'
■■MMffiffiffi
(SsacgH* »nJ» Jmmrei ^ Mj?is#«ttg*t:-
VOW SILLY’TWOVLD BE.
-ru.-. live hoard,” raid a youth to his sweep
• haart, oho stood
mile he sat on a covn-shcaf, at daylight’s
^hn have heard of tho Danish boy's whistle
•(wood;
X-wfth that tho Banish boy's whistle were
stlnor'?-
Tttad what would you do with Itt Tdl mo,"
jo* said,
vn9e an arch smile played over her beaut!-
fpl
*1 weald blow It,” he answered, "and then my
ffrir mild
"Would 11 y to my side end would there take
aar place/'
“fc that all yon wish.(or? Why, that may bo
VJ—oout any manic!" the fair maiden
cried;
minor so alight one's good nature secures.'
* * atodhcnelft
1 she playfully seated 1
I by his side.
Twacld blow it again,” said the youth, “and
U* charm
VhU work so that not even modesty's
"•■Sid be able to keep from my neck your
white inn."
■te smiled and she laid her white arm round
Its neck.
T«t*ore more I would blow, and the music
divine
Would bring me a third time an exquisite
ind would lay your lair cheek to this brown
eceof mine:
Aad ^oar lips stealing past it would give me
Tats maiden laughed out in her innocent
•mfirr fool of yourself with tho whistle
you’d make!
tfercnly consider bow slUy 'twonld be
matt there and whistle for what you might
lakei”
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Wiul tbe Feoplo llilult and no.
Snout crop of Dodge county is good.
Atta is selling in Hnwkinsville at from
9 J* to $1.16 per bnshei.
Tn Knights Templar are having a jolly
Mb* in Savannah. The Ccecr do Leon
•ramandery of Atlanta, won the prize in
Dm competitive drill.
Aleant Nexc*: We learn that the colored
excursion to Mnoon last Sunday didn’t pan
■■dwell—only about seventy tickets being
add at this place and Cochran.
An exchange publishes a half colnmn ar
tiste under the heading, "When to carry a
male.” It could have been told in a few
words. Tho best timo to carry a mulo is
fed after he is dead.
Cat. Comdex Wilson, a talented young
lawyer who went to Blakely a year since,
married and settled down to practice bis
profession. has been arrested on an old
■tei tp of (tone stealing.
W* candidly believe thst Hon. Alexan
der £L (Stephens is not the only man in
Georgia capable of making & good govern-
or. aad tho people of the State are of the
mace opinion. We honor him for his trao
worth, but the Democrats want to elect
iteir governor as a Democrat, and not as
» political fence-rider.—Early County
AEUwxumviuJcman was walking along
tee street ho other day when he accidcn-
teBy tired off his pistol and a section
•i his coal tail. Ke let the weapon slide to
Ite ground and walked calmly away, a cir-
afeef blue smoke about his flaps being tbe
obif thing visible to throw snspicion upon
ksn. It is astonishing how nervy a man
become when tho grand jury is in
enggos-
SurxEsrnui Herald: On Saturday af
ternoon Inst the body of London Kellnm
was found in tbe woods near his oabin on
Mm Waters’ place, in Johnson county,
■bout eight miles from Oconee. We learn
testy-six buck shot were extracted from
tea wound in his breast; there was also
soother wound on tho shoulder. Tbe oor-
aner held an inquest over the body on
Monday. The negro bud a bad reputation
■atiit is said had a difficulty with Mr. B.
X» Walters that morning.
QmrmXewe: And now comes Judge
tenter and deposeth and sayeth ’bathe has
tea bast ear coupler on the market and a
patent applied for. It looks as i f the Judge
m right, for he has the most complete auto
matic model for the patent office that we
hanw seen yet Great is the inventive genius
af our town. Bishmiilah! We trust the
Jadce may strike a bonanza on his find, for
vsa know If he was rich he wouldn’t bo
|affy and hard on the poor and unhappy.
Clasxkvillx Advertiser: On Tuesday,
tee 9th instant a warrant was placed in
tes hands of Mr. William Kix, who was
mtSag bailiff, tor tbs arrest of Jim Stew-
wt, colored. Stewart made ades aerate ef-
teat to out Mr. Nix with a knife, and in
self-defense he (Nix) was compelled to
shoot Stewart, causing his death in a few
wastes. It is said that Stewart was a
mgriar desperado. A coroner’s inquest
w held on Wednesday. 10th, whose ver
dict was justifiable homicide—the evidence
^jramto tbe ooroner’s jury warranting the
Garrrot .Yews: Wo received by mail
yesterday.-a handsome, slender hickory
saw, accompanied by the following card:
•*»*. Subuno, Kt., May lfl, ’82. “n»»
Ifcasjan.I send you by United States
maii, to-day, a cane recently cut from a
mofcory throb -which grew from a nut
— i C. S. S. A. Regiment There Save
>»*n three canes cut from the shrub. Jeff.
Davis has one, Dom Pedro, of South Amor
im, has one, and yon now have the third.”
JcRoaoBo AVtcs: Henrietta Oxford, an
aid colored woman, died in the lower por-
this comity afowdays ago. ShowRs
cteubUess tbe oldest person living in this
amnty. Her age. was not exactly known,
Set from the best in.ormation was between
ana hundred and ten and eleven years.
ftea formally belonged to a Mr. Oxford,
who lived in the lower portion of Piko
sty, and was a good and faithful sor-
*- After her fre;domehs moved into
> county to livo with some of her reia-
s, where she remained until her death.
tmuDailyBuneUn: A gentleman who
a«ross quite a crowd of negroes, all armed
wth debs, rocks, etc, who said they were
alter a colored tramp who has been in the
mciwty sometime past annoying (he peo
ple very tench. He is said to be dressed in
•*»«!» e*rb, and ca ries a doable faoe
»». The negroes say he must have a den
*» too woods, as frequently they have
aadled meat eooking. Considerable ox-
-o-.ement prevailed, and people wore afraid
• iovMitnre far from their homes. None of
teemi had any idea who he was, only saying
Jfe* * “runaway.” Our informant
J-d aot wait to hear the result of tho chase.
^ItyenuH *y«e»: The steam wrecker
Leeolote, belonging to the ISalvsgo and
Company of Norf ilk, Va, pnt
nto? port for the purpose of
abtmmug a supply of coni. Slwiscrnis-
"•“‘MasaeUoo in search of tho aban
doned Bntiih bark C. K. Cana, that was
einco by the brig Jon-
,5 1 ® B. Di^erty, whioh arrived at Savannah.
The abandoned bark referred to bra on
SSiAiif* 0 i ro P West ladies,valued
at100,000, and should this wrecker tuo-
bri °h' in « her into
tho VMM and cargo
* ul - ong to tho eompsny under the sal-
laws, whioh will amply compensate
—s company -for their trouble,
vi jmtA Hens: The reseae of a little girl
utowning in toe Savannah river on
seeined townsman, Mr. H. Dempsey, was
P*jrng with oilier children on the flr.t
boat toed to cross toe site of the King mil
»•: d ivo top spot where Hawk’s gully
empties Jute the'river, and where a num-
“ •;« J-ersons have been drowned in ths
•j'idyui ; cm tent, when she /ell Into the
st-earn. She would have been lost imme-
u , l-jt Mr. J. Rh-al jumped in after
toe. sint;;.;.iag girl and kept her from sink
ing. Mr. Rival was along with his children,
=red is;:- rrsseaoa was very fortunate, but
he was un.ible lo swim to toe bank with his
hard,.-'. V young gentleman, Mr. J. D.
Mtdrm -, raw from a distauca the critical
eitnutioii, 1.1.d, rushing to the spot, jumped
ia to i lie tvatcr. lie w is as powerful r.s he
roic, iii.d l-fiing the helpless child from
Mr. Rival s tuning arms, swam with her to
tbe ohcro. ii> the immediate and gallant
aiu of these two gUiiieuu:; the sweet little
creature u . -aved. r.nd they dcstrvo mer-
denojsu;>) inn.-i for :i;ciraction,
Mi. {Josmr.LV Bnowx. an o'd and valua
ble citizen of Meriwether county, is dead.
Is ktying the track of the Georgia
Pa-tfic, tho o7th mile post has been rcuch-
ixi.
JTkx Georgia papers greatly overwork the
waxd ‘‘color’d.” Anegrs is a negro for
aB that
Tnui nogroa* of Dodge connty knife esch
other occasionally, as we learn from the
jfeoitauin Times.
