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Advertising Hate*. ,\ving ara the rates to which we adhere in ' ’' • , tor advertising, or where advertise ilu r-handed in without instructions . w en!* • j,. t( , n ii nos or less, (Nonpariet type) ' •tli- first and 50 cents for each subsequent j rates to contract advertisers. ==SI 1 T. |IIL | Tm■ | (i M~TTa~M I 7Tu 00 1 r, ° is?°o islooolsis 1 Square.-" > 2 (X) | 800 | 10no | 15 00| 2T " | 300 j 700 15 90 I 2000 1 30 SSqt 7nr "••I4 00 | 1000 |2ooo| 30 00 40 500 1200| 30 00 i 39 00 j 50 j i ni” 1000 200® 65 00 | 80 ”... 15 00 2500 | 4000 | 7000 | 130 U VSRTISIMQ KATK-. , gjytof.ir”, since the war, the following are the V for u -ti< <-tf of Ordinaries. lie.—to Bn paid in JdvaSCK • . ; Days Notices $. 00 Notices 0 25 l °L? n r I rinds &c. per sqr. of ten lines 6 00 Months’ Notices 10 00 £,„da, s’ notices of Sales per qr. 200 T SHebiffs’ Salks.—For these Hales,tor every ft fa Mortgage sales per spuare $M> | Hunt & Taylor, j ATTORNEYS AT LAW HARNESVILLE, Ga. \'lT'T'UAj practice in the countie \/y comprising the Flint Judicia Ciiciiit, ami in the Supreme Court of the Mate. Office over Drug Store of J. \\', Hightower. dec2-ly S. ‘WWHCAXMTt, attorney at law, nUINEKVII-I.E, GA. Will practice In the !) counties of the Flint Circuit and In the Ku nremecourt of the State. sep2B-3m D/}. q. f. gwpbell, DKXTIttT, ilit> rp-epened an oillt-e—lloom ■£. Hank lluildiug. Filling and extracting a specialty. Would be flu Ito see o’d Fiends an new ones too that will favor him by calling. janll-3m Protect Your Buildngs. Whioli nui.v t- done with oue-fourth the usual ex pense, by using our IHIIT ME PAINT, MIXED READY FOR USE. Hrc-!•!'oof, Watcr-prool", Durable, Kfonotn ieal au<i Oriianiental. nof may be covered with a very cheap sliiu glr.amlby application of this slate be made to last liniu alto 25 years. Old roofs can be patched and ,Intel, looking much better, and lasting longer than T.tw shingles without the slate, for One-Third the Cost of Ke&liiiigliug;. The expense of slating new shingles is only about the nst of simply laying them. The paint is ftre ::,,,[ usainst sparks of flying embers, as may be easily tested by any one. IT STOPS EVERY LEAK, . ii, ; : iv tin or iron has no equal, as it expands by ,i- •,. ntracts by cold, and never cracks nor scales, fails covered with Tar Sheathing Felt can be . \v,,tt;i'-tiglit at a small expense, and preserved tanauy years. Tint State Paint is ) EXTREMELY CHEAP. : . ,s will cover a hundred square feet of "iif, while on tin,iron, felt, matched boards, ■inoutn surface, from two quarts to one gal ‘quir.'d to 100 feet of square surface, and tile Paint has ;i Ik avy b ly it is easily ai>- ji.iiltvitli a brush. ' Tar is list'd in this Composition. re it neither cracks in winter, nor runsin . rayed shingles it tdls up the holes and pores ves anew substantial roof that will last for Cub ed or warped shingles it brings to their and keeps them there. It fills up all holea It roofs, slops the leaks—and although a slow rain does no’ affect it a few hours after ap ”, As nearly all paints that are black contain tre you obtain our genuine article, which r dangle roofs) is CHOCOLATE COLOR, nri-t applied, changinging in about a month ii uiii slate color, and is to aft intents and piifp. s Slate. On TIN ROOFS • ilar is usually preferred, ns one coat is my ordinary paint. For BRICK WALLS a r urn is the only reliable Slate Paint ever •1 that will effectually prevent dampness . ring the plaster. id'- 'paints are also largely used on out-houses , or as a, pinning ci ar on tine buildings. • only colors are Chocolate, lied, Bright Bed, mil Orange. NEW YORK GASH PRICE LIST. ilians, can and Dox $5 50 keg 9 50 half barrel 10 00 one barrel 30 00 • htv in stock, of our own manufacture, roof- T,a n t ; s , . t -., at the following low prices : ■'n-i.s extra Lubber Looting at 3 cents per i-■ f . Or we will furnish Rubber Roofing ‘ • 1 ips, and- late Paint for an entire new roof, * : • ats ier square foot. ils 2-p!y Tarred Looting Felt, at l '? 