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THE WAY TO PECUNIARY INDEPENDENCE
AND POLITICAL DELIVERANCE.
That the government is best that gov
erns least is a proposition which, says the
New Orleans Commercial Bulletin, how
ever open to dispute as one of universal
application, is certainly true in the tense
of asserting the eligibility of the least
government that will satisfy the absolute
needs of social order and integrity. As
men advance in intelligence, in morality,
in self control, in self-sustaining habits of
working and thinking, they proportion
ately diminish the occasions for govern
mental action. The more they learn to
look to themselves the less they will look
to the care of government, and the greater
wifi be their deprecation of its gratuitous
interference. Self help, whether for a
community or an individual, is, after all,
the only help that can be of solid worth
and permanent avail. Civilization is a
growth, not an accession or a donation.
So is genuine prosperity. It cannot be
imparted ;it must be evolved. It is not \
the creature of legislation, good or bad.
.Laws never did and never can create any
thing. If, as is well said by a modem !
writer, the uses of government are in iu- j
verse ratio to the development of society, j
it follows that those people only are iu the |
path of real progress who study bow to
improve their general position without ;
invoking the intervention of government
and even in 6pite of its unwise and unjust j
impositions. We have reasons to believe
that,under the severe tuition of experience,
the mercantile and agricultural classes iu
the South are gradually learning this in
valuatde truth.
After four.years of political discussion
and agitation, they at length real.ze the
utter barrenness for substantial good of
the tragical farce into which American
polities have degenerated. It has proved
a game in which one side has deliberately
grasped all the chances, and in which the
defeat of the other lias been invariably
organized iu advance. As far as the South
is concerned, every trial of it has served
as a pretext for still further despoiiiug the
weak and still further aggrandizing the
strong. In view of this, no intelligent
merchant or planter can afford to compli
cate bis enterprises, his prospects and his
hopes inextricably with political schemes
and contests such as have heretofore, how
ever well-meaning in their aims, only
ended in discomfitures that made calami
ty heavier and oppression more bitter. It
devolves on him to do one of two things:
He must despairof the situation, and give
up all effort; or he must resolve to get
along and make a steady advance towards
independence and prosperity, let the dis
jointed world of politics wag as it will.
But despair is out of the question. It
remains for him to have as little as possi
ble to do with politics consistently with
the imperious duties of a patriotic citi
zen. Let him cultivate this abstinence,
and along with it industry and frugality,
and a spirit of indomitable yet cheerful
perseverance. There may the Southern
agriculturist especially look for the secret i
of bis safety and his triumph. He has;
land under tillage, and this gives him an j
honest title to unlock the inexhaustible
storehouse of nature, who never does be
tray the heart that trusts her. Stated
more iu detail, this plan would include
at least these injunctions for the observ- :
auce of plauters iu the cotton-producing
parts of the South :
Never stake everything in a single sta
ple. Therefore diversify your agriculture.
Aim to make home productions the source
of an assured subsistence. Be content
with small crops rather than larger ones
obtained at the cost of loans and mort
gages. Remember that, uulike a muscle
which decays with rest, credit degenerates
the more it is used. Keep your’s quietly
at home under ordinary circumstances, if
you want it to serve you effectually abroad
in an extraordinary emergency. Within
the limits of these conditions produce cot
ton of the best quality to the utmost. Pro
duce it for sale, but not for the forced sale
which it will undergo if it were pledged
for advances or were the sole means of
providing: subsistence. You can then
command the market, instead of having
the market to command you. You can
store your bales in your gin-house, if you
choose, and abide your own time for sell
ing ; for the manufacturing world, in con
sideration of the superiority of your cot
ton to all others, is bound to have it un
less you set on it prices that are absolutely
prohibitory. And if you demand gold for
it, gold in abundance will be at your ser
vice.
The effect of steadfast adherence to this
programme would cause the tide of cash
capital to flow into the South as it never
did before. This capital would draw labor,
promote internal improvements, aud lead
to the development of mineral resources
which are now idle repositories of incal
culable wealth. Commanding all these
conditions of pecuniary independence and
of material great “ssand power, the great
producing interes in the South could
hardly fail to make itself felt as a cogent,
though perhaps oblique influence iu poli
tics. Political deliverauce would soon fol
low.
COTTON FOB FOOD.
We cannot watch too closely anything
that points to the necessity of our planters
making themselves independent by rais
ing food. The short supply in the West,
running up prices, would at once dictate a
corresponding increase in our preparations
both for grain and meat. Commenting
upon the latter, the Columbus Enquirer
nays the last monthly report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture contains some facts
that should be a warning to our planters
not to neglect the raising of corn and pork,
and depend on buying meat with the pro
ceeds of their cotton. The statistics col
lected show a marked reduction in the
number of hogs in the great pork pro
ducing regions. In a large portion of the
Ohio Valley, the reduction is reported at
15 per cent., and prices have increased 25
to 50 per cent, in consequence of this as
certained deficiencey. There is every pros
pect that meat will be high next winter,
aud should cotton then bricg less than 20
cents, («f which there is a 9trong proba
bility) the farmer who sells cotton to buy
bacon, will count his gain by the transac
tion “over the left.”
Wheat in thi< county is unusual'y fine
for the season. We hear of one planter
who has a field of sixty acres headed out.
[Monroe Advertiser, 20th.
The cold weather has not materially
injured the fruit crop in this eectiou. The
prospect is good for a bountiful crop.
[lbid.
THE KILLING OF AYEK.
The commitment to jail, at Louisville,
Jefferson county, of the negro, Wilson,
for the killing of Ayer, after a fair and full
examination—particulars of which we
published yesterday—settles the question
of whether or not the white peonle of the
State are to he held responsible for the
deed. Os course, the facts will never find
their way into the Jacobiu press, but if
Congressional attention should be directed
to the affair, the proof is of such a charac
ter as to stand even before that court. We
think Bullock and his gang are flanked
on that line very effectually. They surely
cannot make any capital out of this taking
off one of tlie faithful.
It should he a matter, too, of real con
gra'ulation to the people that it is so. We
know that the large majority of them,
like our self, while not caring one straw
that such a man as Ayer lost his life, do
regret, most siucerely, the circumstances
attendant upon the event. Until the facts
were developed upon the trial of Wilson,
there was abundant ground in liadical es
timation for suspicion, covering and com
prehending in its damaging sweep, the
entire white peop'e of that county. The
Radicals of Georgia, particularly, bailed
itas a veritable Godsend. inspired new
hopes, afid nerved their zeal for fresh
schemes of deviltry. Bullock, doubtless,
is the worst disappointed man at the result
in the State. It looked like a trump card
for him, which he would have played
greatly to our hurt. Let us all rejoice,
then, at the result.
We hope never to hear of another Radi
cal being killed in Georgia; but if it is so
decreed, let not his blood rest on our
hands. If Sambo tires of his white ally,
and procures his release from earthly trou
bles, we have laws for his punishment. It
is not our affair, then, except as citizens
interested iu the conservation of peace
and the vindication of law We, how
ever, are specially interested in seeiug
tiiat our own people do not put these peo
ple out of the way. The kiiliog of a white
Radical by a black one. reacts only upon
the murderer’s head. If done by a white
man.it reacts upon the heads of all the
white people of the Stute. There's the
difference. We believe all wise men clear
ly comprehend it, and will act according
ly. Let patience and prudence be their
mottoes. Let the law and public opinion
right our wrongs aud punish our enemies.
