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— Americus Recorder. ') JacirFroet l» »• *»»•*« fa «>#•• I (HIM. . | ■ . itflui U the -matter with Sdltor fl anion'* Medium,down In Albany? Jamra R. Rindsll hoi been *p- pointed private secretary to & toe Brown. ^ ^ A monument h*as been erected to the memory of Gen, Ell Wnrren, In Perry, On. ^ _____ Con green ehoufd tbolleh the Iran. 4Nl Mth wed the Ironofcd tariff, both war mennuren and long ago unneoeaeary. * J. BUILD ADD TEXAS. cimnrnwMtiwTnia !*■■«*. J. Gould and bin lieutenant* are thoroughly advertlnlog Texaaand litgn an an agrlonltnrnl coun- . . t8S tuckyTOhio, Indiana and Illlnoln Carmen, aocompanled by * editor* and nportera, arrii the Little Paw-Pawl 1 was* decided blonde, ipatient, and * > had a contempt for neanfag, aa well an he eauld the yontb. fal face of Dsywood, mid: “By boko/; I expect lam the fellow that bit yon that thnataod here we are quiet and totheee poor unfortu- *“ bowling Columbu* la to bare • $60,000 compress, which has been purchaa- «d add will be operated' by the ”*AlH*fca. Editor Johnson la making the Emltbtllle Enterprise quite a neway gad Interesting paper. It bide fair to take the place of the late Worth the last number of tbe American Journalist contains ^'portrait and bh/grapblcrl sketch of Col J? Mi Eat 111, proprietor of the Savannah morning News, About 43 per cent, of the farmers in Georgia an la a belter oood Won than lest yew; 16 per aeok the eomg, •ad 41 pgr ooafc anewer “not ee gMd,? ThengU the prod notion ol moot crope hoe fallen ebort, the oondtllos of tbe farmer lo by aft means discouraging. The dry sea prompted the most rigid economy, '•this, wit* the .faTormhle crope ear hae brought them out indelitedneee than oeual. Editor Lewis mlaundentande ue. Wo do not regard the Romania M Infallible, ae it la at liable to err go the noted Col. Ingereoll, or for that matter, tbe Telegraph. Wbat we i intended to intimate, and we ehsll keep our |ien to plain .facte hereafter waa that the make up «t pressman got tbe editorial and Georgia New* page* ef the Tele graph Into ao many dllfarent place* that It would keep a regular reader <m hie bead to Itnd them. It seems that the ltepublicena propose to fight tbe coming cam paign under the banner of the bloody shirt and the outrage mill <• again to be set in motion. We do not think they trill be successful as heretofore. Thousands of peo ple of the North have vUUed the ■oath daring the pail four year* and they have failed to Bnd evi dences of that bitter animosity to ward tbo old flag that the Kepubli. Can* contend they are imbued with, end have in vain searched for the aoeook of the outrage* which a Re publican press baa gloated over. never fed. He was _ Aild ewer the dow tool ths amy. Jlrnll b several do, tb« soul to dor*." was hto firstptonk __ Antonio, esst to Houston and back „„ , .Jnng.roua one, and lbs greatest F.. w . home over the International. They , wafabfotnre* was required to prevent i *°?~"**~ * 1 like well to-do Independent husk El mm tad srith s reaped rather looked like i people and wire no doubt selected y **^*f m! l |* ® ^ nspa iwaaem w PWI w ■ , L r agsSSEtScwft: ansasgatta jSgB xi pgafjs&«« lustrata the sagacity ef Jay Gould. He baa many hundreds ol miles of , mMf.. railway In this State, through - rich aad sparsely running ■settled section*, to densely populate which I* now bia aim and ! hie uullor. Ue, like the rest of us, knows it it only naoeftftary farfkrm ritoracthecoua try to settle In and eommcr.ee til ling He soil. This will feed Ins ruarl-give It Ireiglit aad passengers for all time. lie oilers free trans portation to all farmcra.uud their families, beds, bedding, stock end Implements, who may Wish to coma and tattle along Any of hi* lines. Of eouras this wdl bring them by th* teas gf tbossaads. And Oould knows, also, how Irogal and thrifty are the firmer* of toe Nortlfwset, ! Mafrikeatisi they *etde they go to work mod do a fall share la building up s country. We publish the above for tbe parpoee of etaowtgg low aca efeu- tffptln nd txperUaei tftlixo (hi iDpvrtMM of inwlpitloo Mid the mean* they taka to