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VOL. 3, NO. 81 ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1872. {
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MU. STEPHEN'S
At the Representative Hall Last Night.
Although Mr. Stephens knows nothing of what
are we «boutto pen, yet the proprieties ofJottrnaUnn
will permit to ns nothing Eavo’a meagro sketch of
the occasion of the ipeech we listened to.
The speech itself, mere printed words, will be
published in fall to-morrow morning, and will tell
of the thoaghts he-uttered loan Atlanta audience
hi-t ni^iit, notwithstanding the exceedingly Inclem
ent evening.
The hour appointed for the speech was 8 o’clock.
A little alt< r seven, Mr. Stephens, in company with
a couple of friends, drove to the Capitol and entered
ie reception room of the Executive office, where
the courtesy of the officials had prepared evtrylhiug
his comfort. \ committee of gentlemen had
to escort him to the audience
of General
oJoaelJ.JO.
Tile Commercial Convention
which met at St. Louis, adjourned on
Saturday la* f .
The Convention is to be a National
organization. Its next meeting will be
held on the first Monday in 1S73, at
Pittsburg.
The Convention decided to memori
alize Congress to pay the outstanding
bonds for the improvement of the Louis
ville Canal, and that the improvement
of the Mississippi, river at Desmoires
and Bock Island Bapids be completed
A**h Fui\ 1,01 fc,.
A Wealthy Young Man Kills Hlmsel
Utica, use Sweetheart File* the
Track—Four Days la the Woods.
Lost Friday afternoon the vicinity of
: Ball town, Nelson county, Ely., was the
scene of a tragic occurence that was only
brought to light yesterday afternoon. A
1'11.K11U1,,1S. UbAllI,
Fatally •iurneil while Trying to Save
a Woman..-Atnazlng Fortitude and
Self-FossessioM.
From the Austin, Minn,, Register.
Hon. J. T. Williams, of Le Boy, lived
over his store and postoffice. His wife
bail given birth to a child the previous
highly respe&td and wealthy young gen- I day, anil Mrs. B. V. Lincoln was waich-
tlemnu named Thornton Ballard, whose ing with her. At haif-past one o’clock
home was in what is known as the Bal- in the morning Mrs. Lincoln undertook
lard neighborhood near Balltown, had to go down stairs, but dropped the lamp,
some time since engaged himself to be j Hearing her screams, Mr. Williams
married to a v worlhy youDg lady in an jumped from his bed, went to the stairs,
adjoining neighborhood, anil their wed- anil discovered her. He attemped to
as early as possible, by Congressional j ding \y s v.o|ihve taken place this week, j rescue her; ho jumped down and tried
aid. -
agent of a Connecticut him which mxuuficlare!
carpet-Uck«.
— Prir-’o I’lTclqridk William of Gci-
i.iaay i» at V7ie?b nicn, by Ulrica of hi! physicians,
to toko tUu water*.
—Some reverend, real or assumed, is
1 >«ggtDg in England to relievo 7U.0C0 pauper chil
dren in New York.
—An Illinois town has passed an ordi
nance prohibiting ssloot.keepcra from concealing
what in feoiug on within by painting their windows,
interposing screens, Ac
—Twelve Indians here hung in a row
in Texas, recent! r, for driving off surreptitious beef.
After having their laces weaned, eleven “panned
out” white men, but they hung just as well.
—The London Post denies that Eliza
Cook,the well-known iotter-writer, is dead, elthongli
a person bearing the same iiimo, and “popularise’
supjvje. il to be the authoress, died in Iicbiforu,
— M. Valli, a Marseilles merchant of
curiosities, liu discovered a double set ot tapestrli s
which formerly belonged to Madame de Sevigue's
Chateau de Urignon, representing respectively the
loves of Anthony and Cleopatra and Eneas and Dido.
— Jane Onalk, an English three-
stranded widow, who baa lost two spouees by Jetth
and one by desertion, claim* George Murray as be
ing her husband number one, whoso name was
Francis Cotton. Re don't cotton to her by a long
riiallf-
— A wealthy man has just died in
Bucka county. Fa., whoso last twenty years have
been spent in writing political epitaphs for his tomb,
which ho had prepared at greatoxpense, and making
all the arrangements for hla taking off, oven to en
gaging the preacher and makin > his shroud.
