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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1874)
(Etirowcte an& grattnel. WEDNESDAY MAY 13, 1874. HOW PERSIMMONS TOOK CAH OB DE BaBY. Persimmons wsh a colored lad, ’Way down in Lou’niauny, And ail the teaching that he had Wan given hun by his granny. But he did Ins and .tv ever As <veil as yo «, it may be ; With faithfulness and pride alwava, He minded missus' baby. He 1 >ved the ■ ou iseUof the sainta. And. aotnetimea. those of sinners, To run off'possum-hunting and Steal -water milion” dinner. And fervently at meet n'. too, tin every Sunday night. He'd siih ihe elders shout and pray. iiv ;he pine-hnoU' flaring ligh.. And sing the.r rudest melodies, With voice so full and strong. You could almost ihink he learned them Prom the angel’s truinph song. BONO. “We be nea'erto de Lord Dan lie white folks, and dey know* it; See de giory-ga-e unbarred - Walk in, darkies, past de guard— li,*t you iiollar He won’t close it. “Walk in. dirkiee. troo do gate. Hear de kuUetcd angels holler : Go Way. white folks, you're too late, We’s de winnin’ kitller. Wait Tili de trumpet blow to feller.” He wonid croon this over softly As he lav out in the sun : Bu' the song ha heard mo-t often— His granny's favonte one— Was: "Jawge Washington, Thomas Jeff rson. Persimmons, Henry Clay, be Quick shut e do’, Get up off dat flu', Come lieah and mind de bahv.” One night there came a fearful storm, Aim -t a second flood ; The river rose, a torrent swol n Os beaten, yellow mu l. It hit at Its embankments And lapped them down in foam, Till, surging through a wide crevasse, i he waves seethed round their home. They scaled the high verandah, They tilled the parlors clear, Till and ialing chairs and tables Clashed againt tne chandelier. Twas then Persiunn ms’ granny, Stout of arm anti terror proof, By means of ax and lever 'Pried up the verandah roof ; Bound mattresses upon it With stoutest cords of rope. Lifted out her fanning mistress, Having, “Honey, dar is hope! You. Jawge Washington. Thomas Jefferson Persimmons. Henry Clay, be Quick on ilat raft, Don’t -tar' like a calf. But take good cab oh baby!” The frothing river lifted them, Out on ns turlnd iide, And for a while they floated on Together, side by side ; Till, broken by the current strong, I lie (nil raft unapt in two, And Persimmons sa w his granny Past lading from his view. The deck-hands on a steamboat Heard, as ihey passed in haste, A child’s voioe singing in the dark, Upon the water's wave, A song of faith and triumph, Os .ilost-s and the Lord; And throwing out a coil of rope, They drew him safe on board. Full many a stranger oily PeisimirnsiiH wandered through, A-totin’ on dor baby, and Hinging s mgs be knew. At length some City Fathers Objected to his plan, Arresting as a vagr .ut Our valiant little man. They carried out the r purponos, Persimmons "’lowed he’d spile ’em," Bo sl'ipinj from Uio station-house, lie st du bain from the sylutip And on that very afteru ion, As it was growing dark, He sang, bn i te toe fountain in I'ke crow led city p .rs, A rude ca up-meeting anthem, Which lie had sung b fore, While on hi graiin s fragile raft lie united far from shore. BONO. “Mo e» Bmo ede water, and De se gabe aaay ; De cnildr n day fassod ober, for I e s» a gabo a Way. O, on! 1 feel ho glad. It am always dark fo’day, So. hotkey, don't yer be sad, De soa’d gib way." A lady, dreseedin mourning, Turned wnb a sudden s-art. Gave one glnioe at the baby, Then caught n to her heart; While a BUli.-tanti 1 shadow, That was waking by nemide, Sensed P. rsimmons by the shoulder, And, w.dle slie snook him, cried: “Ibu. Jawge Whs lington, Thomas JolT rson. Persimmons, Henry Olay, he Qmok. eplain yersetf. ohilo— Stop dat ar foul smile - Whar you done been wid baby.” [St. Nicholas for May. THE FATAL AllltOW, My father had a fair-haired harvester; i gleaned behind him m t o barley land, And tiler bo put a red rose in my hand; O, cruel, killing loaves those rose leaves were ! Ho sung to mo a little lovelorn lay, Le . rued of some bird ; and while his sickle swept Athwart the shilling stalkH, my wild heart kept Bea nig ’lie (uiio up with him all tho way, One time no rested by (lie limpid stream. O'er which the loose-tougued willows whis pered low; Ah, bie sed hour! so long and long ago, It uo ~eth back on me like a dream. And iliero ho told me. blushing soft—all me! Os one that he could love—so young and fair, Like mine tho color of hereycH and hair! O, foo.ish heart! 1 thought that i was she! Full flows 1 his manly beard; his eyes so brown Made sweet confession with thoir tender look ; A thousand times I kissed him in the brook. Across the ll worn with ba Ilf ill eyelids down. And even yet 1 cannot hear the stir us willows by the wat r but 1 stop, And down the wa in waves all their length 1 drop My empty arms to lind my harvester. In all bis speech there was no word to mend ; Whate'er he said, or right or wrong was best. Until at last an arrow pierced my breast. Tipt with a latal point —ho called me friend. Still next my heart tho faded ro.-c I wore, But all so sad; full well l know, God wot, That 1 had been in lore and he had not, And io the barley field I gleaned no more. HAUL II ALDAN'S DAUGHTER. It was Earl Bahian's daughter. Bile looked across the Water. And long and loud laugh’d she ; “ the locks of six princesses Must be my marriage fee. So hey. bonny boat, and ho. bonny boat! Who comes a-wooing me!’’ It was Earl Haitian's daughter. She walked along the sand ; When she was aw are of a knight so fair, Come sailing to the land. His sails Were ad of velvet. Ills mast of beaten gold. And "hey. bonny boat, and ho, bonny beat, Who sailetli here so bold?” "The looks of five princesses 1 won beyond the sea : 1 shore i lie r golden tresses, ie fringe a cloak for thee. One handful yet is wanting, liut one of ail ihe (ale. He hey. bonny boat, and ho, bonny boat! Purl up illy velvet sail!" He leap! into the water, i hat rover young and bold: ilegnpt Earl Haldan’s daughter. He sh re hoi look* of gold; "Go weep, go weep, proud maiden. Tin (ale is tuU to-day. Now lev. b.nny boat, aid ho, bonny boat! Hail westward he. and away !’’ [/Vein Kingsley's ••Amyas Leigh " ! A LOST CHORD. Seated one day at the organ. I »as weary* an i ill at ease : My fl. g< re >■ anuein g idly uvet the solemn key*. Knowing not what 1 wasplaying. N, i the things I wa* dreaming then. Is blu ed a chore of music That thril eU like a giaat amen ! Filling the crimson twilight \Y itb the soul of an angel's psaim. It lay on niv leveled spirit The touch of a holy cairn. Quieting pain and sorrow, Like a love o ere iui g strife, It seemed a harmonious echo From our discordant life. Sinking perplexing meanings lu ape feet liu-h ot p ace, Andi end Ting away into silence, As if it were loth to cease. Seeking, but seeking vainly. For tl at one lost chord divine, Which came from the soul of the organ And entered into mine— Trusting t’ at death's dim angel May awake that chord again. I know that the hosts of Heaven fehall return me the grand amen! A JEW PARTY. The Farmers iu Council. Chicago, May 6.—A meeting of the advisory board of the State Farmers’ As sociation of Illinois was held at Bloom iuutou yesterday, lifty-two out of 102 counties in the State being represented. The object of the meeting was to decide upon the availability of organizing au independent political party, the matter ! having been referred by the last meeting j of the State Association to this commit tee. After discussion, which lasted nearly all day, it was decided by au al- ! most unanimous vote that anew party should be organized, which shall include members of all industrial organizations, and a call was issued for a State Conven tion to meet at Bloomington. A negro boy died of hydrophobia in Athens Monday morning. BOHEMIAN RUINS. [Sew York Correspondence Cincinnati Com mercial.] i The sudden and tragical death, by hy drophobia, of the brilliant, beautiful, ! fascinating and once fardous Ada Clare, ! has given a shock to all those who re member her in the days of her glory as “Queen of Bohemia”—that literarv Bohemia which had its capital, its pal ace and ita power in the subterranean cavern on Broadway known At “PfalTs.” Poor Ada Clare ! What a wild, pathetic life was hers. I recall the auroral gaye ty of its morning; tlie tropic passion of its noon; the clouds that gathered as the hours advanced; and now we see the Close of her career, alas 1 how sadly. A short time ago she was caressing a little pet terrier, when it sprang up and bit her severely on the nose; but not till three days ago did she feel the dreaded symptoms of that unmedicable affliction which yesterday culminated in the ap palling agony of her death. I do not propose to go over the career of this interesting American woman, bat will merely say that she was born in Charleston, of a wealthy South Carolina family, and that as she grew there to a handsome womanhood she developed histrionic powers and literary talents which brought her while yet young to New