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GRAND JURY PRESENT.
MEATS.
Ve t the Grand Juror*, selected, chosen end sworn
for the April Term, 1871, oi the Superior Court of
Talton county. Ge., respectfully make the following
general presentments:
Through appropriate committees we here carefully
and critically examined the Books and Records of
the Sheriff, Tax Collector, Clerk of the Superior
Court and Ordinarys. We are pleased to he able to
make a good report of each and all of these Officials
From the Savannah Hews, 20th.
The Situation which the Amer
ican People are Ashed to Ac
cept.
Quite a number of years ago a quarrel
arose in Louisville, Kentucky, between
two young men of high social connec-.
tions. The bystanders interposed and
the disputants were separated. One of
them remained in the house, the other
SOUTHERN
MALE
Commencement Exercises— A
C r editable Examination-Sev
enteen Young Ladies Gradua
ted—Interesting Addresses and
Other Ceremonies.
Their books a&d-papers show neatness, accuracy and | left, but presently returned armed with
a bowie-knife, and without a moment’s
warning plunged it in the body of his ad
versary, killing him instantly. That
night and all the next day people spoke
of the act as an atrocious murder; the day
following they qualified their language
and referred to ii. as a homicide. A day
integrity, reflecting credit on them, and through
them on the county.
We would recommend that the Sheriff hereafter,
when sales of property are made by him, enter on
his docket the name of the purchaser and the date
of the deed, as made by him.
We regret to have to state that the Sheriff and his
subalterns are too negligent in the execution of or two later their tone had again soften-
Bench Warrauta placed in their hands, and that this
negligence has caused trouble in bringing parties to
trial.
We find the books of the County Treasurer neatly
kept and the additions correct; we also find Borne er
rors and omissions, which we are convinced were
not intentional and which have been corrected on the
books.
We regret to state that the Public Roads of the
county are not in as good condition as they should
be, proper attention not having been given to the
mile posts, finger-boards, kr. We therefore recom
mend that the Ordinary hold the Road Commission
ers to a stricter account than heretofore, reporting to
subsequent Grand Juries any delinquency on the
part of the officials.
The Alms House is well managed under the super
intendence of Mr.*Langford. There are at preBeht
ninety-seven (97) inmates, abont twenty-eight (28) of
whom are supported by the county; the balance by
the city of Atlanta. We find the Court House in
good repair, except the roof, which leaks. We re
commend that the Ordinary have proper repairs
made on this at once. A new and substantial fence
has recently been erected aronnd the Court House
square. This 1b an improvement which has long
been needed and of which we entirely approve.
The present jail is not only insecure but entirely
inadequate to the needs of the county. We are
pleased to state that a contract to build a new jail for
the turn of thirty thousand dollars in short date
county bonds and seven thousand dollars in United
States currency, has been awarded to those responsi
ble and practical builders, Messrs. Alexander 4:
Broomhead—plans and specifications of this jail, by
the Ordinary, having been previously submitted t“
and approved by this body. At the suggestion of the
Ordinary a committee from this Jury, consisting of
Benj. E. Crane, A. K. Scago, John A. Doane and G.
W. D. Cook, was appointed to act with him in award
ing the contract and in exercising a general super
vision over the bnilding whilst it was being erected.
As there will be a comfortable dwelling attached to
the jail, we recommend that the {Sheriff or his Dep
uty be required to use this dwelling as his residence.
Owing to the decline in provisions daring the
past six months, we recommend that the Ordinary
allow forty cents per diem for board for each prison
er confined in iaU. We have examined carefully the
TAx Digest and the amounts needed for county por
ed, and when surprise was expressed at
the marked change which had manifest
ed itself in regard to the killing, the cool
reply was, “What is the use of making
any more fuss about the matter ? the man
is dead.”
We cite B this anecdote—which is, more
over, strictly true—as an illustration of
one of the gravest defects in the Ameri
can character. It is the easy gradations
by which our people are lead to tolerate
great outrages.
If the audacious act against which the
POPULAR SENSE REVOLTS
to-day, instead of rousing the people as
one man to assist in bringing the perpe
trator to justice, finds them on the mor
row recreant alike to their duty to them
selves and to society at large, what won
der is it that crime flourishes, and that
the laws of the land are brought into
contempt ?
