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a. T H E A T L A N T A W E E K L V S U N THE DAILY Fbidax Mobbing Dr. Bard Again. We notice in the True Georgian so- Vnailed of the 25th instant, a short Editorial, headed “Mr. Stephens don’t answerand concluding with the interrogatory, “Does our friend in tend to answer?” We were at a loss at first to imagine what was meant by the interrogatory; but upon looking over some of the back numbers of the same paper, we find a question put to us, which in cursory reading, had not attracted our special atten tion. The Doctor may be assured that our failure to respond has arisen* from no indisposition to answer any and all questions that may be put to us, of this character, nor from any inclination to treat him with the slightest discourtesy. The question referred, we find to be couched in the following words: “Does he propose that the Democratic party, in the approaching political strag gle, should make the issue directly and squarely upon these obnoxious Amend ments, with a view to get a judgment of tho people upon them, or to remove or expunge them from the Constitution ? Xs this what ho means?” To this we say distinctly and em phatically, and trust there can he no mistake or misunderstanding ot our language, that wlmt we propose is that the Democratic Party in the ap proaching struggle shall arraign the Party in Power before the people’ di rectly and squarely for all their mis deeds—conniving and winking at none—much less endorsing or sanc tioning any one or any number of them. We hold that if the.Party in Power are to be turned out, it ought to be for their misdeeds—their high crimes and misdemeanors against the Consti tution and the liberties of the people; and that in their arraignment for pop: ular condemnation, their' highest crimes should be made to stand forth most- prominently in the Bill of In dictment against them. These "obnoxious Amendments’ attempted to be interpolated in the ‘Constitution by bold "usurpation, fraud and perfidy,” sustained by bayo nets, we hold to be the highest crimes perpetrated by them, and among the Highest crimes against popular rights that can be committed by men in vested with official power. Our ob ject in having these most iniquitous of all the acts of the Party in Power, thus made prominent in the bill of indictment against them is with the view to get a judgment of condemna tion against them and their authors by Ahcjocoplc at thepolls. • H is not, however, with a view to get them rcinovcd or expunged from the Constitution. It is with the view of having them declared by the xightful authority to be no rightful parts of that instrument, and conse quently to be wholly inoperative—ut terly null and void—as all usurpato- ry, unconstitutional acts are. We do not propose to invoke this popular condemnation of these mon strous frauds with any view of having them removed, or expunged, or re pealed, or even touched with a ten-foot pole. Our object is, that the ovenvhelm ing majority of the voters in the United States, who recognize these so-called amendments, as nothing hut the consummation of tlio most infa mous frauds and usurpations ever practiced upon a free people, shall so -declare at the polls; and put into power men who, iu their official posi tions, shall so hold them to be. Un constitutional acts require no remo val—no expunging—no repeal to get rid of them. All that is required to get rid of them, is for the people, at the polls, to turn out of office those w ho passed them, and put others in, who, in all the departments of Gov ernment, will give no sanction to their effect or validity. What necessity was there for any removal, expunging, or repeal, of the unconstitutional, despotic, alien and sedition acts passed in the days of an Elder Adams, when the Democracy, under Mr. Jefferson, in lS00,put into power men who, in their official posi tions, held them to be void, and of no effect, as they were passed without rightful authority ? .No judge ever removes or expunges, 4 or repeals an act, when he holds it to ■be void, because of the want of .rightful authority to pass it It still ;stands upon the statute book, but without operative effect This is an illustration of how we propose to get rid ■ t> these fraudulent amendments. Fraud of itself, to say nothing of -iuixv or other unlawful means, viti ates awl invalidates everything that resttr or stands upon it. If, therefore, SUN an ovorwhelmnmg majority of the 1 people of the United States, hold .. .July 28. (y jCse s 0 - C alled amendments, as we do, (and as we believe they do), to he nothing hut the consummation of the most daring and reckless usurpa tions ever perpetrated in this or any other country, where the principles of libeity have even a lodgment in the public mind, then it will be easy enongli to get rid of them, through the peaceful and quiet, ., but all powerful agency of the ballot box. We believe in the virtue, intelligence and patriotism of the people of the United States. We dont believe that they are ripe for despotism, whatever contrary opinion maybe entertained by others upon this subject; and what we want 13 that their sovereign and unrestrained voice shall be heard upon their stupendous outrages upon their rights as well as the rights of the States. We hope Dr. Bard