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MACON, GA., JULY 22 .679
—Boniior Ercoi of Miatiisippi told a Clov-
eland reporter tbit the Freedman’c Binkis
to bo thoroughly investigated ..during llio
rectal of Congress; that 'millions of dollars
bava been squandered, so one can tell bow,
and that be proposes to elicit all the facts.
an M title of increasing experts from
this country is machine-made Joinery. One
hundred (hou’and doors havs been sent to
England In a year, and windows are sent in
considerable quantities, oat rarely blinds,
which are little used there, except in the
form of oottcn or licen.
Inz jiisnri —The Han Francis*) News
Letter eays the engine of the Jeanette could
not drive the vessel more than four miles an
hour in clear water, at which rate ehe le/t
the Bay on her Arctic voyage, orwbateer-
vice they will bo in forcing her through field
ice is a da*k looting problem.
—Field bakeries form part cf the train of
nearly every European army. Despite theee
arrangements, -it has in recent wars been
frequently found impossible to supply the
Urge armies with fresh bread from day to
day; and it seems likely that ths attempt to
do ao will be abandoned, and biscuit henel
instead of bread.
—Old Aunt Sarah Fields, a negro woman
of Blue Bidge, Ky., firmly believed that she
must die, bs buried, and rise on the third
day, in order that her race should be bene-
fitted. Ths accommodating bays of her
neighborhood gave her chloroform, and left
her in a graveyard, so that when the awoke
abe thought that the desired miracle had
been wrought. She is now waiting for the
good result.
—a. scamp, wha represented himself as a
Government agent, exdted the negroes of
Holmea County, Bliss., by telling them that
a free train would take them cn the follow*
ing Bunftiy to Kansas. He charged every
man $1 for a email flag, which was to be his
title to a spot of land when ha reached Kan
ess. Tbo news spread like wildfire, and, eel
ling their cows fo: 52, their chickens for a
penny apiece, and other poiseesions at as
ruinous rates, 1,000 negroes gathered to wait
for the train that never came.
—Mr. Orawahay, the iron master, left pro
perty in England worth 26.000,000. Ten years
ago it would probably have been far larger.
Ths comparatively small amount ($13. SCO*
OX) under which Baron Rothschild's per*
sonally was sworn—less than half that of the
late BIr. Brassey—U doubtless due to a large
proportion of bis wealth being in other coun
tries. Only two British personal estates
have ever reached *20,003,000, and there is
but one Instate) of adirect legacy of €5,000,
030.
A* IitqriiT Unanswered.—Tie New York
Herald publishes the following, signod J. W.
B, from Baltimore: 'X am anxious to spoed
a few days in New York on a trip East
Would there be any dinger to myself and
wife from the police ? Are strangers moles
ted by them if they are peaceable?' The
Herald does not vouchsafe an answer to this
Inquiry, but in the earn) issue publishes an
amusing description of the Sight of one of
the Chin am on engaged in a melee there tbs
other day when he saw one of the Bletropoli*
tana approaching, ewingiog his club.
Mn Tnuniuw n* turn F.T nsa Ff.«na—
Senator Thurman writes to a friend in Ohio
concerning the late session of Congress: ‘In
my judgment, no cession of Congress has
dons more for the viudioation of the princi
ples of American liberty. We have success
fully maintained the principle that the bayo
net shall not control the ballot-box; we have
repealed the Infamous jurors' test oslh; we
hsvo provided for impxnisl juries in the
federal oourts, North aud South; and we
have maintained the principle that the fed
eral government chill not interfere in the
election of the officers of the Stale. A grea
ter declaration in favor of popular liberty has
not been mide since tin adoption of Blegca
Charts.’
A Genuine Brxocco — On Saturday last,
esys the Chattanooga Times, as Hons. D.
O. Trewhitt and A. A. Hyde and OoL Jo.
Clift, were driving from Jasper to: Shell-
mound, in an open boggy, they encountered
a regular African SIttocco. It seemed to be
a mere etrip of air, not more thin 50 or C)
feet wide, and was so hot that it fairly blis
tered the gentlemen’s faces. Hr. Hyde
thinks the sir wss fully 12) deg*ees. The
curious feature of it is that for miles In the
direction from which this furnaco-breath
camoth-ro wero green fields, rivers and
mountains. An instant before the sirocco
was encountered the air was fresh and cool,
and a gentle breese w»s circulating. Will
come eminent scientist explain?
The Omo Oakum*. — According to a
Washington correspondent of the World,
Foster, the Bapubliean candidate for Gover
nor of Ohio, was in that city consulting tho
administration about the Ohio Canvees. BIr.
Foster says, of oonrso, that he is sure to bo
elected, bnt be is not the man to mako gues
ses about the amount of bis mijority. He
Was asked *e to how important apart tho
financial ismo would make in the canvass,
and he slgnifioantly answered, presumably
wltn a wink of tho eye, that ho wonld try to
make It very prominent, bnt was afraid ho
would not bring his opponent up to ths re
quirements of the boor. Tho Republican
Congressional Committee is, notwithstan
ding this strong desire of BIr. Fceter, filling
theEtate with stalwart epeechos and not
with arguments on tho silver question.
Teh Yellow Fever.—The first caso of
yellow fever at Memphis, last cummer, eays
the Baltimore Sun, was that of a colored mu
who camo np the river oaths 21st of July.
He bed the disease in a mild form and re
covered, bnt two of his children, attacked
subsequently, died of lb Before they were
taken down, however, a young man, who
bad been in tbs habit of passing hythein-
fectod house, was seized with the plague.
This was July 25. He also recovered, but
bis nuree died. It was not until tho 14th of
August that the preeenos of the fever was
mado public, when it was announced that
an Italian anaek-honso keeper had died of
it It is noteworthy that, although tho few
has appeared in previous years as early a a
May, (New Orleans, 1873,) it has never $s-
euuttd an epldsmio form before August
—Hormuz 1 Bassam his completed his
seoond Assyrian expedition. Ho explored
ths monad cf NebLYunns, tho prophet
Jonah, aud discovered remains of places
erected by Esdsihaddon and Sennacherib
His labors on the mounds of Nineveh resul
ted In tho recovery of a large number of
inscriptions of extreme interest Passing
southward, he visited Nimroud and its Tem
ple of Venus. Tho explorations in Assyria
have discovered many valuable monuments
BIr. Easslm extended his operations into
fields nntouohed sines tho tlmoof Layard’s
expedition, and he was able to cany oat a
series of explorations on tbo mounds of
ancient Babjlon. H«a Ms discoveries were
most brilliant In a mound hitherto untouch
ed be diioovsd a palace of Nebuchadnezzar's,
with rich enamelled column a, heams of In
dian wood, tred every indication of having
been a most splendid edifice. Hls excava
tions in the mennd of the Btra Nimroud, the
site of tbo Kippered Tewer of Babel, have
proved that tbo destruction of this great
odifice was due, not to lightning or hoati'o
attack hot to Yoleanio eruption
Ghiilinets, dizziness, paims in the side and
back, Sleepiness, LUticssneea— In a word, a
general terpor of tbe system—all these clear
ly indicate Liver Disease. Use Dr. Ball’s
Baltimore i iiio in tuns and be cured. Price
ply 25 cents,
TEie F eath of Jobn Berrien
Whitehead, Ueq.
