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YOU. VIII The limes & Planter is retii.i ii ia> EVERY SATURDAY. CHRISTIAN k IANS, Proprietors ■ Subscription Rubes. One copy Id mont Its (la adva cc} 2 00 One c>>py 12 moat ha (on lime) ...... 2 ol) 1 'ropOat onatu Ur three and six in urhs. .A-dvortisiiipj Rates. Thu following aru (lie rales ngioxt upon by the proprietors of this paper, and will be strictly adhered *o in nil ulmrgug for ad¬ vertising tjq'rs' I W. nCTI ITT• M. | It M. 1 $ 1 00 fio! i§rs oo' #9 wo !9 Id OQ 2 2 O f » r, fi-'' ll 17 001 22 Ml 5 !S 00 6 76 1 if- t) 21 f-oi no oo 4 4 fi 0<) 00 10 8 2fi fi I 21 18 6111 7fij 29 2'> OtM <K>| Jtu 42 Of 6 (t)| ool on « 0 00 la at 2fi 83 48. U 12 m II ic> afi On 21 30 7fi| yfi 40 fii On 5.)' fifi 75 fin fio 109 hi Oo On .... ! ' ' ■ a ■<|Uiir,! is dim! i„cn solid N np ucil Nu daductieii uu ls for h> k t an a iqi IIAiC. Spec «1 not ices w 11 be charg' d 2o per cent »bo»e tegular 1 ati-s. Notices, ui local column, lfi cents per line, for each 'n.ertW.n. I’sr?»n» ai’iiding advertisement* wilt plran d.signaie the d.-psi'ment ,»t tli« pap*-r in which they wish them asertad — wheiln r in tha “regular,” ••Hia'id ii’’ or • local” column; •Wo the length ol the time they wish them puhlisliad and the spnci they want them to occupy* Announcing of candidate* for office name* five di llarx, iuv ilshlyiii suvanc*. Marrb, e* and Ol.ituary Nnilcca not ex. reeding in line- wi l he rnddi-lnd free ; hut foriill over JO lines, regulsi advariWiDg roles will h. iihaigod. Rates and Rules for Legal Advertising Sheriff's 8 le , por 8 I’vy.....$5 fi 00 00 '• Mnrtg.igu ti la * < s par sipi'r«, *6 Cilaiioii* Gr I.alter* of Adtiiiinatia'ii 1 *0 •• ’• ** (iiiaiiliaii?liip fi Ol Application for Di-’n from A minis'll fi 00 • “ •* •* •• ItiiArdUu’p fi *’0 “ “ l.cave'o‘c I hand fi ou Salta af I *- 1 ml per qume . . . . fi on P*ss of Peii.-liablH prup’y, rcdiio.s |>(*r sqm'e fi I 01) # Nuiint* o Dult’is and . , fi Fore, lusur' of ,\'i rig ' c, piu iq'irir# fi 00 Fit ray Ni lice*, !t() d iy* , . . . fi On Api>Uc*Uou lor tl.’Bi. st<ad . , . . 4 on When Bil s are Hug. All t't'erti». mnit* hi ltd. pti« r are dim at any tiinu att. r ill*, lir-i iii«»'|ti<ai ot die Miii'i an I will lift <5 *l!»- led at th* pleasin e of ihe I'tonnntors unli'-**. udiurwiau aroing'-'t by I'Utl' ant. I'Ri )F KSS I'IN \L A NI) BUS IN ESS J. T. JORDAN J A TT « « Air. W A T B. ^ V* Sparta, Georgia. Office over Uotheni.^ V\ tdkins' Stmo. FRANK L. LITTLE ATTORNEY Al LAW. Sparta, Georgia. Offc* in th* • outuy Conn r mu wa th# Uourt ilniisa. JAMES A. 11 A 11 EEV, fltLatnnj at Siam, iS/’.//»’ /VI, (>.l lloomn it. Law Building, "H of Court House. (i 8 lv* HILL & HARRIS, A T T «> it A i: I S h T I. A M ' Macon, Georgia. Spscinl attention Riven t«« Uom rerioM, CoNvi*r iniimi and ut hot office husimvs. Nov. 2d, 1H72. ly. E. J. JOHNSTON, PKALKR IN' WATCHES, .I F.Wl l.UY, Silver w.ue I’a ov tinmV, iVe. A tent for 'lie , rleh.aie I Ihai’ ond Fprctae'cs. Fy*' til«--»s. \c. Fine »«icli work " apecialitv. Jewelry reparfd and •npraving done Mur,m, U<ir.ier Mulberry and S c •nd DirOfti*, ll.,. MayttjTHIy DR. P. T. PENDLETON IIhviiic returned and located permanriuty IntR’AUTA. off-ra Id* PROFESSIONAL SERVICES In tho cititens of llunooek county. lli« effco i* al tho re-iiton. * ot l'r. K M I'F.N PLRTON, whore ho m.iy ho found, unless SWofvsstonaU) engaged Ju'20,72 ROBT. II. MAY CO., [Successor to WYMAN A MAY,] M.inufuctu:crc & Dealers in Cavrifijsj’t's. I Ui^ios. AN D PLAN-AT ION WAGONS, Harness, Saddles. Carriage Material. Shoe Findings and I en her of all kinds, • ifl'ing, ote . Ole *208 Bread s>irvei Angus!*, Ga do« 2 "Iv W. M. v«ro»i v a. T VKl.OIRT j. j. vaupvnr. W. M. Is* OEM £ SONS, M*Mt K*fr< ar k» ■ r DOORS, SASH, BLINDS J Moldnirs MOUbngS, Picket FiCket Fencmc fencing. Scrd, Wora, L-lths and Lumber, Aii.‘r' 4 o!iiL - Cit'O. «»ia ^ - JOMM ^liivr.|(«. «gru«, wpui-la f -- R l ;}f* SCT ,» f l l.LY a I. el wv. ld f.ien s , _ «p • G*v! fn ^ V:; ,* j ir,», t I- r.. wi„ •, aMv'-lm W. M. YKKHY m m --------/ ' ^ l • ' 1 & m $ 3teS5#*3SPK3S I I , $ I 'AT \ •H 1.1 L* m i 1 A y 1 V.' t f a 4 & J % f f, A AJ AJ & * _ __ m 4. 9 SPARTA, IIANCOCE COUNTY; GA„ SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1874. 