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THE GEORGIA PRESS.
“Jack Plank” has reached New York.
It is raid he hung over the bulwarks for
two hundred miles up the coast.
A heavy freight train plunged into
Savannah without engineer or fireman on
board, and running through the depot at
the rate of forty miles an hoar, knocked
down gates, brick walls, trees, and crossed
streets in its course, wrecking the entire
train. No one was hurt. The engineer
had discovered a train ahead of him three
miles from the city, reversed his engine,
started his train back, and, perceiving that
he was still going to be run into, sprang
off. The approaching engine collided
with the retreating one with a severe
shock, but did not throw it from the track.
It swept into the city at a terific rate,
frightening people along the line, hut in
juring uo one. Had not the road been
open it would have been turned on to a
switch, and would have knocked down
the railroad offices.
Savannah -News: On Wednesday af
ternoon a colored man, while at work on
the place of Col. C. H. Wav, at Beaulieu,
discovered a singular looking animal,
coming out from the river, run up the
bluff and into the flower garden. He im
mediately called to Col. Olmstead, who
resides at Beaulieu, and who was near by,
and iuformed him of the discovery. On
approaching Col* Olmstead perceived
that the intruder wa3 a good size wildcat,
which evidently had plenty of fight in
him. Not having a gun handy, he sum-
juoned Master Johnnie Macdonald, son oi
Mr. Donald Macdonald, to bring him his
gun, which the young man did ve:y
proniptlv, and on learning what game was
on hand', worked his way to within about
fifteen yards of the wild varmint and sa
luted him with both barrels to such good
purpose that the animal keeled over with
out a croan, having been instautly ki.led.
The eat weighed twenty-two pounds and
measured thirtv-flve inches in length.
The supposition is that it came from the
direction of Bose Dhu, no such animal
having been seen in the vicinity of Beau
lieu before.
Columbus Times: Thursday night, the
through freight train on the Mobile and
Girard road, from Montgomery to Macon,
happened to an accident that it is a won
der was not more disastrous. The train
was composed of about twenty cars, most
of them heavily laden with freight. When
near Suspension the coupling parted be
tween the fourth and fifth cars from the
engine. The brakes were immediately
put on and the rear of the train stopped.
The four front cars went against the en
gine with a thump and broke the coup
ling to the engine. The engineer, seeing
the peril lie was in, as it was on a down
grade, pulled out the throttled valve and
the engine went with lightning speed
down the track, with the four cars at full
speed in pursuit. It ran thus for ten or
fifteen miles before a grade was reached
sufficient to check the runaway cars.
We were told that the cars passed Gucr-
ry town with the engine about three car
lengths ahead of the pursuing cars, and
were going so last that it took two men to
see them.
The only personal damage of wliicli we
learned was that of a brakeman who was
thrown from the cars and had his ankle
broken, besides receiving other bruises
and hurts. He was not dangerously hurt.
The engine was so badly daraagedjhat it
was unable to take the train through after
the accident had been repaired, and the
eagiue from the gravel train was brought
into requisition.
„ The. indn.wasjlfllAVflil ahrmt'Ymr hours.
It was oue m this city at 10:$ p. ni., and
did not arrive until 5 a. m. yesterday.
out. He escaped by passing through the
sewer into another street, slipping Lis
shackles and breaking for the woods.
Home Courier: We learn; that Rev.
G. A. Nunuall}, the efficient and highly
esteemed pastor of the Baptist church in
this city, has been tendered the presiden
cy of oue of the leading female colleges
in the South, and has 'also been elected
financial agent of Mercer University. He
has not, so far as we know, accepted ci
ther.
The Albany News reports good seasons
and a soaking raiu on Thursday last.
This will help peas, potatoes, and cotton
very much, but the early corn is too far
gone to be benefited. The May and June
plantings of that cereal, however, will be
vastly improved.
A it nested for Murder.—Rome Trib
une: Early yesterday morning, Mr. S. J.
Crook, city marshal of Jacksonville, Ala
bama, drovo into the city from Cave
Springs, and procured a conveyance and
went to John Turner’s farm, ten miles
down the river, where he arrested one Ed.
Littleton, for the murder of Lizzie Bag-
ley, colored, last fall near Jacksonville.
There was a reward of $100 for the cap
ture. The negro was brought in town
and jailed during the day, and taken by'
his captor on the freight train last night
for Jacksonville. Mr. Crook had a requi
sition from the governor of Georgia for
the arrest. Mr. Crook walked from
Stonewall to Cave Spring before he was
able to procure any kind of conveyance.
llcnry County IVcekly: The contract
for carrying the mail between this point
(Hampton) and Worthville was bid offby
My Robert Satulifer. His contract dates
from the 1st of July, and will not expire
until 1884.
One of our country editors is just re
covering from the colic. Hear him:
Oh, fellow sufferers, be not deceived In
the age of a ripe, luscious looking melon;
for at the last it will double thee up as a
corkscrew, and cause thee to curse the
hour that thou wort born!
The Georgia State Horticultural Soci
ety will hold its fifth annual convention
and exhibition in Savannah on the fid and
4th of August. The Georgia State Agri
cultural Society will hold its semi-anuual
convention at Hartwell, Ga., commencing
on the 10th of August.
Speaking of tba late commencement
of the University of Georgia, the Athens
Chronicle says:
The crowd was large. It is often
remarked that the crowds arc not so large
as before tbe war. This is a mistake.
The city having increased in size, hun
dreds are entertained at our hospitable
homes, and thus a careless observer does
not realize how many visitors there are.
Tbe assembly of the colored people is
always a matter of interest. Emancipa
tion day, 4th of July, nor Christmas can*
never create the same amount of enthusi
asm in the average darky’s breast as does
commencement.
The same paper says: The watermelon
venders suffered on Wednesday from the
report that a death had occurred from
poisoned melons.
Bitter.—Quitman Reporter: The At
lanta Post is as bitter as ever agaiust
Colquitt. Its course will, in our opinion,
cause a considerable disintegration of the
Democratic party of Georgia, with no
good to either candidate now before the
people for nomination. Wrangling in a
political party is a sure sign of disruption,
sooner or later, and Is always to be re
gretted. Woe be unto those who sow the
seed of disruption, for from it, first, there
will spring up a full crop of independents
and then a disregard for party affiliations,
and way goes the paity.
Attacked by WAsrs.—Sumter Re
publican: A few days since, as Miss
Grace, the youngest daughter of the edi
tor of the Riqiublican, was walking in the
garden at home, she was suddenly set
upon by a swarm of infuriated wasps and
stung on tbe faw, head, neck and hands
so badly as'to throw her Into a fever. 8he
lias been confined .to her bed sines then,
suffering very much.
