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l : ]I K ATLANTA SUN
"TIIK 1>I.MOCHA TIC F AlTH "
Under the above caption we pre-
?nt an article in The Sun to-day
rom that staunch and able Demo
cratic journal, the Mobile Register,
If which the distinguished Demo
cratic leader, lion. John Forsyth, is
Che editor. We cm neetly commend
the perusal of that article to all our
readers who would preserve the in
tegrity of the only national party in
Chis country, and the one above all
jther juridical organizations, wueiher
lalready formed or to Ik? lormed, that
lean lx at and w ill preserve public lib-
[ertv in this country.
No one doubts the Democratic ti-
Idelityof Mr. Forsyth; nor can any
doubt the truth and force of his
words contained in the article re-
Iferntl to. They are the warning
[ notes of wisdom and political pres
cience that s >onld l*e sounded in the
ears of every lover of liberty„and
which should send conviction to
every l.onest heart. Democratic fi
delity is fidelity to “the Democratic
faith,"’ founded upon those great
fundamental principles of liberty
upon which is based the fabric of the
American Government as handed
down to ns by the fathers of the Re
public.
In its issue of Sunday morning
last, our neighbor, the Constitution,
in a short article on “Democratic
Stendfiistn bn,” said that “it is right
funny to observe the commeuts of
sonn- of the Democratic press who
called themselves ‘Straights,’ upon
the expressions of fidelity to Dem
ocratic principle made by those of
the par y that supported Mr. Gree
ley.” Continuing, it said further:
These papers appear to think that
to the n is due whatever of devotion
to the party a Democratic supporter
of Mr. Greeley may now snow, and
they continue bv indirection to urge
that they were the only part of the
parly that have hud a proper concep
tion of the fidelity to Democratic
principle.
Tin. Sun may he, perhaps, one of
the p.ip rs referred to. If so, we de
elate that, our neighbor is greatly
m stakeu in attributing anything of
the sort to it. We have no disposi
tion to condemn any Democrat for
having voted for Mr. Greeley. The
writer of this article voted for Mr.
Greeley himself, but with no faith
that lie could possibly lie elected.
We did so under protest, like many
others, voting for what we conceived
to be t lie “lesser evil,” and not in the
remotest degree believing we were
sustaining Democratic principles.
The’•Straights” who held out to
the lust against the Baltimore abor
tion and refused to indorse the action
of that Convention, did have “a
proper conception of” and main
tained a true “fidelity to Democratic
principle.” They did adhere
Democratic faith,” and they now
form a nucleus around which all true
Democrats may rally. They kept the
Democratic standard uiloat and re
fused to accept the “new light” of
political faith promulgated at Balti
more. which so faintly glimmered ior
a few moons, and then rapidly faded
into nothingness before the effulgent
brightness of the true Democratic
faith, which shone all the brighter
after its votaries had been decoyed
and deceived into the labyrinthian
darkness of the “new departure.”
We repeat, we have no quarrel to
make with those ot our Democratic
friends who conceived it to be to the
best interest of the country, under the
circumstances at the time, to vote for
Mr. Greeley; but what we do most
desire is that they should profit by the
blunders of the past and take warn
ing from the fatal results of a Presi
dential campaign conducted on a line
of false policy which divided the
Democratic party and scattered its
forces, and came very near destroying
its vitality—in view of which it is a
matter of regret that any good Dem
ocrat, through pride of opinion,
principles which made this country
the glory of the world before the
bhght of so-called “progressive ideas”
formed corrupt political combina
tions for power and plunder and the
subversion of public liberty.
£UM-APRIIj 22, lS'Za.
TUB PUBLIC PR! NT I SO.
We have intentionally deferred any
remarks in regard to the allegation
brought against Mr. Hemphill, of the
Constitution, who holds the office of
State PrinLer, which appeared in the
Herald of Sunday morning. The al
legation is to the effect that Mr.
Hemphill nas made over-charges
against the State for printing, and
that the Governor refused to pay him
hdv more money until an investiga
tion could lie had.
The c.iarge is a very serious one.
and we regret to see the name of Mr
Hemphill brought into such unenvi
able prominence, especially as we di
not lxdieve for a moment that he has
intentionally done wrong.
