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J. W. BURKE & CO. GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER j. W. BT7HHE A CO., Proprietors. A. Vi. REESE, Editor. Utfr'lCE No. 00 SECOND HTREET, MACON, OA. IUTEN OF til' UsC RIPTI ON. Daily, per Annum *lO OO •• Hix Months 5 OO - Three Months 2 50 One Month 1 0> Tbi-Wbkklv, per Annum 5 00 •• " f*lx Mouths 2 s>i “ “ Three Months 1 50 WKEKOV.i'erAnnsui —3 00 •• hix Months *3Sf 1 50 THE KILLING OF ADKINS. We profoundly regret to hear of this oc currence. Although the dead man was probably one of the vilest of all the vile creatures who call themselves Kadical leaders in Georgia, we are loath to believe that political feeling was the inspiration of his taking oiF. The Augusta dispatch states that a woman was mixed up in the matter, and if so, the solution of the mo tive of his slayer is readily arrived at. Jf be has beetr interfering with guy man’s domestic rela-iops, why, he ought to have been shot dowu like a dog. But it is very important to have that fact clearly estab lished. A great deal may depend upon it We hope, since he has been killed, that such was the reason, aud that it will be made patent—so plain tiiat even decent Radicalism, if there be such a thing, will shrink from attempting to gainsay it. Rut if lie has been killed because he was a pest, an incendiary, apolitical nuisance, a great wrong has been done —a wrong to the future ot Georgia, and her people. While we have no tears to shed over the grave of one whose life was a curse aud a shame to good order, good morals, peace and prosperity, still that life was oue not to be taken by a political opponent with out great detriment to the welfare of every man, woman and child in the State. That consideration, if no other, should have re strained the linger that drew the trigger. We cannot afford to jeopardize what we have at stake by such acts. Georgia’s status is still unsettled, aud she is still wiibio reach of the merciless grasp of her enemies in Congress. She may lose all she has gained by one such deed as this if the motive of political intolerance is clearly established. We must be careful, very careful, and cautious, or all is lost. No people ever had greater reason to put a restraint upon themselves than the peo ple of Georgia. It seems miraculously strauge that auy should need warniug on the subject. If, upon investigation, and we hope the matter will be thoroughly sifted, it should be demonstrated that the act had no perso nal animus to excuse it, and that Adkins was really slain simply because he was a very mean aud pestilent old Radical, let the law be vindicated toils extremest letter. If his slayer has no excuse to off er save tiiat of politics, let him pay the penalty. In no other way can the good name of people he preserved aud our enemies tougues shamed into silence. Many of them will still lie on, but if we cau go iuto the Con gressioual court with suuli a.record, it will he hard to beat dowu. We have invoked patience and modera tion almost to the last degree upon the part of our people, aud we shall continue to plead lor it. It is the duty of every good citizen to second every effort in that direction. If there were no other but citizens of that description, the task would be easy. Bad men are found every where, though, aud the good are made to Buffer lor their misdeeds. This is likely to turn out a case in point. Bet us do what we eau to neutralize the poisou. If all are wise there will be no such occur rences. When they do happen let the law be invoked, aud its verdict sustained by every citizen who has an interest in Uie maintenance of peace aud order in tbe Stute, ami the avertiug from our defeuceless heads of penalties, the domi nant party are ouly too eager to iutlict. We sincerely trust tiiat, the motive of this homicide will be proved to be entire ly personal. Auy other result will be dis. creditable to us as wise men, and will surely work to our injury. In auy event, though, let the law be vindicated, no mat ter whose nec t is stretched, or how much local prejudice is shocked. When we set aside or bend law to spare individuals or propitiate neighborhoods, w r e weaken the innermost defences of the ouly fortress tyranny has left us. FIGHT OB FOOT RACE I We rather think the American Eagle— that “gel-lorious’’ bird—must have been in considerable of a flutter, yesterday, over the news from Loudon. We are sure lie has had no such rufliiug of his plumage in many a day. Now, we will see what we will see. Grant and his hackers, the valiant Sumner, and the phlebotomist Chandler, have taken their stand, aud like Fitz James (slightly paraphrased) proclaimed to the world that This rock shall flee From its firm base As soon as we, but we have not forgotten the Trent affair and the great Natioual characteristic of bluster. If war don’t promise well, we shall see such crawflshiug! With an administra tion composed of statesmen the necessity for tiffs difficult choice would never have been made inevitable. Wheu bluuderers and iucapables are in power, one looks for just these kiud ot straits. Graut aud bis advisers may entertain the foolish notion tiiat the United States (so-called) can, in deed, “whip all creation,” and that a war would bury, in a gush of patriotism, all minor distractions, and so venture on it. That will show their folly. The South will neither take stock in it, or allow it to put her memory or seuse of wrong to sleep It is not war she wan' . but peace and a restoration of stolen ri :is. If her oppressors are victorious, eb stands less chance of getting these thiup > .ban ever. If defeated, tremeudous changes may come about, aud—We leave it to others to finish the sentence as they like. Now, which shall it be—fight or back down? We guess the latter. War means ruiu to bondholders and “loyal” pockets plethoric with greenbacks. That class bought Grant’s electiou, aud they will shape his foreign policy. They cau not afford to risk the stake. There’s the key to the whole matter. Sows are persuaded tbe Eagle, after a few flaps of his wings and a scream or two, will quietly settle back on his perch, and content himself with pecking and clawing at those whose defenceless condition makes that pastime perfectly safe. Capt. Pace, representing himself as a drummer fur an Atlanta house, was ar rested iu Jackson county, Alabama, last Week, on the charge of horse stealing. He was found in possession of two horses— \v" l * le property of Col. Peter Turney, of * ’JP-*healer, Tennessee, and the other, of a Mr. Sanford, of Maysville, Madisou county, Alabama—which he claimed to nave bought from another party. The J-aptaiu was taken to Winchester for a hearing. — Col. Sun, 1 lth. wencgia. Battcnal and II csseigrr. VALMAZEDI’g PROCLAMATION A POSSIBLE CASTS BELLI WITH SPAIN. New York, May 11.—A Washington dispatch says it is thought that tbe infa mous proclamation issued on the 4th of April, by Count Valmazeda. the Spanish ; Commander in the Eastern Department of Cuba, will, if carried out, lead to trouble between Spain ami the United States. The proclamation is regarded in official circles here as one of the most infamous ever is sued by a commander having auy preteu tionato civilization. As there are many American citizens in tiiat par: of Cuba, it I is feared that an indiscriminate execution of the proclamation may result in ehoot iugof some of them. Should any Ameri can citizen be shot under this decree, our government will he prompt in punishing tbeoutrage, and it is understood that in structions to this effect have been sent to Admiral Hoff since the proclamation was issued. Tbe proclamation, substantially, is as follows : “ First. Every native male over fifteen years of age fund away from bis residence without sufficient cause will be executed.” “ Second. Every uninhabited dwelling and every inhabited dwelling where a white flag is uudisplayed will be reduced to ashes.” “Third. All women away from their houses will come to Bayaino or Jiguaui, or they will be brought by force.” What did “ official circles ” think of Butler’s order 28, or Grant’s order to Sheri dan to desolate the valley of Virginia ? HORSE AND MILE THIEVES IN HOUSTON COUNTA. Sf.ab Mim’s Plantation, j Near Fort Valley, Ga., [ April 12th, 1869. J Mr. Editor’. That your community may know what is going on among the light fingered gentry, I write this, for it seems you have a gang of horse thieves located in your midst who are preying up on Houston county farmers; and who, up on stealing stock here, make for Macon, and there, no doubt, after concealing the stock a few days, go on the other side iu he eon ntry traversed by Gen.