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Newspaper Page Text7HMK1PB * muum Mil »nfl VMhljr, l'n?iu«un ixn Mmusn !spabllabe> jra-7 A»r. uu;i Monday, u4 weekly avsr, '■'WSS'aii.y It ds’.fvsreJ by carriers la th* eltj MMBriKtttgt be* to rabseribsn at SI pel apMMk. B.60 (or threi months, Si (or *li toMtkwt'JtSMr. ®K«uw U mailed to subscribers. poxtagi tMt *4 JJ a ytar and SI for six month*. Caoafearadvertisements arm ba taken atom &»■*; p*r square of tan line* or lea for tb< ■altaasrtioni, and fifty rents for each autre •reeu : 1 portion. Liberal rater to contractors Lc-r sin*la column adTaruststeaU arasM SsvthsWsekJy. Salrmxauilesttons. Inlotded for publication ■M bs accompanied by the writer'suami tart address, net lor publication, tut as a: aoSansM of good faith. Jujsctea communications will not be returned Beerreo* nrtetice oonta'.r.Iss Important new; krtstasualoniof uv.es topic* Is solicited hat must be brief ar.d bo written upon bu DM Wdaof Its paper, to br.re attention, ’hn.tnassts should be made by Epreta, Moncj C*.. j. or K«'ii*U:fLil Uucfs aS semaunlcailona should be add row'd to J. JT. HANhOK. Bsnsirr, Macon, Georgia. im TELEGRAPH AND ME-SSEKSEi FRIDAY, APRIL 28. dog baa bis day, and Tilden’sSt. came In for the first prize. Tam people of Georgia area little tired oTC* gubernatorial whine and the mar- lfar having heard from the fish, we han- 31* the fliatinjj fishing yarns for the pres to* v*>7 gingerly. trie Mid that Mi hone’s hate for Geor- qpa grew oat of the fact that the Second Cmwifin Battalion used to milk hia cow, oft as the stilly night. 'XmtNsvr York Oloue, edited by colored ■m, eppoacs the introduction oi Chinese t»te> this country. Tills maybe regarded mall* perfection of check. WaaacfOTOx society sighs, bnt sighs in rata, for Captain Ilowgate’s “darling’ 3tS» yacht parties down the Potomac. The i and the yncht are not. treeetTililen *200.000 to support Bayes * four year*. It cost the government to bury Garfield. Presidents are expensive for republics and individ- Tn Chinese element sought to be intro- Joed halo this country is noth’ngmore nor Cm than mere brnte force which oertam oapitalists desire to apply becanso it is Xsi laost prominent candidate for vin- Jfcauuu appears to be Butcher Bliss. It any he well to remark that as long as Gar- flttd continues dor.J, Bliss cannot be viadi- fifarsucB Dauala, Bernhardt’s coaju- jyj trunk agent, has begun bis labors. Sa die left Italy a few du/s since with two enr leak of Saratogas. Her last order con tacted Dam with the luggage. Buck Billy Chandler was appointed ad- aw&tmtor upon f he United States navy, tbsvohr.vebeon nmried changes. The dis- pcsitian seems to be to marshal the assets a* near tho north pole as is practical. fa Washington Republican cherishes Ska koye that North Carolina will bloom into a Republican State this year Gorham has been interviewing Col. lack Brown, the great unassisted Southern am.tap'ulaior. Dtauso the late tornado a Wilkinson rtamijf man tied Ids wife to a stump with a sop* to keen her from being blown away. The wind died out and she came near be- tmg drowned by the rain before he could esaoileet where l:e had tied her. -5 — Tw» attention of Mr. Glessner of the Gridin Nines is exiled to tho fact that a Stacaylvania man his invented a car oospltr. We nrention this merely to show rts* toe apparent infringements npou SrilKn’s rights are not confined to Macon. Souk Texas reporter i has been attempt we to pass the elephant pea for Georgia “Spsbers ’ on Carey Styles, the editor of the talneston Xeics. The Colonel at onco de- teaad the fraud. Eo had lived on goobers ttroogh an entire sesrion of the Georgia tafirituturo and remembered tho tone of staple. A Paris correspondent is having a spe- ssss of literary jimjams over fhe discovery ttei the French accent ia disappearing Jtosa France. This is the same man who weptosied last year that the day would some when Western Congressmen would Vak the Engi-Vn language. We disliko toexpose a man publicly bat he has drawn Gets himself. The Slater Girt. Some few days since we bad occasion to mention tlie gilt by Mr. John F. Slater to the Sonthern uegrocs for educational purposes of tho i tun of S1|000,000. The Instrument creating this fnnd Is long and written by a man who is evidently a deep thinker and genuine philanthropist. It is couched in tho languago of an eminently wise and Christian man, and is remarka ble for its breadth and liberality of senti ment. The donor Is a wealthy cotton manniactnrcr of Norwich, Connecticut; and has been with his family for many years Identified with the history of that industry in tho United States. The in strument is addressed to Messrs. Ruther ford B. Hayes, ot Ohio; Morrison Waite, oi the District of Columbia; Wil liam E. Dodge, of Now York; Phillips Brooks, of Massachusetts; Daniel G. Gil man, of Maryland; John A. Stewart, of Now York; Alfred H. Colquitt, of Geor gia; Morris K. Jesap, of Now York; James P. Boyce, of Kentucky, and Wil liam A. Slater, of Connecticut. After reciting the fact that Providence has prospered him In business and placed it In his power to apply a consider able anm to charitablo pulses, he ex presses the need of counsel,names tho gentlemen referred to as those selected. He places tho sum to bo appropriated to a charitable purpose at $1,000,000, and advises the board to procure a charter which will exempt from taxation the fund created, and promises to pay It over os soon as an organization is bad. After reciting that the fund shall tie used for the uplifting of the lately emancipated populations of the Southern States, ho ex presses bis wishes and Ideas as follows But It is not only for their own sake, bnt also for the safety of our common country, fn which they have been invested with equal political rights, that I am desirous to aid in providing them with tho means of such education os shall tend to make them good men and good citizens—education in which tho instruction of tho mind in tho common branches of secu lar leorningshaU be associated with training In Just notions of duty toward God and man in the light oi the Uoly Scriptures. The means to be used in tho prosecution of the general ob ject above described I leav# to the discretion of the corporation, only indicating, as lines of op cration adapted to tho present condition of things, tho training of teachers from among the people requiring to be taught if, in the opinion of tiie corporation, by such limited selection the purposes of the trust can be best accom plished, an<l the cucourarement of such Insti tutions as are most effectually useful In pro moting tho training of teachers. I am well aware that the work herein proposed Is noth, lng new or untried. And it is no small part of my satisfaction in talcing this share in it that I hereby associate myself with some of the noblest enterprises of charity and humanity, and may hope to encourage the prayers and tolls of fslthfal men and women who have la bored and are still laboring In this cause. I wish tlie corporation which you are Invited to constitute to consist at no time of more than twclvo members nor less than nine for a longer time than may be required for the convenient filling of vacancies, which I desire to be filled by the corporation, and, when found practi cable, at its next meeting after the vacancy may occur. I designate as tho tint president of the corporation the lion. Buthcriord B. Hayes, of Ohio. I desire that It may hare power to provide from the income of the fnnd, among other things, for expenses incurred by members in the fulfillment of this trust, and for other expenses of such officers and agents as It may appoint, and generally to do all such acts as may bo necessary for carrying ontthc purposes of this trust. I desire. If it may be, that the corporation may have full liberty to In vest its fnnds according to its own discretion, without reference