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FRIDAY, JUNE IS. 1875.
J. ( . (.AU.AURB, Editor.
Newspaper Law.
1. Any por** u who tokos * paper regu-:
tarty from tins pofr-offioe —sbptbsr dirsctol
to bin nnina or another'*, or whether he
bit* subscribed or uot— i* rmpnneibU fun
Ms payment.
2. if ft ponton order* Hi* paper discon
tinued, lie must pay nil arrearage*, or the
publisher may continue to send it until
payment i made and osUeet the whole
amoiiut, whether the paper ia taken from
the office or not.
3. The Court* hitv* decided that refusing
to take newspaper* and periodical* from
the post-office, removing and leaving than)
uncalled for, i* prlma fact* evidence of iu
pmtion.il fraud. tf
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Georgia Prew Association.
An adjourned annual meeting tif the
Georgia I’reas Asuocistiou will be held at
Atlanta on YY'eduesiay, July 7, at Vi m.
By order of
,1. H. EuTH.I, President.
J. R. Chiustian, Secretary pro tern.
To the Prea* oi Georgia.
In pursuance of a resolution paased fit
meeting of u number of tlio representa
tives of Georgia, newspapers, held in
Athens on the 20th of May. t take pleas
ure in inviting the editors, publishers and
proprietor* of all publications in this
Mtote to meet in Atlanta on Wednesday,
tiro 7th of July.
J. H. I'htii.j.. Chairman.
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A TRIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
On Friday morning of last week we left
Quitman in the quiet and peaeahlo pos
session of its legal and rightful owner*,
not a stranger within her gates, not even
a countryman to harros* and nnnoy the
ponoeuhly iuciilied merchants who have nu
abundance of leisure siul seemingly enjoy
it. They are harmless men; they sit*in the
shade beneath the trees and wut:b their
houses. It is, from their action*, difficult
to determine whether they aro looking
for the house to go to someone, or for
someone to come to the house. The in
frequency of either of these occurences
render* vigilance almost useless and the
sentinel, may sleep tranquilly on his post
fearlesa of losing a customer. This is
all for the hast. The farmers are workmg
more and spending less thun ever before.
Though they may run a scant schedule
tsirough the long wearisome summer
months their toil and privation will be re
warded and it will uot require all of their
hard earnings to pay for injudicious pur
chases. Retrenchment is the only escape I
from indebtedness. JSoouorny is the only
wife-guard against future euihaniuamtmis. j
Those are financial virtues, and bur plant
ers are practicing them most commend*- !
My. But to our trip; the sun was high j
and warm, the road was long and blazing
with heat, the sand was deep and heavy,
the horse was lazy and slow, and we itad
to emluure the heat aud strive against vex
ation with the horse. YVe earnestly, hot
in vain, invoked the breezes, and longed
and sighed for the cool shade. The sea
son lias been very dry on the the road we
traveled going to Madison, which was the
ultimatum of our journey, scarcely since
planting time Ims there been a thorough
wetting rain, Corn is generally small and
the lower blades are dying, cotton is suihll
but, with a few exceptional fields, is in n
very healthy condition. Wo four if drouth
ooutiuuea much or even a few days longer
that oorn will be utterly ruined nnd cotton
seriously injured. From Judge Tillman
we received most of our information in
reference to the season* Aud growing crops,
lie is n thorough farmer and kauws just
what the crops need, and when they need
it. Hi* corn and cotton looks well, not
withstanding the drouth. We' reached
Madison Saturday morning before the sun
had become furious. We stopped at the
McCall House, one of the coolest, coziest,
and most hospitable little homes a weath
er-beaten aud sun-stricken traveler ever
stopped at. Madison wo think is now
about to take the second growth. Mr,
Chuudler Smith is now building a. magni
ficent store house. It is almost completed
now. No donht hut a large buxines* will
be done by someone in that house. We are
glad to M!e it and hope that Madison- wll,
•non regain her former glory aud wealth.
There ia a large hotel, it n said, to he
built on the beautiful lot owned by the
enmity lying north of the Court House.
Montgomery and Tidwell are ait lie bead of
the enterprise, if they wilt do this they
will partly cowpensate the county for the
many wrongs they have done, they w ill
then become tax payers instead of tax
ahsorU-iw. The whole country wilt think
better of them if they will use even a part
ef the peoples money, so unjustly taken
from them, iu building up the interests of
the county, they have so long sought to
injure and distroy. We wilt feel very re
ligiously inclined towards them, and will
even scold Hague for tearing Tid'x shift.
Madison is beautifully located. Nature
was lavishing in her gifts. It is a little
town, a beautiful little town iu the midst
of the trees, the large oak trees. Hie beau
tiful oak trees with their dense ricli foliage
that hlncken the ground where their
shadows fall. A cool inviting refuge for
natures owtti sweet native songsters from
the heat wbea Hie sun is high up iu the
heaven*.
Matrimouy has almost devastated both
town an county. There are a few proious
one* left and it is to lie feared that Umeli
ji. ss will drive them to a similar reckless
adventure. Those who have married with
one exception kept it an entil e secret from
tins reporter; we assure them, however,
that they shall not escape a report of pro
gress. We will cMt'h the vibratmu.i.f the
first note of the first I'Aaby song that is
song and give to it \'L, sweetest euphony
we cun control with fi new impeton* and a
fresh vulnmn of Pamud. YVe nndeistand
that Colonel Wy, has been training Ids
voice and tnuina his lyre, for the com
ing, at least lst>ped fur coming, event.
