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Weekly Constitution. TUESDAY, JUKE 30,1874 The Custom House. Bcnator Gordon is entitled to great credit for pushing the Custom House hill through the Senate. It passed the House on Friday. At the morning session of Saturday it was reported favorably in the Senate by 3Ir. Morrill, of Vermont, chair- ?** man of the Committee on Public Build ings and Grounds, and placed on the cal endar. It could not be reached in its regular order, but the report was neces sary. When the Sundry Civil Appropri ation bill was taken up, Gen. Gordon offered the custom house item as an amendment, and it was agreed to. Oth er Senators offered amendments for simi lar purposes, but they were ruled out on points of order because they involved new legislation, or were not recommended by the committee. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was sent to a Confer ence Committee on Monday, and when the committee’s report was adopted yes terday, the appropriation of $230,000 for a custom house in Atlanta was out of all danger. We know of no one that will weep dver the result, unless it be the edi tor of the Savannah Advertiser. And even he should not, for the “enormous jutlay” against which he vigorously pro tested, has been cut down, in accordance with his eminently patriotic observations, one hundred thousand dollars. He knocked vs right out of that amount, but we shall not despair. Another Congress nay be more generous. Mr. Mullett proposes to commence work on the new building next month, uid push it to an early completion. This enterprise, together with the con struction of the water works, will give employment to a small army of men, who Jwill in turn help every branch of trade in the city. And right here is a good place to suggest to the men who will find wofitablc employment on the new public milding, be they white or black, that as hey go home after pay-day to tlieir little mes, they need not waste any thanks on ifr. Freeman, who represents this dis- rict in Congress. For he not only did lot engineer the passage of the custom louse bill, but he was not not in Wash- ngton to even vote for it when it came ip through the skill and energy of other nen. He was at home attending to per- i onal business. Would it not be well to , [ivehim a leave of absence from all con- i regional duties, and let him devote liis < ntire time to private affairs ? The New Bankrupt Act. The amendments of the last session in- i Litute many important aud wholesome • changes. Under their provisions an in- i oluntary bankrupt gets a complete dis tal < harge, if innocent of fraud, no matter i rhat per cent, he pays; but the voluntary lankrupt must pay at least -thirty per t mt; and one-fourth of the entire num- 1 er of his creditors, representing one- third, of the amount of his debts, must join, in the petition. The new law ap- paiesto all cases commenced since Decem ber 1, in which the debts secured by the spit shall be paid, or in which a majority of the creditors shall ask for a discon tinuance. It provides for a reduc tion of the fees and expenses of bankruptcy proceedings until the Supreme Court shall establish s permanent reduction and simplification. Tjhe amended measure will have a ten djency to abolish the evils of the prior law. That indiscriminate rush of dishon est debtors into voluntary bankruptcy for the purpose of defrauding their cred itors will be pretty effectually checked by the discrimination against all voluntary bankrupts; and the clause that extends the days of default in the payment of commercial paper to forty instead of fourteen, will lessen the liability of busi ness men being thrown into bankruptcy against their will and best interests. The whole law as it now stands is certainly a reasonable and equitable means of set tling up the affairs of insolvent debtors— perhaps the best that our statute books have ever known. The amendments sweep away the abuses that Tendered the otherwise useful act unpopular, and that led to a general demand for its repeal. Let us give the present Congress credit for all the good it actuajly accomplished. The Georgia Press Reunion. The good results of the social gathering of the Georgia Press in Atlanta are not easily estimated. There were first and last in the party forty-odd editors and proprietors of newspapers, including be sides those of our Atlanta dailies, the Griffin and Rome dailies. Our brethren of the Augusta Chronicle, Macon Tele graph, and Columbus Enquirer, wrote us ltinil letters explaining their inability to attend, by reason of absent editors. But the great weekly press of Georgia, than which no Southern State can boast a superior, were here in their strength, a large majority being present. The entente cordiale of the press will _ r be greatly enhanced; and journalism is ever ennobled by a social commingling of views. Perhaps there was never a similar gath ering so marked in several particulars. There was not the slightest manifestation ~T<jf intemperance nor an oath heard, nor a solitary speech at the banquet or on the excursion that would have offended a- lady’s ear. ; | - - 1 The ^Comptroller General