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iWt Hawkins. How IHacon Came to l»c Settled—In teresting: Ilistorieal Ineidents from Advance Sheets »l tl»e \c>v History of Macon, (Georgia. The article below was sent by the Rev. S Boykin of Macon, Ga. and is an extract from a forthcoming history of the city of Macon by Mr. J. C. Butler. The book will be read with much interest by all Georgians as it will contain much historical information concerning the early matters and events of the middle portions of the State. The engraving was made from a drawing by Mr. E. D. Irvine, a talented young artist of Macon. It gives an idea of what Fort Hawkins was originally and also the present appearance of the old Block House now remaining. In 1802, by a treaty held at Fort Wilkinson, on the Oconee river, part of that land between that river and the Ocmulgee was obtained. The United States was represented at the command assembled by James Wilkinson, Brigadier Gen- U. S. A. Col. Benjamin Hawkins, of North Carolina and Andrew Pickens Esq., of South Carolina who were commissioned plenipotentia ry of the United States; and the Creek Nation was represented by their kings, chiefs, head men and warriors. The treaty was preliminary to the one of 1805, which secured the lands be tween the Oconee and Ocmulgee, except a por tion of the ‘Old Ocmulgee Fields’ which was to bo used as a trading post between the Whites and the Indians. The ceremonies which took place at the meeting of the council were report ed to Hon. Dearborn, Secretary of War, from which we make a few extracts: Fort Hawkins, near Macon, 6a. House of Representatives, at Washington City, a voluminous report upon Indian affairs, embra cing the condition of all the forts with statistics showing the capital employed in the Indian trade at each of the trading posts, or factories as they were now commonly called,for the four preceeding years; and in that report, which in cluded 12 factories, the Secretary heads,on every occasion, his statements with ‘Fort Hawkins Factory No. 1.’ Jonathan Halstead was the U. S. agent at Fort Hawkins at that time, and the amount of trade with the Indians in exchange . „ . for peltries etc., was $22,317,28 up to Sept. 30, May loth, 1802. The chiefs sent to inform the | 1811< Americans that on the next day they wished to DuriDg the Creek War of 1812-14, Fort Haw- receive them according to the ancient customs of j.jn was a prominent port for the landing and their country, at the public square; and they re- ^j S p 08 iti 0 n of troops. At that time, Capt. Phil quested the commissioners to be ready to move from their encampment early in the morniDg, and as soon as the runners arrived, to inform them everything was ready for their reception. May 24Ih. The commissioners went to the square, and were seated with all their attend ants. The chiefs of the upper and lower towns, having met at some distance from them, moved on in a body, two men in front dancing the eagle-tail dance, to music accompanied by the voices of all the men and the women. As soon as they arrived at the square the commissioners moved to a place prepared for them, when they were touched by the wiDgs in the hands of the Cook, afterwards Major of the 8th Regiment of U. S. Infantry, was in command. Among the prominent Georgians,Gen. David E. Triggs and Col. Wm. Cummin, were at that time in servioe as captains in the 8th Regiment. Gen’ls, Jack- son, Gaines and Floyd,were several times at the Fort in consultation with Col. Hawkins. About two miles beyond the Fort, on the Mil- edgeville road, Camp Hope was located, where Floyd’s army, with 750 men,at one time encam ped. Several skirmishes with the Indians oc curred near this camp and a battle on the oppo site side of the river, where Macon now stands, was fought and the Indians were defeated and dancers; behind Gen. ilkinson was a small j re treated beyond a high eminence, now known pit and a white staff standing by it; they brought a bow and arrow painted red, showed them to the commissioners then broke them, put them into the pit, covered them with eaith, and with a white deer skin; then great chiefs representing the Upper and Lower towns, wiped the faces of the commissioners with white deer skins, spread the skins on a log, and then sat them down. With the other skins they covered the commissioners, and after the embrace of friendship addressed them; Efaic Haujo—for the Upper Creeks—We, this day, a fine one for the occasion, a clear sun and \ sky meet our friends, brothers and fathers to j take them by the hand, according to the cus- | toms of our forefathers, as old as time itself. We j have at the feet of the Generaj buried the sharp j weapons of war which were in use in old times and such as we have; our white deer skins we place on the seat of our friends and cover them opbp; p