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THU TOCCOA
EDW. SCHAEFER, Editor k l>v«p’t«r
TOCCOA, GA., AUGUST 2 d, 1S82.
STATE DEMOCRATIC
TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR:
HO.V ALEX. H. STEPHEN'S.
Of Taliaferro.
For Ccrgressman At-Large:
Tl 1 OM AS IIA R DE MAN.
Of Bibb.
For Congress' —0 th District y
ALIEN I). CANDLER.
FOU SKCiiETAIlY OF STATES.
N. G. BARNEFI, of Baldwin,
FOIt COMPTHOLDER-GENERA L,
WM.« A. WRIGHT, of Richmond.
FOR TREASURER,
I). X. SPEER, of Troup.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
CLIFFORD ANDERSON, of Bibb,
T '' " ' ' "■■■ 1,1 1 j lj. li 1
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EDITORIAL BREATHES.
Work on the oil mill at Columbus,
Ga., is being pushed right along.
A sharp frost was^ eported from
various parts of Canada on the night
of the 21 st inst.
An exchange says that there are
yet living in Mississippi two thousand
Choctaw Indians.
Mr. Reid Barnes, of Opelika, Ala.,
will remove to Atlanta next month
whore lie will open a law office.
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lTiysicians say it combines all the
desiderata of every ferruginous tonic
prescribed by every school of medi¬
cine. Brown’s Iron Bitters.
There is an elm-tree near Law-
reticeburg, Tenn.,105 feet in diameter
and 320 feet in circumference from
tip to tip of its branches. s
wmtl a. i 77™ "TV"" “* 7--- " C,v co ^ ,t,,n
'
ue handled 11 n l.j the warehouse men
ol Albany, on Saturday the l^h,
says the News and Advertiser.
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The election held in Cobb county
on the 9th instant, for ‘Fence’ or ‘No
fence,’ resulted in a majority of 272
for ‘Fence.'
Governor Colquitt has issued his
pioclamabon appointing Ihursday
th^blsfc gi\ing ami instant, piais as a day of thanks-
e ii^ thi s State.
The names of Chief Justice James
Jackson, lion. Nat. Hammond, Hon
J. A. Billups and Don. A. O. Bacon,
are mentioned as fit persons to succeed
Mr. IIill in theTJ. S. Senate.
Dr. Andrew \V. Smyth has been
installed as Superintendent of the
New Orleans Mint, in place of Su¬
perintendent Davis, whose commis¬
sion has expired.
Tillman Walton, who assassinated
Richard Hansom, on Woodward’s
place eight miles above New Orleans,
on the night of the Sth instant, has
been captured in Panola county,
Texas,
The Hon. Emory Speer, the Inde¬
pendent candidate for re-election to
Congress in the 9th, addressed the
people of Hall county, at Gainesville,
on the 17th, upon questions involved
i .11 the campaign.
The elegant residence of W. P.
Rathburn at Chattanooga, Tenn.,
caught fire from a defective flue on
the 21 st instant, and building and
contents were damaged to the extent
of five or six thousand dollars.
J , r wo horses . valued , at $250, ^ the
property of Col. Bromcs, of La-
Grange* Ga , and his negro a" driver
who had been driving
through the country, were drowned in
llillabee creek a few days ago.
Hon. C F Crisp of Sumter demo* was
nominated on the 22d as the
eratic candidate for Wress from
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Tiie army worm has invaded
^rass aiTkoZntv. farm of Air •
destroyed the grass on a
fifteen ““os acres bv,riant “What Aw^th nnlv- ^ fw h^-
ho tra^formerahaost hlo V VrZ
was a
desprt desert, ” s«.r sa>s «5 the Athens Athonct Banner, z? ..
CJP’The Color and Lustre of Youth
are restored to faded or gray hair bv
the use of Parser’s Hair Balsam, a
. .
narraless dressing highly esteemed
lor its perfume and purity.
The Augusta Chronicle of the 23rd,
lma this item :
“Poor old Gen. Toombs has
hanging around the Kimball House
and talking in. the most reckless
manner to a “representative of the
Evening Herald." lie thinks Air.
Stephens is in his dotage or has lost
Ids grip. He advises the people not
to vote. etc.etc. lie adds that “if
A lbert Cox had taken the field he
would have recieved the governorship
from the people just as easy as picking
it up on the road.” Poor Gen.
Toombs!”
And the Atlanta Constitution of
the 23rd, this :
“General Toombs is in the city,
He denies that he has had any
interview with anybody concerning
the state campaign. lie says hois
out of politics, and that whatever he
chooses to say in relation to pending
issues in Georgia he will say over his
own signature.”
