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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FKI DAY, 0( TOBER 3, 1884.
THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER.
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H. C. HANSON, Manger,
Macon, Georgia.
Huns better when ita tired—the wheel.
Another faith cure ia leported, this time
from Brooklyn. 8o far only the ladles
bare had faith enough. The men contin
ue to lend he dostor.
6 —•
A man with a bundle under each arm
tried to get on board a moving car. That
is why his friends inserted a funeral notice
for him tn the morning papers.
Tn* star-eyed goddess doesn't favor
Mrs. Lockwood for the Presidency. But
who expects a blushing damselle to back
up the claims of a scheming widow.
The election yesterday was quiet; so
quiet in fact that seme of our best citizens
did not know that election day had arrived
Until they found the bsrrooms were closed
Ir Mr. Dana’s taste in chickens varies
ns widely as his presidential taste he will
soon exhsnst the catalogue and be left
with only a cockeyed frizzle back rooster
to soothe his old age.
Tiis grave of Thaddens Stevens fa coy
r-red with grass and weeds afoot high.
Tbadloft considerable money to his mu
latto housekeeper. She should not neglect
bis grave, if the Republican party does,
John McCullough has at length broken
completely down from wine and women.
He was not much of an actor, bat had the
good fortune to make money enough, if he
bas kept it, to provide for himself a com
fortable seclusion.
TusNashville American says; "Typhoid
fever is epidemic in Nashville." This is a
fearful admission. Typhoid fever, always
to be feared, brings new horrors in an epi
demic form. A disease is said to be epi
demic when more people die of it in n
community,within a given time than from
all other diseases combined.
The most magnificent mail service ex
isting between two Southern communities
la that which haa been secured forMaco.i
and Clinton. The Clinton mail is carried
in nn antiquated vehicle, a cross between
a cart and a wagon, pulled by a lot of ribs
and other bones half hid under a horse
skin, and harnessed up with airings Yes-
terday-tbeCllnton mail balked in front of
this office, and after traveling for an hour
towards every point of the compass,moved
oil with a magnificent deliberation that
promised to {convey the great and good
TiLiosarn to its Jones county constitu
ents befote the State fair convened.
Habvasd will open next season with a
large and increased faculty. A new baae-
balt professor has been secured, and a
prominent scientific athieto will do the
lecturing on foot-ball. The department of
Scientific Rowing is atilt In charge of the
L.L.D., who teaches the young lira how to
ting, bat the governors have In view for It
a distinguished Savant who will be offered
a princely salary and will doubtless accept.
Attention ia called to the fact that the col
lege hospital has recently been enlarged,
and by sn arrangement, with tlocal medi
cal Institute free service will be afforded.
The glass-eye factory around the comer
has received an elegant assortment
orbs, and no student hereafter will be sent
home with odd optics. Specie! rates have
also been secured from ell local undertak
ers. The Tbliosapu halls with pleasure
the prosperity of this time-honored Insti-
t lion. _
Nsw Fields.
With India rapidly developing in the
far East, the whole of Central Africa
being opened up, Mexico pierced by
railroads and Central and South Amer
ica becoming year by year more civil
ized, the question arises how long will
it be before the South will have to face
rivals in her great staple business?
Will an increased consumption eccom-
pony the increasing acreage the world
over? The newly developed regions
of Africa from which lead the Congo,
Zambesi and Nile rivers into three
oceans ia fertile, abundantly watered,
desirable in climate, and abounds
in varied aoila that produce cotton, cof
fee, tobacco, pepper,nutmeg andl-dia-
xubber without cultivation. Corn,
wheat, rice, sweet and Irish potatoes
and all vegetables grow In great luxuri
ance. This region alone embraces six
millions square miles of territory and
haa a population of 49,000,0000. The
rivalry of French, English, Dutch and
Portuguese companies has stimulated
the development of the country already
to an enormous degree, and under the
care of their respective home govern
mvnta who see and - appreciate thia
glittering commercial prize of the
tropica will within the next decade or
so place it in a position to
rapidly become an important Held of
supply for European markets. A few
railroads, s skillful manipulation of
emigrant companies, and a liberal use
of money may make Africa in twenty
yean not only a cotton country but a
great granary.
This may be naturally expected.
How old are the American wheat and
com fields? Those of the West and
Northwest, which supply the markets,
have not, upon sn average, been nn
ilcr cultivation 'twenty yean; probably
not fifteen. India’s importance as a
world’s granary does not antedate
twelve yean. It fa not improbable
that the united governments of Europe
may make Africa productive daring the
next tw enty yean to an extent that
may affect American prices.
With Pleasure.
