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THE "WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1881-
The Reboot* of ttforgU
The fall and complete repcrt of Com* I
miaii'toner Orr, covering the educational |
operations of 1879 and 1880, is before ns y
and a mo e interesting document has not I
POVERTY AND PATRIOTISM
THE PERIOD OF WAR
Daly DIkummI by Oae Who i* Both {
Written lor The Constitution
There is an old man writing in the Conn*
AND THE ERA PRECEDING IT
f£lie ^onsHlntion.
THE SOL’THEES CULTIVATOR.
fSSyjggSj! I found it* way to The Coshtuttioj table I try^ntT-^aadhegt^r beck to 18431 Ai Fn»ut<i bj ti, Pmidrat «f tl. CaWo- !?■ «!g
nlm ut MHO *l.l» ““iysss: I . i T_i. — a-A —- I - .... - - -. 1 »M Suut-A Es»Uw tf lb« Bo*-Wiet u*? c^dlKincetotheir respwUToYtttS
wu founded on the fact that the federal govern*
ites; the sequence was that the
to the nates, not to their
Idea more creditable to their sentiment than to
their knowledge of the nature o! our constitu
tional union, brought the vessels they
commanded Into the ports of the north,
ar.d, haring delivered them to the au
thorities of the United 8tales government,
gen*-rally tendered their resignations and repair
ed to the states from widen taer had
published by Ta* Cowman* | in a long time. In it we find a summary gnd Hja we tad j^t such a winter as this
of the school work of the state since the I one—freezes and snows and floods until I
12 so' Z I foundation of its school system, as follows: 1 May, and a scorching drought ail summer, I
In 1871, white pupils, 42,914; colored, I and the farmers made nothing but a few |
THE WEEKLY CONSTIUJTION. | 6,664; total,49,576: in 1873, white,63,922; nubhinssnd poor people suffered and cattle
Prt«*
ant* of 10.
Uubs of
are busy in the south seeking
navy belonged to
agent, the federal
the states cessed
THE WEEKLY LUJSIiiuaiv^# I 6,604; total, 49,rx 6: m 1»<3, white,US.V22; I DUDOins tna poor peoplesuuireu uuuuh. i ~- - - , °
THE GREAT BOCTHZES FAMILY PAM» colored, 19,755; foul, 83,677; increase over died from sUrrmUoD. and be warn. o* to | loBg«xpcctcdbockby
-»,1 mpattsott the attendance of 1871, 34,099: in 1874, prepwe tor the wont. lbaWaH vwy well. Mr. 7cffcrrontoTi««h,cbtb«Apiy«m«.of
Clubs of to ——• J2 M M I . . . . , 0 . . , n r I and I am glad to perceive that the farmer* I New York, will shortly publesh. In stimu-
TteCramw?wh.te, Ale-, colored, 4-..S74, toUl, geMr#lly „ doU>g [heir b«i. Corn U l«ing the citizens of Memphi? to subscribe
*“fo u>« roe eMro- —** I v > np to a dollar <busheU and bay la I for the book, the Appeal, of that city, giyea
Afrottwrotaa «wtTw8roa^jj*^aF ,li » I “■ I0a ' J90, ® ok>, * d ’ Ul 50, and meai ia on the riae and were fcot I wne eitracw from a few pages of the work
Atlanta, da. I 50,385; total, lo6,„.f4; increase oyer the I gny in ll>e g roun <j and the bar- I which have fallen into its hands. The Ap-
attendance of 1874, 20.808: in 1876, whit 1 Teat w m ^ ^ but still there is no use in I peal notes that Mr. Davis has not changed
121,418; colored, 57,987; total, 179,405; | b 3rrow i n|C trouble. May be it wont come. I his view of the struggle in which he took so
We send the Constitution and Culti* I increase over the attendance of 1875,1 ^ few years ago the people in Kansas and I prominent a part. The following is the
vator to one address for $2.50. Thl> 1 23,011: in 1877, white, 128,296; colored, I Missouri thought they were ruined, for the | preface to Mr. Davis’s book:"
does not apply to past subscription- (*2,330;fotal, 190,626; increase over the | grasshoppers came along and sat up their
IMPORTANT.
Both subscriptions must be made at thf attendance of 1876,11,221: to 1878, white, I growing crops and dident leave a green L
I 137,217; colored, 72,655; total, 209,872; I thing upon the face of the earth, bat the 1 ^“tohertunce. “ weU as sustained by amrk-
increane over the attendance in 1877,19,- farmers plowed up and planted again and those
I 246: in 1879, white. 147.192; colored, 79,-1 tlle •*•“>» hit the late crop jost right and | btball. has lmuelied see to attempt the vtodloa
Tirotabrfoojoa, Oo«mwno.tnfcn.s l 4a5 , 226,627; focrerae over the 1 ** “^andrott harvrot. There is •« ggj Ef &LS&,
m when your sufascriptioa sxplrts. II I -tismilaTwwin 1R78 1«7^- inlftftO whits a P° wer of elasucll 3' » boQt human E^ch of the event, which preceded and attended
von wish th* paper sontinued. do not wall I ^tendance in 1878,16,755. m 1880, whits, astonishing how read- »«?2K* •* to m>lnt * ln
yon ww> japw I 150.134; colored. 86.429; total, 236,563; “ . . ^ , . I their rfhsteace *nd theirrightsaa *overei«nccm-
tfll the time expires before seeding on the I ow »", ’ * I %'j we accommodate onrselvcs to cir- munitfce-tbe cre.tcns. not the creatims. of the
robroriptlen prloa Toa may loroannm- I' over tiro attendance in 1879,1 cumllxaMS , It w.prtwpcr.nd make money I **^S2’S3Sia ot nutabd.ln, the trot
bar and it will save us the trouble of tax- I I we spend it according, and if we have bad I relation* between constitution, government and
tag’ your name out of type and ro-«ntartng I The work of 1880 wu accomplished on I lac a w . haul in and proeb ourselves, and yeoptohas been fcmd jo eigcnnmathtnroo
It again. Let every rabscriber send at laaat Ion appropriation by the state of only I .-collie through sritbont suffering loextram-1 limit, a government, to aOotd the needful
coe other rabacripttoa with hk er her re- 1 $185,789, or moch leu than one dollar I ity. Moet of our wants are fanciful and S ( r< ii^l^ I1 nS^2“ I tmM^ei°/ l taluro2
‘ school I imaginary anyhow. 1 be late war taught us I atituenta. Iti* this nece«ity which has divided
, I . . .a. __ . I the human race into separate nations, and finally
ad- I a lesson about that, and you can t scars the 1 defeated the grandest e Sort* which conquerors
which ihey were bred, on which they relied for
sub»l»teace. to go. with nothing save their
swords and faithful hearts, to fight, to bleed, and
to die, if need be, in defense of their homes and
a righteous cause, we can but remember how
—m was lost by their view of what their honor
duty demanded.
. I, SCMTCK.
What so effectually "fired the northern
heart’—the firing upon and surrender of
Sumter—is disposed of in a few sentences.
No one was killed on either side by the
bombardment Mr. Davis remarks:
A striking incident marked the close of the
bombardment. Ex-Senator Louis T. Wlgfall, of
Texa^-a man as generous as he was recklessly
brave—when he saw the fort on fire, supposing
the garrison to be hopelessly struggling for the
honor of its flag, voluntarily and without au
thority, went, tinder fire, in an open boat to the
ATLANTA, GA., APRIL 19 18-1
scholar. The county
I commissioner* received
grusoroenuto b« a sort of tic*l olil I net proceeds of the poll tax, makingthe I .Tiule swfolier on (li. poor families who I n«tlcj»hbGr«jtBriuta by declAiing them
horse. I total amount paid by the people toward* I stayed ri'SjSiS^Th.vf'sJnt I ^!rt«Dr«p«nueeommumam,ii>d wcrecAreiui
I .a. of -W1. «,,S7*B 7»l» Of helplerocL'.drex.. There mint I to«*rotroapiM: —* — “
8CMUK* iswaltingto oome upon the ion- I the support of schools, $315,<48, or 73 l- muc n | Un j D «ioing without shoes, snd hats, I rigniy infl jurirotetioo.
ny tooth in the shape of aChristrosa gift, jennta.brod of the school population, «d flo^^mroL^^ndboiling
WamAKsa'a
the neighborhood <
will rotsblish the i
liqnor tax may eweil the state sppropri*-1 „ backs wu a hundred dollars a pair, and I re.u lie
bnt one milk cow in our
biDlfc" are thJHH
HHHvindicktion of the confederate causeTH
He most have been a careless reader of our
_ . . . . * I —1““* —— --y v*' -ri * i or wus
What is the nee for the poem to do wdu- i ^ on ^ l ^ current y t!ar t o $3g0,00Q, which 1 there wasenc ous oue mux cow io our i p^ttoa fiistory who has not observed that,
ing oe soring eonuibutions when even U» I .. . , , -- . ^-h ,hiM in “““'T. “ d 1 *»ogbt her for four tfaonaand I Sbiuwr uudro the stile of ■•Onittd Colooice” or
Wo. Mrd. haven't elected their poleeT I w ala M 188 ,or e * c “ cn ‘„ dollars, for there wu a bsby on hand and -Lotted Maas," which wu adopted alter the
blue birds nevea t sc I the state within the school ages. The | no milk where It ought to be. and the little I declaration ol Ipdepeudcuce, whether under th.