The citizens of Atlanta are making
an effort to raise $ 10,000 by private
subscription with which to grade the
land donated by Colonel Grant to the
Cincinnati and Georgia railroad for
the location of the company’s shops
Atlanta rarely fails in any effort
she makes, we suppose she will soon
raise the necessary sum and thus
secure the location of the principal
shops of the Southern division of the
road in Atlanta.
LETTER FROM COLORADO.
Special Correspondence.
Leadville, Col., August 11 , 1882.
The shortest route from Denver to
Leadville is by the Denver & South
Park narrow gunge railroad though
die route via .Canon City and the
Arkansas Canon is probably the most
picturesque. The ride over the
mountains by the former ^ route is
certainly as exhilarating as could be
wished. A few miles fnnn Denver
the railroad strikes into the canon
the Platte, which it follows up through
a narrow gorge between the mountains
for about fifty miles, gaining an
tude at the summit of 10,040 feet, or
about 5,000 feet above Denver. The
scenery through this canon is grand
beyond description. At no place is
it much more than a stone's throw in
width, and most of the way the rail
road bed has been excavated out of
the solid rock. As we ascended the
mountam cool breezes swept through
tbe yanotl as through a funnel; yet in
spite of this little discomfort pas-
sengers cannot resist the temptation
to ride on the platform of the cars in
ortkn ‘ to C1 W the grand and impree-
s K’ e scenery. On one side of the
track the ITatte River, here a wild
mountain stream, dashes down through
the canon over an almost unbroken
succession of rapids and cataracts.
Here and there a deep pool of clear
water was proyokingly suggestive
trout fishing, and the disciples of
Isaac Walton will involuntarily di¬
vide their attention between these
tempting spots and the rocks that [rise
hundreds of feet on either .side, worn
by the river into all sorts of fantastic
shapes, and sometimes appearing
almost to close over the river and
railroad.
It is not an easy task to adequately*
describe this the most wouderful of
all mining towns. There is nothing
like it in Colorado, or anywhere else,
and with all that has been written
concerning it only those who have
been here to see for themselves have
a correct idea of the place. Though
the rapidity of its growth is not such
„ ^ rt was ,, throe , tour years ago,
whcn the Leadvillc excitement swept
t ' 110 entire laud, yet it is still
a
w onder, growing and constantly
changing, it has from the first been
a kaleidoscope in the suddenness
of its transformations, though its
colon were of the simplest kind and
week : and even bow store* houses
lo.-cahins and hotels * sprina -P n up P sudl
deu,y< , , Sh, ° b - VSide - Tbere i! “
opera houso con3tracted out of
eireTe rongh pine boards, aUloovinw with its dress all
and like cmllerv ^TflnTshed for
the wo an an unnLianea H e
stabic. There are also variety thea-
tres where the illegitimate drama
flourishes to the delight of sturdt/
miners * Two >*ears ago there wa
. but
one church and one school house
here and the principal hotel was a
two story fram build ug with neat
gables and an imitation mansard roof.
The office of this hostlery is about
six feet wide bv s xtecn long, and was
evident!}* not planned for the accom
modation of loafers. That large class
of the population are given room in
the bar and billiard hall opening
from the office. A solitary barber
plies his occupation at one end of
the same apartment, charging 25
cents for a shave and 50 for a hair
cut. The Grand has in its day turned
away from 50 to 100 people a day
over and above all it could accomrao-
date with lodgings. Leadville has
never been a particularly religious
place, and even the days when there
was only one church to 10,000 inhab-
itants an audience of 50 worshippers
was about the average, /have been
told about the following notice
posted in the old church, but have
not seen it: ‘Please do not shoot the
organist: he does his best.’
