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FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1679.
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Cttorga'a Prospect*.
It is now tit* #th of May, mid coin 1*
wancety ss large an arc hove seen it other
seasons the lt of April. Tlu* w atlrib
ntbla to the late and heavy rnins that pre
vented esrly planting, mwl the cold chilly
weuthei thnl prevented its growing. There
is uo want of energy or perseverance on
the part of the people ; there is no blame
to be attached to them ; they were noxious
to plow and plant but the bud weather re
strained them until the season was fur ad
vanced. They have, however, succeeded
ni planting large crops, especially of cotton,
w hich came up but tho cold rains and w ind
have chilled and sickened it; it is now
pale, emaciated soil dwarfed, end cannot
in the nature of things come to perfection.
It is list delicate H plant for the fear
ful vicissitude* through which it lisn had
to puss ever toreoover and coma to perfect
tion. Cairn is much sturdier, will endure
much mere when young, and even then
come to perfection. Yet, notwithstanding
1 he late spring, wo may hope for fair crops
if corn, hut unfortuDiittdy, there is not
half enough planted of thu crop Unit may
possibly nidcord mid twice its niucli pluut
dof the crop for which there in no hope
for ancoesx, it ml even should they succeed
in mining hue crop* of cotton with hnt
little corn nml necessary supplies, their
whole Jnrmiug opperutiou ia a hula re; for
it takes ttll their cotton to make up thu
deficit in other things. Why it is tin t
the planters, after ten years of wofut, dis
astrous experience in tlio iilmost delu
sive production of cotton can't neo ami he
convinced of the necessity hi and the cer
i. in success in a system of diversified
planting. Not one single isolated case
enn be found in the State, whero o planter
lias raised his corn and bacon, who ia not
independent and free of debt; and not a
single instance where cotton has hern the
r xelmdve crop, but tho planter has been
hard run and is now involved if not entirely
insolvent. Every man knows that his
neighbor, who raises his own provisions, is
thrifty and successful and that every
j las.ter who neglects to do it, in now, has
been, and certainly will he rmlwrratsed.
Plow tip your sickly cotton now and plant
the ground in cotn, and if you have less
cotton to sell yon will have no corn to
liny. We are glad that (he fatmers of our
county planted largely in com last year
end made n grealde.il of bacon, and yet
their cotton crops was ns large or larger
than usual. Now they have plenty anil to
spare, w hile in the other sections of tho
State there is a senroety, and no money to
buy with. It is a horning ahuutc that men
of intelligence with ample means and re
sources will be so recklessly indifferent to
their own interest as to wnsto their lime
and energies in efforts and enterprise* that
have so long and so often proved unsuc
cessful. Were wo to w ish for the plant
ers best interest, the first wish would bo
to reduce the price of cotton to eight cents;
the second would be a tax on every bush
el of corn brought into tho State of two
dollars and seventy-five cents; the third
XI otild lie to declare it a felony for any per
son to sell in Georgia a pound ornny other
amount of bacon raised in any other state
or country. Then our country would pros
per and collection laws might safely ho
abolished.
Another Cyclone
pissed through Middle Georgia on Hntur
dsy last, following the direction of the
one t.hnt pnuunl through the Htate n few i
wotka ngo, hnt not in the same track, tint
in Borne places very near, both of which
wore fearfully ileatructive. Scarcely any-;
thiug wan left standing iu the truck of
t irher, but timber, houses, fences and oven
live Mock ivns carried away and destroyed.
A untulier of pci.ionh were killed and many
a. riously injured. A Mrs. King, near
Fort Valley, waa killed by the falling of
the house. The place upon which Mr.
King lives was utterly devastated : every
imilding except the dwelling house was
torn to iiieci>a inid carried away over the
collutry. The dwelling was seriously in
jured but may be repaired. The people
are benevolent and kind ill that section of
country and will lid him in repairing his
bouses aud fences. The injury to crops
was very serious. The hail was very
heavy, beating tender plants into the
gioocd and breaking wheat down. These
si range visitations have almost entirely ru
ined the planting interests in their line ot
march through Middle Georgia.
Memphis Express Eobbers Arrested.
Bud Montgomery. Ben Hale and one
Jackson were arrested at Forney, Ark.,
charged with robbing the Southern Ex
press agent at that place in January last
••t his watch and three hundred dollars.
Hale eonfrssid, stating that Jackson was
F t' leader in this and many other ml An r
j,, \i hih* the prisoners wore being tn
i <Ol to ail by a gaurd of five men, Jaek
s. ,n threw bis overcoat over the head of
the UHfest gmr.l Igid ran. He was fired
a* tever I time< but effected an eaoajro.