4 ' cents ker square foot. iclts 3-p!y Tarred Looting l-Mt, at 1 cents lar foot r ”l!s i aired sheathing, at L cents per square gull.qm tine Enamvl Paiut, mixed ready for or i atside work, at $2 per gallon. ■ S: ‘inple card of colors. All orders must ’ iipimird with the money or satisfactory city “ " No goods shipped 0.1)., unless ex • Jar ßes are guaranteed, ample orders solicited. N- Y.SLATE PAINT CO. I h "- & L>4 MAIDEN LANE. New York. I George 3a agd*,S Xew Story. j - y is Tin: Piuscess axd I Ti in from twenty to thirty I the miLK,.- >Sf two r^ ia Pters havo.eome to hand 1 t,: Uul "' ;il te oin as soon a< a few ■ ! te r.s ar, received. ■ SCRIBE N 0 W! ■ p For the I f and Chronicle. | y Thursday, 30Park Row, New York, B £ and the Cheapest, and by Many the Most Widely Circulated I " 1 newspaper in titn world I '“ r . “ail. postage prepaid, at $2 r.O f| fur K-- U , , s ‘ n Hy in advance. Subscribe Ml Address box 3835. febls-tf CARD. I;, §2O to Jj?7S H^ u Ut-r s? ** oo } in every town selling -'ll classes of business men ■ Dr t.m lc USIU = them - Send 3 cent postage ■ ims - E. M. BAYNE, ■ ... '- J Saußom street, Philadelphia. large life-like Stkei. Engkav ■ | „ 01 ’iie PRESIDENTIAL CANDI ■ . a, \vli-,, E V^' a r; U>idl.v. Send foreireu ■3-80x32M v v V> graving Cos., S3 Wall ■ _______ seid-tf *^kare?toTurn are ■ i;; J Vment at i, , rni .2‘ ua clu ses with constant ■ rnoments’ If Wholft ‘ lf **4* time, or for Arsons of f of u?,lneKS nc ' v > H}tlt and jm,f --■ - . . v , lth ‘ r easily earn from .Mi ■c. ;'-b;.. lr wi,r l ‘‘ I'ioporiioial sum by ■ <*.?■* earn,,, ’ lllle to 'lie business. Bovs v' J ;i T nnu '. h as men. That all who offer- "Vp il th, ; ir address, and test the ■ ' "ill Sf . n i‘’ .Fo sueii as are not well satis* ■ byf- l ull ‘ I"iar to pay for the trouble ol ■ !cu :Uy samples worth severa) .t L < T.. W, ’ rk ’”>• <■>“>“ oopy of Home ■ an , . , n . aargest and besi Illustrated 'V ;r 'e by mail. Reader if you I’l'a-tl-nj 'ff "' O, L aldress. of.ouge '' ' 1 m wanted. Outfit and 3 IKRE & CO., Augusta, Maine. VOL. VIII. RESTAURANT ! FROM AND AFTER THIS DATE L. W. WHITEHURST W til take the greatest pleasure in serving the Squarest of Meals, THE BEST THE MARKET CAN AFFORD, To all who may honor him with their patronage. Meals at all Business Hours Bay and Night. BARNESVILLE, GA , Feb. 23d, 1877. mehl-lm FURNITURE! FURNITURE! (ASTI.KIStUY & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers, ■A. im cl. M a mi Jl a c? 1b ex. sl® €3 il® of COMMON , MEDIUM AND FINE F TJ LNITURL. stitMNNI WORTH Wow in Our Two Stores —42 & 44 Whitehall Street, and Corner Marietta and Peachtree Streets. o CHAMBKR, PALLOR AND DINING-ROOM SETTS In Endless Variety 1 Manufactured in Atlanta, Ga ! OF THE BEST AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND FRENCH WALNUT. Bed-room Setts complete, $25 00 ; Bed-room Setts complete, Walnut, $33 00 ; One-half Marble Setts complete, Walnut, S4O 00 ; Full Marble Setts, ten pieces, SGO 00; Parlor Setts from SSO 00 to $l5O 00; Bedsteads, 2 00—Mattrasses, $3 00 to $6 00. We arc running our STEAM FACTORY, CORNER HARRIS AND BUTLER STREETS, And propose manufacturing all the Furniture AT HOME. Encourage Home Industry, and give em ployment to *• Y ouv lAii-itl.** No trouble to answer inquiries. Goods shipped free of charge, CASTLEBUJtY A CO-, nov23-tf ATLANTA, GA. fished 1856^ DART & REYNOLDS, (A. A. WART.) B UILD ER S O F NE W 11A VEN, (ON O Manufacture work expressly for the SOUTHERN MARKET ,aud from long experience are thoroughly conversant with the requirements of the country. The work itself used in every Southern State is its own recommendation, and lenders a detailed description unnecessary. We also manufacture the CELEBRATED i> IE X T E R B TJ Gr GJ- Y, as exhibited at the Centennial, where it took the GRAND MEDAL of HONOR. The best, easiest and most durable vehi< le in existence. For Clrrularti, Ar.. apply above. oct>-tf The Singer Sewing IVSachine! THE PEOPLE’S FAVOR iTE! The Largest Sales!