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VOL. 111.
THE THOM ASTON HERALD,
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Keen yourself unceasingly before the public; and it
matters not what busi ess you are engaged in, tor. if
Intelligently an I industriously pursued, a fortune will
be the resu 1 —Hunt s Merchants' Magazine.
•* After I began to a ivertise mv Ironware freely,
business increased with amazing rapidity For ten
years past l have spent £3ti.oO(| vearlv to keep my
superior wares bes-re the public Und I been timid in
advertising, I never should have possessed my fortune
of £350.000”. — McLeod Helton. Birmingham.
** Advertising like Midas’ touch, turns everything to
gold Bs it, your daring men ilraw millions to their
coffers ” —Stnart Oluy
‘What audacity is to love, and boldness to war, the
skillful use of printer’s i it, is to success in business. ’
• Beecher.
Without the aid of advertisements I -ou'd have dond
nothing in my -p mulations. i have the most complete
faith in “printers’ink.” Adve.Using is the “royal road
to business”—Barnum.
I Professional Paros.
Dr »ini\M PERDUE having p-ma
nen ly located it The Rock, tenders his professional
services to th" surrounding cornmiiit.y, and promises to
spare no labor or attention to those who ma\ patronize
s him. july22— 6mo
\T II <A\ T [)Wlf!U, Ar» tr,Pv .i «l Onnr.'.
IT A. selior at Law, Thomaston. fia. Will practice
■ln uie several Courts of the State of Georgia, and attend
promptly to all business entrusted to his care,
novll ts
I) >YN ON & ftl'sVfOKK vllor»i pvj at
Law, Griffin, Ga. Offioein Almah Hall, next door
to the Star Okftdk Will practice in the Counties
Composing the Flint Circuit, and in the United States
District • 'ourt. Attention given to cases in Bankruptcy,
may 13-1 y
D 1 )Y \L ifc NUNN ALLY Art rnevs at
Law, Griffin, Ga. Will practice in all the coun
ties comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit, and in the
eoun'iesof Meriwether, Clayton, Fayette and Coweta.
Will practice in the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
District Court, ot the United States for the Northern and
■ outh ern Districts of Georgia
i. D. NUNN ALLY, [aplls-ly] L. T. DOYAU
TY aLLEN. Attorney ut L w Th <m
• aston, Ga. Will practice in the counties com
prising the Flint Judicial Circuit, and elsewhere by
special contract. All business promptly attended to.
Office in Cheney’s brick building. tnehll-ly
DR T R KEN It \LL offers his nr-d'es
-Bional services tc the citizens of I hotnastou and
urrounding country. May be found rtnrin r tt>« day at
.he Drug Store, at night at the former reside ce of
J. I Hall, opposite Rogers A Cheney’s Warehouse.
jan.l4 ly
TE REDDING. At'or-.ev at Law
• Barnesvil e, Pike co, Ga. Will practice in the
counties comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit, and
elsewhere by special ontract Al business promptly
attended to Office in Elder* building, over Chamber's
Tin Store. ug6- y.
r pilOVl\S BEALL Attorney nt Ltw.
I Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in the Flint Cir
cuit and elsewhere by special contract atig27-ly
|X Oil Nl.if \LL Attorney and Counsellor
at. Law Will practice lit the counties composing
the Flint Circuit. In the Supreme Court of t.eorjia,
and in the District Court of the United States for the
■orthern and Sou hern Districts of Georgia.
iThoinaston, Ga., June 18th. IS7"-ly.
VNDERSON & McCALL\. Attorneys
at Law, Covington, Georgia. Will attend regu
larly, and Practice in the Superior Courts of the
counties of Newton, Butt*, Henry, Spalding Pike
Monroe, Upson, .Morgan, DeKalb Gwinnette and Jas
»r, dec 0-ly
It V'l E> M~ M Alii E 8. Art >rm*v at
Laws, Taiootton, Ga , will pract ice all the counties
composing the Chattahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
Special contract declO-ly
P. TRIPPE. Attomev at Law
] Forsyth, Ga Will practice in the State Courts
Hid in the United States' District Court at Atlanta and
1 tvannah,Ga, dec 0-ly
|j l ; *
r A HUNT. Attorney at Law Ba«*»>es*
■ P • ville, tia Will practice in atl the counties of
V Flint ircuit and Supreme Court of the State.
