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The GS-eorgia 'W r eekly Telegraph.
THE TELEGRAPH.
MACON, FRIDAY, APRIL 0, 1869.
Death of Simri Rose.
We are ‘sitting alone in the Telegraph of-
• fipo—the solo representative of business or let-
4ees in its ample domain—for every other per-
«n connected 'with the office has gone to pay a
last tribute of respect to the memory of our
oldeonf ere, Sami Rose, of the JonmalA Mes
senger. The streets of Macon are in pretty
mmeh the same. condition. The stores are
dosed, and the pavements deserted. The peo-
\ pie have thronged to the honse of the deceased
and to the church. The Masonic Fraternity,
'the Printers’ Union, the Macon Volunteers, and
almost every other organization in the city have
tamed out to honor the departed, and a long,
solemn and imposing procession will follow our
deceased brother to tho narrow house appoint
ed for all the living.
We will be held excused if; following the dic
tate* of personal convenience, os well as of feel-
ing, -we apply these solemn moments to the ex
pression of a few thoughts snggested by this
melancholy event.
Air. Rose was one of the old landmarks of
Macon. . Although not a very old man—for he
was bom with this century—yet he has been
identified with almost every public interest of
the city since it first took the shape of a small
frontier settlement. Hero he has spent sum
med: and winter—seed-time and harvest, for
nearly half a century, and patiently watched
,!he slow growth jpf the town—known by and
acquainted with everybody, and frankly partici
pating in almost every public and social move
ment.
Monuments of his fine natural taste abound in
tho city, and are still more strikingly presented
in onr beautiful cemetery which alwnys attracts
Gm admiration of strangers. The site and the
improvements of Rose Hill, named in honor of
W Rose, and where his remains this day will
• their final resting place, were duo to the
judgment and enterprise of our deceased cotem-
•porary, and will cany his name and fame down
to the latest generation of onr people. This
beautiful resting-place of the dead—horticulture
'in. all its branches, and last, not least, the inter
ests of Masonry, were the triad on which tho
.more public life of Mr. Roso seemed to centre,
and upon which he perhaps bestowed as much
’ thought nnd labor as he did upon his professional
business. Everybody in Georgia knew him
quite as well as Grand Secretary of tho Grand
lodge of tho State as they did as publisher of
. one of the oldest newspapers in Middle Geoigia.
'Mr. Rose was a man of kindly and genial na
ture—cT very active habits of mind and body
—of a highly nervous temperament, although
of extraordinary coolness and courage in mo
ments of danger. He was perfectly fearless,
yet entirely without swagger or pretension. He
wan by birth a New Englander—born, we think,
{in. New Haven, Connecticut, but, as wo have
remarked, has been a Georgian from early man
hood. • He leaves a widow and four daughters—
aH highly accomplished women, and three of
the latter are residents of New York and Penn
sylvania. They have the heartfelt sympathies
of our people in this sudden bereavement, news
..of which came like a thunder-clap to all of ns.
Wet learn that Mr. Rose returned from a visit
to Houston county last Friday night, complained
of feeling unwell, and continued in the same
condition till Sunday morning, when he was
still well enough to eat, and no apprehensions
were felt; but he died before noon on that-day.
■.Thus do wo survivors have again an impress-
" ive practical monition that in the midst of life
we are in death, lie two seniors of the Central
Georgia Press have died within three months of
Atbar. nnd the strneele of life most soon
be over with the yonngest of ns.
“Legal Technicalities.”
According to the Chronicle’s account of the
interview between Gov. Bnllock and the Presi
dent upon the Georgia question, all is right be-
/ tween those functionaries. The President threw
■ tha responsibility of deciding the constitutional
lights involved in the matter upon Congress,
who he said were better lawyers than he could
• claim to be ; and, besides, there was a “neces
sity” in tho matter which would override all
“legal technicalities.”
This easy-going interpretation of his official
-responsibilities will at once resolve all donbts,
and put the President upon the best possible
footing with the Supreme Congress. The day
• of vetoes,-founded upon constitutional law, is
•over. £The President, wo are to understand,
-will shelter himself in respect to them under a
plea of personal modesty—a line of policy which
might bo something safer if die Supremo Con
gress would show a little of that fame quality in
its assumptions of power in defiance of the Con
stitution. But where Congress is wholly with
out modesty or scruple in their own unwarrant
able usurpations, and the President is too mod-
•est to oppose his crude conclusions against their
^better knowledge, the Constitution stands no'
dbance at all. > i i
And finally, to clinch the matter, and resolve
.all doubts, the President brings forward again
'fhat.same old tyrant’s plea of “necessity" which
im over-ruled all law for the last ten yoars, and
m in fact tho only rule of action now in existence.
■Partizan “necessity" is the Moloch to which
every substantial interest of the people, has
been and will be remorselessly sacrificed. Tho
friends-of Grant should sue out an injunction to
stop Forney from- publishing such wretched
.trash as this/to the discredit of Grant, whether
true or not. ‘
Boston Post Building. — The Boston Post
comes to us with a long and elaborate descrip
tion of a new nnd splendid edifice for a publica
tion office, which has recently been constructed
.by the proprietors of that paper, Messrs. , Beals,
• Greene & Co. From the description given by
the Post, -that paper is behind none of the mag-
.nates of American newspaperdom in tho regal
•splendor of its surroundings, and must he
especially happy in tho solid attribute of “as
sets.” But the Post must bo still more happy
3n1he consciousness of having deserted success,
It has pandered to nono of the isms and here
sies which threaten the stability of republican
.-government in America. It has never failed to
•deal with political questions in a conscientious,
intelligent, liberal and conservative spirit. It
has never pandered to fanaticism, bigotry, sec
tional hatred and sectional opposition. The
Post has won its honors and its wealth by the
manly service in the cause of good government,
and so may it flourish to the end of time.
The Pensacola West Florida Commercial an
.nounces the commencement of operations on
the railroad to Pensacola,' near Molina, nnd
state that the parties ate at present engaged in
gettii® out cross-ties, bridge timbers, etc. The
editor says the operations are not' on a very
large scale, it is trap, but give hope that the
long and weary waiting will end some time,
Wholes axe Slaughter.—Dayton waked up
■*» the 31 st ultimo to find that three suicides had
been committed in that town and vicinity daring
the night, and a fonrth man had killed himself
accidentally.
Basons.—The dates on our first and fourth
pages seoald read “April 7,” sot “10.” •
Gold Fish.—Gold fish, three or four of which
were introduced into .the Potomac from the foun
tain in tod -Capitol grounds at Washington, a
few years since, are rapidly populating the whole
rive*, and many are sent here *n offal fish in the
veaael loads of shad and herring.—Alexandria
■Oautte.