— General Voa Steinmetz, who dis
tinguished himself in the Austrian afid French
campaigns, uud Von Battenfeid, who led tho Prus
sian right wing in the invasion of Bohemia, are
among the newly crcatod Prussian peers. So is the
Blttorguibbosttzcr, Count Guido Honckel Dsuuers-
murck.
— A lad of fifteen has committed
anlclde at Forcheres, In the Alps, under singular
circumstances, lie was drlviog a cart drawn by u
donkey over muddy rends, and the vehicle stuck.
Being enable o extricate his charge, the hoy took a
rope from the hirdees and hung himself to an'ad
jacent mulberry tree
— There is great rejoicing in 'Wash
ington. An unexpected event lias happened. So
ciety is convulsed to its foundation. Mr. Secretary
Robeson haa another heir, and’that ero i* » female
baby. The Seorciary of the Navy is happy, and,
considering the time of life when ns entered upon
the oxaciing duties of capital society, he regards his
first season as succoisfal.
— A family iu Amity, Pa., is rather
extensively intermarried. Two brothers, William
and Suin’., i S:> <•»!•:> i a i ini juiljreu. and lour
of tlie vflnMren ,f one brother ate married to lour
of the children oi tho .other brother. Two sonsol
William She'rcr are married to two aaughtors of
Samuel Sueirer, and two son- of Samuel nheirer to
two datigutors of William Shoirer. William Sheirer,
ono of the brothers, is dead—ill the other members
of tho families aro living, and very respcctablo peo
ple.
—Our susceptible yoang men will not
fail to respond to the gem annexed:
Thero’s music in a lady’s foot.
And weU the lades know it;
And she who has a pretty one
Is pretty sure to show it;
At times yon, too, arc martyred by
Tho nicest lilUo ankle.
That shoota an arrow tnrongh tho eye,
Within your heart to raukio.
, But whon it trips along tho streets,
Through wiud, aud mud, and vapor,
By sheerest accident you see
How beautiful tho taper:
And as it steps upon the walk,
Amid the crowd to'minglo,
Two roguish eyes look up aud say,
1 wonder if he’s single.
*-•-« \
JfcSy* Commenting on the meeting held
at Savannah, of the joint committee ap
pointed by tho last Legislature for the
purpose of gathering information re
garding Direct Trade and Immigration;
the Union and Recoi der says:
“ We hope that stops may bo taken to establish
permanent line ot steam boats between Savannah
and some European port. Wo want emigrants to
8etUe among us, but there is no chance to get many
cmigrauts by th« round about aud expensive route
by New York. Emigrant! have not much money
to spend in traveling, aud they favor that part
the Di W ----
,TuS£h R. J. Cowart, Colonel WEilaai ~ST. LOwry,
Sidney Deli.
At the hour of twont7 minutes to 3 o’clock, Mr.
Stephens, leaning upon the arm of his boyhood's
friend, Col. Mark Johnson, of West End, and fol
lowed by the committee, entered the audience
chamber amid the prolonged applause qf the large
assembly. Ha ascended the speaker’s stand and
tho audience cheered.
On motion of .Judge OoWkrt, Gen. Garlington was
called to the chair. He, in an eloquent manner,
with terse and patriotic sentences, aud with a most
touching allusion to the fact of his recent introduc
tion of Judge Linton Stephens on a similar occa 1
slon, proceeded to introduce Mr. Stephens—a
“woik of supererogation to introduce a man whose
lame belonged to America aud to liberty,” said he-
Mr. Stephens then arose; but the shrill voice, to
which they had so of tan listened In the better days
lofH
tho Republic, was, when ho said ‘‘fellow citi
ng,” drowned in the tnmultious applause. It had
been six years since ho had been heard on the hust
ings or in the Forum; but, soon, forgetfulness slept
lu Lethe, aud the upturned countenances showed
reiuvenated memories and hearts for Lang Syne.
Ho began In a friendly conversational tone, and
cleared away the rubbish, before he entered upon
tho grand the.no of “Our Futuro.” Then, as he
warmed in tho contemplation of Truth, he forgot his
promise to givo his audience “only a talk,” and the
fires of his former triumps gleamed with a steady
glow. The commonest observer could not fail to
perceive that he was perfectly en rapport with his
audience, be bo Greoley man, Straight or honest
man, ot any other creed, who loves truth.
His description of the predicament of Northern
Democrats, bn tho Liberal Republican platform, ex
cited Judge Cowart and a number of other promi
nent Greeley men almost into convulsions.
