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TERMS OF THE COltSTITOTIOM gfegffg.gggg UriRATIOra.-Loak M Me printed kkJ M «y«*HTMTHnW—OfgLry A&m- SSESTSmS?*" IMIKUX. K 9ft; twelve IKMIUOM, H |ft; amxtrvicATiosit »a.t w Mrammi. *»“». —««* •«» of IzTirtw. u g*» **..""*V «P«OHoc. I^oMb •ciipu wtl »o< W rcterertl. oojrsmrmoif. WBATUAhOLLAMt Mr. Hill deprecate* the ideeof m»k- Ing 90 or 92 cent* ■ dollar. With .11 doe rewpeet for oar dwtingnUbed n .- tor, wo brg leevo to say thit his ideas »r* clearer on 007 other subject then that of finance. What does he mast, b/ s dollar of SO or 92 cents? From tints Immemorial we have had a silrer dollar of 4118 Trains sod a (old dollar of 28.8 grains. lbs silerr dollar was worth more 1 hen the (old dollar In 1873 and yet the latter was a dollar. It bad the money property, end eo the silrer dollar baa now; for tbs underground act of 1873 did not lake sway the legal tender cnaracter ol the silrer dollar. It simply stopped its coinage. What then does Mr. Hill mean by talking shorn a dollar of SO or 92 cento ? What cents does be mean? A dollar of 412 8 grains is one of the legal aland ards by which larger or lesser coins are to bo judged. Are not lour of our sil rer *1 narters a dollar? They are legal tender for any eom below fire dol lar*. and yet ihey are only worth 84 81 cents at gold rales. The truth is, the gold or silrer dollar Is worth 1001 100 of Itself. It is the standard, and to talk, as Mr. Hill does, of a dollar of 90 or 92 cents la, to asy the least, confusing. lint let us luck at tbeqnestionaa Mr. Hill seems diapaeed to do. The Wash ington Kepnblican presents the facta in a concise form: On Um Mid «f DicwiW at Boon um atliing price of culd la Wall lUM, New Yftcfc, «u 10.54 The price In fold of gas direr bnuuawaeSl.llMPWossea. Tnemulncprice of Uis U.4. So l*r lassie was ft,71S easts, sad thstsl oorralatalery direr ads, seen as kali aud quarter <1oUm* o< pnaas.1 edsass, was St., ten mala To* Sallies rauoi af Inula dallarr, tSaaMsucodard Solar, sad at Ike latslSiary oiiaataln soldootnallb.atom rauaolsold and miss at gas direr la as (allows. Tiadadalla. Mn HCaadarddoi:«r„ goes Hub*Illary coins .... SI Frum tkle It apptwrr that tbaaubddiarr dollar wkleh la net a legal taedar lar aay ram In as. earn of arc dollan, aad which contains bal St SI era's el sold rams, is actually worthra am owns, or 11.*87 orals men than u sboald ha aconnUns to the Ihcort.aer the paakramesao wanblp- Pns Oflbasddra calf. Il also uproars that area the pads dollar, which Is not a U cal iru. das lor any sum. but Is ssracly arampd bunion, is worth amp roam amse than im Imilinaralue - but as thorn la aouloasa C hars* of 1)4 cram on aacb trade dollar. It Is bat mlr to deduct it tbalolrora. laartuf the market rslua ol Um trade dollar orar im balllOB roloe t MS cram. I also appears that tharalueot hullluo In the landard d. liar aborw that la the subsidiary dol lar tab 17 cram It te lair, tbsa, to assume that the dollar of Sl.Js sraloawtald lie wurth at lerttas machaa our satwldmrr dollar, plus the os era surer, nr about Um ralaaa* ihasaaMaoia, whoa struct, sumputlously or otbartrim. Iromtha Hal 01 standard r-doa. We da Bar think that say ea-t- dhl. lair minded Parana, after carefully oourld- ollnglfcte elmple suuamrat, will irel errtously rlarmad al the del use ol loaeiau or domestic all- rtf that la likely to pour In upon ue. or at the praeiect at a notation 01 public faith, or the rulu ol the public credit by Incrrortna the -ol- uma of our 00(0 etieulatton and maklns thed I lar ol our lathers a par factor in the pay meal of our debts ^ TUB RATIOS AL 9 CARD. The reply of the secretary of war to the leeolntioo of Senator Deris, of Wars Virginia, in regard to the militia of the slates, will be submitted upon the reassembling cf congress, and will doubtless lead to a careful conaiders- tion of this important subject. Ac companying the reply mil be a lengthy report from the chief of ordinance, in which be will renew bis recommenda tions that the annual appropriation for proriding arms and equipments for the whole body of the militia be in creased from (200.000 to 11,000,000, and that the law be so amended as to 8a the responsibility for arms issued to the states, and require the necessary property returns to be made at stated periods to the ordnance office The records of the war department show that the organised militia of the country numbers 90,868 and the unorganised 2.878,400. A general reyiaion of the militia laws will be recommended, and congress will be asked to legislate so as to Us the p •peraccounisbilUy and care of the arms issued to the state. The attorney-general recently decided that the states are inrested with nothing more than a qualified property in the arms issued to them, but the statutes no provisions for any accountability whatever to the general government. It ' will be recommended that tbe arms end equipments Issued to them shall be ac counted tor in the same manner as in tbe regular army, and loss of, or dam age to such arms, except the ordinary wear and accidents of service, shall be made good to the United States. Dur ing the troubles growing out of the labor •trikes last summer the government bad no means of knowing the number or condition of arms in the hoods of militia ol tbe states on account of this derect in tbe law. It will be shown that Alabama, Florida, North and Hoot* Carolina are entitled to receive certain credita In tbe army appropriation bill tor tbe fiscal year ending June 30,1876, a clause wss inserted, providing that so much of the annual appropriation of $200,000 os would have been used for the purchase of arms between January 1,1861, and April 9,1865, to be distrib uted to the several states that were in rebellion, should be covered into the treasury. After the passage of the act of March 3,1873, and before the pas sage of tbe army bill, containing the above mentioned provision, Arkansas, Georgia, Iouiaiana, Mississippi, Ten nTrace, Texas and Virginia drew their quotas, amounting in tbe aggregate to about $184,172 66; but A’abama, Flor Ida, North and Boutli Carolina did not make application for their quotas, amt.anting in the aggregate to $70,- 183 68. riACI AMD FRA TBXylTT. TIRRSORM alUJSA.St Home of the wreckers in New York, who have money to loan are refusing to lend to western borrowers unless, along with other unjust elections, they agree to pay principal and interest in gold. At least such is the silly thing the New Y’ork Tribune is publishing. This Is revenge at the outlet, and a ter- nb'e revenge, too—a revenge that pro ceeds upon the aaanmplion that the entire capital of the country is with tbs wreckers of the east. This is very pretty little romance, but Its texture la suspiciously like that of the ho.tiers of tbe forged Georsia bonds, who vowed and declared that if the bogus m entities were not paid the credit of the state would be forever ruined. The forgeriee, however, were "repudiated’*—(we take pleasure in eru ploying a term the use of which seenn to give tbe afflicted men of Wall street so much satisfaction)—lhe forgeries were "repudiated,” and what is the result? Why, the credit of Georgia is as good as that of any state in the onion, and her Dornls find as ready market. It so happened that shortly after these tremendous threats, tbe state found herself com palled to raise a small loan. Tbe nec rosary bonds were Issued ard when tbe Wall street men found that our own people had taken them all up, they jumped in with tboir bids and ran the price up to 11A Ho much for tbe power of Wall street and eastern capi tab Tbe silver bill will not only para but those of the south and west who oppose it on the ba*is of the sophoetical arguments already advanced against it, will come to regret their action, and western borrowers will continue to gat mnney on easy terms whenever they want it. Heally, the etillnces cf the weekers and their organa is gening to be tire- Oa tbe question of reimpoeiog tbe income tax, tbe committee on ways and means will probably stand as follows: for restoring the income tax, Meaws. Tucker, bayler. Bobbins, Harris ol Georgia, Gibson of Louisiana, and Borchard of Illinois. On tbe other hand, Messrs, Wood, Phelps, Kelley, Garfield, and Banks represent tbe eastern sentiment, and will oppose it. In the house of representatives the majority for such a tax Is estimated at not leas than twenty or thirty. Tbe southern and western members will favor this tax as the only way of mak ing tbe capital of the east bear its share of the