YVe learn that die bos almost retired from
the scenes oy active life, sud daily and
hourly iuyTkes the muse, and in the pa
thos of mng, aud the eloquence of tune
gives vdrit to the first gushing inspiration
ot *ha must- to an imaginary little W
Ily* baby Hjntoo, dodie# gone a bantin’.
YVe hope Igat ba auty uot always hope and
sing in* vain..
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More Mjascular than Dignified.
The New flrletins Timm relates this
story to show that our pr* ent Chief Mag
istrate is o/l the Muscular Christianity
I school. The 7'imen does not itself voneli
! for the ejitirn truth of the story, but
; gives the/veraoious snd reliable Don Piatt
;as authority, who says it is a fact. Accor
; ding to 'll,in Piatt, it. was all about a dog.
■ln Washington tiiere are suudry of our
newly enfranchised fellow-citizens, who
are oluployed for a per capita pecuniary
: couiyderatiou, in inveigliling unwary cm-
I tiiu/s tuto scrape* which end in their de
stiuction. Xbo colored gentleman who
; drives the dog omnibus spied a very large
j aipinul of the species Ini solicit ill Mar
j nliul Sharpe's yard. Now Blirtpe, being n
brother-in-law, to fond of uilog. The ani
mal in this instance is an immense New
boiimlluncl, aa sensible as ho is brave, and
named with a horrible significance, Crosur.
This dog know* more than an average
Congressman (ive hasten here to nay that
this is not onr opinion; D. Piatt saya so),
Bo one day the dog catcher tried it on
with Marsha] Sharpe's dog. Ho whistled
and used endearing names till CWar came
out, wondering what the negro wanted.
I In a second the dog net lmd marked the
| noble animal for its own. Ciesar used
I due diligence, aid would have made it
| lively for that African, when Marshal
! Sharpe appeared on the sceua, followed
by the President—“ Let that dog uhme,
you (a wicked word) nigger.” vocifera
ted the indignant owner. “I'se bound to
ketch all dogs as has no muzzle," respon
ded the catcher, dodging Crosur's teeth by
only about au inch. “Yon called him
out of my yard, you ” (another hud
word.) “Don’t you talk that way to me;
I'se an offisal." '‘Let the dog alone,”
sternly said the President. “You mine
yo’ own business, who is you? ' answered
the dog elmrpe, not being acquainted
with the President. The administration
said not a word, hot streehed its arm out
straight from the shoulder in a style that
would have drawn tears of udmirution
from the Hori. John Morrissey, and the
African turned several “anranrorsets," and
landed about twenty feet uway in the gut
ter. Full of mud and wrath he shouted,
“I’ll have yon‘rested for dis vilence, I
will. Who is you, anyhow?" “This,”
said the urbaua Sharpe, "thi* gentleman
is the Presideut of the United Brutes.”
Tableau.
1 The dog catcher, and his deputies, were
tilled with horror and amazement. A
crowd of small boys who were witnessing
the strife, were also tilled with horror and
amazement to the extent that a boy ever
can feel such n sensation. The retreat of
| the force was rapid and iu greut disorder.
The administration did not pursue. He
i only gazed after the flying cart, and when
it disappeared in the distnuoe, lie said not
a word, hut retired iu good order to Mar
shal Sharpe's and refreshed, Aud this is
how the lust engagement in which the
President commanded was fought aud
won. Any how, Sherman didn’t do that.
Doon I’ialt doesn’t say what bearing
all this Ims on tho third term letter. We
; would be compelled to doubt the story,
lif (len. Grant had not lowered his official
digniiv to write that bid for a third term
nomination to tho chairman of the Fenn
sylvnnta Republican Convention. Aftef
that we need not lie surprised at his ta
king port in a dog tight.
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A Bankrupt Carpet Bagger.
The telegraph has announced the bank
ruptcy of J. Hale Nyplier, the carpet-bag
Cougreasmnu of Lousiana. Sypher atiu
his partner owe over $140,000, nnd ac
knowledge the possession of loss than
$■25,000 assets. His personal debts arc
j $16,600. to meet which he ha* left at the
mercy of his creditors the magnificent
amount of $732! Wlmt has become of the
remainder is a tough question. It is
hardly likely that it was used to foist him
self, us for years he lias done, on t’.o peo
ple of New Orleans as their Represen
tative; for it is quite probable that Bypliar
wan sharp enough to saddle the cost of
that operation on the State nnd Federal
Treasuries—tl 't is, on the people lie mis
represented aud aided to oppress. Ho is
the man whom the Republican Committee
on Elections, after Ben Butler had got
him seated as having a yrhna /on> title, :
allowed to fill his seat and vote for the gag :
rule, the force bill, aud other infamous
measures, and then at the very end of the ;
term, in Felnmrv hist, they reported that
lie was retained by fraud, and unseated 1
him despite his piteous pleadings. Wheth
er he used his plantation to keep bib) in 1
Congress, or his sent iu Congress to keep
up his plantation, the Register in Bank
ruptcy may be able to discover; lint his
claims to both prove equally unsound.
Mien his brother carpet-baggers come to
the test, most of them will he apt to make '
a similar showing.
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He was an awfully mean man. tfe car
ried a SSO counterfeit bill to make >. show
of it sometimes when fingering for a little
change. His poor, hard-working wife
had been begging him for a nice gold
chain she had seen in a shop window
down town. One. day lie felt in a merry :
mood, gave her the counterfeit hill, and i
told her to buy the chain. Then lie left
home laughing, and he came home feel- !
ing full of jokes. It appeared to lie the
happiest day of his life. He made a fool j
of the old woman. But the old woman
wore that gold chain at the dinner table,
and called the brute her “dear old dm- I
ling.” This put another face on the whole
affair. It had ceased to lx* a joke to him.
