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present ses^jgnjpf the St
Court.
Sam Cokes, Jr., was naturalized on
Saturday last in Americus.
The Americus fair opens on Friday
next. So also the Talbotton.
Thk gin house of W. F. Barker, of
Margaret Walker died, In the 84th year
of her age.
'imes: JP*^ral da;
Cbluii
and clubi^The
.rtl^ arrested, biA the
,-%>w«fc»fth4t
county ahl not
iuld pass unuo-
tasjk the matter
_ trut^bill against
the offenders. It is what they should have
done, and as the parties can give no plaus
ible reason for such an attack, we think
the weight of the law should-fall heavily
upon them.
Ikwiston Appeal: A sort -of fatality
seems to attach to the late grand jury. It
Pike county,t was datao/ed by was dismissed one week ago last S;
L , '. 7 . .1. r w . chu,. timp the venerable
Saturday last.
They are having a lively time in Angys*
ta over the license law in regard to Ve
hicles. Over seventy were up before the
mayor at one time for not having t|ie
license badge.
Thebe is considerable amount of sick
ness at Barton, on the Central Ballroad, as
well as at other points in Jefferson county.
The citizens •are inaugurating war, In
Lohisville, Ga., on the whisky question.
Wash Rkagin, a negro confined in
jail on the charge of stealing an umbrella,
in Irwinton, died on last Saturday night.
The Bainbridge fair opens oh next
Tuesday, the Sfitb instant.
A LittLe three-year-old negro girl was
lost in Albany on Monday last while the
circus was In the city.
Sparta Iskmaelile; !Dr. 3.3. Cooper,
near Fowelton, lost his gin house and
about nine bales of cotton from tire one
night last week. It is not certain how the
fire was communicated to the cotton. It
might have been from a match in the cot
ton, or from a lamp which was burning
in the house. However the fire may have
originated, the moral is the same. It Is
an unsafe business to gin cotton, at night.
It is unwise to carry matches into a gin
house.
Marietta Journal: A squad of Gate
City Guards and Christopher were in
the town Sunday evening. The Guards
had brass on their buttons, and Christo
pher had brass on his cheeks. All pre
sented a good appearance.
Sumter Republican: Early Monday
morning, Julia Hammonds, a very old
colored woman, went out into the woods
to gather sticks, with which to make a
fire. She was absent all day, add did
not retjim during the' night. Tuesday
morning a party of colored people visited
the woods to search for her. She was
found near a log, unable to rise, and near
ly speechless. The old woman was ta
ken home, restoratives applied, and alter
she wa3 revived, she told that she had
gathered her sticks and was returning
home, when she stumbled and fell. She
was so paralyzed by the fall with the load
on her shoulders that she could not rise.
She suffered there all day and night, with
out food or water, and with the cold
wind sweeping over her, and was very
near to death’s door when assistance ar
rived.
Louisville Courier: We learn that
the proceeds for freight on the Louisville
aud'Wadley railroad, last month, were
$1200. This amount was clear profit,
for the passenger train more than
paid the expenses of the road for the
month. This road is a paying institution.
There have been over two thousand bales
of cotton shipped over it this season.
Savannah Netcs: We regret to an
nounce the death of Mr. R. P. Spencer, a
well known resident of this city, which
occurred at the Pavilion Hotel last night
at 12 o’clock, after an illness of nearly a
month.
Mr. Spencer came to ^Georgia from
Maryland in 1S30, and settled in Colum
bus. From that city he removed to Sa
vannah in 1808, and has resided here ever
since. He was a most estimable gentle
man, and leaves three children—Mr. R.
P. Spencer, Mrs. George C. Douglas and
Mrs. Clarence S. Connerat, all of this
city—to mourn his loss.
His remains will be taken to Columbus
to-morrow evening for interment.
A correspondent of the Augusta
day. Since that time the venerable fore
man of the body has died, another mem
ber is dangerously illj and one of the
the body'found a
true.bill has.dieffand been buried.
CoLuitBC&iEJwflifrer: Yesterday morn
ing fire was discovered In a bale of cotton
in tlie yard at the Southwestern railroad.
The alarm was given, and soon the rail
road boys were bard at work endeavoring
to extinguish it. Buckets of water were
passed, and in a short while the last spark
was quenched. The damage was slight.
The fire originated from a match on the
dray which brought the cotton to theyard.
The bale was removed from the yard,
placed near a pump, and a negro stationed
near with instructions to throw water on
it gt the slightest sign of fire.
CAfitfiFiivlltE Express 1 ”r. Augustus
y. Verdery, a very aged and highly re
spected citizen of this place, was found
lying on the sidewalk, near Rev. P. M.
Rybum’s residence, Tuesday night about
10 o'clock,in a very critical condition. He
had been visiting some friends in the city,
and while on his way home was stricken
with apoplexy. It" is supposed he had
been lying there about one hour. He was
carried to Mr. Rybum’s, and Dr. Leake
was sent for. He was thought to be dying
at the time, but by skillful treatment his
condition is somewhat improved, It is
hardly probable, however, that he will re
cover.
The Savannah Netos of Thursday gives
the particulars of one of the saddest
esses we have ever read. A young wife,
yet in her teens, is abandoned by her hus
band in a strange city, and realizing her
friendless condition, attempts to take her
own life. She bad rooms at the Planters
Hotel in that city. She purchased a vial
of laudanum, and lay down to sleep—the
sleep of death.
_ Previous to taking the laudanum she
iVd commenced a note to her mother run
ning thus: “Mother, your baby is dying.
She has had so muen misery that she is
heartsick and weary, but to-night will end
it all.” The note ’was not finished^and
had no signature.
As stated, the young wife was but a
child in age, experience and appearance,
and her sad condition has excited the
liveliest sympathy. Mr. Herschbach has
very kindly offered her a home at hi3 ho
tel until something can be done for her,
and several gentlemen who have heard of
her distressed situation have interested
themselves in her behalf, and will en
deavor to have some of our good ladies
devise means to secure her a comtortable
home. It wonld seem from her state
ment that there was a determination on
the part of her husband to throw her upon
the world on her own resources, and if
such is the case no words are adequate to
express the condemnation of his course.
The story of her sad young life has excit
ed indignation among those to whom it
lias been made known, and evoked the
• kindest feeling for her.
If she is the parly We think she is, she
resided awhile in Macon, and has friends
in this place.
During the fair in Atlanta the pick
pockets have reaped a rich harvest. We
regret to see that our fellow-townsman,
Col. H. J. Lamar, lost bis watch and
chain, some money and a thousand-mile
ticket on the Central railroad, and that
the venerable Judge Iliram Warner lost
$300. The thieves raked In about $10,-
000 daring the week.
The bank of Rome, says the Tribune
has been receiving and paying out from
$30,000 to $50,000 per day for cotton.
