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Be TeBpart and Keneneer.
MACON, GA.JULT 22, 1879.
IBB GEOEOIA PRESS.
Plot Nono CpLLsax.—Onr Catholic
friends will be pleased lo read the follow*
iflg from the Augusta Chronicle and Cm
atttutionalist:, Rev. T. P. Cleary, pro-
feasor of Belles Leltres end Classics m
the above named institution, is in the
city m the interest of the college. Un
der the new management the college has
net with greatsuccesf; its curriculum
of studies. Its discipline and geaeral
■' management being - modelled on the
schedule of Georgetown College. ^ Such
being the case, it is no wonder that the
prospects of Pio Nono College for the
next year are most encouraging, many
sow names having already been entered
on its list of students. - The college is
chartered to confer degrees and the next
year graduates its first class, having been
established only five years, and in addi
tion to its other attractions, will next
year be placed under military training,
the requisite arms and accoutrements
having already been received by Govern
or Colquitt.
Tubes have been tiro deaths from sun
trolce in Augusta, and the heat previous
to the rain is represented to have been
fearfol. In the bed looms at night the
thermometer stood at 94 deg.
Items from the Sa.vanha.ii News.—A
mule driven by a negro from Goodwin’s
f lace fell down on Jefferson street, near
liberty, about 8:30 o’clock Saturday
night, and was considered in a bad way.
YTe learn that the workmen in several
of the Urge machine shops were compell
ed to stop work Saturday on acconnt of
the extreme heat. At the Gulf Bailroad
it is stated the thermometer was 103,
Solomon Habte, colored, was picked
up on the street about half past twelve
o’clock yesterday afternoon and carried
to the barracks. Solomon should be wise
and not ba reckless with whisky daring
the heated term.
Apjplbit is becoming quite prevalent
in Savannah. The intense heat we sop-
pose induces the disease. Temperocco
in eating and drinking and avoiding ex
posure to the fierce rays of the sen should
be the order of the day.
Amono the shipments by the City of
Savannah for New York Saturday, were
8,535 watermelons.
Hurrah fob Liberia.—The colored
people of Savannah intend to celebrate
the independence of Liberia by a grand
demonstration on the 28th inst. We oi
ly wish the Eepnblio had done a little
more for the race that seems to proud
of it The News says;
The celebration will open with singing
the hymn, ‘‘The Year of Jubilee Has
Come," followed by reading the Litany
by Bev. J. S. Habersham. Addresses
will be delivered by James Bine, the col
ored Representative in the Legieiature
from Glynn county; by Elder Wo. H,
Noble, of the A M. E. Church; by W.
A, Golden, of Liberty; by Prof. Boss, T.
G. Walker, of Augusta; J. A. Sykes.
Dr. P. H. Coker, and A. Burke. There
will be recitations and singing to vary
the programme, and among tne “hymns”
mentioned is that pathetic one, entitled
“John Brown’s Body Lies Mouldering in
the Clay.” Another featnro will be the
presentation of the Liberia flag, by Eav.
U. L. Houston. Eroursion parties are
expected from Augusta and other
points.
Curious.—An opsqae smoke cloud
spread over a large portion ot Brooks
count/ laai Friday, without any apparent
fire. The planters tamed oat on horse
back and soonred the country In scatob
of the conflagration, bat could not find
it The Valdosta Times says: ‘‘No one
has learned its wheze&bonte.”
Cotton is opening on the W. D. Boon-
tree place, cays the Q oilman Free Press.
A Good Ekcobd.—The Free Press
esya:
A better class of colored people ere not
to be foned in the Somh than wa have in
Brooks county. Among the settled, resi
dent colored people there is soarcely any
crime, which the reoords of our courts
will show. For the last fonr years onr
jail has bad bat few tenants. Osoaslon-
ally eome Itzy, vicious, bad man stmggles
into Brooks from Florida, or eome other
county in the State, and lives by roving
over the country and stealing. These
ilineraLt ro^nea soon come to grief: their
career invariably winds np with a resi
dence at Lockett’s camp, near Albany, a
striped coat and pantaloons, and a pair of
metallic ieggins.
Now let as bear from Blaine, o! Maine.
A Centenarian.—The Lumpkin Inde
pendent reports the decease of Mrs. Hate
Butler on Thursday las*, aged one hun
dred and fonr years.
The samo paper says: Bilious attacks
are becoming more frequent, and, though
not serious, we often hear of Eom9 citi
zen of the county being sick.
A Low Bivsb —The bottom is cn top
now—in the Chattahoochee river. It
would bo tho sublimity of pleasantry to
undertake eoicide.
Enquirer Sum Columbus, unlike many
cities, has really something to brag about.
Hava you noticed that, nine corporations
had lately declared handsome dividends ?
Atlanta Gazette: It is a fact not gen.
erally known that General Toombs was
sent away from the University of Geor-
gia because he had a fight with Judge
Hillyer. The etndents had nicknamed
Judge Hillyer “Bill” and be, after stand
ing it aitbil», announce i “his conscien
tious puipen’’ ot whipping the next boy
that applied the nickname. With his
well known audacity, young Toombs vi
olated his. warning one morning while go
ing to class, and with his well knower
steadfastness of pnrpose, Judge Hillyer
whipped him. General Toombs then
got a pistol and went ont to “play for
even,” as he expressed it, when he wa9
stopped and b, ought before the faculty.
The Crips—Terrible Forebodings.—
Madisonian: There is no ns9 in trying to
disguise onr present crop outlook. Never
in tho history of the oonotty has there
been one so unfavorable. Corn i3 mined
beyond redemptior; there cannot be
scaroely a tenth of a potato and fitld-pea
crop raised; the cotton is small, stinted
by the drought and cannot, even under
the most favorable circumstance?, make
a third of a crop. This is no exaggera
tion. Oar people never were more des.
pondent, nor did they ever have’occasion
to br. Wbat we are to do Is a problem
that the futtrre most solve. We see noth
ing but rnra, misery and ab3clute want in
the future. God grant that oar apprehen-
eicnsmay net be realized.
Cheer up. good brother; don’t talk so.
There is time yet to make and house a
bran new pea crop, plant and gather a
fair yield of sweet potatoes from the
vines, raise any amount of vegetables,
fodder corn, German millet, crab and
crowfoot grass bay, oats world without
end, and turnips enough to feed sheep
andoattle all winter. Beside?, cotton
s-.iil holds cn bravely, and there is eveiy
prospect of good prices next fall. Don’t
despond, therefore, but go to work to re
trieve tho situation, say wc. It can be
dene.
These is considerable sickness in Mor
gan county.
From the Americas Recorder, which is
unquestionably one ot the best printed*
newsiest and readable journals in the
State, we extract as follows :
Goon fob Oub Section.—It will sur
prise many to learn that not a sack of
corn has been shipped from the West to
the Americu3 depot daring the present
year. Farmers are frequently In town
seeking c. market for surplus products.
Life in the old land yet.
Andsreonvillb Again.—Make haste
and remove the bodies of onr dead, for
one gentleman informs ns that the cattle
are feeding over their graves. The an
nouncement that such is a fact must
bring sadness'to the Sontb.
Personal.—Captain John P. Fort, ot
Macon, was in our city on Wednesday
last. Mr, Port ba3 a large planting in
terest in this county, which is success
fully conducted by Mr. C. C. Clay.
Abjut 4 o’clock in the evening our cit
izens have to use a etep ladder to ascer
tain the status of the thermometer.
The Camenean Chimes, of Albany,
prinU a very newsy and creditable num
ber for July.
Berries county Neves: Since the new
pressman has taken hold’of the Tele
graph and Messenger that excellent
daily shows unmistakable signs of im
provement in “impression.”
