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VOL. 3, NO. 81 ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1872. { N U M B E 1206 I** h naugl ' year. music put S85,- for- i ota from a 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.