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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1880.
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ATLANTA, OA., DECEMBER 21. !»*>-
If General Garfield is really in ignorance
as to his cabinet, he should apply to PriTste
Jha’.zell.
Cox.hr end Springer should hire them
selves to Edison as telephone tester*. Their
gift* all lie in this direction.
Ir the silly.Billies on both sidee in con
gress would settle down to business the
people would be better satisfied.
Wa look to Jim Banks to haye the Geor
gia vote salted and put on ice. JChe climate
of Washington la said to be rery searching.
Cincinnati wants her water purified.
Cincinnati would purify her politicians,
she could manage to scuds along with her
water. _
Mk. CorKuxa is evidently laboring under
the impression that Mr. Bayard has no shot
gun. Iu this the Utica statesman ia mis
taken.
“Give us an honest dollar!” shouts an
organ of the gold-bugs. If the editor of this
organ really wants an honest dollar, be
should go to work and earn it honeatiy.
Several months ago the Hon. John Kelly
pensively declared that Mr. Tilden was
compelled to call for somebody to carve bis
mutton chop*. Wbatdoes Mr. Kelly think
about it now?
We are too far from Washington to make
a remark to Springer without having it
blabbed all over the country. A telephone
with a tin horn attached ie the kind of ma
chine we are searching for.
One of the moat promising signs of the
times is the organization of a building and
loan a*4od*tlon in Americas. There are
. other Georgia towns that might profitably
follow the example of Americus.
Tiie method of counting the electoral
vote which the republicans favored in 1865
is denounced by them as dangerous in 1880.
But that is no reason why southern con
gressmen should aid in raising a hullaballoo
about it. .
Editor McClure, of. the Philadelphia
Times, was captivated by Atlanta, and be
doesn’t hesitate to admit it. It is always
the way. No statesman can visit Atlanta
without succumbing to the influence of
the cosmopolitan Georgia cracker.
The startling rumor is now promulgated
that Jay Gould is seeking to get control of
the associated press. Well, there is an end
to all thia ■omowhar*. Gould will finally
startle the country by running away with
un actress, or something of that kind.
Oua congressional statesmen bare about
come to the conclusion that they cut a bet
ter figure at home than in the halls of the
capitol. Consequently they want a two-
weeks’ recesi to enable them to pop a few
harmless fire crackers among their relatives.
As matters stand, the congressmen who
have thus far failed to put iuan appearance
in Washington are making more solid rep
utation than those who are allowing them
selves to pursue the echoes which Conger
and Springer have aroused in the capitol
building.
Home of the papers favorable to John
Kelly claim that his defeat is owing to the
use of money. If this is true, we hope the
ltoard of aldermen will be paid in full.
They have certainly earned their money.
They are entitled, moreover, to the grati
tude of a great party.
If Editor Medill ia the man we take him
to be—and he undoubtedly is—be will de
fend the legal lendeT notes against the in
flamed attacKs of Editor Storey. We wonld
be glad to see this whole financial question
lake the shape of a Chicago row.
It Is announced in the newspapers that
the electoral vote of Georgia has arrived
safely in Washington. W« are truly glad
to hear this; we were afraid there wonld
be some kind of accident. But now that
the vote has arrived, we trust it will be
tenderly eared for by those experienced in
such matters.
Some of the republican organa seem in
clined to abuse Pledger, the colored states
man from Georgia, for inserting his hand
in paity affairs in Washington. This is
unjust. Assured of bis rights as a citizen,
Pledger is anxious to establish his rights in
the republican party. It is passing strange
that lie should meet with opposition.
We advise Springer to revive democratic
prospects by giving a few characteristic
yells about the abomiation of the present
tariff system. Some one ought to inform
the democrats in congress that the only
chance of democratic success is to stand
united upon au issue in which a majority
of the people ia a majority of the states are
interested. _
A French writer says there are but three
great Americans—Washington, Franklin
and Jefferson. We are surprised that no
mention is made of Jewell or Conger. We
would state for the benefit of those indi
viduals that advertising pays. It is just as
necessary for the statesman to advertise in
this age as it is for Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkkam
to get her name in the papers.
The first week of the session was not
an eventful one in any respect—certainly
not in the way of matters of especial in
terest to Georgia. Senator Hill was pres
ent on the first day, and immediately
after the prayer by the chaplain, he pre
sented the credentials of Joseph E.
Brown, who was sworn in at once, and
took his seat. All the representatives
from the state were present when the
roll was first called in the house, excep
.Smith and Persons. Mr. Blount
was made a member of the committee to
wait upon the president to inform him
that congress was ia working order.
The standing committees of the senate
were announced on Tuesday of last week.
Senator Ilill retains his places in the
committees on privileges and elections,
on foreign relations and on revolutionary
claims. He is also chairman of the com
mittee on contingent expenses of the
senate. Senator Brown is a member of
the committees on agriculture, on pen
sions, and on education and labor. He
ia also a member of the special commit
tees on civil service reform and on the
Freedman’s bank. In the house the
first call of the yeas and nays was on
a motion to adjourn in connection with
the struggle over the electoral count
resolution. Messrs. Blount, Cook, Ham
mond and Speer voted “no;” Messrs.
Felton, Nicholls, Persons, Smith and
Stephens did not vote. Mr. Smith was
paired. Leave of absence was granted
to Mr. Smith for two weeks on account
of sickness in his family. Mr. Nicholla
presented papeis relating to the estab
lishment of a post-route from Baxley to
Nicholla, in Coffee county.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr.
Persona for ten days on account of sick-
Mr. Hammond presented the pe
tition of citizens of Georgia for a post
route from Barnesville to Persons’s store.
Daring the debates of last week on the
counting of the electoral vote, only one
allusion was made tt> the vote of Georgia.
We give it &B it appears in the Record:
Mr. Calkin*—-Take the ease of Georgia, for In
stance, by way of illustration, not that it is of any
importance.
Mr. McLane—That Is a now that 1* coming up
Mr. Calkins—Soppoae that some one should
object to receiving ih<« vote of Georgia, and the
two houses should separate for considering the
matter, and the house ol representatives should
declare In favor of couatlog the vote of Georgia,
nd the senate should declare against counting it
Mr. McLane—Then It cannot be counted.
be would accept the valuation ol the la
mented Griffith. Hence he has been
Boycotted. The Irish tenants and the
lend league stand by Griffith, which is
the basis ot all state taxes, and Ur. Jones
sets up his own valuation. Force has
been invited in botfr sides to test the
ABSENCE FROM HOME
A CURB FOR COLD AFFECTIONS*
An effort is being made to reorganize
the democratic party of the state of New
York. There never was a party in any
state that needed a reorganization more,
and it is to be hoped that new timber
will be founded for every part of the new
structure.
Texas* handsome majority of 85,000
votes upoets all the tables that were pre
pared to show a popular majority for
Garfield over Hancock. Hancock re
ceived at least 20,000 more votes than
his chief competitor did, and probably
500,000 more white votes.
From fifteen to twenty democratic
members of the house of representatives
are reported to be absent without pairs;
and the result is, the democrats are pow
erless in a body that they are supposed
to control. This matter of absenteeism
of men drawing large salaries should be
remedied by their respective constituen
cies at the earliest opportunity.
Tiie stalwarts are deeply chagrined
over the results of the third census that
they induced the president to order in
South Carolina* .The accuracy of tbe first
enumeration is fully established, and the
inaccuracy of the census of 1870 is made
very manifest. There will be no more
fuss made over any alleged defects in
the new census. General Walker is vin
dicated.
Plucky Pensacola is to rise from her
ashes. The lumber trade alone justifies
a rebuilding of the burned district, and
it is believed that the town will in a
short time present even a better appear
ance than it did before the great fire. It
should in the meantime organize a fire
department, and purchase a steamer
that will not be out of repair when a fire
breaks out.
Peering Oat of tks Window for tie Rstaming
One—An Hoar When Oaa Peels His Self-
Importance— Matters of a Domes
tic Nature 8pok«n Of.
reject. But aa a matter of fact tbe reason tbe vote
reoce. And here I want to a»k tbe gentleman
from Indiana bow can you get non-concunence
except by one boose miming to concur?
Upon the motion, made on Friday, to
adjourn over to yesterday, Messrs.
Blount, Cook, Felton f ml Hammond
voted “ay;” Air. Speer voted “no;” and
Messrs. Nicholls, Persons, Smith and
Stephens did not vote. Mes3rs. Smith
and Nicholls were paired. Mr. Cook
presented a bill, through the petition
box, for the improvement of the Ocmul-
gee river—also a bill for like work on
Oconee river, and another relating to
Flint river improvements. Mr. Felton
presented a petition of citizens of
Paulding county for a post-route from
Dallas to Draketown. Mr. Nicholls pre
sented a bill to appropriate $10,000 for a
survey of St Mary’s river, another bill
to appropriate $16,000 for a survey ol
Ogeechee river, another to appropriate
$50,000 to improve the harbor
Brunswick, and still another to appropri
ate $150,000 to improve Savannah harbor.
