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TH C lUMACHlur TUI KODOCI.
joe attempted mMMort of seventeen
)|odo*-’ pr>K>°« rH **“t Saturday by a
tj of Oregon volunteers, orestea oouswi-
iftble comments by (be press, facias
^wnaiioe tbe matter as * apeptes of say-
^•rj, wtiiie others endeavor to exteau-
•te the conduct of tbeOregon volunteers
ob tbe ground ibat tUe Federal policy to*
wa idb tbe Indians is not decisive or cal
culated to bring tbe savages under a
proper subjection to law and order.
The York. Evening Poet attributes t,be
attempted uiajv-aorj, partially successful,
to the decision of Attorney Williams.
Tbat paper says “tbe old error tbe de
cision of tbe Atto< ney*General serves to
perpetuate, and bow frightful a blunder
tbat system always must be we Lave ibis
latest ev deuce in tbe murder of ihe Mo
docs. We venture to say tbat bad these
captives been banded over to tbe legal
authorities to ubide tneir trial by tbe
law, tbe people oi Oregon would Lave
oeen content to iwait tbe result. Held
by tbe military authorities as prisoners
of war, tbe exasperated people, even tbe
very women who have been made wid
ows, fall upon and kill them wherever
they can be found, lent they escape all
punishment. For this new crime tbe
government is responsible, and to every
man, woman and child on tbe slopes of
tbe Rocky Mountains tne deed will be
justified by the Attorney-General’s de
cision.”
Tbe Post, in another part of its article,
says us “atrocious and cowardly us th s
massacre ol the Ylodocs is, it is just such
fruit as this tbat tne ‘policy’ ius always
borne and will always bear, and it will be
strange if the Attorney-General’s decis
ion shall not arouse a feeliug in Oregon
that there is no help for tbe people, un
less t? ey purue tbe red men every
where, whom the government handles so
gingerly, with tbe red band.”
The New Yoik Herald thinks that
“ when these things are considered it is
not surprising tbat tbe settlers should
be very mnoh inclined to take tbe law
into their own bands when opportunity
oilers. They look upon the captive Mo-
docs as a set of inoarnate fiends for
whom death is but a mild puuisbment,
and forget entirely tbe feelings of those
tender-hearted advisers of tbe govern
ment who regard the savages only as
erring children. Tbe massacre is both
lamentable and disgraceful; but tbe re
sponsibility for it rests in a great part
with tbe government, which pursues
such n puerile policy in dealing with In
dian mmderers.”
The New York 'limes says tbat “In
dian treachery has bee a surpassed by
white brutality, and CapL lac* can Loll
up bis bead and look the world in tbe
face again; and tbat, under the circum
stances and from tbe Modoc Btand-point,
there might be some palliation for the
murder of Gen. Canby, but it is impossi
ble for any oasuist, savage or civilized, to
find an excuse for the massacre of the
Modoc prisoners who were being taken
to Boyle’s camp.”
Tbe treacherous killing of Gen. Canby
was well calculated to incense the people
of Oregon into retaliation, which, in ad
dition to the trouble the savages had
given them, provoked them to despera
tion. Treachery is to be condemned by
all good men, and treachery is a spirit
that generally finds retaliation in some
shape or other; and as the New York
Herald suggests, “ the excited feelings of
the s Q ttlers against tbe red-skinned as
sassins by those who suffered at their
Bands, and the fear, lest false, nay, crim
inal philanthropy at Waahington, may
succeed in saving Oaptain Jack and his
brotner cut-throats from the gallows,”
doubtless, bad much to do in determin
ing the whites to take the law into their
own bands.
THE CHOLEUA U NASlIVILLK.
The Banner, of Thursday, says it has
every assurance tbat the cholera is abat
ing. What few new cases that have ap
peared since its report of Wednesday,
have oeen of a milder type, and yields
more readily to treatment. It has no
doubt that by Sunday or Monday the
disease will almost altogether have dis
appeared from the city. Tue Banner
further states that there is now notuing
in tbe disease that need alaim any one
and thinks all those who have gone away
horn Nashville, with the misapprehension
that Nashville has had an epidemic, may
return with safety and resume business.
