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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL BY WESTON & COMBS. §jtooa SSlttklj Jnmm, PUBLISHED EVERT TIIURSDAT. TERMS— Strictly In defiance. Three months * Six months * fr One year 1 uu ADVERTISING” RATES! NO. SQUARES. !i ' i ONE MONTH. TWO MONTHS. 1 [ THREE m’tHS. I | SIX MONTHS. | | ONE TEAR. I I ONE. $ 8 0(J * 500 * 7 Oo|sl2 60 S2O 00 TWO 6 00 7 60 10 00: 18 00 26 00 THREE 700 10 00 12 00 20 00 30 00 four 000 12 00 16 00 25 00 40 00 $ 10 00 18 00 25 00 40 00 60 00 | 15 00 25 00 35 00 60 00 110 00 ] col. 25 00 40 00 60 00 110 00 200 0 To ddeertiaers The money for ad vertising considered due after first inser tion. Advertisements inserted at intervals to be charged as new each insertion. An additional charge of 10 per cent will be made on advertisements ordered to be in serted on a particular page. Advertisements under the head of "Spe cial Notices” will be inserted for 15 cents por line, for the first insertion, and 10 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements in the “ Local Column,”' will be inserted at 25 cents per line for the first, and 20cent- per line for each subse quent insertion. All communications or letters on business intended for this office should be addressed to "The Dawson Journal” graftggtciial garfli. C B. WOOTEN, Attorney at Law, MACCN, GA. \A T ILI. practice in the Circuit Courts of v Y South-west G*., and in the District and i'npretne courts of the State and United States. All business from whatever section or of whatever character entrusted to him will receive prompt attention. oct!A-’7l. JL 31 n, reGrzffcurifd and Irvin. Attorneys at Law, HACO.V, - - - GEORGIA. 11/ 11 L give attention o professional bus. VY iness in the Macon, South-western A Patanla Circuits; in the U S Courts, anSa vannah, and Atlanta, and by speciil con tract iu any part ot the State. F. M- HARPER jlttorjiey ajii Colipllor at Lato w.iii-so.T. ca. DR. G. W. FARRAR HAS located in this city, and offers h ; s Fi'O f essionjl services to the public - Office next, door to the "Journal ‘ flicp," on Main Street, where he can be found in the day, unless professionally engaged, and at night at his re.-idetee opposite the Baptist church f| fob. 2-.tf: IK. J. WARR EU, ATTOBXKY AT LAW, STd'iKSI '.'LIE, - - - Gd. G. W. WARWICK, Att’y at Law and'Solicitor in Equity SMITH VILLE, GA. Will practice in South We?ern and ciuuits. Collectiont* promptly remitted. ti. A. COLLIER. * C. T. Gil EYES, TOWNS HOUSE, IIKOH) VJ\, ALBANY, O^V in- IS. A. COI.EIEK & CO. McAFE HOUSE, At Sniithvillf, l a. fFHE widersignea having fitted up the Me -1 Alee House at. Smithville, take# pleasure in notifying tho travelling public that the above house is now iu the "full tide” of suc cessful administration bv himself. Ue will spare no expense to make it a First-Class Hotel. J/eals ready o:i the arrival of the rain. ' W. M. McAFEE. PLANTATION Ifoi* gale# I OFFER for sale my place, five miles be low Dawson, immediately on the Railroad, fiootainirg 141'7-J- acres. YVell watered and (Cvwiaeeed, Asa Block /<arm, unsurpassed jHealthy everyway. To any one ,wanting a bouse, here ia an opportunity to get one at haff its real value, as I am deter mined to sell, either for money or cottsn, to a responsible party. Apply to W. F. ORR, .at iLiwoon. If not sold, will be for rent. scptHSm W.T. BURGE. COTTON. Campbell &. jones .A gam offer tlieir services to Planters and Merchants, as Warehouse & Commission MERCHANTS, Jnd ask a continuance of the patronage so liberally given them the past season. Close personal attention given to the S f or» age and Bale of Cotton, and to the fihinfr of orders for Bagging and Ties and Plantation Supplies. Itefer to the patrons of the past season, /lemembcr the place— Iron Wareliose, Poplar St., MACON, GA. P. S.—Agents for the Winehip Improved Cotton Gin and John Merryinan k Co.’s -4 m moniated Dissolved Bones, wliioli wc now ol rfc at a reduced price. Septl4 “FEARinrs.” A Fen Picture I*v a Fat Eoit tributor. /’rom the Cindnnattl J'lmes and Chronicle. I “interviewed” a train-boy coming down and obtained some valuable in formation concerning tho peculiarities of his arduous profession. Everybody who travels understands what a train boy is. "Peanuts” is the cognomen by which he is known to railroad men. lie has a way of bringing himself and his wares into notice, and is not oasily evaded. He is the particular horror of some folks, the annoyance of others, and the amusement of a few, just as we are disposed to look at people with whom wo are thrown in contact. He caters to the tastes of his custom ers, whether they want peanuts or poetry, fictions or figs, and, if their condition demands an application of prize candy, he is ready with that. A shrewd judge of human nature is “Peanuts,” and ho rareiy makes a mistake on a passenger, so, if he re serves tho higher class literature for other passengers and drops a blood and-thunder romance or a comic al manac into your lap, you may as well accept at once the round he has as signed you on the intellectual ladder and roost there. The particular “Peanuts” whom I interviewed the other day has been in tho business about eight years, and unites natural shrewdness with a long and varied experience in struggling with the railroad passenger. 