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SCXDAY APRIL 25, 1875.
A MERITED TIUBUTK.
The Savannah Weirs, alluding to sev
eral newspaper articles in the interest
of different candidates for Governor
which have recently appeared, says:
“We would suggest to our editorial
“ brethren, and especially to our Atlanta
“ contemporaries, to tone down a little
“ for the present on the Gubernatorial
•* question. It is well for the press not
** to be too officious in such matters.
“ Lest the people consider the matter
“ without editorial urgency or dictation.
“ The people will certainly have their
“aay in this business, and if every
“ newspaper in Georgia is to have its
“ candidate for Governor, we need not
“be surprised if confusion and discord
“ result, and the people, distracted by
M the pressure from all sides, ignore all
“ who have been put forward as aspi
“ rants. Asa very natural solution of
“ such a state of things, we shall not be
“ surprised if at the proper time a voice
** goes up from one end of the State to
** the other iu favor of replacing that
“able statesman, devoted patriot and
“ pure man, ex-Governor Chas. J. Jen
“ nuts, in the Executive Chair, which he
“filled with such'distinguished ability,
“ and from which he was driven by law
“ less Federal power.”
<» RANT'S ENDORSEMENT.
The endorser is generally as {ally and
completely bound as the maker of the
paper. One of the favorite cries of the
corporal’s guard in the South who rep
resent the only true Democracy and love
Grant, is, that in tbe discussion of
Louisiana matters we must not blame
the President, but heap all the odium
upon the Returning Board. This has
been the stock in trade of the Grant
men. “ Don’t blame Grant,” say these
good Democrats, “he was only execu
ting bad laws for the purpose of making
them odious. The Returning Board did
all the mischief in that unhappy State.
Torn 3our guns upon that body. It is
bad policy to assail Grant; it is good
policy to denounce the Board.” Though
deprecating harsh language or invective,
theae ’unco pure Democrats, in their
eagerness to provides shield for the good
Grant, have styled the acts of the Re
turning Hoard “infamies” and the Board
itself “infamous.” We shall not quarrel
with these epithets. They are richly de
served and aptly upplied. But there are
degrees even iu infamy, and there was
one mcmlier of the Board who excelled
the others in villa 1 ny as Beelzebub ex
celled in sin the other imps of darkness.
Appropriately enough he was the Presi
dent of the Board. His name was J.
Madison Welles. Our readers are fully
acquainted with the object of the Board.
It was appointed tocouut Democrats out
and to count Republicans in. They
discharged this duty faithfully and well.
The slightest pretext sufficed them for
aettiug aside a majority of one hundred
or one thousand, and ieening
to the Republican minority candidate.
Mr. J. Madison Welles went even
farther than this apparent ultima thulc
of scoundrelism. The others acted upon
a pretext, no matter how slight. Mr.
J. Madison Welles manufactured even
tbe pretext, and then acted upon this
coinage of his brain. This was a refine
ment of villainy which struck even the
Radicals with blended ud miration and
astonishment. Some there were, how
ever, who had so far shaken off the
trammels of party ns to be honest, who
were more shocked than pleased. A
Republican Congressional Investigating
Committee thus described and charac
teiizc.l in their report one of the ex
ploits of the President of the Returning
Board:
The Pariah of Rapides chose three members
to the Legislature. The returns elected all
throe Conservatives. When the proofs closed
tbe only papers filed with the Board was the
affidavit of the United States Supervisor that
the election was fn all respects full, fair and
free. It was not kuowu in the parish that any
contest existed against thoso members. They
left their homes and proceeded to New Orleans
to be present at the opeuing of the Legisla
ture. no intimation of contesting their seats,
or objection to their election, having been
given by their opponents. At one of their last
mir the Returning Board declared all the
Republican members elected from that parish.
When the papors of the Returning Board were
produced before your committee there was
found among them an affidavit by Mr. Wells,
the President of the Board, declaring that in
timidation had existed at certain polls in that
pariah, and that the returns from that parish
ehould therefore be rejected. The counsel for
the Conservative Committee testified that they
Rad no opportunity to oontr&dict the state
ments of this paper; that they had never seen
or known of it before; and. that npou an ex
amination of the papers before the Board
when the proofs dosed, it was not among
them.”
The committee farther reported that
an inquiry into the facts showed that
Mr. Welles was not in the parish of
Rapides on the day of election, and had,
therefore, deliberately sworn to facts of
which he ooald have had no knowledge.
Moreover, they found as a fact that his
affidavit was false. They made repeated
efforts to obtain some explanation from
this official, bat without avail. They
were “therefore constrained to declare
that the action of the Returning Board,
in the rejection of these returns in the
parish of Rapides, and giving the seats
in that parish to Republican candidates,
was arbitrary, unfair and without war
rant of law.”
Is it any wonder then that the acts of
this Returning Board have everywhere
and at all times, by all men and by
all parties, been denounced as mon
strous? Is it any wonder that the
Onxi Democrats have seized so conve
nient a scapegoat to offer np as a sacri
fice to an indignant country instead of
their hero? They have declared that
the good President was not at all to
blame for the rascalities and usurpations
practiced in Louisiana. He was only
enforcing the laws. The “infamous” Re
turning Board wrought all the mischief.
It cannot, therefore, be doubted that
General Grant was familiar with the
acts and characters of the men whom his
partisans have so often and roundly
.denounced. And yet a few days ago the
President selected Mr. J. Madison
Welles— the Beelzebub of the Board—
the Chairman of the iniquity, as a fit
person to bo Surveyor of the Port of
Mew Orleans—to hold one of the most
responsible and lucrative positions at
the disposal of the National Government
in Louisiana I What will the Grant
men say to this ? Os coarse the Presi
dent is riot to blame—this as a matter
of coarse. But will they let us know
know who is to blame.
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.
Ex-Congressman Mclntyre gives his
reasons for turning his back pay into
the State Treasury. He voted against
the act. He did not doubt his legal
right to receive the mqpey thus forced
upon him in opposition to his wishes ;
but subsequent reflection caused him to
think that the people of Georgia had,
perhaps, a moral right to the swag. But
before the grab reached him the clamor
against those who received, as well as
against those who voted for the back
pay, became so great that he determined
not to surrender the proceeds until this
“ clamor ” subsided. He believes now
that the clamor has subsided, and he
forwards three thousand nine hundred
and thirty dollars and eighty cents to
the State Treasurer. We are afraid that
Mr. Mclntyre’s letter does not show as
much logic as people would naturally
in the writings of a gentleman
whose friends are pressing for him Gover
nor, and who, but for this deficiency in
his reasoning powers, would doubtless
make an admirable Executive. v Plain
people will be apt to brush the
“clamor” to one side and say that
the back pay either belonged to Mr.
