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Newspaper Page TextTHE ATLANTA SUN PERSONAL AND OENSUAL. —Secretary Robeson has recovered from till icMDt IiIscm. —General Timothy Orgando baa been killed in St. Domingo. — From Jerusalem wo bear'tliat Mon* signor Ytlcrfi, the I—tin p-itrisrcL, is dead. —Thirty marriage licenses were is sued by the County Court Clerk et Xashville Tuts- —The Dabnqno fullers swapped jVOIi. 3t !NO. «32 table* »tthe LspUsihaUont. A boy for* girl end SIS to boot. —The engineers of the Cumberland & Ohio RiUrovisro now locating the road through Alien county, Ky. — Joaiah Mason; of Birmingham, ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1S72. W H O L F.1 I*)U \ XtMB -■ A N'orthefn Opinion. jiti- Eds. of the Sun : Permit me, zen of a Northern State, to give exprea England, baa given $10,WO,"00 to his town, and 1 gj on j n ^our columns to the deep iatereet been knitted tbcrelor. , . . , - —Undo Ben Wade has no daughter.! I *■« ia tb * proposed nomination before Hence tho report that “ahe was aJir.rtiy to be led do the next Georgia Legislature of Hon “I DWp'tt: tb7aX'To7‘tl i » po™, that I H. Stephens So, the TJoitoi tuutrlycrownedby the French Academy, iean (States SeHfttO!3blp. And m expresSIBg American ciu**a ***•»£«of Now Ortoantn own aentunents, I know that I ex — Mr. James M. Murrell, and old and - ^ . mOL n r i, n « highly r. spected citizen or Nashville, died Monday press at the tame time those of the besi night. He bod attained hi* atty toventh year. ness community generally of the North. —The Marquis of Queeusburv has been t j 0 fi : licer£ i v believe that the sending I yet if any true Georgian can read it with finedtwrnty shillings for striking Tom Toby,a police I ‘ J — > - -»■ detective, in the* lace, at the Churing Cross Hotel, j of this able and eminent statesman, cot.. PETE11SON THWBATT. His Strong Love for Georgia in 1801. From tho MUledgeville Recorder. As CoL Thweatt, after being out of the Comptroller General’s office for several years, is again a candidate for that posi tion, ana the people and their Repre sentatives no doubt take an interest m whatever relates to the di&ertnt candi dates, we have concluded to give the fol lowing incident that occurred in 1S61, but wnich has never -befoie appeared in print, and has been but little spoken of, —Prince Del Drago, sou-iu-l&w of ex- whose parity, integrity and great po- Quten InlM-ba at Spain, us* been Sued l.OCO lire .... , - , . .y,. „ .■ r _ or neglecting to attend an Italian '•ourtas a inror. I lltical wisdom command the almira.ioc —General Dominguez and Mr. Salo- and respect of the people, not only of molt sro thecandidates for tho Presidency of Uayti this continent, font also in Europe, Would »t tho ebcOou which Will Uko pisco ia i'eUtiu.y, I (lo mor( , f or the inauguration of an era t. -1*1 !• i i i * of good government and fraternal good — It is said to bo exceedingly doubt- f * . Tj nited ututes than anv ;-il whether Bev. Dr. Haight win seccpt tins odo'i of I feeling l- tue umien. r-rares loan any BialiOj) «<t to which lio'bBS bd«u | otb^f eVCDt 1U 1116 gift Of tuC fcOUtilGl’D elected. — Wm. Filbert, of the Seibert House. et Men.,> in. v.mh allot 1:1 tho calf Monday night by one ot two ruiilan* whom be v. as ejecting for intuit lug bis wily. —Nine human beings drank tliem- people. I have recently made an extended tour | of thA North, Westaud South, and I have found a strong feeling cf this nature [ everywhere I have teen. In New selves to death from sundry cat ks of liquor washed I Orleans where I spent some time, it was ashore nesr Portland, i.u^isu ;, iron* too wreck of I common sentiment, that, with Mr, the R ou Adelaide. Stephens’ potent aid, tbe whole South — lho Countess Su'dins, ofSweaen, I WO uId redeem her prt-stagf, and with his ssssftyrffj&.’t- tssastas *««*«»in *« ms*™, *. van** contributed. she has suffered, and which she 3 et has — The Mnrquis and Marquise De Bus- to endure would be averted, aiontts. t om Franco, who sro nt pr. sent on a tour I I should regard the defeat Of' Ml*. Ste- Hfc^Mem^is 1 * 1 ’ BoJoun,lDB ttt ll10 0ver,ou phens candidacy before your Legislature * Another unsuspected European her-' “ a feurfu ‘ mistake aud a Dational calami nallst'e has iallru to the Westward, ono Mr. Warner, of Kaunas liaviug co re into* Scotch estate worth a couple ol luUiiont- — A wealthy miser named George Frederick Ross