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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, TUESDAY, MftY 16. 1882.’
GEORGIA GOSSIP,
AS IT BABBLES UP IN NEW YORK
AND EUROPE.
Tbe Marchioness of Anglesey and Her Ucraansgo*
able Butbiaa-A Kicb Tale from the Salons of
Faria-A Georgia Han Who Govern* Ills
Wife by a Sec of Written Boles.
From the New York Mall.
Our fashionable society ia more interested
in what is going oi» in Europe than in any
thing in this country saving their own aflitirs.
Consequently, a scandal in England or France
creates a flutter of excitement, especially if
nny person connected with it is nn American,
and consequently again there has been uoend
of gossip about the misfortunes of the mar
chioness of Anglesey. The marchioness was
once plain Miss Minnie King, the daughter of
J. T. King, of Sandhills, Georgia, and in the
days when she was fancy free, she was known
by the soubrequet of the Georgia Belle.
Site was pretty, vivacious, and withal an ac
complished talker. From her young girlhood
she had a hast of admirers, aud nny number
of oflers before she was twenty. She became
related to the titled aristocracy of England
by becoming the wife of Henry Wadeliousc,
the brother of Lord Kimberly. The Kimber-
lys arc Jus well known as any family in Eng
land. When the celebrated American belle
l>ccame a widow she was courted again ami
bestowed her band the second time on the
marquis of Anglesey. This marriage took
place less than a year ago. Our noble mar
quis is a sort of Mormon, ns the marchioness
is his third wife. Ills paternal grandfather
and his own father set fiim the bad example
by each marrying three times. Our noble
marquis must lie u sort of a regular old boy.
One day as the marchioness was sitting down
to dine with some friends a note
was brought inti* her. It was
from her husband. It said briefly
that he hud left l’aris and the Marchionesss
for all time. Some accounts gave it that
Anglesey had an agreeable traveling com
panion in a Russian woman. This story is
additionally interesting just now, as n hatch
of English nobility arrived by a steamer
yesterday, the hatch including Lord Ran
dolph Churchill, whose wife is Jennie
Jerome, a daughter of Leonard Jerome, of
this city. The sad fate of the belle of Georgia
will not be taken to heart by American girls.
On the contrary they will pull their caps at
every nobleman that visits this
country this summer. This is one of the
reasons, taking a charitable view of it, that
our young men here so affect English ways.
IIall Haynes.
THE AUTOCRAT OF THE FAMILY.
duced to Mr. William H. Nally, the man who
had realized thirty-one cents for his cotton.
He was standing talking to Judge Strong, and
said, in answer to a query:
‘ The bale weighs 525 pounds, and I brought
it through from Donelassvilie yesterday. I
consigned it to my friend, ludge Strong, here,
because I used to 'sell him all roy cotton. I
knew that he was not in the cotton business,
but I thought I would compliment him in
this way on account of old times.”
Did you save this hale for this especial pur
pose?”
“Oh. no; I just happened to have it on
band.”
Then you don’t have to sell os soon as you
gin?”
“Not much. We live at home down at my
house. I never bought a bushel of corn nor
wheat in my life, and consequently when I
get a little cotton I can do as I please with it.
Come down sometime, we’ll give you. plenty
to eat and something to drink, too, if you
ever take anything.”
The reporter thanked him and turned
around to Judge Strong to hear him say:
“Mr. Nalley lives seven miles and a half on
the other side of Douglassville, and they are
going to put a depot near where iiis place is.
lie owns four hundred acres of oak and hick
ory lam) out there, and it is just like he tells
you, he lives at home.”
“The first hale of cotton that came over the
Air-Line railroad,” continued Judge Strong,
‘came to me. It was shipped from Xorcross.
received also the first bale that was shipped
from every other depot on the road until it
reached Westminster, S. C. But I am out of
the. business now.”
TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE.
GEORGIA ANALYZED
BY ONE WHO KNOWS WHEREOF
HE SPEAKS.
Iliilra r HI. Louts Una i.oq.iircd Ilia Wife to Swear
to Observe.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat prints the
long complaint in the suit of Mrs. Alice Da
venport for a divorce from her husband, Ben
jamin It. Davenport, of that city. The par
lies are natives of Georgia, hut were married
in New York September 2-1, 1878. The wife
asserts that two weeks after their marriage
her husband, without cause, began to treat
her with suspicion and mistrust, and to as
sume toward her a cruel and tyrannical atti
tude, declaring that she should subject her
self innll things, even to the most minute
and trivial affairs, entirely to his arbitrary
dictation, direction and command; that he
forbade her ever speaking to any gentlemen,
and that, she being ill, he refused her permis
sion to go to her mother in Savannah, Ga.,
and finally only consented to her meeting
her mother in New York after she had taken
an oath faithfully to observe certain rules
which, u gross indignity to herself, lie had
written out as follows:
Rules for the government of my wife’s conduct
white away from me, .time 1,1879:
1. Not to micxlt u> nay 1*1*011 or allow any person
to speak to her on the car, except the conductor
nad porter hi the discharge of their duty.
2. Uqdirectly from depot la New York to Mrs.
Haight’s house, und occupy room with mother,and
sleep only in her room.
:t. Speak kindly and politely to Mrs. Ilaight, but
not in a friendly or familiar mauuer; .say to her
you do not wi«h t# meet auy ouo in the house; ask
for a talilc to yourself, with only your family, or go
somewhere else.
