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THE GEORGIA PRESS.
At a meeting of the Augusta bar, on
the 20th ijist., the following members paid
glowing tributes to the memory of Hon.
H. G. Wright, the late editor of the
Chronicle and Constitutionalist. Major
John B. Cummings, Hon. J. C. C. Black,
Solicitor S. B. Butcher, Major George T.
Barne-vJudge Hook, Judge W. K. Mo-
Laws, and Judge Claiborne Snead.
The Savannah Neics gives a lengthy
descrintion of the Cincinnati visitors and
their enjoyments. The trip to the ocean
was greatly enjoyed by these Western
people, and they were loud in praise of
Savannah and her environs.
The Cartersville Free Press only uses
the word “Kirkwood” ten times in the
leader of this week, which is less than a
column in length.
Gen friend, Captain Ed L. Wight, of
Albany, left on Tuesday last for New
York, and anticipates making a trip to
Europe before returning home. We wish
him a pleasant trip and a safe return.
For some cause we failed to get our
Savannah News of Wednesday. We
clip t’.ie following gout of the Augusta
News of the 21st:
Tlit Savannah Neics, of yesterday,
came out in eight pages of eight columns
(C4 columns in all) in honor of the Cin
cinnati visitors. We have always looked
upon the News as an enterprising paper,
hut we think Col. Estill has surpassed
himself in this mammoth sheet. The first
pace contains a large map of the Cincin
nati Southern railroad and its connections,
ami prominence given to Savannah as the
terminus. Such evidences of newspaper
enterprise and exhibits of our industrial
and mechanical interests will no doubt
impress tlie live men of the great West of
the importance of their railway connec
tions with our section of country^ and
thus make them more anxious than ever
to secure our trade. The News is thus do
ing us a good service, and we admire its
enterprise.
Sfabta Ishmaeltte: We are informed
that Mr. Ben Harper, last week, lost his
mill and gin house. We were not in
formed as to the origin of the fire, but
suppose it caught from the engine. The
loss is in the neighborhood of §1,000.
Fires are becoming fearfully frequent in
the county. A good look-out is better
than a fire engine.
1’het had a mad dog sensation in Ma
rietta. The sheriff captured the rabid ca
nine with his little pistol.
The Sparta Ishmaelite has the follow
ing sensible article on superior courts:
Our superior court is generally held at
the time of the year when the presence of
the farmers at home is specially needed.
In view of this fact, we submit that the
sessions of tlie court ought to be more con
tinuous than they were last week. It
seems to be a common fault of courts,
ever} where, to commence work late, and
to knock off soon—without regard to the
fact that every hour lost is an expense to
the county, and a loss to those who are
compelled to leave their business to attend
on the sessions of the court. So far as
our observation goes, this criticism has
an application to all the courts in the
State. A little more dispatch would add
to their efficiency and usefulness; and we
should be glad to chronicle an amend
ment in that particular. This is written
simply in the interest of economy, and
without even a touch of censoriousness,
fortlie benefit of all whom it may con
cern.
Cartersville Free Press: We are
informed that the railroad syndicate in
Atlanta has gone up to the tune of $150,-
000 in the purchase of the inflated stock
of tlie Louisville and Nashville
railroad. Within the past month
the stock has been up to 162 and
over; but the operations in Wall street
last Saturday sent it down to 115. We
are also informed that Sir. James, the
hanker, is the heaviest loser, and that
Messrs. Albert Howell, E. P. Howell, N.
P. T. Finch, B. H. Hill, Jr., H. W.-Gra
dy, Hoke Smith and J. W. Murphy were
among the unfortunates.
Start a Ishmaelite: We learn that
Jefl Hunt’s horse bit'a negro last week,
and died almost instantly. The negro is
doing well.
Savannah Recorder: Ivans, a colored
man who lives in Biyan county, about
forty miles from this city, was brought to
Chatham county jail Monday evening by
Bas Ellerby, a constable of Bryan. Ivans
is charged with killing a female relation
of his with an ax and horribly mutilating
her. As there arc no railroad or mail fa
cilities in that part of the country, it is
impossible to definitely learn all the facts.
The prisoner is reticent and will not talk
about the matter, hut from a resident of
Bryan we learn that the affair has created
considerable excitement.
Cartersville Free Press: Colonel J.
J. Howard, a few days since, purchased
the fine plantation of Mr. Campbell Wal
lace, Jr., near Allatoona, in this county,
for which he paid $12,000. Colonel How
ard will cultivate the farm himself.
Clippings from the Clipper of War-
nnton:
A handsome c. t., from Macon, was in
our city a day or two since, and two or
three of our fair ones were veiy much 5n-
Klincd to tender him their hearts, until
they were informed that lie had a wife
ami nine children.
Billy Moore, of the Augusta News, de
sires to know if he is the Augusta man we
favor for governor. Now, Billy will suit
the Christian Index and Christian Advo
cate, because they intend to support spirit
ually minded men. The only trouble we
see, however, is that Billy’s mind runs on
the wrong kind of spirits—they are gener
ally ardent. 1
The young Israelite who was convicted
during the last session of our court for
purloining a watch from a freedman, and
lodged in jail, bas been paid out by his
uds. and lie is now as free as a bird.
Sparta Ishmaelite: It will be remem-
1 '-red that >lr. J. T. Laveigne, a few
weeks ago, moved his family to Sanders-
ville. He rented a house, had it furnished,
and was moving along smoothly and pros
perously in his business. Last week fire
swept away his house and all his house
hold goods. Wo learn that the family
saved nothing but the clothes they wore.
It is a sad calamity. Mr. Laveigne is an
honest, liard-working citizen. He was
just getting to the point where he could
look confidently to the future. We regret
to know of this blow to his fortunes; but
we are satisfied that he has the pluck and
energy to rise superior to it.
Marietta Journal: We learn from a
reliable gentleman that on last Friday
evening Mr. Joseph Coker’s two little
hoys, agecl respectively six and eight
years, were out playing in the yard at
their home, when the eldest caught his
young brother around the neck. Thi3 an-
geted the little fellow, and he picked up a
rock and threw it at his eight-year-old
brother, hitting him on the head ahou
tlie right temple; the blow fractured tho
skull and death resulted in a few hours.
Mr. Coker lives about twelve miles from
•Marietta, on the Cumming road, in this
county. The sad affair overwhelmed the
parents in the deepest grief.
Cartersville Free Press: Andrew
Van Bibber and wife, of the Cincinnati
excursion party, who rode through from
Chattanooga to Atlanta on horseback,
took breakfast in Cartersville Sunday
morning,
The Talbotton Register crosses swords
with Woods, of the Hawkinsville Dis
patch, in the followingstyle:
A Squash Vine Stoby.—A most re
liable gentleman in the county, and one
of our most scientific fanners, says that a
year or two ago there came up late in the
season in his garden, in the middle of a
bed sixty feet square, a squash plant that
subsequently astonished the natives. It
g.ew off very rapidly, and when at matu
rity covered the entire bed with its prodig
ious dimensions. The squashes it oen-
Oub neighbor Atlanta, is not in the the upper end, and left the mule alone
habit of doing things by halves; but when with the contrivance, and after the am-
does the following mean, taken from the I mal had worked for half a day in a vam
report of the committee on fire depart- effort to climb to those oats, every time he
We quote from
ment of the city council,
the Post:
“We, the Committee, respectfully re
port, in their judgment, a good fire de
partment at this time is not advisable, and
submit this, our report.
