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RALpayetikytllega 'SUinggfi c BUSY WORKERS AT LABOR. Hiadrsdiof Kt: »: Work ea tU Xicca Ezttr»iea U A'lsata—Drlivsry sf EiUa far tka Bn* Eztmln-rnllic Par- ward ui Gtcrgta Paalfa. Qslooei McCracken «ji that ba naa now at work on tbe Uca of um Macon ax teuton atom four bandied men. and by Saturday night there will ba froaa acraa hundred to one thousand act ually encaged in grading the road. ThU force will ba lacraaeed as rapidly aa passible. Colonel Oaia mj« that ba can eoss plots the Itotam and Macon axt nitons both by the flm of next April. The atael raila far the Boom extension ought to br«ln arriving la Atlanta to-day. When they once commence there will be deily receipts until both tbe roads are supplied. On tbe Georgia Pacific tbe grading force haa crowed the river, and la poshing eo towards DouglasvUl*. This loros is being augmented bj twenty alias Is made, anew force will ba pat on that pan of tbe rand. At the other and of tbe line tbe And twenty miles from Columbus this way has basn completed, and the second section is being opened rapidly. Tbe contract baa bean made with Mr. Holcombe, of this city, for 20400 cross-ties, delivery to begin In a week and be kept up si last as they can be gotten out. Colonel Johnson and Mr. Gordon, of the coo- atrue ion company, arc lu tbe city, and arc closing contracts for various sorts’of work on the line. All of A lien la’s roads. It will be seen, are lo good ooodltlon, end tbe work la being bravely IN BATHING. Tbs Pbilasspbr af a Pretty Woman in Malt Water. Johnny bouquet. "The bathing boor is the only hoar at tbe iceaida for those still conscious of youth. Tlit re is a driving hoar also, bat it is not the seme. Any old cripple can drive/’, _ At tbra* remarks the pretty mum dived and shook one blue tee and its accompany ing fll*w-#rf iHMUg w.i for the ocean direct. "If such are your sentiments,” thought Y t "here goes with you; fur it is better to Ims drowned than to miss the bathing hour ” We swam beyond the stakes and lines, nod the bottom bed given way beneath i mine,” said tbe . muI striking oat like a water-dog "People wbo can keep cheerful cannot aink." Assuredly it never seemed so easy to awim in deep water 8be was a gray-eyed girl, a little tackled, but with plenty of color, and her voice in particular articula ted so distinct and manful like that it made the whole ocean submissive. Said I: "I 1 think 1 cauld "Keep Tour eyes pretty lliss,_ VOL. XIV. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUG US C 9, 1881. NO. 10 plies for a greater time, bad we continued, to hold to the offensive strategy. From General Meade’s reports, by wire, to General Halleck on tbe afternoon of the 2d. we now know that, had we turned bis left, be would have fallen back on bis supplies at Westminster. This would have left the route to Washing ton for us. where we should have found as comfortable supplies as those at Westmin ster, or if we had cared to strike we cuuld have taken him on tbe wing. It is not ATTEMPT TO RAISE TEA REPORT TO COMMISSIONER LORING. to precipitate battle, when be found that we were en route to Washington; but if be had failed to do so, we would have had an exchange of a queen for tbe castle lost at Vicksburg. lo tbe interview for tbe Philadelphia Press, which is ski reported in Tee Cox vTiTcnox of tbe 27tb ultimo, is the follow ing, vis: "General Lee indicated a similar estimate of hi* official character, by re lieving him of bis position in the army of northern Virginia, shortly after tbe battle of Gettysburg, and appointing General Long to succeed him.” As published, this appears to have importance as matter of record, which is not correct. It was men tioned incidentally, aud only as a rumor, and 3*3 nr t. tberetort, iateodod to b;. i-i cnuMtviD thepubUsned statement. There in ark referred to General Pendleton. Washington, Jnly 28.—Willis m Saunders, of the agricultural department, who was sent to Month Carolina by Commladooer Lorlng to inves tigate the tea culture experiment making in that Mate, haa returned sad handed his report to the slooer. From his description of the tea farm *t appeals to be an exhausted plantation, once a country residence haring upon lithe ruins of a large mention, pleasure ground and customary surroundings, including an artificial lake now dry. Tbe work thus far undertaken seems to consist largely in the partial removal ol the old ruins, preparatory to the rebuilding of the 3, and tbe construction of an avenue or . „„„ drive through the groan(2a The plans Included a tended to ba ia The filling —e «ri. 3*4*1- ~ tloa of an iron bridge across It, with other similar works necesmry to the successful cultivation of SENATOR LAMAR AT HOME. never tried, but with you I cr te tbe whole pond. ‘That's what everybody says,” she ex claimed, laughing. "I suppose becauie I’m r><>' afraid I assure other cowards. Now I learned to swim from a man, and that gave confidence. Man can teach woman to iswim. and a woman who knows can teach snan, but I never was able to make a swn> - xurr of any woman. I lesrixti at a swim ming school. I saw that the teacher was in love with me, and that ww some encour agement ; asone victory gives confi It-nceand leads to another, I finally beat him swim mirg Then 1 had no more respect for him —and he drowned himself ” "Gracious heavens!'' said I, swallowing half a pint o( sea-water and going down When I came up again she was lying on her back with totb feet half on of the water making love to theangels above. "DUI lie drown at- see? ’ I venture 1 to say. "No, drowned of drink, though be had a weakness for it before He must have been silly to fall in love with me ins’.eadof with swimming " Here 1 also turned over on my back and tsaw the cloudsalowly, thoughtfully moving overhead, and we both cessed to make any •xertion and floated there, talking, half a mile from shore, like two people in a boat. The pretty roiaa talked in that large assur Ing voice with a real s*n>.e and eloquence which made the ocean sale romance. "There is plenty of everything but self reliance.” she said, "and that nobody can get without dsring for >1 The b dy re quire* education more than the bead. Any well bred woman who cm swim out here. Jar at sea, can hold her own with her bos L>*nd after she gets him. Hi stands leave heir wives b. cause their wives will rot go along with them. Man it an exerc sing an imal; after business bis world is anti ought to be Ilia o).eTi air. But bis wife never learned to walk, and what little she oics walked she will not do a year after mar riage Not a single pi ysical exercise does an American woman acquire after mar riage. Consequently,” said the pretty miss, with the most natural frankmsi, "a woman •of active lody can, if she wa its to, lead Away those bereaved husbands. Johnny,” remarked the lady, executing a dive which was like a duck's going down for a weed, “leach your daughters to walk, to ride and to ewtrn. Thau they cau see just where their husbands go." "There’s no fear about me now,” said I ••this peculiar conversation is loo healthy lor apprehension.” "We will go towaid the beach,” she said; "for WO shall be tired before we get there Do you kr-ow why husbands do not court their wives more? Because their wives ait dowu Oil them Show me a wife who walks around the park frith her husband and .talks frankly with him, like any other unan, and I'll show you a coupie still •courting. Swimming is woman’s greatest »uxury if she only knew it, but she it not •dressed in a style either to walk or. swim \5hr sits down at home, talking dress, and afcosinf him of neglect, while it is the hig!f-beeied shoe and light stays aod sel- !ishn*-aof ease which »* coming between them. He is selfish toe. but he cannot give up his nature for what she u worshipping (at. Go up yonder to tbe hotel at fvenii g-. *nd what are they talking about? Dee*s. sippesiance and spending money. I hear lit over and over every l ight, and I don\ wonder the husbands are pitying poker or wool, or propplr g «P th* ***r. ladiea touch tbe pia :o; tli>e who can sing do not do it. Because I swi.n out here beyond the ropes they pernaps think I am .queer. Now i know some of ihe*e same neglected husbands because they have .swaui with me, and in every ca»t* their xwivee could kindle ihem u> glowing love again if they were not so he! pit ss. Jttaardor that begot* the ardent glance. One husband fold nu»yesterday that betook his wife to Karope. and all she walked to look at was the shot* windows " "What do you think about the bathing robes—or rather the abort skirts?” "Absolutely sensible. Why should a woman bare her arm*. which she does not need to do. never occupying It. .nnd row rap her feet at tbe swimming hour yhrn abe wants them to kick with? You take Abuae fifty women on the beach and watch ahem as they are costumed. Candor, •equality and unconscious play and health surround the girla in stockings. Woman wants less dress everyway, and raoTO nature She had better dre.