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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1878.
iipnriilik I'rsss Convention.
The annual mooting of the Georgia
Preae Awosiation will be held at Gainee-
r.lle on Wednesday, the 8th of May.
The Central, Southwestern, Atlantic,
and Golf, Weatern and Atlantic, and Air-
Line Bail road* have kindly extended their
uaoal courteelaa to memhora desiring to
attend the meting. Rapre Tentative* of
paper* on the line of tho three firat
named Railroade will be furniabed with
ticket* on application to the President.
J. U. ESTILL, President.
C. P. Huou, Bee. Sec’y.
Tmb weather to very cloae, dry and
warm. Yesterday the aky war heavily
omvuaiit all day, tbne.tm^.pAereetill, and
the temperature ranging between eighty-
air and ninoty.
Tub twenty cent ruen went up
yesterday, the Senate having paused
tho House bill prohibiting their further
ooinago, there will be amall difference
of opinion absut tbi* bill. The twenty
coni piece* are nerdle** and practically
deceptive. They are easily paid out for
a quarter, as there are comparatively *o
few of them that their existence is almott
forgotten by the people at large.
Tux llisr A.-ou, wbieh took out tho
Freedman emigrants from Charleston,
according to the Newt and Courier, was an
old *laver, and that paper soe* a poetical
idoa in h*r employment to transfer the
emancipated slave* back to thoir native
wilds. Just beforo she sailed the emi
grant* were extensively fleeced by a
pompous Bauibo, who announced himself
a* an African prince, sold for cash a good
many obligations redeemable in African
gold dust, and he suddenly disappeared
as the veasol slipped her anchor. Ac
cording to the Journal of Commerce the
Azor took out 2(10 emigrants—96 of eight
years and under, and 161 adult*. Of
these 188 hail from South Carolina, one
from Louisiana, 8 from Alabama, 51 from
Georgia, 6 from North Carolina, and 3
from Florida.
The k'all Kiver Defalcations.
It seems from the Fall Biver dispatch
es, that Hatbeway and Chace. the de
faulting agents or managed* of two man
ufacturing oompanies in that city, aie
together in default probably not much
short of a million dollars- Hstbeway’s
account yeaterday to reported Aort a
quarter of a million, and Chace’a defalca
tion a week ago was summed up as
certain to the amount of $519,000, with
gloomy anticipations that further exam
ination would disclose a good deal more.
Suob disclosures as these show that onr
Eastern brethren are not always the keen
men of business they are repnted to be,
and they are alio melancholy illustrations
of the demoralizing effect of fla-b ecd
fluctuating financial times. Men loie
their heeds in flash times under the stim-
nlas of pecuniary greed end impatience
of slow acquisitions. They see or they
fancy all around them miking a pile, and
learn to despise 6mail savings. Then
when a pecuniary pinch Bets in they find
tbemselces chained to the car of Satan
and must plunge into tho mo3t desperate
dishonesty, in the vain hope to cover
thoir tricks.
These Fall River defalcations
among th* greatestdcisie evil time; and
they snggeat the idea that there would
"be ' -i need of pinching the wagea of
operatives, if the general management
of three vast concerns wore more closely
attend'd to. It u not improbable that a
good nany of them have been swing at
the spigot and losing at the bang-
bole.
Colonel Salisbury made after he was
, brought home. As soon as the las* shot
war firr J, the friends of Colonel Salis
bury rtn to him and raised him
! ap. It in found that he had been
struck by a pistol be II direcilyin the back.
The bs.l entered behind the right shoal-
der and a half inch from the spinal oot-
umn. At fir.t it was thought that the
shot had provtd instantly fatal. Ool. S.
lost his consciousness and was placed up
on s litter and borne into the car*. Dr.
Williams of Seale was hss'ily enmmoned
and came on toColnmbns with the party,
the train leaving a few minntes after the
shooting. They! reached here at twelve
o'clock. The news bad proceeded the
tram for an hoar or two before its arrival,
the wires brought the sad intelli
gence. When ihe train arrived a
□ umber of people, who had heard tho
rumor, were at the Broad street car shed.
Drr. Colzey and Stanford ha . been sum
moned and were also at the depot. When
Col. S. reached Columbus he was in a
most critical condition audit was thought
that ho would die at any moment.
Shortly after reaching home he seemed
to rally and talked rationally and with
strength. He made his will and dictated
a statement of tho .-hooting, it being in
snLstance wh»t we have already stated.
Gathered aroond him was bia grief-strick
en wife and sorrowing family and aJ^-""
number of anxions friend*.
We do trust fiat the reward offered
fur tho cold-blooded assassin of Col. Salis
bury may seenre bis and that justice
meted out |o him of the law.
THE GEUKG1A PuE88.
I’ersonni Articles.
We do not publish a newspaper for the
purpose of ventilating the fancied griev
ances, personal or otherwise, of private
individuals. Such communications inva
riably stir up had blood, are of no inter
est whatover to tho general reader, and
lower the standard of journalism. If a
man wants to makn an attack in print
upon bis enemy, let him pay the jobptin
tor for a pester or card with his name ap
pended to it, and circulate if himself. It
is too much to ask of a newspaper to con
vert its columns into a public sawer for
the flow of all tho venom which ttill come
to tho autfaco in this belligerent world,
Moreover, tho principal in such eases, if
libel suits are instituted, escapes scot
free and tho innocent nowapaper man is
made to pay tho penalty, if penalty there
bo at law, for any action that may be
brought.
We have nothing to do with the private
quarrels of men, and do not wish to bo
a party directly or Indirectly to them.
Beside*, how much more decorous and
becoming to'ettleyour differences faco
to faco with an antagonist peaceably if
possible,or by thedernier arbitrament of
blows if needs be, in preference to fa
tiguing the listless public with a recital
of your spleen and perhaps imaginary
wrong* in a windy nowapaper fight.