Hesoaros oo nty comes forward with tho
>n squares. Houston is a greet
ay way you take it.
th Siar sum: “Hot irons
i us«i for embroidery.- In
ctearly right ” •
i is Uui way.
Tnx Rome Courier wishes “to get up a
rousing fourth of July jubilee,” with ora
tions and such like refreshments.
Oscib Wild a has actually beon invited
to lecture in Savannah. Something is the
matter with the city down by the sea.
Thebe were light frosts in portions of
the State on Monday and Tuesday of this
week, but no serious damage was done..
“Fobtt bushels of volunteer oats" per ncro
wilt not do, Brothor Hairo. Why, that beats
Carter and tho whole Hancock oat frater
nity.
Thebe isn't a city in Georgia that would
not be improved by the enforcement of tbe
vagrant act. The towns conld bo bettered
in tho same way.
* Latin is not ox&o'ly tho motoor tongue—
it is the mother-in-law tonguo of Editor
Gibson, of tho Augusta Mews. Editor
Moore inclines to French.
Tiif. Gate City is troubled with rata, at
tracted to that city by the smell of Thorn
ton',. coalition chie^e. The Colonel in
gratified at this indication. ■
Da. Josh Hendebson, of Oxford, hasl
gone into the silkworm business. The
doctor is no boy. When ho goes intoany-|
thing, heisindead earcest.^^^^^^B I
Accont ixa to the Chronicle Augusta is I
having a regular real estate boom. If our
neighbor wishes to see a sure enough lively |
town, let him come to Macon.
Souk of the Georgia editors have been
d» aiing m .stocks, and now Vtay refuse to
sing. '“My bird is dead,’ pA ^jNnncy Ray,
‘My bird is dead, I cannot
The Democratic executive committee of I
I Oglethorpo.connty, will hold a meeting in
LexiDgton on tho first Tuesday in Jnne.|
Organ.za'.ion ih (he order of the day.
Sosas of our exchanges publish an ar-|
tide entitled, “How Grant kissed toe
brido." It is wrong to give noedlosa noto
riety to a poor woman’s misfortnne^^^d
In tho interval betwocn match games. I
base ball clnbs can amnso themselves and
benefit the country by chopping oottonforl
the champion belt. We makothe^B
tion.
Eastman Times: Mr. W. H. Harrell ofl
this county is rejoicing over a milch cow
I which g»7e birth to two fine calves one
night last week. Snoh occurrences are|
rare.
Chicken thieves are troubling the good I
people of Lexington. So it seems that the
coalition has gotten a foothold in that
quarter. Wo counsel Editor Hairo to vigi-|
lance.
Watnksbobo was visited by i^everd
wind on Wednesday last. Considerable!
damage was done to shade trees. Fences
were blown down and grain was badly |
tsnghid.
The local of the Atlanta Constitution isl
happy over the early arrival of b!ackber-|
ries. We rejoice over thoTissurance whichl
this gives of a prosperous fntnro for onr|
nigfibor.
The Covington Enu. "•'« will not ac-|
cept Mr. Stephons as a sort of combination
candidate for governor. Allot' the Goor-
gta Demoeratto papers seem to bo riiiuiiur-
ly affected.
The Georgia editors havo tapered off on
snakes, aad do their practicing now on
oats. They are better on oata than ou
snakes, and they always coaid shoot a long
bow on the Uttar.
Thebx is a locality in Atlanta called!
“Lousy Fiat.” The Radical convention]
will probably bo held there, it being im
possible to avoid tho interne 6nggeBtivo-
ness of tho name.
Tub Rome Courier attributes the
centricities” of the Post-Appeal to its “in-1
difference about too meaning of words.”
Wo consider it a question of ignorance
rattier than "indifference.”
Athens Banner: We learn that tho
grand jury has found true bills against the
negroes engaged in the disturbance around
the jail, end that they will be turned over)
to tho city court for trial. |
Waynesboro Herald: The crop pros-1
poets in onr connty, os reported on by
those attending coart, wore never better,
especially the ont crop, whioh is a real I
God send to this ooontry,
Ike Fbank, of Atlanta, likes onions, but
he scorns to have any of his own. This is
why he was jailed for larceny. Ike does
notlikothe intolerance and illiberally of
the “Bourbons.” He is a Liberal. ■
The Oglethorpe Echo is willing to snp-|
port Mr. Stephens only as tho nominee of
the Democratic party. Wo doubt not
thi3 voices tho sentiments of nineteen-1
twentieths of Georgia Democrats.
Imphoved agricultural implements are
coming into general nsc in Honoook
connty. It is a hopeful indication. Han
cock intends to regain her oldpo6ition at
tho head of the agricultural column. ■
“Wheat bran sprinkled around plants I
will keep away the out-worm,” says the
I Chronicle. May be so. Wo do know that
a liberal sprinkling of buckshot will keep
away the dark-hned coalition foreger.
Waynesboro Herald: Tho papers are!
fall of comments on Mr, Stephens. If the
old man wishes to bo governor it is a very
easy matter for him to be, if he will just
let the Marktam House colonels alone. ■
We learn from the Fort Valley Mirror
and Advertiser that Mr. Milton Wright, of
Houston, has invented and patented a britk
machine. The largo increaso in the num
ber of Southern inventions is a hopeful in-
dication.
The May number of the Southern Culti
vator and Dixie Farmer maintains its
well-earned reputation. It is full of prac
tical hints, important suggottions and val
uable information. Even- farmer in the
State ought to read it.
Meriwether Vindicator: Several of our
most reliable citizens assure us that they
saw, felt and tasted frost lastTuosday
morning. What cold weather this is for
the middle of May 1 Cotton and corn are
suffering seriously from its effects.
The TELEcnArn and Meshenoer reaches
the counties along the line of the Macon
find Augusta railroad at Joast five honrs in
advance of any other daily. This fact is
wortii bearingin mind by the reading pub
lic aud bujiness men generally in all this
section.
The Savannah darkeys are of a military
turn of mind. They infinitely prefer
making frantic efforts to keep the stop to
the tnb-a-iub of a kettledramto following
a mn!e and a plow. There is nothing ordi
nary in the worthlessness of tho average
Savannah darkey.
The Constitution says: “Yesterdayaf
ternoon officer Moon, who was on doty in
the first ward, near the barracks, by failing
to capture a man lost a reward of &6S0."
This will nevor do. As Moon didn’t cap
ture the man he didn’t havo the reward,
and so he couldn’t have lost it. ThiBisa
plain case.
Frank Johnson and Enoch Echols were
both sentenced to ten years in the peniten
tiary for assault on Walter Rountree, with
Jggtett to murder him. The Banner says:
Tho prisoners received their sentence
without sliowiig the slightest emotion, and
walked very steadily ont of the court room
in the custody of tho guards.”
Savannah Recorder: A man may borrow
money, steal from a widow, disoount his
own whisky bill or mp a prayer-book from
a dying heathen and still have a chance of
isrdon, but when he swindles a poor prin-
ter out of his bill we think the devil has
such a firm grip on the waist of his panta
loons that repentance and forgiveness are
utterly oat of the question.
L T ®? Post-Appeal says: “Hon. Alexan
der H. Stephens is rocognizod as the anti-
Bourbon candidate for Governor. Tho
glove is In the arena. Let him who will,
respond to tho challenge.” Marcellas
seems to be on a regular rampage. He
carries Mr. Stephcna around as a chip on
hts shoulder, and dares the Democratic
party to knock him off. We should not
think a good, organized Democrat would
cr.joy that style of locomotion.
Post-Appeal: "The Gainesville Southron
advises men to take to highway robbery in
preference to tampering with the United
States mails. The advice is good. High
way robbery is a thousand times safer.”
11 fy fhould men “take to highway robbery
m preference to tami*.ring with the United
States rnaiUl-” It is “Liberal” advice, aud
iti3 very bad. “In preference lo tamper
ing with ibe Uni!od - States mails,” men
■hould make a living by honest labor.
This is tho Democratic way of putting it.
Thu follvwing is from the Washington
Gazette. Onr neighbor will fall a bnahel
or two when he revises hia figures : There
are in round numbers 300,000 acres of un
improved land in this county. It is esti
mated that fully one-fourth of this area is
in small grain, aud that the average w.ll
bo fifteen bushels to the acre. This would
give tor the present season's production,
1,125,000 bushels of oata, wheat and barley
in 'Alike* county. It is generally thought
that fully this amount will be gathered.