public burdens Tits KentucSy legislature ia in ses sion, and next week they will elect an United Stales senator to succeed Thoe. U. McOreery, who ia not a candidate. Cniel Justice Lindsey, Gen Oetro Gotdo Williams and Got. Jsa B Mc Creary are the three leading candi dates, having from 30 to 40 votes each. Gen Williams is probably the moat popular mao with the maaeee, but Judge Lindsey has a reputation for the highest ability and Gov McCreery for tbe most political strength. Tbe dark horse ia supposed to be either Mr Caldwell or Proctor Knott. BILL CBASDLSKS FRAUDS. The New York Sun seems to be of tire opinion that Bill Chandler knows all about the frauds by which the elrc torsi votes of the three southern states of South Carolina, Florida and Louisi ana were counted for Hayea. The 8un is right. Hweet William knows a good deal more then he dare tell. He was the prime mover in that deplorable business. He conceived and put into execuiion nil the corruption whereby tbe people were swindled out of their rightfully elected president. We have no doubt that Governor Brown, of this state, if the matter were worth going over again, could write up Chand'er’s connection with the Florida frauds in s manner that would convince ever., candid mind that the New Hemp hire dyspeptic wss at the bottom of sll tbe corruption practiced by Cowgill and McLtn, of tbe Florida board of canvas era. But the time la not suspicious. Chandler little knew Ibst in working tbe temporary success <1 tbe radicals ne woe laying a mine that would explode in 1880 snd blow his detestable party out of 1 xiet once. We can not only afford to en dure Mr. Ilayee and endorse that pari of his policy which looks toward re form and pacification, but we car acquit him of all complicity in tbe cor rupliou which gave him bis p-vseu position. Tbe people, bowever.cauuui afford to endure hie party longer than 1880. Tux sub-committees of tbe bouse committee on appropriations are busily engaged in preparing the appropriation bills, snd it is expected that they will lie prepared to report at least tour bills within a few days after the reassem bling of congress. These will be pen sions, army, consular and diplomatic, and execu.ive snd legislative. Tbe latter is usually ons of tbe last reported, but sa it is at tbe same time one of tbe Heaviest and most important, the com mittee will try to report it early so that it may be more carefully considered than it could be toward tbe end of the a sod rusks roars widow Tnxx have go. up a story now W the effect that Ulysses Grant, jr, ark.-d for a free railroad ticket from S.. Louie lo Cincinnati tb« other day, and was re fused. 1! it wasn’t lor Um fact that railroad ticket agents are daily accu mulating more and more pride, and vanity, snd brass, we would believe tbe A paragraph in an exchange states that the widow of Henry Tlmrod it now in Washington endeavoring to obtain s position under the government It is to be hoped she will be success- f al. The administration ci ul J not give its southern policy a more graceful or welcome direction than to pioTide a place for one who, through the genii-., of her husband, is endeared to the southern peop e. It ia not too much ay, that of all the poe'.s tb s section baa thus tar produced, pox ferity will regard Timrod ee the best Uis genius wss ol that rare sort that made itself conspicuous in every line he wrote, snd it wss purely and dis tinctively southern. He died.brqoeath ing to the wife he loved to tenderly,the poverty that seems to be the hand maiden of genius. For himself he bore the burthens that misfortunes placed upon him without murmur or com plaint, and he wee gentle end patient to the end. It is to be itopsd ibst tbe wife ol tbe deed pool will be eocceeslul in ber endeavors to obtain government employment, and we feel sure that no act of tbe admin i*tration or any portion thereof will more cordially meet the approval of our people than that which places the widow of Henry Hotrod beyond the cuolingenciee of preeent want. Tnataaoa bonds have uil.n from about 80 to 32, and the Knoxville Tri bune thinks Ihsy will probably rule at about 30 "until the financial atmos phere of tbe state is purified by agood, sound democratic convention, and the election of a reliable lecislature." Butixs is holding receptions at the Hot Springs, Tbs climate of Hot Springs seems to be particularly suited to our modern republican statesmen. The firot thing yon know B .1 Chandler will be trotting out there. Tux wreoxer* and ummt organs ■ to labor under tbe opinion that abuse will prevent tbe stiver btil trom beccm ing a law. It requires a vast deal of argument lo convince s poor man that two stiver jiglfelOilMV vcp'l hoy a dollar's north Tbe little leather-winged angel who •dito the Chicago Inter-Ocean, who ia all tbe time talking about “southern bonah, sab,” saja “the politic!ana and the praaa of the sooth do not court peace and fraternity very successfully —for the season they hare never de sired it.” This reznaik ia in reply to a statement in The Constitution to the effect that in fourteen months the Conklinga, the Blaines, the Edmundsea, snd all their mottev fol- who have engaged In tbe great northern rebellion against sectional peace and good will must take their places in the minority. Tbe leather winged angel of the Inter- Ocean ia eminently correct. Such peac° and fraternity as these men have been willing to accord us—the peace of hu miliation and the fraternity of utter abjection - the south neither courts nor de«rwi. We want the peace of friend- ■hip, confidence and tqtuli.y, or none at alL Happily, a majority of the peo ple of the north agree with us in this, and very shortly the radical elemeot will be a minority in the federal coun cils. Does the editor of the Ioter- Ooean eujiy the prospect T THE DEAD YEAB. btmaelf. Iacer.dUzfcs tt work ta rtnauh. Wm H Bicn, of • mcuna, Wipe on tbe lee and teeoka a lac Two feouaaa burned in S*Tanuah Annuel election of officer* f a tbe Central rul- Iroed. at tbeir office in Serinonh, reluctate* tbe o'A board ezotpc Ur H H Apia as. of Columbus, rice Hon Ocavw Coben, decerned Mr Ben Milner, of S»aiding, by ta* fcer-re ookL Huge b! .. ... omted down tbe Bariuman river by Augusta 3 epbens quite unwdl Cspum J W iionA , ItotBM. of (kartell county, more* to Atlanta. 5. *> be ntg bctiM Death ol Mieajab Max tin, of Truor rouniy Tbe Coweu Otr grounds »od for *1,300 Ur James A Lone, a loading p-3«tf4*n ol Lntf rinse, emberebe to Texas. W CYaruorooffb of GmeoeU county, dies Iron: wounds b flictftd by Andrew Nash. wnifcky killed a Burke county ue*ra J U Bait U oasMs am dam editor of tbe GsUnearlile JEa Prof Wm Peek, of Atlanta, ketered la An- A Letter iron Hoc j B Gordon to Governor Coiqulu. on political affun. H ary now end ft l'ttze have suspended oprrailor a In tbe cold -*— — Lumpkin county. A son of James i.of K nert county, fatally burned. busty and killed. Ten thousand of Cal ifornia aaimon pUo*d la the Ktowab, near jutcreriUe. Mr Aleck Lome, ai uoolj county. to tbe cominla euiciue. Col EY Cowke front with bh “Atlanta History." a. Judea Pia Brawn becomes emodste thtor o' tbo UHffia Presa A CuUira'or. Tbe mltl sad gin bouse of Mr Hadden of Jtffcr- >n county burned. 9. «bfPl»K bad a to Augusts. Tbe Columbus Jailor Mrasa Ompbell r nd Jones or Hhu 10tbe amount of *S. UQOia ouedsy. Spring term of tbe Laiiranae Female jre Meetiox of tbe Gx^rjla legislature. Kolos E Lester, of Hsvannsh, elected president af tbe senate; Hon E P Howell, ot Pulton, pm- ; A O Bacon, ol Bit^ idem fHOtem tbe bouae; E _ boose, ai.d Wo tbe 1 12 Inaugural addn _ Cuiinil Georgia Wsesly, psbl ated and ea'ted n Alt * •""* and 1 E Murphy, of BtrnetvlUe Gin bouse of Mr J M Korum. of Oglethorpe county. srcMlentally burned tkndetrrllte Mecet ucer menred into tbe Herald and Oeor gian Bnmawkk Wrt’k.y Journal puts in Its app«arance. Henry E Welch, s prominent ciu- avuof Alb-toy. dead. 13 Mis Ftvy Moors, of Harris county, 77 year* ild, cultivated with her own band* and made a D*\ i-. S*-vler e 1 president of tbe south Georgia tg lc?Mural association - ‘ courts proprietor of the Tbe dwellims house oi by fire. 16. Mr James P Han ieou elected state printer. One hundred and fifty two maskers at ibe Co lumbus ball. Howe’s Cticus levied on In Au- * 17. Mrs Hanberry now edit* the Dalton Enter- rue know in the mountains of norm Gvorgia cutter than ever known before. Mr K b»«rdre bints v, of ai><tuts, is dead. Cotton receipts at Coiumbus €82 31. 18 Card irou> w Bchloj In reyard to tbe sen atorial ra..