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THE CUTHBERT APPEAL.
Published Every Saturday Morning by
SAWTELL & JONES.
H. H. J O N E S, Editor.
’• SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1870.
Home Again.—After taking french
leave leave for a week to recuperate hi?,
exhausted strength at Indian Spri.uge,
the editor is again at his post, moro
determined than ever to cuter to the
amusement, and instruction 0 f his nu •
morons readers.
No pains will be spared to make the
Ahead Worthy of a place in every fam
ily to the asifhtey. Thie is the dull sea
son, and w# hope our friends will redoub
ls their efforts to enlarge our subscrip
tion lists uud add to the patronage of our
paper. -
Con. H. Fielder. —We are again under a
welf M/'load of obligation to Col. Herbert Fielder,
an accomlisbed gentleman and fellow townsman,
for the very able, full and Comprehensive report
prepared by him last week of thecommeneerueut
exercises of Andrew College.
We foci that we need render no apology to
mr readers when providentially called away, so
oOg as we can present them with such arepresen
•tive.
The Colonel is equally at home in the forum
tod the editor's sanctum, Ilia racy effusions are
I ways read with interest.
Legislative.— -%he following message
vw roevivod from Governor Bullock in
th»S«uuto to day*;
Atlanta, July 7, 1870.
To the Provisional Legislature:
The same reason which made y, nu
ke) visable to. enter upon legislation at
the time of your last adjournment still
exist; but, within the last few days the
House of Representatives of the United
States Congress adopted a bill for the
Admission of Georgia, by the terms
which your organization is expressly re
cognized as "legal,” and your legislative
action, in adopting the (conditions re
quired by the several re-construction
acts, is approved. This bill it is lieliev
pt|, will be concurred in by the Senate
wiihiu a few days. Pending such ac
tion, by the Senate, I would respectful -
jr recommend that you take a recess
jntii the 15th instant, or occupy the in
terim in the consideration of such reso
lutions as may be presented.
Rufus B. Bullock.
After which Mr. Candler offertra a res
olution to adjourn sine die, whi'ch was de
feated.
When Bullock’s communication was
read in the House Mr. Scott asked who
Rufus B„, Bullock was, and moved *o
lay his commuication on the table,
which wus lost.
Nothing of interest has been done in
wither house, and not likely to be.
Georgia’s Officials—Their Cor
ruption’
The spectacle presented by the Bui
lock-Angiur embroglio, with the Gassill
episode, and the labors (a mere sham
we tear) of the several committees ap
pointed to investigate the conduct of
the managers of the State Road, and
look iqte the peccadilloes, and stealings
of his Excellency the Governor of Geor
gia., place our erstwhile glorious Coni'
laonwealth in anew light before the
world, and must call the blush of shame
to the cheek of every;jndignant patriot.
The time Jins been when statesmen,
ami men of intellect, refinement, and
unquestionable integrity; Georgia’s true
hearted sons, her jewels, aud those she
delighted to honor, filled the high places
pf the land.
But now see to what depths a br.ef
span of Radical rule has reduced us.
Our State hurled back into territorial
yussuluge, the writ of habeas corpus
Ifirhiiiliy suspended and the bayonet
gluatping ,iu o.ur streets and thorough,
fares. The mans claiming to bethe Execu
tive aud Guardian of the public weal,
deserting his post and caballing with
the minions ol a corrupt government to
increase the burdens aud humiliation of
the people whoso laws he has sworn to
upkohi—; a bankrupt treasury exhaus
ted of its contents by the cormjrants
who bear office; convicted felons and
murderers pardoned by the score, and
turned louse to repeat their acts of atroe
ity; taxation multiplied to such an ex
tent that industry cannot reap its reward,
and the masses groan under their inflic
tion; good men and excluded
from all places of trust and honor, and
Imported strangers and too often knaves
*fld swindlers, administering the laws
sud government of the State ; the labor
us th* country vitiated and demoralized,
»ed the freadm m for political purposes
taught to antagonize ’with his employers,
and regard them as enemies; a bare*
faced attempt to supersede the written
constitution of the State and perpetuate
the power of wicked rulers who are not
the true representatives and exponents
ft 1 the people: these are a few, and but
• few of the long catalogue of wrougs
eod which are the legitimate
Requeues of practical radicalism.
Did Poland or Ireland or Hungary
ever suffer more grievously from their
task masters ?
Yet there is no remedy for all this
save in the overthrow at the ballot box
of the dominant party.