-s like tbe pages at court than wear long skirts over French heels. She means to invite attention lo her foot by those heels, but she wears a free bathing dram for an honest reason llr Folllee Wrestling Wills Non lb- era Ntnteamanshlp. Oxford, (Mbs.,) Utter in tbe New York World. Vine* shade tbe portico and native trees surround the house. Pretty idols of (lowers grow here and there, which are not cultivated with that great care which calls upon you to admire the gardener rather than the flowers, and a pleasant walk leads to a perfect bower a stone’s throw in front of the bouse. To keep cool is a man’s first great aim of life here at this season, aud woman’s too. and Colonel Lamarjcan keep as cool here as be usually does in tbe senate. Everybody, by the way, calls him colonel, not senator. They knew him in war before they knew him in national politics. Whst a delightful place it is for a man to spend a congressional vacation. The political world is as far away, at least, as tbe depot, and a gentleman's mental horses and carriage must be ordered to reach tbe one precisely as bis real horses and carriage to reach tbe other. An especial effort must be necessary to think of Washington here. And really ' mow Che Little ftrlneessea Drm Philadelphia Time*. LAtms. July 12— Aa to tbe little girla, if I were it is neither colonel nor senator that bis finally and his neighbors know, but simply Mr. Lamar, a cultivated country gentleman, whose thought just at present is given quite as much to lawn-mowers and imported cows as to national politics. Of course, be c mldn’t successfully manage a plantation. He is too much of a student to know when the planting season comes, or to appreciate the mffuer.ee of a shower; but he fancies that if he could turn his attentiou to agriculture he could revolutionize Missis sippi. .Some years ago he saw an idvertisement of a lawn mower—such a one aa he had happened to see in u*e some where, possibly in Washington He ordered one and then planted a clover lot to use it. This accounts for tbe clover. By the time tbe lot was ready to mow. the mower had suffered disarrangement or demolition Another one was procured. Then Mr. La mar left his library, and in his shirt sleeves, under a bat as broad as a Texas cow boy’s, which was procured for this especial occa sion, took a seat in the shade and enjoyed the mower—pushed by a servant. It is said that the money tbat.has been spent in lawn mowers would buy tbe acre of land at a reasonable price. But the south needs im proved agricultural implements, you under stand, and Mr. Lamar is determined to show his neighbors tbe benefit to be derived from them. Moreover, this explains one of those bats. Along with improv ed machinery we must have alto improved cattle. A part of a senatorial $5,000 a year, therefore, which is otherwise spent generously and well, is invested in blooded cattle. Whether these fancies were got from Greystone or Manias the result is the same—another proof .that bu-colicfollies go hand iu hand with states manship. Few men in public life are held in as high esteem at borne as Senator La mar. Here in Oxford be is perhaps more popular (ban anywhere else. His neigh- core have nothing like hero-worship for him, but they esteem him a gentleman of it spotless private life and worthy of public irust. They do regard him as a scholar of unusual attainments and mental vigor, .ind this accounts for his |>opularity and success. He is no politician, in tbe usual •*nse of the word. He could never conde scend to the knowledge of the existence of a lobby, nor coqld be make a successful campaign if success depended on a lack •f modesty. He is a man as uniformly dignified as there is in public life.. A well-informed gentleman, who is a near neighbor of his. told me that he regarded Senator Lamar's political advancement as an honor to Mississipni politics for this reason—the cffics had to seek the man The general impressiou accords with this view, and the idea that he is a man of great scholarship is the keynote to tbe universal nigh estimate that his neighbors have of him. There is every evidence of his excep tional popularity here. It is seen even in ittle things. An artist of local celebrity has done a piece of his besfwork in making acrayon drawing of him, which is on exhi bit ion in on# of the ruost frequented stores n town. Several recent senatorial vote-* ml positions of bis were criticised very freely at the time, it seems; but tbe result has been to draw fortb so much commen dation that i. is understood that all tbf northern counties of the stat* frill elect members of the next legislature who are entbusi sstically in favor of bisretum to the senate.' Yet bin practical fellow-townsmen laugh freely at his hats and lawn mowers aud look upon bin agricultural ideas as the foi bles of a scholar and statesman. For they observe other foibles—one, they r-ay, is his absent-mindedness. Senator Lamar is under all circumstances polite, polite as the ivpifal old southern gentleman was. Yet he will souoljnies pass his next door neighbor on the street without sneaking. It is an idea prevalent hero tjia? he is periodically despondent and even morale. In these •n ods ho becomes oblivions of *U about uim. This is of a piece with lawn mowers, hat* and improved stock—so his neighbors regard it, at any rate Senator Lamar u not rich. He owns his peasant, uupreteo tious home, which as a mere piece of prop erty is not vaiy v*!usb{», and other n 4' rotate—enough to be what they call here •comfortably fixed.” What as Agsat sf ths Caanlsrisatr sf tie Agrl- cnltaral D« porta ill Th'zka sf the AckUveasata of Mr. L-Dac-Tks Somth OassUaa Enterprise. The roil.” Mr. Saunders says, "Is a poor, hungry sand. Some portions of the tract might used as a poor sandy loam, as some appear ance of loam may be detected In it, bnt it is of a character to support only the scantiest kind of vegetation. A courao of ameliorative culture, Including manuring, would be required before attempting to procure reaaonal/.y satisfactory crops of even such annual plants as are usually grown in that climate: but for permanent ligneous plants, such as the te* plant, a much more 1 borough preparation than that conveyed above would be essentially necesmry, including deep ploughing and cross-ploughing, followed In each furrow by a deep subsoiliug. to prepare a proper physical or mechanical condition of the soil for the free ramification of root*. ... With re gard to tbe future prospect* of the enterprise, if continued In the line of the present system, it may be said that there is not much room for en couragement." „ _. . Mr. Maunders gives a brief history of the cul ture of tea in the United State*. Referring to Mr. Jackson, the present superintendent ol the tea farm at Summerville, he says that gentleman, who had had experience la tea culture in Britslh India, being in lae United States on a pleasure tour, had his attention called to the effort* of the department to introduce tea culture, and interest- ill* an established fact," Mr. 8aundent con tinues, "that the strength of teas depend upon the climate where the plant is grown. The ea climates produce the strongest produced in localities where frosts occur are always pronounced to be weaker than teas which are produced in localities where the thermometer never reaches to the freezing point. This is well understood in all tea-growing coun tries, and it certainly would not be wise to ignore the fact in making experiments lu this country." The position may be considered as fairly repre sented as follows: "Haring every reason to con clude that tbe locality near McIntosh, Ga., Is too far north for the production of teas which possess sufficient of strength aud pungency to command the be-t prtoea, or even profitable prices, it is therefore considered proper to try the experiment at Summerville, 8. C . which is one and a half degree*, further north. However unfortunate it may be, li is clearly evident that the tea expert- menu must be made in a more southern latitude. The state of Florida may b ; looked upon aa pre senting the moat favorable conditions, and if the experiments are to be proceeded with, operations should be transferred to that state without delay. taking, it may be suegested that expenses be cut dowu to the lowest figure admissible, and that all operations of clearing ground of stumps and trees b.- stopped at once, •hat the expensive superin- - - * ' 4 — that S3U0 a mouth will tent of ttO worth of of time, as at pres- tendencc be modified i.ot be paid for tae m iabordurirg the ssme. eut. aud that all labor cease except so much as may be found mcwsaary to look after the young Pl "irTa general way it may be stated that since July 1,1880, fla.000 have been appropriated by Congre** for encouragement of tea culture. 80 far aa I* visible to tbe ordinary observer, the only practical, palpable result of expenditures from thin fund is what is to be found and what has been done on thU farm ” „ Commissioner Lorlng asked Mr. Saunders 10 advise him what steps nad better be taken. Mr. Saunders haa submitted the following sugges- scuth Carolina cannot bo of sufficient value to warrant further expenditures in that direction, consequently there can be * president of the asao^atiou, will deliver tb- opeulrg address, ana on alternate da7a addresses will he delivered by Hon. William Windom, secretary of tbe treasury, Hon Carl Schurz and Frederick R Conc’e-t, E*q, and Pro fessor Eiie Charlier. of New York. Reli gious services will be conducted on Sun day ICth. in tbe morning by Right Rev. J. J. Kean, Catholic bishop of Richmond, as sisted by tbe Moat Rev. James Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore and primate of the Catholic chnirh in the United States, and in tbe eveait g by Rev. John Hall, of New York. The festivities will embrace grand pyrotechnic displays, promenade concerts every afternoon and evening, and a grand national regatta on Saturday, 15th. Moorebouse, the scene of the capitulation, will be used for tbe reception of visitors and for tbe bead quarters of tbe governor of Virginia. One room will be reserved for tbe exhibition of revolutionary relics, tbe association holding themselves responsible fir their safe keep ing. Entire harmony now exists between all tbe managoiial bodies and the celebration promises to be the most succ-esfnl and in teresting ever held Cilsu! THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. PROPOSED LEGISLATION DISCUSSED Ccuervatlvs Dismiss tbs Whole Qaettlea, asd Argots That the Legislation Proposed Would Ba lajadicicvr, axd Opposed to Oar Bset Interests. Editors Constitution : The fanatical wave passing over the state of Georgia and culminating in an effort on the part of a few blue blooded aud pseudo moralists to importune and gerrymander the legislature against its better judgment into tbe passage of prohibitory or radically proscriptive laws on tbe subject of tbe aognufacture and sale of wines', liquors and beer, t.Lould be met openly and on high grounds by. a «reat trbune of the people and conservator . f the ight like Thk Con- W":* poa-'-.r and influ- Itates army, will oJthe