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WjLSKiKdWs, April 20.—At 2 o'clock the
Hen ate temporarily laid aside the regular
order, Use Mississippi improvement bill,
and Me. MoDill addressed the Senate upon
intor*9tato commerce, the bill introdneed
by him, creating a board of railway com
missioners, being informally taken up.
Upon the conclusion «f bis remarks the bill
♦as referred.
A message was received from thePrwi-
'd#Dt relative to a-eoaventioa to define the
boundary lines bitwcen the United States
and Mexico. Referred.
The Heme bill appropriating 3 £6,000 to
supply the deficiency for printing for the
present year was called up a»l passed.
The chair then announced the Mississippi
river ioaprovtment bill as the erder of bua-
ine=s. and, rtfler a statement hy Mr. Miller,
of California, that ho would defer pressing
the consideration of the Chinese bill until
nftarthe trending order was disposed of.
Mr. George proceeded to advocate the bill
ns proposes to bo amended by increasing
the anprepriation to *15,0*3,000 and apply,
ing tho money, in the discretion on tie
nrer commission, to the tebnildingof the
levees. He said the qwastion was to his
oonstitoeuts the moet important of rhe
ees !22 B ’ 'i* at the area cow red by the recent
a WMtuowwentudiTig east and west on un
averagewf sixty mile*} wm larger than that
of tbs States of Massachusetts, New
HampiUre, Vermont, Connecticut and
Jbojifcaia all eoisMned. It contained
24.C0P,»O acres of urdhle land, of which,
not move than 2,000,00c acres are now cul
tivated, and it was estimated that if the'
leveeswrere rebuilt over 10,000,000 acres of;
the best land in the world would be brought
into cultivation, which: nre not now culti
vated raid which canrdt be cultivated sue-
cessfdlly without the building <£ the
levees. Within this ikj, even in the slip
shod-way in which cultivation has snro-
I a dispntoh diar.pptovicg of his ^Tno latter rose to respond to an inquiry
brother a course. Witness saw Biatne sev- addressed to Mr. Platt, who was occupy-
chalr (Mr, Davis) iu-
cotton lands, whidh would be waved,
woulH produce an onnual yield werth* „~L y
about $750,000,000. Taking oat the!
cotton and sugar portions, we h*rve still
one lutKion acres in Tennessee, Kentucky,
Irirncremd Missouri editable for the pro
duction of cereals. Tims, much would be*
added to the productive wealth ef the
country by protecting (lie area from over-’
Bow, and the question was whetner Con
gress would appropriate the necessary'
moDeyhe this end or consign that cosntryi
to an eternal jungle enfi forest In reply
to an inqxiry, why, if this country was
capable of such production, its inhabitants
were not able to make due necessary im
provements for themselves, he said that
it* wealth was not actual hat potential, and
therefore of that class which depended up
on aid from the government for its devel
op nent. -Be said there wac nothing in the
characteristics or size of -tiio Mississippi,
or the nature of its bed, Witch prevented
the sncoussful application to it
Of a levee system, which _ had
been applied with such *ntis%tory
results to the Kile and Rhine. He argued
that the power of Congress to make levees
resulted from Che conceded power to im
prove not the‘Channel but the navigation of
the river and 4U tributaries, and then re
plied to the arguments against the meas
ure. He asserted the constitutional power
of Congress to make improvements, while
admitting that it could not do this solely
os n means of protecting lands from floods.
In this connection he cited the opnion of
experts and others, that levees hnve a di
rect effect In deepening the channel. The
bill went over until to-morrow without ac
tion.
Mr. Coke, from tho committee on com
Pierce, reported favorably, with arnend-
mx^its, a bill for the con'trod ion of a
street railroad and wagon road bri-lgo over
the Bv> Grande river. Adjourned.
eral times between September a-d Decem
ber. and at no time did he (Secretary
Blaine) indicate that he disapproved of
his (witness) brother’s course. WitncM
read a letter from his brother dated Lima,
Bern, December 9,I SSI, as follows:
"The Chilian papers are full of that in
fernal Hbipberd sad his pretenses and they
havo been kicked ont of this legation and
out of the State Department, bat he is na
indefatigable nuisance. I hopeSam Ran
dall will call for all papers in the depart
ment in reforenco to him and his affairs.
I have sent all his letters back to the de
partment and! anxiously <d**ire that tbe
correspondence b». made ytbhc. I have
fqars (I hope notwoll grounded) that oar
jroveran'ifl, naans to slide ont of tho
American ‘Position. My personal talk
of course
merican .position,
with Sluice and Garfield.
__ courso, will
not appear in any cffioici correspondence,
bnt it was tbe motive Tor my action. fl
think theywill throw n»e overboard unles■■
Congress backs no the American lixei
have taken here. Personally, I care Itetla
alxMit it. knt I must say that ia Blair*‘a
tetter, *of November 22d to me, there was
xTuanifest dispo-ition to hedge.”
tin response to a question by Mr. i«rd
witness said, '“I do not understand that
Blaine showed a dispatch with a marginal
Tdtoupon it to Harare, the Peruvian min
ister, but simply related to him tie inci
dent veferroi to, tv indicate that in that
wng enly hu oOM do what he might wish
31c. Belmot proposed several questions
in regard to the Landrearx cla m, and
elicited in re^onso that the claim had
been before tbe public nromiaenilynbout
■eight years; that in 18X4 Mr. Thomas,
•minister at Lima, took modi interest in
••assisting' the people tUe in inve6tigat-
.iia; tbo claim; that upon his decUff&tcliard
Gibbs succeeded I
Heading lawyer of
•up tho brief
•claim and gave it to Mr. Gibbs to take
with him, which, to wifoeas’ mind, was an
indication that it wasat that timedeemed
of some importance. Witness had heard
that Corbin, brother-in-law of Grant, once
ed one-half of the bandrean clam. In
a was prescad upon
i part moat, as witness was iu-
l'etcr Havener, es-Gor-H.D.
Cnrley. Wit
ness here took occasion to styy:. “As to
Shipherd himeelf, he played a very small
part. In any cocrideration I may have
had of this matter of the Pernvian Compa
ny, my brother intimated that the saw
through hi* schemes, which ware (trans
parent, and he said I shall make short
work of Shipherd nod tbe yeople.wlo are
(behind him* 1 *
nan his
him, tad tilt
t 2iew Pork drew
this Landrean
ing the floor, lbs chair (Mr, Davis)
terrupted him with. “The Senator from
Massachusetts is not in order.” Mr. Hoar
quickly retorted: “I do not think it is the
function eff the chair to interpose such an
objection, it tho Senator who his the floor
does rdc we fit to do it.* Tbe chair as-
rertedtbat it was his function to maintain
order, -and that in his efforts to administer
the rotes, he was treating all members
alike.
Me. Platt expressed his willingness to
yield to Mr. Hoar, but the chair ruled that
the farmer having taken his seat be had
forfeited his right to tbe floor, uad that Mr.
Hoar could not proceed except by unani-
BFoua consent. Mr. Hoar moved to amend
Tho bill by striking out the last word, and
feeing entitled to speak on tf* motion, said
that if, in his impatience, ho mado any
disrespectful utterance to the chair, be re
gretted it. The usual decorum of the Sen
ate was restored and the discussion pro
ceeded. Pending the resolution of Mr.
Vance for the appointment by the Presi
dent of throe r-euators to investigate the
charges and complaints agaiost the inter
nal revenue officials on the sixth collection
district of North Carolina, with power to
compel attendance df witnesses, etc., wes
adopted. .Executive-cession adjourned to
Monday.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Items oieaned Irons the Pro** and
Gathered by Oar Special Coi
poadenta.
Memorial day will bo observed here.
Rev. J. W. Pickier has been selected to de
liver the address. Mr. Faokler is the new
pastor of the Baptist church in our toon,
and is a very fine orator. He is taking
i>uuu.u... | well in this, his nsw field of a labor, not
Eitontox, April 19.—Onrlit'Ie city seems only with his own church, but with our
to have fallen asleep in Ihe lap of spring; I pMa*** .Rfaerally, as is evinced by hu
. -- _ t large and attentive congregations.
consequently a news reporter finds poor] s.b. Holmes, who has just served a term
encouragement in searching after some- ( in the chain gang, was brought ba^k yeel
thing interesting. Our fanners seem to
Wasuimqton, April 20.—On motion of
Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, the Senate
bill passed, appropriating $100,003 for the
erection of a public build.ug at Frankfort,
Kentucky. m
Mr. Calkins, of Imffins, chairman of
committee on elections, called np the con
tested election case, Ly nch v-«. Chalmers,
from tbe sixth district of Mississippi. Mr.
