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The arrival of Captain Paul Boyton,
the great swimmer, in Augusta, has set
Bill Moore yelling all over the city, the
refrain, “He is in Augusta. He will swim
in Augusta. He will perform in the rag
ing canal—"nest week.”
Tns editor of the Ishmaelite has an ap
preciative heart as well as a delicate taste
for the beautiful. Hear him:
Two of our beautiful young ladies were
engaged last week in getting up contribu-
tions'in money, to send to" the sufferers in
Ireland. It was one of those thoughtful
and beautiful acts which so well adorn
the character of woman. It is the crown
ing glory of her being that her ear is ever
open to the cry of distress.
The Savannah News, of the 25th, says:
On the 13th instant, Isaiah Withers, a
colored man, died at a house near Mon-
tcith station, on the Savannah and
Charleston railroad, under suspicious cir
cumstances, he having stated that he had
been poisoned by a negro man, whose
name he did not know. The stomach of
the deceased was removed by Coroner
Sheflall and brought to the city for the
purpose of being subjected to a chemical
analysis. Dr. Sheflall called upon Dr. J.
S. Morel to assist him in the examination,
which was conducted in the most thor
ough manner and was finished yesterday.
We are unable at present to state the re
sult of their labors.
A new route from Jacksonville, Flor
ida, to Savannah is among the latest de
velopments in transportation circles. It
consists of the inside route fromSavannah
by steamer to Femandina, and thence by
rail, thirty miles, to Jacksonville, and is
to be known os the “Sea Island Route.”
It will be one of the most pleasant routes
to the “Flowery Land.”
If the medical colleges continue to in
crease in number and each institution
continues to force upon the public the
usual number of “adjusters of the ills to
which flesh is heir,” what will become of
the people? The proportion of the people
to the doctors is becoming fearfully small
and yet iu the face of all these facts, on
Wednesday last at Savannah, Messrs. A.
B. George, Jacob Welchselbaum and R.
S. Sanders stepped up and claimed a
sheepskin at the hands of the Savannah
medical college. We tender our congrat
ulations to the successful young gentle
men. But oh, what is to become of the
people?
The ladies of Sandersville will erect a
cenotaph In the cemetery whereon floral
offerings will be placed in memory of the
Confederate dead buried elsewhere. A
commendable enterprise.
Sandersville has a new fledgling
which she has baptised as “Sandersville
Amateur Minstrel Company.” The sound
, of their coming will soon be heard in the
land.
Savannah News: Some time since a
valuable cow was stolen from the place of
Colonel Charles H.Olmstead, at Beaulieu,
and inquiries have been quietly prosecut
ed in reference to her disappearance. Re
cently it was discovered that the cow was
in possession of a Mr. Hudson, who stated
that he purchased her from a negro named
Edward Brown. Upon this information
Colonel Olmstead yesterday appeared be
fore Magistrate Russell and had a warrant
issued against Brown, who was arrested
and required to give bond in the sum of
One thousand dollars for his appearance at
court. Brown states he purchased the
cow from another negro, but this remains
to be proven.
There is to be a Republican mass
meeting in Savannah on next Tuesday
jalgliU-i'to Condition,
the welfare of bis children as far
as possible.” This call is mado L y
executive committee of Chatham county.
Georgia is the first State in the South
in point of manufactures. Still them is
room for improvement. Every possible
encouragement short of class legislation,
should be given to industrial enterprises
in tbe State. The people of the South, as
far as possible, should do their trading in
the South, rather than in other sections of
the country. We help ourselves by help
ing each other.
The Sparta Ishmaelite says: Fanning
operations have been considerably delay
ed by the excessive rains of this month.
Very little com has been planted. April
will be well advanced before that crop is
off the hands of the farmers. It is proba
ble that some of the bottom lands will qot
lie in order for planting before May.
There are some indications of rust in
Wheat—whether of a serious character or
not, we arc unable to say.
George Ltnch, a son of Thomas
Lynch, of Augusta, was drowned on last
Wednesday, at Reed’s mill, fifteen miles
from the city.
Hawkinsville Dispatch: On Tues
day afternoon, the 23d, a colored woman,
employed as cook for the family of Mr.
C. II.King, ol this place, was instructed
to go down and get a can of kerosene oil.
it seems that there was a small quantity
of oil in the can, which the woman deci
ded to pour in the stove. There was a
fire in the stove, and when the oil was
poured upon it it caused the can to ex
plode, and soon the woman was envel
oped in flames. She ran from the house
across the yard, and before assistance
could reach her, all the garments she had
on were burned from her body. She was
horribly burned, and it is thought her in
juries will prove fatal.
The following chapter of accidents and
death we clip from the Jesup Sentinel:
. Joe White and John Jackson, two ne
groes, had a fight at Doctortown on Mon
day. White cut Jackson on the right
ann with a hatchet, inflicting a terrible
wound. The flesh was laid open to the
bone.
Monday afternoon a colored man
named Fenton Green was stabbed in the
neck by G. R. Reddish, near S. R. Mor-
S m’8 store, about a mile from Jesup. We
d not learn the orig’n of the trouble,
and do not know whether Reddish has
been arrested. The wounded man Is se
riously hurt.
At Doctortown, on Monday, Thomas
Fronklin, colored, an employee at Major
Davi-ndort's saw mill, managed to get
three fingci-s caught in the cogs of the tim
ber carriage. One finger was mashed off
and the others severely injured. He came
to Jesup for treatment, bringing with him
the amputated finger.
William Merritt, a young man who
lived at Surrency, Georgia, was found
dead in his bed Sunday morning last. Af
ter eating a hearty supper Saturday night
and conversing a while with the inmates
of the house, he retired to bed in apparent
good health. On being called to break
fast next ^oniing and making no re
sponse, a gentleman named Williams en
tered tbe room and found him lying in
bed face downward. He turned him over
and found that life was extinct.
The citizens of Cochran are determin
ed to have a brass band. L ! ke Congress
man Persons, they like brass bands, and
they think of buying one. They held a
festival the other night and were success
ful in obtaining money to meet their im
mediate wants.
Picnics, ice cream festivals and straw
berry suppers are advertised in onr South
ern exchanges.
Dawsox Journal: Many of our farm
ers have com up ai d will soon be plowing
i;. Some are planting cotton.
From what we can hoar, the wheat crop
in Terrell county will. be almost a total
failure this year, on account of rust.
The Columbus- Times says: It is a well
ki.ov. n fact that paper is a most excellent
j)i elector against cold, and a recent expe
rience had by a gentleman of this city
furnishes proof of this. In the gentleman's J
-.mien had been transplanted a number 1
of tomato sets. When the late cold snap
set in, knowing the tomato to be a very
tender plant, he obtained a lot of small
cans, such as contain oysters, lobsters,
peaches, etc., on the shelves of groceiy
stores, and placed them over the plants to
save them from the freezing wind. He
lacked just one can of having a sufficient
number for all the plants, but about this
one remaining plant he wrapped a sheet
of paper and fastened it to its place. Al
ter the cold was over, the cans were re
moved, and every plant under them was
found to bare been killed, but when the
plant protected by the sheet of paper was
exposed it stood straight, fresh and green,
not having been injured in the least.
