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EORGIA JOURBiAL .* MESSENGER
CL1SBY, JONES A REESE, Pbofbtxtobs.
Tbi Fjlmilt Journal.—Kifft—Politics—Litsbatubb—Asiicultcki—Domcsti:
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING
Established 1826.
MACON, TUESDAy, FEBRUARY 3. 1880.
Volume LiV—NO 5
DEAD OS THE TRACK.
S Irons Suspicion* or a Toni Murder.
Sunday morning last, as the down pas
senger train was nearing the 174 mile post,
rounding a sharp curve, the engineer, Mr.
L. N. Arden, and Ids fireman, discovered
tlie'body of a man lying on the road bed.
<jj ie distance was so short that the train
could not l»e stopped until it had passed
over tire body. When the conductor and
fireman came back to the body they found
it shockingly mutilated, the clothing tom
entirely from it, even the shoes and socks,
and life extinct. Leaving the body in
charge of some of the section hands and
the pay train, the train proceeded to Gor
don, when Mr. William Stevens, Road-
master of the Central Railroad, was noti
fied, and lie dispatched a crank car to the
scen£ of the accident. Arriving there the
body was identified as Mr. J. C. Patter
son, a resident of Gordon. A messenger
was sent for the Coroner, and the body
placed on a car and taken to Gordon.
Upon inquiry it was ascertained that
Mr. Tatterson had gone to No. 17J, Cen
tral Railroad, where a shooting match
was to be held Saturday, and there began
drinking. He was known to have had on
his person Saturday afternoon over $100.
When found, nothing was on his person
but a little day-book and a pack of
cards. Absence of the money aroused
grave suspicions of murder.
The report gained rapid circulation that
the unfortunate man had been foully
dealt with.
Last evening in an interview with Mr.
P. N. Elkins, the fireman on the engine
of the down day passenger which ran over
the body, gave the following account of
the occurrence:
We were going along at a lively rate
and when about a hundred and fifty
yards from the body, Mr. Arden and my
self discovered something on the track.
When in about fifty yards of it, I saw it
was a man. We were too near it when
we first saw it, to stop the train, although
every effort was made to do so. We were
on a heavy down grade of about fifty-two
feet to the mile. We ran over the body
about seven or eight cars’ lengths when
we stopped. We had five cars—four coaches
and a stock car. We stopped and Conduc
tor Charlton and myself went back. The
flesh ofthe body was quivering and smoking
some, but I did not notice whether it was
warm or not. It was frightfully mangled.
The right arm and leg were cut off, th*
former was found in his coat sleeve,
which was also severed. His other two
limbs were frightfully mangled, and many
cuts extended across his back. The rear
portion of the skull was crushed and tom
away. lie was the worst looking corpse
I ever saw. His person was entirely de
nuded. Soon after wejstopped, two men
came up from in front of the
engine, enquiring who the dead man
was, and we left them there when we
went on. A bullet hole was found in the
face of the dead man below the eye. Mr.
Anlen, the engineer, and myself, were be
fore the Coroner’s jury. Dr. Jones, of
Gordon, who also appeared, testified that
the hole was made by a bullet, and that
nothing about'the engine could have pro
duced ft. There was but very little blood
on the cross ties where the body was
dragged, and the wounds on his person
were not bleeding.
From all appearances it would seem
that the unfortunate man was murdered
and placed in the track. Suspicion points
strongly to two men who were seen with
deceassed on the evening before, and are
reported to be the same who came up to
the body just after the train stopped.
The Central railroad furnished a coffin,
and yesterday afternoon the remoins were
interred in Gordon.
BY TELEGRAPH
Chicken Main In Charleston.
Last night Mr. Charles Brown, the well
known chicken man, left on the Macon
and Augusta road for Charleston, where,
on Thursday, a chicken main will be
fought between the fancy cocks of South
Carolina and the celebrated Sliawlnecks
of Georgia. He took with him thirty*
seven of the most beautiful Shawlnccks
ever seen in this State. He has every
confidence in his chickens, and feels cer
tain Georgia will come out victorious:
The exact breed of the South Carolina
fowls was not known. The mala will
last four days and will precede the Charles
ton races, which follow directly after.
The purses on each fight will be quite
large. A large crowd left last evening on
the same train to be present at the main.
litspicsrPaHy, i., i
Yesterday Macon’s social circles-' were
somewhat agitated by the sending and
reception of little tinted missives convey
ing invitations to a leap year party to
take place this evening at one of the ele
gant residences of this city.
The average society young man has
been ever since the affair was agitated,
in that delightful state of uncertainty
‘which is supposed to exist with the ladies
previous to receiving an invitation to any
entertainment. Yesterday the social
lightning struck, as it were, and happiness
or gloom succeeded. In the hurry of
the moment and the novelty of the situa
tion, a variety of answers were returned to
the invitations; one young man accepted
“with the greatest pleasure,” another
“with extreme happiness,” each drawing
his draft on the adjective fund as large as
the circumstances would allow. One
young gentleman insisted the pleasure
“would be his ingoing with bis fair.pro-
tector not hers in taking him.” The note,
however, which tcok the premium for ex
pressive terseness and directness, read:
Miss Your invitation 'received. ,1
tumble. Yours sincerely . And now
it is a question ■ as to whether the fair
reader ofthe missive “tumbles”.to the ex
act meaning which he desired officially to
convey. ,,, , .
Attempted Suicide. •!;!
Yesterday morning Hr. Blacksbcar was
summoned in haste to attend what wa$
thought to he a dying woman by the name
of Belle Bishop, who resides on Fifth
street near the carshed. When he arriv
ed he found that shfew'as suflering- from
audanum|poisonlngj ‘ Atropia and stom-.
ach pumps, to counteract the effects of the
poison, were resorted to, and after great
effort her life was saved. She had writ
ten several letters to her friends stating,
what she intended to do, alleging as the
reason that the man she loved had desert--
cdher.
Boston, January 25.—Specials from
Augusta say there is much dissatisfaction
among the Fusioaists, who assert that
Garcelon traded with the Republicans,
and plotted with Chamberlain to deliver
the State House to the Republicans. The
State House officials, positive Fusionists,
were to have captured the State House
last night,-but the precautious measures
prevented It.
The Governor has been advised by some
of his friends to order the entire military
force of the State to Augusta at once, to
be ready to disperse the Fusionlst Govern
ment on Monday.
