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GEORGIA PRESS.
Jas. Dukes, of Thomas county, died
on Iasi Sunday. He was about 70 years
of age.
Mrs. Linne Manly Wilson, of Hamp-
ton, died on last Tuesday. ,
Hox< James W. Baiiksdale, of Lin-
coin, was nominated for senator in the
twenty-ninth senatorial district.
Ibwixtox Appeal: Kev. B. II. Ivey,
of Macon, has been conducting a two and
one-half weeks protracted meeting at the
Baptist church here. Thirteen additions
were made to the church roll, and the
people in crowds were out every night to
tear Mr. Ivey, who has long since made
himself very popular, both as a man and
as a minister of the gospel.
Wabeenton Clipper: We can’t sup
port Norwood for the following reasons :
Kiist, his supporters, as a general rule,
and especially among the press, are ene
mies of Joe Brown. Second, Norwood,
while United States Senator, sustained
the Northern Pacificrai road, and aided in
overthrowing the Southern racilie rail
road, the greatest of all Southern enter
prises. This looks too much like he is
‘either an enemy of the South, or one of
those kind of Senators that are styled
lobbyist; that is, open to the highest bid
der, whether friend or foe. Third, we
have been veiy unfavorably impressed
with him ever since he became the coun
sel against Georgia in the case of the bo-
cus bonds declared nail and void bv the
legislature. This looks like he is uatural-
ly Butler Ilerald: Our readersi willfind
in ibis issue of the Herald a notice of the
Wesleyan Female College, of Macon, Ga.
It is of course well known that this institu
tion has the honor of being the oldest fe
male college in the world. From its or-
qanization dovrn to tlie prescut it lias
maintained the character of a first-class
educational institution. The present fac
ulty is as able as any thatbas preceded it,
while tlie building and the grounds are in
belter .condition and repair than they have
been for a numbet of years past. The
college is in as healthy a location as any
r>omt in Georgia, while the society of Ma-
con is as genial and refined as anywhere
in the South. We are confident that the
young ladies who are sent to this college
will no doubt enjoy privileges that they
would not have at any other female col
lege in the South. Under all the circum
stances we cheerfully state that we do not
think parents could do better than to send
their daughtc: s to til's old and successful
college.
Athens Watchman: While in Walton
last week, we learned that valuable dis
coveries of asliestos, corundum and gold
have latelv been made on the premises of
Thomas Stoue ar.d C. P. Blassingame, in
'.hat county. The specimens are very
pretty indeed.
If the mines should turn or.t to be as
rich as is thought, the new railroad will
have ample employment for some time to
come.
Augusta Net?*: One of tlie most tal
ented and best iooking seniors ol Mercer
hails from Waynesboro, and his initials
are Julian S. Rodgers. He is getting
ready for college by turning out his chin
whiskers, but he must not delude himself
with tlie idea of winning our Macoa
sweetheart with any such chin music.
We wish him every success, however, for
ail that.
Rome Tribune: .The cotton season
is opening up finely and bnsiness has al
ready commenced to improve. The cot
ton compresses have been oiled up ready
for the campaign, and soon their pulling
will he lizard both day and night. Ev
erybody is hopeful for the future. Our
merchants and farmers are jubilant over
fue large cotton crops.
Savaxxah News: Judge John Ers-
kiae arrived in this city yesterday, after
a three months’ vacation spent in
Europe, in fine health. He goes to At
lanta to hold the district couit* on the
first Monday in September, and the cir
cuit court on the second Monday in Sep
tember. He will preside at tlie court in
Macon on the first Monday in October,
and will open the regular terms of the
United States Court in this city in No
vember next. Wo are glad to welcome
him Lome again, and to note his renewed
health aud vigor.
Griffix yews: Mrs. Margaret Smith,
daughter of Mr. J. M. Stephens, of this
olace, died last Saturday night very sud
denly of heart disease. She eat supper
hearty as usual, washed her childreu'and
put them to bed. She was taken sick and
died about 10 o’clock, living only foity
minutes after she was taken sick. She
lived near Canton, Cherokee county, and
was thirty-three years of age.
Americas Republican'. Mr. W. H.
Harrison, editor of the Lumpkin Indepen
dent, has been in the city since Monday,
en route to Hawkinsville, to attend the
congressional .convention for tlie third
district. His appearance has elicited a
number of enquiries as to wbo he is. Tii
reply one man said he was a minister.
No, said another, lie is a New York drum
mer, and he is very line looking, and
some said he was an editor. An appeal
was made to Judge Eason, proprietor of
the Barlow House, who said: “No, I don’t
think he is a i editor for this reason, he
paid his hotel bill.” Now, Brother Har
rison', if you had told the landlord you
were an editor you would have saved
your money.
Americcs Republican: On Saturday
last, Mr. Jule Byrd, who lives in the sev
enteenth district, was in the city on busi
ness. While here, it is supposed a negro
in bis employ, set his corn crib on fire and
destroyed it, with about twenty-five or
thirty bushels of corn, and the other con
tents. There was no insurance.
Rome Tribune: Yesterday a man
from the country, who entertained John
Barleycorn too long, fell from his wagon,
the wheels passing over and breaking his
arm. Dr. Samuels was called hi and ren
dered the necessary medical assistance.
Athens Banner: We saw a. colored
damsel on the incoming train on the
Georgia road in great distress Monday.
She and her sweetheart (who was tlie
worse for drink) were tete-a-tete for some
distance, and all went as merry as a mar
riage bell. Finally he fell over against
her four-dollar mirror, and sad was the
wail she uttered. Her lamentation was
accompanied with crocodile tears and
interspersed with railings that were pre-
fered to be heard. She applied to us for
the law of redress. We told her to have
him arrested at the next station aud hung
up by the thumbs till he paid her four
dollars. The drinking gallant left off
journeying for the time aud will perhaps
resume when lie finds a more peaceful
companion. The damsei now has plenty
ol small glasses to see how to do up'her
back hah- nicely.
Thomasville Post: Sheriff Coyle
brought to prison on Friday last, tlie 27tli
of August, Henry Spencer, the desperado,
who, on the 27lli of August last, attempt
ed, with others of,the chain gang,, to kill
Mr. Georco Folsom, their keeper. He was
lured'hjr Mr. Jr J. lrotitT dud Others
ot lThrsrei le, Brunswick and Albany rail-,
road, where Spencer had been in tbe em
ploy of Mr. Butler, and at whom lie fired
a loaded musket, having some little pre
vious misunderstanding. Spencer lied,
but was pursued and taken near Albany,
where ha was turned over to Sheriff Coyle.
The latter h as negotiating "or his arrest
at the time of the difficulty between Spen
cer and Butler, having received informa
tion of his whereabouts, through a citizen
of the place.
Carters vili.e Express: Mrs. E. II.
Adcock, living near Little Prairie, in this
county, lias been an invalid for nearly
twelve years, during all of which time she
wgs confined to her”bed ami never walked
a step. Several of the best doctors of the
comity attended her, but failed to effect a
cure. About live weeks ago, her husband,
Mr. E. II. Adcock, sent lor Mrs. N. A.
EockrWge. an elderly lady, living near
” who has considerable repntation
!! in tbe treatment of chronic
rases. Mrs. Lockridge at once
(M of tlie case, declaring her
effect a permanent cure, aud io
Mrs. Adaock was able to rise
bed and walk about tlie room,
...... .. .,ow almost entirely well. The
move iiicts were given to us by Mr. Ad-
• •ck 1 In whose veracity we nave
me utmost confidence.