*. Sherman, and sell them where there is great demaud for stock— sales easily made and no ques tions asked. Un Sunday night week, two thieves stole five head of our stock, on the road to Macon,two miles and a half off’. In pursuit next morning we came up with three head which had gotten away from them. In hot pursuit, we got information of the two other mules ahead, ridden by two persons, but our informant could not tell whether white or colored. They were pressed to T< hesofkee. where we got tbe mules in a swamp, turned loose. One of our neigh bors, Mr. Ben. Bridges, lost a mule a few nights before. Going out to his lot and missing the mule, he jumped on his horse rode up the Macon road, and found the mule tied in a join of a gentleman’s fence, two miles off, opposite to where a number of mules for that plantation were confined. No doubt the thief was then iu tbe lot, picking out another good fat mule there wanting a match. A. M. Murray, a few nights before, lost a mule, and in the morning pursued, rau the thief through Macon aud into Jones county, where he came up with his mule, hut the thief gave him the slip. Last winter a number of mules were stolen from this vicinity and never recovered. Now they have com menced the game ngain in the spring. Yours, most respectfully, George Bass. ASSASSINATION IN TERRELL I OUNTY—THE MURDERER NUT YET ARRESTED, Dawson, May 12th, 1869. Editor Journal and Messenger : Our com munity was shocked last evening by learning that one of our most respected and useful citizens, Capt. Richard H. Fletcher, had been waylaid and shot and instantly killed. It is supposed that the deruou-inearnate who committed the deed is true John Lee, a young mau aged about tweuty years, and who moved wltb his mother (a widow) from near Marianna, Fla., to this county during the last winter. He and Captain Fletcher had some angry words and probably some blows the eveu ing before. Capt. Fletcher was returning home late in the evening yesterday from where he was superintending ttie build ing of a bridge, accompanied by several hands in his employ, and was riding leisurely along on horseback, wheu he was fired upon. Eight buckshot struck him iu the shoulder, neck and breast, breaking some of the bones of the shoulder, and dislocating the neck. A party in command of the Sheriff of the county, went to Lee’s home last night, for the purpose*of arresting him, but he had fled. Some of them are still iu pur suit, and hopes are entertained that he will be captured. C. THE CONFEDERATE DE a D INEARTHED— TWENTY ACHES OF HUMAN BONKB. While our ladies are mounding and dec orating the graves in Oakwood, and while tne massive stone monument to the mem ory of those who lie in Hollywood is grad ually approaching completion, it is dis tressing to hear of the neglect of the bones of those who are buried where they fell on the hill sides and iu the valleys in other parts of the rState. The reports that reach us of the sacrilegious conduct of many Virginia farmers are so shocking that we hesitate to give them credence, although our duty as journalists requires us to lay them before our readers. A few weeks ago we published an ac count of the state of affairs at Fort Harri son, which subsequent investigation proved too true. Now comes a most har rowingstory from Malveru Hill, where so many of our best and bravest with their last drops of blood sealed their devotion to the Southern cause. A correspondent of a Northern paper says that on the northwest side of the fort a most terrible scene presents itself. Thou sands of Confederate soldiers having been buried where they fell, twenty acres or more have just been plowed up by the owuer of the field, and the plowshare turned to the surface all the skeletons. Over the whole tract the bone-> are strewn iu profusion, and griuuiug skulls stare the visitors iu the face on every hand. lien the farmer was questioned, he said the land was uow the richest piece he had, and, iu justification of the sacrilegious act, stated that “he didu’t put ’em there, nohow.” The writer learned afterward that the bones had been taken away by the cart-load aud sold to fertilizing mills iu Richmoud. Two humane meu, too poor to do anything else, came one day we were there aud attempted to burn some of the boues, to prevent the wretches from carting them otl. —Richmond Dispatch. The Sale of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad.— The sale of the Wilmiugton aud Manchester Railroad is to take place on the 23d of June next. The stock in this road has been for some time past selling for five cents on the dol lar. This read is now under lease to the bondholders for uinety-nine years. It is understood that the sale is merely to ef fect anew organization, and to perfect titles, as the bondholders now own a large majority of the stock. The chief owners of the bonds, it is said, are Messrs Gar rett, J. Edgar Thompson, Hinkley, and others, who uow control the Wilmington and Weldon and connecting lines to Bal timore aud Philadelphia. The parties who will come into full possession have ample means to make the road tirst-class in every particular. We look for its ex tension to Augusta at no distant day.— [Chronicle and Sentinel, 12th. This Way, Gentlemen.—Quite an exteusive moveraeut seems to he on foot iu Yorkshire, Euglaud. among the cotton spinners aud miners, who have been up on a strike, to emigrate to this country. They areaboutsending over a commission to the United States to obtain tbe neces sary information, and to arrange for tbe employment of their companions. Several benevolent Euglish capitalists, such as Mr. Samuel Morley, M. P. for Bristol, and others, are aiding with advice aud money, aud forwarding tbe movement, i bese are the men, under proper leaders, to develop the latent manufacturing re sources of the South, and they will afford a wholesome addition, in many respects, to the working population of our country. Vi ta sine Xj iteris or s est. STATE NEWS. DEATH OF JOSEPH ADKINS. On yesterday morning it was rumored ! °n the streets that Joseph Adkins, a noto rious scalawag aud Senator in the Georgia Legislature from the Warren District, had been killed on tbe previous day iu Colum bia county. By tbe mail of yesterday evening letters were received in this city from that county giving the particulars of the tragedy. It seems that some time since, when tbe Legislature was in session, Adkins wrote a very insulting letter to a respectable lady living in Dearing, Colum bia county. On Monday morning, Ad kins, accompanied by his wife, got off the cars and remained a short while iu Bear ing. When about to get in a buggy to leave the village, Adkins was approached by a mau with but one leg, an only broth er of the young lady whom he bad insulted, who said to him : “lam iu pos session of that letter and demand satisfac tion for it.” At this remark, A. put his hand behind him to draw a pistol, and Adams, being unarmed, attempted to borrow a weapon, but unsuccessfully It seems that here Mrs. Adkins interfered, and persuaded her husband to leave the place on foot , with her„tbe buggy being left in charge of a negro boy. After proceeding a mile from town Mrs. A. returned, and. entering