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New York Sun: Mr. Cleveland begins very well by dismissing the superfluous men in his own office. They are not there for any useful pui pose, and it would not be right to keen them for an hour after their uselessness is discovered. After he has got through with tliis. process at the Executive Man sion. we look to see it extended to the departments. Most probably t: ev all overflow with needless clerks ansi attendants. Turning them out is the beginning ol a sort ,,l civil service reform against which uo sensible city caa make any oppo se on. Indeed, tbc first step to ss:, id lire real reform of the civil .vice is to reduce its dimensions to i iu-exact dimensions of the public ssork lo be stone. One of our correspondents at Wa-liiogton describes this morning some of ibe minor abuses which have grown up in the departments there Carriages, he says; are pro- s .led at the public expense, not in s fur secretaries, but for chief I's-jis and their families and friends ,, the false pretext that they are required lor the public use. We :i-e sine that the hand of reform ,s ill so >n strike away all these excre scitt-cs. Mr. Cleveland begins sv .11. Let hint continue with re- Vn le-s energy, and the whole peo- . ic ss ill approve. Y.n it must n..t he forgotten that wl.cn ail this is dor.e, that radical :c .•: in .>r the Government which NO XXXIX. ATHENS, GBOHGXAi TOESD^T, MARCH 34, 1885. i i fa,-. ■ ■ . , 1 but <-• ~ 1 ■ ^ftl In : | . OUR TRAMP ABROAD. SAFE ABRfVAL IN SAVANNAH AND A RE TBOSPECTIVE GLANCE, THE HARD LIFE OF A PRINTER BRIEFLY DESCRIBED. TIIE A CTHOB OF If A JOB JOKES' COURTSHIP AKD HIS LITERARY WORK. THE EARLY CAREER OF JOE HARRIS. NOW OF TIIE CONSTITUTION. topic look for, vti.l hardly be i,diced. When -Mr. Tilden med away the canal ring in .late, lie perlormed an iqtmense . that was far more laborious permanent than lopping oft a her ot so pel ft ttons clerks and hi lent cai tinges. To borrow 1.1 sim.le. saving at the spigot ■i\ g.. ..I; hut saving at the hole is the great tiling A NEW PHASE OF POLITICS. N. V. lie I. gh line ident aid: Mr. Cleveland is n get a comprehensive miseries as wcil as a te . f the honors of his ill. The dollar hunters •d Washington, a very casts, coming from every corner of the continent. hem is tager to engage ery.nion ot the Union lot j compensation. The has somewhat chilled high hop. s by making i i . t he th.es not propose to ornately turn the present In. t- <n.t of office, and that con-lilt the welfare of the will a- the hungry appe- i applicants in the changes in |\ become necessary. He e tiuless very clear on one -a ..net), the propiicty of dts- id i loi cause, i. c -ton on his pact has giv . . new phase in the politics d.\ Ever) man who wishes bu his native land at the ... nc one who has been t,.r it dining the last few ha- suddenly discovered that ni.eman who now occupies vi ted pust has been guilty of . ye-t possible misdemeanors, eSs charges are made by the and others equally damaging be bad for the asking. Not Ins been doing his duty as it nt to he done, and the atmoS' eis thick with revelations of or pretended ftaud. Indeed -.u ation, though comical at the glance, is tapidly assuming the racier of a tiagedy. Cleveland is moving.slowly ■ office-holders must go, richly deserve to; but others, who have not neglected th**irduties to further the plans of a - party, will he retained. Such a course may give offence to the advocates of the spoil, system, hut it will also give s.it.sfaction to those who desire that tin- public service shall not he put to inconvenience or loss when one patty steps out and another steps LETTER I. 'ScmvFx House, Savannah, Ga., March 16, 18S5.—Dear Ban ner-Watchman: After an all-night’s ride from Athens, passing over the Georgia and Central roads, 1 awoke this (Monday) morning in the For est City, which I left twelve year, ago to become an humble tiller of the soil, and have not been hack since. I am quartered at the Scriv- House, and will to-day stroll over the city and write about the changes and improvements. The writer resided for live years in Sa vannah'being employed as a type- sticker on the Morning News. Mr. K-iill wt that time hail Just com menced to accumulate the large for tunes he now enjoys, and was com paratively a poor man. We well remember the morning we first reached Savannah, with only a few dollars in pocket, and not a single acquaintance in the place. But we carried on the ends of our fingers trade that was sure to be in de mand, and gave not a thought to the tuture. By 11 o'clock that day we had found work as a “sub” for an old printer named Marshall, and in snort time had a steady “sit” at which we could earn from $40 to $50 per week. Those were flush days with the “art preservative,’’ the Printer’s Union was at its strongest, and the craft recognized no boss except their own sweet will. They were a jovial, careless, generous set of men, who let each day take care of itself. Paid oft’ every Saturday at noon (working on Sunday), Monday morning scarcely ever found a half-dollar in one's pocket. They knew that a single day’s work would bring them in from $5 to $S. But it was a hard life they followed. Commencing work at 11 o’clock, it .was 3 or 4 the next morning before tney’ quit ted the office, while on special oc casions, such as the President’s message and during the Franco- Prussian war, we have often turned ofl'the gas and worked by sunlight. You could take as many holidays as you wished by putting on a “sub,’ d. Y t!i ator Hill and made him a life-long friend to Harris. It was while that emineut gentleman was a candidate for congress in the 9th district agairst Col. Bell and had published a card stating that be would stand against the nominee of die Gaines ville convention. Harris noticed the card as follows: “A Dooly county granger writes ns that he notices Ben Hill js standing, in the 9th dis trict, and wants to know what kind or pedigree has he.” When the yellow fever broke out in Savannah Harris was among the first to leave and took refuge in Atlanta. He was married there, had but little money and was out of a job. He andfVoro was dejectedly walking down the’ knew sh« street one morning, not knowing how he could longer-meet hi* board bill, when some friend .called Harris into a store and introduced him to Senator Hill. That gentleman af once took out his pocket-book, in which he had the little- dipping: above referred to and asked Harris | if he was the author of the same. Upon an acknowledgement, Mr. Hill remarked, “The satisfaction that I demand is that you move your family nt once to the Kimball House, stay as long as yon Want, and tell the proprietor to send the board bill to me for settlement.