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/ THE DAILY SUN. Frida t Morning Jane 9. GEORGIA WESTERN R. R. The Safrannah, Griffln A North Alabama Railroad—Its Impor tance to Savannah—Its Effects upon Atlanta’s Interests. The importance and value of this line of railway—which is o ex In m Grif fin, Ga., to Decatur, Ala.—to Savannah and the Central Railroad, is well under stood by the business men of the one and appreciated by the astute managers of the other. They are determined to build the road; and that it will be bnilt we have no doubt. The effect it may have upon the future growth and pros perity of Atlanta is worth giving some attention to. The northwestern terminus of the pro posed road is Decatur. When it is fin ished, the distance from that point to Savannah by rail will be reduced about 80 miles. The present route is via Ma con, Atlanta and Chattanooga—554 miles, while the route via Macon and Griffin is about 472 miles. This gain is one in favor of Savannah and the Central Rail road, so far as their trade from Decatar is concerned. It reduces the distance from Savannah to Memphis, St. Louis and the Northwest generally. Of course this will have a more or less injurious effect upon the interests of this city, perhaps to a very considerable ex tent—to what extent we are not prepared to say.&We leave this point to those who are more familiar with suoh matters. In view of these facts and considera tions, it is undoubtedly a matter of special importance to us that the Georgia Wes tern Railroad be built without delay.— The time has come when we can no longer delay this enterprise without jeop ardising our interests. We learn that a meeting of the Directors of this road will take place in a few days. We are glad of it. Let the Directory, the city and pur enterprising merchants and capital- its take hold of this work and push it to completion as rapidly as possible. The Georgia Western will connect with the Savannah, Griffin and North Ala bama Railroad at or near Carrollton.-^ Continuing to Decatur and west of that, it will reach Talladega and Elyton—form ing a connection at the last named place with the Alabama North & South Rail road. This will give Atlanta two com peting lines to Decatur and the West. From Elyton another important road— the Savannah & Memphis, to Eastport on the Tennessee river—is to be built, from whence wo have water carriage to the entire West and Northwest. Thus, by building 155 miles of railroad, Atlanta will pass through one of the riohiest countries on the globe, and put herself directly in communication with all the objective points and great re sources which Savannah proposes to shorten the route to, by building the road from Griffin. We will not only have the advantage of entering those markets with fair competition, but every line of road which is crossed or touched by the Georgia Western, will bring to ns a large trade from these lateral lines of railway. By prompt action, we should seize the golden moment, and benefit ourselves, instead of being injured, as we will be if we do nothing and allow other enter prises to^go forward. Let our people move in earnest, and let the road be con structed without delay. “The Philadelphia Age says that Sena tor Morton is troubled because the Dem ocrats do not seem at all disposed to oc cupy the platform which he erected for them in his Grant nominating speech.” And he will pe troubled far worse when he discovers upon what sort of a plat form the Democrats mean to stand, du ring the next campaign—the one in which they mean to beat Grant. Binghamton women on decoration day scattered flowers upon the grave of Ru- loff. Those women always do like a fel low especially if he is a — of a fellow, as in the case of Ruloffi James Rayne, of Jamestown, Ohio, attempted to kill his wife’s cousin, and has been sent to the penitentiary for twenty years. The “Rayne of terror” is now over. - — Grant objects to having Colfax on the ticket with him next time. He thinks a man who is no better smoker than Colfax is not worth a cent as Vice President. Hon. W. C. Flagg, of Moro, Illinois, has been . awarded a gold medal on ac count of liis fine orchards, which cover over one hundred acres. “Oh, keep that Flagg flying.” -4 A Boston woman advertised for a laundress and then wanted to pay her in guitar lessons. The laundress replied that she was not going “to battle” upon any such consideration. The Louisvillo Commercial says of Grant: “he may go to the theatre some evening." The Commercial forgets that the rule in theatres is “no smoking al lowed. ” An Arkansas woman, whose name is now Lord, is said to have lorded it ovef^i^RH than nine husbands;—most of tliemuer own. \ Griffin and Madison Narrow Git age Railroad. Senator