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MACON, FEBUUARY 13,1880
THE GEORGIA PEESS.
TnE Savannah Hibernians will have no
parade this year.
Tjiere are now between sixty-five and
seventy pupils in attendance at Mercer
High School, Pcnfield, Georgia, and a
good prospect of an increase.
" The Columbus military companies are
thinking of disbanding.
Mu. A. T. Way and Mrs. S. A. Norris,
of Darien, are married.
Miss Beck Wheeler, of Columbus,
• fell dead in that city last Friday.
Judge Hillyer, of Atlanta, is fond of
bird shooting He recently took a hunt
at Oconee station on the Georgia road.
Bek Walker, of Greene county, killed
four wild turkeys, aggregating forty-three
pounds, at one shot last week.
The Bainbridge Fair begins on the 6th
of May next. A premium list will soon
be out. It has been decided to hold the
fair but one day. There will possibly be
a reconsideration in favor,of two days.
Mr. D. Rosser Adams, of Eatonton,
married Miss Mamie E. Tufts, of Jones
county, last week.
So much small grain has’never been
seen before in Oglethorpe county.
The editor of the Meriwether Vindica
tor has a boxwoodtree which grew from a
sprig plucked near the grave of Washing
ton at Mount Yemen, and whenever he be
gins to make a hard statement he goes into
the yard and looks at it and then makes
it all the same.
Darien Gazette: General A. R. Law-
ton, 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 months.
General P. M. B. Young, of Carters-
ville, has taken up his residence in Wash
ington, D. C., for the winter.
TnE Middle Georgia Military and Ag
ricultural College has adopted a uniform.
It is similar to the one used by the Dah-
lonega college, viz: Confederate gray—
short sack coat, and black stripe on the
pantaloons.
Jksup Sentinel: The rain last week
has put the Pliinholloway in good rafting
order, and the timber men are busy run
ning their timber out to where they can
raft it up and start for Darien. Timber
is still bringing very remunerative prices.
The Augusta lawyers are very much
disgusted with the establishment of the
new district court of Macon.
Tiie Brunswick Appeal contains
the following in regard to the beaching of
the well known steamer David Clark last
week, mention of which has already been
made:
“The steamer, David Clark, bound
southward, attempted to pass through St.
Andrews Sound in a thick fog, late Satur
day evening last, and missing her reckon
ing, passed through the buoy and struck
the weather shore opposite little Cumber
land. She stuck fast on the sand-pit, and
made a bed from which two powerful
steam tugs failed to dislodge her. At one
o’clock yesterday, the steam tug Athlete
towed the David Clark up the harbor and
made her fast at the dock. She was
. drived off the sand-pit by the offshore
S ale Monday night, and, after a most per-
ous adventure and terrible struggle to
save herself, lodged on the spur of the
north breaker about day yesterday morn
ing. She thumped heavily for two hours,
when the Athlete rescued her uninjured.”
Barnesville Gazette: “The cry of
fire Saturday night created a genuine
panic for a few minutes, and every hurry
ing passerby was plied with eager ques
tions from almost every door. The hour
being early and so few having retired the
. rush to front gates was almost instanta
neous, and divers were the questions and
confusing the conjectures heard on every
Bide. Those few who were so unfortunate
as to have begun the task of disrobing for
the night left off just where they were and
joined the eager throng without fear or
compunction. One colored female was
seen hurrying toward the scene of destruc
tion waving her striped stockings in the
air in quite a tragic manner—perhaps we
should explain that the stockings were iu
her hands. After all the excitement and
the desperate state of mind into which
some of our citizens had worked them
selves during the uncertainty of the oc
casion, there was evident a feeling of con
siderable disgust mingled with their relief
when it was "known that only a little, un
occupied pole house was inflames instead
of our handsome hotel building, as many
at first declared.”
Floating Bar-room.—Chronicle and
CountitulionalM: We have just learned
that the floating bar-room which has been
anchored in the Savannah river some time,
and of which mention was made a few
days since, has been seized. The parties
who had apparently been carrying on a
sort of illicit'whisky business were pursu
ed from the Carolina side by revenue of
ficials, and finding that the still-hunters
were even more vigorous on this side of
the river, concluded to take middle
g round and anchored off an island in the
avannah near the Elbert county side. A
fe.w days since Mr R. Wink Taylor, deputy
revenue official, procured a small boat,
and leaving the Elbert county side, pad
dled over toward the gin gondola to recon
noitre around the premises. Approaching
the boat as if to take a drink, he was in
formed by one of the keepers that his pat
ronage a as not desirable. He continued,
however, to approach the barge, when one
of the keepers drew his pistol and threat
ened to light. Mr. Taylor’s position was
now a little criitcal; but throwing aside
his bluff tactics, boldly proclaimed that he
hail come to seize the boat and would do
so. He left the boat, entered the room and
made a formal capture of the affair, which
is said to have been a well regulated and
fully supplied bar. Mr. Taylor’s bold
ness and enterprise were strikingly pre
sented, and his capture is highly com
mended in Elbert county, we learn.
The Columbus Enquirer'. People of
this enlightened age may probably think
there is no more of the old time conjurers,
etc., and that such things have been van
ished from the civilized part of the
earth, but this is a mistake. There
are such practices among some ne
groes in the very heart of tliis city, and
probably elsewhere, for aught we know.