E. V. Baldwin, chairman,
T. J. Buchanan,
S. C.'JONES,
Committee.
The Albany Advertiser has the follow-
•ing description of the storm at Leesburg
on last Tuesday:
The storm raged for fully half an hour
and proceeded on its errand of destruc
tion. 'When the affriglitened citizens came
out of their homes and places of business
they found that the Terry House, the ho
tel kept by Mrs. Julia Terry, had been
struck by lightning. The electric fluid
came down the chimney of Mrs. Terry’s
private room tearing up tlie floor, shaking
the plastering from the walls and tum
bling the furniture in great confusion.
The room was occupied at the time
by Miss Amanda Smith, a hoarder of the
house, who had one of her hands serious
ly burned by the lightning besides being
most terribly shocked. Mr. Elder’s work
shop was blown down, which was the only
damage done to the buildings. Many
shade trees were uprooted, thousands of
pannels of fencingwere scattered pell-mell,
and these gentlemen inform us that the
course of the storm was fully four miles
wide. We may expect to hear of great
damage to property, if not loss of life, as
the details come in.
Augusta Chronicle: Yesterday af
ternoon an accident occurred on the Ath
ens branch of the Georgia railroad. As
the train was running up to Athens, con
taining the Augusta delegation of Knights
of Honor, one of the cars leaped from the
track, occasioning a short delay. No
one, however, was hurt, and the damages
were soon bridged over.
Savannah Neics : Yesterday morn
ing as a lady visitor, who is stopping at
tlie Pulaski House, was passing the corner
of St. Julian and Bull streets, her atten
tion was attracted to the cruel manner in
which two colored men were handling a
calf, and her sympathy being aroused,
she stopped and mildly rebuked them for
their unnecessary harshness. A number
of people collected at the comer, and the
darkies became somewhat frightened, and
placing the calf in the wagon drove off.
Rome Tribune: George Washington
Lotlieridge, a gentleman of color—char
coal color—on Saturday last, was admit
ted to the bar at Dalton, passing such a
fine examination that the Judge compli
mented him. He is the only negro law
yer in these parts. We understand that
this sable legal light intends to move to
Kansas City in a short time, where he
will continue in the practice of his profes
sion. .
Buena Vista Argus: Mr. W. D.
Matthews lias brought us a bunch of.
headed oats which measure three and a
half feet average height, the extreme be
ing four and a half feet. Mr. Matthews
says it is a fair sample of fifteen acres.
He is a thriving young man.
Sumpter Republican: The top of an
Irish potato was laid on our table by a
friend who was moved with astonishment
at the evidence of his senses. The sprout
was about fifteen or eighteen inches long;
at every joint of the stem, where a leaf or
another branch issued, there were forma
tions of tubers to the number of fifteen,
the largest being about an inch in diame
ter, ranging down to the size of a chinqua
pin. This patch was planted very early,
of the Rose variety, by Mr. I. N. Hart, of
tlus place, in the rear of his store. The
piece of ground was about ninety by sixty
feet, and he has been selling and eating po
tatoes from it a month; has taken out po
tatoes all over it four times, to the amount
of about eight barrels, and it still is in re
markable freshness and vigor, yielding
astonishingly. One of the potatoes taken
from a lot grabbled on Monday weighed
thirteen ounces. The potatoes are very
fine and much sought after in this
market.
Augusta Chronicle has these Jeffer
son county items:
Mr. M. D. Cason, one of the best and
most successful planters in tlie county,
died at his home, near Louisville, on Sat
urday night.
Major Denny, brother of Judge Denny,
who died about a month ago, died on last
Saturday morning, very suddenly. He
was attending to his business as a planter
up to Friday night.
A Fine Steamer for the Tybee
Route.—Savannah News of the 21st:
Yesterday arrangements were perfected
by which the new and fast steamer H. B.
Plant, Captain J. W. Fitzgerald, will be
placed on the route between this city and
Tybee for the entire season, commencing
May 1st. In addition to running the regu
lar trips to the island, the steamer will
take all excursions offering, and, having a
capacity for eight hundrea passengers, she
will he able to accommodate the largest
crowds. The railway from the wharf to
the hotel is being put in first-rate Order,
and under the new arrangement there is
every reason to believe that the public will
find satisfaction, comfort and pleasure in
visiting our seaside resort.
The steamer H. B. Plant was finished
this year, and has only been out for about
two months. She is constructed of iron
and steel, of unusual strength, and was
built by Pusey, Jones & Co., Wilmington,
Delaware; is 145 feet in length, 24 feet
beam. Her engines are of the most im
proved make and are below deck on an
iron frame, and she has patent revolving
wheels and patent balance rubber. She
has finely fitted up upper and lower sa
loons, with all modem conveniences, and
plenty of open deck room, and was con
structed under the personal supervision of
Captain J. W. Fitzgerald, her commander
and owner. Those who look forward to
a good time on the beach at Tybee will
be glad to hear of the engagement of this
fine steamer.
Thomasville Enterprise: Reports
from several of our fruit growers confirm
the fear expressed last week that nearly
all the pears had shedded, and that the
fruit crop generally would be very short.
The older LeConte trees will have a small
crop, but tlie young trees will have very
few. This is the case with many other
varieties. A few, however, promise a
fair yield. The peach and apple crop also
promises to be very small. Some of the
former are tolerably full, but the late
cold injured them some and much of the
young fruit will fall off. Taken alto
gether the fruit crop will certainly be
short.
Irwixton Appeal: The psospect for
a good fruit crop is pronounced to he good
yet, notwitnstanding tlie fact that a great
many people insisted that it would all be
killed. Hr. Ed Walker has an orchard of
just a fraction over 20 acres, and says he
would dislike to take §500 now for the
fruit he expects to get from it this sea
son.
Sumter Republican: On Sunday last,
while.tbe family of Mr. E. H. Brown was
at supper, a lamp that had been left on
the bureau in another room, in some
manner ignited its surroundings and the
bureau was burned up with the clothing
contained in the drawers, the window
curtains, papers, books, etc. The side of
the house, which was ceiled, was bnming
briskly when discovered, and the lamp
had rolled under the bed, hut did not set
it on fire. Mr. Brown and two colored
men in his employ, with a few buckets of
water, soon extinjj^iished the spreading
flames. He lives about seven or eight
miles southeast of Americas.
Columbus Enquirer : Last Sunday
another being came to the conclusion, af
ter sad experience, that he, as others
were too careless in using fire arms. Folk
Smith, colored, a drayman of our city,had
a little pistol, and a friend sent to borrow
it. He thought he would see if the weap
on was all right before sending it to the
friend. He cocked it; his thumb slipped,
and the ball went through the fore finger
of the left hand. There is no doubt rest
ing in his mind now as to whether it will
fire. The argument was conclusive.
For a mule story, we should commend
tained—well, we don’t recollect, but they the Columbus Times:
-vere carried, out by the bushels and fed to | A gentleman states that a friend of his
mules boas, and to everything about the got Into a little difficulty with a mule in
lot tlnU would eat them. The gentleman Kentucky, In which he was the worst for
5™?!? 2* *ny of the Sm*. Mg*. ^Jthe^n^ well enough
had stepped forward on the mill it having
rolled hack with him, that mule was the
most fatigued and ugliest, maddest, most
disgusted creature in Kentucky, and the
avenger felt as tickled as though he had
won §48 at poker."
