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i 'I’ll K DAILY SUN. Pnbllslu’il by tlie Atlanta Snn Publishing Company. AUxnmler II. 81tpl>tB , i Arch Urn 1<1 M. Speiffht* j. Ilenly Smith, ’I Proprietor*. Alexander H. Stephens, Political Editor. A. R. Watson, - - - - News Editor. J. Ilenly Smith, General Editor and Busi ness Manager. Local Kilitor t WILLIAM H. MOOBL Traveling Agents: J. M. W. HILL. • J. V7. HEXED, [Oar City Agent. Cant Jon* 8. TflSX 1* onr A«eut for Atlanta. He UantborzvA to receive subscription*, make collec- *inn» and contract for atlTcrtialng. Terms of 8U-L>sorIi>tloix » DAIliTi Sinsle Copy Fer Annum .$10 00 \T •• Six Months 5 00 « •* I’or a lcusperiod than Six Mouths (per month .... 1 00 CLUB8 FOR THE DAILY. Three Copies Due Year 27 00 four •• *’ " •• 35 00 Fire » » “ ** 00 Eight' “ “ “ ......... 68 00 Ten 8* 00 Single Copit* ^ Cent*. 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Music's aweet and soothing power, Lends a charm in sorrow's hour; Music’s light and joyous sound, Causes happy hearts to bound. . . il • ;4»if Music's wild and martial strain. Soothes the dying soldier’s pain; Music’s dirge, and solemn swell. <.. n Of the Almight’s glories telL in. Music raises, by its art. Every passion of the heart; Joy and sorrow, peace and woo. At its bidding ebb and flow. IV. For amid the Highland Mountains, Where the purple heather grows, And the bonny streamlet murmurs, Sweetest music ever flows. V. a •>. - O'er the prairies of the West, ,r - [, Where the lordly eagle soars; 1 FOd, the music of the winds, Uncontrolled, in grandeur roars. VL Music murmurs in the brooklet, Music whispers in the breeze; Nature’s little muBic-makera ' Trill their music from the trees. VII.' In the mighty roar of ocean. In the sighing of a shell— All the world Is full of music, Winning us, as by a spell. HON. JAMES JACKSON. A Response from Californio. VHL ...i And, Ol if earthly strains have power To c-im us in woe’s darkest hour, What must the notes of Angels be. That charm through all eternity I Amdsac.” New Orleans, Nov. 10,1871. SUN-STROKES. j^y-The Alabama Legislature inet yes terday. > ^ ^ Tlie Boston Post calls a colored previous “aXVess.” •Special Notices," 20 cents per lino for the first insertion; 10 cents for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements inserted three times a week, 15 per cent, off tho table rates above; twice a west, 26 per cent off the table .etes. Advertisements for Fire Companies and Churches, half the usual rates. Iu order to establish uniform rates of advertising for the Daily Press of Atlanta, wo have adopted the foregoing schedule of prices, and will be governed by them in tho future. 3 W. A. HEMPHILL & CO., Proprietors of tho Constitution, a. W. GltUBB, Business Managor, ol' the Now Era. J. HISNLY SMITH, Manager. Of The Atlanta Snn, CONTENTS or TBS “ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN,” ros inn wmk xsdisg WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, add, 1871. Page 1—Music. Sun-Strokes. Hon. James Jack- son. Mayor’s Court. Hieroglyphics at Stone Mountain. TheStato and Education. Superior Court of Taliaferro County. Bullock. State Mat ters. Page 3—Account of Henry Clews & Co. One of the Operations of the •• Ring." Tho Capitol. Meth odist Protestant Conference. Grant os a Logician. Georgia Matters. Sun-Strokes. Confident. The Nomination of a Candidate for Governor. Tele grams. Mayor’s Court. Mr. Crosby. Sale of the •• True Georgian." State University. Page 3.—A duty. Rumors and Reports. Those B:g Commissions. Fire at Griffin. Georgia Leg islature—Fourteenth Day’s Proceedings. Tele graphic News. Advertisements. Page 4-.—The Publlo {Printing. Our Burled Wealth. The Great Invasion. Georgia Affairs at Washington. Tho Capitol. Poetry—Mordecai. Sun-Strokes. Georgia Matters. Needle Making. Our Robh. Meeting of Chamber of Commerce. Oglethorpe University, etc. Page 5.—Georgia Legislature—Fifteenth and Six teenth Days’ Proceedings. Telegrams. Georgia Matters. Sun-Strokes. Page G.—The 14th Amendment—Persons Eligible to Office Under It. Public Printer. Tho Account of Henry Clews & Co. French Victory. Stste Matters. The 14th Amendment and the Officers or Persons Whom it Disqualifies. The Capitol. Sun strokes. Georgia Matters. Strawberries. Page 7.