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TIIE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MAY 1(5.
WAR RKCOLLECTIONS.
Another Chapter from Femlna—After
Stoncman Came Sherman.
Editort Telegraph and Mettenger: Stone-
man tailed, but Sberman succeeded. As
you recollect, Atlanta fell in the early Sep
tember days. The weak and the helpless
were driven out, and we were in constant
apprehension that Sherman might ad
vance, from that time, until the rumor of
his approach became a settled fact in
November.
During the fall, sickness entered our
family. We were still at our temporary
home near Macon. Measles, of the most
virulent type, attacked both black and
white. In less than two weeks, seven
graves were dug for the dead, and it seem
ed to us as if the Death Angel was brand
ishing his blade over us continually.
Grief, illness, bereavement, told so heavily
upon the writer, that a change of air and
scene became imperative for her health.
On the same Monday that Sherman
started on his famous “march to the sea,”
from Atlanta, your correspondent started
the eastern part of the State, above
Augusta, for a short visit to relatives and
friends. With a blindness that now seem?
! goods and chattels, or whether we had a
remna
remnant left, to warrant a trip ingetting
I control of it once more. ... ,
Mr. Editor, vou haw seen the glories of
springtime, after a king, cold, drizzling
rain in May. when the sun came out strong
and hearty to invigorate the earth and all
the living—and you can appreciate the
change for us, when we were sheltered be
neath their hospitable roof—well fed, well
cared for, and gloriously welcome! Never
seemed food and rest so sweet, nor will the
dear friends ever know, until the mists
roll awav in eternity, how precious was
tills hearty welcome to a lot of fagged-out
refugees. *
A GOOD SAMAHITAN.
For nearly three weeks we enjoyed the
comforts of this delightful home, until my
husband had made Ids way across the
country—over swollen streams and through
various difficulties—and found we had still
enough of this world's goods to attract us
to Macon. . ,
The negroes hail carried the stock away,
and were returned 10 the old stamping
ground before lie got there. Wheelers
cavalry had carried off’ the last ear of corn
and every hog, except one shrewd old
porker, who skedaddled to the canebrake.
Sherman burned a gin-house in sight, and
vet spared us a shelter, all of which was
made known to me os soon as the mails
were sufficiently recovered from their dis
jointed and confused condition.
The difficulties of the trio in an open
hack from Thomasville to Albany, at the
moderate (!) chargeof one hundred dollars
a seat, induced my host to send us by
ta.xjtabW-, our military appeared to be 'V.mtters'' in‘ ” ^0" X!
in bewildering doubt, in regard to liia K.
movement, even then. Not until Friday
of thOTweek, did it betray itself to the 1*0-
ple ol Crawfordvtilo (where 1 was) that
Gen. Slierman was coming, on his way to-
vratds Augusta. Nor did his threatened
approach to Macon appear to )>e danger,
ous to my husband, until the same day.
I atarted to rejoin them, by way of Au
gusta and Milieu, on Saturday morning.
My husband and little boy also started
00m Macon to find me. In case of "spoli
ation, devastation and beggary," we each
resolved to avoid an anxious separation,
if possible, and whatever befell us, wc
would share it together.
The Georgia railroad train was crowded
to overflowing with refugees, by the time
we pulled up to the Augusta depot. The
crowd pushed for the hacks and omni
buses to convey them to the Waynesboro
depot. I failed to get in titty yards of a
■ingle vehicle, so was left over till the next
train, fortunately for me, as it turned out.
After a delightful sripjier at the Planters
Hotel, 1 retired to my room to rest until
the ;s a. in. train was ready. The Macon
train had just got in as I was leaving the
parlors, and there seemed to be as many
{lightened refugees coming in from that
quarter as I had seen on the Georgia road.
In a little while I beard rapid footsteps
coming down the corridor that led to my
chamber. As they neared my room, a
waiter's voiie was heard: "It's near
here, air." "No. sir; it's a little further
on, it’s No. —, sir.” (The number of my
room.)
In a minute, a stentorian rap on the
door followed, and when I opened it there
atood my husband, haggard, travel-stained
and apparently very anxious. "Thank
God, I've found you, and we are ruined
were the tint words. As soon as I had my
arm around my dear little boy. I could
listen to their account of the departure
from Macon, and all the attendant losses,
dangers anil apprehens'ons that would
necessarily follow such a flight. Unless
we could reach Macon by the next train,
which 1 strenuously insisted upon, we
would lie homeless, with nothing more
than a change ol clothes and 11 little Con-
federate money to begin life with.
Not a wink of sleep had we. waiting for
the train, and listening for the latest dis
patches, We started at 3 in the enrlv
morning. The wires were working nicely
from Macon, when we reached Millen on
tho Central road. At every station, we
beard the same tidings, until we pulled up
at a depot, ten miles south of Oconee bridge.
The afternoon was raw, drizzly and
glbomy. As the cars stopped I read bad
news in the faces of the by-stnnders on the
platform. The bridge was afire, they said,
and we could hear the boom of cannon.