The j 'Weller or lied before dinner, nnd
handing him the base note told him to I
“shell out" fifty dollars if he wished to ,
escape annoyance. Ho shelled out, aud j
lias never been able to see the point oi ,
his own j"ke. But the poor woman en- 1
joyed ito
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
It is now pietty generally known, at
least to Hi* readers of the Jlwmitig News,
that the present Legislature of Georgia,
at its last session, pawned an act introduced
by Dr. J. G. Thom**, of Chatham, inaug
urating a Btate Board of Health. This
act, among other bemflceot provisions,
makes it incumbent upon the members of
the Board to carefully gather the statistics
of all deaths and births in til* State and
to properly record them, while the Board,
in its corporate capacity, to to superintend
the registration thereof. In addition to
tills duty, the member* of the Board are
given under the law the supervision of
everything thut pertain* to hygiene in the
Stab-. YVe advocated in the most stren
uous manner the passage of the bill elab
orated by Dr. Thomas, and for that reason
<s ore disposed to feel a lively interest in
the result uf the practical tests shortly to
be given to itoprovistonx.
In accordance with tire tow, Governor
Biriitli appointed nine pi.ysiciaus—one
from each Congressional District—who,
together witli tile Attorney General, the
Comptroller General and the Stute Geolo
gist, mode lip the Board. The physicians
thus designated and the State officers met
: in Atlanta on Wednesday of last week, as
was detailed at the time by special tele
grama to the Morning Jfesae, organized by
electing a President ami Secretary—the
j duties of the lutter officer involving, under
| the supervision of the Board, the siq er
intendencc of tlie legislative business.
Two committees were then appointed—
| one to draft rules for the government of
| the Board aud the other to suggest the
! forms for gathering vital statistics, Eaoli
uf these committees made reports. The
| one ou rales reported a set af by-laws for
| the government of the Board whilst in
session, mat the other for the government
of the various members whilst in their
respective districts, and recommended the
appointment of the nr six standing com
mittees- one on Finance, one on Legisla
tion, one on Epidemics, Endemics and
Contagions Diseases, another on the Hy
giene of Prisons, Schools and other Pub
lic Institutions, and still another on Poi
sons, Accidents and tlio Extraordinary
Dangers to Life.
From the enumeration of those commit
tees the reader will be enabled to form
some idea of the scope and purpose of the
Board of Health. These committees will
ho expected to report to a meeting of the
Board which occurs in October, and the
whole tendency of their official labors will
he to see if heultli aud life cannot he lat
ter preserved. The President, Dr. Thom
as, was given the power, in case an epi
demic of any kind should break out in
either of the districts, to order the mem
bers from any of the other districts to re
pair to the infected region for the purpoae
of investigating the cause of the epidemic,
and, if possible, to suggest the means of
arresting the same.
There is a special feature of this new
law, however, to which we desire to call
the especial attention of the public and to
invoke the intelligent aid of our contem
poraries of the daily and weekly press of
Georgia, to the end that the same may lie
properly carried out. We allude to that
portion of the law which provides for the
registration of births, deaths and mar
riages. In order that disease may bo pro
vented, it is first necessary to locate it.
This can only he done through the means
of careful registration. We can know,
for instance, how many deaths occur in
any particular section or county of the
Btate from any particular cause. The
knowledge thus obtained will ut once set
physicians to thinking as to the ***/, ami
in most instance* the cause can easily be
ascertained. ' ,
Sanitary science Ims taught tin* medical
fraternity how to diminish the death rate.
Tho bulk of the labor in regard to the
| matter of registration will devolve upon
practicing physieiuus. It is made their
duty to report (upon forms which will bo
furnished t 1 eui by the Ordinaries of the
counties) all the deaths that occur in their
practice, together with the name, color,
age, sex, etc., and above nil, the cause
thereof. These facts are returned to the
Ordinary of tho conuty, who duly records
tho sumo, nnd at (moll times as the Hoard
requires, reports to the Secretary in At
lanta. It is made the duty of the Secre
tary, who is the only salaried officer cre
ated by the new law, to keep separate
records of the returns from all the coun
ties, and so tabulate them that at a glance
the number of deaths occurring from any
cause whatever can he seen. These mor
tuary tables are of course, at stated times,
published for the information of the peo
ple. The physicians arc also required to
report in the same manner all births that
occur in their practice, with the sex, color,
name, etl*. This will enable ns to discov
er whether tiie death rate iu Georgia ex
ceeds the birth rate, and may bo made the
basis of some highly important and valua
ble deductions, even by those whose inter
est iu tho matter is neither professional
nor scientific.
But, as in all countries, there are deaths
us well as births constantly occurring
I which do not come under the supervision
lor observation of the doctors. Iu such
; oases, it is made the duty of “the next of
kin’’ to report the same to the Ordinary of
| the county. Where a death occurs With
; out the attendance of a physician, of
I course the ennao will go for naught, albeit
it is important to have even the bare fact
recorded, in order to get at the precise
number ocOuring. It is to this feature of
the law that we eall tbe particular atteu-
I lion of the public, and, in behalf of those
; who are entrusted with the htbov of carry
i ing out the provisions of the act, ask the
hearty assistance and co-operutiou of nil
We trust that, our State exchanges will ac
quaint I heir readers with the facts herein
set forth, and impress upon them the nex
oessity of aiding the worthy men, who,
without money nnd without prim*, are
devoting themselves to the development of
our State.