Not ovan for money will the Tele
azirit and Messenger lend its columns
and influence to magnify tbo petty
brawl* of private individuals. Though
publio news carriers, wo aro not mischief
makers or the convenient vehicle of the
turbulent and quarrebome.
The Diplomats,
Do not report progress to the press, and
if they are making any, the steady prep
arations for war do not appear to war.
rant such a conclusion. One of tbo tele
grams undertakes to say that the pourpar
lers between Austria and Busaia, are go
ing on with great good humor; but it is
scarcely to he doubted that Britain is
pourparleying or palavering Austria on
her own account at the same time. It to
land vs. money—Germany being the on
ly, hat very silent and watchful, obsta
cle to a free acceptance of the best bid.
It is impossible that Germany can be
quite patient over this extraneous dicta
tion in the affairs of Southern Europe;
but she is very cautious and reticent.
Sooner or later, however, the pot will be
upset.
According to tho telegrams to-day
Great Britain holds the whip and reins
in the matter of a Turkish alliance, or in
enforcing Turkish neutrality; but one
does not readily see how, with Tu, key
as a neutral, and under special treaty re
lations with both England and Russia,
either can presume to demand of ber
stipulations as to their status, in hostile
array against each other, upon her soil—
particularly os, in all probability, tho war
may open with the destruction of Con.
stantinople.
Tariff Agonies.
The TarifBtes in Pennsylvania are mak
ing lively demonstrations against the
Wood bill: bnt are cettainly foolish in bo
dolDg. Tbo passago of that bill will sim
ply delay a return to an honest and com
stitntional system of taxation. Its pro
tective features are qnito as markod, and
are more efficient for the pnrposo of pro
tection, beoanso the redactions it makes
aro, to a large extent, on artiolcs which
enter into tbo consumption of Amer
ican manufacturers. Tbo existing tariff
is so complicated and incoherent, being
tbo outgrowth of a condition of civil war,
and embodied in so many statutes and
treasury rnlings and decisions, that it
mnst necessarily be superseded beforo
long; and delay is obliged to tell with in
creasing weight 8gainst the iniqnitons
system of speculative and cliss taxation.
If tho men who insist on increasing
their personal gains by wielding the tax
ing power so as to increase tho prices of
what they have to sell, coaid take an in
telligent view of their own interests, they
would accept the Wood bill, rather than
wait and get a worse one, measured by
their ideas of the proper uses of taxation.
Tbe Ureat Catholic Movement.
The Herald special from Paris in refer-
(HiCO t(> singantie Ko.v:.s:un fiomtlie Eng
lish chnrcb is ae follows:
"From a person who professes to have
intimato acquaintance with the Vatican,
I hear that n movement is on foot, which
promises to be tbe most important ovtnt
in the religions history of the centmy,
This is nothing loss than tbo secession in
targe bodies o[ tbo members of tbe Eng
lish Protestant chnrcb to the Roman
Catholic chnrcb. Tbe nnmber of seoed-
ers is place J nt as high a flgnro as three
million of pooplo. Included in this exo-
dns from the church of England are bish
ops, rectors, curates and deacons. Au
thorized delegates are, it is asserted,
now in Rome negotiating tbe
conditions upon which tbe se
cession will take place. Tho acceptance
of Catholic faith is promised on tho fol
lowing conditions: First. Acceptance of
all doctrines of the Catbolio Chnrcb.
Second. To solve all difficulties among
Anglicises relative to ordination; bish
ops, ministoi* and deacons consent to re
ceive freah orders in tbe Roman Church
under certain conditions. Third. All
new priests undertake to ebsotve cole-
bacy. Fourth. Ministers already married
shall not be asked to qnit their families,
bat shall be debarred from hearing con
fession*. Fifth. New Catholics to be
placed on probation for twenty years,
under a special Episcopal hierarchy in
order to smooth many differences of opin- I ‘ ““
ion that tuav arm* durino the transition. r,d bimaelt of P^^ty, resolve to do
A Dastardly Act.
This is tho wording of tho Colnmbna
Times in its mention of tho atroolona
mnrder of Colonel W. L Salisbury, and
nothing oonld be more iost and trnthfnl.
It was a dastardly deed, and every jour
nalist in this broad land should unite to
denounce its perpetrator.
Has it como to this that on editor, who
is expected to be tbe conservator of pnb-
lio morals, tbo guardian of innooonoe, the
avenger of tbe wrongs of the oppressed,
shall be shot, like a dog. after being ex
culpated from blame by the Conrts of
Jastico? We do not wonder that an in
dignant city rose almost cn masse to testi
fy its horror of tbe crime, and proper
appreciation of the man of letters for
standing by what he deemed to bo the
right. Wo know nothing of tho merits of
tho case, aud speak in the abstraot only.
Bnt snroly tho whole oommnnity is inter
ested to preserve the pnrity, independence
and virtue of tbe press. That a journal
ist can please everyone cannot be ex
pected. That he should knuckle or truckle
to imperious dictation on the part of evil
doers or disappointed place seekers
would be unbecoming to his manhood
and self respect. That he would be
willing to forego his own opinions and
conceptions of justice through fear, favor
or affection from any source, would baa
surrender of everything worth living for.
Terrible is his responsibility—most deli
cate tho task imposed upon him. What
can ho do save calmly survey tno pros
and co»» on every subject, and then,
without bias aa far as a poor mortal can
ion that may ari:-.! during the transition.
This plan is noddled on that adopted by
the cburca in the Esst: in America, for
instance, every city has its special hqir-
archy.
