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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN. [CONTINUED EROM PAGE 4.] On motion of Mr. Pierce, tlie rules were suspended, and n number of House bills were read the second time. On motion of Mr. Bush, the rules were further suspended, and the bill to incor porate the town of Colquitt was taken tip and passed. A bill to appropriate $2,000 for the heirs of the late Colonel W. Sheftall of Savannah, a revolutionary officer, in full satisfaction, for a just claim against the State of Georgia; also, a bill to raise a revenue for the support of the Govern ment for the year 1872. The unfinished business of yesterday, to-wit: the bill to repeal the usury laws, was resumed. Mr. Scott said the matter is one of great public interest and should be care fully considered. Away back in the his tory of the past, under the Mosaic law* it was considered disreputable to charge any usury or interest, for the two words were identical in meaning then. Subse quently, however, the vurioas civilized nations allowed and countenanced inter est, but were careful to limit it. This plan of allowing and limiting interest has been adopted and used in our own State for years past, and while he favors pro gression, yet he is unwilling to s cut loose from old abd tried landmarks, and launch out into the uncertainty of this experi ment. It is said that other nations have tried the repeal of usnry laws and found it beneficial; but even if true, it does not follow that such would be the result here, for onr laws, government and people are differently constituted. Mr. Scott gave several examples of the disastrous effects, in other States; from the repeal of the usury laws, and argued that we should not make an experiment with very great chances that our people will have deep cause to regret it. Mr. McMillan opposed the repeal of the usury law, remarking that interest, when not regulated by law, is regula ted by the risk incurred by the lender. When property is plentiful and individual credit is good the rates are low, but when large homestead pro visions aie of force and imprisonment for debt is contrary to law, the risks to the lender are great, and high rates for the use of borrowed money are natural con sequences. These latter circumstances surround our people, and high rates are, of course, the order, and a repeal of the usury law would not mend the matter unless some law could be passed to com pel borrowers to pay and to let lenders feel that they are safe in lending. Mr. Pou favored the passage of the hill, and could see no sense in telling a man who owns $10,000 that he shall not have more than $100 for it during ■ year; but allowing him to invest the same in brick aud mortar and get $2000 for its use during the same time. The law as it stands is a dead letter and ought uot to stand, when 999 meu out of every thousand are compelled to vio late the law when they lend money. Mr. Richards called the previous ques tion; cull sustained. Tj exempt certain persons from road duty; passed. To amend the laws respecting noncu- pfttive wills; passed. To legalize the adjournment of Elbert Superior Court; passed. To amend the law in relation to wills made in a foreign country, was read the third time. Mr. Jackson moved to disagree to the report of the committee which was ad verse to the passage of the bill, and ar gued that there is a necessity for such a law. Messrs. Cumming, Pierce and Bacon opposed his motion, and argued that the law would be of no utility or else would allow disposition of real estate in such manner as would contravene the policy of this State. Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. This mo tion prevailed. To incorporate the Macon and Knox ville Railroad Company; passed. To incorporate the town of Resaca; passed. To change the law* of distribution so far as it affects the separate property of married women; passed. To prevent the collection of costs in cases m which the State may be a party, until the final termination of the same; lost. \ ., To amend an act to [carry into effect 2d Clause, 13th Section, 5th Article,. of Constitution; passed. To make slander a criminal offense; lost. To alter‘and amend Section 3178 Code: lost. To repeal Section 2349 Code; lost. To incorporate the Mutual Protection Insurance Company of Georgia; passed. To alter the law in relation to Court contracts, the manner of filing, cnforc itg, etc., was passed. To amend the charter of Milledgeville; passed.' House adjourned. TELEGRAMS i> THE DAILY SUN. Sanday, December 3. 1871. Atlanta, December 1.