gl b?*:”
Hal Chaa Taylor,
oioriiiiiimio liimolioo- 10
Not * J L Cook.
110100161111111001010 mo— is
No3 Bob Loekett.
1011100111111 011t10101111— SO
No 4 8 8 Price
00100001101111111101111111— IS
NoS RMRo*;er<.
11111100111111011000000000- 14
No 6 T U Hunuer«on.
Ill 11 111 11101110111 rooom— SI
No 7 RANUbet.
1*001000010100101010001100— 10
No 8 IHJohiuon.
01011011011111110010100010— IS
No 9 St Feaa-n.
00100101100011011000100200— 10
There were sunury nghi tbowers ia
(own yotierday but tbe soil is still
thirsty.
sralhtmtetH Gsttriis Correa-
psntlrnet-Unveiling ot itae
tesledrrale Ml ornament nt
Thoniuvule-Addmia olispt.
W. n. HaamoDd—immense
Crond-iAe ft rattier, etc
Thoiis Od., Ga., June iatb,T&79
Meesre Ed.tora—It waa my pleasure on
Tuesday, the 10th instant, 10 he in attend
ace* at the unveiling of the monument to
the honor «nd' memory of the Confederate
de»d of Thomis county, iu Tbom.sv.tie, and
to hear the adores* delivered by that silver-
tongued orator, Ool. >\ m. Hammond, than
whum G orgia has not a nto.u elcquout
speaker nf bu years. The exercises ol the
day were ati ploaaaut and app op ute and
conducted w.ih that 1 rder and discipline
' wbimt bver cti»r*cteriZ9s the people ot our
tmarpilting lutl* neighbor, ihomaevdle,
and Winch nave won lor hdr people a State
wide reputation 1'
The ixorcue*, or ceremo iei, were opened
by I arena a large and unpoeins proceuiou
ui tno lotiowing order: iei me band, 2.i tb*
military, composed of throe companies, to
wn.: tbe Tho asvUi* Gu.ras, tbo Jtfforeon
Rifles from Florida, anu the L »wnea oounty
Volunteers, next a handcomeiy decorate a
oar drawn ty four hunts, containing loar-
loan be*utrial young taaiee, tbe aaugbtare
of coefeaerate aorarer*, roprcaemuig tbe
jnirteeu (Joafederate State* and Ma<yiurd,
the rear was then brought up by a long duo
of carnages, buggi.s.etc, occupied by the
ladies 01 tbe Memorial association of Taunt
MVitie, Hon. W. M HamuoLd, speaker: Of
th* day, tbe Mayor and Board of alderman
ana outers, iben followed a long tine of otd
Goufederate veteran* Cobimuided by Uol
K. McGlaehau, tb* brave anu popular colo
nel of the old &Jth Georgia Voi.nteers.
On reaching tue monumeui, Ool Ham
mond ascended tbe rude Stand whxh h»d
been Constroetea for the puipose, in tbe
stoeet near the moansient and, after prayer
by ths Rev. Mr u*uiden, began iu thu
characteristic, 0002, a«lf-poa«eeted manner
the Hvmorul Auttie** at 11 o* look a h.
Ttie writer ba* l.stened 10 many oraiois and
oumaby different subjects, b e seen audi
ences cnaiued by tbe etoquenoe and tiuth-
fainee* of the orator, but iuB yet to bear an
orator more deeply impressed with hi ■ aub-
j eot, or *n aouresa more appropriate or elo
quent, ha. ne-er seen au audu.ry under
oath unifYOi&blocircunwtouces—tbe streets
being very wet Ir m tbe rata of tbe previous
cay, -nil itio weather being intensely hot,
all having 16 aland—ak were those surround
ing ihe oca-con, *0 -tentive; lndeex tbe
e * ttie audience seemed Spell-bound, nor
did any ono seem weamsd at the clone of
tbe address, winch was of pae boors length.
