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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN. ifjS LEG BA M ¥. London, October 13.—The aid for „*r!Zn is lavish throughout the Empire ^continent The Lord Major re- ,1 contributions yesterday from •ate judividuals to the amount of P”Intv thousand pounds sterling. £C luring & Morgan, Rothschild, Brown, oiiiiilcv* Co., the Great Western Rail* Canada, and the Grand Trunk rv!:h-nad. have subscribed £1,000 each. %,v Obueams, October 13.—Mayor rlnnffin has telegraphed to the Mayor -t Chicago to draw at sight for ten Subscriptions are still J. thousand dollars. fc^jj^jjjj-oBD, October 13.—The latest statement of the Hartford Insurance rnirmfuiv’s capital shows it to be intact, S a million and a half eicess. ' OvedsO, October 13.—The military have hoen ordered by the home govern ment tender all the blankets in the Domisi° n to Chicago. jfrw Yobk, October 13.—The Stuy- vessnt Bank has suspended. The cause js attributed to the Chicago fire. It is stated on Change that a lady height the entire store of ladies’ cloth* j E -» shipped to Chicago. Chicago, October 13.—The Erie re lief train has arrived. Chicago, October 13.—The Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Compa ny has ordered the immediate payment of its losses, aggregating $5,000,000. That the Commerce Company, Albany, Tvith a loss of $450,000, has been placed in the hands of a receiver, is not the fact. It is in an almost perfect condition. The Nicholson pavement for miles on the North side, is uninjured. Evidence accumulates that the Loss of life was greater than has been estimated. ° London, October 13.—The losses of the Liverpool companies by the Chicago fire ere 420,000 poundssterling. New Yobk, October IB.—Adams Ex press Oimpany gives $10,000 to the Chi cago sufferers. Chicago, October 13.—It is rumored and believed by some that that the bank er Ullman was murdered. An unpleasantness exists between the Mayor and Common Council regarding the management of affairs. Hartford, October 13.—Tl>e Connec ticut Fire Insurance Company’s circulars says the Chicago losses arc so high that it is obliged to suspend business until reor ganization is settled. Chicago, October 13.—Eight elevators were saved. Tbe loss of grain foots up two million bushels. Chicago, October 113.—Adispatclifrom Green Bay, Wisconsin, states that a, steamer lias just arrived from the burn ing, and reports that 325 bodies were burned at Bishtego -last night, and as many more are still missing. Seventy-' five persons were burned to death at Littlo Sturgeon Bay. The suffering throughout the Stbrth is terrible. The fire in Manister ilestroyed 'twenty- five buildings, mx of which were mills, together with all the shipping at the docks—loss $1,300,000. s Further advices from Green Bay state- that 150 men were burned to death in a large barn where they Iliad sought refuge.! Hundreds of people Jiave been driven, into, the rivers .and drowned. • Chicago, October 13.—Organization lias been affected for the management of[ relief. It consists of the Chicago Relief: and Aid-Society, an-old established insti-. tution, assisted by prominent citizens. Bills will be audited by the Committee. Funds collected should be remitted, as. directed, or held subject to :the order of, the Chicago Relief and .Aid Committee, signed by R. 03. Mason. HLASuroBS), October A3.—Ered Kently was kung to-day. He attempted suicide this morning by puncturing his breast with a needle. Augusta, (October 18.—There has been fifteen horn’s continued rain. Seven regular trains were rcaught between washed culverts. The total amount of rain which fell was nearly 4;i inches. Portland, .October 13.—Two mills, belonging to the (Oriental JBowder Com pany exploded, killing, one. Qjt.-r.TVNawt, .October 13.—Later counts give the Democrats in Hamilton county another Senator and Representative, re ducing the estimated majority on joint ballot to six. Columbia, October 13,—The Senate is a tie. House, ,59 Republicans, ^Demo crats, independent 1. Noyes majority, 2,200. r, Daniel Torcenoe has been elected President, and A. N. Christy -Vice Presi dent of the Ohio and. Mississippi Rail road. Rome, October 13.—The Fair Grounds were perfectly-crowded all day, and the display was magnificent. ’The racing was fine. Charleston, October IS.—Two fever deaths have been reported in. dhe last twenty-four hours. Philadelphia^ October 18.—After hav ing an arm broken by two ruffians, a sa loon keeper killed one and fatally wound ed the other with, a revolver. Montgomery, October 13.—There was a heavy frost yesterday morning, the first this season. London, October IS.