—Georgia Legislature—Twelfth and Thir teenth Daya* Proceedings. Dr. N. L. Angler. Death of Dr. M. J. Sinead. State University. Col. John C. Nicholls of Pierce. Son-Strokes, etc. Page S—Another Unsettled Item. The Public Printing. Georgia Legislature. Telegrams. Lo cals.* , Commercial. ' * jjgg"* Pennsylvania lias a Cash-up city. It is a good name for a settlement. BgL, In New York it is “ Alexis” every morning and Alexisn’t every night. Kay- “Tiohbome has the bronchitis. Oh that it would be the taking off of him. _ JSgg- Referring to the Mormon prose cutions, the Cincinnati Gazette wants this persecution stopped.” t Katie Patnam is puttin’ ’em in a good humor in Louisville. She coming this way. George Jones is suggested for Mayor of New York. The city will nev er get along until a Jones or a Brown oc cupies that position. P~^~4 Vi’ j(gg=“ A bolo around the moon has ap peared at Louisville. The Courier-Jour nal thought it was a “ ring,” and tried to get into it. JBSf* Tweed, it is said y is endeavoring to turn his effects into gold. Ho has discovered that guilt will not answer any longer. We give the readers of The Sun an ar ticle taken from the “Oakly Baily" (California), of the 10th instant, in which a high compliment is paid Judge Jackson, of Macon, for his speech at the •last Alumni dinner at our State Univer sity. "We do so because we feel assured that our readers generally, will take pleasure in perusing it. It is as follows: "We find in- The Atlanta Sun, in an eloquent and beautiful speech, delivered at the uanquet of the Alumni of the University of Georgia, on the 31st of July last, by. Hon. James Jackson, of that State, a tribute to two of Georgia’s most honored sons, now resiHents of California, that we have read with much pleasure. The speech was in response to a toast “to the Alumni of the second quarter of the present century,” and the speaker most happily grouped together and described two of the leading minds in the several walks of life, that during that period had honored their Alma Mater. Lawyers, physicians, clergymen, judges, and statesmen, with names that not Georgia only, hut the world “will not willingly let die,” were most affectionately and appropri ately remembered, and at last he came to the “great teachers and pr. fessors,” “the men who themselves have made Alumni ” Passing by many honored men, lie con tinues, “again 1 recall to your memory but two illustrious names. Sir, they have carried the fame of Georgia’s Uni versity to the far distant Pacific, and in the University of California illustrate the blood and the brains of this grand old Ahna Mater. Nay, more, sir, wher ever science is appreciated and scientific works are read, this, or the other side of the broad Atlantic, the names of Dr. John and Joseph Leconte are familiar as household words. Let Georgia bring them back. Let this, their mother,.re call them to her bosom, to assist her in her new march to wider fields of victory, under better auspices, and more liberal endowment.” These are beautiful words, and as well deserved as they are beautiful. Georgia has no more distinguished sons than the two she has given to California, and' she is but sharing the fate of other fond mothers, when they follow with loving eyes and hearts, the sons that have gone forth to wider fields of usefulness than could be found beneath the shadow of the old homestead. It should gladden her heart to know that, in their new homes, they are walking steadily forward in usefulness and honor, with an appre ciation, growing year by year, and only delayed by their own modesty, and with a future before them, vastly greater than they would find should they be lured back to the older States. California needs nothing so much os men of quiet dignity and great attainments to save herefrom be ing wholly given up to the material and sensual, and Georgia may well find reason to exult rather than to mourn, that she has had sons to spare who could do so much to such an end, as is being accom plished by the persistent, patient and ex alted labor of John and Joseph Le Conte. "Mothers always yearn for the return of their sons, and yet by the experience of 1 life, are early taught, not to expect il. We hope the lesson will not be lost upon Georgia. Hieroglyphics at Stone Mouu- anv well-intentioned and tolerably civil- tain. -’■tfg" * . s j BSh. “It is fashionable to dress more like a fool than ever,” exclaims the New York Sun. It is wonderful then to think what sort of a fignre the editor of the New York Sun will cut. The dorsal fin of a shark has been found in an Illinois coal bed ?