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luccar. GA-, JULY IS .879
“—Dawn in Qeorgli, says the Wrffc
Ooatisr Journal, they aro tn favor of remov.
ing thotax on q itoino and putting It on dogs.
Changing the duty on bark, as it were.
—The Trench Republicans are doing wba t
they can to help the ImperialUtu. That
Marshal MacMahonthould have been refaaed
permission to attend the funeral of the only
son of the Prince who made himaMarehu
of France and a Duke can only be regarded
as an act of j odicial madness.
_A lieping boy was cut in the back yard
pounding on a tin pan. Tbe fa.Uercamo in
tired and anllen, and being diatmbcd ty the
noiae, cried outs ‘What is turned loose to
the back yard, a wild animal?’ Tbe littlo
fellow replied, ‘Yetb, tbir, it’d a pan tbir.’
—Senator Chandler says that the story
that'he had offered to lend the Government
glOO 030 to pay the deputy mareha s ie a lie.
As to the report that ho was a candidate for
the Bepubl'can nomination In 188), ho said,
‘The idea of my beiag a candidate to ridicu
lous, so that it would be absurd for me to
decline.’ Mr. Chandler, on the eubjectof
the Onto election, did not appear to be over-
sangntoe. He would only say that thoir was
a strong possibility of Poster’a election.
—Georgo Wilson, who lives a few miles
south of Enltor, A!*., while soated to his
door reading one day last weok, heard hia
little two year-old son, who was playing to
tbe yard near by, utter a peculiar sound, as
though trying to attract attention, and on
looking up was horrified to see the little
fellow approaching him with a rattlesnake
grasped in his hands. The child hold the
poisonous reptile b7 ths middle of its body,
and escaped without bring bltton.
—Secretary Sherman has issued the fol
lowing circular to tbe Collectors of Customs
and Internal Revenue, Assistant Trotsurers,
and other principal officers of the Treasury
Department: ’Hereafter, when sntmi'ting
nominations for appointment to subordinate
positions under your direction, yon will state,
fu addition to tbo other information now re
quired, tbe service of the nomiooo in the
Union army or navy during the rebellion.’
The Great Cnisaz is Carr. Eysdibs.—
Ths Springfien Republican, i aye the well-
known Oapt Bycdera of New York city, the
head esntre of one of the moet desperate
political dubs that ever existed to this conn
try, has besn happily converted, and is now
a bright and shining light in the Me faodiet
Church, and can quoto Scripture like a par
son. Ho told the writer that ho never knew
real happiness until he wn cosvortod, and
became a protesting Christian.
The Drouth in East Tes»es3;e—The
Kioxvill j Tribune says the prolonged drouth
has seriously interfered with too river trade,
as well as almost every business in this por
tion of the moral vineyard. Tbo water ie
down to low summer lids, rendering both
rivers above unnavigablo to barges of any
e’zo. The last arrival of new wheat from
Trench Broad contained only 330 bushels,
which was with great difiuu’.ty brought
through after running aground at eeveral
points. Two-thirds of tbe city cisterns are
as dry as a tramp to tbo station-house, and
the ay is ‘water!’ everywhere. It’s probable
we shall bear little m ere opposition to tbe
water-works.
Sasit ary Conti:r in cf New OtxsArs —
From an Interview with Ex-Gov. Wirmctb:
‘Wbat do tbe people of New Orieans think or
the probability of a return of Yellow Jack
this summer?’
•There will be no yellow fivor there this
summer, you may rtly upon that. The
fover never visits us wnenwo have had a
vary cold winter and a dry and backward
spring. Last winter wo had snow, and for
throe days to euccosBion the ioides bung
from the oaves of the houses. Besides,
large sums have been raised by subscription
for sanitary purposes, and watc-r is pumped
regularly from the river into the gutters to
keep them clean. I don’t think there will
be a single case of yellow fever to New Or
leans this summer.’
—At the eix'h annual ecncort cf the Bo-
formed Episcopal Church at Chicago the
following statistics weroeubmitted; Receipts
of the missionary fund, @11,671, against 50,-
089 the year previous; value of church pro
perty, @910,636, an increase for tbe year of
@143,615; amount raised for benevolent
objects, @127.828; present number of com
municants, 9,11$, an increase for tbe year of
3.619; number of Sunday school children
8,000; new cocgrcgations added, 16; new
church buQdirgs opened, 6; new ebureb
buildings begun, 1; ministers added, 27;
present number of ministers, 100, viz: 6 bish
ops, 70 presbyters, 21 deacons' Two others
bishops and 15 clergymen aro to England
Biehep Stevens has 3 presbyters, 2 deacons,
15 lay preachers, 15 congregations, 1,183
communicants, 10 church buildings, andxo-
ported @1,513 collected the past year.
—Ths Tribune says a private letter has
been received to Washington from General
Grant, to which be says he shall defer his
return to thla country till after the Republi
can nomination for the Presidency is made
next year. Ho says that though he has been
received every whero with the greatest con.
eideration, more than, as an ex-official, he
had any right to expect, he is extremely a. x-
ious to return homo as eoon and as quietly
as possible; but to view of the superservieoa
ble zeal of some persons, whoso acquain
tance docs not J uetify their offiiaus intentions
to receive him on his arrival, he h&e deter
mined to sacrifice hit own wishes and remain
abroad. He expects that his Australian tour
and possibly a voyago along ths west, coast
o!South Amsriai, the Isthmus and Mexico,
will conenmo the time till the early part of
June next, by which time he expects the
question of a Republican candidate will be
settled.
—George Washington's last visit to Valley
Forge, when ho was about to retire to private
life at the end of his second Presidential
term, was described by an old farmer, once
a Revolutionary soldier, to his sou, who made
a record of that description. The farmer
was ploughiog in a field near tbe old en
campment ground when ho observed a man
of dignified appearance, dressed in a plain
blaok suit, and followed by a colored servant,
ride up the road and dismount near. He
approached and cerdially took the farmer’s
hand, makirg inquiries about certain fami
lies to the neighborhood, about the eurronu-
ding farms, their productions and the sys
tem of cultivation. He put ths answers into
a notebook and told the farmer that ho had
bsen to the army and at the camp, end as he
txpectedto leave the city to a few months
with tbo prospects of never returning, he
bad taken this Journey to visit the plaoo
which had been tbe scene of so much Goffer
ing and distress and see how far the inhabi
tants had recovered from its effects. And
adding that his nano was George Washing
ton, he declared that to sec the people hap
py and the farms prospering and to meet
with his old companions now peaceably en
gaged to the moet useful of all employments,
afforded tx’m moro satisfaction thin all ths
homago that could be paid to h's person or
station.
Dais Bsix.—Our commencement ersreises
are over. I have received my.diploma, t,nd am
now ready to enter with into tbe pleasures
of gay society. Attired becomingly In a pure
white robe, luch as an anjtdl might lore to wear.
I took a prominent part in tbe musical exercises
in the evening. Altliouxh I hal contracted a
were cold a few days before, I was enabled by
theuseof Uoutsena’ Honey of Tar.lbe best reme
dy in the world for coughs, colds, and all diseases
of the throat and lung*, to sing so well that I
romoleHy enraptured a large audience. Tell
Uncle John th it the use of that invaluable com-
pound, Ifousisns Honey of Tar. will cure his
rough. It is only no rout. a bottle, and can be
bought at Roland B Hall’s Drug Store,
Yours lnhoife,
u:st7 tf AFFIX.