Nuunally and Judge Boynton, d Griffin, arrived in this city yesterday morning, on their return frora an explor-1 ing expedition along the ronte of the proposed narrow guage railroad from Griffin to Madison. Colonel Nunnally gives a most flattering account of the trip and the disposition of the people along the entire route. Everybody was for the | railroad, and everybody is willing to sub scribe their bottom dollar in order to make it a success. On last Friday the party consisting of Hon. A. D. Nnnntdly, Judge J. S. Boyn ton, Mr. J. C. Kimball, Mr. Joseph H. Johnson, Mr. Charles Johnson, Mr. Harry Johnson, Mr. T. J. Brooks, Capt. F. S.’Fitch, of the Griffin Slar, and Wm. J. J. Hunt, of the Middle Georgian, left Griffin for the purpose of passing over the ronte of the proposed railroad, in | order to test the sense of the people and i make some estimate of what subscription j could be raised. The weather for the j entire trip was very bad, yet the party | met with the most encouraging success, as will be shown below. On Friday the party reached Jackson, in Butts county, and held a meeting in the court-honse. A good crowd was present, in spite of the bad weather. Several speeches were made, and the subscription books were opened, and in J a very short time $35,000 was put down, j This was a good start At half-past 10 o’clock Saturday, an other meeting was held at Indian Springs. Several speeches were again made,among them one by Mr. J. C. Kimball, who went into an elaborate discussion of narrow guages and their many adantages as feed ers to the great trunk lines. Mr. Kim ball demonstrated clearly that a narrow guage is what the people want The peo ple must have thought so too, as they come squarely up with a subscription o* $25,000. The party remained until afternoon on Sunday, being royally entertained by the hotels and people generally of that popu lar watering-place. The hospitality of the people knew no bounds. There was nothing too good to be provided for the party to eat and drink, the best of min eral water was furnished in inexhaustible supply and everybody enjoyed themselves and talked narrow guage. Sunday afternoon the party left the springs and reached Monticello, in Jas per county, before night. A small meet ing was held on Monday and another on Tuesday, the books opened and the very handsome sum of of $42,000 was sub scribed. It was at Monticello that Mr. J. C, Kimball made his biggest speech of the trip. A pretty Jasper county young lady had presented him a magnificent bouqet, which had the tendency to stimulate him for the occasion. He discussed railroad more elaborately. and more eloquently than ever. He wound up by saying that before he came to Georgia he had heard a great deal about the Kn-Klux, and all that sort of thing; but since he had been here he had experienced nothing but the kindest treatment at the hands of the people. His present trip had been but a series of pleasant surprises to him—a succession of kindnesses at the hands of everybody he met. If this was what was meant by being ku kluxed, he.would like to be ku kluxed every day. This speech was made at a supper given by the peo ple of Monticello. Tuesday evenjpg the parly continued their trip fb Madison. The authorities had been apprised of their coming and had excellent quarters prepared for them at the hotel At half past eleven o’clock on Wednesday, the hour appointed for a meeting, rain was descending it torrents. CoL Nunnally says it was the heaviest rain he ever witnessed. Yet there was a large meeting—but mainly of the citizens of Madison. It rained so hard that the people from the country could noi come in. Speeches were made by all the Grif fin party, as well as by several gentlemen, with good effect. On motion of Judge Reese, a resolution was adopted authorizing the city authorities to submit to the people a proposi tion to subscribe the sum of $50,000 to the Road, and committees were appoint ed to canvas the various counties through which the Road will pass until the re quired sum of $300,000 shall have been subscribed. The people of Madison were very en thusiastic in favor of the road, and the impression is that that city, together with the citizens of Morgan county, will subscribe fully $100,000. Crops are looking fine along the entire ronte traversed by the party; but owing to the continuous wet weather the grass and weeds are looking fine also. Farm ers are very busy getting rid of the latter, between showers, consequently they did not have time to attend the meetings. Their sympathy, however, is known to be with the enterprise, and they are counted upon for liberal subscription. Griffin, or Spalding county, will prob ably go $100,000 strong on the road. This, with the subscriptions