Overhearing a negro ask his employer for
twenty-five cents, and the employer wish
ing to know for what purpose he wanted
it, attracted the attention of the inquisi
tive reporter, in search of a bit of news.
The negro said he wished the money to
have the “ amel of his ear pulled up.”
Inquiring what he meant by this, the re
porter was told by one who had several
times witnessed the operation, that it
was performed as described below: By
“amel,” he meant what we generally call
plate.
There are certain classes of negroes in
every community, who prey upon the ig
norance of others, called “doctors,” who
treat certain diseases. When the patient
enters the sanctuary, he is placed in a
Bitting position in a chair; the “doctor”
takes a bunch of hair from the top of the
head in his hand, and having a firm grip
on it pulls with all his might and main
until the scalp “pops” and separates from
the skull; he then ties the bunch of hair
very tightly with a strong piece of twine
around the patient’s neck to keep the
scalp from going back to the skull. The
String is k :pt tied and the scalp raised in
this position for two weeks. After the
allotted time has expired, the patient is
declared well. Price only twenty-five
cents.
Phantom hops are growing popular in
Savannah.
Mi:. E. H. Barnes, of Albany, was run
over by t mule and knocked senseless.
He made a nSVrow escape from death,
Tm: Auiericus Republican says not a
single si: iJ lias been served the people of
that place this season. But few have
reached Macon. I- .
The Eagle and Phefiix Mills convert
into yarns and cloth about 130,000 bales of
cotton annually.
Some Columbus negroes had a bloody
row on the outskirts of that city, in which
pistols were freely used, last Saturday
night. Several are m a critical condition.
Rome can certainly justly claim to be
tbe 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 the
inventor’s name alongside that of Edison
and the other great scientists who have
figured in the world. He is now in New
York looking after his invention.
It seems that several lines of railway
between Rome and Chattanooga are be-
ng contemplated. The Rome Courier,
however, suggests _that one line will he
enough to do the business between the
two cities at present.
Among the industries of St. Simon’s
Island is the production of olive oil.
The article there manufactured is pro
nounced by judges equal, 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 and adjoining islands is
admirably adapted to the culture of the
olive. The St. Simon’s correspondent of
the Brunswick “Advertiser says: There
are trees on this island that have borne
continuously for the last fifty years. This
fruit has never been known to suffer from
frost in this locality, except during the
famous cold spell of 1835.
Brunswick Advertiser: “We are
pleased to announce that Dr. J. S. Law
rence, the contractor for dredging out our
harbor, has been here this week prepara
tory to commencing work. The 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; looking not only to
the'putting of our harbor in perfect order,
straightening our wharf front, etc., but
also the building of a custom house, post-
office, etc. Uncle Sam’s money could be
spent in no more laudable manner than
those above named. We believe Colonel
Nicholls will leave no stone unturned to
accomplish these ends.
According to the St. Simon’s “D otter”
of the Brunswick Advertiser “the largest
tig tree in Georgia is on Captain King’s
place, near the grounds of his splendid
residence, so famous far and near in the
;ood old ante-bellum days as ‘Retreat.’
[t is thirty feet high, has a stem ten feet
high to tbe first branch, and sixteen incit
es in diameter. In one year thirty bush
els of figs have been gathered from it.”
Tiie last number of the Bainbridge
Democrat contains a history of the Deca
tur Guards by Captain J. H. Martin, of
Hawkinsville. From it we extract the
following:
Some of the battles engaged in were York
Town, Garnett’s Farm, Cbickamauga,
Gettysburg, Sliarpsbuig, Spottsylvania
Court House, Petersburg, Manassas, Fort
Harrison, Fort Sheppard, Fort Gilmer,
Phillip’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, Bethesda Church X
Roads.
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 the exception
of the one to Crawford, they are almost
impassable in winter on account of the
steep hills by which we are surrounded.
These have proved the greatest drawback
to the 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 honse was visited by
a negro tramp, and liis wife was assaulted
and Killed. The suppostion is that there
were two or more negroes with him, hut
there is nothing definitely known, and the
nature of the crime is a mystery, as there
was nothing to show that robbery wa3
the object. On the husband’s return in
the evening, when he entered his house,
the revolting spectacle of his wife’s body
lying in tbe fire place, blackened and
ebarred, presented itself. An 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
with a knife and then threw the bleeding
and mangled remains in the burning em
bers in the fireplace. The child was mis
sing, hut 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 the attenticn 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 the country, which has
heretofore been free from serious dis
orders.
Yesterday morning, some workmen
while engaged in excavating the lot at the
corner of Pryor and Line streets, came
across the frame of a human being. De
cayed pieces of blankets that were seen
around the bones gave evidence of the
fact that the body had 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. Munaay, who residedjust oppo
site tiie lot, knew when the body had been
buried, we called upon her for the-purpose
of finding out if there were any interesting
facts in relation to the bnrial. “I can
not remember the exact day,” commenced
Mrs. Munday, but it was on the 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 what they
were going to put in the hole. He soon
returned with little tears in his eyes, and
said “mama, those men are going to bury
a poor soldier.” Upon his return I went
over to the lot and asked the men to put
off the burial for a few moments, and then
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. ! stopping places. Indeed, they could go
nowhers amiss, for absolutely the whole
Cuthbebt, Georgia,
February 10th, 1880.