York, where she hoped to find ope portunity for their display. It is some fifteen years since I first saw her. One day a literary friend took me down to Pfaffs to give me a glimpse of the now ruined kingdom of literary Bohemia. As soon as we got down my friend said, “Ah, there is the Queer* of Bohemia,” and we stood in the presence of one of the handsomest, gracefulest, most luminous faced women I ever saw. She was then in her prime—perhaps twenty-five years of age. She was glit tering in the literary firmament. She bore sigus in her dress and jewelry that she was yet a favorite of fortune. She had for her lover the great musical ge nius aud pianist, Gottschalk. One did not often meet the Bohemians at PfalTs during daytime, but Ada Clare was there with a lady companion, taking lunch ; and I vividly remember how strange was the impression made on me when I saw two such ladies seated at the table in such a place enjoying their salt herring, black bread and lager beer. Her com panion, with the sail and sweet face and petite and delicate figure, was Getty Gay, also a bright and light literary Bohemian, who died long ago. PfafTs underground .place was always very nearly da’rk, even in the daytime; but the two famous ladies appeared to the best advantage under the single gaslight which shone upon their faces. Both of them were lively and hilarious. Let me tell yon a little about Bohemia and about Pfaffs as they were in those ante diluvian days. PfafTs was a lager beer restaurant, lo cated on Broadway, near Bleecker street, which had somehow or other got great fame among tho literary men and artists of the day, who and and not live in pecuniary clover, like their confreres of these hap pier times. Things were amazingly cheap and piquant there. You got a cup of superb black codec for three cents, bread and butter for three cent-, kidneys stewed for six cents, German pancake for six cents, and all other viands, even the best and rarest, were corresponding ly cheap. It grew to be a great literary haunt; anil, something less than twenty years ago, the Kingdom of Bohemia was established there by that pungent wit, Henry Clapp. “The scarred souls,” says a recent ill-informed writer, “used to drain the beaker at PfafTs, and there they displayed their dreadful, naughty blasphemy and ferocity and church rob bing tendencies and haughty misery.” But this is a very incomplete descrip tion of the place, a- will appear before-I am through. A well known poet, who was a Bohemian in old times, has, in a recently published volume, thus sung as a devotee of Pfaff: “In every city my caps I quaff, And over my liquor 1 riot aud laugh. “I I snub liko the cruel aud turbulent wave; I laugh at the church and laugh at the grave. • I terribly laugh, with an oath and a sneer. When I think that the hour of death is near.” But this also is a very imperfect de scription of the habitues of Pfaffs, and of their mood of mind. Pfaffs, as it was, has passed away; but the history of it would male one of the most unique and startling hooks in American litera ture. You may still see, at the old place in Broadway, tho tugn, “Pfaffs;” and, if you go down there, you may even behold the original and veritable old thick-headed German himself; but he and his place" have suffered sea change into something commonplace aud pitiful. He lives by recalling the Bohemian reveries of other days; but lie looks like the knight of the rueful coun tenance when he laments the degeneracy that hus overtaken literature in these times. Well, it was here that the Bohemians, but not they alone, gathered nightly in the time before the flood. By acclama tion, or by other means, Henry Clapp was appointed “King of Bohemia,” and, in course us time, Ada Clare became its Queen. I think Clap]) was tiie keenest wit of the French sort which wo have ever had in this country. Though a Yankee of the Yankees, he was Parisian in his spirit and ways, aud his wit bore a striking resemblance to that of Henri Rochefort. The Bohemian ring which haunted Pfaii’s had a long table at one eml of the place for their special use, and at this table only recognized Bohemians could sit, or eat. or drink. They began to drop in about six o’clock in the evening, and from that time till after midnight the revelries of the Bohemian Court were carried ou with ever changing guests—the great majority of whom were of the male sex, but perhaps half a dozen literary and artistic women fre quented the place with more or less ir regularity. They were newspaper wri ters, theatrical critics, ' poets, play wrights, actors, artists, musicians, pro fessioualists, novelists, red hot reform ers aud revolutionists, and all sorts of men of “genius,” not a few of whom were chronically hard-up. Sometimes, ou a gala night, you would see the King at olhs ent of tlie table and the Queen at the other, with the festive company ranged around, some enjoying a Jille with truflios and a bottle of cognac, while others had a kidney stew with lager beer; some enjoying clay pipes aud others cigars. Her# would be wit aud gayety aud recklessues. The bon mots 'll ung about were greeted with laughter or scorn, aud sentiments of the destructive order were met with jeers, laughter, or enthusiasm. The new book was discuss ed aud torn to pieces; the new picture was brushed out of existence; the new play or play actor was overhauled with out mercy; and the new idea, new man, or new tiling of any kind was thnrnb serewed, broken on the wheel, or flayed alive. Amid clouds of smoke, flashes of wit, tinkling of glasses, aud snatches of song, the evening would pass away. All this would have been of slight con sequeuce but for the fact that the things said in Bohemia had weight outside of it. for most of these Bohemiaus were in some way or other connected with news papers, magazines, or cliques which gave shape to public opinion. Many a book, picture or play met with its fate at the hands of these Bohemians, wino went from Bohemia to their critical. «fc| damnatory desks, aud there gave voice to the inspirations which they had t ken in at Pfaff s. These Bohemians, more over, had a special organ of their own, a weekly paper called the Saturday Press. It was the most pungent hebdomadal we ever had in New York. It had countless vicissitudes. It died half a dozen times (or want of money, but always started again through the liberality of some ad mirer, until seven years ago it gave up' tht' ghost positively for the last time, aiuui the bursting of its own literary tire-works. Henry Clapp was the editor of the Saturday Press, aud sprinkled its columns with diamonds, genuine and bogus. Ad* Clare was the most fertile and vivacious of his assistants, while scores of the Bohemians, many of whom have since become famous, contributed to its gayety. . The Kingdom of Boh (Am a began to decline at the outbreak of tlie war, and perished utterly a few years later. There is no sadder chapter in the literary his tory of any country than the fate of the Bohemians who used to hold high revelrv and quaff the beaker at Pfaff s. For some of < hem life itself turned out to be a sad tragedy, and for others it closed with a tragical denouement. Let me mention the names of such as I can recall, in order that I may follow the list with a few words about some of them. You might see around the Bo hemian table at PfaiFs, beside Clapp, the “King,” and Ada, the “Queen (not to mention other ladies), such men as Artemus Ward, the humorist; Fit* Hugh Ludlow, the Hashisheater; Miles O’Rielly the dashing editor and sol dier; William North, the novelist; Charles Gavlor. the dramatist; William Fry, the operatie composer; Edward Wilkins, the dramatis critic of the Herald; Charles Seymour, musical and dramatic artist of the Tinttsi Fitz James O’Brien, George Arnold, and William Winter, the poets; Edward Howland, the elegant scholar; Baqks, i the literary chiffonier; Walt Whitman, the cosmic bard and savage; and other worthies now in my mind. On the out skirts of Bohemia, and sometimes cross ing its frontier to its capital, you see Page, Elliott, Buggies, and other pain ters; Count Gurowski, the Polish revolutionist and Russian Pauslavist; Albert Brisbane, tlia father of Ameri can Fourierism; Stephen Pearl An drews, the inventor of American Free lovism; Schwarz the eugineer, and rival of Ericsson; Lauut Thompson, the scul tor; and numberless other celebrities of the times. As I call the bead-roll, each figure passes before, or again I look on them grouped, as they used to be in days of yore. FROM WASHINGTON. Congressional Proceedings. Washington, May s.