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GEORGIA PRESS.
The Valdosta Times is fourteen years
old, and is as liealtliv and sprightly as
j n<t n°'y born. The elder Pendleton was
one of tbe best posted men in Georgia in
bis day, and his son, Charlie, is develop
ing into the same style of man. We
wish him and the Times a long and pros
perous career.
Mr. K«nar Chastain, of Thomas
oonnty, was shot last week near Thomas
»ilie by one Berry Scroggins, and sup
posed to be mortally wounded. Scroggins
escaped.
Tins Columbus Enquirer published
supplement to their Sunday morning edi
tion. containing a fine cut of the soldiers’,
monument in that city. It is a splendid
picture, and exhibits enterprise on the
part of our contemporary that is com
mendable. A short history of the erection
* of the monument is also given.
Tin: Cuthbert Appeal has the following.
Mr. Campbell Is well known in this city,
snd his many friends will deeply sympa
thy# with him in his bereavement:
Our heart was saddened on Saturday
mom ins last at the announcement of the
death of little Leon Campbell, eldest
child of W. A. Campbell, of this place.
The deceased had but recently passed his
third birth-day, yet the development of
ilia mind was extraordinary, and his man
ly deportment upon every occasion won
the love and admiration of all who knew
aim. During his illness, which continued
for nearly s week, he always told his
father aud mother that he would never get
well, but would soon die; and just before
his spirit departed be said to bis weeping
mother: “Mauuna, I’m a soldier now,”
and gently passed away.
Another Southern outrage is sugges
ted by our friend Triplett, of the Tliom-
wille Times, as follows:
It has been suggested—by a prominent
citizen—and we cordially endorse the sug
gestion, that some of the streets being
opened be called Metcalfe street. This
would be a well deserved compliment to
Dr. Metcalfe, of New York. He lias done
more to popularize tbis place as a winter
resort than auy man. North or South
Yai.dosta Times: Mr. Manning has
a uiregrass cow which gives four gallons
of milk with the first calf. Hard to
beat.
Early County News: A circular from
General Walker, superintendent of the
census, asks farmers to be prepared to an
swer questions concerning their products.
The census will be taken next June, and
tbe product and acreage of wheat, cor ,
rye, oats, barley, peas and beans, rice,
cotton, potatoes, vineyards, small fruits,
sugar cane, sorghum in 1879 will be call
ed for. The wool clip for tbe calendar
year IsSO is to be returned at the same
time. The product of the dairy, and the
slaughtered animals, the value of the gar-
, tlen, forest and home products, are to be
returned for the twelve months ending
May‘1st, I860. Procure a memorandum
or pass book, cut tbis item out and paste
it in the book, and begin now to make a
list of all the products of the farm May
1st, 1879, to May I860. By so doing our
fanner friends will be prepared to make
an intelligent report of theirproducts, and
yiromote the taking of the census.
Oglethorpe Echo: In 1830 Ogle-
- tfcoipe reached its highest maximum of
population, the census showing it to have
been upwards of 14,000. Since then
there has been a gradual decline every
decade, until 1870 it was not quite 12,000.
'WilfcOs reached its height in 1S20, and
ties declined with Oglethorpe. The pop
ulation of these two counties have nearly
tallied. Tbe decline is attributed to the
steaQy eso&a t>f our people westward.
It is thought That both counties have
gained some since last census.
Thomasvillb Tunes: On last Satur
day morning two negroes in jail made a
bold attempt to escape. When Mr.
Dohlberg, the jailor, went up-stairs, Tom
Bucb&uau, who had succeeded in loosing
himself, struck him a blow with a lock.
Tins knocked Dohlberg down. Buchanan
aud John Clark both jumped on him.
His cries for help soou brought several
gentlemen to his assistance. Mr. Peters
was the first to arrive. He was closely
and quickly followed by Messrs. McIn
tosh, Ladson and others. The negroes
were forced back into their cells and se
curely ironed.
Jonesboro News: We learn that on
last Tuesday night some unknown person
or- persons broke open the jail at this
. place, and all the prisoners escaped ex
cept one, and he was asleep while the per
formance was going on.
Roue Courier: Dr. George T. Wattss
of Cave Spring, died at that place yesterf
♦lay morning at 11 o’clock, after an illness
of about a week. Dr. Watts was one of
the foremost men of tbe county, popular
•with all, and beloved by those who knew
iiun well.
Griffin* News : It is getting to be a
common tiling now about town for men to
-offer to subscribe $5,000 for a cotton fac
tory. At that rate it would not take long
to build one.
Oglethorpe Echo: Since-the mur
der at Kinnebrew’s saw mill, it is bard to
jp»t hands to work there. The negroes
udlieve that the place is haunted by the
dead man, and are afraid to work there.
Albany Advertiser: We are indebted
to our young friend Mr. Me D. Jones, of
the Southwestern railroad, for a specimen
stalk of corn grown by Mr. T. W. Robin
son, of the Seventh district of Baker
county, which is a little ahead of any
thing of the kind we have seen this sea
son. The stalk is from a patch of tea
meres, is fully six feet high, and has a
well developed tassel. The plant has not
■‘‘silked” yet, but two forms are well de
veloped. It is tbe best specimen of the
growing corn crop that we have seen.
Swainsbobo Herald: There are now
ready for trial on the different dockets of
the superior court 133 cases, which are as
follows: civil, C9; criminal, 35; motions,
13; equity, 8; claims, 4; illegality, 2; ap
peal, 1.
Hamilton Journal: Last Sunday af
ternoon Hamilton was in the hands of a
mol). The town authorities acknowledg
ed themselves powerless and surrendered
at discretion. A few drunken men took
possession and cursed out the town. No
body can regret the whole occurrence
more than we do and we only allude to
aud publish it that we may urge the citi
zens of the town to take active measures
to prevent a repetition. Let them wake
ap and do their duty. The law abiding
and peace-loving citizens of the town are
very hugely in tbe majority, and they
can preserve tbe peace if they will.
Eatonton Messenger: On Thursday the
train on the Eatonton and Gordon road
tan off the track three miles from Gordon,
and did not come in at all that dav. There
were a good mary disappointed faces
about mail time. We learn that some
•damage Is sustained on tbe engine, and
Chat the track was considerably tom up;
otherwise there was no injury, and the
passengers escaped unbruised. These
mishaps will happen now and then. It is
fortunate that they are never worse.
Savannah Metes: Conductor John
Kelly was badly hurt on Thursday night
late, when coming in from Scheutzen
Park. He was in the act of catching two
neuroes who were endeavoring to ride
with nut paying. He fell on the track and
was run over, though no bones were bro
ken.
Columbus Times: We were pained
yesterday to learn of the death of Mr.
James 11. Davis, which took place at tbe
(residence of his parents in Tbomaaton,
‘On., Friday morning. His death resulted
from consumption contracted during the
war. He was a brave soldier, the
color bearer of the 48th Georgia regiment.
Acousta Ch ronicle: A general meet-
sams place, at the hour of 12 m., the
stockholders of the consolidated compa
nies will convene for the purpose of com
pleting the now organization, pursuant to
the terms of said contract of consolidation.
The Quitman Free Fress gives the fol
lowing items:
We regret to loam that Colonel Wm.
H. Dasher, of Valdosta, has been ad
judged insane and sent to tlic asylum.
