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GEORGIA PRESS.
? . fire wu found In considerable piles
Mb. WilluS Junes, while handling a
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fired it dfr, tbe contents lodging in the aD- .—^ ar.^ *r
domen of Elisha Baldwin, an industrious
negro, who dlei on Fjridsy plgbt, It was
purely accidental. ^
DuPont. who has figured so.disgrace-
fullv recency infcie papers; has sold out
the Okefcnoketn to the Waycross Reporter,
and will doubtless seek a more congenial
clime, where his shame and*crime are not
known.
The Young Men’s Christian Association
of Savannah are about to establish a coffee
bouse, similar totboso In operation in the
'Kncrlish and Northern cities, where honi-
workmencame upon the remains of an 1 having the “thirty acres”surveyed and!
Indian camp fire; the charcoal from the lakl off in lots. Mr\J. WTGrifljq is do-
flra was found in considerable piles. Scat- in* She surveying. Waare gTad R» note
English and Northern cities,
toxlcating liquors are U> be sold,
lsmdable enterprise, and the Forest City
ought to give it every encouragement.
Comptroller Wjiigbt Is getting gen
eral ptidse from tlie press lor the admira
ble way In which h's report Is made up.
It la full, explicit and sat Isfactory.
The report of the chief engineer oi the
United States government says the appro
priation asked for Fort sunfter fonthe
fint fiscal year, is $50,000; for Fort John
son, Charleston harbor, $20,000; forCabtle
Pinckney, Charleston harbor, no appro
priation ia asked; for Fort Jackson, Sa
vannah river, $10,000; for Fort Pulaski,
$15,000, and for & new fort on Tybeo Is
land, $50,000.
Mb. Joe C. Bosky has raised some ele
gant aweet oranges in Sumter county,
about one mile from Americus. Brother
Hancock has been bitingone. W* saw a
specimen of them at the Americus fair,
hut we were unable to taste. Mr. Roney
says that the tree from which the fruit was
taken has been bearing about four years,
and this year yields about three or four
barrels.
Two families leit Rutledge, Go., for
Arkansas. They forgot to pay their guano
bill*. Their wagons were attached In
Marietta, as they were passing through
They settled up and went their way.
The Thornton House in Talbotton, the
new brick hotel, is to be opened on next
Thursday, with Captain S. W. Thornton
proprietor. It Is what Talbotton has long
needed—a good roomy betel
Collins, the Republican candidate la
He fist district, is going to contest the
election; ostensibly on account of fraud,
hut really in hope that a Republican Con
gress will give him a seat—or something
else.
It U said that Mr. J. W. Jor.cs, living a
few miles west of Talbotton, has bottom
land cotton that will produce nearly two
bales of lint to tbe acre.
• It Is stated that a valuable heifer be
longing to a farmer ia north Georgia re
cently broke its leg and it had to be am
putated. The animal has since been fit
ted with a wooden leg, on which it moves
about with tlie utmost ease. This, the
Arlington A chance thinks, proves the ab
surdity of hastily ordering the destruction
ef animals that meet with such accidents.
The 'following arc some of the idio
syncrasies of the Warrenton Clljiper:
Says e lady friend: The only thing
that reconciles me to being a woman,
is the tfact that I won’t have to marry
one.
We note that Mr. Stephens and Ben
Hill l»ve already arrived in Washington
city. Mr. Stephens is spoken of for a cab
inet position, and the indications sretbat
Mr. Hill is seeking one.
Eight bushels of good lime, fifteen bush
els sand, and oue bushel hair, makes
enough mortar to plaster one hundred
aquare yards.
One-thousand shingles laid four inches
to the weather, will cover one hundred
aqusre'feet of surface, and five pounds of
nails will fasten them on.
There Is strong talk of the revival of the
“old Whig party.” We would like for dta
platform and principles to be restated at
least. A change Is likely to occur in some
way. There is but oDe way to Utrn the
public mind Horth and South away from
the war issues'. This can be gracefully
and fully done cow if Grant makes a
move to build up a national party. Two
new parties will be healthy moves Just
now.
* Wild Duck Hurting.—Sumter Re
publican. : On Friday last Messrs. J. P.
Chapman, J. J. Murray and Tom Murray
went duck bnntlng on Flint river. Mr.
Jim Murray says the ducks were very
scarce, but he and Mr. Chapman killed
109. “Bug” killed twenty-five and Jim
eighty-four. He says he killed one duck
that was flying about seventy-five feet high
clear across the river. Mr. M. B. Council,
who was in the city Friday night, says he
heard the guns firing that day at Ills h jine,
which is eight miles from the river.
Marietta Journal: The colored peo
ple are more subject to consumption new
than when in slavery. We bear of fre
quent deelbs kmong that race from that
Incurable disease. Allen Pitman and
Sam Frazier, colored, died Sunday, after
a short illness of consumption. Wbat is
strange both bad been for a long time
street laborers; both were taken down
sick on the same day, and tbe latter died
In ten minutes after the death of the
former.
Talbotton Register. Mr. B. S. Callier
is one of the model farmers of Talbot
county. iHe cultivates only a few acres iu
cotton, and generally makes about* bale
of lint to the acre. Tbe balance of Ills
farm is devoted to wheat, oats, rye, bar
ley, corn, .peas, potatoes, etc., of which he
makes excellent crops, and always eleara
money on his operation. He finds *
ready market for everything he kas to
sell, and disposes ot his surplus at good
prices. He doesn’t owe anything, it en
terprising and energetic. Mr. Callier** is
by no means an exceptional case. There
are scores of farmers in Talbot county
who have (learned to make' money by
farming, whether they “run” on cotton or
diversify their crops. The interests of tbe
entire county are on the improve.
Sumter Republican: On Tuesday last
Houston Kemp, a prominent colored man
ot the 28th district of Sumter county, was
arraigned before Judge Pills bury oil the
charge of receiving stolen cotton. He
was held in a bond of $75, fora bearing on
tbe Cth of December.
McDofvie Journal: A lady of high
standing in this county informed us, a
few days since, that she ate pecan nuts
gathered from a large tree now growing
on the Collins place, in Columbia county,
that was brought here from Virginia, and
used by a lady as* riding switch on the
route. It is very remarkable that a twig
could be nsed as a riding switch for sever
al hundred miles, and then planted out
anu caused to grow and bring forth much
fruit. Onr informant is one of tbe nicest
of ladies, and tbe statement was made to
her by persons of honor and truth.
IBWIBTOW Appeel: Ber. A. B. Vauglian,
Jr., the pastor of Irwiuton Baptist church
for this year, was in Macon on Mon/ay
last and received a call to preach there
next year, filling the pulpit now occupied
by Rev. B. fl. Ivey. We consider Mr.
Vaughan an able and rising minister, and
regret that this community must lose Ills
services. We most heartily commend him
to tho people of a community so fortunate
as to secure his services.
SuMYEA Republican: Died ou Friday,at
tbe rauWesroe of his father. Captain U. M.