We era pained to learn that this wor
thy gentleman went to his long rest at
his residence in Mitchell connty at G p.
m., on Sabbath, the 13th inst
Mr. Whitehead was a Eon of Dr. James
Whitehead, one of tho old Burke county
noblees, and once a trustee of the Univer
sity of Georgia. The son inherited from
his sire those gtn'al traits and that un-
bounded hospitality which characterized
the wealthy planters of the South, -
when they lived in lordly style
upon their plantations in ante-bellum
times. The writer was a contem
porary, and knew him well more than
thirty years ago. The deceased, in those
palmy days, was never bo happy as when
entertaining his many friends mud ac
quaintances, and it was a standing joke
on him that sable sentinels were kept
posted on the public road into which the
private avenue from “Oik Liwn”, (hls
home) debouched, charged with the duty
of capturing and bringing in every pass
ing friend, that he might bo entertained
at his warm inglesido.
The war, alas, wrought sad havoc
with the fortunes of our friend, and
like the majority of the old Blave own
ers, ever’ since his life has been a
continued scene of toil and privation.
For several years Mr. Whitehead, who
is the lather of Mr. Harper Whitehead,
of this city, has been in deoliniog
health. His death at the last, however,
wa3 sudden and nnexpeoted.
Ho leaves a most amiable and devoted
wife, and an interesting family to monrn
their irreparable loss.
On Monday night tbe remains of this
estimable gentleman passed through Ma
con in charge of his relatives, en route
for tbe old family mansolenm at Bath,
Bichmond county, where ho will deep his
last sleep by the side of bis honored
mother and father. To the bereaved wife
and children we can only say, be com.
farted. God doeth ell things wisely and
well.
Georgia Farmers Kaunlng
their own Mills.
For tbe first time in tbe history of tbe
State, we le*> r. by our telegrams that
commercial a; tori tie* report almost an
entire ces.-atioi of the movement of
Northern wneat to Georgia, local mills
finding materia! sufficient in their home
growth.
This is a preud record for what is es
sentially a ootton State, with a big slice
of the “black belt” within its borders,
The truth is the wheat area, which was
cnee thought to be confined to the clay
lands and more elevated region of upper
Georgia, has been extended within the
past five years to the Florida line. Ccr
tain varieties, planted in drills and cub
tivared, produce admirably in eoutbern
Georgia, tbo vicissitudes of tbe seaEOns
effecting tbe growth no more adversely
than in higher latitudes. We could name
a gentlen.au, residing in Albany, with a
planting interest in Mitchell county,
who baa harvested six consecutive crops
of wheat without a eingle failure. More
over the average is above that of North
Georgia. The writer himself has raised
near twenty baehels to the acre of drilled
wheat in Bandolph county.
List season Mr. Hardaway, of Thomas
count/, eucseeded, after years of perse
verance, in producing a variety of what
he emphatically denominates non-rust
ing wheat. He is a gentleman so wide
ly known in agricultural circles, that
this statement will not be called in ques
tion. Indeed, the writer saw the wheat
which was retailed, if he remembers
aright, at three dollars per bushel at
Thomaeville. Should this eeed realize
tbe expectations of tho discoverer, what
a boon it will prove to tbe Soatb. But
just here we bare another word of ad
vice to volunteer to our distressed farm
era.
House, or propeily etack the wheat
straw for forage in the bard days of win
ter, and keep enough of the grain to in-
Eure a full supply of bread for your fam
ilies. Ia other words, do not be guilty
of tbe folly of selling year produce at a
low figure, when the fact ia almost inev
itable that ere tho advent of another
Spring, yon must in tarn become buyers,
perhaps at famiuo prices. Keep an
abundant reserve on band, and goto
work now with might and main to eup-
plement all deficiencies by, fall crops of
every description, especially caving the
native grasees for forage, which will
spring np eo luxuriantly after the late
rains.
None bnt the slnggatd need buy corn
another year.
TBn -Mavis’ Bequest.
A Mississippi correspondent of tbe
World says that Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey,
who recently left her large estate to
Mr. Davis, Was a Mies Ellis, of Natchez,
a lady of high culture, who at tbo age of
twenty-five married Mr. Samuel W.
Dorsey, a lawyer and plantor of Tenssa
Parish, La., and Subsequently removed
to Beanvoir, a sea shore rcsidsnoo on the
Southern coast of Mississippi. Possessed
of on Independent fortune, strong literary
tastes and without children, Mrs. Dorsey
wrote several books and formed an exten.
sive literary acquaintance, both jn Ibis
country and in Europe.
She was an earnest, ardent, faithfnl >
unchanging and enthnsiaslio friend. Her
admiration for certain persons—as for
Governor Allen, Thomas Carlylo and her
annt, Mrs. Warfield, and a few others of
less note, partook of tho character of
hero-worship in its highest, best and mos
unselfish form. Above all was her revt
erent admiration for Jefferson Davis,
Her bonse was habitually the borne of
the Confederate ex-President and his
family, and it was her chief delight in
every possible way to show him reepeot
and honor, combining tho office of hostess
with that of secretary or amanaeneie, as
circumstances might require.
A few months ago the progress of an
old hereditary malady admonished her of
the necessity for submitting to a surgical
epefalien, which might either give relief
or prove fatal. With the utmost com-
poxuro and deliberation she made fall
preparation for either alternative, and
when this was dono went to New Orleans
and placed herself in the hands of the
surgeon. With characteristic thought-
leEsacEs of self her first question on re
covering from the effects of chloroform
after the operation, was to enquire
whether refreshments bad been provided
for the two or threo lady friends in at
tendance upon her. She lingered for
some two or three months in a condition
which gave her friends alternate hope
fulness and anxiety, but finally Bank
rapidly and qnietly to rest.
Mrs. Dorsey had boen a very earnest
church-woman of a type seitheticaliy
rather than doctrinally characterized as
‘‘ritualistic.” When the mistress of a
plantation, with many slaves, ehe bad
provided a chaplain, a chapel and all the
accessories of worship for them, and had
devoted much personal attention to their
religions training. Disappointment
freely expressed at ths result of these
efforts, together with indications in some
of her later essays of the influence of the
modern school of latitudinorian philos
ophy, had given rise to many apprehen
sions among some of her friends as to the
ultimate effect upon her religions faith.
Perhaps her mind—like many others of
this generation—may have been unsettled
foretime. Bit, however this may be,
her last hours were illumined by tho
light that may have been dimmed but not
quenched. She received the sacraments
of the ohurch and died professing the
Christian faith and at peace with all the
world. .
•jho Stanton House, Chatta
nooga.
The writer a few weeks eince visited
this beautiful establishment, and can
truthfully say that for exquisite finish,
elegant furniture, magnificent upholstery
aud, what is more, real convenience, it
oannot bo excelled by the most preten
tions hotel on Broadway. Tbe fare and
servants’ attention is all that any one
could dcaue, while direotly in front of
oar window ro3e the gigantio proportions
of old Lookout Mountain, whose hoary
brow overtops the broad Tennessea,
which dwarfs into a silvery rivulet ia tho
distance. This splendid structure has
recently been leased by Means. Goodnow
A Co., who are resolved to leave nothing
undone for ths comfort and pleasure cf
the toads'. Tbe senior proprietor and hie
excellent f?ml7 are well known to the
writer, and we ore confident that by
their delicate attentions they will trans-
fotrn every gnest into a friend.
Those who panse at the Stmton House
to view tte eatraaciog scenery and his
toric battle-fields of the vicinity, will find
handsome cerrisgea and baggies ever in
attendance, with careful drivers to take
them to tbe summit of Lookout.