Thank heaven the tidal wave of re
action however has already comtnen.
cad, and ore long we may hope that it
H'jJl sweep from power the cruel ene
m\c», who have so long trampled under
foot a bigbmiuded but unfortunate peo
ple,
4 yonng lady being asked by a
fiejj old bachelor ‘lf not yourself, who
would you rather be V replied, sweetly
and modestly, ‘Yours, truly.’
«•♦>—
Cineinmk, July I.—The race between
the sl<tanv.*ra Natchez and H. 12. Lee on
the Mississippi has created more ex
citement here to day than anything of
til# kiiuj that ever occurred, There lias
been ir.great dual of betting. Between
sloo,oooand $200,000 have been staked.
* —■ -
v/ 9^/ Six Thousand Four Hundred
Holla, sos the money recently atolen
from the Treasury at Washington have
been recovered in New York. The
thief was a visitor, but his name has not
Uncle Sam’s National Holyday
It is well known that Congress by
formal resolution has set aside the 4th
of July, and the .day devoted to the dec
oration of the graves of the Union sal**
diets, as National holidays forever.
At the South the 15th Amendments
amSscalawar,; alone enjoy the benefit
of this beneficent legislation. In ac
cordance with the programme for the
4th, the Freedmen of all sections of the
State in many instances abandoned the
fields, and went their last dime for whis
key and railroad excursions.
The writer on that morning once so
pregnant of proud events to every
American, left the Indian Springs at
5 A. M., en route for Forsyth. Early
as the hour was, the roads were throng
ed with "negroes of all sexes and sizes
hurrying to their county town for frolic
and amusement.
Later in the day the streets were lit
erally jammed with freedmen, buying
ginger cakes, swilling whiskey’, and
chattering like so many magpies.
The careless abandon ot the African is
proverbial. He is essentially a creature
of today, and with a stomach full, and
relieved from toil. Dot a thought does
he bestow upon the future.
Macon presented the same spectacle.
But it was not until we readied Fort
Valley by the night train at 11 o’clock,
that we realized the nature of a 4th of
July celebration at the S>oulh in 1870.
Attracted we suppose by the recent
notoriety of that village in consequence
of a threatened emeute on the part of
the blacks, which amounted to nothing,
and desiring also to see the Yankee blue
bellies stationed there, delegations from
all parts of the country even as far
down as Smithville had swarmed in
like locusts and occupied the town.
After a day of starvation (lor it seems
they had had no dinner) hungry, weary,
and penniless they how beset tbe train
like an army of crows, clamoring for
their seats. The scene was one of in'
describable confusion, and ludicrous in
the extreme.
Even before the cars stopped the
rush began, and pell mell they crowded
and trampled upon each other in fran
tic efforts to mount the platforms—
women screamed, children shrieked,
men swore, while all seemed perfectly
crazed with excitement ‘Dis de AbuDy
car ?’ ‘Oh Lord git off my foot;’ ‘Gen
tlemen don’t scrouge the ladie’a;’ ‘Dam
it lae free and I will ride‘Hoorah
‘Len me a dime to get a dram, I svvar I
an’t got nary a cent;’ ‘Oh sakes when
will we git home agin.’ These and a
multitude of other expletives and objur
gations filled the air, and bedlam was
let loose.
One crowd broke the glass' to the
door of the ladies car, and effecting an
entrance inundated it ia an instant.—
The oouduclor however proved him
self a trump, and fully equal to the
emergency. In n twinkling they were
all ousted without violence and readily
gave way’.
One strapping amazon threw up a
sash, and introduced her shining person
through the aperture. She was too fat
for the situation however, and cray
fished out again with a little assistance
from an irate passenger.
It required two hours for the conduc
tor to collect his fare and corral the het
erogeneous multitude who had gone
to sso the glorious fourth.
Once on board, a camp meeting scene
fensued, and doleful, long drawn, and
lugubrious indeed, were the sonnds #
which were droned into our ears. It is
fair to say that never was a more unan
imous assemblage of mourners gathered
together. They grieved over the effects
of dead 6hot wh-skey*, exhausted exche
quers,and empty stomachs. They’ “bitter
ly thoughtof the raorrrow ” when the hoe
and the shovel must be taken up again,
and their old enemy, grass, encountered,
made more formidable too from the
growth of a fourth of July day.
No Wonder then that their sins Weigh
ed like millstones, and they were -ready
to drop like duck and plover at the first
broadside from their imprompta pulpit
benanerges.
The army of 500, continued to dwin*
die however, as each station was passed,
and when day broke at Smilhville,
scarce a corporals guard remained, and
and they looked forlorn and 6udly
disgruntled.
This crowd will celebrate tire next
gelorious fourth in the cotton field —We
bet.