Athens Banner: How kind and neigh
borly it is when you find out your friend
or neighbor has a good nurse or cook, to
go to work and try and persuade them to
leave that they may serve you. This kind
of neighborly conduct is becoming quite
too frequent in our city, and we are de
cidedly of the opinion that a law should
be made to prevent such intermeddling.-
Columbus Enquirer: The rainstorm
on Monday extended along the line of the
Mobile & Girard railroad. In many
places it was quite severe. The principal
damage, however, was blowing down of
fences. At Union Springs, a negro labor
er and the agent of the Mobile & Girard
railroad 'were considerably shocked by
lightning.
In our city there is no damage reported.
The wharf, by this and other recent rains
,has suffered considerably by washing.
The river was rising slowly last after
noon, but is not over the wharf. The
total rain-fall is 1.10 inches. The rain has
ceased to fall, but the clouds seem to indi
cate more for to-day.
We see by the last Brunswick Appeal
that editors are somewhat popular in that
■section. At the Catholic fair the other
night, a copy of Bums’ poetical works
was to be voted to the most popular edi
tor. Tho poll panned out $34 in clean
cash, and Colonel C. W. Styles got the
book, with 167 votes. The canvass for
the most popular lawyer cleared §84.46,
and the honor conferred on. G. W. Ma
bry, Esq. Miss Maggie Russell was the
most popular young lady, and turned in
to the treasury $117.40. The most popu
lar engineer was decided in favor oflt.
H. Creamer, this canvass yielding $233.
The fair was quite a success.
From the Appeal we clip the following:
On dit, that we are to have a large
broom factory In our midst, engineered by
Northern capitalists.
The hotel movement is beginning to
take definite shape. The want is one
long felt by the community.
The Macon Stiung Band.—Kess
ler’s—has been engaged by Mr. Dunn,and
the very best music that Georgia_ can
make is guaranteed. Their music is in
spiring and compels tlie light fantastic
toe to twirl in harmony With its sweet
ness.
At the election for ordinary in Gaines
ville on Friday last, W. S. Pickrell was
elected.
The Rome Tribune gives an account of
the incarceration of Mrs. Elmira Hamp
ton in tho insane asylum. It says:
It will be remembered that this is the
case wherein Mr. Brice Morris, the brother
of Mrs. Hampton, is accused oi having un
duly precured [[her commitment to the
asylum. The lady was placed in the
asylum about one month ago on the'testi
mony of Morris and others given before
the ordinary.
The grand jury will investigate the case
and some interesting developments may
be expected. The following is a copy of
the document received from the asylum:
Milledgeville, Ga.
At a Meeting Boabd Trustees.
April 6,1880.
The superintendent having reported to
the board of trustees the particulars of the
case of Mrs. Elmira Hampton, who has
lately been sent to this asylum as a luna
tic, under a commitment from the Ordin
ary of Floyd county, Ga., and that al
though she has been in the asylum as a
patient since March 6th, I860, during
which time both lie and assistant physi
cians bad critically examined her and her
symptoms, but without ascertaining any
evidence of insanity, and the superintend
ent having brought Mrs. Hampton before
the hoard of trustees, who, after examin
ing and conversing freely with her, ad
opted the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That inasmuch as the super
intendent of this institution has fully sat
isfied himself that Mrs. Elmira Hampton
is not insane, and is not a fit subject to he
retained in the asylum, and that he return
Mrs. Hampton to the ordinary of Floyd
county, with a copy of these proceedings,
and also a letter of explanation of the
case.
[Signed] L. N. Whittle,
President Board Trustees.
True extract from minutes.
Dawson Journal; Jesse West, a gen
tleman of color, was brought before
Justice Simmons the other day, arrested
by virtue of a possessory warrant issued at
the instance of Mary Adams, who claimed
that Jesse had in his possession a pair of
cotton cards of the value of .fifty cents,
and that ha refused to restore them to
her. The court, after hearing the. evi
dence and the lengthy arguments of two
of our able lawyers, awarded the property
to Mary. We understand that the court
costs and counsel fees amounted to $14.50.
Valuable pair of cards these must he
surely.
Mbs. S. S. Pannington died at the
residence of her husband near Boling-
broke, in Monroe county, last week.
A certain north Georgia baldheaded
man had a large spider painted on the top
of his head in fly-time, and the first day .it.
scared his wife into a fit, and he was
knocked out of his chair three times by
people who wanted to kill the poisonous
insect without alarming the old gentleman
by telling him it was' there.
Sandersville Herald: Captain G.
W. Peacock has about completed a large
planing mill and variety works establish
ment on Smith street. The engine is al
ready in position, and everything being
got m readiness for active operation. It'
is the purpose of Captain Peacock to sup
ply the demand for dresred lumber of all
kinds, as well a# to keep a lumber yard
for the accommodation of the'dty. This-
is an enteiprise greatly needed, and heart
ily welcomed to our community.
Eastman Times: From Mr. Charlton
O. Burch, oi this county, wfc learn'that’
there is a chicken at Mr. D. A. Burch’s
which has three legs. He says the extra
leg is well developed and perfect, except
that instead of the usual quantity it has
but one toe. We did not think to ask
Charlton if the chicken could stand on
one foot and scratch with the other two at
the same time.
Columbus Enquirer: Yfcsterdaymorn
ing an accident happened to a hoy, James
Kilgire, at the Southwestern railroad,
that may terminate seriously. He was
standing on the shafts of a wagon belong
ing to Mr. Tobe Newman, with his hand
resting on the horse. The animal started
off suddenly, throwing him to the ground
with great force. The wheels passed over
his body just below the shoulders. The
wagon is * very heavy one; and at the
time had several blocks of ice in it. He
lay in an insensible state for about thirty,
minutes. He was carried home in a wag
on shortly after the accident, and received
medical attention. No bones were bro
ken, hut it is feared he received internal
injuries.
Athens Banner: The directors of the
Northeastern railroad met on yesterday
and elected Mr. Bostwick of Atlanta, as
superintendent of their road. Mr. Bost
wick is a railroad man of considerable ex
perience, and wo learn comes highly rec-
ommendsd. No doubt the directors have
made a wise selection, and we wish for
Mr. Bostwick abundant success in his
new position. We also learn that the
directors determined to commence at
once, the survey upon the extension of
their road. Good lock to the enterprise.
Tn* Albany Advertiser of the 21st says:
The case of the State vs. Jack L. Acre,
murder, was reached yesterday. The
jury was nnder the charge of a bailiff last
night. This forenoon argument of coun
cil waa heard, the court delivered the
charge and the jmy retired to make up a
verdict, which they rendered this -evening,
and the prisoner was pronounoed not
guilty and set at liberty.
A» Old Church—Sandersville Herr
aid: Bethlehem Baptist church #as con
stituted in 1700, we presume one ot the
oldest churches in Middle Georgia. It
soon be able to celebrate its centennial.
Greensboro Herald: , We bad the
haavieat rain of the season last Tuesday
morning. It came in perfect torrents,
that the whole place} to be out he fixed the treadmill of a saw- flooding the whole face of the earth,
to the squash ^ * ing machine so that it would roll, put a 1 There was a severe wind with It, blowing
J 0U J d ha ' e 10 M tae #qa ” * t tempting measure of oats in the manger at down houses, fences, and upsetting things'
generally. It was the nearest a cyclone
we have ever had, and we hope we may
be spared from ever seeing one, of those
terrible and destructive commingling of
the elements that have visited other sec
tions of the country.
