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)DKOFXRR| ff> Retail Pom KdruhWllSOom skanil I?roi?rlotors M* 'hOYUSl.lS-Whnlesaio and • I Dry Goml«, Oentloiuon’# Clothing, Hamilton atroet. DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1809. vl!NTO!» It J J Groceries,, Vaugh and ItjH -llcalora In' Dry Ouods, nee and Hardware, eorner i\vis,\r. R'i Fancy Grocy io, north corn ficwTcmr . . Goods, Grinh irofWat, 0,—Dealers In Family and . Baloon attached. Cheater lug and Hamilton, TdWELIj—Dealers In Dry , 1’roduSo and Hardware, d Hamilton atroet. I ieCBTClIKN kltTINC-Deslera in Family Vi Groceries, Phioo, ate., cast aide Hamilton rHHS, T. H.-'. olonii, Po»toM ''BFVITT, j. F.D cerila and l’roioi ’ Grocorlca and Pro'll- lfdlng, King atreot. -Dealer In'Grooerlaf, I family supplies, oornor -i£ Lifo’s Bettor Moni^ Lifo lino Its moments Of beauty nnd bloom I Dai they hang lllto sweet rol On tho edgo of tho tomb. 1 Dlceslnge they bring us, As loroly.aa brief! TheT meet us when hap And leave ua In grief Hues of the morning, Tinging tho aky, Como on tho eunbcai And off with thou Shadows ol oronlug.j Hang soft on tho 1 Darkness enwraps f We seo them not tlT aler In DryliCooda. s, opposite Tibb’oUi Gro- bnse. t UMAR A FvNIlI Ji leluea, l’alntsp ribb’s Jfonae, HamlH -Dealers In Drags, Hod- is, Glass, eto., No. 0, street. rmscnsuttG, . Notions and;To.| ealer in Fancy Goods, anillten street. > Al.l, Jt McCAUT. __3 Dealers In Rtovef] Fund Hanufaotnroraof si jTholeaalo and Retail lion Ware, HarAnaro, are, Hamilton siraet. f OOCTHERUSD, A I, | O Hollow Ware, H«w ■ ofTinware, Hamilton sip! -Doaler in Doves, e, and Uanufaiturer 1-Tanners. OIRse ng House Ruilting, r rash for UIJ4. o louae Carpenlen and of Hill and Spmcer ated with diaistch. buse Carpenter end A to gWcsstlsIselon. Shoe Hiker, amor •cote. 1 Shoo Makers, east t King street, OiiBO, Blgn and Oroa* per Hangei Biclan and Rurgwm, Pco rfver ritmsn’i B UNTON A fOLLH Joiners. Bhopct streets. Workwarrantc svBABR, RAH'D 0. t Jol er. Work warn C irra, F.-Doot of King and Hamlin s ATHETlkSOS—Doo of postollloe bulldlr, v WICK, II. H kJ.P -. 3 monlal Painters, and 1 . rTor.Hix, Dr. C. P. i ..VjT may bo found at — ' .tore, when not professlorly engaged, ( can river, M CAFF.E, Dr. J. R.-j ' ' ' “ Office over Bakofi A where he mey he found rp TXB.7li\NKS, ATTOliNEY KT LAW, -»\TIL1,practice In a',lie counties of the W Cherokee Circuit tali Ike United b stca District Court lor the North District of Geor- /. tr.Zit\n r, ~, . attorney It i-® 1 as it 71,1, nntetice law In albe conn lies of this | > V circuit, sod l'. S. Disci Court. janO-ly HTjT. jujt'jfus, attohn ey t lanv, ■SS! 11,1, prsctioo in sll tho .untios .composing » V the Cherokee Circuit. § junlly Her, l oven; lie them. , heaven I jf a Minor, jy aftornoon it ho )y season so pcf" California, tin tpanlons cam, nnd fruitless si s inotal whicl ray from their p| er.ouio wanderers _ 1’ ono of tho mime) instances of it rd fortuno which s| to merge into i fatality, and to m abort! vo over effort towards acq] ing a fortune or even a compotoi My compan) ns were young ml brothers, win had loft the States vf their heads f id with golden dreai nnd after l- ) years of unparalicl hardships, fo id themselves in a fra] of mind hot iriitg upon desporatic utterly dest ito of ,money and uommon neo arics of life, We had o bred a Small valley tho morning fumed by' tho range hills near tlifnirth fork, dD the Ami took us tin!.whole ioian and Rurgenn. the forenoor Loveman'a ataro, tou , a ; ( q ca 0 | ,ot engaged. r.v, 1’ LAW, ** a"tTEND to all tho colleetl of claims end /Y practice la Cherokee Chill and K8. D s- met oourt, 3 JJns • J. X J. rf. « ATTORNEYS t precl hid, hi Bonutifnl Thought. Tho following waif, afloat] till the sea of rending," wo clip from tin old paper. IVo do not know its paternity, nit it contains somo'wholesome truth beautifully sot forth: Mon seldom think of tho groat event of death until tho shadow falls across their own path, hiding forever from their eyes tho traces of thojloved ones whoso living smile was llio eunlightof their existence. Death Is tho. gront antagonist of life, and tho oold thought of tho tomb is the skoloton of all feasts. Wo do not want to go through tho dark valley, although its passage may lend , to paradise j and, with Charles Lamb, dctermincu not to wo do not want to Ho down in tho mud- reconstruction wl dy grave, even with kings nnd princes for our bcd-fcllowa. lint the flat of nature is inexorable. There is no ap peal or relief from the groat law which dooms us to dust. Wo flourish nnd we fado as tho leaves of tho, forest, and the flower that blooms and withers in a day has not a frailer hold upon lifo than tho mightiest monarch that over shook the earth with his footsteps.