Amf.ricus Recorder: We learn that
Pleas. Paul, a colored man in Lee county,
had two horses killed by lightning on
Thursday evening of last week. He had
sent two of his children on horseback
to drive un tlie cows, when tbe electnc
fluid struck the horses, killing them,
shocking and burning the children badly,
but leaving them alive. This was truly a
narrow escape. ,
Albany Advertiser: An ice manufac
turer will purchase property in Albany
and erect a factory here tbe 1st of next
March. Wc are truly glad that it is now
an established fact that Albany will not
have to send off for her ice.
Columbus Enquirer: It is pretty
generally rumored in railroad circles
there are soon to he some changes in the
running of trains, which leave and arrive
in this city. The report is the Georgia
and the Central railroads cannot work
well together, and that the former will
ipt-A the West Point branch of the Wes
tern railroad, which they lease jointly,
and the latter the Opelika branch. It is
also stated a daily passenger train will be
run between this point and Goodwater,
Alabama, the terminus of the Savannah
and Memphis railroad, which the Central
has control of.
There will be a daily passenger tram
between Montgomery and Macon (via the
M. & G. B. B.) or between Columbus
and Montgomery by the same route.
These changes ate spoken of, aud will
no doubt be made.
Savaxxah Neies: The Republicans
of the first district of Georgia held their
nominating convention yesterday at Em
pire Hall, and had a very harmonious ses
sion, with Captain L. M. Pleasant, of tlie
Forest City Light Infantry (colored), as
chairman, and John McIntosh, Jr., as
secretary.
Delegates to the gubernatorial conven
tion to be held at Atlanta on the 7th. in
stant, were appointed as follows: John
H. Deveaux, James Blue, L. B. Toomer,
John Mclutosh, Jr., T. F. Johnson, A. N.
Wilson, Jesse Wimberly, L. M. Pleasant,
B.W. White.
A district committee of fifteen at large,
and one from each county, with J. II.
Deveaux as chairman, were entrusted
with the campaign.
Mr. A. N. Wilson was put In nomina
tion for elector, and Rev. Floyd Suelson
as alternate, from this district.
Colonel John T. Collins was then
unanimously nominated lor member of
Congress by acclamation, and with con
siderable enthusiasm. A committee of
five was appointed to inform Colonel
Collins of his nomination, and to invite
him to address the convention.
On being introduced, Colonel Collins
accepted the nomination in a short, well
timed speech, pledging his best endeavors
to carry the district upon the platform
upon which he was nominated.
Mr. Collins is the collector of the port
of Brunswick, and has not heretofore
figured prominently in Republican poli-
tics.
Columbus Times: Between lour and
five o’clock yesterday morning a fire was
discovered in the millinery store of Mrs.
Ogletree and Miss Hasting, on the east
side of Broad steet next door below the
New York store. Fortunately it was dis
covered before it was so far advanced as
to be unconirolable. If it had bunted
fifteen minutes longer without discovery
it would have caused great, loss to the
ibis city,
for Lei*
female <
took cl«a!
attlto u
leu days
i'rora her
dation train on tho S. W. Railroad, which
has been discontinued during the summer,
was resumed last night, and will run regu
larly rill further notice. The train arrives
at Albany at 9:7 a. m., and leaves at 5:11
p. m. We-are glad to note the resump
tion of this train, as it is quite a conve
nience to business men.
Savannah News: On Tuesday eve
ning, abont 4 o’clock, two colored men,
Solomon Banks and Abram Greene, em
ployed at Captain Manigault’s plantation
across the river, got to skylarking oyer a
shotgun, when the weapon was accident
ally discharged, the entire load, consisting
of buckshot, entering the foot of Greene,
lacerating it horribly. Greene was
brought over to tbe city as soon as he
could be removed, and was carried to the
office of Dr. T. B. Chisholm, who, in con
sequence of tho terribly lacerated condi
tion of tbo foot, was unable to give a care
ful examination, though he does not think
any of the bones are broken. Tbe injured
member was properly’ dressed, and the
suffering darkey relieved as much as pos
sible.
Albany Advertiser: Mr. Manglis,
express messenger between Albany and
No. 12, on the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway, informs us that a catas
trophe occurred on the W. I. T. company’s
railroad yesterday. As tbe train was
crossing a trestle-work between Gaines
ville, Fla., and Cedar Keys, the trestle
gave way aud precipitated several coaches
into tlie depths below. Conductor Weeks,
Engineer Maxwell and Express messenger
Seegar suffered serious injuries. Max
well died last night from the effects of his
injuries, and Mr. Week’s injuries will
prove fatal. -
Rome Courier : Prof. W. Flentje, of
the German music store, contributes to
the Ladies’ Loan Exhibition an instru
ment said to bo one hundred and ten
vears old, fashioned somewhat after the
style of an ancient lyre, with the body or
box of a guitar, and seems to be the first
step in tlie way of improvement on the
former, which led to the latter perfected
and popular instrument. It is an inter
esting relic of by-gone days.
Pekby Dome Journal: During a rain
storm on Wednesday of last week light
ning struck a large oak tree about twenty
feet from the house of Pat Gorman, col
ored, in the thirteenth district, and killed
a large ox that was standing near. The
inmates of the house experienced a se
vere shaking up, but no one was injured.
Columbus Times: Yesterday while
Mr. Wm. Kennedy, who is in the employ
of Mrs. Win. Schober, was engaged in
loading brass cartridge shells, one ex
ploded, inflicting a painful wound near
the left eye. The brass of the cap pene
trated the socket of the left ^eye just
above the eye ball. We trust he will not
ose the eye.
Babxesville Gazette: Monday morn
ing Rev. R. W. Reynolds left for a course
of study in Vanderbilt University. In
order to get the beneficiary advantages of
Vanderbilt, he was licensed by the quar
terly conference of the Methodist church
here last week. He had decided to go in
to the ministry, but did not intend to ask
license to-as yet. The three years course
in Vanderbilt will give him superior ad
vantages, and his future career is bright if
properly utilized.
Albany Nine*: Could Mr. Norwood,
of Georgia, lie will be making out rail- ! young, having been educated In this cit}\
road tarifis when Gabriel sounds the last ! He was for many years connected with
the hotel business in this city, being con
cerned in the Pula3ki House, and for sev
eral years proprietor of the Marshall
House. He was also one of the mem-
New York store in which a large stock Of• ifhe would, stop the convict lease con-
$25,000 or $30,000 worth of goods are
kept, to say nothing of what might have
been lost by others. But as it was a very
inconsidererable damage was done. Mr.
R. B. Murdock, one of our most expe
rienced fire insurance men, to whom we
are indebted for our information, was lav
ish in his praise of Mr. I. G. Strupper. for
his thoughtfulness in using the fire ex
tract? The governor has nothing to do
with it, except to see that the convicts are
treated as the law provides. The sworn
statement of all the grand juries in the
counties where the camps are located are
to the effect that the law is strictly ob
served.
Hawkinsville Dispatch: Mr.Rosser,
the clever and accommodating agent of
tingnislier in the burning store, instead of y ie Southern express company, lias erected
water from the engines. Mr. Murdocx a nea * dwelling on Broad street, and is
thinks by this act alone Mr. Strapper saved
$19,009 in damages to goods that' would
have been ruined in tho New York store
if water had been turned from tbe en
gines. Mr. Strapper is a veteran fireman,
and it does not surprise us that he undei-
stood so well the best mode of procedure.
We rejoice that no -greater damage was
done. In a few days all will be well
again.