is sendin out" to "each Tax Receiver a land map, with each lot of land, district and sec tion plainly marked as a guide in taking land returns for taxation. Receivers by the aid of this map can tell when all the lands in their counties are returned. A Moderate Measure. The currency bill is in the hands of the President, and the quidnuncs unani mously think it will receive his signature. It provides for no positive increase of circulation, and makes no changes in di rect opposition to the President's recently declared views. There are also strong political reasons to induce a presidential approval of this last product of the per plexed congressional mind; and we be lieve it may, therefore, be accepted as a fact. Its provisions are at least interest ing The bill fixes the circulation of green backs at $382,000,000, thus legalizing the previous illegal issue of $2G,G00,OOO. And this maximum amount Is always to be in circulation, and no part of it is to be kept in reserve to be shut in or thrown out at the will of the Secretary of the Treasury. It releases the reserve required to be held on account of circulation. The average amount of such reserve at pres ent required is estimated at $30,000,000; but as the National banks held, on the first of May last, an excess of cash re serve on deposits and circulation of $48,- 000,000, they will be likely to still retain an excess, so that the total amount of reserve released by the bill will probably not exceed $15,000,000. These two items embrace all the general relief that the bill affords. Some local relief may be expected from the provisions that provide for a redistribution of $55,000,000 of bank cir culation. New England holds $80,000,- 000 of circulation more than her wealth and population justify. Of the amount to be withdrawn, $2,000,000 will come from banks in New York, $6,000,000 from banks in Baltimore, and the balance from New England. As an offset for these losses the banks of the East must accept the repeal of the reserves on what they retain. The bill provides for the assorting and return to the Treasury for redemption of the notes of all banks in liquidation, aud which have closed business. These amount to about $5,000,000, and it is estimated that an ad- diton of not exceeding $12,000,000 from the New England States will supply all applications from the South and West during the present year. The bill abolishes the present system of redemption agencies in the redemption cities, and requires every bank to keep on deposit in the Treasury five per cent, of its circulation to be used for the re demption of its notes when presented in sums of $1,000 or multiples thereof. Hereafter the redemption of bank notes in sums less than $1,000 can only take place at the counter of the bank. Mr. Thurman and other hard money men voted for the bill on the ground that it would give some relief without actu ally inflating the currency. It will at least put an end to the period 1 of uncer tainty that has injuriously affected busL ness for the last six months. The coin try now knows, or soon will know, what to rely on. And this, perhaps, is the greatest gain contained in the measure that awaits the President’s signature. Military Matters. Executive Orders were yesterday issued for the election of officers of the follow ing named companies: Bainbridge Troup; Valdosta Artillery; Troup artillery, at Athens; Oglethorpe Cavalry, at Winter- ville, Clarke county; and a cavalry com pany at "Ward’s Station, Randolph county. The following were commissioned: Atlanta Artillery—Captain, Wilbur F. Johnson; 1st Lieutenants, Wm. A Hemp hill, W. W. Compton; 2d Lieutenants, T. B. Camp, Louis de Saulles. Mountain City Guards (Rome)—Cap tain, N. J. Bayard; 1st LieutenantH. M. Smith; 2d Lieutenants, R. B. Wright, J. Dinklo. Oconee Rifles (Watkinsville)—Captain, John W. Johnson; 1st Lieutenants, Robt. B. Harris; 2d Lieutenants, Henry C. Durham, Alexander W. Ashford. Butler Light Infantry (colored) (Quit- man)—Captain, Frank Fluker; 1st Lieu tenant, Primus Davis; 2d Lieutenants, Monroe Spradley, Anthony Lewis. A. D. Stevens was recently promoted from 1st Lieutenant of the Ft Gaines Guards to the adjutancy of the Pataula Battalion. An infantry company is ready for or ganization at Fairbum, Campbell county. Still Another Tax Defaulter. The Comptroller General yesterday notified the Governor that Evan Parker, Tax Collector of Johnson county, ap peared in default upon the books of his office in the sum of $1,570 95, as follows: Amount of tax for 1871 $1,934 16 Credited by payments, etc 1,771 02 Amount unpaid 163 14 Amount of tax for 1872 1,971 37 Credited by payments, etc... 1,427 42 Amount unpaid 543 95 Amount of tax for 1873 $2,414 18 Credits by payments, etc 1,550 32 Amount unpaid 863 86 The Governor at once vacated his com mission, and the Ordinary will appoint some qualified person to act as Tax Col lector until an election can be had, after twenty days’ notice. Legal proceedings will be promptly instituted to recover the defalcations. The Comptroller has id- ready issued executions. An aggravated feature of the case is, that the sureties of Parker are those two worthy