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„v THE JACKSON COUNTY } PUBLISHING COMPANY, s volume I. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, H, ihc Jnckwon County l*ul>liliin p - Compiiiiy. JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA. (l pfTl% X. COK * PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS. MALCOM STAFFORD, MANAGING and business editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ( u f copv 12 months $2.00 .. •* 0 “ 1.00 .. “ :i ” so every Club of Ten subscribers, an ex tra copy of the paper will be given. Laws Relating to Newspaper Subscriptions and Arrearages. The following laws ni regard to newspaper sub ■criptions and arrearages have received the sanc tion and are published as the decisions of the (nitrd States Supreme Court: 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to thf contrary, are considered wishing to continue their subscription. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their periodicals, the publishers may continue to k fn<l them until all arrearages arc paid. I jf subscribers neglect or refuse to take their periodicals from the office to which they are di rected. they are held responsible until they have settled their bills and ordered them discontinued. 4. If subscribers move to other places without notifying publishers, and the papers are sent to the former direction, they are held responsible. 5. The Courts have decided that “ refusing to take periodicals from the office, or removing and letting them uncalled for is prima facia evidence of intentional fraud.*’ S. Any person who receives a newspaper and makes use of it, whether he has ordered it or not, is held in law to he a subscriber. 7. If subscribers pay in advance, they are bound to give notice to the publisher, at the end of their time, if they do not wish to continue taking it; otherwise, the publisher is authorized to send it on; and the subscribers will be responsible until ueipress notice, with payment of all arrearages, n*ent to the publisher. jWessimuil Jc iousiucss (Tunis. 1. A. n. MAIIAFFKY. \V. S. M'CARTY. \fAHAFFEY & McCARTY, Jl A T TORN KV S A T L A \\\ Jefferson, Jackson Cos. (!a., Will practice anywhere for money. Prompt at tention given to all business entrusted to their nre. Patronage solicited. OcttfO 1 v DR. C. R. AH'F.RS his professional services to the citizens ' ' ofJefferson and vicinity. Can be found at the late residence of Dr. 11. j. Long. •!n. 22, 187(1—tf STANLEY & PINSON, JKPFEItSOX. C. 1., TYF.AhERS in Dry Goods and Family Groce ric>. New supplies constantly received. * heap for Cash. Call and examine their stock. June ltt I x Medical Notice. | j. o. lll'.Vr having located in -Jeffev * son for the purpose of practicing Medicine, respectfully tenders ins services to the citizens of ,l J t to ' v, i mid county in all thc different branches | the profession. After a flattering experience "(nineteen years, he feels justified in saying that 'is prepared to successfully treat any curable disease incident to our climate. He is. for the KtHMit. hoarding with Judge John Simpkins, hut *l.l move his family here soon. Office with Uol. J. A. B. Mahaffey. ktUßeferenee can be seen in the office of T. H. • IHLack, Esq., C. S. C. octlfi "ni:v C. HOWARD. bob't S. HOWARD. a HOWARD, 11 ATTORNEYS AT I.AAV, w Jefferson: Ga. 'HI practice together in all the Courts of Jack *n ami adjacent counties, except the Court of ‘ffinary of Jackson county. Sept Ist ’75 V A. n iE.MAMMIY t n " ATPR.MAKEH and jeweler. u *' r - in. King's Drug Store. Deupree Block, . cns ' ba. All work done iu a superior manner. "arranted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi- July 10-Gin. R * • " OITOUI), Attorney sit I<an’, '* HOME It, HANKS Co.' On. ' 'll practice in all the adjoining Counties, and tj ( l ,r °ropt attention to all business entrusted to V aro - Collecting claims a specialty. JttH* a. oakix x HARNESS MAKER, JEFFERSON, GA. *a h* W 1 1 uggv and wagon harness always j an ' * RepairingVame, bridles, saddles, &c., • e °n short notice, and cheap for cash. Junel2__iy 1J - 'lX>Yn, I j. B . SILMAK, P t orington, Ga. Jefferson. Ga. 