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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA GA.. TUESDAY AUGUST 30, 1887; FARMS AND FARMERS. Short Talks by Farmers Upon Farm Topics. THE FARM AND QUESTION BOX- Sowing Fall Grain, Grasse* and Clover. Am the rains of July and August have given fine opportunities for the preparation of land, it is presumed that everything is now ready for seeding down autumn crops. It is advis able to begin the first week hi September, and continue through the month. Sometimes we hit and sometimes,we miss, and so it is best to tako several chanees. Bye and barley may be ■own at once, as it ia comparatively easy to get a stand of these, the soed admitting a cov ering of two inches of earth. Harrowing in is uncertain at this season, because the surfaco is liable to become too dry to germinate seed, in a very short timo. Indeed, for other consider ations plowing is preferable. A more uniform depth of covering can be had with a plow than with a harrow. Use the best turn plow you have, one that can be guaged to run a regular depth and set it to run just two inches deep. This is the best depth for grains like those now under consideration. Sow broadcast, of rye two bnsliols, of barley, throe to four per aero— it is decidedly best to seed heavily for grazing or soiling lots. If to be grazed yon need a close, firm sod for stock to tread upon; if to be cat, yoa want it to shoot np early and high in spring, and crowding will promote both of these. Of course, we are speaking now of rich lots; poor land would not bear such heavy seeding. After tho seed are plowed in, if the surface is smooth and in good tilth, littlo more need be done. If it is rough or clodded, roll and harrow, and finish with the roller. In any case it is well to finish with the roller. Wo again urge our readers not to abandon fall oats. Let us keep trying, with tho hope of circumventing, in some way, the disastrous * effects of extreme cold. An experienced far mer told us recently that fall oata, to which stable mannre had been applied, are never winter-killed. Another writes us that lie had sown the nut-proof for twelve years on rather wet bottoms in the fall, and had nevor failed of a good crop. Sir. F. D. Hardin, of Wilkes county, Ga., writes he has fall sown oat seed for sale. They had been sown consecutively in tho fall for many years. There is no doubt, therefore, that tho oat will withstand cold undos' certain conditions' Lot us discover what theso are. Will not Sir. H, toll us how he has managed? What kind of land, how prepared, how fertilized, when sown and how? It is important, we think, to get the crop started early, but if it gets too forward to grazo it down, but not too closely. Lot the plants hug the ground and develop roots. In the upper cotton belt begin sowing early In September, and continue at intervals through the month. It is well to apply a littlo phos phate, say 100 pounds per acre, at seeding time, broadcasting it with the seed and plowing both in, as recommendod in case of rye and barley. It takes about two bushels of oats to tho aero. Sowings of gross and clovor aro also in order, beginning at the 1st and extending through the month. But do not sow until the land is thoroughly prepared and fertilized. Wo can not better, perhaps, describe the preparation than to say it is just such as you would give a turnip patch. Sow seed on freshly harrowed surface and cover by running a roller over them. W. L. J. FARM QUESTION BOX. Subscriber, Georgia: Will you or some of yoar readers give me some information on the culti vation of horse radish. If tbero much sale for it; if so to whom, and where could it be sold, and the price. As it is important that the main root shall be long, straight and not forked, the ground should be brokeix very deeply and also well manured. Nothing better than stable manure or compost. Horse radish may also be plant ed botween cabbages (early) os a second crop. It may be planted early in tho spring, or even early winter, but it may also be planted as late as the first of May. For sets use the strongest latoral roots—out them into pieces four to •lx inches long, making a difference in tho cut at top and bottom end, so that in planting tho root may always be set bottom end downwards. This is important in growing large, well-shaped roots. With crow bar or sharpened stick, make a hole in^the ground seven to nine inches deep and drop In. a root ao that its upper end may be two or three inches from the snrfaoo. Drive crowbar or stoko down close by sido of tho hole first made, so as to press the dirt against the root. Wiion up, cultivate like beets. Plant in rows two and a half feet apart. Plant twenty inches in the row. There is some demand in south ern cities. Some Atlanta merchants bring it from Cincinnati. In Now York and othor large northom cities tho demand is good and largo quantities are grown by gardeners near them. Tho wholesale price varies, but is, wo believe, from 0 to 8 cents a pound. It is sold by weight. The old fashioned plan for using tho crown for sets, is abandoned, as tlioy ato apt to mako in ploco of ono largo root, many small ones. J. R. V., Kingston, Als: I have a fine hound dog that seems to hint mrng .* and I havo done all I could do and it bss douu no good. Pleaso let me hear from you what to do for him. Scrub tho affected ports with sand until they bleed slightly. Then wash clean with aoapond water, and when perfectly dry rub in well an ointment of ono part of sulphur to two of lard. The scrubbing with sand is essential J. M. G., Mathews, N. C.: Wtat will cure wind galls on a mule's bind le.'T They can sometimoe be removed by blister ing—but treatment is very unsatisfactory, as they are almost sure to return whenever tho animal is pat to hard week. You might try the following, well rubbed on mercurial oint ment, bounces; camphor, J ounce; spirits of turpentine 1 ounce. Mlx. K. R. F., Foster's Stow, Ctettooga County, Os.: I have turned my clover sod sod am now burning ltinc t< ■ *w broadcast on top of sod. How much lime ought I put to the sere? You will remember that Chattooga county is a limestone county. 1 want to put just as much lime as will do any good. Dundee, Ala.