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“ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson.
VOLUME XXII
Wcfhti) Jtntrtligrnrrr
PUBLISHED DULY AND weekly by
JARED IRWIN WHITAKER,
I* r o p r i e t o r .
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, June 28, 1870.
A SI tig; ii Im r liue ul limmiM,.
Tbe story is, that a young lady out West,
whob-i lover bad fallen into intemperate habits,
finding her appeala m him vain, was struck with
a auddeu ami severe attack of spasmodic insan
ity, and arming herself with a revolver, set to
work shooting liquor dealers who sold benzine
to her betrothed. She disposed of one, when
ber swain, either overcome w ith admiration or
through the fear of losing all bis !<eat friends,
married her out of hand. This ie a new phase
of woman’s rights and spasmodic aberration,
combined in a most unpleasant manner.
On the f unflrniailou nf Itr. Ackerman.
The New York Herald'll Washington corres
pondent, ou the confirmation of Mr. Ackerman
says • “A few factions individuals have raised a
talk about Mr. Ackerman, intended to aliect his
chances of confirmation. That he will be con
firmed, however, there teems to be no doubi in
the minds ol Senators having views worthy ol
being respected. It is understood that the cause
ol the opposition to Mr Ac-kerman arises irom
several facts, which will be the su' j-ct of inves
tigation before action is taken on hi • case. It is
said that he was io the rebei army ; ilmt he was
on the stafl ol one ol the rebel g.-u-rals, and
that his name is on the register ot appli
cants lor the removal of politicsl disabilities.
But these disabilities were removed by act of
Congress, approved by the President on the 14th
December last. His name appears in the act
with about 1,500 others.”
Advance In HrewdaiuU'i
The excitement in the New York markets for
flour and wheat recently was something lemai k-
able The salcb ol wheat considerably exceeded
300,000 bushels. The French were large buy
ers, and their presence in the market led to an
active speculation. A further large advance is
not improbable. Great Britain, as appears by
late circulars, is not getting any foreign wheat
except from the United States. The demand at
this market lor the continent lias interrupted
her supplies, and she will soon feel the want of
them But the most important fact is, the 'ail
ing oft of tliti receipts at the lake ports which,
according to statistics, were, lor the week
ending June 11, 92,000 bustle's wheat,
and 20,000 barrels flour; or. reducing
the flour to wheat, equal to 309,000 bush
els wheat, less than lor the coriesponding
week last year. This, in connection with an
increased demand, can hardly be over estimated.
■}|«r»K»nl of the- Tviu'liluii* ol (tio Fiiih*
n».
Alexander H am tr.ton, one of the “Fath
ers,” and one who more than any otherol them
favored a ceufraiized government, nevertheless,
iu No. 50 ol the “ Federalist,” said:
“ Suppose an aifi< le had been introduced into
the Const)iiition, empowering the United Slates
to regulate the elections lor the particular
States, would any man have hesitated to con
dram it, both, as an unwarrantable transposi
tion of power, and as a premeditated engine for
the destruction ot State government ?”
The lime was when the opinions of the “Fath
ers,” upon the Constitution had so ue weight
with, and was quoted as authority bv Congress.
But that day lnjs passed away. Few in that
body have now any reverence lor the political
opinions ol such tueu as Hamilton or Jettersou,
Madison or Adams. The engine for the des
truction of State government which Hamilton
predicted would be biought into play upon the
interference by Congress with the State elections
is uow iu active use, and, unless it explodes, the
destruction will soon be complete.
The Obligation of (he Uovernicieui and
VI * lie \ immiIiii lit" Pariy.
it is well said by the New York Etpntis that
“the Government ol the United States, in its
operatic.ua aud measures, should ever keep iu
view the great objects so solemnly proclaimed
in the preamble ot ihe Federal Constitution.—
Those objects arc—Union, Justice, Tranquillity,
Delense. VVellare, and Liberty. '1 lie legislative,
executive and judicial departments should ever
keep in view these grand obj« eta These should
be the pole star for their guidance in the dis
charge of all their responsible Julies. The ap-
poiutiug power, therefore, iu the national gov
ernment, is a aacred trust It is conferred by
the people lor the accomplishment of a definite
purpose. The official oath iuvolvcs an obliga
tion to accomplish that purpose. The Presi
dent cannot “ preserve, protect and de'eDd the
Constitution” without doing this. He must
have an eye single to national union, justice,
tranquillity, defense, welfare and liberty; or he
hits uo proper regard lor the ob iration of the
oath which he has taken in the prtsence of God
and of the Amtriean people.”
In the strict observance of the-e obligations,
the liberty aud prooerty of the citizen are sale.
In tbeit vk la; ion both are iinperrilied, and may
be wrested from him.
Interest ou (fee Mate Debt.
The Era of yesterday morning says: “We
are gratitie^to be able to announce positively
that the iuwrest on the State debt, due July 1st.
wiil be promptly paid upon presentation of the
coupons at the Fourth National Hank, New
York. Bauks iu this State chu, it they choose,
pay and remit the coupons as New Voik Ex
change, for collections .at the Fonith National
Bank.”
“Notwithstanding tie Treasure!’» allegation,
that tbe State has “ no tuuds,” the Governor
has been able, upon bis own responsibility,to
make an anaugemen'. to protect the credit of
the State by preventing » protest of our obliga
tions for the interest upon the public debt.”
Considering the looktdup condition ol the
State Treasury, the political aud financial” situ
ation" of the Slate, we also are gratified to see
that Governor Bullock has made the pro
vision for the payment of the interest on the
State debt, which 'he ;>i states in the fore-
goirg he h 1- i> n I • r r oc tioti of the
State’s credit ■ !> •> « ' w 1 at home, is one
of those imp at mt duties •which its several
Executives, time out ol min have uever
(nde-t t. i» :*Hr I •,* •. -■ 1. not •■!>; gat on, so far as
fa y 111,.: II «•••! i', due ,ts business met! sod
loiliug iMipuiation—Hit ohliyatiou Governor
Bullock shows bv tin* arrangement which
he has made, be ful'y appreciates, tor which he
should be* eommeudi d as well by democrats as
ie publicans.
A Boy.—The Fayette Couuty
i bow) Union saw: ” W<- t.aw a printer boy,
yet u his LehiS, * f •» f ail jii.-l skimk ally tiling
in ' hese parts ou po -- w 'ik Frotu l Uursday
Main to Saturday nielli, it, tAtu y I! nr hours
w.'ikiinr lime, he did the | r.-.-s *« :k on one
Sid. ot all edition ol S'C lnon amt (>apel>, having
Worke-d the other m i<* m t ,r«e days the week
previous. Ou Fud n i,e wurKed twenty-five
hundred. Who wants to ummnnkn ihejobol
testing this Whoever dots ou find a sitna-
Uon iu th£ Union otfiec it John should ever die
pr leave us.”
