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■5W THE -A-U-’X-j-A-TSTT-A. SXJ3ST—: 1373. THE ATLAN'I A HIJNI From The Ihn'v Sun of January 28 1873 GENERAL ASD PERSONAL. LETTER FROM DON. GEO. T. BARNES. Editors Chronicle <0 Sentinel: I see from the columns of your paper tl at , ,1 meufciEg was held of citizens from cv-.rj Aru ricun ijo.der of j |jj t » Eighth Congressional District, in At- S PI It IT OF THE GEORGIA FRESS. In noticing tlie presence of Mr. Thos. L. &ceed, of New York, as the repre sentative of j-os Tint to be: //.i.ruen. “ Wanted 2” _ the Bichil -r editor of Tus Su The Court .if Appeal* Kefuse a Jf.w Kuching wh0M £n Mortal. rP area Sunday aion- I rial—History ol Ilia Clime. ■ME'STBBIOVH atE.SIlf "■*» i the fraudulent State and State endorsed j j anta< D n t l> e evening of the 22d inst., — Dr. >d A spin ual .•lister preR< mr*;. ’•* in C .oiabiDi on Sunday. —The Seine inundation destroyed 12, OO; rata. —South Carolina plant tfwireottiupi k-d. • —Tt. i ;uin cn'ors ‘ have a montldj rov» i.^ tvoted to tlirir iiilt rcsui at Laporte, In of «» ■ t< two. Sill': — A i dr-iitt ** .r daatli, ha* maukU^.'!. \ ] Pftri h >» Om.\>U.U‘ !.. Kraut, of the Uuiv rsity on New Year’s day, aged Ktepty* unv 1 A• rl Dsni.d«*o con.touted a my Winn, w’.ir. L’y. ami csti**f-d h»-r rhaui, Bagla i d. i r >i remove Cleo- t .t in tb*Th»!;. 1. IjO au, lor j.IMAj. p*iiin iltgo, uLo A mi**t prom ibdoo iu Curiai 1 iitUiekitUdSD. dt Clmmbord 1 . * giv jw fond lor Ibe benefit nf , inundauoLi. — Oa<- f th •I t mnUrid. . 1 distiuguuo »»» — The C»lu‘ 4,* c ' ai u to 0.. fiver- 0} tbe 1 --toe — The German Soerelary of ‘he French 1^.at loti :L I *r— .► l'rlu -< JLj .»r. woo married HIM M: > 1 ar. in., .f CoiUaibuo. U‘no, ;*»t >e\r — A tillable woman. 137 years old. < .* bnaNoAcrk and runs on er:*ntls lor a living in Lo's Autos, Csiifi-riiia. —(Ai. Miller Grieve. Jr., of Milledge- vUlo. is a clerk in the Treasury Department, under Col. Jones. — Lpdis liois, a Canadian farmer, h-is just baptised liis thirtieth child. Tweuty-siz are living, and all “Bois." —Minnraotu now adds another to her nanv sttisctl-wis lor invalids. A mine ol epsom aalte baa been discovered them. — A California woman just before asinmittiui; suicide wrote to s friend thst " it nearly killed her to .eave her poor children." — Tne latent problem is where does Rhode Inland put 10 r * poptotfi e« with such names as BbroteAg, Quouochoiit^ag and U-quepaugh. —T »»' bridgu on Big Indian Creek, on the r« Irosd fiom Fort Valley to Perry, has been oomi-lried, and the first train passed over it on Tuesday. — A couple of women had a hair-puli lug q-.arrel concerning the depth of a grave in a Kan lfrancineo oulixtsry, the other Sunday, and had t« be sspaiaiod by the bystanders. —The ceremony of "under the miatle- fce" is lonng it. romance hi England. A young man who i»i- ijFtri- <1 It an.' kissed a lady against her w II. bad to pay hall a crown and costs in court next •T- —A cow owned by u blacksmith in Al lred, N. 7.. was recently butchered, and ber stomach was found to contain four pounds of horseshoe nsiis and a !arg- quantity of old iron. Iron being good for the blood, of course she was a healthy cow. — A fi r o broke oat in the store of Jark.OL A 1-ratt. under .ho Central Botsl. In Colum bus, .bout 11 o’clcct : nday night, which came hear being very dstfruoltfo. It was discovered by pais rs by or intusi's of tbe hotel who bursted open tli. imut d lor auu put it oat before much damage had resulted. —James 8my the, a yonng man study ing for clerical orders, was on trial In New Hivm, the other day. for assault, ng Rev. Dr. Carmody. It la bo more iha:i might have been expected of that tnrbuicni 1 'low, John Hm-ili, but that Bmythe, the digulfieii and Dord's anointed, should do auch a ttuag, disturbs our confidence in human nature. —Charles Sutherland, the Jefferson county (N. Y.j murderer and suicide, was respectably oennentsd. and hi* brother wan for several years oleikintho Ottawa Hotel at Montreal. His aged mother h- * hr eh driven to the verge of insanity by the crime of her sun. Kuuierlaod was to have been married in ons wcok after the day on which the onmo was committed. — Mr. Jiuiio* (Julies, whose duties in oosuCi- ion wit., the settlement of Edwin Forrest’s property nuv k p' him from IS *iou for a time, ha* arrivoi home. The pi perty of the lato Mr. Forrest He* .D tee Btatei uf Pecnaylvauia. Ohio, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri, and conae- qua -tly ,f Mrs. Sine air claims any of it, she mast taki out latters of admiulstratlin In each of thee MM. Tho Bii’.ht Honoruble Stephen Iiiisftuvtfm ’.iso just died in England. He w«Ha very old man, having bv'en born in 1782. Ho was n graduate ol Oxford, and was admitted to tho bar in ItiOG. Ho entere d Parliament in 1S07, and was cre ated Doctor of Law one year later. Ilis legislative career continued imtil 1841. He aetjuir d n h gh reputi»’.lon as a jurist, was ore o f tho counsel of Qn -cnCur dine at her trial, und probably furnished the law of that celebrated case, as Lord Bro> i h ui gave to it a talented sarcasm and invective never surpassed. Dr. Lush t-ghm bas'ooeu a judge of several ortu a of Gre^ii Britain, auu a privy coun sellor. Iu 1838 ho held five or bix differ ent appointments at oue time.