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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1868)
the weekly constitutionalist. LOC AK. DKI’ARTM KN'T. Georgia Medical Association. Convened in Augusta, at 11 o'clock, on the morning of the Sth April, 1868, at the Presby terian Lecture Room, Dr. W. M. Chartres in the Chair. The meeting having been called to order by the President, the Rev. Mr. Wilson was an- ' nounced, and opened the proceedings with j prayer. j Upon call of roll, the following members re sponded to their names: L. H. Orme, Atlanta ; T. S. Powell, Atlanta ; W. C. Asher, Atlanta; W. M. Chartres, Savan nah; DeSanssure Ford, Augusta ; R. P. Myers, Savannah; J. A. Eve, Augusta; J. G. West moreland, Atlanta; W. H. Doughty, Augusta; G. G. Crawford, Atlanta; J. D. Fish, Savan nah; E. J. Roach, Atlanta; J. M. Boring, At lanta; E. S. Ray, Atlanta ; L. D. Ford, Augus ta ; W. S. Jones, Augusta ; R. A. T. Ridley. The minutes of last meeting were then read and adopted, when, on motion of Dr. DeS.ius surc Ford, the rules were suspended for the admission of new members, when the follow ing names were presented, vouched for and unanimously elected members of the Associa tion : Drs. Thomas Smith, W. Dnnean, E. P. Starr, M. P. Deadwyler, J. S. Coleman, H. M. Cumming, T. S. Lallvrstedt, T. O. Powell, H. L. Battle, E. D. Newton, S. C. Eve, W. G. Owen, Adams, Hardman, Petard, J. C. Le Hardy, J. R. Mann, John A. Mayer, D. H. Morrison. The following resolution was then introduced by Dr. D< S. Ford . Resolved, That the clergy of the city, physi cians from adjoining States and the public generally are invited to attend our meetings. Report of committees being called for, Dr. E. S. Ray, on the part of Committee on Revis ion of Constitution, asked for, and was grant ed, further time. Dr. Thomas, on part of Committee on Meui- , cal Faculty of the State of Georgia, asked for, s and was granted, further time. Upon motion of Dr. Roach, the rules were ' suspended for the admission of new members, I when the following name was presented and unanimously elected a member of the Associ ation : J. B. Baxley, of Savannah. An election lor officers of the Association lor the ensuing year was then held, which re sulted as follows: President— Dr. L. A. Dugas. Vice-Presidents— Dr. E. 8. Ray, J. G. Thomas Treasurer— E. D. Newton. Recording Secretary—L H. Orme. Corresponding Sectetary—J. B. Baxley. Upon motion of Dr. Ray, the following gen tlemen were appointed a committee to conduct the newly elected President to the Chair: Drs. W. P. Jones. Powell, Ridley, Fish, Adams. Upon motion, the meeting adjourned to 3 o’clock, p, m. 3% o’clock, p. m. Meeting called to order by the President. Minutes read and adopted. After which the newly elected President was conducted to the Chair by the committee appointed for the pur pose ; and upon taking his scat, appropriately addressed the Association. Dr. Chartres, the late President, upon retiring from the position which he so ably filled, read before the Association an exceeding interest ing address upon the subject of education, especially as connected with those contem plating the study of medicine. Upon motion of Dr. Roach, the rules were suspended and the following gentlemen were elected members of the Association : J. W. Herty, Milledgeville; H. L. Burt, Mount Zion ; J. T. Baker, Warrenton; David Matthews, Elberton ; J. 8. Wilson, Atlanta. Upon motion of Dr. Ridley, the appointment of delegates to the American Medical Associa tion was referred to the following committee: Drs. Ridley, Chartres, L. D. Ford, Westmore land and W. 8. Jones. Upon motion of Dr. Doughty, the above committee were directed, in the first place, to inquire into the expediency and propriety of sending delegates to the American Medical As sociation. Upon motion of Dr. Roach, Drs. Powell and Doughty were added to the above committee. Upon motion, Drs. Orme, Myers and Char tres were appointed a committee to audit the • accounts of the Treasurer. Upon motion of Dr. J. G. Westmoreland, the above committee were made a Committee of Finance, and requested io' make an assess ment for defraying the expenses of the Asso ciation. The auditing committee reported Treasurer’s account correct. Upon motion, meeting adjourned, to meet at 9 o’clock Thursday morning. SECOND DAY’S SESSION. Augusta, Ga., April 9—9, A. M. Meeting called to order by the President, Dr. L. A. Dugas. Minutes read and confirmed. Rules suspended to elect new members. Drs. E. E. Smith, of Atlanta, Dr. 8. G. White, of Milledgeville, vouched for and unanimously elected. Dr. J. G. Westmoreland introduced the fol lowing : Resolved, That the Medical Association of the State of Georgia shall hereafter be permanently located at , and that it shall be made the duty of the Recording Secretary to make such arrangements as will secure for the next meet ing a room, at least temporary, in which to as semble the second Monday in April next. Further Resolved, That a committee of five be now appointed by the President, whose dutv it shall be to compile all the resolution's