Ool. Hammond has crowned hi-seif with
enough honor .orunce, andehouidlua future
tffort* betqciti to, tbe one on tins occasion,
ne will'ere long have tciipae 1 every son of
Georgia as au orator. At .ex the a > dress waa
ended, the monument was then unveiled and
now eutnda lor in a perpetual memorial ol
the noble heroes of JL'bomas oounty who fail
m tbe glorious cause 01 freedom, not the
“ lost c&a*e,” for our Sontuern cause is not
lost nut ye* livetb and ia ine omy true toon-
cUtion 01 si republics.
Thire were .in attendance not lets than
four thousand people and all seemed to en
joy *he whole 00c* too.
T.e weather has been excessively warm
for the past few days *uh occasional snow-
era, ihjOgh no general ram lor some tune
Tbe crops iu this, Thom** county, *re much
better than Mitchell and others aojoining,
especially tbe com Ooiton ia gener-Dy veiy
poor and in many places quite grassy ana
poor stand*. Mont ol onr 1 aimer* nave sav
ed tneir -ats and the yul-, .u nearly every
instancy, is satisfactory. Tnere is now
moro corn in tin* aacuon than X ever before
knew rhi* la.e in the aeasoa and is not very
ready sale at 60 *nd fid cjuts per basnet.
The wool-growers have reosivtd a remu
nerative pnue lor wool, and as there 1*
quite an amount of it raised in tbi* section
monty u beginning to o.rcuiaco a little mare
freeiy than tt did a f*w Week* ago and - our
merchants are iojkmgatiti.e more happy
and our country fulk lecting inoreandepeu-
deat.
As tho blackberry crop ia immet sely large
and the trait npeinug rapi-ty, I ->uppo*e
the Georgia iuk-aUngore hiYd no fear* ot
dying uf Bta.vauuu uns ttonuner, at lout
ihoBo who have eufiis ent etieog h left to da
their own picking.
We are not anticipating tha luxury of eat
ing fruit turn season down in soutnweetern
Georgit, ae tba late cold in Apru bissied
our fondest aud most cherished bop** uf
each fcomuter pleasure, i ha*i o. Datlnile
BiCsneee in our Cjantry, bat xe*r >ht. it we
do not have more rain .n a tew day* our
s.ctiou will be scourged with chill and lever
and nitiiou* fever neiore somuier closed.
F. M. M.
<2000 SEBViCE.
Tbe Itecerd ol tbe Bontborn Ex
press Venpssy.
Memphis Appeahj * ‘
A private correspondent asks ns if we
do not think tbe Southern Express Com
pany netdi aa much "stirring up" as the ble over rough groimdTor"hrif , .'^ a 8
Pullman Car Company, or any other mo- day and e for him—if a ‘>
EcsembltiigtueUUleu lime.
From ine manager of thu Hngenin plan*
tations Mr. C. C. Olay, which are repre
sented by onr excellent fellow oitizan,
Captain Juhn P. Fort, and lie in Snater
unty, we laarn'tbat the crops in that
aeotion are fi.nrishing snd in cxeeUent
condition. Corn has been generally laid
by and mco’a of it 4s in silk and tassel.
Cottoo* toe, is recovering from ths cool
spells and is oommenoipg tb bloom. Mr.
Clay had blcssoms as early as the€;h of
Juce, and can now show many well de
veloped bolls.
Tno Hugenta property coven 7 COO
acred and is divided into three planta
tions. Tnese are cultivated with
sixrr SEVAN PLOWS,
and afford steady .employment for about
one hundred and twenty-five hands
time of tbe laborers are hire.1 for stand
ing wages snd others on the tenant sys
tem. In times of emergency, the former
bring Into tbe fields their wives and chil
dren snd receive extra compensation for
their services.
TBs crop embraoe* 1,600 safes ot eot!
loti and 1,200 in corn, bealdes potatoes,
peas, sault grain sad » few patches ,01
sugar oane.
WHAT AN INDUSTRIOUS FUE1DMAN AO-
.1 . . OSMFLISHBD.
Last year on* tenet on e fonr-mule
feuu raised fifty-six tales of eottoo, end,
after paying t e rent and all other ex
peases, eleerod eight hundred dollar a for
himself. It is proper to s»y also that
the hulk of the work was done by the
members of bis own household. (My
occasionally was spy outside help qjtlled
in. v • 11 edJ ; ’ ! . ‘ !