prH one other emblem—a ." * r pipe. The convention met on May 23d, and continued until June 8 th, when it re-asembled and con tinued until June 30th. Another convention was held at the Agency on the Flint river on Nov. 23rd, 1804, represented by Beuj. Hawkins and the chief men of the Creek Nation which made other provisions and all of which were as ‘Singer's Hill, 1 about 4 miles northwest of Macon. General Jackson was at the Fort received a portion of the Georgia troops and assembled his army at Hartford, one of the dead towns of Georgia which was located on the Ocmulgee, oposite to where Hawkinsville now stands. The Indians were met in force in Alabama by Jack- son; the Georgia troops were under General Floyd who fought the famous battle of Aoutsia, defeating the enemy and gaining new laurels as a military commander. It was during this campaign that Major Christopher, B. Strong was severely wounded. Ten years afterwards, in March 1723, a town was laid out in the wilder ness opposite to Fort Hawkins and in a few years after its settlement Major Strong became j one of the leading citizens and was the third I Judge of the Supreme Court of the Flint circuit to which Bibb County was then attached. J Tig.'-As? In 1 , O or* err! Jac-hoon :■ ‘ Fort Hawkins with 1000 Tennesseans. He was rein forced by 050 Georgians and 400 friendly Indians and marched upon the Seminoles and Creeksjin Florida, who again commerced a war upon the whites. It was during this campaign that i Ambrister and Arbuthnot were captured by Jackson and were executed. other than as regarded their respective appoint ments. The same profuse luxuriousness that char acterizes the other parts of the mansion is observa ble in the dining apartment. It measur- s about eighty feet in length, and comfortably seats eighty people. The billiard room adjoining was pressed into service, and a Horded accommodations for about twenty couples. The dining room was lighted by four chandeliers constructed on a scale of elegance worthy of the palace of Aladdin. The carles dc me- nu were very tastily and expensively gotten up in red impression on white and tinted satin. Those of the ladies were edged with lace, and were with out exception preserved as precious souvenirs. The room presented a scene equalled only by that of the dancing pavilion. The long tables were freighted with every palatable luxury that was procurable. The cook of the l’alace Hotel and hisassistants, with a full corps ol waiters, had been engaged all day in perfecting the culinary arrangements and the beau ty of the festal board. A remarkable feature of the table was the collection of fancy pieces of pastry work. The collection contained eighteen pieces, embracing the elegant, unique and substantial; cu rious devices of ancient castles; naval and military ornamental pieces, and one in particular, entitled the “Lone I-'isherman.” It represented a staid, sober looking, ‘sucking pig,' leaning against a eastle.before which was a crystal lake; from his hand hung sus pended a fish line baited with a monstous fly, which approached but did not touch the water, in which, swimming above a submerged mirror, were several minute specimens of goldfish. The patient face with which the unfortunate fellow endured his ill-luck, and the comical effect of the master-piece elicited many remarks of heart y appreciation of the cook's genius. The whole affair was a grand success in ail its details, and will long be remembered by those who participated as one of the most brilliant receptions ever gotten up on the Pacific coast. At 2 oclock the first return train for San Francisco left the station, and at four the remainder of the guests left. DEAD LETTERS. A Peep Inside of the Office at Washington. Difficulties in the Way of Letters Reaching their Destination. WIIO EXECUTED ROBERT EMMET l The Historical finery Answered After Seven' five Years. Benjamin Hawkins, after whom the Fort was signed and more territory acquired in December ! named, died at his farm the old Creek Agency 1805 at Washington City and finally ratified in | on the Flint River in 1810. He had been in the June 1800, the chiefs representing the Indians, j Revolutionary war, and won the esteem of Gen- and Mr. Deaborn Secretary of M ar, the United j eral Washington. After that war he represented States in presence of President Jefferson This treaty reserved the tract of land five miles long and three miles broad, a part of the Old Ocmulgee Fields, to the Creeks, while it his native state, North Carolina, in Congress as U. S. Senator. He was appointed by Washing ton Indian Commissioner South of the Ohio river, and in 1785 was transferred to Georgia to lan Mclntoch to negotiate with the Creek Nation of Indians. He accomplished more successful work with the Indians than any commissioner ever in the service of the