— Generations of men appear and vanish us tho grass, and the countless multi- *ido that tlirongB tho world to day, will to-morrow disappear as tho foot steps on the shore. In the boautilnl drama of Ion, the instinct of immortality, bo eloquently uttered by tho doatli-devotod Greek, flnde a deep response iu every thought ful soul. When about to yield his young exiatenco as a sacriilco to fate, 'his beloved Oleinantbo asks if they shall not meet again, to which he re plies: 11 ! havo asked that dreadful question of the hills that look eternal —of tho clear alrcnms that flow forov- er—of tho stars, amid whoso field of azure my raised spirit hath wnlkcd in glory. All wero dumb. Hut while 1 gazo upon thy living faco, I feel that there issomolhing in tho love thatman- tles through its beauty, that cannot r wholly perish. Wo shall moot again istraotion of tho Radical Elmnonta —Glon. Grant’ll Bosltloli—Beddn. gti-uotlon in Georgia, The Washington correspondent of o Haltimoro Gazcttu writes: nets havo como to light lioro which jaten to distract still moro tho Rad ical olomcnts,nnd bring upon tho l’rcs- Idont elect Radical denunciations oven licforo ho lias assumed tho responsibil ities at tho Executive ofllco. A groat hue and cry In nnd out of Congress followod tho action of tho Goorghv I,ogislaturo In expelling tho negro members, and Congressional interfer ence was invoked by those who havo determined not to tisfleil with any ;lvo the white 1 was start®!)' a shout lturned qu . u'cauv vmi/, LAW, srtusu n.ACK, nr-ti^u, XILL practlco iu llie couridf th« Cherokee uw. ATTORNEY’S W ILD pract . Circuit. ora leaping most extrad I rushetg ^Ktcring their sttdtlj large slonq in doing s<J lntrlS-ijan I G [,” Jlliud ATTORNEY AT kuen caehl bprino PI.ACS, GROM, 1 . i P ■TT T naTA practice in tho Chero4 (!ir«uit and 10 a, * ( 1 ; >\ give special attention toilleeting and . CC88I011, a] ‘ ..anrine cl.infe 'vot'd, the}| * ;—t; T Ti ingovor t Medical and Surgica iNotice. po*itions mt. Jt. ir. Biri.as, v J ,, f tv J rT^ORUBRl.Y o f South Garolniajcndcrs hi I fjetvreen 1; Professional services to the citcns of Dal - V el ton and surrounding country, with aexperionco | they gavej of 27 voars practice. . ' f^Special attention to all cfcrontw««. rs«#"0flice, during tho day, corn«M» 1 en r. and King stvcoU, and night at °j Thornton AVvcnue, formerly oconyicdjy Jr. J. H. King. L anUl l*Z-L Samuel A. Tain, with c. J). snxaLurF * -w„ W II 0 L E S A-L E G U 0 IE U S, I'ruJuca L’orainUalon Hcrclianta, andlealera - ■ in Winoa and Liquora, SI Tiortb Howard Strool POT-Sm. o descend mountain erertlont »c nnder.tht large I Qitro or th lie basin elstant pei v<r of”a sn; le my pipt fejagod in ||npaeking{ wmiis, kiuh tuiuaras, >au [rflsTons as re had re- smiles as you pass along. These are r lotights ImBnsensikly truo pearls, and precious stones, which a 1 to old sBociatious, can never bo lost j of which none can llfwndoriujlo rnvsolf deprive you. Speak to that orphan child; sou tho pearls drop from her checks. Take the hand of tho friend less hoy; bright diamonds: flash in his oyes. Smilo on the sad and dejected; and foimllhelbrotli'- a J°y suffuses Ids cheek more brUlffiut dancing abut in the tl,an tlle most iweeious stones by the 1 wayside. Amid the city’s din, and at the flic side of the poor, drop words caV*6'h'fii and smiloa to cheer and-Ideas. You rciled a wi '' feel happier when resting upon le: t and J'°m' pillow at tho close of day, than if a ‘pock- y°u picked a score of perishiug jewels, lumps of The latter fade ami crumble in time ; tho former grow brighter with age, and produce happier reflections forever, Morn Frcoious than Rubios. Would it not ploaso you to pick tip | strings of pearls, drops of gold, dia- , tnouds, and precious stones asyou pass ........,.i*lo u B 1110 