} Because {The Most Popular! (ggPTHE Most Popular Because The Best! VERDICT OF THE LADIES. rnilE STUBBORN FACT, shown bv Ihr official returns, that the SINGER SEWING MACHINE L is the only one whose sales have largely and steadily increased every .war, uninterruptedly —that last year’s sales more than doubled those of the next highest competitor, and nearly equaled the sales of all other companies combined, demonstrates beyond all controversy that the Singei* Sewing; Nltioliine Is the most popular because, In the estiinafio,. of the ladies of he country,‘ll.is super i;ur any other manufactured. The following returns of sales tell the story: Stiles ill 1871 1872 1873 1874 1870 BY THE SINGER 131,260 210,753 232,444 241.676 240,§52. Sales still Increasing! All Competition Distanced! Needles OH and all parts can be obtained from the agents. “Live,” aeti\ e men wanted In both city and county—liberal inducements. Address The Singer Manufacturing Company. B. F. STO N E , A o ext, 80 Mulberry Street, LIVE, ACTIVE MEN WANTED TO SELL. mchs-ly THOM ASTON. GA.. SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 24, 1877. Medical Dispensary. Dr. Geo. AY. Marvin again ten ders his professional service to his old friends and the public. Dispen sary and consultation rooms, No. 1 AYliite hall street, in Centennial buil ding, Atlanta, Ga., where patients can get reliable treatment for all diseases of the Throat, Lungs and Catarrh. The above diseases treated by inhalation. The Doctor treats all diseases of long standing, such as ! Eruptions, Gravel, Rheumatism, Go* itry, Dropsy, Biliousness Diseases of the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Nervous Depression, Dyspepsia, Liver Com plaint, all Diseases peculiar to Wo men, all Private Diseases, Heart Dis ease Swollen Joints, Coughs, Gout, White swelling, St, Vitus Dance, eie. Eleotricity’npplied in cases where it is required. The Doctor is per manently located, and persons who ha> e been under the treatment of oth er physicians and have not been cur ed, are invited to call, as he treats all curable diseases, and cures guarnteed or no pay. Call and see the Doctor without delay. Ilis charges are mo derate, and consultation free. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m feb22-ly THE LIL Y OF THE VALLEY. I thank my God, I feel that not alone On mountain peaks Ilis blessed sunshine glows And dews drop sweetness ; even here, far down In meads, a lily grows. I am Ilis work,who made the evening star; Wherefore I lift'to Him 'my flowerets bright, They die to-morrow, but Jto-day they are Beautiful in Ilis sight.) I look upon the hills, and sometimes dream llow they rejoice in morning’s earliest light; And how serene, and strong, and still they seem To guard the] valleys all )the gloomy night. ’Tis said the heights arelcold—it mayf|be so; The winds are keener there, and winters drear. I know not how it is—l only know My God hasjjplaced mejliere— Here in this little nook of earth—my own, And sent a sunbeam—mine —to cheer my heart; He bids me]l)loom —perhaps for Him alone Is there a belter part ? I bloom—stars shine—we bloom and shine for Him, We give our best —grand world and humble flower, A light through ages never growing dim— The fragrance of an hour. The following is a conversation be tween a reporter and General loombs on the subject of convention: “What changes do you think should be made ?” “Sweep the deck, sir—sweep the deck. r i lie people of Georgia want a constitution of their own, out and out—a fundamental law that will represent at once the intelligence and the necessities of the people.” “There is talk in'some'quarters of opposition to a convention owing to a fear that the homestead clause will be repealed.” “It is practically repealed now, if the decisions of the supreme court are worth anything. 1 am for a homestead m lee simple. I stand by my record. I introduced in the Georgia Legislature, when I was twenty-six years of age, the first homestead law ever placed upon our statute books. lam in favor of it \ et—not v-one t’cars, but forever. lam in favor of prohibi ting State aid ; I am in favor of re stricting municipal corporations in the matter of contracting debts. There is no safety where there is no responsibility. I tis not capital we want in Georgia—it is safet3 T for cap ital. Big bonanzas, as you newspa'-- per men call them, are unmitigated humbugs. Financiers despise sensa tionalism. They arc not going to invest until they see their way clear. Confidence is the thing. Strip enter prises of