Butler Ilerald: It is with unfeigned
pleasure that we announce the success of
our respected townsman, Dr. Smith, m
his candidacy for the Democratieic nomi
nation for Senator of this (twenty-third)
senatorial district. The honor could not
have fallen on a worthier man and we
confidently predict that if his nomina
tion shall be ratified at the polls his course
will reflect credit both on the district and
himself and prove entirely satisfactory to
his constituents. We have not as yet had
the true returns from Houston and Craw
ford counties bu‘ all indications prove
liis success, tlie majority for Smith inTay- j
lor being 2G3.
Since writing the above we have re
ceived intelligence that the majority for
Dr. Smith in the district is 45S, which in
cludes Houston, Crawford and Taylor.
Griffin New*: At S o’clo:k yester
day Mrs. Hale, after a loneliness, sur
rounded by the loved ones ot her family,
this very estimable lady gave up her life.
She was the mother of Mr. Seaborn Hales
and of Mrs. J. H. Logan, at whoso resi
dence she died. She was in her 84th
year, and had been an earnest and con
sistent member’ of tlie Baptist church for
more than half a century, She was a de
voted wife, a loving mother, a kind
hearted, pious woman, and died in the
faith peacefully, confident of a glorious
happiness beyond the gravo.
Savannah News: Last night Peter
Moultry, an old colored man, who is a
cripple, was arrested for creating a con
siderable disturbance in his house on
Henry street lane, near Drayton, which
excited the entire neighborhood aud col
lected a crowd. Peter was in a bad hu
mor, and not satisfied with smashing up
tilings generallv, made a savage attack on
his wife. After biting her nasal organ
nearly in twain, he proceeded to butt her
with his head. Haunali is said to be a
hard working woman and lias to take care
of the old man, who has so fearfully
treated her. Her nose is badly “used up”
and its symmetry is destroyed.
Columbus Times: Matt O’Brien, who
is a caricaturist ol no little merit, has
produced one of the best cartoons of the
campaign, illustrating tlie weakness of
the Norwood movement. It represents
Mr. Norwood almost weighed down by
the clubs organized in liis interest in the
State. There is two of them, one in Col
umbus and one in Atlanta, though it is
with great effort he keeps them swiuging.
Matt’s a good one.
Gwinnett Ilerald: Bro. Clements, of
the Gumming Clarion, has been on the
fence. Ho was against Colquitt before
the convention, and after it was over, lie
was kinder addled, but when Norwood
stood right up in the capitol and in the
face of the people acknowledged that he
had grabbed that $5,000 and wanted to
grab some more, Clement stepped over on
tlie Colquitt, side. Aud tbe people are
doing the same thing.
Augusta News: Gen. D. M. DuBose
is not half as old as even lie tries, to niake
himself appear, and he a widower at that.
Why yesterday he rushed out of the con
vention like a hoy, and forgot his stick,
and racing back for it, acknowledged that
lie carried it only to keep the girls at a re
spectful distance.
The Cartcrsvillc Free Press makes the
following official announcement:
We have tlie authority to state that Dr.
Felton occupies a neutral position on the
gubernatorial question, aud will take no
part in that campaign. We tiling he is
right. His triends are composed of tlie
adherents of bulk Norwood and Colquitt,
and wc do not think that he ought to par-
<i-i; .Uc- in tli.it .v.'utgh: even ifhe were in
favor of either candidate for governor.' As
most of the candidates these days have to
“tote their own skillet,” there is no reason
why Dr. Felton may not carry his own
just as well.
Columbus Times: Mr. Blown, who
foimerly woi-ked at the Eagle and Pheuix,
factory, but at present employed at Mr.
George Clapp’s saw mill, on the Radciiff
place, was badly bait yesterday by a log
roiling on him. It is feared he is fatally
injured.
Gwixxett Herald: “Cut Lim down,
why cumbeietli be the ground.” That is
what Mr. Norwood wanted done with the
negroes before lie was a candidate and
net-iled their votes. Now he sheds great
crocodile team over their misfortunes.
now living “under his own roof,” and
independent of assessments in the way of
rents. In Mr. Rosser the express com
pany has an energetic and faithful repre
sentative.
Griffin News: We regret to learn
that Mrs. Samuel F. Gray died very un
expectedly at her residence on yesterday.
In addition-to.a large family, she left an
infant only a few hours old. She was a
most estimable lady, and had many
friends, who sympathize with the be
reaved family*
Dalton Citizen: We learn that Cap
tain Norman Webb has resigned the su
perintendency of the Selma, Rome, and
Dalton railroad. We are sorry to hear
this, as Captain Webb made one of the
best directors the above road lias ever
had. A splendid business man, he was
ever on the alert to the interests of his
road, and has done more to putting it in
good order than any other officer prece
ding him. We hope that his successor
'may prove as efficient a manager.
Hawkinsville Dispatch: Judge John
H. Taylor, died suddenly of congestive
chill at his home in tho lower part of Pu
laski county, on Saturday night, August
27th, 16S0, in the seventieth year of his
age. Judge Taylor was born in Wash
ington county, Ga., in 1811, and removed
with his parents to Houston county in
1822. Afterward he moved to Dooly
county, and in 1857 was elected^ by the
Democrats of Dooly to the legislature.
He moved to Hawkinsville in the latter
part of 1857, and engaged in mercantile
business. Since the war he has been en
gaged in farming.
“ judge Taylor was taken with a chill
about twelve o’clock on Saturday and
died about nine o'clock that night. He
was a brother of Sheriff D. W. Taylor, of
Pulaski county, and Mr. Simeon L. Tay
lor, of Dooly, and father of W. M. Tav-
lor, of the Scarborough House in this
place.
Augusta Chronicle: Among the
passengers of the up train of the South
Carolina railroad yesterday morning, was
a young man named H. Saur, a German,
who could not speak a word of English.
He was accompanying Mr. G. Cohen from
New York to this city. AtBlackville he,
with others, got out for breakfast. When
the train started, young Saur attempted to
jump on board, but slipped and fell under
the wheels. One of his legs was fearfully
crushed. He was left at Blackville for
medical attention.
Albany Advertiser: On Monday af
ternoon a colored woman who was lying
ill in her house in the western portion of
the city, was alarmed at hearing unusual
noises at her window,'when turning her
gaze in that direction she saw a hand and
arm projecting into the opening, tlie
owner evidently endeavoring to enter the
room. Her screams alarmed the would-
be-thief, who thereupon deliberately pro
ceeded to the adjoining room, (it being a
tworroomed cottage) aud tried to affect an
entrance through the window. The occu
pant of tills room, a young colored worian,
the wife of Henry Davis, promptly cap
tured (he burglar, who] proved to] be
“Babe” Ely, a” notorious young thief.
There being no officers, in-the vicinity,
after a good talking to, she was released.
This young r- probate belongs to a fami
ly noted for thieving propensities. Her
brother is now serving a sentence in tlie
penitentiary for breaking into a city store
several years ago.
MilledgeviLle, Sept. 3.—Mr. Sam
Hill made Ids escape from tliq asylum last
night. Will go to liis Wife very probably.
Arrest and return him to the asylum.
T. O. Powell, Supt.
Gainesville "Eagle: Some of the pa
pers opposed to Gov. Colquitt have tlie
caudor to admit that Mr. Norwood’s
Atlanta speech was a great mistake. 'flie
truth is, it was a bundle of vague insin
uations ahd flummery wholly beneath
the dignity of a man aspiring to tlie office,
of governor.|- ftT i AtaM 1 -<»-
MERiWETUEn Vindicator: When Col.
