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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, APRIL IS, 1832.
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THE COMMITTEE.
"DIVF'RQ t4APPnPQ I it with a double-barreled gun. The autbori-
IUVEjIW AlYU nH.rVDUJ\0. } cs erap'oyed my father to cut it down. Not
I wishing to have any difficulty with him, we
GEORGIA’S CLAIMS PRESENTED TO j waited one night till the doctor worn out
with w-tching went to bed and to sleep,
when we slipped there and with sharp axes
soon had it down, nor did he wake till it fell
with a crash. The maddest man in town was
the doctor, but he soon got over it and had
the tree cut up into firewood.”
AS ELDERLY YOITH,
“Uncle Frank Jepson came there about
this time and he is one of the few men now
living.”
“You mean the father of Mr. F. A. Jepson,
The Congressional Delegation Before the Home Com-
ratttee on Commerce—The Claim! of the Differ
ent Blvera ana Harbors—Clemente’s
Educational Bill—Capital Notes.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Washington, April 14.—There was never
before such an impressive appeal for Georgia
rivers and harbors as was made to-dav before I now living in Columbus? - ’
. * I * ‘Va T ntann n L* In
the commerce committee of the house. The
No, I mean Frank himself, lie is not so
. . .young a man. He is a leetie older than I am,
entire delegation waApresent except Messrs. I and I am 71. Frank's no two-year-older, if be
Stephens and Black, who were sick, but Mr. I is a gay young bachelor.”
J. e ^ r f«r r °r i fL y ,.Ti tine forth “The biggest'conT*sbucWng*! ever saw was
the claims of the state for liberal appropna- I rigrlit about where the Columbus iron works
t,on8 ’ „ Prr „ r „ I now stand, General Sowell Woolfolk’s, and a
THE srewmiw made. I smarter or better man never lived. His plan-
The speeches were limited to five minutes, I tation was in the bend of the river, now
and every one was directly to the ]>oint. I owned by Kyle. The corn was brought up on
General Gilmore, of the corps of engineors. flat boats, 3,000 or 4,000 bushels, and banked
stated that Savannah and Brunswick de- I at the place named. All the negroes in the
served every cent they asked, and showed it | neighborhood and half the town, together
by his official reports and surveys. He has I with a hundred or two Indians, were there,
interested himself y er y kindly for | and the pile was shucked out in a jiffy. Spir-
Georgia. Mayor \V heat on, of Sa- 1 its flowed free, and such singing and dancing
vannah, spoke in favor of &50,000 for 1 I never saw or * heard before or since. The
^avannnli and $00,000 for Brunswick, Colonel I best dancers among the Indians had their
J. »S. \\ arren followed on the same line. I legs ornamented with rattlers, which as they
lemen nave been hard at work in I danced kept time to thcircrooning songs, very
Washington for a week, and will ^continue. I much like the Spanish castanets. They were
General Cook sliowed tliat from 1<89 to 1871M made with terrapin shells, from which the
Georgia had received from the government meat had been taken, and filled with dry
only $«00,000 for internal improvements. I beans. These were attached to a dry skin and
Mr. Blount has done very efficient ser- | fastened to the leg below the knee as oma-
vice in arousing interest in Georgia’s I ments as well as musical instruments. I tell
needs, and put ill more good work to-day. you they made a night of it. General Wool-
Colonel Hammond presented Atlanta’s peti- folk was the leader and idol of the whig party
tions for Savannah and Brunswick, backed I there then and a great man he was.
witli an excellent speech. Judge Buchanan I fourth of jury
appealed to the committee to give at least I was a big day there in those good old days.
’$.'>0,000 to the Chattahoochee. Mr. Clements I We always celebrated it with a big speaking,
presented the interes of the rivers I reading the declaration, and closed with a
of his district. asking $100,000 for I big barbecue. We had speakers then, too;
lhc Coosa. Mr. Speer said the delegation I no mincing of words, but thundering out
wits thoroughly in for “the old Hag and an I hursts of patriotic eloquence, and everybody
appropriation.” Mr. Turner, while saying a I hooped up the speaker. My father was the
good word for the Flint river, appealed for I best hand at a barbecue I ever saw. He
the general cause, and then introduced to the I could cook an ox, a goat or a deer, to a turn
committee Hon. A. O. Bacon, who said the I and as you might suppose, we had a big hand
interior of the state felt as deep an interest as I in everything of the kind. We lived in Co-
the coast in the improvement of the harbors. J lurnbus about four years and then moved oil
THE UNITED VOICE.
These speeches represented the united voice
of all parts of Georgia for liberal appropria
tions, and had a marked effect on the com
mittee. To-day’s work has been worth a
great deal. Our representatives will not stop
here, hut will work every influence possible
to the last moment
I out on Upatoie and afterwards down in this
section "
A PECULIAR CHURCH.
cnlUritlea of 1U Potor, With Description of
the “Foot-Washing”— A Shining Light of
the Primitive, or Hard-shell Baptiste.