This experience is worth treasuring in
memory by our gardeners.
Irwinton Appeal: Rust is reported
in almost ah the small grain. Some oats
of the rust proof variety, that were sown
early in the fall, are now, it is said, red
with it. Later sown oats are not affected
with it. » .
The Albany Does says: The farmers
of this section, generally speaking, have
purchased enormous quantities of com
mercial manures, and have about finished
hauling it out. Most of the com planted
is now up, and many have plowed it over
the first time. Cotton planting is now
going on, and the area planted is reported
larger than usual. Should a good price
be paid for cotton next fall, all will be
well; but if the price goes down—look out
for trouble. Our planters are all vigor
ously at work. Labor Is orderly and sys
tematic, and tbe present outlook is not
discouraging.
Albany News: As Mr. Butler, mer
chant of Ty Ty, on tbe Brunswick and
Albany Railroad, attempted to leave the
train while in rapid motion at Brookfield,
he was thrown violently to the ground
and narrowly escaped death, a wheel of
the rear coach striking him on the shoul
der and ditching him.
The Albany News says: The season of
1SS0 promises to be one of special interest
and profit to wool-growers; and those
who have been fortunate enough to make
their investments in sheep, rather than
stocks and bonds, are masters of the situ
ation.
The present price of the product in the
Albany market averages 40 cents. At
this price it is estimated that growers will
realize near fifty per cent, on their invest
ments, where sheep have been managed
economically and judiciously. The coun
ties of Worth, Colquitt, Mitchel, Baker,
Calhoun, Berrien and Irwin, which are in
easjr reach of Albany, promises heavy
supplies this year. The mild winter has
been especially propitious for their sheep,
and Albany should now prepare herself
for liberal prices, complete facilities, and
general activity in the trade. There is no
reason why Albany should not handle the
wool productions in eight or ten neighbor
ing counties. It should constitute a
prominent feature of our city’s commerce.
Colonel Jas. G. Cain, a prominent
lawyer of Louisville, has been appointed
Judge of the county court of Jefferson
county, in place of Judge Denny, deceas
ed. Three negroes were convicted as the
first fruits of his labors.
A new Jewish synagogue was recently
dedicated in Thomasville with imposing
ceremonies. Rabbi Brown officiated.
Thomasyille is to have a colored brass
band. From their color, it is supposed
that the band will be more enduring than
white ones.
The recent entertainment of the Thom
asville Library Association netted some
thing over $100.
An old woman^on the place of Mr. Thom
as Fuller, near Geneva, died last week at
the advanced age of 104 years.
The Appeal says that on Monday last
Mr. Micajah Thompson, a farmer, about
seventy-four years old, d !od veiy sudden-
wuu->- ~s m a field near 1
". two I uilesJ#)>v )t nore going to work
that morning, and not only seemed m
Health then, hut had not had a sick
day In several years.
A writer in the Irwinton Appeal says
that Ben Holder, of Toombsboro, caught
two negro girls who had appropriated
some of his wife’s clothing, and that he
settled with them after a fashion that is
more commendable than legal. They
both remain in his employ.
Declined.—The effusion styIed“Loved
and Lost” is respectfully declined, on the
ground that it is deficient in merit.—Sum
ter Republican.
Oh, how could you be so cruel? And
this, the first crop of spring poetry. A
rose has blushed only to be unseen. The
divine afflatus has been crushed out of
some heart forever. And for such a cause
—“deficient in merit.” What do editors
know about merit in spring poetry?
.On Tuesday, the 23rd, while J. G, Mil
ler and Peter Town were at work on the
new residence of Mr. Knox, in Rome, the
scaffolding upon which they were stand
ing gave way, both men falling. Town
fortunately escaped injury, but Miller fell
the distance of sixteen feet, striking on
his head, part of the scaffolding also fall
ing upon him. His injuries are internal,
and thought to be fatal.
Mb. J. D. Mybick, near Gordon, has
a field containing seven acres, and the
wheat in it is three feet high.
The editor of the Irwinton Appeal is
in hopes that the next grand jury oi Wil-
kinsou county will recommend the es
tablishment of a county court, in accord
ance with a law passed by the last Leg
islature. His reasons are good.
Mb. Henby Jones, late of the North
Geoigia Argus, has accepted a position on
the editorial staff of the Augusta Evening
News. He is a journalist of marked abil
ity, and has tact as well as talent in the
editorial field. We welcome him back to
the tripod, and congratulate the proprie
tors on securing his services.
In the Geneva department of the Tal-
botton Standard, we find the following in
reference to a matter which has - caused
considerable comment:
The grand topic of conversation on the
streets as well as by our citizens as those
visiting our town, is discussing the merits
of the enormus verdict rendered by thejn-
ry during our late court, iu the case of
W. C. Singleton vs. the Southwestern
railroad company, for damages. And va
rious are the opinions of those who heard
tbe evidence in the case.- Some think he
ought to have sued for and obtained at
least $50,000; while others think he ought
net to have recovered a cent, as he was
the cause of his own misfortune.
Others think a moderate or reasonable
amount would have been better for Single-
ton and the company, as well as the pub
lic generally, and so think we, after pay
ing close attention to the evidence and
the trial. No jury would ever have
thought of rendering such a verdict
against an individual under the same
proof. Railroad companies are corpora
tions, and have no souls, but nevertheless,
they are entitled to the same rights in
our courthouses that individuals are.
Though it is hard to induce the public to
see it in that light. But jurors take the
same oaths in these cases that they do in
cases between individuals. We think
such verdicts under the circumstances are
simply ridiculous and ought to be set
aside at once, because they arc calculated
to do harm instead of good to the pnblic.
Ikwinton Appeal: We learn that on
Friday last while. Mr. Kilby Jones was
passing over that portion of long bridge at
Storey's,, which crosses the slough, the
bridge gave way and precipitated Mr. J.
and' bis horse into the stream below.
Neither was hurt, however, though getting
out proved somewhat difficult. The
bridge had been undermined by the re-
centheavy rains, and was floating when
Mr. Jones went upon it. The bridge lias
not yet been repaired, and neither wagons
or carts can cross in its present condition.
The Rome Tribune says: “We are pleas
ed to learn that in addition to the two
large buildings Colonel Shorter proposes
to erect for the use of the college, he in
tends to build a conservatory and also add
a ten pin alley for the use, amusement
and exercise of the young ladies attending
this excellent institute of learning.
The Butler Herald furnishes the fol
lowing items:
Mr. C. A. J. Pope sent to onr office last
week the finest stalk of wheat we have
seen or heard of this season, the stalk be
ing about waist high and almost in full
bloom, while the stalk presented a large
and vigorous appearance. The wheat
crops generally through the county so far
look promising indeed, especially where
the land has been well fertilized.
It is thought, or rather feared, by many
who are competent to judge that the fruit
crop in this section will be far less in
quantity than that of last year; if so,
what is to become of some who depend
almost entirely upon the result of the
crop?