The Louisville Courier-Journal pro
pounds to us the following;
The Macon TEI.EOBAPH and Messinoeb re
fers to the Courier-Journal as the spokesman ol
the Western whisky ring.” Will our Georgia
contemporary inform us on what warrant It
uses the language, an*l explain what it means
by "Western whisky ring?''
It gives us pleasure to respond
promptly. By reason of the internal
tax upon whisky, which is unjust, ob
noxious to our governmental system,
and could only be defended by the ne
cessities of war, a few persons com
paratively have a practical monopoly
of the manufacture and sale of whisky.
It is a very profitable business and its
proprietors, in the language of the
Courier-Journal, have accumulated
“sparge surplus of wealth,” so large,
indeed, that notwithstanding direful
prognostications, but one whisky firm
lias succumbed during the present fi
nancial stress, that of Buchanan & Co.,
of Louisville, ami they were embarrass
ed some two years since.
It is quite natural that the men who
control this wealth-giving monopoly
should combine to protect and perpetu
ate it.
That they have done so appears
fully. They appeared at Washington
during the last session of Congress and
demanded that Congress should extend
the time upon which by law they were
to pay taxes upon bonded whisky,
A bill was framed for this purpose
Singular to say, in spite of the fact
that the committee of ways and means
was opposed to the bill, and defeated
it by a rote in the committee, it was
favorably reported back to the house
We submit that this shows a combi
nation, ring, or whatever one is pleased
to call it, in favor of this interest, and
a very powerful and influential one
Nothing short of this could have pro
duced such a result. Many of the pa
trons of the Courier-Journal are mem
bers of this combination. The city in
which it is published is largely inter
ested in the whisky business, as is also
the State of Kentucky.
Senator Beck always stands by Sen-
tor John Sherman in a fight for the
protection of this whisky business,
though they are as far apart
as the poles politically. Senator
Blackburn declared in a public speech
iu New York city, that he desired to
perpetuate the internal revenue sys
tem, with its army of office-holders,
spies and informers. The whisky men
were strong enough to interpolate in
the Chicago platform protection for
this interest in that it(i revenues were
to be devoted to the payment of sol-
diera’ pensions, that are just as legiti
mate expenses of the government as
the payment of the salary of its lowest
official, in the face of tho fact
that the platform elsewhere de
clared that revenue should be raised ex
clusively from a tariff. If this work may
not be credited to a combination or
ring, who shall take the credit of it?
This la our understanding of the West
ern whisky ring and the warrant for
the use of the term, which has ire
qucntly been used by others.
During the debate on the bonded ex
tension bill Mr. Watterson, the editor
In chief of tho Louisville Courier-
Journal ,by virtue of a special privilege,
was upon the floor of the House. So
was Green B. Raum, an acknowledged
agent of the whisky men.
As the bill approached a vote
member of Congress called attention
to this fact. The Washington corre
spondent of the Augusta Chronicle and
Conitilutionafiitwas in the gallery and
wrote that thereupon Mr. Watterson
and Mr. Raum fled from the house by
different doorways. We give the sub
stance and meaning of the language
used.
In the issue ol the Courier-Journal
containing the inquiry to which we are
responding appears the following lan
guage on the Buchanan failure;
By the way, It Is worthy ol the consideration
of Commissioner Evans, who Is now In the
city, whether, In view of tho present compll
cation, It will not b« just anti expedient to de
fer the collection ol the tax oil whisky until
the affaire of the estate can be gotten Into
more definite form.
Upon these facta and the further one
that the Courier-Journal haa always
been vigilant, a-five and able ia sup
port of the whisky interest, we find
warrant for naming it as the mouth
piece of tho Western whisky ring.
South stands to-day facing the largest
amount of uninvested money contem
plated during this century. Never be
fore in her his lory has there been a
time when an exposition setting forth
Iter advantages could effect so much.
It is obvious that if this exposition is
of such Importance to the South it is
important to each of its divisions in pro
portion to the extent of their undevel
oped mines, their unused water power,
their untilled lands, their unbuilt rail
roads and their neglected millsites.
What will Georgia have at the exposi
tion to attract foreign capital? How
can Georgians expect to build up the
waste places of this State when other
States possessing equal advantages are
on hand with specimen products, ores,
maps and statistics, ready to furnish
information on ail subjects. It looks
now very much as though Georgia,
famed as the most progressive in all the
Southern tier of States, will falter and
fail in the supreme moment of her his
tory. _
Recently the country was shocked the glorious Indian summer. As to
with the announcement that our bril- the usual storms, the New York Nun
liant contemporary had retired ] says:
from the list of raconteur! dur- “The so-called equinoctial storm is
ing the present season and that no one of the things that most people
Coora'a and tha World's Esnoaltlon.