FARMS AND FIRMNESS
WHICH REFERS TO GEORGIA AND
SENATOR HILL.
H. W. G.’s Letter on the Savings of the Georgia Farm
ers—Middle Georgia Farms—John C. Calhoun on
Atlanta’s Future—Senator HiU’s Suffer
ings—Senator Brown’s Talk.
summertime it was not unusual for him to
pull off his coat and preach in his shirt
sleeves.
DAVY PATMAN AND HIS I _He carried his Bible and hymn book around
FLOCK. with him in an oil skin carpet sack, anil on
_ „ ascending the pulpit would place the sack on
A Short Account of an AtheM Church, and the Pe- I fop take out bis books, and then put the
—— - ... - Ti-erietion of I ^ Qn t||e floor P
In commencing liis sermons he would speak
slowly, but as he went on would get into the
sing song style, and suddenly stop short and
From the Athens Banner. * ... appeal to a brother for confirmation of what
In the southwestern part of Athens, in the he said.
aristocratic village of Cobbham there stands m Uncle Davy 1 gm, sain a genuemau «, ™ uu* morning, wm
a plain, unpretending looking church; its ex- many at the { Aft ’ er he acquired enter 1116 month of May with §10,000,000 saved, as
tenor appearance is damp and dingy, and the some reputation as a preacher he gave up the compared with last year.”
decayed steps and broken blinds give it an air I blacksmith trade, and devoted bis whole time That sounds big, and yet I should not be surprised
j ... . . - . . if it was measurably true. In the purchase of fer
tilizers alone there will be a saving of nearly §2,000,.
000—there being a decrease of 30 per cent in bulk
and 20 per cent in price from last year's figures. In
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
On the Train, April 14.—“The farmers of Geor
gia," said a gentleman to me this morning, “will
of neglect. It is just the kind of church that and energy to the salvation of soute.^^
you would come across in the country, far !
from the influence of the city, it looks sadly
out of place in Athens, for it does not appear I
THE NEW COLLEGE.
the purchase of provisions there will be even a
city of Georgia and eventually of the southern
states.”
__ "When I went home I found the little marsh-head
1 had left sweetened np considerably. But I needed
money, and Canton was so much bigger than At
lants and so much more important as e center that
I settled there. The words ef Mr. Calhoun kept
ringing through my head, however—‘Atlanta will
be the great inland city of the south’—nod I sup
pose I determined even before I knew it to aiske it
my home. I never bought there, however, till the'
20th of December, 1865, when I gave Mr. Hdney
Root §14,000 for the house I now live in and the
square it is on. Since that time I have always put
what surplus I bad from other matters into Atlanta
real estate. And have thought how true was the
prophesy of Mr. Calhoun from whose lips I first
heard the word ‘Atlanta.’ ”
The announcement in to-day’s papers that Sena
tor Hill is assured a permanent cure suggests the
suffering he has undergone. The extent of the cut
ting to which he has been subjected is not realized
to be the place where the citizens of a city The Building for the Atlanta Female Institute to be larger saving. Governor Brown tells me that the
noted for culture and elegance would like to Occupied in a Few tv rets. shipments of gram, hay and meat over the Western the Public- Four times has he been under the
worship on Sundavs. > The workmen are putting the last touches and Atlantic road is hardly two-thirds this year of k “|f e ’ One-third of his tongue has bees taken out
This little church has a history and the ?P° n the new Atlanta female institute build- what it was last. As this road is our sole source of I — th c . e > n, . i , r0 >eft floor of his mouth-the glamhj m
- * ’ j I >ug, and in a very short time the building western supply. Governor Brown's statement shows the left stde of his neck. He sa.d that it he had to
death of Elder David \\ . 1 atman, announced wiU be ready for use It is one of the hand . a myJag of 33^ ^ cent ln the enormous amount ehoos e between death or the suffering he had
in a late issue of this paper, reminds the somest buildings in the city, and sitting as paid out for western provision stuffs. In the I (lure< l from the cutting, he would unhesitatingly
writer ot many incidents connected with the >*- d °es upon an elevation overlooks the city, matter of interest thC re will be an immense saving toke death-were it not his duty to liveand endure
churcn and its dead elder. ,, f 5° m the "P per stones a ? ords a fine Commissioner Henderson officially stated last year Th <? last operation was the most severe, and proba-
,, , , . ,, , of the sorronnding couinry for many nnles. , . f ....... bly successful. When he was put under ctber for
It was about ten or twelve years ago that | Front the roof, which is easily accessible, one “at the farmers paid an average of 04 per cent, ad- 1
sees all the mountains and heavy hills that
rise up against the horizon and away
minister. Belonging to tne reugious sect I off in every direction can be seen farms and | annun,» iucj are uu.m>6»uuiisn:uuiaj iin auu. 1 -
which styled themselves the “Primitive Bap- plantations, while occasionally a little village The president of a bank in a south Georgia town heroic treatment and take out tne entire gland. ne
tists," but who were better known as the peeps up from among the trees. The archi- I told me that he has only loaned §23,0#0this year to | was keptunder the knife two hours, the glandciit
“Hardshells,” tlic fame of his eccentric tecture of the building is the work of Mr. merchants who were carrying farmers, while last * ‘*
preaching reached the ears of some Athenian John Moser, and is faultless. The construe- I year j, e j oaned over §200,000. I have already quot-
gentleman, and he was invited to visit Ath- tion of the building was by Messrs. Maddox ed yjr, Whitaker, of Hogansville, whose creditsales
ens. The Rev. Mr. Ivy was the pastor of the & Land, and into it they have put their best . . th ^ thi ftB mn S t <175 000 in
Baptist church in this city, and at the earnest efforts and left nothing undone to secure a ~ ‘ ™„ JK! *■““?
