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Some curious individual has addressed to
M the following note, signed “T.:"
t you to atvo a hutnrj of low the
shoot, end bow were ibej surveyed?
When tbs grant to tbe company repre-
tented by General Ojrietbcrpe wat made, it
empowered that company, or tbe com
mander or governor ol tbe colony propoeed
to be aattled and established, to grant in tbe
name of tbe reigning monarch of England,
George II.. all lands within tbe limits of
tbe territory granted, in tracts
sailed to tbs circumstances of
tbe grantee, not exceeding to many
acres. Owing to th? loss of the reoords of
tbe colony daring lie government by tbe
grantera of the crown, much of tbe history
of that period, and especially of tbs man
ner of disposing of tbe lands, is, merely
eonuiee*; at least it ie vary vague.
Subsequently, when the c mpany surren
dered their charter to tbe crown, tbs power
to pant or tall tbs lands was conferred upon
abliabed
I governors These
tbe system that, wsa followed out by tbs
government of tbe state after its iodepend-
Tbs first act parted upon tbs subject was
In 1780; tbs second in 1783 These acta gave
to each head of a family 2> 'J acres of land,
to each child 50 acre*, and 20 acres for each
negro np to te«, but In no instance was tba
number of acrae to exceed 1,000.
By tbe snfaatqQent act each head of a
■fatly was “ *
Colonel Haamoad'* Appoxtioamsat Speech—The
Pr« aidaatial Bece ptica-Tha Debate oa tbe
River sad Harbor Bill—The War
or* Collector Clark.
Washington, February 25 —Colonel
Hammond made Lis speech on the appor
tionment bill yesterday to a full house. It
is always very difficult to get the attention
of the body in the rush of business which
comes toward the end of the session. Bat
after the clear voice of the Georgia repre
sen Live had rang a few sentences? through
the hall there was a perceptible hush, and
YO L. XIII.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1881.
39
• allowed two hundred seres aa a
bead right, with the right to purchase for
each -bead in bis family fifty acres, at one
shilling per afire, np to one thousand acres.
After esesedtnc Hew* hundred acres tbe
ii.il* w u« paid for these remaining five
hundred waa increased to two shillings per
acre. Beyond tbia amount no bead of a
family waa allowed to purchase.
A land office waa opened la 1783. and a
surveyor general elected by the legislature,
and a surveyor for each county elected by
the people of tbe coubty. This act em
powered justices of the peace to grant
title* upon certain conditions. This wa*
repealed by a subsequent set, and tbe
jostle?* of each county, or any five of them,
should meet In their respective counties,
and transact any business mat could be
done by tbe just ire.-, under the former act
This meeting of tbe justices was to be at the
county seat or at tbe place where the
county or superior court held its sessions,
but the number of justices so meeting and
transanctitig bust near, should never be le*s
than five.
In 1784 anew treaty with tbe Indians ac
quired a large tract of country which in
1784 was organised into two counties,
named Franklin and Washington, and the
lands in these counties to be dispojed of as
follows:
Each person applying for a warrant mu«t
prove before the governor and council
or before one assistant judge,
and two justices of the jteace
of the county their right to buy at three
shillings per acre. This right for tbe num
ber of beads in tbe family, and that they
had not at any previous tune availed them
selves of this right, any lands not located in
tbe counties of Franklin and Washington,
might be taken up without price save office
accounts by their oaths. This disfranchise-
ent waa never removed by tbe legislature.
Flournoy wasa Baptist preacher, a man of
fine mind and good education. His cnurch
arraigned him and formally acquitted him.
restoring him to tbe ministry from wnicb
be bad been snspeoded 8ome yean after
be was preachingat an association, and in
bis sermon waa inveighing strongly against
tbe prevailing vices of tbe country. There
was a wag in- the audience who
was quite naif drunk at the time
Flournoy went from vice to vice
and in a strain of virtuous vituperation
denouncing each ip turn, but paused when
be came to that of drunkenness. At length
be said “The drunkard. Yea. tbe drunkard!
What shall I make of him.” The wag re
piled ssntantjkrasly, “A big fraction/’ and
Flournoy said. "Let us pray." This piece
of waggery was not even more injurious to
bis reputation than bis disfranemsement.
It lias he who was present staying in tbe
bouae of General Slclntosb.wben he was slain
by Hopothliyobola's band, and not a great
while after, whilst encamped by the road
side, be, Flournoy, was slain by a negro.
• The lands acquired by tbe treaties of 1802.
were laid of! into two counties, Baldwin and
Wilkinson, from which has since been
curved many counties, Lauds were acquired
by Irir'Jsa of dtffLrept aipouxite, and an uu-
ferent times, and there were for their sur-
, 1818,
and this inducement to emigration will be
arrested. This most very soon be the case,
when her people will remain at home and
commence the improvement of her soil,
which has heretofore claimed very little
attention; on the contrary, it has been cul
tivated only to be destroyed. When thb
destructive and moat improvident system
of tilling tbe laud shall give place to at
intelligent cultivation, when, as in
Hungary and Belgium, two fifths of
the labor of the farm is given
to tbe manufacturing of fertilisers, and this
shall be scientifically applied, iu a short
time this favored region will be the garden
of tbe union. When the youth of the
country shall be taught agricultural chem
istry instead.of Greek and Latin in |the
schools, and when they shall learn mat
who tills tbe soil is he who is most intelli
gent and elevated in society—when labo<
shall be honorable andiudolence infamous,
tbe land will smile with blooms and fruit,
and the farm furnish all the wants of the
farmer, our people wril be numerous, intel
ligent, prosperous and powerful.
Excuse this digression; it grew naturally
out of my subject. W H. Sparks.
GARFIELD’S TRIP
Tbe four hundred and ninety seres of
land are in Wayne county. The reason for
tbia wa* that the county wa.* poor piney
woo*Is. and supposed to be only valuable for
stork raining, and were only equivalent to
two hundred two and one-half acres, which
were adapted to agricultural purposes, be
cause of tbetr supposed superiority iu fer
tility.
These bead right laws were never re
pealed, so far aa to tbe counties for which
they were enacted, and but few people
know that these head rights in these coun
ties were issued to day. At tbe period of
their enactment land was so abundant in
proportion to population lhat it was
deemed almost valueless. It was given
away by the state as an inducement to
immigration. It proved a powerful in
centive. to this end especially, in the north
ern and middle portions of the state. Ai
that lime the cost of transportation was
too great to secure immigration from Eu-
rope and the new land was populated
almost entirely by inunigjMnt* from the
more populous states of the middle and
*■ d on the 16th of December. 1819, on tbe
I5ib and 16iti of May, to dispose of tbe
ounties of Dooly, Houston, Monroe.
Fayette and Heury; 9:h of June, a similar
acta for tbe purpose of surveying and dispoe
ing of other tracts were passed on December
24th and 27lb, and in 1827 and 1826, to dis
pose of the land.* in Lee, Muscogee, Troup.
Coweta, and Carroll, and on the 21st god
22d, of December, 1829, for tbe survey of the
Cherokee country, and in 1830 and 183L In
these last acts tbe survey of forty acres was
ordered in the gold region, for the pur
pote of giving an opportunity to as many of
the people as possible to poaeese themselves
of these lots.
All, or nearly all. of the lands west of the
Oconee were disposed of by lottery. The
first lottery act was passed tn 1803, and in
all tbe subae.qnent acta this principle or
method of disposition was maintained, and
three acta are full of precautionary clauses
to prevent frauds. Every applicant for the
right waa required to awear to certain facts
—mat he was a citizen of tbe state, and if
he had a family, of how many members. If
a guardian of orphaus this was to be proven
by oath or otherwise. To read these laws
one would suppose that it wa* next to im
possible for a fraud to he perpetrated,
and yet these were almost
innumerable, and were the cause
of much and t,protected litigation.
This policy of donating the lands tocili
is was borrowed from the Spaniards, who,
all their American posseisinns, donated
to citizens and emigrants such tracts as
they desired confining the amount to cer
tain areas. Sometimes large districts were
donated to colonists emigrating to the
country in considerable numbers, and these
were to select and divide the same amongst
themselves, but no one, or no one family,
waa allowed more than a certain quantity
of acre*, but this quantity was Very ample
and in proportion to the number in a family.
A very large proportion of the Floridas was
in this manner disposed of, and
From Ills Mentor Cottage to the Ba
llon** Palace.
Mentor, O., March 1.—Yesterday, which Gen
eral Garfield had set for hlz journey to Washing
ton, dawned bright and cheerful, with the heavy
mud of the previous day dried or frozen, so
that the passage from Lawnfield to the Mentor
depot, a distance of a mile and a half, was easily
more northern of the southern states.