la the general character of the
place there has nafc been much change
from what it was from the first,
that the evidences of haste are not so
plentiful and the buildings are better
and more substantially built and
there is a little more of the atmos-
phcrc of permanency. But all the
details I might give would after all
afford the reader little idea of Lead-
ville as it is, or its surroundings as
they appear to the actual observer,
Let one imagine himselt penned up
in the widest fastnesses of the Rocky
Mountains at an altitude of 10,000
feet abo\e the sea. He is literally
on tiie mountain tops, let far above
Leadville on every hand rise the bald
crowns of the snowy range—desolate,
bleak, and absolutely without vege-
tation of any kind. Here in
gulches are forests of pine and ever-
green, which extend far up the sides
of the adjacent peaks. But the timbei
Buc is a 3 strongly mark ad and as
clearly cut on every side as if human
bands had been at work clearing
away every trace of tree or shrub
a*ong the line of a survey, and as if
t<*e same hands had planed off tlic
mountain summit to the smoothness
and barreuess of a country
yard. To the stranger, coming from
the luxuries and comforts of ciyiliza-
tion, Leadville presents an aspect
unutteral^e desolation. Approaching
by the old stage road, one of the first
indications which the stranger
that lie is in the vicinity of a city is
the rude cemetery which lie passes a*,
the lower end of Chestnut street. In
is a gloomy, cheerless place, espec¬
ially when seen iu the late twilight,
and is suggestive of many a tragedy
in real life. Of the several hundreds
who have been buried here, scores
died among strangers, leaving nothing
by which their friends in the Ea&
might be informed of their fate. The
little mounds arranged in row 3
beneath the few trees that have been
left standing are bare of grass, aid
some of them are covered with hie
dry brown needles that fell from the
pines in the early Spring. Plain
board slabs stand fer head-stones and
toll the brief story that will be
ten when they crumble and disappear.
The grave-yard of a new town is
generally* a chilling, desolate spot;
that of Leadville is superlatively* so.
Jt was about the middle of tie
summer in 1S78 that the value of
Leadville as a “carbonate camp” wis
discovered. California Gulch on
which the present town stands was in
old mining camp, having been worked
for gold from 1859 to 1867, the yield
running down from $3,000,090 in
1860 to about $150,000 in 1866, when
the diggings were abandoned, In
those days it is said the gold miners
caulked their log cabins yvith
they supposed was mud, but was
really carbonate, worth $400 a ton.
Who discovered the carbonates is a
disputed question, but there is no
doubt that W. H. Stevens, of
operations for silver in this camp
01(1 Nevada and California miners
~0«f value m the earhona.es. «' ihey
were soft, not hard. Ihey were
'‘pancake deposits/• not veins.
oldest and wheat among o them had
* e ver seen any meta extracted from
suca stuff. Still, Stevens had his
adherents, loo. Numbers of men
swarmed upon the hills and began to
sink shafts, They were speedily
rewarded. Of the results which
followed ; the fabulous fortunes that
have m eu ma 'e ami the vast in'era s‘s
that have been developed, Isbell
have to tell you in another letter
Spot,
WILKES AT WORK.
Danbuko’s Doings for thi: A., E. &
C. R. R.— Gen. Toombs Letter
and Subscription*.
[From Chronicle of 19th.]
The meeting yesterday at Danburg
hi the interest of the Augusta, Elber-
ton and Chicago Railway was a
decided success. Speeches were made
by Gen. Dubose and Messrs. Slian-
non, Grogan and \ erdery, The
speakers aid themselves credit in the
practical manner with which they
handled the subject—pointing out the
great advantages that would follow
the construction of this Toad to the
people of the counties through which
it would pass. After the speaking
‘die citizens of Danburg subscribed
die snug little sum of $10,750, irre-
spective of where the line of road is
to be located. Committees were then
appointed to continue soliciting
subscriptions in the several districts
of this county,and we are satisfied
from the enthusiasm manifested that
the company can expect the amount
already subscribed to be doubled,
tiie letter from general toombs.
which is appended, was read by Mr.
Yerdery before the meeting, and was
rcce ived with enthusiastic applause.
From it it be secn that the Gen-
era } j s heartily iu favor of the enter-
p r j SCj alu j declares it to be indispen-
sablu tQ the pcople of the section
tbrough whiqh the road is to be bullt>
A Chronicle correspondent called
on Gen . ’v oomhs and discussed with
hiin at some length the building of
this road- He said that this line was
<. the natura i outlet from the northwest
to the South Atlantic ports,” and
would prove one of the most iinport-
ant jj nes 0 f railway in the South;
besides this, it penetrated some of
the finest lands to be found in the
|,„ ate _ and >vly I0al)age , t maM
staill il8elf , vcu as a looal roa ,i.
TIIE BARBECUE
blven bj/the citizens of Danburg was
one of the best ever att ruled. The
meats were most admirably cooked
seasoned, aiul there was the
abundance. Loo much praise
cannot be awaided the gentleman
wbo hatl U in charge,
The following is General Toomb s
Letter :
Washington, Ga., Hug. 13,1882.
J. P. Verdery. Esg.:
Dear Sut—I am heartily in favor
of the Klberton and Augusta Rail-
road. it is indispensable to the
people of the section through which it
i s to be built and they can well afford
to even make a large outlay to obtain
it.
Without any personal interest
whatever in the road, I am willing to
subscribe at least $500, merely to
testify my sympathy with the enter-
prise.