We only wia}i that every bloody abiiter
in New Eugland, and nil who are eo aa-
tiTe in persuading our sturdy freedroen
to emigrate to Kansas and then leave
them there te perish with cold and hnn
ger, oonid read, and ponder over ibis one,
out of b thousand other instances tbit
oonid be cited te prove tbat honest tabor,
black or white, will meetiU deserved re
ward at tbe South.
CL tun NO ON A STILL BIGG SB SCALE.
Adjoining tbe riugeain property lie
spread out, the magnificent plantation*
of Captain John A Cobb, a son of one of
Georgia’s most cherished patriots, General
Howsll Cobb.
Here we are again reminded of the
golden post, when our planters were na
bobs, and dispensed their hospitalities
with prinoely profusion.
The captain requires one hundred and
teven plows to cultivate his broad lands,
whioh include 3,000 sores of cotton and
2.000 aores of ooro, besides ohafao, su
gar oane, oats, rye, peas and. potatoes
world without end. „ j-1
Last year be sent to msrket 1.0G7 btles
of cotton. ..
Operations like these oaaae maty a
deep drawn sigh toesoape from the bos
om o’ thousand* now struggling in pov
erty from tbe ravage* of tbe war, who
once counted their servants by the hun
dred and lived in ease and affiuenoe.
Bnt. the snbjeet never fails to biiog a
choking sensation to the throat of the
writer, and is too gloomy to be dwelt up
on.
Adjournment.
OongteeewiU not adjourn lo-dey. In
Senate, yesterday, Ur. Davis, of W*»t
Virginia, from the Committee on Appro
priationr, to wham had been referred tbe
Hons* joint resolution to adjourn at 12
m. to-day, stated that the condition of
publlo business did eot permit tbe ooaa-
mittee to name a day; but tnsy hoped to
be able soon lo name an efirly date. The
Courier-Journol correspondent gays they
will not sdj mra before Aogust, bat the
brethren Till 'net abide in Washington
till Angaat. Too malarious.
0.i tbe other band, it is ■ sorted . tbat
the stalwarts have determined that both
the army and jadieiti appropriation bills
shall be vetoed, aid, if *0, h .b going to
take sometime to suit a fastidious itadi-
oallsm with new bills, if Ihe Democrats
do not give the thing np as hopeless, aed
adjourn without frying soy more experi
ments to satisfy them at tbe expense of
tbe pnblio liberty.
nopoly, on the score of oppressive oh urges
for transportation, etc.?
We are glad to record oar answer to the
above, for while It is a pleasure to ns to
pitch into mean and oppressive monopo
lists, we da not desire the reputation of
being indiscriminate editorial bulldozer-;
so to onr friend’s inquiry, we emphati
cally say—no sir, we do not. The 8 juth-
ern Exprese CompaBv has toccmpete with
the United S ates Mail 8ervice an smalt
packages, and with all the verioes freight
companies on the more balky parcels.
And again, the Express Company insures
again*L and promptly pays all losset;
whereas, goods lost or stolen in mails are
never made gcoi to the owner. Our ex-
perienc* as extensive shippers and pat
rons of the Southern Express Company
entitle cur opinions' to ecm* weight in
this matter, and our honoat conviction is,
that the Southern Express Company u a*
honestly and ably managed sod doing aa
good work for tbe oommereial inteiest oi
the conntry as any organization in the
United States. What their profits any be,
or what salaries they may pay their em
ployes, we do not care to know; bnt this
we do know : positions in the company
are sought for, and whan obtained, Ate
kept by as fine a lot of men as oan be
found in the country. And, when good
services have bsen rendered, snd misfor-
tnne, accident, sickness or old age over
takes aseivsot, his treatment at tbe bands
of this compauy, as a rale, is sn honor to
hamanily and a crown of glory in the
eyes of all wno love their race.