All hope of advanco was quenched. The
engine wee detached, run on until the dis
aster was confirmed, and then the train
was started beck. We, witli the other
passengers, remained all night in the ear,
and went euppcrless to bed, if such a lack
of sleeping arrangements can so he desig
nated. The rain drip[>ed mournfully from
the car roof all night, and the hot, steam
ing coach made It a moat unsavory lodging
place. We had had no breakfast, except
the remainder of ray lunch of Uie dav be
fore, no dinner awl no supper. Next
morning we secured a batch of fried sweet
potatoes, dripping with grease, without
she luxury ol a plate, and nothing else.
When we started southward, It was with
wrung hearts and tired frames, but the
mental anxiety far outweighed tbe physi
cal discomfiture. Between Handenvllle
and Millen we had to decide U|ion a plan
for the future; and the time was abort and
tbe question momentous, as you may
gueaa. My mind and judgment inclined
to Macon. My "things" were there, awl
their poesesslon was a grand item with me.
as with the most of women. To reach
Macon it would be necessary to go to Sa
vannah, take the Gulf railroad to Thomas-
ville, from thence by hack to Albany, nml
gather, and relieve tire journey of some of
its discomforts, if wo did not shorten its
length. Mr. Olin McDaniel, the lather of
our Executive, marie one of our refugee
partv, awl it gives me pleasure to testify
thesrncere friendship, the growth of which
can be dated from my childhood, but the
strength of which was tbe outcome of our
four days’ trip, in war times, in a country
wagon.' over the roughest roads and
through the most spartely populated
counties in Georgia, namely, \\orth ant
Colquit. lie had charge of us, and well
and faithfully did he perform the trust.
We slept one niglrt in a room about 10x18
feet, with n family of sixteen in number.
We drove through swollen streams and
over almost trackless paths, and fed at our
eanni, when wc could get food nowhere
else.
One night we had unusual difficulty in
finding A lodging-place. The weather was
threatening, and the two Ooklocknee
creeks were ahead of us. so we hurried on
to cross before the coming flood of rain
should water-bind us. Dark c aught us
without a shelter. At one place the people
were expecting company, at another they
were too crowded already. In one small
house we found a white family and twelve
negroes; so we did not ask to stay. Some
time after night set in we approached a
cabin, and a white woman answered our
halloa. “No. site had no company, but the
folks on the hill would turn her out if she
took in refugees.” Our gallant protector
begun to show uneasiness. W e had no
matches, and the project of spending the
night in an unknown country, in the
swamps traversed by treacherous streams,
without a light to help the difficulties that
environed a delicate lady ami two children
thus exposed to the night air with its
deadly malaria, was what you might term
unpromising, to say the least of it. Mr.
McD., with our trusty colored driver, was
obliged to walk licfore the tired mules to
feel for the old ruts in the unknown road
which were dim enough in the daytime,
thickly matted as they were with dead pine
straw.' Night, of course, made our pro
gress more difficult.
Our good friend told me afterwards that
his spirits were at a very low ebb on my
account, nnd he ami Uncle Harry were de
bating the situation in a somewhat hope
less way. when your correspondent, per
haps divining their embarrassment, struck
up a merry song, gathered the roj»es nnd
with feet swinging over the wagon front,
“gee haw-ed” the patient mules in the
most approved style of a primitive age
Had I known the extent of their care and
apprehension, the tune would have been
started earlier and have lasted longer.
Some time l»efore midnight we hailed a
friendly house and soon forgot in slee p
THE CARES OF TIIE TOILSOME DAY.
The next night found ns in Al-benny, as
the natives called it. The hotel was burned
a sl*>rt time before, and a temporary tav
ern had l»ccn improvised of a building for
merly used for offices, storage, etc. For
the first time in my life I slept in a room
with no window, but which had a small
skylight in the roof, by way of ventilation.
We fared sumptuously as to eating. Nev
ertheless, the comfort hardly stood the test
of eighty-tive dollars, in the way of our
bill for three next morning. You so often
paid out in those days a great deal for
nothing that you could, however, bear to
pay a large price when you got something
in return, and the faro was good enough
for a king, in this oddly-shaped hotel.
Wc started early for Macon in
a passenger car that had certainly
withstood some sort of a collision, wreck
or accidcrt. Hardly a window had its
quantum of glass, and some of them were
almost all broken out. Our railroads, like
the Confederacy, were on their last legs.
Directly, the weather grew fearful. The
sleet was driven half across the car through
the broken windows by the tierce winter
gale. A sickly stove was hardly able to
warm the toes of those who clustered
atout it, and the rest of us sat and shiv
ered.
We were due in Macon at l p. ro.- with
the slow schedule that obtained in
those uncertain times, Later than tuat
hour, we ran into a wreck that occurred
earlier in the day, about eight miles from
, the city. Tlic colliding trains had done
TRANSFERRING CONVICTS.
Caotaln w. D. Crant no Longer In Pcs-
session of the Striped Workers.
Atlanta Constitution.
The convicts that passed through the
city day before yesterday were the last of
those at Grant camps. The name of
Grant, and of Grant, Alexander & Co., no
longer strikes terror to the heart of evil
doers as in days gone by.