. Dawson Journal: Judge C. L. Lynch,
of this county, is a model fanner. Instead
of coming in with an empty wagon, sign
ing a “crap mortgage” and carrying a load
of supplies, he brings in a load .of home-
raised bacon, lard, honey, chickens, eggs,
butter, etc., etc., and goes home with an
empty wagon, and a full purse. His ex
ample is worthy of imitation.
Columbus Enquirer: Yesterday the
telephone exchange was open for business
for tho first time, and those in the office
were kept busy as bees. Early in the
morning the subscribers began to utilize
the telephone, and we are told of a con
siderable amount of goods that were sold
over the wires. Few thoroughly under
stand as yet how to work it, hut in the
course of a few days all will go on more
smoothly. Yesterday there were but few
.complaints to the central office, notwith
standing the fact of its being the first day.
During the day there were about six hun
dred communications made, which is an
average of forty-six per hour, or an aver
age of nineteen for each subscriber. The
list now numbers thirty-three, which no
donbt will he doubled in the course of a
month or so. Those who use it once can
not see how they ever did without it.
Savannah News: Pilot boat No. 6
hoarded the Spanish steam corvette San
chez Barcoztegan, Captain Jose Mazzan,
when forty-five miles off Edisto, and
brought her into this port yesterday. She
is from New York, and has been four or
five days out. The corvette carries five
guns, three very large ones and two small
er ones, and a crew of one hundred and
fifty men, and is now lying in the river off
Fort Jackson. She came into port for
coal, obtaining which she will resume her
voyage.
Rome Courier: We are glad to learn
that the Rome companies are preparing to
have a grand encampment here next July.
Several companies from a distance have
already signified their desire to partici
pate. The local battalion should lead off
in this matter with a full programme at an
early date.
dernic.
1 tempting
Sandebsytlle Herald: A Praise
worthy Act.—The distressed wife with
four children spoke of moving near her
relatives, hut the neighbors persuaded her
to remain, and on last Thursday sent in
thirteen plows, prepared and planted
twelve acres of her land in corn, and pre
pared five or six acres for cotton. These
generous neighbors will work her crop for
her, and by co-operation will do it so ea
sily that they will never notice any in
convenience, and the blessings of the
“friend of the widow” will surely rest up
on them.
Perry Home Journal: Mr. D. "W.
Holland brought into our office yesterday
the stub of an Irish potato hush grown in
his garden. He had taken from it thir
teen potatoes that were large enough to
eat, and twenty small potatoes were
left clinging to the parent stem. This is
the most prolific yield we ever saw from
one potato.
Savannah News: Mr. Nathan K.
Platsliek yesterday received a five hun
dred dollar bond left as a legacy to tlie
Louise King Association-of this city by
the lamented Miss Louise King, after
whom the association was named.
Augusta Chronicle: Athens, Ga.,
April 12.—There is a very full attendance
on the Grand Lodge of the Knights of
Honor. Fifty lodges are represented.
The following are the officers elected for
the ensuing year:
P. G. Dictator, S. H. Shepard, of Augus
ta; G. Dictator, R. S. Powell, of Barnes-
ville; G. Y. Dictator, Dr. Wm. King, of
Atlanta; G. A. Dictator, G. E. Thomas,
of Columbus; G. Chaplain, Rev. C. C.
Williams, of Augusta; G. Reporter, S. K.
Cook, of Bamesville; G. Treasurer, R.
H. Jones, of Cartersville; G. Guide, A. W.
Hill, of Washington; G. Guardian, H. M.
Reid, of Fairburn; G. Sentinel, L. S. Led
better, of Cedartown; Representative to
Supremo Lodge, S. H. Shepard. Alternate,
E. F. Lawson; G. Trustees, E. F. Law-
son, of Waynesboro; Wm. Hill, of
Augusta; G. A. Cabaniss, of Forsyth.
W.
Tiie Hawkinsville Dispatch has this to
say about wool: The buyers of Hawkins
ville are offering forty cents per pound for
wool this (Wednesday) morning,
and one of. our most extensive dealers
thinks the price will advance to forty-five
cents within the next ten or fifteen days.
Wc understand that a firm of prominent
wool buyers in Albany are circulating a
report in the lower counties that they
have an agent in Hawkinsville • to buy
wool for them, and that they
are insisting on the wool grow
ers to carry their wool direct
to -Albany and save the commis
sion allowed the agent employed by them
in Hawkinsville. There is no one in this
place employed to act as an agent for a
wool buyer in Albany, and the report is
nothing more than “a-trick in trade.”
Our merchants deal directly with the
largest manufacturers in the United States
ana can afford to pay as much for wool as
any buyers in Southern Georgia. They
have heretofore paid better prices for
wool than could be obtained in any other
market in the State, and we believe they
will do so again during the present sea
son.
'. Barnesville Gazette: Rev. J. H.
Weaver who-has been' called to serve the
Baptist church (Sardis), in Barnesville,
arrived last Friday afternoon from Texas.
He began his work with-the sermon Sun
day. morning. He' bas the reputation of
being an able preacher and the church
feel much gratified in securing his ser
vices.-
Cedabtown - Advertiser: J. B.' Mor
row was arrested at Mtria iron works last.
Sunday and brought to this place on a
charge of bigamy. Morrow has lately
married a Miss Crow at Amberson, Ala.,
and it has since been ascertained that lie
has a wife in Fannin county, in this State.
He was yesterday tried before J. D. En
dow, J. PI, at this place, and bound’ Over
to the Superior Court. His bond was
made $200, which he failed to make and
,was committed to jail. So much for Mr.
M.’s extraordinary matrimonial proclivi
ties. ~ f ■
Louisville Courier: During the
heavy showers about 12 o’clock yesterday
the lightning struck the chimney ofasmall
house on Mr. Harrell's lot. It completely
demolished the funnel of the chimney and
a small fire which was burning in the
fire-place was scattered over the floor
around the hearth. As the chimney was
struck tlie concussion was so great that
the windows of the house were ' forced
open, and the staples by which they were
fastened were drawn out.
Savannah • News: The protracted
meeting at Trinity M. E. Church still at
tracts the religiously inclined to the pleas
ant and Instructive services which nightly
take place. The weather, which has been
delightfully propitious since the meetings
commenced, nearly two. months since,
was on Tuesday night inclement, and but
few gathered themselves together, and the
service consisted of songs • and prayer.
Last night, however, the usual congrega
tion met at the appointed time, the sweet
singers promptly at their posts made the
•song service delightfully pleasant. To
say there was music in the hundreds of
well attuned voices which blended to
gether in sweet harmony, rendering
praise to the Most High and softcning’the
feelings preparatory to hearing the Word,
would but tamely express the effect which
this part of the divine worship produced.
Columbus Times; A gentleman, who
has just returned from an extended trip
through Talbot county, during which he
visited various sections of it, brings very
flattering reports of the prosperty of the
citizens and the condition of the crops.
The corn is up very nicely with a good
stand, and was not Injured by the late
frosts. The most of the farmers will get
through planting cotton this week, and in
many Instances those who planted early
have already obtained good stands, and
Will soon be ready to begin chopping out.
The oat crop, as & general thing, is good,
bat wheat, in Some sections, has been in-
inred by thereist. The wheat In the val
ley and ln the northeast part of the coun
ty is very fine.