—Mr. Morrell, of Maine, from the Committee on Appro priations, reported a bill for the relief of the suffererers by the overflow of the Mississippi, increasing the appropria tion from SOO,OOO to $150,000. Mr. Ed munds moved an amendment that the provisions of the bill shall not apply later than September Ist, 1874. Mr. Pease said that great destitution existed in Mississippi, and the authorities of the Btate were utterly nuable to afford the necessary relief. Mr. Alcorn said that in affording relief under this bill care should be taken for the proper and jti dicions distribution of the food and clothing. He alluded to the telegram in the morning papers that negroes around Memphis were now refusing to work, alleging that the Government in tended to feed and clothe them. The difficulty to be apprehended was that the labor of that whole country might become demoralized. He had a thou sand negroes on his plantation, and he did’nt ask the Government to feed them. He would feed them himself, and when he had no more for them they would all starve together. He said that the levees of the Mississippi should have been in a condition to resist tbe rising of the river. The people of the States of Lou isiana and Mississippi had been taxed largely to construct levees, aud if the money had been properly expended it would have accomplished the object de sired. The five millions levied, if ,hon estly and properly expended, would have been sufficient to protect the State of Mississippi from overflow. The trouble was that the money was squan dered by irresponsible aud reckless parties. Several of the counties of Mis sissippi, including the county in which he lived, had been taxed for legal pur poses so much on every pound of cotton raised. Boards of Supervisors were ap pointed for the different counties to direct the expenditure of this money. The Board of Supervisors for this purpose in liis county consisted of four negroes, who. he believed, could neither read nor write, and one white man who was such a rascal that the people would sooner have the meanest negro that could be found than have him. The tax payers had no responsibility, no share in the disposition of their own money and this was the reason why itwassquandered and diverted from its legitimate purposes.— He (Mr. Alcorn) had endeavored hereto fore to get the General Government to furnish the authority to construct and maintain the levees, but to let the States pay for them as they were able to do, but let the army officers control it. The people are not afraid of army officers.— They know they will not plunder them. Mr. Coukling asked how it was that the tux payers could have no share in the control of affairs, as no one was dis franchised in Mississippi ? Mr. Alcorn said that in his county there were about twelve or fourteen colored men to one white man. They were a very good class of colored men, too. He (Mr. Al corn) had uo complaint to make against them, but these colored men were told in the last canvass that if they would sup port a certain ticket Gen. Grant would divide up the lands among them. Mr. Coukling—Will the Senator name the parlies who made these promises? Mr. Alcorn said he did not care to mention any names now. He had heretofore given the names in his speeches on the stump. He wouldn’t go into that mat ter now. He was now talking about the flood. He believed the newspapers had exaggerated the suffering, but had no doubt that there was a great deal. He wanted the Secretary of War to have ab solute control of the relief fund. If the idea gets out among the negroes of that region that the Government intends to feed and clothe them that wl ole coun try will be demoralized, and no more work will be got out of the negroes for this year. He thought, however, ’that relief should also be extended to the people of Arkansas, who had suffered quite as much as those of Mississippi. He would move an amendment that the additional appropriation be SIOO,OOO in stead of SOO,OOO, and that the State of Arkansas be included. Mr. Coukling said, before hearing the Senator from Mississippi, lie thought lie would have voted for tlie bill, but as that Senator had stated that tho State was able to care for its own poor, any aid that Con gress should give should be in the na ture of an advance, to be returned to the Government hereafter. As no one in Mississippi was disfranchised, he didn’t see how it was the people had no voice in the management of their own affairs. He inquired of the Senator the name of the person who was the President of.tlie Upper Levee Board. Alcorn said it was. SI. F. Alcorn, his son. Coukling said lie would not remain silent and listen to the insinuations that tne National Ad ministration was responsible for the sins or omission and commission in the South ern States. The misrule in Mississippi was not brought about by carpet-baggers or non-residents, and the Senator (Alcorn) might as well charge this mal administration hecomplains of upon tlie Sultan of Turkey. Alcorn inquired if the Senator from New Yoik (Coukling) did not know; that in 1867 and 1868 Con gress passed ti law forbidding any one from holding office in any Southern State unless that person should take the iron clad oath ? and did he not know that, this oatli excluded all the respectable men of that section from office. The oath was. even extended to the voters, so that respectable meii could not vote. Mr. Coukling said he denied that any man had been denied the right to vote after the State government was organized. Mr. Alcorn said it was true his son was President of tlie Upper Levee Board, but it was also true that the district over which he presided was the only one not overflowed to-day. He took the office against his (Alcorn’s) ad vice, but probably did so to prevent fraud as the contracts were about to be given out and he no doubt did save a large sum of money in that district. Should this appropriation be made now the disbursement of it should be left solely with the Secretary of War, aud not put into the hands of those who were itching to get hold of it, and from whom the negroes would get but little of it. The officers in his State were not the choice of the tax payers, and he would rather appeal to the Secretary than to those satraps placed over the people. He charged that Gen. Ames had removed citizens from the boards in tbe districts now overflowed,and put in their place persons who had defrauded the people. Mr. Coukling said the people of Mississippi had ratified General Ames and made him ‘ their Governor, notwithstanding all the Senator had said. He supposed the gentleman al luded to General Ames when he spoke of satraps. Mr. Alcorn said he knew lie was elected to the office of Governor and he also knew that he never would have been elected to that office had it not been for the prestige of the Govern ment of the United States. It was j given out everywhere that the Adminis tration was at his back and no Federal officeholder dared to speak in favor of him (Alcorn). Mr. Coukling inquired by wiiai jpajority Governor Ames was elected ? Mr. Alcorn replied : Nine teen thousand two hundred, out of a Republican majority of thirty-eight thousand. He (Ames) had no more in terest in tlie Sta e than he (Alcorn) had in New York. But he did not propose | to go into that question now, though he would defend the people of liis State. Mr. Tipton, of Nebraska, said when the discussion of this bill commenced he was told the people of Mississippi were suffering. It had been kept up so loug that he now had serious j apprehensions that they had expired, i avd therefore tiiought tlie appropriation had better be made for funeral expenses. (Laughter). Mr Alcorn said he held •‘lie people of the South inexcusable for driving the colored people away from them, but they had been stricken down and taxed unjustly. He denounced the tax imposed on their cotton as unconstitu tional and oppressive. Mr. Sargent moved to reaomjnit the bill to the Com mittee on Appropriations. Mr. Cam eron, of Pennsylvania, said he was tired of hearing charges against the people of the North every day. Whenever an op j portunity offered to censure the North j someone from the South got up aud did ; it. He wanted to forget tbe war and its [ consequences, and hopad there would j be an end to these charges,. If the South 1 was poor whose fault was it ? What 1 had she dona to pay the enormous debt which she had brought ou the country ? He had stood here aud listened to these complaints without having a word, and had been told by his own constituents that they should cease, and that he should defend bis people. At first he was willing to give two or three times the amount mentioned in this, bill for the relief of those suffering, but if it! was to be received with an attack upon the honesty of the Government and with an unwilling hand he wouldn’t give them a cent. Mr. Pease said he deplored this reconstruction debate which had been dragged in by bis colleague. He de sired to repel'tha insinuation that the money would be misapplied by the State officials. Gen. Ames was an honest man and the people of Mississippi, without regard to-political faith, gave him the credit of being one. Mr. Aloorn said the Senator from Pennsylvania (Cameron) said he was tired of these complaints, the things of which he (Alcorn) had spoken were matters of history. Mr. Sargent’s motion to recommit the bill was then agreed to. The Senate then resumed the consideration of the sup plementary civil rights bill. Mr. Gor don, of Georgia, gave notice that be would submit an amendment to strike out the provision of the bill giving all persons full and equal enjoyment of common schools and public institutions of learning or benevolence supported in whole or in part by general taxation. Washington, May s.