Bat we forbear any roport of the speech itself
He spoke without weariness to the people for two
hours. The profound and earnest attention of the
audience evineed beyond contradiction that they
were (in their opinion) listening, not to a “fossil, 1
but ti> something fresh as the eternal dew that kisseB
the petals of tho violet in tho spring—to Truth.
At tho conclusion of tho speech, Mr. Stopbus
tartad from the Hall leaning on Col. JoUnson’i
arm. He was followed by a largo crowd of friensi
aud in the centre of tho aisle was met by Gen. Gor
don, who farcisned him a cigar, and asked to be
permitted to support him to the carriage. “Cer
tainly,” replied Mr. Stephens, “I will now permit
on to support me, since i was your warmest sup
porter for your first Colonel's commission.’’
Not much difficulty was experienced by Mr. Ste
phens in getting down the stairs notwithstanding
his lameness. Tho scene on the Stairway was
picturesque and worthy of an artist’s pencil. It re
minded us forcibly of scenes in Richelieu's life in
the play of that name. Tho stairway was dark, and
the crowd of earnest friends above wero striking
matches and lighting papers to show tke
way to the careful steps. Gen. Gordon suggested
that, to secure uniformity of step between Mr.
Stephens and his supporters, ho should
“whenbut an old soldier, after a little, in the
crowd, suggested “hip,” the drill term. Instantly
Mr. Stephens, with the sprightliness and vivacity of
yonth, adopted the suggestion, to the greet amuse
ment of tho crowd. Hedrovotohis hotel, aud ex
perienced no ill effects from his fatigue.
to establish a system of signals
looses along ,tins course of the
States,
irailar to Hiose along the sea-Txmrd.
Also to appropriate earns for the con
tinued improvement of the Tennessee
river, as recommended by the Engineer
Bureau of the War Department; for the
improvement of the James river and
Kanawali canal, and the appropriation
of a sufficient snm to remove the snags
from the Missouri river, and otherwise
improve it.
A route below tho snow line was <^e-
lared to be the only route for a trans
continental railroad which would meet
the public demand.
It was recommended that a capital
stock of not less than $200,000 00 should
bo required of Insurance Companies as
prerequisite to the transaction of busi
ness, and that this capital should admit
of no constructive payments, such as
stock notes and similar substitutes, but
should bo fully paid in, and actually de
voted to and used in the enterprise; that
a fund be created by the reservation of
all profits over ten per cent, on the cap
ital stock, until such reserve equals the
technical reinsured fund.
Mr. Elliot, of Indiana, offered the fol
lowing preamble and resolution, which
was adopted:
Whcrtns, As a rule of trade and commerce all
property consigned to railroads and corporations is
entitled to a receipt for the property, as an evidence
Forget youurflves a little while.
And thiflk in pity of the pa*n
Of women who will never smile
To hear a coming step again. 77;
With bsbes that in their cradle aleej
Or cling to yon in jierfect trust;
Think of the mothers left to woep—
Their babies lying in the dust.
And whoa the step you wait for comes,
And all your world is fall of light,
O, women, svfe In happy homos,
Fray for all lonesome souls to-night.
s The speech of Mr. Stephens, corrected by bimself,
wUl be found on our Fourth Fage.
of title, and for exchange and negotiation; and
“ Whereas, This equitable and just rule of trade
is generally violated by the railroad companies, in
giving railroad receipts for grain in bulk, in which
tho railways rarely, if ever, receipt for- the whole
amount of the property, but generally for a certain
number of pounds more or less; therefore,
Reeolved, That the railroad, as common carri
ers, should, in the opinion of the convention, re
ceipt in full for aU property transported, and that
the several States should cniorce this rule by proper
legislation.”
A majority report was made favoring
the Postmaster General’s recommenda
tioa for tlie pwchttso by ike
ment of tho telegraph lines, concluding
with the following preamble and resolu
tion :
Whereas, The wants of commerce, tho welfare
and interest of the people, and demands of civiliza
tion require the unrestricted use ot the speediest
appliances for transmission of nows and correspond
ence throughout the length and breadth of the
country.
“Whereas, Rival enterprise has far outstripped
tho mail facilities of the United States by the use of
telegraph in such transmission; therefore
•‘ Resolved, That this convention earnestly urge
upon Congress the speedy acquisition on equitable
terms of the telegraph tranchises of the country,
and the incorporation of the same into tho postal
system of the United 8tates.