citizens, Lott and Henry Walker, aged respectively seventy-two and seven ty-four years. Much sympathy is ex pressed for them in the neighborhobd. It i« a hard case of “misplaced confidence.” WITCHES AT THE STAKE. Official Acconnt of the Recent Mur- derous Outbreak of Supersti tion in Sinalao, Mexico. (City of Mexico Letter, May 22, to X. Y. Tribune.) Wierus, the celebrated demonographer j of the sixteenth century, in his “Pscu- domonarchia Daemonum,” gave no place in his 1 organization of the Court of Hell to ambassadors from North America or Mexico. England had liers, called Mam- mon^JKussia hers, Bimmon; Italy hers, Rutgin; France hers, Belphigor, &cV; hut for the new republics of the North American continent none were assigned. Whether because they were new in the category of peoples, or because he was disposed to consider us generously and kindly, does not appear. Had he lived during the last or the present century he might have been less lenient. Did Para celsus really mean it, when he said : “the air is not so full of flies in the summer as it is at all times of invisible devils.” Was it so when, during the reign of Francis I, more than 100,000 witches were put to death; or during the last century, when, in the Commonwealth of New England, in a single year twenty were executed through the instigation of Cotton Mather and lus reverend associates ? Is Mexico to-day any better or any worse off ? The reader can judge. The example set by the distinguished lights at Salem, Moss., has its followers in Mexico, although the difference in the results may become marked. Cotton Mather was not exe cuted for his persecution of the old women and children witches, while his imitators in Mexico are likely to suffer the penalties of the laws of this country imposed upon murder. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE PUNISHMENT. The following translations of the offi cial communications to their superiors from the officials of the Mexican village of Concordia, State of Sinalao, will cer tainly astonish the reading public of this day and age, as they are the government narrations of the arrest and burning of two unfortunate creatures accused of be ing witches. It is but just to say that the educated people of this country are hor rified at the occurrence, and that the State and Federal authorities have ar rested the guilty parties, and are now trying them for the crime of murder. How fortunate for Cotton Mather and liis fanatical companions that they did not live to-day, and in Mexico: ORDER FOR ARREST. Superior Court of Jacobo: I inform your prefecture that this after noon I ordered to he arrested as witches Joseph N. Bonilla and Diego Lugo, who for six months past have bewitched Sil vester Zacarias. Yesterday the citizen Martin Porris, in order to drive the devil outjof his body, g ave to the bewitched three drinks of oly water. The undersigned, in union with the people of this place, feeling in dignant against the witches, lias been or dered that they should be arrested and burned alive, which execution will take place at ten o’clock to night. Independence and liberty! Ignacif Castillo. Jacobo, April 4, 1874. RETORT OF THE EXECUTION. St. John of Jacobo, April 10,1874 On the morning of the 7th of this month the witches, Diego Lugo and liis son G. Porras, were executed in the pub lic square of this place, having failed to cure the bewitched Silvester Zacarias, as they had compromised themselves to do. They were to have been executed ion the night of the Gtb. The execution was ordered at ten o’clock at night, the witches being placed in the center of the, bonfire and a square being formed of sixty men, armed with Mexican knives. The place itself was then encircled, when it was ordered that the persons who had at different times assisted the witches should light the fire, which was done immedi ately. Soon after the fire had commenced to blaze the witches cried out, “3Ir. Judge, put out the fire and we will give up our idols.” An order was given and imme diately carried out to extinguish the fire and loosen the witches; whereupon the multitude present commissioned Mr. Damian Lerma to proceed with the witches to their house and receive the idols which they offered to give up, which was done, the latter handing over a little pouch-shaped loadstone and the stones from the sea, enveloped in cotton and paper, which were deposited in the court. At the same time the witches de nounced as accomplices Joseph 3L Men doza, Francisco Mendoza and their father, Rafael Mendoza. The people, indignant at such acts, asked that the execution of the witches and the burn ing of the idols they had presented should he earned out, which was done as I have already announced. CONDUCT OF THE CONDEMNED. In the moment of his burning the witch Geronimo Porras told liis mother to give up the other three idols, shaped like mon keys, which she had. Diego would not give them up, but looked frowningly up on her son for having done this. He then denounced the daughter, Dionista, calling upon her to give up the idols, hut she re fused. The witch, Joseph N. Bonilla, was held in order that he might cure the be witched Sylvester