. Mr. Hemphill published a card in
the Constitution yesterday, from
wliicli we copy the following extract,
comprising the main points of hie
explanation :
Publication has been marie that tin
Public Printer has overcharged lor th*
I ant two years public printing. In re
gsrd to it, I have simple to say that tin
estioittes of all work done by me as Pub
He Printer were made chi* fly by fore
men of the different departments in
w noli the work was done. Feiog not a
radical printer mvaelf, I of course le
li*-d on their knowledge, satisfying my-
n If as ranch as possible of the correct*
ness o' their estimates—Mr. Burke, of
Macon, fnrntohiug the estimates for the
oart of the public printing done by b m.
which was oue-third of the whole.
Iu the second plaoe, a large part of the
Jiegod discrepancy, as Mr. Mirier him
self states, consists in the allowance made
for tuel, lights, and similar items, which
i he present Comptroller thinks ought no
to !>e counted in the cost, thougn, as 1
understand, it has always been done
heretofore iu public printing accounts.
Ag,iu, the indexiug of the J >nrnala,
(some four or rive hundred dollars in the
iiib.) was paid for by me, l>nt the Comp
troller construes the law as requiring tLn
< flirers of the Senate and Rouse to d »
the work, though be declares 1 ought to
be remunerated lor my outlay.
In the to rii pia"e, ray account is still
un ter t e ordinary examination neo-s-
sary with public claims, and which I
m self requested of Governor Smith, the
acoonnt Having been rendered several
months since. As yet the Governor has
not even referred tue acconnt back to me
for txolunation or correction, and 1 am
ant .ortzed to state that Governor Smith
is iu no wise responsible <or the public*
tion that nos appeared, as the easua
reade- n ight suppose, the information
upon which the article was based no’
having be< n obtained from the Execu
tive office or any one connected there
with.
It is a very serious matter to com
promise the honor and integrity of a
gentleman by any publication tliatio
not based upon real facts. It is
our opinion that the difficulty
lies in a difference of opinion as to
what expenses are to be included in
iu the cost of the public printing.
The mere composition, press-work,
[paper and stationery required do not
TUR POLICY OP THE SUN.
One of the chief characteristics of
Southern life and Southern institu
tions, which has given the South an
enviable reputation the world over,
is an absence of bravado, effrontery
and undignified bearing. This as a
rule has characterized her journalism.
W hile the North has teemed with a
sensational press, vitiating the public
mind with horrible recitals and illus
trations of crime, in all its most dis
gusting forms, the press of the Sooth
has preserved a pare tenor, a high
moral tone, tending to elevate the
public morals rather than polluting
the mind by a familiarity with social
evils, by a continual publication of
the sickening details of such things.
if a different journalism is now de
manded, it is a sad commentary upon
the progress of morality in our midst.
1'hat such is the case we no more be
lieve than we l»elieve that the South
ern character was and is not such us
we have ascribed, and the newspaper
that so misconstrues Southern char
acter will eventually find “ where it
lias made a mistake.” Sensational
journalism may find a liberal and per
manent support in the teeming popu
lace of New York.where there are hun
dreds of thousands whose lack of
moral culture—whose association
with vice renders the publication of
it wholesome to their minds. But
sensations all have their day, and
bombast is after a while sure to be
anpreciated for what it is really
worth, and bubbles, however they
glisten in the sunlight, always burst.
So we are contented to pursue our
even tenor oi way, making of The
Sun a reliable newspaper, and satis
fied with the steady increase of pat
ronage with which we are being
favored. We would prefer liviug
healthy a score of years to living fast
tnd dying at a year old. We think
we know the people of Georgia, and
what satisfies their wants in the news
paper line. Ana if we are not fast
enough for some folks we are for the
masses, and we are running to live to
run another day.
A FIRST ClAjB SCODHDRIt.
K Blosrmptiiesl Sketrh of talk Infamon
Life—A Prtktiier or m. Politician
•a It best his Con vc-
to «>r»« thf
Devil.
oi deposit .a bis name, which was dune. J sion. Mach good is done, if but a sin^a
to “the constitute the full cost of printing
Office rent, lights and fuel, and many
other incidental expenses go to the
expense of printing, which may not
be recognized by the letter of the law
in regard to the 25 per cent, allowed
as commission to the State Printer.
Mr. Hemphill has, doubtless, in
eluded these expenses in making up
his bill of costs, while the law is con
strued by the present Comptroller
General so as to include only the
actual cost of composition, stationery
and press-work—leaving the Public
Pr nter to get his pay for other ex
penses out of the 25 per cent, com
mission allowed.
