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Old Series—Vol. 25. No. 122.
Perhaps nothing in our paper this
morning will be read with more interest
than the obituary of the famous race
horse Lexington.
A note of warning is sent out this
morning from Washington to Southern
cities in regard to the yellow fever.—
'The timely advice is given for jthem to
enforce strict quarantine, coupled with
the admonition that as it has madman
early appearance it may spread all
along the coast.
Our friends of the Chronicle and Sen
tinel are entitled to the credit of pub
lishing the speech Mr. Stephens wrote,
but did not wholly deliver, in advance
of all contemporaries. We cheerfully
yield them the palm of this feat; but
how it must gall the Atlanta papers to
warm the broth at second hands 1 *
Ferdinand, the dead Austrian Em
peror, was buried in the same vault
with Maximilian, at Vienna, yesterda3 T .
Several European Princes were pres
ent. He was a weak brother—an au
tomaton played upon by old Minister
Metternich, one of the greatest and
the most cunning diplomats on the
Continent, not excepting “ the old fox,”
(as Napoleon called him) Talleyrand
The communication in regard to the
small-pox should arrest the attention
of our city officers. Vaccination should
be made compulsory in this country.
There should at least be offered free
vaccination to all who are not able to
pay a regular physician two dollars to
perform that operation. Three cases
have recently occurred among negroes,
aud it will require the most extraordi
nary precaution to keep it from spread
ing-
John Bull utters a loud bellow this
morning over the encroachments of
liusaia upon his Asiatic possessions.
The matter was yesterday brought to
the attention of the House of Com
mons by Mr. Bailie, who elicited a long
explanation from Mr. Burke, Under
Secretary. The Prince of Wales goes
to India for the purpose of making an
alliance with Afghanistan, the object
of which is to check the, march of the
Czar.
The whole city heard of the Are at
the Langley Cotton Mill yesterday with
regret—especially the lirst alarm,
which was that the factory proper was
burning, but which, happily, proved
false, as only the warehouse was in
flauies. The destruction of this prop
erty would have been a common ca
lamity to our industrial interests. We
not only cannot afford to lose one of
our cotton mills, but-we need fifty rr> r, *’°
just like it. The full details of the fire
will be found in the City Department.
The London Times admits that Al
fonso is in a desperate situation. He
has been a failure, and Don Carlos will
soon drive him from the throne of
Spain and the country. The average
Spaniard of our day is an average hum
bug. He is fit to rule nothing. He
can’t rule his own country—himself.
He is one hundred years behind the
age. He should be invited by this
country to step down and out of Cuba.
The next Democratic President will
issue that invitation.
Fred Douglass and his friend, Profes
sor Langston, are on a regular strike
against white office-holders in negro
institutions. For once we agree with
Fred and his friend. These old lan
tern-jawed, long-nosed, bony white
carpet-baggers, who make their living
out of darkies, won’t do to trust. They
should be kicked out of their cabins.
They are there for a swindling pur
pose, and the sooner turned out
of their churches, school houses, sav
ing banks, and the like, the better for
their purses. "
After reading the triumphant march
of the American Rifle Team no one
will doubt the genuineness of the love
of Irelaud for America. The visit of
half a dozen or so obscure American
citizens is made the occasion for an
expression of love for their country and
countrymen. The occasion is nothing
more than what may be witness
ed at five hundred cross-roads
in this country upon any Satur
day afternoon—a test of marks
manship. But Irelaud seizes it
for the purpose of pouring out its warm
hearted love and giatitudefor the laud
of liberty—iqve fon its freedom, grati-;
tude for its hospitality to her sons who
have found their homes in it. In its
wrongs and oppressions the Green Isle
has ever had the sympathy of all
America. Ireland full well krfows this,
and the incidents now taking place are
but expressions of her gratitude.
Oxford, Ua., July 6th, 1875.
Editor of the Cunetitutiunatist:
Dear Sib: I am desirous to obtain a
specimen of the “ Long-fibre Japanese
Corn” which you repreeent. Will you be
kind enough to send me an illustrated pam
phlet and let me know the terms on which I
can obtain It. Your attention will oblige.
Yours respectfully and truly,
A. Means
The Tycoon of Japan did’nt send us
but twelve grains of this com and we
are waiting for the excitement about it
to get a little higher before putting
them the market. Wo are hoping
to get six thousand dollars a grain for
them, take the money and start a
Chicken Torpedo factory in opposition
to Col. J. Cabbywstyles Harris. As to
the “illustrated" pamphlets,” they are
got up in type which look like bolts of
lightning on a big drunk. They are
not fit to assoc|ate with Georgia Gran
gers and we have suppressed them.
When you die, name all your old
sweethearts as pall-bearers. It is be
coming quite fashionable for ladies to
act in this capacity, and it is so gratify
ing.
(ill)c fldilij iomtihitionnlist
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
Funeral of the Dead Emperor—The
French Assembly—Critical Relations
of England and Russia—Retreat of
the Carlist Army.
Vienna, July 7.—The funeral of the
Emperor, Ferdinand, took place yester
day. The Emperor aud Empress of
Austria, the Czar of Russia, with the
Crown Princess of Germany and Italy,
the entire Austrian Court and Ministry,
Diplomatic body and Austrian Cardi
nals and Bishops, assisted at the cere
monies, which were of the most impos
ing character. The remains were de
posited in the Church ;of Capuchins,
in the same vault with those of Maxi
milian.
Paris, July 7. —The Bureaux of the
Left have decided to introduce a mo
tion fur the dissolution of the Assem
bly, and for general elections in the
middle of November. The Assembly
brought to a close the loug debate on
the Railway bill. The debate on the
Public Power bill is set for to-day.
The father of Don Carlos was arrest
ed at Hendaye aud conducted to Bay
onne.
The Spanish man-of-war Vittoria
has returned to the northern coast to
complete the destruction of Carlists’
ports.
