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MACON, APRIL 16, 1SSO.
—Ex-Marshal Bazaine is reported to be
living in a secluded street in Madrid, and
to be preparing his memoirs for. publica
tion.
JEtna is again tranquil, its summit is
once more covered with snow, and an as
cent Is contemplated, with a view to ex
amine the alterations caused In the crater
by the recent eruptions.
—When we hear a man bragging that
he is a self-made man, we often wonder
why he did not ask a wise man to help
him pick out better timber, before he be
gan to build.
—If man can’t make both ends meet let
him sit down on the end of a shaky barrel.
When the head caves in the problem will
be solved to his complete satisfaction.
—Mr. Erastus Brooks, of the New York
Evening Express, a veteran editor, will
be in attendance upon the Southern Press
Convention which meets in Atlanta next
Thursday.
—They have named the baby elephant
llebo, in anticipation, doubtless, of a long
train of sisters, cousins and aunts, that
are expected to establish this new trunk
line in America.
—The St. Louis Republican, credited
with great Democratic influence in Mis
sissippi Valley, has come out squarely for
Tildcn, and the Grauercy Park boom has
received a fresh push forward.
—Prince William of Prussia, eldest son
of the Crown Prince and future heir to
the empire, is now 21 years old, a few
months younger thac his betrothed. Prin
cess Victoria ofSchleswig-Holstein-Augus-
tenburg. \* «
To be Completed.—The final appro
priation of $2,500,000 for the East River
bridge between New York and Brooklyn
having been made by theNew York Legis
lature, work on that structure will now be
rapidly pushed forward. It is expected
that the bridge will be open for travel by
the 1st of June, 1881.
Heavy Damages in Prospect.—Ac
cording to the Herald of Tuesday the Su
perior Court, sitting in general term, ren
dered a decision of great interest to the
rapid transit roads and to all the property
holders along their lines. The principle
of the decision is that the roads are liable
in damages for injuries to property caused
by their construction and operation.
—A paragraph went the rounds of the
English newspapers about a pheasant hav
ing been shot that had a wooden leg. Now
the sequel is being published. It is to the
effect that a London surgeon, taking his
holiday in the country, found a pheasant
caught by one leg in a trap. Taking his
case of pocket instruments the surgeon
carefully amputated the leg, and then
made a neat little artificial leg, fastened it
to the stump and released the bird.
—The New York Herald prints oral
expressions of opinion made to a repre
sentative of that paper by nearly all the
members of Congress from the three im
portant States of Virginia, Louisiana and
Mississippi as to the sentiments of their
consth Henries respecting the nomination
of Mr. Tiiden. The pretty uniform tenor
of the statements is that, in the judgment
of the Democrats of these three
Southern States, it would not be merely
impolitic, but fatal to put Mr. Tiiden at
the head of the Democratic ticket.
—Ilerr Dahlstrom has prepared plans
for the proposed ship canal from theBaltlc
to the North Sea. Its course will'he from
the Bay of Kiel to Brunshultel in the
estuary of the Elbe. Its uniform depth
will he 20 feet 9 inches; its width at the
surface of the water 100 feel, at the bot
tom, C4 feet. By a peculiar system of
reservoirs and locks the depth can be in
creased to 25 or 20 feet, which will even
float the Konig Wilhelm, the hugest Ger
man ironclad. The canal can be com
pleted in six years, and will cost $18,750,-
000.
—James Lynde, a .Confederate deserter,
who afterward enlisted in the Fourth
Michigan Cavalry, is said by the Detroit
Free Press to have stolen Jefferson Davis’
horse and money after the Confederate
leader’s capture. Lynde would never tell
what he found in the saddle-bags, but his
fellow troopers are sure that it must have
been gold, for after the regiment was mus
tered out he disappeared for a time, turn
ing up six months later in Detroit with
thousands of dollars in his possession,
much of which was left after he had taken
a year’s trip to Europe.
—A London correspondent of the.New
York-Eranpriirt writes that Lord Cairns,
tlio Lord High Chancellor of England,
and Lady Cairns are constant attendants
at the meetings at the “beadqoartera” of
the “Salvation Army” in White Chapel
street, London. Lord Cairns believes in
evangelizing the masses, and last summer,
daring the recess, when in Scotland taking
his vacation, be preached occasionally, .and
was taken to taskhy certain High Church
men and newspapers for “assuming as a,
layman the functions of a clergyman.”
—The Massachusetts Bareaa of Statis
tics and -Labor in- their last report thus
summarize the record of the strikes in
Massachusetts: Causes of strikes: To
secure better wages, 118; to secure shorter
hours, 24; to enforce trade union rales, 9;
resistance to employers’ rules, S; against
the introduction of machinery, 8. Re
sults of strikes: Unsuccessful, 109; suc
cessful, 6; compromised, 16;. partly suc
cessful 6; result unknown, 9; contest still
pending, 1. The conclusion is drawn:
“That strikes, as a rule, are powerless to
benefit the laboring classes.” • 1
A Chorus or 8,000 Necboks at a
Hanging.—A Memphis dtspatch says
Joe Walker, oolored, was hanged at Lake
Providence, La., last Friday for the mur
der of Mayor Gray in October, 1879. On
the scaffold he denied the killing, saying
“I die innocent of the crime.” After his
speech a colored minister who was on the
scaffold with Walker gave out the hymn,
“On the Cross the Saviour Died,” which
was sung by the condemned man and 8,-
000 negroes who had gathered to witness
the execution. He died without a strug
gle. This was the first hanging at Lake
Providence for twenty-five years.
Judge Field on Chinese Immigra
tion-.—Judge Stephen J. Field, of the
Supreme Court, has written a long letter
to a friend in California, taking substan
tially the Pacific coast view of the immi
gration of the Chinese, and saying that it
would be wise, just and politic, and notin
conflict with our traditional policy, to in
sist upon a reversion of our treaty so as
to place the Chinese in this country upon
the same fooling a? Americans are now
placed in China, and thus restrict them
exclusively to the business of foreign
commerce.
GEORGIA PRESS.
The Savannah Ninos says that Wash
ington Green, colored, did not refuse to
take a $30 bill that was offered to him for
a $5, by Mrs. Mehrtens as change. Under
pressure of Justice Malina’s court, he
acknowledged that it wasn’t the straight
thing and returned $27 of it to its rightful
owner.
The Griffin News announces the deaths
of Mr. William J. Mobley and Mrs. F.
Meyer.
The Columbus Times gives an account
of the terrible destitution of a family in
that city, by the name of Smith, consist
ing of two sons and a daughter, and
mother. The little girl has done without
food until the muscles in her hapd show
that they are without flesh. Assistance
was rendered at once.
The Irwinton Appeal says that Fred
Lark, a prisoner in Wilkinson county jail,
made his escape by knocking Sheriff
Wright down while in the act of entering
his cell. After a lively chase he was re
captured and put back in close quarters.
Hodges think that Lark is a had man.