Tbe rebellion in Ireland in 1798
stimulated quite an immigration
from lhat island, and this exodus
from the Emerald Die was of the better
da*** of Irish, who had been active par
ticipants in that disastrous* attempt to
emancipate Ireland from the dominion of
Great Britain. Such men as Coancillor
Sampson, Dr. McXiver, Thomas Adis Km
mil, Alexander Forter, the Jacksons, and
Harpers, with numerous others, who were
learned, distinguished and elegant men,
were a great acquisition to the country.
_ med and donated, comprehended
the state of Mississippi and all that portion
of Louisiana, as now constituted, which lies
east of the Mississippi river. This practice
gave rise to conflicts of titles, as
the territory was claimed both
by America and the state of Georgia,
rltlton. There were florjrte* of a
r during the
hand to bid God speed to the president
elect. A large excursion from Ashtabula and
Falneeville waa at the depot. The r mtu, as an
nounced by Geueral Manager J. D. Laynr, ol the
IVunjklvania road, was as follows: The train
will go by the Lake Hhorc road toAshtabala.1
by the Pacific company’s lines through W
gitowu and Pittsburgh, arriving at the
city at 7:30 pm., and reaching
Washington early Tuesday morning. The train
is a special one made up and manned by the
FAILING 10 FILE
THE BONDTHAT THE LAW REQUIRES.
Ortr Half the Oouaty OScsrz of the Bt&te Fail
to Obey the Law ia tb« Matter ol Their
Beads—An Istsmtlsg Question for .
the Governor to Dodd*.
A large number of the tax collectors and
receivers in this state hare failed to comply
with tbe law requiring them to file their
bonds in forty days after their election, and
quite an intricate question has come up on
account of their failure to comply with the
law. It ia the duty of these officers to file
their bonds with the comptroller general
in forty days after their election. On the
23d of February last the comptroller
general addressed the following letter to
Governor Colquitt:
To HM Excellency. A. H. Colquitt. Governor
- ~ xr Hr; " —
orfeers required by law to fileJhete bonds In thfi
office have failed to do so in time prescribed by
law. to-wit: . .. .
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
A Tsx Q collector and receiver for the county of
Baker.
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
Lalhrtnn.
k mx collector and receiver for the county of
*o understand how it could be misnnder
stood by the tax collectors and receivers, and
rhe fact that many of the officers in tbe state
oomplied with the law stows they did not
all misunderstand it T 3C questions pre
rented will be of considerable interest to
»ur people. . If the governor concludes to
>rder another election the parties wh«l
failed to comply with the law will
not be eligible to the office.
The governor seems todislike the idea of
ordering another election, and will not do
so unless he can find nd other coarse to
pursue. The law requires the tax receiver?
to begin their work immediately after the
first day of April. If an election is tot*
field it will defer this work. The comp
trailer general says it will take all the time
required by the law to prepare the tax
digest, and he think* it is better
not to have any election if it
can be avoided in any way. The opinion i*
also expressed among the fficera that when
the matter has been fully looked into thai
it will be found that the t Beers bav- made
their bonds and that tbt ordin.. .i8 have
failed to forward them tc be filed in the
comptroller general’s oiiic? If this be true
the tax collectors and wouid find
it to their iMtemst* so
at once. §ome of the ootugRss have for
warded their bon^s since the
questions came up, bat they
have not been filed within t-*e forty days
required by law. The following counties
have forwarded bonds for both officers
since the question arose:
Coweta, Milton, Murray and Dooly have
forwarded a bond for tax receiver.
We would advise the tax collectors and
receiver* in the various counties that have
failed to make the bond, to commence to
study this subject at once. It will be in-
creating to them before they finish it.
THE RISING SUN
CLAUSING PATRIOTIC ATTENTION.
Tks Hotels Fast Filling with th* People Who
Want to bo ‘‘Ia"—A Talk on Geaoral
Tocmbr—The Evils of the Paving
Bystea, and Other Items.
the party waa to consist only
oily of the prealdent-elecr, so
great was the pressure from newspapera, that a
“ *— *" Tea of the
outside of
considerable number of reprt*enuuves of tbe
There waa no display at the house, as General
Garfield and his family drove off in an unpreten
“ * ' * a pleasant
Uous dose carriage, merely
goodbye to the few who remain. 'As the
carriage containing General Garfield drove up
the depot plsuorm, a about went up from 3.000
— 1 up c
throats, and the band, playing lustily, added „
ihe enthusiasm of the appreciative crowd. After
assisting the ladles to their car. General Garfield
returned to the platform, where Hon. A. L.
Tinker, of Palilesvule, delivered a farewell ad
dress, to which General Garfield, head uncovered.
of Lake
County: 1 thank you for this cordial and kindly
greeting and farewell. You have come fioi
homes, than which none happier are kn*
this country, mat makes country life ha]
give me your blessing a .d farewell. You
know‘ *■**
ifa whole people fur acta
hborly friendship, of
public support that
Home of these located in New York, aotne
in Tennessee and sonic in Georgia. They
rose to eminence here, and gave a character
to tbe Irish, which made him a welcome
•migrant, and soon they began to come in
increasing numbers Georgia invite i
this immigration, qml very noon
those from Ireland and Scotland who had
come to North and South Carolina, began
rapidly to move into this state—Willis
county—and tbe territory included in
Franklin, was rapidly peopled by a.noble
class of men known as Scotch Irish, from
whom lias descended many of the noblest
son* of Georgia. W ilk** county was organ
ised anterior to the revolution. It was
named In honor of the celebrated John
Wilkes, who was one of tbe first and ablest
of the asserter* of the right* of the colonies
and of con*e«)ucnce became obnoxious to
the haired ol Lord North and his adminis
tration. A alight history of this tuan may
not be entirely out of place here. He wa*
elected to represent tbe county of Middle
sex, England, to parliament, iu opposition
to the celebrated Colonel Lntterell, and
for tbe avowal ot his democratic prin
ciples, in sustaining tbe rights of
the colonies and the liberty of the subjects,
was expelled, and a new election ordered.
Again be was triumphant over LotteroU,
Louisiana is not yet entirely settled
because of the failure of the states to legis
late so as to quiet this. Mississippi at the
suggestion of her governor, Poindexter
passed a law soon after the state was ad
mitted into the union, that all grants
from whatever government emana
ting not proven up and clearly
established by a certain time should
be deemed as fraudulent and of no value;
when this time elapsed, all litigation npou
this subject, or arising from these causes
Georgia wisely acted in the same mauner
and litigation growing out of the lottery
frauds has long since ceased.
It certainly contributed to a very consid
erable extern to the speedy pqnnlatiou of
Georgia, this liberal manner of uispoaingof
her domain. It prevented speculation, and
divided the land* into tracts of small
dimensions, within the reach of persons of
limited meant*, and placing them in many
hands; so many, indeed, as to entirely pre
clude any combinations for speculative
purpo.c* It gave the title directly from
the Mat?, recur ng ai *a ly and safe
method of conveyance to those
desirous of disposing of the
landafthus acquired and so explicit and
simple has been all tbe legislation upon
tbe subject of lands that it is easy to trace
titles, especially in all that section of the
state, west of tbe Oconee river. This is not
hue, of the lauds taken up by head rights
Tne method of doiug tbia was loo.-e ai.d not
well guarded by legislation. Every ]»ersoii
desirous of locating lane’s, had to prove it
is true to certain authorities that they had
under the law* or decree* of the colonial or
state authorities, the right to locate. They
then obtained a warrant to do so, and they
located these warrants wherever they chose,
paying for their surveying The plat of this
survey was returned to tbe proper authori
ties, and a grant, or title, to the
lands thus surveyed was given These sur
Vrys were located without any order, either
in township or range, and most frequently
so made as to leave fractional tracts
flip poll lhat
... le hands of any
t»a pant of this great community
Tax* collector and receiver for the county of
°Tax*collector and receiver for the county of
Douglas.
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
Tax collector for the county of Fannin.
T-x collector and receiver for the county of
Fayette.
ayetl
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
Floyd.
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
Gree
Tbe Georgia Department of Agrlcnl*
tare.
Dixie Farmer.
The Georgia department of agriculture is
now in a most admirable condition. Mr.
Henderson, tbe commissioner in charge,
has shown an administrative ability, a pop-
a mingled judgment, decision
ular tact, and _
and fidelity that has made a valuable de
partment most brilliantly euccenfoL Under
his skillful management tbe old and wide
spread clamor against this department has
steadily diminished, until it seems to have
entirely disappeared, and its usefulness and
benefits are so marked and so great that the
public has at last accepted it as something
that deserves to be pe petnated.