If this pernicious tolerance of things
manifestly evil, related only to these as
saults on persons and property to which
all communities are more or less subject,
there would be a reasonable hope that,
ultimately, a popular reaction would set
set in, by which such evils would be re
dressed. Unhappily, it has extended to
the domain of politics, and, under the
rule of the I#?dicals, the moral sense of
the people has become so blunted and
debauched, that the
GROSSEST CORRUPTION
in high places causes them .to surprise.—
Worse even than this. Since tire close
of the war the most flagrant usurpations
of authority, and the most dariug inno
various upon the rights and privileges of
the people, have been perpetrated, not
only with impunity, but, in some quar
ters, have been hailed with vehement ap
planse.
During the past six years, the old or
der of things has undergone a radical
change. A sectional party has held pos-
poses, and recommend that the Ordinary levy not session of the Government. Amend
exceeding seventy-five per cent, on the State tax for
county purposes.
Owing to the large amount of business before the
Superior Court, the District Court is almost indis-
pensibie in this County. We find that Judge Law
rence and District Attorney Irwin are discharging
their duties with promptness and fidelity; we recom
mend. therefore, that this Court be continued, but
should the Legislature abolish it, we request our
Representatives to use their best endeavors to have a
County Court organized here on a similar basis, giv*
Ing it jurisdiction not only over misdemeanors, but
in civil cases where the amount involved Is not ex-
ments, designedly framed in the interest
of a centralized Government, and to
PERPETUATE THE RULE
of a sectional party, have been incorpo
rated by fraud and force into the Federal
Constitution. The Judiciary has been
tampered with, and the Executive has
been subordinated to the Legislative De
partment of the Government. Congress
has sought—often but too successfully—
to make its will the supreme law of the
iand. It has entered the domain of the
MASO J&fcXC
COLLEGE*
PE-
Correspondence of the Sun.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION*
A Railroad Locomotive Bursts her Boil
er, and makes a Complete Wreck—
Narrow Escape from, a Horrible Besthp
Covington, June 23,1871.
Editors Daily Sun: The annual ex
amination and Commencement exercises
of the Southern Masonic Female College
at this place were concluded yesterday
bj' the graduation of seventeen young la-,
dies.
graduating class:
Miss Eugenia Dearing and Miss Mary
Neal, both of Covington—Bhared First
Honor.
Miss Lucy Cheney, Covington—Second
Honor.
Miss Addie Syence, Covington—Third
Honor.
Misses Ellen Johnson, Lexington; Lu-
cine Elder, Indian Springs ; Ida Sim
mons, Lawrenceville; Minnie Cox, Mor
gan county ; Susie Sanders, Indian
Springs; Laura Spence, Clara Care, Cov
ington; Maggie Rhodes, Augusta; Fannie
King, Minnie Myrick, Annie Annis, Cov
ington; Vickie Hodges, Indian Springs;
Mattie Freeman, Covington.
The Hall of the Institution was crowd
ed with ladies and gentlemen, many from
other places, as well as the surrounding
country; and the Masonic fraternity in
full regalia occupied seats on the stage or
on the benches immediately in its front.
Among the more prominent members of
the mystic brotherhood we noticed Gen.
G. T. Anderson and Mr. Dave Mayer, of
your city; and 111. Bro. Robert M. Smith
of Athens, whose presence at these Com
mencement exercises is about as certain
ly anticipated as the event itself, as he
has not missed one in several years.
The report of the Board of Trustees,
read by Col. Butler, expressed the high
est approbation of the manner in - which
the’ prescribed course of instruction
had been carried out by the Bev.. Mr.
Bradshaw, Principal, and his assistant
and also of the highly creditable exami
nations the different classes have sustain
ed, and which the Board pronounced
the best at which they had ever assisted
in this seminary.
Miss Clara Perry, an interesting and
intelligent looking blonde, secured the
prize for reading! amongst the sopho
mores, and we saw a Bell (e) of this same
Clara whose gazelle-like eyes and ebon
tresses we cannot as easily forget as pru
dence would suggest. -
The compositions read by the gradua
ting class, almost without exception, we
thought noticeably good, and affording
evidence of thorough instructions in the
severer rules of gramatized construction
as well as ease and fitness of phrases in
best conveying the idea intended to be
Ai about 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon,
the entire city was startled by a
most terrific explosion. Every body
started at the unusual sound, and
even a painful look was visible on the
countenances of almost every one. The
sound came from the direction of the
Macon and Western depot, and the shock
was sensibly felt. Widows rattled,
and the oscillation of the staunchest
buildings in the more immediate neigh
borhood was painfully perceptible.