Military advisers of the Governor be
lieve the true policy Is to end the dual
Government at once.
Boston, January 25.— The Herald's
Augusta special says the Fusionist Gov
ernor Smith, to-night issued a proclama
tion to the people of the State, defining
his views of the situation and Ins inten
tion as to the future. The document is as
follows:
To the Citizens of Maine :
My attention has been called to the re
peated assembling of armed bodies of
men and military companies at the Capi
tol of the State, causing unnecessary ex
citement and disturbing the peace, and I
deem it due to my fellow-citizens to ad
vise those of tlie fact that this display of
force is without any just couse, and serves
to keep up excitement and divert atten
tion from the revolutionary proceedings by
which a party caucus undertook to or
ganize a State government.
I have already publicly declared and
now repeat that the political party and
friends with whom I act have at no time
contemplated a resort to force to secure
their rights. No force has been organized
—none has been called for; nor have we
had any here at any time. We rely upon
the constitution and laws of the State, and
the honest judgment of the people for the
vindication of our cause. The police
force, authorized by Governor Garcelon
and placed under charge of the Superin
tendent of Public Buildings for the pro
tection of the public property and the leg
islature against any resistance which had
been threatened in excited public assem
blies, was discharged almost immediately
after the Legislature had assembled
and oiganized. Since- that time all
the forces, both police and military,
have been under control of the Republican
organization without the presence of
any force to oppose them, and
without any just grounds for imposing
upon the credulity of the people. The
lawful government of the State has been
excluded from the State house through
military usurpation. The State house is
at the present time filled with armed men.
A Gatling gun covers tlie entrance and the
State is subject to an expense of thousands
of thrthnb dally,' for the purpose of main
taining this military show. It is-proper
that onr people should consider these mat
ters, and whether or not they are willing
to countenance and support such higli-
handed outrages upon their liberties. Arc
they ready and willing to yield their rights
as freemen, and became slaves to forces
which are thus burdening them with taxa
tion, and undermining and destroying
their free institutions. I have no fear but
that tbe honest and intelligent sentiment
of our citizens will discountenance this
military usurpation and uphold the legal
government in its efforts for peace and or
der and to promote the welfare of the
State. Joseph L. Smith, Governor.
New York, January 25.—The exami
nation began yesterday in tbe Supreme
Court at chambers into the troth of al
leged cruelty and abuse of children by
Mr. and Mrs. Cordley, managers of the
Shepherd’s Fild. Great publicintcrcstis
shown In the examination. The testimony
of the father of a former inmate and a lit
tle girl sustained the charges. That of a
teacher stated that some ddldren came
there diseased, wretched and hungry. •
Atlanta, January 25—Two men who
were engaged without license in enticing
the negroes of Morgan county, Ga., to go
to Mississippi were arrested to-day and
fined one hundred and fifty dollars and
costs under a stringent State law against
such practices.
Paris, January 25.—In the Chamber of
Deputies to-day, while discussing the bill
relating to public meetings, Louis Blanc
insisted that the right of meetings and
forming associations be absolutely as free
as in tbe United States and England.
Newark, N. J., January 20.—The
factor}' of the Western Electric Light
Company was damaged by fire, this morn
ing, to the amount of ten thousand dol
lars. Many machines and patterns were
destroyed. The supposed origin of the
fire was an overheated flue. The loss is
fully covered by insurance.
Washington, January 26.—In the
House Sir. Clarke, of Missouri, presented
the credentials of J.F. Phillips as Reppej-
tentative elect from the Seventh Congres 1
Slonal District of Missouri. The oatli of
office (ironclad) was administered to that
gentleman, though Garfield, of Ohio,
called attention to tlie fact that his certifi
cate of election was signed by the Secreta
ry ofthe State, and not by the Governor
ofMissouri.
The Speaker then proceeded to call the
States for bills.
In the Senate Mr. Bayard announced
his intention to speak upon his resolution
to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. Ferry, Wednesday of
this week was set apart for the delivery of
eulogies upon tlie life and character of the
late Senator Chandler.
After tlie presentation and reference
of a number of petitions and nio-
morials, tlie President laid before
the Senate a communication from'the
Secretary of tbe Navy, in answer
to a Senate resolution, stating that, in his
judgment, the interests of the country and
the naval service do not require that the
Pensacola Navy Yard be put in a slate of
efficiency, and transmitting an estimate of
$676,000 as the cost of snch repairs, $S6,-
700 of that amount being necessary for tlio
rebuilding of two marine barracks de
stroyed during the war.
Bills were introduced and referred, as
follows:
By Mr. Coke—authorizing the Secretary
ofthe Interior to pay taxes accrued and to
accrue on lands belonging to the Eastern
band of North Carolina Cherokccs, from
the fund belonging to snch band, remain
ing to its credit on tbe books of tbe Indian
Department. .
By Mr. Gordon—to repay the State of
Georgia $27,175 advanced by said State
for the defense of her frontier against In
dians from 1795 to 1818.
By Mr. Butler—to authorize the Secre
tary of War to adjust and settle the ac
counts between the State of South Caro
lina and the United States government. ,
Mr. Teller called up the bill for the re
lief of Gibbs & Co., Charleston, South
Carolina, and It was passed. It authorizes
the payment to them of $4,577, being a
balance ddo them on account of money
deposited by them with the Secretary of
tlie Treasury.
Mr. Carpenter called up the bill to pro
vide for the punishing of persons who
steal hepes, males, or other property from
Indians.’ After considerable discussion, it
was recommitted to the Judiciary,Com*
mittc, and the Senate adjourned. ’
London January 26.—Terrible distress-
Fifteen persons
prevails in Adrianople. —..— ,
were found dead from hunger in one day.
M. Fousiner, a high functionary of the _ ■■ .
war ministry of France for twenty-five . cd thenr tego to ^Indiana ^And worrid give
London, January 26. — Right Hon.
John Bright, in a speech at Birmingham
on Saturday, suggested that Parliament
should appoint a new Mission to go to
Dublin with power to sell farms of land
lords to tenants who are willing to buy
them, and to advance throe-fourths of the
purchase money therefor. The principal
and interest to be repaid in tbirty-five
years. Such a measure, Mr. Bright said,
lie believed would meet tlie wants and
satisfy the desires of the Irish people.