John H. Hodges retires from the edi
torial charge of the Irwinton Appeal, hav
ing purchased the Perry Home Journal.
His brother, C. B. Hodges, remains with
the Appeal. We wish all parties every
anticipated success.
E. Y. Clarke has sold his interest in
the Atlanta Daily Post to Mr. David
Caldwell. Colonel Clarke will conduct
the Weekly Post.
The Warrenton Clipper says: Five
years ago court week in Warrenton was
spent in street rows, gambling, whisky
drinking, etc. Then, liquor was sold here,
but now, what a change! Everything is
as quiet and orderly as one would wish.
And the same paper says the public
school fund for 1879 of Warren county
was reported at $2,237, which had been
distributed according to tbe order of the
board in three grades, among an average
of 1,051 pupils. The number of public
schools in 1879 was 40. The whole num
ber admitted to these schools was 1,774, of
which 741 were whites and 1,033 colored.
The Milledgeville Recorder says Mr.
Chauncey Wright, of this city, harvested
874 bushels of wheat from eleven acres,
within the city limits, or 34 bushels to the
acre.
Augusta News: Judge Pottle has
written a letter to Governor Colquitt, pro
testing against the United States Judges
taking charge of offenders against the
State laws simply because they happen to
be engaged as officers in the United States
service. The case of Dooly, of Hart
county, brought about the trouble. Gov
ernor Colquitt has the matter under con
sideration.
The Athens Watchman says: A seven
year old son of Mrs. I. M. Tarver, took a
notion, on Friday last, to walk to Mr.
Harrison’s, some eight miles from town,
and did so. As soon as he was missed,
considerable alim was manifested by his
mother, who immediately instituted search
and succeeded in finding the little pedes
trian.
Stabta Ishmaelite: Bishop Pierce has
gained fifteen pounds since he placed him
self under the treatment of Dr. Calhoun,
of Atlanta. There is a strong probability
that his voice will grow strong and silvery
as of old.
Milledgeville Recorder: The dis
tinguished Dr. Talmage, of New
York city, accompanied by his lady, ar
rived in this city at 1 p. m. on Friday last,
in a special car from Augusta, furnished
kindly by citizens of that place, at the
nominal price of $25. The couple pro
ceeded directly..to tbe residence of Mrs.
Ruth Talmage, at Midway, tbe widow of
the late Samuel K. Talmage, D. D., who
was an uncle of the distinguished visiter.
During the afternoon Dr. Talmage ami
lady visited the grave of their relative,
and at 4:30 p. m. took the regular tram
on the Macon and Augusta Road.
Sumter Republican: Colonel Willis
A. Hawkins, we are glad to chronicle, is
on the up grade, and, though advancing
slowly, is nevertheless making progress
toward the level of health. , We would
be one of many who would be glad to see
him well and active again.
Milledgeville Recorders ays: It
will be seen by a telegram elsewhere,
copied from tbe Telegraph, that oar in
defatigable representative,Colonel Blount,
is looking after the interest of our grow
ing young college, especially the Cadets.
We shall be greatly disappointed if he
fails in his effort. His measures are gen
erally successful, because he works to put
tliein through, and the “powers that be”
have the utmost confidence in his honesty
and sound judgment. This is so.
Albany Advertiser : Colonel B. G.
Lockett brought a convict into court this
morning to have him re-sentenced. It
seems that the convict was in for a short
time,'and wa3 made a “trusty.” Being
sent off for something he undertook to
make his way off, without the usual
“ticket of leave,” but was caught soon
afterwards. Judge Wright will re-sen
tence him some time daring court.
Rome Tribune: Wednesday evening a
horse ran away, with a wagon, and ran
on to another horse, catching his forefoot
in the wheels of a wagon, breaking bis
leg and dislocating Ids shoulder. The
wounded horse was so badly used up that
it was thought humane to kill him, which
was done with an axe. The unfortunate
creature belonged to Mr. Charlie Harper,
Talbottox Standard: Small grain
crops about Bellevue and in Pleasant
Hill arid the valley districts, are looking
well. In some places it is injured mate
rially.
The Columbus Times says}: Temper
ance and prohibition, in LaGrange, is still
on the boom. The Rev. Mr. Qlem^! of
Newnan, addressed, a full house, last
night, with great fervor and effect. Three
hundred and fifty-seven names have been
signed to tbe pledge up to tbe present wri-
ting.
‘Irwinton Appeal: Rev. B. L. Honi-
ker, of Gordon, has bought a horse; and
will not now, as heretofore, have to walk 1
seven and nine miles to tbe -different
churches to preach.
Talbottox Register: Engineer R.
E. Hardaway, finished up the middle
route to the Southwestern last Friday
evening. Two lines have been run from
the main route a short distance below the
plantation of Mr. Alpbeus Fuller, but no
decision as to a preference has yet been
made. r
On Saturday morning, Hr. Hardaway
commenced the route to number six.
This line will nearly follow Colonel Fow->
er’s route of 1872, some variation^* being
made near the place of Major E. B. Smith,
three and one-half miles from Talbotton.
It is thought that about a week or ten day
will be consumed in the present survey,
after which, the estimates will be ' made,
and a preference ofa route be determined
upon.
Gbiffin News: Mr. O. S. Williams,
who is one of the most experienced and
intelligent farmers in this section, and a
successful one, too, visited our office yes
terday, and asked us if we had ever seen
the fly that was eating - up the wheat.
We have seen notices that the fly is dc-
ing great damage to Georgia wheat, and
had published some notice to that effect,
but we confessed an ignorance of the fly,
and were curious to see it. Mr. Williams
dived into a true farmer’s pocket and pro
duced therefrom a number of the roots
or germs of the stalks of wheat,
and invited us to interview them. These
we proceeded to dissect, and buried with
in each one we discovered one and often
two small, dark-reddish objects of an
elongated shape, that Mr. Williams pro
nounced tbe fly. This fly is very destruc
tive, entirely killing the stalk of wheat in
which it fluds a home. It has greatly
damaged the wheat in various sectious of
Middle Goorgia. In addition to tills the
rust lias damaged the wheat in mauy sec
tions, but in spite ofboth evils Mr. Wil
liams is of the opinion that tbe wheat
crop v. ill average well if the rest of the
season proves good.
urn. Edexfield, of Emanuel county,
mistook Mr. Solomon Kennedy for a tur
key the other bay, killing him instantly.
A negro, Albert Gould, was drowned
in Savannah on tbe 8th instant, while
hauling on the hawser of the steamship
Juniata.
The Dawson Journal announces the
death of Mis. J. N. Singleton, seventy-two
years of age. Her husband, Rev. J. N.
Singleton, died hut a few months ago.
The colored people of Pike county own.
taxable property to the amount of $52,-
650.
The Athens Banner exhibits Its dlsap
pointmeut at the loss of the Southern
Normal School, and calls it a “Trojan
horse,” and warns the people to “beware
of the Greeks when they bear offerings.”