In-
otheralnlhe neighborhood missed the
many deadly missiles which for a while
filled the air.
What a fortunate thing it was that the
explosion did not take place at or near
the crossings in the heart of the city.—
Surely the. satisfaction we have at this
time of chronicling the death of no one
would have been denied ns.
McMahon*
The Hon. John Van Lear McMahon,
who died at Cumberland, McL, on the
15th inst., two days before hist brother-
in-law, Mr. Vallandigham, was formerly
at the head of the Maryland bar. In old
Whig times he was one of the most elo
quent of political orators, and President
Harrison is said to have offered him the
choice of any office in his gift save one.
The Baltimore American says of him:
A European letter furnishes some I There was a depth and power in his
facts which it very properly calls cu- voice that but few speakers have ever pos-
rious, as they certainly are interest- Addressing an audience of ten
- . J thousand people in the open air, every
o’, . , ., , - i sentence that fell from his lips conld be
There IS much evidence to sll01\ rliaHnoHv PncaocoiRnr anl)moiaom
a. I Stated; treated their reserved rights with
Justices snd ex-officio justices of the Peace of this contempt; granted coiporate power witii-
county, and whilst we have found most of them act-1 m their limits, authorized Federal agents
1 to interfere with elections; denied the
State Courts the right to try causes with
in their proper jurisdictions, and trans
ferred them to the Federal tribunals.
It has authorized the President to take
military possession
ing in a worthy and upright manner, we regret to
have to state that we are compelled to make a differ
ent report concerning some of these officials. We
find some of them entirely incompetent, both moral
ly and mentally, for their official positions. We find
that they have- settled and disposed of many cases
of felony which have been brought before. , , ... . . . ,
their Courts; that they have otherwise acted | °* anyState, Without waiting for a *eqUl
in s manner to avoid and delay the due
course of the proceedings of law; that
settlements have been made and that these officials
have been offered settlements with parties for cer
tain sums of money after bonds had been required
from said parties for their appearance before the next
Superior Court—that they have failed to return to
the proper courts hundreds of cases, some of which
date back as far as 1869 and some of which are among
the gravest known to the penal code. The very
large number of theso cases forbid the assumption
that they were the result of accident.
That they have in sundry and divers cases offered to
settle with parties accused of crime, upon payment
of certain sums of money, which settlements are
unknown and contrary to the law.
In view of those facts we recommend our imme-
sition from its Governor or Legislature,
and in bold disregard of the clearest con
stitutional prohibition. It has done more
even than this. It has made him the
judge and the executioner. It has au
thorized him, of his own motion to de
clare martial law, and to snspend the
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.
In its other measures of legislation it
has been equally partisan and unjust. It
has built up and fostered, in the shape
of national banks, a
MONIED POWER,
which it has made subservient to its will
by the grant of special privileges. It has
__ won over, also, to its support the holders
dlsto representatives in the next General Assembly I of the United States bonds, by exempt-
to obtain, if possible the enactment of a law requir- ing them from taxation. It has lavished
ing an Justices and ex-officio justices of the Peace upon great railway corporations millions
to keep a regular docket of each and every case of dollars in the way of subsidies, and,
brought before them—the nature of the offence and in addition, has given them enormous
disposition of the case and that it be made a penal I tracts of land, almost equal in aggregate
■ * * " ! * J “ extent to the whole of Continental Eu
rope. Finally, under the plausible pre
text of protecting American industry, it
has imposed
BUBTHENSOME
taxes upon the great bulk of the people
offence, on the part of these Justices to omit or fail,
in one or more instances, to make proper entries on
said docket at the time when said cases were be
fore them. Further, that they be required to ex
hibit said docket to each grand jnry during the year,
and that failure to do so be made a penal offence.