touching the Constitution and By-Laws here tofore passed by the Association, and make suggestions as to additions and changes in the same; said committee to report at the next an nual meeting. This elicited some discussion, and was defer red for a fuller attendance. Dr. Myers, of Savannah, on the part of the committee appointed for revision of the Con stitution and By-laws, read before the Associ ation a carefully prepared Constitution and By-Laws for the government of the organiza tion; which, after some amendments, the dis cussion of which consumed the entire morning, was finally adopted. Dr. Ridley, Chairman of the Committee to appoint Delegates to the American Medical Association, reported the following, which was adopted, viz: The committee to whom was referred the subject of the propriety and expediency of the representation of the Georgia Medical As sociation in the American Medical Association, soon to assemble in Washington City, have bad the same under consideration, and after mature J deliberation and without going into a lengthy ( argument to sustain the conclusions to which I they have arrived, ask leave to offer the follow- I ing resolutions for the action «f the Georgia ; Medical Association : Resolved, That the G. M. A. think it expedi ent and proper that it shall be represented in I the American Medical Association, and I with a view to the accomplishment ot an act so desirable that the following members of this Association arc hereby appointed delegates to the American Medical Association, soon to assemble in Washington City, 1). C.: Drs. Hull and Holt, Macon, Ga.; Drs. Dugas, Steiner and Campbell, Augusta, Ga.; Drs. Arnold and Harris, Savannah, Ga. ; Drs. L. 11. Orme, G. G. Crawford and J. M. Johnson, Atlanta, Go. ; Drs. Word and , Columbus, Ga.; Dr. Ridley, LaGrange, Ga.; Dr. A. W. Griggs, West Point, Ga. Resolved, That each delegate herein appoint ed shall have full power to appoint bis proxy when he shall ascertain that he will not be able to attend in person the meeting of the Ameri can Medical Association. The following local Medical Societies, through their delegates, made reports to the Georgia Medical Association: Fulton county Medical Society, Macon Medical Society, Geor gia Medical Society, Savannah, Clarke county Medical Society, Atlanta Medical Society, Medi cal Society of Augusta. The following resolutions were introduced by Dr. Crawford : Whreas, Section VI of a bill incorporating the Atlanta Medical College reads as follows : Be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That the Trustees, together with the regular Professors, shall constitute a Board, who are hereby authorized and empowered to confer the degree of Doctor of Medicine upon such applicants, in such manner, and at such times, and under such circumstances, as may to the Board seem fit and proper; provided the applicants shall have attended two full courses of lectures in said College, or one in said Col lege, and one In some o’ther respectable Medical College or University. And whereas this section of the bill was amended by an act of the same authority to read: The amended charter reads : The Professors and Trustees shall constitute a Board, who are hereby authorized and empowered to con fer the degree of Doctor of Medicine upon such applicants, in such manner, at such times, and under such circumstances, as may to the Pro fessors seem fit and proper; and the said Pro fessors shall have power to change the chair of, remove, or fill the vocancy by the resignation, | or otherwise, of any member of their Faculty. I And whereas the Trustees reject this amend- : ment and decline to recognize the gentlemen appointed as Professors under its provisions; and whereas the trustees decline allowing their names to appear in connection with the an nouncement lor the next course of lectures ; be it, therefore, Resotved, That this Association, having adopted the Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association, cannot recognize the At lanta Medical College as a regular institution, nor such persons as may hereafter graduate under the present provisions of that College as Doctors of Medicine. Dr. L. A. Dugas moved that the resolution be referred to a committee of three, to report at the next annual meeting of the Association. This motion was lost, and after some discus sion further consideration of the subject was postponed until the afternoon session. On motion of Dr. Thomas, the meeting ad- I journed to 3%, p. in. AFTERNOON SESSION— 3%, M. Meeting called to order by Vice-President, Dr. E. S. Ray. The minutes of morning session read and i adopted. Motion by Dr. Ridley, to reconsider the mo- ■ tion of Dr. L. A. Dugas, made just before ad- ■ journment, was lost. Upon motion of Dr. Donghty, Drs. Owen, I White and Crawlord were appointed a commlt i tee to prepare a suitable preamble as a substi tute for the one offered by Dr. Crawford, and that the meeting take a recess of ten minutes. The meeting having again been called to order, the following was presented by Dr. Sam. White, chairman of committee : Whereas, The