Colonel J. W. English, one of tbo new
lessees, Mr. J. W. Renfros, superinten
dent of tbe Dade coal mine, Captuin W.
O. Reese, general manager of the Dade
coal mine, and Mr. T. J. James, one of the
gentlemen who bought Captain Grant out,
went to southwest Georgia several days
ago to divide the convicts in the camps
there. They were accompanied by Mr.
William Turner, of the penitentiary de
partment. Captain Grant had at the time
of the sale of the lease 312 convicts.
Those at work near Atlanta were divided
among the purchasers several days ago.
The convicts in South Georgia were di
vided as follows : At Tennille, 13 to Copt.
English nnd Mr. Murphy, 13 to Captain
James and 13 to the Dade Coal Company,
23 apiece to each concern at the Old Town
camp and at the Roger* camp, IX) each to
the coal company and Captain James, and
21 to Captain English, making a total of
1WL The Dade Coal Company's go to the
mines; those belonging to Captain English
and Mr. Murphy go to the brick works on
the river near the city. Captain James
leaves 10of his at the Rogers camp and
sends the balance to Old Town.
THE NEW YORK “ HERALD” ON THE CONVICT
TRADE#
“The statement is made that an interest
in a lease of State convicts (time to run not
mentioned) has just l»een sold by tlie-hold-
er to a syndicate, of which Senator Joseph
K.Brown,of Georgia, is one member. The
interest covers 320 convicts, and Senator
Brown lias purchased, or now owns by
virtue of partnership, one third of it. The
transaction includes, besides the convicts,
certain 'Old Town’ plantations (so-called),
mules, wagons and appurtenances, for
all of which the amount paid is said to
have been between $80,000 and $100,000.
“ ‘The voice is Jacob’s voice, but ibe
hands are the hands of Esau.'
“If the market value of the!al>orof these
320oonvicts were figured it would probably
be found that the amount paid for their
services is about a proportionate valuation
of slaves in the good old times. This sys
tem on the i»ort of the State of farming out
the services of convicts is certainly onen to
criticism ; and when n Senator of the United
■States engages in such traffic, the transac
tion becomes even more questiona
ble, as )H>ssib)y reflecting upon the digni-
body to which he belongs. If
of instruction will not only increase the
productive capacity of the South by a better
knowledge of the inventions of the age.
but great good will unquestionably come
from the mingling of the people of all sec
tions in a national industrial celebration.
The New Old-Testament.
The revised translation of the Old Tes
tament, which will shortly be published,
may not take the place of tbe authorized
version in popular estimation; but it may
be fairly expected to dear up many infe
licities and obscurities in that version
which, puzzle the ordinary reader.
The "unicorn” which never existed out
side tbe English Bible will at last be kill
ed, and the “wild ox” substituted in its
.place. The “Book of Tasker” will be
changed to the “Book of the Upright.”
bunday-school children will be no longer
troubled by the doubtful ethics of the Is
raelites in “borrowing” jewelry from the
Egyptians and then running away with it.
The revised translation will rightly state
that they asked for gifts, not loans. Jo
seph’s many-colored "coat” will be a “tu
nic.” The celebrated passage in the Book
of .Job, “Yet in uiy flesh shall I see God.”
will be changed to “Yet out of my flesh,”
etc. “Judgment also will I lay to the line,
and righteousness to tho plummet,” will
read: "I will make judgment for a line,
and righteousness for a plumb line.” In
Psahu vii. the passage “Thou hast made
him a little lower than the angels.” will
* m lit*
fled . ------_
there is a deficiency in the unstigmatized
laborers in the State of Georgia, in propor
tion to the amount of lal>or to be perform
ed on ‘Old Town’ plantations, or otherwise,
it would be well to supply this bv immigra
tion from the over-crowded North. To
throw in ‘mules, wagon* and appurte
nances,’ as it were,‘to boot,’ is adding in
sult to injury. And what, pray, is the
practical difference between bnying and
selling a man outright and buying or selling
a lease of his time and labor, when to either
transaction the man is a forced party."
THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
the Southwestern railroad to Macon.
My persistence was rewarded, and we
decided to make the attempt. For some
reason or other it was pitch dark when the
train readied Savannah. A haphazard
drive to the Pulaski House with live omni
bus creakiin under its overburdened load, I j. .
was repaid by finding the lankest, leanest | found the track piled up with precious
■upper that ever greeted a poor, tired trav- salt, slowly diisolving under the pitiless
eler in a modern hotel. I hope my veraei- rain. Knowing its value to the people
ty will not be questioned when I tell you I j and the dearth of it, together with its high
bad about the half of a small breakfast * 1 r “ §
roll to my share—stale, cold and hard. A
cup of some nameless sort of tea. mildly
llidlnj?
• io tnei
lukewarm, without cream,washed itilmvn,
or the effort wouM have proved a failure,
lumen- as I was and hod been all day.