street? It would make yon to hav* 1 1'ecl liappy for a month to come. Such lake. I happiness you can give to others— . vhilo my How, do you ask ? By dropping sweet !tncod‘inlmnaekine woi-ils, kiutl remarks, and pleasant • Hit amilna no »An Itaea nlftmf TIlDQfl HFH |r ould “alrilt a pile”— 1 illicit is cla' present as imag'tna|iin—when bind mo. >it manner, them, : on lay ll iv: they It iv to servo ai sosed to vi [.masses au a pure alal: oon- : on their llscpvery, act! it as hiiitv i; lliu )V passed in nut k sue- eforo 1 couKlliter a ! in mortal const, roll- ard and shilig their .the rapidiljif light- |wf from , nnd population of tit# South a eltaneo to recover their lost prosperity and hap- pincBS. This action of tho Logislaturo of Georgia haB been seized npon as a pretext lo.roraand that State back into a condition of miUjary despotism.— Reconstruction is to be reconstructed according to tho new programme, hut before this Is accomplished Gen.Grant’s opposition will have to he mot and overcome. Thero is good authority for stating that the President elect is not only opposed to tho whole proposition, hut that be fully anticipated precisely what ocoitrrod in tho Georgia Legisla ture, and that that occurrence had the sanction of the military. This may scarcely eoom credible to tho sbrickers for negro supremacy , in the South ; nevertheless tho fact is vouched for by gonllotneu high in authority, and who are in positions to know. They say that General Grant not only anticipa ted all that haa occurred iu tho South, but that he never would favor or sanc tion any further Congressional med dling with tho reconstructed Statos— This presents a plain broad issue with the Radicals upon the very threshold of the new administration, nnd ono, too, of the greatest magnitude. The unexpected position assnraod by Gen eral Grant on this question of “recon structing reconstruction ” furnishos the topic of conversation iu high 0111- clnl circles to-night, and the Georgia dolegatos in Congress are encouraged to hope that their State will yot ho saved from the threatened calamity of being again placed under military rule. Ploasant Sights. Among the sights it Is pleasant to behold, says a cotomporary, aro a father at a place of amusement with Ills children, a young man with a clear eye anil frosh, virtuous,-unhackneyed face; a shop girl neatly dressed and without ornamentation; a man of business going home at night with a boquet for his wife; a shopkeeper civil to and patient with a poor woman, wlto, witli a baby aoross her arm, ven tures to buy a one shilling article; a dressmaker who is soientlflo enough to perfect a “lit” nnd leave the lady's breatkingappunans Iff Oinisli:th work ing 'condition; a shop that iB not an “emporium;” a milliner who didn’t como from Paris; a jolly domestic wh > “likes tho family;" a bride With bur pet—small house; a young father with his llrst hoy. Anecdotes of A. II. Stephens. On a certain occasion, Alexanitet II. Stephens, of Georgia, was engaged In a political discussion with Hcnja- mln V. llill, of that State, when the latter charged him with saying that ho (Stephens) could eat Judge Come for breakfast, himself (Ml 1 , llill j for diunor, and Gov. Cobb for supper; to which Mr. Stephens quietly replied t “I novor said It; but if I had, llio ar rangement of tho meals would have been somewhat different. I should not have takon Mr. 11111 for dinner, whero he has placed himself, that be ing the heartiest meal of the day. In fact, I should prefer him for supper, In accordance with that wise rule of medicine, which prescribes light diet to sleep upon.” Au overgrown political opponent once undertook to sneer at the illmimi- llvosizo of StcplmuB,anil said,“I could >ut a llttlo Baled oil on you, nnd swal- ow you whole;" to which Mr. Stephens . BolontiQo—Wonders of Modern Bur- ! Tho Year. Another thread of tioom, In llftht and shadow wovon roaud tho tun Dy tho e&rth’ihuttle, waving on and on, In time*! oonoontrto loom. With anxioua eyes wo loan Over tho promise »f tho pattern thero; Will thla tint darken t this ono open lilrt This shads of greon bo greon f Perhaps this glint of whlto Will bloom an orango-flowst In coming years; Perhaps a funeml-wroath, all wet with tears, Will grow upon our sight. And further, on