1 don’t claim tho credit of having picked up “Peanuts,” for 1 Peanuts,” in reality, picked up me. I stepped into the for ward car to smoke a cigar after break fast, and “Peanuts,” who was await ing tho return of the passengers from the dining hall with a tempting array of prize candy, apples, cigars, and cheap literature, opened conversation and drew out numerous particulars re garding my destination and business, almost before 1 knew it. It then oc cured to me to interview “Peanuts,” and, as ho proved communicative, this was no difficult tiling to do. The in terview ran about as follows; Question — “How long have you been a train boy Y” Peanuts —“About eight years.” Question —“What were you doing before you went into this business Peanuts —“I was in Prof Delian’s Commercial College. Smart man, De lian is. lie takes a boy right out of the cornfield and makes a first-class book-keeper of him in s'x weeks” Q —“ What is the most you liavo made at it ?” Peanuts—“l have made as high as three linndred dollars a month run ning out of Chicago. Can’t make as much on this lino. The Chicago roads are tho best in this country for our business, three to one.” Question —“What kind of books do you sell most of V” Peanuts—“ Works of fiction. Scien tific books sell pretty well—‘Win chell’s Vestiges of Creation,’ for in stance —that is a sensation book, how ever.” Q —“ What novelist is the favorite ?” Peanuts—" Mrs. Stowe ; sell more of her books than those of any other wri ter. Tennyson is the favorite poet. Don't sell many of Dickens’ or Thack eray’s novels. Charles Lead is very popular ; so is Holmes. Mark Twain lias sold well, and Hillings : both fal len ulf. \Suid i.-u’t touched any more.” Q —r" What books do you make the most profit on V” Peanuts—“ High priced books. 1 never offer a cheap book to a man who looks as though he had intelli gence. A man ot reading, who knows what a book is, is flattered a little to have me lay nij - most select authors be fore hiui, don’t you see ?—and ten chances to one he will buy a book of me whether he wants it or not, in or der to confirm my judgment of him. 1 tell you, every man lias his weak spot.” Q— "What magazines sell the best T”. Pea nuts — “Harpe r’s Monthly ; Scribner’s next. Sell two of Harper’s to one of any other. Galaxy and Old and New sell moderately. I.tell you what, I’ve sold a heap of this. ‘Expose of Masonry,” full ot pictures of coffins, skulls and” hobgoblins. The pictures sell it. Small cuts are of no account to sell a book. They must be full page pictures,” B—“ Cigar trade good ?” Peanuts —“It don’t amount to much. \\ T e smoko more of them ourselves than wo sell. Fruits sell well in sea son. 1 have sold as high as fifty dol lars’ worth of California pears in one Jay. But that was on the Chicago and Milwaukee road.” Q “Who are your best custom ers:”’ Peanuts— “ People who travel a good deal. Take men and women who don’t ride on the railroad very often, and they havn’t time to read, they are so busy looking ; and they bring their own cakes and apples. Public men are good customers, as a general thin o- . I have traded w ith about ail the public men in the country.” q “Whom did you find the most liberal ?’ ’ Peanuts—“ Brick Pomeroy was the most liberal man I ever had. He would buy everything. I sold him thirty-two* dollars’ worth on one trip. Frank Blair is tho worst customer ■ amoll them public fellers 1\ e bad him ten limes, and never sold him a cents’ worth. Tho other boys say the same thing ’ Q—“ How do you know t PGauuts—“Why, when we get to gether wo compare notes. “Who did yju liavo to-day, Bill ? I says ‘Frank Blair,’ sajs Bill, ‘and ho wasn t worth DAWSON. GA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1872. the price of a yesterday’s pupsr. Who did you have ?’ Then I says ‘I had Curl Schurz,’ for instance, ‘and he brought mo in four dollars and a half,’ so you can sec we got these fellows down pretty closo.” Q—“ What other celebrities have you had ?' Peanuts—" Well, thore is Ben But lei. Had him and Banks together one day. Butlor is liberal, so is Banks. Banks bought five dollars’ worth of prize candy. I sold Purepa Rosa thirteen dollars’ worth of prize candy over between Milwaukee and Chicago. Oh, they will all buy it (this with a w - ink.) Olive Logan looks at all the books, but don’t buy any. Cady Stanton buys fruit. Gough in vests in one newspaper, which does him all day. Lingard and Dunning buy candy liberally. K«'iiiurkal>l<‘ A ift - < - f ion of a Many instances have beon given by travelers of thfe affection shown by Arabian horses toward their masters ; and much also has been written to prove their sagacitv, a3 to make one believe, at times, that they must be endued with an instinct which ap proaches nearly, if not quite, to the reasoning faculties of a human being. Be this as it may; we very much doubt if, among tho feats narrated of tho horses of tho East, can any one be found that exceeds in affectionate devotion the following incident, which was told us a few days since by the soldier to whom it occurred. The nar rator is a young Irishman, and like many others of his nation, joined, shortly after his arrival iu America, Sheridan’s brigade. It was in one of those forced marches, when they had driven back the enemy and had been in the saddle for several consecutive days and nights, that his trooper avail ed himself of a temporary halt to slip from his saddle and stretch himself upon the turf—his horse, meanwhilo, browsing in the immediate neighbor hood. He had slept for some little time when he was suddenly awakened by the frantic pawing of his horse at his side. Fatigued by his long ride, he did not arouse at once, but lay in that conscious state which so frequent ly attends great physical prostration. Soon, however, the faithful animal perceiving that its etfoits had failed to accomplish their object, licked his face, and placing his mouth close to his ear uttered a loud snort. Now thorough ly awake, he sprung up, and, as the horse turned lor him to mount, he saw for the first time that his comrades had all disappeared, and that the ono my were coming down upon him at full gallop. Once mounted, tho faith ful beast bore him with the speed i tho wind safely from danger, and soon placed him among his companions.— “Thus,” he added with emotion, “tho noble follow saved mo from captivity, and perhaps from death. Can there be found on iccord a more beautiful example of affectionate de votion, on the part of a dumb bruto for his master, than this ? Undoubt edly, similar examples have occurred during the late European, and our own civil wars, which will forever be buried in oblivion. Would that they might b L eight to l'gbt, their naira turn could in any way mitigate the cruelty to which tho horse—notwith standing the efforts of Mr. Bergh— is constantly subjected, especially iu our large cities, where many of the drivers are more brutal than the beasts they have in charge. Two Yt kicks to Bk .in With. —ln a city in Western New York, renowned lor its crowded churches on Sundays, there was one called by way of emi nence the Brick Church. It was the first church built of brick in the city. Its congregations so increased that the church could not accomodate tlie crowd. It was old-fashioned and be hind times. At length, it was resolved to build anew church. - Meetiugpaf'ter meeting was held, but the prospects for anew church grew morg and more discouraging, until the lgost hopeful grew disheartened and were ready to give it "up. Ono morning after a dis couraging meeting had beon held, the pastor’s doorbell rang very early. On opening tho door the servant found a small boy who inquired for Dr. 8 . The servant told him that ho hud not come down, and demanded what he wanted. "I want to see Dr. 8 ,” said the boy. Presently Dr. S came to the door ami found a small boy with a wheel-barrow three times as largo as himself, holding two bricks which lie said he “had brought to build the new church with.” Tho doctor put on his hat aud walked into tho street, saying to every man he mot, “The church will bo built; the first load of bricks is on the ground.” And it was built; a large beautiful church. Who shall despise tho day of small things '( Truth can hardly be expected to adapt itself to the crooked policy and wily sinuosities of worldly affairs ; for truth, like light, travels only in straight! lines. Never hire another person to do tho work which you call well do yourself, | unless you are suitably employed in ; some other occupation. A Persian philosopher being asked by what methoil ho had acquired so much knowledge, angered: “By not being preventld by shame from ask ing questions ffvlieu I was ignorant.” The ruin ot most men dates from some vaeont tour. Occupation is tho armor of thefsoul. There is a satiri cai poem’ iu Which the devil is repre sented as fishing for men, and fitting his bait to tlufltosto and business of bis prey ; bidler gave him no trouble as lioT’ff tho naked hook. Calendar FOU 1 8 7 2. MM p| « ft •; > < = £ c ■>. r* ; i£~£ s■? J a . ....! Ij 3S 4 #!'