Mr. Henderson possesses peculiar qualifi
cations for the place he occnpies. He has
run the thing practically and yet without
any attempt at show. He has organized the
department with consummate judgment.
He has a special quality of economical
management, husbanding the resources of
the bureau and yet spending them with fine
discretion. He ia a conscientious officer,
having the nerve to do the right thing, and
endeavoring to deal justly with all men and
yet protect, the state’s interest Perhaps
there could be no better exemplification of
his methods than his battle with the fertil
izer manufacturers, who sought to pnt on
him exaggerated analyses of their fertilizers
He gave them a fair showing, blithe pushed
tbe investigation of their analyses to the
very bottom, alike indifferent to threat or
cajolement, and finally, when hp found out
the trntb, be brought them to acknowledge
it. He ha* had his own ideas oqthings and
stack manfully to them, giving k courteous
hearing to all, yet deciding for kimself ac
cording to the right and for ihe public
interest.
He has now for his department the large,
commodious room used for the*postoffice.
It is at last a proper habitation for the
Uberiy and justice, aud had no scheme but the
our republic. If 1 were to search over all the
world, 1 could not find a better model of poUlical
spirit of aspiration for the train and toe right
than 1 have found in this community during tbe
eighteen yean its people have honored me with
tbeir confidence. I ttunk the dtlsens of this
county for their kindueas. and
especially my neighbors of Meutor, who have
demanded ao litUe of me, and hare done so
much to make my home a refuge and a joy.
nhatl carry to the discharge ol the duties that lie
before me, to the problems and dancer* I may
meet, a sense of yonr confidence and yonr love,
which will always be answered by my gratitude
•* “ lare’
Neighbors, friends and constituents, farewell.
|cr.ataiplau*e.l
Tax receiver for the county of Lumpkin.
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
Madison.
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
model of its kind and deserves a visit and
will well repay one. The "exhibition of
agricultural products and minerals is very
fine a^d attractive.
We are glad to be able to write so encour
agingly of this valuable department. The
state is to be complimented npon having ao
icnwctuer. efficient an officer as Mr Henderson. This
Tax collector and receiver for the county of gentlemen was an applicant for.-‘he place
Marion.
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
Milton.
Tax collector and receiver for tne county of
Mitchell.
the administration candidate, and b .ldly between them of every possible shape and
and fearlessly adv» caving h;s principles be , quantity. These tract* were, and continue
was again expelled, aud in the face of law
and precedent Luttetell. with scarcely ball
the votes (Killed by Wilkes, wa* declared
elected and took his seat This action
creatsd a Terrible excitement throughout
tbe kingdom, aud gave occasion for the
writing of the fatuous letters of Junius
This enactment extended to America and
was really tbe original cause of the Ameri
can revolution. America espoused tbe cause
of Wilkes, adopted bispriucipies, and Geor
gia honored him by giving bts name to her
best county.
On the 16:h of June, 1802, an act was
Tbe Reconstructed Soutli.
Edward Atkinson In tbe International Review.
In the market gardens of Norfolk, Charleston,
Savannah and elsewhere, tbe well-directed work
of white aud colored laborers alike leave* little to
be desired in comparison with work of a like kind
at tbe north. In the Atlantic southern states the
number of small farms will soon give to these
states a larger number of conservative citizens
than will be found iu any other equal section of
the country. To these small farmers especially
they are raptdiy organizing to regain lo -al self-
government and ibelr right to elect their own
magistrates, county officers, assessors and the like
They n si»t the Mime per capita road taxes and
other methods of legislation that oppress tbe
black, by means of which the bourbons have
attempted to discriminate against both classes.
co-operate in defense of the rights which are
osen rial to both races. On all focsl questions the
south is dividiug in every section, and it will
never aeiin submit to the bourbon rule, even on
national questions.
In the mechanic and manufacturing arts, if
comparisons he made with tbe barbarisms ol the
sute war period, the progress is almost marvelous
Viragos a.-e springing up; the country store is
established: casters of industry are forming The
south naw aas, at Chattano ga, the largest single
and the chief Supply of the best ash, oik and
w, tnbject to the law ot heed right, end I nSStb?“sShfiSTiiTid w
....... tie- MnM <vtnfn«nn tii n. .1 wu T
cities, Is now found south ol
. then just acquired front the Creek
Indians by treaty he.d at,Fort Wilkinson.
This place is about two miles from Milled*;*
sills. These land* were the first acquired
west of the Ocone* river. The line was a
dry line, and was. on an average about fif
teen mites west of the river This line was
deemed to be one bringing loo closely the
Indians and white*. It was urged by the
Indians that th* whites disregarded treaties
and ideal lines, and tbeir contact would
lead to strife, and almost before the
survey wa* comm .'need a new treaty was
made ceding alt the territory west
of Ibis dry line to the Ocmnlgee
river. And it wms agreed in this that the
Indiana should retire from the territory be
tween the Oconee and the Oetualgee, to tba
west of Flint river or Thronatrski, aa the
Indians named this stream, and that this
territory should be neutral grour.d not to be
occupied by either tbe whites or Indians.
This act of 1802. required the lands to be
surveyed Into tree’s, forty five chains
square, which g ves an area of two hundred
two and one-haif acres.
On the 26ih of June, 1806 an act wa*
passed to survey and dispose of the lands in
the cun tics of Baldwin, Wilkinson. Wayne,
Early, Irwin. Appling. Walton. Gwinnett,
Hull. Habersha u and Rabun. This act stip
ulated that all fractional survey*, which bor
dered the dry lines or the navigable rivers,
within the territory should be reserved and
•old, and the proceeds appropriated to tbe
payment of Ine public debt. In the fur
therance of this end commissioners were
appointed to superintend and ««ll these
fractional surveys. These were appuinted
by tbe legislature, and were Francis F.our
noy, a Mr. Echols and a Mr. Sims. Three
were to give ample security for tbe faithful
discharge of their duties. These lands,
especially those bordering or adjoining tbe
rivera, were rich and valuable, and were
sought after by men of means. They con
frequently cause confusion, in meet* and
bounds, and have been productive of al
most endless litigation.
These h«ad right laws are still tbe law of
the land, and not three weeks since some
lands were located in the counties east of
the Oconee river.
Having disposed of the request of
my anonymous interrogator heading
this article, I will proceede to answer
that propounded from another source,
ro-wit: for whom tbe counties of Calhoun,
Glynn. Richmond and Eraannel named.
William Pitt, the earl of Chatham, was
an anient advocate of the rights of the
colonies and fearlessly sustained their
c!aim, net to be taxed by a government or
parliament in which they had r.o represen
tation. He was perhaps the ablest and most
eloquent orator England has ever pro
duced. He, with Earl Camden, John
Wilkes and John Glynn, despite tbe frowns
of the king and tbe ministry, stonily sus
tained all that tbe colonies demanded, in
sisting that these new rights wera inherent
in tbe British constitution and- secured to
the subject whether of the colonies or
of the mother stae. Chatham
first declared no taxation without
representation, nor did not hesitate to avow
that all powers of government emanated
iroiu the people of the state, and not a
birthright of every E nglishman, be his
resideucs whatever it might, if the eountty
of his domicil owed allegeance to the British
crown. In these views John Glynn con
curred, and most sirenu .usly in parliament
supported them, and this county, created
possess he UrgeM wagnn factory in the country:
iron is being aade at tbe lowest cost and of the
best quality In zqany places, sad Pittsburg feel*
tbe m-cvMdty of etasiru ting new lines of railroad
to reach ihe southern mine*, in order to maintain
her p ace. Norfolk contests the palm with Balti
more iu the canal ' —
Inc thousands of
_ 1.64, was in his honor given his name.
Richmond county was named in honor
ot the duke of Richmond, who was, with
Chatham and Glynn, a warm supporter of
the cause of the colonies.
The county of Etnanuel was named in
honor of Colonel David Emanuel,
s distinguished officer of the revolution.
He wa* a Jew and came to this
state in 1777. He w«* a most daring and
active partisan; was once captured ana sen
tenced to be shot, but the man appointed
to shoot him misled his aim, when Eman
uel dashed away and succeeded in making
his escape. He filled many offices of honor
and profit in the state, one of which was
the office of governor for a time. Coat ham
county, the oounty in which is situated
Savannah, was called for the Earl of Chat
ham; Glynn for John Glynn; Richmond
for tbe dnke of Richmond, and is the
Richmond, two
sized trunks a
rg of oysters. literally employ-
fie:sons in that Industry. Iu
xpet-bagger*, who carried fuU-
mployed m
e hundreds
_jg|MsMsai
of women in the manufacture of cigarettes that
tiy made Xrvm tobacco of the finest
us, but new to the •oath, are starting into vigor-
Decadence of ‘•the Code. 1
Colucibus Enquirer.