We cannot now afford to resort to any
other methods of redress. We need pro
found peace, profound quiet, profound in
difference to the provocations aud bedevil
ments of those who are planning ail man
ner of traps for our feet. We need to
reach December aud face Congress with a
record in which neither malice nor cun
ning can find “a coign of vantage” for
our undoing. Once iu the Union—head,
legs and body—with Representatives in
both Houses, and the evils we now grin
and bear, and keep our hands from, will
be cured right speedily. We can afford
to wait till then, and if reason and pru
dence have not fled, we will wait till
then.
If men speak or print sedition, or mat
ter calculated to provoke a breach of the
peace, let a Grand Jury present, and State
Courts punish it. We must not meddle
with it as individuals. We have gained
substantial advantages recently, and they
should not he jeopardized. Victory is
within easy grasp. Prudence aud patience
will assure it. Every consideration that
influences men worthy to enjoy its fruits
urges the policy we have indicated. Any
other is so manifestly a blunder of the
most monstrous sort, that only a fool or a
madman would counsel it.
TWO TUXES OX THE SAME STRING.
The silence is at last broken, and we
have iu Gen. Grant's Inaugural a sensi
ble, plain and well conceived speech, with
no startling points in it at all.
Indeed, with the siugle exception of the
recommendation to the (States to pas3 the
fifteenth amendment, aud settle forever
the vexed question of mixed suffrage,
there is nothing in the speech which
might not have come from any Democrat
in favor of paying the pubiic debt with
gold.
The whole of it is as conciliatory aud
UDsectional in its tone as it well could be ;
and reads to us as the language of a Chief
Magistrate who takes a comprehensive
view of his official obligations to the whole
people and the whole country, and is dis
posed to reeoguize no party claims upon
him in conflict with these general obliga
tions.
We look in vain through it for anything
responsive to the stereotyped Radical cant
of the times, and suppose it will, in this
particular, increase the manifest and
growing distrust of the aggressives in re
gard to the character and tendency of the
new administration.— Telegraph, March
5 th.
If any man doubts the thorough devo
tion of Grant to the idea of the civil and
political equality of the negro, he may as
well dismiss his doubts at once The de
termination to incorporate that dogma into
American politics was sufficiently avowed
in the Inaugural, aud the appointments
have been shaped to enforce it. — Tele a
graph, April 21 st.
Lands in South Carolina.—A Co
lumbia correspondent of the New York
Tribune says:
"Lands vary in price, and the prices
range from fifty cents to sls ; that is, com
mon and good lands. A gentleman in
Horry county offers 15,000 acres at prices
making seventy-five cents the average.—
This is poor land, however. About Aik
en, famed for its health, there are hun
dreds of acres, in lots of various sizes, of
fered now for sale at $2 an acre ; far more
at $3; and from these figures the prices
range hardly even as high as $lO for good
lands. In Oconee (Pickens) county the
price of mountain lands is from $3 to $lO,
and I have seen four hundred bushels of
potatoes, and a crop of beans besides,
grown on one acre. The prices of lands,
however, are thirty per eeut. higher than
they were a year ago, and are still looking
up.” '
Wheat. —Messrs. J. W. & W. H. Bear
den, of this city, have placed upon our
table, this week, sample bunches of their
growing wheat crop. The straws meas
ure thirty-three inciies. This wheat was
plauled on the 15th of December last, and
has not been in the least damaged by tbe
cold weather. It is certainly very fine,
aud promises a rich harvest. We doubt
if it can he beaten in the county.
This crop—and it is large in this section
—is generally very good. If seasonable
tbe yield will be abundant in Middle
Georgia, and will cause a material reduc
tion in tbe price of breadstuff's.
From all parts of tbe country we have
accounts of the promising appearance of
the wbeat crop, aud in all the great grain
producing sect ions unusually large bread tbs
of land were sown.— Madison Journal.
Rome. —We are pleased to learn from
our confrere of the Commercial, that tbe
1 valuation of real estate in Rome this year
amounts to $1,152 800; an increase of
| $256,625 over last year. Contracts for tbe
erection of new buildings have been let,
i out for about SIOO,OOO. This is a gratify
| ing evidence of the prosperity of the Ro
mans.—Atlanta Constitution, 20 th.
■\7"± t a sin© !_■ iteris IV£ or s es t .
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WAR vvV'i ii" ENGLAND.
Such besotted “blood drinkers” asChan
dler, of Michigan, may howl and rave as
much as they list for war, “short, sharp
and decisive,” witli England, but we do
not believe it finds a response in tlie popu
lar judgment. at least. The popular heart
may he stirred momentarily by the
invective of this Jacobin, but a war with
England with all its tremendous conse
quences, is not to be lightly eniered upon.
We believe public sentiment will so decide.
The “universal Yankee nation” will be
likely to remember how short a job of
“erushiog the rebellion” was promised by
such fellows as Chandler and his allies.
Grmt may want a foreign war to secure
re-election, and divert public attention
from Ihe grievous errors aud blunders iu
the administration of home affairs his acts
so far so emphatically promise, but we do
not believe the people are for it. The riff
raff, and scum, and loafers, and army con
tractors, will shout for it, no doubt, hut
men of trade and commerce, with millions
at stake, arid blood not to bestirred except
by the rustle of a check or the roar of the
Stock Exchange, will count the cost. A
war with Euglaud means, of course, army
rations, general stealage, and fat contracts. I
Witli the latter it must mean serious j
financial embarrassment, if not ruin. We |
hope they will make themselves beard.
A war with England to the South i
means cotton shut out from English ports,
and the growers thereof at the mercy of the j
small-souled. grasping cotton-spinners of
Ne w England. Nothing could be more di»- 1
asftous for us, as our people will discover if i
Grantis allowed to blunder intoa collision.
Wehope to hear no echo, anywhere, at the
Soutli to these Radical clamors, t rue,
England did not recognize our indepen
dence as we deserved, and as she ought to j
have done, but the best class of her people
stood our friends, and to this day mingle
their tears and regrets with ours over the
sad fate of the Lost Cause. If the gentle
men of England had been iu power while
that war was waged our government
would have been recognized. English
Radicalism, however, was too strong, and
we were left to our fate. That any South
ern man can give his as ent to a treaty j
on tne basis of reparation for the damages !
caused Northern Commerce by the Ala
bama ami other Confederate cruisers, is
too monstrous for argument —almost for
belief.
Os course, if war came tiiissection would
be forced to hear its share of the burdens,
but there our aid should stop. The South
can give do moral support to such a con
flict. It may command the earnest en
dorsement of the persons in the Senate
who assume to represent her there, Gut
those men speak only for tiieir Northern
masters. They do not, and we are sure
will not, represent any considerable class
at the South. It is equally against our
interests, our traditions, and our obliga
tions to memories that should tiave all ttie
practical force of facts to eive our counte
nance to such a war. If National exis
tence was threat©, id, as sons of the soil
we could not withhold it. But when it
is only a question of dollars arid cents to
lie put to the credit side of our, and, as
time has proved, the bitterest enemies
of the Constitution and true interests of
ttie country, the obligation is wholly
lacking.
If these men who want war to fill tiieir
coffers and regain some of tiieir old time
commercial supremacy desire to s cure
that consummation, let them declare eter
nal hostility to the party whose policy lias
closed the ship-yards of the North, and
driven commerce to find its interests
every where except under the flag of ttie
Union. That’s their objective point.
LETTER FROM TUI(.(i» C (lI.NTY.
Jeffernonville Academy.
Editor Journal and Messenger :
but: Knowing that you feel a lively
interest in all educational matters, I send
you thisshortcommunication iu reference
to our thriving school, under the super
vision of Mr. John H. Brantly, assisted
by iiis wife and Miss Berry.