What there has been of the disease has
not justified the preoipitate flight of oiti-
sens, not the exaggerated reports that
have gone abroad. A majority of the
physicians are now impressed with tbe
belief that the disease is not cholera, and
that it arose from malaria, bad eating and
bad drinking. The city » n° w in »
thorough sanitary condition.
49*At the conclusion of the aidless on
Decoration day in Mobile, Ala., a bou
quet of flowers, in which the blue and
grey were blended, was sent upon the
meund, with a oerd inscribed? ‘fh« Mo
bile oadeta of the Confederate Army
# honor the memory of those who, though
their enemies in war, were men, end
brave enough to do their duty. M
»• m. bul’i son.
The Cincinnati Qm*H,
contained this malignant paragraph:
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MMaitoMSoultlMM rtWM rust vtm
■ ■■■■ m ms dmoui ii) mi u
ttpiduMtelM bTsmSI
*•»«■ U>«« Acquired to r *AUt the Authority of the
fovernnieat which had rural,hed him ff*.altosaly
»* * • rrn»«AWuA>l •SacMfos.'-
It Seems there is a class of Northern
papers, end an element of the Northern
public, that cannot tub-rate tbe honest
views or patriotism of others. The
spitsfnl snd mean spirit in which the
above quotation seems to have been writ
ten is in no way calculated to restore
harmony of feeling between the people
of the North snd the Sooth. It is time
such noorense from journals of standing
and people of position should be dia
continued.
Before the war, as now, the South con
tributed her share towards the payment
of governmental expenses. Her great
staple of cotton gave more solidity to
tbe credit of the government than any
other product of the country. She did
as much to advauce the general prosper
ity of the country as did the North. She
paid her pro raUi in defraying all the ex
penses of the country, and was therefore
equal to tbe other sections in meeting all
the claims of the government to the ex
tent of her population.
If her sons were educated oy the Fed
eral Government at the expense of the
people, the South paid her proportional
part, an I to the extent of the appoint
ments she received at either West Point
or Annapolis; and when war existed be
tween the Slates, her sons naturally be
lieved that their allegiance primarily
lieloDged to their States, aud acted ac
cordingly, for which they are not
now to be held responsible. Their re
sponsibility is a matter of conscience,
and these little flings show a bad spirit
in the face of professions of union and
amity between the people of the two
sections.
Hums aigklcww
■ cold blood was committed aa one of
the moat public thoiowghfaraa in MM city,
in tha open day, right in the pea—bi of
hundreds of persons who were qeietiy
panning their barinen avocation*. The
community wee startled at the announce
ment that James Little, in the fall bloom
Of life and manhood, had been ushered
into the presence of hie Maker without
notice or warning, by the hands of Ishani
Belton O’Neal, who meaitatingly had
.armed himself with a knife and willfully
stabbed hie victim. Yesterday the as
sassin and murderer suffered the penalty
of his crime—death by hanging. Early
in tbe morning the streets leading to and
surrounding Fulton county jail, were
thronged with a mass of hnmau oeings,
eager with cariosity to aee and bear ail
they could in relation to what wjs trass-
him to tbe aonffokL In a few minotee
walked oat. learning on
"the arms of the Rev. Mr. Patillo end
Depaty Sheriff Green, followed by tbe
others, and took ap their line of march
down through the basement of the jail
into the yard to the aosffbid. He was
a>mui i^rMueaava
< rmocuDiiioa or thx scrums ooi *r,
reus 12
Brunswick Circuit
No. 2—Argum t concluded.
No. 3.—CMhrioUe Roe vs. J. C. Maand.
dressed in a well-worn faded light coast- J Complaint from Appling. Argued. W
mere pests and vest and a clean white i Geulden, by brief, lor plaintiff iu ec-
domeetic shirt, and had on a pair of ne* , fur> C Nichols, represented by Z.
morocco slippers and a brick, bre ad-ID Harrison, ecu >ra.
brimmed slouched not, much worn. Ar- No. 4 —L. W. Hasleharat vs. J. H.
living at the scaffold, he first raised his 1 Momson, executors. Assumpsit, from
eyes hesitatingly, and then walked up j Wayne, familh k Mention, represented
the steps, taking a seat erected on tbe i by Lester Jt Thomson for plaintiff in er-
platform. On eitner side sot tuoee who
esoerted him to the gallows. A lew mo
ments were speat in conversation with
ror. J. S. Wiggins represented by Z.