■I. Never sing In the parlor or lit In the parlor, or
slag In your room when any j>erson except your
immediate family he present.
ft. Never leave mother day or night for five min-
atrs at a time for any reason whatsoever. Do not
walk, ride or go anywhere without her, even with
your own brother.
7. l»o not call on any person whatsoever, and
allow no one who may call on you to see yon, uu-
Uns they he your brothers or thetr wives. Do not
i-lH-ak to any person you may meet whom you mny
l have known in the past.
7. Do not permit youn.clf to be introduced to any
|s p»,m whatsoever, and if you are refuse to speak
V) them.
■s. Write everv night to me a full, truthful and
I exact account of everything you have done, where
j you have been, with whom you have beeti.to whom
; >tm have spoken, and whom you have seen. This
must he done every night.
l.et nothing, sickness or death.prcvent your keep
I lug these rules, for I will excuse no breaeh on any
I nee.m.it. Do not leave New York, even for an hour,
J without my iierniission, except Brooklyn or liar-
I lcm.
If m.v wife cannot keep these roles in word and
I in spirit. 1 desire never to see her agaiu.
Benjamin R. Davenport.
The Gliilie-Deiuoernt says: Mr. Davenport
I came to this city in 1878, a'nd at once gamed
I considerable prominence in the practice of
1 his profession. He has the management of
1 several large estates mid is in receipt of quite
S a respectable -lu-omc. He is a genial, social
I gentleman, and has always been regarded ns
I above reproach. Mr. Davenport entered his
j appearance, thus obviating the issuance of
1 process, and instead of being returnable 1
I the June term it is returnable to the present
■ (April) term. It is understood ( that Mr.
5 Davenport will not contest the ease* but will
■ allow Mrs. Davenport to get a decree by de
I fault.
THE FIRST BALE.
How flu* FI rut Hale of Cotton Shipped Over the
(•eorgl* l’ocfflc It oil rood woo M4 Yeoterdoj.
Tuesday precisely at noon, Mr. N. It. Fow
ler walked out of Cummings's cotton ex
change and, laying his hand ujion a bale of
strict middling cotton which was standing on
the sidewalk, adjusted his spectacles, cleared
his throat and said to the assembled bears and
bulls:
Gentlemen, here is the first bale of cotton
shipped over tlie Georgia Pacific railroad.
How much am I offered to start it? ’’
Eleven and a half cents,” replied Mr.
[Green B. Adair.
What! eleven and a Half, cents for tlie first
bale of cotton shipped over the new road!
“Thirteen cents ” said Mr. Parrott as lie
jammed his hands deep into his pockets and
hewed his tobacco with repewod energy.
Major Cummings pushes! through the crowd
and said in a determined sort of way:
“Fifteen cents."
"Fifteen and a half,” said Mr. Parrott, feel
ing his way.
“Sixteen cents,” said the Major.
"And a half,” continued Mr. Parrott.
"Nineteen cents," said Major Cummings.
I’m going to have this bale of cotton.”
"And a half.” coolly answered Mr. Parrott.
"Twenty-one," said the major.
"And a half,” replied Mr. Parrott.
"Twenty-four." said Major Cummings.
“A half,” said his antagonist.
“Twenty-six. I tell you,” said the major,
"I am going to have this cotton if it goes to
ifty cents a pound.”
"A half," was the only sound he heard, ex-
opt the voice of the auctioneer.
"Twenty-seven,” shouted the major.
"Half,” said Mr. Parrott.
■ "Twenty nine," replied the major.
1 Mr. Parrott nodded and the auctioneer
pried, “ ’ Alf, ‘alf, ’alf.” The major bid thir
ty-one with energy, and Mr. Parrott turned
•ml walked away.
I "Put it down to S. M. Inman «t Co.," said
llajor Cummings to Mr. Fowler, and the sale
Bus over.
The SoU. Climate, and Capabilities of the State
D.aeussed in a General Wax—Where to Seek
Whai Yon Want, and Where to Find It—
Col. Adair Mentions Manx Tames.
A Circular leaned by Sir, G, J, Orr, State School Com.
■nlaeloner.
State School Commissioner Orr has issued
the following circular to the county school
commissioners and members of county boards
of education:
Dei-artment or Education, Atlanta. Ga.,May8
1882.—To the county school commissioners and
members of the eouuty boards of education: Gen
tlemen—I propose to hold three teachers’ institutes
in Georgia the upproiiching summer. Teachers’ in
stitutes are temporary schools for instructing teach
ers who arc themselves actually engaged in the
work of instruction. Many of our teachers aro
poorly qualified for their work—so much so that in
many cases the public do not receive an equivalent
for the money expended. The best of teachers can
be improved.
In our institutes wo expect to devote the time
mainly to the following subjects, viz: Spelling,
reading, penmanship. English grammar.geography
and arithmetic. One teacher will be put in charge
of the first three liranches.and one in charge of each
of the others There will thus be four teachers
ree.ulurly employed at each iusUlute. The most
experienced teachers of the state will be selected
for this work.
In addition to the regular teaching, wc shall have
lectures and addresses at night from eminent pro
fessors and friends of education,
I wish all the county school commissioners to mce
me for three or four days’ instruction in their du
ties. I expect to deliver to them several lectures
upon the proper administration of the school laws.
I shall also avail myself of the occasion to learn
from them, by an interchange of views, many things
concerning the status of the educational work. I
hope the boards will allow the commissioners their
per diem for the three or four days session, a thiug
which I think they have the authority to do, os we
expect to try to make these days much the most
important days for promoting the true interests of
the schools of all those spent by the commissioners
in official duty.