— (Courier-JournaL) That is not wonder ful since it, for a long time, has been evi dent that a number of the “sharks” have gone into the coal business. New York paper thinks the “Tammany thieves” will fold “their tents like the Arabs, and as silently steal away. The impression is that they have been steal-ing away ever since they have been in office. The Boston Post asserts that “H. G. actually appeared at a large New York wedding last week attired in a swell coat.” The Post certainly does not mean to intimate that tho philosopher is be coming toady. 80U Judge Underwood, of Virginia;, has fairly entered the woman suffrage lists. It is not stated what is the color of his balmoral, nor what style of chig non he adopts. 80,. The national food of a Japan is fish. The papers in this country have been “chawing” Fish so long that, the impression is likely to get abroad- that our national diet is fish also. English journals are still discuss ing the “authorship of Junius.”' What a waste of intellect! Don’t they all know the letters were written by Sam- bard ? .J. 80> New York evening dresses are de scribed as “ low-waisted in the neck. That is almost as bad as the interviewer who described Viunie Ream as having “arms bare to the shoulders, and ankles the same. *-•-« • B0~ The Courier-Journal now shonts, iii double-leaded type, the Radical catch word of “upwith school-houses and down with the Ku-Klux.” Who would have thought it would ever have come to that? 80, The Boston Post says: “The Mor mons are men of sense and shrewdness for all their polygamy.” Of course they are, as it requires the shrewdest kind of a man to bamboozle six or more women to become decimal fractions of a wife. ■ \ti hi ' I ?" ■' 1 U * r—TTT 1 80=. When she was interrogated as to whether she had brought a madamus to compel the reception of her vote.Teunie Claflin is said to have replied “No; but no mau-d—n-us shall prevent our voting.” Oh, Tennie!—Boston Post. ■ „ v — -► •-*—J I—Fw HTH -■/. gjg* “The New Jersey Republican journals declare that their defeat on Gov ernor was because tbe Newark working men would not vote for Walsb, who, as an employer, is noted as a harsn task- maker.” ' But in that, Walsh was no more than a fair representative of his party, '“which is the hardest “task-maker the country ever produced. Mayor’s Court.—His Honor, wearied of the hollow ceremonies of his Court, sought relief, we suspect, in one of his country villas yesterday. As on former and similar occasions,,in this emergency, he delegated his Prime Minister, Lowry, to dispense justice, preside over his drawing-rooms, and.entertain the guests that daily frequent his courtly.halls; MISS ADDIE MARTIN, the belle of the reception, created quite a stir, as bells generally do. By some in judicious investment of her affections she had become so nearly bankrupt that she was put to the- necessity of borrowing clean apron, on. which small capital she commenced business again. She, at last, thought of returning the borrowed capi tal to MSS..FAGEY BALDWIN, who, as a professional apron broker, charged her usual commission. This en raged the Martin and it flattered worse than aa angry Cockatoo Suddenly in spired with the power of profane and ob scene articulation, it heaped on Mrs. P. B. such a torrent of sinise as cost Miss Martin 310. CINCINNATI'S MCGUIRE, one of the blue coats, undertook a new serisational exhibition in the public streets. .Visions of Tam O’Shanter, and recollections of Japanese magie; inspired him to drive a three wheeled wagon at frightful speed through the city. Two policemen offered their admission fee His pride forbade such charity, but he could not refuse the hospitalities of the Guard-house, lor which he paid $10 a day. Verily, the Kimball House must look to its laurels, SMITH, BROWN AND JONES were induced to take a game of cards for four glasses of Fecliter’s beer. The van quished party refused tc treat, out of which arose a dispute and altercation. The evidence of one of tbe witnesses showed