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% G. THE ATLANTA W EBKLY BUN. rnrTTT' \ tt A" QTT\ 1 eve, growing out of the vile machinations l JJ 1 * , i of the “Depirtmists," who, though now THURSDAY MOUSING SElTEMIiEK 14, Cato’* I>ctter. % We ask the special attrition of our readers, to the letter of our W ashing ton City correspondent, Cato, in our issue of fo-dny. We commend it to all those who do not see clearly our way out of all the jolitical troubles now afflicting the country, through the peaceful, but all powerful reined’/ <f the ballot box.' Well does Cato say, that “success in repmlifttiug their exploded departure, are yet active (it may be well enough sus pected) in devising new schemes of di- j vision. In after years the surrender couteoi plated by the New Departurists will be accounted the most remarkable crime in MAYOK’S COURT. The Trade Pretty Pair I the street after he had been ordered io I remove it. The uuisince consisted in i keeping his chicken coop on the side- Vi'alk. Jo. said he did take it in for eight Tuesday's proceedings. or * ctl days, until he saw John Rogers, Yesterday the Book was opened, and Jno. T. Hagan and one or two Oi ers se Jonsen held up twelve villainous-looking | their coops out again, and taen e pu documents in his hand, which meant that; his out. The Gouit mildh pat the ques the whole history of politics. The coa T lition of Mr. Fox and Lord North was twelve of the offenders must come to tion to Jo., Can guilt in Carthage pardon guilt in Rom Or vice in one iu another vice absolve?” not Accompanied by a sacrifice of princi- time with their “scads.” The show opea- ple properly speaking on the side <>{ e d with au introduction of the either. It was, tHere!ore, to be classed > among the mere stupidities of politicians;! smith family. and look at its fate! But what is to be Smith! John Smith! Ah, a veritable John said of men who, after a life-loug ad- j Smith was np for quarreling and fussing. Jo. couldn't exactly tell, and as he was not as long in “dish coontry ash Meester Hagan and Meester Roogers” lie thought he would follow their example. In con- the next campaign” by the Democracy | ''er -nce, or pretended adherence, to con- j 0 ]j a was a £ price’s nigger saloon, and I sideration of ignorance of the law, and , .. .... ., stitutiotfal principles, and distributive , , ,, . . , ° .... . •. *‘nrw\n T.Iia nrnnpv rmnHHIO ninnp wtinw! I .... . 1 ... . , . . hu ami oimtltor m ottoy* rm o <yotyva r.T l tRonv wai»a **■»-* + r\ if orui oc ir upon the proper principle, alone, would politibaI deliberately attempt to furnish a panacea for all our troubles.” A majority in the next House of Repre sentatives, would itself, do the work—do it peaof’hly and Constitutionality too. The House holds not only the “purse strings,” as Cato says, but they also hold the “//«- peaching power." If Judges corruptly ally themselves on the side of usurpa tion and despotism, the people, through their representatives, hold the rod of impeachment over them. One of the grounds of the impeach ment, brought against Judge Chase (soon after the Democrats came into pow er in 1800, under the lead of Jefferson, supported by such men as Bradford,) was, that he had refused to permit the law, on which a defendant in prosecu tion relied for Lis justification, to be sub mitted to the jury for their judgment upon its merits. As the friends of Liberty then held and maintained, so we still hold and maintain, that in all criminal prosecu tions in this country, whether under “En forcement Acts” or “Ku-Klux Bills,” the jury constitutes a part of the Court, and have equal Constitutional right to pass upon the validity of the law, so-called, as the Judge. Juries in this country are judges of the law as well as the fuel. With a Democratic House of Repre sentatives, therefore, alone, radical Judg es may be held in awe, if no more. But with, a majority in the House, the bayo net could no lpnger be used in the en forcement of either unconstitutional acts, . or “fraudulent amendments,”, existing only “dofacto," not “de jure"—only by might, and not by right. This is the doctrine of the Blair-Brod- head letter, which is said tp lie so Rev- lulionary. But wherein is there any thing revolutionary about it? Is it rev olutionary io stop the unjust use of the sword? And to stop it, too, “'in (heman- ner and by the authority Constitutionally appointed ?" This is the whole of the “raw head and bloody bones” of the revolutionary principles of the Bfair- Brodhead letter, and the Democratic Platform of 186S. Sensible men cannot bo imposed upon by any such stuff ns this, attempted to be imposed upon them, as argument, by those whose object is to