TEie Macon & BrnnswlcK BalL-
Koad—Wliat Will bo Done
AYitb It.
Tuo writer, in his recent visit to At
lanta, found that the Macon & Bruns
wick rail road was eocn to be a live and
important question before the Legisla
ture.
Some advocate tta unconditional sale;
others a lease for a term of yeare, and
not a few believe it would be well for
the State to allow Col. Adams and the
present Commissioners to continue to op
erate the road as hitherto, until there is
a general revival of business and a sate
can be effected at a fair valuation. But
there is still another project which has
recently taken shape and is backed by
powerful influence, and indeed is about
to be introduced in the form of an elab-
arate bill before the Legislature, which
is as followe:
The present number of Commissioners
to be enlarged by the sdiition of Col. C.
C. Kibbei*, of Hawkinsville, and James
M. Couper. Esq., of Branswiek.
It is then proposed to lease the read
with tbe necessary protection to the Stale
by proper bond and secnrily, at a min
imum figure, not less than sixty thou
sand dollars per annnm, payable in equal
monthly installments. The said lessees
to be aocorded the privilege of extending
tbe road from Atlanta to Macon, toAmer-
icus from Hawkinsville and to Jackson
ville from the nearest available point on
the M. and B. E. E. This route will bo
nearly on an sir line with the Cincinnati
Southern from Chattanooga to Cincin
nati.
The proposed extensions to Jackson
ville and Americas are left optional with
the lessees, but tbe completion and equip
ment of the projected road to Atlanta
are made compulsory within three years,
under penalty of forfeiting the lease.
Should no lease bo effected on
these terms, the Board of Com
missioners, as above constituted, :s au
thorized to continue to operate the joed
as at present, with enlarged powers in
future. The lease is limited to a period
of twenty yea’?, or may be made to ter
minate at ti .• • xpiration of that of the
Western ana Atlantic railroad, which
has thirteen years still to ran. It is
agreed that the lessees, if they desire it,
shall have the privilege of purobasing
the road at any timo after its completion
to Atlanta at a fair price,to be determined
in some way mentioned in the act.
The pxinaipal point insisted upon is the
extension to Atlanta. Several available
routes are suggested, to-wit:
On the Erst side of tbe Oemulgee,
nearly on an air line to Atlanta, only sev
enty-five miles in length.
A second, known as tbe “ridge route,'
has already been surveyed, and passes
through Joses, Jasper, Newton and Kick-
dale counties, and is estimated to be
about ninety miles in length.
There is still another route by way of
Covington and the Georgia railroad to
Atlante, which is considered quite prac
ticable. Any one of the above lines
would’render available, water power soffi-
cient cn the Ocmulgee to ran a dezen
Lowells, and besides develop and bring
to market the varied products of several
of the richest counties in Georgia. To
piove this we have only to show from the
recent report of the Comptroller General,
that the taxable property of the
eoanty of Jasper amounted to
$1,202,221; that of Jones to $11126.515;
that of Newton to $2,065,747, and that of
Eockdale to<l,310,681. These teeming
d stricts have never heard tbe energising
whistle of the locomotive, and the com
straction of this road wonld soon double
tbe taxable value of tbo landed estates,
aud add greatly to tbe v.lumo also of
their egricnltnral products.
We cannot bat thick that if the pro
posed lease of the Macon and Branswiek
railroad can be effected with proper guar-
antccs to the State on the proposed terms
of the abeve bill, it will prove of signs 1
advantage to onr city, while at the same
time greatly benefiting the people of
those counties which will bo traversed by
the extension.
A Brilliant Scene in New Orleans
On the 17th of Jane last, in the city
of New Orleans, there was gathered
many of tbe principal citizens of the
Crescent City, in company with a large
number of strangers from different pans
of the conutry there, who as visitors felt
interested in the witnessing of the grand
extraordinary drawing of the Louisiana
Sra*e Lottery by Generals Jubal A Early
and G T. Beauregard, The warriors
went at it as squarely as ever they led a
panoplied host into battle, and by the
turn of the wheel scattered fortunes
right and left. Space would be too great
to enumerate, but the next drawing
takes place on August 12:b, (the invar!
able second Tuesday) and all other infor
mation will be promptly given on appli
cation to M. A. Dauphin, P. O. Box 692,
New Orleans, La., or tbe same at No.
319 Broadway, New York city,
ju!9 lw
Sen at 3 e Hill and the Tbibo.se.—
Senator B. H Hill, of Geotgia, made a
speech in Tammany Hall on the 4’.b in
aunt, without having previously consult
ed the New York Tribune. As an anhsp-
py con-i qnenoe of this oversight much of
tbe Tribune, since that time, has been de-
votecUio correcting Mr. Hill’s mistakes
and exposing his misconceptions. The
Senator will not soon repeat tl e error.
Is Yonr Business Hall?
Hundreds of fine opportunities to make
excellent p.ofita constantly occur In Wail
street, if investors can be secure from coun
teracting movements. The only safe and
certain method ie to unite capital with ex
perience and ekill, and operate in stocks •at
the time of flastn&tions, without incurring
sadden i ie ke in ewe -ping changes. This can
be dono by tbe Mu nal Capitalization sys
tem, originated by the old and reliable bank
ing house of Adimi, Brown & Co. Custo
mers control their profits, which aro divided
pro rata tvoiy thirty days. An}body can ope
rate successfully by this method @25 will
make @125; $50 wid earn @259; @100 will re
turn @500; @500 will yield @250u, and so on
as market movements occur. This plan has
met with aoparallaed success. New circu
lar, “Boles for Success,” with invaluable
information to all investors mailed free.
All kinds of stocks and bonds beugbt and
sold. Ad 'to a Adams, Brown & Co., Back
ers and Brokers, 25 A 28 Broad attest, Now
Yoik City.
What are me Profits ?
This is the absorbing point that is of chief
interest in every basinets transection. By
tbe combustion system of operating in
stocks, Messrs Lawrence A Co., Bankers,
N. Y , nails the orders or thousands of pa
trons, in virions sums, into one immense
amount, and operate them as a mighty
whole, tbns obtaining all the advantages of
tbe largest capitalists and best skill. Profits
are distributed pro xata among ebirclield-
e a every month. In this way largo gains
arc ecccred in short periods, and capital
from @;0 or @15 to @50,M)J can be used with
equal proportionate success. @20 will m»ko
ilOO in to days, sr.50 will pay @1,600profit,
or 10 per cent, on the Brick, and to on, ac
cording to tho market. A citizen of Troy,
mvdo @315.75 on au investment of @;0.
Many customers are doing better. The new
circular has *• two nnerrlcg rales for suo-
cess,” aud fall details so that any one can
operate profitably, blocks and bonds want
ed. Government bonds enpp’iod. Apply to
T.awrence A Co., Bankers, 57 Exohanco
Place, N. Y.
Emory college.
Oxror-n, Ga., Jn'y 10,1879.