We bed a aplendldly furnished room to
}*IP. out however. We started before
breakfast to the Gulf de|H)t and paid f?.‘>
for one night's lodging and supper, such os
it was. A visit to the bakery was a necci.
alt*, and 112 worth of baker's bread (Con-
federate currency) made us a much enjoy
ed lunch, after we aecured seals in the can
under difficulties at will appear.
a wouAS’a aruraur.
A military order bed been issued to pre
vent ell able-bodied men from leaving the
city, so I hod recourse once more to strat
egy. Among tbe soldiers whose duty it
-was to guard the depot and enforce the
order there happened to be a favorite
young cousin of mine. When oar turn
Came, he officiated end passed us, the only
positive piece of good luck that had at
tended our forced march In front of Sher
man's army. We started in fine spirits,
considering every thing—leaving Savannah
in a literal snow storm, so cold and in
clement was the weather.
Sixty mile* oat from Savannah our old
{•rice, 1 groaned in spirit over the destruc
tion, waste and ruin that lay before me.
A 1’KAYKIl roil MACON,
It was after 8 p, m. before wc rolled un
der the Macon car-shed, to find the father
and husband in n state of most intense
anxiety on our accootit, because of some
contradictory statements as to what trains
had suffered in tho collision.
Tke wind waa blowing big guns—a regu
lar norther—and the prospect for getting
nut to our country home was decidedly
gloomy.
Our stork of Confederate scrip was run
ning luw, for It was only cheap and plenti
ful to those who had something to sell, we
with us then was nothing to sell anil all to
buy. Htill we coaid risk another howl bill,
and proceeding to the Brown House and
called for a room. "Not a single room va
cant," was the reply. "Can we sit by the
fire and pay for it ? ’ "No, sir; we get |A a
chair, but all the chairs are engsged to
night."
Bethinking ourselves of a friend who
had also nfugeed, hot who might have re
turned, we proceeded to call on him and
found they had got home just that day and
had one single bed up, hut whatever our
misfortunes in other particulars we had
tbe best and truest friends that this world
A World's Fair on an Immense Scale.
New York Sun.
Washixotox, May 0.—The exposition to
he opened at New Orleans on the 1st of
next December, which was originally de
signed to celebrate tlio centennial of the
first exportation of cotton from America,
now promises to become a more extensive
exhibition of the industrial resources and
products of flic world than any that has
liltlierlo been held in this country. t
New Orleans gives expression to the de
sire of the South to be aligned with more
progressive communities by making gen
erous provision for the occasion.
It wa* intended to group ad of the ma
chinery, miscellaneous and collective ex.
hibits in one grand building, and with tills
view the main building was planned to
cover thirty-three acres of ground,
git afford. l,(!5il,3U0 .< uare feet of space,
or 1,215,000 net exhibiting space, being
larger than the Crystal I'alace building,
and greater in size than the main building
and the machinery hall combined of Phil
adelphia in 1870,
Seven months lieforo the opening it is
found that the buildings are Inadequate,
and arrangements are liclng mado for an
other building almost as large as the main
structure.
Ail of the Southern States have applied
for space to represent their natural re
sources, except Kentucky, and a hill is
ponding before the Legislature of that Slide
for that purpose.
Twenty Northern and Western States
nnd Territories have notified the manage
ment to reserve space, and others are muk
ing arrangements to be represented.
Fourteen foreign governments have tig
nilled their intention to take part In the
display, and n large amount of space has
lieeu applied for by foreign firms and iudi
victuals.
Tho application* from manufacturers
ami exhibitors in the United .States now
rull for more space than was occupied by
sue!) exhibits at Philadelphia. Kxjx>4-
lions are also to l>e held ut ton don. Phila
delphia, Louisville. Cincinnati. Chicago,
Hi. Louis and Denver City, all closing be
fore the New Orleans exposition opens, so
that their choicest exhibit* may 1m: trans
ferred there. . In addition, demands for
space will be made bv foreign nations, per-
sons and firms who hive delayed applica
tions until the im|>ortatue of the exposi
tion was demonstrated.
The display of minerals from Mexico,
Central America, anil from the Western
States and Tcrritorie* will he lar^e.
A live stock department will afford oie
portunity for the S)uth and her Spanish-
speaking neighbors to display their choic
est breeds of animals.
In the horticultural department a liberal
and comprehensive premium list bus been
adopted, embracing s)>ecimens of fruits
and plants from all parts of the world.
Over $'J).0U0 in premiums, besides gold,
^^■Thou hast made him a little lower
than God.” In Psalin xx.vii, the passage.
"Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil,"
will ho changed to “Fret not thyself; it
tendeth to evil. And in Psalm ixviil. the
passage*‘The Lord gave the word; great
was tic company of those that published
it,” will be made to read “The Lord giv-
eth the word, and the women that bring
glad tidings are a great host.”
These are fa r samples of many of the
changes which will he made. The aim of
the translators has been to reproduce the
meaning of the original as closely and ac
curately as possible. It is pleasant to
know that this object will oe attained
without affecting any of the great dogmat
ic statements contained in the authorized
version. The revision will simply clarify
the present venerable translation.
Further Details of Mr. Glaterie .Death.
