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(untie reader, the great political whungdoodle of Georgia has hatched and seven “wise men” are now the self-constituted leaders of Georgia. l>r. Felton finding that his Radical aitiliatlon didn’t tahe worth a cent, lias made another deal and this time meets in conclave at the Markham House with a lot of disappointed of- dee-seekers and Independents, and the ring belches forth the following platform to tlie voters of Georgia:. To the People of Georgia:— Thoroughly imbued with the convic tion that neither the Republican par ty nor tlie Democratic party, as at present organised under its objection able methods and policies, can sub serve tlie vital interests of the people; convinced that under the old forma tions of political parties sec tionalism can never he driven from ottr Federal polities; convinced that under un- wntehed Democratic ring rule corrup tion cannot be checked in our State attain, we announce tlie following principles a* tlie comer stones of our political faith, and to their foil -vin- dietion we ask the support of all elti- '.eiis of Georgia wlto indorse them and who wish a national und liberal, jtud not a sectional government;who wish a government by the people, for the whole people, and not tlie government of partisans for tlie benefit of favor ites; who wish a vigilant watchful ness over tlie people’s uflnirs, and not tlie complete and unchecked control of their afluirs *>v one party, of meth ods, far removed from the many and manipulated only by the few: 1. The political “caucus” is only ad- visatory in Us character—should liave no binding force upon tlie actions and consciences of free citizens of a free government; hut every ballot east at an election should represent tlie cou- vietious of the individual voter. -■ We insist that it is essential to free government to liave a free ballot and ik fair count of all votes honestly cast at any State or National election; and the machinery of managing and supervising elections should be guard ed and protected by law so that fraud will Is* impossible. ■>. Honorable payment of all honest debts—especially tlie payment of the National and State debts—as rapidly as our surplus revenues will authorize. •1. In financial matters we recognize gold and silver as the money of the Constitution; nnd all paper issues— greenback or other paper currency— should Is* redeemable, at the will of the holder, in coin, at the Treasury of tin* l’nited StJites. •*>. As soon ns tlie reduction of tlie National debt will permit, we favor tIn* repeal of all Internal Revenue laws, and believe that all the revenues of tin* Federal Government should be raised by a tariff upon foreign articles imported into tills country,and whieh tnrill shall sodlscrlinnate in itsprovls ions as to afford ample encouragement and incidental protection to all home Industrie u. We advocate a liberal system of internal Improvements by tlie Federal Government for works of a National diameter only—especially our water- 7->utes of transportation. 7. The National Government Is tlje supreme authority known to the peo ple of tliis country, and its laws have the llrst claim In our obedience. Evc- ry citizen of the United States is en titled to a full protection of his per sonal and political rights under those Federal laws. S. We believe every child should have the opportunity of acquiring a common Knglish education in schools forever made free by a liberal support from the State Government. 9. Monopolies, l>y whieh a privi leged class exercises a controlling power over the property and latsir of a multitude of citizens, are opposed to tlie genius and spirit of our Govern ment; and we will steadily resist eve ry measure of system tbrt tends to concentrate political power or undue business opportunities in the hands of tlie few ut tlie expense of the many. 10. Tlie present system of leasing the State convicts must be wiped from our statutes as a foul blot upon our civilization and humanity. 11. Party proscription and sectional prejudices have greatly retarded the mutciial growth and development of our State—whieh material prosperity we earnestly desire and w'U dllligent- ly foster; and to this ... we will use every moral and legal means to sup press proscription anil to liberalize sectional prejudices—recognizing the unity of our common Federal Govern ment and equality of all men before tin* laws. We are iinhude with the doctrine that this Is u government by the peo ple, and of tlie people, and for the |H*ople; that political parties are but agencies for a part of the people, and that, in any neessary comparison, the people’s interests should be primary and party interests secondary. We believe that it is no [longer pa triotic to lie partislan, but that as the two parties now powerful in the coun try are at issue on no governmental principles, it U wise for the people, who aspire to fraternal relations coex isting with the country, to bury sec tional strife and to elevate politics to the consideration of those material q uestions in which the whole country is vitally interested, and to this end it is especial wisdom for our immediate people to select political agencies, competent by liberality on principle to offer such u policy to the entire peo. pie. To this proposition we invite the uttentlou of all patriots In all the State* of the Union. ’■ -*, * We therefore invite nil the people of Georgia, who indorse the foregoing principles, and who would attempt to secure a liberal basis on which the people of llie whole country can fra ternize, to meet in Maas MetUng at . Atlanta on the dipt day efjune, 18SJJ, to consider what Is the best policy for the people to purswii in ordfr to purge our State of