Enqvirer-Sun : Mr. Thoe. Moore, clerk
Of the market, ha* ou exhibition a canons
earthen vis<el,fonud near the old Indian
mounds &t WooKolk’s bend. It very much
rcso.ubles ua old fashion soap gourd, and
w* Joubtle-3 UKtd by tho Indians os a pot
for cooking purposes. This is only one
among a groat many of tbe rehoe and ou-
riosities of by-gone days whioh have re
cently oeon d.sooverod at these mounds. A
skrll w.U:. found at the same time and near and supporter, Farrow, is one of the dele-
lat fWlH6 FpO*• 0ftUsC«
We clip the following items from the
Savannah Mews: A lady, aooompa&ied by
a gentleman in a buggy, on their way to
the wharf of the-8t. Nicholas, yesterday,
stooped to roaoh her satchel, whioh was at
the bottom of the buggy, when the horse
suddenly increased his gait, and sho was
thrown by tho jerk into the street. She
was, fortimiitely, only slightly braised.
In the City Court, yesterday, a verdict for
$114 was rendered against the Ocean
Steamship Company, m a suit for dam
ages, amounting to $1,000, brought by
Clinton Williams, colored, who had been
arrested on a charge of stealing from the
shii>s and been imprisoned, bat subse
quently was released, no evidence against
him being obtained.
Me. T. D. Castledebbt, a prominent
citizen of Augusta,"is dead.
The Washington Gazelle reports a rumor
of two small-pox cases in Wilkes.
The Darien Gazette has entered its ninth
volnme, and we congratulate it on its sno-
oees.
I tin eb ant peddlors in LaGrange pay a
license of ten dollars, or else they elap the
town.
Ausost every editorial sanctum in the
if’ste has received the “cluuipiou” bunch
aroate.
Capt. R. J. Powell, of Pike connty, la
mentioned in connection with Legislative
honors.
Amxbiccs is rejoicing over tho proapeot
of direct railroad communication with
the seaboard.
Wheat harvesting is going on at a lively
r«te throughout tbe State, aud the outlook
is enoonraging.
Walteb H. Johsbon, of Columbus, has
gone to Atlanta to take charge as collector
of internal revenue.
The Americas Recorder is doing a good
work in laboring to build up tiro material
interests of Georgia.
Mb. John S. Bbown, an old and esteemed
citizen of Meriwether county, has been
gathered to his fathers.
Baulk" Nix, of Clarksville, killed a ne
gro de'pemdo, named Jim Stewart, while-
resisting arrest, with murderous intent, h
Under tho active and persistent encour
agement of friend Gantt, the Good Tem
plars cf Athens continue to flourish. It is
•well.
We team from the Athens Chronicle that
tbe photographs of Cols. Gantt and Lawsho
find ready sale in Athens. This most be a
joke.
The people of Columbus are much
troubled by thieves. There is no cure for
thieving. Thieves never reform. They
ought to bo killed.
The white man who stole the mule from
Mr. Dan Wright,of Forsyth, probably feels
tlie need of “relief.” He would probably
vote to abolish the chain geng system.
Mb. John H. Owens, of Meriwether conn
ty, was recently shot through the head and
killed by a man named Baker. Tho killing
took pl&oe in Uison oounty.
Refbesentattves of matrimonial insn-
rance companies continue their canvass of
tbe Georgia towns, and tbe foolish boys
bite at their naked hook.
It takes the snag little sum of $10,000
to pay torn license to sell liqnor in Screven
connty. Now look ont for jngs, demijohns,
smugglers, dark holes—and tbe Iiko.
Aooobdiko to press accounts, the small
pox is a thing of the past in Atlanta. It
could not spread withont attacking the ooa-
lition corporals, and it had no stomach for
thfft.
Col. W. O. Tcogle has returned to
Washington Oity t and now the dust will
again begin to arise from the mnsty old
records in which dormant claims lie hid
den.
Mb. H. C. Hiatt, of Montezuma, de
clines to be dead on tho authority of the
Constitution. He* doesn’t intend to go
dead, just yet, in the absence of an acci
dent.
The Chattahoochee river baa been stock
ed with yonng shad. The Times can now
spend ila spring holidays in fishing for
th6m. We believe onr neighbor uses a pin
hook.
The Enquirer-Sun is authority for the
statement that “a new comet has been dis
covered in Egypt." Oar contemporary
doesn't locate it, bat we suppose It is hign
np in the Nile.
Thebe is something suspicious in the
proneness of certain men in Waahington,
Wilkes county, to fall into dry well* after
dark. It is not natural to suppose that
they are hunting water.
Lobby Gantt makes sundry remarks
oonoeraing Judge Wright’s speech in de
fense of Echols and Johnson. The Judge
does not seem to be a favorite with Larry,
when it comes to speaking.
The report from tno crops of Harris
couniy is good. We hail every indication
of a purjoso on the part of onr farmers to
assert and maintain their independence of
the West, in the matter of food supplies.
On a submission of the question to the
people of Blakely, only fourteen voted in
favor of imposing a tax on property for
free s shool purposes. The vote has tho
appearance of being somewhat conclusive.
Oub exchanges bear uniform testimony
to tho burglarious enterprise cf the rank
and file of the Radical party in Georgia.
Thoy do their most effective work between
midnight and 4 o’clock in the morning,
The Chronicle says: “The proposition
to drop the word‘South’from the Metho
dist Episcopal Church of this section seems
to be sensible and advisable.” “Who shall
decido when doctors disagree?”
Mb. Gxoboe Coo pee, of Americas, has
been re-appointed to a naval oadetshipin
Annapolis, He will illustrate Georgia in
that institution, Georgia has reason to be
proud of her contribution to the Federal
navy.
The Worth Star very sensibly remarks .
“In aelectingvi candidate tot the Legisla
ture, remember that the connty, rather
than the man, is to be benefited or injur
ed, according to tie wisdom of yonr selec
tion.”
Mb. W. E. Clash, of Americas, is said
to have ninety acres of com. shonlderhigh,
that promises a yield of a thousand bush
els. Mr. Clark is a genuine reformer. He
is entitled to an abundant entrance into
prosperity.
The Eagle and Jfbenix manufacturing
oompany intend to build a granite dam
nqross the Chattahoochee river. The dam
"rill be L000 feet Jong and eighteen feet
high. The indication of prosperity in onr
sister city is gratifying.
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
Mb. J. R. Robxbson, of McVille, attempt
ed to extract die fangs of a dead rattle
snake. Borne of the poison of the vipor
—t into a wound in one of. his hands, and
is in a critical condition. He will not
do bo any more,
Rome is troubled witli black vagrants,
who go itronnd bogging by day and steal
ing by night. It will not do at alL The
Georgia darkeys mnBt not be allowed to
come down to the level "of Grant. Pnt
them on tho streets.
The grand jury of Baker connty recom
mend thst the ordinary of Baker connty
grant no more lioense to sell spirituous
liquors. It takes plnckto act upon such a
recommendation. Very few ordinaries
have the requisite backbone.
. The Post-Appeal speaks of the “secur
ing Hon. A. H. Stephens as the next gov
ernor,” by the “liberal movement," just as
a fellow would talk of lassoing a wild bull.
It isn’t complimentary; do Mr. Stephens,
for it smacks of a consideration.
Savannah Mews: A tailor in the employ
of Mr. B. Brady has successfully con
structed an incubator for hatching chick
ens, which works like a charm. It can be
seen at 48 Bryan street, and as a home
made invention is worth inspection,
Tns prospect for corn, oata and potatoes
along the Savannah river is better than it
has been for years. The news is exceed
ingly gratifying. It is impossible for an
agricultural people to prosper, if their pro
vision crops fail, or are neglected.
The Post-Appeal accuses tho young men
of Atlanta, indefinitely, of dfeaiiiig with ar
dent spirits as a preventive of small-pox
and nnake-bites. Corporal Thornton prob
ably knows that red liquor has a tendency
to draw snakes, rather than repel them.
“Many voter*,” in Butts county, propose
lo meet in Jackson on the 27th inst., to ap
point delegatus to Corporal Thornton’* de
funct mas* meeting. Now isn't it jolly 1
“Many voters” ought to subsoribe for the
Teleoi,apji and M ehhknoeb and keep post
ed.
