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THE SOHDATS STORM. FEARFUL OMSTRUCTION OF TIM JP HER IN ATHENS. Tb« Itmta or Oar City Blockaded With Traoa. Uwooflac Houbm. Devastation la the Own- poe. Metre from the Country. Immeaee Dam- ape to Cora and Cotton. The BatUaate Placed at S3 S*er Cent. Little Bridpe and da Bouse Carried Away. A Historical Tree Gone. Frightful Beenes, las Ideate of the Storm. In the Benner-Watchman of a week or ten slays *S° * prophecy was pub lished stating that a cyclone or severe wind storm would visit tills section on the Oth of September. But doubtless our readers placet! no reliance in the warning, and so were utterly unpre pared Rathe fearful stona.tfui^rax-. Ml aged our section on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Atxiut 6 o'clock Saturday evening a drifting raiu set in, that towards night was followed by quite a wind; hut our eiUaeua retired to bed at the u-ual hour with the expectation that il would soon "blow over.” Aliout 1 j o'clock, however, many of them were i aroused by the shrieking of the blast j and the crashing of falling trees, j which fearful scene was kept up until near noon the next day. It was one of tlie most horrible storms we have ever witnessed, almost equaling a cyclone in its destructiveness. By times tlie next morning the whole town was up viewing tlie wreck from window irw : f)9~&vU<y ^cl " - » SE^EVCDER 19.1883.: VOL XXIX. IIDIIHIIUII o ivisviug nuovuiiiiuunuj , ^atv, w «U'» w»v iw» IV» * • ■-•V 1»-aut and. in fact, scarc ely a lot in this beau- 'a™** " ere blown from the Firtt Meth- 1 odist churcli. Hie roof of MrCombs & "What Kind of. Star* r I guess pa and rna were pretty rich one time, for alien they came to California it was on their wedding tour, end cost lots—came by the way of Xew York and property'in Athens *hf estimated at were verv greatly damaged, and the gar- and^nTh^ghfi 1 maid to fo.OOO. dens and flower yards were wellFnigh i f * puna to tifill portion of the city escaped dam- j fmlndly wa8 parUallv blown age. More large oaks were blown off . The church at West End was lifted down in Cobbbam than any other ’ from its foundation and partially tilted pan of the town. Tlie damage to-! ov er. The traces throughout the city ruined. Kveritt’i dog ranch, on Ho^ I "* m - Broad street, gave way and carried 1 during the ’rain, which was driven with it tlie road. Tills will necessi tate the tearin up of theembaiikmeut against the roof with terrific foroe. THIIOCCH THE slATKS. , , „ , . Many telegraph "wires were blown ami building a new and larger water- down and on some lines there was no .way. Several hundred dollars In | means of communication as late as yes- Tlie rain was still coming j dam0(?e wvs (Jo|u . U) the steep ein- terday. The railroads did not suffer as down in torrents, and the trees oon- hanknient llI)(1 culvert llear the oid j SSfUwfwS? ml 11 nued to fall, so that " a8 e to 1 depot, so that tlie construction train in<] the Georgia Pacific all escaped iuju- leavc the house, hut even within Hie i | lad to discontinued. Besides i ry. The Macon branch of the Georgia seojM-of the eye, from any part of tlie work , ( j , R> ».t 0 |>l>ed yester- - "ariied -between Milledgeville eitv.you could form a conception of the , j ln a Kr ,. at lueasure , onaccount of! “ ."Veh!™*! ravages of the storm king. Nearly L,^ uU £ lng fllhd with water. The j )£* fewdref ^Vwn ^ITSSTSS ‘•very street in the eit> uicx Kiukd ground was a perfect loblolly. Many across the Western and Atlantic railroad with fallen trees, fences were broken (lt f l(lo } lan( j s were employed iu col- “ear Smyrna and delayed a train for down or blown away, and a horrible , lecllug the bridge timbers that had I scene of devastation and wreck met | been scattered by the flood. Xotwith- 1 -- - the eye. Hie old < hina trece seemed j landing tlie dam had been broken, . to lie an < special sport for the winds, t | ie r j ver was hank to bank, ■ and at least half of tlicm growing iii . covering many r city were leveled with the ground. ! a | ong its banks. NEWS FROM THE COUNTRY. We yesterday conversed with sev- era! farmers from this and adjacent very shallow, the earth was saturated j counties and they bring gloomy ac- TorrentsId rain fell everywhere. At all with water, and they fell before the : eo „ nts . Cotton, they say. looks like l>oints tlie wind was heavy, but was es- i.. u,f.-ii......ii,. n..» j oga have tieen rolled over the Helds. '“ ‘ u ~ The stalks are whipped nearly up, and the plant lieat into the ground. All the new squares and blooms are torn off, and it is badly damaged. l.nng rows of them were felled, either crii-liing in fences or blocking up the : sired. The roots.of these trees are I to crops was considerable, and fences and trees were blow n down j in many pans of the state, while in some 1 places houses were unroofed, corn was ,i , • , :I , , beat down and cotton was threshed covering many of the bricks piled abollt a waf that must injure it con- I siderably. Commissioner Henderson | said yesterday: 1 “I have news from as far dow n as ! Milledgeville and as far up as Colonel | Peter’s plantation in Gordon county blast like grain before the scythe. But the destruction of timber was not con- lined to the China trees, for many oilier varieties succumbed to the ,i ,,riii. .Many of tlie beautiful trees in l lie campus were leveller! with the j Corn is blown flat with the ground, ground, the tops and large limbs of | an( j ow low-grounds the water lias others twisted off", while portions <>fj covered tfte stalks. Much of it wi'l the grounds were knee deep in twigs ; be fit for nothing except to feed hogs, and branches. Among the timbers | aml tl „hould be gathered at onee. destroyed were many young trees Fodder is ruined, the fields ungather- pcoially severe in the neighborhood of i Norcrosaand near Grittin. I cannot esti- 1 mate the damage to the crops on such limited information as I have. The corn is very generally beat down and cotton is tangled badly. Cotton that was 0]>en was beat out and will be injured, and 1 while the squares were beaten from the young cotton. I would advise tile farm ers that where the corn is down to imme diately raise it up and pack tlie dirt about the roots with the loo;. Cotton might be treated in the same manner. ... . .. | But these are matters that most farmers lately set out. Perhaps the greatest ed looking like they had