At a late meeting of the Board of Trus
tees, Dr. U. A. Rice was elected to fill the
vacancy in that body, occasioned Gy the
death of Dr. IraE. Dupree, and has ac
cepted the position. A more worthy suc
cessor could not have been selected, and it
is hoped t hat Dr. Rice will infuse some of
his energy and enterprise into the old
board, and that they will stir themselves
as of old in behalf of the trust committed
to their fostering care.
The school has not been in a more flour
ishing condition for many years than it is ]
now, and lias been brought to its present I
degree of prosperity mainly through the
untiring efforts of Mr. Brautiy. He is a
good disciplinarian, and has restored that
order and decorum which characterized ;
the deportment of the pupils in the times
of such teachers as Wilder, Hatch and
Grassland. He lias had some hard cases
to manage in and out of school, but stis
taiued b> the patrons and trustees, he has
proved equal to the emergency, and com
mands the respect of all those under his
charge. He has succeeded in inspiring
his pupils with ambition to excel in their ;
studies, and we have seldom seen children
more enthused than they were on last Fri
day, it being review day Among his pu
pils, Mr. Brautiy has quite a number of
young gentlemen and ladies, whose or
derly behavior is a noticeable feature in
the school. They speak loud enough to be
distinctly heard, and their timidity in re
citing before visitors is fast wearing off".
On the first of May the children will
have a party given them. The titular
dignitaries have already been chosen by
ballot, and the necessary preparations are
being made to celebrate the holiday iu a
proper manner.
On the 4th of June there will be a pub
lic examination of all the pupils attending
this school. The Trustees and citizens, in
conjunction with the teachers, have of
fered prizes to he awarded on that day, for
excellence in the various departments of
learning. We understand that these
prizes will be awarded by aeommittee not
connected with the school, by relationship
to the pupils or otherwise. There will be
prizes offered for excellence in declama
tion and composition. The compositions
will be written under tbe eye of the
teacher, and tbe originality of tlie produc
tions will be judged by the committee. —
Tbe committee will be composed of teach
ers from other schools, and it will be bard
to deceive them with "borrowedplumage"
—so look out young ladies. Among the
prizes offered is the latest edition of Web
ster’s Unabridged Dictionary. This is a
munificent and appropriate prize, worth
striving for by every boy and girl in
school.
Ccme down, gentlemen, on the day
specified ; we will give you a good dinner,
introduce you to all the girls, aud show
you that 'there is still some life in old
Twiggs. Visitor.
A Lunatic Astray.—The Wilming
ton Journal says Mary McConville, who
claims to be the wife of James McConville,
daughter of James MeCewen, mother of
Eli and Preston McConville, and a cap
tiveof the Yankees sometime during the
war, came into Stump Sound District,
Onslow county, N. C., about tbe year 1865.
She expresses a desire to return home,
but is unable to find tiae way herself, or to
tell tbe county, State or town in which
she lived during her sanity.
For further information of the above
named lunatic, address Elijah Williams,
Wilmington, North Carolina, care Hug
gins & Cos.
All Southern editors will please copy.
The New Marshal for South Caro
lina.—Major Louis E. Johnson, who has
been nominated for the position of Mar
shal of this State, is a son of the Hon.
Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland. Major
Johnson, during the war, was a paymas
ter in tbe United States service, and since
the close of hostilities has been engaged
in planting on the sea islands, where he
has aiso, under appointment of Governor
Scott, been exercising tbe functions of a
magistrate.— Charlston News, VJth.
Lunatic Asylum.—The Federal Union
learns from Dr. Green that this institu
tion is crowded to its utmost capacity.
Patients can now be admitted only as va
cancies occur. Persons desiring the ad
mission of a patient should notify the
Superintendent, who keeps a careful re
cord of such notices and the patieut will
be admitted iu the order of ttie applica
tion. By all means, correspond with the
Superintendent before bringing a patient
to the Asylum.
MACON. GA.. iiCDf Y. A3£&fes£ 1889.
STATE NEWS.
Death of Luke P Hames —As we go
to pre.-s, we are called upon to chronicle
tile violeut death of tins person at the
hands of Mr. Ap. (Smith. From the
meagre information received, we under
stand that Hames was at liis mother-in
law’s, Mrs. McLeod, last night, about 10
o’clock, very much intoxicated; Mr. (Smith
a neighbor, being on a visit at the house
the same time. Like moat of men under
the influence of liquor, Hames soon be
came very quarrelsome, and in attempting
to strike .Mr. (Smith with a pair of tongs,
that gentleman drew a revolver and shot
him—the hall entering the left shoulder
and ranging downward, causing death in
about two hours.
From the known character of the de
ceased, his dissipated habits ami quarrel
some disposition, when intoxicated, it lias
been long expected that his life would end
in such a manner.
Mr. Smith came forward this morning
and surrendered himself to the proper au
thorities. Public opinion exonerates Mr.
Smith from ail blame, as lie acted entirely
on (lie defensive. As the Superior Court
is still in session, we presume the matter
will he immediately brought before that
tribunal.— Americas Republican, 21st.
\VHITE Sit AD I N THE <'H ATT’AH<>OCHBE. ,
—We are informed that within tiie last!
two weeks, some tweury five white shad
. have been caught iu the Chattahoochee
river, a little below the factory dam. They
jure said to be as choice as any ever Drought
thltti Savannato. s '-alfhere can he rw dn>Jit
of the fish being the genuine white sIiSH,
and not of that variety known as t,he
hickory shad. Before this season, we
never have heard of the white shade be
ing caught iu any of the streams that
flow to tiie Gulf. Seining has proved a
profitable business of late in tiie location*
we have mentioned. —Columbus Sun, 2 nth. \
The Road to West Point.—We an
: liersiaud that Col. Grant, the engineer, 1
has finished the preliminary survey of the j
railroad proposed to he built between this
j city aud West Point, and that he is en
i gaged iu writing out his report. We are ■
also informed that gentlemen from West
! Point report that tiie road bed is being lo- i
: eated from tiiat place. The building of
tiiis road will give us outlets tiiat are ai- 1
together independent of tiie Central Line, ;
and which, iu connection with other
routes, will always tend to keep down j
freights ami by so much to advance (lie 1
price of cotton and aid to the trade of I
Columbus. We hope soon to Jay tiie re- j
suits of tiie survey before our readers.
{lbid. j
Ch>p and Fruit Prospects. —We
have seen many persons from the sur
roundiug country during the past few
days, and are glad to learn that the geneta!
opinion is tiiat the crops of fruit have no!
been materially injured Gy the recent cold
snaps. Wheal is looking well for tiie sea
son, and the farmers are making Strenuous
efforts to get large breadths of corn plant
ed. High hopes are entertained that
good cro|iw will De made If not, Wi- are
sure that ttie weather, not the farmers,'
will l>e in fault. We hear a great deal
less talk about cotton than we do about
corn. —Atlanta Era, 21 si. ,
Weather, Crops. Etc.—We have been
having, for the last ten days, very dry
weather, from which tiie farming interests
of the county were suffering, but ou yes
terday and fast night, were blessed with
fine seasons, greatly improving tiie ap
pearance of vegetation, which had began
to look a little unhealthy, and lead one lo
ttie belief that cnqis were going to be cut
short.
The fruit crop In this section promises
an abundant yield, as it sustained but lit
tle injur from tiie late cold snap.
[ Eitonton Press and Messenger, 20/A.
Condition of Rev. S. Anthony.—Up
on visiting Rev. Mr Anthony yesterday,
we were highly gratified to find him in
fine spirits, and witli a cheering hope of
being aide to leave his room in two weeks.