The Republican says Col. Jack Brown
will run for Congress again In opposition
to Gen. Cook, lie will be a used up man.
The Right Sort of Talk.—Capt.
Triplett says: The Times will supi>ort
t,.e nominees of the party from governor
down to coroner. We shall know imper
sonal preferences after nominations are
nude. That's the sort of a Democratic
Lstr pin we are, and don’t you forget it.
North by Messrs. Sanford and Yamedoe.
The yield is not so large as last year.
Thomasville Times: The cotton
crop, up to date, is splendid. But there
is an old saying that it is never safe until
picked, ginned, packed and sold for the
money.
Enquirer-Sun: Appointed Superin
tendent.—On Thursday, the 22d inst.,
Mr. Lyman Wells, of Montgomery, Ala.,
was elected superintendent of the North
eastern railroad of Georgia, now runniug
fifty miles from Athens to Lula, on the
Air Line and in the direction of Knox
ville, Tennessee. Mr. Wells was formerly
of our city, married, and is highly es
teemed here. He is a gentleman emi
nently fitted for the position, and will
make the road a good officer.
Richard Lotd, a colored man, was
fonnd dead in his bed at Savannah.
Two of the colored brothers in the same
city got into a rumpus on Sunday evening,
in which a billy and pistol figured exten
sively, and claret was spilled.
Augusta’s mortuary report for last
week was 13. Macon 0.
We do not know of a State paper that
has improved so much in appearance as
the Griffin Sun. It looks as neat as a
young widow at a picnic, and is just as
entertaining.
Americus has splendid prospects for the
coming cotton season.
The colored hands predominate in Au
gusta.
Judge T. R. Gibson, of the Augusta
Evening Hews, has gone to the mountains
for a fortnight’s recess from the local edi
tor’s sweatbox.
Savannah News: The schooner An
nie Bliss, Captain John O’Donnell, ar
rived here yesterday from Baltimore, hav
ing been eighteen days on the trip. We
learn from Captain O’Donnell that on
Friday, the 10th instant, his vessel had a
narrow escape from destruction at sea.
During a heavy squall, the mizzentop-
mart head was struck by lightning, and a
large piece was tom away. The fluid de
scended by the wire rigging, tearing a part
of the mizzen channels literally into
shreds, and from thence passed into the
sea.
Captain O’Donnell was standing on the
break of the poop at the time and was
prostrated by the shock, being knocked to
the deck in a stunned condition. His
mate, who was close by him, also felt the
shock, and for some moments lost the use
of his legs. The entire crew were simi
larly affected, and the captain thinks even
the cat and dog were somewhat stunned.
The clock and chronometer were stopped,
and on examining the latter Captain
O’Donnell discovered that it had been
knocked fifty-three miles out of the way.
The vessel belongs to Messrs. J. J. Dale
& Co., of this city and comes consigned
to them.
A Narrow Escape.—Augusta Even
ing News: Friday evening as the engine
47, eastward bound passenger train on the
Air-Line railroad, was nearing Stone
Quarry side track, two miles west of Toc-
coa, Engineer Foster saw three cows oh
the track and used every means available
to stop his train, but to no purpose. The
engine struck the cows and was thrown
from the track—turning completely over
and rolling down an embankment a dis
tance of over twenty-five feet. Engineer
Foster got an arm broken, while the fire
man sustained only a few slight flesh
wounds and bruises inwardly. Both en
gineer and fireman had a very narrow es
cape.
Conyers Examiner: Quite an acci
dent happened to the eastward bound,
through freight, at this place one night
last week, iu which six or eight cars
loaded with buggies, corn, Sour, grits,
etc., were terribly smashed up. The
train which was due at this place about
9 o’clock p. in. did not arrive until fi
oVWt in tbe morning- W® W# made
several inquiries about the affair, and
never have been able to learn the canse
GusMaund, the notorious negro des- of the accident. It seems that the train
perado of Columbus, was put into a streoL jwas a very heavy one, which took two
sewer with others of the gang to clean l4 engines to draw it, one pushing and the
h« kv mnbi. ilia other pulling. The best information we
can gather is the train came uncoupled
about the center, uubeknowing to the
men in charge, and the foremost
engine ran ahead with its half of the
tram and the hindmost engine came
along pushing the other half, at a rapid
rate, and ran into the other part of the
train near the depot at this place, which
caused a terrible smashing up of box cars,
the report of which aroused nearly every
body in the immediate neighborhood. We
noticed next morning three cars in one, a
car load of grits ran into a car load of
buggies, pushing the buggies out on lop
of another car, totally demolishing the
buggies; a box car was torn to pieces,
nothing left whole but the wheels. The
pilot was knocked off the engine that was
pushing the train.
Strange, but True.—Griffin ,Sim:
From Colonel James Butler, of Blakely,
who was in the city last Wednesday, we
learn that there Is a pine tree growing
within a half mile of that village from one
bough of which smoke can be seen issuing
every afternoon. This strange sight has
been witnessed by rnaoy, and none are
able to account for the pbeno.menon. The
tree is perfectly sound and iu a growing
condition. The bough from which the
smoke is seen to issue is about sixty
feet from the ground.—Fort Gaines Tri
bune, ,
We would not be surprised to learn
thattliere is a “worm” near the root of
that tree.
An Unfortunate Accident.—Sa
vannah Metes: On . Saturday last a pri
vate telegram was received in the city
from Mount Airy, announcing that Rev.
R. J. Corley, pastor of the Tnnity Metho
dist church, had met with a very serious
accident, having broken his leg by a fall.
No particulars .were given beyond the
mere announcement of the accident, hut
yesterday a letter was received by a
prominent member of the church from a
sojourner at Mount Airy, which states
that Rev. Mr. Corley was jostled from
the cars just as he was about alighting, by
a man considerably under the influence'
of liquor, and, falling heavily to the
ground, broke his leg In two places.
Whether the shoving was accidental or
intentional, is not stated. Mr. Corley
telegraphed himself that ho was doing
n*all lint If ta ...ill 1.*.
well, but it is feared that he will be con
fined for some time, and that the accident
will prove more serious than at first ap
prehended, but we trust these fears will
prove unfounded.
Tns Market—Scarcity of Vege
tables.—Savannah Metes: In conse
quence of the drouth which has so long
prevailed, there is a great scarcity of veg
etables a .d fruits in tbe market, and the
hucksters and truck farmers are com
plaining greatly. Saturday is generally a
lively day at the market, especially in
the afternoon and early evening, but the
case is now entirely different. We do not
remember of having seen the stalls so
barren, and so many empty ones, or the
market so dull as Satunlay afternoon.