Mauosk is in bigger luck than the I appropriation* of certain citie
colored ro*n*nd brother. He seem* to be counties that maintain echool* ~ i were hard tiroes, sure enough, snd 1 roreettion ofiui purp<«on the part ol the”st»tes
c!o*ertotbe administration, so to speak. | local laws amount to about $150,000— | when I think of ’em it seems like | to consolidate then selves into onejbody. Wifi
In Hon. Phineu T. Bunnm cal.M a, makiuga total appropriation in the state to grumbje o^mplsiu
b* white houu the other day to pay hie toward* tiro maintenance of public is all I uk for the balance of my sub- SmoTcSmulmre
renerta and leave a package of matinee I school*, S530,000. Bat even this is a very hoaary life, and if we can teach onr chil- the lew poalble cnsui
, ‘ I „„ _ K; . I dren the same philosophy, it’s schooling I hlMotica) tact be
ticket*. . i™* 11 801,1 °n which to sustain a system l ogh ,o kw! p, enl contented and happy I <h“ «bat the i
Tn* venerable republican party wu too that educated in 1880 no fewerthan 236,-
mod. interreud in the right*of man top.y 000 children againat 49,000 in 1671.
any attention to Brace's report on tLe I me Krreat Railroad cnangea. | alius my humanity, and 1 catch mysell ■ - ti — .77
freadmsn’a bank swindle. | It U Dot easy to discover any harm to | I umWUw “Sf a’^StSu^rd^ ““1
Do* Cswaao* sbonTd b.v“a„ ice-pad a P - the state at large or to any town ol the Sd whu ra^nng J ^3 {^nS; SfSSa^tE^Sw^ 1 ™°* ““
piled to the roof of bis acoontpUahed pantm state inthe bargrnn by which the Geor- U Th.^uerluting vyUjond. « •JS^AJSSSSSfi
loons. Hi. remrokable performance in the g>. road came under the control of New „ Lome bnt tbey rig up hj * ri tic.l
yonder abusing our people for their patriot-1 communities, voluntarily consenting to
, and calling it treason, it sorter demur 1 uou. but never becoming the fractional parts
* * * nation? That such opinions should find
EXPERIENCE FEARFUL SUFFERING.
BUattad by Advsns Winds Ustii Thslr Pro
visions Gits Oat—8*bri*ting om tbs Cap
tain* Deg and Thslr Boots aad
Shoes—Awfal Alternative.
as generous as he was recklessly
... -»e saw the fort ou fire, supposing
the garrison to be hopelessly struggling for the
honor of Its flag, voluntarily and without au
thority, went, under fire, in an open boat to the
fort and, climbing through oneof its embrasures,
asked for Major Anderson and Insisted that he
should surrender a fort which it was palpably
imporalle that he could hold. Major Anderson
agreed to surrender on the use unni and con
dition* that had been offered him before hi*
works were battered down.
JOE JOaKSTOH'8 MODESTY.
Even in the few extracts given the bitter
uess of feeling which grew up between the
confederate leaders crops out, as seen in Mr.
Davis's defense of his conduct m relation to
the reinforcement of the confederate army
under General Joe Johnston at Manassas
This defense has the following referring to
the latter general:
Very little experience or a fair amount of mod
esty without any experience would serve "
* —v from announcing his conclusion ti—
1 be withdrawn from a place or places
*— Tiow mar “•—
ity for tin
JOHHSTOX, LEE. JACKSON.
The following references to the three
leading confederate generals do not of
course comprise Mr. Davis’s summary of
in them, bat
»urow_.tu..u „^. u e men tbemselvoc.
Wlf^roeneral Albert Sidney John: t in reached
Richmond he calico upon me and for several days
at various intervals we convened with the free
dom and confidence belonging to the ck*e friend
ship which had existed between us for many
years. Consequent upon a remark made by me,
be asked townatdnty I would assign him, and
when answered to serve in the west, he expressed
his pleasure at service in that ecctiou, but
Inquired bow he was to raise his command, and
far the first time learned that he had been
nominated and confirmed as a general in the
army of the confederacy.
The third. General Robert B. Lee, had been
commissioned by the state of Virginia as major
general and commander of her army When the
army was transferred, i fter the accession of Vir
glnla to the confederate state*, he was nominated
to be brigadier general in the confederate army,
bnt was lelt, for obvious reasons, in command ol
the forces in Virginia. After the seat of govern
ment was removed from Montgomery to Rich
mond the course of event* on the southern
Atlantic coast Induced me to direct Geueral Lee
to repair thither. Before leaving he said
that while he waft serving In Virgin’
he bad sever thought it needful to inquire eboi.
his rank, but now, when about te go into other
states and meet officers with whom he had not
been previous!} connected, he would like to be
informed upon that point. Under recent laws
authorizing appointments to higher grades than
that of his first commission he had been appointed
a fall general; but so wholly had his heart and
mind been coca « a ed to the public -entice *h
had not remembered. If he ever knew, of "
part of onr common cllmste I. this sorren- oc.on K to .uvearora „uu ,,,u ro trying to teach onr children a lie and I To th. proem,, me ,
tier to oocor? In a matter of tliLs kind, 1 states—that la, a controlling interest in I make 'em believe their fathers were nnfeel- I the confederate dead I offer iheeoosolation that
name* and dates are much more satisfactory 1 each road la held outside of the two ingmou,..r. to the shape of men, and | gTS&lf*&&££££
sw-aa cwnwralitU*. I atatAA The fart that the Georgia road h \ 9 U 9 enou 3 h liTil *£ io p« l ~f I« where their memories, enshrined in the hearts
than glittering generalities. j stale?, ineiaciinai we ueorgia roau | a thing and pay the impudent | of their neonle. will go down in tradition to nos
•. ‘ . , I has joined the procession ia not alarming slanderers for the privilege of being I terlty, immortalized t>7 valor in defense of home
The president get* bis coat-tails dusted I . * , . ^ .. • ■ ■ - - — • — • ••• » —■—•—
right in th. house of hi. slleged friend. *» the other b«td, are
Gotham i. always on hand to remind him «« ««*» good m the ch^gc. It baa pu
that the New York Tribune once remarked I into the pockets of Georgians who owned
that he was a felonious wretch. This is not 1 Georgia or Central stock, a large sum
patriotic soldier. General T. J. Jackson, whose
a bourbon funeral.
of money, most of which will
vestment in the state. Then again
Mias A sna Iticttiasos, itia staled, refused tho IcMe of the Georgia road has brought
to play Claude Melnotte at the last mo I a j Jonb , strong combination to protect
menL Her exenro is that the tight, are too ^ threatened interest* of the south
Ugbt tor.nythiofr TbU ~m« from ^ Atlantic porto-^f Charleston, Port
of experience. She should hare had ‘ h * I ltoJrali savannah, and even of Brunswick.
I Georgia is deeply interested in the
Both General Grant and General 8herman I prosperity of her great port, and she now
ire endeavoring to show that Whitelaw I a reasonable assurance that it will
Itoid wrote an acoount of a battle without I not sealed up to advance the interests
seeing IL We know nothing of the merits q[ Norfolk or 8ny other port. For, dis-
of the controeersy, hnt it is a mighty poor the ract8g a , ey may> theRtchmond
and Danville people are nnqneationahly
edltor that can't demolish two generals.
Tux Yorktown centennial celebration I interested in leesening the business ol
to to be a grand affair, and no efforts are I the south Atlantic porta and in increasing
to^be spared by the commissioners and I the business of Norfolk and Richmond,
tiro government to make it a memorable The new Augnsta alliance is, therefore, a
occasion. President Garfield has con-1 guarantee that Georgia should regard
seated to deliver an address, and Secre-1 with a favorable eye.
tary Blaino proposes to entertain the j Bat let it not be thought that the
French viaitots in a handsome manner. I Richmond and Danville combination is
It will constitute, together with the New wholly bad—not by any means. We
York exposition, a fitting celebration of are glad that its lines touch
final viotery and tiro return of peace. both Atlanta and Augusts, and
especially Atlanta. It has a broad and
Tn* trial of the nihiliet prisoners was I inviting field without interfering with
greatly shortened by their confession, the territory naturally tributary to the
and all of them have oeen sentenced te south Atlantic ports. It may gather in
death by hanging. Sophie Pieoffsky, the East Tenueseee road, or better still it
being of noble birth, her sentence goes mayibnihl the Georgia Western, and thus
Co the exar for confirmation. The court drain not only the central south, bnt the
wss only competent to sentence the trans-Misaiasippi country as well. In-
plebeians. The reference of the sentence stead of trying to draw the buainees of
in the case of the noble yonng tody to the the far sooth cast away from its natural
exar places the latter in a distressing I outlets, it should, and we believe will,
predicament; for the nihilists have noti- expend its wonderful resources and
fled him that the death of the lady revo-1 energies in attracting that part of the
lnlioniat will be offset by his own. I business of the central south and of the
• — I New Orleans district that naturally flows
Ijitl* Greece has been compelled to tow „j a Sew York. We would be glad
accept the boundary proffered by the I ^ ^ t j, e Richmond arul Danville road
ports and the powers. Thia line does I p Ut R, shoulders behind the Georgia
not include even Preveea, much less Western, and we i u n y believe that its
Janina and Metaovo. It does not include gr aighted managers will yet appreciate
any part of Epirus. The powers have ^ *,) vantages of onr new line to the
refused to carry out their promise mado ^^at r ; ver .
at Berlin, because that promise was made
to a power whose battalions are not Sksator Blair, of New Hampshire,
heavy enough to command their respect, said a few days ago in the Government
Greece conld not fight Turkey single- debating society: “The carpet-bag govern-
handed, and ao she has agreed to accept ‘‘meats were the best governments the
a slice of Thessaly, and will wait for ‘‘south ever had.” The New York Sun
the remainder. The weak of the Euro- shows in a compact table how good they
pean family generally have to do a great were between 1S6S and 1871. Its table is
deal of waiting. all-snflicient, and we give it without
■ farther comment
“Uxclk Rmrs" has been reprinted in
London, the English publisher being
Mr. David Bogus. The freshness and
genuine humor of the book pleases Eng
lish readers, and it' is the subject of
many articles. Even the .Sstnrdsy Re
view has a long and favorable notice of
the work. We give the concluding lines
ot that moet save go and unsparing of
literary journals:
To sum up, the stories, a* was wUd before,
should effect a complete revolution in the general
esUaatte and reputation ol the KabblL More
than this—they point to an Immense field open
lor thooe who are tu search of new chancier, new
scenery and new dialogue. The negro of the
southern its tee has hitherto only been saetehod.
never e:ud|cd, eevc perhaps by Mr. Leland in hie
excellent portrait of ••Kbcaesot.” Mr. Harris
shows that he ta toll ot carious stories, tradition*
and tuperatitloca. Bnt asyeino-me has collect
them and set them down. Only a Virginian
Indeed, or a Carolinian or Osorglon would be
competent to do m. because only ooe bora and
twoewht ap among the pooplo “hown and head In
de brier patch" could do J ostloe to their language,
know bow to get ot their traditions aad under-
stand their simple satire.