secure it. la Itlaeoaveyed a blat ta tbe rail, roads of the South that they should not be alow to profit by. By per suing u liberal aad enterprising coarse in this direction tbe rail roads ol Georgia eeuld la afow year* double tbe popalatioa end produots of this State sod increase their business in proportion. It looks like a suicidal policy to us for tbe railroads of this Stale to ent their rates down to tbe lowest point ia order to oarry passengers through the State to Florida, and llitn refuse to give epo«ial excur sion rates to point* in their own Stale and on their own line of road*. Jay Goulu may be a big apeoulator and is no doubt selfish in all hi* tbe bounds thsesef. Escaping each time uninjured, bt became fearless. His coo- tempt for sosmfss increased, and he in clined to ths opinion thst the bullet wss never mad* that was to bit him. On one occasion, after being relieved from a night’s arduous duty. Bayuood here, said softly tojwhw to make his sect tbs •kudkb WEALTH JED POVERTY IE ST. PETER8UVR0. Car. Ran Francisco Ctirnolclr. I think the flrat imprcaaion thst a * sight of St. Petersburg creates on the mind is that of arc. The second is ths the eeodition of tbs When yen first look lorew U» gun otgt tin MUMUMMr v mm noh anj ifto map. asking hto comrede to sratt, proceeded j Jn thThrosTsti % . ! ou the flse qnsys aleng both banks ol “• 1 tbs New, fringed with stately pslaoe* streets snd'open places, both hi ‘ ' * »“d residenees ” end when you see the au bis way lUMiaj 5SSjg,j£ i b *"* eU pobfie bfildlinoccupy, **■■*• •* * roc* * nog* i vou , r „ rstbor carried away with h polat he tprncd, Im emne upcuacqucd j of the magnitude of tbe city, of the enemy formed in order, and with , Th -jisj ^ sniree of live mnsketa raised to flrs. Thssery-snl J S?refcSll*tSn ? aad|u{tS5igfalhe to efterga ordered him ** Oiwfr “?*“ ! sunlight, give an air of wealth, too, that hU «£?££* • ; rtrfl.es the mind rery forcibly •i^_i ... •- -o— f$9 ifjiki down tali’ Lu sotkJ hirj rf’f, a thousand b!!lletah!!Horn Pitobai* ggs tfotbcsi br 4«* mosksta bad exploded ta b* struck bis Re turned to ran im-1 another wjuad find at Ptofr imwitm an* him toll, roll over, spring half -SElffE Me bands and] «Sf>“ hsA they fired their first volley ■S5WMt.SS.ffl: 'Inifra kit pook- jelly. Beth partis* faMawL aad tbe batterir> to camp, which had wheeled into posi tion on ths river bank, retired again to Uta fort above. Frank's left arm had been literally pnubed by ballets nud by Ids fall among the rocks, and in an lionr after his adventure he was a on*- armed min. Tbe next morning Frank slipped away from ths hospital and crawled os over to his quarters. ’ Ho recovered rapidly and refused to leave tbe eervioe even for a feu' weeks. Th* fact that he had received so severe a wound in so 'insoldiorly s foray and before tjie regiment had bera in lutile had its effaet, and ha determined to do his duty a* a soldier in some way. This determination and hi* misfortnne made all the regiment his friend*, officers as Bnt when you walk through the and m* tbs poeeriy that slinks a ths shad* of tbe palatial edi- OessT ssbcayuasra foot after too* on which ignorance and . riot are im printed to typo that be who runs may ■wad, a revulsion of bettog comes 00 wad ytoa are saddened. Hi* unfair, the country,and l dare nay that to win ter Bfc. Fstorsburg amy present • much gsyeT appearance than it does in sum mer. wily to Urintar the condition of rimpoof fodrehttore wore* aad thus thn ecotrast most bn area more striktog than at this tisne ef the year, whso it u marked enough. There is s sedans, toe, on almost ever; face, a cold hard took to those who are bettor off, a took of dull despondency to the tower efacere, that is almost painful. Ton rarely eee s smile, even on young faces. Yon nevrr bear a hearty tough. Even the children ■com subdued and do not tumble about and shout and whistle as is the wont of children in other lauds. 