Of tho importance of this exhibition to the
South and of Its Interest to tho world of indus
try and enterprise there can be no doubt.
Probably nowhere else In the world were the
conditions so favorable for an undertaking of
tho kind at the preaent time, and nowhere
else was there to much reason for carrying It
out. Por the first time In their history the
Southern Stales an coming Into their proper
relations, Industrially and commercially, aa
well as politically, with the rest of the coun
try and tha rest of the world. The New Or
leans Exposition will be an event of great in
terest and Importance and worthy of all the
attention that can bo bestowed upon It.—New
York Times.
By common consent,the Word’s expo
sition ia the moet Important event in the
South's history from an industrial point
ol view. And not only ig ita importance
obvious, but it ia planned for the moat
critical period ol our buaineas experi
ence. Despite the nniortmute temper
of national politics since the war, little
by little the vast resources of this sec
tion have drawn in capital,. Railroads
have been built, mills, factories and
•tore bouses erected and mines devel
oped. But compared with the chances
for profitable investment existing, the
amonntof the capital induced hither has
been ridiculously small. To-day there
is in the North and in England vast
sums of money awaiting cbancca of in
vestment. The speculative disasters
of this year has diverted immense sums
from Wail street, and left it to find
safer lodgement. Across the water the
depreciation of rent property, the small
Interest paid upon government securi
ties, end the uncertain state of labor
Tha Taiff Issue.
Many Democrats, particularly at the
South, cannot convince themselves
that the tariff issue i3 the great issue
of thia campaign. Far removed from
the active contest, and being accus
tomed to a political honesty and moral
ity unknown to the North, they flatter
themselves that the moral issue is to
settle the conflict.
Mr. Blaine's sins of omission and
commission are being pushed to the
front and the corruption of the Repub
lican party is being worked for all that
it may be worth. But there is no con
test at the South. There is not a South
ern man worthy of the name who needs
speeches, editorials,documents or argu
ments to make him understand his
duty and to compel him to perform it.
But in the doubtlul States the tariff
is a live issue, and it cannot be kept
down or obscured by charges of im
morality or a lack of political honesty
in either tandidate. Democratic speafc-
ers may, in avoidance of the example
oi Mr. Hendricks, decline to argue the
tariff to their auditors, but they cannot
compel Republican orators to a similar
course. The larger part oi the last
session of Congress was consumed
in tariff discussion. Tho Chicago
convention awaited ior days
for its committee to complete a plat
form upon this point, the only one
which developed a wide divergence of
sentiment. How impossible then to
smother a discussion of it in a popu
lar campaign, embracing the entire
country.
The Republican party makes profert
oi the tariff and it must be met. It
tenders this bill of particulars, or in
dictment, published in its prominent
journals:
The Democratic party, boastfully proclaim
ing that tariff was Its grest object, elected a
majority of the House In l 4 -*A
This House, a-sembllng In December, 158:1,
elected Mr. Carlisle Speaker on tho ground
that he was a free trader, and In organizing
the House would Insure tho promised "re
form."
Mr. Carlisle did organize the House with
Mr. Morrison and other noted free traders In
charge of the tariff question.
TJtese men did bring in e blit, known es
"the Morrison bill," which they declared was
a "first firm step toward tree trade,” aud
which in fact was such a step.
The Democratic caucus voted, about tour to
one, to take up the hill as a party measure,
and declared this sort of “reform” the most
vital ohjtct of tho party.
The Democratic Houso deemed it of auch
vast Importance that It ssorificed ail otht
public bualnest In order to (orce this measure
throuih.
Four-fifths of the Democratic members of
the House, In two formal votes, supported
this measure, and It was barely defeated,
nearly all the Democratic Journals denounc
ing as "traitors to the party” the lew Demo
crats who voted against It.
Free trade Republicans, prior to and during
the session, encouraged these proceedings,
promising publicly a great free trade holt If
the Democrats would stick to the plan pro
posed.
The free-trade holt bas come, though It does
not prove to he "great."
The bill, If passed, would have dosed thous
ands ol establishments and reduced wages
greatly.
The Demoe ratio party la now trying to cheat
the people by pretending that it docs not mean
any mischief on the tariff. In candidate Is
trying, by dishonest silence, to obtain votea
upon false pretenses.
tTnfnrhinnlolysoya;;,! of those counts
are true, but still they must be met and
defended. Silence ia certain defeat.
In the pending campaign In the State
of Ohio, the tariff is the leading issue.
It will be vigorously pushed in New
York, Indiana, Connecticut and New
Jersey.