The teachers will be taught free. The only cx-
J tense to them will be board and railroad fare. The
onner we will endeavor to secure at the lowest
priees, ami the latter at half rates, if this reduction
can be obtuiued.
The colored teachers will he tnught at the same
time, by the same teachers, but in different school
100ms.
The services of Hon. James II. Smart, late super
intendent of public instruction for the state of In
diana, a man of experience in this kind of work,
have been secured as general superintendent. All
the teachers will be Georgians.
1 ho|ie county boards willfccl the necessity of co
operating with me in this effort to raise the
standard of teaching talent. The institutes will
occupy the whole of the month of August; and I
hope the boards will permit the teachers to attend,
by arranging the school terms to suit, if practicable,
und even by suspending temporarily, if need be.
They might encourage attendance by uunounciiig
that hereafter in choosing teachers, os far as there
may be authority to do so, preference will be give.i,;
other things being equal, to those who avail toem-
scivcs of tais means of Improvement
One of.the institutes will be held in north Geor
gia, one in middle Georgia, and one in south Geor
gia. This is all that can be said at present us to lo
cation, as sites have not, os yet, been fully deter
mined upon.
The whole expense of employing teachers, etc.,
will be paid out of money kindly placed at my dts
posal by Dr. Curry, the general agent of the Pea
body fund.
As soon as all the arrangements have been com
pleted a circular will be published, giving full de
tails as to location, teachers employed, cost of board
reduction of railroad fares, etc.
Gustavus J. Orr,
State School Commissioner.
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial.
Atlanta, Ga„ May 2.—Some time ago Mr. E. P.
Van Meier, of Chilicothe, Ohio, addressed a letter
to an officer of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railway at this place, asking various ques
tions in regard to the state of Georgia, its produc
tions, the condition of Us laboring classes, and
oilier items. The letter was referred to Colonel G.
W. Adair, a prominent real estate agent of this
city, for answer. Colonel Adair is a native of
Georgia, was a rich slave owner before the war, was
an officer in the confederate army, and is a life
long democrat. HU answer is so full of "meat”
that its reproduction entire will convey as good an
idea of the real situation in Georgia as a whole
volume from some men would. The following is
the letter:
Atlanta, May 1, 1882.—Emigration Agent East
Tennessee, Virginian and Georgia Railway, Atlan
ta, Ga.—Dear sir:—You have handed me a letter
from Mr. E. I*. Van Meter, of ChilUcothe, Ohio, of
the 24th lust., for such reply ter his inquiries us 1
may be able to make. He asks, first, if Georgia of
fers good advantages to a mau willing to invest in
real estate.
it would naturally he expected of one in my
business to answer this in the affirmative. The
greatest, in fact the main advantage of this sec
tion over Ohio, as I uudcistad it, consists oi cli
mate and healtlifulucss. In all parts of Georgia
a fanner can work on his farm generally twelve
months in the year, while in alt of Middle
aud Northern Georgia the general lieulth-
fulness is unsurpassed by any portioti of the world,
and this is the case with most oi south Georgia,
which, however, has some sections subject to
malaria. These places are usually known and
uvoldable, they being mostly along the margins of
tile larger streams where the lands are very fertile.
But the thousands of northern people living in
central Georgia, aud at Atlanta, can testify that
malaria is unknown in this section.
in alt oi middle Georgia and in all the alluvial
and valley lauds of north Georgia, the lauds are of
fair fertility, aud produce quite freely; and all the
lands la middle and north Georgia, however thin
and poor the soil may be, have a very superior red
clay subsoil, which will hold any improvements in
fertility that may he made in the soil, and any
soil, however poor aud exhausted, may, at fmail
expense, in a few years, be made quite fert le aud
easily kept so.
Z lie ask
A Fatal Ride.
From the Washington Gazette.
On Wednesday morning at quite an early
hour Tommie Combs, a twelve-year-old sou of
Mr. W. B. Combs, who lives a few tfliles from
town, was coming in on horseback. Just as
he was opposite the cemetery the horse, which
was galloping along, fell, und it is thought
fell on hint, as tlie little fellow was terribly
bruised. The saddle came off as the horse
fell. The greatest injuries were in the head
and when the buy was picked up he was per
fectly insensible, aud ire remained so until 11
o’clock that night, when he breathed his last.
He had repeated convulsions during the day.
The pupil of one of his eyes was very much
dilated, while the other was very greatly con
tracted, showing that the brain had received
a severe injury.
Extraordinary Bee-Swarming.
Correspondence Cedariown Advertiser.
I began the season with nineteen colonies,
sold one of them, which left me eighteen in
fair condition. They began swarming April
3d, and up to this day they have cast twenty-
eight swarms, and five yet to hear from, these
having issued from thirteen. I lost one cer
tain, and missed two or three others, which
either ran away or went back to the old hives.
We united two, swarmed two artificially and
now have forty-one. I make my own hives,
so you mny gue$9 I eat but little idle bread.
We have had us many as four swarms from
one colony. One issued on the 18th of April
and on the 29tli (eleven days), it cast a large
•warm.
Schools in Taylor Couaty.
From the draud Jury Presentments.
There weie in the county in 1S81 twenty-
five schools for whites, and six for colored
people. There a<e in said schools: Whites—
males, 423; females, 486; making an aggre
gate of 909 white pupils attending said
schools. In the colored schools there are,
males, 210; females, 194; making an aggregate
of 404 colored pupils, and a grand total of 1
313 pupils. Tlie average daily attendance
931.