recently died of starvation in Lon. don, in in unfurnished room wherein he nad abso lutely icc.tided himself for many years. ty. out feeling warmer than usual towards Cot. TiiweaD, his heart is not like ours, tvlien we first heard of it. In 1861, Colonel Thweatt was in the zenith of his popularity as Comptroller General of Georgia. Having several years before been elected Comptroller-, when tho office was scarcely ever spoken of , and considered of bat little or no im portance—by fcis carrying out fully many important duties required cf former Comptrollers, but ne 6 iected by others, and by his adopting a new system of re porting, showing the various sources of wealth of the State from the tax books, (which has tince been made one of the duties of the Comptroller General,) and liis going buck into the past, and gather ing up the old tax claims of the State and paying into the State Treasury large amounts of money from the same, and, as, tinder his administration the per cent, tax went down, while the same amount of money was required to be raised all the time—it was frequently as serted, and. believed by many, that few States had as good, and none had a bet ter Comptroller General thun Georgia. Indeed, the financial part of his Reports, as soon as issued, were usually tele- lias always manifested the deepest in-1 while Congress was perfecting a tax sys "uup^Brooklyn I terest in the recuperation and prosperity tern, the Hon. T. R. R. Cobb wrote to r ; r back bsir lor L| t be South.] Major John H. Steele (Col. T’s former I am very truly yours, A. B. Farqchar. [Mr. Farquhar, who resides in York, Pennsylvania, is well known to the as sociate editor of The Sun as a reliable J graphed to New York, which is to be I ftn *t MbmM gcnUema. acd to th. S-ff beieg Co. Thweatft: position placed m the com-ury at i:r«t i boro', vt.. i» now country generally, as a prominent mauu- aua a * tu ® oegmmng 01 tue in the bands oi tho artist Mtuxie, at.Rome, and will . J .. . 1 war, that, m 1861, alter the Confederate be completed ny spring, when it is to be erected I facturer of agrutlhural implements, who j Government was organized, and inderthojiumcduite supervision of the artist. I t.„ Q rr.t.nifocf^il U.a rlponost in- I „i.;t^ fs —“Bserything now is sacrificed to politics,” murmured s wretched y wile, whsce hnsbnud had pawned her back lisir lor | Q f South.1 > o ■* partner and friend) requesting him to seo A Kentucky matriarch (if we may I From tao Columbus sun of Dec. 27th. I CoL Thweatt, and to tell him to ho'd bo allowed to coin » femiuiuo for patriarch), ased I Moil. A. >1. Stephens’ Atlanta Speech. himself in readiness to take charge Of grcit-tfreat-Brandchdld.en^oUK> U mimber 1 <)f*,o76?** Our intelligent readers may regard it the Tax Bureau, then about to bo organ- —The Hebrew community have sns- 118 supererogant in us to cull their es- ized—that there was no doubt about bis tainedail.bySL^onhe^.8ioni^e r ; peciul atteutiqn and study to the able receiving the appointment if he would who bai been for lorty yesrs chief reader at the! patriotic speech lately delivered by accept it—that these who had the matter ureat byu*»oguo in Loudon. He w»s S3 years oi ytephens at Atlanta. Whatever un- in charge had the thing all fixed &c., _ . „ , .. _ . .. I worthv pn iudices mav exist against Mr I but, that, as the Act creating it had not — Lewis P. Campbcill, .representative j it 06e w jj 0 are mcapab cr then been passed, he knew not what the in Congress Irorn the Tnird District of Ohio, is so Otcpueub i-y u-ose wuu are iuhapau u V_* ill *.« to be oout'.ucd to lus bed at his home at Ham- unwilling to comprehend his private salary woula be, but supposed it would litcn.t it is doubtful whether i.t will be able to re-1 wportb menti'l abilities and public ser-1 be at least §3,000. Major Steele came suiaeW sent durmg tuo present session. vice8> ’ s tiU anything uttered or written to Miliedgeville, and in person delivered — David Choate, of Essex, Mass., | . )y t j ie and orator of “Liberty I Mr. Cobb’s message, wneu Col. Thweatt Hall” will command the respect not only ref-lied in substance to Major Steele as o* Georgia nnh the South, but of the follows: whole United States. “Tell Mr. Cobb, and the friends he We cannot understand why Mr. Ste- a u ade s to, though not named, that I am AY OCTIiJtiX. Juileo Samuel, of Georgia, Arrested i Dlaceil in tile Stuiiou^liouse. From