The Late Trial—Comments of the
Press.—Columbus Enquirer Sun: Gib
son has been acquitted in Macon. A
plainer case of murder was never proven.
Gibson was drank and killed a harmless
maB, whom he did not know, who was
patting his hand in his pocket to get
money to treat Gibson and friends. The
Telegraph and Messenger says the
people are indignant at the result. Six
were for acquittal from the start. Two
men for applauding the verdict were
fined {5 each. Maoon is the place to go
to oommit mnider.
Griffin News:—It does seem to ne,
if there ever was a case of mnrder in
Georgia this was ono of them, and how
the jury, found a verdict of acquittal will
always remain a mystery to law-abiding
citizens. In Fulton county Sam Hill
wa3 convicted of mnrder for killing the
man that invaded the sanctity of his
house. Ia Bibb, Gibson, who killed a
stranger without any cause, was set at
liberty. But, in the language of that
able journal, the Telegraph & Messen
ger, the voice of thq jury is the law of
the land. It is not the law here, and
with them rest the reeponsibilities for
the consequences which will follow.
Jn3t such verdic's on just such acts of
criminal violence which form the basis
of this whole transaction bring Southern
society and Southern civilization into
disrepute.
We do not speak from a personal
stand point, bat for the high ground of
publio justice. The remedy mast be ap
plied by the people in an improved sense
of jostioe, and until then the present
state of affairs mast be endared.
Amebicus Recorder: The result of this
trial will come upon the reading public
with as great a shock as did the verdict in
he Hill trial. The acquittal of Gibson is
simply a burlesque on law and an out
rage npon justice, and, in effect, legalizes
any orime, provided the perpetrator first
nerves himself to the proper point with
whisky. We don’t wish to impugn the
motives of any honeBt juror, bat it seems
to as that if the average jurymen of Bibb
county would give more of their atten
tion to the suppression ot red-handed
crime in their midst, and less to the de
linquencies of judges and lawyers, socie
ty would feel a few degrees safer, and
strangers could transact their business
without suoh strong probability of assas
sination staring them in the faoe. Macon's
reputation for impartial dispensation of
jastioe is not enviable, and this last act
will not tend * o elevate her in the opinion
of a just and law-abiding people.
Ten Atlanta Constitution Bays the
trustees of the Lucy Cobb Institute in
Athens have pasted a resolution offering
to donate to the State the entire property
of the Institute worth $25,000, to be
made a branch of the State University
for the ednoation of females. Tbe school
has a hundred pupils ia attendance.’
The idea is a novel one, bat we can see
no reasonable objection to the proposi
tion, and the yonng ladies may be the"
recipients thereby of many incidental ad'
vantages. Under the new constitution
ho earn can be appropriated to any edu
cational enterprise save through the trna
tees of the State University. This
intended, we suppose, to unify public
education as mnch as possible. It re
mains to b9 seen bow the project will
work.
Constitution : The motion for a new
trial in the case ofjSam Hill will be ar
gued before Judge Hillyer this morning,
Terrible Accident. — Milledgeville
Union and Recorder: Mr. E. T. Ailing, ot
this city, has the contract for rebuilding
the bridge over the Oconee river at this
place. A scaffolding had been erected
for the prosecution of the work, and all
was moving on well, until about 10 o’clook
Wednesday, when rnnners to the city
brought tidings of a terrible accident at
the bridge. The news spread like wild
fire. The first reports led ns to believe
that Mr. E. T. Ailing was killed, and five
of his workmen seriously injared. There
was a general rush to the scene of the
disaster, and all throngh the city there
was demonstrated a deep interest in th9
results of the accident.
Soon after, Mr. E. T. Ailing was
brought to his residence by Dr. Hall,
and others assisting, and placed on a
conch, where the best medical attention
was promptly given. The great throng
of visitor?, to inquire after the wounded
man’s condition, attested the universal
esteem in which be is held in the com
munity. So great was the crowd, that
the attending physicians had to request
the retirement of all, bnt such as might
be necessary to give them assistance.
Bloody, ana braised from head to foot,
the cofferer was carried into the pres
ence of his estimable family—wife and
three grown daughters. t Amid ail the
excitement, and uncertainty, these ladies
preserved a presence of mind truly heroic.
There was no want of feeling on their
part, bnt there was a sense of dnty, and
the demands ot immediate and thought
ful attention, that quelled the natural
emotions'of affection. It was beautiful
as brave, on the part of these noble
women, and their conduct elicited the
admiration and sympathy of all. ; J,..
Mr. Ailing was-found’to be badly cat
o»er the forehead, his forearm broken,
his ankle and leg badly braised, and his
body otherwise hurt. His skull was not
fractured, as feared, but the severe eon-
tnaions caused apprehensions of in
jury to the brain. He wbb conscious, and
though a great sufferer, quiet, and bore
his pain with fortitude.
The other parties it jured by the fall of
the scaffolding were Mr. J. C. Yates-
head, shoulder and legs braised. He is
doing well. Zed Smith, slight wounds.
Isaac Wallace, colored, hip diBlooated.
Hit, colored, head, face ard arm bruised.
Isham Phillips, colored, slightly bruised.
The scaffold was forty, five feet high, and
escape from instant death was wonderful.
Drs. Hall, Harris, Shinholser and Smith
were promptly cn- the ground, and did
everything in their power for the relief
of the enfferers.
The cause of this deplorable accident
was tho giving way of the scaffolding
between the first ard second granite
piers, on the side toward? the city. For
the reason of its fall, we are not pre
pared to express an opinion. When Mr.
Ailing recovers sufficiently to explain it
we will get at the bottom facts.
Tub lact issue completes the 60;b vol
ume of the Southern Recorder, and the
49:h of the Federal Union. If we live
through another year,- wa will—weil, we
won’t anticipate.—Recorder.
The Union and Rtcorder is one of our
staunchest and best journals. May it
complete its centennial year, and then
begin a new lease of life.
One hundred and twelve negroes were
baptized in a pond near Madi?on, Geor?
gia, on the 6th inat. A huge jcb for one
man.
Emibx College ' Oonhekcsmrnt.—
Speaking of the closing exercises, the
correspondent of the Chronicle ff Sentinel
ss>ys:
Wednesday was set apart for the sen
ior epeaking, which lasted about three
hoars. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon,
Mr. Lafferty, cf Virginia, addressed the
Few Phi and Gamma Societies with great
success. The prcachera’s medal, given
by Dr. Allen, was awarded to A. G.
Wardlaw, Maoon. Ga. Mr. "Wardlaw
won the Boynton last year. Tbe Boyn
ton was this year presented to J. E.
Wooten, McVille, Ga.
Some of the Atlanta boys who have
been tackling wheat fatnrea came ont at
the little end of the born.
They are sadder, but will they grow
wiser.
Augusta News: Tho press ot the State
generally are load in condemnation of
the faroioal trial and acqaittal of Gibson,
o* Macon, last week.
Completed.—The magnificent Town
Hall in Augusta has been finished- The
Chronicle and Constitutionalist eays it iB
undoubtedly one of the fineBt halls in
tbe Sontb. The walls and ooiling have
been beautifully fresooed by Mr. H. M.
Bobert?, the painter, and present a very
handsome appearance. Twelve hundred
chairs will be placed in the hall. It wih
oontain fifteen hundred, bnt the number
first mentioned is considered tuffioieut
for all practical purpose?, as even iha<
number will hardly meet there at on-
time. At the lower end ia a commodious
stage, flinked by two small rooms. Ac
cess can be had to the stage by means o
a stairway commencing in the ClertV
office in the mitket. At tbe western eu
are two large ante-rooms, whioh will b.
useful for various pnpoaes. The ma c
entrance to the hall is by two wide suir-
wsys leading from the front of th,
building, and on either side of the tower.