—The Cabinet session to-day was of short duration.— All the departments were represented, Messrs. Saroger and Cowan appearing for Richardson and Delano. The Arkansas dispute received attention, but no decision has been made, as the at torneys for the Brooks faction have asked for time to fully prepare their ar gument, to which request the Attorney- General has consented. It is now probable that a decision by the Presi dent may not be announced until after the Cabinet meeting on Friday next, though it possibly may be given be fore that day. THE COTTON CROP. To the Editors of the Chronicle and Sentinel : In the May nnmber of the Southern Cultivator appears an article headed “Extent of Cotton Planting for Next Crop,” and taken from the New York Financial Chronicle, which, it appears to me, is full of fallacies, and leads to strikingly erroneous conclusions. This paper (the Financial Chronicle ) has been uncommonly accurate as far as my knowledge extends in its information in regard to cotton, and generally fair in its statements aud trustworthy in its esti mates. For this reason, it has power to do harm if it undertakes at this stage of tlie game to “bear” the coming crop The general idea in the particular arti cle referred to is, that in many sections of the cotton growing States the plant ers made money last year; have plenty of labor, anil are not reducing their acreage in cotton. He says: “In the Southwestern States, where there has been a large addition of labor, the prob abilities favor an increased acreage.” The conclusion arrived at by the writer is not as clearly and distinctly stated as it might be, but it appears to be in sub stance that it is unsafe to calculate upon a greater reduction in acreage than ten or fifteen per cent., and that even with this reduction in acreage, last year’s crop being “a short one,” we may this year make as much or more cotton than we did last. If this is not his meaning I am unable to gather it. It is almost impossible for the crop of American cotton this year to reach three and a half millions, and tlie probabilities now point to less than three and a quarter. Take the South western States to begin with, which the Chronicle says have received a large addition of labor, and may be counted on for an increased acreage, and what are the facts ? They are suffering from the most compete aud disastrous over flow of all their rivers that has ever occurred since the country was settled. The finest cotton lands in the South—in the States of Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana—are actually under water. The mules and horses driven off to the hills—the balance of the stock drowned or perishing from hunger, and the peo ple receiving contributions of food and money from every direction to prevent them from sharing the same fate as their cattle. From Memphis on the Missis sippi, Pine Bluff on the Arkansas, and Shreveport on the lied river, down these streams to the upper line of the sugar belt lie the cotton bottoms. The ac counts we have are that the water is now (May the 3d) all over them. It will be June the first before the dry land ap pears, an.d it will be the middle of that month before they can generally start their plows. Instead of “an in creased acreage” in cotton this year they will do well if they save seed and keep alive until another. In Central Alabama, in the cane-brake country, they have been flooded almost as badly and made nothing last year. If they can make a crop after what they have gone through with they can stand anything, and I fancy we Georgians had better quit the business and give them the field. The truth is, if the newspapers are to be be lieved, the Southwestern States are in a deplorable condition, and, ought to be assisted if possible to make the best of it this year, so as to be in condition to begin another with plenty of supplies. In Arkansas those that are not drowned out have gone to Little llock to take part in the Brooks and Baxter embrog lio, and in Louisiana, if the new elec tion takes place at all it will be in the busiest time of the crop most likely. So much for tlie Southwestern States ex cept Texas. In the Atlantic States it is njy im pression that wherever wheat can be grown the average this year has been increased from forty to fifty per cent, on last. More corn has been planted and more oats sown than I have known any year since 1865. Now, where is the land left to plant a full crop of cotton ? It is a maxim that “ seeing is believing.” If any skeptical gentleman will take the trouble to ride through the counties of Oglethorpe, Greene aud Wilkes, he will have ocular demonstration of the fact that there is a large increase in the acre age in small grain and corn. There is no more land or labor in those counties than there was last year, and if they plant as much cotton as they did last they will have to plow up some other crop or fence in new grounds in May. Bat, fortunately for us in Georgia, we will not be left much longer in doubt as to acreage. In a few weeks the Tax Receivers’ books will show exactly what we have planted in each crop, and the question will be settled as far as Georgia is concerned.— In addition to this, it must be remem bered that we have had an unprecedent edly wet April, and all planting has been measurably retarded. Those who had cotton up had it killed by the frost on the 30th of April and arc now plow ing up and planting over. Putting all these together and the probabilities are strong that in addition to reduced acre age in the Atlantic States we are to have a late crop, Tlieu comes the question of fertilizers. Adi agree that very much less is used than last year. Estimates vary from fifty to seventy-five per cent, off. It is likely that some statistics will be given, gathered from the compara tive amount handled by the various rail roads or sold from the principal cities, which will approximate the exact quan tity used. If xve made four million bales last year and planted this yeqr fifteen per cent, less land in cotton, that of itself will probably reduce the crop ts ’74 below three million four hundred thousand, leaving out of view the further reduction caused by overflows, late planting and the falling off in fertilizers. Guesses as to the amount that will be made of course are premature, but there are to my mind no indications of any sort of a crop equal or any where near equal to last year’s. It is im portant to the planters that no false idea should get abroad that we will be able to make much cotton this year, compared with the crops of ’7O and ’73. The price will be low enough in the Fall anyhow without discounting it any further by trying to show how a heavy crop can be made in spite of overflows and frosts, without manure and on less laud. Be assured that if the editors of the Financial Chronicle and other papers can see how it can be done, it is more than the planters can. liespcctfully, Popr Barrow. Wolfskin, Ga., May-3,1, 1874. The Adulteration of Butter. —A committee appointed by the New York Butter and Cheese Exchange to examine int > the subjects connected with the adulteration of butter and the manufac ture of au artificial substitute for it, re ported a few days since in cxlenso upon the matter. The committee say that during the past year oleomargarine, which isrnanu iactured from snet or tallow, has been sold as a substitute for butter. 'lbis substitute is said to be long known iu Europe; but there it is sold on its own merits, uot as butter, and at low prices. Shortness in low price butter during the last Winter called it into request in New Y’ork; but to what extent the mar ket has been supplied it is impossible to say. Some respectable merchants have sold a compound made up from tal low, representing it to be such, with limited success. It is said that stock companies have been set on foot and shares iu them sold under representations made that the butter merchants are extensively engaged in selling the arti ficial artiele for butter. The least at tempt on the part of merchants or dairy men to adulterate butter with anv foreign fat or grease whatever would throw a shade of suspicion over the whole season’s produce of the genuine article, and hence materially injure its value iu the market, especially for ex portation. In view of the above facts, the committee are of opinion that if the article known as oleomargarine be manufactured and sold as such no evil can result to the public; but, in view of the injury to trade that would follow any attempted substitution of the artifi cial for the genuine article, it is recom mended that, while experiments, inven tions or applications of skill for t pro duction of a pure article shon.u be en couraged, any process of adulteration or i deterioration must be condemned