—The strike at Newcastle continues. Several were hurt in a riot, which the colice easily pressed. ' . . Engenie will shortly return to Chisel- liurst. The health of Queen Victoria is im proving. Madrid, October 13.—Tbe rupture of .the adherents of Sagosta and Sorell is .complete. The Republicans are said to be ripe for an offensive movement against the government. Washington, October 14. — Judge Chase is here. He gained twenty pounds during his absence. Five boys were dismissed from the Na-; val School foripersistent “hazing. ” Mss. Geo. W. Riggs died in London. Lojspon, Oct. 14.—Nearly all the ex press steamers carry supplies for Chicago, free. Galveston, Oct. 14.—One hundred and twenty-five colored militia have ar rived at Groesbeck. Business has been suspended there, and all the roads lead ing to the place are guarded, and none are allowed to pass out or in. Twenty- five citizens have been arrested and placed under bonds for their appearance before Judge Oliver. Much indignation is felt in regard to the additional returns from the 2d Di vision, which give on increase to Con nor’s majority. The Democrats have, doubtless, elected all four of the Congressmen. The aggregate majority of the State is estimated at 40,000, Austin, October 14.—The Governor’s the proclamation of martial law - was frlffn up in the House. A resolution to sus tain the Governor was opposed by many leading Republicans. Plainly, « Radi cal from Galveston oounty, bitterly op posed it, and said: “I shall vote against the Governor’s proclamation of martial law, because I thing it illegal I will not be deterred from expressing my opinion against the proclamation by the cry of having gone oyer to the Democracy. I shall vote against it because I am a Re publican, and regard the proclamation as destructive to the party, and subversive of the Constitution and liberties of the people. The Governor has made a mistake. I will not be compelled, under a party lash, to indorse and ratify the error. My county has increased its Democratic majority from 100, two years ago, to 2,000 now. The increase is caused by enforcing just such illegal and irregu lar declarations of martial law as we are now con sideling.” Huntsville, October 14—The Senate Ku-Klux Committee, Senator Pratt, Chairman, after sitting eight days in this place, adjourned this evening and go to Montgomery, where they will remain two or three days, then go to Demopolis, MareDgo county, where they will remain a week, perhaps. Theyj-exauiined forty- two witnesses at Huntsville, including several of the principal public men on the Democratic side, who regarded the country as peaceful. On the other side many persons, including negroes, were examined, who testified to acts of vio lence. Janesville, October 14.—Gov. Fair- child telegraphs that the appalling cala mity has not been exaggerated. Over three thousand men, women and children are now destitute. The loss of life has been very great. Not less than five hundred persons have been burned at Peshtigo and vicinity, and three hundred on the eastern shore. The men, women, utate in Dakgrh or bank ruptcy. n»« BlRRMt l«kem« of All. The last Legislature granted charters to a large number of Railroads, which were intended to traverse almost every section of Georgia; and in these char ters obligated the State to indorse their bonds. The granting of these charters, and this State aid, is only a part of the gene ral system of plundering the people and bankrupting the State, in which that peculating body indulged so exten sively; and, unless the masses of our peo ple, and their representatives, wake up to the importance of this subject, and apply a corrective, we, and our children, and children’s children, for fifty, or per haps a hundred years, will not reach the end of the burden of debt and taxation which this measure will entail, if it is consummated. The oonsequences are absolutely appalling to one who looks at them in all their magnitude. It is too often the case that those who indorse have the bill to pay. Generally, those who desire indorsements are not as able to pay promptly as those who in dorse. • It is sometimes the case that those who get others to indorse for them, do not make the effort to pay which they should, and are not as sure of their abil ity to meet the engagement as they the coet of constructing a single mile—and the people of Tennessee are left to pay the last dollar of the bonds. Here is the summing np of the whole matter, after a result has been reached, taken from a Tennessee paper: The State's interest or property in the delinquent and children, who were maimed and burned, are now in temporary hospi tals. Bangok, October 14.