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The sixteenth annual convention the female suffrage women is in cssion in Washington. The Augusta Chronicle has de clared for McDaniel for Governor. . will he reseated by a perfect ti- b ;l l wave of popular endorsement. The New York harbor is said to L> filling up in many places so as to Inusc the frequent grounding of cssels. Hardly a day passes with- lit an incident of this kind. President Arthur was willing nit Postmaster Gresham says posi tively that Miss Lizzie Nutt’s appli cation for the post-office at Union- awn, Pa., cannot be granted. The late Senator Carpenter once lescribed Alexander Stephens in this wise: "An empty coach halted |t the treasury department and Al- Stephens got out of it.' About 60.000 Northerners have wintered in Florida during the past Jason, and n ill soon begin to wend way home. The great hegira toms on March 15 and lasts for a unth or more. The outlook is now that Col. 11.Her will have a walk-over in nth. Seal). Reese is as solid as Itonc Mountain in the Sth, and we edict his renomination by accla mation. The people ol Athens are over- tl.eiiningly in favor of Tilden. VVe e interviewed a number of lead- democrats, and with but one cx- (ption they declare for the old fcket. We cannot agree with Mr. Scott khen lie insults the people of Mas- Icliiwctts by advising thit some of surplus spinsters wed witn the African. The people of that state ; not responsible for the wild rav- Dg- of one amalgamator. A gentleman who has travelled trough Georgia tells us that he ids a hitter opposition to Senator tow if. that only needs organiza- aml confidence to fan into a Irmidahlc campaign. Our inform ant. too. is a staunch friend to the tiiutor. NO XXXVII. ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAJEtCH 18,1884. : ft- ri si vi V? Itwlforttut ficnt ntlilo 0 n s ■ t l VOL XXX -Mi.:,---,. fa’- !;n-. Fred Douglass’ rcd-lieaded white fe not only parts her hair on one e half an inch above her left , hut she sits by the stove hours a time reading the Atlantic nit lily The enemies of Doug- s feel fullv avenged. The report that Blind Tom, the otic negro mnsician, had been rated out of the proceeds of his averts by his manager, has been nied. Gen. Janies N. Hethune, Muscogee county, Georgia, is mi s guardian, and both Tom and 5 mother are said to he well pro filed for by bun. iGeorgc Washington, the first Ircsidcnt of the United States,nev- steamhoat, John Adams, the cond President, never saw a rail- Andrew Jackson, the sev- 1th President, knew nothing about legrapli Abraham Lincoln, cteen President, never dream- ucha thing as a telephone. IWc believe it would be a calami- ieorgia just at this time not to Jturu Senator Ilrown, but we will vote for him or any other who proved recreant to his and party in those dark days on-truction. The reconstruc- •ra is the point where we will all party lines. [Alliens puts in her claim as the :e to hold the district convention, has no axe to grind, and that fdv can deliberate here without of outside lobbying. Besides city is the most convenient point 1 hold a convention, as we have nod hotel accommodations and lilroad facilities verging to every action of the district. The Macon Telegraph is an able ttper, hut it seems to be afflicted fil’11 a chronic case of the sorehead. : goes oil' after the false prophet protective Tariff and is now oppos- ; Tilden. The people of Gcor- [ have one consolation, however Jn politics the Telegraph is al- i found at the head of a hopeless nor i tv. Ir. llanson, of the Telegraph, po owns a few shares in a little ttory in Macon, declares himself [favor of a protective tariff on cot- 1 goods. There are several old ies living in Rabun county, with sir looms and spinning-wheels, tio are equally’ interested in pro- ction. hut they are willing to sac- personal interest for the good [the masses. Mr. Hanson should : more patriotic. I The New York Herald says: “Mr. pden reached the age last month hen, according to ‘the Preacher, son of David, King of Jerusa. 1," all things become ‘vanity’ Presidential nominations included) Id ‘desire’ fails. King David mself, before his son thus Dralized, had specified three score kd ten years as the term of man’s lefulness.” No doubt the Herald pd the rest of the republican organs lould like to see the most formi- phle man in the democratic ranks ■tired, but our party is not ready as et to go to its political enemies for ■vice. neoro colonization again. The Savannah. News says: The recent agitation of the schemes for the colonisation of the negroes, where they can have the blessings or curses—as the case may be—of self-government, has attracted very genej-al attention. It is stated that State Senator Kerner, of Virginia, who introduced the bill in the Vir ginia Senate lately to inquire into the expediency of an experimental colony for colored people, lias re ceived many letters from distin guished men all over the country approving the project. By far the greater number of these came from the North. Some of them express ed the opinion that the proposed colony ought to be established in Africa, where the colored people would not only develop the country and improve their condition, but become profitable to the commer cial interests ot the United States. Negro colonization has already had a trial in Africa. It is a curious fact that the colonization question was first brought before a legislative body in Virginia by a resolution similar to the one recently introduc ed in the senate of that state in the first year of the present century. No definite results were obtained buf so much attention was attracted to the subject that a few years later the American Colonization Society xvasorganized. In iSi7that society sent agents to Africa to locate a col ony. In 1S19 congress appropriated $100,cno for th,e purpose of carry ing back to Africa such slaves as should be surreptitiously imported. A colony of SS persons was sent out in 1S20, and two years later was es tablished at Cape Mesurado. Ad ditions were made from time to time of manumitted slaves from the Southern States, but the powers of government were retained in the hands of the agents of the society until 1S2S. when the colonists were given some voice in the manage ment of affairs. The colonists were gradually given greater powers, but the society retained the right to nul lify any act of