—A movement for a railroad from the Ohio river to the South Atlantic seaboard is nearly com pleted. The scheme includes a steam 1 ship line with Europe and an unbroken line or road from Louisville to Savannah and Brunswick, via Montgomery. The projectors have ample capital and expe rience. (Note—The above was sent last night by the agent of the Associated Press. It sounds so decidedly Kimball- ian that we almost are afraid to trust the movement, for fear H. L will grin out of it.) New Yoke, December 1—The reading of the Lord’s Prayer at Hunter’s Point School was interrupted. The Principal called the police, when many children left. Subsequently several were expelled. One that threw filth at the Principal was taken to the Btation house. None will, hereafter, be admitted unless known to be willing to obey the rules. Ex-Cemptroller Connolly is beginning “Grant Must be Beaten.” This is the heading of a late article in the Louisville, Kentucky, Courier-Jour nal. On this subject, among other like things, the Louisvillo paper says: ‘Gen. Grant himself is not a Repub lican, but a political adventurer, who finds the Radicalism of the period useful for his schemes of private greed and per sonal advancement. If the genuine Re publicanism of the country wonld save itself and the system which it cherishes, it will hasten to form into line and try to break up the oligarchy that is fastening itself upon the General Government. There is, if husbanded with care and handled with efficiency, a popular ma jority against the President’s one than party; and there is at this moment no element in any part of the Union which can be said to be unwilling to sacrifice its predictions to obtain the end desired— that is, the defeat of Grant. . ' Now, whether Gen. Grant “be a Re publican” or not, or whether the Courier- Journal is a correct Judge, aud can speak by authority of What constitutes a sound Republican or not, is not for us to say. That is a questiofi not before us at present. But we join our contemporary of Kentucky heartily in saying that Gen “Grant must he beaten,” if possible. "We will, moreover, add, that in our judg ment, he mnst be beaten, if possible, be cause he is bent upon carrying out Radi cal principles, whether he be a Republi can or not. Wliat the Radical principles are, the country well understands. It there had been any doubt anywhere upon that sub ject, Mr. Morton, the mouth-piece of the party, has lately spoken in terms too plainly to let that doubt linger any longer. Even the New York World now admits that Mr. Morton is looking to the estab lishment of Imperialism. This is what we have said all the time. The only live issue—absorbing issue in the next Presi dential campaign, will be between Consti tutionalism and Imperialism. A. H. S. The Burdens Imposed by Radi calism. Legislature was controlled by men who came into the State with no other intent than to plunder it. The debt of the State before the war was about six millions. Now it is from fifteen to thirty millions—no one can tell exactly what. The debt of Georgia was about six millions; now, it is cer tainly more than three times that amount, and no one can tell the extent of her lia bilities. Florida owed a half million, and now her debt is some fifteen mil lions. We might go through with all the States, but this is enough. About one hundred millions of debt has been saddled upon the South, and our property for all time to come mortgaged to pay it, and wa have nothing to show for it. Benjamin Conley has been a conspicu ous member of the party, ana the clan that has performed this work in Georgia, and he seems to want-to keep that clan in position by foul means, if not by fair; by forcible, violent and lawless measures, if not quietly acquiesced in by the peo ple; and the Neuf Era is backing up his claims, and favoring his designs. Very Kind. It is very kind in the Era to tell the Democrats what is best to be done. It advises the Democratic Convention which is to assemble here on the Gth instant, not to make any nomination, but to be good boys, and go home again to their mothers. Yerily, it is kind. witbin a very few days, have' been white washing each other ? Certain it is that their guilt is as clearly determined as that of our own municipal banditti, whose audacity so much resembles theirs. We are heartily sick of the sentimental attempts of “party managers” to cover up the corruption, drshonesty and extrav agance of the carpet-bag governments. The plea that exposure of these frauds will injure the Republican party, is as wicked as it is silly. Better, a tnousand times, that the party be rent asuuder than that aDy crime for which it can be justly held responsible, be covered up in its own house. No party can long live with such a cancer concealed in its bosom. But the party is not responsi ble for the criminal dishonesty