Patteraon, near Friendship, of lockjaw,
Will K. Patterson, aged twenty-two yean.
Will had manf friends in this city who
will regret his antimeiy taking off.
Augusta yews: Mr. E. G. Phillips
brought to this office Wednesday quite a
collection of Indian relics, gatheredI ft
discing about the foundation ol the blb-
ley mi'a Immediately on the river bauk
Tails digging St » depth of five feet, tbe
iw tfie surveying. Waare
tered about were piece# of potterv^rrow thfc, and hope ere long tdsue » hbceline
,ds, bullets, sonar flattened *ut and oPbuildngfc shown all along that portion ^
“ of»own^~m .
Buena Yi$ta Argus: It hat been .
well proven timt as a role negroes will j
not assist in trying to bring one of their |
color.bcfoigs the Jaw. We learn that about
three weeks ago a negro shot another in i
the northern part of this couuty, in-1
flicting a serious wound, but both parties
are now trying to conceal the criminal
part of the act. When Emanuel Wltubish
was killed by Tison, of which we gave,
an account last week, there were about
twenty negro men on hand, and not one
could tlie bailiff gel to look up the pris
oner.
Hawkinsville Dispatch: Dr. E. II.
Taylor and Dr. F. M. Jordan were called
ou Sunday last to see Dr. Win. S. Johnson
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them a tin all
H b^bsmlspot
were found a lot | of grape and 'canister
shots, which are supposed to have been
left by the British during the revolution
ary war. There were, also, several cut
and hand made nails found. Mr. Phillips
has now quite a museum of curiosities
taken from tills spot, every oue of which
is of more or less litstorlcal.
Rome Tribune: It is difficult to get
carpenters on account of the work en
gaged ahead. We need a few more in the
city, who could Cud plenty of work and
Rou'l Pay-
InwiXTO.v Appcnl: Died, at his real-
derate, on the Ulh Instant, Mr. Feton Clay,
Bn/ old and respected citizen, in tlie
8lst year of his age. He was an honest
man and a worthy citizen.
Augusta Chronicle: The second day’s
session of the Christian Church Conven
tion was held in Atlanta Friday. The
question appointing a State Evangelist
was referred to Elders W. H. Goodloe and
A. G. Thomas, and Jndge J. S. Hook, to
report upon. The subject of “training
young preachers” was opened by Elder
Z. T. Sweeny, who was followed by Elder
F. M. Green and Mr. Elder.
Quitman Free Press: We learn that
the mill dams belonging to Mr. Richard
Scruggs, Cbas. Kyall, Jim Pedrick, Colo
nel Sheffield, Captain Gaulden, broke dur
ing the recent heavy rains, and we do not
doubt several others in the couuty have
gone by the hoard.
Rev. Larkin Joiner, of Hawkins vilie
is dead. Ho was seventy-one years old,
and was tho father of Messrs. David C.
John J. and W. L. Joiner, prominent
merchants of Hawkinsville.
The .-iteamer Cumberland has arrived
at Hawkinsville, and is now l<-ding with
cotton rapidly, which enables some of the
discontented to make faces at the Bruns
wick railroad.
While the temperance question is
agitating the people in many sectionsof
Georgia, the people of Carteraville are
qhb#r»ding their temperance organize.
Several people were foolish enough
to leave middle Georgia, seeking homes
in Texas, last week. Quite a number
left Bamcsville Station.
Pike county belongs to tbe western
division of the Southern district of Geor
gia, in accordance with the division made
by the late act or Congress.
The Sibley Mills, of Augusta, employ
constantly from 3G0 to 500 bands, and it
will be Increased to MyOOO spindles In a
short time.
Mb. Hamilton Clarke, of Dodge
oounty, was bitten by a spider on Tues
day last, and his life is despaired of In
consequence. He has convulsions.
The Appeal says : The B. & A. B. B.
sold,and yet not sold. What’s in tlie wind ’
Destiny is Slow in working out problems
sometimes, but come what will, this beau
tiful city will not suffer—rest assured of
tint, and keep cool.
The captain of a Spanish vessel threw
his ballast overboard in the Brunswick
harbor, and was fined $100 for the act.
The Atlanta Turk is in trouble. He
got up “a blow” that he had drawn $10,-
000 in the Havana lottery, and somebody
in Louisville, Ky., was foolish enough to
sell him some whisky npon the strength
of that “draw.” The Turk was about to
chauge Ids place of business, hut was ar
rested Just before tho West Point train
left tbe Atlanta depot.
It is now called the “Stone Mountain
Route,” and the Geoigia road has thus
been founded on a granite foundation,
and, renamed by Col. E. R. Dorsey, its
efficient and far-seeing general passenger
agent. Tho road will not only thus, ljke
its namesake, last forevever, but, like
Stone Mountain in Georgia, continue to
grow till it becomes a world’s wonder.
The message of Governor Colquitt li
been an eye-opeucr at the North. The
healthy financial and social condition of
Georgia Is frankly conceded
Gainesville wants the branch Luna
tic Asylum and she wants it bad, not that
we have more lunatics than many other
places
So says the Eagle, but why should the
-editor be so modest as to deny the loading
inducemeU? Own up and we will'vote
for yon.
Cor.. J. H. Estill has offered a year's
subscription to the Morning Retoe « a
contribution to the new Houston Street
Church festival in Savannah, and so has
the Penny Local.
.Eastman Times: Hon. J. J. -Bozar
went to Savannah on Sunday* night, and
returned home Tuesday. On his return
be spent the night at Jesup, Tnd lost his
pocket-book, containing about two thou
sand dollars’ worth of notes and ten dol
lars In money, besides other valuable pa
pers,
Buena Vista Argus: We have be-
ifore us one of Gen. Zollicoffer’s original
private journals, In which are original or
ders from the Confederate secretary of
war, from Albert Sydney Johnson, other
generals and himself. Military telegrams
are-found all througn it. It is quite in
teresting to read the varied orders In the
-original handwriting of the heroes which
have fallen, and exist only In history.
The journal has been in the bands of Mr.
T.-C. Brown, of this county, who, at the
time the Jonrnal came into his possession,
wcsillvlng in Kentucky, and at whose
house Gen. Zollicoffer once stopped, for
getting, when he left, this journal. It was
banded to us by Mr. J. D. Tynes, why in
tends having it delivered to Mrs. Zolli-
coffer, to whom it will be * memento of
days-of sadness, but cf ber husband’s ap
plauded services. Mr. Tynes will oiler
the use of tbe journal fint to ex-President
Jefferson Davis, to glean what matters
from It that may be of advantage in com
piling his history of the war, and then
forward it to Mrs. Zollicoffer.