above amended charter con fers unusual and extraordinary, powers upon the Faculty of the Atlanta Medical College, whereby they are authorized to confer the de gree of M. D. on persons, reyardless of time or condition, save as to said Faculty seem fit and proper; therefore, Resolved, That we cannot recognize the graduates of said College that may hereafter re ceive their diplomas under the amended charter atoresaid. The resolution of Dr. Crawford was then taken up, with amended preamble, and a'dopt ed. Dr. DeS. Ford, chairman of committee to prepare sketches of the lives of deceased mem bers, reported as follows: The Committee on Finance, through the chairman, Dr. Orme, beg leave to submit the following resolutions : Resolved, That it is expedient to raise imme diately, for the present wants of the Associa tion, as large a sum as the constitution will permit. Resolved, That the Treasurer be, and he is hereby instructed to collect from such of the members present the sum of two dollars, in ad dition to the annual tax of one dollar; and also to send bills of annual dues and of the as sessment of two dollars to each member who is not present. L. H. Orme, W. M. Chartres. The report was unanimously adopted. Dr. L. A. Dugas reported, through Dr. DeS. Ford, the following papers, which elicited con siderable discussion; and several interesting cases reported by other members, and upon motion were ordered to be spread upon the minutes. Upon motion, meeting adjourned to meet at 10, a. in., April 10. 10 O’clock, A. M., April 10,1868. Meeting called to order by Vice-President, Dr. E. 8. Ray. Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. The President, Dr. Dugas, having arrived, took his seat. Upon motion of Dr. Myers, of Savannah, the Chair appointed the following committee, for the purpose of nominating standing commit tees ; Dr. Ray, of Fulton, D.-. Jones, Dr. Thomas, Dr. Newton, Dr. Adams, Dr. W’bite. Dr. Chartres introduced the following, which was adopted : Resolved, That the Georgia Medical Associa tion most earnestly call upon the physicians throughout the State to form local societies, auxiliary to this Association, and send dele gates to the same at its next meeting. Dr. Orme presented the following, which was adopted : Resolved, That each member of the Georgia Medical Association is hereby requested to send bis name and address to the Correspond ing Secretary, Dr. J. B. Baxly, at Augusta, Ga., who will furnish the Recording Secretary and Treasurer with a compiled list of the same. Dr. Ray, Chairman of Committee appointed for Standing Committees, made the following report, which was received and adopted : Committee on Publication—Drs. Doughty, DeS. Ford, Coleman and 8. C. Eve. Committee on Chemistry and Collateral So cieties — Dre. Chartres, Hatton, Holt, Camak and White. Committee on Anatomy, Physiology, Pa- thology and Surgery—Drs. Campbell, Howes, Hammond, Conford and Stanford. Committee on Practice of Medicine, Obstet rics ami Medical Jurisprudence—Drs. Thomas, D. VV. Lon r, Ridley, Powell and Adams. Committee on Medical Education—Drs. L. 1). Ford, Steiner, 11. 11. Carlton, Owen and R ly. Committee on Prize Essays—Drs. Bullock, Arnold, Duncan, Smith and Myer. Committee on Medical Literature—Drs. Thomas Means, Edwin D. Newton, Orme, Geddings and Fish. Committee on Climotology and Epidemic Diseases—Drs. Charles 8. Hall, of Bibb ; Jas. 8. Jones, of Columbia; John Eve, of Richmond ; | S. G. White, of Baldwin; W. M. Chartres, of ! Chatham ; Dr. Rusk, of Habersham ; Dr. Knott, j Griffin; Asher, of Fulton ; Clay, of Wilkinson ; | Pringle, of Newton ; Reed, of Thomas; Biv-I ings, of Whitfield; King, of Greene ; J. B. Fick- j lin, of Wilkes ; Dr. Deadwilder, of Elbert; Dr. | T. 8. Hutchinson, of Oglethorpe; Pendleton, I of Hancock ; Griggs, of West Point; Ridley, of Troupe; Whitehead, of Burke; Coleman, of Newnan ; R. M. Smith, of Athens. Committee on Nerology—Fleuellen, of Up son; Walker, of Morgan ; Yonge, of Chatham ; Walker, of Greene; E. E. Smith, of Fulton; Burgees, of Bibb; Johnson, of Fort Gaines ; J. C. Talley, of Berrien ; Knight, of Morgan ; E. W. Allfriend, of Albany, Tennant, of Cobb ; Banks, of Griffin ; Dr. Long, of Jackson, El dridge, of Americus, Sumter county ; Hertz, of Baldwin county. The next business in order being the selection of a locality for the next annual meeting Savannah was unanimously chosen upon the ■ first ballot. Dr. W. G. Owen, of Atlanta, was, upon ballot, declared the orator for the next annual meet ing. Upon motion of Dr. DeS. Ford, the election was declared unanimous. Upon motion of Dr. Newton, Dr. Thomas Means was elected an alternate for the annual orator. The following was presented by Dr. Char tres : Resolved, That the Corresponding Secretary be instructed to procure for the use of the Association as full a list as possible of all the regular Physicians in the State, together with the date of graduation and the name of the in stitution in which the degree has been con ferred. Adopted. Dr. Doughty presented the following: Resolved, That 1,000 copies of the transac