M. Granier de Cassaguac has pub
lished a letter in which he threatens to
kick M. Gambetta.
London, July 7. — In the House of
Commons, Captain Baillie Cochrane
called attention to the progress of
Russia in Central Asia, which was such
as to furnish her with every facility for
attacking India. He warned the Gov
ernment against its indifference in the
danger pointed out. Russia’s breaches
of promise in the past was repeated.
He deprecated England’s entering into
entangling engagements with Russia,
and urged the streugheuing of English
influence in Afghanistan, for which pur
pose the visit of the Prince of Wales
to India offered a favorable opportu
nity. He closed by asking for the pro
duction of papers relative to the occu
pation of Khiva. Mr. Haubury, mem
ber for Tam worth, seconded the mo
tion. Hon. Mr. Burke, Under Secre
tary for the Foreign Department, re
plied t hat all papers in regard to Khiva
had been laid before the House. Other
eommuuieatmus on the whole question
of Central Asia had been exchanged.
He was sure when they were produced
the House and the country would ap
prove the course of the Government,
and recognize the spirit of friendli
ness which characterized the entire
correspondence. Nobody could deny
that Russia had broken her
engagements with regard to Khiva. He
would not discuss this question for ob
vious reasons. B< th Russia aud Great
Britain ought to recognize the interest
they have in the maintenance of a rea
sonable distance between their respect
ive frontiers in Asia. The English
Government was fully aware of the
danger attending the advance of the
frontier of either power. The Govern
ment did not think an arrangement
setting off and defining eertain terri
vr°JJf^auc U "it would be sure to lead
to mutual misunderstanding. There
fore, the Government did not intend to
enter into any formal agreement on
such a basis. England wished to show
that she was not an aggressive power,
and had no desire to extend her Indian
frontiers during the maintenance of
the present status. The Government
held itself perfectly free to enter into
any alliance, political or commercial,
with nations on her frontiers which
events might point to as necessary.
The cultivation of friendship with Af
ghanistan was no new policy on the
part of Great Britain.
Madrid, July 7.— Gen. Darregaray,
with fourteen battalions, comprising
almost the entire Carlist force in Va
lencia and Aragon, has rapidly crossed
the Huesea and Lerida Railway, be
tween the stations Tarclienta and Lel
gua, and retreated in the direction of
Barbastro. It is believed that he is
going to Urgel. but as he lacks cavalry
to operate in that district, which is free
of mountains and full of Liberals, it
will be impossible for him to remain
there. Carlists traversed ninety kilo
metres in one day. Their flight liber
ates four provinces.
The War in Spain—Desperate Situa
tion of Alfonso and His Prob .tole
Early Overthrow.
london, July 7. —The Times, in a
leading editorial article, summarizing
the military and political situation of
Spain, gives a gloomy view of the
Alfonsists’cause, and says the recent
minor successes of Jovellar have been
outweighed by reverses elsewhere.
Carlists seem about to begin a for
ward march. All the bright hopes that
Alfonso brought to Spain have van
ished. His best generals are less ac
tive than heretofore. They have met
defeat instead of victory, and the King
has not been more successful in
Madrid. He has failed to satisfy the
church, has enraged the L'bera's, aud
hence the Ministry seems ready to try
the effect of as much religious tolera
tion as will permit Protestauts to
worship in back streets, but such con
cessions will disgust the clerical aud
not satisfy Alfonso’s political support
ers. Neither has the Kmg made peace
betweeu waning factions. The press is
muzzled to prevent it from being dis
loyal, and there are no funds to pay
the army or navy.
THE LOST TUG LUMBERMAN.
Extract from the Log of the Isaac
New York, July 7.— The steamship
Isaac Bell, which run down the tug
Lumberton in Hampton Roads, arrived
here to-day. The entry in her log book
in relation to the accident is as follows:
“On the sth, at 9:45 p. m., when abreast
of Sewell’s point, we saw a tug boat at
a point and a half on our starboard
bow showing both side lights. We gave
the usual signal to pass to starboard
and kept steering in the right direc
tion, when to our surprise the tug boat
signified intention of crossing our bow.
An order to stop was at once given and
one blast of the whistle sounded, but
the tug again changed its course and
before our ship’s way could be cheeked
a collision ensued. We struck the tug
on the starboard bow and she sank in
stantly. Our anchor was at once drop
ped and three boats sent to the rescue
of the-crew. We succeeded in rescuing
four meu and one woman, whom we
put on board the N. P. Banks, which
came to our assistance, and proceeded
on our way.” _
Meeting of the Georgia Press Associa
tion.
Atlanta, Ga., July 7 — The Press As
sociation of Georgia met to-day. There
was a large attendance. J. H. Estiil,
of the Savannah News, was re-elected
President. The Atlanta Constitution
excurts the A ssociation to Toccoa Falls
and North Georgia to-morrow.
AUGUSTA, GA„ THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 8. 1875.
INTERNATIONAL RIFLE TEAM
Triumphal March of the Americans —
A Great Ovation—An Exciting Con
test and an Ameiican Victory.
Belfast, J uly 7. —The American team
has arrived here. Their reception even
surpassed that when they entered Dub
lin. Mayor Lindsey and the Corporation
Council were at the station and escort
ed them to carriages, when the proces
sion was formed and the guests made
a triumphal entry into the city. They
passed through streets festooned with
banners and packed on each side by
crowds apparently comprising the en
tire population. Cheering was unceas
ing from the moment they left the
station until they reached the Imperial
Hotel, where speeches were made by
Col. Gildersleeve and Maj. Leech, and
tremenduous enthusiasm manifested.
Ou the road woleoming crowds were col
lected at every station between Dublin
and Belfast, and many church spires
were flagged. At Partadowu the rail
way company provided a special train
for the visitors for the remainder of
the journey to Belfast.