** Mr. Hill was condition. fences had all rotted - down, ditches filled np, and the ottl anything but bright. I went work, however, and sden had sev eral fields enclosed, but! could not use the spade, and had no money tb Mnsttta wsek lsns, At * hired a n^pa far this purpoM,-iq-< tending to sell my watch Mid thus pay him; bnt when the work was. neatly done I had not found a pur chaser, and started for home one afternoon from the swamps in in unenviable state of mind. W When nearing the house I met my “better half” cordln - to meet me, die looks of her face I arris ship-wrecked so pressing in bis command, that Harris thankfully accepted. At one time Mr. Hams acquired the habit of drinking te excess, but it did not seem to blunt his intellect in the slightest degree. He for a long time made it his prac tice to drink a quart of whisky every Sunday, that he carried home with him on Saturday. But one night several years ago he made up his mind to stop square off, and asking his wife for a piece ot wax, he in her presence sealed up and stamp ed the half-emptied bottle, and set it back on the mantle, with instruc tions not to let it be moved until orders from him. It remains there to this day, and Joe Harris' 1 has nver since touched a drop of intox icating liquor. The proprietets of- the Atlanta Constitution, as an ev idence of their appreciation of his services presented Mr. Harris' with a beautiful home. He has sew a handsome income, derived from hit salary and literary work, and has built up a reputation that will dure as long as time. To-morrow 1 will write you about my experience as a fanner in El bert county. T. L. G. A PROFESSIONAL FARMER. HOW THE BANNER.WATCHMAN EDITOR BECAME A TILLER OP THE SOIL. kriew sbe bxd some good news lor pie. I was''not ' disappointed. It teeinathxt in searching the pockets of a discirdfcdWit Of‘clothes that I bad thrOwti‘stnfe'in'Savannah, the ■fotind'afzd gold piece, that I had carelessly-forgotten in - my days of plentyi—The sight of a skit to some •ktn wrai>lrail * ■ ’ Mtlnf- '- tlftf mu* >*-— 1 .A ImInj th£ Altana VOL XXXI sailor could not been more welcome than' this 1 gold to me at that particular time. It paid off my ditchet and left me a couple of dollars over, enda dollar about drat time began *6 look aS* big as a cart wheel to me: ' I wilt never forget my-first experience -at'the plow, in a stumpy new-ground. It was the most trying- ordeal of my life, and to this day I look back to it with horror. In fact, I found the life of a fanner strewn with any thing bnt roses, and spent every idle moment that I could spare repenting in sack cloth and ashes' that 1 bad ever been beguiled by such a Will-o’-the- wisp to leave’ a trade that, with all ot its drawbacks, was a downy bed of ease to the new avocation I had chosen. I calculated that had I been paid the wages of a printer for my services, I ought to have cleared fully $50,000 for nay service on that farm. I had determined, however, to succeed, and Worked in rain and shine. Each day added new tor tures to my lot Cattle, would break in my fields, and. I would -be sum moned forth by daylight to drive them out. and return home wet up to waist with dew; then the mules took the epiiooty; -and had to be at tended to; at one time high waters washed, up; a .great deal of the corn, and then a long drought threatened to exterminate, what was left. It made me.-aick-to even think of the fields, and the sight of a pair of draw-bars’ would effect me like a dose of ipec«£. At last the crop was laid toy, and 1 returned home that day to ruminate. Ilocked my self up in a . room, 1 aod -carefully weighed ray. experience ■» a plan- ter; and fouad'- thataot . only f' bright CsstlesthAtli built in Savi and'trembling we Watted its nearer ^approach; when loUit peafiasiousl iIIiiiUkSSwwmww it would be an old-fashioned) Irish tp PS. K With the fortitude of a martyr we stood the . infliction until the train halted at Milieu, where we had a : three-hours’ ■' lay over. It was then that the rivalry of, the coal-burning locomotive ceased, and the midnight musician had undisputed possession of the field. We never listened to a finer performance on the nasal cornet There were no breaks sor stops, but one steady, uninterrupted snort. Our every nerve was on a wire- edge, ana we wracked our brain to devise some scheme to abate the nuisance. We had read somewhere that if you would whistle it would arouse a snarer. We tried every tune we knew, from the Mocking Bird with variations down to Yan kee Doodle, but to no avail. - If there was any change in our. neigh bor’s notes it ‘ was for the worst. We looked' at our watch and It was . 2:30 o’clock,’and still old Morpheus It was the did hot even come in speaking dis tance. We had paid {1.50 for a berth, with the privilege of sleep ing, end the latter part of the con tract had not been complied with. Our mind was made up on two points: 1st, as soon as we reached Savannah we would enter a dam age suit for $10,000 against the Pullman Car Co. 2d, If we were ever so unfortunate as to be sen tenced to the legislature, our first S ublic act would be to introduce a ill making it a capital offense for any man that snored to take pas- GRATrrUOH EXPRESSED. siif} TELEGRAPHIC sparks. " Meeting up with Lietft. Arnold of the police force, we inquired if he hlSf ever been Sent to- Arkansas to priest a member ’of the , legislature Of that'state for burning a house in Monroe, Walton county. ' r ; * 7 ' * & sage on a sleeper. But this silent indignation did not help matters. **Tho villain still pursued us.” At last, in a fit of desperation, we seized ana of our shoes and hurled it with ail the vim and power at our com mand against the frail partition which separated us from that two-Ugn»j Was* hanJ Fnr «... • thirty seconds a death-like stillness I travailed, and we began to lay the 1 Uttering unction to our ‘soul that the nuisance was at last abated. But our happiness was short-lived. The fiend quickly rallied and came back at us With renewed force, - his new notes, being more discordant than ever, if possible. We then let fly the other shoe,, and this time there was a rustling of the cover, and a silence that lasted perhaps two minutes. Then the agony be- the gan anew, and we saw there was , ... , 1 ... .t.