D. Harrison, centra.
No. 5. The Atlantic k Gulf Railroad
those near in a whisper, when he com- j Com pan» vs. T. J. Fuller. Cise, from
menced to speak to those assembled in
the yard. Sheriff Feraersou asked him if
he had not better stand up. He then
piling within the walls of the jail. The got np, made a step forwuid, and spoxe
Miss Jennie £. Bull.—The reception
of American singers abroad is one of the
evidences of the growth of this country
in musical culture. Miss Jeuuie E. Bull,
of New York, who some time since went
to Milan to complete her studies, has ap
peared in opera thiity-five times at Pe-
Baro, the birth-place of Rossini, with
great success. Her friends and admi
rers in this country have just presented
her with a handsome Btodart piano,
which has been shipped by tbe Italian
brig “Nellie” to Genoa. Miss Bull bos a
mezzo-soprano voice of rare quality, aud
in all respects is fitted to take a high
pluce among tbe famous lyric singers of
the day.
9 The Carlist, Santa Cruz, pays well
for his fame. He has constantly by him a
body-guard of forty men. When he
sleeps he has always two sentinels ot his
body guard near him. He only partakes
of food after it has been tasted by eight
or ten persons. He never eats bread,
but is iu tbe habit of consuming small
tuin cakes cooked for him by his own
people. Always on his guard, he never
iorgets that a price of 10,000 francs is
placed on his head, and he distrusts
everybody.
The Didoes of Aabon.—The Savan
nah News says that the notorious Aaron
Alpeoria Bradley swears he has not been
paid $006 fur three months valuable ser
vices as inspector, and Collector Atkins
swears he has. Aar^n appealed to the
Treasury Department and the following
is tbe consoling reply: “ After a careful
examination of your claims, I am com
pelled to inform yon that you have al-
ready been paid by the Collector at Sa
vannah.”
Wm. B. Thrall, an old editor and
prominent citizen of Ohio, died at Co
lumbus, Saturday morning, of diptheria,
aged seventy-five. He had been a mem
ber of the Legislature, and was at one
time Controller of the State Treasury.
He was an active Mason, and when he
died woe Past Grand Master of Ohio.
9 The United States D.strict Court
at Washington has affirmed the report
of the arbitrator awarding to Admiral
Farrsgut aud the men and officers of his
fleet over a million do lore naval prize
money. ^ ^
MooREFrELD, Dunlap k Dodson ere
going to get up a city directory. These
gentlemen are fully competent to get it
upiin first doss style. We have no doubt
that it will be the moet perfect one that
has ever been printed for Atlanta.
)9Mrs. Livermore, tbe "woman’*
rights womau,” now profioees to sling
tbe bat, re suppose, a* she has been
made President of a Chicago base ba’l
dub.
Sr. John’s Dot ooeaixs on Tuesday,
the 24th insl The day is generally ob
served by all Maeonio Societies in festiv
ities and happy greeting of the brother
hood and t^eir families. What the pro
gramme in this city will be we are not
jet advised, out ere assured that it will
be worthy the occasion and the Order.
Improvement.—We are pleased to see
what feet progress is being made in dear-
isg up that burnt space between the
etores of Gay k MoCleaky and Terhune
on Peachtree street Workmen have
about finished tearing down end moving
the old burnt buildings The ground
is nearly ready to be ex oersted for the
erection of raw end handsome brick
basinets houses.
Ws learn that Gov. Smith has declined
to commute the sentence ct the negro
who is to be hang at Albany. He h d
given him a reprieve in order to fully
consider his ewe; after due deliberation,
•is* determined *bat *he law mas: take
its course.
court that passed sentence on the con
demned, ordered tbat the execution
should be in private, and that v fe v only
wboee duty it was to be present, should
witness it.
Notwithstanding this order was known
te everybody, all manner of devices were
resorted to in order to grin either adnut-
mitauce within the prison yard, or to ob
tain some eligible position from where it
might be seen. The officers were strict
in the performance of their duty enjoin
ed on them, and thereby prevented at
least three or four thousand people, both
whites nnd blacks, men, womeu and chil
dren, from beholding, in wanton carios
ity, a spectacle that only tends to debase
and deprive the moral feelings of man
kind. Tbe precaution taken did not
prevent the cruel jests of tbe motley
masses, or cause them to be filled with
feelings of ewe auu terror, as might have
been expt cted tbat the solemn and ter
rible occasion would have brought forth.