'Oi l* A SIUIO, r . ATTOR X EYS-AT-LAW. th. ' Practice together in the Superior Courts of i n ! ! H' es of Jackson and Walton. junel2 —iy \\ t’Hill, Attorney at Ijiw, p'• . JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA. p_ h es in all the Courts, State and Federal. au, l thorough attention given to all toun*' le S !l1 business in Jackson and adjoining June 12, 1875 per Hay at home. Samples too VM v worth $1 free. Slixsox & PortlandTMaine. marll vlO 51 at home. Agents wanted. Outfit an H terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, marll F. P. TALMADGE, DEALER IN AMERICAN AND IMPORTED WATCHES, ('LOCKS, JE WELB Y, SIL VEB $■ PLATED WARE, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, &C. Batches, clocks ajsto jewelry repaired fn a neat and workmanlike manner, and warranted to give entire satisfaction. OrnnmcnUil and IMain Letter Lngnu ing a Specialty. AT I()N— College Avenue, one door from the Bookstore Corner, ATHENS, GA. A P r ‘l Ist, 1876 ly yr g - -■ - - """- 1 ' - T -■■r’ ;v THE FOREST NEWS. I lie People their own Billers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. SPUING AND SUMMER stock: of Milinevy and Fancy Goods! O MRS. T. A. Al> V >IS A IsNOUNCES to the public that she is now re and varied stock of Ladies’ i I vf t u Hats, Laces, Ribbons. Trimmings, &c., which she is offering at low prices. Call, exam me and be convinced. Next door to the Bank of thc 1 ni versify, Athens, Ga. April 15 BURKE’S BOOK-STORE, ATHENS, <3rJ±. 1 i-?V wan t School Books, Miscellaneous Books, ,4 , ] '} l ” ,cs a, ]d Hymn Books, Pens. Ink and Paper, m* * i> ,is *i ll,e Bockct Knives. Picture Frames, olank Books, Ilat Racks, Brackets, or anythin" kept m a first-class Book-store, call on T. A. BURKE, marlS Bookseller and Stationer. Picture Gallery. Ip-Stairs, between the Billy Thompson corner and Stanley <s• Pinson's. A. H. BROCK, RESPECTFULLY announces to the ladies and gentlemen of Jefferson and vicinity, that his Gallery is now open for the accomodation of all m want of pictures, and that lie is prepared to ex ecute his work in the best style of the art. Call and examine specimens. Rates reasonable. All work warranted to give satisfaction. f ]•> SPRINGDALE NURSERIES, ATHENS, C3--A.., W. HUDGrIN, Proprietor. HAS now ready for delivery a splendid lot of Pot-Grown Plants, suitable for Parlor or Con servatory decoration, at New York prices. Nurs ery and Green House, corner Rock-Spring Avenue and Bobbin-Mill Street. inarll—tf THE REASON WHY J. H. HUGGINS Sells goods cheaper note, is because he has adopted the CASH SYSTEM! The ready cash enables him to buy goods very low, and consequently he is offering to the public every thing in his line, such as All kinds of Crockery and Glass-ware , Tamps, Chandeliers, Farmers' Lanterns. Kerosene Oil. at wholesale and retail; Family and Fancy Groceries. Dry Goods. Boots, Shoes. Hats. Saddles, Harness and Leather. And also a large stock ofIJ.KE, both for build ing and fertilizing purposes, all very low for the CA S If. \\ lien you go to Athens, don't forget to call on J. H. HUGGINS. If you want KEROSENE OIL, at wholesale or retail, he will supply you at the low est price. Tf you want CROCK KE Y and GLASS- N\ ARE. there’s the place to get it. If vou want TOBACCO. FLOUR , BACON, LARD, SU GAR, ('OFFER and MOLASSES, go there and you will find it. If you want LIME, for building or composting with fertilizers, go to J. H. HUGGINS’, No. 7, Broad St., Athens. Bwf“Reinember the place. marlS Established, 1785! The Chronicle Sentinel, AUGUSTA, G-JN. One of the Oldest Papers in the Country. One of the LEADING PAPERS of the South. The Largest Circulation in Eastern Georgia. The official Organ of several Counties. PriII.ISITED Daily, Tri-Weekly & Weekly. r PHE DAILY CHRONICLE ANI) SENTINEL IS filled A with interesting Reading matter of every de scription—Telegraphic ; Local; Editorial; Geor gia. and South Carolina and General News; Inter esting Correspondence, and Special Telegrams from all important points. Subscription, 810. The TRI-WEEKLY Chronicle and Senti nel is intended for points convenient to a Tri- Weekly mail. It contains nearly everything of interest which appears in the Daily. Subscription. 