Monet bt the BuiiiiL.—On the Union-
town express ou the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, which left Pittsbarg Thursday
ui.irning, wero two men who had a large
quantity of counterfeit half dollars with
them. Two of tho epurions coins were
found on the newstoy on tho train. The
men apparently became frightened then,
and when near Coulterville throw nearly
a bushel of money from tho train. La
borers cn their way to work came across
the heaps, and they emptied their dinner
buckets and filled them with what they
suppoxd was good money. The coun
terfeiters escaped,
Catching it Tart Hr
is unpleasant, but a tartar on the teeth is
far worue. Obliterate it with the delight
ful Boiodont, which yield* them beauty
and health, hardens and improves the
gums, and impregnates the breath with a
most delectable amnia. opr23 wit
T be silly ttory that Senator Gordon a
few months ago carried a pistol with tbe
intention of letting daylight through
Kcicoe Coukling is exploded. General
Gordon says he never carries a "weapon”
of any kind, and that even daring the
war he wae unencumbered with a revol
ver.
right.and then if needs bo die at his post,
ere consenting to yield one scintilla of
his conscientious convictions.
Tho killing of the accomplished editor
of the Enquirer-Sun is thus described in
the Times of Sunday :
The facts of the shooting as reported
to us aro as follower Just before the time
fer the train to leave, Colonel Salisbury
Mr. T. D. Huff and Colonel Mark Blacd-
ford were crossing the platform of the
warehouse which stands at the station,
and were about to board the train. Mr.
Hnff was in front, Colonel Blandford
next, and Colonel Salisbury in the rear.
As tney neared the light shining across
the platform from tae window of tbe tel
egraph office they passed three men, one
of whom was Dr. Palmer, the other Mr.
James T. Hcllr.ud, and the third an un
known party. As Colonel Salisbury came
into the light, which fell from the
window, a report cf a pistol was
beard, r.nd another quickly followed.
Colon. 1 Salisbury fell at the first fire.
While down, ho drew his pistol and shot
at Mr. Holland, who was standing at the
place at which ha was first seen. The
other two men at this time were net to
be seen, and Mr. Holland disappeared im
mediately after the shot from Cobuel j
Salisbury's pistol.
This is the way the shooting occurred
as related by *n eye-witness, and as
learned from the written statement of
The Savannah Morning News expands
its wings again in a doable sheet on
Monday, and in tbo absence of all other
daily State exchanges is very welcome.
We forage extensively upon its columns.
Of tho party who disappeared eo mys
teriously recently, that paper says:
All Sap*.—We learn that Mr. J. V.
Mell and his son, an acconnt of whoso
prolonged absence was given m the
Ne'.os a day or two since, reached his
home at late of Hope safely on Friday
night. It appears that when yoang Mell
got back to the point whore he had left
the negro IIolmc-3 with tho boat, ho fonnd
that individual was engaged in trading
and selling the fish and prawn, and evi
dently intended soiling tbe boat. Tonng
Mell staid with him to prevent this, feel
ing assnrod that hU father would become
uneasy and como after them.
he steamship Wyoming for Philadel
phia Saturday, carried among other
freight 1,200 packages of vegetables.
Tho eteamship City of Savannah took
1,855 packages of vegetables to New
York on her trip Saturday.
These items show the nntold wealth
which may ba taken from the fertile soil
of Georgia. Everyone knows how mnch
the ioe-locked peoplo of tho frigid North
long for fresh "garden sasa”in tbe spring
after a long and dreary winter.
Tboy are rioh and can pay bigprioes
for theso toothsome delicacies, and there
is no reason why this State and Florida
with proper efforts may not reap a rioh
harvest from early vegetables. With the
EaBt, North and great Northwost, to sup
ply, there is no danger of over stooking
tho market. And tbo Sonth enjoys nn
undisputed monoply in these prodnots for
at least six weeks. The samo is true of
oarly peaohes.
Why not ntiUze to tho - fall these bless
ings bestowed by the bonntifal God of
nature?
Drowned.—From the same:
Yosterday afternoon abont four o’clock,
Willie Flowers, a colored boy, aged about
fourteen years, whilst bathing with a com
panion in the canal, near the foot of Mill
street, got beyond his depth, and, being
unable to swim, was drowned.
Tub News says:
A carious Iwtu naturae may be seen at
Ben Bothwell’s stable on Parso and Har
ris streets. It is a hermaphrodite stal
lion, aged two years, and said to ks cf
Australian birth. It is certainly aenrios-
ity, and crowds haTe been to see it.
Repeal op the Bankrupt Law.—
There i3 mnch wisdom in tho following
remarks of the Monroe Advertiser, relating
to tho scotching of this monster iniquity
It was enacted in 1S62 for tbe benefit
of the victims of the panic of 1857, and
shonld have been repealed in the coarse
of tho following five years. It haa more
than filled its mission and has become
greit evil. Hereafter Iwhen a debt is
contracted it will be understood that it is
to be paid. In Georgia, it is true,
homestead of sixteen hnndred dollars is
created by the Constitution, but this can
bo waived, with the exception of three
hundred dollars. This small amount
cannot bo usod to cover np large posses
sions os was the law that allowed an ex
emption of three thousand dollars. Let
it onco be nnderatoed that when debts are
madd they are to be paid, or all tbo prop
erty, save a year’s subsistence, is to bo
sacrificed, there will ba leas recklessness
in making debts and more promptness
in raying those that are necessary to be
made. And tbe benefits of this change
will soon be felt. Credit will be more
easily obtained, and at smaller rates of
interest. The borrowing, or debtor class
will be greatly benefited.
Wo were mo3t earnestly opposed to the
late Bankrupt Act, which has been so
outrageously abused,and made tho bomb
proof of knave*. Still, some judicious
measure, if possible, shonld be devised
for the protection of the honest who are
unfortunate, and perhaps the victims of
persecution. Bat of this more hereafter.