He also presented a paper relative to the
commerce of Savannah. Mr. Stephens
presented tho petition of Charles J.
Graves for the • removal of his political
disabilities.
The week was spent over small matters
and in a tiresome and fruitless debate
over the Morgan electoral resolution.
Two appropriation bills were reported,
but they were not disposed of. The week
was nearly wasted, and the prospect of
an extra session was much greater on
Saturday night than it was on the Mon
day previous.
A MsUsr of Valuation.
The case of Mr. William Bence Jones,
a gentleman farmer, near Btndon, coun
ty Cork, is attracting as much attention
as that of Captain Boycott did in its time.
Mr. Jones farms nearly a thousand acres,
and has lived in Ireland since 1840. He
has spent about $100,000 in improve
ments. He has been Boycotted, and
that too very thoroughly. His workmen
left him almost to the last man, and his
son and daughter were compelled to imp-
ply the wants of the cattle on the farm,
and even they had to be protected by the
police. When he sent grain to the home
market no one would purchase. When
he tried to ship his cattle to
Liverpool, he encountered all man
ner of difficulties. He cannot buy from
local traders, no smith will shoe his horse
and his house is practically in a state of
seige. Mr. Jones is said to anticipate a
long seige, and he is said to be a man of
considerable resolution and strength of
purpose. It is true, Mr. Jones was in the
habit of writing .communications for the
duly press in opposition to the present
popular agitation in Ireland, but this
does not account for his newly-acquired
unpopularity anthtnrable. He refuses to
accept “Griffith’s valuation.” In other
words, his'rents are too high. His ten
ants were willing to pay the usual sum,
baton the second of this month they
were ordered to quit—and they did quit
The usual course of events followed, as
we have already stated. The usual grave
waa of course dug in the grass near by.
Now, all this came about because Mr.
Bence Jones refused to accept “Grit
“fith’a valuation;” and a knowledge of
that particular valuation is necessary to
an understanding of the situation. It
seems that the now famous Sir Richard
Griffith began in 1826 a survey as a basis
for future taxes—county cess, poor rate
and all other state taxes that might arise.
The maps ho made were on a six-inch
scale, and on them were represented
county, barony, parish, townland, names,
acreage, owners, cities, towns, demesnes,
farms, runs, collieries, forges, limekilns,
tanneries, bleach greens, wells, roads,
canals, bridges, locks, weirs, bogs,
churches, and every cabin. There were
lines even to mtrk the fall of the water
and the curvature of the land.
Griffith divided his. valuators into two
Th* yellow fever still maintains a foot
hold in Key West, and during the past
fall it sprang up near the Eads channel at
the mouth of the Mississippi. These facts
make the people of the Mississippi and
Ohio valleys uneasy, and they are de
manding a uniform quarantine code for
all the states of the central basin. They
very properly believe, in the words of the
Cincinnati Gazette, that it is much better
to latch the stable door before than after
the stealing of the horse. They want a
common plan of protection, no matter if
a town or two does lose a little trade.
They put lives above the profits of trade.
Written for Tbe Constitution.
Home again and all well and happy. Wife and
children and cats and dogs all tree ted me with
a glad welcome. There’s always a light in the
window forme, and I see the bright lamp shining
as I rise the bid that overlooks tbe spot I love.
Its a good thing to go away once in a while just
for the pleasure of coming back. Them’s nothing
like 1l It makes a man sel a Value upon him
self and enlarges his consequence and causes
him to put on patriarch ti airs and strut around
What a budget of family news there is
to tell—as how they had planted out tL«
fruit trees, and trimmed the orchard, and weaned
the Jersey calf, and cut the splint off the old
mare’s leg. As how they had been to the moon
tain arlu hauled home lots of fat lightwood, and
they had split up ever so much for kindlings, and
they had killed the hng3 and tried up the lard,
and was going to make sausage meat to-morrow
How they had built a new back in the good old
family fire place, and cleaned out tiie spring, and
made a new gate, and put anew string in the
piano. About this time little Jessie climbed
my knee and gently whispered i ’Tapa. what
did you bring Sae and Carl?” Blessed
children. They knew I had something for them,
and they could wait no longer. So I got out the
big red apples that Tom Lyon had sent them, and
some fig«, and candy, and a pccket-knife, and a
picture book, and ra*4e them happy once more.
Mrs. Arp has been mighty busy, aa usual—al
ways a working, for the bouse will get dirty, and
the children’s clothes will w#ar out, and Its clean
up, and sew, and patch, and darn, and sew on
buttons, and it’s the same old thing day after
day and week after week, afcd the little chaps
have to be watched all day and washed every
night, and their shoestrings get In a hard knot
and it’a a worry to get it undone. They
wander over the hill and play in the
branch, or frolic in the bam-loft, or slip off to
Cote’s, and I can hear a sweet motherly voice
abcut forty limes a day as she steps to the door
and calls: "Carl—you C-a-rll Jessie, Jeesic-e-c!
Where upon earth have those Children gone to?
I will just have to tie the little wretches or pat a
block and chain to them.” One day she caught
me laughing at her anxiety, and I knew she
didn’t like it, for she tald; "Nevermind, William,
some of these days those children will come home
drowned In the creek or earned off by the gyp-
ties, and you won’t laugh then.” When she
ceeds in getting them home she places her arm
akimbo, and with a look of Unutterable despair
gazes at them and exclaims: "Merciful fathers!
did ever a poor mother have such children?—feet
right wet, shoes all muddy, and there—
another hole in the knee
near the point of death; Mary, eleven years
of aee, and Lena, six years, are in the same
condition, wasting a vay and losing strength
every hour. Johnnie, eight years of age, is
a little better and able to sit up. The doctor
has hopes ol tbe little fellow’s recovery, bnt
cannot offer any encouragement regarding
the others. The progress of the sickness has
been marked with loss of flesh; the form
dwindling to a skeleton in a short time;
pains through the muscles and abdomen,
seeming to tear the very bone; extreme
thirst, accompanied by loss of sleep, and
hour after hour passes in feverish restless
ness. Above all, the pttients have become
so weak that they cannot turn over. Their
appe Its is gone, and wken the animalculse
pecetratrs the heart or other vital pari,
death all. come at once.
SENATOR BROWN*
EAGER TO SERYE,
EVEN AT A SALARY OF ONLY $8,000.
Tks An sions Patriots Who Ara Sseking Admii-
zloa i&to President-Elect Garfitid’s Cabi
net—Who They Are and What
They Feel They Are Worth.
He DhcasiCss the Educational Bill.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Washington, December 15—Senator Brown
to-day delivered a characteristic and able speech
upon the subject of. the education ol the
by the general government.
In March of last year Senator Burnside intro
duced a bill to establish an educational fund by
forever consecrating the net proceeds of the sales
of public lands and the net proceeds of patents
to the education of the people. The fond will
be a large one, and will increase from year to
year, it is thought, for many years to come. The
distribution will be made for the first ten years
upon the basis of illiteracy, which will give the
south for ten yearn neatly Seven-eighths of the
land.
Senator Brown’s speech attracted profound at
tention, and the unanimous comment waa that it
was replete With Statesmanship and common
sense, as all his speeches are. When he con
eluded, Senator David Davis seized his hand and
said that It was one of the best speeches he had
heard delivered in the chamber in years. Senator
Hill, of Georgia, and Senator Morgan, of Ala
bama, complimented it highly, as did other dem*
ocratic senators. Senator Hamlin, of Maine,
walked over to Senator Brown and shook his
hand and said that the speech con
tained more good sound business
like, practical * Common sense than any
speech he hadhyd for rears. A dozea other
republican aenaSra Nntrmljr congratulated him
on his effort—one ol them remarking he liked it
because Senator Brown confined himself to the
practical question before the senate, and there
was no politics in it He has been requested to
have it extensively circulate! in pamphlet form.
A prominent gentleman from Louisiana, re
marked this evening that he had already sub
scribed for a considerable number of copies to be
sent to his own state.
No speech this season has attracted anything
like aa much interest and attention, and the
GadlUtown boy Wh(|plonghed the ball. Is taking
rapid strides to the democratic leadership of the
senate of these United States.
Springs, Mias ; Wood: on H. Kennon, postmaster,
Columbus, Miss.
Senator Hlll'a Good Manners.
Chicago Times.
Ben Hill’s extreme cordiality to Senator Blaine
i the first morning of the
lersble attention, and m
me agreement for 1SS4 be. __
southerners. 4 nd a* yaatenUy Senator Hill was
even more effusive toward General Grant, when
thst gentleman visited the senate. Probably,
however, thrse little things only indicate Hill’s
good manners. It waa noticed on Yesterday that
STILL INCREASING,
log for
1 dried
i as hard aa boards, and your pa
poor little orphans, and warm your feet You
Arrival of Another Large Colony of
StVIas In Georgia..