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1870.
Scorching Hot.
Sunday last, in New York, w»i a scorching
hot day. The thermometer at 3 o’clock in the
afternoon stood 118 in tbe sun, and 90 in the
shade. There was but little air stirring. The
| sidewalks were almost unbearable, and people
I staid in doors. The street railroads almost en-
j t irely ceased running, owing to the effects ol the
heal upon the men aud the beasts.
The Ackerman Appulutineut.
We note the following telegraphic dispatch
trom Washington, dated the 2tKh instant, iu the
Nashville Banner. We give it to our readers for
what it is, in their estimation, worth :
“ It was thought at one time to-day that the
President had decided to withdraw the name
of Mr. Ackerman, and send to the Senate the
name of Senator Wiliiains, of Oregon ; but the
only executive message delivered to that body
contained no such result. In the meantime tbe
pressure for the substitution ot a new name has
not abated. Several promiuent Georgia Repre
sentatives have advised Senators not to confirm
the Attorney-General, and the Republican Sena
tors have intimated in reply that they shall not
vote to confirm him. So lar from being a sup
porter of the Bullock rule in Georgia, as has
been represented, Mr. Ackerman proves to be
one ot its opponents, and is meeting with oppo
sition Irom that source. Both of the Senators < 'eet
are opposing his confirmation, and one of them
who is here is somewhat active in that particular.
Ackerman’s petition to have his disabilities re
moved was taken from the filet of the House to
day and relerred. The Senate Judiciary t om-
initlea have taken no action on the nomina
tion."
Southern Cotton Factories.
At the Industrial Convention recently hi Id in
Charleston, South Carolina, statements were
made by p: aetic.al manufacturers which yo to
ptove that cotton factories can be operated to
better advantages in the Gulf States than at the
North. Samples ot yarn that were sent to
England last spiing trom a factory iu South
Carolina sold at an advance of 11 percent, on
the cost of manufacturing. It has been di mon-
strated that the yarns can be manulaciured at
the j oint where the cotton is grown—tLereby
saving the cost of transporting the raw material
to the factory—at about five cents per pound
less than they can be made in Northern facto
ries. After the expense ot transportation to the
New York market, the payment of commis
sions and other contingent expenses, the South
ern yarns have made a return to the manufactu
rer of nearly 10 cents profit on the pound.
It js stated that a Northern cotton manufac
turer, who had observed the success ot the
Southern factories daring periods of depression
at the North, and had started an experimental
establishment in Geotgia which yielded $15,000
profit from only sixteen Irames or 2,500 spindles,
while his other factories paid no profit, has
moved his entire manufacturing business to tbe
South. It is estimated that from $2,000,000 to
$3,000,000 would be saved annually by manu
facturing cotton in the State where grown.
Iuipreaalve Headlus-The Lord'd Prayer.
Many years ago the incident related iu the
following from an exchange, was communicated
to the writer by a distinguished member of Con
gress, whose love of good reading, whether in
the pulpit or on the stage, amounted almost to a
passion. He was, himself, one of the best un
professional readers we ever listened to, and but
few of tbe most eminent divines in the land
could compare with him as an impressive
reader of the “ Word,” in which among friends,
he delighted to indulge—hence Booth’s reading
of the Lord’s Prayer made au indelible impres
sion npon his mind:
“ When the elder Booth was residing in Balti
more, a pious, urbane old gentlewau of that
city, hearing of his wonderful power ol elocu
tion, one day invited him to dinner, although
always deprecating the stage and all theatrical
performances. A large company sat down at
the table, and on returning to the drawing
room, oue of them asked Booth, as a special
lavor to them all, to repeat the Lord’s Prayer.
He signified hi9 willingness to gratify them and
all eyes were fixed upon bin. He slowly and
reverently arose from his chair, trembling with
the burden of two great conceptions. He had
to realize the characler, attributes and presence
of the Almighty Being, he was to address. He
was to transform himself into a poor, benighted,
needy supplicant, offering homage, asking bread,
pardon, light and guidance. Says one ot
the company who was present: “ It was wonder
ful to watch the play of emotions that con
vulsed his coutenance. He became deathly pale
and his eyes, turned trembling upwards, were
wet with tears. As yet he had not spoken.
Tbe silence could be felt; it had become abso
lutely painful, until at last the spell was broken
as if by an electric shock, as his rich toned
voice syllabled forth, ‘Our Father, wnich art
in Heaven,’ etc., with a pathos and fervid
solemnity which thrilled all hearts. He finished ;
the siieDce continued; not a voice was heard
nor a muscle moved in his rapt audience, until
fiom a remote corner of the room, a subdued
sob was heard, and the old gentleman *jhe host)
stepping forward with stre anting eyes and
to ttering frame, seized Booth by the hand.
‘Sir, 1 said he, in broken accents, ‘you have
afforded me a pleasure for which my whole
future life will feel grateful. I am an old man,
and every day Irom boyhood to the present time
I have repeated the Lord's Ptayer; but I never
heard it before, never 1’ ‘Yon are right,’ replied
Booth, ‘to read that prayer as it should be read
caused me the severest study and labor ior
thirty years, and I am far from satisfied with
my rendering ot that wondertul production.
Hardly one person in ten thou?and compre
hends how much beauty, tenderness and grand
eur can be condensed in a space so simple.
Tbe prayer itself sufficiently illustrates the truth
ot the Bible, and stamps upon it the staled
divinity.’ ’ ’
The Princess Editha.—Mesdames Wood-
hull & Claflin, whom the Princess Editbs Gil
bert MoDtez accuses ot appropriating $4,000
worth pt her valuables left with them for sa’e
keeping, tells a story which puis an entirely
different light upon the matter. They say that
she came to them in rags and told a pitiful tale
of want and despair, which induced them to as
sist in bringing her before tbe pnblic as a lec-
turess in order to enable her to earn an honest
livme. Theideiot her owning jewels worth
lour thousand coliois appears to them utterly
ridiculous.