A xrmns from the census office
show* that nearly one-fifth of the people
of this country lire below 100 feet, i. e.,
•long the immediate seaboard and in the
swampy and allavtal regions of the south
more than two-fifths below 500 feet; more
than three-fonrtha below 1,000 feet, while
97 per cent live below 2,000 feet In the
are* below 500 feet nearly all the popula
tion to engaged in manufacturing and in
the culture of cotton, rice sad sugar. The
interval between the 500 and 1-500 con
tours comprise* the greater part of the
prairie states and the grain-producing
state# of the northwest East of the
ninety-eighth meridian the contour ot
1,500 feet is practically the upper limit of
population. The population between
2.000 and 5,000 feet is found mainly on
the slope of the great western plains.
Above 5,000 feet irrigation to almost nni
venally necessary for success in agricul
tural operations. The extensive settle-
menu *t the base of the mountains in
Colorado are mainly between 5,000 and
6.000 f-et The population to almost en
tirely engaged in mining, and the greater
part" of it is located in Colorado, New
Mexico, Nevada and California. The
elevation of tho population above
the sea to about 700 feet. The mean ele
vation of the surface of the United States
tms been estimated at 2^500 feet.
Blundered and insulted. Them t»how feller* 1 Aud martyrdom for liberty.
are bad ccn, and I’m clad the people of I Gcbjher a0,1880. Juruso* Datu.
- — - - * - .* .r. I Theetaie rights question xs naturally
%roie about it, it would been amazing im- I *{**“?“* r?rnSS? l nf^?mn*tha > hii^
pudence for them to bay “lets take the I JJT
.ookiug glass down south and let em look I JJJESUS 2S»JjSlSiii
in and see themselves and make em pay I ft®
for it,” but what kind of anb'ushing af-I the wo.k
frontery is it when they mould the mirror I argumentative portions,
iu a twist and shew us something that I the bight to secede.
looks like the devil incarnate and say its us J The right of aeeasloc—that subject which, be-
and make us psy to see it Where is Newt I jond all others, ignorance, p fjuaice and politi-
Tumlin? Where is John Branson? Where
ia General Toombs? Is there nobody to S^to^ed^rinSnSlnSeiiiSt of whathS
rise up and use lai guageand say something already been estzblbhed with rcsard to the his
appropriate? Hurrah for Griffin! 3 cheers I lory and principles ol the constitution. It is not
for Griffin. When she wants any more something •tandine apart by lowlf-a factious
tlie’hera robe cm^aT a Durans*? ^ ^
the beiu spile em for a purpose. I his Ideas ftom tbe political literature most
We had one good warm sunny I cunent of late years, so far from being sgslnst
day last week, and me and my tbe constitution or incompatible with it. we
little boy went a fishing. I b»vc toktumertthttoseerte B notpiuhlb-
to go sometimes to humortfce cbildren, just driSktS to tb?^lted P «IS It
like fond pn-ents go with, _ em to I re £*i D su refemxl to tbe itstn or the people,
the circus. Fishing is a good thing for fi I from whom all the powers ol tbe general govern-
man when he is tired or has the blues. It I meat were derived,
gives bim a cl aace to ruminate and ponder I .JJfSfffJ!?'
upon l.le and trouble and bis own short- “^j^vja^ta'SftSJSnSduS^I ttoel
comings, and it keeps him amused and | with tout to the right at ascasMan aad th*
*M,0SS,477 *ni,0M€5-l
Tub Greeks have very wisely accepted
tbe offers of Turkey, and have thus
avoided a hazardous war. Greece does
not get much over half the number of
square miles that the powers promised
her, bnt she gains nearly ail the fertile
territory embraced in the provision ot
the Berlin treaty. The new and accepted
boundary atarto from the .Egean three
miles south of Ptotamons, and passes
within six miles of Metaovo, in its course
to the golf of Arts. All of the fertile plain
of Thessaly, including the cities of
Larissa, Tnrnavo and Trikata, to trans
ferred to Greece. One hundred and
eighty thousand Christians and 20,000
Mussulmans are thus added to the
Grecian population. Greece can afford
to wait for Epirus, Crete, and all tbe
other territory of the sultan peopled with
Greeks.
Tbe neatbera Caltlvater.
Elbcrtoa New*
The May number of tbe Southern Culti
vator—tbe old stand by of tbe southern
farmer?—has been on our table for several
day* In h:s thought, for the month, the
of tor. having in previous cumbers folly
discussed tbe manuring t . .
land for octton. turn* his attention to the
planting of tb* crop. He alao advises the
sowing of com for fodder, his ear*- 1
being thst forage raised in this way is
times cheaper than northern hay. The
agricultural department has snides on
fvedieg experiments, bow to improve worn
land, artichoke*, a lyaimctrr snd what it
ahows. Japan clover (lespsdeaa strata) th*
ratio of stalks to shelled corn. English
sparrows, long staple versus short staple up
land cotton, miatakas in manuring analysis
of sorghum asad. dynamite for the removil
of stomps, selection of seed, sad when
plant com.
The stock department has article* on salt
log farm animals, fattening an old cow '
milk, errors In stock-raising, and dogs
sheep protect ora. Tbe dairy department 1
articles on inflamed udders, Aytnhin milk
yield*, some remarkable eows. and drying
ap a cow. Tbe poultry department has
article* on poultry raising, the production
of rgye. early chicken*, condiments for
poultry, and fowls for city yards,
wall/* was then on duty as dhmu commander
‘ the Shenandoah valley
3e was a West Virginian: and. though he had
not acquired the fame which subsequently shed
lustra upon his name, he potaeasM a well ‘
served coufidebce among the people of lhat
" .-s-e-s j daring iu me
intensely anxious to guard' his 6 beloved
tains of Virginia. This, stimulating his
duty,
This, stimulating his
devotion to the general welfare of the confeder
acy, induced him to desire to march against tbe
d Virginia. It was decided to adopt his
proposition, indorsed by the oo - mender of the
brigade, then in the army of the l’otomac, was
selected ss a part of the command with which he
was to make the campaign.
FORSYTH’S FIRE.
occasionaffy—time to think. The good I^Silontoffi^orthoftothSxtioSSndeeS^Md
book says “the wisdom of a learned man I purpose of direct coercion was disclaimed by
comethjby opportunity of leisure,” How can I nearly ail. If presented at all It was In the delu-
he pet wisdom that holdeth the plow. He ihre and ambignous gntoe of “the exertion of
riveth his mind to make furrows and is ££>** an? “protection of the public prop-
diligent to give the kine fodder, And so >• HORAC* AtiU HORATIO.
with the carpenter and workmaster, and r ,
they who cat and grave seals and watch to tl^mwS^wSSSSdita ttadSSoS^fsm
finish their work Tbe smith A so who I—had said, soon after the result cf that election
sitteth by the anvil and fighteth with the I was ascertained, with reference to secearioo:
heat of tbe fur.ace while the noise of the “We hold, with Jefferson, to the inalienable
■■ ■ - -- right of communities to alter or abolish form* of
government that have become oppressive or In-
urious, and, if the cotton states shall decide that
hey ran do better out of the union than in it, we
Insist on letting them go lu peace The right to
accede may be a revolutionary right, but it exists
everthcless, and we do not see why one parly
an have a right to do what another party has a
right to prevent. We must ever resist the assert
ed right of any state to remain in the union and
nullify or defy the laws thereof: to
from the union ia quite another ma1
whenever a considerable section of i
hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears
and eyea look upon the pattern of the thing
that he maketh. All these trust in thrir
hands and are wise in their work and with
out them the city cannot be inhabited, but
they shall not set on tbe judge's aeat
nor be found where parables are spoken.”
1 reckon that most be tbe reason why ao
many young men will not go to fanning or
mechanical employment. They want to
ai: on the judges seat That’s all very well
if there was Mata enough foreman, but
there aint and ao I think they had better
draw straws for tbe seats gnd let the balance
try standing or walking after tbe plow
awhile. They can find time toco a fishing
when the ground is too wet to plow and it
■here is any gum in em it will work out
A man can* watch the cork and think too.
Fiahing ia just like buipsn life. Most every
body has got a book baited with topiething
and there's always aptuaelof simpletons
ready to bite at p worm whether there is a
book ir it pr not. That’s common—very
common, but ever and anon theres some
feller* going around with a seine ora
drag net who pre not satisfied unless they
gobble up things by wholesale—like these
corporations and speculators and syndi
cates. That aint toting fair and thty shant
fish in my creek if I can help it kours.
Bill Arp.
in. We hope never to live in a republic whereof
-ae rectk>n is pinned to the other by bayonets.”