get them volunta rily to surrender their liberties. We, therefore, repeat, Cato is right when he says that “ success’-.by a popu lar condemnation of the iniquitous usur pations of the ruling Dynasty in the next campaign, will prove a “ panacea;” and, .we add, a euthanasia, “to oil our troubles.” Lot the people not be deceived or alarmed at any of the Radical howls about the revolutionary character of the remedy proposed. A. H. S. W A SHINGTON ^CORRESPON- DE1NCB. universalize the dogma of the omnipo tence of a rotten Congress! For at last this is the upshot of the New Departure. The “amendments” complained of are, in fact, mere acts of a Congress, not legally con stituted, and to say there i; no legal reme dy—not even by repeal(for the “amend ments” are sought to bo regarded by uni versal consent as such) is to claim for that body supreme, irrepealable authority over tbe lives and liberties of a people boast ing of their freedom, secured under the strict forms of a valid written Constitu tion. Hear what William Bradford, of Massachusetts, (who had taken active part in the formation of the Constitution) said upon this subject, in 1798, when the Con gressional usurpations of the Alien and •Sedition Acts were discussed before the people: After the truths established by our revolution— and In the blaze of political knowledge which illu minates the close of the 18th century, I did not ex pect to hear it affirmed in a republican government, that the supremo power resides in the Legislature. It resides only in the people who have delegated ceit&in portions of it to the different branches of government. Properly speaking, neither of these is superior. They are in one sense equal and co ord • nate—The legislature it controled by Vie Constitution; and to the Judiciary the people have intrusted the power or interpreting the laws. And as the Consti tution is the supreme law, the courts in the exercise of their iunetions must necessarily determine whether the Acts of the Legislature interfere with its provisions. But, it is said, the partisan construc tion of the present Supreme Court pre cludes relief from that quarter. Be it so. Is not, at least, the popular branch of Congress yet within the reach of the people—and does not that body hold the purse-strings? Even in England the House of Commons has legally, time and again, corrected the abuses and usurpa tions of the Government by withholding supplies ? In truth thfye is no want of a remedy if the people of the country shall deter mine to apply a proper one. Success, in the next campaign, upon the proper principle alone, would furnish a panacea for .-ill our troubles. If, on the other hand, success could be attained on minor issues, with.the main evil ignored, defeat would be preferable. As the famous ancient physician, Philotimus, said to one who presented him Iris finger to dress, and who (he perceived both by his complexion and his breath) had an ulcer in his lungs, “ Friend,” said he, “ this is not a time for yon to be paring your nails!” Cato, I STATE ROAD PLUNDERINGS. Letter from Cato. Washington, September 8, 1871. The very fuglemen (in this city) of the New Departurists have abandoned the mischievous heresy promulgated by the Pennsylvania State Convention, and even go so far as to denounce the further lead ership of its New York authors. Hit them again; they have now no friends! The dodge now is to have no platform at all, but to nominate candidates at a Na tional Democratic Convention, and there end. But for the stupid attempt to induce old-line Jeffersonian Democrats to indorse the Radical programme, perhaps the great party of Jeffersonian Democra cy might have been satisfied with a gen.-, eral denunciation of the conduct of the party in power. An Opposition, ordi narily, is not, strictly speaking, obliged to advance a general policy, or put forth a platform of principles, or, in fact, to show its hand upon one or other particu lar points. “Indeed, one of the chief mis fortunes attending the blunder of the “New Departure” consists in the necessity which its authors hare created of denounc ing the doctrines of the schismatics in our own ranks, as well as those of the com mon enemy ! And how is this disagree able duty to be avoided in a National Convention ? Certainly by no other means than an assured guarantee of the nomination of candidates whose very names shall be synonyms of loyalty to the Constitution, as understood and inter preted by tbe fathers ? Upon the mere understanding which universally existed prior to the fire-brand thrown into the party by the Depar turfs’s, at the in stance of New York sharpers, the Democ racy might very well have secured con tinued unanimity, even