His wound, though yet painful, is now in
a fair way to heal, and iiis physicians say
it is only necessary f<>r him m continue
his patient waiting awhile longer.
On to the South ! -We learn that the
approach of Hummer has not a- yet per
ceptibly abated th ■ rush of Northern
travel in this direction. The ultimate
point of this exodus seems to lie Florida
On yesterday, no less than twenty five of
these parlies secured rooms, by telegraph,
at the Planter-’ Hotel. Many of Hie ex
cursionists express delight at the climate
of Augusta, and will, no doubt, frequently
visit our city, if they do not tarry perma
nently.— Augusta Constitutionalist, 20/A.
Water Power in and around Ath
ens, Ga. —We are indebted to James D.
Pittard, Esc} , for tiie following useful in
formatiou, which we are assured is per
fectly reliable;
Athens Factory Shoals, Athens, on
Oconee River; 200 horse power; 100 iu
US* 1 .
Georgia Factory Shoals, 4 miles from
Athens, on Oconee River; 300 horse pow
er ; 125 in use.
W. a. Carr’s Shoals, Athens, on Oconee
River; 125 horse power ; none in use.
8. J. Mays’ shoals 3 miles from Ath
ens, on Oconee River; 150 horsepower;
none in use
Cook's Armory Shoals, Athens, on Trail
Creek ; 75 horse power ; 10 in use
Smith’s Shoal-, 6 miles from Athens, on
Oconee River; 100 horse power; none iu
use
Win. A. Carr’s Creek Shoals, Athens;
10 horse power; none iu use.
Elijah Carr's Creek Shoals, 1 mile from
Athens; 25 horse power; none in use.
Barrett’s Shoals, 4 miles from Athens,
on Nocatchie Creek ; 10 horse power.
John Saye’s Shoals, on litLle Sandy
Creek; 14 horse power.
W. P. Taimadge’s two Shoals, on Sandy
Creek, 4 miles from Athens; 12 aud 25
horse power.
Wm. Patman’s Shoals, on Middle Oco
nee River, 8 miles from Athens ; 150 horse
power; none iu use.
Fowler’s Shoals, on Middle Oconee Riv
er, 7 miles from Athens ; 200 horse power ;
none in use.
Mitchell’s Shoals, 4 miles from Athens,
on Middle Oconee River ; 150 horse pow
er ; 25 in use.
Epps’ Shoals, 2J miles from Athens, on
Middle River; 90 horse power; none in
use.
Princeton Factory Shoals, 3 miles from
Athens, on Middle Oconee River; 400
horse power ; 40 in use.
Simonton’s Bridge Shoals, 4 miles from
Athens, on Middle Oconee River; 100
horsepower; none iu use
Mar’s Hill Factory Shoals, 7 miles from
Athens, on Barber’s Creek; 50 horse pow
er ; none in use.
Epps’ Shoals, on Barber’s Creek, 4|
miles from Athens; 50 lorse power; none
in use.
Paper Mill Shoals, 4 miles from Athens,
on Barber’s Creek ; 75 horse power ; 50 in
use
Colt’s Mill Shoals, 7 miles from Athens,
ou Big Sandy Creek ; 50 horse power ; 25
in use.
Jennings’ Mill Shoals, 6 miles from Ath
ens, on McNut’s Creek; 30 horse power;
20 in use.
Epps’ Shoals, on McNut’s Creek, 3}
miles from Athens; 25 horse power;
none in use.
Barnett's Shoals, on Oconee River, 8
miles from Athens— two Shoals, 500 horse
power each ; 60 feet fall ; none in use.
It will thus be seen that there is a vast
amount of water power running to waste
in tbe vicinity of this town. — Athens
Watchman, 21 st.
Tobacco Manufacturing in Geor
gia.—Tiie Danville Register, is mistaken
in the statement that the manufacture of
tobacco at the South is anew experiment.
We are uot aware that any was ever before
manufactured iu Atlanta; but as long ago
as 1848—aud perhaps longer—Judge Strong
we believe, it was, had a tobacco factory
at Cumming, Forsyth county, within forty
or fifty miles of Atlanta. Atalater period,
A. J Niehols, Esq., established one at
Clarkesvilie, in Habersham county,which,
the last lime we were there, was under the
management of Mr. J. C. Addison. It is
probably still in operation, as well as the
oueat Cumming.
Tobacco can be produced very profitably
in northern and northeastern Georgia. Os
this fact there is no room for doubt. We
are not a judge of the quality of green to
bacco, but have no hesitancy iu saying that
a much greater quantity per acre can tie
growu in Northeastern Georgia thau we
ever saw on the best tabacco lands of Vir
ginia.— Athena Watchman, 21 st.
Teleokaph Line to Darien.—The
wire and material necessary for the cou
j struct ioii of a telegrapti line between Da
rien and this city arrived by the steamship
Herman Livingston, from New York, on
(Sunday last. A portion of tiie wire was
shipped by the steamer Nick King yester
day for Darien, and ttie work on that end
of the line will be commenced immedi
ately. A sufficient quantity of wire was
also shipped by the Gulf Railroad yester
day to (Station 4j, at which point the main
line to (Savannah will he tapped. The
work of putting up the poles wis com
menced yesterday at Station 4j, aud will
be rapidly carried forward.
The line is purely a private enterprise,
and originated with Messrs. Young &
Langdon, Carl Epping and T. Hilton,
who are large dealers iu lumber, and are
operating heavily in tiiat commodity at
Darien and vicinity, where they Lave sev
eral mills iu operation, and from which
point a great proportion of the lumber ami i
limber shipments from Georgia are made. :
[.Savannah Advertiser, ‘list.
Starved to Death —The lifeless body I
of a negro man, named Alfred Williams, j
was found yesterday in a house iu Cooley
viile, beyond ttie brickyard. An. inquest j
was held by Coroner MeCahey. Samuel !
Roper wus Foreman of the Jury. Dr. K.
J. Kirkseey, county physician, examined j
tiie body and found no marks of violence, j
showing that he could not have been |
foully dealt with. The negro was a hearty
j looking fellow, but had an iLtensejy Jazy
look, ile w»s about mlddidf aged." The
verdict oi -Jffjury was the deceased came
to bis udSith from starvation. The only
tgqgpri why a man should starve now a-
I'iay! iq this section is because he won’t
Work. The evidence showed he was not
willing to labor for a livelihood. His wife
had left him because*he would not help
support their children. He had been on
tiie chain gang for stealing meat from
j Major R. J. Moses, and, having served out
his time, was discharged last Thursday.
{Columbus Sun, 21a/.
Hon. A. H. Stephens.—From a gen
tleman who saw and conversed with Mr.
Stephens on Tuesday, we are rejoiced to
ip urn that lie continues to improve steadi
ly. The injury was a very serious one to
one of Mr. Stephens’ fragile mould, but
we are glad to hope that he wiil shortly
have so far recovered as to be able to com
plete his history of the late war—a work
in which lie takes great interest, and
which he is extremely anxious to cotu
piete,—Atlanta Era, 22 d.
What it Will Do. —When ttie oppo
sition oi tiie Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
line to tiie C'ntraicommenced, there were
some 12.000 bales of cotton in Columbus.
Ttie opposition caused the Central line to
reduce tales from $1 SO to Si M 0 per hun
dred pounds—so cents ou the hundred,
aud $2 50 on a five hundred pound hale.