The only liberty taken with this extract has
-ten lhat of presenting certaix
ialia. Nothlug that has been ql
iiton.or Madison, or MarahaU, or John Quincy
* -*—s, more emphaf^' " - — * ■ ■
it to restrain or
Its free choice.
At the same meeting ex-Govcror Horatio 8e
mopr arked the question—on which subsequent
events have cast their own commentary—whethe.
‘tucce-sfol coercion ty the north ia leas revolu
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
These are thirteen Csh ponds in LaGrange.
A grarob store is to be opened In Elberton.
But lew peaches in Sumter county expected.
Good stands of wheat and oats In Elbert county
Ter Decatur county spring fair opens on May
10.
^ Mosers county has a flourishing farmer's
i he oat crop in Ware county ta said to be a
failure.
Cottos planting going on briskly in Sumter
ooonty.
Xokthkrx hay U selling In Albany at 1160 per
bandied.
Tee wheat harvest about Dublin will be a slim
as next fall.
Seed potatoes, on acoount el rotting, fcarce in
Elbert county.
N creeks of sheep are being killed by dogs in
Sumter coonty.
The frail crop in Putnam county, it U feared,
is been killed.
The damage to trait in Biker county is sup-
poeed to be fight.
Large quantities of northern hay are being
have to be planted o
Fauras in Mace:
corn before are at It n
ooonty who never bought
well.
Cattle in nae tortious of Putnam county are
dying foe the want of food.
about three hundred mortgages have been
recorded tn Lowndes county.
The farmers of Putnam county are behind in
never known ia Dade county.
A bout one half of the porn crop of Talbot ooun
Vj will have to be otanted over.
Tax oat crop of Wilkes coouty ia leas promising
Hcbdsxds of a
i in Colombia county
, of com in Colt
are bong plowed up and replanted.
More Irish potatoes have been planted in
Albany «*» ta »p" n y than ever before.
It is feared that the fruit crop of Wilkes county
is gone. But few farmers have planted ooooo.
Mo*aos county ta tn debt for guano, mules,
cam. floor, bay. bacon and dry goods to about
SJC0 OOOl
The people e* Burke eon
attention to fruit culture
yiazs before.
Mart farmers in Stewart ooonty bad to plant
over. Farming lathe county
A fibs opening on pretty much any of the
^rmihg lands of Georgia for farmers to niae
«*•_ A-“’■JKyXS' 1
without wttitni comas tatff
before the
Mb. Job Bran*, ef Oglethorpe county, does
not ha* his guano, bnt tabus stall for ertry
kof stock on hta farm, even down ip the
or leaves and when this is rotted be fma In a
lever of oottco seed- Be thus alternates until
r - — lu- has an abundance of the best
tioosry than successful recession by tbe
shall we prevent revolution (he added) by being
foremost in overthrowing the principles of onr
government and ail that makes it valuable to our
people sod distinguishes it among the nations of
Defective Blldebraiul firing* the In*
cendiarles to Joatlce.
In response to a telegram from the mayor
of Forayth, Detective Jones of this city
visited that place Sunday morning last for
the purpose of attempting to catch the
tries who fired (he town the night
S revioua- With Mr. Jones was Mr. John
[ildebrand, one of his assistants, to whom
the case was givtu after all the facts relative
thereto had been ascertained. After a
searching investigation Hildebrand became
convinced that West Pye and Steve
Wynn, two negro boys, were
responsible for the fire and
therefore they were arrested and
ailed. At first they denied any
tnowiedge of the crime but after
a short confinement Wynn confi
his guilt and Implicated Pye. He said that
about two weeks ago he and Pye made an
agreement to burn the town, hoping thereby
to enrich themselves, and that Saturday
night last was the time designated for the
deed. About 12 o'clock that night they met
and going to the rear of a wooden build
ing occupied as a saloon, piled
bundle o straw under the floor.
They then parleyed quite a while about
lighting the match, each wanting the other
to do the work. Finally a compromise was
effected by each agreeing to strike a match
at the same time. The agreement was exe
cuted and quite a fire was the result. With
this confession as evidence Pye was given
a preliminary trial yesterday, and in de
fault of bond committed to jail.
When Wynn’s confession was
made known threats of lynch
ing were freely indi Iged in, and at one time
it was thought that the prisoners would
have to be removed from the county to
prevent further violation of the law; but
the law-abiding citizens prevailed, and at
present the prisoners are secure in the Mon-
—« county tail.
Much credit ia due Detectives Jones and
Hildebrand for their prompt and efficient
work upon this occasion.
NEW WAY TO CUT TEETH.
UIMTM;
It would be as brutal, in xaj opinion, to send
men to butcher our owu brothers of the southern
state* as it would be to manure them lathe
northern stales. We are told, however, that it is
'ur duty to and we must enforce the lews. But
hy—and what laws are to be enforced? There
.. ere laws that were to be enforced in the time of
the American revolution. • • • Did Lord
Chatham ko for enforcing those laws? No: he
gloried in d-fenaeof the liberties of America. He
made that memorable declaration in the British
parliament, ‘if 1 were an American citizen instead
of being, as I am. an Englishman. I never would
submit to such laws—never, never, never!
hat in their estimate of the proprieiy
__ the recession of the southern
states, but all agreeing in emphatic and unquali
fied reprobation of the Idea rrrr *-
of conciliatory resolution*
which declares that “civil war will £ot ’restore
tbe onion, bat will defeat forever its recomtroo-
m.“
A RBSOKAL EXPLANATION.
From theory we oome to practice. Of his
course during the exciting days of January,
1861, he says:
Alter the legislature of Miminippl had enacted
a law for a convention which, representing the
I sovereignty of the state, should consider the pro
priety of passing an ordinance to resume the
grants made to the general government and
the nnloo, L as a United States
Ltiir.ed my position In
HP every practicable mode
Ito obtain such measures as would allay the
excitement and afford to the south such security
as would prevent tbe final step—the ordinance of
■eeeMkm from thefunion.
When the last hope of preserving the union on
khe coastitu'lon was extinguished and theozdil
nance of secession was enacted oy the convention
Inf Misslwippi. which waa the highest authority
known under our farm of government, the qaes-
Ltion of the expediency of adopting that remedy
waanoloogtr open to inquiry ty one who ae J
knowledgea his allegiance as doe to the state o#
I which he was a citizen. To evade the responsibii*
I itka resulting from the decree of his sovereign*
he people, would be craven; to resist it would bJ
treason. The instinct* and affections of the dti-1
zens of Mimiarippi led them with great unanimity
U> the duty of maiaU-ttfcxs mad defending their
state, without pausing to *«k what would be the
consequence* of refuairgobedlet.ee t>it* man
date. A like feeling pervaded aU of the seceding
crate*, and it was not only for the military service
out for erecy service which would strengthen and
Secession was now launched, and an ex
tract gives the new president’s reasons for
choosing the members of bis cabinet. But
as showing the alacrity with which the con
federacy set about resisting “northern
coercion,” and the views of tbe leaders upon
the conduct of certain naval officers who
brought their ship* back to Unde Sam be
fore putting on the confederate gray:
what is honor?
On tb* third day after my Inauguration at
Montgomery an officer of extensive information
and high capacity waa sent to the north to zrgks
purchases ol arm*. ammunition and
machlnery;aadaocn afterward another officer
was a*ot to Europe to boy tilts* ssAzket gs fgr ss
powible. sad, furthermore to make contracts for
am* and munition* to be manufactured, cap-
ala !S«T**a!« *ffa*lral) Srauw*. roe c-—
wbo was scat to the north, would have
quito successful bnt for the Intervention c
aril.utooriUM,prerrattiif tieiriixtjTt*
•niton* Article. oootrarteU for. TheoSeawbo
XUH» u> to**.Major Hut, Ignxl fowier-
Tioeable arms span th* market. He. however,
succeeded in contracts for the manatee-
tuXAOtlAipeauAaUlltf. befoefondrase*ol the
t Ao to* gottfea tw«np«cl tejhe
i : .'--—Sr
rv.'-.r - w -= rial- :o tie =3^
fd the rbH ‘t wi
CaptaSTsemme* bad also been directed to seek
(or rwcri which would serr^ for
and. affer bis return reported tisiMHHi
find any rebels srfcirh m his judgment W?re. pr
could be made, available toe.onr naaa, Tbe
southern rffleen of the navy wbojMM
razii U United states
i abroad, node: an
THE TIGER’S CREW
Nrw York, April 14 -On tost Frid*j the
steamship Nebo of Sunderland, England,
Captain John R. Gordon, from Rio Janeiro,
which arrived here last Monday, sighted a
bark making signals of distress. She stopped
and waited for a boat from the bark, which
proved to be the Tiger, Captain Krieeer, a
German vessel laden with salt, one hundred
and tweuty-five days out from Liverpool
and bound for Baltimore. The crew had
been for many days without waler or food
and were in a starring condition. The three
men in the boat which pulled toward tbe
Nebo were the captain, mate and boatswain,
of the German bark. All three were greatly
excited and were exhausted. When at
length they brought their little craft along
side they were too weak to mount unaided
the ladder which was lowered to them.
Two of them—the captain and the mat*—
were assisted over the aide of the Nebo
The third, the boatswain, a man advanced
in years, lay in the bottom of the small
boat, incapable of making the exertion
necessary to board the steamer. As tb*
boat approached, Captain Gordon had called
out, asking what was the matter. In an
swer the shaggy skin of a dog was waved, a
bucket was held up and a voice ie-
piied: “We’re starving!” When the
captain and the mate of the Tiger
came on board it was learned that the crew
of the Germau bark had been for nine days
without water, and that a month previous
uuitiing had been left to them in the way
of ordinary food bat u quantity of peas,
which they had soaked in water snd eaten
sparingly. The crew consisted of the cap
tain, mate and eleven men. Eight days
previously they had killed the captain’s
Newfoundland dog. This.had lasted as food
for three days. 8mce that time they had
nothing but linseed oil to appease their hun
ger. They had cut narrow strips from the
tops of their leather bex-ts, soaked them in
the oil and chewed ou the tough substance.
