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RtMiy F AVTrnEVlLLE GA
_J LBGngg*
OF OUR EARLY MEM AMO DAYS.
0»U««l Sparks Telia Ua of G -msral Liijak Clarke,
IkOntMUn With the FresekOeosalaad
• Ua IMtaa Treaties. u4 Errata af
latarwt ef Ua Leaf Age-
Wilt lea for The Coozll ration.
Amongst tbe ntoj rues who haddiiUn*
gniabed tkamMlm ip the revolutionary
war, who were < >*or.’.* », cone were more
ooepicnoos than General KM jab Clarke.
He waa born in North Carolina, bat came
to Georgia when very young and located in
Wilkes county. He was tbe brother-in-law
of the oelebiaied Micsjah Williamson, who
came wUb bits to tbe auto and locate! in
Wilke* county, and in tbe immediate
neighborhood of Cl rke.
At the vary commencement of the war
they become active partisans to tbe cause
of American liberty, and never abated their
eerrfces until the successful termination of
the struggle. They were emphatically
frontier men; unu -*1 to hardships and *uf-
ferings, familiar with danger and fearless of
ooamequenoea which might resale from any
enterprise they deemed legitimate. Once
determined they never retreated,but boldly
daying they poshed on to thp consummation
of their views, never stayed to calculate
tbe dangers
any enterpr'.*
ant tbe cost
ng always, alone to
the mean* <». f Mjrrwwi. ich u^u rarely
fail in any ondaruking, and especially in
one involving great consequences- Each
waa equally intrepid, bat Clarke was the
moat '‘restless and enterprising. William
aon struggled to acoompliab an end, and
aapired to no arobi ion beyond. Hia effort*
wars to produce a result from which was to
follow naturally all be desired. Clarke
aapired beyond a single result. The
wdeomplisbment of tbs aim of bis
aaabition In one enterprise, was j^ut
ip open a door r*
more daring and more fruitful of after re
suits. Hu was a restless ambition, aspired
more loftily, and readiW adopted tbe means
bis judgment told him would most likely be
•ucoeesful. He was ever weary of restraint,
and bis energies and raving was stimulated
to frenzy by opposition. He ever seemed
to act under tbe impulse of “conqueror
perish.” There eras no middle ground, no
com prom ire, no retreat. Prudence seemed
alien to bis nature, and tbe
ardor of this impelled him
too frequently to forego principles and
tBrget doty. He was an ardent patriot
beesuat be bated oppression, and level tbe
largest liberty, and this at times carried
him beyond tbe legitimate dutiee of a good
citizen, when these interposed a barrier to
bis views and wishes.
Tbe reetrainla of lew are rarely regarded
GRADY’S GOSSIP
INDULGED IN UPON THE TRAIN.
voLxm.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. MARCH 29, 1881.
The Decade&ca of the English Cotton Factories
Before the American Advance—Miss Ward’s
Painful Blushes— Mr. Kimball's
Golden Pen—Abbreviating.
Special Correspondence Constitution.
Oji ths Tsant, March 23.—“It is my deliberate
| opinion that England has seen her last cotton
factory built, and her laat company organized for
the home manufacture of cotton. Of coarse there
1 may be reorganization! ef existing companies,
I and additions to mills now up. But there will be
I no more progress in the English manufacture of
I cotton goods.”
Thus, Mr. Grant, one of the most extensive of
1 our dealers in mill machinery and supplies.
I in an interesting conversation with your oorres-
English instigation. Both these power . and built Fort Rosalie at Natchez aud a fort
pretended to claim all that portioo cf the at Baton Rouge, tbe only portion of
territory west of tbe Mobile river and with
in rhe chartered limits of Georgia, as a part
of Florida, and though these confiding
claims were aggravating to both England and
Spain, yet they united to defeat that of
Georgia, and Spain, through tbe agency and
influence of Me *ilvey, bad formed an alii* ...
ce, and a sort of protectionary influence t iards were unpleasant neighbors to
the territory really belonging to France, or
claimed by her, was the island of Orleans.
This island was made by the bayou Man
shack, which left tbe Mi&saissippi river 12
miles below Baton Rouge, and united with
lake Mourepsa and with lake Ponchtrain
through pass Mancback. The Span
visit
over tbe Creek Indians.
Finally, after having defeated all the
tif >rv> of Georgia, and several on tbe part of
(he United States, UcGilvey agreed to
accompany the commissioner. Colonel
Willet. who was sent out by Washington
in tbe spring of 1790 to
New York, tbe then seat of government, for
tbe purpoee of making a treaty of peaoe
and friendship This treaty was made and
signed by McGilvey, his chief* and bead
men, on the third of Angost, 1790. in tbe
city of New York. By this treaty tbe
government acknowledged the indefeasi
ble title forever to all tbe lands then in
their possession, promising the govern
meat's protection and guardianship for
ever.
Georgia disregarded this treaty, asserting
her cherished rights to the territory and
claiming tbs right to control tbe Indians as
" " not arrest th*
___ „ , _ Solans npon
(he frontiers of Georgia. In repelling these
General Clarke was efficiently active—until
bis very name became a terror to the In
dians. Very many of his old campaigner*
were now settled or strolling through tbe
country. These always found a
welcome from Clarke, and they
were so much attached to him as to be ready
to follow him in any enterprises be should
devise or recommend. This treaty at New
York bad soared him toward tbe govern
ment, and even toward Washington him
seif. This dissatisfaction was deep and
general in Georgia, and the renewed hostil
ityof the Indians served to intensify it
Two years bad elapsed when in April
170C1, Genet, the first minister from revo
lu lionary France to the United States, ar
rived in America He landed at Charleston
South Carolina, and almost immediately
commenced a series of intirgnea. meant
to dissatisfy the people of the United
States with their government and with
President Washington.
Genet was a Frenchman of consummate
address, mercurial temperament, ardeut and
scrupulously amongst a rude, enterprising, impetuous, apparently very candid and
dinette. wiln ^ and designing,
frontier people. Interest and necessity I Wlt k great fixity of purpose and of mo*
suggests too frequently a mean, antsgoniz determined, will—just such a man as was
ing law for tbe accomplishment of ati end; I well calculated to ensnare and lead estray
and too frequeatly this end is of doubtful I such a man as General E ijah Clarke,
morality, as of donbtful legality. Men of | C'tarke bad been associated with General
ardent and impetuous natures leap Twiggs in the making of a treaty with th*
to conclusions, and without due Creek Indiana in 1785. which established
reflection use every means at command to certain boundaries between these Indians
sustain these. They are frequently the 1 and the state of Georgia. These boundaries,
dupes of cooler, more cautious, and more I and in truth the entire treaty bad been set
designing men, and are led into difficulties I aside by tbe treaty made by the genera*
a less warm and enthusiastic temperament I government and tbe Indiana, represented
would have avoided, and the same cause I by MeG'ilvey and others of that nation
which Implicated them in a wrong impels I Tbia treaty gave great offense to the people
them on in its prusacution. Hence, the I of Georgia,and especially to General Clarke,
nobh-1 natures too frequently err aud fall I who swore, he as a Georgian, would not
into imprudences little leae than I be bound by it, and immediately collecting
crimes. Reflection and caution are I about him very many of the frontlet
never attributes of such natures I settlers aud moved over the Oconee, mad
and consequently we find the lives of such I settlements be built forts for their protec
men full of inconsistencies and most glaring tion. That stern old patriot, George Ma
con "ai.ciions thews, was just then elected governor ot
Elijah Clarke was such a man. His resring I tbe state a second time over Edward Telfair
hau oven amongst a rude and illiterate | aud Jared Irwin. He was a man, stern and
people, and his own education was very and determined as Clarke, conscientiou*
limited. He had been a man of mark from I and faithful to his duties He did not
Ola earliest youth. amongst aneb a people, approve the treaty which guaranteed
accustomed to lead, and especially in all I in perpetuity the title to the
daring enterprise*, full of natural good. I Indians of the lands within the chartered
sense and nwbleSmpolaas always deferred I limits of the state of Georgia, and in which
to, and especially in all matters of daring tbe United States assumed control of three
and danger—rocked in the cradle of the ludians. Bat he viewed a treaty as law, aud
revolution, contending against the did not aisume to determine its coxsiitn
■svages upon • tbe frontier of hia tionalty once it was solemnly negotiateo
adopted state and tbe lawless and by the government He did not view an
abandoned tones. These regarded no law, oath as a mere matter of form, but oblige
civil or moral, and praci icing the moat un- I tory npon hia conscience, and in tbe du»
heard of cruellies upon the sparse popnla I charge of his official duties scrupulously
lation of tbe frontier settlements It is not ] obeyed its obligations Clarke was acting
wonderful that the ardent nature of Clarke I in defiance of tne stipulations of tbe treaty
was stimulated to unrestrained acta ol with McGilvey. His conduct was im
equivocal morality, and at war with those I fating to tbe Indians * and weaken-
ot a refined humanity, for in each a state | ing their respect for the government
there could be no restraints of civil law. I Tbe Georgia frontier was extensive and
Retaliation seems a natural instinct, and I greatly exposed, and it was important tha*
its provocation and degrees depends upon all treaties with the Indians should be
tbe character and cause of tbe aggression. strictly observed. At this time tbe Creeks
Such s state of affairs, tbe natural result and Cherokees constituted a most for
of war continuing for seven year-, operates I midable power. They could muster ovei
terribly upon the natures of those partic ; pa flirty thousand warriors. This was a power
ting in tbs conflict. It is a common belief I not to be despised, but in the condition of
that the crave-are always generous and the stats to be coveted and conciliated. All
humane In the main, this may be true; I of this wasapparent to Matthews, and these
but tbe bravest, wbeu goaded by continual facts, independent of bis official duties,
acgriSilon and systematic cruelties, are was sufficient to influence bis
those most sensitive and excitable, and are action. He notified Clarke that he was in
frequently driven to frenzy, and rebellion against the treaty stipu aiions of
whm in such a state of mind and I the governraept and tbe best interests of
feeling they mal In cruelty tbe state, and urged him to desist, and ar
the most offensive acta of the cold and nat- once t > withdraw hia forces and abandon
orally vindictive and cruel. The indul his enterprise 8ucb a warning had little
genes in these acts blunts tbe sensibilities influence with Clarke. He knew tin
of ths moat generous and brave, and affect* people of his part of tbe slate, and knew
most injuriously the moral senses of the mo. that they shared with him this oppoai
most refined natures Habit and associa tfon to the treaty, and went forward m his
tion go very far towards tbe formation of I preparations to occupy the country, which
opinions and the direction of human con uad been guaranteed by the United Stales
duct. These truths are sensibly illustrated to the Indians. Matthews then n.sued his
in the life and character of Eiijah Clarke I , reclamation coinman Jmg tbe civil and
When the war of tbe revolution was corn- military powers of the state to arrest Clarke
pleted, tbe independence of the colonies I and his followers and bring them before
was recognise 1 by Britain, each separately the authorities of the state for tnal and
an a free and independent state with the 1 punishment In the meantime, the gov
right* pertaining to each as a colony qf the I rrament of tbe United States had assumed
mother country. Georgia was th* youngest to act in the matter, and in aid of the au
of the thirteen, and she claimed all tbe I thoridee of Georgia. As soon as Clarke
rights and all the territory designated in the I learned this he surrendered him
charter to the company represented by 1 self to the authorities of Wilkes.