*r , ~th r two in* iu jail. Jackson is amd
to be tb> chief of the Gadaliill rubbers.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT
Tho following tributo was paid to the
memory of Captain James II- Hunter, by
the Grand Chapter of Georgia, at its recent
convocation in Macon, Georgia, Inst week.
Death, i ver active, has sguin invaded
tho mernhornhip of this Grand Chapter
slid deprived ns of mm of the hrightuat
li Ills of Royal Arch Masonry in Georgia.
Onr excellent companion, Jus H. Hunter,
High Priest of Ztrrubbnlitd Chapter No.
39, is no more.
Death come# to all ijij.e, and ever re
minds us of the solemn truth, that man
“COmeth forth as a (lower and is out dow n,’'
but this solemn truth has been illustrated
with peculiar force in the death of Com
panion Hunter. Blr.ok<n down by the
ruthless hand of violence, in theprimosnd
vigor of a life of usefulness and of honor,
his country and masonry, in his death,
sustain n loss second only to that of Ida be
reaved family.
Companion Hunter was for a number of
years High Priest ol his Chapter and n
member of thin Grand body; and was nl
ways at bis post, participating In its delib
erations with zeal, intelligence and pater
nal kindness, and while we commemorate
hie virtues and our loss by this tribute to
to bis memory, it is worthy of being re
corded that his most enduring monument
is in the. hearts of those who kuew him
best. .
Masonry delights to cherish the memo
ry and virtues of those who devote them
selves to her service, nod wlioro liven illus
trnto Imr truths and exemplify her teach
ings. Such an one was the hunefited com
panion so lately among us, but cow gone
to hia reward in the Celestial Temple
above, leaving to us, bis surviving com
panions, n rich legacy in the bright exam
ple of bis life and conduct,
liet 1 1 h profit by Ibis solemn dispensa
tion of an all-wise Providence, which it be
comes ns not to question, and strengthen
ing the firs of brothei!y love and affection
which bind us each to the other, and aid
ing each other to make all our woik '‘good,
true and square,” endeavor to be prepared
for the hunt test of the Grand Overseer
square above, that we may in the end re
reive the wages.of faithful craftsmen.
IV,i recommend the adoption of the fol
lowing resolutions :
Resolved, Ist That in the death of our
excellent, companion, Jim. H. Hunter,
High Priest of Zerrubbnblo Chapter, No.
ill!, this Grand Chapter ami Royal Arch
Masonry, has curtained an irreparable
| loss.
! Unsolved, 2d That a page in our min
utea and proceedings he dedicated to his
memory nud that his name, age, rank and
date of liis death he inscribed Ihcrwou by
the Grand Secretary.
ltesolved, h i That the Grand fleeretn
i ry transmit to tho family of tint deceased a
| copy of these proceedings, duly unlheuti
j cated by liia signature and tho seal of this
I Grand Chapter,
llospeotfully submitted,
L. W, Adams, )
M. C. Wilkinson, > Committee.
E, I). Graham, )
Tho Speaker of the House.
I The latent nomination for tbo honorable
| and important post of speaker of the
House of Representatives, on the coming
of the next Congress, is Mr. A. K. Lamar,
of Georgia. While his name is an unex
ceptionable one. there are others equally
; sr>, and all in all, better known to the pen
plo, and especially to the Democracy of
the country. The most popular appoint
ment for that position bringing ability,
! parliamentary knowledge, and a rare tni
j eiit for harmonizing antagonism, nud ino
| ving the machinery of debates with ns lit
tle friction ns possible, gifts so necessary
: in a presiding officer—would be the Horn
H. 8. Cox. Sammy don’t “pat on" as
' much “dig" ns the grave and cold-blooded
Fernando, who has been nl'nded to in
connection with the place, but. “Sunset"
can assume- the “august” if necessary,n::d
added to it will be a halo of prismatic rays
! emanating from bis desk, which will won
| dm fully brighten the stormy atmosphere
that threatens to envelope tho next session ■
we trust “Sunset" will ho tho final choice
! of Democracy, as the Invi stigating Coin
i mittecs which are to bo appointed will
1 make tho Administration members of
Congress, in House and Semite, dunce
ltko Croton bugs on a hot griddle*
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Who Abb thk Crackers? —Tho Jack
sonville (Fla,) Union of a lato duto con
tains tho following:
Sin: In a recent number id your paper
I saw something like an inquiry as to tho
meaning of the wold “cinoUer," ns ap
i plied to a eeitain class of the southern
: people. Being all humble descendant of
tlmt honorable clnaa, I beg leave to state
for the benefit of your loaders that the
• term is quite significant, and is tho legiti
mate result of one of the mod customs of
i the firstssettlers of the United States,
years ago, before mills were established.