-IfO. H. W.. Weit Point, Ga., will take a sbsrp knife and ent the warts he Epeaks of, a pie* of buggy spring or other flat piece of iron, have it red hot and as soon as he cuts tht warts off, sear the woui d over to a crt«p£I will almost insure them never to reappear. The wounds should be greased with castor oil alt* r the first day far a week. Icon give him more who con vouch for this remedy. It la one I have seen tried and have never known o fell. Judge I). A. Gordon, of Abbeville, Ala., and Mr. Andrew Godfrey, of Columbia, Ala., each bare Ur- ving mules upon which this operation has been per formed. Yours truly, J. P. Pkijuh, Late of Shorterrlllc, Alabama. Xavanaugb, 1. 7., August 15,1817—I notice a rem edy for lock Jaw ’In Oxstttvtiox of late date; please allow me to give one also: Take equal |arts of castor oil and turpentine and mix well, put a tcaspoonfUl of the mixture iu each ear, tie a string around each car, that the animal may not threw the oil our, rub the jaw well with turpentine, espe cially the lock, if it Is too severe rub on a little grease of any kind. Unless your horse Is severely Injured internally by the breaking of a blood vessel or something of the kind, be wiliest In six Hours or less time. A gallon or so of blood from the neck will aU in the cure; „ for colic one-half of pint of turpentine * * nf gum powder to a pint i well and * * till with water, shake i give st a than ml e&s? I well audited with enatito Mh and ulna. ■Mr. VooCnlMnd.aanwBBliinieiniw.lllM blitter. Io twelve boon jour hex* will be nwly for moderate me. For clog take half-pint turpen ano and one pint linseed oil, mix and give nt a drench. If not better in one week repeat The above are triad remedies. Respectfully, M. M. Cuaxdi xix. Liming land is of doubtlUl policy in oi r climate. Heavy applications ore certainly not advisable, especially is this true of freshly burned or quick lira*. Would not r ss more than five bushels of it per acre. A larger quantity of preund limestone or marblo dust might be applied without injury, say twenty-five to Ilfty budicls. Marl is the least ob jectionable form in which to apply lime to land. E. E., Smith Mills, Ga.—Is fodder from sorghum cane good for stock, and will itipay tojsave it in the ordinary way of saving fodder? Give me your opin ion on the subject. Yea, sorghum fodder is good for stock—not altogether as good as corn fodder—but good, and is worth saving In the usual manner if ono has cheap labor, and is short of forage. It is an open question, liqwever, whether it is not cheaper to raWforage coin, millet, peaviues, etc., than to pull corn fodder. G. H. H., Arnold, Dallas county, Tex.: 1. Please let me know the best way to make a compost that will do b At for general purposes, such a< trucking, potatoes, onions, corn and cotton, out of such material as I havo on hand, viz.', horse manure, cow and horse lot manure, old rotten straw, old rot ten chips, ashes and cotton seed. Land Is sandy loam, and in good season will make from three- quarters to ono halo cotton, or fifty bushels corn to the acro.«2. I also havo a spotjof land about fifty or sixty feet In diameter In my field that runs together badly after every hard rain, and has a white or gray ish appearance. Some think they can taste a little •alt in It by touching the tonguo to it. There will nothing grow on it, not oven weeds. Can you tell me what to do with It to muko it fertile? 1. Get all the ashes you possibly can. The more yon get into your compost the better, whether leached or unleached. If you can get any bones, (and there is scarcely a neighbor hood In which quite a largo quantity nxay not be picked np,) mix with wood and burn them. They can then be readily pulverized and will make a valuable addition to your compost. Mix ashes aud bohes together, then mix these (or ashes alono If you have no bones) with rotten straw and chips, say ton bushels of ashes to 100 bushels of straw and chips; mix thoroughly. This done, make up iQ pens 8 or 10 feet square and four foot high. Put down first a layer of straw and ashes, then one of lot manure, then one of stable manure, then one of cotton seed—be gin again with tho straw and ashes and con tinue as before till pen is completed. Wet the cotton seed as they are put in, and if any of tho other material is dry wet also. Cover top of pen, when finished, with a layor threo inches thick of rich earth. Tramp well as material is being pat in.- A certain degree of solidity or compactness and moisture ore neces sary for a well regulated fermentation. After tho pile has been standing about two months, cut down vertically, so as to mix all tho differ ent materials thoroughly, and rebuild, tramp ing and wetting if the materials aro dry. In a month or two more it will be roady for distribu tion. 2. Cannot tell without an examination what -Is tho nature of the spots in yonr field. The fact that nothing will grow upon them indi cates there Is something in tho soil hurtful to plants. Tho fact can hardly be attributable to mere poverty of soil. The running together of the soils might bo overcome by hauling upon thorn leaves, straw or vogetablo rofuso of any kind in large quantity, and mixing them with tho'soil. If salt is in excess, there is no remody but time, and loaching of it out Vy rain water. Ksysvills, Burke Co., Ga.—J. T. 8. Huntsville, 6. C., wishes to get rust proof oats that have been sown consecutively in fall for a number of years. I en close a tatnple of tbe genuine oat which I procured from Mr. Bancroft, of Athens, twelve years ago and havo sown on pretty wet bottom land in tho fell, ever since, and have never felled to get a good yield. I have <00 or 600 bushels to sell; price 75c a bushel, sacked And delivered fo railroad agent hero My postofflee is Ktysville, Burke Co., Ga., 2ft miles from Augusta, on A. and 8. railroad, 25 mil' ■ from Augusta. J. ,T. Palms*. Although the above is in the nature of gratuitous advertising we publish it becauso it oontains an interesting fact, viz. that rust proof oats sown on rather wet bottoms have not been killed daring the last twelve years, when oats generally havo sovcral times been completely destroyed by cold. Has any ono olso bad similar exporienco. Let us havo all the foots possiblo on this important and inter esting matter. Another reason for (publishing is, that we have decided faith in the idea that oats may acquire a cold-resisting powor by consecutive fall sowing, and should like to see seed like Mr. P’s experimented with by a large number of persons. Just think what a acquisition it would bo to have a rust proof oat that would nniformally pans through tlie winter unhurt by the cold. Its value could hardly bo over estimated. Procure some of the seed .'and try a part on wot bottom* ami a part on up land. Bo sure to. sow in September, and oa early in the month as yoa can, Tho sample sent is the genuine article and quito hand some. W. a T., Gold Hill, Als.