—There is an un precedented freshet in the Penobscot river, causing an immense loss of lumber. Many bridges have gone. There have been no trains over the Maine Road since Thursday. New York, October 14.—Judge Me -Kinney, United States Judge of the Southern District of Florida, died Tues day on the Steamer City Houston, en route from Key We§t for home. He was buried at Sequin’s Point. Judge Mc- Kiuuey abandoned his summer trip North to give speedy adjudication to the wrecked steamers by the recent cyclone, and sacrificed liis life to duty. The following is the bank statement for the week: Loans decreased, $4,645,200. Specie decrease; $998,600. Legal tender de crease, $3,754,200. Deposits decrease, $7,401,000. Circulation increase, 73,- -90L i T sni'd IM } * A'special to the Tribune, from the city of Mexico, dated October 1st, says: This afternoon four hundred gens d’- arme and cavalrymen became violent, and attempted to take possession of the city. The garrison rallied under the command of General Racha and others, and attacked and defeated the insurgents. Two of the latter were killed in the fight. •Their leader is said to be Negrete. De- Rivero and Chevarria effected their es cape, but several officers, with two hnn dred and fifty men, wero’token prisoners and shot next morning. Chicago, October 14.—Some of the laborers are taking advantage of the pro fusion of provisions and refuse to work for less than one dollar an hour. There are hundreds of shanties going up. The Tribune says there can be no donbt as to.the course to be pursued with in cendiaries caught in the act. The fate of -such miscreants should be certain and sure. On opening of the safes and vaults their, contents are found, in most instan ces, more or l ess preserved, and in some cases,.heaps of charred leaves and melted tin boxes are found together. Thexain which commenced at midnight, still continues. It has extinguished the remains, of the fires, saving many thou sand tons, of coal, and quelling all appre hensions of further fires. The gold in the Custom House was melted, and the greenbacks destroyed. This.morning the atmosphere is clear ing of dust and smoke. Springfield, October 14.—The Legis lature has adjourned to visit Chicago, and on their return will remit the quarter of a million due the State from Chicago for improvements on tlie^Hlinois and Chicago Canal. Washington, October 15.—The Secre tary of the Treasury has issued an order to re-issae.a:million and a half of notes to replace those destroyed at Chicago. Charleston, ' October 15.—One death from yellow fever was reported yesterday and one to-day. New York,' October 15.—The steamer Portsmouth has. arrived from Rio Ja neiro, with 28 emigrants, who are re turning from Brazil. A dispatch from Halifax states that the heaviest hurricane known in twenty years, occurred there last evening. The tide rose two feet .over the wharves.— Many vessels were injured and several lives were lost The Manhattan Insurance Company has resolved to suspend. Its losses are stated to be $1,250,000. The company' possess a large surplus .besides its capi tal It is not expected That any loss will .accrue to the assured. The Council of Political Reform last evening elected Wm. M. Evarts, Presi dent, and Eugene Kelley, Wm. H. Aspin- wall, James W. Beekruan and Oscar Zollieoffer, Vice-Presidents. Dispatches from Vienna, Paris, Brus sels, Berlin and London represent active subscription going on in aid of Chicago. The President of the Empire City Company, which was reported yesterday to have lost a quarter of a million, states that it sustained no loss. It is reported that, the Western Union Telegraph has effected a loan in Europe, and will cancel four millions of stock. Douglass, of the Sappho, has challenged Samuels, of Dreadnaught, to race twenty-five miles to the windward and back in a ten knot brige. Bennett’s Dauntless offers the Dread- naught a similar match. New York, October 15.—Cotton was heavy and lower early in the week, but improved at the close. The sales for the week reached 80,000 bales, of which 75,000 bales were for future delivery, and 11,000 on the spot and to arrive. Of the spot cotton, exporters took about 6,850 bales ; spinners 4,725, and specu- I lators 225 bales. ought to be. If such be the case with individual indorsement, what right have wedo expect good things of those who seek State indorsements—especially of corporations, which are generally consid ered soulless, and which, by corruption or other improper means, induce a peculat ing Legislature to give the State’s in dorsement to the wildest schemes ? Such indorsement is too often sought for,and obtained,to aid schemes in which capitalists and men of common sense will not risk their money. They are not le gitimate enterprises; and too often