Columbus Times: Mr. LaFayette
Mullins, who lives near Smith’s station,
raised on half an acre of land this year
enough syrup to supply his own family,
ami will liave from two and a hair to
three barrels to sell. This reporter saw
the syrup in process of making, from the- had to take him home to his mother,
cane milt to evaporator. Mr. Mullins is
using an evaporator that has been in use
for ten seasons, and it appears as good as
the first year it was put up. This syrup
readily commands from 50c to OOeper gal
lon by tbe barrel kx our market. This Is
a better showing tliau can be made from
cotton planted on tbe same amount of
land.
The Brunswick Appeal in seeking in
formation on tbe fish end oyster question,
met with the following reply among oth
ers:
Hon. J. E. Dart said; You need no
“smack-;” you need only the cash to pay
fishermen. There are hundreds of men
and boys hereabouts who will catch all
tbe fish, turtles and oysters you can pay
for. They catch now double what they
can sell here in Brunswick—have been
disgusted and quit the business. Tbe
supply of oystsrs, fish and all other ■ salt
water meat U exhaustible in tlie waters
near Brunswick, St. Simona Island and
Cumberland Island. Why, there is no
need of any capital except a deposit of
enough money here to pay for wbat is de
livered at reasonable prices and an agent
here who know* tho freightage, express-
age, aud the demands of the numerous
markets. I can tiud tlie man, the fi*hu»
men, and the markets, too, wlien there is
cash enough lie re with the Dexter*, Mad
ina, Nelson, or any other four respectable
men to pay for other fisb, oysters, etc., as
delivered. There Is enough fish and oys
ters in the rivets adjacent to St. Simons
istauil to supply all Brunswick aud all
middle and north Georgia tor aceutury.
Eastman Timer. Major Armstrong is
at at his residence in the country. They
fourid-Dr. Johnson suffering considerably
from a wound upon his little finger, wttcb
was greatly swolen' and from which his
hand was much inflamed. Amputation o
the finger appeared necessary, but, afte
consultation, it was concluded to postpone
the operation, and, If possible, allay the
inflammation of the hand. The finger was
bitten by a mad negro, and was quka as
bad as if it had been bitten by a road dog.
The Doctor had some trouMs with a ne
gro roan by tbe name of Sam Manning.
They met in the road, and the Doctor de
cided to punish tbe fresdman. Getting
but of his buggy, he thought of using only
his whip, when the negro seized the Doc
tor’s hand, aud severely bit him. Tho
bone in the first joint of tlie little-finger
was crushed, and lias worked out, and the
-whole hand, as well as finger, is In a sto
len and Inflamed condition.
Barnesville Gazette: Thomaston, we
learn, had a sensation last Sunday.- A
dispute arose In the hotel, between Mr:
James Yarborough and Arnold Andrews*
The lie was given and Andrews drew liis
pistol, firing two shots—one penetrating
the pants leg of Mr. Yarborough aud the
other the chair post.
Albany yews and Advertiser: We
would not offer discouragement to young
America, but if there is anything uow-a-
days to inspire the youth oftbis country to
cflbrts for political advaueementor prefer
ment we fail to discover It. We see noth
ing inviting in the political arena, aud tlie
way to that kind of fame is as tlie way of
the transgressor, “hard.” No man occu
pying prominent position to-day has es
caped the scandalous tongue of would-be
traducers, or the sleuth-like pea of a rav
enous pi ess. The day of meritorious pro
gression has passed. It requires tlie pecu
liar tact of political shrewdness and wire-
working manipulation to win political
success, aud after it is won the head lies
as uueasy as that which wears a crown.
Augusta Chronicle: Yesterday morn,
ing a very dilapidated tramp, who had
evidently looked once too often on the
wine when it was red, walked into the
office of the clerk ot council and asked the
mayor for a pass Li Beaufort, S. C.
“What ir the matter with you?” asked
his Honor.
“I have lost one of my bauds,” was the
reply.
“That doesn't prevent you from walk
ing,” said his Honor. “Where did you
come from ?”
“1 came from Columbia, S. C., last,”
said the tramp.
“Well, you look strong and healthy, you
are not of this place, aud, besides, it is not
right to spend the people's money in this
way. I cannot aud will not give you a
pass.”
“I will have to go to the hospital, then,”
said his trampsbip.
“No, you won't; not in Augusta,” said
the mayor.
The tramp, finding he was in tlie wrong
pew, left, muttering something about tbe
poor-house.
The Boldest Theft Yet.—Colum
bus Enquirer: Yesterday niorniug the
show window of a store in one of the
most public parts of Broad street was
broken open and robbed. It was the
ciothingstorc of Mr. Jake Greenwood and
was in twenty feet of a gas lamp. The
post where the police on that beat gener
ally stay is not more than fifty yards be
low.
Notwithstanding this, the thief broke
the large glass auagot access to the goods,
where they appropriated about $80 worth.
Among the goods stolen were several line
pairs of pants, a number of Mr. Green
wood’s finest shirts, aud many other fine
goods.
Savannah Reas: A dispatch was re
ceived in this city yesterday an
nouncing the {death of Mr.
Piucus Qapp, an old and respected
met chant of Sandersvillc, Ga., which took
place there yesterday morning at his resi
dence In that city. The deceased leaves a
wife, son and two daughters. One of the
lattei is Mrs. B. llymes, of tills city. lie
was member of Hamilton Lodge, No. 50,
F. A. M., ot Sanderaville, and by its re
quest the remains, which will be brought
here, will be interred with Masonic hon
ors by Soil-mail's Lodge Xu. 1, F. A. M.,
this morning at 10 o’clock, iu the Hebrew
section of Laurel Grove Cemetery.
We learn from the Gwinnett Herald
that the Northern Methodists held an an
nual conference in thatconnty at Martin’s
Chapel, over which Bishop Foster presid
ed. There were about thirty preachers
in attendance. They have four districts,
and these thirty men, all white, are scat
tered at different points in the State, most
ly in tho northern part, there being but
two men appointed to places below Ma
con.
At various points of tlie State the young
men are leaving for the West, looking for
homes. This is unfortunate, both for
Geoigia and the young men
Young men of pluck and enter-,
prise can do as well in Georgia as in any
section of the United States. Tho few
only make fortunes rapidly anywhere, and
tbe proportion In Georgia Is as great as in
Texas or any of tlie Western States. Sev
eral young men left Greensboro last week
on this wild hunt. We hope they may be
•successful.
Foil forty years tlie i*eop!e of Georgia
have been asking tbe Legislature to pass a
dog law, and ft is probable they may ask
for the next forty without getting a dog
gone bit of relief in this particular.
A .festive young man of Atlanta got
into .the guard house by being drunk and
boisterous. He was so humiliated when
he came to his senses, that he tried to
hang himself with a blanket. The police
in onler to keep him from killing hiiu
self.
W ATE am AN is greatly distressed. He
has just learned that there is no provision
for warming the jail in Athens. It Is
downright cruelty, he says, to subject the
inmates te-aeld weather, as there is uo
provision in the code for freezing prison
ers. He thoughtfully suggests that some
prisoners are Iaaoceut.