Enllgbt-mtd opinion held* the duello it relic of
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
bun.
Tai_
Richmond.
Tax collector a»d receiver for the county of
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
when his predecessor was appointed. In
stead of being disgruntled because another
was selected, no bore defeat with that good
sense that belongs to the man, recognizing
that tbe governor had the right of selection
withoni offense to any one and gracefully
submitting to disappointment. When a
vacancy came he was promptly selected to
fill tbe place and has made a most superior
officer. ~ Tbe incident illustrates the fine
quality of the man’s temper and practical
judgment. He has carried the same quali
ties into his department, and managed it
with a sagacity, a tact and ability that has
improved the department, made his own re
putation enviable, and given lnstre to Gov
ernor Colquitt’s administration.
TURNED OUT TO DIE.
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
allaferxo.
Tax collector aud receiver for the county of
atnall.
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
ay for-
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
bwtts.
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
tax collector and receiver for the county of
Walker.
Some Sample Engltati Justice
Ireland.
New York, March L—A Dublin disoetch says
the avenge emergency committee are taking steps
to meet the wishes of a Urge number of laud
lords, who are about to evict defaulting tenants
and who desire that the committee should supply
them with Protestant tenants from Ulster
and elsewhere. Lists will be opened for the
names of those willing to accept farms
from which tenants have been evicted,
and, doubtless, there will be no lack of applicants
for the exaggerated descriptions of power, which
will be placed in tbe hands of the authorities, br
Tax collector and receiver for the count
Wayne.
lax collector and receiver faf the county of
Webster. -
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
Wilkes.
Tax
Worth
Tax collector and receiver for the county of
Yours, with respect.
W. A. Wright.
Comptroller-General lor Georgia.
As soon as the election was held i
Jannary and as it^was ascertained who had
^UdlOlb. practices of civilized
* * >rd contests of France
gentlemen ran settle
their 'differences wtai» pas ion has spent its
coarse wiibout tbs use ot blows and deadly weep- 1
on*, and the deafe Of C- fallow being. Tha duel
ist is not held up as tha pattern of a brave man
with a high sen*«et honor. He is cUaaed with
the lower order Bs fa. ao longer tbe typo of
chivalry, for his kind hav* shown tbe white
feather and shirked day when called to the post
of dange r. The Cash tri 1 stay end to-day If a
verdict of guilty i e rendered it wtil serve an ex
cellent purpose, though panlihmt-tii may never
be Inflicted. It will stamp criminality on such
transactions should they be attempted In future.
Charleston Sews and Courier.
Surely then the trial of Cash warrants the belief
that the people of Sooth Carolina are determined
to put an and to thH dueling business. Upon no
other hypothesis, having regard to the attendant
difficulties and embarrassments, can the mistrial
ai Darlington be accounted for and understood.
character, i
eviction of m m
Kilkomin, Kings county, has crested r
Special Correspondence Constitution.
WAsmxGTON, February 28.—Aa the 4th
approaches Washington grows perceptibly
gayer every day. Visitors from all the
states are coming in. The hotels are about
fall now and the local committee is stowing
the crowds away as best it can. United
States troops are arriving daily to join the
grand procession. There will be n regular
massing of the army here on inaugura
tion day. Those delicate patriots who were
so shocked at the idea that they would
have tomarch under ey-Ccnfederate Oar*-
’Field have been soothed by being
placed in another division. The oountry
is now perfectly safe if all tbe fools are not
dead. It is gratifying to see the donkey ism
of these ‘‘veterans,’’ as they call themselves,
reproved by the almost unanimous voice
of the press of the country, regardl
politics.
Saturday night the committee illumi
nated the national museum in which
the inaugural ball is to be given. It shows
beautifully, though the decorations are not
yet complete. By next Friday night it will
present a scene of rare brilliancy. Tickets
for the ball do not seem to go very fast,
however. Hundreds of tbe most elegant
people here will stay away for fear of the
crowd and crash which is probable on such
is. But there will be so many
thousands of visitors here that the ball will
be amply attended.
Dscorations of the streets and houses are
being made in grand style. Thousands of
seats have been constructed on every park
and vacant lot from the army and navy
building beyond the white-house to the
capitol. One long row is for the employes
of the department of the interior who will
be furnished a sight of the pageant free.
Provision will probably be made for theem
ployes of the other departments.
——No one could accuse "congress of
sloth daring the past week. Both bodies
sat at night The house adjourned after
sunrise Friday morning and both holies
worked to the very verge of Sunday. They
made good progress, too. An extra session
seems very improbable uow. Most of the
business which will be left nnfinished will
not be of a very pressing nature.
1 heard “a g *od one” on General
Toombs the other day. It is said, that at
one time daring the war his command was
quite small though he had rank as major-
general. General McLaws, of Georgia, was
a brigadier and commanded about ten
thousand men while Toombs had only two
thousand. The latter officer complained to
President Davis that General McLaws, al
though inferior in rank was commanding
more troops than he. Mr. Davis very
blandly replied that the matter should
be arranged at once. Next day he sent
McLaws his commission as * major-general,
and thus settled the difficulty. General
Toombs, by-the-way, is much talked of
here. Those who knew Washington in
“ante helium davs'* tell of Ms great power
in tbe south, and of the homage which was
paid him even by the men who hated him
lor hie extreme views. There is a picture
of him taken jnst about the time he left
the senate that presents a face of noble in
tellectual beauty. Among all tne pictures
of the men of that .great body I think his
face stands out as the cstart striking. Upon
ic is stamped that rdyaify of nature which
wonld attract the gaze and the admiration
of men wherever it was seen.
the system of ‘ pairing” wl
into such abuse in the national
legislature. Exercised within strict
bounds, it is a convenience, and does no
especial harm, bat it is based on a wrong
principle and it is practiced here in a
wholesale fashion deserving of the severest
censure. It has come to be used with great
frequency not as a safeguard against the re
suit of necessary or providential absence,
bu* as a convenient dodge by which private
interest or pleasure may be gratified and the
appearance of representation kept up at the
had that ring which he gives to all
his efforts before the 8enate and elsenheie.
His oratory is a delightful relief from tbe
common run of senatorial dullness. In his
speech last night he argued powerfully for
the principle of improving the great water
highways as the means of checking the
power of railroad monopolies. The speech
was one of the few Mr. Hill has made at
>his session, and it was heard with tbe
greatest interest
1 have it on good authority that Mar
.dial Fitzsimons intends to resign soon after
the 4th of March to engage in the insurance
business. This will bring on the scramble
for his office a little sooner than was expect
ed. Major Smyth, it is said, will be one of
'he strongest candidates. His influence
with Blaine will give him a good hold on
the administration. But ia he sure of any
support from the Georgia delegation? In a
contest for such an office vhe president is
supposed to consider the recomifiendations
of the representatives from the locality or
state to be affected. I do not know that any
of the Georgia representatives are opposed
to Major Smyth, bat I do not think that he
could get their support as soon as some
Other republicans who are mentioned in
this connection. Mr. J. C. Freeman, of At
lanta, * is said to have some friends in
the delegation who will in
dorse him os * their choice if a
republican is to be chosen. Mr. Kimball
could certainly get the favor of some of the
de’egation and other strong influences here
if be applied for the office, bat 1 learn that
he will not do so. He was willing to take
it a few weeks ago when Mr. Hayes came
so near giving it to him, but it is said that
he lias since concluded that he has enough
to interest and employ him outside of this
office.
Hon. Lem B. Anderson, of Covington,
now a member of the legislature, is men
tioned as a probable candidate, with strong
Dackings from both parties.
There is one republican in Georgia who
wonld make a formidable candidate for this
or any other office he wants in that state
under the next administration.
I refer to Dr. H. P. Gat-
chell, of Atlanta, supervisor of the
late census in the first Georgia district.
He is a liberal cepublican who joined the
Greeley movement and has never harbored
sectional prejudice. He came to the south
not to look up outrages, but to heln de
velop the country. He has done much by
his letters in commendation of onr soil and
climate, and in generous praise of our peo
ple to induce immigration as well as to
give tne north a correct view of orn condi
tion. While these are reasons which
commend him to democrats, he has a hold
on the republicans, because he has always
faithfully adhered to the principles of that
party. And then he has a staunch friend in
the president elect whom he knew well in
Ohio. There are -several other prominent
republicans whom he conld command for
almost any service. I do not know that the
doctor ever even thought of applying for
the office of marshal, but it occurred tome
that a scramble among those who are
already talked of might end in the choice
of some*such quiet, efficient man as he.
