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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA- TUESDAY MAY 12 1885.
DUEL ISLAND.
A CURIOUS SPOT OF LAND IN THIS
TUOALO RIVBR.
An Xditor Oom on a fishing Bip*dltlon.*nd Gttche*
Lota of Information on tha W*y-Th* Bo#n*
of an Old Boal-A Somanoa of tha
flood-incidents of Worth,
From the Hartwell, Ga., San.
Friday afternoon of lint week Meun. Jai.
It. Meredith, W. H. and W. It. Stephenson,
Jim and John Magill resolved to go a-fisbing
up on the Tugalo at Ilatton'a lord. Hired
back, took aome quilt*, old clothe* to Mine in,
a piece of bacon, meal, and a frying-pan, and
put out. Had a pleasant ion mile drive to the
ford, and enjoyed the delightful flower
ladcncd breeze*. Nothing worthy of mention
Was *een on the way except a dead dog hang
ing to a limb in the wood* near Mr. John
Cleveland**, which led u* to believe that the
aheep raiiers in that neighborhood have a dog
law unto tbemielves.
The sun was about an hour high when
we arrived on the Carolina aide of the
river, where we struck camp under a high
bluff. Meredith said thero waa a splendid
place to catch sucker* up the river a mile and
a half,where a creek emptied in,so we donned
our old clothes, and leaving Bob to fix the
camp, marched up the bank in Indian file,
over one of the roughest routes it was ever
our misfortune to traverse. When we arrived
at the place, hot and foggod out, Meredith
coolly informed us that we were just two miles
and a hall from camp. We were too tired to
murder him, else to day bis wife would be a
disconsolate (7) widow. The seining did not
pan out quite up to our anticipations, but we
got enough fish for supper, and when we
reached camp at dusk found that Bob had
prepared a fire ready to cook supper. We
were deputised to do the cooking, and when
we took an inventory of our cooking utensils
found that we bad a frying pan, nothing to
make up dough in, nothing to
eook it in, no coffee pot,
anything but that small short handled frying-
S in. Bob got on bis horse and rode a mile to
e nearest house and got the nocessary uten
*Us savo a coffee pot, and so wo had to make
the coffee in a kettle. Wbile we were engaged
In frying flab Bob took the kettle to the river,
filled it, and «u on the point of putting the
coffee into the kettle of cold water. Owing to
the uncertainty of cooks our wife had tatight
ua the art ol making oollee, so we told Bob to
boll the water before be put in the coffee, and
when it was made and the fisb fried we had a
•upper fit for five of the hungriest fellows that
ever went a fishing.
TBIOWIJIG TUB ariKR 0Uf.
After supper w* selnod the ford, and of all
the rough work that seining was the worst.
The bottom of the river la covered with rooks
of all sises and shapes, but we noticed opo
thing—the sharp edges were uppermost every
time. In a fow minutes Meredith had a
''ketch** in his knee and had to turn his end
of the if ine over to Undo Billy. In a fow
minutes moro Bob began to flounder about on
one foot exclaiming, "Uochl ouch I umphi
lordyl 1 believe my le
laughed at first, but wbeu
the crag had torn the knee of his pants wo
begun to sympathizu with him. Though his
wound was a Simula abrasion of the eutiole,
It put a stop to hi* seining. We took his
place, and by tha Unis we had caught
enough fish for breakfast wo wore alt willing
to quit. We made down our pallets, and Jim
and Uncle Billy did the sleeping for the
crowd. Dicad of snakes kept us from sleop-
Ing, and we kept kUiodith and Bob awake,
so we got even with the snakes
Haturday morning we went up to Mr. Har
rison fries’*. who owns* a Urge plantation
along the river. Mr. Price proved to baa
most courteous gentleman, and we cannot
thank him too much for his kindness, lie
threw open wide the doors of his hospitable
borne to us. He is au intelligent, progressive,
thrifty farmer, end has n fine farm
in splendid trim. He has
erectsd a handsome dwelling, and all of
the surroundings indicate that ho is on the
high road to generous prosperity. He fur
nished us with fishing tackle, dug bait for us,
and told us that if there waa anything ho
could do for ui to command him.