«. A Taylor county man raised a six hundred pound lion- 19 Tbe resldei ce of Mr M CWsdrwortb, cf GiltBn. acnrojtu by fire. ^ Tbe military of worked ssain. Hn * Burke county, acddentally burnt. Schence wabu’t a iunny m*n. Coe ?wqueutiy he cooldn’t be minister lo Kuglnod and an honorary director in in the Emma mine nt one nnd the ernce time. Evarla is n fanny man nnd he can leave the cabinet where he ia bd(>- po ed to bo prime minister, and argne little railroad case, with impunity. *^hen we eay Evarts is fanny, we peak by the card. Witness the soul- stirring sarcasm with which he alluded to “New Eigland virtues” the other *fey- Mr D 8 Ddulap, a war era trapper, CutuosUi Houstnu couuij to trap beavura snd oto-r* D.a h ol Col J B Fius of Putnam county. rabbed. Dr G N Holmes, of Macon, dead. Gin Now' see here! la this fair play? Wbeu poor old tehenck, who coaid do nothing but p!ay p >ker, was minister o England, he was recalled because bis came iqp printed as an honorary di rector of a mining company. But Mr. Ev&rts, a cabinet minister, makes bold o appear in a New York court as coun sel in a railroad cAse,at d no: a word cf comment ia heard. Is Evarts to esespe censure merely because the publ c are oleaaed with his raiher rough j >kes ou New E..gland virtue? Many oi the puliticsl economist.- alk glibly of gold as a standard ot valne, but does gold never flucluate in price? It should be remembered that if gold ia a standard of value it is als^ a commodity, as much so as silver or greenbacks. Suppose A transfers his horse to B for a gold consideration is not the horse the pnee of the gold ? I> is usual to aay that A sells hia horse, but wonkl it not be equally as correct io say that B eells his gold ? And now they nay Bill Chandler wants to represent New Hampshire in the United Stateesenate By all means let “New England virtue” assert itself and elect him. The “New England virtue” alluded to the other day by Mr. Evarts will never be completely represented until William E. ehowshie dyspeptic «rin at the elbow of Blaine. nr* OLD AND TQJC A MW. Cl ssp tlM bauds of time who sie got ngs Kte tbftUpa that are nuMd to be kiswe For tbe life of Tte OM Year Is fljwin* And mdtiag away In tbe mM. Gieet tbe New Year with inode and laughter Let the Old pm sw-y with a tear. For we shail RmemUr beres»’*v Tbe xaxzj who axe with i .# &r: And the aooxs of tbe calWren of Sorrow Sumi uaite with the tchon of mirth. Era tbe sweet, gad scu of to^nonow bmikedoauou the uight-smluen earth. The preeent tariff bill covert twenty- one hundred and sixty items. The new bill will have, it is said, leas than three hundred. The free list will be abolish' All items not enumerated as due liable will be free. The duties will be made specific aa far as possible, and ad valorem only where oeces ary. There will be no compound duties on any ar ticle. There will be three bills - one fixing the rate of tariff, another to pro vide the machinery for ita oolite i n acd one for the internal revenue tax The second named will be the last re ported—probably about May 1st. It ia hoped that the other two can be re- reported to tbe hnnse early in February. And the a<ek, stricken daughters of Anguish Shali Uf. h-ir sharp bar.b.'as of pun, Aad too*, as ih- y UageTaad languish. For Chilst’s bkssed pm—uce acaul. For Tme hath struck down the heart’s Idols— The fairjsr. ih dearosi hsre dW, And L*ft!h hath eooe rnaily to bnd-.l*. And c’slmod the first kiss cl the bride. Bet the glory ol soon and the gray-light Are £A bend sod oiiagied la one. Ana ih dsrUDese ol dawn sad the daylight Frerade the approach of the sou. A poor ssother-blxd is oftra lifted “FTOea the srormehakea bough where she dung Aad ctweUy driven aad drifted Far away Ira— her acet full of young. ▼m. But the wild etona that buffiew aad h rrirs This looe hUU about In the w»t Lift* up ou Its bosom aad cvrr.es Another bird tale to her msl to the blind: Sows of our stale exchanges are still shivering over the idea that Atlanta ’ , “ influence ia going to take everything by, f1 ^. tbe heels when the legielautre meets. The Mueraat grkJt are ■ This is a tribute to Atlanta cf which j The cruekm fa- isoderad kind. we are inclined to feel proud; for we 1 *• kn2w that whatever mfioenoe Atlanta *beofthu- who^aragTtag. has will be wielded in behalf of the Um *** l:p *^ 10 w pas win pe wiesoeu in nepaii oi ute ^ llw 0 lc Yrar U fl »wlag lntafftaiff, prosperity and gie*tn*w« of a^ ” ^ KHfUs * * . , • ” iixvnv. 1. Tbe profits of toe Augusta. Georgia, r lor the past fix mouths a little over S oca which a two per cent, dfrtdend wi arod. Mev Charles w Howard died lx* Walker cooQty Cbmtmeft —oralag Hkigh riding la parts of north Georgia, e J blair, of Aturaata. dkd Thom— S Drayton dfc d fro— woun * oclrad la a houroef 1U fame near Boom. weather killed email grata fa the neighborhood oi Uytu—tNia W J Gray, of Hooaton. ic l- d^otaliy shot and lulled a negro. Death of Mr John Curran, of Ealooton. Fred WiLlams, col ored. drowned otardevanaab 2 Heavy mow norm through the rate A colored boy fi Savannah. Mr Boicrlck 1 county, died. A Jaham Fannin, late collector of tbe 4th Go—gla district, Wallowed his—Buy. Mr John N Meyer, tbe new mayor of Aurasta, la pro - atadwttaabex— sad buggy Boben Hock- »y stacted and killed William Cranes In Heard ccuatt The coal famine extended to blocks ol loe ...*wSbf ibecrc'oax Tfiewrols In Oie of LnauUn dunassiStoTfii*- If Vr Grime, ol MKUroo snarer. MBsS Umseif sts lo's-rnUicz bx bsmins s blood tss. the'premipo, of Ml Ueuy MllctaU. of BouDou ODuntT, burned. 7. Mr E Speer parch*-* IQ A colored man in Brooks county whips hi* wife for folninx tbe church SsuSmSd Coiumbus troubled bygrara- hoapers The Z-a T at camming. Tael ^ of Bal Irek county. At—royd by Ire. Mr Thoe Christian, a . . Tae fine dwelling of Dr Brown, «■ mumsx county. At—roy*4 by fire. Mr Tboa D Huff of Uw Columbus Enquirer, married to Mira Lou Salisbury _ 90 Tbe Atheos G^oreian la tote a tri-weekly. Ma Dr Hrlmrs, of Darien, a d«wd- Judge James Heard, of Merriv ether county, M dead- ttevtnlanimtlsof the wee—1 species captured la Pntnam county. services over the graves 38 imerutlog religious revival MAT. 1. Irwintoo ha* a fire. Talbotoo had a then- 4 Fro— aa far i uth aa Savannah. Cold weather In WUktaaoo coaatv* 15 Early cucumbers lo HawkintviUft. Death of Dr Samuel G White or MlHedgevi to. MrC * raves for A Nuttine. of Maoou. leai I county. Latter from In souls ahtre leap4 aflbcuon' „ She ia all fesd-Ae— to her friends—to foes She glows a[ thing of passion, strength and She feels no trmor I But the fight prer and victory won. How, with strata.*, •-’duora, turn* her loving Hi tearful we4^a»<neMh gaBaat aeul - : ’M Oh, by her virttfcwof U hsitehed p-*l— By all heviiOfca* of what the future brings— I glory that tty : *t with h»]r Is cast. For her I !. -all placed upon her 25. A rattlesnake nine fuel long, with thirty- x rattles, killed on Lookout mountain. 29. Five Ttriaoocrs —cape fro— Thames oonnty i M Smith*# latter on 3L John Bally, of Floyd county, hangs him self. Mr Louis McBride,» w *‘ rrr. Col Gesfvs, cuts his throat with a rsaor. Col L N Trammel), if Whitfield, define* his position on a convention. JOKX L Tbft death of John Gsmt-ll, ot Savannah, colored murder In J taper county Liter of idge Ciaik-’, of the Atlanta city court; sub ject, •‘Bailie” A The old Rutherford building in Macon dw rayed by fire 7. Deate of Major J R WhMchvnd, of Mflier county. Hon Ab—lorn H Chap pel declines be ing a candidate for the convention. 8. Arrest ci W K A rnetLapo— office employee In the Augusta office. Robert T Clayton has * T In eh tree of the consulate at fWllao, of John M Cooper, of Savannah. Thed known bird captured 1 i, oi ID con. Anon- —Senttor rattersoo’s disease is “ner vous bolhe’-a-ion, —Neither yniteriuiism nor Univer- pdlism has ah organised existence in Virginia. [ —Julia A; lloore, the sweet singer of Michigan, hah received a liberal offer to bring out a new edition of her poems. —Osman Pasha has seven wives in Constantinople, and yet there are some people whu wonderei why he courted •The report of the state auditor cf lAlie two factories in Augusta going up A baby show at Albany. Thomas Kentucky s .owe that tbe vatuaMon of * las decreased $13,521,751 dur- Institute at Atbem^Dantel Monroe, of Emanuel ccusty, is cultivating the cot—berry. 