The Rome Courir'^s both jolly and
sentimental over the recent freshet:
High water seems to have an anti-temper
ance effect. The more water in Rome
tbe less of it there is drunk.
Viewed in the “abstract” the scenefrom
the top of Myrtle Hill yesterday was
beautiful. Faraway up theOostanaula
could be seen the wide stretch of waters
where the stream had overflowed the low
bottoms. Away to the southwest the
Coosa, full and spreading out over its
banks, could be seen for miles, within the
hills and mountains that mark its course,
all bathed in the bright sunlight seemed
nearer to us than ever before.
The editor of the Warrenton Clipper is
happy. Hear him:
The arrival of an oigan grinder in our
midst Saturday last, with his usual com
panion, a monkey, tended considerably to
vary the monotony of the day. He field
large crowds aronnd him during his stay
in our village.
Lumpkin Independent has these two
items: 4
Peach trees are all in full bloom and the
prospect for a good crop is realy flattering.
Those who have anticipated a failure may
yet be disappointed.
Mr. W. A. Long shows us a hunch of
wheat from his patch which was covered
with rust. He reports thst the wheat
generally throughout' the county is In the
same condition and the prospect for a
good crop is gloomy. .
Cabtebsville Free Press:
Mqjor Smith returned safely from his
trip to Hawkinsville, where he delivered
his lecture on “Society." He speaks
glowingly of his reception in the wire-
grass region. After he gets the grime of
travel removed from his pencil we hope
lie will write up “nabor Freeman’s” snake
story. •
Madison Madisonian: Grubb says
that Governor Colquitt is not running
much down that way. Governor Col
quitt is not in the habit of running from
his'enemies, albeit they are fed on Inde
pendent Grubb.
It has been discovered that the climate
of California and Northern Georgia and
Alabama i3 just suited to the cultivation
of the cinchona tree, from which quinine
is made, and it is proposed to introduce
the cultivation of these trees into this
country so as to save the expense it incurs
every year in sending to South America
for Peruvian bark.
This is what the Americus Republican
calls mean: We learn that on Thursday
night last, some unprincipled scoundrel
slipped up to the stable of Jame3 Dodson,
Esq., of Smitliv.'lle, and shot a fine mule
in the head. This is one ot the meanest
acts that we have been called upon to
chronicle, and we hope the inhuman
wretch who perpetrated the deed **- *"
,. . . ——Since it has
caughtand eur planting friends
that their crops were not injured by the
recent “cold snap,” a beaming face and
pleasant smile marks the “gentleman
from the country.”
The low flat lands below Newton in
Baker county and on the Flint, are re
ported to be entirely covered with water,
and we are glad* to learn that but a small
amount of the land alluded to has been
planted.'
From the Marietta Journal we clip the
following sad intelligence:
A gentleman from Pickens county, Ga.,
brings the information of the suicide of
Mrs. Serena Lindsey, which occurred in
that county on last Monday, 22d instant.
She was engaged on that day in her usual
domestic duties,as cheerful as usual,appa
rently with no disturbing troubles to in
cite rashness. Her two children had left
the house for out door work,and were ab
sent for about one hour, and on returning
to the room usually occupied by their
mother, was horrified to see her lifeless
form dangling by the neck to a rope, fas
tened to a joist overhead.
Oub community was shocked last Mon
day evening at the sad intelligence of the 1
death of Henry M. Wilson, son of Cap
tain J. M. Wilson, of this place. It seems
that quite a number of young men bad
agreed to spend the day fishing and duck
hunting, and for that pm pose had repaired
to sir. Barnes’ mill pond, two miles from
town. Henry was seated on one side of
the pond fishing, and some wild ducks
came in sight, and Henry’s attention was
called to the same. His gun was leaning
against a tree, and he reached and caught
it by the muzzle and pulled it towards
him, and attempted to get up on his feet
at the same time. This action caused him
to push the gun from him, and as he
pulled It forward again, th& hammer came
In contact with a bush, the gun fired, and
the load of duck shot entered the pit of
hi3 stomach, making a hole as laige as a
silver dollar.
The Savannah News says that the'
heavy rains above Augusta and the freshet
following combined with the strong north
easterly winds upon the big spring tides,
gave prospects of a general overflow.
At one time early in the morning' the
prospects were that Hutchinson’s Xsand
would be seriously injured by an over
flow, but, fortunately, these apprehensions
were not realized. During the morning
Mr. C. F. Stubbs, one of the levees of the
island, went across to ascertain the con
dition of affairs, and, we are informed,
found all the damson Back river right
and in good order. In anticipation of the
high tides, together with the freshet in the
Savannah river, he had everything put in
thorough order a few days since.
It is expected that the. tide this morning
will be very high, but unless the easterly
winds prevail for several days no'serious
results, so far as we can learn, are antici
pated.
The Henry County Weekly says: It
becomes our painful duty to chronicle the
death of Sir. Isaac Jenks, an old citizen of
Henry county, which occurred on Wednes
day mcming last, in the eighty-fourth
year of his age v This old man’s life was
a remarkable one in some respects. Hei
never took a dose of medicine in liis life,
nor had a spell of sickness until his last
illness. His mental faculties remained
unimpaired.up to the day of his death.
The Advertiser has this good news for
Brunswick:
For some months past, efforts have been
made to have a United States Marine
Hospital located in or near our harbor. It
was thought for a long while that tbe
north point of Jekyl would be chosen by
tbe authorities, but we understand Black-
beard Island bas been chosen instead. So
all vessels from infected ports will have
to touch there, he inspected, fumigated, 1
etc., before coming to this port. This will
do away with local quarantine on our
part, as nothing but an infected port will
lie brought m bv our pilots before it lias
“passed muster” before the United States
Surgeon at Blackboard. ! ij- -’
They are to have a new hotel in Bruns
wick, judging from a recent town meet
ing- - i’iu ' •«:.» - :
The Henry County Weekly says:'
Read the prospectus of the Macon Tnr -
egrapji and Messenger in another
column. As we have frequently remarked,
this is one of the best and most reliable
old papers in the Stale.
The Darien Gazette says that the meet
ing held by the colored people of McIn
tosh county on Saturday, the 20th, was
not very harmonious, and came very near
ending in a row, and it reminded us of
the time when Campbellism prevailed.
After a good deal of wrangling, Styles W.
Hutchins, the colored lawyer from Atlan
ta, was elected to represent McIntosh
county In the approaching State Republi
can Convention, which meets in Atlanta
on April 21st.
Fbom thi?" Greenville Vindicator we
learn that the fly is destroying, the wheat,
and the blind staggers killing the horses
and the mules, and typhoid fever playing
sad havoc among the people.
The Quitman Free Press hoists the
name of Hon. EL C. Turner as Its candi
date for Congress in tbe Second District,
and Sawtell, of the Cuthbert Appeal, says
the nomination suits that end of the Dis
trict.
Cuthbhbt Appeal: Professor S. P.