tions of this meeting of the Association be pub lished, and the Secretary is hereby instructed to send one to each Medical College and State Society in the United States, to the Secretary of the American Medical Association, and as far as possible to every Physician of this State. Adopted. Dr. DeS. Ford presented the following: Resolved, That the thanks of this Association be tendered to the railroads of the State for their accommodation to members of said As sociation in passing them on their roads for half fare. Adopted. By Dr. Smith : Resolved, That if the amount in the Trea surer’s hands already assessed, is not sufficient he assess the differentrtnembers of the associa tion in order to publish the transactions of this association. Adopted. By Dr. Thomas; Resolved, That the thanks of the Association be tendered to the Physicians and citizens of Augusta for the hospitality we have received during our session; and Resolved, That our thanks be tendered the press of the city for their attention in giving notice of our meetings, publishing our pro ceedings, &c. Resolved, That, our thanks be tendered the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church for the use of their Hall. By Dr. Ford : Resolved, That, the Association request the addresses of Drs.. Chartres and Thomas, for publication in the transactions of this body. The meeting then, upon motion, adjourned to the 2d Wednesday in April, 1869. L. A. Dugas, President. L. H. Orme, Secretary. Banquet to the Medical Fraternity.— The banquet to the Medical Fraternity—dele gates to the annual meeting of the Georgia Medic il Association—which took place at the Planters’ Hotel, on Thursday night last, was one ot the most pleasant affairs that has occur red in this city for some time past. Drs. W. 8. Jones and L. D. Ford presided over the very elegant repast, gotten up with admirable taste by mine host. Having spent some time in administering to the wants of the inner man, the “ feast of rea son and flow of soul ” began as Dr. DeS. Ford, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, announced the following: Dr. Dugas being so unwell that he could not attend, tendered to the Association the follow ing sentiment: The Georgia Medical Association— May it accomplish its purpose, by carrying to every part of Georgia the light of its example and the ! warmth of its devotion to science, until every I physician shall realize the conviction that bis mission will be a failure unless he also contri | butes something to the science of medical ' knowledge. ! This was responded to by Dr. L. D. Ford. I I tie Officers of the Medical Association of . f/ze Sbzte of Georgia— May they ever ornament ! society nt large, as they have this Association. The Vice-President, Dr. Ray, of Atlanta, ■ responded eloquently. Music— Appreciated at all times, but particu larly when expressed. Responded to happily, and illustrated with a song, by Mat O’Brien, Eq. Atlanta Medical Society—May it continue in zeal and usefulness. Responded toby Dr. Orme, of Atlanta, with taste and enthusiasm. Our Orator—A man full of activity and pro gress may he never unbeseem this promise of his youth. Responded to by Dr. Thomae, of Savannah Fulton County Medical S ciety— May it con tinue to advance medical science. Responded to by Dr. Crawford, from Atlanta. The following was offered by Dr. Orme, of Atlanta: The Citizens and the Medical Profession of Au gusta Their kind welcome and generous hos pitalities will ever be gratefully remembered by the Georgia Medical Association. The Press An engine of immense power— may it always be used only in the cause of right and justice. Responded to by Mr. Ells, of the Constitu tionalist. Ihe Savannah Medical Society— The mother of local societies ot the State—may her children be worthy scions. Responded to by Dr. Smith, of Savannah. Ex-Confederate Surgeons— Deposed, but their worth has been recognized. Responded to by Dr. Samuel White, of Mil ledgeville, who, in return, complimented the Medical College of Georgia, to which Dr. DeS. ’ Ford responded. 1 Macon Medical Society— Alive to the advance -1 ment of medical learning. 1 Responded to by Dr. Adams, of M icon. Woman -The Strength of Man—The poetry of life. Responded to by Dr. Newton, of Athens. The Men of the M.iy they always sus tain the dignity of their profession. Responded to by Judge Aldrich. Other sentiments were offered, which we fail to remember. Inferior Court.—This honorable body met Monday, Apri Olli, Deas, Levy and James, present. The following bills were audited and ordered to be paid : Dr. 8. E. Habersham, for medicines furnished to persons of both colors residing in and near the corporate limits of Summer ville, from the Ist of July, 1865, to the Ist of January, 1868, $75 00. Dr. M. E. Swinney—attending four cases of small-pox, near the Race Course, and furnish ing medicines, per order of court, for February and March—fourteen visits, SIOO 00. Win. Jeans—carrying Miss M. Cahill to the lunatic asylum, $33 00. A. R. Jordan—service rendered as physician to Richmond County Poor House, January to April, $25 00. Adam Clatt—six day’s plowing at the Poor House—s 2 per day, sl2 00. Wesley Deas, keeper of the Poor House—' bi'l rendered, $769 94. A Bleakley—steel pens, 75 cents. E. T. Murphy—rent of purveying store for three months, SBS 50. P. Quinn—stationery, sl9 50. Luke Rice—one safe, $l3O 00. Drayage on safe, $5 00. Beall & Hankinson—prescriptions, $6 00. Hook <& Carr—defence of injunction relative to the purchase of the Deas property for a Poor House, $175 00. F. H. Miller —examination of bills of officers of County Court—written opinion as to the liability of the county therefor, $25 00. E. F. Blodgett & Co.