General Oglethorpe This immense terri-1 and by these was subsequently discharged
tory extending from the Savannah to the Clarke was a rude, u* couth and illiterate
Mississippi river, and between the paralle a man; understood but little of government;
of SI ana 35* of north latitude, was in the I was brave, bold and defiant, and at once
pomesalon of the abosigineea, with the L opposed he had been justified by the
exception of thkt portioo between proper tribunals of his state, and weu»
the Ocome and Savannah rivers. This I roltily on to the consummation of his
was c imperatively but a limited portion of I plans. He had never known any authority
herteintory, and this was but sparsely I superior to his own, save that of England
populated. As a colony she only repre- I and of his own state. The former lc bat)
aented the mother country, in all her 1 d-tied successfully for seven years; had tri-
dealings by treaty with tbe Indians upon 1 uuiphed over and conquered it, and wss
her soil but acknowledged as an indepen- entirely ignorant of the extent and efficien
dent sovereignty. She assumed as her I cy of the new government instituted in its
right the control of theen savages. This I Mead. Consequently, he . believed his
right was assarted by Eiijah Clarke, and I c induct had been justified by iht
moot tenaciously he clung to this claim In I only authority he recognized superior to
the organization of the confederacy I b s own. But tnere were men who thought
of the state* soon after the tenninaiion ot I with him, audio wboae higher intelligence
the revolution, this question of the right of I he had confidence. Theee men, as soon a-
control ovtr the Indian tribes waa neglected l they learned that action had aeen taken by
but the government of th* cjnfederalioi 11 ie government of the United States, ai d
asserted the right to their control by making | .hat measures were being rapidly taken by
trvatie'with the Indiana, c'aining to nave It e officers of that government to arrest
succeeded to all the rights belonging to and I Clark* and his followers and to treat them
exercised by the crown of Great Britain I as enemies of the country, advised him ol
anterior to the war of the revolution. I the dangers of his situation.
At this period the Creek, or Muscogee. 1 at»d induced him at once
nai *n of Indianswastbe largest and uiM I t • a ban do * bis enterprise and disperse hi:
warlike cf the continent, Spain had con- I followers Suca was the prestige of bb
q cried tbe Florida* from Bn tarn, and I came with tbe population of that part of
Louisiana bad been ceded by Franc* to I tbe state, that many, very many, had
6pain At Pensacola and Mobile large flocked to hia standard, and the prepare
tradmgeatablbhments had fora great white lions for bolding tbe territory beyond, or
existed Theee establishments, and ea west of the Oconee, were extensive A com-
pecially those of Pa non, Lee I mittre of safety had been appointed, a
fie, etc. and Lasnlin Me-1 bmrd of officers elected, while Clarke was
Gllvev, had branches of their bone sprue chosen the major-general and commander
ating the entire Indian eountry.and through in-chief of tbe settlement Several forts bad
th«se bad s tained great influence over the 1 been built at commanding distances, mi l
tribes. Pan ton and McGilvey were both tary stores were obtained and the most
Sootchmen. but in interest were Spaniards. I determined resolutions taken to sustain tbe
and by the Spauish government sustained I undertaking. Clarke, in writing to Judge
and supported. McGilvey had awociated | Walton,said: “I am determinedly fixed, to
himself with an Indian woman as a wile— I r»k everything with my life upon tbe
this woman was a half breed and wss a re ! i-ue and for the success of the enterprise ”
markable woman for a savage Her I Y-t under the advise of friends, and the
family was one of distinction and high | presence of a United States armed force, he
authority amor g her people. Hence the abandoned the lawless effort to thwart the
influence of McGilvey with the Indians I sc non, and nulify a treaty of tbe govern
He accumulated great wealth in this trade, xaent
This woman bore him a son. to wboee edu- smarting under this disappointment, he
cation he gave great attention. This son I was prepared to listen to and sdopl the
was the celebrated chief, Alexander Me I views of the French minuter, wno was
Gilvey. who so long and so potently gov I a idarioa*ly intriguing to revolutionise the
erned the Creek nation, lachlain McGilvey | government but recently established and
resided in Georgia, and in the revolutionary I under tbe pilutage of Washington. History
struggle sided with the British nation, and I leaves in doubt what were tbe real views of
at the termination of the war his property I the new government in sending Genet ms
was confiscated and he banished from I minuter plenipotentiary to the United
tbe state. This act, together with I State*. This can now only be surmised
the; influence of Pdntoo. made hie aon, 1 from the coqduct of that minister. France
Alexander, the bluer and persistent enemy I was in pan res ion of that vast domain
of Georgia, and he lost no opportunity to 1 designated as Louisiana. This ire* y
work her an irjory. He was well educated, I extends from the MUsieaippi west to the K o
and his talents ot a high order. He sub I Grade, thence up these streams to their
served every interest which antagor i—d 1 Sourose. and from theae. in parallel* line*,
those of Georgia, and was as ready to espouse | v* tbe Pacific ocean Spain had recovered
that of Britain, or Spain, or France, as that I F.orida from England, mod claimed all the
of tbe United State* when these adreted in 1 territory from her eastern boundary to the
jurioualy those of Georgia He broke all I Mississippi, including *11 tbe territory be
pledge?, disregarded all treaties which I low the month of the Yazoo river. Tbe
pointed to the interest of Georgia, either in I population along tbe Mississippi extending
the infraction* of her rights in com cast to tbe Mobile river, and up
xuerce or tbe extension of her territory— the two streams to the line direct from the
axtfnlly disguising his animosity under 1 mouth of the Yaaoo, on tbe Mississippi
st prater d*'l friendship, yet always finding [ riv*r,«o the mouth of the Black Warrior on
a means of defeating her views and paral* I tbe Tombigbe*. were principally English or
jx ai her intervals He would ixoause to 1 American. Tbe dominion of this territory
meet tbecommisriooere to treat f »r peace I west of tbe Mobile river was disputed and
and friendly relations, assemble his head (claimed by America, or the U ited States,
men and warrior*, meet as prom usd the England and Spain. It had been peopled
commissioners. and then find a means to | syth men claiming t» be royalists,
defeat the making of a treaty. He feared 1 and who had abandoned tne United
> trust the care of bis people to Georgia, Stares at and before the commencement of
A SOUTHERN CRtESUS
WHOSE DOLLARS REACH MILLIONS.
both. The French, and the Americans, and
were equally anxious to be nd of them.
It is now supposed that Genet's mission
was to foment discord between the states;
to promote a separation of the southern
from tbe northern, and by the aid of the
south seize and appropriate to France the
Florida* and th* southern state*. His
coming, first to a southern port Charleston,
and lingering tardily through the south
on bis way to Philadelphia, where now had
been moved the seat of government. His
audacious intrigues, commenced and con
tinned with his journey, and his bold im
pertinence when he had reached Philadel
phia, all seem to point to this as the aim
aod object of his mission.