WHAT WE PRODUCE.
From the Valdosta Times.
A ten pound trout in town Wednesday.
From the Gainesville Eagle.
A light frost Wednesday morning slightly
nipped tender vegetables.
From the Lumpkin Independent.
Gnats have arrived.
The rice birds are enjoying the oats about
town.
From the Dahlonega Signal.
We have never known vegetation so for
ward. The leaves of the forest are almost
grown.
Mr. J. M. Atkins, of Smithville. has some
oates which measures six feet and one inch
in height.
From the Americas Recorder.
Mr. F. H. Buchanan has a beet of this
year’s raising which weighed three pounds
and five ounces.
From the SylTania Telephone.
We have received from Mrs. G. W. Waters
a fine tassel of crab grass which site says sire
found in George’s field. She says that corn
tassel grew in her garden, and as she wants
George to get full credit for everything he
raises, sends in this specimen of his gross.
From the Wayn esboro 0 itizeij.
Plums are ripening.
A few of our tamers are done chopping cot-
I The Constitution went in and was intro-1 ton, all are advancing rapidly.
"I am told you know all about the troubles in
that section. Suppose you disgorge,**
“Well, I did hear something of it aud it is an in
teresting story which is daily increasing in interest.
You see, the ditch over which this trouble has
arisen is abon t twenty miles long. It was built by
a man named Kelly in 1860 and is known as the
“Kelly Ditch. It is in Lumpkin county neur the
line of Lumpkin and Dawson comities. Well this
ditch which is valuable to the mining interest has
been claimed by both toe Etowah Battle Branch
miulng company and also by the Dahlonega Uold-
miuing comjiany and both parties claim toeir title
through Kelly ”
“Yes, I know, but abont the trouble?” inter
rupted the reporter.
"I am coming to that now. During April term of
the Lumpkiu superior court, the title to this ditch
was investigated and the trial resulted in favor of
the Etowah Battle Branch company, the verdict be
ing for the ditch, and 86,70j damages. Both com
panies are represented by good attorneys, and a
motion for a new trial was made, but the motion
was overruled. Then an order for a supersedeas
was asked for late Saturday night. Previous
to this, however, Mr. Davidson. of
the Etowah Battle Branch company,
backed by quite a number of men, went down to
the ditch and took possession of it, which he held
until Sunday afternoon, when Captain Imboden,
superintendent of the Dahlonega company, with a
large number of men recaptured the ditch from the
Etowah company. Mr. Davidson, after being driveu
away, went off and reinforced himself aud then re
turned and again took possession of the
ditch. After securing the bone of contention
this time Davidson proceeded to destroy a large
quantity of ilumes, etc., and held It. He then went
to Dahlonega and sued out about seventy warrants
against his adversaries, and upon these many ar
rests were made. One warrant was for Mr. Henry
Perry, one of the attorneys for the Dahlonega com
pany. while another was for Mr. LombMra, presi
dent of the Dahlonega company. The warrant for
Mr. Lombard was bused upon a grave charge, and X
am told that he had not tmen arrested yet.”
"You tell a story well.”
"Yes, but that is not all. After
Mr. Davidson swore out the warrants he applied to
Judge Wellborn for an injunction restraining the
Dahlonega company from interfering with the
ditch. Then Mr. Perry, attorney for the Dahlonega
company, went before Judge Erskiue, of the Uni
ted fctales court, who was at Macon, and secured
an injunction preventing the Etowah company
frorn using the same ditch. So you see the eud is
not yet. and the case is increasing in interest ”
OVER THE COUNTY.
asks which of the three sections of Georgia
offers the greatest advantages.
This depends on what a man wishes to do. If he
wishes to raise cotton, middle Georgia und south
western Georgia are the portions of the sute to go
to; if grapes or peaches, middle Georgia; if wheat,
northern aud middle Georgia; if corn and oats,
any portion; if rye, the mountain regions in north
ern Georgia, or barley lor grazing, anywhere; for
ground peas and chufas for hogs, lower, middle
and all southern Georgia.
If stock-raising in any branch is to be pursued,
there are vast thinly-settled areas in the moun
tainous regions oi north Georgia, or in tlie pine
lands of s.utli Georgia, with the finest natural
pasturage, where herds of any size can roam at
will. In the latter section stock are seldom fed or
sheltered at auy lime, aud those who qpvote them
selves to the business intelligently make line
profits aud would do much better if they would
give their stock some feed aud shelter in the
winter, though the shelter is seldom neces
sary. lu middle Georgia, as well as north
Georgia, food for two to three months in the winter
and occasional shelter must be provided, and in
middle Georgia pasturage winter and summer
should he more or less provided. I will remark
that rye and barley in every section of Georgia can
he sown aud utilized for winter grazing for cattle,
aud they need no other food, unless steers for
working or miieh cows, and anywhere Bermuda
gross will flourish, which makes the best cultivated
summer pasture in the world.
3. In relation to the kind of soils of the several
sections, etc., 1 referred to tlie circular before
named, and In relation to the average crops, etc., I
refer to a pamphlet published by our state depart
rneut of agriculture, entitled “Georgia from the im
migrant settlers’ standpoint,” and a "supplemental
report of the department of agriculture for
1881,” both of which I herewith hand
you; remarking that, in considering the latter, the
reader must remember that the drouth of last sum
mer was far more severe and general throughout
the state thau ever was kuoivu in the history of
Georgia.