tho Louisville Ledger. Upon tue arrival of the Kentucky Central train at Lexington at noon, yes terday, a detective named Ben. McMnrtry (a smart- Aleck in his lim-) got on board und approached Judge C. G. Samuel, of Rome, Ga., iuavery rough and un- gentlemanly manner. The following conversation ensued: . Detective—“Your name is Taylor2” Judges—“No, sir.” i>. ‘'Did you get on this train atParis, thin morning ? ’ . , , being shaved, but there being J No, sir. I got on at Ennmg s de- other persons in the room at pot, but changed at Pans.” JD. “You said then that you did not get aboard at Paris, end your tale will not do.” Toe detective then advanced upon the Judge a-s if to take hold of him, when the latter retreated a lew steps and put uis h.md in his pocket. McMnrtry caliad lor help, aud iu a mo ment afterward Judge Samuel was thrown violently from the cars and. taken to a police station, where he re mained until a lato hour before^, his friends weie notified of his condition.-— lie was then release 2 without any #ort of trial or explanation of the brutal treat ment he had received. The men who arre.-ted him drew navy revolvers and presented them at the Jndgo’s head, bat exhibited no badges, warrants or other emblems of authority. Judge Samuel had recently been to St. Louis ia attendance upon tho Com mercial Convention as a delegate from his city. He was very naturally aud justly indignant at the outrageous treat ment he received. died at his residence in that town on the ICtU lust., at the a^e of sovonty-six. Mr. Choate was an elder br ther of Rufus Choate, and has t oeu a member of both branches of tho MsscachuaetU Legislature. —Lord St. Leonards, Lord Obelms- eri^y/^ch ncVivo^fi <nu r thi^Britisii 1 Exchequer a I phens should be the object of so much I j U (ieed truly thankful to them for their yearly pension of »25,ooo lor haviug been Lord personal misrepresentation and vituper- higll a pp rec i a tion or me, and their kind Chancellor. —Jesse Bmiton Fremont, wife of John Charles Fremont ttad dsttRhtcr of Thoints Rail Ronton, who in his i.aj was familiarly known as ••Old Bulliou,” is said to b» tho ilucst looking forty, j oar-old lady in tho city of New York. The Plantation. ation on the part of a portion of the so-1 intention, but that I cannot accept. If called Democratic Press, we can easily m y 8erv i ces are so valuable that the see why differnces shonld prevail as to the Confederate Goyernment may want acceptance or lfpn-accept.mce of tunend- I ii ien2> they are equally valuable to my meats.,as, legal fiaimties never to be dis own gtate—aud now, that we are going j, ..v , turbed; uut when Time, the great ex-1 j n t oa wai . } and perhaps a long one, and The January number of Tho Plardaiion I pol ]° d f, r °! t rutl1 and error, ot wisdom I tlie wivea aQ( j children of many a poor is "lrcadv on its wav to its thousands of aud ^ as 8l> ?Hf r n J S no < \ raca 8 r 1|U V man in Georgia will have to be taken ^ . guagein favor of Mr. S., andconfirmed car ei)f by our State, the means fordoing readers. It is an admirablo number for laajie is by two late Democratic Georgia wbich ia J to be raisea by taxation, as the its patrons in whatever branch of agri- Conventions, we think some oi liis ene-1 j as ^. Legislature unanimously re-elected culture engaged. Its contributors are ^ es fill ould begin to learn a little mod- m6 Comptroller, and everybody seems Bcv. C. W Howard, Dr. J. B. Lawloa, SSSSW ?&w ?*** «“■ ^arg/ol duj U X « tt tv • t 1 TTnii-xinn I out ul f rcspienuenc lmcuccc uy u * e ' v I have any experience or ability worth the N. H. Davis, John H. Den , LoL G. O. paper ballets of the brain, will prove as ba ving by any Government, I prefer that Player, Dr. E. HI. Pendleton, Francis I ridiculous a blunder as the ellort to blot I native State should have them. Fontaine, J. Norcross and J. S. Nnn&n. t ^° ‘‘garish sun” by hohUng up a dozen although my salary is but 31,600, No better time than now for subscribing T oky taUo " ^ era * . Tlie 6 Wli and am heavily weighed down with work Ao better time tuan now iorsuuscrioiDg, di8COVer and learQ wbo planted and d _j tn im Herk. vet that I woulc’ and im agrienltural monthly deserves nourished the bitter insane root, the | r(j{her serte Georg £ t ^fi’n my ssnailssl support more than The Plantation* Ad-j cause uf all our woes and the souice ot I than ciny other Oevernment with dress with §1 