Some negro znon, in Athens, requested
Judge Irwin to send their wives home, if
they attempted to attend the trial of Ech
ols and Johnson. This little oiremostanoo
gives a good idea of the erndeueag of the
dArkoy notion as to the lowers of a judge.
And now Rome is talking about having
eenal. It is intended to run (t from
Dykes’ croek to the point where Silver
creek empties into tho Etowah river. Edi
tor Moore, of Augusta, will probably be
made the president of this new canal. Ex
perience goes for something in Georgia.
The Fulton county Radicals have chouen
dele»:;itea to their county convention,
whic.: i, eot* in th„ United States court
room i uiiiit i S ates court rooms are in
tended for this purpose) on next Monday
morning, at 10 o’clock. Felton’s friend
MEWS GATHERER UY SPECIAL
CORRES POX DEWS.
Nashville, May 17.—The agony is over
and five new bishops havo been elected by
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. I
sent you a telegram which gave yonr read
ers the reeult. Perhaps it may interest
them to give a few particulars. There was
considerable diversity of opinion as to
what number of additional bishops were
neoessary. The bishops recommended
that only three others were needed. Tbe
oommittee on episcopacy set forth that
six were neoessary. After debating the
question for two days it was decided by
the conference to elect five, and yesterday
etlOo’clook the contest began. On the
first ballot over forty persons were voted
for and only one elected—Dr. Alphons
Wilson, of the Baltimore conference. Ho
was only elected by a majority of one. Dr.
A. G. Haygood came within two voles of
being eleoted on the first ballot. On the
second ballot Dr. Linns Parker, of New
Orleans, Dr. Atticus G. Haygood, of Ox
ford, Ga., Dr. J. O. Granberry, of Nash-
viUejwere elected. On the the third ballot
Dr. Robert H. Hargrove, of Olarksville,
Teen., was elected.
These are all great and good- men, and
we have no doubt will honor tbe ohnrch
that has so highly honored thorn. I will
say hero that among those who got respec
table votes were yoar own Georgia men—
Dr. Jos. S. Key, who got twenty-six votes,
and Dr. J. W. Hinton, who got fourteen
votes. These votes were quite compli
mentary.
Now we are to have several other
exciting elections—tbe missionary secre
tary, the book sgent, &ll the ehnroh editors,
secretary of the church extension society
and Sncday-school secretary and assistant.
The conference is rushing business now,
and as noon as tho elections are over the
balance of tbs work will soon be oouolud-
ed, oertainly within a week from this writ
ing.
Among the reosnt arrivals here is Chief
Jnstioe James Jackson, of Georgia. He
was a delegate, but was not able to get
here nntil after his alternate, Joseph S.
Stewart, Esq., had taken hia plaoe. Tho
Jndge is on ins way to Eureka Springs, ac
companied by his handsome and aooom-
plinhod wife.
Maboh II.—The General Conferenoe was
wonderfully waked up yesterday morning.
The business was proceeding as usual—re
porta received and discussed. Avery large
crowd was present. All at once the secre
tary said he had an important paper to
read and asked for perfoot silence. He
then road a letter addressed to the bishops
and members of the General Conference
from Rev. Attions G. Haygood, D.D„ de
clining tbe offloe of bishop to which he was
elected. Thie was like a clap of thundor
from a dear sky. Snch a thing was as
tounding to many. How conld a man de-
clino such an honor ? How oould a poor
man deoline an offloe whidh would
pay $3,000 a year and his traveling oxpen
ssb ? These were conundrums hard
to be answered by tha average man
Bishop Pierce urose in hi* place
and said he was perhaps better
prepared than any one else to explain Dr.
Haygood’* course. He had called to see
him last night, and they had talked mat
ters over. Hr. II. f elk that his daty to God
oould be better met by continuing in his
present position as president of Emory
College. He had plans and purposes in
connection with the position that he could
not conoientiously lay aside. Surely Geor
gia, and especially Georgia Methodists
ought to be proud of Dr. Haygood. He
has covered himself all over with glory.
Tho new bishops will be consecrated this
evening in the MoKendree Church, to-wit:
Alphetu W. Wilson, of Baltimore; Linus
Parser, of Louisiana: John C. Granberry,
of Virginia; IL K. Hargrove, of Tennessee.
They are all noble and good men. Three
of these distinguished men were born in
tho same year, 1829, and the other, Dr. Wil
son, was born in 1834. So you see they are
all men in the prime of life.
The conference will probably bo in ses
sion ano-her week. J. W. B.
Lssrens County.
Mai 1C.—Your correspondent has just
taken a trip through the lower part
of- Twiggs and the upper part of
Laurens. Will rtate that the crops-are
very good—some planters still planting
cotton, others chopping out. Despite the
oold night*,which were ve.-y unfavorable to
the cotton plant, it seems to be doing well,
and we have not yet seen any with “ 'pos
sum oars.” Saturday night it was quite
cold, and all day Sunday the fire felt com
fortable, and somo of tho planters were
beginning to inquire of thpir foremen
about tho supply of cotton seed on hand.
But so far, the cold has not perceptibly in
jured the plant. Corn looks well; not so
large as we have ecen in Southwest Geor
gia, but large enough for tbe season. D.
W. Hughes, at his plantation in Laurens
county, haB sixteen acres of the best oora
we havo seen. It is about breast-high, has
a fine green color, and is nearly ready to
“lay by.” Tho oat crop is very fine, and a
large area havinKJjoen sown, will be tho
salvation of our farmers. Spring oata are
almost a total failure. The farmers are be
ginning to see the value of the oat crop,
and are looking to it for feed for their
stock. Thoy are also beginning to use the
reaper for saving the crop. In less than
eight miles of this plaoe three reapers have
been bought by enterprising farmers, and
are now at work, viz: D. W. Hughes, 8. B.
Whipplo and Mr. Walker.
We met Dr. Ira DnPree, who gave ns a
pun of keeping pigs ont of the field, at
least it kept nis out. The Doctor put yokes
on hia pigs, and they oil Long themselves
trying to get into his field.
We would caution all farmers who feed
on green oats tobecarefnl less they give
too many. Mr. Dick Huglea lost a very fine
mule from eating too many.
The farmers nro too busy to talk politics.
The summer sun will hatch out a brood of
candidates. L.
Astlscb, Oglethorpe Connty.
Mai 18.—We are having changeable
weather, for the past week has been oold,
nearly frost, and the effects of a slight
frost were detected in somo plaoes, but not
enough to do any damage. It is now
warmer, all vegetation growing and the
outlook for the farmor is encouraging.
The wheat and oat crop was never better,
and tbo area sown is unprecedentedly
large. W o havo for tbe past several years
suffered giestly with drouth, and our crops
havo been short, particularly last year, and
but for the timely arrival of a bountiful
mop of email grain, our farmers would
haTe been sorely pressed.
Oar stand ot cotton was never better,
and np till now ^re have had occasional
abowere, enough to mako the com and
ootton come np and grow off woll.
Tho farmers of Oglcthorpo I am satisfied
have become convinoed of tho erroneous
idea of planting alt cotton. M
Hillsboro, Javtpor Coasty,
__ Mai 17.—On Saturday Inst, I was nt
Tranqnilla in Jones connty, at the sec
ond quarterly meeting for the Clinton Oir-
otiL Onr presiding older, Rev. R. W.
Bingham, had annonneed beforehand that
he wanted the children from the various
Sunday schools all to meet ut the church,
and it was to be their day in particular.
About 10 o’clock they began to pour in
from all sections of the country until ubout
11a.m. the meeting wai called to order;
and then commenced the songs and rpoech-
es. Among the speakers was tho Hon.
D. W. Lee ter, our present Representative,
who not only serves ns well in the Legisla
tive halls, but is a good Sunday-school
superintendent, nble and willing to serve
his country in any capacity. About one
o’clock dinner wns announced, with tho un
derstanding thnt the children eat first.
Ample dinner had been provided for all.
The hospitality of the Trnn<inill(i poople
is unbounded; they aro noble and gener
ous.
The crops, especially the grain crops, aro
very fine. Mr. Sam Barron has an ncro or
two of the finest barley almost to be found
in this section of the country. In and
around Hillsboro are somo of tbo finest
wheat aud oata I ever saw. Men that ruu
two and three plows say thoy will mako
800 or 1,000 bushels of oat*. Mr. Charles
Ridley has a field of ont* that is very fine.
In this section, they havo hRd four or five
dry years, and but for their grain crop*
they would have been almost broken np.