The usual crowds were uot seen, and at
six o'clock but comparatively few pur
chasers were to be seen. We are in
formed that the com crop will be very
short, and the rain has come too late to
do much good.
Mrs. Elikabeth Mallory, of Alba
ny, is dead.
The Baker county cotton caterpillar
turns out to be ordinary and harmless
silk worms.
Albany Anes: Mr. Francis Fontaine
informs ns by private letter that he has
sent tbirty-fene Germans, all young men,
to Cedartmvn (Cherokee iron works) in
this State. " ' *•
He also informs us that he himself will
start with forty more on Saturday next
to different places throughout the State.
The starling of tins Gennan colony at Ce-
dartown speaks highly of Mr. Fontaine’s
efibrts as commissioner of laud and immi
gration for" the State of Georgia. It has
ofteu been a wonder why the State of
Georgia has not contributed more to tlds
importanf field, which promises so much
for our State in the way of intelligent la
bor.
It has become a question now in the
State, as to what disposition shall be
made of the unfortunates whose minds
are deranged. Dr. T. O. Powell, the su
perintendent, has : ssucu the following no
tification to the ordinary of Chatham
county:
State Lunatic Astlum,
Near Mii.ledgevii.lic, Ga.
Under and by authority of the board of
Le CuiiTK pears are being shipped trustees, public notice is hereby given
that this institution is crowded to such an
extent,In every department of the whites,
that we dannot receive any new patient,
only as a vacancy occurs. Parties desir-
ing'the admission' of a patient must give
timely notice in writing to me, stating the
duration of the attack, and the age of the
patient for whom the application is made.
Careful record will be kept of ail such
applications, and they will be notified as
a vacancy occurs.
If patients are brought here in disregard
of the above instruction, they cannot be
received. Very respectfully, _
T. O. Powell,
Superintendent, etc.
If it has reached this point, then it is
time that the large number of harmless
idiots confined in the asylum, should be
placed where they properly belong, in the
hands of their friends. We mean those
patients who are capable oi working, and
whose only trouble is the possession of
cbildren’6 minds in grown people’s heads.
This would relieve the asylum to a con
siderable extent.
Will the Chronicle and Constitution
alist please explain the meaning of A. T.
I. It does seem that the affair must be
ripe by this time, and subscribers are en
titled to some consideration a3 well a3 ex
changes.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: A
mysterious animal has been depredating
upon the fowls of the planters just below
the city for some time, and has carried off
a large number. A night or two since a
peacock was stolen from the top of a tree
sixty feet high. The creature’s tracks
have been seen in the fields, aud as they
seem to be too large for a wild cat, some
of the planters suppose that the animal is
a panther. Sunday night a piece of meat
poisoned with strychnine was placed near
a lot where the unknown had been mak
ing inroads upon the poultry, and as it
had disappeared yesterday morning, the
inference is that the rogue has received its
quietus.
Says the Union and Recorder: The
nomination of Col. Blount by the conven
tion, which sat in this city on Thursday
and Friday last, was a graceful act and de
serving of all praise. It was not done,
however, without patient, unflinching
work on the part of Col. Blount’s friends.
True the gentlemen opposed him so long
and firmly, cquld have prevented his nom
ination, had they not gallantly, gracefully
and patriotically yielded their preferences
in deference to the well-known sentiment
of the district. That Col. Blount is the
choice of a very large majority; ot the
Democratic party in this- district, there
can be no question. That he is the choice
of the Democracy of the State and the
whole Union just uow is equally patent,
It was well then to return him to Con
gress, where ho can he of so much benefit
to the people of his district, of the State
and of the Union.
The speech of Judge Anderson on Fri
day morning was electrical. It was unan
swerable; and to that effort, more than
any other one thing, Colonel Blount is
indebted for his nomination. We have
never seen him more moved, or heard
him so eloquent.
In Columbus Mr. E. H. Musgrove was
crushed while coupling cars, and seriously
hurt.
- Col. J. D. Waddell declines to run
as a presidential elector on account of ill
health.
Captain English anil Mr. H. 1. Kim
ball are the two candidates for mayor in
Atlanta. The election will be held in
December.
Griffin Metes: The Milledgeville
convention acted wisely in renominating
Mr. Blount for Congress. It would have
been little short of calamitous not to have
returned him at this critical time. His
record In Congress has lieen unexception-
ally a good record—full of earnest, econ
omic labor. During the last session he
served with distinction a3 chairman of the
committee on appropriations, and to this
committee are the people indebted for an
annual saving of forty million? of their
money. As a speaker, Mr. Blount is en
tirely void of verbosity—is earnest rather
than brilliant. The Honse—all sides—
confide in him sincerely. In the event of
General Hancock’s election, Mr. Blount
may have a brilliant future to open up to
him. His Democracy and his honesty
is of that lusty, old-fashioned sort—to be
in demand. This is speculative of course,
but of one thing we are assured—the
Democrats of the sixth district would
have acted a grave mistake in refusing to
prolong his term of service.
Mining a City fob Gold.—Dalilou-
ega Signal: Col. R. H. Moore, having
secured the permission of the town coun
cil, has commenced work on the gold
vein recently discovered in the street
fronting A. G. Wimpy’s residence. Dah-
lonega, we believe, is the' only town or
city that has a gold mine within two
blocks of the court house. Tlie “streak”
is known to be a rich one, and the colonel
will doubtless make the enterprise a lu
crative one.
Wo copy verbatim from the Dalilonega
Signal:
To toe Voting People of the 23d
Cenitoihal District of this State.—
As my ability will not permit me to travil
very much I will give my views iu the
Signal, in short I ain a greenbacker, con
tend for freedom and r’its and the moval
of local laws laid over the Sovereign
citizons who is law making power.
I Shal contend lor honesty and acono-
my in the adminisi'ation of publick
afair’se.
I shall contend against all unconstitu
tional tax and laws.
James B Dowdy
a candidat.
Little Rock Gazette: The colored peo
ple who recently prayed for rain are now
petitioning for a “let up.” While the col
ored people of our section prayed for rain
at nightly prayer-meetings, those of anoth
er prayed for sunshine. The minister of
the wet district sent the following note to
the dry: “You folksenghterbe ashamed
of yourselves. This cross-cut prayin’ is
enough to get the Lord so bothered that
he don’t know what to do.”
Washington county has a population
of 22,014 against 15,842 in 1870. This
shows an increase of ucai 50 per cent.
The county is in an exceedingly prosper
ous condition.