The contest for the Mayor and citi
zens’ cup was held on the range on
Lord Dufferin’s grounds. The distance
was 1,000 yards. Each man was allowed
five shots—the highest possible score
being 20. Several thousand persons
witnessed the shooting. All the mem
bers of the American Team and re
serves took part. The contest was
exciting, especially towards the close,
and the result was doubtful up to the
last shot. Col. Gildrsleeve, Mr. Lee, of
Belfast, and Mr. Johnson, of Dublin,
made remarkably fine shots.
When all had fired their five shots
each, the scores were announced as
follow's: Gildersleevo, (American) 19;
Lee, (of Belfast) 19; Fulton, (American)
17; Johnson, (of Dublin) 18; Bruce,
(American) 17; McKenna, (of Dublin)
17; Wylie, 16. The crowd cheered the
announcement with great enthusiasm.
The tio between America and Ireland
was then shot over, according to the
terms agreed upon. The meu had
three shots apiece. Each shot was
watched with breathless interest. The
result was again a tie—Gildersleeve
aud Lee’s scores being exactly alike ;
aeh made two bull’s eyes and a centre,
counting 11. The excitement arose to
fever-neat as they began to shoot off
the second tie. Both men were chserad
vociferously. , The final result was
a victory for Gildersleeve, who
made 3 bulls-eyes in succession, scor
ing 12. Lee made 10. The victorious
American was wildly applauded by the
excited spectators. In the course of
the shooting for the cup Bodine, Dakin
and Coleman, of the American team,
made misses and were obliged to retire
in accordance with a rule, which re
quires the withdrawal of any man who
misses the target. A considerable
number of the Irish competitors also
retired under.tlie rule, including Wilson,
a crack shot. The enthusiasm in Bel
fast for the Americans shows no signs
of abatement. After the contest the
members of the American team and
friends, accompanied by the Mayor,
made an excursion on Belfast lough.
The party were entertained at Claude
boye,X*ord'Dufferin’s country residence.
Mayor Lindsay proposed the health of
Lord and Lady Dufferin. The toast
was drank with enthusiasm. Captain
Hamilton, the brother of Lady Dufferin,
responded, expressing his pleasure in
receiving the gentlemen of the Ameri
can Team.
NEW DECLARATION OF INDE
PENDENCE.
Douglass and Langston on a Strike.
Washington, July 7.— At the celebra
tion at Hilldale, near Washington, on
Monday, by the colored people, there
was anew Declaration of Independ
ence, Prof. Langston and Frederick
Douglass being in accord concerning
the duty of their race. Their remarks
were frequently applauded by their
many listeners. Frederick Douglass
declared the independence of the col
ored race from pretended white friends
who, he said, have injured more than
they have helped the black man. Prof.
Langston, in a similar strain; remarked
that he was there to declare his inde
pendence for all who were his followers.
“The hour is come,” he continued,
“when we must throw off this yoke of
oppression, and stand up for our rights
as freemen. The signs of the times de
mand that we shall prove our fitness
for all the duties of citizenship. The
hour is come when we must manage
our own institutions. If we have col
ored churches, then give us colored
preachers. If we have colored banks,
we must have colored bankers. If we
have colored colleges, we demand that
we have our own officers. We have
played the second fiddle too loug. We
want—we must have a change for the
better.”
LOADER AND PRICE.
Beecher Testifies and They Go to Jail.
New York, July 7.—ln tho Loader
and Price trial, Beecher on the stand
was handed the affidavits of Loader
and Price, and asked whether any
statements in the affidavits referring
to himself and Mrs. Tilton were true,
i Answer.) —There is nothing that is
true thus alleged. Not a word of truth
in the allegations respecting him in the
affidavits. The prisoners are held for
the gland juiy. Price plead guilty,
Loader not guilty.
—— *' • '
THE YELLOW FEVER.
A Note of Warning to Southern Cities.
Washington, July 7.—Prominent med
ical and other officers of the navy, who
have at various times been in localities
afflicted with yellow fever and paid
some attention to its cause and treat
ment, express the opinion that it would
be wise as a timely precaution for all
Southern cities on the Atlantic coast to
make and enforce stringent sanitary
rules, as the early appearance of the
fever at Key West, Florida, is an indi
cation that it may extend along the
coast this summer.
The Tobacco and Cigar Tax.
Replying to the Secretary of the
National Tobacco Association of the
United States, New York and leading
parties in other cities protesting
against taxing cigars by a coupon upon
each and every cigar, the Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue says the
law gives him no power to make so
radical a change in the mode of collect
ing the tax.
The Yellow Fever at Key West.
Key West, July 7.—No deaths from,
and no new cases yellow fever have
been reported since last uispatoh.
1 Signed] J. Y. Harris,
Health Officer.
THE TRIAL OF PARKER,
One of the Great South Carolina
Thieves at the Bar of Justice.
Columbia, S. C., J uly 7.— The trial of
Parker, the ex-Treasurer of South
Chrolina, for frauds against the State,
amounting to nearly half a million dol
lars has begun in Columbia, before
Judge Carpenter. The jury is com
posed of five white and seven colored
men. The prosecution is conducted by
Attorney General Melton. The accused,
who has been in jail for months
awaiting trial, is represented by a
strong array of counsel. The Attorney
General, in his opening address, prom
ised to show, by the clearest proofs,
that Parker had appropriated over
four hundred thousands of unpaid
coupons. Hearing of evidence was
begun, and will probably consume
several days. The trial was watched
with intense interest. If it results in
conviction, it will probably be followed
by a series of prosecutions of reputed
official plunderers of South Carolina.
Minor Telegrams.
San Francisco, July 7.—The Demo
crats of the First District have nomi
nated W. A. Piper for Congress.
A fire at Tulare City, California, yes
terday, destroyed the entire business
portion of the town. Loss, $120,000.