Atlanta is willing to accept it in any
event.
The Cherokee Artillery of Rome have
received their cannon, and are greatly re
joiced. The Tribune says the battery was
secured by General A. H. Colquitt and
General P. M. B. Young. What ‘ about
the member from the 7th district ?
Captain John C. Pbintup is about to
resign command of the ;t Hill City Cadets”
of Rome, and the boys aie pleading elo
quently for him to change his notion.
The Greensboro Herald announces
the death of Mrs. E. J. Mapp, by apo
plexy. '
Mr. W. P. Northebn, & prominent jew
eler of Atlanta, has presented to Mr.
Johnson, the President of Houston Fe
male College, a gold medal worth $15, as
a prize for the best reader in' the school.
Columbus Times: Dr. J. M. Ford died
at bis residence on Crawford street yester
day about 1 o’clock, after a lingering ill
ness of several weeks. He wis about fifty'
years of age and the proprietor Of. Fold’s
drugstore. *>
Savannah News: “ Through the:
Years,” written by MissR. J. Fhilback
for the Savannah Weekly News, is a se
quel to “Warp and Woof,” though the in
terest of tbe two stories is nty in any way*
involved.
The new story will run through
some ten or. twelve numbers of the
Weekly News.. New subscribers who de
sire to have it complete should rend in
their names at once to J. H. Estill, Savan
nah, Ga. .,•/! , ;
Cochran Enterprise: Mr. James H.
Blood worth, of Blood worth district, Wil
kinson county, has an old ewe sheep
which since IfflO has raised 161 lambs.
Mr. Bloodworth is one of tbe most Suc
cessful farmers of Wilkinson county, and
is in favor of imposing a heavy tax on
dogs. ■> \ *•
Eastman Times: “Will the Sunday
School have an excursion to Maeon this
year?” is the question that is agitating
the juvenile mind at present., The time
will soon be here, and ihe little truant,
and large one too, will take notice.
Of course, let the children, come, our
park is at their disposal, and a good time
is in store for them.
The Columbus Times discourses thusly:
Boys will be boys and there is no use try
ing to make anything else out of them.
We are sorry ior the poor boy who is
made to behave like a man before he is
hardly in his teens. While we believe
that boys are boys and should be treated
as boys, wo don’t think they ought to
fight. Yesterday a couple pf little fellows
were engaged in a little friendly fight,
when Mr. Vemoy passing that way de
cided he would stop it and jumped from
his wagon to interfere. Both the little
hoys turned loose on him and calling for
help, about fifty or sixty of the other boys
came to their relief and they handled him
pretty roughly for awhile. The matter
got into the bands of the police and sever
al of them were summoned to appear at
the police court this morning.
Greexsbobo Herald: Mr. Eli A. Yea-
zey has sent to this office a specimen of
his wheat and oats. The wheat is quite
four feet high and beautifully- headed.
The oats are about thirty inches in height
and remarkably vigorous. If we may
judge from these specimens, the small
grain crop is fine. ...
The Perry Home-Journal: Judge
Samuel D. Killen died Monday evening
at sundown, after a long and lingering
illness, having been confined to his house
over nine months, and in feeble health
for several years. As no man whoever
lived in this county ever enjoyed to a
greater extent tbe respect and confidence
of the people, we shall notice his life and
public services more fully next week. He
was buried Tuesday evening with Masonic
honors. Court adjourned in honor to his
memory, and the court and bar attended
the fiineral services in a body.
Savannah News; The State Conven
tion of the Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation will be held in this city on the 15 th
of April instant, continuing until the 18th
inclusive. The Convention will be com
posed of some forty or fifty delegates, rep
resenting the different Yonng Men’s Asso
ciations of the State of Georgia, and its
object is to bring the different Associa
tions together, ana by matnal conference
and brotherly council to devise means by
which this important work can be pushed
forward. ' . • '
Buena Vista Argus: Com is looking
well throughout the county, and cotton
planting is now going bravely on. Could
our people be made to see that varied ag
riculture would not only be more inde
pendent, bat better, more lucrative and
less laborious than cotton growing, and
then act- upon it accordingly, how much
better it would be for all the people. indi
vldually and collectively.
Brunswick Appeal : A fine newj en
gine has been placed on the Brunswick
aud Albany Railroad; fcnd we leant that
two or three are to appear on the Macon
and Brunswick in a few days. Business
on these roads is rapidly increasing, ma
king additional engines and rolling stod^
necessary. ,
Sandebsville Herald: Ifa. Wm.,B.
Warthen, residing about seven miles from
Sandenville, was found dead on Monday
morning under a g-'u house belonging to
Mr. J. F., Sheppard. On Sunday after
noon he had gone over to a neighbor's,
Air. R. P. Bynum, and left for his home,
when it is supposed that he hurried Jo tbe
gin house to shelter himself from the
weather. No marks of violence were
found on his person that would lead to
the belief that his. death may have been
caused by lightning or falling timbers.
Coroner J. W. Layton held an inquest on
Monday over the body, #nd the verdict of
tbe jury was that the deceased came to bis
death by the act of God.
Athens Banner, of the 8th instant:
The Directors of the Northeastern Rail
road held a meeting on yesterday for tbe
purpose of electing a Superintendent in
place of Captain Edwards, resigned.
They failed to elect. Mr.: Barnard -was
placed in the position temporarily.
Albany News: Dougherty can boast
of quite a number of intelligent, progres
sive colored men, who are gradually ac
quiring wealtli and establishing them
selves on a firm basis. One of these is
Marshall Merritt, who was a few. years
ago a common field hand. By economy,
industry and perseverance he has suc
ceeded in buying and paying for tbe plan
tation of Dr. Z. J. Sim--, in East Doughep-
ty, and is running it himself this year.
Instances like this, though rare in tbis
section, are becoming quite frequent, and
we are at all times glad to note such in
stances of progress and wealth among our
colored citizens.
The Americus Recorder of the 9th,says:
Judge Crisp took the 3p.m. train yes
terday for Atlanta. He sits to-day as one
of tlie Judges of the Supreme Court ■ in the
trial of some important cases in which
Judge Crawford is disqualified. It is a
deserved compliment, and we doubt "not
but that our Judge will prove himself
equal to the occasion, as he has always
sized up to any position that called for
bis services. And we believe, too, he is
the youngest man who has ever been ten
dered a seat upon the Supreme bench.
The 130th anniversary of the Betheada
Orphan School or Union Society will be
held at the Home Farm on the 23d inst.,
near Savannah. Governor Colquitt will
deliver the annual address and other ex
ercises Of great interest will take place.
The United States Courts convene in
Savannah on next Monday. Those in for
ested should take notice and govern them
selves accordingly.
i Miss Bhssie Smith, formerly of Macon
land daughter of the late Hart Smith, Fsq.,
was married in Americus on last Wednes
day to Mr. Charles A. Fricker, of that
city.