We also request our Representatives to endeavor to _ _
have the law changed relative to parties renting I fOT the benefit of wealthy mining and
houses which are used for gaming houses It being | manufacturing corporations. All this
under the present l&w almost impossible to prevent
parties from renting bouses for this purpose. In this
connection we also request the present efficient
while Radical members of Congress have
notoriously been growing
RICH BY THE BRIBES
Mayor of the city of Atlanta to instruct the Police , , received from Inhhvkfca* hv
officer* of the city to use greater diligence in ferret- nave received, irom lobbyists, Dy
1 stocks and bonds received from railroad
companies, and by the profits derived
__ from Indian and other contracts. Radi-
be bound over to the next Supe-1 oal officials, following the example set
them by leading members of Congress,
have equally benefited by their opportu
nities, and day by day, torn the end of
the land to the other, the newspapers are
patting on record fresh instances of ve
nality and corruption.
Daring all this time, and with the evi
dences of usurpations of power and pub
lic robbery constantly accumulating,
what has been the
TEMPER OF THE PEOPLE
who have thus been audaciously wronged
and plundered ? Has it not steadily de
clined from indignation to protest, and
from protest to something that strikingly
resembles apathetic indifference ? The
time is now rapidly approaching when
they will be called upon to say whether
their servants shall become their
masters and the road made clear for
centralized despotism, or whether they
still appreciate, not merely honest deal
ing in pnblic men, but also the rights
and privileges that were bevneathed to
them by the founders of the Republic.
officer* of the city to use greater diligence
Ing out these houses; to enter the same whenever
they have reason to suspect that they are
being used as gaming houses; to arrest and
cause to
rior Court all parties found engaged in
gaming therein and by tnese frequent arrests cause
this evil to cease. We fnr'her recommend the en
actment of a law allowing the Foreman of Grand Ju
ries, when deemed necessary, to administer a similar
oath to witnesses as to secresy which members of
Grand Junes now take. In taking leave of His Honor,
Judge Hopkins and of Solicitor General Howell, we
return them our thanks for the" kindness and courte
sy they have extended to this body, assuring them
of our high appreciation of the diligence, ability and
integrity which has characterized their official ac
tions, recognizing as we do that they are faithful
officers, and that a pure Judiciary is the greatest
safeguard to our civil and social inatituti ms.
We request that the General Presentments be pub
lished in the city papers.
BENJ. E. CRANE, Foreman.
Yocxo Garrett, Phtt.t.tp Dodd,
Jso. A. Doake, Pbexastus McDonald,
Buumotom W. York, Max Ft an run,
William R. Hooper. George W. D. Cook.
Francis M. Richardson.
Edward. P. Chamberlin,
Lucian B. Davis,
Horace H. Witt,
Eli T. Hunnioutt,
William M. Isom,
Anderson M. Parker.
Jno. P. Mats,
Lkvi Coren,
William Watkins,
John Rtan,
Ekwahd B. Sasne en.
Lewis Scofield,
James Ormond,
Fulton Superior Court, 1
April Term, 1871.j
It is ordered by the Court that the foregoing Gen-
Messrs, Joel Hurt and J. L. San
ders. members of the Senior Class, in
Professor Charbonnier’s Department
eral Presentments be entered on the minutes of this I ll .&ngineeiing in the Unrs er-
Court, and that a certified copy be furnished by the j sity Of 'j COrglfl, received, last Week
“ - * - notice of their appointment as, re
spectively, Topographer and Leveller
in the Corps of Engineers now at
work on the Southern Pacific Rail
road. Both students left for St. Louis
Mo., by the next day’s train.—[Ath
ens Watchman.
Clark to the city papers for publication. By order’ of
the Court: Evan P. Howell.
Sol. Gen. A. C.
June 22. 1S7L
Georgia. Fulton County, I
Clerks Office Fulton Superior court.)
I certify the above and foregoing is a true extract
tfQUi the minutes of Fulton Superior Court.
W. H. Venable.
Clerk F. S: C.
The address to the Masons by Miss Ad
die Spence, of Covington, was in excel
lent taste, and delivered in a musical and
distinct tone of voice, to which Dr.
Means, of Oxford, responded, at consid
erable length, when it is'remembered the
day was very warm and the session had
then exceeded five hours.