He approached General Clarke and found
him soared with the government and de
spondent at the failure of bis Oconee enter
prise. 8arrbonded, too, with hia followers,
who were now deepe . . be found mm
ready for any daring enterprise, and very
soon he entered into all tbe schemes and
outrages of Genet. At once he organized a
force from his former followers, which he
denominated the sons catolles. Thirst
once betrayed his anion with Genet, Tbr
Clarke knew^not one word of French, bad he
certainly would not have adopted this ri
diculous and vulgar appellature, and
applied it to his followers He received a
commission as major-general, with $10,000
per annum as his pay. With this band of.
adventurers be made incursions into tbe
territory of Florida and established hia
camp at a place named Temple, on tbe St
Marys river in the fall of 1795
The French consul at Savannah disowned
any connection wjth Clarke, and a<<aured
Captain Fouche who was detailed to oper
ate agai nat Clarke, that he had no French
commission.
The only result of Clarke’s movement
was to disturb tbe harmony aod peace which
pervaded the southern portion of Georgia,
by committing many depredations upon
•er people, and he was compelled to aban
don all his schemes—to turn looee upon the
country his baud of unscrupulous marauder*
o depredate along the line upon both the
Floridans and the Georgians, to return to
hia home in Wilkes county, defeated,
humbled and disgraced.
He was the father of General John
Clarke, subsequently governor of Georgia
Elijah Clarke, who died in Louisiana and i*
•uried in the parish of Point Coupee and
Gibson Clarke, Who was one of the first
graduating class of Franklin college. The
last remnant of bis family is the
celebrated Nancy Campbell, now of
Galveston, Texas. She was the
daughter of Governor John Clarke, and is.
as she ever was. one of the noblest, wisest,
and worthiest of her sex. She is now ap
preaching eighty years of age and has gone
throogb life with the esteem and respect of
all who ever knew her. It was my privilege
?o stand up with her as her attendant when
she was married sixty years ago.
W. H. Spabks.
The EBtcrprisas Coidsetad by Rlchantacn,
Mlaaiaaippl—Tbs Largest Cette* FlaxUr
la ths World—A Jok. ex Jars
Blaok— K.w Terk Socially.
Special Correspondence Constitution.
Nxw York, Man* 15.—The other day I waa
Bitting In the office ot the banking house ot La
tham. Alexander A Co., when a remarkable
looking man entered the door.
He was fairly* 250 pounder—w.. his fieri)
well packed oo. however, rather tuan hanging
about loots. His face was nnoot v and clean-
frank and pleasant In expresBloo.but full of pow
er and determination. There waa a certain
bru»que decision in hia manner that bespoke the
man of affifin who had won success with h a own
hand*, and wore the consequence and import
ance with which the people among whom he
lived had clothed him He mopped a moment
in the ante room, apoke pleasantly u, an aeouaio
office, where be was soon engaged in consul latino
with Mr. Latham, the head of the firm.
Who la that?” I asked of a gentle man fitting
by me.
That ia Richardson, of Xlssissippi-the largest
cotton-planter in the world."
“In the world T'
“Yea, air: The ex-kheffive of Igypt, it la said,
had a larger cotton crop than Richardson—but he
has since then gathered the largest crop of cotton
ever planted by one man."
'What dost his crop amount to?”
•It reached one year over 12£C0 bales
operates a large number of
pi»ntn|nnf and has a «n«i( army ol laborer*
under hia control. He works state convicts
largely, and finds their labor, of course, highly
profitable.”
I have heard, though, that hi* planting waa
really the smallest part of his business.”
That is a pretty rough thing to say, when his
cotton crop alone brings nearly a million a year,
and yet I suppose it is true. He is not only the
largest planter but is the largest manufacturer In
the south. He owns a cation factory ;that Is the
largest in the south, except tbe Eagle and Phe
nix. He told me that the gross business ol this
factory alone was Il.600.0u0 in one year, and was
very profitable. If I am not mi
he once cleared 17 per cent, per annum on tbe
money invested in hia cotton factory- Besides
this he has three or four cotton wed oil mills
that do an immense and profitable business. He
sold a short time ago 1,0 0 barrels of cotton seed
oil through the Tburbers of this city to Antwerp.
1 suppose it »ill come back to ns asoliva oil.”
being the largest planter and manulac
is the largest merchant in the south
bead of the house ol Richardson &
M«y which 1 understand has handcoi
SIXTY AND FOURTEEN.
rb* Elopement and Marriage of a
Gray-Head and a Child in the Cata
bill*.
Kingston, March 21.—About thirty miles from
itaia dty. In the bean of the Catskills, an elope
ment and a marriage have joat taken place quite
oat of the usual order. Mr. Samuel Snyder is the
pocsoeor of a small form and family. Among tbe
members of tbe Utter is a bright and comely
daughter not yet 14 yean of age. L’.rtng not far
from the 8uyder homratead is a wid
named Martin white. HU occupation for
years past has.been the doing odd chores for the
neighboring fanners. Daring the past winter
be has been engaged considerably by Mr.
Snyder. It was noticed that be paid *
deal of attention to Emma, the daughter
Snyder, bat little »u thought of it owing
disparity of their ages, he being over GO. I
three grown np children, all of whom are
than the child npon whom he waa bestowing his
Oo Thursday last Emma left her home oaten*
albly for the purpoee of spending the day with a
neighbor. In the evening she did not retain. A
neighbor's w *“
ing the Georgia Western, but for the past ^
months have declined to entertain any propo
tion concerning it their refusal being based n»t
oo y lack of confidence in Georgia bntbecau®*'
ofa fixed policy which involved the use of all
their resources on upper connections.
—I understand that Dr E. B. M. Browne, well
known In Atlanta, will probably be apoointed as
our represents live to Jerusalem by President Gar
field. His friends made application for him to
Mr. Hayes, but that gesUemaa did not act in the
matter. H. W. G.
THE SECOND DELUGE
SPREADS DESTRUCTION IN ROME.
Bill Arp 8 tax da Upon ths Hill-Topa Afar Off and
If failures tka Hiring Flood that Clasped
Ths Fated City to Its Watery
Brent—Ths After-Calm.
THE DELAYED BONDS.
quest of her revealed the fact that she had not
been there that Gay. Alarmed at her sadden
disappearance, her father went to the home of the
S vy-baired widowt r. He, too, waa not at home,
ehid gone in the morning In his wagon toCatt-
i and potatoes to find a
decided to drive t
bffijhillght of the mob a. They had been i
The father took the child into his wagon and
drove home. He at once made known the fact
of lb* marriage to his family and friends. Action
will be taken to annul the marriage if possible,
tbougn it la believed that this will be difficult
under the present »ew law unless the groom will
lie makes the purchaK-s for thes«e
s!or?Hrn)erson lu New York, and will spend a I
day goto* among th wholesale houses selecting 1
notions, dry goods, etc. for his country stocks.
Beyond all these things he takes a lively inter
est in general investment and in railroads ea
pecially. He is controlling own roi the road from
Shreveport to Vickibu g and has sever 1 other
Interests present and prospective in railroads.”
“What is his fortune estimated at?
••AU the way from five to twenty millions. I
suppose beta tbe ric.<eM man in tbe south beyond
rtoub*—but whether beta worth more or leas than
^^bJ^’taaVo^flealof information to draw out
with hia subject I am able to throw some Ug t
on hi- estimate of Mr. Richardson's wealth. In
a trial in Mississippi recently in which his wealth
became a question, I understand he ►wore he was
worth about three miliious. hose who know
hia affairs think this estimate—for it was sworn to
as au es-lmate—is considerably under the mark,
and that five millions could not replace hi*
earthly poaseariona The bhreveport road, in
which bets interested, is tbe ooe in which
Meters John T. A L. P. Grant, of Allan a, are]
heavy investor* 1 believe the Georgians control
tbe bonds of the road, while Mr. Richardsou
emtrotethestock? General Henry R Jackson is
the attorney of tbe ro<d, and it is now being ne- J
{collated for by Jay Gould and the Texas Pacific,
ltis every valuablepiece Of pr°p«ty.*ndwili
become a part of the great line if it is sold to
Gould and his crowd.
Mr. Richardson, lam told, began life as a bar
keeper in Mississippi, and promptly bo^lri®”}
I tne man by whom he waa employed. He did
not remain long in this business, quitting it for a
line in which his remarkable talent would
find wider range. He _ i»
Gi years ol age, and is a hale hearty old gentle-1
man. good foi many year* yet. He gives hta per l
sonal attention to hia vast business, and is svs
u-matic to the last degree, oneol his peculiar I
|bablis.is that of rising every plght at 2 o’clock, I
waking hta secretary and dispatching all of hi.
business by 7 o'clock, when breakfast ta served
He then has the whole day for outside business,
and retires early at night He has little ednea-,
ttoa, but ta a vigorona thinker, a practical aaj^
and consequently a most interesting talker.HI
ta a firm believer in the future of the south, and
it* possibilities as a planting, mining and manu-.
factoring section—and as a member ofthecenl
bis death, as hta sons are fine boalu< as men and
IN GENERAL.
—Thin people are in fashion just now.
Publicxttenuon is divided between Sarah
Bernhardt and Mabone.
