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Newspaper Page TextJ. »r. WATERMAN, BPOPRIETOR. ll\TE8 0F ADVEIiriwiNG Advt*rtV»e>«*nl» «U! lw> inMried at th<> mt« of One Uo.Ur |N»r inch for the tin*t inucriion, and Fifty Ceata lor cu b addiUoual insertion. CONTRACT RATES: SVACR. One| Inch- Two| Inches..... Three Inches- Four Inches ... Quarter Column $ 2 5 • S « 00 < 5 00 $ 7 50 $10 00 4 00 6 00 5 00 7 00 6 0O 8 00. 10 7 60 10 00 12 »! 20 00 82 00 10 00 15 00 $0 00. 30 00; 50 00 15 00 23 00 : 30 00 50 00 00 00 RAILROAD SCHEDULE. Northeastern Railroad. SlTXRIN?UfDZ!<l« OtFICX, Allien* Gi., Jan. lniti, lssl. I'AHT MAIL T1UIN. On amt alter Wednesday, January till 1SS1, train* on tho North Kwtern Railroad will run as follows: ' noTk no", s7 Leave Atlioiii* » 4.80 a m i 8:80 |> m Arrive ut Lulu 0.30 a in ( 5:50 pm Arrive at Atlanta.... .. «.46 a m 1 13:40 p m UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY THE CHEAPEST PAPER IN GEOKGIA-jQNE DOLLAR A YEAR—IN ADVANCE. No. 2. No. 4: Leave Atlanta 4.00 a m | 3:0-* p m Arri\e at Lula 6:30 a in | 5:55 p m Arrive at Athena. 12:30 a m [ 8:45 p m All trains daily except Sunday. Trains 1, 2 and 8 connect closely with all East and Wc^t bound paasen^er trains on Air Line Rul way. Train No. 4 with West bound passei *er train on Saturday night only, when it will wait until 9.45 p. m.,* when by so doiti# a connection can be made. F*a*cn?vr* leavinfr Athens at 4:80 a. m. con- ’.tLnla wi^t In; Ea“t.ai ; i ‘ 1 lotin for clone connection at Atlanta for all points iVeat and Southwest. LYMAN WELLS. Sup’t. Yoluine LXV. ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1881. Number 14. 7 .30 p m 7 50 p in 8 15 p li 8 80 p m 5 00a in Georgia Rail Road Company ScrKunmtNpr.NT’s Orric*, ) A I'Ol'STA, (*a., Nov. 5, 1880. j Commencing Sunday, eth inst,thc following Passenger Schedule will operate on this road: Leave ATHENS ...........9.15 am 6 00p in Leave Wintcrvillc 9.45 am 6 So pm Leave Lexington U .20 a m 7 ('5 p in Leave Antioch U*.48a m Leave Male vs 11.05 a u Leave \Yoo<l villa 11.21 AM Arrive Union Point \1.4oam Arrive Atlanta.5.45 p si. Arrive at Washington 2 10 p m Arrive at MiUedgvviUe.... 4.45 pm Arrive Macon 6.45 pm Arrive Augusta 8 47 r m 7 00 a tn Leave Augusta 9.35 am 5 30 j> to L ave* Macon 7.00 a m Leave Milledgeville. 8.58 am Leuve Washington 1<».45 am Leave Atlanta 7.15 aw 8 45 p in Leave Union Point 1.12 pa 5 0o a in Arrive Wo«Mlvi)lc 1.27 r A 5 15 a in Arrive Maxeys 1.451* u 5 4o a tn Arrive Antioch 2.o5 pm 6 00 a m Arrive Lexington 2.27 pm 6 20 a in Arrive Winlerville 3.u2 pm 6 55 a in Arrive Athens 8.80 pm 7 30 a tn Trains run daily—so connection to or from Washington ou Sundays or between Macon and Caiuak in either direction on Sunday nights. K K. Douse*, CJen., I*ass M Agt. S. K. Johnson, Supt. ATLANTA & CHARLOTTE .Adr-Iaine It nil way. Passenger Department CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Atlanta, Ga., January 15Ui, 1881. On >:.»i uiier Jan. 16th 1881, Trains will rut on this road as follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN—EASTWARD. Arrive at Lula 6 30 a m Leave Lulu 6.31 a m WESTWARD. Arrive at Lula 9.38 p m Leave Lula 9.89 p m NIGHT PASSCNOKR TRAIN—EASTWARD. Arrive ai Lula 5.55 r M Leave 5.56 p m WESTWARD. Arrive at Lulu 9.57 a m Leave 9.58 a m LOCAL FREIGHT TRaIS —EASTWARD. Arrive at Lula 11.85 a m Leave. 11 W a m WXSVWaJU). Arrive at Lula........ 12.07 a m L* uve 12.26 p y THROUGH FRE1UUT TRAIN—EASTWARD Arrive ut Lula 5.20 p m LHC.. 5.35 p m VDTTf AKD. Arrive at Lula 8.41 a m Leave 8.53 A M Clone connection at Atlanta for all points Wot aim Southwest. Connecting at Charlotte all points East. Through Tickets on sale a: Gainesville, Seneca City, Greenville und UoartaubuTg to all points Hast ant W est. G. J. FuKEACKE, General Manager W. J. HOUSTON Gen. I’ass.«fc Ticket Ap’t PROFESSIONAL CARDS. SYLVAN US MORRIS. & COUNSELLOR AT LAW. ATIXEITS, CSEOnCSIA. Will attend promptly to any business entrusted to hint. Office llunuicull block, broad Street, vlec.l.tf. pope EArmow, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ATHENS, GEORGIA. br..ud Street, same stairs with Telegraph office. BEX BILL AM) THE ATHENS POST-OFFICE. , Correapondcnce Philadelphia Preaa. Washington, January 27.—Sena tor Ben Hill, of Georgia, oat at his desk in the seriate chamber this morn ing quietly opening Iris mail. One let ter lie read carefully. It was written in a bold, legible hand and signed Eu gene W B r ydic. ‘ That man was my body servant,’ said the distinguished Georgian as he looked up from the letter. * I bought him and his mother when he was nine years old, and my children educated lirmih violation of the law of the s«W It seems queer to hear a man in the senate of the United States talk of buys ing human beings, and say that edu cation was denied within the past two decades to any part of the human family, yet that was the custom of one-halt of the country and slavery was in the constitution. The letter Senator Hill had been perusing related to the appointment of a postmaster at Athens, Ga. The writer said that if the present incum bent was not re-appoinetd, he or Mad ison Davis, another colored man, would be an applicant for the place. • Is he competent to fill so impor tant an office ?’ Yes, sir.’ Could he give a bond ?’ Most certainly. 1 would go on bis bond for$50,000, and so would al most any other white man who knows him. He was my body-servant when I wa« a confederate senator, and atten ded to all my private affairs. He used to write for me at my dictation, and did many of the things which a private secretary would do. He car ted Sli0,000 of my money when the federal guns could be heard in Rich mond.’ Do yon have many such colored men in Georgia ?’ No, not many. I must say that the greater part of our colored popu- aiion arc shiftless, simply cariug to live, and that is all. I do not believe that 20 per cent, of them accumulate anything. They are improving, how ever, though not as rapidly as one might expect. There are in all the southern states many colored men who enjoy the respect and confidence ol the communities in which they live.’ ‘ Would these men fill lcderal of fice acceptably ?’ 4 Very many of them would. In deed, it has been a matter 6f surprise to me that the administration has notap- pointed competent and deserving col ored men to positions rather than the adventurers who have gone south merely to hold the federal offiaw* • Would the southern people look with favor upon the appointment ol colored people to office ?’ ‘Most assuredly they would where the colored man is competent to fill the place and entitled to the respect of the community. The administra tion would strengthen itself and in crease the respect of the people for the rovernment bysucli appointments. It lias been a mystery to me that they have not seen that before. The troub le has been that the federal govern ment is constantly seen through a smoked glass in the south. Most of the federal office holders are of a class who have no interest except to hold offices. They therelore create antag onisms, and appeal to the sentimental side of the northern republicans by alleging ill-treatment because they are republicans. The bourbon democracy has taken advantage of ibis condition of things to excite a feeling through the south, making it dishonorable to hold a federal office.’ THE ELECTOBUL BILL. What Some Georgian Said. Mr. Felton, of Georgia, said that all parties' recognized the election of General Garfield. No man question ed his title to the highest office in the gift of the people. He believed that the Morgan-Bicknell resolution was improper, and that it was uncon stitutional, and hence he bad voted against it. He had no special objection to the first branch of the pending res- plution. The second branch, however TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. H for tho Baunor The .'World’s Sews Sifted Benders. Montreal (Canada) Gazette. Very seldom lias as large an audience . .—r .... been assembled under the roof of any The city election w Wheeling, Vja, Montreal theatre as- was gathered at resulted in part democrats and PH republicans. Chili has made known the condi tions of pence. They are these: the, cession of Autofagusta, the smen^nl of the allied fleets, and the payment*® $30,000,000, whereof Pern shall sumc twenty million and Bolivia The election of a democrat a'decision which, in bis judgment, the house should make here to -day. He rose ns a Georgian, and protested that people of Georgia should not be re- sponsible for having the vote of that state laid aside. He asserted most positively that this house should meet the question, and instead of laying aside the vote of Georgia it should be announced to the world that Geor gia had r.o vote to be counted or laid aside. He asserted that where there was federal law and state law touch ing the federal election the federal law was supreme, and wished it dis- tinctly understood that the mass of Georgians recognized that feet and that the old idea that state law was sovereign and supreme, when federal law decided otherwise, was an explod ed idea in the state of Georgia. [Ap- side.] lie A WORD FOR CONGER. Quite a number of our South ern papers have been fond of abusing and depreciating Mr. Conger. It is a relief to hear a Southern writer speak differently of him, and the opinion of him by Mr. J. R. Randall will be read with, interest. “J R R” save in his paper: “Our Southern papers have been too hard, I think,-upon Mr. Conger, -the Senator-elect from Michigan.--T the Theatre Royal last night to wit- Ehao the openiagporformsucc by Tony Deniar’s Pantomime and Variety Company. Upstairs and downstairs were equally crowded, and the ap plause, when general, as it nearly al- ' sys was, seemed to shake the build- Itis extremely satisfactory to H. H. CARLTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, atiienh ga. O FFICE ou Email atreet, up slain*. Eutrance next door alovo Long's 1 irujr Store. Will ntn-mi promptly to all business entrusted to his care. octl MISCELLANEOUS ADV. EARS fori the MILLION! Loo Choo's Balsam of Shark s Oil Po-Ulrrlj Restores the [Hearing. tad Is the only Abvolste Caro for Deafoest Kims. ,T1HS Oil i* extracted trom a peculiar specie* I ol small WunxSiiaKi, caught in the iellow Sea, known ta Corcharodon Uoudeletti. Every Chinese fisherman knows it. lta virtues as a nstomlive of heating were discovered by- Buddhist Priest about tho