Linseed oil had been used because the laid
oil had run out for several weeks. They
hau no lights, and were unable to see the
compass at night. They had relied upon
the stars to mark the course during the
hours of darkness. The three rescuea men
were in a terribly emaciated oondition. All
of them spoke English. The captain and
mate as they reached the deck of the
Nebo begged piteously for food. Cap-
~iin Gordon gave them biscuit and coffee.
hicli they devoured ravenously. Onlv a
little was given them at first for fear ot ill
consequences The boatswain meantime
was crying for f jod, as he lay helplessly in
tbe boat below. A biscuit and a pot of
coffee was lowered to him. He drank the
coffee from the spout of the pot, his hauds
trembling so that he could hardly bold the
utensil, and devoured the bread. Ho be
came sickened a lew minutes later, his
weak stomach being unable to bear the
strong luod No iiue was lost getting to
the aid ol tnosv who were left on board the
bark. None of these had been brought
along lor fear that they would be carried
away by the vision of plenty and comfoit
on board the Ntho, nod would refuse to
return to their own craft, wh ch was only
180 miles distant from her destination.
SeAutau James Oliver, an Englishman and
a rugged tar fifty years of age, was seat back
io the boat with a bag of bread, a tierce of
teef, fifty galiottaof water, cans of bouillon,
soups at;d meats, peay, beaus, butter and
lard—altogether about a month’s stores—
and started olf When we came up to the
ously. Bob Lack laud and wife and three
children were completely covered up in the
debris of their falling house, all escaping
unhurt save the wife, who is probably
fatally injured. Several houses on Danna s
place, including his residence, were swept
away, seriously injuring his sister and a
colored man.
The details embrace names of lever notes
in many the occupants making narrow ea
capes. The storm swept on i s course, until
cruising a creek bottom, when it struck
Ben Harrell’s house, instantly killing Mr.
Harrell. His wife and children escaped
uninjured.
The full force of the storm is defined in a
track about one hundred yards wide, and
household effects, goods and farming
implements lie scattered ir. its wske. Sheriff
Sikes Johnston -was unkorsed, tbe animal
being taken up by the wind and hurled
to the ground with such force as to break its
air . Glenn reports seeing a man high in
the air, who has cot since b^en heard from.
Several persons ore reported missing. Men
were blow:-, about like chaff, several re
ceivirg severe injuries by violent contact
with stump*, trees ami lining timbers.
Farms that lay in the course of the cyclone
were completely ruined, presenting a per
fect picture of desolation.
Dr. A. D. Lauderdale, who was wounded
by the blowing down of bis bouse on Tues
day near Hernando, Mississippi, died
yesterday. The same cyclone passed
the neighborhood of Commerce, Mississippi,
destroying cotton-gins, cabins, trees,
fences. etc. Mr. D. W. Fiy’s
store, at Commerce, was unroofed and the
stock of goods damaged by water to the
extent of $3,000.
CONDENSED FOR THE WEEKLY.
Washington Affsirt-Miscsllanscui Items of Nota
ble Eveati—Ta* Developments ia Other
Countries—Local Intelligence.
The West Point Taken In.
Augusta. April 16.—The syndicate con
sisting of Messrs. Wad ley, Sloan aud Taylor
have purchased a controlling interest iu
tbe Atlanta and West Point railroad stock.
It was sold at $160 per share. This gives
the Louisville and Nashville and Central
railroad connections the principal south
Atlantic and gulf ports, embracing Charles
ton, Savannah, Pensacola, Mobile, New
Orleans, aud inland cities for western
freights.
Georgia railroad stock to-day was firm,
with sales at 154. The Central was excited
and fluctuated. It opened at 134, advanced
144 and dropped to 142, at which it closed
weak.
SHORT SKETCHES.
A Lady Swallows a False Set, and They
Crop Out or Her Body Years After,
Port Jervis, N. Y., April 13.—A most
remarkable story comes from Middleton,
Orange county. A maiden lady at that
place on the 5th of January, 1869, swallowed
a new set of faLe teeth, which became
separated from tbe rubber mold in which
they had keen set while masticating her
food. Before khe could «1ect the food from
her mouth her teeth baa gone down into
her stomach. The family physician was
summoned, but all hia efforts were una
vailing. The teeth caused her no discom
fort, and in a short time the matter was
entirely forgotten.
A few days ago Miss Cole, the lady in
question, felt a sharp pain near the left
shoulder, and upon examining tne spot
found what appeared like a wen under the
akin. With the aid of a penknife she ex
tracted a hard substance, which proved to
be a tooth. At a loss to know how the tooth
came to be in f-uch an unusual spot, khe
suddenly recollected that she had,
twelve years ago, swallowed her set
of teeth. Daring the past four days
the lady has been cutting teeth
all over her body and bad, at last accounts,
recovered twelve of the|fourteen teeth that
had formerly constituted her full set. 8he
is anxiously awaiting the other two. 8be
has placed the teeth ip a glass cate and will
keep them as a memento
Tbe Cotton Exposition.
Chicago In ter Ooeaxi.
At the coming Atlanta cotton exposition it __
intended to have the president of the occasion
arrayed in a suit of clothes tasde of cotton which
thered in the fields the day previous. The
g, ginning, spinning and weaving to be
n the presence cf a committee. Thecxpo-
cf Atlanta gives promise of large success.
It ta Jnzt such ebnuct with the outside wsrld that
the people of the south needs, not only to build
op their commerce, bat to better appreciate the
fact the best interest of the south are ideal!
cal with thooe of the peopfe of the entire nation.
Chattanooga Times.
It is encouraging to observe the increasing in
terest man lit* tod fu the gipat cotton exhibition
to be held in Atlanta next fall. The whole
civilized world seems to te -----
thing ta certain, it will be
ia America. It ta tine, it.
the largest number ol spectators, but
the greatest number of substantial representative*
ol aolhflnUrtAU ip*p tt>li5>r *oj oiier oouptra
hu tm known ou *dt r<y*rion. It would ‘
idle to attempt an estimate of the lnlluei.ee
will yield on the culture and manufacture
cotton in the sooth. By the way, the interest
Tiger, said Oliver, the whole crew was
hanging over the aide. Three of the
youngest, who had pegged out and laid up
for a week, were out with
rest. The mate went up first, _
pushing him. He held on to the ladder
with his hands, aud munched on a cracker
which he held iu his mouth. Three or four
of tbe men made a grab at tbe cracker, and
one of ibe three sick men got it 1 shoved
up the bag of breed after the mate. It
must have weighed seventy or eighty
pounds. They all reached out to get it and
being eager and clumsy they missed
it and it was near falling over
board. They set up a howl but
I caught it. One piece fell out into the
bottom of the boat aud got wet and dirty.
I took it upaud was going to throw it over*
board, but they cried, “Don’t,” “Don’t.”
“Give it here.” I tossed it up and a man
caught it and devoured it. As the provisions
were got aboard the mate aud carpenter
of the Tiger stood guard on them. The
water I took ou was iu a barrel and in the
bucket they brought to U3. When this
bucket full of fresh water was put on board
the Tiger it was grabbed by the whole crew.
One tuau got hia head in it and never gwt it
out until between him and the others the
bucket was emptied.
All the provisions being got on board
they were locked up iu the cabin by the
mate and rations were served out.
Edward Habtrland, one>of the crewof the
Nebo, a German, says that the mate of the
Tiger told tiim that ou Thursday, the day
beicre the bark fell iu with the steamer.
Captain Krieger, addressing the crew, said
that he would kill himself. “Boys,” hesaid,
“we can’t stand this much longer, and to
save you all I am willing to die.” He held
hia revolver in his hand as Le spoke. The
mate dissuaded him from hia evident deter
mination, pleading with him to wait and see
what another day would bring. The cap
tain’s Newfoundland dog. a pet of his mas
ter, had succumbed to the lack of food
seven days before the bark fell in with the
Nebo. Fearing that the animal would die,
the crew had asked permission of the cap
tain to kill him, and he had reluctantly
given his concent. The dog waa killed and
the crew subsisted ou his flesh for three
days. The captain attempted to eat
this food but his stomach revolted and he
did not touch it a second time. Captain
Krieger had also another pet, a cat, which
the crew had determined to kill ou the
morning the Nebo was met “I meant to
have brought off this cat,” says Seaman
Oliver, “but I forgot it. I thought it would
kill the rats, which are a plague aboard thia
*>hip, and it would have been a blessed thing
for the cat, for it was starved aud misera
ble.”
When the provisions from the Nebo had
been shipped the Tiger started for Balti
more. The wind being favorable sbe should
reach that port early this week. Fourteen
weeks ego khe had come in sight of Cape
Heury, but contrary gales had blown her
out of her couree and she bad been beating
about evfir since. She was covered with
barnacles, filthy and slightly aleak, and i
rough weather wai almost unmanagable.
of
. «•
nlse It* lmuortance, sad *-e not slow ia snowing
substantial appreciation oflt
Progress ta the Word,
Camming Clarion.