The Atlauta Post-Appeal saya the col
ored people of Georgia are worth $5,704,*
503. Twenty yearn ago they were worth
more than that.
The Reporter remark*, that Gen.
Toombs saya tlie people of Georgia are
poorer than they have been since the war.
We'll show him his mistake if he will
come to LaGrange,
Dm W. H. Mono an, a prominent citi
zen of Greensboro, is dead.
The Columbus Enquirer says that
tlieir market bouse Is - located ia the cen
ter of a mudhoie, and calls loudly for
walks or tow-paths to reach tbe stalls. If
these are not furnished the citieens will
bare to do without their morning aleak or
dinner roast.
Mbs. John Carlifx, of Savannah, was
dangerously burned by the explosion of a
kerosene lamp ou Thursday last.
Tiik Waynesboro Herald is offered for
sale.
Houston Home Journal: The farmers
of Georgia do isbt not want colored labor
ers to leave tlie Staley as they fill tbe de
mand for form' labor batter than could
auy others; but if tlie emigration fever
should take them from us, laborers of
some other kind must be induced to come
to our aid. • Hon. Francis Fontaine, im
migration azeut from Georgia, can do
good service In this line with a little ma
terial aid from the State.
Albany Seat and Advertiser: The
store-house of Mr. A. T. Reid, at Couch’s
Mills, Baker county, was entirely con
sumed by fire ou Monday night last. It
contained about $1,000 worth' ft goods,
upon which, we uuderrfand, there was no
insurance. The fire is supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.
Greenksboro Herald: Rev. M. W.
Lewis has had on his farm this season a
negro womau wljo, wjth two children-—
one JeTsn and the other ten years of age-
picked a heavy bale of cotton in three
days. - They gathered on an average 550
pounds a day—the woman probably pick
ing 400. pounds a day. Extra cotton
pickers in the same field did not get more
than 200 pounds per day.
Cbdabtown Advertiser: Freight bus
iness has to largely increased on tbe Cher
okee railroad .that the -managers have
found it neceaaary to put au extra freight
tram on the road. Thera are now run
ning regularly the passenger or mail train,
aud two freights.
Albany News and Advertiser: Hon.
W. O. Fleming, present solicitor-general
of this circuit, was yesterday promoted by
the Legislature to the exalted position of
judge. We congratulate our friend upon
this promotion, and doubt not he will
satisfactorily and ably fill the position.
He has numbers of friends in Albany and
throughout all tbe counties composing his
circuit, who will join us in tendering him
our warmest congratulations. The elec-
lion'Of Judge Fleming makes an unusual
coincidence in the history of (lie Bench
of Georgia. His father, the honored and
venerable Wm. Fleming, being Judge of
the Savannah Circuit. Father and son
LaGrange Reporter: Mr. John Rob
erts, who lives a few miles south of town,
had bis gin house burned on tlie lltli in
stant. No cause is known for the fire,
unless ft Is due to a match which might
have been dropped in.the gin house. Mr.
Roberts, himself, was ginning at the time,
when suddenly the lint loom hurst out in
a blaze and rapidly consumed. He lost
six bales of cotton, aud thj seed of about
thirty bales. The gin was covered by in
surance. Mr. Roberts’ less is between
$300 and $100.
An Aucusta Sews fpeclsl says: Col.
E. W. Cole, vice president of the Western
and Atlantic road is here, and ft is thought
he is developing oue of the grandest rail
road schemes fur the benefit of Georgia
and the South yet made. He said to
your reporter to-day that tho railroad
map of the South had not yet been made.
Fort Gaines Tribune: The new steam
er Rebecca Everiughaui, of the Central
Railroad Line, passed down the nver yes
terday cu route for Apalachicola, and
stopped at our wharf. President Wadley
and lady were on board. The steamer
bears lbe maiden name of Mrs. Wadley,
and is as handsome a craft as ever rode the
waters of the Chattahoochee.
Sanlmisyillk Herald: Several of the
Georgia papers speak of the “whisky war
being waged with unabating zeal” in
Washington county. We do not think it
can be properly called a war, as there are
no evidences of bad blood. All is calm
and serene, and we think there is no need
of any bitterness being engendered, what
ever be the issue of the friendly canvass
uow made to stop the traffic in spirituous
liquors.
Albany News and Advertiser: We
were shown yesterday tlie claw of a gray
eagle filed by Sir. Horn, in Worth coun
ty, tbe other day. It m sen rad eight
inches across. The eagle measured seven
feet from tip to tip of its wings. These
royal birds are numerous in that county,
and are a source of great annoyance to
stock raisers, whom they keep iu constant
dread of losiug their pet lambs.
Giuffin News: The Georgia Legisla
ture yesterday, in joint session, elected
Judge A. M. Speer, of this city, an associ
ate justice of the Supreme Court.
Judge Speer was warmly urged for this
distinguished position by many of tlio best
men ot Georgia, and Ids election will be
heartily indorsed not only by them, but by
the good citizens in every section of the
State. Judge Speer is eminently qualified
for the Supreme bench. He is a finished
scholar, a fine representative ot the best
culture of I he times at home ami abroad,
an able jurist, possessing in tlie highest
measure the confidence and esteem of the
jieojde of the whole State. After a suc
cessful and honorable practice at tbe bar,
extending over a long period of years, and
after a faithful service on the bench eif tbe
Shpcrlor Court, his election to the Supreme
bench is a fitting testimonial to Ids worth
and excellence.
Columbus Times: Yesterday another
wagon train loaded with cotton from
Sdiley county reached the city. This
time it was composed of some twenty-five
wagons bringing about ninety bales of
cotton. All of ft was sold on tbe street at
satisfactory prices, and it was not long
before the train was loaded with mer
chandise purchased at equally as satis
factory prices. It only needs a trial to
convince the most sceptici.1 of the ad
vantages our city possesses as a market.
TnK Atlanta Constitution of Wednes
day pays the following merited tribute to
the venerable Rev. W. M. Guilford, of
that city: “In tho death of this gentle-
hearted and devoted Christian the churdi
lias lost one ef its brightest ornaments,
and our community a man whose illus
trious virtues and gentle ministrations
made life brighter for alt, and whose in
fluence for good will be really missed-
Peace to his soul.
Augusta Chronicle: The two new and
elegant sleeping cars, the “Augusta” and
“Port Royal,” arrived in this city last
evening at 6:45 o’clock. At 4 o’clock*
special train left the city with a party of
friends of the road, our hotel men ami
members of the press, and proceeded as
far as Jackson station, where tlie sleeping
car* were met and attadied to tbe special
train and brought to Augusta. Tlie spe
cial was conducted by Hr. Joseph IV.
White, general traveling agent for the
Magnolia route.
Perry Home Journal: On last Thurs
day ltev. G. W. Scarborough died at his
residence near York, in tills county, after
being iu feeble health for more than s
year. Uo was buried on Friday. Mr.