the men who go into them never expect to benefit the country, or build a road out of whose earnings they con hope t<? reap a profit; but only to gobble up what they can while the money raised on the in dorsed bonds of the State and contribu ted by stockholders, is passing through their hands; and save something in .the wreck, when the crash comes. Such men are not to be expected to try,in good faith, to save the State harmless, or to do any thing else but fill their own pockets by any safe means. We do not hesitate to tell the people railroads, which have been sold, nu been done »t figures, which for all practicable results, will reduce the debt of the State so little, that this part of tho financial policy of the last Legislature, may be Mil to be a failure. Tbe fact that the sale of the various delinquent roads, will not retire more than one-tenth of the minimum amount fixed by the Comptroller, is an unanswerable argument against the policy as at present carried out." We ask the people of Georgia, and especially the incoming Legislature, to carefally contemplate this picture. And we specially ask those who live near the line of snch pro posed roads, and who are expected, naturally, to favor their construction, to consider whether they are willing to fasten such a load of debt upon the whole people for a very doubtful benefit! We would be glad to see a Railroad running by tbe door of every man in the State, who desires it, if the State would not be damaged thereby. We do not object to the building of Roads wherever they are wanted, but would rather en courage it We desire them to be built without State aid—to be built solely by private enterprise. When such measures are undertaken by the people, and car ried on with their own money, or what they can raise with their own means, they are apt to be conducted honestly and economically, and managed success fully. We shall hereafter have more to Bay on this subject. MAYOR’S COURT. Pleading and Being Plead. plainly, that they will have either to pay these indorsed bonds out of their own pockets, very nearly to the uttermost far thing, or repudiate them, if they are. ever issued and used for the purposes for which they were granted by the Legisla ture aad in the way contemplated. We tell them plainly that a stop must be put to this whole proceeding. If it is not done, we will either be disgraced, or bankrupted, or loaded down for genera tions to come with a burden of debt and taxation, too intolerable to be borne. And, just here, we again lay down the proposition, that railroads which will pay for running expenses, and a profit on the investment, after they are built, can be built by private capital and enterprise, without any assistance in the shape of indorsement by the State, or any one else; and that roads which cannot be built without such indorsement, will not “pay” when completed, and must in evitably go down, and the loss fall oh the indorser. Tho men who have gotten up these schemes, expect to sell the bonds which the State may indorse, handle the money which they bring, and which is other wise raised, and make a good thing out of it while it is going on. This is the mo tive which prompts most of the principal leaders and prime actors in all such en terprises. The people along the line of such pro posed roads, will, of course, desire them to be built. This is but natural They will be called upon to subscribe liberally, and most of them will do bo. Those who do not comprehend the whole scheme, in its financial bearing, and almost certain results,willbeduped. Those who do under stand it, will either refuse to subscribe, or will do so with the expectation of selling their property at an advanced price before the Roads break down. If all these Roads were fully completed, and in operation to-day, it would not be a great while before they would be una ble to pay the interest on tbeir indorsed bonds. Then the Governor would have to pay the interest out of the State] Treasury, and proceed to seize and sell the Roads; and, when that would be done, they would not, upon an average, bring one-fourth—perhaps not a tithe— of the amount of the indorsed bonds. Most of what they would bring, would be absorbed in attendant expenses, and then the burden of payment would fall upon the whole people of (he Slate, who will be taxed for generations to come, to pay these bonds—principal as well as in terest. If the general system is carried out, according to the present programme, this will be the inevitable result, in al most every single case. Mark the pre diction ! The State of Tennessee has gone through the same experience that we will, if we do not apply a corrective to what has been done. She indorsed