The hall has a high pitoh and » larg-
number of specious windows, eo that the
ventilation will be perfect no matter how
great the crowd within its walls.
Poisoned.—Chronicle and Sentinel: Mr.
Jos. Oijen’a family, in the lower part of
the city, was poisoned last Sunday after
noon, it is supposed from drinking milk.
Mr. Oljen himself was in a precarious
condition for several hours, but finally
recovered.
End cf the Drought—"We hear of re
freshing rains in almost every part of the
State, though so far there has been no
general pluvial outpouring. But the
.clouds look watery, and the amonnt of
evaporation going on from the moist and
heated earth is simply immense. There
is every prospect now of seasonable rains
in the future. Let every farmer prepare
for tnrnip3 and get in his peas and potato
slips.
Coluubu3 brags of a fine rain of over
three honre’ duration.
A Tebbibl* Joke.—Sandersville Cou
tier. Last Saturday night Mr. Anderson
Griffin of thiB county, proposed to Mr.
Jesse Yarborough, one of his tenants, to
play off a joke on some yonng men who
had been raiding on his watermelon
patch. The plan was this: Mr. Yarbor
ough, who is a yonng man about eighteen
years old, was to get the parties suspect
ed by Mr. Griffin to go into the patch
after melons while Mr. G. would secrete
himself behind a stump near by. The
agreement was that when the men enter
eu the patch Mr. Griffin would fire his
pistol in the air and Mr. Yarborough was
to fall and pretend that he was shot. Mr.
Griffin did shoot and Mr. Yarborough fell
and said that he was shot. The other
parties ran off, Mr. G. continuing to
shoot in the nir ss they retreated. Mr.
Griffin on returning to the bouse, noticed
that Mr. Yarbrongh did not follow bat
continued to ory out, bo he went to sae
what was the matter. On arriving at the
spot he found he had shot Mr. Yar
brough’s brains ont. Mr. Griffin says it
was purely aooidantal, and states that as
be attempted to raise the pistol and shoot
in ths air, having one finger on the trig
ger and tbe other on the hammer, the
hammer slipped from bis finger before
the weapon was raised to its proper
height. He eays he hsd no idea that
Yarborough was shot until he returned to
him, and regrets ths aosident verynfuoh.
Tbe young man was not dead at last ac
counts, but- there is no hope of his re
covery. Suoh foolish handling of fire
arms should not be indulged in and should
be stopped.
Fib-t Cotton.—Savannah News: There
on exhibition at the Ootton Ex
Fannie Forrester's Bird,
[When a daughter was bom to Mrs. Jud-
Bon, the far-famed Fannie Forrester, at
Maulondr. where she resided with her hus
band, a missionary of tbe cross, she is said
to h»ve penned the following cxqnisi e
poem:]
Ere last year’s moon had left the sky
A bird ling sought my Indian neat,
And folded, oh 1 so lovingly.
Her tiny wings npon my breast.
From mom till everiDg’s pnrp’e tinge.
Ia winsome helplessness sRo,liea.
Two rose leaves with a silken fringe,
that softly on bar starry eyes.
There is not in India a lovelier bird;
Broad earth .owns not a hippier nest;
Ob, Qod, ‘.Ihon hast a fountain stirred
Whose waters never more shall rest 1
This beautiful, mystorious thing,
This canning visitant from Heaven,
This bird with the immortal wing,
To rre, to me, Thy hand hie g yen.
The pnlte first caught its tiny stroke,
Tbe blood itB crimson hue. from mmo ;
This life, which I hive dared invoke,
Henceforth iB para’lel with Thine.
A silent awe is in my room—
I tremble with delicious fear;
The fu ure. with i'e light and gloom,
Time and eternity axe here.
Doubts—hopes, ia eager tumu't lice;
Htw, ob, m ■ God 1 one earneit prayer;
Boom for my bird in Paradise,
And give her angel plumage there!
rUK AGE.
Ton mock -bird rinring in tbe grove
In tones n! wondrous melody—
His rji h. fall notes as glad as love,
Spirit and song ia harmony— *
Trills scarce a note that is his own.
Sings not of his own creations ;
Tet from no other throat are thrown
Such glorious combination*.
Hi* voice is clear above the rest,
Keener his ear to catch each sound,
And something fine within hi* breast
Respond* to all that’s fine aronnd,
Onr Ze't Geist is a mocking-bird
With eye and ear and aonl attent;
And in its finest songs are heard
Tbs notes of »U the ages blent.
—JB W.Jr.in Wesleyan Christian Advocate,
change yesterday a well developed boll
of new cotton.- It was received by Messrs.
L. J. Gnllmartin & Oo , from Mr. A.
Livington, of Madison, Florida. If this
boll is an index to the field from whioh
it wa3 plucked, and we have no informa
tion to the contrary, the natural conelu-
sion is that the first new bale will soon
follow. The first bale of new cotton of
Florida growth last year was received in
Savennah August 33.
Ought it to be So ?—Enquirer.Sun
Public opinion mnst be arrayed against
the commission of crime or else no life is
safe. As soon as an illegal not is com-
mited a combination is effected to defeat
the ends of justice. In a neighboring
city a man under the influence of liqnor
killed an unarmed stranger for no cause.
The accused did not know anything
abont it. The stranger appeared to have
no friends. One jury made a mistrial,
another rendered an acquittal. Is tbii
law? Is this justice? Ought not at least
some punishment be inflicted to deter
men from getting into that condition in
which they unconsciously destroy the
lives of others? If the plea of drunken
ness is allowed in extenuation of the
crime of homicide, and the perpetrator is
allowed to go free, what' life Is safe?
What protection has society? It aoy
oae has good standing, or has friends
with money, or can obtain lawyers of
ability to defend him, mnrder has been
proved to be the safest crime he can
commit—the more brntal or cowardly,
the safer he becomes.
Are the laws powerless to proteol?
Theft and forgeries are punished. Is
stealing worse than killing?
The Cbop3.—Swainsboro Herald: We
learn that the crops will be short in our
county generally, in some portions more
than half the usual yield—cotton so far
has not. been seriously affected by the
drouth, the rains that hare fallen for
tho past several weeks hare been par
tial, and lands contiguous to this town
have not received the benefit of the co
pious showers that have visited other
portions of tbe county, as a consequence
crops are suffering, and the wells are
giving out.
Mb. C. H. Mkdlcce has retired from
the Swainesboro Herald. That paper
will ba edited in future by Mr. Henry
A. McLeod and published by Mr. R. J.
Edingfield, one of the former proprietors*
Mr. Medleck who ia abont to start a. px-
per in Sylvania, prints bis valediotory in
tbe last number of the Herald, and Mr*
McLeod makes a graceful editorial bow
in the same.
Wa wish all of the parties success iq
their respective fields.
“ VoDslBteuey Ihon. art a Jewel.*-
Some have refused to use “put np”
medicines, simply because they do not know
just how theyjure mode. Do yon refuse to
accept tbe deductions and conclusions of the
aitronomsr simply because yon are unac
quainted with his methods of calculation ?
You do not refuse to eat, and yet the exact
process by which tho food is assimilated into
the structure of the body is unknown. Ato
you always able to translate the letin pre
scriptions obtained from yonr family physi
cian, and understand the effect of eiah
remedy named, and the chemical okango
each may undergo when combined with
anothfr? Then why let euch groundless
objections debar you from using a remedy
that has cured your neighbor ? Take Dr.
Pierce’s Golden Medical .Discovery. Thou
sands hear te.iimooy that it has sptedily
and permanently cored thou* of coughs,
ooidi, Incipient oonsuoptiou, and almoet all
form* of scrofulous disesses. Can you
doubt that It ia a pure, potent, and valuable
medicine? Are the parties whose names
are published false witnesses? Are the
parties whose names are established fa’se
witnesses ? Bead Pierce’s Memorandum
and Aocount Book, given away by druggists.