in this country, when the backwoodsmen,
or those wlu> lived in the interior, remote
from the ports of entry, were unable to
procure transportation, they adopted a
way by which they cracked corn with
htfgh rooks, The interior people were
thus labeled with tlie distinction, oorr
eraokers henoo the term “cracker." Tell
your Northern renders, Mr. Editor, that
we are nn honorable people, and that we
still own cotton patches as big us the
State of Rhode Island.
Yours, OROBOT* CIUCKIER.
Albany, Cm., April 10, 187 J.
—
Two young urchins, who hrosented a etm
pie of German gold pieces for ehange in
[ a Paris shop recently, were unable to give
a satisfactory account of how they had
come by them, but when arrested they
; told an extraordinary story. They said
j that they hod found the corpses of two
Prus i.ni soldiers iu the old quarries of
Montrouge, and on searching the pockets
got the peices of gold. Au agent de po
lice wont tii the spot indicated, and in an
nbandom'd gallery found the two bodies
in mi advanced state of decomposition.
, One of them had been killed by a bullet
; and the other by a bayonet thrust,
-——- -4v>
Rome Court fr: Mrs. Hazleton, of this
city, xvns one hundred and one years old
1 last Sunday. She retains all her mental
! faculties, and only two weeks since she
jwnl.ed downtown. During the ntternoou
!of her birthday, the Methodist Sunday
School, one hundred and fifty scholars
aud the teachers, paid their respects to
; her “n\ home,” 4:30 o'clock—presenting
her with a beautiful lioqnct. She receiv
!ed them gracefully and expressed great
satisfaction. As she sat it) tne piazza to
j receive her visitors, the children form, and
| semi-circle around and sang some of their
| sweetest gongs. This was a beautiful tri
! bote of youth to age. May our good old
"mother in Israt . enjoy many more au
| mud returns of her birthday.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
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kVYkIM IN ALABAMA,
Mobti.b, Ana., M.iv 3. The agricultural
fair lih.m bad a week of lovely weather mid
unprecedented success. The exhibition
tins yeiir is fully < quid to lust, and in some
respect* better.
The joint committee of investigation,
appointed by the Alabama Legislature in
the esse of Senator Spencer, is still in ses
sion here, taking testimony.
outbaok.
New You*, May 3.— Haytien advices re
port that the Jinlti-.li Consul was assaulted ,
and wounded ut Port nil Prince, English
war vessels are hi motion lor all explana
tion or retaliation.
MISOII TffLKOBAMB.
Mcskeoek, Indian Territory, May 3. —
A water spout, lifted the bridges, cutouts
and track of the Kansas and Texas rail- i
road near Elk Creek.
Washington, May 3.—Baron Schwarz
Seaborn, Austrian Minister, has tendered
his resignation, and it has been accepted.
Lbi.i,, Maas., May 3.—The products
of the mills have decreased from I went v
five liuforty per cent, since the strike. In
mule spinning tli'o decrease is fifty per
cent.
Picti Ksnriui, Vu., May 3. A fight oc
curred last, night in a house of ill fume be
tween J. N Ketehen, Machinist,and Win.
Perkins, flu i.mn. Tne latter lfcrived
wounds from which be died thii morning.
l'HTr,Ai>r,i.n'na, May 8 -The Philadel
pl ins defeated tbo Atlantic's at Now York
to day,
Nrw Yo'ck. May 3- John F. Tra
cy, a well known Western railroad mag
nate, waft prostrated with paralysis ut the
Giisey House yesterday, and is to-duy in a
vi ry precnt'imia condition. This is bis
third altiiek,
l)KTorr. Mich., May 3. The steamer
Clara licit during a gale on Lake Erie
Friday lost her Captain* The schooner
Minnie went to pieces tho same night; no
lives lost.
Dispatches from Manlnac, Saginaw and j
liny City re, ort a tumble snow storm on
bull inlay in those sections, impeding
trains. The storm appears to have en
veloped the whole heart of the lower pen
insula.
Buffalo, N. Y , May 3. Lake Harbor
ia still full of ice. Weather cool, with
high winds.