'i'tit! liii-MsIhtfs <11 To-B?ay. I, e us jfrt'ber up th sunbeams, Ljiugul! kct,»iln* utouitcl wheat on pall., uiul J. et u i r'*e« — Ua ling <.ut ih« thorns ni <1 chutf; J «l us tint! our swv.trst conduit* In ill blem ugs of nd u-OHjr, With u pi.r cm l> removing AH ihu britrs from the Way. Then scatter seeds of kindness, Then miuter neons ds of kindness, Then soaitersM of kindness loroiu reaping by mid by* filrsi g” wo ■ erer pris- ti e music Ti i l,o *w, <u-V'i<'< d bird his flown • B’mngo ilmt w<* s onid slight the violets Till ihe lovely flaw, rs are gone ; Hiri.ngo that si.iuii'er *kien and sunshine Nevi r »e« in one halt so fair As win u winter’s sru.wy j inions ! Mi ho .ho white down in die air. Lip from wlih-h the seal of sih nee None hut God can roll uw.-y, Neve- tilomoru .1 oi mi h bounty A h Biloms lie n on ill 10 -dny. And sweet wolds that freight our memory With h*ir hen liful pi-rinme, Cun.c III in* ill ‘Wvoier oovnis Jhiou h i e peitu.s ol he tomb. If wo knew th* hi.tr’ fii g«ra l’ies»"l against iln* w ndow pane Would bec. ; M«n.Miill ,.-morow Never tioubi. oa ngu.n: Ca'cli W null! the fr«w hr gbt y. s of our dailiog tie U upon, ur bmn ; vv ould ih> pri tot'rosy fi gers Vex uh then as they do now ! Ah, those hi tin ic«-c**td fingers, l ow tin v p> n.i our memories back To ih hu-iy word* an 1 action* Birown along our hurkw ml track , iJo\v Hits' !i tie liHiidi* remind us, As in Ntioay grace hey lie, N’t 0 sraiici*ihui'i.R, bill roses, For our icupi g l.y aud by ClIUUClIWAN \ Tin iltlim Account of Ihe lt< cent rioorl in .llaxxacliuxeUii. H hat the First AV ir Y'ak Correspond' ent oa the (Jtoun / saw ai d heard. [Daily (inijdiic.j Luf.hh, Mass . May 18, ’74. As I rode up through Connecticut on Nut ii iday, past, New Haven and tSi.riimfiold, to the scono id the greD di-a-tcr, nitiica'iutia of heavy ruina wen ev r> where apparent. The bottom lands were all inundated, and evciy little br<> k seemed swoleti into a tut bulont sir- ani, lucid' uts on the Train. On the ira:n were a large number ol re-id'n'g from the vicinity of Mill 8 m Mil. '* 1 ''*v wcie re*."rni».<r by tin¬ first tiain to itiea-'ni-e ot tho flooii.— Many id ileiu bad been financially ruined. bullli) bad relatives dlnWiicd MJt i'itl lOlH. Mill Stream, the sc tic of the Ijrr’blc f echet, ih a Hintd river uhmit twelve hi tb a low*. L runs easterly through li. m shoe CMI'I y, 'da-HHCtiusetls, and emj lies into die t’onni client River al tNi rihatnp'oii ab< ut seventy live miles noiill "I N< w Haven and ahnut luid way between R stun nod Albany. M II S n am would be n eumpurative ly diy mam in the m turner were it tint loi ilie Goshen end Williamsburg resi n* iiM, which supply it widi water, milking it one of tin finest water pow eis ii Mms ichns. t s. 'iln Incut ton ot tin se two reservoirs, , with Mill *Slrei»iii, which runs lliioilglr , the now ruined towns ot U idi"in**b.ng I Skmiiti vile, llay.li'uville, j eeds, and l'T renet*. and empties into the Connec¬ ticut ui Northampton, is as follows: Ifi'I acres, 10 ,ue, <Ua p h!i = J 11 in - nhurg j Up* • hcK'IVuil. • PO acres, ft) tci t deep •S 'if, ni-bmg, id I Pop., I,Out). •i. . VI Uitr*er\dk», i t, lop, Loot). ) B Ol’iiyd'-nville, TOO. S l i>j) , c | 5s OI.reJs i\ p., 3,000 ; ’ O f'lorenro, I Pop., 8090. I P. p «,i no. 4>N-'rili«ini*t'*n. t’oiiihc.iout liiv.r. wilt. MRS <M ,VM' Ht'.fRV III. ’T /' ■he. 4 , he | entire by the fresh * .imago -oor Ct cannot lad behind .<-.Ui)0,000 property, without counting the loss lime to .bn two tlmu-and oi more aiives. Inal, ten factories and hundred dwedi-g houses have ; destroyed, aud the bodies ol one ' dred and thirty-four drowned had been lou.nl. l he A’- - rvoir Dun's. In Older to find > be troin a r, souuv how ihe te.-evvoii br ko, I took carriage and redo up to see Cmvi ev. who keeps the Res, rv oir ..r. < luet'.’v i- . , tIn*tv r-n years ,.| aye, a \itnXt*. w.l ; a ,vd hear l. lie live? il.e edge l, ie , .ui wall. Hi- I , I>c-s. n- .’ll to rai-v ■ i ..am g.fe ! . t 1 i 4 u.ut.uea 40 the m - 1 l J”' ,u> v ,,0 y Bar if! reev ' jr e*ed lioiu l.i* , aeiienHiit when l him t, tell me how tbe Reservoir :otnak “How did the res.-rvoir Ick ear.y ,h !./' ••Bell,' *’■ . smutieoigi-. .