The Georgia teachers convention meets
in Sandersrille to-day. Macon will bo
largely represented there.
The Rival of Bund Tom.—Ameri
cus Recorder: His name is Holmes Mur
ray, a little Irwin county boy. Holmes
came up to spend some time with his un
cle, Dr. D. Bagley, of this county. Never
having seen a piauo before, he desired to
know wliat manner of bedstead it was.
The top was raised and all explanation
made to the little fellow, whereupon be
sat down and immediately played “There
is a happy land.” The musical talent of
the boy had been remarked before by
friends, but none were prepared for this
seeming intuition. * '
We regret to learn that Gen. Cook is
confined to his room with rheumatism.
Census of Southern Cities.
The following is the late census of a
few of our Southern cities as compared
with their population in 1870:
1880.
Anstin, Texas, . . . 11,000
Cape Girardeau, Mo., 5,000
Chatham, Viiginia, . 3,118
Chattanooga, Tenn.,. 13,500
Clarksville, Tenn., . 7,300
Columbus, Georgia, » 10,132
Dallas, Texas, . . . 33,460
Denison, Texas, . . 4,400
Huntsville, -Texas, . 1,600
Knoxville, Tennessee, 18,928
Little Rock, Ark., . 15,000
Macon, Georgia, . . 12,895
Maitiiisburg, W. Ya., 6,384
Nashville, Tennessee, 43^543
New Orleans, La., . 215,239
Richmond, Virginia, . 63,243
San Antonio, Texas, 20,594
San Marcus, Texas, . 1,800
Savannah, Georgia, . 30,747 28,734
Sherman, Texas, . . 6,067 1,239
Shreveport, Louisiana, 8,043 4,407
St. Augustine, Fla., . 2,300 1,617
Stapnton, Virginia, . 6,783 120
Suffolk, Virginia, . . 0
1S70
4,428
3,585
4,262
6,093
3,200
7,401
15,000
1,599
8,826
12,989
10,319
5,863
25,863
191,819
51,438
12,656
as—iMPEWPiag—gimectw
averted.
Mayor W. A. Hair Withdraws Ills
Protest—Tbe Eul of a Serious Cain
plication.
For several days past the city has been
agitated over the whisperings of an im
pending difficulty between two of our
prominent citizens, Captain A. O. Bacon
and Mayor W. A. ’ Haff. It has been as
serted openly among some that a duel
was on tbe tapis, and Captain Bacon’s de
parture from the city Sunday night under
certain circumstances lent color to the ru
mor. It was generally understood that
the cause of the trouble was a protest en
tered upon the minutes of the city coun
cil by Mr. Huff, in which was used lan
guage reflecting severely upon Captain
Bacon. Beyond a mention of the objec
tionable words about the streets not
much, except to a few, was known of the
true causes of the protest and the refer
ence made to a certain letter from Cap
tain Bacon. We give the whole affair
with its settlement.
In April last Captain A. O. Bacon, one
of the late treasurer’s bondsmen, deter
mined, for reasons stated below, to with
draw from the bond, and addressed the
following letter to the mayor and council:
Macon, Ga., April 12,1880.
To the Mayor and Council of the City
of Macon: Gentlemen—It is proper
that I should state to you that I do not
consider myself legally bound upon the
official bond of the city treasurer, Capt.
Clias. J. Williamson. ■■
A few weeks since I was informed, for
the first time, that after the bond was
signed by the principal and securities, and
before it was accepted by the council, the
name of one of the securities, Mr. Math
ews, of Washington county, was erased
from the bond, and was so accepted by the
council with said erasure. I went upon
the bond with the distinct understanding
that the Washington county securities
were on it, and this erasure was made
without my knowledge or consent. In my
opinion the erasure of the name of the
security releases me from all liability in
law as one of the securities on the
bond.
In addition to this, I am informed by
the mayor that for weeks past the valua
ble papers of the treasurer’s office have
been lying exposed about the desks and
tables of the room in a manner which can
give no security against loss. This Iknow
nothing of, except from the information
given me by the mayor. The facts were
doubtless also known to the aldermen.
I will add that I know of nothing wrong
in the treasurer’s accounts, and trust that
everything may he found as it should be.
Very resnectfully yours, i
A. O. Bacon.
This letter was read before the council
on the 20th of April and spread upon the
minutes. On the 20th of July Mayor
Huff, returning to the city, was called
upon by the clerk to sign up the minutes
of several meetings of the couucil, among
them that of April 20th. He did so, ad
ding to the latter the following extraordi
nary protest:
As mayor of the city of Macon, and one
of the few men in Georgia who has paid
in full my part of the bond of a default
ing officer, I must enter this, my solemn
protest, to that part of the foregoing min
utes which is filled up by the cowardly,
treacherous and Infamously false commu
nication of A. O. Bacon.
Captain Bacon was at this time in Ath
ens, attending the commencement. May
or Huff returned to Atlanta on she night
of the day the protest was written. Upon
Captain Bacon’s return last Friday, or
upon the following day, he was made ac
quainted with what had been done dur
ing his absence, and calling upon the city
clerk, obtained a copy of the
called protest. Yesterday we re
ceived from Senator B. H. Hill the
following documents, which explain
themselves. It is a matter of congratula
tion among the friends of both parties
that affairs took the course they did.
Atlanta, Ga., Julj 20, 1880.
Editors Teleqraph and Messenger:
heard this morning that s serious differ
ence existed between Hon. A. O. Bacon
and Hon. W. A. Hull'. Being a friend to
both parties, and well knowing that nei
ther could be guilty of an intentional
wrong, I determined, at my own instance,
to inquire into the cause of their differ
ence. On hearing the separate statements
of each, I saw at once that the whole dif
ference had its origin in a very plain but
honest misconstruction placed by Mr. Huff
on a letter written by Mr. Bacon, and
which grew out of a legal question.
On pointing out this mistake to Mr,
Huff, he promptly and in a manly spirit
admitted it. The* result is the correspond
ence which 1 hand you. I lake pleasure
in saying that the conduct of both parties
was, in the highest degree, honorable
throughout. Benj. H. Hill.
Atlanta, Ga„ July 20, 1880.
Hon. A. O. Bacon—Sin: From infor
mation received this day from the highest
source, I am satisfied that I misappre
hended 'tlio proper construction of your
letter addressed to the mayor and council
of Macon in regard to the Williamson
bond. I made the protest on the minutes
under this misapprehension, and having
since received the information alluded to,
aud being satisfied it is incorrect, I take
pleasure in withdrawing at once the pro
test which I entered. It is proper to add
that I write this letter without any de
mand from you, and solely because it is
duo both to you and myself that I should
write it. Yours truly,
W. A. Huff.
Atlanta, Ga., July 20,18S0.
