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THE FOREST NEWS: VtSE JACKSON COUNTY ) Wishing company. $ tOltfME 11. pjjgjjSHED EVERY SATURDAY, hf .1 ack>* County l'ublixliing I 1 ’ 1 ' Company. ■OERSOF, JACKSON CO., GA. „ v W. COR. PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STATRS. (f!t &• • , ——______ aLCOMSTAFFORD, m RAGING AND BUSINESS EDITOR. " TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Mn v 12 months $2.00 ! 3 “ 50 ,' H 'or every Club of Ten subscribers, an ex of the paper will be given. ' # Relating to Newspaper Subscriptions and Arrearages. y following laws in regard to newspaper sub ‘ . ;i , nS and arrearages have received the sanc "ad are published as the decisions of the tji Sates Supreme Court: subscribers who do not give express notice to ntrary. arc considered wishing to continue -.f subscription. [f subscribers order the discontinuance of 'periodicals, the publishers may continue to ■; i; „ e ni until all arrearages are paid, if subscribers neglect or refuse to take their - # iicals from the office to which they are di viLthcv are held responsible until they have J their bills and ordered them discontinued. If subscribers move to other places without nig publishers, afid the papers are sent to ,;,nr,cr direction, they arc held responsible, i. The Courts have decided that “refusing to periodicals from the office, or removing and 5 .-;nc:hem uncalled for is prima facia evidence jjwtional fraud.” Any person who receives a newspaper and Gl , use of it. whether he has ordered it or not, ..{iii m law to be a subscriber. ■, If subscribers pay in advance, they arc bound lore notice to the publisher, at the end of their -f.;f they do not wish to continue taking it; c<nise, the publisher is authorized to send it *1 the subscribers will be responsible until iKiprcss notice, with payment of all arrearages, laiitto the publisher. jifekinul' & (Ennis. ■„B. MAIIAFFKY. W. S. M'CARTY. CAHAFFEY & McCARTY, >1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW, >1 kfperson, Jackson Cos. Ga., f. pdicc tnt’wliere for money. Prompt at fc!"!i given to all business entrusted to their p. Patronage solicited. OctHOly UK. C. It. GILES | g JiS his professional services to the citizens oMclfcrson and vicinity. Can be found at date residence of l)r. If. J. Long, h*. 22, 1870 —tf STANLEY .V PINSON, JFFFEIISO.X, GA., eAI.KHS in Dry Goods and Family Groce- r '\ New supplies constantly received, ap fur Cash. Call and examine their stock. • Blj Medical Notice. Jf .l fb 111 \t having located in Jeffer ' iii for the purpose of practicing Medicine, v oillv tenders his services to the citizens of ff n and county in all the different branches profession. After a battering experience years, he feels justified in saying that • ri uared to successfully treat any curable incident to our climate. He is, for the ,! - boarding with Judge John Simpkins, but ' famil v here soon. Col. J. A. B. Mahafifey. Jf inference can lie seen in the office of T. 11. o. S. C. octlG . [• HOWARD. ROB'T S. HOWARD. A HOWARD, attorneys at law, j-., Jefferson, Ga. practice together in all the Courts of Jack .J'l adjacent counties, except the Court of ® f y of Jackson county. Sept Ist 75 VIISOA '' ArniMAKER AND JEWELER, m - king's Drug Store, Deupree Block, h. a ‘ AH work done in a superior manner, u r 1 to give satisfaction. Terms, posi - JulylO-Om. *• Attorney sit Ijiw, ~ nOMER, BAXKS Cos.. Ga. '*' IT ' ll all the adjoining Counties, and ~.... " |l ' Mention to all business entrusted to ■ i,, t , Collecting claims a specialty. 1875. ly "Oiix ... ;v\ Kss MAKER, JEFFERSON, GA. 5 ; ' 1 >"0'1 loiggy and wagon harness always n , , same, bridles, saddles, Ac., '"'t notice, and cheap for cash. * —ly h.'ivn ~ . ‘ ~ ' r. ■ J. B. SII.MAN, ■Ovik 'l°”' *'*• I Jefferson, Ga. a; nr . A fT(RXEYS-AT-LA W. ' tic,, together in the Superior Courts of 11.) 1,1 Jackson and Walton. I—ly l —ly • *.*?** Attorney sit V<sivv, AI-KRSOX. JACKSON CO., GA. . ’ J the Courts, State and Federal. i thorough attention given to all - ‘ l,; isiness in Jackson and adjoining June 12, 1875 V T.A l H “ r day at home. Samples V TTkf n orth 81 free. SITNSON & inarll W v,!!c' :lt Home. Agents wanted. Outfit m. 14 k ' r "ts free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, marll F. P. TALMADGE, I DEALER IN pIUCAN AND IMPORTED WATCHES, y°CK$, JEWELR Y, SILVER Sf PLATED WARE, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, &C. * C HES, CLOCKS jewelry repaired ■ I a neat and workmanlike manner, and warranted to give entire satisfaction. I <>r,| amental and l*lain letter Engraving a Specialty. I College Avenue, one door from the Bookstore Corner, ATHENS, GA. | Pnl K 1876 ly The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK OF Milinery and Fancy Goods! • o T. A. ADAMS A NNOUXCES to the public that she is now re- a large and varied stock of Ladies’ Bonnets, ITats, Laces, Ribbons. Trimmings, &c., which she is offering at low prices. Call, exam ine and be convinced. Next door to the Bank of the