He reports the hands as working well,
and the farmers close at home attending
to their farming interests. It was seldom
tjiat be met one of them in the road dur
ing his travels. Guano has been used ex
tensively, and, preparations have been
made for •a hig"crop.
As an evidence of prosperity the farm
ers are investing in improved farming
implements, and are purchasing labor
saving machines. We are glad to learn
oi the prosperity of our neighborhood.
Gainesville Eagle: There was quite
a heavy wind-storm last Sunday after
noon. Fences were blown down in
various parts of the city, and part of the
roof of the jail was blown off. The dam
age was slight, however, and was easily
repaired on Monday morning.
Indian Springs Argus: On Jast Sat
urday morning, a negro infant was found
buried in the comer of a fence on Mr.
Thomas Baily’s place in thi3 county, in
an old sack with a string tied around its
neck and a large gash in its forehead'. We
do not know the particulars yet, hut will
publish details of the affair and inquest
by our next issue.
Later—Inquest held and the verdict is
that the child came to its death by its
mother murdering it. <
Barnesville Gazette: William Brown
who was charged with murder was found
by the jury guilty of manslaughter. The
court ordered that the prisoner betaken
to Fulton county jail, until turned over to
a proper guard, who will carry him to
the penitentiary where he shall be con
fined at hard labor for fifteen years.
Brunswick Appetd: Vegetation in
this locality is In - a mo3t unpromising
condition. It remained green through
the winter, but fails to flourish with the
spring season. The soil has been dry and
remains so so long that the grass refuses
to grow, and vegetables are dying prema
turely. We hear serious complaints from
gardeners and truck fanners, and the uni
versal opinion is that the fruit crop is en
tirely destroyed. This may seem a little
incredible, but the fact stares us in the
face, that warm, dry winters are more dis
astrous to vegetation in this climate, than
the severest seasons remembered by .the
oldest inhabitant.
Albany News: The Albany post-of
fice does more business than any third
class office in the State. It- has recently
been authorized to issue money orders on
any part of Europe, Algiers, and other for
eign countries.
Giuffin News: There is a considera
ble amount of petty thieving going on
about in the city. People should keep a
careful watch about their premises. One
of the best preventatives of small thieves
is a healthy hull dog. Somehow when a
hull dog finds it convenient to be in easy
distance of the front gate, the number of
people who are fond of going in is re
markably few.
Gainesville Eagle: The mines in
Georgia are attracting the attention of the
whole country. If our mines were located
in some remote, inaccessible region, such
for instance as the Black Hills, there
would be fifty or one hundred thousand
men digging and delving in them before
mid summer.
Indian Springs Argus: Mr. S. F.
Smith has purchased two more farms in
Jasper county, one from Dr. King, at
Concord, and the other from Mr. Jack
Burney, near Smith’s Mills.
The State Medical Association has
been in session in Augusta during this
week, and from the reports in the News
we judge that they have had a good time.
The next annual session will be held-in
Thomasville next April. Dr. H. F. Scott,
of Atlanta, was electedjis orator.
Thomasville Post: Thomasville has
-received up to this time 9,003 bales of cot
ton the present season. Several thousand
bales produced in tlie connty are usually
shipped to other points on the railroad.
Waynesboro Expositor: All corn
purchased by our fanners last year was at
a low price, and the cotton grown sold for
higher prices than any of us expected.
Our fanners are purchasing a great deal
more this yea? than last and at much
higher prices, hut notwithstanding this,
the price of cotton it steadily declining,
and in all probability will go much lower.
We are very apprehensive that we will
have a repetition next fall and winter of
the disastrous expenence of years 1871
and 1875, and sincerely hope that our
farmers will economize as much as possi
ble, and thus, he able to stand up against
disaster if it comes. The heavy bills al
ready contracted for com, bacon, mules,
guano, etc., will require for tlieir payment
a large portion of a poor crop at a low
price. If farming doei not pay in the
South nothing else will, for it is almost
the only industry of the country.
Augusta News of the 23rd instant
says: From a gentleman just from Edge-
field, we leam that tfiie condition of Dr.
Bland is a little mire hopeful to-day.
Dr. Taylor, of Columbia, who is in atten
dance, expresses the belief that the crisis
has now passed, though his recorery will
be necessarily slow. . i .
The following reverie of a disappointed
candidate we' take from the Augusta
News: *
Politics is humbugs. Dcy told me all I
had to do vas to hay oud some moneys
und I vould git elected shust like a nod
inks. But'ven I vent to de bolls, vat you
tinkdatmanatdehollshetoldme? He
shust told me, “don’t you got oxcited;’
und I vosn’t to do nodinks, but shust talk
ing to my frients dat I thought was going
to vote for me. Und den he. said again,
“Ye don’t vant no excitement rount here
to-day;” but vat I care for him. Nod
inks. I shust talked und talked mit efery-
hody, und tings vas giftin' on bully. How
many votes you tink I got? Dree, shust
dree, one in A instinct und two in B in
stinct, und Ton of dem ves scratched. You
shust vait; if eicr I find de man who
scratched my name'off Uat (ticket I scratch
lum you bet. Oh, yes, I vas peat.”
Revill, pfthe Meriwether Vindicator,
turns the feline controversy over to the
Columbus Times and Americus Recorder,
hut comes to time on the cow question, as
follows: ■
Remarkable ' Story.—Tills story
comes to us from the third district: A
shrewd cow is in the "habit of going to the
center of tho bridge, over! Mountain creek,
near Mrs. MeGeliee’s plantation, and roll
ing from the briage fall3 upon the soft sand
in the .creek below. She follows the
large ditch, some fifteen feet wide here,
until she finds a place in the bank low
enough to allow her to leave the ditch and
go out In. the wheat field that lies adjacent
to the creek. In this way she enjoys a
feast of green wheat every day.
There is.a. cow at the Sulphur Springs
thatcanpulldownanyfen.ee whoso top
rail her horn can reach. She lowers the
fence by taking off the rails with her
horns, one by one, and throwing them
over her back. This stoiy i3 Vouched for
by her owner.
raccoon, a genuine Girnea pig and Spitz
dog, passed through our town on Thurs
day last, encamping just beyond. One of
the men succeeded in effecting an en
trance into the calaboose, at which select
hoarding house he contracted a bill of
$25. Charge: wife-heating.
Rome Tribune: Miss Fannie Martin,
one of the young lady pupils of Shorter
College, who has been in delicate health
for some time past, died yesterday at half
past one o’clock. Her father, Mr. Charles
Martin, of Martin’s Cross Roads, Ala
bama, was summoned, and arrived yester
day. She was an interesting young lady,
of some fifteen summers, and beloved by
her instructors and schoolmates for her
kindly disposition and manners. We de
plore the sad occurrence.
Savannah News: It is almost a dal
ly occurrence in every business house to
pick up a paper and read of some party or
firm being swindled out of a large amount
Oi money by the skillful altering of hank
checks or drafts. Yesterday in our pres
ence a gentleman altered sereral. One
drawn for $120 was changed to $1,020,
and another from $50 to $1,500, and again
to $15,000, leaving the paper as perfect in
appearance as if no change had been
made. One was also changed from $20 to
$70 dollars by "a single stroke of the pen.
In fact he showed us how any amount
could be eaisily raised by an expert.