Galveston, July 7.—The Collector of
Customs has information that nineteen
Mexicans crossed 400 cattle into Mexi
co, nine miles below Rio Grande City.
Boston, July 7. —The enforcement of
the the license law has commenced in
earnest. Thirty dealers were either
fined one hundred dollars or gave bond
this morning.
Montpelier, Vt., June 7.—'The Cash
ier of the Barre National Bank, at
Barre, w’as aroused at midnight by four
men, who gagged the family, took the
cashier, gagged, handcuffed, and a rope
around his neck, to the bank. The
vault was a chronometer, to open at 9
o’clock. The robbers pbandoned the
safe.
Boston, July 7.—Reports of the dam
ages by the storm last evening arej
numerous. Deacon Kimball’s house at
Littleton was struck by lightning and
burned. Loss, $30,000. Many build
ings were struck aud their occupants
stunned. No deaths.
Worcester, July 7.—There are re
ports of houses struck by lightning
from all parts of the country. Three
were fatal.
Havana, July 7.—The Spaniards dis- !
persed a party of Cubans near Sancti
Spiritus, killing 10. The Spanish loss
was five killed and three wounded.
City of Mexico, June 30.—The Sono
ra Railway hill has become a law. Fer
nando C. Willett, Secretary of the Amer
ican legation here, is dead.
Rome, July 7.—ltaly will not partici
pate in the American Centennial on ac
count of the expense.
Chicago, July 7.—A meeting of the
Typographical Union aud employing
printers resulted in mutual concessions.
Rates: 47 cents per 1,000 ou morning
papers and 42 cents on evening papers.
The reduction is three panta nor 1 fUUI I
Beecher’s Salary Raised from $20,000
to SIOO,OOO.
Brooklyn, July 7.—A large meeting
of the Plymouth Church pew holders
unanimously advanced Beecher’s salary
from $20,000 to SIOO,OOO.
New Orleans Cotton Delegates.
New Orleans, July 7. —The Cotton
Exchange of this city has appointed
fourteen delegates, with John Chaffee
as Chairman, to the National Cotton
Exchange Convention, to be held at
White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, July
21st.
Heavy Failures in New Haven.
New Haven, July 7. — Tyler, Frost &
Cos., wholesale grocers and liquor deal
ers, have failed. Liabilities, $150,000 to
$200,000. Also Wm. H. Bradley & Cos.,
carriage manufacturers. Liabilities,
$250,000. (
Conviction of “Spirit Photographers”
in Paris.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Daily News writes on June 18 : “A
strange trial has taken place before the
Correctional Tribunal of Paris, and it
has resulted in the conviction of cer
tain “ Spirit Photographers ” for
swindling. Buguet, a photographer,
of No. 5 Boulevard Montmartre, allied
himself with M. Leymarie, the editor of
the Revue Spirite, who wrote about
him and published fac-similes of
his portraits, and with an Amer
ican named Firman, from whom
he learned the art of persuading
people that he could, if they only will
ed strong enough, conjure up and' pho
tograph a likeness of any deceased re
lation or friend. For a iong time the
firm did a large business. Twenty
francs was the ordinary fee, but
wealthy people voluntarily paid 2,000,
3,000, and even 4,000 francs. Never was
fraud more clearly proved. The opera
tor’s spirit-box was produced in court;
it contained hundreds of portraits of
meu, women, boys and gir's, of all
ages. When customers came desiring
spirit portraits, a young lady, who act
ed as cashier, adroitly engaged them
in conversation in the waiting room,
and generally contrived to find some
indications of the physiognomy of
the person whom it was desir-,
ed to evoke. Then one of the
numerous heads was selected, stuck
upon a doll dressed up in muslin, and
a hazy portrait of a spirit was pro
duced from it. Buguet guarded himself
by saying he could never guarantee a
likeness, because much depended ou
the strength of faith of the applicant,
and, moreover, spirits were very ca
pricious, aud sometimes when you
called for one another would come;
but ill very many instances the force
of imagination was so strong that his
dupes believed, they saw the portraits
of their relations. They burst into
tears, fell upon their knees, kissed the
photographs, and were profuse in ex
pressions of gratitudeto the professor
as well as lavish of gifts to him.
Notwithstanding the palpable expos
ure of tho imposture in open court, a
host of respectable witnesses, including
a Russian Marquis, the Comte de Bullet,
Mr. Sullivan, formerly United States
Minister at Madrid, two French colo
nels, and several ladies appeared for
the prisoners, and, undismayed by the
sarcasms of the presiding judge, pro
tested that they really had seen unmis
takable portraits of deceased relatives.
The eminent counsel for tho defense,
M. Lachaud, spoke for two hours, and
alluded to Moses, Isaiah, Terlullian and
other authorities on spirits. The court,
however, thought the charge fully
proved, and sentenced Buguet and Lev
marie to six months. It is curious
that the prosecution was not instituted
on the complaint of any customer, but
spontaneously by the police for reasons
not explained.
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
Scenes, Incidents and Celebration of
the Glorious Fourth—Breaking the
Ground for the Cotton Factory, Etc.
[From Our Kogular Correspondents
Atlanta, Ga., July 6.
The next time Atlanta wants to get
up a real old-fashioned 4tli of July pro
cession, I guess there will be a" little
more circumspection. These uncon
quered rebels don’t mind shaking
hands and burying the hatchet with
the boys in blue, but hanged if they
can stand marching with ’em. Conse
quently our procession was slim. The
leaders tried to string it out but it
didn’t striug out worth a cent. It was
the sickest old “ procesh ” you ever
saw. It looked more like a fuueral
crowd going to bury instead of revive
the once glorious Fourth.