that have already been received, renders the thing a dead sure fact, and the engineers will be put out at once. Mr. Kimball says “ the road shall be built,” and that of itself is encouraging. It is seldom that a railroad or any other kind of a public enterprise has waked such a unanimity of feeling on the part o£ the people interested. Its projectors have become enthusiastic, and there is now a very reasonable probabili ty that the time is not far off when Mad ison and Griffin will be nnited by one of those iron articles of trado which are doing so much toward an equal distri bution of the wealth and intelligence of the country. [Written tot the San. Lore In High Life. B7 A. B. WATSON. She lives in sn Alley—the maid I Adore In s narrow back alley, up three pair of g'aira, In a low little room, with a rickety door And one little window, a bed and two chairs. She is not a fine lady, who dresses In silk And flaunts in her carriage or lolls with her beaox, . With hair all a a-ramble and hands white as milk, And plenty of nothing to do, I suppose; But a neat little, sweet little, complete little imp, To laugh in a frolic or dance in a reel; Not one of your pale, lolling. Indolent limp, Dull 8latternB of fashion set np for genteel. The hue on her cheek is not daubings of paint; Her hair was not purchased from Madame la Mode: And no one to see her would call her a saint, Though she lives like a saint in her lofty abode. Her hands were not fashioned for thrumbing the keys, - - v Her nose—there’s where nature first gave her a snub; Her foot—number 5 always gives it a squeeze; Her shoulders are round—bending over the tub. My love is a laundress. With her pinky young face, She is out all day amid fashion and suds, A washing the fancy-fixed linens and lace Which the ladies put on just to tickle the bloods. , > • , , . . ; r “ And at night ahe goes home, with g, perhaps. And throws off her bonnet and kindles a fire, Makes her tea and her toast. Ah, you wealthy-bred cbapB,. You don’t know the charms of the girl I admire. When the streets all are silent, the customers gone, The doors are aU barred and the porter is free I seek that back alley where Wanda, alone, Dp her three pair of stairs, is a-waiting for me. She knows I will come, be it never so late, So the tea Is kept hot and I carry a bun. And by light of the fire, that is low in the grate, We eat and we drink and we envy no oner And when we are married we’U set up in style; She’s a bed an J two chairs, I will add as much more; Or, if grim fate may snarl, or If fortune may smile, I’ll be happy through all with the girl I adore. Love may feel quite at esse in fine silk snd brocade, And rest quite home amid hrussels arid lace— May flutter about mid the fumes of pomade And shine its delight on a rouge-covered face; But there’s love which s o fancy-bred lover may scoff. In tlia' low little room, np those three pair of stairs. Where we chatter and langb while the moments steal off And midnight steals on us, of course, unawares. I sometimes have thought that if I were a king And WAida a queen, we’d be happier; but then High fortune was ever a troublesome thing. To torture your nobly-born ladies and men. Though our fortune is high, no,distrust ever mars Dp those three pair of stairs, where we meet juBt at seven; Each step we ascend brings us nearer the stars. And that, we conceive, is the short way to heaven. U-iF” The Universalists of Syra cuse, New York, have locked the door of the Church against. the ”^or, ■Rev. G. P. Hibbard, for causing a chancel to be constructed and iutro- ducing some forms of worship not customary in their denomination. It is thought that the irrepressible ritu alist movement is about to overtake the Universalists. A poor colored woman in New Haven recently bequeathed be tween two and three thousand dollars, money she had saved by a life of toil in washing and scrubbing, to educate any poor colored student who might enter Yale Divinity School to become a preacher, and if no colored student is presented, then the money may he applied for the benefit of a white stu dent. • »-• < UgF” Grace Greenwood made a speech entirely out of the usual order at a woman’s suffrage convention in Boston on Monday evening. She said she would limit the suffrage to three classes of women, and include, first, unmarried women, and third, such others as may desire the ballot. She recommended a property qualifi cation, and thought a voting woman should be required to have a watch regularly wound np and kept to time, a clothes wringer and a sewing ma chine. As an intelligent qualifica tion she suggested that a woman should be able to add np her millin er’s bill and verify its correctness, to cut a pudding, to put on a button, and in an