Zacarias, he having of fered to bring medicines to cure such evils. I send the burned idols to your gefa- tura (office) for your examination. In regard to the cure of the bewitched I will advise you in due time. The case was a very sad one, 31. Prefect, but nec essary in order to restrain the evils which arc being committed from time to time; for notwithstanding the execution, I learned yesterday that the accused, Joseph M. 3Iendoza, said that “sooner or later we would pay for all this.” So you see, M. Prefect, the scoffing of such per sons; but in the meantime I have taken my precautions. The accused Meudozas fled from fear. Why have they fled, if not on account of tlieir evil doings? Because the rope which is clean does not need any soap. This is the manner in which I have passed the morning mentioned, and of which I have placed you in knowledge. Independence and liberty, April 10, *74. J. 3Ioreno. To the Citizen Prefect of the District of Concordia. As already stated, the superior author ities have arrested, and are now trying, these murderous fanatics. A COLLISION. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Two Men Killed. "Albany, June 22.—An accident oc curred on the New York Central Rail road, near St Johnsville, New York, about three o’clock yesterday morning, caused by the collision of two freight trains. Two men were killed outright and several injured. The 43d Congress-Cheap Transpor tation—Muzzling the Press, etc. Washington, June 18, 1874. The first session of the 43d Congress has been distinguished chiefly for failing to do that which it promised. It opened with loud professions, and is about to close without putting them into practice. Assembling soon after the financial panic of last autumn, when business was pros trate throughout the country, and the finances unsettled, the people naturally looked to it for some measure of relief. This we were assured was to be bad at once. Leading Senators opposed the usual holiday recess because of the immediate necessity for financial legislation. But the recess was taken, nevertheless, and the speeches of these Senators furnish curious reading now, in view of the fact, that me prom ised legislation is not yet accomplished, and with strong indications that nothing will he done on this question. It is a time worn saying that “doctors differ.” But differ the doctors ever so widely, they they can not differ more widely than do our Senators and Representatives with each other, and with themselves, for some of them arc recorded on all sides of the financial problem. “Sunset” Cox says that poor 3Iellisli made financial speeches until he lost liis reason, while Senator Logan was without reason at the outset and continues to make financial speeches. I'am afraid most of the 31. C’s are in one of these categories or the other. those who have struck “hard hard pan” on this question, the Pacific coast furnishes the most notable examples, and the speeches of Senators Jones and Sargent have won wide commendation. Another great question Congress had to grapple with was that of CHEAP TRANSPORTATION. We were told, early in the session, of the tremendous pressure tlic granges had brought to bear with a view to breaking down the railroad monopolies and se curing cheap freight for their crops. It would be impossible for Congress to with stand this pressure, we were further as sured, particularly as so many members would be seeking re-election this fall, and the granges have become a power in the land. There was a show of doing some thing at first—of doing a good deal," in fact, A special Senate Committee on Cheap Transportation had been for many months personally inspecting the great water lines, and its long-looked for report was assumed to be big with promise. The advocates of each particular canal scheme were sure it would prove friendly to tlieir interests, and it was finally be lieved that all the routes would be re ported on favorably, and work begin at once. When the report did appear it was something of a disappointment, but a greater disappointment was in store. The committee decided to simply ask this session for surveys of the various routes, and offered resolutions for that purpose, which, after various ups and downs in the Senate, were finally adopted. Truly the cheap transportation moun tain, after much labor, has only suc ceeded in bringing forth a poor little mouse. 