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MACON, FEBUUARY 13, I860
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
The Savannah Hibernians will have no
parade this year,
There are now between sixty-five and
seventy pupils in attendance at Mercer
Bigh School, Penfield, Georgia, and a
good prosjiect of an increase,
Tjjk Columbus military companies are
flunking of disbanding.
Hr. A. T. Way and Mrs. S. A. Norris,
of Darien, are married.
Miss Buck Wiif.ei.er, of Columbus,
fell dead in that city last Friday
JxijHiK IIii.i.yer, of Atlanta, is fond of
bird shooting. He recently took a hunt
at Oconee station on the Georgia road
Hex Walker, of Greene county, killed
foar wild turkeys, aggregating forty-three
pounds, at one shot, last week.
The Bainbridge Fair begins on the Cth
of May next. A premium list will soon
he out. It lias been decided to hold the
fair but one day. There will possibly be
a reconsideration in favor of two days.
Mu. D. Rosser Adams, of Eatonton,
married Miss Mamie E. Tufts, of Jones
counly, last week.
So much small grain hasjnever been
seen before in Oglethorpe county.
The editor of the Meriwether Vindica
tor has a boxwoodtrec which grew from a
sprig plucked near the grave of Washing
ton at Mount Vernon, and whenever he be
gins to make a hard statement ho goes into
the yard and looks at it and then makes
It all the same.
Darien Gazette: General A. R. Law-
toil, of Savannah, is* growing immensely
popular in Southern Georgia, and it would
not surprise us to see him in the Guber
natorial chair in less than twelve montlis.
General P. M. B. Young, of Carters-
wille, lias taken up his residence in Wash
ington, D. C., for the winter.
The Middle Georgia Military and Ag
ricultural College lias adopted a uniform.
It is similar to the one used by the Dali-
lonoga college, viz: Confederate gray—
short sack coat, and black stripe on the
pantaloons.
Jksui* Sentinel: The rain last week
has put tin; Pliinliolloway in good rafting
«rder, and the limiter men are busy run
ning their timlier out to where they can
raft it up and start for Darien. Timber
is st ill bringing very remunerative prices.
The Augusta lawyers are very much
disgusted with the establishment of the
new district court of Macon.
Tmk Brunswick Appeal contains
the following iti regard to the beaching of
the well known steamer David Clark last
But few have
week, mention of which lias already been
made :
“The steamer, David Clark, bound
Southward, attempted to pass through St.
Andrews Sonml in a thick fog, late Satur
day evening last, and missing her reckon
ing. passed through tlie buoy and struck
the weather shore opposite little Cumber
land. Slur stuck first on tlie sand-pit, and
made a l.ed from which two powerful
ste-i.u I tigs tailed to dislodge her. At one
o’clock yesterday, tlie steam tug Athlete
towed tint David Clark up the harbor and
made her fast at the dock. She was
drived off tlie sand-pit by the olf-shore
gale Monday night, and, alter a most per-
iloos n.hectare and terrible struggle to
save herself, lodged on tlie spur of the
north breaker about day yesterday mom
in". S!u* t lumped heavily for two hours,
when tlie Athlete rescued her uninjured.”
ft.* KVF.syn.LE Gazette: “The cry of
lire sa' inlay night created a genuine
panic for few minutes, and every hurry
ing ps««erby was plied with eager ques-
tioii, fun:i almost every door. The hour
lie: u; e:t rly and so few having retired the
neb <•> limit gates was almost instanla-
Rc-.ii- r-.d divers were the questions and
cnnfn«u-g the conjectures heard on every
side. Those few who were so unfortunate
» c > have begun the task of disrobing for
t.! - nigh, i.-ft ofl' just where they were and
j> *ed the eager throng without fear or
co'opnuction. One colored female was
n liiiTv ing toward tlie scene of destruc-
.. v-wing her striped stockings in the
: t<.}!.;»« a tragic manner—perhaps we
s |.„.,i,ivplain that the stockings were in
bei- hands. After nil the excitement and
tli- ,h.-i,i.-:ate state of mind into which
r-',» ->r i >ur citizens had worked tliem-
sc ; 'v? during the uncertainty of tlie oc
«t'i ■•»», there was evident a feeling of con-
si-Wabh* disgust mingled with their relief
when n was known that only a little, un-
pi. .1 pole house was inflames instead
of c -r 1.4 isome hotel building, as many
a* first declared."
Vi i>vo Bar-room.—Chronicle and
ti
ft ■
hSil-aionalist: We have just learned
• :!;< tlmling bar-room which has been
ho.cd in the Savannah river some time,
S of which mention was made a few
,si'ic.., l-.as been seized. The parties
o had apparently been carrying on a
i -f : i!i :it whisky business were pursu-
r. ,i V.e Carolina side by revenue of-
M'd finding that the still-hnnters
re even more vigorous on this side of
I
few
re vi
dl-.1
the '
for;-,
bow.
iivor, concluded to take middle
and anchored oft' an island in the
n nah near the Elbert county side. A
•ays vince Mr R. Wink Taylor, deputy
me official, procured a small boat,
aviugtlie Elbert county side, pad-
'.v ■ toward the gin gondola to recon-
. and tlie premises. Approaching
mat as if to take a drink, he was in-
by one of the keepers that his pat-
.ms not desirable. He continued,
vc r, • o approach the barge, when one
o: rt k • icrs drew Ills pistol and threat
en'd to fight. Mr. Taylor’s position was
ti.m n iiii’e criitcal; but throwing aside
V .!dull' tactics, boldly proclaimed that lie
ban • -m. to seize the boat and would do
s . He left tlie boat, entered the room and
v d- a forma' \iptnre of the affair, which
5 r to have been a well regulated and
fully implied bar. Mr. Taylor’s bold-
d<* ! and -interprisc were strikingly pre-
s .ted, .-. id his captare is highly coin-
v tided 'ii Elbert county, we learn.
The C. 'umbus Enquirer: People of
fl.is enlightened age mar probably think
V re 3-7 no more of the old time conjurers,
etc., and that such tilings have been van-
t .krd (mm tlie civilized part of the
er.rth, bid this is a mistake. There
a. # r itch practices among some nc-
gre - in the very heart of this city, and
probably _ elsewhere, for aught we know.
»Jverbea: iug a negro ask his employer for
twenty-five cents, and the employer wish
ing t« know for what purpose he wanted
it, art-ru*: ed the attention of the inquisi
tive reporter, in search of a bit of news.
The iv 3 ro said he wished the money to
hare the “ amel of liis ear pulled up.”
Inquiring what he meant by this, tlie re
port/*" —as told by one who had several
times vitnessed the operation, that it
•was performed as described below: By
“amel," be meant what we generally call
plat.*.