Sanford, of Macon, will, we understand,
shortly deliver a lecture here on “The
Utilitarian Idea in Education.” It is
said to be a veiy fine lecture, and while
full of instruction, yet containing enough
humor to render it interesting to all class
es. We hope as many of the boys that
can will attend.
The Darien Gazette of the 2Gtb says:
“The receipts of timber the past week
have been very light owing, no doubt, in
a great measure to the high stage of water.
The fieshst now coming down the Alta-
mahaissaidto.be the highest for several
yesirs, and as H is very unsafe to drift tim
ber with sueh a current, there will proba
bly nbt be much arriving until the waters
■nbsjtie. There has been a slight advance
inpnc&£and-there are no Indications of
an earty reduction.
The South Georgian (McYille) says:
. We Ifgrn that Captain J. C. Anderson,
Superintendent of the Dodge Railroad, has
Mr. D. J. Hunt, near Blackmon’s crossing,
Mobile and Girard Railroad, together
with ten thousand feet of lumber, was de
stroyed by fire. The origin of the fire is
unknown. It was uninsured.
Planting operations in the 19th Dis
trict are moving forward now. There is
but little loafing now among the fanners.
Labor is very scarce; some large farms
being almost destitute. Mules staud in
the lots waiting for someone to plow
them. Spring seems fully opened. Isaw
an old last year’s tobacco patch yesterdav.
Nearly every old stub had put up a lot of
suckers from the old root. It will be the
case with the old cotton roots.
Perry Home Journal: Rev. James
Dunwoody preached at the Methodist
church Sunday last. Though ninety years
old and blind, he rides to his appoint
ments horseback and alone.
A Decree in the S. R. and D. R. R.
Case..
The Supreme Court of Alabama has
rendered an opinion In the case involving
the Selma, Rome and Dalton railroad.
The amount in issue is several millions,
The court decided that the first trust-
deed of 1855 had a first lien on the whole
main line of road in Alabama, but on the
Government land grant, and also to a
corresponding portion of the rolling stock,
the other portion of the rolling stock be
longing to the road in Geoigia. A decree
will be rendered for the sale of all the
property and franchises, including grants
of land in Alabama. The Alabama por
tion of the road is 170 miles long.
That Yictoby.—The more the Demo
crats consider their victory in the House
on the marshals’ question the more they
congratulate themselves upon the substan
tial fruits that have gained; and the
more the Republicans think of their de
moralization and defeat, the more they feel
downcast and inclined to heap up calumny
on Garfield, whose “compromise” the
proposition was that passed. The Demo
crats of the House are getting more jubi-
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
, EDITED BY
General Wm. M. BROWNE,
Professor of History and Agriculture in the
University of Geoigia.
, lant every hour, and the Republican good
ordwd mie hundred more" mules to be ' feeling is descending on the same scale.
tu48. in the large and extensive lumber The equal division of special election dep-
busiaess, now being operated in this coim- ! uties and their appointment by the Cir-
ty, which will increase the number of their cuit Judges Instead of the United States
teams to fifty.
Tax Augusta 'Chronicle gives the follow
ing description of a new instrument of tor
ture called the “squedunk:”
jf.The average small boy is miserable if
not progressive. The latest ingenious—in
deed horrible—musical invention he has
brought to the front is the. “squedunk.”
To those acquainted with the symphonies
produced by that instrument thus eupho
niously termed, it may be said that a
“squedunk” is made by putting a string
through the botton of a tin can or cup and
tyingit on the inside to a nail or piece of
wire so as to prevent the cord from com
ing oat. By a free use of rosin upon the
string, it being applied with one hand
while the other Is holding the can or cup,
a noise pleasant to the ear of the average
boy is produced, but which some people
say is hideous. A number of enterprising
juveniles have already become accomplish
ed in the use of that novel lyre—which
maybe ranked among the intolerable
modern nuisances, to abate which the un
dergrowth of the country might be utilized
to advantage.
The Greensboro Home Journal says:
Our worthy townsman, Mr. M. Markwal-
ter, informs us that there is a prospect of
acquisitions of German immigrants into
this country ere long. Such will be glad
ly welcomed, and here find a splendid cli
mate and cheap lands.
The Oglethorpe Echo says wisely: So
long as you pay a nigger promptly, as soon j f -seven years oi age, nave'
aa Ms work is done, von mav count—nved in Monroe county, is ew York, most:
Marshals will carry the day. No matter
what fight may be made against it in tbe
Senate, the Democrats have the majority,
and it will go through. The Grant trium
virate in the Senate—Conkling, Carpenter
and Cameron, with Logan a3 an acces
sory—are the ones who are expected to
make the big figbt against the clause in
tbe deficiency bill which regulates the ap
pointment of special deputies. They will
not have much weight with Hayes, who
is a Sherman man. The principal reason
I have for asserting that Hayes will sign
the bill is that in his veto messages of the
extra session he repeated time and again
that he would find no objection to the ap
proval of a bill that would equitably
amend the election laws, but could not
agree to the nullification or repeal. The
leading proposition is to amend fairly the
election laws. There is no nullification
or repeal. The money is provided for
their enforcement, and the laws as amend
ed remain on the statute books. Gar
field, wbo has been blamed right and left
by the Republicans for “entrapping”
them, explains to-day that his compro
mise was made because he thought that
Springer’s proposition, which was stronger
from a. Democratic standpoint, would
prevail and be the worse for the Repub
licans.—Washington correspondence Sa
vannah News.
Catarrh ortho Bladder Cured.
Henrietta, Monroe county,
Jauujentlemen:: I
H. H. MLfeay=seven years of age, have'
as his work is done, you may count-«y
him every time; but Jmsfrtftci are lost
cents in • :>ome times you can get
one to work it out, but he does it be
grudgingly, and if he is in your employ
of my life, and believe there is no man of
my acquaintance who would doubt any
statement I might make. I have been a
terrible sufferer of Catarrh of the Bladder
for ten years after, the impression that f° r years. Hearing of a number of cures
' * ... ■ - - -- from the use of your remedy, and after
taking a few bottles of your Safe Kidney
and Liver Cure, I was not only relieved,
but found myself cured.
mar!6-2w Thomas Owens.
you have have wronged him out of a half
a dollar never leaves his mind—and the
darkey is honest . about it, too. Many a
good haud has been ruined by getting in
his employer’s debt.
The Rome Tribune, of tbe 2Gtb,. an
nounces the death of Mr. A. M. Lausdell,
a prominent citizen of that place. He
died very suddenly. He was 73 years of
age.
The Oglethorpe Echo has these tfro
items:
A few years since two men passed
through this county in a wagon loaded
with switches, and drove a good business
in grafting what they claimed to be fine
fruit to trees. In due season it was dis
covered that they clipped twiggs from one
orchard to graft on another, and so far
from the fruit being a new variety it was
from a neighbor’s orchard.
Stock Diseases aro prevailing in our
county now. Among horses we hear of
distemper and other sickness; cows some
thing like the black tongue; hogs are dy
ing from no one knows what; dogs have
distemper, and poultry cholera and sore
head. The diseases are confined to cer
tain sections, not being general as yet.