the legislature until 1S47, when a declaration of inde pendence and the constitution of the republic of Liberia were adopt ed. Since that time the society has continued to send out emigrants and to provide them with temporary means for support. About 14.000 persons altogether have been sent to Africa. Since the founding of the colony the parent society has spent nearly three millions of dollars in its settlement and encourage ment This colony was established un der exceptiohally favorable condi tions, and while the experiment in self-government by the negroes cannot be called an absolute failure, it has not been as successful as the friends of the colonization scheme hoped. The colonists have only been moderately prosperous. A few have acquired small fortunes by traffic with the native Africans, of whom there are over 700,cx» in Liberia and adjacent regions. The Americo-Liberians have not creased rapidly and now mber scarcely 20,000. No considerable number of the colonists have re lapsed into barbarism. The colon ists maintain a good many public schools, as well as churches of the Methodist m Episcopal, Protestant Episcopal and Baptist denomina tions. A great many of the native Africans are Mohammedans, and they have prevented the spread of Christianity among the idolaters to any great extent. The republic contracted a loan of half a mi im in London in 1S71. The President, James Roye, on his return home, was accused of having appropriated the money thus obtained to his own use and that of his cabinet. In consequence, there was a popular uprising, and Roye was deposed and imprisoned, and an executive council was intrusted with the government until a new President was elected, Liberia contains nearly 20,000 square miles of territory embraced in the present political jurisdiction of the republic, which might be ex- VISIT TO OGLETHORPE. [An inteiesting prohibition case is just been decided by the su pine court of Tennessee. A man limed Boyd rented the bar privi- ges of the steamboat City of ■shville, which navigates the umbcrland river. He obtained be usual license from the state and Jnited States authorities and sold ?uor thereunder. The river, how rer, at one point passes through a prohibition county where no license recognized by the authorities, loyd was indicted for selling with out license and convicted in the cir cuit court. He carried the case up, claiming that he only sold on the boat while under way, and was not liable to the local law. The supreme [court affirmed the judgment of the [court below, holding that the law [applied as much to the river and [boats running thereon as to the [land. v tended to 100,000. There is room for all the negroes ot America who desire a country governed exclu sively by their own race. The con ditions necessary for success are probably more favorable there than in any portion of the west, besides the social and political influences which cause race antagonism# in America. It would be very hurtful to the race should they attempt to colonize in Liberia or any wheite else en masse. It is said that Hon. L. F. Living- ton will be a candidate for thd horse from Newton, and if elected will be a candidate for speaker of the house. The Honorable Lemuel certainly expects his agricultural presidency to bear fruit very early. We ate rather inclined to think the “homey-handed sbns'of toil” that compose this body pulled Col. Liv ingston most too green, and that he will sour upoh the political stomach of Georgia. Two of the five Confederate Gen erals are still living—Joseph E, Johnston and G. T. Beaurcguard. The Confederates had twenty-one Lieuteant-Generals, and of these nine are still living—James Long’ street, Wade Hampton, John B. Gordon, D. H. Hill, S. D. Lee, A*. P. Stewart, Jubal Early, S. B. Buck' ner and Joseph Wheeler. It ■ seems that Rev. Atticus G Haygood, the great Southern amal gamator, has dropped out of public notice of late, and bids'fair to take a stand beside that famous national fraud R, B. Hayes. A Day with FrionOlorYcro-A Pouts Oonductor- Tfco Orala Crop and Foods Law-Otior Dots Picked Up tytko Wayalde. Last Saturday afternoon we felt like we had earned a day’s rest, and as Oglethorpe is always the Mecca to which we journey when in search of ease and pleasure, boarded the 3 o'clock trainf for that destination. We had for a companion Mayor Dorsey,who report saysjis a budding candidate for municipal honors in the thriving town of Crawtord. We tackled Mr. Dorsey in regard to his weekly pilgrimage down the road, andhe replied: “Yes; I intend to’give Athens a good drive, and shall begin oh l’rince avenue at Hemphill’s shop, where I want to erect a pretty foun tain at the intersection of the street, and then set out a row of shade trees up to the Rock College. It will be one of the finest drives in Georgia, don’t you think so?” “Yes,” was our reply, “but about this trip to Crawford? Anything special on foot?” “I am opposed to tapping the old sewers, but for $3,500 can we build a sewer large enough to carry ofl artificial drainage and empty it into the river below the factory pond.’ “We agree with you there; but what causes your tour to Crawford every Saturday evening?” we per sisted. “I have the biggest kind of a thing on foot for Athens, that only myself and five other men know. It will be developed in a few months and will astound the city. But I am not prepared yet to give it away.” “Any connection between that boom and your visit to Crawford?" “I tell you, Athens will be the best lighted city in Georgia. It—” Just at this time Conductor Hutchins came with a demand for “tickets, please,” and when we handed over our strip of pasteboard certifying “Pass the bearer free,” the Captain seemed so thankful for the favor that we felt like the con ductor was under a lasting debt of gratitude to us. The first person we met upon landing at Crawford was Mr. S. H. Slokcly, the merchant prince of Oglethorpe. We at once plied out steam gimlet to him with a query about the oat crop. “Well,” was his reply, “we have none down this way worth talking about. They are killed out ruinous ly, and will make the shortest crop.” Mr. Stokeley is one of the largest land-owners in this section, and we asked what effect the stock law would have on prices? “I do not see any perceptible difference. I am selling off a great deal of my land now, and do not propose to ask any advance.” “What