been combed, j already know about, destruction was on Jackson street, j ,\11 the forward crop not gathered is a leading to the cemetery from Bishop s | total loss. Peas, pumpkins and other corner. It looked like a new ground field crops are destroyed. Kvery ap- thiek tlie fallen timbers. | p] e was blown from the trees and many are wash' d away. The outlook is Indeed gloomy, and planters esti mate the damage from S> to .V) per cent. Maud has draggled them all to pieces. Maud is the baby. Six years old Maud is, and it won’t be long before she will l>e a clerk for Jones & Co. First babies always have the nicest things. Masays the first babies are like second wives. "Well, I am of the opinion that after pa went into his house on Van Xess avenue, he went into stock, whatever that means. Going into stock must be a curious bus-j ness; and sometimes pa eame home looking splendid, and wanted to buv everything, and laughed at uia for being so mean, and not getting better -lothes; and then he wanted to drive in the park and go to tlie theatre. One dav he came home with a brand new carnage and a span of long-tall horses and a coachman and footman. Then sometimes pa came home and looked very blue, and talked about stocks, and 1 began to watch ps, and noticed that sometimes when ' “Well, Flood, what this young merchant ?*| And then I knew it was the rich Mr. Flood, and I looked into his eyes, anti he the money; I will en- note.” ' * <_*•> jumped up and kissed him and me; and Mr. McLane made a for ninety days and I signed "Jones & Co.” and Mr. Flood wrote his name on the back of its I : took the tnonev away iu a canvass bag, that Mr. McLane said I must bring ba<&, and I took tho money to pa; aud didn’t he looked sur prised when Fpoored out the great big gold pieces on the counter. Then I toid; Mm what had happened at the bunk, and when I asked him if he didn’t think t was a pretty good business wo man after all,I guess he felt real ashamed. After this I never see anything like it —such lots of carriages, and nice ladies kepti coming every day. and most of them traded with me, and par was just as happy as he could be. Jones & Co. was making lots of money. When I took Mr. Flood’s money 'back I just marched right through the bank, past the big counters, into Mr, McLane’s TOortf and I took very good care to let the clerk tlia' laughed at me before see the bag. Mr. Flood was there and Mr. McLane, and I opened tho bag. Mr. Floral came up and laughed, and Mr. McLane laughed, and I heard Mr. Flood tell Mr. McLane that they would have the Ifinch to-day. And tnen Mr. Flood told uie If I wanted to borrow money laughed the iraidest “he looked m "if he I ap ‘ in no , t . to 8° to any other bank but to wall ted to erv, and ttenhe^dthe V"* I thanked him, and ien the l,n.w» «®.i!n‘.„ I!Ij £* r - McLane brought ay note cancelled horses, and then the house, and then the hv * hi"* y "?* •“"T* furniture was sent to the auction and bl , Ue 111111 stamjieU across the felt verv bad and mi fit* lace right over where I wrote "Jones & iself Co.”. Then I told Mr. Flood that when himself any more and nevertold me sto ries nor kissed me; and once when Maud was asleep in tils arms he kissed her ami cried, and when I told mashe guessed pa did not fee! verv well, and then she *° ,llHt they W0 »«ln'L havi to go into ,.-;.wi .1,; : neu * ne . anymore nastv board nit-houses, and . After this w'e went to a boarding u. Kverythlnr was trpli «nnnvh cried house. Kvery thing was well Vnongh“ only a boanling house ain’t like home. Then the liaby came, and it died, and ma almost died; and I heard pa say 9 the man that kept the boarding house that lie was pretty tight up, but it was alt coming out right; and the next day pa didn t have any watch nor any sleeve buttons. I didn’t aeem to notice it, be cause I raw that maybe he had told them to pay board; and I heard pa and ma talk away in the night, and sometimes ma cried, and pa would look in the just felled, Jtut you could see evidences of tlie slorm all over the city. X» section escaped. In Dr. Camak’a yard it Mew down an oak L’hO years old, a Very- large varnish tree and others. Moil-! day liiornitig early hands were at j work clearing up the wreck, atiJ | tflie of the most practical and experi- TIIK U1LI IN SAVANNAH. Savannah, Sept. 10.—The fury of the cyclone swept Savannah at SI o'clock tiiis morning. Tlie velocity of the wind was forty-two miles an hour. The damages bo the city is slight. At Mont gomery, ten miles' from the city, about 1125 damage was done to the piling of the wharves and take enclosure. There was slights damage at the Isle of Hope. Twenty-five miles up the Savuunah , . v , ., . , . i river the storm was very severe and the t apt. John X. Montgomery, who is , crops have been badly injured, and A ftOHBATK VIEW. many families will save enough wood j euced farmers in the slate, casts a ray to nearly do them the winter. lliej () f sunshine on the destruction from city is also reaping a rich harvest in the storm. He says where the cot- fuel, mid all tlie street hands ure at ton is not beat into the ground, that work laying lu a supply for the public j ^ storm will prove a benefit, by- use. several disputes have already stopping the growth of the weed and neeurred us to the ownership of certain i causing the bolls to mature. He says D ees. I when the weed is heat down very low We have heard of no serious damage 1 j t should Ire raised, and a few days of to buildings. Duri **“ ' the tin roof on lieav Go’s new building was blown up and ; t . oril „ not materially harmed, but : S"ie"35Tt 5*%SE£S5*. water began to drip through the plas- the late planting is certainly mined, before daylight, however, the numbers o| trees were prostrated throughout the section. The east side of the cyclone struck .Savannah and the centre al>out Atlanta, with which (dace there is no communication, as the wires are down. No damage is reported to shipping. THESTOKM AT CHARLESTON. AVvi anti Camrier.. An agreeable surprise awaited the people of Charleston yesterday morning. morning jnst as if he hadn’t slept a wink, ami I don’t believe he had. Once it was dreadful. I*a came home tipsy* and I never saw ma feel so bad, never- and then they talked itover, and finally ma went home to grandpa’s in Xew i ork, w ith Maud, and I staved with pa to go to school. Then pa kept getting Worse and worse, and went to live in rooms and eat at restaurant*; and