Somo frost war seen ou a bottom plaoe on
the morning of the IGth, but tbo farmers
think that no serious damage has been
done us yet. In Hillsboro is some ot the
best ootton I have seeu.
No whisky is sold in Ililbborc. It is a
quiet and benutifn': place, of four stores, one
blacksmith Biiop, and one wood shop and
one practicing physician.*
Most of the i>eo|ilo tike the old reliable
Weekly Telkuu.vph. j j. s. L.
■parts*.
Mat ID.—On Monday Inst n large andi-
ence assembled r.t the Fresbyterian church
to hear Rev. O. P. Fitzsimmons preach A
funeral sermon over the remains ot Mrs.
Ed Wiley, a lady whose fine social qualities,
oombinea with a loveiy private ana Chris
tian character, had made her a host of
warm, personal friends in onr community,
where only a few years sinoo she was a
stranger. Wo were especially impressed
with the fact that, during tho sermon, so
large a number of ladies were in tears, for
a true Chr.stian woman is too valuable in
the world to be surrendered to death with
out sorrow, even on tbe part of those who
are not among intimate friends or rela
tives.
To-day onr community is about to pay
the last tribute of respect to an old and
honored citizen, Mr. Henry Rogers,
who died at his residenoe, two miles north
of Sparta, lost night. Mr. Rogers was, for
a long time, a prominent citizen of onr
comity, a wealthy and influential planter,
and one of the first stockholders in the
Montonr mill*. He held, for many years,
the important offloe ot ordinary of Han
cock, with credit to himself, and to the
satisfaction of the citizen* of onroonnty.
The brioklaying on our new court bouse
is progressing steadily.
The groin harvest has begun in earnest
and, while the old-fashioned cradles are in
demand whore land is rough, or rooky, or
stumpy, the horse-power reapers aro do
ing rapid and beautiful wort. If the pres
ent fine weather coclinnes for two or
three weeks the wLicit and oat crops will bo
a bonanza for Hancock. A. H.
Albany,
Mat 19.—OoL Wilson, alias .Livingston,
of whose arrest we spoke yesterday, was
released about noon by Die marshal, he
having no legal right to hold him longer
without a warrant. Immediately alter
a warrant was sworn ont by Mr. Edwards
and plaoed in the hands of the sheriff, bnt
the bird had flown, and is no where to be
found. Th«re is no doubt of bis guilt.
We sincerely sympathize with his dis
tressed wife, who certainly commands the
sympathy or all.
Ool. Wadley is highly •pleased with onr
little city and people, and especially
with the artesian water, which is quite ben
eficial to him.
The aooomplisbed Miss Effio Jennings,
of Eufauls, niece of Col. R. J. Wood*, is
adorning Albany society this week, the
guest of the Misses Davis. Miss Jennings
will captivate some of your boys. Look
oat for yonr hearts.
Albany will soon boast of hydrants, sot
furnished by a reservoir, bnt by au arte
sian well.
Crop reports still come in flattering, and
if the weather is good we will reap one
good harTe»t in fivo years. Oats are turn
ing ont evon beyond expectation.
Ao marriages or deaths. T. C. J.
Albesa
Mai 18.—Jndge Wright resumed his
argument in the Johnson case, at 9
o’olock this morning, and spoke nntil 1.
The first part of his speech was of the
lame rambling character as his talk of yes
terday, bnt the Utter part was e very fine
argument. His manner of delivery, how
ever. detracted a great deal from the for re
of what he said.
Judge Erwin’s charge was brief, dear
and to the point. He instructed the jury
in regard to the law alone, making no allu
sion, farther than was absolutely necessary,
to tbe facts, and making bis charge as fa
vorable to the prisoners as they conld pos
sibly a«k.
The jury retired to their room at half
past one, and immediately upon the as
sembling of the oonrt at 8, returned a
verdict of guilty against Johnson as princi
pal in the first degree, and Echols as prin
cipal in the second degree.
The judge then sentenced the prisoners
to ten years in tho penitentiary. Mr.
Echols, counsel for the defense, gave no
tice that ho would move for a new trial.
There is no ehanoe for his motion to be
granted, as it is the opinion of all that the
prisoners conld not have had a fairer trial.
A Urge crowd was present when the jury
entered the court room, all eager to hear
the result, but the verdict was received
in profound silence. Yon would not have
supposed that a question had just been de
cided that had almost brought tho two
races into collision. Abteuus.
Griffin.
Mai 19.—Farm ora in this part of
tho world are very busy at present
catting wheat and ohopping cotton; every
body is feeling jubilant at the high pros
pects ahead.
Peaches are ripening; first shipment of
the season made on Thursday by Mr. Wood
ruff, who shipped several bushels of fine
looking find quite ripe fruit to New York.
Preparations are being made on a very
largo scale to forward the frnit ns fast as it
ripens. I have beon informed that Jndge
Cunningham expects to commence ship
ping from Orohard Hill in about a week.
The Satilla fishing crowd retamed this
morning; report anlmmense time and lots
of fisherman’s lnok.
It Madam Rumor reports correctly,
more than one wedding ia to occur here
within the next month.
And still another car conplor has been
invented by a Griffinite. This one, in my
humble judgment, is the par excellence,
using tbe old bumpers and pins of the rail
roads. Patent has been applied for and os
soon hr received, the inventor, Jndge Por
ter. intends to submit liis coupler to yonr
railroad authorities. H>pe he will moe
with tho success he deserves.
Some very complimentary notices have
been written in the several papers of tho
snrronnding counties in regard to the can
didacy of Judge R. T. Daniel for thejLegis-
Iature. AU agree that ho wonld do honor
to the position.
The vacancy caused by the resignation of
G. W. Sh-kelford, engineer of No. 2, was
filled on last night by tbe election of Mr.
Seaborn Wooten, for tbo last five years as
sistant engineer of No. 1; Every good se
lection,’ Mr. Wooten boing very reliable,
steady and striotly temperate in his habits.
The “Glee Club, 'another literary institu
tion of our city, and oomposed o a youn
ger class of people than the “Tennyson,”
has reorganized for the season.
Base-bail playing is commencing. A
match gamo is to be played this afternoon
between the “Sam Bailey” and “Dai*y”
clnbs. In a game played last week, the
former defeated tho latter by a score of 17
to G, and now tho latter having strength
ened their nine, wiU try to return tbe
favor. J. L. M.
BMubrldge,
Mai 18.—Superior Court convened here
Monday, tho 8th, and adjonmed Friday,
the 12th. Bnt little business was transact
ed. Tho term usually lasts two weeks, bat
owing to the fact that there was no mouey
in tho troasury to pay court expenses, the
court transacted snch business only ns was
absolutely necessary. Wo hnve a very
heavy docket in this connty. There ere
about four hundred cases on it, and each
court sees more new ones begun than old
ones ended.
Jaoob Harrell, Deoatur’s defaulting and
absconding tnx coUector, lias been arrest
ed. He was captured in Texas and brought
back. He gave bond and is now at home.
Two indictments were found against him
by tho lost grand jury. He arrived here
last Monday.
The extension of the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway westward from this
point is still questionable. A committee
of onr business men leave to-day to meet
the directors of tho road in Savannah to
morrow, when the matter will be definitely
settled.
We are having remarkable weather, tho
Iiko of which whs never before, not even in
the memory Qf the oldest inhabitant The
mornings, evenings and nights are cool
enougli to make fires oomforiable. Cotton
is looking n littio badly owing to tho
wetithor. The oat crop now being harvest
ed is exceptionally fine, and will help wou-
dertuUy when com is short—whioh is the
case in moat ports of the connty.
Bcrxdo.
Ftrry.
Mai 19.—A match game of base ball
pluyed this afternoon between Fort Valley
and Perry juvenile clnbs resulted in n score
>f twenty-three for Fort YaUey aud fifteen
for Perry. Time, 2:22.*
Tho steam grain separator of Col. Ed.
Martin was destroyed by fire yesterday
afternoon at the plantation of Mr. S. L.
Norwood, near Perry. The straw caught
from spark* from the engine while the
hand* were at dinner. Mr. Norwood lost
one-half of his crop of wheat. G.
Union Point
Mat 18.—Bill, a negro boy about sixteen
years of age, the cow-driver of Mr. J. C.
Hart, of this place, was badly gored to-day
by Mr. Hart'* flno Jersey bull. His thigh
wns torn open for six inches almost to the
bone.
The fonrteen-yetrold gentlemen and
ladies take the lead in all amusement* in
Lexington.