We did not hear the Commencement
sermon by Dr. Wills, on Sunday last,
but it is reported as having been worthy
the high reputation of this eminent, di
vine, save only in the particular of hav
ing been disfigured by nncharitable re
marks abont another denomination of
Christians, numbering the greatest mem
bership of all the Christian world, and
particularly distinguished for the total
abstinence of its ministers from all sec
tional attacks of this character.
We had nearly omitted to speak of
an important portion of the exercises—
tiie musical performances, vocal and in
strumental, were creditable, and some of
the choruses quite pleasing, though the
absence of bass or other male voices de
tracted from the effect. . ..
The address of Bev. Dr. Dixon, of
Augusta, in the afternoon, was an able
and scholarly effort, replete with chaste
wit and evidences of profound research,
and gave universal pleasure.
A “sociable” at the College in the
evening very agreeably terminated the
day, and was universally attended .by the
belles and beaux of the vicinage.
- Yours, faithfully,
Walter.
The following “Young Ladies’ Wel
come to the Masonic Fraternity” was
written and presented by A. Means, M,
D., D. D., L. L D.:
The winds of old winter Rave fled to their monn-
tains,
And summer has garnished the forest and skies;
Here, manhood and beauty have left hills and foun
tains
To grace this assemblage with love-feasting eyes,
chouus:
Thrice welcome, ye sous of the sires of past ages;-
We greet yon thrice welcome to these classic Halls;
The noble descendants of Savans and Sages, -
Your praise shall resound from our time-honored
walls.
Through one hundred lifetimes.your Altars- been
burning.
The “Light of Eternity” gilding its brow;—
In palace or prison—disloyalty spuming—
You’ve reached the bright age, where we welcome
you now. ' ’ ’
Chorus—Thrice welcome, &c.
stinctively all started whence the explo
sion proceeded; 'in the hurry and con-
fusion .to get there first, people had
not time,, or were too : bosy with their
mental conjectures to enquire the cause
of the commotion. All the streets lead
ing towards the Macon and Western de
pot were literally alive with hurrying
masses. From the tops of houses and
other high places, eager eyes and anx
ious ears were strained for one sight or
sound which would in any manner ex
plain the cause of this unusual commotion
of nature. Some vaguely imagined that a
FIRST-CLASS EARTH-QUAKE
had suddenly come upon ns, other that
perhaps, the magazine, which is situated
out in that direction, had by some means
exploded; while the minds of others were
centered upon what was then the proba
ble condition of the Atlanta Flouring
Mills, also situated in that immediate vi
cinity. But the mystery was soon ex
plained. Before the crowd had gotten
within several hundred yards of the scene
of the disaster, it was discovered that a
Locomotive ’ engine had bursted her
BOILER. •
Then the horrible supposition flashed
upon the minds of the breathless throng
that, certainly some poor fellow-being
had been hurried into eternity. Visions
of mutilated bodies, crushed limbs and
ghastly death were pictured in all the
surroundings. Numbers of pebple who
were in a position to see when- the explo
sion took place,: saw great bodies of some
thing they could not distingush flying
through the air at a fearful height. Now,
these bodies were supposed to be those
of the men employed on the ill-fated en
gine." But these horrible forebodings
were not of long duration. Soon the
agreeable intelligence that
NO ONE WAS KILLED
passed from mouth to month with almost
the rapidity of thought. Then did we
breathe freer, as if a load had been lifted
suddenly from our bosoms.
On approaching the wreck we saw that
it was the venerable old switch engine of
the Macon and Western Railroad,
THE VULCAN.
Her smoke-stack and head-light were
lifted out of their places and landed on
the top of a box car immediately in front
of the engine. All aronnd was scattered
pieces of iron, bolts, bars, wood, &c.
We learn from r
MR. HANCOCK, THE ENGINEER;
that he had just reversed the steam in or
der to get on a “sidling” with eleven box
cars attached, when, as he opened the
throttle, the explosion took place. The
furnace door was blown open, and Mr.