Carlisle, of Kentncky^alled attention to the
fact that Mr, Atherton, of Ohio, who repre
sented the minority in the elections com
mittee, wss absent on account of sickness,
and he hardly thought it fair to call np the
case in the absence of that gentleman.
Mr. Calkins replied that he hod this morn
ing received a telegram from Mr. A'hertou
stating that he wonld endeavor to be back
on Monday. In the meantime, h* (Mr.
Calkins) thought tbe discnssioc might run
on for two days and that no vote should be
taken nntil Mr. Atherton’s return.
Finally the House deferred action on the
Lyncb-Chalinors contested election case of
Mississippi nntil Mr. Atherton, of Ohio,
who represented tbe minority, returned.
ThoHonso went into committee of the
wholo on the tariff commission bill.
Among the epeakers were Mr. Turner ia
opposition to the measura, Mr. Dingley fa
voring it, Mr. Townsend of Illinois ohm-
g and McKenzie, of Kentucky, cp-
itcg. Mr. McKenzie spoke at length
m the stated point that Congress by its
. m - ays and means committee should ner-
‘ form tbo doty which it was proposed to
delegate to a commission no better fitted
v for it than tbe ways and means committee
air (Si ought to be. He further objected to the
BplnvdXS Provision empo tte ring the President to np-
[H),o»)r point a commif sion, if a commission there
.300; Ajr.it must be, holding that Cong, ess was ontire-
’'uu:rcs->lly competent to select members for such a
1 jni» i Onmmisiion. His tpeech was full of humor
i, juiy i. aH^ sarcasm and bore npon tlie do-notb-
[>o!iey of tbe prasent Congress and its
i and means committee. Mr. McKen-
ins a fine voice and hi* speech was lis-
oed to as intently and enjoyed os much
tbe Republicans as by the Democrats,
l its oonolusion was received with ap-
o from both sides of the House. Tho
uittee rose.
r. King, of Kentucky, introduced a bill
ropnating
Warhinoxov, April 2CL—Tke Precedent
«eot tho following nominations to the Nen-
.etefaMiay: Alphonzo Taft, of Ohio, do be
oavoy extraordinary and minister plenjpo-
tentiary of the United States to Acctria;
Win. L. Dayton, of New Jersey, to he
minieter resident of the United States to
tho Netherlands; Nicholas Fish, of Keg
Yeft, to be minister resident to Belgium;
John M. Francis, of New York, to be
charge do affairs to Portugal; J, O, IVitfc
erst mm, of Pennsylvania, to be cl targe 4«
affaire to Denmark: Adam Badenun, of
Mew York, to be consul-general at Havana.
USE BETWEEN TEXAS AND MEXICO.
IVASKaroTON, April 20.—The letter of tbs
Secretary of War oeoomptnying the mes
sage of tbe President in regard to the Uni
ted States and tho Mexican boundary,
states the vwws of the chief of engineers
as to the practicability, duration and ex
pense of the utidei taking, and estimates
that the work will require about two years,
and will cost about $l7.1,t0- r >. Ho suggests
the propriety of making a reconn lisraco
with a small party to determine npon de
tails before beginning the work. The
draft of convention on the subject, submit
ted by tbe Mexican minister, provides (hat
the work shall be performed by an inter
national boundary commission, each gov
ernment to at point an engineer in chief
and such number of associate engineers
as may be deemed necessary.
STAB BOCTE CASES. *
IVasuington, April 20.—Judge Wylie to-
‘ ' " ' of the star route
hold-
deuce
that tnere was enongn otner eviueace , ^ ' r " A
forth in the indictments to fulfill the ojoee of the Fort^-seventh <£ii*re»s
lirements of the law. Counsel for tho ?«wuonal amendment would be propewea
in relation to the subject. The matter then
went over to Mr. Bowman, of Maestchn-
sett', who gave notico that he would call
the previous question at 2 o’clock to-mor
row. The House then, ut 4:30. took a re
cess nntil 7:30, tho evening session to be
for the consideration of the ponsions bill.
sndsar
inglpoli
Henry
World,
appropriating $0,000,OOJ tor tho improve
ment end construction of tbe Mississippi
levees. Referred. Adjourned.
anryitEBp investigation.
WauMNUTOS. L r ii 20.—William
Hurllws^ edltof Qf * ^ Now York W>
Was before tho House foreign relations
committee to dav oonceraii2 th? SH_ d
investigation. Tha clerk read from Bhip-
berd’s testimony his drscription of Uie in
terview between himself (Shipherd) and
Hnrlbnt, in which tho latter is acred ted
with saying that ho had seen and hold in
his hands a dispatch from Blaine to Minis
ter Hnrlbnt, npon which was Written a
marginal note, “Go in, Steve,” or ‘‘Go it,
Steve.” Witnoss replied, “that the whole
narrative of this donTOrt&iion with mo is
an obsDice and profound misrepresenta
tion of facts. He caught an interview
with til* and stated his case, and gave me
n long narrative of. his relations with
Blaino, and complained bitterly that he
had not been will treated by the Secretary.
Thero is no troth in his state-
e? as &
,*1**111 fete
never gave him the slightest intimation
that i ’tod keen tho dispatch with a margi
nal note.* Shipherd has completely con-
method of indSSitiK that «ra marginal
note might have been writ to supp emant
or complete the instructions contntnod in
the body of ft dispaffch. Tho Peruvian
ministe/first related th® incident to me.
3ijf t k*i sson— 4 *Then tho of it is tnit
Shipherd’s statements rest entirely upon
an incident which jon learned from some
other source, that the marginal note was
made upon a dispatch.’ Anaww- - “That is
^fcSStTthe questions of. Mr. Bel
mont, the witness testified that his itnpres-
“on was that there was not a marginal
note upon tho dispatch. It was recalled
bv the story which Shipherd repeited.
Tho witness’ relations with Bl.aino *® re
a friendly character and originated en-
fitely of the situation attending the assas
sination of the President, and witness in
terest in his brother, who was minister of
tho United States. Ho had peveral con-
versationa with the Secretary- Wjggff
said: “My understanding of Uarneiu s
policy was that it was to continue and give
effect to the Calderon government, brmg-
ing about peace on the west coast of boatb
Auierica withoat spoliation to the territory
° f Qneriion-“Did Secretary Blaine-con
vince yon that he wnsiwrrying outthe
l.olicv of President Garfield ? Answer
“I can’t siy^that he did. «*»*«*•?*;
gested to me something in the natureofa.
polilical flirt. I never had ™ och J*^[ * r
hi, political methods, thouyh WWW J
liked him, and my broker ^emed o hnvt
great cm ft deuce in bun. The last inter
view witness had with Bliine.w atran-
the 1‘Jth or 16th of December,
the first publication of the State
meut dispatches and in th*t pablica i<m
day overruled the motion
defendants for a bill of particulars,
ing thnt there was enongh other evil
set forth in the indictments to fulfi
requirements of the law. Counsel for tho
defense then asked permission to with
draw the plea “not guilty,” already entered
in the case of Mcllendell, Dorsey’s clerk,
and to be allowed to enter a motion to
quash the indictment. The Judge took
this motion under advisement nntil Sat
urday, to which time the cases were nd-
journod.
BELIEF FOB THE BODOE23
Washington, April 20.—It has been de
cided not to send the Rteamor Iroquois to
the relief of tho officers and crew of the
Rodgers, at Tiapka, bnt instead to n-e tbo
revonne steamer Corwin for that purpose.
The Corwin is now at San Francisco under
orders to sail on the £>th inst for a cruise
ia Alaskan waters. The plan now is that
she shall continue her cruise to Tiapka os
soon as tbe condition of tbo ice in the
northern seas will permit.
Washington, April 21.—Ia tho Senate,
Mr. Blair, from tbe committee on educa
tion and labor, reported back the bill to
aid in establishing a temporary support of
the common schools. The committee
make no recommendation as to tho amount
of expenditure aud other details of tbe
bill, but their report states that a majority
of tho committee ft»vor the recommending
appropriation for tho treasury to aid in
the support of common sc'iools, the same
to be distributed to the several States and
Territories for a limited period, and upon
a basis of illiteracy. Placed upon the cal
endar.