interest does your real es tate pay you on cost?” we asked. “About 10 per cent, on an average, after deducting all expenses, owned one place that paid for itself in three years. I do not know a better investment for capital than in farming lands in Middle Georgia.” After shaking hands with the boys and getting in four new subscribers we hunted up Col. J. S. Baughn, of Maxey’s sweetmash fame, with whom we had an engagement that night. We foundjoe and his horse both propped up against an old China tree. It is three miles froirf Crawford to Lexington, and it took us (our hours to make the trip. Joe’s tor’s is about the size of half-grown Texas rabbit, and as he greases his buggy with tar, is not likely to solve the problem if rapid transit. Toe has lately turned his attention to fine stock. He says he isn’t able just yet to invest in Jersey cattle, but he thought of buy- ln ‘ ing a “Pilgrim Rock” rooster and a “Mansard” ram and gradually im prove these lines as a beginning. In passing Dr. Jarrell’s we found him with a number of hands at work on a cyclone pit. The Doc tor says it is a combination potatoe house, dairy and storm retreat. And speaking of cyclone pits some one the other day asked that grand old Christian gentleman Uncle Fielding Dillard what protection he intended to take against them? “Ah,” replied the old man, “I carry a safeguard with me wherever I go, and try to live so as > I can meet death when it comes in any form.” There is a fine sermon in this re joinder. We knew as soon as we struck the newly-incorporate limits ol Lexington, from the mud wc en countered. John Knox, the efficient marshal, began to work the streets before arriving at an understanding with the clerk of the weather. So they have been at war ever since Christmas, and we are rather inclin ed to a belief that the mud has-the drop on the town. We noticed several evidences of improvement in the town. The Methodists are now finishing their new parsonage; Messrs. Arnold & Stewart have just erected a good warehouse, while most of the old fully sacrifice bis own desires, as he thinks all good citizens should do. And speaking of the stock law issue, we can always tell whether a man advocates fence or no fence as soon as we reach his farm. The former are building and repairing tences around their fields, while the latter are at work on pastures only. It is reported that the fence men will not accept the decision of Judge Pottle as final, but continue their suit But from our brief comming ling with the people we are inclin ed to the belief that already the trouble is subsiding, and that by the time'the new law goes into opera tion the chasm will be bridged. _ We took supper Saturday night with Mr. Peter Baughn, and then went home with our friend Joe and remained until after dinner, when we returned to Crawford and were hospitably entertained by Mr. J. J. C. McMahan until train time. Crawford is slowly but surely im proving. It has live merchants, whole-souled, affable citizens, and a trade that can never be taken from it For a companion on the train we had Hon. Samuel Lumpkin, of Lexington, one of the ablest law yers in Georgia, and of course were delightfully entertained. Mr. Max Joseph, our big dry goods mer UNDER THE CANVASS. chant, together with his friend Mr. Levy, from Cincinnati. were aboard. Mr. J. has been water- bound out West, and chartered a special train to bring him back to Georgia. He was in fine health and spirits, and reports buying the fin est stock of spring goods ever open ed in Athens. BURIED TREASURES. A Chest of Hold Said to ho Blddoa oa Crahtree Island- A few days ago, as some work men were making an excavation for a windmill on the farm of Henry- Smith, near Unionville, this county’, just over the Sussex county line in New Jersey, says a Goshen, N. Y., special to the New York Times, they came upon a flat stone, a foot wide and two feet long, about four feet below the surface. Upon re moving it, it proved to be the cover ing to a shallow pit, the four sides qt which were laid up with brick. A Spanish dollar, which, on being cleansed, showed the date of 17S1, was found in the pit; also an oblong pile of something resembling scorched paper,' about six inches long and three inches wide, and which reached half way up the top of the pit. Upon being touched it crumbled to pieces. There were no legible marks upon it, but from its shape and appearance it is be- lieved to have been a pile of bank notes. At different times since the Rev olutionary war buried treasure has been unearthed in the above neigh borhood, and in different parts of this country. Many coins have been found ante-dating the Revolu tion a long time. The plow has frequently brought these treasures to the surface, notably in a field near Unionville, where only a few y’ears ago a farmer came upon an earthen jar which contained nearly $1,000 in gold and silver coin. A gentleman named Corwin discov ered a sealed jar, in 1S71, near Corn wall, while excavating for a cellar, which was filled with ancient coin, the whole amounting to over $1,500. Gold and silver plate and jewels have been found hid den among the rocks the Ramapo Mountains and isolated recesses in the Hudson Highland. It is supposed that these hoards of money and treasure were secreted by persons who lived in the vicini ty to keep them from falling into the hands of predatory bands of toiies, cowboys and Indians, which were continually raiding the early settlements, and that the owners, driven from their homes by these marauders, were either unable to return and recover their property or to locate its hiding places. Many of the present generation are firm believers in the legend that there is $100,000 in gold buried in an iron chest on Crabtree Island, in a wild part of Vernon township. This, according to the legend, was placed there by a large band of Tories who secured the plunder in the lower portion of Delaware valley, and, be ing pursued and close pressed by American soldiers, they were guid ed by a Tory named DeWitt to the spot named, where they deposited it DeWitt lived many years after the revolution near Port Jervis, and a son of his died only a tew years ago nearly 100 years of age. The family always insisted on the truth of the buried treasure story, and in years past much money-and time have been spent in endeavors to find the hidden riches. The find ing of the pit with the evidences that money had been buried in it near Unionville has awakened new interest in the Crabtree Island le gend, and there is talk of another search for the Tory plunder. 