AX OLD TIME DP1L.
Returning to camp we wadod the river over
to the island, and as it had no name we took
tho liberty of dubbing it "Duel Island.*' It
contains ninety- three acres, about seventy of
which aro tillable. The Island has a history,
and we wero shown the exact epot where Ben
jamin F. Ferry and Bynum fought a duel over
a half century ago. It ws* in tho days of
a'll, “*■
nullification, in *12, when politic* were stormy
and party spirit ran high. Ferry waa a staunch
unionist and Bynuiu waa a fiery nullifier. The
latter grossly insulted Ferry, and in ob*-
dlslice to the barbarous custom that then pre
vailed Ferry had to challenge him or suffer
disgrace at the bar of public opinion. At the
day appointed they met on the island, eaoh
with hts pistol and coffin. Bynum was au
expert shot, and it was confidently believed
that Ferry would bite the dust at tha crack of
hia pistol. They fought at ten paces. At tho
word Ferry fired first. Bvntim then fired and
his bell tore a hole through Ferry'seost breast
exposing the red lining. Colonel Huger, syho
was present and near Bynum, exclaimed,
'•lie’s got it," and Bynum replied, "I have'
too." llynum*a ban hit exactly where
he had told his fritnds it would, but Ferry's
coat was a very loose fit and the bullet
S ued the skm leaving a blue streak across
body. l‘erry*a ball want through llynum’a
thigh, cutting the main artery, and tne poor
fellow bled to death. He was carried to a homo
on the place now owned by Mr. Price, and the
blood stains, from his wounds, were visible on
the ceiling when the house was torn down last
year. His remains were interred at the old
stone church, three mile# from Fendlelon, and
tradition says that a green pine pole used to
carry the «din, was stuck in the ground at
the brad of the grave, took root and is now a
large tree. The tree is thero to corroborate tho
tradition. Mr. Ferry is still
II Vint at Green villa, the Keitor ol
Carolina statesmen. He has held many prom
inent positions, and shortly after the war was
governor of the state. Mrs. W. F. Wheeler,
of Hartwell, is a unco ef bis.
a BTokv or vat noon.
At the time of the May freehet in 1840 two
men were engagvd tu farming on this island.
They took provisions with them to do for
several days, as they lived too far off to go
bock atd forth each day. When the ram
began they had no idea of danger and made
no effort to leave the island, lu a short time
the waters had risen to such height that they
cculo ret t scape. They went to the highest
part of the island but soon found that some
thing had to be done er they would be swept
away. They found a tree with three
trunks united at tho bottom and forking out i
lew feet above the gr>mnd and nailed strips of
planks to etch trunk high enough as they
thought would be secure and made n sort of
plalu-rm with toenls. perched upon which,
with He surging»»ir»i beuealU they remain
ed for five tons dais and nights before thev
were rescued. We were shown the tree, which
is a piet-osk atd n*w dead, onlv two of tha
trunks mrain star.dirg.
On the tower vnd of the Itlsnd is a bustard
most, and we saw quite a Lumber of tnese
Winged scavengers ia the tall trees.
Uotun’s ford is e quarter ol a mile wide,
sed yet we were ■ Mured that a Mr. l’ickre\ I
case thrtw a silver dollar across it. We
would have fried ih« pr^rot, but unfortunate-
ly bad la silver so Mr. Fickrell can re
tain the belt.
1 n '.T-. U U Down from th.
kitty mtMU e»r . JUUno. of iioty-
JviT- f,t * * j “ ptf-t"! by bttoUr., i.jo
tbe liver tad made ;w eacaoe.
0« th. G«ortii >u. U to old in UI, >ud to
£htttkn rU “ 10 “
AFTER BILK. ABP.