Government. He was a man of high character and scholastic ac quirements. The selection of the site lor the establishment of a United States Fort and Fac tory on the old Ocmuigee Fields, which is alone attributable to him gave the place a prominence in that portion of Georgia which induced a settlement by the whites in its vicinity andsub- sequently led to the foundation of the town of Macon. GETTING INTO SOCIETY. How Senator Sharon’s Daughter Made her Debut in California. Elaborate descriptions are furnished of a grand party given by Senator Sharon of California, in cel ebration of the “coming out” of liis second daugh ter, Flora. The event took place on the evening of the sth inst. sit Belmont, formerly the home of the millionaire Ralston, and now occupied by Senator Sharon. Two thousand invitations had been issued. Thirteen ears were provided and they were soon filled. Ats:2U o'clock the long train, drawn by two locomotives, slowly drew out of the depot and was soon speeding towards its destination. The train arrived in Belmont in the midst of blazing bonfires at !t:2 > o'clock, and carriages, barouches and other vehicles were in readiness to convey them to the house, about three quarters of a mile distant. The entire iengt h of 1 he i oad was lighted on either side granted to the United States Government, the join Andrew Pickens, Joseph Martin and Lach- right to establish thereon and continue a military ' ' " ’ “ post, with a factory, or trading house. FORT HAWKINS. Upon the recommendation of Col. Hawkins to the War Department in 1802, Mr. Jefferson in all the treaties with the Creek nation insisted npon the establishment of a military post on the Old Ocmulgee Fields. The right being now obtained, instructions were issued to the Com missioners to build the necessary fortifications and establish the factory or trading post. Col. Benj. Hawkins, who had been so long and efficiently engaged as a commissioner with the Indians, selected the site on the command ing eminence, near the river where but a soli tary blockhouse now remains. One hundred acres of ground were for many years reserved for military purposes around the fort. The fortifications comprised two large blockhouses, store houses and houses for the garrison, all surrounded by a stockade covering an area of four acres. The blockhouse which now remains, though. ‘Thou’rt crumbling to the dust, old pile’ was located in the southwestern corner of the stockades and its counterpart, the last relics ot which were removed a few years ago, was diag onally from it in the Northwestern corner. These houses were twenty-eight feet square with a basement and two stories which were surmoun ted by a sentinel’s tower. The basement was built of blocks of stone cemented together, each ! "J' 11 ‘ 'binese lanterns, and the darkness of tbe stone eighteen inches thick, and was ten teet I ni Sbf lent to their br.lUaul refiect.onsall the high; upon this was the first story of hewn timber,twelve inches thick and twelve feet high containing port holes on all sides for cannon and muskets; the second story was of twelve inch timber, twelve feet in height and cemen ted port holes as the first story. The second story projected over the under work three feet on all sides with port-holes for muskets in the part of the floor projecting so that if in case of an attack the Indians attempted to scale the stone basement and set fire to the woodwork above, the troops within could shoot down on them. The sentinels tower in the center of the roof was about eight feet high and gave quite an ornamental appearance to the structure. There were houses at the other corners of the stockade and also in its center the fronts of which formed a part of it. The stockade was built of timbers fourteen feet long, very com pact, set four feet in the earth, and each alter nate timber was pierced with a port hole for musketry. The forest for one hundred acres around was cleared of large growth so that the Indians could not conceal themselves for pro tection against the fire from the fort in time of battle. The fort was regarded a very im pregnable one against Indian warfare. The Indians used no artillery; the tomahawk and bows and arrows were their principal weapons; they had hut few small firearms. The Fort was built in 180G, and garrisoned by the removal of the U. 18. troops from Fort Wilkinson, near Milledgeville Ga. in 1807, the year that the Legislature held its first session at then the new capitol of the State. In 1812 Hod. Wm. Eustis, Secretary of War, transmitted to Hon. Henry Clay, Speaker of the SPLENDOR OF A FAIRY SCENE. As the longtrain of vehicles passed along the road they presented a pay appearance. Entering the house any eye but that accustomed to tbe|most luxu rious appointments would be dazzled with the splendor of all things it