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tftnflahrr’s £ndcpewlent. 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 - ♦ * -**>■■■.. 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. ■■■■■— 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.. *' ' '*'*** 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. - 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. ~ . ' 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. ■■■♦* . 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. .• *— 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”