60, Plantation Publishing 1 80 ^ uc h moral and political disease and I dou y e or b tbe sa lary, &c. Suy to Gotanau'i Atlanta. deatu, and who agreed not to dig it up, ^ r , (j 0 bb further, that so long as Geor- ‘ — 1 m I!t^ I nee d8 my services, or will employ me. ^ ~ ~ ’ """ *” ** and will only feed and clothe me and my u,. -- - . . i family, no matter what position or salurs half-jiast ore p. M. yesJcrday on.the Ma-1 I tbe Confederate or any other Govern | nsTor. j.Yn js.ixoR. nrt J A Terrible Affray Between a White Kan and a Negro. ! From the Courier-Journal. The town of 'Winchester, Clarke county, was thrown into unusual excite ment at eight o'clock night before last, by the report that a double murder bad occurred in a barber-stiop on one of ifce principal street--, and the business centre of the town. Upon investigation it was ascertained that a white man named Daniel Reid, whose residence was in the country, had visited the barber-shop of Dick Handel, colored, for the purpose of several persons in the room, at the time Mr. Reid was obliged to await his turn. After waiting for about twenty minutes, he arose from his chair and commenced to abuse thp negro, whereupon Lan fel drew bis pistol and fired a shot, which took effect in Reid’S chest, pssing directly through his body. After this the wounded man seized a razor lying on a table near by, and with this began carving the parson of the negro With signal effect. ’ Reid then ran down stairs, mounted his horse and start ed home, bin his friends followea and brought him back to town, when a doctor was summoned to attend, who, after au examination, pi enounced the wound a fatal one. Landel was also taken to a physician, by whom his wounds were considered fatal. Our informant was compelled to leave 'Winchester at suen an early hour yesterday morning that no further information than above re lated could be obtained. * Reid is generally considered as a peace able man, but on this occasion was said to be under the influence of strong drink. THU PISTOL. Ablity Coronation 8tollt* Pillow of Jacob. icncc Came tile Lion and tbe tail. Israel itisix “Cornjuice” In tbe Volmsf England’s Sons. Fruio tho Boston Times, Dec. 18. At the Methodist Ministers’ meeting this nioniing tlie Rev Joseph Williams, of Mendon, read an essay on “Anglo- Le or. the Anglo-Saxon Nations! Identical with the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.” The first part of the essay* treated of the difference oetweeu Judah: and Israel. He showed from various texts ot Bctipture that Christ’s disciples were taken from tbe tribe of Benjamin; that His work w^s chiefly in that tribe; and that it was from the tribe of Benja min, and not from Judah, that so many* were converted at the memorable Pente cost. Israel iu their waaderings were to bo directed to the isles afar off. (Jer. xxi., 10.) They were to bo directed likewisa to the North and the West, i. e., North west. And a line drawn on a map of tho Eastern Continent, beginning at Jerusa lem aud extending in a Northwest direc tion to the “ends of the earth,” would strike the Soutn coast of tbe North Sea, and terminate iu tue Brit^ah Xslts. The'interregmun of Israel prophesied in Hosea x., 3, lm considered to be the period from tho depbsal of Hoshea by Sal man asar, B. C. 736, totfe coronation of Egbert, A, D. 838, a period of 1,564 years. i , . y- THE KOTAIi SCEPTRE. Tho transfer of thh sceptre of Judah to Israel occuned in B. 0. 580, /when Jeremiah Tepl\i, a Princess oi David's timo, and Prince Baruch landed iii Ire land by way of t?pain. The Princess was married to Eockaiii, Prince of Ulster, and,King .elect of Ireland. This re-e«- tablished the sceprrn of Judah, which, passed to Scotland 530, thence to Eng land 1603, where it still waves with ma jestic air. QUEEN VICTORIA A JEWESS. A Woman Attempts to Scalp and Burn Out tbe Eyes of a Youi-g Girl. A Man Kills Ills Brother-In-Law and Runs Away. From tlio llacon Enterprise. J ust one hour before the merry Christ mas was ushered in the last-going year, a pistol ball deprived James E. Greer oi his life and left his widow to mourn and weep tears of sorrow upon that day, which, above others, she should rejoice and be happy. James 0. Greer and N. C. Abridge were brothers-in-law. Night before last Abridge went to Greer's house, near Col Aderhold’s residence on Second street, and while in a state of intoxication com menced a