The Growing Crops.—The Monroe
Advertiser gives an exceedingly flattering
acconnt of tho agricultural situation, save
wheat crops. It says the acreage of corn
is so great that with favorable seasons
tho yield must be abundant. Cotton
planting is about through with. There
is some complaint regarding tbe wheat'
In tbe lower part of the county we hear
that the fly is injuring the wheat and
causing the blades to turn yellow. From
quite a number we hear that "something
is the matter” they can’t tell what. It ia
not growing so well nor looking so healthy
as they could wish. A large acreage was
sowed in wheat, and if a good crop is
made there will ba a great deal for sale
in excess of tbe home supply. If it is cat
off by the fly or some other enemy, it will
prove qnito a disaster, as the money aris
ing from the sale of wheat comes in the
'nick ot time” and does a great deal of
goed.
The frnit prospect in middle Georgia
is magnificent.
The name of Col. Joseph A. Hnnt is
suggested as a candidate for Oongress in
the 5th District. This is another Rich
mond in tbe field.
Toe new hotel in Forsyth will soon be
rebuilt. We admire the plnck and vim
of onr sister oity.
Tbo girls were to have a mum party in
Monroe Female College last night. Now,
that is simply an impossibility. When
the sparrows atopjebirping in tbelr ivey
borne, and the magpies cease their chat
ter, thenjibe girls mayjmcoesd in their ef
forts to be mum.
Hon. A. H. Stephens is expeoted to
visit Indian Spring thin summer, and the
prospects of that famous watering plsee
aro very bright. Doubtless, Hr. Greer
wiii be on hand again with bis fine
coaches and teams.
Dr. Battle’s Lecture.—Tbe Talbot-
ton Register h -a this to say of tbe Doc
tor’d late effort in that place:
Dr. Battle's leoture was well attended
on Friday evening list. The distinguished
gentleman entertained the andienoe for
more than an boor with a most pleasing
review cf "imagination,” and portrayed
this attribute of tbe mind in glowing col
ors. His lecture throughout was inter
spersed with apt illustrations and striking
anecdote. The leetnrer’a treatment of his
theme was bold and original, drawingon
tbe rich stores of clastic English and an
cient art for tbe elucidation of tbe offices
of imagination, the enchantress of tbe
sool. The entertainment was an intel-
lectnral feast.
Exeter eggs of every bne nave been
tho delight of the bays all the week. One
devout son of what onr Episcopal friends
love to call tbe "Mother Church,’’sent
two unique and beautiful specimens to a
little irrepressible juvenile we wet of,
and be wanted to eat them cn the spot.
Bnt they were too pretty, and the matte-
had to be compromised by a brace cf un
pointed and nnsanctified Presbyterian
egg?-
The Anguttx Evening News talks learn
edly of Easter egge. It saya : The early
Christiana of Metopotamia had tho cus
tom of dyeing and decorating eggs at
Easter. Tney were stained red in mem
ory of the blood of Christ shed at his
crucifixion. The Catholic Church adopt
ed the enstom, and regarded tis egg aJ
tho_ embleis-of the'resurrection, as is
evidenced by tbe benediction of Pope
Panl V., abont 1610, wbieh reads tbns:
“Bless, O Lord! we beseech Thee, this
Thy creature of eggs, that it may be
come a wholesome enetenanco to Thy
faithful servants, eating it in thankful
ness to Thee on account of the resurrec
tion of the Lord.” Thns the enstom has
como down from the ages lost in antiq
uity.
Let us all return thanks that hen
frnit aro plentiful at 12j cents per
dozen.
They are agitating the introduction of
steam on the Augnstx canal.
Not eo Vebt Strange.—Tho Greens
boro Home Journal saya: Time works
many wonderful changes. Ten years
ago no one dreamed that the Augusta
Presbytery would hold the spring meet
ing of 1878 in tbe town of Penfield, the
former seat of Mercer University. Yst
such is the fact. This was, tco, a most
delightful meeting; one that will long be
remembered both by members of the
Presbytery and the citizens,of all denom
inations, of tbe town. Baptists nnited
heartily with Presbyterians in welcom
ing to their village, their homes, and
their hearts this ecclesiastical bedy—met
in the interest of the Masters Cansa and
Kingdom.
Why, good friend, Baptist, and Presby
terians are on good terms, and the Metho
dists, too, aro brethren beloved.
Neither denomination asks that tbe
others shonld adopt their pecnliar views.
And these aro unimportant indeed when
compared with tho far weightier interests
of tbo sonl. By the grace and meroy of
God they ell hope and expect to “sit to
gether in heavenly places,” and why not
loarn to do so on oartb ? And this ia the
ohief stiengib of tbe Y. M. C. A.
Brethren of ell evangelical creeds fra
ternize there, and loam to love one an
other.
On tbo 8th of May tbe annual conven
tion of tbe Georgia Railroad will moot in
Angnsta.
The Talbotton Sunday School will visit
Macon on tho 16th of May.
Hear how tbo bachelor rooster of the
Register talks: A well regulated rooster
is tne most deceptive and selfish of all
birds. He will find a fat, luscious worm
and make a big lass abont It nntil all tbe
bens in tm harem come forward with ont-
stretched necks to accept his gift, when
he will gnlp it down without any sort of
apology, and thinks be has done a smait
trick.
Sensibly Spoken.—Oolnmbns Times:
Wo will give a fair and eqaal showing
throngn onr oolamns, at the same time
judging for ourselves when tho articles
ulferod aro purely in the interest of par
ticular individnuls, and not of the party,
as to justify a charge for them as adver
tisements. Bnt we wish it to ba under
stood that wo ure not oomnAtted to any
lino of policy, or to the support of any
man by the appearance of a communion—
lion or letter in onr paper.
Bnt then unfortunately, onr worthy
contemporary favots “no nominations,”
but saya tbe largest personal pole shall
take tbe persimmon.
We cannot subscribe to that, bonestly
believing that seek a oonrso will result in
fomenting personal fends and jealousies
in,the Democratic party, and eventnutein
its disintegration and defeat.
Well attended primary meetings or a
plebiscite after dne notice will most gen
erally seenre the mo3t popular and availa
ble candidate, and then there will be no
conrting tbe Radioals.