About ten o’clock this reporter gained
admittance within the prison, and upon
inquiry ascertained that the prisoner, af
ter hearing the decision of the Governor
refusing to interfere in any manner in
h»s behalf, gave himself np almtst to
-.omplete dispair. A solemn and im
pressive stillness prevailed on every
hand. The few who were in the offioe con
versed in low tones in monosyllables.
Ia one part of the office sat the wife of
the doomed man and her eldest sister,
dressed in a manner betokening
their poverty, weeping in low sobs and
tears. In another part stood two little
girls, also sisters, who freely shed tears
at the gloomy future before them. The
picture wan indeed a sad one, and might
well awe into oompassion and pity the
most hardened and stoic heart. Within
the cell, next to the door leading from
the offioe on tne left, there the prisoner
was confined, in company with his spir
itual advisers, Revs. Messrs. Leftwich
and Patillo. Low, indistinct utter
ances came to the ontside as these faith
ful, Christian men ministered and prayed
and exhorted the dying man. Occasion
ally an outburst of grief—aery for mercy
—would fall on the ears of the listener as
it was drawn out by anguish of heart
when tbat last hope was going away,
That the mind of the doomed man was
vacillating between hope and fear was
clearly evident. Notwithstanding '^ese
kind men had, at his request, again visit
ed the Governor to gain a little time for
him, aud had failed, he, it seemed, could
not lolly realize his situation and torn
his thoughts from earthly things and
give them up wholiy in making prepara
tion for that “great beyond.” He would
speak of the injustice of his enemies and
bewail his situation aa one in which the
lates were against him 'and oppression
assailing him.
His wife and her sisters were admitted
into the cell at a quarter Defort eleven,
Tbe scene then witnessed was moet heart
rending and terrible. She who had so
faithfully stood by her husband through
good and evil report, shoring bis misery
in a greeter degree even tnan he him
self seemed to have do^e, now with tot
tering footsteps came forward to take hei
last parting on earth with tbe men she
bod vowed never to forsake. Screams
of avony and remorse sounded d ism idly
through the prison walls aa aha fell on
hie bosom, praying as it were, that her
life, too, might be taken. No pen can
give an adequate picture of this visit,
which continued some three-quarters of
an hoar. As the tune for its termina
tion drew near, every one present wee
deeply moved. While she was with him
he oonfemed his waywardness and guilt
to her-bet leet she might think that
oonfemed the crime for which he mm
oonvicted, he took oacaeion to <
rook an apprehension, and mid that his
doom was bnt the work of his “villainous
enemies."
Just before the bom of execution
rived, toe Bev. Mr. Patillo snn^ the
hymn, “Happy day, when Jeans washed
my sine away.” The prisoner tried to
sing the first few lines, bat broke down.
H- prayed earnestly until about twelve
o’clock, when he started to shave end
dress himtfff. Mr. Patillo then left tne
cell, an! O'Neal, being supplied with
clean clothes, washed his face and pat on
a chan white shirt. Shortly after one
o’clock, Mr. Patillo again entered the
oell end continued praying with the pris
oner end reading to him till the horn
designated for his execoticn.
Precisely at two o’clock, 8henfi Per
kersou, sceompsnrid by hie deputies,
Gr»«*n. Anderson. Well* an 1 W sc, wet
in to where the prisoner was to bring
as follows;
“Gentlemen—I know e good many of
you. All I have to say is, w hat I nave
said before is a fact. I never had any
iutenti m to kill Little. After we sold
out we had a law suit; you probably
know about it I gained the case, and
he was di; satisfied. After that I settled
np the garnishment and we were friendly.
This shows whether it was premeditated or
not I have been a long time in jail,
and have suffered a great deal. I have
been attended by several preachers—Mr.