a contempt for a part of speech that was truly astonishing: “ Mr. B. asked—me—play—garde cards—for— beers—after-—game—he-— refused—treat —kicked—table—over-—grabbed—me— me—by— collar—shook—fist—In—face —P’lice—^-came —want—my—-little—bed calaboose.” "s Honor—told—.go—Judge—Butts-— for—salt—batter (assault and battery). Took—hint. Court—-’djourned. kV e mentioned in our last issue that Dr. Stephenson had gone'to Stone Moun tain to take observation of some antiqui ties there. The exact nature of tho in vestigation intended, we did not know at the time. There are some inscriptions in the rock upon the top of this moun tain which the Doctor wished to inspect^- which he believes to be the work of. the Mound Builders of this continent—a race totally extinct long before the North American Indian had his origin, but who were civilized to a considerable extent- having a Government and understanding, the mechanic arts. On Saturday Dr. Stephenson took with him Prof. W. J. Land, the celebrated chemist of the Atlanta Laboratory,-; and jProf..W. L.-.C.. Stevens, of Oglethorpe University, and went to the top’of the mountain. At our request, Dr. Stephen son lias furnished ns with the following highly interesting account of the visit of liimself and the party, and of what they observed there:. "We reached the summit of this sub lime natural curiosity at one o’clock c-n Saturday, and remained till five, f. m.— feasting on the indescribable wonders and magnificent scenery which surround ed us. . .. On the North and Northeast, stretching far away till lost in distance, loomed up the Apalachian.Mountains; and sweeping round Eastward and Southward, thence to the setting sun, was one interminable landscape, .resembling the calm of old ocean; with the spires, and turrets, and steeples of Atlanta, like unto a fleet of ships, to break the monotony of the scene. Further, on, in the dim.distance,.could be seen the white clouds of vapor from the locomotive, as it rushed onward, past the Kennesaw Mountains,, on its way westward; whilst nearer to us the same tceird spectre shot through the for ests of Gwinnett, on the Air-Line Road, towards the Carolinas.. Quick as thought we were feasted with another train speed ing at our feet on the Georgia Road—all filling up a brilliant, living picture, alto gether lovely. The object of our. visit was to examine the sculptures of the extinct Mound Builders, who, countless years ago, lived in this country, and constituted.a power ful and despotic nation, extending from the Savannah River and Gulf of Mexico, to the Great Lakes;,and. from the Apa lai-Viab Mountains to the Rocky. Moun tains, m ail parts of which are the some relics of art, and hieroglyphics, which on the Enchanted Mountain in Forsyth county, and those of Stone Moun tain, comprise a series of great interest. These, with the Idol, or “Goddess of Etowah,” tbe elegant quartz: discs of Clark and Bibb counties and the sac rificial vessels, form part of an. alphabet which will enable some Champollion to describe and read the history of this long oat people. The preservation of these valuable re lics should be secured by the Legislature before they are lost, for tbe benefit of "our children, who claim the co-operative aid of the custodians of the people, so as to enable them to keep pace with the world in science and literature; .otherwise, as a nation, we will soon become Oartha- genians in selfishness. The sculptures on the Stone Mountain,, as far as yet-explored, consist of a slightly circular fine cut from two to three inches deep, and from one to. two feet from the center. It is surrounded by a plainly marked circle—doubtless a, symbol of Eternity—but what is strange, they vary from a foot to six* feet in circumference, and number hundreds. From the action of the elements for ages the decomposi tion of the granite increases the depths of the central lines, so as to impress one stroDgly with the belief that they are the effect of exfoliation, from the heat and cold; but this thought is soon dissipated on,further examination.. At some future time we propose to make a more extended exploration. Yours, M. E. S. Tlie State and Education. "What constitutional right has the State to tax the property of individuals,, or to use the public funds for educational pur