■ 4* a • .e
An Essay on the Cnltivaition or Cora.
BT DB. THOS. P. ATKINSON, OF DANVILLE, VA.
The seed should be carefully selected and
gathered in the fall Of the year, from those
stalks only which have two or more good large
ears on each of them. Let it be kept in the
shuck in some dry place, until needed for plant
ing. To protect the grain against the ravages
of moles, crotra, and other depredators, and to
insure its putting forth a vigorous hud, it should
be soaked for twelve or eighteen hours, in a,
solution of saltpetre, (one pound of the salt to a
gallon of water) and well rolled in plaster of
Paris immediately before planted.
I prefer bedding even high land, for two
the President in this movement, but other au- reasons : First, Hallows toe winter’s frost to
permeate the land more thoroughly than when
it is left fiat; and secondly, because the water
The Caban Imbroglio.
The telegrams ou Saturday night announced
the passage of Bank’s Cuba resolutions in the
House. It is a resolution of sympathy with tho
people of Cuba, in their struggle for indepen
dence, and pledges the support of Congress to
the President whenever he may consider it ex
pedient to recognize the independence of that
island. Tho speculation among the Washington
quidnuncs was that the Spanish monster would
take affront and demand his passports so soon
as Congress passed that resolution.
It is said by some papers that the House is
considerably in advance of the Senate, and of
thorities assert that both the President and Con
gress are bent upon lending such moral and
other indirect support to the “rebellion," as to
insure the success beyond a peradventure; and
it is well understood that “the country means
to have that island," in contempt of Spain,
which is regarded os in a helpless condition.
Meanwhile, for tha sake of. appearances, the
Secretary of State refused an official interview
to Lemus, the envoy of tho revolutionists, but
saw him in the Secretary’s private rooms; and
upon the application of the Spanish Minister,
instructions have been sent to U. S. Marshals
and District Attorneys on tho seaboard, to en
force the neutrality laws against fillibustering
expeditions from the American coast Numer
ous cruisers have also been dispatched to exer
cise a surveillance in tho Gulf and the Caribbean
Sea, and, perhaps, they will permit the Spanish
authorities to carry out tho recent orders, to
hang as pirates the passengers and crews of all
vessels found under circumstances to justify tho
suspicion that they are expeditions in aid of the
insurgents.
It is clear enough that we are on the eve of a
thorough complication in this Cuban business;
and the course of the United States Government
is destined to illustrate a beautiful sliding scale
of morals on the neutrality question. The North
ern politicians and patriots, who were exasper
ated to fury that France and Great Britain
should recognize eight millions of Sonthem peo
ple, under a regular de facto government, as bel
ligerents, have not a word to offer against a pro
position in Congress to acknowledge the inde
pendence of less than half a million Cubans, led
by two revolutionary chieftains and with posi
tively no civil government at all—for up to this
time there has been no attempt, so far as we
have seen, to organize even a provisional revo
lutionary government in Cuba.
But, leaving all questions of law and morals
out of the account, wo presume there can he
little reasonable doubt that tho American will,
in effect, seize this favorable conjunction of
circumstances to intervene and acquire Cnba.
The attempt to cover onr tracks with a little
of the dust of neutrality, will hardly conceal
them, and Spain, if she can get nobody to back
her quarrels, will have to submit quietly. • Af
ter all, she has had that island long enough,
and if a majority of the Cubans prefer a change,
they are entitled to it.
Bnt it is not easy to see the effects of such a
change upon our own affairs. Much of the
Northern immigration which otherwise would
be tempted South, will transfer their destination
to Cnba. That island will forthwith be the busy
scene of Yankee adventurers, experiments and
speculations of all sorts, which will astonish
the Cubans who have invited their fate. Its
political occupation will involve a heavy addi
tional expense. It will demand a large addi
tion to our military and revenue force, and this
is bnt the beginning of acquisitions from the
Antilles. The Dominicans in Hayti are already
making overtures for annexation, and probably
in a few years we may absorb isffind after
island, until we get possession of all the group.
It will be a troublesome acquisition—but one
thing it frill accomplish, to wit:. It wil*
the collection of high tariffs impossible, except
at an expense which will consume tho pro
ceeds.
Conrt-Iion.se nnd Swamp Commis
sioners.
The following is the result of the canvass of
the vote taken on Saturday:
rklULBEBBY STREET TICKET..
L. N. Whittle....1,581
J. M. Boardman, 1,1507
G. B. Roberts....1,396
A. Tharpe 1,496
W. Stubbs.....!, 1529
J. T. BoifeuiDet, 1,629
W. P. Good all.... 1,1504
D. T. Driggers....1,611
W. F. Wilburn.... 1,476
D. Daley .....1,515
CITT HALT. TICKET.
furrows thus formed afford a free passage for
the surplus water that falls in winter, and the
land is thereby left in a much better condition
for cultivation in the spring.
I know that many persons obj ect to this mode
of cultivation, because they think that com
dropped upon a ridge must suffer more from
drought than if it were planted on a fiat surface.
This is unquestionably true, but only a slight re
flection will teach them that they are not driven
to the necessity of planting on a ridge, because
the land has been thrownintobeds. Theymay,
as I do, plant in the water furrows and on the
clay. About two Weeks before planting, say
from tho 10 th to the 20th of March, I begin to
reverse the beds with the plough, by which they
had been formed; and if the ground be at all
rough or cloddy, I run two furrows of a three-
tooth coulter harrow over each bed. This puts
the ground in first-rate order, and pays better
than any two plonghings after planting. On re
versing the beds, care should be taken to leave
a ridge of one or two inches of the soil unturned.
The dirt thus left will, when incorporated with
the clay,by tho process presently to be described,
form .^suitable matrix or bed for the reception,
of the seed. The roots of com branching off
laterally and never penetrating the oprto belpw
where the grain is deposited, (there being no
tap-root,) it is all-important that the land be
broken very deep and that the seed be planted
very low in the ground; otherwise it will wither
and fire on the approach of droughts. It is im
possible to break the land too or to pulverize it
too well, although it maybe, and often it turned
too deep. The turning plough should run just
deep enough to penetrate a little distance below
the soil, so as to throw up clay enough to glazo
the surface.
The great advantage of very deep ploughing
is that it greatly increases the power of tho cap
illary attraction of the earth, by which the moist
ure is raised from below-to the roots of the
plants. This power is augmented also by tho
separation of the particles of tho earth which is
effected by the plough, even as low as the bot
tom of tho fnrrow. 1
The difference in tho degree of this power of
attraction, where the land has been well broken
and where it has been left hard and cloddy, may
be estimated by holding in one hand a Inmp of
brown sugar with one end in water, and in the
other hand a lump of loaf sugar similarly sus
pended. It will bo found that whilst the last
will be slow to absorb the water, the first will
hava become saturated and dissolved. Ibis will
be owing to the difference in the compactness
of the two samples. Nor is this the only advan
tage of deep ploughing; for whilst it greatly in
creases the moisture by raising it in dry weather,
it decreases it in wet weather by facilitating its
gravitation. And yet, with the importance of
this method of cultivation set before them, how
many are there who will prefer the old mode of
sera piny the. surface, and setting it running
down hill with every rain.