year 1410. Its cures were so uuinerous and nu>uy so seemiugly miraculous, that the remedy was ofBcial'y (ro- clnitncd over the entire Empire. Its u.e be- eamu so universal that lor over *00 years no lVainess has existed among the Chinese people. Sent, charges prepaid, to any address at SI per botllo. Only Imported br HAYI.OCK A CO., Sole Agents lor Amerts’s 7 l>ey St., N.Y. Its virtues arc unquestionable and its curative character absolute, a- the writer euit personally testily, both from cxper.encc and observation. Among the many readers of the Review in one purl and another of r he oountry, it is pro bable tlmi numbers are .diluted wit): deafness, and to sncli it may be said: “ Write at once Uayloek & Co., 7 Dey Sticct, New York, ei closing SI, and you will receive by return lliai will enable you to hear like any body else, and whose curative effeeta will be permanent. You will never regret doing so.” —Editor of New Turk Mercantile Review, Sept. 25 IstO. dee.l4.w2m. The Seminole Story of Genesis Among the Seminole Indians there is a singular tradition regarding the w hite man’s origin and suj>eiioriiy. They say that when the Great Spirit made three men, all of whom were of fair complexion, and that alter mak ing them, he led them to the margin of a small lake and bade them leap therein. The second did not leap un til the water became slightly muddy, and when bo bathed he came out cor per-colored. The third did not lea| urtil the water became black with mud, and came out with its own color, Then the Gieat Spirit laid before them three packages of bark, and bade them choose, and out of pity tor his misfortune of color, he gave the black man first choice. He took hold of each of the packages, and having felt ihem took the heaviest -, the corper- volored one then chose the second heaviest, leaving the white man the lightest. When the p-ickages were opened the first was found to contain spades, hoes and all the implements of labor; the second unwrapped hunting, fishing and warslike apparatus; the third gave the white man pens, ink and paper—the engines of the mind -, the moral, menial, improvement; the social link of humanity ; the founda tion ol the white man’s superiority. Two Women Weddeu.—The Bos ton Herald prints the following Exrtaet (from (a (Let ter| ofj Rev- Dr. Lovlek JPIercc, Sparta, Ga., April 28,1879. PcabSik: 1 have found your Liver Tonic to oe more eflectuol than anything 1 have ever used in relief of habitual constipation. It is the beet of these Liver Regulators. Yours, L. 1‘lERcE. Du. E. S. Lxjsdo.v—Beau Sib: 1 can never Slid words to express tuy gratitude to you for the incalculable bcncUt 1 nave derived from the use of “Smilh’a Liver Tonic.” For two yearn I sutfered with Liver dioeas* in the worst form, and never had any pemuuient relief until the Unit of last November, when 1 procured a bottle of the Liver Tonic. Sinoo then, I have uaed only two and a half bottles, and am entirely well. 1 have not felt a symptom of the diocese ainee taking tho first dose. 1 had previously tried several physicians and many other reme- 1 tailed ' ..... I many ^pjSf SSn. Lexisc.ton,Ga., May 12,1878. Miss Ellen Patman ia my daughter, and 1 ully concur in the above. „ may 25-ly ELDERD. AV. PATMAN. For Rent. S TORE Boom 190x80 on Bread Street, next door to Bloomfield fit Sanford. Apply to imma**' J. M.0TW.C.ORR. strange story from a correspondent at Dover, N. H., and it is given for what it is worth. The writer vouches for ita truthfulness. Ten years ago last month two persons were united in marriage by a congregational clergyman of this State. The cere- mony was performed in a small town not many miles from this city. They lived together as husband acd wife for more than nine years, having re sided in several different places, a part ot the time in ibis place. A few months ago the wife petitioned lor a divorce on the ground that her hus band was a woman. On examination it was found to be as she bad said. That the dressed in female ayparel when she first became acquainted with her, but told ber she was a man. It was proven that she was the divorced wife of a merchant of New York, and had one child. Virginia never had a bigamy case until a short time ago. plause on the republican side. _ wished the world to know that, ns one ot the representatives of Georgia, he here asserted the iact that lierce- forth and lorever the people of Geor gia were absolutely loyal to the feder al laws. [Applause on the republican side.] The people of Georgia had no desire to violate the laws, and when the state law had been passed under which the electors had cast their votes there had been no intention on the part of the legislature to conflict with the federal laws. Mr. Speer, of Georgia, said that the people ot Georgia had been loyal to the federal power since they had laid down their arms in good faith in 18G0, and when they accepted the constitu tional amendments they accepted them in good faith. The gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Robeson) had done some injustice when he had said that no mau on the democratic side bad dared to stand forth and speak for what they understood to be true democracy against the Morgan resolution. There were three demo