the humbuggery of what you call progress, but what I call villainy, and you have no need to invite capi talists to invest. They will be eager enough. An extra session of Congress seems absolutely liccessarv. Senator James McDonald, of Thomas county, died on the 14th inst. There were four colored men cn the United States Grand Jury, that was organized last Monday. New Hampshire elected one dem ocrat to Congress. Mr. Jones got in on a plurality vote of 14. The Macon Telegraph says, “we understand that the Central Railroad Bank Agency will be discontinued on the first of April. Sun Set Cox lectures in Atlanta next Friday night. Subject “Just Human.” He will doubtless have the largest audience of any lecturer that ever entertained an Atlanta au dience. Captain Stephen Hopkins of Ac comack county Virginia, has shipped Mr. Hayes a trained goat with wags on and harness. Milledgeville, Ga., March Oth, 1877. Editor Herald: It was raining when we left Barnesville. and it did not cease till night. Near Howard’s station we were detained for five hours, waiting for a track to he built around a freight train that had flown the track. Those of us who could, would doubtless have slept if it had not happened that Mr. Jeemes Y. Carmichael, the incorrigible member front Coweta, was aboard. Mr. C. kept the whold crowed carriage in a roar of laughter at his recital of his fruitless efforts to patent his “levee ditching,” his Baltimore secession speech of 1872, breakfasting with Gov. Hoffman, his ideas about the usury law, politics, rust proof oats &c, At 12.20 a. in., we backed into Macon. It was difficult to pro jure rooms in the crowded hotels. Hun gry and tired we began to beat the the slippery streets m quest of food. After a walk of a mile we found the Brilliant Saloon, and were soon en joying a supper that was tempting to the full man. Tuesday morning broke upon us fair and pleasant. The cars were so crowded with declamatory delegates, themselves as crammed and stuffed for the convention as were the cars with them, that many had to stand all the tv ay to Milledgeville. The train from Gordon to Camak seemed tos mcll and feel its way along, as though it were dark, and the engine was blind from loss of the drum moncl light, and reminded me much of your branchjroail to Thomaston At Stephens Pottery we saw a sight entirely new and novel. Be fore reaching this station the exca vations of earth made in hunting the white clay used for tile making, sug gested to one that gold hunters had visited the bare old hills. We re gret that we did not have time to examine the machinery and the plan of making the tiles. Tiles are of all conceivable shapes and sizes from the pipe of one inch diameter to two or more feet in diameter. The labor used in their manufacture is chiefly chain gang convicts, who are draped in the stripes adopted by peneteniia rics, Avitli the letters 0. P. (County Prisoner) stamped in the bosom of their shirts. We saw them piling lumber, throwing dirt 4c., Avhile the guard tvalked his beat with gun ever in hand. Their sleeping and eating apartments are enclosed in a stockade of pine trees, some thirty or forty feet in height, which are let into the earth in similar manner to a gatepost. The proprietor at first leased the state convicts, but after a trial of one or two years, abandon ed their use for the county prison ers. \\ her, we armed at Milledgeville the Central Depot was crowded with delegates, citizens &c. Open hearted, welcome beamed from every eye, and few there were who did not feel “at home" in that old hospitable, distin guished, classic place. The delegates all had their places assigned them, and were soon pleasantly situated in their various home *. Quite a laugh able incident occurred in one assign ment. There was a delegate that arrived after the large overflow had reached the place. This delegate stopped temporarily at the hotel. He registered his name and asked for a room. The hotel proprietor scanned the list of assignments and found thereon the name of the dele gate that had just registered, where upon the land lord told the delegate that he was to go to the Asylum. With a warlike attitude and emphat ic speech the