8o that,despite it* palaces and churches and statues and ita broad streets and weU-filicd store*, tho Ittuaian capital is not s happy looking place. Having purchased the interest of J. B. Felder in the firm of R. T. BYRD & (X)., 1 will continue the business at the old stand on Cotton Avenue, as -DEALER IN Fust-Class Guanos and Acid Pbosplates, GLOBE COTTON PLANTER* 1 AM ALSO PREPARED TO OIV* YOU ON YOUR PROPERTY IN THBBX8TOO] THEIR LOtftUM PROMPTLY 1 — CALL AND MBS MB! Ltr pAT Mr. Felder will continue in the LOAN business. T. Those parties who are indebted to the firm of R. T. Byb» & Co. nrc notified to call and settle up,-as the books of theoM firm must be closed immediately. Amen cue, Ga., Jan. 12, 1884. THE BLACK It.AES CANAAN. Cliireco Hmil.l. Nih-s, the Arkansas negro, now in Washington os th* agent of the National Colored Indemnity society, *ay* thori ' " “ iioty and scheme*, but. while be is doing | wall os priratre, and he waa oasigned to something for himself he Is doing such duty a. he could perform. He re- a Jay big work for Texas, and Gould in Georgia would do u* a vast amount of good. Tho bidding for the Democratic National-Convention becomes more lively every day. At lust account* Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and LoaiavlUc were getting up sub acrlptionM to |>ny tile exjicnsc* of the body on condition that It should lie held in one of these cities. Cinclnnnti, at tbe latest accounts, liad about flS.OOU guaranteed, and Chicago about 37,000, one leading hotel • putting down $1,500 and another $1,000. The Chicago hotel man know how to ratltbclr bread on the waters, and those of the other cities named will not be far behind them. Wimn the |>eople of the South wake np they trill begin to kuklux ths turpentine gatherers, who arc destroying millions of trees, which will be worth billions of money be fore meu who arc now living die. THE CAPITOL (XlMHHMlOil. Tbe member* of tbe Capitol Com' mission met in Atlanta last week, and wore in session Ac greater part of the week, examining plans and material submitted by com petitors. It was decided by a rote of three against two to employ an expert to closely examine tbe vari ous plans and specification of thear- chficol* before making any award. It ha* bcon said by several Atlanta correspondents that the building would not b« built for tbe amount originally thoaglil of sad agreed upon, but considering all things we nrc oflbo opinion tbnt Georgia can build just as good a statu house a* she needs for $1,000,000, and our legislators should sec to it that it costa no more. reivad at once the name of -Little Paw Paw,* and carried it through the war. At Atone river he was sn orderly carrying messages sad orders. Press ing to the float to deliver an order he bad his hone shot undtr him, and then as he plnnged recklessly forward, re ceived a wound that broogbthim down. The battle field waa that night in the pcssnsion of the enemy, or was a sort of disputed ground, so the wounded re ceived no attention. Baywood had fallen in a cedar thicket where the fight had barn most furious, and tho dead and wounded lay thick about him. Ho had seen the men, now disabled, dash at each other with faces furious with passion and hate and with-hoane voices beliowii son 1st tit: time. 11 the people of Americus wisli to secure the location ol the rail- road Irom their oily to IJucna Vista, now is the time. We arc satisfied that with proper effort tbe road can be secured, ami we Iwlievc it to be for the interest of Americus | mem to secure it. towing brutal curses. These men now lay where they fell, as calm in their common suffering as tho eick children of tho same mother rest on tho same Iml. Two men who had taken de- lilicrntn aim at each other, at short range, and fired almost nt the same instant, both fell dangerously wounded. Hours nflcr. as tho cold, lmzy moon light cam* down upon them, tlio moans nt one for water caused the other to move toward him. Disabled as he was tli is was a difficult tinder taking. His alow crawling waa like the approach of a snail, and for minute after iniuute his enemy of the battle hour watclu-d this slow approach with an anxiety that was almost wildness. At last they met, sad the almost exhausted soldier, with his good arm, held his canteen to tin- feverish Up* of the other,' knowing