crats who had done that (alluding to Felton, S epheus and himself) and had recorded tbeir votes against the i rwuiuliioo ~ Jia Joined with the gen tleman from New Jersey,congratulat ing his democratic brethren that they had reached a solution of this ques tion, which would net do violence to the grand rights ot the governing slate. He had been criticized by the bourbon pa|>ers of Georgia. The critici-in was due to the tact that he had voted against that resolution, and also the fact that he had antagonized the bourbon methods in the state of Geoi gia. He now found the demo cratic party standing shoulder to shoulder with himself and his col leagues (Felton and Stephens). Mr. Hawley, of Connecticut, hoped that nothing in the second branch of the resolution would be inferred as deciding against the right ot Georgia to have ber vote counted. The prin ciple generally held in view was that the will of the people, if it could be clearly ascertained, should be allowed to have its due weight, without re- ard to error or ignorance of its ser vants. He should vote to accept the vote of Georgia because that vote had been cast in accordance with the forms of the law. Mr- Cook, of Georgia, declared that there was no law on the statute books of Georgia in contravention of the power ol the federal government. The people of Georgia were loyal with the exception of one man (alluding to Robert Toombs) who was a special advocate of the representative from the seventh district (Felton), Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, re gretted that bis collogue (Felton) should arraign the democratic party for direliclion of duty in order to jus tify his violation of party duty and par ty allegiance- It might be a subject ot congratulation that now the tail wagg ed the dog. He desire-1 to reply to the suggestion that “independent” was always right, by quoting from merao r y, the declaration Irom Coke’s Institute in which, undertaking to define a good parlimeutar.v man, he said that lie ought to be like an ele phant because he was patient and wise, and because he was gregarious. Good animals like deer and cattle marched in herds, but hurtful animals marched by themselves, such as wolves aud foxes. [Laughter.] The resolutions weie adopted, the first branch without division and the second branch by a vote ot yeas 160, nays 77. The republicans, as a rule, voted in the negative and the democrats in the affirmative. - The following dem- ccats, however, voted in the negative; Acklen, Converse, Culberson, Hurd, Clemons and Young of Tennessee. for Maynard in the cabinet. It is reported that Sitting Bull has surrendered to the Canadian authori ties, and is willing to deliver himself to the United States authorities if the Canadians will carry him to Fort Bus ford iu safety, A peanut cleaning establishment has been burned in Carrieville, Va. Loss 88,000. Portugal proposes to become a mediator between England and the Boers of Transvaal. Just now Eng land is in a good condition to listen to such a proposition. CONGRESSIONAL—THE SENATE. A communication was submitted from the secretary of the Interior giving information as to the number, compensation &c. of census officers. Mr. Edmunds submitted a resolu tion, which was adopted without dis sent, instructing the Judiciary Com mittee to inquire and report its opinion touching the constitutional legality of the votes of any electoral college given for President and Vice-President of the United States on the day for the counting ot votes of electors in all the Slates. Mr. Lamar presented the creden tials of James Z. George, Senator-elect from Mississippi,- as successor to Mr. Bruce, for the term beginning March 4, 1881. On the motion of Mr. Ingalls his electoral count resolution for the count ing of the vote in the senate was taken in which nothing is deserving of unfa vorable criticism. The variety part of ibe entertainment was especially good, and introduced a large number of ar tists. Charley Schilling in his carica ture ot musical oddities, diew forth repeated rounds of applause; and Miss Victoria North who sang several new and pleasing ballads, was equally well received. Prof. Fow is a fair ventril oquist, and was accorded a fair share of plaudits. Miss Alice Coleman is a lady of retnakable musical culture, and last evening surprised and delighted her audience with a display of her skill on a variety of musical instruments Little Todd, the German wonder, as he is 8tylcd,is an acrobat ot more than ordinary ability. The Sparks Bro thers are among the best Irish come dians on the stage, and during their presence the laughter was incessant The Ramirez Trio of Spanish Trouba dours (who, by.the-way, may have passed through Spain from England) were also very good in their special ties. The pantomime was very com. ieal and a better Clown, Pataloon, Columbine or Harlequin could not reasonably be desired. A TRAGIC incident. From a Northern Paper, There was a tragic event at Mal vern Hill which deserves to be record- ed and shows what may come in : civil war. Oue of our best non-com- misioned officers, Sergent Driscol an up. Mr Layard"“moved‘to rofeTlo^the ! excellent shot, noticed the distinguish- committoe on the electoral count. I