Tho discussion of the regular order (Mis
sissippi improvement bill) was resumed
and Mr. McPherson advocated an increase
of the appropriation to $1.’•,000,000. He
was prepared to vote all tho money reqnir-
to make the Mississippi a great a aery
of jommerce And tne dou<1 union be
tween th* Nortu and South, whicn i*d‘ nre
intended it should be. He discussed (lie
utility of levees in connection W'th Ill-
channel improvement to show their boces- *
sity. and enumomtoi the Commercial,
military And postal ad^ iutages reiuniag
*«»» “ rfBfi-nt <^ atem ot improvements
ana tne 0 f this in cheapening trans-
1 porintion.
t|Mr, Unir'son replied to arguments in
ine dtsettssien in behalf of the use of a
part of the proposed appropriation for re
claiming lauds by means of leveos. Ho
regards tho question put by Mr. Garland,
“whether an appropriation for this purpose
was not as defensible on constitutional
grounds as was tho voting of relief for the
sufferers by the late overflow” 03 hardly a
f ir one. In the latter case the. urgency
was such that members voted without
stern'ng to consider the question, but i”
neither instance, in the opinion ci the
speaker, was thare any constitutional war
rant for expinditures. He Sr.id the claim
that tho levees should bo maintained by
tho government, because tho river commis
sion had recommended their construction,
was not soppotMtd by facts, ns the extent
of tho aulh-irity vested in that body was
simply t* Purvey tbo stream and rejiort
upon tfM e-:st of a levee system; tbnt the
members were not agreed upon a system,
fit tbe information that bad been acquired
vonevrning it did not warrant the eoaola-
sion uponlts value. He denied being ac
tuated by any persons! or s?ction«l oeu-
sideration in his posiUon, and proceeded
further to refute the claims upon wlHCh an
appropriation f ir land reclamation was
hjytcd,
Mr. Vast mairtained the constitutional
duty of government to protect the ripari
an owners on the .Mississippi from th - ef
fects of overflow on tho ground that tho
government being the owners of the stream
was obliged to seo that its property did not
injure tho property of othere.
Mr. Harrisou asked whether, upon this
principle, the government would not bo
compelled to ieavc tho Ohio and other nav-
igablo streams lisblo to overflow.
Mr. Vest replied that tho work belonged
to the States individually when they bad
resources for its performances, but that by
reason of tho immensity of area devastated
the States could not do the work. The
constitutional requirement upon Congress
to provide for the general welfare, whether
that welfaro conris'a in the preservation of
ono or moro streams became applicable, bo
asserted it to be the duty of the govern
ment,not only upon constitutional grounds,
bat upon every consideration of statesman
ship and patriotism, not only to levee the
Mississippi bat to keep tho levees in repair
.for the benefit of tho commerce of the na-
tl< Mr. Morgan favored the restrictions of
the bill applying money so'eiy in reopen
ing tbe channel of the river and agamatits
use for the protection of pnvnto property.
Mr. Kellogg made an ineffectual effort
to secure unanimous consent to an.agree
ment for a vote on the bill on Monday.
Mr. Pendleton objecting, the bill was .aul
Mr- Glikin?, of Indiana, chairman of
the committee on ^flections, stated that he
would tot call Of any of tbe contested
election oases today, but would i
during tho early port of next week.
On suction of Mr. Kenna, of West Vir
ginia. a&ill was vessed fixing the seosnd
Tuesday in October os the time tor tho
eleatien of Congressmen from that State.
The Hgupo proceeded to the consider
ation of the special order, being the .hill
to afferfiarsistenns and relief to Congress
and the Executive Department in the in-
TeeXigttiinn of claims and demands against
the government. It empowers either teana
of Congress, or title bead of any depart
ment,** transfer claims to tbe Court of
Claims for nscartainment of facts, sveh
claicta, <af tersoch ascertainment, to be re
ported to Congress. Mr. House, of Tea-
nessoe, dwelt upact the necessity of reliev
ing Congress froxe tho consideration of the
substitute for the pending bill, pioridDig
that any perseiidxving claims against (Un
United States, in respect of which he de-
*ires rebel by«podal act of Congress,
of which the Cuvet of Claims could
under existing laws take jurisdicticn, may,
before applying to Congress for such relief,
file a petition in that court'etating ail the
facts on which ediet is sought, and (he
court shall find the facts as established by
evidence and report the same to either
house of Congrot ^
Mr. Hook, of Tennessee, contended that
the claims of loyal citizens ot the South
should bo paid promptly by the govern
ment, and characterized as unjust the de
cisions Tendered Hist the fact that the
claimant lived in a disloyal State was suf
ficient ground for ejection and disallow
ing hLs claim. That position was incom
patible with justice. If the South had
been solid, there wouU nave been two gov
ernments in this country to-day instead of
one. That section had given to the army
of the Union three-quarters of a million of
soldiers and a majority of the citizeas of
Tennossee had never breathed a disloyal
breath. Ho did not believe that tho meth
od of investigatiog these war claims had
been just and fair, or that the same justice
bad been meted ont to the Union men of
the South as to the Union men of the
Njrtb. He would not vote tor any bill the demand, every home net
that opened tho door to the payment of thrown open for entertainmgnfc
anyone who bad been disloyal, but neither
could he favo>- any mearoro which, like
Mr. House’s substitute, barred oil claims
prior to 18G0.
Mr. Springer, of Illinois, declared his
intention to vote for Mr. House’s substi
tute, and he nrgaed at length upon the pro
priety and advisability of relieving Con
gress of the consideration of private
claim?, and quoted some statistics to show
that during the past twenty yoars 5-*,lG4
bills bad been introduced in Congress and
printed at an expense of $459,740, most of
them being of a private character. He
admitted the force of tbe objection that
the pending proposition could not prevent
subsequent Congresses from adjudicating
private claims, and trusted that before tbs
ncon-
avoid our city as if it was stricken with a
plague; they have been visited with re
freshing rains and seem entirely absorbed in
the vital necessity of the boar, bread-mak
ing;—move grain having been planted in
our covnty daring the present year than at
any period since the war, and bids fair to
reward their labors with a fall golden har
vest. Mr. 8 R. Da wreaoe, sheriff of Fataam
county- succeeded em Saturday last in cap*,
taring the noted o«t-law Henry Jaoksoo,
This negro was incarcerated in Green
county jail about fear years ago, charged,
we •believe, with robbery, arson and mur
der i his co-conspirator we learn was tried
and oonvioted and hang; Henry Jackson,
weJearn, wa* subseqceatly captured and
before trial made his escape and came to
Putnam county where he has resided to the
torpor of tome of our citizens. Mr. Law-
xcuca in one of hisiattempts to arrest this
negro was most brutally fired npon and-al
most killed—seven-or eight buckshot en
tering his left side. We venture to say wa
bare the best criminal sheriff in Georgia,
Gar people highly commend your sti
and well-timed editorials charging the (onl
and cowardly murder of young Baantoee
upon Emory Upesc, of Athens, Ga. We
■asogoizo the homicide as the first fegtii-
,m >to offspring ot his political fruit tree.
\Me say let the good people whom hem
sents arise in their majesty and '’ont
dcom; why cumbereth he tbe political
ground.” His politics is a blot upon ■civili
zation, treasonable Uc that society he as
pires to adorn, poisoxoas to good goaarn-
meitt aad aafaithfnl to bis posterity.
(Congressman Blount, we believe, weald
.suit our people wonderfully well as theaext
Governor of Georgia. His Coogreanoual
record makes bim acceptable to us in any
position in which he may be placed to
serve n«.
We earnestly hope our distinguished fai-
loswxtizen Thomas CL Lawson trill oaa-
linue to h-Id the scale* of jsstioe in (this
circuit He hss given satire pat'sf action to
the pduple and bar. His Jinees for tbe jto-
eilionjs beyond oil question.; able, honest
and true, tbo ermine &>d kka as if nature
hod especially given her attention to Abe
work.
The Aqgnstn Presbytery convened in this
placo on the 5th inst. The opening sermon
tras-ircaabed by O. P. Fitzrijnmons. The!
following members were prroent: Rev.