lOthlnstaut lay out I ® DCe caat in the scale on tbe side of modern the ground for the military encampment, and on the same day Colouel J. E Peyton, genera! superintendent of the association,- will beat Yorktown for the purpose of dis posing of reservations to parties desiring to pat up buildings. A Coy Bride. Biltlmore Gazette. Mrs. Annie Sender, nee Cullen, as stated in yesterday’s Gazette, arrived here on Tuesday in the Tangier with her brother and went to tbe bonse of some friends on North Ann street Yesterday a reporter of this paper called to see her and was politely received. Tbe young lady was in no wise embarrassed, but told the story of her sin gular matrimonial adventure freely, and, possessing intelligence and sincerity, tbe interview was of the most interesting and pleasing character. She is very pretty, be ing about medium height orsligbtly under, with an excellent figure, a clear complexion and dark brown hair, so that it is no wonder that Mr. C. W. Souder became enamored of this fair denize* of the eastern shore. She states that she became acquainted with Mr. Soader three or four weeks previous to her marriage. Her father, Mr. Jacob Cullen, keeps a store in Crisiield, and Souder went there to *ell jewelry, as he made his living peddling jewelry through the peninsula. OneThurs •lav, about the early part of April, she went driving with Souder. She had always hith erto avoided being alone with him, but on this occasion understood tnat she was going to see her sister. After they nod gone some distance into the countrv bouder asked her to marry him. She rtriused and told h.m that she did not love him, and would rather die than marry him. Souder then threw a marriage license into her Jap, and told her that if she did not n urry him she would never get back to Crisfieiti alive. Becoming frightened, she consented to go to tbe minister’s Before they arrived there he told her that if any minister should en deavor to prevent the marriage be would kill him. Thus her fears for the minister’s life prevented her from informing him of tbe circumstances attending the marriage. Tbe ceremeny was performed and the two returned to Crisfield. As soon as rbe reached home tbe lady informed her brother of what had taken place. He at once made the fac'.s known to bis father. The ladv protested that she did not love her hu&htnd; had been forced to marry him and wou.d not live with him. , As both father and brother sided with her, Souder, though objecting very strongly to tbe sequel to his marriage, was compelled lo go to his hotel without his bride. Mat ters have remaim d in this condition ever since. Sander ha* had several interviews with his bride of an hour, but she still re mains obdurate and refuses to soften her sentence of banishment. She states that he would frequently pas* her on tbe street and speak to her, but she has steadily refused to notice him. On Tuesday, partly to avoid him altogether, she came to Balti more, as stated, with her brother. Souder was in the same boat. He approached to peak to her, and asked her why she was augry and wnetber she would not return to him. In the pre>ence of her brother she again told him that she did not love him and would not live with him. entire chance of the plants and property. Abandon all imorovt taenia. This will keep the expenses within 1100 per month. 1 he whole matter of care of plants can be managod through the department. Mr. Jackson need not be longer kept from his own farm where he has matter* requiring bis attention, and, if be is to be em ployed in further Investigations in tea, a new arrangement of compensation can be made." Commissioner Loring has not yet decided what to do in regard to the matter, but thinks he shall adopt tbe suggestious of Mr. Saunders J. Jackson, the mperintendent of the te* farm, has al«o made a report to Commissioner Liring He detcribss hi* preliminary tour of inspection aud continues: "1 satisfied mjself and General Le Due that the thing was well worth trying, nut as no appropriation had been granted by the government for that purpose, I returned to Geor gia to and set to work mjself. At General Le Due’s urgent request, 1 made and sent the de partment quantities of tea, wrote report* and c mmunicated ail the information in my power, which ultimately resulted iu an appropria tion of 85.000 being granted by Congress in .SsO. 1 waa thereupon commissioned So select a rite in South Carolina for an experimental tea farm. I would ask you to bear in mind that my strong recommendation to establish the govern ment farm In the state of Flor.da as a much more likely field of success va* overruled; in fact, too many important considerations bearing upon judicious, well matured commencement wi waved aside. I traveled around on the seaboard of this stale for some weeks looking for a site, and finally made a selection of three plaoes, a 1 LaDuc and Congressman McGowan in January I should say at ucce. * the liule prlu traJra" I have seen them at Um opera. srithtbeir patent*, when, 00 one occasion. Use tSCZte ooe getting sleepy her mother took her up a->UpnklM »« all U»cranio,. l tuiv «wu item at cterUabl. <*T*mon:c* whnwei attended by much pomp and circumstance: 1 hsvs *wn them riding, driv ing. walking, bottiug. and *u uoueot these oocw- Atooa, I venture to my, did Um wearing apparel of ■each woe of the little gtrls exceed in cost a ten dollar bill. A simple white muriin truck- uudeoo- rated by aay lace, uuieikwed by any Mlk slip or £ . • — —— the -winter or boating dieesesaro c so bias bands, no knife-pic*tings. Jtoleathers to th- hats; no furbelows auywhere, Would that the "M s Loftier." of America, those vWtoir and tasteless creatures who at the prescut Ume at the watering places all over the country are making the bodies of their children a mere mean* of paradteg their paver to spend money, .and who are ruining the moral health of their sMNpving by Inoa osttng in ihese igiprtasiooab e •art in ttis matter by the princess ol Waka. The Boa nit ng Month. £*lUmore San. Tbe story toM by tvs Atlanta correspondent of the New York Herald offke immense aam. ag gravating » hundred miUtoo of dUlgrs. which •ias been sub eribed north of the Powms* and Ir Europe for the purchase and butldln* of rail roads at the sooth and tbe development of bei industrim, reads like a chanter taken from « romance in which syndicate*, nwr? wealthy than the fable Monte Cristo — tween them the whole cover U with a network of railroads, open iu mince, build factories and sake its waste places blossom as the rote It is wall, afws the devasta tion wrought by the war and the aLotiuin of tla- rwrr such material blemiogs should follow in train, even though the men who dls- i (hem aspect to reap a profit Dows their energy and lavish expenditure of capita 1 . They hare done all they could do for the west, and r they are taking In hand the long neglected much more promising south, facts which ‘ "r an urinated m the southern cc lho expansion of LONGSTREET AT GETTYSBURG. no csi wri* r«« Estrseis Asra tbe Battle. We have requested to publish the following by Gotta.-*] Jaroes Longstreet: "Recent interview# lor tbe Chicago Tri bune and the Philadelphia Press, part* of which appeared in Tub iosititi’ •no*, contain errors which l l*& through your c »l«iu ns. to correct In the former 1 am r«trrotated bv easing, ■that tbe move propus-d to oar lizhi.eo a» ito turn tbe lefi and «** of the federal poM- ■non at Gettysburg, would have given as •the shorter line to Washington and Phila delphia. This is an error, a* regards Pbila delphta. My remark applied to Washing tan only, as that besides the army of the Potomac were our only objectives. It woo VI have given mi the shorter route to Washington, and in that was the similarity of position to Von Mollke’s when be seized tbe point which S ee him tbe shorter lines to Paris or to etz Tbe morale of the armies was also aimilar. It is probable therefore that the results would have been aimilar. Those who have written of this question have. I believe, given but ooe reason why we should not have made the move, L e., want of supplies. We recroesed the Poto mac oo the nignt of the 13th, when the cam paign may be said to have ended. It ia not commuoltie*, will be dotted over with furnaces and mills aod fsetorim of many kU4*. iu the benefit to be derived from these enterprise* the dtf of Baltimore, through tbe Baltimore and Oitio ralboad and its affiliated lines, now bring pushed forward Sab? the very heart of tbe south. Will, In spite of faro:>2opposition, obtain that •bare to which she is eaUUed by her closer prox imity to tbe south, and by the excellent jajrktt* she pmesiis for the sale or export of southern prod acts. is rife with bor. and she famishes much food for the gnsdps. write* a Saratoga cor- respondent. Otm cf the things said U her i* the; bar wardrobe consist* of S 0 dreaed I am npt exaggerating Dame Grundy** bulletin onefoia. Now! happen to be a friend of the lady, and, therefore, can rive facts concern!ne her. She M “ wife of a wealthy St. Louis banker, —,—,—h' of more, in quantity and quality, dlsaooods than cr other lady in Saratoga, night she l* Morally ablaze with 0* shines Her husband CW on her, and m every whim Zn rogar* v? " ‘ i, the has sot quite SCO. Bat tni* she The New Railroad Bill. The following is the text of the railroad bill by Mr. Rankin, of Gordon, which the bousa passed yesterday: A BILL To be entitled an Act to require Railroad Com panies of inis State to return their property tor several railroad companies of tii-s make returns to the receivers of tax returns of tbe counties ot all the property owned by them in the respective countie* la which said property is situated, just as individuals are now requited by law to do; such return to include all the prop erty. real and personal, owned by them, either absolutely or bell by them under lease or otherwise, exoept their roiling stock, which shall be returned as hereinafter provided; and said companies shall pay the tax assessed by the county authorities oo the propei tv so returned to tbe respective tax