Scarborough was about seventy years of
age, a minister of the Primitive’ Baptist
Church, and had been an estimable citi
zen of Uoustou county for nearly forty
years.
On last Thursday night Mr. ,D. H. Ri
ley died at his residence iu Perry of pneu
monia, after an illness of about live days.
He had been in feeble health for some
time past, but his death was a surprise to
all except those who ministered to his
wauta during the last few (lays of his life.
On Saturday morning a large number of
friends joiued the funeral procession to
Evergreen cemetery, and there tlie burial
ceremonies were performed by the Ma
sons, of which order Mr. Riley was a
member. He was about sixty-three years
ofags, was bom in Oranfeburg, S. C.,
and has been a resident ot Houston coun
ty since he was eighteen years old.
Columbus Times: Or Wednesday a
negro from Harris county named Robert
Johnson brought to the city sixty-five
pounds of cotton aud sold ft to the Eagle
A Plienix Factory, aud took a tick** for
tlie same. Yestsrday he returned to tlie
factory to draw his money, and presented
a ticket for 0C5 pounds of cotton, having
prefixed tlie figure 0. His trick, Itowever,
was discovered, and he was arrested and
put In the guard house.
* i
kiss me, ft
i—so: i
iss me,
Do not v low worms to cheat your
cliildreu out of theu living.' ShrineF* In
dian Vermifuge will destroy these miser
able pests, ana give tlie little fellows new
armors for the battle of life.
Til autumn, ana tne leaves are dry
and rustle on the ground, and chill f
winds come whistling by with law and
pensive sound. To guard against eorghs
and colds jou should go to Lamar, Ran
kin tk Lamar's drug store and get a b y.t.le
ofCoussen's Honey of Tar. I’rist 'Be.
While’s Cream White Vermifuge is tbe
best worm lUUer. oct!2tf
GOOD-BY.
'Tis onr love’s boon of glory,
Yoa say with smiling face ;
Not yet tbe wondrous story
For ns grows commonplace
Then, dear lips, resell and
And, fond arras, hold me
For now, when you will miss
Is the time for me to go
Nay, nay, I am not cruel—
Speak not to chide or blame;
But now, when lips are fuel,
And now, when kiss is flame,
Before dreams losa their splendor,
Or ennui f|ids the heart ' I
That ia so fond and tender,. / • i
Is the time for usdo part.
’Tis better to feel sorrow,
And part with tears this morn,
Than wplt until to-morrow,
And part with bate and scorn.
’Tis better to go grieving,
With many a fond regret,
Than to defec tho leaving
Till the'sun of love has set.
I.. -/ I »; ** * ■- rt«".
’Tis better to remember
Our love in Us bloom
Thau wait until November,
Dull-skied and full of gloom,
’Tis belter to go freighted
With our passion, full of grace,
Than wait till we are sated
And our love grows commonplace.
Then, dear lips, teach and kiss me,
And, fond arms, clasp me—so;
For now, when you will miss me,
It is timo for roe to go.
—Ella Wheeler.
CABP. >
Arrival of* Fresh Lot or the Germass
Emigrants—A Few Facta about Ger
man carp.
Yesterday Mr. C, W. Sehuermanu ar
rived in this city irom Washington, D. C.,
having in charge eight hundred and fifty
young German carp consigned to various
parties iu Hon. J. H. Blount’s district
and procured by that gentleman. The
fish are two or three inches in length and
are transported in thirteen cons. Part of
them are consigned to Messrs. II. J. Pe
ter, J. W. Adderhold, W. S. Brantly, I.
C. Plant, Henry B. Davis, C. J. Hams,
Samuel I. Gustin, Macon; Major B. F.
Ross, Haddocks; G. C. McKinley, Mil-
lcdgeville; A. S. Hamilton, Clinton; Wm.
L. Peck, Conyers; H. Naumann, Walton
county, Joslah Peavy, Covington, and
Benj. W, Hunt, Eatonton.
Last night a Telegraph reporter call
ed on Mr. Schuerman, the courteous agent
of the United States Fish Commissioner,
Prof. S. F, Baud, and interviewed him on
carp.
“The carp,” said he, “is a fish peculiar
ly adapted to Southern waters, the streams
being sluggish, and tlie winters mild. He
came by importation from Germany, but
was originally obtained from China. Our
carp differs from tlie English, which has
become hybridized from intercourse with
other fish.”
“Then it is nest not to breed them iu
ponds containing other fish?”
“Yes, for several reasons. The carp,
besides becoming hybridized, is of the
class of fish Unit float their eggs. That is,
they attach them to grass, lillies, flags,
and other vegetation growing in the wa
ter, where they are fed upon by every
oilier fish nearly that swims.
“Where are these young carp you bring,
bred?”
“On the Monument lot in Washington
City. Wo liave there a house and appa
ratus for handling tlie fish. They are bred
iti immense numbers and shipped to every
part of tlie South. This section lias
taken hold of the carp, aud more or
ders come in from the South, especially
Texas, than from anywhere else.”
“In what situations do tne carp thrive
best?”
“In ponds or sluggish streams, with
muddy bottoms. Tho fish have this pecu
liarity. Placed in a new home they wt*l
explore it thoroughly, and it Is seldom
your carp can be seen for many days after
you stock tlie water. Iu tlie coldest part
of wiulcr they kettle—that is, they come
together, place their heads in the mud
witli their tails pointing upwerd and gills
open. Here they remain torpid, until
wanner weather.”
“How are they as tahle fish ? ”
“The best in the world. The flesh is
sweet and juicy, and those who have
eaten prefer them above all others.”
“Get pretty large, do they?”
“[ have seen two that weighed fifteen
pounds each, but the average weight is
from two and a half to five pounds. They
reach that weight in from two to three
years, and multiply with great rapidity
when bred by themselves.”
“How are they thriving in waters
stocked last year? ”
“Splendidly. Every one who lias tried
them seems to have succeeded well. They
are evidently the fish for this country, and
will be plentiful in a few years.”
“Yon brought out the shad for the
Ocmnlgee last year, did you not?”
“Yes. Seen any of them ?”
,“No. The catfish, however, hare the
appearance of having lived well; that
probably explains it. The shad have
flourished in the Flint, Chattahoochee and
other streams, and I believe yours will
finally turn up. Please request the par
ties who have ordered carp to call and get
them.”
Tlie following notice of carp we clip
from tbe Atlanta Constitution. From
those who have already tried, we learn
that success has attended nearly every ef
fort to raise the fish in waters around Ma
con. Many report them as having, since
last February, attained the length of
eighteen inches. ,
Dr. H. Q. Cary, superintendent of the
fislieries for Georgia, has just brought out
1,900 of tlie famous German carp, whose
culture has proven so successful in Geor
gia. One year ago he brought out 700 of
these Ash which were very small, most of
thesis weighing about half an ouuce each.
They were placed iu various parts of the
State and have so multiplied that tne dis
tribution this fall will carry these valua
ble fish to nearly every part of tlie State.