Washington, January 20.—Tlie Pres
ident sent to tlie Senate tlie name of
Benjamin Conley to be postmaster of At
lanta, Georgia.
Washington, January 26.—In the
House bills were introduced and referred
as follows:
By Mr. Manning, of Mississippi—To re
organize the United States Supreme
Court. It provides for an increase in the
number of Justices to twenty-one, who
shall he divided into three divisions, to be
presided over by the Chief Justice and
two assistant Chief Justices, to be appoin
ted by the President from among the As
sociate Justices.
By Mr. Warner, of Ohio—To relieve
tlie Supreme Court, to establish a Supe
rior Court, and to abolish the Court of
Claims.
By Jlr. Richardson, of South Carolina—
For a settlement of the account for arms
between the State of South Carolina and
tlie United States.
The House then proceeded to finish the
vote interrupted last Monday, upon Mr.
Kelly’s motion to suspend the rules and
adopt a resolution declaring tlie negotia
tion by tlie President of tlie Commercial
treaty, fixing the rate of duties, as an in
fraction ofthe Constitution, and an inva
sion of the liiglitest prerogatives of the
House. .The motion was carried, and tlie
resolution adopted by 175 to 62. Ad
journed.
Washington, January 26.—The Sen
ate to-day confirmed tlie following nomi
nations: James Russell Lowell, of Mas
sachusetts, as Minister to Great Britain:
John \V. Foster, of Indiana, as Minister to
Russia; Lucius Fairclotli, of Wisconsin,
as Minister to Spain; Phillip H. Morgan,
of Louisiana, as Minister to Mexico; Phil
lip S. Wales, of Pennsylvania, as Chief of
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgeon Gen*
oral of the Navy, with the relative rank of
Commodore. Also, the nominations of
the following postmasters: Robert G.
Staples, of Portsmouth, Virginia; David
S. Johnston- at Madison, Georgia, and W.
A. Billings at Victoria, Texas.
Washington, January 20.—Tlie Pres
ident sent to tlie Senate to-day the nomi
nation of Benjamin., Conley to be Post
master at Atlanta, Ga.
Tlie first sub-committee of the nouse
Committee on Elections considered to
day tlie contested case of Haralson vs,
Shelly, from Alabama;'and instructed tlie
clerk to notify Mr. Haralson that they will
report .Thursday tor tbe full Committee,
dismissing Ids appeal unless cause Is shown
in the meantime why such action should
not be taken. The case of Bisbee vs.
Hull, from Florida, will be considered on
Wednesday.
Boston, January 26.—The Herald's
Augusta special says the Fusion Senate
met to-day with only seven members and
took recess at 4 p. m. It is now thought
that after bearing what tlie Supreme
Court has to say to the Fusion statement
and question, Governor Davis will issue
his proclamation calling on tlie Fusion
government to disperse and will enforce
it by arrests. It is thought Wednesday
will be tue last day of the dual govern
ment.
New York, January 26.—A fire broke
out this morning in the extensive shoe
shop connected with the Kings county
penitentiary, at Flatbusb, Long Island.
There were 425 prisoners and 360 outside
hands in tlie bnilding at tlie time, but By-
cool and careful management all were
gotten out safely. Tbe building was en
tirely destroyed. The Bay State Shoe
Company had $250,000 worth of machin
ery and stock in the building, which is al
most a total loss. The building itself cost
one hundred thousand dollars ten years
ago.
New York, January 26.—A Quebec
special says since the recent heavy snow
storm, dangerous avalanches have been
falling at intervals from tbe dills beneath
the citadel into tbe city. In one case
three children were overwhelmed by a
mass of failing snow but were dug out
alive. The houses for a distance of two
miles along one street are threatened with
danger oi being swept away, and tlie
greatest consternation prevails among
their inmates.
New York, January 26.—An Omaha
special says tlie telephone was Successful
ly worked on Sunday from St. Louis to
tlie Union Pacific Transfer, on the east
side of the Missonn river, a distance of
four hundred and ten miles. Ordinary
conversation was carried on with the ut
most ease. This is said to he the longest
distance over which tlie telephone has ever
been'successfully operated.
Bangor, Me., January 20.—The chief
justice has summoned the judges of the
Supreme Court to assemble here this eve
ning to determine whether any and what
action shall be taken upon the questions
submitted by the F.usionists. As tlie
court lias twice gone over the. whole
ground of the controversy the session will
probably be brief.
New Haven, January 20.—Rev. Mr.
Hayden was admitted to bail to-day in the
sum of $5,000 and released.
Washington, JSnuary 26.—Before the
exodus conifniftee’ to-day, Warren Fear
ing, clerk in one of the executive depart
ments and secretary of the Emigrant Aid
Society, testified to receiving letters from
relatives in North Carolina reporting that
colored men there are poorly paid for la
bor and arc discontented. lie had read
letters in an Indiana paper from negroes,
saying they were delighted with their new
homes there.
Charles N. Utay, (slightly colored), ed
itor ofthe Washington Argus, a paper da-
voted to the interests of the colored race,
and principal of Howard University
School, testified that he is a native of
North Carolina and graduate of Oberiin
college and of Howard University, visits
North Carolina every year, and has care
fully studied tlie condition of her people.
He was one of the founders of the Emi
grant Aid Society, and drew up its consti
tution. Its object was to aid the colored
people fleeing from the oppression, such as
those who were then accumulated at St.
Louis, bound for Kansas. At one of tbe
first meetings, however, a Mr. Menden-
shall spoke, suggesting the advisability
of diverting the emigrants from Kansas
and sending about fire thousand into In
diana, as that was a doubtful State in tbe
coming election. No one hot Otay ob
jected at that time. “I felt,’? he
says, “that we had been - used
long enough - <13 tools. The fidelity
of the colored people to the Republican
party bad been rewarded by the with
drawal of. its protection from outrage.
Therefore ho opposed longer the use o
his -people by any political party, and
when he saw the exodus was to lie used
politically, he withdrew from tbe society.
Others, though holding the same views,
remained in it. He wanted emigrants to
go toKnnsas, where they were invited, and
could get homesteads. By answers from
prominent North Carolina colored men to
whom he had written, he learned
that three men, Perry. Williams and Tay
lor had gone among the most Ignorant ne
groes and told them the government want-
a half during the jest of the year. Some
were promised suits of clothes. These
men registered the names of those con-
-——* J " 1 them from twenty-
senting to go, chaining th
five cents to three dollars each. The first
emigrants being few in number, were well
received and .immediately employed.