encounters. Every evidence of genuine taste, every indication of refinement, the total absence of vulgar display or shoddyism, capti vates the mind and holds it enthralled in an uncon scious acknowledgment of cultured gentility. The guests moving about lightly, drinking in with ea ger eyes and breath each new beauty in its turn, present a gorgeous spectacle. And espial to the grainiest artistic efforts to be anywhere encounter ed in or out of the house was the appearance of the gueststlfem^elves. Fully realizing the great mo ment of the occasion, every endeavor was exerted by maid and mistress alike to beautify every minu- tiea in person and apparel. The costumes, some of them soelegant as to defy description by tongue or portrayal by pen, made the scene resplendent. THE PAVILION is about one hundred feet in length. The floor, pol ished until it shines with a lustre akin to that of a diamond, is composed of alternate strips of light and dark California woods, and with a well designed borderof the same material. The wall would ap pear to be one vast stretch of mirrors On every side, and allowing only space enough between them to afford a tasty relief, are mirrors of the most mag nificent proportions. Before each mirror is placed a set o, costly and elegant vases, containing bouquets of the rarest flowers. About the sides of the room are ottomans, framed witli ebony and with tops of the most beautiful specimens of Italian marble. A cut glass skylight, extending the length of the room is made to cast back a brilliant reflect ion by the aid of three chandeliers containing sixty-six jets, and shining through as many gloties of the tastiest de vice. The ceiling is moulded in so elegant a shape as to find a counterpartjonly in themindof him who designed it. Handsomely gilded and frescoed, itls a gem of artistic effort. THE DINING-HAI.il is similar in size and appearanoe to thedancing pa vilion, neither one diflering inany essential respect The question of Who was the executioner of Rob ert Emmet? which has so long been a matter of in terest to Irish historical students, has at length been solved. On the 5th of August, according to a late Dublin letter, an extremely old man died in the Workhouse at Baltina, Mayo county, and two days later was consigned to a pauper's grave. His name was Barney Moran. He was a native of Dub lin, and so long as he was able to tramp about, lie made a livelihood as a professional it inerant ballad- singer. He believed himself at t lie time of his death to be about ninety-nine years of age. On his death bed he made a singular revelation to the doctor, j master and chaplain of Hie Workhouse, He toid them that he was one of the band of soldiers who,on I tbe oight of Mav .■•»> s accomnan 5 ' d M BorsSirr I ami swan'ToTEe b * ’< >i Mr. Xiciiofiis Murphy, the | feather merchant, N<\ i53 Thomas street, when Lord Edward Fitzgerald, was concealed, and effect- | ed the capture of the rebel chieftan. Barney Moran j avowed that in the terrible business he faithfully | discharged liis duty as a loyal soldier to the British j Crown. But his most startlingrevelation was to come. This was that lie also was the executioner of Robert. Fin- met. This confession has been corroborated since Moran's death by a most respectable gentleman of Beilina, who states that for many years he was awa-e of the unpleasant secret, but was pledged not to divulge it till Moran was beyond the reach of the obloquy sure to fall upon him. Moran's statement was to the effect that he was on duty at Portobello barracks on the evening of Sept, lath, 1803, when an emissary from Major Sirr came and offered him a considerable sun if next morning lie would officiate as hangman for Emmet, Barney Moran was unite willing on this occasion also to prove liis “loyalty” by working strangely out of keeping with a soldier's true vocation. But the history of that awful crime attests that British soldiers in too many cases lost all sense of honor and took a fiendish delight in the performance of any bloody deed, the victim ofwhieh would bean Irish rebel or suspected person. And so on the morning of Sept. 20th, 1803, Barney Moran (having been conveyed thither in civilian's clothes stood on the platform in Thomas street, di rectly opposite St. Catherine's Church, with Emmet beside him, pinioned and standing beneath the gal lows. The story runs that Emmet expected a res cue, and gazed about him long and wistfully as if trying to read hope in the upturned faces of the crowd. He protracted his arrangements as long as possible. Even with the halter around his neck, in answer to the executioner’s question whether lie was ready, lie several times exclaimed,“Not yet, not yet.” At length the executioner weary of waiting turned him off, with the words “not yet” coming from his lips. Moran admits that he was the man