4 Fishing Excursion and How it
Ended. —On Thursday last a party, com
posed of six gentlemen of this city,
chartered a sail-boat at the Isle of Hope
for the purpose of having a nice sail
and to enjoy the pleasure of fishing on
the “drops,” near Cabbage Island,
When off the islands they were
struck by a sqall, which suddenly came
up, and found it necessary to beach the
boat, which was a large and, fortunate
ly, a very substantial vessel. They suc>
needed in getting on the island, and
their supply of provisions, which was
only calculated for one day’s subsis
tence, was soon exhausted, as also their
supply of water. On Friday four of
the gentlemen put out in the small bat
teau, with which they fortunately pro
vided, and made Thunderbolt, fourteen
miles distant, where they procured an
other boat and returned for the remain
ing two, were nerly perished for want
of water.
The boat was gotten off her perilous
position by Mr. Peter Williams and
three negroes, and by them towed up to
the Isle of Hope, which point they
reached on Saturday. The boat is
somewhat damaged, and they were
compelled to take out a large-quantity
of iron ballasts and leave it on the is
laud.—Sav. Exchange.
General Robert E, Lee has re
fused, on behalf of Mrs. Lee, to accept
the annuity of $3,000 settled upon her
by the trustees ol Washington College.
The board, however, has, us delicately
ub possible, intimated to him that they
must adhere to their original plan,
'The Nick King brought to Sa
vannah from Florida, on Saturday, 3,600
watermelons, which sold readily at
Editorial Correspondence,
Indian Spring, June 30th, 1870.
Dear SawteU: From this quiet an<} se
questered dell, bidden away amid the
rocks and rugged hills once the hunting
grounds of the war-like Creeks, I pro
pose to renew my intercourse with the
gentle readers of the Appeal.
After a night of fierce heat and fruit
less conflict with mosquitoes at Macon,
we reached the pretty village of For
syth about 11 A. M. of Tuesday last.
'As in your own town, the people were
all agog with excitement at the ap
proaching examinations of their male
and female seminaries, and the streets
wore an air of unwonted bustle and ac
tivity from this cause. Indeed if Geor
gias intellectual progress could be meas
ured byithe number of high sounding
schools and colleges which can be poin'
ted out at almost every village, our
youth would be the most highly favored
of earth. But alas in too many in
stances sound assumes the substance of
reality, and these petty seats of learn
ing are but the emanations of narrow
minded sectarianism.
This iH not levelled against Forsyth
however, as her institutions are reported
to be above mediocrity, and excellent of
their kind- Nor will we pursue the
digression any farther by tbe reitera
tion of views which have already been
fully’ ventilated ia your columns.
After a brief delay, the passengers
six in number, who were en route for
this celebrated fount of the red men,
were comfortably esconeed in a commo
dious stagecoach, and had the honor to
be driven in person by Mr. Greer the
enterprising owner of the line.
The writer preferring the fresh air,
and a better view of the.green fields
and ever changing scenery of the coun
try, took bis seaton the outside with
the driver. And never did he enjoy a
ride .more keenly after weeks of confine
ment to a sick chamber.
The surface of the country is much
broken and somewhat rocky aud worn.
It is however very densely populated,
and the crops under the liberal applica
tion ot fertilizers, and careful and ad
mirable culture, were far more flourish
ing than those on the lme of the riouth
vVestern Railroad.
Our spirits also were kept from stag
nation by the fleet movements of our
mettlesome team, while the old fashion
ed jolts of a rather rough though safe
highway, effectually banished dyspepsia
from the most delicate stomach of the
party. Twice we halted and imbibed
copious draughts of the coldest and
purest water from the farm houses by
the wayside.
After enjoying several landscapes of
great beauty, at length our smoking
steeds drew up before the spacious cor
ridors of the Mclntosh House. Here
we were greeted with a cordial welcome
by the proprietor, B. Collier, Esq., and
made instantly to feel that city forms
and conventionalities might be dispensed
with, and each guest enjoy himself ae-*
cording to the bent of his own inclina
tions.
A smoking dinner was in readiness
on the table, of which all partook with
a zest which 16 miles 6tago travel could
alone impart. The bill of fare was just
such as would tempt the palate of the
newly escaped denizen of the city. —
Those winged delicacies, chickens, so
scatce in Cuthbert, appeared if not in
flocks, by dish fulls, and fat roast beef,
tender spring lamb, a perlect wealth of
vegetables cooked in tbe most delicate
manner, milk, pure and cold, and unstin
ted in quantity, rich golden hued butter
just from the churn, coffee as strong as
brandy, old fashioned countfy bam,
these with the most delicious pastry
composed the bountiful repast to which
we were invited.
