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V Published every Prid .1. rs. WOGVTKSj - J. A. WlJlCU. wooTri2?r & WELqii, Proprietors. J. C. WOOTTEN,... Editor. TERMS OF 8UIIBCIUPTION : ©no copy one year, payable III advance, $3.00 Ono oopy nix months...". 1.80 Ono oopy three month# 1 * ".... 1.00 A Clul) of #ix will bo allowed nil extra copy. (Fifty number#complete the volume.) W. T. COLE. D TON T I » T, Oflfleo Ho. 7, Maionlo Building,Up Stairs, NEWNAN, GA, All kind# of PLATE WORK and PLUG GING done with nuatucsaniid WARRANT ED. liyTocth extracted without pain by the no of NARCOTIC SPRAY. | April 20-tf. "removal. W E mny be fonnod after this date,sec ond door from public square, ensl aide of Buy Street, wbero we will show to our numerous friends and customers, our COMPLETE STOCK OF GOODS Which we wilt sell at llio THE NEWNAN HERALD. VOL. IT.] isnuwisrA^, ga, feiday, may 7, lsea [NO. 35. J.T. Ktnnv Head Qarters T. Kinuv. -FOR- drygoods AND GROCERIES! W IS have just received, nnd nre dully receiving from NEW YORK, onco The Best and Largest STOCK OF GOODS Ever offered In this mnrkot, consisting of Calicoes, Dress Goods, Jacoaots, Swiss, Balmoral, Ami Hoop Skirts, Dress Trimmings, Hosiery, Gloves, [From the New York Journal of Commerce.} A Theory of the Aurora Borealis. A Curious Letter. LOCI# XAPOLKON 8 OWN BTOIIT OF Ills FSCAFS MARKET PRICES Our ENTIRE STOCK was bought for CASK! xwr NEW YORK! With ilicsc fncllllles, and a long expe rience in business; wc feel assured liint we can sell goods ns jl. -y&mr AS ANY HOUSE IN THE CITY Our Stocks will be kept COMPLETE, and will consist of a FULL ASSORTMENT OF DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. HABUW.Ull!:, POCKET .« TABLE CXJT3hEH.Tr, Bools A Slioes, lints. Clothing, Sad dlery, Harness Leather, Sole Leather, Calf Skins, Lining Shins,and Bind ing Skins, Shoe Findings of every description. A full nssnrlment of Buggy Trimmings, Consisting ot PATENT DASH LEATHER, PATENT ENAMEL LEATHER, 8ilverod Taoks Saddle Taoks, Point and Sand Bands, Cuffs, Cliffs, and En ameled Oil Olotlia. &o, We arengents forone of the best import ing houses in Now York, for tl.o saio of Mill Slones and Spindles Baiting Clothes Sinut Machines and Fix lures, lloustlng Screws mid Halos ; All of which we will sell at New York Wholesale prices, with frolglitudded to Ibis place. Persons wishing lo purclinso Mill male, rial will Bud IlgreiUly lo their ndvanioge to cump ire our price list with llioso of other houses. Thankful for Ihe many favors, wc would respectfully solicit a cuutlliunnce of the ante. nEDWlNE & CULPEPPER, East Side Bay Street, Nownun, On, MlLK^PIi.T Great Clearing; Out Sale The Druggist. From now until the Flint of Mur . v ALMOST GIVE AWAY Ills Stock of Drugs, Paints, Oiis and Dye Stuffs Taney & Toilet Articles; Wo submit tho folTowfug theory (origi nal so far u# we know) to explain tho phe nomena of the Aurora Borealis, ns display ed in tho magnificent exhibition of last Thursday night. The Aurora Horcalis it the silent tiitchargc of accumulated electricity in the atmosphere, furnish• iny the same relief lo Nature as flashes of light ning under other conditions. What electricity Is. and thoenuse which lend lo its accumulation fnthonlr, nro sub- jeet# not necessary to hiingiiito the discus- sion. Though we cannot dullnc electricity wo know Us manifestations. Thu phenom ena of llio Northern Lights arc In all re spects electrical. Thu streamers, or rays, which wero the clinmcteristio feature of tho display of Thursday last, shoot w itli electric or lightning like rapidity through the licav uns. As wo glance at tho sky the long shafts suddenly appear stretching from bur- Ison to zenith, more quickly than \vu can time them by llio watch ; and as suddenly they mo gono. Tho fornintioii and dlsap. „ , , . „ T v m l „ qi.„...i„ pcamuec of tho Streamers Alro, for tlio nioBt Hankcicbicrs, Lndios Cloaks, Shawls, 1 ... .,' , , ’ part, Instantaneous, Alter they m-o formed I tlioy limy appear to ho stationary nud tu Imvo a doBnito shape, lint in fact they arc continually In motloh. Tho appearance of permanency which somo of tho steimicis exhibited on Thursday may bo explained by tlio rapid succession, as in waves, of ono steamer upon llio track of another—ouch leaving upon tho eye of un observer the lin prossioii of it# form, until tho next steamer enmo to occupy its place. Even if some oi the nmtiifcslutioiiH lasted In reality for a minute or two—a# seemed to he the easo with some of tho msocolorcd patches In the Northwest—the vast majority of all the phenomena came and went with the characteristic suddenness of electric or lightning flashes. To Iho o'dlnnry specta tor, therefore, the electric peculiarities of tho aurora were plainly nppnrcnt. There nro aurora# on record In which tho stream ers were not a marked feature ; hut the en tire heavens, or a large part of them, woro covered by n crimson light, as if Illumina ted by a nilgliiy conflagration. In those displays, however, the light was not of n uniform Intensity, hut was continually brightening or fading. Auroral waves seemed lo sweep across the sky, replenish