by the ! Butter and Cheese Exchange of New ; Y'ork. It was requested that dairymen • and merchants shonld report to the I Secretary of the Exchange all attempts j at adulteration of butter that may come ! to their knowledge, in order to have the | perpetrators exposed. ! Crops are unusually backward in I Wilkes county. LETTER FROM SOUTH GEORGIA. Some Remarks on Grammar Col. Henry Smith, of Bry ,r Con my -The Cranston Affair—Perplexities*’!Jury Duty—Tlie Confederate Monument— Mr. Hill and His Historical Sketch. [special correspondence of the chronicle AND SENTINEL.] Savannah, May 6, 1874. Grammar That is Not Grammar. The Teachers’ Convention which as sembled in Macon, as I gather from the reports of the proceedings, was a very intelligent and harmonious body, and got through with a good deal of really important business. It was a progres sive body, too, if the indications do not mislead one. Dr. E. H. Myers, Presi dent of Wesleyan Female College, rose in his place and severely criticised the present cumbersome and unintelligible mode of teaching English grammar. He said that all tlie grammar necessary to be learned by the student could be comfortably comprised in less than seventy-live pages, and that all the moods (O happy thought) and all the tenses except the past, present and fu ture, should be swept away. Professor Train, of this city, went’ a step fur ther. He said all the so-called gram mars now in use ought to be col lected upon a solitary island in the Pa cific Ocean and there “burned. Profes sor Train intimated, furthermore, that the study of the English language should be substituted for the usual course of grammar. Those of us who have at tempted, unsuccessfully, to make the study of English grammar a specialty will thank Dr. Myers and Professor Train for placing themselves in the breach. The truth is, English gram mar, as now taught, is a delusion and a snare ; nay, it is absolutely malicious in its stupidity. Its rules are nullified by the exceptions to them, and the whole system is baaed on erroneous ideas of the nature and genius of the English language. I was present at some of the examinations recently held in the public schools in this city, and I. paid particu lar attention to the recitations of the classes in grammar. These recitations, it is fair to say, were marvelous in their way, and, so far as the text books were concerned, absolutely accurate. And yet how pitiful was this glibuess ! How sorrowfully suggestive the parrot-like monotone of the young voices. It was easy to see that the pupils took no in terest in the senseless gibbery gosh they were repeating, for the reason that they could not comprehend it. lam not ac quainted with Professor Train, >uit I shall be most happy to claim him a. 1 ] a partner in the old reel that will come off when he holds his auto-da fe of Mur ray’s rubbish ; and I would respectfully suggest that he name an early day for the celebration, in order that the patient little children of this generation—mar tyrs to pedantic ignorance—may come out of the dismal swamp of moods and tenses and call him blessed. Henry Smith, of Bryan. The Advertiser, of yesterday, con tains a card from Henry Smith, of Bryan, in relation to the little paragraph recently embodied in this correspond ence. lam sorry to see that he is puz zled to know whether that paragraph is intended to bring him into disrepute or to “ pass a good joke upon him.” It seems to me that a practical man like Henry might discover the intent of the paragraph in a moment, and allow a wide margin for the exigencies that com pel a Bohemian to make the most of whatever comes to hand. But how ever Henry may choose to interpret the allusion to him, it is clear that he is un der obligations to me for giving him an opportunity to give Iris views on tlie Senatorial election in the newspapers. He says lie will not be a candidate for Senator unless the nomination is tender ed him in due form by a convention of the people of the district. Ho claims, however, that whatliecalls the “country counties” are entitled to the next candi date. If this is the case, and Effingham and Bryan liav. the choosing of the can didate, Henry. Smith will be the man ; and the writer hereof will be the very last to raise any objection to such a pro ceeding. But there is one thing in Hen ry’s card I can’t understand. He an nounces that he is “a descendent of the German family,” and then intimates that lam of the same blood. This is a mys tery. I have sat up night after night and faced Henry, with nothing but the serene suspense of seven-up between us, aud yet here he makes an unexpected attack upon me. He knows, as well as a person cjp know anything, that I am a Frenchman, as it were, and unless he apologises he will have one vote less for Senator. Tlie Cranston Case. Oil Saturday last the remains of Uriah Cranston were exhumed in the presence of a cqroner’s jury and several physicians, and the stomach and liver removed. They were then placed in a jar to be forwarded to Dr. Doremus, the eminent New York chemist. The evi dence of Mr. Edward Cranston, who is prosecuting the investigation, was to the effect that Mrs. Bryson was in the habit of giving his brother mix vomica, and on one occasion slie went so far as to threaten deceased with a dagger. The testimony of Dr. Win. Nephew King, who was the attending physician, was to the effect that at no time during the illness of deceased did the symptoms of his case present any indications that would lead to the belief that he had been poisoned. The professional opinion of Dr. C. C. Schley, who was called in for the consultation, is that Mr. Cran ston died of congestion of the brain, brought oil by natural causes. It is the general impression that this investiga tion is much ado about nothing. It has been brought about by two causes, namely: the character of the dead man’s will, and the fact that “Mrs.” Bryson, the aforetime housekeeper, lias a very violent temper aud a tongue ilie virulent fluency of which would do credit to the traditional fish-wife. Mr. Edward Cran ston contested his brother’s will, which was up before the Ordinary ou Monday and yesterday. After some investiga tion the Ordinary admitted the will to probate in due form, and Mr. Cranston now declares his intention of carrying the matter to the Superior Court. The whole affair has created a considerable stir, and the newspapers here, as well as your correspondent, are indebted to Mr. Edward Cranston for several very inte resting paragraphs. Jury Exemptions. The unfortunate effect of the law ex emptingfiremenfrom jury duty every day becomes more and more manifest, at least so far as this city is concerned. The same talismen are drawn over and over again, so that it happens that com paratively a few citizens are continuous ly called upon to perform tlie somewhat laborious duty of jurymen. The parade of the Fire Department last Monday shows how this exemption business is run into the ground. One steam lire company, which has sixty men on its rolls from jury duty, managed to parade thirteen men. A hose com pany, with forty members, paraded seven. Could anything be more sug gestive of partiality ? There are many worthy citizens who do not fee! able to pay the dues and fines which result from the position of ornamental firemen, aud hence they suffer martyrdom in the jury box, while those who profess to be fire men place their names on the compa nies’ rolls and find exemption. The sys tem is wrong. It is a duty every citiz u owes to the community in-which he lives, no less than to his own interests, to serve ou public inquests, and no citi zen who has a correct idea of the respon sibilities which rest upon him will en deavor to shirk that duty. It is to be hoped that tlie next Legislature will re vise and remodel the jury exemption business. The Confederate Monument. The discussion in regard to a proper site for the Confederate monument, to be erected under the auspices of the Ladies’ Memorial Association of this city, is still progressing. It has been suggested that the ladies, in order to settle the matter satisfactorily, < pen polls in varions portions of the city and allow the people to vote on the question, charging twenty-five cents for every vote cast. If the proper feeliug is aroused, quite a contest would take place, and the memorial fund be materially in creased. This fund, which has been earned by the ladies at the expense of so much energy and industry, has been handled with remarkable business tact, and is in a very flourishing condition. Twelve thousand and odd dollars have been paid in money and notes on ac count of the monument, leaving about three thousand dollars in the hands of the treasurer of the Association. About seven thousand dollars are necessary to complete the work, and a meeting of the Association will be held on Friday even ing, to which all who desire to assist in raising the required amount are invited. It seems to me that the present is the proper time for the men of Savannah who take any interest in the matter to come