to or restriction by any laws or rules, legal or equitable, of any nature, reg ulating the mode of investment of trust funds; only I wish that neither principal nor income be expended in land or buildings for any oth er purpose than that of safe and profitable in vestment for Income, and I hereby discharge tlie corporation and its individual members, so far as it is in my power to do so, of all responsi bility, except for tlie faithful administration of this trust, according to their own honest un derstanding acd best judgment In particular, also, I wish to relieve (hem of any pretended claim on the part oi any person, party, sect. In stitution, or locality, to benefactions from this fnnd that may be put forward <5n any ground whatever, as I wish every expenditure to be determined solely by tho convictions of tho corporation itself as to the most useful disposi tion of gifts. I desire that the doings ol the corporation each year be printed and sent to each of the State libraries in the United States ar.d to the library of Congress. In case the cap ital oi the fund sbould become impaired, I de sire that a port of the income, not greater than one-half, be Invested from year to year until the capital be restored to Its original amount. I pur posely leave to the corporation the largest lib erty of making changes in the methods of im plying the incoma of the land as shall seem from time to time best adapted to accomplish the general object herein defined. But being warned by tho history of such endowments, that they sometimes tend to discourage rather than promote effort and self-reliance on the part of the beneficiaries, or to Inure to the ad var.ccmcnt of learning Instead of tho dissemi nation of it, or to become a convenience to the Txx executive committee has prepared a K*of glowing mottoes and tribute* to hang en the wall* during the canons of promi- MRt negroes in (bis city. Sumner, Gar- tdd, Arthur, Hayes, Grant and Tliad Ste- , rich Instead of abelp to those who used help” *ex» have been remembered, bnt Jones, of " Ketett, and Edmunds, of Vermont, im- gtobable ns it may seem, have been entire ly wnorecT. is now appears that the six men who, daring Garfield’s illness, worked the Jen- stags refrigerator, a sort of voiceless hnnd- 4Srm» with a breath registering 10 degrees Fahrenheit, have beos neglected by the re- emnsmtieg committee, and Congress is liked to pony op again. A couple of hnn- tart thousand dollars each will probably satisfy the hand-organ men. fe the President preparing to place scch (tailed States judges in Georgia as will ex- ante upon prisoners regardless of law the will of the administration? Are we to have in Georgia a repetition of the judicial •drages in South Carolina? If James Aktas, of 8avannrb,fs established al the header ti e Northern circuit, the people easy wtU look to their safety. Tin: country is threatened with all the horrors if another Blackburn-Barb ridge tael On Friday lest white a gallant Ken- tertian, named Hays, was addressing the another ga’lant Kentuckian, steadying himself with a chair, claimed toe attention of the assembly while he call ed! (be speaker a liar. Not satisfied with His eonrtly declaration, be dropped into toe fearful undertow of tho American lan- page and farther charged, in brief terms, Art the gentleman under discussion was ft* descendant of n female canine. Then Jht meeting aJjomned temporarily until tow gallant Kentuckian number two was ns- efirted outside to an ambulance. What a seenewaa that reported in onr iitacrnmi tbl» morning. The steamer San - *»? is banting on tho St Johns river, the hair ashore and the stern swinging in the Gathered on tho stem are the ers, the flames behind them, when Children, panic stricken, torn and rash lock into the saloon. There are two from that crowd who dare the flsmc3 and perish wdu the innocent*. And honra later, whoa two blackened forma are dragged f-.® tlia ruin, each clasping a babe’s poor ii mad remains, it needed not tho testi- mc r t c f witnesses to reveal why from sr fo ld f)«d to death. Only a mo her’* caches from earth to heaven | is j-jgh to smile in the face of leatii, wlii-n the mother's hand clasp is >t t0 ! . broken. A sadder or grander ri t! an th’y fr tn Florida, we have not I solemnly charge my trustees to nie their best wisdom In preventing any inch defeat of tho spirit of this trust, so that my gift may continue to fatnre generations to be a blessing to the poor. If at any time after tho lapse of thirty- three years from the date of this foundation it shall appear to the judgment of three-fourths of tiio members of this cor poration that, by reason of a change in social conditions, or by reason of adequate and equitable public provision for education, or bv any other sufficient reason, there Is no further serious need of this fund in the form In which it is at first instituted, f authorize the corporation to apply the capital ot the fnnd to the establishment of foundations subsidiary to their already existing institutions of higher education in such wiso as to mskc the educa tional advantages of such institutions more freely accessible to poor students of the colored race. It Is my wish that this trust bo adminis tered in no partisan, sectional or sectarian spirit, bnt in tho Interest of a generous patriot ism and an enlightened Christian faith, and that the corporation about to be formed may continue to be constituted by men distinguish ed either by honorable success in bualnoss or by services to literstnre. education, religion or the State. I am encouraged to *thc execution In this charitablo foundation of a long cherished pur pose by tho eminent wisdom and success that have marked the conduct of the Peabody edu cational fund In a field of operations not re mote from that contemplated by this trust. I shall commit It to your bands, deeply con- scions how Insufficient is cur best forecast to provide (or the future that is known onlv to (jod, but humbly hoping that the administra tion of it may be so guided by divine wisdom as to be in Its tarn an encouragement to phi lanthropic enterprise on the :art of others and an endnring means of good to onr beloved country and to our fellow men. I have the honir to be, gentlemen, your friend and fellow citizen, John F. Slater. Norwich, Conn.. March 2, U82. Senator mil's Condition. The latest reports have intensified the solicitude felt by all the people of Geor gia as to the condition of Senator Hill. Surgical skill has been incompetent to ar rest bis disease. His physical strength Is giving way under aloss of appetite, and bo is seriously threatened with inanition, tho little nourishment he Is able to take in tlie way of fluids being insufficient to supply tho drain upon his system. He has gone to the Eureka Springs In Arkansas, to put to the test the last hope, that the curative properties of the waters may restore him. While the hope is shared in common by all classes and con ditions of our people, the fact can be no longer compromised or disguised that bit condition :s such as to excite the gravest apprehensions. A Contemporary’s Tight, Our attention bu been attracted more than once by a singular conflict going on Id tho ninth district between a certain class of people and the dally newspaper of that section, known as the Athens Banner- Watchman. To those whom ex perience bu taught, the conflict is dis tinct and appreciable even from the rear, although, one side is completely hidden under nom de plamea and designated only by general references. The struggle on the part ot the Banner-yfatehman 1} for existence and the preservation of its manhood and independence; the assaults upon it are partisan, and made with aview of choking the truth and freeing from a strong grasp Emory Speer, the leader ot the Independent clement, li is curious to watch the influences brought forward in this general assault. “The loss of