4. Laud can be bought in tracts of almost any
size, aud at fair prices. All the laud is owned bv
individuals; none by the state or by railroads; no
school lauds nor uuy public domain of nnv kind.
Laud can be b night iu large budies&mituble"for col
onies to settle on. I could sell a superior farm 011
toe Chattahoochee river, leu miles from this city,
containing 97i acres, 150 of which is superior Chat
tahoochee river bottom, including a half interest
lu a toll bridge across the river, lor 825 per acre.
This place is only two or three miles from toe line
of you r railroad, where It crosses the river. Lots of
fifty to two kuudred acres or more cau he bought
lu auy neighborhood.
6. Cotton is generally considered our best crop.
It is the readiest money crop ia the world, and oh
this account is too much raised, it is noticed that
those farmers who plant small cottoti crops do bet
ter. When cotton is wholly a surplus, when every
thing needed on the farm is made on it, and uo
produce has to be bought with cotton money, then
toe cotton grower is invariably prosperous. The
few who have engaged in raising sheep or eattle do
better toon cotton growers.
6. Our summers are not as hot os in Ohio or any
where north of here, though they are longer. White
men work on their farms all day, every da v during
the summer. We have not had a dozen sunstrokes
in Georgia in a dozen years. They are very rare in
deed.
7. Those who have had marked success as stock
raisers—cattle and sheep—are mostly in south
Georgia, where sheep are never fed or sheltered,
aud where the same is true oi cattle. In my opin
ion north Georgia would be belter for cattle,though
we have no experience in cultivated pasturage,
and winter feeding ami sheltering in south Geor
gia. If these were adopted ia that section it might
excel north Georgia.
1 will, by this day’s mail, forward to Mr. Van M
a package of the publications of our state deiiart-
rnuut of agriculture, from which be may cull some
valuable information it be can look through them.
8. The couditiou of toe laboring classes. This
relative, and as one may view it. The houses they
live iu are not as good as similar classes have iu
Ohio; they are not needed. It may be that with
us, generally, the standard of comfort is lower.
There is nothing to prevent one from having ev
erything as one wishes it; it requires only money
aud work. 1 believe people all over the world ex
pend or apply these according to what
they conceive to be necessary- The stau-
daid of comfort and the condition gen
erally of the negro laborers would be consid
ered low by most people from colder climates: but
I suppose uo laboring people anywhere are better
couieuied or huve their wants better supplied. The
condition of white laborers on farms, who own
aud work theit lauds, is fair—generally very good;
of such as do not own lands, generally poor; but I
suppose they are as much eon ten ted therewith as
houseless—1 mean people who do not own their
houses—people generally are. In toe south wants
are not so pressing, are more easily supplied. 1
mean actual necessities of life. Hence, those who
have uo ambition beyond supplying life’s wants
do not put forth exertions to better their condi
tion. only enough to meet actual necessities—food
and clothes.
9. Colored field laborers can be hired tor the year
at 87 to810 per mouth, and rations supplied; or
812 to 815 per month if they furnish themselves
Tae great majority of toe negroes, however, prefer
to work for a portion of the crop, aud are gener
ally averse to hiring for wages. White men can
seldom be hired for wages, aud when thev can
negroes are generally preferred. The colored man
is more docile aud tractable. His intelligence is
not equal to that of toe white man, aud when left
to work by himself, even wWi toe most careful
dircetious, his work, as a rule, is uot as satisfactori
ly performed as that by white men but if die pro
prietor remains with aud directs hi* work all the
time, pays promptly, according to agreement, aud
deals justly, toe negro is the best laborer in toe
world, in this way more work, and better work,
cau be obtained from him thau any other class of
mankind, aud he will be belter contented while
rendering it.
10. When your railroad is completed, and the
Georgia Pacific Is extended from here to the Ala-
bama coal fields, Georgia will have superior fscili-
ties for transportation, aud com petition will be ob
tainable by toe people of toe greater portion of toe
state. A few short narrow-gauge lines only will be
needed, and these the people will build 'and are
now building. Freight rates are absolutely fixed
iu ourstate by a railroad commission, which has
been sustained by the supreme court of the United
States, aud freights are said to be lower In Georgia
tban in auy other state. I do not know how this is:
1 have heard it said. Truly, yours,
G. W Adair.-
The status of the colored people given by
Colonel Adair is, in my opinion, nearer tlie
truth than any statement I have ever read on
the subject. Jayhawker.
WIMPEY WARBLES
The Com ml union ero of Roodo and Revenues Make a
Tour of the Dominion of Fulton.
Thursday morning at 7 o’clock a Constitution
reporter and four members of the board of commis
sioners of roads and revenues, together with Mr.