26 Weather warm. Bo—lag ears have putjn the state has ing the last year. —Lydia Tb-mpeon is said to have left this country forever. Uh, very well. There are as^geod legs in the sea as have been fisned oi&jbt lL—Rochester Dem- i^*8?5»ebu?»dred seres of land Mr Z Harris, of Newton county, gathered 1.341 bushels of wbeaL He nry W Grady ltciureu ta Macon. JCT.T. 8 A d—tractive bail storm ta Jackson county. Cotton in full bioom in Jackson count - itf, ‘ 12. General U R Jackson fi>e«a bill for com- plalnaots, petitioning Judge Tompkins of tbe superior court of Chatham to grant aa injunc tion rvsirlining the city of Savannah from prying oat any monies to creditors, and praying ‘'isappointment of a receiver It. Jord«n F Howard, of Dooly county, dead. 15 Rev F C Johnson rceigna he psTorate or the BapUat church at Albany. Up to date. Fort ’’Filey has bought no western corn. 17. Crops injured ta Berrien by dry wevthsr. 18. ThSKMi of Bsv V A Stroud.of Folk killed by lightning. — * ‘ * Five head of rattle killed i Floyd c 24. Death ol Col U^ B Cothran, of Rome. Death of L H Wal ball, of Folk county E bert county grow ng % p'—i perches. Dsath of Judge N L Hosuu, of Columbus. Hon A H ... . _ ta . _ a_ _ fcjijHj colored m - ~ 28 D- ath of Rev A J Dean, of Perry, Death f Ktv J 8 Baker, of Quitman. 31. Marriage of Mrs Louise Clifcbf Wise, to Lr AUOC8T. Letter from Rev W P Harrison on btxirg intrlli£ei|i from ex-Gov Joseph K Brown re- _ Burke's phampb’i-L 30. Jxs D Hardy kilted in Jasper county by • Old Capitol ecaterpulin ing. of Auk wounded by Frank O'Brlf-n. axrrxNBxa. 1 A negro mao, John Franklin, i 15. Mr W T Curist . toe:, of the Fort Valley Mirror, begins tne pubi.uation iu Atlenta. Com plaining in various wetious of the state aa to 34 The Presbyterian church at Forsyth the corn and cotton crop. Calico hop in Mari etta. An lno ndiary attempt in Macoo house of Colonel R bert Wayne, ot Lsurei _ county, banted. Tat firs', number of the *al- tna County Vidette Tut- Ai»too warehou— at 16. W F Combs retires from tbe McDuffie Journal. Ja.ksou couuty with $14,000 in her treasury county. In the vaults of the Griffin cemetery l> B nj F Hubert, an old dtizgi of Warren couuty, la dead. The hew chcle.a appeared in Americas Mr Jobn Stark, uf 1 homaavii'.e, hr s chi: ped 20.(00 cutut g> of graoe vUks to France. t> Rains gen ral. Gin house} of JPKlnchen burned in Puiscki county 63 The pormister at BinithTille arrested f >r wing cancelled stamps. A bra— band organ- 37 Green buds swel lng In Oglethorpe county — hr. ou u ter felt five hunareu dollar bills offered iu Aupusta. Griffin baa a military ball 29 Rumors < l the death of Hon A H See* Com ripening all over the sta plentiful in southern Georgia. vcRiser bora. l BiTsnnah ooosUUe levied c fever stiffijreni at Veraandina. Five hundred ?choo's iu L’nootn county :mat j ear. Michael O Caltahxu. oi O aramVil e. shot auu axUed bj ame-o. Tne dwelling htaOme of Ton A L liarm igc. neat tevaunau, destroy ed by are. vkbaoabt. 1. Bavanuab ships net hr.: cargo of kmo to a foreign port 34— Sarah Snuih, ol Americas, root a?.u kilted h<-r*eif with a ride. Chmne* T Bartlett sppaintod solicitor general ol the Ma OCT IBEX. 1. Northern capitalist* are itsves’.Ing quite freeiy in 'rol' , minirg property ta Lumpkin county Eight quar a onus in operation around idn-uu 3 Gtn.ral Phil Cook, a teller ta the count of the electoral vote. Criminal report of the au torney general. The Tafbottoo i»T!u a?< on has a he by negro prisoners. Warren ton has a hog with ' ack wool 5 Hon J— B Brown speaks in Atlanta on the Marietta and North Georgia railroad Grif fin Sou appears, wit» W K Hanleiter — editor and W IV Randall aa manager. 6 A Monroe county man raises a 10)£ exported 7,337 bales f cotton. Quitman Free Pre— issued, volicd by Usury M t McIntosh. 7. Bill smhorii-ng the s'ate to yuarantro the ho*.ids of tii Mari-ua an t Nor.h Georgia rail road lost In the br.n«e. Grasshoppers numerou- 8 Mr.Cabahl— takes position on the Newnau Herald. Marshalli>euiretiresiromtheNcwaan 9 cuiooel C W Styles becomes the corres pondent of the Angnsta Cous.nuitonaliai. Ac worth has shipped lour thousand balea ol oop 10 Cokraei L L Lanier, ot Hancock county. >ro nrboro U .-raids 12 Hog ctu-lera prevail ng in Emanuel conn r. The Central railroad company order two first-cUss steamships 13. Mrs Caiviu Tell, o* Harris county, dead, aged nluc-ty-ecvcu P ttrick duehan. of A ugns la. found dead in the Canal J H Boxter, ol Sjiara. eurdtnd 14. A'l i 21.000 white crow killed in Hart county 15 W r amiih fa now editor of the But. county Argus The tin house of D B Cody, of In Conngtsjo. Convict at Bartow iron works, kii mi ic urine to rscape. 19 Mr Peasant Wiilfima ot Butte omul C«raL A beaver wei b>na 61 pounds rapt a red iu Chatto -ga couuty. Two stoxee ceaLoyed by fire ha—, skwroysd by fire. Tim; wu:c factory of 32. Au incr aoiary fire at MsnhaUxilta. L W P Talmage. of Athens, deed. Two large 2 Etrly com aad Irish potatoes were nipped in ue bod ia Thomas county. 3 Miss Nora MsUaiuey. of GaioesTilte. dead The kucait pros trees ta Albany were killed by the recent cold scap. r Nj 11 on the Cea> Judge John Andrews, of MWO. 7 The first cumber of the Rome Tri-Weekly a two thonStaPd dtalUr fire in bavannah has a three-legged county had a freabtt. Rev J .% Shivers connected with the Warren too Ctpp*r. A to orth oouaty aau has lour Ml— Salhe Cavaod.sU atari ia 11 The w lull Us.’. J H Kami ofibrod to pay filOO for ■“ —t original story emCro—, 13 The Bout era C , the Oath oita paper ol ta Worth < act. in Ecndo'.jhccuntj cy- itT baby born tn Twiggs iu Tmu-s county. Fat—ers ta Brewer cooaty sCLi pUrutog oom. 23 Dr aMpheasoB finds a beautiful sapphire near Gatanwtlte. The Central raLroed sack agency aa Maoou dieoootinned. Forsyth wdvsd U,ffi botes of i borned to death ta Jsi r county. Mrs harsh 26 Two Mooroe ; fiU I Hie i Lookout moon- 24. Colonel W A Shorter editor of Berne Cou- prietorof the Rrmt* Tribune. Judge T« ^turned from Europe. 29 Ssv unr.h couuibutes fi 000 to the yellow but 135. Ml— Mattie Da via, of Columbus, com mitted suicide. Tue Savannah hospital oum- 5 Four new church*" to be bu’lt In Elbert cowry. Columbus Acquirer wants Toombs fox governor. 7. Small fire in Macon. Houston county fair ilv l—... Lquiuof.ju IrcsLctsta Thomas county. *air. eratoue of the new Mneooic temple at Rome laid. Brunswick troubled with forgera Middle Georg—fair at Griffiu. Death of Elijah Giaaa, member ol the gubernatorial convention. Furman and Small speak in Covtogtou. 13 Marietta paper mUla nearly completed. _ov Coteultt visits the De*f and Dumb asvinm Kx-GoT am.th spoke at Zsbmoa 1<— AtlauU •rue Griffin fair netted S3 UW. ” 18. Tjpbold fcTer rravstantlnDtilu—. 19. mi— N-llio Fold, of Dalton, completes a quiit with 1 876 pieot*. Lincoln couuty has adrift froet. .... 36. Henry Goe chlns becomes city editor of the Columbus Times. Case of loe cream pni ou- ing ta riaron. Col Capers writes letters favoring Milled re vile from Brnnvwick 23 Four county fain Thomasville, Sanders- vble, Gieensborosal New nan. 35. Eteren divorce . returned to Bibb superior court. Death of Prof G P Bancroft, of the sut« ouivereiiy 10 Bev Willis Bus—11, fell from a bouse In Lee county and broke his right leg. Death Of Ko srtGar.iogtoa.of Gordon county. aovataaa |, latter on the capital Jasper county onttoo enough to pay lor her guano. 3 W P Chester, of Dal too mada this year bosheUof oom on \ A an acre of ground. 4 Tbe Fait barn Star, a by M M Barron. Tew per cent, reduction _ wags*, caused a strike among the train heads dreteatad by Bishop Gro tto CF McO-yon them <ney question. Gen eral Toombs’ tatter on tbe capItaL 13. Drath o- Ricnard T iyior, of Brunswick Death of Mrs P a Haxiehurst. of Brunswick. Judge Reese decline* running lor the senate. 17. Mayor Huff, •( Bibb.—chnea brings ca dtaa— for the kglalature. Gea Toombs spoke in C$rtexsvtlte on the constitution and location of the cspitaL Meeting ta Columbus ot Ibe VJ ja r ^oi*^uh Bn—ell in Gainesville. Death o’ Hon G »; Kitnbro, of Lee ooanty. Burke county has a touruamvnt- f Morgan 1 from Augusta. . Up to rived 13.419 bal— Oi 28 New eom al 36 ceru a bushel _ The oolorsd peepi of E bert countv discu—tt« Liberia qnc—ioa. Gainesville votes a city rab Bcriprioa of 925JXW to the 8—te Baptls. college, body wants more light and air than it gets in the preeent costume of either I men or women, and the one ia little, if iy. tunny South!; any. better than the other. I snoratt feeling, land forever mine 1 f or achool-oirlu tJ?a «f*es of her rosy mouth. .fi ®* rma “ .P®**nt tart swells aa with a draught of' aree8 » ln which there is no bifurcated b’esring* of maternal love, smite which hallows all my toll; her generous smiles ap- from the ski— sad fr.