After a short siesta, we then sallied
forth in quest of that fountain which
for untold years has dispensed its heal
ing blessings, first to the untutored sav
wbo regarded its virtues with su
perstitious veneration, and then to that
race before whose presence aud power
they have evanished like tbe mists of
their own valleys before-the ijsing sun.
But we must reserve for our next,
a description of this celebrated spot.
Yours sinceiely,
11. 11,. J.
Mclntosh House, Indian Springs, J
ouly 4th’lß7o. S
Dear Sawtell: This famous spa of the
aborigines was ceded to the State of
GhsOi'gia by the treaty of 1824. Mcln
tosh their world renowned chieftain,
making several reservations
of land in “the nation,” ii' r the beueul
of his own family. For this he pa?d
the penalty of his life, at the hands pf
his enraged followers.
The springs were the favorite abode
of this warrior, who had separate cabins
for the accomodation of his Creek and
Cherokee wives, one of which still stands,
and was pointed out to the writer.—
They, or rather it (for there is but one)
is delightfully situated in a romantic
valley 16 miles from Forsyth, and 25
from the flourishing town ot Griffin.
The surroundings of the spot are
beautiful, but still exist almost in their
native wildness —its brawling stream
tumbling rapidly over its rocky bed
and spanned by a rustic bridge, must be
crossed by the visitor from the village,
who essays to find the fount which na
ture’s God has so wonderfully medica
ted.
Making an acute angle the water
then diverges below through a grass
grown, fertile meadow, passing within a
lew feet ot the spring. He # who visits
the spot expecting to find a rivulet or
copious reservoir of the healing fluid,
will be sorely disappointed. From a
slight fissure no wider than an ordinary
knife blade in the side of a precipitous
granite rock, the sparkling water gent
ly exudes at the rate of precisely one
gallon per minute, and is received and
dipped from a natural cleft which contains
about two quarts only. The bottom of
this receptacle is thickly coated with
pure white sulphur, and the taste and
odor of the water are excedingly pung.
ent.
• On all sides, rugged and lofty bills
crowned by majestic forest trees, and
dotted with moss grown rocks greet
the vision, between which verdant val
leys stretch far away into the distance.
We have never seen a spot where na
ture has been more prodigal of hergifts,
and yet but for the scattered cottages
found hero and there, and the hotels
which rear their heads, and the green so
liage, the wilderness remains intact, and
the landscape in its primeval state.
A few thousundsju<4iciously expended
in grading, the construction of walks
and drives, summer houses, a grass cov
er* and park, and other improvements
which a cultivated taste might suggest,
Would transform the whole scene into a
very paradise of beauty.
Could not the magician Kimball be
induced to undertake this great work
and labor of i<*o ? *'or him to will is
«/. and T trust that our In
dian spring friends will lose np time iu
making their approaches to him.
In justice to the villagers for the some
what dilapidated Condition of their
homes, it should be staled, that this
spot lay directly in the path of that
modern Attil.t, Sherman, and his vandal
horde, and every one knows that desola
tion. poverty and ruin like a sweeping
rain left nothing behind whereever be
passed. The country is rapidly improv
ing, however, and if the traveller may
find more pretentious and imposing
structures at other points which suffered
less, of one thing we are assured from
practical observation,’ that in no hotqj
in the State will choicer viands, better
cooking, or more substantial comfort be
enjoyed, than in tbe spacious halls of the
Mclntosh House. Mr. B. A. Collier, its
gentlemanly proprietor, has a heredita'
ry claim to hotel honors, and right nobly
is he aided by bis courteous assistant,
Capt. L. A. Watson.
Os the virtwe of the waters little need
be written., Their history and efficien
cy are coeval with the settlement of the
country, and even extend far back in the
regions of tbe past, to tbe days when
the red man uncontamiiiated by his
white invaders, and a stranger to alco
hol that bane of his race, roamed the
forests as free as his native air. Gently
aperient, alterative, aud tonic in their
properties, there are few cases of debil
ity, indigestion, or cutaneous and bilious
affections, which may not be benefitted
by their use. *.
To the invalid, the climate too, is es-^
pecially invigorating, and the higuts
bracing and delightful. The perfect
repose and quiet of the place, likewise,
have their charms to the visitor. Here
the over-worked editor, tbe exhausted
merchant, or the tired student, with the
gentle sound of the gurgling brook in
his ear, an umbrageous canopy of leaves
oer head, and towering hill and beet
link crag, and the song of birds to lend
enop&n.incut to the scene, may calmly,
as in fair Italy, enjoy his dolce far niente,
and forget tbe cares and stern realities
of the outer world.