Baltimore Bun.
Norwich. Cons., May 7.—John F.Slater,
the philanthropist, who gave a million dol
lars for educational purposes iuthe South,
died here this morning. Mr. Slater had
been ill about live months, and went to
JNew York some time ago for treatment.
| He returned home three weeks ago. but
since that time has been rapidly tailing.
The cause of bis illness, which was violent
indigestion, has been a mystery.
Mr. Slater had been identified with the
business interests of Norwich. Conn., since
ImO. He was proprietor of a large cot
ton mill at Jewett City, a director
of the Washburn Manufacturing Com
pany, of Worcester, nnd connected
with several banking and railroad enter
prises. Mr. Slater’s great donation of
$1,000,009 as a fund for the education of
I Sou them freedmen was mado March 4,
1882. It was Mr. Slater's desire that the
income derived from investment of the
fund should be devote to the oduc&tion of
the colored race—that it should do fori
them what the Peabody fund docs for the
white race. The means to be employed
are left to the discretion of the trustees,the
donor haqing indicated his wish that
special attention be given to the training
of teachers from among the colored people
and tho encouragemei.it of such institu
tion as nre most effectually useful in pro
moting tliis training of teachers. Neither
principal nor income is to be expended in
land or buildings, unless after the lapse of
thirty-live years, in tho judgment of the
trustees, the purpose indicated by the
donor con be best attained bv the founda
tion of some educational institution.
Let us Improve Flint River.
Apalachicola Tribune.
The Tribune has watched with no
little interest the effortH that have
lately boon made toward the improve
ment of Flint river from Bainbridge to
Albany and from thence to Montezu
ma. We have looked forward to the
day when that great water highway
would be opened up to navigation from
Montezuma to this city, und can see
no reason (except that perhaps the en
terprise is a Southern one) why the
tiring couhl not be reached if prop
er measures were used in furtherance
of the plan.
Tire Tribune does not remember to
have seen the report, but learnH that
there is such n report of the engineers
before the powers at Washington,
claiming that (200,000 would put the
river iu first-class condition for the
navigation of large steamers at all sea
sons of the year, (200,000 spent by the
government on this- stream could not
fail to prove otherwise than beneficial
to the country. It would open up a
stream that would in n short while
outrival tire Chattahoochee in point of
commerce, starting as it does at -Mon
tezuma—only n few hours run from
Macon by train—-and emptying itself
into the Gulf nt Apalachicola, where
it would be met by other lines.
Every dollar that has beenexpendod
on tire Chattahoochee lias paid for it
self. Why then would this not be
said of tbe FlintT The trade of tire
Flint from Chattahoochee to Montezu
ma would be as great if not greater
BUY THE BEST I
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The Champion Reapers | lowers
AM) CORD BINDERS.
versally acknowledged to be the most EFFECTI\
Machines in the market. They have been indorsed by
the most progressive and successful farmers of this section
after several years’ service We have in store a large lot
of all sizes and styles, which we will sell at low prices and
^r. th «aoffeou C Wrir on such terms as will no doubt suit anyone who content-
Chattahoochee runs, and the opening
of the Flint would develop the coun
try along its entire navigable course.
Former experiments have given sat
isfactory evidences that were tho river
in a safe condition for the navigation
of steamers, steamboat property up
on this route would bo a paying invest
ment,
engine blew out one of itsbulkheodi (I; affords. Sheltered and comforted we
don’t know bow many they are entitle.) ipenl the time until the we sma’ hours
to), and there we belted until a halter une
could be sent out from Savannah to our
relief. All day. trains loaded with Ander
son ville prisoner, were passing us, going to
Bevannah, end I am ashamed yet, when I
remember their destitute, squalid condi
tion, even after all the neceaury allow
ance-! have been made for the straitened
resources of tbe Confederate government.
At suppertime, we reached what should
lures been our dinner bouse, Having pre
pared a noonday meal, with no train
to feed on it, it was resolved to have that
■ *ten before another venture in the
cooking line waa attempted. If there
eras any other reason to explain the
unpalatable "spread,” I did not hear it.
Fince Saturday night we had not been
privileged to enjoy a seat at the table—ex
canting our supper at the Pulaski, and
this was Tuesday night! Leaving out the
fried potatoes, near binders ville. we had
lived mostly on ex|«rta<km and the tough
baker's tread teemed in Savannah—at the
imminent risk of failure to catch tbe earlv
train.
Friday night we spent in the can,
and sometime daring iu long watches,
it came Hke an inspiration to my
hot bond's mind, that be had an old
North Gerrgta friend firing in the vicinity
ofgguitman. Brooke county. He resolved
to encroach on their hospitality for ut,
while l>e made bis way northward, to dis
cover if Fhensaabnd totally destroyed our
comparing notea and relating tbe adven
turn that had befallen us.ln which re
cital! the teen mingled with the hearty
laugbt that succeeded every ludicrous epi
sode of that eventful period of our national
existence.