largely for Railroads, and lately a num ber of them, were sold. Some whole The wheels of the municipal car of Justice were at a dead lock for some time on. Friday morning because the Mayor was upstairs delivering himself of a big speech before Judge Hopkins, in the Superior Court, where he was ex pounding the law in the most approved style. Of course, out of pure politeness, Jonsen held up for about a half hour, and when the Mayor was safely delivered he descended to the “courts below” and mounted the wool-sack to hear from the mourners who had come forward. a gentleman from the interior came to Andrew Ford’s store drunk, and get to pirootin around in such away that Ford invited him to depart. He did so, but soon returned in company with two of his friends and "proposed to An drew to meet [him anywhere outside the incorporation. At the same time his chums .pulled out their knives and began flourishing them around. A F. [surveyed the situation with the eye of an experienced general, and then very calmly and unostentatious ly proceeded to kick the countryman’s posterior, to that gentleman's infinite disgust. For using his boot in advance of actual hostilities, the Court took from him a five dollar emancipation contribu tion. FOR BEING DRUNK AND A FOOL J. D. Stewart paid five dollars. He was the man whom Ford kicked, and as he was too unwell to appear, Jonsen made a speech for him,, and got him off with the above remark from the Court. T. H. WOOD would get drunk in spite of all he could do on Thursday, and when the arresting officer was catechised as to how the thing stood about Wood, he replied that he thought he was about as drunk a man as he ever saw, and was running against barrels and boxes on Peachtree, in the most promiscuous manner imaginable. He just cleaned them all off the sidewalks. To this testimpny Wood offered no re buttal It was all one way, till Jonsen came to his relief, and remarked to the Court SUN-STROKES. The latest Courier-Journal song is after the following style: Tell me, ye winged winds, That round my pathway roar, Do ye Mot know acme «pot WtterarBoorbona teaae'no more; 8ome lone and pleaaant dell. Some valley "fen the West, Where I can,—freed from stings— •• Depart" aad be at rest; The loud wind bellowed hoarsely in ray face; I shuddered as it whispered “ nary place 1 ’’ Tell me, thou silent moon. Whose meUow light is shed, Is there, in all the ground, No hole to hide my head. Where Bourbons cannot come? Where Democrats are shy ?. Where disappointed men Can hide, *• depart,” or die? The aly moon “ sniggled" as it gave a “roll,” And smiled,and blinked,and simpered, “nary hole." Sot* Memphis contributed $20,000 to the Chicago sufferers. BgU The yellow fever is tampering with Tampa, Florida. A lad of ten years, at Elkton, Maryland, used coal oil to kindle a fire. Result as usual. A colored policeman, at Waco, Texas, proved himself a good shot by shooting himself. There are four candidates for Governor of Massachussetts, * and no Butler in the lot, and he wanted to be a candidate so bad. “Withdrawn from the Radical ticket,” is what the Virginia papers are writing after the names of men who have been prominent in th9 Radical party since the war. , :ji n r*Wl JBQT’General Wade Hampton delivered an address in Baltimore last Thursday night, on the life and character of Gene ral Lee. The address was delivered to a crowded house. A dispatch from Chicago says that, to give the names of the cities and towns that have forwarded relief, would require a new Gazetteer of the United States. ‘ Tho Harrisburg Journal says “Maeon, Georgia, has a haunted house.” It is hinted that the ghost of the “De parted” wanders restlessly through the office of the Telegraph and Messenger. jggy* The Washington Chronicle says: “The bottom has fallen out of the Dem ocratic party.” The people are crowd ing into the party so fast that the wonder is that the bottom, or something else, has not given way long ago. The New York Times asks: “Shall we surrender all we have gained?” If the Times' party will surrender all it has gained by stealing from the public crib, the amount reimbursed will go a long way toward paying the national debt. BgL, That charity is a virtue which still survives, is abundantly proven by the manner in which nearly all the cities of the United States, and many of the cities of Europe, have contributed to the relief of Chicago. ~ lu some instances the con tributions have amounted to almost a mil lion of dollars; while, in many, they are estimated by the hundreds of thousands. Preachers and laymen have become so accustomed to abusing the world, or the people which composes it, that an outsider would have fancied that such a thing