Having thoroughly prepared the land as above
described, I run three deep coulter furrows
midway between the ridges. This forms a suit
able bed, by the admixture of soil and clay, for
the reception of the grain. The opening would
bo deep, and this, together with the dropping
and covering, may be beautifully effected at a
single operation by the Sulky Com Planter, re
cently introduced. If this cannot be procured,
the opening should be made by a shovel plough,
with a small mould board attached on each side.
The gram should be dropped from the hand and
covered with a hoe. Three grains of com
should be dropped where you intend but one
stalk to remain.
I may be asked what distance I allow. On
ordinary high land, I plant the grain 8 by 5 feet
apart, which will give 2,900 plants to the acre.
On better land, I plant it’closer—say 24 by 5
feet—and on very rich land, I would have it not
more than 2 by o root apart, giving respectively
2,625 and 4,850 plants to the aere.
I greatly prefer to maintain the full measure
of five feet between the rows, because it will
and lead to the inquiry, “What causes this
great difference in the appearance of contigu
ous crops I have thus far written of the cul
tivation of com on high land only.
On sandy low-grounds there need be but lit
tle variation of the mode; hut in low-grounds
with an impervious soil, or otherwise liable to
be saturated with water, an opposite treatment
is required. Whereas, the object in the first
case is to solicit and retain moisture, we are to
endeavor here to provide the most effectual
means of getting it out of the land. _
In the preparation of land of this character,,
the first step to be taken is to cut a sufficient
number of ditches in the proper place, and of
the proper size and depth, to attract and carry
off the surplus water. If the soil be of an im
pervious character, it will be necessary to con
struct blind ditches of the required depth, lead
ing into the open sewers, taking care to have
their coffering so far below the surface, as not
to be reached by the plough. _ These, together
with surface trenches made with a plough and
properly located, will«put the land in a proper
state for cultivation.
Here I would throw np the beds four feet
apart, pointing them in the direction of the
trenches. I adopt narrow beds on such land,
for tho same reason that I would discard them
on high land; namely, because they can be made
higher, (and so aiyer,) and for tho further rea
son that the water furrows are thereby multi
plied, both of which circumstances tend to dry
the soil.
There is yet another reason for it. The high
er and narrower the beds, the more effectually
will they be penetrated by the frosts of winter,
which exert a powerful influence in pulverizing
and mellowing the land.
In opening tho beds for planting, the depth
of tho furrows should depend on tho charaoter
of the soil, and the liability to injury from over-
moisture. j .■■■ ■:
In tho cultivating. I would bo careful to pre
serve the convexity of the beds as much as pos
sible. Careishould also bo taken to keep the
trenches and water furrows well open during the
winter.—Sou. Planter and Farmer.
Au Elepban^ and Lion Loose.
ONE ATTACKS A LOCOMOTIVE AND THE OTHEB THE
NATIVES.
[Cnrretponiltnr.e of the Brandon {Miss.) llennhUcan.
Fobbest, Miss., March 24, 1869.
Several days previous immense posters were
posted on all the walls in town, announcing that
Reynold’s great Mexican gymnasium and ine-
sagerie would exhibit in Forrest on that day.
Early in the morning all the roads leading to
town were thronged with people of all ages,
sexes and colors, and by 10 o’clock the whole
town was alive with visiters awaiting the arrival
of tho menagerie. At 11 o'clock the fine brass
band announced the arrival of the show, and by
12 ii., the canvas was stretched and the cages of
the animals arranged.
The huge elephant, Hercules, the largest ever
imported into this country,'was chained to a
stake, and, by way of caution to those entering
the canvas, Mr. John Alston, his keeper, stated
that he had for several days manifested a dispo
sition of insubordination, and begged that no
one would approach sufficiently near to receive
a blow from his trunk. Mr, Mark Kite, from
the northern part of this county, coming in af
ter Mr. Alston’s admonition, thoughtlessly
handed him a piece of tobacco, which so en
raged him that he struck at him with such vio
lence as to dislocate his shonldor, although it
was a glance blow. He plunged with such
force that he broke his chain, and though his
keeper used every effort to subdue him, he was
entirely uncontrollable, and he would strike and
kick at every object near him. By this time
the scene was beyond description. The vast
crowd flew for life. H'e flew at his keeper, and
pursued him from under tho canvas.
Tho eleven o’clock freight train being behind
time, and not having any freight for Forrest,
and the engineer not intending to stop, came
rushing along at the rate of twenty miles an
hour. When it had approached within two
hundred yards he looked up the road and seemed
doubly enraged. He immediately ran toward it
with great speed, and met it witn such a shock
that he broke one of his tusks and was immedi
ately killed. The engine was detached from the
train and thrown from the track, and Mr. Whar
ton, the engineer, having failed to shut off
steam, it unfortunately ran into the canvas and
smashed the lion’s cage r killing the lioness and
releasing the lion.
The Son, finding himself uninjured and at
liberty, and being frightened by the steam and
whistle of the engine, started at full speed down
the Homewood road, roaring terrifically. He
bad gone bnt a short distance when he met Mr.
George W. Sheppard and gave chase. Mr.
Sheppard, finding that he was gaining on him
BY TELEGRAPH.
rapictiv and that fie would certainly be overta-
makethebeds/when workedthe last time,“fl£t k *?’. atte “P*?. d to cUmb a
ter, thus cansing them more offectuallv to absorb | at kl , m his paw as he ascended, but fortu-
and retain the water at a time when there is the I <ld n ? other damQ S 6 off kls
greatest demand for moisture to sustain the || and cairy rAvay a part of his pants,
stalk dnrincr tho maturing of the urain. Mr. John Smith, of Raleigh, while on his way
to Forest; ndmg his fine pacing horse, with his
little son behind him, met with him four miles
from here. As soon as his horse saw him he
stalk during the maturing of the grain.
As soon as tho plant attains the proper size, I :
run a deep coulter furrow (I desire to familiar-!
ize tho reader with his term) on each side, andi . , ... , , ... . ,
follow it immediately with the hoe; having the:; weighed, whenthehcnrvLshed at him, seized
weakest stalks pulled out where three are found.! *““ b f * e and tkre ,T npon the
A suitable time should be selected, about two or! p oand - J * r ‘ S “ lUl . h . 18 esca P ed
three weeks afterwards, when the ground is wet,'! woods and TuaJa their wa ? to Forest 011
to withdraw another plant leaving only one. : |
M. S. Thomson....579
A. B. Ross 686
T. C. Nisbet. 607
G. H. Hnzlehurst, 604
J. C. McBumey, 520
E. Crocket 594
P. W. Doyle 417'
V. Powers 619
J. Rnssell....,.........000
E. Isaacs...:.... j.594*
foot.