When we reached Hardscrabble next
day it waa the picture of e cheerless, deso
late domicile. Wheeler, that prince of de-
•tructioniats. had left hia sign manual on
everything about it. Until the surrender,
five months later, we hauled everv grain
of corn for stock and for bread over
twenty miles, because of his famous pro
clivity of getting rid of everything that
fell in his reach.
But I'll bid you good bye. with a sincere
apology for obvious prolixity, and I tru-t
Macon will never see another raid beaded
by either Stoneman or Tecumseh fiber*
nian or anybody else. Fears
An Invlsorant.
A true tonic thoroughly reforms the con
dition of the stomach when left by some
debilitating disease, all torn to pieces as
it ia often left by fever and ague caused by-
malaria. Hunt'! Fever aud Ague Tonic
will restore these functions. Only5u cents
a bottle. Try it. It It guaranted.
The peopled Randolph county will
noon take • vote on the fence-no-for.ee
question.
silver ami bronze medals, arc offered.
The president of the Mississippi Valley
Horticultural Hociety Is made duel of tire
department. One superintendent is ap
pointed from Missouri, one from Indiana,
several special commissioners from the
Kast. and a foreign commissioner of na
tional reputation from Georgia. At least
20,000 varieties of fruits arc provided for.
Tbe direction of the agricultural depart
ment has been tendered to the eloquent
ami handsome Dr. Loring, of Massachu
setts, commissioner of agriculture of the
United States.
Gen. Eaton, who organized tbe oduca*
tional display at Philadelphia and at the
Paris Exposition, will doubtless take
charge of the department of education and
instruction. It already has the approba
tion of all tbe State school superintendents
of the country and ot many of the teach-
era' association?.
A department of woman's work is to be
•rganixed to practically illustrate and de
velop the field of women's efforts, and en
large the sphere of usefulness of the sex in
the domestic economy and industry of the
world.
Provision is made for exhibiting saw
mills in motion, wood, brick, and tile fac
tones, experimental gardens, growing
crops, such as cotton, sugar, jute, tobacco
ami the like.
Arrangements are making to gather
large quantities of evergreens fr< m the
nurseries North and South, with which to
emtottUb the grounds, and many parts of
the park which have i>een set aside for the
ex|K>*ition will be rendered more attrac
tive by the Mexican and Central Ameri
can authorities, Florida, and California,
through their sjecial garden?.
The Mexican government has appro
priated $210,(i)0 for the exposition, and
many of the Htates in Mexico have ap
propriated tf.UOO each for the special dis
play of their resources.
Each of the Central American republics
i* exhibiting great interest, and many of
tin* < itizens of these neighboring countries
will doubtless profit by this opportunity to
exhibit the resources of their resi»ectiv*
countries, aud to provide themselves with
improved agricultural implements.
To manufacturers of every kind new
markets w*iJ be opened, and such a school
Mrs. President Madison.
Mr.?. Dolly Madison was of Virginia
irentage, though her birth took place in
North Ca r olina during a visit of her parents
to that State. A short time after her birth
her parents joined the Society of Friends
and. ii an miitting their slaves, removed
to Pennsylvania, and their daughter Dolly
received her education in this city. At an
early ago she was married to Mr.
Todd, a young lawyer of Philadel-
{ •bin. who (lied a short time afterwards,
caving her with an Infant The young
and beautiful widow was not without sui
tors, and among the number, James Madi
son, then a member of Congress from Vir
ginia. was favored, and to whom sho was
wedded In 1791. Throughout his long and
eventful career she sustained tho charac.
tdr of a devoted wife, and was of no small
service to her distinguished husband in
many of the scenes of life.
During his administration as President
of the L nlted mates she presided over the
Whit e House with a dignity nnd grace
seldom equaled, and commanded the
admiration of Americans as well as for
eigners. U|K>n the approach of tho Brit
ish army to Washington in 1811, rare qual
ities were developed in her character. To
tho last moment that her friends would
permit, she remained in the White House,
securing cabinet papers, plate and other
valuable?, and absolutely refusing to leave
until the portrait of the father of his
country, by Stuart was taken down and
secured from the impending vandalism of
the invaders. Her flight from the White
House, and her escape in disguise, form an
interesting and romantic incident '••the
history ol that period. It waa a trying
time for the wife of an American Presi
dent. and there are few women who would,
under the circumstances, have displayed
an equal strength of mind, an equal degree
of patriotism und an equal amount of con
jugal devotion.
After Mr. Madison’s retirement she
malncd with him at his seat at .Montpelier,
Va., smoothing the downward path of an
aged mother-in-law, and perforating In r.n
equally exemplary manner her duties to
her husband until his death, in 1830. Du
ring the greater part of the subsequent
{•eriod she resided at Washington, the cen
tre* of u refined and cultivated circle,
courted and caressed by Americans, and
honored by the attentions of the people of
all ranks and alt nat on?. Her devotion to
her husband'* memory lasted till her death,
and through her efforts an apppropriation
was made for the publication of his papers.
— Den Perley Poore.
A Pure nnd Effective Hair Dressing.
Coconino, a compound of Cocoannt Oil.
beautifies the hair and is sure to allay all
itching and irritation of tho scalp.