Mr. Michaels, editor of the Druggist* Circular,
saiii to-day, on being a^ked . “Tuat woman who
call-i Le self E itlia M -otez is the greatest im-
p ..-ter and -windier that ever walked ou two
legs. She is the daughter of a luruier book
keeper oi Johu Uei ker.aud her uame is Claudia
Solomon. A scampish relative of mine, who
has got himself into innumerable difficulties,
chose to figure as Count Napoleon de Pfesuy.—
She tunned an acquaintance with him and per
haps that give her the notion of assuming tbe
title of Princess Editha Monuz. She used to
come Lere and inquire about him, but I gave
her to uridet stand ih«t he was not to he seen
here. I heard no more of h» r until the affair of
the lecture. As to Ler possessing diamonds or
anything valuable whatever, it was pefeetly t idic-
ulous.”—Speciiil N. F. Telegraphic Contspond-
ence of this Courier-Journal.
A good head of hair is desired by every one.
Tue use of Hall’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re-
newtr will restore the Lair, il the hair cells are
not closed up. je23—It
A Chance (or Another laveetltaUon.
The Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Tribune ,ia a recent letter to that journal,
says:
“ A judge of the Supreme Court was telling
me a few days ago about some inordinate tees
which counsel had received within his knowl
edge. For example, David Dudley Field re
ceived $300,000 from the Erie railroad. William
M. Stewart was paid $25,003 in cash by the
Gou’d-Curry silver uiiue, and so many feet ot
the ore, which, altogether, netted him $200,000.
Jeremiah S. Black received $60,000 from the
New ldria mine, and a few months ago he sued
them lor $75 000 in addition, and received judg
ment. William M. Evarts has been paid
$25,000 ior defending Andrew Johnson, and his
annual income is $125,000. He recently charged
$5,000 for one speech which occupied eighty
minutes. The Justice who give this informa
tion decried tbe high charges which lawyers
everywhere receive in one day, making no
apology lor extorting $100 where ten years ago,
$5 and $10 were deemed good lees.”
Commenting upon the foregoing, the Phila
delphia Press presents its readers with tbe fol
lowing, which we must confess, as a piece of
satire, is well put together. Congressional in
vestigating committees are all humbugs:
“We submit that here is an opportunity for an
inquisitorial investigation, which the Senate Ju
diciary Committee should not allow to go un
improved. Where so much appears upon the
surface, what astounding developments might
be expected Irom such an exploration of the
mine as either Mr. Trumbull or Mr. Edmunds
could make ? The Georgia investigation did not
afford half so inviting a field for the exercise of
the peculiar tab nts of the erudite gentlem' n of
the Judiciary Committee. It would be inter
esting, for instance, tor Mr. CoDkling, to over
haul the account books and private papers of
Mr. David Dudley Field to ascertain what pos
sible services he could render the Erie Railroad
that would be worth tne extravagant sum of
$300,000. Mr. Carpenter would no doubt like
to know all abont how Senator Stewart “netted”
that clean $200 000, iu gold, too. Think of that 1
What au extraordinary speech he must have de
livered to be valued at such high figures. Such
iniortnation as this would doubtless be more
valuable to a lawyer of Mr. Carpenter’s preten
sions than the price per line, of advertising in a
newspaper. Who knows but that he might im
prove upon it? Mr. Edmunds should not
allow oar friend Jeremiah S. Black to charge
the New ldria Mining Company the hand
some sum of $135,000 without letting the world
know whether the charges are reasonable, or
whether they are “ extravagant.” It would
make no difference to Mr. Edmunds that the
New ldria Mining Company paid Mr. Black
$60,000 without murmuring, and that tbe courts
afterward awarded him $75,000 more. The Ju
diciary Committee would naturally inquire what
business had Mr. Black to charge these “ ex
travagant prices," or the New ldria Mining
Company to pay them ? Mr. Trumbull should
be especially assigned to investigate Mr. Wra.
M. Everts. The twenty-five thousand he re
ceived for defending Mr. Trumbull’s friend, An
dy Johnson, was a small lee, to be sure, lor law
yers, but then Mr. Evarts received it in consid
eration of his efforts to “ influence the vote of
Senators” upon a question far more important
to the whole country than the Biogham amend
ment to the Georgia bill. Moreover, he did
“ influence the vote of Senators,” and carried
his point. We have no doubt Mr. Trumbull has
au insatiable curiosity to kuow just how this
was done, and whether Mr. Evarts really earned
his $25,000. It would be interesting lo the Sen
ate to know how Mr. Evarts makes $125,000 a
year, when Senators can only make five. But
we tiave uo doubt the Judiciary Committee
would enter upon the examination of his ac
count books and private papers wiih as much
relish as the old Spanish inquisitors set about
torturing a stubborn heretic. And then that “80
minutes speech ” ior which Mr. Evarts received
$5,000 The whole speech woulduot occupy more
than lour columns ot the Globe, which would be
at the rate of about twelve hundred ami fifty dol
lars a column. We venture to predict that Mr.
George A. Bailey, of the Globe, would testify
that this was too much, by at least one-halt.
Besides, it could be done ior less. Our ancient
and eloquent lriend, the Hon. Garrett Davis, of
Kentucky, would gladly fill a whole page ot
tbe Globe for what Mr. Evart3 charged for four
columns. Mr. Trumbull, himself, might be
willing to enter into competition with Mr. Ev
arts, tor does he not fill hundreds of columns in
the Globe every year, and all for five thousand
dollars? How easy to convict Mr. Evarts ot
charging “extravagant” prices for his services!
But Mr. Tiumbull should not rest satisfied un
til he uDearths the tact that Mr. Evarts w as ac
tually paid $25,000 with a view to influence the
vote of Senators. We do not say that he influ
enced Mr. Trumbull’s vote, but it is a matter ot
history that Mr. Evarts’ cliunt was acquitted by
the Senate, and the inference is that he mnst
have influenced the vote ot some Senators. We
do not know but that the “Judge ol the Supreme
Court,” who presumed to speak about the “in
ordinate fees which counsel had received,”
should also be investigated. Hi9 remarks are
certainly a reflection on the members of the Ju
diciary CommitU e, tor it is well known that
some of them practice in the Supreme Court.
But probably they are not in the habit of taking
any lees, much less fees of an “inordinate” char
acter. Perhaps they give their services gratis,
or else they are to be had cheap. By all means
let us have an investigation of these lawyers,
and with tbe aid of the “microscope” the Judi
cial y Committee may be able to discover some
thing.
Death op Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte,
Esq —This esteemed and well-known citizen of
Baltimore, died at his residence, on Patk street,
about half-past lour o’clock, yesterday morning,
alter a lingering and painful illness. He was
the son of Tlercme Bonaparte, the brother ot the
great Napoleon, who visited Baltimore in the
eatly part ot the century and married, in 1803,
Miss Elizabeth Patterson, daughter of one of
our leading merchants. The married couple
sailed shortly afterwards tor Europe, and Mrs.
Bonaparte was relused permission to land m
France. She went to Holland and thence to
England, where her late son was born in 1805.