Hon. TP. A. Huff, Atlanta—Dear Sir :
Your letter of this date is before me. It
is entirely satisfactory, and enables me
now to say, what I say with pleasure, to-
wit, that the construction which-1 am
now informed you placed upon my letter
in regard to the Williamson bond, was to
tally' incorrect. It was not [>ossible for
me to escape equality of liability with the
other securities on said bond, and I had
no desire or intention of doing so. The
ground which would release me from lia
bility would, as a matter of law, have re
leased all the other securities. I appre
ciate your prompt and frank correction of
an error which had its foundation solely
in a misapprehension. Yours truly, etc.,
A. O. Bacon.
A Macon War Belle.
The New York Star gives an interesting
description of some of the curiosities in
the Governor’s Island museum, belonging
to General Hancock, such as tattle flags,
standards, trophies and relics of the ciyil
war, relics from tjie battles In . Mexico,j
etc., and one from Macon, Ga., as fol
lows: * 1
In a glass case is a copy of the original
order posted on trees, fences and other
places in Georgia, at the close of the war,
fwhfch reads is folfols: TTCTTO J * u
Headquarters, Macon, Ga., t
May 9,1805.
In pursuance of an order from th" sec
retary of war, a reward of $25,000 is here
by offered for the arrest of
- —i Extra Billy. Smith, v- i
’ iii Rebel Governor of VligJnlaL-
By command of Major General Wilson.
E. B. Beaumont, Major and A. A.
General.
Our citizens have a lively recollection
of the “Militaiy Dictator” Gen. Wilson’s
rale in Macon. He belonged tothat.class
of officers who believed the military supe-
242 rior to civil authority after tbe close of the
War, and during his brief reign in Georgia
he did not fall to apply it rigorously.
How magnanimously different was the
conduct of General Hancock towards the
South.
f ite Ionian koney 6rJer {TxiRknie.
In accordance with a recent arrangement
with the post department of Great Britain,
all money orders drawn in the United
States on and after August 2d, 1880, for
payment in the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland will he issued in
British money instead of United States
money, as heretofore. It is believed that
this modification will tend to promote
simplicity and accuracy in the issue of
money orders on Great Britain. The
value of the present pound sterling is fixed
at $4.87.
The exchange of money orders with
Canada has likewise been simplified,
which perfects the entire international
money order business.
Money orders can be sent to foreign
countries as safely as within the United
States and at a very small cost.
The commissions charged for money
orders are as follows:
On orders not exceeding $10, payable in
Great Britain or Ireland, 20 cents; in the
German Empire, France, Algeria and
Canada, 15 cents. Over $10 and not
exceeding $20, in Great Britain or Ireland,
40 cents; in German Empire, France,
Algeria and Canada, 30 cents. Over $20
and not exceeding $30 in Great Britain
and Ireland, 60 cents; in German Empire,
France, Algiers and Canada, 45 cents
Over $30 and not exceeding $40, in Great
Britain and Ireland, 80 cents; in Gennan
Empire, France, Algeria and Canada, 00
cents. 0v6r $40 and not exceeding $50,
in Great Britain and Ireland, $1; in Ger
man Empire, France, Algeria and Can
ada, 75 cents.
There is scarcely a day that money or
ders are not sent to foreign countries from
Macon, and the foregoing information
may be of importance to parties using the
mails for such service.
Onward and Upward.
It is a matter of no inconsiderable im
portance that, at this dull season of the
year, we chronicle the many improve
ments which are being substantially made
in and around our beautiful “Central
City.” Within its boundary lines there
are but few vacant lots for building pur
poses.
The continuation of Second street,
which is one of the finest shaded strees,
is being rapidly built along its sides with
cottages, and by the recent work of the
county overseer of roads, it furnishes one
of the best road beds for drives about the
city. The road extends beyond Troup
Hill more than a mile to Giles’ store, and
thence to the Houston road, all of which
is in good condition.
Troup Hill is the highest eminence im
mediately contiguous to the city, and on
its lofty summit a pleasant and unob
structed view of the city below and of the
surrounding country is presented for many
miles. We counted, yesterday, twenty-
five new buildings which have been
erected, together with those now in course
of construction in and near that healthy
locality. And what is more creditable,
these hills, which once were isolated and
regarded as barren soil, are now beauti
fied with choice flowers, fruits and vege
tables. They, also yield a good supply of
pure, cold water, which is obtained at a
moderate depth.
Our city is certainly expanding in every
direction. There is an increasing demand
for residences. Real estate is increasing
invalne, and rents are advancing.
Tlie Pencil Crop.
Never have we known sucli a scarcity
of peaches in this market, and throughout
the belt in Georgia which is famous for
the superiority of this fruit. A gentleman
from Jones county who has twenty-live
acres in peach trees, informs ns that he
will not realize a half dozen bushels of
fruit from them. Tho crop was ruined
by the protracted warm weather in De
cember, which caused the trees to bud
prematurely, and the buds were killed by
subsequent freezes. It is apprehended
that the Georgia Horticultural Society
will have a meagre display of certain
fruits this year.
In this connection we take pleasure in
publishing tho names of the officers of the
first society of this character in middle
Georgia. It was organized May 1st,
1&4D, aad entitled the “Central Horticul
tural Association.” Right Rev. Stephen
Elliott, president; Iverson L. Harris, of
Milledgeville, Revs. Richard Hooker
E. H. Myers, and Simri Rose, vice-presi
dents. I. C. Plant treasurer.
"wimwaKXff ArtssT.
WHAT MAS BEEN DOSE
Not so in Mncon.
Atlanta does not present a very attract
ive front to those who come here to spend
the summer. Tho streets never looked
dirtier ahd foul smells greet your nostrils
at nearly every corner. If something is
not dono sickness will follow.—Atlanta
Gazette.
Not so in Macon. On the contrary the
streets are clean and well kept, and such
is the health of the city that an entire
week has just passed bearing away nociti-
zen from our midst.
Geological Discoveries.
A gentlemou from Jones county, near
tho line of Bibb, has sent to our postmas
ter some specimens of clay resembling
marl. They are of a dove color aud con
tain quantities of shells imbedded in them;
also a full size clam shell. The clay Is
rotten and so are tho shells, which are so
old they have scarcely cohesion enough to
hold the particles together. How many
thousands of years was it since this coun
try wa3 submerged by the seas ?
What Might be Received as a Misap
prehension Corrected.