Patillo and Mr. Leftwicb, who have given
me good advice. Mr. Patillo has stuck
me to the last as you see. I am ready
be judged by God for this crime of
murder right here as I stand. I am not
guilty. Tnere were lies sworn against
me. I believe I am prepared to die. I
have lived an honest life, made my liv
ing by work, principally. I never thought,
when I was a boy, that I would be
brought to this, and to-day I oughtn’t
I believe that if Gov. Smith would
give me time, I coaid prove my inno-
cenoe, I havqfaa important witness,
bat I don’t know where he is now. I
suppose it won’t do me any good. I have
given np all hope. I am
poor man aud that is
the reason why I am here. If I had
money I could come out cf this. Other
men as guilty as I am, are allowed to go
free. I have had some friends, a great
many, I reckon. When I got into this
tronble they lorsook me. As long as I
had money I had friends. Now I have
no friends; G >d is my only friend.”
He then took his seat, having spoken
some ten or fifteen minutes, when he al
luded to a mistake contained in the Her
ald, in reference to his getting out of
jail when the other persons escaped. At
twenty-five minutes past two o’clock
Sheriff Perkerson, assisted by Deputy
Green, pinioned his elbows behind him
with a snail cord; during the time he
asked not to “pull so tight.” He was
then shrouded with a white mus
lin gown open before, extending
down to his feet. He stood trembling
and quivering in every muscle, hiB eyes
closed and lips slightly moving. During
the tying of his legs he looked at his feet
with eyes half opened, and appeared to
be praying in secret. The noose was
then placed around his neck anck drawn
tight. He said “wait a minute.” He
then spoke as follows: “The last words I
have to say is, I am not guilty of this
murder. I did not intend to kill Little.
I am arraigned here for nothing. What
I did was in self-defense. There were
three men that attacked me. I thought
they were my enemies. I was attending
to my own business. I believe God has
had mercy on me. I have tried very
hard to be forgiven, and I hope to meet
some of you. I hope to meet all of you
in heaven, if it shall please God to grant
it. I don’t know whether you are all
Christians or not I hope you are.
The white cap was then drawn over
his face, when he earnestly prayed
‘Greet God have mercy on me. Save
my soul, merciful God. O, God
the drop feil, his neck was >roken and
his straggle over. His body quivered
but a minute, anil five minutes after
wards when the doctors examined him,
bis heart had almost ceased to beat, it
eleven minuses be was pronounced dead
After banging about fifteen minutes his
body was takeD down and laid out, and
tbe ropes taken off of him. In e short
time be wee placed in a neat poplar cot
fin and case and taken off ior boriaL
Pierce. Argued. J. C. Nichols, rep
resented by Z. D. Harrison, for plaintiff
iu error. No appearance for defendant.
Oconee Circuit.
No 2 Loyd G. Bowers vs. Wm. M.
Auderson, administrator. Trover, from
Pulaski. 8. Hall, Jackson, Nisbet k Ba
con, Hansell A Hansel]; C. C. Kibbev,
for plaint'ff in error. Lanier & Ander
son, contra.
Pending tbe argument of Mr. Hall
tne Court adjourned until 10 o’clock, a.
m. to-morrow.
SUPReA COURT OF GEORGIA, JUNE 13.
Oconee Circuit.
No. 2—Argument concluded.
Albany Circuit.
No. 2.—E. W. Seabrook, administra
tor, vs. Wright Brady, administrator.
New trial from Dougherty. Hines d:
Hobbs, Yason A Davis, L. P. D. Warren
for plaintiff iu error; W. A. Hawkins for
defendant.
Pending the argument of Mr, Hines,
the Court adjourned till 10 o'clock a. m.
to-morrow.
Albany Circuit:
No. 2—Argument concluded.
Southwestern Circuit:
35.—Withdrawn.
Atlanta Circuit:
No. 11—J. L Whitaker, for use, etc.,
vs. John D. Pope. Argued—L. E.
Bleckley, represented by John D. Pope,
for plaintiff in error; no appearance for
defendant *23 -wmi
No 15—Tallapoosa—Jasper N. Smith
vs. Wm. Maioom. Injunction from
Merriwether. W. F. Wright, for plaintiff
in error. Geo. L. Peavy for defendant in
error.
On conclusion of Mr. Peavy’s argu
ment the Court adjourned till Tuesday
next
“ Yontg America'’ in FIltlc«ff.