the vehicle, was driven off by the negro to overtake her husband. Some time af ter this had happened, Mr. Adams and two other gentlemen, leaving Dearing for their homes in the country, overtook and passed the Adkins party two miles aud a half from the village. Adkins and the negro were walking together in advance, the latter with a cocked revolver in his hand, while the buggy was driven behind by the female. This was the last seen of the Senator un til after the tragedy. Some time after passing Sturgis’ Mill two gun shots were heard, and the alarm being given, parties repaired to tbe spot, and found that Ad kius had been shot and mortally wound ed, The wounds were made by a shot gun, and the wouuded man stated that he was shot from the cover of a tree by oue Adams. In falling, his pistol was dis charged, and the hall lodged in a fence bordering the road. In contradiction of this, both his wife and the negro state that they were unable to see who fired the shot. A search at the place from whence the shot was fired, disclosed the footsteps of but one mau, and he a negro probably, as the tracks were those made by a No. 10 negro brogan. Augusta Chronicle dir Sentinel , l'2th. Crops in Lowndes.— Our crops look well, corn iu particular,although we have had more rain than was healthful for vegetation of auy kind, and at tiffs date the streams are swollen so as to render travel very uncertain ami quite uncom fortable. Ido not think that there is a larger breadth of land planted in cotton titan was the last year, hut our planters, mauy of them, have bought largely of fertilizers, and have procured the im proved cotton seed at considerable ex Providence, who “ causes his sun to rise on the just and unjust, and seudeth his rain on tiie evil and good.” we may ex pect a larger yield this year than the last. The plant, so far, looks healthy and strong. The oat crop was considerably thinned out by the severe cold of the past winter, but what was left has done its duty well by spreading out aud multiplying its brandies so tnat a very good oat crop may be counted ou. Wheat is not often grown iu this latitude; sometimes it does well, but as a general thing it is considered a very uncertain crop. Tbe sugar cane crop will be small, owing to the loss of seed cane from the treeze of last winter. The planting interest was never better cared for in tiffs county than it is this spring. Our planters seem to have waked up to renewed energy and industry. [Cor. Federal Union , 11//t. Don’t Go to Texas.—The Rome Cour ier contains the conclusion of Dr. S. A. Hamilton’s letter front Texas. He says Texas must be made either an agricultural or giaziing TOUt.try ; that sickness prevails there much ; that lie dou’t advise people to go there ; that if they will go, to go in communities aud by private conveyance, aud that politics is dark there. He says they have so mauy North Georgians it is called Georgia, often. He mentions W. A. Mercer, £. C. Dyer. W. N. Johnson, 8. Sledge, Barringer, Drake Hill, Daniel and Col. Barrett, brothers of Jos. Barrett, of Calhoun, Ga. Another Negro Murdered. —A gen tlemau who passed up the Gulf Road on Monday, informs us that a negro, whose name lie did not learn, shot ami killed an other negro at No. 6, on Sunday night. Ou Monday morning our friend found an excited crowd of negroes at the station, a portion of whom, accompanied by the Sheriff of Wayne county, took the ears for No. 7, where lie found the murderer, a large, desperate lookiug negro, aud pro ceeded to arrest him. The negro, who was armed with au army revolver, at first offered resistance, but ou being notified by his pursuers tiiat tbey were resolved to take him, dead or alive, surrendered, ami was taken charge of by the Degrees, who threatened tolynoh him, but finally prom ised the Sheriff to deliver him to the civil authorities at Thomasville. Our friend could learn very little of the particulars of the murder, which was represented to he a savage aud cold-blooded affair.— Sav. jSews, 12 th. Drowned. —Yesterday afternoon, about six o’clock. Captain Geo. A. Bickford, of the ship Ellen Southard, was drowned. He had been aboard of the strip Theobold, which was lying at Wetter’s Press, to see about oblaiuiug riggers for kis vessel, which was to sail ou Friday. While re turning, he attempted to move some tackle, which prevented lffs passing on the gaugway, lost his balance, and fell overboard. His fall was noticed, and three men immediately jumped overboard to rescue him, but he only rose once, threw his bauds about, and sunk before lie could be reached. The river was dragged, aud by seven o’clock the body was recovered. Every means was resorted to. under the superintendence of Dr. Habersham, to resuscitate the body, but of no avail. The Captain was forty six years of age, aud a native of Richmond, Maine. His wife was on bis vessel, a short distance from tbe scene of the accident, but fortu nately did not behold it. Fire. —About lialf-past three o’clock yesterday afternoon a Are broke out in the upper story of one of the buildings iu Hodgson’s Range, north side of Bay, be tween Barnard and Whitaker street?, occupied by J. McLaughlin as a general variety store. The destruction of tbe goods of Mr. McLaughlin by fire was slight, but tbe greater portion of the stotk, consisting of dry goods, notions, etc , was more or less damaged by water, and from rough and careless handling in their removal. Mr. MeLaughiiu had a stock valued at from $15,000 to $20,000, upon which he had an insurance of $5,000 iu the North British and $5,000 in tbe Liverpool and Lou don companies, of which Messrs. H. Brigham ami W. C. Cosens are agents.— Sav. Adv., 12th. Col. Edward Connor.— We regret to learn that Col. Connor died on Monday morning, the lOtb of May, 1869, at Fay etteville, Ga. He bad been a citizen of Fayetteville for more than twenty years, and enjoyed tbe confidence of tbe citizens. We kuew him well. He was a sound law yer and an excellent Judge of the Court of Ordiuary, which office he held at the time of his death, and had discharged the duties of the office faithfully for many years iu Fayette couuty. Peace to his ashes. —Atlanta Intelligencer , 13th. The Gold Region.— Mining operations in the up-country are not, perhaps, as geueral as might be desired. Some com panies are miuing on a large scale in Lumpkin, we learn, but not so many as formerly. Tbe most successful mining we beard of while up tbe country, is now go ingou in Whitecounty. Large nuggets of pure gold are frequently fouud, and the prospect of future operations is considered quite encouraging. We regret that we did not have time to visit tbe mines.— Athens Watchman, 12th. Wheat —ls no disaster overtakes it, we think, from what we have seen and heard, there will be a fine wheat crop harvested in Northeast Georgia this year. It.certainly looks very promising now. [Athens Watchman, 12th. MACON. GA.. TUESDAY, MAY IS. 1869. Gloomy Crop Prospects. We ex ceedingly regret to learn that tbe rains, some two weeks since, materially injured both the wheat and cotton crops through out this county. The wheat has not spread as it would have done under favorable circumstances, and it is now “spindling up” with short beads, and the indications are that even if it escapes rust, there will not be over a half crop. The cotton to a large extent is utterly ruined, and mauy are plowing it up and planting corn instead.-.fiome Courier, 13 th B Another Horrible Murder! —A negro man by the name ofTbos. Colt, liv ing on a rented plantation below Poul iain’s Factory, one day last week, killed a negro boy that he bad employed, and then cut him up in pork style! Toe body (or .ather pieces of it,) was found buried near by. The murderer was suspected; and sufficient evidence was elicited to convict. — Ibid. House Burned.— We regret to learn that the dwelling house and personal effects of Mr. James Elder, five miles below Watkinsville, was burned last Ba»i>. day. Nothing saved. Beyond u donr»t tbe work of an incendiary.’ It is supposed that a couple of war ijies were stolen and the house then firfed by ■ the thieves.— 7 Nd. Horse Stolen. —We learn that a man 1 calling himself A. W. Fain, of Calbouu, Ga., about 6 feet high, square built, weigh ing 170 pounds, dark hair aud eyes, limps in one foot, aud a fluent speaker, stole a sorrell roan stallion nearly three years old, bald face, white legs and white spot on one side of belly, near Anderson C. H., j 8. C, on Friday night last. A reward of S3O will be paid for the apprehension and recovery of man aud horse, or $25 for the hhrse alone. We understand that a mau aud horse of ! the above description were seen at Gills ville, Hall county, a day ortwosince. Our Georgia exchanges will please copy.— lbid. Crops in Webster County.—All is quiet in this beat. I regret to report that we have shared to some extent the cool weather of the past week or so—greatly to ’ the injury of the young cotton. Bome have plowed up and replanted a large por- j tion of their crops—being afraid to risk ' the sickly plants. Previous to ttie cool spell I don’t think I eversaw a tinerstaud iu Webster county. Fertilizers have been used quite freely, and the farmers are working manfully to regain their lost for- i tunes. I think there is less complaint about the freedmen than there was last year, hut can’t brag on them much yet- Most of us have fine stands of corn; and I ouly regret that more of the laud is not plauted iu corn. Even with a good crop year, I do not think there will be more than half the corn made that should be in this county.— Preston cor. Amer. Cour., 13 th. A Thief Caught.—On the night of the 4th inst., the jeweliy store house of J. N. Lodeu, of tiffs place, was entered by means of an auger which was used for boreing through the shutter, just below the latch, to enable the thief to put through his hand and raise the latch. On examination, it was ascertained that several watches had been stolen. Sus picion rested upon one Janies Jarrard, who had been staying iu town for a short time —he having disappeared the follow ing morning. No officer being at the time present, A. J. Davis, J. P., appointed Dr. W. A. Watson to pursue and arre- 1 said Jarrard. In about two hours the Dr. re turned with the prisoner. He confessed lffs guilt; he had left the property at Mrs. Waters’, boxed up. She informed the citizens that Jarrard had left a box at her house. The box beiug opened, was found to contain nineteen watches, stolen from said house. Jarrard was brought before Justice Davis, and required to give bond in tbe sum of SIOOO, or be committed to jail to await lffs trial. Jarrard is but a youth, and we learn, his father is a highly respected citizen of White county, Ga.—Gainesville Eagle , B th. Gallantry and Presence of Mind.— Our traveling agent reports to us a very intefesang* iooiUont lh&%:.appe?md. Be up freight train on the Macon and eru Railroad yesterday near Griffiu. A little child got on the track, and b** norant of danger, it remaiued unmoved directly in front of the approaching train. The engineer blew tbe whistle, but its shrill scream of admonition was unheeded by ttie little innocent. The mother flew to its rescue. On thundered the crashing locomotive, unable to check up its terrible momentum. The mother, with outstretch ed arms and agony of terror, sped for tiie little one, when just as site nearly reached it, her foot slipped and she fell back iuto the ditch. Tbe little one still sat uuterrifled. The cruel wheels rushed remorselessly on. The hot breath of the iron monster lapped the victim. The screaming cry of tbe steam seemed hut to amuse, instead of portend ing to the child the mangled death that awaited it. Just then, when the bloody doom was almost certaiu, Robert Riohardsou, fire man, dashed out on the engiue, and with inimitable presence of mind and heroic seif-possession, caught up the infant, and Del cl it safe iu lffs arms, rescued from a horrible death.— Atlanta Constitution, 10 th. Darkey May Celebration.—Deter termined that their white friends should not monopolize all the fun incident to the season, the colored people had a May cel ebration iu the suburbs of town on tSatur day. They were out iu large numbers, aud doubtless enjoyed themselves muchly. The following “opening ode,” sung with great relish aud gusto, is said to have in augurated the festivities: We’s nearer to de Lord Dan de white folks, aud dey knows it; See de glory gate unbarred. Walk up, darkeys, past de guard ; Bet a dollar he don’t close it. Walk up, darkeys, froci de gate; Hark ! de colored angels holler, Go way, white folks, you’s too late, We’s de winnin color —wait Till de trumpet sounds to follow. Hallelujah ! t'anks an’ praise, Long enulT we've borne our crosses : Now we’s de sooperior race, We’s gwine to hebben afore de bosses ! 1 Monroe Advertiser, Ilf A. Real Estate in Forsyth.— Last Tues day being sale day, several valuable pieces of property were disposed of by tbe Sheriff The house and lot occupied by Mrs. Jordan was sold to Mr. Thos. E. Cbamberless, and brought $1,700. A lot of land containing about two hundred acres—owned by D. F. Walker—was pur chased by Geo. W. Adams for s62s.— lbid. Delegates to Memphis Commercial Convention. — Ihe following Lave been appointed by Council as a delegation from Atlanta to attend tbe forthcoming Com mercial Convention at Memphis : James Ormond, John Rice. Richard Peters, W. M. Lowry, Amos Fox, Thos. C. Howard, W. W. Clayton, V. A. Gaskill, Joseph E. Brown, E. E. Rawsou, E. Hulbert, J. L. Hopkins, C. C. Hammock, A. L. Mc- Bride, R. Campbell ; Mayor Hulsey was also addtd to the committee. —Atlanta Era, 1 1th. Incendiarism.—lt i9 with no idle words we state our sincere sympathy with Mr. Jas. W. Broadfield in his recent loss. On Friday night last, an attempt was made, by someone, to fire bis mill. For tuuateiy it was discovered in time to sup press the flames with a few buckets of water. On Saturday night he left tbe mill at dark to go to bis supper, leaving a youug man. w ith gun in hand, to guard it for baif an hour until the return of Mr. Lowry and bimseif, who had arranged to guard the property for the night. The guard left his post, and in a few minutes the mill wa9 iu flames, aud the entire property—a two-story frame mill house, gullet giu, liut room, sixty bushels toll corn, S3OO worth of mechanics’ tools, a new aud valuable saw mill, and over 20,- 000 feet of lumber, were in flames.—Amer icas Courier. llfA. Grave Charges Against a Savan nah Merchant.— For the past two days there have been numerous reports afloat iu the city, reflecting upon the character of Mr. Win F. Brantley, who ever since his return here after the war, has enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all who have had dealings with him. Many of the re ports we know to be without foundation, but enough is known, however, to say that he left the city suddenly, owing many persons various sums of money and not I letting any one know of his departure nor hi 9 intentions. His alleged defalcations amount to aboutslo,ooo.—Savannah News. 11/A. SHALL A WOMAN PREACH I Interesting Sketch of the Widow Yan Cott. the only Licensed Methodist Woman Preacher In the lßleed Mates. From the New York Sun, April ->6th. A stir was created iu the New \ r ork M. E. Conference in Sing Sing by the an nouncement of the presiding elder of the i Eilenville district that the quarterly Con ference of his district had lieeused as a preacher the remarkable “Widow Vau Cott.” The Conference at once became a stormy sea of debate, about one-half beiug in favor of contiuuiug the “widow” in Uie good cause of converting souls, while Ice other half were strenuously opposed to such a proceeding, avowingopeuly aud above board that it was a woman’s suf frage movement, with which they would have nothing to do. The Rev. Mr. Mc- Cauber moved that the Conference disap prove the practice of licensing women preachers, hut his motion did not pievail.