pa stayed out late at nights, and 1 guesa he drank more than was good for him, and I thought something had got to be done iso 1 said to |,a one day: "l*a, let’s go into business and open a store." And he laughed and said: "What kind of a store?” And 1 said; "Oh! a candy store, or a stationery store, or a thread and needle store, just such as women keep and little girls help in.” A " d ‘auithed and said he would think of It, and when he came homo that we felt able to send for ma I should come over and borrow some money because I wanted to buy a house for maaud Maud, any (more nasty boarding-houses, and Mr. Flood said 1 should have all the uonfcy I wanted. —« When we sent for ma and Maud, grandpa gave ma the money to come and so ve didn’t have to borrow any more, and we took u nice cottage, not very) nesr the store, for pa didn’t Want ma tp know about Jones A Co., though I _ , , - tvtod o’clock 1 :K* K During the storm i, ot sunshine will bring most of it 1 indications pointed to adtsasteroiis gale i he f er ani 1 ?J¥*»„ a,,d1 leaves, Xicbolson A j straight. The G.ptaiu ray. early SHA-fiHfS 1 * l - »’ todld?!«®«t,i g was blown up and i.'nnt mai^rUllo hundrafi* Of thousand*-of dollars Uaved at home, and , itonars , ^ at home and wretemaalong weather ‘i/'.w nextda >' 1 went into a store tlnmder ! a niraokl lady i P raz y tell her. She thought pa had it store down town and I Was going CO school. 1 told lots of fibs about beiug detained at school, going down town, rad Forts of-stories to account for being home late. One day who should I see coming into the store but ma. "Ifave you any pearl buttons, little girl?” said ma. “Yes. ma’am,” said 1 looking her right square in the face. "Goodaesagraclmis!" said ma. "Is thatyou,fVevie?’’ ^ •<•••“ i said, "Beg pardon, ma’ani, what did you want?” And then ma looked at me again. j», 1 had a store apron on and a small cap like a French girl; and because I wasn’t very high pa bought me a pair of wooden brogans with felt buttons, into which I slipped my feet, and they made me four or five inches taller, and ma starred at me, and then laughed and saiil: “Oh, I beg your pardon, little girl; you look so much like my daognter Genevieve that I thought you were her.” Then I heard pa snicker down behind the counter. He had seen ma come in, and he hid. Just as soon as uia went out pa jumped up and laughed and said: “Snatch otT your apron and cap, Vavie, and run around the block and get home before your mother.” V I did;- so, and when ma got bogie she the most surprised person von ever j passed. w ater, however, dripped through, hut caught iu tubs and no material l been cut from the tree that grow j over ltoiiepart’s grave at St. Helena, by Commodore Talnall, and planted brightly wind continued blowing at the rate of about thirty miles an hour during the day, but it came from the south and ... ... . from a clear sky. and it was generally ....... ... '"'Dm to thestorin of. aturday night, thought that charleston had escaped Childs, Nickerson A Co's new build- | negl«-ted iondU^Vnd^U*£jt“b2 I ,!l , i8cyclon ?“ las ‘j Tl, % l - vclo ” e re P or , t - i \i i ,i,.u Kin...,, tl,e 1 i 1 i* 1 " , , ’ 11 " ^ e< * as moving northeast from Pensacola i „g. Ma.o l-rleks w ere blmwi from the : u^.l astire. w.hsI by the darkeys who , wouW scarcely touch Charleston if it preserved that direction, but the iudica- daiimge done to the stock. A similar I by tlie hand of thut old warrior, fella accident happened to the roof on j tops of chimneys Into Broad street, own the lot where it stands. Our col- preserved that direction, but Uie iudiea- I.ut fortunately no one was out at the ■ * e * e should preserve the trunk of this . t | on Saturday night were very glooinv , i„, . We heard of several houses lie- I 1 , 01641 ° ' trec and give it a place in a feeling of intense relief was ex'- III1K. weuearuoi snerai Houses ne the museum. Dr. Camak says there nerb.m-ed when vestenlav nassed with- iug slightly damaged by falling trees,! is no doubt about this tree being a outauy serious remits. but only two instances worthy of men- j scion from tit. Helena, for lie can re- - ■ ■ » » « »Instances worthy of men- lion. A new frame house on Foundry j w * ,en Commodore latnal! j street, occupied by Henry Bass and | family, colored, was torn from its pil- I NEWS FROM III ONEE A All WALTON. Yesterday we received the must dis- lais and settled on the ground. The j tressing reports from both Oconee and ■ inmates escaped unharmed. Another Walton counties. In the latter coiintv old frame building belonging to Mr. j ihe’tto’rn wa-perhaps the severest, for Hampton, near Mrs. LeSeur’s, was WATER-SPOPTS IN CALIFORNIA. BwooniM tn » Land Whir* There Wm No Water. The Lais Angelos (Cal,) Commercial ‘ays: A series of the most destructive blown Jiartly over, ecaroely a tenet is left standing, al- "eter-epouteever recorded ran riot over though" the damage was frightful In both ! portions*)? Kern, San Bernardino and occupants sections. Cotton not want to sell her store, and she said • •Dttyousxnttoi’uy a 8torei „ ul ^ girl. And I raid : "My pa does.” And she smiled and said she guessed the shanff would have one to sell m a few days. I said I would tell pa, because he knew Mr. Ionian the sheriff. It was one of Mr. Xornan’s men that sold pa’s house and furniture for him And next day I told p a about the stoie, and what a nice one it was, and he had been a dry-goods man once, and had a large store, and sold silk dress goods, ami velvets and furs and laoes worth more than a thousand dollars apiece. • 1 don’t know exactly what pa did, but thmk something "turne I up”afew days afterwards, for I heard him ray he had made a raise, and he showed me more than 11,000 in gold and notes, and for a day or two he carried them In a side from the (fwunuU Jltmtl. On last Thursday, the peoples’ can didate for Congress, Col. A. D. Candler, arrived in Lawreneevllle. In antici pation of his arrival, a considerable crowd had assembled at the depot with a brass band, to give him a hearty re ception. When the train roiled in be was welcomed by stirring strains of musk* ami cheers from the crowd. He eame out on the platform and was in troduced by MaJ. Simmons, and re turned thanks to the crowd for the re ception, modestly stating that it was not him but the principles which he represented, that had secured him sueh distinguished honor. He was accompanied to the hotel by a