patron age,” “tho interests of tho city,” “the In terests of the nniveially,” “the honor H I the district,” all have been nvoked to overwhelm and silence the journal to which reference bu been made. Not that these cries hjvo been raised by those who have the best Interests of the university, the city, the district or the journal at heart; or even by those au thorized to speak for any of them. Terms only to catch the public ear, they have been cried aloud by the friends of Mr. Speer with one object only—the paralyzing of the force which is fast crumbling the foundations of his public life. The strong fight and unbending lront of onr little contemporary bu awakened the admira tion of tho State press. Experimenting with a journalistic venture In a city never before able to support a daily, they had every temptation to sacrifice policy to popularity. The money, the business reputation of tho owners and editors wu at stake, and the public trusts and politi cal patronage generally were in the hands of those who would use them to crush ont any independence of opinion prejudicial to the ring in power. Notwithstanding this the Banner-Watchman chose to act according to tho principles ot right and threw down the gauge of battle. It began the struggle with its adversaries upon principle, and bu adhered to truth and moderation throughout. Its challenge, publicly given to those who condemned it, to point out aught hut the truth in anything it has pnblished, has called up no one able to respond. Its advice to all classes hu been just such u a public journal should give, its conclusions sound and its position impregnable. In our opinion, the worst of the fight Is over. Tho very bold- ness’and openness of the Banner-Watch man has commanded the respect of tho dffn who uphold Athens. Upon no surer foundatloncan it stand than the respect of its people. The friends of the University can never allow its name and Influence to be drawn into the impending political contest to sustain Mr. Speer. The mo ment it moves from its proper centre its death warrant will be signed, and tho men who govern it have too much wisdom not to understand it. If the blind strug gles of Mr. Speer to throw his arms about the pillars Of his Alma Mater are success- tul, the effect wilt be to involve them both in a common ruin. The Banner-Watch man hu nothing to fear lrom the Univer sity. We are not seeking merely to support the journal. It is fully able to care for itself. But in Us conduct we see tho true spirit of journalism battling for existence, and we make its battles ours. Nearly a month since we recognized the true ring in the Athens paper—in fact long before tho late tragedy joined the present issue— end wrote u fellows: Tho Bonner Watchman Is the biggest little daily we have CTer seen ou onr table, and pre sents a fine appearance, editorial and incchan leal. Athens, in letting it perish for want of support, would step backwards over space equivalent to five yean. Nothing helps a com' munlty more than a good dally newspaper. It brings events—and after all we shape ourcourse from events—quickly before the people; pro motes a rapid circulation of those little cduea-* tlonal missionaries called Ideas, and enables Its section to keep abreast with the times. Ath ens could save money by even—as a lost resort —supporting the daily out of the city treasury. What wo said then we repeat now, and more. Thepeoplo who have the Inter ests of Athens at heart cannot afford to remain silent in tho fight before them. Tho Banner u edited, will never hesitate to express public opinion; let the pubile ustain their mouth-piece. We make these remarks u our own motion, with out any knowledge of the standing of tlie paper, hut u a journal which fears no ring, clique, influence or power in the State or anywhere else we lend our aid such as it is. a clause, under which honorably dis charged Union soldiers alone are permit ted to police Washington City, the Nation al capital, situated on neutral ground, with a population without franchise, and who comes into a strange community does—with bis neighbors and his friends. It is not to be expected that this conven tion will fall to dip into politics, State politics. The negro has been so Indus- dependent upon the general government, iriously ecbooled by those who would use the fight opens again. And the bitterness, him into the belief, that in his political The Bloody Shirt at the Toro. Very many people honestly believed that sectionalism in American politics had been buried iu the grave that covered Garfield. The common sorrow which knew no section, no class, creed or con dition, but which possessed tho hearts of all the people at the sudden and fearful calamity which had come to him, did seem to a great degree to obliterate politi cal passions and resentments, and held out the hope tho men of the United States would in the future bo brethren in tho full significance of the woid. So deep was this Impress upon tho popular mind, that Arthur, under its spell, in his annual message to Congress stu diously avoided any sectional refer ence or discussion. And In tho ear lier days of the present session of Congress Arthur’s party so conducled itself as to mould a belief almost into an assuranc: that for all time to come tho dividing lines of sectionalism were to ho eliminated from paity contests. The demon was asiccp only, not dead. All the preliminaries having been arranged, the policy of the administration decided upon, the disguise is thrown off and the banner of the bloody sblit is again ran np to the masthead. Another national contest has to be fought under its folds. Unwelcome as the fact may be, wo may Just as well look it squarely in the face. Republicanism can not live at the North without a South to be assaulted. So long as the appropria tion bills and other measures not germain to cither section were under considera tion aud discussion, matters went quietly and smoothly, «nd those familiar with Congressional debates in tho past won dered os to what had become of the arro gant aud bitter partisans whose stock in trade consisted alone in vituperation of tbeSontb. They are all in their places and heavily loaded. Just as Mr. Carl Schurz, In his paper in the last Worth American Betlrh on “Political Problems and the Future of Parties,” very con fidently expresses the opinion that the bitter sectional controversies growing out of slavery and the war are at an end. Conger in the Senate, and Camp, Robe son, Reed and others in the House rise to give the lie to liis sanguine predictions. Upon a simple motion to strike out with which it opens i» but a prelude to what may be expected to follow. In a few days at the furthest the con tested election cases will bo called, and all algns point to the fact that they will elicit one of the fiercest and most sec tional struggles which bu ever been wit nessed in the Honse of Representatives. The Mabone movement in Virginia, the attempt ot the administration to repeat It in other Southern States, tbs action of tho United States courts iu the election prose cutions in South Carolina and Alabama, the concerted movement Of prominent colored politicians throughout the South upon the civil rights issue, are but the whetting stsnes usedto sharpen the blades for this conflict. Robeson, the real lcador of tho Honse, a buccaneer In practice and ia brute in in stinct, fired the signal gnu for tho conflict on Monday last. It Is a source of no little pride and satis faction to know that he found the Demo crats prepared, and that In tlio opening rally he wu severely punished by a Geor gia Congressman. , Tbo Convention To-Day. There will assemble in onr city to-day a convention of colored men, to take counsel together as to the best means of securing the welfare and advancement of their race. As we understand, those who may at tend will not be drawn from tho State ol Georgia alone, but