—Is It essential tn con structing a fish pond to put piling Jn dam to prevent crawfish leakage? If so, ui what position? What is the most profitable variety of pond fish? Would like to hear the experience of the gentle- tleman, through Tn* Constitution, with his spot or spotted tail cat fish. Would like to hear tho experience of some of your succcx-ful readers on constructing pond and culti vating fish. We lxavo had quito a number of inquiries about constructing fish ponds, stocking them, etc. Not being an expert in these mattorswo would bo very glad to boar from thoso who have had successful experience. One point in tho construction of darns we havo learned: that If tho middlo of the dam (middle with reference to front and rear) bo filled in with ■and, crawfish cannot injure them. Tho sand, from Its loose texture,falls in behind them and fills up-all holes tlioy may mako. Tone roar, Ala., August 19,1887.—I see many In- quirks in your paper about removing wain from mules, i havo removed hundred from the feet and bands of children by wetting them thorLUghly each night in str n; alum water. It never fells. Try It ou the mules three times a day for a few weeks Yours, Run Smith. HALT OF THE ARMY As They Approach the Pres! dent’s Portrait. THEY REFUSE TO PASS UNDER IT. Wheiuxo, W. Va., August 26.—Nearly S0.0C0 members of tbe Grand Army of tho.Re- public,Union Veteran logion,Sons of Veterans, and regimental organizations, this forenoon, paraded the streets of the town. It was Grand Army day. Tho procession was headed by forty - five carriages, contain ing Governor Beaver, Govornor Foraker, Governor Wilson, Hon. John A. Bingham ex-Govemor Pierrcpbnt, ex-Presidcnt Hayes with wife and daughter, General B. F. KellVi Congressman Goff, General Bill Gibson, Colo nel Boolcr, of Baltimore, president of the Moxican Veterans’ association of the United States, and other distinguished visitors. The old commanders were loudly cheered all along the route. Pittsburg sent 1,700 soldiers, wlto formed the first division. At tho "Register’* office was displayed.slnco yesterday, a bannor fourteen by twenty feet with President Cleveland’s picture and words God bless our president, commander-in-chief of tbe army and navy of tbe United States. When tho Pittsburg Grand Array of tho Re public posts reached this, tlioy at first refused to proceed, but soon compromised, and march ed around the banner. All the Grand Army of tho Ropublio followed their example, but tho Union Veterans Legion marched undor amid hearty cheers. Tills afternoon a monster meeting in tho tent was addressed by General Hayes, General Wilson, Governor Foraker, and Governor Beaver. Governor Foraker dwelt on the rebel flag ordor and repeated what he has said. Tonight Governor Wilson, in a speech at tho McClure house and objected to the word "Rebel’’and made some political allusions, whereat Governor Foraker answered and each xnado threo or four speeches and were nretty warm at times. A crowd of ten thousand cheered and hissed and altogether the scene was never equalled in Wheeling if else where. AN ADVENTUROUS JOURNALIST. How Major Williams Fought in Nicaragua and Divers Other Countries.* From tho World Travel Gaaette. Major Georgo F. Williams is one of the vete rans in American Journalism. He became a writer on the New York Times in 1856, though a more stripling, and soon developed a remarkable talent for descriptive writing, using a simple but graphic stylo. This led to his being employed as a traveling correspondent by Henry J. Raymond, the founder of the Times. Drilling about in the west he came acroai tbe command of General Johnston in 1857, and accompanied it from Fort Leavenworth to Salt Lake, when the Mormons attemptod to throw off the yoke of allegiance to the United State*. The march wa* S hazardous and painful one, tho soldiers being compiled to wade through deep snows and Hvo on mule meat. When the Mormons were subdued the major succeeded in outstripping the government courier, and forwarded to his news] a;<er a splendid description of tho campaign. When Walker, the filibuster, started for Nlenra gun, he fouud Mr. Williams busy telegraphing to his paper, so in order to prevent his announcing the departure of the fleet, ho invited tho young corre spondent to dinner and carried him off to sea, prom ising to send him back to Now Orleans by a pilot boat. But to pilot appeared, so Mr. Williams was made an unwilling filibuster, nnd came near being executed with the general after tho filibustering army was defeated and captured by the Nkaraguanr. After the cxocutlon of Walker, which was witnessed by the correspondent, he was surrendered, with tbe rest of the filibusters, to tbe United States govern ment, ml on reaching New York ho published a graphic history of the Nicaraguan campaign. His next feit was a journey, Just before the opening of tbe war, through the entire south as an English tourist, sending his paper a scries of shutting lettcis depicting scccssiouism in its Infancy. His adven tures wore cxtran.’ly romantic and exciting. Major Williams is a bom soldier, hfs birthplace being the barracks on tho Rock of Gibraltar. His gnuxdfethcr and father were distinguished off cars in tho English service, and he is a relative of the late Sir Fonwlck Williams, who is known in history as the hero of Kara Passing his boyhood diysln the East and West Indies, on the Gold Coast of Africa, and st Berbice an 1 Demcrara, he accompa nied his lather'/ regiment to Nova Beotia aud Canada. Tbe change of climate caused tho death of his parents, so Georgs became a printer end caioe to the United Stales. When tbe civil war began ho jtiued a ciak New York sonave regiment and fought his way up from private until on* day he found himself In temporary