delegate gave vent to the hottest wrath. The onslaught collected quite a crowd, and all en joyed heartily the momentary dis comfiture of delegate and landlord. Early in the session the convention were invited individually or as a body to visit at their leisure the State Lunatic Asylum. The invita tion was accompanied by a note to the effect that the invitation had no other significance than that the del egates should lie regarded and treat ed as visiters. A large number of the convention rode over to the asy lum, two miles from Milledgeville, situated upon a high hill, the top of which is on a level with the cupola of the State House. It is a brown grim looking pile, capping like a huge hat, a very large hill. In go ing through the building, which now contains over six hundred patients, one could but be struck with the un exceptional cleanliness and neatness, on every side. The patients were clean, the floors bright, the walls free from spots. The dining rooms even were surprisingly cleanly. Quite a contrast, however, exists here as elsewhere, in the keeping of male and female apartments. With true womanly instinct the female patients take a pride in keeping their rooms and hall in nice order. To the women should be ascribed the honor of cleanliness in men, for it was learned of women. It is useless to speak of the many patients. 1 will only mention one, and that for the sake of the joke she perpetrated upon your correspon dent. Asa party of us were passing through the hall on the second sto ry quite a number of female patients were grouped in the hall. Two of these seemed to be unusually jolly. One would walk backwards immedi ately in front of us, the other by our side. The front one was giving the rear one, a few lessons in etiquette, as regards the accomplishment of laughter. Number two was an irre pressible and rather loud clucker. The preceptress would sav, “no ! no ! Fine cluck shows fine stock. Don’t cluck so loud. This is the way to cluck, He ! he ! he !*’ Of course this could not prove otherwise than amusing. As we reached the end of the hall, and were about to ascend to the next floor, our guide— a very accommodating and obligeing gentlemen—in a very pleasant man ner asked the preceptress if she knew him, “yes.” said she. “Do you know any of these gentlemen ?” She replied—singling out your cor .tespondent, who never felt more at ease as regards his personal appear ance, than just then. “Yes, 1 know 'em, and I know this one too ; and he thinks he is mighty purty , but he ain’t. He’s got his hair painted.” I proarious laughter from the party deafened me. Your correspondent could retort only by saying “madam, I could only expect such treatment from envious rivals, and of course would not care forjit, but it is over powering to have a lady tell me so.” This angered her, and she threaten ed by motion to strike me with a piece ot arbor vitae that she held in her hand. I escaped however, and was somewhat revenged on my friends for laughing at me when she struck one of them with the cedar switch. I vented my remaining spleen by being sarcastic, when I was behind her back, and fairly out of hearing, by saying “gentlemen, I was under the impression'"when I first saw that woman that she was one of the matrons ; but so soon as she said I was not good looking, I could but appreciate the wisdom dis played in placing her in the asylum. A woman who has the hardihood to confront the universal verdict of the most tasteful and intelligent ladies of the land in regard to a fact of such grave importance to a gentle man as his personal appearance is surely insane. Gentlemen, such a woman is dangerous and should be manacled and placed in a dark cell.” I felt better after saying that. How could I help it ? The approving noa of my teasing friends so appeased mo and puffed me up that I thought it would not sound badly on paper. It is but just to “your correspondent, however, to say that the above loses no little in not having’ his gmanner along with it. Poor woman ! how that must have cut andjstung her. Do not tell me that“revenge is not sweet ! As to the convention. In order that as large a number of delegates as possible might be present, cx- President A. 11. Colquitt did not convene the convention until 11 o’- clock a. m., of Tuesday, 6th inst., President Hardeman was present. The convention was called to order by (Jen. Colquitt, and was opened with prayer by Ilev. George T. Goet chins. Mr. Goetchins in a fervent and simple manner the Lord’s prayer. Too often such an occasion provokes, especially from young men, spread-eagle efforts. The convention was tired, and no doubt looked for a long wearying prayer. Scores pronounced it “afine prayer.” 