Beoen.ly the road has been greatly im
proved, and now there is not 'he least
danger in making ths ascent. Tne Stan
ton House wilt doubtless be a place of
great resort tbe present summer to those
who love pure air and beautiful scenery,
and we can assure tha traveler ia advance
that be will be more than pleased with
hls sojourn with Messrs. Goodnow &
Co., Its genial proprietors.
Mebcxr UsivERerrr.—The various ex
ercises and many fine oratorical efforts of
her young 3ons at tbe late Commence
ment, have aided new lustre to this ably
conducted and popular institution.
All over the State we hear it well spo
ken of, and if the powerful d .-nomination
to whose fostering care and patronage it
has the strongest claims, will bnt half way
do their duty, in completing tho endow
ment which has been so auspiciously bs-
gun, no seat of learning will ba able to of
fer superior advantages to the youth of
the country. Her faculty cannot bs sur
passed for erudition or experience, and
some of them have reputations by no
means restricted to the limits of the
State. For a year past Mercer has been
steadily growing in numbers and her
fnturo is full of promise.
The Chronicle and Constitutionalist thus
speaks of this rising institution:
This oollege, fitted up in the best of
style and sustained and patronized lib
erally by tbo Baptist denomination and
Georgia generally, ranks among the first
graduating schools in this country, and
appears to ba making fine progress in the
school of letters and tho world of educa
tion. Tho commencement, just passed,
proved to b3 one of unusual brilliancy,
and the term soon to bo inaugurated will
be marked by that thoroughness of cur
riculum and soundness of discipline
which has ever been displayed by the
learned and exoerienced faculty. We
are glad then to know that the prospects
of this institution ere good, and its ma
tricalaticg lists rapidly filling np.
Indian Depredations.
The fair reader shudders wfcon eho thinks
of tbe settler's wife watching irom the door
of her rude but, tbe retreating form of her
husband going cut to his daily labor—going
out perhaps to return not again, for before
nightfall a savage hand may have laid him
low among the pratrie grasses. Or it might
bo a child, a bright-eyed daughter, is snatch
ed away in an unguarded moment, to grace
the next war dance When we read the
heart-rendiDg details of these savtgi dep
redations, wo are apt to blame tbe govern
ment for no: taking more strict precautions
to insure the settler’s protection. But wo
daily read of the depredations of that arch
fiend consumption, with scarcelv a thought
of the terrible Inroads it is making in hu
man life. Tens of thousands of homes are
annually desolated by consumption to one
by Indian outrage. Like the Indian, con
sumption oftenest ermes rtealthny, and no
danger is apprehended until the victim sud
denly finds himself hopelessly ensnared,
and deaths fatal arrow ends the scene. Dr.
Piorce’s Golden Medical Discovery, a power-
ful alterative, or blood-purifier, and tonio,
has restored thousands of consumptives who
had tried eveiy other remedy recommended
to th "■>, without obtaining any relief, and
are v: .ieg to testify to its remedial power.
Ia these times there is no surer or
qaioker method of making money than to
invest a few hundred dollars in stock
speculation. Atex. Frotbingham & Co.,
brokers, 12 Wall Street, New York, are
reliable and experienced brokers, and
have been the means of realizing large
amounts for many of their customers.
Their Weekly Financial Report is sent
free.
Idol Woeship. —Dr. Sahleiman writes from
ancient Troy, where ho is bu-.y excavating,
some interesting report* of recent success
in search cf idols. He reports amoDg hls
discoveries: ‘Marble Idols, with incised owl
heads a gold eagle, one foot seven inches
long and an inch and a half broad, tho ta ! l
in two plates, fixed together with two gold
pins; a treasurer of gold ornaments, consis
ting of three gold discs in the form of flow
ers, of repousse work, and a gold breast
ornament of much elegance; fragments of
teven gold idole; a treasure found close to
the house of tho ancient town chief or king,
and conaisting of two gold earrings like the
bread ornament, with pendant idole; two
very large earrings, formed of eeven serpents;
two email ones, of five serpent*; a small gold
ring for tho hair locks, ono gold frontlet,
nine gold ornaments, each with four spiral?;
two very large and heavy bracelets of thick
gold wire; many small gold beads in the form
of leaves and gold tinge, six silver earrings,
to which are fosod gold beads; ono laiga one,
and a large tilvar spoon, which seems to
have been used for libation). as it basin its
hollow an ornamont In ths form of a naval
shield.’ If thoso diggings wore coarorthe
quest of idols would become very genera’.
Wett Jersey Hotel, Camden, N. J., Juiyl2 ’79
I take pleasure in stating to the publio
that I was tho holder of ticket No. 3,760
which drew.$l0,C00 in tbs9thDrawing of the
Commonwealth Distribution Co , for which
I paid $2 and tho same wss promptly paid
on proses tation at the office of the Company,
Louisville, Hy-, and I consider ths company
very prompt, and worthy of patronage.
J. 8. Bennett.
Next drawing July Slot. Unprecedented
Schem ■ 9112,400 in prizes. Tiokots 92. Ad
dress at once, T. J. Oommerfo'd, Secretary,
Courttr-Jonmsl Building. Louisville, Ky.,
or same at ICS Broadway,.New York.
On the whole, it soems a pity that the
negro’s faco is bltck Ifbewcro white we
ehonld say, from the good Bishop's account
of him, that ho was getting on remarkably
well, and might safely bo left to work out
his own future; but being black, he cannot
poesiblv get aioug without porpeini! advice
and coddling. We wonder it the colored
people of Georgia are not secretly a little
tired of ths Bishop? It must bo tedious to
the sensible amoc^ them to hr.ve him all the
time reminding them that they are not men,
bnt only black men.
" Peace in tha Family.” Yon can cnjoy a
goad night’s tost and retain pcaoj in ths
family by keeping Dr. Ball’s Baby Syrnp in
Ihs house.
[PUBLISHED BT AUTHORITY OP THE GOV
_ EBNOR.J
Report of the Board of Yisitom
to the Uaiversity ol Georgia.
Athens, July 9;b, 1879.
To His Excellency, A. IT. Colquitt, Gov
ernor of Georgia s
Sib—In obedience to instructions re
ceived at your hands under the laws of
the State, the following individuals who
have been commissioned a “Board of vis
itors” to the University,of Georgia at Ath
ens, to-wit: W. D. Harden, T. G. Fond,
Mark Johnston, James H. Danham, C.
P. Crawford, J. W. Glenn. H. O. Mitch
ell, J. T. White, C. M. Neal and H. H.
Jones, assembled at Atlanta Jane 23i
for the discharge of tha duties assigned
to them, and proceeded to organize by
the election of H. Q Jones permanent
Chairman of the Board, and C. P. Craw
ford Secretary. After concluding its la.
bors in Atlanta, the Board repaired to
Athens and resumsd its work there on
Saturday the 23th ultimo.
All the members were present sav-
Hon. W. D. Harden who was unavcii-
ably called away, tnl Mr. Glenn who was
excused after serving for several days.
The Board would respectfully submit
tbo following
report.
