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Day before yesterday, at the rock quarry of Broomhead & Alexander, near the Barracks, a frightful accident oc curred. The quarry was being worked by convicts under the management of jtfessrs. Broomhead & Alexander, and a white lad named Alexander, and a negro convict were blasting. After fill ing the hole with powder and igniting the fuze, it failed to explode, when they roturned to readjust it. While working at it the powder caught fire, making a tremendous explosion. Both arms of yonng Alexander were broken, and both eyes, it is feared, put out. The negro Tvas badly burnt. Alexander has only been in the chain gang for a week or so. His father is or was Marshal of the city of Opelika, Ala. He was convicted at the last term of the District Court for theft from his boarding house. >-•-< The Orphan's.Home. We publish to-day an interesting letter from one of the children at the Orphans’ Home at Norcross. Everybody will read it with deep interest. Verily that great work—the establishment of a home for the orphan—is one of which Dr. Boring may feel proud, and all who have con tributed to it may well congratulate themselves on the good work in which they have assisted. Here the children are taught to work—are educated—have religious training—have a home with all its comforts and attractions—a real, gen uine home—where they do not feel like guests at a stranger’s house, but are really at home ! How many of these would be forsaken outcasts, and become the devotees of sin, but but for this beneficent institu tion. Let the country rejoice that so much good is being done witli such small means. Those who have the enterprise in hand are now raising means to erect a monu- mantal church at Norcross in which the children can worship. Let every man having a philanthropic heart assist in this good work. Freiglitg and Fare to our Great Fair*. A few weeks since, the Secretary of the Atlanta Fair Association—appreciating the strength of a cooperative effort on the part of the different fairs—requested a meeting in this city of the several Secre taries of Home, Augusta and Macon, that they might take joint action in procuring a reduction of freight and passenger transportation to the several fairs in Georgia. Mr. Echols was requested to act for all, using their names officially. Mr. Echols prepared a letter of application to the superintendents of different railroads and steamship companies, setting forth the fact that a reduction of rates would se cure a large attendance on the several fairs. All of the railroads in Georgia readily acceded to transport at half rates, and Mr. Echols informs us that in a few days he will publish a list of a large number of railroads agreeing to the half- rate arrangement. Ho hopes to secure half-rate tickets from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Buffalo, Chica go, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and New Orleans,and all intermediate points. TIic “Wild Hunt” after Office. We kuow of no better rule by which to ascertain a man’s total unfitness for the offices of Mayor or Councilman, than the fact of his attempting to push him self into these positions. They ought to be places of honor— conferred npon men'for their real merits —their real integrity 'and ability, and to serve the public, Honestly and faitliiully; and when we see a man blowing his own trumpet, canvassing the streets, and tak ing an active part in Ward meetings sole ly for the purpose of foisting himself upon the public, and getting into place, we take it for granted that he either wonts the office for the sake of the salary, or that he lias an “axe to grind” at pub lic expense, which will make a raid upon the Treasury—either of which renders him unfit for the office, and unworthy of the support of an honest jieople, who workffor their-bread, and who ought not to be taxed to pay salaries to suehmen. All such should bo reproved for their egotism and assnmacy. We hope.thatin the nominations to be made, our very best citizens will be chos en. Men who deserve tlieseqilaces very seldom seek them. Those who do not seek or desire the offices, but can, by earnest solicitation of the people, be in duced to accept them, will be far more likely to prove themselves faithful and competent, than those who earnestly seek the office. This latter cluss too ofteu have unworthy motives to prompt them; and it may be set down as a rale to he relied upon at all times, that those engaged in the “wild hunt,” will do the public no good, and should be kept out. We tell the people that unless they take the matter seriously to heart, it will hot be many years before our city finances and government will be in the same de plorable condition