1 will not say that some of his hearers did not know but that it was original. The address of welcome from the city of Milledgeville was delivered by the Mayor Col. Wm. McKinly. lie assured the convention that the citi zens were warm hearted and hospita ble and ready to receive the conven tion to their hearts and homes. Al luded to Milledgeville as a market controlling fifteen thousand bales o cotton. Spoke of the curse that had rested upon the country, at the inev itable result of the lien law &c., and now that it was repealed—that farmers were awakening to the ne cessity of making their farm self sus taining—our future was brightening. Reply by Mr. Hurt of Oglethorpe, said it was good to be there, was grateful for the hospitality manifes ted and for the opportunity that af forded the privilege of ledgeville. Was in favor whether the capital was removed to Milledgei v'lle or not, of keeping up the State House at the expense of the State, as a relic of former greatness and glory, and to perpetuate the love of our fa thers for all time, * Gov. Colquitt after delivering to the convention some sage and most practical advice, and his farewell address—which lie did in a very un pretending and most feeling way— presented to the convention the new ly elected vice-president and mem bers of the executive committee of the Georgia State Agricultural Soci ety. He then in a graceful manner introduced the new President, Hon. Thos. Hardeman Jr., of Bibb., Col. Hardeman made a very happy effort in this his first inaugural, lie never hesitated fur one moment in his decisions. He is a ready parlia mentarian and perfectly at home in the chair. He sees and hears every thing. Prof. 11. C. \\ bite read a very in* teresting essay on the procuring Phosphoric acid from compost of stable manure, cotton seed &c. Dr. E. M. Pendleton had read his last report from the experimental farm at 1 Athens. Sect. M. Johnson, read a very vo luminous, and highly gratifying and instructive paper on hog and chick en cholera causes, preventive and cure. Dr. SteVviis of la-c, was paid fine attention while reading his essay on importance of educated farmers, and agricultural literature Ac. Mr. P. J. Berckma .s excelled himself, which is saving mu h for that sensible gentleman, in Ins arti- The orkat hard tixks pai*e i The Bwt, tha Cheapest end the mnet pojni- 11 Ur. You cent effort! to be without it. CRICKET K*. HEARTH. It la e mammoth 16-ue*e lUtutreted peper (etre of Herpet'e Weekly.) filled with the chotreet reeding fur old end young. Sertel end short tterie*, (ketch es, poems, useful knowledge, wit en humor, “<rn •wert to coraeapondente," panlee, genes, “popular •oogs." etc. IJvely, eatertewing, mu using aud in structive. The largest. handsomest, beet and cm (fl eet paper of its clan published. Unlg $1 per year, with choice of three premiums ; the beautiful utw chromo, “Yes or No?” slae 19(19 ihrhes; any one of the celebrated novels by Charles Dickens, or an sle gaut bos of aatiouery. l'aprr without premium only 75 eta. per year. Or we will send it four month* on trie! for only 19 cent*. lsf“Speouieu copy aetir on receipt of stamp. Agents wanted . Addrees FYM. LCPTON k CO., Publishers, 17 Park Row, N. Y. NO. to. cle on pea-vine hay. Dr George Lif tie, State Geologist, was prevented form being present by severe illness of bis family. Measures taken to establish e\|x.r imental station. MrJJCoheu,of l*lojd proffered 50 acres as a donation to tho station. Dr. 