Messrs Editors—To-day tbe exercises of
Emory clocod and th© crowd, th© largest
ever known here, dispersed to their various
homes. The chapel accommodation has
heretofore been very far below the wants or
the usual crowd. This year, through the
zeal and earnest work of President Haygooi
and Joseph T Stewart, Esq., mayor or Ox
ford, a large addition was made, which it was
©opposed would accommodsl© ©IL Butui©
crowd, thcujh far more comfortable, was be
yond the capacity of the large assembly.
It was a jam; nearly as many outside as in-
eide _ _
At 9 o'clock to-day, the '.senior clsss de
livered their graduating addresses according
to the following programme:
W. B. Hoyt, P. (2d honor) Atlanta, Ga.,
Greek 8alutatory. „ . _
T. Baxter, P. G., Macon, Ga., A Beaovo-
lent Provision. . _ _.
H. L. Oiualey, P. G., Atlanta, .Ga , The
Hereto Sido ot Man’s Duty. •_
H. IS. i)aJAinette, (5 * Eatonton, G»,
Societies. „ _ ...
J. B Greene, P. G , (1th honor) Opelika,
Ala, Scientific Beseirch.
Vf. R. Hoyt, F, At anta, Ga., Work.
A. W. Mathews, F, Elberton, Ga., immi-
® m! W. Monroe, F, Qitncy, Fia., Ambition.
W. W. Seals, P. G., Wo it Point, Ga,
Tee Superiority of Mind.
E. B. Smith, P. G , (3d honor) excused,
Oxford, Ga, The Intelligence of Brutes.
U. H. Smith, P. G., Opelika, Ala., On
L w! e o.’ Wright, P. G., Bamesville, Ga,
P j!e BP ffooten, P. G., (1st hoc or)--Vale
dictorian, MoViUe, Ga, Oar Southern Pride
The beys all-cid well, some of them be ter
The President substituted for his B.ccaUu-
reate address a collection speech, which re
sulted in about @1200 towards paying for
work on new chapel extension.
At 4 P. at- Rev. Dr. J. J. T*fferty,of Bich-
muni, Ya, delivered tho Annual Address
before the Literary Societies It was replete
with good sense, sparkling wit and true elo
quence. Bis subject was Modern ProgreeA
It was a rich treat and ihe large audience
enjoyed it notwithstanding the excessive
lie&t.
At night Prof. McIntosh gave a concert
The college mntio class, assisted by several
distinguished artists, gave a most superb
con ert. Every body seemed to eDjoy it
I cannot olose this article without adusion
to the magnificent hospitality of the Oxford
people. They open their doors aud their
hearts to r< C;ive the great crowd. There is
no hotel, and hence all strangers are taken
in and provided for by tbe cit zsns. We saw
one table set on Taesday at which over one
hundred wero ha.d omely entertainer.
They never knew when to quit b tog clever
*nd no man ever goes to Oxford without
being impressed with ths unusual and ex
tensive hospitality by people of moderate
means. _ _ ^
Th© College exercises b gin cn first Wcd-
needay in October. J. W. B
It does not make any difference how
severe the case of bilious derangemtnt
is, Simmons’ Liver Esgulator will cure
it speedily and tffectually without saliva
tion, or that prostration of the system
ensuing from the use of draetic purga
tives. ....
As there are mauy spurious imitations
of this valuable msdieiae, tike care yon
get the genuine.
“We have been selling your medicine
for some time, and we find it better adap
ted to the cure of bilious attacks than
any other medioine we have ever used or
sold. Jas. M. Beasley & Co.,
ju!8 1 v Magnolia, Ark.
NORTON’S AUllir.lL AT 1(0.12E.
Held In Default of $3,000 Ball;
A lettfr from the detective who had
N jfton, alias Carl, tho directory man, in
charge who recently camo so conspicn
oasly before the public, announces that
after he left Macon and about fifty miles
were placed between him and our city
he made a free confession to all the
charges on which he was arrested in this
dry. Since hir arrival nt home he has
bsen before tbe courts. We find the fcl
lowing accinnt of his trial in the Harris
burg, Pennsylvania, Independent. The
detective in charge of tba prisoner speaks
in his letter m high terms of praise of
the kind treatment received at the bands
of our officers and citizens.
There was a large attendance of spec
tutors at tho Mayor’s office this morning
to get a glimpse of Carl, the bigamist,
who was given a hearing at 9 o’clock.
The prisoner was scarcely recognizable
b> those who tbooghc they “had him
down fine,” as ho wore a large pair of
blue glasses and a fall bsard.
Upon the removal of the glasses, how
ever, which allowed tbe upper part of his
face and Urge nose, (which by tbe way
has grown into greater prominence owing
to sickness), to becoige plainly visible,
tie expression, “that it was tbe same old
fellow,” was distictly audible. He was
very tastily dressed in a light colored
suit, wore a light hat, and during the
hearing did not utter a word. Three
charges were preferred against him, two
ot false pretense by Messrs. Cummings
and Brady, jewelers, and oneraf bigamy,
preferred by his wife in this city. He
was held in default of $1,000 bail on each
charge. He appears much humiliated,
and evidently sought to hide his shame
by means of tbe large glasses
Jast as tbe prisoner was leaving the
dock a young sen of the woman whom
Carl had married in this city two years
ago stepped up to htm and said :
“Well, what have they got yon here
fot?”
Carl, with the indifferenoe which he has
man’fi-ted oil along, turned oa hisstsp-
son i .1 in a surly tono said
• 1 ou’t know yon.”
“Hot I know you, retorted the boy.
“Yon married my mother about two years
ago when yon had another wife and then
ran away; for half a cent I’d bring a
charge against yon for sloalicg that ten
dcll&ts of mine.''
Tbe prisoner did not reply to this accu
sation, and, before the small boy had a
chanoe to pat in another word, Carl was
rapidly taken to his quarters in jail.
TheFiest Yillow irzven CabeinMev-
rms as we learn from a telegram to the
NashviUo American, occurred on Wednesday.
The deceased was ose Frank MulDrandon,
an Irishman, aged 47, a shoemaker by pro-
feseion and liviDg at the northeast corner of
Desoto and Pontotoc streets, to tho southern
portion of the city. He was taken sick, last
Saturday, while at work in his shop, at No.
874 Shelby street, and died to-day at noon.
Hia attending physician, Dir. W. E Rogers,
had treated him for yellow fover ,bnt know
ing the inteneo excitement it wonld create,
wnen publicity would be given, this after
noon, called in Drs W. R. M tobeli, member
cf the National Bnard of Health and late
Medical Director of the Howard Association;
G. B Thornton, President ot the City Board
cf Health; T. J. Tyner and W. B Winn, and
proceeded to hold a port mortem examina
tion, to which they all concurred that the
deceased hid died from a well developed
case of yeliow fever. TLo case is declared
o bo a sporadic one and may not tproi i,
yet there could not bo more exoitement if
there wero a hundred casee here. The trains
which left to-night on tbe Louisville railroad
and the Memphis & Charleston railroad were
crondod with fleeing citizens, although ths
death is not generally known even at this
lato hour, 11 p. ts. The famhy of the deceas
ed consists cf a wife, a sister-in-law, andfonr
children, nono of whom are ill. Ho was
buried to-night at 9 o’clock at Calvary Ceme
tery, and the promises aro being disinfected
under tho direction of the Gity Board of
Health. Too neighborhood where the funer
al occurred turned out en masse to wituess
the f aneral. The exoduB of citizens,' to-mor
row. will doubtless be great, although this
is the only one that has or may develop.