of a few officials who bear its name; though it would be justly held to strict account if it should be accessory to any attempt at concealment of the offenses to which we have called attention. We are glad that it is too late to screen the rascalities which have been perpetrated in the Car- olinas. We have fully exposed and de nounced these cunning thefts, and leave the issue with the courts and the public, more than ever convinced that this is specially a time for letting in the light into dark places, and bringing rogues everywhere to righteous punishment. METEOROLOGICAL. Comptroller Green has concluded that sinecures are not the best for the disease from which New York politics is suffering, hence he removed ten of their.) last Tuesday. -4 BSL Connolly languishes in Ludlow street jail, and Tweed is likely to bear him company. Who, now, can doubt that this terreatial bull has ceased to be stationary ? ® ^ ■ Tbe New York Tribune says: “That the President will recommend, iu his message, and Congress promptly pass, an act of sweeping amnesty, seems to us inevitable.” Then the Tribune knows less about the President aud Congress than is generally supposed. DESPOILED SOUTH LINA. On the motion to indefinitely postpone, to despair of securing boil, and the the yeas and nays were called for, with the following result: Yeas, 81; nays G5. A message was received from the Gov ernor saying that the bill to abolish the City Court of Macon had been approved and signed. A resolution.by ;Mr. Heidt, tendering the thanks of this House to Rev. Dr. Wills for his eloquent sermon on yester day. On motion of Mr. Laud the resolution was amended, tendering thanks to Rev. ) Dr. Spalding, for his assistance ou said occasion. The resolution as amended was adopted. The following bil.s were read the third time: To nmeud the law relating to the with drawal of claims; passed. To make it penal for employer or em ployee to break a contract for labor or service, was read 3d time. Mr. Pou favored the bill, urging that it operated equally upon all parties, and tended to make contracts more effectual and reliable. Mr. Griffin, of Houston, opposed the bill, urging that no legislation was neces sary, aud would be oppressive, aud would retard immigration. Mr. Johnson, of Clay called the pre vious question. The call was sustained. On the motion to indefinitely postpone lie yeas and nays were called for, with " e following result: Yeas, 88; nays, 55. To change the line between the coun ties of Douglas and Carroll, was read tUrd time. Mr. Head presented a petition from a large number of citizens, and moved to disagree to tin report of the committee, which was adverse to the passage of the bill, urging that the citizens who desire this change, were cut off from Carroll county without their consent. Mr. Goodman favored the report ot the committee, and said that a part of the p. r.>ou8 affected by the bill, were for merly in Campbell county. He also pre sented a petition from over two hundred citizeus of Douglas county, usking that this bill may not pass. ***'1110 motion to disagree with the report of the committee prevailed, and the bill was passed. JgjTo change the line between the coun ties of Walker and Dade was lost. To create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for Floyd, Berrien, Effingham, Schley, Sumter and Greene; Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Stovall and Snead. House adjourned until 3 p. si. AFTERNOON SESSION. A number of Senate bills were read first time. A bill by Mr. Nutting—To authorize the corporate authorities of Forsyth to issue bonds to purchase stock in the Mon- Female College and Hilliard Male hstttnte, was introduced and read first me. • To provide for the election of an Ordi nary for Wiicox county, <fcc.; passed. « To repeal Section 121 of the Code; in definitely postponed. a Senate bill to repeal the act organizing tt.e Alapaha Judicial Circuit; passed, w To mako penal the sale of farm pro ducts in Dooly county after night; passed. A substitute ter a bill to legalize the fie revision of juries etc.; passed. To create and organize a City Court for :o City of Atlanta; passed. To create Commit sioueisj fqr McIntosh jountv, to detine their, powers, etc.; issed. To extend the right to waits persons in atrimony to' lawyers was lost. To incorporate the tana of Wait a ay; issed. To amend the laws in relation, to gar- hments; |eased. Sheriff thinks there is no possibility of such an event. Three of Tweed’s bondsmen have sig nified thesr intentions to withdraw their names from his bond. If others are not secured, he will share the fate of Con nolly. Mayor Hall has not been arrested, and the Sheriff denies the receipt of any pa pers in connection therewith, or any knowledge of the issue of an order of arrrest, London, December 1.