ing tlio ruddy color whore It became faint. In tliosa movements the rapidity of the electric current was clearly manifested. But the electrlo nature of Thursday's au rora was demonstrated conclusively by Its effect on telegraph wires. When a thunder storm occurs tlio wires bocomo charged with electricity, which somotlncs nffccls them so perversoly that they cannot ho worked, and at other limes furnishes un efficient substitute for tho galvanic battery. Precisely these effects wero observed Vm Thursday night. At New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, and #0010 other places, tlio auroral electricity charged tho wires, and enabled operators to work them with out llio rocourso lo tlio batteries. At St. FUOM THE FOllTaFSS OF IUM IN 18401’* The following is a translation of a hither to unpublished letter written by Louis-Na poleon just after Ids escape from the For tress of flam, to tho editor of a newspaper to which lie hail contributed during Ills imprisonment: Mv Demi Un. PmsonoK —The dcslrts of once more seeing my father in this life has made mo attempt tho boldest undertaking that I liavo over attempted, and for which I needed more firmness nud courage than at Strasbourg and Boulogne, for I was re solved to endure tho ridicule that, fasteiiion those wlio nro arrested under a disguise lurs by building a now stable, and express ed surprise that lie Bhould talk of bringing suit against them. ‘But,' said Schmidt, 'I insure for nine hundred tollars, and this feller put up dem shtable for seven hundred and fifty—I do not understand this Insurance business. Finding that he could not compel the pay ment hv law, Schmidt determined to get out of the business, altogether- Calling upon Iho agent, Schmidt said : ‘Mr. Agent, 1 want you toshtop dem in- surance on my flow. I not pay any more monlsn tint way. I not understand dis in surance business. Agent surprised—‘Why, Mr. Schmidt, you are doing a very foolish tiling. You liavo paid considerable on this policy al ready, and if your wife Bhould die you will AND A OKNKHAt, Assortment of Notions!! Also, n SPLENDID SELECTION Piece Goods, Kersics, Tweeds, Jeans, Lin- sevs, Ciisslinorcs. Red, White, Opera and Ranlsbury Flannels, Bleached Shirtings, Sheeting, Osiinlmgs, Bed Ticking, Yarns, Fino Bed and Suddlo Blankets, &o and a failure would have been no longer j $5,000. endurable. But tu come to the particulars I law, dat ish vat you tell ino now, said of Illy escape. I Schmidt. Yen I pays yon on my si 1 table You know tlio ford was guarded by lour '■ “tf 1 G ot ni "« Hundred toiler if It burn hundred men, who furnished a daily gsard j ^°" n ' R burnt, and yon not give of sixty soldiers, who wore on duly j ,n0 ,nil '° You say, ‘0 dat vmdi within and without the foil; fui thvriourej " n,lUI fr " ,,,u : 11 ,u,t wort anything ; tlio floor of tin- prison was guarded' bv i ^ lnil ‘b‘ you a biick shtabto, and you, not three jailors, two of whom were always on IW >«» >»l«e nino hundtod tollars. Veil j my (row dies, den you any a to me : *0 she vns nrt old Dutch woman ; she uot worth any ding. I got you a new Angtlsh wife* And so 1 lose my five thousand tollars.— You not fool Schmidt again. I do not understand dis insurance business.' (Ilxit Schmidt.) Don’t take nits word lor if, BUT GO AND SEE! REASON: He bus to move to tlio OOilier Building, On corner of Marietta and Peachtree streets, on the 1st of March. Many tilings will get broke or damaged, and lie had rather give them away than lose thum. UNDER NATIONAL HOTEL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA Febl2tf. Ladles, Misses and Children's Siloes, Men# and Boy#' Boot# and Shoe#, Ditching Boots, Trunks and ua ua wo. u» tr :tiu le> ob CLOTHING, —BVUII AN— Coat*, . ^ UuntP, Collars, Vests, Under Shirts, Over Shirts, Rubber Over-Coats, &e. Also, a fine assort incut of (!R0€KBRV & GLASS WARS, Hardware, Pocket & Table Cutlery, Table & Ten Spoons, Axes, Spades, Shovels, Bkovuls and 'I'ong#, Steelyards, Fire & Sml Irons, Breast Steteliers, Trace ('Indus, Collars, Castings, Grind Stone#, Nails, Tucks, Sprigs, &c., Ac , &c., &c. jm. mm «» 9 Coffee, Sugar, Fish, Syrup, Cheese, Flour, Bacon, Salt, Powder, Sliot, Pistols, Pcjtpcr, Spied, iUucstomi, Sulphur, Indigo, Mad-ler, Smoking mid Chewing Tobacco, Bagging, ltope & Ties, Oil Cloths, Table Cloths, Mens, Boys & Ladies’ Saddles, And also, u great many other articles too numerous to mention. All wo ask Is to cull and cxamlno onr stock, before purchasing. We are determin ed to Hell us LOW AS THE LOWEST! Our motto Is • QUICK SALES AND SHORT PROFITS No use of blowing Iho horn, cumo and see for yourself. Our DilY GOODS are at the old stand of J. T. KlllBY—our Grocer ies in the house formerly occupied by Glass, North & Co., Greenville Street. Our Frin'p'l Sales'll J. A. HUNTER, Dry Goods. Ass't, “ o. McClendon. “ “ Pr'p'l, “ R. L. HUNTER, Groceries. Ass't, “ II. T.'THOMPSON, Wo will baiter for COUNTRY PRO DUCE, mid assist tlio farmer in selling liis cotton, when necessary, WITHOUT €11 A.IMSJE. J. T. & T. XIIIBY. T.KIRBT Will ho oil baud to pay tlio HIGHEST MARKET PRICE for COTTON. Ootl.l8U8—tf. Johns, N.F., tho most