This paper says that on Wednesday last
over one hundred messages were deliv
ered by the American Union Telegraph
i Company. This will give the public some
Nines, speaking of the recent visit of Hon. i idea of the business and popularity of this
A. H. Stephens to Warrenton, says: I new line.
The crest commoner delivered his I m , Tn f \J bo,n “ Tnle fairwiU **“ 011 lhe
speech sitting in his rolling chair. HU .
voice was as clear and ringinc as ever in J OBD ! tb ? “ ,hu ^ professor of
earlier davs wlien “his eve was not the 5011111 Georgia College, has amvedin
^m n^r hTi’iatnreTforce ab/t J’!ar£ ! Thomasville, and will enter upon his du-
andjammed as the crowd was, breathless . n n«mhri.lire has
attention was paid to every utterance The To “S e
from bis eloquent lips, and not a syllable purchased by Mr. J. R. Adams, of
was lost to any ear. He evidently tried Alabama, who will add new machinery
to subdue bis manner to that of familiar 1 an _ d P ut JL l 1“ operation.
on his
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'fife
under
law.
r ov
.ver in a
the cotton and com crops were never bet-
n G.' Jones, Capt^Collins, for'jSL JWins, 5«*
Bruns wick, with a caifetF&f 141,090 f "
in- liewn timber, vafcrtd at $E|34.1Vin
nJhe 191 feet of sawn timber,' lilufed at
r this ‘ 059.05i on MoudaJ, xM JMv, instant,
1 ’ the American schoontj -Flora Rogers,
Capt. Rogers, for PhilndeipMa, with a
cargo of 90,461 ieet of lidwa fpiber, and
239,411 feet of sawg lurcher, .valued at
$4,148. - .‘S* f V A
Brunswick Advertiser: The Alta-
maha swamp abounds in bean. Although
ter, all our j not hunted as regularly-as deeiymany are
teniofagriculturehas *^7™ nevertheless kilHd cveTy year. A colored
within the last few.years, emigrant* >r° n ‘ v . -
ced
Europe, skilledErtlsaiar
tillers of the sod, are coming- into various,
portions of the State and opening up new
farms and engaging in other iudus-
itli out a {few
.. jhorth nfcraffng..
war crossing ore r to Butler’/
Island In a little boat just at daylight.
Mrs. Brain, lob, bad concluded to pass
iarms »uu “7“ Mrs. Bruin, too, had concluded to pass
irpm^ire Jtate of the OTer » was-swimming for dear life
big boom in the “Empire State of the > nhservin.* her. middled
conversational style, and for the most
part succeeded, but occasionally an irre
pressible flash of eloquent feeling would
burst out, when the lion would assert him
self. I shall not attempt to give any re
port of the speech. Strong, able, patriotic,
wise as it was in all its parts, even that did
not so powerfully impress me as the grand
ovation which was paid to the man him
self by all clasass and colon. Admiration
of the orator was almost eclipsed in devo
tion to the man. Surely not another
Rev. R. M. Lockwood, formerly of this
city, and now pastor of the Methodist
chnrch in Eastman, by invitation of the
citizens, will deliver two lectures in that
place on England, Ireland and Scotland,
with incidents oi his recent visit.
Mb. R. C. Brewer, of Macon, left for
Tuskcgee yesterday, where be goes to be
married to Miss May Kelley, one of the
beauties of that city.
Mrs. Joseph Took, of Haynevillc, died
recently in Sumter county while visiting
relatives.
ARomantic Marriage.—Perry Home
statesman in the country has so strong
hold upon the confidence and love of his _ , „ , , . ..
Rome Courier: Mr. D. S. Johnson, a Etheridge,mPerry,by Iiev. B. i. Thatpe,
merchant residing and doing business in ***♦ T", : wuw US ’ Th’o
of ifrs“ m B °£ D iV'S; SSriSe S" byoi-y lb, ,5a-
SLR"aSd'™.' St 5£t±IT, of lhe t ? W.ft r ir,y0
1 of™ e— iiu was a halo of romance that imbues the
boarding bouse, to stop for the night, or
some length of time. He ate sapper, and
seemed to be in good health, and in the
enjoyment of at least the usual good
humor of a man of bis age, being appa
rently about sixty years old. Upm retir
ing at night he asked Mr. Cornelius Ter-
hune if any one else would sleep in his
room, not showing that he particularly de
sired it, hut expressed himself satisfied
when old that a young gentleman would
occupy another bed in the same room,
remarking that he wonld rather have
company m the room. The young man,
however, did not sleep in the room, and
about eight o'clock, yesterday morning,
some one entered the room to see if he
was tip, but he appeared to be sleeping so
soundly that the door was closed, and he
left to *liis supposed slumber. About ten,
Mr. Johnson still net waking, an attempt
was made to arouse him, when be was
discovered cold and lifeless. His position
in the bed was that of a man sleeping,
and there was no appearance of struggle
or pain in death, and the supposition is
that in the still hours of the night, the
silver cord was loosed in a moment of un
consciousness, and the spirit returned to
God who gave it.
Marietta Journal: Conductor John
Grant was knocked from the top of a
freight car at thl3 place last Monday
morning and had the toes on his left foot
badly crushed by the car wheels passing
over them. He was also gashed on the
head. It was a fortunate escape from
death.
Columbus Enquirer: Yesterday af
ternoon, at 1 o’clock, a fire was discover
ed in the gin house of Mr. T. J. Watt, on
his place several miles north of the city.
It spread rapidly, and despite the efforts
of the hands aud neighbors the gm house
and screw were totally consumed. Mr.
Watt rented the gin to parties of negroes
who were working his land. On Mon
day one of these parties brought in three
or four hales, and had only ginned one
when the lire broke out. The cause is
unknown, hut .it is supposed a match by
some means got in the cotton. The
property was uninsured. This is the fif
teenth gin house that has been burned in
Georgia this season.
Lumpkin Independent: Col. Parker
styles himself the Independent, National
Greenback, Labor-Reform candidate. If
lie reforms himself, t and labors honestly
for a living after tlie reformation, he will
have accomplished a task indeed. His
on! V hope of success lies in getting the
Republican ling masters to put his name
on the Garfield ticket and have the Be-
publicaus vote for him innocently.
.vi.r jttoN Register: On Monday
night, tlie 11th instant, at tlie residence < t
her sou, Mr. David Walker, Mrs.
bride with such qualities as those of
which heroines and faithful wives are
made. We learn that the marriage oc
curred about two weeks earlier than the
time originally set for the ceremony, but
Mr. Furlow came to Perry on a visit, and
was taken quite sick at the residence of
Mrs. Etheridge. Miss Susie, seeing that
be ceeded tbe services of a kind and at
tentive nurse, agreed to marry him at
once and herself assume that position,
Mr. Furlow was too sick even to nse from
his bed when the ceremony wis perforin
ed. Miss Susie was one of the most
charming and fascinating young ladies of
our town, and we congratulate Mr. Far-
low upon his good fortune in sealring
such a treasure. That he will rapidly re
cover his health under the gentle minis
trations of his young wife, we have no
doubt, and we hope for them a life full^f
happiness, and th?t the illness of the
groom on the wedding day will be the
worst of their sorrows.