ANOTHER TORNADO
Fort Valley, May 3. —This community
was visited on Sat.unlay lust Icy tho most
terrible storm of bail, wind nnd ruin,
known since the settlement of this section.
The damage to property was very groat.
All tho houses on L. Bluster's place, all
buildings, except the dwelling on the
Bold place, owned by E. Fagan, and oc
cupied by Mr. Goodwin, were destroyed.
A portion of tbo dwelling on the ffiigb
Alien place was blown down, severely
wounding Mrs. King, Mrs. MoGriff and
Miss MoGriff. Mrs. King baa since died.
•She was tho wifo of Elder A. lung, late of
Tennessee.
All the outbuildings on this place were
also destroyed. Geo. W. Allen’s mil]
house was blown down, some of the
shingles being carried over a mile. All
tbo btiihlinas on Mack Thompson’s place,
except Uni dwellings were blown down. Alt
the negro houses and buildings ou .Jim
Hill’s and Mrs. Winn's place were de
stroyed. Very little fencing is left stand
ing, and vast quantities of timber up
rooted and broken off. Gardeus and crops
of corn and cotton that were up will in
many instances buvo to be replanted. It
seams that Providence favored ns, ns but
one death and few serious hurts have been
beard of, anil dwellings left standing.
I'iie lmil and wind was from the nnrth
! west., and the breath of its track not over
I six miles.
Columbus, Ga., April 3. —Another tor
; undo passed through the counties of Tal
j hot and Harris on Saturday, ouiiaing great
; destruction of property and considerable
loss of life. Tin' tornado took almost the
stone track as the one which occurred on
the 20th of Mar h. It blew away dwel
lings, destroyed fencing, and made r. per
fect track through the forest. In Harris
county the damage is estimated at SIO,OOO.
Six lives are lost, nil negroes. Several
whites are badly wounded, Iti Talbot
county the loss is supposed to be heavier
still. Eleven person are known to have
been killed. It is impossible to estimate
the loss of property, though it is certainly
very greats Tulbotton nnd Hamilton es
caped, Tlrere are reports of considerable
damage near West Point. Several lives
are reported lost in that vicinity. Thirty
] or forty farms are torn to pieces by this
] cyclone and perhaps twenty lives lost.
| The counties thus visited have scarcely
begun to recover from tbo effects of the
j terrible storm of March, (drops in the
line of the last tornado are almost entirely
destroyed. The loss is heavy nnd the
blow lias fallen heavily on the farmers of
Talbot and Harris.
.UTOINTMI-.NT
W.isHiNfrrojt, May 5. Lester J.Lirk
ham was reappointed Postmaster at Mad
ison, (la.
rNITKD HTXTRM HVI-UESIB COI'llT.
\V ASUtNOToS. May 4. - Besides the eases
under the enforcement acts from Lonsi
ana and Kentucky, w hich hud been argued,
the Supreme Court left over fer decisiou
at another term a Granger ease, from min
neseta, that, of McJlreth, receiver of the
M. R. K, Cos,, va. Colemnn. Also three
oommereial eases from New York, undone
from Tennessee, aud two patent cases, also
from New York.
THE MONTGOMERY, AI.A,, ELECTION.
Montgomery, May 4.—The city election
was unusually quiet., and a large veto was
polled. Tho Democrats made a clean
sweep, electing the Mayor, Clerk and twelve
Aldermen. This is the first time that the
Democrats have carried the eitv sitiee re
construction. There is great rejoicing,
cannon firing, etc. The majority semi
officially reported at 440.
THE SPANISH RAPOTiaC.
Washington. May 4. Senator Antonio
Mantill, who represented the Spanish Re
public here as Minister Plenipotentiary
and Envoy Extraordinary, to-day present
ed his credential* to tho President as rep
resentative of the King of Spain. The
usual congratulatory addresses were made.
Oil-Pit -Congratulations upon a fizzle
of the Republic are rod ttpmpm
MRS. TILTON’S COMMUNICATION.
New York, May I. —Mr. Howard, edit
or of tin. iStur. says the document publish
ed in his paper this morning is neither the
text nor the nature of Mrs. Tilton’s com
munication to Judge Neilson. Conse
quently tho character of the document re
mains u mystery yet,
a iorm,B MURDER.
Hudson, N. Y., May 4—Wesley Van
Onscti, a wealthy farmer of this county,
killed his aged mother and himself.
CANAL OTF.NED.
St. Catharine, May 4. The Welland
Canal is open.
6TATE NEWS.
Libeity county will plant a big‘'yam”
crop this year.