The success of the road depends
entkcl v upon the action of the people
interested. If they will support it
heartily its success is assured.
Very respectfully,
li, Toombs,
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HILL’S FUNERAL.
The Sad and Solemn Rites of Last
Saturday.
a draped city and a mourning
PEOPLE—HONOR TO THE ILLUSTRI¬
OUS DEAD—SCENES I2J THE CITY
Post Appeal,
The great heart of our people is
bound in sorrow which cannot be
voiced.
The last sad rite has been performed!
and all which belonged to the earth of
Benjamin Harvey Hill has been con-
s *gned to the grave, where his dust
lovely women anti strong men, hoary
sir es f»d bright-eyed children, to pay
their last tobute to the great
mlQfs le thfeir griefs for the common
and to bedew that grave
with their tears.
Georgia claimed him as her sou, but
he belonged to his whole
His fame cannot be circumscribed by
State limiM , for bis niustrious career
forms part of the history of his conn-
try. God has recalled his spirit to
companionship with Himself, and we
have buried the casket from which
that spirit fled ; but the memory of
this great and noble Christian man
remain embalmed in the hearts
of a loving and appreciative people,
IN THE C ITY.
On Salurdi*\ our streets were filled
with sad faces, representing every
section of Georgia and her sister
who had c -me together to
mourn over a national calamity, and
to the mingle their tears over the bier o!
peerless orator, true patriot and
Christian gentleman.
The whole city was draped in
mourning and the bells sent forth
tones of wailing. Everything betok-
ned an acknowledgment that the
chastening hand of God had been laid
heavily upon our people. Crowds of
» r iet stricken people lined the side
walks from Mr. Hill's residence to
the church and from the church to the
cemetery a distance of two miles.
THE CROWD.
Various estimates of the number
out OM Saturday have been made,
varying from twenty to twenty-five
thousand. I he route oi the procession
was thronged arid the windows, from
which views could b 3 had, and the flat
roofs of houses, every available posi¬
tion was occupied.
ASSEMBLING GF THE ESCORT.
Mayor English, the Chief Marshal,
and his aids, Chief of Police Connolly.
Major W. D. Buckie, Col. Howard
Van Epps, Major Johh A. Kitten,
Recorder II. C. Glenn, Capt. Harry
Jackson and Capt. II. Castleman,
assembled at the Mayor’s office and
proceeded to the church.
The Congressional delegation, the
pall-bearers and the bar assembled
at the State library, at three o’clock,
and proceeded to the house ; the bar
on foot and the others in carriages.
The visiting delegations, with the
local and visiting clergy, assembled
at the Department of Agriculture, at
three o’clock, and went in procession
to the church.
The executive and judicial officers
of the State, together with the nu m¬
bers of the Legislature, met in the
office of the Secretary of State at half
past three o’clock, and marched in
procession to the church at the same
hour. The county officers met at the
Mayor’s office and proceeded to the
church.
THE PROCESSION FROM THE RESIDENCE.
At half past three o'clock the pall-
bearers and Congressional
together with the Marshal and his
aids, were at the residence of the dead
Senator.
The pall-bearers were : Gov A H
Colquitt, Chief Justice James
son, Judge II lv McCav, Judge R
H Clark, Hon J S Boynton preffi-
dent ot‘ the State Senate. Hon M .A
Candler, H V M Miller, ilon R .J
Moses Hon R J Lowry, J )r R D
Spalding, Maj B F Crane Pol p
W Alexander. Dr vV F West more
land and Col G W Adair
'i lie hearse was drawn by six iron
gray horses, wearing liarne s draped
in mourning. Die beautitul bronze
casAet, covered with garlands ol
flowers,-was placed within uml the
procession proceeded to the church
in the following order:
The marshal and his aids,
j 'The pall-bearers.
The hearse.
The family.
The congressional delegates, in
carriages.
The Atlanta bar.
'The Augusta delegation.
Other citizens.
The hearse was followed by fifty-
four carriages. Arriving at the church,
the casket was carried in followed
slowly by the escort.
AT THE CHURCH.
dr^‘“„fln ... „ g ] . b< Tl^ . . :id
chandeliers were decorated with
flowers. Above the altar, iu blac.V
letters, on a white ground, was sus-
pended Mr. Hill’s last words—
“Almost L owe.”
As the family entered the choir
chanted, “Thy will be done, ’ and as
1 the congressional delegation entered
they sang. “Rest Spirit, Rest.”
The church was fil/ed with an
: audience over whom the very still-
: ness of death eerned to reign. The
Rev. J: H. Martin; D. D., read the
lfitli chapter of 1st Corinthians,
from the 20th verse. Alter the close
of the reading the choir sang that
glorious old hymn “How P lrna
Foundation,” when Gen. Evans arose
j and delivered an appropriate and
j touching At the sermon. conclusion, Gen.