While he was devouring Mr. Smith’s horse,
Mr. James J. Rich, who was on his way to
Forest with a load cf chickens, drove np. As
soon as he saw him-ho reared on his hind feet,
lashed the ground with his tail, nnd sprang at
him. Mr. Rich eluded him by jumping from
:
Good ron Athens and Better for Georgia.
The editor of the Athens Watchman, Hon. J..
H. Christy, says that several Northern gentle
men have been in that community looking for
locations for settlement—that they have been
well pleased and purchased lands. Let all such
be welcomed among ns; and we hope our land
holders will look to their own interests and the
general interest of the community, and sell
lands at fair prices.
While on this subject, we take pleasure in
stating what we know to bo true, and that is;
that the people generally of the North are not a
hundredth part as bitter towards us as are the
vile trading politicians—most of whom ought to
be hanged. During tho past winter wo were
brought in frequent contact with Northern peo
ple of every grade and calling—ministers, law
yers, doctors, mechanics, farmers, merchants
and manufacturers. They express kind feelings
—even the more liberal of their preachers—
than do their politicians. . j
Another gratifying fact—and it was noticed
by evoiybody, and as a Georgian we were proud
of it—they all look upon Georgia as a “live
State”—as truly, the “ Empire ‘ State of tlid
South.” Everybody seemed anxious to come to
Georgia, and,hundreds assured us they Would
do so, if the politicians ever got done the mis
chievous and never ending work of ieconstruc-
tion. ' ^ * , ’ .
Fiendish Murder.—Correspondence of the
Augusta Chronicle A Sentinel from Washington,
Wilkes county, gives the particulars of a most
foul assassination. He informs that paper that
a most fiendish and horrible murder was com
mitted about twelve miles from Washington, on
Wednesday night last, in the direction of Lex
ington. As Mr. Thomas Thaxton, a member of
the special jury, and detained as such by the
court, was returning home in his buggy that
night, about eight o'clock, when within a quar
ter of a mile of his house, he was fired on, three
balls taking effect in his neck and. head, and
died immediately. Mr. Thaxton was a sober,
qniet and peaceable citizen, without an enemy
in the county, either among black or white. No
cine to the perpetrators of this foul deed have
been discovered, though suspicion rests upon
two or three negro men, who had threatened, the
life of another man, and, it is thought, killed
Mr. Thaxton through mistake. Itisto be hoped
ho diligence will be spaced in finding oht the
parties guilty of this shocking affair. i ; .
Axotheb Rumored Cabinet change.—It was
rumored in Washington, last week, that Secre
tary Fish intends to-give up the' State Depart
ment and accept the mission to England. His
friends declare, that, ,$f Grant;adheres to thVlist
of foreign appointments which WaShWrne
made out, Fish will at once resign, i i
A Great Success.—Eighty-six thousand (86,-
000) of Appleton’s Journal,'No. I, mi disposed
of op Saturday, the day of publication, A new
edition will be printed at onoe.
About this time tho land should receive a.
thorough harrowing with a Coulter Tooth Har
row, taking care to let tho teeth run very deep.
This will tear down the beds which have been
formed by the reversing process above recom
mended, and leave a nearly level surface be- , . , - r .
tween toe rows. his wagon, when he mounted and began to tear
, If, from frequent rains, the grass be likely to ?P eB , tba boxe ? containing the chickens, and
get ahead, akeea shovel plough may be substi- i t ’! med J b , e P out. He then seemed to lose sight
tuted with advantage. Two weeks more will : °i eveTything in hia efforts to catch thoni
bring us to too fifth or tenth of June, at which
time toe com will bo in a condition to receive
its last ploughing. This is effected by running
one Dagon fnrrow on each side of tho ridge;
taking care to run ns far from tho plants as is
consistent with making toe dirt meet around
them. The furrows thus formed should be
filled by dirt thrown with a shovel-plough, hav
ing a small mould board attached. I prefer
this to a second furrow from the Dagon, because
When toe excitement in town abated, about
twenty mounted men, well armed, started in
pursuit with all the dogs belonging in town, as
well as many that had followed their owners.
Mr. Reynolds, the owner of the lion, begged
them not to kill him, and sent several men with
toe crowd with instructions to capture him, if
possible, but no doubt the citizens will kill him
as soon as they overtake him.
It is reported that he killed a freedman in
it leaves a flatter bed, which fngudtt of great otmn* Mr. Thomas Husband’s and
importance.
In laying by com, I never plough every con
secutive row, but leave every alternative one to
be attended to when the first shall have been
ploughed. This will bo in about six days,’ by (
which time toe roots which may have been sev
ered, will have “taken hold” on too earth, and ;
be able to sustain the plants, while toe last I
broken shall remain disrupted. . 'The plants arie
thus protected from tho effepts of .too groatRe
pletion at any one time, and are'preservell in a
green, and flourishing state, when neighboring
crops are parched and yellow. Every one
knows that, if two quarts of blood be taken
that when last heard from ho was going down
the Ocoha. The hews that a lion is at large
spreads like wildfire, a nd the citizens are greatly ‘
excited.
Hold Yonr Temper With the Field
Hands.
A correspondent of the Columbus Enquirer
has these sensible words on too management of
field hands. They are not only sound advice in
the particular case bnt universally sound. It is
good Bible practice'to loam to “possess your
souls in patience.” j'
The usnal complaints that too freedmen aijd
from a patient at one operation, paleness and ! , women do not work well are rife; that they will
fainting will be the consequence, whilst, if only j idle away time, and that, too, when toe employ-
half toe quantity be drawn on one day, and as er. cannot afford to loose (iine. I would suggest
mudb more six days thereafter, no such effect ] to planters not to let their feelings become
will be produced. * It will tons be seen that toe | chafed; bear in mind that too negro is an ignb-
mo(le of cultivation hero recommended ip sup
ported by analogy, whilst it is founded on rea
son and sound philosophy. . j
I take occasion, just here, to impress upon
the mind of the reader toe very great importance
of allowing the loose dirt to remain where it is
most' needed, namely, equally diffused over toe
whole surface, between the rows of com. It Is
the custom with many fanners to draw the dirt
from toe middle rows, andtopilo if in large hills
aro.und toe stalks. Nothing can bo more
irrational and injurious to toe crop. The large
roots coming out above the surface of the earth,
afford no nourishment to the plant, bat servo
only as braces to preserve it from falling. If is
the small fibrous, thread-like roots only, which
convey, the nourishment to the com, and they,
as every observing individual knows, are found
like net-work, extending entirely across toe
rows. If toe soil which forms their bed be re
moved from its proper position, they will be de
prived of all power to convey nourishment to
the plant, and it will, as a necessary result, sick
en and fade and twist, and thus the cultivator
will, by his own folly, be deprived of a remun
erating return for his labor. Should a drought
set in during tho process of earing and filling,
he may boast of housing a few nubbins hut will
gather no good com. I have known many
farmers to suffer severely for thus' petting at
defiance toe laws of Nature, toe teachings of
Philosophy and the plainest dictates of
common sense. From the tenth to the'fifteenth
of 3uly I run two deep coulter furrows in the
center between tho rows, thus forming a fresh
anff deep bed ifortoe roots and retaining toe
greatest amount of moisture at a time most
needed. Let no one who shall try this mode of
cultivating com be discouraged in the spring,
when he shall see his neighbor’s crops, planted :
rant being. We ought not to. expect of-him to
know, feel, nnd understand toe value of timie.