——~ . an- nothing else for us to do but to ^.t. I U,s urK I uah had’ crumbled, into ashes, hut groan and bear it Wespentthe ° one'yearof.«ny1ifo.-iacl been worse balance-of the night of horror pic- than Wasted... My' mifcd whs made taring in our mind Whatkind of a up. I would- leave- the-farm next brute was this fog-horn demon,and ICE LEAVE THE PLOUGHSHARE 1H DIS■ I tyP* ** work half their time. As a natural consequence, such a liie was very tiying to the constitution, and the health of the writer gave al most entirely away. Colonel Thompson, author of “Major Jones' Courtship,” was edilor-in- chiel of the News, and was an ex ceedingly kind old gentleman and a general favorite with the printers. The Colonel did his writing, how ever, by fits and starts, but when the spirit was not on him used his scis sors instead ot the pen, but so adroitly did he disguise this appro priation of those stolen ideas that it I Dear was difficult to detect the clippings ised (torn the original. But Mr. Estill complete the ” history” of my.early asad warnimg to tbose who are a j-1 day forever,.- and any one who felt tacked with thkmania. I j^e gathering the -fruits of onr toil could dofsoi -W* determined to stick ; per thousand, and At a, grand hallelujah and jollifi cation meeting of the victorious pro hibitionists of Elbert in the court house on Saturday evening of elec- Editorial Corrcmondenee Bannar-Watchman. burnllH WAtelgtnfl the balance of our days, before running another furrow-in-the bosom of old Mother Earth. Had every -car of corn in * ,J ~— promise.to :be*r our field given promise.to ;Oe»r grains of gold, WO doubt if .we would have remained toharvesttbem. The LETTER II. decided that he was either a rhinos erous-hided drummer, composed of 'nothing but lungs and bloat, or an oithmatic old codger who was tot tering on.the brink.oi an unknown sea. We arose by daylight; weary and worn, and took a seat opposite the thttkwal berth, totake an eye- stograph of the occupant We ■not -have long. to . tarry. Soon there peeped, from below the ^ui> ‘Yes, I can give you a full his tory of it In ib66 or 1867, Joe G. Hudgins apd a man.named Adding ton came into Monroe and set fire to a store that stood where the store of C. G. Nowell now occupies. The proof against these two men was positive, and the next morning I got up a posse and followed in pursuit. - I caught Addington in Jefferson, but Hudgins made his escape and went, to Arkansas. .Addington was brought back to Monroe, con victed and fentenced to the peni tentiary, but Bullock gave him a pardon without his ever serving a day. I learned that Hudgins had settled. in Dallas, Arkansas, and had been elected a member of the legislature. I knew he was the man.I..was'after, and immediately -jot a requisition from Governor ame« M. Smith and started for -'ttle Rock. A. H._ Garland, at present a member of President 1 Cleveland’s cabinet, was then Gov ernor of Arkansas, and to him I went with the requisition. Gov ernor Garland expressed great sur prise at the requisition, and said that there must be some mistake, as Hudgins was a very prominent man in Arkansas, and was a warm ]>ersonal friend of his. I informed Governor Garland that I knew my business, and knew that Hudgins was the right man. This happened about ten o’clock in the morning, and 1 wanted to get the requisition signed and get off to where Hudgins lived by 1 o’clock, as I had to trav- el over the mountains through a dangerous country one hundred miles before I could get to where Hudgins lived. I lelt the govern or’s office and I never got the- re quisition untH that evening at 5 o’clock. This delayed me 12 hours, as T could not leave before the next day. Wnue 1 „ .n» i.. M waiting a young clerk that I saw in the Governor’s office came in and pointed me out to a man who was with him, and I am certain that this, man went on ahead of me and gave Hudgins the information that I was coming, as a perfect de scription pf myself was given to parties in the town of Dallas long before I arrived. When I reached there Hudgins had been gone some time. He went over in the Indian nation and from there to Texas, where he lived for a few years, and then came back to Arkansas, and is now a member of the legislature and a prominent man. Gov. Mc Daniel is after him now and he knows all the circumstances, as it happened at his home. Hudgins will be caught and brought to jus tice. I had a perilous and risky trip over the mountains of Arkan sas. While traveling along I saw an old bear with two cubs lying in the sun on the side of tee mountain. At a place where I stayed, oyer night the wolves at tacked the sheepfold, and trom the fuss they made I thought pandemo nium had broke loose. Hudgins will be convicted . if he is ever brought to Walton county. tioqday, tho following resolutions wore introduced toy George Gro- ~-i, Esq., and unanimously passed the’house Resolved, That we, the people of Elbert, do most heartily recognize ide with profound gratitude the kind and cordial interest which has been exhibited by the gentlemen who compose the Hartwell Brass Band, and those .other good citizens of Hart who came to rejoice with us in this great moral and social victory; farther, That we express our readiness at all times to respond to any occasion by which we may help our sister county