85.00. The WEEKLY CHRONICLE AND SENTI NEL is a mammoth sheet, gotten up especially for our subscribers in the country. It is one of the largest papers published in the South, and gives, besides Editorials, all the current news of the week, a full and accurate review of the Augusta Markets and Prices Current. The Commercial Reports arc a special* feature of the edition. Sub scription, $2. Specimen copies of any issue sent free. WALSH & WRIGHT, Proprietors, Augusta, Ga. Jackson County. Whereas, B J Whitmire, Administratrix of the estate of F M Whitmire, late of said county, dec’d, makes application to me tendering her resignation of said trust as such Administratrix, and recom mending the name of II N Mitchell as a suitable person, qualified and entitled to. and willing to ac cept 1 he said trust— Therefore, the said II N Mitchell, and all and singular, the next of kin of said deceased, arc here by cited to be and appear, on the Ist Monday in June, 1876, at the regular term of the Court of Or dinary, to lie then held in and for said county, to show cause why the resignation of said Adminis tratrix should not he accepted, and said II N Mitchell appointed Administrator in her stead. Given under my official signature, at office, this April 17th, 1876.' AVI LEY C. HOWARD, apl22 Ordinary. SEND 25c. to GEO. P. ROWELL & CO.. New York, for Pamphlet of 100 pages, containing lists of 3,000 newspapers, and estimates showing cost of advertising. marll JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. JUNE 3, 1576. MISCELLANEOUS. Reminiscences of Clarkesboro’ and Athens. From the Athens Georgian of last week, we clip the following “ historical waif,” believing it will prove of interest to many of our read ers who, perchance, may not see it elsewhere than in the Forest News: “ Edmund AY alker, Esq., of Madison, Ga., honored thc Georgian with a visit on Thurs day last. 1 his venerable gentleman was born in Burke county, June 10th, 1796. Ilis fath er, John Walker, was a Burke county planter* who spent the summer months in the up country, and made Clarkesboro’, Jackson county, his residence during this period. Col. Walker is the father-in-law of Dr. John New ton, of our city, and visits Athens on account of the illness of his daughter. “ilis reminiscences of Clarkesboro’ and Athens, which run hack to 1803. are very in teresting. He states that he visited the form er a few days ago, and not a vestige of this primitive village is left. Ilis elder brother was a student of Doctor Meig’s school, which was conducted in a wooden building within the bounds of the present College campus, and he brought his brother down on Monda}* morning from Clarkesboro’ and came for him again on Saturday afternoon. The ‘*()ld College” building was not then completed. Clarkesboro’, in 1803, consisted of about 200 inhabitants. Its merchants then, were Sam’l Gardner, Kussel Jones, and two Frenchmen, Charles Lennos and a Mr. Thavnet. There was no school in Clarkesboro’, but James AVright and Mr. McCloud taught in the neigh borhood. “The tailor of the village was a Air. Bowen, an old man, a widower, of whom he relates the incident of his marrying a young wife, and that their mutual infatuation was so great, that they organized the greatest kiss ing match that was ever known in Jackson count}'. They were kissing in doors and out of doors and on all occasions, to the great amusement of the villagers. “Thc Methodists and Baptists prevailed as to numbers in the District—some few Presby terians, however, in the county. In those days, all the stores sold liquors—peach brandy was in abundance ; some whiskey sold. The leading lawyer of Clarkesboro’ District was Col. AYalton Harris, thc father of Col. Y. L. G. Harris and Robert Harris, Esq. This legal gentleman was terribly frightened on one occasion, by the sliding of the Court House fsom its support, while Court was in session and the room filled with people.— There was very little money in the country, and Indian ponies, worth from five to ten dol lars each, were frequently given to the law yer in payment of fees. As Colonel AValton Harris, after an adjournment of a Court, was going home with a number of ponies, one of his friends, on this account, remarked, “there goes the Colonel with his fees.” Col. AValton Harris afterwards moved to AVatkinsville.— Ilis wife was a Miss Billups. Tom Peter Carnes and a Mr. Tate were also lawyers, who practiced in the Clarkesboro’ District. Our friend states that Saturdays were grand occasions at Clarkesboro’. Horse-racing and shooting for beef, were the favorite amuse ments. The races were for 300 yards, and executed with Indian ponies. He says that the old race track has been entirely oblite rated—all grown up in large pines. The Cherokee Indians were frequently seen in Clarkesboro’, as the Appalachee river was the boundary line, where they went to trade and buy their brandy and whiskey.” Remarkable Cure of a Snake Bite. Rev. 3.