Mclntyre or to the State of Georgia.
If Mr. Mclntyre concedes the moral
right to have been in the people of
Georgia, and this he expressly does,
then the people of Georgia had a moral
right to the interest as well as to the
principal. If Mr. Mclntyre felt, as he
did feel, that he had no moral right to
the principal he should also have most
certainly felt that he had no moral right
to Ihe interest. When he turned the
principal over to the moral owner after
a lapse of two years he should have also,
turned over the amount due for the use
of this money. According to his own
showing ho is still a debtor to the State.
It is hardly necessary to say that money
has for some time past been bringing a
high rate of interest, say an average of
fifteen per cent. Two years’ interest on
three thousand nine hundred and thirty
dollars and eighty cents, at fifteen per
cent, per annum, is just eleven hundred
and seventy-nine dollars and twenty
four cents, which the people of Georgia
have a moral right to claim from Hon.
A. T. Mclntyre.
THE BITTER BOMB PROOFS.
Every day affords fresh confirmation
of the truth of our theory that the loy
alty shriekers of the North and the last
ditch men of the South, the “Rebel”
haters and the “Yankee” haters are us
ually those who fattened upon fraudu
lent contracts or smelt the battle from
bombproofs during the time of war.
The loyal Mayor of Chicago, who swore
last week “by the eternal God that he
would never meet a rebel at a reunion,”
was a thief and a skulker—hence his
bitterness. General F.
lett, one of the centenniul speakers at
Lexington the other day,l was no carpet
knight, but a true soldier, who bore
upon his person evidences of his famil
iarity with danger and with death. It
was the soldier, not the skulker, who
said :
Look to their heroes, their leaders, their
Gordons, their Lees, their Johnstons, their La
mar, Ransom and Ripley, and tell me if you
find in their utterances anything but renewed
loyalty and devotion to a united country.—
These are the men, as our great and good Gov
ernor Andrew told you at the close of the war
—these are the mon by whom and through
whom you must restore the South, instead of
the meaner men for whom power is only a
synonym for plunder. As I begged you last
Summer I entrgat you again, do not repel the
returning love of these men by suspicion or
indifference. If you cannot in forgiveness
“kill the fatted calf,” do not with coldness
“kill the prodigal.” When the Fifty-fourth
Massachusetts Regiment made its gallant at
tack on Fort Wagner in July, 1863, it lost, with
hundreds of brave men, its heroic leader and
its colors. A few weeks ago that flag was
gracefully returned to the Governor of Massa
chusetts by the officer who took it in action,
with these noble words ; * * * *
There are tattered flags in that sacred hall
in yonder capitol around which, in the shock
of battle, I have seen dear friends and brave
men fall like Autumn leaves; there are flags
there that I cannot look upon without tears of
pride and sorrow; but there is no flag there
which has to-day for us a deeper significance,
or that bears within its folds a brighter omen
of “Peace on earth, good will to men,” than
that battle-stained emblem so tenderly re
stored by a son of South Carolina, whom here
in the name of the soldiers of Massachusetts I
thank and greet as brother. And I am proud
that ho was an American soldier As an Ameri
can I am (is proud of the mon who charged so
bravely with Pickett’s Division on our lines at
Gettysburg, as I am of the men who bravely
met and repulsed them there. Men cannot
always choose the right cause, but when hav
ing ohosen that which conscience dictates, they
are ready to die for it, if they justify not their
oause. they at least ennoble themselves, and
the men who for conscience sake fought against
their Government at Gettysburg ought easily
to be forgiven by tbe sous of tbe meiawho for
conscience B&ka«fought against their ’Govern
ment at Lexington and Bunker Hill. Oh, Sir,
as Massachusetts was first in war, so let her be
first'in peace,and sbo shall forever bo first in tbe
hearts of her con r ymen. And let us here re
solve that, true to her ancient motto while in
war, ense petit placidam, iu peace she demands
not only for herself but for every inch of this
great country, sub libertato quielam.
The loyalty shrieking Colvins kept
out of the way of bullets and coined
money from the life’s blood of the
brave. They are the men who swear
mighty oaths of hatred against rebels.
Gen. Bartlett, who publicly proclaims
his respect for the Southern Soldiers
Lee and Johnston, and Gordon and
Lamar, and Ransom and Riplet; who
is proud that these men were American
soldiers; who is as proud of the Con
federates who advanced to certain death
at Gettysbnrg as of the Federals who
met them on the heights; this brave man
who attests his admiration of the brave
was himself a soldier. It is stated that
when the war broke out “ from
the halls of Harvard, instinct with every
possible predisposition of birth and edu
cation,’’ he went to the battle—went “to
fire and iron and the wide-mouthed
wars.” He fought bravely in every con
flict where his command was engaged.
At tjie bloody battle of the Wilderness
Southern bullets robbed him of an arm
and of a leg, and Southern soldiers made
him a prisoner of war. After the sur
render he settled in Richmond among
his foes, and lim found them as friend
ly and hospitable in peace as they were
valiant in war. The maimed soldier is
proud of Southern valor; the thievish
contractor in Chicago swears eternal
hatred to rebels.
The Nashville Union and American
says it may appear surprising that, in
regard to the cost of transportation,
Rome, Ga., is almost as near Birming
ham, England, as Cincinnati, Ohio.—
When we add that the article transport
ed was pig iron, the surprise increases.
Yet the Birmingham Post notes the ar
rival of an experimental consignment of
Alabama and Georgia pig, which sold at
&35 net per ton, leaving a small margin,
and says its transportation cost only SI
more per ton than to take the same iron
from the furnaces to Cincinnati. The
Cornwall Iron Company of Cedar Bluff,
couuty, Ala., are now pre
paring to ship a hundred tons of their
charcoal iron to the English market. As
an earnest of what the early future may
witness in the way of Southern recupe
ration, this novel movement is apt to
arrest attention.
Solomon, or somebody else, declarecd
there was nothing certain save uncer
tainty, and we begin to think that
Solomon, or somebody else, was not far
from right. The guns have been bang
ing, the flags flying and the orators
spouting and General Grant trying to
ride free in New England in honor of
the first gun of the Revolution, when
here comes the New York World and
swears that the wrong day has been cele
brated. The Revolution, according to
this authority, commenced June 10,
1772, instead of April 19, 1775, and the
usually wide awake New Englanders
have slept over their right to wave, bang
and spout for nearly three yeprs. What
next ? Will some newspaper iconoclast
have the kiudness to tread upon the
coat-tails of the Fourth of July ?