request of his friends wis persuaded to loan building that would do themselves credit I loS1 ’ Such tesumony as this is general. The farm
his* pulpit to the country elder whose religious and the institution many years of service. In f are buying for cash as a rule, and arc thus sav
tenets differed but little from his own. A I many instances they have done more than ing the 54 percent usury.
- " * ’ * . - ’ If we add to these three enormous
items of saving the general economy induced
by the stringency of the times, it is easy to sec that
Georgia will have her crops pitched for 1882 at §10,-
000,000 less cost than in 1S81. When we consider
that these crops are diversified—that there is 30 per
cent more in grain than last year—that the prospect
for an abundant harvest is better that ever before—
the fall of the present year will bring unprcce-
congregation filled the church, and their contract demanded, but their anxiety to
Uncle Davy preached liis doctrines to I give Atlanta’s first female college a building
his audience with great fervor and I of more than usual excellence has induced
zeal. Now and then a smile would flit across them to act with great liberality in
the faces of his auditors as he gave utterance its construction. Yesterday a rep-
to his peculiar dogmas and creed, for Uncle resentative of The Constitution made
Davy, while a Baptist, was a dissenter from a tour of the building and thoroughly inspect-
the great body of the church, and had peeu- edit. The building is on Peachtree street, near
liar. if not correct notions on the subject of ly opposite the executive mansion. The lot
and the ceremonies of the | upon which it is located is level in front, then
CRITTENDEN ON JAMES.
missions, prayer, and the ceremonies ot the upon which it is located is level in lront, then *
church. It was said after his sermon by a sloping toward the back. The front yard is | dented prosperity.
;entleman present, that Elder Patman-surely amply large and has a number of large oaks,
id not believe what he preached; but the | which greatly beautifyjhe place and furnish
hi
The
P r ,
after years of toil of the elder in his tinpre- a delightful shade.
tejiding church in Cobbham convinced the stories high and unmarked by superfluous
gentleman and the people that he was sincere ornamental architecture. Along the front
in his belief, for his life was consistent with and sides are wide galleries for every floor.
‘ s teachings. I The pupils will enter from side doors ap-
1 ucii viuuHuuii »uw , Through "the assistance of several wealthy 1 proached by piazzas. Entering from the
In thc rou-’Ii" draft" of'a'tdll now before mentioned during the past few days in con- gentlemen of the city, Elder Patman was front, one finds a cosy reception room to the
the commit ee Savannah is drawn neetion with the recent James-Ford tragedy enabled to bui d the little church we have left; while on the nght is a winding stairway
for onlv $100 000 but Mr Blount said t. St. Joseph, arrived at Willard’s last even- already alluded to and here on the second that leads to the upper floors Other stair-
SghtXflre S sure\hat r theamoun^ouW ing. His coining had been anticipated by Sunday and a-eh month, waj. in the center of the: budding
be doubled. Brunswick is accorded $30,000, 1 th * n ™ !mnw r fraternitv. and his advent was I he preached to his congregation. | lead to the upper stones.
out, and the knife sent in clear to the new flesh
that had filled the place of the first operation. When
Mr. Ilill awoke he was terribly exhausted, and
shocked at the hole cut in his neck. The gashes
had been neatly sewed up. For seven days he
could not move his lips, and lived
on liquid food. After this, he
improved until inflammation developed along the
wound. Then come the most critical period of his
sickness. The entire opening of the wound being
closed the pus accumulated and pressed against
his throat He was seized with fever and could
hardly speak. At last thc tension became so great
that the wound burst inside his mouth. This gave
him relief, and he went to rhiladelphia. He was
put under the knife again and the outer edge of thc
wouud slit open so that it might heal from the bot
tom. This it is doing finely, and without inflara-
t. . „ , j.- ■. . | mation. No trace of the disease can be found, and
, It may be asked if the decrease in
cotton crop for 1882. will not wipe out the
Wlmt the MlMoarl Governor Hum io Saj About the ]
Di*u <1 ICobbcr.