collectors of said counties, and all the laws now in force in this state as to the valuation of prop erty and &£ enforcement of the collection of the county tax due thereon, in the esse of lndivldnal tax-payer*, are hereby' marie applicable to said Section* Be it further enacted. That said rail road rompanlc* shall annually return to the comptroller general, a sworn tist or schedule, which shall contain a correct detailed inventory ail masses, express, uagssge, ircigai ami auius of can, ouraid or < petated by them on such reads, with vakatfotf oj *(uae, and at the suae time ih*H tcium sworn sts cisonts Q- schedules setting forth the length of the main track in e*ch county through which such road runs, the total * In this state, and the entire length of the on 3 B? it further enacted. That the or* , s* or board of county commissioners of the Tsrious counties of this state through which soy ,-silro<ul may mo. b; and they are hereby re quired to give lo: cc to the comptroller general, a-nuiiif, of Use rsfo of Ujatiqn for county pur pose* In their respective coqntfef. S.ction 4. Be it further ensotea, tost the cnmttroUer general shall compute and extend all taxes for which said rolling stock Is Lab e, and collect the same and pay to the county treas urers resncctivtly. ot the counties through which such roads may ran. the per centam o! the county tax assessed by tbe authorities of said county or counties, ratably, oc In the proportion tin t the main tuck used or operator in such county bears to the whole length of the road used or operated ia this state. " riteu « — maul „ ^ of this set. shall be made by such officer or agent of said compiles a* th*y may severally dcaig nato, and spall be xutde under the oath how re quired by iasr ot lhdlrlduals. Section A Be it Urdu.; enacted, That all laws in cosfiict with this act be. and toe aasje are hereby repealed, and that nothing herein con tained shall be held to affect the rights of such companies ss sre b • their charters exempt from A New York Tragedy, w York, August 3 —Daniel Shea, No. 9 Mulberry street, wai assaulted by three thieves, to day, at his own threshold, andjal most cut to pieces with a dagger. It appears that the thieve* had broken into Shea’s rooms for the purpose of robbery Mrs. Shea, who was the only one there, tuade an outcry which was heard by the neighbors Word waa conveyed to Shea, who was not far away, aud he started for bouse. At the street door met the thieves, and seized first one, who. with an oath, attempted to shake him off, but, failing, drew a long knife and plunged it into Suea’a body. Hi* two companions tagged at his victim, en- de&voriug to free the villain from his grasp, but he held bravely on, hi* shouts for help mingling with cries of pain, as the knife was plunged again and again into his body by the merciless roffisn. At the sixth blow that buried ths dagger in bis side to the hilt, 8hex sank exhausted on the sidewalk, but so determined was his grasp that the murderer, as he shook off hi* half insen sible burden and fled, left one of the sleeves of his blue fiannoi shirt in his vic tim’s hands. The three thieves lied to gether. but soon separated, tbe man with the knife running up Mulberry street, pursued by a lar*e crowd and the police. He was soon captured. The wounded man wrs token with the prisoner to the police Marion, where the latter was identi fied by his victim. The t>urgeon dressed Shea's wound*, which are six in number, each deep and dangerous. The tuau’s chances for life are few. He w&s hastened to the hospital. If anything was missing to confirm the murderer’s guilt, his sleeve less arm and missing sleeve yet held firmly by hi9 victim furnished proof. He gave hi j name as James A. Wells, aged 23, plumber, and was committed to await the result of Shea’s injuries The detective? are after the two accomplice* who escaped. Voice** from Georgia. Fort Valley Mirror. Atlanta needs two or three more CoasTrrunoxii i look after the Geotgia legislature and sit down on thisl.bby business. Savannah Times Can it be possible that a Georgia legislature will turn a deaf ear to Colonel Cole’s railroad enterprise whsu he step* ia sad ssys, "We don’t ask for state aid. we only ask you to rruled the capital we are ready to invest in your state." What could be more fair? Gwinnett Herald. We need cheap, quick and certain transporta tion to properly develop tbe state, and hence we fsnwwfr “ fused to a railroad or njaaulac:urinx company’ol any kind. We would be willing to charter a roa1 to the moon if the company could give any ranpeof iu being bnilL Albany News. What can be more ludicrous than a few per sons "living along the State road," or bumming in Atlanta, who, standing in the way of rcch • mighty progress, dire «y to such men ss E w. Cole and George I. Seney that they are not wanted in Georgia? How the member* of assem bly can temporize with such triflers and mar- lion and common sense. It is true that no age nor country has ever been entirely ex empt from occasional spurts of fanaticism, and the experience of the world bears testi mony to tbe fact that on its subsidence the subject handled has been the for their labors. That the state should exercise wholesome and needful control the liquor traffic no thoughtful, right- thinking man will deny, but to legislate to suit the views of fanatics on any subject is a very dangerous experiment, and must sooner or later work evil in some way to a people who permits their legislation to ba thus influenced. One of the immediate evil consequences that would inevitably follow legislation on tbe liquor question of the radical-character now bring pressed upon the attention of the general assembly, would be the certain division of the demo cratic party of the state and the conse quent encouraging and elevation to office of many independents, or placing the repub licans in power in many counties and pos sibly in the whole state. These results must follow if the democratic party per mits blue blooded fanaticism to breed dis cord in their ranks by the passage of pro scriptive laws that will prove obnoxious to a large majority of the voters throughout the state. The people will watch with a jealous eye the acts of a party with so large and unbridled majority, and will visit a prompt re buke upon abuses or unwarrantable encroachments upon their personal rights The advocates of prohibition disclaim any purpose or intention of carrying it into politics, but from the very nature of their dealing with the question they make it political in its bearing, and it will be so treated by those opposiug and especially by those whose interests are immediately affected by radically restrictive or prohib itory measures. The last named class are now perfecting such organization a* was never before attempted in Georgia, with ample means at hand contributed in and out of the state for campaign uses, and with the avowed purpose aod determina tion of co operating with that movement or party that in the highest degree respect their rights, and when tne struggle comes at the ballot box, as come it must if the question is pressed, the fanatics will be wonder-struck at the result. There are hundreds and thousands of good and true men who do not consume a gill of ardent spirits in twelve months that are unwilling lor their fanatical neighbor to proscribe them in what they shall eat and drink, aud will cast their votes against proscriptive laws on that or any other sub ject. What would these wild fanatics so unmindful of the rights of others, say were their lots cast in a community having a majority of Jews, and it was propcsed to proscribe them in the use of hog meat and nog product and to enforce the general observance of Saturday instead of the Christian Sunday? Would they not be loud and bitter in their denuncia- - tion of such measures? Would either or lD.li of April, both of them be a more flagrant encroach ment upon individual rights than the pro posed measures ol tnese well-meaning but misguided gentlemen. The south, and es - l*ectallv Georgia, has in the past been re markably free from ail crusades end isms, and the present intemperate demonstrations of tbe so- calltd temperance men are to be greatly regretted by all thoughtful men, who have not become puritanized, and it is to be hoped that the present session of the legis lature will definitely dispose of tbe liquor question by passing some general law that sill be acceptable to ail reasonable men, repealing all local laws on the subject as far a* practicable, aud there iet tbe question reat. No government has ever succeeded in the enforcement of prohibitory liqnor laws, or even those of a radically restrictive charac ter; especially is this true unaer a govern ment like ours where the will of the people is supreme. Admitting, however, that such laws can be enforced after being placed on the suuuto books, would it be wise r dicy for Georgia to enact such measures? think it would not, and will proceed to give some of the many reasons why it would ba unwise, and prove detrimental to the state’s interest to enact such taws. It is agreed on all sides that we must look to immigration to build up our waste Dlacee and to enable us to keep pace with the progress and steady march of the other slates of the nnion in commercial, mechan ical, agricultural, manufacturing and political power and greatness. Although our people are so unanimous in this opin ion and in their desire to do everything that would tend to encourage thrifty immigrants to come and cast their lots among us. we have failed to induce but few of the thou sand* landing in this country daily to torn in the dilection of the south, and of Georgia. Recently, however, we see evi deuces of iucrea«ed interest being mani tested among tne more intelligent foreigner in the future of this section, which we have only to meet, foster aud encourage to very soon turn at least a portion of this great tide southward, and especially to Georgia, where we can offer them a greater variety of soil^nd climate and agricultural, manufacturing and mining pursuits