There ere certain classes of negroes in
e very win inanity, who prey upon tlie ig
norance ofothers, called “doctors,” who
treat certain diseases. When the patient
enters . !i >-.anctuary, he is placed in a
sitting position in a chair; tlie “doctor”
•ik*- a bunch of hair from the top of the
b 11 in Ids hand, and having a firm grip
on it pull* with all his might and main
until tb, scalp “pops” and separates from
the skull; he then ties the bunch of hair
vi- v i fitly with a strong piece of twine
a n't vi V. patient’s neck to keep tlie
sralp t -r going back to the skull. The
• pt tied and the scalp raisecSin
•:i for two weeks. After the
a!’.-.•*.■! •r.ae has expired, the patient is
.veil. Price only twenty-five
•!a
m hops are growing popular in
H. Barnes, of Albany, was run
mule and knocked senseless,
i narrow escape from death,
nericus Republican says not a
i has bcea serred the people of
that place this season
reached Macon.
TnE Eagle and Phcnix Mills convert
into yarns and cloth about 130,000 bales of
cotton annually.
Some Columbus negrpes had a bloody
row on the outskirts of that city, in which
pistols were freely used, last Saturday
night. Several are in a critical condition.
Bome can certainly justly claim to be
the banner newspaper town of Georgia,
It revels in three—two dailies and one tri
weekly.
Rev. J. S. Lamar, of Augusta, has in
vented an electric motor which, it is said,
promises to prove a success, is to super
sede steam, and is destined to place tlie
inventor's name alongside that of Edison
and the other great scientists who have
figured in the world. lie is now in New
York looking after liis invention.
It seems that several lines of railway
between Rome and Chattanooga are be-
ng contemplated. The Rome Courier,
however, suggests tliat one line will be
enough to do tlie business between the
two cities at present.
Among the industries of St-. Simon’s
Island is the production of olive oil,
Tlie article there manufactured is pro
nounced by judges equa', if not superior,
to the finest made in France or Spain,
and where it is not too wet the soil on all
portions of that anil adjoining islands is
admirably adapted to the culture of the
olive. Tlie St. Simon’s correspondent of
the Brunswick “Adterliser says: There
are trees on this island that have borne
continuously for the last fifty years. This
fruit lias never been known to suffer from
frost in tills locality, except during the
famous cold spell of 1S35.
Brunswick Advertiser: “We are
pleased to announce that Dr. J. S. Law
rence, the contractor for dredging out our
harbor, lias been here this week prepara
tory to commencing woik. Tlie probabil
ities are that he will begin operations in
a few days. Meanwhile we are looking
confidently to our immediate Congress
man, John C. Nichols, Esq., for other and
bigger appropriations; lookingnot only to
tlie putting of our harbor in jierfect order,
straightening our wliarf front, etc., but
also the building of a custom house, post-
oflice, etc. Uncle Sam’s money could be
spent in no more laudable maimer than
those above named. We believe Colonel
Xicliolls will leave no stone unturned to
accomplish these ends,
According to the St. Simon’s “Dotter”
of tlie Brunswick Advertiser “tlie largest
tig tree in Geoigia is on Captain King’s
place, near the grounds of liis splendid
residence, so famous far and near in the
good old ante-bellum days as ‘Retreat.’
it is thirty feet high, lias a stem ten feet
high to the first branch, and sixteen inch
es in diameter. In one year thirty bush
els of figs have been gathered from it.”
The last number of tlie Bainbridge
Democrat contains a history of the Deca
tur Guards by Captain J. II. Martin, of
Hawkinsvillc. From it we extract the
following:
Some of the battles engaged in were York
Town, * Garnett’s Farm, Chickamauga.
Gettysburg, Sbarpsburg, Spottsylvania
Court House, Petersburg, Manassas, Fort
Harrison, Fort Sheppard, Fort Gilmer,
riiiilip's House, Malvern Hill, Fassel’s
Mills, Knoxville, Wilderness, Fredericks
burg, Manassas Gap, Thoroughfare Gap,
Lookout Mountain, New Market Heights,
Cold Harbor, Charles City Road, Will
iamsburg Road, Betliesda Church X
ltoads.
The Oglethorpe Echo is evidently dis
gusted at the location of its own town, and
wonders why in the world that particular
site was selected by the founders of the
place. It declares that a worse location
could not have been found in the county,
and says: “While there are seven roads
leading from the place, with tlie exception
of tlie one to Crawford, they are almost
impassable in winter on account of tlie
steep hills by which we are surrounded
These have proved the greatest drawback
to tlie commercial importance of the town.
We have creeks At our doors on three
sides, and the fords are in bad order. If
Lexington had been located midway to
the present town of Crawford it would to
day rival Athens.”
Savannah News; We learn through
a gentleman from Bryan county of a ter
rible and brutal crime committed near
Jenks’ bridge, in that county, on Monday
afternoon last. He was passing the place
shortly after the murder and learned some
of the particulars, but not the names of
the victims.
Near the bridge lives a colored man
with his wife and child, hard-working,
inoffensive people. On Monday the man
left his home to go to work in the neigh
borhood, his wife and child, a girl, three
or four years old, remaining at home.
During his absence house was visited by
a negro tramp, and his wife was assaulted
and killed. The suppostion is that there
were two or more negroes with him, but
there is nothing definitely known, and the
nature of tlie crime is a mystery, as there
was nothing to show that robbery was
the object. On the husband’s return in
the evening, when he entered liis house,
the revolting spectacle of his wife’s body
lying in the fire place, blackened and
charred, presented itself. Au examina
tion showed that she had been struck on
the head with a heavy blunt instrument, a
hammer it is thought, which blow must
have produced instant death. The villain
or villains, to make their brutal work doub
ly sure, nearly severed the body in twain
witli a knife and then threw the bleeding
.and mangled remains in tlie burning em
bers in the fireplace. The child was mis
sing, but after a diligent search the dead
body was found in an old well on the
premises, where it had been thrown by
the murderers. The agonizing cries of the
afflicted negro attracted tlie attention of
the neighbors, and the news of the fearful
crime quickly spread. Squads were or
ganized and search was made in every di
rection for the perpetrators of the butche
ry. Several parties were arrested on sus
picion and every effort will be made to
clear up the mystery surrounding this
crime, which our informant states has cre
ated a profound sensation throughout
that section of tlie country, which lias
heretofore been free from serious dis
orders.
Yesterday morning, some workmen
while engaged in excavating tlie lot at tlie
corner of Pryor and Line streets, came
across the frame of a human being. De
cayed pieces of blankets that were seen
around tlie bones gave evidence of the
fact that the body bad been buried in a
blanket. An old watch, and a pair of
shoes that at one time covered the feet of
the deceased, were about all the effects
that were dug up. Learning that Mrs.
Mary C. Munday, who resided just oppo
site the lot, knew when the body had been
buried, we called upon her for the purpose
of finding out it there were any interesting
facts in relation to the burial. “I can
not remember the exact day,” commenced
Mrs. Munday, but it was on tlie same day
that the soldiers were fighting so hard on
Peachtree creek. I was living here then,
and on that day saw some Confederate
soldiers digging a hole on the lot. I sent
my little boy once to see wliat they
were going to put in the hole. He soon
returned with little tears in his eyes, ai d
said “mama, those men arc going to bury
a poor soldier.” Upon liis .return I went
over to tlie lot and asked the men to put
off the burial for a few moments, and then
I would try and get a box of some kind to
put the remains in. They could not wait,
and, wrapping tlie body of tlie unknown
Confederate soldier in a blanket, lowered
the remains into the hole and covered
them over. The men who buried the sol
dier said they found the body in a build
ing, and, from appearances, the man must
have been dead about two days.