—lin’d. marriage contract vas signed on Thursday, tttCairo, Egypt, betwt\ n the hereditary Prince and the daughter of Pivshi El li ui. Many o r the igh tlig- mtaries of the Vice-Regal Court, and dis- tinguished representatives of foreign powi ra » . icipated. Each consul re- oeived a cresent of a cashmere shawl and a dromedary. The Baitau of Turkey ■ent his oongr tulatii is and various or- dfis u JieKhedive ami im ial’- is ef ti.e family. tQr One OJ <ne tar* crowds that ever ic t A'-unta wid start on ; he ilardi Gr r, excursion tni nr, cr.n-.no-c i entirely of Pnilmun Palace Curs, w’sioh leaves At'anta n -right, and t as 3 e- Opeiika 1:45 V. M., reaching New Orleans at breakfast time to-morrow.—Savannah Republican, 'ZLih. [You ure just exactly t ne month ahead of the train.] :ul voiu by the last Legislature, the Citron id and Sentinel Commeots as fel lows iu regard to the “ liberal compro- j niise” Mr. 8ueed suggests: | “ There is nothing whstever to compromi.e. A ; proposition of this sort seems to imply thst the I Shite wishes tv s> ttle a just indebtedness at so man> ; • e:. * n the dollar, and iudnee her creditors to taie | just as httio ms possible for her obligation*. This 1* r.’J wrong. The bonds are either legal ar.d should j '.Jt paid dollar for dollar, or else they are fraudulent. I taken with notice of the fraud, and should net bo | paid st aU. The only question which the Legislature j ..as to dttcrmiuo in their legality or iilecahty. The I Le^.siature of 1S72 appointed a committee which ! gave the uiatier a careful aud patient investigation ui; ’. mad* a r* port a'tcompan.ed by the evider.c - u; on which it was based. After hearing this report j an u ;■ stimooy, the Legislature by an overwhelming I ....e decided that tl.c bond* were fraudulent and d— 1 thatth'Jbon U wire fraudulent and declared liu m null and void. 1 hi* decision, Mr. Sliced now sfcli-5 thu present Legislature to reverse m part. If he decision was wrung, which we do not believe, t should l>c revors-a; but wholly, not fu jiart. li it wan just, and the evidence shows it to have been a most r g- teous judgment, it should be allowed to sand. In nt! er »ve..t the people of tie Stale de sire no compromises. They are fully prepared to pay every honest debt and fully determined to rec ognize none which were fraudulently contracted.’ The Northeast Georgian suggests that the Legislature, now in session, pass an act requiring every man to vote in the precinct in which he lives. That paper says: There can be no possible objection, and the ad vantages are incalculable to tbe honest voter. There is not the slightest doubt bat lnnnmerable frauds are committed at every election by allowing men tc vo.e at any preciuct in the county they may deaire. The honest, couscisutious voter will be perfectly willing to vote st his own box, and he who is not so, will be fsree t to comply or not vote at all. By passing such a law, the purity of the bal.ot- box will be in a great mtasure preserved. We throw out these views with the hope that the repre sentatives of the peop.e will see the propriety of the move, and adopt this or some other .ourse to pre vent the rascality that is perpetrated on all such oc casions. It would perhaps be more effectual i’’ every voter was required to register his name and place of abode previous to the election." The Taibotton Standard thinks “ the American peopie are passing through a transition state in their politics and reli gion,” aud that this is not less apparent elsewhere than it has been in the Soutu of late years. This, it attrihntes to the corruptness of the times. The Standard says : “During the inieaseaess of her (the South’s) strug gle for political recognition, and whUe she has been made the vicUm of a new departure principle, her sociology seems to have suffered In v like ratio to her politics, aud uttsr absorption in material prefer ment, to tbe exclusion of a proper balancing reli gions principle in her character. The theory of this new departure is effecting our sociological sta tus in a very noticeable manner. As a people, the United States, drinking the -wine of wealth,’ are drilting on to a political Niagara, yawning a short distance in tbe future—an imperial centralism, fed by an impetus which her own disregard of constitu tional and lawful checks is engendering." Iu regard to the "day of small men,” the Rome Courier thinks that— “The unwise admision of negroes to a participa tion in governmental affairs and their presence in Senatorial