as Christian charity was a stranger to our day and generation. Bnt occasion has furnished most excellent proof that one- half the world does not willingly let the other half suffer. Chicago has great need to be grateful that charity is not yet dead. S^,The following lines on the death of General Clanton, are from the Montgom ery Advertiser of last Saturday : CLANTON. It’* a very good rule in all things of life. Nilien judging a friend or brother. Not to look at the question alone on cue side, But always to turn to tho other. We are apt to be selfish in all our views, In the joBtling, headlong race; And so to he right, ere you censure a man, Just "put yourself in his place." The Court was struck by that last line, .and he drew a mental picture of himself lyingin the worm of a rail fence up Peach tree .street, and then being marched off to the lock up. He revolved the subject in liis mind, and seemed in a doubt what to do. At last he said,. “It is very hard to be just, I know. The reason another xuay give— How much he has struggled and fought, and striven How honestly tried to live; How much been cheated, how sorely tried, Ere the wrong he was forced to embrace; And if I would learn these things, you say, I must-“lint myself in his place Jonsen iold him it was tbe best way he ever saw tried, and put tbe beer on tbe Mayor by moralizing as follows, There’s many a man crushed down by shame, Who blameless stands before God, Bnt whom his fellows have utterly scorned And made to 1 pass under the rod;’ Whose soul is unstained by the thought of sin, ■ Who wiU yet find saving grace, And who would be praised where you now condemn. If you would “put yourself in his place.” That all sounded very well, but it did not save tbe accused a five dollarjnote be held in bis band. And here, as tbe list ended, we may remark, that this court never allows its dignity to be encroached on, like tbe one horse court in the upper story, and does everything right np to tbe handle, get ting through with business promptly and setting an example to all other institu tions. I rinks. Tbe New York Tribune proved that Collector Murphy is dishonest, and Grant refused to remove him. The Herald is now endeavoring to prove that Murphy is honest. If it succeeds, his And was our laud so full of chivalry, That he, the very flower of it all— Before the earliest frosts of manhood fall— Smit to the death, must perish hopelessly ? Oh, knightliest of a land, whose knightly deeds Blushed a new heraldry upon the world And crowded th’ old legends; he ne’er unfurled An ensign other than which honor leads Into the throat of war, afront the right! That he should perish utter from our sight Were seemly and most proper, had his fall Channeled a way for some great deed to grow. If thus, we’d bear the burden of the blow, Nor curse the hand that dealt it on ns alL Weep him, oh men! who perished in his bloom! The sum of what was worthiest in our race— The type of what was truest! No disgrace A deed of his e’er tarnished. Here's his tomb! Here lies your strength, oh weakness i .in the dust! And, Truth, here lies your hero, very weak 1 Justice, here lies who for you cause did spea k And Honor, here’s, at peace, your bravest trust! Truth, Honor, Justice, Weakness—all draw near His grave, henceforth! your {Mecca! You may weep I Not woman-eyes alone may shed the tear For him who lies beneath the mound, asleep; But war-browned men, who never knew a fear, Are honored now in weeping. Let them weep! Col. T. C. Howard. Col. Howard has been employed by the Managers of the Atlanta Fair, to travel over a portion of the State, and deliver addresses upon the subject of Agri«ulture, <fec., and right worthily and efficiently has he discharged his duty.— He closed his engagements at Madison, on Saturday last, addressing a fine au dience, with happy effect. He was con gratulated by the first men of the place, in a manner similar to the high encomium of Dr. Stephenson, of Gainesville, which the readers of The Sun all recollect. His address at Madison was eminentlv practical. He told the farmers—the men who toil with their own hands—more about the way to make good crops, on any kind of land, and with whatever seasons may come; and how to make money by raising fruits and sheep, than they ever learned from reading and ob servation. The State Agricultural Society ought to employ CoL H. by the year, and turn him loose to lecture to those who labor on farms. GEORGIA MATTERS. Col. Henry M. Law is announced-To deliver a leeture in Augusta. Alpha! ct Bonlly has bought the West Point Shield, and changed its namo to the News. This is the severalth paper that has had Bonlly’s autograph printed 7 at its mast head. Rockdale county