Grubb, of the Darien Gazette talks
happily: The rice-planters in this section
have all got their pants in their boots, and
that means strictly business. They have
gone to work in dead earnest. It will be’
lively in Darien during court week; the
Wallacks will be here, the Brunswick
brass band is expected, and a gala time
generally is anticipated.
Augusta Evening News: A gentleman
known as John Wommack, of Doraville,
DeKalb county, met with a most violent
death on last 'Tuesday. He was coming
from the "field, riding sidewise on the
mule which he had been plowing; it be
came frightened, threw him and ran,
dragging him about a quarter of a mile,
head downward, and kicking him con
stantly. He was terribly bruised and in
jured internally, and died in a few hours.
He leaves a wife and one child and many
friends to mourn his untimely death.
A correspondent of the Augusta
News writing from Jefferson county, says:
The impression prevails generally that
the oat crop has rust. 1 have examined
carefully and find that such is not true so
far as relates to the rust proof variety.
The bottom leaves have had a yellow
tinge resembling rust (which has nearly
disappeared) but it is not rust. We may
therefore expect a fine oat crop from the
rust proof variety sown during the fall
months—September and October. Such,
however is not the case with wheat. That
has rust beyond all doubt.
Coiv thieves are troubling the Griffin-
ites, and a farmer wants the people ot
that city not to purchase beasts from irre
sponsible venders.
The Griffin News says:
The'.Fire Department have petitioned
the City Council for permission to darty
one of tbe steamers to Macon next
month. The permission will doubtless be
granted.
Colonel S. H. Cox. of Richmond,
Bath, says he is quite elated oyer the re
cent purchase of the Knoxville and Marys
ville railroad by the Air Line, and its in
evitable extension through the Rabun
Gap into Geoigia.
The Augusta Chronicle speaks in glo
rious terms of the labors of the venerable
Bishop Kavanaugh at St. Johns church in
that city.
We clip from the Columbus Enquirer
thq following:
Yesterday afternoon about G o’clock, a
man arrived iu the city in search of Mr.
Samples, the owner of a saw mill some
ten or eleven miles east of the city. He
stated the boiler bad bursted, killing three
men. Mr. Samples left immediately, with
the messenger for the mill. After con
siderable .trouble we learned the particu
lars. £
About- 3.. o’clock in the ail emoon the
boiler burst., killing Aaron Wynn (m!-
ored), Mom Ingram (white), and proba
bly. Bill Boland, the sadlyer. Tlio latter
could not lie found, and it i., .supposed he
was blown some distance from the mill.
TJie mill was almost, completely demol
ished.
The loss is considerable, and will be
seriously felt, by Mr. Satisfies. • Wc trust
it is not so great as repo - 1,
On Wednesday nigiit the <a\v
At a meeting of Georgia delegates, rep
resenting the seaport of Brunswick, the
city of Macon, and the ling of the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad, held at the Gib-
so. House, Cincinnati, yesterday, Hon.
D. T. Dunn, of Brunwick, was called to
tbe chair, and Dr. W. H. Burroughs acted
as Secretary.
The Chairman explained the object of
the meeting—to express appreciation of
the excursion extended by the Cincinnati
Southern. Railroad to the'business men of
the South, and appropriate acknowledg
ments for the hospitality so gracefully
manifested by the citizens of thecity.
Colonel Carey W. Styles, Dr. W. H.
Burroughs, and - Hon. D. T. Dunn were
appointed a committee to prepare suita
ble resolutions, and have the same pub
lished in the city papers.
The committee reported the following,
which were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the hundred and seven
delegates representing the cities of Bruns
wick and Macon, Georgia, and the Ma
con and Brunswick Railroad, regard the
completion of the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad as the beginning of a new era
for the South aud the West, and the grand
achievement by the pluck and enterprise
of the merchants of Cincinnati as the no
blest effort yet attempted to restore good
will, fraternity, and close commercial and
social relations between the estranged sec
tions, and that we hail the great concep
tion and triumpliaut achievements as the
harbinger of peace, prosperity, and a glo
rious future to the whole country.
Resolved, That the unparelUIed hospi
tality of the citizens of Cincinnati, the
courtesies of the builders and managersof
the Southern Railway, the officers and
members of the Commercial Exchange,
Board of Trade and Transportation, and
managers and committees of the reception
and the banquet at Music Hall, have
placed us under pleasing obligations of
grateful remembrance, and that to the en
tire people of the Queen City of the West
we surrender at discretion, and with
hearts full flowing with lofty appreciation
and thankful expressions of gratitude.
Resolved, That we cordially Invite the
great, big-hearted, liberal-minded, enter-
nrising business men of Cincinnati, and
tbe beautiful women who inspire and
adorn their splendid exertions to
build a great city, to visit our sunny land
and the beautiful city of Brunswick.—
Cincinnati Gazette. '
Reliable.—It is useless to deny the
great curative effects of Simmons Liver
Regulator. Its virtues are attested, by
thousands who have used the medicine,
and it is now largely in demand. It com*
mends itself to tbe public by its compo
nent parts, being entirely vegetable, no in
jurious effects from its use, being pleasant
tojthe taste, and its operation upon the
liver being perfect, at the same time so
imperceptible that it interferes with
neither business or pleasures. mar41w
Valuable Diamonds Stolen.—Dia
monds to the value of $5,000 weie stolen
Saturday night from the residence of Mr.
Heiuy Daily, a New York lawyer. The
diamonds were taken from between the
mattresses of Mrs. Daily’s bed, aud a ser
vant has been arrested, being suspected of
the theft. The diamonds have not been
recovered. They included a set of dia
mond earrings, a cluster diajnond ring
with twenty-four stones, another with
eight and one with seven stones, two soli
taire diamond rings, an emerald ring and
au onyx ring set with pearls.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 16,-lSSO.
H. II. Warner <& Co.—Dear Sir: I
write to say that after haring taken your
Safe Pills anil finding i them all that is
claimed for th ru in your circular, 1 cheer
fully recommend them .as the best Pills in
-the "market.
r Joseph Tkather,
409 M. Street, Washington, D. C.
marlG-2w
A Word of Warning.
All the accounts that reach us from
every section of the State tell of prepara
tions for a largely increased cotton crop.
Never before has the sale of commercial
fertilizers been, so laige. The supply of
many of the dealers has been, it is said,
already exhausted. The'demand for
mules and horses has been so brisk aud
general that the droversrhave only been
able to supply it partially, aud they rep
resent the famous blue-grass region of
Kentucky as drained of saleable farm an
imals. All this is intended as preparation
for taking in, fertilizing and cultivating
more land to raise more cotton. Should the
seasons be propitious* if the present plans
be earned out, we may confidently expect
a six. or seven million bale cotton crop,
and, should this expectation be realized;
can any farmer expect to receive next fall
more than six or seven cents per pound
for his cotton? At all events, can any
sane man expect to receive the prices at
which cotton i3 now quoted? Last year
the prices of every thing that a farmer
buys to make hi3 crop were, on an aver
age, thirty-three and a third per cent,
lower than at present. The price of cot
ton averaged, we suppose, eleven cents.