The Memphis Avalanche, a powerful
journal, and one enthusiastic in Its sup
port of Cleveland, says:
The tariff Issue, overlooked by Democratic
leaders, U being boomed by Republican
leaders. It auddenly crops out In alllpolnical
discussions, and from present appearances
ll will be the chief factor In the Frealdentiel
more thrilling reptilian adventures
need lie expected. We say shocked,
because there had been no change in
the weather, the snake season ia still
upon us and bids fair, accordingto Mr.
DeVoe, to remain until December 1.
There is yet to be presented a whole
range of snake disasters, the fate of the
early squirrel seeker,the cotton picker’s
terrible expe ’-nee and the pot hunter’s
sad ending are all falling due, and the
old reliable chronicler has fled from Isis
watch-tower. The snake department
of the press languishes for want of
food.
The TELEUBAru lias been informed
by a correspondent that the Diipatch
sulks in its tent because it has been
discounted by a mere amateur across
the Carolina line, and furnishes the
following as the last straw which
broke the heart of a worthy contem
porary:
A family residing near here has perhaps the
most singular pet In the United States. It is
harmless garter snake and perhaps measures
two leet In length. It was found among
flower-puts on the window-silt one morning,
and as tho family has never had that aversion
to snakes which Is so gcnoral It was allowed to
remain in the house and soon become ddfncs-
tieated. They named it uteopatraand when
It Is called It comes gliding over the floor to
who ever calls It. It Is very affectionate and
constantly sleeps with some of the youuger
members of the family; but perhaps Its most
singular attribute is Its love for music. When
any one plays it Immediately draws near the
piano and never rests contented until placed
:i top of the piano.
Recently the family were surprised to hear
>me odd musical notes proceeding from tho
parlor. They formed a tune something like
‘Sweet Vlotcts," which has long.been a favor
ite air played by one of the members of the
family, a daughter aged sixteen, to whom,
Is said, Cleopatra Is very much attached. <
proceeding to the parlor on another day the
pet suake was found upon tho keyboard at-
tempting to strike out the notes on the keys
with his tail.
It Is fed entirely on milk and crackers
soaked In sweet tea.
never lose faith in. Itis comparatively
rare for heavy rains to fall just at the
time when the aun crosses the line,
and yet if the weather happens to he
dry at the autnmn equinox, as it has
been this year, many persons appear
to think that the order of nature must
have changed. It is true that we com
monly have much rain within a few
weeks of the equinox, but a glance at
any weather record will show that
September is quite as remarkable for
its drouths ns for its rainfall."
As we are in the last days of Sep
tember, and are about to engage in an
election that shall be shortly followed
by others and decisive ones, let us hope
that onr days of penance are almost
over, and that the cooling showers will
speedily fall, for the refreshment of
human, animal ami vegetable life.
Having gone without it so far, we
can afford to dispense with the equi
noctial storm.
Wesleyan College and the Clrls.
Tills time-honored old institution of
learning, now smiling down upon the
ity in new dress and with rejuvenated
features, opens to-day with the bright
est of prospects. Wo are informed by
those in authority that every foot of
available space has been engaged and
the crowd in attendance will be in ail
likelihood the largest ever sheltered.
This fact, however, need deter no one
who contemplates a later entry. There
is always a small per cent, of those
who engage quarters that fail to ap-
cau reward the invontor, nro our ex
cuses for refusing to accept tho
problem as yet solved. Mr. Ma
son may be on the right track. The
Telegraph sincerely hopes that he is,
and when his machine is perfected and
really does the work of tho human
hand in the ripened cotton fields,
noonowill quicker give him praise and
credit. Wc bid him God speed in his
effortB, and await the result.
ers and Listen, fill their ship holds with-,7
happy men and women crowded togeth,.'
then set out for the best market to sell them
there like sheep for the slaughter, and th™
return hero like,honest men, after bavin*
sported the Uvea and liberty ol their tello*
men, and at thosapio tlmo call themael...
Christians. Blush, O heavens, at this! Thete
our mighty grievances, we cheerfully gut,™,;
to your Honon, without dictating In the law,
knowing by experience that your Honori
have, aud we trust ever will in your wlsd™
.1.,... .a., .a.. ' . "“too
do us that Justice that their present condition
requires, u God and the good laws of mu
Popular elections are not the tribnn-
nals which settle questions of morality,
and the business interests of the coun
try have been recognised as the power
ful factor, which controls the policy
and action of parties and the govern
ment.
Mts'ortunts of a Contemporary.