—
Mark Twain, in a letter to the inven
tor of a mosquito net, talks in this way
about the only thing worth talking about,
I now that the third term is gone; “There
is nothing that a just nnd right feeliug
man rejoices iu more than to see a mos
quito imposed oil nnd put down nnd brow
beaten and aggravated, nnd this ingenious
contrivance will do it. And it is a rare
thing to worry n flv with, too. A fly w ill
staud off’and curse the invention tiil lan
guage ntterlv fails him. I have seen them
doit hundreds of times. 1 like to dine in
air on the hack porch in summer, and so I
would not be without this portable net for
anything. When you get it (misled the
flies have to wait for the second table.
We shall see the summer day come when
we shall sit under our nets in church and
slumber peacefully, while the discomfited
flies club together and take it out of the
minister. There are heaps of ways of get
ting priceless enjoyment out of these char
ming things, if I had time to point them
out and dilate ou them a little.”
Mrs. Mary J. Whittaker, of Jefferson
county, killed her husband one d,.y last
week. She struck six blows with an axe,
each one breaking the skull. After com
mitting the deed she made her escape,
carrying her throe children with her. JShe
was insane,
Grant And The Dignity of Hi* Office
fFrorn thu Utica Observer.)
In his letter making a bid for a third
term Grant say* thst it "was beneath tire
1 dignity of Lis office" to tell the people
whether or no lie intended to use the vast
patronage at his command to perpetuate
his power. How has lie lairne himself
hitherto, that the dignity of his office
should suddenly appear so great in his
eye* ? On what particular occasion did he
take pains to show the country that he
| respected the proprieties which ought to
hedge !U his exalted station ?
Was it when he visited New York for
the first time after his inauguration, aud
sauntered into the theatre arm-in-arm with
Jim Fisk ?
Was it on the eve of Black Friday, when
he took himself off to a little town in
Pennsylvania, remote from telegraphic and
railroad communication, after leaving di
motions with Bout well not to sell any more
gold toil lie got hack ?
YVaa it when 1-e sent bis inde
cent brother-in-law across the water to
represent our Government at the court or
j Denmark ?
YY'as it when lie permitted Jay GonJd to
pttv for him the thousand dollars which he
had subscribed to the fund raised to lift
the family of the faithful Rawlins out of
abject poverty ?
Was it when fie rewarded with the best
offices in his gift the men who hud be
stirred themselves to raise gifts of bouse*
and horses and money for him just before
lie entered upon the Presidency ?
Was it when lie closed the (loots
of the White Honan and made his
way to tiie seaside that ho might devote to
idle and disolute pleasures the best months
of the year ?
YYus it when he haggled with Congress
men fur exhorbitant appropriations fur the
“expenses of the Executive Mansion,” aud
mummed to get enough under that head
to keep him in clover wit bon t eating into
his saiury ?
Was it when he sent Casey to New Or
leans to manage the Custom House, cou
trol the party, aud reduce the Btate of
Louisiana to a province ?
Was it when he found the chair of the
Chief Justice vacant, and attempted to 811
it by the appointment of a disreputable
aud ignorant adventurer in politics ?
YVua it when he disregarded the rebuke
of the Senate and restored that udveuturer
to the place that he lmd disgraced ut the
head of the so-called Department of Jus
tice ?
YY'as it when he permitted himself to he
Advertised as the chief attraction at the
opening of anew seaside hotel, aud ap
peared promptly in company with Boss
Shepherd, making an unseemly exhibi
tion of himself in return for a free lunch ?
YVua it when ho went out of lbs way in an
annual massage to praise the work of the
Boss and his King, when bn knew that
work was neither more uor less than high
way robbery ?
Was it when he became a party to the
secret issue of five millious of greenbacks
on the eve of an import nt election, that a
clique of gambler* in YVall street might
make enough thereby to enable them to
contribute largely to ihe corruption fund
which was employed to wrest Pennsylva
nia from the control of the majority in
October, 1872?
Was it when he lobbied in the corridors
' of the Capitol alien his llr.-i term was was
l drawing to u clone, anil bosetohed the
} faithful to double Ins pay, uiid axsiuetl :
them of Ids co-operation iu case they saw
! fit to help themselves to a few millions 11,
the shape of u salary grab ?
Was it wlitii lit toitiuf a constitutional ;
! adviser in the person of Oulu:,,bus Delano,
and approved the policy iglms* by alia In
dian Ring wer.l enahictosteal “sixteen
millions iu five year* ?
Wit.- it w hen no entered into a compact
with the thieves of At kalians to overthrow
tUo Constitution of the Stale, or when j
' Congress balked his designs, and lie pen
sioned (fie chief conspirators on the gov-:
erumi-ut as officeholders V
Was it when lie found places for Con- :
: gremmieu repudiated hy.t(u) pop o who
I had sustained his wicked and, uiund for the !
J autocratic powers contemplated by the j
force bill 1
The “dignity of his office” would not'
permit him to answer a civil question, to
which Washington and Jefferson found no ,
difficulty in framing a pointed unit effect-'
ive reply. But the dignity of his office j
does uot stand in the way of act* which \
w ill send his name down to posterity in j
disgrace.
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The Auks at which People Marry —A |
comparative statement has been duhlish-!
ed of the ages at which marriages are le j
gal in tho several States of Europe, which
is inti resting aud suggestive There is. it
is to bo observed, n marked difference in
regard to the legal restrictions between ;
the Noitheru and Southern countries, be
ing the result, no doubt, partly of moral, j
but maiuly of physical reasons. The Dau
isli or Rtissiun you hs are several years
slower than the Itullians or Spaniards in
renchifig physical puberty. Iu Russia
marriage cannot be legally contracted un
til tho males u.te eighteen and tho females
sixteen, and in Denmark until tho males
are twenty and the females eighteen.