Mat 18.—The coquettish weather of the
past few days is moderating here. SVe
have hod no frost in this vicinity. The
cotton looks r&tlier puny from the late
oold weather.
Harvesting tho ont crop is now booming.
The oat and wheat crops here are particu
larly excellent. A much larger acreage of
corn planted than usual.
No fright in this oommunity from small
pox yet, although, many have beon vacci
nated. Politics u beginning to be agitated
some.
It is generally believed th\t Mr. Stephens
will be nominated by the Democratic Con
vontion for Governor. OourmoapK.
Fanain Csoaly.
Special Cor. Telegraph and Mossenger.
Mat 18.—I presume you and the majori-
ity of the read. rs of yonr paper have a
general idea in what part of the State Fan
nin connty ia looated, bnt I doubt much if
many of tho latter—editors of course are
familiar with the round world and all that
therein is—who know anything of the
chief characteristics of this section of
Georgia or its inhabitants. During a so
journ of * few months, I have lived over a
great part ot my early life, and a little be
yond, for I see in daily use the old fashion*
ed spinning-wheel, yie reel, the winding
blades and the hand-loom, and other im
plements of domestic nse and husband
ry, known to mo only in traditional story—
notably the eled, tho most primative con-
trivanoo for transportation by draft. This
is constructed by two rnnnors, consisting
of polos from five to eight feet long, curv
ed upward at the forward ends, after tho
manner of a sleigh, firmly mortised at
each end, famished with a pair of shafts,
between which a small bovine is placet!
to furnish motive power. This rode and
simple contrivance is very serviceable in
many parts of the mountain district*
where the uso of wheeled vehicles wonld
be impraoticqole.
A business jaunt, far or near, nnder most
favorable circnmstanoes, is usually consid
ered by the “janntor” as nn onorons duly,
not to say actual hardship. Imagine, then,
the forebodings of the writer when he bade
his "numerous and interesting family” an
affectionate adien, with tho prospect of
seventy-five or eighty miles’ journey,
through the most mountainous part of the
State, with no definite idea as to his modo
of conveyance after parting oompany with
railways at Cartersville. Tho anticipation
of an irksome and monotonous ride was
agreeably disappointed. A few hours’
drive, in a one-horse buggy, ovor as fine b
roadway as can be found anywhere ia mid
dle Georgia, brought me to the residence
and farm of tin renowned hnmorist, phi
losopher, sage, etc., Bill Am, the only
plaoe of any historical interest observed
on the whole route, terom this point tho
mountain eosnery is full of wild and ro-
mantic beauty, presenting to the traveler
rapidly changing viewB, increasing in
fi^sndenr with every mile of approach to
the Bine Ridge. Suddenly, however, as it
by magic, the scene ohanges and
tho traveler finds himself engulfed ia
deep mountain gorges and surround
ed by a weird and eolemn gloom that
might announce th* entrance to Pande
monium. The country is so meuntainoui
that withont a gqid* yon will not know
when the Bine Ridge first comos in view.
I was told that I wonld not know when I
was crossing this mountain range, as the
road was level and smooth. I certainly was
not aware when I crossed, but the drosd in
my mind while traversing this “very
smooth and level way,” wsa that I might
suddenly make a plunge, the impetus of
which might bring my closely shingled
craninm ont on the other side of tho
world among tho pig-tailed gentry. The
end of tbe journey was reached, however,
without mishap or fatigue, and almost
with reg et, for the views on the whole
route was sublimely beautiful and varied,
forming one continued scene of onohant-
ment, and holding tho traveler, if he has
any imagination, spell-bound to the end.
Perhaps there are few in yonr section of
the State who have any conception of the
vast area of surface land lying waste on
the tops and elope3 of the mountains and
hula in North Georgia, as they ore entirely
uuureessible for agricultural purposes; bnt
the Groat Master has never created any
thing for naught, and doubtless the rich
mineral deposits now hidden will be devel
oped and become an immense source of
wealth to these people as they are brought
in more direot communication with tho
ro«t of the world by railroad facilities.
The valley lands of this mountain region
are very fertile end reward the labors of
the farmer with an abundant yield of ce
reals and vegetables. Tbe soil and clima e
axe particularly adapted to the cabbage,
onion aud potato, alf of which are raised
in abundance. Planting season is, of
oocrso, much more backward than in mid
dle Georgia. On tho first of May some of
tbe largest farmers had not planted any
corn, and it wiH probably be the first of
Jane.before tho crop is in the ground.
There were heavy frosts on tho first, second
and third of this month, bnt I havo hoard
of no serious damage therefrom.
Notwithstanding the lateness of tho sea
son, I relieve that cotton might be profit
ably grown hero bnt for the want of a mar
ket, it being fifty miles to the nearest rail
way. Hence it is apparent why the manu
facture, of whisky is so much more general
in north than in middle and south Geor
gia. Acting upon the hypothesis thst tho
most valuable article* are pnt np in the
■maUest packages, many of tho farmers
resort to this method of concentrating their
ohief products by the process of distilla
tion, thus diminishing the trouble and ex
pense of placing it on the market; and
from the re-idue of this process of concen
tration, tho finost pork and beef in the
country are produced. This business, when
legally and otherwise properlr oondneted,
fields a handsome revenue notwithstand
ing tha present revenue tax, which is con
sidered by the distillors generally as exor
bitant nnd nujnst.
Tha Dnck Town copper mines, in Ten
nessee, nro located about seven miles from
the present location of the writer. These
mines were opened about the year 1851,
and, up to tho timo of the suspension of
work, four or five years sinoe, were opera
ted upon a scale whose magnitude, I ap
prehend. is not generally known—furnish
ing employment, from first to last, to a
force varying from one thousand to two
thousand hands, with an average number
of fifty teams and wagons all tho time on
tho road, plying between the works and
Cleveland, tho nearest railway station
the East Tenneaseo, Virginia nnd Georgia
railroad, nearly fifty miles distant, trans
porting tho products of the mines to mar
ket, aud returning laden with machinery
for tho works and supplies of provisions
and general merchandise for the mi
ners and people of the surrounding
country. Granting this to be a true
statement, the inference is that the suspen
sion of work in these mines was n great ca
lamity to a large section of oountry. This
suspension did not result from the lack ot
"a bountiful yield of rich ores, but I am not
sufficiently familiar with-the history of the
mines to enter into details as to«the cause
or causes which led to this unfortunate re
sult. It is a faot, however, well known lo
men qf business oxporienoe that unbridled
oopidity and unscrupulousnesa in the man
agement of any enterprise will, sooner or
later, bring abont a ocllnpse. The superin
tendent of these mines, for about eighteen
years, first obtained employment in them
as a common laborer. By in
dustry, perseverance, shrewdness, tact
and natural business ability, he
advanced, step by step, through all ths
grades of “boss-ship,” until about the year
1858, when he became general manager of
the wholo concern. At the time of his
death, three or four years ago, the value of
his estate, I am informed, was estimated
to be over a million of doilnrs. From this
statement of facte the render oan draw his
own inference as to the chief cause which
led to the failure of the DuokTowtt cop
per mines. Most of tU8 ooppor used ut
the Mauoa arsenal, for the manufacture of
Confederate ordnance, during tho l&tt
war, was the product of these mines. A
force of watchmen aud laborers are stiff
kept there, nt great expense, for the pro
tection and preservation of the machinery
and other property, which augurs Jfavora-
bly for the resumption of work at some fu
ture day. * *
Eaton ton.
Special Cor. Telegraph and Messenger.
Mat 20.—I have been intending forcer-
oral da.,-a to send you tho news from oar
usually quiet city, but oar town lias been
entirely engrossed iu u soul-saviug and
soul-stirring revival, whioh has been ia
progress for nlmost two weeks, so that this
always pleasant duty has b«en delayed.
All persons in your city or elsewhere, hav- j “fond parents need have no tear thst
ing agricultural implements to exhibit, are | their boys, while laboring here to lay the
invited to attend. Practical tests will be foandution for becoming “intellectual
made of mowers, reapers, cultivators, etc.
Onr county is now reveling in tbe full reali
zation of a plenteous small grain crop.
Local politics on a boom; candidates as
bnsy as bees, and as thick as autumn loaves.