emergency, to keep a board ing-house, and support herself and her husband respectably. A Mormon Love Story. From George Alfred Townsend’s Salt Lake Corres pondence to the Chicago Tribune. A Mormon, whom we call brother Nelri Gibbons, took a wife at the blooming age of twenty-five. He was pious ana industrious, and seemed to be perfectly satisfied with his bride, whose name was unfortunate for a heroine, being plain Mary Ann. She was the best of wives, and she sang in the choir, bore Nehi a child, and helped to cultivate his vine and fig tree. Their apricots and pears grew and flourished, their cattle and sheep increased, and nothing seemed want ing in this comfortable establishment, which was the envy of every youth ful saint. Still, there was a skeleton in the closet. Mary Ann had a secret and a passion. She wanted Nehi to take a second wife! This was not only because he was a good and true man, and devoted and able-bodied, but be cause she had set her mind upon the oilier wife he was to take. Mary Ann wanted to provide for her bosom friend, Susan, who was in every way deserving of Nelli’s affection, and who loved Nehi as purely and as real ly as Mary Ann herself! They had conferred together about if. Mary to be severe; he did not like to beItt in the enforce- Ann, who could not be happy where ,m ' ntof xhcU ' ri » nd 1 “ t1 ?.’ h ® 0 , . - j . .*■ . , ihai the nrisouor was drunk. He seemed to read an ^usan was not even atihau S Side— ^ for mercyill the prisoner’s face,*nd with had broken the subjects Susan, and “ ‘ her clearest suspicions were confirmed by the disclosure that both the ladies loved the same saint. Far from feeling indignant at this frank and forward confidence, Nelli’s wife received *it with delight. She gave her maiden friend every assu rance that their mutual choice was worthy of their united ambition, and they set to work to compel Nehi to accept another Mrs, Gibbons. It being unseemly for Susan to do more than put herself as frequently as pos sible in Mr. Gibbon’s way, the plot ripened slowly, and, on conferring with one of the Bishops of the Church, he recommended both ladies to make the consummation a subject for prayer. They lifted np their hearts together that it might be revealed to Nehi what good gifts he was neglect ing, but Nehi hardened his heart, and refused to extend his table cloth. He was as yet ignorant of the new helpmate intended for him, but on the suggestion of Mrs. Gibbons that he was not glorifying his manhood and his family, he said that a pair was enough, and that he had no wish to marry. Under these circumstances a little extreme diplomacy was adj udged necessaiy, and Mrs. Gibbons, to com pel a marriage, declared that her household work was too onerous, and finally affected to be grievously ill. Nehi Gibbons, unable to resist this description of appeal, obeyed the de sire of his wife, Mary Aun, but the woman he married was not Susan! He was too blind to guess the person intended, and he married an entirely different woman. Grave complications ensued upon this precipitate action of Nehi Gib bons. The peace of his family was disturbed, and none the less because, after the usual period, the second Mrs. Gibbons had a baby. Mary Ann, re doubling her efforts,met with no other success than that Mr. Gibbons took a third wife, and this time also it failed to be Susan. The third effort was more directly made, and with less diplomacy. Mrs. Gibbons the first suggesting expressly that her choice was her bosom friend; and the power of candor was never so well attested as on this occasion, for Mr. Gibbons answered: “Had I thought Susan would have accepted me, my dear Mary Ann, I should have made her my wife before 1 proposed to you!” Thus piety and patience were crowned, friendship was rewarded, and Susan and Mary Ann being lovely in life, in wedlock were not divided. MAYOR’S COURT. The Old, Old Story—One of Siler’s Carts in Limbo—His Honor Safe. After the adjournment of Wednesday’s Court, we were bo afflicted in regard to the absence of His Honor, that we went home to our little bed, and in solitude brooded o’er the piobable dangers which might have befallen him. During the night we were troubled by hideous hallucinations, in which His Honor was invariably prominent. Blood seemed to stream from the heart, his head and face were horri bly bruised, and his eyes seemed to be closed in death. The scene became too horrible for endurance and with a powerful effort we threw off the shackles of sleep. Still, we could riot divest ourselves of the idea that His Honor had been foully dealt with. It may be imagined wi’h what heavy feelings we turned our steps toward the court house. Arriving there, a surprise of the most pleasant nature awaited us. We rushed