On the other hand, Spanish youths may
marly at fourteen and twelve, and it is
the same in Greece in Hungary. Italy, at
a comparatively recent date, has become
more liberal and progressive, and the!
standard has been raised, being now
eighteen and fifteen respectively. The ■
highest standard is found iu Baden Baden !
and Hesse Darmstadt’ where 11 Ilian must'
lie twenty-five and n woman twenty one !
; before tiny-can legally nnquy. The mar-1
tial legislation 'l/ tltf of Europe '
seems to have been generally based ou
I purely physical considerations, while that
! of the north has taken into account meut
i a! and moral maturity aud the capacity to |
I engage in business, and thus support a
| family. The imternaf care of the German ;
I governments for the social well-being of
their subjects is especially apparent.
France has, like Italy, raised the stand aid |
of age, which is now placed at eighteen
and fifteen respectively, and this is the
general tendency.
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I.VITOI/riN-O TUB PRESIDENT.—III the fX- >
tmvngnncy of their zeal to free themselves
from the suspicion of favoring tbe third
term, some of the Radical newspapers are
by no means choice iu the use of words.— '
Irnmiuah Acts.
Tims the Buffalo F.rpress: “The Demo
crats are still harping on Grant's being a
canidats for a third term. Ho Ims an
nounced to the Republicans that he will
not be their candidate, aid the R’publi- j
cans have announced to him that they will j
not take him as their candidate. The in-!
ference is irresistalde that the Democrats,
menu to mn Grant themselves. Well, I
they might do much worse. They wau
led to run him for tho first term; but per-1
haps the result of their experiment in til-;
king up with Republican leavings, in the j
case of poor old Greety, ivxj not. encour
age them to" rffft .Grant ” JIV designate T
His Exeellencyas “Republican leavings,” j
urny well lie sligmat’.l.d as , "invaltiiig '
the President, ” ,
| GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
A Woman Parmino as a Man for Timh
tpen Y&Aiw. — The Warrington Ouardiau
\ states that a woman mimed Elizabeth Tay
lor appeared before the YVarrington bench
of maistrates on a clmrge of being drank
and disorderly. Bhe appeared in the dock
in male attire, and the chief constable, in
1 detailing some of her antecedents, stated
\ that she was the daughter of a gentleman
who formerly lived at Peuketh, near YY'ar
rington ; she had been married, bat her
, husband hail been killed tweuty-one years
ago, Bbe commenced to wear male attire
thirteen years ugo, and wus employed
as a sailor during the American war, and
made several trips from South Wall'* to the
American coast iu order to supply the Ala
bama and blockade ruuuers with coal. Bhe
was well known by the names of Happy
Ned and Navy Ned, and for some time
past has worked as a laborer on several
farms in tbe neighborhood of YVarrington.
having so late as the 12th nit. helped to
kill thirteen pigs for a farmer ut Croft
House. Blie has quite a masculine ap
pearance aud her sex was not suspected
until she placed herself within the clutches
of the police. Bhe was fined five shil
lings and cost.
Thu proprietors of the Atlanta Consti
tution have changed the order of their
Excursion to the Press, on the Bth of Jn
| ly. sml instead of halting the quill-drivers
at Tocos, will bn® them over the entire
j Air Liue Hoad, Query ? Does that mean
; a shy to Richmond ? Once ou [the wing,
I the movements of the erratic toaly, espe
cially now that the “patent outsides" are
lto go along for buoyancy, will lie as un
! certain aa the courses of Uric cyclone, and
like the cyclone may uot cease its ravages
i till its forces nre spent. —Albany Metes.
YVe Jearn from th* Herald and Georgian
that in Washington county in 1874, there
were 14 private anil 37 public schools,
with an attendance of 125 U whites and 214
colored pupils.
The some paper stiys : The crop pros
pects are good in this county. Wheat
cutting is over and the farmers report
about four times as much made as lust year.
The out crop is also cut with, the excep
tion of those sirwn late iu the,spring, and
is reported six|tiiues us great as lust year.
There ure twro farmers iu our county who
are estimating their crops of wheat at be
tween 800 and 1000 bushels each. Corn,
|*s, potatoes aud oottou are all growing
offhuelv.
This is from the Gainsvillo Eeagle : A
yunkiMM schoolmaster has beeu 'iving for
some time ut Uncle Dave Welch el’s in this
county. Ho to very punch interested in the
w elfare of the colored people of tbe Boutb,
aud spends much of his time in tuiking to
aud advising the poor unfortunates. A
few days ago lie “interviewed” Bi Chap
man, a worthy old negro in the employ of
Muj. YVelchel’ ut considerable length. He
asked Bi all about bis prospects, hopes and
anticipations, spiritually am] financially,
aud evinced more than ordinary interest
iu his welfare. Bi. heal'd him patieutly,
and then remarked to him, "You's ft yu
keo, I epose ?" “Yes, sir, I suppose I urn
what the Southern white people would
cull a yankce. lam from Kansas, ouc of
the northwestern Btates.” "YVell," said
Bi., "you yankees put me iu mind of a
bumblebee. Dat hug buzzes and sings
round you very faiudiary until lie stings
you, den he’s gone in a miuit, and yon
hear no mure troiu him. Dat ade Way
you fellows do, "
The Koine Cummer iif of Satur av re
port* a strange aud fatal nueeident a i hav
ing occurred near that place on Friday
last. The little sou of Jerry Langston,
colored, while rmmiugstffer some ducks
in a point, fell, and, it is supposed, was
suddenly strangled with water, or hurt
himself so that lie was unable to get up
immediately and was afterwards found
there dead, having been drowned. The
wonderful featureeonnected with tin- as
cidetit is the fact thut the water was only
right inches (leeji.