Hancock was thrown over on the wood
Mr. Osborne, the fire-
that Bismarck coolly contemplated
and desired to bring abont the exter
mination of every Eed Kepublican
leader throughout Europe who could
be induced to go to Paris. “Let them
alone long enough,” said he, “and
every revolutionist in Europe will
make his rendezvous in Paris. Then
when the trap is perfectly full, we
will shut the door and bag the whole
of them.” The plan was a shrewd
one, and it was worked well. The
distinctly heard. Possessing enthusiasm
and humor, and wonderful versatility of
manner and felicity of expression, his
campaign speeches were the ablest and
most effective ever delivered. He con
tributed more than any other man to
build up the Jackson party in Maryland,
and when he left the party upon the
United States Bank question, he dealt it
many telling blows. In the campaign of
1840 he took a most conspicuous part.—
He presided at the great ratification
meeting held on the Canton race-course,
when Clay, and Webster, and Preston
Germans kept the doors open at St£25w Upon '£*'?**
tv - . ,-i a sion that Mr. MoMahon began his speech
Denis to the very last moment. Ail witli the famous sentence: “Everv vallev
one who wished to enter Paris could
with the famous sentence: “Every valley
has its rill, every mountain its stream,
do so up to Sunday morning before and lo! the avalanche of the people is
the Versailles troops made their entry; here!”
then the door was shut to with a bang. He was the author of the history of
No one was allowed to come out. The Maryland, of which only one volume was
Germans moved up closer, and killed Published. From 1827 fio 1863 he prac-
^ i faced law in Baltimore, but, being afflict-
every one w ho attempted to escape, e( j partial loss of sight, returned to
and now, doubtless through his in
fluence, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain
Cumberland, his native place, in which
and Dayton he spent the remainder of
and Italy are ready to seize and to. his days. Had he lived he would have
send back to death any fugitive who 1 "
may have escaped by balloon or oth
erwise. The trap was full of foreign
revolutionists—that is certain. The
Figaro, to-day, publishes a list of the
names of the military and political
leaders of the Commune. Of this
list forty-nine are foreigners. There
were of these twenty-one Poles, eight
Italians, seven Germans and two or
three each of Belgians, Wallachians,
Hungarians, Portugese, Spaniards,
and soi disant Americans’”
Hail, hail to the Temple on old Mount Moriah,
Where symbolic truth made the gavel resound I
And a loader acclaim to the reigning Messiah,
Whose smiles light your lodge-rooms wherever
they’re found.
Chorus—Thrice welcome, &c.
•Strength, wisdom, and beauty”—her pillars are
standing,
The “Star Spangled Canopy” shines from above
The bright, “Blazing Star”—evr’y Mason command
ing. - ’
Who mounts on the ladder of “Faith, Hope and
Love.” i ”
Chorus—Thrice welcome, Ac. **
Then, “Hail, Jewell’d Order”—&ar woman's protec
tion.
Her fast, sterling friend 'mid the dangers of life:
Her daughters bdore you'; with love and affection,
WU1 cherish your memories, as maiden or wife.
Chorus—Thrice welcome, Ac.
Then earh yearly jubilee visit your College.
Let Masonry honor the child of her birth;
The Clios and Meanses—twin sisters in knowledge—•
Shall greet you with flowers and sing of your
worth. . .. .
Chorus—Thrice welcome, Ac.
The grand jury of Muscogee coun
ty have two true bills against Ordi
nary Duev—one for having made way
with the receipts, contracts and
vouchers and contracts for money
paid into the treasury for the last
seven mouths of 187U, and the other
for receiving money as an ofiicer and
diverting it to his own use.
The Famine in Persia.
The stories of the Persian famine, re
sulting from long drouth and crop t failure
last year, are terrible. The people are
literally dying of hunger in the streets of
Teheran. In Khorassan parents are sell
ing their children as slaves to the Turco
mans in order to keep them alive, and in
Ispahan, as is said, men have been seized
in the act of digging up corpses to serve
as food for their starving families. In
Shiraz-Kerman and Yezd the wretched
families endeavor to support life on the
grass and roots which they may find in
the neighborhood, and, as might be ex
pected, pestilence follows hard on the
footsteps of famine; between them, the
half of the kingdom of Persia is being
rapidly depopulated.
in the tender,
man, was the only person, besides the
engineer, on the Vulcan.
NEITHER WERE HURT.
With the exception of a slight scratch
on the engineer's face, both these gentle
men miraculously escaped a most horrible
death. * « --
THE DAMAGES.
The Vulcan was ain old, worn out en
gine, used exclusively at this end of the
Mi & W. Railroad as a “switch” engine.