They have diligently and carefully pe-
rosed and scrutinized the numerous ex
amination papers of the Senior class of
the University, aggregating 5,437 pages,
and covering nearly all of the higher
branches taught in European or Ameri
can schools. Called npon to character
ize these and express an opinion B3 to
their individual and comparative merits,
the Board is unanimous in declaring
that U3 a whole the examinations were
highly satisfactory and reflected credit
alike upon the faculty and students. Of
course there were eomo mediocre, and a
few very inferior papers, showing bad
spelling, wretched chirography and a
lamentable ignoranoe of tbe studies un
der review. But these cases were excop
tion8l; while many of tho young gentle
men gave evidence of ripe scholarship and
industry, care fulcultare and a thorough
appreciation of the subjects discussed. It
is but fair to say, however, that these
defects in orthography and rudimentary
knowledge are not chargeable to the
University instructors, bat to the lack of
suitable preparation for college ia the
common schools of the country. Hence
the importance cf the high school in oar
system of public education.
THE FACULTY,
remains the same as list year with the
following exceptions: Professor P. H.
Mellhas been elevated to the Chancellor
ship, W. G. WoodfiD, A. M., of Mercer
University, was elected to the chair of
Latin and Greek, vacated by tho death
of the lamented Waddell, Mr. D. C. Bar-
row, Jr., has been made Adjunct Profes
sor of Mathematics and Natural Philoso
phy, and tbe departments of agriculture
and horticulture have been annexed to
the chair of Professor William M.
Browne. ,
The duties of Adjunct Professor of
Ancient.Langnagea have also been added
to tho role of the Professor of Modern
Language?, C. P. Wilcox, A, M., giving
him a large amount of extra work. Some
modifications and exchanges too have
been instituted in the departments of
Professors L. H. Charbonnier and H. _ O.
White, with advantage to the University.
Chancellor P. H. Mell, also, is required
to teach Metaphysics, Ethics and Parlia
mentary Law in addition to his duties aa
Chancellor.
The several new officers aro men of cul
lure and ablo educators, and appear to
give general satisfaction.
THE NEW CHANOZLLOB
is very popular, and with little apparent
effort preserves the most perfect discip
line among the students. No disturb
ance has occurred and not a solitary ex-
puls'.on was deemed neoessary during the
past year. Dr. Mell acts apoD tbe pi in-
ciple that the mo3t potent appeal that
con be made to a young man is to his
honor. By such treatment an esprit du
corps and emulation to behave with deco
rum have been excited among the stu
dents, productive of the happiest results.
PBCFSSS3B WOODFIN
has long been connected with Mercer
University, and brought with him a ripe
experience and enviable reputation as a
Echolar and skilled educator. Ha fills
his chair with grace and ability. Of
Mr. Barrow also, tho uniform testimony
of both faoulty and students is that he
is in all respects competent and efficient.
We think it may be safely affirmed that
no Southern College possesses an abler,
more experienced, thoroughly qualified,
and it may be added brilliant corps of
instructors than the University of Geor
gia.
THE CONDITION CF THS CAMPUS AND
a BOUNDS,
within the la9t twelve mouth have been
vastly improved. All that neglected
and unsightly area in rront of Moore’s
College and in rear of the Chapel has
been graded, terraced and partially sod
ded with Bermuda grass, which will
soon transform the flinty soil farrowed
by gullies into green esplanades most
pleasing to the eye. The walks on the
campus proper al3o have been levelled,
and no less than 400 choice forest trees
have been carefully put out and protec
ted by white washed boxes.
In this noble work Dr. Camak and
other enterprising citizens lent their aid,
each patting oat a number of elm, oak
andeugar maple trees, promising to nurse
and care for them hereafter.
GBNEE0U3.
Mr. Berkman3, of Augusta, when ap
plied to by the Chancellor to recommend
a Landscape Gardener, to lay ont and
beautify the grounds, kindly offered to
do the laying off free of charge himself,
and donate besides quite a number of
trees.
HARKED IMPBOVSMENT3 OF COLLEGE
BUILDINGS*
A close inspection of the various edi
fices appertaining to tbe University show
great and salient changes for tho better
eince the last visit of this Board. The
Truitees voted a considerable sum for
repairs to the two dilapidated society
halls. Of these, that of tho Demosthe-
neans has been covered with tin, thor
oughly repainted and renovated, and now
presents a most tasty appearance. The
Phi Kappa Hall is undergoing the same
treatment, and will soon be transformed
into en elegant structure.
THE YENEBABLS CHAPEL
is also receiving a thorough cleaning and
renovation, and the work of snpplyingit
with gas fixtures will bo completed before
Commencement. Nor have the improve
ments stopped here. Both the “old”
and the “now” college buildings havo
been repaired, all the offensive rubbish
witnessed list year removed, the floors
scrubbed, the walla whitewashed, and are
now in excellent sanitary condition. Those
dormltoiies not in uso aro kept closed.
Tho professors’ houses, garden fences,
etc., have likewise been pat in good re
pair, and the public sinks in use by the
students are constantly supplied with
deodorizing substances.
It affords the Board much pleasure to
coto and record these striking evidences
of progress in all the externals of the
University. They give cboerfnl promise
of better days.
The internal management of the in
stitution has reoeived a similar impetus
in the right direction.
We fiad that tho rale
ABOLISHING 8EOEET CLUB),
which was eo odious to tho students, has
been rescinded, and so far fromworking
injury to the literary societies, they are
B*id to be more prosperous now than for.
several years past. Again, the Univer
sity library, which was
PEAOnCALLT CLOSED
to the students a year ago, baa been re-,
opened once more. Now, they are privi
leged to take out books at pleasure, pro
vided they are either returned at the end
of a week or brought back and renewed.
We are especially glad to announce also
that the work of improvement has been
extended to the library apartment like
wise. The alcoves and shelves of that
spaoions chamber will be fnrniBbed with
a series of door frsmos pioteoted by a
coarse cot work o£ wire,in lieu of window
glass. These doors are to bo kept lock
ed in the absence of the librarian, to pre
vent depredations, bnt do not, in the
least, obstruct the tallest view of the
books. For tbe lack of some such ar
rangement many volumes, from tims to
time, have boen stolen.
APPARATUS.
Within the list oollegtate year, Profes
sor Charbonnier has expended almost all
the balanoe remaining of the
$15,000 voted by the Legislature
to stock the new Agricnltnrsl College
bnilding. His laboratory and that of
Professor White, and tbe several apart
ments which have been elegantly fitted np
with glass cases for the proper preserva
tion of the valuable and delioate instru
ments provided for the illustration of tha
natural soienoe and chemistry, are models
of neatness. Everything bss a plaoe
and is in its place. Both of these gen
tlemen are learned and accomplished
professors. The Board was present at
the delivery by Professor White to the
Ssnior class of a Isotaro upon the princi
ples of evolution, whioh was a unique
production, replete with carious informa
tion and scientific researoh. Tbe appar
atus of the University of Gaorgia is prob
ably equal in extent, variety and com
pleteness to that of any institution in the
Union.
PABLIAMENTABT LAW.
This important branch continues to oo-
enpy a conspicuous plaoe in the Univer
sity curriculum of study. Tbe Board at
tended the annual Parliamentary discus
sion between the members of the class,
and were delighted with the prefiaienoy
of the young m:n. It was th8 best con
tested Parliamentary debate wo had ever
seen, and the lessons reoeived there will
qualify the atudent for many a future
struggle in the great arena of life, and
bring him off tbe viotor.
aaLITABT TACTICS.
This department is under the direction
of Professor Cnaxbonnier. All of the
siudonts, unless exempted for special
reasons by the Faonlty, are required to
drill three times a week. They furnish
their own cadet gray uniforms, but the
Slate has granted to them two hundred
stands of aims, one hundred of whioh
have beon received. Their commandant,
Professor Cnerbonnier, holds a Colonel’s
commission from the Governor of Geor
gia, and formally served with the rank of
Captain in the French army.