Washington, April 13.—Governor Critteu- I his teachings.
| den, of Missouri, who has been frequently 1 tho
in con-
tragedy
I the newspaper fraternity, and his advent was | he^preached^to his congregation.^
the signal for a ge “ ~
At first the city people attended his
| lead to the upper
thc first floor are three
strong. He says he will not submit to the knife
again, and his surgeons think there will be no
need.
An affectionate friendship has been developed
between Mr. Hill and Senator Brown who, to use
use his own words, “has been to him in his aflHc-
tlon all that a brother could be.” Governor Brown
raid tome:
“I have never seen in my life such courage and he
roism and Christian fortitude as Mr. Hill has
shown in ' the past few months. I have
been with him daily, and every day has been a
revelation to me. Never have I heard him murmur
or complain; never have I seen him shrink from
the preseut or the futqre. It has been patience.
Riding through middle Georgia and noting thfi | dignity, heroism from first to last. His chief con
cern has been for those about him, and his own
Georgia’s claim could not have been I ba d"wVth hTm two revdlvera b^lonrin^to I pirated ' from ‘ the bSlV oTtiiV'“church by I the music'rooms'and" art" d"cpa"rtmenf."Tlre I suggests the thought that perhaps we do not need I suffering has been lost in a sense of sympathy for
more tnrpre^.vely pr^ented^ Klatew^ by a railing. ’ ,, building will be heated throughout with immigration much f^ter than we are getting it | his lored_e»ea.1 iell jou nomere humanfo^
Thc committee on education, of which Mr the i>olicc commissioners of Kansas City.” The first foot-washing excited considerable s earn, and no fire will be allowed in any of Abundant domain is a good flung, if it is not
- ] ji [u was acting then under your author-1 excitement, and everybody was eager to see the rooms. There is a stairway m the rear of too abundant Georgia had in 1880,
- - ‘the ceremony. When the appointed day the building tc be used as a means of exit in M,548,000 people settled on her 58,000
saving made in preparing it Not at all. If in ac
cordance with all the present signs the crop is short
iu Georgia and the adjoining states is short, the
price will be higher, for the crops will certainly be
short in the Mississippi states. A cotton crop
20 per cent short will bring just as much in money
as a full crop. If there should be a full crop this
year it will make up in bulk what it loses in price.
So that in any event the gain made in pitching our
school rooms | cr0 p Sj and the gain to come from having made our
corn, meat and bread, will be maintained. What
we want now is thirty days of good wheat weather-
getting this there is little else we should ask.
rncrcw'becnifst'it'is^ to'be'distributed 3 Imt'bc^ I with"e>nphns'8^“I am;‘nH>st ■a^uredly."‘Bo'h I dies sat in the right hand corner and in I rooms, and six bed rooms moing tnrongn miauie Georgia anu noungtne
nuruy utuiust n is to uc uiMriuuitu, out ot. i , . vmim? man who did the deed went I front, the gentlemen on the left; the male I the dormitory floor, and has fourteen rooms. „ t f 8 b , . ... .. 4l 5 -
cause thc real interests of the state demand j, J mt j nte „tion about a fortnight ago. and female negroes were partitioned off, and The fourth floor rooms are to be occupied as thriving towns and farms on either side the roa
it. Georgias claim could not have been I , , , , . , I.i ' — ... I "if,(mm th* hmlv nf lli« dinrch hv I the music rooms nnd art dennrtmenr. The I suggests the thought that perhaps we do not need
Clements is a member, agreed to-day to re- L.
forll ve ^y eare^di rci't ly*! rom* "he''trea."irj’to tJrere wf^no^understaiiding of j lameTouml 'tLe church was crowded, and the | case of fire, and thus the buildingaffords good | S q Ua ' r e miles, o? about 21 acres for each inhabitant,
school purposes. It is to be distributed on I that kind
the basis of illiteracy, and applied under the I aco; he asked me if I wanted Jesse Janies; I view ot the _ . . - . .- , . , . . ... ...
state laws. Georgians share* will be nearly a I said yes; $1,000 would be paid for him dead opened the services, and delivered the sermon, | when the house 13 furnished it will represent
il purposes
unis of illil
Georgia’s share will be nearly
million annually. Thc superintendents’ con
vention asked fifteen million a year, but all
will agree on the committee’s bill, anil its pas
sage is very probable.