Quitman has three as pretty and neatly
finished churches as any town of its size
in the State, and three Christian gentle
men for pastors, and that’s the reason we
are all so good.
Presbytery adjourned on Wednesday
afternoon, the 21st Instant, but many of
the preachers anti brethren will remain
over Sunday. Tbe meeting of tbe Pres
bytery at this place lias been a great
source of pleasure to our people.^ Some
very fine sermons have been preached,
and a feeling of general interest lias been
manifested by other denominations and
the entire community. The steady and
sure growth of tbe Presbyterian church in
Quitman is a source of pleasure to us, for
if we are not a Presbyterian ourself we
have friends that are.
A special to the Columbus Times says
The convicts which were employed on the
work on the Talbotton branch railroad,
made tljeir escape last night. Two of
them are from Randolph county, one from
Taylor and one from Talbot. ^
Oglethorpe Echo: Mr. Ben Will
iams, some time since, had cut up a pine
tree that made 2,000 feet of lumber and
squared thirty-three inches.
Atlanta Post: It is supposed by
some that Colonel J. E. Bryant, ofSkow-
hegan, Maine, will be a candidate for
Congress in tbis District. Others think
he will take np Ms gripsack and go back
to Maine.
The Atlanta Post, of the 26th, says that
Atlanta will observe Memorial day. The
irogramme consists of prayer by Rev. Dr.
loggs, and tlie reading of a poem written
by Miss Johnnie Hunt, of Vicksburg,
Mississippi, and read on a similar occa
sion. It will be read by Colonel Hope,
who will also address the assembly. Wc
are glad to note this determination to re
spect the memory of the Confederate
Columbus Enquirer: We are to have
another steamer on onr river. It it is to
be built by the Central line, and will be
much larger than any now plying the
waters of the Chattahoochee. Though
we cannot give the exact dimensions, we
have learned enough to satisfy us as to
the correctness of the above. She will be
a passenger steamer, with cabin the ibll
length. The craft will be built at our
wharf, and the work will be commenced
in the course of a month or so. The
prospects for a still better river trade next
season are good, and tbe Central line
wants to prepare for it.
Savannah Recorder: Dr. J. C.
LeHardy, of tbis city, was elected presi
dent of the Georgia medical society, at
the thirty-first annual session, which was
held in Augusta, Thursday. His election
meets with general approval throughout
the State.
The News contains an account of the
death of a well-known printer of Augusta,
Wm. Cox. He fell down the steps of the
printing house of Paul & Hall, his head
striking the granite step at the bottom,
breaking a blood vessel. He died tbe
next day, Sunday last.
The Savannah & Charleston Railroad,
we learn, will be sold on the first Monday
in June. The general Impression is that
it will be purchased by Mr. H. B. Plant,
in tlie interest of tbe Atlantic Coast Line
and Savannah, Florida & Western Rail
way. But then, of such things “we can’t
most always sometimes tell.”
We learn from the Savannah Neics that
the post-office department,Saturday, order
ed tlie cstablishmentof a weekly river mail
service between Savannah and Augusta,
and arc to pay $4,125 for tbe service.
Tho order takes effect July 1st.
The Monroe Advertiser sends out an
earnest appeal in behalf of the Monroe
Female College, of Forsyth, whose build
ing was burned some time ago, for help.
Any contributions to this laudable enter
prise will be gladly received and acknowl
edged. Let every one help that can.
The brethren of the “fourth estate” are
packing their carpet bags and getting
their linen ready for a trip to Cuthbert"
Well, if they can’t get a square meal in
Cuthbert, it is no use to go any farther.
Thomaston Times: We are pained
to chronicle tbe sad death of Mr. Robert
Millen, of-tbis county, which occurred last
Tuesday about dark. Ho was a good
man, and was much esteemed by all who
knew him.
The facts as we get them are that his
wife being absent lie bad put bis little
children to tad and liad concluded to go
over to bis brother-in-law’s, Mr. Doc Al
ford’s, for a short while, and having lost
the front door key, fastened it on the in
side and attempted to get out of a win
dow by means of a short ladder, which
slipped, and be feH to the ground, break
ing his nose and neck. He died instant
ly. The children heard the fall, but did
not know that their father was lying dead
under the window. Mr. Alford, who
lives only a short distance from Mr. Mil
len, came over in about five minutes af
ter the fall, and it was he who first dis
covered the corpse.
Sumter Republican: In Americus
there are two patches of oats, one fronting
the Methodist parsonage-on Taylor street,
the other on Jackson street, diagonally
across from tills office. The first belongs
to Mr. ’Zeke Taylor, tho latter to Judge
Montgomery. The latter is in many
places nearly six feet high, the first not
quite so high, but remarkably uniform.
These are the best patches in Somter
county, and notwithstanding tho unpro-
pitiousness of tho season will doubtless
yield one hundred bushels per acre. Les
son: Make your ground rich and prepare
well if you wish to kill out the lice on
oats. They are the admired of all visi
tors.
Conters Examiner: We stated some
time ago that Dr. Travis was poisoned
in dressing a cancer. We corrected that
with the statement that he was poisoned
while dissecting a dead body at Coving
ton, a few years ago. We have seen the
doctor, and he says we may, or may not
hare told the truth in either of the above
statements; it may have been one or the
other, and perhaps neither, he can’t say
for certain what was the matter, bat he
does know that he has had a “powerful
bad time of it” for the past few months.—
But suffice it to say, the doctor is out
again, and improving every day.
Augusta News says that a strong com
pany lias been formed to build the Sum
merville Hotel, as follows: President C.
H. Pliinizy; Vice-President, Caleb Stet
son. Directors, John Davison, W. E.
Jackson, Charles Estes, Robert H. May
and Jacob Pliinizy. Solicitor for sub
scriptions, M. Hyams. Flans and speci
fications maybe seen at the office of M.
Hyams. Now that the hotel is a certainty,-
and tlie backing of such men is enough to
insure the project, let it be tbe finest hotel
in tlie South by ail means.
Sumter Republican: Mrs. J. F.
Deas, of Starkesville, was severely bitten
by their yard dog, on Wednesday, 21st.,
while attempting to tie. him. Her arms
were seriously lacerated, also her heel, by
the vicious beast. Tbe dog was killed
and she is improving.
The Augusta News has the following
notice of the promotion of Father Butler,
of that city, an excellent Catholic priest:
To the great regret of his congregation
and friends ho will leave Augusta on
Wednesday, having been promoted to the
high office of provincial ef the Southern
district, to take control of tbe Catholic or
der in the South. Of this high honor
Father Butler is in every sense worthy;
for bis ability is universally recognized,
and bis piety and fitness equally well
known and respected. There are only
three or tout provincial officers in the
United Stdta% and the administration of
Father Butter
ai
Houston county. He gracefully accepts
will extend over the South
.nd part of tlie Southwest, while his
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rag of the stockholders of the Augusta and headquarters will be in St. Louis or New
Knoxville railroad company will be held Orleans. Father Butler will pay all the
tatiiis <Sty, at Hussar Hall, on Wednes- | churches under his charge at least an an-
<lay, the 5tb day of May next, at ten-] nual visit. It is safe to say, and we
o'clock, a. m., for tlie purpose of ratifying 1 speak the sentiment of all the city, that
of the consolidation entered ! there is no place where a more cordial
tlie contract
into March 2d, 1880, between tbe direc- 1 greeting or more heartfelt welcome will
tors of said railroad company and tbe . be givei
directors of the Augusta, Kno
i Augusta, _
Greenwood railroad company, of South deman has been invited to mrke the race 1 tonished reply; “vat you" mean? Vasn’t
Carolina. "On the same day and at the for governor by a number of citizens of you a gandidate don’d it?”
noxville and
given him than in Augusta.