that he had fired ths shot that lmd so se verely wounded him. are 2,000 members in the hoc that their purpose is to oolonise tho blacks on that strip of publio land ISO miles tong by 40 mile* wide, whirh_ In- between T« Texas, Indian Territory, Colo rado and Kansas. Leaders of the Kan- i*s exodus movement are in the society, but ths object* of tbe society are differ ent. Th* purponc to to send out a small colony of colored families at soon as the tract is opened to settlement. Each family will at first be sup|iorted bj three of the atay-at-bome mem bers. The idea to that if the blacks once got footholds, the white* would keep away from thn trout, and gradually it would be filled b.v Nile* say* they are ground under tbe -heel of < oppression” in the south. Nile* went to Washington from hto eighty-acre farm In Mariana, Ark., at a salary of $B0 a week, to find out how-*oon tho Canaan his society luu selected will he : ready for 1 and’also to errata public opinion favor' ren, able to tho scheme. He find*, be sa,v*, that the prospect of an early opening of the promised land to good.but at two meeting*, convened for the pnrpo.u id 1 ' eu the Haywood’s heart swelled. He re- . uipinnercd once, when a boy. that he Would it not lie ail- a " okl ' from » I*'»K i'tooos, two weak to visa bln il.« , . move hand or foot, and that when he vioabte for tbo committee appoint-) „*„• the great kindness of those about cd to occur* subscription* to tako I him ho cried tenderly, silently in his helplessness, thankful that human for each tree, the same thing was done in Ohio. Indiana and Kentucky. The wal- some action in the mattarf If this h«pfe«n**. Ihanwut urns unman , . ... , „ ’ ; nature was wood and thankful that tu o | roa “ Should he built to Oglethorpo I the helpless Oo-l made all men kind. All the mineral* of the South com-1 or Audcrsonville, it will be a mat- i H ® moaned, thinking not of the. torn bined have not a* great prospective tor of * Mlln B re 8f«‘ to the business 1 {|J at Jj^ono would roll" ttoobody oil valoe as her fine timber, which is ‘ nlcn Americus that they did not j —can’t somebody turn me over?” being every year ruthlessly dcs.| nul in ttme. j A large man in grey, who had l>ecn * j t it * . m -» __ ' struck in tho shoulder and lier*d. mid tro.vcil for a mere gallon or two of When a member or Congress 1 * ho h »d been lying tUent and aulUn, turpentine for each tree. Much -.hutlles off this „,„rt.l • !. with hto back to Haywood, but still siiuiiics off tills mortal coil, it, ncnr Mm> worked toward him on one cost* the Uuitcd States treasury ride..while a little fellow in blue, aboiitthreclUousaiuldollarei.il.il.!-1 wounded in tha legs,draggedhimsclt nut Umber that was made into ii, or « m .bib i nearer fW» the other. Ore worked r ii. i «.... . 1 l,| e remain* with the honor* of a eon-1 with his togs and the other within* ilr that hail limbs was l the nfew conrsingot I ISTfl U «• aiamLi «P III! . • Ita* • • A. Is . ... a* much as the entire farms and improvement*. Many an old curled, knotty tree that was burned in tbe log-pile would sell readily at from $S.*0 to $500 delivered in market toils v. * enabling bim ta popularize tbe new project in Washington, hu lias town rid iculed and called a -crank.” Hu got neither sympathy nor sup|iort. Ill ad dition, he complain* that evil-minded white men prevent lito getting hi, weekly rti|iend regularly, and his regis tered letters do not get through tli« ON REAL ESTATE. Having 1 severed my connection with the firm of R. T. Byrd & Co., my whole attention^ will now be given to the negotiation of Loans on Improved Farming Lands. My territoiy for the present is limited to the Counties of Sumter, Webster and Lee. By prompt attention, expeditious returns and reasonable rates, I hope to merit your patronage. Respectfully, J. B. FELDER. Americus, Ga*, Jan. 18, 1884. l« H—d OrowtaT*. Look Box.Phlta.Pa. FOOD IX AFRICA, Stanley’. I-rater In London Telegraph. There i* no reaoon why many foods should not ho produced an the spot. The sugar cane to largely grown by tho native*, and I myself, when much in need of a saccharin he addition