The Advantage* of tieor*i» Contrasted With
tbe Disadvantage* of Texas
Editors CoxsnTimoM: I have been reading BUI
Arp's glowing description* of Texas with much
interest. I know Bill means well, but hi* letter*
are calculated to do a great deal of harm to the
good people of Georgia. Our land Is not rich like
the “black waxy” prairie* of Tex**, nor like the
freer roil of her stunted timber lauds, nor like tne
Trinity bottoms or the Brazos bottoms, and oar
fainxrs are discouraged and time* are hard fa
Georgia. But Georgia bea advantage* and on-
venlmcea and necessaries and luxuries that are
pot known In Texas, and which Georgians, and
especially middle and north Georgians, cannot
well afioid to exchange even for the rich land
of Texas. Why dot a Bill speak in such unquali
fied praise of tho country? Can he be ignorant of
It* disadvantages? Wo all think woil of our BUI
and have confidence in what he says. We don’t
think ho would intentionally misrepresent any
thing, espr dally a matter that might affect tbe
welfare of his own people, and when he
come" fo speak of Texas through
generally read a paper as Tita
Coxstitutiox we naturally look for “tho truth,
tbe whole truth and nothing but the truth.” Ills
article* are flattering to Texas and as silent to all
flesh Is heir to es are
_ land agenciee or Texas
railroad corporation<wbo have, or had, million of
am* of land for sale. Bill even goes so far a* to
mj that If he wereayoung man be would make
7t-xa*hlahome! Whata baleful Influencesuena
declaration must have upon our vouiivffermcr*! If
I were not perfectly convinced of hi* honesty and
Imonuptonility, 1 mJtbUn«pecttbathcis paid for
his advertisement of that country, or at least that
he resorts to this method to make himself popular
ard thereby secure large audiences at his lecture*.
But, knowing Bill Arp to, be a pure
and simple minded — —
exhibited to him all tho good of this country
through a powciful microscope, and have care
fully concealed the evil. This claw has much
land or many city lots that they want to sell at a
high price, or hold for a still higher. The7 are
vitally Interested In Indudng Immigration, and
lu settling tbe country. They are ever eager
to buttonhole the influential stranger,
and pour into
(•Ia" nf
JICTC Jllll »■ III.MIU -J
waa affee'ed much a* ho appeal* to bo. On my
fi!»t and prospecting visit to Texas I was so deeply
mpremd by what I was told that 1 came right
* - ia, made my arrangements and
once. Altera residence thero of
seven monlbs, I returned to Georgia, “a wiser but
V a happier man.” 1 gained by my experiment
exss.ablfb opinion of Georgia as a country
to live In. I guess Texas would do as well to die In,
hut bavlng Loauch desire at the time,I came home.
Besides omitting to give the bad aspects of Texas,
Bill states factaln such a way as to create wrong
Jmprmiori upon the minds of Georgia people,
when be says there are no five oont cigars In Texas.
They rout ten cents apiece. We would Infer that
all the | eople are so wealthy that nobody would
smoke suytnlrg but a pure “Havana filler;” whoa
* * ly (bat hsme cigar that Bill paid ten cents
not cost more than 915 per thousand. In
Texas it is customary to “hug” a man who is not
potted. JncTcrsawnny real poor people till I
went to Texas. Wo don’t have them In Georgia.
Bill speaks ol an iso.ooo courth.rn.se at Belton,
it ud makes a great “to do” about It. HI were a
betting man,! would bet Bill any amount that
our new courthouse at Covington that la to cost
|2* t oco is a better building amis liner bulldlug,
and 1 exptet It Is as large a building. Our court
house Is superior in every respect to the court-
home at Fort Worth, and 1 was to’.d It coat 990,000.
1 raw many courthouses in Texas that cost from
8-10.000 to 900,000 and 900,000, and It Is my opinion
tiist the new courthouses In the state ol
Grorgis, built at a cost of from 920,000 to
940.000 aro equal If not superior to them. The
ui vi.uOd.OOO, will not be inferior, except probably
In kite, to thefktato capltol ol Texas, which Is to
«st over 93,100,090.