We shall look on the side of this
question in a light favorable to Mr.
Hemj hill until a contrary opinion is
forced upon us.
Mr. Hemphill bears and has ever
borne a character for the highest in
tegrity, and it - will be a difficult tass
to convince the public mind in this
city or State that he has committed
an act that compromises his honor in
the least.
CHAT WITH itlAfR PAPE IS.
— The Hancock farmers are clamorous
for more guano.
Hancock Superior Court is in session
this week.
—A Perry man has invented a piano -
t miiig instrument.
—Frost in Tbomasville on Wednesday
morning of last weeK.
—B .ltnbridge is pestered with the
pestnerous burglar.
— Mr. J< hn L. Orr, of Washingtou
Oountv, died a few dsys ago,
—Lime can be made at Rockmart for
-•even cento a bushel and sold for fifty.
—The inimitable burglar of the colored
Clan still boreB his way iu Savannah.
The store of Mr F. C. White, Rome,
cloK» d on Saturday last by the Sher ff.
—The Thomasvi'le Sunday Schoo's
are to have a grand pic-nic on the 1st of
May.
—A religious revival is in progret-s in
Athens, at the Oconee Methodist
Church.
—The Planters Pride is a new fertili
zer, prepared by a company of scientific
gtnriemen of Atneus.
—The editors of the Thomasville Times
have already fiuried over platts of the
blushing reo strawberries.
— Col. C. Donkersly, President of
Mich.gan Iron Company, is prospectiug
in R jiue and the surrounding section.
—The demand for guano in Griffin
remains nuabated, aud the tr-de ot the
town was pretty lively last week.
— A concert will be given at Sparta on
Fri-’uv night rext for the benefit of tne
me Methodist Sundty Scuool library
—The Newton Home, at Athens, has
be< n taken in charge by Mr. A. D. Clin-
aril, <-on-iu-!aw to the lute proprietor,
William Capers Moreau.
It is seldom we like to open np to the
world the history of a man’s private life
aud character unless we can accomplish
some great good by the operation. Wnen
we find, however, such a consummate
scoundrel, villain and hypocrite as the
man whoso mine heads this article, who
is plying his artB aud vocation in order
to betray and injure the unwary, we can
not hesitate a moment to expose, and
ttras do society and the world a good ser
vice. As tue individual's whereabouts
is at tbit tune unknown to u*. it may
be a matter of importance to others to
have a m^rk put on him by which he
may be known, und tnerefore we shall
first endeavor to give as best we can a
pen picture of the scamp’s
(iENKKU, APPEARANCE.
He u ss'ri to > ave a very pleasant prepos-
sstng'manuer, is short, stout.build, and
bdow the usual medium height, with
black hair, a ' cavy; set of whiskers, and
taoe somewhat pitted with the marks of
smallpox, a very intelligent, Bmart
s <rewd man, just such a one wotud be
oe»t suited for tu« vocation be engages
iu, namely, to impose on the susceptible
aud unwary. Added to this, he has a
keen black eye, which sparkles und
charms at the same time. We have
heard bo mnch abont him, aud the suc
cessful adroitness with which he acts,
that we have felt justified in thus, mea
grely it is true, describing him.
BIS EARLY HISTORY AND LITE.
We are enabled to take him up in early
life, finding him in Burke oouuty, Ga ,
with bis tatner, who was originally a
Methodist preaoher, but afterwards be
came a Baptist preacher. The old man
and sou, 60 far os we were able to ascer
tain, conduced themselves favorably in
the community they then lived. A'"out
1850 W. C. Moreau, then quite a y rang
man, commenced pre cbiug in Burke
county as a Baptist. He resided there
for a v ear or two, and then migrated to
the West. After that time the people
of Burke county and of Georgia knew
nothing <>f tns whereat-oa.s, aud we are
indebted to tne Indianapolis Sentinel for
HIS FUTURE CAREER.
In 1853 he turned up in Perry county,
Indiana, aud was a member ot the Meth
odist Church, but whether in good land
ing or not, is not p~sitively known. He
first became publicly known as a temper
ance lecturer, in which vocation he
achieved some notoriety as a speaker
and orator. But the innate cussedness
he possessed began to creep out, und it is
said he wonld drink as a trooper occa
sionally. While a resident oi Perry
conuty, tor some unremembered cause,
Moieau was locked iu jiil, where he re
maiued several months, but was finally
released by the authorities without trial,
on tne ground of his being a worthless
vagabond and a nuisance genei ally. It
was wbiie a resident of this county that
lie married, it to beiieved, bis first wife.