than any other state of the south, but if we wish them to come among us our laws mast be framed with a view to the new order of things, and they must be of such a charac ter as will insure the oonteutment of the new comer as far as practi cable. We must carefully guard our statute books against laws that are proscriptive in their nature or that might prove obnoxious to their native habits, customs and tastes, bearing in mind that they have severed all ties of home and kindred iu the old to seek in the new world freedom of thought and action, and if they cannot find it in Georgia they will shake the dust of the state from their feet and write tneir kindred and friends who contemplate coming not to enter it* terri tory. I venture that co single proscriptive law could be added to the foreigner’s natu ral aversion to the negro race among Exploits or Boa Amema. Boa Amema having become a second Abdul Kader, it is well, on the eve of a more energetic attempt to capture him, to recapitulate bis exploits. He is a maraboui of Mogah. an oasis about two hundred kil ometres south of Geryvilla. Toward the end of April his skirmisher! crossed the Chotta—stretches of fine sand covered with a foot or two of water which run from east to west, in the center .of which line is Sadia, the great focus of the cultivation of the alfa, used in paper-making, the railway along the side of tne causeway going as far as, seventy kilometres below Saida. The skirmishers excited a ris ing among the Trafi tribe, the southern neighbors of the Alfa company. The "Goams,” native troops of Baida, were sent against the. insurgents, but were beaten, and one of the Caids killed. General Cerez, the officer just superseded, then dispatched four columns to surround Bou Amema One of these, headed by Colonel Innocenti, advancing straight through Geryville to Chellala, naif way to Moghar, was attacked on the 19th of May, his convoy captured, and nearly one hundred man killed, with as many wounded. This was the greatest reverse sustained by the French in Algeria for many years. The column hastily re treated to Dava, where one of the other col umns, Colonel Hallarat’swas being formed. Bou Amema was expected to attack Gery ville, but he simply placed a line of skir mishers round it; marched along the outposts to the east, raised in rebellion the Jebel Amour tribes, and, turning suddenly northward, passed between Colonel Brune tiere’s column and Tiaret, thus eutering the cultivated districts of Frendah aod Saida. Thus, while General Detrie, Inno- centi’s successor, was slowly leading back hla exhausted column to Geryville. expect ing to find the marabout on tha eva of at tacking that town, the latter slipped between the French columns and reached the alfa district which had been considered so safe as to need no troops. The Alfa company estimates that seven hun dred of its settlers have been killed or car ried off; the government admit only eighty, and the truth is probably between the two. Some were beaten to death, others disem boweled, fourteen carters were fastened to their carts and burned, and women were violated. This massacre occurred on the 12th of June, ten or twelve kilometres from daida, where the terrified population fled into the redoubts with tha garrison of 150 men. The French arrangements were de signed, by closing all avenues on the south, to take Bou Auiema as iu a mouse trap, but they did not foresee his zig zsg oour?e so far northwards, and though the Bruuetiere column came up with his rear, the latter fled with such rapidity as to distance their pursuers. Bou Amema tried indeed, to pass the causeway where General Detrie was awaiting him, but, warned of this he fell back on Saida, buminig |two villages on bis way. He then tied westward passing within six kil ometres of Col, Mallaret’s column, bat the colonel though apprised of his movements, refused to march without orders, and the marabout withdrew undisturbed beyond the Chotts. "Never,” remarks the Debats, "did a rebel coief drag along with him three hundred European prisoners, with one thousand carts of barley, wheat and spoils of all kinds; never did such a raid dazzle the Sahara tribes.” Where Bju Amema is now none of the French gener als seem to kuow for certain, but he seems to have recrossed the Chotts aud to be marching again on the Tell to revictual. He has written to General Detrie to offer an exchange of prisoners at the rate of ten Frenchmen for one Arab, but the Algerian authorities appear inclined to propose ransoms, and seven have been released in this way, while about twenty are still detained. Five columns, of 1.100 or 1,200 men each, are now covering the Tell, but the great heat prevents tbeir scouring the country, and the line is so exteuded that it is feared he may slip through, with two hundred or three hundred horsemen. He is reported to have three thousand men, and drouth and famine have driven bim again north ward. He is also negotiating with two important chiefs, whose acceesioa would constitute a formidable insurrection, but jealousy of him makes them hesitate. The movement has beeu long planned, but ILL AROUND US. WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE DOING. Th* Colored Sunday-Schools of Crawford Coacty— Death of a Decatur Lady—Mtcca’s Throat- Outtiag Tragedy—A Ravisher At- * restod—What tho Papon Say. taxation by cc unties. lots, baodkerchl-fs, fto.es aud t*rasdl are ftyea tbe artist to embroider iu eolor and des^n to match ibadrew. With all her wealto she Is one ol jhe most unassuming ladies to bo met with, tboogh, a* you can Imagine, she excites a great deal of «uy. m rare is p-*<iwoou. Pxaowooo. D.*T, August *.—A fire recurred tins morning in tho tower pari of tho «.!ty known i Four tain City, and destroyed 25 buildings escaped with only their night clothe*. .— „ . The ire broke out in Williams?* grocery honse. jiroboble that we would have needed sap- The origin of ibe fire is 00*00*3. y*IB YQRKTOWN CENTENNIAL. The Programme tor th? Affair Ar ranged. RV-hronp. August' 2.—The cfficers and sommissionere of the Yorktown centennial Ml a meeting tl tbeir rooms in the Ex change ito tel yesterday and dually prepared a programme of the ceremonies ;n adqitih’i to that arranged and already pram pl eated by tbe congressional commW.on The centennial will be formally opened under the auspices of the association on Thursday. 13:h ot October, and will be con tinued until the lS:b. when national ceremonies grill becin. Hon. John Goode, *i:s3riomiy in cou>iiteration of such a lobby is to 1 sake a mockery of common sense. Rome Tribune. The law ggsinst lobbying is not neforced. a^difgrace to Ufa stato that such things occur as it Is an bouor to a public journal that has the patrlo?l«m and bravery to expose it. We honor The CossTmrrxoji for the course It ha* taken, and as its reporters are upon the ground where this iniquitous work Is bring done, we trust that it will continue to hunt up and expose the dev- ltry which rett'esln Atlanta whenever the legis lature assembles. There is too much of this in Georgia and the sooner it !* stamped out the better. A th en- Watchman. There is a moyement on foot In Atlanta, (and we are sc rry to aay among some of the members of the legialsiarei. to defeat the creating of tbe - barter to Colonel Coles ra^roid Uom Atlanta to Rome. Tbe 00V argument used by foe oppo nents of the charter, so itr a* we hive seen, Is tnat toe road, if bui:t. will oomps’e with and to a rertsm extent Id j are the State road. Well, suppose it does compete with the State road. What of that? Of what interest to tbe masses of the people is the building of a railroad? Principally in the devel opment of ibe rtscutces ol the country through which it runs, and In lessening the rates of freight between the mat k»ts of the con try. The only question. In nor opinion, for members of the leg- bdature r u consider is. will t olonel Cole’s road accomplish these objects;' If it will, then we consider it to be their bonnden duty to vole in favor of granting the charter, pro boao puhli r o, To A or til Carolina's Revolutionary Governor. Raleigh, August 3 —The ceremony of laying the corner-stone of a monument to .Governor Givernor Jarvis made a „ —,ud Master H. F Gralrger laid the cornez-stoue with Masonic ceremonies. At the parade a number of soldiers were oveiomo with the heat and had to leave the ranks. One ol them, Adam Hough, who came to Raleigh with General Sher- man 7 ! army in 1865, and haa lived here ever since, ~ leaving the rank*, drank two glasses of iced been quiet, and the vote tiered that foe prohibition bills submitted to foe people will be rejected by them. The Duke or Argyll said to llave Been Captures! by a Widow. LohDOit, August 2.