Stewart war announced to make a speech
in Greenville, court week, on .the ques
tions involved in tlie gubernatorial can
vas, the friends of Mr. Norwood asked for
a division of time and a participation in
the discussion. Tho -request was readily
granted, and Mr. A. L>. Freemau given
an ei,ual time with Col. Stewart; It hav
ing been reported that Judge Warner
would make a speech next Tuesday in
favor of Norwood, the friend* of Governor
Colquitt asked if an opportunity would,
be allowed to Judge Warner,.and a nega
tive response was returned. . Why. this
difference? If tlie Norwood-, case is a
good one, why decline to.have the other
side presented i' J...-,,. ,
Griffin News: If Governor Smith nev
er resigns the office of railroad commis-
trunipet,
Quitman Reporter: We learn that a
most atrocious murder took place last Sat
urday evening at Mr. Aaron Jones’ place
in Lowndes county, under the following
circumstances: Mr. Allen Jones went
home from Valdosta,- filled to his neck
with run-mad wliiBky aud attempted to
shoot his father. His brother Maik inter
fered to prevent it, and he turned upon
him and shot all of his forehead, from the
eyes out, entirely off, killing him instant
ly. Wo have not heard whether Allen
lias been caught or not. It is thought he
has- committed suicide, as he was last
seen making for a secluded place with a
rope in his hand. i
Meriwether Vindicator: The Hon.
J. C. Dell aud the Hon. U. P. Wade,
both from Screven county, adhered to
Lester until just before tho last ballot
when they went to Colquitt. When the
minority met at night Mr. Dell was the
first and Mr. Wade was the second to op
pose a minority candidate. They both
pleaded eloquently and forcibly for the
triumph of unity and harmony. Screven
should feel proud of their course. We
believe they are the only members of the
minority who made speeches in their open
air meeting in behalf of the Democracy.
They were styled “weak-kneed” but they
were brave and stout-hearted to denounce
wrong doing and’madness amid numer
ous enemies.
Darien Gazette: It is with a feeling of
the deepest regret that we chronicle the
death of Mrs. Rosalie V. DeLorme, wife
of our fellow townsman, Judge L. E. B.
DeLorme, who has been in bad health for
a long time, and, with the hope that she
might be benefitted by a change of cli
mate, was induced to pay a visit to friends
residing at Waterbury, S. C. She became
alarmingly ill after leaving home, aud
last week her husband was summoned to
her bed-side, and on Monday the sad news
of her death was borne to her stricken
children aud friends.
Savannah News: Mrs. Caroline
Henderson did suddenly from heart dis
ease at the residence of her son, Muses Y.
Henderson, Esq, at White Bluff on
Wednesday night. She was apparently
in perfect health and was seveDty-six
years and one day old. Her remains
were brought to the city yesterday and
will be interred in Laurel Grove Ceme
tery to-day.
Brunswick Advertiser: Jim Blue
says Mr. Pratt Adams is a fine speaker
and a mighty nice man, but that he has
got on the wrong side of this little affair.
The Norwoodites claim Jim as a convert,
but he informs us that he doesn’t believe
in being converted more than once,
Gainesnille Eagle: It is a singular
fact that in all the charges that have been
trumped up against Gov. Colquitt by his
enemies, the State has not lost one dol
lar, but on the contrary has been in al
most every case the gainer, as an impar
tial investigation of the facts will demon
strate. This explains how it is that the
State’s credit is higher than ever before,
and the people’s taxes nearly one-tliird
lower than they have been since the war.
If politicians from sinister motives would
confuse you, hold these facts up to them
You cannot explain away facts.
Columbus Enquirer: Yesterday af
ternoon, the Opelika bound passenger
train from Macon was delayed about an
hour, in the Western railroad yard. This
was caused by the engine T. N. Munro,
mounting the track, in consequence of a
bad rail. The entire engine was off the
track, hut the tender remained on it.
The only damage was the bending of an
axle and a few rods. The switch engine
of tlie Western railroad left at 4:25 for
Opelika with the train, and made con
nection. The Munroe was gotten on the
track about six o’clock.
Cuthbebt Appeal: The Georgia
Wine Company is in full blast, and is
now turning out on an average ol 400
gallons of pure juice of the grape daily.
The product ol this new enterprise this
year will greatly exceed tlie expectations
of the most enthusiastic.
Uazt.ehubst Watchman: Mr. Napo
leon Weatherly, on Monday evening,
while riding in the woods hunting for
his cows, discovered the remains of a
dead infant wrapped up in an old piece of
calico and a crocus sack, lying under’a
clay root a short distance from Mr. Frank
Wilcox’s field. A party Of gentlemen
went out Wednesday evening and gath
ered up the remains of the infant and
brought them to the city for examination.
There was no flesh on the bones, or any
thing to denote whether the child was of
white or black origin. What terrible
crime bas here been committed? Proba
bly some poor, weak .girl had thought to
hide her sin and shame from the gaze of
the cold, pitiless world bv doing away
with her innocent babe in this manner,
but murder “will out” at last. Whoever
this poor creature was who committed
this deed she is, in all probability, more
to be pitied than censured, but the law is
terribly hard in such cases as this, and
we suppose justly so,
Augusta Chronicle: Yesterday morn
ing W. H. Woodhouse, of Savannah; an
intelligent colored man, who had been
elected Lieutenant-Colonel of tbe First
Colored Volunteer Battalion of Georgia,
appeared in the city. His object was to
meet Adjutant-General John B. Baird of
the State, and Colonel Wilberforce Dan
iel, by whom he was examined before be
ing commissioned to the position he had
been elected to fill. We learn he stood a
brilliant examination in Upton’s Tactics
for four hours, and passed most creditably
and successfully the ordeal. He will be
recommended for liis position. Last
evening, in compliment to their comrade,
who is "tlie first colored man who has ob
tained so high a rank in Georgia, his
friends serenaded him at Douglass Hall.
Tlie b’rass band played several airs, and
in response to calls Woodhouse appeared.
He told of tho strictness yet fairness of
his military test, and said that he would
shortly receive his commission. He tes
tified to the fairness with which Governor
Colquitt had acted in the matter; of the
willingness he had shown to aid the col
ored people of Georgia, and concluded by
saying that he would bear evidence of his
impartiality before liis colored friends of
Chatham.
Savannah Neies: Last evening about
seven o’clock George Johnson,a prominent
negro sneak thief/ was arrested for loiter
ing around the market in a suspicious
manner, evidently intent on stealingso'me-
tliing. When taken to the barracks lie
was very insulting and abusive to the 'offi
cers, and on being removed from tlie bar
racks to the station house to he incarcer
ated, turned suddenly on the officer and
struck him a wicked blow in tlie face, cut
ting and bruising his eye. He was full of
fight, and resisted the officer strenuously,
occasioning great trouble. ■ He will be at
tended to to-day at the police court.
Rome Tribune : Mr. T. E. Hanbury
will soon resume labor on this paper,
when its readers will enjoy reading his
so-called “stem winding editorials.”
Swainsbobo Herald: The wind and
rain the first of the week greatly damaged
tlie' cotton crops. Caterpillars are’ also
doing greatdamage to young cotton, i ,
Brunswick•Advertiser: Mr. W. i W.
Woodruff; of .Gritfiu, of whom we made
mention in our.last issue, visiting!St.
biuions, has bought from the §t. Simons
Mill Company that valuable tract of land
known a»* Hawkins Islanfl, S{r. Woqd-
ruffintends to bring it speedily under a
system of improved tilli^e, and will, as
soon as possible, establish a truck garden
on a large scale. He is an experienced
farmer aud fruiticulturist, hav.ng at this
time, near Griliin, probably the largest and
best assorted peach, orchard in the State.