Certainly there ia no repnbli&n who would
be more Acceptable to the people of Georgia
generally, aud his appointment would in
sure an honest, faithful administration of a
very important office.
The republicans now in office in Georgia
are beginning to come on or to send on
fnends to pave the way for the next four
years, if possible.
Mr. R. D. Locke, the assistant postmaster
at Colnmbus, is here watching the political
carrents.
Mr. George Chamberlain has been here
for some time.
The Atlanta poet-office will not be vacant
for some time, and if the present adminis
tration remains as satisfactory as
it is now there will probably not be much
fuss over the next appointment,
The fire on Collector Clark is kept up
with scarcely any intermission. Long
printed lists of charges are scattered thick
over Wasnington by that wing of the re
publican party to which Clark does not be
long, and Clark’s fri«u2z ia the wing to
which he does belong are just as busy with
their counter proof*. Notwithstanding the
fact that public opinion has settled down to
the conviction that Garfield means to have
a stalwart administration, there will be
plenty of democratic applicants for his favor
from Georgia and other southern states.
Especially will these applications come from
the men who boast that they are breaking
tbe ranks of democracy, and call themselves
^independents.” At home their tones are
STBANGE AND TRUE.
THE VARIED FREAKS OF THE DAY.
Tks Dsatk of tao Psassylrania Hup trass—A
~ isel Bails Into Oblivion-A Girl Ab
ducted—Locked up bj Her Lover—
A Horrible Fate, Etc.
same time. The man who is not worth
more than a check on an opposing vote has
very little business in congress and yet one
Nxw York, February 23.—The Sun con
tained an account of the ktliiogrecently of
two black bears by Miss Lottie Merrill, a
young huntress eighteen years old: The
following account of her death is from the
Elmira Gazette: A fearful tale is told in the
Port Jervis Union of the fate of Miss Lottie
Merrill, the young huntress of Wayne
county, Pennsylvania. According to this
account she met a moot tragic death on the
8th of February, being attacked iu her hut
by six bean, killed and eaten by them, and
her body burned with the carcasses of some
of them in her cabin.
A party of hunters, it is said, at the close
of that day found her cabin still burning,
and proofs of* the horrible death she had
died. It appears that she had been hunting
that day, and had killed a fine back deer,
which, after removing the entrails, she had
dragged home on the snow. Six hungry
bears, drawn by the smell of blood, had
followed the trail to her hut, and, after
devouring the carcass of the deer, attacked
the huntress, killing her and devunring her
body.
The girl had evidently made an heroic
defense. An examination of the carcasses
of the six bears in the cabin showed that
she most have killed, two of them before
being overpowered. The carcass of one
bear had fallen against the closed door, and
imprisoned them all within the cabin,
which took fire and burned the others to
death. In the cabin was found one of the
huntress’ heavy boots, with her foot still in
A bent hunting knife was near her
bones, and the antlers of the deer she had
brought home, which, with carcasses of
bears, famished a complete key to the
ivstery.
Her funeral took place on Wednesday
the Oth. At least three hundred people
were present at the funeral, and the old
.preacher, William Budwick, preached a
termon relating the story of her death, and
extolling her bravery and virtue. The re
mains were buried near her burned cabin,
and over her grave was placed a pair of
antlers and hemlock slab with this rude
epitaph: “Lottie Merrill lays hear. Sbe
diden’t know what it waz to be afeered, bnt
she had her last tussel with the bats, and
they have scooped her. She was a good
girl, and she is now iu heaven. It took six
big bars to get awzv with her. She was
only eighteen years old.”
MARDI GRAS.
soon afterwards a close attention from both
sides to what he was saying. His style ia
especially fitted for debate, having the rare
qualities of clearness, precision and con
densation. He is not lavish of words and
does not, as many of our public speakers
do, presume on the ignorance of his hearers
by unnecessary amplification. Few men
can say so much iu an hour or say
welL It was enough to unnerve an
old congressional debater to try to speak to
lhat noisy, restless house, but the Georgia
lawyer went about it as calmly as if tie
addressing a jury; did not mind the
waste of a few minutes on the confusion;
and then gradually silencing it by his stead
iness, caught thy weary ear of the assembly
and held it close to the eud of his speech.
Colonel Hammond has been highly com
plimented on his effort. It will help the
strong influence he is eo rapidly acquiring
here. He did not state bow many repre
sentatives he would like to haye. Few of
the Georgia members have expressed them
selves on this point. They are in favor of
less than 310, but as to the particular num
ber ttiere may be some difference.
-There is more talk of an extra seaion
than there has been for some' time. It is
said that some of the leading republicans
are going to urge upon Garfield the necessi
ty of calling congress to meet soon after tho
4th of March. Old members say the house
is mnch further along with its business
than usual, but to one unaccustomed to
congressional proceedings its progress
appears very slow indeed. Yesterday they
had the patriots at work from ten o’clock
to nearly daybreak this morning. Late in
the afternoon they locked them in to keep
a quorum, while the sergeant at arms sent
out his deputies after absent members.
If there should be an extra session it will
spring such questions as will put the
parties in sharp antagonism and test the
strength of the new administration. It
would, therefore, be a risk for the republi
cans, but it is said that as able leaders as
Blaine, Edmunds and Conkling have care
fully considered the chances and are in
favor of the extra session.
Garfield goes into office with the support
of every faction of his party. The re
publicans who favor an extra session feel
that it will be the means, if properly used,
of clinching their hold on the country and
of aggravating the dissatisfaction in the
ranks of the democracy.
President Hayes gave a grand diplo
matic reception last evening, which the
representatives of the various foreign
powers attended in full court dress. The
display was interesting, giving a sort of
kaleidoscopic view of different national
styles. Since Washington has been ao
crowded the receptions at the white house
have not been as pleasant as usual. There
is lately a jam which makes it impossible
: Harley, parish priest of
house and garden, sub-let the land to three
tenant*. The rent was £57, and the valuation
can look in the house every day and
chairs vacant whose alleged occupants are
not engaged on committee wore or any
thing else, but the task of “having a good
time.” I can say to the honor of the
Georgia members that they, as a rule, are
strict in their attendance on the business of
tbe bouse and keep a wide awake look to
the interest of the state.
The late Fernando Wood did not
leave a very large fortune, though he was
once a wealthy man. He and his brother
Ben have both lost heavily in late years.
It is said that few men lived in snch style
here as did Fernando Wood. Last winter
be gave one entertainment that cost $6,000,
a sum which sounds high, but it is said that
the Mexican minister once spent between
$15,000 and $20,000 on one entertainment a
year or two ago.
Rev. Atticus G. Haygood, D. D.,
president of Emory college, has just ar-
S lated to the parish, he bad to take np tbe
d work it at s loss. He had also to bold him
self respouiiblo for the rent of tbe sub-tenants,
who fell into arrears. Tbe priest then handed
“ * * — * *—tc young farmer of
middleman
___ ^ land
lord refnaed' to recognize this tenant, and
took proceedings against Rev.. Mr. Harley
and the sub tenants
the laiufajrhe coun _
s dtcree.^rat the case mas taken to the queen _
— that Tuesdsy morning
attorney-
Ticiiorr Without that public opinion they would
general, and tbs ctose reasoning of tbs circuit»
hopeful- This is not alL Public opinion, it is
evident, upholds and will enforce the snti-doel-
iog few ol 1^0, and we are justified tn saying.
gtewcf 1**®. *
realm, fans ti
traltaalsjmsts
the day of tbe.dnello In ttouin
and gone. At fast: Attest!
Washington Post.
Slowly hot surely “the code” Is dying out.
fatens should be.
, „ ...... ... ... , county in which is situated Augusta.
halted of «U bodies between the surveys of j Brunswick is in Glynn, and Emanuel after
•«ty five chains square and the lines or Colonel Emanuel, of Burke county. Thus
- *-— I have snr-wered the icquirtes of two gam- . „„ , Ml
tleaien who desire to know something of, * be killed as
the fraud, tfa
fonn icM tbum bundn4 ivatodone-
tintem Th.uirTOyor,«iib,r from >*m>
nun or. nb»l U tun probaoW. corrjn
oonuiT.J to m.k. vhw* thin *»»
body of licit land fractions eoattunirg four
And fin hundred urea. This ra oat di.
eortnd until nftw it. tain ordered by the
Mate and oirreted be the cunniitfwn.m
It lo happened that tba Iner.d, of tba aui-
etyora and < f ihe coa>miaaion.n porchned
Umm big rich Iracliooa aa aureeja haetaj
]aaa than tba two bond rod two aad a bait
acTat. ar d u a'l fraction, wera add bp tha
acre, or raster at «o much per acra, throe in
lb. aecrat made handeocra apwolalinaa.