In detailing, yesterday, the particulars
of the Bacon-Huff embroglio, tho follow
ing passage appears in Mr. Huff’s pro
test: •
“As mayor of the city of Macon, and
one of the lew men in Georgia who have
paid in full my part of the bond of a
defaulting officer,” etc., etc.
This remark lias given rise "to specula
tion and injurious surmises as to.who.was
tlie defaulting Individual alluded toby
the mayor, and whether or not it was our
late very clever and upright city treasurer,
air. Charles J. Williamson.
In view of these inquiries, it becomes an
imperative act of justice-to-that gen
tleman, and a real pleasure besides, to pro
claim that ha was not the party alluded to.
After a protracted service of thirteen years
his bonks and accounts, after being sub
jected to the critical examination of an
English expert, the bond committee ahd
the finance committee of council balanced
to a cent, ahd were pronounced models of
neatness and accuracy. We might add
also that 1 Mr. Jewett, a member of the
bond commission, and an experienced
book-keeper and accountant, upon going
over Mr. Williamson’s books, and investi
gating with the closest scrutiny all of his
entries and transactions, testified emphati
cally to their uniform correctness and his
perfect familiarity with all the business
routine of the treasurer's office.
The Macon Gaslight and Water Cora-
pany Undertakes the Enterprise.
For several weeks we have had knowl
edge of a plan by which the city yas at
last to be supplied with pure water, but
at the request of the gentlemen who have
the enteiprise in hand, and were fearful
that a too early mention of it would run
up the price of certain property and frus
trate their designs, we have kept the mat
ter quiet. Yesterday the final purchases
of properly were made, and there exists
no longer any reason iyhy the facts
should not be made known to thq pub
lic.
A few months since the attention of
certain capitalists was called to the fine
streams of water issuing from Tuft’s
springs, on tlie Brunswick road about a
mile from the city limit?, and they imme
diately examined them and laid plans to
establish there the Ice works. Five or
six of these springs were united into one
stream, and after twojqponths’ hard work,
Mr. W. T. Johnston transferred ali of the
ice works’ machinery to the spot, erected
a house, put up the machines and made
ice from pure spring water for the first
time in Bibb county. The purchasers of
the springs, however, had a still higher
purpose in view. Themselves large own
ers of stock in the gaslight and water
company, they brought the matter before
members of the board of directors, and
finding that they were supported by a ma
jority, immediately begun preparations
for the waterworks.
The first step was to purchase a right of
way, and this was done quietly. A posi
tion for the reservoir was next considered.
It was found that Troup Hill presented
the greatest advantages, on account of its
proximity to the spring, and its elevation
above the city. Great difficulty was ex-
perinced in securing a site for the reser
voir, but yesterday the lot at the comer of
Troup Hill was purchased, and the first
step towards success taken.
The directors held a meetin on Mon
day last, and endorsing all that had been
done, authorized tho committee to go
ahead.
tuft’s spiungs.
These springs which have existed proba
bly over since the city has, li& within a
few yards of the Brunswick road, as has
been stated, about a mile from the corpo
rate limits. Two or three burst boldly
from the earth in a volume of crystal wa
ter ; the remainder bubble up through the
sand. They have been united by means
of drain pipes and flow forth into a hogs
head, from whence that portion of the wa
ter not used in the ice-works, flows away
to the swamps. This stream, passing off
through a narrow ditch, was measured by
means of a weir set in the ditch. The
breadth, depth and velocity of the water
passing through the weir were obtained
aud a calculation made according to the
formula in general use. It was found
that more than 750,000 gallons per day
pass out of the springs. This amount, it
is claimed, can be increased to one million
gallons by a proper treatment of the
springs and by utilizing others uot yet
connected.
THE WATER.
Tlie water is as clear as crystal, limpid
yet cool, the temperature being 63. It
contains little or no organic matter, as it
is caught at its very source. Of mineral
substance it contains but three-fourths of
a grain to the gallon. Compared with
the water of other cities, it stands very
high, as will be seen by the table below,
There is in one gallon of
Croton Water (N. Y.) 4.11 grs. min. sub.
Boston . . . 1.86 “
Philadelphia . . 2.30 «
Chicago ... . 5.62 “
Jersey City . . 4.58 “
Rochester . . 12.02 “
Newburyport (Mass.) 5.83 “
Macon . . . 0.75 “
Macon will therefore stand at the head
of the list. These springs are not affected
by drouth. The measurement was made
this summer, when, as is well known, rains
have been very scarce. The iceworks
will draw their water from the reservoir,
leaving the management of the springs iu
the hands of the company named.
TIIE WATERWORKS SYSTEM.
The site purchased for the reservoir is
at the comer of Troup and Boundary
streets, upon land adjoining the residence
of Mr. N. A. Megrath. This point is one
hundred and thirty feet above Second
street level, or on a level with the clock in
the court house tower., A reservoir at the
point designated will place water in every
portion of the houses down town, and in
the first story of most of the houses on the
hill. It will furnish a force sufficient to
throw a stream from a street plug over
every house in the business portion of the
city.
For tho hill, additional works will be
necessary, and the company, while con
sidering several plans, have decided upon
none. It is pretty certain that a stand
pipe, however, will be erected either near
tbe cisterns already used by the company
near tho Wesleyan College, or if the city
will permit it, in Chicamauga square, iu
front of the asylum. This 1 attar seems
to be the place most desired, and it could
not he put to a better use. Fenced in
and laid off as a park, it would contain
only the tower or stand pipe, and im
prove the looks of that neighborhood a
hundred per cent.
This stand pipe, wherever erected, will
supply the hill with water. It will he
kept filled from the cisterns at the head of
Magnolia street, which will be connected
with the reservoir. Thus the entire city
will be furnished with the purest spring
water.
It has been suggested that the supply is
not large enough; to this the company re
ply that the city of Charleston has
but 800,000 gallons, and the city of Co
lumbia, S. C., 120,000. The city of Macon
ought to get along with 750,000.
HOW THEY WILL RE BUILT.
The directors at their meeting deter
mined to issue six per cent, bonds to the
extent of $75,000 to obtain the funds ne
cessary to build the works. These bonds
will be secured by a first mortgage upon
the gas works as well as on the water
works themselves. The value of tbe gas
works is $150,000, and they are free from
debt. Thus the bonds will be secured by
$225,000 worth of unencumbered proper
ty. The bonds will be of the denomina
tion of $500,-and there is little doubt but
that they can be placed at par in this city.
A stockholder offered yesterday to place
the entire amount in New York city, if
it conld not be done here. But there is
no necessity for going out of Macon to
pick up so small an amount as $75,000,
when the security offered is gilt edge.