Tbe boys are beginning to hnve rare
fun, a great many good natured thrusts
have already been given, bnt 1 believe no
serious damage has been done bt-*kiuse no
serious hurt was intended. You voioed tho
sentiment of Putnam county in yonr nble
editorial of a recent date ou Mr. Stephans
for governor as the regular nominee of the
Democratic party. We don’t want any
Rhilly-aha!lying about what party candidate
ho is. We want to know whether he w
horse or alligator. We don’t want our par
ty lines so finely drawn that we can’t tell
where the line of demarcation begins and
ends. We want him to oocue off the fence
and tell n* plainly whether he is Democrat,
Independent or Republican. We can’t
harmonize with him nor vote for him nntil
we know for a fact thst he is fighting un
der the grand old flag of Democracy, pure
nnd unadulterated, endeared to na by a
thousand' hallowed memorise, and the
present faithful guardian of onr lives, our
liberties and our property. We hare got a
mighty hankering over here, anyway, for
Jim Blon&t os the next governor of Geor
gia. Paul.
Ohm
Bpedal Cor. Telegraph and Messenger.
Mat 20.—Mr. Abram Pierce, a gentle
man about ninety years old, tell deAd at
his gate this morning. The cause is sus
pected to have been nooplexy, as he was as
well as usual when he got np. He ate a
L ■ arty breakfast and started to his lot,
when lie fell at the gate. When his family
got to him ho was dond.
The coroner’s jury in tho case of London
Kellnin, who (was mnrdored last Sunday,
returned a verdict that the diseased came
to his death from a gunshot wound at the
hands of an unknown party. There was
no ovidenoe against Mr. Walters except
that he and London bad a fuss that morn
ing. Mr. W. can prove an alibi, as he and
his brother, Mr. L G. S. Walters, were in
the swamp hunting all tbe evening, about
five miles below this place, when London
was shot. It is suppo-sed now that the
shooting waa dono by Maroh Fitzpatrick, a
negro whom London knocked in the head
with a gnu a few weeks ngo, March swoar-
ing io kill him the first ohanoe. Pees.
lfaiHaeo
Special Oor. Telegraph and Messenger.
Mat 17.—The cold weather of the past
fsw days has dace aged tho ootton crop con
siderably in this section, censing the yonng
plant to die, so muoh so that there cannot
be more than two-thirds of a full stand,
except on that planted very early; otherwise
the crop was never in a better oounition,
being almost entirely free from gras* and
weeds, and well worked. The stand of
corn if generally very good, and the crop
in good condition. Most of it has been
worked over twice, and therefore will not
suffer while tho farmers are engaged iu
harvesting the grain crops. If the cold
has been a damage to the cotton orop it
has been of great benefit to the wheat and
oat*, stopping the spread of rust, and can* ">
ing the grain to ripen slowly, which will
have a tendency to increase the weight.
So far, the gram crops are < all that we
could ask, being as good as the gronnd
can make them. I went through a held of
eight acres to-day that had been reported as
rained by rast. I only wish the whole crop
of Georgia may bo rained in the same way.
Inclosed yon will find samples of the heads.
The farmers were verymuch discouraged a
tew days ago at the prospect of having
frost, bat with the return of warm weather
are very hopeful and hard at work practic
ing hoeing, plowing and economy, and by
the way they are the only class that should
practice economy, if we judge from the
number and tone of the articles addressed
to them on this subject by the daily, week
ly and monthly agricultural, religion*,
commercial, politioailaud literary press of
the day. Why should this thing economy bo
ro oonstautly und persistently preached to
tho farmer, while we never see one word of
it slang at aDy other class. So far as Mor
gan comfy ia oonoerned they are the only
ones who have as a class practiced this
most commendable quality sinoe the war.
At any rate, it they have been extravagant
they nave a poor way of showing it,for I do
not find any fine clothes, fast horses, styl
ish buggies and painted houses among’
them, but must always go to town to fint.
sich. « B.
Sparta.
Special Cor. Telegraph and Messenger.
May 20.—In the notes sent yon yester
day, there was a mistake in reference to
Mr. Henry Roger*. He did not hold the
office of ordinary, but,prior to tha creation
of the conrt of ordinary, ho was one of the
judges of tbe Inferior Court of onr county.
When that court exercised the jurisdiction
of the present conrt of ordinary, some of
the powers of the present county conrt*,
and also conld try and finally dispose of
criminal cases of the grade of felonies—
cases which are now tried and disposed of
by the Supe&ior Court only. N. H.
Athens.
Special Cor. Telegraph aud Messenger.
Mat 17.—You have always expressed tha
warmest “love and friendship” for the
State University, aud I feel, therefore, no
hesitancy in asking yon for space to set a
matter straight, which has, by being false
ly understood, furnished the text for two
editorials in your paper. lama student
here, drinking from the free fountains of
Georgia’s beneficnce. I love my alma
mater, and |am jealous of aught said or
done to injure her. Beyond such feelings
as this, there are reasons immeasureeble
why every man in Georgia should cherish
tho deepest and warmest affec
tion* for the university at Athens.
There is no need to name these
to you. I know yon would not pen a word
for yonr influential columns with the in
tent of inducing an injnry to onr oollego
through the remotest implication.
In yonr issne of the 14th instant you had
au oditorial in which yon copied a oorres
poudenc* between the corresponding sec-
retan’ of the Demoatheniau society, here,
and Congressman Speer. Upon that cor
respondence yon made comment. Be that
comment just aad called for or not. let
politician* say. But, l>oitju«t and called
for or not, tho prominence yon gave to ther
ooruspondence by publishing it in yonr
columns with comment, while it
had before that publicity "only
whioh is given by a plaoe
the page of a north Georgia weekly, has
made it “bear frnit,” as yon show by the
oditorial in yonr paper ofthe I7th inst.
In this editorial,headed “Bearing Fruit,’’
giants,” will be subject to influences tend
ing to warp and mould tho young mind in
ita political structure, other than those
which exist anywhere else in Georgia.
Most r espectfully, Piboxjr.
J»nr*boro
8poc!al Cor."Telegraph end Messenger.
May 20,—Clayton don’t take much
stock in politics of tho “mixed”
kind. She is .solid for an organized Demo
crat, with no decided preferences shown.
“Uncle Rad” Morrow will represent us m
the legislature again.
There are no crimes being committed in
onr county. Sheriff Archer says t hat the
county dogs are a greater terror to evil
doers than the connty chain gang, and
that tho officers would starve on criminal
costs. Oar town is the quietest heard
from. There has been only one case be
fore the police oonrt sinoe March. We
have good society, good water, and good,
schools. There are one hundred
and twenty-five students attending the
Middle Georgia College, seventy-five at
tending Prof. Key’s select school, and the
oolored school numbers nearly one hundred
students.
Trade is brisk enough of the kind. The
merchant* divide their time between fishing
and playing "checkers.” Lawyer* ditto.
“Tbe wheat crop is jost as good as the
Und will produce, said a sturdy tanner to
mo to-day. The frnit crop will he abund
ant. The oold wave h*s sebrided and
spring has set in right. C. A. K.
Vsldsats.
Special Cor. Telegraph and Messenger.
Mat 18.—Tbe prospects for a good crop
in this community were never better titan
at present.
Superior Court is now in session, with
Jndge A. H. Hansel), presiding. Col. Joe
Warren is hire looking after legM matters.
It is rumored here thnt the friends of- Col.
Warren in Savannah, are brushing up his
other coat, and will present him to the
next Congressional convention. If pre
sented, he will likely be nominated aud
elected : and then I suppose he will “give
in.” and serve the people.
Little interest is manifested here in the
Stephens boom. W.
Americas.
Special Cor. Telegraph and Messenger.
Mai 20.—Crop reports from ail parts of
this oounty and section are most encour
aging. One gentlemen reports ninety acres
of corn almost head high; another has fifty
acres in full silk. Tbe latter is of tho “gol
den dnst” variety. The farmers generally
are well up with their work. We have heard
less oomplaint this spring of grassy crop*
and insufficient labor titan in former years.
The probability of getting the new rail
road projected by a company < f Northern
capitalists, represented here by N. E.
Burk*. Esq-, is engaging a good oeal of the
attention of onr citizens.
The road ia intended to run from Savan
nah to Columbus, tnenoo westward to con
nect with some short line to tho Pacific.
Onr interest ia enlisted in the enterprise,
JaeoauRO its completion would give Ameri
cas a ehort line to Savannah and n com
peting lino to the West.