Just how long the twain lived under the
same root is not recollected, but a di
vorce followed the union iu due course
of time. He then removed to Kuights
town, where he succeeded in captivating
an estimable young la.iy—Miss Minnie
Charles—who is now residing in this
city, having been divo.ced from her va
grant husband two years ago. The next
beard of Moreau locates him in Shelby
ville, engaged in the practioe of law
From this place he went to Prince
ton, Gibson county, where he dipped
extensively into politics, aDd w^s event
ualiy elected a contingent elector on the
Buchanan ticket in 1856. Soon after this,
However, he
ABANDONED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
ana espoused the cause of John
Fremout.
When the war broke out Morean en
A. H. S.
"THK FINANCIAL FLURRY ”
We call the special attention of
our readers to an article under the
above nead to be found in our col-
■honld now continue to clinsr With 1 umus to-day, taken from the W..sh-
anv sort of tenacity to the hallucina- ington City Chronicle.
kions of that campaign. • j , t ,
We desire the unity and harmony j Two huudred and thirty as-
of the Democratic party. Lvery j gegsors aU(1 twelve hundred assistant
man of the least political sagacity, j a88efiS0rl w jU be excused from fur-
who possesses a proper conception of j ther ^ty, j rom atld alter t he 20th
the more honest and cooler impulses j jj a y. Tney can be very well
«f the human heart, must know aud j g p ared> if double the number, the
•ee ami realize that that unity and
harmony cannot be secured upon a
line of policy that ignores well-
grounded and long cherished princi-
pics*
As our able confrere, the Mobile
Kegister, remarks, “ it is the mission
•f the Democratic press to begin this
work of regeneration”—that is to say,
gather the scattered elements of the
party, and endeavor to cement them
together by the application o: those
blessing would be two fold. The
people are getting tired of keeping
drones in office on fat salaries.
—There are four cases of tmalt pox
ueur Antioch S a'ion, iu Oglethorpe | j ere j thu Union army as Captain of
couuty, which is confined exclusively to in the bixth l od iana. He after
the whi es. r
—R-v. Mr. Skilli-% who has for years
beeu agent 11 ibw Ctoutuwestern Railroad
at Fort Valley, dropped dead last week
in the street.
--The Jounston Light In fan try, of Sa
vannah, hav * decided to etjoy their pic
nic and urge- txercis* s on the 29th inst.,
lust, ad oi the 1st of May.
—“Bill Arp” has been interviewing au
old weatherwise farmer o* F <>yd county,
who s ya that until the persimmon buds
were bitten by frost there was a certainty
ot its return, and that at least ten days
must pass betore the buds would be out.
—Ou Saturday evening last, in pursu
ance of orders from Washington, Moses
H. Hale, the loyal patriot, wuo Has offic
iated in SavunDuh for some time ->ast as
Special Ag- nt of the Treasurv Depart
ment, left tne city for the seat of gov
ernment.
—The Griffin News says: The anni
versary of tne Griffin Fire Department
on the first Monday in May, gives prom
ise of being a big o^cas'on. Our young
friend, Charlie R- Johnson, has been
chosen orator, and we can vouch for a Gen. B -jle, dismissed him from tne
short, chase and eloquen* ad.trees, just
such a one as we ought -o have.
The creditors of the "state of Hon.
Enoch SleauuiMi m-. t at Register Mur-
rav’s office, iu Griffin, ou Saturday tost,
for the purpose of caooeing an Assignee.
S»m Weems, of this city, and Mr L:v
wards enlisted a company for the third
Indiana cavalry, wnh which he was or
dered to Louisville, Ey. While station
ed at Louisville, be got into a difficulty
with one of the enlisted men of hto regi
ment and shoi him dead. Rumor has it
that the tragedy grew ont of the presence
of a woman of infamous character, whom
Moreau brought with him from Eu gbfe-
t. wu, bat who tired of him ard showered
her charms upon the murdeted youth,
enraging the captain to such an extent
that he secreted himself and fired the
fatal shot through jealousy. For this
coward.y, treacherous act he was dis
missed from tue service, and returned to
this State, out was afterward, through
some unknown means, appointed major
oi a Eentcky cavalry regiment. Whils
serving in this capacity he was repeatedly
canght borse-stealmg, and when forbear
ance ceis -d to be a virtue his commander,
The scoundrel came back and checked
ont the entire sum, using it for his own
personal benefit. Whenever called upon
to account, he wonld invariably pat the
confiding woman ofl with a promise to
refund the amonut in a short time, bnt
the day of reckomug, it is said, never
came, bat the whole amount, some hun
dreds of dollars, was never realized.