Atlanta Post: Colonel Ttaomas Har-
this compliment, and referring to his
brilliant career, promises to make a gal
lant fight for the nomination, and, if nom
inated, a more gallant fight for election.
He would honor Georgia if he were her
governor.
Americus Recorder: Mr. John Lara-
more, oi Lee county, on Friday, brought
his wheat, cut on the 10th instant, to
Americus fpr shipment to the Macon flour
ing mills. . *
Augusta News: A rumor that Walter
S. Lynch had escaped from Hampton, S
C., jail was whispered rather promiscu
ously about town to-day, hut after tele
graphing down and inquiring officially, it
is found incorrect.
Mountain Chronicle: See here, Daw
son county musn’t lag behind. Bibb
county has a calf with four eyes, and
Lumpkin county now steps out with a
sheep with two tails. Can’t we produce
a hog with three noses, or a cat with
seventeen feet.
Atlanta Post: Colonel L. P. Grant,
the venerable general superintendent of
tbe Atlanta ana West Point railroad, and
not Captain A. W. Gloster, constructed
the defences of Atlanta, which General
Sherman found so impregnable. Colonel
Grant was'the post engineer, and Cap
tain Gloster came here with General
Johnston’s army on its- retreat. General
Sherman, General Johnston, General.
Poe, General Gilmer, General Hickei/
looper, and other distinguished-officers of
both armies have awarded the highest
possible honors to Colonel Grant for his
superb military engineering skill.
Lumpkin Independent: ~ The subscrip
tions for the building to replace the Ma
sonic College come in rather slowly, but
tlie probability is that $2,500 will be se
cured, which will put up a very respecta
ble building.
Mountain Chronicle: It may not be
generally known, but it is true, that there
are beds of copper ore in this county
which are very rich. Hon. D. E. Smith
has a fine bed, and Mr. James P. Payne
has recently discovered another.
Hancock, of the Sumter Republican,
has turned over to kis neighbor of the Re
corder the feline question and has tackled
the chickens in the following:
We learn that Mr. Dempsie Hooks, of
Sumter county, has five chickens that
were raised by his little girl in the house.
He can make'them do almost anything;
they will follow him about, form in a line
in front of him and march around at word
of command. If lie takes a piece of corn-
bread in one band and a biscuit in the
other, and let them see tbe latter, they
will run all around him, fly up ou liis
shoulders, and tiy to get into bis pockets
for the biscuit. This is more than we
thought chickens could be taught.
The Savannah News, of t:ie 20tb, has
this about a Spanish war vessel after a
Cuban blockade runner:
The recent visit of the Spanish ironclad
corvette Sanchez Barcaiztegui, for coal,
and her sudden departure, was a matter
of some speculation among those who no
tice such movements 1 , but tbe news from
Philadelphia of the sailing of the steam
ship Tropic, with war munitions for tbe
Cuban insurgents, from the Capes of Del
aware, on Thursday last, explains the
mystery. Tbe Tropic has been sus
pected of being engaged in running
tho Spanish blockade, and on her last
trip, ostensibly from Jamaica, she was fol
lowed to her port of destination by a
Spanish war vessel, supposed to be our
late visitor, who then came in here lor
coal, aud probably for further information
of the movements of the suspected vessel.
The Cuban revolution has broken out
again with increased fury, and the Junta
in tbis country are actively at work send
ing supplies to their friends in the “Ever
Faithful Isle.” Among the cargo said to
have been taken out by tbe Tropic is a
torpedo boat, to be used against tbe Span
ish navy. As tbe Sanchez Barcaiztegui
went to sea on Saturday, sho will just be
intime to catch up with tbe Tropic some
where to tbe eastward of our port, it such
a thing is possible.
Monroe Advertiser: Dr. Lee Holt, of
Bibb county, is proposed by a correspond
ent of tbe Telegraph and Messenger
as a candidate for the Legislature. Tbe
doctor was formerly a citizen of Monroe
county, and is a gentleman of intelligence
and culture. He would do tbe people of
Bibb county credit, if elected to represent
them. We would be glad to see him a
member of the General Assembly.
Dublin Gazette; Last Monday Mr.
George Msddox put Henry Rickerson to
ploughing. During the forenoon he be
came enraged with tbe horse, tied him to
a tree aud put in to beating him unmerci
fully with largo poles, which Mr. Maddox
has on exhibition. The horse, in running
around the-tree, was drawn so close to It
that the rope which was run through the
bit rings broke the under jaw on both
sides. When lie was led through town it
was, an ugly sight to behold. The jaw
was hanging down, and the tongue lolled
o*t and bleeding profusely. Dr. Harris
splintered it as well as could be done, and
tbe horse now only lives by sucking meal
and water through liis teeth.
Savannah News: A young white
woman, residing in Yamacraw, attempted
to commit suicide about three o’clock
Saturday afternoon, by taking a heavy
dose of iaudanum, and would have suc
ceeded had not Dr. Sheftall arrived in
the nick of time, and succeeded in pump
ing her out.
Monroe Advertiser: The fanners are
becoming more hopeful ofa tolerably fair
yield of wheat and oats. Tbe crops hare
improved amazingly daring tbe past few
weeks.
Griffin News: Tlie friends of J. D.
Alexander will be glad to learn that he
has sufficiently recovered from his pro
tracted illness to be at his office for an
hour or two yesterday afternoon.
Augusta News; The jury in tho case
of Jane Ellis vs. the Georgia railroad, be
ing a su't for $10,000 damages alleged to
have been received on a train on this
road, brought in a verdict for the defen
dant.
Savannah News: Thomas McDer
mott, a youth aged about sixteen years,
and living on Montgomery, near Bay
street, met with a very serious, if not fa
tal accident, Saturday afternoon. He
went out beyond the canal to get flowers,
and climbed a tree to secure some, when
he lost his hold and fell to the ground, a
distance of about thirty feet, mashing his
nose and bruising his face in a frightful
manner, and receiving other painful ex
ternal, and it is feared, serious internal
injuries. He was so badly stunned that
he was unable to speak, and remained
for several hours in a comatose state after
being carried home. , '
Dr. Chisholm was Called in and on ex
amination found no bones that were bro
ken. He stated that it would be impossi
ble to tell the result of his internal inju
ries for several days.
The condition df-the youth was very
critical yesterday, having had-a number
of spasms. So serious is his condition that
his parents have almost despaired of his
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The Dublin Post's Cochran correspon
dent says:
*Mr. J. H. Schofield, of Macon, -spent
several days in-town last week, in the in
terest of the cotton factory he contem
plates building here. I learn that be will
soon commence the erection of hishouses,
and that lie intends to commence opera
tions with eight hundred spindles, that
amount to be increased as he goes ou.
The factory is now a certainty.
A New Orleans special to the Augusta
News of the 20th says: ■ .
“Thomas Wall, who robbed the South
ern Express Company twelve years ago,
was convicted to-day. Ho was brought
back from Australia.
The News, in reference to Savannah’s
seaside resort, has the following informa
tion :
The steamer H. B. Plant, Captain J.