These bonds we predict will be taken up
: iu less than ten days after they are of-
• fered. What amount will be asked of the
city for plugs has not yet been decided on.
The council appointed a committee two
weeks since to examine into the water
supply question and to find out bow much
the city should pay for her share. We
suggest that to encourage and help along
tho enterprise the committee report as
early as possible. The company will be
moderate in its requests, however, asking
probably not over $4,000. Montgomery
pays $7,500 and Chattanooga $5,000 for
water. Certainly Macon should pay at
least the last sum named.
The preparations for the work will he
madeat once, such as getting ready the
bonds, contracting for pipes, material,
etc. It is not likely that actual breaking
of the ground will begin before fall.
The waterworks was the subject of con
versation all about town yesterday after-
nooD, and every body was enthusiastic
over it. There is scarcely a doubt but
that the investment will prove a most
profitable one, both for the projectors of
the enterprise and for the city itself. We
hail with pleasure this new step toward
prosperity, and foresee the time when our
now jeopordized property will he sur
rounded with protecting streams, the city
cooled with fountains, and blooming as
the rose.
The grand canal is now on deck.
Appleton Church Home.
Among the institutions in Macon there
is none more worthy of praise than the
Appleton Chuch Home. It was founded
in 1868, and named in honor of its bene
factor, William H. Appleton, of New
York, who liberally donated $12,500 for
the erection of the institution to be de
voted to the care and education of female
orphans and half orphans. A lot contain
ing seven acres, located on a high emi
nence on Johnston street, near Tatnall
square, was purchased by Messrs. William
B. Johnston, John S. Baxter, Lewis N.
Whittle, of Macon, and Bishop Beckwith
and Edward Padelford, of Savannah, and
presented to the institution. A substan
tial and comfortable brick building, con
taining fifteen rooms, with the capacity of
accommodating thirty children, was buiit
upon the lot and opened for its purposes
in 1870.
Since, that time hundreds of homeless
children have received the benefits of the
institution and been provided with situa
tions where they could earn their support.
There are at present only fifteen chil
dren in the home, which leaves vacancies
for twelve more. It was our pleasure to
visit this benevolent institution yesterday
evening, in company with the Rev. Thom
as A. Griffiths, and to be introduced to
the zealous and accomplished ladies in
charge, who politely showed us the whole
building and its attractive surroundings,
all of which evince taste, superior neat
ness and industry. The walls, floors, ta
bles, donnitoiy and kitchen furni
ture, laundry, bathing and dressing rooms,
and gardens, both vegetable and orna
mental, are remarkable for the excellent
condition in which they are kept.
There are no servants regularly em
ployed in the institution. The ladies in
charge share all of the labor with the
children, in cooking, washing, iron
ing, sewing and other domestic work.
The children all dress alike in neat gar
ments, and are taught to make their own
apparel. The vegetable crops have been
abundant and the chickens prolific.
The domestic departments are under
the charge oi Mrs. Marks, the scholastic
under Sister Catharine and thewhole un
der the supervision of Sister Margaret
who is untiring in her labors.
The children are taught all of the ne
cessary rudiments, as in the best prima
ry schools in the State, including vocal
music. They are not required to remain
longer in the institution than they desire.
Though under charge of the Episcopal di
ocese, orphans from any denomination are
received. Tlie Episcopal service is daily
held in the chapel. Yesterday the Rev.
Mr. Griffiths read the evening service in
the chapel; the children responded with
accuracy and clearness, and their chants
were sweetly rendered. The services
closed with the hymn “Softly dawns the
light of day,” in which each voice kept
perfect time and demonstrated that the
children are well instructed in singing.
The view from the home of tLe sur
rounding country is a beautiful one. The
place is cool and has ample water supply
for all purposes. The children are rosy
with the bloom of health and joyful in
its blessing as they are grateful for the
kind care taken of them.
Garfield and Salary-Grabbing
A very clever illustration of Garfield’s ac
tion in the salary-grab business, is found
in a (true) story told by a Plain Dealer
subscriber. Two young men were riding
along a country road one day last week
when they came to a fine orchard, in
which, and near the fence—a high board
one, by the way—were two or three trees
loaded down with harvest apples. These
were very tempting.
“By George, they’re nice, ain’t they?”
said No. 1.
“They are for a fact,’? replied No. 2.
“Here's a hole in the fence; let’s go for
some of’em.
“But suppose the owner”—
“Owner be blanked! I’m goingto have
some—so here goes.”
And No. 2 dropped on his knees and
scooted through tlie fence, and bad filled
his hat with tbe juicy fruit, and turned
arouud to join his friend, when to his dis
may he found himself face to face with a
substantial looking granger bearing a fe
rocious look and a big club, and accom
panied by the ugliest looking bulldog,
with the most sinister grin on his counte
nance, that the trespasser had ever coun
tenanced. A moment of terrible silence
ensued, when the man with the club
roared out:
“What are you goin’ to do with them
apples?”
“Going to put them back,” answered
the man with the apples, with a sickly
smile, as he unloaded them at the foot of
the tree, and crawled back through the
fence with as much grace and dignity as
the circumstances would permit.—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
SOME WONDERFUL MELONS.
A Fearful Story Throat Upoo an Eu-
simpeding Public.
Written for this paper. ]
“Talking of watermelons, you ought to
go with me some of these summers down
to Lowndes county,” said Jake Emanuel
the other day, as he clelt in twain a mod
erate-sized mountain sprout, and laid tho
crimson-meated hemispheres open to my
. "7?^ meabout it,” said I, as Icrunched
tuG bleeding li£&rt and made a reservoir
of my under lip. And then Jake gave an
artistic twitch to his elegantly embroid
ered suspender, and settled himself.
“You see there’s a farmer down there
named Smith. I call him farmer for want
of a better word, but, really, he never
plants a stalk of cotton nor a blade of
corn. He gives all his time and attention
to tbe cultivation of cucumbers aud wa-
termelons, for the Northern market, and
his productions in this line heat
anything on earth. Some of
Ins cucumbers must be sliced
up and salted to be shipped, and I have
seen them many a time over fourteen feet
long. I was down there about two
months ago on one of my evangelical
trips, and I pledge you my word as an
honest man I saw with my own eyes a
cucumber as big round as a hogshead and
lacking a few inches of being seventeen
feet long. Old Smith showed me a calcu
lation he had made as to how much vine
gar it would require to season that cucum
ber. I may vary tlie figures a little, hut I
think the correct quantity was nine bar
rels. This may sound a little off, hut you
must remember that one ounce of Laurens
county soil is worth a car-load of regular
soil.