Lmversity, Athens, Ga. April 15 BURKE’S BOOK-STORE, ATHENS, GrA.. T F J.?V School Books, Miscellaneous Books, 77 ~ vv es ai Hymn Books, Pens, Ink and Paper, S? £ nß ’ Fine Socket Knives, Picture Frames. Blank Books, Hat Racks, Brackets, or anything kept in a first-class Book-store, call on _ T. A. BURKE, mar lß Bookseller and Stationer. THE REASON WHY J. H. HUGGINS Sells goods cheaper now, 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-icare, Lamps , Chandeliers , Farmers' 1 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 of I.rtlK, both for build ing and fertilizing purposes, all very low for the CASH. When 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. If you want CROCK ER Y and GLASS WARE, there’s the place to get it. If you want TOBACCO , FLOUR, BACON. LARD. SU GAR, COFFEE and MOLASSES, go there and you will find it. If you want LIME, for building or composting with fertilizers, go to J. n. HUGGINS’, No. 7, Broad St., Athens. the place. rnarlS Established, 1785! The Chronicle Sf Sentinel. ATJGTJSTA, Gr_A._ One of the Oldest Papers in the Country. One of the LEADING PAPERS of the South. The Largest Circulation in Eastern Georgia. The officiiil Organ of several Counties. PUBLISHED Daily, Tri-Weekly & Weekly. THE DAILY CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL IS filled _L 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, $lO. Ti ie Tlt 1-W EE Iv I N Chronicle and Senti nel is intended for points convenient to a Tri- Weekly mail. It contains nearly everything ol interest which appears in the Bail}'. Subscription, $5.00. 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 anv issue sent free. WALSII & WRIGHT, Proprietors, Augusta, Ga. A Proclamation. GEORGIA. By JAMES M. SMITH, Governor of said State. Whereas, Official information has been re ceived at this Department that a band of horse thieves have been operating recently in the coun ties of Oglethorpe and Jackson, committing divers thefts therein, and that they have hitherto eluded the vigilance of the civil authorities— I have thought proper, therefore, to issue this my Proclamation, hereby offering a reward of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars each for the apprehension and delivery of said thieves, with evidence sufficient to convict, to the Sheriffs of said counties and State. And 1 do moreover charge and require all of ficers in this State, civil and military, to be vigi lant in endeavoring to apprehend said thieves, in order that they may he brought to trial for the of fence with which they stand charged. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this the twenty fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the One Hundredth. JAMES M. SMITH, Governor. By the Governor : N. C. Barnett, Secretary of State. mayl3 NOTICE TO ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS, GUAR DIANS AND TRUSTEES. MAKE YOUR RETURNS. IT is my duty, under the law, to compel all Ad ministrators, Executors, Guardians and Trus tees, managing estates or trust funds under my jurisdiction, to make annual returns of their act ings and doings as such. The law directs these returns to be made by the first Monday in July of each vear. I hereby notify all such parties that unless they perfoHn this ‘duty promptly, in accordance with law, I shall proceed to discharge mine. WILEY C. HOWARD, Ordy May 27, 1876. of Jackson County. JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. JUNE 17,1876. EDUCATIONAL. EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. At a recent meeting of the County Board of Education of this county, the School Com missioner presented an exhaustive series of questions to those applying for license to teach in our Public Schools. The following general questions, as answered t>y Prof. Jolm W. Glenn, of the Martin Institute, are given to the readers of the Forest News as a matter of general interest. Coming as they do from one of the ablest and most successful educa tors of the day, we bespeak for them a care ful reading: For the Elementary Branches, what Series of text-books do you prefer ? Give a few reasons for your preference. We think that teachers ought to be inde pendent of mere text books, and able to do good work with any of the many excellent series now in common use. We are inclined to prefer, in orthography, the plan adopted by Swinton, in his Word Series, as it teaches to spell more by sight than by sound. As readers, taking all things into consid eration, and including the whole course, we give the preference to the revised series by Noble Butler. The books are attractive in form; the selections in poetry and prose, from the best authors, are unsurpassed in in terest or value. We would also recommend the Wilson Scientific Series for such' as can not pursue an extended course. Among Arithmetics, we have found Quack enbos’ Primary Course excellent for the low er classes. The method in fractions is very superior. This work, Colburns or Sanfords, should be in every school. In Geography we hardly consider it neces sary to