02u8tpUn*B Great Banw-Ths Acton WufcottKoMj. Some Courier. Yesterday morning it was rumor ed on the streets that a roman had purchased the outfit of the Champ- lin Great Southern show, which ar rived in the city Wednesday morn ing. Visiting the tent over in De- Soto our reporter found everything in confusion. Mr. Champlin was nowhere to be found, bujt a number of the actors, members of the band and employees of the show stood around in * groups engaged- gaged in an excited discussion of the probabilities of the rumored sell out U nable to gather any informa tion from these, our reporter return ed to the city and looked up Mr. Champlin, who was found on the street iri conversation with Mr. J. P. Webb, and in answer to our in quiries Mr. Champlin said: “Yes, I have sold out my show to Mr. Webb her. I was compelled to do so in order to save myself. Du ring the past three weeks I have been very unfortunate, and suffered heavy loss on account of bad weath er, which prevented me from doing any business. I was short of mon ey and unable to pay off any of my men. But I expected a pretty day and a large crowd in Rome, and hoped to be able to make enough money to pay all saliaries due. The rain again interfered, and I was left without money. Last night my men demanded what was due them, and threatened to sell me out if I did not pay. So I took things by the forelock and. sold out myself, want it understood that every debt in Rome by myself and agent will be satisfied.” After returning to the office our reporter was approached by Mr. McQuith, the leader of the orches tra, who also desired to make a statement in behalf of the boys. He denied that the members of the show heard anything of its being sold out until yesterday morning while they were preparing to leave for the next town, when they learn ed .that Mr. Mr. Champlin had sold out to Mr. Webb. McQuith said: The sale was only a sham, but it has ruined us, as it leaves us far from home without money or friends, and Champlin says he cannot pay us a cent of the money due us for the past four weeks. If he had come to us like a man and said here, I will divide what little I have with you, the boys would stick to him through thick and thin. But as it is he has left us without even enough to buy our supper. Through the generos ity of Mr. Sargeant we will be pro vided with a place to sleep to-night. Mr. Nevin has kindly consented to allow our men the use of the opera house to-morrow night, when we will give an entertainment, and hope thus to raise money sufficient to get out of town, and start for home. The exhibition which the compa ny propose to give to-night will be very entertaining, and we hope they will have a good house. The actors are in sore distress, and will, we are sure, highly appreciate any little courtesy shown them by our people. Mr. Champlin expresses great con cern at the stringent circumstances of his men, and says that he has al ready paid out every cent he realiz ed from the sale of his outfit and is without money himself. We give both sides of the question just as they were furnished our reporter by interested parties, A number of attachments and lieus have been served to prevent the removal of tha outfit and the le gality of the sale will be thoroughly tested; and the chances are that the Great Southern show will remain in Rome until the spring time comes. Mr. Webb says that everything will be quickly adjusted; that the show will be remodled and again put on the road under new manage ment, with new stars, and with plenty of means to back it. buildings arc undergoing repairs. The lawyers here seem to be over whelmingly on top. Hon. Samuel Lumpkin owns one of the handsom est residences in Middle Georgia, and has a set of water-works of his own that are a complete success. It is cairied all through his building and over his premises. Hamilton McWhorter, Esq., has completed a beautiful cottage that cost him $2,300, besides owning a profes sional farm, carp pond, about a dozen- bird dogs and other adjuncts to rural happiness. Mr. J. W. Ech ols is improving his splendid place, and adding many conveniences. We did not have long to tany with our kind friends, and were busy raking in new subscribers. The Banner-Watchmanis a popular favorite ' down here, and there is scarcely a house in the county, it docs not visit. Parties wishing to subscribe can leave their money with Mr. R. A. McMahan, ■ at Crawford, or Mr. George H. Lester, of Lexing ton, both of whom are empowered to receipt for us. And speaking of Mr. Lester, a prominent lawyer of Georgia remarked to us that he was the best county officer is Georgia, and should ber in charge of the rec ords in some large city. Oglethorpe is justly proud of him, for his place can never be supplied. We had a short conversation with Dr. R. J. Willingham, who is prom inently spoken of in connection with legislative honors. The Doc tor says he has been solicited to offer for this place by friends on both sides of the fence question, but Has not as yet mqdc up his mind on the 'subject His whole aim and ambition is to allay that ill-feeling which thiS'Ctrife has engendered,and poor oil on the troubled ' waters; u it were. To this endhe will cheer- A SWIM FOR LIFE. fe Bolton Globe This is a handsome dog,” remark ed Patrolman-Magee, of division 8, to a sea captain whom he met upon Atlantic avenuJJ in the vioinity of Commercial wharf. “Yes,” replied the captain, v/ho is in command of a coastwise col lier, looking down with all the ten derness of a woman at the beauti ful beast that'stood gazing upward in his weather-beaten face. “He is a handsome dog and also an extra ordinary one. I picked that noble fellow up at sea, eighty miles from land.” “Eighty mi’ts from land!” ejacu lated the officer. “Yes, sir; eighty miles from land on my trip to this port and I think when we got him aboard that he had been in the water at least forty hours.” ■ Why,” said the officer, “how in the name.of heavens did he get so far from shore I” “Well, I can’t say that I really know t butit’a my opinion that he belqpged aboard a dismasted Nor wegian bark bonnd for Baltimore, that we passed hours previously, think he was washed overboard from her. deck.” At this junctnre some gentlemen acquaintances of the Captain ap peared upon the sccoo ana he walk ed away front the officer in their company; the dog, a handsome Newfoundland and St Bernard crossed, leading on ahead wigt all the playfulness of an urchin just out of school. The Governor of North‘Carolina has respited a condemned murderer until 1940—fifty years hence. METHODIST GROWTH. Intersstlag Figures Showing Bow That Chulch li Progressing. The General Minutes of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for 18S3, just prepared by Rev. W, P. Harrison, D. D., the Book Editor, reveal some interesting facts illus trative of the rapid growth of that church. During the past calendar, year its membership has increased 26,949, ar >d now numbers 904,248. This growth is at the rate of 3.07 per cent, per annum. This is a gain upon the population of the southern states, the rate of which is 2.