—An eqnal allowance of the pins made
to the people ot the country gives each one
140. Tbia ia trying to young women.
—“Some people mxy think that the*job of
itting on the safety-valve is a pleasant one,
but 1 assure them it is rot —Alexander 111.
—“I s’pose I've got to go at last; but any
how I’ve bad a heap ot fun for an old fellow
a-lingering in spring’s lap this time.”—O d
Winter.
—Warned by the fate of his father, the
next review the new czar witnesses he will
do it peeping through the keyhole of an
iron safe.
—When you have -convinced a woman
that a lounge worth about $7 ha* just been
marked down from $16 to $12 yon have
recured a customer.—Detroit Free Press.
—There are lota of nice old ladies left in
New England who will regard the czar’s
death as, in part at least, an act of divine
retribution for holding a military review
on Sunday.—Boston Herald.
—Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vacdeibilt are
erecting a cottage at St Johnland (Dr
Muhlenberg’s institution) for twenty orphan
ctrls as a memorial of a deceased mil
daughter.
—W barton Baker says that there are 1,500
steamboats on the river Volga burnii-g
wood, because there is no railroad from tne
great coal fields of Russia to the river by
which they oould be supplied with fuel.
—Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, the great Baptist
preacher of Loudon, is very ill with a com
plication of diseases He has been a marvel
of pnlpit ability and physical strength, and
his labor for twenty years past would have
killed twenty ordinary preachers doling
hat time.
—An inmate of the Union borne for old
ladies in Philadelphia has distinguished
herself by making a bed quilt of 55.552
and
3 denied her right as an independent the war of tbe revolution. Hither, too, had
xe and refused to acknowledge his people fled tbe lories ©f that war in large numbers
as subjects of the state, claiming tbe tern
lore of their occupar cy as theirs indefea
aibiy. and repudiating the claim
of Georgia There b »o* no
doubt of bw acting under hath Spanish and
at its oooclusaoo. These claimed tbe
protection of tbe English government
and assumed that tbe country of their
residence rightly belonged to England
Spain claimed it as a part of west Florida
pieces Though blind, she threaded every
needle hemelf. The task took three year*,
and one hundred spools of thread.
—The commission engaged in the work
of revising the translation of the Bible claim
to have found and corrected 120.000 errors
in tbe version now in use. A hundred
years hence another commission may find
an many errors in their work.
—Seven dresses of Irish poplin went
»he bride of Prince William of Germany
fr>m the royal family ol England. One of
them, green and gold, with shamrocks
woven in tbe staff, is said to be something
so marvelous in its effect that it was sent
round for inspection to *11 the royal ladies
within reach of Oaborne.
—Mshone has two sons and a daughter
old enough to take their places in society at
the capital, and his wife, a very acoom-
K lishfd woman, who is tbe exact contrast tc
er diminutive husband physically, weigh
ing over two hunored pounds, was the
danshter ot Mr. Butler, formerly treasurer
ot Virginia, and ia *aid to have been a
beauty in her day. Senator Mahone is by
a i odds the most eccentric and notioeab e
man in fhe senate, aud, next to Alexander
Stephens, the smallest man who has ever
' sen in congress.
—It is a curious, fact that the ancestors of
most of the wealthy families of New York
were lories daring the revolution, and
fought for or sympathized with tbe crown.
Tbe wealth of the elder Aston was gathered
after they had left the Hessian contingent
of the British army, but th# Rhinelanders
in that day were large real-estate owners,
and the old Rhinelander sugar bouse in
which the 3 000 prisoner* captured at the
battle of Long Inland, were ooofioad, suit
stands at the corner of William and Rose
street* While the continental boya were
imprisoned there, old Rhinelander went
down to see them and abowk his gold headed
in their *
crime- He ckated the fallow, and alter the trial
celebratlug hta victory with a cocktail A
xerlng acquaintance of doubtful
uuuacten though high position, who
was outraged at the clearing of the criminal,
approached him and said in an offensive tone:
••judge Black. Is there any man so infamous
and so debased, or mar crime so foul and outra
geous yon would not defend the m*n and
excuse the crimeT’
ntercourse. Persons live for years in a atree
jvilboul knowing the names ev«Q of their neign-
bors and think fiilie more of visiting each other
- r through neighbor y inaiinct than you
trace ol tbe fellowship and sympathy that dwell
en in smaller cities are sccuatomed to U course
this has its advantages, in that it gives
every ooe perfect independence of action and
- *ubea the police and health officers as
the only censor* of social conductor indi
vidual behavior, a d enables one to live In
perfect quiet aud seclusion if it ta desired. But
it seems to me that it tends to selfishness, cold-
ness and lovelesanesa J ust next door to where I
am located, for instance, 1 rnw yesterday a little
coffin taken in the door. Ho one ia the boose in
from the sidewalk and the tittle yard for a few
days, waa dead and that the coffin was intended I
^■taa Bat none of us were i*mi .ted to offer
V.bv or s&sijtiince in tost n use of nu>ura
ling.' We bad uolhl g to do bat look out of the
Umdow upon a*gm|
RKd*jSwe knewthataUtU^5l^a^eadln|
th, adjoining flouse—that a little form was lj ing
still aod pulseless in a coffin—that a mother’*
heart was breaking in that silent and desolate
boose. O* course any interference might have
jbeen worse than useless, but it seemed strange tad
people coming from a town where the death of ■
little child started the tears in hundreds
of eyeA and wrspted the bereaved family in heart
felt and an • universal sympathy, that it should
I be made so mnch a matter ol fact. There w«mmd
ao friende who called at the bonce that could ■
noticed. The little coffin wss taken to the door
—the door opened—the casket was passed in—the
departed—the street can swept noisily
L newsboys cried tbe cTc-aing papers-the
RBHKker oaa*d in the alleyway without rifting
I hta eyes-the door closed—toe parents were left
«imi> with the d«ed.
To-day, Sunday, the luneral took place There
was tbe —dearth ol sympathy and tenderness]
that we bad noted before. 1 here were a dozen I
persons present, but the moat ol tbtmhad the
lormal look of mere acquaintances The little
coffin was put In a carriage and the procetaton
trotted off briskly to tx-e cemetery. In anhourl
w _ beat they could. Of <*»ur*e this ta the
custom of cities and ot city people. They doubt
wg feel m deeply and are a» lull of tenderness
and (vmpathy as provincata. but the
deaib of that little child. the
Ot eolation of tbe boo*e in which th* corpse
was laid, and the stiff formality of the funeral,
has saddened a Hole colony of Georgians this
em day afternoon. and sent their hearts wistfu ly
back to Georgia with its warm sympathisa its
•flectiooate fne&ds, and its izqpataive kindnesses
I hope never to see Atlanta grow so .ante that a
mfctorrane to any one of its citizens win not
kindle regrets in the hearts of the people, and
bereavement not be tempered by common friend
ta New Yort
now ia causing mnch alarm. Over 7.000
le have died in tbe city since January tat.
the rate last week went np to 800. The
severity of the winte* ha* doobttaM had mnch to
do with the increase, andoonsumpttca takes the
lead In fata* dtacaacs. Bat the oi ty coodltfen of
the city, the scarcity of water, the delects oi
* wen. «nd the overcrowded state of the r
mest-bouse*. are aggravating causes. It u !e
that the spring thaw, releasing the foul vapors
osoxht in theme and banked filth will add to the
mortality.
—Sir. H. L Kimball is expected in New York
soon, when active&-v,*smg for riock sutaczip-
tiooa to tbe eottoo exposition will begin. Tne
tact that Atlanta took the toll quota allotted her
-.^and 1 predict
—It Is understood ihat Mr. W. S Green will be
1mm Of the umev of the Georgia West-
by Colonel Fore-
Tuesday the roaiij brought to the gover
nor the opinion ot Attorney-General An
•lerson relative»to the bonds of the tax
receivers and tax collectors of a number of
•he counties where rise bonds had not been
filed within forty da< s after the electicn as
he law requires, ’ he attorney general
*kee.e very liberal v-3W of the law and as
the governor *11 in accordance with
the advice giifc . v/’on&ideruble amount
be »T£d the
people. If it had been found
necessary to, order new elections in the
counties from which common law bonds
were sent up, it would have required
notice of twenty dgys to hold another
election and an additional forty days would
have been required for the filing of the
bonds. That would have greatly delayed
t e tax returns, and the tardy officials
may at least congratulate them-
selves on the turn matters have taken. The
governor has had some blank agreements
printed, such as are suggested by the attor
ney general in his opinion, which will be
mailed at once to the collectors and receiv
ers who have sent in common law bonds.