- E. King, of this place, informs us that his little daughter was bitten by a poison ous snake, a few days ago, and he cured her by simply holding the part bittern close to the fire, and the poison was arrested and drawn out by the heat of the fire, just in same way that burns are cured by holding the burned part near the fire. Mr. King says this is the second cure he h&s effected by this simple remedy, and that he has known of several other cures by the same remedy within his acquaintance. lie says it was accidentally diseoYered sev eral 3'ears ago, by a young man who was bit ten on the foot by a ground-ratttcsffake, One of the most poisonous of all snakes, while working on the farm of his uncle in North Carolina. AY hen bitten, the 3’oung man call ed out for help, and went to the place where the hands had a fire to warm their dinner, and, while waiting for attention, he held Ins foot to the fire to see if he had an}’ feeling in his foot, that previous to holding his foot to the fire he felt the poison going up his leg like a hot iron was being run up his leg, and when he held his foot near the fire the pain was greatly increased, but, instead of continu ing up his leg, it slowly came down, and finally quit hurting, and, when the wound was examined, the poison was picked out in a lump on the point of a knife, Mr. King is a minister of the Baptist church, of good standing, and is a man whose state ments are worthy of implicit confidence. We publish this remedy for the public good. It is a simple remedy and one. within the reach of all, and should be generally known.— Spartanburg Herald. Marion county is unanimous for Colquitt. Cushing and Choate. Old Squire Gerrish, of Newbury port, Mass., is a genial soul who has a host of legal re miniscences. An intimate friend of Webster, Edward Everett and Rufus Choate, and a law partner of Caleb Cushing, he had a rare op portunity of collecting anecdotes and details that are very interesting now. AVhile con nected with Cushing, a time came when those two Titans, Cushing and Choate, were on op posite sides in an important suit. On the day when the case was called the court-room was crowded. A battle between such men was a novelty, even in that epoch of brains. To the amazement of judge, jury and specta tors, both Cushing and Choate were some what anxious for a “continuance”—in other words, for a postponement of trial. Asa usual thing, both gentlemen were always anxious to force a case to trial, being in a state of “chronic preparation,” as Webster once said in speaking of Choate. In going out of court, says Mr. Gerrish. I met Choate, and said : “How is it that you were ready for a continuance to-day ? It is a little odd for you.” Choate replied : “Oh, lam a little press ed with business, and can afford to let this case stand over.” Said I : “ Choate, this is sheer nonsense. I’ll tell you what the matter is. You are afraid of Cushing.” “So I am,” was the reply ; “and I am not ashamed to own it either.” “ AYell, well,” said I, “ this is pretty good. The idea of Rufus Choate being frightened. What on earth do you fear, Mr.Choate?” “Mr. Gerrish, I will tell you. lam afraid of his overwhelming knowledge of law.” In the afternoon Cushing came into thc of fice. I went for him at once. “Caleb, what was the matter to-day : why don't you insist on trying that case ?” “Oh,” he replied, “the weather is warm, and we have much to attend to, and I didn’t care to hurry matters.” “ Now, Cushing, be honest; were you not a little afraid of Choate ?” “ AVell, Gerrish, to be candid about it, I was. Are you satisfied now ?” I then inquired what lie feared Choate for. “ Do you think,” said I, “ that he knows any more law than you do ?” “No, sir, 1 don’t,” was the answer, “but Pin afraid of the rascal's influence with a jury, right or wrong.” And there it was. The two men had been so often associated that each knew the other’s strong points, and felt timid. A Touching Incident. In the graveyard at Albany, in this State, there is a solitary, unmarked grave. It holds the dust of a Federal soldier, who died just after the “ surrender.” When Carey W. Styles was about concluding his Memorial speech on the 26th of last month, he paused, and then said with much feeling, “ hut, in}' friends, in dropping the tear of sympathy on these hon ored graves around us, and covering them with the garland of love and tender memory; let us not forget the one lone