-ani Georg,*, a* a* he h^atool stood J» his -h rt s'.trvi* and chewed tbe ends ‘“ biaficy UB ‘ beaid. U l ’ “I’ll ‘ toil ‘ 1 r»u Tl u ail - if. Yourvc.it had been rai-ving Friday iiigLt. Ti’« ground was soaked through unit through. Hundreds the of little streams were pouring into pond. About liulf-past six Saturday Uiottii-g we beard the water rushing from the dam. ‘Quick as light niu>'’ said George, l strode ac'oss a horse, took u lath-stick iu my hand, and ran towards'Williiiinstuig. Iran for my life. Behind l saw the stream grow larger. It roared like a train of ears Then it rumbled like thunder, i tit nod my nead around and saw in the distance the hank of granite, like a big hill, move out. On J lode, pull well, lor Williamsburg, three miles. It was about half past * seven when I struck »be town. , As . l , galloped , to • I T saw George Spellman who has the buttou lartu.y in Williamsburg. Coming-tlie . g, z r «Gtorge, ° sl.o is ° esnroir “*Noj it can , t be so, Lheeuey, sez George. “ • lJnt twenty feet of the bank has slid out already’ svz 1. .. ,y Jy God J* wg g ellmnn, ‘if that is the case, start right off for Leeds, 'fell 'em to fly for <Iicir lives, lluu !’ ” Collins GraVes stood there, and, . to . Ins . horse, , he dashed , , . off „ jun.pingr on towards Hkinnervillo. It was a iaeo will the flood, but Collins leached Skin uervillc five minutes ahead. ‘•lluu ! Save your livts ! The wa tei is coming 1" shouted Collins. At llajdei sville Collins was two tumults ahead, hut he shouted and g-, 1 - loped through the village. Now came ho race between Collins and the flood for Loud?. But ’(was no use. flood leaped by him like a train of cars, and Colli s ran up the bank and rested. “How did the fl*nd look, Collins?” l asked the hero Uiiikiuau an hour af turwurds. ••It Was a great sea, sir, thirty feet high. It boiled over tlie tops of the trees. H«>uses wore riding on the top - f the foam. People wcie shrieking and seieomintr. Iloises and cattle Were struggling and sliding out of It made a noise liitf. thunder, I ran my hor-e up toe lane to get away from it. As it pan-ed it was fell a tornado of water. The big trees over and sild e-u of the ground or dived under iho water. Houses bounced up and jump, d off ou the waves or smashed up like paper boxes Iu front was a coinm 11 ol » earn. It looked like smoko —us if the water was burning some thing. P l'K>k up the I o ses, wraped Miem *»:: ) dashed liiem al»out liko so manv eh <^cr men.’’ • . "I> « 'I mu.”.,I nut, OoTIina, or a*i vance in a b dy ? ’1 asked. “lo a body, sir—a hill of nator—a moving bill. I: it had c mie gradually the hou-ea would have stood The wa ter VM'ul 1 liav fined them, and they would have been anchored down. As it wa- they were hollow. The water didn't touch the insides. They floated off like bouts Did y ou ever have any previous sake car a, the out milkman. tb reservoir bursting ?’ 1 1 ‘•Why, no , though a pood many people Uid. Alter every hi-rain seme (•topic w. u.-! get scared about the dam. lh. V W.mla ,0 ..... ar.iuud t.ie post ffiec about the un-ale ■Urn j hut l didn’t think thcio was any J ‘ The Dam. “What tirade tho d im break V l ask¬ ed Mr. ( hoeney, the gate koqitr. ••\\ hy, simply because there *a< too little ■ ut ana stone aud sand to hold the water.’’ Th Flood. The reservoir broke at fifty minutes prist six on Saturday morning. At sev en iber,< was a culu»io cl du-t and mist——a great mmole, and the bank *lioved down the stream In a tno men. the w lode reset voir of water, f try I. e. J ep and a mite long came south bu.ing d ovu the gulch. It c me ike tnc rapids ol Niagara, scattering wbveu ouch, i, and destroying every thing tuns way The valley of M,il .Ill I. II ,1, »(.Milch will. . 1 . 01 . -ij.