IN the fight among the Republicans of
Atlanta tbe other day, Skowhegan not
only got a black eye hut the post-office
' ring carried : the day and left Biyant out
of tbe delegation. Parties, like nations,
are ungrateful.
The Quitman Reporter announces in its
last issue its Slate ticket for the coming
election. Among other worthy men, it
names for State Treasurer Charles A.
Nutting, of Bibb. Mr. Nutting would
make an admirable State treasurer, and
we Appreciate tbe kindly remembrance of
our neighbor in bringing his name for-
ward. We regret to say that he is still
quRe feeble, but hopes are entertained of
his early recovery.
The Georgia Wine Company was or
ganized in Cuthbert on the 6th inst., with
James C. Martin as President, and James
A. Hoy. as Superintendent, and they will
begin the .erection of buildings at once
fer the manufacture .of wine, and every
thing will be in readiness by the close of
summek. eTJ -7;' •’
Bill Moore says in the News that Au
gusta la now somewhat agitated over the
appropriation for the government build*
fog. A great many sites are being picked
out for ft, hot we expect to look for some
time yet before we get a sight of the build
ing. ''
A woman by* , the name of Georgia
Lane died in fcplumlina on the 8th inst.
ander suspicions circumstances. The
coroner’s jury failed to agree the first day.
The following, takeii from Brunswick
Advertiser,,is.a. Jjttle fishy, hut we accept
IkS - - lJ 10* ■
A seventy-six pound boy caught, this
week; a seventy-three pound fish. He and
an older brother together caught ten, agg
regating about five hundred pounds. A
x>a haul-that . ‘
The Savannah News of the 9thsays:
The Mayor yesterday appointed a general
committee to make suitable arrangements
for the reception and entertainment of the
Cincinnati excursionists, and a meeting
will be held this morning, at 10 o’clock, in
tbe long room.of the Exchange for organ
ization.
Atlanta Post of the 9th says : Yes
terday in tbe Radical convention a color
ed member .who was a candidate for the
State Convention, was, it seemed, not
very well known by some of his col
leagues. He was accordingly requested
by the chairman to get upon the stage,
where everybody could see him. He ac
cordingly mounted the rostrum, aud
drawing himself up to his full height and
placing his thumbs in the arm holes of
his shirt shouted out: “I’m de asspect
who you gwine to vote fer. Ise not egu-
cated like some de res, but I kin beat ’em
on character.”
town by the dirt road. The Marshal be
ing informed of it, put conductor Sharp
on notice, and that night, as the train
stopped at the four mile post, Air. Cald
well entered quietly and took his seat.
His fare was collected and all went well
to Jesup, where he got off and registered as
W. Li Dane. The marshal of that place
being on hand, took the gentleman into
custody and quietly locked him up and
notified Marshal Norman of the fact. He
is now registered at the hotel de Moore
of this city, under the name of Caldwell
A striped snit will probably be needed for
him after the May term of the Superior
Court.
Oglethorpe Echo: Some uneasiness
is manifested that Oglethorpe may lose
one of her representatives after the next
census is taken—not through loss of popu
lation, but by the more rapid growth of
some other county. We have no fear on
this matter whatever. While our county
manifested hut little enthusiasm, there
has been a steady and persistent influx of
new citizens into her borders since the
last census was taken.
Rome Tribune: Wednesday morning
last, at 4 o’clock, the warehouses of the
Sidney P. Smith, and the Georgia and
Alabama Steamboat Company, and the
store rooms of Messrs. David Ayer and
Samuel Heald, at Greensport, Alabama,
were destroyed by fire, making a total
loss of $5,000. The fire is supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary.
Bainbbidqe Democrat: A cyclone
was heard passing over northwest of the
city Sunday at noon. The cloud wa3
black and threatening, and our people
feared it would take Bainbridge in its
course.
Oglethorpe EchoSome species of
blight appears to have appeared in the an
nual clover around Lexington, and it is
dying out in patches. It does this every
year, but we never knew it so bad as now.
We saw blooms the last of March, which
is very early we think.
Henry County WeckhJ gays: While
returning fiom Hampton last Saturday
with a load of guano, M. Peden Duffy
met with an accident that came near
proving fatal. When abont six miles
from town he alighted for some purpose,
aud in attempting to remount, slipped and
fell under the wagon, and the team
starting at Ihe same instant, both wheels
passed over, his left side and shoulder.
The wagon was heavily loaded, and his
injuries are quite serious.
Hamilton Journal: The capacity for
summer boarders here has been largely
increased during the winter. The homes
of our best citizens will be open to guests
during the coming season, as in the past,
and as the number of these largely in
creased, so has our capacity grown. All
who visited Hamilton la3t summer were
delighted with our water, our climate,
our scenery and our society. They will
come back again and bring others with
them if they can get suitable accommo
dations.
Columbus Times: Yesterday probably
the largest single lot of cotton sold this
season was purchased by Mr. J. A. Shln-
gleur. It consisted of 1,100 bales and was
the property of the Messrs. Kennon Broth
ers, of Salem, Alabama. It was classed
middling and life, was the price paid,
which realized the snug little sum of $64,-
C25.
Election Literature.
The Parliamentary contest, the first in
seven years, has created a tremendous
stir in Great Britain. So high has the
excitement run, that as now-a-days every
thing must have an organ, a paper has
been issued from the publishing press of
Bobson & Sons, London, styled “77ie
General Election of 1SS0.” This sheet is
Amm ifrai: As the outgoing ^ the chronlcler of a11 thfl P*“es of the
tt.. TWf »vioH mi canvass. comical. tragical or otherwise.
passenger on the Port Royal road was
passing the city limits last night, a screw
loose somewhere about the engine caused
R to refuse to perform its functions and
rebelling ordered a retreat. Backing into
the city the rear of' the train ran Into a
freight engine, which was moving on a
sidling near the Georgia Chemical Works,
and the collision resulted rather seriously.
The sleeping car itself was bruised and
the porter of this coach had his leet badly
mashed and his legs broken in a fall re
ceived in the collision. Aledical attention
was given as soon as possible, and the
wounded man cared for. His injuries
were very painful but not fatal.
Savannah Recorder: W. C. Clifton,
Esq., Supervisor of Census, is pestered
with applications for positions as enumer
ators. Hehas bad nearly a thousand ap
plications and there arc several counties
yet to hear from. , ! f
Americus Recorder says: The farm
ers of Webster county are buoyant up to
date at the crop prospects. Cotton is rap
idly planting. Com and oats are looking
well. Wheat was supposed to he ruined
by. rust; but on the red lands a moderate
yield is looked for.
•Darien Gazette: There were some
forty or more rafts of timber on the mar
ket on Monday, aggregating about 1,000,-
000 feet. Contrary to the expectations
of a few the price reached the highest
point of the season. This demonstrates
tbe wisdom and sound judgment of those
who are engaged in cutting, and who arc
not afraid to come into the market with a
MpdrifL ,i,
Waterman# speaking of tha temper
ance boom in La Grange, says:
One - thing the participants in this
movement can claim: They bave caused
the community to be saluratod with tem
perance and prohibition sentiments, 1 and
Whatever strength is . brought to bear jn
favor of. prohibition will be largely owing
to the arguments made in these meetings
mad the enthusiasm created thereby.