spot where lies all that is left of one who in war was not our friend. lie had, no doubt, the same view of his duty that we took of ours. lie, no doubt, felt the same high impulses of a patriot’s heart which carried him into danger, and laid him in his untended grave. For him, no doubt, the same tenderness of a sister's af fections, the same sacred associations of home existed, that have been vividly and attecting ly brought home to our hearts by the scenes and exercises of this day. For that mother, and these sisters, I bespeak for the stranger in his final resting place a kindly notice. “ How sublime an exercise of human fel lowship and charity it is to forgive, and the deeper the scar, the holier the forgiveness.— Here, to-day, let there be no indulgence of feelings that do not sweetly harmonize with the sincerest professions of peace, fraternity and good will, which, God grant, may from this day, henceforth and forever, mark our union as one people.” After the orator had concluded these re marks, whose noble spirit (fid him so fnuch honor, a great manv of the company present came up to him, and gave expression to a hearty approval of Col. Styles* words. The}’, in many instances, however/ expressed their surprise to hear that a Federal soldier was buried hr the cemetery, and asked to have the grave pointed out to them. The friend ttliO gave r?s tins incident in the day's proceedings, assured us that before the gathering dispersed the flowers on that lone grave were piled tfp a foot thick/ I low glad we would be fY> know that the poor fellow's mother could hear of this.—At lanta Commonicecdth. other night, as a frisky colored youth was walking up the street, he was ac costed by a colored acquaintance who re marked : *• Well, Brutus, dev say }’ou iz in love?” “1 iz, Uncle Abram—l don’t deny de alleged allegation.” “And how does you feel, Brutus ?” “ Y'ou have stuffed your elbuw agin a post or sumthin’ else afore now, hasn’t yorr. Uncle Abra’m ?” “I reckon.” “And you* remember de feelin’ dat runs up }’er arm?” “ I does.” “Well, take dat feelin’, add a hundred per cent., mix it wid the nicest ha'r oil in town, sweeten with hone}*, (tendon-' kin l "maginc how I feel!” The Maiden’s Prayer: She rose from her delicious sleep. And put away her soft brown hair; And in a tone as low and deep As love's first whisper, breathed a praver; Her snow-white hands together pressed. Her blue eyes sheltered in thc lid, The folded linen on her breast Just swelling with the charnfs it hill. And from her long and flowing dress Escaped a bare and snowy foot, AVhose step upon the earth did press I,ike a sweet snowflake soft and mute ; And then from slumbers soft and warm, Like a young spirit fresh front heaven, She bowed that young and matchless form, And humbly prayed to be forgiven. Ob. God ! if souls as pure as these Need daily mercy from thy throne— If she upon her bended knees, Cur holiest and purest one— She. with a face so clear and bright. We deem her some stray child of light: If she. with those soft eyes and tears, Day after day in her young years. Must kneel and pray forgraeeYrom Thee, How hardly, if she win not Honteiq V ill our wild etrots be forgiven. Our* Snake Story. Everybody has a snake story to tell. We have yet to meet the man who has not had some experience in the snake business, un less it was an emigrant fresh from the Emerald Isle. 'l’lie story we are about to tell is not like most snake stories, a small modicum of fact garnished with a liberal quantity of imagination, but can be established by the testimony of reliable witnesses. During last year, there lived upon the plan tation of Mr. A. A. Trible, a family of ne groes; the youngest, a child about three years old, had tamed a king snake, and it became so warmly attached to the child that it would meet it every day not far from thU lioiise and near a cow pen to he fed. The child would fondle it as if it had been a kitten. The pa rents, when they first saw the child with the snake, were alarmed, but after a while be' came satisfied there was no danger, and paid no attention to it. At the close of last year, the family moved over to Mr. Bond’s, some two or three miles, and the child grieved ♦bout the snake until it became sick. During its sickness, when any person would come over from Trihle’s. the child would invariabl}' ask for its “’nake,” and was continually call ing for it. After a while it got better, and