3Iost of these routes have al ready been surveyed, and little more can be learned concerning them. It was necessary to make a' pretence of doing something, .however, and so these sur veys haVe been ordered by the Senate. The House has yet to act in the matter, and it is by no means certain it will do so this session. So far as opening the great water routes is concerned the grangers have been offered the shadow and not the substance. THE RAILROAD MONOPOLIES seemed doomed at one time to swift de struction. The House attacked them fiercely. In speech after speech, printed in the Record, they were held up to pub lic execration. When all tbe members who are seeking re-election, and who de sire to court the favor of the grangers, had had their say—had “placed them selves right on the record”—the House passed 31cCrary’s bill vesting the control of all the railroads of the country in the hands of a commission, of whom it was epigrammatically said that if the bill be came a law the commissioners would soon own tlic railroads, or the railroads own the commissioners. The hill went to the Senate, and was there set upon and squelched. It is hinted that those who were, apparently, its warmest friends in the House, turned traitor and helped to crush it in a Senate committee room. DEMAGOGUERY. But then the “records” of these pa triots are alT right. When they go upon the stump in the coining months they can hold up and read to the assembled grangers the thundering speeches they had made in opposition to railroad mon opolies. They can show where they voted for Mcdraiy’s bill. Of their subse quent proceedings there is no record. The average constituent is lamentably ignorant of the trials of legislation, and the average Congressmen is well aware of and takes full advantage of the fact. On some Saturday, when there is a session “ for debate only,” with perhaps a dozen members present, Smith Brownjones gets “permission to print a speech in advocacy of a, pro tective tariff on goobers, the chief product of his district. This speech he has printed in pamphlet form, and circulated broadcast among his constituents. It is his passport to re-election. His constitu ents do not know that the speech was never delivered, that not one in Washing ton read it save its author, and that he had intimated to the Ways and 3Ieans Committee that he was not at all in ear nest about the matter. They swallow the speech and its author at one gulp, and keep on sending Brownjones to Congress until he, in a continuous fit of absent- mindedness, forgets to return liis back pay or neglects the goober interest, and then his doom is sealed. THE SALARY GRAB. Congress has done one tiling this ses sion of which the country approves, and that is the repeal of the salary grab. True, this was unwillingly and reluctant ly done, and would never have been done at all, but for the daily admonitions of the press. Still the act must be placed to the credit of the first session of the 43d Congress. This lias been a bad season for jobs, too, although it Is by no means certain that the body will not have its triumphs in the closing hours of the ses sion when all is confusion and it is difficult to scan measures closely. But so far the lobby has been thwarted at every step, and the watch dogs of the Treasuiy have been unusually vigilant. For this, too, Con gress deserves credit. Perhaps if it were not for the coming elections and the watchfulness of the newspapers, we might have a different story to tell, hut that need make us none the less thankful that the usual raids on the Treasury have been defeated. MUZZLING THE TRESS. There are few members of the present Congress who have any love to spare for the press. 1 Few are as bold and out spoken as Ben Butler, hut there are not many who would not gladly avail them selves of any opportunity to get even with the newspapers that forced them to relinquish their hack pay and deprived them of other perquisites. In the Sen ate 3Ir. Conkling, and liis man Friday, Mr. Carpenter, have made th«m- selves conspicuous by tlieir hostility to newspaper men. This hostility dates back to the time when the New York Tribune correspondents were locked up for securing a copy of the AVasliington treaty, and the fruitless attempt to send them to jail; and it was aggravated by the expose of Carpenter’s doings at Long Branch last summer. At the commence ment of the present session the control of the reporters’ gallery was taken from the Vice-President and vested in the Commit tee on Revision of the Rules, of which Ferry, of 3Iiehigan, is chairman. The intention was to have each correspondent file at tlic capitol a copy of his paper, and then u" lie presinned to criticise Senators he could be expelled. That part of tlic programme was not carried out. however. "Then came the statement of Carpenter with regard to stationeiy furnished the reporters’ gallery, but which was used, not by correspondents, but by the doorkeepers and bummers. This failed to destroy the independence of the press, and so Carpenter aud Conk ling put tlieir heads together and con cocted a bill which will enable them to hold tlic rod over the "Washington cor respondents. This bill they lobbied through the Senate in the most shameless manner, and Butler will endeavor to se cure, its passage by the House. Without pretending to" be anything of a prophet the prediction is ventured that the press will not come off second best in this con test. Thomas Havck. THE CURRENCY. The Southern and AVestern States to Get More Money—Applications for New Banks Invited. Washington, June 22.