These wrote back to their friends advising
them to come, and hence, said tlie wit
ness, it is easy to understand the great ex
odus from North Carolina.
Witness gave a favorable account of the
actual condition of the colored people in
North Carolina, and said the exodus
therefrom “-’as uncalled for and disaster-
ousto the emigrants. The Committee
adjourned until Friday.
Washington, January 26.—A bill was
introduced in the House to-day by Mr.
Springer, to amend the United States
election laws. It provides that super
visors of an election, where railed for by
the citizens, shall be appointed by the cir
cuit courts, upon the recommendation of
Congressional candidates of the two prin
cipal parties, and that special deputy
marshals shall be similarly appointed on
recommendation of tho candidates of the
three principal parties. It repeals all the
laws authorizing United States officers to
arrest without warrant, persons for viola
ting any United States election law, and
prohibits interference by the supervisors
or marshals with judges or inspectors of
elections.
Washington, January 26.—Frank H.
Miller of Augusta, Georgia, was admitted
to practice in the United States Supreme
Court to-day, on motion of Hon. £. H.
Hill.
The following decisions were rendered
in Southern cases: * -
E. J. and Mary B. Phelps vs J. A. C.
Schrader cl al., from the Southern Dis
trict of Mississippi. Judgment affirmed
with costs.
E. T. & J. M. Worthington, administra
tors, vs. Martha W. Mason, from the Eas
tern District of Arkansas. Judgment af
firmed.
Tlie Bank of America vs. Virginia and
A. D. Banks, from the Southern District
of Mississippi. Judgment affirmed.
Counsel to-day began the rcargument
of tlie rase of tlie State of South Carolina,
ex re/., Douglas & Jackson vs. Peter C.
Gailliard, county treasurer.
The House Committee on Ways and
Means will to-morrow begin hearing upon
tlie sugar question.
Philadelphia, January 26.—Collec
tor of Internal Revenue Ashworth, acting
under instructions from Washington, to
day seized the property of the Philadel
phia and Reading railroad in this city to
satisfy claims of the government amount
ing iii the aggregate to a half million of
dollars. These claims are for unpaid
taxes upon the notes of the company paid
out to its employes and circulated as scrip,
which, under the government's consthic-
tion of the law, arc liable to taxation.
Columbia, S. C., Janufy 20,—Tlty-Su-
preme Court has decided the lax levy act
passed by the last Legislature to be in
valid, and refused the Attorney General’s
petition for a mandamus to compel the
Comptroller General to proceed with the
collection of the tax. There will be an
extra session of the Legislature in Feb
ruary.
Dublin, January 26.—Messrs. Davitt
and Brennan,, indicted for sedition, en
tered tbeir appearance in tlie Court of
the Queen’s Bench to-day. It is now
thought that the government intends to
proceed in the prosecution of all the sedi
tion cases.
New Orleans, January 26. — Tlie
steamer Charmer, with 2,100 bales of
cotton, Las been totally destroyed by fire
fifteen miles above the mouth or Red. riv
er. Eight lives were lost—two chamber
maids, two cooks, two cabin boys, one
fireman and one deck hand. The boat
was valued at $130,000. No farther par
ticulars are at hand.
Washington, January 26.—The House
committee on public lands heard argu
ments this morning on Representative
Conner’s bills for tho establishment of
titles in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Two
more arguments are to be made to-morrow,
after which tlie committee will probably
report the bill with some amendments,
Havana, January 26. — Repeated
shocks of an earthquake have occurred
during tlie past week in the Vuelto Abajo
district and have been particularly heavy
at San Christobal. The public buildings
of the latter place are in ruins and seven
teen members of the civil guard have
been injured by falling walls.
Tlie insurgent chiefs Carillo andScrafin
Sanchez have been defeated in Circo Villas
district with the loss‘of'.four killed and a
munber wounded.''''Among the latter is
Lieutenant Colonel Vidal Picli.
Augusta, Me., January 26.—Both
Houses of the Fusion Legislature reas
sembled at four o’clock, but .adjourned
until to-morrow without transacting any
business. Tbe Fusionists ' are in better
spirits to-day. The most of their men
have returned and will remain until an
answer is received from the Supreme
Court*. -
Augusta, Me., January 26.—Both
branches of the regular Legislature to-day
passed resolutions providing for. a Consti
tutional amendment for electing the Gov
ernor by a plurality instead of a majority
vote. The Senate appointed a committee
on the investigation ofthe enlistment and
enrollment of men, and on tlie loss of foq
State seal.
A Suggestion to k tJT<T Macon Volun
teers.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY
General Wm. M. BROWNE,
Professor of History and Agriculture in the
University of Georgia.
The Compost Heap.
There is nothing more worthy of the
farmer’s careful attention at this time
ban the’ compost heap. By the proper
Smd timely hsc of the materials which he
possesses upon his fann—cotton seed and
lot manure—and by the purchase from
the manufacturer of other ingredients
which are not costly, he ran make upon
his own place a pile of manure
containing all the elements of plant
food. It Is well known that
the most expensive ingredient of all
bought fertilizers is ammonia. This is
furnished in abundance in our cotton
seed. Every bale of cotton that we make
furnishes seed enough to yield eighty
pounds of this valuable constituent of ma
nure, besides a small amount of potash
and phosphoric acid. If we would com
post this seed now in the proportion say
of750 pounds cotton seed, 750 pounds ma
nure and 500 pounds acid phosphate, we
shall have at corn planting time a ton of
first-class-manure at a very small outlay.
Nothing indeed but the cost of the acid
phosphate (about ljc per pound) and of the
labor of mixing. The sooner the com
pound Is made the better it will be. The
process is simple and rapid. First make
a layer of cotton seed from six to eight
inches thick, then *■ layer.of stable ma
nure, then sprinkle the acid phos
phate* then another layer of cotton .seed,
and so on, until tbe pile is complete,
when the whole should either be covered
with a thick layer of earth ora copious
sprinkling of gypsum, to retain tbe ammo
nia.