“But his melons! Now, I know you won’t
believe what I say about them, but it’s as
true as gospel that he beats the world. I
have just come up from a two weeks’ stay
with him, and know what I am talking
about. He took me over his patch one
day. The weather was hot, and the sun
shove down pretty hot. We scooped
out the meat from a half-rind and put it
over the wagon. We choppedoff one end,
and it made the prettiest covered wagon
I was ever in. The patrh was m its
prime, hut we were compelled to alight
and make our way on foot as the melons
grew very thick and we were afraid of
driving over the vines. As far as the eye
could reach were these gigantic melons,
looking like a herd of great elephants
basking in the sun. We went up to ex
amine one particularly fine fellow and
found all the hands resting in the shade
of it on the other side. Old Smith showed
me one that had a big hole in it, and he
told me that he had been feeding his
hands a week from it, and the heart
hadn't been reached.
“As we passed one about the size of a
street car I noticed a human foot protrud
ing from a hole in the side. Smith
told me that one of the hands was proba
bly inside taking his lunch. And sine
enough he was.
“They are so large that to tell when
they are ripe, he thumps them with a
sledge hammer. When the thump sounds
like a small Methodist Sunday school bell
it is green; when it sounds like « fire
alarm it is ripe, and he chops it from tbe
vine with an axe. Then tlie wagon comes
up, and they hoist it up with a derrick.
“Smith gets good prices for these melons.
A New Tork firm paid him thirty dollars
each for a dozen of his finest. Just be
fore the Cincinnati convention he had or
ders from S. T. for a dozen of the best
pick, but the order was countermanded.
Uncle Sammy evidently intended a feast
for his friends, hut was discouraged by
the action of the convention.
“You ought to have seen the one he sent
to Hancock when he was nominated. He
hired a man to come all the way from
New York to put in some fancy sketches
on tbe rind of the melon; and that fellow
was an artist, too, and don’t you forget it.
He had landscapes, battle scenes, the
White House, and more filagree ginger
bread work than you could shake a stick
at on it. Hancock received it, and has
offered Smith a place in his cabinet.
“Smith says he got*his seed'from Gulli
ver, who got them when on one of his
trips to Brobdignagia. They sell readily
at ten dollars each, hut Smith rarely ever
sells them. The melons increase in size
eveiy year, and this lucky planter is go
ing to petition the next legislature to ex
tend the line cf Lowndca county so as he
can have more room to plant in.
“I want you to see these melons once.
One slice would last an ordinary family
a week, and two full sized melons would
surfeit a whole town. The rinds are a
foot thick, owing to the tremendous size
of the melon and there are on an aver
age about five bushel* of seed in each
melon. You must go down with me^
once and see them.”
Then the genial Jack took np the slack
of his embroidered suspenders about a
car length, and passed his empty rind
over to an idling pig. I shall go down
to Lowndes county next summer.
Tom Aster.
All Tolerble.
We were passing along by_a negro cab
in the other day, and overheard the fol
lowing conversation.
A boy was chopping wood in the yard,
and an old negress was sunning herself in
the cabin door, when old Uncle Ned hot-
bled up to the front gate, and resting him
self on his soundest leg, slicuted:
“How you do, An’ Dinah ?”
“I’m tolerble. How you do ?”
“I’m tolerble. How’s An’ Mary ?”
“She’s tolerble. How’s rhyllis ?”
“She’s tolerble. How’a An’ Pbebc?”
“She’s tolerble. How’s Gus an’ do chil-
luns?”
“Dey’s tolerble.”
“Lord! Lord!” said the boy, wiping
the sweat of his brow with one finger,
and kicking a piece of store-wood aside,
•ebiybody tolerble!”
The Crops.—We learn on all sides
that seasonable rains have greatly im
proved the cotton crop of Georgia, which
is now in a most flourishing condition,
and the late planting of corn, also, has
beenmaterially benefited. There is some
complaint of rust in cotton, and the usual
talk of the impending caterpillar. But on
the whole, the prospect for a good crop
may be said to be quite favorable.
Colonel Blount’s nomination con
tinues tq elicit tbe complimentary notice
of the press in all portions of tbe State.
The Atlanta Post thus speaks :
The unanimous re-nomination of Hon.
J. H. Blount by tbe Democratic conven
tion at Milledgeville, is a deserved tri
umph for one of the most efficient South
ern representatives in Congress. Mr.
Blount is au able, faithful, and indus
trious Congressman, and his re-election
will please almost everybody.
A Outage ia School Books.
We extract the following from the la3t
issue of the Talbottos Register, edited by
Messrs. O. D. & J. B. Goimau:
After careful exam,nation and consul
tation with several of tbe teachers iu our
county and in Georgia, including such
ripe scholars and experienced teachers as
Rev. Prof. J. T. McLaughlin, Prof. John
E. Fuller, Prof. J. S. McDowell, Prof. T.
L. Johnson, Prof. John A. Clements,
Prof. J. P. Nelson, Prof. J. H. Hammet,
Prof. J. B. McDowell, and others, the
board of education of Talbot county on
Tuesday, the 6tli, rescinded and revoked
their adoption of Appletons’ Series last
year, and adopted aud prescribed instead
for a term of five yeirs, the text-books
published by Messrs. Iviscn, Blakeman,
Taylor & Co., New York and Chicago,
and who have a large depository in Ma
con, in the house of J. W. Burke & Co.,
under the immeciate nanagement of our
frend, Captain Kolrtrt K. Park. - .
These books iuclute tlie New Graded
(American Educational) Readers, Cath-
cart's Literary Reaikr, Swiuton’s Word
Books of Spelling, Sviutoa’s Geographies,
Swinton's Histories Spencerian Copy
Books, Robinson's Aithmetics. aud Web
ster's School Dictioruries. All of these
books were in prettv jeueral use in Tal
bot county, and Uhv were popular with
teachers and pupils. Recently our neigh
boring counties of Ysseogee, Harris, Up
son, Tavlor and Meiwetber adopted this
series, and every coaty between Colum
bus and Atlanta, on lie Central Railroad,
now uses this serie- The four largest
Southern cities, wifc the oldest and best
established public ichools, viz: Balti
more, Md., Nashville Tenn., Mobile, Ala.,
and Charleston, S. C, use these excellent
books, and last weekien Georgia counties
adopted this series ind prescribed their
use for tbe ensuing fi|e years.
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The Federal electtra law, designed to
throw the control f ejections into the
hands of
authorizes the tools <
(section 5, 522, R. i
without process,”
they may desire
This law the ~
proposes to use in i
at the approaching <
administration,
tbe administration
to “instantly arrest,
number of persons
keep from voting,
administration
way
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