Evans
announced the services would be
j concluded at the grave.
from the church to the cemetfjiy.
The casket was removed by the
anti proceeded down Broad to Hunter
street, and thence to the cemetery,
\\ hen the procession arrived, the
cemetery which was thronged. Around the
grave, wfis in the eyreem
part ot the grounds, the
people gathered thick, “to catch a
glunpse of the inst sad, solemn rite,
At the grave, Gen. Evans read the
burial service of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in the hearing of
a vast concourse, among whom there
was scarcely a dry eye. Then the
casket was lowered, and the sods hid
forever from view the remains
Benjamin Harvey Hill.
MALARIA
Malaria is an almost in¬
describable malady which
not even the most talented
physicians are able to fath-
om. Its cause is most fre¬
quently ascribed to local
surroundings, and there is
very little question, but this
opinion is substantiated by
facts. Malaria does not nec¬
essarily mean chills and
fever while these troubles
usually accompany it. It
often affects the sufferer with
general lassitude, accom¬
panied by loss of appetite,
sleeplessness, a tired feeling
and a high fever, the per¬
son afflicted growing weak¬
er and weaker, loses flesh
day after day, until he be¬
comes a mere skeleton, a
shadow of his former self.
Malaria once having laid its
hold upon the human frame, the
door of the system is thrown open
to nervous diseases, The body
weak and enfeebled absorbs no
nourishment, but subsisting upon
itself, the digestive organs no
longer perform their functions;
the liver becomes torpid, their and other
organs failing to do routine
work, speedily become disordered,
and dissolution and death are apt
to ensue.
In addition to being a certain cure
for malaria and chills and fever,
Brown’s Iron Bitters is highly
recommended for all diseases requir¬
ing a certain and efficient tonic; es¬
pecially indigestion, dyspepsia, inter¬ loss
mittent fevers, want of appetite,
of strength, lack of energy, etc.
Enriches the blood, strengthens the
muscles, and gives new life to the
nerves. Acts like a charm on the
digestive organs. It is for sale by
all respectable dealers in medicines,
price, $ l per bottle
Be sure and get the genuine
BROWN’S IRON BITTERS.
Take no other.
A POJECTED RIOT.
PLANNED BY THE NEGROES OF
SOUTH ER N ALA BA MA.
From Atlanta Constitution
Mobile, Ala., August 21.— In
Choctaw county, Ala., on 1 ue-sday.
the loth inst., a b indie of papers
disclosing a well organized, pint
amoU g t, be negroes to kill t ie entire
'
wl,,te . .. P«»l»u!at,«>.. , of „ Umt . coun.y. whs
found near one iff their rendezvous by
two gentlemen. The matter was laid
before the solicitor on Bedn slay.
the IGth inst. A qui it meeting of the
citizens of Mount Sterling an 1 Butler
was called at Butler, to consider the
best mo 1 c of suppressing tiie i a tend -
ed outbreak and mas Micro. After a
discussion it was agreed that the
following ringleaders : Jack Turner,
^ • D. Barney. Jessie Wilson, Peter
Hil’, Willi* Lynn, Aaron Bgott and
Range Best, to whom had been
assigned the dutieb of leading squads
IJeSotoville
an< ^ places, and Killing all tiie
whites at each place, should be
arrested and lodged in jail, Their
arrest was effected on Thursday, the
17th without disturbance or bloodshed.
On the s me day a mass meeting of
citizens of nil classes was called for
Saturday to decide t he fate of the
prisoners The -plot has been in
existence since 1872, and the con-
spirators now number 400. They
have powder, -hot and guns. They
think themselves suflicieut.lv strom r
toa , ;u!| t ; leil . fiendish'Jceigua f
. night, . ,
ay t the Dth ot September. _
k a A b een appointed as the date for
its consummation. The papers
further showed that this day was
selected because them tiie white
.
P C 0 P le woui1,1 ]> e at camp meeting
unarmed, and could then oiler no
" ‘‘O, hearing toe papers read, almos,
by » unanimous vote decided that
Jack Turner was a turbulent and
dangerous character, a regular Ore
bracl in tlje C()mmilni ty, and that the
... ^manded . , . .. Ins immediate r .
death. He was accordingly hung at
1.15 p. m., in the presence of the
assembied multitude. The crowd
di * d d u • fd - t b
ceaset * Everything was quiet on
Saturday night. The other prisoners
are still in jail to awaitfurther deveL
op meats.