Cabtebsville Express: John H.
Wikle, one at the county board, informs
os that the lunatics of. this county have
cost the county about $200 since the first
of January last.
Southern Georgian:, Jbe late fresh
ets in the river prevented the drifting of
timber until a week ago, since that time
the rivers hare been in fine rafting order,
and large quantities of itbaye been carried
to market, and w« : team that the-price
continues good, perhaps better than any
time during the season. From Air. R. D.
Smith, of Mt. Vernon, who has just re
turned from Darien, we learn that he
sold 86 pieces of timber for $1,424, which
is the best sble-we have ever heard of.
His timber averaged 1,144 feet to the
piece, aid sold for $15 per thousand.
The Oglethorpe Echo ssys: The best
way in the world to scotch tbe growth of a
town is to set an extortionate figure on
building lots or refuse to sell off your
premises to parties- who will improve
them. Tbis is now what’s tbe matter with
Lexington. Several parties waut to build,
but some sites can’t be bought, while for
others five prices are wanted. Neat
houses would look much better thau the
poorly-kept patches and groves now
seen.-1 ‘ '
Fort Valley Mirror say*: Last Wed
nesday the election for Alayor and Aider-
men resulted in the re-election of the old
board with one exception. The officers
aid now—Mayor, F. C. Houser. Aider-
men,A. D. Skellie, I. L. Murray, W. B.
Mathews and W. E. Brown.
Quitman Reporter: We learn from a
young gentleman from the Dixie neigh
borhood that the. young com just coming
np, is being attacked by wood rats, worms
and other vermin. Especially in bis own
fields their lavages have been so great
that lie has, so far, failed tc get even Half
a stand. He will plow up and plant
again- . : ..
Woods, of the. Hawkinsrille Dispatch,
says: Solicitor General Tom Eason, did
not make a cent out of irwinton Supe
rior Court last week, but he did not grum
ble, and he should not, for he is getting
rich faster than any lawyer in the entire
circuit. He looks after criminals in nine
counties, and sometimes he gets his pock
ets filled with fines arising from 'convic
tions. If we had time to take a bridal
tour we would like to borrow a thousand
dollars from Tom aud go over to Europe
until after the Presidential election.
Brunswick Advertiser: A tramp call
ing himself Caldwell this week extracted
Matt Thornton's fine gold watcii and
chain from a trunk at Mrs. Ruscli’s board
ing bouse, and pawned the same for twen
ty dollars, paid his beard bill and left
canvass, comical, tragical or otherwise,
and tones down the acerbities of partizad-
ship by sallies of wit aud humor,, which
bespeak the good-will of all. : j,
Nor do the editors confine themselves
to the elections of the present time, bdt
resurrect many salient occurrences con
nected with the party struggles of other
days. One of these, reproduced in the
Freeman's Journal, Dublin, which our
friend Mr. Dempsey continues to mail to
us, we giro to the reader, as follows : ■> j
Tlie Duchess of Marlborough, in the
reign of George H., played one of the
most audacious. tricks in the way 61
“treating” that is probably to be met with
in all the annals of electioneering. Her
Grace’s grandson, Mr. Spencer, father pf
the first Lord Spencer, was a candidate
fer the borough of St. Albans, near which
place the Duchess had a countiy seat.
Knowing that the lower class of electors
were bitterly opposed to Mr. Spencer, and
that they were' numerous enough to carry
liis rivgl to' the head of the poll, she sent
on the morning of the election for upwards.
of a hundred Df these irreconcilahles,
whom she addressed as follows: •• j
“I congratulate yon, gentlemen, on your
opposition to Air. Spencer; for though he
is my grandson, I think him totally unfit
to represent your ancient borough in Par
liament. I am much pleased with your
independent spirit, and to slid# my pleas
ure 1 have provided a slight collation for
you. I beg that you will remain and
breakfast with me.” It is hardly necessa-
Grace cf Marlboro, however, took care to
ply her guests with the strongest ale and
bumpers of brandy to follow, till she had
made eveiy .mother’s son of them so help
lessly drunk that they could not stand, let
alone walk.: When tbo hour for polling
came these incapables were sleeping on
tbe effects of tbe Duchess’ insidious hospi
tality, and there being no one to awaken
them# Air. Spencer was returned,by a large
majority. As in love and in war, every
thing was regarded as fair in electiorieer-
ing.” ' mt* ; ,. ' j •
General Gordon Replies to Mr. Ste
phens. I
sey” and “indorsement of Judge McWhor
ter.”
3. It is utterly untrue that General
Gordon stated to me in the Senate Census
Committee that I was so “complicated,”
and when I denied it that he said: “Be
ware, the record is close at hand.” Noth
ing of that sort occurred at that meet
ing.
4. It is utterly untrue that General Gor
don called upon me at any time with his
carriage at the door, and asked me to go
with him to General W r alker’s office, that
we might secure Dr. Casey’s appoint
ment.
I submit, in this connection, the follow'
ing letter from Senators Morgan and Har
ris:
Washington, April 5, I860.—Hon.
John B. Gordon—Dear SiH : In reply
to your note of this date, I give you my
recollection of what was said by you aud
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens in reference
to Dr. Casey and Air. McWhorter on the
occasion to which you refer. You stated
that you had had a conversation with
General Walker, superintendent of cen
sus, and went immediately to Air.
Stephens’ room and informedhimofyour
conversation with General Walker; that
you requested Mr. Stephens to go With
you to General Walker, and unite with
you in asking for Dr. ; Casey’s appoint
ment; that Mr. Stephens- declined to go
with you, and gave as his reason that be
had recommended other persons of whom
Mr. McWhorter was one. Thereupon
Mr. Stephens denied that he ■ had recom
mended Air. McWhorter. You said:
“Take care, Mr. Stephens, the records are
close at hand.” Mr. Stephens rejoined
that he “had indorsed Mr. McWhorter,
hut had not recommended him, and that
he had so stated to you.” Mr. Stephens
furthermore stated that he had said to you
that you could say to General Walker
that he. preferred Dr. Casey, or that he
was his first choice.
You then said that yon had stated to
General Walker what' Mr. Stephens had
said to you, but that it was unavailing
and Air. McWhorter was appointed.'
Very truly yours,
JohnT. Morgan.
Indorsement of the foregoing by Sena
tor Harris:
My recollection of what passed upon
the occasion referred to above corresponds
with that expressed by General Morgan,'
with this addition: General Gordon sta
ted that when he called at the room of
Air. Stephens, that Mr. Stephens invited
him into a private room, and that when
in the room he said to Mr. Stephens that
he believed that if he would go with him
to see General Walker, and each of them
join in an earnest appeal, that Dr. Casey
would be appointed. Mr. Stephens said
that he did not remember that General
Gordon had expresed such an opinion,
but that he asked General Gordon to say
to General Walker that Dr. 'Casey was
his first choice. 'i- -u
Respectfully,
Isham G. Harris.