Captain E. P. Howell, ol Thr Atlanta Const:
tutioe. baa been showing Gath, one of the ablest
.COUTOT.UOD with UMH. Mr. BoweUrald:
are now doing oar best to repair the mistakes
the past and give ourselves manufactures. Yet,
it i*a hard Ibh g to get our te
old rats.” 4>r»« ln H struck
Ills to be hoped that he will be able
#>«'to find abundant oil Wfcat is
j-tiling else Is the filling
l mts in forming
'titics. habits, of every kind so that the o
iptovemeat will southward rake its course —
longs* oar people remain in the old ruts they
wilTbetaewcnot womI *nO dr»»en ol »*•.*? '
fto^Mra tato, oottt, tut »nJ «*. Tu*
l.nta Co.Mriicno* Mt the trample In journal-
Under its present msnsgt-ment it scaled
y of the old ruts, struck ost in man) liberal
bnt conservative and progressive . paths which
have made it a poorer W theTshdr-a KteeaMp*
and manly voids spoken by Captain Howell,
words that should be bee<kd by eTery southerner.
•There is in a bottle at Cox, Hill A Thomp*
two bugs about au tuch loug Uuti ought io
luterest the fish culturists o! Georgia.
They were caught by Mr. Hii&in Cox iu
'*■ '*— farm, aud are probably
the fish have. For some
time Mr. Cox has noticed that the fish lrad
decreased lu number very rapidly, auu Duds the
explanation in these bugs, it is uncertain how
the bogs s'.iacx tne fish. They are exceedingly
active and daring aud the old story is that they
fasten thunaclves on a perch, for lustauo-, aud
alter eating his tail away ao tnat he cannot stet r
himself utterly destroy him. Another story is
that they are voracious feeders ou the rpewu of
the fish, and thus eat out the increase. Another
is lhat they lay a great quantity ot eggs which
hatch a mam o: little worms that float through the
water as lu.utioraand fasten liHUellcth of wuct
ever fish passes them, killing it as toey grow iu
size. At any rate they are deadly enemies of the
fish and a few ol them in a noml uxake sad havoc
the April iraa: show in Fuitou market 1 saw a
pie ot these bugs labeled “the enemies cf pond
, aud made the center of a serious crowd t* 1
turists. Any Information uu the subject t
these bugs will be received gratefull; at thet
headquarters—lor the crop is now a Gcorgi
production and must be protected accordingly.
1 met Colonel West, of Cedartowu. the other
day in the Citizens* bank. A ruddy, determined
face—an enormous frame, loosely, nut strongly
put together—hair cut short, and of that suyui*
iron gray color—a manner at once affable aud
decisive, in keeping with the smiling mouth aud
the heavily set jaws-those are the characteristics
the northerner who has invested more money
Georgia. I believe, than any man that h-is
crossed the line. 1 asked him how much money
had dropped in Cherokee Georgia.
New Things in Ueorglm.
New Orleans Times.
Georgia is by far tbe newest state in the whole
south—with the possible exception of Texes.
There is au essential difference, however, between
wild soil, the newness of Georgia is the
abundant and reliable crop on a domest
and cultivated solL Texas is a great proouclug
state; Georgia is rapidly becoming a great m>r
tectu ring state. Immense smoke-stacks loom
grimy msjesty at several points in Georgia where,
erstwhile, tbe rural wagon maker, leisurely
shavitig the oak spoke wherewitn
‘ > mend the wheel of the v
racked oxc<rt. was the only manuls
lost in the solitude of his own origiuslity." The
immense manufacturing establishments at Ate
laota. Augusta, and one or two other points are
nothing less than sermons fulminated by great
practical conclusion, the sued _
manufacturing establishments of Georgia is „
new declaration of independence, not slgnilying
revolt bnt yet pressgiug revolution.
Five Hungs are essential to permanently suc
cessful manufactories to-wit:
1. A market for the goods manufactured.
2. Capital to establish manufactories.
3. Tbe cheapest possible avenues from _
fsc ory to the retail store where the manufac
tured goods are to)d
1. Tho cheapest possible avenues from what
MB4 of thtse essential* certainly may
found at any given point
Atlanta and Augusta have managed to bridge
the chasm between the filth condition and tne
preceding four- The consequence U a develop
ment which astonishes all who visit those placet
—not to much by reason of tbe results already
accomplished as by the results yet to oome, the I
ap. roach of which can hardly escape the attention
of the most careless observer. Georgia has now a
secure future as a manufacturing state. It does
not follow that every town in the south should at
once erect great manufacturing establishments; |
but it does follow that a great many other towns I
might erect such establishments and operate
them profitably—towns which have now nothing
of the kind aud arc filled w*th an infinite host of
lers theory and the consequence must provoke
the sincere admiration and the hearty emulation
* —* gulf states Geo|gi»
cf all their neighbors in i
is not afraid of new things because they are new
nor in love with old things because they are oi l.
Therefore Georgia prospers exceedingly.
THE MISSISSIPPI STORM.
A Uarratrjag ttc«ae of Destrpetl
New Orleans, April 15.—The Times
the following special: Hot Springs. Ark..
April 15—During a thunder storm list
Wedresdsy Dallas Alexander, a young
farmer living pear here, wqs instantly
killed b7 lightning.
By ley s si cam cotton gra waa torn
fragments, and a wagon and team, together
with the driver, were blown tome distance
into a ravine. A blacksmith shop close by
wss blown half a mile away. Frank How
ard’s house was carrii d nearly fifty yards,
several of the inmates being slightly injured.
L. Robertson's bouse was torn completely
down. No one injured. A woman named
Eliza Coons was killed by the destruction
of John Hunter’s cabin.. Two children also
in the cabin were fatally itjured. The
cabin was blown down by the Minds, and
then crushed by falling trees.
Don GIcon's bom? waa dezsclisbedi iti
which one child was killed, aad himself
and wife seriously injured. Mrs. Hum
phreys* bouse waa literally swept away, in
which two persons were it jored, not aeri-
GENERAL NEWS
WASHINGTON.
The city is raving over Bernhardt.
Georgia republicans are still fighting the
Lougsireet nomination.
M. E Thornton, of Atlanta, gels a clerk-
shin in the pension office.
There will be some fifteen or more con
tested seats in the 47th cocpresa.
It costs$50,000 a year to jot down the re
marks of the congressmen.
President Garfield will deliver an eddies*
at the laying of the corner-stone of the
Yorktofrn monument in October.
An exciting debate in the senate on tbe
13 b, between Hill, Mahone and Don
Cameron.
Mhrdial Fitzdmona sends in his resigna
tion to take effect when his successor shall
be qualified.
The testimony in behalf of Mrs. Chris-
tiancy, in the divorce suit brought against
her by her husband, has been commenced
btfore the examiner.
ri.LANEOUB.
Sitf ; r;' Boil arranged to surrender.
A heavy snow storm in Minnesota April
The Chicago Times claims a circulation
of 60,000.
General M. W. Gary, of Edgefield, 8. C..
died April 9th.
Heavy snow in the Catskill mountains,
New York, April 9th.
A heavy shock of earthquake has been
felt at Ban Francisco.
Two electric light companies have been
organized in New York.
William H. Vanderbilt’s property is esti
mated at $125,000,000
The street car drivers of Cincinnati have
organized a union.
Iowa’s butter and cheese products lost
year was worth $19,000 000.
Grave robbe-rs iu Plain City, Ohio, nu-
earthed a coffin with a torpedo.
The mayors of ten of the largest cities in
the Uoited States are democrats.
Ab Luck, a Chinaman, was hung at Ne
vada City for murder, April 8tb.
interpellation, said: Tbe state of affairs
on the Tunisian frontier was intolerable.
The government he declared intended to
chastise the marauders and take steps to
prevent the recurrence of their aggressions.
Continuing, hesaid, France does not desire
conquest, but intend to save the future of
Algeria. We shall go a* far as necessary
to secure that future, at d when the cham
ber reassembles we will render tbe
account of our conduce An order of the
day expressing confidence in tho govern
ment was then adopted by a vote of 339 to
13L
The senate had adjourned until May
12th.
London, April 13.—The Morning Post
t-ays it is believed that news bas been re
ceived from the east justifying the hope of
a peaceful settlement. The same journal
slates thatM. Goschen, ambassador to Tur
key, will return to England in the course of
the present month. Lord Dufferin is pro
ceeding to Constantinople to take up the
threads of the negotiations where M.
Goschen left them.
A Constantinople dispatch says the porte
has addressed a circular to the powers ex-
S rtsMPR the hope that the measures taken
y France in Africa will be limited to the
defense of her own frontier, and declaring
that the bey will re-establish order and
prevent a renewal of the incursions of the
tribes.
St. Petersburg, April 11.—In the trial of
the nihilists implicated in the assassination
of the late czsr, which commenced on the
7lb, after the reading of the indictment was
concluded, the president of the court asked
tbe prisoners in turn whether thev wished
supply of wood
•You are asushed with your investment'
•There la no better section for investment in
the country, te there?”
I think not. I prospected for over two years
before I selected it, and saw nearly oil the min-
After staying there some time, I determined
get me a new plant * * * “ * “
in Cedartowu. Thave never regretted my choice.
There te plenty of iron, wood, water and Ume-
— _ pi
ant In social life, you have about all I care fc
t your investment raised the value of
property in Polk?”
“1 suppose so. 1
the people had no idea of the mineral value ol
their lands. Everything has put ou its arable
value snd sold ss plantations, snd not sa mines.
1 wss exsmlning oue plsutation, and the owner
insisted on showing me *11 the low grounds snd
rich fields. I tried to lesd himun on the hills
where the ore wss, but he kept me swsy,. ssying
thst the hills were rocky stid fit lor nothing, lie
explained however, thst there were not many
rocks on the place, little understanding thst
the rocks were the very things thst I was after.
They underatsbd now pretty thoroughly what
of capital to Georgia iu the next year?”
‘•Ido. I receive letters almost dally from cap-
alistsm the north, asking for safe investments
in tho south There te the liveliest Interest
in all southern enterprises, and we shall
the times continue favorable, an abundaut
stream of capital will be pot
tion and developing its now
Mile Sara Bernhardt bad a congestive
chill in Tbiladelphia, April 13th.