,n*t already trespassed too
much upon your space. In conclusion
I would simply add, that all wbo really
seek health, comfort and rational enjoy
ment in their summer travels, would do
well to pause at the Indian Springs and
remain there. 4
I had well nigh forgotten to mention
to the lovers of amusement, that Prof.
Robertson has charge ot the ball room,
with an excellent band olf music, and
billiards, back gammon, draughts, and
croquet, serve to beguile tbe leisure
hours of "the gentlemen. Alt revoir.
Yours, ever, H. H. J.
The Georgia Election. —We are err=
couraged by the fact that not only* the
Democratic und Conservative press of
Georgia, but a number of tbe fairest and
ablest Radical papers Qf the North, tako
tbe position that the bill which passed
the House of Representatives a few
days since contemplates a general eleo
tion in Georgia this fall. That the pro
viso* disclaiming any object of interfer
ing with the provisions of the State Con
stitution in respect to the time of elec
tion, could have no other meaning or ef
fect, is perfectly clear. True, it is not
so emphatic in expression as the Bing'
ham amendment,but it is impossible to
make anything else out of it. It meant
that or nothing; aud sustained as it is
by previous distinct votes of both bous
es of Congress in favor of an election
next fall, its meaning does not admit' of
question.
We now regdrd the bill as impoftjrnt
merely iu its reiteration of the sense'uf
the House on this point; for there is not
much probability that the two houses
will agree upon any at this session.—
But they have agreed on the distinct
proposition that the provision of the
State Constitution are controlling as to
the time of the next election, aud that
the election must be held this year.—
Presumptuous and unscrupulous indeed
must any party or faction be, that, in the
event even of the failure of any restrain
ing hi 1, can adhere to the plot of ex
tending the terms of the Governor and
Legislature, with any hope that Con'
gress will sustain the conspiracy.— Col.
Enquirer.
Treasurer Angieu vs Governor Bul
lock. —Treasurer Angier amends his
answer to Governor Bullock relative to
the charge of bribery, with the follow
ing statement:
To sum it ail up, the Treasurer did
not issue the bonds while enjoined not
to issue them, but just as soon as the in
junction was dissolved, the Treasurer
prepared the bonds with as much dis*
patch as possible, and issued and deliv
ered them, having previously performed
all the work thereon attached, save the
date and signature, without which they
would not be legal, which is the only
oScial labor pertaining thereto.
to this, and while the injunc
tion stood in fuil force against the treas
urer, V. A. Gaskill cau ie to the Treas
urer’s residence and urged, with much
specious sophistry and argument, that |
“ the issuing of the bonds then would
he legal, that the road was suffering
vast inconvenience and expense in time
and money by waiting, that Judge
Avery threatened to sue the Treasurer,
and that the road had rather give three
thousand dollafs ($3,000) the presenA
moment than endure the delay another
day.” The Treasurer replied, “if the
State of Georgia were given him to is*
sue them, he would not do it until the
injunction was dissolved, or as long $8
there was any doubt of hi 6 legal rigb-t
and duty to do so.”
This was the nearest approach
that Y. A. Gaskill came to offering the
Treasurer a bribe, for which offense he
has the proud satisfaction of carrying
Bullock’s pardon in his pocket. The
unofficial labor ot studying authors,
consulting many eminent jurists, pre
paring trust deeds, and filling blanks on
the bonds, for which the Treasurer re
ceived eight hundred dollars (800), can
bear no analogy whatever to a bribe, for
the Treasurer did but his duty and did
it legally.
Heath in Dress.—A touching story
is told of the daughter of Sir. Robert
Peel. Her father gave her, as a birth
day present, a glorious riding habit, and
went out with her on the same day for
an airing in the park, his heart swelling
with paternal pride as he rode by her
side. Shortly afterward she sickened
and died of typhus fever of the most
malignant type; and when inquiry was
made as to how she had caught the in
fection, it was discovered that the habit,
bought from one of the London West
End tradesmen, bad been made iitp'a
miserable attic, where the husband of
the seamstress was lying ill of fever,
and that it had been used by her to cov
er him in his shivering fits. Thus,
whether we will believe it or not, the
safety of the highest is bound up with
the condition of the lowest, and if we
neglect thei material, moral aud spirit
ual interests, there will come a dread
ful Nemesis to mark the divine displeas
ure.
S®*Two mocking birds at Sanders*
ville have been taught to whistle Dixie.
An Affecting Reunion -
A young Lady Finds her Father A/ter
Nine years Separation—The Romance and
Reality of life.