—It it asserted that a marri age h*s been arranged between foe duke of Argyll, whose wife, foe eldest daughter of foe seeoud duke of Burner land, died In May, 1878, and ths daughter of foe bishop of 8t. Albans, foe Right Rev. Thomas Leigh Clangton. D. D. The rady who it thus to become the stepmother of the marquis of Lorn* and foe etepmofoer-in->aw ucess Louisa, it a widow. Her husband inti Anson, of foe younger brother of the earl of duke of Argyll it 58 yean old considerably younger. The qa« _ opposed to seeoud marriages, is said to look upon tu ts match with especial disfavor. Nsw Cotton. New Orleans, August L—The first bale of cottou wa* received rur* yesteidaj from Tt . consigned to Victor Latour, and classed good mid- Mf. Geoyge f. Meuey 121 yew Emory Col lie Another $30,000. Covington August L—I hare just received tbe foltowring telegram from Mr. George I Seney: “New York. August L—To Dr. A. G. Htyrood: I will give yon fifty thousand more for endow meat.". _ Amen G. Hatgooo. that would more « eff-ctu’ ally drive immigranta away from the state than prohibitory liquor laws The German will have his betr, the French man his wine, the Englishman his ale. the Hollander his gin, the Irishman his whisky, -md when we attempt to proscribe them in what they shall eat and drink, they will tell us that this is not the free country they exprered to find that they do not wish to inv* a: in onr surplus and nzpaltivated land*, that they are only among us uni^l they can locate in a state and ameng a people where the laws will allow the widest range in which to enjoy their native habits, customs, tastes and pursuits It is a fact that very many of these immi grants are e?perietced ani skilled cultiva tors of the grape and xganufapturers of wine, and came to this. country with the intention of becoming landowners for the purpose of planting out ykeyards ana engaging in grape growing and wine xrakittg- The climate and soil of Georgia being peculiarly well adapted to grape culture, it is thought that the day is not far distant when it will be very important industry of tbe state if it i _ encouraged; but. says the immigrant, what use have I for your lands on which to plant a vineyard when I am not permitted by reason of your pro scriptive laws to ertiiy the frnita of my labor and skill in making my grapes into wine and qeliing it, 1 mast remove to a state and amopq a people whe entertain more liberal views, and do not place restrictions on legitimate bos ness and and trad*- Th'se and mry other consid erations would seem tod- mandof the legis lature great moderation anti forethought in handlirg the liqnor question. Conservative, A MONUMENTAL SHAFT yreteidsy from Texas, dliuf and was bold at auction to Castles Bauson for 16>ic per pound It willbs shipped by steamer to Ruudwalk «fc Co., Liverpool. Bistisp Haven Dying, San Francisco, August 1.—A dispatch from Portland, Oregon, aay* that Bishop R. A. Haven, cf foe M. E. cnurch, is lying dangerously ill lu that city. Hs is uot expecte J to recover. By Mall and Wire to foe Constitution. Boukobroke, August 1.—Onef of (he most remarkable homicides ou record oc curred near this place last week, and Thursday night Frank Cheney, its victitq, breathed his last. The circumstances of the homicide are such as to make it re markable in the annals of crime. Frank Cheney and Bill Comer, both color ed, were working on the place of Mr. S. S Pennington, but were cutting wood fer the Central railroad. A number of other negroes were employed in the same field. Frank and Bill were both known as noisy and dangerous ne groes. While at work they became involv ed in a quarrel iu which it is said that Cheney waa the aggressor. They had al most come to blows when Cheney proposed that they should settle the affair with pis tols. Comer said he would willingly do so if Cheney would wait until he went to his coat some fifty yards distant and procured his pistol. Cheney agreed to do so. Comer wentofi to the stamp where his coat was and took out an improved Smith and Wesson six shooter. Cheney bad his pistol near by but it was only an ordi nary one-barrel weapon. As Comer return ed Cheney waited until he got within fifteen feet of him, and taking delib erate aim pulled trigger. His pistol snapped. Comer then threw up his re volver and fired, the ball entering Cheney’s left thigh. The other negroes had seen that there was go»lng to be a fignt, and most of them had gathered near the combatants. Comer’s shot attracted them all, and though they saw that the infuriated men meant death not an effort was made to stay their fell purpose. Standing on either aide of the combatants the men and women allowed the duel to proceed, apparently charmed with its ferocity. Although shot and bleed ing, Cheney did not seem to lose his nerve, but taking cool aim at Comer again snap ped his worthless pistol. Comer again fired, this time sending a ball into tbe right thigh of his antagonist. Cheney was unmoved and made the third effort to fire but failed as before. Shot twice, and seeing that he would be killed if he continued his efforts to shoot his pistol he rushed toward Center with an axe. Comer stood like stone. Cheney came within three feet of him and raising the axe iu the air sent it down over his head with fearful force. Tho blow would have crushed Comer’s skull but he quickly threw his left hand over his head and tne steel cut a horrible gash between his thumb and fore finger. Hardly had the axe fallen when Comer thrust the muzzle of hi* revolver against Cheney’s stomach and fired. The shot ended the frightful duel, for Cheney reeling, fell back, writhing in death agony. Two brothers of the doomed man were in the crowd of spectators, and feu ing that Comer might shoot h.m again they rushed np and took his revolver, after a struggle There was. uot a white man near place, and Comer be ged them to return his weapon *0 that he could escape before the homi cide was discovered. They at last did so, and the slayer fled. He has not since been heard of. When the homicide w&9 dis covered a coroner’s inquest was held over rhe remains of Frank Cheney. The ne groes testified freely of what they saw, bat gave ro reason for not trying to prevent the killing. It appeared from the testi mony that Cheney waa the assailant. The jury returned a verdict of voluntary man slaughter against Comer. He is about twenty-three years old, ef powerful build, and is nearly black. Cheuey wa* about the same color, though somewhat lighter, and only, about twenty years old. Those whose witnessed the duel say that both ne groes acted with the coolest courage, aud each seemed determined to make the affair fatal to bis antagonist. Cbawfordville, August 1.—Sunday was an eventful day among the colored people of this county. A vast crowd gathered at Friendship Baptist church to attend the reunion 01 the colored Sunday-schools. Stx schools took part, and fifteen hundred per sons were perhaps present. The rooming service was led by Rev. Gad S. Johnson. The exercises followed. No higher illustra tion coaid be found of the striking progress of the colored race in Georgia. The profi ciency of the pupils was in general credita bis; their aptitude in 8>me cases unusual. The original speeches of several of the advanced pupils aie worthy of spe cial mention. In ihonght, language and delivery, they evinced careful study and fine natural powers. The singing, accom panied by an organ, was an in.cresting feature, t’he address of Hon. James F R id wrs appropriate and entertaining. The 11 st Humble incident of the day was the peech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens He commended in high terms the diligence and aptitude of the pupils. Revered and loved by all present, he was heard with rapt interest, and his fitly-spoken words were truly “apples of gold in pictures of silver/' The attendance among the white citizen was large, and a commendable desire was displayed to aid and encourage their colored neighbors in these efforts at moral and in tellectual progress. A fine rain fell here today. Home Shoe Cluster Springs, August L—'These spriu4* are In Harrison county, about thirteen miles below Cedartown, and four above Buchan an. Toe name Haralson proseats foe picture of a rough, mountainous oiuutry. abounding iu ail kinds of game peculiar to this state, together with a never falling supply of purs, cold free stone water, aod in some places a drluking liquid stronger than water. Here, where thete’s hardly ilil? s 2’1te T * ’J°* Drowning, one of foe )lde*% and best sheriffs c* * * ot paralysis yesterday. 1 -w--estate that he Iso ettar to-day. J. .. WU1 ^ « ti» e springs, and we are glad to foe waters of the north Georgia counties so well patronized. The two sulphur springs are kept full, and every oue report* a p’eaaaut time that returns. --—To-morrow Judge Erwin will beam foe summer term ot superior court in Jseason county.—A new mineral spring has beeu dfa- roTered near Athens, a mile or two out on foe Northeastern. It it was in a yankee town it would be fixed up and made to support its owner — Mr. Malone, foe akk student we wrote of last Friday afternoon. He wrs pre- week, died paring to enter foe ministry of the Pre»byu>ri*'. churcn acd had jusi graduated foe past com mencement-—Contractors are taking advantage of th° dry weather and pushing their building operations fast. Every day one loads of lumber coming in from tne country and also several new large warehouses. MiLLEOGBytLLK, July .**>.—Tlx- M. E. district- MMteptw of foe August* district has been iu MMloniu this city since Wednesday Lst, Rev. Park, presiding elder, presiding. There are- present about one hundred deleg ties. Includ ing ministers and laymen. Among tne distinguished divines present we notice Revs. Haygood, La Prude, Jones and RlchareUou. There are quite a number of visiting ladles aud gentlemen Our brats band discourse* sweet music every sf terr. 000 in our park, which adds much to foe enjoyment of our citizens and guests —Quite a select crowd of gentlemen met by invitation at Mr. P. J CUue « UrK x ^ team 1*“* completed, on foe aiterooon from Athens, under escort of Professor “’Ultam Rutherford and Young Hardin, a tie of foe deceased Young Malone belonged foe graduating class at foe late commencement foe 8tale university. Ho waa a worthy vouug an. Ho was a candidate for the Presbyterian In is try. His bereaved family have foo heartfelt sympathy of our entire community. Decatur, August A—Mrs. Jane M. Morgan dted at the residence of her daughter, Mrs George A. lUmspeck, to day at noou, iu her R7tb alter a lingering sickness of several weeks. ^ was an old resident of our town, daugntcr of James H. Kirkpatrick, M Joseph Moigcn, who during life —I beloved aud highly respected citi zen ot this place, aud well known a* the origi nator oi foe celebrated Morgan cottage chair. 