“Resolved, That the recommendation of the
President of the United States and of tho Fostmastcr-
General for the appointment of a special commission
10 consider and report to Congress a system of postal
telegraphy in the interest of the whole people, meets
the hearty concurrence of this Convention."
Oil TiiUi’sday evening Ballard went to V' open a door leading out into the yard
see the yot|m lady, and wlicu in the act but before lie could accomplish itslie
. f uepaifcufcg irosn iitr, the mother of the roiled tlown against the door. Mr. Wil-
yotnrg cams forward atfd requested liarns was almost naked, and was in the
Hint lj»S\ueUasc at Bardstowu some oiiusfc t'f the flames, literally burning up.
trifling ^ytrcles that the young lady He broke out a window, seizeil a pail,
wytddireM »o complete her wardrobe, went to the pump, anti Beverul times
This, of bourse, he consented to do, and poured water upon the bnrning body,
left for his otyn home with a view to at- In a few moments many citizens were
tending to iler v.-autc on Friday. Next OH the ground, ready to assist. Dry
morning, , before breakfast, however, lie goods boxes were piled one upon anotk-
receiveil a note from the young lady’s er to the windows of the second story,
mother, countermanding her verbal Mr. Williams, whose face, hands, legs,
order. This seeming change of affairs and feet at this time were fairly roasted,
put a damper on Ballard’s joy, and all was tho first man upon tho boxes and
day he seemed to be low spirited, and in into the window, for his wifo and ckil-
tlie afternoon he went into aroom where dren. With the aid of friends they were
his sister was engaged sewing and going all got out in safety. Mr. Williams then
to his bureau toon therefrom a roll oj grabbed his coat, which, had in one of
money and u revolver and then left home, its pockets $737 and valuable papers,
Nothing was heard of him, andhis pro- some $300 being money-order funds
longed stay caused liis friends to think Having got down, he darted into the
he tuvd probably been waylaid and mur- postoflice and seized a package of some
dered. Accordingly, yesterday morn- $200 worth of postage stamps.
g, a posse of young men joined to- All this had been going on without
geiher for the purpose of searching the the citizens being aware that he was
country to find him dead or alive. badly burned, or even that Mrs. Lincoln
Thu dead body of Thoraton Ballard had perished. Ho walked into the drag
was fount} in a dense wood about one I store of F. W. Frisbie, sat down in the
milo from his home, beside which there chair, and remarked to Mr. Frisbie,
was by ing a revolver with one chamber “Why, Mrs. Lincoln is burned up 1” And
empty. The body was very much de- in the next moment he says: “Frisbie,
comdosed, but upon examination a bnl- I am terribly burned; can t you do some-
let-hole was fount! through his head, thiug for me ?” At this Mr. Frisbie,
The money was founa in his pockets, resting a moment from the excitement
but no note of explanation was left. Tho of the occasion, looked up to him, and
Conner of the county being summoned, at once discovered the truth of Mr. W.’s
held an inquest anti returned a verdict remark.
of ddiut rate suicide. ‘ He was assisted by Mr. F. to the rooms
•-< over his store and placed on a bed. He
uiovct” iu Oglethorpe. j wag so badly burned that when pump-
t. , , ■ y | ing water from the well to put ou the
EJiors Sun: A few gentlemen in Ogle- he RctualIy ie£t upon the frozen ice
thorpe county have demonstrated beyond the bottym of his feet—two pieces of
a doubt, that clover can be profitably tough skin, each the size and shape of
grown upon both red and gray land.— ^ the thickness of caliskin.
The cljver (XnloHum Saagai™) % ~
has been successfully raised for the past citizens of LeBoy raised a purse of $500
two summers by Mr. Bacou, G. H.Lester, j for his afflicted wife.
Esq., Dr. W. H. Foster, G. F. Platt and
others. Mr. Lester, the Clerk of Supe-
VAKIETIES.
— Fire gitt—incendiarism.
— Soft words break no bones.
— Keep tho mind on a healthy trot. *
— Bored of education—the^truant.
— A jewel of an uncle—a carb-nnclej
— Forced politeness—bowing to cir»
cumstances.
— A single'fact is worth a sliipload/of
argument.
—Tho stars aro called wicked because
they sin-till-late.
—The worst thiug “under thecanopy’J
—A mosquito.
—The best bind to uccompuuy a lady
vocalist—a kus-oaud.