The above, from the Atlanta Southern
Brads, will be indorsed by every met oh a tit
and business man in the South who
values dispatch and safety ia tha trans
mission of merchandise or money. The
Southern Express Company is an abso
late seoescUy to American business nen.
It it sb much an evidence of growth in a
place that thero i3 an express cffiie aia
telegraph or po»t-cffiie. Whan the facil
ities that are afforded are taken into con
sideration, ths fact that email way sta
tions, as well as large dlttesj are prompt
ly served by the express' company, and
that the poorest as well as the richest
have the best guarantees of faithful eer.
vice or reimbursement in caso of Joss,
without cavil or delay, few who are in
telligent enough to appreciate will gain-
say the fset that the Soatnern Express
Company is worthy the confidence which
>ha pnblio hRve in it- For ourselves,we can
not think of the epidemic of 1S78 with
out recalling thegensrosuy of tnts corpor
ation, which, through All those dreadtul
days,carried to all the strwken to tree ana
cities of the South, without money and
without price, food, money, clouting and
medicines. Toeay that in this work it
lost more than the profits cf a year is pat
ting it mildly. The Charleston railroad
sunk $100,000 during those dark days of
horror. The Southern Express Company,
running on all the reads ef the stricken
States, must have lost even mere. It
kept all its employee under pay, ran its
messengers every day snd maintained all
the m&obinery usual in the most prosper-
ons days, and all to succor and rave the
communities that were the helpless vic
tims of a dreadful plague. We bavo beard
of soulless corporations, bnt the Southern
Express Company is not one of them.
We feel that we owe it a debt of grati
tude, and do not propose to pay by un
dermining and leveling it to the earth. It
is. as we have said, a pnblio necessity, as
much so as the Foetcffice Dtpartmeut,and
we hope it will long continue an example
of what honest and properly conducted
corporations ongbt to bo.
Ic gratifies tbe Tslsgbafh and Mes
senger to republish the foregoing S3 a
just and well merited tribute to the
Southern Express Company—30 long
identified with the business fortunes and
pnblio interests ot Macon and Central
Georgia. * The representative of the
Company here, Tho3. H. Henderson.
Esq., is worthy of the Company—one of
tno most thorough going, prompt, effi
cient, public spirited, liberal and aocom-
dritog business men to bs found in any
community, with a corps of a.sistants
worthy of himself and of the Company.
Reliability, honor,- promptitude nnd -fi
delity characterize all their transactions;
and if a different opinion is entertained
by any man in this community, we have
never heaid one expressed iu the coarse
of more than twenty years. . We are
glad to believe that the company is pros
porous, and trust it may continue to
prosper. »;
Senator Bayard.
We do not agree with Eenator Bayard
m all his fiaanoul Ideas. We hold that
the American Government, as represent
ting the great silver prodnoing oonntry of
tbe wotld, ought to resist :ha exola&ioa of
silver from monetary uses to the extent
of its power—sot violently or rashly
(whioh wonld obatruo. tha accomplish
ment of its own purposes) but with a
steady nnd tireless energy and persis
tence. . ..: ' •
The commercial world must take tbe
back track on silver. This is writtep in
tho book of fata. Thera is not gold
enough to forstah a broad, ample and se
cure basis for the great oredit fabric of
the commercial world, and the propor
tions of the snperstructuie to each a
foundation are so rapidly swelling that
the whole ooncern win tcpple over eboit
Jy. unless monomejaiiam is practically
abandoned. Readers cannot have failed
to note evidence that this conviction ia
constantly gaining ground everywhere
both in Europe and America.