MR. BLACK'S COr.DITION,
Mr. Black is resting quietly and improving.
He is now rolled about the house every day.
Ford came to me several weeks | audience rose to their feet so as to get a better
view of the ablutionary process. Unde Davy
rotcction iu case of a conflagration. The I
uilding cost $25,000, the lot $10,000, and I
kill' 1 tire manlVonlv'said °I woud" give him I were repeated in every sermon he afterwards I iars. *It is expected that on the first day of I people, will reduce this holding by lsoo f° about 16
.i._i ..c n. Jolivsrml in Atlions He first said thnthe had I Mav the school will be in the buildinsr. I acres for each person. If we were to increase in
This is certainly more than enough. But the same
rate of increase that we had for the past decade,
whfoh ° hemade two decimations, ^which I an expenditure of about forty thousand dol- I
tude could give such strength as Mr. Hill, has
shown. He is sustained by a higher power and
higher assurance than this earth can give.”
I have written a .great many things about Mr.
Hill, but I have never written anything so to his
honor as this. He has won a victory and achieved
a triumph under this keen and relentless agony,
more precious and glorious than any that ever
told me Soon after I wrote Craig saving I and lie told his “experieneer” How he had 1 years ago she opened school on Ivy street I England has just 1% acres to each inhabitant, and than that he has rendered, and receive from them
- ’ ■’ ‘ and spoke of the old stump with twelve pupils. Now she has ninety and I Ire i an d about 3 acres. In both of these countries | the continued assurance ot their love and confi-
that I heard Jesse had killed Bob. On Mon-1 been converted,
AAV 10 „ 4W,»V« awvss* w*AV uvsiitv wv« ,,,, , yuw( 4 nvwm mr vuww m IP • • . . _
Dr. lleusse says that every symptom is favor- I day morning I received a telegram dated at I in the field beside which he knelt and prayed. I has not had more simply because she did not j ui er g jg a j a nd famine and a peasantry and heavy I dance,
able. Mrs. Black’s mother came last night. I St. Joe, and signed by Ford, to the follow-I After the sermon, communion took place, haveroomfor them. !'or thenextterm sue i m po r ts. France has 4 acres to each inhabitant,
- - ■” — " ‘ "le vessels used were of tire simplest kind, will have thirty boarding pupils, and it is not H Ul h0W .
F. H. K.
Good Work or None.
COLUMBUS.
. workman must follow his
ing effect: ‘Meet me at Kansas City. I have the vessels used were of the simplest kind, will have thirty boarding pupils, and it is not peasantry. Herenormous cities, how- Vrnm thp T
mv man and after the sacrament had been admin is- only reasonable but exceedingly probable anuarao ““ „ trom the Living Age.
‘‘What is the effect of his death on his tered to the white members, the colored I that the number will rapidly increase from e 'e r > r »L e tlle ratl o e f “res to^ fa ™° •. . . It is a rule that a
friends- and what is the sentiment in Jack- brethren and sisters partook also. year to year until Atlanta’s first female col : Georgia increased in the past decade b > h .^vier j erup i 0 yc r ’ s orders, hut no one has aright to
son ’ind Clav counties'’” asked the reporter. I The foot washing was a very simple ceremo-1 lege will eclipse any of its sister colleges and I percentage than Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Penn- 1 ma k e him do work discreditable to himself.
- * . * ’*■ — — J —e which was conducted with great | help to cover Atlanta with distinction as an | sylvanla, Wisconsin, or Ohio. Of course we want I Judge M , a well known jurist living near
immigration, hnt we want good Immigrants. What Cincinnati, loved to tell this anecdote of a
Boss Dogs of America.
[ From the Wilmington News.
It is not generally known that there is in
we want is not a horde of thousands that tumble in young man who understood the risk of doing
pell-mell, but men of intelligence who come a shabby job even when directed to. He had
for reason. The model immigrant for Georgia is once occasion to send to the village after a
the man who comes with his family, buys half of a carpenter, and a sturdy young fellow appear-
more ou the half than has been | “t'lhSfencc mended to keep out the
There are some uwplaned boards—use
llemorlm ot the Enrlj Settlement of thc Mnucogec
From the Columbus Times. Cat ‘ I ‘ The effect upon his friendsTand olti asso^ I ny, and one whicli was conducted'with great I help
Cuss eta.—Last ni|,ht I spent with Mr. Wm. | ciates is depressing and the sentiment of all I solemnity. The brethren washed cacli other’s I educational center.