EDITORIAL COKKKSrONUENCE-
Ocean Cm, Ml., July 10, 1879.
Bl THE SAD SEA WaVXS.
I came here ono week eiace at the sugges'
tion of a medical man of Washington city
and am ready, now, with considerable en
thusiasm to pronounce bis diagnosis of m;
case singularly correct. It has set me np,
so to spe*k, most satisfactorily. Balt air
and sea water taken in tho ehape of a daily
swim and living out roots as much as pos
sible, have verified the M. D.’s prediction in
a most comforting manner. The landlo d of
the “Atlantia Hole.” has come to regard my
kn.fe and fork performance with a half dtzid
stare of mingled astonishmefft and regret,
and my companion lo read me private lec
tures ou the enormity of snch an appetite.
Therefore I speak well 'of Ocean City and
the Atlantia Hotel, and especially (he latter.
It bests doctors and drags, and dieting, all
hollow. -Let all “ doubting Thomases” oome
and try for themselves. Getting here is
quite easy and expeditious from all points.
Heaving Washington city at 8.30 a. or. over
the Baltimore and Ohio railway you are
dumped about half-past twelve o’clock at
Wilmington, Delaware, where you ntU'zs
sams 45 minutes in testing a well kept res
taurant and sauntering about ia the shade
At one o'clock you board a train on tho Del
aware rai.way and epeediug South one hun
dred and thirty miles, raach.Ocein City and
the broad Atlantic. The distance from
Washington is about 210 miles, the time ten
hours, and tho fare for the ronud trip 33.59.
Board at the “Atlantic” Is $2.59 per day,
$12 59 per week and $35 per month, and the
fare beds, and attention, very good. Tho
two other hotels here are, I understand, also
quite satisfactory in these respects. The
baihiogii quite as’good and much eater
than at either Cape May or Long Branch,
ana thero aie no moeqoitoes and no flies,
except when the wind is from the landward,
which is exceptionally seldom. For boat
ing at,d Bolling purposes there is the Synny-
pox^ut bay not zaoro than two hundred
yards from the hotel, and which is seventy
miles long and very smooth The Atlantio
is abont the some distance from ths hotel
tho “ city” bring built on a narrow peninsnla
which thrusts itself from the mainland be
tween the ocean and bay as if to keep them
from quarreling. Thos9 who knew and
traveled North aome years since by wbat is
known as the “Annametic route—I think
that is the correct orthography—will remei
her Grirfield and Balisbury. The former is
sixty and tbe latter thirty miles distant, and
on the direct route hors. If so disposed, yon
con leave Baltimore at 5 f. k. by boat for
Crisfield, where you arrive in time next
morning to get here comfortably by rail for
breakfast Bat the Chesapeake is given to
ent np rough sometimes and then yon wish
yon hadn’t.
LIFE, HEBF,
Is of the laziest. Ton ear, and baths, and
sleep These are the principal ways of let
ting eff the hoars, interspersed with gossip,
strolling on tho beach, setting under the
awnings near the water’? edge watchiog the
waves and the distant sail as they glide past,
reading the Baltimore and Fb ladeiphia pa
pers which come in on the evening train,
and if yon are so minded, dancing to capital
mnsio m the evening. Thai tbe dayB go by.
A lazy life to be anre, bnt a harmless one,
and worth more than gold lo those who
need building np either In mind or body.
There are now abont ono hundred and fifty
guests at this hotel, and probably twice that
number at the three. Ameng tbe arrivals
to day were Mr. Schaffer and wife of Atlan
ta, the latter the daughter of Mr. J. W.
Fears, formerly of Maoon.
I shall tear myself from this sea shore
Capua with almost tearfal regret early next
week and hope to bt with yon once more
bv the 16th or 17th inst. T.ll then, I am,
obi so coolly and comfortably yours.
A. W. B.
P. B —I had almost forgotten to say that
Ocean Olty is in Worcester county, and of
courts on ths famous “ Eastern Bhore,”
whose spoil of fish, flesh, and of fowl, have
made it famous the world over. J. test the
truth of ell reports to that effeot every day,
and find them law and goinel. Fish, oys
ters, crabs, and terrapin are court cards
here, not forgetting yellow-legged chickens
Jn»t right for frying. A. W. B.
Words That Mean Something-
Will OorPeople Point tbe31 or
al
Atlanta Constitution.
A man under indictment for mnrder
who has money or strongfriends can easi
ly place on ths jary at least ono msn who
will insist that imprisonment for life is
worse than hanging. This one man prac
tically abolishes capital pnnishment in
the given case under the existing statute,
and tbe mnrderer eeospes the just pen
alty of his crime. Punishment in this
way bsoomes both uncertain and fall of
hope, and orime is thereby encouraged.
The hope of evading the penalty of crime
is, as all know, the chief incentive to Its
commission.
“Georgia” pleads tho cases in whioh
the clrcnmEtacoss amount almost to jus
tification. This point doe9 not call for
the Btatnte that authorizes recommenda
tions to mercy, because the law before its
• iSotment ’wisely named different degrees
of homicide to meet every possible case.
It is stab better that a jury should finds
prisoner guilty of manslaughter with a
certain known pnniehmcDt, than to find
him guilty with a reoommendstion to
mercy, beoanse in iho latter osee
punishment would be very oncer-
tain. We are certainly within the
bounds of trnth when we state that nine
ontoften weald prefer a verdict of mur
der with a recommendation to mercy
than a verdict of manslaughter with a
sentence of ten yearb’ imprisonment. Tho
chances of l.b :rty are better in ths former
case because it offers peculiar advantages
us tbe direction of securing a maudlin
publio sentiment end an equally maudlin
executive pardon. All underttand this
and “Georgia” cannot be ignorant of it.
The tiuth is, men guilty of murder
should bo hung.
The appositeness of the above proposi
tions are apparent to all. Wby add any
thing rnorif * ■
CONSUMPTION CURED.
An old physician, retire t from practice, hav-
n* had placed in his hand* by an fast India
missionary tha foriauls. of a simple vegetable
remedy for the ?poedr and permanent cure foT
Consumption, BronchitaCatarrh. Asltima. and
ail Throat and Huns Alt:ctions, also * positive
end rad'cal cure tor Ncr—iu* Debility ana all
Nervoui Complaint*, having tested in
wonderful curative po-v. i * la thousands of cetaa,
has felt ft h'» duty to _,sko it known ia i-i*
suffiring fellows. Actuated by this inoiiroand
a deaire to relieve hutr-im rojferin?, I will send
free of charge tc all who desire it, this recipe,
with full direction* for p-pnring and using, in
German. French or English. Sent by mail by
addreuing with stamp, naming this paper, W w
Sir ARAB, 149 Powers’ Block, Rochester, N Y,
tbl4 Cm .
—American ooal ia selling at Geneva, Swit
zerland, slightly cheaper than French and
German coal, and is recorded as mnch supe
rior.
Tobnido in Ohio A terrible tornado is
reputed in Southern and Eastern Ohio on.
Friday lost. No one was killed hat the dam-
age to crops, and property was very great.
—The last Missoori Legislature passed'a
law making it a felony for any officer of a
btnk to accept dopegtis in the in.tita ionif
he knowa it to be in a failing condition, and
Imposing the same pnnishment as that for
stealing money. Under thi3 Btatnte several
Sri Louie bankers are to bo tried.
—Theoeoond beet sugar factory in New
England is being built at Northampton,
Maas., and over SOO acres of beets are grow
ing ia the neighborhood for its era . Good
beets, closely worked, will yield about 10 per
cent, of sugar, and it is thought that with
improved machinery 12 or 14 per cent, may
bo realizsd. ■
—About a week ago an Iowa man died.