hall* lias had a most demoralizing effect upon tho body politic; this demoralization never so clearly manifests Itself as in the itching of small men fer posiUon. These little men seeing a burly Bcgro in office naturally conclude that they have as much right there as the negro, and at once their ambition is inflated, and they bacome politicians. The office beiug brought down to a level with their merits by tho prostitution of the negro the small ineu are fully competent to assume Its withered honors, and hence it cents about that this is a day of small men." TLe MiU’Oii Telegraph has this to say in regard to the publio debt and public education: “ It is highly desirable that tho public debt should be provided for, and to this end a sinking fund ought to bo cro-ited which sLsll extinguish it within a reasonable space, and every legislator’s face should be s"t as a Hint against any further increase of tne burden But we cannot conceive of a more suicidal public policy—a mere ruinous oconomy— than that which shall pay off the public debt a few years sooner at the cost of a generation of Georgians growing up in ignorance. By Buch an operation, we should probably sacrifice more than double tho publio revenue collected and applied to the payment of the debt. Brains constitute the great wealth producing power for the people, aud not mere muscle, which can be had for less than twenty dollars a month." li- .u-, Dsiifd by B illock and declami i a t which it was determined to invite Mr. Stephens to become u candidate to fill ihe vacancy occasioned by the death of Gen. Wright. From the proceedings -t appears dint several gentlemen were pres ent whoso names had teen suggested for that position, all of whom at v cce de clined in favor of Mr. Stephens. As my name had also been presented by my friends fc-r tho consideration of the Democratic party of this district, and as at the time I was at home, aud there fore not participating in the deliberations of that meeting, it certainly cannot be improper that I suouki now state my posi tion. I learn from a gentleman who was present that Goverror Johnson, General Toomlwand Mr. Tutt, of Lincoln, stated in the meeting that I i.nd said to them mat m the event of any contingency arising iu which Mr. Stephens might ’ussibly become a candidate, my name would no longer bo before tho public for Congressional honors. In making this statement these gentle men correctly represented me, aud I take rliis occasion of thanking them for so promptly making it. I wish to a3y now vvuat I would have unhesitatingly said at the meeting had I beeu present, that under the circumstances it would not have merely afforded me pleasure to with draw my name, but also to give to Mr. Stephens a most cheerful aud cordial support. Allow me in this connection to submit one other thought. The discussions arising out of the recent divisions in the State naturally engendered some bitter feeling. Those divisions were not based on any difference of opinion relative to the principles of the party, but were di visions simply as to the mode and the manner, the means of attaining the same end. Hap>pily now no reasons -exist for their continuance. The election of Gen. Gordon to rhe United States Senate was an unquestionable triumph of that wing of the party which supported Mr. Greeley for tbe Presidency. “The hour of triumph,” said Horace Greeley, should be the nour of magna nimity. We should avail ourselves of tins opportunity of healing all dissen sions in our ranks. This we can grace fully do by generously supporting Mr. Stephens and returning him by a united voice of the party to Congress. In doing so, we will reflect equal honor on him and ourselves. However mnch we may have differed from him on recent issues, we all know That we will secure in him a representa tive of whom the State aod country will be jastly proud, and a statesman who, amid all party dissensions and party changes, has from the inception of his career, always proved himself a fearless and zealous champion of liiierty. Tbauk- iug tou for the use of the 6pace allowed me, I am, respectfully, yours, Geo. T. Barnes. -to* The bill which has recently passed Congress appropriating money for the improvement of the rivers and harbors connics an appropriation of $50,000 for the improvement of the Savannah. JStfi?