A correspondent of the Savannah
News from Mickle Georgia, who, that
paper states, is sufficiently interested in
the matter to be in a position to obtain
correct information, writes that he is of
the opinion that the recent cold snap,
whatever may have been its effect iu the
extreme Northern and North-eastern
portion of the State, did not materially
damage the fruit crop in Middle Geor
gia. He is certain as to Washington
and the adjoining counties, and san
guine as to those forming the more
northern boundary of the section known
as the middle portion of the State. He
calls attention to the fact that uniformly
high winds prevailed during the cold
snap, which prevented the formation of
what might otherwise have been a very
destructive frost.
A thief was set to catch a thief in
Louisiana, recently, and with the most
gratifying results. When the books of
Sinte Auditor Clinton, a Christian
statesman and as violent a hater of the
Southern pdbple as the loyal Mayor of
Chicago himself, were to be examined,
Mr. Lowell, who had stolen forty thou
sand dollars from the tax payers, was
made Chairman of the Committee.
“Knowing how it was himself,” Mr.
Lowell had' no difficulty in discovering
enough roguery to wa.raut the Republi
can statesman’s impeachment.
•' Don Piatt lias this Capital notice of
Spencer, the little fat sutler whom the
negroes of Alabama thrust into the Sen
ate to represent that State: “It required
a war that emancipated the slaves and
sunk us deeper in debt, to say nothing of
the frightful carnage, to produce such a
Senator as Spencer. We can compre
hend the presence of an ignorant negro
in the Senate, for his color is emblematic
of the Republican party—his very odor
is characteristic of its corrupt condition
—but Spencer is one of those evils that
defy philosophy.”
The American Revivalists.
Our American missionaries, Messrs.
Moody and Saukey, do not lose interest
with their protracted stay in England,
and this appears to be gaining ground
not only with the plainer people but
with the higher classes. The letter
from England in this week’s Churchman,
of the date of March 27, says that in the
neighborhood of London for miles
round, in every railway carriage, in
every company, in every section of so
ciety, you hear of nothing else, and the
newspapers devote columns upon col
umns to the subject. The Agricultural
Hall is filled night after night with from
fifteen to twenty thousand persons, who
are admitted by tickets, and persons of
the highest rank have been upon the
platform, in some cases prominent High
Church clergymen not only giving their
presence but their favor to the meetings.
The correspondent seems to be puzzled
to know what to make of these Yankee
revivalists, aud he uses these very pecu
liar expressions about them: “On the
whole I am not sure that we have much
Ip thank you for, but I would not speak
too positively, or too vehemently dis
parage these men. Perhaps I may be
wrong; perhaps they are instruments of
good—of more good than harm. One
only knows. It might be well that they
did not allow themselves to be photo
graphed. There is an unmistakable sly
expression about their faces.” As for
ourselves we do not ascribe the suc
cess of these men to any tricky
arts or to any miracle ; but w'e
are led to find much of the secret of
their power in their simplicity, earnest
ness and pluck, in connection with their
ready extemporaneous speaking, in
which the English generally are so very
deficient as compared with Americans.
Then, too, we must not forget that the
whole tone of English society tends to
cover up the individual in etiquette,
clothes and precedents, aud that the aim
of religion in England generally is to
suppress all personality and to make
preacher and hearer abdicate individual
characteristics in loyalty to established
phrases aud usages. Even the voice
loses its naturalness in a sort of sing
song, and a man who speaks out his
mind and heart in the tones of nature —
soul to soul—is a great deal of a novelty
to the mass of Englishmen.
The Methodist concludes an enthusi
astic editorial by saying : Thus the
work which the Apostles did at the first
building up of the Christian Church ;
which Wesley and Whitefield did with
effects growing till to-day; which the
Nonconformist churches in England did
in their freshest days; which the Metho
dists did in the United States; which
the earnest men whose labors have re
freshed the Church at intervals have
done in the centuries that are past, is
repeated under another name and an
other form, but under the governance of
the same Spirit to-day. It is at once a
supplement and a confirmation to all the
revival work that has been done in the
past; adding another proof which ob
jectors canuot gainsay, to the reality
and force of that manifestation of the
Holy Spirit which takes place in a mo
ment—whether we can fix the time ex
actly or not—at once changing the inner
man and directing it to righteousness
and godliness.
ELDER J. 8. LAMAR.
Action of tlie Christian Church.
A very large audience assembled nl
the Christian Church last Sunday cven
iug to listeu to the parting sermon of
Elder Jas. S. Lamar, who has left ns to
assume the duties of pastor of
nut Street Christian Church, Louiswle,
Ky. It was an elegant aud impreslve
disquisition upon “ The last
Lord.” At the conclusion of thegad
dress, Judge Hook offered the fo!lo«ng
preamble and resolutions, whicU sere
unanimously adopted by a rising voSof
all the members, as expressing jdio fl
ings of the entire congregat®j dier
whom he has been shepherd tlMjriijg Be
last twenty years. The j r ibl
present, in addition to the regular mem
bership, also exhibited their e.-deSm and
appreciation of Mr. Lamar by rising to
their feet when the vote was taken. At
the same time a committee, consisting
of Judge Hook, H. C. Foster, E<q., and
Dr. John S. Coleman, was appointed to
report the action of the meeting to the
city papers of Augusta, to the Christian
Standard, of Cincinnati and the AP° S
tolic Times, of Lexington, Kyi, «jth a
request for their publication. \W
Life’s most cheering and mellotr«ghts
spring from friendships forme* and
kept aglow—while its gloomiest Msjiow
result from friendships sevqxpd ! «®ee
it is ever sad to part with I'denßfc It
is not true that “friendship a
name.” No, it is something is a
living sentiment of exquisite
th£ animating principle of
social mid religious life.
“friends” has beeu honored i&Hf
dispensation as an appropriat<K<re߮fa
tion of the followers of Christ Jpd
fitly embodies the spirit of
dence, trust and fraternity, wbicfßhduld
ever characterise their relations to Him
and to one another. To-night we have
heard the farewell sermon of Brother
James S. Lamar, who for twenty years
has ministered to us in holy things.