The TtLEOBAPn takes no pleasure in
noting tlie fact that any member of the
Georgia Press gang has met with hu
miliation and defeat. Its position,
however, as a public journal demands
that it shall publish the news irrespec
tive of persons. It is not responsible
for facts that exist outside of its con
trol.
Hawkinsviile has long been known
as the snake story centre of the
South, a distinction it has
won mainly through the enterprise
and genius of the Hawkinsviile DU-
imlch. The TEUtGHAPH bears witness
that it* contemporary haa been quoted
as authority on snakes in every State
in the Union. The thriving little city
lias had its name in the papers from
Maine to California and from Canada
to Texas until its fame and prond po-
have bad a tendency to check the out-’ sition hare made it a target for the en-
l«y of capital in home property. The viona on all side*.
Coachmen and Fools.
The Northern coachman is at present
attracting almost as much attention as
the seven Presidential candidates. His
whole intent and purpose, il ohe may
judge from the hundreds of columns of
which he is the hero, is to marry some
rich man’s daughter and take the
chances of a reconciliation with the old
folks.
The coachman has ail the advantage.
If he fails in his attempt to elope with
the daughter of the household, nothing
is heard of the affair. If he succeeds,
at the very worst he loses only a posi
tion. which he can easily do without,
bat, generally, he gets a three-weeks’
honeymoon and the cash and jewelry
of his dupe. Miss. Hubbard, Miss Mor-
rosini and Miss Drake, all recently so
ciety belles, have cast their fortunes
with the irresistible coachman, and
the returns are not yet all in. Cuflee,
imitative to the last degree, has been
trying his hand, too, and comes to the
front with two daughters of a ginger-
colored employer, whom he induced
to follow him abroad.
It must strike Southern people as
very singular that a coachman any
where can establish himself upon terms
with his employer's family,so intimate
os to enable him to address the flower
of the flock. It is Ukely to occur to
sensible people that the girl must in
every such case be entirely responsible
for the courtship, must in fact institute
and conduct the love affair. Such is
almost necessarily tho case. Tho fault
therefore is in society and not the
coachmen, for surely no sensible man
would refuse to wed the wealthy wo
man whom he had consented to serve
for a small salary.
The Weather.
The telegraphic announcement that
the good people of Virginia are praying
for rain will lend a new interest to the
weather, jnst now a popular topic. A
very large area of country has been
suffering for fifty days or more from a
drouth of great intensity, and though
recent Intelligence tells us of Us break
in Ohio and elsewhere by cyclones and
storms, the South seems to be withoqt
sign of relief. It is a pity for the cot
ton growing States, that the marketing
of her great staple gives the business
season an opening ao early. With old
lands and commercial fertilizers the
trouble is likely to grow rather than to
diminish. At the North September is
a cheery month, but with us It Is one
generally devoted to dost, heat and ac
companying discomfort, and sometimes
sickness.
Those who can be away daring this
month should stay, and our municipal
authorities should endeavor to make
our cities more endurable, If not pleas
ant, to those who are compelled, by
business or other causes, to remain in
them.
Fortunately this immediate section
cannot complain of any great crop loss
by this dry spell. Farmers differ
as to its effects nn cotton, but all agree
that the crop was good before the
drouth came, snd the season bss been
unexceptionable for getting ft into a
shape to command the best prices.
Admitting that it is cat off to some ex
tent, the experience of the .Sooth is
that she makes too much cotton at the
expense of other things. Along with
the drouth, of course, has come some
sickness, but not so severe, bat that a
good rain would dispel it.
If the people in other sections have
not gone to praying as those in Vir
ginia, they have at least imitated the
maidens in the “Pirates of Penxance,”
by talking and writing of the weather.
Bat for the fact that fash'on and ens-
tom demand that everybody shall be
home, in New York, on the first of
September, the summer reaorta would
•till be crowded, for September has
been a rammer month in that latitude.
The equinoctial change bas been late,
and as yet there is no enjoyment of
Tho Solid South.”
Tho New York Tribune quotes Hon. Pat
Walsh, of the Augusta Chronicle, as saying
that the defeat of Cleveland would mean au
end of the "solid South.” We donht whether
Mr. Walsh said It, hut whether he said tt or
not, we havo quite* different opinion. ;Wc
believe that a defeat ot the Democratic party
In this campaign would teach them the folly
ol going Into a Presidential contest in a slip
shod manner and without making such dis
tinctive Issues with their opponents as will
convince tho country of the benefits to be
gained by a change. In oilier words, wc be
lieve that they will reform and solidify, In
support of a well-defined governmental policy
and administrative economy, a national party,
Cuffeo ns a Weather Prophet,
The signal service corps is in a flut
ter over the appointment et a colored
brother to assist in tiie distribution of
the weather.