quarrel with Greer. They were parted anu Abridge put out of the house. Akndge seamed determined to spill blood, as he crept around the house and by looking through a window saw Greer standing near it. He immediately fired, rocking . chair . the ball entering the head of his victim Mrs f x off ^ ed about the centre of the forehead, Killing him instantly. Abridge then went in the house and on seems* Greer lying dead on the floor, he told those in tbe house that he was going, aud left for parts un known. Coroner Dewnerry was notified and he held au inquest over the body of Greer yesterday morning. The verdict pf the jury was in accordance with the facts. It is said that both the men engaged in this sad affair lyere drank. Thus tue demon whisky has one more victim add ed to its already long list. A fellow mor tal suddenly gone from among ns to the great beyond where all are juiged. An other murderer hiding from justice, and another widow to mourn—all from whis ky. . There with the body of her husband still in the clasp of death, while the joy ous shouts of passers by celebrating and enjoying the festive day, tbe widow’s tears fall thick aud fast as she thinks of “what might have been” had not King Alcohol reigned. From the Pittsburgh Commercial. Mr. and Mrs. N. are believed to have lived as hafjpily together as man aud wife commonly do iu their social position. Some time ago, Mrs. X., with or without reason, began to fancy that Mr. X. pre ferred Ida D. to herself. This youug gir! had for awhile kept l ouse for the husband, in the temporary absence of the wife on a visit to relatives. One day Ida received a message irom Mrs. X. re questing her to call at her hous’e, as she (Mrs. X.) had a letter from the Ci untry for her. In the afternoon Ida dressed herself in her best clothes, and went to Mrs. X’s house, wnere she was met at the door by the woman, who kissed her, inquired particularly about tho state of her health, and placed her in she most comfortable chair in the r<x>m, au armed sceptre of Judah in abeyance ma Hniiroati Detention | tinguishable fire. The Bourbons who „ tiij , ri „ ijii t jji Tho <i :v- T passenger train due lieie at never learn of superior wisdom and pa-1 family, no matter what position or salary ?v on the Ma- aud who never remember their I ltie Confederate or any other Goveru- r Joined until 1>asl predictions, should at least for- men t m ay offer me, I will never desert or notainea until | get their envy and nnchantableness. | fe(nJe Q e ^. q i a t This settled the matter. When the Tax Bureau was established, it was ten- coi. & Western load, was uoiumeu uuui | 8 o’clock, on account of the running off' of a freight train in advance of tho pas senger. No damage was reported. This excellent road has been having a rather hard run of lnck, recently, by delays.— In referring to one of these a day or two ago, the Macon Telegraph and Messenger of yesttrday bay..: “The rftad at the present time is so crowded with business as to fully tax its resources of hands and rolling stock.— But until within a week past, it bad been master of the situation, und had suffered no derangement of its schedules. There is no doubt, however, that things will be speedily righted and the trains arrive and depart on regular schedule time, as has always been tue custom witn this well- managed road. Atlanta Mcdtrnl njnil Surgical Journal, The November number of this month ly is on onr table. Wo quote the follow ing, as explanatory of the lateness of the | issue: Nsw Arrangement.—Under a recent arrangement, The Atlanta Herald Pub lishing Company become the proprietors 1 of the Atlanta Medical and Surgical Jour- \-ioL The change in tbe publication office [involving negotiations and special ur- tngements has necessarily caused delay l the issue of the November number. Ct is designed to issue tho December K number iu a few days following the present number, and the January nnm : A Wisconsin Girl Commits Suicide Be-j cause she Could Not go to a Party. From tlxs Osakosh Northwestern. On last Friday the little village of Eu reka was startled by the reDort that a| dered to some other, and accepted. Sometime after the Hon. A. H. Ste phens having written to him to know youug girl, the daughter of most respect- whether or not he would accept the able parents, had committed suicide by office of Chiet Collector of Taxes for taking strychnine. The particular.; of