W. Fitzgerald, will make her first trip to
Tybee next Friday, and the route will be
regularly opened for the season on Satur
day, the 1st. The Plant will make two
round trips to the island on Tuesdays,
Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and
one round trip on the other days oi the
week. The boat is new and fast and
with the railroad in good order those who
vijit the island will have a quick and pleas
ant trip.
Augusta News: “You have not given
me my change,” said a gentleman to the
saloon keeper; “I gave you a $5 bill, you
- Ǥh
The Grand Commandeiy of the Knights
Templar, of Ohio, will visit Atlanta on
next Monday, May 3d. We learn from
the Constitution that a banquet will bo
given them during their stay.
The district conference of the Savannah
district of the M. E. Church, South,
opened to-day at Waynesboro. Dr. J. S.
Key and Dr. J. O. A. Clarke, of Macon,
will be in attendance.
Memorial Day was observed almost
universally. In some places—among
them Augusta, Americus and Rome—the
rain interfered and prevented the carry
ing out oi the regular programme. At
Rome the exercises were postponed until
the ICth of May. -
On last Sunday, in the Catholic cathe
dral in Savannah, commenced the forty
hours’.devotion before the “Blessed Sacra
ment,” and during which time not a mo
ment passed without some one offering up
their devotions.
The Augusta Chronicle, speaking of
our immediate representative in Congress,
says:
Mr. Blount has distinguished himself
on more than one occasion of late. His
able management of the Indian bill won
for him many ample compliments from all
sides of the House, and his more recent
defense of the district public school sys
tem may be mentioned as a refutation of
the charge that he is illiberal in the mat
ter of supporting those governmental
branches that are really deserving. The
illness of Mr. Atkins, chairman of the
committee on appropriations, has opera
ted in bringing Mr. Blount to the fore in
all these important public measures,
and right well lias he sustained, him
self.
Newnax Herald: Our Turin corres
pondent is in the gold region in the upper
part of the State looking after his gold
mine in the neighborhood of Dahlonega
right in the gold bell. He has a standing
bid of several thousand dollars for a gold
lot owned by him. But wo advised him
not to sell for less than $2,000,000, “spot
cash.” A letter from Dahlonega in this
issue will give some idea to the reader of
the Immense richness of the gold region of
upper Georgia. In a few years the yield
of the precious metal in that section will,
it is confidently believed, exceed that of
California in her best mining days. There
is nothing like it in the history of gold
discoveries, and we are glad to know that
at least one of our citizens, and a gentle
man well worthy of such good fortune,
has in prospect the realization of a prince
ly income from these recent gold develop
ments.
Columbus Enquirer: Sunday after
noon Willie Dunn, a little boy about eight
years of age, was playing around the
“business end” of a mule, when the.ani-
mal kicked him in the face, knocking the
little fellow senseless. Dr. S. N. Jordan
was summoned and dressed the wounds,
which were quite severe. The right eye
was injured, the nose broken and split,
and the cheek cut through to the mouth.
He also suffers from concussion of the
brain. At last accounts bo was doing
well, and will no doubt recover.
Talbotton Register: The railroad
excitement is infectious. Our clever
neighbors of Buena Vista are now dis
cussing the project of a continuation of
tbe Talbotton road from its junction with
tbe Southwestern, to that town. It
would be a grand enterprise to engage
our frieuds of Marion county, one whish
would prove a valuable investment and a
developer of their material resources.
Let the good work proceed. It is a ques
tion of only a short time about the con
tinuation of the road.
I Railroads are now a necessity to com
munities, and all progressive people real
ize the fact that they will be left behind
in tbe race for development if they do
not Lave a good home market, and home
’ transportation for tteir saleable products.
Wagons will do well enough ou the farm
and on short country roads, but railroads
have become a necessity absolute which
the people can no longer afford to do with
out. We hope ere long to shake hands at
No. G with our good friends oi Marion
Montezuma Weekly: The small grain
is looking much better. The farmers
generally are of the opinion that it was
the fly and not the rust, whicb caused it
to turn yellow.
Sylvania Telephone: The mail was
prevented irom reaching No. 6, Central
railroad, from this place, ou Thursday
last, by reason of the high water. The
bridge across tho Qgeechee creek was al
most entirely destroyed by tbe freshet
caused by tlie the exceedingly heavy
rains which fell OR Monday night and
Tuesday last.
Columbus Times: Yesterday evening
Minnie, a little daughter of Professor J.
W. Ryan, was hurt by a kicking horse,
and it is a wonder that she was not seri
ously hurt. The animal was hitched to a
buggy, aud Mr. and Mrs. Tilman were in
it, together with Minnie. Tbe horse be
gan to kick, kicking off the dash board
and striking Minnie on the side of the
face. No serious damage was done, and
she will be over it in a day or two.
Talbotton Register: Our canvassers
to Macon, President Thornton, C. W.
Kimbrough and T. N. Gibson, report fine
success in that city. The list runs well
up into the thousands, and many of Ma
con’s most substantial business men
promise more subscriptions. We feel
very liappy over the results of tbe entire
management of the road.
Atlanta Constitution: The dis
tinguished ocnlist, Dr. Calhoun, was
stricken down last Wednesday, in Augus
ta, by a.scvere attack of pneumonia. His
life was despaired of at first, but his phy
sician, Dr. J. S. Todd, returned frorii Au
gusta yesterday, bringing the gratifying
intelligence that the patient is slowly but
surely getting tatter. He is now in tlie
hands of his father and of Dr. Steiner.
He’will probably not be able to resume
tbe practice of his profession inside of two
weeks.
, Augusta News: Georgia railroad
Stock has. been extremely sensitive to-day.
Orders have been received from other
markets for two or three hundred shares.
Early this morning stock was offered at
102J, but later on, it became very firm,
with 108 bid, and no one offering any
amount of it at anything under 105 to 106.
The general outlook indicates a consider
able rise, and many say it will soon bring
110. No one seems disposed to sell to
day at any price. Many parties who were
trying te sell yesterday at 102 will not
put a price on their stock to-day. Cen
tral continues quiet, but firm. All in
formation received leads us to think this
stock will soon advance very materially.
We noticed, a few days ago, the killing
of a Mr. Scroggins by a Mr. Chastain, of
Thomas county. The following excuse is
rendered for the deed: Wo learn that
Mr. Scroggins was hopelessly insane, this
unfortunate fact being known to his family
for some time. It appears that during tbe
a on g ... — -
This ship freighted with fragrant flowers
speaks the language of hope and breathes
the sweet odors., of love for the honored
dead which Memorial day always bright
ens And will forever perpetuate.
Griffin Neics of the 27th: Tlie vio
lent wind storm that broke over the city
yesterday created an apprehension of a
cyclone among many people. Some, more
timorous than others, held themselves In
readiness for prompt flight into the cellar.
Milledgeville Recsrder: Saturday
found more country people in town than
we have seen any one day for many
weeks. Wagons were numerous in the
streets, nearly every one coining in empty
and going out loaded with com and meat.
Tbe fanners generally complained of too
much rain, especially in the northern and
southeast portions of the county, which
would interfere with crop planting. The
day was veiy bright, beautiful and
balmy, and closed the volume of the week
in a binding of rest—rest from the physi
cal and mental strain of six days’ labor.
As the Irishman said, “What a blessing it
is that night niver comes on till late in
the day, when h man is tired and can’t
work at all, at all.”