If theopposition issustained, ttie Central
road will tie compelled to keep to these
Dates, and hus $30,000 will be saved to Co- j
iumbus on the freightof these 12,000 bales, *
If tiie opiffisition is not sustained, tbo
Central road will likely advance its rates, j
aud these S3O 000 will he taken from Co
lumbus Gv this corporation —lbid
Export of Vegetables to North- |
j;hn Markets. —We not ced yesterday,
bm Murray’s wharf, a number of crates of ;
green peas, ail of fine size and in excel
ientcondition. The Leo took them to New
York yesterday afternoon. Thus has com
menced the ex port of vegetables to North
ern markets. Last season considerable
Dusiuess was done in these articles—tiie
Florida steamers bringing large quantities ]
if peas, tomatoes and cucumbers—the
two latter beingin tiie heaviest quantities. J
Ttie Leo on one voyage last year lookup
wards of 3000 crates aud packages of vege
tallies. Whether thisseaaon willcompare
with the last in yield, remains to be seen.
[Havamiah Republican, 21s/.
Wje regret to learn that District Attor
ney Henry B. Fitch received a dispatch
yeaMMaiuy from ttie physician of liis wife,
in New York, announcing her serious ill
ness aud requesting Ids immediate pres
euce. He will probably be absent for
some weeks to accompany her on a sea voy
age, which has been decided upon as in
dispensable toiler r-coverv —lbid. .
The Blue Ridge Railroad.— The |
Executive Committee of the Board of Di- I
rectors is prepared to enter into negotia-|
lions with responsible persons who may
desire to undertake tiie work of compiet- j
mg this road from Anderson, H. to
Knoxville, Tennessee—a distance of 152
miles to build.
Payments will be made in first mort
gage seven per cent, currency bonds of
tbe company, secured by the guarantee of
the State of South Caroliua for the punc
tual payment of both principal and inter
est. The mortgage covers unencumbered
property of the company which cost three
and a quarter millions of dollars in gold,
aud embraces fifty miles of road complete
ami in running order.
Detailed estimates, plans, profiles, and
specifications will be ready lor inspection
by June 1, 1869. Meanwhile, approxi
mate quantities, and other information
concerning the work, may tie obtained by
application to Colonel James P. Low, tbe
Chief Engineer of the Company, at Co
lumbia, S. C Charleston News, 21 st.
Suicide. —Mrs. Potter, aged about sev
enty years, widow of Washington Potter,
iate of Calhouu county, committed suicide
outlie 13th inst., at the bouse of her son
in-law, Mr. Thomas Wilkerson.
Ihe circumstances attending this rash
act, so far as we can learn, are as follows :
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkerson were from home,
leaving Mrs. Potter to take care of tlie
house, during their absence. Mrs. Potter
placed a bandage over her eyes, a rope
around her neck, climbed up the side of
the bouse, tied the rope to one of the logs
or poles of the house, and suspended her
self, thereby causing death. We know of
no cause but a general one in such cases—
aberation of mind.
[ Dawson Journal, 22 d.
Joe Brown’s Pikes.—One thousand of
these rebel weapons were sold at auction,
Wednesday last, at the U. S. Arsenal, near j
Augusta.
Death ok an Old Citizen.— Mr. j
Archibald Bruee, Sr., aged ninety years, j
died in the valley on the 20th inst.
Mr. Bruce, says the Talbotton Gazette, j
was for many years a ruling elder in the j
Presbyterian Church, and was a kind pa- j
rent and good.
Acquitted.—A. W. Jackson, tried be
fore Washington county Superior Court,
April 15-17, for the murder of William
A. Taylor, on the 30th August, 1868, was
acquitted, as we learn from the Centra-
Georgian—the jury rendering a verdict
“uot guilty” Suuday morning.
Murder in Brooks County.—A cor
respondent of the Savannah Morning
News, writing from Quitman, April 20,
says;
Ou last Sabbath a little boy, aged about
ten years, and son of Mr. Alexander |
Humphreys, of this county, went fishing :
with a negro boy about fifteen years of
age. During tbe'day the negro killed the
white hoy and ran off. He was appre
hended aud confessed tlie deed.
Four Persons Burned to Death.—A
shocking accident took idace in St. Paul's
Palish near New Road Station, on the
Savannah and Charleston Railroad, ou
tiie uight of the 14th iustaut, by which a
colored man, his wife, liis wile’s sister,
aud a baby fourteen months old, met a
horrible death. Nothing was known to
be wrong until the morning of the 15th,
when some persons who lived in the
neighborhood were passing by and found
that the house of the deceased had been
burned. Upon examining the ruins they
found the remains of the whole family so
charred and disfigured as to be unrecogni
zable. It is supposed that tbe fire broke
out in the night, and that the smoke suf
focated the unfortunate people while they
were sleeping. A coroner’s inquest was
held by James W. Grau, Magistrate ot
Colleton county, and a verdict returned of
accidental death.— Charleston News, 21 st.
Touching Fractional Currency and
Greenbacks.—The Washington Express
says all the fractional currency is to be
rapidly called in. No more of it, of any
of the series printed, will emanate fiorn
the Government. The work of printing
it has been entirely stopped. The remain
ing blank paper used for this kind of frae
tional currency will be destroyed or used
for other purpos's. The style of the legal
tenders or greenbacks will be entirely dif
ferent from those now in circulation, and
the printing of these has also been stopped.
TUB MURDER OF AYER.
He l« Killed und Robbed by a Negro.
From the Chronicle aud Sentinel, April 20th.
We are indebted to an intelligent and
responsible citizen of Louisville, Jefferson
county, for the following particulars of the
murder of Dr. Benjamin Ayer, a Radical
member of the Legislature from Jefferson,
from which it is clearly established that he
was murdered by his own friends aud
robbed of his money. We consider it for
tunate that the murderers have been de
tected. Had they escaped, Bullock and
liis satellites would have heralded it
throughout the North as another Ku Klux
outrage on the lives of ‘Toil” men.—
(Should Radical journals copy the par icu
larsof this murder, we make the request
that the statement of our correspondent
he published entire, as there is no longer
any political scheme to he subserved by
misrepresentation and vinification of our
people and Htate:
Louisville, Ga., April 16, 1869.
Chronicle <t Sentinel: Dr. Benjamin Ayer
j was found dead on the outskirts of Louis
; ville this morning. He irrived at Bar
| tow yesterday, and reached Louisville
about 7 o’clock, p. M., ttie same evening,
j He went first to George Holt’s, colored,
i just outaideoftbe corporate limits on the
j road from the town to Rock Comfort
Creek, ami asked for hoard and lodging.
| Upon being refused, leaviug his overcoat
j at Jfblt’s house, he went Into U»wq to the
f house of W. S. W. Sherman, colored, and
i there sought board, and was again re
! fused. He stated to Hhermau tiiat he
was exceedingly ti red, and tiiat he had an
! overcoat which he would spread on the
floor and sleep ou it, if Hhermau would
| permit him ; Hberman, notwithstanding,
still refused. Ayer, in the meantime,
took out liis pocket-book, containing a
considerable roll of money, and taking j
therefrom a dollar, sent it down town by ;
Sherman’s son to buy some cheese aud j
crackers. After tarrying awhile at Hber- j
man’s house, tie went out, saying he I
would try aud find a lodging place.
A short time after this, he was seen by j
Sherman's daughter iu company with j
some person (whom she did not recog- ■
nize, but thought it was a colored person)
returning from down town. Shortly after
this, George Holt and iiis wife heard Ayer I
and some person talking in Hie road in j
front of Holt’s house. Presently Ayer !
stepped in and got his overcoat aud left. |
As he was leaving, Holt stepjied to tiie
door and asked if he had company, to
which Ayer replied he Bad a frieud with j
him. Holt asked him who it was. Ayer
declined telling who it was. About 9 j
o’clock, Austin , colored, passed aloDg ■
the road aud -aw a inau laying on Hie j
ground. Did not recognize him, but j
thought it was a man drunk.