the family went back to Trible’s on a visit one Sunday, taking the child along. As soon as it got to its old home the child slipped off, but, finding it was watched, came hack, and getting another opportunity it started again for the cow pen. This time they were more careful in watching, and the child, supposing it was not seen, went to an old fence row and called, and in a few minutes the snake made its appearance. Both seemed rejoiced at the meeting, and it was not until those who were watching came near, the snake would leave; it then hid. \\ hen the child Was about leav ing for home It Went hack and called its snake and carried it home. Those who saw it say it was as large as a man’s arm, bnt seemed perfectly harmless, and manifested strong at tachment for the child. It was afterwards killed,— Gw in nett Ilendd. A Frog Barometer. Out at the La Fayette Park police station they have a weather prophet which eclipse# I'ice, and all the barometers in the neighbor hood. It is a frog of the genus Ilyin, more familiar to the general reader as the treetoad. Hunt, the Superintendent of the Park, was mildly abusing his barometer one day for mis leading him, when the officer on the beat, an old frontiersman, said he would show him a trick. lie took a glass jar, and threw into it some stone, and a couple of inches of water.- Then he whittled Out a little wooden ladder and put in the jar. After some lively scrfttnb' ling a tree-toad was caught, chucked in, and a tin top screwed on. The weather indicator was complete. When it is going to be fair weather that toad roosts on the top round of the ladder, solemnly blinking the hours away. From twelve to fifteen hours before a change to bad weather, “ the general,*’ as they call him, begins to climb down, and for hours be fore the stbrm sets in, he squats lurhsetf 6*n a stone, and, with his head just above the sur face of the water, peers aloft at the coming storm. Let the weather be changeable and "shifting,” as "Old Prob” sayS, and the toad goes up and down that ladder like a scared middy. When it is fair, and the toad roosts aloft, his skiff is of it light grayish gre'en.— When the change comes the skin turns black as the toad goes down the ladder, becoining a jet, shining black by the time he reaches the bottom. The fame of thetrAid lifts spread through the' LaFayette Park neighborhbbld.— ■St; f/Mis ( Mo.) Ti mes. *l7l Take What Father Takes.” Blessed is the son whose father’s example is sffeii fha'f he may always follow it with the certainty that he wiH be led to a better life/ ‘‘What will yoii take to' drinft f { asked a waiter of a young lad, who, for the first time, accompanied his father to a public dinner. Uncertain What' to say, and feeling sure lie could not be Wrong if he fbllcWed his father’s example, he replied i “ I*ll take what father takes/’ The answer reached the father's ear, and instantly the full responsibility of his position flashed upon him. "Waiter, I’ll take water.” And from that day to’thls strong drink has been banished from’ that man's home. ( TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM. / SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS. G-LEANINGS. , Nine inidshipmeh at Annapolis have beeti forced to resign for stealing. "U esterii corn in Irwin cdunty lias given cholera to iibgS and dtndkeHsf -.••t , f • • Ten white and black, were flog ged at New Castle, Delaware. The Northern Methodist Conference fear that the Rowan Catholic Church is capturing the colored people in the South. A Stewart count}’ man has one huridreft and sixty acres in oats, which will yield him about 2,400 bushels or nearly $2,400. Over a hundred railroad and steamboat companies have agreed to carrv passengers to the Democratic Convention at half rates. In the Northern Presbyterian Assembly resolutions have been introduced and refer red, looking to a union with the church South. Mr. Lester, of Lexington#. Oglethorpe coun ty, refused two hundred dollars for the clover that stodd on a four-acre lot near his hougcV The N. Orleans Picayune says 29 negroes were killed in Wilkinson county. Miss., dur ing the recent troubles there. The acreage of oats in Georgia is one hun dred and thirty-five compared to last year, dr. thirty-five per cent, increase of acreage of last year’s crop. A poor shoemaker at Niort, in France, is the father of forty-five children, all of whom arc still living. Each of his three successive