The Macon Telegraph and Messenger of
Sunday stated, upon what seemed to be
reliable authority, that Governor (Smith
Inis appointed Major Campbell Wallace,
Colonel W. A. Lofton and .Major Geo. S.
Jones commissioners for the Maoon and
Brunswick railroad. There seeuis to be
some doubt as to whether Major Wallace
would accept the commission. If the re
port be correct, and all the gentlemen con
sent to serve, the appointment will be
about as satisfactory as Governor Smith
coaid have made.— Sap. Advertiser.
Mr. B. E. Whitehead of Dooly connty,
informs the Hawkinsville Dispatch that
cotton seed soaked in water and fed to
hogs will prevent or cure cholera. He
once threw a large quantity of cotton seed
in a pond, where his hugs ate as much as
they wanted, nnd while many of his
neighbors lost their hogs by cholera, Mr
Whitehead lost none. Mr. Whitehead is
an old nnd experienced farmer, and his
remedy is easily tried.
The Central City says ; The business of
Albany is still depressed and becoming
more so as the summer deepens. Mer
chants look bine, and not all of them will
be üble to pull through the animal starva
tion season. Messrs. Forester & Edwards
have voluntary closed, feeliug that tha ex
penses of weathering the Summer, far ex
ceeded the prospect of profits, and others
will probably follow suit. These hard
summers are all ow ing to the fact, that
there is nothing here to attract and keep
money in circulation during the spring
aud summer.
The Amcricus Republioan furnishes the
following statement as an i indication of
what tbe people of that county are doing
in the way of raising their own supplies.-
Bacon and bulk meats received at Ameri
cus depot January Ist to June Ist 1874,
1,221,500; same time 1875, 417 500; de
crease 804,000. Sacks of corn received at
Americas depot January Ist to June Ist
1874, 15,854 ; same time 1874. 6,040 ; de
crease in sacks. 10,814, or near)}- 25,000
bushels.
Notwithstanding the hardness of the
times and tbe scarify of money, Wayetoss
shows signs of steady improvement Stran
gers who visit the town express themselves
well pleased with the appearance of every
thing. Crops good, vegetables plenty,
fish and blackberries abundant, any qnaii
tity of work on hand, everybody well, no
body sick, everything seems to he get
ting on pretty well except doctors.— Sav.
Adrertiser.
And now conies forward the Pearson
Journal, and says that a whirlwind twisted
off the top of Mr. Gaskin’s corn crib, nnd
then shook np some slout pines best Thurs
day These whirlwinds and cyclones are
getting moutonous iu Georgia.— Me.
Hon. L. V Whittaker. Master in chan
cery, to whom was referred the well known
case of J. Nelson Tappan, trustee of Hen
ry Clews and Cos., vs. the Cherokee Rail
road company, lias sent in his report to
the Clerk of the United States Court at
Atlanta. He recommends the payment of
$167,431,70 to Clews A Cos. The counsel
for the'road are Very much exercised over
the report, and another big legal fight is
looming np. Ibid.
TELEGRAPHIC HEWS.
PBIEIKIH FOB BOSS TWBWV
Albany. N. Y., June 15. —ln the Conrt
of Ap)>eals this morning Judge Allen and
Kappolo read opinions for tiie reversal nt
juilgmeut of the Bupmme Court in the
Tweed case, aud orders of Oyer and Ter
miner, and for prisoner's discharge. All
concur. Judge Miller concurs in the ri -
suit. Judge Groover was absent. This
action of tne Court of Appeal* gives Tweed
bi* freedom.
Albany, N. Y., June 15.—The decision
of the Court of Appeals ordering Tweed'*
discharge is concurred iu by ull the judge?.
The opinion of the conrt is lengthy, and
recites the case fully. It holds that the
Conrt of Oyer ami Terminer ejected* its
jurisdiction in sentencing Tweed to enura-
Utive punishment, aud pronouncing sev
eral judgments on a single indictment. The
power of the conrt in the ease was exhaust
ed by one sentence to imprisonment of
one yeur and payment of a fins ot 82,600.
The jurisdiction of the conrt over the pris
oner is now exhausted n* though no pros
ecution had ever been instituted against
him. The indictment hi Tweed’s cose is
probably without precedent, sml the only
justification for the sentence is the fact
that great wrongs bad ben perpetrated.
Funishmunt for a single misdemeanor
seemed inadequate, owing to the excited
state at the public mind, and Tweed's con
victim] called for what he thought ap
proximate vindication of justice and pun
ishment of the offender. The court holds
tlmt neither justice nor true reform can be
advanced by illegal fu-tk, and order* that
the judgment ami orde of the Hnpreme
Court and of Oyer *im Terminer be re
versed, and the prisoner discharged. The
decision iu Tweed’* ease was delivered in
the Court of Appeal* this morning, and
the decision of the lower court is reversed,
and the court order* Tweed's discharge
from custody.
SUSPICION OF FOCL PLAT.