in any good cause and work; further, - To Mr. T. L. Gantt, who in per son and through his -paper, has dope so much in the interest of pro hibition, W6 return sincerest thanks and beg to assute him that in our hearts and in our homes he shall ever have the warmest place; fur ther. That in our general rejoicing we will remember with deepest grati tude the labors 'of Dr. W. H. Fel ton, of Bartow, and others of both races, and especially Rev. S. C. Upshaw, col., of Troup, all of whom have so valiantly labored in our cause, and to whose efforts our glorious victory is so largely at tributable; further, Thata copy of these resolutions be tendered the Elberton Leader, Ban ner-Watchman, Hartwell sun, Car- tersville Courant and LaGrane Re porter. J. P. Shannon, Ch’n, W. W. Grogan, Sec’y. WIMttlWX OGLETHORPE. sue from so fair’a source? Cotila - it be possible that the midnight demon who had driven repose from our ey«-lida was this angelic creature? A half mile from the Lexington depot, on the plantation of Dr. Wil lingham, is the grave of the illustri ous William H. Crawford. A plain marble slab lies over his remains, N. Y. Herald: The Western Union Telegraph Companyis hold ing out a tempting bait to Wall street operators in an offer to re- Jncc the price of its gold and stock • tickers.” Just what sort of a hook is concealed beneath that particu- larly tempting piece ot bait; just how that skillful fisherman, Mr. Gould, proposes to land the silly full that nibble at it, is told in our news columns. Before the bait is swallowed, hook and all, would it not be condusive to the general happiness of those concerned to consider whether the momentary enjoyment of the delicate morsel is worth the later proceedings on the hjnk when the line is pulled. VANNAH, Ga., March 17.— I next day we hitched. up.,om train, tains, a dainty little pink foot, Banner-Watchman: I prom-1 an( j left our fields in. the band* of then we heard a rustling of gar- in my yesterday s letter to I Providence and hired labor. Bnt meats.’ In due season the folds -. .. , .lete the history of mycarly e ven after our departure, hard luck parted, and there stepped forth into always kept his eyes wide open, life, after 1 had laid aside the com- The the aisle one ol the most seraphic and tut little transpired around the posing stick to take up the plow- j gj n to which our cotton was carried little virions of female loveliness our officethat he did not know. At share. Doubtless such. a> sketch burned, and with it our crop of eyes ever rested upon. Mercy upon length becoming dissatisfied with I may be uninteresting to many and I th< . ,taple. Then the neighbor’s us! Did these discordant sounds is- an unusually prolonged absence of I foreign to our promised-letters of I^ttleHiade amublic pasture of oHr original articles from his editorial travel; but as it will be a d*y ol so com .fi e ld and we didn’t save quite columns, the proprietor gave secret yet before I will have anything of enou gh to’ pay a doctor’s bill of $25. instructions to Mike Divine the especial note to pen, wiU send if as } In . fcet> I think about $18 would e ye-ua%— . r „ . . . . foreman, to inclose all of Col. a sort of prologue. While exhaust-1 covered the gross receipts Alas 9 it was only too true. Every wth the following inscription: Thompson’s dipped articles with I e d from toil at the case, my temples I f rom our y«ar’s toil. Our team and rose has its thbrn, and from the ‘‘Sacred to the memory of Wil- quotauon marks. Those who knew often wracked with pain and mylfonn ttftj wen t to pay debts entail' depths of our compassionate heart r, * ro Harns Urawford; born 24th fo the Colonel’s disposition can best brain in a chaos, the delightful jlile I ^ during the year, and it was an- we 'pitied the poor tellow who February, 1772, inj Nelson county, judge his indignation and dismay of the farmer would rise up before ot he r twelve months before we would pluck this fair flower. Virginia; died 15th Sep. 1831 in the next morning upon discovering me like a beautitul mirage* and to coul d,hpWa clear balance sheet for The first .intimation a traveler has pg>ct hor P= county, Gain the leg- the exposure. He at once tendered become such was the great goal off 0 or’Brief agricultural experiment. t Wh e is.nearine Savannah is when l? Utu T r f ° f< peorg.a; ■“ the senate of his resignation as editor, and Mr. my ambition. I pictured myself We do not |pe<S these liues^withi ^ ^ h ai u .tthidepot. There S.ates; tis minister to Estill had to compromise by revolt- sitting astraddle some rustic - fence, T iew- xto discourage any one Wh6 ^ will t ‘ ie court of France, in the cabinet ing his order. Col. Thompson was beneath the shade ofa widespread-1 fihd^Wm»elf«eized-w»th an oldma- Xvi that mwlr th* *nd on the bench he was alike in- one of the best writers on the ing beech tree, complacently watch- SffS/wnuJdW succeedbd. WSSS£S!SSSS^ depcndcnt.energctic, fearless and Southern press, and you could refer ,ng the contented laborers riorkl when we fjl1Icd . .But we Me cop- totintry m the. picture of deso- Cv H * he , h,d back to the files of papers edited by among the waving grain. My iart+$jU e d of one thing—an All-Wise utmrJ^witb•:uprightly, pools and *il- 8e JT ,Ce h,s - COuntry .’ f? d , left him for half a century, and there would be no longM greeted withlp roV ide! n ee never designed u» for a mM ridecked trees ^ Itoere are Oc- b <;hindhtm the unimpeachable fame was a most perfect consistency in theshrin. ay of 'e^r? tod ^loi^w-thefe to • i ‘ c ffliiftle^*Si,‘eettle d with of f T hts political course. The pecqfie ot the song of the mockmg-birdwiuldl^^^^,,,^ Polar Expedition 1 wd hntadd surrounded by small About half a mile from the Lex- Savannah appreciated Col. Thomp-1 take the place of the dm ofaUcipn-^itutfiftever attempt it again. patches add vegetables much fur- I- will tell yott about, ther advanced than with us.1 Eng- and how -1 imi liah peas mxy atnck, Irish potatoes thing described that you could al- all the capital necessary to start in I an important DTSCOVEETMASX BY DAY- most imagine yourself on the spot, business. So dissatisfied I was I ■tnmL’f • Col. Thompson was exceedingly with ray old life, that I looked upon I kind to the writer, and we can each days labor at the case, csrea if and large job office; be has a The special correspondent ot the Savannah News says that Senator llrown is looking after the desires of his friends in Washington. We ate inclined to believe the day of Joe's usefulness is over, for with democratic President he will not siand much of a showing. The President probably knows Joe too 'sell and his flopping over from one side to the other will hold a small place in the memory ofPresi- idrnt Cleveland. son county hisdeath, in 1797. He had a largi o the writer, and we can 1 eacn days tapor ai mo case, even H | T—A.i:.i .