^0 per cent, per annum com “ound. The gain in the number of iunday school scholars is equally as decided—26,50s. For the cause of missions the gain in the amount of contributions is $19,881.32—the total amount collected being $227, 640.3S. The amount collected fo worn-out traveling preachers and the widows and orphans of deceas ed preachers was$S7,146.07—again of$5,713.25. In this connection, it may prove interesting to note the wonderful growth of Methodism in the south It is a well-authenticated fact that Methodism has flourished and pros pered better in the south than in any other part of this countr Bishop McTyeire will, in his fortl coming History of Methodism, sue cessfuny demonstrate that Amer ican Methodism was first planted in the south, and that the first Meth odist church in America was built and organised in the south by Straw- bridge in Maryland. When the Methodist Episcopal church in America was organized one hundred years ago—an event that will be appropriately celebrat ed this year throughout the bounds ot the church—three-fourths of the members were to be found in the Southern states. While this pro portion has net been maintain is true that the largest part of the membership of the various branches of American Methodism is to be found in the south. In 1S61, just after the close of the war, the membership of the M. E‘ church, south, -was* 500,000. The statistics which we give for *88(3 show that it has nearly doubled its membership. If the number of members that was given to the col ored Methodist Episcopal church it America when it was organised by the southern church in 1870$* taken into the account, it will be shown that the church, has doubled its membership daring the past eight een years. This is a remarkable showing! A Victoria (Columbia) China man, worth $200,000; is to marry, a white girl, with the consent of her parents.* . • ; - ARISTOCRATIC DARKEY. AWemtfrdtomwilt*. who teamed Ms Traio la ItSou. Qfc.anSCHteata, Bare Pinintel Prom noma* Joffura. Indianapolis, June 1878.—A few days ago a reporter of the Journal ascertained that a colored man in the employ of Dr. W. C. Thompson was possessed of a histo ry at once strange and interesting, and with a view of ascertaining the facts connected with this person, sought the Doctor out. “Yes,” said he, in response to the reporter’s question, “I have in my employ an aged colored man whom ' have no doubt is the son of Thom- JTeffersoii, third President ot the United States. He has frequently told me ol his reasons for believing himself such, and I make no doubt of the truth of his statements. I have known him for a number ot years, and would believe the word of Robert Jefferson as readily as I would the oath of any man. He lives at 185 Minerva street, and will be pleased to see you. Give him a call and hear what he has to say on the subject.” Shortly after the hour ot noon isterday the reporter found him self on the corner of North and Mi nerva streets, and, turning to his left sonthward, looked for the num ber to which he had beeb directed. The second house south of North street proved to be the one for which he sought. Large evergreen trees cast their shadows on the front of the house, a two-story* frame, simple in architecture and neat in appearance. He knocked at the door, and after a moment’s )ause the summons was answered )y a colored man, rather below the medium height, apparently sixty years of age, a dark mulatto in col or, and with hair straight and black. “Does Mr. Jefferson reside here?” He does.” “And is this he?” “It Won’t you come in?” and the reporter entered. The door opened into a parlor, on the floor of which was a carpet of modest design, and which was well furnished. Everything presented a scrupulously neat and clean appear ance, Irom the different articles of furniture to the central object of attraction, their quaint looking pro prietor, Mr. Jefferson himself. The reporter made known his errand as he seated himself on the sofa and watched the effect of the announce ment on the old gentleman. He at first appeared surprised, and an swered, alter some hesitation'. “Yes, I believe I am the son of Thomas Jefferson. I have every reason to relieve him to be my father, and no reason to think to the contrary.” Alter some persuasion on the part of the interviewer, the old gentle man continued: “It is a short story and easily told. My mother was a slave girl, a tall and handsome woman, belonging to Mr. Christian, of Charlestown, Va. Thomas Jefferson and my mother’s master were warm personal friends, and frequently exchanged visits, Mr. Jefferson passing a good deal ofhis time in Charlestown and at Mr. Christian’s house. My mother was one of the housemaids and had the care of Mr. Tefferson’s apart i./Oi : v i y df “Robert Jef- ^Uy l£ qf ftn* ogress, the date if July speak’in‘high tt ferson, a freeman-Of utaquestiohed integrity,and worthy of confidence.’