With earnestness and with ’"power
he hes disclosed unto us the whole
counsel of God. He has by a pure and
blameless life taught us by example
what he has eloquently proclaimed- in
precept. He has ever loved and" cared
for this little flock. He has been in
stant in season and out of season in
kindly ministrations to every member
of this church—and earnest exhorta
tions to a higher life. He has stood by
the bedside of our sick and spoken
words of encouragement’and cheer. He
has rejoiced with us on occasions of
gladness and wept with us wbej».«e
have wept. He has performed the holy
rite of matrimony for many in our midst
and stood by the bier of some of our
dear departed ones; and with sweet
words of hope and consolation pointed
with unfaltering faith and confidence to
the resurection and the new life a
thousand ways in the last twenty years
has he won upon our affections and
enshrined himself in our hearts. —
It is a holy, living, sweets riend
ship that has grown up between
him and this church, that cannot
and will not be severed. And yet, we
are constrained to say farewell to this
friend who we all esteem and love so
much. Iu the order of Providence this
result has come to pass. Why, we know
not. We fain would have kept him-hero
so long as life should last. But God has
bidden him to a new field of libor,
where, let us earnestly pray, that his
eminent personal purity, his great re
sources of learning and logic, his proy
fouud knowledge of the Scriptures, his
unaffected piety and his persuasive, elo
quence, may greatly tend to build up
the people of God, and win mant stftfis
to the cross of the world’s
and Redeemer. ..We feel that the ar ju
lar chain of
him from tiffs qmlpit aim
where he was ever useful and-most
warmly and sincerely loved, is no acci
dent, but that an all-wise Providence
overruled it for purposes of His own
wisdom and glory. And while we shall
give our brother and liis estimable wife,
Sister Lamar, the “parting baud” iu
sadness, we shall nevertheless feel as
sured, as we shall also pray, that the
good Shepherd who thus leads them to
new aud larger fields of usefulness will
also lead them in paths of peace and
joy. And now, in accordance with the
feelings and sentiments herein ex
pressed, we resolve
Ist' That in the person of Elder Jas.
S. Lamar we recognize a pastor whom
we have known and loved for twenty
years, and whose devotion to the troth
has been unfaltering, and whose minis
terial career has been as unexception
able as his life has been pure and his
purposes exalted.
2d, That it' is with profound seasi
bility we part with him and his family,
and are constrained to recognize the fact
that their familiar forms aud faces are
not to mingle with U 3 as heretofore iu
the worship of this congregation.
3d, That we congratulate our brethren
in Louisville, Kentucky, upon their oG
tainment of the services of Brother
Lamar as their pastor, and trust that
they will warmly second all his efforts,
which we know will be strong and earn
est in defense and Support of the cause
we all love. Aud that the welcome they
will give him and his interesting family
of the church), will he as
warm and ardent as our parting with
them is sad and sorrowful.
GEORGIA BAPTIST CONTENTION.
Report of the ¥ irst and Second Pay’s
Proceedings.
[Macon Telegraph and Messenger.] j
The fifty-third session of this body
convened in the Hall of Representatives
of the old State Capitol, on Thursday,
at 10 o’clock, a. m., after there had been
held an interesting Pastors’ Conference
in the same hall. The weather was
damp and chilly, and fires in the'Tall
were very agreeable to the delegate*
Rev. I). E. Butler was elected'resi
dent, with Rev. G. R. McCall Clerk; ind
Rev. T. H. Stout Assistant Clerk. The
body is one of the largest and ablest of
the Georgia Baptists that has convened
for years, there being present Dr. P! H.
Meli, of Athens; Dr. Duster, of Gr ffln;
Dr. Tucker, of Athens; Dr. Hillyer pr.
Spalding, Dr. Battle, President of Mer
cer University; Dr. B. F. Sharp, Dr, D.
S. Shaver, and of Mininters, Rev. J H.
Campbell, E. W. Warren, M. B. Whar
ton, C. M. Irwin, H. C. Hornady, Win.
C. Wilks, J. H. Kilpatrick, W. L. Kil
patrick, L. B. Fish. Wm. M. Davis, L-R.
Branham, B. L. Ross, G. A. Nunnally,
T. J. Robert, M. B. Hardin, T. C. Boy
kin, J. U. Stillwell, R. Callaway, B. F.
Oliver, Jas. McCryde, W. N. Chandou,
J. G. Ryals, and a host of otters.
Among the laymen are many goodfciti
zens—Gen. G. W. Evans and J. J. Pierce,
of Augusta; G. S. Obear and W, J.
Lawton, of Macon; Hon. J. H. Janes,
of Atlanta; T. W. Callaway, of Wash
ington, and others. Among the visitors
are Dr. M. T. Summer, of Alabama, and
Dr. J. F. B. Mays, of Tennessee.
All take an active interest in the pro
ceedings and give life to them, The
proceedings of Thursday consisted main
ly of devotional exercises, organization,
the appointment of committees, the re
ception of new associations as members,
hearing the reports of the Executive
Committee and Treasurer of the Con
vention, and appointing messengers to
corresponding bodies. The same Exe
cutive Committee, with the exceptioa of
two, was appointed for another year.
Three associations joined the conten
tion. The Tallapoosa, the Carrollton
and the New Ebenezer, and their dele
gates received the right hand of fellow
ship from the President of the conven
tion.
The order of business was suspended
during the day, on motion of Dr. Mells,
and the 12th article of the constitution,
which makes two-thirds of the
a quorum, was unanimously strinen
out. Two reports of interest were read
Friday afternoon—the report of the Old
Preachers’ Board and the report of the
Treasurer of the Orphans’ Home. By
the first report we learn that the Old
Preachers’ Board at Eatonton has re
ceived for and paid out to aged Baptist
ministers during the last year about
' S7OO, and by the latter we learn that the
Board of Trustees of the Baptist Or
phans’ Home of Atlanta, have success
fully maintained their institution for a
year, clothing, feeding and teaching du
ring that time thirty-four orphan chil
dren.
To effect this they collected about $6,000
through their effective agent, R. W.
Fuller, spent nearly $4,000, and have
now in the treasury over $2,000.
These two items are intended to give
your readers an idea of what the Geor
gia Baptists have done for the indi
gent, agedj and the homeless orphan
young in a year of unprecedented strin
gency in money matters. At night, on
Thursday,, one of the largest assemblies
that ever convened in this hall met to
hear the introductory sermon, which
had been postponed. It was preached
by Rev. J. H. Hall, of Newnan, Ga., and
attracted marked attention, the subject
being, “The Surety of .God’s People, as
drawn from HiaName.”
On Friday morning there was a verv
full Lou se, and several reports were
read'anfl referred to committees, and
when action is taken upon them I will
report to you. There was a communi
cation received and reported on to-day,
which was elicitetjjby discussion in the
denomination for the lq§t two or three
years ; it the Rev. J. M. Wood,
of Bartlesville, and referred to the for
mation of a State Board, or Committee,
iu whose charge all the Mission and
Suuday School work of the State should
be put —the said board to co-operate
with the board of our Southern
Baptist Convention, and appoint all
necessary agencies in the State for the
purpose of collecting funds. A special
committee reported that it was inexpe
dient to appoint such a State Board, but
the matter is not yet ended. Several
distinguished visitors from a distance
were received to-day,including Rev. J. J.