We had material enough iu town to
have erected a procession long enough
to wrap twice around the city and tie
the ends iu a bow knot, but it was
colored material! Now just send your
mind back to ante-bellum days when
the 4th dropped down on our Southern
cities as refreshing and as welcome as
a Juue shower, and look at the nankeen
clad darkies frisking about in their
new clothes and spending their long
laid up dimes and seven peaces for cider
and gingercakes, happy as so many sun
flowers, and as fat, greasy aud lazy as
so many pigs! Then don’t you re
member the long procession of military
and civilians marching gaily to the fife
and drum, aud under the spreading
folds of the glorious old Stars and
Stripes! Egad! when one gets to
thinking of those good old days he
feels like rushing down town and get- I
ting up a procession on his own hook
according to old time notions.
since the little unpleasantness
and its after-claps, your rebel finds no
music in the brass band to stir his pa
triotic fire, nor does a sight of the flag
awake in his breast that old love of
country. It’s a good flag, and away
hack iu one of the rear rooms of his
heart is stored a love for it for lang
syne’s sake; but fourteen years ago it
gave birth to a bantling—and, bedad,
there was a deal of a fuss made over
that birth—and although the child
only bloomed a few years, it won a love
that time, fortune, war nor circum
stance can transfer to the mother. Say
what you will, the 4th is a dead cat iu
the well with the rebel. He regards it
as a great day, reveres it because it is
a natal day of American independence,
but some how or other he prefers to
look on and not participate iu its cele
bration.
Atlanta was aswarm with visitors.
The rural adjuncts poured out from
their farms and plantations a brilliant
representation. The remembrance of
old days struck the nigger, and he
piled into town promiscuously. But he
came not fat and greasy, with nankeen
and homespun suits, hut he came with
a hungry countenance and a red cravat.
But with all his leanness, his huiiger,
his wretchedness and poverty, his rags
and red cravat, he came a free Ameri
ing bones, but was he not clothed with
the blessed right of suffrage !
From early morn to dewy eve the
vast parti-colored crowd swayed to
and fro. The drums beat, the dogs
barked, the wheels rattled over the
rocks, the engines spent their steam,
and Atlanta for fifteen hours was a
small-sized Bedlam. The car shed—
and you know it is awful roomy—was
chock-full of people, and its sides and
ends were heavily embroidered with
young nigs and white Arabs, who rais
ed a fuss old Nick would have been
ashamed of. The rostrum was bedeck
ed with national bundug, and was
alive with the big guns of the day.
Gov. Smith was the first to break out,
aud he gave a juiey, well-seasoned
speech of ten minutc-s, that went
straight home to the holders ot'
old time doctrines. Then came
Captain John Milledge —a splen
did represenative of an honored
name—who read in a distinct voice and
with ail the emotional emphasis the
precious document deserved, the Dec
laration of American Independence
An inspired poem by Col. J. A. Stewart
came in for a few rounds of applause.
Then a thrill of joy and a wave of love
rippled over that surging mass of peo
ple as the shrill piping tones of the
Sage of Liberty Hall were heard. Even
the crowds of noisy youngsters that
fringed that country loving assemblage
stopped their yells as if by magic that
lie of all others might be heard. But
Mr. Stephens, worn out by the fatigue
of travel and unable from his feeble
ness, did not give the speech lie wanted
to or which was expected by the audi
ence.
It was three ’o'clock before the to-do
at the shed was over. Then there was
a rush for the Park, when a series of
amusements were engaged in.
Breaking the Factory Ground.
The best featuro of the day was the
breaking of ground for the new facto
ry. It wee quite a novel proceeding,
and for that reason I lent my presence.
A stage ffiid been fitted up on the lot
on Marietta street, w ithin a few blocks
of the Capitol, and on it were arranged
the directors and officers of the facto
ry, tho speakers, reporters, &c. H. I.
Kimball, who, by tho way, is the last
man on eaith you would take for H. I.
Kimball, introduced the speakers one
by one, ahd of course each had lots to
say for the factory lot. Ever since
Sherman left Atlanta and went North
to write his fairy tale, I have heard
nothing else but Atlanta’s enterprise.
But I never had such a dose of it all
at one time as I had yesterday from
that parterre of speakers. They praised
Atlanta so much that the red mud ac
tually blushed a deeper crimson. They
took it by turns, each endeavoring to
out do the other in their use of ad
jectives. There was no place on this
green earth like Atlanta, and no peo
ple ever displayed so much enterprise
as Atlanta people.
Mr. Stephens said that on the first
day of August, 1843, (Mr. Stephens is
t the greatest man on dates I ever saw—
he is a regular palm tree), he took a
snack under an old oak tree on the
very spot where the car shed stands
now, and predicted that the greatest
city on the South Atlantic slope would
one day surround that spot. Mr. Ste
phens’ prediction is now coming true.
In the course of his remarks, which
were abrim. with sense, with an occa
sional burst of eloquence, he mentioned
that one of the elements of a great city
was cheap fuel, and that if Gov. Brown
did not reduce the price, the people
would push the Western Railroad
through to Alabama to the inexhaust
ible coal beds there. When Joe was
called on for a few remarks he, with an
eye to business, delivered a regular
double column advertisement of his
coal. In winding up his “ ad.,” he re
marked further, characteristically, that
he was glad to see the cotton factory
going ahead, that he had taken stock
in it, &e., but what he wanted was the
concern to hurry up and declare a
divi-dend ! Well, we can’t blame Joe
for loving money. Its a natural weak
ness.
Then came Judge Lochrane. He
gave his modicum of praise to Atlanta
with 4th of July variations. There is
so much patriotism in the ruddy Judge
that it must crop out—even if it is at a
camp-meeting. His speech, though in
tended for a few words of encourage
ment for the factories, was in truth a
sort of side-show 4th of July speech to
the great circus of the morning. But
it was under somewhat different cir
cumstances from the one he made on
the 4th following the surrender. He
was in Macon then. I can see him now
as he took his crowd of thousands of
negroes and about ten white men out
in the woods, wrapped the American
flag about his fine physique and whoop
ed glory and freedom to his freshly
liberated hearers. But the Judge is a
citizen of Atlanta now. He has toned
down his patriotism to easiness, aud
venerates the old flag with more re
spectability.