He, in his ignorance, does not comprehend
toe results of idleness, nor can he realize what
great advantages would result to him by steady
and persistent efforts at the plow and the hoe.
We inupt, therefore, possess ourselves with; a
vast deal of pntience; deal firmly with them,
but, at the same time, let our conduct towards,
and treatment of them, be tempered with kind
ness. Much of tho ill feeling and idleness that
exhibits itself, upon some plantations is the re
sult of improper conduct by the proprietor or
toe person having charge of too plantation.
Passion upon the part of the owner, and it vent
ed in abuse and cursing toe laborer, will oper
ate harshly upon his feelings, be he white or
black. My plan is to keep temper in leading
strings, and would you, he or sho, wish to get
along smoothly with your laborers, I say control
your temper; suppress abuse and swearing at
them when with them; but if you must get
mad and have a swearing spell, walk off to the
woods, take hold of a stump, beat it with your
fist, and curse it, if you will, to your Heart’s con
tent If you are not then a sore and wiser mart,
thenyou had better quit farming and .try some
thing else.
Sncoess in farming, under the present system
of,labor, depends altogether upon a man’s man
agement of that labor and a judicious expendi
ture of time. If you can succeed in holding your
laborers well in hand, control your temper, bring
into play your whole stock of patience, act the
part of a gentleman towards your hands 4t all
times and upon all occasions, create within them
a confidence that you will deal honestly with
them, let them feel that you are an intelligent
man* that yon ate their superior in )norals, feed
them liberally (a liberal ration ’ creates a deep
in the usual wav,- (on a ridge;) outstripping his j impression upon them, and induces grateful
in growth. “Not having depth of earth, ’ it j feelings to spring up in their hearts towards you
may be expected thus to go ahead for a time; j and for you,) systematize your work, never de
but- he who shall follow toe directions above ; riato from regular work hours, be steady and
given will have toe satisfaction of seeing his ■ legular in yonr habita (for the negro is an im-
’ "— : L ‘ ^ tive creature and will pattern after yon,)
vet violate,'your wprd once pulsed to them,
id pay them the last dime that you promised
em—if any one can carry out the above policy,
can run a plantation and manage hands suc-
* 'ty-
crop green'andj flourishing daring the summer,
when all around .will be parched and withered.
I am free to admit that there will not be this
difference when rain shall fall in sufficient quan
tities whenever needed; bnt in all ordinary sea
sons, the contrast will strike every beholder,
Washington, Aprils—Noon.—The iron-clad Mi-
sntonimah has been ordered to'prepare for sea. It
is supposed she is destined for the Cuban waters.
Postmaster-General Cresswell contemplates a di
vision of labor among the special PoBt Office agents
into three classes: Superintendents of Railway ser
vice ; Examiners of Postmasters’ accounts, and De
tectives. Their duties are clearly divided, and it is
supposed the new plan will require an increase of
officials. ,
General Grant lias telegraphed to Admiral Hoff,
in command of too Gulf fleet, enjoining him to pro
tect American citizens, f This is in response to toe
Spanish orders to treat filibusters as pirates.]
Washington, April 5, p. m.—The Supreme Court
has adjourned to toe 15th.
The Committee of Ways and Means has resolved
to visit all the Custom-houses during the recess.
General Longstreet departs on Thursday.
Tho Navy Department is taking measures to in-
terupt too reported Cuban expeditions from New
Orleans.
Nominations: M. Ashley (of impeachment noto
riety.) Governor of Montana; R. J. Rennet, Col
lector of Customs at Beaufort, S. C.; Postmasters,
E. J, Castella, Natchez, Miss.; Edwin Sears, Staun
ton. Va. • •;
The Senate confirmed 196- nominations, including
Chattanooga, Now Orleans. Montgomery and Baton
Rouge Postmasters.
Residents and visitors from several States hold
separate meetings to-night for tho purpose of or
ganizing for a participation in-toe Cuban demonstra
tion to-morrow.
The following is a text of the hill reported by tho
Judiciary Committee of toe Senate with the recom
mendation that it pass. It covers Senators and
Representatives in Congress: “ That when any per
son, who is not rendered' ineligible to office by toe
provisions of tho fourteenth amendment to toe Con
stitution, shall bo elected or appointed to any office
of honor or trust under toe Government of too
United States, and shall not be able, on account of
his participation in toe rebellion, jto take the oath
prescribed- in tho act of Congress approved July 2,
1862, said person shall, in lieu of said oath, before
entering upon tho duties said office, tako and sub
scribe toe oatlr prescribed in toe act of Congress en
titled ‘An act prescribing an oath of office to-be ta
ken by persona from whom legal disabilities shall
have been-removed,’ approved July 11, 1838.”
The Alabama Senators, especially Spencer, were
very active in securing Longstreet’s confirmation.
Washixton, April 4.—Tho nnmberof vessels cap
tured or destroyed by the Confederates during too
late war, was nearly three hundred; value, over
$13,000,000.
This morning's Chronicle has the following:
“Gov. Bullock called upon President Grant yester
day, in pursuance of a previous engagement, to as
certain his opinion touching toe bill recently intro-
dued in too House and Senate on toe Georgia ques
tion. The President expressed himself as being,
well satisfied with the bill and stated that he saw
no objection to it. He remarked that toe only ques
tion which over had suggested itself to his mind, in.
connection with the Georgia matter, was-whether
Congress had the-legal right to interpose at all: bnt
that there were many abler lawyers in Congress than
he, and they would doubtless dispose of that matter.
This Georgia case,- he added, might bo considered
one in wliiah necessity would probably be deemed
superior to mere legal technicalities.”