'V. - L. gv*f us some chaste, elegant and per.tiuent re marks on a farmer ! W bat should he be ? Col. Sam Barrett, as it is bis cus tom, was logical, earnest and accu rate in bis essay on “does farming in Georgia pay ? * These are some of tbe prominent topics under consideration. The experience meetings on Teus- Uay and Wednesday night were large ly attended, very pleascnt, and 1 can’t see why not beneficial. Tuesday] night the ladies of the Presbyterian church gave a dime en tertainment, which was liberally at tended. Wednesday night there was a ball given in*|the Senate Chamber. Toe old Senate Hall was crowded, bat not so much as at the entertain ment. The latter cost a dime, the former nothing. A visit to the old penitentiary buildings was very interesting. When we reached the wall enclosing the building, we found the doors fastened on the inside. Some of the party began to knock at the fasten ings, whern Col. Bob Powel, lever a pleasant companion aud affable gen tleman, as well as a successful busi ness man, remarked “I have heard of men trying to break out of the penitentiary,! but never before of their trying to break in. This is only one instance of many, during the convention, of his fine wit. Govern or’s Mansion was taken* in review. Judge Dußinnion resided in the mansion, which is in bad repair. Only the carpeting and curtains of the saloon and sitting room, with curtains and two handsome mir rors, a few‘|‘chairs] and old sofas are left, Bullock took all the rest. The cemetery is well kept. Ma ny handsome monuments rise on the graves of those whose names are fa miliar to Georgians, as distinguished in field and forum, and commerce. The most magnificent is tho one over Benjamin S. Jordan —father of Mr. Lee Jordan. This monument cost $15,000. These are ouly a few things of in terest. Many others equally attrac tive must be omitted. D. B. Auk.— Macon lias a total* banking *eapi al of $877,000. Sentence of death has been passed on the Mexican General Cortins. Oil in*’large quantities’ has been found in Dickens county, Tennessee. Two thousand acres of choice land near Moulton, Alabama, were recently sold at Sheriffs sale for one cent per acre. The Spanish ministry is engaged upon the draft of a treaty of com merce with the United States. Eight prominent Pennsylvania iron men are prospecting about Chat tanooga. A fatal disease, resembling small pox in humanjbeings, has broken out among the horses at Montreal, Canada. The veterinary surgeons do not know what to mate of it and the fatality is very great. Mrs. S. Al. Fastell, a Washington artist, is painting a historical picture of the Electoral Commision. The area of the public domain of Texas is now 57,63*4,320 acres, out of which must come the 13,392.000 acres of the Texas and Pacific rail road reservation. 'Flie Cincinnati Southern railroad bridge over the Kentucky t river/? said to be the highest in the’ world. The distance from the bed of the river to bottom of the bridge is two hundred and seventy-five feet. It consists of three spans of tlire hundred and seventy-five feet each. The structure was commenced in October and finished Saturday, Feb-* :uary 17th. The Picayune states that in Louis iana there is a very wide disposition on the part of planters to cultivate this year those necessaries of life for which they have heretofore been compelled to draw upon the west. The growth of grain promises to be more extensive than It has ever been before, and the increased raising of hogs and cattle is very marked. The farmers ofColorado are exer cised and justly so, over an attempt to divert the 30,000 acres of land for each representative and secretary granted for Industrial education, to a school of miners. Thus virtually diverting 130,000 acres from their legitimate use, to a special class ed ucation. It would seem to behoove the farmers of Colorado, to look well to their legislators, national as well as state. These grants in ol der states have only been measurea bly saved lo their legitimate use by persistant watching, and checkma ting of interested legislators and schoolmen. Gov. Hampton respited one of the five negroes condemned to be execu ted on the 16th for the murder of Horzrnan and Portman in Aiken last .November. The remaining four will be hung next Friday. It is stated that the expenditures of the forty-fourth Congress, were $50,000,000 less than those of the forty-third.