tho strand Are spooks of gold. Aro they tho prophecy Of harvest, or of desert fields to ho On time's unpictured land V And shall this feathery stain Grow to a lllght of song-birds in tho woof; Or sit a hungry vulture just aloof Prom a sfboko-hidden plain ? Enoughs tho year's onuthread Gives vaguest, dimmest hints of whatshall be; For only on tho web of Eternltv The pattern Is outspread. would havo moro brnius In your bow- The following Is a brief summary of eU tlmn y°» «v«r had In your head." gory. 11AI.TK1RF.. J. II. KENNER, with HotTman, Staley Jf Cu, WHOLESALE GROCVltS, Liquor and Commisiion Mcrclints, til W. Baltimore and 50 Germ.n^SU.^^ OrJer. for Grocorlca, and Conaigmntta of FroJoco solicited. uov),8m F. A. HAFFNER, t ratcli-.llaker anti .F««‘ T 11AVF, joat opened my .lion in tilla W*and teJ) go l,;. JL awi prepared to do any kind ot w °. ,8^'^ Qn iuic of business, such «• repairing and ol%lng | l U?O n ™ %Yatolies, Ao. I keep on band Jewolry.Wi * n ^8hup C tt'lhs DrugStoro of Gadgcr A Kojht. Daltoa, Jan. S, 1808-ly. I id: the froll lilosely slmt thnee to liow _ bl moro the eSioks of human heinm In an jipcd up witlil’oll of j a knife dripiig with Dlis hrotlior; ' '' ' 'the ground il on tits treai Ijs better imagij |1 witnessed Very tiling hat Sly, that I I uterference. Pit my scatterei raise the inj' threw <h his . It than lerri- iassed op- Boon Jt dead—tho knl it heart. 1 wal fim down, wltcl 1. will haunt mi oust |t.the very my whilo stn rocity, rij struggled could bo I tie of till the lrnndl slow lonf chappara 1 eutori .fJf/fiREfct If tino., BESIDENT DEHTIS1B, ■ Office over John H. Klttga, Dalton, Ga. H AYING permanently located hero, and lung provided with tho laical Improvements in bn- J ) 0 ft j t i.ll material, aro prepared to do | I burl )ug Dental Surgery. All work watrauted to (VO M tVo prepare a ''Superior Vegetable Tooth Tw- der,’’ guaranteed to contain nothing injuriou.to tho toelli. Septiily tree, wbi] besides lent deatll DALTON Variety Store and City Salooi jt. F. O’JI’EIL jjo.4 Tibbs’ House, No. - H AS on hand and is conatsntly reooivln everything in the lino ul Coufe.et loner ca and Faney Grocerl of American and foreign production. Cannet Fruits, Fmklca, Wines, Jollies, mid In faot, any tiling you may wish in this line, can b« found a No. 4, Nibb’B Uouao. Finer! Cigar* and Tohacco th* mortal <*f<*rd*\ Look, Hei’el snd—horrori r, half risen I |l of casting f ito, whiclt liat la nock wliil n;t his honrt hi i was a dark, wkioli told upon his foati | (ht and ntter R mastery. A1 atho clear, ri '■ reptile, ss, J ’victim, it crawl |»y into tho surroi|lin! |t, vnlley a young “ rely old. ^brothers under tl hbeen tho only wlti !of thoir early and Richavt of tobacc] habit he that of ml mouth thf piece, as lie maj him, ho tc good, bull taking ' nrdi,’ say given up at it agait gone to ch| ' au inveterate ehc| throak himself of >ip another, which |iia pledge about oncl ■ would never cite' iHe his plodgo as ol (i The last time I ] iho had broken oil as I met him, he chew.- ‘Why, Rl I you told mo yon kbit, but I see you | os,’ ho replied, I b yi and left off lying. I will poaltifaly do no credit busineaa hcreaitor Jt is a and gentlemen must not ask for it, as I shall tar- ] a l t8 ^For thMfooral'patronago received, 1 woul ^ "ruits lb»t| return thanks to my ra.ny frlcntis In thia anrt t j 1(J adjoining coontfo. and aoilclt» co»U»«-n«| ^ to I Vbo name. W)lMy k.i.v*u*u, stiful oustom in b 6k> leave untouched Timken from tho ti 1 tso being regardei p or and the strange: Throe Children Frozen to Doath. Wo loam from a gentleman just ro turned fromHloomington, llmt a fami ly consisting of the parouls and three children, the eldest about fourteen years of age, living about eight miles from tiie above named city, stalled in wagon on Friday last for that place lake the cars. As it was extremely cold, the cbildrou wero put down hi the bottom of Ike wagon iu some straw, and wrapped up In a buffalo robe, the parents thiukiug tlioy would thus lido comfortably. Nothing was hoard from them until they arrived, at Blooming ton, but, when uncovered, tlioy were found to he frozen to death. They had thus pasBod away without a strug gle, and, whilo tho parents wero pleas ing themselves that they wet's warm and comfortable, death came and boro away the angel spirits, leaving nothing hut the cold aud stiffened bodios.