large part sf the crowd. lie after wards came down to the public square and was introduced to many of our citizeus who were anxious to shake hands with the coming Congressman from the 9th District. He occasionally met with some old comrade who knew hiui on tlie tented-field and had not seen him since the war. There is a strong tie that hind men together who were associates in danger and suffering. He met men here who with him suff ered the horrors of the siege at Vicks burg; anil far away front their homes looked disease anil starvation in the face, with the same intrepidity that they moved down on yaukee batteries belching forth leaden death. His plain, unpretentious liearingaiiil courteous manner won friends every where. ne is just us polite to the humblest laboring man as to the Judge on the bench, and is at home among the farmers and mechanics, in whose interest he has tailored with marked success. As soon as Court adjourned the crowd assembled at the stand, where the speaker was introduced by Mr. M. L. Simmons with a few appropriate re marks. He liegan his speech by expressing his gratification at meeting so many of the farmers, mechanics and laboring men of Gwinnett, as that was the class he desired to talk to in reference to the great questions of government in which all were alike interested. He was not in the habit of making politi cal sfieeches, as this was the second one he had ever attempted. Since the war he had devoted his time to deve loping the material interests of the country, anil not in manipulating its polities, and therefore lie did not claim to l»e skilled in tlie art of public speak ing. When gr *at issues are presented to the ]>eople, it is necessary that they should meet together, take counsel of cucli other and discuss them calmly and dispassionately. I know that jsditics has become ob noxious to many of our best jiUzens, that it Is regarded as disreputable be cause it has been left it the hands of saw. We knew tiiis tiling wouldn’t last,, professional politicians, men who and to that night we toid uia all about ; make it a business, and are willing Sf fe 1 ** of * c ®-*’ t*?* 1 "V* tiftrade and traffic on it for their own kissed pa, and said he was a noble fel-! ...eh .. , , low, and "just as good as gold,” anil that I ““‘■nt, "hile the bone and ■she ■“never was so proud of him In all j s * ,le " °f the'land, the working men, her life." and fell to kissing him and I have been ignored. But the time has crying and taking 01*. I never raw* nia 1 come when every man,when the mass- slie was "making love to him over again.” Well, now the story is aboutover. Ma came down to the stow to help, jkt first she looked kinder Sheepish, especially when some lady came in she had known at the Lick House; she soon got over all that and began to make bonnets, and we had a millinery store, and then she insisted upon saving the expense of a separate house, and we moved into a larger store next door, with nice rooms fixed to live iu and a nice show window for bonnets; and little Maudie is be ginning to be handy about, and all of us work, and we are just as Iiftppy as the days are long, and have lots of money. i have never seen Mr. Flood' but o'nce since, when I went down to the bank nneket and v“" T *‘ uc unbeknown to pa, and told Mr. Flood hla hand over I and Mr. MeLane that any time they The Appidadiet)river and all die streams coming tact with lue foot bridge across Carr’s branch carried that structure away. All day Sunday hands were at work | corn was beat to the ground, anil when catching and lashing Umbers to the | submerged with water Is a total loss, as banks. Many pieces, however, were lost. The Itoat used to convey thread the stage road between Calient and Lone w “| nan * nd partner. 1 And sure enough, in a favy «gyg we went into the store, and aver the door I was a great Wg sign of "Jones A Co.," were from bank to bank, and many Hue, moving north. It was terrible in fields were under water yesterday. The its work of destruction tor 160 miles in _ ^ extent. For nine miles it followed the - jjnd jpa said J was the “Co, it cannot be 'gaVIjereJ"and"’qscTbidoreTt ,ine ot tlie s Wfi u r° aJ i antl awav One farmer will not gather ten completely, in places It ploughed the bushels of seed com from l.VI acres, that: track of the road for thirty feet in depth, and cloth between the two factories he counted on yesterday between 4,000 Th _ . , w as lodged on the dam, but the river i and .->,000 bushels. The destruction u ,, Tl'c tupervjsora of hem county have did not get quite high enough tocarry i tjml.er was immense, but the los- is not a force of men and teams to remake . 1 H J I thought ot when compared with tlie ; the road. This epout came through the his old friends to know that he was sell- needle* sod thread and tape and things. We had two snug little rooms in the back of the store to sleep In, and I made pa’s bed and swept out the rooms and tidied things. At first pa shut up telegraph w ires broken, and the train I tukei111,0 lariocis, bail to ts> frequently stopped to out j away trees from across the track. The : THE n vMAC.E AHOrXn ATHENS, We conversed yesterday with several 7, «; , , , i farmers living in this county, and tliey n bouse ot Sir. \\ eeks, lielow W iu- I report the destruction as tearful to crops. terville, was blown to pieces, and a ' Cotton is badly damaged, while young bale or so of cotton stored therein lost. The water washed the road-.bed away, tiottlie rails remained, and held the debris of the elorm in miscellaneous confusion. In the mass of matter arrest ed by the rails and ties were two grizzly A shed at Winterville was also des troyed by the wind. Hut the principal damage is to crops. Cotton was whipped into the earth, ;311**™. * uw »»..,ber °f loss. All the lowgrouiuU were under ral)l>it», wild oats, various kinds of w ater, and the fodder was stripped into snakes, (about SCO of them;,rattlesnakes, ribbands. Xoue of it is worth gathering. The pea crop is an entire failure. We tiear of no bridges washed away In the , , , . ... i county, but the destruction of timber ther and being killed by the llying mass many of the boils beaten off. llie j was enormous. The greatest violence of I of stones, gravel, and all manner of mat- ilamage to this crop, if it now stays I the storm seemed to have centered iu a | tp r »h a t wi clear, is estimated at from 25 to 3.1 per sweep of about 30 miles, Athens