—Lord Chester field, who has just died of the typhoid fever, contracted the disease at the same time and place with Wales. l’he Prince was comfortable lost night. Washington, December 1.—The CabK net did not discuss Cuban affairs. It. is stated semi-officially that there is no dif ficulty between this Government and Spain. The movement of vessels Cuba- ward is merely precautionary. The Government will, hereafter and until a better condition of things shall exist in the island of Cuba, keep a strong naval armament in Cuban waters. "While this will have no hostile significance, it is designed to be an intimation to Spain that if that power is so weak as to be unable to secure peace and good order on that island, in case of insurrection, or other grave public disturbance, this fleet will be used in such case for the further pro tection of American citizens and inter ests on that island, if needs be, to the full extent of the power of the Govern ment. Washington, November 30.—Dr. James W. Clift, ex-member of Congress from Georgia, has written a letter opposing Governor Conley’s course and urging the Republicans to nominate, and, if possi ble, elect their candidate. Clift visits At lanta next week. Augusta, November 30.—In the draw ing of the Aiken Premium Land Sale, which took place to-day, number 10,779 drew the first prize, valued at $25,000. Harry "Watkins, a favorite actor, won it, Fighting Grounds, November 30.— The prize fight to-day between Mace and Coburn resulted in a draw. All bets are off. Eleven rounds were fought, lasting four hours and ten minutes. Mace says that Coburn is the best man he ever met iu tbo ring. First blood for Maes. No clean knock down. Each was afraid of the other. Selma, November 30.—Preparations are still being made for the entertain ment of the delegates to the Agricultu ral Congress which convenes in this city on the fourth of December. The bos pitality of the city has been extended to the delegates, and a fall attendance is expected. The Opera House has been placed at their service. £| Salt Lake Cm, November 29.—There is six feet of snow on the level between here'and Cottonwood, with drifts from twenty to one hundred feet in depth. Work in the mines, however, is uninter rupted. The Mormon papers advocate a gene ral observance of thanksgiving, notwith standing the Gentile persecution. The hearing of the motion to quash the indictment against Brigham Young and others is not yet concluded. The result is awaited with great interest. New York, November 30.—Ex-Comp troller Connolly is in Ludlow Street Jail, It is intensely cold to-day. The Hud son River is frozen from Catskill to Al bany, and ■ the Delaware and Hudsor Canal is frozen up. _ - Baud's True Georgian.—It is said, know not upon what authority, that Dr. Bard intends to go to Chattanooga, and there establish a Grant-Radical newspa per, and that the Grant-Radical Faction at Washington,‘have “heeled” him for this purpose. Everybody knows, that at the close of the war, the Southern States were com paratively free from debt. Before the war, the States owed but little. Their Governments had been administered from time immemorial, with com mendable economy, and burdensome, oppressive debts and high taxes were unknown. Oar State tax in Georgia, we believe, had never been higher than one- tenth of one per cent., or one dollar on every thousand. During the war, the States had con tracted some debts, and some, perhaps most of them, issued currency bills for circulation; but the General Government required them to repudiate all these ob ligations, because they were contracted in aid of the Confederate cause, and this requirement was imperatively en forced, so that at the close of the war, the Southern States were no more in debt than they were before the war be gan- If our own people could have continued to control our State and municipal Gov ernments, we would now have been very nearly in as good condition, as far State indebtedness is concerned, as be fore the war. They would not have gone into extravagancies. They would not have formed swindling rings to plunder us, but would have pursued the same sys tem of economy which had previously marked our history as a people and State. But, Gen.Grant,andthe plundering crew who control him and his policy, undertook to restore the State tr. the Union in way to suit their own notions; and two ideas are prominent in the policy of Grant and the Radicals: 1st. To put all the money in their pockets which they can extract from an oppressed and helpless people—no matter by what means. 