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PA YETI EVILLE GA
I.Tn;n?gi i
BEX hawkixs:
A SKETCH OP AN ILLUSTRIOUS MAN.
O.Ws»! Bytrk« T-Us ilk* Eftlj Psytsf Ostrgi*
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Treaud WfibU hlliu-LxUUg
Ue Filit Lrtr Ajjiuj.
Written for The Constitution.
On# of tbe most remarkable men identi
fied with tbe history of Georgia, waa Colo-
i>el Benjamin Hawkina, whose life, from
purely j atriolie motives, was devoted to
the stroma of the country.
He *n born in the ooanty of Bate, now
'Wttfti, in the state of North Carolina, oo
the SAifa of August, 1754. His parent*
were Pbilomal and Delia Hawkina, of pure
Ergliab descent. In his native county,
Benjamin Hawkina received at the common
ichooUof the country the rudiment* of an
education. Hit parent*, having meant, de
termined to give him a liberal education,
aent him to Princeton college, New
Jersey, where be remained until the
revolution suspend'd the exercises of
the college. He bad aaaidnoualy devoted
himself not only to the regular course of
the college studies, but bed acquired the
Vn nth language. Upon leaving college be
went into (be army, where be eoon became
conspicuous, so much ao aa to attract tbe
notice of the cjmmander-in-chief. Wash
irguro, having to communicate with tbe
French officers in tbe American service,
found it nrcc»a«ry to do ao in tbe French
language. Unacquainted with this lan
guage, be found 11 neersjary to have on bia
stall an officer who nnderstood and could
;7eab It. Al qtt^^be'lranefFrrvfrt u, h?4
military family Captain Hawki- a. He was '
then very young, but wea wtae bryotid bia
3cam. His ardent temperament and interne
energy, with bta wemi application to the
duties of bia position aoou made him
a prominent member of tbe staff of the
commander-in-chief, in which capacity be
nerved during tbe war of tbe revolution.
He wm frequently assigned to tbe most
delicate dunes which hie peculiar characu r
aeenied especially to At him He was pres
to* with and near Washington at tbe battle
of Monmouth in J77t# and upon several
other occasions, and always active in the
discharge of bis duties.
At the conclusion of tbe war he returned
to hi* native state, intending to devote bint-
Mil to the study and practice ol law. Pra
vious, however, to this be had been cboaen
bv tbe North Carolina legislature commer
cial agent. In that capacity in 17H0 ha re-
p ired to the island of 8t. Kustoli*
a procure arms und amiuuition.
J.tj wai successful i.i bia mission
Li*t tbe vessel upon which be sbip|>ed all
1 it he had rerun d. was on the return
\ -yage to the I* tiled Mutes captured by the
in n»y. It u».es r.ot app-ar, that sufae
<1 .unt to this misfortune, oereturned to the
a .uy. in 1782 ha was elected a member of
congress for one year, and in 1783 was re
elected. He remained in congress until
17H5, when ht appointed a conintis
aioner to treat with to* Currokeea, Creeks.
Choctaws and C*irka*a«s. Tnis waa a deli
cate and iuo«t inipor.am iluty; and, because
of his supposed peculiar ii u’oa for its dis-
charge he wa« selected sod appoint -d by
WaaliingUiti.
At that time these nations of Indians
mere numtrmn a i warlike, especially
the Creeks and C trokc s They had
aides in tt.o rtvonuon with the
British, a d were icilo** ai.d constantly
tbrettenifg the front i«r tettienients of
Georgia. Frequ -nt rmih were made upon
the tettleturrits, upon ilia Overdue ana on
I boss, tn what is now Wilkea.G vene.C ark,
and Oglethorpe counties. Their foruiidi-
Wc numbers at d war.ike character made
%hem frated, at d aocb was the condition of
the couutry, ihnt it was tbought mere
advisable to aecure tlic-ir f t iendtdiip th
amicable neg-jtiatiors than lo force .. . v
perishing tbeiu. Al the head of toe Creeks
was ibai rare ami wonderful man, Alexan
wler McGillivary. This man was the son of
a ticotch I' dian trader hy a Creek wo.nan.
11m father had reared him amongst the
Indians; at the same time had attended to
his education, and when t.c w.*a quite a
youth had sent or carried hint to Europe,
where in Scotland he hud received a good
English education Tu« commercial ho ise
of his father wan eitu tied in l’cuiaaco.n.
Lachlan McGillivary ws« a citizen of
Georgia who c.me in eaily youth from
Scotland, and waa amor g those who in the
revolutionary war sided strongly with
Great|Britain. He waa a leading Indian
trader, a man of properly and cjneequen-
••ea, and hit name appears in the sots of
confiscation and banishment passed by
•Georgia. His wife was a chief’s daughter,
ami it was said of her that she had French
blood in her veins, and was an intelligent
■hue looking woman. His son Alexander
was a Georgian. His education and training
mold naturally have carried
B.fr fV
I Sunday night and seventy dollars in money
stolen. The amount In goods stolen has not yet
the young men and recitations by the young ladles
Chancellor Meli, Dr. lliuton. Revs.
J I'cQueea, Pattillo aud Davidson,
I Halt and Humber, of Putnam, and other distin-
I mulshed Tiiilois were on the rostrum and
were unanimous In their coi
I 11 the afternoon the prire drill can
1 IViley, of the First Georgia battauuu, vipuuu
i A dams, ol the Putnam Rifles and Lieutenant
1 May good, of the Baldwin Blue*, were the judges.
I Tne contest lasted one hour, when Cadet Drew,
lot lone* county, was decided to have
VOL. XIV.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 19,11881.
I offered by Msyor Walker The prises
I dt*mfered, an order was
I Cadet Lieutenant John C
I h-i captain of Cadets, vice Cadet
Wilkes ooanty. who gradu „
morrow, and is the valedictorian of his class.
. Notwithstanding a heavy thunder and rain storm,
I which cameon about dark, the calisthenics e~
McGillivary, aid when the aspect of affairs
were threatening, and it was of the utmost
importance that tbe Indiana should be con
ciliated, Washington prevailed on Colonel
Hawkins to accept the agency of the Creek
Indiana. His previous intercourse a* com
missioner with them had rendered him
very popular. His success in it.fla«-ncing - - , - . .
McGillivary d<*root s’rated his ability and ests. He accumulated a large fortune,
ide to deal with tbe Indiana, and it | which he left to tbrre daughters. The two
and abitities uselessly. A Frenchman con
siders a life wasted which sacrifices fame for
any consideration or any position when it
cannot be easily earned, whatever good
may remit from the sacrifice to a people or
a nation.
In the pnranit of hia duties Colonel
Hawkins did not neg’ect his priva’e inter-
VIEWED THROUGH GATH'S GLASSES. I J * this fine
aptitude t
i al-
him into tbe
ranks
of
waa all important to have such a
ways wiito or near them, as the representa
tive of the government lo all hi* appoint
ment* Washington was careful to select the
man best qualified for the duties of the ap
pointment or position. He had tested
those of Colonel Hawkins atd appreciated
them, and in this emergency selected him
for the duty.
There wm nothing in this agency to
tempt its acceptance, save a sense of duty
— -labia o—
IW
lie wm her representative in the United
titelea senate. His abilities ware of the
very first order, and bad he been jel tidily
ambitious he might hsve aspired to the
first political positions in the government
He was, howev* r, devoid of any eueh am -
bition; his sense of duty was paramount,
ana then be bad in his intercourse with the
Indians felt the fascination of his wild life,
and yearned to experience all its realities
The ardent and wild romantic char*c:er of
McGillivary had won hi* admiration. He
nad seen how tbe abilities and character of
this extraordinary man had brought under
his control th«se children of the forest, and
he bad felt the same nature to be bis, and
he aspired to held the same position in the
c mtrol of the ssvagesaod secure bia friend
ship to the security of the wfait«s. and to
tr.e promotion of their own best interest*.
To accept tbe appointmeut was to sacrifice
society, and all tne sociality of civil-zed life
—?o surrender forever the ambitions of pop
ular favor, and the influences of high posi
tion, and to make his future an isolation
from all that stimulates and makes happy
the civilized man—to dwell in the wilder
ness in solicitude, with only the. association
of the savage, who could have no feeling in
cjtumon with his own nature, and strive to
assimilate his to their natures and habits
To make ail these sacrifices could hardly be
expected of one with such endowment*
m were those of Colonel Hawkins, and
yet he did it. *It was cot
for gain, he bad an abundance for
a.l the want* of life—it could confer no
fame, nor promise eiihera future or a
present profit to be sought or desired by
one of his mind and antecedents. What was
the temptation? The fascination, the
romance of the wild savage life or the less
rational desire for aeclusion aud solitude.
His education was classical, his tastes
refined, mod his fondness for literature
proverbial. How incompatible with all of
these attributes, the life he must naturally
lead in tbe bosom of the wilderness, sur
rounded only with the forest wilds and
their wild denizens, the savage red man.
He wm cnoseu a* the best man by the man
nearest his heart, to undertake a most
perilous task, and one which, if successful
c tnld cooler no fame to be appreciated by
those most benefited by his acta. It was
to wiu the confidence of the savages and to
avert the consequent a of the machinations
of tbe great chief McGillivary, to save from
slaughter the feeble settle man is of the
state of Georgia. Without hesitation he
accepted the appointmeut and repairing to
the nation be assumed the duties it ini
posed.
His first act was to locate the agency
upon the east bank of Flint river, and iu
doing this he made every improvement of
a permanent home as though preparing for
a lifetime residence. Then he made an
extended tour, first, through ibe Creek
nation and then through that of the Cbero-
ktes, Chi claws and Chickasaws, viaitingall
the chiefs of each and inviting them io a
council at hia newly established agency.