John Jonae, Atlanta; Rev. G. X. Goetohius,
Auguda; Bev. P. I'.Sirapton, Washington;
Rev. H. Newton, Union Point; Bev. U. P.
Fitzsimmons, Sparta; Rer. D. .McQueen,
Mitledgeviile; Rev. A. M. Husati, Eaton-
ton. Pact.
flivTT.T.i, April 20.—The Thomasrille dis
trict conference convened here yesterday,
tho Rev. T. T. Christian, prodding elder,
in tho chair. This district embraces about
fuur een counties, baring in it sixteen pas
toral charges with abcut eighty churches.
The body is composed of over one hun
dred clerical and lay delegates, seventy-five
of whom are expected to be present. The
hospitality of tbe citizens are fully equal to
the demand, every home nearly being
1 terday and lodged in jail, to await hi* trial
for tbe offense of larceny. A- J. K.
agree wpoai
tire bride's
Brace Fisbei
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
MUBDE0EB CONVICTED.
Pktersbobo, Va., April 22,—Oliver Hatch
ett has been on trial in the Circuit Court,
of Brunswick comity, for several days past.
Hatchett is charged with being accessory
to the murder of Moss* Young, who came
to his death some time ago from drinking
whisky in which strychnine had been in
troduced. I he verdict rendered was mur
der in the first degree, and a motion for s
new trial was overruled by tho court. Tho
counsel for the defens* is now preparing
papers to takoon appeal to tbe Supreme
Court of Appeals.
DEAD BODY FOUND!
New Obbeans, April 22.—The body of S.
L. Kaudlcti, mi-sing since Wednesday,
was found floating in the bayou yesterday.
BCUBirrOB DEAD.
Boston, April 22.—John Crinksbank
King, sculptor, is dead.
VIBGINIA LEGISLtTUBE.
Richmond, Va., April 22.—In the Senate
to-day the first busiue3S that came np was
House joint resolution providing for an
adjournment sine die of tbe General As
sembly to-day at one o’clock, and it was
concurred in. Ayes 25, nays 5. After
t ome discussion upon tho question as to
communicuting the action of the Senate to
tho House at once, it was so ordered and
tbe House so notified.
At 5 minutes to 1 o’clock, it being gener
ally known that tho Governor had not yot
rived last night from your
8. Key is expected to-day.
Camilla is one of tho most thriving of
southwest Georgia towns. She has a pop
ulation of one thousand at present and i?
growing every year. Her merchants and
professional men are doing well. Tho gar-
dous acd farms are in splendid condition,
and all productions from tbe soil in a moro
flourishing slate than nsnal for this season
of the year.
A heavy rainfall yesterday morning and
another hist night. Tbo sky is clear and
bright this morning, the bird* in f’dl mel
ody of song, tbp air brnoing, and all na
ture smiles in lovetino'S,
We will give you further reports from
the conference as the proceedings of the
body advances.
Revs. J. W. Burke and L. B. Payne ar-
r city, and Dr. J.
Yours,
Southland.
Sybon, April 29.—Tin- planting interest
seems to to moving along easily and pleas
antly, there being at thepresent time a fair
prospect for a fine crop. Labor is plenti
ful, working well and obedient to those
who have them employ.tL The oat and
wheat crops ere larger and better than we
havo -een them for many yearn, and well
that they nre, for tbe financial salvation of
this country depends much upon them.
Corn is looking very well indeed, a great
deal of it being now planted over. Cotton
planting is not yet done, but a great deal
is already np and will soon be ready for the
hoo. Tho fruit crop, we believe, will turn
out something yet, there being great quan
tities on the trees, but some falling off. A
less quantity of guano by two hundred
tons has been sold at this pisco this season,
thereby hlizj; ft heavy load from off tho
farmers next fath
THOMASvnjjt, April 21.—Superior Court
convened here this week. Tbe criminal
business of the county had been so regu
larly and satisfactorily disposed of by tbe
couLty court that there wag no business of
much importance for the.Superior Court.
In tbe only case tried the jury failed to
a vetdict. At the residence of
’« grand-mother, Miss Roberta
'isber was married on the 19th inst.
toMr.Owhn Davis Ball, of Portsmouth,
Va. The couple left on the 8:30 train to
BO t(«Savannah. Also this morning Mbs
Lee la B. Davis to Mr. Philip Harris, of
Albany, Ga, These but left on the Albany
train at 7:30 a. m.
Badtbbidgk, April 21.—'the reports ren
dered yesterday tram the pastoral charges
indicate a very healthy and eabstantial
growth of the church in the fcoanda of this
district. At- Arlington, Blakely and Col
quitt most remarkable meetings have been
held. Mr. Culpepper, tbe pastor, reports
one hundred and fifiy additions in the last
two months. A very large increase is
iooked for the presrst year in all the
churches. A meeting in progress at Quit-
man at present detains the pastor from
attendance here, also the preacher on the
adjacent circuit, who is helping him.
A special service urea held late yester
day afternoon for tbe benefit of those
inquiring after holoMess of henrt and life.
It was attended wi.h some very remarka
ble demonstrations. It indicates an ad
vancement in spiritual life, and many are
resolving to take higher ground and show
to the world a mare consistent Christian
character. There is room f r improvement
all along the line, aad we believe tbe time
has arrived wbew the churches are resolved
on making it.
To-day will becpeciatiy devoted to the
Sunday-school interest. Rev. Mr. Look-
wood is here to lead in that special work
of the church.
Dr. J. O. A. Clarke. Rev. J. W. Love joy,
agent of Emory College, and Rer. Don
Abbott, of Andrew Female College, arriv
ed yesterday evening; also Rev. Mr. Chris
tian, of MilUdgeville, editor of a little pa
per called th* Way of Life.
We have a new departure here that indi
cates an advancement in woman’s wwrk
for the ch rch. Mis* Lula MoCelven
pies a seat, as delegate from Baicbadge
church.
Miss Annie Bsgley is here singing, pray
ing, and talking politicly—a real active
worker for her Master. A consecrated
woman that has done and is likely to do a
great deal of good in spreading Scriptural
holiness. I see tbe geat'e, amiable and
smiling Gentry here shaking hinds, and
getting subscribers for yonr paper.
There are only eight agents visiting tbis
district con'*rence. The body can stand
it if they oun Yours, Southland.
Jackson, April 21.—Thero is no news
worth communicating at this time, exoept
tho death of some of our oldest citizens, as
follows: W. 8. B Harkness, who died at
his residence on 19th inst., from cancer on
his face; M-s. G. MoMichael, mother of
Rev. W. G. MoMichael, in her 99th year,
who if sho had lived until Christmas 1882,
would have reached ber 100th year ; ou the
20tb inst, at her daughter’s. Mrs. Eliza
Fielders: also infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. L. Duko, to-diy at noon.
J, E. B.
OZOBOIA BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Fhidat, 3. p. m.—The convention
mentioned in a former letter as having re
ceived severe injuries by being thrown
from a buggy at Uovingtoo, returned to
our oity on Thursday last, very much im
proved, though not entirely recovered
from the effects of the fall.
Our police force have donned their band-
some new summer uniform, condstingof a
dark bine flannel, trimmed with brass but
tons. It is quite pretty, and eert-inly very
neati
B. R. B!akeiy, one of oar most enterpris
ing young grocery merchants, hss fitted up
a bakery in tbe basement of his establish
ment, and is now fnrnisbing our people
with home-made cake* and bread, hereto
fore bought to a large extent in Atlanta.
We are coming out, if a trifle slow.
Since sore throats prevail to a great ex
tent at thi? season of the year, the follow
ing infallible remedy, suggested to me by
a young lad)) ftifend, might bo worth re-
memfceriBfe and I therefore publish it for
the benefit of those s.o afflicted : Put a coat
sleeve around your neck, but be sore that
the sleeve lias an arm in it. Sure cu?e
jearar teed in every instance or money re-
Our Odd Fellows are making grand
preparations to properly celebrate tbe
sixty-third anniversary of the establish
ment of the order in the world. Judge
R. T. Daniel will deliver the annual ad
dress, after which a dance and banquet
will bo indulged in. Sohecerffranfe Opera
Honse has been secured for tte occasion.
The success of the Bartlesville firemen
at Hawkmsviile created considerable ex
citement here, and all take it for granted
that a meeting' of the Stonewalls and
Bsraesvilie will result therefrom. Shonld
it be anwnged, Macon will very likely be
selected ss the battle-ground, being neu
tral to both. J. L. M.