being . cent., while if the Irains continue it m ar tho mi ‘ ltlie ' " I P TIIK COI KTRV. From what we can Rather crops were will he almost a total loss. The de- atruclion to corn was fearful. Much , ... - and we kiwi splendid times. We wont out to a nice place across the street for our meals; I tended when pa went.aud pa tended while I went. One day pa came in and looked dread fully troubled, and then I said: "Pa ain’t I a partner, and don’t parnners have a right to know everything, and ain’t you hiding something about Jones A Co, ’ And then I found out that pa had bought too many things lor the store and tha: a note for $1,0011 had to be pidd, and that’s what made pa leal bad. And then l thought and wondered how I could get $1,000: and I kept on thinking over everybody that I guessed had $1,000, About tlie same time on the op|K>site I and every one that I guessed had It I many coiled around -the rails to save themselves from being whirled any fur- ter that was hurled aloug by the rest- side of tlie raountians, oq the south fork not as badly damaged in the upper conn- of the Kern river, another spout came ■ t* ^ ldle t be rps *’ 1h j ties as those below, although tlie desola- ! down the canon and carried away a fine Icieled w ith the earth, and unless at tlon everywhere was fearful. It swept .. nf i ,i ie ignj with water •nice gat up will certainly rot. The 1 through .facksou with great velocity, car- . ’. . . .. ', s-ni-R W..u rying nearly everything Is-fore it, and iejon Pass another similar storm j vadn; the cellar is fuH guessed would DOC lend It to pa. Ant then I thought about the rich Mr.Flood, and 8ald;'”I’ll go dovn-tahishuik and get it, for he’s M* mope thousand grouuds^aud ou^nosT'MMthe^bottom 4 me rotr^oOVio the ^aiw, destroy millions; and dawp to tlttrlHItig of Xe- ’ ' ' u "- ’ ‘ and, of i,<,. . | scene of desolation Is visible tin every iug thellffle Indian vUUgoinrainstant, H r ‘ and the crop will lie a total loss. hand. .Clarke, Oconee, Walum and pof- J * here was a great deal of late corn, fiT.ni which the fodder had not been ' stripped, and this was torn Into rib bands. The only hope our farmers now have of even a partial crop is a late fall and several weeks of hot, dry weather, to draw up the plants. Miles'upon miles of fencing were car bons of Oglethoris) seems “X carrying away their horaee, houses,dogs, ed most. Above and below this line the 1 <' orr * sad vir^vards, and drowning wind was not so strong or constant,'al- . ot the' ludians and wounding ravag** ** contemplate tlie every one more or less. The great, dry A lUUOUTKR Ol TLOOX. 'Ve yesterday met and conversed Willi Messrs. Smith ami Frank Howard, two experienced and practical farmers of 1 soil. plain, for twenty-miles north, to I’ampa, Win noweert%Linta.a lake. whieh slowly settled away into the hot and. thirsty course, he don’t nra.Unll the time; and ‘ ant*A-4ia take it . . , tei^st.” And then I jumped nppnd hurl and took my he«t gloves, torti off- combed niv hair, an went to tlie Nevada I wanted to barrow" el and said he Mr. McLane- s clerk said Mr. McLane rUl •«» - - . Oglethorpe, and they do not think the | Already there appears to be fonnd the ried away, and crojis (eft exposed to, lute storm will prove as disastrous to t k « of (ou of U ase ,i rea( j( u i an rt won . the stock. Kvery available hand wa« crops as many suppose. They ray the ! ° ! 'irraaiutanit w on- -very available hand was ;| t work Sunday and yesterday re building, but It seems like an endless task. In Athens, cows were seen feeding in fine gardens, and many of them bad every panuelof fence car ded away. up in count! a5r Tliere waa immense destruction to baber ln Uie upper portion of Athens. [Mny-seven trees were blown down * Mr. Pbiniiy’s front yard; Mr. R. -kora' fence was torn away and Jeft w lot exposed; a large oak brushed • Oran Oliver’s house, taking off of the shingles; a giant of the j^cauto near crashing in Mr. B. Avail’s front porch; Dr. Hunni- crops ss many suppose. They say the hot, dry weather will bring oat the plant, and the storm will really benefit ; ilerful storms tliat move from south to north. As they all oame from• part of It where very rank by exposing the bolls ; the country Where there Isno water, tlie to the sun. When corn is not tx> - 1 - it will recover from Uie effects of the question naturally arises, where did the overflow. The most serious Joss is to I waler romefrom? Those who saw the peas and fodder. They Uiink wTO amply cover the detna; stormlilt stays clear a few days. THE DAM AUK IN ATLANTA. The damage in Atlanta was very great, although no injury to persons wee done and oo serious loss to any single Individ ual was sustained. Perhaps the loss that is most apparent and will be most regretted was the destruction of shade Uses and shrubbery. Upon every ataset slurb).trees were .blown dowu, and yea- taMay tbs people were busy in cutting them up rad clearing them away. Signs “d awnings were blown down and In several instances heavy tin awnings cent. ; floods ray that £he water came in a body, the as if a lake had fallen the, earth. \fhohas test any lakes?’,M aiUK speak! ti^e ojfly lakes near the source, of the sttamsafS dry lakes, which everybody who evengraveied over would be giad to lose, without goffering any reward for their return. It is probably that this great cataclysm may not bo au unmixed evil. The great furrows ploughed by this gigantic force must change the fea tures of the country- very materially. In this change it is sitoaethet probable that veins of metal have been exposed along its track. ’or Jones & Co., on my and letaMMaed >. -1 asked And then I saw the clerk thht laughed at me, ami 1 smiled at him, and bowed; and since then he lias been buying all his glovea at the store. I told him I thought he used a great many pairs of gloves, and he sald-they wore out very last counting money.^ He is dreadful particular about his gloves, and if there Isnobody In the store but me he Is some times half an hour picking out just the klfid he wants. Pa lias bought a splendid gold watch —* real stMU-wlMer ; flifd we—“Jones &Co.’