Bagley, one of thc few men now living who was law-abiding citizens is one of ardent thanks- feet, and the sisters did the same for each 1
present at the birth of your city, Columbus, I giving. It is hard to describe the feeling of I other. The only disturbance ever known in
who saw its broad streets laid off. and who I relief that the death of this desperado lias I the church took place during the ceremony.
hunted game in the virgin forest where now caused. One man said to me joyfully tlifit it Some mischief-loving boys hid the shoes of cenerauv Known mat mere is
stands the handsome stores and palatial resi- would raise the value of his land ten dollars some of the brethren, who were forced to de- -vViimiiiKtorfat this time the finest kennel of farm and raises
dences of your citizens. Mr. Bagley is about I an acre. Those who deprecate the death of part soleless, not spiritually, however. English 8 setter dogs owned in the United raised on the whole. The model colonv for us is I
orous old age. He lives about two miles from I “Has the reward been paid?” labored
Cusseta, to which place lie always walks in | “No; for the man Ford is held for murder I ligion, s
mselvte° with C a sect I ^' e *° 0 ^ lirst P rl ^ e in open class aY the dog
I Show in Pittsburg last month and will corn-
body. He can truthfully proclaim himself I beries.”
monarch of all the surveys. He is a farmer I “Do yon think the James gang, so «
after the old school, whose com crib is not in I i s now broken up?”
the far west, but in his horse lot, whose sheep I “Frank James is the only member
feed on his own hills, whose hogs crack corn I now living. The others are either dead
around the mill, and whose dairies are stored I the penitentiary or under my observation,
with milk and butter from his own cows. I Train robbery is a thing of tlie'past,”
His declining years are surrounded with f " ~ '
lime that is pouring in through New York harbor, found a man carefully planing each board.
We can more easily have too much of the selling of Supposing that he was trying to make a costly
millions of acres in builkats to20 centsperacrcto J ob > l - he ordered him to nail them on. at
peace and plenty, the reward of a life of in-
do
Where is Frank James?’
“He is in Missouri somewhere. I have no
omitable energy and industry. I f ea r of trouble from him. He will try to live
After supper ns we gathered around the | a better life.”
yawning fire-placcj which was heaped with
oak logs, amid which the flames lea
crackled, for the evening was chilly
rain poured in torrents on the
broached for the first time the _
was uppermost in my mind, “Mr. Bagley, J Louis papers in attacking you?”
while 111 Columbus a few days ago. you re-1 “No motive, but that of a desire to make as
marked that you came to Columbus in its I n)U ch political capital out of the affair as pos
early settlement. I wish you would tell me | sible.”
«„fl tlrev havemanv which thev will P ure Laverack setter, now owned by Mr.
do well to drop. They believe a man cannot he ( 'Oodsell. Plantagenet is of Llewellyn stock,
I a servant of God who does not pay his debts, * w hich is but an outcrops of Lat eracn.. Lor
1 as i h*^****?. *»„<!?»* — -1 ~•“—
The vision unfolded to us by the firing train is
1 trancing. The whole earth is clothed with emer
ald, and the forests are full of deep shades and
llliljli 11 Li 111- xu uiu ucuuuuuatiuu ui viugi- ■ Y n . s T r i t»_:j^ I iuw .umiiiu uu uu»c ettu .•v— w.
| gia, and his reputation as a preacher was held covered with stalks several inches high, and rolUng
■ ‘ people in neighbor- “wuedlyMr S fleldsof wheat through which a man might walk
He was a member of the Georgia I wno in ills oiu age is aiso owiicu oy 1,1 r * I , . , j .w. imurions
• stales.
“I do,” said tire carpenter, gruffly, carefully
measuring his work. When it was finished
there was no part of the fence as thorough iu
finish.
“How much do you charge?” asked.the
judge.
“A dollar and a half," raid the man, shoul
dering his tools.
The judge stared. “Why did you spend all
that labor on the job, it not for money?”
“For the job, sir.”
“Nobody would have seen the poor work oa
it.”
But I should have known it was there.
No; I’ll take only a dollar and a half.” And
retrospect
vened between then and now,
mv state supreme. - j , . ., ,, T - >
•there arc few I been’struck a vital blow in the death of Jesse I has flagged considerably. Uncle Davy
‘ I was possessed of a wonderful memory
Cooking Channel Cats.
the firm expression on the governor's I and tire facility with which he quoted the I From the Macon Telegraph,
good natured countenance showed that he I Scriptures was amazing. It was the old I Now that fishing is in order, here is Lieu- I b ad K- damaged by late storms.
— ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ 1 >-1 » *'•"*-™ about the I tenant Charlie Wood’s receipe for cooking I '
near Seale, Alabama, and who was the first I meant all he said. The interview here closed, I man’s boast that he knew more ,
slieritTof Muscogee county, and Uncle Samuel I an d the reporter left him gathering up the | Bible than any_ other man in Georgia, and | channel cats while on a fiihing frolic: Knock
Kookogee. I moved to western Gaorgia in the I portraits of the principals in the Jesse Jt
fall of 1825 with my father, and settled in Har- I tragedy and replacing them in his pocket
judge had the con-
ig of several mag-
There were many
master-builders, but the
_ is eye. “It was my man
pel attention from the most careless traveler. If the I of the fence,” he said. “I knew we should
peach trees “hit” this year, Georgia growers will have only good, genuine work from him. I
make heavily, as the fruit further north is reported gave him the contract and it made a rich
1 man of him.
It is a pity that boys were not taught in
their earliest years that the highest success
In May, 1840.” said Gov. Brown, as we sat down belongs only to the man, be he carpenter,
ames 1 had a contest of that kind been arranged out both heads of a barrel, bore holes in the . . , , ,, . ... . , ., - .... ,
t. I between him and some versed in sacred lore, I s ; de and stick it in the water. Catch your to a baskets of oranges, in lieu of the berries, to | farmer, author or artist, whose work is most
ris’co'unty where we lived one year. I drove the I 0 * ” ' * * we hav e no doubt but that the elder would fj s b at night and put them in this barrel, as wards which we are journeying, “I came through sincerely and thoroughly done.
first vehicle, an ox cart, through King's Gap I • A Stubborn Mule’s Revenge. I have beeft victorious. Indeed, we never t h e water will flow through the holes, and the Washington, on my way home from Yale college. The Truth About Our Girls
that ever crossed Pine mountain. We traveled I From the Savannah News. I heard but one man dispute his supremacy in I g s h will then keep as fresh as if in the middle There was great excitement over the Mexican war. | „ phiiadelohia Press
an Indian trail, frequentlv having to cut out | At three and a half o’clock yesterday after- the matter, and lie was an eccentric preacher of the r i ver . Next morning start out early 1 heard Hugh A. Harralson, of Georgia, read the 1 g
a road When we went to Columbus we noon, a colored man was riding a mule to the named Reynolds, in Hall county, who some- w ;th your gun to kill a squirrel, leaving your I v*™ Ti™«»3tii» tm.™ uteal a great aeai 01 tne piau times we ncarpronounceu
pitched our tent on the bank of the river, I wharf of the steamer Katie, to transact some I what blasphemously declared he knew more I partner to cook the fish iri this way: First, _ r
ii-iit about where the Alabama warehouse business, when opposite Chestnutt «fc Wood’s I about the Bible than Jesus Christ himself. I fry vour bacon strips, and before you put in | aildriast the solitary vote given against it, I called I a‘thousand tcLday who isn’t capi
* ' ' *' 5 — El.Ier Patman was a good and honest nian; t he fish pour in just a little water, allowing L_ rRlhonn thatnieh t as^aabo m inhisdis - “SP agreeable home, and keeping a more,In
Ll to remnin Add 011 Calhoun tnatmgnt, as 1 was 00m in msuis I table every day in the week than the most accom
meat anu e re^_e to 1 . - I trict and he knew my relatives well. Alter some 1 plished housewife of a century or a half century
now'stnnds. Where all the town now stands I naval stores wharf the animal suddenly stop-
BU\I ow 1-1 .Ill I 1 1 fiirllw.,- onrl
have
_ friends
spring* forward, elevated His hind feet in the I over his freshly covered grave. There are I co ^hs them just right. By this time you must I there.
air, and his rider executed an rerial movement j others, too, not _ connected with himor his J come up to camp1 without having hitasquir-| “i^t me advise you,” he said earnestly, “to settle
shoulders severely. ‘ "* ” ’ '* 4W ‘ ' ‘ ’ A 1 Atlanta.
Fc
wasa^wilderness"and it was not laid off till I i>ed and refused to proceed any further, and I rough in appearance, with no educational I tbe
^ ‘ voar Til*' «o441as»a«* tsf«a I awasw nffAi-t .vf Viia riilor tn fnrPA him t/> mnvft I a/ivantnoM nmi hnf littlp Annnrtunitv to 8”- I M u
lower down the river. My
a carpenter and we helped
houses. There were no —
and the lumber used
hand.”
HAND SAW MILL
“Lumber ripped out by hand," I exclaimed
ip astonishment, “how was that done?”
“Why a log was squared up with the
broad-ax, then raised on benches and lined
off to whatever thickness you wanted the
dank. One man got on top or over the
og and the other under, the man on the
ground pulling down the saw and the one
above pulling it np. It would surprise you
to see how many feet of lumber two men
would thus cut a day. It was in this way
the lumber used in building the first houses
in Columbus was sawed.
C1XARED UP FRONT STREET.