that New York now is. Wc are disgusted at the conduct of these persis' e it office seekers,and hope the people will rebuke them. Atlanta lias, in times past, been a prey to, and has suffered by them. Let it be so no mere. letter from One of the Orphans. Norcross, Sept. 18th, 1871. Editors of die Sun: We’observe in your issue of the 9th, a communication from our thriving little town—Norcross. We were pleased with the kind manner in which the people here were mentioned, and especially with the notice of our genial, liearty-souled Mayor, Mr. John J. Thrasher. He has been and is a true friend of the oqihans who are gathered here. We have partaken of his hospi tality, and received ‘many kindnesses at the hands of him and his excellent family; and the prayer of the fatherless is that they may be blessed in heart and in t store—may have their share of the good things of this world, and the grace to meet the great hereafter without the shadow of a fear. We are glad that “W. P. S.” visited Norcross, but regret that he did not, while here, make a visit to “the happy family” at the Orphans’ Home. Had he come here he would have discovered that this is not an “asylum” in the dreary sense of the term—but a home where love is—a home where peace and happi ness prevail—a home where the orphans gather as equal members of one common family and share the benefactions that Christian people have provided foifiis. Natural parents could do no more for us than is done by the good people here, who stand in the light of father and mother to us. They exercise a. living parental care over us all, seeking our comfort and our advancement in mind and morals. We feel that they are safe guides to us, who otherwise might be froward and wild. We have faith in their counsels and we know we have their love. And their good works and untiring care are not without fmits. Last Sun day witnessed a harvest season. Seven teen orphans gathered around the altar of the church, candidates for the solemn rite of baptism and admission into the church. It was an unusual but a happy spectacle, and at once appeared as if God were smiling his approval npon the good work-of His people. The services at the church were at tended by a large, intelligent congrega tion, all of whom appeared interested in the solemn services. In a year we expect to have a new and commodious church, in which to worship, and then we invite the people to and worship with us, and, look ing into the happy faces of the orphans, understand how great a work the good Lord is doing through his people. Obehan. Berides numerous County Fairs which are held monthly in many counties in Georgia, we have Four Grand Fairs in the State to be held in October, which will attract special attention and patron age from the whole country, North and South. 1. The Cherokee, Georgia, and Ala bama Agricultural Fair Association, Rome, Ga., commencing October 10th. 2. The Atlanta Agricultural and In dustrial Association, Atlanta, Ga., com mencing October 16th. 3. The Georgia State Agricultural Society this year to be held in Macon, Ga..—commencing October 23d. 4. The Cotton States Mechanical and Agricultural Fair Association, Augusta, Ga., commencing October 31st. This will be a series of great fairs succeeding each other, with intervals of 3. OottoDStates Life Insurance Co. CHARTERED BY THE STATE OF GEORGIA. CAPITAL $500,000. OWNED AT HOME AND MANAGED BY Some of our Best Financiers. Over 2,500 Policies Issued Since June 1st, 1869. The only Company doing business in the South that has ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ^ DOLLARS Deposited with the authorities of tho only a few days, and none conflicting— state of Georgia for the protection of Policy Holders. TPrnAh Will A 1 A. 1*1 • I >1 which will afford to exhibitors the great _ e.« l d™,a EKVH « il G eorgiaiI Policies Upon all the GEORGIA NEWS. SAVANNAH. The Eeics of the 20th discloses the fol lowing: We noticed on board the steamer Tona- wanda, on yesterday, a fine four-wheeled hose carriage for an Atlanta company. UUJlUlUlUUJg LUttU LUC UCJLC VAttUCU. OA1IA (c Gaylord Minstrels will visit our city for a short season early in next month. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Central Railroad and Banking Company .oi Georgia, held yesterday, Mr. George W. Wylly was appointed to represent the Company in the Commer cial Convention which —“ ’- 1 - 1 *- Baltimore next Monday. Bartow Division of the Sons of Tem perance have declared in favor of with drawing from the National Division. DALTON. The Citizen of yesterday says: A lady, in Murray county, discharged a tape worm, two hundred and forty-nine feet long, after drinking freely of tomato wine. ATHENS. The Watchman of the 20th has the fol lowing item: . A man calling himself Kirkpatrick, from Jackson county, who had lived some months past as a laborer on Long Creek, in Oglethorpe county, lately took off the daughter of another tenant upon a plantation mule of Mr. S. H. Cox, and went to Washington by night. They were married next morning (Sunday) and returned to the plantation Tuesday in a hired hack, without the mule, which he said would not lead and was left oa the way. Alter remaining with his new wife a few days, he borrowed another mule from a tenant and a saddle from a negro, to bring the first back again—since which time he has not been heard from. He is said to have a living wife and several children in Jackson, and claims to be an exhorter in the Methodist church. He is of good address^ fair spoken, and ap pears zealous in the Sunday schools. MACON. Tho Telegraph oi Wednesday says: Gen. Wm. M. Browne who, for the past two years, has been a citizen of this city, left yesterday for Baltimore, where he will make his home hereafter. He has made an engagement with the Ga- eette of that city, and will have a propri etary as well as editorial interest iu its future conduct. We learn that he will still continue to have editorial control of the Farm and Home. With but one or two intervals, it has rained here every day for the last twenty, days. The reports from the cotton fields are perfectly awfi ’ """* have to continue — 0 ~ _ the destruction well nigli complete. ... does not lack much of that point now, and iu some places nothing at all. We saw fifty bolls from Jones county yester- ’ at random, all of which were more or less rotten—some totally Don’t fail to read the .very able letter “ .IT; of “Cato,” in our paper of this morning. cial Convention which will be held m T . , , ,v Baltimore next Monday. Ifc la ? s bare % unpnncipled condpct and aims of the New Departunsts. He gives names and facts, and makes charges wliich mean something. -tua 20 . ► »■< ajudyxv The Millar Trial. The trial of Millar, concerned in the State Eoad muddle, which was postponed from last Friday tillyesterday, after con sultation among the counsel of both sides, it was agreed to postpone the case indefinitely, and Judge Hopkins there fore granted a postponement until some day next month, of which, notice will he given. Toole a Fit. ' ‘Sweden is arming.” Now let Kaiser Wilhelm stand from under. this line. Besides these four, the North Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical Association, at Dalton, Georgia, holds a fair daring the present * month—commencing the the 26th inst., next Tuesday—which will continue till the following Monday, the 30 th rust. The people of Dalton, and that portion of the State, have held two annual fairs, which have been very su perior, and which, this year, will far eclipse any of the previous ones at that place. These fairs are useful. Farmers, me chanics, merchants, artists, housekeep ers, laborers—all classes, are improved by attending and patronizing fairs. ■ >-♦-< An Oversight. Our special correspondent, “Cato”, charges that the New Departure men who are the authors of that heresy, own the World newspaper of New York: that they established the Washington Patriot, and have a controlling influence over the Bichmond Enquirer, the Louisville Cou rier-Journal and the Montgomery Adver tiser. No doubt Dr. Bard will feel badly when he sees that our correspondent does not name the True Georgian in that list. From Tennessee. We are permitted to make the follow ing extract from a private letter written by our young friend, Samuel F. Wilson, attorney at law, to a gentleman in At lanta, dated Gallatin, Tenn., Sept. 18. ******* I expect to locate in Atlanta by the first of January next, for the practice of my profession. ****** I take The Sun, and have been greatly interested in the developments of the political cpnyvp — iur. biepnens editorials with avidity. I made up a club, of ten for the paper in a few minutes some weeks ago. Cato’s Letter. A somewhat noted character named Violet North, was up before Justice Lynes yesterday for some offense, and the Judge sent her to jail Just as she got outside the court room she tumbled over with what appeared to be a very hard fit. But it wouldn’t win, and five or six men were completely exhausted , , ua auo.»»i.n after they had put her on a dray for the th |*£Kj2atatlefoiio^g terms: lockup. .n,,. " ■ Anna Dickinson’s' new lecture is on Compulsory Education. It is a go^ mercnantaoie <jouc such as is usual] pity Anna did not encounter her subject this market) deHverca atewn»n, Georgia. * “ * YOUNG MEN—Honesand industrious : youth. others have now an oppounity to lmy ho: early in her youth. BgL. After having had experience with both, the Lowell people are “ free