A battalion o’ two companies consti
tutes the military organizition of the
University.
Tho Colonel ordered a parade bafore
the Board of Visitors, nnd the young
men presented a moat soldierly appear
ance. They marched like veterans and
went through the manual and every evo
lution, however difficult, with ease and
without the slightest blunder. This is
an important feature in the Uaiversity
which shoald be rigidly upheld, as tho
young men trained to bear arms here
might prove of incalculable benefit to
the country ia the event of invasion or a
foreign war.
THE LAW ECHIOL
embraces six students under tbe direct
supervision and instrnction of Professor
W. L. Mitchell, LL. D. The department
also includes in its faculty Chancellor P.
H. H. Mell, Lecturer on Parliamentary
Law; Prof. Wm. M. Browne, Lecturer
en Political Science; and Hon. B. H.
Hill, Lecturer on Constitutional Law. It
is to be regretted that so far the connec
tion of the last mentioned distinguished
gentleman with the school has been
almost nominal. If he could find leisure
to expound the Constitution and give its
proper interpretation in a half dozen
lectures only during the collegiate yea-,
an immense amount of valuable infor
mation might be afforded to those who
are eoOU to fill the places of honor aud
trust in the cauatry now occupied Dy
their seniors.
moot ooubt.
Dr. Mitohell entertained tha Board
with the mook trial of a case which was
argnedbytwo attorneys noon each aid
Tho Board of visitors, by request, formed
the jury, and wero not a little eciitod by
tbe sharp practice and eloquent utterances
of these young limb3 cf tne law. Judge
Mitchell mado an able charge, and tbe
j ny withhold their verdict to save the
tevliogs of the inchoate counsel.
EXPERIMENTAL FARM.
Tbo Board, accompanied by Dr.
Mitcueil and the Chancellor, visited Bock
College, which is on the farm designed
to afford practical lessons in agriculture
to tbe students. It is occupied by the
Professor, Gan. 'Wm. M. Browne, and
kept by him in excellent condition. The
farm, a worn oat and barren hill side,
embraces an inclosure of thirty acres
which has been laid down in tho follow
ing crops, to wit: Niue' cores planted in
corn, 10 cores devoted to cotton, 1 acre
in tobacco, sorghum and lczjrno, 1 acre
to sweet potatoes of several varieties, a
half acre to foraso corn and millet, a half
acre to Irish potatoes of different kinds,
a half acre to melons of various sorts, 1
acre to vegetables, 2) acres to flowers,
shrubs and grass, 2 acres to wheat from
which 36 bushels were harvested, 2 acres
to oats. Total, 30 acres.
Professor Browne, in tho cultivation of
these crops, in order to test most fully
the value of the respective commercial
fertilizers thrown upon the market, pro
cured
THISTT STANDAED COMPOUNDS
whioh wero distributed in equal quanti
ties upon the corn and cotton, each area
being designated by a board marked with
the name of the fertilizer used. Occa
sionally a row was left which received no
artificial help.
Of coarse the final result oannot be as
certained nntil after harvest time, bat
even now the difference between the ma
nured and unmanured, is most striking.
Tests of various seed3 for fisld and gar
den have also been made and will bs duly
reported.
The Board found the soil of the farm
thoroughly pulverized acd m the highest
tilth, and the crop;, despite the drought,
green, luxuriant and far above the aver
age of tbo ad j scent country. The
grounds in [front of the college had been
adorned with graceful beds of lovely flow
ers, and planted in shrubbery and shade
trees. When the character of the soil
is considered the results achieved have
been not only satisfactory but astonish-
iag. Professor B.owne ba3 also com
menced the establishment of a
MUSEUM OF FIELD AND GARDEN IMPLE-
MSNT3,
in the large room of the building, for
tbe information of the students and ag
ricultural visitors, and has made such
arrangements with the manufacturers
that no cost will muro to the Uaiversity
save for freight and transportation.
THE COST OF BOARD AT THE UNIVERSITY.
One of the most prolific causes of in
jury to this institution has been the high
prices of board, acd the general impress
ion that there has been no abatement
thereof. This is a mistake. The stu
dent, if he desiros, can procure a room in
the college buildings, furnish it at trivial
expanse and get excellent day board not
in commons, but from Mrs. Bichard-
eon, a refined and worthy lady, whom
tho Chancellor and faculty have persuad
ed to opon a boarding houso in tho “new
college,” for the moderate sum of twelve
dollars per month. This is exactly what
was paid in the palmiest days of ante
helium times. If, however, tho student
prefeiB both board and furnished lodg
ings, Mrs. Bichardson will accommodate
him at the low rato of $13 50 per month,
inoluding servant’s attendance. Tho
Board had evsry demonstration that
she spreads a bountiful table, fully equal
if not superior to tho average obtained in
private families. Ia town there is no
fixed rate of board, but we learn that
prices will compare favorably with those
charged at Oxford and in Macon. It
may therefore be confidently asserted
that the student oin be accommodated as
cheaply in Athens as at any other educa
tional point in the State. If studenisde-
sire to club together and find themselves,
they will ba provided with comfortable
rooms free of cost, and are at perfect lib
erty to do so.
OUGHT NOT TO BE CHARGED RENT.
The Board of Visitors wonld again
renew its appeal to the Trustees for a
remission o! the rent required ot those
profecsors who occupy dwellings which
belong to the University. The salaries
of these gentlemen, ($2,000) especially
1,400 00
818 00
•unity
those who have families to maintain,
were the responsibilities of their social
and official position, to be daly consider
ed, are slender enough. The substruc
tion cf $300 for rent absolutely reduces
them to great straits. This recommen
dation ia made with the utme-.-t respect
for the authorities having charge of the
matter.
FINANCIAL CONniTDN OF THS UNIVERSITY.
A careful examination of the bosks of
the venerable Treasurer, Dr. Wm. L.
Mitohell, reveals the following statistical
faois.
INCOME
From interest on $10P,0t0 due by tha
State ,$ 8,000 03
From Interest on $30,000 Terrell en-
From iatere«t"u'p'n’nVe*nerii
From interest on uninvested land scrip
Irina in the Gevemor’s hands
* ($90,000)
From interest on S86.C0D Georgia 8 per
cent bonds, part of land scrip fund 7.6SOOO
From interest on S36.COO 7 per cent
Ueorgia bonds investel land scrip
funds...,. — S.92OC0
From rent of piofeisor'a dwellings on
campus «... 1,850 00
From tuition fees (nearly all collected) 5,187 SO
From library fees....... TOSCO
Total revenue.57
The cash balance on hand at this date
foots up $7,203.06. In this amount, bow-
ver, is inoladed tbe small unexpended,
balanoe of the machinery fund of $15,-
000. A large portion of the above earn
will be required shortly to meet the pay
ments of professors’ salaries and the ce-
C333ary repairs now going on upon tbe
various buildings attached to the Univer
sity.
lathis oonneotion the Bsard wonld
respeotfully suggest the propriety of an
ADDITIONAL ANNUAL APPROPRIATION,
sufficient to enable the Uaiversity to dis
pense with all tuition fee3 and make its
rioh benefits free to tha people. This
step would effeotnally disarm all opposi
tion, and plaoe this time-honored founda
tion of soienoe in full rapport and sym-
oatby with the publio sonool Byatom of
Georgia.