* Continuing his story, lie . added: “I came to Aladison, Indiana, in 1S54, and removed here the year following. I built this house, then the only one anywhere near here, except an old farm-house. I saved what money I could, and educated my two daughters. One of them married a St Louis man, the pro prietor of ‘Robinson’s Tonsorial Parlor,’ in that city. He died a short time ago, *and she sold his shop for $11,000, going to live with her sister, Mrs. Smith, who lives with her husband, in Pana, Ill. My wife died five years age, and since that time I have lived alone.” “You seem to keep everything neat and in good order,” remarked the reporter. “Yes,” continued Mr. Jefferson, “I have alwaj’s been accustomed to have everything about me in good order, and I cannot bear to see things go dirty and uncared for. It is just as easy to keep things clean as it is to allow them to go unclean.” “You appear to be a man of some education,” again put in the inter viewer. The old man smiled as he replied: “I can neither read nor write. I was raised among educat ed people, though, and was always taught to speak properly.” “I am told that you are a man of some property?” persisted the re porter. “Well, I suppose I have enough to keep me from want,” was thi answer. “I have some property; I don’t know what it is worth. Per haps from $26,000 to $25,000. My son-in-law, Mr. Smith, owns con siderable property here, also. This lot adjoining mine is his.” “How does it happen that you have been here so long, and yet no one knew oi your history, Mr. Jef ferson?” ,‘Well, I never felt called upon to tell it. I don’t know that, every, thing considered, J have anything to pride myself for. ' Besides, I don’t know as it makes very much difference to others whom I may be.” * During the interview the news paper man was enabled to obtain a good view of the subject of his in terview. He is a dark mulatto, of low, broad build, and rather striking mein, with hair perfectly straight and still black. He was dressed in a well-fitting suit of dark cloth, mid wore nicely polished .boots. He is decidedly impressive in manner, and clear and concise in expression. His language'’ is well chosen, and . his demeanor unassuming. Those I °oks. who know him best place the most' implicit confidence in the word of Robert Jefferson, and his]reputation is of the best. Having elicited the story related above, the reporter took his leave. TELEGRAPHIC, SPARKS C ni • tit In'! Yl-:r K .-:d‘,„t)„; The river at Helena, Ark., is fall- ing and a flood averted. A New York man, crazed at the death of a child, suicided. Mrs. Alfriend, youngest daugh ter of Bishopi’ierCe, died in Sparta The final -spike in the Mexican Central Railroad has been driven Congress is investigating the hanging of a revenue informer in Virginia. A New York jury gave a verdict of six cents in $100,000 damage suit against the Times. Smalls was nominated on the first ballot to fill the vacancy of Mackey congressman from South Carolina. A Texas rapist has been sentenc ed to hang for one offense and to 00 years in the penitentiary for the oth- A man by the name of Adams got his house and furniture all de stroyed by fire a few days ago in Banks county. A drunken father in Buffalo, in censed at a son, fired a rifle at him, wounding a daughter who was in the same room. The senior Cash is in jail at Co lumbia, S. C. His son .was seen armed near his father’s house, but has not as yet been arrested. The Massachusetts House yester day passed a bill providing that wife beaters shall be flogged by the keeper of the house of correction in the county-where the offense occurs. San Francisco, March 8.—A cloud burst near Caliente last night covered in an instant the track of the Southern Pacific railroad for a distance of several hundred feet with two feet of sand and water. Build ings near by were covered to a depth of eigteen inches. Washington, March 11.—In the House to-day, under a call of com mittee for reports, Mr, Hammond, of Georgia, irom a Committee on the Judiciary,, reported lavorably the bill for the payment to the State of Georgia, of the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, for money expend ed for common defence in 1777. SUFFERINGS AT SEA. HOW WE LIVE. Nutrltloni Qualities of Various Foods Variously Oookocl. The world little imagines how largely it is indebted to the 'aborious researches of scientific medical men . lor many of the.most important ments during.* tlieAne he passed at. .truths relative to human JaejJth, hap- Is rtr m n c fnf'e IwSMc.-a ' Uns* mmcmb ttsnn ninaen nr, J 1! f- « 1 . ’ " !’ '•da! • ' her master’s houset Her name was Millie Reddford, and she was said to be a very pretty woman in her young days, although a dark mulat to in color. I was born in the month of March, 1S03, at Charlestown, and am consequently seventy-six years old at the present time. I can re member my master’s house and grounds very well, and have myself seen Thomas Jefferson. My mother and all of her people always told me that he was my father, and I have no reason to doubt them. My mother was then unmarried, and Mr. Christian himself said my name was Jefferson, and gave me the name I now bear, that of Robert Jefferson. Those are my reasons for believing myself his son. I sup pose I am really his offspring.” Here the old gentleman ceased talking, and only continued at the reporter’s request to narrate the vi cissitudes of his life and fortune. “When but a child I was sold with my mother to a man named Stovall, and shortly afterward re sold to Asa Dearing. I don’t know how much he gave for my mother, but l have heard it said that the irice laid down tor me was $450. Hr. Dearing died a few years later and left me to his son, John P. Dearing. They were a family of great wealth, and owned plantations at different places in the southern states. One of these plantations furnished employment • for 700 slaves, and was left to the brother of my master. I was allowed a great deal of liberty, and my master was always very kind to me. \V hile in Athens, Ga., 1 learned the rarpen- ter’« trade, an’d was allowed many opportunities to make a little money working at my trade. His eldest son and myself grew up together, and I was in his company as a body servant a great deal of the time. I met and became acquainted with Senator Toombs, ot Georgia, and Alexander H. Stephens while in his company. Toombs was in Frank lin College when I met him. My master used to say, and has oftoh told me, that I should never serve another after his death, and that he Would‘give me my freedom before he died. But one afternoon he was taken suddeuly ill, and before nine o’clock that night was a corpse. I went to the oldest son, the one with whom I had associated as a boy, but he refused to give me my freedom. I had set my heart on becoming a free man, and was not willing to ; rive up the hope of becoming such, [had married then, and the thought of leaving of my wife was out of the question, so I began to make terms with my new master