-s. : ...... ""I"'™— *na *ko t *. Lv. ry l. cli oi level ground lot ten miles from Wiliiauiaburg to North atuplon eui,e Was H,ewJr built upon. There was no for to spread out. L came jv.it up, t.iund. ring his-ing through th? gulch. In front of it wa a cmud of mist, using like a cln-r.ibun On the top of the flood were ln-use-, tucs. timer, and the dtbru of the whole vaiity ll looked like a ledge of moving ;.oeks. Mammoth nee* bowed bvtore it. or snapped like a reed shaken ... the r m l. It was the breath of an angry God, breathing destruction and anuihtU'iou. I'hcrc w w no time lor pr, j>aia!iou —no time b r reflection. There *i? no heroism, no known acts otlor'ituiie Thewatercameand»\v.d lowed them up. Tnc ptoplc on the lo* p ace? were no more, ami ihe peo plo on the high places wrung tLeir a Lai, D; ten hour minute- Mil. Mream ,t was was pawed, its and chan- m fit 1 ajaiu Ihe people came from trees, and from high banks only to find their law lies and friends d.ai gure, and tlieir houses de«o!attd. \v. rie ten minutes before was a beau lilu | Cl , ;t , „ ,„b vin „ ami trees and j oun ; a iiand playing children, now was 1 h aplf ‘ stonU—pcihaps ‘ 1 the bed ytac:t , k Leeds Leeds with a population of 3.000, was the hist town I rode through oo Sunday, here was the Uriah dew but tou mills, now owned by Mr George P. Warner. Thrc « hundred wotked worked here, here. * f« *“•»• of ,le ‘m t« lo torv ,orv * • ft was snnibilatcu. Not a .... brick is left. The waters undermined the mam¬ moth structure, crumbled it to the dust. and . floated „ , . its ,. btg foundation .. , stones down t 10 stream. W. F. Quigley a bouse, . in Leeds, was one of the most beautiful residen ces in town. lien the Hood came it swept the main building down standing stream. To-day I saw Mrs. Quigley in the "icck of her beautiful home. Around her were broken pianos, stoves, beds, clocks, pictures and torn up car Pets. ‘How did you escape ? I asked. *‘\\ hy, we ren up stairs in tl.o wing . over the kitchen. My daughters and M.ss Mai bit*, who teaches our school, were with us. We saw the main h.use tremble and sail away, i lieu b .Humphreys windows came sailing along by our on the r-of of a bouse. p. Led h ut into Mi* window. Mrs. Humphreys and two cliddreu were rotated. Ihydcnvi'le. The flood reached llaydenville, mile above Leeds, at S o’clock* were the sp undid brass vioiks of Day dcu, Gere A Co., employing tim e hun¬ dred hands, aud their splendid bank building. All was destroyed. bank safe waa carried down the stream. Here twenty dwelling houses and thir ty-tliree pcopl 1 were destioyed. The people Were punt up in the gorge and eouid not escape. Sixteen French and Irish laborers wtie cut off aud drowned fir one locality. SkmrurvHfe. Twenty-five houses destroyed and fi vc people dead, The sdk works of Skinnerville are owned l.y William *fjfrinircr. The big brick factory, worth 1 ».U00, and where Were employed 125 u.en, was destroy e f in five n iuutes. Not a brick is left. Not a shaft. Tbe boiler was carried away. ‘How w.»s it done?’ I a-ked Mr. .Skiunor ‘1 don’t know, sir. — was just sit ting down to hriakl r 1 heard ihe factory beil tap • ncc. I thought of fire 1 jumped tip to look out and saw the bank of water coming. I dodged tack, handed the baby io Null and told lies to fly io the foil. I we it behind to butty them up. 1 looked back and th« factory was gone. It went like lightning—bricks, iron—ever) thing.’ ‘It was a sea ot foam and bouses I've been on the A laiitictti a storm. That was it, a big wave dashed over the deck, but on the t. p ot that wav**, yesterday, wet* l.ou-e**, trees «nd lomher.' 'li- 1 ' '* _■' 1 ' ^MWa*— .. ls«.d _ used pointing to wbeio the factory to stand ‘Wliero arc the ‘Gone, sir! flouted down the Why, my big safe—my big sa'e has flouted off t. o, aud we ve been looking tor it all day l wouldn’t be surprised i' wc found it floating around on the Connecticut River, or may he out ou the sound,* and though Mr. Skinner had ju-l lost 8150,OOd, actual ly laughed at the id. a. * Where did these bricks all go to ?’ I a-ked. ‘I don’t know. It's s mystery to me how my brick and iron sh ip ha-entire Ivtl I rc| livd Sti..u«r, But you see mey arc gone. I ...... )dn m*0ury. . 1 „„ 1 Lis . town . the , first „ struck by is town the flood. It was situ.ie 1 mostly in .hc-aliey, and.-* has ben ulmos’t to tally d s royed F.ftv-five r ogle i-» the little Imii.le* have bee* drowned J and tw. i i tv ’ live a h m-s , I'J nw nWHV *y Ji-MreH*" , , r«,tl J 5 & Al 1',” ™ ra rills W« 1 'done by the tuuLcr and wood. In many in.-lmcs even the b irk ol tho sfi, ,;*.o li, hfghc *. tre.