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FRIDAY,- JUNE 4, 187S.
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J. C, GALLAIIER, Editor.
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Nowspaper Law.
1, Any person who takes a paper regu
larly (rora tho post-office—whether directed
to his name or another'*, or whether lie
him subscribed or uot—u responsible fee
the payment.
2. if a person orders his paper discon
tinued, he ranst pay all arrearages, or the
publisher may oontinne to send it until
payment is mode and collect the whole
amount, whether the paper is taken from
tli* office or not.
8, Tlie Courts have decided that refusing
to take newspapers and periodicals from
the post-office, removing and leavingthem
uncalled for, is prU*a facie evidence of in
tentional fraud. tf
A trip to Savannah.
On Friday night lust, we left onr quiet
little village to viait the Forest city, but
meeting hy the way several friemls who
were going to Bhickshear to attend a Ma
sonic meeting, we ooudnded to stop and
spend Saturday at that place. We found
the place, though recently wjourged hy the
tire fiend, rapidly lmilding up. New and
much better houses are being built on the
same lots. Blockshear has a thrifty sot of
merchants and, nlthougli their losa was
heavy, bv their energy bud perseverance
they will soou outlive it. The Hotel, kept
liy Mr. Campbell, will compare favorably
•with any village lintel in Southern Geor
gia. Mrs. Campbell i thoroughly famil
iar with the duties of a housewife and in
the culinary department, she is hy no
moans a novice. Her table is well sup
plied with the very best tho country af
fords and us to tho variety and prepara
tion, no exceptions can lift taken. Sunday
morning we left for SavuUnah ; stopping
hy the way nt Jeanp for breakfast and,
while we have no complaint to make of
the Hiitul, wuan unsert that we did not
hy exoessivo dieting oommit suicide.
Aliout nine o'clock wo arrived nt Savan
nah arid after taking n Marshall House
breakfast, which was enjoyed without tho
slightest recollection of anything wo saw
>r tasted at Jcsnp. Wo then asked Mr.
.fames O’Conner for n cool room and soon
found ourself comfortably oosoouced in the
62*1 degree, perpendicular altitude, and
there remained until three o’clock r. w.
Monday morning wo started out to attend
to mu little affairs, but was taken suddenly
ill with a billions attack and for four hours
we suffered with tiio most intense sickness.
Having no knowledge of the physicians in
Hnviumah, as n matter of course we had
lio choice, and told the scrvuut who wait
ed on ns to summon one. In n few inin
ntes
that we were very much pleased with Ur.
Martin. Together with iiis eminent med
ical attainments, is blended tho excellen
ces and elegances of a gentleman ; genial,
kind and sympathetic; and now we
advise all onr friends who visit Savannah,
to stop at the Marshall House, for many
do get siek and there they will receive ev
ery attention ; und we further advise thorn
to call on Ur. Marlin, who will render
prompt and efficient attention. We found
Bavaunuh somewhat dull, but not moreso
than usual at this season of the year. We
think thia fall. Savannah may, wit It prop
er energy nud liberality, build up a fur
better trade than she lots ever enjoyed.
„ j* What a Lady Said.
1 *jSfot long aiiice wo stopped with a pnrly
of gentlemen nt the hotel in n very inter
esting village, precisely at half past thn o
o’clock, a. ii., being flint to enter the hull
made an.ue remark that aroused the sleep
ing hostess, mid she immediately spake
unto her husband saying, arise, go forth
Daniel, and dig oue whole roe of potatoes
and put them on to boil, and I will oom
lneuce frying aa soon as I can, so as to
have enough; for that Irish editor, from
Quitman, is here, and then Daniel com
mence baying tnrnip greeus, mid don't
atop buying until it is too late to boil for
dinner, be sure to have onongb. We re
tired to onr room and to bed after saying,
now I lay mo down to sleep drew the
drapery around us and dreamed sweetly
of the munificent feast just in the near
future. We hope that good land-ladv
may live long and that the dulcet sweet
ness of her voice may bo often heard, in
the we-snm-honrs of the night, sayiug,
arise Daniel go dig potatoes, the Irish
editor from Quitman has come. This we
speak of us a little matter and dout apply
it to ary one, and hope that there will not
be more than six or seven hundred women
to jump up aud say he -menus me, and call
ou sixteeu or seventeen hundred fri< nds to
Him themselves with bludgeons, aud brick
bats, knives, dirks, pistols, niowing
ecythes, reap hooks and Joe Brown pikes
to make furious assaults upon ns when we
are absent.
fFor GsHshcr's Independent.]
Ii Baptism Indispensable to Salvation!
Mb. Ekqcibek: —lf the editor will kiud
ly allow his eolumn to be need, I will ex
amine yoer last article briefly.
After three weeks of time to consider
and investigate, at the season when all but
farmers have much leisure, you appear in
the papers again with a mere assertion
about the distinction lietween essential
and indispensable. You before said there
ia “a vast distinction;" you were and still j
are asked to point out that distinction; or j
admit the plain contradiction that has
been apparent in your oommnuieationa
preceding the last oue.