The cotton seed contains phosphoric
acid, but not in sufficent quantity. The
deficiency is supplied by the addition of
the acid phosphate. The per centage of
available phosphoric acid in the acid
phosphates of commerce varies. . The
greater tho per centage, of course the more
valuable. That prepared at the Georgia
Chemical- Works, of Augusta, by recent
analysis, was found to contain 13.75 of
available phosphoric acid.
Some farmers, to savo trouble and
time, mix the cotton seed and tlie acid
phosphate in the soil, believing
this mode as effectual as tlie
more troublesome and slower mode
of composting.- My opinion is that tliis is
a mistake, and for this reason. If the
mixture be made in tlie soil, owing to tlie
freOBaccess of Oxygen, slow decay is more
likely to take place than putrelaction, and
a consequent loss of nitrogen. But in the
compost heap the cotton seed from mois-
sure sprout, and the young plants, from
contact with the acid and 'from tbe beat
and from want of oxygen and light, die,
and then become subject to putrefaction.
The nitrogen uniting with tiie hydrogen
forms ammonia, which is seized by tbe
phosphoric acid and retained.
The writer has made personal test of
this mattgf and lias become satisfied that
the compost heap, made above ground, in
the manner indicated, six weeks or two
months before using, is much more effect
ive than mixing the green cotton seed and
the acid phosphate in the soil.
THE RAILROAD COMBINATION.
The Modem Negro Trade.
The “horrors of the middle passage,”
over which the world has been eloquent
for many years, and.the domestic trade in
“flesh and blood” have given place,at last, . . , | . .. .
to a new and improved speculation in the * er Uieir g.gantic New York
negro as freight. The ambition to secure Purchase ofthe St. Louts, Nashville and
What Mr. Hewcomb Hu to Say on
the Subject—Other Items.
Messrs. Standiford and Newcomb, af-
heavy returns from a negro passenger
Chattanooga Road, have at length re
traffic was alleged to be a prime 1^ f“ cd ^ -»-rnout to Louisville,
to tbe negro emigration from Mississippi'A Coar.^-Joarna/ reporter iost no time
and Louisiana to Kansas last spring, and in m ervie^ hem^ -W. Stami^rd
paid railway agents were bmy in ™ too.much f&^edtA'ta’lk butthe
those States securing passengers at certain flowing ^colloquy ended-with Vice
agreed bounties per head. _ _ , ... ..
According to testimony before the Sen- the Gould syndicate controls the Louis-
ate committee on the emigration from ville and Nashville Road?
North Carolina to Indiana, the same I Mb. Newcojid—There is no truth
state of facts exists in North Carolina. ■ whatever hi ft- . ,
> . t» , , I- Reporter—You have heard the ab-
Agents ofthe Baltimore and Ohio road sur d rumor about the Pennsylvania Rtul-
were very active in securing this travel, road leasing the Louisville and Nash-
They canvassed the field themselves and ville?
secured active and influential colored ! tL ° Sligbt '
; .... . , | est idea that it will be done,
agents to fan] the flames and secure pas- | Reporter—Is there any possibility
sengers, paying the latter one dollar per that tho lease of the Central Geoigia rail
head for emigrants secured.
Flaming hand bills were also circulated
promising the negroes plenty of work in
road will be consummated ?
Mr. Newcomb—We requested Colonel
Cole to hold this and all such matters in
abeyance until we had a conference with
Indiana at $1.50 per day and fine suits; o j him, not being sufficjently advised to
new clothes gratis at the end of the jour-. reach a definite conclusion.
Repobteb—Will the great coup d'etat
ne f" — , „ be so injurious to Nashville as-the press
One of these agents, a witness before of that city represents ? Is there any
the Senate Committee, proved himself ground for their unreasonable fear?
“fellow of infinite jest.” He show-I Mb. Newcomb—None whatever. Nash-
........ m .... - ,, T . vi lie will be largely benefited. Ot course
ed that the traffic was a double-ender. It. ft ft to the interest of • the Louisville and
sailed both ways, and cut both ways like • Nashville tq. build up every to^-n on its
a double-edged razor. For,-while promo- route. Nashville wUI lave even greater
ting the flight from the old North State advantages than; shePhas heretofore pn-
.5 „ ° . „ i joyed. The Louisville and Nashville has
with all his powers, he was folly conii- J do J ne ^ luch t0 aid and build y p Nashvillej
dent that he was securing every emigrant and it always lias been and will continue
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—
While the Volunteeis are holding their
fair, it seems to me that a suggestion
would not be inappropriate, directing tho
mind of the company to the establishment
of a permanent fond for thc^ipsvr What
they need is a building or their own,
where they can meet and drill, and enter
tain and perform all the other offices
which, to a corps of noble soldiery, most
rightfully belong.
I am informed that military organiza
tions in other cities have armories belong
ing to them,-and in order to receive a
permanent support from their investment,
they have liad stores or markets construc
ted on the lower stories, and by the rents
received from these, they have a good in
come to support their companies.
If this Company of Volunteers will
start in their Fair a subscription list for
sums to be given to the execution of such
a purpose, I do not doubt that they will
be surprised at the amount which will be
accredited. Let them but start with
enough to buy a lot, say $2,000 or $3,000,
and tbe rest can be borrowed on easy
years, on being summoned to produce his ; them a dollar and a half daily during the
accounts, Mew out his brains. winter and two dollars to jwo dollara and
terms. After consultation with gentle
men skilled in such matters, I am free to
say that-$10,000 would cover the total cost
of such an establishment. Not only this,
but I will say further that I have learned
that the overplus needed ran be obtained
on loan for a very low rate of interest, the
fact being that the credit of the Macon
Volunteers is quoted in market as the
very best security the times afford.
There are many gentlemen here who will
contribute handsomely to this laudable,
permanent enterprize. They would give
ten times the amount for such an object
and realization, that they would now give
for temporary uses.
Every oracle must have Its temple;
why should not the Volunteers have a
local habitation and a name ?
Honorary Membeb.
January 26,18S0.
Healthy milk cows are profitable. They
eat less and yield more milk than poor
unhealthy rattle. They can be kept in
good condition by using Foutz’s Horse
and Cattle Powders during winter and to the taxable wealth of the State, and who
THE FENCE QUESTION.