—“Boots blrti-heti inside” is not a goed
inscription for u sign.
—A music te*i i< i .4 tried in the
scales uml found >v» m 1...
—The doe tor’s ««.i . libs six feet of
ground, but tho •'i.i.-u.v.'a fi ls an acker.
—Wbyarejok.'* qfc* unt3? Because
the dryer they me 1 cuter they crack.
—Speaking of it very tull actor, a wag
said: “By Jove, Le js tall enough to act
in two parts 1”
— Tho lat>* -rl no -1 ’© .;i der no ap-
prehensiou of :■ -s . u w>iiu. Ho haa
only to bny a Jfow cue.-anutb.
— Whenever an Indian is discovered
prowling about a Minnesota village, they
say he is prospecting for .lead—and ha
generally finds it.
—A Kentucky huckster has over hi*
stall this impressive moral injunctions
“Any Manor Boy that takes one Apel
Without Leaf is a Boge in his harte.”
—A meddlesome mail, who was watch 1 -
ing his wife bake pies, stepped with hiig
bare foot on a warm stove Ud, and then
stepped up in the air a few paces, and
has gone west.
»-*-4
A Horrible Accident—An Axe EntbtfideA
In a. Alan’s Foot.
GEORGIA NEWS BREVITIES.
rior Court, saved about 58 bushels of the C “ r °ew ^0^ Thomson,
seed (in H^rpff) and such was the de- _ Chri8tmaa ia now agitating the coun
J*. fabnld*have disposed U ry p re8St
of 500 bushels as easily as fifty. J —Calhoun has had a fight but no names
I know my reputation would suffer upon are given,
the score of exaggeration, sLould I tell s< Cutts, of Americus, don’t want
you how many wagon loads of clover was j(j a y 0r
mowed from a half acre, upon the' prem- _ Senator ‘ Nuimall y ia now fc the real
tses of one of the above named gentle-1
aited States to which they can bo brought tho
cheapest If wo want immigration from Europe wo
must establish a lino of steamers. On the other
hand, we can't support a line of steamers unless
they can get freight both ways, ana to get freight
from Europe hero, wo must get immigrants. To
come to Savannah in baUas: and take a load of cot
ton back won't pay. But to bring a load of immi
grants and carry cotton back will pay.”
Mr. A. G. Batts, in the Savannah Re
publican. proposes a way by which the
scheme may bo placed in operation. His
plaD is to raise the funds for building a
number of steamships expressly and ex
clusively lor such a trade, by city sub
scriptions, by State endorsement of
bonds, and by European aid.
Tho Colambns Enquirer remarks in
furtherance of the idea:
“The impression has long been a general one at
the South that wo greaUy need European immigra-1 (ho Courier-Journal has this to say of the
tion to develop our resources and stimulate our in-I . J
dustrics. But for fire or six years wo have striven Air-Line Boilroad: “Oneof the most
in vain to procure immigr»tioa from Europe. Un- . , .
doubtedly a mala cause of the failure is the lack of j important of the SoutUem railroads IS
.(wmSSpS'MthM 1 proposed | rapidly approaching completion, namely,
would givo us the direct communication and cheap
tranfpjrUtion needed. It womd open to ns tho
markets cf the world, both for the free sale of cur
produce and the purchase of our sunplies. In every
souse the ecneme is one promising us benefits and
advantages not now enjoyed. We hope that it will
receive irom the Legislature of Georgia, at ita next
session, more earnest consideration thait.it has ever
commanded heretofore.”
Superior Court met as usual, Judge
Hopkins on tho Bench.
The following sentence was prononneed:
Fclton County, State or Georgia—Murder.—
A verdict of guilty having been rondered in this
case, it is considered and ordered that tho defendant,
Milton Malone, bo removed from the bar of ibis
court to the jail of Fulton county, and that he be
there safely kept until Friday, the 21th day of Janu
ary, in the year of our Lord, Eighteen Hundred and
Seventy-Three, and on that day, between the hours
of ten in tho forenoon and four in the afternoon,
and within the yard of the county jail, in the city of
Atlanta, and then and there, h mg the defendant,
Milton Malone, by the neck until he is dead. T
execution of this santence shall be in private, and
witnessed only bv the executing officer and a suffi
cient guard, the relations of tue defendant, and such
clergymen and friends as he may desire.
(Signed.) Jobs L. Hopeixs, J. S. C.\ A. C.