To what sect I belong, or whether to
any, has not appeared in anything that
has been written by me heretofore and by
what authority you assume to assign me a
I place,l ant uot able to say. The editor of
1 the Inuki-knuent has certainly uot bo
! trayed the trust committed to him, and he
! alone must know who and what I am.
Therefore dout drag a sect into responsi
bility for What I tnuy say. Take it, if you
are capable of doing so, as it is intended
to be given to the public, upon its own
uteri ta.
We are not discussing the doctrine of
election. Confine yourself to the doctrine
under discussion, Whatever else I mny
believe, I certainly do not believe that a
vast distinction exists between the two
words, essential and indispensable, which
only the rye* of an Enquirer, confessing
his ignorance, are able to perceive.
Neither do 1 beleive that unythiug which
you have said proves baptism to he essen
tial or indispensable to salvation. Neither
do I believe that any obedience which you
have rendered or cun render to Christs
law will save you, your paragraph 'next to
the lost of your lost article is a confused
jumbling together of ideas more difficult
to comprehend than any suggestion, even
though it may have been made by an eu
qniry, heretofore set fortli by me. Re
peuteiicc, failG und bap ism are uot nil the
New Testament Law. That sacred book
commands just as emphatically as either
of tiie above requirements, “Thou shall
love the Lord thy Ood with all thy heart,
with all thy soul, with nil thy mind and
witii all thy strength,” besides many other
things equally as explicit. By whut right
does any muu come forward w ith isolated
passages and declare that they contain tho
essentials nud all those other commands
and requirements are uouessentjul? Or
is any man so presumptions as to say tlmt
ho keeps tlmt entire taw perfectly, tlmt
perfect obedience to law was never ren
dered but once and that was by a being
who knew no sin nud wlio became the end
of the law for righteousness to every oue
| that (not believeth and is baptized), but
i to every one that simply believeth, hy
' simple faith in tlmt one sacrifice for sin,
| without the deeds of the law, we hope for
justification und adoption. In offering
your own obedience, you are presenting
what oue of the prophets calls “lilthv
| rags;” Wo prefer to tr.mt alone to the
] “name of Jesus Christ, <* Nazareth,” of
whom the Pentecostal Preacher declared,
and his name through faith in this name
bath made this man whole.
I am content to say moreover that, as
lias already appeared, I do not believe
what- you teach about tho essentiality of
baptism, if indeed I understand wlmt you
do tench; for I confess yon seem to boas
unfortunate as you seem to think me—one
breath bi ing employed to declare your
j belief, that it is esie ,tiul and the other as
-1 sorts that you do uot believe it to be in
| dispensable.
The passages of Scripture you have re
ferred to are worthy of attention and can
no doubt he explained in perfect harmony
with the truth, whatever that may lie, but
thia letter has already become long
enough.
| joAwjw m,!y
1 read. Hoping tlmt you will nl>audon the
| style of making hare assertions and be
■ ready with proof. 1 aui etc,
Querist,
SAD DEATH.
1 Died by His Own Hand Wh le in a
State of Temporary Insanity.
The news of the death of Mr. A. It.
! Waller reached Savauuuh yesterday morn
ing before twelve o'clock, and carrie sad
ness to tbf) hearts of many.
Mr. Waller, it appears, had been for
some time troubled with n disordered liver
tlmt had so affected his health and spirits
a* to bring on tho most unaccountable fits
of morbidness, during which ho would at
times uct most strangely, aud frequently
threatened to take his life. He had been
for a number of years at the Delta, Mr.
O. A. Wilkins' plantation, where he h.is
been overseer. Sunday, as is his habit, we
believe, he spent at Jouesviilo, uot very
far distant, aud returned from there ye<-
terday morning in tlie buggy with Mr.
W. O. Vincent, and arrived at the planta
tion shortly beloru 7 o’clock. Mr. Vincent
had him closely watched, as from iiis
threats the day previous and during the
drive it was feared tlmt ho would attempt
to hike liis own life. As they jumped from
tho buggy Mr. Vincent turned to give
some orders a lien lie heard a report of a
pisto', anil, looking around, saw that Mr.
Wullur lmil parried into execution bin
threats, and lmd allot bimnelf above the
right ear. He vr.is immediately taken
charge of, and all done for him that
human power could suggest, bui of no
avail. He lingered on until about 10
o’clock, when he died.
Mr Waller was about thirty years of
ago and had a large circle of friends in
Savannah. He had always been of such
a cheerful disposition that this turn of
affairs lias Surprised all who knew him.
lie was a member of the Hussars, and
served with that body during the war, and
made himself famous as a scout for General
Wade Hampton, having while in that ca
pacity won tor himself the name of one of
the most daring and valuable snouts. He
wus a married man and leaves a wife and
child. Delta being ,n South Carolina, a
coroner srom that State had to bo found
and the distance at which the nearest re
sided prevented his arrival up to a late
hour last evening.
After the inquest the body will he
brought to Savannah and buried with mili
tary honors by the Georgia Hussars.