poses?. This is. an., old question,, often asked, and. as ofienanswered. Her right rests on the broad principles of self- preservation. The same principle that gives her tlie- right to define crime, to punish criminals, to erect jails and peni tentiaries, gives her also the right to use all proper means fitted to prevent crime. The right to punish carries with it the right to prevent. The right of the State to establish schools and colleges has a deeper, foundation, then,than the right to punish criminals. For, surely, the ten dency of education to elevate and digni fy human nature, anclto diminish crime, cannot, at this day, be questioned. But there are other principles on which the interference of Government may be justified. The law of supply and de mand doesnot apply to education.- "When the supply is least, and the need is great est, the demand also is least. And to say there is no demand for a higher form of education does not, as in marketable com modities, demonstrate an abundant sup- ply, but the contrary. “ The uncultiva ted,” says John Stuart Mill, “ cannot be competent judges of cultivation. Those who need to be made wiser and better, usually desire it least; and, if .they de sired it, would be incapable'of finding fh.eir way to it by their ovm lights. Now, ized government may think, without pre sumption, that it does, or ought to, pos sess a degree of cultivation above the average of the community which it rales, and that it should, therefore,, be capable of offering better education a mb better instruction to the people, than the great er number of them would spontaneously select. “Education, therefore, is one of those things which it is admissible in> principle that a government should provide for the people.” Again, it may lie remarked, that if tbe well-being of society'demands, and can legitimately secure, the assistance of the State, to aid.in-developing, its physical resources; for a still stronger reason, is it right that State aid should be given to develop her mental resources, for the de velopment of the latter affects, especially, no locality, but the whole people of the present and future- generations alike, beneficially. But these principles are so well recog nized and acted on, in all civilized com munities,, that it would seem almost prof itless to reiterate the arguments on which they rest; wore it not, that possibly, this brief allusion to their foundations may aid in removing objeotions-tending to in fluence non-action.. Yet, if authority of opinion is required, we find it on every page of history.. “Promote,” said George Washington, “as an object of primary- importance, institutions for. the general diffusion of knowledge.” The wisdom and generosity of the Legislature,” said John Adams,*“in mak ing liberal appropriations in money for the benefit of schools,.academies and col leges, is an equal honor to them and their constituents.” Said James Madison, ‘Learned Institutions ought to be the favorite objects with every free people.” Bnt authority and argument upon this subject would not be necessary with us. when we have before us the wise exam ple of our forefathers, who, immediately after the acknowledgement of indepen dence, in 1784, set apart.40,000-acres of land to establish an institution of. learn ing. What greater evidence could, they have left us of their wisdom and patriot ism, than this, at that time, munificent appropriation, with which, to establish a State University ?.' But does not the possessing the right to establish institutions of learning, im pose the obligation?* Is it not the duty of the Government to provide means for the diffusion of knowledge? This logi cally follows. Moral and intellectual improvement are duties assigned to so cial man, as well as to the individual. Governments possess the power to attain these ends, and.therefore,. the ex ercise of the power is a social duty. On this all-important subject of education, tlie individuals who,, in their representa tive capacity, constitute the- Govern ment, have a sacred,.solemn duty toper form, a duty to the present aad future generations, a duty to humanity. ' It being the general duty of the State to provide means for the diffusion of ■knowledge, it. is its special duty at the present time,,to provide means-for the diffusion of