Below is the opinion:
Attorney General’s Office, March 19th, 18S1—
Hta Excellency A 3. Colquitt, Governor—Sir:
In response to the several questions propounded
to me, by you, growing out of the failure of cer
tain tax collectors and receiver* to file their
official bonds within the time prescribed by law,
1 respectfully sab nit the following opinion:
L While the code provides that the failure to
execute and file an official bond in conformity to
law within a specified time, it being'forty days
from the date of the election in the case of tax.
officexi works a forfeiture of the office, the
preme court baa decided (44 Georgia, Ml) that the
••failure” must be the result of “fault’
the part of the l person elected,
also 11th Georgia, page 207. The supreme court
of Alabama has made a simitar decision. See
Forty-third Alabama Reports, page 5G3; Forty-
fourth Alabama Reports, page 996. So in Mis
sonri it has also been decided—Forty-fourth Mis
souri Reports, page 230. Sometimes unavoidable
delay occurs in sending out tbe form of the bond
to be given with tbe dedemus, etc, from the ex
ecutive office. Sometimes the bond ta executed,
but its transmission to the officer with whom it
should be filed, and who la made by law its cus
todian is attributable to dlrelietiou
duty on the part of officials whose business it is
to approve and forward -t. In still other instances
there ta a contest as to the person really elected,
aud considerable time ta consumed in disposing
it. It ta obvious, I think, that where the fail
ure seasonably to file the bond ta the result ol
these or like causes, the taw does not contemplate
forfeiture of the office*
only in , cases where the person
elected ta guilty of wilful negligence, or Is in
time way at fault in the matter of filing hta bond<
that the omtatioa to file in time vacates the office*
2. Yon inquire, can an official- who has permit
ted the time to elapse within which his bond
should have been filed—and hta sureties specially
agree that the bond shall be a good and bind
ing official bond notwithstanding
failure to . file it In • time.
Undoubtedly an official bond given after the
prescribed period has elapsed ta a good “common
law” bond. This has been repeatedly ruled by
our supreme court aud similar rulings have been
made by the supreme court of the United States,
and by the courts of several of the a talcs.
Whether by special agreement
bond not seasonably filed can
valid statutory bond ta a question not free from
difficulty. How far legal rights may be waived
by contract has been the subject of some conflict
of opinion. The question ta very elaborately
discussed by the court of appeals of New York in
case reported in the first volume
American reports, page 548, and after
an exhaustive review of the authorities it is held
that agreements not to plead the statute cf limi
tations or to claim exemptions allowed by law
are not binding. This derision, however, and the
cases cited in support of It were based on the
mmon law and not on any local* legislation
affecting the subject.
Oar code provides (section 10) that while “laws
r the preservation of public
order or gojdmoials cannot be done away with
or abrogated by an agreement,” still *
may waive or renounce what the law has estab
lished in hta favor when he does not thereby
injure others or effect the public interest,” and
the tendency of the decisions of our courts has. In
pursuance of this provision of the code, been in
favor of giving effect to agreements waiving
renouncing legal rights when
neither “public order” nor
morals" nor the rights of “third persons” were
involved. For Instance: in Filth Georgia Re
ports, page 195. it was held that the right ol trial
by Jury might be waived, and in Fifty Georgia,
471. it was derided that a person entering the
employment of a railroad company could make a
binding contract not to hold the company re
sponsible for any personal injury unless it
the result of “criminal” negligence. Our
supreme court also ruled prior to the
adoption of . the constitution Qf 1877 (which
*xpre«sly provides for it) that a person could
make a valid waiver of hta property exemptions
in opposition to ratings of a contrary character
in other state* See also Section 167 of the code..
The special agreement by which coxnty offi
cials in default in the matter ol filing their
bonds and their sureties propose to waive all
ot j actions to the bonds filed as sot being statu to
Ty. does not, ol course. Injuriously ‘ affect the
public interest,” bnl ta promotive of it, nor do ~
p retire how it can “injure others,” inasmuch
as claims due the state are entitled to priority of
p*ym& t over those due Individuals, whether
such claims grow out of “common law” or “stat
utory” bond* These conclusions con
duct me to the conclusion that the special
agreement proposed would be binding. On the
whole I advise that if these tardy officials volun
tartly tender such an agreement, and an agree
ment also that the legislature may, if deemed
necessary hereafter, pus such laws as maybe
considedred appropriate for the summary en*
fore ment of the obligations crea ed by the bonds
filed, that the bonds be accepted. I inclose the
form of rach an agreement as ta indicated.
Very respectf ally, Clifford A>dxzson, .
Attorney General.
Tbe following have cot been beard from
at all: Tax collectors of Berrien and Bibb
and tax collector and tax receiver of Bryan;
tax collector of Camden; tax collector and
tax receiver of Coffee; tax collector* of
Effingham and of Emanuel; tax collectors
of Fannin and of Greene; tax receiver of
Lumpkin; tax collector 6f Putnam; tax
collectors and tax receivers of-Spalding
and of Towns; tax collectors of Taylor and
of Warren.
tion as absorbing as it seems to be mistaken.
I The strong financ al character ar.d inde
pendent position of the Georgia railroad
i c ™ erinc up ^s.pr™
the stupendous railway cOmbinaticm f I haNe U*® reputation of furnishing more
which are casting their shadows over the I Garfisld Oemprcnlsing With tks Intelligent Dar-1 rtll * bl e goods. We have M>t yet learned
Written for The Constitution.
I drop you a few lines from amongst tbe
bills of Rome. Hills are a good invention,
especially in a freshet Rome rejoices in
her hills. Standing upon an Ararat I sur
veyed the wild waste of waters that sur
rounded this beautiful city and covered the
low grounds and the plains, and I didn’t
feel like singing an ode to the “sweet vale
Avoca, where the placid waters meet,”
bat I did feel like exclaiming, in the lan
guage of that other good old hymn—
“Lo, on a narrow neck of land
Twlxt two unbounded seas I stand.”
It was a grand sight,' and beautiful, but
damage and distress followed in its wake.
To the thoughtless and the secure it was a
splendid holiday. No school, no work, no
trains run, no rumbling of drays or rolling
wheels, no busy bum of machinery, no
steam whistles, uo sounds at all but the
rippling murmur of angry waters. It
seemed like Sunday, for there was no trade
business, no cotton coming to town, no
wood-haulers, no beef hanging on the mar
ket stall. Well, I did smell some guano,
but I believe that perfumes the air as much
one day as another anyhow. It didn’t seem
exactly like Sunday, either, for there was
Sunday-school, or. church, or
bells a-ringing, and little boats
were harrying to and fro in the
streets taking people from their windows
or sailing into the open stores where goods
were being lifted higher and higher upon
the counters and the shelves; wagons- and
buggies moved about in the water slowly
and caustiously carrying some sick body or
some valuables from the household or tbe
■store. Giddy boys mounted upon gay
chargers galloped furiously around, ever
and anon stopping on some eminence to
survey the watery expanse and
admire the poetry of equestrian motion
and the fit of their beautiful legs
to the saddle. The rise was sudden and
unprecedented. Joe Norris is the oldest
inhabitant and is a close observer and
never tells unnecessary lies and Joe says
the like was never Renown since the day
that old Jake Herndon tied his dug-out to
gum tree on court house hill iu the
monih of June 1800, when it was hot
devilish hot, and the thermoneater as he
called it, stood at 250 degrees in the shade
“far and height,” Old Jake, used to set all
day pretty much on a bench that was
beside the door of the town doggery and we
used to take strangers there to hear him
tell about that freshet and his far and
height thermoneater and how the Cooea
river was nothing but a spring branch when
he was. a boy, and he would always get en-
thusiastie on talking about tbe ola Injun
times, and he had told his yarns so often
he believed ’em, and no gentleman ever
thought of diabelievin or denyin anything
to tbe old man’s face. Joe says all that
was before he can remember, and Joe is
old enough to remember a good ways
back. He was born sometime after old
Noah’s flood and not long before Jake
Herncon’s, and is considered the most re
liable and aged inhabitant. Old father
Norton is the orthodox on all modern
things, and his waterworks are
all ever the town and when
be says the river is-coming np higher its a
coming, and when lie says its going down
you can go home and go to bed, and you
needn’t send out a pigeon from the window.
All night long the insinuating waters kept
creepingand swelling up; excited merchants
watched the flood and measured its rise for
every hour. About midni ht it had
reached the old land marks, and seemed
about to stop, but soon after the Oosran
aula got her back up aud come along
down with a rolling tide and pitched into
the Etowah mo9t furiously and the over
burdened Coosa kicked out of the breeching
and the swelling flood fell back and re
trenched all over the town. People who
went to bed thinking the water might pos
sibly get in the front pard, woke up to find
it in their beds. Signals of distress were seen
flying from many windows. Ducks and
chickens were seen floating around in their
coops or pt-risbed upon the outhouse roofs.
The old cow lowed mournfully in her stall
Many garden fences were gone and
paling pickets pointed their tips
just above the sheet of waters. The
Howard street bridge left its moorings just
before the break of day. Rumors came
thick and fast that various persons were
carried away with it, and that Captain Per
kins’s dwelling house, with his wife and
children, had washed away iu the night
aud the most awful screams were heard as
they swept down to swift destruction.