wives presented him With fifteen children. Corn has not been so cheap in Cherokee’ county ftS‘ it is at present in ten years before. The cause is attributed to the* scarcity of money, hogs and whiskey. It has been decided in lowa (fiat a man who elopes With another man’s wife can be' tried for (he offense of receiving stolen prop erty. (if thirty newspapers in Georgia who have expressed a preference for Governor twenty three farbr Colquitt, two favor Hardeman,’ and one favors dames. It is reported that Speaker Kerr Will resign* oil accbflnt of continued ill health and that Hon. S. S. Cox will probably succeed him in the Speakership of the House: The American Bible Society published last year 850,470 copies of the Bible, which makes the total number issued by the Socie-' ty since its establishment 33,125,760. The twenty United States prisoners con victed iii North Carolina of whiskey frauds' reached the Albany Penitentiary last week/ Their sentences range from one to two years. Counterfeit tens of the National State Bank of Terrehaute, and fives of the first National Bank Of LoOisviifeV bdffi dangerous, have been received at the redemption office. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian' Church, in session at Savannah last week, is 1 said to have been the largest attendance' since the' way theVc’ being f sftdelegates pres-' ent. The hft.csf Centennial phase is that of aif old farmer in Yandc'rbfrrg, cOunty,- Indiana’,* who has seven young lady daughters. He offers a Ccirfennial plow to each man that marri&s o’nc of them’. A western editor met a well-educated farm'" e'f’ rtfetfrffty add informed hirfr that he wonlif like to have something from his pen. The farmer sent him a pig and charged him $9.75 for it. In Selma, Alabama, it costs five dollars to* ikill or capture an’y fTiltf bird except the blue jay, or to disturb the nest of any wild bird, or to sell or give away, or otter to sell or give away, any young mocking bird. The’ HtfifSc* hffo passed the post-office ap-' propriation bill With Sti aiiiem/m’eiit, allowing third class mail flfattcT, not exceeding four' pounds in weight, to be sent at the rate of one cent for every two ounces. Cattle, said to be the heaviest and best in 'the World,- have arrived at Philadelphia fcV exhibition—among them an 7x weighing 4,000 pounds and a heifer weighing 3,300' pounds. 'The Legislature of Georgia was the first' legislative' b/xTy in’ the world that passed an* act prohibiting the slave trade. For doing this the people of Massachusetts howled um til they were hoarse because a rebel Stale' was interfering with her commerce. I here is little hope of the passage of the bill now pending in the national House of Representatives, to repeal the stamp-tax on* hank checks. To repeal that tax would cut off $1,500,000 of revenue from- the govern-' ment. The mVmicipnl government in Paris have ordered that children of from 12 to 14 years* of age shall n6t carry a load heavier than 2d pounds, and from 14 to 16 not' more than 30* pounds, either on the head or on the slioul-' der. The A. M. E. Conference in senior? at At-' lanta fixes the minimum salary of presiding elder at SBOO per annum, and apportions the obligation to pay between the churches of each district. Should any deficit occur in the' piiVfnent, it shall be made frotrr t)itf geit em i treasury. It is now stated* that GeiVeraf Pierce M. B/ Ycfirng will frfef a candidate' for the Georgia' Legislature from Bartow cbifnty; that if elected he will be a "prominent candidate” for Speake’r of* the Ilotrse, and that he 4 wilt enter the race for Spfeaker" with' a "strong" following.” Gil Ilaven was on the platform of the For-' tj- second street railroad depot the other day ‘and spoke these Mortis : 7 I didift care how much these people talked against the Presi-' dent—they would talk against their sainted grandmothers— but when I saw him. taking, his whisky without any water in it, I ceased to pray for a third term.” —Brocfldyn Aryus. Among other matters disposed of by the* dast term of Hancock Superior Court, was the' trial of J/ f. Ldcksoh, who killed his brother some time lrJst winter. The evidence show-’ ed it a clear case of insanity, caused by a severe attack of pneumonia, of six weeks, that he had previous to the killing, and the' jury at once rendered a verdict of not guilty. He was remanded back to jail to be seat from 1 there to the insane asvluur. NUMBER 52.