-ra:. family of sons and daughters. Hii uever forget his kind words of ad- it added $10 to my Uttfortote^’l**”* ^SSEST**?'. MUT 1lived to an advanced age vice when we bade him good-bye precious timethrownaway/Lmade tJ^ -«W died in Athens, Ga. Many of and quitted the printing business!- my first purchase of agricultural * Swwlrfet NoAk for *- ^ wc then thought for good and all. implements before leaving _9avau4 Safe ARRivJUL lRAAfjClHr^SfAm A call longer to the N rth for such Jarittt- Joe Harris, who has since become nan, and remember investing ini • > rOJ famous in the world ofletters by his grubbing hoes of all-makes add “Uncle Remus,” was an assistant to sizes. I had entirely overiookad I»r. William A. Ruddack, who theii recently in Pennsylvania, had during the last years of his life, been made miserable by the delu- *>'<“) that thirteen women were after him with matrimonial intentions, Can't blame the old man from pass ‘»£ in his chips with such an itnag 'nation. A man should comro’i suicide. Mr. Cleveland not only pay* for his railroad tickets, but refuses to secept free boxes at the Washing- •on theatres. We are only afraid the President wilj get tired of this Wa y w hen his country cousins com mence coining to see him. Texss celebrated the 49th anni- v ersary of her independence on Monday, 2d inst, by .laying the «orner stone of her new ; capitol, ]»hich is. to be the largest state 1 in the union • f! r City, 1 son very highly, and once made up ery in the press room below. I handsome'purse and paid his ex- read so much about the happy lot penses on a European tour, condi- of the farmer, that the little expe- tioned that upon his return home he j rience I had as a “boy Gif "slavery would write a book of travels. But days” was almost forgotte^ 'All the great fault with Col. Thompson that I asked for was a trial, attd was piocrastination, and he put the felt assured that my success was a task off until his death. Doubtless sured. I bad reajl all the bool literary treasure was thus lost to and papers on agriculture that I the world, for this gentleman pos- could gather, and intended to en- sessed a rare descriptive talent. We tirely revolutionize the old fogy have often, after quitting work at way. So I set to work, and it did-. .... ... , , night, sat for hours listening to his n’t take me long, by close upplieM j rxorts- accounts ol the sights in the Old tion to business, to save up about 1 oomazhhorzb. World, and so minutely was every- |$6oo, which_ I calculated would be ington depot in another direction, eeffisssUfe isssasar» inbridge, to attend the \fatttoiv from- -which- po ; nt I 1 go to New Orleans. T. L. G. right to the traveller is an liil tildlive oak grove, that weal atr air of veneration possessed by no.other■, tree. > We ANIGHTOFHORROR. cent, to a ’bus to taj^e u. to the Screven House, which is a well kept hotel—the best in the city. After ‘an excellent breakfast we strolled' around fo the; Mottling News office, and 1 were kindly re , j — : complet t South.' Besides the newspaper l litho- Col. Thompson on the News. Well, plows, axes, etc., but bought, netel do we remember Harris’ first ad- inventions, many of which! never I ■ ■ * -" vent into the composing room, Mr. | could find use tor. No crown I .. prince, on his march to take pot- vent into the composing Estill came up one afternoon, fol . lowed by a gawky, red-haired, I session of an inherited - king, felt freckldtfaced youth, whose every more certain of success than yt re glance and movement betokened tired typo. At Augusta I paid $30* ihe countryman. After their de- for a pair of unbroken Kentucky parture we turned to Divine and mules, invested in a, second asked him what kind of animal was hand wagon that broke down befort that the boss had captured. “That I got five miles from that city, au< find,” replied the foreman, “i» our guided by an agricultural friend, now editor, “but judging from his bought some useful plantation toolli. looks I don’t think toe’ll ever riie I hired a darkey - and started { for, above office scavenger. ’ They say, Elbert county through the country, however, he is a right sharp and leaving on Christmas day, and-.-I wittt young fellow, and has made don’t think the roads ever quite a reputation editing some lit* ever will be in so bad a .4 tie weekly up the country.” But I counted my capital, and found - - r ' -* 1 —lted av UringinrtheiSouth. lt will print, house ftW [aBijTaste «v»p aheets pet boor. The, press cost $17,000 don tii ttufaKWhantoun. a M away.- Fa ... t up 1 that night, when copy came in, the nearly all melt . estimate of the assistant editor went first time my ardor began t»G np several hnndredper cent. Every and I soon realized the sad -* line be penned had a good point, his that even silvery -clouds mi ‘ copy was neatly prepared and writ- dark linings. No one wil. ten in a good hand, which went « know the hardships I endured dffjjl long ways to elevate an editor in a ring that long ride. Having lead s I printer’s estimation. Agaiu, Harris life of comfort, with every - r*-‘ 1 proved to be one of the tew men easily supplied, I found myselft that success and public praise did upon an unknown sea, witht * pair not praise. He was a modest, re- of wild young mules and -aalGold tiring young 1 man, “plain as an old wagon that I expected to fall fo shoe, but when once “drawn out” pieces every time a who ’ was Liim-full of life and fun. He ifito a mud-hole _ I at . had at first charge of the Georgia reached my destination, in.no news column, which became the enviable frame[ofmind, as--lui most important feature of the paper. I see no charm of h He fired hot shot jright and left, and pntil acropvras i—. — out leaving any sting behind. We my new depattnre; .Btrf the Rabi- 1 never knew him to wound a man’s I con was mossed and- it - seasons feelings, but at the same time could too late tb retreat. L:.stfcce«4«d j that immensely tickled the late Sen-1 com and rations* I found fhfmq • thjt win » “tooth ’Ttoe iatriari ;upon ttoe1 A STRANGE STORY. A Dead Woman Said to Hare IteTlred and Spoken to Her Friend. Portland, Me., March 10.