A Ariel telegram Friday evening notified The
Constitution that a large crowd of Swiss immi
grants were en route to Mount Airy, Ga., and
wonld reach that point yesterday morning. A
representative of The Constitution was sent up
the fast mail train to meet the immigrants and
report the result After a good night’s rest at
Cousin John Thrasher’s popular house In Toccoa,
tho reporter waa ready at an early hour for duty.
Owing to a hot journal the passenger tram
reached Toocoa nearly one hour late for breakfast
A grand rush wai made for Cousin John’s break
fast table, and the. hungry crowd did ample jus
tice to the splendid meal served up.
The first one that left. the train waa Mrs.
Mr. Thompson has left a cabinet posi
tion to accept the chairmanship of the
American branch of the Panama inter-
oceanic canal company. M. de Lesseps
isof couraeattliehealof the whole enter
prise; and if the splendid old man keeps
his health ten years longer, the canal
will be completed. Mr. Thompson has
acted wisely in connecting his name with
this enterprise. All the other inter-
oceanic canal projects are humbugs of
the first water. The Do Lssseps project,
on account of its magnitude, may not be
carried out—the remainder certainly
will not be.
Tiie credentials of Mr. Garfield’s suc
cessor in the bouse were objected to
because tiie Ohio republicans had
changed the district in order to elect all
the republican congressmenthattheartof
gerrymandering would permit. The new
congressman was, however, sworn in,
although he was elected by a district that
does not exist, and the objections to his
service were sent to the committee on
contested seats. Nothing further will
probably be heard from the matter,
although a very interesting question is
involved in the case.
rad pepper and
all np together,
e business at all.
sage to put ia and how to mix It
WeU, I dlden’t mind tl
bat I rememberet
mighty hard over that mixing c
salt and pepper and sage, and frying a ilttlfc
on the stove and tasting it, and then pat in more
salt and work It over again, and cooking another
mess and tasting again, and then put tin* in more
pepper and more sage, and after the Job was all - ,
over, heard her declare there wasn't enough of dren, blooming
am thing in It, and so I conjured up a bran new
idea, and tprinkied about a hatful of salt and a
quart of black pepper and a pint of cayenne and
meat before I ground it. Then I put it through
the machine, and cooked some and tasted It my
self. Well. It was a Utile hot—that's a fact—
and a little salty, and right smart sagey. bnt
it was good, and a Uttle of It
satisfied a body quicker than a good deal ol the
ordinary kind, and the new plan saved a power
ol mixing. 1 took a nice little cake of it no to Mis.
she quietly »s*ed me if it was all like that. "All,”
too strong.” She never replied, but the next day
she made up the Uttle cloth bags and stuffed em
It is only since the last election that col
ored citizens are eligible to office in Iowa.
A nil yet for months and years our esteemed
contemporary, the Burlington Hawkeye,
has been outraged because we failed to .. , , . ,
elect a colored president in Georgia. How- : cWs-^rdmAry Tmlixtors »nd check
belt, whenever wearr puzzled by anything j valuators; the duty of the latter was to
In the Hawkeye, we fall back upon the bald fallow the former into every diatrict and
and caaed fact that it ia a hamonxu paper. J patch, to dig and examine, no matter how
.. „ — — ! small, to testtheaccnracyof the ordinary
Mias Oorrr. say# ahe » determined to get ; ^ to Jter the j,
married, and be hanged to'em. MiaaCoutta : " “
A BLUXDEit of the wires ent down Han
cock’s reported majority in Texas to the
extent of forty thousand votes. The
aews from’Austin shows that HaD cock’s
majority over Garfield will exceed 85,000.
Mr. Gladstone has determined to
present to parliament plans both for the
preservation of peace and for a reform in
land tennre in Ireland. He does not
propose to let any amount of disorder nr
lawlessness turn him from a plan of land
reform that will give Ireland a body of
proprietors instead of peasants. Coercion
and land ownership are to be applied
simultaneously to the unhappy country,
if need be. It is to be hoped that good
sense and moderation will prevail on
both sides until a peaceful settlement of
the trouble is reached.
The importance of passing the appor
tionment act immediately after . the
Christmas recess is shown in the fact
that no fewer than twenty-nine legisla
tures will be in session next month. The
early passage of the bill would obviate
the bolding of perhaps a dozen extra sea
sions. Mr. Cox proposes to present his
reapportionment bill just as soon as the
returns are all in. He favors the present
number of representatives, but public
sentiment naturally drifts toward a larger
number—probably 325. New York, New
England and Pennsylvania favor the lat
ter, beca it would save them from re
ductions in representation. Georgia
wonld in that case be entitled to ten
members.
Georgia- The coach confining' abomco Swiss
became me center of observation Many ol tbe
men left tbe cars and took In tbe country with
expressions ol delight. All appeared pleased with
the genial face and ezpausive dimensions of
Cousin John. They thought he was one of Geor-
*a's big men.
We were well pleased with the penonelleof the
immigrants. Chubby-cheeked, rosy-faced chil
dren, blooming maidens, and m.trons with
maturer chances sturdy men, and bright eyed.
Washington. December 18.—The most
careful inquiry here leads tp the belief that
General Garfield has not, so far, made over
tures to any one in regard to his cabinet,
and has not so far, as those most closely in
communication with him say, began as yet
to determine on who shall be his constitu
tional advisers. Nevertheless there are
various rumors and reports in circulation,
most of which are important chiefly as
showing what is expected or desired by the
friends of prominent or ambitious public
men.
One of these rumors relates that ex-At
torney General Edwards Pierrepont confi
dently expects to be secretary of state, and
that a friend of his devoted to his interests
has lately spent some time at Mentor with
General Garfield, for the purpose of giving
the president elect information concerning
New York city and state politics. Curi
ously enough the friend of Mr. Pierrepont,
who Is reported to have performed this func
tion, belongs to what is popularly known as
tbe anti-Coiikling wing of the party in
New York, whereas Mr. Pierrepont has al
ways been regarded as a firm adherent of
the other side. Report here asserts that Mr.
Pierrepont, white he hopes to be secretary
of state, will not be dissatisfied if, failing in
getting that office, he should be called to
tbe supreme bench in the place of Justice
Ward Hunt This last report is, however,
probably erroneous, because it has long
been considered as settled that on the re
tirement of Mr. Justice Hunt Senator
Edmunds, of Vermont, will be called to his
place.
There hate been rumors iu circulation
here that General Garfield intended to ask
Senator Blaine to take charge of the treas
ury, but these reports are probably without
foundation. They are denied by Senator
Blaine to his friends, and they are contra
dicted by one of the best authenticated
reports of General Garfield’s intentions,
which relates that he has determined to
call a western man to the head of the treas
ury, on the ground that the success of his
financial policy will have to depend very
greatly on its acceptance in the western
and northwestern states; that to the west
ern people any eastern man at tbe head of
the treasury would be an oblect of suspi
cion, as they would believe that he was
unduly under the influence of corporations
and of eastern financial interests, while
western man of ability and influence, hav
ing no such suspicion attaching to him,
wonld have the confidence of the west and
seenre its support for the administration.
For this reason persons who have reason to
believe they are to some extent in General
Garfield’s confidence say that no eastern
man will be called to the head of the treas-
general was iroxn me norm, oauuourj, ot t~*era-
ware, and ia the house the southern members
hospital My, wh ch hits an established reputation,
would give General Grant the position of guest
ol the branch of congresathat he happened to be
visiting. As the ex-general of the army, and an
ex-presldeut. General Grant ought to meet with
marked courtesy whenever he visits the capitol,
but be so obtruded his personality into his civil
administration that he has only himself to thank
for It if he is disliked by those who do not belong
to his own coterie. In view of the military ad
ministration of the south under tha late adminis
tration, and the ex-pres dent’s part in the late
southern senators and representatives
evidence of a high degree of breeding
courtesies to General Grant.
res rave
ia their
the new Atlanta*
m THE EARTH
WHERE OUR TREASURES ARE HIDDEN
Ti« Mineral Wealth of Georgia—Aa Article Ooa-
tribated to the Mioing Record by the Bot.
W. P. Harriaon, Chaplain of *J. S.
Eaose of Repreuntathea.
water power is, I believe, leaned by ita
owners on very moderate terras and forma
a valuable factor iu thia raining region,
I am not prepared to furnish estimates
of the profits ot these mines I beliave that
suitable machinery, not costly, useless anti
unwieldy engines requiring vast sums to
purchase, but thorouehly scientific ma
chinery, adapted to the country and the
nature of the work, such machinery
as is now employed by the Hand
company, for example, will net regularly
young folks, even the babies,
mor. The decorum and order
was urourparaed. There was
faces or countenances expressive of a steady ttiet
— crabapnies snd green persimmons Old folks,
»ac. **-- —»re In good hc-
iserved by them
. _ _ — . drunkenness oi
disorder: nothing to offend or displease.