who did this deed, end after the hanging.severed the head from the body and held it up to the gaze of the spectators with the stereotyped formula, “This is tile head of a traitor.” After the execution Moran was conveyed by Major Sirr's underlings to the Cas tle, and then sent back to liis military duty. He kept the secret, for well he knew the tempest of ha tred and abhorrence which would gather around his head were it once known what he had done. His ill-got gains did not prosper. He quitted the army, and after a wandering life of hardship and privation for half a century, exactly seventy-five years after Emmet's death his executioner lias found a pauper’s death and a nameless grave. And thus there is one enigma less fur tiie historical student. A Sad, Sad Case. Persons not now in the city can never realize the sorrows and pressure of duties resting upon the few who have remained during the epidemic. Let this case illustrate many and indicate something of our condition. On Thursday the son of a pastor of one of our churches nun bering four hundred, was bur ied. The son him ' had many friends. Who at tended the funerai 8 The parents, themselves just from a yellow fever bed, and two nurses of the son— one an Italian, and the other a negro. These four and no others. Not a member of that pastor's church, not a citizen could he spared for an hour to go with him and bis heart-broken wife to the grave of their son. This was not from any want of friend ship, sympathy or affection on the part of thousands who knew the’family; it simply shows into what fearful necessities and sorrows this “noisome” pes tilence lias brought us.—Memphis l-’c. The Dead-Letter Office is a unique bureau, and a visit to it at Washington will show why letters be come “dead” and liow they are brought to life again. The room where the first operation is per formed upon the defunct missives is occupied by some score of clerks, and the appearance is strong ly suggestive of an old-fashfoned husking match. Huge piles of letters that have come from every point of the compass and almost every country in the world lie upon the tables, and the operatives are very busy inspecting and classifying them ac cording to their character or value. Each clerk makes five classes of the letters as he opens them. First and most valuable are the “money letters,” containing bank notes or coin to the amount of $1 or more. Whenever a letter of this descriptioms opened, the contents are examined and immediate ly returned to the envelope, upon which the clerk indorses the amount and kind of money within, subscribing his own name or initials. A careful record is made of all such letters, aud they are then passed into the hands of a chief clerk, whose busi ness it is to return them to the writers, with proper instructions to the deputy postmasters to deliver the money and take receipts for it. The greatest care and vigilance are exercised in this branch of the business, and there is scarcely a possibility that a valuable letter, which fca^ once reached the Dead-letter (ifllce, should fail of getting back, either to the writer or the person originally addressed, provided that either of them can be found or heard of at the address given on the letter. THE DAILY AVERAGE of money now found is about 8200. Last year more than tso,hod was returned to the owners through this office. Sometimes money is enclosed in an en velope without any letter accompanying it, or, what is just as bad, without any proper signature. In such cases another effort is made to reach t he person to whom it was addressed, and failing in this, the money is deposited at the department, to be delivered to the rightful owner whenever he snail come forward ana establish his claim. The second class of letters made by the clerks are tech nically called “minors,” and contain notes of hand, drafts, checks, bills of exchange, deeds, mortgages, insurance policies, and other papers that are or may become representatives of money value; and besides these a great many articles of more or less value, including jewelry, pictures, etc. All letters of this class are re-enveloped and indorsed by the clerks who open them, and after being carefully registered are sent to another office to be returned to the owners. Many letters are received at the de partment making anxious inquiries for money or valuables sent through the mail and known to have failed in reaching the persons addressed.