— Sadly tho lioroaved ones returned to their home, boaring the lifeless bodies of their children, who, lint a few hours before] had been full of lifo and enjoy ment.—Peoria (III.) Democrat, Decem ber 13th. Luck and Labor. Many people complain of their had luck when they ought to blame llioir own want of wisdom and exertion.— Mr. Cobdon a distinguished writer in England, thus wrote about luck nnd labor: Luck is'every thing waiting for some tiling to turn up. Labor, with keen oyes and slron; will, will turn np something. Luck lies in bod, and wishes tho postman would bring him nows of a ogacy. Labor turns out at six o’clock, nnd with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays the foundation of a competence. Luck whines. Labor whistles. Litck relies on chances. Labor, on character. Luck slips down to indigenco, Labor strides upward to iudspen dense. Coons and Caiu'et IIaiuiers—Tho Baton Rouge Advocate has the follow ing’: “is that coon lively ?’’ “Oh, yes, sir," replied tho black pos sessor of as wild a specimen as over made tracks in the Comite swamp. “Well, I want a real lively fellow; put him on that root," pointing to the lower knob of a very tall oak, “nnd let,s see if he will stir himself.” No sooner Said tlmn dono, and the coon went up tho tree like a greased streak of lightning. “Von satisfied, boss, he’s lively ?" Well, yes, hut I don’t want a coon in a tree top.'. The freodman looked up tho tree, whlstlod, and scratched his head for au idea, and Baid: “Well, boss, dat coon is liko a cav- pot-baggor, werry promising when he's down, but when lie's up ho's no use to nobody." Train says in his autobiography: I did not kuow, whon a youth, ,lhat it was wrong to sleep witli your win dows closed. To walk just after din ncr. To drink such onormous quanti ties of ice wator when dining. I was not awaro that oating so rapidly was oftentimes fatal to the moat robust of men—that six meals a day, ending with a late supper, was cutting off so many years of your life. How ignor ant muu is about man. I was not then aware that llio doctors wero all wrong about hygiene as tho ministers about roligtou. I could not see that woman was only the uliivo of the milliner, the church, aud tho 9eragllo; that the most people lived beyond their income.” A very “strange wedding" at Colum bia, Tennessee, Is thus reported by the Nusbvilla correspondent of tho Louisville Courier-Journal: Ten years ago a young lady belonging to ono of the most influential families in Murray comity, against hor wishes discarded the man she loved at the Instance of her friends. At tho end of two years she obtainod a divorce, and immedi ately married hor first love. Nino months ago her second husband was killed, and to-night she will b# again united to tho man she married ten years ago. When is a lane dangerous to walk in? When the hedges aro shooting, aud the bullruehee out. an article in a late Atlantic Monthly ou the rocant discoveries and Improve ments In surgery t By the local application of a suffi cient degree of cold, insensibility can be produced in any part, so that a man with a most exquisitely painful wound on tho arm, or folon on the linger, cap now look down, in his perfect souses, upon tho knife as it outers his own body and porforms tho most difficult operation without giving him the least pain. A French Burgeon has invented an instrument lie calls the “ ecrassur,' or crushor to perform operations dan ;orous In surgery, on account of the oss of blood from tho smaller vessels, if perfoimed with a knife. It is form ed of a lino chain, gathered into loop, which incloses the parl'to he moved, and by turning a scrow, the chain is tightened till tho parts are separated. Tho blunt chain so turns up and twislfc tho onds of tho blood vessels llmt licmorrlmgo Is prevented. Tho oyo Is now examined by an in strument called the obtbalwoscopo, by which the depths of tho globe of the eyo can ho roadily and fully ox'plored, anil through its aid n great deal of what has been written and conjeotured about diseases of the oyo has been found to he wrong. Tho intricate pas sages of the oar, the nose, tho whole of the windpipe and passages of the lungs'are now carefully