\~have bought a nice large lot out on Governor Stanford’s railroad, and paid lor it; and if tho times ure good this summer, as pa thinks they will lie, we shall have a house of our own again. Rztrsetfrom Ingersoll's Speech in the Trial of the Star Route Frauds. Yet this prosecution, this govern ment, these attorneys, representing the majesty of the republic, represent ing only the real republic, have' asked you not only to violate the law of the land, but also the law of nature.. They have maligned nature. They have laughed at mercy. They have tram- P*d ou£b neblest humanity, and have even made light liecaose the wife in this trial has eat hy her hus band’s side. There W a painting in Bouvre—a painting of the desolation of despair and love. It represents the “Night of the Crucifixion." The world is wrapped iu shadow; the stars are dead; and yet in the darkness Is seed kneeling a form—it is Maty Mag- handwpress- t of Christ. Tbs skies were never dark enough nor starless enough; the storm was never ftbwe enough mov wild [enough; th" quick bolta of heaven were never lurid enough; the arrows of slandehliever flew thick enough to drive a noble woman fb>m her husband’s side, [aii- plause] and so It is in all of the human iu the world d0 far And Iraki:, “I want to. Wn 000." ,* J s. Mr. McLane turned hfa ch me, - raying* with as muoli was all thfpi' Then I began to*get-arinhd^gwd cried, ami then J told Mr.-Alel^ne ^gll about pa and “Jones.' wanted tadiXW would pay it baok kinder prated, name was, and 11 store was, and all find how the baby; was not very much like buslnoes, don’t know what Mr. MolAae — know aboac all that for. at me again, and 1 guesa ing to let me have the money, when a dalenwltflff ed ngainst'^lkbl Macont Telegraph: c ^Mnioiy Hpedr can not sahrehln.self fifitMfjust coildeiiu nation by lltfwlng IgMGoveritfh* Col quitt has done just '•Kit he Usppeused ofdoing. His defence on thff post- offlee question lajMifao defence at all. If Upiovea as bad a record on the **V has, H merely of them ought to or Colquitt has rro question vs thSflioth I hold of the reins. There is danger of the time return ing when the people will be burdened with taxes and your government plac ed in the hands of men who will waste your earnings. Mr. Speer and I are mere incidents of the campaign. You are to vote for principles and good government, and it is a matter of lit tle importance to you whether either one of the aspirants for congress suc ceeded. ’When you come to the ballot box to settle the issues between us, you should not stop to consider the men, but vote for the principles we represent. You should not ask, who are you? but what do you believe? Whether the principles that I advo cate should prevail, or those represent' ed by my opponent. One of us has been nominated by a party, If elected he will he bound to carry out its ancient principles—prin ciples that have been recognized by good men as important to good gov ernment fbr one huudred years. Men rise and fall, but principles arel immu table. The party I represent is composed of men who belonged to both of the old political parties. After the war, old whigs and democrats laid down their ancient prejudices rad united to battle against a new foe, and they are standing together to-day. The issues that divided the old parties sink into Insignificance in comparison with the issues that are presented to the people to-day. Who compose this new coali tion? There are three elements. First, there are the radicals who are seeking to change our form of government in to a centralized despotism, the negro vote, aud democrats who have been seduced Into uniting with them. Who are opposed to the Democratic party in this distric ? Men like Hen ry P. Farrow, who recently weut to Habersham county, gathered a few negroes in an old outhouse and had them so send delegates to the State Convention. Gen. Longstreet, the United States Marshal, the man who trained his gatling guns on southern white men in the streets of New Or leans to maintain a negro govern ment; the deputy marshals, revenue collectors and their deputies, the in' formers, spies rad. pimps, who. are dragging Innocent then before the courts and harrassing them with vex atious prosecutions. These men are fighting me all over the district, and whenever you find one you will find a bitter enemy of mine and the democratic party.. Mr. , spoor . la receiving the support of the republi can party, although there la a republi can, Mr.Duggar, in the field. I have no attaoir to ihakei on Mr.'Speer’s pri vate character, that belongs to him and, his family, but bis public record is a matter of legitimate investigation and comment, and it is with that f pro pose to deal. He was elected as a dem ocrat and has made a record as ypur In his speech; JSiflHacon Mr. Ste phens stated that he endorsed every word, syllable and senjtence of the re- oent State Democratic Kxecu ti ve Com mittee’s >addrws.. This puts . him square on the democratic platform, STEPHENS'SPEECH * THIS NEXT GOVERNOR’S ELO- QUENT ADDRESS AT MACON. H» Rfrvlewn H!« Career ae a Cofederaie and da a Democrat. Denies That He Mrmr Bad Words With President Darts. t BU» Position with Ro- gartl to fir Fftltoti. Athmta (’unAhtitiktn. Macon, September 9—Despite a terr, blc storm of tain and wind, an immense audience, representing the best element ol Macon and Bibb population, including many ladies, assembled at Masonic Hall iu this city to-uight to hear tba address of Hon. A. H. Stephens. A brass band dispensed mnstc on the occasion. Tlie distinguished speaker- was Introduced glorious life and character or tne Hfns- trious nominee for governor of the dem ocratic party of Georgia. Mr. Stephens appointed again to the office. He re ferred to the course of Mr. (Stephens, who, when a vacancy occurred in the J spoke with great power and ] brilliancy Augusta post-office, did not hunt up a negro politician to fill it, but secured the appointment of Mr. Holden, a wliitp republican. Mr. Candler was interrupted by one of Mr. Speer’s supporters, who asked him at the request of Speer, to furnish the proof of the charge made in his letter that money had been sent south to bribe voters. The sjieaker at ! once turned to the evidence taken tie- fore a congressional committee in which the witness stated that $106,000 had heen distributed in seventeen con gressional districts iu the south. The reading of the testimony elieited loud cheers from the crowd- He then discussed the injunction which Mr. Hpecr had obtained to pre vent his letters to the president and and his address was received with tre mendous applause, showing the speak er’s popularity and the convincing truth of his arguments. A committee of emi nent citizens occupied the stage with Mr. Stephens. After returning thanks for the compliment of addressing so dis tinguished and large an audience, he proceeded to discuss the salient points of his oration, asking his hearers not to strike till they heard liim, and if, after he had spoken, they could not agree with li is. then they might strike. But Mr. Stephens carried his audience en thusiastically with him. as to UIS RELATION WITH MR. 1>AV|S, He claimed that not an unpleasant word ever passed between them from tin- beginning of the war to its close, and whatever he did was for the good of t In- South. As a part of his war record lie, cited the fact that he had not been able to work in twelve years owing to the rheumatism contracted when lie was in- .