in, frantically exclaiming ** EUREKA 1” His Honor was alive I His Honor was unharmed! His Honor looked the picture of contentment! The expression of his countenance was mild and pleasing, his eyes twinkled with a merry light, and his whole manner expressed loVe and good will. The cham pion of the sex, the beloved Mayor of our city—upon whose shoulders the mighty affairs of State are pressing—was spared to us, and we felicitated our selves upon the happy event. The police c'ustered around him affectionately, and Johnson, ah! who can forget the aspect of his face! He seemed to an ticipate every wish of His Honor,, and waited upon him with a sort of holy reverence. It is delightful to attend a family reunion; it smooths away the wrinkles of care ; it softens the asperities of life ; and prepares the heart for the gentler emotions. But “yet we were not happy.” His Honor was there, to be snre, and that was a comfort. Johnson is there, aspleasing as ever. Kicklighter, Hinton, Barry, Patrick Fitzgibbons and many others are here, hut bUU we were not happy. There was a va cancy, a void, a something we could not explain. We reflected,|We reasoned, we reckoned, we cogitated, we ransacked our troubled brain, hut still “WE WERE KOT HAPPI.” What could the matter be ? Why this feeling of lone liness? Our health was good, and so was our diges tion. Then why do we experience this strange and unaccountable feeling ? We beseechingly appealed to His Honor for explanation, but he either did not hear ns or.did’nt know himself. We then turned our eyes upon Johnson. Instantly the troth flashed across our minds. “WHERE WAS LOWRX ?” In onr anxiety to discover His Honor, we did not mean to drive Lowry off We valued him very much- notwithstanding the fact we do not think he had a right to fine a woman more for getting obfuscated than a man. His Honor would not have done it. Nevertheless we did not mean to drive him off, and felt very sorry not to see him. But as we were thus reasoning and counselling and cogitating we noticed that Johnson wanted to bring on the crisis ; in fact, Johnson wanted to have some of the doughty crimi nals arraigned. This laudable desire on the part of Johnson received a ready “amen” from the lips of the Mayor: as well as drawing forth signs of approval from the numerous policemen by whom he was flanked. He then called upon HON. JOHN GULLATT, a gentleman from the cod-fisheries of Nantnckett, away up in the State of Main. The Honorable gen tleman is one of the military supporters of our much abused Constitution, as explained by Ben. Butler and his party, and is in the city for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the Ku-Klnx bill. Find ing that his search for those goblins'was unavailing he fell into a fit of melancholy, and took to hard drinking. In consequence of this extremely rash act, he was attacked by a violent fever, with all of its accompanying symptoms. His brain seem to float in ether, his legs refused to do their duty, and his whole frame seemed to tremble convulsively. A friendly polioeman, in passing by, recollected that onr friend Johnson had an effective antidote for such »**—•*», gently conducted the Honorable gentle* man to tho calaboose, there to await treatment at the skilful hands of Johnson. His Honor listened to the case with a good degree of patience, and, like Martha Jones, “Alt sick in mind.” He did not like remarkable equanimity directed Johnson to collect $5 and costs. OKU. JOSEPH GILTOn, is another unfortunate from McPherson Bar racks. His trouble arose In camp. He did not get half enough to eat, the company fund was large and the necessities of the officer’s holding It were many. Pork and beans, as a conse quence, were measured out sharfhgly, and Joseph was keenly afflicted with the pangs of starvation. If the company found was not so large he could get along very well; he believed that Unde Sam pro vided enough for all his wants, but he also belived that those through whose hands it had to piss were not strictly .honest. This was hard on the officers, but it is, as a general thing, the truth, and the truth pinches. Joseph left the jCamp in disgust, came to town, met a friend, took a drink, bought a cigar, and laid down on the sidewalk to revolve his troubles in his mind and devise means for relief. Ho smoked and thought* and i\ asoned and puffed. The ba my air fanned his fevered cheek; the intonations of grunting pigs and yelping dogs were as music to his ear, and at length Nature’s sweet restorer, balmy sleep, translated his imagination to fairy land. He dreamt a dr earn. He was in an army in which there was no company fund ; in which officers did not seek to cut a swell by robbing the privates of their scanty fare; whoso commander-in-chief