Thomasville Enterprise: Lemuel Wil
loughby, one of the old citizens of Thomas
couuty, died on his farm five miles North
east of town on Thursday last, the 14th
Inst.
Hawkinsvtlle Dispatch: Mr. Ciias.
E. Chancey, of Hawkinsvilie, has just
gathered over five hundred bushels of
corn from 17 acres. In addition to the
crop of com, he raised on the same field
a fine crop ot peas and pumpkins, and
’coons and ’possoms “world without end.”
The ’coons and "possoms were too nu
merous to measure.
GBiFriN Xeics: Griffin seems to be
afflicted with a number of nuisances.
Next in importance to tbe one at tbe de
pot, comes the crowd of noisy little boys
that daily assemble at tbe post-office.
Little boys ought to know how to behave,
but we are pained to say a number do
not. There are a few young gentlemen,
too, who seem to have forgotten the rules
of propriety, and would bo well for
them, also, to remember that the post
office is no place to wrest.e. It is very
objectionable to the public, and extremely
annoying to the postmaster.
Albany A’etss and Advertiser: 1 ester-
day afternoon Judge Vason happened tom
most painful accident. Returning from a
ride, he drove into his lot and, before get
ting out of his buggy, told the boy attend
ing him to take off the bridle so that the
horse could drink water, which was done.
The horse finding himself at liberty ran
off, jerking the buggy after him and throw
ing Judge Vasoi^ who was just getting
out, against a barn with great violence.
He had his left ai m dislocated and one of
his ribs fractured by the fall. The dislo
cated arm was sot, and the Judge r&tiug
very well last night at 10 o’clock.
big
South.’’
Larry Gantt, the versatile editor of
that sterling journal, the Oglethorpe
Echo, in discussing State politics, has the
following to say in the issue bf his paper
of October 15th:
We do not believe In carrying organiza
tion too far. Let nominations be made
when an absolute necessity demands
them; and then let the question be decided
by a primary election. Away yvlth court
bouse cliques and packed conventions!
The day for these political abortions lias
passed! We endorse tbe free and honest
voter when be refuses to obey their main-
dates! Let every Democrat old enough
to cast a ballot express his choice, and
then wo will abide the verdict of the ma
jority,
Augusta JPetcs: Augusta has the enl-
zooty, not horses alone, but tue whole
town. This time tbe disease is milder
than its previous expression in our midst,
but it is quite as universally prevalent-
Go around any livery stable and the basb,
Lash of epizooty is heard from every stall.
A large number of horses are afflicted,
but no serious cases have been reported.
No deaths have occurred, and to mild is
tbe type that no such consequence is ap
prehended. The only remedy yet applied
is care and good feeding, and with such
protection horses afflicted recover in a few
days.
Albany Nines and Advertiser; Upon
the votes of the second Congressional dis
trict may depend tbe political complexion
of tbe next Cengress. The parties will
certainly bold close power, and tho eyes
of tbe leaders of both are turned to the
first and second Geoigia districts. Turner
must be elected.
Augusta Chronicle: The grain elevator,
constructed and subsequently enlarged by
the Georgia Railroad Company, has proved
to be a ^successful pecuniary enterprise
in every respect. Tlie building is usually
filled to overflowing with the different
kind$ of grain which it is made to accomj
modaie, but at present has only one limi-
dred and four thousand bushels of grain,
its entire capacity since its enlargement
being one hundred aud fifty thousand
bushels.
Perry Home Journal: The Macon
Presbjtery closed its session here Sunday
night. The services were quite interest
ing aud largely attended. The Presbytery
was composed of as intelligent look’ng
men as we ever saw together in one body.
We failed to get the names of all the del
egates, hence we publish none.
DRUNSWicK Appeal: K. C. Wade is
flooding the first district with Republican
campaign documents, and thousands of
them are being sent to Democrats. Let
them be turned to good s-ccount forBlacK
and the true faith.
Perry Home Journal: Mr. Sterling
Sanford, about sixty-three years ot age
and a most estimable citizen of Byron,
died at bis residence last Tuesday, after
an illness of several weeks of erysipelas.
He was buried at Fort Valley yesterday.
Our sympathies are with the bereaved
relatives and friends.
Dawson Journal: Wo learn that Jas.
Aldridge killed a man named M. W.
Pierce, at Morgan, last Saturday night.
Aldridge had lien squirrel hunting and
was on bis way borne about dusk, with
bis gun on bis shoulder. He met Pierce
in the road, and they got into a quarrel.
Pierce struck Aldridge with bis fist, and
Aldridge stepped back and shot Pierce in
tbe face with his gun. Pierce died in a
short time, and Aldridge had not been ar
rested at last accounts. It seems that they
had a difficulty just previous to tbe fatal
meeting, in which Pierce drew a knife
and attempted to cut Aldridge. Pierce
was under the influence of liquor and Al
dridge is supposed to have been drinking.
Columbus Timer. Yesterday we beard
of a case, in Harris county, in which a
negro was charged with stealing a half
bushel of potatoes from'a farmer. The
farmer proposed to tbe negro that if be
would work for him two years be would
let tbe‘matter drop, and tbe negro con
sented. Now, tbe question is, will the
negro stick? We liardly think lie will.
Columbus Times: Tbe new Catholic
church is being pushed forward to com
pletion with a vim, and the workmen are
now busy putting on the roof. We hope
ere long to hear the notes of its bell ring
out on the Sabbath air. When complete
it will be among the most magnificent
buildings in the city, and will reflect great
credit upon those who have bad the man
agement of building it in hand.
Perry Home Journal: Mr. T. D
Warren, near Byron, is cultivating a three-
mule farm from which he has already
gathered abont seventy bales of cotton,
and confidently expects to get seventy-five
bales—twenty-five bales to the mule.
Besides this he ha-i gathered 300 bushels
of corn. Good farming this—who can
beat it? Mr. Warren cultivated more
land than this, but tlie three-mule farm
constitutes Lis ‘-brag patch."
Columbus Enquirer: For some time
Mr. J. L. Biggers has been missing cotton
from the gin house on his place a few
miles above the city. He suspected a ne-
gru uauied George Clark, and yesterday
his suspicions were confirmed by bearing
of tbe negro selling seed cotton in this
city. He sited out a warrant charging
George with larceny from tbe house, and
placed it in tbe bands of Baliff A. W. Mc-
Micliael. The officer was not long in find-
ing the man. He was arrested aud car
ried to Nance's for trial.
Where is a Better Country.—
Americus Recorder. Mr. Perry Peacock,
of Schley county, had a freedman, who
with one male, this year made twenty-
three hales of Cotton, weighing over five
hnndrcd pounds each, anil two hundred
bushels of com.