Natchez. Miss., June 15.—Last Sunday
the laxly of a white man, much decom
posed, supposed to have been dead about
a week or two, was found near the bottom
of tbe bluff Near the body were busi
ness cards of the liquor firm of Sei res Fere
et Fils, Cognac, France. Also of whisky
house* in Louisville, Chicago, Bt. Louis,
New York, and Covington. Ky. Tliede
ceased is supposed to he Wai. Holland,
traveling agent for Whiskey dealers. Foul
pluv is suspected, but the body was too
much decomposed to ascertain.
A FTEIi DELINQUENTS.
Bt. Louis, June 15.—Indictment* have
I been found ugaiust General John MoDon
-1 aid, ex Supervisor of Internal Revenue for
j thi* District, Colonel John A. Joyce, Al
j fred Be vis, and Edward B. Frazer, nnd
t hey appeared before the United States
I District Court yesterday. The charges
i against McDonald and Joyce are marked
on docket, •‘criminal for destroying public
records,” nnd the charges against Bevis
and Fraxer, “the removal and concealment
! of spirits, and failing to efface stamps aud
| brands.”
Judge Trent fixed the bail of McDonald
and Joyce at SIO,OOO. that of Frazer at
$5,000, and that of Bevis at $2,500.
THE SILK FRAUDS.
New York. June 10. —In the United
States Circuit Court yesterdijy the grand
jury presented Several new indictments,
! charging complicity in silk smuggling
j frauds, but the United hi tales District At
torney declines to make public the names
iof the indicted persons until they have
been arrested. Bench Warrants tor them
' may be issued to-day.
pikes.
Fjxikfdeld, Kv., June 16.—-A fire broke
out at the corner of Filmore street and
Bridge avenue, which destroyed the whole
j block.
Toiusokto. June 15,—The steam mills
of Ed wauls & Cos., eight dwellings and six
million feet of lumber were destroyed by
fire, Loss $25,000.
Nolino, 111., June 15.—The rbw mill of
Dimoock, Gould & Cos., is burned. Loss
$45,000.
FOREIGN NEW S.
London, June 15.—A dispatch from Pa
ris to the Loudon Standard says it is as
serted that Russia lias withdrawn from the
alliance of the three Emperors, aud anew
alliance has consequently been formed bi -
tween Germany and Sweden.
THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES.
New Orleans, June 15.— The Times ap
peared as Usual to-day. The paper was
set up mostly by boys, and the office is
guarded night and day by a strong force
of police. Only one knock'down oc
curred.
FOR HUNKER HILL.
Pmladeltbia, June 15.—The Second
regiment, Colonel Neff, lefSwt noon for
Boston. The Washington Greys, with
Gov. Hartranft, Mayor Stokrly and other;
officials, leave lie re to-night." The first
city troops go through by rail to-morrow
morning. The First regiment leaves to
morrow noon, and the State Fencibles at
It) a. M. to-morrow.
SOUTHERN TROOPS AT THE NORTH.
New York. June 15.—A detachment of
the Washington Light Infantry, of Clmr
leu to u, S. C,, to the number of about fifty,
under command of Lieut. Gilchrist, ar
rived in this city this morning en route for
Boston to participate iu the Bunker Hill
centennial celebration ou Thursday next.
They were met and (• 'l-oterij received at j
the wharf of the steam* Wby theOldpmird
under command of Uljor George W.
McLean, who were to Jre for them du
ring the day and accompany them to Bos
ton. They were escorted to the armory
of the Old Guard, where their arms wire
stacked, after which they proceeded to
Delmonioo's, where they were entertained
at breakfast. Several bands of music ac
companied them to the pier, where, after
an appropriate farewell, amid the" cheers ,
of the thousands, they left ou the steamer
Providence.
A BANKER’S CENTENNIAL.
Washington, June 15.—The 1 milkers ;
of the United States meet in Philadelphia
on the 24th of Juue, instant, for the pur
pose 6f organizing a National Centennial
Banker’s Association. They propose to
have a department in which" they will ex- j
Mbit the coins and-uotes of Uie country
from the settlement to date, and sped*
mens of all coins since civilization.
DON C ARLOS.
London, June 15. —A special dispatch
to the Times says that Don Carlos has
given his son the title of Prince of the i
Asturias. He has also convoked the Bis
cay Junta to meet on the 27th iust., in
order to contrast the attitude of the Car
lists with that of the Alfonsists, whose
government lie says is a fraud to the
Cortes.
hinds;
Washington, June 15.—The trial of
Hind*, formerly Marshal of Alabama, for
false bids and tampering with the wail!
clerks, was com minced today. |
Trapping an Audience.
Borne years ago au excenlrio genius the
Rev. Tlio*. F. Hunt, Med to give temper*
snee lectures. One night he announced
that bn would lecture in Easton. Now,
temperance whs uot in favor among thW
male portion of the burg. The women/
however, were all in for the ••pledge,’’’
and, consequently, on Hunt's first night?
not u man showed himself in the hail. The
benches were pretty well filled with wo
men, though, aud Hunt commenced ; but/
instead of temperance, he put them
through on the vanities of dress, Ac. They
wore grout stuffed feather sleeves then.
They—the sleeves—caught it, then their
tight lacing, and so on through the wholo
catalogue of female follies ; not a word
shout temperance. And the ladies went
home bopping mud, told their husband*
about it, and voted old Hunt down to the
lowest notch.
He hsd aunonne and that he would lec
ture at the same place the next night.
Long before the time appointed they com
menced to come, and when linnt hobbled
down the aisle the building wus comforta
bly well filled with men. The old fellow
looked about, cliuckh-d, and muttered :•
“Hogs, I’ve got yon now 1" The audi
ence staled. “Alin, hogs, I've got you
now !”