to my diet, have boiled and atreiued the pntp dowu to a thick, tarty-like sugar. Then, ottee to indi| as we nil know, roffee to Indigenous to all tropical Africa, and would certainly yield on these golden atones around the pool the finest result* under cultivation. Jt to the food question that to thn great difficulty of Congo exploration. Though the toil is richly productive, the natives grow only just ouougli to live u|mu In plenty tltenixelres, but are not equal to a sudden drain on tlieir resource*. Among tho wake ex- J brunds, untO^ fcaee nib ami firewood, If it had ; greMmiln SSirSSrieH'for ihrc?ti«e°s’j° f ,hc i ^^ Met!* fa.4i.sa *!*.•_ fa _ ,! l* l V Mr. Hawk, of lllino!» t the ! blood bo fell a struge elasticity ot meals, lunebcons, hack hire, *»<l. ^ „ blne ^ him-LiHi - e.i. item* .or the mourner* foot up , p* w p» w * in a dieerywoman’* nearly three hundred dollars. 1 war, and the sullen man in grav said » *• * ''“j -Me ‘X'nr&tJPz j.res-’tnan i* more valuable titan n venture yeafa before na.1 live otto. WHY .t WHIP CRACKS. Sclentllic American. Tho doubling of tlio lash itsidf pro- duces an accelerating *pi*>d in the cracker, so that by fbe time it arrive*nt the cud of it* stroke, it* velocity i* very great. It* sudden check and return produce* a blow upon the air of great intensity which wo hear and designate is a crack. Tho form of tho lash, its rrsdnal taper and the tinning with a mall, fibrens, braided and knotted end ire mechanical devices for facilitating he action of tlio losli, and for wear. Hie fibrous or fruved end adds mnehto tlm strength of the “crack” by spread- »ig a large area ta act upon the air. Scientific American: Distilled water •ii the day light is of a blue color. By •gaslight the color u green. A NEW TREATMENT P»r CnfaBMmptloa, Aathai. Bronchi- •-•-.Drerereis. c«i«r,h. iiJSSTh., Dthl III y.HliMtwtHiai, StnralgKt, «ai all ckron'.r $04 Nervotu IHwrdtr*. CARD. Wo. ihc and*nl«ii^i hATinjr mtM ^ - ItMini p< pniAiH> n t from itw u*o or ‘‘CUMPO OXYURJf,*' ftfoporot! Bud RdinluUttrod by l»r.«. vAitiAii, prejtaivu snu Rqiniuiifffeti DT llfffi. ST.UIKKY Jt l*AJ*K2f, oj PbU»Mpld s »»4 l*» hu Mtl-flrd that (t i« t now dhatoery fa medltal aio PttDtriiii; from rLronlr and 40«c*ll*l ‘Mncura lr** ilMnfivit to do fall tht* »f CM to frutko it* Vlf inoa known ood to iuaptro tbo pahtle with coml< v.v mu- | i i -u.iis. *uv*nwgv vi um.piau* KEY df I'At.KN. Th«y ar« odD'nt**!, InittlUarnt, "■* con«clvuUou$i>h]rMclAn\ who will awt* wo mo . tn«ko Miy *Utrmrnt which thrf do m.t know nUI« or rpnorta of raafa* which • Ifo.iihrr ofC<jkfw» from PhUfalfalphii. u a TVTII 1*1* T. ». ABTUUU, K«iit**r tiki roblUhcr “Artbur’j Horn* “uuuw," rkllaWrkia. - SKAl> t Obacrrer,* rhUadd- V. 1. C.)KE V/tl.lllAI', IMltor M l«atkmi ithla. rfei'falfrltrhia, l'x, J«t« 1,1*92. In oplei to mott • natural iaqairy In rrfird lo oar Dcufrw*U>nAl »n l i«i*onal atandime mad t*» «t*o laiTMMd conilhiKt la oar Btatoowntaandla tho tonalumoM of our tottimoolaia and rvporta of Wfo, wp punt L« fhna TPntlciwcw w#U ad widely kco«n aad o( tin* hlfbt+t pcnhOtl hirfavr. « ur o« t’omp'»‘ini|OxxK<»n t ** MiD«* lap a ItUiorv ot nr *1 ramlf of act ton ««f tL*» moii* oblv rurAlive mpbI* oc-i a Un« rtcocri of wurprtfi- inr »nnr* in Con»a fs«i.»f», c'atirruh. Xeatnlpla. “ idiUU. A* hjiv*. Ir.. n.Ml a wide rutfw of ltiTr^J-.wS.t nr«iroad tin* jt.t, t wtoe- IXIs ,sHt,o,l of Isfcimlag my rtiress in tk. pss »4 lb. psMIn (onmlly <tat I .m pnyt'rU to a» Any and ill Kinds of Work In my llaw .atk at on ken Machinery and Engine Boilers. flow Work will iretire lyorlnl nilottlen; It bs. ANY BLACKSMITH WORK butru.ttd tnmskknllknvr kooert nilrnilon on I 2fa*» tto nU X. T. Ifutta MtaA ontu^jcnwAn. l,Qq,J>attnrxlMta*. »'■ Guano. Guano. Guano. J. A.S.BAISDEN, CrPASTO PBATJm, wnlcsnoS koe In .two Ike Wot (nSn n> 10. ' 1-irUo. wnktne to bny thrlr Oo.nn now nolknr mown reels 0*0.11 to imnbam ft>no aolMloefaiisstkokMktnSHnttko lovre Inin. SALB.’ Adiircft* lira. WTA| IIOU aad 1111 Ulrard Mtroot. y.iv.:itf PhlMdrlphlii. P , A hoadaouio two. orated fBndlvPkooioh. •b$c for one or tw.» konoo.||Win Le wjd ch^;* * JanlVtf II. IL WATIS