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JACKSON CO. PUB. COM’Y, ) Proprietors. ( VOLUME V. i*orcsf ilffe. (t PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. ROBERT S. HOWARD, Editor and Publisher, JEFFERSON , JACKSON CO ., GA. )FFICE, N. E. COR. PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy 12 months $1.50 “ “ 6 “ 1.00 “ “ 3 “ 50 #a!f“For every Club of Ten subscribers, an ex tra copy of the paper will be given. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Dollar per square (often lines or less) for the first insertion, and Seventy-five Cents for each subsequent insertion. (*3jr A .square is a space of one inch, measured up and down the column. B*3jrAll Advertisements sent without specifica tion of the number of insertions marked thereon, will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. or Professional Cards, of six lines r less, Seven Dollars per annum ; and where they do not exceed ten lines, Ten Dollars. £cpt' iiiloertisemeuts. Jackson Sheriff’s Sales. W ILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in August next, before the Court House door in the town of Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga., within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: A tract or parcel of land, situate and lying in the 257th District, G. M., of said county, on the waters of little Curry’s creek, adjoining lands of J. M. Wilhite, A. T. Hennctt and others, the same being the place whereon S. G. Harnett now re sides, containing three hundred and forty-two acres, more or less. Levied on by virtue of a fi. fa. issued from the Superior Court of said county in favor of 11. 0. Guldens vs. S. G. Harnett. On said land there is a tolcrabl}’ good dwelling house and necessary out-houses, and a good orchard ; about forty or fifty acres of said land in a high state of cultivation, the remainder in old field and forest land. Property pointed out by plaintiff. Written notice given S. G. Harnett, party now in possession. Also, at the same time and place, will be sold the dwelling house, lot and premises now occu pied by and in the possession of Peter McLester. in the town of Jeff erson, in said county, bounded on the west or front side by Washington street in said town, on the east or back side by the back street, on the south by the lot now occupied by W. A. Worsham, and on the north by cross alley, and containing one acre, more or less. Levied on as the property of Peter McLester, defendant in ti. fa., to satisfy a certain Justice Court fi. fa., issued by 8. McCarty, J. P. 215th District, G. M., in favor of J. H. Pendergrass vs. said Peter Mc -I.ester. Said dwelling is a good two-story frame dwelling, newly finished and painted ; on said lot is a good garden and small orchard, good well of water, good kitchen, fcc. Levy made and return ed to me by W. F. Hunter, L. C. Written notice given to Peter McLester, the party in possession. Property pointed out by plaintiff, juiyf T. A. MoELIIANNON, Sh’fT. / 1 i.OKM i. Jackson 4'ouutv. \J Whereas, upon the report of road commission ers. appointed reviewers to review, mark out and report upon the public utility of making certain changes in the Jelferson and Harmony drove road, that said changes will be of much public utility, as follows : First, a change around the hill at the creek near Mrs. Morgan’s, on the side nearest to Jefferson. Second, a change near the place whereon Mrs. Hood recently died, leaving the present road just heyond the branch from the dwelling house on said place and running nearly a straight line to a point on the North Oconee river, 150 or 175 yards below the present bridge, across said river; thence nearly a straight line to a point opposite S. W. Jackson's mill; thence the mill road about 200 yards; thence to the right across the creek just below Mrs. Borders’ dwelling-house; thence a straight line to where Jackson's mill road inter sects with the Jelferson and Harmony drove road. Unless good cause to the contrary on the Bth day of August next, an order will be pass ed granting said changes. July Ith, 1870. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. | j COICUIA, Jackson Coimly. Whereas, J. I>. Pendergrass applies to me in proper form for Letters of Administration on the estate of X. 11. Pendergrass, late of said county, deceased— This is. therefore, to cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they ean, on the lirst Monday in August, 1879, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said coun ty. why said letters should not be granted. Liven under my official signature, this J line 23d, 1879. junc27 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. Q.HOKWIA, .lindiMtn County. Whereas, N. B. Cash makes application, in proper form, for Letters of Administration on the estate of Breen Nance, col'd, late of said county, deceased— I his is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred itors, to show cause, if any they can, at the regu lar term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, on-the first Monday iu August, 1879, why said letters should not be granted. Liven under my official signature, this Junc 23d, 1879. junc27 If. W. BELL, Ord y. 0110KL1.4, .lackon County. Whereas, R. J. Parks represents to the Court, in his petition duly filed, that he has fully admin istered the estate of G. \V\ Shambly, late of said county, deceased, and applies for Letters of Dis mission from said estate — This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred itors. to show cause, if anv they can, on the first Monday in August, 1879, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, why Letters Dismission should not be granted the applicant. Riven under my official signature, this May 7th, 1879. H 7 W. BELL, Ord’y. Notice. VTOTICE is hereby given that at the August Ay Term. 1579, of Jackson Superior Court. I s hall seek to have removed the disabilities im posed upon me by the granting of a divorce to Xancy E. Gordon, whose relation to me as wife "as dissolved at the August Term, 1576, of said Superior Court. JAS. 11. GORDON, Applicant. •J. B. STLMAN, Att’y. may3o-60d PATENTS. F. A. Lehmann, Solicitor of American and 1 oreign Patents, Washington, D. C. All busi ness connected with Patents, whether before the Patent Office or the Courts, promptly attended to. Xo charge made unless a patent is secured. Send for circular. oct 19 —tf PROGRAMMES, Circulars, &c., for schools and academies, printed at this office. The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. SELECT MISCELLANY. A FORTUNATE ERROR. Quite an interested and anxious group had gathered in Mrs. Remington’s dressing room, one pleasant morning in June. It consisted of Mrs. Remington and her three unmarried daughters, and the subject under such animat ed and anxious discussion was where they should go to for their usual Summer holiday. It had always been an interesting subject, and, to the maternal element, attended with considerable anxiety, but, never such a matter of perplexity, almost amounting to despair, as now. The contents of the various wardrobes had been laid out and examined ; silks and muslins, cambrics and lawns, sufficient, it would seem, for a dozen, and yet the two elder Misses Remington declared, with tears in their eyes, ‘that they had nothing, absolutely nothing, fit to wear.’ It is noteworthy with what surprising unanimity the two sisters agreed on this point, who so seldom agreed on any other. Mrs. Remington looked with dismay upon the finery spread out before her, after listening to the above assertion. ‘I am sure, my dears,’ she ventured to say, ‘some of these are hardly worn, and with a little alteration— ’ ‘Now, mamma, interrupted Bella, ‘why will you talk so ridiculously, when you know that there is not a thing here but what is wretched ly out of style? And as to altering anything, it always gives me a pain in the side to sew —and I’m not going to the seaside all fagged out, if I never go !’ Of course this settled that. It is a little curious what a small amount of work will ‘fag’ a girl ‘all out,’ who can dance until the break of day without the slightest incon venience. ‘There is one thing certain,’said Lucy, the second daughter, ‘ we must each have at least one new dress.’ ‘ I don’t know where it is coming from, then,’ responded Mrs. Remington, sinking down wearily into a chair. *lt was as much as I could do to get your father to consent to our going at all. It was two o’clock last night before lie gave in, and then, I verily be lieve, it was from pure weariness and inability to keep awake any longer.’ Mrs. Remington said this with the air of a woman determined to perform her duty’ at all hazards, and anxious to obtajn credit for the same. But it seemed to have quite the contrary effect upon Jessie, the youngest daughter, who had not before spoken, but now burst forth : ‘ l declare, if it isn’t a sin and a shame, mamma, for you to worry’ papa so !’ Mrs. Remington cast a reproachful look upon the speaker. ‘I will say, Jessie, that you are the most ungrateful child I ever saw! I’d like to know how much money I’d get out of your father if I didn't worry him, as you call it. But that's all the thanks I get for lying awake at nights, scheming and planning how to give you a chance to get settled in life.’ ‘l’d thank you for not doing so. I’m not going to Long Branch or Cape May. In the first place I know that papa can’t afford it. And then I promised Mary Crofton that I would visit her this Summer.’ Though Mrs. Remington affected to be displeased at this announcement, she was secretly' relieved. Bella and Lucy’ were very well satisfied with this arrangement, too. Jessie was very handy at furbishing up and altering dresses, and if she was determined to bury herself in a country farm-house she would not need to do so much of that for herself, and could there fore devote more time to them. And so busy did they keep her during the two weeks that followed, that Jessie was glad enough to see the lig trunks all packed and waiting in the hall. To save expense, Mrs. Remington had ar ranged to dismiss the servants and shut up the house, with the exception of one room for her husband, who was to take his meals at his sister's. ‘Of course she won’t charge him anything, so that will be one item saved,’ remarked Mrs. Remington, as she regarded complacent ly the effect of Bella's new dress which her mangement had secured. *As though papa would saddle himself on them for nothing,’ was Jessie's indignant re joinder, ‘ when Uncle William has such a hard time to get along.’ ‘Well, if your‘father chooses to pay when it isn't expected of him, it’s his own loss. For my own part, I don't see what’s the good of having relations if you can’t make use of them.’ Mrs. Remington certainly believed in mak ing her relations useful, carrying out that belief to its fullest extent wherever it was practicable, as some of them knew to their cost. Even her love for her daughters partook of the selfishness of her intensely selfish nature, her chief anxiety being to get them ‘off her hands,’ and in a manner that would be as advantageous and reflect as much credit as possible on herself. But they are gone at last, and Jessie was at liberty to make her own simple prepara tions, which it did not take her long to com plete. The father and daughter had a nice quiet evening together. Jessie was going on the morrow, and as sitting opposite him, pouring out his tea, she saw the hard lines soften in his care-worn face, and how happy he was ir. her societj', her heart reproached her for leaving him. ‘l've half a mind not to go, papa ; it seems too bad to leave you here all bv yourself.’ But Mr. Remington, a hard-worked surgeon in one of the poorest districts in the city, would not hear of this. ‘I insist on your going; you have been working hard, and need a change. My life would be much the same, anyway.’ ♦ You may expect me in three weeks, papa,’ smiled Jessie, as they parted at the station next morning. ‘You'll want your little house keeper by that time I know.’ And Mr. Remington went back to the corroding anxieties which made him an old man before his time, thanking God for this JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 11,1879. bit of sunshine, which left its glow in his heart long after it had vanished. There were only a few passengers for Sweet Leaf, a small county town in this State, though there were the usual loungers upon the platform of the station as Jessie stepped out. But they soon scattered, leaving her to stare blankly around for the conveyance that she supposed would be v/aiting for her. She walked all around the station, looking in every direction, but not a vehicle was in sight, except a neat-looking dog-cart, drawn by a pair of spirited black horses wlio stamp ed their feet and tossed their heads as if im patient to be off. A man stood beside the restive creatures, who yet seemed to be under perfect control. • Tiicre, Jennie ! be easy’-, Kate !’ he said, patting the satin-smooth skin and speaking very much as a mother would to a child. The station agent was standing near a pile of trunks and parcels. ‘ls this your luggage, miss?’ lie said, as Jessie approached him. ‘ Y"es. I was expecting friends to meet me, but they are not here. There must be some mistake. ‘I know most of the people about here. What might their names be?’ ‘Crofton.’ ‘ Why, bless me, yon’ve got off at the wrong station. They live at Baybridge, five miles beyond.’ ‘When does the next train leave?’ ‘To-morrow morning.’ Jennie looked the dismay that she certainly felt at this announcement. ‘lt’s too bad, I declare,’ said the good matured official, pitying Jessie’s evident dis tress. Then, as his eye fell upon the the owner of the dog-cart, who was looking toward them he added : ‘ Perhaps it might be managed after all. Here’s John Manning, their next neighbor, lie could give you a lift as far as their farm. John, here’s a woman that’s got off at the wrong station. She wants to go to Crofton’s. I tell her that she can ride with you.’ The j’oung man removed his straw hat re vealing a forehead broad and full, and whose whiteness contrasted strongly with the health ful brown of the cheeks below. ‘ 1 shall be very happy, if the young lady has no objection to riding with a farmer.’ The admiration so clearly visible in the honest blue eyes that met her own made Jessie’s cheeks redden. ‘lf it will not be too much trouble.’ As the young man listened to those low, softly-spoken words, he felt that nothing the speaker could ask would be any ‘ trouble at all.’ Springing to work, lie soon improvised quite a comfortable place for Jessie by throw ing a thick, soft rug over the seat and help ing her up. After putting her luggage at the back, he mounted beside her and drove off. Glad to be released, Jennie and Kate bore them swiftly along the winding country road, dotted here and there by farm-houses, nestled down among the trees and shrubbery. As soon as Jessie got a little used to it, she en joyed her elevated and novel position, which gave her a fine view of the beautiful country througe which they were passing. Her companion smiled at Her enthusiastic exclamations and comments, seeming to take pleasure in the pleasure so frankly and in nocently expressed. ‘Do j’ou think you would like to live in the country?’ he said, stealing an admiring glance at the glad young face. * ‘Above all things,’ responded Jessie—‘that is’, she added, after a moment's pause, ‘ ifpapa could he there, too ; I wish he could be, just for a little while ; he would enjoy it so ! Papa was brought up on a farm, and it would seem like old times to him. I heard him say once that he wished lie had never left it.’ ‘I had a strong desire, when a boy, to go to the city myself,’ said- her companion, ‘but I am an only son—an only child since last winter (here the speaker’s eyes saddened.) ‘ I promised my father, just before he died, that I wouldn’t leave the farm while mother lived, and I don’t know that I care to do so now.’ ‘I wouldn’t, if I were in your place,’ said Jessie, with a wise shake of her head. ‘lt's ever so much nicer here.’ The honest 3-011 ng fellow, whose heart was in Ins eyes, inwardly hoped that she would always think so. •That is where I live,’ he said, aloud, point ing to a house in the distance, and which looked very pleasant and amid the green verdure that surrounded it. Young Manning drew the reins at the gate, inside of which a pleasant-faced, silver-haired won.an was standing. ‘ Here are your letters, mother,’ he said, tossing down to her some papers and pamph lets. ‘I hope you haven’t been lonely. I'm going to take this lady to Mr. Crofton’s. Mv mother, Miss Remington.’ The young man took leave of Jessie with a feeling at his heart such as he had never experienced before. ‘llow pretty she is;’ he thought; ‘and as good as pretty, I am sure.’ ‘What an honest and pleasant face ! I wonder if I shall ever see him again?’ This was what she thought. Jessie did see him again, and often. The Mannings and Croflons were not only neigh bors, but very intimate. Mary Crofton had been strongly attached to Mrs. Manning's on ly daughter who died the preceding winter. She spent a good deal of time at her house, and Jessie frequently went with her. Mary was never weary of praising John ; ‘be was such a good son, and so intelligent, steady and industrious.’ John soon got over his shyness with the girl who took so kindly to country ways that it seemed as if she had always lived there, lie used to walk home.with her. Mary con siderately lingering at the gate to talk to his mother, both well pleased at the turn affairs were taking. Then there were rides and walks, pic-nics and social gatherings, at all of which John and Jessie had a fashion of getting off by themselves, a fashion that every one seemed to humor and understand. And so the happy days went on, each day binding those young hearts more closely to gether. When Jessie returned to the city, which was two weeks later than she intended, she had a pleasant story to whisper in her father's ear. ‘lf you love him and he is worthy of you,’ he said in reply to the query with which it ended. Jessie’s quick ear detected the sadness that under-ran these words. ‘You know you promised to live with me when I was married, papa,’ she whispered, laying her cheek close to his. ‘ And on a farm, too ! Won’t it be delightful?’ Bella and Lucy returned home with that conscious air of subdued triumph and im portance, peculiar to ‘ engaged 3 r oung ladies.’ IJavi g attained the end and aim of their existence, there was nothing further for them to hope or expect. From thenceforth they were to repose upon their laurels, floating down the stream of life with no thought or care for anything but the present enjoyment. Bella’s capture was a stock broker, owning a fabulous amount—on paper ; Lucy’s was the son of a millionaire, whose sole ambition seemed to be to spend as quickly as possible the money that his father had labored so hard to acquire for his benefit. They made no attempt to disguise their suprise and disdain when they heard of Jesisc’s modest conquest. ‘Only a farmer,’ sniffed Mrs. Remington. •Never did I dream that one of my daughters would stoop to that! But. I suppose, if you have your father’s approval you don’t care for mine.’ ‘Of course j'ou can’t expect us to visit j’ou,’ said Bella, loftily. ‘The connections of Charles Augustus are all of the highest and most aristocratic character, and it couldn’t be thought of.’ ‘Certainly not,’ echoed Lucy. ‘ A wife has to take the position of her husband, which is something that you had better think of very seriously.’ Jessie had thought of it, and very happy thoughts they were, too. The financial disasters of the three j r ears that followed, made quite a change in the surroundings of all the above, with the ex ception of Jessie and her husband. Out of the wreck of Mr. Remington's practice, nothing was left but the honor and integrity which shone all the more brightly from the temporary gloom that shrouded them. 11 is wife took their altered fortunes very hard, fairly fretting and worrying herself into the grave, where she was laid a few months after. Penniless and unfitted for anything, higher, the husbands of Bella and Lucy were glad to accept positions, one as collector for the firm in which lie was formerly a partner, the other 'a third-rate clerkship. Jessie does not see much of her sisters, but much country produce finds its way to them from the Manning farm. Almost every pleasant afternoon a gray hailed, placid-looking old man can be seen in the porch of the farm-house, frequently with a grandchild on either knee. It is Mr. Rem ington, who often thanks God that one of his daughters married onty a farmer.’ Travelling Threshers. An Honest Old Farmer Tells llow it Cost Him $6 a Bushel to Get IHs Wheat Clean ed—Pointed Comparisons. Last Saturday, while idling away a few hours with the Lazy Club, our little band re ceived an addition, in the person of a good and pious old farmer, Mr. B. The old gen tleman had alw.-yys worn a pleasant smile and copperas pants, baton this occasion the smile was missing. His left eye was blood-shot, and the other looked a mixture of hell-fire and hydrophobia. One corner of his mouth bore a murderous, cut-throat expression, while be maliciously masticated the end of an old hickory walking-stick with Ids mouth. We ail saw at a glance that the old man was red hot and still a-heating about something, but thought it unwise just then to propound an inquiry. Our conversation was about the big wheat crop and the yield reported by certain far mers. Whenever the word “thresher'’ would occur wc noticed that an angry scrowl would pass over our old friend’s face. At length someone innocentty remarked that the threshers were making money this season. “ Aani the threshers and all who run them !*’ shrieked the old man as he left our crowd and moved to a seat on the Court House steps. Knowing the former acknowledged piety of the old fellow we were shocked, but scent ing a local, followed him up. To our confiding inquiry lie made this re ply : “Up to yesterday at dinner I was a pious, God-fearing man. I have always raised m3’ corn and bacon, and no man can say I ever owed him a dollar. I have always herea fore carried my little wheat crap over to neighbor C’s and had it knocked out with his'n, but this ) r ear I decided to get a thresh to come tp my house an do the work at home. I never makes morn 50 bushels, and so cal kilated that the3’ would clean that out sorter between meals. Well, yesterday morning I heard the machine over to C’s and sent John ny over tliar to tell ’em to come b3 r my house when they got through. We were just gwine to set down to dinner when I hearn a blast from the cussed bugle and looked out. Sakes alive, what do you s’pose 1 seed ? The whole lot was civered with white men, niggers, mules, oxen, dogs, wagons and threshers, and I never seed a crowd more entirety at home. Two negroes were tearing down my oat stack and piling it in to the oxen, five more were emptying my corn-crib by the hamper basket and others cleaning out mv fodder loft for the mules. A j’oke of steers had just broke down a panel of the garden and cleaned up the few things the dry weath er had left, while another patch of niggers had just finished strippin’ my June apple trees. TLey’d turned my two horses out in the road to put ther’n in the stables, while a big black nigger had broken the leg of my breedin’ sow cause she was pickin’ up the grains of corn they drapped. If you ever seed distruction and confusion it was thar- The white men were cussin’, the nigers fus sin\ the mules brayin’. The forage toting squad kept at work, and when T tried to per -1 itely remonstrate the look of contempt they gin me was awful. They kept