* It is expected that the races over the Tenbroeck course, at Savannah, com mencing February 14th will prove one of the most successful occasions in the sporting annals of that locality. A fleeing wife from Beaufort, S. C., was overhauled by her husband on board a steamer about starting for New York, in Savannah on Saturday. Alien H. Watson, Jr., has been nominated for Sheriff of Meriwether county, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sheriff McKee, elected the 1st of the present month. R. M. McCaslin , •Qd B. M. Leverett are the nominees for county Commissioners. kSF’Tho Courier Journal gets off two cr three paragraphs in regard to The cw, wick it endeavors tu impose npon Js readers as wit Whenever a fellow guoeivca himself witty, he naturally be- e euou glAt'^t > h rust his stupid Mil’. STZrjIEXS’ STANDING FOR THE EIGHTH The universal satisfaction which the nows of Mr. Stephens’ standing for Con gress from the Eighth District, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the la mented General A. R. Wright, is received throug ;, yut uot only the Stave of Geor gia, but tiio whole country, is but a fit ting testimonial of his great abilities and statesmanship. This satisfaction, sc warmly manifested from every quarter, we doubt uot, is fully appreciated by Mr. Stephen*. To his personal and iu- tiraate friends it is a source of the most profound gratitude and pleasure. In behalf of Mr. Stephens, and speak ing upon our own responsibility, we, the associate political editor, can assure the supporters of Mr. Stephens, and his friends throughout the country, if assu rance were necessary, that his services in Congress *ill be directed solely to the best interests of the country. His efforts will also be directed to the promotion of the harmony and unity and the solidity and perpetuity of the Democratic party throughout the Union, upon those yreat fundamental principles which brought this Government into existence and made it the best for the happiness and pros perity of the people tho world ever 6aw. To acc omplish these great and vital ends is a labor of love and devotion to his country upon the part of Mr. Ste phens. In conclusion, we most cord'ally and heartily thank our friends of the press for their kind words in behalt of Mr. Stephens’ candidacy for Congress. IifiS-The churlish flings at Mr. Ste ph« ns by the Courier-Journal reminds ns of nothing so mucu as they do the sickly winnings of a poor old dog baying the moon. Comm unioated. Popular Education. Editors Sun: As a citizen of Georgia, and interested in her welfare, and as our legislators are soon to take action on bills to increase her population by immigra tion, and improve the same by education, I would urge them, for the present, to devote the resources of the State more freely to the latter and to the-neglect of the former. The last oensus shows that there are 193,234 persons above ten, and under twenty-one years, who cannot read or write, and a total ia the State above six vears of 468,593, who are illiterates. A large per cent of this ignorance is clothea with, and are exercising the cower of voters iu our elections; aud wtien it is remembered how much this power contributed to the men and means which have so nearly bankrupted tbe State, it must be admitted it is a danger ous element iu our social aud civil in terest. It is over two years since our Leg islature passed a common school law, and it has passed several emendations of leg islatures since, and is yet, and now’, before onr law-makers on its fated journey. What has been accomplisehd? Except in cities, towns, and villages, it has arrested the educational enterprises of tho people, who are anxiously waiting to co-operate with the State, by supplimenting State funds with individual money to whatever extent may be necessary to sustain the schools; and although much disappointed nd discouraged, having only received very lately twenty-five ceuts per scholar, which makes less than twelve and a half cents per annum for the wuole time. If legislators wculd remember that the sure way to secure immigration of a class desiranle, or who would be serviceable, they must put Georgia in such condition in mental culture and educational facili ties, as not to fear a comparison with other States of the Union. Iu vain will the Committee cn Direct and Immigration, and the Legislature, aud the Governor recommend, appropri ate, and subsidise—it will all end in fail ure—as past eflorts and appropriations have done. Or should an enormous out lay in securing the line of steamers and organizing the Bureau of Immigration succeed in lauding some few immigrants on Georgia soil, they could not be hood winked so as not to bee in tbe West and North-West, not only an eqaully inviting boil, bu: also millions permanently inves ted as educational funds ; and some States paying over $2,000,000 annually in support ot theii common scnools. Even Texas, just commencing to work her sys tem, pays .