It has been estimated by competent
persons that tlie first cost of the fences of
the United States amounts to thirteen
hundred millions of dollars, ($1,300,000,-
000,) which, as tlitiy need renewing once
in every ten years,-makes the annual cost
$130,000,000. Add to tliis immense
sum the annual cost of repairs, and we
find that the fanners of the United States
pay an annual tax of at least $175,000,000
to protect their crops against injury from
stock. .*. .
It is wonderful that the agricultural
community have submitted so patiently
all tliis time to. so grievously burdensome
a tax, for which, as it seems to us, no val
id excuse, founded in reason, justice or
necessity, can be offered.
Practically, the existing fence laws re
quire the crop-raisers to keep up thousands
of miles of “lawful fence” at au annual
cost of fully one dollar for every acre of
cultivated land, to protect themselves
against the depredations of a few rattle
and hogs, tlie aggregate value of which,
in our country,does not amount to a tenth
of tho expense of one year’s repair of foe
fences. /
Let us see how this works. Farmer A
raises cotton, corn, wheat, oats, rye, po
tatoes, etc. With two or three hundred
yards of good fence, he encloses his cattle
and protects his crops against them.
Farmer B, on foe adjoiningplace, -ralsies
stock. His farm is as large as that*of
Fanner A; but all his land, with : the ex
ception of a few patches, is open, while
all Farmer A’s land is' enclosed. A’s
crops, which cannot possibly cross the
boundary Kne of Ills land, which can do
no injury whatever to B’s stock, which
have no horns, snouts or lioofe, must by
law be closely confined by a fence “five
feet high* with or without being staked
and riuered, and' from foe ground to the
height of three feet the -rails shall net be
more than four inches apart,” while B’4
voracious steers, hooking cows, rooting
hogs and hungry mules, which will qnd
do stray beyond tlie limits of his farm,
seeking what they .may devour,
are free to roam -'at large,
without B being required to build or keep
a single panel of fence. A is taxed thou
sands of dollars for his harmless crops,
while B nee d not pay one cent for his mis^
chevions stock. If A’s fence be four feet
seven and a half inches high, or if to the
height of three feet foe rails are four and
a half inches apart, and B’s steers, cows,
hogs and mules destroy all A’s crop, the
law says that B “ shall not be liable to an
swer” to A “for the trespass,” and if A
“ shall kill or injure” any of B’s stock “in
any manner, lie shall be liable in force
times tlie damage!” ,,
Whenever any conflict arises between
A’s com or wheat, and B’s stock, foe com
or wheat is treated as foe trespasser, if
A’s fence lacks half an inch of the mess*
urement and arrangement prescribed by
foe fence law.
Now, in those sections of foe SUte
where crop raisers are in foe majority,
and stock raisers are the minority, this
law is obviously unjust and oppressive^
The question is, shall tho crops or. foe
stock be restrained? Shall all tlie culti
vated and productive land be regarded as
a common, unless it is enclosed by a; “law
ful fence,” or shall stock owners be com
pelled to enclose their rattle, and he
held responsible for whatever iqjury they,
do? . . ‘ . ji
lt would certainly seem to be more just
to require B to enclose his stock, which 1
he can do at foe cost of a few dollars,
than to require A, at a cost of a-thousaqd,
dollars, to keep liis crops out of.foe way.
of ti's steers, cows, hogs and mules.
There are parts of Georgia -‘where the
cultivated lands are small compared-with,
that used for grazing purposes.—It would
be unjust to insist there, that stock qhould
be fenced in. But, in strictly agricultural
sections, tlie present “fence law” is a
grievous fence tax which cannot be justi
fied. Au extensive farmer, a large pro
ducer, a large tax-payer is obliged, by this
law, to expend thousands of dollars annu
ally ! 1 > protect Ilia crops perhaps against
the depredation of the liogs of an African
citizen who does not contribute one cedt
spring.
tries to evade his poll-tax.
for a return trip, as soon as the poor
fellow had discovered the deception prac
ticed upon him. He knew that few ne
groes would resist foe seduction of a : rail
way trip, and was equally sure wlieu he
got to Indiana and found no work and ev
erything covered with snow and ice, he
would be far more anxious to get back
than hie was to go. He had secured at
the time of giving his testimony, some
763 tickets.
There was another witness, a pompous
Emigrant Aid Society man from Wash
ington, employed, as he said, by United
States Marshal Dudley, of Indiana, who
had operated extensively. The circulars
and handbills distributed were printed at
Green Castle, Indiana, and foe efficient
agents in North Carolina were Perry and
Williams, whose career was cut short on
account of an indictment for forging school
certificates, so that they were obliged to
leave In advance of some of their emi
grants. „ . .. ._ _
•The Indiana Republican brethren pro
test vehemently that there Is no party
nigger in this wood pile, and so iar as foe
evidence lias gone, it suggests little else
than filthy mammon, very filthy mam
mon. For, according to foe Nashville
American, tlie projectors of this emigra
tion are able to put a dead negro to ah-
most as profitable accoimt as a living one.
Tbe American of Sunday says:
This shipment of bodies of colored per
sons from Kansas and Indiana to medical
colleges is about to break up foe home bu
siness . of native resurrectionists. The
price, too, has fallen from fifty to twenty-
five dollars. The medical colleges ran
get all they want now from fot new source
of suppiy^t'reduced rates.
And here is another picturesque item
from foe same paper:
One of our young medical students was
shocked foe other evening to.recognize an
old family servant at foe dissecting table:
The old . man had gone to Kansas alive,
and returned in a barrel.
So it seems that whether dead or alire
foe poor negro emigrant will be used to
profit. They skin him financially in foe
Saying^ Bank, speculate on Ills devious
passage through life, and finally uso him
to profit as bones and soap-grease. It is
impossible' to say with certainty that the
trade in' negroes has materially improved
since the horrors of foe middle passage. .
• Last Week’s Cotton Figures.
The New York Chronicle reports foe
cotton, receipts of the seven days ending
last Friday night at 26Q,2S0 bales, against
148,648 for the corresponding week Of last
year. Total since 1st of last September
3,614,110, against 3,102,643 for-the corres
ponding period of tbe previous- cotton
yesrr-fhowing an increase of 511,467
bales. Im:c • .;'-i:q. li . Jqe •
The Interior cotton port business of foe
same days'was as follows: Receipts 77,-
880, against 64,000 for the same week , of
last year.' Shipments 72,198,' against 78*-
(W0 last year. Stocks 358,074, against
218,585 at same date last year.