Then, indeed, would all the enbordi-
nate institutions of the Commonwealth
strive to prepare and equip their pupils,
os many as could afford the time and
means, to enter and pass through the
University, and reap the almost unrival
led advantages, whioh may bo derived
from Its apparatus and admirable coarse
of instruction.
It would have tbe effeot also of
KILLING OUT
most thoroughly tbo absurd impression
that exists in same of the tural districts,
that the University is an arUtooratio in
stitution intended only for the eoub of the
rioh and great
GENERAL CONDITION CF THS UNIVERSITY.
The Board take pleasure in noting a
decided increase in tbe cumber of rnatrio
ulates over the previous year. The ao-
tuai attendance at this date is sixty in ex-
cess of the same time l&3t July. The to
tal number of s'.adants, as reported on
the rolls, is 149, of whioh 91 pnr3ua the
old Franklin College currionlum, 52 bo-
long to tha State Oollege, and G to tbe
department of law. The disparity in
cumbers between tho pupils of tbe Dah
locoes College acd the University may be
ascribed to the fact that both sexas, with
out regard to age or previous preparation
are admitted to the former. No just
comparison, therefore, can be instituted,
while esoh is do’.Dg its appropriate work
faithfully aud wtlt The outlook for the
University ia unquestionably very flitter
ing, and we trust that a bright day of
prosperity is about to dawn upon this
grand old fane of science, whisb, for
near a century, ha3 been the prolific nur
sery of statesmen!, jurists and divines.
BRANCH COLLEGE?,
Within the past year a strong desire
has been manifested in the various geo
graphical divisions of tho Stato, to hare
established ander the imprimatur of the
University at Athens, several schools to
be designat'd as emanations from tbs pa
rent foundation. This board is in lull
sympathy with the movement to extend
the blessings of education to every por
tion of the commonwealth, through the
agency ot such branches of the Univer
sity as may be asked for and deemed ad
visable by the proper authorities. At
the same time the etiaigntened circum
stances of the parent institution, the
need of an adjunct professor to the chair
of the dead languages, and the Blender
salaries paid tha several members of the
Faculty plead earnestly for further aid
from the State to fully sustain and equip
the noble University sha has called into
being. This cannot be reasonably expected
in the present condition of the finances.
But it would be conferring a great boon
upon the people, if the Legislature would
provide an annual sum to cover the run
ning expenses of thepiopostd branch
colleges, if not inconsistent with the rul
ing of the constitution:
Provided—That the schools in ques
tion be unified with tho University and
form a component part thereof, bestow
ing all degrees, certificates of scholar
ship, etc., through its Chanoellor acd
fully recognizing their subordination to
the ancient mother at Athens.
If this IB done,we sincerely believe that
the several blanches will prove valuable
feeders to the University, Mercer and
Emory CJoll-ger, and also greatly pro
mote the cause of education in Georgia.
Otherwise, the State would be simply
raising up rivals to her own ancient foun
dation whioh could cot fail to act inju
riously to its future progress and useful
ness.
Ail of whioh is respectfully submitted.
H. H. Jones,
T.G.Posd,
Mask Johnston,
J. T. White,
J. H. Dunham,
C. P. Crawford,
C. M. Neal,
H. C. Mitchell,
J. W. Glenn.
The above report was unanimously
adopted and signed by the Board, and
the undersigned committee appointed to
transmit the same to your Excellency.
II. H. Jones, Chairman,
J. T. White,
C. M. Neal.
Report of the Committee of the Board
of Commissioners to the Atlanta
Univebbity,
A large majority of tho entire Board
attended tbo examination of tbe colored
University at Atlanta, whioh receives an
annual donation of $8,000 from the State.
The reDort of the special committee ap
pointed to make a suitable minute of tbe
exercises and tho condition of tho Insti
tution, submitted at Athens, was unani
mously adopted. It is as follows:
To the Board of Visitors :
Gentlemen—The undersigned, your sp-
pointeea, herewith submit the following re-
iort upon the final examinations of the At-
anta University, for the school year just
Closed.
The Board attended these examinations in
an almost entire body. They were prompt
ly and courteously met by Frosidont Ware
and hls associates, and the examinations
proceeded with systematic regularity. lbs
exorcises wero designated by neatly printed
programmes, with the time and place of reoi-
tation distinctly set forth.
The examinations were fairly conducted
and disclosed the fact that the moat advanc
ed methods of teaching (wero employed.
These methods were mainly topical, supple
mented by appropriate questions, which
ovincod that tha students had an intelligent
comprehension of the subjects under can-
eider&tio-j. Wo woro ospeculiy impressed
1 by the evidences of patient, Jsyatema’.ic, un
tiring training on the part or ths teachers. j«o
well adapted to the colorod, or any race, and
by the progressive manner in which a sub
ject was developed. All branches taught,
passed in review before ns, and whether the
immediate subject was raiding, grammar,
history, mathematics, the-elastics, or othsr
bnnehos, ths means onplojed and tho re-
salts attained were entirely eatuftcioiy.
The examinations were entirely cral and
tha decorum and order maintained ware of a'
high character.
The cleanliness of the reOKatfon rooms,
iha careful preservation of school properly
and tha gradual improvement of the grooads
woro marked.
The final exercised at Friendship eharob
woro very ere .'itab!o to tho institution. Tho
subjects of the speeches acd essays wero
appropriate, without poU'.iotl bsiring, and
they wero delivered and ren.l in n hsccaicg'
manner.
blooming a centre of great intereet among
the colored people.
The religious triining of the pupils ap
peared to be excellent.
Tho Normal feataro of the institution we
regard with especial intereet In Co w*y
can education be so rapidly extended, or its
improved methods bs effectually multiplied,
as, by tha spacial traiciog of tev hsr*. This
wo believe to be the great educational want
of our State.
We have ona svggestion to make, viz r
as the oral recitation has been now so satis
factorily developed, would it not be benefi
cial to introduce some written elimination
work in the higher olaesee, as affording a
bitter comparative test, and as advancing
the examinations fully np to the modem
standard ?
In closing, yenr committee wcnM state
that they were much gratified to learn
through the President that the future of the
institution is very flattering. Two bequests
amounting to 961,000 have lately been mida
to it, and it ia proposed at an early day to
erect a new building on an improved plan,
between the present edifies?, to enlarge the
dormotorie- for girls and to provide a dining
room capable of seating 500 persons.
It is your committee’s opinion, based npon
the for going, that tho State has acted wise
ly in her appropriation to tbe Atlanta Uni
versity, ana that a continuance of it ia to
her beat interests.
.Respectfully submi'ted.
H. O. MrreHiLL,
Ob’m Special Com
T. G. Pond.
O M. Seal
On motion Ihe above report was ordi r
el to bs submitted to the Governor.
H. H. Jons?,
Chairman of General Board.
J. T. White,
. C. M. Neal.
HACOX’S FINANCES,
A Bill to Kefand the Bonded and
Fond tbe Floating Debt.
Below we present in full the embodi
ment of the labors of the committee of
aldermen and citizens in a bill which has
been introduced in the Legislature whioh
folly explains itself.
Atlssta, Ga., July 14ib, 1879.
CoL L. N. Whittle,
Macon, Ga.
Bear Sir—I enclose you a copy of the city
bill fer refunding the bonded debt l thi.k
it due the tax payers and particularly the
merchants of Macon that this bill ehonld be
published in the daily paper beforo it be
comes a law. I send yen this copy and ask
that you give it to the Telegsaph & Mes
senger to-morrow, so that it will come ont
on Wednesday. They will certainly publish
a nutter of such general interest without
charging for it.