— These letters cannot expedite their return. The lost letter must remain two months advertised at the local office before it is sent to Washington, and then it must be found before it can be returned to the owner. Formerly there was qufte A COLLECTION OF CURIOSITIES at the Department composed of articles found in dead letters without any one to claim them. This lias been dispensed with, and every letter contain ing anything of value is retured to the owner if it j is at all practicable. The third class of letters con sists of such as contain stamps, com in less sums j than one dollar, receipts for money or property, | legal documents, etc These, being of less value, are not formerly registered with a description of | their contents, but special cierks devote their time ! in returning them to their owners. Last, but not least in number of tiie preserved letters, are those which contain no valuable inclosure, but are so [ [Answers to Correspondents. ' Sarah: Promise to quit talking about our neigh bors? Don't promise any such foolishness, Sarah We are stagnating now in our “sleepy hollows" of towns, without being deprived of our pepper sauce. Gossip is a necessary evil and keeps folks straight. Just think what the world would be if no one no ticed what any one else was doing. Think of it seriously. How many enthusiastic ladies would ttiere be at Miss. Bugg’s opening of sublime hats and bonnets? Would Kate want a white silk wedding dress and be married in the church, only she thinks all the town will he there and some times it isn’t, and she is not criticised, envied or pitied as much as she likes. Take away the bacon and sorghum and snuff mops, but don’t try to deprive the woman of what alone makes life en durable—gossip about one another. Ida: Do we look funny ? No, we don’t. We look like we “bad laid in the nettles and fed on the corn cobs of life,” and if you think youv'eseen that sub lime line in Tennyson's, “Maud,” we beg leave t^ inform you that you did not, for wedon’tcopy from any one. Don’t you know there's no humor in a perpetual giggler? Belsiiazak : You can’t see what cotton worms were made lor ?jt Well, your education has been sadly neglected. Cotton worms, business, cyclones and domestic burs, make people ready and willing to die. Who do you suppose would sigh for the “better land” if the old raven disappointment, that follows man from the cradle to the grave, croaking “nevermore” at liis heels, were to be driven out of this world and never more allowed to enter it again. If you will look at your crop of worms philosophically, Belshazar, you will acknowledge that every thing that destroys happiness in this life, is an invaluable blessing and “blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall not be disappoint ed.” r Hunter: Certainly we know that the musketo is not a “night bird” only. Do you think we have never “tramped it” in the vicinity of a swamp or fished in a Florida lake ? If you will touch a little spirits of turpentine over your hands and about your face and clothes, the pests will not trouble you. Country Girl: If you are not aware of where the best goods, and most reasonable prices are to be had in the city stores and have no acquaintance in the city to accompany you in your shopping, your best course will be to look through various eetab- ments and compare prices and goods. “I will look, elsewhere” will usually bring the clerk, who may be trying to impose on you, to bottom prices, for great is the competition among “ye dry goots" men. Bays Bertha, of Richmond—“Now tell me is it true that among the French families of Louisiana it is the custom where there is an engaged couple, for the prospective bridegroom to furnish the bridal out-lit for his intended?” It is. The fiance furnishes everything the bride wears at her marriage from veil to slippers. Wo believe it is a custom brought from la belli France. John 1’: it is best to keep a sharp eye on the girl if she talks in that style. However, she may be putting you to a test, or just teasing. Girls are dated and signed that it is possible to return them to the writers. These letters constitute about one- ! hard to understand, but often their caprices are on- haif of all the dead letters returned to the < General j ]y surface deep, and the wisest lover is he who doe Post Office. The other half of this great multitude j of stray epistles is composed of such as are not da- : ted at any post town or office i the postmark itself frequently illegible), and have no proper 1 being frequently illegible), and hav signature. These and some others of an utterly worthless class are first torn to shreds by a machine to render them illegible, and then sold to the paper- makers. There are a great number of clerks en gaged in opening and returning dead letters. They dispose of over 15,<m<) a day, amounting to several millions in the course of a year. It i s pertinent to ask the question, why do so many letters FA q.TO KFV111 niK PERSONS to whom they/are add Jessed? It is Evidently no fault of the mail carriers, for each dead letter has been to the office to which it was directed and re mained there several months. It is because peo ple are so migratory in their habits that they