Napoleon caused the marriage ot his brother to
be pronounced in Europe a nullity, and the lat
ter sutst quently was made King ot Westphalia,
and married the daughter ot the King ot Wur-
temburg. By this lady he had three children,
ot whom the Princess Mathilde and Napoleon
are still living. The late Mr. Bonaparte leaves
two sons, one of whom graduated at West
Point, and after seeing some service on the
Texan trontiers, entered the French army, in
which he now holds tbe rank ot Major. His
venerable mother still survives him. Mr. Bona
parte was ot quiet aud unostentatious habits,
and was universally respected tor his courteous
bearing, his amiability and frankness and his in
tegrity. About two hours alter his death, and
also at his residence, died Mrs. Williams, the
tno.her of Mrs. Bonaparte, at an advanced age.
- Baltimore Gazette.
Interestmg to Baptists.—Mr. Spurgeon,
the eccentrically sensational Baptist preacher of
London, has signified his willingness to visit
his brethren in this country, provided they will
do something handsome for that college and or
phanage he proposes to build in London. Com*
oienting on this, the New York Advertiser fears
he has received exaggerated accounts of the
ability of American Baptists to help him, and
says, “ their hearts are wiiltng enough, bat their
means do net correspond,” and that * perhaps,
owing to their partiality tor water, all Baptist
cocgregsftons have what is called a * floating
debt.’ It generally comes to the m,” says the
Advertiser, “ from many generations back, and,
in a true spirit ot hereditaiy affection, is always
commuted wiih uiHuy n't-siegs to their child
ren This ‘floating delu’ lus u-t coum-ction
with auy * sinking fund,’ aud it it did it wuuiiiu’t
sink.” Mr. Spurgeon is a man oi marked abili
ty and zeal, and it is not improbable, tbe AJ-
tertiser to the contrary notwithstanding, that he
would find no difficulty in raising what money
he wants in America.—Lou. Courier-Journal.
A Chinaman was arrested in San Francisco
tor shooting and nearly killing bis wile, and
plead that he accidentally exploded the pistoL
The woman was brought ou the stand and swore
that she shot herselL Tne justice dismissed the
case in disgust.
In Bucharest a brigand of Herculean strength
was about to be hanged tor murder. He burst
his streps which bound him , like flax, seized the
executioner, and throttled him before assistance
could arrive. He was thereupon appointed to
, his victim’s office.
STATE NEWS.
A Mammoth Trek —There is au apnle tree
on the farm of John M. Matthews, near Daniels
viUe, in Madison county, remarkable tor its age
and size. It measures ten feet and two inches
in circumference, around the body tour feet from
the ground; it was planted by Mr. James Ware,
a soldier of the war of 1776. The tree is now
eighty years of age, and is bearing a full crop of
fruit.
We have tbe above from Mr. Matthews him
self, who promises to send us a smtemeut ot the
number ol bushels ol fruit this mammoth tree
will produce this year.—Sparta Times.
Pursuant to tbe published notice, quite a
respectable number ot our citizens met iu tbe
City Halt, last Friday night. When, on motion
ot Capt. Dunlap Scott, His Honor, Mayor
Smith, was called to the chair, and Mr. Dwinell
requested to act as Secretary. At the request of
the Mayor, Col. T. W. Alexander explained
the object ot tbe meeting iu a few pertinent re
marks. The object, as stated, was to take
into consideration the propriety of acting in the
matter of building the Railroad from Chatta
nooga to Columbus; and to determine the char
acter ot such action. On motion of Capt. Scoft,
it was resolved that it was the sense of the
meeting that the road in contemplation was one
desirable to be built, and that thr citizens ot
Rome are determined to use all their endeavors
to secure its success^-Borne Daily.
Hail Storm ust Jackson County.—The
Athens Watchman says “a most remarkable hail
storm occurred iu Jackson county week before
last. We learn from Mr. R. R. Saulter, Mr. Orr,
Mr. Thurmond, and others, that it was about
half a mile in breadth, and some five or six miles
long. The damage to crops was immense. In
some instaacea the cotton was entirely killed.—
We learn that Mr. John B. Jacksen lost every
cotton plant he had, and that he and others have
since planted their lands in corn. Hail \va3
found seven or eiulit days afterwards m fence
corners, ravines, etc.
Air Line Railroad—This great through
route is being rapidly graded, and the culverts
constructed ot the very best material. Col. Sage
informs us that he has discovered this week a
very extensive and valuable quarry of Quincy
granite near the line of the road about twelve
miles below here; and from Woodward’s Mill,
Bob. Young’s, aud to the (Sulphur Springs, East
of this place there‘’abounds the most extensive
quarries of flexible sandstone in the world, so
situated as to cost but little to prepare it. The
Colonel informs us that the prospect ol an early
conmletion of the road is certain.—Air-Line
Eagle.
Struck by Lightning —Daring the thunder,
hail and rain storm which passed over the city
yesterday afternoon, tbe stable ot tbe S. S. & S.
R. R, situated on the line of the road above An
derson street, was strnck by lightning, the bolt,
passing through and tearing off a portion of the
weather boarding, knocking down, but fortu
nately not killing, one ot the most valuable
horses belonging to the company. One ot the
employees ot the company had a narrow escape,
his hat being knocked from his head by the pass
ing fluid. The lightning yesterday was the most
severe and continuous that has prevailed this
season, and the hail accompaniment, ol which
we received but a small proportion, was evident
ly felt more in other localities.—lb.
Death of Dr. Hames.—On Sunday la9t, 19th
inst., at 5 o’clock, Sumter county lost another
of her most influential citizens, iu the death o.
Dr. R. T. Hames. He was for mauy years a
representative of tbe county in the State Legis
lature, auu his reco-J is one of which his con
stituents are proud. He was buried yesterday
evening by the Masonic fraternity. His family
and Irieuds wiil mis him from their circles, bill
will remember wit-, love and veueratiAn bis
many noble qualities. His disease v*as typhoid
dysentery.—A meric us paper.
Mr. J. J. Walker thrashed 8 acres of wheat,
which averaged 25 bushels per acre. This was
no brag patch either. The ground was manured
last year with Chesapeake Guano, and planted
in cotton and last fail he manured it with the
Takings ol his horse-lot, and cotton seed. We
trust everybody’s crop will turn out that well.—
Middle Georgian.