Many dreadful casualties were reported,
and the truth could net be known, for a
dark and dismal fog covered the earth like
a funeral pall and no one could see across
the river. But happily these wild rumors
proved untrue. By and by the genial sun
came out to look upon the scene and peo
ple began to gather on the hillsides and
exchange news and greetings. Cattle and
horses were driveD to safer quarters. The
hogs in Ramey’s stable wouldn’t come out
but swam round and round until they
.grabbed a pig, and puttiug nim in a wagon
made him iqueal and drove off and the
whole herd followed the wagon to a higher
and dryer land. An humble Israelite
walked the banisters and sat upon his gate
post the picture of patience on a monu
ment. while through his open door was
visible two dripping ganders standing upon
one leg on the stair case A jolly
Dutchman stood on the roof of his piazza
and shouted lustily, "a note, a pote, mine
kingtam for a pote.” You .g men waded
knee deep in the stores to give the goods
another hoist, and able bodied darkies were
hired at a dollar an hour Rolicking boys
cruised around in bateaux and got turned
over in tbe frolic and one darkey tried the
fan of getting drowned withoat reason or
excuse. Convalescing mumps crept out
with jaws tied up and look-
gloom i'y arrand. Ever and
southern states. As matters now staid,
there is an open route from Cincinnati
and the west to the saa. Tbe State road,
which competing lines have several times
tried to lepse, preserves in spite of all a
strict neutrality* and gives the Cincinnati
Southern au equal chance to Atlanta, with
the Loniaville and Nashville. The latter I
Special Correspondence Constitution.
Washixotox, March 18.—There ia to be
corporation has, however, invested every I compromise betweexv the administrati - -
seaport on tbe Gulf coast—New Orleans, I and the negro. The demand for equal I P ro flt- When you buy American goods, however.
Mobile and Pensacola. It U believed to recognition with that accorded to white 5 ' ou «•« f ure n™* 1 *- *Wa I**, added to
have controlled Norfolk since ita undoubted I _ nn hn_„. _:,i , . , . the abrewdnoaol ourpeople.hu enabled them
purchase o£ tbe A. M. and 0 reunbltcatu will not be granted, but in ,,,,11 in EnglUh market, profitably."
railroad, in . Colonel Cole’s system; every southern state a few leading negroes ••!* there no possibility of over-production In
and now. it is said, is reaching will be appointed to office. This will I cotton good*?”
?"‘ t “ clo r “P l ^ e p" 1 * ® f *?“ appear to the tnas of colored'votere aa a "Sot the dighten. The ttatlKlc .how that
Q»r^%rSd,wild would’be’operatcd beginningof the reform they ask. It will may people mthl.«k>b.am
ao u not to compete with their eatab- appease the leaders and induce them to ^othed in band-made **brt<*. It U ha
ndled business over inaugurated lines. It I pacify all dissatisfaction as far as they can I S‘‘ Me ,or »• 10 conceive of such production as
ia said, indeed, that the Louisville and i.fh. h«t ^hTdnn. cLTkA "h* owr-rappl, the lctftimatc demand that will
Nashville already owns five thousand ^ Uftuld be done for the J arise as our goods are puanod into foreign
shares, nearly one-fourth of a majority of I n ®gro. and he seems satisfied with it. markets, and into those countries where
the stock—which is altogether 42.0O0 shares I Bruce, of Mississippi, will have some good hand-made cloths are still used. Why,
—and may soon come in control. Here, I department position here or his pick o! the I the Piedmont mills of South Carolina
^nd W fhTtVe SiUe^d Kmh?Uto »i3«wn state. Pinchbsck. of Urn
system oppose, »le»se of the Georgia by the isiana, will be cared for. Elliott, of South ^* Utt ° * mount 01 g00d * or ‘
S3 a SlirfJt‘^ combination? 1" T^ «•»*. - W -id
so as to prevent the Louisville and J^ mey ’ of 1116 f*™ 6 state ' already ar. Parbsm, ol the Kilsin machine works, who
Nashville from shutting them I been Ptit to rest in the revenue service I had been an intcrestc«r listener, “ha* just closed
out separately from all western I Two or three leading North Carolina negroe* I * contract for eight months’ supply of their entire
and southern transportation. Such are on the programme. Witherspoon in “tita^for shipment to China This ta their third
persons contend that this union is the only I n. .. i . ] order from China, and each one ta larger than
laical movement to concentrate » The? K tl £££« aZd^Z
—™ m ™ in - profit, mid mill men genemlly believe that In
great wretem company. On the other in Georgia Pledger, the smart young china and Japan ta found i
hand, others contend that General Alexan- nA<rrrt .. “ * .
der is tbe power behind the Central railroad negro who presides over tbe state repnbli- reliable market.
throne, who is instigating Mr. Wmlley to I 01,1 committee, will have a desirable ap- “Tnere ta no tuo taking about American mills
make this conp. If such a combination | pointment. Madison Davis, of Athens, | overdoing the thing, for they oavc the world for
their market They have a *rcat advantage over
the English mills in machinery. American ma
chinery will do the same work just aa efficiently
of you.”-
af the Air-Line road have
thought of betid-
ed j
anon a honse or a barn or fodder stack on
a flat boat mingled with the drift as il
floated down and dispatches came at inter
vals from above ana below that another
bridge had gone. AU day long women and
children aud bedding were removed from
chamber windows and found hospital
welcome iu safer quarters. Bad flooos
can’t keep on rising and at last the waters
began slowly to abate. Great damage has
been done and th^ poor will be distressed
for a time, but by and by the wreck
will disappear and new bridges will be built
and commerce and trade be renewed
and the sonnd of busy wheels be heard
again and all nature put on her loveliness
and the exciting scenes of March 18th pass
away from memory. Memphis has almost
forgotten her pestilence and compared
with that this little flood is nothing. But
Rome is hard to beat on a freshet, though
I don’t think her people are disposed to brag
about it, aod lake fronts are at a discount
while they last. Bill Axr.
ELOPEMENT AND CAPTURE-
“Shoot Ke, Cana; I Dave Wronged
Yon*
Lons, March 2 (.—Two weeks ago John
Ward laa away from ivanavtile, Indiana, with
tbe young and handsome wile of Willis Goan.
She was stage-struck and light-headed generally
and Ward found her easy prey by premising to
get her a place in a traveling theatrical com.
pany. She took ati her jewelry and S1Q0
of her hjuhand’t money. After the
runaway had * got well started Conn
took np the penult. He at 1 st caught them at a
hotel at Belleville. Uiinuta. twelve mil** south-
of 6L Louis, registered as man aud wife, and
n by other zneats. from their brhavtor. to be
a new. j married ample, enjoying *" -»-«*-«-*- -•
pair in tbe » itttng-roouL
knees before him. Ward
have wronged
tploring her husband
not to do any violence. Conn stood cool bat
pate, with hta right baud ia hta
hip-pocket. The town marshal took him away.
Hta wife went with him. agreeing to return to her
borne ia Eransv.lle. hot even while walk in;
away from the hotel with her husband, contriv*
to slyly throw a ataa after paramour, who stood
at the aetting window looking out, from which
act doubts of the sincerity • of her repentance
arose iu (be eye* of the spectators, who by this
time had become numerous. However, “—
band and wife west homeward together.
•Why do you predict this?” I asked.
‘Simply because the English mills cannot com
pete with American mills. American made
goods are outselling English goods every day in
Manchester and Liverpool, lu the first place
American mill men are nuarter and more pro-
ksy—A Clean Sweep of Democratic 0£c«-
Holdexs—Georgia's Railroads—Hil
liard’s Waadering Hope*
over here the secret of weaving white dirt «
kaolin into our cotton fabrics.’ In Euglaudthe
tufacture of cotton employe three classes—the
■pirn,era, eizers and weavers. The sizew charge
nothing for their work bejond the weight they
add to the yarns by sizing. They buy the yarns
by weight—work in a lot of kaolin and the
increase of weight from the clay gives them their
Dower behind the Central railroad I r p I
’ho is instigating Mr. Wadlejr. to I <»n committee, will have a desirable ap
is conp. If snch a combination I pointment. Madison Davis, of Athens, I
exists between Mr. Wadlev and the Lquis- I OQe 0 f the most influential spirits among
vitle and Nashville, this lease would give ... b
the latter the additional port of Savannah I ^? eer0 *?' 1 aIs0 , R I * vonle .... „„ Ju „
in his great system, would sbnt oil all I Both the DeVani boya are already pro I Uld Kelglu mirty to torts per cent lere. takes
competing linea at Atlanta, injure Port vided for and will be retained where they m0 ch lea room, and is much lets *t
do^in tate Bl "* ot P romoted - 0oe of thcm holds a than English machine^. If the AtlaMamill
dZ it”may! < oertain°it seenuMhat the I K'* >d P lllce in the Savannah custom house; was fitted up with English machinery
Central railroad and the Louisville and but has his eyes fixed on the postoffice oi il wo ' 1 *d have to • have walls of double
Nashville railrrad are working fdr the con- that city. Old Tunis Campbell who sat I tll ° ,hlctnesa a ua give one-fourth note room
trol of the Georgia railroad, whethtr with h ,J ith Alneoria Itrmil.v in the I th “ “ now oc - r l' 1< *- It ma, salely be said that
one purpose or with conflicting interests. I * aB sl “ e . . A P“ n * Bradley in tbe manufacture ta America, already an
remains to be seen.. | Georgia senate, is suugiy fixed 10 a depart-1 enormous Industry, is on the dawn ot a stimula-
The Central railroad and banking com-1 ment clerkship. I tion and development not dreamed of a few
pany of Georgia was chartered in ISS3, and j learn that there has been mnch fair yean ago.’