Two small boys, incensed against
each other for some cause, had “ a reg
ular set-to’’ yesterday morning in front
of the National Hotel. By their !pugil
istic encontre they soon became “the
observed of all observers” For some
minutes “ the battle hung in even soale”
—quite entertaining, seemingly, to the
motley crowd of spectators attracted to
the scene of conflict, who looked on
pretty muoh as they would at a cock
fight J How it would have ended must
remain among the uncertainties of hu
man speculation, for just at tLe “crisis,’'
a police officer making his appearance,
the youthful combatants, on both sides,
“ skedaddled” in “ doable quiok,” thus
disappointing the fancied conjectures of
all bystanders as to which would first
show the “ white leather” or yield the
ground. It would be wall for all bellig
erents of this class, as well as others, to
remember Dr. Watts’ stanzas:
al Let doge delight to buk end bite,
For God haa made them ao,
And heart and Ilona growl and fight.
For 'tie their nature to;
But children yon ehoold never let
Your angry paaalona riae,
Your little handa were never made
To tear each other'* eyes,”
Dm. G. L. Rxdwtns and his Brids.—
The Columbus Sun of Thursday says:
Testerday morning at 10 o’oloek, Dr.
GL L. Bed wine, of Atlanta, and Mrs.
Elisabeth Buford, of this city, were mar
ried. The ceremony occurred in the
Epieoopol Church, Rev. W. O. Hunter
officiating. The attendance wm email,
nooards having been rimed. The mar
ried pair left on the Western train tor
their borne in Atlanta. The bnde is a
sriier of Mrs. McIntosh, end one of the
brightest conversationalists in Georgia;
the groom one of the moet solid of At
lanta mercantile men.
A large rattlesnake woa killed yes ter
day by e lady living five mites from the
city, on tberoad to the river. Tbe snake
wm four feet ten inches long, end hM
seven rattles. It is now at the store of
Mr. Donahoo on Marietta street
Ws have tickets to an enter! unmeet
to be given to-night by the young ladies
of Miss Y. rdery’a class, at Cartersville.
The programme ia a well selected one,
aud no doubt will be <)nite enjovab'r.
We r gr. '. ur mobility attend.
National Hotel. — The Covington
Enterprise, of Friday, oontained the fol
lowing deservedly complimentary notice
ot this well-known and popular hotel.
The editor aaya: “ We had the pleasure
of taking diuner at this hotel, while in
Atlanta, lost Monday, and we can truly
say, that for good eating, the National
Hotel is decidedly ahead of everything in
the hotel line in the Gate City; and we
moet cheerfully recommend it to oar
friends as the place to atop. This is no
“paid advertisement,” and we mean all
we say, for we paid for our dinner, and
we got the worth of our money. We my,
try it"
The Thomaston Herald mye: When
you go to Atlanta atop at the National
and share tha oooitoooa attention and
ample aooommodations of the bert hotel
in the city. ^
Somemtho New.—Mr. E, T. Hmud-
cutt has invented eoaeathing MW and
beneficial to the health of the etiff. The
name of this new invention is called a
bell trap.” It ri to be fixed in tha
stwers for the purpose of preventing
filthy odor to eeeepe therefrom. It ri
one of the beet affaire that wa have seen
lately. Tbe first of the kind wm laid
yesterday at the corner of Yenabie and
Collier’s drag store. Will not the City
Fathers at once look into this ell-im-
portant work ? Lot ns have them pat on
every street. The health and decency of
be city demand them.
Hokicids—We are reliaoly informed
th at on yesterday an altercation took
place pet ween two oolored train hands,
Henry and Charles, on tbe Savannah A
Griffin Road, near the Chattahoochee
river, revolting in the death of the let
ter. We did not learn the particulars of
this unfortunate affair. Henry was ar
rested immediately and taken to New-
nau for trial. Oar informant left there
before bis trial was over.
V M)*: n>KO ,\r.rtx
ewrgla lassos.
l)r. Ogilbv Gird in Madison last
rue«Uv<
Polk i*>untv cotton >s already ffi
to-.t and h half hi<rh.
Tbe Macon dogs are being ponndeM
very numerously.
Three new cases c4 emall-pox utoi
discovered iu Augusta on Wedneod^t
The re-organization of the Coltota-
bu« Guards has been completed.