W e understand that his life was insured j
in either the Life Association of America
or the Equitable, but for what amount w e :
did not ascertain.— Savannah Advertiser.
-♦ .
‘lsh der some ledder here for me ?' in-1
quired a German at the general delivery
window of the post office on Satnrdav
‘No—none,’ was the reply. ‘Vhell, dot ;
tab queer, he continued, getting his head i
tuto tile window: ‘my neighbor gets some-:
times dree hidden iu one day, und I get
none. I bi. vs more daxes as he does, und
J bare never got one ledder yet. How
oome dose dingo 1’- Detroit FVn Eress
r [Communicated.]
Baotiuobr, Mi>., May 26, 1876
Drab Major Apprehending tlmt you
mny think we have been seized with the
suicide mania, we deem it the best meth
od of disabusing your mind on the sub
ject by nendiug oar “scrib,” by which
yourself slid unfortunate readers will read
ily perceive that it is we, who still
bora them. Hpenkiug of suicide, this
pleasant process of shuffling off mortal
coils Ims, of late, become quite a fashion
able enterpri e ; indeed we feel sad and
dejected if we have not at least one a day
to report in Baltimore. Licit week the
business was pretty good. A semi-mono
maniac physician, went off witii a dose of
Ids own pulent life prolongrr while he was
uwuitiug a trial before the General on u
serious charge, and His Honor, of course
lost his fees in the transaction, A German
burlier, returned to rest on the strength of a
dose of Strychnine, arid a Tinner made Iris
exit by means of a half gill of muriatic weld.
We know tlmt you will agree with
us tlmt muriatic acid is a a l.ard dose to
travel upward and onward on, unless the
inwards of the epocureau are composed of
gluss and the oldest uiiutoiliists have failed
to ever discover such a monstrosity,
though there are some skeletons walking
about our streets who have been puttiug
down Jersey Lightning (imported) ever
since the war ; they still live and lio one
will know of wfe.it they are composed un
til they reach the dissecting room. Noth
ing but suu-strokes will relieve tho sui
ciilul mania, i send you the opinion on
the subject by Ur. Goldsmith, as published
in our Ereuing News, which may lie of iu
terest to to your readers, as it is from the
pen of one of Baltimore's ablest physi
cians.
To change the metre, how are you off
for grasshoppers in Quitman 1 We are
duily in receipt of the startling reports of
the depredation* of those miniature “to
liseoo chewers,” and yet we have uot an
opportunity of interviewing a “hopper.”
The little urchins who have been in the
habit of soliciting money for the purpose
of burying their parents about Jwice a
week, ure now engaged iu collecting for
the grasshopper sufferers iu Nebraska. It
is a profitable buiiness. We think of open
ing an office and going into the business,
wholesale.
The Railroad war is still raging. Fare
on the Baltimore nud Fotonmo Rond be
tween here and Washington, has been re
duced to seventy-five ceuta a round trip, or
fifty cents each w ay. The B. &0. ret uses
to come down u single button-hole, on tlie
ground that the more they charge, the
better they get along. Thia is one of those
delicate subject* tlmt, as we do not fully
comprehend, We will not endeavor to ex
plain. Business is in full blast in our city
and times seem to be better than for at
least a couple of years punt. Goods are
down at very low figures, and the secret
recesses of wealth-are beginning to be ex
-1 plored and the lucre coming to light. Our
j city now boasts of an extensive Organ mnu-
I nftl/*t.iirv lltt •1 V lV MitlrvWi' I-f •,I ■>•
; and Schumacher, Nos, 10 and 12 N. High
Bt. These gentlemen are both young men
in years, liut old iu their business. Or
gans are being dispatched daily, by this
firm, to all parts of tho country und wo
feel a little proud about having tho credit
of furnishing so much melody at half the
figures that lias generally been charged for
it.
We Democrats are busy iu election mat
ters, It is n foregone conclusion thst Gem
Ferdinand O. Lutrobe is to be our next
Mayor. Old Father Joshua Vausant,
having, as we surmised iu a former letter,
and because wo so stated for your Inde
pendent, refused to bo grunt-e d a third
term.
Wo have been praying for rain for nearly
a month and to-day wo th uk a “water
spout” has broke loose. The General sug
gests that wo make this ato bo continued
story, and wisely adding that, probably
tho Major may have something sensible to
insert and our nonsense might crowd it
out. Bo we will compromise until the
next issue by winding up with onr best re
gards to Major and army of the Independ
ent.
Yours Truly.
Grasshopper Expectkrs.
THE PUBLIC VOICE.
Suicide— lts Cause -Its Moral and Legal
Aspects Its Prevention.
Mtssrs. Editors Evening Ernes:
j Having answered your interrogatory
! about a supposed, possible cause of suicide,
we will now endeavor to discuss, as briefly
|s possible, its realities, its known facts
and analyze its medico-legal history as a
crime and a disease. The judicial ctefiui
tion of suicide is“felo do se,” literally, a
■ felony on one's self, and, therefore, a crime
iof as much relative gravity as homicide,
j Consequently, suicides have been debarred
! certain piivilcges by Church and State and
I a broad line of demarcation laid down of
! such a character as to reudor the crime
monstrous, odious, unpardonable in this
life and in the world to come.