But 1 don’t purpose to enter Into details. _
make the above statements merely that your
readers may have aome data from which thoy may
work out a system ol cxchsugo bstweou
Georgia facta and Texas facts, and bo enabled to
form correct Ideas as to the real merits, from a
Georgia point ol vlcw.ot statements In refcrenco
to matters In Texas. In a future letter I may get
* n to psrtlcuitrs. Yours, K. X. D.
vikqton, Ga., May 3,
A RINK PROTECTOR.
THE TRUCKERS.
Tbe Vrospscta and Wants of tao Truck Farmers In
tbs Bute- an Agent to bo Located in th* Oily
of Atlanta- Other Truck Farm Notes ta
tha mate- Rail road TaU-Xto,
Bow a Well Meaning Inventor Astonished
the Native* amt Clot Into Trouble.
From the New York Time*.
There I* not tbe least doubt that when Mr. Haw
kina Invented bis rink protector be meant well.
The testimony ol thoso who know him Is unani
mous In declaring that ho is au exceptionally
benevolent man, and If tho rink proprietor really
pculsts In making Mr. Hawkins pay for the chanr
dellcrs It will be an unjust and contemptible act.
Tbe Idea ol the rink protector occurred to Mr.
Hawkins one morning when ho bad accompanied
the young ladles of bis Bible class to a popular
skating rink. There wero seventeen of these young
ladles, and as Mr. llawklna lo ined against a pillar
and wstchtd them falling either separately or in
masses, and sustaining muoh apparent and
probably greater Invisible injuries, ho was filled
with ooxnpaaalcu, and asked himself if something
could not be douo to render unnecessary such a
painful spectacle ol sweet girls Jangled out ol
tune. The conception ol the rink protector sud.
dcnly occurred to him, and h* resolved to glvo It
to the world without deity.
That afternoon Mr. Uawklua took a small boy to
the rink and experimented with him for nearly an
hour. He ascertained that when a skater Is be
trayed by hit skates he cither alts down violently,
thereby Jarring his spinal column, or he kneels
w ilh equal violence and runs the risk of tnu-turlax
his kme capo. With these facta at o is oom maud
Mr. llawklna readily perceived that hit content-
f ilated rink protector should meet a double want,
t should be made to protect the knees as well as
the spinal eolumn. Mr. llawklna therefore gave
himself to the study of the capabilities of India
rubber, and in cauneof the week ho had patented
under the general name of Hawklns'a rink pro-
nrtor two strong India rubber air cushions, to be
fitted to a skater's knee, and a lancer air cushion
to ba worn In the place of au ordinary “dress im
prover."
Mr. Hawkins has a daughter, a young lady
weighing 1J0 pound*. He had never permitted
her to vialt the rink, hnt he now Informed her
that If she would w<wr his rink protector she
might skate all Baturday afternoon. As the rink
protector could be worn by Mias Hawkins without
attiscung attention she gladly agreed to her
father’s terms, and on Saturday afternoon last ac
companied him to the rink, where be proposed to
ice Ms new iuvcntiou put to a final test
Mlsa Hawkins, curiously enough, managed to
keep her feet lor nearly ten minutes after putting
skatea, but at the expiration of that time she
•ame leas cautious, and in another moment she
— down with tremendous violence. The au
cushion did Us duly. The lair wearer, the mo
-cut she struck tbe floor, rebounded In a way that
the spectators seemed supernatural. Tho cbm ■
again rcboutidid, but this time at an angle of forty
degrees with the floor. In her serial flight she
mowed down twelve girl* and eight men, sad had
she not fortunately struck the wall with her head
- which was cot cUitio-ohe might have Inflicted
still (uttber damage.
Of course this experiment proved that Haw-
kius'srirk protector was not a desirable thing,
but It certainly did not prove that Uawktus was
actuated by a drain? to Injure tbe rink proprietor,
and the conduct of tbe latter la suing Mr. Haw
kins for the value ol the chandelier, and In de-
pcuDcIbg him tea bad and malicious man, can
not be too severely condemned by all who judge
men by their motive* and not by their mistakes.
The Limn Uonn.
Firm the Quitman, Oe., Free Press.