was not a vandal, whose mission was the maintenance of the glory and honor and liberty of the country. A man of earth, whose principal adornment was a star on his breast, was coming up the street just about this time, and caught Joseph in this sorry plight, his only compan ion being hog wallowing in tho same mudhole. (The sidewalks in Atlanta arc almost one continuous mud hole.) .He shook Joseph, and remonstrated with h.m because of his imprudence,^Johnson was deeply affected during the hearing of this case, and we have no doubt his influence aided in mitigating the pun ishment, as his Honor only required $5 and costs. ET.TAK GARDNER, COLORED, is a youth in the neighborhood of eleven or twelve years of age. He was out of a job, had no bread, and was thus reduced to driving one of Siler’s ten cent expresses, as he thought that even that was better than nothing. As ho had not conclud d to make a horse of himself he drove his express upon the sidewalk, thereby creating a blockade, and com pelling ladies to step off tho sidewalk to let him pass on. Of course a city policeman could not see such things with an easy conscience, and the driver was arrested. His Honor, who os our citizens know, is a fond and indulgentfather, felt Borely at a loss to dispose of the case. He did not feel justified i l be ing harsh with one so young in years; he had noth ing particular against Siler or hiB carts, but had made up his mind to one thing—that the ladies should be protected. Siler had no business to monopolize the streets; boys should be careful in embarking in su.h a business as driving Siler's carts; in fact, they should try almost anything else. He would let him off with the costs. This announcement seemed to please Johnson. Here a little diversion was created in court by the conduct of Johnson. He jumped out to the center of the floor and commencing a genuine nigger min strel break down, sang: “Sally, come np; Sally, come down; Sally, come twist your heel around." His conduct was explained by the appearanco of mss SALLIE NEWBRINK on the stand, whom he took this novel means of calling out. Miss Sallie had been doing a hard day ’a work. She came home tired and worn out and fa tigued and ill at ease. Added to this, she found that her sweet-heart had gone to a fancy ball with another wench. The fire was out; the house looked cheer less; the skies overhead looked murky and threaten- iug. Is it any wonder that she flew to the bottle and endeavored to drown sorrow and trouble and jealousy and anxiety and tribulation?. She met her sweetheart and gaye him a “cussin’ out.” A police man heard her andAhat cooked her gooBe. HiB Honor got his foot in it; he did not want his natural affec tion for woman to overcome his discretion; he look ed at Johnson to see if he could catch an idea. The oxpresBion on Johnson’s race was fixed; his lips were firmly closed; his eyes gleamed fire. His Honor was magnetized, he could neither speak, nor move, nor see. Johnson withdrew his gaze and His Honor opened his month and spake. (This is precisely what Balaam’s ass did.) The city demanded $10 and costs. HAJ. WINTERS is also a recipient of Uncle Sam’s bounty, and suffers by the operation of the company fund business. He denied the soft impeachment. Two witnesses were called upon to testify, and after being sworn, turned around to look at the Major. They jumped back in astonishment, their hair standing on end, and ex claimed in chorus: “ LAW BAKES 1 HE’S NOT THE MAN I" This created no little stir in court, but was quieted by a look from Johnson. Other evidence was pro cured, and the Major was mulcted in $10 and costs. “a dealer in sperrits.” was arraigned for retailing without a license, but, as he had since procured license covering the time, the case was dismissed with costs. In adjourning the court, we cannot neglect the op portunity to urge upon the police, and upon Johnson especially, the duty of taking care of our Mayor, snd seeing tbatno ill befalls him. The lesson of the past three d;ys should admonish ns, and urge ub to re newed vigilance. We would also advise them to hunt up Lowry, as it is very important he should be on hand in case His Honor should he taken from ub. THE MONEY ORDER CLERK ON HIS travels; He Failed to Reach the 'Woodbine. He Again Languishes in Prison. We mentioned two days ago the escape of E. A. McLaughlin, the defaulting money order clerk. This morning we announce his capture and return to the city. It seems that, after eluding the bailiff who had charge of him, he made his way out of town by way of Marietta street, and went toward Marietta afoot, probably aiming to take the train at seme point where he was not likely to run much risk of being detected. Wednesday morning Mr. A. C. Heigbey