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Ctltgrnp!) nui Jtesengtr 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. A #1,000 Guarantee. Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure will positively cure Bright's Disease and Diabetes; and it is guaranteed that it will also cure 99 per cent, of other kidney dis eases, 95 per oent. of all liver diseases,and will help in every case without injury to the system, when taken according to di rections, and the sum of $1,000 will be paid to any person who can prove that it has failed to do this.—11. 11. Warner & Co. 2w 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 ■_ Nobody should go to church, meeting, hacking away aid d ™ > the preacher or orator with their Use Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup at ona, costs only 25 cents a l.oit lo. 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-