The Chronicle's visible supply table
showed last Friday 2,429,02S bales of cot
ton in sight, against 2,284,032 bales at
same date last year—2,572,213 bales at
same date in 1878, and 2,$53,980 at same
date in 1877. These figures show an in
crease on foe visible supply of last year of
145,896 bales, and a decrease of-142,265
baleS on foe supply of 1878, and424;022
bales on tM Visible supply of1877 at same
dates. ' u ' t '•'' “
Middling nplaijd^qled at seven-pence
in Liverpool Yast"Fridaj.:li was" quoted
at 5 5-10 the previous year at same date.
in !878at that date the quotation .was 0J,
and. 1877 at same date foe quotation was
The Chronicle's weather telegrams of
last Friday report continued drought in
Texas and warm weather. Orange and
oth6r fruit ?rees Were blossoming in'foe
region of Galveston. At all points in foe
State it is too dry for tlie plow, and young
wheat is suffering. There have been
light rains in Louisiana and in Mississippi
with very warm weafoerl Also in Ten-
nfeisee. At Memphis cotton is coming in
to be foe policy of foe road to encourage
and benefit that and all communities
readied by our system.
Repobteb—Is it a fact that the Louis
ville and Nashville lias secured possession
of the Illinois division of the St. Louis and
Southern?
Mb. Newcomb—Certainly; that divis
ion is included in foe system of foe Nash
ville aud Chattanooga, and is-at present
operated by that road under lease until
the bondholders can make a satisfactory
tiOttiliMi
Reporter—It is said that the Louis
ville and Nashville will ruu a line of
steamers between Pensacola and Havana.
Is it true?
Mr. Newcomb—1 cs, either with Pen
sacola or with Motile.’ The contract has
been signed and this may be regarded as
an established fact.
Reporter—How soon will foe line be
in operation?
Mb. Newcomb—Steamers have already
been built. We horpertomake the trip no
later than foe 13fo'of-March. A fast train
will leave New York City at four o’clock
every Saturday afternoon, placing passen
gers and mail on board the steamers in
the Gulf of Mexico on Monday. We hope
t* make foe trip from New York to Ha
vana in three days and a half, tlms avoid
ing a long sea voyage by way of New
York* which usually takes five days,
This also was published on foe 24th in
stant. On foe same day_,“H. W. G.” dis
patches to tbe Constitution as follows:
THE LEASE OF TIIE GEORGIA CENTRAL.
The first point is that the lease of foe
Central road of Georgia will not be con
firmed. . This, I think may be taken as an
accepted fact. It will he remembered
that when in Atlanta, Mr. DeFuniak ex
pressed surprise at foe suggestion that it
was desirable to have a line from Atlanta
to foe sea. He had little , opinion of foe
idea of through trade—of imports and ex
ports—thought it more important to build
up foe trade ofthe country through which
the road went, than to look across foe seas.
He said to me tliis evening: “ 1 had rather
have foe trade of Atlanta alone than all
foe export and import trade such a line
would do.” And thus he held if such a
trade was built up, there would be no
trouble with . three roads reach
ing three ports from Atlanta, in
getting foe freights sent seaward
from the Gate City at as low rates as if
foe company, owned its own Hue to salt
water. This view, it appears, foe compa
ny shares fully with Mr. DeFuniak, aud
there is no.phanoe of foe Central lease be
ing confirmed. Two or mbreroads com
peting at Atlanta for their freight is all
that foe Louisville and Nashville people
want. They have this-already. Why
then make an alliance that may prove
burdensome ? Besides all this, the lease
of tlie Central was made by Colonel Cole
only because he controlled the Western
and Atlantic railroad. But the LouisviUe
and Nasville people .do notcontrol it. To
lease the Central without the concurrence
of- this commanding road would be insan
ity. Tbe hope that tbe lease ofthe Cen
tral will be confinsed. may, therefore, be
put aside. . H •
Here are two opinions on foe subject of
the confirmation b?£he"<0entral ^Railroad
“contract,” which keep up .the peipetual
see saw wjiicli has been going' oh for foe
past teni days.' Nothing authoritiye can
be stated concerning foe matter, but m
outlook appears to be rather discouraging
to the Cole-Brown-Wadlev combination.
Everything is at sea also concerning
the building of foe Western railroad con
nection from Atlanta to Decatur, Ala
bama, though “H. W. G.” says Mr. De
Funlak informs him that the survey will
be continued with a view to getting esti
mates as to the cost ofthe road lo i; Gads-
den or Guntcrsville. , ' •
Nothing new has transpired concerning
the operations of foe lessees of tlie Macon
and Brunswick Railroad. Indeed there
seems to be a temporary lull in railroad
circles. •} •* "
As Earthquake.
Cuba celebrated the visit of General
Grant with a genuine earthquake, foe first
ever experienced in foe -West India
Islands.
Havana dipatches of January 23d an
nounce several severe earthquake shocks
during the previous night, and up to four
o’clock in tiie morning. Tiie duration of
the shocks was about three Seconds. Ac
counts from Vuela Abajo state that an
earthquake was felt severely there, and
much damage was done to buildings, es-
with remarkable freedom. Heavier rains 1 peciilly at. Sail Cristobal. The shocks
are noted in Alabama. At Mobile 1.16 ' were oscillating from east to west. It is
during’the week. At Montgomery 0.S7. supposed that there lias been a • heavy
Florida' reports one day’s rain, and says ■ earthquake somewhere in Central Ameri-
Iabor price* are about tlie same as last; ca. At Sandiego de Cuba no disturbance
year. In Georgia, Macon had rain on two j was felt. ' i * ; -* 1 " ■■ ■■<' ou!
days and Columbus one, with a fall ot j The nation will be glad to learn that not
0.45. Savannah had only 0.10. Augusta even an earthquake was able to disturb tlie
had 0.54, and Charleston 0.04. j equanimity or night’s rest of the third term
The Chronicle's table of receipts from aspirant for Presidential and perhaps im
plantations sliows 3,904,833 since the first perial honors. In Havana the ex-Aineri-
day of last September, against 3,315,876 can President has been received at foe
in tlie same period of the last cotton year, palace like a veritable sprig of royalty.
and 3,184,08$ in foe same period of foe | _ '**»■ —-
cotton year 1877-7S. These figures show 1 £* PPS. rell * ble a S c - nt for - destroying
and expelling worms from children and
an increase of647^17 balqs on, foe plan- adults is Shriner’s Indian '.Vermifuge, 25
tation receipts of last year, and 780,747 on cents a bottle. Try it. Every bottle
foe previous cotton year. guaranteed to give satisfaction.