He wa8 very wealthy and left three sons, his
onlybeiis, and would yon believe it, the
nngrateful boya got together and ran away
with all the property before the Iawy ere coaid
get at it and divide it with each othei? There
is so mich sordid, mean, grasping selfiih-
nees in this world that sometimes it is enough
to discourage a good lawyer.
Gbani’s Pal'.os in Jap.n.—Forty thou
sand dollars was set aside by the Japanese
Government for the entertainment of Gen
Grant, and a palace wab especially prepared
for hiB reception, containing all modem con
veniences, the carpets, linen, equipments,
etc, having been imported from France for
tho pnrpose. and a corps of French and
Japanese cooks engaged.
—Borne girls in Berlin, who were going to
chnrch, were attacked at the church door by
a mouse and driven away. What kind of a
church do they have there in Berlin that no
yoneg men are stationed at the door to pro
teat the yonng lodi6s from mioe? At every
chnrch we ever attended there is always a
guard of yonng men stationed on each side
of the entrance for this very pnrposo.—Mil’
wankee Son.
—The Medioal Oommitteo, which recently
made an examination of the health of tho
school children in Providence, hold that
pnpils ate taken too yonng; that tbe vitiated
air of the school rooms causes consumption;
that epidemic diseases are caught there; that
the prematnrs development of the brain
causes nervous diseases; tb&t the yonng
minds are crammed with unintelligible stu
dies, that the method is too artificial. The
Committee hold that children should not be
admitted to school under the age of 7, and
that tho hours of confinement and mental
effort should be shortened. Children
primary schools should not be confine!
their seats more than twelve minutes at
time, at ths end of which they shonld enjoy
an equal period of recreation out of doors
in doors.
An Impeiious Cleex Tubked Down.—A
Washington Bpecial to tha Chicago Tribune
says, an amusing incident occurred at the
Stato Department Thursday. The Depart
ment is a high-toned establishment. On
Thursday two gentlemen and three ladies
entered the passport bureau. The clerk,
with a haughty air, bade the visitors to take
seats. The mandate was obeyed. After:
pause the clerk aeked if they wanted pass
ports. One of the gentlemen, with more
coursgo than his companion, responded that
fiis friends did. The olerk then sharply
soratenized the visitors, and arid that he aid
not know them, and ho should require the
guarantee of some reputable person as to
tbeir good character. T vouch for this gen«
tiemsn and these ladies,’ modestly said tbe
spokesman of the party ‘And who are yon?’
demanded the clerk imperiously. ‘My name
is David M. Key,’ was the reply. It is need
less to add that the Postmaster Geaeral and
his friends were immediately overwhelmed
with obsequions attentions.
Death of Gov. Allen—Hon. William
Alien died tuddenly at his home near Ohil
liootbe, O, Friday morning. His illness
wac of very brief duration. He was ia Chil
lioctne on Wednesday, apparently in most
(xcellent health and spirits. His first men
tion of illness wse on Thursday morning, bnt
he did not regard his condition of snmeient
conseqienos to receive attention until Ibe
afternoon. At 4 p m. he had eymptoms of a
cbill and Dr. ticott, bis son-in-law, and the
phyaicians induced him to take some medi
cine and go to bed. Dr. and Mrs. Boott re
mained in attendance npon him, although
Gov. Allen considered it UBeleB* and urged
them to retire. He was np several times
daring the night. Abont 1:39 this morning
ho aiose suddenly, left bis bed, staggered to
a choir, fell into It and diod without a word.
Dr. Scott bad seated himself in an adjoining
room and responded hastilyto Mrs Scott’s
oiy. but before he reached tbe Governor’s
side, he was dead. The exact date for the
funeral has not been fixed, bnt it is believed
be will be buried Monday morning.
Bishop Haven ox the Eouih —Bishop
Haven, says tne New York Herald, has onoe
more come North,’ ont of Georgia, to keep
oori, and, as usual, he thinks the Sontb all
wrong. In parts of Georgia, he reports, tbe
negroes no longer make contracts ror plant
ing, because they are wronged and robbed
and get no jastioe in tho courts. It is re
markable tnat in Georgia, which has been
longer than any other Southern State under
the control of Democrats, the negroes, ab
ased and wronged he asteits, have accumu
lated mire real estate than in ail the other
cotton States together. The Bishop says
more blaoks go to school than whites; and
ha thinks they will become large landholders,
by reason of their superior intelligence and
industry. As to the exodus, he advises the
colored people to scatter themselves over the
North, in whioh he agrees with Senator But'
ler of 8outh Carolina.
Bemov l of the Oaiiwl — 1 Tin New York
Herald and Atlanta Dap itch insist that the
Capital should be removed from Washing
ton to their respective localities in search of
a healthy location.
—A Washington dispatch sta’cs that the
prominent Republican leaders have resolved
tnat one hundred thousand dollars shall be
raised for the campaign in Ohio by assessing
the employees of tbs government.
—Both the leadiEg candidates for Gover
nor of Ohio are spending an extraordinary
amonnt of time in Now York. It may be all
right, aaya tho Philadelphia Times, bnt it
creates the impression that there will be lots
of money in the Ohio campaign this year.
—The Bailroad Gazette, of New York, re
port the Hying last week of twenty-mne
miles of new railroad, making 731 miles thus
far this year, as compared with 6C6 miles re
ported for the corresponding period in 1878,
618 In 1877. 673 inW6, 491 in 1875, 637 in
474, and 1.4:8 in 1873.
A Beoonsoisbakoe in New Obleaks —On
Sunday last a large oerps ot sanitary inspec
tors, aocompanieu by a large number of news
paper reporters, made a reconnoissanoe of
the entire city in cabs, visiting every locality
where fever was suspected end inspecting
every oise. It was oontinned from 6 a. k.
till after midday, and they report that every
rumor was traoedto its source without find
ing a cose of illness which coaid be mistaken
for fever. The reconnoissanoe was mode to
quiet the tpprehens’on in the convention, a
large number of delegates having left on
Saturday.
Too Much Oil —The Bradford, Pa., Even
ing Star sums np the oil situation ounoisely.
It saya that the pipe lines have backed oil np
at the wells for two months and more, ana
the consequent overflowing of the receiving
tanks seems to bo accepted by the large ma
jority of the operators as conclusive evidence
that all the storage tanks on the lines are
full; that the production is anywhere from
fifty to sixty thousand barrels per day, ana
that thero is no possibility of any relief from
the depression until the actual limit of the
fields are reached.
THE QUf 9iI3N CF THE ItFQIL Te DEIS.—A
Washington dispatch to the Ginoiniiati En
quirer says the party friends of Mr. Chitten-
aen, of New York, according to private ad
vices received here, are endeavoring to have
him withdraw the accommodation soil which
has been arranged between himeeK and
General Butler to test the constitutionality
ot the greenbacks issued since ths war This
course is nrred upon Mr. Chittenden bo-
caust, It Is claimed, no matter how the de
cision is rendered, Batler wfil get the best or
it. Chittenden is a warm advoetto cf tbe
national bn ki, and the iiifliece of tbe banks
will be exerted to induce him to withdraw
the suit, it being deemed boat to l.t tbe mat
ter remain entirely ur.deeijed. lather than
run the rnk of the Supreme Court deriding
agaiUBttho constitutiooaliij of the green
back tor in the event the national ba- ks
will be opened to the criticism of having emit
ted notes on a non-legal-tender security.
Thus if Chittenden should gain a decision
from his stand-point, ho will have unwitting-
•iy placed the banks in an assailable position.
The B. c>n Bill livatvwnEBE ArrnovsD.