The Chronicle also has toe following: ‘ ‘The Sec
retary of the Navy; Mr. Borio, assured a committee
of Republicans, from toe navy yard, on Thursday
last, that ho wordd-see to it toattbe employes of the
yard should be known and deeided Grant Republi
cans, and that toe day of Copperhead domination
in these important .posts was over, for at least four
years.”
Senor Lemus. Envoy of Cuban insurgents, is to
be honored with a procession and serenade on
Thursday.
The Retrenchment Committee’s report covers one
hundred and fifty pages. It shows some startling
irregularities—the most suspicions- being that there
is no direct proof- that orders for the destruction of
many millions of dollars’ worth of bonds were
obeyed. The report gives a minute history of tho
printing, issue and retirement of the bonds. The
Committee have been investigating the subject for
two years.
The Committe says, after noticing the irregulari
ties : "It is a fict; however worthy of notice, as ap
plied to all these securities on this point, that there
have been no over redemptions of these securities,
and tho payments of semi-anualinterest have fallen
considerably below the amount shown by the issue
hooks to be actually due.'’
The Committee favors an early conversion of toe
debt to registered bonds.
'. . Congressional.
Washington. April 5—House.—In the House, on
tho regular call, toe report of toe Committee on
Elections upon toe Myers casot was considered.
ThO Sub-Reconstruction committee are framing a
personal disability bill of a rather liberal character
in relation to names affecting reconstruction in Vir
ginia, Mississippi and Texas.
Tho Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has denied a
writ of error in the Twitched murder case.
Tho following hills were introduced under the
regular calf:
A bill reducing too officers of- the army.
A bill preserving tho purity of elections and freo
discussion in the un-reconstmct-ed States.
A bill re-granting lands to tho Nashville and Deca
tur Railroad. • • , : r
! A bill appropriating' two- hundred thousand dol
lars for too Memphis Custom-housei
A bill construing the eight-hour law to give full
wages. ■ 1
A'bilL allowing prize money for too destruction‘of
the Confederate irori-elad, Merrimac. in, Hampton
,Roa<ls. '
A bill funding treasury notes and floating debt.
A bill amending tho tax upon spirits and tobacco.
• Tbe Committee on Appropriations was instructed
to enquire into to the -propriety of applying a part
of the coast surrey appropriations to ''the accurate
geological survey' of tho Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
; | The Judiciary Committee was instructed to enquire
into toe propriety of restoring relics taken from Ma
ry Curtis Lee. Tho Judiciary Committeo. was also
instructed to continue its investigation of tho charges
against the ‘Alabama Federal - Judge, Richard Bus-
teed.Tjrfto power to aet throngk a sub-committee.aud
to spnd for persons and papers during (he recess.:
By a vote of 67 to 47 tho bill carrying into effect
the convention- of 1S6S, between toe United States
and Mexico, passed, and goes to the President.
Tho bill continuing the Freedmen's Hospitals; at
Richmond, Vicksburg and toe District of Columbia
passed and goes to the President.
Tho Election Committee reported in favor : o£
seating A S. Wallace from the 4th South Carolina
District. The minority reported adversely.
A message from the President was received, an
nouncing the signing of toe tenure-of-offiee bill.,
Recess to 7 o'clock for debate only.
Senate—In the Senate, Mr. Sumner introduced
a bill forbidding the District Courts of tho UnUed
States to consider cases involving slave contracts.
The Sonate Judiciary Committee has reported,
with a recommendation that it pass, au oath for
persons eligible Duder the Fourteenth Amendment,
who may be elected to offices of trust and power.'
They mbst take toe. oath, prescribed for those who
have been relieved from political disabilities.
The Banking Committee have voted down a pro
position to report to toe Senate toe bill for the dis
tribution of the national bank currency, and have
proceeded to consider amendments. Tbe Senate
adjourned without action.
After the proceedings reported ’ at noon, the Sen
ate was engaged all day on fixing the junction of
the point between the Union and too Central Pacific
Railroads. After Executive session, adjourned.
New Orleans Hash.
New Orleans. April 5.—On Saturday, indictments
were found by the grand jury of the Criminal Court
against Gov. Warmfitk, police commissioner, Mc-
Duff and superintendent of too police commission
er, for oppression in having forcibly ana causelessly
.ejected Auditor WitkEffe from lfis office, and re-
tained possession.' ‘ ‘ _ . •
Gov. Wannoto this morning presented himself at
toe First District Court, and announced his readi
ness to enter into any bonds , which might be re
quired for his {Presence when nasMaaiy, stating he
hod learned through toe press of the city of his in
dictment. Judge Abel informed the Governor that
his own recognizance was sufficient.
By an order from the U. S. Circuit Court in the
Morgan suit, Marshal Herron this morning took
possession of . the Opelousas Railroad. The road
; will continue operations as usual. An inventory is
to be taken, and when completed, toe road will be
assessed for sale. The counsel for the company
this morning moved for a healing in toe Circuit
Court, upon an application for an injunction. Tho
Court fixed toe 10th inst. for argument on toe ap-
- plication.
The Turf Congress meets to-morrow at toe St.
! Charles Hotel. Delegates are already present from
the Memphis Association; tho Magnolia Jockey
Club, of Mobile; the Nashville Blood Horae Associ
ation, of Nashville; toe Tadede Association, of St.
Louis: Lexington Association, of Lexington, Ky.;
Woodlawn Association, of Louisville; and Metairie
Club.
General News.
Augusta, April 5.—There was a heavy frost this
morning. It is feared tho fruit crop and early vege
tation are injured.
Several distinguished Northerners are at Aiken,
South Carolina. Thurlow Weed is. improving. Sen
ator Sprague, who has rented a furnished house,
with Ids family arrives to-morrow. Ex-Secretary
Seward Is expected next week. Jon E. Develin, of
New York, and Stetson, of too Aator House, are
also there, • .
A great many Northerners are visiting various
citiOB in Georgia and North Carolina.
It is reported.that delegations from Atlanta, Co
lumbus, Macon, Savannah and Augusta are to leave
in toe morning for Washington, to appear before
tho Reconstruction Committee in opposition to But
ler’s bill.
Heavy Frost in S. arolina and Georgia
Charleston, April 5.—A heavy frost last night,
that had a disastrous effect on the Sea Islands,
where toe cotton had generally been planted early.
Nearly all must be replanted, which will throw the
crop back about ono month.