J. Tyler Cooper, the efficient clerk of the comrnis
sion, might have been seen standing at Bodd’s cor
ner, on Alabama street. The commissioners were
Messrs. Dodd, tiramling. Hoyt and Uumiicutt. Two
carriages stood waiting, the chargers chewed their
bits impatiently and the Jehus announced that
further 1 delay was entirely unnecessary. The com
mission. the clerk and the reporter stepped into the
carriages and at once started in a brisk trot upon a
lengthy tour of Fulton county with a view to in
specting the roads, bridges, alms house and convict
camps. The carriages rattled along Hunter street
toward the city stockade. , passing that piece of
property by the Flat Slioals road. Nothing special
seemed to interest the commissioners aside from
the excellent condition of the road aud the beauty
of the weather, until the old countv line road was
reached. A short halt was made at that point to
allow the commissioners to take a survey of the
surroundings, after which the carriages rolled a
few hundred yards further aud turned back toward
tlie city by the Flat Shoals road, which is reached
by Decatur street, along which the party traveled
until the residence of Dr. Maull Was reached. Up
to this time the reporter had failed to understand
exactly what was to be looked after In the locality,
but in a few minutes he was brought face to face
with a public road wliieli had been closed up, nu<i
turning with an inquiring glance to Mr. Cooper
that official said:. y ’
“The road which you see here is the one that
runs by the hospital. It runs from this road to the
one which we have just left entering the other road
near toe city stockade. It has gradually ceased to
bo used‘of late years and the people here have
closed it up as you see. I suppose tlie road is half
a mile long and it could bo used only to allow pas
sage from one road across to the other. The fact
that either of the Toads which : we have come will
carry'a man to Atlanta as quickly as could be se
cured by the use of the old road and because of
the fact that no one travels the old road nor has
traveled it toahy extent for sometime on account
of its condition, has induced some of the citizens
here to close tlie road up.”
"What are the commissioners examfning it for?"
“At the next meeting they will be called upou to
decide whether or not toe road will be allowed to
stand closed. It was originally opened as a public
read and has never been closed by the order of any
man who had authority to close it up. The citi
zens who closed it up, however, without an order,
cousidered that the long abandonment of the road
was amide authority for shutting itup without anv
legal aeffijn. The question of reopening the load
will come up before the commissioners at toeir
next, meeting.”
The commissioners found that the barroom which
has heretofore existed at this loealitv hud died a
natural death a few days ago by the expiration of
the license. It is hardly probable that toe proprie
tor would have taken out a license at the new rate
of 8503, but even it he had desired to do so, it is
said that it-would have been refused. Thus one of
the country barrooms becomes extinct.
From Dr.Maull’s the party came Into the city and
passed out Whitehall aud ou by West Eud with the
intention of inspecting a tract of land three miles
from the city and a little to toe north of the East
Point road. The tract embraces seventy-one acres
and has on it two small houses. It was offered for
82,500 as a location for the alms house, a change in
the location of that institution having been sug
gested. The tract is part of land lot 138, and is tlie
«.m\rtnrit t* a! \t *• UMUvn lfnnnKln
ing. Strange as it may seem they nearly all wans
to get married. We had a marriage here a lew day
ago. The happy pair were Mr. S. F. Billings, a re
cent accession, and Miss Elizabeth Sian or. There
were no cards, 110 attendants and no bridal tour.
They were married about two weeks ago by the
Rev. Mr. Rolater. The bride has been here for
several years. The groom arrived about a mouth
ago.”
"Are any of the others trying to marry?"
“Oh. yes, we have one particularly affectionate
pair of weak-minded creatures who are anxious to
join their fates.”
The conversation was interrupted by the an-
uouncement that dinner was ready, and the entire
party sat dowu to dinner. After dinner a visit to
tlie "camps" was made. Almost the first person
seen by the reporter was a one-legged confederate
officer, who reduced in circumstances aud enfee
bled by age and perhaps dissipation has at last
taken refuge from want in the county’s asylum for
he ueedy. The next person that was especially
noticed by the reporter was au old lady seventy-
eight years old. She has been in the alms house
longer than any of the other inmates. The
next person seen by the scribe was Jake Mole, who,
with bis wife, has within the last few days gone
back again to the almshouse. There were several
blind persons and many others afflicted in a most
distressing maimer. Entering one of toe houses
occupied by the while poupers. The Constitution
saw lying upon one of the beds a woman of
rather prepossessing Appearance, her face
showing plainly that she was not of the
common herd. By her side was a little baby boy
scarcely a week old. Her story wav short and sim
ple. Her husband was a poor man. was taken sick
and a long illness brought them to the door of
want. As a lost resort, a few weeks ago they be
came inmates of tlie alms house. Within the lost
few days her husband has recovered his health and
is now at work. Iu a few more days they will bid
adieu to the alms house which has sheltered them
In their trouble. A short visit was paid to the ne
gro camp, aud the parly returned to the house and
started buck toward the city.
The new convict camp on the north Atlanta side
was visited. The camp is to be located on a tract
of five acres near Tight Squeeze and just to the
east of the proposed route of West Peachtree street.
Workmen are now engaged in erecting the necessa
ry buildings, which will cost perhaps a thousand
dollars exclusive of the ground, which cost 81,250.
The building will be a superintendent’s and
guards’ house, a commissary room,
sleeping house 56x20, of which a room 16x20
is cut off for a cooking and sleeping room for wo
men, and a stable 22x36, with sheas 12 feet wide.
About the same sort of houses are used at the camp
on the south Atlantaside. The south Atlantacamp,
which is located on one acre of ground, cost $1,000.
There are now 61 convicts in the chain gang; 28 on
the Eouth Atlanta side, aud 86 ou the north Atlauta
side. The south Atlanta squads are at work on
McDonough street aud the East Foiut road. The
north Atlanta men are divided betweeu West
Peachtree and the road which runs by Angier’s
spring. The convicls are under Mr. T. J. Donald
son, superintendent, aud six guards. The new
camp will be ready soon.