Mr. Woodruff proposes engaging in the
semi-tropicaWrait raising, sucli as or.anges,
bananas, pears, etc. A business experi
ence. of thirty years in Georgia, indorsed
by success in every instance, warrants tbe
prediction, that Hawkins Island, with its
natural scenery, under liis proverbial vim
and energy, will, in a few years, become
one of the most inviting retreats inthe
State'to the tourist and pleasure seeker.
■ Savannah News:. We regret to an
nounce this morning the death of Ralph
M>ldrim,-Esq., one of our most highly es-
AsIUiit oitivoTis *
bers of tho Savannah Hotel com
pany, which proposed purchasing the
Screven House and the Masonic Hall on
Bull street, and oxtending the hotel to
Broughton street, by bridging Congress
street lane, but were unable to carry out
their design, through refusal of the legis
lature to grant the privileges they desired.
After his retirement from the hotsl busi
ness he engaged in the grocery trade, and
was confiucting the same up to the time of
his death. He was 57 years of age, and
leaves a son, Peter W. Meldrim, Esq.,
and a daughter, Mrs. Thos. F. Thomson,
besides a large circle of relations and
friends to mourn his loss. He was a gen
tlemen of genial, kindly disposition,
highly esteemed by all who knew him.
His funeral will take place this afternoon
at 4 o’clock from his late residence.
Dalton Headlight: There i3 no power
to change the inevitable; Georgia is
bound to have a Democratic governor.
The people must take choice between
Norwood and Colquitt. There are weak
places in Colquitt’s administration, but it
is the best that Georgia has had since the
war. Her financial standing—the tax re
duction—shows tlat. Norwood comes
before you a self-acknowledged salary-
grabber and a railroad monopoly attorney.
Independents and Grcenbackers who.are
honest in their pretensions cannot indorse
these. And they will not.
Albany Advertiser: There is not
perhaps a city in Georgia whose corporate
imits are of as small dimension as those
of Albany. And some of our leading
business men live just beyond the city
limits and are therefore debared tlie privi
lege of having any voice in the city gov
ernment. Their business interests are
subservient to city laws and regulations,
yet they have no right to say who shall
lie, or .to question tlie equity of the man
ner in which they are administered. In
deed they are as strangers, not citizens,
in their own home.
North, south and west the corporate
limits of the city extend nearly half a
mile each way from the court house. But
east they only extend three hundred yards
to the river. Within these limits Albany
has a population of over twenty-nine hun
dred souls. And by taking a quarter of a
mile more, each way, her population
would run up to four thousand and her
taxable property be increased thousands
of dollars.
We say let the city’s corporate limits be
extended, and we believe every individual
living just outside and doing business in
Albany will join us in this appeal for - an
nexation.
Terrific Hurricane in Jamaica.
Capt. Bassett J. Smith, of the steamer
Dover, which arrived at this port yester
day with fruit from Port Antonio, Jamai
ca, tells a graphic story of the destruction
cf property by the terrific hurricane which
swept the island on Wednesday, the ISth
ult, only very meagre accounts of which
by cable had been received up to the arri
val of the Dover yesterday: “We were
lying at Port Antonio,” said Capt. Smith
yesterday, sitting in his shirt sleeves in his
snug little office cn board the
Dover, “taking in a cargo -of ba
nanas. The weather had been threaten
ing for two or three days and I knew that
something was up. I did not look for any
such storm as tlie one that struck us and
deviated the island in such a short space
of time. The barometer, which had fal
len for two or three days, began to go
down very rapidly on Wednesday, and at
1 o’clock that afternoon it began to rain
witli great violence. Two hours later it
began to blow. At first we thought it
only a squall, but the force of the wind
gradually increased to a hurricane, and
from 10 o’clock that night until 2 o’clock
the next morning it blew with a power
that swept everything before it.
HAVOC IN THE IIARIlOR.
“The harbor of Port Antonio is the best
barbor iu the West Indies. We were
completely hemmed in by mountains, so
that the wind could not hurt us much,
but the destruction on shore and among
the small coasting vessels engaged in
bringing fruit to Port Antonio was simply
incalculable. Droghers—small schooners
of from twelve to fifteen tons burdens—
were driven high and dry upon the beach
and stove or sunk. In the little village of
Port Antonio eleven houses were com
pletely demolished. At Spring Grove
out of thirty-seven houses only eleven are-
left standing. At Nanchioneal there is
not a house left whole.
It is impossible to estimate the loss from
the destruction of fruit. The banana
plantations were totally destroyed and the
cocoanut trees were twisted off and the
growing fruit utterly rained. Men who
had hundreds of acres of bananas ready
for market have not a bunch left. People
who had small patches that would yield
them $400 or S500 in money will not real
ize a.cent. We left there on Saturday,
the 21st, and then people who were well
off three days before were cutting up the
breadfruit and drying it to keep them
from starvation. All the telegraph lines
were-down and all the roads were block
aded with fallen trees, so that it was diffi
cult to get news Irom other parts of,the
island, but at every point that we did hear
from tlie news was the same—that total
destruction ot fruit crops and great dam
age to buildings and other property,
have no doubt that the hurricane swept
the whole island.—Philadelphia Times.
Skylarks Disappearing.—An enor
mous decrease in the number of skylarks
in Scotland and northern England lias
been complained of recently. Mr. Ed
wards, a Scotch naturalist, has published
an essay, in which he attempts to dis
prove the popular theory that starlings or
meadow larks causo the mischief by
breaking the eggs in the nest and by kill
ing the young. That the bill of tho star
ling is, capable of destroying the egg he
admits, but lie ridicules the idea of de
stroying the young, and he docs’ not be
lieve that tlie starlings are to blame. He
attributes the evil chiefly to tho increase
of cattle and tho .taking iu of waste
ground for agricultural purposes. “As a
rule,” he says, “larks do not oreed among
hay, corn or barley. For one nest 1 have
known in such places I have, I may safely
say, found a dozen in meadows, on pas
ture lands and on waste ground. Now,
for one cow or ox that the*p were years
ago, there are about a score at present.
Is it not. possible that the great increase
of these animals may have something to
do with the decrease of the lark by tramp
ling on their nests aiid maltreating them?
1 have myself, while searching in clover
fields for moths, and in grazing grounds
for beetles, came across numbers iu recent
yearn so destroyed- Pheasants, partridges
and other ground breeding birds, also
suffer severely. Beside, we have cattle
aud sheep now, but more particularly the
latter, put into woods and plantations to
eat down tlie herbage t]iere.”
In conclusion, Mr. Edwards protests
very earnestly against tbe destruction of
birds’ nests and the trapping of song
birds by men-and boys, by which thous
ands of birds are destroyed every year.
•**—Lady Burdett-Coutts, so all letters
from London concur in saying, continues
obstinately bent on her marriage with
Mr. Ashmead Bartlett. It is reported that
she has settled $80,000 a year on her pro-
messo sposo, and it seems likely that the
resolute and probably indiscreet opposi
tion of her relatives and friends and the
royal family to tho match have only had
the effect to make her more obstinately
persist in its consummation. She is said
to be rather headstrong, and she has been
accustomed to have her own way through
life. The Burdetts are an odd iimily,
anyhow, aud both they and the Couttses
are prone to do queer things. Lady
Prom Europe.
Lucerne, Switzerland,
August 14th, 1S80.