oxplorod. l’erhaps one of the best results of modorii scieucs ha9 been through what is called “ conservative” surgery, the rule of which is to 6avo all that possi bly can he saved from the amputation knifo. Many of our bravo soldiers complained of tho reckless haste with which in the Into war some surgoons would cut off arms and legs on account of trifling wounds. The complalul was often" jusC But ono of the most distinguished surgoons in ike’ world has lately written: “At King's College it is raro to seo an amputation; iu nine cases out of ton excisions (or the cutting out of tho diseased portion of the limb) should ho performed in ils stead.” A boy at tho West was caught un der a fnllon log, and his leg broken and twisted upon itself at right angles with his thigh, the bones protruding tho flesh, and no dootor near. Reliv ed, aud aftor weeks of suffering was taken to a hospital. Motlorn ootiser- alivo surgery, instead of amputating tho limb as the old-fashlonud surgery would have done, sawed off the pro truding bonus, turned tho leg hack again to its place, and put on an in strument to keep it of equal length with tho other, and now the hoy stands, run#, and-jumps with two sound logs. naug Watches are ol'tofl watch should he upon it: A peck of grapes i of wine. There is no better manu titan cotton seed in thu bill. ■ Big rooks look buct wh with Concord grapevines. A nephew of Sir and inflrui, lives one ], A sheriff in Kentucky nset of false teeth for delinquent la COHPMMXNT TO GlOROtA MaNOTAO- TUttEB—The Charleston News e'ays that Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island, at a dinner parly given to him the oth- or day at Lite Charleston Hotel, by a few leadlngcitizons,Baid that “It would surprise the people of the South, and stilt moro surprise the people of the North, to know—what is a foot—that the best cotton factory of its sizo and kiud in America is to be found in the city of Augusta, Georgia ;■ aud that in looking at the subject from a manu facturer's point of viuw, taking the productions per hand and per spindlo, and comparing them with the work it: other mills running on tho same class of goods, he found that these Southern goods were equal to any of their kiud seen in the Northern markets, OzonaiA Tax Bztuiins ron 1808. The Macon Telegraph says, wo learn from tho watchful and gcntlomanly Comptroller General of the State oi Georgia, Maj. Madison Bell, that tho tax hooks rcLurned from the counties of Berrien, Gwinnett, Chattooga, Fay otto, Campbell] Lowndes, Madison, l'ierco and Glascock show property valued April 1st, 1808, at $0,138,351 ; a foiling off of the valuation of 1867 of $589,940. If the othor counties fall off in tho same proportion the whole property of the State will not ho valu ed at much ovor$175,000,000. If this be thu case, an assessment for tho State purposes will havo to he mndo of 85 to 40 cents on the value of 100 dollars. 1Ia8it*Been Done?—By resolutions of the State Agricultural Society, says the Constitutionalist, tho Secretary was required to issue a short address to the people of the State, to appoint au ngont for every county to solicit subscriptions for membership and to havo the , proceedings forthwith pub lished in pamphlet form. Upon tho meeting of this Society, it ought to have two thousaud members enrolled; if not, then tho failure will not ho iu accordance with tho spirit whioh it evoked throughout the State. A Stahti.inu Prediction—Profess or Leonidas, an uBtrologi6t of Indian apolis, publishes the foUowiug prodic tion: 1 observe by the planots that a droadful pluguo will commence in Rus sia, originating from silks brought over from Cairo, Egypt, and Turkey. It will extend across the Baltic Sea, nnd will desolate Germany, cause itnmcnso mortality iu Euglaud, and then sproad to the United States. This dreadful epidemic will spot tho people like a leopard, nnd turn their Uesh to a pir- plo black. The pestilence will carry off such an amount of mortals , that thoro will not be enough left to bury the dent), or give them Christian bu rial. Tho streets of our’bities, towns aud villages will he swarmed with tho dead nnd dying. The groans and yells of horror will fill every breast with consternation. On all sides con fusion will abound. The death-knell will