The ground was broken in due form,
and thus made the initiatory step to
wards the building of the factory. But
there is a minister who owns a house
on the ground, and*he refuses to sell.
It would be a good joke if after all
these imposing ceremonies, they should
be forced to hunt up another lot and
break new ground.
The usual fights and accidents closed
the great day.
And now, without any desire to dis
parage Atlanta’s effort to celebrate the
Fourth in a manner becoming to the
South, I must say that it was one most
magnificent fizzle. To be sure, there
were some good, wholesome speeches
made, but barring them the celebra
tion was a fraud. And until sectional
strife dies away, and the incoming
generation pegs out, you might as well
try to get rich without work as to fire
the Southern heart with the ardor
that thrilled us when we felt not the
galling chains of a despotic govern
ment. Roanoke.
GEORGIA CROPS.
Clark County.
(Athens Watchman.J
Every where, except a circuit of two
or three miles around this city, we
have heard of abundant aud seasona
ble rains during the past fortnight.
Just here it is dry, and garden vegeta
bles are suffering for want of rain.
The most gratifying reports continue
to pour in concerning the growing
crops. Since our last issue, we have
had numerous reports from this coun
ty, Oconee, Walton, Oglethorpe, Jack
son, Madison, Hart, Franklin, Banks,
Hall, and indeed all of Northeast Geor
gia. Wherever properly worked, the
growing crops are looking just as well
as they can, and now give promise of’
an abundant yield. Our people ate be
ginning to realize the importance of
securing an ample provision crop, and
we think there will be a very manifest*
Greene County.
[Journal.]
During the last week or two we have
traversed a large scope of country, aud
carefully noted the character and con
dition of the growing crops. In the
whole range of our observations in Ha
bersham and White counties, we did
not see ten acres of land in cotton. The
corn in those counties, though back
ward, is quite promising. Oats and
rve fine, aud we saw some very good
wheat on the farm of Dr. Starr, in Na
coochee Valley. Very little attention,
however, is paid to the culture of this
cereal in that section. The grasses
were kept back somewhat by a cold,
wet spring, but the second cutting,
with good seasons, will be heavy. This
is also true of Middle Georgia, where
all other crops are at present very pro
mising. Rains have recently visited
nearly every portion of the State, from
which we have encouraging accounts
of the growing crops.
Muscogee, Stewart. Chattahoochee.
[Columbus Sun.]
We have made diligent enquiry
among merchants and planters. This
appears to be the worst off county of
any of them, having suffered most for
want of rain. The Muscogee corn crop
will prove only a moderate yield. Iu
Stewart and Chattahoochee counties
the corn crops are fair. Portions suf
fered for the want of rain for several
months. Harris county has a prospect
of an average yield. In Talbot and
Meriwether the indications are most fa
vorable, aud in Middle Georgia the
promise has not been better for years.
The adjoining counties in Alabama pre
sent a similar condition to Muscogee.
Cotton everywhere is in fine condition,
and every section has reaped a goodly
harvest of oats. This would be a pros
perous country if farmers would only
raise their own bread and meat.
Jackson County.
[Correspondence Athens Georgian.]
And first, the wheat crop which is
now being threshed, is more than ordi
narily good—equaling that of the best
wheat years since the surrender. Up
land corn is being work the last time,
and should the seasons continue fa
vorable, there will bo far more corn
cribbed in the county than will be ne
cessary for home consumption. Fall
oats are very fine, and the small acreage
sowed in the Spring is doiug well, since
the late abundant showers. Cotton is
growing rapidly, and compares favor
ably with the crop of 1873, the largest
ever made in this county. Upon the
whole, the skies are bright, and our
farming friends are cheerful and hope
ful, anticipating—not long prices for
cotton—but an abundance of “hog and
hominy.
Black Freedom. —A Northern female
philanthropist, speaking to a Vicks
burg negro the other day, inquired:
“Isn’t it pleasant to be your own
master?”
“I reckon it is,” he replied.
“And how do the colored people gen
erally feel about it?” she continued.
“Well, I don’t ’zactly know, but I
guess mos’ ob ’em feels putty hungry,”
was the answer. —Vicksburg Herqld.
“ William,” observed a Danbury wo
man to her husband, “ Mrs. Holcomb
feels pretty badly since the loss of her
child, and I wish you would drop over
there and see her. You might say that
all flesh is grass—that we’ve all got to
go the same way ; and see if she is go
ing to use her dripping-pan this after
noon.”—Danbury News .
Baron Reuter, the tedious Associa
ted-Press man of Europe, has a daugh
ter, the Baroness von Donop, who lived
at Sevenoaks, Kent. This lady has
suddenly disappeared.
JMewiSeries—Vol. 3. Tslo. 140
THE RACE-HORSE LEXINGTON.
Pedigree, History and Achievements
of the Dead Racer—The Sire of a
Host of Kings of the Turf.