Mrs. Munday says that she was never
able to find out who tlie soldier was. She
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Cuthbebt, Georgia,
February 10th, 1SS0.
When the writer entered the car shed
yesterday morning, the spacious shelter
was filled with agricultural delegates, and
numerous other passengers, bound for the
convention, and all other points in South
west Georgia and Florida.
A moment’s inspection showed all the
seats “double bunked” with occupants,
and nothing in prospect but a
STAND UP RIDE
to his journey's end. But a happy thought
made him enter the baggage car, and po
litely ask to be accommodated with a
“trunk seat.”
The Good Book has something to this
effect, that if a man wishes to make
friends he must show himself friendly,
And this was verified in the present in
stance, the obliging baggage master re
ceiving us cordially, and tendering the
softest trunk as a seat.
Afterwards another car was put on, and
the deponent transferred liimself thither.
THE DELEGATES
were nearly all embrowned farmers in
middle life, or more advanced years.
They were a rugged looking set, with
grizzly beards, slouched hats and shaggy
eye brows, yet there was no mistaking the
honest and intelligent countenances of
these hardy husbandmen and sons of toil.
And if conventionalisms were at a dis
count, kind words and genuine bonhomie
more than made up the difference.
In short,
WE FELL IN LOVE
with the bluff fanners, and their society
was keenly enjoyed, albeit there was a
faint smell of guano about their garments
slightly similar perhaps to the odor of
Esau when he was wont ta come in
from the field and minister to his sire,
Isaac of old.
There were only two ladies in view,
who resembled a couple of daisies spring
ing from a bed of nettles. Not that they
were so pretty, but then they possessed
the charm of rarity, and there is that
something about women, je ne sals quoi
which always challenges the admiration
and respect of the well-bred of the other
sex. The writer, however, was quite ret
icent on this occasion, as somehow or oth
er he always has a predilection for
SWEET SEVENTEEN,
with the honey-dew on her lip and the
sunlight in her “ een.” Of babies, sad
to relate,
THERE WERE NONE,
and this made him inconsolable. There
is no presence complete, no company sym
metrical, indeed no dispensing with tlie
traditional “blessed baby.” The little
elf with its prattle and winsome ways,
stirs the innermost chambers of the soul,
humanizes and softens the most obdurate
heart, brings hack the gentle influences of
childhood and even casts a pleasing glam
our o’er advancing years. God help tlie
man that does not love a baby.
THE GRANGERS
were represented by their head centre in
Georgia, President T. J. Smith. That
highly intelligent gentleman told us
many interesting things relating to tlie
present status of the fraternity. On the
night previous, the annual convention
which was held in Macon, became so en
thused that it actually protracted its ses
sion until daylight. They deliberated
with closed doors so that tlie proceedings
have not transpired. It is known, how
ever, that there was twenty-seven dele
gates present and a paper published in
Columbus, Mississippi, was selected as
tlieir future organ. Politics and internal
dissensions have wrought sad ravages in
tlie ranks of the order in Georgia, and not
a tithe of the oiganizations remain intact.
Another reason for this decadence is tlie
prevalent idea that the Granges have ac
complished tlieir mission in great part, by
cheapening the cost of agricultural imple
ments, introducing the generai cultivation
of rust-proof oats, encouraging a diversity
of crops and inducing the farmers to raise
tlieir own supplies and practice econ
omy.
It is a curious fact that where the
CO-OPERATIVE SYSTEM
was established, tlie granges still exist and
flourish.
It strikes ns that tlie contemplated re
vival of the order will prove most oppor
tune if it can only be made to check the
ground swell for a big cotton crop this
year, which seems inevitable under the
stimulus of present inflated prices. God
speed the Grangers then say we, if they
will keep the planters from going into
debt and hold them steadfast to the new
programme of raising provisions in abun
dance, under which they have but just be
gan to emerge from the slough of despend
into which they recklessly plunged after
the war. The next annual Grange Con
vention will be held in Thoinasvilie.
SERIOUS FALLING OFF IN FARM LABOR.
The writer was surprised to learn from
Colonel Smith, Colonel Mobley, of Ham
ilton, and otberreliable planters on board,
that it is safe to assert that tlie field labor
of Geoigia will be reduced fully
TEN PER CENT.
the present year. This is not exactly due
to any actual exodus that has taken place
(though quite a number of colored emi
grants have left Georgia in tlie past year)
but rather to the unrest and uneasiness
caused by the movement elsewhere. Tlie
continued railroad agitation also has had
some agency in the matter. The talk of
the immediate extension of tlie Macon
and Brunswick Railroad, for instance,
keeps many hands from making new con
tracts, in the hope that they will find em
ployment at big wages in the grading of
the contemplated road bed. Then again,
every year witnesses the retirement of a
considerable number of well to do labor
ers from service, who have saved enough
to purchase land and set up for them
selves. The women, too, are • becoming
more and more disinclined to the perform
ance of field work, and it is notorious that
the young colored people who graduate
from college and the schools are utterly
opposed to manual labor.
These facts should be seriously looked
in the face, and the proper steps be taken
in season to supply all labor deficiencies
by European immigration.
A GOOD SIGN.
All along the route to G'uthbcrt, large
areas of land have been laid down in
oats, and the stands were excellent. The
plows are beginning to move, too,
and if our farmers will but resolve to plant
even more com than usual the cnrrcntyear,
then indeed, at present prices of cotton,
will they reap a golden harvest next fall.
But draw it as you will, thrift and pros
perity can never follow cotton growing to
the neglect of stock and the provision
crops.
THE FRUIT UNHURT.
From no less authority than that of S.
H. Rumph, Esq.,- the noted nursery man
and clever gentleman, we are enabled to
communicate the pleasing tidings that up
to the present moment the entire fruit
crop of Geoigia is safe. The late spell of
cold will also set back the budding of the
blooms for some days, and the prospect
for a full yield is all that could be
desired. Indeed, Mr. R. thinks that
the paucity of the crop last year will
result in over-production, and he intends
to begin to tlnn out the blooms even be
fore the embryo fruit appears.
AT SMITHVILLE
the delegates enjoyed a capital dinner at
the hands of Messrs. Johnson & McAfee,
and the former,to tho astonishment of our
tis a vis, a newly arrived Yankee, threw
in gratis, a liberal supply of his own de
licious scuppemong wine. When the
train reached Dawson, it was boarded by
Captain James Allison and Colonel Dews,
a committee from Cuthbert, and long be
fore the delegates reached their destina
tion. they had each been assigned to com
fortable quarters and knew exactly where
to go. Soon the sweet strains of a band
of music and tlie slowing pace of the cars
announced our approach toCuthbert. At
the depot an animated scene was presen
ted. At least
. A THOUSAND
persons, embracing nearly all of the mer-
says he had^ no papers or lettere upon liis j chants and best citizens of the place,had as-
person by which he could be indentified. * sembled with carriages and other vehicles to
The city was then occupied by the Con- welcome their expected guests. In a trice,
federate army, and the men who buried
the soldier returned to the field of bat
tle as soon as they had completed the rude
burial ceremonies.
every one was made to feel perfectly at
home, and almost as rapidly as this is
pencilled, the several members of the con
vention were whirled away to their various
stopping places. Indeed, they could go
nowliers amiss, for absolutely the whole
city kept
• OPEN HOUSE.