can not remain stationary long enough to have a" let ter delivered through the mail ? This principle ac counts for it in part, but there are many other causes. Thousands of Iettets arc directed to the wrong Post (ifficc by the writer, who merely guess es he is sending it to the right one. Other thousands have tiie name of the party addressed so imper fectly written that the owner of the letter himself could liot tell that it belonged to him. Others have the name of the State so imperfectly written that the letters are quite as likely to go in the wrong direction as the right. It is better generally to avoid abbreviations and write the name of a state in full, thus preventing the possibility of going in the wrong direction. There are seven states— Maine, Massachusetts. Maryland, Michigan, Min nesota, Missouri and Mississippi—beginning with M. The abbreviations of these names imperfectly written will frequently send a letter two or three thousand miles in the wrong direction. If you wish a letter to reach its destination, or, failing to find the person to whom it is sent, to be returned, it can be secured almost beyond the possibility of failure, by observing the iollowing directions,' Di rect the letter legibly, writing the name of the per son to whom it is sent, his town, county, if possi ble, and State upon the envelope. It is well also to repeat this either at the head or foot of the letter itself. If he Is to be found there the letter will reach him almost without fail At the head of the letter write your own address, town, county, and .State in full. It is not enough to give the town merely, for there are so many places of the same name in different counties and States that this alonegives no sufficient clue to the one in question. If your letter is dated merely “Jackson,” how can the office know which of the 150 “Jacksons” in the country has the honor of be ing your residence? Then sign your name clearly at the end. If you indulge in a fancy signature, which only yourself and the teller ol the bank where you keep your funds can read, do not use it. The office has not the pleasure of your personal acquain tance and has no means of identifying your cabalis- ticsignature. Write your name in full. It is not sufficient to.sign “Your affect innate brother, Rob." or “Your own loving Maggie.” For all the office knows there are in your town a score of “Robs" and “Maggies,’’just as “affectionate” and “loving” as you are. If you observe those directions, and the letter faiis to reach the person for whom it was intended, you will, in due time, receive it through tiie Dead- letter office, provided always that you have not in the meanwhile changed your residence. not worry over them. Cornfield: Yes, sugar is beiDg made- of com stalks quite successfully as an experiment. Young Doctor : Find a new field of operation, and use tact and patience in working yourself into a practice, Don't sit down and wait to be sought.— Fiud the medium between vulgar pushing and a i laudable desire to bring yourself into notice. 2nd, The cold water and stripping experi :nentdi<l iml succeed in curing yellow lever. Dora writes—“I have a beau whom I like but he has one fault, when becomes to see me in the evening he will stay too long. I bate to hurt hi- feelings by saying ‘go\ and am at a loss what to do,< If he wont take a hint, tell him frankly that, you prefer his leaving at a reasonable hour. If he is sensible, he will like you none the less for your candor. Itisa great breach of etiquette for a young man to break into the regular habits ofa family by prolonging his evening visit beyond the usual hour for retiring. Ten o'clock is late enough ior a call in the evening. SOCIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Helping The Poor. Sudden Death and Overwhelming Sorrow. The most startling death since tiie epidemic was first announced, and one that conveys a warning to convalescents, is that of Francis \V. Schley, of 31 Winchester avenue. It occurred yesterday, on Market street between three and half-past- four o’clock—no one can tell exactly the mo ment as he was alone and no person seems to have traveled the street until about the latter hour— when Dr. Nuttal found the unfortunate man lying upon his bank, quite dead, a basket containing a couple of bushels of potatoes beside him. He left his wife at three o’clock for the grocery, where lie purchased the potatoes, ami was on bis way borne and within, perhaps, a hundred yards of-it when his strength which he had overtaxed as a convalescent gaveout’aml ho foil, perhaps lay down and died. He had a very severe attack of the fever, but for two weeks had been convalescing, and was supposed to be beyond any danger. But so slender and lender is the cord of life as the fever leaves it, that even the slight exertion of a short walk and the weight ol a basket a little child might carry without strain, broke It and he passed away alone, so near and yet so far from the touch ofa tender hand and the kiss of afiectionate lips. Dr. Nuttall conveyed the sad news to his wife as tenderly as he could, but her emotion none the less overcame her and she gave way to a soul-harrowing grief. She has the sympa thy of the conunnuity.