An Inquiry.—There are innumerable fairs to
be held in Georgia this fall, aud nearly every
county seems to have taken some interest iu the
matter except Monroe. What has become of
our agricultural Society and the County lair
they proposed lo inaugurate this year ? Cobb
county is to have a lair; Putnam will follow
snit; Floyd, Morgan, Hancock, and probably
Bawldin, will also have industrial exhibitions ;
but Monroe is asleep on the subject. We pro
test against having our good old county placed
in such a common-place position. We call
upon our vigorous and energetic farmers to
come forward and inaugurate a change. The
movement only needs agitatiDg make it enthu
siastically popular. “Quieta non movere" is not
the motto ot a live community. Gentlemen ot
the agricultural societies, we are depending
upon you to set the ball in motion. In a tew
weeks, you will have laid by your cr-'ps, and
we confidently expect to hear from ymi «.m ibe
subject.—Monroe Advertiser.
Accident.—We understand that <, n Friday
last, a colored man employed by M. H Cullens
in sawing wood with a circular saw driven by
steam, happened to bring his right baud in con
tact with the saw, the result of which was that
the hand was badly mutilated, making it neces
sary to amputate the little tiDger. He taken
to the drug store of Dr. Walsh, where the
necessary surgical operation was performed, aud
he is now doing well.—Savannah Republican.
Arrest, Escape and Re-Arrest of a Col
ored Hog Thief—Sunday night, about nine
o’clock, CieuteDant Parcel] j of the To! ce force,
arrested a negro man named Westou vvtiliams,
charged with divers depredations ou the hogs,
poultry,etc., ot citizens in the might) rbood of
South Boundary. The prisoner was turned over
to county constable J. M. Saxon, who bald a
warrant lor his arrest, issued by Justice George
Wiisou. Arriving at the jail gate, the prisoner
jerked loose from the constable and made good
his escape, notwithstanding two shots were tired
by the constable and one by Lieutenant Purcell.
Yesterday morning, however, the prisoner was
re-arrested by Mr. Charles Evans, and carried to
the guard house, from whence he was taken by
county constable John Nagle, to be carried be
fore Justice Wilson lor a hearing.—Constitution
alist.
Struck by Lightning.—We learn that du
ring the rain storm on Sunday afternoon, which
was accompanied by thunder, tbe flag-staff at
Bethesda, was struck by lightning and shattered.
The staff occupying a postion some distance
Irom the buildings, no one was injured.—Savan
nah News.
Booming.—The Oemulgee was booming yes
terday, caused by the recent heavy rains. An
old resident who has lived a long time within
the sound of the roar of its waters, tells ns that
the Oemulgee was higher yesterday than it had
ever been in the mouth of June From, the pres
ent unsettled looks of the weather, we jndve
it will be some time before we have to record a
low stage of water.—Macon Journal.
Dr. Devoitb preached at the First Baptist
Church last Sunday. He has been in the city
several days, and from what we can learn, there
is a strong probability that the Church here will
succeed in their effort to obtain him as perma
nent pastor. Such a resu;t would not only be a
matter of congratulation to ihe Church, but to
the entire community. The Doctor is an able
and eloquent preacher, and in s^cDl life Dan no
table, agreeable and accomplished gentlem i,i —
Griffin Star.
Analytical Arithmetic.--We hue been
looking over an arithmetic bv Stieitou P. Suu-
tord, A. M., Protestor .Math- uialics in Mercer
University. We thi: k ;t - iri r to .ai-y we
have seen, t he analyt • i<> ! - ; -ued
thiougb ut Irom the primary biancbcs to the
most ^abstruse principles. It is a woik adapted
to schools as well as to the wants of business
men, bankers, tradesmen, farmers, and the like.
The plan is of the simplest order, the principles
are unlolded so evidently that a child can readi
ly comprehend and so familiarize them as to
render it impossible to forget them. The chap
ters on federal money, exchange, &c., are very
full, and in tbe course ol explaining mathemat
ical principles much interesting general infor
mation, such as table and statistical matter, is
given. We commend the book to all teachers.
The author styles it “ the method ot making
arithmetical calculations on principles of uni
versal application without the aid of formal
rules.” It is a book of 418 pages. Published
by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia Ap
pier & Thornton have it lor sale. — Columbus
Sun.
NEWS KV TELEGRAPH.
Washington, June 22.—Woods the congres
sional captive has been safely returned to the
CapitoL
The Gulf Mail route, heretofore running from
New Orleans, via Eastern Gull aud Key West,
to Havana, will be re let ou tbe 26th of Juue
lor lour years. The Postmaster has discretion
of accepting proposals making either Mobile or
Ne»v Orleans tbe initial poiul ol tbe line. The
bidder most likely to secure the contract is J.
K Roberts, o! Florida, who, it is understood,
prefers to make Mobile tbe initial point.
In the House, insurance companies, mer
chants, and others, petition lor better security
in steam vessels by the use ot improved steam
gauges.
A bill authorizing a bridge over the Missouri
rivtr at Omaha, with 300 leetspan, passed.
The Committee on Ways and Means reported
a bill regulating the collection ol internal reve
nue, reducing the force in proportion to the
redaction ol revenue.
The Senate is engaged in discussing rules.
Richmond, June 22.—The Commercial Con
vention met at Montgomery White 8ulphur
Springs to-day. Tbe cities of Richmond, Nor
folk, Petersburg, Lvnchburg, Farmville, Abing
don, Bristol and Knoxville, being represented,
rtsoluiioos were adopted, advocating a more per
feet commercial communication between the
Southwest and the cities named, protesting
against discrimination against any of them, and
inviting ihe merchants and planters of Georgia,
Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee to co-ope
rate in extending commercial facilities to the
Mississippi Valley to reach the waters of Vir
ginia.
Fortress Monroe, Juue 22—The troops
sent to the Taylor farm, on Sunday last, to eject
squatters have returned to the fort.
Raleigh, June 22.- Kirk, the plunderer, has
been commissioned Colonel of the second regi
ment ot North Carolina State Troops, with
headquarters at Ashville. He has issued circu
lars calling for one thousand recruits.
Washington, June 22.—Revenue $630,000.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will report
favorably on Ackerman’s nomination to the
Attorney-Generalship, but will oppose action
until Ackerman’s arrival here. Ackerman is
expected every day.
Secretary Boutwell orders all persons to be
excluded from the money rooms of the Treasu
ry, except bearers of liis order.
Internal revenue for the present fiscal year
will reach $180,000,000, a great excess over
previous years.