by declining the superfluous renewal of the platform of 1868; and still further, it might have gone great lengths in the matter of the candi dates themselves, in the way of concilia tion—when feeling secure upon the main point. But the conduct of the Depar- t amts, so flagrantly violative of every principle that binds the honest masses of the Democracy together, has rendered it neoeesary to be more particular. The country must have unquestioned evidence (no matter how got) that hereafter there is to be ‘ no cheating round the table.” There is now a necessity fora wide-awake A. L. Harris Arrested. So far as outward appearances were concerned, State Road stealing investiga tions had subsided, and the race after the robbers had quieted down, and the sub jeet had almost lost its public interest as a topic of eager conversation. But yesterday the interest was revived and brought to a sudden pitch of inten sity by the arrest of A. L. Harris, some times called “Fatty” Harris, because of his remarkable corporosity and genial humor; for he is a fellow of “ infinite jest" at all times. On Saturday last Col. G. W. Lee made oath before Judge Butt that said Harris was a “common cheat and swindler. The specifications amounted in substance to these: That said Lee had sold to said Harris a certain railroad “switch”—the property of said Lee at the time, and that said Harris had paid him for the switch, one lathe of the value of $500, and a consid erable amount of iron and other articles of the value of $300 ; that said switch was sold to Harris on his individual account and that the articles thus paid for them was the property of the State, or of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, by which means the State was defrauded, etc. The arrest was made yesterday about 114 o’clock, by officer D. P. Kendrick. It was done quietly. Mr. Harris was ex pecting the arrest, we understand, for he had been informed that a warrantfwas is sued. He promptly came with Mr. Ken chick and appeared before Judge Butt. Examination was waived. till Saturday, Mr. Harris in the meantime being left in the custody of the officers of court. We learn, however, that he is very angry with CoL Lee, expressing himself in terms not very complim entary and threat ening prosecution, and the Penitentiary as a result. We are told that his wrath was warm, running up almost to a rage. Maj. A. B. Culberson, of this city, ap peared at Judge Batts’ office with Mr. Harris, as his counsel. The Paiienger Depot. Yesterday a convocation of parties in terested, representing the various rail roads centering here, at which the Geor gia Railroad was represented by Judge King, and Maj. HillyerJ the resident Di rector; and the Central and Macon and Western by Messrs. Wadley and White, their Presidents severally, was held in this city, at which all matters concerning the Passenger Depot were finally adjust ed. The agreement was made some days ago, as has been mentioned in these col umns, but the contracts were not definite ly made and confirmed till yesterday. We learn that now the Passenger De pot will be floored and otherwise com pleted without delay. This will be wel come news to the public. he and another nigger got np a game of old sledge, and they fell out and cussed, and passed the lie, &c., and so on. The Mayor charged him $5 and costs. , less than one quart. Several cases were up this morning for this offense. The same glass-eyed man and his son were the only witnesses. P. P. Kilby was the victim, and when tile old man commenced his tale of “Cap’n Gee,” the Mayor liked to fell out of Lis chair, and asked for water. He got the inside proof on Kilby, howqver, and fined him $50 and costs. GEORGE WEAVER was np for quarreling and profanity.— They could not make out a case of drun kenness against him, because tbe last time he was up he promised the Mayor that he would not drink any more, and he said he bad kept his word. Anyway, he was making lots of noise, which George said was caused by his trying to learn his dog some sense. The witnesses could not tell whether he swore any or not, as he was talking Dutch. The Court said it felt morally certain Weaver was cussing in Dutch, but he did not understand that language sufficiently to fix a fine. Helet him off with a venture of $5 and costs, with the understanding that the next time it would be taken for granted it was Dutch swearing and fine him accordingly. A SECOND CASE against him for drunkenness and disor derly conduct was called, but the wit nesses, as in the former case, could not tell whether he was cussing or not, nor whether he was drinking or not. Weaver persisted that he had not drank any since he signed the Mayor’s Good