The prisoner betrayed no emotion whatever.
Tho case of Julia Thompson was called. About a
dozen previous efforts have been made to bring
her before the Court, always, by some means known
only to herself, having a certificate that she was too
sick to attend. The Court had listened to the old
talo long enough, and ordered the trial to prccoed.
Whon her certificate no longer could shield her, she
pleaded guilty, and was find $500 and costs.
Court adjourned until January C, when civil busi
ness will bs in order tho first two weeks, unless
otherwise directed.
Mr. James, from Tennessee, presented
a minority report, which was to the effect
that “private enterprises has given to
the entire country a system of rapid and
intelligent communication of thought,
ideas, incidents and the general news fo
the day, commercial, secnlar and his
toric, by the magnetic telegraph; and
private enterpriee has also united dif
ferent continents by the magnetic tele
graph, transmitting information in a few
moments to all parts of the world, there
by increasing tlm facilities for commer
cial transactions and the general growth
of the civilization of this century; and
said telegraph communication is increas
ing in a ratio eqaal to the demands of
bcience, commerce, and the social wel
fare of our people; therefore,
“Resolved, That this convention think it inexpe
dient anJ unwise for the United States Government
at tho present time to take possession of the tele
graphic lines and manage them as a part of the
postal system of the country.*’
After a spirited discussion the matter
was referred to the next convention.
Return of an Albany Prisoner.
A Washington correspondent of
men. Allow me to make an argument in
behalf of the “French clover” in the way
of figures:
One acre will feed six inul<-s, three
cows, a few sheep and several hogs.
With plenty of clover hay, a mule or
horse may be put on a half feed of corn
without fodder. Half feed for one male
f rom Novomberto July, inclusive, nine
months, will save thirteen and a half
bushels of corn, (not counting fodder),
and six mules, therefore, upon the same
feed, for the same time, would save
eighty-one bushels of corn.
We have 81 bushels corn at $1 25,
—-B. G. Goodman is in jail in Savan
nah for not taking care of a picaniny,
—Died, in Thomson, on-Wednesday,
December 11th, Mrs. Dr. T. H. Bevens,
—JohnT. Carter of Hogansville, and
Judge Haltford Green of Zebulon, are
dead.
—Thomasville has three new prison
ers charged with goat stealing, and one
prisoner escaped from jail.
—The Thomson Academy was sold
last Saturday at public outcry to the new
Board of Trustees for the sum of
$101. Amount saved from fodder at $617 50.
three bundles per day for each mule, —In Barnesville, W. Sandford McCord
$46 25. Total, $147 25. Say one hun- and Susan N. Beeves of Pike; and J. H.
dred and fifty dollars from one acre of I Stallings and Christiana J. Wilson of
clover. There are (say in Oglethorpe Monroe, are married,
county), one thousand farms, perhaps —a sanguinary fisticuff came off, _
more. Then we get 1,000x150, $150,000* j flay or two since, at Flowery Branch,
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars between two young men—Bowman and
saved to the county by each farmer plant- stringer, in which Stringer’s ear was
ing one acre in clover ; in ten years, one bitten off, and Bowman’s head was bit
million five hundred thousand dollars. te n in several places.—Gainesville Eagle,
Who will say these figures He ? I have _ A daughter of Mrs. Martin, Bring
said nothing of milk, butter, wool, mat- j Bmef pi ower y Branch, stuck a sewing
From tho Marietta Journal. ‘3
Last Tuesday week Mr. James Ddk^
respectable young farmer of this coun
ty, was engaged in cutting wood, mWI
having encountered au obstinate stick ot
wood, he was using all his skill to sever
it in twain, and he placed his foot on top*
of it,
TO HOLD THE STICK STATIONARY;
he then stoutly raiseil the heavy axe in
mid air, and with a firm bold on the
helve, he brought it down with a deter
mined stroke, and as the axe decended,
he lost his standing equilibrium, and
THE KEEN-EDGED AXE
struck the top of his left foot, burying;
itself deep into the flesh, blood, arteries
and bones, leaving only the slim at the
bottom of the him barely uU!*tfVerod.—
The most aeutb pxia .-...or. thro every
fibre of his body, as he sfov ly pulled the
bloody axo out of I
THE QU1VEKIN G FILES il.
After the axe was extricated irom its gory
encasement, at each breath tlte young
man drew, the life current spouted ia
streams. Help was at hand and all
assistance possible rendered to stop the
profuse flow of bloud, and in spite of all
effort, it seemed he wonld
BLEED TO DEATH.