DRS J'P.KW.U. ttOLBfil,
DENTIST 8,
No 81 Mulberry Stress. Macon, Ga
Tietb extracted without t»in, beautiful sets ol
Tee:h inserted, Abscotsed Teeth aud Diseased
Gums cure!.
Dealers In all kinds ot Dental Materials and
Instrument*. Constantly oa hand a Iars;e and
(uUassortmectotTeeth of all kinds, Gold ot all
kinds. Amalgams ot all kinds, Rubber* of all
kinds. mar* iIAwly
The John Sherman boom is reprecested
as under very active and stringent j res
euro jastnow, and, if anything ont-boom-
ing the Giant boom. Bat tbe fatal, de
fect in the Soorman boom ia that reither
Chandler, Cockling, Blaine nor any olh-
cr leading st-lvait joins in the boom.
They are ail boeming for Grant.
QBUStY—'“Why will men smoke common
Tobacco, whoa thef can ba- Marburg Bros.
■8EALOF It ORTH CAROLINA.”!*! the mo
price
Editors Telegraph & Messenger—About
throe hundred of the people of Twiggs
osunty met at Stone Creek Church cn the
fourth day of July for the purpose of reor
ganizing an agricultural society, to celebrate
tbe day and to have a good time generally,
and judg ng from tbe freedom with which all
participated in the exercises, it was certain
ly a day of pleas aro an’ recreation The
young were restrained in their indnlgenciea
by the presence of the old, and the old, from
the joyous countenances of the young
soemed for the once to live over again the
hippy days of childhood. Hon Tuob. Har
deman, Jr., Col A J- Lane and other die.
lingniahed agricultural! t were invited aud
many were looting for one of Col. Harde
man's characteristic ora dona. However, to
onr great disappointment, neither of these
gentlemen put in their sppesranca. At
eleven o’clock the people assembled in the
cnnrch, and after some preliminaries, the
meeting was permi-enily org-nizsd by
eleoting P. W Edge, President, J W. Bur-
krtt, J. A. Nelson and W. li Solomon, Vice
Presidents, and Mr. W. A. Basis, of Bibb
county, Secretaiy and Treasurer
There being no regular order of business
before tbo body, on motion, a committee
consis’iog of W. A. Davis, A. E. Nash, T. W.
Bu kett and Jodge E. J. McDonald, wis ap
pointed to draft a pr.gramoie for th9 occa
sion. The commi.tee, alter thirty minutes
consultation, reported as follows: “Beat
mannerof aupp'ementirga short corn crop.”
The disen-.sion to ba opened by Bev. A. E.
Nash. •• »'he steak law, v.z • fence or no
fence.” Diecnseion to be opened by B. W.
F. Woodall. The committee, nt tho req lest
of some of the other members, also appuiot-
ed Judge McDonald and Mr. W. A Davis,
to participate in tbe discussion of the e sub-
jtes. , ,
The hour r.f twelve having arrived, tho
convention adjourned to dinner. The table
cloihs were spread on the ground in a long
line under the umbrageous trees around ihe
• burch and were soon nlled with barbecued
thoat, mutton and hid. boi’ed ham, fried,
baked and and stewed chi :kent, t gather all
the delicaciea of the season It was indeed
a good dinn.r and all seemed to heartily en
joy it.
At 1:89 f. r. the convention reassembled.
The president. P. W. tdge, in the chsir.
The regular order of bueinose was taken up
The firct subject: “The best manner of
rnpulemcntii g - short corn crop,” was dia-
ca-ted by Messrs. Nash. Daria, Burkett and
McDonald. Some good thoughts were sug
gested, such as plmting pease,drilling corn,
sowing osts, etc . which wish a proper sjs-
tern of economy, the convention thought
would enable th3 people to pas3 over till
thonex crop. . .. .
In the discussion of the next subject:
“TheBlock law,” H ears. Woodall, Davis,
McDooald and i£dga aU took part: some pro
and con. Mr. Woodall le i eff in a very .ear
nest manner in favor of no fence. Tho con
vent on seemed ne*ry rqiallj divldel A
final disposition of the matter was deferred
until nt xt meeting
The society decided to seek admittance
irto the Georgia State Agricultural Conven
tion and instmoted the President to appoint
delegates to ihat body. A committee cor
atsting of W. A. Davis, A. E. Nash and T.
N. Burkett, were appointed to draft by-laws
and constitution for the stciaiy.
There bting no further bnainees bofore
the ody, tho society, tigether with the ciii-
zsns present, request.d tua president, Hon.
P. W. Edge, to aadreaa them on the tax laws
of Twiggs county. Ths people of this ooun-
ty have been burdened with a most onerous
taxation for many years, and yot they nave
no Bridges or pnblio institutions, except a
poor house, to mention. Last year they
paid fifteen dolliia on tho ttousand, year
Before twenty-two, and this year expect the
taxes to be from fifteen te twenty dollars on
tho thousand- Now in addition to this the
grand jury at its last ees ion ree mmended
that tho Legislature empower the board or
commissioners to levy an extra tax, which,
it is estimated wonld make the total amount
of taxes for this year about thirty dol.ars on
Ihe thousand. It is to this extra taxation,
recommended by the grand jary, that the
peooleobjeot, and ontlis issue requested
ihe views of the president. The pres dent,
after calling Judge J. N. Burkott to the chair,
took the floor and held the undivided at-.eu-
tion of the while audience for more than an
hour. A more man’y, eloquent, or logical
tffoit rarely fails from ths lips or man,
The ruinous policy of a burdensome taxa
ticn was discussed to all its phase?, the
speaker tricing it through many h'storical
periods and eoteparirg his own tsx-riden
county to tho prosperity of others. It is
impossible to attempt even a synopsis of
this most masterly effort. Tha speaker,
while he was very eevere on tho catess
which produced this state of affaire, yet did
notriflsctin tho least on any individual,
corporation or section
At the conclusion of the speech, tho fol
lowing resolutions wero offered aud unani'
mously adopted. Thsre wa3 not a dissent—
iag voice:
Whereas, the last g:and ju-y of our conn 1
ty, in an honest effort to elucidate tbe in
debtedness of the ccnuty, recommended to
tha county bond the asae.sment of sach
tax as wonld bs necessary to meet said in
debtedness, and to this end have ordered
the eame, to accordance With law. to ba so
pnb’dsbedas :o bo considered and pastel by
tbe present LeaiaUtnre giving tho board the
right to levy such tax; and whereas, we be
lieve such authority to be unconstitutional
and dangerous to both political and _ social
liberty: and whereas, it is ths opinion cf
this society that if snob authority ehould be
con'orred on the board and said assessment
made, it would work hardships to homst
tax payers and still fail to pay its Indebted
ness. "Therefore be it
Besoleed. That this society appoint a com.
mittee to me a orialize the Legislature, first
to repeal the present 10 per cent tax pro
vision, at least so far as our ciunty is con
cerned.
Resolved, That wo petition our immediate
representative and through him the Georgia
Legislature, to confer no additional powers
on tho board cf imposing tax on the people.
P. W. Edge, T. W. Burkett and J. N. Nel-
sod, were appointed as the committee. Mr.
J K. Andrews was appointed to open the
discussion on “ Wheat culture” at the next
meeting. . _ .