It it an evidence ol ronlharn improvidence,
neglect end laek of knowledge that every
farmer In the land docs not raize qdantitlea of
tbe lima beaus. They always command a
high price, rorth and south, and are the only
bran* that can be kept without trouble In tble
climate through the entire year. What ie
mere palatable or nutrition* than dried lima
bean* properly coobed? There 1* no better pl**a
to ialoe them than in the fence corner*, which
are rieh with the washing* from the field,
while the fence afford* jwat the kind of a place
the vinca delight to trail upon, la this ell*
mate the vinee grow and boar until kUM by
free!. They should be gathered (to keen) be-
fare the pod is entirely dry, and before th*
bean baa shrunk. Tick out a good place sad
plaat about fifty fence jams, three bills to the
jsm, and see if they don't pay bettor than any
thing yon plant.
Amu nr, May 7.—{Special Correspondence. J
Pennant to notice a respectable and thoroughly
representative meeting of the melon growers and
market gardeners was held here In the
courthouse at 2 p. m. to-day. RepresenUtin
wero y resent from the counties of Lee, Dougherty,
Mitchell and Thomas. The meeting was organ!
zed by cafffng Mr. J. 8 Scalfe, of Camilla, to tho
chair. Colonel J. Armstrong wo* requested to
act as secretary. Mr. J. R. Forrester, of Dougher
ty,on request by the chairman,stated the main ob
Jcct of the meeting to be the selection of a distrib
uting agent, with headquarters at Atlanta, during
he;coming season. Alter some discussion Mr. 1.8.
Davis, of Albany, was nominated and unanimous
ly selected. He held the same position last year,
which he filled if ith general satisfaction. It wa«
then moved and carried that biz pay and expen
ses be provided for by an assessment of GO cents
per acre on all who were Interested and engaged
In the melon growing business and were willing
to contribute thla assessment. A list was then
made of those present, and absentees represented
by proxy, who were willing to contribute, with the
following result:
J. R. Forrester, 200 seres; A. W. Tucker, 80; Dr.
P. Hi Usman, SO; Wight A Davis, 30; B. F. Wildot,
75; D. K. Butler, 15; 8. F. Hcol/e, 11; T. R. Bennett,
9; J, L. Butler, C; G. C. Cochran, 25; Jas. Calloway,
8; Twltty & Fitzgerald, 15; G. B. Cochran, 21; J. W.
Forrester, 20; B. A. Forrester, 20.
A large number of names to be added to the
above list waa confidentially promised from the
lower part of the state.
lu addition to the truckmen, there were present
Major W. C. Wallace, representing the Louisville
ana Nashville railroad **“ ** -*
Atlanta, of the Western
Mr. Elam Johnson, ol the firm of Elam Johnson &
Bon, of Atlanta, each one of whom favored the
meeting with remark! as to transportation rates
and facilities, new markets, etc. Also Mr. J. P.
Beckwith, of Jacksonville, Fla., agent ol the
Georgia Associated Traffic lines. It was developed
during the remarks made by each of the above
named gentlemen that the transportation facilities
for the present year would be greatly Increased,
and that a far bettor class of cars would be pro
vided.
On motion, tbe following committee was ap-
Dinted by the chairman to corro-
_^ond and arrange about tho com
pensation among the melon growers in tho various
districts and counties to bo paid their Atlanta
•gent:
In Albany, J. R. Forrester and A. W. Tucker.
At Hardaway and Baconton, G. M. Bacou,
At Leesburg. H. L. Lowry.
At Blakely, J. B. Hobbs.
At Bartow, Thomas county, J. 8. Norton.
At Camilla, J. F fioalfe and U. W. Bendy.
It waa suggested that tbe several railroad lines
most interested In the transportation ol the crop,
be requested to bear a proportionate part of the
expense Incident to keep' * *~ ‘ *•--*-
sud a committee of two..
establishment ol the Atlanta distributing agency.
That great additional transportation facilities had
been provided in tho way o!
sn increased number of car*
and better constructed in every respect. That the
toads fully appreciated the lmportanoe of the
would bo used this year In the business. He spoke
* *-*7, M did likewise all tho other railroad
_ . Ativea present, ol the plan to prorate tho
expense* of the Atlanta agency with tho railroads.