The general government is probably
not aware of the fact, but the aged
darky is a sure weather indicator.
His hair wlten the atmosphere is heav
ily charged with electricity, becomes
crisp ami crimpled, and wlten rains
threaten his tiers of corns invariably
notify him of the fact. It would, to
use a country expression, bo a “pious
idea” to make a weather lieutenant,
sergeant, ensign or corporal out of every
old colored hulk in the land and
havo him wire the central office each
dav the condition of his hair and the
degree of energy exhibited by his
corns. Whenever a large area of corns
makes itself felt the Bureau would
be justified in promising an early
rain to the section thereabouts, and
whenever the hair of the sable officers
curls with a crisp, crimpy curl in an
other locality, the Bureau could safely
announce tlie presence of an electrical
ly saturated atmosphere. As to the
other changes in the weather the opin
ion of these old-time darkies might be
obtained. The most ignorant cotton-
pear. Unfortunately there is a “short field negro, without barometer, ther-
crop” in the cotton fields this year, I mometer, corn or hair, can stand flat-
and this alone is bound to deter some. [ footed and beat the weather Bureau
TheTELEURAPH extends its annual guessing,
welcome to the Wesleyan girls. De
spite the custom of a generation, it ex
pects yet to chronicle the day when the
gentlemen in charge will see the wis
dom of a judicious amount of outside
company within the college walls;
when the yonng ladies will issue forth
as thoroughly educated to society, dis
cerning its good points and cognizant
of its evils, as they will become when
freed to discover its sincerity and its
shallowness as best they may. The
Telegraph holds that one of the most
charming features of the true American
girl is her self-reliance. Self-reliance
is not cultivated under rules which inf
ply the necessity for seclusion. If once
every fortnight the doors of Wesleyan
were thrown open and the public invited
to enter, the parlors would be filled
with people who love the mother of all
female colleges—with its daughters,
granddaughters, nephews, sons and
consins to the fourth degree. That
harm and not good coaid come of such
mingling, seems absurd and preposter
ous. It will benefit the college, benefit
the teachers, benefit the girls and ben
efit the outside people, including the
terrible yonng man of the period
There is a pulse that beats buoyantly
throughout an assembly in which old
and young, male and female, arc
brought together; a warm, healthful
pulse that rips the old stagnant Ideas
out of the numb corners ol the brain
and sends them dancing into better
blood; that floats finer thoughts into
circulation, clears up the mental com
plexion, stimulates youth and makes
old age forget itself. To deny this is
to deny the secret which makes the
human race gregarious.
But says one at our elbow, “that ter
rible young man ot the period will In
terfere witli tho purpose for which
these young girls wero brought to
gether ; vou know how it is—ah, the
girls—well young folks, yon know—!”
Yes, the Txleorapii knows all about
it. It haa been educated on the sub
ject. The local editor, the Georgia
Press man, the reporters, the assistant
editors and the editor-in-chief havo all
graduated. Even the bookkeeper
wears boutonhiva. It knowe, too,
that the average young girl has more
sense than the average yonng man of
like age; that the “day echolars” take
as many honors as the boarders,
and burn gas and coal during the
winter montha at that. It
knows, too, that the possession
of a sweetheart and the undying affec
tions ot a young man of eighteen sum
mers do not necessarily affect a young
girl’s brainpower nor keep her from
getting her money’s worth of book
lore.
The Telioraph makes these few te
rnaries, spectacles in hand, admitting
that if there is anything in the world
not the property of a newspaper, it is a
female college. At the same time it
stands by its opinions. If the unso
licited effort in behalf of the Wesleyan
girls meets their approval, why then,
God bless them! If it does not, why
then God bless them anyhow!
commonwealth shall dictate you, u i n j ut "
bound your petitioners shall ever pray. ’
"Pbince Hall and Otntu.”
This is the testimony of men whom
General Gage was willing to make a
Mason and whom the Grand Lodge oi
England chartered as an independent
lodge. Upon top of it comes an admis
sion from Boston that “many of the
handsome fortunes of the families liv
ing on Beacon Hill came from tlie slave
trade which the petitioners protest
against.”
OLD CREENE COUNTY.
asrmudn Craoo—Truth Strnnsar Than
Fiction—A State Picture.
During a late.visit to tha old town of
Ureegiesboro I met the clerk ot the Superior
Court,who showed me records dating back
to seventeen hundred and eighty-five, and
very naturally the conversation was ill-
rected to tho early history ol this good
old county, from which I gained many in
teresting Incidents and tradition!, bat as
tbs good people propose to make a proper
demonstration over their “centennial” I
wifi defer details until that interesting oc
casion.