northern point from which wcMmvo a report, tho aurora serUJJpsl.v interrupted tho opornll >n of tho telegraph —possibly because tho current supplied from tho air was too strong for tho work to lie done. No doubt remains, after the tes timony given by many intelligent observers hi various parts of tho country, that the au rora is attended by tho release of enormous quantities of electricity. Tho theory which wc propose is tho only ono which explains why tho aurora bore alis is seen only In tho arctic (or antartic) and temperate zones—and also why it Is vUorublo here only [or chiefly) In tho fall, winter or spring months—uot in tho summer. In tho tropic zone, and in the temperate It was necessary, therefore, In the find place, to pass before them, then to traverse all tho Inner court before the wlndmvtfbf the commandant; having reached thftv, it was necessary to paws through tho gate by the keeper, a sentinel, and finally, a post of thirty men. Not having been willing to establish any communication (with a corruptible Jailor or bo), a disguise was, of course, necessa ry. Now as several rooms of Ihe bulkU&g I inhabited wero undergoing repairs, it was nsy to take the costume of a workman.— My good and faithful Charles Thelin pro cured a Mouse and woolen bIiocm. 1 cut >fi my mustache uud took a board on my shoulders. Monday morning I saw tho workmen como In at 0 1*2 o'clock. When they Were at work Charles took somo drink to them hi a room so as to get them out of my way ; ho was also to call ono keeper up stairs, while tho doctor was talking with thd oth ers. Meanwhile, I was hardly out of my room when 1 was accosted by a workman who followed me, taking mo for one of ids corn radcs ; at the foot of tho staircase 1 found myself front to front with a keeper. Luck ily 1 put the hoard before his face and reach ed tho court, always holding tho board be tween mysclt and tho sentinel and those whom I met. When passing boforo tho first Rontlncl 1 let full my pipe, hut I stopped to pick up tho pieces. Then I met tho officer ofgunrtl, but ho wus reading a letter and did not notice iuo. The soldiers of the post at tho gnto seemed to wonder at my dress ; tho drum mor In particular turned several times to look. Meanwhile tho orderlies opened the dopr and I found myself outside tho fort revs there I met two workmen who were com ing towards me, and looked at mo ntten lively# I then turned tho board onV .Old side, but they appeared ho Inquisitive I thought that I could not oscape them, when 1 heard them exclaim : “Oh I It is Itarthoud." Onco on tho outside, I walked rapidly toward the Saint Quentin road. A little later Charles, who had engaged a carriage for himself the preceding day, overtook mo, and wo reached Saint Quen tin. I passed through tho towu on foot, after taking oft my blouse. Charles had procured a post-carriage, un der pretence of going to tho races at Cam- brut. We reached Valenciennes without difficulty, where I took the railway. From tho Macon Telegraph. Tho Georgia Baptist Convention. This body met on Friday, tho 2&t, at Cuthlmrt, and was composed of about seven ty five members, a much smaller number than usually attends, llcv. 1\ H. Mell, 1). 1)., wiik elected President; lluv. Q. K. Mc Call, of Hawktnsvtllo, was elected Clerk, and llov. N. A. Hailey, of Albany, was elected Assistant Clerk. Tho main object of this Convention is to unite the efforts of the Georgia Baptists in support of Foreign and Domestic Missions, and in the sustenance of Mercer Universi ty, at Penfiehl, Gn. The Convention has not a particle of judicial or legislative pow- r over tho baptist 011111x1100 of Georgia, and presumes to act only as an advisory body. It received various reports, which nro ac cepted and adopted If agreeable to the members of the body ; such as a report on the Ktnto of Religion In tho State, on Tern- pernneo, on Deceased Ministers, on Kdtien lion, on Missions ; but the main voport Is that on Mercer Un^gcrxlty, which belongs to the Convention, and which has a large endowment which is also tho property qf tho Convention. Tlio Convention, elects each year a Board of Trustees, to watch over the University, provide a competent faculty', anti take care of Its funds. Tho funds, however, nro mostly managed hy tho very efficient and long-timo Treasurer of the Convention, T. J. Burney, lCsq., of Madison, Ga. From tho report of tho Treas urer wo learn that tho Convention owns cash assets to tho amount of $27,210, 61, owilly prevailing; that there is a great want of ministerial consecration' and min isterial support; that there is imich ifc?stl- tutlon among the churches, many neigh borhoods being unprovided with tho preach ed word; that a Sunday School revival spirit prevails ; that the state of religion ami religious destitution culls for prayer and sclf-doninl ; and tlmt a cessation should bo put to advancing the war and poverty as pleas for the love of the world and tho idolatry of covetousness. Tho general spirit of tho lato Conven tions was a desire to promote tho cause of religion, education and morality. The meeting was harmonious, and some of tho discussions were