Mr. J. 8. Norton, an extensive melon grower of
Thomas county, strongly advocated tho establish
ment ol an agency for tho eastern markets at Bos
ton, Mats , and furnished the meeting with some
interesting statistics from his own experience in
raising and shipping melons during th* past Un
years, lie further stated that the crop was from
ten days to two weeks behind in his section, and
that the aggregate acreage was 25 per cent less than
lsst year. This ho attributed to the fact tbat the
melon growers bad commenced to intensify their
crops and were planting a new and improve?!
variety of seed, more adapted to the soil sud oil
mate. Thst the rsttkeuako hod given way to tho
Kolbgem variety, which latter were moro market
able aa well as prolific, otc,
Hcvcrnl other?- present made remarks and brief
addresses, aligning to show that melon growing
on an increased scale, was now one of tho firmly
eriabUancd industries of southwest Georgia, ana
would in tho tuturo. bo fostered byluteUigonceas
well arClabor.
Of the psrtles present, and thoee represented by
proxey, it was shown that 1,030 acres belonging to
them, were planted in melons alone, between
Camilla and Leesburg. This excludes all the
h'Wtr pan of Mitchell and tho upper portion of
l.ec, not reprm-utod, besides a large ““
arouua Albsuy
respect, ana
lions on the course of Tint Atlanta CoasrirunON
and one or two other papers which have given aid
ard encouragement, sud the election of J. 8.
Hcalfc, of Camilla, to be permanent chairman, and
A.W, Tucker, ol Albany, to bo secretary aad treas
urer, adjourned.
Fat Women.
From tboBL Leu la Republican.
Doomsday la rapidly overtaking stout ladles
who have calmly witnessed tho coming of all
faabtus aud the going of the same, placid, nn-
vexed and undisturbed.
Growing more fat from a state of contentment,
and more content from a state of fatness. True,
they have had to bout out special stay-makers
and shoe makers and frock-makers, and hailed
the elastic stretchable Jerseys with a delight
which bos threatened a collapse at the rumor of
them being removed because scrsxgy people have
grown tired ol stuffing and! and uccks for this
poor r
allon.
■ UKIIUBIIBIUI vi uuilUkUf iur IRt IIUU-*. NUU UI
people move with such squeaky shoed majesty
through a crowd ss to command attention where
allm, wiry lemaUs would remain comparatively
unnoticed. Fst women look hotter lying back ou
the cushions of a coupe than the clapboard sUtera,
who spoil all by their nervous clutchee at the
blinds and their craning of necks to be seen.
Fashion had always a pleaiant little donation
for her 3tt>-pound slaves, who grabbed at U eager
ly, and wero aapleaudas a child with a now
head for Its dislocated doll.
Fat women smile s good deal became they have
, . , R h i °/ tbelr ,ar ire feet, and are not nervous
rer ill-fitting shoes ss big as the fan to a thresh
ing machine.
But, alas! content Is fleeing far away, and the
new Hate of thing* will inevitably briug on nerves
again and thinness, tbe result always ol much
wotriment.
i>»»btou, for once, has completely Ignored hand-
unr, dishy ladies, who look handsome Decease
Like the artificial Saxon—the stout lady, ta
spite of her sirth and ponderous walk, will soon
be lest to sight, to make room for tbe new creature
of tbe honr.
Tbe raw boned, shingle made nos pul no-plate
article la rising In the horlsoa fast and long necks,
lot g sbapeless waists, suppressed UU*. angular
ants and a general stick m-the back kind of wo
man ts to “tula the envert, the camp, the grove”
There aro very frw fleshy old m*Bs. They say
riy kt eps them flat chested and thin as Hornets.
Nit* ts tbe time for this sisterhood to come from
tbrir s elusion and make one more grab at unruty
man, that arrh deceiver, who Las thus far hid un
der a rainwater barrel, or his own conceit, and
eluded nho catcher.