discuss the merits of the many good publications on this subject. Any of them are good enough in the hands of a teacher who will insist on his pupils becoming pro ficients in map-drawing, for this, after all, is the only way for children to gain and fix in their minds a clear idea of the relative posi tion of countries, as well as a comprehensive definition of the terms. Have y 7 ou ever studied any author on Ana lytic and Synthetic Grammar? and if so, what do you think of the system ? Have studied many, from Goold Brown down to Kerl, one of the last—Brown, Clark, Kerl, Green, Town, Trench, treating Analysis fully. We think the system fine in Normal schools for the development of teachers and philologists, but most pupils have not the time for such a course. Have 3’ou ever given any particular atten tion to Object Teaching ? and if so, what do 3 r ou think of its practical results ? We have, to some extent. We think the practical results may be good with chil dren. but the system militates against the powers of abstraction ; which faculty of the mind is brought out with the greatest diffi culty, and is most essential to comprehensive and profound thinking, absolutely essential to a good education. What is the advantage of having as few classes as possible ? Immense. Ist, It gives the teacher time to teach, the very thing for which he is placed in the school-room. 2d, It secures emulation and spirit among the pupils, without which very little can be done. Many other advant ages might be suggested, but these are enough. How far should teachers be guided by the wishes of parents in assigning new studies to pupils ? Just so far as the study may 7 affect the final result expected by the parent and the future prospects of the child. The teacher should be the best judge of the special studies em ployed to effect certain general results, as a lawyer is a better judge than a client in the management of a case. Should the younger pupils be confined less than the older ones ? and if so, why ? Yes. The whole physical and mental econ omy, under the laws of nature, demand that the growing child should not be kept long confined to one position or one train of thought. To what extent should the teacher use a text book in hearing a lesson ? Just so far as to keep the order of the reci tation. Of course any teacher should be per fect master of the subject before attempting to teach it. What is the difference between teaching and talking ? Just the difference there is between sound and sense. We would sav that there is usually a great deal too much talking by the teacher at recitation. It is much easier for a teacher who understands the subject to recite the les son himself, than to make his pupils recite it. He should “ question ” the lesson into the pu pil and tffen “ question ” it out again, as has been wisely said by someone, and know that the pupil can recite it himself. It is easy for the teacher to lecture on any subject with which he is familiar, but such lecturing is worth very little in the real work of educa tion. It is the “humbug” part of our work, always adopted by those indolent, blustering teachers who would draw large dividends from a small capital. “ Lecturing” sounds grand, but we have a sovereign contempt for it in school or in College, except as a very small aid for the real work. What do you understand by leading ques tions, and why are they objectionable ? Questions so worded as to suggest very plainly the answer, and such questions are very objectionable for the reasons expressed in No. 8; that they constitute the teacher's and not the pupil's recitation. What are the objects of punishment in school? It is the same as the object s of sanctions or penalties in State and family government— to secure obedience to authority. This ques tion covers too much to be answered here, and we undertake the answer only thus far. The great leading object in the common lit- erary school is, primarily , to train the mind, and secondarily 7, to train the morals, so far as that training aids the primary work. The heart training, as it is sometimes called, is the duty of the family and church. Hence, the teacher in making rules must make them with reference to his primary work, and not go outside of his sphere to hunt up offences. He should impose as few obligations as pos sible and make issues rarely, but these few should be met and enforced promptly 7 and calmly. Above all, punishment must never degenerate into spite or revenge. The teach er should never lose a perfect control of his own feelings. By all means lie should avoid the old erroneous idea that a child’s spirit must be broken before he can become an obedient pupil. This is the very worst of mistakes. The child's will should not be crushed, but developed most carefull3\ and his pride should be fostered with the utmost anxiet3 T . The “ hard heads” make the men of the country. We repeat, do not diminish the strength that is already too meagre in the child. \\ ill, icill is almost everything. Is it ever proper