Editors Telegraph andl Messenger:
Upon reaching Lucerne a day or two
since, I found every hotel in the place
full to overflowing, and In the subsequent
scramble for rooms, my contact with En
glish and American travelers brought
forcibly to mind the remark of the
native of Florida, who, when asked by a
Yankee tourist^ “What in the world the
people of Florida lived on?” replied,
“On fish and alligators in summer, and
Yankees in the winter.” The diet of the
Swiss differs only to this extent, that they
Jive on Yankee? and English both winter
and summer. In the parlors and reading
rooms of the elegant and spacious hotels,
which border the Lake of Lucerne, it
would require very little effort to Imagine
yourself at some fashionable American
watering place, so universally is the En
glish language spoken—and English books
and English newspapers predominate on
the shelves and tables. It, after muster
ing all your resources, you venture to ad
dress a shop girl in Lucemfe or Geneva
in your best French, the reply is almost
invariably given in equally good (?) Eng
lish; the inference being apparent that it
is really considered a reflection upon the
qualifications of this class of this com
munity to presume, that they are not con
versant with the English language,
These remarks, however, would not be
strictly applicable to the more remote
parts of Switzerland, in which I have
spent the last three weeks—a tour which
was so full ofinterest and novelty to me,
that I have thought a short letter in ref
erence to it, would not Ije devoid of inter
est to your readers.
We left Paris the night after the great
“national fete,” and taxing a sleeping car,
was landed in Geneva next morning, in
time for breakfast.
The French call their sleeping cars
“wagons-lits,” which comes about as
near being a translation of “sleeping car,”
as you could expect of a Frenchman, and
they afford a most striking contrast in
size and appearance,, as well as in com
fort and elegance, to a Pullman palace
sleeper. The one we rode in was simply
one of their ordinary railway carriages
cut up into four compartments, with an
aisle running along one side of the car,
into which the doors of these compartments
opened. For a berth in one of these little
state-rooms, I* was charged the modest
sum of twenty-six francs, or about $5-25.
What would the railroad commission of
Georgia say to such extortion? However,
it enabled me to make, in comparative
comfort, a journey which a few years ago
was necessarily very tedious aud disa
greeable, and I found myself transferred,
as if by magic, from the gay streets of
Paris, to the quiet and lovely shores of
Lake Leman.
We spent only a day in Geneva, a3 the
weather was oppressively warm, and we
were anxious to get to cooler quarters.
After traversing tlie whole length of the
lake in one of the little steamers, we
took the railroad running from the lake
up the Rhone Valley, which, in a few
hours, brought us to Brigne, the present
terminus of the railroad, and the point
of departure for carriages going over the
“Simplon Pass” into Italy.
This quaint and picturesque little town
is chiefly remarkable for its beautiful sit
uation, and for its convenience as a start
ing point for several very interesting ex
cursions into the high Alps. We there
fore determined to make it our headquar
ters, and after a night’s rest, vve prepared
to ascend to the “Belle Alp Hotel,” which
is situated some four thousand five hun
dred feet above the Rhone Valley, and
seven thousand, one hundred and fifty
feet above the level of the sea.
As seen from Brigne, the hotel appeared
perch on the mountain side, the weather
was beautifully clear and we enjoyed
irifluuif .fl..f ti, A .1 J -
wtt^ u tstinttheg r a n dj)a n oramaof'sno C w1mind a L1ar n more :E fi!d Ch a^d - ut t0 - my
peaks all around us. The “great Aletch
glacier,” by far the largest intlie Alps,
and many times larger than the celebrated
Mer de Glace at Chamonix, is in fitW view
for upwards of ten mile* of its length, and
looks like a great river which lashed into
gigantic waves and rushing madly down
the valley, has been suddenly frozen and
slopped forever. Everything around you
in the Alps is on such a magnificent scale
that you are deceived about the distances
of objects from you in spite ol all allow
ances you may try to make. This gla
cier for instance, appears to bo but a few
hundred feet below the hotel, and yet you
can hardly distinguish with the naked eye
a party of men crossing it, even after your
attention has been called to the spot
where they are—and rocks lying on tbe
surface of the ice, wliieh appear to be
mere pebbles, are in reality gigantic
boulders. This deceptive appearance
was forcibly illustrated and brought home
to us on the day after we reached the
Belle Alp. Wehad about an hour to dis
pose of before dinner, and we concluded
it could not be better spent than by going
down the path to the glacier and taking a
little walk on its surface—not having the
least idea but that we could accomplish
the distance and return within the hour.
The path led in zigzags down the face of
an almost perpendicular precipice, and
we hadn’t gone very far before we saw
that we had under-estimated the distance.
We didn’t seem to be any nearer the bot
tom than when we started, but after a
consultation, we conciuded.to go on, even
if we lost our^dinuer. So far from getting
back to the hotel within an hour, it took us
nearly an hour to get down to the glacier,
and very nearly two hours were consumed
in climbing back again. Thereafter, when
wo undertook walks just before dinner, we
allowed a little more margin for errors in
judgment.
Twice during our stay at the “Belle Alp”
we ascended the “Sparrenhorn” a moun
tain just in the rear of the hotel, which
i3 very near ten thousand feet high.
Both times the sky was perfectly cloud
less, and the view from the summit was
simply superb. The whole horizon was
bordered with snow-capped mountains,
some of them more than a hundred miles
distant, while others were so near as to
seem to be almost within reach of bur
hands. We spent two hours on the sum
mit the first time we went up, and during
that time the sublimity of the prospect
around us was not so absorbing as to pre
vent us irom restoring our tired energies by
disposing of a substantial lunch which
we had brought with us. We mingled
our wine with snow gathered from the
crevices in the rocks, and we came to the
unanimous .conclusion, that under such
circumstances even “ten ordenaire” be
comes a most delicious beverage.
The slopes of the “Belle Alp” even to a
height of one thousand feet above the
hotel,are covered with green grass, winch
affords rich pasturage for immense herds
of cattle and goats. "The former seem to
be for tbe most part of the “Jersey” or
“Guernsey” breeds, and are fat and sleek
enough to' do honor to the “blue grass re
gion” of Kentucky. On the approach of
winter these lierds are all driven to the
valley, where they have to he housed and
fed until the opening spring enables them
again to climb to their elevated pasturage.
The Swiss chalets, so celebiated iu song
and story, seem to be almost as good
mountaineers as the cattle and goats, for
you see them scattered ever}’where over
the mountain sides, singly, and in groups,
to the height of more than eight thousand
feet. They look very picturesque and ro
mantic when seen from a distance, bat
they can’t stand close inspection. The
plan generally pursued in their construc
tion is to have the stable or cow pen,
which is built of stone, in the basement,
while the habitation of the less favored
mortals formsjke wooden superstructure.
Imagine a family of a dozen people living
As seen from Brigne, the hotel appeared ' m a single large room, beneath which
to be about tbe size of an ordinary barn, are penned during eight montlis in tbe
and very much the same shape, but we
were assured that it contained about sev
enty roooms, and was well kept and com
fortable. So, after telegraphing to secure
rooms, we prepared to mount our steeds.