Adjourned to the fourth Saturday to July.
Thus has passed a most pleasant and prof
itable meeting. Not only has sgricnltore re
ceived a new impetus in this section, but
there has been suoh a burying of petty jeal
ousies aud eu.h a reunion of hearts and com
mingling or spirits that this day will live m
tno memory of th s people as a green oaBis
to the dreary desert of life’s lone pilgrimage.
A OARD,
To all who are suflenns from the errors anil
indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early
decay, loss of manhood, etc, I will send a recipe
thatwill cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This
K it remedy was discovered by a missionary in
th America. Send a self-addressed vnveopcl
to the Rev Joseph T Inman, Station D. Now
York. | deiojodly
Chattanooga, quarantined against
Memphis last Friday. It is to be hoped
that the quarantine will bo lifted in a
few days. We cannot parsnade ourselves
that ytliow fever is coiug to career
through epace as he did laBt summer.
But at the eame lime, it is safe to. bo
governed by tbo most unfavorable view
of tbe case, aid to take all possible pre
cautions.
Fire Mi IVlcaonus Hotel,
On B> mdway. New York, now under the popu
lar m ".casement ot Mr. Uriah Welch, has largo,
well- rsntilatod rooms, excellent beds aud perfect
accoi imodations.. An elevator connects directly
with ,liu ladies’ entrance. The tabloand atten
dance throughout is acknowledged as being un
surpassed. No extra charge for first-class
oo ms. _ declii oodSm
—There are five bandied acres of straw
berry beds in ths neighborhood of Paris.
The soles average @120 an aero.
RHEUMATISM.
This droodfai torment, the dootors toll as,
in the blood, and, knowing this to be trne,
wo adviio every sofferor to try a bottle of
Durang’a Rheumatic Remedy. It is taken
internally and will positively euro the wore,
case, in the shortest time. Sold by every
druggist to Msoon l*«ll din 8m
Floyd Rifles.
We have received from Captain Har
deman a nca.ly printed pamphlet of
theaddreesor Col. Thomas Hardeman,
Jr., on tbe presentation of the Ge’.tyB-
burg modal at Bilston Hell, on Jans
18th, It is very niaeiy gotten up and
will be Eold for tho boaofit of the com
pany.
PRESCRIPTION FREE
For the speedy Cure ot 8emmal Weakness, Loss
o! Manhood, and all disorders brought on by in
discretion or excel*. Any Druggist has the in
gredients, Address _
DAVIDSON 4 CO,
jul deodlw ly 73 Nassau St. New York!
—Secretary hherman ie going to start for
Maine next Monday to open up tho campaign
there. He will be able to ge: out of reach
before tho Brcisidsnt esn get uia civil advice
reform order into'position.
ELhefuib HKiiaus
A sure cure lor ccrrcus debility, premature
decay, eiV.ustion, etc. Tho only reliable erne
Circular* mailed free. Address J K. UuliVE s
Chatham St, N Y. . iebl8 doodiwSai
Newton House,
Athens, Joly 9,1879.
The Beard of Visitors to the University
of Geergia oonoluded its labors this naorn-
ine and will leave for their respective
homes at 4 p. m., by the Northeastern
railroad. They have had an arduous eea-
siin of ten days, carefully scanning and
scrutinizing no lees than
five thousand four hundred and thir-
TT-BAVIN PACKS
of legal cap manuscript, which was par
celled ont as nearly equal as possible to
the various members from day to dry.
The result of their labors will soon be
given to the public in a formal report to
the Governor.
It will be gratifying to every Georgian
to know that the University is in a
healthy and flourishing condition, and if
the Legislature would bnt open its heart
and grant a small additional annual Bub -
sidv the
TUrriOH COULD BE MADE FREE TO ALL.
Wnat a glorious boon would this be
to the struggling children of the com
monwealth! .Here tbe State has spent
many thousands to establish aud equip
au institutioneecocdtonone in the South.
The apparatus is complete in every res-
nect, and embraces all the new and deli
cate inventions of the age for the proper
illustration of natural philosophy, chem
istry and tbe mechanic arts.
Those who teach these practical
sciences possess every qualification, and
are diligent, faithful and untiring in
their efforts to prepare the Btndent for
the great battle of life.
Hero one may learn to bean accom
plished engineer, bridge maker, chemist,
lawyer or farmer. And if he pursues the
entire literary course with fidelity, will
be graduated a thorough scholar ready
in turn to impart to others tho ample
stores of knowledge he has acquired at
this ancient foundation of Ecience. Hav
ing done so much therefore, and arrived,
as it were,
IN EIGHT OF THE GOAL,
onr good old mother, Georgia, should
not hesitate to complete the grand work
by bestowing upon every one of her sons
the priceleB3 blessings cf a liberal educa
tion without money and without prioe.
To refuse to do so in tho present condi
tion of the country when free schools
have been inaugurated everywhere, and
seme States are even enacting laws en
joining *
COMPULSORY EDUCATION,
which ie wrong, would be to stultify her
self, and dwarf the noble University it
has required near a century to build up
and perfect. Cut she afford to do this?
Not while the memory of tbe Cobbs, the
Stephens brothers, Birtow, Stiles, Pal
mer, Waddell, Gordon, Hill, tbe Le
Contes, Screven and a hundred other
bright and shining lights who haro il
lustrated Georgia, survive.
That almost peetless Southern divine,
the great Thornwell, when President of
tho South Carolina University in
its best days, in an elaborate
paper, declared in eunstance, that it
was a great mistake to suppose that the
eduoation of the messes could best be
achieved by commencing at the bottom
and ascending upwards. Ia other wards
that the common eohools of the country,
taught Bsthey in many instances by
INCOMPETENT INSTRUCTOR!,
can only take the pupil to the foot of P*z-
nassus, and then he oomos to a dead halt
At the very threshold of knowledge, with
its inviting A ids just glimmering in tbe
distance, and opening up delightful vis
tas to the enquiring mind, he is foroed to
pause, end regretfully begin life’s weary
joniny conscious cf innate powers end ca
pabilities, for the development of which
no opportunity has been afforded.
This learned theologian and patriot
maintained, on the contrary, that popular
education was best promoted by
UrQINNISQ AT THS TOP,
and allowing the wisdom and teaohiogs
of erudite scholars to Blowly percolate and
pass through 6very stratum ot sooiety,
softening, cleansing and vivifying each
ola see it descended,until the lotreet rook-
bed ot igpoiance bad been reached.
Henoe, bo argued earnestly that tbe
tu.-uBt method orgimparting thorough ed
uoation to the masses is through tbe me
diae! of
INViirUTICNS CF THE HIGHEST GRADE,
which would annually send out scores of
graduates ospable of serving tbe country
in pulpit and cabinet, or as instructors ot
tbe poiple.
Now, therefore, if access to such an in
stitution as our noble State University
can bo made free to all, is it not appa
rent that the number of thoroughly edu
cated young men sent abroad every year
will soon furnish a host of competent
teachers for the pnblio 8ohools of the
country, they, in tarn, as the pupils ad
vance in knowledge, becoming nurseries
to their great head an Athens? The
writer,verily believes that if our law giv
ers pursue this enlightened course, in
less than fifteen years
A THCUSAND STUDENTS
will throng the classic halls and beauti
ful .groves ot onr State University. If
any one deems this prediction extrava
gant, we have only to point to Michigan
whose State .College where education is
free, counts fifteen hundred matricu
late?.