This, up to a recent date, was the broad
doctrine, suicide being viewed in the mass,
without discriminations. The psycliolo
gist has changed all this, has exploded the
effected notions of the uneducated past,
and with his revelations of the physiolo
gical operations of the mind, indicates, iu
terms not to he misapprehended, the dis
ease as the crime.
Tiie law to day says : “Suicide involves
the deliberate termination of one's exist
ence, while in the possession and enjoy
ment of his mental faculties, Self-si ingh
ter by nili insane man or lunatic is not au
not of suicide within the meaning of the
law.” This proposition, the modern and
most recent legal exposition, if analyzed
would lead to a most delicate discussion.
Is a man ever sane who rushes unbiden in
to the presence of his maker, destroyed by
his own hand ?
To answer this question involves n de
liueation’of many shades of mental physi
ology, ns the net may arise in the most va
rious and opposite conditions. Sometimes
there seems to be a total loss of the in
stinct of self-preservation ; the poor crea
ture destroys himself as eagerly as he pre
viously fought to prolong existence. He
seems impelled by an irresistible impulse
to die. This is the class of cares legally \
considered technically sane and “iu pos
session of tln-ir mental facilities,” and,
therefore, suicide*. Iu examining the pis
ses, we discover, first, a form which is
called suicidal mania. A mnu in full, vig
orous health, perhaps blessed witii fortune,
as far ns human eye can see, witii happy
surroundings, life, apparently, spreading
out its pleasures for his enjoyment—prob
nblv a religions man, with the confidence
u<! regard of his fellows, and yet, seem
ingly driven by an outonmtic force superi
or to will and reason; to self-destruction.
This is the true suicidal mania. Again,
unother and the most frequent cause of
! self-destruction is that form of insanity
; termed melancholia. Nearly every pntie.ut
of this class should lie closely guarded, as
the tendency to suicide is certain. Friends
should not be heeded, ns they always, in
the beginning, repel the idea tlmt their
loved one is insane, and positively deny
the existence of auy disease, or di-pressiou
or ill-henlth. Melancholia furnishes sev
enty per cent, of tho deaths by suicide.
ftfext, a class of persons destroy them
selves under the influence of delusions or
hallncinatioiiH ; for instance, a muu hears
a voice from Heaven commanding liim to
| destroy himself, or lie may see a spectre
lending him to lofty heights, commanding
him to tiirow himself to the earth, Ac.
There is one other form which findi no
place iu cither of t;i above specified di
visions, namely, where a person has been
suddenly shocked say the discovery of a
crime committed, and he instantly des
troys himself. Wus lie or was lie not a
free agent ? This brings us to the debat
able ground between law and psychology.
We must admit, and will attempt to give
reasons for our opinion, that this act has
been committed when the mind, us fur ns
human examination may penetrate, was
-perfectly healthy; but, beyond doubt,
ninety-seven hundredths of uii who perish
by their own hands ure diseased either
! bodily or mentally. To make onr idea
clour, w say that if a man kills himself
for apparent cause, crime, siuldeu loss of
j honor, Ac., where his disgust for life is in
j harmony with the surrounding circurn
j stances, where evident reasons, sensible
from his standpoint exists, lie is a suicide
| rightly, in the eye of the law. For in
i stance, a mnu Ims been a prominent citizen,
! possessed the good-will sml respect of his
fellow-men, a member of church, a seem
-1 ing model of piety, but, in reality, lie is a
hypocrite, a villuin, uses his position as a
j cloak for ids purposes. Ho is suddenly
i confronted witii impending discovery. His
reasoning is, “I can’t stand up against all
| the curses and denunciations of my ac
i ousers ; l can’t live und hear the loss of
good-will of my fellows ; I will die,” and,
in the instant, lie kills himself. Now, this
is a moral and mental obliquity or mental
dislocation, us some physiologist, term it,
| but clearly not insanity. A general, in
perfect possession of all his faculties, plans
a battle, carries out every detail, is de
feated, ruined, and destroys himself, he is
| surely not insane. Wo might multiply iu
! stances, hut we think the above exhibit
the lino of separation between tho volun
tary criminal and tho afflicted insane.
In insanity, take for instance, the nu-1
i nneholiae, the suicide mania is not in linr
i mouy with any statu of the facts surrouml
1-muidiug tlie person. He generally ex
hibits n state of progressive, physical snf
; fering, special organs sre diseased, lie is
i despondent, everything is dark and gloo
: uiy for him. You can reason with him,
and ho may admit tlie correctness of all
you say, butliu still continues fixed iu his
j ideas and reiterates all he lias told you,
jas if you hud never ai.tempf.ed to change
. his views. Death, for him is u refuge.