Hickmpn, of Kentucky, representing the
Baptist General Assembly of that State;
Rev. S. D. Lee, representing the Missis
sippi Baptist Convention, and Rev. W.
D. Mayfield, agent aud business man
ager of the Southern Baptist Publish
ing Society. Much time was consumed
to-day discussing the place for holding
the next Convention, and at length
Thomasville, in Southwest Georgia, was
selected.
An interesting letter was received from
Rev. W. D. Atkinson, pastor and mis
sionary at Brunswick, Ga. That church
is weak and it was gratifying to hear
that he had received pecuniary help to
the amount of SIOO, and that he has
been able to build and#strengthen the
church a good deal, in point of numbers.
Rev. Mr. Ford, of Spring Place, Ga..
made an affecting appeal for aid to build
the Baptist House of worship at Spring
Place, aud received a large collection on
the spot.
Tlie Dead Dead System."
That very sensible and practical news
paper, the New York Journal of Com
merce, takes the following logical view
of free passes to legislators and high
officials in their travels over railroads :
Free Passes. —Mr. Henry L. Good
win, of East Hartford, Conn., deserves,
something better than the insolent slur
"cast upou him by the President of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad for having sued out an injunc
tion to restrain that road from giving
free passes'to members of Legislatures
and pf Congress, and all public officials
"llWla flic President of the United’States
downward. ‘tHis real object,” says
President Bishop, “is probably to make
himself distinguished.” His real ob
ject, we should more charitably say, is
, to cut off a useless waste of money, and
thus to eufaiik'eß tht?- profits of the road
in which he is a stockholder, and to
terminate a public nuisance so far as that
line is concerned. The whole traveling
public, still more than the stockholders,
have a direct interest in the discontinu
ance of “ dead-headism ” on railroads.
Nothing is given in this # world without a
value received or expected ; and when
the New Haven line distributes free
passes to the Connecticut Legisla
ture it only pays iu advance for
benefits it hopes to receive.—
By such means railroads stave off
investigations, or procure favorable leg
islati«n. The public, going to the Leg
islature and petitioning for laws to re
strain or regulate railroads, find that
body already bought over to the other
side. -Itis not consistent with human
nature that a man should feel unfriendjy
to a road whose yearly free pass for him
self and family he carries in his pocket
book. To the average legislator, unam
bitious of “ heavy strikes” and great
spoils, this bit of pasteboard is an im
mense favor, aud only to be recompensed
by blindly voting for all that the donors
want. Shrewd railroad managers well
understand this, aud distribute the
the tickets plentifully at the opening of
sessions, and so secure the defeat of
possible hostile legislation. The com
panies can never be depended on to
abandon official “dead-heading” volun
tarily. They pretended to try it at the
West a year or two ago, but it was soon
ascertained that every company broke
its own- rules, and the agreement was
openly abandoned; and the old plan of
controling Legislatures with' free tick
ets is now in vogue everywhere except
on this one Connecticut road, where a
judicial injunction has stopped it tem
porarily. Mr. Goodwyn merits the pub
lic thanks for invoking the intervention
of the only power equal to the suppres
sion of the evil.
MOB LAWLESSNESS.
The Jail at Milledgeville Broken Open
—Two Prisoners Taken Ont—Re
leased or Shot ?
[Atlanta Herald ]
Milledgeville, Ga., April 23.—A
body of men, variously estimated at
from twenty to one hundred, went to
the jail, about one o’clock last night,
and demanded the keys of Mr. Arnold,
the sheriff, and upon his refusal they
presented guns and pistols and com
pelled him to open the cell in which
Horace Wilson, convicted of the killing
of Jack McComb, and Fobe Tompkins,
aoensed of Ku-Kluxing a negro some
twelve months ago, were confined. The
prisoners were taken ont, and the jailer
told that they would be shot. The
party were disguised and their horses’
feet muffled. No idea from whence they
came or where they went. The rain,
which has been falling since 4, a. m.,
has obliterated all tracks. Nothing
more is known of the rescuing party.
The supposition is that the prisoners
are in the hands of friends. It has been
raining since 4. a. m., consequently no
trail is left.
[Atlanta News.]
Milledgeville, Ga, April 24. —This
evening an infuriated mob repaired to
the county jail and demanded of the
jailer Horace Wilson, who was in the
jail, convicted of manslaughter and sen
tenced to the penitentiary. Being re
fused, they broke open the doors and
entered the cell occupied by Wilson,
and took him out aud shot him to death.
It will be remembered that Wilson kill
ed a gentleman in this place last year by
the name of McComb, and was sent to
your city to be put in the Fulton coun
ty jail for saf9 keepiug. He was tried a
few days ago, and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for a term of years. It
seems that this verdict did not meet
public approval, aud that the crime lie
had committed demanded a more se
vere punishment than the one the jnry
saw proper to inflict. Tlius belidving,
this crowd of men took the prisoner
from his cell, and in the same manner
that his victim, McComb, was killed he
himself had to suffer death.
"DNKNOWJI." '
BY O. F. YATES.
Written on reading tlie inscription over the
grave of a Confederate Soldier in Augusta Cem
tery. Decoration Day, April 26th, 1874. Re
spectfully dedicated by a member of the Clinch
Itiflae, to the Memory of those who Bleep in
XL known Graves, and fell while in defense of
Southern Liberty, in the Banks of the Boys in
Gray.
All around me, strewn with flowers,
Lies each little rounded bed,
Strewn with garlands, wreaths and chaplets,
For the noble Southern dead.
All around are Georgia’s daughters.
Fairest of this Southern land ;
Come to pay a last sad tribute,
With a loyal heart and hand.
Come to place o’er fallen heroes,
Flowers, rich, and rare, and bright,
Heroes; who in vain have fought so
Southern Freedom—Southern Might.
Many came with looks of sadness ;
Pale and wau is many a face;
Memory brings up forms of loved ones,
Lapse of time can not efface.
Fathers, brothers, loved ones fallen,
In a cause though lost—still just,
Ah! old Georgia hi Ids most precious,
Many a veteran hero’s dust.
As I gaze on each small tablet;
Bead the names on each headstone ; At
My eyes meet one—no name upon it, jaLiA
*But the simple word, “ Unknown.”
“ Unknown !” Is there none can tell them
Who lies ’neath this bed of clay ?
None! and all we know übont him,
Is, he wore the “ Coat, of Gray."