After tbe town was laid off the clearing up
of the streets was let out by contract, and my
father got the contract to open up Front
street. I helped to cut down the timber and
grub tip the undergrowth in that street my
self. Talking about clearing up the streets, I
remember an amusing incident that occurred
in opening up Oglethorpe street, just east of
vour office. Pr. deGraffenried had settled
the property which I believe is now owned
by his family. There was a very fine oak
tree in front of his house
and in tbe street, which.the doctor refused to
let the street bauds cut down, and he guarded
A cold is unlike most visitors—if you want to get
rid of it, you must give it a warm reception with
Dr. Bull’s Gough Syrup, the standard cough rem-
"or sale by all druggists at twenty-
APR1L.
Rumbling thunder.
Darting lightning,
Clouds asunder.
Sunbeams brightening:
Showers pouring.
Showers pattering.
Sun ignoring.
Roof-slopes battering.
Rose leaves broadening.
Reach blooms redding.
White moths dawdling,
Clover spreading.
Grass blades lengthening.
Maples starting.
Mavweeds strengthening.
Thistles parting.
Bees in blossoms.
Song-birds twittering.
Spider goesams.
Earth-worms tritu ring.
This is April,
Busy spring-child.
Laughing, weeping.
Never sleeping,
Mlldlng.
Wilding,
Changing April,
___ The prodigal son was a vast deal better than most
with sorrow, as they heard of his illness with j your hand*-bat ritright^d^n “d go to ea^ I ^“anraT” I replied, “where is Atlanta?” Before I SfifdhK^^^e^^^fSd
P 8111, J Let there be plenty of £hm corn © 1 ^ could answer I remembered that during my I was tho conscientious to do it
It has been said of Uncle Davy’s sermons cakes, and when you eat the fish, take one up .. . Marthasvllle a little place at the *
lat they bore a wonderful resemblance to | with the thumb and fore-finger of each hand, j tV , D Ctut ’ 0 1,7V«!i wn n»m«l Arlan, a | The paper in the postal cards is meaner than ever.
Pittsford, Mass., September 28,1878.
Sirs—I have taken Hop Bitters and recommend
them to others, as I found them very beneficial.
Mrs. 4. \V. Teller,
Secretary Women’s Christian Temperance Union
I ing high officers in other churches. Elder Pat- I tasted it.
man’s oft told experience created this rumor
doubtless, for the writer has heard him preach
often times, and can bear witness to the fact
that he preached different sermons.
In common with other elders of _liis_faith
| Uncle Davy never took up a collection in his
life, and yet he never was in want. Hjs sup-
] port was 'voluntary and it not a munificent
| salary was adequate for all his wants.
He would not refuse to take a social glass
witii a friend, and at his own home invited
his visitors to join him. But he never went
beyond the bounds of decorum, and never
countenanced it in others.
In his pu'pit in his church in Athens
| he had an old fashioned “piggin” and a long
| handle gourd; and was accustomed to hang
' his hat on a nail just over his head. In the
OPINION.
For the Constitution.
Within a rayless palace.
Where opinion’s priest commands,
Hangs Life’s embittered chalice.
That is quaffed from Siren hands:
W here waiting for the morrow
That will come but day by day,
AU tasting of the sorrow
That beneath its luring lay.
So our wreaths of hope must droop
And die with factious breath,
While for us still striving-stoop—
Pluck the immortelles of death.
Walter Devereaux
had to change cars there and it was so nasty I could
ardly get from one train to the other. I laughed
and asked Mr. Calhoun if he had ever seen Atlanta.
“No,” said he, “but it is the site of a great city.
It is so high and pure that its climate must be ex
cellent. its d>y, pure air wiU make it a great
southern depot for silks and such goods as cannot
be stored in cities of lower altitude. It will be the
home of great merchants who manage the southern
trade and who want houses that will be equally
healthy winter and summer. Two railroads already
Covington, Kentucky, society is stirred over the
elopement oi Mr. Peter Sbinkle. a wealthy and
prominent citizen, aged 87, with Mrs. Martha Bed
ford, aged 54.
The cottage President Arthur has engaged at
Long Branch has forty rooms.
The Pepnlar Demand
So great has been the popular demand for tbe
celebrated remedy Kidney-Wort, that it is having
passed through it. Another is projected, and others a “ immense sale from Maine to California. Some
t n _ „„„„ I have found it inconvenient to prepare it from the
will follow. The time will come when a roan will I dr y compound. For such the proi»rietors now pro
be built along the ridge that stretches out from “’' ’ - •
Atlanta and traverses my district in Carolina,
may not live to see this, but you will. I tell you,
sir, earues.ly, Atlanta will become the great inland
pare it in liquid form. Thin can be prooured.it tho
druggists. It has precisely tho same effect as tho
dry. but is very concentrated so that the do.e U
much smaller—Luwcll Moll.