is about to erect a Court House at the expense of $9,200. Tirack-laying still progresses on the Brunswick and Albany Railroad. A thief entered the Albany colored Baptist Church last Wednesday night, and stole one lamp, and all the oil con tained in the others. Doubtless the thief had been to Church, and heard the preach er say something about having “lamps trimmed and burning.” Augusta insists that she is going to have a good Fair this year, and there is no reason to donbt that she will. She can do anything well when she wishes. The young Demostheneses and Ciceros of Elberton have organized a Debating Society. The Chronicle and Sentinel has discov ered that some of the meanest thieves in the world are in Augusta. This remark is elicited by the fact that they have com menced stealing street lamps. Up to Friday night 511 voters had reg istered in Augusta. The Rome Courier of the 14th announ ces the death of Edward H., son of Rev. R. H. Stillwell, under tho following cir cumstances'. “Edward, who was but a lad of fourteen years of age, left home to go on a chestnut-hunting. He did not re turn at dinner, but still his absence crea ted no uneasiness until late in the after noon, when the family had gathered for the evening, when a search was instituted and inquiries made, without any satisfac tory results. During the night the search was continued, and up to yesterday at a 11 p. m., when his dead body was found suspended by a small cord around his neck, and his knees resting upon the ground. He evidently did it himself, but hardly with any intention of destroying his life, as the cord would have not been considered of sufficient strength to have borne him. The Dawson “previous conditions” have accepted “Shoo Fly” as a revival tune, and they shoo fly away at an awful rate. The Dawson car works are building narrow gauge cars. A colored divine in Terrell county told his audience last Sunday, that when the Savior was about to como to tho earth he was opposed by three powers, one of which was “the devil and fifteen French men.” Dawson has a citizen named Drink- water. He is the original Good Templar. CoL J. H. Logan has retired from the Griffin Middle Georgian—having sold his interest to Messrs. Maugham & Hunt. The kerosene lamp explosion has reached Americus. Negro woman badly burned. Madison county has had a hurricane. Athens has had a killing frost. The Athens Banner regrets to learn of the death of M. D.Looney,of Camesville, while on a visit’North to secure surgical attention for the removal of a tumor. A.literary society continues to delight Thomaston. It gives the young geniuses a chance to speak at a mark once a week. Mr. J. D. Andrews, of Upson county, while engaged in building a mill dam, had his foot crushed by a falling rock.-r- Those that followed were not mill dams. Railroads brought only $10,000—less than • bead will go off quicker than winking. Sheep Raising for Profit. 1 ' 3 -5» Col. T. C. Howard, in his address at Madison, on Saturday, dwelt specially upon the value of sheep raising as a means of fertilizing the land, even though not a lock of wool should be clipped nor a pound of mutton saved, :Erom one year’s end to another. One of his grand themes has been the manufac ture of guano at home, and enricliiug the land without buying guano or other commercial fertilizers, lie mentioned the fact; that France, with her small area of territory, has some thirty millions of sheep, while Georgia has about a half million. Sheep husbandry is one of the most profitable, least troublesome aud least expensive callings that any one can pur sue. — Mr. G. W. Hinkle, of this city, de livered an address on agricultural topics, at Stone Mountain, last Saturday. "We have been permitted to see the address, in proof, and find it to be full of sound practical intelligence upon the questions discussed. We would be glad to publish it had we the space to devote thereto; but, owing to the crowded condition of our columns, we are forced to desist. ►OH Saturday, some little white boys and negroes were playing around a huge ex cavation in the junction of Walker and Nelson streets, which is intended for a cistern, when a little white boy stood too near the edge, and the ground giving away under him, he fell to the bottom, a distance of twenty feet, severely bruising himself. It was a narrow escape. A young Cherokee Indian, who was on a visit to Athens, died in that village last Wednesday, of fever, The flattering reception given the Rev. F. M. Daniel by iiis congregation in this city is highly gratifying to his old friends in and around Newnan. The Her ddaays he is worthy of snch ;i dock, and his Church deserves such a pood, work ing 88 he is known to be.