NEWS WHOM ALB AW.
Ciuu J*
Great Germ Destroyer. 0
In
poor, ignorant negro and laborer, who
spent all of their extra change for th'
feroal stuff, now enjoy tho fruits of their
labor in something that is substantial and
more suited for their maintenance and the
necessities of life. The little barofoot
boys whose feet were cracked and frost
bitten by the cold, whistling winds, now
wear shoes that were
istiiuy wiuu.' ( uuw
wero purchased with the
money that papa wonld have bought whis
ky with had it not been for prohibi
tion. Their tit le heads are covered
with new bats from the burning
sun and their bodies with decent
clothing—all in consequence of prohibi
tion. The poor, grief stricken, downtrod
den, woe-begone wife his ones moro raised
her head and come out into society with a
fresh, gay look npon ber face, defying tho
monster that once crazed the brain of her
poor, irresistible husband. Thank God
this monster that cats down youth in its
upon.n
oral Assembly adjourned sine
for waDt of time approved several very fin- vigor. iaannood in Fte strmf'd?i?and age in
portent bills, tbe .hands of the clock in itaweakno>s; this monster that breaks the
bold eU 3 t»bt??S wprp proved book half an ; fnther’s heart, brings little children that
hour,, end .Un» s‘.'s:j»m tita9 eil-mled that j are helpless and powerless to want, bo-
leugtta of tine. A joiat committee was ap- , reaves ini doting mother, blights paternal
pointed to inform the Governor that tho . hope, and brings down mourning age in
General Assembly was ready to adjourn. I sorrow to tho grave, is gone and T?0 hope
During the interval great ooDfusion pre- I forsve- ’ .
AtieahaT”^«^ th ® ^<?nt<Mtod olection for “fence or no
Alleghan* nas.road Company wtfu certain fence” being decided by Judge Simmons
fit this term of our court—tho result being
in favor of “fence.” White we feel that
Judge Simmons wonld have been glad that
h ; s decision could have been in favor of
“no fence.” lie felt that under the law it
was his duty to make bis decision in favi r
of “fence,” and so he decided.
In ono of yonr issues of some woekR ago
it was asserted that there was a combina
tion between Colquitt, Brown, Gordon and
Simmons to moke Judge tiimmons Govern
or. If it bo true, we say God speed the com
bination, for Georgia hssn’t got a better, a
purer, nor a more competent man for fill
ing that high and responsible office. He
has always been found to be tho man for
tbe office he filled—successful in all the
avocations of life, making sacred every
trust and filling each and every office that
his people hive honored bim with, with
more success and greater ability than his
adversaries expected. Should he bo a can
didate keforo the people, wo have no doubt
thst Houston will giro him her delegation,
and when wo say so, we feel assured that
speak tho will of her wholo people.
J. N. B,
JL'IUASA*, u, JJ. LU. XU'J uuuvouuuu US*
sembled in America.?, mot and proceeded
to consider tbe report of the executive
committee. This wns approved, and tbe
i^nrse of the committee in requiring theo
logical to'u't® a, s> who are beneficiaries of
Mercor University, t9 avo:? distinctly their
determination to make the jnmistry their
life-timo wotk, was highly eommeUW.
Fifteen theological students havo [received
instructions in Mercer University during
tho past year, supported mainly by private
contributions—two of them are supported
by our liberal brother in the First Baptist
church, at Mewn,
The3d matters wero discussed by breih-
Kputt i
nawell.
Editors Tetegrajjii arid MessengerJ
jwur paper of this date appears an edito
rial beaded “The Railroad Commission
aad ita Powers,” which does ns groat in
justice^ and was evidently written without
a knowledge of the facte. We support) y
Imve no desire to misrepresent or injure
««, and we request that you give the same
publicity to tins letter as to the editorial in
•question. In reference to onr employ-
xreut in the Jesup and Tilley citem, which
wau speak of as that of “the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway Compai
tke Commisoon,” onr fee was fixed long
before the Tilley case was ended, and was
Sac services in tbe United States Courts
in Georgia, $2,600, and the Governor paid
atffiffereot times seventeen hundred dol
lars on Recount, anil re;rentediy expressed
awEiingnesetopay the ballance, but said
the .contingent lend would not authorize
hint to do so. In the Governor’s message
to tbs Legislature, dated Nov. S, 1880, p, 8,
he called attention to the Jesup and Til ley
cases, stated that he bad retained General
Toombs and our firm, had paid a portion
of our fee out of tbe contingent fond and
requested that an appropriation be made
for the fees. Again, in his message dated
July 12,1881, to tbe adjourned session of
the Legislature, p?ges 2 and 3, tho Govern
or called attention to the Tilley case, its
importance and the principles settled
thereby, and stated that “Messrs. Mynatt
and Howell bad been paid a portion of their
fee out of the contingent fund,” but Gener
al Toombs had been paid nothing, and [re
quested “that provigion,bo made for lhs
payment of these gentlemen.” Ouificcount
against the 8tate for $2,500 was then and
had been for a long time on file in the ex
ecutive department with credits on it
amounting to $1,700.
v ^® adjourned session a bill was
introduced to pay the balan&of our fe*;
was referred to the finance committee, act
ed on several times—favorably and un
favorably, na we are informed, the last
action being unfavorable—and wo re
quested that the bill be withdrawn, which
was dine without any report to tho House.
68 ,y e r £®P'l ect ,*t Some fifteen lawyers
well qualified to judge bad certified our fee
railroad cumilalbe?, etc. Tbe bill was
finally passed by a unanimous volo. Tho
committee to wait on the Governor report
ed that h’e Excellency hod nothing to com
municate, and thereupon, at ldW o’clock p.
m., the Geti
die.
Raleigh, N. O n April 92 —The aged and
ccceutrio Gemini, Dr. Goss, to-day com
mitted suicide iu No. 10 township, Cabar-
ru? county, by takter morphine. Ho had
spoken of Ids intentlbn to commit suicide;
he had seen enough of the world and was
lived -of it., for fifteen years ho had
pTer.chfcH'at'^'harleston, S. C.
Robert^Mark, a merchant of Albemarle,
Sihan-it/y county, wa* recently found dead
iu bed. He hnd been drinking
j to
for t-oite days, and it was found he had
•taken a heavy dose of morphitio to take
•his life.
BAIN AND HAIL 6TOSM.
Columbia, 8. C; April 22.—It began to
rain suddenly at 7 o’clock to-night, and a
perfect bail storm accompanied it.
Hail stones were in abundance and tho
size of pigeon’s eggs, which demolished
window glasses end green houses. French
plate g'usa ono-qntrtor of an inch thick
wns broken by icy pellet*. Tho atmos
phere is more soltry now than before tho
rniu, which ha? ceased temporarily.
AN ASSISTANT BISHOP.
Viobkbubo, April 22.—Tho Prestostant
Episcopal council, because of the old ago
and increasing infirmities of Bishop Green,
which hnve disabled him from tbo dis-
cnarge of Episcopal dutios, has elected
Bishop Wingfield, of California, assistant
Bishop of the Diocese of Mississippi.
FBOAONENT CITIZEN DEAD.
BALzion, N. O., April 22.—R. C. Badger,
ex-United State* district, attornoy, an
influential Republican politician, son of
Judge E. Badger, formerly senator and
secretary of navy, died kerejto-day, after
a lingering illness, age forty-six.
Governor Holden continues to improve
slowly.
Kentucky Whiskies,
If you want straight, good Sour Mash
Kentucky Whiskies, call only for C. Con
rad & Co.’s Moss Rose Bourbon, or Gov
ernor’s Choice Bye. Ask yonr grocer for
them. Schwed, biesel & Gibian, agents.
Trent Tour Teeth
Rather than have them pulled,
dentist save all he can. Yon desire
trouble, because you have not used SOZO-
\,t your
ire to have
over as uufinishtd business. ■ *, onl ,'e
Fending co'isideration ofa UU to «- DO v..j,/ When properly fixed, then rub on
tend a patent, a penonaljs* the HOZODONT, and keep them all right
Iw
’Ay Ga., L r
the town is only broken by the noiso of tho
stone-cutters, as they “peck away” ou tho
granite for the corners of tne new court
house.