An
CnpnblisUetl Chapter
Georgia Scenes.
ot
A FRAGMENT.
From tbo forthcoming second volume of tho
Memories of Fifty Years.
I have perhaps been prolix in this
chapter. I conld not do jnBtioe to the
memory of my friends of afterdays by
saying less.
Judge Augustus B. Longetreet was
percnlisriy a humorist. He was a dis
tinguished lawyer, equally so as a jndgo,
and a divine of eminence. Was tbe
President of three colleges, and eminent
as a teacher and trainer of youth. Yet
when the fame he earned in each and all
cf these vocations shall have passed from
the public’s mind, bis Georgia Scenes will
preserve his name in nndimmed splen
dor.
In tbe conclusion of this chapter, I
mnst relate one of hi3 Georgia scenes,
known to but few, and which was by
him narrated to me now fifty-seTen years
ago.
I was admitted to the bar fifty-seven
years ago, in Washington, Wilkes coun
ty, Georgia. It was on Sunday preced
ing tho meeting of the Superior Court
for Wilkes county that I rode with Judge
Longetreet from Greensborough, tbe vil
lage of his residence, to Washington,
Wilkes connty.
We had both received our legal educa
tion at tbe lxw school conducted by those
eminent jurists, Tapping Reeve?, tbe
brother-in-law of Aaron Burr, and James
Gould, at Letchfield, Ccnnecticnt. I had
bnt just returned, after having com
pleted my courses, and was on my way
to apply for admission to plead
and practice law. We were on horse
back, and the distance was
short, and we rode liesnrely, talking over
onr student experiences, and enjoyiDg
many a joke connected with names then
eminent, who had been educated legally
at Litohtield: all of whom have long since
passed away. Of all the Georgians there
educated in tbe law I know of bnt oDe,
save myself, cow left in the State, the
venerable James Clark, of Atlanta, now
more than eighty years of age.
As we journeyed we were, abont noon,
passing a farm honse, whioh was not very
far from the highway, when, reigning up
his horse, "Old Panther,” (bow welll re
member the noble old sorrel,) be aeked
me if I was hungry. Being answered in
the affirmative, be continued pointing to
tbe house: "Yonder lives a well-to-do
man. His wife ia an old friend of mine,
and I have a capital story to tell yon,
after we get onr dinner, in relation to our
early acquaintance. Bnt remember, it is
to be kept a profound secret. I like to
tell a good story, 6Ten if it is at
tbe expense of appearing ridiculous my
self.” J nst as we turned from tbe road to
go np to tbo house, we met a servant,
who, to onr inquiry, informed ns that the
family were absent. We turned Bnd pnr-
►n»d onr wsyto Washington.
"Now, for the story,’' I remarked, “it
will answer for a dinner.”
"I suppose an," he replied, "if tbe old
saw is truthful, which says, “laugh and
grow fat. ”
When I was fitting for college, my
father felt there was no _fman in
Georgia so competent to tbe
task as Father Camming?, a Presbyteri
an minister np here. And then I could
find cheap board in tbe country, and be
away from influences about Augu.ta, our
home,that might keep me from studying.
My father was not wealthy, atid it was
a pretty tight eqnecza for him to spare
the money for my edncatioD.
When I came np bore, I found parson
Cummings bad more pnpil-i than he
conld accommodate with Doard ; bo I was
compelled ts find to ml in the neighbor
hood. Ididso at the house (if this wo
man’s father over here. He was a stout,
staid old gentleman, with nldermanio
proportions, a strict member of the
chnrcb, and a regular attend in t upon tba
weekly service. His wifo was a little
weasel faced woman, with a sharp
nose always red at tbe point, and with
an eye os black as a sloe and ts sharp aa
a lancet. She rarely said much, but what
she did say was sharp and to the point.
Their daughter, Ann—that woman over
there—was about my age, rosy, plump
and pretty, and amply imbued with the
spirit of mischief.
One Sxbbath day, Nancy, as '.he family
called her, was awsy on a visit to a jteach
bor, where the had spent a-thf or eo. I
didfi9Fgfffet*irfch with the old people,
but remained to prepare my lessons for
the morrow. I knew my tutor, who was
the preacher, would rather I should miss
attendance at church a dozen times, than
to be deficient in a recitation
The honse was one of those
old fashioned houses, yet common
in Georgia, with two :ooma in
front, and two rooms bxck—shed rooms,
yon know, with two rooms in the attic.
One of theso attic rooms was Nancy’s,
one of the shod rooms was mine. There
was a passage way between theso shed
rooms.bat none between tbo front rooms.
Tbe entrance from tbe yard in front was
into tbe larger of these two rooms.
I was out in the yard under tbe shade
of an apple tree, in my shirt aleeves,
busily engaged in the myateriis of Ver
gil's ^Enead, when a stroke from a switch
across my shoulders made me cry ont
and spring from my chair, upsetting my
little table, Yirgil, Lexicon and ail, and
running away to the bouse, was Nancy.
I was half mad, for tbe blow was a scorob,
er, and after ber I went determined ou
revenge. Through the honse we went.
Nancy was fleet. O, the country girls of
Georgia in that day. What strapping
things they were. They never saw a
corset—never wore a tight Bitting shoe,
and then: toes were as free fro n corns as
their fingers wero from diamot.d ring?.
Nancy had the start, but I thought I
bad tho wind and was determined on
catching her. Around tho house wo
went, into the bed rcom of her parent?,
and ont into the yard. Bow she
laughed; and bow shono her white
teeth, and sparkled her gieat black
eyes. X was gaining on iter, when
ehe ran through the house, and into
my room. I followed. “Leave me alone,”
she said, and jumped upon tay bed. I
followed and caught her. Quick *s a cat
eho clipped through my arms, ind leaped
to the floor. "There ia father and moth
er,” sho exclaimed. “What will
they say to mo if they find me here in
your room with you? Jump into
the bed and eay you are sick.” I had at
this warning gotten off tbe Led I did
as I was bid, and lay down, bitteily com
plaining. She, in the mean time, caught
up her hair, which, in our st ufiles, bod
been badly tumpled, aud runniDg out,
met her parents coming into tho house.