Madison is bolding in her warehouse#
P. 30 lades of j lantern cotton.
Mr. John Diestell, of Tutnall county,
bad a live acre field of corn kueo high on
the loth lilt.
Judge Brown is in the country sick, 1
Fitch is in Atlanta, the foreman issi:k,
yet the Griffin news reaches u as lull and ;
as bright ns anew pin. .3 'nr. Adrertiier. j
Zach Bird I Colo re ft), who was to have
been bung in Forsyth the 30,h tilt., bait his
sentence suspended by an order from
Judge Hall, a lull of exceptions hiving
been filed by his attorneys.
The Hamilton says that wheat j
and corn, as a general tiling, arc backward. v
Home farme a have not yet planted, or are
just beginning to plant their cotton. The )
recent fronts and cool weather have injured
cotton, corn and vegetable#, und retarded j
their growth. The fruit crop haa been i
hurt, but not all killed, as was thought by ’
some.
Dr. Seaborn Hodges gives the Uincsville
GntnUe the following information relative
to the worm, commonly known na the burs j
worn), which ia so destructive to corn. He I
says that it is a white worm with a red
head, and is found iu the grain, and not in
the soil ns many suppose. The remedy, j
which the Doctor State* is always efficacious
is to soak the grain in blue vitrol for about
fifteen hours.— S> in, Aitwrrti -er.
Does Biif.i t J!aisi: ;i Pat ? —A gentle
man from Jasper county, one day last week,
brought to Forsyth a fine mutton which lie
sold for six dollars and forty-five cent*
The day .before be sheared four pound# of
wool from tl e sheep rorth one dollar and
twenty cents. At a small estimate tho head 1
and hide were worth thirty five cents, ma- j
lung a total of eight dollar i. If one sleep
can be made to tarn out this much money
certainly raising sheep is profitable bus- j
iness.— Monrot AdrePtiner
Mi . Bullard, soli of 'Win. Bullard, Esq , j
of Pike, pussi and through our town yester
day ou his way home from Atlanta, where
he bud been to luo e one of bis eves ex
tracted. Tiie remaining eye is at present
sightless, but hope* hvo entertain' dof s
partial restoration of sight. Mr. Bullard
ia an industrious young farmer, just start
ing out in life, with a devoted wife and om.
child. Hix weeks ago his piospocta were i
bright and flattering, and he. lost his sight
while unloading a load of wood, out’ of the I
sticks dertroying one eye anil causing in
fiem.ilioi) in the other. We sympathize ,
deeply with the unfortunateyouug man.—
Griffin I Yew*.
The Carrollton Timet relates a "cry sin
gular matrimonial episode. On Tuesday
laat, Mr. Alexander Johnson, of the Elev
enth District, wiw married to Miss A. R.
Warren, anil ou Thursday, Mr. .1 M War
ren was married to Miss Lizzie Johnson—-;
all the parties residents of Carroll county
By these connections very unusual relit
; tionships Imve been brought about. Mr
j and Miss Johnson were father and dangle
; ter, and Mr. und Mist Warren were broth
er and sister. Mr. Johnsou is now broth
email-law of his son-in-law and also of his
' daughter; Mr,, Johnson has become the
; step-mother of her own brother and also
sister-in-law; and Mrs. Warren the sister
in-law nl her own fathet. .Should children
bless these unions, Mrs. Johnson would
have the rare satisfaction of being grand
mother of her own nephews and nieces;
Mr. Warren of uncle to His own children;
Mr. Johlieotl of being -but V,,, aluili let tho
reader study out the rest. It is certainly
I the most Miignlur luatri uooiid episode
which has happened in Carroll county.
; Cobb county correspondence Marietta
Journal'. The occurrence herein related
i toi k place at the residence of Mrs. Book
j out, of this section. This estimable wid
! o lady and her twociiitdren were the pur- ]
j ticipnuta—Johnnie of a small statute,
I scarce in his teens, and his little sister,
with the bloom of only nine summers upon
her innocent oheeks, This little girl was
iat tho Weil drawing water, which, being
destitute of a frame, w.n covered w ith
plunks, when one of the planks upon which
she was standing gave w yan • prfteipita
‘ ted hi r Into thu gloomy depths below.:
Johnnie and his mother saw her disappear.
' Fright aud solicitude overcame tho cner
i gies of Mrs. ii.,but sprung Johnnie's lnet
|id to meet the emergency, w ho, obeying
j first impulses against tho rnixirtuuitirß of
| apprehensive fear, male a “bee line.” for
! his sister with rapid, heedless strides down
! tho perpend ruhir, slippery wall. The
! bead of our heroine was above water, when
tho following hasty soliloquy took place :
J “Sis, you lnWt?" “Not much." “Can
• von hold on to ray lack?" “I’ll try."