peisomdism apd corrup. Jack ton rillr Florid in*. Who are to be the next bishops of the Methodist church y Five years ago. Bishop Marvin, after an extensive supervisory tour over tlie vast field of Methodist foreign missions went up to make ids report to the great head of the church, carrying to his last home universal love and admiration for his great eloquence, his learning and his devoted piety. Three years later, Bishop Doggett, of Virginia, an accomplished pulpit orator,’ and possibly tlie ablest reasoner of his denomination, with his hands foil of garnered sheaves and his heart foil of peace, folded his hands and went to sleep under Virginia snows; and only a few days ago, as it were. Bishop Wightuian, at Charleston, full of years, of honors, and good works, able, kindly ami lovable ltcyond degree, tlie best scholar in his church, went “over the river” to meet his brethren. Death lias lieen hn*y among tlie shining lights of Methodism. Those towering figures liave “fallen in eternal sleep” within half a decade. Time and toii too have done their work. Several of tlie bishops liave passed tlie age and state of active service. Bishop Pierce, cf Georgia, whose eloquence would liave entranced a Senate, is practically retired by reason of feeble health. Bishop Payne totters under tlie weight of years. Bishop Kav- unaiigli is ageil and infirm. There are others whose physical vigor is impaired. The college of bishops needs recruiting, for the work has largely increased with tlie wonderful growth of the church. It is Ihoiigi.t that five new bishops will be elected at the general conference which meets at Nashville on the first Wednes day in May next, three to till the vacan cies caused by death, and two to meet the requirements of tlie increase in tlie mcniliers ami work of the church. At this time, therefore, it is a matter of gen eral speculation and much interest among the Methodists, as to who will be elevat ed to Micse high nnd ros|>onsible posi tions—tlie highest in the gift of their hurch militant. Tlie Union lias, for a few days past, taken pains to wateli the drift of theory and conjecture, and tills morning presents the result of its obser vations. nlt.llAYlioOIl’s CHANCE. The most talked-of man for the bish opric in the South is Dr. Atticus G. llav- good, president of Emory college, Ox ford, Georgia. Dr. Haygood is an ag gressive churchman of great energy, force and remarkable aggressive ability, which has evidenced itself in his bril liant management of Emory college, lie is eloquent end scholarly, wields a tren chant pen, lias become of late an author of repute, and is a leader in his denomi nation. Hi* fitness for the bishopric is conceded, his merits agreed to by all, and hlseminentservices and good works its head to wear the gown of a prelate, there does not apjiear in tlie whole church .South a successor so well qualified to carry on the work of education in Geor gia, Alabama and Florida. It i* rumored that Bishop Pierce, the warm friend amt admirer of Dr. Haygood, will oppose his election on this ground. Others, how ever, think that I)r. Haygood, us a bishop, could do as much for Emory col lege in the way of supervision, direction and advertisement as he does now. It is eertain that upon lids issue hangs all the doctor’s chances for the bishopric. The view of some extremists, that he has remlercd himself unpopular by the ad vanced and very liberal theories pro mulgated in “Our Brother in Black,” is erroneous and puerile. HR. A. W. WILSON. It is considered almost certain that Dr. Alpheus W. Wilson, of Nashville, will be made a bishop. He is Secretary of tlie Board of Foreign Missions, and lias done valliant service in that cause. He is about forty-five years of age, vig orous in mind and body, a very brilliant preacher ami a most prodigious worker. He is a man of unusual moral and spir itual force. His elevation will be tlie di rect reward of distinguished services and eminent abilities which have been freely dedicated to tlie service of the Master. We have yet to find a well in formed Methodist who doubts hispromp- election. DR. J. c. (IRANberry. Rev. J. C. Gran berry, D. D., professor of political economy in Vanderbilt unit versity may be set down as a strong probability, lie is a man of splendid attainments, a fine scholar, a scientist of deep researeli and original thought, ail able logician and one of the most ad vanced thinkers and theologians of his denomination. Of course hiH election would depri>*e Vanderbilt university of his valuable services, but it is thought there is greater need for him in the higher field of work, and he will doubt less lie chosen. Rev. Thus. 0. Sommers, vice chancellor of Vanderbilt, lias also been s| oken of, but it is hardly probable that tlie church will take two leading men from its principal university at stronger man in Georgia Metho dism; there is W. H. LaPrade, at Au gusta Trinity, an acute intellect, and elde theologian, and a zealous orator: Warren Candler, at Milledgeville, the most brilliant preacher of his age in tlie South, moulded after the Haygood type, and just as certain to wear the bishop cap, if he lives, as Dr. Wilson is to wear it now; John D. Hammond, at Forsyth, whose sincere and earnest eloquence has made him a power for good throughout the State; Wadsworth at LaGrauge, Smith at Gainesville, Roberts and tlie Lewises—all available men for the fu ture: and in Florida, too, there is a stuff for a future bishop in Charles R Row- man, now Presiding Elder of tlie Talla hassee Circuit, in C. A. Fnllwood, of the Jacksonville Circuit, or In T. B. Johnson, of Cedar Key. On ths Sanctity of tha ConfoKsion.il. The kite Jtulgt Meredith * famna* decidua. One of tlie most famous points dicided by