Mr. George W. McNeil, of this county,
has gathered twelve bales and will get
four more from eighteen acres of land,
and one hundred and fifty bushels of com
from ten acres of land that has been iu
cultivation forty-five years,
Walker County Messenger: We can
find no resident of Walker county who
has beard anyihing of tbe wife swappiug,
an account of which appeared in a Chat
tanooga paper, and extensively copied.
We thought at the t jne it was a libel upon
tbe fair fame of tbe county, and therefore
would not publish it.—Summerville Ga
zette.
Yes, air, a lie cut out of whole doth,
and we would have so stated when we first
saw it; but we did not suppose that .any
body iu tbe world would be fool enough
to credit it. People wlio desire tbe news
from this county, will find every item of
any importance faithfully chronided in tbe
columns of tbe Messenger.
Rome Courier; We are pained to
clironide tbe death of a worthy dtizen of
of this county, Mr. Donald Gunn, which
occurred at bis home in this county last
Monday night. Mr. Gunn was a Scotch
man, and bad lived a long time in Aus
tralia, whence he came to the United
States a few years ago. He lived iu this
county several years, and was highly re
spected. His disease was consumption.
His remains were buned yesterday by
tbe Masonic fraternity, to which he be
longed.
Cochran Enterprise: The mail route
from this place to Dublin has been dis
continued for some cause or other. We
hope that it will not be for long, as our
subscribers at Laurens Hill and Buck
Horn have no way of getting their mail.
Mr. George H. Thomas, our postmaster,
has written to headquarters, and hopes
in a few days to havewt working all right
mgaic.
Darien G<izelte: The Hilton Timber
and Lumber Company cleared on Friday,
the loth, the American schooner William
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responded to by Hon. H. P. Holland, of i
when the negro, observing her, paddled
bisfbbfcl aiongistfe of‘her, and with ^bil
let of wood Quickly dispatched her. Sue
was full grown, and would have given
fight had they met on terra firma instead"
of in the water, where the negro had
every advantage.
Augusta Never. Matthew Slieron,
Esq., died at his residence in this city last
night at ten o’clock. Mr. Sheron was ca
nal wharfinger of tbe city? and held the
commission of justice of the peace, which
office he has administered in Augusta for
time whereof the memory of man run
neth not to the contrary. Mr. Sheron
was not a very old man, and his threescore
years had passed lightly over his head.
His active participation in public affairs
made bis name and face familiar to our
people, and be will be missed from tbe
places that knew him so well. Mr. She-
ruS was for a long time recorder for the
citv.
Atlanta Port: Yesterday Mr. W- H.
West, of Spring Garden, Ciierokeecounty,
Ala., had on exhibit at the fair a hybrid
bird, which is a cross between a guinea
hen and a wild turkey gobbler. The like
was never known before. The bird is
perfectly wild and is about two years
old.
Ben Perry, a colored man at Amerson
station, on the Selma, Borne and Dalton
railroad, had a guinea hen to leave
home aud take up with a
drove of wild turkeys. Soon after
wards he found tbe guinea on a nest
of seventeen eggs which shehad laid. He
carried the eggs home and placed them
under another hen. Only one of the sev
enteen batched, and this bird is that one.
Yesterday. Mr. West was refused £15 for
the curiosity, hut said he would not take
$50. The bird is larger than a chicken; is
black, with small white stripes like a
guinea, and has a beak like a turkey. She
is kept in a cage all tbe time.
Americus Recorder: Everybody has
not seen a Jewish witness put on oath,and
we will state a custom of theirs which
runs back so far that memory of man
notes not the contrary. Yesterday in tbe
case of tbe State vs.-Sim Moie, for burs
clary, tbe Messrs. Cobcu and Mr. Max
Marcus were withesses, and when called
to tbe book we noticed that they scattered
around iu such a way as to show that
something was wrong, but soon got to
gether attain and each bad put bis head
under cover. In the court room where
every one uncovers except the sheriff and
his deputies, this looked strange, but thus
they were sworn; while two gentiles, with
heads uncovered, also took the same oath.
It Is universal with Israelites to put bats
on when taking an oath, and just the re
verse with gentiles.
Brunswick Advertiser: Rev. Mr.
Twitty, of the First Street Methodist
church of Macou, has been in our city tlie
past week assisting Rev. Mr. Myers in his
protracted meeting. We trust his labors
have not been in vain.
LaGrAXGB Reporter: Three boys of
Mr. J. F. Joues, of Hogansville, Willie,
Hugh and Gordon, aged respectively four
teen, eleven and nine years, cultivated
twenty-fire acres of land this year, on
which they raised 30 bales of cotton, aver
aging 500 pounds; 100 bushels com; 30
bushels rice; 1,000 pounds fodder; 3,200
pounds bay; 200 bushels potatoes; Gfine
beeves, and 8 fine bogs. On 10 acres they
raised 00 bushels of wheat, and ou eight
acres 400 bushels of oats. Only $11 were
paid for extra work. This is a good show
ing anil surpasses the achievements of
some of the best fanners. We note the
above facts with pleasure, and wish the
young gentlemen many years in which to
reap bountiful harvests from the bosom of
mother earth.
Augusta News: Mr. Edward F. Aus
tin died at bis residence this morning. He
bad been quite ill for some time and
leaves many relattves and friends to
mourn bis decease. He bad been a val
ued employe and clerk in tbe express of
fice for tbe past ten or twelve years.
Fort Valley Mirror: On Tuesday
night some persons, supposed to be ne
groes, went around town and deposited at
each store door aLd gate post in the town
lightwood splinters and matches, thereby
intimating a threat to burn tbe town.
Tbe supposed cause of this outrage is that
it is said by several negroes that a negro
man arrested for stealing a lot of money
from Mr. Watson, of Crawford county,
who bad been placed in our guard bouse,
but afterward given to the authorities
of Crawford county, had while on the way
to Knoxv*lie been taken away from the
constable and whipped and otherwise mal
treated to make him confess and return
tbe money, and was afterwards returned
to our guard bouse and tied to a tree
in front. We Lave no evidence but the
statement of tlie prisoner, who said they
abused him and returned him to Fort
Valley and tied him to tbe tree and left
him with tbe remark for him to tell those
who released him bo was notguilty. Now
be it known, that this offense, if com
mitted, was done by citizens not of our
county, but outside of our couuty. If it
is trae, it shows a contemptible spirit on
the part of those engaged in tbe offense to
saddle their misdeeds on Fort Valley, and
it is one we will not tamely submit to.
Gainesville Eagle: Dawson Hen
derson, a farmer living about two miles
from the city, mysteriously disappeared
last week. He was one of tho jury em
paneled at the adjourned session of the
court, and reported here for duty. While
in the city he got on a little spree, and
started for home Tnesday night. It is
claimed he was seen on the road, but at
all events the mule he was tiding reached
home riderless. Numerous parties have
been out searching for the man, but as
yet no trace can be found of him. There
is no domestic or financial trouble that
would induce him to leave the country,
and we are left to conclude that he has
been foully dealt with. Parties are
searching day aud night, but up to tbe
hour of going to press, no trace has been
found.