command of his regi ment. He part'.olpetcd in nearly all of tho great battle* of the Army of the rolomao under McClel lan, Mc.ide, Hooker, Burnside and Graut, being wounded threo times, twice taken prisoner and escaping each tlmo from the confederates. Reported killed on two occasions, the major bos To G. H. W., West F< tnt, Ga.: I had a mule troubled with warts, raw and ugly t»look at. After trying several remedies, adds among the number, without effect, ono of my boys took to throwing salt upon them. They disappeared, and he has never been troubled with them sine*. W. W. £., Leakvllle, N.C. Lockjaw From Heat. From tbe Davenport, Iowa, Democrat, August 18th. John Nelson, of Moline, wm overcome by the beat Thursday afternoon whilo at work east of Sylvan island, where preparatlcns are making for tbe putting In of the now water power flumes. II* ha I headache nearly all the afternoon, ami could to: force hirarelf into a perepiration. He drank plenty of Ire water, and kept on wheeling away loads of < artbjnot fooling alarmed, lie succumbed about 6 o’clock, aud 1 a 1 to be taken to bis boarding place. Dr*, fitoeu and Davidson were eummoned, and, seeing his condition, bad little hope of saving bis life. They did all that was possible for several hours during tbe night He was burning hot ia every portion of his body, almost beyond the j*>wer of ice application to mol. And bis every muscle seemed to lx* in jerking convulsion*. When the doctors left him they pronounced bis cascslmcat bo peters. Yesterday morning the indications were tatter. He had a long sleep. Hi* jaws were set, however, as if locked, and it was jfopo*olhte for him to take nourishment, so that tbe p.o>utlc result could not be predicted. He La man about SO years of age, and is said to have a wife and children to Sweden. t - Try Carter’s Little Nerve Pill* for any case of nervousness* sleeplessness, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia, etc., relief is sure. The only nerve medicine for the price in* market, la rials at 28 cents. feiu' ux by his dispatches and success in getting news of campaigns and battles to his paper. Having seen Leo surrender at Appomatt *x, bo was sent by the Times to Mexico, and saw the usurping Emperor Maximilian led out at Qucbtro and sl ot with two traitor Mexican*—Generate Mlramon and Garcia. The execution of Maximilian jut an end to the war, after which the major saw campaigns in Gutcmaula, l’cru and Chill, He h.ts also visited tbe Ancles and made a horseback journey through Central America. Ho has traveled through every state in the union, and rosdo tho famous IrshsconUn -ntal railroad journey from Saw York to San Francisco in 1876, whon the Jarrctt and l’almer train crossed tbu continent ip eighty- three hours. For ten years he served tho Herald, and having been tb* managing editor of the Times, filled a like position under James Gordon Bonne;t. He originated tho poor children’s picnics, distribut ed nearly til#,000 to tbo sufferers of tire Ohio flood, and carried on tho Herald's war with the news dealers to a st Oxasftrt issue. Major Williams standssix feet !n height, is straight assn arrow, and powesses an iron constitution. Though his hair is touched with sliver, be is as young and energetic as a man of t tenty-slx, and f*w would imagine h* has livod so long or seen so mnch daring his busy I'ft*. Ha has handled mill ions of dollars for others with inch feltfifulncw that he is trusted to tho ftillcst extent. A few j e-.rs ago he published a war fcrxk entitle 1 "Bullet and Shell," a work that reached an enormous sale, and is considered tho best book of its kind since tbe days of Lover an l "Charles O'Malley." VIRGINIA MEMENTOS, Coins Purchased Dy Pennsylvania Troops That Recall Sad Incidents. From ths Pittsburg Dispatch. In that smiling month of May twenty-five yeureago the Fifth Pennsylvania cavalry war not worked to death in the old fiuhh.net 1 t »wn of Wil liamsburg, end in feet that tbe only thing tbero was to bo done was to romr the country o:orad in search of an enemy who was not user at hand. One morning, U was delight (hi weather and tbe Virginian country side was in the first ripe blush of a forward spring, Colonel Campbell and some other officers and an escort redo out from Williamsburg. After riding all the morning Without encountering anything more formidible than a balmy wind from tbo wrst, laden with flowers scents, and a few colored men rejoicing Inals Onto Idleness without the shadow of a subsequent whip, tbe party cf horsemen struck out from the pike and followed a road which led throu |b a plantation in tbe direction of a boose half hidden by the trees. Already there were signs of tho desolation which tlio war was finally to wreak upon well nigh every white man s home in Virginia. The house was a handsome one; a characteristic one-story building of frame, with verandas on all sides, such as the Virginia planter invariably thought tbe handsomest aud most comfortable that human hands could set upi Weil, Colonel Camp bell and bis companions truth d up to the" front of tbe house and, dismount!t g. walked up a few steps to the door, when it opened end a lady dressed quietly to mourning stood before them. Tbe sol dier* uncovered and Colonel Campbell, stepping forward, said: ,# Wo are sorry to intrude upon you, madam, but we are some distance from headquar ters, and we are almost femisbed. May wo bo per mitted to be your guests?" The lady, who had been rcinforeod on tarb flank by a slender, comely gill, whom ago and looks made It apparent that they were her daughters, re plied that white they bad very little iu the house tho gentlemen were welcome to all there was. 8o Colonel Campbell and tho others officers went into the house, w bile tho men walked the horses over to a shady spot bcueath tho trees and tothered them, after removing the saddles and refreshing them and themselves with a drink of water fen a well bard by. The mcnl to which tbe officers sst down an half hour later was not a very elaborate affair. But cavalrymen who havo been lu tho saddle for six hours afe not particular; beside, it was a tUO'ded novelty to bo waited upon by such charming girl* cs the daughters of the hostess. Evidently tiro household was sec lug very much harder times than it had ever dreamt could Como to it, and after din ner the lady at its head confa-scd to foionel Camp bell that she could only regard the fixture with dis may. All the male members of tho fiunlly had Joined tho confederate army, nnd tho slaves, with the exception of one or two female house servants refusod to work, and, indeed, for the most part had run away from tho estate. They hod hardly uuything left to cat, and no money. Colcncl C'tunphcU was very much moved by tho story, and cast about In his mind for aomo excuse for giving his assistance. Ho could not find any until one of tho young ladles. In their efforts to lighten the rather constrained situation, brought out a number of old coins which they raid had been brought from Mexico by their grandfather. Hero was a chauco for tho Samaritan In soldier’s clothe.