tlie deceased while judge was that of Rev. Mr. Teeling. In tlie year 1833, in Cronin’s ease, who was indicted for the murder of liis wife, the Rev. Mr. John Teeling, a Cath- olie priest, was called as a witness for the defense. In the course of his ex amination it was sought to extract from him tlie secrets of tlie confessional, and tlie question arose as to whether a Cath olic priest is compelled to disci-*sc any declaration made to him under tlie seal of that sacrament. Father Teeling de clined in firm hut resiiee’ful terms to disclose what lie had acquired “111 tlie quality of a Catholic iniuister of the sacrament of penance.” and announced that although instant death’were to la* the penalty of his refusal no |«mver on '■•Trih—ecclesiastical, * piritual or tenqKi- ral—not even tlie request, admonition, or command of the Pope himself—could dispense with tlie |K*r|**tuul obligation of secrecy resting upon him. Tin question excited at the time interest not only from its legal but political bearings. The great Know Nothing excitement was ut its height. Tlie legal point was one of first impression in Virginia. But little light could lx* gathered from tlie books and that was conflicting. The whole range of the English reports furnished no ease in whieli the question had ever arisen in resjieet to a Catholic priest. Only loose dicta of judges upon tlie gen eral question of exemption of clergymen from disclosing communications made to them by a prisoner in eases not involv ing degradation, breach of oaths, and a violation of clerical duties could be found in the elementary hooks, ami these loose dicta were in confiiet with one another. With the exception of tlie Geueral Sts- sii ns Court for New York city no ease could he found where the point had lieen decided in America. It was indeed a grave and difficult question, as Well as moat interesting to the profession and the general conimunitv. Judge Mereditli , of $150 he wouldanuihilateanEnglish „— sional privlb ges of attorneys, by the spirit of our organic ami statutory eii- .Vrw York Sun. S It was announced that Prof. Mez- zcrliofl, a chemist and expert on explosives, would deliver a lecture last evening at 871 Eighth ave nue. At that address a Sun reporter found neither hail nor meeting. A man who apparently was stationed in front of the building said lie had heard something about such a lecture, but believed it was to he given in another part of the city, and was open only to Irishmen. “If there is a meeting,” he said, “you may find it on the west side of tlie avenue, between Forty- seventh and Forty-eighth streets.” In a little hall on the second floor at this address seventy-five well-dressed men were gathered. Tammany pos ters were here and there on the walls, and a wardrobe in one corner was marked “A. O. H.” A man sat at the door scanning the faces of those who came in. Tlie reporter took a seat. A man in front turned and asked politely: “Haven’t you got into the wrong meeting?” “Isn’t tliis Prof. MezzerliofTs lect ure?” “Yes; but are you an Irishman ?” Tlie reply was satisfactory, and at that moment Mr. Riley, the presiding officer, a sedate man of perhaps fifty years, called tlie meeting to order. Mr. Riley said that Ireland's at tempt to get her rights from Eugiaud was an up-hill fight. Oratory, argu ment, anil persuasion had been tried in vain, and without a resort to other means Ireland would never secure her liberty. It was known to most of those present that there were schools within less than one hundred miles from New York where men were in structed in manufacturing and using dynamite. A gentleman was present and would speak to them xvho under stood the subject thoroughly. Mr. Ri ley added that when Ireland next struck a blow for her liberties it would be by lire, at the moment least expect ed, and at the point where it would be most effective, In tlie very heart of England. [Applause.] Mr. Riley then introduced Prof. Mezzerlioft, who, he said, was a Rus sian chemist. Prof. Mezzerhofl is a sharp-faced man of some fifty or sixty years, whose speech alone wunld liave suggested that he was an educated Irishman. He said that tlie scientific young Hebrew, David, slew the pow erful giant, Goliath, with a pebble. England was a giant; Ireland a strip ling. If Irelnnd would conquer her ancient enemy, it must be by the aid | of science. Tlie spoakor then traced tlie ad- 1 vuncemeut made in the lust century | in implements and munitions of war. e * t mt a, u ‘ r Reeling was entitled to j n e j, ad made a study, he said, of war tlie privilege of declining to answer any a ,„l „f instruments of war. At a cost questions touching tlie confessional. actincnts, if not by their letter; that tlie sacraments of a religion are its most es sential elements, nnd that tlie adminis tration of its ordinances and ceremo nies is essential to its free exercise. r ightfol l , their Federal i OK. K. R. HENDRICKS. It is thought most likely that Dr. E. R. Hendricks, of Louisville, will be made a bishop. Ou the theory of terri torial division, his chances are very fair. The M. E. Church, South, stretches up into Illinois, and has organization ns far West and North as California and Or egon. There are two annual conferences in California. Therefore it Is desirable that the bishop, who must compass this vast area, should he chosen with some reference to geographical position, and Dr. Hendricks, one of the greatest orna meats und props of the church, will sure ly be considered in this connection. OTHER NAMES. Rev. R. II. Mahon, the brilliant and popuUr pastor, of thq First church in Memphis, just turned of forty, and uni versally gifted, may be brought into tlie field. Rev. W. H. Potter, of the North Geor gia Conferanee, a 