Some of the fish put in Georgia waters
one year ago now weigh as much as four
pounds. They thrive wonderfully well.
They are healthy and hardy, and have
great fecundity. Tiiey lire largely on
vegetable nutter, and are not pi edacious
in their habits. They aie a delicious tahle
fish.
Tlie parents of the tisli just brought are
four year* old, aud weigh sixteen pounds
each. Though tlie carp grows to this
large' size, its fiesli is never coarse. In
deed, as ^able fish it lias few equals.
Dr. Patllio, in southwestern Georgia,
recently took out some carp which had
been ’u hi* pond nine months. When p..t
iu they weighed only oue-lialf an ounce,
and when taken out weighiug respectfully
5| and pounds were sent to lion. W.
E. Smith. They went to tlie table and
were pronounced oxrelient. Such fish can
not be valued too bigldy for Georgia.
There is a great deutaud for the carp now
ou hand. Dr. Cary will make every ef
fort to supply the demands of the whole
State. The German carp was fint brought
to tills country four year* ego from /Ger
many by the United States fish commis
sioner, at great expense.
It is certainly a blessing to have a safe,
reliable and cheap remedy for cough* and
colds near at hand at' tills season of the
yoar. Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup has emi
nently proved itself to be such a remedy.
Fnce 25 cents.
THE HAM ©M THE MONUMENT.
What He Htw iu Anno Doaassti
Oue TlMNUWUd Mine Hundred and
■Safety.
clip frurn the Chra&ffte atsd Con
stitutionalist the following:
Jt was a mellow day in the autumn of
tbe year J980. A mysterious Usure shim
mered ovet tlie landscape, and peace and
prosperity reigned in the great Sty of Au
gusta. The Man on the Monument, stand
ing sentry above tlie marble faces of Lee
aud Jackson aud Cobb and Walker, look
ed steadily out upon the panorama spread
at his feet. For miles and miles stretched
tire beautiful valley of tbe SavanDab,
basking iu tbe goldeu sunlight of indhm
summer. Through it, like a silver ser- .
pent, glided the broad s»vanmii w-»iV .
upon whose deep waters rested scores of
poble stsaroere. Faint and musical came
tip to bia cars the sounds Lorn the busy
si cuts below, which extended for miles
to the East, the West, and-the South,
lined wkh stately buildings teaming vitli
life aud wealth. Fire hundred thousand
people lived and schemed and bad their
joys and their sorrows within the scope of
the sentry’s glance. A million of spindles
clattered in tlie giant factories that bor
dered the great canal, the smoke from im
mense factories floated lazily m the air
and long trains laden with passengers
and freight moved in and out in every di
rection. Away to the southeast the com
rades of tbe Man on the Monument slum
bered in tlieir quiet graves, beneath the
magnolias and pines, where they had
been placed, more than a century before.
The jackets of gray were long since dust,
and the “Lost Cause” was remembered
only as a tradition of the past, hallowed
by the sweet services of Decoration Day.
The world had not slept in all the long
yeats that had gone siuce these men iav
down for tlieir everlasting 'rest. Science
and the arts, and all that makes np tlie
higher civilization, bad progressed with
gisnt strides. Tlie twentieth century had
outstripped the nineteenth. The sentry,
solemn and silent, on his post, had seen
tlie years roll by at his feet, as a scroll is
unfolded. He had seen Sittle cliildreu
grow up and pass away; he had seen tlie
last of the host whose valor and heroic
devotion he was there to commemorate
pass over the river into tho shade of tbe
trees, and take his place in tbe bivouac of
tlie dead. He had seen the town of
twenty thousand souls, grow and thrive
aud prosper and increase into a power in
the land, sending out its products to the
remotest parts of tlie earth.
As all these reflections came crowding
into the brain ot the marble sentry, a
smilo seemed to flit across his weather
beaten face and his breast to swell witli
emotions that struggled within, and
strange soliloquy mingled with the sounds
that came from the street, “O happy laud,”
ho said, “the land for whose welfare my
comraees fought and died, your destiny is
still onward aud upward. Their sacri
fices were not in vain. Taught by their
devotiou to duty, chastened by the fires of
adversity, admonished by the stings of for
tune to rise superior to tlie sorrows of the
past, you liave gone on in an earnest de
sire for advancement of tlie new South,
until to-day you are respect
ed and courted by all the
world. No persecution has been sble to
keep'you down, no envious hand ef f;u’-
tlon ba3 been heavy enough to restrain
your advance, but firm in patriotic im
pulses, looking to the prosperity of the Re
public of winch you form a part, you
liave gone on steadily, keeping pace with
the march of the age, and doing your part
in the great battle of life.” Aud tho sen
try took a stronger grasp on his musket,
and was silent once again. And still the
.Savannah glided to the ocean, ami tlie
happy voices of school children minded
with its rippling music, and the lovely
Fountain City prospered beneath tlie
guarding form of the Man on the Monu
ment.
WHAT IS A GENTLEMAN T
How Cardinal Newman Answers the
StnexUun.
It is almost a definition of gentfeman to
say lie is one who never inflicts pain. This
description is both refined, and as far as it
goes accurate. He is mainly occupied iu
mere removing obstacles which hinder tlie
free and unembarrassed action of those
about him; and lie concurs with tlieir
movements rather than take the initiative
himself. His benefits may be considered
as parallel to what are called comforts or
conveniences in arrangements of a person
al nature; like an easy clmir or a good
fire, which do their part in dispelling cold
ami fatigue, though nature provides
means ol rest ami animal heat without
them. The true gentleman in like
manner carefully avoids whatever may
cause ajar or a jolt in tbe minds of
those with whom he is cast;
ail clashing of opinion, or confusion of
feeling, all restraint, or suspicion, or re
sentment; his great concern being to nrake
every one at their ease and at home. Hu
has his eyes upon all his company; he is
tender toward the bashful, gentle toward
the distant, aud merciful to the absurd; he
guards against unseasonable allusions
or topics which may irritate; he is seldom
prominent in conversation, aud never
wearisome. Ho makes light of favors
white he does them, and seems to be re
ceiving when he is conferring. He never
speaks of himself except when compelled,
never defends himself by a mere retort;
ho has no ears for slander or gossip, is
scrupulous in imputing good motives to
those who interfere with him, and inter
prets everything for the best. He is never
mean or little in his disputes,
never takes unfair advantage,
never mistakes personalities or sharp say
ings, for a-guinents, or insinuates evil
which lie dare not not speak out. From
a long-siglited prudence, lie observes the
maxim of the ancient sage, that we should
conduct ourselves towards our enemy as
If he were one day to bo our friend, lie
ha* too much good sense to be affronted at
insults, and is too well employed to re
member injuries. He Is patient, forbear
ing aud resigned, on philosophic principles.
He submits to pain because it is inevita
ble; to bereavement, because it is irrepa
rable; to death, because it is his destiny.