2d. To destroy Constitutional, Repre sentative Government on this Continent deprive the people everywhere of all local self-Government, and establish consolidated Despotism—an Empire and a Dynasty—in its stead. So a swarm of hyenas, cormorants and vultnres trooped and flocked down upon us, and were protected in their plunder ings and thefts by Gen. Grant and his Radical advisers; and the Radical Faction Congress. This horde of public thieves have perpetrated devastations and rascality unparalleled in history. They have mortgaged the entire property of the Southern States to the amount of One Hundred Millions of Dollars ! for which they have not now anything to show, and nothing ever will be shown. This vast sum of money which is charged upon our productive resources, and is intended to be an incubus upon us and onr children forever, has been lite rally squandered, wasted and stolen, and scarcely a single public benefit in the whole South can be pointed out for it. The intelligent and virtuous were dis franchised and excluded from all partici pation in the Government, and oar lives and property placed at the mercy of the ignorant, the lawless, the corrupt and the adventurer, having not a particle the public good at heart, and no appreci atibn of honesty or correct * conduct. The Legislature of South Carolina had CARO- Raiu Fall. • [ 571. j Carpct-liagism and Radicalism in the South. We ask the special attention of Judge Conley and the New Era, to the iollow-. ing from the New York Tribune. It will be seen that the nausea of Carpet rule is so great that the Radical TKbune is, at last, compelled to spew the thing out of its mouth. We expect that paper to do the same thing in relation to what it says and has said about the Ku-klux in the South. The Ku-klux Klan, as a Demo cratic political organization, has no exis tence in the South, and there is as much lawlessness by men taking the law in their own hands in the North as in the South. We invite the attention of our readers generally, as well as Conley and the Era, to the frank admissions made by this great chief of the Radical party: From tie New York Tribune, 28th Nov., 1871. It is through no fault of the Tribune that the people have not been sufficiently warned that carpet-baggers and the Ku- klux are destroying the South, so far as terrorism and misrule can ruin that sec tion of the Republic. We have been constant in plain exposition of the two evils which afflict many of the lately re bellions States; and trustworthy special correspondents have furnished the Tri bune the only impartial anil lucid ac counts published of the financial malad ministration and partisan violence which have disgraced several of the reconstruc ted States. In this labor we have had the hearty, if partial, co-operation of the Democratic newspapers, which have ea gerly copied and made much of the evi dence showing the shocking financial condition of these States, but have been suddenly silent when our correspondent’s researches brought to light the barbari ties and atrocities of the Ku-klux. No party can afford to pursue this policy; and it is not creditable to the fairness or the sagacity of the Democrats, North and South, that they have steadily re fused to look on one side of the truthful picture presented, while the other has been persistently and triumphantly held up to public view. The Democrat ic journals have been swift to denounce carpet-baggers; but have stopped there. Nevertheless, there has been a great shaking among the thieves and murder ers. This is a time for inquisition for blood and thefts; and if there are men anywhere holding power anywhere for the purpose of stealing, or sheltering robbers and violent men, they may take warning; the day of reckoning is at hand. We have already helped to bring to light the misdeeds of some men in high places in Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, and elsewhere, and ou yesterday gave the public a sorry picture of the results of carpet-bag rule in South Carolina. What shameful exhibit it is ! By juggling with figures and manipulat ng artfully contrived tables, a ring of adventurers kept the people of South Carolina as completely in the dark about the finances of the State as though their false returns had been printed in Sanscrit. They prophesied smooth' things while tbe ship was drifting into the whirlpool of bank ruptcy. They lied about the condition of the Treasury regularly and at fixed in tervals with all the system of practiced mountebanks. Bonds were printed in New York by the ream, and sold in Wall street for what they wonld fetch. A so-called State agent, a Btieet broker, handled millions of these bonds, without giving a shadow of respon sible security for the integrity of his dealings. The Governor, Treasurer, and