will feel fully, clearly and satisfactorily answered. A. H. S. GEORGIA POLITICS. The LaGrange Reporter on the "\eu .Movement,” to which a “New Name” is Given. will go for principle. What falla cious reasoning! Do they think to dupe the voters of the country in any such way ? Do they think Republi cans will come over their pontoon bridge to be cut off so summarily. They are greatly mistaken if they do. If the great vital questions, so much involved in the XIV and XV amendments, are pretermitted in the next campaign, even if success is won on that line,do thehew departure’ man for a moment imagine that vitality can ever again be imparted to them? Once committed on the line of ac ceptance of the situation, even tem- ; >orarily, the party can never retrace its steps. Thus committed, the way to central despotism will be open from eveiy political avenue; and un der the provisions of the amendments, giving Congress power to enforce the same by ‘appropriate legislation,’ the liberties of the people will disap pear at almost every Congressional enactment. The ‘new departure’ has done more to demoralize the Democracy than all other causes combined. A few ambitious men have sought to be tray the Democracy of the country from the path of political rectitude and consistency by a slink movement that is discreditable to third-rate pol iticians and humiliating to the Dem ocratic party that it has such unfaith ful members. Prior to this false move on the political chess-board, there was no apparent division iu the Dem ocratic ranks. Had it not been made no division would have occurred.— Who, then, we demand, are splitting up the party, and thus handing the country over to the Republican party for an indefinite time ? They are .not the staid Democracy who propose to remain true to principle. They are the ‘new departure’ men, few in num ber, aud growing beautifully less, we are glad to say, who constitute what, at one time, seemed to be the Trojan Horse of Democratic distraction These are the few in number, claim ing to be the Democratic party, who are endeavoring to break the organi zation, and denounce the true Demo crats as Bourbons, redhots, &c., be cause they firmly adhere to principle and call upon the party to remain true to the old aud sacred landmarks of the founders of the Republic. “The slink movement won’t do. It is a political bastard, born of the cor ruption of the times, which the gen uine Democracy of the country will spurn as an illegitimate child of cor rupt parentage—conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity.—La Grange (Ga.) Reporter. we cease to believe and to declare that these amendments are t iZie joint products of force and fraud, to be unceasingly warred upon, and extirpated by direct attack, and not by the palliative of "construction; while you departures propose to hush up the whole matter, or if you speak it is only to make the Radicals believe that acquiescence in them, as parts of the Constitution, is for all time. How either the “Departure ' cheats the Radical or it cheats the friends of a restored, purified Consti tution, and we really have not made up our minds which. The "depart ure” has all the ear-marks of a dodge. It is not straightforward; it requires too much explanation; it is forked in tongue, and has none of the yea-and- nay simplicity of a direct and truth ful proposition. We cling to the be lief that when the Democratic party assembles in its integrity and its wis dom in the National Convention, it will not trust its great fortunes to such a ricketty dug-out as this. Fr6m tho Mobile Begister. ALABAMA POLITICS. GEORGIA NEWS. INDIANA POLITICS. Another New Departure. “In all kinds, of organizations, whether political,” religious or civic, there are to be found malcontents and agitators, reckless and impatient, who are ever ready to sow the seeds of con tention and depart from the objects and aims for which they ostensibly became members thereof. So it is in the Democratic party. We have Democrats who are not satisfied un less they can stir up strife and con tention, and thus exert all their ener- r to thwart the aims and purposes of the Democratic organization. These agitators and fomentors of strife in our party are mainly composed of men who are ambitious of place and power, but who have never acquired either, to a great extent, from the hands of the people.. Failing to he the recipients of official position and to he rewarded for the services they have rendered the party, as they doubtless reason to themselves, they at once become impressed that long and well-established principles are de fective, and that the party needs to be reorganized—hoping in the end, to reach long sought promotions as lead ers of some new departure from the original landmarks of political ortho doxy. , , r .f • “The sporadic conception of the ‘new departure’ is an illustration of the facts above recited. It has some what affected the Democratic party, but scarcely in no two cases alike.