The tiwiss spent the time in staging their na
tional songs (and they have One and cultivated
voices), in pleasant conversation, and eating their
favorite sausage. They speak the German lan
guage, and are Protestants. Among them ore
millers who have worked in saw and flour mills,
tinners, bakeis, machinists, a *
smiths, butchers, shoemakers, uui.uicu, <uau
those skilled in the vineyard. They debarked at
Mount Airy, where they will remain until they
and hung em all overhead in”the kitchen, and secure homes. _ They are generally men of means
remarked as she left, “Now, children, that’s
your pa’s sausage. It’s a pity he hadn’t stayed*
away another day.”
As usual the household is wide awoke for
Christmas. There’s a couple of turkeys in the
coop and some eggs axe hid away, and the girls
are doing some fancy knitting with ivory needles
and they keep their room doors locked, and are
whlsp *-- ‘ ** *
stray
and will soon settle down in the Piedmont belt
The immigrants were under the escort of Mr,
and Mrs. C. A. Beidermann and Major W. J.
Houston, general passenger and ticket agent of
whispering and blinking"around, and all the
been over to the missel toe hill and picked out the
top of a persimmon that is jnst covered with it,
and its full of the pearly berri -s and will make a
prettier tree than cedar, or pine, or hully. The
boys have got a few fireworks hid away. Idont
know where they got the money to buy em, but
one of my potato banks looks like It had caved
in, and 1 think a few bushels ore missing. Mrs.
Arp knows all about it. I’ll bet, and If they have
got her on their side, nobody elso Is of
any particular consequence. That’s all
right 1 know, and if it airrt I can’t help 1L She
does more for os all than we con ever repay, and
emigrant business in Castle Garden, N. Y.
serts that the statements concerning the difficulty
-* operating through this channel are allaa-
taed, and grow out of the fact that too many
that attempt to operate there leave discouraged
because they are required to conform to
the judicious and systematic rubs of the
management. No one having the slightest tinge
of gain, or shadow of speculation at the cost of
the newly arrived emigrant can gain admittance.
On the other hand, persons coming properly in
dorsed and representing responsible corp •rations,
having in view the interest of the emigrant, (who
Is under thei' charge until discharged from the
garden), will find the officers an intelligent and
oblisiug set of gentlemen, ready to do anything
blessings on the good ol<f mothers, for while the
restless world is tumbling and tossing and fussing
around, they hold lost the rudder of family peace
and love and hope. Black tone says a man’s
house is his castle—his sole retreat from care and
intrusion—and it is, if the.e is a wife and mother
there. Bill Arp.
■. who stands ready to entrap the unwary. From
Senator Brown’s Speech.
New York Herald.
Senator Brown’s speech was tn every way wise
and able, and attracted marked and deserved at
tention in the senate.
Philadelphia Times, ind.
Senator Brown, of Georgia, made his firs 4
speech in the senate yesterday. He also goes in
heartily for the old flag and an appropriation for
schools.
Louisville Courier-Journal, dem.
Mr. Brown, of Georgia, made a good talk In the
senate yesterday upon popular education. “Old
Joe” knows a thing ox two. and doesn't mind
telling it—except to newspaper correspondents.
Correspondence Cincinnati Enquirer.
Joseph E. Brown, the new senator from Geor-
s large, broad head, bald on top, with
rauier ioog and thick locks of hair hanging over
his ears and neck. He has a very lon^and heavy
beard, which is quite white. His upper lip is
-* " — "'deliberately
Its Influence Upon Georgia and the
Cotton States
Editor McClure in Philadelphia Times.
Atlanta, Ga., December 14—The most per
suasive argument in support of the liberal prog
ress in this section is the visible energy, beauty
and thrift of the gate city of ths south. It is not
the hollow mockery of prosperity that often as
serts Itself iu tho wanton splendor that is ever the
precursor of revulsion and bankruptcy. Atlanta
has passed through that stage already since the
war when reconstruction brought government
that was not In accord with the people, and when
the adrentnrer played his part in reckless
speculation at the cost of the
state. The magnificent hotel In which
I am aa comfortably entertained as I could be at
tho Continent in Philadelphia, is one of the
monuments of the unhealthy speculative tide
created by the first revival after the war under
Governor Bullock’s administration; and the
Kimball opera house, now occupied as the capi
tol, Is another witness to the semblance of w.alth
that bubbled up when allftont of stats aid were
voted to railways tenor twenty years in advance
of their time, because speculative adventure Iu
the north deemed the conquered slate
states legitimate fields for its operations.
That reign was brief in Georgia; its excesses
were virtuous compared with the same rule in
the Carolines and most of the cotton states, and
it is a fairly debatable question whether the ex
travagance, under color of law, of tbe Bullock
administration and its surroundings, or the indis
criminate repudiation of its obligations by what
Is accepted as a representative government of the
state, is most open to criticism. It is Worthy of
note that Governor Bullock is now a respected
business man in this city, and! have met Lim
and Governor Colquitt under the same hospitable
roof. Mr. Kimball, the speculator who invented
the railway schemes for the Bullock legislature
and profited largely by them, built the gra'.dest
hotel in the interior of tiie south at
cost of # half a million, reared a fine
opera house when only the sad songs of desolation
and bereavement were to He heard among the
people, failed when the reckoning came, and now
is on his feet again as the chief officer of a large
cotton factory. The fact tha» he was beaten only
fifty four votes for mayor of the city a few dayB
ago by a prominent citizen and a gallant southern
soldiflr. is the best evident3 that the; northern
man, even if bearing the flavor of adventt
speculation, is not uuwelcoma In Georgia.
' Atlanta ranks with Richmond ahd Vicksburg
clean shaven. Senator Brown talked d
be oocn-
ly with his fist. Although
pied and spoke from a seat on the republican side
of the senate, addressing his remarks principally
to his democratic colleagues, a: d made a speech
that wonld have done credit to the most stalwart
Puritan of New England in on argumentative
point of view. Tbe new senator was listened to
attentively by the members of both sides, and
•poke for over an honr.
Chicago Tribune, rep.
Senator Brown, of Georgia, spoke yesterday
• operation of every one con-
- _ - len. They were so thorough
ly con rinced of the importance of Major Houa-
awaiting the advice of the commi sioner as to
locality that would suit them. He a as compelled
to decline bringing them ou account of not having
previously arranged for them. He is convinced
by the spirit evinced by the office s of Castle Car
den that immigran's of every nationality can be
secured for the south, if properly managed. Re
ally there is no difficulty in shipping immigrants
from New York, as every man connected with the
Pennsylvania railroad, over which route this
party came, is so thoroughly conversant with all
the det Jls of this business as to render it a pleas
ure to leal with them. Major Houston states
from personal knowledge he can testify to the
persona interest taken by every one of the em
ployes o.' this comi any and their efforts to moke
the immigrant entirely confortable.
Mr. Beidermann Informed us that he railed
from Havre on the 4th dav of December iu the
Labrador, and arrived in New’ York on the If th.
On the 18ih he loaded at Mount Airy,
two weeks from the day he left Havre.
The fare from Zurich, Switzerland, to Mount
Airy was $52 per capita. They brought with them
a good deal of personal effects. He states that
the fare and treatment ou the Labrador was all
that could be desired. When they were seated in
American passenger coaches Urey inquired it the
cars were not uied by the nobility. Mr Btider
mann Informed the reporter that many more
would have come with him. but owing to the de
predation in real estate caused by the i*rge num-
* * - offered for sale, they could not dts-
property in time. In addition to
this, they believe that spring, and not fall, is the
season to {migrate in. Although evil-disposed
persons are circulating reports that in America
foreigners are sold like slaves, hundreds are pre
paring to leave next spring.
But one accident occurred during the trip from
Zurich—a lad fell off of the cars and was severely
injured. He was left in Paris to be forwarded on
his recovery.
Is right. In a long and exhaustive coarse .
of reading, we have never met wuh a name
The valuators were bound to
examine upper and undersoil; all was to
th»l a chMgt won* than bn Wei 1 ** iu *gti«oltor»l worth; de
ar* not favorably impr«*d with th* long ; rations above the level of the eea, steep-
delay attending Mira Contta’a nuptials j ness, exposure to bad winds, barrenness,
While other women with no money find H ' patchiness, bad roods, bad fences, and
a congenial task to support husbands with
the needle or by taking in washing, here is
Mi* Courts, rolling in wealth, refusing to
many until she is sixty or seventy yean
old. There is some defect in English edu
cation and training.