Mr. James Smith, tho contractor, is re
ceiving the pressed brick for the outside of
tho building, acd we hope soon to see a
handsome and substantial structure reared
in tho place of tho one which was for so
long a ahamo to our county.
Mia. M. A. Ball is having a fine monu
ment erected over the grave of her uncle,
Mr. E. F. Cothern, who for a ioag time was
one of our moet prominont merchants,
and, withal, a successful business man.
JudgoJ. O. Simmons is still too unwell
to bo able to attend to nay business, and
his condition has beuu soveral times very
critical; but be ia a min of great cheerful
ness and indomitable will, and these quali
ties are often as valuable in tbe patient as
skill in tho physician.
Rev. Warren Candler, pastor of th* M.
E. Church, will deliver the address on
memorial day. We expect a treat, dor
what Mr. Candler does, he does well.
A. H.
Thovastox, April 21.—Jake Favors and
Bob Jack, two negroes on the .plantation
of Mrs. R. U. Strozierin Meriwether coun
ty, becamo involved in a-dsfllcuUy a few
days ago in which the former was stabbed
by tho latter, and died in a'few minutes.'
Bub K'.'ivv himself up to llw: proper author
ities and asked for a trial.
J Mr. Elijah Evans, a prominent citizen of
* Meriwether, died at his home a few days
.since
Ullver an
Tho Hoarn School, in North Georgia, for
boys and girls, and the property of the
convention, is in a flourishing condition,
under the care of P. J. King, the efficient
principal.
Tho convention adopted the report of
tho special committee, which rocommeuds
that still further efforts bo put forth to
increase tbo number of ministerial stu
dents in Mercer University, a:
vision be mede for their religious insthic-
tion. In faot thero is a strong dtsiro for
the full resuscitation of tho theological
department in oUr institution, and nothing
but the lack of an endowment fund pre
vents the appointment of two professors.
An interesting item in the roport of the
executive committee is that they recom
mended the convention treasurer, who
had $8,500 to invest, to invest them in
bonds of the city of Macon.
A communication from tho American
Home Mission Society of New York, invit
ing the convention to send representatives
to attend its semi-centennial meeting in
May next, was then discussed. A special
report, brought in by Dr. J. G. Kyats, re
spectfully declined the invitation, when it
soon became apparent that runny of tho
younger members of tho convention were
in favor of accepting it. Thoso inolined
for rotose did so, becaojo it appeared to
them that tbo invition iooked forward to
and contemplated organic unity, for which
this convention i* not prepared in loyalty
to the Southom Baptist convention.
_ Those who favored accepting tho invita
tion did so, because it was virtually nn-in-
vitation to attend onco in fifty years, and
because it was a general request to consult
in regard to tho advancement of Christ’s
kingdom on the American continent.
There was no unkindness towards the
Homo Society expressed, eiiher in tho re
port or by any of tho speaker*,, but **--
ground of opposition WM •*—’'1 ■ j,
operation and *• —-ut lcdtoco-
COUran - • vrganio union, which, of
- . was moro or less of a death signal
to the Southern Homo Board. A* the mat
ter waa si'll under consideration at adjourn
ment, farther information must be depriv
ed, as by special order, the subject for con
sideration on Satutday morning was Mer
cer University.
On Friday night the pulp‘i woe nbly fill
ed by Rev. J. C. Chambliss, of Eufaula.
Saturday, a. m.—All tho morning was oc
cupied in discussing the olaims of Mercer
University, in sot spseohos, by A. D. Free
man, J. G. McCall, A. W. Lamar, 8. P.
Sanford, T. E. Wiltet, H. H. Tucker, H. O.
Hornady, Dr. Battle and G. R. McCall. It
is not nece*sary to detail these speeches,
although good to your readers, as yoar col
umns will not afford the room,
but they are good, point
ed, spicy, and practical, and
and will benc'flt tho college. Your readers
must know that Mercor University is the
grand pet and pride and object of special
interest to tho Georgia Baptist convention,
end always receives more attention than
any other objeot.
Tho attention ia incroa'ed, ana I notico
tho presence of several brethren of promi
nence, who came since my-letter of yester
day was written.
i am glad to 6ay that tho receipts now
foot np over $2,000, acd thnt tho contribu
tions for the year will exceed those of last
year for home, foreign and State missions.
No manifestation of ill-feeling has been
manifested in tlie’slightest degree yet.
Rev. Jno. T. Clark, of Cullibeit, preach
ed tills morning. The citizens show a
prodigal hospitality and kindness, and tho
members aro aU highly gratified by it.
B.
Gbiffin. April 22.—Absonce from our city
will nocessarily make my this woek’s letter
u littlo shorter than usual, but if you’ll for
give mo to-d8y, I promise not to do so
again, until—next time.
First'of all, “will yon permit me” to ten
der my eiucorest thanks to the gallant fire
men of your city for the many courtesies
extended to your hui ble servant dating
his rec-nt visit to yoar beaatifcl city, all of
which tended to mnko his visit so extremely
ploasant. Yi ur kindness shall sot be for-
gotten, brother firemen. May you live
long and prosper.
Rov. Sam Jones arrived here on last Sat-
urday and has been preaching to immense
congregations daily, both morning and
night. There seems to be something
strangely fascinating about the man—I
don’tknow how else to ncconnt for it. By
tin way, he if to deliver the memorial ad
dress on April 2Cth, having accepted the
honor at the hands of the ladies of our
memorial association.
A number of our citizens have bad print
ed, and are now sending to the Western
and Northern cities, a circular setting forth
the advantages of our climate and soil, for
the purpose of inducing immigration. I
hope thnt their effort* will meet with the
success they desirve.
to be proper, tho prerent Atlomey-Gen
eral being one of them, and stating that
he did not regard thefeoaa “more than
reasonable and just compensation.” The
Governor himself stated, whilo the bill
was before the committee, that the fee
ought to be paid, and that if tho contin-
ce*» wero not so small ho would pay
ft then.
SubfCquentiy in a case in which onr hfr.
Mynatt had been employed by the State
several years ago, he collected under or
der of oourt money belonging to the State,
and the balance of onr fee waa legally re
tained out of eaid money before it wa?
paid over. We are, for tho first time, in
formed in yonr editorial that tho Attorney-
General has applied for a role to compel
ns to “disgorge” the eight hundred dollars.
We are ready to moot tho rolo whenever it
may be brought. We shall not discuss oir
employment by tho commission in the
Georgia railroad case. They havo em
ployed ns a? they had the legal right to do,
and we shall represent them to the host of
our ability. Why yon should attack us so
violently on an ex parte statement, or why
anyone seeking to inform yon on the sub
ject-matter of yonr editorial shonld not
have done ns tho justice to have first in
formed himself of the facts, wo cannot un
derstand. Mynatt & Howell,
Atlanta, Ga., April 19,1882,
Texas Ranches
New York World.
Yea, there are some big ranches in Texas,
some larger than the State of Rhode Island.
To go around one yon would ride 100 miles.
From the onto to tho frout door of tho
house on that of Capt. Dick King is fifteen
miles! There his been some talk of cut
ting them np, and the Governor lately told
the stockmen that it would have to come.
As far os the profit goes, the larger the
ranch the greater the number of cattle or
sheep raised. Tho taxed cattle in Texas in
1881 were 4.0 0,000. valued at $26,000,009.
Those cattle, worth $25 a head there, are
worth hero §45, No further b.o t than
1872 they pised to be killedfor their hides
and tallow. Tbe profiita in the cattle bus
iness are enormous now. But Texas is nut
all cattle ranches and farm*. We have cit
ies growing down there, and big ones, too.
I wish some of yoar manufacturers wonld
and seo the country. I think they wonld
d it wonld pay them to a? there fud
start in bnsiness. New York should do
something to secure tho Texas trado for
her**.''* ^he openings for that and for
Toarikmeut Between
■ red Henry Grady.