In the game letter, published in the
Chronicle of Tuesday, Air. Stephens re
fers to me in this language: *
“When General Gordon agreed with
General Walker that it was a fair and just
distribution of these appointments to give
two of them to the Democrats and three
to the Republicans, and this agreement
had hequ acted upon by the appointment
of the two Democrats—Clifton in flic
Third and Harris in the Fifth—this,' of
couree, settled the, matter of the political
character of the Supervisors'of the First,
Second, and Fourth Districts. They
must, according to the agreement, be Re
publicans. The remarks that General
Gordon made in the Senate caucus com
mittee about having Simmons rejected
With a view of getting Air. Griffin, a Dem
ocrat, or my friend, Colonel Mark W.
Johnson, appointed, I look upon as entire
ly illusory. According to tne agreement
and understanding between General Gor
don and General Walker, two only of the
districts were to be filled by Democrats.”
The following letter from General
Walker will show that this ppsitive asser
tion of Air. Stephens of an. “agreement and
understanding between General Gordon
and General Walker” has no foundation
whatever in fact, and furnishes another
instance of those strange aberrations pf
intellect into which Mr. Stephens is too
often betrayed by the intensity of his
prejudices. Here is General Walker’s let
ter: . " “ -
Department of the Interior, Cen
sus Office, Washington, D. C., April 2,
1880.—Dear General Gordon: Your note
of yesterday is received. In reply I would
say tbat-at no time was there any. agree
ment between us, as to the manner in
which the five supervisors to be appointed
in Georgia should be divided as to political
affiliations, nor was the matter ever the
subject of conference between us. I sim
ply announced to you, as a thing deter
mined upon, that of the five three would
be Republicans and two Democrats. You
remarked that you would have preferred
that the proportions should be reversed;
that is, that there should be three Demo
crats and two Republicans, but that it
was a matter for the Executive to de
cide. : ..' •;
This was upon the occasion, when you
called to urge the appointment of Dr. Ca
sey, of the second district.
Very respectfully,
Francis A. Walker,
Superintendent of .Census.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ry to say that the invitation was heartily Hon. John’ BT Gordon, United States
and 'enthusiastically accepted. Her wily
We give place with pleasure to tbe fob * nd that 1 either “commended” nor “iu-
lowing manly explanation of General
Gordon in response to the strictures of
Mr. Stephens on his connection with the
Simmons matter. The Senator simply
submits his testimony and refrains from
all comment:
Washington, D. C., April 6.—Editors
Chronicle and Constitutionalist, Augusta
Georgia; In response to inquiries from
friends lti different sections or tho State, I
wish to say, through your columns, that it
is not my purpose to be a party to any
controversy with Air. Stephens.
His explanation and defense of his con
duct in the appointment of Air. Simmons
and Mr. McWhorter, I have no Interest in
controverting. Having nothing myself to
explain, I have not deemed any statement
from me necessary. My silence, however,
must not be coiistrued into an acquiesc
ence in the correctness of his references to
my actions. These references so far as
they purport to be positive statements of
fact, are entirely erroneous, and so far as
they are deigned to be inferences, are un
founded and unjust;
Desiring to waive any dispute with Mr.
Stephens, as to any matter resting in his
or my memoiy alone, I will illustrate by
citing those only upon which the recollec
tions of other persons can be iuvoked. In
his letter of the 27th ult.; published in the
Chronicle of Tuesday, Mr. Stephens first
mentions my, name in connection with
the occurrences in the room of the Senate
Committee on Census, during the debate
over Mr. Simmons. I refer to this with
pain, and would not do so at all, but for
the fact that the following letter from
Senator Alorgan, of Alabama, who was
the sub-committee at whose invitation we
were both present, and the indorsement
of Senator Harris, of Tennessee, may serve
Senate.
From this assumption of an agreement,
which had no existence, Mr. Stephens
seems to draw the inference that I brought
about the defeat of Dr. Casey and the ap
pointment of Mr. McWhorter. He. also
seems to think that I called upon him in
the interest of Dr. Gasey, not of my own
accord# but because' General Walker sent
me to him. He says that I told him that
“General Walker is about to appoint the
supervisors of Census for Georgia, and
asked me to come up here and see you
aud know whom you wish for the second
district.” I confront both these assump
tions with the following letter from Gen
eral Walker, which shows, first, that I
pressed the appointment of Dr. Casey,
domed” Mr. McWhorter; and, secondly,
that T did not call upon Mr. Stephens at
he instance of General Walker:
Washington, Alarch 14, 1880.—Dear
General Gordon: In response to your
letter bf the 13th instant, I take pleasure
in saying that no one at the capital urged
Dr. Casey’s appointment more actively or
zealously than yourself; that you urged
his appointment, alone, in the second
census district,'confining yonr recommen
dation to him exclusively, so far at my
knowledge pr belief extends; and lastly,
that I did not, so far as I recollect, at’ any
time, ask you to ascertain Air. Stephens’
wishes respecting the appointment of su
pervisor in that district, or request you to
confer with Air. Stephens for that or any
other purpose.
I may add, beyond the scope of your in
quiry- that, from first to last ot our conver
sations respecting the appointments to he
made in Georgia, I derived the impres
sion that you desired the appointment pf
Dr. Casey more than that of any other
gentleman in any district of the State;
and that if it had rested with you, Dr.
Casey would have been appointed in
preference to any other person.
It bad, however, at an early date been
determined to appoint a Republican in
that district, and I so iuformed you.
Very truly yours,
Francis A. Walker.
I submit these papers without comment.
Very respectfully. J. B. Gordon.
Profit, 91,200.
“To sum it up, six long yearn of bed
ridden sickness, costing $200 per year, to
tal $1,200—all of this expense was stopped
by three .bottles of Hop Bitters, taken by
my wife. She lias done her own house
work for a year since, without the loss of
to correct Mr. Stephens’ recollection of j » day, and I want everybody to know it,
wliAt. np/»iirrp.fi Iipiwppii us in his own for tlioir benefit.”—JY* E. Farmer,’ 2\v
what occurred between us in his own
room, as well as lh the room of the Com
mittee on Census. I have not asked tlie
Northern gentlemen who were members
of that committee for a statement of facts,
If tlie functions of the liver are in any
way disordered, the whole body, and not
only the body, but the mind sympathizes
because I did not wish to involve thirn in j ^ tlie disturbed organ. Bilious com-
a purely local controversy. plaints are more common than any other
Tlie following arc tlie first references in disease; and to remove the bile, as well
Mr. Stephens’ letter to myself: , M regulate the Liver, you only have to
2. It is utterly untrue that I was in any take Simmons’ Liver Regulator, which
way “complicated” in General Walker’s will Impart new life ana vigor to tlie
office with a “recommendation of Dr. Ca- whole system. aprfl lw
Washington City,
April 4,1880.
congressional.