The Talbotton Branch Road.—
Columbus Times: Mr. Joel T. Johnson,,
one of tbe contractors on this road, in
forms us that tbe work of grading will
soon be completed, as only about 3,000
yards of earth remain to be moved. We
do not know whether thocompany has re
ceived any iron or rolling stock yet, but
we presume that they will not be long in
so coing. Tbe road 'will prove a great
benefit to Talbotton, and they should lose
no time in putting it in operation.
The Late attempted Suicide.—
Savannah Netcs: The young girl-wife,
who tbrongb despair at being cast loose
by her husband, attempted to end her
mortal existence bydriuking laudatiam at
lier room in the Plauters’ Hotel on Tues
day night, an account of which appeared
In the Morning News, was yesterday vis
ited by several of our well known Chris
tian ladies connected with benevolent so
cieties, who became interestetttu her be
half, and have promised to render her all
assistance possible in restoring her to her
relatives. General Anderson informs ns
that some three weeks since he received a
letter from the grandfather of the girl,
making anxious inquiries about her, and
stating that they were unable to learn
her whereabouts, but were desirous of
having her returned to them. Some in
quiries were made, but nothing definite
was ascertained. Her grandfather and
mother were at the date of this letter in
Macon, and yesterday they were written
that she was here. The family are from
New England, and it is nuderstood are
anxious to return to their native place.
Considerable feeling was expressed upon
the subject yesterday, and parties who
have interested themselves in the young
EtImOs Her Hsud, sad
Heeia U Wltk • Hearty «%Sp
Lat&nighrthe city presented a mo^an-
HBatod and enlivened appearance. The
citizens turned oat en masse, and repaired
to tlie/lepot
cursii
Fioyfe R v
tain JohirL. Hardeman, and the Ma
con Volunteers, in their handsome new
uniforms, under command oPCaptatb
W. Carnes, draw,up in company front on
Fdimh streA to await*the arrival ‘of tli4
train. Tbe Volunteere’ Rand made Its:
first appearance, and in the depot
coursed martial music until the Atlai
train rolled under the shed, and the stral
were drowned out in the enthusl
cheers of the crowd, which literally fil
the building fiom end to end. T|
Bibb Artillery, with one piece,
drawn np near the Brown' Ho
and fired a salute of thirteen guns,
the arrival of the guests. The
visiting companies, the Rockford Rifles
and Janesville Guards, preceded by t|ie
fine band of tho former corps, marched out
of the depot and took position on the ri^it
0t the Macon companies, where they stack-
fid inns and, with tbe bands playing,
marched into supper. The two companWs
with the receiving committees filled tbe
capacious dining room of the Brown
House, and made up a very pretty pic
ture, with the gaslight bright upon the
uniforms. An excellent supper was served
up, and the order to fall in, again given.
The following is the roll of the two com
panies, except a few honorary members
whom business at borne had called away
fiom Atlanta:
ROCKFORD RIFLES.
Officers.—Captain T. G. Lawler, First
Lieutenant George J. Manny, Second
Lieutenant H. C. Gray, First Sergeant G.
Will Fish, Fifth Sergeant J. D. Ham
ilton, Q. M. Sergeant C. C. Jones, Color
Sergeant CL W. Vestal, Second Corporal J.
II. Manuel, Fourth Corporal C. Bean.
Privates.—G. C. Robertson, H. D. An
drew, E. C. Spaulding, T. Ferguson, B. J.
Randolph, W. 11. Colburn, George Fowl
er, P. W. Welch, M. J. Rogan, W. E.
Coy, W. H. Giffin, J. M. Kennedy, J. J.
Cooper, R. W. Mclnness, W. H. Fahrney,
W. T. Woodruff, J. L. Rogers, W. Bar
bour, W. C. Chandler, F. E. Reeves,
F. W. Cammann, Frank Bean,
Charles Gray, Hcrva Roberts, R. H.
Ross, L. F. Lake, R. Shepard, Clarence
Marsh, W. L. Miller, F. A. Buck'ngham,
F. K. Shears.
Honorary Members.—George R. Forbes,
Daniel Goodlander, H. B. Lee, R. H.
Tinker, C. A. DeSausure, George R. At
kinson, C. M. Utter, M. L. Utter, W. O.
Wormwood, C. O. Gavitt, Dr. G. W.
Rohr, Frank P. Fisher, H. P. Holland,
III W. Simpson, Elisha Kirk, W. H.
Fisher, Wm. Hill.
Forrest City Band, Rockford, IU.—
Aug. Dedrickson, leader, 1st E fiat cor
net; Wm. Tullocb, 2d E flat corner; Ed.
Davis, E. flat clarionet; Aug. Ander
son, 1st B flat Clariono’.; Wm. Pickett,
2d B flat clarionet; Geo. Eavis, 1st
B flat cornet; Wm. Beckstraud, 1st aito;
P. A. Petterson, 2d alto; Melvin Baker,
baritone; Ben Ruddick, 1st tenor; John
Gregory, 2d tenor; Ed. Hollenbeck, B flat
bass; Al. Barker, aud Charles Kilburn,
tubas; Al. Crandall, snare dram; Hiram
Buckbee, bass drum.
JANESVILLE GUARDS.
Officers.—Captain H. A. Smith,Lieuten
ant C. F. Glass, Judge Advocate
J. W. Bates, Sergeant J. B. Doe,
Sergeant-Major W. A. Hand, Ser
geant George Woodruff, Sergeant .\J£. J.
Hemming, Corporal E. D. McGowan,
Corporal W. Evenson, Corporal C. C. Mc
Lean
Privates.—Fred Putnam, C. Winter-
mute, Otto Holm, G. Scarcliff, P. Heffron,
A. Wickliam, Robert McLean, J. R. Ha
bony, George Grove, S. Rutter, Joseph
Bear, Frank Taylor.
Honorary Members.—T. T. Croft, R.
Valentine; G. M. Hanchctt, W. B. Brit
ton, F. C. Cook, D. Jeffris, W. S. Jeffris,
E. H. Strickland, R. J. Richardson, W.
T. VanKirk, A. E. Morse, E. G. Newhall,
John Harlow, Guy Carter, C. O. Tatter-
shall, T. W. MacLean, M/T. Moore, F.
A. Copeland, Ed. Murdock, A. Hoskins.
THE RECEPTION.
When the companies had been reform
ed in front of the Brown House last night,
and the command manffl had been given,
a delightful surprise, which bad been
planned by Mr. S. R. Jacques, was de
veloped. About three thousand people
surrounded tbe military, and fell into line
when the compauies moved off. The pro
cession extended through several squares,
and from the satchels of hundreds of boys
there sprang forth Roman candles, rock
ets, and other fireworks, and the city
was lighted up by a lurid glare as
if by magic. The crowd, with
bands playing, passed through a perfect
storm of fire and seas of tinted lights, un
til the Volunteers’ armory was reached,
when the fireworks were condensed and a
steady stream of sparks from a fountain
of fire fell among the spectators until the
military disappeared in the armory.