■« tmL\„ i- , re'cl h m their c ,ts - *N'*» » v. sti ol 1 a- k remain,. I., •«-* "« « ^ * he ld was found in on, pi.ee wide hey h .ve been , n »L!c In to the find^ temporary his -udy. morgue m W .Uitn-btng are the h dies-d old g, ......... ....... vta ,W» I'«". ,-“ J “'" l ‘ wide«pen as if in a tianeo. In Willtam-b irg were nnny beauti hi! garden?, sm otldv eut lawns, valuable fruit o, hwrds. Ihe tow. |„ 0 ks f now like the bo.tmn t rocky s-r. -nn. 1 rec-era torn up by roots, houses stmd on end in heajs, and huge boulders take the "f lawns ft is tho valley and shadow of death—:ba sannuary of Kiug ol Terrors. A SMn ^ . T ‘\ * ! ; e «“«Wen.,rst of the 1:1 ''i ,n.a-• urg, 1 tell an dent about .Mr. U'llbam Brown and Mr * >on « ! o were drawing across the valley : ‘-T- we reached the middle,’ Brown. •[ -aw a Lg ban< of ub -u' twenty feet lirgh. I thought look, d qm-er. Then [ heard a ro.r •^PP* !“i Ui 5 Tf Then 5 n l T l Ca, saw “ : , trees fr, S n, and 7^ *" ' , anJ •°? r * 1 #h ;' u ‘ ed : 1 “ r * ’“Le Don, cut j cu! .'“ ')»'* Den cut etu ana m * nv.nnte . were on their backs and c-ff to the - :r ‘ )a ‘ J A ' turned back a tumbled over on t" my wag n. and SU G ' c ls hi the C-mDeeHcut 11 ,w - It) a moment more Mr. ™ carrying tbe dead Indies of I neighbor* into the morgue. ! Mr. Henry Biimiugbatn, Mr. James’ superintendent, was iu-' 8 ,*wn to hre-kfast when the fi ad eauio Ilim;eit, Wife and threi children ; drowned, and kis little cottage waa en destroyed. blotted There was au family ou*. an. in ten •Jer ** d sa L ,J '.. <«»• Not a trace of h;m or remains A Hard Case. Mr- Bioulette canm into the Flor ence Ilote , thU a f ternoon . Ho is a poor shoemaker whose family worked in Warner’, button factory, at Leeds, -Have you found your baby V asked a p. bander { * Nj# but ] lave found my w fe and tliree chi ij ie , n . Wo are looking lor the baby now,’ replied Bioulette, with u sigh. ‘ * 1 J 0 W 0 ld were your children V I asked. ‘One was nineteen, one seventeen, o n e sixteen, and then came the bady— a ij drowned !’ and then he buried hi? jac' iu his h mis, but no tears came iu to bis eyt .^ They had a hard, dry lonk, as if his grtci was bordeiiDg 014 insanity. *.My poor man,’ I said, ‘you have been up all n.ght. You arc tired and , un „ iy _ Come into the hotel and get something okid «„ eat . 1 He I up strangely a moment, then burst iatn tiars. It was the first sympathy he had received, ai.d a kind word melted his heart. Everybody were too busy taking c«re of theii few 11 luv On d ones several 0 help this poor shoemaker. laying occasions, today, I have seen men out their own wives or children, ana often searching lor them in th« piles of debris which line the nvtr bank. The di-aster is so sl.iHing that it he Grief 0 uiihs a sensation. iuud’quatc. People do not cry. is Tney si are va cantly, run their hands through tlicir hair, aud hold them over their aching eyes. What Next. ‘What, shall he the cud V Mr. Skinner say-, tliesection destroyed hy. thi flood can never recuperate with out aid from the State. Indeed the destruction lias been so complete that no employment can be given to the la¬ borers this sea-on. Every dam, flume, dyKe or Who* I for ten miles is d»stioy ed. iiiiU only tbe walls ol two mills arc standing. New villages will have to be built and a new reservoir before th j work ci ti go ou again. '1 lie brass fac¬ tory at iiaydenviile will bo built up again. For the Chronicle ant Beni inel.j 4 Sketch of the I.ile of I*. <j €'• Laaiar. _ ny n C. fSTEVtNSo.V. A friend rf mine having a-ked mo to \Vi; uut a bril l Bltctcli ot tfic life cl 01 daaiuer has brought him prominently hciorc the people of the whole couutry, I have concluded to do so. Of the « suet date of h s tilth or the county in Georgia in winch bom, I do not know, or ah they st ail material My impie-sion is, however, that he is a native ol either Putoam or Baldwin county. Putnam has contributed s< many piomiuoni that men to the South ami the S-outhwest the rein.rK of the Indian, alter the defeat of Gen. Brad , to Washington, would secui to h*.vc been a very p’uusible s,.eech: “Wc .u.*5...... who grew out ol this ground,” ,r'.o said the ,h «■ Englishmen ’’ Mr. Lunar is a son ol ! Lue.u- V, O * C Lamar ' who !’ from 1 1815 ?., to 18*44 , was a \uy noted in Mid man ' g,, £ ^ 0 s e m i lit? f th.-r was born on , ^j,':. . ,„h d.y of Julv 797 and 4tl ,-3 fat jr ma-e of 37 1 he only } ,^of ofliee of m n n-e I have rr hea bi- I, ,lding was that o 01 Judgeol T , O oneeGncjit. One day , he . re ‘. U ..... . 