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VOL. 111. THE THOM ASTON HERALD, PUBLISHED BY McMICHAEL & CABANISS, EVERY BATUKDAY MORNING TERMS. One Year $2 00 Six Month* 1 50 All payment* INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Tne paper will he stopped at the expiration of the Ime paid for, unless ■nhgcription is previous renewed. II trio addre-s of a subscriber is to be changed, we must have the old address as well as the new one, to prevent mistake No subscription received for a less period than three months. Served by Carrier in town without extra charge. No attention paid to anonymous communications, as we are responsible for everything entering our columns. This rule is Imperitive. Any one sending us the names of three new subscrib* ers, with $6.00, we vyill send the llkkald one year FREE An •< mark after subscribers name indicates that the time of subscription is out. ADVERTISING RATES. The so lowing are the rates to which we adhere in all contracts for advertising, or where advertisements are handed in without instructions. 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Advertisements discontinued from any cause before expiration of time specified, will be charged only for the time published. Professional cards one square SIO,OO a year. Marriage Notices $1.50. Obituaries $1 per square. Notices of a personal or private character, intended to promote anv private enterprise or interest, will be charged as other advertisements Advertisers are requested to hand in their favors as earlv in the wee ! ' as possible 7hi a on te m* will he xtriHly ad hern! to. LEGAL ADVERTISING. As heretofore, since the war. the following are the prlcse for notices ofOrdinaries, Ac.—to hk paip in ad vaxck : Thirty Days’ Notices ••$ 5 00 Forty Days’ Notices .... . 625 Sales of Lands. Are pr. sqr of ten Lines 6 00 Sixty Days’Notices ... ... ... 7 00 Six Months’ Notices .. ... 10 00 Tm D iv-’Notices of Sales pr sqr .. 200 Siikkikkt' Salk? —for these Sales, forevery fl fa $3:00. Mortgage Sales, per square. $5 00 “ Let aside a liberal per centage for advertising 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. CHEAP READING THE ATLANI ANEW ERA. CLUB RATES. In order to place the WEEKLY NEW ERA within the r >ach of all. the proprietors have determin ed to to offer the following SPLENDID INDUCEMENTS : One copy, one year . .. .... $3 00 Ten copies one year. $1.50 each 15 0(1 Twenty copies, one year. $1.25 each .25 00 Thirty copies, one year SI.OO each 80 00 The Weekly Era contains nearly twenty-eight col umns of choice leading matter each issue, consisting of Politics, Literature, Market Reports, and GENERAL NEWS. Make up your Clubs at once. Postmasters are authorized and requested to act as Agents Address NEIW ERA OFFICE, july29-tf Atlanta, Ga. STEREOSCOPES, VIEWS, albums, CHROMO9, FRAMES. E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO., 591 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, Invite the attention of the Trade to their extensive assortment of the above goods, of their own publica tion, manufacture and importation. Also, PHOTO LANTERN SLIDES and GRAPIIOSCOPE. NEW VIEWS OF YOSEVITES, E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO., 591 Broadway, Nfw York, Opposite Metropolitan Hotel. Importers and Manufacturers of Photograpliic Materials. mchlS-lOm 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. state lumk 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.