His object waa to make himself thoroughly
acquainted with the view* of the different
chiefs, and to wiu for himself the confi
dence of these, that ne. In the future.might
b • able to control them in their feelings
and relations towards tbe government, and
eldest of these have the names of the Indian
tribes amongst which they were boro,
Muscogee ana Cherokee. This wm flattering
to the Indians who adopted them into their
tribes, and was an evidence to them of the
sincerity of the attachment of their father
to their people. Through all tbe years of
bis agency he kept a careful record of oc-
curirg events, and especially aa to tbe
history, habits and character of tbe Indi
nr.s Unfortunately, all his papers were
destroyed by fir* soon after hia death. Had
3 —^ pwisjfred Wow*
much of the secret history of the times, and
of tbe character of this most remarkable
man. He wm an enthusiast in his at
tachment for the Indians, bad
ctrefully studied their charac
ter—aud knew them belter than auy
min who baa ever associated cr lived with
them. What bi« services were to them
and to hi* own peep c only those who were
h.s cotemporaries, or who are curious to
inquire into his history know. They were
of su fa a character as to effect silently great
aims and great ends, not io be heralded by
any great any exciting event or daring act*
of momentary heroism, but to work out a
great and permanent good which most of
those who enjoy its blessings know noth
ing about.
At the old agency he sleeps in an un
marked grave, tae location of which is now
unknown. W. H. Sparks.
DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL.
A C orrection of W. U. Sparks.
Editors Cok titctioh:— Having read tbe
sketches by Colonel W. H. Sparks, of the
Hou. John Forsyth in your issue of May
7th, and of Hon. Duncan G. Campbell in
your isrus of the 30th ultimo, as a descen
dant of the latter gentleman I respectfully
ask Jhe favor, through your column*, to
correct seme important errors that the ven
erable author has, unintentionally no
doubt, committed. In his sketch of Mr.
For»yth, in your paper of May 7ib, Mr.
Sparks say*:
Mr. Forsyth’s course in concrets had given
ofTcnie to many ot hi* old party friends, aud in
1*^7. when he became a candidate for governor,
G. M. Troup and many other* wereoppoaea to bis
election. Mauhew Talbot was the opp:ains can
didate, and probably would have been soccesafui
to defeating Forsyth but he died, and immediate
ly Duncan G. Campbell was announced, and
public sentiment indicated his election, but be,
too, upon the eve of the election died, and without
opposition Mr. Forsyth was chosen.
In bis sketch of Duncan G. Campell,
June 3otb, referring to the same subject, he
also says:
In 2828. John Forsyth was a candidate for gov
ernor, and was opposed by Matthew Talbot. Tal
hot died anterior to tbe election, and his party
nominated Colonel Campbell. Party spirit had
abated materially in the state. Mr. Forsyth had
given offense to bis party, and it was ioxewarm
ui his support, and many of the most influential
of bis party had determine 1 not to support him.
Colonel Campbell was quite acceptable lo theso
men, and it « as almost assured In the public es-
Umation that Colonel Campbell would 1.2 chosen
governor. On tbe 2Mb of July, 1S28, he was tak* n
fellow-cluz^us than was Colonel CsmpbeU. and
none wau were more retpecied and beloved by
all who knew him.
||Here it will be perceived that Mr. .Sparks
make* Mr. Forsyth a candidate for governor
in 1828, when tbe election actually took
place on ihe tijet Monday.jrfcieh was alto
PUBLIC CORRUPriOX
dollar*, do not beritate to compromise themselves
with women of all grade* of vice, from tbead-
[ ventured and the mistrew down to the common
A Fsw Wards Abrot Goild and His Ways—Ths
Stricken Prirdsat—Tsm Piatt's Littiag
D*wa—Eizaialscsac** of Sams 8 taLv
asa of L!kt Character! E:e.
Written for The Cansfitutkm.
New Toxk, Jaly 7, 1 £81.—Boiled down, the
political ctatus is this: President Gaiflrld, who
getting to be tolerably popular here with the
boajif**tiaw.ha& sadlenly become the most
popular man in the north since Lincoln. He will
be renoxiaaUd if he lives and dec* not alter his
.and bUlx fair to eke out the declining
iurfwfclfrii
the prcapvctsol a south, ra man on the Ucktt with
him are strong, and Geu< ral Lcngstreet in that
connection seems tn be in a Kood many minds.
Conkllog, tbcugh with a Lw stubborn defend
ers, is nearly extinct as a popular quantity, and
Arthur, who is better thought of than Coukling,
can only save himself in the event of Garfield’s
dying by withdrawing from stalwartism The
south is at this moment more popnlar In the
north than it has been in twenty five yen*. So
even this crime haa a train of starry benefits.
Jay Gould has heroically held up tho stock
market, even giving oidera to Europe to steady
prices there. I give you some original conversa
tion overheard with a gentleman who has of.en
done b'lalneas for Gould at the American capltaL
SECRETS or THR lobby.
“Did yon ever have anything to do with - Jay
Goald?”
•’Yea, several times. Gould is willing to pay
for what la necessary. Sometimes he has his
figure* too low. He if not at all prodigal of his
money, and he compute* just what a legislative
service is worth. He was at one time opposed to
rata bill about to be forced on the differ
lflc railways. 1 was employed by one ol
the corporations interested and received a tele
graph akpatch to beat the bill and to draw for
<1.000 for expenses. Mr Gould changed his rela-
togo cat cf Washington, which would h-ive been
equivalent to abandoning my client *No. sir.’
s*ld I, *1 am on the other side, and to
tbe beet of my ability. I will still be*t the bill.
although jou have abandoned it I did
t/nde:s:auding legislatioo well, I got l
calendared ao that they coaid not reach it before
the adjournment of oongraui. He afterward told
my client the circumsacce* d so far from dis
liking me, took a f iu :y to me. Some time after
Gc
that Gc aid said t<
“1 think I en willing to
Indian Territory, aud I want t>employ you
“It will beanpeifluous, Mr Gould.’* 1 mud. “1
the preaeut frame of congress you could not pass
dare
it now." He said to a friend
mine that I was the most extraordinary lobbyist
he had ever seen; that I might have had S10.000 of
that mouey.but that 1 had discouraged him from
a ending anything. Afterward he haid to me that
1 had neTcr given him unsound advice."
“How waa it that Gould with Ms knowledge of
taking a large annual i
i ol money out
n him after they
Gould’s interest. Gould figuied it
senate would pas* the Thurman bill by forty
to thirty-eight. He said that in the home he cju d
stop the bill and he would come near enough
to defend it in the senate to encourage his friends
in the house. 1 looked over the list of seuxion.
his side and said: Mr. Gould. t» ts.- men will
MESSAGE
deification are the
The late Ifstmsster-
General, Randall, toM me thst a dlS'mguifbed
senator, now deceased, who was <r e of the del-
tie* of his party, had endeavored to It A ct on
her out."
ihtiv<s,aNM
store * hir h did uot come to me at .*
from the postmaster himse lf, who w*s not an
:my ol the person in question He told It to
I riding 1q the car from New York to W&shlrg-
ton.
| Another great leader of his party. sl«o dead,
was in continued troubles shout females, and
»as otice arrested in the city or Clnconati for
having taken aman’s wife awsy from her home
I political frfends got him out o! ; u- but It did
notenrehlm. lie was next ace -<\i ■ uioffi
rer«A»h« aswsgr. ffhmfc hff of
corrupting his wlfa and had fstablishefttMCh an
fn0av.i oeover her that she would not join her
husband again till the appeara ce of tbe scandal
compelled the senator to bundle the woe an back
a id imp’ore the man to assume
aud coverne scandal with her husbi
Another senator at Willard's hotel,
by tho watchman as in the rooms of
actress with the light*
n the morniDg. This . a
upporied by a celebrated
vho was very rich and who spcht al
s kind of corruption i
double relation of supporter and o
went out rhojoing every day and
ibexally aud tne cashier paid for the purchase**
nut of the actor’* woney. Tbe very
the woman was in this hotel, the wa
goes his muffled rounds, reported 1
iu such a number had gone at 12 c
room of the gentleman in such a
bad remained there two hours. As
actor’s own room, the
prietor said to the watchi
will say nothing more a
I will let It pass, because their relati
well understood.” But the n<>xt nlgl
man came back to the botel-keej
“Tae lady in such a number wen
number half an hour after midr
m sined there till 4 o’clock this mort
c*se. the room to which the woman
that of a United States senator, a
been found out. Tbe hotel proprit
me this story at the time :
seld: "My indignation was
cited against that drab who woull
pay then big bills for her and then
Another senator from a far weati
lot at in *" “
husband of
T. A b _
— providential accident The
the woman said the man was crazy,
nothing in the senator’s previous ill
he cared particularly for the compel
tuoas woman.
A prominent congressman whese audacity never
kuew any limit wa* once taken I
senator while figuring for one of
honor* in the country, because he never spentone
night under his wife f s roof, bat in *—• «*- n
the publicity he was exposed to
night in the stews. «
These Instance* merely arise from the mind and
memory without seeking f “ '
lechery goes on at Was)
I It is not unreasonable to expect there will
• grow out of this exposition such an im-
__________ | pulse to tbe manufacture of cotton, such a
I number of vital suggestions, both as to its
culture and handling, as shall result in im
measurable benefit to the whole Country,
M . and perhaps such good to the southern
Th* Iaipsctloa cf Fertilizers—^Tk* Railroad Com I states as the moat sanguine have not ven-
miarioa—Tax Oalheter*'Beads—Tk* North | tured to predict. I' commend this impor-
aad 8oath Railroad— 1 The Cottoa Ex
position, aadOthsr Matters.
public duties to the r lodgiugs,
lodgings suffer no imputation.
character of morals at Washington ...
from the fact that all lodging-house keepers show
a congressman's callers direct tr *•*
b-.cause it ii not like other forms
ALL AROUND US.
tant subject to your favorable considera
tion.