'i'" 1 ’ ““, J •“ “‘* re r«.T o'e!" Ahcr 0 z family with more than customary . ^ ... U . W “ V " 0 Z\y \ mnT'irL "c* ill^iy^ M.n'-dgeville, where he then resided, Lucius was ilmn but a lew ,/w years old. Mo!t M . H „ UlII a months afterwards Leaving a handsome prop , r y, their intMligei.t mother wa* emi hied to educate tliem in tho highest */ ,I„, rt*. I,.,•.,«!«.. .W Sla'-etu. .1 Luciu.R r a.,dr*, „ t*,7c.l B( 1 flj CK n . ., r i inarv |. l8{| f’ollegc’ . K . thp ,, vtl the Oxford (Georgia) ,~h/. ^ V vl t ie ! c->r id laud Z -J 'iiJt.nlin** Urn l(if A fittle more than twenry years ai;o there wn a law firm in Mac n known a- (’haj ui iu & Lurar He farm'd ,^-..7.,,, a ham’i.ier of the late A i’k-Vi'^ B i ft a l ibe \ o«i was elected President cd tv ZtL.Jl of MisaisMimi. located at Oxford rSid" in went th.re to Judgo Lnogstreet did not fill the t|u(j , 0 but hft „ , us ie s,gnati„u re Uia ; llt .j a c ,rj z -n ot the i'um village a ,„j t . V enniul'.v ‘ j or a ye ‘j r or alter ih w , )r ( j the'law ^ n „ , n or '54 that fi iu of ('iiaoman " *, '., , -i,., v -d—(’! hi ; !.j ~ t a .j , ’ a 4 'lr I ” r i \J 3 ' _ j ' n ,I!v Springs he bceatne a men bvr ot ihe legal finn of Mott A 11( , , lOW ^ ler pai , v , rv littlc attention to his pr, fes-icu, apparai.rly 11 having #B , Vt , r , (IJ1 to the !»•>„, iu law ut flee. When ctnpl-ved a ca-e he .d ....... n , j,. m, \„, r , i„ l- llr ,P , hi * , CiJn j\ te t but iewauth * * nsd \‘"J 1 /! r* 1 h . in , ^ . i; J J ; ( : 1 .‘,' ‘ 3 /* 1 CJ “* f\ '■ L * * ®'‘‘ | ’ "^' >n J ' vt ’ r ' , ' 1 " >l ' t be brcame tainihar with almost every *" nteueett.e givit ^* r, ' 1:n,a,i U t ^ 1 - J 11 a ... . became ihe rival 4T, S *" ootc . ‘ ’ *' = . 8 P asl ’ *. now iue Cn.,oaict« & su-iisxu, during the of • tion in the Senate in order to take the place of General John A. Quitman, who had received the nomination of the State Rights party, hut who, during the campaign, developed such weiknoss that his friends persuaded him to give way for Davis, who was then personally the most popular man in the State, But the pcoplo > thought overwhelming ly in favor of State Bights, were riot then ready lor secession and Davis was defeated. The abolition parly through out the United Stares was now getting more bold and aggressive than ever, Seward and Greely and a long line ol distinguished leaders, had joined il. They equally rejoiced with the Whig party on the election of Foote, iakcly supposing that they’ had thus gained a foothold in one of tbe strong est ol the strongholds of slavery. The political mountebank and charlatan was nut suffered to enjoy his triumph long. 1Jo held tbe office of Governor t wo years and was never able to get elected for anything afterwards. At the next Congressional election Gov alter this memorable contest for ernor, the Democratic party of the Fourtli District had no less than five rival,candidates for the nomination. Almost every county came forward wit h a champion whoso claims were pressed with an uncompromising spirit. Mr. Lamar had not been seriously thought ol before the Convention assembled. After balloting for several days, and tm one exhibiting any disposition to yield in favor of any gentleman then beiote .he Conveniion, the name of Mr. Lamar was then brought forward and lie limncdia cly received the nom¬ ination Tin Whig parly put up the an lest man they had in thu District, it not in the State, 'antes L, Alcorn, alter the war a Radical Governor id the State and now one of the Radical Senators at Washington. Lamar and Alcorn stumped the district together, and every one who heard the eloquence oi the young man plainly saw that be Pad a brilliant future before him The result was that lie 1 eut Alcorn two to one Entering Congiess at the beginning of the session of I 80 O—’57 he soon dis¬ played those powers of cloqu nccbofoie i.iut body lie had on the stump, and Was always found on the extreme Southern wing of the party. To Greo ley, who was then a veritable rat'l - snakc in venom towards the South, Mr. sion. Lunar was an especial object of aver¬ I 11 the fatuous fisticuff which oc enrred that session on the floor and which was started by the itisoloncc of Owen L