“Father,” ehe exclaimed, loud enough
for mo to hear, “cousin Gus is mighty
sick.” Sho had called mo cousin from
tho first week of our acquaintance. The
old gentleman came slowly into tho room.
He could not, or would not, compromise
his dignity by accelerating bis motions
for any consideration. He was a judge
at tbe inferior court, and that was to be
theught of in all he said or did. Nancy
came in hohind him, and whilst be felt
mj^pnlue, she was peeping from behind
him, gunning and winking in ecstacy
over my shamming. I conld liavo mur
dered her. Slowly the old mt.n contin
ued to feel my pulse and to look wise.
He shook his head gravely as he took his
fingers from xny pulse.
*JWhy, Gue, my son,” he exclaimed,
Yon must be very sick, for I never felt
such a pulse in the worst of fever?
There stood Nancy, peeping and wink
ing from behind her father in mobkery.
When the old man, with great gravity,
asked, “Gns, how aro your bowels?”
Nancy jerked her head behiud her father
as I groaned and turned over. Taming
to his daughter, tbo Jndgo said
He is pretty sick, and needs medicine,’
go you and get that ysller mug, the big
one—put as mnch senna ia it ns you asn
grasp Bo.fwtth tho point of his finger
npon his thnmb) and fill it np with boil
ing water.
Nancy went, bnt npon rea thing the
door tnrned half round to look at ns. and
patting ber thumb npou tho tip of her
nose, wavedjher fingers and darted away.
The Jndge slowly left tho roan, and had
there been any chance for my escape from
the honse unobserved, I would have fled
likes felon. Bat I was in fir it, und
must go through with it.
It was not long before the Jndge re
tained with the 'yellow mag, brimming
with eonna tea, and Nancy following. He
ponred ont a tea onp fall of the te8.
"Here my sen,” tho said, “drink this;
yon mnst taKe another enp fall.” "Hore
Nancy hold this, I mnst go at d see the
prescription, Dr. Saukey left for yonr
mother,” and ho handed her the mng and
onp. This was her opportunity. Sho
sat down on tho bed aide und assnming
the gravity of her father, askeu with much
sympathy, how I felt, patting ou as long
a faco us a hypocrite at a camp meeting,
and insisted on feeling my pulse. Bat
the Jndge returning said, the prescrip
tion of the doctor, said two caps (ml
at first, and one every half hoar after until
the bowels wero relieved, Nancy
stood behind, with her tongue thrust
into her cheek and ber cyea gleaming
with mischief, as she poured ont a cup
full to the very rim of the nansiatmg
stuff. I swallowed it and they left the
room, but not nntil Nancy had given me
another specimen of her affected sympa
thy.
That day will be remembered by me
as leng as I live; for go where I would,
or when, Nancy was sore to bn in the
way to watch and titter.
The next morning the judge came in,
Nancy with him, to enquire lifter my
health and feel my pulse, with the sage
gravity, one might suppose, belonged to
Etcnlapins himself. Better, much bet
ter this morning. Tho medicise opera
ted well, did it, my son ? Yonr pnlae is
quite feeble. Ic was fortunate I cauie
home at the timo I did, for you were cer
tainly threatened with a very severe at
tack; but yon are well over it nos . Lucky,
Nancy, wasn’t it?” “Very,” said Nancy,
with a ely leer and wink at mp, "nothing
like a good purgative to seduce these
violent attache.” "Do yon feel like you
cculd eat something, my boy ?” asked the
considerate jndge. "YeB, sir,” I an
swered, emphatically, "I am very hun
gry.” ‘'A very good sign, my boy;bnt you
must be careful leat you have a relapse;
and that might get you into trouble, and
might,” he added, "he fatal. Ttiese at
tacks, you shonldknow, Nancy, aro some
times very dangerous with young people,
with older ones they aie not so frequent
or so dangerous, and tbe scriptures says
the second condition of a man ncdaranch
circumstances is slwayn worse than
the first. Nancy, you must have him
some chicken broth mad<j: and ho must
take very sparingly otjit A youth sub
ject to these infiamatory attack?, must
be depleted, and shonld be have u return
of it, blood letting may be necessary—
scarcely anything else will so soon re
duce such a pulse as he had yesterday.
Nancy, all this while, was behind her
father, making every demonutratioa of
mirth ehe could, net to be seen or heard
by him, yet openly to me. I was twenty-
fonr Hours without foed; bad been se
verely sick from the senna): but now re
lieved fiom this, I conld have eaten a cat
or dog, or anything which piomised re
lief to tbe terrible cravings of my appe
tite. It was folly three hours before tbe
Jndge and my tormentor returned. When
they came Nancy carried a large bine
bowl with at least half a gallon of thin
chicken water. It was meagre d et, but
reeking liquid. This was placed on a
small table, and drawn close up to the
bed. A spoon and saucer were placed
near it by Nancy, who took occasion to
say ycu mnst he careful not to eat the
chicken. “You should not have brought
the fowl with the broth,” said her father.
"It may tempt him, and temptation to
inexperienced young people, is very dan
gerous, and often leads to the Bin of dis
obedience. "Lead ns net into temp
tation’ you know my boy; al
ways keep the scriptures ia view:
without this there are many sins tco
tempting to be restated particularly by
the youDg.
Nancy thut one eye bnt with the other
open laughing one—as with ber father
ehe left tho room, winking wickedly at
me.
I at once got ont of bed and locked tbo
chamber door; when I ravenously devour
ed tbe rooster—who, had not in boiling
imparted mnch of his juices to the broth.