The announcement that Mr. Sidney Lew
is’ talents have been rewarded a position
noon the editorial staff of the TELzor.xrn
AjiD Mksrenoeb is reoeived with much sat
isfsotion in this community. He is re
garded by profonnd thinkers and careful
readers as one of the most brilliant and
competent writers now upon tho Georgia
press. W-
our town. They art head and shoulders ; fiatoqtoti i* surely on a religious boom
above us when we were twenty-one. ; Von *oe it in the happy fnoes you meet
The Georgia railroad pay train whs ou ppontho streets; you feel it in the very at-
the road this week giving thu needful to J mosphere you breathe,
tho noedy. IV. W, S.
Crops la Dooly.
Special Cor. Telegraph and Messenger
Y’ienna, Ga., May 15.—-Crop* are very
Tne agricultural club of Putnam county
will hold its next monthly meeting at
the Wflder.ce of one of ltatnam’s
most ho*pitab!e, successful and in
dependent agriculturalists, Mr. John
good through this section—the corn crop X- Dopnif, on Usy 26. Speech!s will
especially. Otts are vsrj" fine indeed. The | be delivered by Colonel* U. G. Humber,
wheat crop ha* boeu cut off by the rust ^ m• F. Jenkins and D. W. Williams, of
but think it will make a fair crop. Cotton Macon. Farmem from Pntnam, Baldwin,
looks • little sleepy from the cool nights. Jones end other counties have been ic-
T. J. t tied and signified Uieir intention to attend.
gentleman of southwest Georgia had writ
ten to his son to withdraw from the Dem-
osthenian Society, on account of the said
correspondence. Tliis gentleman must
have got his ido of tho affair from yonr
that editorial,
Messrs. Editor*, such fruit as this is the
fruit of error. Let’s stop its production.
That the prominent and influential gentle
man of southwe.t Georgia acted upon er-
rouioas information in making this
quest of his son, I propose to show by a
statement of facts.
Ths truth and substance of tbe whole
matter, so fares theDemostheniaaSooiety
is concerned, is this: The boys at one of
their Saturday gatherings brought up the
matter of their usual alumnus meeting at
eoinmesceinent. This meeting is always
presided over by an alumnus member.
Some member nominated Mr. Speer, the
nomination was seconded, the vote was
put aad he was elected. The correspond
ing secretary was instructed to notify him
of tiiis action. Not a word whs said indi
cating in the slightest degree that
the society wa* most remotely dream
ing of Mr. Speer’s political attitude,
and nothing was done by the soaiety
its “corporate” or “Aggregate”
capacity, that coaid be, by any utmost
strain of tanoy,interpreted a* evidence that
it ws* beiug used by any process to farther
Mr. Speer's future political interest* or in
dorse his past political career. He waa
simply voted for as boing an honorary
alumnus member of the Demoethenian so
ciety uud a* one likely to be here at- com
mencement.
Toe occasion for giving publicity to this
matter at ti’st aud tho occasion for yonr
comment and the occasion for the “frnit”
thn‘. has ripened is furnished by the third
sentence iu the corresponding secretary’s
letter, in which he said the onani-
rnons sentiment of the society was
fsvorable to Mr. Speer’s political, wel
fare. This was a mistake on the part of
tbe corresponding secretary. He was au
thorized by the society to oonvey the faot
ot election only, with the usual oompli-
mente.
I have no comment to moke npon yonr
editorials, Messrs. Editors, farther than to
say that in your honest zeal to further whet
you believe to be the just political canes,
you may have involved hints likely to
strike the mind of a casual or partisan
reader in a way to do hurt to the Univer
sity of Georgia. If yon think yon have
done so, I have no doubt yon will cheer-
full unroll them and counteract their ef
fect*.
Permit me, in oo&etastoB, to say, aad I
•peak from a four yeara* knowledge of the
influences of ooUege life is Athen* tfatt
Cochran.
Special Cor. Telegraph and Moe*cnger.
Mai 20.—The Brunswick Fair Associa
tion have extended an invitation to the
Cochran Fire Company No. 1 to partici
pate in the contest to take place next Fri-
duy in Brunswick, but, on aooonnt of tho
eioesaive freight charged by tbe railroad
oompany for their engine, they were com
pelled to decline the invitation. Nsd.
A LITTLE GAStE.
Oscar Wilde Shows the Westerner
Somethlsc el His I'uiverMiy Eitu-
csUodA
v Mete York Merct,
tVhile Captain Foster was swapping Ites
with Ned Fry, out at the Cliff House, San
Francisco, last week, Oscar drove up with
Mr. Lock, and, taking a stained glass atti
tude on the balcony, war. for some minutes
lost in the contemplation of the grand old
ocean breaking on the cliffs far down be
low him. “How gr md the roar of the
ocean,” he said, dreamily, to ths Captain.
The Captain was a little taken aback,
but answered that it was.
‘Would any prioe bo too great for the
glory of watching hour by hour, end day
by day, through the placid wavoless days of
summer end tha grand turbulence of tbe
wintry gale ?"
“Fifty a month,” said the captain, who,
while thmar sighed unheeded, 6Mk< d Fry
what kind of a canary bird it was, any
how. *
After a timo they went to the bar, where
Oscar ordered “some milk, fresh from na
ture’s odorous laboratory,” while ihe other*
took *. littio lemon iu theirs. Then Fry and
the captain and another gentleman sat
down to play “dollar ante."
“Wbat eeze dollar ante?” said Osoir,
dreamily, in a mezzo soprano sigli. They
explained.
“d, too, will fill in the passing-day, if I
may.”
“Of oourse,” and they gave him a seat
and chuokled way down |in their bronchial
tube*.
A great sadness was upon him. Some
times an ntterabie melancholy would fill
with dark shadows his dreaming eyes, bat
he said little—only sighed. Capt. Poetor
did not sigh. Several times he might have
been heard to any something about dynam
ite. Mr. Fry was also a little melancholy,
but talked in a different strain, several
times saying rapidly, “ the lack." By
and by it was Oscar's deal, and he caress
ed the cards gently and distributed them
mournfully, like crumbs at oommonion.
Everybody went in. The Captain took
two cards. Fry took one and Oscar one.
“I will distribute a five »; ot,” said the
Captain, locating a five dollar piece in the
center of the green. “It will cost yon five
more,” remarked Mr. Fry, disseminating a
ten.
“Beshrew me, bnt I am oppressed with
doubt,” murmured (Hear. “Could I but
panotrato the dark veil of the future—but,
no, nay, then will I risk all.” and he doubt
fully and sadly put np his portion. “Ton
harder, ” said the Captain. “Ten more
than you,” remarked Fry.
Oscar kn$tod hie brow. “Verily I am in
t ri , n , ,, .u * the vortex, and the o'ershadowing sky is
you say that a prominent and indaentis^ nlur ^ l 1 '’ *”>4 1 mast stay. I wiff how do
- ' - 1 you phrase it—eell, call on yon.”
And the Captain joined the merry throng.
“Three aoee," said he. “Full hand," said
Fry, proudly, as he showed his cards and
reached for the money.
“Too, too,” the poet murmured, as ho
almost weepingty laid down four deuces.
And whan the Captain had flung his
cards ont of the window, and Fry wo* mak
ing the air blue with interjections, ( *ear
winked his eye audibly and remarked in
hi« natural state of mind:
“Now that I remember, gentlemen, we
used to indulge in this tittle recreation at
Oxford. Come in and take a snifter with
me.”
Tbe unit leir.
As there is a good deal of interest felt in
Bibb country on the subject of cattle we.
give in full the special law for Bibb, ap
proved February 20,1877:
“That from after the passage of thie act,
every butcher or person buying cattle in
the county of Bibb for the purpose of
butchering, shall be required to keep a per
manent book, which shall be open to the
inspection of the public, and iu which
shall be recorded a complete description of
all animals ulanghtorod, together with the
marks and brands of the same, os well as
the name end color cf all v-.-ndree of snoh
cattle; and it shall ke considered a misde
meanor for any butcher in the ocanty of
Bibb to slaughter any cattle without fir*t
recording the marks and brands of Ufa
same in said book of records; and it shall
also be considered a misdemeanor for an*
butcher in tiie county of Bibb to purchase
and slaughter any cattle from any person.
without first tutoring the name andoj’or
of such vendor ia the said of records.
That any person or* persons violating the
seme upon conviction shall be pnfiabed as
provided in section 4,310 of the revised
code of Georgia}
lake Cwalert.
You have suffered long, but relief i»
now at hand.* Your neuralgia aud beoflv
~zzzr,
TUm,
HMaHHab
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