Tha Philadelphia Times says,a bill is now be
fore tha judiciary cpmrmttce of tho Georgia
Legislature and likely ta become a law which
O’her Nutee mi-flit profitably consider. Its
obj act is to tecure tne speed; punishment of
orime- The lav.’? delays have long b:-en ne
farious in Georgia, and especially serious in
the c.a- of murderers. Cases havo been fre-
qn rat where one or two ye vrs have e'arsed
before a bearing hi* been iud, while insta:»
oea have cot b-uU rare vliau thj d l&y ua*
been prolonged to three yeras. The bill in
quistion pinpoees to change all tbis by gtv-
u.i? cases cf homicide precedence over all
clh .i tn*iuo6S iD the court:, aul requiring
th* tnal of an indicted murderer at the time
term tht.r he be indicted. Postponement*
*ru restricted to thirty days, and oireful
safeguards are providr,all expe
dients ta retard the final disposition of (tie
rase. Tbs e cm: ba no denbt that a reform
of (his sort could hrv ; a most dcprei-eicg
tffecr on the murder business, and Georgia
will do a great thing for herself if she en-
aota it into laws.
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Atlanta, July 14,1879.
THE SENATE
met at lea o’clock, the President ia the
chrir. Prayer by Senator Hudson.
The journal was read and affirmed.
After proper notioe given Senator Osb-
acis moved to reconsider tho bill to pro
vide how sentence may be enforced in
oriminal cases. The notion prevailed,
and the bill wa? referred to the Judici
ary Committee.
Leave cf absence was extended to Sen
ators Beery and Hodges.
A seat was offered to Hon. B. H. Craw
ford,
BILLS CF THE FIRST READING!.
Too roll was called for the introdaotion
of new matter.
By Senator Wei bora—A bill to estab
lish the line of division between North
Carolina and Georgia. Referred to the
Jndioiary Committee.
Senator Holton moved to take from the
table the bill to oarxy into effect art. 2,
seo. 5 of the constitution of 1877 relative
to the sale of liquor within two miles of
an _ election precinot on eleotion days.
This bill was tabled on Dsosmber 2,
1878, and has been reported on favorably
by the Judiciary Committee.
Senator Grimes moved to disagree with
the report.
Senator MoDaniel offered an amend
ment ; “For the pnrpose of influencing
votes.”
Senator Grimo* offered to amend by
making the penalty a fine of $100.
The bill having been read the third
time was finally recommitted.
BILLS CF SECOND BBADXNO.
The following bills were lost on ad
verse report of the committees:
A bill to change estrav laws.
To amend seotlons 1305 and 1309 cf
the code of 1873.
To prescribe form of oath in former
pauperU.
To amend seotloa 2573 of the code.
To authorize the forming of limited
partnerships.
B1LL3 OF THIRD BEADING.
To amend aeotion 1920 of the code.
Passed.
To authorize polioe oomts to impose
sentences in the alternative. Passed.
To authorize the conit to employ ste
nographio reporters, fixing their salaries.
This bill was passed by substitute.
lo repeal seotlons 4387 and 4338, and
to fix punishment for burglary. Passed
as amended.
To require ordinaries to have publio
printing done by the lowest bidder. Re
committed by years 20, nays 12.
A bill to fix the jurisdiction of justices
of the pesos. Passed. Yeas 23, nays 2.
To authorize foreign corporations to
sue in this State. Yeas 22, nayB 3. Fail
ing of a constitutional majority the bill
was lost.
Senator Boyd gave notioo of a motion
to reoonsider.
To provide for the payment of State’s
witnesses from other oounties.
Senator Lumpkin offered a resolution
to provide for the acceptance by the
State of the proposition of the city of
Atlanta to donate the City Hall lot and
aid in building the Capitol. Referred
to the Judiciary Committee.
Senator Cabsniss introduced a bill to
change the fisoa! year eo that it will be
gin on the 5th of October and end os the
last days.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Senate went into executive session
and confirmed W. D. Ellis to bo the So
licitor General of the city of Atlanta,
and Roger S. Gamble as Solicitor of the
County Court of Jefferson oounty. The
Smite then adjourned till to-morrow at
10 a. m.
favorable report of the committees,[Staged
to a third reeding.
BILLS OF THIRD BEADING,
A bill to prohibit the sale or famishing
intoxioating liquors on eleotion day with
in two miles of an election precinct. The
Judiciary Committee reported adversely
on this bill.
Senator Holton moved to disagree
with the report of the committee. The
motion prevailed. The bill was then
considered by the Senate. Considerable
debate arose and many amendments were
offered. The previous question was
celled and sustained on the bill and its
amendments.
By Senator McDaniel—For the pur
pose ot influencing vote?. Lost, yeas 17,
nBys 22.
By Senator Turner—Excepting the
prescription of physicians. Adopted, -
By Senator Grimes—To make the pen
alty for violation one dollar, without cost,
yeas 8, nays 33.
By Senator Preston—Exempting the
use of liquor for sickness or socially.
THE HOUSE
met pursuant to adjournment, was call
ed to Order by the Speaker and openod
with prayer by the Chaplain, Bev. J.
Jones, DP.
The journal was read and approved.
RESOLUTION
by Mr. Hamilton, of DeKalb. “To set
apart Saturday next for commemorating
the death of Robert A. Alston, and that
a committee of five be appointed to draft
suitable resolutions for the same.”
Ou motion of Mr. R9dwine, of Hall,
the resolution was amended by adding
the name of the late Hon. S. G. Jeml-
son.
On motion of Mr. Livingston, the res
olution was farther amended by striking
out Saturday and inserting Friday 12, m.
The resolution bo amended was agreed
to.
The privileges of the floor were extend
ed to Hon. Thomas Hardeman.
On motion of Mr/ Miller, of Houston,
the special order for the day, tbe consid
eration of the bill “To amend the act
regulating the leasing out of the peni
tentiary conviots by the Governor” was
postponed and made the special order
immediately after the closing of the de
bate on the bill. “To abolish the Agri
cultural Department of the State.”
This bill has baen under considera
tion at varions times for soma days, but
has been interrupted by the interposi
tion of the call ot counties and other im
portant matters. At the time of the last
interruption the floor was occupied by
Mr. Smith, of Oglethorpe, who proceed-
ektoreaume his argument against the
“Department” in a speech replete with
rough humor and ridicule, of the reenlts
of the painful and careful labors of our
able commissioners and his assist
ante.
Hr. Yancey replied at some length.
Mr. Thomas, of Burke, called for
the previous question. The oall was
sustained.
Under the rules the introduoer of the
bill hue twenty minutes to answer the
objection to his bill.
Mr. Tatum, who offered the bill, gave
his time to Messrs. Miller, of Houaton,
and Sing, ot Floyd.
Mr. Livingston, of Newton, concluded
the debate with a twenty-minutes speech
under the rules.
Mr. Jordan, of Wilkes, called for the
yeae and naya on tha^questionand moved
that the session be prolonged so as to
conclude the matter. Agreed to.
Mr. King, of Floyd, called for a dis
tract statement of the question by the
chair which was done aB follows by'the
Speaker: This bill is “to ebolieh the Ag
ricultural Bureau or Department, and
bas been read the second time. The
Committee on Agriculture reported ad
versely on the passage of the bill, and
tne question is, shall the report of the
committee be agreed to. Those sustain
ing tbe report shall vote nay, those op
poeiug the report shall vote yea. The
effect ot sustaining the report will be the
defeat of the bill.”
The roll wab sounded and the vote
stood yeas 82, nays 66.
Tne iniquitous bill is thus defeated and
we hope that this will be the last of
threat-oulting of our material improve
ment?.
The house adjourned. Caboltnn.