-m the *! by her k>ariy pine*, that wave and rich— Oh 1 by tstr myriad flowers, that bloom and me, mortal or divine; i. and exultant stags: shrine; | with lit i. heart - r GUSJS&AJj. ocrat —A southern Methodist says that while five yefrs ago there were only three membeys of bis church in con gress, now there are 25-eight in the 6enate and 17 in the house. —The maiden effort of a number of congressmen* has been to go to the treasury department, pick oat the pret tiest girl to be found, and marry her. —Boston Pest. —Bain wateT brings down yearly about twelve ponnda of ammonia to the acre of ground, which forms a most valuable and effective principle as a fertilizer. —There is fresh and merited criti cism of Mr Evarts fer his attempts to hold on tohis law practice while sec- retatry of sate, as just illustrated anew by his appearance as counsel in the Erie railroad litigation. —The war deportment is informed that the Nez pierces Indians, nmnber- iog about 100; who joined Sitting Bail and his command, are anxious te come back to the Bhited States. They assert they are treated well by the Sioux. Every evening the children of the. white house--Fauiiie and Scott Hayes -are allowed to romp on the parlor floor before their bedtime. Their elders, sometimes, including the president himself, join them in a game of “puss • -* «. .. .v ... .. „ low nothing to escape them, and they seem to be always anticipating a storm. There is a Targe tear under bis right eye, caused, I think I have heard it said, by a sabre thrust There ita delta shaped mop of hair running down to hid forehead, with a dash cowlick on either side that cleans his temples. His thin, expanding nostrils and his well cut, sharp ears indicate the spirited blood that is in him. The old French convention lasted three years, one month and four davs. It had 749 members, and passed 11,210 decrees. Of its 749 members, 58 were uillotined—l>uray, June 20, 1793, ieing the first to look through the lit tle window, and the head of Bishop Huguet the last to fall, October 6,1796. into the basket ;8 were assassinsted and 2 shot i 14 committed suicide; 5 died cf grief; 6 perished in abject misery; 3 died on the highway, to be eaten by dogs; 1, Armonville, the last wenrer of the red cap, perished in a drunken fit: 4 died mad ; 2 were killod in tbe army; 1 was carried awav by the Prussians and never heard of; 3 died suddenly; 1 expired in prison; 1 fell dead of joy on learning that Bonaparte had disem- * * * Fi * ‘ * burked at Frejus; 138 perished in exile or in penal settlements; 23 never were heara of from the date of the Eigh teenth Brumaire; 65 v&n'shed after the coronation of Napoleon, and 25 died in obscurity and poverty. The conven tion hai 63 presiding officers, of whom 18 were guillotined and 8 transported; 22 were outlawed and 6 sentenced to imprisonment for life; 4 died in mad houses and 3 committed suicide. in the corner,” “selling the thimble" or other pleasant diversions suited to the little ones.—Miss Grundy. —An article has been published in the Moniteur Univereel on the manu facture of the hardened glass type for printing. It is said that tbe new type.* jave been found to work admirably on the improved revolving press for con tinuous piper. —The president of the South Caro lina state fair association sold his entire crop of beard corn to General W. G. Le Due, United States commissioner of agriculture. This corn will be distrib uted throughout the United States lor seed. —Mr. Birchard H. Hayes, son of B. B. Hayes, it is understood will enter upon the practice of the law in New York city e4irly in January. It will be remembered that young Mr. Grant, the second son ol the ex-president is now a member of one of the law firms in this city. —Women need much console; ion in this world. Sxnetimesthev are in love Indeed, this is so common*a complaint with them thkt they should have a sub limated Pond’s extract, a metaphorical camphor or spiritual arnica to apply to that hidden wound. The needle is a good little lightning-rod—a conductor- oil for conceded disturbance. Many a heart-ache has been embroidered away. Appietons*. —“Utilization of margins” is the latest addition to the lexicon of rascal ity. Jim Fink called h’s operations “rescuing other people’s property.” When a man lends money on a collat eral demanding a heavy m >rgin, aud takes the collateral without the o wner’b consent, and borrows money on it at a small margin, the process is lermeu ‘‘utilization cf margins.” —Mr. David M. Stone, editor of the New York Journal of Commerce, is a member of the Central Congregational church ia Brooklyn, of which the Itev. Dr. Henry M. Scndder is pastor. When Mr. Edward Kimball, the debt-raiser, ascended the pnlpit oi that chnrch last Sunday, Mr. btone left the building. Mr. Stone went out, he says, simply because be felt that he would violate his conscience by remaining, and fur thermore he wanted to avoid being co erced into giving, by subscription, a method that is revolting to him. —To illustrate the extent to which the tricky sales of poetsge stamps have been earned on it is Eaid that the two largest business bouses in Salt Lake City, receiving two bond red letters ' tty. have not bought five dollart-.’ worth of stamps from the Salt Lake postoffice for two years, bat have stamps constantly for safe; and hat one firm offered to furnish the Sait Lake postmaster with $1 500 worth. A Mormon from southern Utah, coming into Salt Lake recently, bought new fnraitnre for his whole house and paid for it in postage stamps. —United States senator-elect Farley. California, is a Virginian by birth; was a whig in early life; was a know nothing s^ Dsequently; has been a dem ocrat recently, is a poor speaker and a huge man. When he was about to l«>ave tbe position of speaker of the Cdifornia assembly he procured a friend to write him a fine valedictory. This friend copied the valedictory of the speaker, " * * * previous speaker, and Farley declaim ed it. On the morning after the two valedictories appeared aids by tide in the newspapers. He has basic ess tact, and ouced received a broken leg from some one’s hn band. ■The following statistics of the Prot estant Episcopal church are given in the chnrch almanac for 1878: Bishops, 61; priest* and deacons, 3.216; bap- .ta —a . onion. tisms, 46 778; confirmations, 29,189 communicants, 281 977; marriages, 10,122; burials, 21.937; candidates for - - orders, 337; ordinations—deacons, 134; » . m*d rfUbunud la N.WUO, 10 ?-, «***««. eari^r *r« a at tbe rate of ll.^tnntnc isnceiTinc 100 bac* a 4*j. Mr. Robert A the superior o^urt ol Lowndes county, ia 13 voiutnbos hod a small fire. Tsifc ha* a jail delivery. The state cron re adjourned. 15. A ae*ro corse thief arrested ta axnrorth. Death cf Mr. George Pag*, of Lee county 17. Cratrol Railroad and Banting <kc are a dlviAeetf. Death of Got W i _ st. CM Herbert Ftadervt ry ill. Uote the time Wanaotoa baa ftippri three tftoorewi and forty-foar (tales of oouon. Bos J W Jooeo. of Hm county, te dead. lumbar. D««tan< house of f -m—rAle OOSLtJ, -fcOJOJevi vj unr, De»’h of C pxn C E Csroer. editor of the Instated Scat craer aad Appeal. 35. House of W H Mercer, of Webster county, tax collector, robbed of 317.(00. JS Mr A € DeCctse*. rak er of the beak of Augusta, dead. Prof erect Looney as hxve left Hortw-ll tar Texas Duel ‘^SC ^fteT A C Recce, of Carrollton, ki'led a34 round wld tartty. Judte Wm pcouth taa*a* the (iotarevute street railroad. 29.548 ; scholars, 275 018: contribu tions, $6,742,268 Comparing these statistics with those of last year, there an increase in favor of this year of 4 000 baptisms, 3 000 confirmations, garment; and if one be added, it should be of light material.” —It is now said, on the authority of ai8D&tchee to the Cincinnati Enqnirer nnd several other journals,that matters fe°k less encouraging at Columbus for Mr. Pendleton, one of the Ohio aspir* ants for a seat in the United States sen- Ate. The Enquirer’s dispatch, dated Columbus, the 28th inst, says there is win e move move going on between the Ewing and Morgan forces looking to a combination against Pendleton; that both Ewing and Morgan feel that if they don’t succeed they can name the man who will; bat the question is, which of these gentlemen will be self- sacrificing enough to withdraw for the purpose of elevating the other? And then the question naturally arises U oill... L* -- Sr whether either -Ewing or MorgaiTwin the other with- turn over big loros to! out Pendleton getting enough votes to nominate him. Time will telL —Washington letter 8enator Gordon has a well built, symmetrical frame, sinewy, hard, and wiry,ana it indicates peat strength and endurance. His height is about five feet and ten inches, And he is as erect as a lightning rod. His skin is fair, and his hair is brown, well dashed with gray. He wears an imperial and mustache. His move ments and bearing are somewhat strut- ty and consequential. His features are regular, studious, and impreesive.crest- ed with a brow that is pregnant with emotion; and under that brow his ^uick, moving,penetrating bine eyes al ia J•OlslXAVAls VOMMANT. -The Griffin, Ga., News says the Georgia legislature is overwhelmingly in favor of Senator Gordon’s re-elec tion. We are glad to hear it.