Under this head, there is nothing, or
next to nothing of general interest to re
port. I have never known duller times
at this stage of the session. Of course,
there is any amount of oratorical gems
stored away somewhere for future deliv-
eay, but somehow they don’tget out. 1
think some members ofboth Houses must
be suffering horribly on this account, but
they have to grin and bear . in. Business
is the word with Hie Democrats, and ob
struction tlie motto of the Radicals. The
latter do all they can to provoke political
discussion, but heretofore have been. gen
erally foiled. Their failure makes them
unusually sore-headed, and old Conger’s
condition is especially horrible. I saw
him lying on a sofa in the lobby the other
day apparently prostrated with bile and
disappointment at the; way things.were
going on. It was one of the pleasantest
spectacles of the session. "When he looks
this way, you may be sure things are go
ing on smoothly, so far as the public bus
iness and interests are concerned.
! A. REVOLTING SPECTACLE.
One of the most revolting spectacles
ever, witnessed marked the execution of a
negro murderer named Stone, Jn the yard
of the District , prison Friday. About a
year ago Stone murdered-'his wife, aud
nearly murdered his sister with that favor
ite negro weapon, a razor. He nearly
severed his wife’s bead from her body, and
inflicted frightful wounds upon the neck
of the other woman. The latter survived,
however, and was the principal witness
against'him. The jury found him guilty,
and, after much delay, he was finally sen
tenced to be hung yesterday. Oloourse
he had, in the meantime, “got religion,” to
use ,a common phrase, and professed his
entire ability to look straight into heav
en and see his place already'prepared and
waiting for him. He passed most of his
latter hours singing and* , eating, and the
morning of his execution disposed of a
a quart of coffee, an entire fried chicken,
with bread, fried potatoes, and other trl "
fies to match.
- He met death with the courage ofa fa
natic, aptj never weakened to the last.
The trap was sprung and, to the horror of
those present, his head was seen to fly off
from his body and strike against a cross
beam at the foot of the gallows, the body
falling -directly under the trap. There
was a rush forward-and a cry of horror,
and an examination soon showed that the
head had been cut off as neatly as if done
by an. axe. this i3 the fourth instance, it
is stated, of similar occurrences known in
the annals of hanging; Doesn’t it look
like retribution that the murderer shbuld
die almost precisely after the manner oi
his victim? He.cut, or nearly cut her
head off, and his head was completely
severed from his body by tbe rope that, ex
ecuted the mandate of justice,
RATHER WARM.
There were rather warm times Thurs
day in the House over the “Star Route”
bill as it came from the Senate as usual
heavily loaded with amendments, grbatly
increasing the cost of such postal service.
Parties divided upon it and enough Dem
ocrats united with the majority of the
Radicals to defeat the Appropriations
Committee. Tliirty-slx Democrats and
fifty-five Radicals voted for, and fifty-nine
Democrats and twenty Radicals against
the bill. Nearly 150 members were ab
sent or failed to vote. Of the Georgia
delegation Ale^srs. Blount, Hammond,
Nicholls, Persons and Smith voted no,
and Messrs. Cook and Felton in the af
firmative. Messrs. Speer and Stephens
are recorded ds nob voting; - Not one dol
lar of this enormous increase in the ap
propriation, as I understand it, will be
expended this side the Mississippi river.
During the debate P. M. G. Key and his
second assistant, Brady, caught it particu
larly hot and heavy,especially from Messrs.
Blount and Hawley of the Appropiations
Committee. . Mr. Blount made a particu
larly strong and earnest speech against
the bill, and scored Key and Brady with
out mercy. If tlieir ears don’t bum when
they read it, they are made of the tough
est material known', eTBh in this city.
PRESIDENT MAKING
goes on more actively than ever, as the
fateful days approach when the matter
will be decided. Thb is more especially
tlie case with reference to the Radical
wire-pullers and boomers. I still bet - on
Grant, but Blaine is making desperate ef
forts, and his friends are growingmore' ju
bilant and confident every day. They
scout the idea of Grant’s' carrying the
Convention by storm, and will hardly ad
mit that he can possibly win even by the
skin of his' teeth. Everybody but
Shenhau himself, -’and his bought and
paid for claquers is sure he stands no
show:at all, but he is still using a)L the
patronage of his department and the Gov
ernment generally to' bolster his sickly
fortunes. The Grant men say that tlie
delegates from.the South he has bought
or coerced into pledging themselves to
his support, will desert him en masse in
the convention at the bare mention of
Grant’s name, all of which I believe will
prove true, The fight will surely be be-
tweenGrant aud Blaine, aud if you have
any money to bet on the result, be sure
and put it on Grant. He may have a
rougher time thau his backers are willing
to admit, but he will make the landing,
dead sure.
Among the Democrats things are con
siderably mixed on this question. Tiiden
seems to have the call especially instates
LUCKY CARELESSNESS,
Eow a Stock Boom Struck a Wo
man of Kentucky.
The Louisville Courier-Journal sava &
singular piece of good fortune recentlv
happened to a well-known lady of that
county, for which she has no one to thank
but her own carelessness. She had pnr
chased a lot of Louisville and Nashville
Railroad stock at a figure a trifle less than
$40 per share, and was naturally rather
anxious in regard to its safety.' When
the stock began to go upward she watched
it with interest, and when it got to $41
wrote a letter to her broker in the cu • in
sell the stock. As business-lik# as "the
generality of women, she forgot all about
sending the certificate of stock, and of
coarse her broker could do nothing -with
out it. He wrote her a note and to’d her
that he must 'have the certificate. She
began to search for the paper, but it had
been mislaid, and while she was making
the search the stock climbed up into the
50s. This redoubled her anxiety to sell
and every nook and comer of her house
was thoroughly ransacked, but without
avail; the paper had disappeared.
She then rested on her oars, and did
not make further investigation, as the
stock was Sim advancing. The stock fi
nally reached the seventies, however, and
the unbroken advance seemed at an end*
it hung fire for several weeks, up one day
and down the next. The lady bean to
be uneasy, and as the quotations vacilla
ted she began to grow excited. The
house was again turned upside down, and
every part of it scrutinized with a micro
scope, as it were; hut it was made more
evident that tbe desired paper was hope
lessly lost. The lady was becoming more
and more excited every day, and watch
ing quotations with feverish excitement.
TVfiile thus under this high pressure th«
stock sailed up into the nineties, and then
with a rush that almost male her wild,
jumped to HO. Then she rushed into the
city and begged her broker to sell at ones
and not delay until she could find her cer
tificate, but he explained that it was im
possible. to sell the stock when she did cot
possess the certificate. He also explained
that she could have another certificate is
sued by application to the Secretary.