Thursday was the annual parad*»
day of the llome Fire Department.
Much trouble with the grasshop
pers in cotton, in Terrell county.
The examination of the Greens^
boro Female Institute will close tha
last week in June.
Greene county has a chicken with
one head, one neck, two bodies joined
together, four wings and lour legs.
The annual commencement ol tha
Georgia Female College, at Madison,
comes off on the last week in June.
Mr. Gus Ilarduge shot aud killed n
full grown dear near Kennesaw
Mountain, last Wednesday evening.
The owner of the Coiumbus mare
Lady Euima. has refused $1,000 fa
her.
The corn ano other crops along thn
line of the .North ami bouili Iuuiroad,
have greatly improved during tha
past few days.
Ilev. Andrew J. Beck has accepted
the pastorship of the Bantist Church
at Marietta, aud will cuter upon hia
official duties uU'iu the first of July*.
There was a rumor in Augusta on
Wednesday to the effect that Colonel
Wadley had resigned his connection
with the Central Railroad.
The Macon and Augusta Railroad
is again in line running condition—
the recent damage having been re
paired.
A negro was killed on the lumber
train of the Macon and Western Rail
road, which had gone up to Whitea-
burg on Thursday last
Mr. Wm. E. Reynolds, of Union
Point, has been awarded the first,
and Mr. W. W. Arnold the second
honor, in Mercer University.
Thos. N. Chase, of Georgia, haa
been appointed Agent for the Indi
ans, at the Green Bay Agency in
Wisconsin.
Mrs. Stapplebein, the mother of
Mrs. McAlister, of Columbus, died
Wednesday at the residence of CapL
W. J. McAlister, aged about eighty
years.
The crops along the entire line of
the Central Railroad are reported to
be iu as promising condition as they
have been at tins season ia twenty
years.
An election will be held in Wash
ington countv, on the 7th of July, to
fill the vacancy in the Legislature
lrom that county caused by the death,
of Dr. McBride.
Drs. Gordon and Farris, of LaFay-
ette, perfoimed a very remarkable
operation in surgery a few days ago,
that of ovariotomy, extracting from
the patient a tumor weighing twenty-
five or thirty pounds. The patient
is doing well.
The examination exercises of the
Sara Baily Institute, of Griffin, will
I ake place in about two weeks. Hon.
E. W. Beck will deliver the Com
mencement Address, and Mr. Waiter
C. Beeks has consented to deliver the
prizes to the successful speakers.
The Journal of the fifty-first an
nual convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the diocese of
Georgia, held in Christ Church, Sa
vannah, on the 20th of May last, haa
just been issued from the publishing
department of the Morning News
office.
Thos. J. Perry, Esq., Secretary of
the North-Georgia and East-Tennes-
see Steam Boat Company, has made
arrangements for a mass meeting to
be held at Field’s Mills, Gordon
county, for the purpose of removing
the obstructions from the Oostanaula
and its tributaries.
Mlsccllsneoa* Item*.
Garibaldi made a failure as a novel
writer, and being too old to enter re
bellion again, he sits and smokes and
sleeps.
The white population of Louisiana,
according to the census of 1870, ia
362,065, and the black population is
364,210, giving a majority to the
black inhabitants of 2,135.
If Mr. Robert Grigg, of Dinwiddle
county, Virginia, has sold his crop ot
new wheat to be delivered in Peters
burg next Monday at $2.25 per bushel.
A. C. Chamberlain, aged eighty,
was admitted to the bar in Hastings,
Minnesota, the other day. Having
withstood temptation eighty years,
he should have neld oat to the last
The Hon. Job Stevenson, ex-Con-
gressman from the 2d Ohio District,
has published a 40-page pamphlet on
the subject of “Credit Mobiller Legis
lation and Observations.”
A Des Moines paper thinks it is a
very curious state of affaire that the
Iowa tanner most sell two bushels of
ripe com to get money enough t
buy a can of sweet corn put up greea
and holding less than one quart.
The Louisville Industrial Exposi
tion of arts, inventions, mauulac-
tures and products, will be open from
September 2d, 1873, to October 11th,
1873—this being the second annual
grand national exposition given by
that institution.
Tne Geneva award of $l5,000,00u to
be United S aies is to be paid Sep tent
er 14th, next.