to resort to corporal pun ishment to secure the preparation of a lesson ? Rarely—it may be in extreme cases, where there is neither pride nor will to stimulate. Name a few of the most important qualifi cations of a good disciplinarian. First, he must feel assured that he is master of the situation in all particulars. Second, he must never lose his equable temper or self possession under any 7 circumstances. Third, he must love his pupils and manifest a deep interest in their progress and welfare. Fourth, he must disregard all outside interference and govern strictly in accordance with the dic tates of reason and conscience; then, if he has any self-assertion and common sense, he cannot fail. What is your opinion of the propriety of re quiring pupils to inform upon each other ? The practice is abominable, unless the case has been made out, and mainly concerns them selves. It mars good fellowship, crushes pride of character and develops tell-tales, sneaks and despicable natures generally. What is your opinion of “ dunce caps” and “ dunce stools” ? If such things are introduced in the schools, the teacher should wear thfc one, and sit on the other. Is the practice of calling only upon the best pupils in public examinations and exhibitions correct ? and if not, why not ? No—because examinations arc appointed chiefly as incentives to diligence and appli cation during the term, and should be brought to bear witli fullest force on the duller pupils. As exhibits of the work during the term, they should be perfectly fair in every respect, and not displays for the purpose of deception and imposition, nor should they be mere enter tainments. Whatdo you think ofTeaching as a science? It is one of the most profound and difficult of the sciences ; one of the most abused and least understood of the professions, and as to importance it stands next to the Gospel. A Man Makes a Pillar of Fire of Himself. From the Wilmington (N. C.) Journal , of the 11th May, we copy the following horrible story of how a young man put an end to his life : “ A young man named Elias "Wilson, who resided with his widowed mother on Camp bell street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, brought himself to the most excruciating death, on night before last, that can possibly be imagined. The young man has been de mented for some time past, but even under the influence of his mania, which would be worse at times, and then again almost disap pear, he was unusually tractable, and appa rently harmless to himself and others. On Tuesday, however, he threatened the life of his mother, but as night came on his passions became pacified, and he retired to bed as usual. About midnight, his mother, who slept in an adjoining room, heard him moving about in his room, and although the circumstances caused her considerable uneasiness of mind, she thought it best to remain quiet herself, hoping her son would retire to his bed. But this was farthest from his thoughts. He was then making the awful preparations for his self-destruction. The sequel showed that he rose from bed, dressed himself, and then sat urated his clothing, hair and entire person with kerosene oil. Having done this he light ed a match and ignited his saturated cloth ing. Instantly he became a pillar of flame. His mother, hearing him strike the match, arose also, fearing that in a crazy mood he might set fire to the house. Her terror was indescribable when she beheld her son rush out from his room enveloped in a column of seething fire, and she fled from him, believing that he intended to carry out his threat against her life of the previous day, and end the ex istence of both of them together. It took but a moment, however, for the tortures of the flames to exhaust him, as in his wild delirium he ran around the house, and he fell to the ground, a blackened, charred mass of lifeless, broiling flesh.” Mr. James Kenedy was fishing in the creek near here a few davs ago, accompanied by his faithful old dog, who was a noted snake slayer. The dog left his side and was soon fiercely baying something in the bramble near by. Mr. Kenedy started towards him, but before he readied the spot the dog had ceased baying. Cautiously parting the bush es, lie beheld his faithful old dog and a six foot rattlesnake, both dead.