— It is variously construed in various sections of the country; and the'only thing we can make of it in general terms, as definitive of its true char acter, is that it is a slink movement from the principles that the great masses of the Democratic party, en dorse and adhere to. It is a sorb of a spontaneous'combustion on the part of the outs in the Democratic party, against the ins in the Republican party, in which the great body of the people of the country have no par ticular interest. It is a spawn of political corruption in the Democratic party, aud deserves to be crushed to atoms at the very incipiency of its ex istence. .. ‘ ’ “We have denominated the ‘new departure’ a slink movement from the time-honored principles of the Dem ocratic party. Its intention is claimed to be by its advocates, to afford a sort of bridge “whereby those who were earned into the Republican party during the war may cross back over the gulf of political separation to the Democratic fold—a sort of pontoon affair that can be removed when de parted spirits have returned, and thus cut off all connection with the enemy, unless they can get up a pon toon bridge in the Republican party in the shape of another ‘ new depart ure.’ Like the Mobile Register, we think that “ there is good reason to believe that the ‘ new departure,’ so far from being a bridge to pass new members to the Democratic camp, is a bridge that lures and marches the Democratic camp over to Radical mongrelism. “ But to be serious we do not see how the ‘new departure’ advocates can hope to augment the strength of the Democratic party by their policy. They must remember that party dis cipline has not the force it possessed in former days. Men act more inde pendently now than they did fifteen years ago. Men who are inclined to be politically consistent, are not to be dragooned into the support of all sorts of principles, especially those they have bitterly denounced as unconsti tutional and usurpative in their char acter. Hence they cannot look upon the proposed amendments to the Fed eral Constitution as a ‘settlement of all issues of war,’ which the ‘new de parture’ Democrats propose to recog nize as ‘no longer political issues be fore the country.’ They cannot, and will not ‘accept the situation’ by a promise never again to disturb the fraudulently declared amendments to the Constitution, and make no effort to blot them from existence as parts of the fundamental law of the land. “But, say the “Departnrists,” let j parts of the Constitution as to be us get into'power, aud then we can obeyed, for the present. So do we. dispose of these -obnoxious amend-j Xow where do we differ? In this,* ments in out owli way. We are after j that neither now nor hereafter power now, that secured, then we • before or after the election will Tliai “Departure.” J/r. Vallandigham’s resolutions are not a departure from Ike Jeffersonian principles of the Constitution in any sense whatever.—Montgomery Advertiser. No; they only acquiesce in the Radi cal departures from the Constitution, abide by it, as fail accompli, and decline to combat it because it is a “dead issue.” The Amendments are in themselves a departure, because they transfer from the States to the Central system the regula tion of the subject of citizenship and suffrage always exercised, until recently, by the States.—Advertiser. Yes; and the Advertisb’ and its coadju tors just agree to “depart” along with the authors of them. What is called the Now Departure is simply a declaration on the part of the Democratic party that it does not pfopose to treat these amendments as being “rev olutionary, null and void,” but as having become parts of the Constitution not withstanding their efforts to prevent it, and as being valid as law, however bad in principle. —Advertiser. “ Which is simply a declaration” that a part “of the Democratic party” (the Advertiser, Courier-Journal, etc.) have made up their minds not to oppose these amendments as in their hearts they abhor them, be cause they think it is impolitic. Is not that “a dodge?” Certainly it is, and what is worse, it is a weak dodge. It has not even the merit of “ente- ness” to. recommend it The Hew York Times, from which the Adver tiser quoted the other day, had not need to read after Mr. Stephens to see through its transparency. It is not only to weaken and demoralise our great party, but it is to strip it naked to the lashes of the ridicule and invectives of its accursed enemies.— It is another dodge to pretend that the "departure” was necessary to make the country believe that the Democratic party aid not mean revolu tionary force and violence to get rid of the obnoxious amendments. No body has ever hinted such a thing from the Democratic or Southern side; and it has existed nowhere ex cept in the lying throats of Radical managers. It is another false dodge to say that the Democracy was beaten in 1868 because of the clause in its platform denouncing the amendments as revo lutionary, null and void,” because Grant himself stood in that race on the Chicago platform, which insisted that the suffrage was exclusively a State question. If Seymour was beaten for this reason, for the same reason Grant ought not to have been elected. If there is not "dodging” in all this, we have never encountered that article in onv whole political life. Just look at it. You departurists are dead against the-amendments. So are we. You say yon won’t oppose them by violence. So do we. You hold that they are in so far actual Under the above caption, we clip the following scathing rebuke from the States and Union, a thorough Democratic