One reason for taking an interest in the
matter is that we noticed a decision made
by the Supreme Court of the United
States, exempting hanks from standing
the loss of a raised check and placing it
entirely on the drawer,which really makes
it important that every business house
should protect itself.
Some business men labor nnder the im
pression that because they have been in
business for a great number of years, and
never had any tronble of the kind, they
never will. For instance, Hatch & Foot,
of New York, an old hanking firm doing
business in Wall street for the last forty
years, gave on the 23d day of February,
a check for $34, which was raised to
$3,400 and paid by the Long Island Bank
of Brooklyn; Gordon & Bro., warehouse
men, of Nashville, $123 to $923; Payne,
Kennedy & Co., cotton factors of New Or
leans, $8 to $8,000 and paid by the Canal
Bank. Inquiry develops no more fertile
and common course of fraud than the al
tering of checks and drafts. To prevent
such alterations C. A. Randall & Co.,, of
New York, have successfully introduced
the “Bankers’ and Depositors’ Check Pro
tector.” Parties, wishing to examine it,
address C. A. Randall & Co., Savannah
Post Office.
Sparta Times and Planter: Mr. B. A.
Alfriend, a well known citizen, is serious
ly ill.
Mr. David Dixon will rebuild the dam
broken by the late heavy rains.
Bishop Pierce is apparently enjoying
better health than for several years.
Quitman Reporter: Western corn is
being imported by our merchants by the
hundreds of bushels, and they are selling
it at ninety and ninety-five cents per
bushel.
Cuthcert Appeal: Rabbi Benson, of
Macon, lectured last Sunday night in the
Presbyterian church to the largest congre
gation we ever saw there assembled. The
house was literally packed long before
the hour, and many were, for want of
standing room, in the aisles. We shall
attempt no report of the discourse, as it
has been repeatedly discussed upon the
streets the past week, but merely say that
we were well pleased with a major por
tion of the speaker’s remarks. He is a
pleasant speaker, and told many truths
endorsed by both. Jew and Gentile. We
learn he will visit this place again in a
few weeks.
Savannah News: The steamship
George Appold, Captain[Loveland, of the
Baltimore and Savannah line, left this
port on Tuesday 18th instant, arrived at
Baltimore on Thursday, 15th iustant, in
the short time of forty-nine hours. Re-
turni'ne, she sailed from Baltimore on the
night of the 19th and arrived at Tybee on
the night of the 21st, in fifty-one hours.
Thus tho time occupied in sailing‘the
round trip was four days and lour hours,
and the iron horse 'on steel rails could
scarcely do better. We do not recollect
at tlii3 time of a faster trip being made.
Cuthbebt Appeal: Dr. Palmer has
oats now ready for harvesting. They are
the earliest we knew of, and are entirely
rust proof. To have this important crop
mature at this season certain'y would he
a great advantage to farmers, and save
many the expense of buying corn so early.
South Georgian: We were shown a
beautiful single case, gold watch the other
day, owned by Miss Fanny Baker, of
Montgomery county, that had Been in
the family over one hundred years. Her
great grandfather brought it from Ireland'
with him when he came to this country
in 17S3. .
Griffin Neics: The other afternoon
a man performed the feat of climbing to
the top of the Baptist church steeple, a
distance of 135 feet. The spectacle of a
man hanging on top of the spire attracted
a great deal of attention.
Cuthbert Appeal: Mr. Sam Ogletree
has corn in his crib that he made year
before last. His last .year’s crop he has
on hand with the exception of some he
has sold. He thinks he has enough of the
crop of year before last to do him until
about the middle of Jane.
LaGbange Reporter: There are four
partridges which stay in Mr. Andrew
.Boyd’s front yard nearly all the time.
Their dear and distinct whistle can be
heard every day. It is quite unusual to
find birds of their habits in the middle' of
’a town.
Fort Valley Mirror: Reunion.—
On Tuesday the Houser family, of this
section, had a reunion and fish-fry at the
residence of Mr. Dave Houser, near this
place. There were about one hundred
present, and they had a pleasant time of
it.
Immense Collard.—Dr. Jones in
forms us that himself and Mr. Hardison
measured on the plantation of Mr. Joseph
Dasher, a collard stalk which was nine
.feet and eight inches high. This is the
tallest one we ever heard of.
Greensboro Journal: The freaks of
the weather this year have been peculiar,
and in many respects disastrous and dis
couraging to the fanner and gardener. In
spite of this, we are glad to see landlords
and tenants courageously moving forward,
and with commendable industry and
spirit, preparing for another crop. Even
the horses and mules take tho hit with a
stiff upper lip, and with ears erect move
with a quicker pace, in anticipation of a
better day when lull cribs and full rations
shall take the place of empty hams and
gamers. Let all march cheerily and
hopefully forward, singing or whistling as
they go, in Chorus with the music of wood
and field.
Rev. Atticcs G. Haygooe, D. D„
president of EmorjvCollege, has been cho
sen to preach the commencement sennon
of that institute.
Augusta Ifews: Augusta is just now
favored with a visit irom Dr. J. It. Boyce,
the distinguished president of the great
Baptist Theological Institute at Louis
ville, Ky. The doctor is prominently
connected as director with some of our
largest manufacturing enterprises, and his
business interests often bring Ilim among
us. The doctor has, however, a happy
way of turning business to pleasure, that
charms a company. Yesterday at Gran-
iteville was no exception in Ida pleasant
habit.
In C&tooca county a man heard the Sat
urday night cyclone coming, and hurried
ly got himself and family in a small cel
lar nnder his floor, covered by a trap door.
Fire minutes after, when looking out,
there was not a sill of his house left.
Americus Recorder: K band of
Gypsies, consisting of ton men, fifteen
women and children, several horses, a pet
Cuthbebt Appeal: .The time for the
meeting of the Press of Georgia is fast ap
proaching, and our citizens are making
arrangements for their entertainment in
their accustomed hospitable manner.
We extend a cordial invitation to every
editor in the State to come and meet their
co-laborers here, talk with our people, see
our beautiful town, become acquainted
with our lovely ladies, and enjoy the hos
pitalities of our community. To enable
the committee to properly arrange for the
entertainment of every guest, and prevent
any delay or confusion upon their arrival
in our midst, we request every editor in
the State who expects to be with us, to
drop-a postal to the Appeal, giving us
tlieir name and paper represented. With
such information ample accommodations
will lie provided, and every editor made
to feel weloome. Drop us a postal, and
.then be sure and come.
Columbus Enquirer:. Yesterday a pris
oner on the Alabama side hastily gave leg
bail, and landed safe on Georgia soil. He
was arrested near the western abutment
of the upper foot bridge by a bailiff from
Lee and another from Russell county. Ho
says he was charged with creating a dis
turbance on Sunday last. He also told
our informant that the officers were both
armed, and one had a pistol in each hand.
He suddenly sprang from between them,
and ran across the bridge, telling them to
shoot, which they very wisely did not
do.
do the subject justice, the fellow that per
suaded us to grab our grip-sack and join
the excursion to Cumberland Island last
Monday, might get it by the hatful, and
that, too, with the double back-action and
spring movement combined.
Calloway, of the Americus Recorder,
will have to come to the front again. The
Columbus Times goes him “one better.”
A gentleman in this city assures us of
the truth of the following: A gentleman
who lives in Meriwether county found a
nest of young rats and took them to his
house Qor the purpose of feeding the cat.