from, all tlie States which once held property inj slaves. They come at the call of Jefferson Long, a representative bolored -mac, and one who has enjoyed enlarged and unusual opportunities of making himself acquaint ed with the wants aud necessities of his people. The men expected to be present are supposed not to be the accredited rep resentatives of political organizations, or delegates bearing credentials from the many societies which tho colored people have formed. Preachers, lawyers, school teachers, professors and learned and unlearned are expected to make up the personnel of this convention. While its general ob ject has been announced as a move ment to inquire into the best means of ad vancing the interests of tho negro race, it has been further stated that a secret session will be held, at which it may be determined as to what coarse the col ored voters of Georgia may elect to pur sue in the coming campaign. In behalf of the white people ot Macon and of Georgia we undertake to say that they do not regard this movement cither with levity or alarm. On tho contrary, they are pleased to notice It, and they indulge the hope that tho very best remits may follow. Anything that pertains to tho advance ment of the negro in intelligence aud all of the elements which go towards the making of good and enlightened citizen ship interests thorn. Thoy hope that wise and sober counsels may prevail and that substantial good may be accomplished, that some plan may be devised by which the antagouisms which have boen created aud fostered by bad men between the two rams may be softened if not eradicated, and that in the future they may live aud work together in harmonious accord. This convention offers a grand opportuni ty to the educated aud thinking leaden who may be present. To come to the point at once, it affords them occasion to grapple with the great race problem, that alter seventeen yean of peace, follow ing a bloody war, has not yet begun to approach a solution. If they can solve it, the capacity of tho negro for self-govern ment will be at once aud ungrudgingly acknowledged. As a friend of the negross and as a representative of people who aro really their friends, and who sincerely desire their welfare physically, morally and in- tel’.cclually, we take the occasion to make a suggestion or two in a spirit of entire frankness and kindness. We beg them to approach their duties iu a spirit of forgetfulness of tbo past and to look sternly to tLe future and its possi bilities. Nothing that has been done can be remedied by angry discussion or de nunciation, hut much may be accom plished by wise and moderate counsel and action. They should understaud their present capacities aud surrouudlngs most thoroughly. They should know upon what forces they aro to rely for success before marklug out a plan of action for the fu ture. Our attention has been called to the laudatory encomiums of Sumner, Lin coln, Grant and others which are to adorn the walls of the ball in which they are to assemble, and from which, perhaps, In spiration is to be drawn. It is proper and becoming that they should thus remember men whom they regard as their special friends and benefactors, but thoy should also bear iu miud that their own destinies in the futuro must rest in other Lands save these. Mr. Sumner is dead, and a practical test has exploded many, If not all, of bis honestly entertained aud humanitarian theories. Lincoln is also dead, and yet the saying that will Uvo as long as his memory, was a solemn declaration that bo was a believer in the social and political Inferiority of the negro race, and would do nothing in opposition to that convic; tlon. Greeley, who did more to bring about emancipation than any other ono man in the world, is dead—went to his grave with a broken heart at what ho sup posed tho iugratitudo of a race to which the labors of a busy and stormy life bad been devoted. General Grant still lives, but with no more power to shape the ovents of the comiug future thau any sluglo member of this convention. Emancipated and clothed with civil rights the negro must workout his own develop ment, with such aid as his own conduct and effort may attract from thepeoplo amongst whom his lot is cast. There will be no wisdom in quarreling with Senators Jones, Windom, Edmunds and others about their coniesaion of failure iu the attempt to solve this great race prob lem, These men have been convinced, after long and faithful trial, that the negro of the South cannot be elevated by political methods alone. They have not been able to seut what the white man of the South has seon all along, that if -the North will cease at once and forever to agitate this negro questiou as a political element, that the negro would assimilate himself to bis surroundings and soon learn to speak, to act, to work and to vote as the white mau power rests his persoual safety, that this lesson cannot be uulearned in a day. Politics is a pastime, not a duty. It would be far hotter for most while men if they could appreciate and act upon tills truth. The negro cannot afford to despiso or ig nore it. But it having been given out that the socret. session will he devoted to this subject, we can only hope for the wisest counsol aud tho best results. It will be well for the Georgia delegates to hear iu mind that they do not and can not bold the political control of Georgia. They should not forget that the legisla ture ol Georgia clothed them with the rights of citizens in advance of the consti tutional amendments ordered by the Fed eral Congress, that Georgia is engaged in edncatlng their children, that she taxes them as she does the white man, that sho gives them a place iu the jury box and that she exacts and requires nothing of them that she does not demand from the white citizen, in fact that sho gives them protection and only asks in return a loyal allegiance to her interests. Ifthcy shall deem it expedient to choose sides in tlie coming contest, let them bo aware of the fact that tliclr votes have al ready been pledged by the Federal ofilce holders to a faction which seeks to over throw a State government from which they havo sufiered nothing, and under which they have lived happiiy, prospered, and made intellectual and u&tiona! ad vancement. If, ailertho regular programme of pro ceedings Is exhausted, tlino v.-ill permit the convention might lake notice of the iact, that at the meeting of the Colonization Society in New York, a fow days since, It was stated that 07cr a half million of Southern negroes desired to emigrato to Liberia, but wore prevented by lack of means. And coming nearer home, this day in the State of Kansas tbo negroes who, by political jobbery, were induced to leave the fertile cotton regions of Louisiana and Mississippi, have outworn their welcome and are assembled in convention to devise ways and means to procure work and food tor themselves and their families. We assume to Indulge tho hope that this convention iu our midst will accom plish some good, and shall chronicle a different result with sincere disappoint ment. State Executive committee Call. Atlanta, Ga., April 25,1882.