- An attempt was made to censure the pre sidiiiij eldei of the Eilenville district for licensing the Widow Van Oyit to preach, but it did not succeed. The next day the widow’s case was up again. and the sub ject was referred to a special committee, torepoit at tiie next annual meeting of the Conference. politely crushing her out. “But,” said a clergyman, after the ad journment or the conference, “it is secret ly understood that the ‘widow Vau Cott’ will not have her license renewed.” This will be news to the widow’s triends who attended the conference, and who sup posed ttiat in accordance with the action of tiiat body she is empowered to preach until the next conference meets. description of the widow. The “widow Van Cott” is settled in Madalin, Dutchess couuty, where last wiuter there there was an extensive re ligious revival, first in the Baptist Church, under the ministration of the Rev. E. Tompkins, and now iu the Methodist Church. The widow is holding fortli in Lite latter, and is daily aud nightly im pressing the minds of the unconverted. In person she is considerably above the middle ht?ight. and very stout, weighing over two hundred pounds. She dresses with neatness, iu plain black ; her man ners in private are unassuming. Her countenance wheu at rest is heavy aud sensuous, with something of the expres sion of Dumas, the elder, hut in the ex citement of oratory her kindling eye ex ercises a maguetic influence on her audi ence. Like most revivalists, she is more declamatory than argumentative, appeal ing rather to the passions than to the rea son. Her articulation is distinct and easi ly heard iu auy part of the church, (we had almost said village,) and her style, being varied, does not fatigue the hearer. the widow’s oratory. At times she amuses ttie fancy with familiar talk filled with flowery imagery, fixing the attention and winning her hearers until, rising with her theme, she rushes on with the excitement of in spiration, breaking down the fortifications of the ungodly, and carrying tiuur works by storm. She is not an educated woman iu the popular sense, aud her influence as a consequeuce is chiefly that of a popu lar orator. Bhe is gifted with a very re markable flow of language; her gestures are graceful and her general style would give rise to the notion that she derived iter ideas of public speaking from dramatic performers. Her powers of endurance are very remarkable, enabling her to speak nearly tiiree hours every evening through the week and twice ou Bundays. She has alieady converted 60 persons at Madaliu and upward of 2,000 iu the Prattsville dis trict. She is fair, fat and forty, and has the promise of a long career of usefulness before her. From the Chronicle aud Sentinel, 11th. SINGULAR CARE OF POISONING. We yesterday witnessed a most singu lar case of poisoning, and if it occurred as the patient states, one whieh will puzzle i mm 1 1 \t Learn ing on yesterday evening thffT A woman living iu the upper part of the city had been poisoned and had died in cousequence, we repaired to the piace to get the particulars for publication. Hear ing that the poisoned resided on McKin nie street, near the Canal, we went aiong that thoroughfare until reaching the cor ner of Greene and McKinnie streets, near the depot of the Street Railroad Compa ny, we found the house. The house is an old two story frame building, situated ' uear the intersection of the two streets just named aud within a few feet of the Canal. The place was, of course, sur rounded by a throng of negroes of both sexes, drawn thither by curiosity, and who did not seem to like the appearance of a wiffte face in their midst. U|>on in quiry we found that the woman was not yet dead, but that there see.ued little hope of her recovery. Forcing our way through the crowd, we found the sick woman lying on a bed in a room iu the basement ot the building. Her name we found was Sarah Robertson, aud she looked to he about thirty years of age. Her own statement is, tiiat she was poisoned ou last Thursday by a negro mau from South Carolina, whose name, how ever, she refused to give She says that this man was an adept in the mysteries of “fetish” poisouiug, aud, iu order to re venge himself upon her, gave her a pres ent of brown sugar on last Friday, in wlffcti was mixed the “fetish” compound. On Friday night, having tiiat day eaten some of the sugar, she was attacked with a slight sickness and giddiness, hut as it soou woreoff'she had no idea what was really the matter. On ounday the same symptoms returned, with the addition of a violent pain in tiie abdomen, accompanied by fever and delirium. Beginning to believe now that she was poisoned, with the superstition of her race, she ascribed it to “fetish,” aDd refused to send for a physician, but contented herself with takiug remedies of her own. On yesterday morning she was much worse; the pains in tiie abdomen returned, wfcile frequent vomiting ensued. And now comes the strangest part* of the story. She, and numerous of her friends, declare that while vomiting she threw up a small snake, several inches in length, a large spider, two or three cockroaches aud a quantity of human hair—which were manifestly the result of “fetish.” We have no idea that our readers will be lieve this story, nor did we, ourselves, but the articles enumerated above have been carefully preserved by the negro atten dants, aud show that one of ihe most sin gular cases of poisoning on record has oc curred, or else a most gross imposition has been practiced. One thing is certain, however, the wo man honestly believes tiiat she has been felisbed, is in a most dangerous condi tion, and will, iu aii probability, not re cover, as she and her attendants still re fuse the services of a physician, alleging that white man’s medicine will kill if it touch fetish poison. She was delirious nearly all day yesterday, aud in the evening, though lucid, seemed tobesink iug rapidly. Though perfectly willing to disclose tiie manner in which she tbiuks that she was poisoned, she still refuses to give the name of the poisoner, or the rea son w hy the poison was administered. Why Gold is Low.—The following analysis of the causes which have led to the present 1 >w price of gold, is from the New York Evening Post. They are com prehensive and no doubt correct: 1. The depreciation of the currency is measured by the average inflation of prices, and not by the price of gold. 2. The price of gold is and has for sev eral years been artificially depressed by a variety of local causes; the whole finan cial policy of the Government, the large revenues which strengthen its credit, and the disuse of gold as currency lessening the demand for it, being the principal ones 3. These causes, which under the com mon laws of trade would have been de feated by the export of coin, have been sustained and aided by the export of United States bonds, in payment of inter national balauees. 