A CANDIDATE FOB CONGRESS.
His next appearance was at Anderson.
Madison county. wh«.re he again turns
no as a politician upon the Demr cra*ic
aide of the arena. This was in 1868,
when he was the nominee for Represen
tative in Congress, having for an oppo-
ueut H jn. James M. Tyner. In the race
Moreau was overwhelmingly beaten. Be
fore the campaigu ended he went to Ko
komo, Howard county, where he pre
tended to have experienced a stroke of
puraijsis, tbongh what the fellow’s object
was has never been defined. It is said
h:s colleagues became so disgusted wild
him that little attention was paid to him,
as it was gem rally believed he feigned
the whole affair. This wi.s afterward
.ouud to ue the case, as he betrayed him
self after returning ho^ie, while talking
to u servant girl, lu 1869 Morean aeutto
Iudiauaoolis and embarked in the grocery
'usiness uu Indiana avenue. This un
dertaking, like all others of this man of
many schemes and devices, was perse
vered in for only about one year. Iu
1870, after Laving become indebted
largely to the wnolesale merchants of
that city, he gathered his raiment about
him and fled, secretly and aione, leaving
his perplexed wife to setrie matters as
best sue could. The auathemaa ot count
less swuiuleri business men were hailed
after him, but fell all unheeded. Mrs.
Moreau, t lie lady whom the soamp mar
ried at KuightBtown, soon after his flight,
applied for and was granted a decree of
divorce by one of the local courts. She
u still living a retired life in that city,
surrounden by numerous friends, among
whom, being a tody of culture, she is
very popular. From Indianapolis Moreau
went back to Audersou, where, it was
reported, he
MARRIED HIS THIRD WIFE.
It :b understood that he never was di
vorced from this wife, of whom little is
known. This may or may not be true,
bu it is evident if he had made applies
tion in any court of Indiana the act
wonld have beeu chronicled, as there is
not a county in the State but what knows
more or less of the character and cussed
ness of Will C. Moreau. The scene next
opens at Louisville, where he ap
pears in the S’raight Ont Dem-
tciatio National Convention as the
Representative of Indiana. From
this time on his movements are easily
traced, for something o! a national rep
utatiou began to be attached to him.
After the Convention he secured an
engagement as editor of the Logansport
Sun, and for a time made it lively for his
opponents. Bat here his fate fo l’.wed
him. Becoming involved in a personal
warfare with Judge Dykeman, the latter
one day meeting Moreau upon tho f-treet
deliberately Bhol him twice, injariug him
slightiy, however. Moreau’* conduct
was so abject aud cowardly npon this oc
casion, that he commanded no sympathy
from the citizens of Logansport. and was
compelled to leave. His disappearance
this time was also mysterious.
HE FINDS HIS WAY TO GEORGIA.
Some three or four months ago he cull
ed on Elder Lamar, of Augusta,-bearing
a letter from Prof. Black, of the Church
University. This letter, though not en
dorsing him as accredited, minister of
the Christ au Church, spoke in very high
terms of nis ability and learniug, and
recommended him to the brethren. Mr.
Lamar btcimevery favorably impressed
with hiui, aud had him to preach for him
for sever tl occasions. He took h'm to .' i a-
vannah when there was an oneuiDg for a
prope • sort of man to preacu.
Wmle here the first impressions
which Mr. L .mar had received began
to wear eff and he therefore brought him
b*ck to Augusta. In the meantime Mo
reau hud not negle ited to find Borne be
ing upon whom he might fascinate his
charms and be became engaged to a
young lady and was abont to marry her.
From seme canse this was delayed and
fortunately for the enquiries made about
him, will now never come i ff. The re-
trietion8 under which he was hold by
Mr. Lamar seemed to *<e too serious for
him to bear and therefore Le suddenlj
left and went back to Savannah
and without special authority
tooK charge of the cbnrch in that city.