*. Colonel Campkoll became deeply interested in the coins at once,an protested Unally that he want ed some memento of his visit to Bermuda Hundreds, as tho village near which tire plantation lay was called, and might ho take one or two of the coins? But he would not take them unless he was Allowed to give something in return. There was some little discussion about the matter, but finally Colonel Campbell laid a ten-dolhir gold piece on the tablo and took threo silver coins worth fl or • 2. One was only a ten-cent Belgian coin, but tho others were really curious. The largest coin wm a silver dollar coined in Spain for the us J of her colony in Mexico. It is dated 176.1, and bears the Spanish arms and in Latin the tltloof tho then reigning king, Charles III. The remaining coin tea medal, presumably issued in 1805 by tho town of Xalpa, Mexico, With these coins Jinking Jn his pocket, Colonel Campbell shortly afterward rode away. And they have staid In his possession from that day to this. Doubtless tl.o commissary stores of the gallant Fifth Pennsylvania helped the 110 gold; loco to go a good deal fiirthcr than it would have in the war- price stores in WillUmsbxrrg. FOWLER AND ETHERIDGE. ECH0WAN0TCHAWAY. A Famous Battle With the In dians Recalled. How the Great Phrenologist Sized Up the Tennessee Orator. Jacksonville, Fla., Nsws-Hcrald. An incident, engineered by the wrltor hereof at Nashville, Tenn., over throe years ago, wm quits as remarkable as ths anecdote of Burr, related by tbo Atlanta Constitution. In February of 1883 Pro fessor Fowler held forth several weeks at the Max well bouse, where ho examined a large number of heads and delivered many charts to his patrons. One morning wo met the celebrated Kmerion Etheridge, who had Just como in off the train from his homo nt Dresden, Tenn., a hundred miles away, whore, for over twenty yean, he ha* lived in com parative seclusion. After tbe customary greeting, wo said: "Mr. Etheridge, did you ever meet Profcaoor a B, Fowler ?’* "Who? Tho phrenologist?** ho replied. "No, I have never seen him. I thought he wm dead forty years ago." "No, sir; he’s alive and at room No. 1, Maxwell homo. I wish to test htsscionco. Do youeomo atony, aud, for onco In your lifo, permit mo to do the (Hiking." "Very well," ne good naturedly consented. "But 1 must go and drew np l td." "No you mus’n’t; I wan’t you to oomo along Just m you are, in that old rusty hat aud overcoat, with tho Dresden mud on your red-russet shoes. Iwaut topamyouoffMafermor.and you aro expected to consent by silence only." In flvo minutes we entered Profearer Fowler's room, where we found him al< no. "Mr. Fowler, this is Mr. Williams; John Williams, a farmer who lives within flvo miles of NMhvillc. He bos been a Ihrmer all his lifi>, though 1 have often told him h« ought to have studied medicine. In my opinion he would mako one ot the best phy sicians living." During tbero remarks Mr. Etheridge took s seat In tho protestor's largo arm-chair, facing tbe * * with tho professor behind him. As soon as Professor Fowler laid his hands on the heed of "Mr. William*" ho (Professor Fowler) ex pressed by his looks tho utmost surprise. "Doctor bo blu wed," said the old phronotagUL Why, Mr. Williams, you have one of the most re- marks bio heads I liare over examined. What am bition! [Continuing his manipulations.) X know you'll agree with mo that you want to own all the land that adjoins yours. But a doctor—a farmer— you ought uevor to lmvo 1 ecn. You are a natural statesman, sir; a, lawyer, orator—a man of aflkirs. My advice to you is that you tako up with law aud polities yet. You aro twenty years younger than I am, and It isn’t too late with a man of your won derful capacity. I havo nsver known such com mand of languago. If you will go to studying you ran speak all day, and uso the most eloquent language. Your moral end physical courage is ab solutely sublime. You would fitce tbe army in what you lelioved to bo right. Your sense of Jostle# is pre-eminent. You ought to bo In congress this day. You have missed your calling, sir; thrown away your splendid talents." Thus Prof. Fowler continued for some time, and finally announcing that he was through with the examination, r<kcd "Mr. Williams" whether ho thought the cba;atcrl ration wm correct. "That is what ray friends say of me," answered Mr. Etheridge. "Prof. Fowler," said wo, "it was not oar purpose to hoax you,but this goutlcman is the Hon. Emerson Etheridge!" "Emerson Etheridge!” exclaimed tbe phrenolo gist, looking round to get a clear view of his fecel "Is this Emerson Etheridge, tbe great Ttnncaaeo orator? Why, »r, 1 thought you were dead twonty years ago!" Thu old gentleman could not conceal his delight In having so closely portrayed Mr. tfa character!*, tics, Hu e’teemed It m ono of the completes! triumphs of his science that he had known for muiy yean. Mr. Etheridge himself demurred to only one of the professor's conclusions. "1 know I have moral courage," said ho, "and hoi e I aw, as yjra say, pre-eminently Just During tlic war, being a pronounced union man, I faced two buudred of Mr. Jeff I avis’s armed rebels and delivered a three hours' speech in defiance of their threats. But I do uot think 1 have much of what is known as physical couragu. I would rather get out of tiio wav than fiuht." In spite of his ;>rotest, however, Mr. Etheridge is a lighting nun," physically aud morally, when his rights are invaded. Tho foregoing incident took I focc exactly ss related, and without tho least coll tv slcn cr felsa pretense on the part of either of the parties and it wm difficult to determine which wu m re gratified over the output—the phrenotcglst or his subject. Justice In New Mexico. From the New Yark Star. The Mexican justices of peace all hold court in Hpanish, as very few of them speak my English, Under this state of things, as thore are no Inter; r v < r< attached to tho courts, the American cittern is denied in Mexico one of tbe meet important or bte constitutional rights, that of bte being heard In his own defense. 