The cud of physical suffering. His wlm|
physical life is |icrverted, and he makes uo
,*• -,- “F ‘ -- 6 .wu euu ol bead Gy
thought. W hen the i lea of scif-destruo
; tion takes possession lie w ill surely des
troy himself, if proper precautions arc not
immediately taken fur his wifely. The
false shame of friends, the supposed dis
grace of placing persons iu asylums. g-u
--| orally precludes oppoitfmify for recovery,
and allows the miserable man to go uu
- checked to dealli. A large propoi'tion if
| tnelanc/soltucs, if properly treated, in suit,,.
\Me usulum*, could be resiored to health anil
saettd this horrid death. In fact, nearly all
suicides can lie averted if the person in
trouble, or suilciiug disease, be placed uu
der proper supervision. Persons of wealth
should select a sensible, vigorous man, or
several such, who shall watch the patient
ilay mid night, ’they should be charged
in the most solemn manner that upon their
vigilance depends it human life—the hap
piness of families. The suspected man
mast not be left to himself a single mommk
He must, have the society of pleasant, ed
ucated friends ; change if scene if possi
ble ; all cares should be removed from his
mind and treated with the kindest indul
gence compatible with most, rigid surveil
lance. It means are limited send the par
ty to nu asylum.
Of course there are sodden impulses to
suicide against which no foresight can
avail. Domestic cares, unhappy marriages,
losses in business, and excessive drinking
of the vile compounds pawned on the peo
ple for liquor drive men to sudden des
truction. Then the example set hy other
suicides arouses and brings forth the in
sane impulse in many persons who has
hesitated for years. He sees the extreme
facility of accomplishing the'aet mid rends
with avidity all the methods pursued. We
are. nt the heat, imitative creatures and
can we wonder that weak intellect should
be impressed with tlie ease and simplicity
of ending life and throwing off its trou
bles ? Bul let (V be known to all, proclaim
it fur and near that amtinenient in on asy
lum Is the remedy positive and absolute for
suicide. Educate tho community to get
rid of the old notions about tin- disgrace of
insanity, and teach them to understand
that no greater odium shpnld attach to
brain disease than disesSb’of liver or any 1
other orgau. The only qu, stiou should be‘,
lam sick, how can Ibo cured ? In con
clusion, 1 say again, the weak mind must
understand that confinement iu an asylum
will la* tin* remedy, and' tlie connunuity
must on the commonest principles of hu
manity, rigidly carry out this the only
proper method of relief known to the psy
chologist, and suicide will surely afflict 1
man ns more as epidemic.
R. H. Goldsmith, M. U.
Treatment op Children.— P. A. Tny
| lor, M. P.; has recently called the atten
tion of the Brutish government to the ease
of a child, seven years old, who had been
Sent to prison for stealing sugar plums.
I The Home Secretary did not deny the
truth of Mr. Taylor's statement, but said,
iu explanation of the extraordinary cir
cumstance, that the father of the child was
an habitual drunkard ; that another child
of the same family had died from starva
tion, caused bv the father's neglect, and
that this same child, seven years old, had
previously been convicted of stealing, aud
“os it was too voting to,be sent to s re
formatory it was only sent to prison as an
act of kindness to remove it from the evil
intinenees of the parent.” The Secretary
further added that the attention of the
chaplain and sehooPmaster had been di
rected to the ease. At the same time, this
is an extraordinary commentary upon the
state of society In Euglatid that children
of seveu years can only be rescued from
the evil treatment of a worthless father by
being formally convicted of a crime and
sent to prison. —Ketr Tor* Herald.
| GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES
Henry Carter anil Washington Qodfrey,
■ uogrocs, spilled n little blood between
them at Homerville, the other day. No
funerls thus fur. —Savannah Advertiser,
A Blakely man hired two colored Meth
odist preachers last week to dig a well for
him; after diggiug sixty feet without
striking water they qnit disgusted. —lbid
Half Mabhied.—A young man in the
lower part of Tattiall gained the good will
j of a fair damsel, but failed to get the con
sent of the head of the house. Finding
! out that the old gentleman was away from
' home, he limited up a magistrate to tie
! the knot. As the happy couple were stnnd
j ing on the floor the old gentleman retnrn
{ed and—and—well the young man left. It
iis reported that since that they appeased
| the old man’s wrath and had the knot tied
{ completely. —HinesviUe gazette.
Bro. Fillies has some strange ideas about
I this Railroad question and stranger still
I the charter and the public effect of the
Exsion, upon lii* tuwu. The charter
does not prevent the tapping of Florida at
any point in this neighborhood—suppose
tho road constructed direct to Tallahassee,
thus taking a l*e line for connection with
the “St. Marks road”—tell as what would
prove disastrous to Mouticello and the J.
r. A M. railroad ? Tlie status of Monti
cello an* I the J. P. AM. road would not
be changed a hair's breadth.—The interest
: Mouticello now has in tin* connection with
j Thomas villi* she would still huve, and iu
; either case it is a necessity she cannot
i overlook if she has one particle of solici-
I tilde for her future. —Thomanitte enter
\ prise.
j Fish Ccltuke.—Dr. Lott, witii his sc
i enstomed enterprise, proposes, among his
i other active pursuits, to engage in tin* flsli
: raising business. The place selected for
i a lake is on a gentle slope between b spiring
and branch. The pool is to he 100 feet
1 long, 36 feet wide and 10 feet deep. It
will bo supplied with water from above by
i the spring and the sarplas water will be
| carried off hy the branch below. To pro
vent the egress of fish n wire fence will be
; placed across the outlet below the pool. A
! picket of swamp willows is to surround
and inclose the entire lake, planted some
I ten feet from the water’s edge. The doc
tor iutebds stocking it witii tront, bream
! and red breasted perch. We e-ill keep
| onr readers advised of the success of the
| project.— Valdosta Times.