The south .is to see no more of Mr.
Justice Bradley, who is better but leas
respectfully known in polities as
♦ Aliunde Joe.” He has applied for Judge
Strong's circuit, which consists of the
states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware—a very handy circuit for J edge
Bradley, who lives in New Jersey. Judge
Strong’s successor—probably General
Dcvena—will, it is thought, be assigned
to the circuit that is made up of the gulf
and southwestern states.
things that would depreciate and cause a
reduction in value. On the other hand,
limestone, turf, seaweed, and other
manures, good roads, climate, shelter and
convenience to good market towns,
were also taken into account, and the
valuation increased accordingly. In a
word, the valuation was ms strict snd ac
curate as human imperfection would per
mit. It was immediately accepted as a
basis of taxes, and is now variously
known as the Griffith or government val-
The Irish fanners very properly claim
that if Griffith’s valuation is good enough
for the government, it ought to be for
the landlord. Mr. Bence Jones’s rents
| are about double what they would be if
The Burnside bill sets aside as an edu
cational fund the net proceeds from the
sales of public lands and the net pro
ceeds of the receipts from patent fees.
In round numbers this amounts to $2,000,-
000 a year. This money aa it comes in is
to be invested m fonr per cents. Let^us
suppose that this will yield $90,000 at the
end of the first year—an outside earn.
One-third of this goes to certain colleges,
leaving $60,000 to be’divided among 38
states on the basis of illiteracy. The six
teen states of the south may get $40,000
of this amount Georgia’s quota will be
about $4,000. It is, in fact, only a
nucleus. At the end of the ten years to
which this programme is limited the
revenue of the state from the proposed
fund would be considerable. Even at the
outset, it is better than nothing. If the
fond is once established, additions will
doubtless be made, as the whole country
is practically a unit in favor of the equal
ization of education.
Where the Lemons Grow.
There’s a joyous happy land.
Where the lemocs grow;
Sprint and sunshine, bond in hand.
Lead the months, a smiling band
Tripping light pearly sand.
Where the lemons grow.
Birds are sieging in the bowers
Where the lemons grow;
Soft rains sprinkle gen tie showers
Where the woodlands smile with flowers;
And the palm tree stately towers
Where the lemons grow.
There the son is ever bright,
! the lemons grow;
sin her might,
sol night.
Shedding soft and siiVry light.
Where the lemons grow.
There are gentle sephyrs b owing
Where the lemons grow;
There are golden streamlets flowing.
There are brilliant sunsets glowing;
Night clasps hands with dewy mom,
Where the lemons grow;
Happiness of Peace is bam.
Love from Friendship boot tom.
Sumter County. Ga
end, manly, and patriotic. He accepted the re
salts ol the war. and repudiated the strict-con-
struction-of-the constitution policy of the demo
crats. acknowledged that New England’s suprem
acy over his section was owing to the better edu
cational f.cilities prevailing there, had kind words
to say for the negro, and thanked Senator Barn-
tide and other republicans for introducing the
bill. Senator Brown was listened to attentively,
and his remarks seemed to make a deep impres
sion on toe republican senators. Much was
expected from Senator Brown, bnt his speech of
yesterday goes lor to justify expectation. It may
be the comme* cement ol a *new departure” on
the part of the progressive men of the south.
New York Tribone. rep.
Senator Brown, of Georgia, made his first speech
yesterday since his election, and disclosed him
self as a southerner who "spells ‘nirger’ with one
g." This was to have been expected of a man
with his past affiliations and record, but a demo
cratic senator from tbe south who uses leas than
two g*s is none the leas s novelty. He spoke upon
the bill devoting a portion of the proceeds *
public lands to public education, the moot,
being distributed through tbe states in proportion
to the rate of illiteracy. Leaving the bill and ids
views upon It out ol tbe question, his speech
r condition, and prseti-
f were often chested ont
of their votes, argued that there would be far less
danger of this if they were educated. It Is fair to
presume th-t Senator Brown will be aa exception
Mr. H. W. biblej, the young and thoroughly
>regressive president of the Air-Line railway,
iving in New York, where he can daily witness
he arrival of foreign immigrants determined that
A was a source of permanent prosperity to popu
late his line in this way. and finding tha he usd
the fall indorsement and co-operation of Colonel
G. J. Foreacre, the general manager, resolved to
e the matter a test.. Under this arrangement,
and Mrs. Beidermann were sent to Europe in
y lost to represent the line, and now the
ileus for a large and prosperous colony has
been formed, and north Georgia will be a Switzer-
pec ted in the spring. There is a general inquiry
for homes in north Geo*gis, (despite Mr.
Stephens’s assertion,) and by January next some
thirty families from Michigan, New Jersey and
II. W. Grady.
Mr. Grady left for New York last week on
business for The Constitution. He will
spend the winter there and will let us here
from him occasionally.
Pzintkses, Shoemakers, Tailors, and all who
lead sedentary lives, will find relief and care for
Constipation, Dyspepsia and Headache by taking
jet any reason for passing it which has not been
urged before, and all of them combined do not
overcome the constitutional and prudential ob
jections to it
Chicago Times. Ind.
Senator Brown’s speech in behalf of Senator
Burnside’s bill, is an Interesting declaration from
a Ge-ugian. and it makes it clear why Toombs
tried to defeat Brown Senator Brown admitted
that the negro seemed to have more of a future
than he supposed, a few years ago. and said tbe
whole com try was interested in his advance-
meat. and woen the negro was educated and en
lightened, he would see to it that the ballot
state of peonage. Therefore, he wants to see tbe
menace of their ignorance removed by their edu
cation. Senator Butler, Mayor Courtney, *
Charleston. Bob Toombs, and others think,
they think at all. that tbe negro can be kept per
manently in serfdom, but they are likely to be
violently disabused of this ides, by and by. Sena
tor Brown rec «niaes the latent political power in
the negroes, which ia certain to be develo
he wisely desires to see it regulated.
; shown liver and kidneys is prompt and effectnoL
‘Editorial—We have tested its virtues, per
sonally, and know that for Dyspepsia, Biliousness
and Throbbing Headache, it is the beat mediciae
the world ever saw. We have tried forty other
remedies before Simmons Liver Regulator, but
lief, but tbejtegnlsuwnot only relieved l
MacoiT, lit
"EDITOR Telegraph and Mi
OUR SOLDIERS-
violently disabused c ^
dereloped.'s
d, andmsdi
a of ruin. 1
- ilttie odd lor the Georgian senator t.
insist on tbe education of children in the rights
of the states os tbe main reliance of tepnblican in
stiiuuons. and then justify his advocacy ol gov
ernmental assistance to (because of education ' -
nr Sb — -
by the
Military Changes Ordered by
President.
Washington, December 18.—A general order
was issued to-day assigning Brigadier General O.
O. Howard to the command of the depart;
ment of West ^Point, and to duty as
superintendent of tbe military academy: Briga
dier-General Anger to command the department
of Texas; Colonel Henry J. Hant to the tempora
U command of the south; The state* ^Arkansas
poinang out the changes male in tbe constitution
Slowly Dying a Terrible Death.
Chicago. December 14 —Tbe members __
tbe Italian family, made sick by eating raw
ham saasege, containing trichicre, are still
prostrated. Louise Palioghi, the mother,
now a widow—her husband haring suc
cumbed to the terrible disease—lies very
to the command. The
denertnwnts ol Texas and Arkansas will consti
tute the military division of the gnif. with bead-
quarters at New Orleans. Major-Gen* ral Schc-
field is assignea to this command until tire
division is organized. The con nuui ding generals
of ite departments of Texas and Arkmisas will
ury.
Western men here have spread a report
that James Wilson, of Iowa, will ac
cordingly be Mr. Garfield's choice for secre
tary of tbe treasury, and it is said that tbe
Iowa delegation, or a delegation of influen
tial Iowa republicans, have made known
already to General Garfield that Mr. Wilson
would be acceptable to their state. Wheth
er such representations have been made at
Mentor or not it is scarcely likely that Mr.
Wilson will be General Garfield’s choice
for the treasury, because the same ob.
jections which he is said to feel to calling an
eastern man to the head of this department
would lie against Mr. Wilson, whose long
and intimate relations to important railroad
corporations would draw upon him, justly
or unjustly does not matter, the suspicion
of undue influence from these sources,
which General Garfield is anxious to avoid.
There is reason to believe that General
Garfield has determined to call a ci tizen of the
Pacific coast to his cabinet, and report says
to the interior department. Several names
are mentioned m this connection, those of
Mr. Gorham, formerly clerk of the senate;
Senator Jones of Nevada, and Mr. D. P.
Mills, a well known banker of California,
being the most prominent.