When the writer entered the car shed
city kept
OPEN HOUSE.
The writer is no delegate, and therefore
was “unassigned. Before he had landed
yesterday morning, the spacious shelter I fifteen minutes, however, he was billed
™ a"* «■>«.£4 ’£«-
numerous other passengers, bound for the dered, and could not decide where to go.
convention, and all other points in South- Judge Clark, Colonel Hood, Captain Mat-
west Georgia and Florida. *°x, Colonel Dews, Colonel Fielder, Dr.
. & . .. , , „ I Poweil, Ed. McDonald, Jim Wooten, and
A moment s inspection showed all the we know not how many more threw open
seats “double bunked” with occupants, their doors to him. At last the question
and nothing in prospect but a I was settled according to propinquity, and
stand up ride f° he avoided the dilemma by announce
. .. . , , v, , , ing that he must sojourn nearest his base
to Ins journey’s end. But a happy thought 0 f operations, and this happened to he the
made him enter the baggage car, and po-1 charming abode of Mr! James Wooten,
litelj ask to be accommodated with a Thither, then, we hied, and those ac-
m „ , , ... . „ . J quainted with that gentleman and his ex-
The Good Book has something to this ce] 1(!at wif0) will re | lize that tlie tired ed _
effect, that if a man wishes to make I j tor jj ad g^ck clover and would fare
friends be must show lmnsclf friendly. equaby ^ we]1 ^ f bb fellow trav _
And this was verified in the present m-| e i etg
stance, the obliging baggage master re- ' the convention
cemng us cordially, and tendering the was in session at Powelrs HalI and in a
s °uest trunk as a seat. few minutes we were listening to its de-
AftertvardsanethercarMTispnton, and Liberations. Near three hundred dele-
the deponent transferred himself thither. g ates are j n attendance from everv section
the delegates . of the State, and a more imposing body of
were nearly aU embrowned fanners in men ^ not be gathere / in any coun-
mrddlc life, or more advanced years. I try. This year, gray beards predominate,
rhey were a ragged looking set, with I though there is quite a sprinkling also, of
gnzzly beards, slouched hats and shaggy young, vigorous and intelligent looking
eye brows, yet there was no mistaking the fann | re . fa W e think the convention g
honest and intelligent countenances of more represent a tive, too, in its character
these hardy husbandmen and sons of toil. tlian lis i al . Xhat ’ is h moro strictly
And if conventionalisms were at a dis- confine t0 tlie agricultural guild, and
count, kind words and genuine bonhomie tbere are fewer 0 f tbe other professions
more than made up the difference. present as delegates.
In short, I The proceedings had been opened with
we pell nr love I prayer by Rev. Mr. Cook, followed by an
with the bluff fanners, and their society I address of welcome from Mr. Arthur
was keenly enjoyed, aloeit there was a Hood, Jr. This is spoken of very highly,
faint smell of guano about their garments that ycung gentleman acquitting himself
slightly similar perhaps to the odor of most handsomely. Only once did he trip
Esau when he was wont to come in when addressing t he Convention as “gen-
from the field and minister to his sire, I tlemen of the jury.” Older men than he
Isaac of old. I have done the same, but We cannot help
There were only two ladles in view, l felicitating the community that the body
who resembled a couple of daisies spring- in session is not one of those chilling and
ing from a bed of nettles. Not that they I Horror inspiring assemblages, yclept a
were so pretty, hut then they possessed Court of Justice. No. There are no bai-
the charm of rarity, and there is that lifls, with tipstaffs, thank heaven, here,
something about women, je ne sais quoi and tlie slieriffis made to keep a respecta-
which always challenges the admiration ble distance. Some how there is a don-
and respect of the well-bred of the other jon like feeling connected with the
sex. The writer, however, was quite ret- court house, which it is impossible to
icent on this occasion, as somehow or oth- shake off.
4. That all the newspapers in the State i credit, and, I tremblingly add, more dis
friendly to our welfare aud willing to as
sist in the • work, are requested most re
spectfully to publish these resolutions and
make common cause with us.
On mstioa of Mr. Biack, 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
Morgan; 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 live
stock and the best methods of utilizing it.”
We close these notes for the mail, while
t'qe Doctor is still on the 1 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 with their en
tertainment. H. H. J.
er he always has a predilection for
sweet seventeen,
with the honey-dew on her lip and the |
sunlight in her “ ceil.” Of babies, sad j
to relate,
there were none,
The response to Mr. Hood was made by
that inimitable wit and orator,
DIL DAVID E. BUTLER,
in one of the happiest efforts of Iris life.