Tem plar’s Pledge, which the Court was bound to believe, and let him off with costs. LIZZIE HOWARD used some sassness to the inmates of the house at which she was cook, and be came so impudent that a gentleman boarder frailed her over the head with a stick, for which he was fined $5 and costs; and, after she had been flailed, she went out and smashed plates and crock ery ware-generally. Lizzie’s witnesses did not appear, and the case was con tinued. The witness were ordered under arrest and locked np till this morning for contempt of Court. PHILIP TYLER was mixed up in the game of old sledge with John Smith, and was the very one who John had the fuss with. Philip paid $5 and costs. T. H. JONES » for selling liquor without license, was up, with the same glass-eyed man and his son as witnesses. They must have sam pled all.the whisky in that Ward. The son made a slight variation in his testi mony in this case from that he gave in the morning previous, and the Mayor called liis attention to that fact. It at once got him into deep water, when one of the parties interested wanted to in troduce testimony implicating the verac ity of the young man. Permission was given, and three men came forward and swore they would not believe him on his oath. This was getting interesting, and the father begged the Court to wait un til this morning, when he would see if he couldn’t have some characters im peached too. The case was decided, and a good deal of square faced swearing will be the result this morning. OLD FAYETTE HEARD FROM. J. B. Woods, a tall, good-natured lock ing man from Fayette county, came to town yesterday, and in circling around, unconsciously took on too much groceries. The police found him dead drunk, and cared for him. He got $10 worth. H. WOOTEN belonged to the rock brigade. He was very nearly related to the tribe of orang outang, judging from his looks and the quality of the testimony he gave in. His Honor gave him some severe lecturing and made him pay the costs. WEDNESDAY’S PROCEEDINGS. SUSS LIZZIE HOWARD. Lizzie was up the day before for being disorderly and fussy, but she was not ready for trial. She gave as her excuse that her witnesses were not on hand, but it appears that Lizzie just wanted an op portunity to dress herself up and appear as a lady should at court. So this morn ing she came sailing in as Jonsen sung out her name, ail nice enough. She wore one of the latest touches of turban hats, with a huge chignon, and little soap locks on the side of her face. Her plaited Garibaldi waiste was handsomely overspread with a double round cape, with high shoulder seams. Her dress of lavender colored calico, was a demi-train, adjusted for street wear by means of tapes, which looped it up to the waist at the back of the seams. Thus arrayed, Lizzie plead not guilty. . Could it be possible that she was? No. That “gear ing” completely shut the Court’s eye clean np, and the case was dismissed. JO. A KABO LA wt a arraigned for keeping a nuisance on several of them were into it, and as it was all about long, yaller-legged, frying chickens, and. as the Court was fond of them sort (being a good Methodist preacher) he very wisely aad judiciously dismissed the whole thing. no. 1673 plead guilty t> a first-class drank, and paid the $10 and costs. Who 1673 is can be ascertained by referring to Jonstn’s book. That was the individual we had up for being drunk. ADAM STRAUSS wa3 an Irish gentleman, but was born and raised in Germany, aad emigrated to this country soon after the war. Adam was not fond of beer, but would occa sionally take a couple dozen of glasses, or fifty, just to oblige a friend. And then he is not at all punctual about when, where or whether he retires at all or not. His “frau” generally keeps him straight, but he gets the best of her sometimes, and raises the old Harry. The court asked Adam how about the fuss, and he said: ■ Veil, Sliudge, I told yon how it vos: I don't got any glock; • De onder night I gone up town, Und take a glass o’ bock. Und run o’ dem lob-eared Dutchmen came, Fon lei derjluss, you see— Says, “Hello, Adam, how you vot? You dake a glass mit me.” Yell, den, I tought I’d take a glass; Und, sure as I’malife, Me und dat lob-eared Dutchman dook Two or dree gnpple or fife; Two or dree gupple or fife or ten. Or ’leven, I expect; Andven ve started home all two Vas drunk—now dat’s a fact. Den I gone home, unt catch de bed, Undvent to tumble in; But pretty soon my rife sbpoke out, “Vote time yon dink it been?” ‘‘Veil, I don’t know,” I say, “vot time?