Lost, yeas 18, nays 23. Several other urBg8 . 8 „ -
unimportant amendments were lost, .v- a rS , M . com “uoic»tioE S ti
The bill was then put and passed by a “J‘JiES «o «m2
vote of yeas 23, nays 18.
Senator Howell, by consent, introduced
a bill to organize the Medical Board of
Georgia. Referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
Senator Grimes gave notice that he
would move to reconsider so mnch of tie
action of the Senate as relates to the
passage of the bill regulating the sale cf
liquor on election days.
The Senate adjourned.
Atlanta, July 15, 1879.
TEE SENATE
was ooateuod at tbe usual hour of 10 a.
Tbe President in the chair. Prayer
by Rsv. Mr. Reeves. a
Toe journal was read and approved.
Senator Boyd moved to reconsider the
loss on yesterday ot a bill presoribing
how foreign oorporations may ba sued In
tbis Slate. The motion unaalmously
prevailed.
A KE8UGB FRCMTHE SENATE
was received annenaoing that his Excel
lency had signed a bill presoribing how
vacanoit's in the offioe ot Governor sball
be filled, and other matters.
A seat was tendered Hon. Thomas
Hardeman and Hon. Enoch Sleadm*n.
Oo morion of S3nator Preston the bill
prescribing bow mortgages due, etc., may
be canceled, was made tbe epeoial order
for Wednesday next at 11 o’clock.
Toe Senate then look up and passed the
bill providing hew foreign corporations
maybeened. ; ;
BILL: or THE SECOND BEADING.
A bill to provide tor tbe eleotion of
soboo) sru.-tues. L >at.
A Dill to require plaintiff’s in fi- fa. to
take property at appraised v-lae. Lost.
Several other bills were read, and, on a
Atlanta, July 16;b, 1879.
THE HOUSE
met pursuant to adjournment and was
called to order by tha Speaker, and open
ed with prayer by tbe chaplain.
The Journal was read and approved.
Mr. Hiller, of Houston, moved to re
oonsider bo much of the Journal as re
lates to the aotion of the House npon the
question of agreeing to the report of the
oommittee adverse to the passage of the
bill, “To abolish the State Department
of Agri julture.
Mr. Neebit, of Bibb, called for tie
previous question. The call was sus
tained.
Mr. Smith, of Oglethorpe, called fir
the yeas and nays. The call was sus
tained, and on calling the roll the vo’e
stood—yeas, 03; nayo*83. So the mo
tion to reconsider did net prevail.
The courtesies of the floor were tend
ered to Messrs. Dr. E. A. Flewellen, R.
L. Mott, Geo. T. Bartlett, F. D. Die-
muke, J. W. Thurman, W. S. Baesenger,
R. Northon and Prof. W. H. Lawson.
The Committee on Rules made a re
port, and Mr. 'Wright moved the adop
tion of the report. Agreed to.
Mr. Turner, of Coweta, wa3 permitted
to withdraw a bill to rednea the oapital
stock of the People’s Bank, of New-
nan.
THE EPECIAL ORDER
of the day, a bill to establish the
Middle Georgia Military and Agricultu
ral College, was taken up. Tbe bill to
this end wa3 read the third time.
On motion of Mr. Hulsey, of Fulton,
the bill was referred by way of recom
mitting to a special committee of nine,
with instructions to perfect the bill and
to report to the House by bill.
The next bill in order as a special or
der, was the bill to regulate the leasing
out of penitentiary conviots by tbe Gov
ernor, eto.
On motion of Mr. McWhorter, tbe
bill was taken np and considered by sec
tions.
The special committee on the Middle
Georgia Agricultural College are Messrs.
Halsey, of Fulton, Chairman, Anderson,
of Newton, Green of Baldwin, Turner of
Brooks, Burch of Screven, Smith of
Butts, Chapman, Glivcr and Jordan of
Wilkes.
Mr. Oox, of Troup, proposed to amend
the first section by inserting after the
word “Governor” the following: “Pro
vided, however, that no persons holding
an offioe ot trust or profit under or by
virtue of the laws of Georgia, shall be
oompetent to make such oontxaot with
said Governor, and that no oompany of
which any person, holding an offioe ot
traat and profit under or by virtue of the
laws of Georgia, Is a member, shall be
competent to make such oontract.” The
amendment was agreed to.
Ou motion of Mr. Miller, of Houston,
the substitute whioh was originally sub^
mitted, was taken up in order to be per
fected.
Umler this, Mr. MltoheU, of Taylor,
proposed to amend tbe first aeotion of the
substitute by striking out “Appointed by
the Governor with the advioe and oonsent
of the Senate,” and inserting “eleoted by
the General Assembly.”
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Miller of Houston, proposed
amend by striking out the word “five’
and inserting “six,” and the words “eaoh
year” and insert “every two years,” and
the word “appointed” and insert “elect
ed.”
Wright, of Richmond, moved to amend
by inserting a provision to imprison cer
tain oonviota in the old penitentiary at
Milledgeville. Lost.
Mr. King of Floyd, moved to Btrike ont
seotlon 7, and insert as follows: “Ba it
further enaoled that the office of principal
keeper of the penitentiary be and the
same is hereby abolished, and that the
duties heretofore performed by tbe prin
cipal keeper, except keeping tbe records
and issuing certificates of discharge, are
hereby made a part of the duties of the
physician of the penitentiary, and the
reoords of tbe penitentiary shall here,
after be kept by the Secretary of State in
his office, by whom all certificates of dis
charge shall be issued, and tbe Secretary
of State shall be, ex-offioio, the secretary
of the Board of Managers of Convicts/'
Adopted
Mr. Miller proposed to insert the words
“of State,” alter “Seoietaiy” in 4he 8th
section. Adopted.
A great deal of orating and pro-orating
was indulged iD, and the bill is still an
ce: discussion and undisposed of.
Mr. Livingston of Newton, moved to
make tbe memorial exeroises in honor of
Hon. Eobeit AUton and Hon. S. M. Jemi-
son tbe special order for Saturday, tea a.
m.,lin lien of Friday.
The committee is composed of Messrs.
Mynatt, Wright, Wilson, Thomas and
Hamilton.
The House adjourned till nine a. m. to
morrow. Caboltnn.
inthe halcyou da J9 of obiidhood
youth in the long ago, and their ou **
and incidents, that I real:* if- ^
occasion much, and felt
was young again, It&SS £ I
time in seventeen years
tended a barbeoue cn IudeDenSo Te ai '
or listened to an adaSETSS***
One thing, however, marred rnV^ k ‘ Bd -
to say nothing of tho hot, d« P « * e ? t4 .
and unfitted me fer the nleii.frZ r lier >
really anticipated, to-wt- thi eSlb>T8
tion of your correspondent v 0ecn P-
tbo speaking committee ■*
scripted me into secTicT and' tw C5n '
without a moment’s warning
that for one of mv *°uino*
modesty (?) that to be pm ud^ &Ca '
audience of a thousand or mn. b fore 43
whom were beautiful,'“bffi,cf
-n. a? young as I, 1
an opening address. Was
uadeed. Having, however
amount of reason left, WoiwUhS
my excitement and modeetrTj J 4 -
ber that brevity i 8 the Se'K?*’
dreeses, as well as
'S maid,
to deliver
811 ordeal
a^Bufficient
ling
How the Fourth was Celebrated
at Ty Ty—The General Condi
tion ot .Crops-The Weather-
Health ot Honthweat Georgia—
Cur Trip toSavanuahi and the
Prospects and Appearances of
the City—The Horning News
Establishment, etc., etc.
Savannah, Ga., July 10th, 1879.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: The
gioriousjFourth has passed again together
with its many pleasant ceremonies and
observances. Eaoh returning anniversary
of onr independence Is hailed with some
nnnsnsl demonstration by almost all.