8t- Paul sort of a mail, fervid and zealons, and heroic in his .courage, devotion and piety, may be one of the coming men. A better man could not be found. There are many Metho dists who predict that Dr. W. N. Rush, of Missouri, will be one of the five. Beyond these eight, conjecture does not crystalize strongly upon sny one man. The bill establishing three Federal courts in Georgia will likely pass. Congressman Black is sleeping in the bed made for President Garfield. Conkling is layiug up money, so as to buy his way into tlie Senate again. Congressman Black is somewhat better, and his condition is more hopeful. The Cabinet has reversed the sen tence of Cadet Whitaker, who will be retained in service. The labor strikes have reached Maine. In Massachusetts the hands show signs of weakening. A bill lias been introduced leaving the election of postmasters, marshals, district attorneys, etc., to the people in their section. The President has approved the joint resolution appropriating $130,000 for the benfit of the sufferers from the Mississippi floods. Commissioner Orr is in Washing ton and wants Congress to sell tlie public lands, and apply the proceeds to educational purposes. Tlie Senate to-day passed the hill authorizing tlie Richmond and Danville railroad company to pay its indebtedness to the [State (over $400,000,) in bonds issued under tlie hill recently passed for the settle ment of tlie State debt known as the Riddleberger bill. Tlie bill was be fore the Senate nearly the whole of the last regular session without final action being taken. It now goes to tlie House. LATE GENERAL NEWS. Col. Wm. Thompson, (Major Jones I tlie veteran editor of the Morning News, whose name is a familiar one in nearly every home in this sunny Sontidaud, is still quite ill. A man in tlie western part of New York f.as eloped with Ills mother-in-law. He was just out of a lunatic asylum, and no further explanation of tlie freak is needed. A little ehiid of Easter McGregor, a colored woman of Alapaha, swallowed some potash lye on Wednesday, and will doubtless die from tlie effects of it. Sergeant Mason in giving his descrip tion to tlie Albany prisou authorities, said he had no religion. Tlie report ot a snow slide at Genoa* New. is confirmed. Three white per sons and several Indians were killed. Two boys quarrelled about a girl in Wheeling, West Virginia. One shot the other through the heart, killing him. The widow of President Lincoln drew from the pension agent at Chicago on Corrctpoadraec Columbia Time*. Cuss eta, Go., March 17, 1882. Dear Times: I promised you in my last to give you my ideas of the advantages and disadvantages of Tex as, and the ups and downs of Texas life, but I have not felt well since my return home, and on this account have deferred it. Texas is a land of extremes. They know no such thing as moderation. It is either too hot or too cold; too dry or too wet. I know of no advantages that the country possesses unless it is in rais ing sheep and cattle. If a man has two or three thousand dollars, he may engage in that business and find it profitable. You eon double your money every year with a herd of sheep. You see, with them, you have the yield and the increase. The ex pense is not great. The school lands on the frontier can be rented at ten cents per acre, and from it you can get an inexhaustible pasture of ntos- ijuite grass. Many men have made large fortunes at it in a few years. I know several prominent lawyers who were doing seemingly a fine practice to quit their profession for it. But it is a hard life—you make your self a recluse, exposed to all kinds of weather, and at night you spread your blanket and leave your sheep to the care of your faithful shepherd dog, and are aroused occasionally to engage in a fierce combat with a prowling wolf. Tlie cattle business is not so profitable, but more pleasant, for then you are frequently serenaded with sharp cracks from tlie six shooter of the cow boy, than whom a more lib eral hearted set of fellows never lived. Of course they arc rough, hut if you will lot them abuse you on first ac quaintance, they are your friend, and ready to spill their life’s blood for you. But just become offended at their way when you first meet them, and out* of you must die. They know no fear, and are not long in trying your spunk. I had no such adventure, but I saw a great deal of it, and think that I thor oughly understand them. •So much for its advantages, now for its disadvantages. My Got! what a stupendous task! Where to com mence aud where to end I don’t kuow. Ho much can he said against it that I fear it will be regarded as an exagger ation. But let any doubting Thomas question my veracity and go see for himself. They drink cistern water in citle which is caught every time it rains, whether winter or summer, audit, tastes dead and lifeless. It does not quench thirst, but seems to excite it. Wednesday $13,OOO.Mng the amount of ; You could not drlnk it withput ice the pension recently granted her by , and even then it is not good. In the country they get it from creeks where Congress. Reports from Memphis and other places in the South, state that the Mis sissippi is slowly railing at all points. Tlie government ^commissioners were Tea Can be Raised in Georgia. In demonstration of the fact that tea can be successfully raised in Georgia, the Ilinesville Gazette, Liberty comity, nays that among the first experiments in tliis country in the cultivation of tea, was made by Capt. Wm. Hughes, Sr. Twenty years ago Capt. Hughes procured two plants from Mr. Jones, who had be gun the experiment with a few plants brought by a returned missionary from China, and set them out and demonstra ted that an excellent article of tea conld