—Mrs Jane Fossett died four days ago after a brief illness.' The body was pre pared for the grave and lay in the . customary still in Maine. She tells the following story of her remark able experience “I was sitting near the body and looking intently upon the features that had been so dear to me in life, could not restrain my tears, and said in a low voice, ‘Where are you now?’ At the sound of my voice the apparently dead body moved, turned on its side and at last turned up. The eyes opened, and in a thrilling voice the woman, who had been dead, but who lived again, spoke. Mrs. Fossett said she had been in heaven; that she had there enjoyed a happiness that was be yond her power to describe; that she had met and talked with her mother, long dead, and with other friends. For some time Mrs. Fos sett talked, giving me a description of her experience in the spirit land, Gradually her voice grew fainter, and she fell hack upon the bed clad she was in her grave clothes As the-last word was spoken the spirit took its final departure and returned no more.” Some people believe that the la dy saw a vision in a dream, but she convinced it .was all a reality, and that her friend returned and talked with her, The senate to-day confirmed -John C. Black, of Illinois, to be pen sion commissioner. The President sent the following nomination to the senate: Joseph 3- Miller, West Virginia, commis sioner of internal revenue. Henry Ward Beecher had a long talk with the President, and came away saying fine things about the prospect of the administration. There are reports In Calcutta that an actual collision has occurred be tween the Russians and the Af ghans. The government is very reticent concerning frontier news, J. D. Chickering, clerk of Le Flore county circuit court, while out hunting on the 13th inst, was caught in a hailstorm and was so severely injured by the hail that he died before reaching home. Allen Mayor, a school teacher from Pikeville, Tenn., was taken to the penitentiary to serve out a rix year’s sentence for forging school warrants. He is seventy-six years old. The Missouri Pacific railway offi cials here 6tate that the strikars at Sedalia, Parsons, Denison and Atchison refuse to return to work unless a written guarantee is given that none of the strikers will be dis charged within a year from date. The Economy mills of Sevill, Schofield, Son & Co., at Manayunk, which have been closed for some time past, owing to the strike among the operators against a reduction of wages, has started up again. General Sherman received a tele gram from Gen. Hatch, stating that upon the receipt of the president’s iroclamation, concerning the Okla- torha lands, most of those preparing to invade the Indian territory decid ed to return to their homes. Prof. J. L. Richardson, editor of the Bloomsburg Journal, Pa., and formerly superintendent of the Lu zerne county schools, dropped dead to-day while transacting business connected with his newspaper. His death was due to heart disease. Hundreds of inhabitants of the southwestern counties of Virginia The country they have ctjffsl&t^t blue grass grazing lands, and is fer tile, but owing to want of railroad communication and the disaster of last year’s drought, the moving emi grants approaches an exodus. Dover, Del., March 16.—At a senatorial caucus this evening to nominate a successor to Senator Bayard, Attorney General George Gray, of Wilmington, was nominat ed on the second ballot, receiving votes to 9 for Congressman Lore, and 5 for ex-Congressman Martin. the first Presbyterian ministers in Georgia. His grave is without a monument or Headstone. “He was bornln,Pennsylvania,Feb. 20,1759. existing lenburj^h county, N. Ci, Aug. 20, snburgh c „ 0 780. He came to Georgia in. 1788, and took charge ot Bethsalem church, in Oglethorpe county (a church formerly standing about a mile from Lexington depot) and the New Hope church, now MadU Here he labored' until longer te-the North for such-print- nfhu ing; for you can hare prices' dupii- foL^d de^nd^nteh^vI fifw rated rightat home, this ir a very E dclicatn teak,**!: hands, tnS nffid fiRomcialposi- '^S^^P*:'****church * it8 loginning under — ° CC G P fhyvR«S! , ^r l pice* of.Rev. Dr. Gouldiug. atchman officC. , It4?“ .the academy ' f building so long and so successfully r iinojjt'gy its present rector. Cot enclosure is the ife j**? d *LJ tomL ofc ^rU Frauc"w' Me«on. ih SB'S gL'S tleman, and has the re- admiration of all who HUH some day to of our--state * • ' rther on is the old ’ Grfdha* m<ine / toy teaching,''embarked in n ** rc handizipg. and .made aiortune, hini «t- theheSr of our- state w erc be h d ” ad ® *"» a re related to- the woman, and the riteetotHdfif better 'GorernOT XfitSe farther nn i. r..; descendantsofiathe pau moved out wmbamAr' • . ’ wherolheg pass off as whites SlMHtelh sdetes rety dnll.' We R ce near by, where so many emi aSSSSSSJSS^KSS t are no ijn Savin- on someof the most prom inent thoroughfares wretched —hen' little shanties that would do no cred- - *•’- • . among the capitalists jol the K I lO JlKtT a VIno Et -v; . i’^aleSre tthneraar tedknhig forat«.r- a “ - thft citja^na; .of that •: Isaac Dixon, a well known negro tog tendered the Geor- in Athens, died suddenly on Sunday a IfranflrecePtion!-’ Wi kwt ! He was on the streets on Fri- Bain- day.