forward and, by liberal donation, relieve the ladies of the labor and anx iety of canvassing for subscriptions. The Hampton Roads Conference. Hon. B. H. Hill is in the city on pro fessional business, and will remain here several days. His admirable historical monograph of the Hampton Roads Con ference, and the circumstances that led thereto, has been read here with unusual interest. It is, in every respect, a re markable paper, and is a valuable con tribution to Confederate history. How directly, and yet with what grave deco rum, does he throw the onus of the overthrow of the Confederacy upon such wily conspirators as Joe Brown ! How clearly and unmistakably does he collate the evidence to show that the South was throttled by aspiring demagogues and whimsical statesmen ! The style is terse and simple, indeed, but how marvel ously vigorous and vivid ? Those who watched the events of which Mr. Hill writes know that be has written the truth—that sort of truth that over whelms and crushes and damns. • Minor Notes. If the telegraphic tolls can be satis factorily arranged. General Albert J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer, proposes to erect a station at Tybee for the display of cautionary signals. * * * The city treasury is now redeeming the Opelika Railroad bonds issued by bavannah. One hundred thousand of these bonds fell due on the Ist instant, and the whole amount will be cancelled on presenta tion. * * * Chief Lucky, of the Ath ens Fire Department, is in the city. He will end -avor to arrange for a friendly contest between the departments of the two cities. * * * Dr. Stewart, Clerk of the City Council, finely observes that the only remedy for the disease known as Summer prolixity is creosote and chloroform, and if you don’t want this correspondence to ruu away with you, you would do well to ship me down a vial. Let it be sweet and strong, and I will still be thine own Gavroche. OUR ATLANTA ORRESPONDENCE. [special correspondence chronicle and SENTINEL. 1 Atlanta, May 5, 1874. The Direct Trade Convention Assembled to-day in this city, pursuant to an invitation from Governor Smith, Mayor Spencer, CoL Nelson Tift and others. There seems to have been some confusion and misunderstanding in re gard to the time for the assembling of the convention, many supposing the time appointed was the 13th instant, on which day the National Agricultural Congress meets here. For this reason the attendance was comparatively small; only two or three delegations are here from other States. Savannah, Macon and Albany, however, sent full delega tions—the delegates from Savannah, it is estimated, representing four or five millions of dollars. Mayor Anderson, of Savannah, was elected President, when the convention proceeded to the consid eration and discussion of the questions of Direct Trade and Immigration. The convention was addressed by Governor Smith, Governor Brown, General Col quitt, Mr. Green, of Savannah, and (d.hers. After a full interchange of views, and a harmouius discussion of all questions pertaining to direct trade, the convention adjourned, without any definite action, until the 14th instant, at which time it will reassemble, and in conjunction will* the delegates to the National Agricultural Congress proceed to inaugurate a definite scheme for the encouragement of immigration and the establishment of a system of direct trade with the old world. Governor Smith’s address was received with many signs of approbation. It was pronounced bold, candid, sound, practical and enthusiastic. He said that our people were poor, it was useless to disguise the fact, and the secret of their poverty was their system of labor. We were endeavoring to control a class of laborers who, instead of being beneatli us, were really “on top,” and he feared would remain there some time. Under our present system of labor, transporta tion and communication, many indi viduals would accumulate wealth; but it was certain that so long as that sys tem prevailed the condition of the peo ple at large would not improve. The only remedy was in immigration, and the only way to secure that was by direct communication with the old world. Our natural advantages were unsurpassed and with the facilities of direct com munication and immigration, the South in a dozen years, would be the leading section of the Union, not only in spiri tual and intellectual greatness, but in wealth and general prosperity. Gov. Brown followed Gov. Smith, stating that he coincided with him in his convictions that the great deside ratum at the South was an intelligent and industrious class of laborers. He was glad to know that the Patrons of Husbandry had taken a practical step toward the establishment of a line of direct trade, and though the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, subscribed by that organization, was a mere trifle to the amount necessary, yet, with the co operation of business men throughout the country, it ought to accomplish much. Though it is impossible to predict what will be the plan adopted, the im pression prevails that the first step to wards the furtherance of their design will be the appointment of commission ers to visit Europe and enlist the inter est of capitalists in the scheme of di rect trade, and to induce immigrants to locate among us. Tlie Agricultural Commissioner. It is understood that Gov. Smith will appoint someone to the position of State Agricultural Commissioner, as provided atjthe last session of the Legislature, in a day or two. He has considered the sub ject long, and it is believed he will make a judicious choice. The candidates are numerous. The counties of Bartow, Bibb, Greene and Newton furnish some of the leading and most deserving ap plicants, it is said. Mr. Hill’s Iteview Os the Hampton Roads Peace Confer ence is considered by many to be a covert and ingenious attack on Mr. Stephens. The discussion between these two gentlemen does not elicit much com ment, however. The public read the discussion, throw down the paper, de plore the necessity for such a contro versy, dismiss the subject and discuss business. The Agricultural Congress Os the United States assembles in this city on Tuesday, 13th inst. Mr. 0. 11. Jones, of tliis city, one of the Vice- Presidents, thinks there will be a very full representation, from as many as twenty States. There were twenty-six States represented at the last annual session. The Difficulty With the United States Soldiers Has about subsided. The question as to wdiether the city or the United States Court Martial shall exercise jurisdiction over offenses committed by the soldiers will be decided at the next meeting of the City Council on Friday night. Halifax. FOREIGN. The Spanish War. Madrid, May o.—lt is asserted that Gen. Elio has arrested four Carlist brigadiers for treason. It is also said that Don Carlos will shortly issue anew proclamation to his troops. General Manuel • Concha has been appointed General-in-Chief of the Republican army of the North. During the bom bardment of Bilbao, by the Carlist3, one hundred and fifty citizens were killed and wounded by shells which fell in the city. Madrid, May G.—Serrano arrived here to-day and was enthusiastically re ceived. The streets and houses were decorated. The Republican army is marching on Durango. Gen. Concha, with his command, was to leave Bilbao to-day. Bodies of Carlists are reported at Amezeeo and Estella. In Jerusalem. London, May 6. —The American Ori ental Typographical Corps, now in the Holy Land, have reached Jerusalem, after making several successful explora tions in the vicinity of Mount Sinai. Their report is very remarkable from the fact that they were detained by a heavy snow storm two days, Dear Mount Sinai. The expedition will leave rood for Ba sham and Moab. The English Strikes. Strikes in the mines in addition to those before reported are announced. The price of coal andiron have advanced in consequence of the strikes. Cuban Affairs. Havana, May G.—The Captain-Gen eral has issued a decree ordering the formation of eight battalions of colored militia. Four prominent bad characters who offered armed resistance to the gen d’armes, were shot this morning by order of a court martial. The Turf. London, May 6.—At the New Market first Spring meeting to-day the race for the two thousand guineas, Atlantic was winner, Reverberation second, Ecossais third. The betting was 7 to 1 against Atlantic, 12 to 1 against Reverberation and 7 to 4 against Ecossais. Twelve ran. Liverpool, May G,—Reports concern ing the steamship Ohio were greatly ex aggerated. and will sail from Liverpool on her regular day. n Democratic Triumph. Indianapolis, May 6.