SST %r&S$^d£SKT8l *•* negroes who are here os .epre Jg" Ufl. dcvelonment . b. met
Charles Z McCord, a well known Augusta sentativea of their race. Once more they _
lawyer, for the following information: are asked to take sweet promises, with a !“ Uth ' th0
liV an art annroved January 22i 1852 I . , . 1 ’ fact that new mills are sprinting up in that sec*
the Central railroad was specially author- mode ™“ s “ p P ly °f P» tron »S«. « the tion rapidly, and that thoae established are
ized and empowered, by-the legislature, I reward of their services to the party jn I earning big dividends, the logic of things proves
to lease and work such railroads as then power. I that the south la destined to be the great cotton
connected, or may thereafter have con-1 The fact that a clean sweep is to be I manufacturing section. Capital is all that la
to C amhorire%b a . C ‘centmi nt ri!frosd a id “* d « of democratic office holder, to th. —y* that U IVnrta, southrrerd with great
department clerks suggest a atrange condi- Ukotcapiml when g«>d men the hotd o.
such railroad companies aa now have, or I ‘ on of aff “ ira - The popular vote was about enterprise and get tt Into shape. There are tho
may hereafter have, their respective rail-1 equally divided between Garfield and Clifton mills at Glendale, 8. c., that were pot up
roads connecting with the said Central I Hancock. Bat in the south the vote was I with 9,000 Before the machinery was
railroad, to make leases thereof for a term I __ , h . t it U evirf.nt H.rwvw-t „ »h 1" the stockholder, added lo.txo additional
of years, or during the continuance of their 1 *? Bsht that it is ev.dent Hancock was the um. more thin doubling tho mill
restree.ivech.rter. choice of at least one hundred thousand „„.JJS. A cnAt
By Section I It is enacted that it shall j more voters than his successful rival. J throughout the south are increasing
tSd b.nkta. I U?m™o 0 .rif'"i? 1 bPJtl At:d yet here is a party representing a ma- their capacity. A capital ol *400,000 has been
and work for suchUtue and or^auch teims i otit y oi 1110 l*0P lc . but absolutely ruled the Charleston mUl, aid it will be ot-
as may be agreed on bv the parties inter- I out of the government’s patronage. ganized next week. There ta much more ma-
estfd, the Augusta and Waynesboro rail- The republican attackson Mr Hill are ^“8 sold ta the south than ta the
road, the Milledgeville railroad and such I laughable. In endeavoring to show that he north.”
other railroads as now connect or mav I was elected to the convention of 1861 ai a I I am able to add a bit of evidence concerning
hereafter connect with the Central railroad. I union man, and then voted for eecessioD, I the popularity of investment in southern milta.
and to collect, by suit or otherwise, the I they try to thereby excuse the action 01 I Mr. M. J. Verdery.of Augusta, ta in New York,
fares of travel and charges of transportation I Mahone. They bitterly denounce Mr Hill, I placing the S350 000 stock with which It is pro-
.— . but according to their own argument the p„cd to more than doublethe Enforortre mills.
oj bcvuuu il Auuir tuc ic?|»rv,mo uiwiite | best they can do ts to prove that if Mahone I nf •.«.»» h ..- ..l,,. . .
of directors of the incorporated companies I is a traitor now so was Mr. Hill in 1SGI I T n
owning the railroads above mentioned, or I Such a defense must be flatrering to the Mo “?
owning such other railroads as now connect I honoaable senator from Virginia 8mith & Btldwin subscribed $20,000 to the stock.
or may hereafter cuuutct w ith the fauurai The Hon. R. L. McWhorter, of the Mr. V. K. 6teveoa©n u. icporteti to have taken
railroad, shall have power and aatho‘>.fy so | Georgia legislature, seems to be one of the I f .0,000stock in th* new Sibley mill*, and to hare
to lease to thq Central railroad and banking I busiest men in Washington. He is working I asked for $30 000 more. Being informed that ho
company of Georgia their respective rail-1 to have his nephew, W H. Whorter, ap ouldnotget it, he will probably, put the extra
roads for such term of time and on such I pointed to the collectorship of the second I gao.OOOln the Enterprise. I hear on good author-
ttarr terms as they respectively deem Georgia district. Andrew Clark ia here |„ that p^e. ta New York have offered to put
^now remains iobeseen whether or not 23^»£fi"S&'liKSZ £'XZiXSZSSt
It is not generally known, but such is the I hands of circulars and have written up reams I practical independence was a possibility. Tho
fact, that the Charlotte, Columbia aud Au I of paper, but thus far their efforts have I cotton exposition will be a tremendous agent in
gu*ta railroad has made an eight per cent I produced uo tangible result I the deve opment ot our resources.
offer to lease the Georgia railroad, giving I Georgia has 2,924 miles of railroad 1 I notice that the export of cotton goods from
the Richmond and Danville railroad as ita I with a capital stock of $39,282,230 and a America last year waa over $12.0(0,000, being a
security. The Charlotte, Columbia and I funded debt of $24,688,6 0. Georgia ia first I g*i n 0 f nearly half a mil.lon on the sear before.
Augusta, as is understood, is operated iu I of the southern states in railroad impo. - Goods were shipped to the West Indies. Mexico,
the interest of the Richmond and Danville I tanceand the tenth mthe union Next in I ohj D , j.n-n cnba. bmzii Africa. Harti n n .
road, which line ia groping over Virginia the south comes Texas, with 2,497 miles of ^
and the Carolines, gathering in all the feed I railway. Illinois comes first, with 8,844 I ~? ther , P \ l U ’ „ T .
ersof Richmond and Washington. As they I miles; Ohio second, with 6,706 miles, a* d I of cotton goods to China for the first week of
seem to be cut off by Col. Cote and by the New York third, with x 5.962 In M%rch alone waa $98,000, the goods going mainly
Louisville and Nashville systems, in their I the United States there are 84,715 I by transcontinental tines and taking ships at San
Norfolk routes, their idea must be to sweep I miles of railway, or enough to go around tbr I Francisco.
around from the west by way of Augusta I world three times, and then straight-1 Miss Genevieve Ward, a sweet and
and Atlanta, and by a prodigious arc and I through it, with a good scrap still to spare I pushed actress, who has spent moatof her life In
interminable haul, make their connections I The valne of this property is the incompre Kn B tand has gone into print with a complaint
sure after all Such a combinatson seems I bensible sum of $2,479.965 915, while rail- our slecnlne-<*r*. tihesavs there ta some
forced and artificial, but in theae days the road bonded debts amount to $2,282,540
tactics of railroads are those of Titans, and 1005. Georgia's railroads cost $59 307.896. 1 thing shocking to her ta the Idea of men and
they move in a “giant’s swing.” < I with all their equipments, and last year wiimeu ' prrlect strangers
Plans to monstrous as these are sufficient earned $8122 812 ®|her. tumbling into bed (n the
to have thrown railway magnates even, into I Last night there was an elegant re cep- with nothing but curtains
a fever, and the Georgia railroad seems to I Hon at the wuite home. Invitations were them, and she calls
have commanded negotiations from every I is-ued in novel style. They were tent in I If Miss Ward will only reflect a while, she must
quarter—besieged at home and courted I the name of the vice president Mrs. Gar acknowledge that experience show as lady travel-
abroad. The fact, however, that the Georgia I field will entertain better than did Mrs ing alone to be safer in an American sleeping car
railroad, under its present management, I Hayet, who shared her husband’s P»«i- than in an Engitah compartment car. Ido not
'■ ■ ' and moniotu views £orthe next four yean. bu , one tausneeffi this conntre that may
inert-using its umueuua, wuuiu jusitij the I the white house will be bright and gay. In I . . ^ t lh in
belief th/t it cm. continue to beailcc ps fully apparent* Uf Orield doe, not compare [
operated; and the additional fact that its I favorably with the ex president’s handsome
position is ao independent of all competi I wife. She is a plain matronly woman
tion, because its line is so necessary for each I whose face expresses good common sei
women traveling in English, cars, rhatlathe
of poor Theodore Tilton, who was caught
wvu un-aujonanup .rair ..tt-t-t-.. w.^r .vr^r, u ...... u .. f by a hutbind swinging from his wife's berth It
of th6 aystem. should make its influence I The inductions are that young Robt. 1 was proved in that case that the gangling Theo-
tnore conservative and its power more com-1 Clayton, of Greensboro, will keep his con I dore was wandering about the car, possibly to
xnanding. J tulship at Callao. Mr Stephens and other I hang a picture or two aa ta hta wont, and stum-
men of influence are heartily enlisted ir I bled into the wrong berth by mistake, which
his favor. Mr. Locke, of Coinmbns, the L uukehc seated by scuttling out as rapidly
Carroll County Times. most prominent applittnt for the position. I „ oonriSrismhdigniiy and quiet. Ihave
We see by the Ccdartown Advertiser of hai sUoDgrecommendations, but a change ,, , dnI olm f Um cfor Ureputfew
last week that the people of that town are I » improbab e. i
making efforts to secure its passage bv that I For Mr. Hilliard’s ministerial gown, there I * sUshicst* indlmrity or discourtesy
place. At a meeting held there on the Sih ar e various applications. Th! place b, or dlacourtwr
instant, the Advertiser says considerable I tempting. Rio Janiero is a beautiful city. I offcredan 7 *“*• lhou 8 h CTery ®“ r
enthusiasm was displayed and the following | fall of delight and the minister recei ves I one or more ladies traveling alone. On this very
committees appointed : On tbe preliminary I $12,000 a year. No man could fill the place I trip I have an upper berth in a crowded car, the #
survey of the route between Cedar-1 with more grace than Mi. Hilliard. He I berth below being occupied by a young lady
town and Douglasville, to correspond with I has given perfect satisfaction. F. H. R. I going. I believe, to New Orleana J find no.
the citizens of Gadsden asking their co-1 | trouble in this arrangement except that I have to
hoist myself up to bed before she retires, or am
kept in my little conch until after aho gets up
in tbe morning, being unwilling to disturb her
rest by dropping my legs into her berth. Iam
not even , ut to the trouble of remembering not to
op*-ration, and to correspond with mana
ger* of the Georgia Western.