Still Another Horrible Murder in
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, March 30.—A horrible muder
was committed here yesterday, under peculiar
circumstances. Early yesterday morning a man
threw himself into the Delaware river and was
drowned. Subsequently a handkerchief was
found in the water bearing the name of Black-
stone. This afternoon toe body was recovered,
and found to bo that of Blackstone, of the firm
of Funston & Blackstone, picture-frame makers
at 912 Market street. • i
The body was sent to his house in toe extreme
northwestern part of the city. On arriving
there toe parties found- another party of police
in possession, and that Blackstone’s wife and
two small children were dead, chopped to pieces
with an ax. It appears that previous to commit
ting the murder yesterday, Blackstone wrote a
letter to his wife’s father in Connecticut, saying
that he had killed his wife and children and
would kill himself. The party in Connecticut
this afternoon telegraphed: to the police authori
ties hero who went to the house and found too
dead bodies as before related, and were investi
gating toe case when toe dead body of toe father
was brought in.
On Blackstone’s body was found a paper stat
ing that he had been robbed and was a ruined
man, and giving this as a reason for the deed.
His wife appears to have been kiUed while light
ing a fire in toe stove on Monday morning, as
tho neighbors heard a noise at that time. The
children were killed in bed np stairs and carried
down and laid at toe feet of their mother. Black
stone was probably insane.
Shovelling through North America.
Tho New York Times has an interesting re
port of the treats of a through trip on the Union
Pacific Railroad, which commenced on the 13to
day of last February.
On toe 2ist, Mr. J. N. Campbell, superinten
dent of the Laramie division, telegraphed from
Laramie that two hnndred passengers going
west had been supplied with “three locomotives
and shovels, with the understanding that they
should shovel through.” Ho adds: “They
left here yesterday morning, nnd have only got
about twenty miles. They frod'it is no play to
shovel snowOne-fourth will not work at all. ”
This was cool enough! No wonder that toe
thermometer was on toe next day twenty-seven
degreesb low zero!
It seems these westward-bound'200 made little
Roadway, and what became of them the corres
pondent of the Times does not say. Tile east
ward-bound passengers left Rawlings on toe 22d,
with three locomotives and seven days’ rations.
They proceeded forty-five miles, and ran pell-
mell into a snow-bank, where they remained for
forty-eight hours. This catastrophe, in toe
opinion of ono of toe railroad conductors, was
not out of older, since when they started he told
them it would serve them right if they ran into
a snow-bank !*
Whan arrested by this deep bank of snow the
passengers got ont and worked hard, shovelling
the snow from toe track; bnt ns fast as they
clear it away it was blown bade by toe winds,
until about midnight, in despair, they gave np,
and toe train and locomotives were still and mo
tionless. That night toe thermometer fell to
twenty-seven degrees below zero. Over seventy
passengers were frozen, more os loss, including
Judge Southard, of San Francisco, who had his
nose frozen, nnd Mr. George E. Whitney, who
had both of his ears nipped off.
On Wednesday toe 24th. ninety passengers
started on foot to .walk through to Laramie, a
distance of ninety miles. Others afterwards
followed, so that not more than twenty-five
passengers stuck to the snowed-np train.' On
the 25 instant they made seven miles, on the
26th they traveled twenty-six miles, eleven of
them; by a part of the number of travelers, on a
locomotive—to Miser. Thence again by foot
toe wearied and suffering pedestrians journeyed
on through wind and snow till they reached
Laramie, on the 1st of March. Many were
frost-bitten, and all were greatly distressed.
This is but a brief sketch of toe horrors of
this- journey on the Union Pacific Railroad,
whieh, as a winter route, is full of perils to
travelers—even in summer they are not safe
front snow-storms. One occurred last Jnne in
the Rocky Mountains which subjected the pass
engers to intense suffering.
Profits of “Going to the Legislator.”
The Atlanta Constitution iHustrates this point
very clearly in toe annexed advertisement:
; ’.j found! .
On,ono of the street? leading from, the Opera
House in this city, on Friday last, a'morocoo-
covered memorandum book, which contains
among other things the foilowingitoms of account
In lead, pencil,' the publication of which may
feed to‘toe recovery of tho property by toe legit
imate owner, who Is requested t,o “prove pro
perty, pay charges, and. take the' same away,”
from the findyr. r
G.‘ W. Andehsox,
J •' . . Lieut., df Police, Atlanta, Ga(
’reseived'WAiges'for session..,,.$612 00
miledge 87 O'.)
paiper envelopps.pensels Ac worth at
leasrt »:;!
voting for bullock in the Angier muss in
Greenbax - .37 50
voting the 15th emendment 50 00
' • $S49 75
expenses 9 week and a half bed room... 9 50
bord 47 apple Pise.... 1 4 62
in All 19 Minse Pise at 15 cense eech...’. 2 35
krackers and Cheese 2 24 ginger Kaiks
1 30 3 54
aplesl4 | hair Cut 26 other vitals 2 19 2 58
paiper colars 1 boXbolony sausage 40.... 65
sider 005 Canada 10 15
tobacco 1 53 pea, Nuts 60 ;..... 2 15
washing Close......... ...A 00 95
.4 postage stamps Used... 00 12
going to maskeraid ball 1 50
going to maskeraid Varieties 50
sun Drys and etc 17 50
mdid dear.,...:.
A Colored Lectmerti Vkwa about a
South and floathern People.
A laige audience, oomposed of the better cl>
of colored people, with a few whites, assemw*,
last evening in the Hall of Representatives -AT
ner Conti and Royal streets, to hear Martina'
Delany’s views on “toe state of the countin'
reference to the South. ” He was introduce!) ?
the ao&enoe by C. S. Sauvinet, Esq. cash'
: of the Freedman’s Savings Bank of this ritjT.!!
after a few preliminary remarks, launched fnAi
as follows: That, all tho colored people reqt^S
were equal rights before toe law; andthelT
litical disabilities of the whites were not owi
to any love of the colored people, bnt as a ntn?
ishment inflicted by toe conquerors, a result :
the war; but on account of toe disfranchise® ° f
of toe whites some few negroes had slid 1m
. office in toe Southern States.
! This toe speaker dwelt upon, telling the e i
j ored portion of his audience, among whom
j saw several members of toe Legislature th?
■ toe same would not occur again. The Jrto
• race were true to themselves. As much as th
i protended to like negroes, yet the groat maa^'f
j the Radical party North were unwilling to jA
the colored man rule the white. He warned^
colored friends against a class of adventured
tho miserable, pnny, mercenary Yankee,
came only for toe spoils. That white labor
could not work the soil; cited to Brazil aJ
, other South American countries where it wl
j been tried and failed. The colored peonr,
1 should be true to themselves; that theym^
• work till toe soil, and raise the crops; that the
I could not expect to laydown the hoe andbecon/
legislators—they wore not fitted for such bn?
ness; that toe white people must accept th-
situation, the colored people work and let p 0 i/
i tics alone, and everything would right itselfV
; The lecturer has created some little notoriej.