— Wadley Eut. The wheat crop in Gwinnett county will turn out better than it was expected to do a few weeks since. Harry Buford. extraordinary adventures of a female SOLDIER—A CUBAN PATRIOT IN A PULL BACK. Mention was made in the Morning Neics of Saturday that Mad. L. J. Velasquez, a Cuban lady, famous as Lieutenant Harry Buford, was registered at the Screven House. We called upon the lady 7 , whom we had known only by reputation, and were very courteous* ly received. She is a tall, graceful woman, about thirty-two years of age, witli a face somewhat raasculinish. The check bones are rather prominent, and she has a delicate shade upon the upper lip that reminds one of the average young America's first effort at rais ing a moustache. Her eyes, blue in color, have a way of brightening up, and sparkling when she is engaged in animated conversa tion. Although having passed through all the roughness of camp life, among soldiers of every grade, who never even suspected her true sex, she bears that modest demeanor that belongs to woman, and you cannot de tect anything in her deportment or conversa tion that would be expected from a woman who had gone through her many trials and who had mingled with so many men. She has convincing proofs that she is the identi cal daring Harry Buford, in letters from prom inent men in the North and South. One from G. W. Alexander, formerly com mander of the famous Libby Prison at Rich mond, now editor and proprietor of the Wash, ington (D. C.) Gazette , addressed to her as “Dear Hany.” He knew her under that pseudonym during the war. She also lias several from W. J. Clarke, Jr., Philadelphia, Max Adder’s brother. Mad. Velasquez informs 11s that at the breaking out of the late war her husband, who was an officer in the regular army, resigned, eame South and entered the Confederate ser vice. She, disguised as a soldier, joining with him, and in a short time won her way to a Lieutenancy by sustaining an unblemished reputation, va’iant service in battle and dis charge of important offices of trust. A Cuban by 7 birth, she enlisted her sympathies in the cause for liberty of the South, and right royally 7 did she serve it. Her sex was dis covered by reason of being wounded at New Orleans, but was known only to a few. Af terwards her sex was again discovered in At lanta, when it became generally known, and of course compelled bor to abandon the dis guise. In September, 18G3, she was again married (her former husband having been kill ed) at the Atlanta Hotel, on the site where the Kimball House now stands, to Capt. T. C. DeCaulp, in presence of Dr. Jos. Thomp son, A. F. Finney, and Dr. Hammond and others. Those named are in Atlanta now, and we understand will testify to the identity 7 of Harry and Madame Loveta J. Velasquez. Since the war closed, Harry has roamed nearly 7 all over the world. Having a little son about six y 7 cars of age to support ai)d educate, she has devoted many 7 years to the preparation of a book to be called “The Woman in Bat tle.” In this remarkable book is recounted all of her daring exploits by land and sea. while in the service of the Lost Cause. The proceeds of the sale of this work will be ap plied to the maintenance of herself and child. —Savannah News , June 5111. The Disgusting Habit Common in New England. Dr. James O. Whitney, of Pawtucket, R. 1., writes as follows to the New York Sun: ‘•ln two or three instances recently the Sun has contained references to the ‘Dippers’ of some of the Southwestern States. Eighteen or twenty years ago a medical gentleman of talent and observation published a long and full account of this vile practice among the women of that region in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. lie showed that death even followed as a result, the post-mortem examinations of the mucous membrane of the stomach giving indubitable evidence of the actual presence of snuff, softening it, and rendering it unfit for the processes of diges tion. “This dirty and pernicious habit is prac ticed hereabouts under the name of ‘rushing.’ It is very common ; some do it quite openly, others stealthily, and deny it. Some, upon being accused of it, say, ‘I only rub my teeth with snuff.’ The habit is usualty contracted as a mill girl, but it continues into married life, and in many instances works fearful havoc with the nervous, and finally the whole system. The habit, once contracted. seem3 as enticing to its votaries as dram drinking or opium eating, and almost as destructive to health. spite of a dog law, Judge A. E. Tarver, of Cobb county, sold at Bartow, on Friday last, to Messrs. Wilkins & Outlaw, 7,091 pounds of wool at 23J cents per pound, realizing $1,719 63. Jndgc Tarver is no speculator in wool, and the above is all from his own raising. lie owns about 2,500 head of sheep, and the increase and manure will pay all the expense of keeping them, while the amount realized from the sale of wool is the interest on his Investment. The above simply shows that where a man wants to do a thing he can generally do it. If there wasn't a dog in the land, no man could raise sheep without bestowing proper attention to them. As has been heretofore remarked in these columns, the man that won’t make bread won't make wool or mutton. The Wisconsin Democratic Convention sent seventeen delegaiis for Tilden and three un committed. $ TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM. (. SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS. GLEANINGS. Over $7,000,000 in silver has been issued* Look out fbr counterfeit silver. See that all you take has the true ring. Asa last resort to preserve the peace, rt European Conference has been suggested. The celebrated Unwell Will case in Gwin* nett Superior Court has been continued. The