At this point the arms were stack
ed, and the military and their guests
repaired to Masonic Hall, where a gigan
tic bowl of punch flankod by a good
ly array of champagne bottles, betokened
the scene about to ensue. Drawn up in
the shape of a hollow square, the compa
nies stood while Col. Thos. Hardeman de
livered a patriotic address. No report of
the speaker’s words can he given. It was
one of those short and eloquent bursts for
which he is noted. He extended to them
a “Geoigia welcome,” and when he al
luded to the t; starS aud stripes” as “your
flag and our flag,” he was interrupted by
enthusiastic applause
Captain H. P. Holland, honorary mem
ber of the Rockford Rifles, responded in a
strain similar to that adopted by Colonel
Hardeman, speaking, however, he said as
a business man. He closed his happy
little response by sayiug that “as the riv
ers of his State flowed southward,
would his thoughts, when he had reached
home, turn southward also.'’
The speech was received with great ap
plause, aud when Captain Carnes re
quested the military to attack the enemy,
the poppiug of corks iiespoke a social bat
tle well begun.
Tbe companies and civilians lingered in
social converse for several hours, and tbe
punch-bowl grew full and empty more
than once. When the signal for retiring
was given, arm in arm the blu nnl tbe
pl«
guests, acflbmpanied b;
;ens, ttfll jptet carriage
tit tbe cltaL 3t£tnal
iges, Vinevlne, the ce
Park will be among the
and such commercial estaoiisEmeffc
each may require.
etupnifig, lunch will he served at 12|
ck.
assemble and parade
fol palm,
plorable effecto
n section^ ]jf
God help us i ftfefi tempest liuri^
The pine against the palm.”
To-day the dark leaves of pine are
mingled with bright fronds of palm not by
tbe hot Simoon of war, bat by tbe gentle
winds of peace; and holding out their
two o’clock the military will open bauds tlie jieople of tlie South give
I parade until 3J, when after royal welcome to the citizen soldiery of
the great West.
and guests will assemble at the Brown That great West, or rather Northwest
° from *hich we come, is, like your own,
Hqdse, and an elegant champagne banquet
be served. This latter ^feature will be
among the most brilliant entertainments
ever g^tven in this eity*U£ SET
At 8:15 p. m.7 the visitors will enter
tlleir cars and depart on their long journey
home, with, let us trust, none but pleas
ant memories, of the Central City.
woman’s future are determined tosee that t]ie citir< . n and t i, e so ldier, marched
she has protection and is not allowed, if i f ;’ • , n ^ A .. ,
they can prevent it, to come to further I back to tbe Brown House, and the tired
haim. 1 guests sought repose.
“TOO HAPPY TO LIVE.”
THE WEST AND THE KOUTH THOR
OUGHLY “HISOIEB.”
Seeing the City—Gnnd Military- Pa-
ntc—Baaqnet at the’Brown Ifonse
—Marcherthe Sncar Cane Brigade
“Ppl Me ia My Little Bed”—Fare
well.
“I am just too happy to live! ” exclaim
ed one of tbe soldier boys last night iuthe
depot when the day’s work was done! and
if looks and words are any Indication of
how men feel, the sentiment expressed
the thoughts of evety one, guests and
hosts, in the depot last night. It has been
said that Macon is a laggard in some
things, and perhaps she is, but no oue ha3
ever accused her of lacking in hospitality,
and surely no one who witnessed the re
ception of the Wisconsin and Illinois com
panies can now lay the charge to her door.
Yesterday morning as soon as the visit
ing soldiers made their appearance from
their rooms and got the breakfast question
definitely settled, they were joined at the
Brown House by committees aud citizens,
and a complimentary excursion over the
city was tendered them. Carriage after
carriage rolled away from the door with its
military freight, the big band wagon was
filled and dashed off, and the uniforms
continued to appear. Finally when some
twenty carriages (many of them private
ones) had been filled, all were found to
have been accommodated. Each vehicle
contained a citizen who was appointed to
show the guests the city, which they did
iu various ways. Some visited the mam
moth wholesale houses, some the cotton
mills, some tbe public buildings and col
leges, and nearly all went into Vineville,
the Cemetery and Park. Many citizens,
using their own carriages, made home a
way station, and refreshed the inner man
with Bourbon or a substitute. When the
noonday hoar was reached, most of the
company assembled at the hotel again in
time for luneh, but those who did not
were lunched at restaurants, so that when
1:30 o’clock arrived, and the ranks were
formed, all were iu good order for the
parade.
THE PAEADE.
Macon has seldom witnessed a more
beautiful pageant than was presented yes
terday. Larger numbers of the military
she has had, but never before four such
well drilled and handsome bodies of men.
The marching aud drill of the Rockford
Rifles and the Janesville Guards were
simply perfect, and attracted universal at
tention. The Floyd Rifles had full ranks
and presented a splendid appearance, and
the Volunteers, iu new uuiforms and full
ranks, never looked better. The battalion
was formed under Col. C. M. Wiley, with
Major Hodgkins and Adjutant Huguenin
both present. The united drum corps of
the Volunteers and Rifles and the Rock
ford band furnished fine music. The
companies marched out Second street and
around by the college on the hill, return
ing down Mulberry street, and from thence
to the Brown House. Hundreds of ladies
witnessed the parade.
THE BANQUET.
Surely some fairy has been at work
here, we thought, as we entered the din
ing hall of the Brown House, at 4 o’clock
yesterday afternoon, and gazed upon the
untasted feast there spread. The long
lines of tables were beautifully arranged
with delicacies, and ateach plate lay atiny
bouquet and a bill of fare printed upon
silk. Tbe whole affair was most elegantly
gotten up, and reflects great credit upon
that prince ot entertainers, Mr. Geo. F.
Brown. The following is tbe bill of fare,
a printed copy of which each guest
carried away with him as a memento of
the occasion:
MACON’S GREETING
—to her—
WESTERN VISITORS,
Rockford Rifles - - JanesvUle Guards.
BANQUET AT BROWN’S HOTEL,
Macon, Ga., Oct. 23,1SS0.
Soup.—Mock turtle. Cousommc, a la
Roval.
Fish.—Boiled sea bass, celery. Boiled
trout, sliced tomatoes.
Boiled.—Leg ot mutton, caper sauce.
Ham, wiue sauce. Spinach, with bacon.
Young capon, egg sauce.
Roast.—Ribs of beef. Turkey, cran
berry sauce. Southdown mutton, dish
gravy. Barbecued pig. Leg of pot k, ap
ple sauce.
Cold.—Turkey, beef, beef tongue, bam,
chicken.
Mayonnaise.—Lobster, veal, chicken.
Game.—Red bead duck, hunter’s style.
Loinofvenisou, with jelly.