Georgia, (the position occupied at differ- the affair are substantially thee?: I ent times during the war by Judge Cabi- There was to be a festival at Waukau j ness ana Judge Starnes) his reply was on the evening of -the tragedy, to which I similar to that made to Mr. Cobb—that the youug lady, Miss Mary Atkins, had | fie “would not quit the service of Geor- accepted the escort of a young mau I gj a to go into the service of any other named Rounds, a cousin of Mr. Horace J Government.” Rounds, of thi-- city. There were not many Peterson As Mary had been quite ill for a few Tkweatts in Georgia in 1861, (ncr are days before the festival, lier mother for-1 they in Georgii now) who wonld refuse bade her going out that evening. Dis- an honorable and responsible position, appointed aud vexed at this, she swal-1 with a §3,0C0 salary and plenty of clerks, lowed a large dose of strychnine, which I and be content to take a §1,600 salary, had been kept in the house to kill rats with ■ no clerk, aud hard work, rather with. Her sister saw her drink the poi- than quit the service of his own State.— sou from a cup, but supposed it was His to bo hoped that the Legislature iu water or cold tea. She then sat down January will put him back in his old po- and wrote a note and took up her knit-1 sition—the Comptroller General’s office— ting. For a time she sat knitting and when, if we are not much mistaken, he singing, aud seemed very contented, will be as p pular with all classes of the Shortly afterward, however, she was present diy as he was with all classes in taken violently sick, and lived but two forffier years, while in “harness. “ hours. A few moments after sba was taken down Rounds called for ner, but was informed that she was ill and could not go. Her mother did not know at | this time that she had taken poison. The Journal is edited by Joseph P. sgan, M. D., and W. F. Westmore- :d, M. D. Terms §3 00 per annum in advance. OaS* The Chronicle and Sentinel teila of wo inobes of sleet in Augnsta on Chris.- las morning, which must have been a itter experience to the Augustans. If lhat sort of thing can’t be stopped, we ball liavo to open up a winter resor; in tlanta for our neighbors of the sand- ills. The Triplet*. From tho Eitoaton Hes - jager. Wo had a visit the other day by several After two hours of great agony she young ladies, three of whom are sisters, died. Everything was done for her that and triplets, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. could be done; physicians were snm- Mathew Cook, who are new dead. These moned, but it was too late. Mr. Atkins, j three girls were left motherless at a very feed store at Stevens’ j tender age, but have been raised by kind friends who have cared for them. They are now nearly thirteen years old, well ment. _ _ I grown and resemble " each other The note which she had written was very mneh. Mr. Cook, their father, subsequently opened, and found to be a i fdr a few years deceased, was last farewell to her parents and sister, j for' a long time a resident of this The exact contents of the note have j county, but married and settled in Will not yet transpired outside of the family! ton county where these children reside, circle. j Being on the list of “poor orphans,’’ The young lady was 16 years of age, j they have not had educational advanta and was universally respected by all who ges, but are industrious and well in- knew her. Her sudden and untimely j structed in domestic affairs. This itself death falls heavily upon her relations j is a sure passport through life, though aud the numerous friends of the affiicted ; we trust that some way will be provided family. [ ’V j by which they may obtain, at least, the Her remains were buried on Sunday, An Elopement. From the Louisville Ledger. For many years past Mr. Robert For sythe, of thi3 city, has been a great ad mirer of Miss Theresa Underwood, one of tue most beautiful and attractive blonds ot our city, residing near Port land. He became at one time So enam ored that he made a very urgent proposal of marriage, but which she declined on the plea of her youth. Several years tnen intervened without their seeing each other, until several days since, when Mr. Forsythe again laid his heart and band at her feet. Though engaged to a wealthy young gentleman of Cincinnati, the pleading of such agushing heart she conlil not resist. Stifi the words of her