Next came the opening address by the
President, Colonel Thomas Hardeman,
Jr. This was an admirable and cininent-
and this made him inconsolable. There j ]y practical effort, replete with wisesug-
is no presence complete, no company sym- I gestions and the best advice. As it forms
metrical, indeed no dispensing with tlie a part of this report, further comment is
traditional “blessed baby/ The little unnecessary. It will furnish a rich treat
elf with its prattle and winsome ways, to our readers.
stirs the innermost chambers of the soul, After roll call, Prof. Win. M. Browne
humanizes and softens the most obdurate made at deeply interesting report of his
heart, brings back the gentle influences of experiments on the agricultural farm of
childhood and even casts a pleasing glam- I jjje University, which is under Iris charge,
our o’er advancing years. God help the I with many of tlie best varieties of com-
man that does not love a baby. mercial fertilizers, cotton seed, composts
the grangers | and stable manure. He also treated of
were represented by their head centre in | tbe comparative value of turning under
Georgia, President T. J. Smith. That Sre en crops, such as pea vines, etc., when
highly intelligent gentleman told us (*4y j n a succulent condition. He fa-
many interesting tilings relating to the | vo £?“ “* e latter,
present status of the fraternity. On the I The Professor discussed the utility of
night previous, the annual convention I . . topping cotton,
which was held in Macon, became so en-1 insure increased production. So far as
tliused that it actually protracted its scs- I h*s experiments determined, it was found
sion until daylight. ; They deliberated *hat the topping operation hastened the
with closed doors so that the proceedings maturity of the fruit already formed, hut
have not transpired. It is known, how-1 * n fbe end the stalks not thus : treated
ever, that there was twenty-seven dele- continued to bear and eventually yielded
gates present and a paper published in the most.
Columbus, Mississippi, was selected as If possible, our readers shall have the
their future organ. Politics and internal | benefit of this practical and highly useful
dissensions have wrought sad ravages in I address also at some future day.
tlie ranks of the order in Georgia, and not I Aft er ®n interesting discussion on the
a titheof the organizations remain intact. 1 report of Generall Browne the Conven-
Another reason for this decadence is the 1 tion adjourned until the next morning, by
prevalent idea that the Granges have ae-1 invitation, to witness the
complished their mission in great part, by I parade op the cuthbert fire or-
cheapening the cost of agricultural rmple- j , ganization, _
ments, introducing the general cultivation I aI }^ a fire test of a new chemical engine,
of rust-proof oats, encouraging a diversity Tlie streets were literally jammed with a
of crops and inducing the farmers to raise I vas t concourse of people, covering almost
their own supplies and practice ecorr-15® entirepopulation oft:lie city, and hun-
omy> dreds of visitors Irom abroad. The ladies,
It is a curious fact that where the I f°°> enlivened the scene by their gentle
co-operative system I presence, and the Albany hand, with
was established, the granges still exist and strains of inspiring music, lent increased
flourish. animation to the occasion. f he proces-
It strikes us that the contemplated r e- I si° n >, headed by the gallaut firemen,
vival of the order will prove most oppor- I marched to a vacant space not far distant
tupe if it can only be made to check the
ground swell for a big cotton crop this
year, which seems inevitable under the
where tlie “test” was to he made,
Here, an unoccupied, isolated building
had been purchased for the experiment,
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 raisin" provisions in abnn-1
dance, under which they have hut just be-
stimulus of present inflated prices. God This, after beingthorouglily saturated with
- - 1 -- - 1 kerosene oil, was fired in a dozen places
by a committee of delegates, and soon the
roof and interior presented
a brilliant sheet of flames.
_ Then chief engineer, James Allison, Esq.,
gan to emeige'from* the "slough "of despond I gave the word and the firemen commenced
into' which they recklessly plunged after | operaUons, 1 he windows were broken up
the war. The next annual Grange Con- } vlt b a ?® s > ladders placed upon the bum-
vention will be held in Tliomasville. la S *£*?**». a fireman, carrying the noz-
SERIOVS FALLING OFF IN FARSI LABOR. ° f the- hose, mounted ***? . r0 ° f ’ ® ntl the
Tlie writer was surprised to learn from 1 struggle with the fire fiend Degan m ear-
Colonel Smith, Colonel Mobley, of Ham- Gallantly dul they make tlie fight,
ilton, and other reliable planters onboard, I rushing inside, tearing down walls anil
that it is safe to assert that the field labor
of Georgia 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 iu the past year)
ceiling, knocking ofl shingles from the
roof, and ever squirting with powerful
effect the c.iemical prepared for the engine
upon the hissing flames. Some of the men
went where suffocation seemed inevitable;
but they stood up bravely to the work, 1
and in a brief Space of time what had
fut rather to the unrest aud uneasiness J 05 * appeared to be a living mass of flame
caused by the movement elsewhere. The J'’as transformed into a smouldering ruin,
continued railroad agitation also has had But ? rc t . 1 > a(1 been quenched, and the
some agency in the matter. Tlie talk of severe test of the „
the immediate extension of the Macon I, champion chemical engine, no. -
and Brunswick Railroad, for instance, I had resulted in a splendid triumph,
keeps many hands from making new con- This engine is charged on the ground
tracts, in the hope that they will find em- and very rapidly,with a preparation of car-
ployment at big wages in the grading of bomc acid and soda, and acts hke the pipe
the contemplated road bed. Tnen again, a soda water fount, scattering the gas-
every year witnesses the retirement of a *9 l . IS mixture from the nozzle of a s ection
considerable number of well to do labor- of hose upon the fire. The gas set at lib
ers from service, who have saved cnougli I seems to smother the flames with in
to purchase land aud set up for them- finitely greater eflect than water, and the
selves. The women, too, are becoming I bolder °f tlie hose can fight Ins way step
more and more disinclined to the perform- by step, outing the fire as he proceeds,
ancc of field work, and it is notorious that lie marches into the Tery centre of
the young colored people who graduate the burning structure,
from college a, id the schools are utterly Cuthbert boasts of one of the best fire
opposed to manual labor. organizations in the btate. It embraces
These facts should be seriously looked l ess than tl® 613 engines, one hook and
in the face, and the proper steps be taken I lndder apparatus, and three full compa
re season to supply all labor deficienciei n, “*_ t T,3 ° ,°. Iue Captain Alhson, has no
by European immigration. superior n his department in the State,
A good sign and the display to-day was re a high dc"
. „ , .. . . .... , gree creditable and imposing.