-arcerated in prison as one of the South- neirro Doliticiaiw from heino made i ern 1 «* dera * He showed his democracy negro pouut tan. iror.i tieing mam t0 be j mre an j -nmnd, founded upon true and living principles, and that in publie, In reference to the persecution dodge he read an article from the New York nooiet of his life couid lie be shown ad vocating tho breaking down of the Dem- Kun putting Mr. Speer’s name in the E^mid centralizatioif as^suw It black list, to show what was the opin- fully encountered, and he was for organ- ion of people in other sections of the j iration heart and soul in the Eeniocratic party. Do not divide, but present a strong bulwark to the common enemy. HOME UrI.B WILL UK LOST and pro8|>erity lice the country if the co alitionists triumph. If Georgians love liberty, if they love the institutions of their country, now is the time for them to stand shoulder to shoulder. He said that lie had been asked to-day, and he could not tell why, if he was ’in accord with the recent address issued by the Democratic Kxecutive Committee of Georgia, and the only answer that lu* had to make was that he was perfectly IN ACCORD WITH KVERY WORD country of his course in congress. He denied the charge made by Mr. Speer that he had gone to Atluutu to beg Mr. Stephens to come up iu this district and help him in liis canvass as absolutely false. He had not spoken to Mr. Stephens, except at the time Htephens was nominated for governor. He referred in feeling terms to Air. Speer’s sneer in the Clarkesvillc sjiecch at the wounds the s)>eaker re ceived in battle. He was not ashamed of his record as a soldier and called on aml s - vdald ‘ ! ol ' t * lu address, and by it lie was willing to live or die. He was will ing to Compare part records w ith G men in the audience who hud slept oil the same blanket with him at Vicks burg to say whether he discharged his duty in the hour of trial. In conclusion the speaker said that this was a white man’s government and he believd that white men should al Gartrell, who claims to be a better Deuioc.at than he was. If that is so why then did lie not juiu the great Dem ocratic host and march on with us to victory. Mr. Stephens said he ha never yet done an act that was not < noted to Georgia's beat interests, i rule it,and he expected to be elected 1 e ,V er , 5 act V 1 ll ‘ 8 “i* ® overilor would w discharged towards the same grand eif v e by the votes of white men. He had no prejudice against the colored peo ple; was williug for them to have all He was fora free ballot and a fair con in and stood by the old Jeffersonian prin ciple of acquiesence in the will of the the rights of life, liberty and property* majority. In the tiending contest the , . . .. ... *' - radical nartv desired to given to white men; but he was not! I radical party desired to j CRESS TIIK RACK ISSI'E. in favor of elevating them to office lie deprecated the {silicy as being in- o\*er the heads of white men. | juri .us to the iutcrei.ts of tlie colored people, and he advised them to vote i j ... . - ...... i i° r that man tlu-v liked best, but they had acted heretofore with the m- j 1U . T w 11EN TH k colorkd rack bam. dependents or the organization to ral- j together against tlie whites they ai i-e ly to tlie party this fall and defeat the Sgxinst their truest friends. Ilis entire coalition j lue proved hiui to lie a warm friend o> . .. , .the negro, and as long as he lived lie In the almve cursory view of the I would contribute to 7heir gocsl. Mr. siieech we do not preteud to give tlie l Stephens said tliat in IN7S he was for exact language of the speaker hut on- j 1-elton, because Felton waa an avowed ly to present sorneof the salient points i , tll . l '! cniC 118 1,L ‘ professed ; blit Fellon’s made in the snceeh i 1,1,811 0,1 no * 8eemed hostile to the dem- maae in the speech. | oeratic party, and under such circum- Mr. Candler remained over all day stances Mr. .Stephens said he was op- Friday and mingled with all classes of , posed to Felton and to any man who our citizens from whom he received ! ool ’pht to disrupt the democratic party. cheering words of encouragement. LETTER FROM UWRENCEVILLE- For the Danner- WntehmAn. - LAWKKsoevii.LK, Sap. 7th, lss”. I had the exquisite pleasure of rolling into Lawreuceville yesterday on the 1 same train with the poor, persecuted he ro of I'anther creek fame, Kmory Speer, and the famous Yankee radical editor of cow-hide notoriety, l’cter F. Iaiwshe. Not a solitary individual met these noted characters on their arrival. Mr. Speer repaired at once to the hotel ai d didn’t show his head until the time for the delivery of his harrangue arrived. His speech was principally* made up of abuse of everybody conuected with the Banner-Watchman office, from devil up to editor, but seemed inclined to heap the greater part of his abuse upon Capt. G. H. Yancey, calling him a blue-blood ed patrician, Ac. He charged Col. Can dler having gone to Atlanta for thepur- Mr. Stephens’ peroration was beam'i- | ful, and the audience hung in rapt at tention upon his every word. After ! Stephens’ address, loud call were made j| for Hon. Thou. Hardeman, who made a few remarks iu behalf of democratic^ | victory; and unanimo'ilft support of Its’*' lemacratic guliernatorinal standard LETTER FROM JEFFERSON. Spoor's Speech and tho Storm. Kditor Banner-Watchman:— Mr. Speer’s speech here yesterday was listened to by an unusually'small au. dienee, oyviug partly, I suppose, to high waters, but mainly to the indif ference our people feel towards a ster eotyped defence of appointing negroes to office aud self-laudation. The “"hoopers,” at a wink from each oth- pose of Inducing