Greesccc.: J possesses the same phases
of soil climate end water as her neigh-
hors .but tt was the first section of the State
to discover the presence of bermuda gran
and properly appreciate Us great supen-
orily as a forage crop.
For years It bas been the custom of the
. lopte ot the village to fertilize their lawm
and lots, and the remits have annually
proven tbst a carefully cultivated meadow
is more remunerative than corn or cotton.
The soil seems to be perfectly cengeaisi
to Ibis wonderlnl grass, and thousand^
acres of bottom land on the Oconee river
nndthe many creeks that traverse the
countr. which a few years since were con
sidered worthless on account of being over
run with It, ere now greatly enhanced la
value by reason of Us growth.
In a lew years these rich meadows will
no longer be prostituted to the growth of
cotton, nnd the nigger and sore-hack male
will disappear to make room for Socks and
herds of blooded animal!.
Even now tbs product of the dalrv is an
important Item, snd the prufeeslonal trav
eler Is induced to urolong bis visit
after his business hss been ccnduded. be
ing seduced by the rich flavor of thenstive
milk nnd butter, which heighten bis dis
gust for the skimmed article nnd oleomtr-
gerine.
that will sweep the country, and that the South "a stbanoi STOBV."
wlll be found ns “solid" as ever in support of I At the risk of my reputation for troth
that party.-Rome Courier. ] and veracity. I propoee to i.ive the sur-
_ . roundings ot a certain elegant household,
Mr. DwincU, of the Rome Courier, whicti may be regarded us a social mosaic
was a delegate to Chicago. The edito- of stranger and truer leatures than ever
^ birt
rial which we reproduce from that
journal Is a remarkable one. The
language about going into a campaign
“in a slip-shod manner,” etc., is
directly antagonistic to the claim oi “a
deliberative body’.’ for the Chicago
convention.
We agree in tbe main with] the
Courier, and do not think that, it
requires a forcod construction of tts
language to say that it is not hopeful of
victory. But what will the country
censors have to say shout the loyalty
the fealty and the Democracy of the
Rome Courier t
Mason Cotton Hsrvsttsr.
We print this morning an extract
from tbe Charleston Neva and Courier
covering the above named invention
which thoroughly seta forth the powers
of the machine, its defects, what it does
and is expected to do.
It is stated positively by our contem
porary that the principle npon which
the machine works in stripping the
cotton from the plant is perfect, that
it does ita work well and without inju
ry to the plant or unopen trait, that
the “picking" portion of the machin
ery in fact scarcely needs farther im
provement. The defect st pres
ent would appear to be in
the apparatus for retaining
the lint when picked. This portion of
the machine does not work fast enough
to carry off the Hut, snd a material
change only can remedy the evil.
The magnitude of interests involved
in the perfection of ■ perfect cotton har
vester, the change* it will effect tn our
system, tho immense mechanical diffi
culties to be overcome before racccts
Naxro Masonry nnd Boston Philanthropy,
If there is anything that delights the
African heart it is to “b’long to a
’ciety.” Tbe love of organization Is a
ruling passion at present in his make
up, and it finds exercise in tlie forma
tion of societies of every description
from the “Amalgamated Sisters of Blue
Jerusalem”up to the grave and ponder
ous African Masons.
Undoubted the “ African Masons ” Is
the earliest organization of negroes re
corded in this country. The first ’ ’col
ored” Mason was a Boston negro
named Princo Hall, who was admitted
to the order at Gen. Gage’s headqwr-
tors In 1775. On March 6th of tbe
same year, fourteen more of the v, Co
were admitted at Castle William in
; Benfon Harbn.. it is stated that these
men were admitted for reasons not
clear. It is supposed, however, that
in some way they were to he useful to
tlie American forces; possibly it was
believed that tho Masonic ties would
keep them faithful in the young re
public.
Bat the Massachusetts Masons did
not indorse tbe action of the Boston
lodge. When these fifteen negroes a
year later applied for a charter to
creato a lodge of their own, it
was flatly refused although a dispensa
tion had been granted them by the
British traveling lodge. The petition
though in due form was rejected be
cause the applicants were “colored.’’
The fifteen Africans, however, did not
despair. Thoy applied to tbe Grand
Lodge of England and Lord Howard,
Earl of Effingham, and Henry Fred
erick, Duke of Cumberland, granted
tlie warrant desired which constituted
them “African Lodge F. and A. M., of
Boston.” This warrant is dated Sep
tember 17, 1784, and bears tbe seal of
the Grand Lodge of England. It ia
now In possession of Lonis Hayden, of
Boston.