lie produced in this country, llis son, Capt. W. Hughes, Jr., has kept up the little tea farm started by his father, aud lie has now over two hundred plants of very vigorous growth. He lias besides furnished any quantity of seeds and plants to friends in all parts of the coun try. It takes but very few plants to fur nish leaves enough to make all the tea a family will need for home consump tion. There is no question but that this tea of home production, is not only equal, bat sujierior to the imported article. Tliis latitude is identically the same with that portion ef China where tlie best tea is made. Such is the testimony of Rev. Young J. Allen, and others. To go below the frost-line fortea-farm- ing, is a mistake. Ex|ierieiice demon strates that the leaves arc purer and bet ter after frost, which instead of retarding the growth .of tlie shrub only partially obviates the necessity of pruning. Itwas a great mistnketo abandon tea culture here. ' Killed With Fence Rails. Marion, S. C., March 17.—A brutal occurred in tliis county on Saturday evening, the 11th inst. Mr. Benjamin Bailey, a respectable white man, who had been to Marion Court House ou that day, and who was returning to his home in the Keidy Creek neighborhood, was attacked by John Wanniug, Jolly Bethea au’d John Wiggins, all colored, and bea ten so severely with fence rails that he died on the ltith inst. He was left on the road by these fiends, hut was subse quently removed to his home, where he liugered in great agony till he died. The cause of the attack is .said to be an old grudge against Bailey.* John Manning confessed that he did the deed, and the jury of inquest has found the others ac cessories to the crime. They were all lodged in iaU last night. A Child Demon. feSSSSL,- fM'IsSSP' SMith Clayton, Jab. 8. Hook, M ■g Committee. enough for legal punishment, was promising caught apd carried Rome to his moth- S’fho.fJ? thebpjjhad • penchant ln (he for putting out eyes; that if he got g IXS2B JEWS: r] There is a goodly company of .young in *n inch of his life by bis mother Is men coming on behind, amohgwbota theonly punishment the Juvenile cut- there moves many ^ fjrture prelate, throat la likely to receive for hU mur derous deed. Thereto John W. Heldt, of the LaGrange Cincinnati Enquirer. Ed Hallen, a five-year old negro boy residing near Woodlawn, Texas, ten miles north of here, went into the house of a neighboring colored woman during here temporary absence, and taking herInfant from the cradle oar- , in ~, aud ned It offtowaid the railroad depot On the mother’s return she gave the alarm, and began pursuit The child was finally found in a fence corner with Its eyes punched out,Tha dying condition. • The young demon,.notold twenty-two inches in thickness. He would go into London, Paris, Berlin, Constantinople, or St. Petersburg with twenty men, none of them hardened with anything more bulky or weighty than an ordinary satchel, and in twenty-four hours would destroy the city. He could not then explain the meaus lie would use, but there were others present who understood and who could tell how effective they were. He could, for a few thousand dollars, stretch a double line of dyna mite torpedoes before every harbor in Ireland and so make a worse than im passable barrier to every English war ship. He could stand in an outskirt of Constantinople, in a space one- fourth the size of the room in which he was speaking, and with means now at his command destroy the entire city. Tlie speaker then noted the objec tions which might be made to war fare after this fashion, and insisted that the means he had named were legitimate weapons for Ireland against the English tyrant. The more deadly the weapons employed the sooner would wars be over. Mr. Burns, a short, stout man of about thirty, said he had been fornine months one of the pupils of Prof. Mez- zerhoff in the use of nitro-glycerine and other powerful explosives, and be knew that in one year a few men could destroy every city of any impor tance in Eugiand. For his part, he wanted to “get even" with England, and if she would agree to withdraw every soldier from Ireland and give the island her independence he would not be satisfied. He felt that when Irishmen had accomplished enough to make England uneasy they would liave done much toward gaining their end. If 1,000 men would agree to give 50 cents each per week it would al most carry on the operations propos ed. He trusted that every man pres ent who had not done so would enroll himself with an “organization of force,” which he could perhaps find by a little diligent searching. The Chairman invited those present who desired to contribute to the eause and enroll themselves with its sup porters. A Year in New York. During 1881, 38,024 deaths occurred in New York city, and 33,000 births were reported For the education ot children some $4,000,000 was expended,''while the drinking places, ofwhieh there are 0,218, absorbed, ii Is estimated, the enormous sum of $60,000,000. Of the anny 'of wTne'blbbera who cast their substance into this pool 32,391 were committed to die Tom Thi rj —** 1 1 amusement ^T . all sorts amounted $7,000,000. cattle, sheep, hogs and horses are playing ulsiut in it. They haul it in barrels, and never place it under a shade, hut le.tjit stand hl tUft sun We gave last week a short notice of the killiug of this old man by a band of revenue men. We gathered such facts in reference to this wanton kill ing as our informant could give us, but which were in the main current. Since that time a coroners inquest has been held and all the circumstances of the murder brought to light. The facts as developed on the trial make tlie killing deliberate murder and have naturally aroused a very . bitter feeling among the people of the coun ty, against the perpetrators of the crime. Jackson J. Hix the murdered man is nearly sixty years of age. He has lit ed near Stone Mountain for sever al years and had the character of be ing a very quiet, in offensive old man, a good neighbor, honest and upright in bis dealings and a consistent mem ber of the church. , *.. i , He removed to the lauds of the Byrd estate last fail, and was preparing to make a crop. He had also, recently put up a little, cheap still on the branch near his bouse and was en gaged in illicit distilling. He was promptly reported by some one in his neighborhood, and Robert Bolton, Grant Freelaud, J. T. Self and Chas. Miller, were sent out to seize the still and arrest the old man. They arrived in the neighborhood in the night and concealed themselves until day. Ear ly in the morning the old man went down to the still house, and having discovered that there was somebody watching, returned home. The reve nue men followed him. He was stand ing near the corner of the house,when the raiders approahed. Without saying a word commenced firing. His wife ran out in the yard and begged them not to shoot. Then came another shot, anil the old man fell mortally wound ed. He was carried into the house by liis wife and step daughter and laid on the bed, where he died in a lew minutes. He never spoke after he was shot. The raiders, as soon as Hix dropped, opened fire on his son, a boy about sixteen years of age, but fortu nately they did not hit him. The boy was going across a cotton patch to feed the horses when they opened fire on him. He was arrested and carried off to Atlanta. We are Informed that they had nowarrantforhimuntilthey had one issued on their return to the city. Mrs. Hix, in her testimony, states that she was in two feet of her husband when he was killed, and that all of the raiding party engaged in the shooting. And that her husband had 'no firearms of any sort about the house. She did not know either of the pasty, but says the man who kill ed Hix was a tall, dark skinned man. Immediately on the conclusion of the inquest Geo. Dutten, brother-in' law of tlie deceased, had warrants is sued for Bolton and Ffeeland, went to Atlanta and placed the warrants In the Uonda.of.the sheriff. Both parties FASHION NOTES. Small buttons are stylish. I.acc-figered ribbons are new. New buttons are bail-shaped. Sunflower yellow is very dark. A straw ruche borders bonnet brims. Tucked borders trim gingham dresses- Slate blue appears among new colors. Canvas shoes are Imported for sum mer. Galloons and tub'dar braids trim cloth suits. Skirts are to lie still shorter for street wear. Hamburg embroideries have lace de signs. Faille seduisante is a new bonnet trim ming. Brocaded flounces adorn spring cos tumes. Catseye stones are considered lucky jewels. Antique bodices grow longer and more pointed. ‘All black’’ for the neck, is liked for blondes. Venetian lace patterns are copied iu brocades. Sapphires are fashionable for engage, ment rings. Small butterfly liows of kid are worn on slippers. Pleatings for tlie neck have liecome very narrow. Flounces of eonled crinoline make new bnstles. Imported dresses have long waists and are bouffant. Card* are festooned on the basque of cloth dresses. New satins come in primary colors, red and yellow. Shirred white Surah chemisettes are in new dresses. The Princess of Wales’ favorite lion- mt is the capote. Foulards will supersede striped and checked summer silks. Feather bonnets and hats are mori bund—Paris has condemned them. In the police stations 110,084 persons asked for and were furnished with lodg- eave till now to think of tlie amount of filthy water I have drank. The climate is simply terrible. The heat would be unendurable but for an incessant breeze they have. I was cro-sing tlie Colorado river the day I left, in a hack, when one of tlie horses became unmanageable, and I was forced to jump into the river, and of course got very w»t- A hot scorch ing wind was blowing from the S6uth, and in less than five minutes the most severe northerl have ever experienced accompanied by rain and sleet, rnshs ed upon ns. You can imagine the re sult. I have been sick ever since. But enough of Texas. I don’t love to think of it, and don’t like to admit that I moved there. Its enough to make one swear, and I’ve promised never to use another bad word I met Governor Roberto while in Austin, and shook his paw. He is hot pretty, and I can’t believe he Is very smart, but he is bound . to go to the Senate. And Wash Jones will never Mulionizethat country. N«*w watch tlie cards and see him fall. I must dose, but allow me in con* elusion to say to every young man that this is the best country that God’s sun shines upon. The West is filled with the poorest class of people, who are not able to give you field work except for chopping cotton and picking it. Thousands go there with out money, fail to find work and are forced to tramp. Drive down your pegs where'you'are,* and thank God for the blessings that surround you. Abe. —» m* * i i ,y-** W1NTERVILLE., heat will be reflected on these bodies to evaporate the moisture in the at mosphere, and thus prevent rain. Some of tfee astrologers make not very comfortiDg prophecy that our atmos phere will be destroyed altogether,and that there being no air to temper the rays of the sun, vegetation will be withered, the brooks and rivers will dwindle away, aud the earth will be come cracked and fissured, like the sides of a volcanic mountain. These predictions, these : gloomy prophets say, may lead us to lielieve that Moth er Sbipton’s prophecy had some foun dation after all. Be this as it may, it is certain that Mother Sbipton has made a mistake