STATE DEPOSITORIES.
Two of the state’s depositories appointed
Exactmva Depaktmest, Atlanta, Ga , I ar d bonded under the act'approved October
July 11—To tho General Assembly: In *«. * s7 »- recently Uiled, vie: The
r,,,i _ K ,- T . bank of Rome and tbe Citixeus bank of
pursuance of my official obligation, I sub- Georgia> lt ^ believed that the property
mit herein a few suggestions, to which I I and assets of the Citizens* bank will be am-
invite your attention. Some of these I ply sufficient to pay every dollar due the
regard „ poking specie, if no. pressing, .SSWto
impor.ance, and, in my judgment, should I bond.
have careful consideration. Among the A little over eight thousand dollars
ubjects I would now bring to" your notice, I ^ as been- collectei from the bank of
I would designate our present I R'Jtno and an order taken requiring its
‘ivtnecr.nw »» assignee to pay into the state treasury nine
.esr.cT.oe fees or. feetiueers. lho S M „ d five hundred dollars more, now
W hen tne law w»s framed inatitnting the in ita hands. When thia is paid that bank
ufllce of “inspector,” it was deemed impor- will still owe the state about *36,000. If
tant that the fees derived from the sale of I this sum should not be realized from the
ftrtii:«rs in the state should bear the ex- remaining assets of the bank the earities
pense of such oversight of this traffic as 0 n its bond are amply able to makegood
would protect the community ega.net tm- any deficiency. Execution haa already
poeiuous. While it might, perhaps, be been issued against them, and levied on
truthfully asserted that this tax was paid property believed to be sufficient to pay the
by the consumers-and_ they were for a whole *36,000. It is expected, however,
very large pari confined to the planting I that a considerable portion of this amount
community—it is nevertheless also the fact will be realized from the assete of the hank,
that these consumers have been completely N 0 doubt ie entertained that every dollar
protected by the operation of tbe law, and due tbe state by this bank will be collected.
> he sale ot worthless or fraudulent manures | Proper legal proceedings have been insti
ls nowrarely complained of. I tuted by the attorney general, assisted by
Tbe charge of fifty cents per ton on all R. j. Moses, Esq., to collect the sums of
inspected iertil iers was thought, at the money due the state by both these banka
lime, to be a reasonable one, and it^brought and, also, to forfeit their chart, rs. The
into the treasury a sum amply sufficient to general assembly is donbtless ad-
meet all the expenses of the depart- vised that in the case of the bank of
ment of agriculture. From twenty-seven Rome, the supreme court haa recently de-
■ housand six hundred end fifty-eight cided that the state has a special lien on all
dollars, this sum has increased 1 its property and assets to the extent of the
till it has reached ibe large figure of amount of its bond to the state, and is, in-
seveniy six thousand two hundred and dependent of slid lien, entitled to priority
thirty two dollars—an nmoun altogether of payment over all the other creditors of
beyond the current demand of the depart- said bank. This decision is likewise appli-
ment. While there are, perhaps, very few I cable to the Citisens’ bank,
who would question the benefit to the
farmer of the prottc'ion against inferior , . A , . . “ . , ...
or bad fertilizers now secured I In conformity with the resolntfon of the
by our state laws, it will be readily con- general assembly, approved December 6,
ceded that he should not be made to pay an 11866,1 advertised for plans and specifica-
uureasonable or an unnecessary tax for this I ti ons for a new capitol building, offer-
benefit. A tax of twenty-five cents per I ln S the sum of $250 for such a plan
ton on all fertilizers inspected in the state I as ma y ne accepted by the legisla*
would not only be ample for all the needful I ture. The firm of Andrewartha & i\ar«
demands of the depaitment of agriculture, I renberger, of Austin, Texas, have offered a
but would also enable that valuable branch I P ,at ? with four artistic and elaborate illus-
of the government to found and equip an I trations and full specifications. 1 have
•experimental station," which the com- information that other plans will be
missioner of agriculture deems of great im-1 furnished this week. These will be trans
portancein promoting the farming interests I nutted to the general assembly as soon as
of the state. I am clearly of the opinion I received. Alfred H. Colquitt.
that the present tax should be reduced. ;
the railroad commission. | LIQUOR LEGISLATION!
Iu tbe case of Tilly vs. Tee Railroad Com-
A VoBBg $*gro Killed by Hia Step Fatter—Ex
coraioar, tfarrisxedtDeatha, Church Mat*
Urc aad Other Cfeatv^Olippiag*
From the Stat*
m-w-^v ., i n mtii taiccon hniui uvi. tuc uuiKiuraic* cx-
N ( ). () I hibltioa of Mis* Kota SulUngs’a clawi waa wit-
1 v 1 no sed by one of the largest and moat highly de
lighted audiences The trustee* of the college to
day re-elected the entire faculty at similar sala
ries as last year, with the exception ot Professor
, D H Hill, Jr, and Mist Rosa 8 tal lings—the In-
| crease of the former being 8200 and ol the latter
| 5100-a deserved compliment and a worthy testi
monial to f
| excellent i
| a big day*
■ CawrxRsviLLK, July 1L—Mr. Abda Johnson, an
| old and well known citizen of thia place, died
j suddenly yesterday at his residence. Boon after
{ dinner Mr. Johnson repaired to hia library and it
I waa here that he died. About hall past 2 o’clock
! a fall was heard in the direction of the library,
■ ■*—*— ■' covered Mr. Johnson ly-
l unconscious condition.
— icy i
us from our pledges We are afraid to carry
out the programme.” Notwithstaudiug that,
anme o* them, and peihkps ati of them who were
in the mess, k< pt the money. He got only nlne-
i vote*. He then said that he thought the
fiS Monday ilKovvmber loUow.ng Mr. S^mV.*gS3S^3
Campbell aid not die until nearly a year I I. those senators who stampeded from yon have
afier the election. Mr. 8parks haa got tbe I ruined your hopes to beat this bill. The house
whole matter confused The following is a teMbtSK
true statement of the remarkable canvma: .. w
Late in Dtcdtnlxr 1826, when the legisla-
enemies of the state, but tradition and
written accounts alike inform ut that it was
the banishment of hi* father, and the con
fiscation of his estate, that tilled hi* heart
with an undying hatred of Georgia and her
people.
At the time of the appointment of Col.
Hawkins as commissioner to the Creeks
and Cherokets, it was understood that Mc
Gilltvary wa* using effort* to unite the four
nations. Creek*. Cherokee*, Choctaws snd
Chickasaw*, into a confederacy, for the pur
pose of invading Georgia All these tribe*
were principally within the chartered limits
of Georgia. Such a union would have en
abled McGillivary to bring into tbe field
all of forty thousand warriors, a foice then
sufficient to have overwhelmed the state,
and to have driven from its bordeis every
white soul within them. These tribe* were
independent nations, neither the general
government nor the government of Geor-
.«pa had assumed jurisdiction over ilinn.
bu t bo ih govern men tareoogn i x«l omit rested
with them as such. Georgia looked o tne
aid of the general government for protcc
tion, whilst she did ail within her power
to protect himlf. It was important to have
; their immediate white neighbors. This
an agent or commissioners to treat with
them of great sagacity and «qu* ly great
prudence and firmness. There nad bt-en a
correspondence between Washington and
McGillavary, and he *aw in thia the abiti
ties and design* of Ihe great •chief. To
counteract th!*, required prompt but p-u
dent action, and knowing well the great
abilities and wonderful prudence snd firm
ness of Colonel Hawkins, he selected hitu as
che most proper person for the discharge of
Ibis dc.icale and hazardous duty.
At once he repairrd to the Creek nation
and selected, at what i* now Macon, a site
for his residence upon tbe east bank of the
Ocmulgee, and upon the beautiful elevation
which over.ooks the city. Here be fixed
his agency and opened negotiations with
McGillivary and the chief* of the Creek
nation. He visited the Cherokets, Choc
taws and Chickasaw*, held talks with them
and accomplished his mission satisfactory
to the government and returned to his Na
tive state. In 1786 he was again elected to
congress, and in 1789 was elected to the
senate of the United States, where he re
mained tor six years. After which General
Washington appointed him superintendent
of Indian affair* south In the meantime
the * te of his first selection had bren forti
fied and the name of Fort Hawkins giv.*n
to it, and in dilapidation one of the block
houses at that fort reutaius to day to mark
tbe site ot the old tort
At this place Colonel Hawkina, after hia
second appointment, remained for a few
years, when be removed the agency to the
eastern bank of the Flint river, which
stream than bore the Indian name of
Throwateska. This removal was subse
quent to tbe treaty which ceded the terri
tory between tbe Oconee and Ocmulgee to
the whites.