It was only the day before that she had
been taken out . of; the shop, where she
had been undergoing some repairs to her
boiler, and not three hours before the ex
plosion she had been carefully examined
and appeared to be all right; The boiler
first gave way at the forward portion, and
at the bottom,, biit extended all the way
round, tearing away the entire front sec
tion of her works. So great was the
force of the steam that one of the trucks
was shivered into several pieces, which
were thrown some distance. The bell was
blowninto atoms, and some of the pieces
were found as high np as Forsyth street,
some two hundred yards away. A piece
of tiie boiler plate, weighing forty pounds,
was thrown against the wall of the large
store house of A. K. Seago, corner Mitch
ell and Forsyth streets,
ABOVE THREE HUNDRED YARDS OFF.
Another piece fell in the lumber yard
of Murphy and Merriam, near the above
store, lighting on a pile of planks and
breaking several of them to pieces. But
THE NARROWEST ESCAPE
was made by our friend Bender and fam
ily. A rod belonging to some part of
the machinery, measuring about twelve
feet in length and weighing at least one
hundred pounds, was carried high in the
air, and fell with ft crash upon the back
stoop, of Bender’s .house, carrying away
the balusters arid a portion of the stoop.
A large rent was made in the cloth awn
ing in the rear of the house, which
used as. a beei^ gyden. Fortunately
none of .the family were at. that place.
All aronnd, pieces of boiler plate, wooden
beams, piston rods and other portions of
the machinery were fco.be seen.. Bat
THE WONDERFUL ESCAPE
of the engineer and fireman was truly
providential.'A It is also wonderful how
completed his seventy-first year on the
18th of August next. He was never mar
ried. The Baltimore San relates the fol
lowing incident illustrating his popular
ity:
He was about twenty-five years ago
called upon by a lady of Charles county,
in this State, to draw her will, which he
did, at her request leaving a blank for
the name of the devisee. He was great
ly astonished at the death of the lady,
not long after, to learn that his name had
been inserted in the blank places in the
will, and that, in admiration of his tal
ents, she had bequeathed him him her
property, valued at over $25,000.”
This man was an intimate friend and
great admirer of John C. Calhoun. His
relations with Reverdy Johnson were con
fidential and friendly. Over the conven
tion which nominated Gen. W. H. Har
rison for President he presided. It was
in Baltimore, Maryland. The crowd in
attendance was immense. In calling the
convention to order he used the memora
ble words “The nation will come to
order.”
On Sunday night last, Mr. James
O’Farrell, (being intoxicated) was
creating a disturbance at the house
of Mr. Mason. The Intendantof the
town (a near neighbor) while attempt
ing to pacify him, was fired upon by
Judge Alexander, of Thomasville,
(Judge Cole being absent from the State),
has been in the last two days hearing an
application for injunction against the
proposed lease of the Macon and West
ern by the Central Railroad Company,
on a bill filed by the city of Macon and
certain stockholders of said railroads.
The complainants are represented by
Messrs. Whittle & Gustin, Nisbet & Jack-
son, A. O. Bacon, Lanier & Anderson, B.
B. Hinton and William Phillips. The
defendants*by"Gen. A.R.Lawton, Hon. B.
H. Hill, and Messrs. Lyon, deGraffenried
& Irvin.
On Tuesday the Court was occupied in
hearing an application to make the State
O’Farrell—the ball taking effect in _ _ _
the shoulder of Joseph Hodgson, a il P arfc y complainant, which, having been
youth thirteen or fourteen years of ^ ed f > M ,® ssrs - *^wton and HiU
J o -a*- -ri -p tt’Lw™, against the mqfaon, and by Mr. Anderson
e, and son of Mi. E. E. Hodgson. ^ f avor> the Court decided to grant
8 -wound, we learn, is a painlul and the application. The remainder of Tues-
serious one—^though, we are pleased day was spent in hearing a discussion of
to state, not considered dangerous.— the case and its merits by Judge Lyon,
“Athens Watchman. Mr. Bacon and Judge Jackson. Pending
he argument" of the latter, Court ad-
jonrnd till yesterday morning at 9 J o’clock,
when Judge Jackson resumed his argu
ment. At the conclusion of which Mr.
