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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