—bill of shoes for Poor House, March 3d and 6th, $55 75. Ordered that the Treasurer advance W. A. Deas, keeper of the Poor House, SSOO 00. Court adjourned. Fatal Accident.—Monday, as the South Carolina train was entering the Depot, quite slowly, the locomotive knocked down and passed over Mr. Robert Isham, an employee of Hewitt’s Globe Hotel; both leges were horribly crushed, one above, and the other below the knee. Mr. Isham had lost the use of bis left eye, and the train approaching quietly from the direction in which that side was turned, ac counts for this sad casualty. As soon as pos sible the train was stopped and medical aid at once rendered, but without avail ; the sufferer lingered a few hours and died fully aware of the impossibility of his surviving his injuries. His last request was to be buried near Shoron Church, in Columbia county, in which vicinity he was raised. We have known Mr. Isham several years—a portion of the time intimately— and always found him faithful in the discharge of duty. May he rest in peace. — Augusta Methodist Union.—During the past week a society has been formed by the laity of the Methodist Churches of this city for the purpose of disseminating religious knowl edge. It is net contemplated confining its in fluence among the membership of that de nomination, but has provision for the accept ance of co-operation from all evangelical Christians. The following named gentlemen are the officers: President— Dr. I. P. Garvin. First Vice-President— Dr. W. H. Doughty. Second Vice-President— lsaac T. Heard. Third Vice-President— D. T. Castleberry. Recording Secretary— M. V. Calvin. Statistical Secretary— Dr. J. H. Spears. Treasurer— Charles G. Goodrich. A board of managers of twelve gentlemen have been selected to conduct the business of the society. Merely a Question. —In these days of orders from these head quarters we hope it will not be deemed rebellious or seditious to ask the great and magnanimous commander of this part of the great and glorious free Republic of America a single question, and we ask it with unbounded belief that the great and magnani mous commander of this small portion of the great Republic of Freedom, including free speech and a free press, will decide it with that sacred regard to the rights of all his subjects which has characterized all the orders issued from these headquarters; and the question is this: Is it inflammatory or endangering the peace of society for a political party to mar shal its adherents in military array, with drawn weapons, marching in military order, to the music of the drum and fife ; if not, will what is sauce for the goose be equally palatable to the gander ? Radical Pow-wow.—There were about two thousand blacks in convention at the City Hall, yesterday, (Thursday,) led on by a few whites. The following is the result in nominees : State Senate— Ben. Conley. House of Representatives, for Richmond County— Ephraim Tweedy, J. E. Bryant and | T. P. Beard (colored). Clerk of the. Superior Court— E. M. Brayton. Clerk of the Inferior Court— O. F. Gregory. Ordinary— Samuel Levy. County Treasurer— W. H. Stallings. Tax Collector—\N. T. Page. Tax Receiver—J. B. Vaughn. Coronet — W. P. Rhodes. County Surveyor— Enoch W. Brown. Sheriff — A. G. Ruffin. Georgia Baptist Convention.—The fol lowing named Railroads will pass delegates at tending the Convention for one fare : Atlanta & West Point, Atlantic & Gulf, Au gusta & Savannah, Central, Georgia, Macon & Augusta, Macon & Western, Southwestern, Western & Atlantic. Delegates will pay full fare coming to Au gusta, and will return free on tickets furnished by the Convention. Closing of the Mills House, Charles ton. —This fine hotel, our readers will regret to learn, closes for the summer this evening. This event throws about one hundred working people out of employment, and deprives Charleston and the traveling public of one of the best hotels in this country. So says the Mercury of Monday. Congressional Nominations.