• fTARION BE I'll UN E, Artur net at
T L Law, Talboton, Ga. Will practice in all the
nunties of the Chattahooi hee Circuit, and Upson and
ferriwether counties declS-ly
R ROGERS will continue the practice
I / of Medicine. Office at B. D. Hardaway’s Drug
Store ! dec>~-ly
rvfl G. W. T flriNN All, is pleased to
Jy notify the citizens of Upson that he will c<>ntinne
Iho practice ot Medicine fa Its various branches at
Riotnaston, Ga. declS-ly
W ■
TAMES S. WALKF/R Attorney at Law
LaGange, Ga. Will nrseftee in Circuit Conrts of
the State, and in the United States District Conrts.
deolO-ly
LADIES’ FANCY STORE!
OVER
MESSES. FLEMISTER & EP.OOES,
OOBMEK or HILL AND SOLOMON STREETS,
GRIFFIN. GEORGIA,
respectfully inform the good
citizens of Thomaston and vicinity that we have now
in store, and keep constantly .on hand a superior stock
and very latest styles of *
LADIES’ FINE DRESS GOODS,
LADIES’ & CHILDRENS’ SHOES,
LADIES’ JEWELRY,
LADIES’ HOSIERY,
LADIES’ NOTIONS,
MILLINERY, &c.
A thousand little tricks and trinkets that Men-Mer
chants know nothing about, to be found at our Store.
MILLINERY !
The Choicest, Freshest, and SWEETEST, stock in
the maket. Goods manufactured to suit the taste of
customers. Orders respectfully solicited. Call on or
address
MRS. M. A. H IGHTCW ER & 0.,
maylß-tf Griffin, Georgia.
ANDREWS & HILIT,
JIANUFACTUKKRS AND DEALERS IN
FURNITURE,
COFFINS, Ac., Ac,
AT
J. At T. G. ANDREWS’ Mill, Five Miles
Southwest of Thomaston, Ga.
would respectfully inform our
T T friends and the public generfilly, that we have
estahed a
FURNITURE MANUFACTORY
at the above named place, where we manufacture and
keep constantly on hand.superior Furniture of all kinds,
varieties, and grades. We are prepared to fill all or
ders lor COFFIN 4, and do all kinds oftV.ipet work
with neatness and dispatch We flatter ourselves that
we can please all that know good work when they see
it. Our facilities and advantages in preparing our own
Lumber and Manufacturing our ow i Work enables us
to Oiler any quantity, better varieties, an.i decidedly
better bargains than other Furniture dealers in this
section ot country. We earnestly request all that are
in need of anything in our line to cal) and examine < ur
stock, as we feel satisfied that we can give satisfaction
in style, quality and price. All work warranteed to be
as represented. Orders solicited.
may2C-ly JAS ANDREWS & L. S. HILL.
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The Southern Farm and Home.
A FIRST CLASS AGRICULTURAL MORI’ILY.
GEN. W. M. BROWNE,
K D I T~O R
At $2 00 per Year in Advance.
THE Second Volume commences with
November number. Now is the time to sulh
scribe. Address, J. W. Bi'HKK, A CO.,
octS ts Macon. Ga.
DR. THOS. A. WARREN,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
OFFERS his services to the citizens of
Griffin and vicinity Special attention given to
the treatment of
CHRONIC DISEASES.
Those at a distance cancan consult him by letter.
Office over George Beecher Ai'o , ill Street.
april29-tf
WATCH REPAIRING.
r FMIE citizens of Ur« 0" and adjacent
I counties are respectfully informed that I have
moved my stock to the store o' Mr. Wm Wallace, and
am now prepared to execute work in my line of busi
ness, on the most favontbi- terms. Repairing of all
kinds done at the shortest notice and I . the neatest man
ner. I have facilities for turning ont good work, and by
stnet attention to business hope to receive a liberal
share of patronage. Very respectfully,
aprilS ts WM. L. BRYAN.
i . NTOICE.