4. Gold being depressed far below the general level of prices, the products of foreign lands find their best market in this country, and imports are stimulated to excess. HOME MISSIONS. Rev. Dr. McFcrrln on ihe MtaaiMippl Operations of the >l. K. Church South. At the recent meeting iu St. Louis in behalf of the home missions of the Meth odist Episcopal Church South, the Rev. j Dr. McFerriu, ot Nashville, tn au address 1 of considerable length, gave smie partic ulars of their home missionary work. We have, he said, iu our conuecuou. twenty eight annual conferences, extending from Maryland aud the borders of Pennsylva nia to Oregon aud California. Os tUese, ouly sixteen havMeported to the Secre tary at Nashville In time for this re[H>rt. But these sixteeu, which have reported, have given statistics of 170 missions, witti 20,100 white members, and 145 eolored There were received in the Church tiie past year, 2,852* Twelve conferences have not yet reported. If we had these iu the number would be greatly enlarged. We have formed, iu connection with our Church, four aunual conferences among the colored people, with 225 travel ing preachers, a large number of local preachers and about 100,000 members, twenty-three conferences have collected and paid out iu these domestic missions $41,742, aud five conferences have not yet reported. Wheu we shall have received these reports we may safely pay that we have collected and disbursed during the year $-50,000 for domestic missions iu the Ofinods of the Southern Methodist Church. The speaker passed ou to notice (lie in struction of the preaching of the gospel in this State, aud said tiie first pioneer preacher was Jesse Walker, a Tennesseean, who penetrated this part of the country, crossed this majestic river aud uufurled the banner of Methodism in tiff s great aud prosperous city. Another tact was, that the American people, aud especially all the Northwest, are indebted to the South for the gospel. They were tbe first to preach it iu Tennes see, Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri aud Illi nois. He gave an affecting accouut of the dark days through which the church had passed during the war, of its wonderful rivival, and stated tlmt there were three cities—St. Louis, Louisville and Balti more—which had deeply imbedded them selves in the hearts and affections of the Southern people, for their hospitality; generosity and kindness He drew a startling picture of the present deplorabie condition of their ministers in Western and Southwestern Missourt for the want of support. Thirty-two missionaries in the St. Louis conference were appointed for seven mouths on a promise of $l2O each, aud the first quarterly instalment had not been paid yet. In this Slate there are 31,000 Methodists, and they have given to the use of foreign missions a little less than $5,000 ; 16,000 of these members are in St. Louis. He stated that one mis sionary iu Kentucky, with a wife and seven children, had ouly received $72 for one year. He strongly urged all persons present to contribute liberally to tiie cause. Subscriptions to the cause, amounting to $2 300, were announced iu tiie meeting, and a collection was afterward made. CLOSE OF THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. Tiie close of the Episcopal Convention, which has been iu session iu our city during tiie past week, was marked by cere monies peculiarly solemn aud impressive. Tiie morning service was read by Rev. Robert Elliott, son of Uie revered aud la nieuted Bishop Elliott—other dignitaries of the church, unknown to the Reporter, assisting. Upon the conclusion of the morning services, Bishop Beckwith de livered, allliough evidently suffering from some acute attack, a most masterly dis course from Ist Corinthians, ij chap , 14 verse: “But the natural mau receiveth not the things of ttie spirit of Cod’; for they are foolishness uuto him; neither can he Know them, because they are spiritual ly discerned ” Almost iu tiie very outset of his discourse, the Bishop acknowledged tiiat the thread of his discourse proceeded from the thoughts of another—Coleridge— as to the nature and progressive character , of the faculty of faith. But it was quite evfdent that the acknowledgment should have been restricted to mere suggestion, as me leanur,. fiviue merely took the thread where it had been dropped by that profound thinker, and continued it by argument full of eloquence, with an exposition so clear aud lucid, and so irn pressive, as to make himself understood and felt by the commonest understanding among his congregation, and by ttie most obtuse among his listeners. The church was crowded to its utmost capacity, benches having been provided along the aisles, which, as well as the reg ular [>ews, were densely [lacked, while the doorways aud vestiuules were thronged. After the delivery of the discourse, the rite of confirmation was administered to fifteen candidates, most of whom were adults. Ten were confirmed at the Church of the Atonement in the evening, making twenty-live in ali, added to tiffs church on this occasion. —Augusta Chronicle and Sen tinel. SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHS. The recent Mumler trial in New Y'ork city has excited considerable curiosity in relation to the so-called spirit photographs. The evidence iu tiie Muiuler case sassed to show the means by which lie obtained his pictures, or that he used any decep tion. It lias, however, been proveu by tiie testimony of experts that there are seven or eight ways known to photographers by which these spirit photographs can he obtained without Uie knowledge on the part of the sitter tiiat auy trick is being played. Some of these processes are as follows: - m 1. A g/ass with an image on it of the desired spirit form could he placed in the plate-holder, in front of the sensitive plate, so that the imageon the glass would he impressed on the sensitive plate, to gether with tiiat of the sitter. The size and distinctness of ttie resulting spirit form would vary according to the distance between the two plates. 2. A figure, clothed in white, can he in troduced for a moment behind the sitter, and then withdrawn before the sitting is over, leaving a shadowy image on the plate. This is knownas “ Sir David Brew ster’s ghost. 3. A microscopic picture of tiie spirit form can he inserted in the camera box alongside the lens, and by a small magni fying lens it can lie thrown on the sensi tive plate with that of the sitter. 4. A glass with the spirit image can be placed behind the sensitive plate after the sitting is completed, and by a feeblelight, the image can be impressed on the plate with that of the sitter. 5. The nitrate of silver bath could have a glass side and the image be impressed by a secret light, while apparently the glass plate was only being coated with the sen sitive firm. 6 The Spirit forn can be printed first on the negative, and then the figure of the living sitter added by a second printing, or it cau be printed on the paper and the sitter’s portraitt printed over it 7. A sensitive plate can be prepared by wbat is known as ttie dry process, the spirit form impressed on it, and then, at a sub sequent time, the portraitof the living sit ter can be taken' on this same plate, so that the two will be developed together. The Assassin Akrested.-We are much gratified to learn, as we do, from tiie Dawson Journal, of yesterday, that Lee, 'he assassin of Capt. Fletcher, of Terrell county—an account of whose kill ing we published yesterday morning—has been arrested in haridoiph county, and is now in jail at Dawson. He said, when captured, that be would do it again under similar circumstances. North Eastern Georgia,—The de termination of the Georgia Railroad to ex tern! their road from Athens to Knoxville, is the best news this section bus ever heard. It needs development more than any other portion of the (State, and will return rich results for the outlay. We are heartily glad to know that such good fortune is in store for the mountain folks. The Tennessee Wheat Crop.