There are many strange vicissitudes
in human life, but we have heard of
nothing of late stranger 4hpn the follow
’tag story, related to us by the principal
actor in the scenes—a father, who for
nine years, bad been separated from his
'family, and-mourned them as dead—and
was suddenly unexpectedly brought into
the presence of one of them at a picnic.
The particulars, as famished us by tbe
father, are as follows:
On the first d§y of September, 1861,
Mr. Asher Butler enlisted in the Confed
erate army in Tennessee, leaving be
hind him, when his regiment marched, a
wife and one child —a daughter, aged
nine years. At the battle of Chicammi
ga, Butler was severely wounded, and
for a long time was confined to a hospi'
tal. During this time a report reached
his wife that he was dead, and, in course
of time she married with
her husband, removed to Lojpreville.
Time moved on, and Bntffer recovered
and was again sent to bis regiment; but
he could hear nothing from his family.
At. tbe battle of Resaca, Georgia, on the
15th of May, 1864, he was again severe
ly wounded, and was captured, and up
on bis recovery was sent to one of the
camps for rebel prisoners north of the
Ohio, where he remained until the close
jA the war.
> Upon bis release from captivity he
"made every effort to ascertain the resi'
(lence of his wife, not knowing that she
had married another. But all his efforts
were in vain. He could hear no tidings
of her or his child, and concluding they
were dead, ha not long ago married
again.
Last week a party of the citizens of
Louisville, gentlemen and ladies, held a
picnic at Newman’s Grove, below this
city. Butler was one of the party, in
the course of the day a young lady of
eighteen was frequently noticed by him
to be closely observing him, and finally
she.requested the young-gentleman who
accompanied her to go and ask him his
name, and where he came from.
The young man did as requested, re*
eeiving an answer that his name was
Asher Butler, that he was an ex-Confed
erate soldier, and other particulars of
his life. The answer was communica
ted to the young lady, who, without fur
ther enquiry, rushed into Butler’s arms,
and covering his face with kisses, ex
claimed, “My father—my long lost
father ! Thank God, I have found you
at last !” And so it proved, for after
Mime years of separation father and
daughter were thus unexpectedly
brought together.
'The daughter said that as soon as she
saw Butler she had a strange presenti
ment that he was her father, and al -
though she tried to get rid of the im
pression she couldn’t do so ; and finally
persuaded the young man- accompany
ing her to inquire of Butler who he
was. Father and daughter are now
happily reunited. But what will be the
result with the doubly married father
and mother we do not know. —New Al
bany Ledger, June 22.
A Balloon Doel.-t Perhaps the most
remarkable duel ever fought, took place
in 1808. It was peculiarly French in
its tone, and could hardly have occurred
under any other than a French state of
society. M. de Grandpre and M. le
Pique had a quarrel, arising out of jeal'
ousy concerning a lady engaged at tbe
Imperial Opera, one Mademoiselle Tire'
vit. They agreed to fight a duel to set
tle their respective claims ; and,
that the beat of angry passion imould
not interfere with the elegance of the
proceeding, they postponed the duel for
a month—the lady agreeing to bestow
her smiles on tbe survivor of tbe two, if
the other was killed ; or,* at ail events,
this was inferred by the two men, if not
actually expressed. The duelists were
to fight in the air. Two balloons were
constructed, precisely alike. On the
day denoted, De Grandpre and his sec
ond entered the car of one balloon, Le
Pique and his second that of the other;
it was in the garden of the Tuilleres,
amid an immense cncourse of spectators.
The gentlemen were to fire, not at each
other, but at eaeh other’s balloons, in
brder to bring them down by the escape
of gas; and as pistols might hardly
have served for this purpose, each aero
naut took a blunderbuss in his car. At
a given signal, the ropes that retained
the cars were cut, and the balloons as
cended. Tbe wind was moderate, and
kept the balloons at about their origi
nal distance of eighty yards apart.—
when about a half a mile above the sur
face of the earth, a preconcerted signal
for firing was given. M. le Pique fired,
but missed. M. de Grandpre fired and
sent a ball through Le Pique’s balloon.
Tbe balloon Collapsed, the car descened
with frightful rapidity, and le Pique
and his second were dashed to pieces.
De Grandpre continued his ascent tri
umphantly, and terminated his aerial
voyage successfully at a distance of sev-
I en leagues from Paris.
The Isu£L?ck-(}abkill-AnGieb Infamy.