Americus Recorder, of the 27th: Quitd
a heavy rain passed over the city yester
day afternoon at 1 -o’clock, accompanied
by wind and hail. 'We understand that
in the southern portion of the city—out
about Dr. Tommey’s—quite a number of
trees and some fencing were blown down,
and the bail‘did considerable damage to
young cotton, etc. We fear that in the
country, from which we have not heard,
the damage is considerable.
Hinesville Gazette: The rust is fast
disappearing in consequsnce of the cool
nights and dry weather. The fears of the
farmers will not be realized, as more than
three-fourths of a crop will be made.
Griffin News: In a dwelling-fin tbis
city occupied by negroes, occurred a terri
ble death by burning, on last Friday night,
Several negro children were huddled
around tbe fire place, when one of them
ventured too near the fire, audits clothing
in an instant became ablaze. The de
vouring flames rapidly spread over the
child, and before assistance could reach
and rescue it, the fire did its fatal work.
The child died instantly from the terrible
burning.
TnE following announcement speaks
for itself. "Montezuma Weeklg:
Montezuma, Go., April 27,1880. Hon,
Thomas Hardeman, Jr.: Dear
Sir:—We, the. citizens of Macon
county, to express our appreciation of
yourself as a statesman, citizen and party
leader, as evinced by your past earnest
and honest action, wish to enter our
voices with Houston county, in asking
that you act as our standard bearer in tbe
next gubernatorial race.
This is a voluntary tribute we beg to
confer on a man who, in the darkest day
of our State, ever was ready to battle for
the right, even when it was dangerous for
one to be true to even himself; and we
feel that we but speak the sentiments of
the Democratic party of Georgia, and
southwest Georgia in particular, when we
ask it of you.
Dr. R. O. Engram, L. E. Veal, W. P.
Maxwell, W. W. Davis, A. C. Felton, J.
N. Rosser, D. S. Duke, L. Herz, J. F.
Truluck, J. N. Winn, W. A. Wickler, J.
W. Lewis, M. E. Chastain, D. L. Wicker,
E. B. Lewis, C. L. Vining, S. L. Turner,
J. H. McClung, J. D. Adams, Joe Eich-
baum, W. W. McLendon, J. B. Lamar,
John F. Hartsfield, Louis Lipman, Her
man Selicclid, J. U. Bond, G. C. Walker,
J. P. Willis, H. L. Hill, B. D. Shumate,
James M. DuPree, William Minor, W. H
Harrison, A. J. Johnson, and many oth
ers.
Americus Recorder: Professor L. H.
Carter brought to this office on Monday a
sample of wheat that was nearly five feet
tall. He represents it as a fair sample of
his entire crop. The sample is certainly
very fine, aud doesn’t indicate that the
wheat crop in this section will be a fail
ure the present season.
The Savannah Weirs says: On Monday
morning, about 9:30 o’clock, it was report
ed that a difficulty had occurred in a
store on Bay street, in which both parties
were seriously injured. On investigation
the following facts regarding the matter
were developed: It appears that about tbe
time above mentioned. Mr. Samuel Solo
mon, a well known citizen who keeps a
cigar store at 101 § Broughton street, en
tered the store of Messrs. Solomon Bros.,
173 and 175 Bay street, and told Mr. Henry
Solomon, who was seated at his desk,
that lie had come to settle his account, at
the same time putting his hand in his
breast pocket, from which he drew
pocket knife, and attempted to plunge the
weapon into Mr. Henry Solomon’s breast.
Mr. Solomon threw up his arm and the
knife cut a gash in his left arm from the
shoulder down, and before his assailant
could repeat the blow he grasped tbe
knife, which nearly severed his fingers.
At thi3 juncture Mr. I. Berg, a clerk in
tbe store, rushed up and seized his em-
; iloyer’s assailant, and a young ‘ son of
. Ienry Solomon struck Samuel Solomon a
blow in the ljgad with aliatchet. inflicting
a deep cut onihe side of tbe head and
neck. The attacking party, Samuel Solo
mon,‘was held until" an officer arrived,
when he was carried to tlie barracks and
subsequently before Justice Elsinger,
who committed him to jail for assault
with intent to murder. The prisoner
stated in tbe justice’s court that he inten
ded to kill the party he cut, and regretted
that he had not accomplished his design.
know.” “Shange, sbange?” was the i
war he was placed ou guard back of his
Regiment, with orders to shoot down any
one who came to the rear. One of his
officers, who, not knowing of the com
mand, had strayed in that direction, was
accordingly shot by Scroggins. The
remorse of this act unbalanced his mind
and he never regained his sanity. When
attacked by tbe posse be vowed that be
would kill no one nor any animal unless
it belonged to the family'of Cbastine, his
enemy. He, therefore, did not fire at any
of the attacking party, but shot the mules
upon which some of the party had mounted,
and which were the prcq>ertiy of Chastine.
Savannah News: We received yes
terday by express from Macon a beautiful
floral tribute from a brave comrade in
arms to tbe memory of his beloved com
mander, who slept in Laurel Grove
Cemetery." The offering is in tbe form'of
a ful! rigged brig freighted with flowers,
and is the affectionate remembrance of
Captain N. T. Johnson, who was adjutant
of the Twelfth Georgia Regiment, now
residing in Macon ana a member of the
firm of Jaques & Johnson, wholesale gro
cers, sf his old commander, Colonel Ed
ward Willis. The offering is unique in
conception and artistic in execution. It
was turned over to the Ladies Memorial
Association as the request of the sender
could not be complied with, as the re
mains of Colonel Willis were removed to
Richmond, Va., several years ago. The
offering, however, was placed at the base
of the monument in tbe soldier’s lot.
Such incidents speak louder than words
can express tbe sentiments that fill the
heart as the memories of thoafc days that
tried men’s souls come rushing over it.
■r-v-^y - ; . >r-. ■- - '*>*• Wf .
MEMORIAL DAY.
“HOW PEACEFUL AND HOW
POWERFUL IS THE GRAVE.”
Strewing Flowers Above the Con
federate Dead Amid the.
Falling Rain.
Assembling on tbe Gronnds-Hilitery
Pageant-Address by Bev.
Otis A. Olasebroofc.
A New Firm and Extended Business.
Messrs. I. B. English, S. D. Huguenin
and Geo.H. Plant have associated them
selves under the firm names of English,
Huguenin & Co. .and English, Plant &
Huguenin, for the transaction of a general
cotton warehouse and commission busi
ness in Macon ard Savannah. The first
named firm succeeds English & Hugue
nin in this city, and its established busi
ness will be conducted by Mr. E. D. Hu
guenin. Tbe Savannah branch will
in charge of Messrs. I. B. English
hnd Geo.H. Plant, who will permanently
locale in the seaport city about the first
of September, although the warehouse
will be opened at once.
The location of the Savannah firm will
be in the Kelly warehouse, comer of
Broughton and Zubly streets. Correspon
dence, however, will be attended to from
this point at the present; i
This inoyementrthe gentlemen consider
necessary .to meet the wants of 'such of
their customers a3 prefer to ship direct to
the coast. Messrs. English & Huguenin
have for several years conducted a large
Warehouse business in this city. Their
house is well known throughout central
and southwest Georgia, and their credit
and standing are of the highest order. Mr.