—The municipal election to-day was one of the most hotly contested ever held in this city and the v te was the heaviest ever polled, resulting in a victory for the Democrats or anti-Temperance party. The Demo crats ejected nine out of 13 Councilmen —Council standing, Democraets 16 and Republicans 10. The Democratic candi date for Mayor was also elected. This is the first time in 18 years that this city has been under Democratic control. The Temperance ticket was elected at Jeffersonville, Peru, Munse, Waterloo, Anderson, Wabash, New Albany, Frank lin, Andola, Madison and Ci awfordsville. Anew Cold Water Lodge, with 239 members, has been organized in At lanta, LETTER PROM CHARLESTON. [speclal correspondence chronicle and SENTINEL. ] Charleston, May 5, 1874. The Prostrate State. The remaining plank to which the people of our State have been clinging is shivering and the last flickering spark of hope is just dying out. The people are aware that their wrongs have re ceived universal publication aud still there is no plan of relief. Congress hangs fire for a purpose; probably for the same purpose which caused Caesar to pause upon the banks of the Rubicon. The question is argued, has Congress the power to interfere in the matter ? Would it not have as much right to in terfere with the government of other States ? This question seems to be as in tricate as the Gordian knot; yet, con sidering the fact that circumstances alter cases, it seems that any ten year old boy might define the query. Never lias it been known-in the world’s history when or where a State has been govern ed as is South Carolina at the present day. Was it not by the power of the great Republican party (?) that ninety thousand ignorant beings in this State were granted free use of the ballot ? Is it not a self-evident truth that they are not competent select suitable rulers ? The present Republican party had power and did freely use it to bestow upon South Carolina—“the hatednest of rebel lion”—all the wrongs she now groans under; still there is no power to rectify the matter. To quote article iv, sec tion ivof the Constitution of the United States : “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government and shall protect each of them against in vasion; aud on application of the Legis lature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.” It was never sup posed in the days when the Constitu tion was framed that a Legisla ture would be, for the most part, composed of m n whose characteristic is political corruption—the very head and center of domestic*violence. Our most prominent citizens laid before Con gress the sufferings of the property holders. The Radicals deputized a squad of fat politicians to tell the au thorities at Washington tliat the people are we 1 governed; but as it is known that these men sometimes prevaricate, it is difficult to believe them. Who shall be benefitted—as the Frenchman says, “We shall see vat we shall see”— time alone can tell. But the otate needs immediate attention and her salvation depends principally upon immediate de termination of action and a continua tion of whatever is decided upon. A great fault with our people is their mer curial nature. At the impulse of the moment they are ready to do and dare anything, but unless excitement is kept up a pernicious calm follows. Grant, who does not like to be quized, says ‘ ‘Let us have peace,” aud we desire it, but not at the expense of beggary and slavery, which are threatening. Im migration is proving a failure. Many of the immigrants liavo left the State ; some have returned home. The question is, what shall be done'? The property holders must make tax pagers of a majority of the negroes ; and how can this be accomplished ? In tlie interior of the State there is a vast amount of uncultivated territory. Let this be divided out in farms, granted to the negroes for a term of years, with the proviso that they pay the tax which may accrue. If such a method is adopt ed a speedy change of affairs will take place. Unless something of the kind is don , or relief comes from some quarter, a war of races will be inevitable. Then probably Congress will protect the State from domestic violence by hanging and imprisoning the whites. What a glo rious thing it is to live under the broad banner of freedom ? The Floral Fair Ended Friday night last. It is said to have been the handsomest ever held in Charleston. The broad campus in front of the college, situated at the cor ner of George and St. Philip’s streets, was most elegantly decorated with Chi nese lanterns, pictures of art and rare and beautiful flowers. The atmosphere richly perfumed by soft carnations, pro duced an incantation which carried the beholder, in imagination, to the rose drooping gardens of Oriental culture. Tiie fair sex, wholly in their element, promenaded the enchanted bovver from dewy morn till the closing evening hour with a degree of fascination which could not fail to bespeak their attachment for the virgin and blushing roses. The Post Rand was in attendance every evening, and enlivened the affair with most de lightful music. Miscellaneous Endings. The thundering roll of the ice wagons is no longer heard along our streets. It seems that they have all been purchased by the proprietors of the Market Street Ice House and will no longer be used to carry round ice. This l will be a great source of regret to our citizens, who al ways hailed with delight their approach during the sultry season. A heroic young colored Lothario got into a difficulty a few days ago, with a bewitching damsel of his own caste, and never flinched until he succeeded in shooting her in the leg. She was sent to bed and lie to jail. The Freedman’s Bank, of our city, has gotten itself into trouble. Unless sixty days’ notice is given, more than two dollars will not bo paid to any de positor. The “trooly loyal” are indig nant. Our amateur sailor boys are out every day in their boots practicing for the coming regatta. Lydian airs from the Post Band will delight the promenaders of the Battery every Saturday afternoon during the Summer months. During the week a loud chorus is kept up throughout the city by the blackberry vendors. Viucunius. An investigation into the cause .of the death of Uriah Cranston has been going on in Savannah, at the instance of his brother, Edward Cranston, who believed tliat the deceased had been poisoned. Dr. C. C. Schley testified that in his professional opinion Cranston came to liis death from congestion of the brain, brought on by natural causes. A thief robbed two guests at the Kim ball House, of three hundred dollars, on the night of the 30th. 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It lias been used for two Years as preventive and cure with almolt COMPLETE success. For sale by Merchants and Druggists gen erally. Prepared by Df*. WM. KING, ap7-dl<kwCm . Athens, Oa. OREAT BARGAINS. REDUCTION OF PRICES FOR FINE FURNITURE! AT PLATT BROTHERS’. [[H OR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS we propose to sell our ENTIRE STOCK OF FINE FURNITURE FOR CASH, such as PARLOR, CHAMBER AND DINING ROOM SUITS, at FACTORY PRICES. OUR STOCK IS LARGE AND MUST BE SOLD. All who are in want of I' INE FURNITURE, now is the time to purchase. If purchasers are not prepared to move it away it can stand in our wnrerooms, sub ject to their order until the Fall months. ( all Soon and Make }onr Selections, while the Stock is Full. PLATT BROTHERS. mv3-dt&w-lm IN t"w A«tvertisemem». 114 SCHOOL TEACHERS WANTED rno engage during the Spring aud Rummer in a 1, bus ness ] aying $l5O per month in their own counties. Address ZIEGLEII & McCPRDY, Thi’a delphia. Pa. a; 25-4 w SEND rOK THE NEW CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST, MAILED FREE. 100-Piece Freucli China Dinner Set FOR $22. FRENCH CHINA AND STONE WARE GIVEN AWAY (almost). Tea, T iht Sets and everything else same way. Call or send for Catalogues. W A SHIN GT() N HADLEY'S, ap2l-4w 6th Aye. and 12th St., N. Y. Agents! If you want to inn ho money, sell yIfWLYPURLY The bigiA?st thing yet. Humor, Wit, Pathos, Life, Fun and Laughter, 3 0 Comic Cuts. The people yearn for it. It will sell in dull times !! Show it to a m-u and he surrenders. It is sure every time. Don’t bother with heavy books that nobody wants Humor is the thing that takes. Agents wanted everywhere. Send for circulars and extra terms to To-day Publishing Company, Philadelphia, New York, Boston or Chicago. ap2l-4w Millions* ot Aei-i's Rich Fanning Lands IN NEBRASKA, NOW FOR SALE VERY CHEAP 1 Ten Years Credit, Interest only 6 per ct. Descriptive Pamphlets, with Sectional Maps, sent free. THE PIONEER, a handsome Illustrated Paper, containing the Home stead Law, mailed free to all parts of the world. Ad dress, O. F. DAVIS, Land Commissioner U. P. It. K., marl9-4w Omaha, Neb. cures all Humors from Die worn Scrof ula to a common Ulofeli or l*ituple. From two to six bottles are warranted to cure Salt Ulieuni or Tetter, Pimple* on I'tne, Boi.s, Erysipelas ami TLi' "r Complaint. Six to twelve bot t.c vurninted to cure Scrofulous Swelling's ami Sores and all Skill uiul Blood l>lseuses. l)v its wonderful Pectoral proi>crlie3 U v ill cure the most severe recent or lingering Cough in half the time required bv any other medicine find is perfectly fate, loosening congb, Boolh inir irritation, and relieving soreness. Fold hv all lJrurrista. It. V. I'IEROP, DI.U, AYorUTa Uiupouaury, Buffalo, ft. V. 4w "EDEOGRAPHY.”