-’ IIIs disease wa*. pronounced bridge, but nothing more. T. L.G. I plucrisy. . HEM AND HOTS. A close observer, who delights noting the minute characteristics which will inevitably crop out in the general deportment of a man and rush unavoidably into the cur rent of “life,” be it great or small, is amused, profited and astonished, at the universal recklessness with which the great tasks of life-mak ing and life-living are performed. If we could but begin to see our selves as others see us, the almost instantaneous reformation in the characters of men would be woti derful indeed. It is really shock ing to visit any of out places of pub lic resort, churches, theatres, polit ical meetings, or any other kind of gatherings where men congregate, and note the alarmingly small num ber of perfect gentlemen present The close observer, who has ever given the study of human nature thought, can spot the gentleman crowd with as much readiness and precision-as the needle in storm points to the North pole. How few men there be, who, when sifted down to the true analysis a gentleman, will bear the test! Show us the man who is polite and courteous to the rich- and to the poor alike, who values virtue, not clothes, who shuns the company of such' as gather at public places to gaze at tne fair sex, or nkake unkind remarks of the passing' girls; show us a man who abhors a libertine, who scorns the ridicule of a moth er’s sex and the exposure of wo manly reputation; show us a man who never forgets, for an instant, the delicacy duewomanaaa woman, in'any condition or class; show us the man who never forgets that ’tis his duty to be a gentlenian under all circumstances, and you show us a gentleman, in the most compre hensive meaning of the word. ' Observer. Potatoes should all be planted. If you have not the seed, look in the columns of the Banner-Watchman English peas should be planted if possible. If not possible, then don’t plant them. They are only good for small children. Bode will furnish garden tools, and Edge & Dorsey a rocking chair. This mode of gardening is consid ered the best Rock and dig. Onions for bouquets should be put in the ground as soon as con venient so as to be ready for the commencement exercises. The egg plant ought to be planted by next Sunday at farthest Get your mother-in-law, if you have one handy, to plant more po tatoes, as the hard times are looked for in August. Celery might do to plant later on, as there is very little demand for it only with the a:sthetic. The cow, we hope, has already been planted by the city council. Sun bonnets have been discarded by the ladies while working the garden. A beaver hat belonging to your pa is considered the most esthetic. The garden gate must not be used tor swinging-purposes during working hours. The front g: the best. Plant pepper, and a great deal of it In April or May you can com* mencc sending large baskets full of your earliest vegetables to the Ban ner-Watchman office. They will be eaten, and puffed according to the size of the basket Irish potatoes, onions, radishes, and, in fact nearly everything that § rows in the garden, are relished y editors. GEORGIA NEWS. - - « '. ^ „ , Irwmtqn has commenced boring an artesian well. Planting will be later this season than usual on account of the back wardness of spring. ®The city council of Griffin has passed an ordinance taxing drum mers ten dollars per year. A Carrigan and Nash, one of the Augusta batteries,'played last sea son with the champion club id the Massachusetts League. .. The young ladies of the Southern Female College, at; LaGrange, hold* a -prayer meeting every Sunday . afternoon immediately after ditaqen A little son of Mr. W- C. Bentley, at, C rawfordvitte, caught a rabbit a few days ago, which measured two feet from tne tip, of its nose to the end of its tail. Mr. J. F.’ Hodges has shown two or three lumps of copper ore taken out of a well in the neighbor- • hood of Houston factory.—Fort . Valley Mirror. The Columbus Iron Works Com pany are now building three ice machines. They are of ten tons capacity, and will be sent to three different states. Intelligence was received in Au gusta yesterday of the death in At- antaofMr. Maximilian Meredith. He was the adopted son of Mr. ' James Meredith, a well known citi zen of Augusta, who died a number 'years ago. - During telephonic connection be- tween Macon and Columbus Sun- day, Maj. Hanson, of the former city, listened to the singing of the Presbyterian church choir at Co lumbus. The. detonation of the voices was almost perfect. Carter, Gainesville’s runaway hotel proprietor, has written a letter to his heaviest creditors, in which he says he intends entering business in a Western town and will pay all his debts. He does not name the place in which he intends locating Mr. Wiley Britt, residing near Forsyth, exhibited the other day a shingle which had been riven from near the centre of a pine tree thirty-two inches in diameter, and in which was imbedded a small bul let. Actual measurement showed the location of the bullet to be about thirteen inches from the cir cumference of the tree, and by close inspection no trace of its penetra tion could be seen. A Danish tramp, apparently about thirty-five years old, giving the name of John Petersen, applied for admission to the Savannah hos pital yesterday. He was suffering from injuries received iir falling through a trestle near Oliver, about forty-five miles west of the city, on the Central railroad, between mid- fiig!” He was : <fktKVfi^e£daX.jn.iHn*- tie when his foot slipped and' he tell through, a distance of abdut thirty feet. ' The citizens of Swainsboro offer ed to pay half the cost ofsiuking an), artesian well if the county would pay the other half. This the county - refused to do. ' ' Thirty-eight wagons were count? cd in one place in Carrollton one day last week. This is given as air" " evidence ot the growing trade of that place. Montgomery and Columbus were connected by telephone to-day, and' • the subscribers ol bbth cities were put in easy communication, and talked for hours. No more “soap” men can get li censes in Darieti to swindle the poor raft-hands