Mrs. Garfield has secured a cook for the
white house at $1,800 per annum.
Five thousand tons of ice are to be ship
ped from Maine to India next summer.
Mr. Motes A Dow, the publisher of the
Waverly Magazine, of Boston, is 71 years
« ld -
it is estimated that there are over L,2> 0
trotting horses in training in the United
States. _ .
The readjusters convention at Harrison
burg. Vo., April 9, indorse MaboneV
G.over’s Gap, Mariou county. West Vir
ginia, is painstricheu ou account of the
smallpox.
Colonel I. W. Avery, has ready for the
. ret?, a history of the past twenty five years
of Georgia.
Daring the last yeer the increase of cap
tnl invested ia farming is estimated at
$416.600,000.
Citizens of Petersburg, Va., propose qiv
itig gold headed canes to Senators lieu Hill
uud Voorheea.
There is an increase of nearly 4 per cent
In the area towu iu winter wheat in the
ii«ed States. .
Dr Smart Robinson resigns his position
i pastor of the Second Presbyterian church
uf Louisville, Ky.
Ou the 6Ji of this month at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, the ground was frizen ti> the
depth of three feet
Ex Uuited Stales Attorney General Devens
has been appointed to the supreme court
bench ef Massachusetts.
A case concerning some real estate in
Jersey couuty. III, was decided in court
lust week after 76 years litigation.
Arthur Foster, a New England student at
Lawrence, Mas-., was&uoi aud killed while
robbing the hou&e of Abriel Wilson.
The Applctons expect to publish 150,
000 copies of Jefferson Davis’s “Rise and
Fall of the Confederate Government.”
A hurricane from Commerce to Hernan
do, Mississippi, destroyed houses, forests
bridges, aud fences, also killing 4 persons
Governor Holliday, of Virginia, will let
Lucinda Fawkles, of Richmond, hang on
the 22d iuet, for the murder of her hus
band.
B. M. Back, cadet at West Point front
Texas, charged with shooting J. G. Thomp
son, of Ohio, has just been tried andac
quited.
Great suffering has been caused in Dakota
by the oveiflow ot the Missouri; huodreds
ot miles were submerged oy water aud
heavy masses of ice.
Lttnd Commissioner Coffin of the St
Louis and San Francbco railroad, has jns:
closed the sale of 138,000 acres of land iu
Barry couuty, Missouri.
Sergeant Bates who acquired notiriety by
matchiug through the southern states bear
ing the American Hzg, ta dying in abject
poverty in Say brook, Illinois.
Miss Hattie Deuell, the fasting girl of
Iowa, died the 12th. Her body was exam
ined after death; it weighed forty pounds,
and not a drop of blood was found in her
hotly.
Before the adjournment of the United
States circuit court, Saturday, the bar passed
complimentary resolutions to. Judge R A.
Hill,of Mississippi, who has been presiding
this term. The judge responded in a very
happy manner.
OoL West expressed the hope that the Georgia
way and they come within
of me 1 will build out to meet them.
i dozen miles
THE DISASTER AT CHIO;
Tbe Most Stupendous Tragedy or tbe
Age.
London. April 16.—A correspondent of tho
Times stChio rays: “I have now made from per
sonal observation, and with the help of others,
pretty thorough canvass of tho state o! affairs
through the island. Tbe total number of the
dead te scarcely less than 4 OCX), although some
aUowa nee msy le due to the Let that immedi
ately alter tbe diraster many per? cr.s cros-ed to
the main land. Borneo! those now ate reported
wrecked, hardly a single house being
left standing. The center of the volcanic
action seems to have been near Nevita,
overlooking Wegato bay, on the east
where 300 persons perished out ol a j»o r t
of 1.3u0; at Bounos v6 perished out of a popula
tion ot 600: at Fbllltte Go out of ZVJ; at Klamonil
tooutoi 1.500; at Aunllia 0 out of 600, aud at
.Kinri ISO out of 460 On the western side
M the bland, at Misti, many of tbe housi
but nobody wss killed. At Lett .
persons killed oat of 000; Arememls, 40 out of
severely. Other towns were severely shsken.
not in ruins. The department of Ohio
ms southeast of it suffered most of alL
Kallim-s&la te simply a man of rutns sod it te
difficult to distinguish one house from another. I
cannot oooceive how any oonslderablo number
outor- -• ^
ly. Seven of tne principal ones, contain
ing 8,57.' people, are believed to have lost 1,127
dead. At lea** nlno-tenths of tbe houses in the
southern and southeastern portions of the island
must be rebuilt or repaired The people are now
tenting out and there is great need of food and
shelter. The northern part requires help bnt to a
less extent T hose severely wounded are nearly
all being Drought to Cnlo by the men from the
.. ^ ^ —*— --
to say anything. Russakoff, who threw one
of the bombs, spoke for a half hour. He
said he primarily desired to agitate peace
fully but entered into the late conspiracy,
seeing no other way out of the social
troubles. Michailoff, who was arrested as
he entered ltursakoff's house, said he be
longed to the terrorist faction of the party,
but denied RussakofTa statement that he
participated in the arraugements for the
murder of the czar.
Hessey Helfman acknowledged she kept
a conspirators lodging house which was the
depot for their implements, but denied
having actively participated in the czar’s
assassination.
Kibahcbtisch, the bomb maker, avowed
his connection with the “will of the people”
l»artv, there design he said, being to gain
their objects by a peaceful propaganda,
but they were reluctantly obliged to adopt
the terrorist measures. He admitted pre
paring five bombs.
Sophie Pieffosky avowed her participa
tion id the preparation of the Moscow mine
in the murder of the czar.
Jeliaboff who.UCthe uiosl intelllgi ntof the
prisoners, fluently related with diabolical
sa.refaction, the history of the two Alcxan-
drofsky mines He saii he was the head of
one group cf the party, and was charged by
the executive committee with the work of
organizing an attack by bombs, and was
connected with the dadowa street mine, os a
simple worker. After these declarations
the prosecutor stated that it would perhaps
be possible to shorten the trial.
Jeliaboff iu his statement attempted to
extenuate the cases of Russakoff and Mich-
ailofi' by asserting that the former was only
a propagandist among the workmen and
knew nothing of the arrangements for tbe
murder of toe czar until the day of it*
accomplishment, and that tr.e latter was
entirely unconnected with the crime.
The who’e of the second day’s proceedings
was occupied with the examination of the
witnesses, the mojority of whom were offi
cials, soldur* and policemen. Jeliaboff
showed great skill iu the cross examination
of witnesses and succeeded in utterly con
fusing one of tzern.. In the center
of the court room are various articles of
evidence agaiust the prisoners, such as
boxes of dynamite, pa|»crs of chemicals.
Mile. Bernhardt will fill an engagement
in Itcnclon, before sbe returns to Paris.
Forty-five villages have been totally
destroyed by earthquakes iu the Ohio island.
The French chamber uf deputies has ad
journed uutil May 12th.
The ci;y police of St. Petersburg, is to be
apparatus?!*, etc., placed on the table and
guarded hy n pendaruie with drawn
swords. The prisoners are all attired in
black.
St. Petkr* ruru, April 11.—At (he trial of
tire nihilists on {Saturday, Asri-.Urnt-Prose
cutor MouraivnefTstrongly denounced the
revolutionary doctrines and deeds averred
by lhe. accused, demanded the severest
penalty for all alike and concluded by
declaring that the fidelity of the people to
the imperial throne wnsunvbaken and that
the efforts of the terrorist p.crty in this
direction had proved absolutely abortive.
The prisoners listened unmoved, Jelia
boff and KibaltschiiliCh taking notes. At
5:30 in.the afternoon a recess wss taken
until 7 o’clock, when the counsel for the
defense spoke for two hours. About 9
o’clock Jelittboff rote lo tpeak in his
own behalf. He was several times inter
rupted by the presiding judge. When
Jeliaboff finished, the court asked the
accused if they had any further defense to
urge and they replied in the neg
ative. The court retired for con
sultation and returned at 12:30 o’clock
this raoroii g. Twenty-four questions for
mulated for determination concerning the
prisoners’ guilt were then read. The court
again retired to consider the verdict. After
three hours deliberation they returned at
0:20 a m., with a vexdict of guilty against
all, and sentence to death bv hanging was
pronounced. Sophie Pieofteky’s sentence
will be submitted to ’he czar for confirma
tion, because she isot noble birth.
The sentence of death was finally read to
day iti the presence of the nihilist prison-
* rs. They were allowed 24 hours to appeal.
Professor Solovieff caused some excitemet t
among the students of the university of 8l
Petersburg on Saturday by condemning
capital punishment ar.d- expressing the
hope that tho czar would show mercy to the
prisoners.
A dispatch from St, Petersburg to the
Times says: The prisoner Jeliaboff in hia
speech at the conclusion of the trial of tbe
nihilists on Saturday last, asked as a favor
that bis last speech in his defense might be
printed and published word for word.
Scpbie Pireoffaky asked that she be dealt
with regardless of her sex. The prisoners
received their sentence with perfect calm
ness and indifference.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
St. PKTEBfiRURG, Apnl 1L—The court has
.. »ne toGatzchina to remain some time.
The period granted the nihilists for appal
work of clearing away the ruins has
t, but in the Tillage* the people are
■till panic stricken. Little can be dene ss lung as
txraons. for
Lopolamoe,
n recovered
villages. About
r southern tulf o!
the island, with nothitg but what they have on
example, who perished in the L
only 65 of the bodies have yet been
and a similar proportion in other vlllat.