matey” recuired. “My dear,” she to her daughter said, “this match must be prevented; for if you wed this gent ’twill be most bitterly repented.” But considering she was the best judge of her own happiness she ac cepted his proposal, audios, evening with but what site wore (a fine flounced rep silk,) they proceeded to Jeffersonville and were made one, and returned to the city last night, registering at the United States Hotel as Mr. and Mrs. Robert Forsythe. They are said to be the hand somest couple iu the city. The father of Miss Underwood, Captain Will Un derwood, is at New Orleans with his boat. The bridal party will leave for Coving ton in a few days to visit the family of Mr. Forsythe. The Mississippi Bond* Case New Orleans, Dec. 22, 1872.—The new Times this morning pablisnes a fall account of the Mississippi warrants for gery case, involving half a million dollars of raised warrants, which have been sold throughout the Union. W. F. Barham aud 'Edward Thomlinson, who were ar rested some time ago in New York, Dr. C. S. Swan and W. G. Steel, recently arrested here, and James M. Currie, Chief Deputy in the Naval Office of the New Orleans Custom House, who was arrested last Friday, are all in jail at Jacksonville, charged with being the ringleaders in the swindle. Several other persons of high respectability are said ;c be implicated. Browned. the giii refreshments, wnich she declined, with a request for a glass of water. This was at once brought by the amiable hostess, who herself took a drink. The woman then went into an adjoining room, from which she speedily returned with a strong cord*or rope ar ranged in the form of a noose. Smiling and talking pleasantly all the time, she stepped behind her visitor, and dropping tfie noose over her head aud anu3, with a sudden jerk she soon bound the young girl helpless to tho chair. Ida’s feet were next tied to tho chair. “Now,” said the wotnac, “ycu shall see how I •.viil aveDge myself;” whereupon from the table drawer she took a pair of shears, a large knife and revolver, alt of which im plements she spread upon the table be fore her victim, by this time ready to faint with terror. The tormentor’s next step was to cut off tue girl’s hair as dose as possible to the skin, leaving only a single handful on the top of the head, for the purpose, as she explained, of facilitating the sub sequent operation of scalping. The gill screamed aud called for help as loudly as she could, but the house stands in a lonely place, and no deliverer ap peared. After cutting off the hair, Mrs. X. brought a looking-glass that Ida might see the change produced in her appearance. As the girl begged tor re lease, saying that she - was freezing, Bhe was told, with a plentiful application of mocking epithets, that she wonld be warm enough before she got away. Mrs. X. then put the poker in the steve, and while calmly waiting for it to be come red-hot, she told her victim what she intended to do with it. “First, I will bum your eyes out,” etc., etc. And she really began to execute her threats, but when she was frying to blind the girl, the latter by a superhuman effort succeeded in releasing one ot her hands, with whi6h she seized the glowing poker and for a while arrested the monster in the perpetration of her crime. This in terruption made it necessary to reheat the poker, and in the meantime the un looked for return of the husband was all that saved the girl from prolonged tor ture and death at the hands of Mrs. X. The sceptre of passed, through the marriage of Tophi toEochaid Lt., King of Ireland, B.-O, 5S0; through Fergus L, his lineal de scendant, and was crowned at Iona first Kiqg of the Scots, A. D. 530; through Kenneth II., crowned King of the Scots and Piets, A. D. 787, nt Scone in Pictia'; through James YI. ot Scotland and L of England, crowned at Westminster A. D. 1603; through successive lineal descend ants to Queen Victoria. Jacob’s pillow. The stone Jacob made his pillow \t Luz is now in Westminster Abbey. Ireland it is known as tlie Stone of Des tiny, oi Lia Fail, in England as the Cor onation Stone. It was brought to Ire land by Jeremiah inB. O. 500, and uthix suggestion used by Eochaid as a cromlech in connection with his coronation. In A. D. 536 it was taken by Fergus L to Scotland. AU the succeeding sovereigns of Scotland for 798 years were crowned on it. It was taken from the Scotch by tho English in 1328, ami plaoed in West minster Abbey, and from that time, 544 years, all the Queens and Kings of En gland have been crowned on it THE LION AND THE UNICORN. “And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles as a lion." (Mic. v., 8.) “He bath, as it were, the strength, of an unicorn." (Num. xxiii., 22.) ENGLAND’S MILITARY POWER. Denison, Texas. Denison, Texas, Dsc. 24.