was exer cising a horse some distance this side of Marietta, when McLaughlin came np. Heigbey recognized him and spoke to him. The latter told Heigbey he had gotten off the train at Fining's to see a friend, bat failed to find him and was then walking, to Ma rietta, where he would again take the train. He passed on and Heigbey, in returning to town, passed him still going towards Marietta. At this time Heig- hoy wa3 not aware that McLaughlin had escaped and that a reward was offered for his apprehension. After arriving at Marietta, Heigbey went to “Chuck” Anderson’s livery stable and there made some remark about having seen McLaughlin. He was then shown a copy of the Sun, in which appear ed the advertisement of Major Smyth, offering are- ward for the culprit. Shortly after noon Heigbey and Anderson mount ed their horses and concluded they would go oat and make three hundred Hollars. They oonjectured that McLaughlin would avoid Marietta and strike the railroad again some distance above. Accordingly they struck out for Green's station, some seven miles np the road, and then separated to beat about for the game. It was not long before Heigbey saw him dart into some bushes. Biding to the bushes he commanded McLaughlin to come oat. Not being obeyed, he cocked his pistol and dashed in demanding a surrender. McLaughlin threw up his arms and said, “I surrender.” He told Heigbey that he was armed. H. told him then to turn his back and march ahead of him, which he did until they arrived at Green’s Station, where Anderson met them. Here McLaughlin was disarmed. He was then brought to Marietta, and yesterduy morn ing was brought to .Atlanta and turned over to the United States Marshal, Smylhe, by whom the $300 reward was paid. McLaughlin is now in jail, and will bo apt to re main there until his new trial can come off. ANTIQUATED IDEAS. - Sticking Written Notices on tlie Wall— Medieval Advertising. There are people in this world whom it would be impossible to modernize. They prefer the old see saw way of doing things, believe in stage coaches, are violently opposed to telegraph wires, newspapers, sewing machines, and everything that savors of advancement. They are constantly predicting im pending ruin, and verily believe that the world is every day becoming worse. It is not to be wondered at that Atlanta should be afflicted with some of these fossils, but it is a little strange that many of them should be the occupants of public offices. Yet it is a fact Yesterday in our rambles around town, we made it our business to hunt these fossils. Our first point was the Court House. There we found notices of real importance to all our tax-payers, stuck up on the wall, in miserable chirography, where not over one in twenty would ever see them. Tax notices, with the name of A. Or. Grier, were thus posted np, while seven-eighths of the people interested therein, and who should be notified in a proper manner, are people who never have time to visit the court-house, and consequently never know anything of them till they see their places advertised at sheriff's sale to satisfy tax or some other demand. We found notices front other authorities in the same building, stuck up in places where people never see them, and if they did see them, they could not read the miserable writing. We visited the justices’ courts, and tho same thing greeted onr vision.— Property is levied npon, a little notice is slapped on the wall of the day of the sale, and when the day comes few or none are there, and the property goes at a sacrifice, thus inflicting a less on the owner. Now, all this is wrong. If the officers are too poor to advertise, and thus do justice to parties in terested, and prevent frauds which too often happen, we have no doubt but that our publishers are enter- prizing enough to publish them, free of charge. It is time this old fogyism was stopped. The next thing we hear of these old fogies will be asking the preachers to make thei announcements at church, after the old style. In fact, if they will persist in defacing tho walls with these notices, we would ad vise them to send in their advertisements to the preachers on Sunday. It would .take wonder fully.. OUTRAGE ON McDONOUGIl ROAD. A Man Attacked l>y Two Ruffians and Rubbed—Escape of tbe Tbicvcs. Crime stalks rampant throughout the country, en joying high carnival. In the solitude of the country as well as in the heart of the teeming city, the grim spectre may be seen in all its hideousness, besmear ed with the blood of its murdered victims and run ning ri it on the products of plunder. a siartimg case of robbeiy and attempted murder has just come to our knowledge, which, for atrocity and fi ndishness, is unparalfecL Mr. M. W. Clark, an inoffensive