—Gen. P. M. B. Young, of Bartow, has been nominated in the 7th district as the candidate for Congress for the Democrats of that district; and the Hon. Nelson Tift, of Albany, as the candidate ol the same party in the 2d district. [From the N. O. Times. The Canal Bank Larceny. astounding audacity of the thief. ahe astonish inert of our readers may even exceea our awn at the perusal of the following letter, which comes to us shrouded in a myste ry quite in keeping with the whole affair from first to last. It is perhaps the boldest sequel oi one of the boldest felonies ever perpetrated in this city. We publish the letter as one of the sensations.of the day, the developments of which are well calculated to make us pause, and reflect upon the social elements around us. " e regret that neither time nor space admit of further comment at this moment: To the Editor of the N. O. Times : Dear Sir : I wish to address you a few remarks as to the operation at the Canal Bank. The pretention ot the fancy flycops and peelers of this city, and the tunny amusing speculations as to “ how it was done,” induce me to blow the matter from beginning to end. lam still in New Orleans, which I look upon as a fine field and think money can be made easy. As to this lite, it can be done any day that money is moving. I had my eye on the Canal Bank and the men in it. Aftron, of the ex press, is the only man I was alrald of. I had some luck that morning, for I happened to see the messenger of the bank get a package of money envelopes from the express office and start toward the bank. I followed him as far as Peterson’s coal office, on Gravier street, when I struck across to the other side, and was ahead of him at the bank (crossing at Peterson’s office is where I got that yellow sand on my boots your local mentioned.) The messenger came in at the side door of the bank and threw down the package of en velopes on the desk of the exchange clerk, who said he was glad he came, as he was “ ready to send off that lot of $50,000 to Morgan Sons,” and to be on hand to take it to the express. Here was a lay out ! Should I spot the clerk or the messenger ? Says I, “take both chances. If the lush is hedged too close at the bank, I’ll after the messenger.” Done. I slipped out the side door on Gravier street, wbnt into the entrance of the law office leading up over the bank ; took off my coat and hat; stowed them in the water closest at the head of the stairs, and slipped down again, round the corner to the Camp street side. Here I stepped into the bank again, but the messenger had gone. I could see the exchange clerk comparing the money with something on his desk, which 1 took at once to be the list of numbers. I stood a minute at the paying teller’s counter, where three or four clerks were drawing. Here I saw the exchange clerk seal the package. No mes senger yet. 1 wasn’t a bit nervous, but I kept my eye well skinned. I even thought of writ ing a duplicate envelope, (I always carry them,) but says I, “what’s the use Here is where the clerk is mistaken about the time he was away from his desk. He left the envelope near the edge of his ledger, and went to three different desks, examining three different books ; then he took the list into the cashier’s or president’s room. Says I, “ mind your eye, now’s your chance.” Nobody was noticing me. 1 walked up to the desk, and while the clerk’s back was to me, and the President had his head bent down over the list of numbers, both very close together, I took firm hold of the railing, put my toes on the combing below, and the package was up my sleeve in a twinkle. I stooped immediately, as if to fix my shoe. Not a stir ! Says I, “ It’s mine!” and I stepped out the side door, started up to the water-closet at the head of the stairs next door, put on my coat and hat, slowed the lush in my private particular, threw the envelope down the hole, wiped my boot soles, and went up still further into Hunton’s law office. Nobody was in. I brushed my clothes carefully, and sat down to write an appointment with Mr. Hunton for 1 o’clock, signing it Abram Gerson, Jefferson, Texas. Nobody came in yet. I went down to the street, saw a crowd round my railing, reaching over to see how’ they could do it; turned into Camp street and saw Izard and Far rell at the corner of the City Hotel. They looked very wise. I stood a good bit near the corner of Camp and Cana], and presently I saw Farrell riding on the top of a hotel stage down Common street. He is smart, he is. Every body was saying, “there goes Farrell,” as if every cove in the country didn’t know Farrell, especially when sitting on top of a hotel stage, ion purpose to be seen. I walked on up to the bank, and a good many were looking up at the building. I looked up, too. It’s a pretty building. 1 like it’s style very much. But to make such a to-do over a few bills thrown right in « cove’s way is funny to me. Truly, your constant reader, Abram Gerson, Jefferson, Texas. Hunton knows that name, though I don’t think he ever saw me. [Special Dispatch to the Inquirer Freaks of an Insane Man— A Gymnast Bent on Suicide—Terrible Scene in a Prison Cell. Harrisburg, April 3. Thomas Hanlon, one of the celebrated Han lon brothers, gymnast performers, reached here yesterday morning, from Indiana, accompanied by three small boys of English birth. It will be remembered that this Hanlon recently fell from a trapeze, at Cincinnati, a distance of some fifty feet, and it is supposed that he be came partially insane. Yesterday evening he notified the proprietor of the hotel