—A meeting of tho State Democratic Executive Com mittee is horeby called to assemble at the breakfast room of the Kimball House, in Atlanta, on the 18th day of May next, at 2 o’clock p. m. A full meeting is desired, as business of importance will be before tho committee. The following named gentlemen aro members of tho committee for the State at large: J. E. Shumate, R. J. Moses, L. Mynatt and Wm. Phillips. First District—J. J. Jones, Burke county R. W. Grubb, McIntosh county. Second District—Richard Hobbs, Dough erty oonnty; W. A. Harris. Worth county. Third District—John A. Cobb, Sumter county; Georgs P. Wood, Pulaski county. Fourth District—A. D. Abrahams, Troup county; J. D. Willis, Talbot count}’. Fifth District—W. T. Newman, Fulton county; J. H. Mitchell, Pike county. Sixth District—Jno. L. Wimberly,Twiggs county; John L. Hardeman, Bibb county. Seventh District—Arthur H. Gray, Ca toosa county; N. J. Tnmlin, Polk county. Eighth District—Wilberforce ^Daniel, Richmond county; F. H. Dolly, Wilkes county. Ninth District—C. J. Wellborne, Union county; T. M. Peeples, Gwinnett county. Leak'deb N. hanau. Chairman. We take from the leading editorial col umn of tho Co’nmbns Times, ot Tuesday, the following extract; Some weeks ago the grand jury of one of the counties In tbo judicial circuit of Judge Crisp embodied In their report a recommendation of that gentleman for Congress in hts district, and we now have the grand Jury of Warren county following in tlie tamo lino, and in their report made a few days ago recommended Judge Pot- tic, another presiding judge of tho Superior Court for Congress in the eighth district It Is perhaps welt enough to allow grand juries tho widest liberty In their efforts to promote the public good, bnt wo cannot exactly see tbe propriety of their canvassing the fitness of men for office, embodying their conclusions tn that direction in their general presentments. For having made a somewhat similar commont on the action of the grand jury in Lee county, one of the editors of the Times, in a letter from Butler, Taylor county, charged ns with making a “mali cious” assault on Judge Crisp, a gentleman for. whom we entertain a high regard, and with whom wo are on most agreeable terms. Senatoh Baxabd is getting his boom on. Ho is billed and bookod for orations on soveral public occasions. Hon. L. N. Tbamueld, chairman, has called a meeting of the State Democratic Executive Committeo at Ati inta on (he 18th day of May. Every member of the committee should make it a point to bo present on the occasion, prepared to in augurate a campaign which must result in in tho succoss of the harmonized and united Democracy. In a Mississippi commercial trial recent ly, when asked why •entcnco of death should not bo pronounced upon him, a ne gro replied that he had not had justice; that he did not have witnesses in oourt who would prove bis innocence.” The untatored black man did cot seem to un derstand that all conoictions fcraw out of tho latter fact. The Brunswick Advertiser and Appeal, in an article commenting ou 'ho late dis cussion on Georgia harbor improvements before the committee on commerce at Washington, has this to say of our fellow citizen Mayor Bacon, who was present and took part in tho disoussion. “All movements calculated to odd to tho material prosperity of the people, to develop tho wonderful resources ot the State, find In him a faithful and earnest advocate. Could wo do better than to place him in tho Govern or’s office, where as Governor of our State, ho would have ample scope for the broad and progressive Ideas, tempered by true conserva tism, which he has demonstrated, by hl« acts In the past, are possessed by him?” A New Obwcans dispatch says: “The sensation of tho day hero is tbe seizure of tho Mascotte, a weekly illustrated paper, like Puck. The JIaseolU has,been lighting into the city government very strongly lately, and greatly worrjing tho mayor and administration. In 8atnrdoy’s num ber was a caricature representing the ad ministration in a ridiculous light, and ns owned and controlled by Mr. Van Bcnthuy- eod, president of the Carrollton railroad. Van Bonthuysen caused tho arrest of the editors for criminal libel- Mayor Shaks- pere, to-day, nnder an old statute, ordered the chief of police to seize and destroy the paper. Much feeling is displayed over this order,tvhioh the fiiends of tho Mascotte de clare is a violation of the freedom of the press.” If Louisiana has a statute nutlior- izieg the suppression of the press, she can not repeal it too-uddeuly. TJIOMA S VXXJjJS, Tbe Fronts of Wine Growing. Special Correspondence Telegraph and Mes senger. Thomasville, Ga., April 22.—The season whichisnowdrawiDgto a close has been a prosperous ono for the hotels and beard ing bouses here. Sixty rooms were added to the Mitchell Houss last summer, giving it about one hundred and tenia all, acd yet it and the othor hotels, together with a number of private hoarding houses, were filled all the timo with Northern seek ers after health and pleasure. Tho popu larity of this place os a winter resort is increasing rapidly. Everyone who comes h6re is charmed with local accommoda tions and the result is a yearly increase in tho crowds. In the noar fatnre the only difficulty in the way o’, tho unbounded pop ularity of this place with Northern health and pleasure seekers will be the scarcity of hotel accommodations. AU the people who can be comfortably housed wiU come hero. The influence of those Northern visitors on both North and South will be good. Whatever prejudices they may bring with them against tho South will disappear when they seo it as it is and the urauy splendid openings hero for profitable investments will not escape their atten tion. Many of them will become c tizens of this section, thereby giving it tbe benefit of both their industry and thsir shekels. Those who return North spread the praises of the people, soil and climate, and iu turn will send others to swell the tide of pros perity aud liberality of opinion. A young mac from Boston, who has been here somo time, has gotten up a very suc cessful toko-off on the Oscar Wilde lunacy. He went around torn with his beaver sot back on bis head, a rose fastened on his forehead aud a pickled honing pinned to tho lappel of his coat. I obtained- from Mr. John Stark, on in telligent and reliable men of this place, some information in reference to the pro duction of wine, from wnich parties who wish to take hold of tho business can form some estimate of the results they may ex pect to obtain. Mr. Stark bos made the wine business a success, and boUevcs it can and will be one of the most profitable lines ot business in this section in fatnre, bnt at tbe same lime would not adviso any ono to go into it unless they have a particular fancy for it and thorough information upon tho de tails of its management. He has throe acres in Delawares, three acres in Con cords, and one and a half in soappernongs, Warrens, Ives’ seedlings, otc. Ono thou sand and fifty vines aro pat to the acre, which reach their prime in about foar years, when thoy can be relied upon to prodneo grapes enough to make an average of at least five hundred gallons of wine t > tho acre a year, rhe expense of looking offer on acre of grapes is no more than that required for an aero of cotton. About onc-fcurth of a pound of sugar is required to the gallon of wine when made from Concord, scuppemong or Warren grates, in order to giro it sufficient body to moke it keep in this climate. When it is made from . Delawares no sugar at all is required. 