Ycu-s very truly,
Bob’t A. Nisbet.
The bill was introduced this morning.
Also the bill to authorize purchase or mm-
piie.
A BILL,
To bs entitled An A:t to authorize the
isane of interest bearing bonds by the Ma -
or and Council of tha City of Macon fer re
funding the present bonded debi and fund
ing that part of theflia'icg debt of the city
of Macon, herein epoafiaj, to provide for
the sale of arid bonds through a commis
sion, to redeem said bonded and floating
debt, to provide for tho levy and collection
ot a tax for the payment of the principal
and interest of said bends, and to preecnbo
the manner in which said bonds ehall b) is
sued and pud cff. and for other purposes.
Section 1. The General As-embly <f the
State of Georgia do enact. That tne Mayor
and Council c f the city Mac?n are hereby
authorized for the purposes here n specified,
to issue the bonds of the city of Mtcen un
der tha said corporate name, not exceeding
in all the amount of seven bun'red and fifty
thousand dollars.
Section 2. That said bonds shall ba cf
such denominations not lass than ona hun
dred dollars as the said Mayor and Council
may determine, tilth rua for the period
of thirty years from the first day of Oc
tober, eighteen hundred and seventy-
nine, and shall bear interest at the rate of
six per centum per aenum, payable quarter
ly npon interest coupons, or Warrants. Said
bonds shall be executed oy the official Big'
nature of the Mayor of the city of Macon
sni of iho Treasurer of the city of Macon,
and by having affixed the corporate soil of
said city. The coupons or intereet warrants,
ehall bo signed t>y the Treaanrer of said
oily.
uection 3. The said bonds herein author
ized to be issued, tb:l be used exclusively
for refunding the principal of the present
bonded cebt of the city of Macon and for
funding that part of the principal of the
fluting debt of tho city o? Macon existing
prior to the firth da; of December, eighteen
hundred ana seventy-seven.
fi ction 4. To p»y the interest which shall
aeciue on teid bends issued under the pro
visions of this Act, and to prov.de a sinking
fond wh ch shall be expended as herein di
rected, the Mayor and Conceit of tbe city of
Macon ehall levy and collcot annually, dar
ing the fall term of thirty years, a t:x of
three-fourths of one per centum npon all
tbe property real and personal in tho city
of Macau, which said tax shrit be separate
ly levied and sep«rately collected for the
specifio purpose herein d> signatid acd shall
bo osedfcr applied to no other purpose what
ever.
Section 0. The principal of said bonds
when they ehall become due. acd the cou
pons or interest warrants of the same when
they shad became due, ehall be receivable
by the city of Macon in payment of all dues
to the city of Mtcjn; and said bonds ehall
be non taxable directly or indirectly by the
oily of Macon.
Section 6 To enable ihe Mayor and Coun
cil of the city of Macon to lovy and collect
annnally the said tax of three-fourths of
one per centum, ths said Mayor and Conn
ell aro hereby authorized to lovy and col
lect a tax cf ono-qairttr of ono por contain
upon the re\l and personal property in said
city, in addition to the one per centnm tax
now authorized by law, ao that the entire
tax tor all purposes upon the real and per
sonal property in eaid city shall not exceed
one and ono quarter per centum of which
total advalorumtax, the tax of three-fourths
of one per centum shall ba srparately levied
and collected for the purposes herein pro
vided.
Section 7. That for the purposes of dispos
icg of the bonds herein anthorizsd anl of
paying out the mon<y truing from the said
tax otdliree-foutthscf one perce turn there
is hereby created a board of commissioners
to bs known as tbe Commissioner of tha
Bonded Debt of tho City of Mao:n. The
commissioners shall be composed of 'five
cit’zacs of Macon who shall lie tax payers
and who shall serve during gcod behavior
and reside in tha city of Macon: John
E Jones, Asher Ayers, John St. Burke,
Richard F. Lawton and John P. Fort, are
hereby appointed slid commissioners. All
vacancies among eaid commissioners shall
be filled by election by th9 ta d boud ot
commissioners. In addition to the five
members of said commisrion, the Miyor
ot tha city of Macon and the chairman
of ihe Finance Committee of tho Coun
cil for the time being ehall be ex-officio com
missioners on said boud of commission.
Any member of said csmmlasicn, other than
saidrffialomembers, who shall at anytime
be eleeted to the effiee of Mayor or Aider-
man o! the city of Macon, ehall ipso facto
cease to bo a member of eaid boa'd of com-
miBioners.
Section 8. Said cotrmissionorB shall oloct
from their number a President of said board,
who ehall hold bis office for the term of two
years, and until his tno.'eeeor is elected.
The Uleik of the Council of tbe city of Ma
con shtil he ex-efiitio Oleikof the stud board
and almil keep a correct record of tlie pro
ceedings of said board. Tbe Treasurer of
the oily of Macon ehall keep correct accounts
of tin receipts and disbursement? of eaid
boud of commissioners. Said records acd
accounts shall be kept in bcoks separate
from the bocks of the city and shall at all
times bo open to eximination and inspection
bp the publio
Section 9. That the Treasurer cf tho cily
of Macon shall, upon the official boohs of
the city, open an account with said commis
sioners and shall, so eoon as received, pass
to their credit all of the money collected un
der said three-fourths of one per centum
tax herein provided for acd thill koep eaid
money so received separate and distinct from
the gecerai funds of ths cily and shall pay
the same upon demand either in wholo cr in
part, ns may be required, to the eaid board
o( commissioners
Section 10. Said bends, when executed, as
heroin provided, ehall be delivered by the
Mayor of the city of Macon to the eaid board
of Commissioners. The said Commission
ers shall dispose of said bonds, or eo much
thereof as may bo necessity in the following
mumor:
They are hereby authorized to exchange
at par, eaid bonds for tho principal of «ty
otbsr b'tida heretofore issued by tho Msy„r
arid Council of the city of M«con, whetner
tbt same are due or have no: matured,
laid bonds heretofore issued by tha Mayor
and Oocneil cf tho city cf Maccn and thus
rsetivedby the said commissioners in tx-
chango for beads herein authorized to bo is
sued, ahril be cancelled by said commis
sioners and delivered to tha M&yor and
to the holders of said debta, provided nu
debts shril bs first approved by u_«
and Conceit of the cry of M*cou iUjor
Sootion II, That tto said t tx , three,
fourths of one per cent, shad bo ciid Vnti
collected only in lawful money of the TTpgIj
States, and in the said e ; x per ce_: hoods
issued under this Act and in ecu-on. S2 •
terost warrants of arid atz per cent b»Si'
ana ao much aa may be ntcets»ry of th® *7J
received in the collection ot the said tax>*
three-fourths of one per c-ntom «h,ii i .