Dr. Garvin aud Powell after carefully ;
examining tiie skull, are of opinion that
death was caused from a blow, given with j
a heavy stick or club, causing fracture of ;
the skpß. I>• ceased w:.s r.-OU-i of hi- '
money and pistol.
The above is, in substance, the evidence ;
this day taken before tiie inquest, and t
upon which the jury returned the follow- j
iug verdict: “ We, the Jury, after a fui) ;
investigation, find that the deceased was |
killed by a blow from a club in tbe hands i
of some unknown person, and theu i
roblied.”
The fact tiiat a person was seen by Slier- I
rnau’a daughter in company with Ayer, j
going in the direction of Holt’s house, and j
Hie further fact of liis arrival at Holt’s 1
house, in company with some person, ami j
stating to Holt tiiat he had company, and
iiis being killed in tiie road coming hack
from this house, not more ttian tw.. hun
dred yards from it, and this person, al
though acting as iiis friend, yet not now
coming forward to make known his name j
and tell something about the affair, leads
to the suspicion that this unknown ersou
committed the act That it was a colored
person is conceded, from the fact tiiat it is ;
weii known tiiat Ayer iiad no white as*o- j
eiate in the town or community.
LATER.
Sunday Morning, April 18, 1869.
The foregoiug was written on 1* riday fur
the Saturday's mail, but was kept back in
order that more information might tie
elicited. Last night important discoveries
were made. Wilson, one of tire colored
witnesses at the inquest, was upon -uspi
ekm arrested ami searcned. On his per
sftn was found Dr. Ayer’s pocketbook,
containing SiSo.
Robert, a brother of Wilson, arid a girl
to whom Wilson was paying his devotions,
were also searched, and they had some
$l2O, which they say was given them by
Wilson. They also state that they saw in
Wilson’s possession a day after the mur
der, a pistol, from the description of
which, it is known to have been Dr.
Ayer’s. There can be no doubt from the
evidence, but tliat Wilson committed the
murder. Whether lie had accomplices is
not now positively known —t tie investiga
tion up to this time would, however, lead
one to believe that lie bad.
Our citizens are very a -live and zealous
in endeavoring to fen it out all the perpe
trators. A stranger, seeing their ardor,
would never imagine that the mao whose
death they were avenging was ever active
and overly vigilant in working against
their interests. The only idea that pre
vails seems to be the law lias been vio
lated, a human being assassinated, and the
past life of ttie unfortunate mail is Sorgot
ten, and as active steps are being taken
toward punishing his assassius, as if he
were one of our best citizens.
How inscrutable are the ways of Provi
dence? Tiie murdered man, during iiis
short sojourn here, devoted his whole time
and energies in arousing the prejudices
and arraying the freed men against the
whites. He was at the time of his death
a member of the Legislature, and had been
absent from the county for several mouths
—he arrived in the village only a few
hours before his death, and was murdered
by one of those whom he had but a few
moments before his death pretended to
befriend, and who he had caiied his
friends. Truly, “chickens come home to
roost.” The deadly javelin has rebounded
aud struck him who would have hurled it!
J. H, W.
From the Chronicle and Sentinel, 21st.
We published yesterday the particulars
of the murder of Dr. Benjamin Ayer, of
Louisviile, Jefferson county, which estab
lished that he was murdered and robbed
by a negro man. Below we give a synop
sis of the evidence brought out on the
commitment trial. We thank our corres
pondent for his promptness in giving all
the facts in relation to the murder of Ayer,
as the Radicals are thereby rendered pow
erless to work this case up into a Ku-klux
outrage:
Louisville, April 19, 1569.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
Our usually quiet little town has been
very much excited to-day, occasioned by
the commitment trial of the negro Wilson
Flournoy, who was arrested on Saturday
night last, charged with killing Dr. Benj.
Ayer. The Court House was tilled with
hotii white and black, oil eager to hear the
evidence. On the trial it was proven that
Wilson came into Louisville on Thursday
evening about dark; that on the suburbs
he took from under a ditch bridge (about
two hundred yards from where Dr. A. was
found dead) a musket barrel, vhich was
found secreted in the same placeyesterday
(Sunday) morning ; from the time he en
tered town nothing was seen or heard of
him until half-past eight o’clock, when he
entered a store ami commenced Uniting ;
that he had more money than was usual
for him to have ; (baton his return home,
about 104 o’clock P. M., lieexhihi'edsome
money and a pistol ; that tlie pistol, a six
shooter, aud different from the one lie
usually carried, was seen in Ids box on
Friday ; that on Saturday he lens a negro
woman two hills of money, which she
supposed to be two dollars, but, on coming
to town on Saturday night, she found
were twenty dollar bills instead of one’s,
and that he had a large quantity beside;
that he gave ids brotheroue hundred dol-.
larson Saturday, most of which was re
covered that night; that he attempted to
pass off some through a-other negro, and
as soon as lie found suspicion was excited
left hastily ; that he was arrested the
same night on the Creek Bridge about a
mile from town, and that when arrested,
he denied having a cent of money about
his person, but ou being made to strip,
with a view of searching him, he very
adroitly slipped a pocket book down the
leg of liia pants and into his shoes aud
then kicked his shoe off some distance;
that when his shoe was being picked up
j he remarked to the witness that it was
j nothing hut iiis shoe; that in his shoe was
| found a pocket tiook, containing two hun
i dred and eighty-five dollars, which was
j identified by two witnesses as being the
one seeu in Dr. A’s possession tiie evening
became to Louisville. After his arrest be
said lie found the pocket-hook lying near
the body of Ur. A. on Thursday night as
he weut home.
The musket barrel was identified as the
one he took from under tiie ditch
bridge on Thursday night, and the phy
sician who made tii c post mortem exami
-1 nation testified that it was an instrument
i a blow from wh ( ti would he likely to pro
| duce death, aud cave itas bis opinion that
it was the instrument which had been
used. The same evidence was elicited as
on the inquest, as to Dr. A passing Sher
man’s house in company with another
j person, and going to George Holt’s for his
j overcoat, aud saying he had company.
The defendant introduced no evidence,
aud after a few remarks from Major W.
j A. Wilkins, tiie prosecuting attorney, he
was committed to jail to stand his trial at
■ tiie next term of tiie Superior Court for
| murder. Ou being taken back to jail, just
] as lie reached tiie steps of ttie jail, tie broke
i from the officer aud run for ttie swamp—
! the alarm was instantly given by the re
| port of the officer’s pistol (who fired at
I him as he ran, but missed him),
)every man in the Court-house ante to P
' bo tii white and black, gave chase
after a race of about half a mile, lielvas
overtaken and brought hack, placed iu
jail and heavily ironed.
Tiie blacks were more incensed against
him than the whites, aud would have ex
ecuted him very summarily if they bad
fiad the least encouragement. Some of
them wanted to shoot him as soon as he
was caught, but were prevented Gy the
whites. No doubt rests on any unpreju
diced mind, but that he wa- the murderer,
that by some means he either discovered
or suspicioued that Dr. Ayer had a consid
erable amount of money, aud that he
killed him to get it. H.
COL. B. O. LOCKET I S SYSTEM—NO. 2.
Fertilizer*-Their Preparation* and How Deposited.
ORGANIZATION AND DISCIPLINE OF FOR
CES. —THE ECONOMY OF SYSTEM.