1 ho wino is worth at whoiosale from seven ty-live cents to one dollar and a quarter per gallon, according to quality, ago, etc. That is, tho wino produced from the grapes grown on one acre in one year, at no great er expense than would bo required to cul tivate and gather on acre of cotton, is worth five hundred dollars. From this showing it would appear that no business can bo so profitable aa wine-growing, bnt there aro some difficulties in the way of re alizing these figures which should net be overlooked. Orange groves and saw-mills aro famous for figuringout much better on paper than they will in practice, and wine growing will doubtless, in the opinion of those who do not follow Mr. Stark’s advice, given above, have to be added to this list. Oto of the greatest difficulties in the way of making actual and theoretical prof its tho same is to find a market for tho wine. Most people in this country who have been in tbo habit of drinking wine regularly, havo acquired a taste for the arti ficial and highly flavored compounds with which tho country has been flooded by the whoiosale trade, which can be produced at about thirty-five cents per gallon—hence it in difficult to sell pure and natural wine to tbe retailers. The consumer’s taste for pure wines and information iu reference to it most prod the retailer into becoming a customer to the producer of this class of goods before the business will realize its possibilities. Very satisfactory progress has been mode in this respect daring tho past five years all over the United States, on acconnt of the greatly increased atten tion which has been given to tbe produc tion of wines, and in tho end those pure natural wines will take the place of artifi cial compounds and also to a large extent of whisky, with the result of making wino-growing one of onr greste.it industries. With the introduction of pure and cheao wines will come the in evitable decreaso in drunkenness which marks tho exchange of whisky for wino the world over. This place is making very substantial progress in every direction, cud ia withcat doubt one of the most prosperous places in Georgia. A stock company is putting up a cotion seed oil mill here, which will be ready to cotmuouce operations in Au. gust It will ha'O several gins attached and wi:l prove a great convenience to the farmers, as well os profitable to its owners. It will be under tho management of Mr. E. W. Thompson. Thomasvillo boa fine educational faciti, ties. The South Georgia Agricultural Col lege is located here. It is a branch of tho State University, tuition is free and it is in a very prosperous condition. It now has about ICO students, and all departments from the primary to the oollegiate. It has the following faculty: O. D. Scott, presi dent; E. S. McSwain, professor of Greek; J. IL Alexander, professor of Latin; J. F. Parker, professor of mathematics, and J. H. Merrill, primary. Tlie ncademio classes are divided among the members of tho faculty. Young Female College is also located here and is under the management of Pro fessor John E. Baker, with o fino corps of assistants. It i: doing woll also. H. C* H* < Enongli to Duns. GrxJJln Sun. Voter, hare you noticed with what unanim ity the Itaillcal prom pat* the disguised Georgia Republican*, called liberals, on the back? It hu* the endorsement and rapport of Arthur, and every prominent Northern Radical sheet wo havo noticed endorses the movement. These tiro facte alone aro enough to damn any political movement so far as Georgians are con cerned. _ A Specimen. Washington Kepublican. Five negro Republican witnesses swore that they know the defendant well, that they saw him vote at Millet, that in order to seo wheth er he would veto again they followed him ou the train, paying their tares, to Bcdlock, where he voted, then to Allendale, where ho repeated the operation, and finally back to Millet, where he cast hts fourth ballot. On the other hand fifteen witnesses, of all colorsand politics, tes tified that the defendant was chairman ot tho l)oard of election manager* at Millet, and there remained all day In the discharge of bis duties. Instead of dismtainR this case aud arresting their witness tor perjurr. the several prosecut ing officers, while not having the audacity to argue the matter, sent the indictment to the Jury in the hope of a conviction. Hod they succeeded It would havo been a veritable tri umph, authorizing congratulatory dispatches not onlv to Philadelphia, but St. Petersburg aud other co-operating centres. However, even the elasticity of tho consciences of that packed Jury had a limit, so that they declined o accept tbe lies of tbe prcxxutlon’s witnesses for sober truths. The Kilbouru Verdict. Baltimore Sun Correspondence. There appears to be almost an entire lack ot undemanding as to the meaning and effect of the verdict in the Ktlboum false Imprisonment case. After the decision of the Supreme Court remanding tho case for a new trial no Jury couhl havo been expected to do otherwise (Iran award damage*. The 8upremc Court did not declare absolutely that no power existed in tho House of Representative* to compel witnesses to testify, but it was very positive In affirming that no power existed to compel a witness to divulge hi* private attain. Mr. Kilbourn was imprisoned by order of the llouso for refusing to do this very thing, and according to tho de cision of tho Supreme Court he was il.’cgully imprlsoned and entitled, therefore, to redress. Mr. John G. Thompson, the scrgeant-at-arms of the House, who executed the order, and against whom tbo suit was brought, said publiclv in advance that ho anticipated a verdict asatnst him, but he dia hot expect that the jury would find for such a large amour.!'. A motion has been mndo for a new trial, bnt It is generally supposed that Judge UacArthar will set azide the verdict os excessive. The judge, with the concurrence of the plaintiff, can then assess the damages, and it 1* reported that if the amount isnot fixed at a sum exceeding > 25.100 it will bo satisfac tory to tho defendant. Whatever damages may finally ltc determined upon Mr. Thompson win pay. and will then appeal to tbo House of Rep resentatives to Indemnify him. Some of the members of that body have declared that they will never vote any money for tills purpose, but the general belief is that Mr. Thompson will not be permitted to suffer for an act which he was compelled as an officer of tho House to erform. iJistrict Attorney Corkhlll was cm- toyed bv Mr. Thompson to defend the esse In its private capacity as a lawyer, and os Mr. Thompson was sued as a private individual, tho government was not brought luto the case one way or the other. SPECIAL COBRE8POXDEXCE From Buena Vista, Akbsvllle, Hlclt- ory OroYfi Ktc. Buena Vista,April 24. -The row between the negroes and whites culminated this af ternoon. A mob of nearoea crowded tbo slreots, intent upon creating a disturbance Tho mob woo met by three young white men and compelled to back. It is hoped that tho ond of this unfortunate affair has been reached. „ Col. Mark Blanford, Solicitor General Grimes r-ud Uol. Russell, all of Columbus, are bora ia ationdanoo upon the Stipenor Court. ’ K. O. I. Thomabton, Ga., April 23.—A suspicious looking character was brought to town yes terday (Sunday) by Mr. Henry Birdsong and lodged in jail under tho chargo of va grancy. He calls himself Ferry Cooley and claims to hail from Anderson, S. C. He is nearly white, about twenty-five years of age and weighs about 170 pounds. He ia it strong, fine looking fellow, well able to make his living by honest toil. He is sus pected of several petty offeusee that oc curred in tho neighborhood. Tramps are so unusual in this part of the moral vine yard that we simple-hearted folk can’t help thinking that he was guilty of some crime on his native heath. Hence the dosorip- t lolls It is lumoredlhnt a marriage in high life will be consummated In a few days. The Telegraph and Messenger will be notified in doe course of time. With no bad luck old Upson will reap the largest oat and wheat crop since the war. Oats are tho finest I have ever seen. There is n slight complaint of rust in wheat but it is not general. W. Talbotton. April 24. —Dr. T. B. Turner, an old and highly respected citizen, di id at bis homo, a few miles from town, yes terday morning, after a protracted illness. Rumors say we are to nave a marriage in town in a few days. The lady’s aid society will give a “festi val,” May first. The Sunday-schools will of course have celebrations in May. Col. W. A. Daniel Is named for Legisla tive honors from this county. J.W. H. Millvdoeyille, April 24.—Our commu nity was honored Friday morning by the arrival of Senator Joseph E. Brown, ac companied by his wife and son. Their visit is one of pleasure only, their object i being to see the place again where old friends and associates reside. It was hero, in days gono by, that Gov, Brown achieved much of his distinction os a statesman, fought some of h’s hotestond most successful political battles, and made both fame and fortune. Somo of his truest admirers and warmest personal friends are found among our citizens. 