Secretary Boutwell’s estimates and agricultural
report for the present month : Cotton growers
seem determined this year to reduce the price to
fifteen cents. With every prospect of doing it,
acreage is materially increased In every State,
while that ot wheat, aud probably of corn,
(estimates for the entire country do not come in
until July 1st,) has decreased. If neglect of all
other interests can only be cared by cheap cot-
tOD, tbe sooner the reduction is made the
better. The condition of the growing crop in
North Carolina is good. In South Carolina
cotton is looking well, except 9ome complaint
of bad stands is made. In Georgia it is late
and smaller than usual, from the effects of a
drought ot five weeks, which terminated May
25th, out is growing vigorously now. The dry
term was shorter in Florida and Alabama, and
cotton is generally in good condition, Reports
from Mississippi are still more favorable. In
Tensas parish, Louisiana, where the greatest
cotton yield of 1860 was made, the condition of
the crop is twenty per cent, heller than last
year, and acreage is increased one filth.
From Texas comes reports of a backward
spriug with cotton, late but thrifty and promis
ing, and no State makes more favorable returns
than Arkansas. The condition of cotton is
better than last year at this time, a fact desir
able and gratifying enough in itsel 1 but ot no
controlling force in determining the ultimate
result. Last season was unpropitiou9 to August
and afterwards favorable to an almost unexam
pled degree, a tenth of the crop being due to
the extreme length and propitious character of
the autumnal season. The average ot sea island
cotton in Texas has been increased.
In the Senate a bill was reported authorizing
the laying ot a cable to the Bermudas, also to
iaciliiate telegraphic commuuication with Bel
gium.
The tax bill was taken up with sharp contest
over the income tax—Sumner and Conklin
arguing tor abolition. The matter was finally
postponed until the other amendments were
disposed ot. All adopted. The matter was
postponed to Thursday.
Senate in session to-night on the Southern
Pacific Railroad.
Tne House Bill allowing Massachusetts over
halt a million interest on the war of 1812,
was ameuded to the effect that this payment
shall close the account. Passed—101 to 61.
Tbe President’s veto of tbe bill to extend the
patent of Smith & Wesson’s pistols was sus
tained—12 to 18G.
During the discussion a severe collisiop be
tween Farnsworth and Butler took place.
Farnsworth showed that Butler had received
two thousand dollars as attorney for parties de
siring an extension. Butler in retort said that
Farnsworth had more beard than brains. Farns
worth replied, whether long or short, no mem
ber should steal under the shadow of his beard,
ii he knew it. Mutual and lengthy discussions
tollowed.
Appointments were discussed up to adjourn
ment.
Tne Commissioners of Internal Revenue have
issued regulations regarding distillation trom
fruit, greatly reducing the bu.dens ot that indus
try. They are quite lengthy.
St. Lours, Juue 22.—About 150 Chinese ar
rived here to d iv for New Orleans.
Late letters from the plains report that nearly
all the young Indians belonging to the Arapo-
toes and Cneyeue^e tribes are below the Arkan
sas river, on tne war path. Several trains have
been captur'd and a number ot white men
killed, it is very dangerous lor the trains, mail,
parties or anybouy else to travel below Fort
Dodge.
London, June 22.—Yice Admiral Robinson
and naval constructor Reed have been notified
that their resigQ.uiors will not be accepted.
The weather i3 not, dry and unfavorable to
growing crops.
Paris, June 22.—The imperial family have
arrived safely at St. Cloud.
Tne trial ot tbe mem tiers of the International
Workmen’s Society commenced to-day Thirty-
eight members are arraigned. Nothing new
has transpired.
Zurich, June 22.—The Ncnfcbatel council
cotes a large majority in favor oi tue separation
ot the Church and State.
The Three Great Engh ti Lawyers.—It
is rumored in England that u .d Halherley,
the Lord Unancellor, is aboi.t ■> resign. He is
very pio.is, belongs to the i i . Church party,
and attends tbe eaily serv,..^ m Westminster
Abbey daily. He is childle-v, and a son of Sir
Mathew wood, a Jormer . . = o guished Lord
Mayor ol Loudon. It Lore! ; itheriy should
resfgn.it is thought that h. - li be succeeded
by Sir Ro.mdell Palmer, wi n ,s confessedly at
the head oi the English ore aad a man ot
wonderful capacity lor wo: 1-. His income Irom
his practice is enormous, are hundred dollars
being the price of an opinion trom him. He is
the sou of a country gentlem m, and, in spite of
his muititarious duties, fin s tune to teach a
class of poor boys in & Sunday school every
Sabbath. ao«J has compiled “A Look of Praise,
winch is a standard v, • K i» toe church. His
me hodicot Way a, labiuiou oration andiron
o- nstuurion en-.i’ie him •-» ;r. sact an amount
oi ousi! t!.- iii »"um ... uou a dozen ordinary
men. fair je-nu Duke c-uitriuge, tne Solicitor
uciieral, stands high in private life, and, like
d. T., Hartley and all the Coleridges, is a man
ot a ;• i : u: .a oi intellect. His lather, tbe
ttight H I! rthh-Sir I t’.jftnuge, was a di.S-
tin^i i-ti'. d j-.uoi, : a.ing tie u utd Lis tal
ented sou Ior the Lar, sent turn to Oxioid, where
his vertatihty oi talent ut once tuaue him tepu-
tation. lie is also a member oi Parliament horn
Exeter, and makes about sixty thousand dollars
a year.
Chicago has a new church—the First Con-
gregatioual—which has jnst been finished at a
cost of $iso GOu. A peculiarity ot this church
is that the reading desk, or pulpit, is provided
with a copper speaaing-tmnipet, which is con
nected with eleven pews, where, with iubber
hose and cup attached, the deal may enjoy a
sermon as well as those not so untorluuate.
A Kentucky editor, in his valedictory, re
grets that he has “ not had the pleasure of writ
ing the obituaries ot several of the miserable
skinflints in town.” They let his paper die.
Heavy Contract—$15,000 Sterling Sil
ver Ware—Premiums for the Georgia
Stkte Fair.—This contract, which was yester
day awarded to Mr. George Sharp, Jr., Jewel-
er/ot this city, has been banging fire for sev
eral weeks. There were several bids tor it from
large mauuiacturers, but tbe principal competi
tors were Mr. George Sharp, Jr., representing
the great Southern Manufactory ot Messrs.
Krider & Biddle of Philadelphia, aud Messrs.
Lawshe & Haynes, representing the “King Bee,”
manufacturers ot New York, Messrs. Gorham
& Co.
We think the committee have acted j ust as
wisely iu the matter ot this contract, as the
City Council did in the contract ot the Fair
Grounds though Mr. Sharp has not the means
of the Kimball firm, yet in perseverance and
enterprise he is equal to any one and surpassed
by none; and having had fifteen yeers’ expe
rience in manufacturing premiums tor fairs, we
feel satisfied that he will iorever build up his
reputation in fulfilling this contract. We can
assure the exhibitors of stock, &c., at our next
Fair that they will get finer premiums than
were ever awarded by any State Fair before,
and .they may well be satisfied of this when it is
generally known that a house of the character
and standing of Sharp’s is getting up the pre
miums.