A report from Lexington, Ky., an
nounces the death of Lexington, the
blind hero of the Woodburu stud farm,
the great race-horse, and the king of
sires. The death of this renowned
horse will cause great sorrow to every
turfman in the country. His great
prowess as a race-horse, ’ as well as liis
remarkable career as a sire, had en
deared the name of Lexington to every
lover of thoroughbred stock in the
couutry. While upon the turf Lexing
ton overshadowed all his contempo
raries, aud for twenty years his record
remained as a mark of admiration.—
He has always stood at the head
of the winning sires, aud has left
behind him sons aud daughters who
will keep his memory fresh Tor geuera
tions tu come. Lexiugtou was bred by
Dr. E. Warfield, near Lexiugtou, Ky.
and foaled March 17,1850. His pedi
gree was as follows: Lexiugtou by
Boston, (he, by Timoleon, out ot Sister
to Tuckahoe, by Ball’s Florizel.) Lex
ington’s dam was Alice Carneal, by
imported Sarpedon ; second dam, Ro
wena, by Sumpter ; third dam, Lady
Grey, by Robin Grey; fourth dam,
Maria, by Melzar; fifth dam, by im
ported Highflyer; sixth dam, by im
ported Foarnaught; seventh dam, by
Ariel ; eighth dam, by Jack of Dia
monds r ninth dam, Old Diamond,
(called Dutchess.) Both Jack of Dia
monds and Old Diamond were import
ed by Gen. Spottswood, of Virginia, aud
both were by Cullen’s Arabian. To
the purity aud high lineage of Lexing
ton, it is necessary to say that import
ed Sarpedon, the sire of Alice Carneal,
(Lexington’s dam,) was by Emilius, dam
lcaria, by The Flyer, &o. Sumpter was
by Sir Archy, dam by imported Robin
Redbreast, sister to the dam of
Flirtilla. Robin Grey, the sire of
Lexington’s third dam, was by imported
Royalist, out of Bellaire, by Grey Dia
mond, granddam Queen, by imported
St. George, sire out of Primrose, by
Cassius ; and the sire of Lexington’s
seventh dam, Ariel, was by imported
Moreton’s Traveler, dam Tasker’s im
ported Selima, by the Godolphin Ara
bian. It is unnecessary to pursue the
line further, as turfmen will readily
observe from what we have given that
Lexington’s pedigree extends to the
Arabians, and the purity of his blood
thoroughly established. Boston, the
sire of Lexingtou, was a grand race
horse, and, like his son, the best of his
day. He first appeared iu 1836, and
during his racing career of seven
years started forty-five times and won
forty victories, it must be remem
bered that in those days all races were
in heats, and of the foity-five in which
Boston started thirty svere four-mile
heats, five of which he walked over ;
nine were three-mile heats, one of
which was a walk over, and one a two
mile heat. From such a horse as this
a son like Lexington was to be ex
pected. Alice Carneal, Lexington’s dam,
pexfg AM ’"‘ fU she was five
condition, aud only’won once during
her career.
Lexington’s rerformances.
Lexington first appeared as a three
year old on May 23d, 1853, at Lexing
ton, Ky., under the name of Darley, in
the Association Stakes for three-year
olds, mile heats, which he won in two
straight heats. Twelve started, and he
distanced them all. Four days after
this he ran for the Citizens’ Stakes, for
three-year olds, two mile heats, and
won in three heats. After this he came
into the hands of Mr. R. Ten Broeck,
and was matched against Sallie Waters,
a four-year old, by imported Glencoe,
for $8,500, Mr. Ten Broeck betting
$3,500 against $5,000. The race was run
in three-mile heats, at New Orleans,
December 2d, 1853. Lexington dis
tanced his competitor iu the second
heat. His next appearance was in the
great Post Stakes of $5,000 each, play
or pay, four-mile heats, at New Or
leans, April Ist, 1854. The starters
were Lexingtou, Lecompte, Highlander
aud Arrow. Lexingtou won in two
heats, distancing all but Lecompte. A
week afterward Lexington met Le
compte and Reube at the same place
in a race of four-mile heats and
Was beaten by Lecompte in two
heats. The result of this race
led to much feeling, and Mr. Ten
Broeck issued a challenge to auy
horse in the country, which resulted in
Lexington’s being matched against the
fastest time on record, 7:26, made by
Lecompte in the race mentioned above.
The stakes were $20,000. The race came
off at the Metairie Course, New Orleans,
April 2, 1855, and Lexington, carrying
103 pounds and ridden by Gilpatrick,
won in 7.19%, which stood at the head
of the record until last year, when it
was beaten by Lexington’s grandson,
Fellowcraft, at Saratoga, by a quarter
of a second. Mr. Ten Broeck was again
challenged by Mr. T. J. Wells, the
owner of Lecompte, for a race of four
mile heats, and they again appeared in
competition on the Metairie Course, on
April 24. Lexington won in the first
heat, Lecompte being drawn in the sec
ond. The time was 7:23%. This was
Lexington’s last appearance, and he
made his first season in the stud in 1855
at the farm of W. F. Harper, and the
next year stood at the same place. In
1850 Mr. Ten Broeck sold Lexington to
Mr. R. A. Alexander for $15,000, and he
has stood at the Woodburn farm until
his death. Lexington, in his career,
was beaten but once out of seven starts,
and his total winnings were $50,500.
Description of tlie Dead Racer.
Lexington was a blood bay, about 15
hands 3 inches high, and has been fully
described frequently. His fore aud
hind feet and pasterns, and a small por
tion of the hind legs above the pastern
joints were white ; his bones were not
particularly large, except the back bone,
which was immense. He had plenty of
muscle, and his ears were handsome and
wide apart. His head, though not small,
was clean, bony, and handsome. His
nostrils were large, the jawbone uncom
monlj r wide, and the jaws wide apart,
affording abundant room for a clear and
well-detached throttle. His arms, which
came out well from the body, were
long, strong and muscular, and were
sufficiently wide apart for a good chest.
About fifteen years ago Lexington went
blind, but he has not generally trans
mitted his affliction to his offspring.