danng ot a Confederate officer, and Messrs. Bayard. Morgan aud Hill, of 1 resolved.to counteract hi- inspiring Georgia, favored a reference. Messrs. t,le mo )‘ e f t>clual » -- ---- • ’ - ■ stating his intention, he waited till he got a fair view through the smoke, raised his rifle as ho would at a pig- [ugalls and Edmunds opposed the motion. Air. Bayard’s motion finally prevailed—yeas 29, nays 17, a party vole. THE HOUSE. The House took up the North Car olina contested case. Jones, of Texas, and Bisbec, oi Florida, spoke in favor of tlie sitting member. Beltshover, of Pennsylvania, favored the contestant. The Honse decided tlftiP Y eotei-q -tliC : A negro man, in Macon, named Robert Tucker, died on the witness stand Friday. He was giving his testimony in a devorce case before the Superior Court, and bad just made statements for the defendant, which the libellant said, in a whisper to her counsel, were lies. As a question was asked, be threw up his hand, tot’ered, fell to the floor, and died in a few minutes. His death caused great commotion among the coloted people, who believed that his death was caused by perjury. Of course no one eau pass on the testimony of the dead man. His death was caused by npo- pl«J- .. The Constitution has at last found out that Judge Howell Cobb has written some articles in tbe Christian Union. contestant, was entitled to the seat by a vote ot 115 to 103. Yeates theu ap peared and took the oath of office. NEWSPAPER IlUflOR. Leonard Balliet, of Nevada, O., has sent General Hancock a sausage 120 feet loag. Texas papers are speaking of the late ‘George Eliot’ as ’a very gifted, but very immortal man.’ A LaCrosse, Wis., minister prayed for ‘those who were smitten with ill ness, those have gone fishing, and al so those too lazy to diess for church ’ They tell us that matches are made in heaven, but somehow they don’t smell that way when you strike ’em. —Loxcell Citizen. An elephant traveling out West, whose trunk was not checked, drank up all the water in the tender of the locomotive, so that the I rain was oblig ed to stop. Teacher—‘John, what are your boots made of? Boy—‘Leather.’ 'Wbat does the leather come Iroin ? 'The hide ot an ox.’ ‘What animal, therefore, supplies you with boots and gives you meat to eat?’ ‘My tatlior.' There is a man in Newark, N. J., so close that when he attends church, he occupies the pew fartherest from the pulpit, to save the interest on his mon ey while the collectors are passin the plates for contribution^ An Oil City Irishman, having signed the pledge, was charged soon after with having been drunk —‘Twas me absent-mindedness,’ said Pat, ‘an’ a habit 1 have o’ talkin’ wid ineself. I sed to meself, sez I, ‘Pat come in an’ have a dhriuk.’ ‘No, zer,’ says I, I’ve sworn off.’ ‘Then I’ll driuk alone,’ sez I, and whin rat^elt cum out, faith and he was dhrunk.’ There is every indication that the Capital at Albany will tumble down soon, and there is a great uneasiness in the State of New York for fear that it will fall when the legislature is not in session, and therefore be a total waisle.—Boston. Tracdler. The reason condensed: One lusty, load and loag-oootimwl sneeze, Long, sultry days oi limp and languid eaae, The ceaseless murmur of a million Seas, And then one steady, stiff and solid freeze. Frm Prcn. American traveller to Cathedral guide: — But see here, my friend, h«w can this be the skull of St. Peter T We’ve already seen one at the Church ot the Annunciation. Furthermore, this is a miserable little skull that hadn’t any brains in it.’ Truly Garb olic oroide: ‘Ah, you can’t under stand it. Why, this is St Peter’s skull as a child.’ eon, and cracked away. The officer fell and his men broke, with our fel lows after them with the bayonet. Driscoll stopped as he came to the vic tim of his unerring shot, who bad fallen on bis face, and turned him over. The victim feebly opened bis eyas, monound “ Father!” and cx pired. Driscoll had shot his own son, His griet crazed the man. Conspic nous for his coolness hitherto, he had became possessed with immeasurable fury and wi*b a feariul execration tore off his coat and equipments, and with unloaded musket plunged headlong into the fight. The enemy were strongly reinforced and the conflict was warm Driscoll dashed liko a Malay running amnk. He fonght like a fiend. He was brought to the ground again and again each time springing up afresh and striking out with deadly force. He fell dead just as our line reached him, coverd with wounds. am assured by those who know him well that, though an extreme partisan, Mr. Conger is thoroughly honest as he is intelligent and expert. He bas the singular fortune, rare indeed now, of having defeated, by sheer force of merit, two millionaires who competed with him for tbe Senatorship. He is a poor man and had an up-hill fight; bat he conquered by talent and van quished the money-bags arrayed against *him. I know, for certain, that a rich friend of his here offered him thousands of dollars to aid his cause, but he declined to avail him self of any such sinews ot war, and he goes to the Senate on his merits and not bis huckster. Let our people re member this, wfieu they are disposed to paint him a monster. He has ultra