7 fcere never lived
toting on tbe future
fashion books, did not tong from her Inmost soul
to look some dsy Inst like the Impossible, his tv
shouldered, small ] rrr. -=» -
The roreetmskers are Insane with glee, es no
‘ —le machine can crash, com pro* and
female works as can *be whose business
It is to concoct vtcce, not eradicate them.
Homebody ts bound tube killed with all this
foolishness, of course.
IVi-tcn have labored lor years to do away with
ren the loosest stay*, m a necewary abolishment
Hot* a race of stoat, sturdy, great langcd women
can te born.
Where are the lunge going for the summer?
fotrt where to incommode livers, spleens or either
stay at home organs, who ora not situated to take
labcaydera for any time. Next winter eeusam>
lion will writ# hi* spidery autograph on esauya
now bVow?Ing cheek, end ulcere on the liver will
berosre the rage- They wlU cam* blah, hnt ta the
langnege of the day. we men mast have them.
GENERAL T. P. SMITH.
Biographical Sketch of a Late Citizen of
Griffin,
From tbe Griffin New*.
Editor GrifpixNkws: In your *hort but ap
propriate notice of the death ol General Thom
a* Pinckney 8mith,you aay he was called gen
ial “but did not claim tbe title." I do not
know if he claimed the title but he certainly
Is lawfully entitled to it. Away back in the
forties when yet a young man, he wa* elected
brigadier general of tbe second brigade, thir
teenth division Georgia militia. The brigade
consisted of all the arms bearing citixens of the
counties of Baker, Thomas and I think,
Decatur. He succeeded General Thomas E,
Blackburn, who resigned and movod to the far
west. The real generals of the late war have
superceded the militia generals of the ante
bellum peace establishment, but there are yet
lingering among us a few who trace their
military title to that era. The goneral was
elected when he yet had aspiratious to distia
gnish himself among his follow citizens by
in law and politics, but alas uflictiou
soon laid its weighty hand upon him, and he
had to abandon his profession, and every other
pursuit for which he was fitted. The condition
of his eye sight became such that he could not
read or write sufficiently to pursue any voca
tion which required much ol either. As might
be inferred, the cause which produced this
affected his whole system and rendered him
in fact an invalid. An incident of his affection
was peculiar—so peculiar tbat I never knew
or heard of anyone similarly afflicted. He
could not bear any illumination. The brilliant
electric, the gas, the lamp or the “tallow dip"
were alike to him, and he had to retire to com
plete darkness. But the brightest sun light he
could stand, by shading his eyes with colored
spectacles, which he never used however un
til the latter years of bis life. I first knew
him m the spring of 1841 when ho resided at
Aibsny, Georgia, then in the grand old county
of Bsker. That was his home when he was
elected as general. During his residence there,
be was prominent as a lawyer, but was not
adapted much to politics. Ho was too inde
pendent in his demcanoi, and too candid and
caustic in his speech for a politician. lie
moved from Albany to Macon, but soon his
physical inferiority alluded to, became so great
aa to forco bis retirement from practice. Ho
was a native of tbe county of Laurens and
reared thero when Laurens was one of tho fin-
rat counties in the stato. He studiod law at
Milledgeville. and i think undor William H.
Torrence. This put the general in contact
with the then very able local bar, and gave
him knowlcdgo of distinguished men in the
various parts of the itato. He personally
knew Samuel Rockwell, Willinn II. Torrence,
William T. Hsnsel), Judgo L. Q. G. Lamtr,
Judge John G. Polhil), Seaborn Jones, John
H. Howard, and many other distinguished
lawjers, whoso names 1 cannot just now re
call. His memory of mon and events dating
as far back as the beginning of tho political
contest between Clark and Troup, aud boiag a
bright and appreciative voutb, there grew up
a friendship between them which continued
until tbe death og the govenor. Valdosta, tho
govenor's plantation home in Laurens, was the
political Mecca to which innny Georgians
made their annual or semi annual pilgrimages
to have their faith renowed and strengthened
by that eminent Goorgian, and among the
most faithful was General Smith. Aud such
would como from distant states to visit him.