THE AMATEUR TALENT OF ATHENS.
The writer, and his associates, by the
courteous invitation of its managers, at
tended a brilliant conoert given by the
Haydn Musical Society a few nights
ago at Dsupree Hall. Professor Schir-
macker was the musical director, assist
ed by several experts on the flute, violin,
cornet, base viol and piano. A large
number of ladies and gentlemen formed
the chorus, and eeveral beautiful solos
were sung with exquisite taste and effect
by «mateurs of both sexes.
With rare modesty tbe programme
simply • announced tbe designa
tion of each piece without giv
ing the name of the performer. Hence
tho stranger was left ia ignorance
as to those who were the aotors. Bat the
writer can at least affirm that the selec
tions, all from the best masters, wore eiro
ply admirable. Tho mnsio Indicated
both talent and good training, and eeveral
voices with very little oaUivstion wonld
be deemed excellent. We were surprised
in a place of the size of Athens to find so
many muaioal profioienta.
THE NEW CEMETERY.
With a couple of friends for compan
ions, we visited this romantlo habitation
of tha dead, bounded on one side by the
swift flowing Oconee which Duraue3 its
winding way, foaming and ohefiog against
obstructing rocks, the dividing waters
now and then leaving mid stream an en
chanting little island like a stranded em
erald.
We donbt if any city of similar popu
lation . in the State poaaesses so many
eplendjd and graceful monuments to the
departed.
Prominent among these are the shafts
erected jointly to tho memory of the
chivalrous and pious T. B. B. Oobband
Judge J. H Lumpkin. Mr. Baxter, the
revered and excellent President of the
University.
BEV. AL'NZO CHURCH, D.D.,
the monument to the Thomas family,
the, splendid itrnotnro simply inscribed
“Centre,” end though less pretentious
the exquisite stono and surroundings,
whioh mark tho last resting placo of tho
beloved wifo cf General William M.
Browne.
The grounds are still new and in com
paratively an unfinished state. When
properly graded, underbrnshed and im
proved, the oemetery at Athena w;li take
rank with the most boautifnl mausoleums
in the Union. -
As onr party wandered on and on,reading
the epitaphs of the mouldering dead, sud
denly they paused at a level epace ter
raced and piatformed, from the side of a
steep eminence, with only one tomb,
bearing the inscription of a young mem
ber of the Cobb family.
Hers repose, beneath the foundation
HtoriH of what was designed to be a col-
loesal monument to
GENERAL HOWELL COBB,
the mortal remains of that astute states
man, gallant so.'dio-, pure patriot and
representative Georgian. But years have
rolled away, and still the duat of the il
lustrious dead remains, with not even the
simplest tablet to preserve it from ob
livion. We heard, it stated that the
family of the deceased intended, when
able, to erect a suitable monument to tbe
memory of their distinguished kinsman.
But the State should not suffer thig to
be done b; the stricken relatives, who,
in common with every loyal Southron,
loat well nigh their all by the collapse of
the Confederacy.
GEORGIA
should undertake the mournful yet pleas
ing task of rearing a column whioh. will
endure all through the cycles of time in
honor of her favorite son, who filled so
nobly and well almost every office in the
sift of the Commonwealth,
PER CONTRA.
The writer aleo visited the old grave
yard which has been abandoned, and sad
to relate, converted into a grazing com
mon for stock. A large number of the
dead have been taken np and re-m-
terred in the new cemetery, many of
the yawning graves never having been
rfefided. Hundreds of tombs, however,
remain, but very few hav^ escaped deae
oration. On every eide the visitor be
holds broken slab?, dismantled tombs,
piles of brick and rubbish, gaping holes
made in the last resting places of tbe de
ceased, and a general desolation equal
only to that of some heaven-cursed city
of old. This is a stain upon the fair es-
cutcheon of the classic and refined city
of Athens which should be wiped out at
onco. As baa been done in Savannah,
this ancient burial place ought to be
strongly enclosed and protected against
the vandal invasions of man or beast.
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
To 6how that the long buried dead
have not been forgotten by their friends,
the writer in an early morning e'.roll oe-
foro the eun had appeared above the hor-
ison, encountered a man in this neglect'
ed cemetery hard at work, with coat off
and hoe in hand, filling up an ngly hole
in tbe grave of a child. A simple head
and foot stone gave the name and nativ'
ity of the deceased and the date of his
burial—1837. He bad filled the cavity
with brick and was restoring the monnd
over the remains of a little brother, who
forty-two years ago had been laid to re3t
among strangers. Hoy/ stoutly did he
dig Into the impacted clay and deftly
mould and smooth tho newly made grave
over ths cherished infant brother whose
bones had long since mingled with their
kindred dust.
What stronger argument could be ad
duced to enforce the appeal in behalf of
this neglected “city of the dead.”
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
At present this community ia much
exercised upon the question of inaugu
rating a system of free schools similar to
those in operation at Macon, Savannah,
and other cities of Georgia. (
The majority of the citizens favor the
measnre, and aro hard at work striving
to raise the necessary funds by voluntary
contributions. A3 yet the problem has
not been solved. A respectable and infla
ential minority oppose the measure on
the ground cf tho increased taxation nec
essary to maintain theso schools, asd
some go bo fur even as to donbt tbe pro
priety and utility of their establishment.
We ttnst, however, that the free school
sentiment will prevail. But for these
primary gatherings for instraction sup
piemented in the .cities by echools of a
higher order, the present generation,
white and b'ack, wonld be now atrug
gling ia a very
ABYSS OF IGNORANCE.
Since the war the mass of tbe people
have been too poor to educate their chil
dren. To provide tor their physical
wants was tbe firet and most imperative
da’.y. We are rejoiced to state, however,
that every year witnesses an additiorrof
many thousands to the' roll of pupils in
Georgia seeking the blessings of educa
tion. To attempt to deny this precious
boon to our former servants, who are now
possessed of equal rights with ourselves,
would be a great mistake. In ancient Spar
ta even the helots enjoyed the benefits
of ednostion and some of them surpassed
their masters in scientifio attainments.
Shall the people ef this enlightened and
Christian age do lest? Those who have
dounts on the eubjeot we would respeot-
f nlly refer to
SCHOOL COMMISSIONER ORE,
the best authority in Georgia.
THE NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD AGAIN.
From the very courteous and efficient
Superintendent, Mr. J. M. Edwards, who
was trained as an engineer in the State
University, we gathered the following in
teresting faofc concerning the above
highway.
The first mortgage bonds a?e soaght for
and cannot be purchased at one hundred
and five dollars per share. Tho interest
on the other bonds also i3 paid on the
nail whenever it falls dne. Few road3 in
tha country have been built and equipped
at so small an omiay. Its entire length,
from Athens to Lula is forty miles, and
tbe whole cost was bnt
FIT? HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS,
or $13,000 per mile.
It has been positively ascertained also
by carefal survey and calculation, that
the farther extension of the road in the
direotion of Knoxville to the North Oaro.
line, (a distanco of 56 miles) can be ac
complished at a total co3t $565,000 only.
To bridge tbe remaining gap of sixty
miles to Knoxville, the State of North
Carolina has granted the use of her con-
viot labor.