He gave them to the cat, and instead of
her killing them as he expected, she seem
ed very fond of the little rats, and carried
them to her bed, where she suckled them
just as she did her kittens.
The gentleman from whom we got the
information did not know whether the cat
raised them for eating purposes or not, as
he “left about that time.” ^
Americus Recorder: W. A. Ponder
and T. E. 'Turner, of the 17th district,
brought to this office last Wednesday, 21st
inst., a watermelon twelve inches in cir
cumference, well matured. They informed
us that it had just been pulled from a
vine which grew the present winter and
spring in open air.'
The Columbus Enquirer says that in
the Marion Superior Court this week, a
new trial was refused in the case of the
Southwestern railroad vs. Singleton—ac
tion for damages and motion for a new
trial in Talbot Superior Court. This case
was argued at chambers before Colonel
Tim Willis, judge pro hoc vice, and the
new trial refused. Tliis case will he car
ried to the supreme court.. It is the case
in which $14,830 damages were given by
the jury in Talbot Superior Court in
March to plaintiff' against defendant for.
causing the plaintifl lo break his leg.
COLONEL HARDEMAN CALTft,
TO THEFR0NT.
Interesting Appeal from
Uve Citizens of
Asking Him to be a
Governor—(Stirring Kortlv r#r
onel Hardeman. ®°1 -
Houston County
Colonel Tliomaa Hardeman L *1
con. Ga.—Dear Sir: The time h„ a "
rived when the people should take
consideration the gubernatorial
The office of governor is one of H 0,
The Chattanooga and Rome Rail
road a Certainty at Last
Yesterday morning tho stockholders of
the Lookout Mountain railroad, the con
templated line between Chattanooga and
Rome, Ga., the stockholders of the Mem
phis branch,a proposed line between Mem
phis and Rome, via Chattanooga, and the
stockholders of the Rome and Summer
ville railroad, another proposed line be
tween Chattanooga and Rome, met in
conference, when all conflicting interests
were consolidated into the Lookout Moun
tain Railroad Company, and all differen
ces harmoniously adjusted. By this con
solidation the Lookout Mountain Railroad
Company receives $150,000 paid in stock
of the Rome and Summerville railroad,
24 miles of graded road on the line in
excellent order, and ready for the cross
ties, also a two-span bridge at Rome,
Georgia, crossing the Oostauaula river,
besides $20,000 donations subscribed by
property owners along the/line of the
road.
The contract for building the road lias
been transferred to R. G. Huston & Co.,
the contractors who built 136 miles of the
Cincinnati Southern railroad. They will
at once proceed to organize their force, and
begin work without any further delay.
They intend to have the road completed
and trains running seven months from
date.
All differences between Stanton and
Samuels have been settled, and all who
are interested in the building of the road,
have joined hands and are working in
harmony.
There is no question about the building
of the road. Tl# contractors who have
undertaken tho work-are well known
all over the country, and in financial
standing and in the extent of contracts
are surpassed by no railroad contractors
in tlie South.
They have undertaken this work with
the avowed intention of completing the
road in seven months^ as Mr. R. G. Huston
said he could do in "an inverview held at
Cincinnati a few days ago, and with the
same firm determination of purpose, the
same exact fulfillment of tne details of
their conduct and of their promises which
characterized their course in building the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad, so they
will connect Rome and Chattanooga with
hands ot iron, m the' time agreed.—Chat
tanooga Times.
A Strange Story.
Catharine.Hill, a colored woman, who
says she fought three years on the Union
side in the late war, under the name of
Henry Williams, keeping her sex all the
while a secret, applied the other day at
the office of William B. Mann, to procure
bis assistance in getting her a pension.
Colonel Mann, not a little astounded,
questioned her closely. She said she en
listed in Baltimore, in the Fifth Maryland
Regiment, on the '9th of June, in a year
which she could not remember, except
that it was at the breaking out of the war,
and that she had not only served three
years in the ranks, hut seven months
in the hospital, having bten wounded lour
times.
It was while in the hospital that her
sex was discovered by the attending phy
sician, who kept it secret. Prior to enter
ing the army she .had passed a medical
examination at the hands of Drs. Creek’
and Perry, of Baltimore. Captain Wood-
vine commanded her company, while
Colonel Frish commanded the regiment.
She was mustered in at Camp Belger, re
mained there six weeks, when with others
she was mustered out and sent to Fortress
Monroe, where she stayed five months,
asd then was mustered out again and sent
to Halifax, Ya., and from there, after
fighting a battle, went to Rtleigh, N. C.!
Dr. Wood,' of Twentieth and’‘Wood
streets, she says, has her discharge.
She named many of her old comrades,
among them Captain West, of Baker
street, and Reddy, Clark, Johnston, Grif
fin and Joyce, all of Baltimore. She was
wouuded three times—once in the face,
once in the side and once in the thigh.
Her age, she says, is thirty-two. Colonel
Mann asked her to.bring her discharge to
liim and tlie men who composed her mess
before he could take tlie decisive steps.
This she promised to do, and took her
leave. Those who heard her story are
strongly impressed as to its truthfulness.—
Philadelphia Times.
necessary that it should be filled hro tU '
that is honest and fully capable &
the undersigned, have our ' e ’
and forgetting not and remembering
great services you have rendered our
ty and country, as chairman of the Demi'
cratic executive committee of the St t
as legislator for a' number of tim« f*
Speaker of the House of Represent^
and president of our State agricuW
so . c * et y ; filing each and all of those offl^
with distinguished ability, and riv>nj ,
good andkrue account of your stewardsMn
wherever we have placed you, we deem it
of the greatest ingratitude not to sav vnn
are our choice.for that responsible and ex
alted position; and we desire to W
whether or not you will consent to be our
standard bearer in the approachin" con
test. An early reply is respectfully W
ited.
Respectfully youre,
B. M._Bateman, D. G. Dunbar,
J. L. Holt,
J. N. Bateman,
P. W. Stubbs,
J. M. McIntosh,
R. L. Smith,
Fred.-A. Toomer,
W. Brunson,
Robert J. Smith,
MJH.'Thomson,
J. H. Hose, -
W. H. Johnson,
T. D. Warren,
J. B. Etherage,
W. C. Wingleu,
Edwin Martin,
John Smith,
P. C. Smith,
W. S. Wallace,
B. A. Walton,
L. P. Warren,
W. W. Wagnon, Sr., O. C. Bateman,
Ira Akins, T. B. Goff,
J. W. Mathews, C. D. Anderson, Sr.,
C. A. Gantt, W. G. Mills,
T. M. Butner, J. B. Barrett,
Sherifl'Houston Co., G. C. Nunn,
D. W. Laurens, J. E. Jones,
G. P. Pattershall, Luther J. Thomas,
* P -ITT C! 1-a. 1
J. Pierce,
M. M. Minchcn,
E. L. Felder,
G. W. Singleton,
D. H. Riley,
John F. Harper.
Fort Gaines Tribune. The grand jury,
in their bills of presentments, published
in another column, recommend that the
State Agricultural and Geological Bureau
be continued. The last named bureau
was abolished,or.left without an appropria
tion, long since and ’ Capt. Freeman, fore
man, informs us that the grand jury in
tended to recommend the re-establish
ment of the Geological and continuance
of the Agricultural Bureau.
Athens Banner : We thought we had
seen and heard of nearly every kind of
peddler in the world, but we were mista
ken, for we had never seen any one ped
dling on bees until last night, when we
saw a negro with a hive of bees on his
shoulder trying to peddle them out. He
proposed to sell them at fifty cents per
quart.