Tbia frand. b iwarrr, waa loo daring
W be lose cjucralad, and it waa tx
£3 d or* eeeount "fST^t
Ora
Georgia's early history.
Tbe increase of population in Georgia
since the acquisition ox all her land* from
ttie aborigines, has been marvelous, ever;
a most accept a challenge, if
; aa4 meet the chslieoger on tbe “Arid of
* w* fiod grand jurks indicting duelists
fcy public sentiment is sweeping this
never was any excuse for dueling, for It
fibred any mear* of rignting a wrong.
Tae tenucet.t and injured parry is quite as likely
■ itie bully who forces him to send
Tbe bead cf a dependent family.
t&SSTci
life fa of value to tne country aud tho world, fa I
ju»t as Ukdy to be killed by a roan whose
death would be no loot, as that he fa to kill his
Kind guilty of
forfeited and
to tb. MMnt of
any of tb. n*ht, of citia.it-
iririlrg* ot pr.no* their own
thine oon.id.rr I. In 1&2S her population : worthhea. opponent
waa not quit, fire ha-died thourand. now isi* — faphah i—ibaroa^ md it. mpfd
decadence in this country fa ev.desce of whole-
not quite five hundred thousand,
it ia l,500,0u;v. Jn the meantime, her people
have been •migrating in very large cum
ben to tbe state* week Alabama, Mississip-
& Texas and Florida, have in a great degree
n peopled by 'this exedos from tire old
states, ana wera the census take a to day of
Umm who have gooe hei.ee to those states,
and their Oracendanta. it would show very
nearly a number equal to her present pope
latioo. This increase ia the natural increa-e
of her people; very little ot it is due
'— 1 — immigration. The census
only 10.000 foreigner*
western, or rath
crease their dopuI
on land will appreciate those in pric
Father which art
~~allowed
Thy king
cm. Th* will be don come. Thy will be
ea ia b&ven. so done in earth, as it i* in
us this heaven. Glee us tide
day our daily bread.
And torsive us our
debts, aa we forgive our
fotalvea our debtor* .debtors, and fowl asm*
And had us not ia» into umptail *a, but
captation, but deliver detiver us from evfl.
* evil one.
been elected to these offices in the state a
dedimns and certificate was sent from tbe
executive office to each county in the state,
and to rave trouble and to facilitate the
matter of complying with the taw a blank
bond was also inclosed for each tax collect
or and receiver with, printed instructions
abont the execution of the bonds, and many
of tbe officers in *he state have complied
with the law, but in over half they have
failed to do so and qnite a serious question
about what shall be done is presented to be
determined.
L Whether it is necessary to order a new
election in the counties where the officers
have failed to comply with the law.
2 Whether the bond, if made after the
forty days, will be a good statutory bond.
' .The governor has referred the legal ques
tions involved lo the attorney general of the
state, and be is now considering them. In the
meantime the governor is taking step* to
find out the true status in each county where
the collectors and receivers have failed to
comply with the law. The question will be
determined as «oon as the attorney general
delivers his opinion. .
The delay in giving the bond is explained
at the executive office by a misunderstand
ing of the law on the part of tbe connty
officers The code of 1873, section 154,
under the bead of “within what time bonds
must be filed,” says: “The official bonds of
pnblic officers required by Uw to be filed in
the offices of comptroller general, secretary
of state or executive department, mast be
filed therein within forty days after the
election or appointment of sneb officers;
when in tbe office of the clerk of the su
perior court or ordinary within thirty days
therefrom. In ail other cases within thirty
days therefrom.”
This section seems to b; very plain, bat
when the code was compiled the compiler
cime across an act passed in 1864. and the
act was added in parenthesis at the ecdcf
the section as a proviso, and reads as fol
lows:
“Provided, That the sheriff*, clerks of the
superior coarts, ordinaries, tax collectors,
coroners aad county surveyors of the state,
be and the same are hereby allowed nntil
the first day of Jane in each year, and tax
receivers nntil the first day.of April next to
take up tbeir commission from the superior
courts and to perfect their bonds, and that
the provisions of this act shall be applies
bie to said officers who were elected in Jan
usry last.”
This provision was assented to March 2L
1864, and ssas evidently a war measure to
meet the stringency of the times, but it
was repeated in 1875 by the followme act:
An act to repeal tbe proviso annexed to section
to* of the eo«5* of to'-S entezgiug the time
for filing the official bond of all county officers
therein named
Suction L The general assembly of the state ci
Georcta do enact. That from aud after the passage
of tufa act. tbe proviso annexed to said section
tMof the revised code of UTS b-and tbe same fa
hereby repealed.provided that sothisc coo
teMpravfatona of this act shall apply to
oaass already —*~“
bench. The result —„
fast tbe pariah priest was evicted sad his fi
lure put into the street, aud his sub-teuants were
similarly treated. In **'“ * *“**
at Newtown aud Hau
msgh. on the property
Geogh, women stoned — —
voked curses on the landlord, while aged and
sick people were carried out and laid ontue road-
the recent evictions
Newtown aud Hamilton, county - Ar-
„h. on the property of Rev Mr. .Mc-
Geogh, women stoned the bahfb aud in
side.
cruel evictions continue. Tbe above
typical of what may be expected when
• ».e great eviction wave sweep* ovtr the country.
T e league hss issued a cirtufar to the secretaries
of branch leagues throughout Ireland, asking the
details ol all eviction* since January 1.
KATE AND JENNIE
both of whom were well and favorably known in
■octetj. A carriage trimmer who lived hard by
made to celebrate the nuptials Thursday
evening* Cords were cut present*
were *elected and coagret itetions had al
ready-began to arrive. Suddenly and without
explanation the Invited guests were notified that
the Heart of a Weak
Tonng Man—Courting Ol
rjlng Another.
Columbus. O., March L—A prominent state
f her
the wedding had been ^definitely postponed,
The reasons therefor have just been made known.
On Tuesday Mias J* ante went to her room and
on he dressing esse a note ad-
sister in the han dwriting of her
i a wo, * ■“
and read the note and
affianced. With a woman’s curiosity she opened
s rendered almost in-
e to find in It the full details cf an arrange-
‘ for her sister Kate to meet the carriage
trimmer at the residence of a ininfater and have
the marriage ceremony performed that evening.
Hastening to the parlor
lister »be learned
Miss Kate had gone out a short time previously.
Mfas Jennie began immediately to make pre para
ttons to go to the miebterfa, but they were inter
rupted by the arrival ol the carriage trim:
unexpected blow, and now lies at the point ot
death from aa attack of brain ft'
Georgians tn Washington.
**M. E. T.” in Augusta Evening Nes
Tbe impremiou gains greater credence every
day that Hoa. James H. Btoast will be a candi
date for governor of Georgia at tbe next election.
Dr. Felton will doubtiesa also be a candidate.
This, however, will be contingent upon his not
bring appointed commissioner ol agriculture, in
the place of LeDue. Dr. Feltoa has a very floe
chance for the position, it fa said, and ’*
make a good commfauoaer He is s good t
President Garfield, and being a soothe
end a practical farmer, are the inducemi
his appointment If any Georgian fa
Dr. Felton will be tbe man, thor *—
lies bare been made about Mr.
gia. It fa said that one of his national
as a successful farmer would bring las
department and give it stability with
whom it b intended to benefit
Hon. J. C. Clements, the
mild and their plea is for “purity” in the
party, but here they take n bolder
stand and offer as their chief recommenda
tion to republican favor the injuries they
have done the “bourbon democracy,” as
they style the organized party with which
nine-tenths of the democrats in tbe state
are in the habit of votiug.
I noticed tbe explanation of the ab
sence of certain Georgia members from tbe
house the other day which was penned for
you by the “fine Italian hand” of “A Visi
tor at the Capital.” I must protest against
the disrespectful allusion to the distin
guished member from the-seventh, who is
called “Old Felton.” I mast also protest
against the contemptible insinuation that
Colonel Hammond would oppose anything
which was to the interest of
his state under the constitution.