But, on the other hand, very extrava
gant notions of the silver-producing ca
pacity ot America exist in Europe, which
are tue main obstacles to the re monetisa
tion ol sliver. It ia easy, therefore, to
understand that unone haste in this bus
iness on tha put of this oonntry will ex
aggerate and increase distrust in Europe,
and eo retard a consummation indispen
sable totne safety and prosperity of alL
The ultra silver men should, therefore,
hold their horses snd practice some stll-
reetraint. Men like Senator Bayard can
accomplish far more than they in recon
ciling the world ton bi-metalio ba.
sis. Ohio financial opinions axe wholly
without force in the financial centres of
the world. We do notheetitate to say
that nothing more injarions to bi-metal-
ism could well happen than a financial
conflict in the Democratic pasty whioh
should ostraoise from its conned* snoh
mtn ss Senator Bayard and that con-
" servattve opinion and careful and broad
statesmanship which he represents. The
county sites must allow some liberty of
opinion on subjeots which reach eo far
be;,oud county lines,
—John M. Laawton, (colored IP n w
iaierto H.jti is down wiih the l'ailn’-# 11 ®'
—Thar* are 54.187 ptrsoa* ,,Tsr -
til* postal eervica efrba Uniu* lpCrw ®
grattar cam bar than in all tb* “' ale ». a
meats ombiaed. Th. numberfeP^
ten is 39 -58 ' u * Po*tiaae.
stroll out into the SRfflKS? JJJ «*n
S for h.it - , -a®'
davande-joy htmaaif, tntifhu ^v 8 ? 0 :
raqu-a odW-oompany to etnreb hl^M
bar: b«an ‘too need up’to SkfiJEg
Ohio.—In Ohio the Bidical brethren
are arranging for an early and formidable
campaign, but there ia a division on Ihe
Issues. The stalwarts insist on bringing
the solid 8on(h and the wrongs of Africa
to the front, whiie Foster and Sher
man insist that the battle cry most be
an honest dollar.
—Four hundred thousand persona, accor
ding to tha Bail way Wotld, ara asopleyed on
ths railroad* ia this country, end fire times
tint many depend apeas the road* for sup
port. It is also estimated tint between
•800,009,000 and $400,090,000 are acmnulv
pair! to employes and to persons who famish
uio companies A wiih supplies cf virions
kinds.
From Dr.D. G. Owens, Druggist, Ati
toons. Pa.: "Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup, haa
a wonderful reputation, the demand for
it is really astonishing. Mothers wifi
tiavo no other. I* is destined to super.
cede aU other Soothing Syrnpa.
—‘Bull Bun’ Bujssll, ths well knows cor
respondent of the London Times, haa gone
to South Africa with Sir Garnet Woiaeley.
He goes out to represent the London Daiiy
Telegraph, hiving, after forty yeara’ connec
tion, transferred hta aliegivncs fresa the
London Time* to the Telegraph.
sold, ‘she won it in a masterly m.^ t6ldent
passed most satisfactorily ol/ths^* £ 8l1 ®
Uons which the yonng men war* «nM° ns "
to, and won it fainy £* tqnmil ’ * abJe<tta
—An elderly K*Bdemon baj. hi m .» / .
masked boll s tnpon by t&ZLOE** U *
who finely a*!S3?SSX*
tine you ore61 ya^z oti?’ *Wh n „„ ^
you mo. ladies, told yon , no n l° r , told
cries tha old gentleman. T« a? 0 .'?'
terewhof you—that’* whuf
ways Itia said Uut three nm e*
kept oe cheaply os two horse*, ®d tastteMr
of hone* I» Ota gow t ,s expend,— hi?
bien triid with the u mitt ansem
—rhereiaa 8uo aut,alln*n»mi. andet,
PMtaliy ib s name so long u
Hickeniooper is the nam a of th- KSj 1 "
candidate for Idsutemnt-^*m“fff?
who woe nomiLoted 10 prevtn anat-rni
with a weird ^ame, Mr.
oar tying off the honors. 1 “
—Iks rats? ol a Roman villa-date inn-
posed to be 19 B. a—have teerTduooW
nsorBaaran in Germany. Tue apaitmtnta
for bathing are ahead, laid bars; „ ia ^ "
sees the tepidarinni, shire the ancient o*n 1
took tiis tepid btUi ths cUdiriuoi wuere ba
took Ms worm or hot bath, and Ae fited*.