that be was obliged to leave for New York, because all the people here were laughing at hi n. About two o’clock this morning the three lads were found by the police at the New York Depot, bewailing the absence of their master, who at a later hour was arrested at the Market House for drunkenness, and taken to the lock up, but the Mayor, on examination, found he was insane, and sent him back to the hotel. In the meantime a dispatch was read from bis brother Richard, in Indiana, asking why he had left the troupe. The Mayor telegraphed his condition, and was answered that some one would be sent to take charge of him. This morning, after breakfast, he walked out to the river bank, ft soon became evident that Hanlon intended to murder the boys and throw himself into the river. When the police arrived he resisted arrest, but after some strife he was again caged in the lock-up, and the Mayor shortly afterwards sent him over to the count}’ jail for greater security. Soon after entering prison Hauloit became violent in his behavior. He asked tor a knife, which was refused him. [ Mr. Simmons, the jailor, brought him his din ner on a pewter platter, wnich he seized, bioke j in two pieces and attempted to cut his throat I with the rough edges. Fearing that he would ; hang himself on some iron hooks in tbe ceil- I iug, the jailor removed him to another cell, where lie beat a fellow prisoner. He was again ) removed this time to a cell lined with boards | and containing no furniture. On the floor were iron heating pipes, with a large brass nut projecting at a jointure. When left alone in this cell he attempted to commit suicide, by a method of which none but a gym nast would think. He sprang into the air, about five feet, and, turning, came down with his head upon the brass projection. He re peated this terrible feat several times, and when assistance arrived the floor was covered with blood. Six strong men were unable to hold him ; he threw them off with 'the greatest ease, drove ! them out of his cell and cut one over tiie eye , and broke another’s nose. When his cell was cleared he repeated his horrible performance. His scalp Was cut in a number of places and hung over his forehead and face. Hanlon’s strength now began to wane from great loss of blood, and the physicians who arrived admin istered chloroform, he still showing violence. He was bound down to a bunk in an insensible condition, band-cuffed and his wounds were dressed. The boys are kindly cared for. A Northampton cotton manufacturer sent a telegram to Memphis a few weeks ago, ordering his agent to sell his goods in store there, but owing to a delay on the way, it was not received until three days after it was sent. Meantime his goods ad vanced, and he made $7,000 in consequence. He thinks he won’t sue the telegraph com pany for damages. Notifying the telegraph operator the other day, he made him a present, dryly remarking that it was for his trouble. Succession of Crops.— A writer in tiiat excellent agricultural journal— 7'he Chflti vaterr and Country Gentleman —makes some suggestions to Southern farmers in regard to the proper mode of cultivating small farms of from one hundred to one hundred and fifty acres of cleared land, founded upon the experience of the farming system so successfully pursued in Chester county Pennsylvania. Supposing the area to be cultivated to consist of the number of acres indicated, the advice is to divide it into eight or ten enclosures containing twelve or fifteen acres each. The first year put one of the fields in corn, well manured. If all cannot be manured, only put the part in that can be properly manured. When the corn comes off put it in cotton—(this for the more Southern States.) After the cotton, sow the next spring with clover seed, or some other green crop, to be plowed in for the wheat crop. Sow grass seed with the wheat. After the wheat comes off, let it lie in grass until the whole farm is gone over in this way. The farm should be limed over at the rate of from thirty to fifty bushels to the acre, and all the manure ap plied that can be obtained. Whenever marl is attainable it should be unsparingly used. This plan gives a planter corn, cotton, wheat and grass. The grass feeds the horses, cattle and sheep, which will supply the farmer’s family with all the necessaries of life, and the cotton, or whatever the sub stitute for it may be, will give him cash.— The writer says: This system of farming is carried on here in Chester county, Pennsylvania, with great success, where land is bringing from S6O to S2OO per acre—such sales are now reported every week in our county papers. This rotation is carried on here with the ex ception of cotton —oats or potatoes suc ceeding the corn crop, generally oats. That crop is succeeded by wheat, well manured with barnyard manure, and if there is not enough of that, superphosphate of lime is used to fill out. The corn ground is gene rally limed on the sod a year or two be fore, to help the corn and grass, and super phosphate of lime is frequently put in the hill for corn. Thus we raise from forty to seventy-five bushels to the acre, and from fifteen to twenty-five bushels of wheat— sometimes as high as thirty. We keep cows or steers to eat our grass and make us manure. Everything of the fodder kind is gathered together in the summer for the use of our stock through the winter. The necessity we are under to pursue that system of tillage which will yield most to a diminished but well-regulated la bor prompts us to seize upon and present to our country readers all the practical sug gestions we find on this subject. [Richmond Whig. The New Candidate for the Pope dom.