A eorrespomleut of the Carrollton Times
says that Mrs. Mary Walker, living some
; six miles west of that place, was so un
fortunate several years ago ns to lose her
eyesight, and remarkable as it may appear,
it is never lieless true, that tlmt though
entirely blind, she can knit as uiee a pair
of stockings as any young lady in Carjoll
conntv, mill not only this, but lias pieced
' a quilt of different colors, and placed ev
ery piece in its pruper place, This piece
of qniltartan work surpasses, under the cir
-1 cumstaiices, anything uf the kind that ever
j came under the correspondent's observa
tion, and in his opinion, is a long way
I ahead of those fine quilts, witii their five
j and six thousand pieces, about which so
1 much baa been said of Lite iu the newspo
j pers,
A correspondent of the Marietta Jour
| not says that on the 24th nit. a number of
1 tin* citizens of Fmildingcounty had col
; lected at the old Twentieth District court
ground to make their tax returns. The
<!onrt House was a small building beside
tin* Burnt Hickory road, some five or six
miles west of Acwoltli, and whilst In thii
: building a storm came up and blaw a tree
I #li 1 .-/> , iunfmiriv hilling Roil.
I W illiam E. MeEver, one ol Funlding’s
j best mid most diatiuguisued citizens.
There were eignteen persona in the build
; ing and strange to say no one else was se.
I riously hurt, although the house was lev
elled to tin* ground. Mr. MeEver had
represented the county in the Legislature
| mid held other offices of tr* et. He was
; buried on Tuesday at Mars Cemetery w ith
Masonic honors, and his remains were fol
lowed to their last resting place by u large
! number of friends.
Corn and cotton.— The young corn is
| growing finely and looks vigorous und
healthy. Tile dry weather lias given the
i planters a fine opportunity of getting it
clean of grass and weeds. A fine, seas* in
idjje shower will assure ns of a good crop,
fhe acreage lias increased yearly until, we
lielieve, that more laud is planted iu corn
than iu cotton.
The cotton has been brought down to a
good stand and is growing offfinely. The
weed is qnite small hut will grow rapidly
from this time, Tlie want of rain lias done
no damage. A prominent farmer told ns
a few days since that growing cotton did
not require near so much rain as many
people imagined. It is tlie plant of the
sunshine and flourishes best iu dry weidli
er after a good stand is obtained. Con
tinued dry weather wili materially injure
tlie crop, but after the plants have a good
start they enn do well without rain for
weeks.— Monroe Advertiser.
The Irw-inton Southerner tells a very
enrions story about Mr. Green Pittman,
of Wilkinson county. It seems that at
the Buttle of Hatcher’s lluu in 1804, Mr.
Pittman received a wound in tlie face, tlie
bail entering the upper portion of the
uose, ou the left side. The wound was
probed and dressed by an army surgeon
and finally healed up, and although the
surgeon stated that tiie ball tvas stilt in tlie
head, Mr. Pittman had almost forgotten
it, never haying experienced the least pain
or inconvenience from it, Iu 1869, oue
Sunday morning iu February, five years
after receiving the wound, as Mr. Pittman
was making his toilet to atteud clinch, it
foil out into his month. Mr. Pittman
was combing his hair at tlie time, stand
ing perfectly erect, and came near swal
lowing tiie ball after it fell into his month.
Strange to any no hemorrhage followed its
exit, nor was there any pain felt The
ball weighed one ounce and two penny
weights, It is now iu possession of Mr.
Pittman, who was a gallant member of
the Third Georgia regiment during the
late war.
Tile Columbus Enquirer says a circular
gives the information that General E. P.
Alexander, President and Voting Superin
tendent* of the Savannah and Memphis
Railroad, lias Itpen appointed Geuerai
Manager of the Western Railroad of Ala
* hama, aud has taken charge. The present
system of running will be maintained un
lit further orders. On June Ist officers
will report to purchasers of the Western
Railroad. General Alexander will also re
tain his position on the Savannah and
Memphis Road, but on reduced Salary ;
hut that of the two offices will be an in
crease. General Alexander is a graduate
of West Point Military Academy, and be
fore the war assisted “Old Probabilities”
iu making up his code of army signals.
During the war he was Chief . f artillery
in Lngstreet’s corps. After the war be
was a professor, we believe, in the South
Carolina College in Columbia, and after- i
wards was elected to a similar position iu
the University of Georgia, which he de- i
clined, to take the Presidency of the Su-!
vannah and Memphis Railroad Company, j
His management has been highly success- j
ful. He is a man of marked ability aud
industry.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
THE TUUUi TERM.