Can ye tell ye Southern breezes
That across my cheek do blow ?
Whisper gently of the “Unknown
Telt me all of him you know.
Yes—methinks the soft winds answer,
Murmuring sadly in my ear.
We can tell you of the “ Unknown,”
Who hes calmly sleeping here.
Once he was a widowed mother’s, '
Fair-haired boy. her hope, her pride,
Now that lonely mother knows not,
How, or where her boy has died.
•
Strong in limb, and tall of stature,
Type of manhood—naught did fear ;
Hark! the boom from distant Sumter,
Stakes upon his listening ear.
Seizing quick each ti usty weapon ;
lteady, eager for the fray ;
Grasped with strong right hand the sabre;
Downed in haste the “Coal of Gray.”
Pressed his mother to his bossom ;
Bade a fond, a last adieu ;
“-Mother, dear, I fight for Freedom,
For that Flag, • The Bonnie Blue.' ”
And the soft wind’s gentlo murmur,
Tells a sad, a wild sad story ;
How the soldier fought and bled ;
Fought aud fell for Southern glory;
Not as fought the hired mongrels,
Bought with glittering Northern gold ;
But for Mights —our soldiers fought for
Freedom—wealth itself untold.
Gather then the blooming flowers,
Brightest gems from mother earth ;
Hushed be every sound, let sadness,
Take the place of joyous mirth.
Tread with softly falling footsteps,
Where your patriot dead are lain,
Hallowed be t* ground that holds them,
Graves of martyrs! Southern slain !
Lady, stay—one moment linger,
In your baud are flowers fair;
And a bright sprig of geranium,
Nestles in your dark brown hair.
Lady, take the bright fresh flower,
Take it from the silken wave
Os thy tresses —lay it gently
( On the Unknown soldiers’ grave.
Lady, once there lived a maiden,
Just as fair as you are now,
But her faoe is stamped with sorrow,
Anguish written on her brow;
Oft she finds sweet consolation,
Praying to the God above,
For the soldier ’neath us sleeping,
For her first, her only love.
Strew wiih flowers the fallen hero,
Wreathe a garland rich and rare.
Choicest Boses—Leaves of Laurel,
Crowns for Victors brow to wear.
Ah ! methinks the evening sunbeams,
Love to linger ’round this place,
And amid their glorious halo,
Letters golden 1 can trace,
Softly tints of gold and crimson,
Light upon the grassy sod;
Sunbeams write from Heaven the message ;
“ Unknown here"—butknoum to God —
Augusta, Georgia.
PARISIAN G-DSSIP*
Araene Houssaye’s last Paris letter to
the New York Tribune contains the fol
lowing piquant gossip: We have in
Paris a great lady, a foreigner, who
goes in society with an unblushing front,
and who, nevertheless, has committed
that inhuman crime—a woman who has
set her husband on fire. The story may
be worth telling. There is an extenuat
ing circumstance. The husband did
not love his wife. Why did he marry
her, then ? In America a man sees a
pretty girl with no money and marries
her, saying that beauty is the same as
specie; and he is right. In Europe he
sees an ugly woman draped in banknotes
and marries her t saying there is no hap
piness without money; and he is wrong.
This is what Count d’H did ; He
took Mademoiselle Armande O be
cause of the million she incumberred.—
Mile. O was a character. She was
not to be trifled with. She at once took
high ground-with her husband. “Mon
sieur,” she said to him in full honey
moon, which in this case was la lune
rousse, “I know you have a liaison which
controls you, but I will let you know
you are not to control me. If you be
have as a gentleman 1 will pardon you
for the sums that connection has already
cost you and me. Bat if I find you only
married me for my million I will be re
venged.”. The husband accepted all her
revenges with philosophic calmness, and
continued to waste her substance. When
dignity has fled from a house its in
mates are no longer man and woman—
they are merely criminals and maniacs.
In this unhappy marriage came—shall I
.-ay it—eveu to blows. Violence .took
the place of insult. The husband talked
of a separation of person and goods.
“Ah, yes !” said the lady, “I under
stand. You wish a separation of per
sons, having made way with the goods.”
“Yes,” said the husband coldly. “That
d es not suit me,” said the wife. - “You
have killed my heart, my reason, my
honor; and now I shall have your life.”
Count d’ H tried to laugh at her.
“ But, Madame, why should you wish
my death, when I ask nothing better
than to leave you?” “Because that is
my only possible revenge.” “ Nonsense,
my dear. Cowards and women revenge
themselves, and you are neither. It
must be that you want to*marry again.”
“ Why not, sir. I have been very little
married with yon.” This charming con
jugal conversation ended with the usual
climax of endearment a la aganarelle.
The wife had the bitterer tongue, the
husband the heavier fist. The lady re
tired, beaten, but not satisfied, and re
solved to be rid of her husband. But
how to go about it? She was not strong
enough to use the poignard, and she re
volted at the cowardice of poison. This
is what took place. One evening she
found him in bed, reading a letter in a
woman’s handwriting. In a sudden rage
she set his curtains on fire and ran away,
lucking the door on the outside. He
screamed fire, but the servants were too
far to hear him. It was horrible. He
ran frantically abput the room. The
chamber was upholstered in Louis XV
cretonne, which instantly took fire from
the bed. M. d’ H at last got to a
window, and as he was about to throw
himself ont, his wifd took pity and
opened the door, asking what was the
matter, with a look of innocent sur
prise.. The husband’s life waa saved,
but his disfigurement was complete.
The case hus been much talked about,
and there are those who do not hesitate
to defend the wife. They accuse the
husband of having tormented, deceived
and ruined his wife. When the Court
ordered their separation, there was only
left to her some three or four thousand
francs a year of her fortune, with which
she can make very little figure in the
world. But tli% husband will show to
still less advantage with his scarred apd
seamed cheeks and forehead. It is sad
to cariy into the world the scars received
at lio mV#
Wo have another strong-minded wo
man in Paris—Madame Olga de .Tallinn
—who is making a frightful noise. She
came to see me yesterday, with a triest!
Here is her history, as she gives it-, in a
few words: She is a Don Cossack, with
all the wildness of that desert country.
She is part faun and part centaur, with
blood of fire. There are women of whom
you never think without a prayer book
under their arm; this one always lias'a
horse whip in her hand. A Princess
upon the banks of the Don, she is at
present merely a pianist tfnd novelist.