Of course Ve had to leave our trunks in
the valley, and had .packed ail articles
necessary for our comfort, into valises,
supposing that they would be carried be
hind us on the mules, but we v.ere soon
informed that our baggage was too heavy
for the mules to carry, and lhat it would
be necessary for us to have a porter. As
wc knew this was simply an excuse for
compelling us to employ another man,
we at first demurred, but upon learning
that the man would carry all three va
lises, besides a bundle of shawls and a
heavy package of hooks, all the way to
the top of the mountain for one dollar,
we thought it would he a pity to discour
age such cheap labor, and made no fur
ther objection. I felt sorry for the fel
low at first, but he seemed to think noth
ing of it, and. wouldu’t hear of our substi-
tut’ng for him a pack-mule, and as the
mule, to do the same work, would have
cost us double the money, of course we
let him have his own way about it. The
truth is, that among tbe beasts of burden
in common use in this country, the mule
occupies the first place in the estimation
of the people, and receives tbetenderest
consideration at their hands. Men come
next in order, and last of all women, upon
whom the great brunt of the hard-work
falls.
The preliminaries being arranged, we
took up our line of marchjn single file,
the lady of tlie party being honored by a
year as many cows, and you have a fair
idea of the average Swiss chalet. Is it at
all wenderful that “cretinism” and
“goitre” should prevail to an alarming ex
tent among such a people?
After spending a most delightful week
at the “Belle Alp” we went to the “Eggis-
chom Hotel,” a resort very similar in its ap
pointments and situation to the one we had
just left, but more convenient for making
several excursions which we were anxious
to accomplish before we returned to the
valley. It is about twelve miles from one
hotel to the other, and there is a good
bridlepath all the way; but in whole
some recollection of my recent experi
ence, I prelerred this time to walk all the
way. In crossing the glacier I was very
much amused at tho conduct of a mule
which, in company with a horse, was
being led a'cross the ice at a point a 'little
lower down than where we were crossing.
On coming to' a rather steep place on tbe
ice, the man who was leading them cut
some steps with bis ice-axe to enable them
to get a better footing. The horse took
advantage of them very promptly, but the
mule, true to the instincts of his race,
wouldn’t be led; and planting all four
feet firmly, and stiffening liis legs he slid
gracefully and rapidly to the bottem of
the slope. It was a performance that
would have done honor to a member of
the English Alpine Club, but would have
been rather uncomfortable to a man on
his back.
* Our next climbing feat was to the top of
the Eggischorn, another mountain nearly
,T he jicw is not so extensive
wwv Wild and impressive
tYe onS a f ned summit » in spite of
twi’ d> fr0m 2: ?° p ' m ’ uatil sunset, as
tw in .ir e n , cIoudless > a «d knew
that m the whole course of our lives w»
would probably never have such an on-
portumty for witnessing a sunset amonz
the snow mountains. As soon as the sun
isappeared the fall in the temperature
was amazing to one unaccustomed as I
was to the phenomena of these high alti-
tuoes, and though we were well provided
with wraps and kept constantly in mo
tion we were unable to keep warm. Not
withstanding all this, however, we*felt
amp'.y rewarded for our patient waiting
for never as long as we live can the glori
ous scene which unfolded Itself to us as
the sun went down be anything else than
a wonder and a joy unspeakable. The
descent to the hotel was accomplished in
double-quick time, and tbe comforts of a
good fire and a warm supper soon made
us forget the wintry air without.
The next morning soon after daylight I
was aroused by tbe noise of people getting
up “ to see thesun rise—ana with the re-
collectiou of what I had seen the evening
before still fresh in my mind, I felt for
the moment tempted to follow their ex
ample, but on further reflection I remem
bered that I had always preferred sunset
to sunrise, and concluded to let it rise
without me. I had reason to congratu
late myself afterwards on my decision,
when an Englishman, who was one of the
unfortunates, told me that it was “really
quite a tidy affair,” but that he nearly
lroze to death before- he could get back
to bed.
I would be glad to give some account of
other very interesting excursions which
we made in the Rhone Valley, as well as
of our passage over the mountains in a
carriage to tlie Lake ol Lucerne, hut the
length of this letter has already far ex
ceeded my first intention, and I must
bring it to a close. We will remain in
Switzerland a week or ten days longer,and
then go to Strasburg. From there we
will probably go down the Rhine as far a3
Cologne, and then across t6 Paris. Per
haps from that city I may inflict you
with a renewal of this correspondence.
T. B. G.
Rotation on Cotton Lands.
A writer in the Mobile Register says
tliat there are ijjit few, if any, questions
of lpore importance to farmers in
the State where cotton, wheat
and com are made the main sources of
revenue than those directly relating to
the rotation of crops. In a country so
y?st in its extent as this, the system of
rotation desired must necessarily be va
rious. The best system in tbe North va
ries materially from that needed in the
South. In each, rest is essential, though
particularly so in Southern climates,
where the causes which produce volatili
zation are much more prevalent than in
cold countries. It is a well-known fact
that so long as the soil is at.rest, there is
a gradual increase of nitrogenous mat
ters, which are of such vital importance
in the production of large crops.
What is wanted is the best paying sys
tem. Tbe Hebrew rotation has six years
of cultivation and one of rest. This is
much too long for a practical and profitable
system. Either of tlie following are very
good systems in the cotton-producing
States- One-sixth the tillable land in
cottop the first year, one-sixth in com;
the second year, one-third the land to be
sown in winter oats in September; the
third year, rye, or rye and wheat, on one-
sixta of the land; the fourth and fifth
year to he in clover; and lie fallow and
rest.
Another system which involves the ex
cellent idea oi keeping one sheep to each
acre of tillable land, provided there are as
many acres of pasturage as of the culti
vated land, is as follows: First, cotton
aud corn in the same field in suitable pro
portions ; second, roats sown in August on
the cotton and com land; third rye or rye
and wheat, sown in September, the land
having heen ploughed twice to kill the
germinant oats; fourth and fifth, clover, if
the land is in sufficient heat to produce it,
if not, rest ungrazed, and the fifth year
sheep aud cattle penned upon it every
night during the year, using a portable
fence. In this estimate ten sheep would
manure an acre every year.
The customary rotation in West Vir
ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee is one
which, generally embraces com, small
grain and grass, tobacco sometimes being
interpolated in the series. In the lime
stone regions of the upper Southern
States it is found that wheat follows clo
ver more advantageously than com. A
three-year course in common practice
there is: Eirst, com; second, wheat; third,
clover. Or, first, corn: second, wheat, or
other grain; third, clover, three years.
A four-years’ course, witli two years in
clover, is also quite commonly practiced.
In the tide-water district,- in the counties
near Richmond, the usual rotation em
braces five shifts as follows: Com, oats,
wheat, clover, wheat; or, corn, wheat,
clover, wheat, pasture.
In any system of rotation the number of
fields, whether fenced or not, should cor
respond with the number of changes in
each course. Again, whatever system is
adopted, it should includes the keeping of
more or less live stock on the farm, re
quiring, therefore, that the greatest possi
ble amount of forage be grown. Success
ful farming must ever have for its basis
tlie cultivated grasses, particularly red
clover. The thinner tlie laud the loDger
ten. thousand feet high, the view irom s ]jould lie in pasture. The poorer the
M m. . W whose summit is one of the most celebra- ‘ s0 ;j w h ere the leading crop is an exhaust-
seat on one of tlie ugliest mules I ever ted in the whole Alps. The weather was j ve onei ^ m0 re necessary is it that
saw, while we poor_ men had to be con- not very favorable for distant vipws when a judicious system ol rotation, high ma-
,,i *i.« * we reached the top, as you will readily nuring, and rest, should be adopted with-
imagine when I mention the fact that it ’ out necessary delay. He who wittingly
Coutts’ own brother, who died the other
day£t the Albany, left no will, and not
teemed fellow citizens, which occurred ! eV cn a memorandum of ids property. In
about two o’clock yesterday, afternoon at ]lis roolll:j W e-e found $1,250,000, all in
his residence, 175 Terry street, etter an < . .
illness of several weeks. Sir. Meldrim batik of England noics of iht. denoinina
was born iu the nortli of Ireland iu^ IS23,. tion of £1,000.
tent with horses. They said the reason
of this arrangement was that the mule
was more surefooted and steady, and be
fore I got to the top of the mountain I
had reason to wish that I had swapped
my nag for a mule, or even a cow, before
I started. The path for more than half
of the way was horribly rough and steep,
and I hadn’t gone very far before 1 con
cluded that it was healthier in that fine
mountain air to walk, so I dismounted
and allowed my horse to go a3 close to
the edge of the precipice as he wished.