There is some talk among the commissioners of
moving the alms house nearer ro the city so that
the land cun be enriched from the soil hauled out
of town. This may be done if a suitable place can
be secured about three miles from the city. Judge
Hoyt’s idea is to come nearer to town and establish
in connection with the alms honse a house
of correction for vagrauts aud young crim
inals. Mr. Gramling thinks the alms house is
already in the best place and says that with the
magnificent supply of wood now possessed toe
present locality should not be given up. He thinks
favorably of the proposed house of correction, and
thinks that tlie convict force should be sent to toe
alms house and put to work making brick for the
erection of permanent buildings of whatever sort as
arc needed. Mr. Hunnicutt and Mr. Dodd are op
posed to moving the alms house, unless u much bet
ter plat* can be secured on good terms.
The party returned to the city at 7 o’clock.
BRADSTREET’S BUDGET,
’BROWN'S mON BITTBU6;
About the Minina Trouble* a: Dahlonega.
“Say." said a gentleman to a Constitution rep
resentative yesterday, "Mr. John Wimpev la just
back from Dahlonega, and is chuck full of the row
whicn occurred ia Lumpkin county a few davs
ago "
This statement put energv Into the scribe, and in
a few s.run is he found himse.f in the presence of
Mr. Wimpev. to whom he said:
Jn-t back from Dahlunega?"
“Yes," was the reply.
property of Mr. Willie Venable.
The property lies almost directly behind the resi
dence of Mr. Anthony Murphy. It was inspected
by the commisionere, after which toe party re
turned to toe city, stopping for a few minutes with
Judge Clarke Howell to Inquire after his health.
Judge Howell was found sitting on the front piazza
of his West End home aud was very feeble. His
recent sickness had greatly reduced his strength
and he was unable to accompany his brother mem
bers of tbe board in their tour of inspection.
The inspecting party proceeded out Marietta
street on their way to Howell’s miiL It was tiie
intention to reach the alms house at one o’clock,
where Dr. Hope, the superintendent, was expected
*0 spread a dinner for the party. The Howell s
mills road was found to be iu a very good condi
tion. The bridge at the mill was made the subject of
some discussion. The bridge has been repaired
lately, new abuttments were put ia and the bridge
is in excellent condition. It was made thirty feet
longer than formerly aud now affords ample room
for auy volume of water, ana the abuiuneuts are
upon good foundations.
It was just one o’clock when the carriages turned
into the yard of the alms house, one mile above
Buckhead aud seven miles from tlie city on the
Peachtree road. 'The party was met by Di. It. L.
Hope, superintendent of the alms house, and con
ducted into Dr. Hope’s office. The place presented
toe aspect of an ordinary farm, and only a few in
expensive buildings are located upon the property.
While toe party was waiting for dinner The Con
stitution reporter had a short talk with Dr. Hope.
He said:
"We have 320 acres of land, 250 acres of which is
iu woods, and of that 250 acres, 200 are covered
with the native timber—the original forest, of which
not a stick has been cut away. We have about ten
acres in cultivation and about twenty acres cleared,
and ready for cultivation."
"What do you plant?”
“I have two acres in Irish potatoes, will have
three acres in cabbage, and I have four acres iu
corn, I have an acre and a half in sweet potatoes,
and an acre in beaus aud such other vegetables as
we may need.”
“How many inmates are there?'
"Sixty-eight in all. There are 24 white women,
and nine white men. There are ten colored men,
aud teu colored womeu, aud fifteeu children—all
white.”
"How many of them are able to work?’
"There are ten that are able to do some work-
two men, one boy and seven women. The men
ditch aud hoc, aud the women hoe and cook. The
seven women are all white. The boy and one man
are white; the other mau who can work is a ne
gro."
“How many of them are under medical treat
ment?”
“Out of the 68 there are 22 that 1 am treating for
chronic diseases and three for slight sickness, that
is of -little consequence. I have some patients who
are hopelessly wrecked physically."
"How many cooks have you?”
“I have three cooks among the pauper women.
I emplo” no help on the place whatever. The cooks
are white women, who cook in fireplaces in certain
of the builaings, and toe food is issued to each pau
per, and he or she is allowed to eat It wherever his
or her inclination may direct, cither privately or
with the others. I am going to have a stove iu a
short while.”
“How often do they eat?”
“Three times a day.”
"What do you feed them on?’
"Corn tread, meat aud grits or rice for breakfast
For dinner I give them vegetables meat aud corn
bread and for supper syrup, milk und com bread.
1 give them buisenit twice a week.”
“How many cows have you* "
“I have only one cow now, but am trying to find
another good oue. The one 1 have gives three and
a half gallons of milk daily with a quantity of very
fine butter. The milk is given to toe children ana
sick paupers. I give them coffee also for break
fast
"W hat are the expenses of the alms house?
"The expenses average now about?222 per month
including my salary.”
"Do any of toe paupers ever try to get away?"
“Oh, yes: we had one to escape last week. But
we never offer any rewards for them. If they can
stand It we can."
“Is there anything odd or singular about them?
What do they do with themselves?”
“Those who don’t work, sit around and do notht
The Failures for the Punt Week Recapitulated.