The superiority of Burnett's Flavoring
Extracts consists in their perfect purity
and strength.
The Americus Recorder is going to
have 1 ‘new peaches” in al>out n week,
but it doesn't state that they will be
ripe.
The Old Grand Mother
When called to tlxc bedside of the little
child suffering with that night fiend to
children and horror to parents, croup, the
old grand mother used to send for mullein
and make a tea and at once relievo it—
made into a tea now and combined with
with sweet gum it present* in Taylor’s
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mul
lein a pleasant nnd effective cure for croup,
whooping cough, colds and consumption
I’rice: 2">e. and $1. This, with Dr. Bigger.?’
Southern Remedy, an equally efficacious
remedy for cramp colic, diarrbeon, dysen
tery and children suffering from teeth
ing presents a little ' Medicine Chest no
household should be without, for the
speedy relief of sudden and dangerous at
tacks of the lungs and bowels. Ask your
druggist for them.
Manufactured by Walter A. Taylor, At
lanta, Ga., proprietor Taylor's 1'rcmium
Cologne,
L. W. Hunt & Co., wholesale agents,
Macon, Gil
PALMER’S Perfumes. EXQUISITE.
PA LM KR'H Toilet Soaps. LOVELY.
PALMER'S Lotion, the great skin cu
PALMER'S Invisible, the ladies delight.
PALMER'S Manual of Cage Birds, free.
Tha Forestry Congress.
Courier-Journal. 1
Washington, May 8.—Tho American
Forestry Congress concluded its an
nual session to-day. Papera were read
by Messrs. Kgleston, of Washington;
F. T. Baker, of Topeka, Kas., and B.
E. Fernaw, of New York, on “The
Value and Management of Govern
ment Timber Lands." A paper by C.
M. Read, of Hudson, O., on “The
Presen-a tion of the Forests on the
Headwaters of Streams," was received
with marked attention by the delegates
and warmly comtnemied. The last
paper, by Jno. 8. llicks, of New York,
waa entitled “The Planting of Trees
by Railroad Companies."
A committee appointed to examine
into the merits of the bill now pending
before Congress, entitled “A bill to es
tablish National experiment stations
in connection with the agricultural col
leges of the various States," presented
a report, which w as adopted, earnestly
in io ruing the bill, and urging its pas
sage. The Committee on Pul>!icauons
recommended the appointment of a
standing committee on publications,
to issue a bulletin from time to time as i
a means of communication among the j
friends of the forestry movement and
db-erninating valuable information;
concerning forestry. These recom
mendations were accepted and a reso
lution adopted culling upon the induv i
trial uchools to In-gin at once the
work of forestry education in their i
institutions.
President faring delivered the clot-1
ing address. Adioumed tine die. The
The Emperor Louis Napoleon nnoked
only the finmt ci*»m the world could pro
duce. Prof. Hotvford lays tbe Emperors
dsan war* made specially for him in Hs-
leaf grown. BUckweWi Dull Durham
Hmoklnjr Tobacco U made from the mum
kaf DMd in tbe Emiwroc** ctiran, la ftbao-
lutely pur* and In u&quwUo&aUy th* boat
toUcco ever offered.
Thftrkrray'a rifted damrhter. Ann*. In
her sketch of Alfred Tennyson, In H«rr*r'»
Monthly, telle of her visit to the mat poet,
8h* found him mnokinir Blackwell's Bull
Durham Tobacco, test him by lion. James
Ilonell Lowell, American Miubtcr to tho
Court of 8L June*.
In the** daya of adulteration. It ta a com
fort to rmoktra to *?•w that the Bull Dur<
ham bnuid la absolutely pur*.
btcco la tho Lh and pnreat made. All
dealer* have it. None rruuino without
the tnule-mark of the Bull
plates buying a machine. Correspond with us.
A.B. EARQUHAR& CO.
MACON, GEORGIA.
MON UMENTS!
I AM manufacturers' agent for Crystal end Scotch Granite, Vermont and Italian
Marble and White Bronze Monuments. Agent for E. T Bamum'a Imn ..a •
Fencing. Vases aud Fountain.. 1 am better prepared niw thTn «er ta fiimUh YJl?
clase work at reasonable prices, and will take pleasure in calling a'ttlfe bonin'of
iea cS?on or wJlte’to CJ “” W ° rk ‘ X ° W is ,he ,inle toslre • vour ° rder »torfiUd?fi T eJ£
O. P. Heath,
iTiyllwed»nn.ka3m 151 i-ccoml street. Macon, Ga.
Clothing and Hats.
W I NS H IP
Ac
CALLAWAY
Take great pleasure in call
ing attention to their, new
stock of Spring
CLOTHING AND HATS.
They have made extrardi-
nary exertions to suit the
taste of their customers. The
greater portion of their stock
was cut and manufactured to
thei 1 ordei They are pre
pared to meet the demand
for the finest and best grades
of goods.