The profit, though encouraging, was not
large. Among the farming masses are
there many who are paying . cash
for their fertilizers and other sup
plies? Are not by far the greater num
ber at tbis moment in debt to their mer
chants for the means to make this year’s
crop ? If then, with the exceptionally fa
vorable circumstances of the past year,
little money was made, what can we
rationally expect this year, when the price
we shall get for our cotton will almost
certainly fall, under a largely increased
production, and when the cost of every ar
ticle that we need, and must have, bas al
ready advanced from 25 to 60 per cent. ?
We may be asked: “How do yon know
that the price of cotton will fall?” We
answer, we do not know positively, of
course; but we do know that prices of
every commodity are regulated by the un
varying law of supply and demand, and
that whenever the supply of any article
exceeds the demand, tbe price of that ar
ticle decreases, it may be, far below the
cost of production. The political outlook
in the Old “World and in our own country,
this year, is not so perfectly serene as to
encourage speculative industry. If ever
there.was a time when it was prudent to
keep close to shore and avoid all hazard
ous ventureSy this is that time.
We have written and spokeD so much on
this subject during tbe pastfourteen years,
and events have, we are sorry to say, so
lamentably fulfifed our worst predictions,
we are reluctant to repeat the voice of
warning, and urge our friends to greater
prudence. But if the present indications
pointing to a wide extension of the area
allotted to cotton are correct, we cannot
refrain, while there is yet time, from urg
ing our farmer friends to-look well before
they leap and at least to-ask themselves
what will be their condition next Christ
mas, should the price of cotton fall much
below the present quotations*, when they
are called on to settle with-their merch
ants for the supplies which they purchas
ed on credit during the year.-
ADORNMENT OF DWELLINGS.
There is great room for improvement in
the appearance of most of the form houses
in our country. It may^fo^fiTo'fonia-
“fceauty that there is lit-
ff!P®f-noT>cauty iu tho construction, ar
rangement or outward appearance of our
dwellings.
A very little trouble and expense would
remedy the defect and add Tery much to
the-comfort, enjoyment and content of
those who “live in the country.”" A few
flowers and shrubs, neat walks,- a grass
plot, a tidy fence, and all kept in order,
are by no means expensive, and. where
they exist they add immensely to “the
looks oS things.” To say that “we have
Lot time to fool with flowers” is no-excuse
in ous day and generation for the untidy,
neglected, repulsive appearance of the
shelters which we call houses, and; where
our wives ani families are compelled to
live- One of the reasons why the young
men of the present day prefer the cities to
the country, and look upon release from
the facm, to measure calico in a town or
city dry goons store as emancipation, is
that the fomily home is unattractive, so
destitute of the traces of civilization and
refinement, which they see when they go
to tow*.
However much engrossed we maybe by
the worship of king cotton, we cau cer
tainty spare the time necessary to lay out
and keep in neat condition, a flower yard
or lawn in front of our houses,, with a
Marshal Niel, or Solfatare, or some other
climbing rose or creepers, to beautify the
front porch or piazza.
IMPORTANT TO EVERY FARMER.
Undbr the above heading we find in the
last Issue of that excellent publication, the
American Agriculturist, the following
“settled points in agriculture” :
1. All soils, excepting of course, the
virgin ones of the now States, for profita
ble culture, must De manured.
2. The larger the crop upon an acre,
the cheaper per bushel, ton, etc-., should
that crop be raised.
3. In our ordinary farming no farmer
makes all the manures that he could prof
itably use upon his farm.
4. The main value of manure,
(stable or barn yard) depends
upon certain constituents, and these may
be had in other forms—eg artificial
or chemical fertilizers.
5. All soils do not alike need the same
fertilizers.
G. It is a well established fact that
while it will pay the fanner to buy the
fertilizer his soil needs, it is a waste of
money to buy and apply to his soil con
stituents of which it already has enough.
THE CLEMENT ATTACHMENT. .
We have received several letters asking
for advice and information in regard to
the Clement Attachment, and requesting
a reply through these columns.
We have no personal knowledge of the
merits or operations of this much talked-
of invention. All our information in re
gard to it has been derived from the news
papers and from the publishsd views of the
Commissioner of Agriculture. We would
infer from what Colonel Henderson
says about it that the Clemeut attachment
will giu and spin into yam about 500
pounds of seed cotton per day, and that
where a farmer raises bn his own farm or
can secure 100 bales in his neighborhood
during the year, a good profit to this lim-
ited.extent may he realized. Tho cost of
the machinery and of the fixtures and
necessary appliances, is about $3,000 or
$3,500. ' As a distinct industry, apart
from planting, we are not inclined, from
what we have heard, to believe that it
will he very profitable. If an individual’s
crop is sufficiently large to employ the at
tachment throughout the year, or if a
number of individuals - in a neighborhood
whose combined crops amount to 100
bales, would club aud use ono to spin
theircotton, it would pay a moderate profit;
hut where the owner of the machine
depends on the purchase of cotton in his
neighborhood to employ it, we should not
engage in the enterprise,because be mayor
may not be able to buy his neighbors’ crops
at remunerative prices, and if he be oblig
ed to haul the seed cotton from a distance,
the increased cost of transportation will
manifestly diminish the profit, if indeed,
the.enterprise yield any profit. As a co
operative Or joiut stock undertaking among
a few neighboring farmers, the increased
value of their crops spun into yam will
pay good interest upon the investment,
provided the machine is skilfully managed
aud the even spinning of the yarn seemed.
We propose, during the coming summer,
to visit Westminster and obtain a closer
and more intimate knowledge of the at
tachment, and then publish, for what it is
worth, the information we may gather.
to Dr. P., sending him the volume of the
Farm and Home containing his article
to ask him whether he adhered to his first,
estimate, or had seen reason to modify it.
I have just received his reply, which 1
hasten, with his permission, to make pub
lic, my object being, as all fair-minded
readers will readily believe, to state the
truth and the whole truth to :he best of
my knowledge and belief. My error will
be deemed pardonable, I am sure, by the
farmer-readers of the Telegraph and
Messenger when they know that I was
led into it by one who is as generally cau
tious and accurate as they know Dr. Pen
dleton to be, and they "will certainly par
don this one error, as explained by him,
in grateful recollection of the valuable
services which during many years he has
rendered to scientific agriculture by
tongue and pen.
William M. Browne,
Professor of Agriculture, etc.
LETTER FROM DB. E. M. PENDLETON.
General William M. Broicne—Dear Sir:
Your recent favor received, in which you
call my attention to an article written for
the Farm and Home, some ten years ago,
in which I state, in reference to cotton
seed, that “as an average we may safely
put down 7 per cent, of nitrogen equal to
a little more than 8 per cent, of ammo
nia.”