A gentleman who possesses a raro and
efficacious power in stopping the flow of
blood, was hurriedly sent for, and on hia
arrival, he at once effected a cessation,
bandaged the foot, and for the time
being, at least, saved the unfortunate
young man’s life. He is doing very well
and will in all probability recover, bufc
apprehension is entertained that he will
lose the use of his foot.
ton, etc.
Incbease.
Obituary—Hon. Thomas Purse.
needle in her knee, a few days ago,
breaking the neeche and leaving a half
inch or more in her knee. Shewassuf-
A New Austrian Gun.
Experiments have been made with a
now gun, an Austrian invention. The
gun i9 of forged iron pieces, kept toge
ther by bronze rings. The saving in
casting as against cast-steel cannon of the
same caliber is 6,000 florins os against
25,500. The gun has answered well,
though not as well hs its cast-steel com
petitor. It has thrown projectiles with
varying charges of thirty-seven, thirty-
nine, and forty pounds of prismatic
powder, and is calculated to be a match
at a range of over five hundred yards
for eight-inch armor. By reason of its
the Atlanta and Bichmond Air-Line,
This line goes by the Bichmond and
Danville railroad to Danville, and thence
to Charlotte, N. C., from which to At
lonta the road is new and saves a consid
erable distance. Eighty miles have been
opened 11 on the Atlanta end, anti about
sixty miles on the northern or Charlotte
end. The residue is so far advanced
that the whole line will be in operation j Yor h Congressman‘Handley fnrn-
by T t spring. Ve^ groat I ““‘ol.EdKiS ^
resaltte are expected from tin, road when I no * allowed to conveise. He and his son,
finished. The line from this city to Nett 2G year old, sentenced at same time, to
Mr. B. G. Young, who has been re
leased from the Albany penitentiary, has
returned to his home in Tallapoosa
county. He was pardoned by Grant. He
is now sixty-eight years of age. His
father was the Simon Suggs immortal
ized by Jonce Hooper. He was arrested
last March, jailed until June, convicted
of being a Ku-Klux on compulsory evi
dence—he denies the statements of these
“States evidence men”—and sentenced
to ten years in Albany penitentiary and
a fine of five thousand dollars. Arriv
ing at Albany on July 3d, he and
tho other prisoners were feasted
en the 4th. Next day he was put
to shoemaking. His pardon arrived on
the 12th; he was released and furnished
with S10, but no transportation. In
Hon. Thomas Burse died in this city faring excruciating pain at last accounts,
yesterday morning, at the age of seventy- —Gainesville Eagte.
one years. Mr. Purse was an old, es- —Married, at Hamilton Manor, near
teemed and well-known citizen. He was Thomson, Ga., December 12th, Dr. Wil-
a native of South Carolina, but came Ham McLean, of Columbia, to Mrs. M,
here many years ago, and opened a book A . Hamilton, of McDnffie county. Mr.
and stationary store On Market square. Joseph Harrison to Mrs. Laura Booker,
His business gradually increased and a n 0 f McDuffie. December 5, Mr. John
his career was prosperous. For a long Gerald, of Columbia, and Miss Ella
time he conducted the book store on the Lambert, of McDuffie county,
corner cf Bryan and Whitaker streets. __ M Thomas Eagland, senior propri
L° ngmal 6 SU ? S 4R ‘ etor of the Columbus Enquirer, died
bers, at_one time an employe of the I, - : n w,W.nV
at
Centra*. Bailroad, and subsequently was I
promoted to the post of Superintendent. ei ^J r ™ y ear . ^ be H ev e he became
and 6 w»^r d pcSS e ti ly iSl P he^i ^ about
,, c . ? tJ. f, ^ j , “ t ., ,, “ twenty-five years ago. His death was
the States Bights candidate for the May- quit€ / unexpe ctecl, as he had been on the
th t usual health. By birth, he was a North
lSGi was elected agamsfc the Bamecandi- Carolinian> A £ od ma ’ n and useftfl c it-
date. About ten years ago j z£n has gone to his reward.-Columbus
became impaired, and he was obliged to « °
retire from active life. Since then he 1
BIG FIRE IN eL.lUKaVTLLE,
11,000 Has he Is of Wheat Con»umeil—
Several Persons Injured, by the Expl*.
slon .of a. Keg of Powder.