ovejoy, Lamar showed hiuitell TT- 'good on his rnu’ Jo as with his tongue. At tha’ point in it when Keitt and Grow locked, Lamar thought the light general and commenced knocking jowii every abolitionist immediately around him. In 1808 he hud become -o popular with the voters ol all parties in his uis'rict that ho was elected with out opposition. During the session of that year he pronounced a eulogy upon an Illinois Representative, McOlornand I believi, which, as in thu case ol 8 um ner, uccasi was the best speech delivered on tnc 11 . Ho is a nnn often riven to stramre ,.,.1 • . »•. ,“d 1 1 lit d.alledS In 18¥) f OT no ( 1 „l '-he 1 P resigned re'-i™ii«dhiir.r>sidoiiiiiGoui'res- In j position 111 Longress where ho had no# great leputatiou and ..... \ a ' n , ,i,„ 1 h o.,,,*!, ul excellent sery ce, “ a !, ‘ 1 , «^11 professorh.p ^ , mutimto lnends M'^s-ipp, did not quite ills tin leave Cuogr.-ss 'o become the teacher of a small class « i t "to n i Ilsls *,.,i that it toil him in.rc live in ............ ^“ nd no doubt it did, never had any moro conception of the value of money than a child, went on everybody’s bond who ask ' :ii hi, “ ™ d ^ ev . duuac'er"omir! ^..''thi^ “*, trl^of wiJ.! l s JSdu cihbuf tli. Ktnio subserved I !A* advance ' * •*!^iLnub'L a whole year of his salary ^ kr'wm’-l.istmturc detense and f““' 1 L ” cxt public [ Umio etnee nice h. n» Jld held “ m V* u,u!r V 4 t,i e c.t'tc accession ^ ,,ove “J lo D * which , . took MiH'ISS.ppi out i ^ ^ * ' % * ’ Among the first regiments . which left . ^ *l. ,e War * n T irgima was the 19th isfsij&ippi, , ol which his Oidlaw pari net “ml a Vvter.n of^ the Mexican war, ivii ^ ,lt WuS **»e ColonnI and L. Q. C. Lu¬ 1 " ar Eieutenatit Colonel. lie entered *»-, ^ntedvr.e military service with P ,cU,a er,ecl ' Lc ' J e, *K h t »'•») “laerity, lha r 11 «od olten 101 -cm-1 to Ins nature than i anything *'e lud ever followed. Being ot direct French drscent, this i 9 readily account * or * ** WJ “ '*‘ c am ^' l,uri of both "1 thc-e Co'-onels to gaift lamo Upon the field, and they went to wotk So soon as tlmir rogituent was filled up. drilling it w » h >y and vigor which ri¬ val.ed W est Point reguia ions But bemrethe regiment was under fire, Col Lamar was stricken down with paraly¬ sis in front of his tent. After weeks 1,1 cur.ied car f. b»ck 11 L nursl,, to f. his he , homo Was . 11 abl Oxford, " ‘ r ° b ; where he lay in bed for many nmnths •“ “‘ght be supposed, like a caged lion. To ml appeals to re.ign his commission in the army and accept a po-ition in the civil service, he flatly ll ^ut a year before h • was able to leave bis room. In the mcaiitime bis regiment, the 10th Mis iw jp | he p e j cni la for the first t-me at the battle of Y-.rktown Kit Mott, the Colonel, being a man brave ^ was killed tro tbe Ueld ' Col. Lamar, when be had suffi cicntiy recovered to walk without as •? «w»«4 -w. th e firm ditermmatton to rejoin hta regiment. But Davis and his Cabinet NO. 19, induced him to accept Commissionfcl'S a position as ono of the Conlederate ttf Europe. -Successfully running the blockade, he saloly arrived iu England and from thence went to Germany and to France, exerting his utmost cndcaW ors to get the independence of the Con« federaty recognized, and to form alii ances with these Governments. After an absence of a year or more ho returns t*d, and during the remainder of tbti war spent most of his time jn Rich morid and in travelling over the South upon confidential missions. When the collapse Oxford finally came id 18G5, ho returned to and ra¬ sullied his law practice, which he fol lowed with more industry than he ever displayed before, until ho^was re-elect** ed to ttic seat in Congre* s which ltd nnw fills. Since rcturriir g to Wash* ington lie has had another, though a veiy slight’ attack of paralysis.