It is too late now for me to recall the
data from which I made such an infer
ence. At that time but few analyses had
ever been made of cotton seed. I remember
now to have seen but two, one from my old
tutor, the elder Shepard, and one from
Jackson, of Boston. These were publish
ed in the old Patent Office Reports, and as
they were full of typographical errors, it
might have happened thus. Or I wrote
the article in question from memory, as I
failed to give tho exact analysis, or I
might have had in my mind cotton seed
cake, which has about tbe percentage of
nitrogen here claimed for the seed; -or the
chemists from whom I quoted may have
analyzed simply the kernel, which consti
tutes jost half of the seed. At any rate,
the statement is an error, and is correct
ed in my Scientific Agriculture, page 364,
where the average analysis of cotton seed,
embracing tbe hull and kernel, made by
reliable chemists, is put down at 3.10 of
nitrogen equal to 3.76 of ammonia.
Hoping that this explanation'will be
satisfactory, I remain, truly yours,
E. M. Pendleton.
p. S.—I returnyou tbe Farm and Home
by to-day’s mail, for which -I ain much
obliged.
THE WESTERN WELCOME.
Along Lake Michigan and in the
SinfoTCity—Louiwlle and Nash-
ville—Homeward Bound.
On the Road,
Marsh 25tb, 1SS0.
Leaving Cincinnati wits its smoke, its
magnificent architectural beawties, its man
ufactories and above all, its throbbing
heart of hospitality, I took shipping for
the sinful city of Chicago. The generous
extension «f courtesies by the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton railroad, was a
graceful act ana one which found its way
directly mt»the hearts of the excursionists.
A large number availed themseloes of the
courtesy and many were the blue ribbon
badges which floated in the Chicagoan
breezes from) Saturday morning until
Tuesday night- Chicago is called tl>“~“-
ful
5*^1 exactly"good authority on this
point, as our stay did not permit our party
to see its gas-light life. Numbers of
amusement placss were open, however,on
Sunday night, and special M
somewhere else; that it was not his Tin.;
ness to get seats for dissatisfied pass e „
gers. For an unaccommodating imnolit#
conductor, we commend B. Cairoll
blue ribbon bolder of Kentucky i n *
tice to tbe road we can say that darkiw
do not generally ride iu the finst cla«
coaches, and that this is the only conduct
tor on the line who fails to direct the col
ored passengers which way to go on on
tering the cars.
_On the train we met “Pan Handle,”
the accomplished correspondent of tha
Louisville Courier-Journal. He is decided,
ly of the opinion from a visit to
the East that John Sherman, If not nond
nated by his party, will kick out of traces
if the slightest showing is given and run
independent. Pan Handle is a rert
shrewd observer besides being a genial
gentleman. He does not, I find by con
versations with prominent men in the
cities I have visited, staud alone in his
opinion. The Grant boom is not strong
in the West and needs a porous plaster
along its spine. From what was expressed
to us, it seemed as if Grant would be tol
erated not sought after as a candidate.
Blaine has a following. It is rather
though among the younger men who do-
light in styling him “the plumed Knight.”
But I am drifting away from the excur
sion into politics. Louisville won the
hearts of all who stopped there.
Nashville, where seven or eight of the
devoted Macon band baited in their South
ern journeying, impressed them with it*
thrift, extent, and pretty and piquant
ladies. There are more dark-eyed hand
some ladies to the square inch iu Ten
nessee’s capital than any other placs I
know of, though the handsomest young la
dy seen on the trip calls Covington, Ken-
tucky, her home.
Nashville is all agog with preparations
for the celebration of her Centennial
which begins on the 24th of April. A
large exposition hall is being constructed,
and a grand time is stoskipated.
While in Nash Tiiie, I exiled at the Ward
Seminar} - on a fafrivjcwecutive of Ma
con, who has won icany friends in that
city. Vanderbilt University also num
bers among its students, one from your
midst.
I had the pleasure of meeting in thecity
Mr. S. A. Cunningham, late of Carters-
ville, and where he still has important
journalistic interests. He is engaged in
Nashville on the Dixie Farmer, formerly
the Planter and Grange, ot Atlanta, now
published in Nashville, with branch offi
ces in Atlanta and Montgomery. Hei*
snaking it a great success, and no man
more deserves prosperity.
Time, however, has come when the fact
is homeward turned at last, and the excur
sion and its memories are becoming dia
monds of the past. It has been a grand
success throughout. The management
could not have been better, and we sin
cerely trust it may inaugurate a new era
of business intercourse between the
sections,which will result to the - material
prosperity of both. May the products of the
West, find their outlet over our Southern
roadat© the ocean, and may wealth come
to both sections of a harmonized country.
One thing is certain, along tho steel
thread© which lace tiie West and- South
together, the products of the great States
along the lakes and the Upper Mississippi
will come booming down "to Georgia’s
cities and Georci a’s- s*npo rts. One rail
roads w>i' the cash for through
<v»~,iiis swelling in their coffers, like the
leaven which is described in Holy Writ,
and their prosperity will inure directly
to the benefit of the State at large, and all
of its people.
All who were on the trip feel under spe
cial and laeting obligations to all who
furnished finalities or contributed mi any
_ matinees. way to their enjoyments,
were advertised for the afternoon. Here j As the blue air of evening falls upon, the
the welcome, though less general, was; mountains o£ East Tennessee, with its
very cordial indeed, and the ribbon of the soft, velvety sheen, and as thoughts, of
: — * -> *> ’ “home, sweet home,” in tender keeping
with the spirit oi the hour, unbidden rise,
we close these notes, and bid our readers
adieu, with many heartfelt thanks for past
indulgences, best wishes for their future
and the hope that when next the West
extends their generous hospitality alL of
them may be-there to share it. Basl.
Coal Oil in Huntsville.—The town
of Huntsville, Alabama, according to the
Democrat of that place, is a good deal ex
cited over the discovery of petroleum on a ;
neighboring plantation. * ’— 1
been formed to sink
mill of the manufacture.
Amount of Nitrogen in Cotton Seed.
My recent statement as to the amount
of nitrogen in cotton seed, made on the
faith of an estimate published in the
Southern Farm and Home, by Dr. E. if.
Pendleton, being, as pointed out by Dr.
Jones, at variance with the analy sis of
excursionists conferred on their wearers
special privileges*. To none were the
Southerners more-indebted than the well
known pork-packers, the Armours. Thei»
immense establishment was visited by
large parties, on several occasions in cars,
chartered by the Armours, and on their
arrival at their establishment found boun
tiful refreshments aw airing them.
Chicago, architecturally, is one of the
most beautiful cities- in the world. The
houses present a more imposing appear
ance, the streets are busier, the street
cars move more rapidly, are more numer
ous, and altogether business is transacted
with more of a rush- than in Cincinnati.
Among Chicago’s distinguishing points
are her elegant boulevards or drives.