OS
AYER’S
Ague Cure
or.tr.ins nn antidote for nil nmUrli.l «IU
onlcr* which, so far a* known, is used iu nt
Ahtr remedy. It coutalns no Quluiue, »-«.r
\.\J luim-ral nor deleterious suUtanc* vlu.l
ever, and consequently produce* no injurious
< ifect upon the constitution, but Uavet the
tytU-tu as healthy as it waa before the attack.
WE WARRANT AYER'S AGUE CURE
to cure every caa* of Fever and Ague, Inter
mittent or Chill Fever, Remittent Fever.
Dumb Ague, Bilious Fever, and Llrcr Com
plaint catired by malaria. Iu ease of failure,
alter due trial, dealers are authorised, by our
circular dated July lit, 1862, to refund the
W. H. MOOR & CO,
Wholisale Fruit 1 Produce Commission
MKRCII , KTH,
ATLANTA,
GEORGIA.
SPECIALTIES—'Watermelon* and 8outh-
O ern Truck. Quick sale?. Prompt re
turns. Reference: Merchant?’ Banic. At
lanta. 8tencila furnished on application.
inny8-daw3'u.
Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggist*.
WILBOB’S COMPOUND OF
PURE COD LIVER
OIL AND LIME.
CLOUDS CREEK
Mill SloiK'w !
CHEAPEST AND BEST. SEND
FOB PRICES.
GEO. B. LOMBARD A CO.,
Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
febl2gunAired6tn
Hcortm PJujjIneK
BOI,.ER S
Sawmills CrlBtMills
and Sugar Mllio.
KETTLES
HORSE POWERS
Cotton Vrcaaca,
PULLEYS
SHAFTING.
GEARING
Uulldor’N Cnailugg
ta Fronts, Iron
laBMas
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PCMPS, fc PiPM,
INSPIRATORS,
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WATER
Juck Scroww,
Brass Castings
D7-Our CANE MILLS ban
Wrought Journals.
Ga.
aapB-waJAasiAwkly
THE HISTORY OF
MONEY TO LOAN
-ON-
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ENDOWMENT Policies maturing with*
Lj in five years discounted at fair rates.
Apply to or address, inclosing stamp for
reply, J. H.BIRClf
oecfid&wly 25 Cotton Ave, Macon,Ga.
Cod Uvsr Oil and Lime—That Pleasant
and active agent In the cure of all comenmp-
tlvemtema “Wlltior'* compound of Pure
Cod-Uver Oil and Lime," la being universally
adopted In medlml practice. Hold by the
proprietor, A. B. Wllbor, chemist, Boston,
and *11 druggists.
5DWARD P. HALSTEAD,
Qualified Veterinary Surgeon,
(Late of Hereford, England,)
T)EGR to inform the public generally that bs
IJ intends to open a Veterinary Infirmary la
Macon for the treatment of Lame andfilck
Rones and Mules. Horses carefully exam to-
ed as to soundneM.
Numerous reference* from tbe best men In
North Carolina and Georgia.
Addresa P.O. Foam. Cat
ally at Tlmberlake * subla.
pspa
IHjiH
'LKcriu>-VOLTAIC BELT aad
vs
Brewer’s Lraj Restorer,
Ha Claims Upon the Public-Why It should
|i)« Unix.really Uaed.
CTvr “•-'. 'f,r-etWajc-""’wnai
Blaxwolten «we that Imi.are. ro-
innln lii.laen lor year, right under one's ere.
and only itiicorrrcl at but by sccldtnt. Such
w*« the care with Brewer’. Lunf Restorer.
Thl> remedy wunred (or Marly forty rear,
by a little ucif hborhood of pcophfwho either
did not appreciate It. true r.luc or did not
hare the mean, or opportunity to proela'm
It. virtue, to tho world. When they hat a
cough, sora throat, bronchitis, tickling In tbe
throat or other throat and Inng trouble* they
made them a .mallkettle full olthl. unnamed
rounding their home*, and In a remarkably
■hort tlmc-they were relieved by Its u— —*
nerer thought of It any more trail
again required, llowerer, thing* barec.
rffl^do^^taTno'
ty. The prerent proprietor* ol thla old r
having by areldent learaed that Iu core* were
miraculous,determined u once to ueertaln (or
themselfe» wh.t merit It really poreeued,
Urng Restorer, and It has becom* *o widely
—
.. moe*
can In no way he harmful end irt< a‘ftMdte
event that nlalla to cure the general health o(
the patient la grretly Improved. It rap he
giventoslxmonths' " r * “
scribed doses with *
Restorer,
ing : pon
took have been
from the heat people _ SSI
the public that this
merit. “ ‘
exiting against
other remedy known,
is mentioned wc c*~
iul-ln (act. mlraculom
RSS
ire fniind In
io more to break down the prejm
MONEY LOANED
QS Improved Fai
For term* apply to
City Property.
next WMion will be held at Saratoga, x a.:
ptobnbly in September. 5 T“’oSN5(tiSV
S&tftaTiBj- CDLL-GE.
i SSBaaNaaS^'- R. F. LAWTON
CgoaltewyNirih.-a .
hand tsrOrmlar*. fre-.
ItANKLH,
MACON, CA. wr. MsKmV, -