talking about dinner ! dinner! dinner! so I went and told the old ’oman and the gals to fix ’em up some thing quick. They cooked what I thought enough to run two Baptist 'sociations, but the posse cleaned it up and licked the dishes. W e then set to work for the hongry crowd of niggers, and they cleaned out in an hour enough rations to do ray family till Christ mas. But this ain’t all. I only made 47 bushels of wheat and they charged a tenth for threshin’. They’lowed they didn’t put down for less'll five bushels, and then made me keep the toll until called for and so thej will git pay in dry wheat. I hove a sigh of relief when they moved off and then went to inspect my losses. My corn crib was empty, my fodder loft cleaned out and the last bun dle of oats gone. The lot and stables were knee deep in forage, left by the animals.— \Yhi!e I was a-standin’ ruminating on the de struction of my entire crap, the old ’oman came to tell me that I must shell some corn and go at once to the mill, as there weren’t a dust of meal or flour in the house, and that the men had not only eat up our j’ear’s sup ply of bacon, but her entire stock of chickens. So I came to town to-day to see if I can't git Ilaire & Latimer to run me till I can make an othercrap. I never before axed credit, and was it not for that extarminating travelling thresh [ would to-day he an independent man.— Why, the machines are more destructive than a cj’clone, tornado ami hurricane com bined ; more ravenous than Egyptian locusts, grasshoppers and Sherman’s whole army; more annoying than the yaller fever, black plague and free niggers; more cheeky than a fruit tree agent, a Greencsboro’ lawyer ora town cow. Why, I had rather have the devil and all his imps turned loose on my place a week than for a traveling thresh to squat there agin for half an hour. In coming to town this morning I had to pass along the road taken by this agent of satan, and the whole country looked like a blight had pass ed over it. The corn-cribs were guttered, not a blade of forage was to be seen, and I didn’t see the first sign of a chicken. The only thing they left was the straw. Not counting the damage and custification done my pro perty, I calkilate that it cost me nigh on to S3OO to git out that 47 bushels of wheat, or about $G a bushel. I s’posc you now know the reason I was so obfusticated when them lazy varmints over thar began to talk about threshers making money. Well, as thar ain’t a mouthful at home to eat, 1 must sec if I can’t hunt up something. If you hear of me dying before craps come in, just write at the head of my Mutuary, ‘This man was starved to death by a traveling thresh.’ Good-b3’e.” Oglethorpe Echo. An Extraordinary Runaway. A GROOM OF SEVENTY-FIVE ELOPES WITH A BRIDE OF FORTY. Augusta was treated to a genuine sensa tion yesterday. Monday afternoon Mr. G. P. Curry received a telegram from Col. Whit G. Johnson, of Lexington, asking him to see the ministers and judicial officersof Richmond county and ask them not to marry a couple from Lexington, who would probably come to Augusta for that purpose, as the groom, Dr. Jas. S. Sims, had been adjudged an imbecile and a guardian had been appointed for him. Mr. Curry complied with the request and also the chief of police, to whom he showed the telegram. Yesterday Chief Christian receiv ed a telegram from Col. Johnson asking him to be at the depot when the Georgia train came in. The Chief was at the train prompt ly, and met Col. Johnson and Samuel Lump kin, Esq., who informed him that their ob ject was to prevent, if possible, a marriage between Dr. Sims, of Lexington, and Mrs. Atkins, of Oglethorpe county, as Dr. Sims had been adjudged an imbecile and was not able to contract marriage. Chief Christian promised his assistance, but further develop ments showed that nothing could be done. In order, however, to properly understand the matter, it will be necessary to go back a little. Last February, Dr. Sims, who is about sev enty-five years of age, a man possessed of considerable means, variously estimated at from twenty-five to fifty thousand dollars, was adjudged an imbecile by a jury in the Court of Ordinary, Judge Gilham presiding. The steps which led to this result were taken by the Doctor’s children, Col. William H. Sims, and Mrs. John B. Morton, and his son* in-law, Rev. John B. Morton. Col. Sims is lieutenant-governor of Mississippi. On the S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM* ( SI.OO For Six Months, 10th of last February Col. Sims, who was then on a visit to Lexington, after consulta tion with Col. Johnson in reference to his fa ther, I)r. Sims, decided to make application to the Court of Ordinary for the appointment of a commission of lunacy to try the question of Dr. Sims* 