Agrees—Fillet of beef, aux Champig
non. Chicken pic, a la Parisienne.
Shrimp patties, a la Maryland. Turkey
giblct saute, a la Anglaise. Salmon cro
quettes, herb sauce. Baked pork and
beans, Boston style. Banana fritters, with
rum. Maccaroui with cheese.
Vegetables.—Mashed potatoes. Boilpd
Bermuda potatoes. Asparagus, cream
sauce. Rice. Peas. Stewed tomatoes.
Baked yams. Cora. Turnips. Onions.
Lima beans. Turaipgreens.
Pastry.—English plum pudding, bard
sauce. Tapioca pudding, Rhine wine
sauce. Miuce pie. Peach pie. Custard
pie. Cocoanut pie. Pound cake. Fruit
cake.„ Jelly roll. Cocoauut cake.
Sponge cake. Currant cake. Kisses.
Lemou ice cream. Sparkling Gelatine.
Dessert Oranges. Bananas. Grapes.
Apples. Nuts. Raisins. Crackers and
cheese. French coffee.
H’ine.—Mumm’s Extra Dry. Piper
Heidsicck. Rococo.
Abont two hundred plates were set, and
at about 44 o’clock tbe procession entered,
and were shown to seats, tbe committees
and a portion of tbe Volunteers and Rifles,
actiug as tbe wine brigade, witli instruc
tions to shoot every empty glass. After
grace by Chaplain O. A. Glazebrook, the
elegant repast was enjoyed by the party;
the march had whetted their appetites to
just the correct keenness. The substan
tial having been disposed of, the wreck
was cleared away, and Col. A. O. Bacon,
who presided over the banquet in the most
graceful manner, arose and announced
the first toast, which was “ Tlie Great
West: Tbe lapof liberty, tlie exile’s borne
and tbe granary of tbe world.” This was
chiefly an agricultural region, differing, it
is true, in kind of .products, bntjike this,
dependent for its prosperity upon tbe in
telligent cultivation of its soiL To this is
to be added tbe further resources of its
mines;'and out ?f these kindly gifts of na
ture, there grows our third great material
interest, manufactures. Speaking here to
you to-day, for myself and comrades, who
at every stage of a delightful journey
through this “laud of sun and flowers,”
have been invited by your own frankness
to express ourselves without reserve, I
may be permitted to say that I see no
reason why such manufacturing indusj
tries as are supplied by tbe natural pro
ducts of your soil,by your cottou,your val
uable timber and tbe like,should not yield
a fair return upon the required investment
of capital. Ou this bead permit me in
offensively to mention an incident which
will serve to illustrate the point, so often
made by. leading men of your own section,
that you do not know your own resources,
or, if you do know, have SCarely begun to
develop them. A gentleman residing in
Janesville, Wisconsin, who had early this
season projected building a house, bought
iu tbe city of Milwaukee a mirror framed
in a beautiful,and to him unknown,wood,
which, as he supposed, was of tropic and
foreign origtn. On inquiry, however, he
learned that it was from the gum tree of
our own South that this frame had been
errved, and after further investigation,
applied to a mill owner in
Tennessee, to learn if he could there
procure such wood in quantity and shapes
desired, and at a reasonable price, for fin
ishing Ids house with the same. To ibis
the party applied to, replied that he could
supply the timber iu any quantity, at tbe
same time observing that he had never
known of Us being used for finishing pur
poses. The timber was shipped, how
ever. As the resolt, he has what is o
day confessedly the most tastily finished
house ir that Western pine tree Stale.
Here, then, in your forests ot viValile
timber, of many varieties, sou:; ..cIt« in
tbe erection of buildings or th i touitiiic-
tion of ships, others admirably i ’ d to
the exacting, demands of refined .a cin
cabinet work and furniture, you have tbe
nucleus of an industry, which, intelligent
ly inaugurated and energetically conduct
ed, will, it is safe to say, return a splendid
income on the investment.
In the story* as you will remember, the
lamp of Aiadin was a dull and
worthless thing of itself, but in the
hands of him who knew its uses,
showered wealth and honors upon its for
tunate possessor. So it is with the great
natural resources of your favored land; un
developed and latent, they hold out a
guerdon to your energy such as no other
poi tion of our county can present. Recur
ring, now, to the topic, ou which I am
called to observe, I may say that the pros
perity of tlie West is traceable to tjie
character of its people, few of whom are
natives of the section where they reside,
but, ou tbe contrary, represent iu their or
igin not only all of tbe older States, but
all tbe countries of the world. In this in
finite variety of nationality there is not
only in infinite variety of desires, bnt also
of knowledge, aud hence has sprung up
that great productive manufacturing
industry to whose success the
best artisans of tbe two hemispheres
have contributed, so tliat, throughout our
land, the cutlery of Birmingham is sup
planted ia cur shops by the wares of
Northern manufacturers, tbe watches of
Switzerland and France by tbe products
of American factories, and so on througL
tlie long list of articles, useful and orna
mental, demanded by our people.
As farthercontributmg to the prosperity
of tbe great West, aud I may say of the
South also, is that great foreign demand
for the farm products of these two sections,
which has, during the past ten years, rev
olutionized the world’s commerce.
in this connection, permit me to ob
serve, that in the fact that tbe export of cot
tou and lise crops of tbe South, together
with tbe cereals, meats and dairy products
of tbe Northwest, is tbe main factor in pro
ducing that large balance of trade in favor
of America, whose result has been to pour
into onr country the gold hoarded for so
many years in the coffers of Europe, I see
between the South and tbe great West a
community of interest so strong that it is
impossible for me, in undertaking to reply
to a sentiment applicable to one section
only, to leave out tbe other. For this
commingling I have no apology to make.
I see here no lines that separate us, but
many that bind us together. The iron
threads of railway tliat pass tbe open door
ways of your homes reach across tbe long
distance unbroken to our own firesides.
We know no North, we know no West—
we only know our country—and,_ in our
homes, after we shall return, looking back
upon the incidents of a journey
whose every step lia3 been lighted
by acts of fraternal kiudness,we shall say
that we could not go far enough South to
meet an alien race; we shall say that
these men of the new rebuilded South are
our brothers; that their faces are no longer
shadowed by mournful memories of the
past, but lifted up in the light of the sun;
that the same hand which places the
wreath of laurel upon the grave of Robert
E. Lee, willingly crowns with a chaplet
tbe iron shalt which marks tbe spot
where fell tbe gallant McPherson. We
shall say that the South, keenly alive to
Us material interests, invites for the work
ing out of its great destiny, and welcomes
to lier hospitable borders, men in every sec
tion and from every land. We shall say also
that we have seen here only peace, and
the evidences of its blessings on every
baud. And, in conclusion, will not all
here present, men who wore the blue and
men who wore the gray, join iu saying
that, far above tbe dear bought glories of
war, illuminated as they are by tbe count
less heroic actions of both contestants, he
reads in the bright bow of promise which
spans the future of America, those words,
uttered more than l.SOO years aifo by the
angels of the nativi ty, “Peace on earth
good will toward men!”