Ail along the route to Cuthbert, large experience meeting.
areas of land have been laid down ml e,
oats, and the stands were excellent. The , .A 1 . 8 ?’ m ‘ ,V ie Convention again a^sem,
plows are beginning to i move, too. I bled retonnally, Colonel Livingston in the
and if our fanners will but resolve to plant cIiair » antl held what was termed an ex-
even more com than usual the current year, penence meeting. Mr. Canmchael, that
then indeed, at present prices of cotton, sensible and venerable wag from^ewton,
will they reap a golden harvest next fall: brought down the bouse repeatedly with
But draw it as you will, thrift and pros/ L one ofthe holiest of his characteristic
perity can never follow rotton growing to harangues. It formed a queer melange
- J - - nrOYision t of good things, preposterous nonsense and
* i I tlia hmoilaol TimrtAr VrAPP IvuIt aaamAili
the broadest humor. Every body seemed,
however, td enjoy his talk. Quite a num
ber of agricultural topics were discussed,
arid much important information elicited
in this off-hand debate upon questions of
real practical intererest to the farmer. J
; "Wednesday, February 11.
second day’s proceedings.
The Convention reassembled this morn
ing, and was addressed in an exceedingly
the neglect of stock and the
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 frail
crop of Georgia is. safe. The late spell of
cola will also set back the budding of the
blooms for some days, and the prospect
for a full yield is all that could be I ing,
desired. Indeed, Mr. R. thinks that able manner by State Commisioner of Ag-
tlie paucity of the crop last year will I ricuitureJ. T. Henderson, Esq. His theme
result in over-production, and he intends was “The advantages of, and necissity for
to begin to thin out the blooms even he- the Department of Agriculture.” The
fore the embryo fruit appears. I arguments of tbe Commissioner were lit-
at smithville I erSly unanswerable, and carried conyic-
Jhe delegates enjoyed a capital dinner at tion to all within the sound of bis voice,
the bands of Messrs. Johnson & McAfee, Then followed an animated discussion
and the former,to the astonishment of our 1 upen the same subject by several mem-
vis a vis, a newly arrived Yankee, threrir I bers. Dr. David E. Butler offered and
in gratis, a liberal supply of his own do- supported with a most felicitous speech
licious scuppemong wine. When the the following resolutions, which were
ain reached Dawson, it was boarded by adopted with only one dissenting voice:
^in James Allison and Colonel Dews, | Resolved, It is the sense of this conven-
I would tiy and get r. box of some kind to • committee from Cuthbert, and long be-1 tion that the Agricultural Department of
• • — > tbe delegates reached their destina- Georgia, as a part of tbe State govem-
tbey had each been assigned to com- I ment, is essential to the advancement of
. table quarters and knew exactly where the great fanning, mining and mineral
logo. Soon tlie sweet strains of a band interests of the land owners and taxpay-
of music and the slowing pace of the cars era.
announced onrapproach to Cutlibert. At| 2. The Geological Bureau, nowsus-
put the remains in. They could not wa !
and, wrapping tlie b ly of the unkno
Confederate soldier! a blanket, lowero
tlie remains into tbe hole and covered
them over. The men who buried the sol
dier said they found the body in a build
ing, and, from appearances, tlie man must
have been dead about two days.
Mrs. Monday says that she was never
able to find out who the soldier was. She
the depot an animated scene was presen
ted. At least
A THOUSAND
persons, embracing nearly all of the mer-
says lie bad no papers or letters upon his i chants and best citizens of the place,had as-
person by which he could be indentified. 1 semhled with carriages and other vehicles to
Tlie city was then occupied by the Con
federate army, and the men who buried
the soldier returned to the field of bat
tle as soon a3 they had completed the rude
burial ceremonies.
welcome their expected guests. In a trice,
pended from lack of tbe necessary appro-
j priation by tbe last general assembly, is a
great misfortune which this convention
| and the constituents it represents, deeply
deplore.
8. The members of this convention will
I use all lawful means and efforts with the
every one was made to feel perfectly at people to secure the success of those can-
home, and almost as rapidly as this is didates who will restore the Geological
pencilled, the several members of the con- Bureau to its usefulness and place it on a
vention were whirled away to tlieir various permanent basts. - : u 1
COLONEL HABDEJIAN’S ADDBESS.
“Watchman, tell us of the night,
Wliat its signs of promise are.”
. This anxious inquiry should be made
of every sentinel on the watebtowerof
tlie agricultural interest of our State.