It will be aeon therefore that there is
bnt little donbt in tho near future of the
completion of the Northeastern road to
Knoxville. If Maoon therefore will plaoe
herself in oonneotion with Athena by the
extension of the
MSOON AND BRUNSWICK ROAD.
there will bs opened up a new and short
er competitive lino to th9 Weat which
wonld prove of immense advantage to
your city and the country at large. The
distanoe from Athens to Louisville, Ken.,
ie 4G5 mile?, or ten miles lets than from
Atlanta to that city.
IN NO DANGER OF BANKRUPTCY.
The earnings of the Northeastern road
continue to increase rapidly. In June,
the dullest month in tha year, the com
pany paid all current expenses, including
the interest on the bonds endorsed by
the State, and then had a margin of 12}
per cent, left of thojamonnt of gross
earnings.
As an evidence of its prosperity and
good management, we have cnly to state
that in December last tbe
NET EARNINGS
were equal to tho gross income for the
same month of the previous year. Tho
contemplated extension to Knoxville will
pass within two hundred yards of that
grand and magnificent cascade, Tallulah
Fall?. This would induce thousands of
tourists to visit that enchanting epot.
HOT WEATHER.
The merenry mounted to 93 degrees in
Athena tq day, and last night the heat
rendered sleep almost impossible. Not a
breath of air stirred the drooping leave?,
and we sighed for the hills of Vineviile.
The oorn ie twisted like whip cord, and
without speedy and repeated rains must
be cut off fully one half. Let ue invoke
a kind Providence to grant this pluvial
blessing to the whole country.
H. H. J.
Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.
July 11th, 1879.
Here wo are again in the bustling,
restless, crowded Capital, where the as
sembled wisdom of the State ia hard at
work
MAKING AND UNMAKING LAWS
every day. The present body really de
serves credit for the industry and energy
with which they diepatch business in
this sweltertog weather.
We saw one member o! the Honse
yesterday of portly dimensions whose
l.neu garments looked as wet while
speaking, as though he had just emerged
from a plunge bath. Aud, “tell it not in
Gith” that man, though n farmer, had
worked himself Lato such a lather by hia
FURIOUS OPPOSITION
to ihe Agricultural Bureau. Was there
Over a moro palpable case of quarrelling
with ones own bread and buite-i?’ Tee,
there he stood laboring and floundering
like a porpoise in shallow water, ringing
tho changes on that much abused word
sitiveness of oommerce and eren.i.
relating to trade when eouahtVn?-*
trolled by arbitrary Interference mv 2-
of healthy competition and th? prinJiS"
of supply and demand. By thu t P i 9
not mean to intimate that
ought not to be enacted which Su **
strain railroads from acts of injurt,??.^
invidious discriminations iathrir fr v
and passenger rates. Butl-t the
be applied only when such laws
lated, and by no means seize and atto™ !C .'
to run all the roads of the S-ato
would be the practical iffeot of'sn. ,
tempt*at enforcing arburary reT/
freight and passenger fares. e3 01
moobe’b o mmbrcial ollvo*
A visit to this institution f on -j n.
Professor at his post, and about asSJS?
young men hard at work wire
pencil. The system comprise the
thorough course of instruction
keeping and banking. A fik
(the University Link.) j 3 re on .„ b * Bk '
with all the ledgers, day ho-A
books, and machinery of a Bimon’A 6 ^
nanoisl Institution. EveryAtnfl^f
orsdited with a thao3sna dollarsIn n\J 3
federate money at the start, and draw* A
will, tTer and anen havieg hia bxk dnf
balanced Every possible^ Sc??,
shown that may happen in re&lbwine s
life, and the student, when ho arcdusre*
if a good scholar at the beginning ia ,
finished acoanntant. Since Jannari m
young men and one young hdv, from Ar
kansas, have been matrieulaied. A oonn«
of instruction, embracing f 0Qf month®
tor $115. ’ “ bj “ dto * tuiii0D ’
NOMINATED FOE GOVERNOR.
Oa the 3d of July the accomplished
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Hon. A. O. Baoon, returned to Mason to
paBS the National holiday with hi, fsmi
On his arrival he wae presented with t...
other noble little son and heir, who had
just made hie advent upon this mundmo
sphere. There wa3 great rtjoicing at
the auspicious event, and when the speak-
er returned to the Capital a deputation ot
members nominated, not the Ms jar, bnt
the little stranger to ihe Gubernatorial
chair of Georgia. If he ehould bs elect-
ed asd his able sire made regent pend
ing the attainment of bis majority, there
ie not the least danger that the Stato
would not be well governed in the in
terim. This is the youngest nomination
on record.
THE DROUGHT
is simply fearful All jtlong the line of
railroad from Athens to Macon tbe corn
is almost past rtdemption. Many acres
cannot yield one bushel, if it rained nntil
Christina*. Cotton, too, is small and
overfruiting itself. The weed, however,
looks healtny, and if seasonable shower,
would set in soon, so as to start it to
growing gradually agaiD, a fair crop
may yet be realized. A glot of rain
would cause the plant to put forth a rap
id second growth which wonld make it
cast the plentiful crop of fruit with
whioh it i3 now laden. The situation is
indeed gloomy.
H. H. J.
economy, and furnishing a lively speci
men of an ante diluvian fossil. Can such
folly cn tho pait of those who are the lar
gest beneficiaries oE the Bureau be cred
ited abroad? Yet it is true that the
principal opposition to this department,
whose Valuable statistics, crop reports
and metereological records aro bo much
sought after, is to be found in the ranks
of those for whose beaefit it was specially
inaugurated.
THE LAWYEBS,
to their credit, stand aloof and snicker
at the verdant utterances of their farmer would be the practical effect "of*
friends. They vole almost solidly to ’temotfat enforcin'? 1 “J&t*
eustain tha Bureau, and this will be done
by a decided majority. One earnest
Bach olio statesman was opposed to vo
ting a dollar for any purpose save to
keep in motion the machinery of the
government. He made tbe
STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT
that the value of all real estate and prop
erty in Georgia was steadily tending
downward, and wonld .ere long reach the
absurd figure of $150,000,000. We could
tell this Solon that the six ohief cities of
the commonwealth themselves represent a
large portion of that amount, leaving ont
of tbe account the soores of other flinr-
ishiog town?, the rich gold mine?, mag
nificent water powers, and
MILLIONS CF BROAD ACRES,
which make np the grand domain of the
Empire State of the South. It is tortn
nate for these short-sighted brethren and
the oonntry that they are in a hopeleeB
minority.
The fight on the Gsologioal Bureau
also, and th9 Board of Health will ba very
persistent and bitter. Bat we do not be
lieve that Georgia will inaugurate her
new constitution, whioh bristles with re
form in every paragraph, by
TAKING ANY STEP BACKWARDS. rasa thn 'Watmnot
The mineral surveys conducted by Dr.-J On his arrival hi w M
Little, under the authority of the Stats,
have developed the existence of hidden
treasures beneath the soil of Upper Geor
gia, and already have added many thon-
eandeto the taxable values of the com
monwealth. Men, barely vegetating
upon a few acres of rooky hillside have
fonnd themselves suddenly rich when
the State Geologist osme along, with his
tools and tests, and enacting The part of
a magician, pointed to the mineral
wealth deeply bnried in the earth. Cap
ital, labor and popnlation continue to
flow in apac9, and that onoa solitary
wilderness now rerounds with the hum of
industry and will Boon add immensely to
the resources of the State. And yet but
little comparatively has been done asd a
large part of that mountain region ia still
ATZRRA INCOGNITA.