paper published at Ashland^ Ohio. It says: “The New York World, a hybrid jour nal, pretending to work in the interest of the Democratic party, but which is really a sapper and miner for the Republican party, undertakes to lay down a pro gramme for the Southern Democracy for the campaign of 1872. The first assump tion is, that the Democracy of that sec tion of tde Union should not presume to be represented in the Convention to nom inate a candidate for the Presidency to be supported by the Democracy; in other words, that the task of selecting that can didate should be confided wholly to the Northern wing of the party. We find Northern journals insane enough to sup port this New Departure, chiming in with the World, and hinting that the South should be glad to acquiesce in the wisdom of such a proposition, and quitely stand and look on while the wise (?) men from New England and other sections, should set a dead-fall to entrap and destroy the whole Radical party politically! Yes, when the heavens fall all the larks can be easily picked up. It is amaz ing that any Democrat can be found to countenance such proposition. Its insanity is only equaled by its audacity and political meanness. The idea that the South would submit to such a base proposition is absurd. How long do pretended Democrats intend to do the dirty work of trying to gag the people of the South in the interest of the villians who are striving to consolidate all au thority in the hands of the Presidential Despot.in the Federal Capital. To insist on a proposition of that kind is to insure the disruption and defeat of the Democ racy for all time. If alienation and es trangement are desirable in political management, the doors of the Conven tion should be slammed in the face of the Southern delegates, and Radicalism will reign. If we desire harmony, pros perity and national greatness the sooner the scars and wounds- of the past are buried and forgotten the better. By ju dicious management, every Southern State will vote the Democratic ticket in 1872, and thus insure our success over the disunionists, theconsolidationists and the venal crew that now rob the coun try and feast upon the treasury of the people. The people of the South should be cordially invited to send delegates to the National Conwention—should be con sulted and made to feel they are welcome, that unity of effort may obtain and all marks of humiliation be eraced from the minds of her people. By doing so, they will cheerfully aid in expelling the van dals from the White House; and per sonal liberty, the rights of the States and the Union will bo secured. Let the whole country be consulted, and success will crown our efforts.”—Rockport find.) Democrat, 22dJuly, ’71. A sailor went to sleep in a second story Savannah window and fell upon the pave ment. Injuries not serious. Savannah mortality for the week end ing July 22d was only 21, of whom 10 were white. Mr. Hargiss, of Eingston, was robbed of one thousand dollars, a night or two ice. From tlio Borne Commercial. Mr. Conch, of Kingston, is putting a handsome Hotel, and true to the fashion of the day, proposes to call it the H. I. Conch House.” Cartersville cannot be happy until slie has a “public market house.” From tho Cartersvilio Standard. The Tax Returns of Bartow county, for 1871, show the value of taxable property in the county to be 83,429,SOI, an increase of near $105,000, over last year. This speaks well of the prosperity of our peo ple. The Receiver informs us that there are scarcely any white defaulters. The Cartersville Standard is one year old and “largo for its age.” From the Athena Watchman. We learn that a hurricane passed over portions of Banks ond Franklin counties on Tuesday last, which prostrated the corn, forest and shade trees, and in some instances, blew down small houses. On and after next Sunday passenger trains will run on the Macon aud West ern Railroad. From the Macon Telegraph, 20. A little four-year-old son of Mr. Wm. Cronan was shockingly bit in the face yesterday, by a large bull dog owned by Mr. Cronan. From the Eatonton Press and Messenger, 20. We understand a negro nominating convention will meet in Eatonton next Saturday to put one of their race in the field for Representative. The Cholera, we understand, is raging destructively among the hogs in the western portion of this county. Numbers are dying daily. — Of Interest to Cotton Planters. We learn from the “Money” article of tho New York Journal of Commerce, of the ISth instant, that a late legal decis ion, if honestly carried out by the Fed eral Executive Government, will restore to cotton planters a small portion of the ta^on cotton unjustly extorted from them in 1866-’67 and ’8. Inasmuch as the du ty was laid by act of Congress upon cot ton,'and not upon burlap covers, cotton bagging, iron, or rope, suit was commenc ed against the Government and a decis ion reached that the tax was only collect able on the net weight. The tare usually ranges from twenty-six to thirty pounds per bale, and it is said that the depart ment has compromised on an allowance of 80 cents per bale. Whether this con cession is general, or the refund will only be made to those who paid nnder protest, remains to be seen. It is easy to seen, that if four million bales paid the tax, and the