Plant, lately of the First National Bank,
and well known in Macoii’s social and
business/circles, is perfectly familiar with
the cotton business,-having served a long
term witii tlie firm of Hardeman & Sparks
during its palmiest seasons. While we
regret to lose these gentlemen from our
ifdst, wo wish them success in their new
field. '
Never since the custom of decorating
the soldiers’ graves was inaugurated, has
such a proof of devotion to the dead and to
the purity of the cause for which they
died, been exhibited in any city, as that af
forded yesterday by the ladies of the Me
morial Association; notwithstanding the
ua&ph&ss of tlie gtPufid and ilireatening
weather of the morning, in large numbers
they went to the section set apart for the
Confederate dead and busied themselves
in layirig flowers upon the graves
Throughout the rain, which began at
12 o’clock and fell until the orator had
nearly finished his oration, they flocked
thither, sustaining all the discomforts and
inconveniences without a murmur.
The speaker’s stand had been erected
below the graves in a small grove, in .or
der that the audience might be somewhat
sheltered from the rays of the sun, but in
place of tbe sunlight came raindrops-
Tbe Confederate monument, at the cor
ner of Second and Mulberry streets, was
decorated early in the day. From tbe
four comers of the pedestal were suspen
ded large wreaths, and in front was
small picture of two Confederate flags
crossed. Beneath tbe flag a lady had
pinned the following quotation:
“Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead,
Dear as the blood ye gave;
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The herbage of your grave;
Nor shell your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
^ Where Valor proudly sleeps.”
No profusion of flowers garlanded the
chaste stone. Only the four wreaths and
the little flag were there, and above all
stood tbe stern, changeless, immovable
figure resting upon his gun.
At half past one o’clock the drums beat
tbe assembly, and the companies of the
Second Georgia Battalion began to as
semble. First, the Volunteers marched
out and took their position in front of the
Lanier House; then came the Floyd Ri
fles, forming upon their left, followed af
terward by the Mitchel Iaght Guards,
forming on the left of the Rifles. The bat
talion being formed, under command of
Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. Wiley, took up
tbe line of march to the cemetery, where
it arrived in about thirty minutes, stacked
arms, broke ranks, and the members
gathered around tbe speaker’s stand, or
scattered about among tbe graves to ex
amine the decorations.
Around the stand were hung pictures of
Lee aud Jackson, and engravings of war
scenes; a beautiful Confederate flag
made by Mrs. A. J. Battle, of red, white
and blue flowers, was suspended from a
tree near at hand, and tbe stand itself
was tastefully decorated. Above tbe
graves was hung the Confederate flag
mentioned in these columns a day or so>
sinse, as* being on exhibition at the li
brary. One of tbe smaller flags was sent
to tbis city by a lady of Atlanta.
When the rain had slackened a little
the large audience was called to order,
and a fervent prayer offered up by Dr. J.
Brantley. Col. H. H. Jones then in
troduced in a few appropriate and elo
quent remarks, the orator of the day, Rev.
Otis A. Giazebrook, the rector of Christ
Church.
It :s impossible here to do justico to tbe
speech that followed. Mr. Giazebrook
spoke entirely extemporaneously, and ow
ing to tbe rain, it was almost impossible
to report correctly bis words. The ora
tion was listened to with the utmost at
tention and interest, tears filling at times
tho eyes of old veterans gathered about
him. It wa3 marked by an entire ab
sence of sectionalism, tbe speaker dwell
ing upon the courage and self-sacrifice of
the dead, which, he contended, would in
the future years be the pride, not of the
South alone, but of a united country.
The entire speech was delivered with a
fervor and earnestness that deeply im
pressed every hearer. The following re
port of the speech is-prepared from copi
ous notes:
Ladies of the Memorial Association,
Ladies of Macon, Fellow: Citizens, Fel-
loio Soldiers—1 am here to-day in obe
dience to a call which. I felt that I had no
right to disobey. Neither considerations
of inexperience nor unfitness; all prevail
ing as they would have been if allowed,
could be entertained. Let not self dare
assert itself in the face of such % unselfish
surroundings a3 these.
I come not as an orator—no orator is
needed. If speech is silver, the solemn,
impressive silence of these green mounds,
each a Confederate hero’s grave, is golden.
A dark tablet in St. Paul’s Cathedral,
London, marks the last resting place of
Sir Christopher Wren, its architect. It
bears this inscription, “Si monumentum
inquiris circumspice'’—“If you seek a
monument, look around.” In the midst
of these graves I would say, “Si oratores
inquiris, circumspice”—“If you seek ora
tors, look around.” These mounds speak
with earnest, irresistible power, which the
eloquence of no living man could pro
duce, of deeds, glorious deeds, never des
tined to be foigotten.
Turpentine and Rosin Business.
To-day,representatives from tbe various
manufactories of spirits turpentine and
rosin will call upon the Brunswick rail
road authorities for the purpose of estab
lishing for themselves rates of freights
upon their produce. The firms represen
ted are Peacock & Co., of Chauncey;
Powell & Peacock and W. AV. Ashburn,
Eastman; T. J. Dempsey, Dempsey; T.
H. Norfleet, MacVllle; A. Sessoms & Co.
Graham: McRae & Bush, ..Towns; C. D.
Baldwin A Co., McRae; Bush & Brother,
Chauncey; Parker & Bush, Longview;
Beach & Powell, No. 7; A. H. Van
Brookline, No. 71, and Hunt & Wiggs,
Dubois. As we understand it, the pro
ducts of their business are classed as “spe
cial” in tables established by The commis
sioners, and the railroads nave power to
make any rate they think proper. The
mission of these gentlemen is an impor
tant one. There are manufactured and
shipped yearly from along the Macon and
Brunswick railroad, between Macon aud
Jesup, about one hundred and thirty-five
thousand barrels of rosin and turpentine.
Y <
no words of bitterness, with no desire to
keep open the wounds of sectional strife
and hatred. By the graves of men who
showed no unmanliness in the face of an
enemy, it would be out of keeping with
their obsequies that there should be a dis
play of any want of magnanimity.
Doubtless, if their spirits could
make themselves heard speaking from a
world of clearer light and impartiality,
they would say, “Let honor be given to
whom honor is due, praise to whom
praise, justice to whom justice.” It is a
gross perversion oi “Memorial. Day” to
suppose that its spirit is one of recrimi
nation and detraction. Rather is it to
do honor to a brave soul wherever that
soul may be found. The veiy thing it
contends for is justice to the memories
of brave men. The very thing it protests
against is misinterpretation and want of
appreciation of men who died for what
they believed to be right. No, I come
not for such a purpose. But Ido come
speedily and thankfully, without regard
for fear or favor to attest my apprecia
tion of the worth and fidelity and chival
ry of the Confederate soldier. “And may
my right hand foiget its cunning, and
my tongpe cleave to tli? pjofof my mouth”
ifl ever fail when Opportunity offers, to
hallow and perpetuate the s^red memo
ry of “our Confederate dead.”
What I am to do is suggested by the
floral offering all around me. As the
ladies of this Associatiou have invited you
all to bring garlands, so too they
would have me wreathe a garland.
I would; make one worthy of he
roes’ brows. It shall be composed of flow
ers, fairer than the lily, sweeter than tbe
rose, more endilring in their freshness than
the eveigrcen, longer lived than immor
telles.- It shall be a garland of praise.
Would that I bad skill to entwine it us it
should be.