For some years preceding tbe appoint
ment of Colonel Hawkins to the agency
for the Indians tbe United State*
had an agent amongst the Creeks named
Sesgraves, who wa* a weak man. and who
had conceived a violent hatred for McGilli*
vary, who. in retnrn, did not conceal hi<
contempt for tbe agent, and went forward
regardless of hi* presence and authority
t»ripen his pltiu for a union of the four
tribe*. When asa commissioner Colone
Hawkins came be at once addrewed himself
U> McGillivary and paved the way to the
treaty of New York, which was negotiated
with Washington by McGillivary almost
alone as the representative chief of his ra
tion This treaty guaranteed forever the
title of the Indians to all the land* then in
their pen—ion. The world knows now
thia treaty ws- kept, and thinking of the
faithlessness of ths whites recalls to niv
memory a conversation I bad with an old
trap per I upon ths headwaters of ths litt 1
Knvticlf.s, a tributary of the upper Red
river. This man s asms was Yanlandtng-
hxru. He had for many year* resided
amongst the Indians, and was attached to
them and was interested much in their
future. He feared they would be driven
into tbe Pacific. When I remarked the gov
ernment bad guaranteed for all time their
lands to them in the reserve west of the
Mississippi, be looked askance at me, and
in that half whispered tone in whica all of
tbsat old trappers speak, said a white man’s
guarantee to an Indian was a worn deceit
tMn • hypocrite at a camp-meeting. Is
sot this the truth?
Subsequently to tbe appointment of Col
onel Hawkina as .commissioner to the four
tribes resident upon tbe territory of Geor
gia, McGillivary had died. His death oc
curred in 1793, in the town of Pensacola,
and perhaps it was fortunate for tbe peo
ple of Georgia that be died at the time be
did. The general government had received
information that his plans had been con
summated for the union of the four tribee,
and at the time of ha death be was in Pen-
—cola urging tbe co-operation of tbe 8paa
iard* in the furtherance of his scheme. His
death arrestee the immediate action of ths
Indians in a general outbreak, bat did not
—op tbs frequent forays of tbs Creaks and
Chetoke— upon tbe whites, on the frontier
oi the state. Three years after tbe death o
tour occupied quite two years, and the
result wss a complete success. From that
time on the intercourse between himself
and the chief* was continuous and close,
and with a master * mind he directed the
affairs of the nation th rough their chiefs,
preserving perfect harmony between the
whites and the Indians, as well as between
the diffetent tribes. From the beginning
he showed himself deeply interested in the
welfare of tbe Indians. His intercourse
with them was frank and open, every com
munication was truthful, every transaction
•trictly just, and, in all, the Indians’ in
terest was cio—ly watched and continually
guarded.
Before the declaration of war in 1812 by
tbe United States agaiustGreat Britain, the
emissaries of the latter were busy in stimu
lating the Indians to believe the Americans
their worst enemies, and to urge their co
operation wi:b the British in the event of
a war. With the Alabama Indians they
were succ^sful, but they found the influ
ence of Hawkins paramount with the
Chattahoochee Indians. The Little Princes,
the Weatherfords and Jim boy, with their
followers, listened to these etnissaries, and
when war wss declared, at once became the
allies of Britain, and united with them
in the war, whilst the Chattahoochee In
dians, with McIntosh, the Marshalls Bar
netts and Tus tar ugcee, clung to t heir faith
in Hawkins, and steadily remained the
friend* and allies of the Americans.
At the conclusion of the war, when the
land of the Alabatnas wa* confiscated by
the government for the payment of the
war’s expenses and the punishment of the
hostile Indians, the big warriors rebuked
the a^ent because be nad not prevented
thia Openly be (ore the assembled chiefs, ex
pressing himself more in sorrow than anger,
it is —id, with tears in his eyes, Hawkins
replied: “I could not avoid the result. Had
eou listened to my councils instead of those
of Tecunweb and other_ agents of tne j*er
ture was iu ses-ion at Milledgeville. the
names of Campbell and Forsyth were fir>t
proposed as caadidatis for governor at tbe
ensuing election on the first Monday in
October 1827. During tho spring ot 1827
the various counties in the sta e held con
vention* and Forsyth and Campbell were
nominated by their respcc.ive friend-;
aud on the 4th of July at
of the barbecues, convent'ona,
celebrations and public meetings through
out the s'aie. the nomination of Fursyth
and Campbell by their respective parties
was confirmed, the name of the latter being
invariably placed on the same ticket with
that ol Anarew Jack?on for president.
During the canvass sickness invaded the
family circle of Colonel D. G. Campbell,
and death claimed for his victims a son
daughter and niece. Shortly after this af
fliction his own health required a rest from
an overtask of labor, and he removed to
quiet locality, where he wrote a letter declin
ing the nomination. There were at that
time, 1827, seventy counties and fourteen
newspapers, including dailies and weeklies
Many of the paper* of that date are depos
ited in bound volumes in the Macon libra
ry. It is front them, the surviving mem
bersof his family, and the correspondence ol
Colonel Campbell that the— events are ob
tained. The following is the letter refer
red to*
Mad:8os Francos, 23d Jo’v, 1827—Dear Sir:
From the length of our acquaintance and zteadi-
friendship. I considered itdue to yon,
communicate the fact to our^fellow citizens, that
I am no longer a candidate fortuch distinguished
favor.
If the nomination which placed me before the
people, hid beeu brought about by any r lictia-
tion or agency of my own. then 1 would have
felt less reluctance or hesitation in retiring. But
proceeding as it dtd from the fne sill *ud con
fidence o! ' " *‘*
in the house and moved to put the bill rignt
through, and there ii pawed ’’
PLATT EXPOSED.
Garfield’ sacddect ha* set »*lde gossip
i the
’ whoever
exposure of benator Platt “and
tbe second parly may have been,
published iu any of the paper* but tbe Hun Fri
day morning, and that paper arrived iu Albany
be lore nine o’clock. At noon Mr. Platt withdrew,
his name from the competition for senator. The
story was too circumstantial, as published, not to
have been bottomed on reality. You will have
given it in full before my matter reaches yon,
and the only interesting matter J can add to it will
li Is Pj be understood that in all Conkllng’s
conflicts, wherever they occur, blood is drawn.
He has none of the quality of Henry
Clay. to npesk to-day and rpeaX
—. ><w. — -
tidicus English, this had not happened.
This was the commencement of the
waning of tbe influence of Hawkins with
that portion of the Creek tribe. The big
warrior was a man of mind and exercised
woaderful influence with his people iu the
concentrating of the tribe upon the terri
tory of the Chattahoochees. He — w a trou
ble that was likely to result most disas
trously to the enure nation; and he felt
that Hawkins could have prevented tnis.
and preserved t> his people their land*.
His oonfidence wa* loti in the s^ent. aud
consequently his influence with at least
that portion of tbe tribe was weakened.
For long years he had held pre eminently
this confidence, end through it
almost unlimited control over tbe na
tion. lie knew he had lost it, and knew
too well the character of the Indian to hope
he should ever be able to regain it, and he
contemplated the resignation of the posi
tion a* agent In this determination he
wa* disappointed by hia death, which oc
curred early in the month of June, 1816,
and very scon after the setting the lands of
the Indians.
From the moment he assumed the duties
and responsibilities of Indian agent Colonel
Hawkins abated not oce day the strict dis
charge of his duties, accomplishing every
thing expected of hitu. He averted a con
templated war. which necessarily mu
have been nuti disastrous to both the
whins and Indians. He promoted emi
nently the interests of both people, but he
could not coutroi a iate which was, and is,
inevitable—the gradual but certain de
struction of the Indian race upon tnis con
tinent. But be certainly postponed the
progress of the cause* leading to this result
tor many ye*re Nature had formed him for
the control of men. and had hts destiny
directed him to another field, for which he
seemed to well fitted, he might and proba
bly would have lef: a name as ot.e of the
foremost men of hi* age. He cho— differ
•my, and it m y be that his life, though
leas famous, wss more useful to his race
than if he had directed it differently. All
his family were distinguished for ability.
His brother was governor of North Car
otins, and hia sister was the mother
of the lamented Bishop Leonids* Polk,
who fell in the late conflict between
the states,Rod within sight of the spot where
the— lines are written. His mother was
remarkable for talent and sterling charac
ter, which was quietly transmitted to her
posterity.
Colonel Benjamin Hawkins was remark-
Able for great fixity of purpose, untiring
energy, cio— application to business and
unyielding integrity. His talents were of a
very high order, and hi* mind well culti
vated. When General Moreau was an exile
from Francs, he visited America and tpent
some urn* at the Indian agency as tbe guest
of Colooei Hawkins. He said to an Amt ri
can gentleman in New Orleans daring hi*
| sojourn in that city, that Colonel Hawkins
was the moet remarkable man he had met
in America, and that he was astonished to
find a man of *uch abtiiti— and attainment*
wasting his life amongst savage*. General
Moreau did not comprehend tbe impor
tance of his position, nor could he appreci
ate the services be was performing for h'%
government. But it is not remarkable that
he should suppo— he was wasting hit Ii
I man; friends. It imposed an obliuilou
which I did not feci at liberty t —
era tion. Such i* not the case now. a necessity,
from which I cannot exempt myself, requirts
that 1 should rpend a p Jitiou ol the next winter
out of the note, and what 1- of more consequence
the present and prospective health and interest
-* i; family :e-quire that my attention to them
my own affairs should be constant and
moment he is engaged in s combat, Conklxng
affirms that bis opponent did something hue
He does not consider that a man can differ with
him, or take a course annoying to or injurious to
him. without being at heart a villain. Conse
quently when he went to Albany with the expec
tation of being immediately returned to the
senate, acd found Senator Robertson and others
had organized against him, and interposed a
nearly Impossible barrier to bis going back,
ConkUcg hod two men accused, one of an attempt
at bribery, and another of an attempt to use
Garfield’s patronage iu a commercial way to tub.
tract and then vote
beat excite retaliatlot __
who li alleged to have been offered
bribe in money by State Senator Sessions, was
from Sctsions’s own district, belonged to his put;
and waa his acquaintance, if not hi* friend. In
stead of declining the money Bradley look lt.
r. ^ would have had tome higher motive thsn
io annoy snd damage tbe half breed or; dminis
tration side. But on examination he turned out
had reported what it thought of the cat*-, the
grand jury was instigated to indict Senator Ses
sions and three of the pirues also, wno had
drawn money out of the banks a boat that time.
merely capricious I
As to the honor which _ ___
and distinguished, tlie lmprt**loa which it has
ade is permanenCand gratefuL
Between whomsoever the competition may be
Drxcaa G. Caxrsux.