\ LL persons arp tier hv notified not to
trade for a Note given by A Lewis to Nathan
Zorn lor the amount of and due 25th dav of De
cember. 18TI At fast accounts ssrd aote was in the
hands of a Mm. Wilson.
nov!8-2t A. LEWIS.
THOMASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1872.
STAFFORD, BLALOCK & CO.,
BARNESVILLE, CA„
J JAVE now on hand the LARGEST,
BEST and CIIA PEST
STOCK OF GOODS
Ever offered in
BARNESVILLE,
Consisting in
Ladies’ and Gents' Apparel
Os every discretion and style.
Hardware,
Cutlery,
Crockery,
Sugars,
Coffees,
Carpeting?,
Trunks,
Umbrellas,
Salt, Syrup
and Molasses,
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
Cheese,
Soap,
Candles,
Rice,
Bacon,
Lard,
and Flour,
BAG3IN& AND TIES,
CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO, SINGER’S
SEWING MACHINES. All sizes of FISK’S
METALIC BURIAL CASES.
Twenty-five head of fine Kentucky MULES and
HORSES, and will keep from Twenty-five to One
Hundred head constantly on hand during the season.
We also have a Large and Commodious
Fottoa Warehouse,
And will buy or sell, store or ship your Cotton.
We keep constantly on hand almost anything you
may call for and what we have not got you wi 1 not
find this side of New York. We sell at astonishingly
LOW PRICES, and defy competition.
STAFFORD, BLALOCK «fc CO.,
octl4 3m Barnesville, Ga.
ROGERS & CHENEY,
WAREHOUSE
AND
COTTON COMMISSION
THOMASTON, GEORGIA.
"ITTE take this me’hofi of informing otir
V v friends and the public generally that our NEW
TV AItEHoUSE Is now completed and we are now pre
pared to serve them in the
Storage and Sale of Cotton.
Onr Scales are new and correct., and having secured
the services of a competent and reliable ScaU sman, we
can safely guarantee to do justice to both buyers and
sellers. LIBERAL
ADVANCES
will be made on COTTON in store. BUYERS IN
THOMASTON will pay Barnesville PRICES for Cot
ton. Insurance on Cotton in Warehouse one per ceat.
oct7-6m
FOUTZ’S
CELEBRATED
Horse al Cattle Powders.
, This preparation, long and favorably
! tnown > will thoroughly re-invigorate
liWTwtfeiT ts roken down and low-spirited horses,
strengthening and cleansing the
| \ |R stomach and intestines.
It is a sure preventive of all diseases
incident to this animal, such as LUNG
FEVER. GLANDERS. YELLOW
WATER. HEAVES. COUGHS, DIS
TEMPER, FEVERS. FO UN D ER, iShk
LOSS OF APPETITE AND VITAL
ENERGY, Ac. Its use improves Su
the wind, increases the apj>etite— f V y
gives a smooth and glossy skin—and
transforms the miserable skeleton J
into a fine-looking and spirited tiorse.
_ To keepers of Cows this prepara-
V , tion is invaluable. It is a sure pre-
I ItaLl. 1 .. 'A ventive against Rinderpest, Hollow
Horn, etc. It lias been proven by
XypßiSaNpS I actual experiment to increase the
quantity of milk and cream twenty
P er cent- and make the butter firm
an d sweet. In fattening cattle, it
gives them an appetite, loo«ens their hide, and make*
them thrive much faster.
In all diseases of Swin*. such as Coughs, Ulcers io
the Lungs, Liver, Ac., this article acts
as a specific. By putting from one
half a naper to a paper in a barrel of
■will the above diseases will he eradi
eated or entirely prevented. If given I K
in time, a certain preventive and
cure for the Hog Cholera.