For some reason his services were not
acceptable to the congregation, wnich
led hint to abandon the field. He then
ionl be turned from the world to folloi
the precept* ot Christ. May the good
work prosper.
ANOTHER VICTORY
achieved by him in his tfforto in tbs
matrimonial line, the advances mad»
to another yonug lady, she residing in
Jonesboro. Tbp eaaern- es with which
he preesei his suit, and the indecent
haste in which he desired her to marry
him, led to rations fetters of enquiry cat
the part of Mr. Hams, who felt a great
interest in the lady, abont hip
previous life and history. Thre^ letter*
elicited the above, and she to in o da»-
g»r from the wiles of this gay deceives.
That Will C. Morean is a sconudrel of
no ordinary degree, may lie inferred from
the foregoing sketch of his eventful life.'
He is a man of ability and iufiutie re
sources; one who might be a credit to th»
nation, out who has not a shadow <M
principle or honor abont him. Hischtss-
acter is b'ack and his heart blacker. BLt
has uot a frieud among those who know
him, bnt many anxions enquirers, whw
wuuid 1 au to see Inin tarrea, feathered
aud rode on a rail.
0.
army, auu ue returned to Centerville.
It is sa.d at this place he became a
CLERGYMAN OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Tins, however, has been emphatically
denied. Uoe of Moreau’s ^characteristic
^ " ’U: 7T” vrp- „ insrstone, of Ne-tou. recemil 63 votes tricks performed at Centerville. By
rhe Kansas LltJ (JIO.J 11 me.- r reaeD p D O debts to the amount of Sll,- Jug adroitness he became the coufidtuit
representing
thinks that the quintuple sheet, | 225. Messrs. Peace and Sims, of New
„ loaned hv tne i ton, 26 votes representing 5l-i.7ib, and
twenty pages, recently Issued tn Met-sre. Wiun mid Stm« 7 votes repre-
New York Herald, was the largest j seutlug *s.656. As it requires a majori-
nnhliahed in this country. In ! ty o. the creditors iu number and inter-
ever pnnnanea in u i,. c j for * choice there *as no election J wid >w - 8
1866 or 1867, the J«ew Orleans e-iinrs t ^ th „ mslter w \\\ - J0 w be referred t •
published the same sized sheet one j udge Erenne, who will appoint an *s-
time at least, if not oftener. 1 « i « ne ' •
CAME TO ATLANTA,
and had au interview with Elder T. M.
Harris, ot this city, whom he told he was
on hi 1 - way back to Indiana; that becansc
of p< i’tical differences that txiefed in the
Church in Savannah, lrecoulu uot preach
to them. The interview with Mr. Harris
was the means of sendiag him to Wasn-
ington conuty to preach. Here he very
nearly was married to a widow lady. To
show how be was received in Washington
county, we c*ip the following from the
Sandersville Georgian :
Elde* W. C. Morean nas been <■ induct
ing this week a senes of night meetings
m tne Cnn.-tiau Conrcu of this ciiy. He
has been assisted by Rev Mr. Mtxoc aud
Mr. Tucker of the Methodist Chinch.
, , , _ . ,. . We are glad that considerable interest has
jland, and sent tb* money to a Knight* | b . C( m * ni ^ ,,/j u lL „ —d
I town ba.A, mth ia..r^-.«.ns to piece »; that lucre has already been one accee
CB.MT U'lTB S rjTF. PJIPBRS.
—There is to be a masquerade ball ui
Newnan on the 25th inst
—A protracted meeting is in progress
at Rome iu a Methodist church.
— The Sunday Schools of Lnmpkbl
»re preparing for tho May celt-braaonA
— A negro woman died very suddenly
in Augnsta on Moudsy.
—Tne Newn n Dispatch says the fruit
trees are now in full bloom in that sec
tion.
— The Romans are pining for K
show of some sort Au organ anA
a monkey would revive their spirits.
—Tuesday, he Macon Fire Deput-
meat bad its annual parade and a gooff
time generally.
— The tresrie on the Brunswick anff
Albany Railroad, at Tin Creek, wwa
burned ou Tuesday of last wet k.
— An owl is on exhibition iu August^
captured uear that city a few y< ars ago,
he wings of which measure fonr foflt
three inches from tip to tip.
—The Sectetary of the Fair Associa
tion, of the Cherokee country, gives no
tice that bis nffi *e is now open for the re-
ceptiou and exhioition of articles.