Whether there will be a southern man in
the cabinet nobody here pretends to guess,
although on the supposition that there may
be one several names, more or less known
to fame, are mentioned. There is a report,
for instance, that Senator Joseph E. Brown,
of Georgia, will have the offer of & cabinet
place. He has always played an
independent and statesmanlike part in
Georgia, and he was a member
cf the Georgia republican delegation at the
Chicago convention which met in 1868 and
nominated General Grant to the presidency.
Later he found sufficient reasons for aban
doning the republican organization in his
state, but he has the deserved reputation
among southern republicans and independ
ents of having been ever since the war the
friend of an enlightened and progressive
policy and of impartial justice and general
education.
Next to Senator Brown the name of
W. Campbell, of West Virginia, is named
as that of a southern man with whom Gen
eral Garfield is known to have had for some
years strong personal relations of friend
ship, arising partly out of their common
church connection and partly out of com
munity of views on questions of the day.
Mr. Campbell figured conspicuously at tbe
Chicago convention as General Garfield’s
friend. He is said by those who know him
to be a man of ability, and it is added
that his nomination to a cabinet
place would be a concession
to the independent republican element,
at the same ume that he would be a promi
nent southern republican. T.wo or three
prominent Kentucky republicans are also
named; but it is not thought that Garfield
will select a cabinet officer from » state so
strongiy democratic. Fiually, the name of
General Wickham,of Virginians spoken of.
He is a prominent Virginia republican,
native boro and one of the oldest and best
families of the state, was a cavalry officer
under Stonewall Jackson in tbe war, but
has been a republican for many years since
the war.
Two gentlemen are spoken of here, with
more confidence than others, as certain to
appear in the next cabinet. These are Sen
ator Donald Cameron and Mr. L. P. Morton.
To the first report assigns hta old place at
the head of the war department and to the
second the navy department. Those who
profess to be particularly confident in re
gard to these two appointments say that
they are to be expected not only on their
merits, but also as General Garfield’s reason
able and wise concessions to the just expec
tations of the wing of the party of which
these men are conspicuous members. It is
generally understood that Mr. Garfield,
long in political life and experienced as a
party manager, desires to so form his cabi
net as to harmonize, so far as possible, all
the different elements of his parly. Those
who have talked with him say that he sees
a certain danger to continued republican
ascendancy in the acrimony which has been
developed between factious with the party,
and that he means in the formation of his
cabinet to do that which will, he hopes,
lead to general harmony by giving no fac
tions or important leaders just cause to
complain. By this policy, it is said, he ex-
pec rs to strengthen the party and make it a
unit, working toward a common end under
his leadership.
Oa this theory those who assert that
Messrs. Cameron and Morton will find
places in the new cabinet urge that these
will be just and honorable acknowledg
ments of tbe strength and pre-eminence of
the Grant and Conkling wing of the party,
-so called, and that other wings of the party
will be similarly represented by equally
strong and prominent men, so that the
cabinet shall as a whole tttisfy both the
country and the party.
The attorney generalship is said to be
destined for New Encland. and the name
of Senator George F. Hoar is mentioned in
this connection, as well as that of Senator
Edmunds, but the latter is said by his
friends to prefer a place ou the supreme
bench.
For tbe state department, besides the
name of Mr. Edwards Pierrepont, those of
General Gram, Senator Allison, Mr. James
F. Wilson and Mr. Blaine are the subjects
of common rumor. Mr. Blaine, his friends
say, prefers the senate as a more favorable
field for himself. It is thought very doubt
ful whether General Grant would accept
a cabinet place, as be is just now
greatly interested In the projected Nicara
gua and some of his friends say
that, while his name and active co opera
tion are indispensable to tbe success of this
enterprise and will insure it, he has himself
the desire to carry it to a successful issue,
not only because ot the importance attach-
to it, out also becanse he will thus connect
his name with one of the great engineering
feats of tbe world and gain glory in another
new field where the interests of his country
are concerned. Of politics, the general’s
friends say he is tired and would prefer the
canal enterprise, which would give him a
handsome and sufficient income and leave
him free to use hia influence in many
other ways.
Tbe president today sent to the senate tbe fol
I lowing nominations: Lafayette Mctaws. post
master. Savannah.Co.: Silas A. Sharp, postmas
ter. BtotesvUle. N.C.: Edgar Waters, postnuwter.
Lebanon, Tenn.; John Mahoue, poztawster.Holly
most important miliurV base for either army.
around it for its nomcsMon. With all the excep
tional gtowth of Atlanta and the wonderful
repairs of tiie ravages of war. there are
the saiigulnafy
he confede:ttte
which there a a;
such tearful Facrifie** of life. The haltie for
Atlanta was ltnnudi&t ; lound Atlanta, and
the earthworks on Which Hood made his last
ragmen ts
.-mbellish
hopeful straggle of the south v
inmos crashed the remnant of Hood’s veterans
conflict. A beautiful monument, but a little dis
tance from the city, commemorates the heroism
and lamented death of tbe gallant McPherson,
and every acre of ground In and for utiles
around the city has felt the shock of the most
. . 1ST.
Sherman entered it with his shattered but victo
rious army he was in the heart of the enemy's
country, and the destruction of the city was
deemed a military necessity. Hood had destroyed
oil the buildings containing any stores before he
retreated, and Sherman accepted the harsh neces
sity of utterly destroying the place to leave the
enemy without a base to reorganize and pursue
him iu his perilous march to tbe sea. He notified
the citizens to elect which government they would
choose for their protection, sent those wro gave
the oath of allegiance to the north, gave al
others safe conduct beyond his lines with such
property oa they could take with them, and then
made Atlauta one scene of desolation. Here and
stands in
. -hlch sur
round them, but they were as brands snatched
from the burning. Atlanta was destroyed, but it
remained the gateway of the trade that survived
the watte of war; it is on the through line from
the north to the gulf; tbe best vigor of the s.;uth
with the bes-. vigor of tbe north seem to have met
here on the some mission, and the new Atlanta is
the queen of beauty among southern citl.-s and is
rich iu all that constitutes enduring wealth.
Tho influence of Atlanta upon Ueorgia and up-
a ths whole south is Incalculable. Already it has
The great variety of minerals found in
the state of Georgia will surprise any one
who is not well acquainted with the facta.
I propose to give & brief survey of these
natural resources, prefacing my remarks
by the statement, that I have no personal
interest ia directing the attention of your
readers to this subject. I have r.o lands
to sell, am agent for no one who has, am
interested in no stock companies, own no
stock in any enterprise whatever, and,
therefore, I am actuated by no pecuniary
motive.
I shall speak from personal knowledge,
however, having examined many of the
mineral * deposits, and having collected
a cabinet of metal# and mineral#
from the places where they were
placed-by nature. Without professing to
be other than an amateur in mineralogy my
testimony will be taken for its real value,
be it little or much. I shall endeavor to give
the facts, as I know them.
An important interest in Georgia at the
present time, with intimate relation to the
developments of iron manufacture, is the
making of fire-bricks. The nature of this
article, the freight being an all-important
item, requires a home supply if it can be
obtained.
There is an abundant supply of excellent
fire clay, within six miles of Atlanta, Geor
gia, on the property of Henry F. Bussell, ol
Augusta, Georgia. The clay lies in exten
sive beds, near the surface, is quite free
from iron, and in tbe neighborhood is an
abundant supply of quartz, necessary for
mixing with the clay. At a cost not ex
ceeding $25 per thousand, au article can be
made there equal to the beat London bricks
any manufacture in this conntry. Per
ns acquainted with the business can read
ily find a market now for n large supply,
and tbe prospect eulargas constantly. This
may not seem to possess very attractive
features to capitalist*, but this country will
not long have an opportunity for reproach
ing the south for backwardness in manufac
tures. The energies of the southern people
are being directed to the development of
their resources, and they will welcome any
and all persons who sympathize with them
this cause.
I have in my possession specimens of the
various fife clays used in this country and
the deposit mentioned in or near Atlanta,
is equal to any of them, both in quality
and quantity.
Near tbe rity of Augusta, Georgia, In
South Carolina, la nn extensive deposit of
kaolin, or porcelain clay* It is of the
finest quality known to mineralogists. The
deposit is equal to any demand upon it for
a hundred years. It has been shipped to
northern ulanufacturers for some time past,
and the establishment of a manufactory at
that point is only a question of a few years.