very interesting, particu larly that which occurred on tho adoption of an able report on temperance. In refer ence to that subject, the following resolu tion, which was adopted, will exhibit the animus of tho Convention : Resolved, That tho Convention observe* with profound regret the growing disposi tion to indulge in intoxicating liquors as a ooinmou beverage, and that wo earnestly exhort our. bro«hreu to abstain from all such indulgence themselves, and by all prudent measures to persuade others to tlic samo course. The body was ablo and dignified, and presided over with distinguished ability by Dr. Mell. Its next meeting will bike place at Newnan, Ga., Ttev. J. G. Kyals being Ap pointed to preach tho introductory, and Rev. l>. Shavor being appointed to preach the educational sennun. This Convontloiit Is distinct from that soon to meet In the city of Macon. This won a State Oon vontlon ; that will consist of RiptUts from all parts of tho South, and other portions of the United States, and Is called the Southern baptist Convention. It meets annually at tho place that may havo boon previously appointed. It Is ex pected that a very large and respectable body of men will compose the coming Con vention, and it is hoped that the citizens of Macon, by a cordial welcome and gener ous hospitality, will sustain tho character vouched for tlio city when tlio Convention was Invited to hold its session nt tills place. B. Argosy. Bliu-k Clouds were scowling from tlic sky, White waves wore foaming, rising high. When, fearlessly, with snowy pinion# freo, My stately ship sailed slowly out to sea. Hoping yet fearing, filled with pain, I wonder will it coma again, Or, freighted deep with rare and precious store, Sink far in darkness anil lie scon no more ' Tlio fair Idtlo sky tire sea extends, And to the oarth fresh beauty lends ; Joy's sunsldno fills my heart with light, for, sec ! My winged ship is (lying back t > mo. fLippinmtt's Magazine. Tu# Rtwni/r of Apfucation —Seek to ac quire the power of continuous application, without which you cannot expect success, If you do tlds, you will bo ablu to see tho distance it creates between you nnd those who liavo 110 such habits. You will not conut yourself, nor will they count you, as ono of thomv Thus you will find yourself emerging Into tlio higher regions of Intel- leclunl and oarnosl men—men who nro ca pable of making a placo for themselves, In- itead of standing Idly gaping, desiring n place without tho |Kiwor to cummaud It. Keep on striving to uccomplhdi more nnd more every day, and thus enlarge constant- ly the range of your intellectual ability If you lonvn to do rw much work hi one day im yon used lo do 111 two or throe days, you aro as good as two or tlirco such men ns you formerly wore, boiled down to ono. £(rc!tfhntan!)fntfo. Rates oi AdverU.-sint;. Advvnjsomonta inserted ut $1,60 per square («f 10 lines «« space equivalent,) for first in sertion, and 76 cents for each- subsequent in sertion. Monthly or somi-raontl.ly ndvertisometifH inBcrtod nt the sumo rates n« for now jjdver- tisotudlits, each insertion. Liberal arrangements trill bo mndcj&lli those advertising by tlio quarter or yofl^ All transient advertisements must bo paiff for when handed in. * * Tho money for advertising duo after tho first insertion. Announcing candidates, $10.00 in advance. Schedule of the A. & W. P. R..R, porlnfondcjjpb • L. P. GRANT, Sup DAY PASSKMini Tit A IN. Leave Atlanta 7 58 a Arrive ut Newnan - • - - 0 67 " Arrive at West Point - - - 12 f»U r. Leave West Point 12 60 i». Arrive at Now nan H 28 ' Arrive at Atlanta 6 25 4 NIGHT TJIKIOIIT. AND rA8BRNOr.il TRAIN. Leave Atlanta - - - Arrive at Newnan - - Arrive nfc West Point Leave West Point At rive at Newnan - - Arrivo ut Atlanta - MILLINERY GOODS! MRS. 4 MISS EDMtgStDBON. Have Just received a new Spring Slock of MILL.inery GOODS l —CONSISTING or— Uata, Bonnots, And nil other articles ia that lino I DRESSES OUT, FIT AND MADE IN The Latest Stylos! Our Patterns aro obtainod'dircot from MADAME DEMOREST Rooms over J. T. & T. Kirby's, Urecn- Strcct, Ncwunn, Ga. MarKt-ly, Oglethorpa Superior Court—Important Decisions. ctitiblnllug uf t Loan notes 90,670 78 Georgia Railroad stock 6,’JOO 00 Mobilo and Montgomery Railroad proforrud st<x:k 1,800 0(1 City of Augusta bonds 1,500 00 Georgia Railroad bonds 8,500 00 Macon and Augusta endorsed bonds 1,000 00 Cash on hand 060 70 927,2-10 61 In addition to which it possesses : Mercer University fund $74,157 05 Central Professorship fund 15,000 00 Mercer Theological fund 11,192 48 Sunders Vrofcssorsblp 11,050 14 LAVENDER E. BAT, A TTOllNEY A T LA IF, Ig now prepared to draw up papers for sitting apart Homesteads in realty and Ex emptions In personal property. Particular attention is also given to tlio collection of debts, preparing petitions in Bankruptcy, making out administrators' returns, and all legal business, of every des cription, intrusted to bis care. Office on Hancock Street, nenr Newnan otel. Oot80-ly. A. J. JIOUBUT, J. A. UlSANKIl, W. A. UIUIIAUDHON Marietta, Ga. Marietta, Gn. Louisville, Ky, GEOnGIA MARBLE WORKS. A RE now prepared to fill Orders