' 'The little fingers arc looked around bis
' neck, and when nU is aboard the elevator,
young bone and sinew, bends to its peril
ous work, until, wa/.-'f—our young hero,
j with his precious dripping freight, is safe
upon terra Brunt -safe us surely, if not as
[ felicitously aa “up iu a balloon"—they are
j among the Oitis.
On Tuesday, tho 27th of April, between
twelve nud one o'clock, as brutal a murder
: was perpetrated m Milton county us it has
i ever become our duty to chronicle. The
I parties to the bloo y tragedy are Gus
| Strickland, a young white boy between
seventeen aud eight, eu years of age, and a
; negro boy about the same age, named Joe
' Howell. Strickland Ims parents’ sndhrotli
| era and sisters living. His family stands
very high in their community. He is nn
j married. ThonegtVr Joe Ho wed!, wasmis
i ed iu Milton ooanty.aud although you g.
has borne a more than doubtful character.
The particulars of the fearful homicide are
■as follows : Strickland and Howell, with
) a party of six or eight others, whites and
| blacks, went into the woods near Bhellton
| vide Tuesday nightfor the purpose of gamb
j ling with cards. It is very probable that
: more or less whisky waa carried along to
| enliven the game. It progressed very
; well until shortly past- twelve in the night,
when Strickland and the negro fell out
1 about the game, eneli accusing the other of
j cheating. A dispute ensued, and knives
were drawn on both sides. Bloodshed was
i imminent, when the balance of the party
| interfered, aud after some talking the mat
ter was compromised. Strickland aud the
; negro laid their knives, down onthegrass
| together, and the latte , taking advantage
j of an opportunity, when he was unobserved
j put them both iuto his pocket. The game
| was renewed, aud had only progressed a
j few minutes when Strickland nud Howell
I fell out again. This time the rest- could
not keep them from coming to blows,
j Strickland gathered up a heavy stick and
| struck the negro three times. The negro
then drew oue of the knives open from his
pocket, and with a quick, sudden stroke
lie cutStri. khmd’s throat from ear to ear.
The blow was given so suddenly that there
was no opportunity of preventing it„ The
I yotrg man fell to the ground, the blood
streaming from him iu a perfect torrent,
and was a corpse in less than three min
utes. The party were so overcome with
horror at the scene that no attempt was
i made to arrest Howell, who immediately
fled. Tho body was taken home to the
grief stricken parents, and the whole town
was soon alive with excitement. Parties
scoured the woods around, but without
ucce s. - AtU. 'j uxJ.'.™.;,
KING DEATH IN COMMAND.
TUI! I'EVltn.'l. VOYAGE OK THE MENPOTA
FROM THE ISLAND OK JAVA TO THE I'OKT
OF NEW Tonis.
Yesterday aft' rnoon the mate of the bark
Mi’Udotn, Mr. J'Vediick *Adaroß. ruddy of
face and broad of shoulder, sat iu the
cabin of his vessel, a cigar in bis mouth
and the log of tile Mendotft before him. ;
Everything was neat and shipshape sluive :
and la-low, and the vessel showed no sign
of a four months’ voyage.
"We left Batavia, on tho Island of Java, j
ou the 23d of last December,” said the
mate. "When we started, Captain Pnrrv
and ouo seaman were sick with Java fever,
a sort nl bilious fever, with chills. On the
7th ut January the second mate, John
wife, and the steward were taken down
with the seine disease; ou the Pith smith !
er seaman was prostrated. They all wen
very sick for weeks. Here iu the entry
for January 22 I have written : "Captain
not expected to recover.” Ou the 30th of
January I was attacked with the fever,
making tin; fifth man sick, out of our lit
tle crew of ten. I had been the only one
able to navigate the vessel, and after my
attack I had to continue my work. The
fever used a man up mighty quick.
'The captain ami second mate were una
ble to move; perfect skeletons. I nsed to
eruwl out of the cabin ou my bands and
knees to “get the sun,” and then crawl to
the ship's chronometer to get the time,
and then I worked out our position. You
could smell the fever on any part of the
ship. On the 13th of February the second
mate died, nnd we bnried him in the sea
that, afternoon -it was too hot to keep the
body. I had decides to make for St. Hel
ena for medical aid, though it would take
ns 30(1 mites out of our course. We reach
ed there on the 19th of February, aud
soon Dr. Fowler, the hospital surgeon,
was on board. He knows all about Java
fever, for nearly ey-ry vessel from the is
land touche* at Bt. Helens with sick-men.