If lie engages in controversy of auy
kind, his disciplined intellect pre
serves him from the blundering dis
courtesy of better, perhaps, but less edu
cated minds, wbo, liko blunt weapons,
tear am! hack ii s emi of cutting clean,
who mistake the point in argument, waste
their strength on trifles, misconceive tlieir
adversary, and leave the question more
involved than they find it. He may be
right or wrong iu bis opinion, but he is
too clear headed to be unjust; lie is as
simple as he is forcible, and as brief as he
ia decisive. Nowhere shall we find great
er candor, consideration, indulgence. He
throws himself into the mind of his oppo
nents, ho accounts for their mistakes, be
knows the weakness of human reason os
well as its strength, its province and its
limits. If be is an unbeliever, he will be
too profound and large-minded to ridicule
religion or to act cgainsl it; lie is toj wise
to be a dogmatist or fanatic iu his infidel
ity. He respects piety aud ambition; he
even supports institutions as venerable,
beautiful and useful, to which lie does not
assent; he honors the ministers of religion,
and tt contents him to decline its myste
ries without assailingordenounciugtbem.
He is a friend of religious toleration, and
that not only because his philosophy has
taught hnu to look on all foi ms of faith with
an impartial eye, but also from the gentle
ness of feeling which is the attendant on
civilization.
Oaa.ee Acenl’a Front per Week.
Will prove ft or forfeit $500. $4 outfit
free. E. G. Rideout £. Co., 218 Fulton
street, New York. ociUS
Rev. R. U.JBurts of Manatee, Fla., says:
“Tutt’s Pills are held in high repute as a
liver regulator in this hot climate. Iu fact
I hardly know how we could gel along
without them. Clulis and Fever have
lost tlieir dread. Our people take one or
two dose* of the pill* and follow it with
fifteen grains of Quinine, divided, in three
doacs during the day. The ague never
returns
Permanent relief for dyspepsia, sour
stomach, biliousness, and all diseases of a
disordered liver can be had by using l’ort-
aline, or ’fabler's Vegetable Liver Pow
der. Price 50c. White’s Cream White
Vermifuge is the best worm kiiler. For
sale by Lamar. Rankin A Lamar, octlfitl
*
CpL W«MNU’ Blral Dor Stair.
“I read your story of Dr. Mettauer’s dog
Jeff,” said Col. Woods, of the Hawkins-
Dhtpotch, yesterday afternoon, a^Jte
pn his legs In «ne or the Brow*
c ^* ,r *i an ® aTEdtOKAPH rejortet
dropped down opposite Mm, “aud unlike
many other people, I am inclined to think
tt highly probable, knowing, as I do, the
intellect some (legs possess. Now John
son, down at McVille, has a dog that lays
over anything in the shape of canines I
have ever seen. Johnson brought tho dog
from Jesup, sixty miles down the road and
carried lurn up to McVille. AU got along
very well, until one day in a fit of anger
Johnson beat the anhnal severely. Here
comes in the dog’s sense. He neither fled
nor sneaked off. He went down to tho
train, got on board, and was well received
by Dick Harris who knew him. When
the train reached Jesup the dog get off
aud returned to his former home. Days
rolled by and presently the dog got a terri
ble beating from some one about tbe
house, and calmly he walked off the sec
ond time. He was nobody’s dog, he rea
soned; the hand of fate was against,
and the doors of both homes were closed
behind him. What did he do ? Stifling his
sobs, b« went forth again aud sought tbe
train. This time ft was Dick Johns, who
took him in and dead-headed him on the
score of old acquaintance. McVille was
reached, but the dog stirred not. He only
looked over towards Johnson's, heaved a
sigh, let the big tear roll down his cheek
unchecked, aud rode on with the train,
alone in -he wide world. But Johnson
had seen him, and followed on tlie next
train. When he reached Macon, he found
the dog asleep on the veranda of the
Brown House, and as he took him in
charge, a neighboring butcher presented a
hill of three dollars for a day’s board.”
And tbe Colonel arose, drove a toothpick
down behind the gold filling of his pet
tooth, and linking his arm in Carey
Styles’, strolled towards the depot.
A Snffceatlon.
Yesterday we were shown a letter from
an inmate ol the Insane asylum, a man
who many years ago was a resident of
this city. The letter contained the request
that the recipient would scud some old
papers to the writer,who was fond of read
ing but had nothing to read. The request
suggests an idea that may perhaps be pro
ductive of much good to an unfortunate
class of people. It i3 this; Every dally
paper in the State receives,Jon an average,
fifty exchanges a day. These exchanges
are usually cast aside after being scanned
and sold or given away. Why not, once
a week, bundle up iu each daily newspa
per office, a hundred or so of these ex
changes and forward them to the asylum
lor the perusal of those who can read ? A
contribution of oue hundred old newspa
pers, from each of five offices, would
be sufficient. There can be no doubt bnt
that the reading of these papers would
strengthen many minds that now feed
upon themselves and sleep under the
clouds of melancholy.
When upon a visit to the asylum some
months since au inmate said to us: “I am
not insane, but my mind is weak; and no
wonder. I have droppedout of theworld,
aud having nothing to read and no one to
converse with, live in the narrow circle of
my own thoughts.” What eficct would
a constant supply of new matter have upon
a mind that could thus express itself so
clearly ? A cheering, strengthening one,
surely. Books aro too long. They weary,
and tbe minds of these people cannot re
tain the plots and characters, but the mis
cellany contained in the newspapers, the
items of news, bits of romance, poetry
and history are just tbe things desired.
Teopie who remember the hospital pa
tients of tho late war, will remember the
avidity with which they seized upon every
old magazine or paper that came iu reach
and read it until use wore it out. We
know of no rule to forbid the extending
of this kinduess to the unfortunate by
the Georgia editors, and hope to see
the suggestion, if a good one, adopted.
Tlie express companies will doubtless
carry tlie packages free of charge.
Paripj gfljiBM
Simmons Liver Regulator
up *0-its htfcbret sioclaid. W»foow*h*n
pe- p.dsresttkor /••loot of torla li , T
•oaiethiDtc to m»>e tbrea wall to . jD«rl.
maot with, sod <b« PE jCLaTOB i. la. tb«
tbi- k to make yon wall snj keep ?ou to If
it wets cot true Bh> arocld »o tuacvp.opla
wbo b*i inffrred with i t.pepjii » n t L vet
i*'* 1 «**»■* 5
UKQULATOK vaa tbs only i.toedt that
gg* 1 o be>- *0-0. led -eu rdies
baa st.ed. It it tin*, sod wo ti.ve tb-irnn-
■ -belt.'fitters to prevo It. We are oat go-
lag to tall yra bow y -a teel *fc-n*jr>q are
you know tt quick eoonab y > n*lt Bat
we do e«y, tf j era aro »cff-rtcg to suy w*y,
few doeea of** f ’. jr ' ,U OIi| y wk# *
Simmons Livar Regulator
aad Its good < Foot wilt be fait iqsmedHtoJv
Those woo .re .offering .fter tb»tnmla£
lie. cf tbe heated term, or with Mauri* in
soy form, will a u) iu Bimoio > Llvet Beta,
iatot » v.ln.-J) ton’s aa.i appetiser to btuld
up and restore tba wasted ty.tern.