8he was sister to our townsman, J. W. Kirkpat rick, Thpmaa S. Kirkpatrick, of Marietta, and Rev. John L. Kirkpatrick, of Lexiugton, Vir ginia. She was a member of the Decatur Presbyterian chuich, aud in her life exemplified that there ia a reality in re ligion, which bring* solace and comfort that can # other souice. Friends and reln- her grave, but they from uves will shed tears weep not as those without hope, for they have .. .w-. « - - n better beyond, assurance that she has passed aud death to her means peace and .... dictions. She will be buried iu Decatur ceme tery Wednesday evening at four o’clock. Mr. THEATRICAL NOTES. John Texpleton will open the theatrical sea* m in Georgia. W. W. Cole has cleared $105,000 In Australia foe past seven months. Pin a pore is being played in India before foe Maharajah ol Jahora M. B. Leavitt will have four companies on the road foe coming season. J. B. Stodllt will be leading support to Miss Anderson foe coming season. Jo*is Sutherland, of Chlcaco. is now the beautiful woman of Forepaugh’s show. Bothers* male $250,000 during foe last four yean of his life; his widow receive* $30,000. THg amusement season at PeGlve’s opera house this winter promises to be a long and good "ne. One hundred and thirty theatrical combina tions are listed to take the road lor foe season of 1881-82. Maurice Gbau will make a tour through foe states foe coming aeaaun, with his French opera oompany. Blanche Chapman (Mrs. H Clay Ford) is en gaged for the ensuing year at foe Bijou opera- house, New York, with Audnu'sepera oompany. Mr. Powell, of the Richmond theater, has made arrangements with ail foe dramatic and operatic celebrities of foe English and Italian stages for foe coming season. Milton Xcblks, who has recently married Bliss Dolly Woolwlne, has presented her with a resi dence In Brooklyn, a cottage on foe Shrewsbury river, and a bank book entitling her to $5,000. She was worth double foe ootiay. GEORGIA CROP.NBWS, Gool crops in Oglethorpe county. A short apple crop in Terrell county. Fink seasons and good crops ahrot GU svtlle. Au. the crops in Douglas county are laid by. Droukht is injuring the crops of Pierce county Quitman county is promised a good corn crop The rice crop cf McIntosh county is splendid. The crops in many sections of Terrell county are good. The fruit crop of Gordon connty pretty much a failure. Houston county produced 19,099 bales of cotton la»: year. The cotton crop of Carroll county Is the best In forty yean. Drt weather Wilkes county. The cotton crop prospect In Forsyth county was never better. A great deal of good potion In Chattooga conn ty: corn wanting ?aln. Tag rata bega turnip crop of Tribot county will he foe largest for yean. All kinds of stock are in fine condition in Cal? houn and gran abundant. D. T. Cunningham, of Talbot county, threshed 127 bushels of oats from one acre. Me J M. Beret sold his W> acre farm, three miles from Rome, for $12,(00. Ma. Yarnedoe, of Thomas, is shipping Le Conte pear*. His crop will be a abort one. Decatur, August L —Our popular reoresmta- «lve, H C Jones, returned last Friday from Parts Tenuesfccc, where he had been on a short visit to bis brother, Frank Jones, who ia very low with the dropsy. E M Word, editor of theDcKalb News, is enjoying a few days at Lookout moun- ~i. LJ Winn and his little daughter, Auua, spending a few weeks st Gainesville. Eugene P Speer, a well known aud very popular gentle* man, who has beeu boardiug at the Jossey house, left to-day with his family for Griffin, where he has bought a residence aad will make his future home. Miss Susie Jewett, who has beeu sp: ud* iug several months in our town with her brother, Dr H R Jewett, returned to her fame atColuin- free from grass by hi* geese. He has only 16. aud thinks they could have kept 2U acres clean with out any trouble. teriau church, and our whole cotnmuuity sym l>«foizcs with him iu his bereavement Mr. 8. elegance, a number of families from Cedartown The springs have remained in foe woods, un cared lor, unheard of even though of invaluable merchants of Cedar«owu, traveling through the county, discovered them, and perceiving that foe spot was a haunt of -E-tcuiaptus, told foe glad tidings to his brethren, lu a few weeks a number of shanties were erected ad occupied, and what a wild waste 1* now a neat, cool nook with ding waters and babbling children. The ngs are for foe most part pure freestone, but 9 of them are slack mineral. They have had about one hundred visitors, but there is no hotel, for friend entertains friend—no formality, no fashion, but all revel in their esse and freedom. There is exhibited that hospitality which char acterizes southern life when wealth was oqr por- injuring the corn crop ol tion, and now, when poverty is our heritage, makes foe effo*t noble and zfomps foe raoeas nature’s noblemen. Hartwell, August 2.—A ve y sad accident oc curred yesterday evening at BoweravUle Emer son Hilliard, a lad aged about 16 years, wi standing near a planing mill which foe ham were endeavoring to get in true position and u adjust foe balance wheel. Whilst it was running the wheel broke all to pieces flying in every direction, some through foe top ol foe house. One piece struck young Hilliard ou foe leg, shat tering It in pieces, and threw pieces of it fhls leg) in all directions. His leg bled very profuiely, and he soon 1»ecame very weak from foe loss of blood. An extra train was sent to Tooooa and Dr. Doyle arrived very soon and performed aa amputation. He suffered very much and died this morning The Nancy Hart engine has been off for re pair*, and was brought back yesterday In s new dress. It helped her appearance very much and she is lookir g very fine There are about fifty hands at wont on the Hartwell railrosd putting it in fint-c sss condition fox foe tall trade, which will be heavy. The company intend to build a new trestle over Llgbtwocd Log creek at once. Where upon earth w 11 you find auchgener 0us whole soulea men as foo?.- who manat e the Macon, August 2 —The throat-catting < Saturday night form 1 out to be a murderous as sault of the xa * by the came pipe. The motive that prompted tbe deed is not yet developed. Fisa*-" - * jail and stonily deny affair.— Yesterday „ room of L Vaunu?b;~ caught and his stock Qf wet groceries siderablydamaged.—-There is agreatdei for cottars. The annual moving day U two son rents are tt £ It Is said that at foe commencement *•* "■* " THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ? franuie Blalock, ol Barneaville, arc vuming rela tives in thl* city-.—Miss Georgia Brewster is visiting friends here. Misses Cora snd Fannie Brown are visiting in the city. The folio* lug fue some of those who sre seeking health and ktppiaeei at the. Arllagtou: J. it. Evjd wile, Miss Annie fitew&rt, Miss Maggie Thomp son, Griffin; Israel Putuam, wife aud daughter, Atlanta; W. R. R^mmon t aud wife, Atiauta: liugtou last night. aud only twenty mile-* from Thomasville. They allege that rates to Savannah on coitoa are 72 cents per 100, while under the commission in Georgia TbomaaviUe ships for 42 oeuta. This, they say, entails on Jefferson oouuty for its 10,000 bales au expense of $15,0U) more than Thomas county bears on a similar quantity. They ap- —«-•—» *" lay foe matter before tne Constitution thinks a commission will have to be .day aud closed this evening. TL Stanton was choseu fecretary. Bishut* Pierce came down from Porter springs aud presided ovtr the conference with his usual acceptability, bul bad to leave to 'or Clarksville. G«. His general heath ia md his throat much better, but he is not able to preach as yet. However, bla advice and admonitions to the conference would be received a* a benediction by any people. Over fifty dele gates were lu attendance. Clayton was selected as the place to hold tbe next district conference. ‘ Wlmby, Wier Boyd, J C Hingleton and H it were elected delegates to the a rual con ference at Athena Danloaega took jare of foe conference in foe bee. old-fashioned style. Catoosa Springs, July 30 —Our phantom party ril foe visitor*. About folrt7 people participated visitors and new arrivala ou every train. Our host ilerkmuatuotbe forgotten, On next Wednesday eveulsg our grand masquerade ball comes oil. Kxwn an. August 1.—While the J tiler, Mr. Hiram Waru.r Camp, was iu foe jail this morn ing, looking after the prisoners, he wa* knocked in foe head with a spittoon by Andersou Clem ents, who Ls confined under the charge- murder. Hi* cries for help brought assistance. The prisoner was chained m bla cell and could not have escaicd if be desired. The jailer ls pretty badly beateu and w —ed, but 1* not sertoudy injured. The jury ... —g Andcrum Clements at foe last tertn fof court failed to find a verdict—all agreeing that foe offense waa muruer, but disagreed as to Eastman, August 1,—1calah Richardson,* . has just been arrested snd put In jaifat this place, U waa first reported that he eutered foe house of Mrs. Lashley, about two miles above here this morning, during her husband's ab sence. and attempted to rape her, but ibe last and most reliable report is that he assaulted Mrs. Lashley aud demanded her money or her life, and used considerable violence upon her person before he was frightened away. Mrs. .Lashley Twenty-second Dny-lagist 1,188L THE SENATE- On the coll of the roll for the introduc tion of new matter, the foil*.wing bills were introduced and read the fir*t time: Mr. McDaniel—A bill to define the law l rel* t| °n to prescription i 1 certain cases. Mr. Parks—A bill to ame: ;d section 326 of the code of 1873. Mr. Reid moved to trffi » up bills for a third reading, whereupffn the following bills were read the third tia; e, and disposed Mas indicated: A bill to enlarge and extend the tiowero I purchasers of railroads, etc. The Dill, as amended by the committee, was passed. A bill to amend an act to enable pur chasers of railroads to form corporations, etc. Tabled. . A bill to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within one mile of any chartered college or institution of learning. Tabled. A bill to regulate the manner of letting out the binding of bridges Across streams between -wo counties. Passed. A bill to authorize the city of Sanders- ville tc establish public schools Passed. A till to change the time of holding the superior courts of Lumpkin and Dawson counties. Passed by substitute offered by Mr. Meldrim. . Tae senate then.went into executive ses sion, at which T. N. Winn wa* confirmed solicitor of the county court of Liberty county. Mr. Westbrook introduced the following bill, which was read the first time and re ferred to the committee on corporations: A bill to