; for himself among those who believe in Ms
! of toe question. He is a short, thick set, f?
blooded negro, was bom in Charlestown,’Va.
is abont 55 or 56 years old, was educated at
burg, Pa., afterwards receiving a medicaled?
cation at Harvard College, Mass. He has tr„^
eled considerable in Europe and Africa, jjj
was toe only colored member of tee Intem’atioi.
al Statistical Congress, held at toe Somerset
House,-London, in July, 1860, and fromwhi^
on account of his having been admitted totTe
floor, Judge Longstreet, (uncle of the General
who represented toe United States, and tl?
Hon. Mr. Dallas, (then our minister to the Coat
of St. James) withdrew.
During toe late war he was - commission^
Major of toe 128th United States Col. Infanta,
and served in South Carolina, on toe staffs §
Generals Saxton and Sickles, where he has a'™
been tendered toe nomination to CongTess 1,
toe Radical party, but has declined toe honor,
because Ire did not consider himself a reside
of toe State, and that Congress was not pt
ready for colored members, or that tho coloxi
people were ready to go to Congress.—JV. ft
Crescent.
Kepotism.
Gen. Grant’s extraordinary fondness for pro.
viding for his family and friends, at toe eiptia
of toe public crib, has caused great eommotiot
in both Radical and Democratic circles. Tho kes
view we have ever seen taken of toe subject i>
contained in this letter of Thomas Jefferson’ik
a kinsman searching for place:
“Deal. Sin: The public will never be made t
believe that an appointment of a relative isnuh
on too ground of merit alone, uninfluenced b
family views; nor can they ever see with appri.'
bation offices, the disposal of which they intnE
to their Presidents for public purposes^ divide:
out as family property. Mr. Actants degrades
himself infinitely by his conduct on this subject
as Washington had done himself the greates
honor. With two such examples to proceed bt
I should be doubly inexcusable to err. It i
true that this places the relations of the Pres
dent in a worse situation than if he were*
stranger, but the public good, which can notb
effected if its confidence be lost, requires tk
sacrifice. Perhaps, too, it is compensated'
sharing in the public esteem.
Thos. Jeffebsox.”
Ratifting bt Telegraph.—The Secretary i
the State of Missouri has received a commie I
cation from toe Department of State at ’Wi.dl
ington, statiBg that toe ratification of toe For J
teenth Amendment by the Missouri Legist toi
ls incomplete, as toe thing ratified is not a cor- J
rect copy, the second section being omiifcij
It will be remembered that the Legislature ra:-1
ified a telegraph report, which, for econoaics!!
reasons, omitted the second section, be<anw[
that remained in ita nL»po. There w£5|
no need of this expedition, bnt it was tooegL‘1
better to show alacrity. The worst speed ftl
made by this haste, as the Legislature has d
joumed. and will not meet till next winter, hi
the haste there were also some verbal omissMDj
and some orthographical errors in toe rriifrhj
resolution.
“Ail Owdashus Cat.”
What Simon Suggs used to call an ou
catfish was- caught near Nashville Wednesa'I
He weighed'seventy-two'pounds, and pn
the following table of contents: A large 1
key, a steamboat spike, nnd a dollar, fifty
ten cent piece wrapped np in a piece of «&
lin.
Farming- in North Georgia.—The-
Citizen of the I st instant, says:
Larger crops of oats were sown this ms*
than ever before. Wheat fields are beauS
and a rich harvest is anticipated. Large eaj
of com win be planted- The fruit we thialb
been slightly affected, and we predict a 1
did, if not a Large yield.
Depression in the Cotton ManutscttbI
England.—The Fall River News says r “ft«|
private letter received by one of the <
in this city from his father, now residing
cashire, England, we ieam that the-deps
in cotton manufactures there is even j
than at any period during the rebellion."
Rectorship of St. James Church, J
The Rev- -W. E. Eppes, of Jacksonville s'
has accepted tho Rectorship of St. James C
of Marietta, Ga., and is expected to coo
his ministry' early in the month. He W
' reputation of being a very earnest, zeak tiP
able minister.. > t •
Reconstruction.—The Washington cor:*-'
dent of toe Augusta Daily Press says:
A compromise billkasbeen presentedo_
Houses in relation to Georgia, made np °1
Carpenter’s, Edmonds’ and Butler’s bils^ jl
ler says it will become a law just as so 0 -I
c:in be reached, and I have fhe same
for saying that it meets the appro™ “
President. So make way for the locoiuoa* I
A Little Girl Crushed bt a Log.—
county, Ga., on toe 10th inst., as Mr.
her two daughters ware clearing up a Py j
j ground, they had occasion to move a
some twenty-five feet long, and of corresf«n
thickness. Being upon a hill-side J
started it down toe hill, nnd one of tbft<
aged ten or eleven, followed after il__;
pushing it along, she fell over and the 1°5 '
over her, crushing her to death inst&nhj-
‘ 45 61
....: $801 U
‘‘The Imperialist."--The jNew York corre
spondent pt the Hartford Times says:
The publication of Tha Imperialist here is a
fixed fact, and the first number or two will sell
“like hot cakes.” I am also credibly informed
to-day, that a similar sheet, to be called The
Empire, is to be issued immediately in Philadel
phia, under toe auspices of toe Loyal League of
that pity, and that tins journal, at the start, will
advise Grant to assume the rank of Dictator.
Queen Olga, of Greece, is an uncommon
smart woman. She attends all her husband's
Cabinet meetings'—doubtless with the baby
along, as she. feels very proud, of that young
scion. . {> ,11 rejfitstf-:'- cl i iV inti '■ .■
Taot American Agriculturist says wherever tiles
can be delivered on tbe farm at three cents per
foot, they are .cheaper for drains than atones,
although the t&pr wens damped ready for use
at the bask of tu'dSdtra without cost' • ’
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Grant and the Independent.—The st ^i
that Bowen took a copy of toe Indep £ ‘- n ^l
! Washington as an endorsement of
i and that Grant carefully examined
I sheet. In conclusion,' “Is it possible,
! “that Beecher is responsible for such » F*jjJ
| this? Mother” (he always calls Mrs- . j
! “mother,”) “never let me see that pap 1 |
; house."
i See notice of Isaac Hart os to title oi P r ^
: advertised for sale to-day by United
shot in this city.
The Floods.—The Northern and
[ ers are booming, and much destruction 1
i and property is noted.
I Mrs. Stanton tells Tilton that wheu ^i
to the Senate, “some wifce woman ww, I
right and some black man on his lo“-
The Municipal Election in Coin®!’
Saturday resulted in the success
emtio ticket, without opposition. j
he city was 866.
Two ladies in Lancaster, Maas., Wjjt,
ont with petitions,' one for t
Legislature to give women tb*
fe'