ceaso to toll as the malady rages in fury. Tha stench of tho dead will becotno so common that tho survivors will not heed it. Tho last crop of lava from 7 ' amounted to twenty million cub When is a mail compelled tj his word? Wliotl no ono will ' Novcr take for your friend t hand who lives unhappily wilhhis Every peacock is well convi at the eyes of all the world aro up t tail* If a soldier stands six feet in I hoots, how much will ho stanll in hi:i canteen? A Quaker in New Orleans U so up right in all Ins dealings that lie won't Bit down to eat. What wind would a hungry sailor wish for at sea ? A wind that blows fowl, and then chops. A matt is badly off if, in hard weath er, lie lias chinks in Ilia roof, ami no chink in his pocket. Buying pork at ten cents; paying for it by selling coru at fifty—result t a sheriff’s sale. Thero aro forty tobacco factories in Richmond, Virginia} employingl5,00U persons. A gentleman's own good breeding is his best security against other poo- plo's rudeness. Nortli Carolina is to havo an eight thousand acre park, with a ponitcatia- ry in the centre. Why is a married man like a candle ? Because ho sometimes goos out at night when lie ought not to. It is true of many persons that thoir memory is nothing hut a row of kooks hang up grudges on. Solomon advises the sluggard to go to the ant; hut tho shiftless in our day generally go to their “uncle.” Nature can best produce living forms with what has boon alive. This is thu ossonco of the doctrine of progression in manures. Ninety In a hundred of tho pear trees set out for the last tou years havo produced nothing; pears aro dearer now than they were live years ago. No such coltl weather has visited Florida sinco 1835—so say our ex changes. Ico was formed an inch in thickness at St. Angusllnc,on the 12th. In wustern New York lives a limn named King, who has hail thirty-one children by ono wife, llo is both a King aud a Patriarch. James Newman shot and killed James Hartley iu a tussle, at Wise’s place, three miles from Macon, Satur day night last. Tho parlies were friends up to the time of tho difficulty. Mrs. Aiken, of Iowa, lias just heard from her husband, for tho first timeiu tlftecn yours. He wont to California, leaving' an Aiken void, which lie,now proposes to come back and 1111. A clerk in the register's oflice of the Treasury Department at Washington, lias been missing for several weeks, and an investigation of his accounts discloses a deficit of several thousand dollars. The Macon Journal and Messenger gives nn'aceount of an atnalour Ma- zeppa in that vicinity who drove his liurso tip stairs into his boil roour'aml A deluded citizen of Portland, Mo., ' VL ' nl bc ' 1 with him, causing quite becoming Impressed with an idea that excitement m the laraily next mot,,, the world is soon to he visited by a {“8* " u presumo 'egg nogg did it. second deluge, has applied his whole G en. Git ANT on G KoitoiA A privato letter has been rocei veil by a gentleman in Georgia from Senator oloet, II. V* M. Miller, says the' Macon Telegraph, in which lie recently had a long inter view with General Grant.. Dnringtho conversation tho reconstruction of Georgia was passed up an at lengtli— Enough was elicited from the President elect to wjtrraut the Senator iti assur ing his correspondent that if we can manage to hold ottr | r jsivont status until Iho fourth of March, all will be well; that there will be no more recon struction by Congress, at least so fur ns Georgia ‘is concerned. A noth eh Georgia Author Tho New York Home Journal oria:t week says: ‘Mrs. M. J. Westmoreland, a lady who enjoys considerable distinction in -the Spmh for her literary accomplish ments, has arrived in this city from At lanta, nnd is staying at tho Metropoli tan Hotel. Sho 1ms recently written n new work, a novel, we believe, . which will soon lie given to the public through ono of our leading publishing I10113 property ($0,000) to the building of an ark of rofugo. The boat will ho fifty feet long, llfteon feet widc,flat-hollom- od, aquare-sterned, round hows, with a house a little aft of amidships, lie is solo planner and builder, ami intends when 11 is completed, to furnish it with necessary provisions, and calmly await the rising ot the waters. A'citizen of Burlington, Yt., has in vented a clook that runs by cloctricity. and never requires wiuding. It Iiub only three wheels, no weights, or springs, nnd it is claimed that it has little friction, is not affected by boat, cold, dampness or jarring. A single clook and battery can he connocled with any number of dials and indica tors, in the same building, or oven along tho whole lino of a railway. Only “Three Dollars.”