To Matthew Talbot, Esq., Wilkes County.
This letter was first published in the
Washington, Ga., News, aad was copied by
all of the other papers io the state. ^ The
® neat* to Colonel Forsyth immediately
conventions and nominated.the vener
able and honorable Matthew Talbot a* their
candidate, vice D. G. Campbell, declined.
No sooner had the nomination been gener
ally known 4 and accepted, than the sad in
telligence of the sudden death of Mr. Tal
hot was announced. He died at his home,
in Wilkes county, on Sep'etnbler 17ib, after
an illness of only three dsy.», aad one
month and ten days afier his nomination
for governor, which was m *de by the first
eouniy meeting, on August Ttb.
The Hon. Edward F. Tatnail having re
signed his seat in congress he was nomi
nated by many counties in place of tbe
lamented Talbot; but the election being so
near at band it was only partially known
that there was an opponent to Mr. Forsyth,
hence he was elected almost without oppo
sition.
Colonel Campbell served tbe county of
Wilkes in the legislature from 1819 to 1826.
He died oa the 3ist of July, 1828 It was
a singular, though sad. cccurreace that
four men who were ao honored in the state,
and prominent in the same party, namely:
John M Dooly. Matthew Talbot, Freeman
WalR.'r, and Duncan G. Campbell should
have died * j near the same time.
I make the— coxrwctious trom no spirit
of captiousness, nor with any disposition to
appear disrespectful to Colonel Sparks, but.
altogether, that the truth of history may
be vindicated and that tho actual facts in
the life of an ancestor may appear, and I
am certain that I have given them cor
rectlv. Joax C. Butler,
Macos. Ga, Jaly L 18SL
tbe nobility of morals In the United States sen
ate. offer a man has been in it only three months.
It is not probable that he would ever have been
tracked up in tee way be was but for the treat
ment received by Sessions at « ookiing’s Instiga
tion. Mr. Cockling did not takeawomau to
Albany, bat while be was In New York, where
he spent a considerable portion of his time. Mrs.
Sprague was at least two days
ar a Leigh oting hotel. A guest
at that bouse who derived his
information from the employes, told me at the
time that Mrs. Sprague had arrived at the hotel
and that Conk ling had secretly called upon her.
Platt, however, who has been the victim rather
than the partner of Conkliug, all tbreoght his mat
ter had no idea that so much malice could be
aif* him with a wo
. _ the hotel upon him
evidence of his adultery
bj^the members of the legislature themselves, by
ascending a step ladder, one after another, and
peeping over the transom of his bedroom where
the lights were turned up. The blow to Mr. Plan
is a double one striking him iu his family and
private fame, as well as In hi* desire to fill out.
bis term as senator of the Unit
ed State*. But the blow a: Senator
Sessions who— crime for a mere suite senator
in bribery was no g eafex than that of a United
State* senator in adultery. Sessions’s character
among his constituents Is ruined, and he nest
stand a trial in the common court of law. No
doubt Sesrion* ought to have bee i shown up,
venation for some year* bark i
no sea time tu
ntinx room and ne
i
neany "one and the same thing. The
very committee rooms ia the cspltol have been
befouled by both senatois and members ever
since the new capitol was opened to public us)
At Albany there is little exposure of this form
. f vice because the avenge characters of mem
bers uf tbe legislature are not important enough,
even II they are ever good enough, to excite
comment when they offend. Gath.
A STIRRING TEMPERANCa ADDRESS
To tbe People or Uew^lo.
Roosts or Executive Committee^ State
Temperance Convention, Atlanta, July G
In obedience to a call made through the
public j jurnals of the state a convention
assembled io this city on the 4th inst. to
consider the best way to relieve our state of
the evils connected with the u— and abuse
of intoxicating liquors. The convention
was composed of representative men from
nil parts of the stale. In thtir opinions
they were conservative, in their plans they
were practical, and in their purposes they
were fixed*and determined. The body iu
its deliberations was singularly free from
unreasonable enthusiasm and unbridled
fanaticism. That body, after a calm,
thoughtful snd harmonious session, agreed
to go, through im committee, before the
general assembly with a bill embodying the
features of a local option law, with the po
sition of parties thereto reversed. It is
needltss in this address to rehear— the mi
nor details of the bill, they are such as seem
beat calculated to —cure the enforcement
of the law and the suppression of the evils
of intemperance.
We now call upon the citizens of the
state to express their approval of the meas
ure and to indorse the action of the con
vention. This they can do by resolutions
adopted by neighborhoods, districts, cities
and villages, as— mbled in their court-hou
ses or academies or other places of meeting,
or by petitions circulated to which their
names may be signed, and then give pub
licity to their action through communica
tions addres—d to the secretary of this
committee at Atlanta, and to the papers
published in their respective counties.
Fellow citizens, we are near to the vic
tory! The evil in all it3 magnitude has
been apprehended by the men and women
in our state; tbe danger of delay is fully
appreciated aud the importance of calm,
determined action is recognized. The ju
diciary of tbe state is right bn the question;
the press of Georgia favors repress.ve and
restrictive measures; the ministry of our
churches are supporting the reformation;
the solicitous parents are anxiously watch
ing for a remedy; the unfortunate victims
‘ the wine cup are appealing
help; the good citizens
every race and color, of all
creeds and parties, of all ranks and stations
in society are expecting relief, and the
noble women of our grand old common
wealth with entreaty crysfou-zid i i tears
and embalmed in player* are appealing to
tbe general assembly to stay the tide and
breac and beat back the waves of ruiu and
sorrow that come like a flood in the wake
f strong drink, and God who enjoins vir
tue and society upon His intelligent crea-
res—all—all are on our side
Be hopeful. Be firm. Be decided, and
..i the name of Peace, and Honor, aud
Truth and Manhood we beseech you make
known your requests, and demand an ever
lasting redemption from the thraldom of
tbe terrible monster who ia blighting onr
fair land with drunkenness, ruin and
infamv.
J. W. H. Uxdxkwood, Chairman.
George N. Lester, of Cobb.
M. L Mersbon. of Glynn.
George Hillyer, of Fulton.
Thomas Hardeman, of Jefferson.
C. I). McCutcben, of Whitfield.
C. R. Pringle, of Wushingtor.
J D. Stewart, of Spalding.
A. Hood, of Randolph.
G. A. NuucaUy, of Floyd.
J. G. Tarower, of Fulton.
H G. Everett, of Chatham.
D. H. Walker, of Walton.
G. W. Adams, of Monroe.
J. D. Cunningham, of Fulton.
W. G Whidby, of DeKalb, Secretary.
The pres* of. the state are requested to
publish this address.
mission, in the federal court, the right of Wbat Senator Voorheea, or Indiana,
the state to regulate tbe railroads and tbe I Tbinks of Sucb Action,
constitutionality of the powers of the com- A n amendment has been proposed to the
mission were in Issue, and fully discussed . „ “ “ F . ,
and settled. The main points decided in 1 constitution of Indiana to prohibit the sale
that case by Judge Woods are: I of liquor. Senator Dan Voorhees was inter-
1 That, independent of the constitution viewed on the sn bj e ct by a correspondent
of 1877, the right of railroads to establish , . n .
thelrown ichedules of freights aud fares of the Cincinnati Enquirer at Terre Haute,
is subject to legislative rontrol, where Ind. Senator Voorhees expressed himself
such railroads are operating under charters I as follows on the subject: “No good will
come of the present prohibition movement
al ^ CT -rh.i^y^ 0 |' i? . . _, a ,^!'. in Indiana. It will not only utterly fall, but
A That the legislature, under the cocsti- ilw ;u positively harm. It aimsatan abso-
tpnon of lOTJ.iiotonly has the power, hot I lute impoaeibilUy. All good people believe in
iL‘i? m .hi, ’.r Icniperence— which means moderation, not
/-L _ * 1 fl..™.I prohibition—and the history of the human
" U t “ nd C %Li r uiffile7nd't^um«nt ufiuH SSid5S?StfSS»- . ..u B .c .......
mst and reasonable and to prevent unjust a cWUIaed government has totally abol
d, rT“ppoint a com m Us i on for th a t “g* vi £« s “““ Cuor^
¥ Tbnt*ia n0 th. a .mp&tof thl^r
,ev to rn.nl.to fr.toht imJ n.«tonn». I p „2e lawot the world, and if the acts of
your legislature on the provisions of your
, . .... ... . . . | constitution are not respected by public
IE! opinion, they will fall listlS to tbiground,
constitution of I Kansas, I believe, has adopted as a part of
constitution of Georgia, and is therefore I ^ er constitution a provision similar to that
constitutional. . ^ . ... proposed to the constitution of Indiana on
• ln TifT I aobjectof prohibition. It is a dead
case, and by the request of the railroad Ieuer f th ‘a t jurira composed of the
commission, I employed assistant amnsel citizens reload to enforcTit in the
t? -r e allcruey general. General I coarl « i an j t j, e manufacturers and dealers
Bobert Toombs and Messrs. 5Iynatt .t. are preparing to g 0 on with their business
Howell were retained by me. The latter „ 8u « h g„ hibUory clause was iu
i paid a portion of their fee their conatituaon. ? eui. i. „„
This
By Mall and Wire to The CouiUtutlon. I ajd^.ld was summoned Immediately, but Mr.