—The Comp troller of the Currency is prepared to re ceive applications for the organization of National Banks in all the Westem and Southern States. Applications may be made by letter, giving the names ot not less than five shareholders of the proposed organization, which should be accompa nied with the endorsement of the Senator or the Representative of the Congressional district where the hank is to he located, giving satisfactory information in reference to the character and means of the applica tions, when they will be considered im mediately upon their receipt, and if ap proved the necessary forms for’the or ganization of the new banks will he at once transmitted tinder the new appor tionment, All the AVestera and Southern States, with the exception of Colorado, 3fontana and AVyomiug, will be entitled to additional circulation. The State of Indiana will be entitled to about $2,800,- 000; Ohio to about $0,000,000; Minnesota to about $6,000,000; Nebraska to about $3,000,000. Tlic other AVestem and Southern States will be entitled to much larger amounts. The following banks have been authorized to commence busi ness: Tbe People’s National Bunk of Rock Island, Illinois, with a capital of $100,000; First National Bank of Belle ville, Illinois, $125,000; Citizens’ Na tional Bank, Winchester, Ky., $126,500; National Southern Bank of Bowling Green, Ky., $50,000; Marion National Bank of Lebanon, Ky., $600,000. Na tional bank notes of the denomination of ten dollars are now being issued to the National Banks as heretofore. CRESSAVELL RESIGNS. Mutual Admiration Between the President and His Out-going Functionary. Washington, June 24—Postmaster- General Cresswell this morning tendered liis resignation in the following letter: Washington, D. C., June 24, 1874 Dear Sir: After more than five years of continuous service, I am constrained by a proper regard for my private interests, to resign the office of Postmaster-General and to request that I may be relieved from duty as soon as it may be conven ient for you to designate my successor. For the generous confidence and support which you have uniformly extended in my efforts to discharge my duty, I shall not attempt to express the full measure of my gratitude. It is sufficient to say, that my relations, official and per sonal, with yourself and with every one of my colleagues of the Cabinet, have always been of the most agreeable and satisfactory character to me. Rest as sured that I shall continue to give to your administration my most cordial support, and that I shall ever deem it an honor to he permitted to subscribe my self sincerely and faithfully your friend. ISignedJ J. A. J. Cresswell. To the President. To which the President replied as fol lows: * Executive AIansion, Washington, D. C., June 24, 1874 My Dear Sir: As I expressed to you verbally this morning when vou tendered your resignation of the office* of Postmas ter General, it is with the deepest regret that you should have felt such a course necessary. You are the last of the origi nal members of the Cabinet named by me as I entered on my present duties, and it makes me feel as if old associations are liemg broken up, that I had hoped might have lieen continued through my official life. In separating officially, I have but two hopes to express: First, That I may get a successor who will be as faithful and efficient in the performance of the duties of the office you resign. Second, That I may get a personal friend that I have the same attachment for. Your record has been satisfactory to me, and I know it will so prove to the country at large. A’ours very truly, t w » * T U. S. Grant. io Hon. J. A. J. Creswell, Postmaster General. The civil rights bill, say all, is dead. But it is not: it only slcepeth a summer’s sleep. The bill is high up on tbe calendar, and will certainly find a majority to put it through during the short term of the 43d Congress, unless public opinion speaks in thunder tones at tlie fall elec tions. The same members of the same House will decide its fate next winter." —This is the conclusion of an obituary of a much respected lady: “In her life she was a pattern worthy to be followed; and her death—oh ! bow consoling to her friends!” SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS. Conyers.—Conyers is said to be so dull that the natives can’t even gu| up a fight. The com and cotton crops are looking well. The belle <rf Union Point is hovering around Conyers, and the weekly expenses of several vounc men in the way of lavender pants and white kid gloves have more than doubled On AVedncsday last the bam of 3l r . John Lamkin, in "Columbia county, was struck by lightning and set on fire. The building" together with about two hun dred bushels of wheat and a lot of c om and fodder, was totally destroyed. $1,500.—Eumuu.r. ' , Savannah.—One thousand one hun dred and thirty-one citizens hare already registered in Chatham county for the ap proaching elections this fall. Judy-. Johnson, who’is presiding in the Superior court of Chatham county, is enforein^ the old English common law with a v« m geance. He had a jury out on Saturday night on a criminal ease, and denied them everything except light, water ar. fire until they shonld agree. The bar 1<m 4 upon this as si success in saving money for the county, and expediting jury bu4- iness, but jurors themselves are becoming beautifully scarce when a criminal can* is soundes—-—The third annual festival of he Savannah “Shuetzen Gcaellechaft" opi ned ou 3Iondny. The prizes offered in the several rifle contests are varied ami beautiful. The indications favor a large attendance, and a plenty of fun.