In this connection, we will remark that we
have taken & bird’s-eye view of Sharp’s new
jewelry store. It is nearly complete and will,
be open in a lew days. For splendor and mag
nificence it is far superior to any store we have
ever seen in this city, and the public will be
greatly surprised when it is open for their in
spection, which will be at an early day. Well
may the city be proud of such an establishment
in its midst, and it stands our citizens in hand to
sustain Mr. Sharp in recommendation and pat
ronage, for his Bplendid establishment will
attract visitors to our city, as Ball, Black &
Go., do to New York, and Ilayley & Go., to
Philadelphia. As a journalist, we feel bound
to notice such enterprise, and sustain our mer
chants. and wish Mr. Sharp all the success and
prosperity which his enterprise deserves.
The New r Passenger Depot Again.—
Through the kindness of Mr. J. C. Adams, who
represents the company, in the firm of J. P. Stid
ham & Co , (who were awarded yesterday the
contract for the new union depot,) we learn the
toilowiug particulars ot the magnificent build
ing which is soon to rise in this city, and be its
greatest pride and ornament. It will be located
in the open space between Alabama street and
the City Park, just to the left of the present old
shell. It will have two lronts, oue on
Pryor street, the other on Loyd. Ail
offices will be situated on the Park or east
side. It is proposed to have a street opened be
tween the Park and the great depot, so that the
offices may be accessible. The exact measure
ment ot the building i|, 352 by 120. The front
on Pryor street will be handsomely adorned by
two towers. The Park side is to be adorned
with a tower and also the southeast corner. At
the northeast corner a restaurant is to be placed,
and further down along the Park side, a passage
way, a mail room, ladies’range and gentlemens
waiting room, baggage room and express room.
In the central tower on the park side, is to be
placed the ticket office and other necessary
apartments connected with such offices. The
whole structure will rise 18 feet from the ground
to the “ squa'e of the building,” and 28 feet
thence to the afex of the root. The towers will
be about 75 feet in bight, and will tend to give,
with the Italian style of their make, the great
charm and peculiar beauly to the whole struc
ture. The material of tbe building will be prin
cipally ot iron—iron columns supporting a root
ot corrugated galvanized iron. It will cost
$135,000, and is to be completed by tbe 10th of
October.
Iron Fence for the City Hall.—We are
glad to know that, a move has been made to im
prove the City Hall grounds. It should have
been done long since. It is a matter of surprise
to see how it could have beeu utterly neglected
for so long a time without some champion
coming forward to vindicate its wrongs.
Alderman Anderson, at the last meeting of the
Council proposed a resolution, having lor its ob
ject the erection of an iron fence around the
grounds, which was adopted. We do not know
whether this fence is to be erected immediately
or not. Considering the load of taxation already
upon the city, it is doubtful whether its immedi
ate construction is practicable. The obligations
of the city are great, just now, and this year will
pe pretty tight. This fence wifi not cost much,
however. At a maximum cost it cannot exceed
7,000 or 8,000 dollars.
There are two or three acres in tbe enclosure,
and if laid out in walks and promenades, and
ornamented with terraces, trees and fountains,
and lighted with lamps and enlivened with an
evening band, would prove one ot the most
beautiful and delightful resorts iu the city. By
all means let us have it, Mr. Auderson.
Off for Fort Pulaskt. --Five U. S. soldiers
of the 18th regiment, belonging to the garrison
at this point, left ou a tour for Fort Pulaski last
evening on the Macon train. They purpose re
maining five summers in that delightful latitude.
Deserters Irom the army of Uncle Ssm, they
were escorted with a corporal’s guard ot soldiers,
that went along to see that no injury befell them
on their way, and that no person take from them
the ball-chain and cuffs that adorned their arms
and legs. They were a gay party and manifest
ed the utmost indifference to this reverse of for
tune. As they jumped in the cars, they were
laughing merrily, and one sang ** Twenty Years
in Fort Pulaski.” They were principally young
men and two were men of property in the
North.
Cruelty to Wife.—S. W. Well3, a dis
charged soldier, was arraigned before Justice
Spencer, yesterday, for beating his wile. The
offender was duly tried, convicted and sentenced.
Elizabeth Weils, his wife, was in court, attend
ed by her friends, and her face exhibited the
marks which her husbanu’s brutal hands had in
flicted. Scarred and scratched, and bespattered
with blood, her face was the sad story of her
unhappy union and wretched married life.—
After the close ot the testimony the Court
ordered that Wells be confined 30 days in the
county jail. No doubt this was the extent of
the punishment, under the legal action by which
the case came up, yet. it appeared to us as don
ning the name of ius'ice with faint punishment.
A man who could strike his wife has reached the
last, deepest circle ot personal infamy. For
such brutes, jails were not made.
Row in a Negro Sunday School —Last
Sunday, during the devout exercises of a negro
Sunday School in West End, an old negro wo
man arrived upon the scene, waiving in her
hand a garment belonging to one of her colored
sisters, who was in attendance on the school.—
The old woman enreeringly remarked, “Here’s
your properly that you acceused me of stealing.”
No. 2 gave her the lie, and both bent on mis
chief closed in savage contest. The crowd di
vided, each being seconded by her respective
friends; until the engagement became general.
Axes, clubs, etc , were used liberally until the
purposes of the meeting were entirely forgotten
in this riot and confusion, caused in the outset
oy a little pugilistic encounter between two
“colored ladies.”
Atlanta is making a “ powerful ” effort to get
Mercer University.— Middle Georgian.
And of course her i flona wid not fce in vain.
Her climate, bf r springs her culture, her central
position, her accessibility, her splendid en
terprise, and her “ powerful efforts,” will
will bring Mercer University to Atlanta. The
enthusiastic meeting which we reported the
other day is an earnest of our determination to
locate it in our midst. Other cities can only
offer pecuniary considerations. That’s the end
of their cburoii il iuing ihat to bea great one
wish the Tiusires of the iin.li.tv.i ’n, mn not
Atlanta w ! b her 30,UOU give as nm li. She will
ghe 25,UOU more than any other city, and be
sides will insure the health ol Mercer’s students,
lortbeT natural lives. Other cities might as
well hang their harp on the willow. It is lutiie
to enter ike list against this great inland me
tropolis.
A Drowsy D. D., who preaches in the disci
ples’ church, Charlottsville, Va. has a nice dog.