of at least one year in her calculations. The superintendent of the United States signal-sevice bureau, whose headquarters are situated upon the roof of the‘Equitable building, was askedjwfaat he thought of the astrolog ical predictions. Shifting* huge quid of tobacco from one side of his mouth to the other, so as to enable him to speak more readily, he exclaimed: “Stuff and nonsense! I don’t believe that any living man or woman knows anything about the kind of weather we are going to have next summer. If I were going to make a prediction I would say that we will have plenty of rain during tlie coining season.” “Why do you think so?” “Because last summer was a dry one; and experience has shown tis that it is seldom that we have two consec utive seasons alike. The oldest in habitant will tell you that every al ternative year is a good one for fruit and crops. Now I am looking for a season of abundant harvests and lux uriant vegetation, when the laud will' be almost literally overflowing with milk and honey.” “Is it true that the earth is nearer to the sun that ever before?” “That is a hard question to nnswer; a million miles more or less in tlie dis tance, between our- planet and tlie great luminary, is difficult to calculate and even the most skillful astrono mers have admitted that their meas- urment is to some extent a matter of guess work.” “Have there been any marked chan ges in recent years in the appearance of the surface of tlie sun ?” “Oh, yes, there have been some marked changes; astronomers tell us that within the past five years these spots on the face of the luminary have changed to a greater extent than dur ing any previous five years within a century. Whether these changes will or will not affect our atmosphere and bring on dry weather is more than I know or will pretend to say. If the atmosphere surrounding the sun is, as some claim, fast disappearing, it may be that the solar rays will liecome more intense, until the heat on our planet is unendurable and the heav ens arc rolled up like a scroll. But all er two parties. They are all charged with murder. Af arrant* 4hto* speculatlow-fa too dcep'for -y-r-*-- r the otll- [and l do not care "to » oejbud my depth. The old time astrologers, A BURNT THEATRE. How a Police Official Saved a 8t- Petersburg Au dience--Averting a Panic. 8t. Petersburg, March 19, 1882.— The following are the details of the lire at the Theatre Demidoff. The fire lasted till four in the morning. Al though the theatre stands insolated in a garden the wind blew the flames in the direction of some neighboring houses, doing only a slight damage to them, however, 'fhe whole theatre was utteriy consumed. It was a wood en building, and this morning not a trace of it is visible. There must have been about eight hundred persons in the theatre when the fire broke out. Thanks to the energy and presence of the Comntissaire of Police all were 1 saved. Seeing the smoke he at once rose and called out to the audience:— “Don’t stir; let one row of stalls only be emptied at a time, and in five min utes the house can be cleured.” His suggestion was followed. Meanwhile the police opened the doors, which were constructed after tlfe panic caus ed by the destruction of the Ring Theatre at Vienna, and in five min utes, as he had told the people, the theatre was emptied. The tire had originated in one of the actresses rooms. It is supposed that a dress or petticoat first caught fire. The flames then communicated to the building. There were only two tiers in the thea tre—one above the stalls. The build' lug was insured for $12,000. OC7Y_L CKJ In the police courts 67,133 persons were arraigned. Crimes of violence were committed by 5,819 persons. , . Charily sent to the almshouses, hospi tals, nunfcries, schools and asylums 18L- "affincT. Hjuq There is a great deal of charity of this sort in the world. A gentleman said: “I have just bought a new dress for a poor woman and sent it to her.*’ How very like you, and how very Und of you," was the rejoinder, “and pray who was the poor woman yon made so hap- M’L was. the ijry 7* q t l |< [ FASHIONS THAT ARE FOLLOWED. Fichus will be worn through Lent unless the walking makes overshoes necessary. Successful society people will wear their noses turned up. Shirts will be put on over the head, trousers will not. s -Boota and shoes will be worn out. Large checks will be indispensable at summer hotels. Gentlemen’s shirts will be without collar buttons at the back, as usual. ^ Terra cotto red will be foahionable for bottle noses. 8mall boys will bathe in bull this summer. Hair-pins will be used by gentle- men.this season to clean pipes. ’ Boarding house butter will wear ite hair parted injthe middle. Faffs are much in favor with circus advance agents. - ■ ——- - -*X-— False teeth with gold clasps will be worn by al'Udy^ullee. . q r~ Indies engaged in the .laundry bus iness will wear their sleeves rolled upduringbusiness hours. — Trousers are still worn tucked into boots a la oowyard, in rural districts. Mrs. Tlios. Hutcheson Is visiting friends in Atlanta this week. A reception was given Dr. Nabers and bride at the residence of the groom’s father last Tuesday. The Georgia Railroad construction train is now hauling iron to renew the Athens branch from this point to Athens. The people of this section will meet at the church here next Saturday af ternoon, for the purpose of electing trustees for the Academy. Mr. Thos. Hayes, of Kansas, who has been on a visit to friends in this section for the first time in thirty years, returned to his home last Tues day morning. <* 11 i.