00 people are osmping in tbe southern hzlf ot
•-■ ' —iu noth! •*■ — *-
areSief 1
_ been nude toward
_ 'stemattains; a relief organization The people
are farther demoralized by tbe preaching of a
Greek priest who warns them
and adjacent island- At Kallimasala * German
*• -“*—*• nes at tbe time
e first warning
» the table jump
the floor. A few seconds later the
walls fell outward. From this and similar testi
mony 1 believe that tn this district the first
shock wss nearly vertical, followed Immediately
by horizontal oscillations ”
The Kong of the Hand Man.
An old, old man, with whiskers whiter
Flies over the earth as the night cornea dow:
And softly sings in his gentle flight.
As he winds hia way through tne shades of night,
“Close, little eyelids! close up tight:
For the 8zndsiaa 1s in town, *
He comes to the babe while yet ’tia light;
But on all at last the show- r comes down,
And tbe eyes of blue and browu so bright
tight;
Mutt close when he sings as be comes
“Close, little eyelid* I ck»e uu
For tbe Sandman U in town."
He knows what makes little eyes so bright.
Bo he pours the showers of bright sand down.
Ard sweet Bleep iugers till broad daylight;
Then die- to hlra who sings each nigbi,
“Cloee. little eyelids J close up tight;
For tire wu.dm*n lain town.’’
—Jas. c. Harvey in Youth's Companion.
A Snootk Conpl?x|o« can be bad by every
lady who will use Parker’s Ginger Tonic.
For promptly regolatirg the liver end kid
ney* and purifying the blood there is noth
ing like ir, and thia is the r#a*on why it so
quickly removes pimples and gives a rosy
bloom to the cheek. Bee notice.
aprl6—dim tuts tbur sat Awkylm 2dp
—Steele Msckaye is always doing some
thing to improve the theater. His latest
exploit is a seat which disappears through
the poor when the audience arisee,
A Bloated Body
does not always belong to an inebriate,
Sidney trebles wiil cause bloat, but War
ner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has never
failed to remove it
-aprlT—djw bunwedfrivuw2w 2Jp
morning and takes a long wi
he breakfasts with his family and then he
romp* for a good wLiie with his children.
increased by 750 soldiers.
France is not likely to carry on war
against theKkoumis.
Ro&si, the rival of Salvini, is coming to
this country next year.
Major Thoma«, an Englishman, is wri ting
a work on American humorist*.
The king of Abysinia-waa recently killed
iu a battle fought with the. Assaiiueraks.
Princes** Dulgourouki, the widow of the
late czar, has $30,000,000 to her credit in
Berlin.
The process of swearirg the allegiance of
97,000,000 subjects of the czar occupied
more than ten days.
The British people have the sum of 3,465,
000,0U0 pounds invested in different purls of
the world drawing $785,000,000 a year.
Dr. Carver the American marksman, has
challenged ten of tbe abuts of I.sndou to
pigeon shooting match for $500.
Hej-sy Helfman, the female nihilist, no
at St.Patersburg, tsencienleand will not be
executed until after her cot fit-rntent.
The famous anti Jewish petition has been
sent to Prince Bismarck. It consists of
twenty six volumes comprising 14,000sheets
with 255,000 rig;.a:ures.
Sijar cJolar Az->m, of Persia, has gone to
St. Petersburg, atteuded by a numerous
suite, and conveying a sword valued at
8,OCOf for the emperor and a magnificent
turquo ; se ring for the empress ia presents
from the shah.
Paris, April II —Advices from Tripoli
confirm the reports of the massacre of Col.
Flattia’n expedition Every Frenchman
perished afttr courageous resistance
against overwhelming odds. Tunis advices
represent that the Italian consul continue
to urge the bey to resist the passage of the
frontier by tbe French.
Tunis, April 11.—A telegram from the
French government to the bey elates that
the French troops will cross the frontier
to chastise the Khoumis and reckon on the
support of the bey’s troops, and that it will
also be cecea3ary tor the French troops to
occnpy tbe valley of the river
Medjtrah, which almost bisects
the regency. Tbe bey has replied
that he cannot consent to any Buch steps
since he is both able and willing to repress
disorders on his side of the frontier. He
protests against the invasion of his territory
in violation of tbe treaty, anti declares be
cannot hold himself responsible for conse
quences if the French persist in their in
tentioo.
Constantinople, April U.—The hey of
Tunis bas invoked tbe protection of tha
porte against the French.
A dispatch from Paris to Reuter’s tele
gram company pays; Intelligence from
Tunis states that the bey has decided to re
fuse to eo operate with the French troops,
and is determined to act independently
on his own side of tbe
frontier. The bey has sent a protest
to the foreign consuls at Tunis, accusing
France of violating his rights as well as
those cf tbe porte aLd friendly powers.
The Italian government has declined
to acoede to the . request to
forward through it* consul
at Tut.is fer the dispatch of a tquadron to
Tunisian water* It is reported that tbe
Turkish General Hutseia who is residing in
Italy, and wbo 1s a declared enemy of
France, has been invited to come to Tuni*.
The itrengih of the marauding tribes .s
estimated at from 15.(60 to jOOCO
The Paris co respondent of Times declares
that Lent SoJiebuxy tent to Lord Lyons,
British embassador to France a confident!*
dispatch dated Autust 7th, 1*78. tuxumar-
i;in^ the conversations regarding Tunis at
Berlin sa understood by Lord Salisbury. Tbe
edict of these converaticn* it to disclaim
any special British interests in Tunis
antagonistic to those of Franoe. Even the
overthrow of the regency, were it to come
about, would, in no wise, charge England's
attitude or disturb the harmony existing
between England and Fraic<?.
London, April 11.—A Paris disjgtch to
the Times seyn General Cialdipi, the Italian
ambassador, having as^ed in conversation
whether France weald send a fleet lo Tunis
received a negative reply.
Z'Aare. April II—-In the chamber of
depuiits today P.emierFerry replying to
will expire at 5 o’clock on Tuesday after
noon. All tbe prisoners except Jeliaboff
have asked for copies of the judgment, with
a view to appeal for mitigation of sentence.
London, April 10.—'The Standard’s correspond
ent at 8t r*ten-burg Rivoi the following details
of the manner in which the nihilist prisoners
were executed yesterday and pasted their last
Kuasakofr praje'i incessantly and offered
“if services to the govern ment as a spy, but the
offer was declined. Tcitaboff spent the time
iu writing i age after page chant the trial,
ai d committing to paper what he was forbid-
d n to speak. The woman .Sophie Pleotteky.wrote
to tier mother to waste no time In cssusalng the
wrath of |kc.- father. KibaltFchlta h drew up a
memoir on the subject of his specific ditcoveitea.
which he addressed to the high court of lusUco
avowing a desire that bis name be immcnaiiztd,
and maki. g a gift of bis inventions lo the stalest*
conoi'.ion mat ail profit from them should go to
the ameliurAtiuu of a lot of children o! i<oliticai
criminate.
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
T. W'. Simmons died April 13lb.
Mrs Louisa Muller died April 14th.
Mr. George H Brown died April 9th.
Henry K Saflurd, of Fulton county :a.
dead.
A t “} t ® 8 n £ Uperior 0011x1 has adjourned until
An infant ton of Mr. Mike Lyrcte
died Thursday.
Memorial day, April 26th, will be ob
served in Atlanta.
J Redoing robbed Jolly’s bar-room Mon
dry night of $30.
There are 0.000 books in the Young Men’s
library of Atlanta.
Lee, a member of tbe Fifth Artillery
band, has deserted.
J J. Duffle’s house was entered and bur
glarized Thursday.
The superior court of Fulton county
convened April 18th.
The fair for the benefit of the new hos
pital ojened April 18th.
Mrs K. L. Cunningham, 74 years of age.
dad ut West End April 14th.
H - Kn.pp hra bten elt-cte'i pn.ident
of the It. h Lee fire company
Msjor W. B Cox left Thursday fora few
months visit to Eureka Springs.
Tuwdsy night Mr. L. C. Tebeau and
lh 1. Clayton were married.
In a fight on Decatur street John Lollis
was fcVuck on the head with a cinder.
A, Brinkerhoff arrested Friday for an
assAui; on two ladies on Miicbell street.
The usual Easterserviccs were celebrated
Sunday in the Catholic anti Episcopal
churches.
Thomas Griffin, at tbe rolling mill, had
oneof his hauds torn off io the machinery
of the mill.
Fifty Atlanta children will present the
drama of “Rescue of Red Riding Hood”
on the 22nd.
James Evans, of Fair street, cut the jugu
lar vein of his throat with a razor Wednes
day eight. Domestic matters euppoeed ta
be the cause.
Mrs. Beltie Jordan, nee Sasseen, who*
difd in Charleston, Tuesday, waa buried in*
Ailanta, Friday.
The couimifcstoneraof roads and revenues
have elected George Kriea superintendent
of the chain gar g.
The Ivy street school licuse was sl : ghtly
damaged by fire Tuesday morning, caused
by a defective flue.
Mr. J. H. Morgan has been appointed
general manager of tbe fair for the benefit
cf tbe new hospital.
A new city street railroad company was
organised April 12. ii. K. McCay elected
temporary president, and J. Redwine, tecu-
Iiorary u cretary.
The basement of tbe store of Langston 6c.
Crane was fliMXted by tbe bursting of a
sewer, Thursday night, doing much damage
to goods fctf.red there.
In a difficulty on Sunday between two
colored men, Bill Thompson and Jell Lang
ley, Thompsot; had three bad cuts; one
con bice re-1 dangerous.
The International cotton exposition or
gauiaed permanently on the 15th ot April.
Hon. Joseph E Brown, president; S. M.
Inman, t easurer; J. V*. Rjckuren, secre-
A meeting of citizens of Atlanta Friday
night, passed resolutions protesting against,
the passage cf ordinance and condemn
ing the proposed law which prohibits cowa
f ;opi running at large upon the streets.