— A new book on the arts of Writ ing by Sound ; a complete system of Phone ic Sliort- Hand, the shortest, moat simple, easy and compre hensive, enabling any one in a short time to report trials, speeches, sermons, fee. The Lord’s Prayer is written with 49 strokes of the pen, and I 40 words per minute. The unemployed should learn this art. Price by mail, 50 cents. Agents wanted. Address T. W. r.VANB & CO., 130 S. 7th St., Phil., I’a. 4w U T)SY<’IIOMAIYCV or SOUL CII,\IIMIIW;.” _L How either sex may fascinate aud gain the love and affections of any person they choose in stantly. This simple mental acquirement all can possess, free, by mail, for 25c., together with a mar riage guide, Kgyptiau Oracle, Dreams, Hints to La dies, Wedding Night Shirt, kc. A queer book. Art .l:v- T. WILLIAM A*. CO.. Pubs., Philadelphia. iW For COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, AND ALL THROAT DISEASES, IJ«e • WELLS’ CARBOLIC TABLETS, • TUT Ul’ ONLY IN BLUE BOXES. A TRIED AND SURE REMEDY. Sold by Druggists. 4w_ WORKING CLASS home, day or evening; no capital; instructions and valuable package of goods s nit free by m il. d dress, with six cent stamp, M. YO. NG & CO., 173 Greenwich St., New York. niarl'.Mw The Highest Medical Authorities of Europe say the strongest Tonic, Purifier and Doobstruent known to the medical world is JURUB Ii: BA. It arrests decay of vital forces, exhaustion of the ner vous system, restores vigor to the debilitated, cleanses vitiated blood, removes vesicle obstructions, and acts directlv ou the Liver oud Spleen.* Price, $1 bottle. JOHN Q. KELLOGG, 18 Platt St TO AGENTS. Fastest, selling arti V /\c>e» <>ut. Three valuable samples tor ten • 1 I A cents. J. BRIDE, 767 Broadway, N»*w t A U York> febi-4w RnroM£TT^iacaW| Dr. J. P. Fitt.br.—Belnt? aworn, My*, I prrndiiated at tfca CTni versi tyof Fe nn’a i 11 1 w,ami aftorSOyc;irs' exper Icn c \ forfeeted JL>r. Fitlcr ’s Votfet nbie lllicunsa t\c &yrup. 2 guarantee it aa inialliblo euro for Nerve, Kid ney and Rheumaticdiseaaefi. 6 tvorn to, this 2Gth April, IH7l* > F. A. OSBOURN, Notary Public, PHhu Wo Clergymen were Cured ty it, nM will wit tefy anyone writ inffus.Rev.Thos.Murphy,l\l). I TYankford,Philf .Rov.O.IT. Kwinar.Modin.Pa. Bcv.J.N.BiichnnanJTlurpncrJown.Rev. G.O.Smith, Pittsford,N.Y.Rev.Jo«.Peggß v FnHsChurch, Phila.,Ae. A ffiicted should write Dr. Fitter, Phi la ..for expla natory Pamphlet A guarantee,grat»«. if 50 R eward for an in curable cuße.No euro no reality.Sold by druggists. dec3l-4w WE WANT F . RBT°CLASB BOOK AGENTS At once, to soli two of the most populur works ever published : UtJ PhVIIC a record, of prison life at Fort • II”11 Delaware, by ltev. I. W. K. Hundy, and LIFE OF Gen. Robt. E* Lee. Send for Circular at once. TURNBULL BROTHERS, 4w BALTIMORE, MI). RUPTUREEfErs ] H|.Rp rubber trusses. or Rupture. Fine Steel spring, A c*,oat«d with bard rubber, highly polished. Free from all sour, rusty, chafing, strup ping or girthing unpleasantness. Cool, cleanly, light, safe and durable. Unaffected by bathing. Al ways reliable. Every desirable pattern, including the new Hard Rubber Elastic Night Trusu. Sent by Mail or Express. Sold by all and rulers. Send for illustrated Catalogue. Estab’ts, 1,347 Chestnut St., Phifa., and 737 llrd’y, N. Y. Beware of Japanned imitations. febl-4w Tlie Oldest Furniture House in the State. Platt Hot HERS, 212 & 211 BROAD STREET, G A., Keep always on hand the latest styles of F U RNITU RE Os every variety manufactured, from the lowest to the highest grades. Chamber, Parlor, Dining-Room. AND Library Complete Suits, or Single Pieces, At prices which cannot fail to suit the purchaser. UNDERTAKING In all its branches. METALIC CASES and CABKETB, of various styles and make. Imported Wood Caski ts and Cases, of every design and finish. COFFINS and CASKETS, of our Own make, in Mahogany, Rosewood and Wal nut. An accomplished Undertaker will he in attendance at all hours, day and uight. PLATT BROTHERS, 212 and 214 Broad St., Augusta, «a. oet2s— janl4-d+Awlv Iron in the Blood . IW— . THE ratTTVIAN SYIM 1' Vital:?., an.t Enriches Ui! Mptifo. Blood, Tories up the System.Bulldsup tho -h Broken-down. Vims Fliaf htiTflMl"Kernalo Complaints, O- 1 '■'■'-.vd”)-W 1 iroj.-v. I>■ f.il.ry,i 1- mors, 1 > yspepsia, As- Thousands havo uwIBHRy been changed by tho ’ff/W.Wpw use of tliis remedy wfifißußr from weak, sickly, suffering creatures, to strong, healthy, and happy men end women; and invalids cannot reasonably hesitate to givb it a trial, Caution. —Bo sure you get tlie right art Me. See that -Peruvian Syrup” is blown in the glass. Pamphlets free. Send for one. SETH W.FOwLB & SONS, Proprietors, Boston, Mass. For sale by druggists generally. seplS-thsaAtuAwly est'd; /BS Q m Y IAISIT PONDER. >IS THE BXs'tTnd C HEA PEST PREPARATION EVER O FFER EQ FOR MAKING BREAD. — DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER Ts perfectly Pure and Wholesome, DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER Is put up in Full Weight Cans. DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER Makes Elegant Biscuit Hand Bolls. DOOLEY'S YEAST POWDER Slakes Delicious Muffins, (B iddle Cukes, Corn Broad, ,V o. DOOLEY ,S YEAST DO I YDER Makes nil kinds of Dumplings. Cot Dies, Cakes and l’astty, nice, light aud healthy. DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER is the Best, because perfee ly pure. DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER Is tlie Cheapest, because full weight. DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER is guaranteed to give satisfaction. Be sure to ask for DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER and do not bo put off with any other kind. DOOLEY'S YEAST POWDER Ih put up in Tin Cairn of various sizes, suitable for Families, Boarding Houses, Hotels, Restaurants and River. Lake and Ocean Vessels on short or long voyages. The Market is flooded with Cheap, Inferior Baking and Yeast Powder. of light or short weigh. DOOLEY’S YEASJ’I’OWDEII is war ranted full strength and full weight. .Sold at wholesale aud retail, generally throughout the United States, by dealers in Groceries and Family Supplies. DOOLJEYScBROTHER n - .‘MAN ufaoture^ O&jHEW ST NEIN YORK. apl-d&wl' E'sf' : f; ... * c.S'. Gift Eiiemise THE ONLY RELIABLE GIFT DISTRIBU TION IN ’(HE COUNTRY W $60,000 00 IN VALUABLE GIFTS! TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN Jt.,. M>. WINE’S IG7 Ih Regular Monthly GIFT ENTERPRISE! TO BE DRAWN Monday, June Bth, 1874. TWO GRAND CAPITALS OF $5,000 each in Greenbacks ! Two Prizes of #I,OOO 1 Five Prizes of #6b() y GIIEENBACKS. Ten Prizes of SIOO each in ) One Horse ami Buggy, with Silver-mounted Harness, worth #000; 1 Fine-toned rosewood i iano, worth $550; 10 Family Sewing Ma chines, worth ©IOO each; 5 Fivo Gold American Hunting Watches, worth #125 each; 5 Gold, Watches and Chains, worth S3OO each; 10’ Ladies’ Gold Hunting Watchos, worth #IOO each; 800 Gold and Silver Lever Hunting Watchos (in all) worth from M 0 to S3OO each; Gold Chains, Silverware. Jewelry, .fee, Number of (lifts, 0,500. Tickets limited to 80,000. Agents wanted to sell Tickets, to whom lib eral premiums will be paid. Single 1 ickets, #1; sit Tickets, #5; Twelve Tickets, #10; Twenty-five Tickets. #2O. ( ircnlars containing a full list of prizes, a de scription of tho manner of drawing, and other information in reference to tho Distribution, will l>o sent to any one ordering them. All otters must be addressed to L. D. SINE, Box 80. Cincinnati, Ohiß. Main Office. 101 W. Fifth Street. ap27-ddcwsw LOW RESERVOIR fas Suited ia all Climates, AND FAMOUS FOB BEING EEC? TO USE! CHEAPEST TO BUI II EASIEST TO SELL HI v y\ri IfiUoe. Pamon* fer doing n-roomj BETTER cooking, cct.va rr Qktaker i:ndClienper J ''' r , : j; , a ary Ttovoof t!lO Ctat, j a:.:c UR j cuerv; a CaiisfMtira Every whci’9, —S’ OfjSt ' " A>;3 IsctXU . Especial’y JLdaptsd t > Tim fan o? ms mm xrsr Excelsior Manulaciuriog Cornpanj, ST. LOUIS, MO., AND I>. Ij. Fullerton, oclS-saweAwfim AUOTTSTA OA. SEMI.Ytr IIUIIIVES FOR ALL! 800 r»or Cont. Waved ! Equal to -A-iiy in XJsse, Durability Inquestionoblr. - J - HOME SHUTTLE, A FIRST CLASS, Genuine Underfeed Shut tle Machine, established twenty-three years. Makes tlie celebrated Mastic Lock Htitch alike both sid' «. precisely tlio Harno as the Singer, Wheeler <t Wilson and others, at three times its cost, and does eveiy variety of work known to any Machine in tho world or no sale. Prices, #26, $37, $42 and $75. Fully war ranted for five years. Sent to any address on receipt of price, or by Express, 0. O. D. ltofer by permission, to Mrs. Dr. L. D. Ford, An lista’ Ga.; Mrs. Dr. Win. Pottlgraw. Langley, H C ’ N. B Agents, with small capital, wanted in twenty two coimtios, lying between Chatham and Habersham, to whom exclusive right of sale wili be given, bend for illustrated circu lar and samples of work. Address A. B. CLARKE, Gen’l Agent apß-wtf 143 Broad st., Augusta, Ga. JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES. Examine It, Try it and Buy the