Mr. J. Mulhcllaud, living witl iu.a
tew miles of Amencus, < arned to that
city on Saturday last, for sale, a wagon
loud of corn on the cob.
—The Griffin News has been infoimeff
that there w« re ten or twelve cas^s a!
small pox, though of a lignt character
it idonticello. Jasper county.
—A meeting of the surviving solntom
and iriends ot deceased soldiers is call off
to take place in Rome to-night, for the
purpose of organizing a Monumental As
sociation.
—Judge Woods had not arrived to pre
side at the present sitting of the Uniteil
States #onrts, in Savannah, and Jn ige
Erskiae was alone on the bench on Mow-
day.
—Visitors to the United States Court
room, at Savannah, on Monday, were re
galed with the sight of some half-dozan
solcmu-tooking darkies squatting OH
their h touches in the jury-box.
— The well known pleasure resort
known as Broadbaoker’s, iu Savannah,
ou L iters Lane, between the Atlantis
and Gulf Railroad and tho Water’s Rjad,
was burned on Monday uit;bt.
— Eighteen persons united with Trin
ity Methodist. Church, iu McAltoterville,
near Cmombus, on Sunday night; also,
that twenty-eight joined St. John’s (col
ored Methodist.)
— N. H. Barden, E«q., has held the
position of Clerk of the Harris County
Circuit Oonrtfor a period of thirty-seven
years, and continues m the offioe to-d*jr
by tue repented action of the people at
the ballot-box iu his beha f.
— Tue Augusta Constitutionalist says:
An inte-esting revival has been going oa
at Abbury Methodist Cliur.ih lately.
Last Sunday one hundred new merabew
were received iuto tne Church, fifty-
eight of whom were baptized daring tne
morning.
— Tue Presbytery of Macon has oeon
in session at Perry for several (la-, s lust
week. Bev. J. S. White, of Americas,
is Moderator, Sermons were preacupd
by the Moderator, and Revs. J. K. OozB^y
of Cuthbert, A. W. Cushy, of Macon,
und J. H. Nall of Columbus.
— The co nmittee appointed by tue
Augusta Fire Departmeut to promise
prizes for the contest on the 13th of May
next, has decided upon a champion hRk
and belt as the first prize for hook apl
ladder «ompanies, and a ehampUys
belt as the first pnz 1 for hose ©ompantoq,
the contest for both prizes, which will he
very handsome, to be open to the State.
—Mr. Robt. West, son of Maj. G. W.
West, Bt. Polk county, was killed last Sm-
nrday, near Pryor’s Station. He mw
driving an ox team with the wagon hesw-
ily loaded. It is supposed that be fell
tn attempting to get from the wagon
when the team was moving, aad the
wheels ran across hie body, crushing it
in a horrible manner. He died in a shoat
time.
—The Ceurier states that the recom
mendation of the Secret Postoffice Ageu^
lor the immediate removal ot too PoeS-
master and Deputy-Pobtmaster of t&»
Roue p 8toffice, betrays more personff
spite than pubhc duty. There is no suek
offic r kuowu to the Government as Dep
uty-Postmaster, in Rome. We are tw-
clineu to think that the whole matter 1b
gotten np in the interest of parties wbw
are anxious for tue pla-e tUemselvee.
cf a Christian widow i*dy, who owned
a quantity of laud in wnich she
deeir- d to dispose ot. More»u volun
teered to effect a m e, and with the
»oo, went 10 Kansas, sold th>-
Miss Unaua, lighter of the re
nown.d Nathan'c Hawthorne, is tn
England trying to «■*»»« Itoh a home for
orpUan-, wuii a view t<< educating them
for St »VH 11 is. She appea!* It* ILe uuuM-
taMe in ibis country lur money. TUea
let nt-r come htre ani* ratublish bar
asvl’im. Eugl.L t 's qai.e a- well able
to taZe eare of tier orphans as tUie
country to to support i>s government, ite
tb.eVes iu office, its own orphans, and
fill the pockets o vVe-v beggar or ad
venturer who com s here wi:u pockets
full of vermacilh or cticese, to r .jae
money to establi-h charitable inetifjs-
tions in the old woriu, now heavy With
American gold. It is .11 right for Miss
Hawthorne to u<» goo.i, and for those
who are able, to assist i.er, bnt it to a
wrenp to the poor o' <>ur country t«
pass theta b „ ..nd 0 ac t. Lnnonable
chanties the other aide of the ocean.