In our first article we described the
modus eperandi of preparing the soil,
planting the seed, and cultivating the
crop. Wc now return to the character
of the fertilizers used, their preparation
and quantity; the organization and
discipline of the forces engaged, and
the economy of system.
It may not be amiss to premise by
announcyjg that Col Lockett's system,
as wel Lbs the materials he uses, have
the recommendation of well ordered ex
perience, scientific investigation and
pattern iiiu-uvu/,1. xiisv&cpenments
are the result of careful and intelligent
studv, und he never theorises or advan
ces till Wis fortified by the uneering
principles of common sense, and a per
fect mastery of the subject before him.
Acting upon the homely, but wise
apothegm of Davy Crockett, he first
assures himself that he is on the right
track and then goes ahead, with almost
certain tv of success.
He procures the genuine Peruvian
guano from the Importers's Agent, and
thus avoids the risk of commercial
manipulation, and speculating imposi
tion. With this he mixes equal parts
of raw-bone and land plaster—pounds
till thoroughly pulverized, and mixes
with the exactness of an apothecary's
compounding of medicines.
Thus prepared, with his guano dis
tributors, before mentioned, guaged to
distribute tbe desired quantity, he puts
in from two hundred and fifty to three
hundred pounds to the acre, according
to t he strength or necessity of the land.
As before stated, this deposit is at
the bottom of the deep furrow, and bed
ded upon with the Watt plow.
As soon as a field is thus prepared —
and they are not mere patches, but
broad plains, containing from one hun
dred to eight hundred acres,—the whole
force returns to the first row, the plows
are laid aside and the planters and har
rows take their places. The planter
and harrow being both light, and re
quiring but little exertion to keep them
on the center of the bed, the mules and
negroes seem to regard the work of
planting as only pleasant exercise, and
l»v the "time the field is gone over, are
rested and refreshed for the heavier
labor of laying off fertilizing and bed
ding the next field.
Perfect system governs every move
ment, and the intricate machinery of a
Navigator’s chronometor runs tvith
scarcely more order, precision or cer
tainty, while the organization and dis
cipline of the labor is equal, in all es
sential respects, to tbe highest standard
of military regulation.
When the cotton is read}' for the
sweeps, as described in our first article,
the sweeps arc numbered from 1 to 40,
50 or CO, as the case may be, and No. 1
takes the first row planted, No. 2 fol
lows in tbe third row, No. 3 in the fifth
row—and so on till the last sweep is
entered. No. 1 leads and No. 2 follows
at adistance just sufficient to allow No.
1 to turn as he —No 2—drives out at
the end ofthe row. No. 3 follows No.
2 at the same distance, and so of all the
rest.
This regulation is very like a military
movement, and those who remember the
drill of the Batallion will at once observe
ttie echelon monaevre. When No. 1 lias
finished his two rows he drives across the
head of the rows till he passes No. 40, if
that he the number of sweeps, aud takes
the next row, aud as each, in succession,
comes out, lie follows No. 1, aud agaiu
leaving two rows, turns in, and the same
beautiful echelon figure is repeated aud re
peated till t lie fem e ou the opposite side of
the field is reached.
When the crop is gone over with the
sweeps in this way, they return to the
starting place, and the same order is re
peated— thes tme numbers taking thesame
rows as before.
No. 1 is required always to go ahead,
and none are permitted to drive in ad
vance of him ; and the same rule is ob
served to the end of the line—each keeping
next to, but not getting ahead of, the num
ber next preceding him, nor falliug behind
tiie next below him.
This confines e ery number to his own
appointed rows throughout the plantation,
aud from the first to the last going over,
and enables the manager at a glance to
discover the slothful and detect the care
less. Every number must keep in its
place, or the chain is broken, aud the fig
ure is so marred that the machinery jars
aud jostles, aud the cause is easily traced.
[Albany News.
Death of Col. R T. Pride. — We share
with his numerous friends the regret
caused by tiie announcement ot tlie deatli
of this gentleman. He died of pneumonia
early yesterday morning, his health hav
ing been feeble for several years past.
Col. Pride was a brave, true and honor
able man, who had borne hims If well aud
nobly in the discharge of all the duties of
life He served most gallantly in tiie late
sectional war, entering tlie service as a
Captain in the 31st Georgia regiment, aud
at its close being Lieuleuatii-Colonel of
the regiment. He was wounded five times
in service, twice severely, aud came
out of it, after all theimportautbatt.es in
Virginia, with impaired health, ami with
life-long testimonials of the bloody con
test. He was a man of unsweryjug honor
and devotion to what he believed to he
right, and had many sincere friends who
deplore ids death at au age when, but for
.theeffects of his long and arduous mili
tary service, lie would most probably have
been iu the prime of vigorous manhood.
Col. Pride leaves a widow, but we believe
no children.— Columbus Enquirer, 20th.
VOL. LXLTNO 6,
AT REST.
Macon Lodge, Ho. 5, F. A. M. *
Macon, April 19th, iseg /
The committee app .luted u > draft res iuti.ria
In regard to the death of Brother BIMKI KOtsE,
beg leave to report as follows:
Jhe silent eloquence if the sleeping dead,
more tnan the u oat Impressive utterances of the
living, is call ulated to remind ns of the uncer
tainly ol life, and the vanity «f ail human pur
suits. "Mao that Is boru <f woman is of lew
days and lull ol trouble.” Like afl >aer of the
field he sprlngeth up, and though he may per
chance continue to a ripe old age, el withal he
must »<x>a be cut down bv tne all devouring
scythe of Time/’ and "the place that knew him
on earth mint know him no more forever.”
Thau our beloved Brother, SJMKI BOSK—whose
memory we revere, wnose loss deplore—who, to
us and to this entire community, was more fa
miliarly known, more widely respected more
highly esteemedT Asa genial companion, a
worthy citizen, a devoted friend, he has lODg
bden endeared to the hearts of our people. Unit
ing his destiny with Macon when, as a humble
village on tbe eastern bank of tne Ocmu gre.lt
was struggling to maintain a feeble exisience-e
--when the spot whereon we now stand was cov
ered by tbe primal forest, where the lted Man's
footprints were iresh to be seen amt bis council
fires had scarcely ceased to glow—he has to ihe
present time been prominent lu every work cal
culated to advance Its interests; and to no one
man, perhaps, is our beautllul city uipre largely
indebted for Its present state of improvement.
When, in 1824, the Master’s gavel first called
our nubie craft Ur labor here, he was among the
first to seek the light of Masonry, and to crave
admission lolls solemn ceremonies. From that
time u> the evening when, trdisposed, he rest
this hall to seek > eposeon l hat couch from which,
three days alter, he was borne a lifeless corpse,
he z -a o.isiy performed the duties of the faithful
craftsman,
lu 182 . he was chrrsen Secretary of this Lodee,
which oftlje he held at the tune of his death, and
—which Uad been teudered to him with singular
Ihukuiinlty for forty-four consecutive years, of
lila ta lb fulness in 'he discharge ol its duties the
poudeious tomes in out archives atiesl. lie had
also Piled the ofli'-e of secretary in Constantine
Chapter, Washington Council, atid Bt. timer
Commander of KnrehtsTemplar? 1
His labor as id rand secretary of the Grand
Lodge of Georgia b gan It) 18ir, and terminated
with hi» It.e, after twenty-four years of devoted
service.’ By the craft in Georgia, no one was
more generally beloved, and tbe tidings of his
death was a message of mourning to every guh
ordinate Lodge.
When Free masonry was made the object of a
flemish persecution when political anathemas
were- thuudere; against It, and its very existence
L.reateueu he, nothing daunted, #food flrnrfy at
his post, and, with the laithtul few, kept alive the
Are upon ils sacred altar.