—Vicks burg Herald, dem. —It is possible Mr. Hayes may need a party before bis administration is three months older. If it shall turn out so, the needed party will beat hand to support him.—tit. Louis Republican, dem. —Mr. Wattereon, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, says that any man who refers to him as a go-between, as does Mr. Chandler, is a wanton and vile calumniator. Mr. Chandler’s long pole seems to have stirred up the ani» mals all around the circle.—Louisville Courier-Journal, dem. McClellan a governor, Pendleton to be a senator, Judah P. Benjamin the wealthiest of London lawyers, Lee and Pasha, “General*’ Key a cabinet officer, Hilliard a foreign appointee, and nobody satisfied.—New York Her ald, ind. — John Sherman has appointed U 8. Grant, Jr., an asbiBtant U nited States district attorney in the office of General Woodford in New York. This is the way to build up an official class in thi* country. Provide for all the old official families —Washington Post, dem. — A Nashville paper intimates ihat it none of Kentucky’s business whether Tennessee repudiates her debts or not. But it in some of our business, tiuch offenses are rank and smell to heaven, and does Tennessee suppose that Ken tucky is going to He along-ide of her in such a smell without even so much as holding her nose?—Louisville Courier- Journal, dem. —Corbin, who wanted the seat in the United Sates senate which Gen eral M C Butier occupies, must have a very poor opinion of the ability of the public to *see through a ladder. He says be did not bribe the members of the legislature, but, as the state trea surer was enj tyed by the c turta from their fsalaries, he paying the members (Corbin) advanced $20,000 which was distributed among them. The inno cent fellow says there was no connec tion between this and his election.— Boston Herald, ind. —Mr Chandler has in one sense ren dered a public service. He has made a searching investigation of this whole business inevitable, and the more so because of the contradictions which have so quickly followed on the heels of his charges. Between the two stories there is no possible bridge of compromise. One or the other is ab- Holutely false, and the country is en titled to know the whole truth. Ther fore, we shall expect to see a proper resolution of inquiry submitted to the hou«e of representatives as soon as it meets again — New York Hun, ind. MOVX&aBOVI J.A UAOJtOiA. —Somebody has been giving John Triplett, of the Thomasville Times, a deal in verse. The author pays oar friend a high tribute, but it is emi nently deserved. —To a Savannah correspondent: If the article yon allude to ia not too long we would be glad to have it The subject is one of great interest jastat this time. —The Christmas number of the Christian Iudex was an exceptionally good issue J an exceptionally good paper. —The name of the Athene Georgian has been changed to the Southern B in ner-—a name that has about it the fla vor of the good old times. —The poor over-worked newspaper editor won’t have any holiday now nntil the fourth of July. —Six convicts escaped from the gang of Grant and Alexander in Clarke county on the 24th. They thought they would take a little Christmas. —It gives os pleasure to announce that the baltAheet epidemic which has prevailed among our weekly exchanges during the holidays will disapper after this week. —Rich»rd«on, of the Samuub News, orders. 29 ordinations, 3,000 Sunday school teacners, 30,900 ectooiara, and $200,000 in contributions. Sixteen clergymen have been deposed and 64 have died. —Mrs. Swisehelm says on dress re form: “You are equally mistaken il yon think pantaloons the ultimatum of dress reform. Women wonld not skirts; and i doubt if men are. If we could have a p**,fect dress, both sexes wonld beet drapery more or less flow- made up his Christmas items with a shot-gun across his knees. There was more fun in Savannah than in any town in Georgia. —Athens, still improving, is to have a cotton compress. —Athens had a “fantastic” exhi bition on Christmas day. —The Covington Star says that Cap* _ ^ ^ Pqrcell, the hero of Oc .nee, and ingTand noAxtawouMbe atuffed*Vnto the cleverest bell cord manipulator on a new passenger car seat, wh ; ch is bound to revolutionise the present old style benches. —The corn crib of Mr. Jones, of Laur ens county was burned by an incendi ary recently, together with all his corn. Cdlonel W. H. Moore,of the Angosta Evening News, has survived the Christ mas festivities of the Saud Hills, and is now in good form for tackling ano ther holiday. —Elder J. M. Brittain, of Conyers, will remore to Covington and open a school. —Mr. Frank Doe, of Griffiu, killed a pig fitteen months old the other day which weighed four hun ,T 3d pounds —The casual horse-thiet has put in an appearance in Griffin. —The Swainsboro Herald remarks “Th* Constitution is indeed ably edi ted, and is one of the best papers pub liahed in the south.” A Christmas tree blossomed in Covington at the proper time. —The Star says that a married lady in Covington who has only seen her ninth birth day, is the mother of four healthy children, three of whom have taken a tramp of over 5,000 miles. —The Montezuma Weekly will here tofore be ran upon a cash basis. —Col. B. M. Ward, a prominent lawyer of Emanuel county, is dead. —A saloon was burned in Augusta last Sunday. — There was another general suspen sion of newspapers yesterday. —Thu Savannah News celebrates the new year by appearing in a new dress Tbe typographical appearance of the paper, which was very nearly perfect before, is not materially improved, but the change is a sign of prosperity emi nently deserved and upon which the News, its proprietor and its editors are to be congratulated. —Did you call much yesterday? If so, how do your eyebrows feel ? —A negro man was found dead in ColumbuB on Monday. —The Rome Cornier says that last Saturday night, abont 11 o’clock, the Btore occupied by Albin Ornberg as a wholesale book and music store, was discovered to be on fire. The house had been closed for tbe night but a little while, when thestrorg smell of burning papers caused passers by to look in and the rear end of the store-room was discovered to be on fire. The fire alarm was sounded, and the fire department turned out in force. Hose was run through the second story and turned in the fire from the rear door, and the flames soon extinguished. The loss to Mr. Ornberg, wh'ch was caused mostly by the effects of water aud smoke upon his goods, is estimated to amount to $2,500 which was tally covered by in surance. The heat was so intense as to melt wax candles at the front end of the store room, and to break the glass in the front doors. —Columbus had a little shooting- scrape on Monday. NoDody hurt. —Savannah has an occasional run away and eroash-up. Savannah horses always would enjoy the holidays. —The Savannah News says that abont a quarter after eight on Sun day evening the Btore of Messrs Hudson A Hardwick, at Davisbaro was broken into, the safe forced open, and some $1,500 in money packages in care of the Southern express company taken therefrom. The building wat* fired in two places with the evident purpose of destroying it, and thus pre venting discovery of the robbery. Before any Eerious damage was dont however, the fire was discovered, and the flames speedily extinguished. Superintendent Dempsey, of the South ern express c.mpany, was notified on Monday, and at once set ou foot meas ures for the apprehension of the guilty party. A certain individual wassus pected, but it was necessary to conduct tfie investigation quietly, and, as stated above, this couree has proved wise, as there is now a proepect that he wilt soon be captured, provided he is not already in limbo. —We learn from the Augusta Chron icle that the comptroller general of the state of Georgia has forwarded to Sher iff Sibley, of Richmond county, tsx ex ecutions against the Georgia Railroad and Banking company for $212,000 Similar executions were issued once before, but the railroad company care ried the matter into the courts, aud a decision was rendered in tbeir favor. The attorney general, after in vestiga tion, has given it as his opinion that this decision does not cover several grounds upon which the state of Geor gia claims the right to levy taxi the Georgia Railroad and B inking company, and acting upon this opinion and by the advice of the attorney gen eral, tbe comptroller has issued the executions and placed them in the hands of Sheriff Sibley. —Rome bn* a general jail delivery last Saturday night. —The Augusta Chronicle says that last Saturday night a colored man named Joseph Gannaway was run over at McBean station, on the Central rail road, by the down passenger train and so fearfully mangled that he died the next morning. 