nnm, or ooo usg-cff room
' —The weakly statement of the Aseociated
Banks of New Scrk shows «hi fo!o-:nr
ohai gee: ppecte. deorease $415810; neal
Under, increase $3,0129,100; dspotita. toe? a*
ae $353 430; circmanoo. in ireaga 473 >m0;
reserve increase 91.724 95J. Th. banks
now hold $6 7c36.5 ih exoess of least tc«
qcurement*
—Pne oolooy at Haraasvtlle, Ohorlotte
eomtty. 7a, eatahltihed by the Irish Catholic
Benevolent Orion, of thi*oity,is a gratify,
tag snoot*« It ppqpmiDbers over two hun
dred people, and has three store-, two hlock-
gmi.h shops, a wheelwright shop, a post
offi.-ewitb doily mailt, a tin shop, a ton yard,
a church and a echooL The crops are good
and the prospects excellent.
—Mrs. Abner Doobiaday died suddenly on
Wednesday; at Bergen Point, N. J. uhe
was almost eonstauuy the compsuio - of hsr
htubaiid, General Double day, whenever the
nature of hi* military dutio* would ahowcf
her aocompanying him, and throughout tbe
iste war, c u tag General DoGbiediy’* teiviia
with the army of the Po-otnao, eho spent a
large portion of her time iacamp and oven
on the march •• j
—Fran Alvdeban, the song-bird of tha
Ciuctanati saengerfest, says: ‘ye-terdsy
we went to ride. We went np tbrough-
wnatyoucillu? Yalcut hills; aud th-re ws
saw the river, and the Chi* and the Ken
tucky. Ol! it was baautifal. beautiful It
fills me wuh h-ppinesa—the natoro My
husband my musio and tho nature, tilts is
whatliov.1’
—Now that the tomatoes are in season,
h rate wives who are fond of the f nut will
appreciate the following recipe vo prepare
tomato etesk: Slice fresh tomatoes, and let
the juice dr‘in off; hare skillet hot and
p'see your beefsteak in and broil nntil about
n.\lf d'D9, the - lay the slioad tomatoc* o-.ei
it; season with salt, pepper sad butter,
(browned butter is best) cover up and let
cook till don c ; but if you like eteak rare
done, you should season the sooner so that
the tomatoes will b&ve time to brown nicely.
The Noethkbk Vegetable He ee.\—Be-
poit* f.om New York to the Am tactant
men ion that new potatoes were in -ood «np-
ply and wo'kbntng, and Son hare flue wets
quoted at$ti4 per barrel; Southern culls
$125*2 per bar:el 8 uthein toawooa ®Ia
125 por crate. Cucumbers, bontbern, $175
a2 25 per crate. Southern cabbage $ 25a
150 per barrel. Southern po-cheo $2*2 50
p*r half buaho- crate An6w strawberry
has appeared on the New Ycramvk u catiet
the 'Groat Americtn ’ selling at 75ca$lpet
qiart. It rtqired only nine or ten tO'riea
to moke a quart, and they average 10al0%.
taohee in o tcnmfe eure.
—The French courts have decided that an
English girl. Miss Selina Deacon, who mar
ried at liondon a yonng Fienchman n*med
Julian Galloia and waa afeerw rda ret u listed
by the scamp, hra eo claim npon him or bis
family, the marriage h&vtag been contracted
by a minor >nd without hia parent*’ consent,
and they have made her pay tha costa of the
trial. At the same time English lawyers
have given on opinion that she ia ma-ried is
England, so that the poor girl i* in tbe pleas
ant predicament of being unable ei her to
claim h*r first husband or to marry another.
She may at leaet eeive aa a beacon-light and
an example to her American as well as to
herErg ish sisters.
Gr pb Ocltueexw South Caeous*.—Its
Ohester Reporter of <he M'h lest. 1* inform
ed that SeLor Moneaco, bp&i tin Coueul a;
Obaueaton, will visit tihestcr tba litter port
cf July or early ia August to iup.-t.-ct th:
lands adjaoent to the town; and sboudht
find them adapted to the purpose, to moki
purchases, if offered to him on f*vor*bIi
terms, with the intention of tatioducinj
Spanish colonists to engage in the cultivation
ot the gTApe. He thinks from the latitud:
of this region, (being nearly th- soiueti
tn«( of th* great grape growing regions cf
Spun,) and from representation* mode, tbit
aiLvaneiUa or the grape caube grown ia
this region as suocerefuiy as m Spam 8ent-
tor Bailor, »ili accompany ihe Spicish Cc:-
eal on hia visit to Cheai tr.’