4nd naturally he comes here now, while seeking recre ation, from over zealous official occupa tion, to chat with his friends of former days, where he i* not apt to be beset with the claims of office and bounty seekers. The Macon boys ought to practice a lit tle more before coming over again to play baseball with the college nine. They were literally denned up Saturday in the match game. The score stood 23 to 7 in favor of our nine at tho endof the game. The fantral of Mrs. Wm. McKiulcy i^0k place yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock, from her rerideuce. Sho was one of our moat honored and beloved citizens, and her death, while not unexpected, casts a gloom over the entire community. Baldt. Indian Sprino, April 24.—Indian Spring is no longer a dormant watering plaoe,but 1 is thoroughly aroused from her lethargy. The hotels are donning the summer suits for the reception of the large expected crow I during the ensuing season. The track of the Macon extension is complete to a point within two miles of tho mecca of the South. The Telsobaph and Ues- bknoee receives at all hands many compli- mtnts for its improvement under the new management. G. Camilla, April 24,1882.—The Methodist District Conference for Thomas ville dis trict, closed its session at this place last] night. Every tossion was pleasant, profit- Lble aud deeply spiritual. The reports showed tho district to be in a most flour ishing condition. Revivals aro common end scriptural holiness is the watchword nil around, Rev. L. B. Payae received for tho Orphans’ Homo $315. Tho agent of Emory. Rev. Lovcjoy, lifted a good collec tion. Her. L. B. Bochellc. T. C Mitchell, John P. Dickinson and L A. Bush were elected delegates to the next Annual con ference. Religious services will be con tinued through the week. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. John B. Culpepper. The meeting at the Methodist church, pro tracted from the district conference, con tinues with wonderful interest. Seven ac cessions to the church were made last night. Tho church was filled and many could not fii.d room. The weather is de- ItightfuL - C. HAmericcs, April 25.—Our city fathers have resolved to sink an artesian well. Work will be begun as soon as the neces sary machinery can be obtained. R.T. Byrd & Co. will ship to-day to St. Louts six bushels ot new wheat. It is well ma tured, ot tbe Raiuey variety, and was raised by Mr. Leonard Porker of our oonnty. Bison, April 25.—Mr. \v. H. Calhoun, ■l old and respected citizen of this coun ty, died at his home noar this place Inst Sunday and was buried at Shilooh church yesterday. Old agotakos the old gentle man away no doubt, ho being Uo^-ears old. HmoRab, April 24.—The regular term of Telfair Superior Court convened Tuesday morning, the loth inat., Judge Pate presid ing, with Solicitor-General Tom Eason in chargo ot the State's affairs, and a pretty full attendance of the bar The juries were scon impaneled, and, after a strict and plain chargo to tho grand jury, the regular business of the oourt was proceeded with. iMrs. McDcarmid.an aged and highly es teemed lady, died at her residence in this place last rridty* We venture tbe assertion that McRae has one of the most flourishing Sunday-schools of any town to its size on the Macon and Brunswick railroad. Mr. S. McLean, our ivoimlar postmaster, is superintendent. Hon. John D. McLeod, onr present rep resentative in the Legislature, wo learn, will be in the field for re-election. A. Haweixsvzllz, April 24.—On Saturday might there was a terrific rain-storm here, doing much injury. Tho cellars of Messrs. John F. Lewis & Co. and Messrs. P. O. Clegg & Co. were filled, doing considerable damage to tho goods therein stored. It is universally conceded to be tho heaviest rainfall over known hero. . Sioux. Buena Vista, April 25.—Much to tho dis appointment of our citizens, who woro ex pecting a week’s excitement, the Superior Court adjourned to-day. Col. E. M. Butt, who is interested in nearly every case be fore this term of tho court, has a very sick wife and has not been able to be present at tho oonrt’a sittings. Judge Willis, with his usual consideration and kindness, contin-i nod all of Col. Butt’s cases, and appointed! <m adjourned term for Jnly. So the legal gentlemen havo oil folded their tents and havo sought green fields and postures new, lor words to that effect. | Your Mr. Crosby Smith, who has been hero representing the “old-young lady,” lias won golden opinions for the Teleoeapii and Messenger, and has also won ft more than full list ot subscribers. A very unfortunate difficulty oocmreJ on our streets this afternoon. A man by the name of Pony Newsome was riding n mule about tho streets trying to interfere with the drill of the High School Cadets. Mr. Lon Mathis, a gentleman who lives near here, interfered and attempted to get Newsome off the street. Some hot words passed and thirty or forty minutes after wards Mr. Mathis was stubbed, m Mr. Sam Crawford’s store, in the left shoulder and left breast by New- some. Mr. Mathis knocked Newsome down, rolled him out ou tbe sidewalk axd gave him a terr.ble beating. Your re porter, who arrived upon the scene toward the close of the fight, thought that New- some was a dead man, but Newsome, in the course of a few minutes, was able to walk oi Y'our reporter doe3 not know what Newsome’s present condition is. Mr. Mathis is painfully, but, it is hoped, not dangerously cut. A negro, n witness in one of the oriminal cases tried by the court yesterday, was way laid'and shot just at dark to-day. It ia supposed that the defendant in the cn.-e, a negro, wau the party that did the shooting. Your reporter haa not been able to learu the particulars, aa the shooting ooeurred some distance in the country. K. O. I. Thomahton, April 2ti.—A young colored man by the came of Coup Gilbert was drowned iu Potato creek, just abore Rog ers’ old factory place. It happened about 2 o’clock yesterday. It seeme that he was plowing in a bottom near the creek, and seeing some duoks near the opposite shorn he succeeded in shooting one and swam across to where the duck was floating, aild was making his way back with tho duck when ho suddenly cried out for help, bnt before Mr. Mathews, hia employer, could come to his assistance ho sank, and was seen no more. Wo went to the scene of his death, cud a largo company were eu- gsged in dragging the creek for tho body, but up to this writing they aro not sne- Large crowd in town fo W’tuesa the deco, ration exercises. Rev. Sir. Fackl^r w(ll de. liver the adtlrwa this efteruooa. W. Hickory Gbovk, Ga., April 24.—Tho farmers are not doing as well as they ex pected to do, since the prevailing storm on Saturday night last, which proved to bo a land-washer and a fcncs-sweeper. Tho rain was terrible, tbe bail hoary and the lightning exciting to behold. Many fences and water-gates woro completely swept away and lands materially damaged. A good many bad finished planting their bottom lauds in corn, and consequently will hare to do the same work over again. Some few are done planting cotton, while others have yet to get ready. Wo notice that Mr. Howell Adams has a beautiful stand of tho fleecy white staple up, and tho prospeots are quite flattering. Ue has cotton with from five to six leaves, and also ha* a fine prospect ot wheat and oats. Prof. T: ns3all bad the misfortune to have a very fine mule killed by lightning Satur day night. -• t#. A. II. Americus, April 20.—Mr. !