—The Nashville Danner says the prospects is favorable in Tennessee, this summer, for tiie most bountiful harvest of wheat ever known in this section. From one end of the State to the other ourexchanges bring the most encouraging report. HOW TO MAKE SWEET BREATH. Extract from * How Not to be Sick,” by A. J. Hallows, M. D. Food, to he perfectly digested, must he I taken only in sueli quantities as the sys j teui demands, aud if we take only natural j food, in which is the appropriate mixture I of necessary elements, the appetite can always tie trusted to interpret the de | mauds of the system, and in ttiat case we I should never eat 100 much. But eating, j as we do, Hour, butter and sugar, which j have hut a part of the elements required, these articles can ouly be digested as they are eaten with food deficient in the ele ments which they coutain. ami these are very few Consequently these redundant articles, in just the proportions in which they are eaieu, remain undigested in the stomach aud bowels, causing flatulence ami derangement of the secretions of the stomach, mouth, and all the digestive orgaus, and the sordes of the teeth, bad taste in the mouth, foulness of breath, and fastidious apatite, which they al ways have who liveou these concentrated carbonaceous articles. I have often wished—but of course never dared to suggest the idea—that our fastidious confectionery and cake eating , young ladies, who have no appetite ex eept for unnatural carbonaceous food, and whose breath in consequence so offensive to themselves as to require constantly some aiouiatic seeds or trix, and wbt se i mouth is so filled with offensive saliva, and whose teeth so covered with sorties, tiiat charcoal and a tooth-brush used every day will not keep them clean, might look into the mouth of a cow, a dog, or even u pig, neither of which use charcoal, tooth-brush or trix, and see how clean the j mouth and teeth are, aud how pure tiie j secretions, and (“angles and minister* of grace defend us!’ )—how sweet their breath is ! comparatively. Now why is j not the breath of a young lady us sweet as I that of a—little chiUi who needs no more 1 charcoal, trix or tooth-brush than a pig ? and why is not her uppelite always as good, aud Iter teeth as clean ? No reason can he giveu hut that to which I have re ferred. Little children, cows, dogs and pigs digest all their food, and tiie waste passes off, leaving the system pure The food of the young lady who lives on cakes, pastry, starch and butter, remains undi gested, to derange all the digestive func tions and secretions in just the propor tions as these carbonaceous articles take the place of natural food. A COMPANION OF WASHINGTON YET ALIVE. Captaiu John Webster, who lias reached the advanced age of 104 years, was horn in Dublin, in 1765, and came to tiffs country in 1798. Soou after his arrival lie was ap prenticed in Georgetown to Uie firm of Noble & Crabtree, ship-owners and chand lers. After serving lffs time he became Captain of a vessel, and followed the sea for seventy-five years. He was a school mate of both John and diaries Wtsiey, and their friend for yeais, is a strict fol lower of Wesley still, and speaks af him with the greatest affection. Having some business with the family he is visiting I called t» see him, and iu answer to my ring lie came to tiie door himself, 'i bis being the first time I had seen him, imagine my surprise wheu lie replied to my question of “ How old are you?” “Oue hundred and four years.” He must have noticed the strange look my face bore, for, smiling, he said, “I have my proofs in black and wiffte.” It seemed to me as if some grave had given up its dead, and for some minutes 1 could do no more than stare the old man In the face and mutter to myself, ‘‘Cau it be?” Said he, “I knew Daniel Webster well; was very intimate with him; have walked arm-in arm with him many a time; have con versed with General Washington time and again. My wile died five years ago, aged ninety eight years. My eldest son isoverseventy four years old, and I have one daughter living in this city over sixty. The old gentleman is in excellent spirits, und does not seem to tire of conversation. He ha* his second sight, and can read writing if finely written, as well as the papers, without the aid of spectacles. His home is at the Sailors’ Snug Harbor, from which place he comes unattended to visit bis friends in the city. Tff h'? Vt> se-Ht this oui .. man and talked with him, seems mgtvff one a ncw-iSSSe of life—to fill oue with noble purposes—so that one's end may he like this noble fol lower of the Master, to whose praise lie gives ail moments of lffs latest years. To those who would like to see this old land mark that will soon have passed away, he extendsa cordial invitation to visit him at the Sailors’ Snug Harbor, Stateu Island. Sailors' Magazine. Remarkable Mukdkk Trial. — Tothe Editor of the Tribune: Sir—The VV’ilsou trial came to au end yesterday. In some respects this was the most remarkable case that has ever had a place upon the criminal records of the country. It ex cited great interest in this part of tiie State, and during tiie last ten days tiie court-room has been pretty generally crowded with eager listeners. The facts in tiie Wilson case were simply these ; Oil the 17tli of February, George L. Rod erick provoked a quarrel with Dr. R. Wil son, in front of the Union Hotel, in this place. Wilson put up with a good deal of abuse before he even showed temper. He even tried to pacify Roderick, hut to no purpose. Roderick called him a thief,*a liar, a swindler; yet Wilson bore it ali calmly. Roderick grew more excited, and heaped oue opprobrious epithet after another upon Wilson, and finally called him a member of the New York Legisla ture. At this Wilson sprang to his feet, and remarking to Roderick tiiat lie would not take that from any man, shot him dead with an axe-handle. Such was the evidence elicited upon ttie trial Tbe court acquitted Wilson upon th i ground that the provocation was sufficient. Mark Twain. Elmira, N. Y., April 29. That Silver Tie. —Commenting upon that piece of Yankee sensational tom foolery, the “silver tie” and “gold spike,” for the Pacific Railroad, tiie National In teliigeucer caustically remarks: “We cannot ask that itffs extravagance shall be extended to other parts of tiie work; hut since the company, which lias swallowed up millions upon millions of the people’s money in tiie pretended con struction of a lame and impotent apology for a railroad, is able to iudulge iu such needless and wasteful expenditures, the hope may he entertained that some sub stantial material will lie substituted for the worthless cotton-wood aud mountain pine ties, with which a large portion of the track has been put together.” Faculties Well Preserved.—Mrs. Elizabeth U inn, residing near Barnett, in Warren county, who celebrated her ninety-sixth birth-day on the sth instant, is in possession of her laculties of sight, hearing and action, almost unimpaired. She can read with nearly the same facility as when twenty years of age, and busies herself about domestic affairs with an activity that would put to blush many of those wh > call themselves “sweet six teen.” The secret of this preservation of her faculties is doubtless due to the fact that in her younger days she never went on a Grecian bender, or any other dissipa tion of folly violative of nature’s plain laws Those who are bent on cultivating the curve, are in no danger of getting their names mentioned in connection with a similar record.—Constitutionalist. South and North Alabama Rail road. — Mr. SuperiuteudeutMiloer is now on the line of this road, settiug his stakes preparatory to the commencement of ac tive operations. Major Wallace, we learn, will airive in a day, and with a large force will commence wo/k at this end of tiie line. Recently the consolida tion of the Alabama & Teuuessee Road was ratified by the proper authorities, making the charter of the South & North Alabama extend from Montgomery to Decatur, where it connects with tiie Nash ville Road.— Montgomery Mail , 9 th. Selma and Montgomery Railroad.