* • < Moore's Grove church has granted permission for the colored people to meet once a month In their church until they can bulld one of their own. Elder Wm. Barnett, col., will preach every fourth Sabbath. ■ , ... * ' Mr. Dedrich Winter informs us that while Germany usually has plenty of snow and lcejtwo feet thldr there has’> been nona thsre thia winter. but a su perabundance of want) rains, similar to our owxk * It bae eanaedmiuoh sick ness in the Faderiand.; Married, at Rock Branch church, 19th inst.,by Elderp^jryaippbell, Dr. Jacob A. Nabers, formerly»of Clarke cc^^*tft^y4^A».^rner, of Elbert county., The heartfelt ’con-' gratulations of the people of this sec tion attend you, “old hoy.” ,l *T itan trap The Mississippi is reported as declin ing aff along Us upper course, ht^t i»- p^rto of destruction and suffering $UU from tlie Louisians districts. Shot His Son. lfactm Telegraph. Mr. W. B. Nowells, a farmerof Haz ard district, has been arrested and lodged in jail for shooting his son with a shot gun a few days ago. Our re porter visited the jail yesterday and had a talk with him. He is a plain blunt farmer, about sixty years old. In answer to the questions as to what was the trouble between himself and son, said: “Me and my son Sam are the best friends in the world, and I have en dorsed paper for him and help's! him aloug as best I could. We had a fall ing out some years ago, and he came near murilering me by beating me with a shotgun. Last Monday was a week ago he came over to my house, and my daughter told me he was com ing to apologize for some rough lan guage he had used towards me: previ ously. I went but to meet him, and 1 saw at once that he was in a bod hu mor. We had some rough words and when he began to abuse me and gave me impudence I shot him. I was about forty yards from him when I shot. ThQ load was squirj-el Shetland entered hi»J)ft|{0e4gr JQ region- He is badly shot. but Ido not think anything serious Will result from it. He is very poor, has three children and* wife, and l feel very sorry for what I have done.” Small tradesman, publishers ami! oth ers in NeVTbHcrtc&veSbnispy post age stamps from jheit country custom- ragslESiaas Department** IJ T* The small pox epidemic in South Beth lehem, Fa., Is assuming serious propor tion*, and it is feared that It will spread further. Many deaths are reported; and the authorities seem powerless to pre vent ' its extension., The disease, bps broken eat brother parts of the country, notably among the colored inhabitants of Long Ridge, Norfolk qonnty, Vh: in my opinion, were great humbugs.’ Prof. J. W. Cluhm has made astrol ogy a special study for the last quar ter of a century. He is free to admit, however, that many of the pretensions made by the professors of his craft are akin to humbuggery. When asked for his opinion in regard to the weath er of the coming summer, he said: “I will tell you what the prospects are as nearly as I can calculate, from the conjunction of the planets. You must remember that astrologers are as liable to make errors as any class of mathematicians or astronomers. A single figure that is incorrect or a sign that is out of place, will spoil a calcu lation and produce a result that Is far from being true.” “I suppose so, sir; but please give me your prediction for next summer.” “The planet Mercury will be visi ble as the evening star on the 1st of June, and as the morning star on July the 19th, and the relative position of Mercury with Venus and Jupiter in June and July next summer will be such os to indicate absence of rain and extremely warm weather. Not only the planets which I have named, but others also must be taken into consid eration. There will be a total eclipse of the sun on the 17th of May, but this will not affect this portion of the globe. Naturally an eclipse tends to cause cooler weather, but this obscu ration of the sun will lx visible only in Europe, Asia and Northern Central Africa. A total eclipse of the sun, which took place in the year 1800, and caused almost total darkness in the United States, was followed by extra ordinary cold weather for * summer season. In fact, the weather was so cold that it was a serious drawback to the farmers’crops. The eclipse of the present year will unfortunately not be an amelioration to the torrid weather which we are to experience dpring the coming June, July and August.” “Have you any Idea 1 how high the mercury will rise In the thermome ter?” “Well, yes; I have an Idea that It wiU run up to one hundred, or there abouts.” "What other reasons have you for anticipating extremely warm weath er?” “The internal fires of the earth are gradually burning out towards the surface of the earth. I am confident that if we could bore a bole Into the earth to adepth of fifty miles we would reach a point where the temperature would be so high that iron would melt, and if we could go down one hundred miles things would beat a white heat. The crust of the earth is becoming thinner and tbinuer year by year, and it is only a question of time When It' wiRjbecpme so thin that It will no longer retain &e internal Ores, nnd the globe will be destroyed." “How many years will elapse before the great conflagration will take »i«.(W' ‘ ■*■'.<• ” * ••*■ : * *»!• ’tf-.ar PjWSTj -tin :«!* d*,.*' ' I*. ..... ('You are asking too much. You must remember that there lea limit to tlie possibilities , bf nity sciences. The. Bible, yWi.tpQW' gpidtata'thnk the world will come to an end, but no data for the great event to fixed. Dr. Miller and other fanatics have made calculations, based upon their sup posed understanding of tjbe prophe cies, but it is a matter of history that. ,A-F-Wilde, *, fruit dealer in New Orleans, Isst Saturday shot, and killed -their predictions have not thus far Albert Weeks; a twelve year old boy, xs he wfi passing bis fruit stand* ' boon verified, whatever may‘happen