The writer is no delegate, and therefore
was “unassigned. Before he had landed
fifteen minutes, however, he was billed
to so many delightful homes that he lost
the run of them and was utterly bewil
dered, and could not decide where to go.
Judge Clark, Colonel Hood, Captain Mat
tox, Colonel Dews, Colonel Fielder, Dr.
Powell, Ed. McDonald, Jim Wooten, and
we know not how many more threw open
their doors to him. At last the question
was settled according to propinquity, and
so he avoided the dilemma by announc
ing that he must sojourn nearest his base
of operations, and tbis happened to be the
charming abode of Mr. James Wooten
Thither, then, we hied, and those ac
quainted with that gentleman and his ex
cellent wife, will realize that the tired ed
itor had struck clover and would fare
equally as well as any of his fellow trav
elers.
THE CONTENTION
was in session at Powell’s Hall, and in a
few minutes we were listening to its de
liberations. Near three hundred dele
gates are in attendance from every section
of the State, and a more imposing body of
men could not be gathered in any coun
try. This year, gray beards predominate,
though there is quite a sprinkling also, of
young, vigorous and intelligent looking
farmers. We think the convention is
more representative, too, in its character
than usual. That is, it is more strictly
confined to the agricultural guild, and
there are fewer of the other professions
present as delegates.
Tlie proceedings liad been opened with
prayer by Kcv. Mr. Cook, followed by an
address of welcome from Mr. Arthur
Hood, Jr. This is spoken of very highly,
that young gentleman acquitting liimself
most handsomely. Only once did he trip
when addressing t he Convention as “gen
tlemen of the jury.” Older men than he
have done tlie same, lint we cannot help
felicitating tlie community that tlie body
in session is not one of those chilling and
horror inspiring assemblages, yclept a
Court of Justice. No. There are no bai
liffs, with tipstaffs, thank heaven, here,
and the sheriff is made to keep a respecta
ble distance. Some how there is a don
jon like feeling connected with the
court house, which it is impossible to
shake off.
The response to Mr. Hood was made by
that inimitable wit and orator,
DR. DAVID E. BUTLER,
in one of tlie happiest efforts of his life,
Next came the opening address by the
President, Colonel Thomas Hardeman,
Jr. This was au admirable and eminent
ly practical eflbrt, replete with wise sug
gestions and the best advice. As it forms
a part of this report, further comment is
unnecessary. It will furnish a rich treat
to our readers.
After roil call, Prof. Wm. M. Browne
made a deeply interesting report of his
experiments on the agricultural farm of
the University, which is under his charge,
with many of the best varieties of com
mercial fertilizers, cotton seed, composts
and stable manure. He also treated of
the comparative value of turning under
green crisis, such as pea vines, etc., when
dry or in a succulent condition. He fa
vored the latter.
The Professor discussed tlie utility of
TOPPING COTTON,
to insure increased production. So far as
his experiments determined, it was found
that the topping operation hastened the
maturity of tlie fruit already formed, but
iu the end the stalks not thus treated
continued to hear and eventually yielded
the most.
If possible, our readers shall have the
benefit of this practical aud highly useful
address also at some future day.
After an interesting discussion on the
report of General Browne the Conven
tion adjourned until the next morning, by
invitation, to witness tlie
PARADE OF THE CUTHBEBT FIRE OR
GANIZATION,
and a fire test of a new chemical engine.
The streets were literally jammed with a
vast concourse of people, covering almost
the entire population of the city, aud hun
dreds of visitors from abroad. The ladies,
too, enlivened the scene by their gentle
presence, and tlie Albany band, with
strains of inspiring music, lent increased
animation to the occasion. Tlie proces
sion, headed by tlie gallant firemen,
marched to a vacant space not far distant
where the “test” was to be made.
Here, an unoccupied, isolated building
had been purchased for the experiment.
This, after being thoroughly saturated with
kerosene oil, was lired in a dozen places
by a committee of delegates, aud soon the
roof and interior presented
A BRILLIANT SHEET OF FLAMES.
Theu chief engineer, James Allison, Esq.,
gave the word mid tlie firemen commenced
operations. The windows were broken in
with axes, ladders placed upon the burn
ing edifice, a fireman, carrying the noz
zle of the liose, mounted the roof, and the
struggle with the fire fiend began in ear
nest.' Gallantly did they make the fight,
rushing inside, tearing down walls and
ceiling, knocking oft shingles from the
roof, and ever squirting with powerful
effect the caemical prepared for tlie engine
upon the hissing flames. Some pf tlie men
went where suffocation seemed inevitable;
but they stood up bravely to the work,
and in a brief space of time what liad
just appeared to be a living mass of flame
was transformed into a smouldering ruin.
But the fire had been quenched, and tho
severe test of the
CHAMPION CHEMICAL ENGINE, NO. 2
liad resulted in a splendid triumph.
Tins engine is charged on the ground
and very rapidly,with a preparation of car
bonic acid and soda, and acts like the pipe
of a soda water fount, scattering the gas-
eo:is mixture from the nozzle of a section
of liose upon the fire. The gas set at lib
erty, seems to smother the flames with in
finitely greater effect than water, and the
holder of the hose can fight his way step
by step, outing the fire as lie proceeds,
until he marches into the very centre of
the burning striicture.
Cutlibert boasts of one of the best fire
organizations in the State. It embraces
no less than three engines, one book and
ladder apparatus, and three full compa
nies. The Chief, Captain Allison, lias no
superior in liis department in the State,
and the display : to-day was in a high de
gree creditable and imposing.
EXPERIENCE MEETING.
At 8 p. m. tlie Convention again assem
hied informally, Colonel Livingston in the
chair, and held wliat was termed an ex
perience meeting. Mr. Carmichael, that
sensible and venerable wag from Newton,
brought down the house repeatedly with
one of the drollest of his characteristic
harangues. It formed a queer melange
of good things, preposterous nonsense and
the broadest humor. Every body seemed,
however, to enjoy his talk. Quite a num
ber of agricultural topics were discussed,
and much important information elicited
in this off-hand debate upon questions of
real practical intererest to the farmer.
4. That all the newspapers in the State 1 credit, and, I tremblingly add, more dls-
lOTullu tn fill T* wol fowl on it nr<1tin» to 1 notmo T>1 „ I* F~*i • _ a
friendly to our welfare aud willing to as
sist in the work, are requested most re
spectfully to publish these resolutions aud
make common cause with us.