— ’Bout ’leven, maybe.” Veil, Yoost den dat glock sdrikes vun dree times— I break urn all to h—1, The Court persuadedAdam to keep cool and on his promise to do so he let him off’. FRANK-LONG was first cousiu to Lucy Long, who took her time about making the baby comfortable. Frank was accused of be ing drunk and disorderly; He said he did take a dram and felt it, but as far as cursing a white man who was going along the streets, he never did it, and if he did he don’t recollect it. His Honor remin ded Frank that when he took a ten cent Atlanta drink it was not the sixteen year old stuff which Parks Arnold used to keep in his cellar, and would effect him very differently (the Conrt and Frank both remember old Parks). In conside ration of them both coming from the same county and being old-time acquain tances he only charged Frank'the $5 and costs. ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD FROM ! Old “Walton county had a representa tive before the Court yesterday in the person of R. W. Blackburn, who, on coming to town, changed his liquor too suddenly, with the most disastrous re sults. It threw him heels over head in no time. As it was a plain drunk it only cost $5 and costs. ROBERT WEBSTER, alias Bob Yancey, was on the floor of the Senate. An inferior article of a barber made free with Bob, and sung out to him “ Hello, old feller, can’t you set ’em up !” Bob did not like such as this, and invited the yontli to go througli a very unpleasant performance, for which invi tation Webster paid $10 and costs. WEBSTER STEELE was the poor article spoken of in the last chapter, who had the fuss with Webster He called that individual a d—d old fool. This much Bob stated, and spread himself in a similar similar style to his great paternal ancestor (so-called). Web- stei’s reply to Hayne was a tame affair in comparison. It. overwhelmed the Court and Senate Chamber and mulcted Steele in for $10 and costs. SOME MORE OF THE SMITHS. The everlasting Smith family sent Har riet up to represent them this morning. She was a poor sample of that prolific stock, and if it had been the first Smith the Court ever saw, it would have gone Bard with her. But it was not—no, not by upwards of several hundred millions, and among them some right clever folk?, too, all of Which went to mitigate the penalty for quarreling and profanity," and she went off with a $5 flea in her ear. Court adjourned. ■*. Big Lie. The Western telegrams, a few days ago, informed us of the departure of this cel ebrated Indian; chief of the tribe of “ Sonny Boys ” for the South. He ar rived here yesterday morning, and his first exploit was to visit Ballard’s Saloon, in the New Passenger Depot, where he amused himself for an hour with the Beer Pomp, exclaiming at short intervals, “Fire water, ugh, squirt heap more, brave man don’t care d—n.” From ap pearances. he was feeling well, and upon taking a survey of the depot, exclaimed “Much Wigwam, no sqoaw.” He was told that squaws were plenty and in close proximity, npon which he instantly started through the building, but at the door of the sleeping car office he stopped and wanted to know if “Berths could be secured with a dead head tioket.” Mr. Dunning politely told him it couldn’t be done, as several had tried and failed, but as he appeared to be a spitefully inclined, he was told to consult either Colonel Dunlap or Maj. Hammock, who resemble each other very much, but whose experiences in “securing berths,” in sleeping cars, are somewhat dissimilar. Communicated. Editors Sun: You have heretofore pub lished in your paper a list of the war rants drawn by Mr. H. O. Hoyt, while he was the agent of the State Road, un der Foster Blodgett’s administration, for the purchase of wood, cross-ties, and for ballasting tbe road, and I have seen in your columns, that Mr. Hoyt complains that the publication is unjust to him, as leaving an unfavorable impression upon the minds of tbe public, unless it could be accompanied by facts as to the manner in which that money was dis bursed. I propose, through your columns, courteously, to ask Mr. Hoyt a few ques tions, which I hope he will answer through the same medium. How much wood did you purchase last year? I have been informed that there were about 20,000 cords on the road when Col. Hulbert gave it up, and that there was about the same amount on the road when it was taken charge of by the les sees. I know not how true this is. Will Mr. H. inform us ? Will he also inform us of the amount needed to run the road a year ? I have been told that 25,000 cords is an abundant supply. Is this so, and how much did he purchase, and what was its cost ? Will he also state how many cross-ties he purchased iu 1869 ? I have been told that 250 per mile is enough to keep the road in repair for one year, and that less than 40,000 will cover the wants of the entire