Albany, Ga., April 20.—Chon Jones, tho
special correspondent of the Telxobafs
and Mzssenoeb, at this place, and Henry
W. Grady, engaged in a great match at
inventing “fact*’’ here a few days ago. It
came about ill this way; Neil Willingham
in noticing Chan's facility in producing
"/acta'' Called bim Henry Grady, Jr. This
excited Grady's curiosity and made him
anxious to see Chiu. While stopping here (
a few days ago, during his tour as adver
ting agent for an Atlantu excursion party,
Grady sent for Chan to como to the
special car in which tho party was
traveling. The result of th* meeting was
Sn arrangement for a match at inventing
“facts’’ for tho championship of tho State,
to come off then and thero, with dogs ns
the subject. I hive neither space, time nor
inclination to give the details of the con
test. t-ufflee it to ssy that st the end of
two hours, Grady acknowledged hi* defeat,
and, aa a testimonial of his appreciation
of his antagonist’s splendid powers of in
vention and imagination, ho proposed to
employ him as a special correspondent of
tbe Constitvlion. Chon declined with
thanks as he thought Grady was trying* to
get np a monopoly of “fact” inventors and
ho thought besides that his invention*
would show to better Advantage in n jour
nal in whioh invented “facts” wore rare,
than in one in which they woro made
f (otonous by their frequency.
hasten to nominate Chan Jones for
gressman at largo. A man who can
down Grady in a two honrs’ Munchausen
tournament pos*essa* powers of endur
ance, imagination and invention which tbe
publio service should havo tbe benefit of at
onco. The Philadelphia Times will plenso
make a note of this and give Chan the
nsual endorsement at the enstomary prico
of twenty-five cents a line.
A man might as wall so to Blarney Cas
tle, and not bo swung down by his heels to
kiss tha Blarney stone, a* to go to Albany
and not go to see the artesian well and
drink somo artesian water. It is splendid
water. It is not on'y free from the impu
rities which have been a frnitfal roarce of
sickness hore, bat being slightly diuretic
and laxative, It is exactly suited to the
needs of the system during the long sum.
mers of this clim»tn.
Water haa heretofore been quite an itom
in tho summer at this pine*, bnt now the
supply from the artesian well will be abun
dant and constant Thero wells wi‘1 be
common in this section in a few years,
nnd will make a vast difference iu
kealthfulnoss and prosperity of the poo.
pie.
A Worth county man passed the well a
few nights ago, and, seeing the water pout
oat. % a apostant stream, he concluded
that something was wrong. Ho went to
the mayor s hooso, wok® him up, and told
him that h» had better have that thing
stopped up if be did not want all the water
to run out.
Albany haa threo splendid private schools,
one m*te» presided over by Prof. B. F.
Hunter, two females, one of which ia
conducted by' Mrs. A. Sterno and the other
by Mrs. Thomhui"”" The limited amount of
time’at my disp^al ’orsveoted me from
going throm-h any of pxoept Mrs,
Sterne’s. Both fema’e sohoo..' Wo all thp
departments from the kindergarten*
oollegiate. In Mrs. Sterne’s I found
npr i lied to'* 1 ® conduct "of a
most pleased was the kindergarten. In tt I
found some twenty-five little pnpila
DAK«r»
PROPHYLACTIC FLUID.
Pitting of Smafi
Pox Pre vented.
loera parifl^d end
healed.
Gangrene prevented
Small-Pox
Eradicated
i *
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SonCgionilmUcyevi.j nndfcu'ed
Sick rooms puriffed 1)> . SenU '
and mads pleasant. Woouds heated rap-
Fevered and sick pec-
sons relieved and Scurvey cured In a
refreshed by oath- short time.
Prurhwxettordriid op.
IboHo Fluid added jit i, perfectly harm-
tc the water.
Soft White Complex- F or gore Threat U la
ions secured by its
ore in bathing.
Impure Air madt|
harmless and puri-'
Ced by sprinkling
Darby’s Fluid
about.
To Purify tho Breath.
Cleanse the Teeth,
it can't be surpass
ed.
Catarrh relieved and
eared.
Erysipelas o^rsd.
Iluin3 relUrtXt in
stantiy.
Scars prevented.
neinove* all unplea*
eut odors.
a enre enro.
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3CARIE?
SEVER
CURE
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Cholera dissipated.
Ship Fever prevented
b7 it* use
Iu case* • t death in
th . a, it should
always o* vsed
almot Uie eorpso->H
willprtvent any an*
plev.nt
\n Antidote fer ani
mal or Vegetable
IVLrons, Stii.ru,etc.
Dangerous effluvia*
of sick rousts ana
i hospitals remote*
by it* use.
Yellow Fetes
I Ea IHWITHV
Derby’s Prophytactio Fluid is the only
medicine in my family. W# can use it for
almost everything—burns, bruises, stings,
earache, sour stomach, etc. My children
when hurt or braised always call at ones
for Darby’s Fluid. We cannot get k’ong
well without it. Rav. John Maylst.b,
Montgomery, Ate.
Vaxdebbilt UxireE.'in. Nasuvtllz, Tush.
It affords me great plcasu e to testify to
tho most ex -client qualities 11 Prof. Dar
by’s Prophylactic Fluid. As a -Msiafectanl
and detergent it is both theoretically end
practically superior to any preparation
with whica I am acquainted.
K. T. Lutton, Prof, of Chemistry. «
From tha eminent physician J. Marion
Sims, M D., New York: I am omvicaad
that Prof. Dirhy’a Prophylactic Fluid ia *
.post valuable disinfectant, ,
In fact it is the greiu '*'%»,
Disinfectant and Purifier
raxpAUED nr ,
•T. ILZitiliu dto Co., .
Manfscturing Chemists. Sole PaormKXOM
iiotA lijrco and
young bnsiness men are very good. There
is scarcely a town along any of tho rail
roads in which a young man could not eot-
tle nnd do well. San Antonio is a a beau-
tiful place, rapidly growing; nnd Galves
ton is destined to have a big trade in
the future. Oue company proposes to
ship fruit from this place os soon aa the
Mexican Steamship Line i* runlung, dis
tributing it by moans of refrigerating car*
throughout tho West. Wo will also ship
early vegetable.?, I expect before fivo years
to run a train loaded With early vegetables
from Texas to New York. Beef can be
brought hero from Texas, ond good beef,
too, If tho batchers don’t want to take it,
wo will e«H it ourselves. The day has gone
by when refrigerated beef can be talked
down. Now England won’t take anything
els<L and tho day will come when New York
will he as fond of it. Tho establishment
ot elnughter-honees in Texas will give a
speedy and safe solution to tbe quostion of
stock-raising. There will bo, I think,
a market lor 30,000 cattle and the same
number of sheep a year, as soon aa
this trade is a success. The refrigerated
beef is be'ter, because the catt'e nre
slaughtered before their flesh has been
heated up by a long and tedious journey.
Wo do not anticipate any real resistance
from the railroads, because a great busi
ness will in time make its own way, and
the great railroad managers nre not goiDg
to re lose a steady line of freight coming
to them day in nnd day out all through
tho year. Mr. Gould has told us he would
bring our beef here it no one else would.
If he does he will have the earnings of
his road increased $2,000,000 a year
for doing it. We propose during
the third or fourth year' to run iwenty-
fivo or thirty cars of beef a day. All the
railroads will have to do is to puli these
cars—we load, ics, unload and provide our
own places for doing it. We propose to
start the bnsmess in Msy, 1883. The first
year we will kill 50,000 to G0.C00 cattle and
300,000 sheep. Most of that meat will go
to tho North—to Chicago and the cities in
that section of the country. It will take
the place ot tho livo Tcxau cattle row *ent,
for our people will never drivo when they
oan slaughter and ship. So we will havo a
market for our meat at onco, and withont
having to go very far for it.”
Mr. F. Reichert will be found for the
accommodation of his friends and pa'rons,
at his store, Noe. 94 and 96 Mulberry street,
every Sunday from 9 to 1 o’clock. He lias
on hand everything in the undertaking
line, such as caskets, coffins, burial robes,
etc., etc., at lowest figures. janSsunly
Sanodlne Speedily Cures
Old sores, ulcers, burns, scald 1 , cuts,
bruises, sun barns, chilblains, frost bites,
cracked htels, cltapped or cracked hands,
stings or bite* of inseits, itch, ringworm
and tetter, erysipelas, scald bead, Itucorree
or whites, and, in fact, every varie-y of
skin diseases where there is an ebra'icn of
the skin or eevere inflammation—Lamar,
UImBm Beck, tho young lady whom I Rankin & Lamar, Agents.
tom would have to Lo acquirejo a less
®auner by irksome applicatiod
taioxtboo.es in Inter years. Iu addition,
the kindergarten furnishes tho little ones
natural and pleasant exercise for their fno-
ultic*, snd ceve’ops their mirds without
making school a boro, or s’uuting their
bodies. It is surprising that the system ha*
«™.«"» e .! nor ?/i ipidp I 0 e reB '» »' n »ublio es
timation than it has. At some future time
I hope to give a detailed account of the
kindergarten system, with ita results and
advantages,
Tbe mate school has been in operation
only a short time, but is in fine condition.