As to his position on the proposition to
increase Savannah’s appropriation, the
“visitor” who desires so mnch justice dis
plays either ignorance or malice. The
truth is that Colonel Hammond had pre
pared a strong appeal to the house in favor
of the amendment; and after c?naultation
with Governor Brown, was ready to make
a very strong co operative fight in both
ranged in New York for tbe publication of
a book destined to be widely read. It is a
work which he has prepare<MHth great care
on the question of tho negro’s relations to
the sonth and his fntnre in that section. No
question is of more vital importance to
us. Dr. Haygood has become known
in tbe north as one of the men who are
ready to forget all the bitterness of the
past and go to work with broad patriotic
purposes for the future. His sermons on
recoLciliatibn have been noble efforts, and
they have been received as omens of good
all over the country. Tbe pulpit cannot
be better used than in the advocacy of
peace and good will. The forthcoming
book will take a liberal range and while, it
may pour caustic on some sectional preju
dices it will treat a delicate question in a
healthy way which will commend itself
alike to the patriotism and the good sense
of the people in all parts of the country.
We may expect in the ntw book a work for
which tbe people of Georgia and of the
sonth will thank the author after they have
given it a calm, mature consideration.
——General Mahone’s presence here has
attracted qnite a number of the leaders of
the readjuster party in Virginia. If Ma
hone coquettes with tne two sides in the
senate, as some say he -will, the read j asters
will have much to say in tbe distribution of
patronage in that state. They are organiz
ing for a vigorous state campaign next fall,
and their only, hope of success lies in the
co-operation of tne republicans of tbeir
state. The object of tbeir efforts in Wash
ington is to secure republican influence
here to direct that party iu Virginia to go
with the readjusts as the most feasible
plan of breaking* down the recognized
democracy. Tbe republicans will probably
help the read j asters in Virginia on the
same principle that they help the indepen-
J..,. 2. T. i. that fVm MnHi
dents in Georgia. I: is said that the candi
date who will be supported by this coalition
for governor is William Cameron, mayor
of Petersburg, and a young man of fine
capacity. As to the democratic leader in
A Magnificent Celebration or tbe Day,
Galveston, March 2—The Mardi Gras
procession last evening was a grand sue
The .streets were literally thronged
with the eager crowd. It is estimated that
over 10,000 visitors were in the city. One
woman was shot and one nmn waa run over
by the street cars to-day. Both are ex
pec ted to die.
Last night just as the Momus procession
was passing the “English Kitchen” two
3hots rang out and Mrs. Elizabeth Perdval,
proprietress of the'kiteben, fell shot through
the lung and mortally wounded. The shot
was fired by her divorced husband, Richard
Stevens. The latter acknowledged to the
police t^at he had gone Jo the place with
tiradeH^—
Last nun an aged lady named Mrs. Bur-
goynewis accidentally run over by tbe
street cars. Her son was on the car at the
time of the accideut. She has been viewing
the Momus procession, aud it is presumed
fainted upon the track.
Nxw Oblxans, March 2—The weather
here yesterday was clear and pleasant for the
Rex procession, and immense crowds of
people lined the streets of the route, a dis
tance of a about five miles. The scenic dis
play was grand. His Majrsty was the lead
ing feature of the theme “Arabian Night’s
Tales.” It was handsomely illustrated
First came the Herald, then
a detachment of police, the
Court band (that of the Seventy-first
New York, 1 earl, marshal, guards, grand
vizier, staroard-bearers, Hindoo priests, the
Boueff Gras, followed by twenty-three cats
containing tableaux. Many of the figures
were richly attired and tbe attendants fit
tingly costumed Then succeeded comi
cal displays of the I. O. O. M’s and Phorty.
Phunny Phcliows and promiscuous mask
ers on foot and horseback. The proces
sion was an hour passing a given point.
The Mystick Crewe of Momus parade
was one of tbe handsomest of the kind ever
presented here, aud, as the route of Ihe
S recession wa* much shorter than the day
emonstration, the streets were literally
packed, every available spot of streets,
sidewalks, doors, windows and galleries
being occupied. The theme illustrated
was the Myths of Northland. The Rex
reception, yesterday evening, at the exposi
tion palace, waa largely attended, as also
were balls at all the theaters and halls in
the city.
And yet “Visitor” hint*
monu would, if he bad not' been sick, have
opposed the amendment offered by General
Cook. Before this writer throws stones at
the inaccuracy of another, it wonld be well
for him to move out of bis own glass house;
and while he is commending the “Record”
to the cloeer study of yonr correspondent,
he should remember that a knowledge of
the rules of honorable conduct is more im
portant than even the minutest informa
tion as to congressional proceeding*.
L E Campbell and B C. Davis have
been appointed store-keepers and gangers
for the second revenae district of Georgia.
F. H.R.
The Cotton Exposition.
The America.
That the proposed international cotton exhibi
tion to he held at Atlanta Ga., in the fall will
prove of very great benefit to the oaHonmanu
factoring and growing interest* of this country
and more particularly of the south there can be
reasonable doubt.
Knoxville Tribnne.
Atlanta fa making extentive preparations for a
Rich sind Some Poor,
Chicago Times.
One industrious correspondent at Washington
endeavors to demonstrate that the Incoming sen
■” not bo nearly so much of a rich man’l
public opinion makes it. The senators
ciub __ ,
from the southern section are poor, as a rule.
Brown, of Georgia, waa rated an exception, but
he states unhesitatingly that he is far from being
call himself worth a million. Withers, of Virginia,
income but tbeir senatorial salaries Butler, of
South Carolina, has some little property but
nothing much, white Wade Hampton, who, with
bis father, was, before the war, the largest slave
owner in the union, failed badly some years ago,
and is half a million or so worse than nothing.
Beck and Williams, of Ken tacky, are comfortably
situated, the latter having a large tobsoco farm,
but neither is rich Harris and Bailey, of Ten-
poor.
cotton exposition in that city. Such anexhibl-
* prow
the south. Many northern and
lutocturen have signified their
intention to place on exhibiuoa machinery and
revolution in cotton manufacturing that fa bound
to result beneficially to onr section of the union.
WCare informed by a gentleman folly acquainted
with the project from ita inception that the ex
‘ Ion will be open to the public about the first
October, and continue for three
position will be open to the public about the first
of October, and continue for three
months There will be building* covering
about thee acres, and in these
buildings all the machinery used in handling and
manufacturing cotton from the seed rotton to
the finest fabrics will be in operation. New York
the coming campaign opinions differ,
though it seems that Daniel has the best
chance for the nomination. One thing
seems clearly evident and it is that the Vii-
jpma read j asters are trying tomake every-
believe that their pwty is the w< dge
which is to split the “solid sonth ”
The post-offioe at Griffin will be soon
contested Mr. Logan, who has filled the
office so well, for four years, will be strongly
supported for reappointment. His oppo
nent is Mr. A S Murray, a young lawyer,
and I believe a republican.
The senate*dnd bouse will work very
bard night and day until next Friday when
the present congress will die. How many
politiciartaon that day will disappear from
feeto
aw so plain that it is hard
as tba
aftsignea so tne ante room with
taken In the city quite ibocou
very well acquainted with
carried him up and presented
Hajea. and aa a resal*
diplomatic reception the
of attending he remained
g an all-night aeoaton *
publicilfe never again to enter iri ^ ^
ASHI5OT05, February 27 —Georgia
ed up well on the floor of tbe senate
esterday. Tbe river and harbor bill was
. » -—*— Senator
and New England will furntih means to the
amount of about one hundred and fifty thousand
dollar*, and it i* tbouaht one hundred thousand
lties. Don Cameron weighs about three million*,
but Wallace, who has a good law pra tice, is in
nothing more than comfortable circumstances.
to enjoy’the t
A $3 000 portrait of Mrs. Hayes is soon to
adorn one of the parlors. It is donated
by the ladies who think she deserves some
memorial for keeping wind out of the white
house for four years. Petitions signed by
thousands of women have gone to Garfield,
begging him to adopt the same tectotaiism,
but be has so adroitly dodged the issue
that tbe pop of champagne is expected in
the halls which have had a four years’
“drouth.” The average political bummer
will consequently be more at home there
than he has for a long while,
1 am glad to learn that Second Lieu
tenant John 8age, ol the Fifth artillery, has
been nominated to be first lieutenant A
promotion was uever more patiently await
ed or more truly deserved. Lieutenant
Ssge is well-known in Atlanta. He w&* at
McPherson barracks a year but is now with
his company at Key West
The widow of the lamentedi
Frank* Lipscomb, of Athens, has a
fine boarding school here. Among
fee&tnpit* at* eight or ten Coor^'.a girls
Her little daughter Blanche is a child of
most remarkable precocity. She recited
once at DeGive’s opera housa when she
could hardly walk. She is yet a “wee bit” of
a little beauty, but she appeared as one of
the stars in a literary-musical entertain
ment which was giVen to a large audience
Tuesday night Her recitations and songs
are exquisite.