LaGseeue, July 13.—A young negro Johnson wss beyond the power ol aid and died
t ,. . .. , I in a few minutes- For some time past his health
man, Lee Akers, living on Mr. McFarlin’s ^ bera greatly impaired and hi* death waa the
plantation, about —ven miles from here, reroltof on iUnreoof long duration. “ot
was killed yeaterday morning by Stephen I ^ ^ * 8lO0,a
Hatton hui atepfather. The coroner, Mr. B aS^^d , taoSSgS3 , tl28»m
Thos. Davis, was summoned to hold an in- | uuiTersity catalogue contain* ni* name as
quest The jury returned n verdict •>»> ^L'Xe^ Sj&iSbS
the deceased came to his death by a blow j tlircctiy alter the war ho removed toCarterevUic,
received from a stick in the hands of Hat- p1S5SS1“ot a
ton. Hatton acknowledges having struck I number of years be represented this county in
Akers, but says he had no intention of I
killing him. Akers received two blows, I laborers and the confidence of the entire state,
one on the head and one under the left I
arm; the latter is supposed to have been I d^thtiie^RUt^koMM*houo^ i s 0 n! r cfertersriUe
death. Hatton was a worthy citizen and a family a generous and
committed for trial. A horse kind protector.
owned by Mr. J. P. Thornton, at miluedueviuje. July U.-kev. 1. W. Hinton
tached to a wagon, ran away this morning preached the commencement sermon for the M.
throwing three of Mr. Thornton's little {£"^25^
boys out and kicking the negro driver derived from the text, was: •‘Character Make*
(Clarence Thornton) on the leg just above rapt° «ttnUoa. h To^?y aJlicuci;
the ankle, literally smaihing it to jelly, which wai unprecedentedly large, ni Andy on-
Fortunately the little ones were uniu- } tertained by declamation* by the young men
jured, though makiaga miraculous escape, JounE.TwUe;;
Madison, July 11-A thrill of sadness
erv.il-«i our town. But a few days ago —ire* with distinction, and Mime* Lula Little of
and a train of s>rrowing friends and rela- Talbot, Rom. Mapp and Gertie Trcanor of Bald-
tives followed to the cemetery tbe remains l ^ i WS d t f? ll 5A ,, JS5ii2SS2Iii? n ;S52SS r
of Mra JuliaH. Wittich Scarce a week tf’SSSon'S’uS
elapses when, like a dread blow of rernedt- I trepective pieces were a* nearly
less cruelty, every heart of sympathetic sibie. There are a great max
feeling quivers with horror and pain at the I town—the crowd is being increased by the arrival
distressingeccidentwhich befellJuliaSaf-
fold;. Mriu Witticb’s sweet little grand-
child, who, while in a baggy with , d expraM himsell highly manned with what
her father, Mr. R. S. Saffold, re- he sees and hears A umely nun yeaterday al-
turning from a visit to her surviving uinoon ha* laid the dost and modified the to-
grandmother, Mrs. W. O. Saffold. was made with " hlch wo bccn lor
the victim of a terrible accident. The
horse became frightened at a passing hand-| Hartwell, July li.-severel families from
car, her father thrown from the vehicle m here have gone to Franklin spring* to spend a
his efforts to control the horse and the little I month or two. Elberton ha* already a lair rep-
lady was left to the mercies of chance, (—elation there. Mr. .Band* the ptronctor.
Soon the now terrified creature dashed the ![Sed2J^; W t^!S?^reaon? which no ^loubt
precious little girl from the baggy and with “mirahe crowded wlSTviliota.—An excur-
stunning violence she was thrown against *iou from here to morrow to Atlanta will take
tree. With bruised and torn body she has J several of our citizen* on a visit to your city.--—
lain fortwodaysinastateof unconciousness ^^.Ti^idT^ifJinr^wSd
with grimdeath hoveringabout her But l £S” U ,J to 5£co5f by —
the ead chapter must needs seek for its heat, and died ln about six hours,
completion a further grief from the alreac y I a disease called the “black measles,” l* raging to
stricken household. Last night Mrs Julia I some extent to Shoal Creek and Beed Creekdis*
Knight, danghtor of Mra Wjltch.nd.unt |
of Miss Julia Saffold, died of heart disease, j wort hy man and waa largely known ln ibis bcc-
and was this evening bnned close by the I non aa a music teacher. Yeaterday Mr Henry
sideof her mother. Sad ia the picture pre-1 Prewitt lost hia wife and one child, both dying in
seated. Truly does the weeping henrtof alewmlnutMolcachother. Hc hM twomaro
sympathy go out in tendernesa to the iSWeSJ'e tifclSJSSy k£ he “rath t.
bereaved family. Mir. Knight was a lady hourly expected. Several more famines are
well known in our community. She was I attacked and it is feared there will be
the wife of Dr. G. B. Knight, a prominent deaths toa short time.
physician of Morgan oonnty. Hopes are _ . . „ _ ... ... .
entertained that Miu Julia will recover, „ R°we. July 12,-Rome 1. well repnwenled at
and many ate the fervent prayemof true retoStototadtr
hearts that go up for her reatoiation. where he lieonanedbya severe attack ot rhen-
matism. The State Agricultural society, which
Caetkbvyillk, Jaly 1L—Abda Johnson died I i^sembles in this city ou thu vth of August, prom-
eTeQ ]„ x about 3 o’clock j ims to be well attended. Captain J.J. Pnntup.
coukling ho* inflicted an incurable
wound upon tae cnLdren ol Governor Spngn*
and upon the fame of Secretary Chase's lamiiy.
whether ne has gone to immoral lengths or not.
Henry Ward Beecher is another person who Vs
K t to * singular position by this exposure of
ul 1b hi* anxiety to do something to bene"
Coakling. with w&om he secretly sympathised
the female account, he delivered a sermon only
the previous Sunday in Brooklyn against bribery
in the legislature aod the dread influence of rail
road monopolies oo legfolativft morafe. The in
tent of that rermon was to give moral aid to Conk-
ling against Depew and help the former return
“to ST tond P.n.ral I ‘“'* r —• ra- -
‘ he “ imnK r n ‘ unwholeeome etate of things, for it more or
Toombs has been j^td nothing yet. Yonr ie33 demoralizes a community to have lawa
attention is respectfully calhd to the I w hich they will not execute. The fault,
matter, that provision may be made for the * oweTe . , h ia instance ia in the law
..mi an itael( - It goea beyond the Bound judgment
I herewith transmit the third semi an-1 f people. I remember very well what
nna report of the railroad commission for th Maine law in jgW in ihis
the information of the general assembly. , ute . The courts and juries would not
tax collectors’ b jsds. I convict under it when its violation was
Through mistake, inadvertence, and per- I proven beyond question. It will be so again
haps other causes, a large number of the prohibition is adopted in Indiana. We
county officer* who were elected in January I will have a provision in our constitution
last failed to c-xecnte and file their official I which will rot be obeyed or enforced. *
bonds within the time prescribed by law. wan t to see nothing of that kind.”
Under the' advice of the attorney general, I "Do you tbiuk such a provision! in a
the bond* of these officer* filed afterwards I state constitution would be in harmony
were accepted, they and their securities with the constitution of the United States.”
making and filing a volantary written I “j do not. In my opinion a state has no
agreement that the bonds, though not tea- nower to confiscate the property of its citi-
s.nably filed, should have the same validity U . us w ho are engaged in lawful trade,
and effect as if they had been filed in time, I Neither can the federal government do so
and that the legislature might pass any | fhe manufacturers of vinous and spirit-
law deemed proper to give said bonds all j uous liquors pay an immense revenue for
tbe force and effect of valid' statutory offl- I the support of the government, and in re-
cial bonds. An act legalizing these bonds I turn they receive, and are entitled to re-
~ deemed advisable. I ceive, ita full and complete protection
korth akd south railroad There is paid in the city of Terre Haute
Tbe purchase money for the North and I tbedistillere and brewer*, $^000,-
South railroad, amounting to (*40 500) forty ““““ *® . tha government^ the
thousand five hundred dollara, was paid to l ulled States. In urt ier to do tins
the state on Ihe 1st day of July, aid the f* 1 * . manufacturer. have made
proper transfer of that property has been lar K e investments and purchased extensive
^consummated. PPey ^e itptKn
THE macon and BEBNSwicx EAiutoAD. amend m e ut to the constitution of Indiana
The owners of thia great interest are will co DfiM ateaU such property, or nearly
pressing forarard the work of completion so ana de51roy m iiii oa s, n 5w an much an
as contemplated by the law, and I have de ’ r the proU ,c t ioa of law as any specie, of
every reason to believe that all their en property. In my judgment the courts will
gagements with the state will be fully com- not sus t a iu „uch a measure.”
plied with. They give aatiafactory assurance .. Wllat are yottr Tiewa in regard to anb-
that theywill not only dottasai tapidlyas m i Uing , he prohibitory amendment to a
possible, but that they will build other lines I vole Q f the people?”