—One planter in Miesua p-i. says tit
Phi adelphta Times, hasn’t hod any uoutli
from tha Kauasa txodns. Wnen ex - en»to:
Alcorn heard teat aome cf tue negroes es
hia plantation were aeffaring rom an *tta«
Of the fever be called a cinvtntiou of all U
employes and oaaurod them tbat ti they
wonld cany out their contract* for this set*
ton and then vend a committee to Ktnsuto
select homes, be would then moveihemw
to the nver free of charge, foratib tara
rations for the trip and help pay thtirp«*
sage, if the really wanted to go. Aa
have been"expected, the negro; s, npon floe*
ing that no ODstacle wonld be putin the v»7
of their leaving, speedily made up ti-
minds to’Stay, -ui-.' .:
j I^Is cot pi-tfao'ly convenient to COS'
enlt yonr physician for every headachsu
attacs of indigestion, which may txoab.e
you, butit-ia both safe aud conveniesl
to tue pr. Bull’s Baltimore Pills whits
promptly relieve th'e disiomfort ot tbs*
attacks. .
rulhbsrt tcmnseacrmeuH
tttitamc# l tcrnBSuri'Juno 13th, $879-
Editors Tsiosropa A Mcssensar Thi c ;
nuol examination* and oommenoatuen-s “■
out tchoola and the public enterlsinnunh
given by teaoher* and pupils in ths w»T W
conceits, ontorlee and eamatas, and cu
rades and exhi itions for this year. cx*»‘
in interest and variety, those of post yeti'-
The commencement sermon of iisv- tup
for tbe range Collegiate Institute, wm
sdccess rarely eqnalled even Lyihataoie&
tinguirhod divines who have honored vs?
pari year*. And aU lock forward withi-
tense interest to that of Dr. Hattie taw®
nection with Andrew OoBege next Sabtegj
The literary addreaaof LG. Parka on • ■
subject of Hope, on Tuesday eight *! riff
eU’a HaU, waa every way worthy thec«»
aion. He is yonng in yews, but bsgS
U6n to so important a position evinori
great confidence or Prealdtn* 1WW5
hia literary »*d oratorical powers, an« .
the friends of the Institute ware grauaM
tbe result. . „ _^t;«hed
Mias Mattie O. Seward, the MM«fS
daughter of Hon. Jamea L. Sewtra,^
1 hams*villa, entertained an *PP re ?JV 1 J e irili
well pleased andienoe at the lua itu 1 ®
on Wednesday, by a weU written and gw*
fally delivered essay. ..Hi ate.
■Ihe exhihitiOB of the Grange
yonng men and boys, are in fall bl« i ^.
all do to well aa to cat off mention 01 g
vtdUAls. Tbe Grange Institute is » 8
•OOOeiS- _ a-ftf-
Ihe affaire of Andrew College *W.gS
er, as heretofore, the m? 1 ” “
ssws® Sf^s
days and which ere to be contota®? iae «
week, eridisaoe the moet tM
cese in the department of ti 1 tractiw. ^
one on which your comap -ndens
weakners to pace tbe greetect c ur
betmmeetoeatimAte tbs reel vale* 0
institutions of lassoing. . . ,,»the
Next week is to be the grand per od c j a
eohriaatteyear. And theinvtta-iou“ (!l «
who can 00me and enjoy the P le “ t “Y,i act
season and see for tnenssrives vr
schools, mole and female, are
No one can witness tbe 8cff , etI “f pity
baby, without feeling on «tr*nis
for rices sufferings, however, Dr.
Baby Syrup ie a sovereign remedy-
_ C. ffeo growing has proved
with a few pUntemta wthim
iis en’hvst on then promisee w or
ded.