—A very deeply laid scheme is an nounced, or surmised, in the intended ele vation of the Abbe Bonaparte, of the house of Lucien, third brother of Napoleon 1., to the cardinalate. It is supposed that tlie prince cardinal may, as a Roman prelate, succeed to the pontificate on the death of Pio Nino, which the prophets will hold, in spite of his good health, to be nearly ap proaching. In that case, it is further im- that he will play into the hands of his cousin, the Emperor, for the abolition of the temporal power, and so aid in set tling the complicated question of Italian unity. Now, we should, if these events were likely to be realized, indulge in a guess of our own. We should suppose either Napoleon 111. might wish to estab lish a French satrapy in Italy under the guise of a protected temporal power, or the Bonaparte Pope might have some views of | his own for restoring in all its strength the might of the Papacy. But it is very idle to speculate. All these long drawn schemes, these distant anticipations, are sure to be defeated by that whimsical destiny, the chapter of accidents. Where the disposi tion and characters of individuals are part of the calculation, it is certain to be par ticularly unsound. Why, tVe very age it self, the common opinion twenty years hence, will be very unlike what it is now. The Bonaparte dynasty, the fidelity of each member to the house, are questiona ble considerations—yet next to nothing in point of uncertainty to the arising of other forces which no human prescience can pro vide against or decry.— London paper. —-= Spurgeon’s College, London. —The executive ability of the great London preacher is quite as marked as his eloquence. Not the least remarkable thing about his great establishment Is his Col lege. This he founded and maintains. It is located in the basement of his church. The President of the College is a Presby terian, but Mr. Spurgeon instructs the stu dents in theology, church government and ordinances. The students are ninety-three in number. They are required to go out and preach a portion of each year. Cir cuits are assigned them by Mr. Spurgeon, and they are required to keep up their studies while they are absent preaching. To accomplish this, a portable library is located at certain centres, for the safety of which the student is made responsible. When he is relieved, he makes over the library to his successor. When the student completes his collegiate course, which is rather theological than literary, is an effi cient preacher. A large number of the graduates settle in churches that are not Baptist, they are so practical and efficient. Over fifty pastors are settled in and around London. Whitefield’s old pulpitis filled by one of these men. The Congregationalists of London have voted to receive these men into their churches though they hold Bap tist views. This College is supported en tirely by contributions made through Mr. Spurgeon. Boxes are placed in all parts of his church in London for this purpose, and from $250 to S3OO are collected on each Sunday, A Leap Year Swindle. —Miss M. had conceived a passion for Mr. W. It was not reciprocated. Mr. W.’s coldness had driv en her to desperation, which, among young ladies, means a resort to strategy to acconF plish what they cannot do by fair means.— The young lady, presuming upon her leap year privileges, and upon W.’s belief in spiritualism, and his respect for the name of his deceased mother, employed a celebra ted medium and had a meeting arranged, to which Mr. W. was invited. On the evening proposed, the parties were present, and the spirits in glee. The shade of W.’s mother appeared, and, according to in structions, discoursed eloquently upon the virtues of Miss M., and finally asked W. to clasp her hand. In obedience to this voice from the grave he did so, not, however, without qualms; and while in this position’ to his horror, the sepulchral voice pro nounced the marriage ceremony. When through, the young man was conjured in the same tone to regard the contract as binding as though it had been solemnized before an earthly tribunal. W. couldn’t sec it, and bolted, minus his overcoat and hat. Thus grief came over the young lady’s, leap year project.— Philadelphia Press. One of the editors of the Advertiser has been to Augusta recently, and says that place was the scene of his “ only love.” That will do to tell the marines, but you need not tell it to a divine. He might put it off on that handsome joker, Jim Meredith.— Griffin Star.