On motion of Mr. Black, of Screven, the
following gentlemen were appointed a
committee to investigate and report upon
the Clement Attachment at the next meet
ing of the Convention, to-wit; C. T.
Zachery, of Henry county; E. Heysen, of
Moigan; C. W. Sproul, of Rome, and
—, Searcy, of Talbot.
Dr. J. P. Stevens then proceeded,
agreeably to the programme, to deliver a
lecture on the subject of “Food for lire
stock and the best methods of utilizing it.”
We close these notes for the mail, while
the Doctor is still on the floor reading a
most admirable and. practical paper.
Cuthbert is doing her whole part by the
Convention, and the delegates all express
themselves highly delighted witli their en
tertainment. H. II. J.
COLONEL HARDEMAN’S ADDRESS.
“Watchman, tell us of the night,
What its signs of promise are.”
This anxious inquiry should be made
of every, sentinel on the watchtower of
the agricultural interest of our State.
What 1 of the long night of financial em
barrassment, of impoverishment of es
tates, of labor derangement, of specula
tive farming, of supply dependence, of
agricultural disasters V “Does the morn
ing seem to dawn,” or is it yet night, and
night without a star? Has the past year
furnished no evidence of returning pros
perity, no proof of material progress and
advancement? These are vital questions,
because they lay hold of the very founda
tions of your industry and connect them
selves with its vitality and existence.
Has your outlay exceeded your income ?
If so, retrogression and disaster must fol
low; if it has, where has it been expend
ed? For luxuries that could have been
dispensed witli—this were criminal folly.
For the purchase of cereals, that
your fields should have furnished?
This is a depleting system, that will end
in bankruptcy. For credit supplies?
These will consume and destroy like tlie
“pestilence that walketli abroad in dark
ness and wasteth at noonday.” The
crops in many places have been short, yet
prices have been remunerative, labor was
reasonable and provisions exceptionally
low, aud if nothing has been saved, it
should suggest the inquiry, what of my
farming system ? Is it dependent or self-
suppoiting? If dependent, how can I
remedy the evil, if not self-sustaining,
where is the leakage, and what will check
it ? A searching examination of tlie farm
management and home economy would
be advantageous to our agricultural inter
ests, for it would throw some light upon a
subject too little regarded by many—of re
ceipts and disbursements. With all tlie
emphasis of my nature, have I endeavor
ed to impress upon the planters of Geor
gia the fact that no business can prosper 4
that does not realize in its pursuit an inter
est greater than that expended in prose
cuting it. A constant leakage will finally
exhaust the cistern and credit farming is
tlie crevice through which tlie waters of
your industry are wasted, and tlie great
reservoir of your interest is losing its sup-
fly. A false economy inaugurated it,
>ad laws encouraged it—unwise ones were
resorted to to support and sustain it, and
thus fostered by legislation, tkp system
has gone on, until credit is as much an el
ement of farming as sowing the seed and
pitching tlie crop.
Estimate the value of your land, stock
and farm utensils—allow for them a rea
sonable interest; add to this interest the
price of labor, the cost of supplies, and
the incidental expenses of the farm. Sub
tract tlie sum total from the amount real
ized from the sale and consumption of
your farm products, and tell me what in
terest you have received from tlie invest
ment. We answer, a small one, and yet
to secure this small investment, you have
subjected yourselves, unnecessarily, to
the necessity of paying “some ten, some
thirty, yea, an hundredfold” more than
you received. Is this a successful business
transaction—a profitable financial invest
ment? Your daily experience negatives
the question, aud to remedy the evils of
your own financial policy and check your
wrongs, sumptuary laws are resorted to
by our Legislature, to furnish you a basis
of credit, that your own industry should
control and regulate. For one, I seriously
apprehend—however good the intention of
the law—the practical workings will be
to force credit farmers to pay larger inter
est than ever before. Money will be with
drawn,or so applied as not to benefit labor
Necessities are great, and supplies will be
asters. Planters of Georgia, remember
1S73 and its disastrous financial history—
of homestead appeals and bankrupt estates
—and be warned in time to avert the dan
ger that threatens your industry. Keep
within sight of the harbor, and venture
not out iu frail barks where the tempests
are sleeping and the angry billows await
the breaking of their troubled slumbers.
These warnings should come in thunder
tones from tliis^ society. The signal of
danger should be raised, and throughout
the length and breadth of the State the
fiery warning should be seen and known
by all men. Increased acreage and larg
er crops are inviting fields for specula
tion, but unless they are encouraged and
supported by increased means, they
are the ignes faluui of avaricious desire
that will lead you into the swamps of
poverty and the marshes of despair. In
stead of increasing your acreage, direct
your energies and your surplus capital to
increased production of those already in
cultivation, and if you have profited by
the teachings of agricultural science,
your acres will increase in productive
ness as they grow old in years. Small
acreage and heavy production, without
exhausting tho soil, is at last the analysis
of successful agriculture. How forcibly
are these illustrated in the agriculture of
Flanders and England, where the culti
vation of the soil has reached a\state of
productiveness unsurpassed by any por
tion of the globe. This high state of cul
tivation is attributable to an application
of the principles of science to agricultural
pursuits and a judicious and liberal use
of fertilizing material iu the cultivation
of their crops. ^So great indeed is the use
of manures that one writer upon agricul
ture of England affirms that the value of
animal manures, applied to crops in Eng
land forty years ago surpassed in value
the whole amount of her foreign com
merce. Increased productiveness—not
increased acreage—should be the desire
of the Geoigia fanner—for believe me ten
bales of cotton from ten acres of ground is
more profitable than ten bales from thirty
acres, and this can be reached by skillful
culture. Plant less, but plant under the
rules of an intelligent agriculture, concen
trate all your energies and resources iu
perfecting a higher state of cultivation and
production, and you will realize more
satisfactory results than by expansson,
which in these times of uncertain labor
and financial embarassmeuts is an aggra
vation of the evils you complain of rather
than a cure. I speak plainly fori have no
desire’to mislead you by fulsome flattery
and delusive laudations. I cannot, as
Phacion said to Antipater, be your friend
and flatterer too,but “as you know me all,
a plain, blunt man.” I will speak tlie
truth, for my greatest ambition while oo-
cupyingtliehigh and honorable position to
which you have elevated me is to advance
a powerful agency In improving and beau
tifying the homes of Georgia; it has en
couraged those influences and assisted in
multiplying those agencies Which are
making their sons more intelligent and
giving them higher and broader news of
their duties and responsibilities; it has
fraternized the farmers of different sec
tions of the State, and in these ways, has
been instrumental in advancing the ma
terial prosperity of the people and giving
character and wealth to the common
wealth. Sustain it with a generous sup
port, and with it, its faithful co-workers,
the agricultural press of Georgia, for
which 1 make an appeal to-day—for they
are exercising a healthy influence over
the fortunes and destiny of tlie State.