Tbe Episcopal Melbodi.t tt ye: “This med.
icise L -ckncwledgrd to b»v,. uo cqoul a* a
hvtr medicine, at d it give* at *re»t eatiafa^-
tion sod eopn m * pleaaara lo ind-use wbat
skit bit djvaloprd in aeon ring so v.toabl, .
remedy aa diaunona Liver Regulator.”
Tha u-direifned bia no hesitation in at.
serting that tbs j viiomaa nio of biaiKjns
liver Bagalitor a* a preventive and .ovtoto
the system, will aeoare ima-a.iity from tbe
westenirg sad itngerca. infl ionof. of M*.
let is, *od wilt effect a care of obttle and fertr
•id all malarial duordetn.
H H. JONES.
Editor Macon (Qa.) Telegraph.
CAUI ION.
A* there are a number of imitation!, offer,
ed, «. wonld oatrloa tbe public not to allow
some other eemp u-id to be palmed e.ff Under
a similar ecnudiag asm*, with the astnrar-cc
that It is aa good. Sear ia miud tb.t tbe
only obj <ot each dealers o.u bare, is he fact
tint they o*n tuel e a tew pennies extra prof
it by ttllipg ibespurtoae None g-nnlattun
fix* In oar aogr.vod wcs-pir, wi.h t-Bid Z’
usde mark, stamp and tltna’ure usbroken.
J. H. zeiti'.aoa ,
Philadelphia.
Sold by all Drcgris's.
J. F. Newcomee, of Toledo, Ohio,,
says: I have been greatly benefited by
wearing au Excelsior Kidney Pad, sod
would recommend ail persons troubled
with weak kidneys to liy it.—Sec -adc.
novl5-lw
An Insane Man
Is never a healthy one in body. Dyspep
sia and other diseases arising from”a dis
ordered Liver are mostly the cause of In-
sanity. As a preventative, sain and re
tain health by using Dr. Flagg’s Improv
ed Liver and Stomach Pad that acts with
out internal medicines. lw
A Noted Colored Han Dead.
Yesterday, there died in this city Wm.
Pepper, a colored man whose life was a
varied, and in some respects a re
markable one. He was formerly the
property of Mr. Sam Griswold, and after
the war went to Liberia. In that coun
try he was stripped by the natives of every
thing he possessed, and barely escaped
with his life. He finally managed to get
aboard of an English ship, and mako his
way to England, where an abolition
society took him in charge, taught him a
speech, published his record, and carried
him from town to town as a lecturer.
Bill’s next move was to one of the North
ern States, but life iu that region did not
suit him, aud he drifted back home again.
His verdict was, “Geoigia is the best
country in tlie world.” He .settled down
into a faithful woikman aud polite citi
zen. The grandsons of his old master
will bury him in Oak Ridge Cemetery to
day.
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Cattle Mtealtaff.
Tlie Chief of Police received a tele
gram from A. T. Clarke, of Barnesrille,
describing a cow that had beenslolen, and
requesting that if a drover, then coming
toward Macon, had sncli an animal iu his
possession, that he arrest him. Yesterday
morning Mr. Clatke arrived ia Macon, aud
having obtained tlie proper warrants,
went in search of the drover. They
found him on the upper part of Cottou
Avenue, and iu his herd of cattle was
Clarke’s cow. Accompanying Clarke
was a Mr. Dumas, who at once
recognized in the herd several head of
cattle belonging to himself. The driver
was arrested and searched. A weapon
was found upon ills person, and he will
doubtless be convicted of carryiug con
cealed weapons, if of nothiug else. Hu
claims that the strange cattle just tell in
aud came along with him without bis
knowledge.
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Bishop G. F. Pierce.
The many friends of this excellent
prelatiwill be glad to learn that his
health, which has beenso precarious for a
year, is improving. Hu is now in Texas,
is to-day at Dallas, aid will go from
there to Arkansas, wh>-re will hold two
conferences. He will not return to Geor
gia before Christmas.
A Baid on Editors.
This long-suflering class of individuals
has received the attentions of the public in
many ways. They have been denounced
and praised, alternately, as the whims
and necessities of tho public diclatcd.
But now comes ono Rev. Warren A.
Candler, wbo L deuiands that they be
licensed, like a patent medicine man ora
tin peddler, and carry around In their
breeches pocket the authority to peddle
their wares. Of course, he lives in Atlan
ta, and we copy from the Constitution
what he has to say:
“1 can see do reason,” said the Rev.
Warren A. Chandler, with the airof a mxa
who had made up his miud, “tvby editors
should not be licensed and commissioned
just as other public servants arc.”
“Tbe law has provided,” be went on to
say, “that the lawyer who sets up a claim
that he can protect our property, slutll be
duly examined, and admitted to practice
only after lie has demonstrated liis ability
to do intelligently wbat he starts to do.
He is then put under certain rules, that
hedge him within an honorable and
straightforward conduct. If lie violate these
rules the right to practice is taken away.
So witli the physician who takes cate of
our physical health. He must show his
ability before be is allowed to receive pa-
tienty, and he must conform to the estab
lished rules or he is tabooed entirely. Tbe
preachers aro also licensed and a depart
ure from the laws laid down takes tbe
preacher out of Ills pulpit aud deprives
him of tlie right to preach. Why shouldn’t
editors be put under the same sort of
rule?”
“Something ia that,” wc murmured
thoughtfully.
“Of course there is. The power of the
editor for good or evil is tremendous. The
human miud can hardly conceive Ike
depth and width and the power that the
journalist possesses. Ami yet l.--: i- -
fectly irresponsible os far as times go. Be
mouuts his tripod without auy formalities
—holds ft despite the most glaring viola
tions of all laws of propriety—and looks to
no tribunal.”
“Libel suits!” we interjected feebly..
“Doesn’t touch the case. There is
hardly one libel ia a thousand that can be
assessed by a jury—not one iu a thousand
that is carried into court, the libelled par
ty preferring peace to prosecution. And
then, beyond auy special complaint, there
is a danger that tbe editor way corrupt
society, mislead the people, put the bad
over the good, and do infinite damage.
Agaiust this soit of course—against tfce
editor who pursues it—there is uo repara
tion. Worse than this, there is no vrs? t 0,
protccL society from him.”
“Might kilt him,” we suggested fur
tively.
“That might Ue best,” said Mr. Can
dler, smiling. “But really, without hav
ing any definite suggestions on the sub
ject, it does seem that there ought to be
some test for editors before they- are al
lowed to edit, and some rules fo
them straight when they arc at work.
The only way to reform the press is toget
good men in the editorial chairs. That a
certain.
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