£. S Boll, son of Hon. A. C. Bell, our postmaster, diod yesterday, after a lingering iliuvss of fifty days. His fatal malady was typhoid fover, coupled with pneumonia. Ha was nine teen yeais old, and was possessed of a warm heart and genorous disposition. Ho will be buried this afternoon by tbo Wide awake Fire Company, of which bo was a member. The bereaved parents bare tho sympathy of onr community. W. Smith ville, April 2d,—Mr. Marion Sima, of Americus, was married at 2 p. m. to day to the boautifal and accomplished, M‘83 Bessie G. Leonard, of oar town. She is a sister of Mrs. Alma McUla n, who went to Chma as tho wife of the Rev. K. McClain in 1880, and had to return on ac count ot ment*l prostration, erased by overwork. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J.W. Bnrke, of Maooa, at the house of the bride’s mother, in the pres ence of a tew select friends. They left on the three o’clock train for Americus, their future home. Wo tender them our con gratulations. E. M. K. Abbeville, April 25.—I see from the slip on the copy coming to Dr. B. H. Walker, which was a mistake of my name, but pre sumed to bo for me, that my time expires the 29th iust„ and ns change bills aro scarce and a postal order, office not nearer than Hawkinsville. I herein enclose yon n dollar so as not to miS3 a single number, and to keep tbe thing going nn'il 1 can meet np with another opportunity for for warding my annual subscript on. By ref erence to yonr books you will find my name among your regular subscribers for tho but twelve years and occasionally prior to that, and my father, of the eamo name, of Har ris county, for forty or more years. Your recent acquisition of tbe versatile, pungent, pon of Col. Lamar brings to memory the pleasant reading of tho old Columbus En- quirer when everything was mea-ured anil weighed by tho ethics of the Colonel’s writings, May long life, plea-mat sccnos and fruitful labors and rich pasturage crown the old war-horse. Truly, with re spects, Virgil B. Walker, M. D. Albany, April 25.—Albany » certainly to be classed in the near futuro as a town of artesian wells. Tbo city has contracted for another, the county for one, and also the Central railroad, which will make four in the <ity, besides numerous others antici pated by private parties. Mr. John Sr-en- osr, a civil engineer, who originnlly resid ed m Albany, but since tbe war has been engaged in the West, has taken » contract to boro ono for the little town of Lsary, on the Albany and Blakely road, upon a new process from the one adopted by Mr. Jack- son, the contractor for the wells here. He will use a solid steel drill attached to a solid wire rope, using weight) to giro tho drill for A instead of pressing. A sand pump instead of a water pump, which, in our opinion, will be quite an improvement, as water ia the main draw back to tho old process. If Mr. Speneer is successful, wo expect to see every substantial planter in this country with his artosisn well and fish pond, which will make his homo a little country para dise. In noticing your article of yes- teiday iu legard to tho cyclone missing your city, calls to memory that wo can chronicle the same fact. For several years this section has been visited with these cy clones, and they have always passed through Terrell and Worth couutiea to tbe left and right of Albany, dividing about ten or twelve miles below. Tho tracks can be seen between here and Smithville and between here and Camilla. This ia a re markable coincidence, but nevertheless trae. Tbe ladies are preparing for the memo rial services this af ernoon. Mr. J.S. Da vis is the orator ortho occasicu, and will be introduced by Neil Willingham, the gifted orator and editor of the Woes and Advertiser. He has been dreorod up for the occasion since 4 o'clock, r. m. J-4^k out for something good aud flowery. Crops were nevor more pcontata when we say it wo mean it. Oats as_ gaut It is useless to undertake t j cusn’t ate; everything is boomingand ouryLo.. aro smiling aud bragging largely. T quite a plea3antLcaU from joblHP 1 son last week, aft wo believe he lef * wlrt 5 - ' favorable opinion of Albany, at ie** mc - reporter done his best to mako « th*:. pression by a fow statemenU a .been Worth ooanty oourt in session Baker,next. Judge Warren still to preside. Judge Simmons 6 resided here for him last _ elieve won tbe admiration jury. Yours,' Valdosta, April 2o.—Marrit. 25th lost., by Rev. Dr. Kerr, si deuce of the bride's father, A. Esq., Mr. Henry Briggs to Mi Smith. The attendants were Miss Laura Baker and D. U. Ashley, Esq , Miss Carrie Howell, and Mr. J. M. Wilkinson. Mr. Briggs is a merchant and a young irmn of vim and integrity. The bride is tho daughter of A. Uamp. Smith, a young lady of sp'endid attainments ana noble quali ties. Wo oongratulate both, and eay to them good-bye, with good wishes for a prosperous and happy joarnty through life W. Sbavimr the Face. Mete Turk Journal qf Commerce. Thirty years ago a lew personaof foreign birth appeared in the streets wi ih hair on tho upper np. and wen objects of public ridicule. In 1*50 some of the yonnic nu lls of the metropolis began to wear m ustaeuc*. but for some time no clerk would venture to imitate them. In one cases merchant on Pine street, who had en gaged a cleric for twelve months, or during rood behavior, discharged him for wearing a lull beard, claiming that the adoption of the fashion hud the clerx open to dismissal under thcEooJ-K-haviiircIttuM.’of lUeooucracL About the same time a number of leading merchants gave notice that they would employ nobody who wore hair ou tho up;>cr lip. As late as 1S51, the senior proprietor of this paper mado his cashier shave off v.t Incipient mustache, and soon after brought hts own son under the razor. In the church of Dr. Rcthnne, ot Brooklyn Heights; an elder who was suffer ing Item ■ lame wrist altowcdhis ' card to crow rather Ilian submlttoa barber. The habit, bc- uinnhig in necessity, conthiu-.'d on accountof the increase of comfort which It afforded, and the elder Haunted his beard before the congrc- catlon constantly. The result was 'laughable. Many ot tlie brethren calk-1 upon the pastor to insist upon doing away with such a scandal as a full-bearded elder. HeJodYtum to his libra ry and showed them hmv somt ot the curly fa- liurs had pleadedagaluit cutting...1'tl,o beard ( "He turned to 1-acutnlius, Theodore, b't. Au gustine and St. Cyprian, who had iIibmI, con tended for the growth of the whole beard. Ho quoted from Clement of Alexander tlie assertion: '.Nature adorned men, like a lion, with a beard" os a mark ot strength acd power. When one ot the visitors asked him how he would like It If tho clergy assumed the mustache. Dr. Both- uue referred him to a decision ot tho fourth council ot Carthagj (A. D. A';J, can. 44) in which it was positively enacted that a cleric shall not shave his beard, ami lo a >(al. ment made by Luther in discussing tbe snbisel that ‘all the Protestant martyrs were b * ■ full beards.’ " Thi> did no; for consequently tlie ladies ot tin pat in their protest. But inn venturesome lawyer let his bea the manner ot the elder. Rad tu smooth shaven fai vs were no iu but were the excepiton. * ned in their the matter, ougrcgaUon " months a .grow after lutle while ;er the rule Quick HleiMJrokn A to Uaml San Trancuco Letter In Vie Leum itle Commer cial. Rosci bloom in Sacramento at Christmas In March, ninety-six mtbs from Sacramento and 7,WO feet above it, messengers on snow-shoes carry the mall across Summit Valley over tho tops of the telegraph poles, and in two Btorv bouses the windows are shut tight bv snow and they burn lights up staini and down night and day for two weeks. When this great kodv nf »nowr melts ao<1 the snort rivers, varying from 70to 700 miles, are overfilled, there «re £S5 [rente:Ls. Net perhaps 100 miles the other wav a drought will be prevailing. jTSSSLSSo the thermometer stauds in July at US degree? ‘“. 6 f n I r ? ucUe Pt P ral!e3 taay, ladies wTuto out In their sealskins, and the fuchsias and ixuwlun dowers and cameltas will ,„i teraahiua wind that s££*T 22?^ * ;