There wore 96 failures in the United States re
ported to Bradstrect’8 during the past week, a de
crease of 9 from the preceding week, and 20 less
than the corresponding week of last year. The
middle states had 22, a decrease of 1; New Eng
land states, 26, a decrease of 1; southern states 16; a
decrease of 1; western states 24, a decrease of 3; Cal
ifornia and the territories 8, a decrease of 3; Cau
ada 16, an increase oi 3. In the principal trade
tlie failures were as follows: General traders 16
grocers 15; manuiacturers9; produce and provisions
8; hardware 6; drugs 5; liquors 3; tobacco and
cigars 3; butchers 3; paper 2; coal 2; grain 2; jew
elry-2; drygoods 2: shoes2: clothing 1: millinery
1; lumber 1: furniture 1; miller 1, Attention is
directed to the Increased number of failures among
dealers iu produce and provisions, which have
moiethi.u doubled during the past week. Among
the important failures of the week were Wheat &
Durff. wholesale grocers, of Louisviile, Ky.; New
comb Brothers, paper hanging, St. Louis; Napier
iron Compuny, Napier’s furnace, Tenn.; William
G. Osgoodby, safes, Buffalo; George E. Davis,leath
er boards, Boston.
In the states of Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi
aud Tennessee the following failures arc reported.
KENTUCKY.
Louisville—Wheat <Sc Durff, wholesale grocers, as
signed to John H. Leathers on the 2d inst. At tbe
same time John D. Wheat, as surviving partner of
Wheat <fc Chesney, assigned to toe same assignee.
Mr. Wheat individually also made a personal as
signment to John A. Carter. Wheat & Durff suc
ceeded Wheat & Chesney in July, 1877. They had
been doing an extensive business. Iu a circular to
their creditors they state that the great difficulty in
makiug collections, und the large amount ol bad
debts : developing in the last few months in busi
ness, resulting largely from the terrible drouth of
last year and the overflow of tlie whiter and spring,
made ft impossible to meet toeir liabilities as they
fell due, aud, in order to secure equal protection
to all creditors, they have assigned to Captain John
H. Leathers, whose high character, extensive ac
quaintance and experience guarantees to all toe
most, faithful and efficient management thereof.
They assure their friends that it is the result entire
ly of. Ipsses in legitimate trade, or of business too
much extended'for their capital in the present un
favorable state of commercial affairs, aud not in
any way arising from speculation. They promise a
statement as soon as possible.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta—Matt Byon, dry goods, assigned on the
4th inst. Liabilities 816,400: nominal assets8t2,000;
preferred claims, 87,000. He hud been iu business
seven years.
Geneva—Griggs & Hollis, drugs, have been closed
by the sheriff.
Macon—M. Fitzgerald, grocer, has failed.
MISSISSIPPI.
Bolton’s—Walton & Lacey, general store, have
failed. Liabilities 8700; assets 8200.
Brooksville—W W Btroupe, general store, has
failed. Liabilities 8830; assets 8600.
TENNRSSEB.
Bellbuekle—W. C. Cooper, general store, has
assigned
Covington—Charles S. Farrer, dry goods,has been
attached.
Difficult—L. B. General store, has assigned.
Difficult—W. N. Kemp, general store, has as
signed.
h’rpier’s Furnace—The Napier iron company has
assigned to W. P. Ingram. Liabilities reported at
855,000. The company was organized in December,
1879, with $10,000 paid in capitaL
SATISFYING HIS CURIOSITY.
From the Brookliu Eagle.
"What I can’t understand,” observed the fiend
as he ran over the exchanges in search of toe Ban
Juan Fernandez Blow Pipe, “what I can’t under
stand is this: I can see how the poison got into Jen
nie Cramer’s stomach and liver and lungs, but 1
don’t see how it got into her leg.”
“Perhaps she stepped on it," suggested the ex
change editor, hitching uneasily in his chair.
“I don't see how she could do that," retorted the
flend. “Yet this bow oarsman of Yale college, who
says he knows all about it, claims that he found
about .0960072 grammes or meters or fire plugs of
arsenic stowed away ia one leg. That’s a curious
place for it; what does a woman want of arsenic iu
her leg?”
“Perhaps they tried it on her leg first, to see how
much they would need for the rest of her,” said
toe exchange editor, glaring at his pile of tumbled
exchanges.
“No,” replied the fiend. “If they had done that
it would have excited her suspicions and given the
whole thing away. Now, how do you imagine that
arsenic got into her leg? That’s what 1 want to
know.”
“May be she was short of sawdust.” growled the
exasperated editor.
“That doesn't explain it satisfactorily,” persisted
the fiend. “They don’t say anythingaboiit finding
any in the other leg, and I'm very anxious to learn
how the arsenic got into that particular leg ”
“You say It was In only one leg.” exclaimed the
exchange editor, brightening up.”
“Only one.”
“Then I’ll tell you how it got there. She went
into a New Haven newspaper office one day and
tumbled over the exchanges, aud toe exchange ed
itor, maddened beyond endurance, slipped toe ar
senic into her leg to louse her,” and the editor
drew a bowie knife out of his collar and some tooth
powder ont of his drawer.
“Yon don’t say!” ejaculated the fiend, calmly.
“Well, sir, that's no doubt toe explanation, but
what puzzles me, is why he should have put the
poison into that leg instead of the other!”
Ten minutes later he was trying to figure out why
he left the building by way of the front window,
instead of the rear hatchway, for the avenue- ex
change fi.end is marvelonsly precise as to derail.
Mr- Blaine's Candlliuj for Congress. -
Washington, May 10.—Friends of Mr. Blaine are.
authority for the statement that he has agreed to
run for congress next fall, provided the republicans
of toe state will taka proper measures to publicly
assure him that it is their desire to have him enter
the field. The four candidates (elected here to run
under this conditional agreement ara repotted to
be Mr. Heed, now of the house. Governor Diugley.
Mr. Blaine, and Mr. Boutelle, of the Bangor Whig.
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