of railroad that will op»n up rich and up- .. lf yj, m Ssure is unconstitutional, as I
developed sections ot the stare and make trelieve it to be, and destructive of private
the Macon and Brunswick road a link in a vested rights. 1 can see no use in tie ex-
poweriulanu frucufyiDgsystem. We have Ilse and tronb l e of submitting it to a
in the htghcharacter, the staple means and I pppular vote. Of conree, I appreciate
disongnishtd ability of those who have f h £ argament that everything can be
this great work in their control the most ^ e au b m ilted to the people,
aasoring guarantees of ita success and good 1 bu t why shonld a mersure of in-
“'•nsgement, .... I justice and manifest violation of the consti-
The stole is to be congratulated on the ' al i on be made an issue at an election? If
heavy lcttnx of capital induced by there a,, p™), should, under excitement and
-nterpnses ea much as on the >sc that they mirapprehension, vote for it, all their labor
ill result in the establishment of new and trouble would avail nothing; tbe
highways of trade, and they should be met won!d undo lt ,. L »
tn the liberal aud courteous spirit with "In what way do yon think the cause ol
which Georgia welcomes all who enter her temperance can be beet promoted?"
bordeis with legitimate purpose or honest I ,.g y education, and the general improve-
iotention. ...... . „ ment of the people. Nothing was ever
In conection with the. Macon and Brans-1 accomplished by zumptuary laws. Yon
wick road I call attention to the fact that | caono t prescribe by legislation wbataman
the state owns along the lice of the road 1 ,h a n e at or drink. You may regoiate the
and adjacent therrto a eonsiderablennmber | tra ffi c i n liqnora, and keep the busii
very suddenly yestenlsy evening about S -
o! iheamaUsm of the heart. He had a revere uf the Lleht Guards, write* that he and hi* corn-
attack of Inflammatory rheumatism last Jana- j*ny me highly pleased with their reception In
ary. but had apparently almost entirely recover- t-riffin, and with the genial hospitality ol the
od. He ate a hearty dinner, and about ten min- citizens of that place. The company will return
utea before his death he look a drink of water to this city Thursday evening—-The library
and went Into his room, where he was alone. In sends on another hundred dollar order for boon
about three minute* the family, hearing him J la a few days. The success of this institution is
make a noise as If tryiDg to expectorate, went into I phenomenal. Prohibited by its constitution from
tbe room and found him leaning forward ln his going into debt for any purpose, it* mcoere from
chair) dying Not being able to carry him the very beginning was assured. Other to*tito-
to "his oed, they laid him ten- Uons of a similar character could well follow lt*
derly'apon the carpet, and in a lew moments, ] example. •
without speaking to^any one, all that jremalncd j ^ ——' 10> __ CWoo8ft .
Hors, pleasant and
principally from
v i uwerera. rarav. aa. There is evi-
erenlcg paid their red tribute of respect to the J cent improvement here over the past two*
honored dead by following his remain* to their I n auentlen to guest* And a table fare 1
last resting place ln Oak Hill cemetery. His be- really unsurpamed in the south. An excellent
reared family hsve the heartfelt sympathy of ati. I .tring band feat the gneou’ disposal, and those
life honor Judge Fain, after organizing, ad- I w holove good music are regaled with aoltand
journed the superior court till Tuesday morning or Raycr strains, and those who love dancing
in respect to the deceased, to order that the bar sreaiwsp, happy. The warm day* bring new
might attend the funeral service*. arrival* with every up train, while our genial
The bar ot Cartersville met this morning at the I man »ger receives many letter* engaging room*
court house to take suitable action to regard to I « n d cottages. Several hundred visitoM are ex-
the death of Mr. Abda Johnson. . . . , | pected by the 20tii lnnanL Oar “opening ball”
John H Wlkle requested to act a -
A M Foute stated the object of the meeting.
On motion of A P Wofford, the chair appointe
Messrs A P Wofford, J B Conyers, R W Murphy,'
J ,r ’ T W AUn ' * nd FATirravniE, Jaly 1L-The ztare home of
committee to draft suitable reiolutioni #n the . ^ bresklnz ihe loH. Iamunwdeto
death of Mr-fehnBnn. and tn renort at some future I —«
a xk ih* h>? wm rmniMt/ql I ADOUl 500 or 3/3 worm idciuumjb I**-"
to«tSd ielMeAS^tn%S?.^ I to_lsand notion^outof theohow^oare^ Ttapesfo
On motion ol J W Harris, Jr., the bar was re- J all the Doslore atom pa and
quested to wear the usual badge of mourning for I about foO or SCO to money token
thirty day*, to respect tothe memory of Mr. * ro ^ the JJ )re Ul ] w^offloe. The night alter
J oTmitlon ht. honor. Jadre Fain, mi re-1 S? gffiaSi'fjSS'fi’Sffi
quested to ^joum thesuperiorrourt alter organ- I SSoe^lSbnn^&rS Sle» from here. Hi*
ixing, to 8 o’clock Tuesday morning. I L ,,j e wu found loose to Fairbum next day. It
The meeting then adjourned to meet on call ol J ia ^pnoecd the burglars went in that direction,
the chairman. htavsxll Chairman We learnthat a liberal reward will be paid lor
John H. wires. their rapture with pmrftoooavtrt.
I Dahlomkoa, July 8.—On Monday, 4th, Jacob
Gairvnc. July 12 - About seven or eight hun- juruin died, after suffering long and much—
-red people witnessed the match game of bare I a^d nearly seventy yearn. He was a member of
balljresterday between the “Llghtloot” dub, ol | the Baptist church. Mr. H. rerved a* lieutenant
Griffin, and the “Cafe,” ol Atlanta. Tbe game ln tb e first company ol volunteer* ihalwent Irom
was well played throughout, but the borne boy* Lumpkin in the cause of the south-1st Georgia
proved too much lor the visitors, as will be seen I regiment of volunteer*. Colonel Ramsey com-
by the following score of innings: j man ding. Captain Cabluess. of M onroe u °
office, being in their store, was also robbed of
1 2 8 4 5 6 7
LlghtfooL.-
* ° 2 . * l l i-4». ito'SI jre. toe
fifth inning, which somewhat
That, however, did not materia ly alter the game, athxxs, July 9.—The campus is looking very
u the Llghtloot. played » much beuerEame.iu though mou of the youn* tier.
the wore shows. There was a pleasant dance nro Mt oa t i Q the early spring are nearly
last night at the Guard’s armory, attended by a deiu j foT want 0 [ water. The weather is fearful-
large number of oar visitors and homo people.
The rain just at dark prevented the dance at
Camp Bartow. Among toe visitors present were
Mis* Mary Roger*. Covington; Miss Mattie Har
din. Atlanta; Miss Aunie Pace. Covington:
Hia Leola Ransom. Atlanta; M‘-
Coxa Winship. Atlanta; Mte iAura Brown. I
lanta; Mis* Mamie Hull, Atlanta; Miss Lilia Cape,
Savannah; Miss Mary Hammond, Atlanta, and a
cloud.mud UUle prapeclof rain; much rick.
nem among mull children, rarden. drying np
aad fruit tolUog before ripening, o, for a good
. rain. Mr end Mm BUlr. who tlrort Princeton.
a lew mile. In the oonohry. both died yraterday
near the some hour, of extreme o’d age, so yonr
I correspondent ' *'* ‘ * "
i informed.—*-Two small lots
ring respectively IL100J and 1900,1
large number of others. This afternoon the MrRKBeavos.
grand pr.ze drill far the SJOO banner will come off. “ r
SfeSsSsSrLiassJS sr'SirS
one of toe honest, plucky young men of Atlanta Friday
Sti U H?5uu, D 4a‘rnSShM 2' w?Mdow”f£7ilel “Sinra^foe?dfJSJ
{heheroy coopnelt on the morning tmla for U™h
Atlanta. I leave* a large posterity; children and grandchild
dren will number at least one hundred.—-Mr.
Gxirru*, July 13 —One of the most recherche Tom Rice and MissSaliie Howell were married,
affairs of toe season occurred last night at too oat at Hampton’s chapel by Rev W. H. McAfee.
Grays’* armor* to the shape of a complimentary
banquet tendered by Captain H. W. Johnstone Barhesviluz, July 12.—John J. Hngnley, a
and his company to to* Rome Light Guard. The young lawyer, died near here on Bnnday last,
hall was crowded with citizen soldiery and a | ^ wa * buried here yesterday afternoon with 8.
of Iota of lard These lota, i _ bwb> >rTr _ ii --biii
ment, ahou d be disposed of, oa they are I yind^taTegWatSon wilT faiL”
xny judg- j p rU( j en t and- responsible hand*; bat be
—, - - - . - they are I nnnH fku 1*<?lg1atinn will fail **
rendered less valuable, day by day, by the
encroachment of trespassers. . Garfield’* Chance.
torxtowk Cf NTX55IAL. I Cleveland Herald.
Preparations are now progressing for the .. ru ^ chance .. Garfield, “and
cenfenaial celebration, ia October next, of maketbemoat of to”
the surrender of Cornwailia at Yorktozm.
It is expected that this Cireaiomal will be
E rese uied in roost imposing torro.
t will no denbt be participated in
by every state in the union, and with
hard at work on prohibl
ed. will cat off ths whis
now tbe water cotamiwk
that tbe water supply of inecuyis wremaeaty
bad. It does not take a man with very huge ex
perience to the use of Holds, mild ana otherwise,
to understand this dilemma, aud any one with
any humanity will sympatoiz: with these anfor-
nate people. Thtdr well* are contaminated, and
toe neighboring springs ftoadeqaate to relieve
them, and the river over two hundred feet lower
■etblBff Better Yet.
Deuoit Free Pres*.