Your success should be a source of con
gratulation and joy. Under your teaching
and influence the signs of returning
prosperity are everywhere visible
in the State of Geoigia. Confidence
is being restored and everything will
be well, if the feverish excitement caused
by the present price of your great staple,
does not mislead the planters into ex
travagance and unwarranted expansion. I
sincerely trust that wise counsels will pre
vail and that tlie year just commencing
will, under the providence of God, be one
of general prosperity and thrift; that our
agriculturists will be blest in store house
aud bam; that the educational interest
of the State, now so closely and widely
connected and identified with your pro
fession; and your industry will be en
larged and appreciated; that society will
be blessed with peaceful relations and a
higher elevation; and the old State, the
home of our childhood and the grave of
our fathers, restored to her former pros
perity, will continue her march of pro
gress in the full enjoyment of the bless
ings of peace, in the conscious realization
of plenty and the unrestricted possession
of civil liberty and constitutions! govern
ment.
SIMMONS’
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It Will Positively Cure
State Agricultural Convention-
Large Attendance—Opening Ad
dresses.
Special to toe Tfirnrapli and Meisengrr.J
Cuthbert, February 10,1880,
The State Agricultural Convention met
in this place this morning at ten o’clock.
Three hundred delegates were present and
the prospects are lor the fullest meetin!
held by the Society in years.
The address of welcome was delivered
by Mr. Arthur Hood, Jr. It was very
fine, doing the young orator much credit.
Response was made by Colonel D. E.
the agricultural industry of the State and j Butler, of Madison, and was a most happy
to arouse tlie fanners of Georgia to a n*i** n * 1 ^ .
projier appreciation of their relation to - ffort / Colonel Hardeman delivered the
society and government. They have not i °P feIun S address, which was timely and
realized in its fullness, the individual j excellent. The delegates are domiciled
responsibility of every member cf
a representative government and from
their inattention to affairs of State, in
which they are so deeply interested, from
their seeming indifference to anil negli
gence of their own necessities and rights,
have sprang many of the embarrassments
that now surround them. They have con
fided too much to others, what they should
have done themselves. Who more in
terested in good government, iu whole
some laws, in tlie security of property and
persons, in the diffusion ofknowledge and
in the growth of virtue and morality, than
the tillers of tlie soil ? Are they not the
owners' of that soil, and drawing their
support and independence from it? Should
they not give tone and character to tlieir
government ? Who is more interested in
tlie jurisprudence of the State, in the laws
of contract, in the statutes regulating the
relations of landlord and tenant, in the
laws of real estate, its title, possession
and distribution, and yet all those rights
and interests are too often intrusted to
others for protection, maintenance and
at the residences of the citizens of the
place, and the hospitality of the city is
unbounded. To-morrow the proceedings
will he of a highly interesting nature.
H. H. J.
A dispatch from Dublin at 12 o’clock
last niglit says one woman and sevenmen
were killed and thirteen workmen and
firemen seriously injured by the burning
of the Theatre Royal yesterday. Every^
thing in the building was consumed, in
cluding the large and costly wardrobe.
The theatre took fire about ten o’clock
from a light in the hands of a boy who
was lighting the gas. The most of the
employes were at dinner at the time, and
the flames spread rapidly. Manager
Egerton lost liis life by remaining too
long in the building in lus effort to arrest
tlie flames.
Albany, N. Y., February 10.—A fire
broke out this morning about 4;30 o’clock
in flie county clerk’s office in the city hall
building, and is still, at 10:30, burning,
The entire interior of the building is con-
defence. I would not have politics enter ( SU med, leaving only tlie massivc 9 marble
into t ie deliberations of this society. It; walls standing? When the dome fell in
would prove a grievous curse, for it S ercn men were crushed, one of whom,
would destroy its usefulness and lose the ! name d Keeler, a member of steamer No.
confidence ot its own friends, but I would j (j lias since died, and two or three others
have tho planters ol Georgia manifest! are expectid to die. No estimate of the
a deep concern in the affairs of j i css a t this time is possible, though it will
the government under which they have | exceed $100,000. The judgment records,
o'--- — •* | The records of deeds and mortgages on
more affected than yours by unwise rev- rea i estate, po: traits of ~
furnished at exorbitant aud ruinous prices. ] these, for we have too recently realized
These are but apprehensions of mine, based . the fact, that currency contraction and
upon a knowledge of the disposition of man unwise financial legislation, paralized la-
, , . - - „ , r ex-Govemors and
enue laws and unjust measures ol finance i b^ks and papers of the surrogate office
and currency. The prosperity of the are savc d. L’otli Houses of the Legisla-
working classes depend largely upon ! ture adopted a resolution directing the
trustees of the old capital to provide ac-
Wednesday, February 11.
SECOND DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
The Convention reassembled this morn
ing, and was addressed in an exceedingly
able manner by State Commisioner of Ag
riculture J. T. Henderson, Esq. His theme
was “The advantages of, and neeissity for
tlie Department of Agriculture.” Tlie
arguments of the Commissioner were lit
erally unanswerable, and carried convic
tion to all within the sound of his voice.
Then followed an animated discussion
upon the same subject by several mem
bers. Dr. David E. Butler offered and
supported with a most felicitous speech
the allowing resolutions, which were
adopted with only one dissenting voice:
. Resolved, It is the sense of this conven
tion that the Agricultural Department of
Georgia, as apart of the State govern
ment, is essential to the advancement of
the great farming, mining and mineral
interests of the land owners and tax pay
ers.
' 2. The Geological Bureau, now sus
pended from lack of the necessary appro
priation by the last general assembly, is a
great misfortune which this convention
and the constituents it represents, deeply
deplore.
3. The members of this convention will
use all lawful means and efforts with the
people to secure the success of those can
didates who will restore the Geological
Bureau to its usefulness and place it on a
permanent basis.
to speculate upon necesssity. 1 sincerely
trust the future history of trade may
prove them groundless. These exorbitant
demands paralize the industry of the
country, aud discourage and demoralize
labor, for they impose obligations that
cannot always be tilled, and burdens too
onerous to bear. Excess of expenditures
over receipts is a necessary consequence,
and this excess necessitates other loans,
and thus it goes on in tills tread mill rou
tine until the resources are exhausted, and
bankruptcy and ruin are tlie planters por
tion. Such a system is doomed to disas
ter, for it lives by shifts and promises, on
mortgage securities and lien accommoda
tions, half fed and half supported, until
paralysis strikes a vital part, and dissolu
tions follows tlie fatal stroke. The year
of toil is ended, the crop is all sold, obli
gations are not met, and foreclosures fol
low. The draft mule is returned, aud my
bor, destroyed values, crippled industries,
and brought disaster and bankruptcy up
on that great class, tlie laborers of tlie
country, who of all others should receive
the protecting care of government. Aye.
to-day while I address you, for want' of
proper protection, the labor of the country
is at the mercy of heartless capital, and
commodations in that building for the
holding of the courts whose rooms in the
city hall were destroyed.
Washington, February 10.—In the
Senate the Vice-President 'laid before the
Senate the memorial of the mayor and
common council of Milwaukee for the re-
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ferred to the Committee on Military Af
fairs.