opinions, it is true; but there are plen ty of Southern men quite as radical in their viows. The State of Michigan has honored herself by honoring one of tbe poorest and ablest of her sons, at a time when, North, South, East and West, the wealthy are pushing into the seats of power. The South did herself infinite harm when her firey, untamed politicians precipitated themselves upon JohnQuincy Adams. The South can do herself no good by assaulting a man like Conger, who, despite his active opposition to some of us, stands befoie the country as a living rebuke to the spirit that seeks to turn the Senate into a Commercial Exchange. Let us at least be just to Mr. Conger and ourselves. SENATOR BILL’S LAST INTERVIEW. ^|t®telilg ^jaimer. T. WATataMAN-, propririuk. THE DEBAND FOR STATESMANSHIP. Tho Democratic party has con trolled the House for six years and the Senate for two years. With these exceptions, says the Washington Post, the Republican party has had full control of the Government fn all its departments for twenty consecutive years. Let the responsibility for all neglect, blunders and every error of Ti*r Walker County Messenger tells of a Bharp mail of that county who was bitten by a sharper as fol- lowar They met on tbe Roms road. Mr. Sharper, or Sharp 4r short, raid he was handling a patent medicine which be wanted our friend to intro duce, that he always paid men who worked for him, opening a box and putting into it $25. “Now,” said be, “are you willing to give me $15 for th?.l?” “Almost any one would be toolish enough to do that,’’ was the answer. The trade was made and they separated, bat when the box was opened there was no money there. Out in Milwakee tho other day a yonng woman bad a spat with her lov er. She ran to her room and got some arseuio, which she swallowed, iu a melodramatic way, in the presence of her betrothed, Tbe girl was in the hands of the doctors for a day or so, and after being as near death as pos- In September last a gentleman of Sumter county heard a young buck crying in a hole* He reached down to take it ont when an an adder fastened on to the middle finger of his hand near the knuckle. He killed the rep tile and immediately hastened to his wife, who tied his arm very tight with a strong cord, mixed a quarter of a plug of tobacco in a ba’f pint of whisky and made him drink it. He said his band had swollen very large; ihat he could see it rising in puffs, that his arm aohed badly to the shoul der, and he thought the poison would kill him. He mixed more tobacco and whisky, drank the latter and ate the tobacco swallowing it; that it did not make him sick in t he least. In a day or two he was entirely well, and now never fields any bad effects of the bite. He believes that these two ar ticles will cure the bite of any reptile. The Savannah News says a re markable circumstance in connection with the recent cold snap was the effect upon the fish along the coast, largeshouls being driven in shore and in shallow water. Strange as it may seem it is asserted that fish, particularly bass and trout, were observed to throw themselves bodily out of the water on land. An old negro caught thirty-one very fine large bass in this way at Raccoon Key, near Warsow. On St. Catharin’s a net thrown the water was almost iustantly filled by large fish, aud fisherman found some difficulty in hauling the nuia in Others were observed to kill them with oars. This novel occurrence was witnessed generally all along the islands to the southward and in the rivers near the c-oast. It was on the Burlington Railroad train, and politics had given way to theology, and the young man with the turban hat had the floor, and was denouncing the old fashioned idea of bell. “I tell you,” be cried, “man waa never intended for such a fiendish punishment. Nature never made me for kindling wood." “Reckon not,” said tbe old person, bade near tbe atove; “too green.” He didn’t and elaborate and expl tin what meant, bat somehow or other every- body seemed to understand him, and the conversation gradually' drifted back into politics.—Burlington Hawkeye. The Banner has already published, a part of an interview between Sena tor Hill and a newspaper reporter. In that interview Mr. Hill gave way one of those periodic fils of extraordi nary patriotism—otherwise called “gush”—with which he is afflicted,and informed the world that he would go on a colored man’s bond lor 850.000, to make the latter postmaster at Athens. There are two or three things that Mr. Hill seems not to have known. One is, that that the Athens post-of fice is in good hands and is conduct ed to the satisfaction of all who have business with it—so far as we have heard. To change it while it is do ing ro well, wonld be in violation of sound civil service policy—a policy which ought to receive the heartiest support irom so eminent a statesman as Mr. Hill. Another thing that Mr. Hill does not seem to know, is that there is not colored man in Athens who has the busiuess qualifications necessary to manage a post-office like that of Ath ena .