road one year. Is this correct ? Then, Mr. H. had the contract for put ting down “ballast” on the road, or .hired it to be done. I am told that he was al lowed $1 25 per yard for it, and that he hired others to do the work,’paying them only 65 cents per yard; and that those so employed have said they made a fair profit on it—in other words, that it could all have been done for 65 cents per yard, and a considerable amount was hired to be done at that price by Mr. H., but that he was allowed and drew for it $1 25 per yard. Is this true ? Will Mr. Hoyt please answer ? If lie is innocent of any wrong doing, let him be vindicated, I say. If he has acted properly throughout, none will more earnestly commend and justify him than I will. I am after facts only, and am not entering on an unjust crusade, without first giving him an opportunity to explain what he did. Inquirer. SUN-STROKES. £53=“ “I am not a Democrat and never was,” exclaims tbe editor of the Courier- Journal. “True, ob, King!” Tbe Courier-Journal has a leader headed “Information Wanted. ” That is right!' Hang out your sign ! No paper is more in need of information. EgL.'Among the “bills paid” shown up by the New York officials, is one for thermometers amounting to $7,500. The dealers from whom the thermometers were bought says the authorities paid $158 for them. Who would have thought that mercury could rise so. The Courier-Journal says : — “Thomas De Wolf is the editor of the Columbus (Ga.) Sun, and his political course is such as to lead ns to fear that he is De Wolf in sheep’s clothing.” The C. -J., Mr. De Wolf might retort, is bnt a sheep in sheep’s clothing and will soon begin to feel sheepish. The Courier-Journal says : “The Covington Friend npminates Alexander H. Stephens for President. If things conld be arranged so' as to bring in J. Henly Smith for Tice, such a tioket would be irresistible.” The Courier Journal forgets that all the vice is on its side of the house. Mr. Jefferson said “the public will never be made to believe that the appointment of a relative is made on the ground of merit alone, uninfluenced by family views.” And nothing has trans pired within the past two and a half years to prove that Mr. Jefferson’s views were j incorrect. £$£s“The Courier-Journal seems to be in a fog about the cause of the defeat of the Democrats in California. This, it says, has not been in accordance with “the wishes and expectations of many Demo crats,” and adds, “there is. the broad, bare fact that one of the States which they confidently placed in the Demo cratic column has unexpectedly deserted and gone over to the other side.” The Courier-Journal is a little too harsh in its language. California h as n ot ‘ ’deserted, ” but„only “departed” from the Demo cratic fold. GEORGIA NEWS. B AIRBRIDGE. The Bainbridgians are taking the sweets of life at 75 cents a bushel for po tatoes, and 5 cents a stalk for cane. The Argus of the 9th says: We do not remember ever to have seen a poorer prospect for a cotton crop than is presented by all the fields on the varions roads we have traveled in the last ten or twelve days. We are disposed to believe that this region of Georgia will not'make more than half as much this year as it did last year. Other crops are good, and fewer bales of cotton raised will probably result in more benefits and greater prosperity, on account of the in creased price of this staple product, to the people of our section. The local editor of the Sun was pre sented with a handsome gold-headed cane a few days ago. The Sun, of the 7th, says: James Ivey, youngest son of Mr. Dor sey Ivey, a prominent citizen of Baker county, was killed last Friday, by a ne gro Sam. He was shot througli the l leail and heart, with a double barrel loaded with buckshot. The negroes’ caped. Our informant could not aser r tain positively what the origin of the dif ficulty was. SANDERSVILLE. The Georgian of the 13th has the f 0 i lowing particulars of an unfortunate a f! fair wuich was mentioned in the local columns of this paper yesterday: It is made our unpleasant duty to an nounce the killiug, on Saturday" last of Mr. Seaton Gantlan by his ftther-in-W Dr. Wm. W. Carr. An inquest was ] !0 \i on Sunday—the jury being composed of some of the best citizens of the county— and a verdict of Justifiable Homicideren dered. To satisfy .the great anxiety of the friends of both parties—who are of the highest respectability and largely con nected with many of the oldest and best families of the State and country—ive deem it necessory to say, that all the circumstauces and the testimony as taken at the inquest,, exonorate Dr. Carr from blame, and manifest a degree of forbear ance on his part