—M&niphis sLvaUvnche, Some weeks since a youth whose parents live on Second street, began saving up his pennies to help the poor when winter came, and he ex hibited so much enthusiasm in the good work that his father was liberal with small change. The lad’s savings footed up about three dollars, when, the other noon the father came to dinner to find a fruit peddler’s wagon just leaving the alley, and such a stack of muskmelons in the back yard as he never saw before. ‘What does all this mean ?’ he enquired of tbe son, whose dancing eyes betrayed the good feel ing in his heart. ‘I’ve bought ’em—bought the whole pile for four cents apiece !’ was the reply. ‘You have ! Why I thought you were saving up money for the poor.’ ‘That’s what I was doing, but now I’ve invest ed it for ’em. I’m going to keep these melons down cellar till New Year, and then I’m going to carry 'em around and give the poor a surprise! Won‘t they feel boss, though !‘ A method of makiDg an artificial marble is said to have been devised by Miss Hosmer, the sculptor. The subject is first sculptured in limestone, and then placed in a boiler filled with pure water, in which it is hermetically sealed, and fire applied. When the pressure indicat ed by a manometer shows an atmospheric pres sure of five or six degrees the water is allowed to cool. The sculpture is then withdrawn and treated in colored baths, with a suitable mor dant, such as alum, for fixing the colors. This department became such a huge and popm lar feature that we could not attend to the hundreds of letters which accumulated each week and we were forced to abandon it for a while. But there has been such a clamor for its re-establish ment that we again introduce it with the following restrictions; 1. All letters must be accompanied with the cash at the rate of five cents per line, ten words make a line. 2- Letters to be forwarded must be open for inspection. 3. Each letter must be enclosed in a paid envelope. Will Miss “Estelle" please send her address to Sunny South office, directed to Roseliury, and re ceive immediate response from a devoted admirer. I am a young man of nineteen summers. Five feet, nine inches high, gray eyes, black hair, and fair complexion, and of high social standing. Photo graph exchanged if desired. May, of Tennessee, solicits a few young gentle men'correspondents. Description given in first letter. Direct care Sunny South. Frank DeColma, still wishes a lew more lady correspondents added to his list. Accurate descrip tion given; also, true name and photograph ex changed if desired. Allie Eden would be pleased to secure a limited number of gentleman correspondents, with moral habits, and amiable dispositions. Will you please say to the young ladies of the South,* widows included , that S. S. 15.,* a bachelor of thirty-five, would be extremely happy to secure a few correspondents. Object—amusement and matrimony. True name, and other particulars giv en if required. Address, S. S. B., care Sunuy South, J. C. G desires an immediate response from some young lady, between fifteen and eighteen; blonde preferred. * < ibject, improvement and fun. Address, care of this office. Lucinda, Emma Jerusha Jane, and Alice Genie three young ladies, would like to corespond with a limited number ol young gentlemen, who can wash, iron, cook, and uo all kind of house work, as we believe'tis a poor rule that wont work both ways," and not leave all the drudgery as ‘‘Mare Morae', would have it to the ladies, vet Jerusha says she would like to correspond with “Mare,” just to ascertain the kind of material he is com posed of. Should he respond to this she will an swer immediately. ■Will Henry S, Lake write instanter to Cecil Lav- ami secure an agreeable correspondent. Direct care Sunny South. St. Elmo wishes to correspond with a blonde, between the ages of fifteen and eighteen. George Barton is five feet, eleven inches, with light hair, and desires to correspond with a blonde, between eighteen and twenty. Object matrimony. Clifton Gordon is five feet nine, and has black hair and eyes, would delight in a correspondence with a brunette, between fifteen and seventeen. Object pure. Address care Sunny South. Please say to Longfellow and Narvin Jr., that “Heartsease” aged sweet-sixteen, light brown hair and brown eyes, fair complexion, would be pleased to hear from either one or both of them, provided they ope u the correspondence by writing the tirst letter.