-The one in question—Eugene VV. Brydic—is a man of genuine res pectability, and he is very highly re spected in the community. Nobody who knows him doubts his integrity, or supposes that he would tolerate anything like dishonesty in any busi„ ness of which he had the manage ment. But his business training and experience have not been such as would enable him to condnct satis factorily a business as large and in tricate as that of the Athens pdst- office. Inasmuch then, as Mr. Hill seems not to be cognizant of the main facts in the case, it would be about os well for him to let the matter alone. It the people of Athens and others who have to do with the post-office, are satisfied, Mr. Hill can afford ta be equitably in proportion to tEe op. portunities whicb each party has had. Gen Garfield’s Administration will find the country prosperous, bnt rap 1 idly reaching a point where further advance will be impossible. It will be but a very short time before our products will vastly exceed consump' tion and sales, and then we shall have general stagnation in all the channels of business. The only po-sible means of avert ing this is to increase our fCvreign trade. And we.cannot increase our foreign trade unless we have an American commercial marine. Not only will the new Administra tion find tbe country destitute of ocean commerce, and paying 8120,- 000,000 a year to England for trans' portation, but General Garfield will probably feel called upon to remind Congress tbat we are under bonds to keep the peace with all nations; be cause we have neither tho means of resenting insult nor protecting our selves against an attack. If the new President is inclined to be frank and candid, he will tell Con gress and the country that, with all our seeming greatness, we oecupy contemptible position in the family of nations; that wc have no pretense to any power on the seas; that we have uot a fort, a gun or a ship of war that is ot any more value than the toy forts, guns and ships which chil dren play with. It matters not who takes the blame for onr helpless condition. True, most of it belongs to the Republican part/, for they have wasted moBt op portunities to start in a better way. But it is far more important to look ahead than to gaze backward We have come to a point in our career where statesmanship is needed, and where all the bright prospects of our future may be sacrificed if the politi cian cannot be retired while the statesman occupies the stage for while. CLIPPING A MAYOR’S EARS The Chicago Times thinks tbat the Vice Presidents are themselves responsible for .the contempt _ into which the second office in the gift of the American people has fallen. In the earlier days of the republic the Vice Presidency was a stepping-stone to the White House; now it is stigma tized and ridiculed as superfluous “What we want” the Times says, “is a Vice President who will keep open house, live in fine style, and treat Congrtfsmen. If this were done, tho Vice Presidency would soon be re garded as a representative of tbe gov ernment and have some chance of po litical preferment.” A great deal of praise is bring fee stowed upon Hon. Emory Speer, the young and brilliant Congressman trom the Ninth District, just now, and the beauty about the thing is, 8peer de- F. P. Stubbs is a prominent lawyer at Monroe, La., and a large land-own er and extensive planter in Ouachita and neighboring parishes. He has also served in the Slate legislature. This is the way he used up a Kansas Mayor: ‘Monp.oe. La., Jan. 12, 1881.—Mayor of Wyandotte, Are there many colored people trom the cotton country in your vicinity who would return South with guarantee of good wages and. treatment ? Would the authorities facilitate their return? F. P. Stubbs.” “Wyandotte, Ks., Jan. 13,1881.— To F. P. Stubbs, Monroe, La.-. I find among the col ored people from the South a deter mination stronger than death never to return. The authorities here did not facilitate their coming, neither will they facilitate their going. We re« m&nd them to the status of American citizen, holding in their own hands lo cal habitation and future destiny. J. S. Stockton, Mayor.” “ Monroe, La., Jan., 14,1881.—7b J. S. Stock- ton, Mayor, Wyandotte, Ksz I re gret that I was mistaken in suppos ing that one who occupied your posi tion was a gentleman. I send you a business message, and yon avail yonr. self of tbe opportunity to send me, at my expense, a political homily worthy only of a demogogue and an ass. F. P. Stubbs,” The American Republican tells of a queer well of which it has heard; A gentleman informs that paper tbat W D Lumpkin, living near Tazewell, in Marion county, has a bored well nine feet in depth, and every time it becomes cloudy or it rains the water rises to the top, bubbling, hissing and popping as though it were boiling. He gays that there is a gas escaping from the water which causes it to effervesce in this manner, and that it is quite warm. The owner wauts some one who knows to tell whj his well acts so strangely. The secret of success in life is to be always busy. Let the gold not grow dim, nor the thoughts become stale, or the musfe become stiff for want of use—keep all things in motion. It is no secret tbat Hkiff, tbe jeweler and opitirian, arils the diamond spectacles keeps a good assortment of clocks, The course ot true love doesn’t of ten run as smoothly as it did in case ot