9anity. The petition was signed by Col. Sims; Rev. J. B. Morton and Mrs. Morton. The matter was investigated the next day by a jury who, after hearing the testimony, decided that the Doctor was not of sound mind, and the Ordinary appointed a guardian in the person of his son-in-law, Rev. Mr. Morton. On the trial the petitioners were represented by Col. Johnson, and Dr. Sims by Mr. Lump kin. The latter stated to the Court and jurv that he was satisfied that the Doctor was not of sound mind and that the appointment of a guardian was the best thing that could be done for him, A short time after this Dr. Sims employed Messrs. John C. Reed, Hamilton McWhorter, J. T. Olive and Phil. Cook, Jr., to make an effort to set aside the guardianship. A mo tion was filed to set aside the judgment of the court, on the ground that the Doctor had not received ten da\’s notice of the proceed ing in lunac}\ The counsel for the children contended that the law only required notice to be given to the three nearest adult rela tives of the defendant living in the State, that those three relatives had signed the pe tition and thereby waived the notice, nnd that no notice at all was required to be givefi to the defendant. The other side held that the law did require such notice, and that if it did not it was unconstitutional, null and void. The question, then, in effect, came up upon the constitutionality of the law, The Ordinary refused to set aside his judgment, whereupon the defendant appealed to the Su perior Court. The question was argued be fore Judge Pottle at the April term of Ogle thorpe Superior Corut. The Court held that ten daj’s notice should have been given Dr. Sims, and therefore set aside the judgment of the Ordinary. To this the other side except ed, and the case went up to the Supreme Court, where it is still pending. Dr. Sims’ counsel say they made a proposition to the attorneys for the petitioners to go before an other jury in the Court of Ordinary and try the whole question instead of going to the Supreme Court, but that this proposition was rejected. The attorneys for the petitioners saj’ they did not want an interregnum be tween the setting aside of the judgment and the second trial, and they did not wish to subject life Doctor and his children to the mortification of another public investigation. They say they have never feared to test the issue on its merits. Dr. Sims’ wife died last December, and some time in January lie commenced paying attention to Mrs. Atkins, who was divorced from her husband a few years ago. Monday last Dr. Sims, accompanied by Mr. Reed, came to Augusta and stopped at the Augusta Hotel. Ycsterdaj' afternoon Mrs. Atkins, who is about forty years of age, reached the city on the Georgia railroad train, with Mr. McWhorter and Mr. Cook, at the same time with Col. Johnson and Mr. Lumpkin. Dr. Sims had gone over to Hamburg early in the morning, and there he was joined by Mrs. At kins soon after her arrival, and the twain was quickly made one tlesli by Trial Justice Get son. No marriage license is required i.i South Carolina. Mr. Lumpkin had started over to Hamburg, but upon receiving information he deemed re liable, which icd him to believe that the par ties had gone on to Graniteville, turned hack. Col. Johnson, who had gone in another di rection, reached the house where the marriage took place, about five minutes after the cere mony was performed. The bridegroom and bride remained in Hamburg after the marriage. O O Counsel for Mr, Morton, the guardian, hold that the ceremony yesterda}- was no marriage at all, and will be held so by* the Court, Wc understand that the bride is worth about fifteen thousand dollars in her own right. Counsel for Dr. Sims say they would have never consented to the marriage if they had not been perfectly certain that lie was of sound mind and discretion.— Chronicle and Constitutionalist. —Dr. Jackson offers the opinion that the refusal to take proper physical rest when tired from labor is one of the most powerful inducements to the consumption of ardent spirits. Men work until they get so tired that they cannot wait to feel sensibly rested by the progress of change which goes on in the system from the suspension of labor.— They either want to work more hours than they are able to do. or, when they have done as much as they feel themselves at liberty’' to do, they are so tired they cannot rest. They therefore get rest in artificial ways, by re sorting to eating and drinking. Some drink tea or coffee, but the great majority of tired people in this country—and the larger share of our people are tired—drink ardent spirits in some or other of its forms of preparation. They fall back on stimulants instead of the intrinsic vitalities of their bod ies. NUMBER 5.