He helped na all. and on tin 2 7th we star
ted for New York. We had a rough pas
sage, crinwMtg the equator on the 22d of
March. We were within 500 mile# of New
York for sixteen days, baffled by west
winds and big sins tint swept the decks.
I've seen some hard voyages, continued
the mate, but this was the toughest. I'ts
bad enough to go to sea, but to be sick
throughout a voyage with Java fever,
which w ill shake the life out of you, is too
much.— ,Viuc York Aim.
Beqartment of Agriculture.
Commissioner Frederick Wa ti of tho
Department of Agriculture, has issued a
circular for the information of the pub- j
ho. The object and purpose of the De- j
partmenl i to procure the host and most
approved serais Which can be obtained in
this or any other country, and so dis
tribute them as that they may bo intfh j
dtioed into all parts of the United States
to which they are respectively adapted.
Vegetable garden seed is put up in park - j
ages and varieties, having a reference
only to tho climate and noil to which they j
are to be sent. Any designation el these
seeds wanted by individuals is useless, j
because they are already put up; except
the general one of flower of vegetable, or ;
particular field seed, such ns corn, outs,
liareley, spiring or full wheat, or particular j
kind of grass.
The Department docs not profess to
have overy variety of seed for distribution
to supply the wants of any peraon, but
only such as are particularly good snd
useful, and which cannot be readily ob
! tailed elsewhere. The Department has its
own agents for distribution, therefore lists
sent, there are not attended to. Money or
stamps should not be si nt to tho Depart
ment — but only by mail.
Seed si nt, ill pursuance of the special!
approbation of Congress, to the grasshop- !
per dint riots, rh* Commissioner says, has
uot been subject to these rules.
Ho left the spelling lice at 10 o’clock
and stopped in a saloon oil his way home. ,
! Here he met several friends who “set ’em i
j up" divers times, and he reached home
i about midnight with a.confused brain and :
i a very demoralized pair of legs. Then he
: swore that somebody had stolen tbo key
! hole, but his wife, with a fearful scowl on
! her brow and a lamp in her hand, admit
| ted him. “Drank!" she exclaimed. “D-r
--: n n-o "(hie) drunk. Thuz easynuff,” j
Brute!” “B r-o-o-t (hie), give ns harder
j one." “Idiot!" Tlmrz harder (hie), but i
kin apelliitn. I-d—l-d-g I-d-i-g-t, Idiot,
i Now give ns a stunner (hie)." she picked
i up a poker, aud gave him a “-.tnuner,"
! and the spelling bee adjourned sine die. — I
Morristown Herald.
John O’Connor Power, member oT Pnr
! liamcnt for Mayo comity, has been eu
-1 gaged for n six months’tour in the United
I Stales to deliver lectures on the present
: condition of Ireland.
, r l’lio First of (lie Sen
son I
AT THE SAME OLD STAND OF
JACOB BAUM
May be found a Splendid Stock of
SI M AIEU <<><>! S I
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS,
[SHOES, LADIES’ DRESS GOODS.,
In endless varieties.
HAVING PURCHASED IN PERSON, j
In Eastern Cities, exclusively for Cush,
He is prepared and determined to
SELL CHEAP!
S JrGENTLEMEN arc invited to call and
examine bis FINE STOCK of READY
MADE CLOTHING."Xisg
{t-jy-LADIES arc assured that their tastes
can to: suited iu his line of DRESS
GOODS. -Hc>a
(lull early and examine the com pi etc :
: assortment of
JACOB BAUM.
April J. ’75.
BRICK! BRICK! BRICK!
| The nnclcrsignotl having entered into the bnni
nuss of mannfaetnririff brink at thi# place, beg
J to invite purchasers t> call on ns, as we feel con
i tident that we can supply all demands on terms
' far more reasonable than heretofore offered in
I this section.
M-;XTEL k THRASHER,
j Quitman, April 23d, 1873.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
| GEORGIA—Brook? Co:::;tt:
Notice iw hereby given, that I have applied to
j the Honorable Ordinary of said county, for h ave
to sell the land* belonging to the estate of Win.
! B. A. llo.lwell, iato of said count , , det eased, for
! the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said de
j eoasAh That sai l application will be passed
1 upon on the Mon eta v ia Mav re v .i.