toward the unfortunate young man commendable indeed. ilr. G who, by the way, is a grandson of the Hon. Seaton Grantlan, formerly of Bald win county, was residing with" Dr. Carr at the time of the killing. An unpleas antness had sprung up—from what cause we know not—and Dr. Carr’s life had been threatened several times by Mr. G On the morning of the homicide Mr', g! had been quite insulting, and the Dr., in order to get away from the unpleasant ness, made preparation to go out into the plantation. As he came down the steps he saw Mr. Grantlan approaching with pistol cocked and pointed toward him. The Dr. remarked, “don’t shoot me, Seaton,”.or, “are you going to shoot me?” Without replying, he continued to advance, when the Dr. raised his gun, which he had swinging by a strop from his shoulder, and fired without bringing the piece to the usual position, and hop ing, as he says, to simply disable the young man and save his own life. Un fortunately the ball sped with deadly effect, passing through the body, and producing death in a few minutes. AUGUSTA. The Chronicle ifi Sentinel, of Tuesday, contains the following paragraph: We have been shown a set of beads which have been tinned up out of a grave supposed to be that of an Indian chief, at Parachuckla, an old trading post on tbe Savannah river, sixty eight miles above the city of Savannah. These beads number three hundred and forty- nine colored red, seventeen colored black, and one large white bone. When strung the red colored beads form seventeen di visions, each defined by a black bead, the centre or front of the necklace being marked by the large white bone. Iu this grave of the Red Brave, for such it evi dently was, was found bis tomahawk or battle-axe, a wampum containing a number of old English musket balls, and the remains of an old “Brown Bess” or English musket, together with other relics. M’DUFFIE COUNTY. The Journal of the 10th has the fol lowing: A man named William Wagner, with out provocation, we are told, killed a negro boy near Barnett, on the Georgia Railroad, on Thursday last. Wagner has escaped. CABTERSYILLE. The subjoined items come by Express, under date of the 12th: A very interesting protracted meeting is progressing at the Presbyterian Church in this place. The new Methodist Church building is rapidly approaching completion. Bartow Superior Court, Fall Term, convenes in this place on next Monday. MACON. The Telegraph of the 12th has the ap pended news: An old negro man, named Bull Jones, died in this city on Sunday afternoon last, at the extraordinary age of one hun dred and ten years. Mr. James Campbell, an old, respect able and well-known citizen of Macon, died on Sunday last, and his remains were escorted to Rose Hill Cemetery yesterday by a large cortege of friends and rela tives, and by the brotherhood of Odd Fellows, of which he was an honored member. MONROE COUNTY. The Advertiser of Tuesday yields these items : Ten bales of the new crop have been received to date against one hundred to the same time last year. Through carelessness of a nurse, an in fant daughter of Mr. G. I. Allen, of this county, was choked tp death on the 2d inst. The accident occurred while the parents were at church—the nurse iu nourishing the child carelessly, gave .it a piece of meat which it could, not swal low, and death ensued. The rain storms that have occurred for many years past have simply been called “freshets,” but that last week was a real flood, and although not of the dimen sions of the one in the days. when arks were essential, exceeded even the “rise” of ’36. Several bridges and many mill dams in the country were swept away. The bridge on the Russellville road at McCowan’s mill, and the dam at the same point, were destroyed. The bridge at Searcey’s Mill was rendered impassi ble, and the dam floated off. The Towaliga was ten feet above Wilson’s bridge. The crops on bottom lands were materially injured. On the 10! State Road train last night the representatives of Cceur de Lion Com- mandery, of this city, to the Grand Con clave at Baltimore, took their departure for that city, The entire list is compos ed of onr most prominent and substan tial citizens, and we heartily wish them a pleasant journey. No more genteel delegation, we venture to say, will visit the Monumental City on this occasion. Those who went are : W. H. Tuller, R. M. Rose, R. H. Goodman, M. V. D. Corput, Thos. W. Chandler, H. Marshall, Rev. C. 4 W. Thomas, Dr. J. N. Simmons, A. J. West, J. D. Wing, W. D. Cook, O. L. Pease, A. J. Jordan, Sfc. Clair Dear- ing, L. B. Folsom, R. H. Butler, Thos. Alexander, John T. Grant, W. L. Hub bard, A. J. Reese, G. J. Howard, B. Y. Sage, W. J. Parrott, A J. McBride