—The track layers on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad reched tbis city to-day, and a regular passenger train leaves here to night for the North. Denison, "on its third monthly birth-day, with its 2,500 inhabitants in four hundred buildings, two newspapers, two banks, and business represented in the same ratio, sends a Christmas greeting to the outside world. Fifty bales of cotton are here waiting shipment on the first freight train North. Old settlers 3ay this was the coldest morn ing ever experienced in Northern Texas, the thermometer standing ten degree? above zero. Wo understand that three persons were drowned at Roekmart in the recent fresh- I et. We haye not learned the particu- benefits of a common school education. 1 larr.—Roms Commercial No nation ever fought so many battles or won so many vic tories as England, the mistress of the seas. “Thou art my battle-axe and weapon of war; for with, thee will I break in pieces tho nations, and with them will I destroy the king- tioma” Whatever people be Israel, their for eign commerce must be extensive. They “go down to the sea in ships and da business in gieat waters.” “I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.” The shipping of England is an approximation to that of the whole world beside. When England “renewed her strength in the isles,” she is represented as say ing from tho overflowing population, “The place is too straight for me. Giva place to me that I may dwell” HORNS OF UNICORNS. Wherever the Anglo-Saxon immi grates he extirpates the aborigines. We read in the Scriptures, “His horns are like the horns of unicorns; with them ha shall push tho people together to the ends of the earth.” England has always lost money and" not borrowed. “The Lord thy God blesseth thee, as He promised thee, and thou shalt lend unto many nations, bufe thou shalt not borrow.” The philanthrophy of the Anglo-Sax ons justifies their prophetic character. The Anglo-Saxons are addicted ta«fc drunkenness to a proverb, which Isaiah foresaw: “Woo to the crown of pride, ia the drunkards of Ephraim; the priest anil the people have erred through strong drink.” After the reading of the essay a voteef thanks to Mr. Williams was passed. THE OTHER SIDE. The Rev. Andrew McKeown reads paper by Prof. Rawlinson combatting the theory of any connection between our ancestors and the Israelites. His remarks on the triviality of the evidence of such connetion were not complimentary to those who took that side of the argu ment that puzzling questions had con stantly turned up, which had occupied the attention of able men to very little purpose. One of these is the authorship of the Letters of Junius, ana another, in terpolated Brother McKeown, was “WHO STRUCK BELLY PATTERSON?” At the close of this reading the Rev. Mark Trafton rose aud said that Brother i Williams had conclusively proved that if. j the ten tribes were ever lost they went to England, and Prof. Rawlinson b.td as conclusively shown that the ten tribes were never Josh. [Laughter.] Aver de- Tyndall’a prayer Attempt to Abduct n Scbool Girl. Memphis, December 24.—An English quack doctor, named Henry Albert Browning, was arrested and committed ciding to discuss Prof. — to jail to-dav for attempting to abduct a j gauge at their next meeting, they ad- sohool girl nine year3 of age. | jcurned. Philadelphia. Csnncii Indicted. Philadelphia, Dec. 24.—This afler- Safe Arrival. We are glad to learn that Mr. James noon the grand jn* y returned a true bill j Noble, Sr., aud his daughter Mary, have of indictment againet ail the members of I arrived safe in “Bold Hen gland. An the Common Council, charging them ; interesting letter from Miss Mary has with maintaining p. auisanceinpermilting been receive!, and will be given to out Girard avenue bridge to be open for readers in. day or two. Rome Con- transit in its present condition. i mercid.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly sun. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1870-1872, December 31, 1872, Image 1