When we left the valley I occupied the
second place in the procession, but after
we had passed the worst part oi the road,
and I had remounted my horse, I found
myself in the rear. This arrangement
didn’t suit the aforesaid steed at all, for
either he was a very ambitious animal,
or else he had an especial affection for the
leading mule, and began to make dem
onstrations which looked very much to
me as ifhe was going to tiy to pass Mr.
M.’s horse in spite of all I could do, and
thus regain his lost position. As the path
was rather narrow lor such a perform
ance I felt considerable uneasiness, al
though tbe guide said he was a very well
behaved horse, and of-course that ought
to have quieted my apprehensions. At
last it began to rain a little and! hoisted
my umbrella, in doing which I gave Lim
the opportunity he had been looking for,-
and he actually made a dash and rushed
by the horse in : front of him before I
Could stop him. Fortunately tlie path
was a little wider tliau usual just at that
point, and consequently no harm resulted,
but it was by no means a pleasant inci
dent, and since that time I have been
very much disposed to walk, even though
offered the luxury of a mule instead of a
horse.
We readied the hotel after .about four
hours and a half of this rough scramb
ling and found it full to overflowing. Thcr
rooms are small and the ceilings very low,
but the house is very well* kept and every
thing is as neat and clean as one "could
wish. The fare is really excellent, and
when I took into consideration the fact
that everything about the house had to be
brought over the lovely road I have just
described, I was amazed to see how the
difficulties had been overcome, and how
comfortable a hotel could be made away
above the clouds, as this oue often is. I
have never yet exactly made up my mind
how they brought the piano wbich graces
the salon up from the valley, though! sup
pose a porter must have brought it on bis
back, for I saw one with a full-sized Sar
atoga trunk strapped on like a knapsack,
and when he put it down at the hotel
door he didn’t even draw a long breath.
What would tbe average Georgia darkey,
who contends that a man can’t do hard
work without his full allowance of a half
pound of meat a day, say to the iact that
these people never eat meat at all ?
The day after we reached cur lofty
snowed for an hour while we were on the
summit. We remained up there for sev
eral hours, however, and at last the clouds
disappeared, and we were rewarded with
an almost perfect view of the whole pano
rama.
Another day, while at tlie Eggischorn,
we spent in an excursion to the Margilin
See, which is the name given to a little
lake about a mile long, lying fu a ravine
adjoining tho eastern side of the great
Aletch glacier. Here we had an opportu
nity of seeing how icebergs are formed in
the arctic regions, and it is the only 'place
in the whole temperate zone where such
a sight can be witnessed. Portions of tbe
ice-cliff of the glacier are constantly split
ting off and tumbling down into the green
waters of the lake, where they fonn veri
table icebergs. Some of them tower at
least fifty feet above the-water, and being
tinted with tbatrdelieate blue color pecul
iar to glacier-fce, they presented, when
glistening in the sunlight, a scene of fairy-
like beauty which I shall long remem-
ber.
From the Margilin See we took a walk
on the surface of the glacier itself, to a
point where we could get' a view of its
whole length. At this place it is a mile
and a quarter wide, and as it is more than
twenty miles long, and several hundred
feet in depth, your readers can ‘ foim
some idea of what a vast'body of ice it is.
' After spending four or five days at tbe
"Eggischorn, we scrambled down tbe
mountain, this time on foot, and returned
to Brigne. Here we found our mail
awaiting us, and among the papers re
ceived were several copies of the Tele
graph and Messenger After reading
these last, I came to the conclusion that
political affairs in Georgia were at fever
heat, and I am now fall of impatience and
anxiety to have later news from the “seat
of war.” I do earnestly hope that the
action of the August convention may be
so wise and prudent as to heal all dissen
sions, and restore that harmony to the
party which is so essential to the peace
and prosperity of the State.
Our next destination was Zermatt, an
elevated valley about a day’s ride from
Brigne, and in the very heart of the Alpine
peaks. We spent nearly a week in that
vicinity, and found it by far the most in
teresting place we had yet visited. The
hotels are excellent, and the scenery un
surpassed, but the weather was just a
little too cool for a summer resort. The
hotel on the Riffleberg is 8,500 feet above
the level of the sea, and the night we spent
there (the 5th of August) tbe thermometer
went down to 27 degrees Fahrenheit, and
ice and frost were abundant nest morn-
^roru this hotel we made the ascent of
the Gornergrat, a mountain 10,400 feet
high, itself partly covered with snow and
completely surrounded by the monarchs
or unwittingly robs the soil of its ele
ments of fertility, and leaves the land
poorer when he parts with it than when
he came in possession of it, -is guilty of
land, slaughter in the first degree, and is
justly entitled to universal condemnation,
not only of the preseut, but future gener
ations also.
What the farmer wants is a paying ro
tation. He can have this without there
being any necessity that he should rob
the soil. A proper rotation is in accor
dance with nature’s unerring laws. The
advantages accruing from rotation are
well known, and spring from natural
causes. It was Dureau de la Malle, who,
in 1S25, first called, attention to natural
rotation. By obsetvation in woods and
pasture fields, he established tho.fact; that
an alteration of growth, as he called it,
occurs as a natural phenomenon. “In
pasture lands, for instance, the grasses get
the upper hand at one time, the legumi
nous (those having a seed vessel Tike a
pea-pod)plants at another: so that in the
course of thirty years lie was enabled to
witness five or six sucb alternations.”
The economic reason for a succession of
crops is that each crop shall feed upon
different substances from those required
by a crop which preceded it. The golden
rule of farming is that judicious variation
in accordance with scientific principles,
which is the basis of ultimate success.
Tbe fertility of tlie soil must be maintain
ed in order to- make farming profitable,
and whatever adds to (tie general knowl
edge on this import subject is a blessing.
Whatever system of rotation t we adopt, we
should not forget tliat the true teat of any
system is it* continued success.
A writer in the Philadelphia Times rec
ommends, to the cotton planter: For tbe
first year, clover or peas; second year,
cotton; third year, wheat..
A Point Well Taken.—Some of the
excitable suppporteis of Mr. Norwood are
too good Democrats to vote for Colquitt
because he appointed Joe Brown, Lnited
States Senator. But they endorse Nor
wood, a candidate put forwajd by a com
mittee of eleven (appointed by Mr. Nor
wood himself), and upon which commit
tee we find the name of ex-Judge David
B. Hairell, of Webster county, who was,
if our memory serves us well (“and we
think she do” ),a regular organized Repub
lican iu 1868, went with Joe Brown to
Chicago and assisted in nominating Grant
and Colfax. Consistency thou art a rare
bird—a jewel as it were.—Lumpkin In
dependent.
Hon. A. H. Cox was lately asked why
did not the Legislature impeach Colquitt.
His reply was a truthful and marny dec
laration of what be knew to be a fact.
He said: “Because we could find no evi
dence against him.”