Tbe people of Ccdartown seem to be in
earnest in the matter, and are using every ,
effort to accomplish their ends. We are „Th« <>““ied sending
inclined to believe that the - road will go . .
either by that, place or Carrollton. .Our I ““re. “there Isa tellow In the next berth who
STATE-HOUSE CLEANINGS.
The analyse* of fertilizers came out yesterday.
.* ... . . . I counties from the comptroller generals office to
reason for this is based upon what we have I
been told about the topography of the I thk aemi annual report*of the inturance com-1 drown the molest wbecz* that I permit myself
country on a direct line west of Douglas- I panics continue to pour Into, the executive I in momenta of forgetfulness,
villa, it being such as to render a variation office. BeaUj what sila. Ward denounces aa shocking
from an air-line necessary. I akdkxw J. Dickson was on yesterday commh-1 „ A hu
If it is correct, then, tuat the road will I stonedju*tioeof the peace for the250thdtatitot flmil^ooaKSSin^ttlAta^md &ey *0*0!
go either northor south of aft air-line when I Pierce county. I j| ew York lntheaame car. under charge of the
it move* from Douglasville, and if the peo- I Yestxkday the governot commta toned M*n I same conductor and porter that he entrusted
pie of this section want it1p pare through 2*%£* , ®"E2 ° f *** ***** ,or lae748Ul . to . ^ «*»*• '
here, it behooves them to go to work for I dl * trict county. I SnSEfLnSktemlmnuinaf the 1
that pnrpt&e. Our chancy we thinker ^^ t ™<£^cS‘o7!SS2nlSS £d'
the location of the route by here are as good | jqJced on exhibition/^ I treated by pafw-nzc rs. . .
as any. We certainly are, as any one can I p min me* of th*EnrvrtoT>oedtaBritani«u At •
see by oonsnlting the msp, on» more direct _JbSeh!rm ordeSdfoSiTSSStaSa® olSpI- offeiJd’oJf^t u?e£Vii£!&
line, to Birmingham, than Cedartowu is, I culture—will be received to-day. I cold pen with which 10 write a dispatch. The
bnt while we are apathetic and indifferent, I Tax following notaries public were commls- pe Q was so aoft that the gentleman could not use
Ccdartown by her energy and vim may se- stoned yesterday: Martin 81 r a, «28th Jackson: L. I {7 and he asked Mr. Kimball why he did not get
cure the prize.. I L * VeMe * *** Tah-ferro; *>• V.Stoketey.819ih | . hard pea.
The question then is, do thepeople 0 f I B*riow county.
I keep* up a saw mill snarl that would utterly
THE RAILROADS
Thavensed that pen constantly ever since
not; it they do they had better go to work oo qiSoShaTb^D 25SS ta vjtae. tjg«a&
mailed. 1. will, ta au proUbUIty. he received
-oust. ■ - r —•- — — it signed the checks ana
A DOGSTORY
i . and hotels put np ft signed the checks and
I Tec following named penom were .oommlr lortbeKimball botue.liglMliocpepark,
-i ned notaries public for Coweta county J-Cmler W)ltim factory. Capitol bulldlog. Bnmswtck and
Tuat will Please the Average Good I Cook, 713d district: James K. Locate. 7»thdla p^ln Georgia-"
1 *-*— 1 -Don't you think that it baa done more than it
II ever do again r ’ I aOt«S. nailing.
“No sir.” Mild Mr. Kimba:! wlih tmpbaria and
titered up aa it ta, ita work ba* jun
i fairly' begun. I auppc*e it has had more to do
with lulhiing up Atlanta than any other pen. and
YxsrrzxhAT Mr. Turner, of the penitentiary
anted the lot owing..named.pet-
currence at Shoehecl, a small town between this I Georgia railroad camps: Humphrey mock*, bur-
city and Wilmington, has just stirred up tbe I glary, 10rears; Asa Crutchfield, burglary, 2 y&rs;
whole section of conntrvconttenona thereto. Mr. I Cwoer Blocke . baigtary, • Stars; hatfianlel
Acgcita Chronicle.
The deeper that investigation goes into
the propoeed lease of the Georgia railroad
by tbe Central, the more assured does one
become of the earnestness of thoae favoring
the plan. Largest stockholders sre wheel
ing into line, it is said, while influential
directors and high officials are avowedly
and ardently espousing tbe consummation
of the scheme Prominent mem bers of the
finance oo remittee of the board, associated
with several non-resident shareholders, who
themselves have usually controlled the
eleotioni at the stockholders' meetings, are
openly supporting the lease; ao that appre
hension in the city ia increasing. Each
abiding interest in Augusta's security, how
ever, is not felt by the advocates of this
project, who are controlled more by what
they term business principles than feelings
of sentiment. The opinions already ex
pressed by the Chronicle find hearty in
donement by bur citizens, and even by a
few members of the board of directors; bnt
we candidly believe that the desire, on the
part oi what appears • ;n oto be a majority
ahoat~mldn5ht he’wss furiously attacked by a I nui” and jonie ol the •'dnatol oor fatten" .. ^ Mr K1]
teeth^pa|tod the .Urruj. Loo Mr. UdrihM ?SSw { %hl 2d fiSSJ fbJSySSS wmwmOo 00
°Ontoe other, bandlhe^nitad States coort-1 the question, and Judge Hopkina w. * tori to decide
iaSathettreet!taa« ne*tandck*a it. He to ked up tho author tic* and decided
W. D. Baldwin, * highly respectable citizen, of I mjmrr, Bye* r«- . 1 One of the gentlemen present, noticing one Of
the firm of W. D. Baldwin A Co., merchants, waa lT wou ;d <j 0 nbtie»s be very gratifying* to Geer-1 Governor Bultock * totten. Mtid:
■ .im 11 inn nn vHfiae _«_w, ■ irinnn tinrtf I aismvhn fppi dbDtad to take a pride in the j How la it that ao Intelligent a man as Gov-
returning on Friday night from a tripoo horse- giaos wno awpwa ro imae » “sma * Bullock always '*<^ ” ■■ atkbm.
back to the ooa try, wnen on nearing tba town itatoj if the capitol could
I TUtifMI fur CWlTflt?”
•aa criticized
that bd waa
arnTmade^ frantic efforts to tear him from the dn* visitors who are *bo** orerineDuua ; right, and finally a friendly.t
Finding that he eonld not acaie them off, he
pntsptus to htahorae ai d rode for his life, fol
lowed by the yelping, barking, biting pack of ctu*
into the heart of the town, their glaring *je* and
protruding tongue* proclaiming them bent upon
hia destruction. The citizens were arouaed. and
came to Mr. Baldwin’* rescue with guns and Pto-
tola, and the Infuriated brute* were compelled to
take to the wood*, where they remained until
gnnday, attacking and killing grown cattle-
By that time the ezdtement had greatly to'
crewed and the danger waa ao manifest that the
Rifles, the military company of that
e called oat to hunt the doga. the
Mgm*|**mto themM|
Tne cartons part about
^b^>btete«puta
their Concert or to accoont for their <—•—
SSgfiSTkt
aa to justify this theory.
&atarallzlBgtbe Bench.
New York Herald.
Aa tbe bench stands
■ Mr. R. T. Wilson, the prominent railroad
capitalist, has gone to Florida on a abort trip, and
I wilt probably taVe Atlanta to on bit return.
attention. I should not be
beynod the ambltioa to be president. Judge surprtacd if itdld notpome to bea Ug toing.
Clifford baa paoed. unfortunately, oat ol tbe general Gordon leit New Ymk Saturday
condition ciuvefolness Ibe two southern night for Belmont coal mines, and wffi be in
todere—Judge Harlan and Judge Woods—In no *tian»a today or to-morrow. He will remain
reapeot represent the south. They are both cape only a day or iwo, when be will return to New
we be-lere, aod there ta no objection to York to complete arrangements for starting the
their n-»ldi * a position oo the bench ao far as teorgU Western. ,
character and requireraeoU are concerned. Oar Mr. H. I Kimball and Mr. Ryckman left
oV-etioa ta Uu-t. although accredited to the New York laat night for Boston. They will retam
SSSttStr not aoutheroera. Judge. Woods | to*New York Monday morning, when Mr. dam
Ragbaa*fi*i
BQOth. Hfct B-.
As a southern man be is a fraud.