After the crowd had got quiet a little,
the lecturer said :
"Friends, you wanted to know what I
meant by saying 'bo H a, I've got you now,’
aud I’M toll you. Out West, tbe hogs run
wild, and wheu folks get out of meat, they
catch a young pig, put a strap under hi*
body, and hitch him to a young sapling
that will juxt swing him from the ground
nicely. Of course he squeals and raises
a rumpus, when all the old hogs gather
ronud to see wbat's the mutter, and then
they shoot their, at their leisure. Last
night I hung a pig up ; 1 hurt it u little,
aud it squealed. Tbe old hogs have turn
ed out to-night to see the tun, and I'll
roast you,” and so he did, pitching into
their favorite vice with u relish und a
gusto.
The Clafijn Smuggling Case.
Secretary Bristow seems to be up re
specter of persons, i.ud has given it out
tlmt he is determined to collect the reve
nue no mutter with whom it may bring
him in collision. It is now confidently
assorted that the indictment* against H.
B. Claflin 4 Cos., of New Y.<rk, for smug
gling will be sustained. Case* against oth
er large importers are now being worked
up, aud it i* said the developments will tie
much more astouuding thuu in the case of
the whisky riug disclosure*.
Mr. Claflin is one of tjie pillar* of Ply
mouth Church, and it was said that he hsd
expressed his willingness to contribute a
million dollars to defend Beecher. Not
withstanding Lis piety aud his high social
and mercantile standing, the officers of the
Department claim that they have proof
that ho has purchased large quantities of
smuggled silks and other goods
The saints who have been enriching
tbemselvi sby the plunder of the govern
ments have fallen on evil days. The exi
gencies of their party demand their ex
posure and punishment, and their “loyal
ty" is no longer a secure refuge for their
r: anility. Even Beuator Morton now de
clares that the administration must sustain
llnstow m the stand he has taken of en
forcing the laws by the collection of tho
revenue, no matter what the result may lie
to individuals, or the Republican parfy
w ill have no chance for success. Another
influence is at work against the smugglers.
It is said that the recent movements
against ( luflin und other New York import
ers are instigated by the determination of
tiie government detectives to demonstrate
that the custom duties cannot be collect! and
unless the system of unui lies I*c restored.
Beiot Bui i-i i said to be interested tu
I tins matter, anil to be resolved toilo all lu*
| cun to punish the uierehunts- He islu
Washington and hud a long private inter
-1 view with Beerstary Bristow on Thuisilay.
AU rascality is grist to ButlejA* mill.—
■Sup. Seirs.
The Michigan Negro Killer. —lt is
stated that the man who killed more ne
groes during the war than any other mail
was u loyal Union soldier, one of two
| brothers belonging to a Michigan regi
ment. At Ynrktnwn a uegro sharpshooter
in the service of the Confederacy perched
in a tree, picked off one of the brothers,
and, though the negro was discovered a
few minutes later and shot by the Mich
igan boys, the surviving brother swore
eternal vengeance upon the entile negro
race, and from that hour devoted himself
to its extermination. The exact number
of negroes put out of the way by this mau
would be astonishing if it could be know n,
aud he was never once detected iu his
murderous work by any one who eared to
report him. Three of his sable victims
found a grave iu the Ohio, and the soil of*
classic Jeffersonville drank the blood of
others; but he operated wherever his reg
iment happened to be stationed, Bileutly
and effectually putting the objects of his
hatred out of the way as often as an oppor
tunity offered. He has never been pun
ished, and may even yet be carrying out
the scheme of vengeance he resolved upon
at Yorktowu.
Such is the fearful story as we find it
in the newspapers. We do not vouch for.
its truth. It may be only a bit of loyal
braggadocio. But we would, advise our
colored friends to keep a slmip lookout
for that fearful Michigander.— Savannah
News.
A Key to Success.— -“ Keep good com
pany or none. Never be idle. If your
hands cannot be usefully employed, at
tend to the cultivation of yonr mind. Al
ways speak tlte truth. Make few promises.
Live up to your engagements. Keep your
own secret* if you have any. When you
speak to a person look him iu ti e face.
Good company and good conversation are
the true sinews of virtue. Good charac
ter is above all things else. Your charac
ter cauuot lie essentially injured, except
by yourself. Drink no kind of intoxica
ting liquors. Ever live (misfortunes ex
cepted) within your infiome. When you
retire thiuk over what you have done
during the day. Make no haste to be
rich if you would prosper. Small and
steady gains give competency with tran
qnility of mind. Never play at any game
of chance. Avoid temptation, through
fear you may not withstand it. Never ruu
into debt nnless you see a way to get out
again. Never borrow, if you can possibly
avoid it. Don’t murrv until you are able
to support a w ife. Never speak evil of
any one. Be just before yon are gener
ous. Keep yonfSeii innocent if you would
be happy. Save when you are young to
spend when you are old. Read over the
above maxims at least once a week, and!
live by them!”
“Boss, who ilis Beecher dey talkin’so
much bout up in de Norf?” He is an elo
quent pastor of a flourishing church ii
Brooklyn. ”, “Dunno bout de elfant, but
pears like someliow dey talks mighty ran
erd faes on him!” “Yes, Sam, he is in t
slight difficulty at present, aud would be
glad if you could help him by ”, “Ay
golly! I’se seen wusser’n him fall from do
Lord's grace, sab, and dis chile ain’t aeb
her done nuffin fur to snbe ’em; dey
to sabo demselvts, say V”