—The Post- mastor-Qeneral, In his recent report, says “that three dollars will buy tho fuc simile frank ot any member of Con gress, and llie use of it by claim agonts Movement or Northern Capital South.—We havo before ns, says tho Augusta Constitutionalist, of Wednes- day, a letter from one of ^ largest mo ^ ^ Real Estate Agencies of the city of bood9i pci-iocUcals, circulars, etc, do WastenoTime.—Enjoy lifo moment by moment. Let not an hour pass in which yon do not oatch one pleasing impression. See tho sunlight lying in golden shafts upon the carpet at your foot. Enjoy its splendor. Lot your •nind revert to the wonder that tho Bun performs on its coaseleBs round—the movement warning the hoait of the shrouded vegetation that shall spring U P to lifo, giving joy in its turn to oth ers. New York, ilatod December Sjlst, In whioh it is stated: “We think thoro will be a large movement of men and money toward Georgia .and tho South generally iu a fow months.” This opinion is from men who borne In daily contact with the largest capitalists of the North and aro thus wall prepared to draw general conclusions as to thoir future intentions and movements.— From this and other quarters wo ore pleased to see that considerable atlon tion is attracted to Georgia, through, tho movement lately taken place a Macon in the reorganization of t\io State Agricultural Society. r ihis So ciety hava great work before it, which we have no doubt from present Indica tion^, it will thoroughly and ably dls* charge. frauds the Government of at least $1. 500,000-yaarly.” Senator Rill op Georgia.—The Louisville Courier-Journal’s telegrams. “Senator if. Hill of Georgia having hecoma disgusted at the delay attend ing Ills admission, Ims gone home, de claring that lie will not return until he is assured that he will he allotyed seat. - ,... Thieves usually do husiuoss “on Speak little, speak truth; spend lib-.,, ^ ^ „ Uo t pay cash. Incendiarism jn Augusta—The Augusta National Republican of Wed nesday announces three eases of incen diarism in that city, none of which, fortunnlbly, proved very destructive, This practice of kindling fires under dwelling l ouses at midnight is far from being a pleasant one, hut, as usual, uo- body was caught at it. A young man about twenty-one years aid, named Frank Smith, a clerk in the employ of S. Krnnkliu A Co., of Au gusta, was instantly killed by the acci dental discharge of tt pistol in Wash ington on Wednesday, whither lie had | gone to spend Christmas, A droadful accident occurred In Charleston on Friday afternoon, from the explosion of a can of.Kcroaeno oil, in tho hands of Mrs. J. E, Osborne Tho unfortunate lady had jter clothes burned to. cinders, and her life de spaired of. In Alexandria, MJbuesota, one jus tice, who is a hardware merchant, of fers to marry couples gratis if they will buy their outfits of him, and ltis rival, a druggist, makes the same pro posal to those wlto will purchase medi cines, etc., of him. A Greek maiden being asked what fortune slto would bring hot- husband, replied in the following beautiful lan guage: “I will bring him what gold cannot purchase—a heart unspotted, and virtue without a slain—which is all that descended to me from my pa rents.” A pomarkahlo feat of “hurdle jump ing" by a train of tho Krio Railroad is announced. Recently the day ex. press for Buffalo, when going a; the rate of twenty miles an hour, was thrown from the track by a misplaced switch, nnd dashing along over thu sleepers for two hundred feet, struck an iron frog and was violently placed again on tho track. No one was in jured. A few days ago a newly married couple took passage on a steamer at Mobilo for Tuscaloosa. During tint trip the wife fell overboard ami t lost. Upon tlm arrival of tho hi Tuscaloosa, the friends of the e rushed aboard to congratulati little dreaming of the tnstrophe that had scene that followed i