scientific knowledge, to use her power to - teach the people- the laws of nature. Eta while nothing yields so rich a reward as obedience to the laws of nature, there is nothing so costly as a disregard of the same. This •obligation is recognized in all civilized countries, and.is shown by the liberal ap propriations made in support of science teaching.. Germany lias been, of all gov ■ermnents, most liberal in the support of science, and-the wisdom of her policy is shown this, day in her wonderful power. At one of the first meetings of the French Academy, after the close of the Franco-Prussian war, a significant paper was read by one of the most distinguished members, inwhich he expressed the opin ion that the cause of the defeat of the French was the lack of scientific knowl edge among her people—that fbr France to resume her position> the first requisite was to. teach the people science.Even in our own civil war, while the success at tained in the scientific- departments was worthy of all admiration, the public were never made aware of the extreme .difficulr ties to be overcome, arising in a great de gree from the want of scientific training and technical education, among our young men. s ,j. >. Now is the time for Georgia, if she is wise, to stretch forth her hand, to show her power and. wisdom, by establishing a polytechnic institute of the first grade, one that shall have no superior in Ameri ca—one that shall have the best teachers to be found in this country or in Europe, with appointments unsurpassed—one to which the most talented young men. of the State shall be invited; where the con dition of entrance shall" be, not the pos session of money, but the possession of brains. Georgia has a right to the devel oped talent of all her people; and the youth of the present generation ,have right to demand that the State shall pro vide means, whereby they may become skilled in all the varied industrial profes sions which characterize the present civilization; „ Rugby. Superior Court of Taliaferro County. Cbawfoiidyillb, Ga., Nov. 18, 1871. Editors Sun: The Superior Court of Taliaferro county has been in session all this week, Hod. Garnett Andrews, pre siding. There was a largo attendance of the bar and a multitude of spectators. Several important cases were tried.— Tho most important on the criminal docket was that of the State vs. Alexan der Evans, charged with the murder of Jesse Nunn. The State was represented by Solicitor General Hamner Morton, ably, assisted by "Wm. H. Brooke of this county, and John C. Reid of Lexington. The defense was conducted by James F. Reid and Judge Bristow, of this county, aud Hon. Linton Stephens of Sparta.— The result was a verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter, with a sentenco to the Penitentiary for a term of five years. On the civil docket, two important cases were tried. One was the will of Mrs. Sarah Atkins, which was cavcaied. The propounder of the will was repre sented by James L. Brown, of Greensbo ro, and Geo. F. Bristow, of Craw- fordville. Tho caveators were represented by W. H. Brooke, of Crawfordville, MiltonjiReese and General Toombs, of "Washington. The jury found for the will. A motion for a new trial was made : . The other case on the civil docket re ferred to, and which occupied nearly two days of tlie court, was a case at the in stance of Richard Gunn vs. "William N. Gunn. This was a bill in equity to set aside a deed upon the grounds of fraud. Counsel for complainant, J. F. Reid of Oraw- fordyille, and Col. Jqel Billups of Modi- • son; for defendant, Hon. Linton Stephens and Hon. Robert Toombs. The finding of the jury was a compromise verdict, which satisfied neither patty. A mo- - tion for a new trial was made, The planters in this section complain of tbe shortness of the cotton crop. Taliaferro. f@“The Washington correspondent of the .LouisviUe Ledger telegraphs, that pa per, on the 17th, as follows : The Congressional sub-committee, com posed of Senators Bayard and. Blair, and Representatives Maynard and Scofield, have finished their travels. The States visited by them were Florida, and Geor gia, and from what they heard and saw none of the committee are prepared to recommend that any stringent measure be inaugurated so far as these localities are