incorporate the Albany, Atlan tic and Gulf transportation oompany. HOUSE. The call of the roll of counties for the ntroduction of new matter was in order, and the following was introduced; Mr. Denton, of Ware—A bill to declare it unlawful to float timber under a bridge on a certain part of Satilla river, without rafts, in Ware county. Also, a bill fo make it a misdemeanor to obstruct free passage of timber on rafts on the streams of this state. Mr. Bull, of Troup—A bill to abolish the county court of Troup county, and to pro- ride for the disposition of its business. Mr. Wingfield—A bill to make amenda ble affidavits and counter-affidavits in cases of foreclosure of liens. Mr. Crawford, of Muscogee—A bill to amend the act to provide for regulating railroad tariffs so as to increase the salary of the secretary to $2,000 and to provide for exceptions to orders of the commission and their hearing by judges of the superior courts. Mr. 8pence, of Mitchell—A bill to regu- 'ate practice against officers of court in this state. Mr. James, of Douglas, chairman of the special committee appointed to find, if possible, a remedy for the evils of the pres ent system of local legislation, submitted a report that the committee after careful consideration had drafted a bill to amend the present constitutional provisions prescribing the method of passing local and special bills. The amendment proposal is to be submitted to the people by the gov ernor at the next general election. Mr. Bacon, of Onatham—A bill to repeal so much of the charter of Savannah as provide* for the election of the jailer by tho city council and to place it in the control of the county officers. Mr. Perkins, of Burke—A bill to repeal. 1 act 10 incorporate the town of Lawton- ville in said comity. Mr. DuBignon, of Baldwin—A resolu tion declaring that the bonded indebtedness of Baldwin couuty should he owned in the county, and that the state treasurer be in structed to sell to the ordinary of said county the sixteen $100 bridge bonds of said cotmty now in the slate treasury. Mr. Martin, of Talbot—A bill to provide for the establishment of county boards of agriculture. Mr. Singleton, of Screven—A bill to ex tend the provisions of the code in reference to fences to 37th, 38th and 260th districts G. M. of Screven oounty. Mr. Price, of Oconee—A bill to prohibit any person from violating a written con tract for labor. Twenty-Third Dsy’* Proceeding*— August tt. THE SENATE. The following bills were taken up, read the third time, and disposed of as indi cated: A bill to amend an act incorporating the Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern railroai* company. Parsed. A bill to carry into effect the law in rela tion to changing names. Passed by substi tute. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Griffin so aa to allow the levy and col lection ot a tax to support public schools in that place. Passed. The special order, which was a bill to in crease the salaries of the chief justice of the supreme court, the judge* of the su preme court, and the judge* of the superior courts, wa* then taken up. The bill increased the salaries to the following figures: Chief justice, $4,000; judges of the supreme court, $3 500; judges of the superior court, $3,000. The commit tee recommended a substitute, «a loiiowa Governor, $4,000; judges of the supreme court, $3,500; judges of the su)»erior courts, $2,500. There was a minority report against the bill. The substitute was lost. Several amendments were offered and loeta Mr. Winn moved the adoption of tbe mi nority report which wa* done aud the hill was lost the house. By consent of the house Mr. Carithers. of Walton, introduced a bill to amend the act to incorporate the Walton railroad compa ny, and an act amendatory thereto so as to authorize a road from Social Circle to con nect with the Macon and Brunswick exten sion, and with the Northeastern railroad. Mr. Render, of Meriwether—by suspen sion of the rules—introduced a bill to incorporate the Greenville and White Sulphur railroad company. Twenty-Fonrtti Day’s Proceed In gw- Angmit 3. THE SENATE. Mr. Baker moved to take up bills for a third reading, whereupon tbe following bills were read aud disposed of as indi cated: A bill to alter and amend section 026 of the code. Passed. A bill to repeal section 659 of the revised code. Passed. A house resolution that the treasurer pay $100 to the sergeant tJi firms of the commit tee appointed to investigate the lease of the Western and Atlantic railroad. Concurrep A hill to amend the act approved Feb* mary 26tb, 1876, in reference to the tax laws of Athens. Passed. A bill to allow the mayor and council of Athens to appropriate certain money to the purchase of a lot for the fire depart ment of that place. Passed. A bill to allow certain pupils to attend the state institute for deaf and dumb os day scholar*. Passed. A house resolution to purchase 300 copies of the index to the state law*. Concurred in. A bill to appropriate $2,500 to fit up rooms for colored mutes at the state deaf and dumb asylum at Cave 8pring. Con curred in. The rules were Mispended for the purpose of reading bills the first time, whereupon the following bills were read: Mr. Neal—A bill to carry into effect para graphs 1 aud 2 of section 7 article 7 of the constitution, which relates to the debts of cities. Mr. Wilson—A bill to provide for the trial of causes in justices courts when tbe justice is dir qualified, sick, or for other cause is absent. Mr. Gucny moved to take from the table the house bill which waa passed and subse quently reconsidered and which provides for a change in section 205 of the code by Forsyth. August l.—Yesterday was a Pente costal occasion among foe oolored brethren. In foe morning the Methodist minister immersed t n con verm, and in foe afternoon the Baptist minister (Rev. Joan Angel James) immersed fifty la fifty-five minutes. Miss Pearl Stephens, ' has been absent for a inoath, visiting u Georgia, relumed ou Saturday last. last night. The engine was considerably in jured. This ia tho aoooad time Mr. King - recently been burnt out The burning is posed to be the work of an incendiary. Byron, July 19.—Ed Jackson, colored, an em ploye at Mesara. Dbfoer's.aaw mill, four milts of syrou, fell on foe saw yesterday while enzeged at work and hi*.arm was badly mutilated and his body ofoerwtte bruited. Physicians went to amputate the limb, but found the shock waa ro rover j he oould not bear it, oi which he oitd to- Fort Valley, July 30.—The annual reunion of the Beauregard Volunteers wa* held here to day. There waa quite a number present The Valdosta, July 29. — The tax receiver of Lownaes county has just completed the digest for this year. 1 he total val ue of the prop* ty in the Cuuutr amount* to *1,261,071, showing an In crease of $G0,00u over last year, aud 1:40,00) over foe year 1*79. Gklika. August 1 — George Booaman, colored, killed last week by Thock Boazman, another ’ndge Edwards, of the county court. aa^M&yor Forney Renfro, are vi.ilting New York on business ia which foe cf‘~ *' oounty of Lee are interested. ... Iftnndtag new extension a well known capitalist will build a large number of cottages on the east aide oi the river for foe benefit of foe infiax of mechanics, provided foe city will build a bridge across the river at foe foot of Second street. If foe Uae of the new road run* along the west bank of foe river aa is thought, this contemplated bridge will develop East Macon and make Macon prop er look to iu laurels. The number of letters collected during the month of July—foe dullest of foe summer—by foe letter comers wu: Let* Griffin, August L—Iu a match game of base tall here this afternoon between the Lightioot* and Hurrahs, tne score stood 8 to 1 in favor of the former. Nine innings were played The Light- foots' challenge to the state aod south cioros Au gust 15th. Conyers, August 2 —-myrra camp-meeting begins on next Friday night——A young couple passed through onr towu to-day—they nail from Meriwether county. The bride is 26 and groom 17. They seem to be enjoying Ufa highly, vtail ing tbeir relations in the connty. adding tbe words "nor in which he has presided in any inferior ju dicature” immediately after the word counsel, so that the section will read as follows: "No judge or justice of any court, nor ordinary, justice of the peace, nor pre siding officer of any inferior judicature or commission, can sit in any cause or pro ceeding in which he is primarily interested or related to either party within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity, nor in which he has been of counsel, nor in which he has presided in any inferior judicature, etc.” Mr. McDaniel moved to recommi) the bill. Mr. Boynton moved to amend by adding the words, "When his decision is the sub ject of review.” Tin; amendment was agreed to and tbe bill pasted. the house. The special order of the day was a bill to provide for the uniform taxation of railroad property in this state. The bill provides that every railroad in thia state shall be taxed in each county through which it may pvs in addition to the tax paid into the state treasury r>n the entire line* and equipments. The bill was drawn by Mr. Rankin, of Gordon, who is so well known in connection with railroad legislation. The substitute reported by the commit tee on railroads had been printed and was circulated through the bouse. Passed. [Continued on Third Page.) —The laying down of th* cable between Renin and Stettin, completes the subter ranean telegraph system in the Germah empire. These cables now cover 32 40 miles, nearly all of them having seven wires. They are laid beneath all the prin cipal rivers, and establish direct telegraphic communication between 221 different cities and towns of the German empire. The first cable was laid four years and eight —At an Internationa medical and sani tary exhibition recently held In London Sir James Paget, the eminent physician’, declared that ha who did not promote his own health forfeited his right to wealth and was guilty of the "basest wont of pa! tnatJsm