for Mar- \ ldc and to furnish .MONUMENTS, SLABS, TOMBS. &u., finished 111 tho best stylo uud at COWER PRICES than the samo workdono with Northern Marble. - Our Marblu is equal to THE BlfiS'l AMER ICAN. Dealer# can bo supplied with BLOCKS and SI.ABS of any dimensions. g»“Foi information or designs uddvoss 1 GEORGIA MARBLE WOltKB, Either nt Marietta, On., or Jaspor Pick ens Co. Gn. Kept- tf. W. C. OOOUTXF.Y. H. MURDOCH. J. 8. MUUDOOII Aximsw J. Smith. Wm. Ai.i.kn Tubnf.ii SMITH & TURNER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, NEWNAN GA., WILL pay the debts, in aCourtof Bank ruptcy, of all who apply to them boforc the UUIiino, 1808, and will practice In theTal- Sapoosaand Coweta Circuits. [Nov. 1) tf. ATLANTAMARBLE ■*r a D. N. JUDSON, AG’T. Manufacturer and denier in Italian and American MARBLE. HtdSVDtSHVfi, BOX TOMBS, B esry banks —Wholesale ami retail dealer in Boots and Slioes, icr, C«)f Skins, and Shoe Findings oi every description. Whitehall and N.0/*C Peachtree street, Atlanta. FLOUR. J jTLOUR ground from iVuiuescee White d Wheat at WillppJfpg Manufacturing company’s Mill. Superior for family use to any Northern or Western Flour. ' Muria tf II, J. SARGENT. HEAD & FOOT STONES, A.T THE Is O W EST PRICES. Terms CASH! ATLANTA. OEOROIA. Offloo and Yard corner <tf Peaelilroo Si Wal. ton Htroota. OctaO—12m. /.ones, hi the warm months, (lie acuuiiiula- ted electricity ill the atmosphere is dischar ged under entirely different conditions, as lightning with thunder, during heavy show- els of rain. The fact that tho aurora Is a phenomenon, incident to cold countries and cool weather, is too well established to require demon stpition. In the arctic world it is of very frequent occurrenqo—because, perhaps, the accumulation of electricity is larger at the pole than anywhere else. In temperate re giuiis all the famous exhibitions of tlio au rora of which history gives all account, took place in other mouths than those of sum mer. We give some dates of the most re markable displays: November 14, 1&71: September 28, 1575; February 7, 1778; February 18, and November 17, 1835 ; April 22, 18:10; January 25, and November 14, 1437 ; Febrimry 1), 1810; April 15, 18U9. Feeble auroras often ocenrr ill this /one during the fall, winter mid spring. They may bu unnoticed by persons notncciis- tumed to lifting their eyes off Ihe dull city pavement to the skies ; hut tho fact is that they nre about ns common in cold weather here ns thunder storms in the summer ; and tho splendid show of Thursday last hours about tho snmo relation to tlio ordi nary auroral exhibition as a hurricane or tornado does to llio average thunder show er. . The aurora of Thursday was an electri cal tornado. We uoed notontor upon the presentation of reason why showers, accompanied by lightning and thunder, occur only [or prin cipally] in tropical regions; or intomper- ate countries in warm seasons. Tho fact tlmt they do wilt not bo disputed. These showers afford tho opportunity, for tlic dis charge of. the pent-up electricity ol the atmosphere, in the form of lightning. For aught wo ktiow, tlio tendency of the nccu mutated electricity to discharge itself may be a cause of the showers, acting in unison with othor causes. Whatever explanation may be the fact remains that in place# where, and at reasons when tho startling nnd noisy phenomena of lightning and thunder occur, tlio Aurora Borcidis is nev er or very seldom seen. Wo therefore con clude, in the language uf tho proposition already lain down, that tho Aurora Boreal is is tho silent discharge of noeumulated electricity in tlio atmosphere, furnishing tlic same relief lo nature us flashes oflight- ning under other conditions, has nowhere been asked for. During tins time Connenu, always so dovoted, remain ed ill prison, and gave out that 1 was ill, so na to give mu time to reucli the frontier. I hope he will not have been ill-treated ; tlmt would bo, as you may suppose a gloat grlof for mo. But, my dear Mr. Dcgoorge, if I expe- riuncod a lively sentiment of joy when 1 found myself outside tlio fortress, I was very sadly Impressed on passing the front ier; the certainty tlmt the government would never set ino at liberty, unless 1 con sonted to dishonor myself, was necessary to decide mo to quit Franco ; finally, it was necessary tlmt I should be urged to this step by tho destro of trying all menus to console my father lit Iris old age. Adieu, my dear Mr. Degcorgo. Although free, I feel myself very unfortunuto. lie assured of my warm friendship, and, if you can, try to ho useful to my goud (Jonnoun. Louis Nai’Oi.kos. Jane 1’oi.ey fund Real estate Interest account Total 10,000 Q0 80,000 00 9,007 03 $102,213 00 - - Ur. a. - G-20 U. - 111® r. M. - JVa. m. - - M. X ^a.m. The Dutchman's Insurance- Application for Exemption. r\EORGIA, HEARD dOUNTY.-James F. VT Barker lias a ppliod tar exemption of per sonalty r.ml setting npait and valuation of -homostakd-. -irncl 1 will ps#n upon tlio sumo at JO o'clock, a.m.on tho lut day of May, 1800, iit iuy Office. By the Ordinary, aji. 7t-’(i‘J-2t, |F. At. Ji, lt d 7V,S CCh, MAUiUAoe K.XTUAOiiDiXAiiy.