new State of Colorado will enter the Union on the Ist of July, and will hold its first election in October. Several battles have been gained lately by the Mexican Government troops, and the revolution is considered ended. The examination of the University of Gcd. begins on the sth of July, and at the Atlanta University on the 19th of June. A colored man killed an alligator On little Pee Dee River, S. C., that measured ten feet in length. He was so old that his teeth were worn off by age. The mortality among the colored people ill Union, tv C., is on the increase. There word four corpses in the vicinity of the town on one day. The East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad* running from Dalton. Ga., to Bristol, Tenn., is laying down 5,000 tons of steel and irofl rails. Condensation is the great need of public speakers. Verbosity 1 s thd ruling sin. A man who can't strike oil in thirty minute* should not bore. Thd regular monthly sale of the lvimball House occurred in Atlanta last Tuesday week. It brought Oiic hundred and fifty dollars. Thd title is not yet settled. The cheekiest method of putting off the pay* ment of a bill is for a party to decline set tling on the ground that he wants the money to go to the Centennial with. The regular Baptists of Virginia have 63,455 white and 110.508 colored members. The anti-mission Baptists number about 2,500 members. The fast train from 2<ew York to Salt Francisco is running ahead of the schedule time. The fastest time made was two and a half miles in two minutes. In a recent attempt by U. S. Marshal liar* rington to capture the boat Kate Dicksoil, at Maysville, Ky., he and Capt. Taylor were both killed, Much excitement exists. Gen. Beauregard has sent in a petition to the Senate for the removal of his political disabilities. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee. An old lady at Attica, Ind., just to show what she could do, tilled a goblet with rich cream, and with a teaspoon churned butter enough for breakfast for a family of six. At Philadelphia, George Parker made DO miles In three hours and fifty-seven and a half minutes. The ride was against four hours. He rode twenty mustangs. “Is the Colonel here ?” shouted a man, sticking his head into a Kansas Cit}' street car. "He is,” answered thirteen men, a* they rose up. The bill reducing the President's salary has been reported back to the Senate with a recommendation to pass it over the veto; but the Senate, of course, don't see it in “that light.” Promiscuous dancing has again been cotf demned by the Presbyterian General Assem bly, but not prohibited. It seems that immo ral tendencies worthy of church condemna tion would be better prohibited entirely. Columbus, Ga.. has shown more substan tial progress than any city in the South. While other wealthy cities are talking about building one cotton factory. Columbus has erected six and now has another in progress. In 1862 Senator Dawes said: “Money corruptly expended in the War office, under Mr. Cameron, has already amounted to more than the expenses of the Floyd administra tion in four years.” The Air-Line Road having arranged a schedule from New Orleans to New York in sixty hours, Wrenn, of the Kennesaw Route, has arranged a schedule from New Orleans to Philadelphia in fifty-one hours. Capt. G. W. Shell and his son, W. L. Shell, were tried at Laurens Court House, S. C., for the murder of Joseph Crews, before Judge Northrop, and the verdict of the jury was not guilty. Judge D. M. Byrd informs the editor of the Gwinnett Herald that he sheared seven and a quarter pounds of wool from one sheep, this spring. And yet our farmers say sheep-rais ing will not pay. A duel was fought at River Bend, Col., fast week, by Alfred D. Jessup, Jr., and! a man named Davis, who were respectively armed with a Winchester rifle and a Colt’s navy pis tol. Jessnp was killed at the second exchange of shots. Dr. A. L. Camp, who has long been a citi zen of Covington, Ga., will leave in a few days for Colorado, where be expects to make his future home. He will be accompanied by his wife and youngest child, and Willie Phillips, of Atlanta. Larkin Holloway, one of the negroes who was shot for the mnrder of old Mr. and Mrs. Harmon, was one of the jurors drawn to serve at the November term of the United States Circuit Coart to be convened at Co lumbia next November. It is now pretty certain that he will not serve. A Georgia jury thought they were doing a smart thing when they brought in the ver dict : “ We, the jury, unanimously agree to disagree.” They didn’t think it was so smart when the Judge responded, “I, the Judge, unanimously fine you $5 each.— N. F. Sun. The prevalence of lynching in Texas is astonishing. The Galveston News gives the particulars of seventeen instances occurring within two months. Most of the victims were horse stealers and stage robbers. The San Antonio Herald says that in no other way. in the absence of enforced laws, could the lives and property of respectable citizens be protected. Number 2.