DATID E. FOCTZ, Proprietor,
BALTIMORE. Bltl.
For sale bv Druggists and Storekeepers throughout
the United States, Canadas and South America.
For Sale by J. W. AT WATER,
Tbomaeton, Ga. novll-ly
JA ISCELLANEOUS.
Ten Years.
The last ten ypurH ck* s e* one of the most
remarkable decades in history. It has
witnessed wonders in human events that
prophesy itself could have sca»’ceJy antici
prted. Ten years there were, in the
United States, nearly four millions of slaves.
These are now citizens ; and by our consti
tution of government, stand unchallenged
at the ballot. One of their number has
jjctually held a spat in the United States
Senate, and both races are to-day represent
ed iu the lower House of Congress The
reaction from servitude to the political
balance power, has been sudden and thor
ough. It the pendulum has swung too far
in the opposite direction, it will, within the
next decade gravitate to the golden mean,
leaving the extremes on either side.
In Europe, the past ten years is a« me
morable for important events as in America.
Germany has risen from a congress of petty
principalities and conflicting states, into a
consolidated Empire of gigatic proportions.
It is to-day the foremost of the great
European powers ; and it has risen to this
proud eminence within the last five years.
Since 1861, the Bonaparte dynasty has heen
completely overthrown, arid France has de
scended from a first, to a second class power.
In Italy —the land of poetry and song—
the last ten years has wrought a marvel ms
change. Asa temporal sovereign, the Pope
has been dethroned Rome, ‘‘the seven
hilled city,” is again the site of royal power.
The palaces of the are once again
the residence of an Italian monarch. The
ancient house of Savoy, originating with
theconquests of Charlemagne, is now ruling
in Rome over the “kingdom of Italy.”
Other members of the same royal house are
seated upon the thrones of both Spain and
Piirtugal. Thus three kingdoms, separate
and independent, and the oldest in the
known world, are ruled by this royal line
of Italian Ptinces.
China, for the first time in the world’s
history, has, during the past ten years, sent
emhas.-ies from her exclusive court to the
nations of Christendom ; thus showing that
even the Orient is not inialihle to the world’s
progress. Likewise Japan : she haaf *ught.
within the last ten years, her battles of
revolution against ancient Feudalism, es
tablished a constitutional Monarchy, con
vened a Parliament, and. for the first time
in her history, opened her do >rs to the out
side world and instituted missions of peace
ful diplomacy
Wiihiri the same ten years, science has
not only kept pace with the progress of the
age, hut has opened new and startling fields
of inquiry. Free inquiry has been stimu
lated to a decree that t hreatens the existence
of much of our orthodox Church creeds.
Certain it is, that the philosophic minds
demands, and it is now making, a rigid
re-examinarion of the title deeds to old
dogmas. Telegraphic communication has
heen established across oceans, linking to
gether the four great continents of the globe
in almost instantaneous connection. Within
the same period the grandest monument of
human genius and enterprise, the G r eat
Pacific Railway, has been completed ; thus
t* mneeting the tw«, great oceans that wash
the shores of our continent, and binding the
Atlantic and the Paciuc States in closer
bonds of political and commercial union.
Like enterprise has heen displayed, and
perhaps equal success achieved, in the con
summation of the great Suez canal, con
necting the Red sea with the waters of the
Mediterranean—thus uniting at one stroke
the waters of three continents, the great
historic river of Africa with the seas of Asia
and of Europe, making one common chan
nel through which ships are now hearing
the commerce of one half the world to the
other.
These are some of the more striking of
the wonderful events of this most eventual
decade, from 1861 to 1871 ; the most event
ful epoch often years that has transpired
in the world’s history for perhaps two hun
dred years— New Era
Married Life.—G«>.ml counsel from a
wife and mother:—”l try to make myself
and ail around me agreeable. It will not
do to leave a man to himseif till he comes
to you, to take no pains to attract him, or to
appear before him with a long face. It is
not so difficult as you think, dear child, to
behave to a husband so that ht shall remain
for ever in some measure a husband lam
an old wotnan ; hut you can still do what
you like ; a word from you at the right time
will not fail of its f ffect; what need have
you to play the suffering virtue 1 ‘The
tear of a loving girl/ says an old hook, ‘is
1 ke a dewdrop on a rose ; hut that on the
cheek of a wife is a drop of poison to her
husband.’ Try to appear cheerful and con
tented, and your husband will he so, and
when you have made him happy, you will
become so, not in appearance, hut in reality.