The death of Senator Matt Carpenter
has caused universal sorrow in Washington.
He had such a warm, magnetic nature t'ist
he wa* admired and beloved as few men
ever are. Some of his roost devoted friends
were extreme democrats. To the masses of
the people he was singularly attractive as
the graceful wit, the strong debator, and
the ringing orator, whom they loved to
hear as well as any man who has addressed
the country from Washington in the last
few years. There is a general feeling that
one of the great men of the country has
fallen.
—In the Texas delegation sit two ex-
Georpians % OneisOlin Wellborn, who be
gan his lsgnttarecr in Atlanta and moved
to Texas about 1868. The other is David
B. Culberson, who went irom LaGrange to
the army and then to Texas as adjutant
general of the state. He is now serving his
third term in congress, and is a nephew or
cousin of A. B. Culberson, of the Atlanta
bar.
I called on Emma Abbott yesterday.
She asked me particularly about the Young
Men’s library, which she gave a benefit
when in Atlanta last season. She will not
be sonth this winter, but is coming next
.season and promises Atlant two nights at
least. Her success brightens continually.
New York and Washington both received
her most cordially. Brignoli and Castle
are her tenors, while Miss Maurel and Miss
Rosewold both sing ho well that they rest
her two nights in the week sometimes—
always one night. Tom Karl, the Irish
man with a German manufactured name,
ia not with the troupe now. Pity too, for
* ’ better than eitiier hand
some Ca-tie with his fast
failing voice or ugly old Brignoli with his
insufferable conceit,
Mr. Wetherill, tho husband of Emma
Abbott, used to be a druggist. He is the
right sort of husband to have, both because
he is good looking and because he makes a
careful business manager. He and bis lit
tle wife have salted down about $150,000
for the rainy days of later life.
I might object to the grammatical archi
tecture of the letter from "Visitor,” but on
such a question tastes are liable to disagree.
Captain W. A. Reid, of Eatonton, has
succeeded in pushing through the senate a
claim of $194 for some printing done several
years ago. ■_
nor Conkling is rich, though both are independ
ent of public employment. Platt, who succeed]
the former, ts far from beings plutocrat. Hanoi-
it, with nothing at all. bnt tbe other New
Englanders are rated at something overahuudred
thousand each. Peudleton fa rich, but Thurman
is pour. David Davis is. as is well known, r
millionaire, bat John A. Login fa poor as Job'
tarkey—that if, if Job's tnrkey had a coal mine or
Philetas Sawyer, of Wiscontin, U rich. Hale, of
Maine, by him ell and wile, the daughter «>f Zach
Chandler, is acoupleof millions ahead of notuieg
at ail, but tne real money king will be F*ir, of
Nevada, who can afford to bay a new toga every
day- '
Southern Colton Mills.
New Orleans Democrat.
We published lately a letter from the president
of oue of the Georgia cot.on milbs showing how
dollar* additional will be sufficient to carry
the undertaking. Senator Joseph E. Bro
fa president of the company, with numerons vice-
presidents, among them Major J. F. Cummings, of
Atlanta, who fa taking an active interest in the
matter, and Mr. Kyckman. of tbe Textile Re
cord. Philadelphia, i* secrets *
together in small compos* of
true of Georgia fa equally true of the other cotton
states, which have exactly the same advantages.
Toftdexnonstrato this it fa only necessary to refer
to a near neighbor of ours, the litue city «f
Natchez, opposite the Louisiana coast, and which
tiafiy Louisianian in every re«p£ct—cii-
Hung bjr a Gammon Sticte to a Dead
llog lie bad (Stolen.
Mario*. N. C.. March 2.—Yesterday Mr.
Noblctt, of Rutherford connty, employed a negro
laid the hog upon the top rail, balancing it until
he got over. Afterward, in attempting to shoul
der the hog, it fell on the opposite side of the
ihe uock sad fastened him. This morn mg he was
found dead, aud the bog oa one side and the
negro on the other side of the fence—the first
gammon stick that ever hung a dead hog and live
negro at the same time.
CONCERNING WOMEN.
Miss Bbaddox fa paid better than all other Eng-
Potti of a diadem worth $lG,0ub
Worth recently made a cloak and charged
cloths, will attract men from all parte of the
world, and many will come who otherwise might
certainly redoan^t?the benefit of oar country,
and hope that it will be vigorously pushed for-
OUT OF WORK.
warmly dismissed yesterday. Senator
Brown, not discouraged by failure before
the committee, again tried to get more
money for the Georgia rivers named in the
bill, for Brunswick harbor and for Romney
harsh. His speech in support of these
amendments wa* a model of sound argu
ment, clearly i resenting the claims of
Georgia to bettef consideration in tbe
bill.
He was heard attentively, as be always is,
but his earnest efforts failed because of a
general determination to pass the bill as it
had been reported.
Last night Senator Hill made a very strong
appeal in favor of the bill. His remarks
He Became Despondent, and Mended
Matters With a Pistol Ball.
Br. Loco. March 1 —James Jetaup. a well-
* good-looking yonng fellow ol twenty-four
mate, people a
Notcnes has xaieiy Dero masing an earnest enora
to develop manufacture* and become a manu
facturing city, and it has been uniformly success
ful in these endeavor*, but most of all with its
nu fact urea.
yearn of its two doth and yarn factories,
within the past two year*, hss been
i doth factory has been co
s compelled a few
The cloth factory has been co
crowded with orders that it was compelled a few
nth ago to suspend operations in order to ta
ils capacity to supply the demand. We
were informed, a few days ago, by Mr. A. H.
Abbot, a hew England machinist employed to
superintend tbe erection cf new machinery in the
factory, that within the past two months It ha*
been increased from a U0 to a 300 loom mill, aud
that a new main driving engine—s complete and
improved Corliss cf 300 hone-power, double the
power of the former engine employed—has been
put up to do the Increased work.
the head some place, and Jeesop was taken to the
dey hospital. The physicians failed to fiod the
bullet, and the wound will most likely prove
i walking aloof the
levee at the time of the -ccurience.
says ha fa the son of a well-known
wealthy Sin Fraadsco stock broker.whose reti
re J
fa at Oakland. The son, however, has been
away from home sometime: He came here a few
days sgo from Ctodnnoti in search of work, found
none, grew despondent, and n solved to make
way with hiznselL The police do not know jnst
bow much of tbe young man's story to believe,
last how mnch he has left unsaid. The
,ty ^of interesting development* adds
Mr
Abbot very pointedly says, “wherever a
i factory stops to double iu power, it'* a sign
Is business fa paying." “Hi* comprehensive
Garfield's Ideal Cabinet.
“Gath" in Cincinnati Enquirer.
II Garfield had made up his cabinet sitting in
his garret at Mentor, without a soul to disturb
suffer to enhance her beauty.—Montaigne.
Of oil things that man possesses, women alone
take pleasure in being p. served.—Malherbe.
Before promising a woman to love only her.
a them all, or should see only
should have e>
her.—A. Dupuy..
Aw exchange says: We are obliged to deadly
pointing a pretty girl's cheek! as “fraudulent
coloring of sugar.'
W* censure the Inconstancy of women when
are tbe victims; we find it charming when we
are the objects.—L. Desnoyers.
Wa meet in society many beautiful and at-
would make
tractive women whom
excellent wlv<
-for oar friends.
Asia she is apiece of furniture: In Europe sbe is
a spoiled child-dense de Meilhan.
It is not easy to be a widow; one mast reassame
at tm VI.-; . uuc mun avwutao
all the modesty ol girlhood without being alio we£
is to ask his friendship; and tho
signal proof of her indifference is to offer him
him, be could have matte one to please the coun
try.- fcuppoe* be had pnt in J»bn Sherman for
Wharton Baker, for
secretary of the navy: Jamee Loogstreet, secre
tary of war; General Crook, of the army. Secretary
cl the Interior: Mr. Blaine, for secretary ot state:
and George Hoar, for attorney Ren ral-woul!
there have been from any part of the people, —
cept individual politicians, the least protest?
brought to a sodden stop bv a.
who, two minutes after wards, was the mother of
twins.
Men ore so fearful of wounding a woman's
vanity that they rarely remember that she may
by some > oaribility possess a grain of oomznon
; he fa more in love with the sex than
nim me individual, however charming she may
be.—Belli de la Brettime. *