HiU took the floor, engaging the atten
tion of the Court for about one hour be
fore dinner and for nearly three hours
more in the afternoon. When Mr.. Hill
closed, Court again adjourned till
o’clock this morning, when Mr. Anderson
will reply to Mr. HiU. ' --
The case is being discussed at great
length and with splendid ability on both
sides. We were not present on Tuesday,
but spent nearly aU of yesterday in the
Court-room, and we are sure we never
heard a more interesting discussion, and
few in which there was a greater clash of
forensic talent. The case is attracting
much attention from outsiders, and the
court-room was well fiUed with our best
[Macon
The following was picked up on
the streets: Georgea, Muscogee coun
ty, To the Sheriff ar jailor of said
county, These are to command you
that you reevd and commit to said
jail the body of Wilms carged in the
warrent with the offence of
Having Stolen Goods in his purses-
sion and him there keep to awate the
exeshon of the Superior Court. Given,
etc.—[Columbus Sun.
Since onr last the weather has been
more favorable to our agricultural in
terests. We have enjoyed for the
most part, sunny summer weather.—
The weeds have suffered, and com.
and cotton have had an “ upward I and mo9 l influential, citizens,
tendency^’ in the fields.—[Milledge- j Telegraph, 22d
ville Union.
A Terrible Horse Disease.
The World denies the truth of the Within a few weeks past an alarm-
story that Mr. Greeley, in his late ag- ing and fatal malady has made its ap-
ricultural speech in Texas, advised
the farmers hot to permit their but
ter-milk and sweet-milk cows to run
together in the same herd.
A Coming Ghost Tale.
As everybody knows, BretHarte
has taken a cottage at Newport; but
that is not all of it. Within his cot
tage is a blue-room, and within the
blue-room is a ghost, None of your
catch-penny, blood-and-thunder af- _ _ _ _
fairs, but a real, genuine, aristocratic rently over the lumber verfcerbrae, el-
pearance in the stables of some of the
New York city railroad lines. The
Sun says: “ It recently showed itself
among the horses of the Second Ave
nue line, where there have been over
one hundred and thirty cases, al
though not more than about twelve
have as yet proved fatal. The first
symptoms are manifested in the slow
and sluggish movement of the hind
quarters, and in stumbling. It is a
disease of the membranes over the
spinal marrow, and beginning appa-
ghost. Ic is a lady, who died long fectually paralyzes the hind quarters,
years agone, with a broken heart, for The distemper gradually works itseli.
a faith 1p.hr lover. On her bosom still along the spinal cord uutil it reaches
rest the flowers that he last gave her;
and, though they have faded and
withered away, their fragrance still
remains. So, in the dead of night,
through-the antique chamber, passes
a beautiful woman, with silken robes
that rustle softly, with diamonds and
the brain, when the fore legs give iyay
and the horse is deprived of the . use
of his limbs. Tbe horse continues to
eat and drink as heartily as though
he was well; his appetite seeems to
increase rather than diminish as the
disease advances. There is no eftec-
rubies gleaming fitfully in the weird tual remedy for this frightful nrakidj
1 * a ‘ —■ j’ -■» =— E.tlaraiyiSi»AtaMiaJ A gentleman in 'Vest-
light, with slow-moving, mournful
eyes, looking ever for a face that was
“fair and false,” and over all, fatal
and fascinating, floats the subtle, de
licious odor of the last boquet.
Now-let Bret Harte weave this up
for us, sweetly and beautifully, as he
so wellknows how. The author of
that matchless march of melody in
the first three stanzas of the “Hawk’s
Nest” has no need to get down to
“blast iny eyes,” “little cuss,” “deni
ed critter,” &c., &c., in liis search for ^
fame. Give us a ghost story that will I y on known sis
live like the “ Diamond Lens” of O’- vors,” at (John
Brian. November next,
yet discovered. w
Chester county, out of seven fine
horses, has lost five; another gentle
man on Long Island, the owner ot
many fast trotting horses, has lost
six from the disease, valued at 30,000.
It may be noticed as a singular coin
cidence that cerebrospinal meningitis;
though not of a malignant form, is
prevailing extensively in many parts
of Virginia.”
Lieutetmufc General" Jubal A. Eaily
will deliver an address before an assooia-
Ihe “Confederate Survi-
at Columbia, South Carolina, m