1 have known of Americans having been tried, convicted and Imprisoned In tlie county jail without bavin* t'w faintest idea of their offence. Even when ti e Justus does speak English, be w 11 insist on conducting hi* court In BpAnish. Up In Bierrs county the American miners e!e#tel a Mexi can Justice of tlie peace because be could speak Eng lish perfectly, aod hearings before him they hoped would be retlsfcctory to those who could not speak Spanish. Their hops* were soon dissi pated. The first thing Justice Talcnunlce did on opening court was to annouuce in excel lent English that all eases coming before this court should be conducted in Bpani-h. Luckily, though the first ca>« railed wm between t wj Americans, the lawyers on both sides spoke Spanish, and justice did not suffer. At tho next election the miners were strong enough to put In a man of their own, a German named Rucker, aud Talc-mantes wm snowed under effectually. The flr»t esse that came before Justice Rucker, strant* to sty, wax one In which Talcmantes toa plaintiff axel another Mexican defendant. When was csdled Rucker paralyzed the court by THE SUNRISE OF JULY 27, 1836 Dawson, Ga., August 26.—[Special.]—On the 27th of July 1830, at sunrise, tho lino was formed and tho troops quickly put in motion. Tho trail was soon discovered, and threo mile.) below the camp,-Major Jomigon’s advance guard,under Captain Moyo, heard the savages crossing Turkey creek at its confluence with the main branch of tho Kchowauotchaway. Tho troops were marched to this spot and pre parations rnudo for battle. Tho advance guard was ordered to proceed, and in oroasing Turkey crock, tho Indians flrod sovcral scat tering guns from thick cane-brakes and ap peared to ho moving forward. Tho commands of Captains Mattliows, Guilford and Bnellgrove tvoro detached to a place on tho eastern tduo of the creek, and kolow Chcnubba and Tarkoy creeks. Captain Clifton’s company was sta tioned ou the trail which entered tho swamp. Tho companies of Captains Still aud Ball were marched across tlie creek. Major Jernigan, having thus arrangod his force, and knowing that tho Iudians were below 1dm. dispatched Captain Ball to inform the troops on tfie eastern sldo of the main creek that they would bo required to approach the swamp, and as it was not probable that tbo Indians would attempt to escape at tlie point covorcd by Captain Ball’s company, he was directed to blow the horn before ho counter marched, to iudneo tho enomy to bellevo that a station was kept there. In tho meantime, the companies of Captains Ball and Clifton wore united, and from each a guard was de tailed. Captain Ball returned and gavo in formation of the arrival of General William Wollbom,of Irwinton, (Eufaula.) The gen eral on his inarch to join Major Jornigan's eastern division, wm hooted at oy tho Indiana In the cane-brake. He, however, reached tlie station without beiug iired on, and by consent and request of tho captaius, commanded and led that divteiou. An tho tfino for action ap proached, signals were given to enter tho swamp, which was accordingly dono by a part ot Captains lte 11 and CUftouA companies.Pre cisely at eleven o'clock, signal guns were flrod for tho whole body to l>o put in motion, nnd tho march was Immediately comninucod. It was evident that tho Indians wore’woll pro- parcel for battlo and would vigilantly guard tboir trail, aud it being considered more than probable, from what had passed between them sndGetioral Wellborn, that spies would bo plaood on tho eastern toreo,lt was determined, if possible, to tako tho enemy by surprise. Tho troops marched through Choiifibba and Turkey creeks, leaving the Indian trail on their right. After marching about tliroo hundred yards through mud aud water thickly set with cane, a man was ordered to second a tree for the purpose oflmaking discoveries, who reported the camp at the distance of throe hundred yards, pointed out a noted forked pino treo as ■a laud-mark and also stated that he could S spies watohlug their tmil, and others r a lookout on General Wellborn 1 * 1. Captains Ball and Clifton were directed to movo forward, inclining to the, left, in ordor to give nn attack broadside. Tho march wm continued until tho Indiana could be heard talking. A holt wm ordered by giv ing signs, and Colonel Wood dispatched with others to gain the rear of Genorol Wellborn and inform him where Major Jernigan wm situated, tho position of tho Indians, etc. Tho messenger had not been absent two minutes before a brisk Bring took placo botwcou Gen eral Wellborn and the savages. A chnrgo wm ordered with the sound of the horn, and in thirty seconds from tho Are of tho flratgun.tho two companies saiuod tho hammock aud cov ered tlie entire line of tho enemy. Tho tiring from all quarters wm heavy aud animated. The Indians fought with dosporation. Tho ongogoment tested forty-five minutes aud end ed about half past ono o’clock. Aftor forcing them (tom tli.lr tltoog jimlUona, two infant children wwo hc.nl to cry In tho cono-buko. They wen brought to tho battlo ground. Major .Icrnluun’. loss was thno killed—Mr. Cuter, of Irwinton, (Eu faula,) Ala., David Hiitlny, of Jlamlolj.h county, Ga., ami John Crocker, Jr., of Lump kin, ua. Thirteen won wounded. Tho fol lowing la. Uitof tho wounded: K. llutlor, Vrlth, Thomu Hh.pherd, Willi. Ilarton, Wm. Huglio., Colonel Wood, and Wm. IlUborno, of ltondolph county; Lewis William., lUoh- ard Caimaday, Captain Gnen and B. Ball, of Stmrart county; Captain Jenkins and l’ut- tenon, of Irwinton, (Eufaula.) Alabam*. Tho Ion of ;tho Indians was not ascertained. Eighteen w.n found dead, wmoof them tlino mile, from tho battlo ground. Tho tm that waa ascended by on. of tiro soldier, to ipy out tho oporatlona of tlio Indiana, and tlio noted forked plno