to maintain “ that the small pox is prefera ble to Bntler. The Louisville Commercial hoists Harlan’s name for Vice President. The C.J. is expected to chime in at an early day. fa. The reports from the cotton fields Akerman has gone to North Caro- perfectly awfnl. This weather will not hna to gather up some Ku Klux stories ,-e to continue much longer to make and then he is going to Pennsylvania to v- jk Jen them in a f e ^ stump speeches. BgL. A radical editor says: “Let the reign of small men come to an end.” VARIOUS PLANS OF INSURANCE ISSUED. A. Joan of 33 per. cent. of the Premium Given if'hen Desired. ALL POLICIES NON-FORFEIT ABLE. NO RESTRICTIONS AS to RESI- dence or Travel, Strictly aHome Comp’y With its Capital and Investments at Home. It appeals to those who desire to avail themselves of the benefits of life Insurance to give it their patronage. The time has arrived when every thoughtful man is disposed to. make this wise provision for those de pendent npon his life. This Company proposes to give all the advantages which are offered by foreign institutions of like character, with the opportunity of keeping the vast sums in our own midst, which are annually sent abroad. PEOPLE OF tttf. COTTON STATES Foster Home Enterprise. •Active and Energetic .Agents Wanted in every County atkd Town in the South. ADDRESS OR CALL. ON WM. J. MAGILL, SUPERINTENDENT AGENCIES. Office, 28 Whitehall street. Office: ATLANTA, GA LEWIS H. CLARKE. v AGENT GEORGIA. EPWIN S. RAY, Medical Examiner. OFFICERS: WM. B. JOHNSTON, President. WM. S. HOLT, Vice-President. GEO. S. OBEAR, Secretary. JOHN W. BURKE, General Agent. J. MERCER GREEN, Medical Examiner. sept8-lawd&w3m. A G ood Chance FOR A HOME. I WILL SELL BEFORE THE COURT HOUSE door, in the town ol Newnan, in Coweta conn ty, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER NEXT it being the 7th day of he month, beginning at 10 o’clock, and continuinguntil aU are sold, my lands lying in the Fourth Disrict of said county, known as the “ HARBER PLACE,” CONTAINING ONE THOUSAND ACRES. The said place is well latered, and well timbered, there being about Sis Hwdred acres of the same in tho woods. I will sellitn tracts and parcels as fol lows : First. ONE HUNDRE1 A0RE3, npon which are situated the dwelling ho'se, a neat frame building with five rooms tkovougily cealed, with glass win dows, and substantial rck chimneys,—with a gar den wen enclosed, itself containing near three acres —and capacious Gin Buso with Screw, and new barn built since the war. Next I will seU SIX HNDRED ACRES, in tracts or small farms of FIFT1 ACRES each. I will then sell THEE HUNBRED ACRES in arcels, or tracts of fronTwenty-Fiveto Forty acres ^inblop’e dotig Iron (Dorks. 4 Macon Comes to Atlanta Again 1 ” FINDLAY’S IRON WORKS' Head of Third St., Sign of “The New Flag,” MACONv’GEOR GJA. THE LARGEST IN THE SOUTH! Skilled Labor and Modern Machinery. -A.il Vv oris. fW arranted. - Northern Prices for Machinery Duplicated. STEJtJfl EJTGIJTES OF JtJtriT EI.lt'D .1JtTO SIZE ry of all kinds TO ft It O Ell. 1 Tt o -V HAILING, Of Elegant Designs, ,nd .t Ibices that Defy Competition. K„P.u. ra . to Mi,. Outfit of Machinery for Saw or Merchant Mills. REPAIRING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES ! Competent Workmen furnished npon application to overhaul Engines, Saw Mills, etc., in any section of the country. FINDLAY’S SAW - DUST GRATE SHOULD BE USED BY EVERY SAW-MILL PROPRIETOR. Millstones, Belting, Circular Saws, Stemn Fittings, Babbit Metal, elc., etc. FURNISHED TO ORDER. TERMS, CA8II OR APPROVED PAPER. R- FINDLAY’S SONS, Macon, Oa. BAR THE GREAT ECLIPSE Screw Cotton and Hay Press, ,cu. I. Upon each and every tict sold I shall so arrange that there will bo water,timber and good building .^accurately surveyed, and I shall have each tra ONE-FOURTH CASH ; ONE-FOUBTH IN ONE YEAR ; ONE-FOURT1 IN TWO YEARS : THE BALANCE IN THREBWITH INTEREST FROM DATE OF SALE. Upon any and all thesepayments except the first I wiU take cotton at Fiftei Cents per pound, (I mean good merchantable Cott< such as is nsnaUy sold in ♦ hia marVutl flp.livorod atowntn_ Genmia day, gathered at random, all of which m ° were more or less rotten—some totally There certaimy has been a rain of them, worthless, the others of little or no val- as they never before were so numerous nation. But few people even dream of i u this country, the extent of the horror of the situation of the cotton crop. And the new moon indicates that the rain is to continue worse than ever. A gentleman of this city who has just returned from a trip over the Mascogee railroad, says the people about Geneva, in Talbot county, are cherishing a lively scare in regard to the presence in the woods of that neighborhood, of a