—The Columbus Edqhirer, commenting
on Rev. Varney Gaskili's ca rc h says :
He says that he only paid Treasurer
Angier for doing what he (Gaskill) be
lieved the law required of him ; that
the law did not require Angier to labor
at extraordinary hours, which be did,
and that was all he (Gaskill) paid him
for. Then why does not Gaskill charge
the Governor with misrepresenting the
facts of the case, and indignantly throw
back his anticipatory pardon as a slan-*
derous gratuity and an insult ? He says
that the “State has lost nothing by his
act.” The peopls of the State will not
believe it so long as he carries Bullock’s
advance pardon in bis pocket, and uses
it as a shield to prevent legal investiga
tion into his conduct. It really seems
to us that this is a case requiring either
the prosecution of Angier and Gaskill
by a criminal proceeding, or the im
peachment of Gov. Bullock for either
protecting roguery or maliciously slan
dering and striving to injure an officer
of the State. Indeed, it appears to us
that Governor Bullock’s conduct is the
strangest and least defensible of all, and
that he is not guiltless, whether the
charges against Angier be true or false.
Truly our good old State is in a po
sition that makes her sadly need the ad
vent of some "good Samaritan.”
Congressional. — Washington,, July 5.
—noon—The Senate, last night, resum
ed the considerations of the naturaliza
tion bill- The vote adopting Sumner’s
amendment, striking out the word
“white,” was reconsidered—yeas, 27 ;
nays, 4. Sumner’s amendment was then
rejected--yeas, 14; nays, 80.
Mr. Warner moved to extend the nat
uralization laws to aliens of African na
tively and persons of African descent.—
Adopted—yeas, 31 ; nays, 30, The
bill was then reported to the Senate, and
the amendments agreed to,
On Warner’^amendment a separate
vote was taken. It Was conferred in
—yeas, 30; nays, 17. Sumner renewed
his amendment to strike out the word
“white,” and it was lost—yeas, 12;
nays, 26, The bill then passed,.
Important Correspondence Be
tween Dr- N* L. Angier and
Campbell Wallace, Esq.
Treasurer's Office, )
Atlanta, Ga., July 1, 1870. j
Colonel Campbell Wallace, Marietta, Ga:
DsAte Bir : Though personally I have
not the pleasure of an acquaintance
with you, yet relying upon your indul
gence, I have presumed to address you
by letter.
Your name has for many years been
associated/with railroads as a prominent
and successful officer, and you are pre*
sumed to be conversant with the prao
tices of the various railroad companies.
The point of inquiry I desire to make
is this : Is it the custom of railroad com
panies when they have trustees connec-*
ted with their road, to pay said trts
tees for their labors and responsibili
ties growing out of such trustee ship ?
Would be pleased with an early reply.
Very respectfully yours,
N. L. Angier.
Marietta, Ga , July 2, 1870.
N. L. Angier Esq., Atlanta, Ga.—
Dear Sir : Your note of yesterday, al
though asking for information touching
a matter of custom in railroad practice
on a particular subject, I have no doubt
is intended to be used in connection with
a controversy of much bitterness exist
ing in this State, in which 1 have, Irom
the day I ceased to manage the State
Road,jmrposely abstained from partici
pßtlDg in, !>Ut I 110 not . thAt X have
a right as a citizen to withhold an an.
swer.
So far as my knowledge extends, the
custom of capitalists, before negotiating
what are known as “State indorsed rail
road bonds,” is to requirojhat a regu
lar moftgage, appointing trustees for the
protection of the purchase of such bonds
be executed and registered in each coun
ty through which said road is construc
ted. These trustees usually signify
their acceptance of the trust by signing
each bond ic a place provided for that
purpose. The labor performed by them
in thus perfecting these bonds for mar>
ket is heavy, and the responsibility con
nected with the faithlul execution of the
trust is both morally and pecuniarily
very great; hepce, in all cases that have
come to my knowledge, the compensa
tion demanded and allowed has been
liberal. Sometimes that compensation
is made by embracing in the same per
sons the trusteeship and the agency for
the sale of ihe bonds. When this is
done, commissions are allowed on sales
in place of a fixed sum paid in advance ;
but in one case of recent date that I
now call to mind, on a three million
mortgage, when the trusteeship and
agency were combined, nine or ten
thousand dollars was allowed un execu
tion of deed, and a commission of two
and one-half per cent, on sales as made
It is a matter of bargain between the
contracting parties, and as one party as
flumes the responsibility and does the la-,
bor, and tins other pays for it, I do notj
see how it interests or affects the public
or any outside party.