The dog always accompanies the divine to
church, and the other Sunday, in the middle of
the sermon, the dog got up and yawned in sym
pathy with the congregation, aud straightway
took his master’s hat to him in the pulpit. The
doctor continued his sermon, and the impatient
dog produced the old man’s cane and placed it
beside the hat with an appealing wag of the tail.
The doctor took the hint, and remarking that
the dog was probably right, dismbaed the con
gregation.
NUMBER 26
An Old Printer.
The oldest printer in Washington is John
Thomas Whitaker. He is now eighty-thiee
years of age, and has lived in Washington
nearly fifty years, having learned bis trade in
London, England. He is stili quite lively with
“ stick and rule.”
A Determined Preadier.
Illinois has a preacher who gets his congrega
tion in church, locks the door and preaches at
them until the deacon collects a specified amount.
He preached three hours last Sunday before
they came down with cue hundred dollars he
had ievied on them.
Tbe St. Crispins.
Congress, as well as the Su Ciispau’s of Mas
sachusetts, manifests considerable interest re
garding the result of the shoe manufacturers’ ex
periment with Chinese labor ,at North Adams.
On the whole the feeling is adverse to tbe ex
periment now being made b; Mr. Sampson.—
Every day increases this feeling, as members arc
in receipt from working constituents and their
organization, of protest and denunciation ol
Coolie labor, as it is called. Bo mote it be.
—■w «*—
Mad.
Es-Attorney General Hoar cou'd not be In
duced to remain a moment longer at the seat of
Government, although it was clear that a diffl -
culty existed as to Mr. Ackerman’s confirmation.
He goes away iu no good humor with Grant or
auy of his late compeers. He does not “ swear ”
nor “ cus,” but I learn he was heard to throw
out any number of emphatic participle adjec
tives. So says the Washington correspondent
of the Baltimore Gazette.
Liberal Reward Offered.
The following notice has been sent to all
bankers and brokers on this Continent: United
States notes, series of 1869. Two thousand
notes, of ten dollars each, from No. H3,530,001*,
to No. H3,532,000*, both inclusive, were stolen
from the Treasury. No $10 notes, of a number
higher than H3,230,000* have been issued.—
Please look out for the stolen notes. A liberal
reward will be paid to any person through
whose instrumentality the thief maybe detected.
Hold parties presenting the stolen notes, (U sus
picions attach to them) and in any case of pre
sentation notify
L. Q. Spinner,
Treasurer United States.
Washington, Juno 14, 1870.
Contras.
A telegram from Washington, dated June SO,
says: Business moves so slowly through Con
gress that some of the chairmen of committees
expressed the opinion to-day that the session
would have to be extended beyond the 15th
of July. The new fiscal year commences in ten
day’s time, and only one-half of the appropria
tion bills are yet enacted into laws. The prin
cipal delay is in the Senate, where a few men
occupied most ot the time in debate. To-day,
for instance, nearly all the Senators who spoke
last week on the cheap postage question, re
peated their remaiks. The tax and tariff bills,
the whisky and tobacco tax measures, and the
Rinding and currency bills are the most impor
tant ones pending, besides the appropriation
bills.”
Reins Himself Investigated,
General Butler, who has continually been at
the head of some committee, investigating some
body, is, at last, himself the subject of investiga
tion, as Treasurer and President ol the National
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home. He ap
peared before the House Military Committee as
a witness. That committee having been di
rected to thoroughly investigate that inuHtnHnn,
he made a statement of the way he had received
and disbursed the funds, which the committee
did not appear to be satisfied with, and, there
fore, decided to send for persons and papers. It
seems that Butler got a bill passed turning over
the unclaimed bounty fund, draft, commutation
fund, etc., to this institution, which amounted
to over a million and a quarter of dollars. He
recently drew nearly two thirds of thiB amount,
and Congress is determined that he shall show
what he did with it.
Farmer and Artisan.—This capital weekly,
devoted to Agricultural and Mechanical interests,
has just completed its first semi-annual volume,
Those who have preserved the numbers, from
week to week, have a handsome volume of 416
pages of valuable industrial reading, with nu
merous illustrations. The publisher annnqnrf»a
that the experiment of a weekly journal de
voted to the reviving industries of the South, is
a success. A weekly has unquestionably some
points of interest and value which the numer
ous excellent agricultural monthlies do not
possess. Many things cannot be fiilly discussed,
or fully advertised in a monthly before the sea
son is over; while four issues in a month afford
ample time for discussion and application of
new facts, theories, &c. Therefore we bail tLe
weekly press, devoted to improved husbandry
as au invaluable auxiliary to the farming Inter
est. The Farmer and Artisan is a handsome
quarto of 16 pages. Each number contains,
besides valuable original matter, the best arti
cles from the industrial journals of this country
and Europe. Timely papers on cotton, grain
and grass culture, fruit growing, gardening, and
the wide range of topics of interest to house
wives, enrich its pages. Much space is also de
voted to mechanical interests. The present is a
good time to subscribe. Terms, $3 a year, or
$1 50 per volame ot siz months. Address,
Farmer and Artisan, Athens, Ga.
“ Jes So.”—A Milledgeville correspondent of
the Atlanta Intelligences asks the following
question:
Do the people of Atlanta really want the State
Capitol located in your city? If so, why did a
majority of your voters cast their suffrages
against the present Constitution which gives it
to you?
The Intelligencer replies:
“ It does not necessarily follow that when At
lanta voted against the adoption of tbe present
State Constitution, her people did not want the
capitoL And having got it, we can say to our
esteemed correspondent, his hope of its.ctornto
Milledgeville, which we are pleased to know has
suffered little by its loss, is one that will never
be realized.”
Nor does it necessarily follow that those who
voted in favor of the adoption ot the Const itu,
tion wanted the capitol removed; hence it does
follow that there has been no fair expression of
the will of the people on that subject. Is the
Intelligencer willing to submit the question
to the people l—Federal Union.
When the people call for it, the Ihtxlli
gencer will throw no obstacle in the way; but
it will not recognize the demands of the Mil-
ledgeville presses, however much it respects
their opinions, as the voice of the people of the
State npon the Capital question.
Clear as thr Sky is that balmy fluid which
is taking tbe place of the unctions compounds
hitherto used for dyeing the hair. Pbalon’s Vi
talia, or Salvation ior the Hair, Is as cloudless as
“ the light in beauty’s eyes,” and it darken*gray
hair to any shade irom golden brown to perfect
ebony. Bold by all druggists. je22—It
Cheapest and Best—Mrs. Whitcomb’s Syrup
for children, is sold by Druggists for 25 cents a,
bottle, and i3 an admirable preparation for infant
ile disorders, je21—It