ior my freedom. We finally agreed upon the price to be paid, &nd I set to work at my trade to make the mon ey. I bad already laid un some thing that I had earned during my spare moments, aud my master agreed to give TOU *dy time for one year to allow me to raise the mon ey. At the cod of that time I had earned enough to make up the re- lUWCd sum when placed with m ‘ I] pi ness and life. ’As ' population in creases and the value of food is en hanced, the knowledge which chem istry has elicited is becoming more and more valuable in a practicable point of view. Some kinds of food are more nu tritious than others, and if it should be found that articles which are cheapest have the most nutriment and give the highest ability to labor, then knowledge becomes money to the poor. Tables vary, but some of the general results are as follows: One pound of rice, prepared for the table, gi\>es SS per cent, of nutri- ment, and, consequently, a relative ly proportional ability to labor, com pared with other articles of food. A pound of beef, costing 15 cents, gives only 25 per cent, or nutri ment. Yet countless numbers of the poor in New York strain a point daily to purchase beef at 15 cents a pound, when they could get a pound of rice for one-tnird of the amount, the rice, too, having three times as much nutriment as beef, making a practical difference of 800 per cent., aside from the fact that boiled rice is three times easier of digestion than roast beef, the rice being di gested in about one hour, roast beef requiring three hours and a half. There is meaning, then, in the re puted fact that two-fifths of the hu man family live on rice. We compile the following tables for preservation, as being practically and permanently useful. All the economist requires is to compare the price of a pound of food with the amount of nutriment which it affords: A Captain Found I naans, and Every one on Board Badly Frozen. . Boston, March 7.—“I found the Baltimore schooner Stephen J. drifting helplessly off George Bank, with her crew in a terrible condition,” said Captain 'ames, of the Portsmouth fisherman ary S. Hontact, which reached this port to-day. “She was sheath ed with ice to the verv topmast, and every sea was breaking over her. Her sails were all blown away, and she had seven teet of water in the hold. When- we boarded her we found Cranmer lashed to the mast shouting and screaming at the top ofhis voice. He had become insane through suffering, and, after break ing up all of the cabin furniture, with a loaded revolver in each hand had started to ' kill all' on board- The crew overpowered him after a ter rible struggle, and secured him as he was found. His hands and feet were terribly frost bitten. When we boarded the vessel none of the crew were able to move, they were so badly frozen. They had had no food for two days and their water was all salt. They had been drifting for a week, in which time they had come 200 miles. The Fooks struck a shoal off Martha’s Vineyard, February 2S, and sprang leak. The men worked at the jumps till they dropped from ex- laustion and were almost dead with the coid.” The captain, steward and mate, who suffered the most, have been taken to the Marine Hos pital in Chelsea. The others ot the crew were cared for in Boston. The Stephen J. Fooks was bound from Elizabethport to Boston with 6S5 tons of coal. She was a three- master, built in 1S74 at Solomon’s Island, Maryland, 40S tons burden. Captain T,J. Cranmer is also her principal owner. She is now being lowed to Gloucester by the fisher man Fannv Belle, which at last ac counts had her forty miles off’ Cape Ann. . STONEWALL JACKSON’S DAUGH TER. Kind of food. Oils Mode of preparation. raw boiled.,., Barley ..boiled’ Com Bread .. baked Wheat bread baked Bice boiled gg Oat meal.... Mutton .... Plums Grapes Beef Poultry..,. Pork Veal Venison... Codfish ... Turnips.... Melons.... Cucumber* _ porridge..., ..broiled.... raw „ raw raw , roost toast.... fried ......broiled boiltsd whipped boiled raw.... :. m .raw —Journal of Health. FAILURES IN GEORGIA LAST WEEK. tie store, and 1 paid it over, gave $2,764 for myself and $1,500 tor my wife. “This was in 1852, and I received my free papers. Then I bega thinking of coming north to - live, and finally set out for Canada, and Was in that country for a short time. Before leaving Canton, Mississippi, my father’s home, I received these papers. Here the old man drew from his pocket two letters, yellow with age and well worn as if by Atlanta—Jackson Craddock, suc cessor to Lawson, Craddock & Co. wholesale and retail tobacco anc, cigars, assigned. Atlanta—A. T. Maxwell, grocer, failed and transferred stock to mort- gagee. Augusta—John Gallaher, general store, reported embarrassed. Lia bilities about $11,000; nominal as sets $13,600, of which $900 is in stock and the balance in real estate heavily mortgaged. He has deeded the stock to P. Armstrong for $900, and it is said the latter will probably , Mn run him along until he can dispose C °° n ofhis property without sacrificing my it . 1 Augusta—O’Brien Brothe i, failed ' loon, and sold out for rs, sa- r $400. Liabilities $2,000. Savannah—L. Emanuel, fruits, reported left town. Savannah—W. D. Wiplfes. rice, failed through inability tot meet hea vy transaction in rice arid sugar in the New Orleans house of W. D. Waples, whose habiHtieshre 135,00a General Beauregard, came out of the warm comparatively poon nufrfe but he Is npw, wealthy., fha Gen eral is interested in a number of paying enterprises. ’ lFJWKir ' J '..carried; .the eleetkm in Thomas county 'Monday. J Putnam county is .perforating the earthzwith pits fo* another eyefbne. hundred majority. ? A- fteefij Of <lbs an- tiotmoadirfor rtfari la#dager& > He will make a good member. Mrs. John Dennis, the lady so se verely Injured by the cyclone, died near Eatonton on last Wednesday. Drummers and travelers generally have to pay only seventy-five cents per day for board in Blakeley. This includes lodging also. A Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance for the state of Geor- fiia Will be organized in Atlanta about the 2otli of this month. Rev. J. S. Bean, a learned divine of Augusta, is spoken of in connec tion with the vacant pastorate of the LaGrange Presbyterian’church. Georgia has 543,315 sheep, worth $1.50 a head, as against 7,956,275 head in Texas, worth $2.24 each, and 1,682,116 hogs, worth $3.67 each. The State Sunday School con vention will meet at Columbus on the 23d of April. It is expected that the attendance will be large. There will be between 700 and 800 delegates. Atlanta had another triumph of “high art” Thursday night at De- Give’s opera house. It was in the shape of a boxing match, in which four female boxers and two male fencers appeared. The work of grading the Augusta and Elkerton railroad is progressing favorably, and President James P. Verdery tells us that the force has advanced to the north of the Co lumbia county road in the direction of Mr. Grif. Lamkin’s store. Dr. Wm. H. McIntosh has ap pointed next Tuesday, the nth, to open in Barncsville an institute for colored preachers and deacons of that section. He is under appoint ment of the Georgia Baptist Con vention for holding these institutes in all sections of the state. The Tennille correspondent of the Sandersville Mercury says: “At a sale of property of an estate a few miles below here corn brought $1.60 per bushel, meat 19 cents per pound, lard 17 cents, and everything else high in proportion. Cause of boom: Credit with security until 1st ot January next. Of course such a chance was not allowed to go by." The number of Confederate vete rans of Georgia who have made ap plications for benefits under the ap- propriations for “artificial limbs” is now 771. It is estimated that there are 150 more scattered about over the state who arej yet to be heard from. The governor has received numerous applications for relief under the act from ex-Confcderatcs who are crippled in arm or leg, but who lost neither. The legislature made no provision for them in this act GENERAL NEWS. Gen. Grant walks on crutches. Mr. Spurgeon has fallen heir to a large fortune. The Governor of North Carolina grants ho pardons. The _Czar of Russia is said to be going insane from panic. The_greatest known depth of the Atlantic ocean is five miles. succeed Lord Ripon as Vjreroy of India. ' Wat King ton Stao, The world lias just discovered that Gen. Stonewall Jackson left a daughter, and England and. France have discoverdd that she is the most beautiful woman that has vis ited their shores this season. Miss Julia Jackson is said to be a much more beautiiul girl than the now famous Jennie Chamberlain, and there is every probability of her be ing the rage the coming season in London. It would appear that the crop of English professional beau ties has’ gone out, as we hear of no one who takes the place formerly filled by Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. Cornwallis West It is a new field for American enterprise. Miss Jackson is a dark type, and half the artists in London are raving about her'eyes. THE COON CONVENTION. Na$\ville American. A certain polecat, with an eye to business, having obtruded himself upon a convention of coons, was re ceived very coolly, whereupon he rebuked them for their lack of par ty-spirit and fraternal feeling, im sisting that he himself was as much a coon as any of the colored gentle men present, and moreover that he was endorsed by President Arthur. An aged coon, who had been re garding the intruder in a very sinis ter manner, remarked cynically: “Look heah, white man, you haih’t got no business heah fiohow. Vnn fl'in’* l. J. A..*. _1 _ ' The other party indignantly with drew from the convention and the coons passed the following resolu- tions: Whereas; the republican voters of Tennesse number 100,000 of wnich 75,000 are colored, and whereas, we colorored coons only gets a very small per centsge of the Federal chicken diet, thefeiore, . Resolved, that hereafter • we In sist on a goberment of de coons ‘ ae coons and for 'de coons afad v hot vote for any white republican .ftMidiite until de loaves and fishes am divided out more evenly. The resolution was passed by ac clamation. It is said that Lord Lome will The Russian army now consists of 864,219 men, 28,070 of whom are officers. Beecher says the angels hold their noses when they look down on a Wall street man. The London Truth finds fault with the Queen’s extravagance at the public’s expense. Seven married women haveelop ed from Evansville, Ind., within the past three months. Sergeant Bates and his little boy are engaged in patching their Amer ican flag, preliminary to an invasion of Canada. Queen Victoria is said to look older than before her illness, and her hair is whitening. There is a banking firm in San Francisco composed of four ladies and two gentlemen. A Dallas, Texas, museum has on exhibition a petrified ; baby. It is- much admired by bachelors. The New ^England railroads arc said to have killed in the past year 221 persons and injured 535. The Methodist ministers of the Ohio conference have voted to sign a pledge of total abstinence from opium and tobacco. Nearly 500 of the inquests held in England and Wales in 18S3 re sulted in a verdict of “died ffoni ex cessive drinking.” In analyzing the wells used for drinking water in New Hampshire, it was found that ninety-five per cent, of them were polluted*. A short horn heifer named Lillie Dale, belonging to J. W. Dawson, of (Russellville,. Ky., died in four hours alter eating a leaf of tobacco. A Dakota paper is authority for the statement that there is not a Baptist church in the Black Hills country, though every other relig ious denomination is in some way represented. A series of prehistoric mica mines have recently been discov ered in Louisiana. The surround ing vegetation shows that at least 500 years have elapsed since they were abandoned. There have been over 30,000 Jer sey cattle imported into the United States, but tney have not all tog eth er created so much talk as one Jer sey Lily. Probably they have been more prudent than the Lily has. An experiment is being made with a traction engine for general farm work in Maryland. It is expected to make it plow, thresh, .haul pro duce to market, and do any work that can be done by horse-power. Chicago, March J.—Frank Rande, the notorious - desperado who has killed ten 1 men, and ' was recently wounded in Joliet penitenr tiaiy ia an affray.io wbiph he killed an overseer, committed Suicide’ this morning in .hi? pell by hanging. ..Baton Rougk, La., March 7 Walter Burch, colored, -aged sixteen years, wad arrested and lodged in jail charged with trying to commit an outrage upon the person of a seven-year-old: daughter of William Kirby. . PUil. L- mt