large, first-class panther. Its omiuions howl- ings and growliugs keep the young folks at home very still o’ nights. U@n=. Butler has brought the guberna torial candidature in Massachusetts into snch disrepute that even Jewell has deemed it expedient, to write a letter de clining to be a candidate for nomination. Walt Whitman, when in New York, fell in love with Olive Logan’s head. Olive said she could not return the compliment unless Walt would comb his head. and all others have now an oppounity to buy homes, and pay for them, by their om labor. Persons desiring moreian one tract can have the privilege of purchasing lilitional parcels. I shall so seU that persons buyg can purchase adjacent tracts. . This land will positive be sold on the day thus advertised. Any information can Iliad by applying to me. or Hinton P. Wright, at Net an, Ga. W. F. WRIGHT, augl-Mon&Weeklytlstlv. Newnan, Ga. GEORGIA FENiLE COLLEGE Legislative Cliarb Granted in 1849. Rev. Geo. Y. B»wn, President. fJVHE next Academic begins on MONDAY, iPTEMBER 18. An Eclectic Class hasten formed for the benefit of those graduates wheay desire stUl further to improve themselves, oi prepare for teaching. '0S6- New Patent AriqSquare Grand Pianos are used. ■6V-- Expenses are adodcrate as in other institutions. For further partienkaddress the President. Madison, July 29,18' 1y31-d2taw&w2m. - - ... Patented Feb’y 27, 1871,gby Findlay & Craig. P° int ° f BAP?D^°nd LmHTNEfs S of H DRAUGHT' STANDS WYTHOUT^'RIVAL 81 ^ *^ Weyement in early day to supersede ALL OTHER Cotton Screws,^ 6 ?abSTo?WmSt^r’cast Irom^^ * “ R. FINDLAY'S SONS, Findlay’s Iron Works, Macon Ga.: CouAPABCHiat? Ga., December 21,1870. Dear Sms—Late this fall I purchased from you one of vour Fin/iiaw jl- u, _ . ton Presses, and, after a full and fair trial, do not hesitate Patent Screw Cot- draugbt’ mostpowerfu 1 —in fact, the best (without au ex^ptionfctatoif m0St of lightest and aU other Iron Screw Presses I have ever seen or uvp,i P f 1 ?** I ever saw. Between this I planter should use yonr Press. or used, there is just simply no comparison. Every I, p - S.—You may consider my order In for two more of the ahn,. L GILBERT, for many orders from this section : my neighbors are ilntorm Pre88eB for next season, and may look ^sineff 22 ?, ? ny other Iron fis’BwSSaifESS&ST them ’ aa 11167 ““ pa< * b /V d Since last fait, and before accepting Patent we adrferi ,, , J. L. G. rendering it PERFECT in every particular. ThCacrew or leniences— at every turn of the scrw, followerblockdescenda (m pitch ’ ° r fa H: of 6>i ’**<&** • fh »t is, vice of the tube or nut in which the screw works is ca ®, e may be ) e X incueu. The de- common screw ; thereby rendering it an easv task for ^“oetlie friction, so great in the TIME OFANY OTHER Hon sC^Press S I GUbertW^wS 0 ^ THE ble, an ordinary mule can be substituted for three mon withnnt s certified.] When desira- BfLITY, RAPIDITY, LIGHT DRAUGHT, and STANDIN(Tl«)OM ^ .? >f Xt ^ ea ' /LENGTH, DUBA- nounce it the BEST Screw Press IN THE WORLD and rM^ttnl^niue 01 ’ 6 w,’ e ^°A in ahort - wo Pro- 0t s£roFOBpS Srm ra W6 SAT^CTI^N or R^N b D C pR?CEMo“lY. nd R- FINDLAY’S SONS, Macon, G-a. CRAIG’S PATENT HORSE POWER, FOR DRIVING COTTON GINS. 0®"Simplest, Strongest and Best ever yet invented. Requires no Wood Work Ra*. tu can be put up WITHOUT thTaid of a Mechanfc_ff* SU ^ ^ 3r<mnd - and or Money Rel untied THOMAS J. JENNINGS. WHJlXANI P. CRAWFORD. JOSET. SMITH. Jennings^mith & Co., OOTTON FACTO AND COMMISSION MB HANTS, JJAVE this day reiafd to No. 5, McIntosh street, Augusta, Georgia, (opliteour former place of bus iness,) where we haihe most ample and Close Storage of any in the jy, ’ which is Strictly Fire- Proof. j Consigmnils Solicited September 1, 1871-pll-diw3m. Satisfatiou Gr uarantccd SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR. Ri FINDLAY S SONS, Macon, G-a. :°: Xhe Portable Steam Engine For Driving Cotton Gins, Printing Presses, and for any purpose requiring from one to ten horse Power. O w A w S3 S © © X a S t =s 5Q S. a o © £m js a mHEY X prot o. a 32 are safe. o "£ E w $ a 2 s A e3 S © fl © u W w « © 0 o B 2 M 3 ©. 5* » p s c a © g 5 n 9 O a a i 3 S- . M s CO to O W © £ § £4 w protectionf7om 1 ffi^ Ur ThAv ifl .^^ U!Q . d if d by "? ter ' eicept at the door - water bottom is a perfect EXTRA CHARGE wh^e th^ en^^^! 1 ’ FIKE INSURANCE COMPANIES MAKE NO SPABK CAN ESCAPE NO°SiTTER WHA^FCH^l « is a natural “spark arrester.” as NO niimand HimutV ^ , i 1 HAT FUEL I5 LSED—an important consideration in cotton gin- Cir^d^aSdFriceLirt. Awarded flrst preEaiums b -> American Institute 1869-70. Send for Descriptive Kim ball's & A- B. R. money received for old claims or new orders. IL »• FINDLAY’S SONS, FINDLAY IRON WORKS, MACON, GaT