Bernard P. Taylor and Miss Julia Darby, who were married at iSt. Louis a few days ago. When a little boy Bernard sent a valentine to bis bride then an infant; and the two, when a few years older, walked hand in hand as best man and bridemaid at a wedding. The dress and shoes ofthe little bridemaid and also the valentine were fortunately kept, and figured at the ceremony which made the con stant pair man and wife. she had no thought of suicide, ber object being to frighten her lover. The latter’s bat no longer hangs in the hall. He says that be wants at least seven ounces ot brains along with his marriage certificate. Just sit down and count how many of yonr personal acquaintances have died during tbe past year from the direct or indirect effects of alco holic liquors. And then let your mind run over the number of your own kinsfolk who are killing themselves the same way. , Don’t count your self, you are one ot the e-x-t-r-a- o-r-d-i-n-a -r-y fellows whom God endowed with more endurance, will power and freedom from disease and death than anyone else. Yon can go on drinking, there’s no danger of your brains being damaged.— Griffin Sun. The simplest post-office in tbe world is in Magellan Straits, and bas besn established there for some yeaia past. It consists of a small cask, which is chained to the rock of the extreme cape in the straits, opposite Tierra del Fuego. Each passing ship sends a boat to open the cask and to take let ters out and to place others in it. The post-office is self-acting therefore; it is under the protection of the navies of all nations, and up to the present there is no one case to report in which abuse of the privileges it affords has taken place.. An old mountaineer visiting Sacra mento, and unacquainted with street cars dropped a whole dollar into the box and was astonished to leant that he could not get it ont. The Bee says: “ Finally he solved the problem of get- ing even with the railroad company by notifying the driver that he would use up the money be put in jthe box in rides. This he did by remaining on the car for twenty trips, and armed with a flask of wbisky and a lunch of crackers and cheese, the old fellow had a picnic all to himself.’’ There are now two railroad bills before tbe lower house of Congress. One provides for a board of railroad commissioners to have general super vision over the railways, to investi gate complaints and enforce the rail road laws. The other, tbe Reagan bill, goes more into the details, pro vides penalties for discrimination be tween points and individuals, rebates and pooling. After a thorough investigation of the subject, pro and con., the post-of fice department has decided that load ed fire-arms are nnmailable matter. Mr. Dnnn, of Arkansas, is not satis fied with this, however, and bas intro duced a bill,making it a penal offense, punishable by fine and imprisonment, to mail or deliver guns or pistols. Our exchanges are trying to show why young men leave Georgia. The rincipal reason is that they don’t know any better. They learn better, however, after they get away. Our advice to them is not to go. There is a good living in Georgia for every person now on her soil, and a great many more. Ben Hill’s proffer to go on Bry- die’s bond to the amount of $50,000, reminds us of a story, as old Abe would say. Once upon a time two fellows were contemplating a foot race, but could find no one to hold the stakes. After a while a slab- sided chap came along, and raid he ‘I’ll hold tbe stakes for you.” “Ah!” replied the others; “bat who’ll hold you?” - , . * . - . de * | watches and jewelry, and bis gold serves the praise. By the way, how I would Emory Speer do for the young J ewelr 7 never 8 row * d,m - Patron *“ men’s caodidatofor governor next! him it yon wish to succeed in life- year*?—Darien Gazette, Sign of red watch. Among the applicants for the posi tion of sergeant-at-arms of the State Senate, when the Florida legislature met, n tew weeks ago, was a man who described himself as follows: “I am six feet high aad strong in proportion. If a quorum is required and I am sent out to arrest absent members, I guarantee to produce them, and to yank them out of any place where they may be found, without delay or ^hesitation.” Marshal Bullock, of Rockmart attempted to arrest L. B. York and his son Hud, Bullock got a double- barrelled shotgnn, ana shot Hud in the face with a load of duck-shot, putting out both eyes. He afterward shot the other barrel at tbe elder York, tearing off three fingers ot one hand, tbe load entering Yore’s breast. The Yorks shot at Bullock five times with pistols. Ex-Governor Bullock, of Geor gia, is a man of great affability and presence. He has nothing to do with politics, but attends to the treasury of the big Atlanta cotton mills in which he owns stock, lie rays that bis election once upon a time ns Gov ernor ot the State was a very nnfor- tnnate thing tor him.—New York Herald. Michigan has made rapid prog ress in many respects; bnt the big gest stride she ever took was when she stepped from Cass down to Con ger. '

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Athens banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1880-1881, February 08, 1881, Image 1