'He attempted to crawl under a car fiom one side to the other while it was in motion, was caught by the wheels acd his right leg literally mashed to pieces. It is supposed that he had been stealing a ride on a freight car in the train and trying to hide from the conductor. He was carried to Waynesboro, where he died Sunday morning. —Columbus Enquirer: This talented young railroad manager,we are reliably informed, baa resigned the posit'on as superintendent cf rhe Virginia Midland to accept tbe responsible and highly a thorough-bred Irish excuse for his conduct. When asked why he did eo, he said “I met an old friend with whom I bad just become acquainted and could not resist.” —Columbus Times: A gentleman who resides in the city, but who has a farm in the country, had killed and brought to the city ten splendid pork ers yesterday and wanted to sell them. The hogs were in elegant order, well butchered and the weather fine, and no difficulty was apprehended in find ing ready buyers at good prices. Bui imagine his surprise when he found that he must serd them back to the country to be cured into bacon, as he r ould not sell them in town—though he offered 'hem at six cents per pound. We were astonished when he told ns about it, and felt the point of his re mark that this is a poor market for h >me raised meat. — Covington Star: Mrs. Martha L Camp, of Covington, who is now in the or.j '.ymentof remarkably good health fer oneof ^ herjnge, came to this place -■ *- — “•-* * ~ * id lias on the 24th of De cember, 1827, am been residing here ever since. She is now in her 83d year, and Is able to walk about as lively as a young girl in her teens. She only knows one per son now living who was living in this county when she came here, and that person is still a cit zen of this city, Mrs. Camp is still possessed of consid erable vigor, and carries her age re markably well. May she live to see many more years yet to come. —Griffin News: The contested elec* tion of Hurkncra vs Grantland was withdrawn, on yeeterday. It was settled satisfactorily all around, and all parties are to be congratulated that the matter has been settled. The truth is, it would have took all summer to hav.e comple ted the invest’g^tiou the way it was progressing. Capt. Grantland is a young man of fine ability, and, will make a good senator. He is very popular in this county, as the large vote polled for him shows. We are glad toe matter has been satisfactorily arranged, and think it was much bet ter thau to have gone on with the con test, as it would have necessarily cost a great deal of money and time. —Miss C. D. Upton, a yonng ladj who worked in the Eagle and Phenix Mills and lived over the river iu Rus sell county, Alabama, was taken quite sick on Monday while at work snd went home. W hen she got home * he gave a friend ten cents and asked aim to get her a dose of morphine. He weni to a druR store and got, instead of a dose, ten cents worth—three grains— of the desired article. Tbir she took when the went to bed—and, she was heard to call some one in the night, it is supposed she discovered, from the unusual effects, that it was an overdose and wanted relief. Not hearing the call repeated, it was not not attended to and yesterday morning it was found that she was dead. l>r Terry, of this city, was Bent for, but she being already dead, of course he could do no good. *Her rela tives and friends are. sure that Miss Upton intended no violetice to her life in taking the drug, ua she had been somew hat in the habit of nsing it when nnweli, and buying it by the dose at ten cents, expected only a dose for the money sent, and not a quantity snfii- cient to produce fatal results, hence she took it all. This is another sad warn- our habit of using poisonous drugs, ex cept as prescribed by intelligent phy sicians. —Macon Telegraph: On Sunday morning there was a very full attend ance at Christ churcn, to hear the his torical and farewell sermon of Itev. C. C. Williams, who will shortly leave us, to take charge of the Si. Paul’s Episco pal chuich, of Augusta. The produc tion wss profoundly lis ened to and evinced the cloeest study and preparation, giving a history of the Christ church parish sit ce tbe organization oi the church, on the 5ih day of March, 1825. The shifting Fcenes through which the church had parsed in more than a half cental y of time were port raved in . . .. Jon, i __ that state,is the father of twenty-seven sons, by one wife. —Gen. John D. Rather, of Toscnm- friends. l 7~The New Iberia f La) Sugar Bowl , 0 f cunu by the late thinks that the loss c freeze has been exaggerated, and esti mates the damage at not over ten per cent. —The G. eensboro (Ala.) Watchman reports the sudden death of W. F. Russell, of that place, who fell in the fire iu an epileptic fit and waa fatally burned. —Walter Malone, of Waldron, Scott county, Arkansas, recently shot his father-in-law dead when the latter in terfered to prevent the former from beating his wife. Tim Matthews, of Houston, Texas, shot in the leg, Christmas. The following day C. a Dibbles and wife, of the rame city, were drowned in Cherry —R E. Robinson, of Petorsbnrg, Va., was da:,seron8ly wounded in the side on the 24th by the accidental discharge of a pistol which he was showing to his wife. Edward Webb, of Norfolk, Va., a son of OoL Thomas H. Webb, of that city, was shot on the 22d by a telegraph operator named J. B. Fleshman. The ball penetrated one of Webb’s lungs. —The Atlanta Constitution reports that the invention of the “telephono graph,” by an inventor of that city, for the printing of eonnd at the tertnini of telegraph hues. —The Tennessee Historical asesdation has on its shelves a policy on the steamer Andrew Jackson,issued by the Louisiana insurance company, and dated May 2, 1825. —The Selma (Ala.) Southern Argus reports a demoralized condition of affaire in Franklin county and says the people there will not testify against one another in courts. —Judge Sherman Png*, ex-Governor sota, are in Tennessee, in search of in formation of a desirable location for a settlement. They intend to bring a large colony down when a location can be determined upon. —The Galveston, Texas, Civilian i arts the arrest in that city of Captain ’ Celesti, [enry Kohn, of the schooner < for the mnrder of Hugh McCaffery, a sailor who was reported to have fallen overboard from that schooner Novem ber 30, and to have been drowned. — Livingston, Ala., Journal: The Alabama Great Southern railroad (the old A. and C.) company has had re corded in this county a first mortgage for $1,750,000, to secure the payment of bonds issued for the purpose of paying nip the road. graphic sentences. _ The times cf jjroe- r»erity and times of sadness were fully depicted, and the lives of those who have broken for that people tbe bread cf life were reviewed in sentences which showed that the work was done con amurc. The present and future 6f (he charge were also spoken aud he leaves the cioirch in a flourishing condition. Al the Humming up he bid farewell to the church in the most tender and affectionate man ner. Many tears unbidden welled up in the eyes of the congregation as the words of parting were spoken. In his brief rectorship in our city, Mr. Williams has entwined himself around the hearts of his people, and in sunder ing his pastoral relations he severs many strong ties. His preaching in Admired by all for its elegance < f dies lion, grace and ease of delivery, beanty of thought and evangelical teeching. The eiiy in him foes one of her most popular and accomplished