The first time the writer saw
J ovenor waa lu the summor of
849 when he was in the company of Mira-
beau B. Lamar, of Texas, who had come from
(hat slate to visit bin political father.
As long as General Smith's eyesight lasted
him he was both a student and a reader, ilia
information derived from books as well as men
was extensivo, aud interesting. He had a
distinctiveness of enunciation, a fluency of
speech and a fund of information, that render
ed him one of the most entertaining of talk
ers. He was not moro widely and better known
because of bis affliction. His knowledge of
old Georgian*, of family history, of those later-
csting topics that it may do to talk of, but not
to publish, was greater than that of any ono in
my knowledge. He knew incidents in the
lives of British and American celebrities thst
could be found nowhere excopt in the rare old
books of the Astor library, or had been related
to him by somo old antiquarian long since
sleeping the eternal Bleep under tho daises.
Many young men and young women noticing
this quaint looking old gentleman upon some
street of our Georgia cities, and not knowing
who he was, would bo surprised beyond de
scription, to learn that ho knew more of their
ancestors than they did. He could perhaps
tell eurh and all the maidens names of their
grandmothers, and of their great grandmoth
ers—what they did not know themselves, nor
eould know in any other way. The doath of
General Smith make* tbe third in tho course
of a few yeara of the best informed upon mod-
ern Georgia history and Georgia people. Tho
others are William H. Sparks and Cincinna-
tus Peeples. I had the grateful opportunity
to have several conversations with tne Utter
during his list illness. He was more inter
esting than he ever had been, and 1 could not
help reflecting upon the precious memories
that must with him soon perish, never to be
revived. General Smith may have left some
mtnuecrlpt written long ago, or dictated to
others, but if so 1 know not.
Ricbard H. Clark,
Atlanta, Ga., April 14,1885.
THR MAY MERCURY
Goes Away Unwn futti tho IVasls uf tha
Thormometei.
Jarlstillr, Wis., May 7.—A heavy wind
storm set iu from tbe northeast last night.
The mercury fell to 28 degree* above aero, and
ice formed a quarter of an ineh thick. The
tobacco bads suffered severely. Tho mercury
stood at 38 degrees daring to-day, which was
tha coldest ever known here in Mar
a coldest ever known here in May.
DisMoires, la., May 7.—A hard frost pro
filed here last n’ * ** ’
quarters of an inch
vailed here last night, making ice three-
‘ * thick. Fruit and growing
S». FiSL, Minn., May 7.—Con.idor.blo
•now fell in thi. accUon yesterday and lut
night. Tha tbermom.Ur fell away below
fretting point, and num.roua report, bare
bten received ol water pipe, freezing. A
cold wind U blowing to-day, bat there baa
been no rain er .now.
Tbe mow itorm la general throughout th.
northwet. Seeding will b. retarded, but no
great damage ha. been dona to regetation, aa
U wa. net far enongh advanced to inSor
■erionaly. Ice i. an Inch thick at Yankton,
and the fruit bud. are frozen. There 1< an
Inch of .now at Fargo. Tbe wind i. going 40
mile, per honr. It 6 SI degree, above zero.
Bueu.OTOM, Iowa, May 7.—Tho thermome-
tar regntered two degree. bMow freezing
point hero lut night. The ice formed half an
Ueh thick. Small frnit. are badly damaged
hnt no Sold crop, are injured.
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MOST FERTECT KAHt
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Nxw Ties, May 9.-The weekly itatement
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STncm-
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Legal tenders decrease..........
nepoaiu Increase
Circulation decrease....^.—
Reserve increase
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....^. 1,552,800
, 602,900
M6M90
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KNDORSAD-J. Marlon Mm*. M. D., Hon. Alex,
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T)Y VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE COURT
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in tbe city of Atlanta, Fulton county,
-— — r — ,y o _ ,——.—.—_ — —— ——_, — _—_—_
fronting 42 fret C Inches on Friers street, running
bark parallel with A. F.Trlpod's line one hundred
ard fire feet six inches, to the lino of Mrs. Djugh-
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