Thera is a well-gr ounded belief that this
clay has boen used to adulterate flour,
being as white, soft and pure from
gravel as wheat flour itself. This accusa
tion is not made against the owners
of property but against some of the partie?
who purchase the material, and have it
shipped to tho north. How much truth
there may be in'the statement I do not
know, but if terra alba is €vfir used for this
purpose, the Carolina clay would present a
and reliably, twenty-five per cent per an
num with aa much of absolute certainty,
as any merchant can rely Ufon the sale
of a stock of goods, or a farmer in reap
ing a harvest from tbe seed he sows. I
have said that there is in this gold region
an element of certainty. Given a
number of tons of ore, the
proprietor can tell what amount of gold he
will obtain; he can tell precisely what the
cost of its extraction will be, and calculate
his profits with as much certainty aa be can
look for a dividend from any investment in
red estate, or in stocks or railroad corpor
ations. Herein lies the chief obstacle to
the development of this gold region. Men
are fond of tbe hazards in gold mining. To
make all, or lose ail, in a si« gle season, to
have the chance of becoming a millionaire
or a beggar in a month; this is the great at
traction in gold mining. 1 am glad that
the Georgia gold region does not pre
sent these alluring features. The conntry
might be overruu with adventurers in a
month, or a year, and some int r sts would
prosper but the state would be impov
erished. As mat ters now stand, gold min
ing is likely to be and to become more and
more, a growing industry in Georgia, ascer
tain in its results, and as satisfactory in its
profits, as tiie planting of cotton, or the
manufacture of any species of goods.
I have not mentioned the existence of
copper, lead and other metals in the state,
but may at some future time do so. The
state of Georgia furnishes every one of
the me.als found on the continent in greater
or less quantities. On its southern border
the fruits of the tropics, the oraege, the
banana and lemon grow; on its northern
the white nine of New England, balsam, fir,
spruce and mountain pine. Every cereal
grown in America, grows to perfection
there. Every climate, from the
monthly frost to the semi-tropical, balmy
air of the south, every species of soil from
the cretaceous and rotten limestone on the
south to the plutonic and metamornhic
rocks in the north, all are there. Rapidly
developing now, her people will welcome
all who desire by honest means to acquire
honest bread, and they will share with
every new comer the spirit which he mani
fests towards them. Too busy now to he
ambitious, they are wilding to leave their
future to the test of time.
Washington City, 1880.
ROGERS'S RETURN.
the suburbs of tho city. Here the last
After Five Years Freedom he In Again
Arrested
Thursday when the Western and At
lantic passenger train arrived at the car-
shed there stepped therefrom a young man
of rather prepossessing appearance, laden
with irons. Inquiry ascertained that h©
was a prisoner in charge of W- P- Bussey,
dherifl of Pike, that his name was John W.
Rogers and that he waa charged with mnr-
From Sheriff Bussey the particulars of the
charges against Rogers were learned:
On the evening of the 18.h of November,
1875, Rogers and several companions were
in a grocery store at Williarnsville. Pike
county, engaged in testing their
strength on a pair of scales, when
Rogers and James M. Smith, one of the
party, had a dispute which terminated in a
light, but friends interfered aud they were
separated and induced to shake hands.
The party then stepped up to the counter
and called for drinks, and whilst they were
thus engaged Smith was stabbed in the neck
with a pocket-knife by #orae one in tl e
crowd. The wound was an ugly one, and
proved fatal in a few minutes. As soon as
Smith fel/p the floor Rogers skipped out,
strong temptation to unprincipled'dealers, and since, then has been a fugitive. A
Thefe are many other deposits of fine clays j few week ♦ ago Sheriff Bussey, who is rapidly
raade.'forafier I in Georgia and tho border of South Caro- I developing great detective powers located
..K.- "... Mine, and the nttemionel the public riwuUl I ,^ us , Henderson county, Tennessee,
be called to them. . , _ . _ .
In Cherokee county, some forty miles *nd going after him arrested him Tuesday
north of Atlanta, fine specimens of pure J last, and yesterday arrived in Atlanta with
plumbago have been found upon the surface , hia prisoner, who has been away five year?,
of the ground. One of these specimens K ;n «...
weighssome four or fire pounds. To what and against whom a true bill was
extent this mineral exists there, I am not
able to say. but the peculiar position of iso
lated specimens warrants the belief that a
large deposit exists at this point. The con
stantly changing materials used in the arts,
furnish no data to estimate the value of this
mineral, and yet there would seem to be
some uses for which it is qualified, and
from which it cannot be displaced. The
subject is worth a little time and attention.
At various points in the state, silver ore,
the variety being argentiferous galena, has
been found. Near Gainesville, Hall county,
a mine has been opened. The ore has been
estimated at $75 per ton in value. I am not
against whom a true bill was found in
the Pike superior court at the spring term,
1876.
After talking to the sheriff the prisoner
was interviewed. He is a young man about
five feet four inches high, aud has a good,
frank face. He ia a man of good sense and
talks well.
He ssys that after Smith
died he bushwhacked for several days
and then went to Corinth, Miss. Here lie
remained two weeks and then moved to
Henderson county, Tennessee, where he has
revolutionized Georgia. It has not been done by
Atlanta verdicts st the-polis so much as'—’
advanced, leadership that pours out its II’.
rents of healthy progress ia every direction.
(federate fossils here as elsewhere
bat their wails fall upon heedless
■e placemen who flaurt the repub
lican flax bearing tbe skull and cro$s-bone* of
sectionalism, but there are many reputable bust
in tiode, and the colored col-
. reast with the white university la
the higher educa ion of the black man. Here are
the most advanced leaders of the whole south,
Governor Colquitt, Senators Brown and Hill, ex
Senator Gordon, Mayor Calhoun, Mayor-Elect
English, Editor tirady, ol The Constitution, and
score of others of less prominence before the
ublic, but not less earnest and but little less we
al in the progre sive culture of the south, all
hare their homes ia Atlanta, and they are felt in
every precinct cf Georgia, and the tide of pro-
gie» cannot be swelling up here in theccuterof
the south, without overflowing and
fi idiug its cutlet into all the surrounding
•*“’* mode
.. .. Jim to
the senate, undoubtedly voiced the purposes ot the
new At.anta and of the new s>mth. He had no
confederate scars to comme ad him to the bour
bons. On the contrary, he had vexed Jefferson
Davis with threatened secession from secession
when the w<r struck Georgia over which he then
ruled as governor, and he wi
justice of the BullocK repu „
Grant delegate to the Chicago convention in 18G8
He is consistent and logical, therefore, in his
pointed declaration that Georgia must move as
tha world moves, aud he was chosen to the senate
~ i oC the most distin-
te soldiers, with
all his past record to offend the bourbon
south and solely because he has shaken
off the musty shroud of the confederacy, left the
dead to sleep with the dead, aud proposed to
hood in which he was found he changed his
name to James W. Riley and settled down
to hard work, and when arrested was en
gaged to be married and says that he will
get char and marry the lady, who is tt
daughter of the gentleman for whom he
waa working when arrested.
Hewas much surprised when confronted
with a Georgia warrant aud
denied hia identity atrongly until
Sheriff Bussey had gotten away from his
adopted home when he confea-ed that he
was Rogers, and aaid that he only denied
his name in order to blind his friends. He
does not admit killing Smith, but says that
he knew he was dead, and how he died be
fore he left. Of course he tbinka he will
come clear when the case ia disposed of.
Sheriff Bussey aays that Rogers had con
ducted himself well in Tennessee, and
thereby won a number of friends who
seemed surprised at hia arrest.
A STORY FROM TEXAS
southern question.
Atlanta is fairly typical of Georgia in the
solidity of her prosperity. It is not the apparent
prosperity that Is visible “where wealth accumu
late* and men decay.” It is the general diffinion
of wealth and the diffused creation of indlvlaual
wealth for its own producer that makes Georgia
exceptionally prosperous to day, and the Fame
causes are producing like results largely iu Sooth
Carolina and to a less extent in Ndrth Carolina.
►ns of
i dire
Georgia, and what her planters deemed
calamity several years after the war, nas
proved the greatest blearing to her
people. Tbe attempts made for several years after
peace to renew cotton growing on the old planta
tion system bankrupted a large majority of the
planters. They did not understand free labor,
free labor would net understand the old planta
tion ways, and when the planters gave up in de
spair the small farmer , white and black, rented
little slices of the plantations, prospered as their
own employers, gradually purchased small
homes, ana now both laborer -and planter
growing rich together. It is not the wealth
planter
— —... -. v wealth
and luxury of the old-time plantations but it is
the better and more enduring wealth and com
fort that cornea from well directed Industry and
the harmony of all clones. I believe that in an
other decade, Georgia wi A have doubled her cot
ton production; that her own bread will all be
grown on her own soil, and that the lnorone from
ner cotton will be doubled from every bale by
spins tag her entire product. An adjustable at
tachment to thecouon gin is already in use that
takes in the raw seed cotton and tarns it out in
yam, thus doubling the market value of every
pound; and with the impetus already given to
the spindle and the loom m Georgia, it ia not an
extravagant assumption to say that the growth
of cotton will be nearly doubled in another ten
years in Georgia, and inat Georgia spindles will
double the value of the doubled product Every
good cotton crop, under the direction of small
fanners Is certain to increase the succeeding
crop by tbe improvement of the land and the
enlargement of tbe p anting, and the opportu-
informed as to the success ol experiment in „incebe*n. Wnen he got to the neighbor-
working this ore. The supply 1 think,
from a casual examination, is too small to
warrant any great venture at this point
There arc, however, various districts on
the border of Tennessee in which intelli
gent exploration may result in important
discoveries. The great drawback to min
oral discovery in Georgia has been the ex
travagance of weil-meauing but discreet
G rsous who have eucouraged hopes which
,ve not been crowned with success. The
mineral ii.terest in Georgia is undoubtedly
a profitable one, but it is not a subject for
sensational display, and the reckless ad
ventures that have ruined so many men are
not encouraged by the people of the states
That silver exists in paying quantities I
think beyond question. But this is an
opinion, the fact has yet to make its appear
ance.