—Tho widow of the late lamented Lincoln is reported at Berlin tf) bo engaged matrimonially, with Gouut Schinizerwei], grand chamber lain of llio Duke of Baden. Napoleon's widow married n one eyed ebainborlain; old mother Lincoln displays better taste by selecting a funotioocry with two optics. Augusta Uoustitulionulist, A good story is told of a Gorman by tlic samo ofEcliiiuidt, who had taken tire pre caution to insuro tiro lifu of hi# wife for $5000, and ids stable for $000, believing the former might die and the tatter ournt, and lio could not get along without some compensation for tiro loss. Both policies had been taken from the same ageut. In n few mouths after tho stable lmd been insured it caught tiro nnd was destroyed. Schmidt quietly notified tiro agent, nnd hinted to him tlmt lie would expect tlic nine hundred dollar# nt tlio oarliest possible moment. The agent at onc-c sent a builder to ascertain the cost of orocting a now sta bio, of tlio same dimension, Having learned that the property had been insured for more than it was worth. The builder re- ported tlmt ho could replace thostable with new inatorial for $500, but unfortunately there tvas an ordinance preventing the erec tion frame buildings—tlio old Ktablo hav ing boon of wood. Ho was asked to estimate tho cost of a brick stable, and reported the amount nt $750. Tho agent then no tifiud Schmidt tlmt lie would build Him a now brick stable ill place of the old' frame ono ; but Schmidt became very indignant at the proposition, saying. ■I do not understan dis insurnnoo busi ness. 1 pay you for nine hundred tollars, and when my stlmblo hum hewn you miikc me a new ono. I no want a new stlmhle. I want nino hundred tollers,’ Tho agent reasoned with Selim* ;, but' all to no purpose, When tlio stable was about tinisiied, -Schmidt went to consult a lawyer, thinking ho could still get tlic amount of tlio policy, beside# having tho now Btablc. Tho lawyer, however, informed him that Dio company had u right to make good the Tho Incomo for tlio year ending July 1, 181)9, Is estimated at $10,535, and tho esti mated expenses $10,350, including all the college expcim's. Mercer University is nt present In a Houri-diing and growing condition under the able management of Dr. H. H. Tucker. It lms a very able Faculty, composed of ltev. II. H. Tucker, D. D., President and Professor of Theology nnd Intellectual and Moral Philosophy; 8. P. Sanford, A. M., Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy ; J. E Willett, A. M., M. D., Professor or Natural Philosophy ; W. O. Woodtin, A. M., Professor of Ancient Language#; llov. J. J. Brantly, I). D., Professor of Belles Letter# and Modern Languages. Tliero aro at present in tlio Cullego : Se niors 10 ; Juniois 32 ; Sophomores 10, and Freshmen 18. Total 84. Tho College lms graduated 244 young men, many of whom are filling responsi ble positions as ministers nnd teachers throughout the States of tho South. It i# proposcil hy tiioConvention to place an efficient agent in the field, with n com pensating salary, and raise an addiUuiml endowment fund of $100,000, so thut a stronger corps of instruction may be em ployed in tho College, ns lire number of young moil seeking admittance id Increas ing rapidly. Tho report of tho Finance Committee announce# $1,551 05 Bent up to the Con vention in cash, for various purposes hut mostly to nid in carrying on tiro Denomina tional Missionary operations. From the report of tiro Executive Com. mittee of the Convention, wo gather tlmt lour young men arp receiving a gratuitous theoligicnl education ; tlmt Hearn School, ut CuvO Spring, (la., under the care of tire Convention, is in a nourishing condition, and Is a valuable auxiliary of tho denomin ation iu Northwest Qeorgta ; that a rail road to Penfiehl is in contemplation and may probably he built. It was decided to appoint an evangelist for Northwestern Georgia, and the subject of State Evange list was referred to tho Exeoutiva G'ommlt- teo, with power to apt. A resolution was adopted earnestly rec ommending tire Clmruho# to contribute liberally to the contingent fund for the support of aged and Infirm Baptist minis ters. Tire report on tho Stato of Bollgion throughout Georgia manifests a groat desti tution of religious privileges in all pacts of tho State, Uiul report states that fiddling, dancing, drinking and social irregularities exist ill all tlio religious duiiuminetions to a greater extent than for (ire last twenty years; that tv 3»d Lnodiclau"spirit is gen- From a Islington letter In tho Const! tutlunatist wo clip tlio following : 'lids has boon an unusually interesting week in laixington. Tlio Superior Court of Oglethorpe county held its Spring Ses sion from Monday until yesterday after noon, and then adjourned till court In course. The presiding judge, Hun. Gar nett Andrews, conducted llio business with credit to Ids judicial ability and gavo gen eral satisfaction to tho bar and people.