The skill required is not so great. Nothing
flatters a man so mu<-h as the happiness of
his wife ; lie is always proud of himself as
the source of it. As soon as you are cheer
ful you will he lively and alert, and every
moment will ass >rd you an opportunity to
let fall an agreeable word. Your education,
which gives vou an immeuse advantage,
will greatly assist vou.
Stood It Till He Got Mad —The De
friot Free Press relates an incident which
occurred on the return of an excursion
party from that city. S'*m after the boat
left Toledo, the steward whs approached by
an excited individual, who asked him if he
was the Captain.
The steward rep] ed in the negative, at
the same time giving his rank.
“Have you the pi.wer to put a man out
of the cabin enquired the stranger
“Well, yes, if he’s disorderly, I have ”
r pi * and the steward.
“Well, sir, lo k in here and see them,
will you?” said the s'ranger, leading the
I'ffieial round to the door.
The steward looked in upon the motley
group, and replied that he saw nothing out
of rhe way.
“Yu don’t eh? D >n’t you see a man
sitting there embracing a woman 7”
“Well, yes. replied the steward, “hut
what of that 7 Hasn’t a feilow a right to
embrace his wife?’,
“That'S just what 1 want you to run him
out for,” replied the stranger, dancing
around —“that’s my wife, and I’ve stood it
so long that I’ve got mud/’
A Synopsis of the New Constitution of tlte
Germanic Empire.
The following, from a synopsis of the
Constitution of the Empire created by
Prussia, shows huvt complete are the powers
of a general natare centralized in the im
perial government;
ART. II JURISDICTION.
According to the second section, the
national laws have a preference over the
state laws.
Sec. 3 For the entire Confederacy a
citizenship exists, so that a citizen of one
Statn is to be considered a citizen of every
other State, and is entitled to a permanent
residence, to engage in any kind of trade,
to hold public office, to acquire real estate,
ns well as the State citizenship ; in fine, to
the enjovment of all other civil rights, as
other citizens of the same State.
Sec. 4 The laws and regulations with
regard to citizenship, colonization, emigra
tion to foreign countries, duties, commerce,
internal revenue, So far as thesarneis levied
for federal purposes, measure, weight mon
ey (including the circulation of paper
money.) patent rights, rights of authors,
organization for the protection of the Ger
man commerce in foreign countries, navi
gation, consular representation, railroade,
communication by land and water, so far
as the same is necessary for the defense of
the country and for (he interests of com
merce, mortgages, bills of exchange, the
mail and telegraph service, the acknowl
edgment of legal documents, the penal code,
the army and navy, emanate from the
National Government and are controlled by
the same ; also, the commercial laws and
the general laws with regard to hanks.
The following has a pleasing Prussian
sound :
Sf.c 5. The federal laws emanate from
the Federal Council (Bundesrath) and the
Parliament (Reichstag ) A majority of the
members of both Houses is necessary for
the making of national laws. With regard
to hills concerning the military establish
ment and the navy—in case of difference of
opinion in the Federal Council the vote of
the presiding power (t e , Prussia) is deci
sive, if it should he in favor of upholding
the existing institutions.
So has this :
Sec. 19. Should a State refuse to fulfill
its constitutional obligations, it may he
compelled by forcible execution. A reso
lution of the Federal Council is necessary
for this purpose, and the same is carried
into effect by Prussia.