She plays the piano like a Liszt, and
writes novels like George Sand when
George Saud wrote Elle et Lui. In lier
famous book, Les Souvenirs d'une Cosa
que, sho relates with an incredible tran
quility of saint her adveutures with
Abbe Liszt— the famous Liszt.of the
salons. The illustrious pianist had flung
into The church to escape from
k® was not a hardened
sinner. I?nTMme. Olga de Janinn, who
had disembarrassed herself of lier hus
band, took Liszt without ceremony out
of his sanctuary. The penitent be
came impenitent again. For three
years Liszt went on squandering his
share in Paradise in company with
this rose-garlanded demon. Madame
Olga do Janina assured me the
presence of the priest, who was not
listening, that she spent in these esca
pades with the Abbe Liszt three millions
of francs—a million a year. I believe a
great deal was spent in charity. The
devil has had his share and the poor hud
theirs. But how the money was thrown
out of the window ? For instance, they
drew upon the celebrated garden culti
vated by Alphonse Karr for cart loads of
Parmese violets to strew the path of the
great pianist, whether ho happened to
be at Pesth, at Venice, or at Rome.
They kept open house for all the eccen
trics of Europe. If Olga de Janina had
been merely asimple mortal, Liszt would
have declined such publicity with her.
But a Princess from the banks of the
Don—that was original and princely.
This fine train of life could not last
always. Liszt loves lift* at full speed ;
the good man is no anchorite. He is a
saint of Sybaris and not of Bethlehem.
Olga de Jauina became finally a crum
pled rose leaf. They separated whet!
the three millions were g< ne, he to re
turn to the church, and she to pursue her
fantastic destiny.” The correspondent
concludes the narrative of this haughty
Cossack by informing ns we may expect
her in America, riding whip and all, as
the Old World is too small for her.
THE COURTS,
Superiour Court. —Court met yester
day morning pursuant to Adjournment,
Judge Henry B. Tompkins presiding.
Tlie following cases were disposed of:
John M. Johnson, administrator, vs.
Emily Tubman, ejectment. Verdict for
the defendant.
Elizabeth Williams vs. Lafayette Wil
liams, libel for divorce. Divorce a
vinculo . matrimonii granted by two
juries.
Margaret S. Eewis vs. Paul H. Lewis.
Second verdict of totul divorce granted.
Catherine Steltz vs. Milton Steltz, libel
for divorce. Verdict for defendant by
one jury. ,
A motion for a new trial in the case of
Jacob Kc*itz vs. The Augusta and Sum
merville Railroad Company, was made
by F. H. Miller, Esq., defendant’s coun
sel, but was overruled by the Court.
The following bills were returned by
the grand jury:
State vs. William Wilson, assault with
intent to murder. True bill.
State vs. George Watkins, assault with
intent to murder. True bill in two
cases.
State vs. Joseph Harris, murder. True
bill.
State vs. John Cartledge, perjury. No
bill.
Court adjourned until Tuesday morn
ing at half past nine o’clock. Judge
Bartlett, of “the Ocmulgee Circuit, will
preside during the week.
County Court.— Court met yesterday
morning, Judge Claiborne Snead pre
siding.
Elizabeth Creech, charged with keep
ing a lewed house, was sentenced to
twelve months at hard labor iu the chain
gang. _____
Correspondence.
• We insert the following letters with
pleasure, having been overlooked the
other day :
Augusta, Ga., April 20, 1875.
J. C. Francis, Jr., Esq., Chairman
Spelling Bee Committee:
Dear Sir —Thinking the competition
in the q»eful and elegant art of spelling
deserving of more than one prize, I
cheerfully present to your committee a
copy of Worcester’s Unabridged Dic
tionary; that edition to be given to the
best speller at the coming “Bee,” it be
ing adopted as the standard at the Uni
versity of Georgia, as well as those of
many other States. Wishing you suc
cess, I remain, very truly, yours,
Geo. A. Oates.
Oeo. A. Oates, Esq :
My Dear Sir —As Chairman of the
Committee of Arrangements for the
“Spelling- Bee,” it is my pleasure to
thank yon for your appropriate gift of
the valuable copy of Worcester's Una
bridged Dictionary, you so kindly pre
sented to us. We highly appreciate it,
and we know it will be gladly received
by the successful speller. Hoping you
will be present to see who bears away
your prize, I am, yours truly,
J. C. Francis, Jr.
Augusta, April 22, 1875.
4
The Atlantic Coast Line. —Col. A.
Pope, General Freight Agent of Hie At
lantic Coast Line, and Capt. H. M. Cot
tingham, Western Ageut, were in the
city yesterday on business connected
with their line. Col. Pope has appoint
ed Mr. Wm. M. Timberlake agent at
Augusta to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Mr. John Jenkins. Mr.
Timberlake is well and favorably known
in this community, and is recognized ns
a man of integrity, intelligence and in
dustry. Col. Pope, who is admitted to
be one of tho be-t railroad men in the
country, in his special department, has
made a good appointment.
The responsible man at the Western
terminus of this great freight line is
Capt. H. M. Cottingham, whose head
quarters are at Atlanta, but whose juris
diction extends to New Orleans. It was
thought at one time that Capt. Cotting
ham would he moved to Augusta to take
charge of the agency here, in addition
to his other duties, but it was deter
mined not to change his base, as the
Western interests of the line demand bis
undivided attention. Capt. C. under
stands his business thoroughly, and his
services are appreciated by the public
and the officials of the line which he has
served and is serving so efficiently.
“Idiot!" exclaimed a lady, coming
out of the one evening, as u
gentleman acTOeutally stepped on her
traveling skirt. “Which one of us?”
blandly respohded the man.
[For the Sunday Chronicle and Sentinel. ]
LINKS.
Occasioned by the sudden and melancholy
death of Miss C. riune Duuwoody aud Mr.
Fredrick A. Maxwell, April 10th, 1875.
The balmy breath of Spring floats smoothly by
The fleecy cloudlet. Heath etlierial sky:
The budding tiowor peeps on in modesty;
The leaflets tremble on eaoh branchy tree;
Forth on the air -he sweetest music floats,
From Jp.vous songsters thrilling feathery
tlirouts;
And every living thing on God’s green earth,
Seems jto rejoice in gentle Spring's young
birth.
And far away ‘‘from bnsy haunts of men,"
V p’oaeure party seek the woodland glen,
Bright laughter mingles with the balmy air,
Sweet from the lips of youth and maiden fair,
%ie careless word, the repartee aud jest,
Te 1 of the pleasure in ea. h youthful bieast.
Can tbo read form of Death stay linger-ng by,
Watching the group with cruel hungering eye,
-Unseen. unthought of, he is standing there,'
Eager to gra-p a prey, so young, so fair.