— Os this road, in whose construction the Central Railroad is so largely interested, the Montgomery Mail says that a con struction train now runs out from that city to Catoma bridge, a distance of over five miles, and a large force is now en gaged laying track. Col. Jones intends to reach Lowndes boro on the 4th of July. VOL. LXI., NO 9. A \OHLK ACT—TUKILLIAU M EU Od Monday last a young boy, a son of Mrs. Forest, living on Kiddle’s banks near this city. ba<i occasion to take bis aunt across the datn of Jessup A Moore’s paper mills to the east side of the Brandy wine creek. On returning, owing to the strong wind anil high freshet, the boat became unmanageable, and wa« car.ied over the dam breast. Providentially, the ; boat, as it whs rushing down the rapid water below the dam, struck upon the only rock in the creek whose top was above the water, and here voung Forest scrambled, and thereby was saved from immediate drowniug. The people sixm gathered for the rescue, but the question arose as to how the boy was to be saved from his perilous condition. At that mo ment a lame boy with a crutch came for ward and Mill, “ I can fetch him off!” .One of . !i*< bystanders objected, until bis fatt er. Patrick Mulrieu, who was present, said "Ijet him go; you can't drown that boy ” A rope was procured, ami young Mulrieu, with rope and crutch, went to tlie rescue. After feeling tiie wa ter a little, he threw the crutch ashore, ami manfully plunged into the rapid, rushing tlood of waters, headed for the rock in the middle of the creek, wheresat the half-drowned, chilled, aud frightened boy. Mulrieu swam round and round till he got through the eddying water and on the Ice side of the rock, where he scram bled up, tied his rojte around young Forest, aud with liis (Vet had to pu-h him off the rock into the seething, boiling current, as the hoy stubbornly refused to leave the only place of safety, being benumbed with cold and aliaid to face the dangers of the rapid tlood again. The men soou pulled him ashore, where kind hands miuistered to his wants. The trouble then was how Mulrieu was to get hack again, as he still sat upon the rock, and looked quietly at the people then at the rushing flood. He prepared himself for the plunge, and after circling round the partly covered, danger ous rocks, direcied his course down the creek, made headway with the current, ami very soon gamed the shore, some dis tance below the scene of the disaster H’r/- min(/ton (Del). Commercial. ML’HDKBKD. Tragic Death of one or Porreni'a “Urderllea." Shortly after 1H o’clock last Friday, a tragedy was enacted in the streets of Jack sou, Tennessee, which resulted in the death of a young man named John Hodges, better known as one of General Forrest’s orderlies during the wgr, and who went by the sobritjuef of “happy Jack.” The (acts, as detailed to the V\ est Tennessee Whig, by eye-witnesses, are* as follows: Wiley Taylor and Modes were standing on the pavement, near Gauter’e store, en gaged in a loud ami angry quarrel, which was brought on by insulting language used by Hodges toward Taylor. Hodges was drunk, ami had just attempted to shoot Taylor, who only saved liis life by thrusting forth liis hand and interposing bis thumb between tbe hammer aud tube of the pistol. Taylot wrenched the pistol from Hodges’ grasp, ami told him to go off; that lie did not want to hurt him. Hut Hodges became more boisterous ami furious after being disarmed, and began to curse Taylor in a loud voice. A young muii named John Pryor, in the employ of Mr. Gondell as wagon driver, happened to In* driving liis wagon near the scene of the difficulty, ami hear ing Hodges’ violent language, jumped from his wagon, and walking deliiierately up to where Hodges stood, drew a revolver and shot him through the head, inflicting a wound that < ccasioned death in a few hours. Pryor had never seen the murdered man before, ami gives as his reason for killing him, that he thought Taylor's life was in danger. After committing the deed, Pryor at tempted to make his escape by flight, but was pursued and arrested by Captain Mc- Cabe and a posse of young men, a short distance from the city, ami brought back and lodged in jail. Pryor came to Jackson about a year ago, from Atlanta, Georgia, where his kindred reside. He was, at the time of this last shooting, under bond for shooting Mr. George Bussman, in this city, some time in Jauuarv last. He is about twenty-two years old. Cottier aim ujuuin , . ..... Hodges was about the same age, ami lias a mother, who lives in Marietta, Ga. The murder'd man and his murderer were drunk when tlie tragedy occurred. Cl’BA SKVVB. New York, May 12.—A Washington special says the Spanish Minister received last night a submarine cable dispatch from General Dulce announcing the final -up pression of the rebellion in Cuba. It is asserted by Dulce thatonly I,2ooinsurgents are under arms in detached bodies, with out leaders or concert of action. The news was submitted to the Htate Depart ment. It does not receive great credit here, and is supposed to he promulgated to discourage Ainericau sympathy with Calm and deter filibustering schemes.- The (Julians here affirm the ability of their countrymen ts hold out against the Span iards for some time. They claim that the armed bodies alleged to he wandering around constitute the nucleus of force- to tiie number of eight or ten thousand men, working on farms and plantations, that can he concentrated at any time to strike a decisive blow. The Tribune says : Tiie reports of en listment for Cubans in tliis city are un founded. A large number have volun teered to enlist but were declined. 'Die Cubans have soldiers enough on the island acclimated, and only want materials, with which they are being supplied a- fast as possible. Under tiie espionage of their agents here and elsewhere, they are sub jected toHpanish spies and officials. Many American officers have been engaged t<> superintend shipping war materials and are engaged on that duty. (Some in tiie South will go to Culm a id take an active duty. An Old Acquaintance in a Scrape. —Probably there is not a lawyer in Geor gia, or tiie South, who has not, in the course of liis life, had one or more letters from John Livingston of “Livingston’s Law Magazine,” New York eity. They will weep to read tiie following : A Lawyer Convicted of Fraud. —ln tiie Common Pleas Court, before Judge Daly, yesterday. Frances Wayland recovered a verdict of s<j 890, with interest, against John Living-toil and his sureties. Liv ingston is a lawyer, and was administra tor of the estate of tiie deceased husband of tiie plaintiff, in thesettlemeut of which he wa- guilty of frauds of such flagrant eharaeter as to call for severe rebuke by the Court, who pronounced Livingston a disgrace to his race, country and profes sion.—Lf. Y. Herald. 7 th. Another Mail Robber Caged.—We learn from the Rome Courier, that Charles Mills,route mail agent on theßel rna, Rome and Daltou Railroad, was ar rested a few days ago, charged with rob bing tiie mail in his care. It appears that the postmaster at Selma, a short time ago, gave Mills a registered letter arid took bis leeeipt for it. The letter having failed to reach its destination, be called on Mills for bis receipt showing timt it bad prop er y passed out of his bands. Mills could not make the proper showing and hence ills arrest. Hiuce he was carried to At lanta where he is still in custody, Mr. Ray, Brakesman on the same train, lias been arrested and carried there, probably at the instance of Mills .—Cob Sun, \\th An Extra Session of Congress —The Washington correspondent of the Balti more Gazette says that I* l ® dispatches, received in that city by the Government, leave no room to doubt an imminent and wide-spread revolution in Mexico. here is no reason to believe that our Govern ment has any policy in view of anarchy there. Our foreign relations are in such critical condition ail around, and the members of the Cabinet so much at va riance that it is not unlikely that the President will call Congress together by the first of August- Looking Up.—An Orangeburg corres pondent of the Charleston Courier, of Monday, says that real eßta,e 80,(1 there the Monday previous at a great advance ~n orevious prices Land that woulc not have brought fifty cents an acre twelve months ago. gold for threeand four dollars acre. We are glad to see it and to know that these prices were paid by farmers, not speculators.