April rv I:TS. ' ,U$ Adtn.
Aprd .v. LsJiiie VV. L. Hw.-toL..
SE IF AD VER TtSEMEN TS.
cfflNA Battings#
2200 Rolls
AT GREAT INDUCEMENTS.
FANCY PATTERNS; also, four-quarter, five quarter, and six quartef
WIDE CHECK aud WHITE
OIL CLOTHS, SHADES, WaLDL PAPER.
LATII HOP & CO.,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
April 23—3 t ,
BARGAINS OFFERED!
Tl# itndervijrnrd, having just returned from the Extern Market®, where h* W
been for sometime eeleoting and purchaaiug * Urge *d splendid .aat>rtiu**ut of f**nr* 4
merchandise, embracing a 1 uioat everj article kept iu Citj or Cuuatrj retail eteTee,
to-wit:
FAMILY GROCERIES.
PRINTS, DOMESTIC GOODS and DRESS GOODS ;
Various Qualities and Price*.
PIQUES, Every Style. NOTIONS OF RVEBT KIND,
MOURNING GOODS, Various Quliti*.
RADIKS’ LF.ATHF.R AND SILK BELTS. .
LADIES' AND GENTS' LINEN CUFFS
AND COLLARS, HANDKERCHIEFS, AC.
KID GLOVES, Any Quality. PERFUMERIES, Any Kind sad Price.
BOOTS, SHOES, CAPS AND HATS.
LADIES' FANS and PARASOLS, Every Quality aud Priee.
TRIMMINGS find LACES in Eodleaa Quantitiea,
TISSUE VEILING, Every Color.
LADIES’ LACE VEILS. CLOTHING, HARDWARE.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS,
TOOLS of Every kind.
At Lowest Price*.. Special inducement* offered to CASH CUSTOMERS.
I!. M. MCCALL.
April 3. 1575-Boi.
SP II INC (l GODS!
PURCHASED BEFORE THE RISE !
NATHAN GAZAN
ILVS JUST RECEIVED A SPLENDID MAMMOTH SPRING STOCK OF
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS!
BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS : DOMESTIC AND PLANTATION
GOODS;
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS;
FANCY GOODS AND TRIMMINGS ;
WHITE GOODS, PRINTS, BLEACHINGS, HOSIKKT.
TABLE FURNITURE, TOWELS, PARASOLS, NOTIONS, AC.
fair ALL of the LATEST Patterns and most FASIONABLE Colors and Make.
®6yTHIS STOCK was purchased JUST BEFORE THE GREAT RISE in the
Northern Markets ; therefore, I am enabled to sell LOW DOWN FOR CASH !
BSTNO LIQUORS SOLD AT NATHAN GAZAN’S CHEAP CASH STORE. -©#
April 3, ’75.
E. T. DUSES & BRO.
ARE NOW OPENING THEIR
SPRING STOCK
IN their Store the MIDDLE ROOM
iu the BRICK BLOCK —iu fruitt of the
Court House Square!
THEY ARE DETERMINED TO OFFER
inducements to purchasers and be ur der
moid bv NONE.
m27—tf.
NOTICE.
Ido hereby forewarn all persons against buy
ing or trailing iu any wav for u note executed by
: me, about the Ist of December, 1874, to J. T.
Tlmu*her, f'.r HOC. payable November Ist, 1875,
as there is a failure of consideration for which
•aid note wag executed, aud which I will e‘ up
. H 4 v*eievde &g:n..s; uo’.e.
Avrii’A*- 155.. i. T. rfIORBOW.
i Apiai ii-liv.
T. 11. HOI,SHAW,
152 St Juhan and 149 Bryan Stiet8 P
8 WANXAII, “ - GEORGIA.
Sale Agent For Georgia
FOE IIARrERS
PATEHT FLY TRAPS.
Thin TRAP hag been used extensively in Geor
! gia and Florida, ami has never failed to give sat
: isfaction. Sena for Circular containing testimo
nials.
In Store, a Full Lim? of
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, TINWARE, CUT
LERY, FLASKS, KEROSENE LAMPS, and
CHIMNEYS,
jat the Lowest CASH PRICES. Orders by mail
; promptly attended to. marl3-tf.
Homestead Notice.
, GEORGIA -Biiooks County.
Dora A. Xhurger ha* applied Pit exemption of
! personally, a id I will pass upon the at
| elt-.en woKrek. oii Friday, the X'th day of April,
1875. at fbv otlice.
J. M. CHEAPER.
, April 17. 1b75-2*. , Oidiuauy.