N*w Yimx, May 81.—The Herald, re
ferring editorially to the President’s third
important political declaration he has
made since his accession to office, says:
“It i* an exceedingly adroit letter, bat far
from Iveing satisfactory. There is nothing
in it to pruveut Grant's acceptance ot the
Presidency for a thiol term. We shall be
surprised if the country accepts this as a
satisfactory declaration. It is an evasive
letter, and would have been much better
for his fume, and even for the welfare of
the party he proposes to serve, if be hud
not written it. In a word, the'eountry is
told that the President will uot take what
is not offered him.” The Herald wants a
declaration that wiil destroy Caesansm by
limiting all administrations to oue tenn,
aud no re-election e.ver after.
The Times conMiiers that the President’s
views are expressed witii grent simplicity
and frankness, uud that his declaration
will be deemed satisfactory by tlie people,
but persons who origiDnlly raised the cry
of third term will uot be satisfied. They
wiil pick holes in the letter here aud there,
take out detached sentences and twist
them into signification which they do not
properly possess. The Times confesses
that tlie letter ought to be accepted by all
just, fun- nuuded men as absolutely put
tiug su end to the whole question and the
Republicans should prepare fur the work
of 1676 without reference to even a possi
bility of Grunt being in the field us a Can
didate.
Tlie Tribune says, although somewhat
delphic iu tts phraseology, the President's
letter probably will be regarded as finally
withdrawing Grant’s name from the list ot
candidates lor tlie next Presidency, ft he
had only suid as much some time ago what
suffering might have beeu saved to the
Republican party.
The World says nobody can fail to read
the extreme reluctau -e with which the
President makes even the pretense of re
signing his chances of re-election. This
letter, which purports to be a resignation
of his pretensrons, is not so in fact, saving
the clause iu it which enables him to push
those pretensions whenever he chooses,
which lie means if and whenever he sees
the possibility of success for them.
The Bun is silent ami publishes the let
ter without comment.
The Evening Post, commenting on the
President's third term letter, saya it comes
better lute than never, snd it is open to
Verbal criticism, but (be eommou sense ot
tlie people wiil construe the letter and
rightly us an unequivocal disavowal by a
limn wlm is not a dissembler of all pur
pose or desire of a reuomioation to tlie
Presidency. This letter has been wrench
ed from the President by the force ol pub
lic opinion.
The Express considers the letter neither
gracious in manner, sound iu judgment
nor conelusive as to his position.
The Mall buys the letter shows liow little
of a (Jtesar he was reslly. Those who
know him best have w*st unqualifiedly
declared he uev.-r bad uuy expectations of
a third term.
The Commercial Advertiser says it is a
manly, sraightforward ietter. It may not
be acceptable to his enemies, but the mas
ses of the people will accept it iu its hon
est meaning und intentions.
DECORATION DAT.
New York, May 81. —Decoration was
closely observed in financial circles to-day*
The Btock aud Gold Exchanges slid bunks
were nil closed, Tlie , huusera and br**k-
I us, 1 - were also closed, mnl uu busi
ness of a ly kind was transacted.
Decoration Duy is being appropriately
, observed in this city. Business generally
:is suspended and the day given up to th
work of decorating (he graves of tho sol
diers. The city wears a holiday attire.
I The streets are crowded to witness the
parade of the different posts of tlie Grand
i Army of the Republic, >*n their way to the
graves of the coilutry's fallen heroes.
The line of parade was formed ou Union
; square at 8:90 t is lnoi niug, and after dec
orating the wonnincuts of Lincoln aud
Washington in Union square, the route
being lined witb spectator*. Each post
a* it passed with wagon loads of flowers
was heartily cheered. There were seven
teen posts iu line. At Bt. Paul's church
the precession halted and Geu. Richard
Montgomery's grave was decorated. Fur
ther down Broadway, at Trinity church,
the graves of Gen. Kearney and others
were covered with flowers. The parade
continued to the South feriy, where the
pouts divided, some going to Greenwood,
others to Cypress Hills cemeteries. In ad
dition to the public demonstrations, thou
sands of private citizens : re visiting the
graves of loved oues, strewing them with
floral offerings. This evening memorial
services will be held at the Academy of
Music.
New Orleans, May 81.—Decoration
day was observed yesterday by the Grand
Army. There were three thousand visi
tors to Chaluiett Cemetery. Colonel Wm.
Wright pronounced the oration.
Detroit, Michigan, May 31.—This be
ing decoratiou day, it was appropriately
observed here aud very generally through
out tin- State.
Jersey Citt, May 81—The usual deco
ration day services were observed here, |
also at Greenville, Hoboken, and other |
places in the district.
Baltimore. May 31—To-day being dec
oration day, the government and public
offices, etc., were closed, giving the em
ployees an opportunity of participating ]
with their floral offering nt Linden Park
Cemetery. The weather waa very fine
and crowds weut to the cemetery. The
scene was beautiful and impressive, on all
sides loving lian.is strewing the graves of
friends aud foes with flowers. The baud
of the Fifth Regiment was present The j
opening prayer was said by the Rev. Dr. ;
Noyes aud the oration delivered by Cap
tain Perley Lovejoy.