Hon. A. H. Stephens _ to j er * would applaud his lame apologies stump the district for him, which, like and stale anecdotes. But the intell;. every other charge he made, was utterly I gent, honest voters are tired of this false. He then proceeded to read an i m. j . j . , , “ reu "* 1,1,8 extract from a speech he (Speer) made i ,nde l ,en(lent dodge right into tlie during the last session of Congress, republican camp, aud never have we which showed that Mr. Speer j seen such a determination to defeat it whTte man In “e^eVre^c!:. Vu p e '’^"he.e manifested to-day. thought by many that his speech caused , l ronil,lent politicians as well as quiet atleastfifty or a hundred of his strongest farmers are now boldly working for supporters to desert him. I really think j Candler, and liets are offered to be “«»p*« * m » to,,, i. many noyv not only pay htsexpenses but a big sal- ! „ 7 ‘ ‘l, not I ary to stamp the entire district, for he is i 1Iarrisl,ur S ‘1 istriet, and undoubtedly killing himself most effect-. $Mnk Candler’s majority iu Jackson ually. While he lutd a tolerably fair i will be 500 or more. auuience, his speech had no effect upon them except to turn a large number to Candler) As soon as he was through with his speech he again returned to tlie hotel, where he remained until time for the train to leave, when he and his Peter, with bowed heads silently- inarched through the streets to the depot aml embarked. Col. Candler arrived this morning on the S.15 train and was met at tlie deiiot by at least 200 enthusiastic supporter* headed by the laiwrenceville brass band As the traiu came in sight the band struck up a lively strain, which, in connection with his warm reception considerably enthnsed Col. Candler) who, after disembarking, made a happy little speech, thanking them for the honor couferred upon him by this unex pected manifestation of their apprecia tion for him as the standard-bearer of the democracy. After the every man in the crowd marched up shake the hand of our “uncle Allen.' The Colonel spoke t»-dav at 2 o’clock from a platform erected by his friends in tlie courtyard, to a very large, intelli gent and appreciative audience, lie said that tlie charge Mr. Speer made against him the dav before, in regard to hU having gone to Atlanta to InduceHon. A. H. Stephens to come I into the Ninth and help him ont.wag ut The persecution wail failed to excite the sympathies of many, and tlie statement that he would rather kiss a negro baby than Gantt, of tlie Ban ner-Watcli man, was enough to raise the price, of cologne aud "cinnamon draps.” There are many sensible negroes here who will not vote for Speer, and If the Democracy will only turn out aud vote, the intelligence of Athens and Atlanta will no longer be insulted with negro postmasters and custom house officers; l.ut the intelligence of the south will be represented in Col. Candler, and questions of vital inter est to the south will be advocated ) speaking "i'h an ability that Georgia will be bed up to 1 proud of. We have it from reliable parties just from Union und Towns counties that men are now opetrly for Candler who have heretofore voted for Hpecr. THE STORM Here on last Sabbath was the severest one for many years, and it is thought reprerontetjva. When lie 1 went to. convinced ev . Washington, did be consort with dem- "R1 be elected derate—did he unife with men like Bayard, Hill and othef great men who were battling against ’ radical rale ? No, air, he set htinself up as an Independent’and /zefused: to act with the party. He knew better the inter ests of the country than dll of the other representatives In the state—than the entire party of the Uhiiin.' potatmentof 1SfotHavte^^tta Athens all enjoyed good health. teriv false, and that he bad not spoken i 1,118 la rgeiy damaged corn aud cotton, to Mr. Stephens hut once In ten years, 1 almost leveling both to the earth, fmmUtetely Xr^Srion “tor | uk ‘ ng mU< * of “ “f . and governor. He said that Mr. Snee? I alar «« a u>Lunt with high water. The claimed to be the candidate of tho wool- stream** were every where out of hat boye, apd asked them to pause, re- j banks, completely Hooding bottom 2!® tw ? candidates lands and covering up a good deal of and decide xor themselves which looked a ,, . . Inost like a wool-hat boy. Col. Candler I flue corn ’ 0,1 of whlch thc fodder had certainly made a moat eloquent, lost met- l not been pulled. A great deal of tlm- au4fouvinQli^g,speech which met I ber was blown up by the roots. The ^It °i **** bearers, and \ streets in Jefferson were almost block- wriicii ttirnw^ many from the error of ! » » *au i j * i.i . *heir Way who had hitherto been In the ! a, * ed shade trees blown up aml flock under the leadership of tho temous broken off. We noticed one large black aheap. Ktnory .Speer. The friends. ] shade tree leaning on the roof of Col. of Col. Caudler give him Gwinnett coun ty by from three, to five hundred major ity.* 1 Venture the asseition that he has not been . in tlie the hotel five minutes altogether since his arrival, except et mraftfftra rad aft*!, sundown. He has heen on the streets nearly all the time making himself familiar with the citi zens ofthe eotinty,and all with whom he has met seem to have taken a special fancy to our next representative. He will leave this evening on the 6 o'clock train. You tan safely put down Gwin nett tor Candler by a good large majori ty. I am becoming more tlioroughly „« n ..— fi a j tliat our nominee as large a majority as Speer received In fils last race, with Hon- Alien D. Candlar as our standard- bearer the democracy cannot suffer de- feaU - ■ - '■ ’• ft-frik; The tuwuoflleiiij.-U'Hl, J.. I., is noted wluI Pike’s office. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Few have our sympathies ill the loss of their little infant, Hobble, whose funeral took place here yesterday afternoon. HoteI.Caks.—A new train put on the Kennesaw and .Central roads on October 1st will Introduce the first ho tel cars ever run lu the south. This train or Its connections, which is tlie sixth dally train of the Kennesaw, will leave ten cities of over 10,000 in habitants ini the west after dark and will Itave Atlanta at 4:15 in the morning and reach Jacksonville,Flor ida at 8 o’clock the same day. Hotel card with the Itat bf docks Will be run IfeKb Physicians qch all the of one of the villagdta 'fdiif' veneradle cine. Brown’s It on Bitters. -