Respectfully, etc.,
Campbell Wallace. \
The Soctaern Cotton Crop of Last
Year. —The Germantown (Pa.) Tele
graph asserts that the cotton crop of
last year, instead of reaching only two
and a half million of bales, as represen
ted, amounts to—according to the best
information to be obtained on the sub
ject—three millions two hundred and
thiity-seveu thousand bales. The value
of the crop is set down at three hundred,
millions of dollars, showing a gi eater
profit to the planters than was ever de~
rived during the existence of slavery,
and with much less trouble. At thi#
rate it will not take many years for the
Southern planters to be fully indemnified
for the loss of their property, getting,
rid of a world of bother and anxiely be
side.
Hanging Day.—A large crowd- came
to Griffin last Friday to see the “hang,
in.” When they learned of the respite,
some were in great rage, and odo cop
peias britches, one-gallussed red-head*
ed, freckled face, box ankled one-eyed,
goober.grabbler relieved himself thus*
]y ; “I’ve always voted the Radical
ticket ever since there was sick a party,
but I’in done with Bullock, since he’s
pardoned Gaskill and Bythe Barlow.—
I’ve come seventeen miles to see this
ere hangin’ and now its put off. I'll
joip the cussed Democracy now, sure.
The merchants and barkeepers made
a pretty good thing of it, however, and
pronounce in favor of two hanging days
for every victim.— Griffin Star.
Sol Bloodworth’s Corn. —Mr. Blood
worth’s brag acre of corn this year is
a wonderful thing to behold; and we
fear our readers will believe that this
article is an exaggeration, but will risk
it anyhow. The corn has been planted
just two months, and will average nine
feet high, and has not commenced tas
seling. The rows are three feet apart,
and the corn in the drill about ten
inches. Unless a hurricane blows it
down, we believe it will make one hun
dred and fifty bushels of shelled corn.—
Griffin Herald.
Millions Wiped Out. —Through its
authorized representatives, the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Com
pany yesterday paid to the comptroller,
in Tennessee bonds, the amount of $4,-
117,761 10, (four millions, one hundred
and seventeen thousand, seven hundred
and sixty-one dollars and ten cents) thus
canceling in one payment, its entire in
debted ness to the State.— Nashville Re
publican Banner.
What will the East Tennessee and
Georgia Road take to swap manage
ments with the Georgia State Road ?
True Georgian.
The Denver Register states
that Brigham Young is not yorth sev
enty millions of dollars, as is commonly
repotted. The whole Mormon posses
sions do not amount to over forty mill
ions. and the tithmgs which go to Young
are not more than one hundred and
fifty thousaod dollars a year, besides
which he has not above two millions
deposited abroad. Out of these tithes
he has to maintain a considerable num
ber of missions, and pay large sums in
getting foreign sheep into the fold. His
speculations in establishing a coopera
tive trade in Utah have never paid a
dividend.
JBggrTbe mother of Tom Bee, (colored),
of Corpus Cliristi, Texas, died last week.
She was born in Virginia in 1737 and
was one bundrsd and thirty-three yearß
of age at the time of her death. She
was a servant of Washington’s mother,
but never “nursed George,” and bad on
ly lived in Texas fifty years.
Homicide in Newton County. —We
learn from the Atlanta Constitution, of
yesterday, that Wm McCord, a youth
aged only 18 years, killed Dr. Smith, of
Newton county, at that place on Sun
day. The difficulty grew out of family
affaire connected with the abuse of Mc-
Cord’s mother by Dr. Smith.
#Bk> Josh Billings says : ‘The live man
iz like a little pig: he iz weaned young,
and root early. He iz the
peppersass ov creation, the allspice of
the world One live man in a village
iz like a case ov itch at a distrikt skool
—he seta efery boddy scratching at
onst.’
' S3T “Wood is the thing after all,
as the man with oak leg said when .the
dog bit it.
B®* Why are kisses like creation ?
Because they aro made of nothing, and
are very good.
8ST 1 Prentice says that man was the
chief consideration at creation. Woman
was only a ‘side issue.’
‘Necessity knows no law.’—
Well, necessity is like a great many
lawyers.
One hundred aod eighty million
dollars have been expended in the last
ten years in fighting the western Indi
ans, and it hasn’t been much of a war
either.
The Conference Committee on
the currency reported the bill as adop
ted by the Senate, except that the new
currency be fixed at fifty-four, instead
of forty-five millions Report adopted.
B©* When General Bank’s voice fail
ed him in his recent Cuban speech, an
outsider was cruel enough to make a
remark to the effect that “another of the
National Banks bail busied.”
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After Weavf.rs. —We were told late
yesterday that our largest manufactu
ring company intended sending an agent
to-day to England for the purpose of
securing 150 weavers. They say they
can be brought here cheaper than new
ones can be taught.— Col. Snn.
New Advertisements.
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