—The venerable Bishop Paine, of foe
M. E. Church South, is reported as very
feeble and suffering intensely.
—Now mind the old political adage, gen
tlemen: “As goes Maine, so goes the Un
ion," says the Chicago Tribune. Just so.
They both go to unscrupulously partisan
Supreme Courts.
—The Desdemona in a Springfield per
formance of “Othello" coolly rose on one
eibow, turned over hqr pillow, thumped it
two or three times, turned under one cor
ner, and composed herself to die comfor
tably.
—Cold Weather in Ibxland.—
London, January 23.—The distress iu
Ireland is intensifying under foe influence
of a bard frost and biting eold, which,
during the last four days, has succeeded
foe mild weather which prevailed since
Christmas.
—Warring on Dr. Talmage.—New
York, January 23-—Tlie complaint of
twenty-two Presbyters, who dissented
from the decision of foe Presbyteiy in re
fusing an investigation to Rev. Dr. Van
Dyke, Dr. Wells and others in regard to
the allegation of. moral rottenness as
charged by Rev. Dr. Talmage, has been
completed, signed by complainants and
sent to foe Moderator.
—From statistics just published it ap
pears that there arc about 75,000 houses in
Paris, exclusive of public buildings. Tbeir
total value is estimated at twentyrthree
millions sterling. Tho superficies of the
capital is put down at 20,000 acres.. There
are 600,000 yards of sewers. The popula
tion numbers 1,090,000, or 100 inhabitants
per acre.
—A Gigantic Entebfbise—-Work on
tlie North River tunnel, New York, is be
ing pushed vigorously, and some progress
is made towards foe bed of foe river. The
engineer says he’ is prepared to expend.
$10,000,000 on the work, and while many
opinions exist as to foe policy adopted by
him of working with compressed air, yet
there is a general opinion that foe enter
prise will be a success. • ....
—A showman from the United States
purchased a circus that was on a tour in
Mexico, and substituted foe stars aud
stripes for foe Mexican flag that had been
flying from the tent pole. This was in
Chihuahua, where the hatred of foi&
country is intense. A mob undertook
to haul down foe new flag, but foe mana
ger and his performers drove them off.
That night a regiment of local soldiery
demolished foe whole show, and the com
pany were compelled to fly for their lives.
—Some peasants of Gaza while rum
maging in a sandhill at Tell el Ajoul dis
covered lying on its. back a splendid mar
ble statue of Jupiter. They sold - it to a
merchant for a trifle, but foe Turkish,
Governor repaid him the money, took pos
session of the hill, and is trying to sell thq
statue, for which the Prussian Consul has
made a bid. It is not yet wholly unearth
ed, but M. de Reinach pronounces it'to-be
of foe best Alexandrian. age, the face and
hair being admirably chiseled, and it
may, perhaps, be a copy of Phidias’s Jupi-
ter.Olympus. ' ‘ •
—A Big Public Park.—The House of
Representatives committee on pubUc
lands -have agreed to report favorably foe
passage of foe bill introduced by Mr.
Converse, authorizing tlie President to se
lect from foe public land of the United
States in the State-of California foe tracts
of land which are growing either foe “Red
wood” or “Big Trees,” or both of said
timbers, as he may deem proper, not ex
ceeding In foe aggregate two townships of
land, to be set apart and dedicated as
public parks for the benefit and enjoyment
of the people; said parks to he under the
exclusive control of tlie Secretary, of foe
Interior. fi ’
—Opposition to Grant in Ohio.—
The Cincinnati Gazette has been sending
emissaries around foe State of Ohio rak
ing up facts to tell against the boom. It
has had a thousand old,reliable Republi
cans interviewed,'and presents tliis horrid
array of their preferences:
Sherman.' ■
Blaine. !
Grant. . . ,
Washburae.
Garfield.
Hayes.
.570 Bristow. ". .. ;
.220 Dennison. . . .
.128 Stanley.- . . . .
. 16 Edmuuds. . . .
. 19 Nominee
. 24 Y ” *;•
Adi 1o
. 5
. 1
. 1
.4
24
The' Gazitte goes further. It uses ih?g
insulting language: - '
“Many sound Republicans derive their
determination to bolt ‘ the ticket .if Grant
shfiiild be nominated.” ...
“Count Me Out.”—The New York
Herald publishes several Setters purport-
Ing' tb bqve 6eeiii.read . at a banquet of
jurymen at, Dehnonico’s, in that city,
Wednesday evening. Tlie letter a'.tributqd
to Hon. S. J. Tilden, whether genuine or
not is too goo good to be lost. It is as fol-
Htte . • •
“If I only knew how to get there with
out incurring any danger or commuting
myself to any policy, even of assurance, I
would go to your dinner. I am more fa
miliar with a campaign than champagne.
I also prefer a Duke to a Count. So count
me out.”
Hon. Willliam M. Evarts wrote a fiinny
letter, in which lie expressed foe opinion
that foe jurymen “would, find foe pan
dects of Justinian infinitely poorer than
foe stewpandects'of Delmonico.” jl , c
—Earthquake at Havana.—Ha
vana, January 23.—Severe shocks of
earthquake were felt in tliis city last night
at 11 o'clock, and again at 5:30 this morn
ing. Earthquakes had never before been
experienced here, anil many persons were
frightened and passed foe night in foe pub-
Hc squares, r No person was injured, and
there was ho damage to property. The
duration of, the shocks, was about three
seconds. Tbe barometer was very low at
6 last evening. To-day at noon the barom
eter registered 80, arid the thermometer
70.
Accounts .from Vaelta Abajo indicate
that foe earthquake was severely felt
there, and much damage was done to
buildings, especially at San Cristobal.
The shocks were oscillating from East to
West. It is supposed that there has been a
heavy earthquake somewhere in Central
America. At Santiago de Cuba no dis
turbance was felt
—It is stated that the health of the Her.
Dr. J. B. McFerrin, an eminent Southern
Methodist Minister, is giving away.