tm, aomo three hundred yard, distant, orestlll pointed oat, In a good state of preservation, os land-marks whon tho bloody strngglo of July 27th, 183(1 took place. Tbio battlo ground u within aoven mlloo oi tho town of Bawoon, Georgia. Wm. K. PnonukT. i I A SAPEI.O AMD ULAClMBItD, A Oraphlo Description of a Vorltalila Uuuts- man's l'aradlso* ,, ,, fnm’tba Darien, (la., (hw.Ua. Tho Island of Bapelo, lying Just without tlio mouth of the Altamnha rtvor, on tlie Georgia coast, Is certainly one of the most beautiful In tho wholo coast chain of Island, from tho bay of tho Chsaapaaka to tho World, oapoa. Its occupation and Kttlsmant by tho l'r.n.li no bility data back to that of St. Angualtuo. Tho lineal dewndaulsaro .till In dlnct poamalon of tho laland and Its oral history. An old fort at !U outar extremity, tlio ruin, of which an .till conspicuous, bean wluirsa to tbo charac ter and th. pncautlonory and foresight of ita lint sottlon. Twolvo mile. In length by threo In width, It teaches along tho coast. Anar- row arm of the sea divides It on tbo north from Georgia main, whilo IU wm thorn shore otretaheo owoy (or mile, a snowy expound wsvo-wssliod «uid—ouequaled this, by any frequented beach along tho southern cocci, save that at Fcmandlna, In extant, lien a moat beautiful platun present itself. On tho ono hand, the broad Atlantic, awaoplng for out to meet the aky: on the othor, huge lira oak trees, gray with ago and hanging moat-many aglantomoug thorn stands, whose arms, out- ■tntchod low, marlu a clrcuaforcnco of two hundred foot and more—between them, ea if to guard against tholr nearer approaeb. Ilea the gllataulnghand of land. Hero the "leajtao- alopo remain to break tho Bamnioss ot the plain nnd lend a pleasing grandeur to tho scene: they tall of the plantation lire ohcu Imre. A crumbling wall of “tabby" grown about with roooo, mark tlie spot where once wo. tlie "memorial ball,” wiule around opd about all In tho niuo foroat. Onco peopled and cultivated l>y eleven hundred slave., Its rich, dark soli yielded untold woalth In sea island cotton,nnd all of thacottrserproducts necessary 10 “fe S®<1 living, in abundance. Almost de- sertad th«e non past, It bos turned lock upon Itself and relapse Intosolitndo—an Island park, peopled no longer by men, but with wild -humid Botl1 w *‘ iabuKl uud mainland deer long roller thundering on tho beech,’ trial In TheDlncist.sk Intt.ch the medium of Tenter I duly lnf> m .loftl.e, ruia wss never rchtsHMMMH Mexican, and when you board Bodi coon windows the guttural tones oft kiww at eocs that setss Mexkwa cam “moving whisper of hugo trees” la never end ing. IlMOthedeepaeaturtlocomeatodopoflt her eggs, eud boro, then, there Is rare iport for the vigilant on the dork of the moon. The dlamoud-hack terrapin ia here, and to he had for the catcher—lose than with Dclmonico, at alxtaen dollar, a dozen. Beyond, clow In, but separated by a narrow channel, Ilea Blackboard. This island deserves more than pooling mention. Once tlie tendex- vouo nf Blacktn-ard, tho pirate, (a contempora ry of Uobert Kidd); here ho lesupposed toliavo ballad his Ill-gotten booty, ana ben, even here, the doluded troasare-eaeken have been with pick end spado; their reward was as empty ee the hole# they dag. This Island has been the property of the government for aooio years past, end In the time of wooden naval ships woe considered es pecially valuable for ita live oak, grave, of which extend throughout ita length on sandy ridges running through it, onco surely sand bam of tlie ocean. Shallow lagoons have formed between these ridges, end here at uigk) fall, docks, in season, and ocean fowl of even description, gather to rest on the shel tered waters. Il.ro also Is tho home and re treat of the wa island deer; hero among the “saw” palmettos and along these ridges, closo with green Ulere and hanging Tines, almost Impenetrable, they rear their young. Tlie quarantine station for elilpe entering Dolloy Is on this island. But to return. Kapclo Light, on the island shore, opposite Dolioy, guards the cntranco to this, tho port of Darien. Ships nf all nations pom In an out by this light, bearing away with them the famous Georgia yellow pTne to all parta of the world. Coastwise vessels also are here In number, par ticularly three-masted schooners, the lost of their race, and happily, the meat graceful com mercial crnfta alloat; models of symmetry, fit ting testimonials to tha new idle, but inimita ble skill of tho American shipbuilder. The Interior of Bapelo presents ene Immense plantation Interspersed with live oak groves Sanclo Is the stanplng-stone between Black- heard and tlio main for tho ever migrating dco .1li.J Q , tl10 w ^ nt * rof issue party ofelx oS iu, with eleron dogj, aftor a three days' hunt, brought In soven riiiodeor; end here let me add, that during four nights out, wo all slept by tho camp flro without covering of any sort -this of itself speaks well (hr the mlldheasraf the winter season. A deaertqd plantation ia tha natural home for qnail; hero tlioy gather in greet numbers. Tbo “rice bird of tho Carollnns Is at band In tha rlccdclds around Darien, while tlie challenge of tho wild tur key echoes unheeded through tbp river swamps bordering the Altamalia—next- to deer, tbe keenest shooting south. Many varieties of fish frequent tlio waters abou t tho island, whilo oyster beds of great vnlno lino every creek and estuary loading out of tho Altamalia. Tho Choeapcako oysternhin, jn the vorltablo pnngy, should not longer de lay his coming to theso shores, where he may rmp abundantly and with easy toll. What a Utopia for many of thoee who, fleeing .our rigorous northern climato, sock restful home, or a winter'ssportin thesunny south. Surely this beautiful bland so cosy of approach, pro- touting; such a panorama of ocean anil land* •caps, with its waters and wood* aboundiujc in fl*h and wild gams, with IU gonial climato, it* hospitable shores and pcoplo cannot longs* remain unnoticed and nnsought. DURING THE WEEK. Tuesday, August *s.