I dipped a few spoonsfnll of the 1 qnor
into tbe sanoer, to sav for me, thatJL liSu
eaten some of it- I trust it wytg not a sin
that I had ujrds tim spoon and sancer lie
for me.
It was noon before I was visited again;
Then osme the Jndge and Nancy. As
the Jndge bsw the striped oarcass of the
venerable rooster afloat in the broth, in
holy horror, he lifted his hands and eyes,
exclaiming: ‘‘Yon have killed yourself,
Uus, and I am reponsible for it. Why
did yon do this? Run, Nancy, and bring
me tbe bottle of antinomioel winejand a
onp and spoon.” As nsnai, Nanoy tnrn
ed at the dour to give me a look of mi?-
ohievons trinmph. Sho soon brought the
wine and cnp. I declined takiog it. The
Jndge angrily insisted. Yon mmt have
yonr stomach rtlteved, or yon will bring
on a relapse. I tell yen my son, the dis
ease yon are snffering from is s very
dangerous ont; one that fires the blood
and 6Xoites tbe pnlse terribly, and nolens
checked at once may lead to yonr ruin.
Take it, take it, and almost per foroo I
swallowed the wine.
I Bee that mischievous vixen dodging
behind her father, and making tvery si
lent demonstration of pleased delight at
my suffering, possible to her security
from discovery by her father. It was not
ten minutes after swallowing the wine
beforo I became terribly sick and began
to vomit.
Hold his head, Nan^y,” said the
Jndge. Sho was holding tho basin,
which she transferred to her father and
placed her hands under my foiohead.
In doing this she let the fingers of her
right hand incautiously pass over my
month. One went into it and I seized it
with a vim. Nancy screamed, knocked
over the basin from the hands of her fa
ther and sent it with all of tho water and
what I had thrown up, oTer the floor. I
was seized with an epileptic fit, Bhivcrcd,
groaned and bit. Nancy screamed and
danced,aDd the Jndge,frightened,exclaim
ed "O, my God, the hoy haa e. fit,ran from
the room,and sent for a doctor. “Evcn,”I
said, as I released the finger. Tho Jndgo
came in flushed and frightened. “It’s ell
over, is it Nancy?” ho anxiously asked.
Sho was wringing her hands, whilst her
eyes were filled with tears.
“All over!” sho exclaimed half crying
with anger and pain. “There is nothing
the matter with him.” “Nothing tho
matter with him, indeed," eaid her fa
ther. “Such a convulsion ns that nettl
ing ? and that pulse yesterday, nothing.
Nonsense, girl. I am afraid he will havo
congestion of the stomach.”
"Congestion of tho jawe, yon had bet
ter eay. Just look how he has hit my fin
ger, confound him; and look at tbe fix
this floor is in. I knew there was noth
ing the matter with him from the first
"Nonsense! I tell you, Nancy! That
pulse yesterday could not be deceit.
Why, it was thick as my little finger and
beat at least two hundred a minute, and
was as strong as a horse could kick.”
I pMy winked at Nancy, who flounced
ont of the room. After looking at my
tongue and feeling my pulse, tho Judgo
concluded that I was better, and left me.
Folly, the negro woman servant, came in
with a tnb of water and a cloth to cleanse
the floor.
“Mas Gus,” she remarked, “you ain’
mighty sick, is yon? Master ho says you
has had a fit,” and sho laughed as she
looked at mu.
“What do you think, Polly?” I asked,
‘‘Why, Mas Gue, I seed Miss Nancy
when she crcoped up nnd hit you wid dat
switch yesterday, and I seed yon jump
up and turn over do table wid all dom
books what yoa was readin’, and you and
Miss Nancy runnin’ round do house; and
I seed you when you catch her on your
bed just as da old folks corned home
You must hab been tucken sick mighty
quick. And yiateiday when Miss Nancy
was makin’ dat tea, Bho laughed fit to
kill herself. I specie she’s been foolin’
yon. She’s mighty bad dat way.’
“Make haste,” eaid the Judge, as he
came in, “the doctor will be hero soon,
and I don’t want this floor wet when he
come?.”
“How do you feel now, my boy? Nan
cy is raving about your biting her. 1
tell her you didn’t know what yon was
abont. Ain’t you subject to fits, Gus?
Nancy saya it was all sham, bnt I tell
her thut is all nonsense. You wouldn’t a
hit her so on purpose, I know.”
In a short time the doctor came, and
my case was explicitly laid before him,
especially the wonderful poises and the
fit?. The judge was called away, when I
asked the doctor if he would, upon his
honor, promise never to speak of it, I
would tell him a secret. He promised,
and I told him tho whole story—for I
felt I could not f tand any more physic.
He laughed until he cried, and many
times sinco have we laughed heartily over
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-'Fifty pieces Calico.
20 Pieces Choice Cassimeres.
A LARGS LOT OF
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Ladies and Misses Hosiery,
White Lawns and Piques,
Handkerchiefs, Table Damask,
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Buttons in endless variety,
Linen Dress Goods, Lace Points,
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nprltfdlm
GUS
We met, after-many years’separation,
in New York, in 18X4, at tho conferenco
which divided the Methodist church, and
spent a day together pleasantly, recall
ing tho memories of the past, and this
especial one, when I threatened to give
the story to the public.
“If yon please,” he said, “do not do it
whilst I live.” I promised, and we
parted for the last time. I have a dear
memory of the kind hearted and gener
ous o!d man that will only parish with
my life, which is now wasting it3 last
sands in onr dear old native land.
With his wife he lies buried at Oxford,
Mississippi, near tho homes of his two
children, one the wife of the distinguished
L. Q. 0. Lamar, and the other the wife
of l)r. Henry Branham.
Y. M. C.
it was abundant, and there was m the
savory broth, just cne-half of an old roos
ter with his one leg lifted far above the
broth, as if to ask to be lifted ont of the
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patron assures us that he haa used
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Has the largest, most complete, and best selected stock of
Men’s, Youths’ and Childrens’ CJothins:
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Also, an elegant and endless variety of
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MILK, MILK. MILK.