They are broad roadways constructed on
the McAdam or Talford principle, and
Thei Nenro in Kansas. /
We shall soon have the opportunity tw
see if the tide of negro - immigration iio^t
pouring into Kansas will have the effect
to check the settlement of white peoplei in
that State, and so divert the stream.jof
Eastern State arid European emigrants
into Nebraska* Minnesota and even Dako
ta. This was-the apprehension expressed
by leading Republican politicians to our
! special correspondent last spring, and it
must be borne in mind that there are
many old-time abolitionists in Kansas
who are outspokenly opposed to the oon-
•aersion of theState into a colored colony.
It is officially stated that already there
are -25,000■ colored people in Kansas,.and
Governor St- John anticipates that this
large-number will be increased to 100,000
before- the summer is ended. He
would- like to see other States
take a share in the settle
ment of these black emigres^, and
sayadliat Kansas cannot care for sa-aiauy.
Experience has reversed Governor St.
John’s-opinion of the desirability ofthrow-
ing open “the gates of Kansas to tha-color-
ed people of the South.” His “open door' 1
policy has not been approved by his own *
party as a whole, and a continuance of
this, enormous inflow of negroes would be
likely to cause a rupture in the Republi
can) organization in the State. Southern
Illinois, that section known as “Egypt,”
has-been suggested as a suitable place for
tbe-settleinent of the emigrating blacks,
who are coming North at the rate of 300
pe* week. An effort is making in Chica
go to form a State Association for the pur
pose of colonizing the “exodusters” in tha
southern part of the State. Despite all
the aid extended by the philanthropic peo
ple of the East, there has bean a deal of
suffering from cold and hunger among
the recently arrived negroes.in Kansas.—
[Boston Herald.
The Cincinnati Banquet—An Inci
dent.
An incident occurred at the grand ban
quet at Cincinnati last week, which crea
ted considerable amusement, and to none
more than to the distingnshed Georgian
who was so unceremoniously squelched.
A printed programme, giving the toasts
and the names of those who were to re
spond to each, was printed on the back of
the elegant bill of fare, and in order that
the banquet should bo closed in due form
the committee had arranged that when
the last toast had been responded to the
great organ should play the doxology, and
keep on playing it until the crowd had
left the hall, and thus prevent any volun-
teer'toists or responses. The last senti
ment was, “the Southern connections of
the Cincinnati Southern Railway.” Dr.
H. V. Af- Miller, of Atlanta, the “Demos-
mosthenes of the mountains,”a gentle
man well known to many in Savannah,
was announced to make the response.
The doctor proceeded to make one of hi*
characteristic able speeches, but happen
ing to make a long pause at the close of
one of his well rounded sentences, the or-
gauist thought he had closed his remarks,
and the organ sounded forth the doxology-
This ended the speech; the doctor turned
around, took a look at tho mammoth in
strument, bowed politely to his audience,
and the speaking at that banquet was
brought to a close. Nobody enjoyed the
faux pas of the organist more than Dr-
Miller, as it was nearly 2 a. m., and two
late, as he said, to make speeches.
No Time for Street Gossip-—A
correspondent pf the London Daily Ae»f*
has the following:
Not a year ago, and the Emperor was
the father of his people, driving along iu *
single sledge or droschky just like any
other person, taking his chance of even *
tumble over the tramway rails, and no*
only happy but safe in the midst ofW* ■
subjects. How the picture has changed.
Not many days ago X was pushed rudelj
on one side to make room for a crowd of
cavalry, who came rushing by at more
than the pace of tho wind, and in the cen
tre of which rides the Czar at a gallop
The streets are slippciy with partly melt
ed ice and snow, the crowds and tho vehi-
are frequently crowded with vehicles
from one end to the other.
Chicago pays great attention to her
roadways. The streets are paved with
the Nicholson blocks* which are much
better for the horses-which travel over
them than broken stone.
Lincoln Park is ona- of the places of re
creation. It lies to the- northward of the
city, along the shone of the beautiful
Lake Michigan. It ia-laid off with all the
skill that landscape gardening can com
mand, and taste is evident everywhere.
There is a conspicuous absence of forest
trees, and the shrubbery as yet is small
and somewhat sparse. Along the lake
shore is constructed a levee which holds
back the waves of the tireless inland sea.
On the shore are countless pebbles of va
rious hues aud size peculiar to this re
gion. Some of the more romantic of the
excursionists selected a few of these peb
bles and brought them borne as souvenirs.
The Lake stretches-beautifully away from
the busy mart, presenting a broad aud
open highway oven which flit tho white
wings of many ships bringing from the
further region of the North
quantities of coal* iron and copper ore,
besides the agricultural and natural prod
ucts of the northward country. One iron
company employ three steamers, which
ply between Chicago and .the iron regions;
along the shoves, of Lake Superior, year
in and year out-
The scene presented from the shore, to
those who admire water scenery, is sur
passingly beautiful. The bright green
water along the-shore, with their small
white waves dashing their white fore
heads against the beach, grows darker in
its sheen, and again becomes lighter and
lighter, blending from emerald into more
cerulean tints, until the line where the
water meets the sky is almost indistin
guishable. Two and a half miles out is
the “crib,” from which point the city
draws her supply of water along immense
mains laid on the bottom of the lake.
Chicago river, which divides the city, is
itself a busy place, and with its many
crafts, its low lying banks, overlooking
lofty walls, made one almost think for the
instant that he was - ih the fair Queen
Bride of the Sea.
Thecity is recovering from the great
fire. The burnt spots are being built up in
princely style, and only here and there are
the charred ruins of homes, where the
remorseless fire fiend put in its work. One
noticeable thing, however, and one which
is not seen in Cincinnati, is the laige num
ber of places and lots for sale. They go
rather to prove the charge that the city
does business on borrowed capital, and
that things aro not on too solid a basis. But
we must leave the city of pricely stores
and palatial residences for the return to
the Southland. From Cincinnati the Lou
isville, Cincinnati and Lexington Short
Line and tho Louisville and Nashville
road extended an invitation to the excur
sionists to use their lines, aud the majori-
ity returned by that route.
One of the Georgians had a little ad
venture on the Louisville, Cincinnati and
Lexington Short Line, aud met with the
first aud only discourtesy which we heard
of on the entire trip at the hands of a beef-
eating conductor by the name of B. Car-
roll. At one of the stations a colored wo
man hoarded the train, came into the first
class coach and seated herself in the scat of
the Georgian which he had left an instant
before to speak with a friend, but which
still contained his satchell, overcoat, and
other luggage. On his return lie found
tho darkey in possession. It is rather re
pugnant to the average Georgian to so di- [
rectly. assist in the carrying out cf the j
civil rights act, as to voluntarily seat him
self by a darkey in a train, even if the dar
key is in his seat, and I
tion of the conductor to
! clcs make the road difficult of rapid tran-
calied the atten- : sit, and yet or, rushes the corioge, for ' L J lC
what had trans- 1 great White Czar must not be seen for
pired, very jwlitely requesting him to’pro- j more than ail instant lest lie should - W
vide a seat for the new comer, lie was , killed. And then, following him, conies,
answered in a very insulting and suriy j at an equally impetuous rush, Melikon,
manner, that if lie did not like a seat by ! the dictator, accompanied also by J u<
the dr.rkey he could find himself a seat ’ guard.
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