Tbe first element in my garland is
courage. This is tbe basis of all man
hood. It underlies alltrue andbigli char
acter. It was this that upheld our men
on the field of. battle, that threw them
headlong against tbe foe, that caused them
to charge serried ranks and to storm brist
ling heights. We see tbis at the Crater,
continually in tbe Wilderness, on Ceme
tery Heights. Indeed, where can we turn
and not see it during the entire struggle of
our war. At the deadly breach, before
tbe well high impassable obstruction, in
tbe face of superior numbers and number
less privations, disadvantages and difficul
ties, the Confederate soldier faltered not.
He was every inch a man as far as cour
age goes. But tbe best examples of man
liness are not to be seen chiefly on the
field of battle. The truest heroism is not
necessarily shown there. Retrace the
steps of the Confederate soldier until
yon reach that home with its ease
and luxury and wealth. Notice that
parting scene where father tears
himself away from the arms of wife and
chl’d. Watch their long, lingering look as
he almost frantically rushes away; hear
the si’ent, well-nigh heart-breaking pray
er, which, thank God, could follow him
where eyes aud feet could not go.
See a people leaving all that is most
dear and valuable; rising with singular
unanimity and great promptness at their
State’s call; see if you can find in all his
tory a case superior, if equal in enthusi
asm and zeal, at the call for troops, and
then tell me if I am not right when I add
another element, even self-sacrifice and
that most cheerfully made, to my garland..
And mark that there is yet another fea
ture. It was self-saCrifice not blindly or
unintelligently made. It was done in full
view of tbe possibility of the most ruinous
results. It was done by men who differed
politically; who might, if their voice could
have prevailed, have decreed a different
course of action. It was a deliberate sac
rifice made- at tbe call of duty. High
officers gave up their place, large
emoluments were foregone, political
differences were buried, private aiiimosi-
ties were hushed, professions and stores
and farms left, homes and loved ones bid
adieu—not by this one here and ther£—
but through the entire South, until there
were not men enough left to properly
raise and provide supplies for those wno-
had gone to the front—and all this at the
call of duty to their section and to their
State. Obedience to the call of duty was
exemplified grandly and gloriously in this
Southern land of ours, and by these
Southern soldiers of ours.
“How glorious fall the valiant,
J Sword in hand,
In front of battle,
For their native land.”
Tbe women of tbe South have a right
to command tlie men of the South on that
day, in the observance of which, they
seek to perpetuate those memories which
shall help to inspire to manly acts the
youth of all coming ages.
What hoy, in whose soul there is one
particle of promise of future greatness,
whose heart goes not out in silent admira
tion, and who mutters not to himself, as
he reads the glorious deeds of. heroism
recorded in Grecian, Roman and English
history, “I will emulate these heroes, if I
am ever called upon to do service for
duty, right and country.” Shall Cold Har
bor, Malvern Hill, the Wilderness, Pick
et’s charge at Gettysburg, not less glor
ious, be less fruitful than these? I believe
it not. If tbe one has its influence to
day, well nigh as strong as ever, the
other, too, shall be potent through the
ages. Patriots, indeed, these Southern
women are, loyal and true to the future
greatness of this entire people, when they
teach Us young to remember aud revere
tbe noble deeds of their fathers. And
when in the future of this country,
brother not opposed to brother, but broth
er by the side of brother, shall face a
common foe, the fruits of the lesson of
such occasions as this shall be gathered;
and in the victory of that chivalry which
shall characterize a people who have
drawn inspiration from tbe memory of its
heroic dead, a gratefu’ nation shall arise,
and with one voice proclaim these South
ern women blessed.
At their bidding I come to make my of- and send to me"for them. They always
fering at this sacrod shrine. I come with speak in the highest terms ofthwno.”
“These roots bear up dominion, knowl
edge, will;.
These two are strong, but stronger still
the third,
Obedience I Tis the great tap rqot
which still
Knit round the rock ofdnty, is not stirred
Though storm and tempest spend their
utmost skill.”
This i3 the garland yhich I reverently
place on these graves. Never was it more
fitting, and better deserved than here.
> Let me charge you to keep up the cus
tom of this observance. • You cannot af
ford to give it up or to allow it to languish
in the least.
You owe it to yourselves to yearly
make this effering. We are no true men
unless grateful men. We owe a debt of
gratitude to our dead. We must not for
get them. We must remember them in
so marked and conspicuous a way that
the world shall not forget them either.
We owe it to our posterity to gather
yearly as we are to-day. More sacred aud
valuable than land or dollars, or position,
is the legacy we leave them in these
memories. As we value the manliness of
our children more than we do anything
else, let us see that we make them rich in
true nobleness by giving them all of tbe
rich inheritance they fall heirs to by being
Southern bom and bred..
We owe it to our country that we keep
green and fragrant these graves. Tbe
deeds of a Southerner are tlie deeds of
an American as well. It is a part, and
the richest part of our contributions to
tbe common cause of this nation’s com
mon glory and fame.
We owe it to our God to recognize and
emphasize every act of. self-sacrifice and
devotion to duty. For not the least or
lowest of such is destined to perish. It
must thrill one forever. It’s work is to
kindle in hearts of noble spirits with
which it may come in contact a new and
strong devotion to truth, to right, to duty,
to country, to man, to God.
And now, as we leave the impressive
surroundings, remember that the princi
ples which our dead exemplified, and in
furtherance of which they laid down then-
lives, have their work to accomplish,
in times of peace as well as waV—that
they are to be shown in all tbe pursuits of
life, if life is to be successfully lived in
any of these pursuits. The same princi
ples incorporated into the warp
and v^oof of ciur lives, which
make a man a hero on the
field of battle, making him a hero in the
strife of every-day life. We can practice
the virtues of our dead as well now as if
e were following them to the charge, or
supporting them in the defense. We must
practice their virtues now if we would be
worthy of them, otherwise they have died
in vain. But if we keep alive the mem
ories of their deeds by living acts of devo
tion to duty, they live again. So it is
that in the restoration of our Southern
land to peace and prosperity, usefulness
and high place we shall rear the grand
est, most lasting monument to that dear
baud, indellibly impressed upon the
Southern mind and sacredly embalmed
forever inAe Southern heart under the
name of “Our Confederate Dead,” prov-
to the world that they were greater in
defeat than in victory.
Mr. Glazebrook’s oration was frequent
ly interrupted by the applause of his
hearers, and when he retired from the
stand many were the compliments heaped
upon him.
The Second Georgia Batailkin was
then drawn up, and fired a salute for
the dead—by batallion first and compa
nies afterward. Returning to the city
the salutes were repeated before the Con
federate monument.
milledgeville^ decorates
The Old Capital Finds an 0rator
Mr. Bolana B. Hall BrUvcr, th- *
naorinl Address. *«•
Milledgeville, April 26 issn
The demonstration here to-dav
occasion of tbe memorial scrviL ^
most successful in point of attendant
completeness. The main feature of u
day was the oration by Captain
B. Hall, of Macon. He« wellkuoS
this city and county, where he learned w
letters and lived to manhood, and there
was a general desire as well as curiosity
on the part of our people to hear him I
U.e role of a pul,lie speaker, never having
had an opportunity before to do so b
After the arrival of the impm^
pageant at the cemetery,the services,
opened by prayer by Rev. H. H. p ar v
Capt. C. P. Crawford gracefully ; ntr ^
duced the orator, who addressed the an.
dience for hall an hour—his remarks
abounding in beautiful thoughts and no
ble sentiments, delivered with an ease
earnestness and grace that bespoke the
orator and enthusiast. The address was
universally admired, and the ladies oi
the Memorial Association felicitated
themselves on their good fortune in choos-
ing him to illustrate their patriotic cause.