"What! 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 f “Does tbe 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 with—tliis 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’the
“pestilence that walketh 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, and if nothing has been saved, it
should suggest the inquiry, what of my
farming system ? Is it dependent or self-
supporting? 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 the 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 the
emphasis of my nature, have I endeavor
ed to impress upon the planters of Geor
gia the fact that no business can prosper*
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
the crevice through which the waters of
your industry are wasted, and the great
reservoir of your interest is losing its sup
ply. A false economy inaugurated it,
bad laws enCoilraged it—unwise ones were
resorted to to support and sustain it, and
thus fostered ' by legislation, tbp system
has gone on; until credit is as much au el
ement of farming as sowing the seed and
pitching the crop.
Estimate tlie value of your land, stock
and fann utensils—allow for them a rea
sonable interest; add to this interest tlie
price of labor, the cost of supplies, and
the incidental expenses of the farm. Sub
tract tbe sum total from tbe amount real
ized from the sale and consumption of
your farm products, and tell me what in
terest you have received from the invest
ment We answer a small one, and yet
to secure this small investment, you Lave
subjected yourselves, unnecessarily, to
tlie 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, and to remedy tlie 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 Jaw—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
furnished at exorbitant and ruinous prices.
These are but apprehensions of mine, based
upon a knowledge of the disposition of man
to speculate upon necessity. I sincerely
trust tbe future history of trade may
prove 'them groundless. These exorbitant
demands paralize the industry of the
country, and disconrage and demoralize
labor, for they impose obligations that
cannot always be filled, 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 this tread mill rou
tine until the resources are exhausted, and
bankruptcy and rain are the planters por
tion. Such a system is doomed to disas
ter, for.it lives by shifts arid promises, on
mortgage securities and lien accommoda
tions, half fed and half supported, until
paralysis strikes a vital part, and dissolu
tions iollows the 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, and my
countryman, he is an object of study for
astern. Planters of Georgia, remember
1873 and its disastrous financial history—
of homestead appeals and bankrupt estates
—and be warned in time to avert tbe dan
ger that threatens your industry. Keep
within sight of the harhor, and venture
not out in 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 this society. The signal of
danger should be raised, and throughout
tbe length and breadth ofthe State the
fiery warning should be seen and known
by all men. Increased acreage and larg
er crops are inviting fields ior specula
tion, but unless they are encouraged and
supported by increased means, they
are the ignes fatuui of avaricious desire
that will lead you into tbe swamps of
poverty and tlie 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 the soil, is at last the analysis
of successful agriculture. How forcibly
are these illustrated in tbe agriculture of
Flanders and England, where the culti
vation of the soil has reached a state of
productiveness unsurpassed by any. por
tion ofthe 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 In the cultivation
of their crops. JSo 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 Georgia farmer—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 tbe
rales of an intelligent agriculture, concen
trate all your energies and resources in
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 embarassments is an aggra
vation of tlie 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 tbe
truth, for my greatest ambition while oc-
cupyingthe high and honorable position to
which you have elevated me is to advance
the agricultural industry of tlie State and
to arouse the farmers of Georgia to a
proper appreciation of tlieir relation to
society and government. They have not
realized iu its fullness, the " individual
responsibility of every member of
a representative government and from
their inattention to affairs Of State, in
which they are so deeply interested, from
their seeming indifference to and 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, in whole
some laws, in the security of property and
persons, in the diffusion of knowledge and
In the growth of virtue and morality’, than
the tillers of the 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 their
government? Who is more interested in
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 arid
giving them higher and broader views 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 giviDg
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 Geoigia, for
which 1 make an appeal to-day—for they
are exercising a healthy influence over
the fortunes and destiny of the 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 tbe 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 the year Just commencing
will, under the providence of God, be one
of general prosperity and thrift; that our
agriculturists will be blest in storehouse
aud barn; 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 tbe unrestricted possession
of civil liberty and constitutions! govern
ment.
BY TELEGRAPH
State Agricultural Convention-
Large Attendance—Opening Ad
dresses. .
Special to tbe Telegraph and Messenger.!
Cuthbebt, 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 tor the fullest meeting
held by tlie 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.
Butler, of Madison, and was a most happy
effort. Colonel Hardeman delivered the
opening address, which was timely and
excellent. The delegates are domiciled
at the residences of the citizens of the
place, and the hospitality of the city is
unbounded. To-morrow the proceedings
will be of a highly interesting nature.
H. H. J.
A dispatch from Dublin at 12 o’clock
last night says one woman and seven men
were killed and thirteen workmen and
firemen seriously injured by tbe 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.
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government/ ivno is more interested in Egerton lost his life by "remaining too
'?, WS lon S in building in his effort to £rest
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
defence. I would not have politics enter
into the deliberations of this society; It
•would prove a grievous curse, for it
would destroy its usefulness and lose the
the flames.
Albany, N. Y., February 10.—A fire
broke out this morning about 4:30 o’clock
in the county clerk’s ollioc in the city hall
building, and is still, at 10:30, burning.
The entire interior of the building is con
sumed, leaving only the massive marble
walls standing. When the dome fell in
seven men were crushed, one of whom,
named Keeler, a member of steamer No.
6 ’ bas since died, and two or three othere
are expectid to die. No estimate of the
loss at this time is possible, though it will
exceed $100,000. The judgment records,
chattel mortgages and records of the pro
ceedings of supervisors are destroyed.