Eager to steal from this jioor world of ours,
The rarest gems, the richest brightest flowers;
Yet it is ever so; no power his arm can stay,
Thoso that we love the best, first ft.de Away,
Kuthloss, liis sickle sweeps o’er earth so wild,
Lays low the young wife’s hope; the widow's
only child;
Yet mid these bccuos, we hear the voice of
God,
“I lovA thee better. Pass beneath the rod.”
* * * * * *
Sleeps in the arms of Death-the girlish form
So well beloved. It wmb but vest or morn
Bevelling in all the pride of childish glee,
■ln all the innocence of virgin chastity;
So soon, so suddenly he called away.
To dwell in realms of bliss, thro’ endless
No parting kiss from lips of mother dear;
No farewell word to make doath feel less drear;
Snatches from this world without a warning
given,
Up to a purer, brightor home in Heaven.
Thou must be there; while thro 1 this vale thou
trod,
Thine aim was to “Prepare to meet thy God.”
'1 hou knew that earili was no abiding place.
And lived to meet Death's summons in the
face,
Towards Heaven, thy thoughts w. u‘d ever
lii goring soar,
Where crystal waters, wash a golden shore,
Their ripples dashing in prismatic mist,
Glint on the sapphire and the amethyst.
Where strange and wonderous glories are un
furled.
Unseen, unknown in this poor sinful world,
Where white-robed angels 'stand around the
throne,
Their vo ces raised in praise to God alone.
A peaceful, happy city of the blest.
Where thoso who sleep in Jesus take tlieir rest;
Where sorrow, care nor anguish cannot come,
“Jerusalem the goldeu," happy home—
Well loved by all who kuew thee from thy
birth.
Thou wort too pure a flower for this earth;
Though loved ones mourn they sudden loss,
we know
Thine is the happier world than this below;
'•Nearer My God to The o”—that was thy
prayer,
And now thou know’st the joys 'of “ Over
There."
A mulli r’s heart, steeped in a grief so wild.
May wondering ask, ‘•llowieit with the child?"
But God’s own angels, comforting would tell.
To that griet-stricken heart, the answer —"lt
is well!"
Thy school c jmpanions, grouped around tho
bier.
Kiss thy cold brow, drop Borrowing friendship’s
tear,
Wreathe garlands round the form, so still,
serene,
Thy loved name on their lips. Corinne t Co
rinne !
* * • • • «
Yester. in all the pride of manhood flashed,
1 o day, the form lies motionless, and liualied,
Died for a life he had nut uower to save.
Now comrades bear him sorrowing to the
grave :
The i orse without a rider bends his bead.
And seems to' know aud uioum his master
dead;
The glistening sabres flashing through the air;
The bugle’s note strikes sadly on the ear;
Well inuy the comrade- mourn for one so brave,
For one ho young to till an early grave.
>Sud scene, sad scene. Tlio’ loved ones mourn
thy loss.
Let them take comfort, cilraly bear the croee,
And know by holy, sacred promise given.
Thou hast a rich reward to reap in Heaven.
Maxwell! tho’ years may pass, aud ages roll
away.
Thy last bravo, noble act must live for aye;
And til ■’ the life thou gave, tvas given in vain,
I< wreathes a glorious halo round thy name.
Word* are but empty sounds, and heedless (ail,
Thy noble deed siauds out before them all. Wk
Best, noble soul, rest tor life's labor’s done, flj
The goal is past, tlio blessed haven won. mM
Best, brave young heart, beneath earth‘d®
grassy sod,
Angles ploclaim thy noble act to God.
TiieShootino Affkay.—The prelimin
ary investigation in tlio ease of William
Pain, charged with shooting John Nash,
also colored, was postponed yesterday
morniug until the issue ok tire Wound
can be ascertained. Nush has made tho
following statement:
April 23d, 1875.
I, John Nash, feeling uncertain aa to
my re covery, do state the following :
Wm. Pain, colored, came up to mo
this evening about five o’clock and said,
“John, I want you to go over to your
house and wake up your sister Blanche.”
I told lmn that I had no businesa of
waking her up. He then said, “Go and
make that poor trusli (alluding to Wm.
Jenkins) come out of there.” I told him
that him and my brother Edward were
reared up together and he had a right to
go there. He then struck me in the
breast, which I took in play and turned
away from him. He then called me to
the door and throwiug his arm around
me snid, “Gome around behind tho
house, I want to see you.” When wo
got there lie drew a pisMH out of hia
pocket and presented it towards my
house. 1 Raid, “Hold on, don’t cock
that pistol,” aud just as the word was
out he turned it into my breast and
fired, the ball entering just below my
right nipple. I think he had tukeu one
or two drinks, not more. I think hia
spite was in relation to u certain gir l wo
were both going to see. 1 feel sure that
he did it intentionally.
his
[Signed] John yt, Nash,
murk
his
Witness—Ed H Nash,
nmrk^^Z
The Grain ©Top Iteport from the West.
St. Louis, April 24.—Reports from
the State show J of the Fall wheat crop
will be lost. There wilt be half an
average oat crop. Corn is yet to bo
planted. The peach crop of Missouri
and Arkansas is nearly destroyed. Ap
' ptra and pears uninjured. Wheat in
Indiana is badly injured. Tho rye and
barley crops are also short. The crops
in Kansas are in fine condition. Wheat
in Michigan is badly injured. The
Nebraska prospects are llattcring. In
Wisconsin oats anil barley are badly in
jured. The prospect for Winter wheat
in Illinois is very discouraging—many
wheat fields being plowed for corn.
ELECTRIC KI’ARKS.
General .Jolin C. Breckenndge ia very
ill, though dangerous results are not
immediately apprehended.
Several thousand ticket holders in tho
late Louisville Library Lottery have
placed their coupons in the hands of
Blanton Duncan to bring suit against
the managers for breach of contract to
recover their money.
Tub Excuksion to Atlanta.— ln or
der to render the excursion to Atlanta
next Saturday as ugreeablo as possible,
only a limited number of tickets huve
been issued, so that parties desiring to
avail themselves of the ojrportunity of
fered of visiting Atlanta ut so small a
charge would do well to purchase their
tickets at once, before they are all dis
pos< d of. Tickets can he procured at
Quinn & Pendleton’s, Prontaut’s,
O’Donnell & Burke’s, Mullarky’s, James
A. Gray’s, Gallaher & Mnlherin's. P.
Kelly’s, H. Kennedy’s and Peter Kee
nan’s.
Nevada ice dealers are already prepar
ing to doable their prices next Bummer,
upon the ground that the crop will bo
almost entirely eaten np by the grass
hoppers.
A Boston lady recently left a sum of
money, tho iuterest of which is used iu
providing tho inmates of tho Home for
old women and Home for old men with
a supply of tea..