Capt. Hall was greeted in the streets by
hundreds of old acquaintances, many 0 f
whom had been his comrades in arms.
During his stay he was the guest of Capt.
"W. T. Conn. The decoration of the
graves of tlie soldiers was never more
generously and beautifully done; business
was entirely suspended. n.
Marriage at Ecnry.
Yesterday Mr. Alex. Morris, of this
city, was married to Miss Annie Mercer
at Leary, Ga. Miss Mercer is’ a charming
young graduate- of tlie Wesleyan Female
College, and has- many friends in Macon.
Mr. Morris is almost too well known here
to require any extended notice. For yean
he has held a responsible position in the
Western Union Telegraph Company’s of
fice, and by his uniform courtesy and gen
tlemanly bearing, lias won for himself the
regards of all who know. We congratu
late them both, and wish them all the
prosperity obtainable in this sphere.
IN MJGMOIlt AM,
Ditd, in Twigvi county, Ncvomber 2S, 1879
nearBuizard Rcost. M«rv Hsnnih, joongtit
daughter of Colonel B. E. and Mary Slippej,
aged nine’ecn years.
In her early childhood Bbe was attacked with
asthma, which bltimatcly culminated m con
sumption. Our litt’e sister had a bright mind
and literary taste, always vivacious in the social
circle, ml ready at all times to make those
cheeriul and happy arennd be-. Had thedij-
ea_es giren her a respite, our little “rosebud,” as
she is familiarly railed, would hare soou devel
oped intoa charming and beau kiful young lady.
TBut the fates decried it o’herwiso. The beetle
Sash and burning palms whkh-is consequent
upon Ihe Insidicus absents, gave- evidence that
death w’ouid soon clots -be scene.
A few days before she died she was asked by a
minuter if she was a’raid to die, she replied she
was not. At lorgth the hour of her departure
arrived, then in her feeble and attenuated condi
tion breams restless, and freqnemly calltd upon
her brothers, who were standing around her dy
ing couch, to lift her np and let her get her
breath. After being held up a short time she
remarked to one of her brothers, Bennie, the en
dearing epithet by which she cal’ed him,“Iiiy
me down.” Her bosom cia-od to heave, and
without a sigh or groan, or glance to tall a pert-
ing pane, tne spirit from her pasted. Our moth
er, who was reduced a’most to a skeleton Irom
the same fell ditease, turned to her aud impress
ed upon her brow the last warm kiss of affection,
and in stilled sobs bade n« dress her in the ha
biliments of tho traTe
BBOTHBBS.
The insatiate archer was not yet satisfied. He
ptrnng his bow and draw again from his quiver,
and sped the fatal shaft, aud ehe whom most we
loved fell a victim ta> his unerring aim, March
27,1S80. Onr mother joined the church atTar-
versrille in 1841, under the ministry of the Eev.
John Blight. Her diipoiiticn was sweet stall
evening zephyr, her religion was pure and genu
ine. All on earth with her, save Christ and Him
crucified,was worthletst-s the weeds that rot
upon Lethe shore. As an evidence of her purity*
the cburch-house was in a rapid state of Tula
and decav. She imm- dialelv determined to hare
one built, ard with h,r accustomed en*rg; and
teal the gathered from her neighbors and friends
scattered over the State, tbe amennt requisite,
employed a mechanic, and nearby where she
now reposes, in a teauti nl grove stands Mary
Chapel, a proud monument other energy and
piety.
Sinee her death we have been mode to feel,
“what ie home without a mother.” Your ma-
t«m*l admonitions we will never hear again, but
your sweet face we hope to see in radiance in
thst laud of bliss.
wit SONS AND DAUGHTER.
IN MEUOUIAM,
Mrs. Maria I unsford, wife of George Luns
ford, Keq-., died in Tipton county, Tennessee,
October ]6, 1878, sged Sfty-siz years. The de
ceased was long a resident of Maooa, Georgia,
tl e greater portion of her life having been spent
there. Haring removed to Macon soon after her
marriage, it was her home for many years. Her
entire life was marked by those gentle impulses
and noble qualities that so er dear the wife and
mother in both the home and scciety cirdea—
but above all was her pathway through liie
strews with deeds of meek and lowly Christian
kindness, His word being “a lamp unto her feet
and a light unto her pithwsy ” In the house
hold and' around the hearthstone her gentle
sway as a 'Christian wife and mother was felt by
all.-a* she endeavored br precept and example
to lead her family in the upward path. But at
last the dark-winged messenger came and called
her hence to reap tbe rewe*d of a life wdl spent.
Her health being feeble, about three months be
fore her Heath; the went on a visit to her daugh
ter in Tennessee, hoping that her health might
improve, but an all-wise Providence had decreed
otberwisj, and while there the summons came
and found her ready, awaiting her U aster's com
ing. Her end was mirkc-d by a confiding trust
in her Savior and by that price Ho gireth to Hi*
beloved. Wrapped in the mantle of her Patter's
lore, she laid her down and >iept to awake at tbe
r<iu>reciicE morning.
* - g.W.L.
Robert P. Smith, Chifosbuift
' don’t '
writes.* “As for Tutf-s Pills, I don't know
how I would do without them. I have
tod the liver disease over twenty years.
Two years ago I got your pills. They
have entirely cured me. I always keep
them. My neighbors know I have them,
IN MSHOBIA3K.
Died in the city of Macon. Georgia, on the Uth
day or March. 188), Solomon Sober!*, in the
thirty-second year of his age.
Ibo subject of this notioe was bora in Jone*
couaty on the second day of 3une, 1849. He vss
at tbe time of bis death, amomberct tbe Hatcn-
ie Lodge in Clinton, and was once a member a!M
of tbe Methodist church. A farmer by profu
sion, he united in hts calling all of tbe quaiitiei
of a true gentleman, being upr'ght tnhisdeal-
iugt with bis fellows, ju*t and kind toward bi*
servants, prompt in all of his busings engage
ments , and an affectionate husband and father.
It can be said of Urn. “Bis word was bis bondj
thst which promlied was already petfermei-
Pew men of this,or his own oounty, enjoyed ins
higher degree the confidence and esteem of it*
dtisens, and when death laid low hi* m»nly
form, so familiar to ns all. and hushed fo' 8 ”*'
the kind voice, there were none who*# hearts a»
not throb With sorrow for the dead.
Death is an affliction at all times. There is n*
one from whom parting dots not leave a pan*™
some heart, belt ever so humble; but whenths
husband, tbe father foils, sad indeed is ths bfc«.
It is as though the groat oak of the ,or ®**’*
ttrleken down, dragging with it the dlagb*
vines and tendril and leaving a gap that only
yean aaa 0U. Whan ths dead i* forgot tea elK-
wh-re,thowttewiUctollmourn,and *stt«“
brings team unto maturity will tbe chudres
mfoethe kind hand that guide! and st«ooS*£
that guarded thorn through all danger*
midst of their affliction we lender to th* wvta
«i relatives Mr heartfelt symsathim.
the Land of Him, -Ho ever U»**»
ferer calls, uphold forever th* widowed mo*** 1
and fatherless sbiidreB. psilSM*