THE COURT or CLAIMS.
Washington May 31. —The Court of
Claims to-day gave its opinion in the case
of the Union Paoifio Railroad Company.
Suit was brought to recover one half of
the amount. earned for government trans
portation hut now withheld by the govern
ment to pay interest on advances w hen the
Rtibsidy bonds mature. Tile court gave
judgment for the company iu the sum of
5012,000.
A GLOOMY PROSPECT.
Altoona. May 31.—The prospects for
wheat in this county are daily growing
more gloomy. The wheat is fast taming
to dust, and in aditiou to this the chintz
bugs and army worm have put iu an np-:
peararice. Anew insect of the apbis tribe
has also commenced to commit depreda
tions in fields.
FIRE IN MICHIGAN WTOODS.
Grand Rapids, Mich., May 31—Fires
are raging in the woods near LaDeystone.
Billows Bro's. camp and utensils were de
stroyed, Loss §l,llOO. The camp of the
Winderly Lumber Company, of Hunter
Lake, was also destroyed. Loss 85,000.
DEATH OF AN ARTIST.
Brooklyn, May-31.—Win. H. Baker, an j
artist of high merit and well known as j
head of the Academy of Designs, died to- '
day, aged 51. 1
itrwKt.bAirxoVx jpVe/i tiekmexts.
The First of the Hea<
son !
AT THE SAME OLD STAND OF
JACOB BAUM
' Mayjbe fonnd a Splendid Stock of
SUMMER GOODS!
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS,
SHOES, LADIES’ DRESS GOODS,
In endless varieties.
HAVING PURCHASED IN PERSON,
In Eastern Cities, exclusively for Cash,
He is prepared and determined to
SELL CHEAP!
JHaP-GENTLEMEN are invited to call aad
examine his FIXE STOCK of (READY
MADE CLOTHING.-fes*
ftaip-LADIES are assured that their t*tss
css be bitted in his line of DRESS
GOODS.-tut
Call early aud examine [tbs complete
assortment of
IACOB BAUM.
April 3, ’75.
John M. Cooper, George T. Qnentoek
J. 8. F. X.Anrauter.
JOHN M. COOPER .' ' .
Corner Whitaker and St. Julian Streets,
Savannah, Ga.
WHOLEHALB AND BET AIL DEALEBB IN
BOOKS AND STATIONERY
OF ALL KINDS.
Copying snd Seal Pressei, Surveyor*' Compaaee*.
News and Book Printing Pa
per and Ink.
Gold Pen*. Pen and Pencil Cotes, Desk aad
Pocket Knives.
LEDGER. WRITING St COL. PAPERS.
Playing. Vlalting it nd rl niter* • C*rdi.
Port moon Srs. tW.
School Furniture aud Scholl
Requisites
U Schrr~rnahorn <t Co's Vrirv**. f'tr trht’in itt r#
Agents. /iooto Or'lewl or 'lmi>orleri
at Xete Yok rotes.
We eonOdeii *h*t w<- can a9 m low a* the
l 'cRt t either in Charleston, AUffOvtt, Atlastt,
>r any other Southern city.
i W Write or eill ami learn our prieee.
bmiBMP
W m. A. CARSWELL, M. I).,
Physician and Surgeon.
Quitiiiaih - - - - - GcoHEia
mrOfflre (up-stein) orer TiTlmtn'e Btort.
i April 10-tf.
DR. E. A. JELKS,
1*1! ACTISI X<j I*lt VSK IAV,
Quitman, Ga.
OFFICE Brick buiMing sdjoining the *toro
; of Messrs. Briggs, Jclkg A Gq., Screven uv
may 10- tf
HOPKINS & HIGGINS,
FINE OLD
KENTUCKY BOURBON
AND
RYE WHISKIES
Nos. 3 Main & 4 Washington Street.
LOUISVI ELK, KY.
W. H. SEBRING, General Agent.
Fur sale only at CREECH A NE WSOM,
Quitman, Gm.
july 25-ly
CLAGHORN & CUNNINGHAM
WHO L£SALE OROC KB S,
Corner Bay and Drayton Streets,
SAVANNAH, - GEORGIA'
I>K IYE X WELL,
PURE WATER!
AN EVEXHAUSTABUE SUPPLY
OR NO PAY.
Price, $1 50 per foot, both for HAND or
STEAM POWER.
A. J. HURD, Gen Agt.
Barnes’
ALBANY HOTEL,
ALBANY, GEORGIA.
fJTHIS WELL KNOWN HOTEL iu aituattd near
JL the centre of thelmsines? portion of the city,
and is still kept byMEIUUCK B4HNEB, its origi
nal owner and proprietor. ltd fare and accommo
dations are the best that can be provided, and
ch irrps are moderate. Omnibus cuoveys passer*,
and froa rrf* train. OctS-tf.