This Prince Hall appears to have
been a strong minded man. Perhaps
it will interest his countrymen who to
day worship so blindly everything that
found birth In the novelist's brain or were
woven into song or poetry.
A prominent citizen, handsome and til-
ited, lost his wife by whom he bad s
large family of children, a tew years ago,
and hss recently married a charming
widow with children. Tns fine, large old
mansion now contains a population of
nearly twenty people, contlsting of both
the mothers in-lsw, two maiden elstere ot
the husband, two lamUles ot children snd
s little girl srho bss been adopted. Toe
etrangest feature about it is that peace,
absolute snd perfect, reign* around, and
there hss never occurred a single incident
to diitnrb it.
Tbe only drawback to tt,, hnshmnd'e
happlnjni It bis mor’.j dreadof rate,which
makes it necessary for the ladies of the
nousc j.O arm th^m selves with sticks
•nd make frequent visit* to his apart
ments to rid them of the presence; ol his
euemy.
This is a very curious social picture and
sweated tho remark from n very bright
and witty lady that the millennium was at
hand.
THE riCTURE Of A STATESMAN.
At tho last session of the Legislator* the
Senate and the House, by joint resolution,
ordered a picture to be painted of Hon.
Charles J. Jenkins, and the contract was
awarded to Mr. P, P, Carter, a resident
painter of Grecoesboro, in a competitive
exhibition of work by various Artists.
The picture is of heroic size almost fin.
ished. It represents the Governor stand
ing up with his left hand resting on a table
which contains several law books, the
8tate's seal, aud a scroll Inscribed as fol
lows:
“Presented to Charles J. Jenkins by the
State of Georgia. In arduis JUUlit.”
Competent critics ssy tho picture 1st
work Of art and will compare favorably
wiih any of those now In position in the
MpHoL
TDE PAST List.
1 over the Georgia r&Uroid
on the fast train, and must say
there ia no better service anywhere.
The cap* are made tn Augusta ami are
models of bwiuty and convenience, and
the entire train Is supplied with all the
moderp appliances for safety. The track
is heavy, and new steel rails are
being placed on the entire lina, which
renders tbe high rate e! speed with which
the service Is performed absolutely safe.
The schedule has been In force for two
years, and not tlie slightest accident bss
occurred.
These trains are In charge of limn.
Hill (Harry) and Norman, two capable
young men, whose uniform tad impartial
courtesy to all classes of travelers are not
the least of their virtues.
The engines are (lie very perfection of
machinery, and two braver or more capa
ble and cautious men than Murrsgh and
Cheesborough never stood on a fool board
or pulled a throttle.
The perfect system that characterizes
every department of the Georgia railroad
is a high tribute to its present manage
ment a.
—Thomas Hughes, “Tom Brown,”
was tlie guest of honor at a “literary tea'*
in Cincinnati the other night.
750 ACRES OF LAND
Will be Sold Cheap to Cose up an
Eitate.
I will sell cheap 750 acres of valuab'e
land in Uougn'Tty county. Tlie railroad
from Albany to Arlir ir'on run** through it.
The land is near \V: ker’s ^ tar ion, l*t
miles from Albany. The largi* part of it
cleared and in cultiYa'.inn. Addn-*-*
\VM. RUTHKRFORD.
o:t2wtiljanl Culloden, Ga.
English and
pertains to the Boston snd tho New ri/'kiiTTV/'wr riA i i n/'i id
England States to know what lie B0^ DON COLLEGE
thought of the treatment hie people
were then receiving at the hands of lt!, -\.F. H.il.H ESDKRSON, D.D.,
those who refused to sllow him to per- President and l‘i
pt-tuate XIasonry among the negroes.
His complaint was shaped into a peti
tion to the Massachusetts Legislature,
in which he complains of the brutal
treatment of his people. He state*
that within his knowledge three or four
free families had lieen seized in Boston
and carried off to be sold. Also that
negroes who tied shipped as sailors
had been sold by their captains. He
continues:
"One thin* more we be* leave to hint That
D, that your petitioner, hare for aome time
beheld with *rief .blp, rleared out from this
harbor for America, and they steal our broth-
Spring t. rra of six months opens Wednes*
dar, Jaimarc 14,1--
Tuition. 1’reparabiry Department, per
month. ,3.
Tallinn, Collegiate Department, per
mouth, |4-
llo:r l. monthly,In advance,J.StoJloi-r
month.
Addrcsth* I resident till N ,v. mher Ij,
at Conley, Ga.; afterword* at Bowdoo,
Georg:*.
For circular* giving full information, ad*
dies* tha president, or
Bit. W. 8.8 WEED EL, Ch. B.
•SfiMltwTt Bowdon, I