This she did with all celerity, but, de
spite her haste, the stock advanced to 141
before she could get it ready lor sale. At
this figure, just 250 per cent, above that at
which she first desired to sell, she finally
disposed of the stock. Her carelessness in
misplacing the certificate paid her well,
and if she had lost the second certificate
she would have realized at least 20 per
cent* more.
Tax oa Paper.
The New York Tribune says:
The vote in the Committee on Ways
and Means to put wood pulp and all pa
per stock and manufactured paper on the
free list, raises a strong hope that the
combination of two patent-owning Con
gressmen to bleed the entire newspaper
press of America will be broken. But in
order to bring this about it is essential to
bear in mind tbe fact that Congress is
simply asked to repair one of its own er
rors of phraseology, to do what it fully
intended to do in an act passed several
years since, which the Treasury Depart
ment, however, felt itself obliged to con
strue against tlie obvious intention of
Congress. The act of 1874, in enumerat
ing the many materials used in the man
ufacture of paper, which are to be ad
mitted free of duty, .placed in the
list “paper stock, crude of every
“description.” This 'surely includes
wood pulp, but another section prescribes
a duty Of 20 per cent, ad valorem on
“dried pulp.” The exemption of crude
; taper stock of “every description” occurs
ti a latter section of the act, and a natu
ral construction would seem to be that
such dried pulp as was used in the-
manufacture oft paper should be free
Any other construction seems unreasona
ble, except to the Treasury Department,
in view of the efforts of Congress, as
shown in clauses too long to be quoted
here, to^enumcrate among the articles
placed upon the free list every variety of
material used in the manufacture of pa
per. It was plainly never the intention
of Congress to have a duty on, any such
material, and all that it is asked to do
now, is to re-enunciate its intentions with
unmistakable precision.
which cannot possibly give him any elec
toral votes, but I still cherish a cheerful
and lively hope that he will be knocked
.clean out of time. If he does win in the
convention the party will surely lose at
the polls. Of that, I am as thoroughly
convinced as that he was elected in 1876.
I am glad to see that there was but one
Tiiden man in the Georgia State Demo
cratic executive commtttee. I hope it is
an earnest of what will be made plain
when Georgia makes up her delegation to
Cincinnati.
QENXRAL GORDON,
will, I learn, speedily reply to the lata ti
rade of the Hon. A. H. Stephens. The
latter document is universally conceded
here to be one of the weakest and most
S uerile effusions ever known from
Ir. Stephens’ pen. It is understood
General G. will not mince his words,
either, m stating his side of the case. It is
considered that he has hitherto shown a
forbearance and gentleness quite remark
able under most aggravating circum
stances, and that the time may come for
such forbearance to cease.
Referring to the confirmatior of Gatch-
ell as Census Supervisor of the First Geor
gia District, I learn that Dr. Felton waged
a bitter fight against it, and that he made
the strongest appeals to Mr. Hayes to
withdraw it. To lose Simmons was gall,
but this must be wormwood. How verv
sad! A- W. R.
Cuthbert, April 4,1880.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I
send yon specimens of peaches and plums
from my orchard taken from adjacent
trees—some in fresh bloom, the others
with the fruit far advanced. There are,
however, but few trees of the latter, most
of them being now in bloom.
We had April weather for two or three
weeks prior to Christmas, and on the
night ot that day, a severe freeze. Most
of the trees had then put forth their
bloom-buds far enough to be killed. It
appeared for a longtime after the oaks
were in foil foliage, that they were dead,
and the trees appeared to have but little
life. This is either a second crop of
blooms or the old ones were not entirely
destroyed.
Those trees earliest to mature fruit, but
the latest to bioom, had not put forth
their buds sufficiently to be destroyed by
the freeze; and therefore bloomed at the
regular time, and have this advanced
fruit.
Herbert Fielder.
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Nitrogen in Cotton Seed.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: In
reply to my last, General Browne says
there was a “typographical error” mads
by your printer, and adds he did not cor
rect it, “because I felt certain that it could
not mislead any fair minded reader of or
dinary intelligence.” Allow me to ask,
how could a reader, without a knowledge
of chemistry, (“though conversant with
the intricacies of the multiplication 'ta
ble,”) decide which was the typographical
error, the.“little over three per cent.” or
the eighty pounds ofammonia?” He might
know that three per cent, would not give
eighty pounds, but would have no clue
whether the “three” or the “eighty” was
wrong. '
But conceding that the error was mads
by your printer, and that Dr. Pendleton
did say that there was eighty pounds of
ammonia in 1,000 pounds of cotton seed—
that statement was made in May, 1870.
In November, 1874—four years after—Dr.
F. made the statemeht already quoted
that there was 3.10 per cent. Now, if
General Browne rested his case on Dr.
Pendlettori’s authority, it was eer-
tainly due Dr. Pendleton to give liis late
as well- as his early figures. It would
appear that General Brownejhad not inves
tigated the matter sufficiently to know the
results obtained by chemists generally,
or if he did know them ignored their re
sults entirely. He states that he had not
heard of Mr. Laud’s analysis until after
his figures were challenged by me. As
that analysis has not been published, and
Mr. Land is absent in Europe, I do not
feel at liberty to discuss it. One would
suppose that General BrowneJiaving been
Professor of Agriculture in the University
of Georgia for a year and a half, would
hare thoroughly investigated a manurial
substance so important to the Southern
farmer as cotton seed. Few more inter
esting subjects could be presented to his
classes in agriculture. But we are driv
en to the conclusion that either he had
not so investigated ityor else that he has de
viated from the • course universally pur
sued by acknowledged men of science,
where analyses vary, viz.: to take the
average of the most reliable, and has sin
gled out one very extravagant estimate,
(when the author of said estimate subse
quently published a very much lower one)
and giving that extravagant estimate as
representing the facts in the case.
W. L. Jones.
Athens, March 30th, 1880.
sixthly and to conclude.
Dr. Jones is so manifestly desirous W
“have the last word,” I must publish tn
foregoing, although all of the matter
controversy that is of interest to the P“ '
lie, was authoritatively settled by tbepuje
licatlon of Dr. Pendleton’s letter of t
17th ult. , ...
The “conclusions” as to my mode ot
vestigating scientific subjects, and as
the matters which I present to my
to which Dr. Jones may be “driven,
at which ho has arrived without rei
nneo, have no interest for the I®*®,
the Telegraph and Messenger, a '
therefore, I do not propose to <mi
them or to try to induce Dr. J. to cn ■■b
or modify them. I can only accept t
with such resignation as I can conu ”
If the discussion has, to any esi >
brought the fanners ol Georgia to a
appreciation of tlie inauuriai value 01
ton seed, composted with acid pi| c iP, J.
I have attained the purpose of my
tide on the subject, and am content.
. William M. Browne,
Professor of Agriculture, we-
April 3d, 1880. jg ■_
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Wintry.—Slow fell iu Ohatta'.ioOo
this week sufficient to cover the S rolUU ,,
the depth of three inches, had it not m<
ed as fast as it touched the earth-