— Upon a point arising under tiro relief law, he held, that a contract made before tire war was a contract to pay thoiqiccifio nnm der of dollars therein mentioned, and Hint though lie was bound, under tlio ruling of tile Supremo Court, to admit testimony us to the amount of properly owned by the debtor whan tho contract was made, how much lie lmd IobI, iu what manner, etc , ns is provided In tho relief law, yet, ns to lire iffed. this testimony was to have, ho would not, until further controlled hy tlio Su premu Court, allow an old debt to bu scaled upon i lie ground tlmt the debtor lmd lost his property, or other Rueh ground ; tlmt ho could sco no equity ill It, and unlcrs there was a plea of failure of consideration, or some similar one, the reduction of the amount of the debt was in riulatlou of the Federal Constitution. Affidavits filed by debtor# for tho pur pose nf re-opening judgment# under tiro above law, were summarily dismissed nnd tho levying officer ordered to proceed. Quite a number of cases, involving points arising under tiro homestead and rcliul laws, aro going up to the Supreme Court from nearly ov^y county iu tho Northern Circuit. Tho criminals, Simpson and Weaver, who last winter stole several thousand dol lars In ouirency and gold from Mr. Jesse Dalton, of this county, and who were caught below Atlanta by the energetic nnd talented Capt. JolinO.,Reld, emue Into court, pleaded (guilty, and were sentenced by tlrq judge to three years' confinement in tiro enitcutiary. Can Onr Hail Fuse# an Aciikof Laxii ?— iNTKurxnsn lNqvtuv ran Faumuis,— 1 Two hundred and ten fuel uncli way makes an acre of land. Suppose we tnko ton rail# to a pannel of fence and each pannol enclose# ten feet. To fence the aero there must lie four Bides fenced of twenty-one pnnncls or Iglit bundled and forty rails to tin- acre Now, tf we double the length of tlio field nnd lake in two acres wc shall have two sides of lour hundred and twenty feet each and two sides of four hundred of Iho original width two hundred and ten feet, nnd will need ono thousand two hundred and six ty rails to feoco the two acres. If now wo double lira width of the field no shall have four sides of four hundred and twenty feet each, nr.d with 1080 rails will take in four acres of land. 1'rocccdlng in tlds mnnnor to double tho siso of tho enclosure, we find tlmt 2520 mils will en close eight acres, and 8300 rails will cneloso sixteen acres The first single acre requir ed 810 rails ; two acres required only 030 rails per aero ; four acres required 420 rolls per aero ; and whoa wo reach u slxtcr n acre liuld wc require only 210 rails. Two hun dred and fifty-six acres would require but about 105 rails per acre. Now, proceeding in lids ratio, hew largo must tho field bo which will require but one rail to ouch acre enclosed (—Washington Gazette. J. H. SEAVEY, North Hide Public Square, NEWNAN GA., —RRUaUH in— Hoots, Shoe* & Leather, C’nir Skins, IainIm, Pegu, Shoe Finding*, Together with every thing iu hit* line. His Stock wan bought- in N. York for Cash, ami he 1h content to Hell ut short i>rolit* % Gall and examine Goods uud Prices, and ho eonvineed# api\ 2U-*0'J Jliu% JAS.E. JONES, uiiocEii n n« i rnosiice Merchant. (1 KEENVILLE ST., MASONIC BU1LDIN C3--A-. HAS on band atliis COMMODIOUS STORE ROOMS, and daily arriving— COHN, Pulaski Superior Court. AN KLIUiniLITY qUESTION UXOF.lt TUB FOUIt- TBBI. I'll ASIRNDMUXT. We copy tlio subjoined f rom the llaw- kinsvillu Times, of the 28tli : But one criminal ease—tlmt of James Dowd, for burning the gin liouso of G. R. Coley—wus submitted to the jury. Dowd was convicted and sentonce to the peniten tiary for three years. His counsel have made a motion for a new trial on various grounds, the principle of which is, wo un durstaitd, that lie was convivtoJ partly on confessions which, it is claimed, wero ex turtad from him. The indictment against Sullivan, as accessory to llio burning, was withdrawn hy the Solicitor, for want of evidence to convict. The caso of It. G. Fulglmm vs. B B. Johnson, acting tax collector uf Pulaski county, was determined In favor of the former. It seems that ut tho election held last Spring, Fulghtim was elected tax col lector, but the Governor refused to coihmts sion him, bocause be was ineligible undor the 14tli article of the Constitution of tho United States, and a commission was Is sued to Johnson, tho next highest candi date. Fulgliiini applied to Judge Alexan der for a writ of quo warranto, to Inquire hy wluit authority he held the office. Fill ghum lmd been a Justice of tho poaeo be fore the war, and in January, 1805, lie was oleotad Justice of tlio Inferior Court, and went Into tlio militia service undor tlio call of Governor Brown. Ho fed and clothed soldicrH ami their families whctiuvor they needed assistance, nnd his feuliugs were with the South in tho war, hut lie did not otherwise engage in it. The Jury, un der the instruction of tins Court, found him eligible, and a judgment of ouster was en tered against tho present incumbent. Whether tlio Governor will isauo ft com mission to Mr. Fnlghuni, In noeordance with this jiulgraont, we do not know, hut suppose liis counsel, Messrs. Grice, Burke ftiid Hausoil, havo considered this question, mid will know how to meet It. “I Won’t," .A ~- a veuno aniL nsrusKS to say “i will" at