Up to the year 1866 Lexington
had sired 52 winners at mile heats
who won 122 races, 39 winners
at two miles and heats won 102 races,
16 winners at three miles, and heats
who won 30 races, and 8 winners at four
miles and heats who won 12 races.—
Since 1866 the winning sons aud daugh
ters of Lexington have added double
the number, but it is sufficient to say
that as the sire of Kentucky, Asteroid,
'ldlewild, Norfolk, Leatheriungs, Thun
[ der, Areola, Harry of the West, Daniel
’ Boone, Jack Malone, Harry Bassett
Tom Bowling, Joe Daniels, Wanderer,
and other great horses, Lexington’s
fame will live iu the memories of turf
men for generations to come. Lexing
ton founded a line of racehorses un
equaled by the offspring of any other
stallion in this country or England. In
his declining years Lexington even
bettered the record of his earlier career
as a sire, for Tom Bowling, Harry Bas
sett, Preakness, and Wanderer stand as
fitting representatives of the noble
animal. The announcement of his death
therefore will be received with sorrow
by the entire racing public.
HIT HIM AGAIN.
Is it a Crime to be a German?
To J. M. Edmunds, Esq, Chairman of
the National Republican Executive
Committee, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: Having been a Republican
ever since the present Republican
party was formed, and having never
voted any other Federal ticket than
the Republican, I claim the right to
call your attention to a matter which
lies within the control of your commit
tee, and which threatens to injure the
Republican party by alienatiug from it
a large mass of its supporters.
I have been so unfortunate as to dis
please the central and chief officer of
the Republican party—the Washington
National Republican —by some letters in
the New York Herald containing the
results of investigations into the politi
cal and industrial condition of several
Southern States ; and your organ ac
cordingly informs its readers, in an edi
torial article, which has just come into
my hands, that I ought not to be be
lieved—not because I have misstated
lacts, or am an incapable or inaccurate
observer—but. on the ground that lam
a “Dutch Jew,” “Dutch” standing
here, of course, for German. I
have noticed that ignorant Americans
commonly call the Germans “ Dutch.”
Now, if I were, in the Organ’s elegant
phrase, a “Dutch Jew,” I don’t see
what that has to do with the credibili
ty of my statements. I am, in fact, a
Germau, and am proud of my descent
from a people who have been the faith
ful supporters of liberty on two conti
nents. lam not a Jew, but if I were, I
should not be ashamed of it, for the
Jews iu this country are an intelligent,
industrious and peaceable body of cit
izens.
But the Organ thinks differently.
Speaking in the name of the Republi
can administration, whose mouthpiece
it is, it has the folly to assert that if a
man is a German by blood he is there
fore not to be believed ; if he is a Jew
by religion, he is thereby unworthy of
confidence.
Is this really Republican doctiine?
If not, is it prudent in you to allow your
organ to offer such a wanton insult to
a very large number of citizens, Ger
mans and Jews, who mostly vote the
Republican ticket, and whose votes
next year will be absolutely indispensi
ble to the success of the party?
You ought to muzzle your dog, the
doTefnmSnC* pap
do the party a damage.
We are to have important elections
this Fall, and next year there will be a
Presidential election. Have you for
gotten this? Is it not an insane folly
to let your official organ, under your
very nose, fling a gratuitous insult in
the faces of several hundred thousand
German and Jewish voters, and this in
the name of the Republican party, and
as presumably an official delaration of
the sentiments of the party chiefs? Do
you really want to drive these voters
away from the Republican ranks, or do
you imagine they have no self-respect
or resentment? And have you no fear
that the Democrats will use such de
clarations, made iu your chief organ,
against the party next year? Or even
in Ohio and Pennsylvania this year?
The Republican party should have a
respectable organ iu Washington. But
if you cannot get rid of the National
Republican, you ought at least to
change its name. You might call it
the National Idiot. I make you the
suggestion as a-sincere and earnest Re
publican. Yours truly,
Charles Nordhoee.
Atlanta, Ga., June 28, 1875.
The Origin of “Bull,'’ “Bear” and
“Lame Duck."
A correspondent has been investigat
ing into the autiquity and origin of the
slang terms “bull,” “bear” and “lame
duck,” which are in such common use
in the menagerie of the Stock Ex
change, aud reports the result of his
investigation as follows : “Tho earliest
mention of the second of these terms
with which 1 am acquainted is in a
satire published by T. Bowles, of St.
Paul’s Churchyard” London, and con
temporary with the South Sea Bubble,
styled the ‘Bubbler’s Medley ;” it is No.
1.610 in the ‘Catalogue of Satirical
Prints’ in the British Museum. A print
in the samo collection, dated 1734, en
titled ‘The Stocks,’ etc., No. 2,016, com
prises a verse which so neatly includes
two of the terms, and suggests the
third, that I may be forgiven for quot
ing it ;
“ ‘But if Bull and Bear don’t, tally,
Out they waddle from tho Alley,
And reduc'd to humble state, sir,
Curse .Stock jobbing and their fate, sir.
Doodle, doodle, doo,’ etc.
In the print No. 2,916 the ‘lame ducks’
are ‘waddling’ away from the Stock Ex
change.”
Lines on Mr. Beechor’s birthday, by
the Brooklyn Argus:
Just sixty and two years old, my friends,
As the hardest of all my battles ends,
And finds me, fresh as the youngest of you,
A hearty old man of sixty-two.
But I count not age by the flight of time,
Though my locks are white as the Winter’s
rime.
For the rolling years can do no harm
While tho pulse leaps high and the heart
beats warm.
My stand on the rock of Lore I take,
Where the billows ol Scandal vainly break,
And cry, “Well, what are you going to do
With a hearty old man of sixty-two ?”
An enthusiastic Americaniste reports
to the Brooklyn Argus the discovery
of graven stone somewhere in the
Catskills, which Is thought to be of ex
traordinary antiquarian interest. On
the base are cut in rude letters the fol
fowing:
1843.
TH-ISS-TO-NEW-A-SPUTH
ER-EFO-ECATTLET-OSCRAT-
CH-THEIR-BA-CKSON
S. B. AN-TH-ONIE
It is supposed to commemorate some
1 great historical event of the early
Dutch settlement of New York.
The “haul of the Monte-zumas” is
the neat reference the Davenport Demo
crat makes to a successful raid of a
gang of three-card monte men.