Nolan, in the Henry county Weekly,
says if “bossin’ round andcussin’ ” would
—A matter of neckties has caused an
immense amount of trouble in a Phila
delphia church. It seems that the parish
ioners of the Rev. Mr. Tucker, of the Re
formed Episcopal Church of the Redeem
er, desired to hold what is known as a
necktie party. The chief feature of this
form of entertainment is that each lady
who attends wears a calico apron from
which a necktie has been previously made.
These neckties are placed in sealed en
velopes and sold to young men, and the
individual- purchasing becomes the at
tendant for the evening of that young
lady who wears the apron which matches
his tie. The pastor objected to this fea
ture of the entertainment, - and serious
trouble ensued. Strenuous efforts to oust
the pastor were made, and, f* ilinj in these,
a portion af the congregation seceded.
At last accounts the clergyman, who de
clares the affair to he “a contest between
worldliness and godliness,” was holding
the fort.
Memphis Avalanche thus states why
mal college will not be permitted
in in Tennessee: “Dr. Sears has
given about $200,000 to support the schools
in Tennessee in the past ten years. To
tho normal school in Nashville he has
given $12,000 annually. He holds $400,-
000 in Tennessee State bonds. The State
refuses to pay interest on this sum.” We
are not informed as to the truth of all the
allegations, but we suppose they are sub
stantially correct.
The Avalanche adds: “Disgusted with
Tennessee’s dishonesty, Dr. Sears has de
cided to remove the Peabody Normal
School from Nashville to Atlanta. The
Doctor’s desire to remove his school away
from the demoralizing influences of a ras
cally non-debt-paving community is com
mendable. It will be quite useless to
teach morality from text-books to young
men, when the whole State stands before
them a conspicuous example of respecta
ble and pious dtohtShSst”
—“What pretty children, and how much
they look alike,” says C during a vislt.at a
friend’s house. “They are twins,” his
friend explains. “What, both of ’em?”
exclaimed C, greatly interested.
COL. HARDEMAN’S RESPONSE.
Macon, Ga. April 24,1SS0.
Messrs.B. M. Bateman, Gen. G. D. An
derson, W. TY. Wagnsn, Dr. R. II. Bas
kin, Wm. Brunson, T. M. Butner and oth
ers—Gentle men*: Your letter askin'/
if “I will consent to be your standard
bearer” in the next gubernatorial canvass
has been received, and it would be unbe
coming affectation in me to withhold the
expression of the gratification it afforded
me. I am no stranger to you, gentlemen;
you are residents of an adjoining county,
and many of you-have known me from
my boyhood, and it would be unnatural,
were £ not gratified at this manifestation
of your appreciation and confidence.
I am the more sensible of your
good will, because I recognize
among your signatures many who in days
past gave this same generous confidence to
another. Speaking of the office of presi
dent; the great and gifted Webster said
“while the office is quite too high to be
sought by personal solicitation, it is not to
be declined if proffered by the voluntary
desire of a free people.” I most heartily
reiterate the sentiment. The office of
governor is one of honorable distinction
and great responsibility, and while it is
worthy of tlie ambition of the highest and
ablest' of Georgia’s sons, it should be
reaclied by the voluntary offering of the
people, and not through private solicita
tion ar political combinations. I shall re
sort to neither of these means in carrying
out-your wishes, ’believing as I do that
the people, if left to select lor themselves,
will make such a choice as will redound
to the harmony of the party you represent,
and the welfare and honor of the State.
Tlie success of the Democratic party is es
sential to our peace and prosperity. A di
vision in its ranks will engender strife,
disorganize labor and biing disaster to
our agricultural interest. We need for
our prosperity quiet, quiet in our homes,
quiet in our industries—quiet in our coun
cils; and nothing will so conduce to this
peace and quiet as unity and harmony in
that party, which has' rescued the State
from- bankruptcy rand misrule and estab
lished her upon a foundation of honor and
prosperity. Tin's quiet, this harmony,can
be, will be secured if the people are per
mitted to select lor themselves their stan
dard bearers without the dictation of
“leaders,’ or the combination of rings.
' You have been pleased, gentlemen, to
refer in complimentary terms to my ser
vices as chairman of the State “Demo
cratic executive committee” in a trying
hour of the State and party’s history. At
that lime patrio’s were alarmed for free
government. We were endeavoring to
free ourselves from ‘ Republican misrule.
Division in oar ranks alarmed ourpeopie,
but that division, by prudence and concili
ation, worked no- detriment to the
party and the ‘State was secured
art administration of her government
that gave peace in her borders and confi
dence in her future. In that canvass, at a
great personal inconvenience and expense
(fbr I ■ made a personal canvass in fifty-
two counties), I endeavored to discharge
my duty to the full measure of my ability;
and I am glad to know you think those
labors contributed to tlie success of the
party and the establishment of good gov
ernment. I fear, however, your allusion
to my services at that crisis, is an unfor
tunate one for your purposes, for inaction
thbn, is the plea of availability now, and
silence is endorsjd and commended, be
cause it bas no political record. The
days that tried man’s fealty to his party
and to his State’s best interests, were the
dark and trying ones, when Federal sol
diers guarded our polls, and Federal bay
onets glistened in our legislative halls.
I had been a Whig-—a Henry Clay
Whig—from boyhood, but, I saw then,
the hour had come when patriots all
should unite to save the State and her
liberties; and I did not hesitate to es
pouse the cause of the only party that gave
us a hope of hoihe rule and constitutional
government, and from that time until
noW, I have endeavored to discharge my
whole duty in maintaining its cause ana
fighting its battles.
As a' legislator, I sought only the ad
vancement and development of the whole
State. I only regret my inability to have
discharged the duties of the trust reposed
in me in such a manner as to have re
dounded more to the public prosperity
and the State’s welfare. In my present
position as President of the State Agriou.-
tural Society,"(to which you allude, ana
which I prize higher than any ever con
ferred upon me by the people of my m-
tive State), I have labored to cheer toe
spirits of our farmers, tc elevate their in
dustry and to encourage them in t«ei
commendable efforts to rebuild their tor-
tunes and restore the State to _ her onco
elevated and honorable position. *
these labors, I shall never weary, re@ta-
less of party preferment or political Do
ors. The permanent prosperity of t
State depends upon successful and rem
nerative industry, and this can only
secured by a wise, just and w "
- - ”• H of cu
servative administration
the
government. This much
labor of the State demands of hsr rui - ■
and to the Democratic party we
look for this administration, which o*
best secured by forgetting past uis»e
sions and renouncing all personal pre
sions. The interests of the people ari .
welfare of the State demand this
from political aspirants. I wou.u, U<-'
fore,counsel harmony, and forego P^ 5 ”^
preferences if they are incompatible**
the great interests of the State. My e°
in the past in this respect is aS 11 ."■ i
of what it will be in the future,
therefore say to my friends that una f ^
circumstances will I consent to the
my name for the honorable posita ■“ ^
which, in their preference, they ,
call me if it will endanger in the j& j
gree that harmony which is w esse
to the success of that party, which
promises ns the benefits of home g®
ment and the blessings of ’
I am, gentlemen, with grateful rega*
your obedient sorvani^ HAB pgMA2L
—The increase of values mLynch^’
Virginia, in the past five years has
nearly $1,C00,000.
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