citizen, was driving home on the Mc Donough road, and when about one and a half.miles from the city, he was accosted by two white inen, who asked him if he know where they could get em ployment. He answered that he was in need of help himself, and asked them to jump in and ride home with him. They did so, and almost immediately commenced a violent attack upon Mr. Chark. A fierce struggle ensued, in which Mr. Clark had his whiskers pulled out by the roots, and while one of the fiends held him down, the other ransacked his pockets, but only found a $100 Con federate note, 25 cents in lawful money, and a plug of tobacco. Still the fight cont nued, choking, pull ing hair, and tugging with all the forces of human ferocity. The appearance of a traveler, however, put an end to the brutal work, and the two villains fled into the woods. Mr. Clark, though severely hurt, is getteng over his injuries. On enquiry the two villains were discovered to bo Cofy Beaver and Tom Kennedy, two notorious char acters, who are well known to our law officers as being desperate men. Beaver, we understand, has served his term at Hilledgeville; and is a dan gerous man, while Kennedy’s record has nothing good to recommend it. ' Justice Lynes has issued warrants for the arrest of the parties. We hope they will soon be caught, and visited with condign punishment. SUPERIOR COURT. Conclusion of tbe Alexander-Jobnsoit Case—Judge Speer’s Argument. The case of Calvin Davis and wife, formerly Mrs. Alexander, vs. Matilda C. G. Johnson, which com menced on Wednesday morning, was concluded on yesterday. It involved the title to a house and lot in this city, worth about $4.p00. Counsel for 'the plaintiffs were Messrs. Glenn & Son, of this city, and Hon. Alexander M. Speer, of Griflin—for the defend ant, Messrs. Hooper & Bronson, of Cartersvillo, and Messrs. Hill & Candler, of Atlanta. Either side in- troduced a great deal of evide&ce. Three speeehes were made—two for the plaintiffs, by Messrs. Glenn and Speer—and one for the defendant by Mr. Candler. While all did credit to themselves, and justice to their clients, homo counsel will excuse us when wa state that we have heard the effort of Judge Speer spoken of by both members of the bar and laymen, as an argument of great power, legal acumen and eloquence. » When Col. Candler, in his usual fervid andelo- quent manner, concluded his argument for Mrs. Johnson, claimant, he was replied to by Judge Speer in a clear and forcible argument, occasionally relieved by pathetic passages of eloquence. Judge Speer remarked that he had heard with pleasure of the progress of Atlanta; he came to see the wonder ful progress made since the war, and could not but admire the energy and enterprise of tho "citizens, but during the course of this case he was reminded that along the coast of Florida, among the coral reefs and low islands almost hid from view, here and there were to be found a class cf men that during fair weather were not to he seen or lound, but during a storm or afterwards, when a vessel was driven on the sunken reefs, these men called wreckers, came apparently from every inlet; men of small stature, with black eyes, swarthy complexion, long black hair, who soon boarded the vessel in dis tress, and for the consideration of 33per cent, would engage to save the cargo. And strange to say, that among other strange things that he had found in Atlanta, he had found wreckers here; men who fonnd up old worthless deeds,and for a consideration would undertake to save a portion from the wreck. These deeds were like some remains of old vessels whose timbers were rotten and not worth tho sal vage. When it is recollected that the description of the wreckers was a word-portrait of CoL Candler, op posing counsel, its application will be readily seen. The Judge is a whole-souled, genial gentleman, and we hope that whatever other fortune may betide him, he may never be wrecked on the Florida reefs or in At lanta courts. yK . Alter a dear and lucid charge from Judge Hopkins upon the legal points involved in the case, the jury retired, and after a short absence found a verdict in favor of plaintiff—Mrs. Davis nee Mrs. Alexander. I «. * ■ , Hymenisl. At the residence of the bride’s father, on Mitchell street, at 8 o’dock yesterday evening, Mr. D. L. Hill was married to Miss Kerren Caldwell. Rev. Gen. C. A. Evans, officiating, No cards. ■While returning thanks to the happy couple for their very kind remembrance of us, we offer, them our congratulations and good wishes for all thebeaU- tudes that those who enter matrimony usually antici pate. Though life is an up-A ill work we hope in their case the A ills will aggregate a range that will be no impediment, but a comfort rather on the way.