Th’s school is a brilliant example of what
a newspaper and an enterprising man can
do for a town. A littlo over a year Bgo
thi* place was almost without a school.
The ono that it did have wes kept in a lit
tle OLO-room houso and os a matter of
course its faclitics and advantages were
very meagre. Chan Jones put
hi* wits to work to find some plan of en
larging and improving tho school. The
result was one of Chan’s characteristic let
ters to tho Telegbapii and Messen'oeb in
which he advocated turning tho main
buildings of the fair grounds into a school
house.. Tho letter attracted a great deal of
attention, the peoplo t >ok to tho proposi
tion it contained with alacrity, a public
meeting was called, tho change was de
termined upon, teachers were advertised
for, fourteen applications received, Prof.
Hunter selooted end the school started up
on its career of usefulness and success.
Albany desires to become a winter re
sort. It possesses all the necessary ad
vantages, climatic and otherwise, except a
tine hotel, and the same intellect which
solved the school problem i* at work on
this one. Local capitalists havo pled red
Chan .Tores forty thousand dollars, pro
vided ho will secure sixty thousand more at
the North, for the purpose of building n
masniticent hotel. Twenty-five thou>and
dollars have already been promised by
and I make bold to
1 secure the rcni«in-
■. sny will become a winter re
sort of wido celebrity, with guesis enongh
to fill the new hotel and tbe two already
here. In that event, gratitude wilt compel
the city to erect a monument to Chan, as a
pnblio benefactor.
This whole community seems to be in-
fectrd with a fever for track farms, pear
orchard.?, vineyards, firming in general
and Jorsey cattle. Even tho Jows, who
rarely go into agricnlture, arc buying
farm? »nd managing them with tho same
shrewdness and ruccvs wh’ch character
izes them fts ffiertliunls. A man camo here
from Boston somo time since and bought
five acres of tend, divided about equally
between a vineyard, pent Orchard nnd mar
ket garden, for find thousand dollars, upon
which he is making a thousand dollars n
year.
Dr. P. L. Hillsmin his 96 acres in a
truck farm, orchard nnd vineyard, from
which be is reputed to be making immense
profits. Col.JearoWalters is starting a,
truck fam just acmes the road from Dr.
Hillman’s, of considerable extent. Messrs.
Willingham nnd Daniel haTe six acres in
tho celebrated Lo Conte or Sand pears—
which, by tho way, ia grown here almost
exclusively—ton acres in grapes and ten in
watermelons, which are very profitable
and forward here. Besides these, there
aro innumerable) smell orchards, vine
yards, track farms, eta, which I have not
sjaoo to mention, from all of which their
owners are deriving handsome profits.
A great deal of attention is being devot
ed to Jersey cattle, and somo large herds
nnd fine specimens ot tiffs famous breed
are to be found here. In fact, it is now al
most imp ssiMe to sell any other breed of
cattle in this p’are.
These pear orchards, vineyards, track
farms and blooded cattle are ai'entlybnt
perccQtibly encroaching npon the fleecy
empire of King Cotton, and while I see no
probability of their
holdout strong
sway to a moro reasonable ■ ■
ritory. Tha brilliant success of these in.
dustrie* here will soon cause other sections
to embark in them; and they will thus be
come not only profitable at home, bat
beneficial, by way of example, abroad.
Albany is an interesting place. Her
I*ople are high-minded, cultivated, social
and prosperous. I have enongh material
for half a dozen letters from
here, bat have made this ono
already longer than I intended.
I hope at some time, in the near future, to
be able to give full details of a number of
things which I have only time now to men-
tion. ^ H. C. H-M
Wb?t Everybody isaja unit Be So
A letter from P. L. Mize, justice of the
pf*oe:^l
Amebicus, April 20.—Dr. J. W. Migralh,
Brown's Nat ianal Hotel, Macon, Go.—
DbabSib: Having seen your reference to
me'in the 1'eleouapii and Messenokb, nnd
also received several letters of inquiry if it
wo* true ns to the cure performed on mo
of disease of the liver, spleen and kidneys
and erysipelas humor in my b'ood of threo
or more years’ standing, 1 will say yes, it
is true; the cure was mado by yonr skillful
electro-therapeutic treatment, and other
remedies you gave me, in less than three
month?. And I will say now. so far as
general health is concerned. I am ns well
ns I over was in my life—attributing all to
your skillful treatment—and will cheerful
ly recommend yoar practice to all other*
afflicted. I will uladiy answer all letters of
inquiry addre=s-d to me. Respectfully,
P. L. Mize, J.P. 789th IMMricL
P. 8.—Ikwtor: You are at liberty to pub
Uish this letter if yon think proper,
t P. L. M.
jottou, ana wnue t sec no
leir dethroning him, they
promise of limiting his
easonable amount of ter-
Ladies and Gentlemen !
Wo havo opened iu tho frout part of our
. ^ wholesale store a
Retail Department,
Odiop.telfl in every respect. We emp’oj
pone but
Gentlemen Who Undexafard tho
Drug Business.
and os we bay none but the
Purest and Best Drugs
to be found, we are sure that ,on will bo
pleased with ns. We sell fivo cents’ worth
a* eheorfnlty as wo wonld fivo do Here
worth, as we are not disposed to insist on
any one buying wore than they need but
we do want to sell you ALL YOU NEED
no matter bow much.
Come to see ns opposite the AUCTION
HOUSE and DOLLAR STORE, and cal
for Dr. Goodwynor Dr. Daniel, who ore in
charge of onr Retail Department Re
spectfully,
Lamar Rpnkln Sl Lamar.
rtEORGXA. BIBB COUNTY.-WherrM F. S
ATaml 1.1L Johnson, executors of the estate
of F. 8. Johnson, Sr.,have ramie application for
letters of iHstnlssion from said estate.
This ia therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned to be and appear at the cour
of ordinary of said county 03 the first Mon
day in June next, to show cause, if any they
can, why said application should not be grant
ed.
Witness my bond and official signature, this
March 4, IfkC J. A. McMANuL
ma53mos* Ordinary.
GEORGIA, CRAWFORD COUNTY.-J. W. Jack
administrator of estate of W. K Th- mnsson,
deceased, of said county, ha* amdied for letters
of dismission from said trust. Tli Li is therefore
to cite all persons concerned to show cause if
any they have, by the first Monday in May,
INKS, why said application should not t>c grant
ed nnd letters dismissing granted to said appli
cant.
Witnos my hand officially, February 1st,
1882.
feUJtd VIRGIL S. HOLTON. Ordinary.
GEORGIA, JONKsOi >U.NTY.—Whereas
R. V. Hardeman applies to mo for dismis
sion from administration, with will an
nexed, of estate William Wheatley, dee’d :
These are to cite and aduionibh all per
sons conornrd to show enn-e a* this office
on or by the first Monday in May next, if
auy they have, why the same shall not be
granted. Witnt *s my hand officially Jan
uary 17,1882. R. T. ROSS, Ordinary.
joalOwtd
GEORGIA, JONES COUNTY.—Whereas
Isaac HarJemin, administrator on estate
D. L. Fit e, deceased, be* applied to me
for dismission from said administration :
Theso are to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned to show cause at this office
on orby iho first Mondsy in May next, if
any they havo. why the same shall not by
granted. Witness my hand_efficial!y Janu
ary 17,1882.
mnlffwtd
ROSS, Ordinary.
W. I*. HURT, Dentist
AMERICCS, GA.
JJLEVEN years residence , in Americas.
Continues to offer his services to the peo
ple Southwest Georgia. Correspondence
solicited. mar26d£wtf
~43d“
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in the t 'ity of Louisville ou
SATURDAY, AriilL SUth, 1888.
Theso drawings oocur monUffy(8cnday’a
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The UnitedBtate* Ciriuat Cw.it, oa March
31, rendered tke following decisions:
1st—That tho Commonwealth Distribu
tion Company ia tepid.
2d—Ita drawings are fair-
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