out of their hard earnings; Every community should beware of these fakirs. Ordinary Yancey, of Troup coun-^ ty, has received three petitions re questing him to order an election under the local option law for that county. One emanates from La- , Grange, another comes from West Point, and a third from Hogans- ville. \ Mr. James Staten, Jr., showed'us a huge lemon several days ago, grown on his cousin’s grove in Orange county, Florida, which weighed six pounds and ten ounceq, and measured twenty-five inches in circumference. The largest shad dock was small beside it GENERAL NEWS. Negro Blood la Her Veins. Before the war, in Hart county, a White woman wanted to marry a mulatto, but to do so had to first swear that; she had negro blood in ber>vein>. The negro opened an artery in his arm, when the white woman drank of his warm blood. Then going to a magistrate over the riyerin South Carolina, she. took thet;required oath and the couple were duly married. Some of tlie Mulberries are said to make a good crop, if planted in the light ot the moon. Rutabaga turnips should not be planted at this season of the year. They are for the cow, and the cow is non est. Radishes could be planted with impunity, and eaten the same way. Beef steak and onions are good later on, especially for young men going to see their sweethearts. If the garden is well broken and the seeds' have been bought. and paid for, a few more Irish potatoes could be safely put in. Eatables will be scarce next summer. It is the time to commence pre paring cold shoulder and cracker lash for summer visitors. Dried apples may not be in. the way of gardening, but they are good to have when your old uncles and aunts come early in the spring. PToMMUm in Gwinastt. Ironists up to the present time are pot very well organized, and the whiskey men, aie doing everything in their power’to win the race. The in thpir power to w»n only ,w«Y$o.'Whip the fight, is for the prohibitists to organize thor- bly and go to wort. By this ougl means they may accomplish the de- sirctf reatma. w, -'g- John I in' Glrn Ball. „ > hasbeen confin Augusta ^’jail for some Mar: ‘ Mr. Young the brother-in-law of'Mr. Sikes, be came his bondsinan.. The bond is perfectly good, as Mr. Youngblood is worth 'about twenty thousand dollars. To Watermelon Kaisers. Cartersville American: Mr. Phil- p King furnishes the following nov el plan of promoting the growth of watermelons: Dig a hole in the ground a short distance, from the young melon, place in the hole an old-vessel that will hold water, and keep it filled. Place a ball of yarn in this vessel of wfter, carry the end of the thread to the stem from which the melon grows, split the stem and put the thread through it It the vessel is kept full of water, the thread will; convey enough moisture to the melon to keep it growing, and the. melon ’ will not ripen unit 1 the string is reraoved or cut off. Ten thousane miners are on strike . in Pennsylvania. ' France is discussing the question of an advance to Pekin. t The bill, making gambling a fel ony, has been defeated in Texas. Some of the California farmers are feeding their hogs on grapes and figs. '• The Fenians, Stephens, Davis and Leroy, have been sent out of France into Belgium. The departments are still besieged by office-seekers, but they obtain very little encouragement Memorial services in honor of ■, General Gordon were held in sever al English cathedrals yesterday. Secretary Manning has reduced the iorce in the Treasury Depart ment by dismissing forty-two per sons. Indications go to show that the triking railroad men will carry their point. Mr. Gould’s lieutenants' are weakening. Ex-Secretary of the Treasur Windom would put enough silver in . the dollar to make it equal in value to the gold dollar. , Secretary Whitney has ordered three American cruisers to repair to Central American waters -to pre serve the autonomy of the repub lics. The Connecticut House of Rep- - resentatives passed a bill permitting . women to vote in any school district meeting or „be elected on school boards. The Afghan war clouds have been temporarily disseminated. Mr. Gladstone announces in the House of Commons yesterday that the ad vance of the Russian and Afghan forces would be stopped. You can get strawberries now lor 25 cents a quart; but you will-have to go to Fairbanks, Fla., to get them. That’s about the way things go. We' all know there is a balm at Gilead— boat loads of'it—but the gall of it is to get to Gilead.—Burdette. * The Arkansas wheat crops have been ruined by the alternate freez ing and thawing of the past month. ' "The - Episcopal church ot St. James, T corner of Madison • avenue URHY GANTT. No man has won more hearts' among the people, of Elbert county than T. L. Gantt, of the Banner- Watchman. When he had won the fight in Clarke, the prohibition ists of Elbert, with one voice, said: “Gantt must be with us.” On Fti day evening Mr. Gantt arrived. A large delegation of citizens met him at the depot jyith a brass band: He was escorted into the town, where he was greeted with cheers. Wher ever he went Mr. Gantt put in some fine licks, and_ made many most val uable suggestmns at the request of the Executive Committee. Mr. Gantt • is - a»born campaigner ' and newspaper man.—Elberton Leader and Seventy-first street, New York,. which cost $275,000,' was dedicated.' recently. Rigid economy is the rule in all the government depirtmehts; sine cures are being abolished,' and the carriage horses heretofore used by prominent officials are being sold. A derision by'Judge Colt bojds the stockholders of. the wrecked Pacific Natiotaa} iBank, ol Boston, liable to pay a second assessment of 100 per cent making their loss near- ly $3,ooqvoock. ‘l 1 ’ Gen. James S. Whitney; father of Secretary of the Navy, W. C. Whitney, was for several yeats su perintendent of the Springfield ar mory, and was also collector of the port of Boston. *.ZobehrPacha, the ex-slave king, whom Gordon wished to be restored to power in thei:Soudan, .has been arrested for treason by the Khedive’s government, and is on board a Brit ish frigate bound for Cyprus. '