TUB ALTAn, A peculiar incident occurred a short lime since In tho vicinity of Ilaekncy, England worth recording, from the fact of its being ono of tho rarest escapades in matrimonial history. Ao aged gentleman, of not very preposscsslrg nppenicnce, but neverthe less a perfect Oroosus was lending ills bride, a girl of sweet sixteen, to tho hynienlni al ter, under tho eirciimstnueos of having purchiiscd her imnd (hut not hor hoart) by nsaisting her fiithor when in pecuniary difficulties. Six handsomely dressed bridostuiiidcs and a host of friends attend ed tlio conplo to church. Tlio hrldo was decked out In-nuptial splendor, tho roadway was lined with carriages and tlio whole sceno presented nti imposing effec', tho venerable gentleman led bis brido up llio isle, and tho ceremony of coupling them b gnn. All went quietly enough till tins clergyman catno to llio sentonce Will you take this man for your wedded husband ?" when she in a leud nnd sol emn manner, exclaimed “ I won't." She rose in nil excited uiunner, darted out of the church, jumped into a carriage await ing her outside, in which was seated the idol of her choice ; off they went to anoth er church, nut a thousand miles away, woro married there and then, and ore now living in happy wedlock, The ovent lias created quite a sensation in llio neighbor hood, end llio interest lms not yet aba ted. DACON, FLOUR, UUAJL, COFFIiit^ SUGAR, SYRUP, RICE, LARD, RUTTER, fbceuntxx otjahto, And all other articles in onr line, to which we invito tlic attention of the purchasing public. Fubrunry 10-28-tf. Sargent’s A.xes. SCOVILL’S HOES. cr> o £3 S3 05 ca OO O o O as Sargent’* No. 10 Cotton Tarn. T HE aboro goods, and in nil numbers, nre offered M the public. An ample stock always on Imnd at the store of the subscriber in Newnan, Goor- ei Oct 20-tf. H. J. SARGENT. IsieOIlTAST TO LKTTKIl-WItlTKaS AND An- vEUTisuiis.—A Chicago cotemporuby warns its readers of a fact not generally known viz.: that according to recent change in the regulations of tlio Postofficc Depart ment no letters addressed to initials will will be delivered at any residence or in any postoffice box. Tho man who nddroasos liis communication to A B C. box 10,901, mny rest assured that his opistle will never be deposited la tho box la question ; but that on the other hand, it will bo immedi ately and effectually destroyed. That the above ta a tact, it says, can readily bo learned from the pestoffico au thorities of tho city. Advertisers in par ticular, and tlio public,iu general, will see the necessity of governing themselves ac cordlngly. If .Miss Susan Sniffkins adver tises for correspondence, and desires that tlio replies to her gushing appeal should be sent to a particular box, or a particu lar residence, she need nor sign bcvsclf “Rosebud," or "Tlio Lone Heart," for sooth give her full real name and ad dress, unless she is wise, advertises in the Republican, and says : “ Address Rose bud Republican office.” And for the same reason, if Mr. John Jonos has found any thing to sell, ho will remain unsatisfied uutll doomsday, if ho simply gives his private box, nud desires people to address •U. J," Bbcuktauy lining to ItHdiriN.—Washing ton dipatebes of the '23d report that Bonro- tnry Dorio, of tho Navy, has int|mntod to the President his Intention to resign on no- coimt of ill health, 81 non his appointment hj lias performed hut little official duty, tho dopai'tmont being fully umier ponlral of Admiral Porto/, R. D. (OLE & BRO., (Established in 1854,) P REPARED to fill all orders for SASH, BLINDS, DOORS, Ac., at the fol lowing rates, subject to tlio fluctuations of tbo times: Price List of R. D. Dole & Bro. PANEL DOORS 3x7. Two panels,! j incli thick, $3,00—50 cents per Bide for moulding. Four panols, 1J inch thick, $3,50,-60 cents per side for moulding. 1J inch thick 20 per cent, added; 1], 88J per cent, added; 2 inches 50per cent, added to tho above rates. BLINDS. Half stationary stats, nr all rolling 70 cents per foot iu length per pair—-thus a window 0] feet loug, $4,55 per pair. SASH. 8x10 9 cts. per light, prim’d & glaz'd 28 cts. "Equality means,” says a French writer, "a desire to ho equal to your superiors, mid superior to your equals," Hallway trains iu Sweden, are provided wijh a pomplete medical and surgical staff, for puses of smldeii Biglvnpss or occldont. 10x1211 “ « " “ “ 30, 10xl013J“ “ “ “ “ 80 D 10x1815 “ “ “ “ “ 41“ 12x14 15 “ " “ « 41 “ 12x1610 “ “ « “ “ 46 “ 12x1817 “ “ » “ » 60 “ 12x2018 “ “ “ “ “ 50 “ Lip Sas 3 cents a light extra. Kay-All goods shipped fri>o of drftyagft. Newnan, IG '-, Sum. 58-tf, T WO months ftfter data application will be made K) the Ordinary nf (Jeweta county to sell at privile sale, a lot of land helouging to the estate of P. Lester,: de ceased, in Catbouq county, Georgia—orig. inully Early, JOHN LESTER, Adm'r. March 12th, 1808. JL.OST ! i T AND Warrant No. !J7,7u7, foe 180 noron of J. J Land, lssqe(\ under tlio act nf 8d March, 18oo,in my name as the widow of Tunlurpor- umts, doo’d, I l;avo never assigned nr in anv manner pavteff wltk'my riKhttosainWavrs'nC; jdWafgiiBWIMPa ft*' 0 . Cautioned against hqy-