There is no doubt as to the existence of
diamonds in the state of Georgia. Several
have been found iu Hall county. Near
Gainesville there is an extensive deposit of
itacolumiie, or flexible sandstone, or to bo
accurate, a t« minuted granular or
quartz rock, flexible in thin slabs.
This is ihe ionisation which yields
the diamond, and its existence proves the
presence of tbe precious stone. Pseudo-
inophs in quartz are plentiful and the
expenditure of a little labor and capital
under competent supervision, may result
in valuable discoveries.
Asbestos, manganese, conundrum and
many other valuable minerals exist in
considerable quantities, but the gold depo
sits of Georgia are the most important
sources of wealth to tbe states; upon this
subject, also, it is necessary to speak guard
edly. 1 have seen ore taken from tbe
mine worth in its virgin state $33,000 per
ton. But this was a pocket which yielded
only $0,000 before it was exhausted.
Some parties have lately obtained
$3,700 in gold with $50 or $00
expense. So the reports are given
to the newspapers, and I do not question
their correctness Yet there are very few
instances of such remarkable success. Inju
dicious enterprise has done much to injure
the gold interests of this state, and to bring
their real value into question.
The principal deposits of gold are in
quartz rock distributed irregularly, but
with a singular uniformity at tbe same
time. Tbe amount of gold varies from forty
cents in the ton to $30,000. Tbe chief ma
terial for tbe mill is a quartz, running from
eighty cents to seventy five or one hun
dred dollars to the ton. These
veins of gold bearing quartz vary in
size from four inches to four
teen feet. They run in all directions, the
general bearing from northeast to south
west The gold i* sometimes visible to the
eye interspersed throughout the rock in
grains, nodules and lumps. This of course,
is the most valuable ore a*ud comparatively
scarce. The large mass of ore has no visible
gold but in minute quantities the precious
metal exists, and yields readily to treat
ment. I have said that the quartz veins
were remarkable for uniformity. By this
I mean, that there is no barren quart/, in
these veins. However little, every ton of
ore yields some gold, and it is possible in a
very short time, to learn precisely what
amount of gold may be expected from a
given amount of ore.
This, I think, is a material advantage to
this indnstnr. It is not a game cf hazard
in which a for tun s may be won or lost. It
is a business which requires competent
knowledge, intelligent matagement, and
patient attention. Given these, and a prof
itable return is as nearly rendered certain
as any human pursuit can be. Thousands
of dollars may be made in a day by a lucky
find—but tbess will only be added to the
less seductive, but the more reliable yield
from tbe regular employment of tbe
gold mill. After a careful examination of
the section known as tbe gold region of
r* •— i i - expressing
crease of wealth ia the soath Oaring the last tea
yean, the only surprise to tbe intelligent student
of southern opportunities and possibilities, is that
a people prompted by necessity a« the south has
been, did not much more increase their wealth.
t stake in sectional turbulence, the census i
north cannot equaL
—I have suffered from a kidney difficultv
for tbe past ten years accommpanied with
nervous spasms. Physicians gave me but
temporary relief, but after using three and
one-half bottles of Warner’s Safe Kidney
and Liver Cure, my nervous spasms were
entirely relieved. My age is 77 years. J
recommend this great remedy to all suffer
ing from nervous troubles.
Easton, Pa. Mbs. Mabi: Reese.
dec 15 d2w sun,wed&fri«tw2w
—Mrs. Senator Logan superintends her
husband’s correspondence, dictating to a
stenographer for hours at a time. 8be also
assists tbe senator in collecting materials
for reports and addresses.
Georgia, I have no hesitation i
the opinion that there are at least $500,000,-
000 of gold within 300 feet of the surface cf
the earth. In a radius of twenty miles,
from Dahlonega as the centre,I think $100 -
000,000 may be extracted in the same dis
tance from the surface.
The extraction of gold is reduced in this
region to the minimum of cost. Taking
the quartz out of tbe earth, removing it to
the mill, crushing it, amalgamating tbe
gold with the quicksilver, and extracting
tbe gold, all these operations are p *rformet
at a cost not exceeding thirty cents n*r
cf ore. I know that this sta emeut will
excite surprise. It is well calcuu -o to tio
so. But having seen tbe books of the Hand
mining company in Dahlonega, Georgia, 1
can positively affirm that the cost of raising
crushing, and washing a ton of ore is not
m re than thirty cents. Labor is cheap,
provisions plentiful, water power abundant
aud the peculiar conformation of the coun
try furnishes a bead of 256 feet of water
available fer removing the debris from hill
sides, thus exposing the veins of ore.
There is a small river, which is carried
twenty-two miles, partly of a canal, and
partly of an iron pipe, thus rccumulatin,
a hydraulic power competent to was i
down immense masses of earth. Th#
Wherein n Former Georgian is Con
cerned.
A few days ago a brief item in the press
dispatches appeared in The Constitution
to tbe effect that two men named Russell
had been murdered by a band of roughs in
Texas. It turns out that the two Russells
were well known in Atlanta, having gone
from Palmetto to Texas only a few months
ago.
Yesterday a Constitution reporter met
Mr. Moses Russell, tbe uncle of the
murdered men, and Mr. W. S. McElfresb,
who came from Palmetto to Atlanta on
their way tc Texas, to see after the family
of John RuebcII, who married Miss McKt-
fresh and u> attend to tbe affairs of tbe
murdered meo. Thev received two tele
grams from Mrs. Russell relative to tbe
horrible affair. The first stated that her
husband was dead but her brother in-law
was yet living with hope of recovery. But
soon came another message to
announce that he, to?, Lad died.
John and Abner Rus&ell moved from Tallc-
dega, Ala, to near Palmetto soon after the
war, and did well in tbeir Georgia home.
They were young men of energy and vim.
The Texas fever in its sweep through the
state struck these two young men and they
resolved to go to the wild west and make a
fortune. They sold out everything, and
after prospecting in the center of Texas,
went to its thinly-populated region audjset-
tled in Jack county. GO miles from a
railroad. This was just *he place to make
money, as there was a big traveling trade
and the country waa developing very fast.
They used their money to aet up a store,
which they stocked with a fine lot of varied
merchandise. They also built a saw mill,
which was found at once to pay splendidly
The young men were doing well aud really
seemed on tbe road to the golden fortune
of which they had dreamed, when occurred
the sad event which destroyed both their
lives. Late one stormy afternoon half a
dozen rough fellows tumbled into the store
and began to trade. They appeared to be
drovers and had plenty of money. After
buying about $200 worth of goods they
started away. When just outside tbe door
they called John Russell out. He went and
wasabot down almost instantly. They then
rushed in on Abner and inflicted tbe hor
rible wounds from iqlhich he died.
The facts of the horrible tragedy are
reported very ineagerly aud inaccurately
but it appears that tbe men were drinking
and had some qusrrel with tbe Russells, fo;
which they choee this terrible settlement.
Mr. Russell and Mr. McEifresh left yes
terday afternoon for the scene of the trage
dy, and it may be some weeks before they
return. John Russell left a wife and sev
eral children, who, alone in a wild country,
are awaiting the arrival of tbe friends to
whom they have telegraphed for protection.
A Ladj’n With.
“Oh, bow I do wish my akin was as clear
and soft as yours,” said a lady to her friend.
“You can easily make it so,” answered the
friend. "How7” inquired the first lady.
“By using Hop Bitters, that makes pure
rich blood and blooming health. It did it
« . .. q£ it.—Cairo
—Bernhardt dies so realistically that it
is eaid a coroner who saw her ran around to
the stage door and wanted to hold an in
quest.
k Smooth ConpIfxioR can be had by every
lady who will use Parker’s Ginger Tonic.
For promptly regulating tbe liver and kid
neys and purifying tbe htood there is noth
ing like it, and this is ihe reason why it eo
quickly removes pimples and gives a rosy
bloom to tbe cheer. See notice.
decI6—dim tues tliur sat dswlru 2*ip
—Stephens, the er-Fenian lealer, is
watchirg Irish aflan from the safe eantase
ground of Paris.