—* Though not ivory fleshy man, he has all the points physically of anflppo plcctic nature. When I last Saw fiicri; in 1878, he looked like he did not of weigh within twenty five pounds what he did fifteen ycais before. As-a politician no one ever has any occasion to doubt his posinou, for his tests ard* never taken to suit any sermon, of his sermons made to suit any text. There is not a particle ol wit iu his coinpnsi tion, and whilst in conversation he is •lull, on the stump one could not find a more fuscioiuiug or impassioned speak¬ er. Always spe king ex cathedra, and almost invariably without notes; ho never makes a spefe'ch however first ar.iW poriant the occasion, without care* tuily preparing and committing it to memory. IIo has little fondniss for socieiy, and n’uiosr an cvcrsiun for ro ccptions, and olten guts sulky and moody, at which time he refuses to see anybody. Withal there is a well de¬ fined streak of “big lazy’’ in the Colo* nel, though when fully aroused life is the iiio-t aroused man you ever satf; lie has a large head, with a profusifeB of hair, nil open, frank face, and a paif of keen little eyes, hardly lafger tnaft bullets, lie is about the last man ill Washington that a lobbyist or a mem¬ ber of aving would approach upon a question of‘Gul traction division and silence,” and if a man on that business would get nff without a genfefel thrash¬ ing then and there administered, ho would be ex remely lucky. interesting 1 might add many other incidents illustrating the character of this truly remarkable young statesman, Out will only mention one more. I was D»*») u i\ A ' A - g *wi ‘ - i '- i' t i I g -EVrruV Jront of a burning building, from which l had escaped liailess, coatless, and bootless. Everything I owned in tha world was there in that house on fire. Lamar stepped up, and, alter saying “Here is a paper that belongs to you,’' walked off. Thinking it was something lie had picked up 1 put it in my pocket wiihout being read, and soon forgot it. When daylight came, I looked and found it a check for a sufficient attfoiwt to re establish the paper 1 was theft publishing Knowing that he couldn’t afford any such liberality, I took it back and relused to accept it in any other shape than as a short ‘ loan," with interest. The paper prospered, and I was soon ready to pay him back, and tendered him principal and inter¬ est. Ho at first refused both, finally agreed to take the principal, but inter¬ per¬ emptorily and flatly refused the est. I uiuy yet have au opportunity to pay him that interest. Paris Correspondent M. Y. Tlines.| Pacta In Favor ol Cremation* What shall be douc with the dead? Our larger cemeteries are full. A portion of them is parcelled out and sold to parties •> perpetuate, but for those who nre unable to pay the price the limit is five years, and although the dead may be left a little lunger, they are soon diiven out, the ground is overturned, and room is Hindu for mors. Ttie bones of nil the poor who died ten years ago now lie in one common heap, and once more the cemeteries are filled. But iHe soil refuses to do its work any longer. It has become sat united Hnd will no longer nbtorb. The craves arc now dug in a mass of pulre* faction, and exhirutions are constantly rising to poison the living. Only a thin layer of earth separates the gravo% and a few days ago a young and beau* tiful girl, me idol of her home, was lowered into a grave which filled Iho minds of every assistant with horror. A stream of liquifhd putrid matter btsido was it. running in lioui the gruve Two grave-d'ggers recently struck too near when opening a grave, broke up¬ on a coffin, and died in a few houfs horn the poi»"nrus exhalations. Great nr- cautions have to be taken in digging ordinary graves. It)r a* L have thoroughly previous¬ ly stated, the ground is -atuiated, and can ahsoib no longer. The condition of the atmosphere and of the water in this vicinity is something horiible to think about, and it is not astonishing that the sickly quarters of the city should be near these cemete¬ ries. Some of itic planters in the inundat¬ ed bottom lands of Mi-sissippi and Louisiana have had tb'.ee ciops washod oat in tfie last two months, and they no longer feel interested in the question have of “less cotton more corn,” but begun seriously thinking if it will not be “no cotton aud still less corn.” A Baotist clergyman relates as Lis early experience that he $50 engaged to preach for a society for a year. Upon a sett'erncut at the end of the year he found that the committee bad an item ot $20 charged to him lor the u?e ot the pulpit to practice in. Oi« of the deacons, by way of sympathy of for the pastor presented him a pair