Shall onr sapient legislators check the
march of progress, and leave iu ttuir
pristine aolitndes those districts wnioh
have eo long remained valueless tor lack
ofscientifioexptoratiost? For the honor
of Georgia we hope not.
The board of Hexltb, too, should be
speedily re-habilitated and equipped by a
suitable appropriation, (very little ia ask
ed for,) which will plaoe that body of
medioal experts immediately cn guard to
shield the State from the ravages of fatal
epidemios, or abate their virolsnce when
present. Ths sad intelligence of the re
appearance of the *
DREADED YELLOW FEVER
in Memphis ought to hssten ths aotion
of tho Legislature on tbts important
question.
THE NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD B JND
The majority and minority reports of
the November session on the matter of
the endorsement ot these bond3 having
bsen re committed, we lexrn througn
Mr. Wright, ot Bichmond, that the new
report which will probably be introduced
to-day, completely exmerate3 tbe Gover
nor from any complicity or blame what
ever in tho premises. There is no men
tion mode of Mr. Murphy’s bargain with
tbe rolling mill, a3 that waa an ontside
issne wnioh the courts will, in dtio time
it ia said, determine. A bill, however,
is, or will be reported, to prevent the re
currence of such transactions in fature.
Mr. Wright is of the opinion that tho new
report will bo adapted with bat little, if
any opposition. Surely the fact ia patent
to all tbat our noble Governor is as guilt
less of nDy connection with tho business
arrangement made by Murphy with Mor
rill, as an angel in heaven. Both of the
last mentioned parties assure the writer
that General Colquit was wholly ignorant
that Mr. ' Murphy had lean feed in the
case. The report also declares that the
Governor was not in any wsy influenced
by Mnrpby’s facte and statements. They
were already known to him. The writer
happens to bs alls to vouch to this also
from a private interview with his Ezoel-
iency pending the signature of the North
eastern bonds.
LCCAL LEGISLATION
The mnUitadmoiiB bills emanating
from every corner and section of the
State of a private or mnnicipal charac
ter, are pouring in like an avalanche un
der the two-thirda rale, and they are re
ferred with eqhal rapidity to the Com
mittee on “Local Bills.” Speaker Bacon
dispatches business like magio. When a
bill ia introduced and read at £.40 pace,
by general agreement, instead of a call
of the yeas and nays a3 was supposed to
be necoesary. the Speaker disposes of it
by a V l
RISING VOTE OF THE HOUSE,
the yeas eranding nntil they can be coun
ted by tho clerk, and then the positions
being reveisod, the voice in the nega
tive ia heard and recorded.
i hie saves an immen«eamount of time.
Unless tha local measnre ie general in its
effect aud operation, it ia very seldom
that a single objection is mede. In doe
season the whole will be reported upon
by the appropriate committee, and many
bills of a kindred character adopted to
gether. This is one of tbo wiBest provis
ions of the now constitution.
THE BILL FOR REFUNDING THE DEBT OF
THE CJTY OF MACON
is is the bauds of Mr. Bacon, and will be
presented when Bibb is reached under
ttis call of the oonntiea. It is the only
salvation of our city, and framed as it
was under th9 joint consideration and
imprimatur, not only of the municipal
authorities, but a responsible and repre
sentative committee of citizens, and rec
ommended by them, we trust will pass
nemiiic dissiente• Let ns be rid in an hon
orable way as soon espossible of the ter
rible incubus of debt which hangs about
the neck of this community, but never
mention—no, never even breathe—the
word repudiation. "
DEFEATED.
It ia a curious fact that nearly all of
the bills and retolu'ions introduced into
the Honse in November havo been defeat
ed or withdrawn. So muoh for seven
months’ calm refliotion, and another ar
gument against hasty legislation.
THE WILD LAND EUBROOLIO.
The report of Mr. Bussell and his esso
oiaies, whioh evinoed a wonderful amount
of industry end patientresearoh as wallas
temperate deliberation, has fallen like a
bomoshell upon the people. No one
dreemed of ench enormities as have been
developed and carried heme to guilty par
ties. What will be done in the matter is
now tha question. Well, that is hard to
say. A» usual in Ench oases it is feared
that a mere bruiem fulmen ia the way of
indignant remonstrance will be &3 tar as
the General Assembly will go. Bnt
many think otherwise, and assert that
with proper legal proceeding thousands of
dollarafrandulentiy obtained oan be oov-
ered back into tie treasury. Indeed, et
least one of the parties, if the allegations
made against him are sustained, will be
luoky if he escapes the penitentiary. M-.
Basse]! assured Ihe writer that tho half
had not been told by the committee con
cerning these wild land iniquities.
DANGERS OF INJUDICIOUS LEGISLATION.
A brilliant yonng member from Chath
am said in enr hearing that he had just
received letters from Savannah stating
that a report in circulation to tbe effect
that a bill bad been in’.roductd into the
General Assembly prescribing a fixed
uniform tariff of freights for all tho rail
roads of C.; orgri, fccri caused Central iail-
roud stock to fall cu two or three dollars
par share. Nothing has been done what
ever, in tha promises however, sin;o No
vember, aud we do cot believe :hst our
law- givers will be guilty of any ra.h or
harsh actica on the eubjeot. The above
furnishes an instance of the extreme seu-
JBread ana Meat.
There was a panic in tbe meat market
yesterday, reaching from Chicago to Ms-
con. Tee immediate occasion ot it
might, perhaps, have been the health
panic in Memphis; for when orders came
from the Board cf Health to evacuate tbe
premises forthwith, and everybody was
getting ready to put cut, there was no
doubt a strong disposition to diminish
stocks of meat as well os other suppliea
Bat it will be noted ib»t everywhere
breadstuff* are looking up—this rise be
ing founded on the general certainty of
ehort crops in Earope. Tno fortunes of
bread and meat are, however, so closely
interwoven that they cannot long bj kept
separate. We cannot long have a pros-
tiate meat market and an active and rk«
ing market for breadstuff,. Both ere
about equally concerned in tho great
question of food supply, and people wilt
consume more largely of meat when bread
takes on a disproportionate prior. We
look on the JR lie, therefore, as a mere
wind gnat.
On the llth August last meat fell half
a cent, and by the 13 th had recovered
thatloEsarda hundred points more; and
so, we fancy it must be now very soon.
This country is going to be heavily taxed
for food Enppliee to Europe. Tbe calcula
tion for grain supplies is that France
will require a hundred millions, Eng
land a hundred and firty millions, Ger
many eighty, Austria sixty, Spain forty,
and other continental countries from ten
to twenty millions apiece; and a pros*
trate meat market in the face of each
food demands ia a thing utterly impose!
ble.
Wabm Weather.—A terrible heat
raged through the land yesterday. A
hundred degrees might be mentioned as
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ination could build up to suit itself. It
was warm enough fer anybody, in point
of fact, and with the aid cf a fevered and
nervous fancy, it might easily be made
too hot for a healthful existence, and
verify the old saying of hotter than Beel
zebub’s back kitchen in dog days.
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