refund is made on each, then the claim ants will be entitled to upwards of three million dollar® " Chronicle and Sentinel Found Dead on the Track. The Columbus Sun, of the 26th, says: The freight tfain between Macon and Columbus, which left the former place under charge of conductor Ed. Jeffers, Monday at 8:12 p. m., when it had advanced about forty-three miles ran over the body of a white man that was lying on the track. It was discovered too late to stop the train, hut the engine was reversed as soon as possible. The body was picked up lifeless. There was a dent in the fore head, but from the fact that no blood could lie seenissuingfrom the wound, and the extreme coldness of the corpse, all on the train thought that the mau hod been previously killed aud laid on the rails. The body was that of a middle-aged man, very de cently dressed, and whose name was unknown. It was carried hack to Macon and delivered to the coroner of Bibb county. Origin of Financial tions. AWnevia- The New York Journal of Commerce thus answers a query as to the origin of the dollar-mark : The dollar sign (8) was used long be fore there was any Federal coinage to be represented. All these old characters grew into use so gradually that their ex act origin is often disputed, and frequent ly lost even beyond the reach , of long- armed tradition. The origin of the dol lar-mark is disputed. Most old writers claim that the 8 came from the old Spanish pillar dollar, which bore on its reverse the two “Pillars of Hercules,’ the ancient name of the opposite prom ontories at the Straits of Gibraltar. The parallel lines in it (thus ||) stand, accord ing to this explanation, for the two pil lars, and they are bound together thus (8) with a scroll. More modern writers claim that as the Spanish dollar was a piece of eight reals, “8 R” being one stamped on it, and it was then called “piece of eight,” that the figure 8 with a line drawn through it, as characters were generally formed, produced the sign of the dollar. It was called a dollar, but “piece of eight.” The name itself was born in Germany, and from the fact that the first piece of "this character was coined in the Valley of St. Joachim, in Bohe mia, in the year 1518, it was called Joa chim, Thaler, the last half of the word being pronounced (aud often written) duller. The character £ is the first letter of the Latin word librae, with a line across for the pound sterling, and the letters ft, with a line across it, represents the same word as applied , to a pound weight. A Female Odd-Fellow. T _____ An old man, sixty-five years of age, uamed Stoole, who was the janitor of Odd Fellow’s Hall in Indiapolis, and had charge of the private books and work, as well as keys, for some time past, has been under the domination of a Mrs. Pillbean, who acquired a fearful influence over him, and prevailed upon him to let her witness tho initiation ceremonies in Odd Fellowship, while she was concealed from view. There is a room adjoining a main hall of the Odd Fellow’s building, des ignated for the reception of an organ. Entrance to this room can be obtained only from the outside, and there Mrs. P. was admitted by the janitor on several different nights. Thence she witnessed three if not five initiations. She was sup plied with the private books and work of the Order, and the keys to the rooms. These articles were taken from Indian apolis a day m-two ago by the Chief of Police. It is said that the janitor in structed the woman in three degrees of Masonry. Sho makes her boast that she is an Odd Fellow and a Free Mason, and has given evidence that she knows about Odd Fellowship. For some time past the janitor has paid twelve dollars a month rent for the woman’s house. She wanted more money, and demanded o:ae thousand dollars a year. This he refused to pay. She asked for five hundred and a mortgage on one of the janitor’s houses. This was also refused. Then she told what she had seen and learned. On Friday night the janitor was tried be fore a committee of Odd Fellows aud ex pelled from the Order. It is said that he is keeping close to his house.—Baltimore American. Crop Iteporl. From Southwest Georgia we get the report that corn has passed all danger from rain. The crop is large. The same is remarked in this section. Cotton has mnch improved of late, yet with the most favorable weather after this date it will be impossible for three-fourths-of last years crop to be gathered. "We beard one of our largest, safest and most reliable cot ton merchants say, the other day, be did nob believe there would be 3,250,- 000 balesjproduced this year (1,000,- 000 less than last) because there were not enough stalks in the field to pro duce it. He believed, too, that if the fact was fully established that no more than three and a quarter mil lion bales would Lq the yield of the United States, that Cotton would im mediately advance twb or three cents in Hew “York.