The records of deeds and mortgages on
real estate, portraits of ex-Govemors and
books and papers of the surrogate office
have the planters of Geoigia manifest
a deep concern in the affairs of
the government under which they have
so many interests and rights to bo estab
lished and maintained. As in State, so in
the general government. No interest is
more affected than yours by unwise rev
enue laws and unjust measures of finance
and currency. The prosperity of the
t i — —j aie saved. Both Houses of tbe Legisla-
working classes depend lately upon j ture adopted a resolution directing the
these, for we have too recently realized trustees of the old capital to provide ac-
the fact, that currency contraction and commodations in that building for the
unwise financial legislation, paralized la- holding ofthe courts whose rooms in the
bor, destroyed values, cnppled industries,
and brought disaster and bankruptcy up
on that great class, tie laborers of the
country, who of all others should receive
the protecting care of government. Aye,
to-day whilel address you, for want of
^ protection, the labor of the country
le mercy of heartless capital, and
day after day—the earnings of toil—the
price of labor is played for and regulated
for months in advance by Wall street
gamblers and sporting 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
that upon which her commercial prosper-
the veteuary scientist. The eyes, (which ity depends. States are powerless. Geor-
orn Gollnil llin vrJmlmvo aP Hwi cahI\ na ' rrin lioa fol-ort oil iriitiotiro etnn lmf it ma
aro called the windows of tlie soul) as
they sluggishly open and shut, reveal the
light of liis history, that his subsistence
and existence have been on the elements
of faith, viz: “the substance of, things
hoped tor, the evidence of things 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.” His
frame work is a corduroy wall, upon which
is written in unmistakable characters,
mene, tekel, upharsin, and his whole
physiognomy suggests that he *wUl never
be the cause of a violation of that com
mandment, which forbids the coveting “of
thy neighbor’s ox, nor ids 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 he) unless this remedy Is applied and
the evil checked, wide-spread ruin and
disaster will befall the agriculturalists of
Georgia. 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
your own toil and your own fields fo?
your support and not upon . the dear
bought supplies o the mefdiant, and
your receipts will soon be in excess of ex
penditures; your coffers will begin to
swell, your interest to prosper, your man
hood will be elevated and the homes of
your wives and your children will bo
brightened with the sunlight of content
ment and the blessings of plenty. These
suggestions have forced themselves upon
me from the present situation of some ofthe
agriculturists of Geoigia. Cotton has
reached that point in value that it is
tempting the avarice and blinding the
udgment of many of our farmers, 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 such—but ex
pansion upon a basis of high interest and
mortgage credit is ruin—irretrievable ruin.
Did you not prosper last year? —and the
late fall saved many. How can you ex
pect to expand this, when to run your
fann Will cost you 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 the tools and implements nec
essary to carry on your fanning operations
have" doubled in value,
gia has taken an initiative step, but it re
quires the general government, who alone
has power to regulate commerce, to give
support and protection to those upon
city hail 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
peal of the compulsory legal tender power
of United States notes. Referred.
Mr. Conkliug presented the memorial
of the New York Chamber of Commerce
askjng an increased appropriation for the
fortification of the New York haibor. Re
ferred to the Committee on Military Af
fairs.
Mr. Allison cf the Committee remarked
that the Committee ha l inserted an in
creased appropriation for that purpose
in the House bill now before tie Senate.
In the Senate Mr. Corikling presented
the memorial of the Ithaca Farmer’s
Club, of Ithaca, New York, favoring the
passage of the Reagan inter-State com
merce bill; also, the petition of a large
number of citizens of Buffalo, New York,
for the same purpose.
In the House, Mr. Fernando Wood, of
New York, chairman ofthe Coumittee on
Ways and Means, reported a resolution
whom depends her commerce, her re- calling on the Secretary of tlie Treasury
sources and her prosperity. I see the dan- ‘ for all the evidence on file in the Internal
ger, gentlemen, of these vast combina- , Revenue Office touching the enforcement
tions, these syndicates, these comers iu I of tbe Internal Revenue laws in Northeast
trade and produce, these shufflers for your Geoigia. Adopted,
hard earnings, and pi lyers, not only for I Mr. Conger, of Michigan, from the
tlie sweat of your brow, but for the pound same committee, reported back the bill
of flesb, and I warn you now, unless the f° r the relief of colored emigrants,
planters of the South and West become , Passed. It provides that all charitable
aroused to their dangers from this system contributions imported for tbe relief of
of “commercial relations,” your industries ' colored persons who hare emigrated from
will be regulated by tlie uncertainties of, their homes to other States, shall be ad-
chance, and the value of your products ; mitted free of duty, this act to take effect
will be assessed by the speculative charity ! immediately, and to remain in force until
of capital combinations. Entertaining February 1st, I8S1.