—President Cleveland will vl.lt the consthutlonel centennial celebration at Philadelphia on the l!th of Augrnt william Plosn, clerk of tho chief of police, wo. shot usd klllod by Paddy Mcaraw, a well known aherartcr, In Pittsburg Montgomery .hipped tllty balsa, ol new cotton to New York.... Tho socialists of New York met In mas meeting and denounced Usury George end his party. I» ths City—Andrew PoM, who wss knocked oa tho bond with sn sx by Joint Pinkston, a negro, died at his stater’s home, No. 190 M.ngnni street. Tlie report that the negro had baeneeugbt sad lynehollsdenied—...arset preparations are being made by tho Yruing Men's Pemcorotie league fbc tho grand torchlight proceastou which takes pisce during President Cleveland's Ylsit A large crowd of nearooa passed thriuih tbe city ytuterday on their return eo n Arkansas, where they emigrated some tlmo ago. They ore tlioroughlydlsguslcd with that state.—.. A littlo hobo wag left st ths house of sn ntd colored wcmin tn Mangum street Taro ladles came to the woman's house, and entering, one or them asked ths negrtws to bring her a fresh drink of water. Whilo s!iq war out tho women left, leaving tho baby on tho bed. No trace of them oould be found. Wednesday, August US.—Tlio store tuouldaia throughout the union are lomskesdonuwd (bran in- crasseln wages of from lOlotiipi-r oent. Two nun, three ladles end four children were crossing Ibo rlrer near Doachcrvllle, Canada, when their boat upset. Tho men swam ashore, but the women and children were drowued. Gorernor Washington Dkriletr, of Calllbmla, Is reported in a dying condi* tioa, cal:sul from a stroke of petalysl*. Ik ntsCrrr-.'Three cases wise made against a* many wlnerooms fur violating the prohibition law. ......The Georgia Paclllo railroad had twoaccldams yesterday near tho BxpasUlon hotel, caused by tho spreading of tbe track. There Is uoldrihordo- vclopmi nis Iu the ease o' the deserted child, which wu left lu tho hour, of Mary Jtekion, colored. Do- toctivc. are working tbo care Tl.e Hist new halo of cotton wu received yesterday from Penolo. On. of th. hones of rod Ko.Swu Injured while going to a Ore. . Thursday, August «3.- A tnnn end four horses were burned to dcatli In a 1 a -u hi Topeka, Kas..., n . A young tough named Linen shot and perhaps t.tally Injured two policemen whilo icsJslliigarrest in New York. Unrl/n Perry's store works were dsstroyod by flro In Wheeling, tv. Va. Dob 1 loss, (00,000,... Work on tLo Georgia Midland railroad will be-flnished to McDonough by Bnturdny night. Ik THS Cirr—Colonel P. U Mynatt'a country residence wu totally destroyed by fra.... Dud Vciil, who killed C. D. Horn, wu yesterday admitted to ball In tho sum of 110,wa A negro woman wu terribly burned by falling ou a red-hot stovro Her lift Is despaired of. A man named Miller was ar rested and lockod up on o charge of wife dominion. Friday, August 80.—^Tlio First National bankol Dausvlllc, N. Y., closed Its' doors.' A ; any of thirty bandits were captured by a fores of ilflaeu custom offldals, near Drown* vllle, Texas, The light wu quito Urcly, and resulted iu the capture of tea mules end horses, laden with smuggled g o Is.™.. Gorernor Bartlett, of California, 1s much Iwtlcr, sad hopes are now satogtalncd that ha may recover. ......Tho scbooosr Clara, bound for Chicago, wu wrooked by a squall. Captain Oloaon and a sailor were drowned Two wallers lu the I Union hotel, Augusta, had s quarrel, which re stilled la ono of tbo eombaUuts, Tom Gorman, rerelrlngs severe wound near the heart with s carving knife. Uo can't live. lx rera CITY—Tbs Atlanta nnd Uawklnsvllls rail road sold half a million dollars' worth of Its But mortgage bond, to London, England, capitalists..... A esse wu mod. against A. Dona, a wlnsmom man on AUlama street, tor violating tho prohibition ta« Diamond rings to th. vsluo ol tun wsrs stolen from tha residonco of 1). Ballanger, who lltea on tbs BoulsTord Joe White, a negro, charged with nrarder, wu arrested and will lie rnrrled to Campbell county, whan the crime wu committed. Saturday, August *7.—Tha president has ap pointed Alexander MiOir.tb. present solicitor of the treasury, to be commissioner of fish and il-hi rlrs, to succeed the latarrofennr Baird Mist Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, It rep.rod In a dying condi- Uo.-1-....Tlie engine In the muting factory of Her bert Johnson In Gorham, Me., axphaUd, killing John Hamilton,and Injuring several others... Judge Bamiwl Hail Is reported as dying at Ml. Airy. ' Tslton Dsnsy waa hanged In Camden, 0; a, for tha murder of Noel Parkins—A collision occurred oa tLo Belt road ia UbstUnongs, oeriouiljr injuring ten penous.... McDonough received her flr«t bile of Mom. r 1* tbs City—Another outraira i* reported to tho govoriinr of ths miatraatmaol of convict* at tho eamp oa tbe Atlanta andUawkimvUlo nil road, a few mile* from tho city Bill Moore, an escaped com let, aerioualy cut a negro named Aakcw In the floe* with a pocket knife...... A whits woman named Thlrlkldd deserted a sick liufband ai d tbuo cblD drtn and joined tbe Salvation Army. WHY HE 8TICUCK HIM. Us Changed Wa Opinion When Hi* Judge Lo*t Ufa P’inta. From the, Arkantaw Traveler. "DM you strlko Mr. Thompson because he •truckyou?" the judge asked of uu old negro who had been drawn np before the court. "No, oab, I hit de genennop **•* 1 wux enfeered • b.wuifwin.tartohitm». Jflgo, doc. ver reckon Is. gw in. ston' an' wall fur er pusson ter hit reef I'w sr pC man, .a Ige, an’ tomlgUt'ly in debt, but I ain't er fool." “louppaMv then, yon (truck him because ha Ysa.sah.dst'stt N.berdidsco cr man grabble right down wmoogd. tm print, re nlre. Icossed d, blamed gsaarman, an’ dm w'en ho ct ■ ed mo I hteeM hi**." • -■Bat what right did yoa bar. to curs, hlmr ■ “Talkin’ ter me, sab?*’ “Yet, I am talking to you.’’ “Well, sab, I cussed him lure h, looked like ho gwtne cusa me. I’w er [O' man, I tell j-r. but I ain't tool ernnf to Man' an' tot or pusson cum m.-.“ "Well, J... ctonrly that you .re In the wrong .ndsiu therefore compelled tofln«rou." » "IMrnow.ycidank*oilyer.scckartlvo knowl- r.l«s. J spire tar Merman start outre bright sn’ den hw. all his One p'lnts. Hook* me lcw> n, u . fvnlcncc Us de 'uman fam’ly Ire ire « m«n Mng hlsso'f erway Uk. die yerro Brea thlnkta' all dls time dot yerse'f wua gw la. up on de gprome Uuch' but ef ycr keep, on direr way it waun't ho laung till }t* ain't Mtantre bare deputy sherift Bow mnch rer gwla. ter Cno me, Jt-Igcr' “iH?whlteman’«rro». mmel etely; erlbs'i gone. Got uuno-v chance mrdll 0*0000, Unchnpw d«n me toil ycr, he's Jcat nacLuLy g«Mb"