Comptroller-General vied with each other in fabricating statements intended fer the public eye, while the real facts and figures in the desperate case were kept in the secrecy of their own offices. There seemed to be no such thing as sounding bottom in tbe wild stream which rushed out of th§ State Treasury. An Investi gating Committee, appointed by the frightened Legislature, came np to New York to look into the financies of tlite State, which had no apparent existence outside of Wall street; and these gentle men turned their tour into a holiday trip and relaxed the stem justice of their in tent into a wild junketing at £tn up-town hotel. But the end has come at last. The fabric of falsehood has collapsed; the public credit is moribund. The people have been deceived as long as possible, and, after such statements as a seven mil lion debt in 1870, and nine and a half millions in September, 1871, we grasp the astounding fact on the 20th Novem ber, 1871, Sonth Carolina owed the enor- n f ter SSSSSi*£iS^S4^L. read nor write the whole ooay being J speculators in politics. What punish- composed of only eighty members. This* ment shall overtake the plunderers who. ' • Liberty Hall, CrawfordviLLE, Ga. December 1, 1871 As matter of peculiar interest to a cer tain class of our readers, we give them the exact quantity of the fall of rain at this place, accurately measured and noted at the time of tbe fall, for the last nine months, including the spring, summer and fall months. The aggregate quanti ty, for each month only, is given; with the aggregate for each season, and the general aggregate for all of them; and not the quantity which fell each day, as it occurred: March 4.03 inches AprU 5.65 “ May 3.82 •« June 4.30 “ July ........2.43 “ August 5.28 “ September..6.68 October 2.15 November-.5.87 Three spring months...... .'.13.50 inches Three Sum mer months ..12.01 > Threo Fall ) months 14.70 The Courier-Journal says “ the pedagogues of Spain have taken an oath to teach no geography that in any way relates to America.” If America wonld do her duty she would very soon so change the boundaries of Spain’s possessions as to render an altogether new Spanish geography necessary. An exchange wonders if “a lady will ever be President?” There is rea son to believe that a lady has been Presi dent every term but one, and that was Buchanan’s. He was a bachelor. tfegu. Scott, the Radical Governor of Sonth Carolina, iu his message, says: “The number of whites who are active Republicans, in this State may be counted on the fingers of a man’s baud." This effectually substantiates the Democratic asseveration that the State Government of South Carolina is in the hands of a rab ble of illiterate and irresponsible ne groes, with Scott at their head. A few days ago a specimen of the letter developed by the Mansfield-Fisk litigation was given in this column. This is found to vary some from the strict text of the original, which is as follows: ERIE RAILWAY COMPANY. Jay Gould, Prta'.ilent. Jamks Fisk, Jr. Trcas. Office of the Company, New York, Dear Dolly: To-night we play Las Briggans. It is too jolly When you past me at the gait last night without looking at mo my hart was pirsed. Jas. Fisk. Jb. General aggregate 40.21 This is considerably above the annual average for the sume months; at this place. A. H. S Mayor’s Court.—His Honor yester day took his seat amid the “profoundest and most tumultuous silence.” Not a singe offender appeared to tremble under his awful visage. He was about to dis miss the Court with a solemn benedic tion, when there suddenly appeared at the door THE APPARITION of the immortal Daniel Schyhaggnne, which, in deep sepulchral tones repeated; “To render my disease intense, And nearly unendurable, My doctor says, in confidence, ’Tis totally incurable. My mind has threatened, ’ere to-day, To loss'its perpendicular, And fall a melancholy prey To nothing in particular.’* “Five and costs” said His Honor. It seems that even spirits from the departed shades cannot intimidate His Honor’s sense of justice. A country nigger, who was in town last night, on bearing of the explosion of the Coosawattie in Chattanooga, ex claimed: “I golly, I knowedit! Dat dar injin busted tryin’ to see if it could take on as much steam as Guv’ner Bard, what is going to start a Republican pa per up dar ! No use talkin’, no in jin can do it!” Printing Bills.