On a Canada Southern train the other day a
Beecher
on adultery to toe
ie*t»latuie daring a senatorial contest. He con
rw lajt sundav bv oXetchtog _
£y of adulfei by a senator to toat hotel deToud
by Mr. Ddevan to lemperanoe to all things The
Delevsn boose was boils daring toe time of toe
Maine liquor law excitement by Mr. Delcvan to
exemplify the virtue* that await — *—
He shut up toe bar, semM no wi
and bntit a house of such proportions that iu
tog at him sharply and trying to
he had met him, when the mas
ed:
-Aren’t you Thomas . of Dwwi
-Yes: and aren’t you William —, of Buffalo?*,
-Yea”
njN oometo- And ain’t yon
turned and oak-
. of Detroit*”
running away with
of Si Thomas?”
"Ft* got a better thing than i
William. *s he leased over the
sing away with his wile.”
He shut np toe bar, fervod so wise* on the table,
*— — •*iat iu
. would
equal the attractions of liquor,
so hotel is this country uu ,
received more profanation. The liar had to be
put bock to a few yearn Mr. Tweed did all hi*
ItgUfeuve transactions to that hotel and it share*
wfr»> jLochiei house at Harrisburg toe repu
tation of b-feg the most notorious legislative
hotel to the country.
THE TWO LEPROSIES.
The two great offense* in American politics are
bribery aad wanton conversation. They exist to
Wsahtogtoa as ax Albany as almost regular ieo-
tursacf public life- Men at t re beads of the m jsx
important committees of eoagreaff, wao direct
Vrgr*ni’—involving upon stiluansof
system of which toe people erenow deploftoz-
“Tu hard.” We never expected to see a Georgia
city to grow to such dimensions toot it could not
get water enough for Us inhabitants.
Nothing Omitted.
Escambia, Ala., 8tar.
The Atlxxta Cosvrnurxos* is beyond doubt
toe best doily south of tire Ohio. Its ttiegrsph
service is os complete os that of toe metropolian
journals If toe people of this sactiou wont a
first-clam paper to every respect. The Coasnrr-
tio.x is tbe cna for them to take. The doll;
reaches Evergreen at eleven o’clock in the fore
noon of its pubUrarixi day. and always has the
latest dispa’-enrs from every portion of the world
nothing is omitted; everything of interest is
Yet j daiiy supplied^ by ~ ~
every pan of the country, and that which is best.
Beaolace Atlanta
Knoxville Dispatch.
The Atlanta cotton exposition is swelling into
mormous proportions, and is boand to be an im-
a tianta enterprise,
although loc.-.i .^c.« 1. ■vjsa mere accident,
informed, that she got it; still she is
responsibilities liks a hero. There
He had a chance-a bare chan a
each a display of patriotic fervor
such a memorable eveut will justify. Be
fore Georgia can actively and materially
participate in this celebration, your con
sent and co-operation will be necessary. 1
deem all arguments or appeals enforcing
the duty or propriety of our state taking
part, and a leading one, in tbi*
sagas*, memorial as altogether uncalled
for. I am sure there is not a state in this
anion wbos-? entire 1 history has evidenced a
higher and truer appreciation of the liberty
and responsibilities which the victory of
.Yorktown established, nor is there one that
maintains a more grateful heart towards a
merciful Providence and the immortal men
who gave os that victory.
The presence of this great commonwealth
sboaid not be wanting at a time when hon
ors are to be paid to the names aad memo
ries of those who won the place we now
hold among tbe powers of the earth and
the assertors of human freedom.
THE XaTKRHATIOHAL COCTOH EXPOSITION.
A very distinguished compliment has
been paid our state and capital by tbe selec
tion of Atlanta as the point at which should
be held tbe exposition of cotton production
and manufacture. Ihis exposition, open
ing the first week in October, will
continue for three months, and
will present an imposing array of
tbe multiform aspects and values of our
great staple. Besides tbe universal ac
quaintance which this great gathering of
inquisitive and practical business men will
secure for our state, thereby introducing us
to tbe whole world, we will have assembled
here the completeet aggregation of
instrumentalities acd tbe tallest gather
ing ot experts engaged in the interest of
cotton that the world has ever seen before.
his way over it by manual labor, and he mode
’ ie most of it in the country school.
He hod a chance at Hiram college, and before
most intelligent and most useful legislators toe
stafo has ever had.
He had a chance to defend the nnloa, and that
he made the most of it his major-general's strep-
soon told. There was a chance—a mere one—at
Chickamaugo, and toe ride toot be took through
peril and death to toe side of Thomas, and toe
fight that he made there, tell in toe imperishable
tight bf history whether the chance wu lost or
He hod a chance at toe national capital. The
discoursed music for toe occasion, and dancing university. He was a brilliant young man, a
continued until a late hour. Governor Colquitt had just entered the practice of law when he a
lanta, July 12.—Captain H. W. Johnstone:
can how well he Improved toe opportunity that
the lottery of human events ho* opened to him
Chicago gave him a chance. He improved it so
that by ‘ ‘
He took th* chance of being president without
dictation, and ol doing fearlessly wbat be thought
it bis duty to do. There was acknowledged polit
ical danger in it, and events have shown toot it
held a great personal and physical danger, bat he
met it. He won toe moral fight; and the splen
did struggle that his strong frame is making
agalunt physical death gives hope that his last and
greatest cnance will, indeed, be “made the most
___ _ lady
regret that prerelng'buatiuu connected with the I Mr. John? 1 Hunt and lady left yesterday for '
legislature prevents our presence at tout j ate jmrings in Tennessee. Mr. TC Banks and
reception to night—A H.Colqufu, John B.Baird.” au u Mr. J M Howard and sister have gone
A pleasant event of toe evening was toe Intro- lo uircy’s spring, ln Pike county. A number ot
ductlon of Mr. J. T Ellis, one of toe old mem other* will leave shortly,
ben of the Spalding Grays. He entered toe hail
amid the cheers of toe crowd. Mr. Ellis was at | daltoh July 10.—Wednesday evening the
the battle of Gettysbarg,and was one ol the three -JJJJ ,men of the city will meet to organize a
of toe Greys to oome off unhurt. Refreshments glllfeury company. About forty names have been
were served constantly during toe evening. Al- earou^:** members Ibe north bound poo*
together, a more delighuul evening has never train cn tne E*» iTennessee, Viiginlaand
been spent In our aty. pie encampment will (ieoS-u railroad, leaving here at 9:30 a m, to-day,
dose to-morrow. Tbe frand prise drill took « umpw j the track at the switch near toe depot as
place yesterday between ihe Griffin Light Guard w £ieaving the city. A negro brekei
and Captain Printup s Rome company, it ta not I t n j ure( j gjightly. Considerable damage
known wnich wins the banner, as toe I the engine,- Mr Asa Hszan, of Kooxr
withhold their decision until this afternoon. The J Mr Geo WhlK&n of Ohio, ' “ ~**~
Greys drill for toe battalion prize this 1 “ rw *» wmwan, «*
nm KLEEEToy. July lL-Qalte. number of out
Dlaaded bv our people, and toev have made I J O Sanders, ol ihis piece Messrs, w comiux
fh#™*Jw«rX —Ufa* Mattie Ha- I A Zrim have purchased a lot on a corner of the
completed, i
HawxcnrviLLX, July 12.—The poet week wss a
__.tal one to several of our old people, four havtux
died during that time. Oa Sunday. Jniv 2. Mi *
Sarah West, who had been on invalid for about
seven years, aged 65 years. Oa Thursday, th**
7th, Mrs. ssaliodi Fleming, aged 82 yean, and
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
New Yoke, July 13 —Superintendent Thomas,
of the Satro tunnel informs headquarters ln this
city that a recent development in the header cf
south lateral tunnel is an important vein; where
struck by toe tunnel, is about fix feet wide
Nineteen aeays show the values of toe ore to run
from 8113 to 8157 per ton.
done to
Knoxville, and
in toe city.
Mrs. Charlotte McUuffl
Ids, _»
sine, about 60 _
wu. and on Friday, the 8th, Mrs. Me
Nell, also about 60 years of are.
I learn this morning that the two Bspcistchurch 2*
of Cochran, tofe oouaty, have reunited. Sever .1
years since, tor some cause, the church divided,
■ of First and
Baptist churchy.
Little Rock. July 13.—Henry Smith, colored.
boprofesred ^
Mattie Webb,
who profesMd to having ravished and murdered
aken Iron jail at Dee Arc by a l
ill dead. I be body was then thrown into the
ver.
church os their pastor the present year. Tht*.-
Christian gentlemen determined a snort time
since to use their efforts to allay toe feeling be
tween toe two organlzatioas. and. if p stib.c,
bring about a reunion. A meeting
wss called for last Sabbath evening
and I am pleated to learn that a settlement of all
dissensions and toe reunion of toe bodfes into one
was tbe resalt. One building will be sold, ami
the church will continue to worship in toe other.
Both pesters will be retained tbe remainder f *”■ -
year, one to preach toe first odd tho othe
third Sabbath. The branch store at Abbeville,
Wilcox county, of our enterprising firm ol
Beard A Lome ter, wu burglarized ou
and friends ln Conyers. Mr Robert White, an
county yesterday and prospects good to-day for
morning that his majority would t
Jemfeon will proceed to Atlanta as som u his
oommisron is received.
Bvboh, July 12 —Mr. Richard (Dock) Johnson
a citizen o! Houston county, about fifty yean of
age, wu stricken yesterday evening bv lightning
and killed Instantly, lie wu carrying lnhfe
hand an ordinary weeding hoe. It is supposed
toe electricity wu attracted by toe hoe.
Calhocs. July 12— MrT G Jones, formerly
chief of police of Atlanta, diet to^ay in tofe
place, of consumption. Mr Jones has many
friends who mourn bis loss and who symnathlza
with his bereaved family. "ympattuic