—ColumbSun, 26/7/. Dying for Love. BY A. R. WATSON. Kate load a suitor who had seen Tho shade and shine of thrice fifteen; Vet was he lover spry and gay, As though his life were in its May. None moved about on readier limb; No younger beau could rival him In'picking up a fan or glove, Or plunging headlong into love. He pressed his snit with ardent zest, Anil hoped that Kate would mako him blest- He promised all things good and fair, Tho best of homes, the best of wear; Ho promised too, in reason’s spite, That ho would be uxorious quite; In fact, held Kate so very dear, He thought he’d like to die for her. Kate heard his speech and then refused- She really begged to be excused! She liked him first-rate—as a friend— And hoped their friendship would not end- Was grateful for the preference shown. But really could not marry one, No matter what tho prospect is, Whoso hair had grown so gray as his. John heard her reasoning, unconvinced, Though ’neath her arguments ho winced, (One docs’t mind so being old, But hates to hear the failing told), And then let loose his oily tongue. To prove to her he still was young. “My form is straight, my step is light, Although my hair has caught some white; Aud then, to prove my loving true, I really think I’d dye for you.” A Decision which Ought to ^ e Published. A decision was rendered in a Justice Court here several weeks ago which we intended to publish at the time, but for got it. A gentleman made a contract with a carpenter to shingle his house, stipulating that upon tho completion of the work he would pay him so much money. He had nothing to do with, or to say to any other mechanic up on the subject whatever. The carpenter then hired two other men to do the work, he leasing the job. When finished, lie so reported to the owner, and was prompt ly paid, in full, the whole amount orig inally agreed upon. But the carpenter pocketed the money, took the first train and absconded without paying his two workmen. Whereupon the workmen went to the owner of the building and demanded of him the wages the carpen ter agreed to give them. They were re fused. They then formally brought the malj ter before a magistrate who, after hear' ing the evidence and speeches, decided the case against the owner and in favor of the workmen. The case was appealed, but we have heard several members of the Macon bar say that under the pres ent law of Georgia the magistrate was right. If that is law, people having such work to do had better understand it fully.—Macon Telegraph, 26. ►>< A Man With ail Appetite. The city of Los Angeles, CaL, is just now honored with the presence of a most extraordinary glutton. He is a native of the Grand Duchy of Monaco, and seems to have had an eventful life. At the age of threb years he could masticate coarse dried beef, and at nineteen had such a voracious appetite that the Grand Duke, probably fearing a famine in his small principality, sent him, as one of a pur chased quota, to Roumania, whence he afterward escaped to the United States. Immediately on his arrival at Los Angeles he ate thirty-four pounds’ weight of pork, pork-fat, train-oil, and tallow-candles, and subsequently consumed all the cold joints of a good-humored restaurateur, to whom he offered a twenty-five cent stamp to cover the damage. The citizens of Los Angeles, like all Californians, have a pe culiar fondness for “big things,” and the result is, that instead of riding this “big eater” out of the town on a rail, they have taken hold of him with their accus- customed enthusiasm, and now offer to back him for a “square meal” against the world. Diamond Cut Diamond. A correspondent-, writing from Sarato ga, relates this incident. “Among our visitors is a young clergy man. He is smart and has his eyes open. He is a churchman and will make his mark. An incident will illustrate this. His college chum is settled in the Baptist ministry. Our church friend made a call on Iris chum. It was Satur day, aud he proposed to spend Sunday with his old associate. He was made welcome, but with the least bit of embar-’ rassment that he did not fail to observe. At length the Baptist brother spoke. ‘I should be delighted to have you preach for me to-morrow; but the fact is, it is our communion. We have it directly af ter our morning service. It would ho very awkward, you know, for you to preach for me and then go out of the house with the unregenerate, for, by the rules of our Church, yon, not being bap tized, cannot commune with us.’ The churchman laughed and said: ‘Oh, don’t be uneasy. I will preach for you. But were I forty times baptized, I could not sit down to your table, for, by the rules of our Church, you, you know, are not ordained, and cannot administer the ordinances at all.’ And so he preached, and at the close went out to his dinner. Unfortunate Difficulty. Last week, iu a billiard saloon in Talladega, Alabama, whilst John Bowlin and a young man named Knox were playing a game, a dispute arose which resulted in a quarrel, when Bowlin drew and cocked his pistol, and asked Knox "if he was armed. At this point Samuel Fisher, the game keeper, interferred and at tempted to disarm Bowlin. In the scuffle the pistol went off, shooting Fisher through the lungs, from which it was not thought he could recover. Bowlin was considerably steeped in whiskey.—Columbus Sun, 25th. < - [ ^George Sand, the well known au thor, is stated to be lying dangerous ly ill. Grave doubts are entertained of herrecovery. *" English ritualistic clergymen want to exclude female voices from the choirs of all churches. They are un willing to give women any chants. ; KBr* Wisconsin puts forth David Styles as the oldest Mason. He has seen 105