these views, I would bo false to myself, The Sportsman announces that Christo-
false to your generous confidence if I did P be r Barrass has authorized the editor of
not endeavor to' arouse you to a sense of. that journal to return fifty pounds of the
your situation • and a more serious atten- stakes of the Boyd-Elliott match and issue
tion to your public affairs. Call upon ! a challenge to Ilanlan in behalf of Boyd to
your public servants and demand from • row a race within the stipulated time, for
them interposition and protection. The two hundred pounds aside, the champion-
destruction of your labor is the ship of England, and the Sportsman's
destruction of your subsistence, and j challenge trophy. Boyd will row- the race
when you render It unremuuera- I with Ilanlan on the.Tyne Saturday,
tive, you have virtually destroyed it, j London, February 10.—The Times has
Let labor be free and protected—capital reason to believe that directions have been
can take care of itself, if you will give sent to the British minister at Teheran td
it just laws for the enforcement of its" le- inform the Persian government that her
gitimate and proper demand; but justice, Majesty’s government releases Persia from
humanity, private necessity and public the treaty engagement of 1857, by which
prosperity, demand that the operations of 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 tiou to Persia to do the thing she is thus
the.people and rob the working classes of expressly permitted to do. The Times
their hard earnings by combinations and adds, we seem in effect to have- handed
devices as demoralizing in tlieir tenden- Herat over to Persia with a view to uni-
cies as they are disastrous in results. I ting the interest of Persia and India in op-
woulil not array labor against capital—far position to Russia.
from it. They were designed to live and i London, February ip.—Tbe steamer
move and act in harmony and accord; but State of Nevada, which hailed from Glas-
wlien capital, conscious of her own inde- gow, February Cth, and Lome on the 7th,
pcndence and power, wishes to divorce ? or ^ew York, put back with her pro-
herself from these relations and seesaw (if. pollers damaged.
you will allow the expression) labor at i Washington, February 10.—In the
will, I would interpose the power of law . Senate, Mr. Eaton, from the committee on
anil say to her, “Thus far shalt thou go, ■ Foreign relations, reported favorably on
and no further.” . the House joint resolution appropriating
In conclusion, gentlemen, let me im- - $20,000 to enable the United States to be
press upon you the necessity of a higher j represented at the International exhibi-
appreciation of your own State Agrieultu- j tion, and it was passed,
ral Society. Suffer it not to languish for J Mr. Burnside introduced a bill, which
want of proper support. It bas done ' hy unanimous consent, was considered
much for your industry, much for Geor- j aU( l passed, appropriating $1,000 to defray
gia. It lias awakened a spirit of investi- : the.expenses of transporting the body of
gation in the minds of the farming Major General Geoige Sykes, late of tlie
population—into the science of ag- United States army, from Fort Brown,
riculture—it has encouraged home { Texas to West Point,
economy, homo independence—it has Mr. Jones, of Louisiana, introduced a
created" a greater thirst for educa- J hill making an appropriation of $85,500 to
tion and general knowledge, it has eleva-, *hl in tile completion of the Custom
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agricultural pursuits; it lias endeavored to j On motion of Mr. Gordon, the Senate
educate planters that small farms and proceeded to consider the motion entered
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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
deep interest in the subject, that
tbe 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 iu order to
save the salaty 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 64rh
rale and asked that the doors be closed.
Mr. McDonald demanded tbe regular
order. The Vice President declared the
business before the Senate to be Mr. Pad
dock’s bill to authorize tlie 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-fire
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 the 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 lands entered and patented un
der the provisions of the homestead law
in the States of Florida, Mississippi, Ar
kansas and Louisiana, between June 21st,
1866 and March 3d, 1877, and that such
lands shall also be subject to tlie provis
ions of this act in tbe same manner as
lands entered by military scrip and land
warrants.
Mr. Burnside, from tbe Committee on
Military Afiairs, submitted a minority re
port on tbe hill for the relief of General
Fitz John Porter. ThejSenate then ad
journed.
The House then resumed tlie considera
tion of the bill to settle tlie 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 living on tbe 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. Beltzhoover, of Pennsylvania, in
troduced a bill to remove the political dis
abilities arising under the third section of
the Fourteenth Amendment to the Consti
tution. Referred. Adjourned.
Peteesbubg, Va., February 10.—The
railroad bridge over the Melierrin river at
Hickford, on the Petersburg and Weldon
railroad, was destroyed by an incendiary
fire last night, together with the county
bridge at the same point. The railroad
bridge was two hundred feet long and cost
$8,000. Passengers hy Hie 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 the Senate to-day: Joshua
R. Smith at Meridian, Mississippi, James
W. Lee, at Aberdeen, Mississippi, Charles
Miller, Morgan City.
Montgomery, Alabama, February
10—Tlie Lehman cotton factory, near
Brattville, fifteen miles from this city,
destroyed by fire this morning. The fac
tory bad recently ran day and night. The
flames were discovered about four o'clock
in the main'bnilding, which was entirely
destroyed with all tlie machinery. Twj
loss is supposed to be about one hundred
thousand dollars, and the insurance about
sevehty-five thousand dollars. The fire 15
thought to have been caused by friction-
About one hundred and fifty bauds are
thrown out of employment. The proper
ty was owned by Lehman, Durr & Co.
San Francisco, Febru: y 10.—The
State normal building at San Jose was
burned to tbe ground early this mornm?
The fire was first discovered in the cupola-
There is a suspicion that the fire was 01
incendiary origin. The loss is estimamu
at more than $250,000. Insurance, $at>i-
000. ;
scarce and credit high;
face of all these,'the cry is _ _ ^
and with-it conies its companion, more fered to exhaust themselves; it has been-oceanic Canal Committee. ’ Mr. Gordon ed to.