It/ E have an abundance of good, rich milk,
v v which we will sell at market price. Our
wagon makes its rounds twice a day. and deliv
ers milk to consumers in good timo lor break-
last and tea* Orders left in Rutts A Ross’ order
boxtsat tho post office, and at the store of
Messrs Winslnp A Callaway, will receive prompt
attention. Milk delivered in any quantity to
any part ol the city.
mrXO lmo E. A. ROSS A CO.
Excursions.
Query: “Why will man moke common to*
bacco, when they can buy Marburg Bros. ‘SEAL
OP NORTHC ARO LINA.’ fit theliamerprioe?”
jantteodl
HO! FOE CUMBERLAND ISLAND,
ST. SIMON’S ISLAND,
JEKYL ISLAND,
FERNANDINA,
BRUNSWICK.
FLORIDA.
rjIHE MACON & BRUNSWICK RAILROAD
hare now on sale excursion tickets fur
'ISHINff and HUNTING
PARTIES.
at reduced rates to any point on the road. To
parties lor the islands near li runs wick,or Fer
nandas. tbe following low rates are oifered*
Parties of 4. Macon to Brunswick and return. $11
Parties of G to 9, inclusive* Macon to Brunswick
and return, S3.
Parlies of 10 to 14 inctasiv*. Macon to Brunswick
and return. $0 50.
Parties of 15 or moro. Macon to Brunswick end
return. $3.
Bagirage. tents, dogs, outfit, etc, free.
Round trip tickets between Brunswick and
Cumberland Island S1.75 each.
TLe first class passenger steamer, FLOR-
EN CB, runs daily between Brunswick anti Ker-
nandina, touching at Cumberland Island going
and returning.
The«e tickets will only be for tbe party travel
ing all together a* one body and wil! not be rec
ognized singly or in numbers less than the v hole
body together, who first purchased the tickets.
For further information apply to
THOS J* ROSS
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Echeconnee Bridge.
TTNTIL Tuesday May 7th next, bids will be
U received at the office of Bibb County Com-
missioned, for the contract of constructing at
Rcheconnee Bridge, on Macon and Pt-ny road.an
earth embankment of the following dimensions,
to-wit: 160 feet long. 17 feet high, 20 feet at top.
and 60 feet at base: bids to show the amount
charged per cubic yard. The work will be paid
for jointly by tbe counties of B:bb aud Houston.
Tberitrht to reject any and all bids is reserved.
By order of Board Bibb County Comtr. t&ioners.
aortSeod td W G SMITH. Clerk.
LOW PRICES.
Freeiaa & Greene,
W ILL offer for tbo nut sixty d.ys their sto«k
of Bngeies at such fiinin that cannot f.il
to suit tbe domt buyer. We havo on hand a lot
of oar own amt Northern manufacture and wo
aro determined to sell.
Oar Repair Department is supplied with a full
corps of the very best workmen, and we will re
pair all kind, of Vehicles nt the lowest price, and
ia the most workmanlike manner.
Call and see us.
Repository in the rear of Good, Small A Co-
Third Street.
Shop, next door to the Court House. Second
Street. M.con Gs. marl7 miisEwSm
i)P Fancy Cards. Sr.owflakeJInrble.etc, no two
ZO ahke t with name, lOcts, Nassau Card Co
N assau, N. Y.
POSITIVELY ONE WEEK ONLY.
n H. HELLER, Professor of Natural Magic
■ and Legerdemain, has for s-ile. at No 82
Mulberry Street, ODpoeite Lamer House, Macon.
Georgia, a large variety of those wonderful and
magical tricks which have created puch startling
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performed. A rare opportunity is now offered to
those desiring to have pleasing evening entertain
ments, iu having coins noprar and di^nppear at
their command, and how to perform any of the
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Application for Leave to Amend
Charter Macon Harmonic So
ciety.
DIB I! SUPERIOR COURT. APRIL TERM 1878
G eorgia, bibb county—to th* sew
■ bior Court ovSsid Couhiy:
'I ha Macon Harmonic socirty rcpeclfoily pe
tition tho Court for leave to amend their charter
by strikinsont from laid charier the followim?
worot. to wit:
1. "Which property,hill not bedivided amorjt
the members cf the corporation, but ,haii de
scend to their successors until the diss dutfor of
the same.” and by adding the following in iicu
thereof, "Said Society shall be a joint stock Com
pany with a capital stock of SSOO divided into
shares of ten dollars each: said stockholders to
be the owner scf all the property ot Society now
held bv theSociety, aud that may be hereafter
acquired. „ ..
S. By striking out the third section of said
charter, and insertiog in lien thereof the follow-
ill*: The government of the society shall os
vested in a board of directors to bo elected from
the atockbe’derr. whoit number shall be deter
mined by the by Uws: they shall be elected on
tho third TbarMliy in September of each year by
the stockholder?, and sucli board shall elect from
their number s ]Resident and vice-president.
Whereforeyoor petitioners pray that an order
may be granted amending said charters* afore
said in terms of the law. _
K F BEST,
Solicitor for petitioner*.
A trno extract from the minutes of Bibb Supe
rior Court. April ISth, 1S78, . _ .
aprlGlaw*4w A B I ?SS. Clerk.
New York Office: Ru’ut. W. Paterson.
151 Front Street. Special Par in
H. FRASER G-RANT
56 BAY STREET. 8 ANNAIf. GEORG!
rirOWJSR POTS.
A T tho solicitation ol onr many customer?, wo
hu’ o ©rdeml and now havo on band »
assortment of Flower Potf, ulnclj will lie mow ■*
reasonable prices. A IUPP.ty can bo found y tne
store of Mm Wixdmtr. Cotton Avenue, naxt door
to Messrs Mix X Rutland. .
apr!2dlw D B WOODRUFF* Florist.