Os course the Prussian military Rystem
is extended over her empire. The term of
mili ary duty is as follows :
Each citizen of the Confederation is liable
to military service. Substitutes are not
allowed Each able-bodied man belongs,
for a term of seven years, to the army
genera l ly from the twenty-first to the
twenty-eighth y* ar—for the first three
years to the standing army, for the last
f"ur to the reserve, and for the following
five years to the second reserve, or land
vvehrs. The King of Prussia is command
er-in-chief of the entire army.
Early Railroading.
In 1828 the first road in this country was
in process of construction. It was six miles
in length, and in 1829 was in operation.
The motive power was a y«ke of oxen. It
commenced at the Quincy granite quarry,
and expended to Milton Landing Massachu
setts, about six miles from Boston. It was
used to draw stone from the quarry to
vessels at Milton Landing. The second
effort at railroad construction was from
Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, in 1830 and
1831 About thirteen miles were construct
ed, and the motive power was this time
horses and not oxen. This was continued
from year to year, and is now the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. The next was the
Albany and Schenectady, in 1831 and 1832,
a distance of fourteen miles, and the motive
power on this was The n xt
was the Schenectady and Saratoga, in 1833.
and the next the Charleston Railroad, of
South Carolina, and the Northern Railroad,
from Baltimore on to York. Pa , and the
IL.rtem road, in this city. All of the-e
roads were commenced in 1833 and 1834.
Prior to 1833 the railroad between Carbon
dale and Ilonesdale was built, arid the first
locomotive ever placed ou the iron track in
this country was on the Carbondale road,
and it was run by a now living and most
worthy engineer arid estimable man, Hora
tio Allen, Esq . formerly of the Novelty
Works, and now consulting engineer on the
Brooklyn bridge. The next locomotive
brought into use was the John Bull, on the
Albany and Schenectady Railroad. The
first locomotive built in this country was
made at York. Pa., and was tried on the
Baltimore and Ohio road, by a son of Peter
Cooper, of this city. During the experi
ments in Baltimore, the boiler exploded
and killed young Cooper. The next loco
motives were built at Peekskill, under the
direction of Horatio Allen, the chief engin
eer on the S »uth Carolina mad, and were a
success. The next was built at Peeki'kill,
for the Albany and Schenectady road, and
another for the Schenectady and Saratoga
r ad. All of this was prior to 1836 Oue
of the other early roads was the State
road from Philadelphia West, and < perated
by horse power for some time This road
was in operaiion in 1834, and wa* ex ended
on, by the State, to Lancaster. The next
was the Boston ind Providence, put in
operation in 1835 and the next from Boston
to Lowell, in 1836 The rate of speed on
these latter roads wa« from ten to twelve
miles per hour, which was. at the time,
considered as a high rate The history of
railroads in this country is not forty years
old. ad in 1870 there were in this State
7,160 miles of s’esm mads — N Y Express.
H<»w to Acquikk a G- ut) Mem ry —We
read too much and think about what we
mad too litt e ; the c <ns queoce is that m -st
of the people we meet know something, in
a superficial way, about almost everything.
Not a tenth part of what is read is remem
bered for a month after the book or news
paper is laid aside. Daria! Webster, who
had a rich store ot information on almost
°very subject of general interest, said ihst
it had heen his habit for years to reflect for
a short time on whatever he read, and so
fix the th night and ideas worth remember
ing in his mind Any one who does this
will he surprised to find how retentive his
memory wril oecime, or how long after
readii g an interesting article the best por
tions of it will remain with him.
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RURAL DISTRICTS.
On Wednesday evening. December 27th,
the citizens of Athens witnessed one of the
most solemn, impressive, and beautiful of
n!l Masonic ceremonies, the opening of a
Lodge of Sorrow, the fDat ever established
lu the South), to commemorate the virtues
of their dead. Dupree’s Ilall was tastefully
draped in black, and in the centre cf the
hall was a catafulque, on which was placed
an urn, and on each of its sides was in
scribed in silver shield? the-names of Cobb,
Oliver, Smith, Vfood, Reaves, Turner, Bur
roughs and Aikman.
The La Orange Reporter contains the
following accidents : December 2Cih, Emory
Kingsberry, while shooting a cannon, had
his right arm torn off, from which he died.