Mr. Holland’s speech was frequently in
terrupted by applause. The second toast
was—
“The Sunny South. We have been
and we Are.”
This was responded to by Captain John
L. Hardeman of tbe Rifles, in a chaste
and eloquent speech of five minutes. It
would be idle to attempt a report of it; it
contained many beautiful fancies, and
when the speaker in answer to Mr. Hol
land’s effort of the day before, said that
in return for the rivers of the West the
that brought blessings into the South, the
South gave her sunbeams which were
wealth, to the West, be was interrupted
by enthusiastic applause. Captain Harde
man never made a better speech of simi
lar length.
Tlie third toast was—
“The Citizen Soldier—The Bulwark of
the Union.”
Responded to in an able aud eloquent
manner by Sergeant J. B. Doe, of the
Janesville Guards. The speaker began in
a humorous strain, but quiekly changed
into earnestness, and defined the position
of a citizen soldier. He thought that we
were a nation, and tliat every soldier
shouldbe known as a national guard,citing
tbe fact that Illinois, New York and Wis
consin had already adoDted the name.
The speech was delivered iu a clear, easy
voice, and was loudly applauded.
The fourth toast was—
tne Blue:
Captain
our custoi
and to'
throng
thereupon rose to
—‘Love and tears for
love for the Gray. 1 »
* ,Ia %d that it’was
of this kind,
nee Handing. The
d Southern soldiers
* ■ ia v —* et > and ia si
lence toififee Jthefc lipslo their glasses.
^v.was a strlogejs&fte.tbe living survivors
of a deadly struggle and the representa
tives of two sections, standing there com
mingled, pledging the memoiy of the
brave who were no more.
The last toast was—
“The Union Restored—the Temple onr
Fathers Built—esto perpetua.”
CoL Thos. Hardeman was called upon*
to respond to this, and his name was
gree.ed with Cheers. Standing fn a chair,
he-did respond, and in a manner that fair
ly electrifKB' kb amtlence. We have
heard this distingnished orator when ho
was eloquent, but last night we heard him
when superb. Tbe dose attention of his
audience was happily secured by the la
conic remark, “We have had a little fuss,
and as they say In Rabun county, Set's
take a drink and drop H.’ ” The manner
in which thb was uttered convulsed the
audience. But when, leaving the humor
ous strain, be launched forth into a burst
of eloquence, tbe effect was indescribable.
That strange, subtle, unseen current
which sweeps through au audience and
sends tbe electric chill surging through
the body, seemed to strike the listeners
with a double power, and from tue eager
lips cheer after cheer burst forth. When
the orator, speaking of onr united coun
try, exclaimed, “ whom God again
has joined together let no man put
asunder,” the confusion became so great
he was unable to proceed. We saw men
embrace each other, and an old veteran
lean down, and placing his arms around
the heads of ex-Confederato colonel and
a well-known Federal captain, draw th6m
together.
The speech was the best we have ever
heard from the lips of the same orator;
we regret exceedingly that no report of
it was made.
The company then adjonracd to other
rooms to smoke, and an informal frolic
commenced. Speaker after speaker was pnt
up and responded—Iverson, Blue, Ed.
Brown being among the number. Milt.
Barlow, who had accepted an invitation
to banquet with tbe boys, was called
upon but could not be found after the.
banquet.
TTTF* DEPABTC2E.
All things most end, and after a coupler
of hours’ rest and chatting, the order
“Fall in” was giveD, and the whole party
adjourned to the depot. At this point the
honorary members of tbe Rockford Rifles
and & few Macon boys, all armed with
stalks of sugarcane, created much amuse
ment by an impromptu drill.
Captains Lawler and Smith, in behalf of
their companies, then returned thanks for
courtesies received, aud after au exchange
of complimentary cheers, our guests,
hoarded the train to return home. It
was found ont then that still another sur
prise had been prepared. Tbe sleeping
cars wbicb brought the companies to At
lanta bad been left there. Mr. Jaques
bad provided in place of them, fire ele
gant sleepers, free of cost. When tbe boys
came we promised to put them in their
little beds, andjxe did it.
Tbe last farewells were said, a parting
cheer given,and Northwestward onr guests
departed.
Let us in conclusion say that never has
a more gentlemanly set of men tarried in
our midst. Though exposed to eveiy
temptation, not a member of either com
pany became intoxicated while in this
city.
poetical.
Among tbe many campaign poetical ef
fusions, none have grown so popular ia
the North, as that of John C. McLendon,
of Washington City. We have a copy be
fore ns, with the music attached. The
following specimen will show the drift:
“An election is coming, and soon will be
here,
Requiring good ballots, and whisky and
beer;
For we want to determine who next will
be there,
Up in the White House, in the President’s
ebair.
Laddie, wo, wo, wo laddie, wo!.
Screr* Accident.
Yesterday wbile a two bone dray was
being loaded at the freight depot, tbe load
slipped forward, threw the driver off, and
striking against tbe animals, caused a
runaway. The articles on the dray were
badly scattered over tbe streets, bat the
most serious phase, was the severe in
jury inflicted upon Mr. Jcre Hollis by a
collision between the runaways and his
team on Fourth street. Mr. Hollis was
struck in the back by tbe pole of the
wagon and badly injured. The extent
of his rounds, we were unable to learn,
reports conflicting greatly. The buggy
was completely demolished.
A Deserved Compliment.
Last night, after tbe two visiting com
panies had reached the Volunteers’ ar
mory stacked anus, silence was asked
for a few moments, and Chaplain Otis
A. Glazebrook, in behalf of tlie Volun
teers, stepped forward and, iu a chaste
little speech, presented to Captain W.
W. Carnes, of that company, an elegant
sword as a token of the regard which the
Volunteers feel for him.
The presentation was a complete sur
prise to Captain Canes, aud his emotion
was such that he was able only to speak
his thanks briefly.
The Volunteers recognize the fact that
they have in Captain Carnes not only one
of the best commanders in the country,,
but a member to whom the company and
its associations are as dear as bis own
record. There will be upon parade to-day
no soldier who will more proudly bear bis
arms.
The Alleged Robberj-,
mention of which was made in these col
umns yesterday, it is thought reflects upon
our police force, and especially upon the
lieutenant who was on duty at the time
stated. The article was published only
as the statement of Mr. Gates. The po
lice inform us that tbe sufferer was very
much intoxicated when they got possession
of him, and was uncertain as to the
amount be bad lost. The only way be
could tell was by counting up liis expen
ditures aud deducting the amount from
the sum lie originally had. lie never did
decide exactly what money he had spent,
and the police ascertained from various
parties the figures in some transactions he
had not reported. The truth is, they
claim, that the sufferer went through a
large sized spree in all its branches in
dangerous eompaoy and lost bis money
gambling. The amount he lent Bailey
was thirty dollars, which Bailey gave up-
and was released,