Mr. Allison cf the Committee remarked
that tlie Committee ha.l insetted an in
creased appropriation for that purpose
in the House bill now before tl:e Senate.
In the Senate Mr. Conkling presented
the memorial of the Ithaca Fanner’s
Club, of Ithaca, New York, favoring the
passage of the Reagan inter-State com
merce bill; also, the petition of a larct
number of citizens of Buffalo, New Yorir,
for the same purpose.
In the House ? Mr. Fernando Wood, of
New York, chairman of the Coumittee on
gamblers and snorting capitalists. Tell
me not it is legitimate trade—justifiable
commercial operations. Analyze it as
you will, and you will discover at last it
is but governmental protection to capital,
to elevate or destroy labor at will. It is a
growing evil, a National immorality,
that only the strong arm of the
general government can check and
destroy. I hold it the duty
of the government to protect
countryman, he is an object of study for • that upon which her commercial prosper-
the vetenaiy scientist. The eyes, (which ity depends. States are powerless. Geor-
are called the windows of the soul) as . gia has taken an initiative step, but it re-
they sluggishly open and shut, reveal the j quires the general government, who alone
light of liis history, that his subsistence I has power to regulate commerce, to give .
aud existence have been on the elements | support and protection to those upon j '' . a > s alK * Means, reported a resolution
of faith, viz: “the substance of things whom depends her commerce, her re- . calling on the Secretary of the Treasury
, > .— -* - — — -—- sources asd her prosperity. I sec the dan- A’** evidence oil file in tlie Internal
ger, gentlemen, of these vast combina- j Revenue Office touching the enforcement
tions, these syndicates, these corners in | of the Internal Revenue laws jn Northeast
trade and produce, these shufflers for your Georgia. Adopted,
hard earnings, and .pliyers, not only for { ^ r - Conger, of Michigan, from the
the sweat of your brow, but for the pound same committee, reported back the bill
of flesh, and I warn you now, unless the ' f° r f“ e relief of colored emigrants,
planters of the South and West become > Passed. It provides that all charitable
aroused to their dangers from this system I contributions imported for the relief of
of “commercial relations,” your industries ! colored persons who hare emigrated from
will be regulated by the uncertainties of i tlieir homes to other States, shall be ad-
chance, and the value of your products j mittedfree of duty, tins act to take effect
will be assessed by the speculative charity immediately, and to remain in force until
of capital combinations. Entertaining ^ eb J ua J7 "*».
these views, I would be false to myself The Sportsman announces that Christo-
false to your generous confidence if I did pher Barrass has authorized the editor of
not endeavor to arouse you to a sense of! that journal to return hily pounds of the
your situation and a more serious atten- stakes of the Boyd-Elliott match and issue
tionto your public affaire. Call upon a challenge to Han an m belialfofBojd to
your public servants and demand frojn row a race within the stipulated time, for
them interposition and protection. I'/ie ! two hundred pounds aside the champion-
destruction of your labor is tfie' s »P of England, and the Aportanmi s
destruction of your subsistence, and ' challenge trophy. Boyd will row the race
when you render It unremunera- Hanlan on the Tjne Saturday,
tive, you have virtually destroyed it, u London, February 10. The Times has
Let labor be free and protected—capital j reason to believe that directions hateheen
can take care of itself, if you will give sent to the British minister at Teheran to
it just laws for tlie enforcement of its le-
gitimato and proper demand; but justice,
humanity, private necessity and public
prosperity, demand that the operations of
hoped tor, the evidence of tilings not
seen.” His ears are at half mast, in hon
or of the memory of the lost pastures of
Kentucky. His mane and tail evidence
his utter disregard for Washing
ton’s farewell address, for they have
entered into entangling alliances. His
body politic reminds you of
charity, for it is “not puffed up.” nis
frame work is a corduroy wall, upon which
is written in unmistakable characters,
mene, tckel, upharsin, and his whole
physiognomy suggests that he will never
be the cause of a violation of that com
mandment, which forbids the coveting “of
thy neighbor’s ox, nor his ass, nor any
thing that is thy neighbor’s.” There is a
remedy for this evil, a preventive for this
mortification, and I do not hesitate to
state my opinion, (worthless though it
may be) unless this remedy is applied and
the evil checked, wide-spread ruin and
disaster will befall the agriculturalists of
Geoigia. The remedy is, restrict your
fanning operations to your ability to carry
them on, independent of foreign help;
abandon this universal credit and mort
gage system, which, like a cormorant, is
feeding upon your vitals and consuming
your hard earnings, or your epitaph may
correspond with one written on a
rely upon the products of
inform the Persian government that her
Majesty's government releases Persia from
tlie treaty engagement of 1857, by which
Persia bound herself not to take possession
capital in trade and commerce’ should not! of Herat. This is tantamount to an invita-
be permitted to paralyze the energies of! tion to Persia to do the thing she is thus
the people and robthe working claves bf; expressly permitted1 to do. The T, mes
their hard earnings by combinations and adds, we seem Jn effeettohave handed
devices as demoralizing in their teuden- j Herat over to Pcrsiawithavttw to_uni-
ciesasthey are disastrous in results. 11 ting the mterMt of Persia and 11 .a n p-
would not array labor against capital—far position to Russia,
from it. They were defigned to live and j C) S
move and act in liannony and accord; but State of Nevada, which liaued from G as
• - - - - - • * I gow, February 6th, and Lome on the Ah,
Pro-
your own toil and your own fields for
your support and not upou the dear
bought supplies o the merchant, and
your receipts will soon be in excess of ex
penditures; your coffers will begin to
swell, your interest to prosper, jour man
hood will be elevated and the homes of
your wives and your children wi)l bo
brightened with the sunlight of content- when capital, conscious of her own inde- J wu'^ltVlirr'
meat and the blessings of plenty. These | pendence and power, wishes to divorce | *°r“»P ut bact w “
suggestions have forced themselves upon
me from the present situation of some of the
agriculturists of Georgia. Cotton has
reached that point in value that it is
tempting tlie avarice ami blinding the
udgment of many of our fanners, and
their whole desire now is expansion. If
it were upon a healthy basis, it would be
well and an omen of prosperity—and I
thank God there are many sucli—but ex
pansion upon a basis of high interest and
mortgage credit is ruin—irretrievable ruin.