$1 40 per month Per scholar last year. They would compare prospects, especially for their children, and seeing Georgia had, after all her parade of schools, laws and amendments. Funds floating and per manent had paid 25 cents per scholar in two years, and is only calculating on 75 cents the present year, they would immediately join the long trains of na tive Georgians going west. And Geor gia would still loose annually as she has done, more in the depreciation of rea estate and other interests, than would be neoessary to beep schools constantly opeu and free of access t& her entire population. I fully appreciate cur embarrassments, and tbe absence of equity ic what seems neoessary for us to do as a matter of policy. If virtue and ntelligence is demanded to correct the abuses and re form the government under which we live, it i sto be hoped that our legisla tors will do something worthy the State by appropriating our money to practi cal objects. W. C. Richardson, A dispatch receipt! from All any states that the Court of Appeals, yester ay rendered a decision in tho case of WT liam Foster, convicted of tne mu: k-r o Mr. Avery D. Putnam, refusing F >ster new trial, wnich is equivalent to the offi cial antu uncement that he will undoubt edly be hanged, unless clemency on the part of Gov. Dix be extended to him. Tbe hi dory of the crim>, f-r tne ccm- mi--sion of which Foster will sutler the extreme penalty ol the law, is well ki owu to the commuuity. • Mr. Avery D. Putnam, whom Foster murdered, was a provisiou merchant, at No. GS Pear, street, residing at No. 3 Cottage-place. Among Lis ladv frieuds was Mme. Jennie Duval, a mi liuer, of No. 762 Broadway. Mrs. Duval’s eldest daughter fang iu the choir of the Church of the Advent, and it was Mme. Duval’s custum to go to church on p' actiec nights and escort her daughter home. On the evening of the 26th of April, 1871, Mr. Putnam called on Mme. DuyA, who, in the course of conversation, said that she and her youngest daughter, Mile. Mabelle Yirginie Duval, w re going up to tbe church to escort her eldest daughter home. Mr. Putnam said he would accompany them, and the party gut on a car of the Broadway aud Uni varsity-place line, the conductor of which was Frank Goldthwait. On the front platform of the car was William Foster, tbe murderer, a son of a rich Eighteenth Ward Tammany Hall contractor, and then an ex-driver of the road. He was drank. When nearing the Gilsey House, Mr. Putnam asked Mile. Duval if she had seen the curious clock in the tower of the Gilsey House. Mile. Duval could not see the clock from the side of ihe car, and went to the front door in order to do so. Foster and the driver. Pat. Cunning ham, leered at her through the window. She at once resumed her seat by her mother. Foster then opened tbe door and pat his head in, ami looked a most insulting manner at Mrs Duval, who closed the door. It was reopened by Foster when Mr. Putnam stood np and again closed the door, at the same time remarking to the conductor that drunken m.-n should not be allowed to ride in the cars. Foster entered the car, sat dow n, and said to Mr. Putnam, "How far are you going ?” Receiving no reply, he said, "Well, I’m going as far as you, and I will give you when you get off." Foster then went out on the front plat form. When the car was stopped at Forty-sixth street to let Mr. Patnam and the ladies off, Foster said to the driver, "Have you got a hook ?” and snatching the car-hook, ran around the car to the oack platform. Mr. Putnam was assist ing Mme. Duval to alight. Foster ran up behind the unfortunate merchant, and with one blow of the iron car-book frac tured his skull. Mr. Putnam fell sense less, and Foster ran away. The car was started, aud Mme. Duval, her daughter, aud the murdered man were left in the sti-et.gigj After two hours’ delay Mr. Putnam was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital, where he died forty-eight hours after. Foster was arrested and tried before Judge Cardozo, in Oyer and Terminer. His father’s money procured the services of eminent counsel, ex-Judge Sydney Stuart (since dead) and Judge John K. Porter, who, however, could not eave their client, for ho was convicted and sentenced. A stay of proceedings was obtained by appeal ing io Judge Pratt, of Brooklyn, and the case finally carried to the Court of Ap peals, which, yesterday, decided against Foster. The news affected Foster greatly, and he refused to see any representative of toe press. His wife and sister had an in- [Inscribed to ucl ing-1 A Man Found ivltli Li terview with him during the day. The formal remittimur will probably be re ceived from the Court of Appeals by Dis trict Attorney Phelps to-day, and that official will at once move to have Foster resentenced in accordance with the law. One more uniortuEaie Tired of life— Tired of exist' cce For want of a wife. Think of him tenderly, Not with disdain ; Car fully, lovingly ; Again and again. look at hisgirnunts, Tattered and lorn ; Eutionless, stringless, Shockingly worn; Unfitting habiliments For any to wear. For thi* child of The Pea, This -b.oti -e’’ eo fair. Tninl; net of him Ecornfnlly, But tenderly, mournfully, O, m»ide.u *o fair ; And reach froe, tby sphere above Love's rosy mentis. And shield him from bitter dispair. He has no father, He has no mother ; Not e'en a Bister, Or even a brother. Never a friend Iu his darkness to say— “ Friend