Ccnacil. 1 hs e aid commissioners are f urtfcer
I authorized to issns said bonds at pir in set-
titmen: c.f the Heating debt of the city of
Msoon existitg priordo the fifth d»y of De
is steadi y ton tin up gr-a?, ana that is 14 cember 0 giiiconhurdred and seventy-80703,
cent bouds herein mtaM rile k tnS? 1
and the remainder of tha money go ncrivod
from the collection of said tax which
remain each quarter rfter the tjavmpm Ts
said maturing interest warrants.^”*
ba feeld by said commUsionem^k. 11 *.’
einking fund for the pajm nt of the -.1,7-,-
pal of the eaid six per cent bonds or the nt?J
of Macon herein author zed to be ietrni
which eaid sinking fund shall be mtxared hi
said commiationera as herein provided*™ Cy
Section 12. That the money baronzinw
said sinking fund shall, from time to time
as the said commusionera a .all d e *ra hSt
be invested in the purchase of tride^kVd
cent bonds iseued under this Act. and iVl
same shall not be otherwise inveetel. vbh
of eaid binds eo purchased by th- eomSS.
sioners shall be registered on the b»t77f
the Treasurer of the city of M*conin tho
nuns of eaid cnmmieeionere, and ehall hive
pliinly entered on tha same, to be aimed h»
tho President of said baud of commjsion-
ers the following, vz: “This fcood iTthe
property of the commieeianers of the bond,
ed debt of the city of Macon anl ha be-n
so entered on the books or the Treasurer or
eaid city and is not transferable ”
8ection 13. That the Mayor and Council of
Mdcon shill continue to p j to the eiid
commissioners out of the money rtccirel
from srid tax of three-fourths of one ner
centum the intereet coupons, or warants
of the said bonds, so purchased and held fcv
them until the txyiration of the thirty yeus
mentioned in the second section of thu Act
which money so raiatd by arid c&mmiaeioc-
ers, in payment of interest accruing on tho
said bonds thus purchased an h'-ld by
teem shall oonst.tnte a part of ea ! d sinking
fond and be need and di-boraed as provided
m tho llth and 12:h aeo'iona of thie Aet.
At the expiration of tha said thirty years tha
said s:x per cent bond? s i purchased, and
any part or srid fund not disposed of, shall
be delivered and paid by the srid commie,
sisners to the Mayor and Oouccil of th? city
of Macan who shall cancal and destroy srid
bond? and appropriate said nninvt eted fund
to the payment of tho principal and interest
of any of srid six per c:nt bend? wh ch shall
then remain unpaid
Section 14 Th >t srid commissioners shall,
on ths first day in November cf each year,
make to the Mayor acd Council of the city
of Macon a leport in writing of their actings
and doings under this Aot, as srid commis
sioners, »including an recount of their re
ceipts and disbursements of money received.
bection 15. The terms of this Ac: shall
constitute an inviolable oontrsot betweei tho
Mayor and Council or the city of Mac m acd
every purchaser acd holder of any bondau-
tborzed and issued by and noder this Act,
Section 16. This Act chili be printed in
fall upon the bick of each bond herein au
thorized to be issued
Section 17. That all laws and parts of
laws militating aga’nst this Act, be and (he
same are hereby rep riid
HOMICIDE WEAK CO CHIC AN.
On fihtlling Cochran—A Fatal
Accident.
Cochran, Ga., July 16,1879.
Messrs, tditorsi Not that wo feel oar-
eel! at liberty to tronble yon wi h a com
munication, but cn seeing in to-day’s issue
“Old Subscribe!’,.” Bote, dated Atlanta,
12th, and it being verbatim of a con
versation that a certain stout Old
gent had on the oars approach
ing this point cnee, not many
years since, acd who ia now, or was, on
an important legielat ve committee, we
can’t forbear to give yon a little sketch
of what happened at that time. Jnst as
the train arrived here on which this old
reformer, who was eo anxious to shell our
town was, two gentlemen beppened to bo
having a little aifBoul y jnst at the de
pot, and used their pi-tti? pretty freely,
there being some ten or a dezen
shots fired. Fortnnately ns cue was se
riously hart. Some cue on the train
suggested that tbe artillery be
brought up, and started is qnest of tho
gentleman who had just been threaten
ing to shell the plate. But whero woe
hi? After considerable searching eomo
one found a limb projecting from nnder
a car seat. On palling and calling, some
thing under the seat responded, and upon,
being requested to bring cm the artillery
replied: “I’m if I do. I don’t want
to hurt anybody ”
MorO pie tnl wo.k comes np. Co
lumbus Crok, colored, wan killed
here this morning by Jim Williams,
colored, about a mile from the
town, I have cot been able to get tho
particulars.
A sad accident happened near
here yesterday morning at the homo
of deceased, Mr. Iverson Sandeie. Ho
was accidentally shot and killed by a
young man, Mr. Henry Sparrow, who.
was trying to take a lock off ot a gun
with a hatchet. I: clipped and caused
the gun to go cff, killing Mr. Sanders in
about ten minutes. Ho leaves a wife
and a large family of small children.
E A
A Kr-o Snikb 8w llowsd a CorrxBBEiD.
—V Cabarrus (V.) correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial says, as my sons were
going to plow they beard a nciso near the
roadfide. and on looking they saw a large
king enaks ooiled around a heavy oopper-
head snake, with the bead of the venomous
reptile in his mouth. One of the boys got a
forked stick asd carried the serpents to the
house, about three hundred yards distant;
but the king snake did not loose the hold
upon (he head of its victim. The two were
placed near the window whero I was sitting,
and I watched them folly an hear. .They
seldom moved. This was about sundown.
Awaiting to see how they wonld mako it, and
fearing tho copperhead would get away, I
had a fork run through his body and fasten
ed it to tha ground Now it looked as if the
king snako had sucked everything out of the
ceppsrhead’d body. After dark, by the light
of a lamp, we saw that the king snake had
nrooiled and was fast swallowing him. At
the expiration of half an hoar we took out
the fork, and he started off with his prey..
We put in the fork again and then tamed a
a box over them until morning There then
appeared but one snake—the king enake—
and when ideated ho glided away.
—Baling the resent stay of tho English
squadron m the Pit so ia, throe sailors were
drinking in a wine shop, when men belong
ing to some Russian vessels of war entered,
and taking the bottle from before them emp
tied the contents and replaced it on the
table. Seeing tbe Russians were in the pro
portion of twenty to the three Englishmen,
one of tho latter, a boitswrin'a mate, step
ped to the door and piped ‘Liberty men to
render.’ In a moment his ebipmatos swarm
ed xbout him; but, Jaok ecomiog anything
but fair fightirg, only sufficient were told off
to make even numbers with the Ruslans.
Accordingly they went in man far man to
clear ent tho aggressors. After a free fight,
in which chairs and tables wera alike brought
into requisition, this was accomplished.
Prodigies of vrior were performed, especially
by a petty officer of ono of the English iron
clads, who distinguished himself by the
lapidify with which he floored one antagonist
after another. The Russian e reached their
hips in a gomawhxt sorry plight.
Mercer University.
This institution will resume its exerci
ses on the tst of October next, according'
loan adverlisemsntwhioh appears else
where. The University has established
a reputation for thoroughness and gen
eral excellence all over tho State, and
which even extend beyond its borders.
Its healthful location, ablo faculty, com
plete course of study, low rates of tuition
and of board, all combmo to make Mer
cer Uaiversity one of tbe mest desirable
institutions in tho land, at which to ob
tain an education.
Ths law school is alsa very ably
officered, sffardiug (0 tho student
of law tho advantage cf having instruc
tion from three professors instead cf one,
aud tho additional imptovemect from
moot courts and abundant opportunity to
study the practice in the oouit? of the
coanty. The oonirg year ~wil! be, it is
thought, ono of great pro-per117 for
the institution.
A bright and hippy fice peeping out of »
baby carriage, ii a eur# aign that ihe little
occupant has not been dottored with opium
preparations. If year baby needs msdicino
bny a bottle of Dr. Bull’o B.iby Syrnp. It
contains noting ir jniioos,