Col. D. W. Morgan died in La Grange, on
the 25th of December, after long and linger
ing illness. The gin house of Coi. J. P.
Culberson, 3$ miles north-east of town was
consumed by fire on the morning of the
22nd ult. It contained about eight bags of
seed and lint cotton, about! two thousand
bushels of cotton seed, good new gin. wheat
fan, one of Brook's cotton presses and a lot
of plow gear—the whole loss Amounting to
about $2,800. No insurance. The fire is
believed to be the work of an incendiary.
The Albany News says a petition, exten
sively signed by the best citizens of this
city and county, including a large number
of Israelites, was sent to acting Governor
Conley, a few days since, praying the par
don of Mr. C. M. Clark, convicted last
autumn of voluntary manslaughter, for the
killing of Mr. 11. Ztcharias, and on Wednes
day evening, Mr. Clark and his friends
were made to rejoice iu the reception of a
telegram that the prayer of tho petitioners
had been granted. ,
The Sumpter Republican states that the
gin house with machinery and three bales
of cotton, the property of Mr. W. 11. Mer
cer. of Webster county, were burned on the
morning of the 20th December. Loss esti
mated $3,000; insured at $2,000. Riley
Covington, a nigger barber and preacher,
agitator at the Radical pow-wows, of this
City, has been appointed route mail agent
on the South-Western Railroad, from Cuth
bert to Fort Guinea. He entered upon his
duties yesterday. As the old chap said
when he dipped bis snoot in the Arkansas
Hot Spring to take a drink : “Drive on,
Shon, hell ish not more ash a mile from
here V*
The South Georgia Times says: Mark
Griffin come near having his dwelling
burned. Non explosive Kerosene oil the
cause. We learn that Mr. R. S. Burton
will, on the 20th of January, issue the first
number of the Camilla Herald at Camilla,
Ga.
SAVANNAH.
Mr. Cooke broke his ankle while per
forming at the circus last Tuesday night.
The Republican has resumed publication.
A large number of vessels are'doming into
port. The remains of Henry Burns have
been consigned to Laurel Grove Cemetery.
The ship Winfield Scott has been sold, the
hull bringing $2,250, and the spars, masts,
sails, anchors, chains, &c., about $3,500.
Wm. M. Wadley has been re-elected by
the board of directors, as President of the
Central Railroad and Banking Company.
Railing of watches seems to be the great
excitement.
COLUMBUS.
The Col. Sun siys: We were informed
last night that Mr. C. A. Ferrell, his wife
and two children, were poisoned Sunday,
from eating saussge. Two doctors were
called in. All are getting well. A broom
factory has been established in this city.
Hannah Ilolderne-s, an aged colored woman,
dropped dead in Columbus a few days ago,
Dr. Robert Carter has made a donation to
the library of the Mechanics Scientific As
soc ation of four huudred volumes, formerly
known as the Circulating Library of Co
lumbus.
if aCon.
Mrs. A. Dure, one of the oldest resident*
of Macon is dead. She was about ninety
years of age. The Telegraph and Messen
ger has seen a rustic gentleman passing
through the city with an immense coon
suspended across his shoulder. Hart P.
Smith, furmerly Master of Transportation
on Southwestern Railroad, is dead. The
Telegraph and Messenger gets up all its
wit on the death of a starved spotted year
ling, in the way of an obituary.
ATLANTA.
The State School Commissioner, J. R.
Lewis, tendered his resignation to Conley,
and he, it is said, declines to accept it at
present. The freight train on the Georgia
Railroad on Monday last, got iff the track
above Crawfordsville. An excursion party
consisting of Major Jones, the new Council
and a few legislators and citizens and the
members of the Press, met Guv J. M.
Smith on Monday evening and escorted
him to Atlanta. Charley Colmon, who was
accidentally ‘’hot by M nroe Barrett, near
the Rolling Mill, a few days since, died on
Friday Dight. General G. Tige Anderson
was elected Chief Marshal of the city.
NO. 6.