will you tew on my buttons to day !” Alas I it is pitiful In the whole city full Is there not one Whose fair dainty fingers O’er duty ne'er lingers; Whose pleasure 'twould be To sew on the buttons For this “ Child of the Sun ?” The bleak winds ef March Will soon make us shiver. And the impudent breeze, That dismantles the trees. May say in its glee “O, its jolly good fun To sport with the clothes Of this • Child el the Bon 1 • ” Then e’er his limb* 8tiffen too rigidly; Or, e’en he cast O’er the world >o frigidly His liBt look of hopeless despair— Ia there no maiden Too, love laden. Who will come In her beanty. As some sweet dream, And take by the hand, This fair “Child of the Bon," And point to the love-land That lies just beyond T Ah ! come in tby sweetneBi O, beautiful oue, O, come iu thy freshness. E’er Lota’s dream la done, Cast thy sweet glances From lovr-laden e»es O’er this "child of the Son,” and bid him lo k up To life’s glowing (kies. Quibn Sabb. Atlanta, Jan. 2T 1873. • Throat Cut Gar. ‘'om j Interesting ** ar * 1 etilnrs-_L ctt .'lr. Chapman. fier, The following letter was received . | tins office, giving particulars of a K ^ m -sterions trad bioody affair, which 1 ouuty oa s j peued iu Tulia'ero morning. 0 . JUudav xur. Chapman, the author i tho let’er, is a gentleman well known I‘ that see' ion, .-.s a man of good stand’ ! and high integrity, and his stateiw cun be imulicitly relied up n as correct TALiUEr.no County, Ga., Jj«. Messrs. Edilots Atlanta Sun: a\1' 3 ,' occu-rence took place near riie jnnew ot tne Was tni; "on and Greensboro m*] is county, yesterday mornm- t’ mstanci s ot which arc ther,. : ' camped are these: Tkr*! wrote men and a e _ _ refl ©bituarii. Died, at tho xc-i idcnco of George W. Mitchell, in the town of Crawfordville, Ga., on tho morning of the 23d instant, Thomas Lyne Abbuby, in the ‘2lst year of his age. The deceased was a youth of extraordinary prom ise. He wa3 a student at Mercer University, and had the day before reached Crawfordville on his re turn to his father’s, Capt. James W. Asbury, who lives several miles in the country. He left Macon because oi the breaking out of the menengitis in the Univerity there. He was in fine health on his arrival, and remained over with his aunt, Mrs. Mitchell, intending to go home the next day; but duiingthe night v.as seized with the fell disease from which ha was escaping, and expired at 10 o’clock next day. His heart-stricken parents got to him only a few moments before he breathed his last. His sudden aud unexpected death filled the entire community with sadness and mourning. He was the centre ol the social circle of “young folks” in the village, and was tiu'.y loved by a.l who knew fiim. The blow fails hoavil7 upon rnai.y, but heaviest of sll upon a tend fa’heracd doting mother, who felt so much just pride in the budding genius of their dariing boy. May they seek that consola tion which is to be found iu the refiaciion that "their loss” is his gain. * in tats circumst'i red driven with their teams on ihe road a short V* 1 mee from Mr. M. D. Wallace’s m o“* urd a- night. A .ittie before day v nay morning two of the men awokeM*’ Wallace, in search of the third r ’ whom they stated left- their canio abom four o’clock, they supposed, aud not re turning, they had instituted search f - him but could find him nowher-. (j t ; K neighbors were aroused uud a gr L -rl| search betruu Tuo bo ly was f uui d alter light about five nuudred yards fro* the cacap. aud some —-, . * thirty yards fron TO STATE RIGHTS - GOVERNOR OSBORNE PRESIDENT GRANT. Topeka, Kansas, Jan. 14.—The new State officers weie installed yesterday, and the Legislature will assembly to-day. Governor Ost orne’s first official act was to send the followiugto President Graut: "To the President of the United States: 1 desire to call your attention to the occu pation by the United States troops of the portion of this State known a& the Chero kee Neutral Lands, and respectfully re quest that you have orders immediately issued for their removal.” These troops, furnished on the requisi tion of Governor Harvey for preservation or order npon these lands during the pendency ot a civil action, lately called in the United States Supremo Court, wnich decision is fully acquiesced in by the settlers upon the lands. THE PRESS. The three papers at the Capital are now putting on immense enterprise, and each one is struggling hard for tho ascendan cy. We were delighted to observe the spirited competition between them, aud tile laudable ambition O’ e-ach to excell. Tho reunion with our brethren of the fraternity, iu the meeting of the Associ ation, was the most pleas-tnfc episode of onr visit; it was a reunion of hearts and a mingling of minus that illustrated the CITY rO LICE CO CUT. ‘■This life is but a game of cards Which mortals hav* to learn; Each shuffii-s, cuts and deals the pack, And each a trump doth turn; Some bring a high card on the top, And others bring a low; Some hold a hand quite flush of tramps. While others none can show.’’ It was in this condition the Recorder found the lot of prisoners awaiting hia arrival, yesterday morn ing. The vigilsnt police had been “gathering them in,” from Saturday up till the morning hour, and “All the jail was full of hard ’uns, Up for many crimes, none feeling ‘Ary red cent’ in his pocket. In their cells they sat aerenely, Smoked their pipes through all the gratings; AU day long and throngh the night, too, They enjoyed the sweet .ecluslon." Henry Bates was threatening to give hie wife, Kathleen, a doac of Bateman’e drops, and concluding her mouth wasn’t quite large enough to take it aU in at once, told her be would split it open with a knife. The story goes that Henry went home Sat urday night, aud things didn’t look to suit him around the house, aud he began abusing bis wife, choking her and slapping her into the middle of next week. She gave a few squalls, which brought the police. Henry's tale to tha Court was very pathetic, but the testimony was too strong, and the Court gave him a serious lecture on women and thoir treatment, and wound np by telling Bates that a man who world strike a womau wasn’t good for anything but to bo rammed down a ninety-four pound cannon and fired against tho walls of Gibraltar. This is a strong card with the Court, and whon he wants to make a man feel very bad about striking his wife he always uses this remark. If Bates had been drunk aD d whipped his wife he would have gone up ; but he proved that he was sober, and when the Judge heard that he let in on him again for striking a wo man while sober, and laid a mere nominal fine of $25 aud costs upon him, remarking that he had about as soon mako it $100 as not. At this, Bates walked back into tho dock, muttering something about injustice, when he was recalled and ten more blazing collar-; added to his bill tor contempt of Court. “No room—no bed; No fine silk spread; No dressing-gown to wrap me up in; No gloves—no socks; No block silk stocis. Nothing like these for mo to get in.’’ Thus it was with Jl&rcellus Woods. He and his wife were always “ailing.” and he invariably hid a bad feeling in his ‘stemick,’ when be arose every morning. Marcellu* was no doubt a victim of dys- pepsia, and his wife ha 1 the appearance oi a severe attack of dropsy. During a cold spell, the “kivc-r- at the Wood’s mansion, was rather too light for tho season, and Marcellus was taking off one blan ket too many from his wife’s bed, (They oid net s eep together.) So the two began pulling away uu- til the blanket was torn in two, when the trifling ra> cal gave bis w.fe a shove which hurt her (under the existing circumstances.) The Judge was very poin ted In his remark?, and abused Marcellus awfully. His excuse for pounding her was that she'put ex actly enough sugar in her cup of coffie for two, and the times were so hard ho could not afford It; be sides, she was always quarelling, and fussing, and abusing him. He got off with only ono dollar and costs, and remarked to .Tonscn, zs he Landed it over: And thou must go, my beautiful, To pay remorseless dun— Must pas- forever from my band, My cherished, only “l." Thou wert as good as "X" or “V," For thou wert all I had; And now to lose thee in this way— Confound it, 'tie too bad 1 Dick Andrews looked in on some red wine on Ban- day, and brought the reflection of it into Court, on his eye-lids. Dick wore an immense ruffled shirt front, bob tailed coat, and paper collar. When asked if guilty or not, he replied, “guilty.” The Court wanted to know how mnch guilty he was, and he replied, “not much,” and Justice tilted the scales when Richard laid a five dollar note in one end. S. J. Hogan was trying to hog an old bar keeper out of the cost of some drinks he had ordered, but the b. k. couldn’t see how it could be done well, when 8. J. called him a .very ugly name, for which he got a back handed lick from the bar tender which raised a blister about the size of a silver half over his left eye. Hogan was let off with ten and costs, and ejaculated; The evening zephyrs all were hushed, As from the calaboose there rushed A gallant youth with flaxen hair, Who shouted to the list'ning rlr. “Histed!" the Washington road, with‘the throat cut. almost severing the neck. A i ir „' puddle of blood wus seen some lift w feet from the body, where tho body e yk dently fell aitei receiving the firs: stroke* His hat, with considerable blood ou it was lying several foet from the pool o' blood. A knife, recognized as the kuiie of deceased, was found in Ids ri^hthaud and in position to have given the stroke Justice Nash and a jury were summoned and au inquest was held over the body The verdict was, the jury was of owmoa that deceased came to his death from i cut received by his own hands. The men gave tneir names as