concerned. l*orj» q o . « " It seems probable then that Georgia to escape tbe scourge that has been vis ited upon South Carolina, and that the reports circulated here some two weeks ago were without foundation and utterly wicked. The evidence grows that these reports were the moutliings of some in- dustriousRadical whose “wish,”no doubt was “father to the thought.” Bullock. Gov. Bullock, of Georgia, as is well understood—indeed, such is his own con fession— resigned to escape impeach- • ment- As the wicked flee when no man puxsueth, it turns out that the cowardly Governor’s fears of impeachment were substantially groundless. Tnis is at least true so far as that there had not been, as • he states, any expression of a purpose to impeach.- His fears of impeachment ere founded upon conscious guilt and the undoubted duty of the Legislature in the premises. But the question lias arisen whether he can escape impeach ment and avoid the penalty oi his nume rous and aggravated offence? by resign ing; and tlie impressiou is that he cau- not. The probability is, however, that although it is still competent for.the Legislature to impeach him, he has, by taking himself away from the scene of his tlneviug and swindling depredations, escaped the puuishment which a man of his temperament would most sensibly feel. The Senate, if be were impeached, could do nothing in ore than disqualify him for office; and that sentence he has - already, by anticipation, inflicted upon himself; and whatever stigma or disgrace attaches to the disqualification is us ef fectually fastened upon him by liis own act ' ' as it could be by legislative decision. His impeachment is still urged,.however, * not so much for the purpose of affixing . this stigma, durable and permanently, as might be done, but for the sake of bring ing to public -light and reprobation the - mismanagement of affairs in. Georgia,. which has made carpet-bagism- and the • whole system of reconstruction a byword and a reproach. The exposition which would follow the impeachment of a man who has been so conspicuous a represen tative of reconstruction as Bullock, would be instructive and valuable, ;no doubt, to the nation at large. And something is due to the whole public, which , has • for- two years past been annoyed and shqcked beyond measure bv,the boldness, and ef frontery and palpable corruption . which have marked Bullock’s public bearing and distinguished his scandalous- reign. in Georgia, upheld as he has been by the countenance and support of the Radical Administration at Washington. STATE MATTERS. Men have very few.rights in Guthbart.. It costs five,dollars a head ,to have a fight there. It is very sad.. The Indian Spring Mirror has this - We have two notes—A Monroe three, year Old of Baptist “raising,” led a little xvth to a mud puddle, and- with raised 1 hands said—“I baptize thee in the name. of ot Captain Jinks of the horse, marines,” when in went the subject. A Butts boy drowned- his cat in a basin of water, with the formula of his “father*.? or any other man.” j,i M<JO « n . The . Living Witness is .the name of a. new paper, the publication of which is to- be commenced in Rome shortly. M, A. Kevin is one of the rash men. The Warrenton Clipper says:.We learn, that a fellow named Hightower, of ques tionable character, living at Powelton, Han jock county, has been before tho Sub-Ku-Klux Committee at Atlanta,, and. acknowledged that he was a. Ku-KInxy and that Steve Mjoore and Lewis O’Brien of Warren county, were members of tho same klan. O.TJrien and Moore scat members of the Radical party, whiohr puts the beer on the Rads.. Died—in Macon, Friday evening* Judge Henry W.. Cowles, aged 38. Augusta burglars are still active. W* A Ramsey was the latest sufferer, Weston, has arrived in Savannah. Hq will walk during the Fair. The Macon and Augusta Railroad has reduced the fare from Macon to Charles- ton from $11 50 to $8, An attempt was made to sihoot W. L. Burgay, of Macon, Thursday night. He was returning to the oity iu a buggy with his. wife, when he was fired at twice. Both loads took effect iu his thigh, bnt without fatal result. A writer, in the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, suggests Judge Hiram Warner for Governor, and another suggests Sam— uol Hawkins oi Chattooga county.