From the Union and American.
Clarksville, Tenn., Dec. 18.—12
midnight.—At half-past eleven to-night,
a fire from incendiarism occurred on tha
corner of Second and Franklin streets,
in the building known as the Bink, used
as a storage house in which was eleven
thousand bushels of wheat owned
Seat, Kropp & Co. three buildings
were burnt as follows: the Bink, Hen-
ratty & Sullivan’s grocery and a small
store house. The los3 is twelve thousand
eight hundred dollars, insured as fol
lows: $5,000 iu the Hartford, $5,800 in
the Equitable, of Nashville, and $2,000
in the State of Nashville—and all in
sured in Kennedy & Faxon’s agency.
Several parties were irjured by the
explosion of a keg of powder in Henrat-
ty & Sullivan’s grocery. The fire is now
out, 12:30 a. m.
P. S.—Total loss $26,000.
has, for the most of the time, been con
fined to his house. His last illness was
\eiy painful, and death was a welcome
relief to his sufferings. Dr. Parse, one
of onr popular and successful physicians,
in his son.
The funeral of deceased will take place
from the Lutheran Church this after
noon, ard the remains will be escorted
to their last resting place by Oglethope
Lodge No. 1, L O. O. F., 'of which he
was a member.—Savannah Advertiser.
Orleans will be controlled by the Penn
sylvania Bailroad Company; from Bich
mond to New Orleans it will be nearly a
direct line.”
— The Rev. William W. Hibben has
( been deposed from the ministry by the
econolny it is likely to bo introduced in j Bishop of Indiana, a_d the Bay. J. A.
tho army. i Penniman by the Bishop of New Jersey.
seven years and $2,000 fine, slept to
gether in a cell. The old man looks fee-
ide. There are 700 Kuklnx prisoners in
Albany. We get this from a gentlemen
who lias interviewed him.—Columbus
Sun.
— In the city of London there are 117
Catholic churches and chapels and_214
priests.
Another Scauaui in Baltimore.
Baltimore, December 16.—Anew and
particularly sensational scandal is agita
ting the congregation of Trinity Church,
formerly presided over by Bev. L. D.
Huston, whoso escapade is still the town
talk. A young maD, lately a Sunday
school teacher, has left town in conse-
qaence of the last expose.
The Cost of EnglUh Wars.
From an article in the Paris ConsiUu-
tionel we learn that England has spent
the following sums for her wars from the
years 1GSS to 1815, the period of her
greatest power: 1. The war began in
1688, and concluded in 1697, by the
treaty of Riswick, cost 900 millions.
2. The Spanish war of succession frohx
1702-1713 cost 1 milliard 503 millions.
3. The Austrian war of succession, from
1729-1748,1 milliard 350 millions. 4. The
seven years’ war, 1756-1763, 2 milliards
800 millions. 5. The American war,
1775-1783, 3 milliards 600 millions. 6.
The war of the French Revolution, from
1793-1902, 11 milliards 597 millions. 7.
The war wffh Napoleon, 1803-1815, 25
milliards 975 millions. The poor ratas
kept almost even pace with the wars. Ia
1748 it was 12 millions; in 1763, 25 mil-
lions; in 1783, 43 millions; in 1S02, 88
millions; and iu 1815, 137 millions.
Within these 153 years England has.
g— A rather heavy robbery was com
mitted in this city on Tuesday night.
Mr. Chappalier and his wife, of Colum
bia county, came to town, and were stay
ing at the residence of a relative. Dar
ing the night Mr. Chappalier left the
front door of the house unfastened.
Some time afterward a thief, who must
have been on the watch, went into the
house and into the bed room. The
pockets of Mr. and Mrs. Chappalier were
searched and their purses taken out and
carried into the next room. Here a _
match was titrucK. and they were rifled of j therefore, had 65 years of war, which
their contents—one hundred dollars in fiave cost her 7*2 milliards 537 millions of
currency.. The robber then left tne
house, ana the roboery was not discov
ered until the' parties awoke yesterday
morning.—Auqusta paper.
—Bev. T. W. Danner, of the Olive
BranchLutberean Synod, his joined the
Methodist Conference in Missouri.
francs. Ot this sum, 51,725,000,000
were met by the revenues of the country,
and only 20,210.000.000 by loans.
— A revival is iu progress in Norwalk,
Ohio. Union services have been held,
and up to this time over fifty persons
have been converted.