—It is believed that Bullock squandered the Printing Fund so freely and uselessly that he was not able to pay for the State Printing, and that a large amount claimed for that work is still held against the State, for which the present Legislature will be called upon to make appropriations. "We respectfully suggest* that these accounts be called for and examined by the Print ing Committee; before passing an act to pay the same. THE CAPITOL. Mr. Speaker Smith announced the fol lowing Special Committees, under recent acts: To investigate the official conduct of R. B. Bollock—Messrs. Hoge, McNeil, and Payne. To investigate the management and administration of the "Western and At lantic Railroad—Messrs. Snead, Phillips, and Goldsmith. To investigate the fairness or unfairness of the State Road Lease—Messrs. Pierce, Netherland, and Hudson. To investigate the conduct of Commis sioners to audit claims against the State Road—Messrs. Wofford, of Bartow, Head and Woodward. ► SUN-STROKES. A thoughtful paper calls Cincin nati “the Ham-burg of America.” B-SU The Savannah News' telegrapher at Washington “scares up” an iuterest- ing dot every once in awhile. Writing on the 30th, ho says: “A paper addressed to Horace .Greeley, asking him. to become a candidate for the Presidency, iu oppo sition to Grant, has been quietly circula ting throughout the North and West for some time, aud has received the signa tures of many leading Democrats and prominent Republicans—among them such names as Wm. M. Evans, Charles O’Conor, Horatio Seymoux-, Senator Thurman, and many ieadiug Republi cans throughout the United States.” It may be possible that it is barely probable that this is the second stage in the development of the ’possum poliey, to which public attention bus beeu called by a few politicians. JGSir* Alabama has a Judge Mudd. his decisions as clSar as his name ? BQU, Grant, in his message, will make no recommendation in regard to San Do mingo. He is sick of that “job.” » •< EzN" Judge T. A. R. Nelson has re signed his seat on the Supreme Bench of Tennessee. — *■ c < “The Illinois Legislature is asked to provide for the better education of Il linois dentists.” Hadn’t it better be an omnibus bill ? *■ ■ £s3 =e ‘ Secretary Fish has been so offish about Cuban matters that the public has been led to believe that ho is only a “Spanish mackerel” after alL GEORGIA MATTERS. The Newnan Herald puts itself upon record with the champion snake story. It says: A snake, having two natural heads and two natural eyes on each head, was killed and brought into Bowdon by Mr. E. Gibbs a few days ago. The Newnan Herald is determined to go to the front. In addition to the snake, it forwards the champion citizen, “a gentleman aged 45 years, who is now, and has been for a loug time, engaged in active business, who never signed a note either as principal, security or in dorser, never bought anything on a credit, never borrowed a cent in his life, never lost but ten dollars of loaned money, never expects to lose any more, nor asked any one to change a bill for him*since the close of the war, although compelled to change many daily fer his customers,” Coweta Djmocrats convene on Tues day. Troup Democrats trooped into a con vention yesterday. The Albany News says that argument was heard in Brunswick, on Wednesday, by Judge Sessions, on the liability of the Road and rolling stock of the B. & A. Railroad to contractors and laborers for debts due. It seems that all the suits were consolidated, and that upon the hearing his Honor decided that all the property of the company is liable; but in adjusting the equities, an auditor was appointed and sale postponed forty days for a final estimate of indebtedness, and to afford ample opportunity to the new organization to pay off and proceed with the work. Albany has a “Fief d’Hauberts,” and has it come to that ? The Dougherty Superior Court meets to-morrow. Dougherty Democrats convened yes terday. The Albany News has been regaled with bran new strawberries. Robert Smith and Lawrence Farley, journeymen Savannah bakers, had a carv ing match, on Thursday. Smith carved Farley in 21 places with a razor. The latter still lives. Smith is in jail. The Conyers’ Examiner, of the 24th, reached this office promptly, yesterday. The Albany News says: “Judge Har rell, of the Pataula circuit, last week at Randolph court, sentenced J. Zackler to two months imprisonment and $25 fine lor carrying concealed weapons; Payne Are Stevens four months and $100 fine; Ful ton four months and $100, and Cheshire four months, and $100 fine for same of fense.” Their weapons were not closely enough concealed. Bear Creek has a whole telegraph of fice to itself. Wild ducks are “floating listlessly ’ on Flint river. Gainesville still iinproveth. It grow- eth metropolitan. Died, near Bowdoin, on the 30th ult., Mrs. A. C. Skinner, aged 44. A Titusville paper, criticising the per formance of Miss Thompson’s tronpe, sDeaks of " Lydian melodies falling from the lips of blondes like pearls from mouth of a Tuscaloosa clam. ” the