Did you not prosper last year? —aud the
late fall saved many. How can jon ex
pect to expand this, when to run your
farm will cost : ->u from twenty-five to
thirty-three per cent, more than it did
then? Remember that labor is dearer,
provisions and stock have materially ad
vanced, all tlie tools and implements nec
essary to carry on your fanning operations
have doubled in value,, money will be
herself from these relations and seesaw (if. P e |’? rada ™ a Sed; _ ..
you will allow the expression) lahor pt WASHUfOTQN, FebmMy lO.-In the
will, I would interpose the power of law |, ena | e » Mr. Eaton, fromthe committee on
and say to her, “Thus far shalt thou do, Foreign relations, reported favorably on
and no further ” | ' the House joint resolution appropriating
In conclusion, gentlemen, let me J 1 ' I
press upon you the necessity of a iiiglibr I represented at the International exhibi-
appreciatiou of j’our owu State Agricultu- t,0 “> aa< * 11 , .... .. .
ral Society. Suffer ft not to languish for v Mr. Burnside introduced a bill, which
want of proper support. It has done byumt.mnous consent, wasconsidered
much for your induMiy, much for Geor- aud “PW'ating $1,W0 tad efray
gia. It ha5 awakened a spirit of invest!- the expenses ot transporting the body of
gat ion in the minds of the farming! Major Gmieral George Sykes, late of the
population—into the science of ag- United Stato^ army, from Fort Brown,
riculturc—it has encouraged home
economj’, home independence—it has
created a greater thirst for educa
tion and general knowledge, it lias eleva
ted the public sentiment in its estimate jpf
agricultural pursuits;, it has endeavored
Texas to "West Point.
Mr. Jones, of Louisiana, introduced a
hill making an appropriation of$S5,500 to
aid in the completion' of the Custom
House atNew Orleans. Referred.
On motion of Mr. Gordon, the Senate
explained the object of his bill, and said
he thought we ought to give some assur
ance to the distinguished citizen of Nic
aragua, now here, to capitalists whom he
represented, as well as, to the Nic
araguan government, which felt a
deep interest in the subject, that
the United States would not be backward
in protecting any enterprise which might
be undertaken on that isthmus. He con
sidered it absurd to refuse to appoint spe
cial committees upon the greatest enter
prise of modem times merely in order to
save the salary of a clerk. Pending the
conclusion of M". Gordon’s remarks, the
morning hour expired. He continued to
speak, however, until Mr. Edmunds rose
to the privilege of a motion under the 64th
rule and asked that the doors be closed.
Mr. McDonald demanded the regular
order. The Vice President declared the
business before the Senate to be Mr. Pad
dock's bill to autlioiize the Secretary of
the Interior to ascertain and certify the
amounts of lands located with military
warrants in certain States and to direct
the Secretary of the Treasury to pay said
States five per cent, on such amounts es
timated at one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre. Among the States men
tioned in the bill are Louisiana, Alabama,
Mississippi and Florida. Mr. Edmunds
spoke at considerable length in opposition
to tha bill. Mr. Jones, of Florida, gave
notice that he would offer the following
amendment to be inserted after the first
section, provided that the Secretary of the
Interior shall also ascertain the quantity
of public lauds entered and patented un
der the provisions of the homestead law
in the States of Florida, Mississippi, Ar
kansas and Louisiana, between June 21st,
1800 find March 3d, 1ST?, and that such
lands shall also be subject to the provis
ions of this act in the same manner as
lands entered by military scrip and land
warrants.
Mr. Burnside, from tbe Committee on
Military Affairs, submitted a minority re
mit on the bill for the relief of General
fitz John Porter. TliejSenate then ad
journed.
The House then resumed the considera
tion of the bill to settle the titles to lands in
Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Messrs. Chalmers, of Mississippi; Haw
ley, of Connecticut; White, of Pennsyl
vania ; Dunnell, of Minnesota, and Con
ger, of Michigan, spoke in opposition to
the bill on the ground that it was a bill
for the relief of the claimants who had
been Jiving on the government, and who
now wanted to get for $20,000, property
worth $400,000.
Messrs. Converse, of Ohio; Dunn, of
Arkansas, and Wright, of Pennsylvania,
spoke in favor of the bill, after which the
previous question was seconded and the
bill passed, 125 to 121.
Mr. Johnson, of Virginia, introduced a
bill amending section 3,585 of the Revised
Statutes, on the cancellation of export
bonds on tobacco, snuff and cigars. Re
ferred.
Mr. Beltzhoovcr, of Pennsylvania, in
troduced a bill to remove Uie political dis
abilities arising under the third section of
the Fourteenth Amendment to the Consti
tution. Referred. Adjourned.
Petersburg, Va., February 10.—Tlie
railroad bridge over the Meherrin river at
Hickford, on the Petersburg aud Weldon
railroad, was destroyed by au incendiary
fire last night, together with the comity
bridge at the same point. The railroad
bridge wa3 two hundred feet long and cost
$8,000. Passengers by the midnight train
from the North remained here last night.
A large force of workmen has gone to
erect a temporary bridge.
Washington, February 10. — The
President sent the following nominations
of postmasters to tlie Senate to-day: Joshua
R. Smith at Meridian, Mississippi, James
W. Lee, at Aberdeen, Mississippi, Charles
Miller, Morgan City.
Montgomery, Alabama, February
10—The Lehman cotton factory, near
Brattvillc, fifteen miles from this citj-, was
destroyed by fire this morning. The fac
tory had recently ran day and night. The
waha ilSiiAArArGfl ahnnt fiinr nVlnAK
flames were discovered about four o’clock
in the main building, which was entirely
destroyed with all tlie machinerj*. The
loss is supposed to be about one hundred
thousand dollars, and the insurance about
seventj-five thousand dollars. Tlie tire is
thought to have been caused by friction.
About one hundred aud fifty hands are
thrown out of employment. The proper
ty was owned by Lehman, Durr & Co.
San Francisco, February 10.—The
State normal building at San Jose was
burned to the ground early this morning-
The fire was first discovered in the cupola.
There is a suspicion that tlie fire was of
incendiary origin. The loss is estimated
at more than $250,000. Insurance, $50,-
000.
CONSUMPTION CURED.
An old physicitn. retire 1 from practice.
ni? had placed in hia hand, by au Bait Inui*
missionary the formula of a simple vegt»*»
remedy for tha «pee lv and permanent curejc
Consumption, Bronch tas,Catarrh. Asthma.
all Throat and Lun< . Affections, also a pc“ u !,,
and radical euro lor Nervous Drbilily ana
Nervous Complaints, after lamu. ttated to®
■wonder ul euratira powers in tu i-.-andsCpIca.ei-
has felt It his duty to make it koown to »“
suffer;;r fellows. Actuated l - if.i luotiro
a desire u» relieve human suiivnn* 1 will
Iree of charge to all who de-jrv it, this
with full directions for preparing and usinjc.^u
German, Fnnch or Si
addressing with stamp.
h.-eab no Powers’ "
educate planters that small farms and proceeded to-consider the motion entered
freehold tenements, well and successfully | some daj's ago by Mr. Davis, of West Vit-
Keld.for Postage. .
A letter for J. B. McNeicc, Byron, Ga.,
is held for postage in the Macon office.
Bridges In Bad Repair.
We hear much complaint, in regard to
the bad condition of the bridges on tue
sidewalks in the vicinity of First and us*-
scarce and credit high; and yet, In the cultivated arc .more remunerative uum grata, to reconsiucr its action m passing »«ie»iii« iu
face of all these, the cry is for expansion; broad fields that are poorly tilled and sijf- Gordon’s bill for appointment of an Inter- streets. They should be promptly att
and with it comes its companion, more # fered to exhaust. themselves; it Las been oceanic Caiial Committee. Mr. Gordon ^ ed to.