W. X Rayne and Z. B. Oartrell, and the name of deceased W. A. Alexander, all oi 1 White aounty, Georgia. Their statement is, that deceased had beeu iu bad health for four or five days past, and seemed not to be in his right mind at times on Satuiday; but that he ate his supper and went to bed Saturday night apparently better eff than for sev eral davs past; that he appeared pert-ctly rational when he got out cf the wagon Sunday morning, and stated that he felt as well as usual. Z. B. Cartrell says he was employed by Mr. Alexander to do his trading for him on this trip, and that lie had paid near one hundred and thirty dollars in monev. Don’t know oi him spending any of it, and suppose he had other money. But only a small money purse could be found on his person with five cents ic it; fifty cents was found in his vest pocket. A gold ring recognized as a ring ot deceas ed was found in the road some 150 yards from the body, but no tracks were seen in the road where the ring was found. He is repr-sented by his companions as a man of high standing aud considera ble property. They carry the body to the railroad to-day to ship home to his family. These are briefly tho facts connected with .this mysterious aflair. Yours, in haste, J. L. Chapman. COMPELLED TO PAY HIS DOWRY. DAUGUTm I Manchester, N. H., Jan. 24.—A suit has just been tried before the Supreme Judicial Court of New Hampshire, in which Dr. Edward Sharp, oi Philtdei- phia, was plaintiff, and Reuben H. Hail of Nashau, defendant. The doctor was married to Miss Hall at. Philadelphia, in September, 1870, and Mr. and Mrs. Hal!, tne parents of tne bride, wt re present s; the ceremony, which took place at the residence of Washington Bladin, of Phil adelphia. About an hour before the mar riage, Mr. Hall, father of the bride, sign ed a b' nd agreeing to pay his daughter twelve hundred dollars unnually, or the interest on §20,000. Mr. Hall, ufter the marriage, refused to fulfill the conditions of the bond, and this 6uit. was brought to compel him to do so., The defendant claimed that the bond was obtained by fraud. He testified that ou the morning of the marriage his daughter told him that Dr. Sharp would not marry her if a marriage gift of $20,000 was not made to her, and that she wculd consequently be ruined, as she was in a delicate situation by him. It turned out there was no pregnancy, and the defendant claimed that there was a conspiracy on the part oi his daughter and Dr. Sharp to rob him of a large sum of money.— Mrs. Hail corroborated her husband’s testimony. Mrs. Sharp, the bride, denied tbe statements of her father, and testified that he voluntarily signed the bond. Mr. Baldm, who i .it*w tbe bond, testified to the sumo effect. The Jury rendered t verdict fer t--<* plair-tiff. PERUVIAN ANTIQUITIES A valuable collection of Peruvian an tiquities has lao ly been bdde-1 to -- ctnnological section of the Berlin Muse um. It cocsis’s of a number ot mum- mi-’-i, articles of pottery, and «;t er if mains. Three of tue mummies »:•*<’-f uleteiy clothed, and the fabrics »u'; form their wrappings will serve to sh°" the state of textile art at a remote periew among the Peruvians. Oneof the mum mies, that of a nomna, bears m its arm the image of an infant iuclay. Tfiiaco.- lection also embraces the vuriou- objects nsually found in ancient Peruvian sepul chres, such as the food bag, the drinhi-i cup, and the spindle and loom—the las n9med objects being found only in , wC ‘ men’s tombs. These mementos oi extmc: American ciyilization are very higu-: prized in Berlin as belonging to a depart ment of ethnology which previously ^ almost without a representative in tk museum.—Galaxy. Tho Court and Jonsen then went into a secret session regarding abo--t six individuals who had been selling liquor without license and breaking tho Sabbath by re’ai.ing. We heard no names called, but after the secret session was over Jonsen looked pleased, and said something about making a clean tnree hundred dollars out of the six, besides the cost*, which, aocording to the best known nues in mathematics, w ould allow about i50 each for this pleasure Ol journalism, *tnd testified to l That haul was considered good enough Its power and usefulness.—Albany J.\eics, j for a rainy day, and the shebang closed. i THE NEW ARKANSAS SENATOR- Senator elect Dorsey was born in Olne He was educated at Oberlin, and wee- a into business in connection with the SR- dusky Tool Company, of which estab lishment he was lor some years gea eru ‘ superintendent. He is not over thirty' five years of age, about fiye feet ten inch^ in height, thick set, and of rather nor.;- complexion. Abou’ eighteen montns c- two years ago he left Sandusky and wo- to Arkansas to accept the Presidency^ the Arkansas Central Railroad, a r*® 0 gauge road running from Helena to f>- tie Rock. _ JESS’* Jauauseliek commenced a wet- • engagement in Savann: b, to-night