—.Irfrer User if- Republican. Augusta.—A man can kill a goat in Augusta during the summer mouths for $5. A few Alacou musquitocs and Gritlin fleas reached Augusta last week, and have already developed an m^isuai degree of activity among the citizens. The second annual rest of tbe Au gusta Seliuetzcn Club commences to-day. Elaborate preparations have been made. The horse questiou is again laing agitated, and Council lias appointed a special committee to sit upon them, anil see if they can't lie kept off the side walks and streets. Greenville.—Greenville anise in her might and built a pump last week. A Greenville merchant left the front door of his store open all last Tuesday rualit and found everything right tlie next morning. Several colored gentlemen were overcome with emotion when thev heard of it, and thought of lost oppor tunities. A citizen living near the Sul phur Springs has invented a very original and ingenious machine for preventing stock from jumping fences, liis appara tus consists of a double barreled slim gun placed just ou the opposite side of tin- fence with a hair trigger and a tape line. It works like a charm.— 1 'indicator. Blakely.—Early county has enjoyed rain evciy day for tlie past two months. Col. Herbert Fielder is announced to deliver the annual address before the Fletcher Institute, at Tliomasvillc, on the 26th instant. Tlie Blakclyitcs want a money order attachment to tlieir post- office, anil a trr-weekly mail to Arlington. The Fort Gaines amateurs performed in Blakely last Thursday evening. The audience was small on account of rain, and a revival in the Baptist Church. Early County Heirs. Louisville.—Two colored gentlemen, both ministers, and named Prof. Young and John Taylor, liavo been swindling the citizens of Louisville with n free show. Recent heavy rains in tlie vi cinity of Ellavillc have'done much to de preciate crop prospects.—Elijah AVriglit. colored, was lodged in jail last week for killing a negro named 3Iajor Hodge.— Hews and Winner. Rome.—Another book swindler lias been stirring up the wrath of the Ro mans. In the line of incurring small bills and never paying them, lie is a suc cess. Last Sunday Jlr. Isaac Boran, of Chattooga, went to church with hi- daughter and left the front door of liis house open. Hearing that sermon cost him exactly one pair of hreechi-s, six shirts, and §200 in cash. Tlie neighbors who listened to remarks when he got home do not consider him a converted man. Rome was inundated with girl babies last week. 3Irs. J. P. Mooney. who has lieen suffering a great deal ever since the murder of her husband, is re- ported dangerously ill.—Commercial. Eatonton.—A Putnam county cow gave birth to four calves the other day. and is expected to recover. The weekly shooting match conic off in Ea tonton 3Ionday night. Nobody was hurt.—Messenytr. Brunswick.—Watermelons retail in Brunswick at $1 apiece, and ripe penehes are putting in an appearance. The nocturnal chicken-lifter has been active, and several citizens arc making shot-gun investments. A staunch and conve nient little steamer, called “The May flower,” was recently purchased in New York, by a number of the citizens of Brunswick, and will be used as an excur sion boat —Seaport Appeal. Perry.—Jacob Rutherford and his wife, two negroes of Houston county, were instantly killed by lightning hist week. They had sought refuge under a tree. Jacob was found lying on his back, his hands folded across his breast, and Ids wife leaning against the tree as if asleep. 3Ir. J. O. A. Houser, the de faulting tax collector of Houston county, has fully settled all deficiencies in his account with the county.—Home Journal. Hymeneal.—In Polk county, on Wednesday, the 3rd of June, 31 r. W. J. Waddy, of Greenville, to 3Iiss 3Iaiy H. Ledbetter. At the residence of the bride’s mother, on tlie 11th instant, Mr. Chas. 31. Todd, of Cedar Grove, Georgia, to 3Iiss Angie Paine, of Rhea county, Tennessee. At the residence of 3Irs. E. J. Harvey, on the 14th inst.. 3Iiss 3Iaiy A. Roliert- son to 3Ir. Samuel G. 3Iarsh—all of Put nam county. Deaths.—Near Haralson, Georgia, on the 28th of 3Iay, after a painful illness. Mr. R. W. Smith. In Early county, on the 2d instant, 3Iiss Tallulah Florence Gay, aged 15 years. An Athens correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle mentions some name* that have been suggested in connection with the vacancy that will occur if Dr. Lipscomb can not be induced to recall his resignation of the Chancellorship of the University. Tlie suggested name> are: Col. Charles C. Jones, a lawyer now resident in New York, and tlie au thor of several historical books; Col. W. P. Johnston, a son of Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston, and a Professor of History in the Washington and Lee University; CoL Robert Tyler, the editor of the 3Iont- gomery News, and a son of ex-President John Tyler; and CoL Isaac Hayne. of Charleston, an eminent lawyer, and a member of the family immortalized by tlie rival of Webster. INDISTINCT PRINT f