divines, and to his new home will follow nim ardent wishes for his future prosperity. He will leave this morning for New Orleans on a short visit to relatives, and will, on his retnrn, proceed to his new duties in Augusta. indebtedness and to equip t Natchitoches, La., Vindicator: A Louisiana man has had three wives in four veare. He traded one for a farm, another for a pair of horses and he ex* pects to stock his farm entirely if he has good luck. -Cleveland, Tenn., Herald: John M. Stephens was in this office the other day and presented ns with an apple of the second crop from one tree in bis yard. Ue save the tree bore one > in the summer, then bloomed n and now has the second crop. -A Fredericksbug, Tfexas, dispatch of the 22d states that the postmaster of that place was arrested on that date and put under $500 bond for rendering a false account ii connection with his •oeition as treasurer of the Fredericks- uig dramatic association. —Galveston, Texas, News, Terrell DOWN ah 1*1 xus. —New Orleans police r.re admonish ed for sitting down on their beats. —Sam Bard’s Pensacola experience was abortive. —Mary Conner, colored, of Nash ville, dropped dead on the26:h. —Williamson’s _ ^ county, Virginia, has been establish) —The L>uisiana Methodist confer ence opens at Baton Rouge on Janua ry 9di. —The New Orleans grand jury recom mend a Sunday liquor law fer that mu nicipality. —A three-year-old daughter of J. M. Dent, of Columbia, ti. C., was fatally burned on the 22d. — Doc Hobdey, a Nashville colored youth, was stabbed in the groin, Christ mas, by an unknown dastard. —Ralph Bingham, the seven-year-old Richmond, Va., oratorical prodigy, ia dabbed the “B *y Orator of Bethel.’’ —The incoming South Carolina legis- I tture will likely call a convention to draft a new constitution of that state. —The speaker of the South Carolina house of delegates is a young man of twenty-seven. —Dr. W. W. Bennett, of Richmond, Va-, has been elected president of Randolph Macon college. lucrative appointment a« general super intendent ot tbe L^ng Inland railroad its leased lines and branches aggregat ing 325 miles. That the combination ol industry, capacity, experience and a most genial address should have secured the eligible position tendered him is gratifying to nis friends, bnt does net surprise them, for tt ey recognize his superior talents which make him mas ter of any position he may assume in the stirring profession in which he has risen so rapidly. The principal office of Mr. Spencer’s new company is at Long Island City, and we presume his Headquarters will be at that city. —Columbus Times: A party of hun ters from this city, composed of Messrs. M«>te Williams, Robert Ledsinger, Wm. Snider, James Thweatt, Robert Tbweau, and Master Henry Burrus, in a hunt on the McMillan plantation, tridges, and by the roadside on return yesterday tfiey flashed a flock of black birds, into which the Messrs. Thweatt fired killing 95. This is by far the most successful bunt of the season we have heard of. Master Henry Bur ras, though this was his first day in the field, killed 20 birds. —Covington Star: Some of the church members so f >nrot tbeir vows at the late ball, as to alloy themselves to take a turn at thb foot shaking. Oao chap, Riley arrested here to-day R. W. Johnson, charged with forging two bills of lading on ths T. and P. R. R. company, on which he attempted to obtain money from J. O. Rogers A Co. —The Montgomery. (Advertiser and Mail’s Greenville, t • , letter tells of the existence of a M rmon sect in Butler county, in that state, within fif teen miles of Greenville, under the leadership of a self-proclaimed saint named Vicary, who says be is inspired, yet does not seemed disposed to make sacrifice in behalf of —Alexandria Va.)Gazette: A petition is receiving signatures in the county calling the attention of the “legislature to (he excessive tax impoeod by the county s upervisors for the purposes of defraying the county expenses,” and praying that “ as the countv is a small one ana unable to meet such expenses. it be relieved, and the taxes lessened by extending the limit of the city over the county, or that the county be merged with that of Fairfax.” —The Mobile Register thinks the revolt in the western coffee dealers against the Baltimore and New York merchants and of the railroad lines run ning eastward has called attention once more to the advantages of Mobile as an entrepot for coffee. —Charlotte (N C JObaerver, 23d: The first national bank began paying out * ~ the open- the Mexican silver dollars at ing of business veeterday, and by the city was flo.tded with them, banks other have ordered this coin. They pay 97 cento for it, and thus make three cents on the dollar, le half cent apiece—the cost of getting it here The first national yesterday re ceived a barrel of this money ($5,000), and daring the day disposed of aU but $1,500 of it. —The Baton Rouge Advocate of the 19lh reports that daring an attempt to arrest a murderer at Moseen, Walla Slack was mortally wounded in tbe breast, and Gayle Sparks dangerously wounded in t* wounded In the groin. —The Nashville Banner reports Judge J. C. Guild, of that city, to be preparing reminiscences of the Ten nessee bar, covering a period of .sixty years. Amusing incidents of politicians of that state will be given in the book, and a chapter or two will be devoted to will hereafter be known by tae euphe mistic appellation of tae limes. ite, of Nor- si lip of Os- —William Grzwold, whir folk, Va. bit off tae uppei car Griffiu, colored, of tuat place, on tae 221. —The Hay nec vi He (Ala.) Examiner records t .e sale of real estate at that place at prices ranging from 25 cents to $1 50 j*er sere. —James Jeffrey, of battery E, U. 8. troops, at Charleston, S. C., a ret-ident of Lynn, Mass., died on the 24ta in Charles on, aged 26. —Texas Jack was known in old times as Mr. Omohondro.of Palmyra, Fiuvana county, Va., from which he migrated. —David MrClesky, of Etowah coun ty, Ala., is 96 years ot age, and Mrs. Landsden, ot Batter county, that state, is 97. —The Mississippi Coahomian reports Molly Jack* way, ot that locality, to be emulous of the fame of Jack Hark*- way. —The Sunday law ordinance in Lou isiana has aroused much opposition, and is known in tae state as a “Puritan —The Milledgeville, Ga., old capital building is to be converted into a mili tary school as a part of tae state uni versity. —Some British shipping in the Sa vannah harbor was decorated with pe<]*r and greeu branches Christmas, in j his clothes like' 4 fn* or a cub. Tbe the Georgi» ha» invent*.! a when being hauled over the coala for! honor of the dajr. thi« -iriUiinn rf chnrch discipline gave < —■Th; ''/i'mimrtrtn (JJ, C.) Star ■ ‘T» the legislators of the state. —New Orleans Times: The re. qnirement of the law in regard to em bezzlement, that concealment for the collection most be established, has made it impossible, in several appro priation of moneys by clerks, agents and attorneys, to bring in a true bill, and, unwillingly, the grand jnry bad to preeent "not a true bilL" Ihey recom ment a la* covering these cases be —Tbe Corpus Christ!, Texas, Free Preee report the attack npon a San Diego stag, near that place on tbe 18ih bv a party of greasers, who lariated the driver, the only man aboard, and ex- ' tbeir determination to bang preeaed I and born him, and likewise any one they caught from Corpus Chriati. Tbe driver denied being from that place, and waa allowed to depart with one of the stage-horses, the others being de tained by tbe Mexicans with the atage. —The Marshall, Texas, Herald gives the ; articnlare of tbe mnrdor of a Mr. Kflinicke, a former resident of that place, bnt at tbe time of hia death a citizen of Longview, in Orepg county, by two n-groee and a Mexican half- breed, on the 24th, and of the nnrsoit of tbe murderers after their flight by Sheriff Durham, of that county, and a posse. The outlaws eluded the latter’a vigilance for some time, but the officers kept on tbeir trail for a week, with little aleep or rest, and finally bagged their game. —An Erekine college, S. C., letter al- Indes to the president of that institute, Prof. Pereton, as being a lineal descen dant of Patrick " Henry, and refers to biogra- “He ia America.” —The Huntsville (Ala.) Independent records the arrest at GurleyviUe of a gang of law-breakers who had long the law-abiding patience of the denisens of that place, and their sum mary trial. Thomas Oaonsck. Fayette Lee, Charles Connelly and Ribert those arrested. Karnpley were amon? t -to