Devoted in his attachment to the principles of
the Older, he in every station performed Lis part
with fidelity and zeal, never shrinking from the
discharge of tnyrluiy, however onerous, nor ab
senting himself from our assemblies when it was
in hit power to attend.
Bat long as he walked amr ng us, and zealously
as he lab >red with us the oread mes-engerdld at
last come—a- come he most to us all—and sum
moned biin away.
“ 'Tin meet that , in the evening of his days,
lie thus should pass from us to his reward !”
Yet ' is a sore bereavement, and we would fain
give ntteraoce to our sorrow.
With saddened he ns we have borne him to
that beautiful resting place of the silent dead
that bears his name, and is a lusting memorial
of his taste energy, and devotion, there to rest
from the labor of life till summoned, as we hope,
to the refreshment of a blissful immortality.
May ihe uu-t press lightly on his honored
iw w', and his sleep be pcaceiul as an iniant’s
dream.
H < ved , That In tbe death of Brother SI Vs RI
Buis;-, ihe Masonic Institution has lost one of its
most ardent supporters —one who, in its darkest
boors, iorsook it not, but steadily maintained
the right till Justice triumphed, and truth over
falsehood arid error prevailed. _ _ , .....
Jiejudaatfz j Cnf^mber—one' who for
p.riy five years labored for Its Interests with an
industry and a zeal which have seldom been
equaled and never surpassed, and which knew
no abatement to tiis dying hour.
Revived. That we will cherish his memory as
one we delighted in life to honor—one bound to
as bv ties of affection which death cannot sever.
Resolved. That a pagein* ur records > e inscribed
with i-is name, place and date of birth, the time
of his death, and the various positions he has oc
cunied in the Masonic Institution.
Resolved, That we will w»ar the usual badge of
mom uing for sixty days, and that the furniture,
jewels, and implements oi the Lodge be hung
Wi: (I crape tor the same sraoe of time.
Resolved That this preamble and resolutions
be published in ihe Journal as D Messes Os a
and Macon Tel> graph aim a copy transmitted to
the family of our deceased Hroihtr, Id testimony
of our sympathy in their sen-row and affliction.
’ Kesptcufullv submitted.
fipn s * \s, Chairman,
J. E. WELLS,
J. E. BLACKsHEAS,
W. BIIKKE.
F.. W. WARREN,
H. L. JEWETT,
f. E. BoWDKE,
Committee.
GENERAL PRESENTMENTS OF
MACON COUNTY.
We, the Grand Jurors selected and sworn for the
March Adjourned Terra, 1-09, of Macon Superior
Court, beg leave to submit the following general
presentments :
We have, through various committees, examined
the books of the Clerk of the Superior Court, and
find them neatly and correctly kept Also, the
books of the Ordinary kept in such manner as re
flects credit on that efficient office We find that
he has assessed Iso per cent, on the State tax for
1808,as follows:
For bridge purposes, 75 per cent
For pauper fund, 30 “ “
For jury fund. 15 “ “
For insolvent criminal cost, 15 per cent
For general county purposes, 50 per cent
Which, if all be collected, would'raise the sum of
$9,700 00. We find that the insolvent list allowed
for the year 13(58 amounts to sll2 55 ; also, amount
realized from sate of estrays, now in the hands of
the Ordinary, S3O 95.
We have examined the books of the County
Treasurer, and find a balance ou baud made to the
Grand Jury of the March Term, 1868 $2,263 69
Received since Unit time. 9 394 14
Total $11,657 83
Disbursed as per vouchers 5,997 81
Leaving balance now in hands $5,660 03
That a thorough exhibit of the financial condi
tion of the couuty may be made, and for the want
of time on account of the pressure of business, we
have appointed a special committee consisting of
members of the Grand Jury, viz : Wm. H. Hill,
James W. Williams. James R, Crawford, Wm. W.
McLendon, aud Thomas H. Morgan, whose duty it
shall be to examine into the Treasury vouchers
from the year 1865 to the present time, and make
tneir report to the Grand Jury at the next ensuiug
term of the Superior Court.
We find from a report of the clerk of the late
Couuty Court that the county is due the officers of
that court the sura of one hundred and thirty four
dollars and thirty cents, as insolvent costs, which
we recommend to be paid by the County Treasurer.
We have examined the public buildings aud find
the body of the Court House in a good condition,
and no repairs necessary except one door in a de
cayed condition, and respectfully call attention of
the proper authority to the same, and recommend
immediate repairs. And also to have the roof of
the building examined by some competent person
for the purpose of replacing anew one thereon if
found necessary.
the jail is kept in a neat and cleanly manner,
and is in good repair. The only defects w ere in
three of the windows. One eutirely without a
grate and the other two not fastened in their
places. We recommend the one to be supplied
aud the other two to be properly adjusted.
We would further most respectfully recommend
to the Ord nary the necessity of having an enclos
ure erected arouud the jail, sufficiently high and
strong to prevent access of all persons without
proper authority.
We find the roads generally in a passable condi
tion, and are pleased to learn that the Road Com
missioners are taking steps to have them put in
good condition.
In regard to the bridges of the county, we would
respectfully recommend to the Ordinary to ascer
tain through the Road Commissioners of each dis
trict tiie want of aud repairs necessary ou bridges ;
and that he, as soon as possible, have them put iu
proper condition.
Relieving the fund, known as “the common
school fund,” has failed to benefit those for whom
it was intended, in proportion to the burden
which it lays upon the tax payers, we recommend
that the Ordinary assess no tax for that purpose for
the present year.
The duties of the disbursing officer of the pauper
fund being very onerous, and wishing the aid of
the Grand Jury in making upa listof beneficiaries,
we have carefully looked into that matter, aud have
have placed their names upon the list, and recom
mend that no other names be added to said list
without satisfactory evidence being furnished to
him by certificates of two reliable persons, resid
ing iu the immediate vicinity of the applicant.
From the assessment made by the Ordinary,
there will be raised (if all collected) about four
teen hundred dollars, of which amount one thous
and dollars has been paid over to said officer We
recommend this fund to be disbursed according to
his judgment
From au examination of the License book, we
find quite a number of persons selling spiritous
liquois without license from the county, and from
the shortness of time and press of business, we
were deprived of action upon the matter, but re
spectfully recommend it to the next Grand Jury.
In taking leave of his Honor, Judge Cole, we
tender him our sincere thanks for the able, impar
tial and brief manner iu which he has discharged
his very onerous judicial duties, and his kindness
aud courtesy to this body during this term of the
Court. Long may he live to adorn the Bench.
We also tender our thanks to Solicitor General
E. W. Crocker for his aid and courtesy to us iu the
i discharge of our responsible duties during the
| present week, and for his industry and exertions for
the suppression of crime iu our midst.
We request that these 'presentments be published
in the Journal aud Messenger.
B. A. HUDSON, Foreman.
W. W. McLendon, W. W. Davis,
J. P, Dawson, T. H. Morgan,
J. M. McKenzie, J W. Williams,
Daniel Kleckley, W W Hill,
B. and. Rhodes, L. E. Veal,
R. Williams, B F. Holsonbake,
D. T. Moffitt, C. R. Keen,
J R. Crawford, H. is. .v. .mdler,
T. Waters, J. M. Harrison,
D W Massee, W. IL.Felton.
! Ordered by the Court that the auove present
ments be published as requested.
By the Court. E. TV. CROCKER,
Solicitor General.
A true extract from the minutes of Macon Supe
rior Court. JOHN M. GREER,
Apku. 30, 1869. Deputy Clerk.