North, South, East and West. Even
here, in “Dixie.” where it la urged by
some that we have lost all our past inter
est iu the common heritage of National
Independence, itie customary to do eome-
thing on the 4th of July aB a matter of
holiday sp .rl, nr to celebrate it in seme
publio manner. Some form large parties
and go on hunting excursions, some have
fiih-fries and picsio3, others dance, have
shooting matches, eto., the few fortun-
atea who have plenty of the “stamp*” go
on railroads excursions to the sea, to ra
hale tbe heflltb-giving salt air. But the
people of Worth county, one the beat
counties ia Southwest .Georgia, have
adopted the old-fashioned nay, the best
of all, that of having rousing big (?) bar
becues and orations, having h-ii
two of them on last Friday, one at Ty-
Ty, on the B. & A. E B, aad one at
Warwick, the home of Capt, J. M. Boose,
ex-member cf the Legislature from
Worth, and one of the best men of oar
section. It was my pleasure to be in at
tendance at Ty-Ty, and so forcibly was
reminded of the many Fourths of Jaiy
-toTto,.!
thither as orator of the day, th-a
and in an able, eloquent and inteS
speech entertained the aadVnrff 15
three quarters of an hour. In bl rl
marks he impressed the hearers wiih A 8-
grand truth that w . were
whom the 4th of July shouKb
sacred and dear, urging upon then tv"
historic fact, .“that 5 the
our Independence was conceived hv
Southern brain and defended by s-itv
era chivaliy,” a truth as old a3 our i-i.
pendence itself. Mr. Gordon acquitted
himself in an honorable manner as a
speaker, and, with experience and p-;--
tice, we predict for him a brilliant sm
useful career. May he become eachZ
hiB illustrious father. After the address
of nir* G. f and tho audience given
a little rest, it was announce!
that dinner w» ready. This consisted c!
barbecue and bread, nothing more; at!
the way the psople pitbhed into it w&idi,
verting and interesting, showing that
your oorreBpondentor Mr. H. H. Garfe'
or perhaps both, had at at least aocottl
plished one good thing—that of impaniM
to the multitude a good appetite, a thic-
seemingly having been anticipated
there was plenty for o£t and to spare.
Among all the people of our laud there
are none more kind and hospitable this
are the citizen? of Worth; nowhere ia
this scotion is there a oounty whioh is i tt .
proving in bo large a ratio. The ocnii.
tion of the crops thronghont Southved
Georgia, and all along the line of the A.
am* G. R. B., from Albany to Savano&b
is becoming alarming on aooonnt oi the
drought. The ootton, whioh np to a few
days past was doing well, ia beginnieg ti
fail fast. All other orops, iccladicg
fruits and melons, are fearfully nnpr.z-
iaing, being injured to euch au extent
that, even though rain should oome tor
in abundance, there cannot be an aversca
yield produoed. It i3 believed, howevir,
that,if rain beoomes general and abu!
dent within a day or two, that this occi.
try, I mean Southwest Georgia, r.:i
make a plenty to answer til
home demands, the oat cr;;
having been eo abundant. The
weather is intensely hot, as wtll as dry,
and tbe wind being from the east, rea
ders the atmosphere quite uoheaithy,
and Ileern of a good deal of eicknessin
different portions of oar seoticn; and I
see from the press that this misfoiinse ia
by no means confined to this ooauty, but
that in all directions and climates is
Georgia, and other States too, there is
becoming to ba muoh'sickness, and in
some localities a great many deaths. I
arrived here on yesterday, after the most
nnpleaeant travel I ever experienced. All
the way from home to Savannah was u
interminable cloud of dust—it was bnuh,
brash, blow, blow, all the time, and still
the passengers were all the while coreiei !
with dost, and, although rather a ludicicn
comparison, we all looked more like >
paroel of smoked herring, except in eizi
and form, when we xeaoked here, than fa
did like humans.
Savannah is advancing steadily, a&d
by no meaus slowly in growth. There
are a goodly number of large, Eubatac-
tial buildings, which have been erected
within the past year, and many
are in progress of being brill,
some ot whioh are approaches
completion. The general appearance c(
the oity indicates prosperity and future
importanoe. I hear no complaint among
the business men, ot business, but each
seems to feel well satisfied.
I must not close this letter without
epeaking of the Morning Newt establish.
meat, which is one of the most complete
publishing hoaees in the South. Every
thing here has a place—no disorder and
confusion—each employe bas hi3 place of
business, and keeps within his proper
sphere. Col. J. H. Estill, the prince o!
journalist?, is the right man in the right
place, and is doing more perhaps, than
any other one man toward the buildisg
up of his own city, and is also contribu
ting- more largely toward the interest
and improvement of Southern Gecrgii
and the whole of East and Middle Geor
gia, than any other journalist. H_>
deserves the eminent success with wh::S
he is meeting. His energy and enter
prise is unbounded, and he atands to-day
us one of the most successful j earn slit's
of modern times.
CjI. W. T. Thompson, than whom ths
Georgia press oaunofe boast of a better
editor, is au experienced and forcible
writer, aud has & national wide reputa
tion as au author. The Colonel,
who is growing ripe in years, » !
is already ripe ia experience, «
yet Ia his • prime, intellectnallj
and bids fair to live many years in doieg
good and imparting initrucrion to flic
young. No wonder that the Morning AV/i
is bo highly popular, with an Estill ta
preside over its business interest?, »
Thompson to occupy its chair editoria
and a Gantry to talk "MorningXeich S en '
tlemen” to all with whom he meets.
Colonel Estill hae onr warmest appre*
ciation of and grateful thanks for
nal courtesies shown since our arrival w
the city. Such fraternal recognition
always highly appreciated by us, onl"
always sure to be extended by the PJ*P^
lar and permanent president of tIj ° 1 ujr
gia Press Association. F. M- m-
JBtogi&nd’a Future GrataFieMi
Commenting npon a recent
oalartiole in the Nineteenth CetiW,“j
Mr. Vernon Smith, the JForM sys ■■
will startle a good many people t®
suddenly reminded that the actual are*
the Hudson’s Bay Territory, now w “ e '
ed to the Dominion of Ganetds, is ,
than (hat of the United State?.
second place, it will surprise & ej-
msny more people to learn that in-
western Canada the wheat-jW“» .
tian doubles that of Minnesota, .
triples that of Pennsylvania aD “
In the third place it will inteiwt P 0 A
o»I economists deeply to he tow
within a very few years the ffinu F
watershed of Northwestern
may be reasonably expected W ‘ ^
into the commerce of tbe M* • u
with tbe Old an annual wheat-} •
equal to the whole present cxpo»- g
ot all America to (he United jj
Great Britain and Ireland, and *“**, u*
within the limits of possibility w* ofB
enormous competition with ca ' he j
Western grain-fields may be
eastward down a great n»vlg»j- 14 ®
to a port on salt water which,, t
situated on tbe 931 degree cf w *t= fe -.
gitnde, is eighty miles nearer to **
sol than New York is.
Tne«e are things, werep?’- ”
men thinking. The greet esn V e3 ,j(i6
rieulturp, population and trade “ &T ^
moved abont too frequently ana ‘‘ K# .
on this continent within the c0 ,'p r e-
ti-.ry to make it eafe for atv uiso ? ,j
diet where they may bo h' u0 , . .
years or ton yaw benee. A ■ l0 ‘ s (
can be quite sure of ie that :,s r !1 ’ ^
ofo*perity as well as liberty is - “
vigil ■nae. Neither New Yo,k n°
c»go nor Sr. Lsuta tor (he Coded ^
themselves need expect to hew aB ’ .ijji
thing now in their grasp oy »ay
.enure or upon any other condition-