• Jiriv 13*14i si «! ■ 7 8 !110 11112 13 A7Betoll 12 Lt 14 1511# 17 18 11) 2U 14 15 Rt 17 lsitl 2U 21 22 23 24 lAIXvIH 21 22 it 24 25 26 27 , 28 2D :ttl 111 ... ...1... . i2B 2U 30,31 ...' re». ...1... ... ... 1 2' 3 Aug.... '...: I, 2 3 I 4 6 S ; 7 81 It 10|| 14 5 0 7 8 It 10: 1112 13.14 15U017. 111,12 13 1415 1017 18 1!) 30 21 22|23 24 | |IS 111 20 21 22 23 24 „ 25 26,27,2# 2»;...|... '25 20 27 28 21 30 31 I3f. ..-'--I—l ! 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I 34: V 671 8 It 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 1 10 11 12 13 11 15 16. | 19 20 21 22 23,24 25 T 11M8 19 2tl 21 22 23 I 26,27,28,2# nu.M • i 21 25 28,27.28 29 30 ,uue 4 iiV-.jj ike., i2;i 4 J 0"7 9 10 1112 13 I I TO :♦ « 9 10 11 12 13 11 ;1C 17 18 19 20:21 22 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 !23 24 25 26 27!28 29 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 130 129 30 31 Acts of ilie <»c>i<'ial Assembly of Georgia Fiiwcil at tlic slot# IST I. /•’rom tlie Federal Union To provide for a special election of Governor, to fill the unexpired term of Rufus B. Bullock, late Governor, and for other purposes—passed over Con ley’s veto by a two third vote, 22d Nov. 1871. 1. To repeal an act entitled an act to make it lawful lor legal voters of the city of Atlanta to vote for Mayor in any ono of tho Wards of said city, provided, no person shall vote but one time at the same election, and to pre vent any person from voting for Coun cilmen for any otlior Ward than the one in which he actually resides at the time of voting. Assented to Oc tober 25, 1870 Nov. 10. 2. To incorporate the Tan Wort Slate mining Company, and for other purposes. Nov. 21. 3 To incorporate the Excelsior Slate Mining Company of the county of Polk, and for other purposes. Nov. 2 1. 4. To alter and amend section 1035 and 1038 of the Revised Code, and for other purposes. Nov. 28. 5. To explain and alter section 243 of the Revised Code of Georgia. No vember 26. G. To repeal the 20th section of an act approved October 25, 1870, and for other purposes. November 20. 7. To amend an act entitled an act to authorize tho Mayor and Council of Romo to subscribe, not exceeding one hundred thousand'dollars of stock, in the Memphis Branch Railroad Com pany, and for other purposes, approved October 10, 1871)., 8. To abolish tin, City Court of Ma con, and to repeal an act to create and organize the. City Court of Macon, to define the jurisdiction thereof, and for other purposes. December 1. 9. To change the charter of tho University of Georgia, so as to add four additional Trustees to tho Alum ni Society. December 2. 10. To authorize tho County Com missioners ol Pike county to audit claims of officers for extra services and for other purposos. December 2. 11 To componsfito grand and tra verse j urors of Superior Courts of the counties of DeKalb aud Fulton, and to authorize the tax collectors to re ceive jury certificates for county tax es, and to pay constsb'es attending tho Superior Courts of Delvilb and Ful ton counties,. December 2. 12. To compensate grand and tra verse jurors'of tho county of Polk - December - 2. 13. To amend an act to ci’oato a board of commissioßers of roads and revenue for the county of Glynn, passed in the year 1870. Dec. 4. 14. To repeal an act entitled an act to provide for an election, and to alter and amend the laws in relation to the holding of elections, approved Octo ber 3, 1870. Deceadm 1 4. 15. To authorize the revision of the jury box in the counties of Cherokee, Twiggs and Fulton. December 5. 10. To amend an act to incorporate tho Memphis Bra null Railroad Com pany, and to grant certain powers and privileges, and fur other purposes; and to legalize and make valid the or ganization of said company. Docem i her 4. 17. To repeal an act ontitled an act to mako permanent tho site of tho ' public buildings in afid for the county of Heard at the town of Franklin, and to incorporate the same and all acts amende lory thofeto, assented to December 2(5, 1831, and for other pur poses December 4, 18. To repeal an act entitled an act to change the time of the annual meeting of the Legislature of this State, approved October 2d, 1870. — December 4, 19. To repeal an art entitled an act assented to October 17, 1870, as ere- 1 otestho Alapaha Judicial Circuit, and to add the county of Lowndes to the Southern Judicial Circuit, aud tho i counties of Echols, Clinch, Coffee and j Ware to tho Brunswick Judicial Cir cuit. December 4. I 20. To change tho lines between the counties of Mclntosh and Liberty.— I December 4. I 21. To exempt firomen from jury 1 duty. December 5. j 22. To repeal an act entitled an act ! to organize the District Court, and to I define its jurisdetion, and for otlior I purposes ; approved October 28, I*7o, Bussed over the Governor's veto. De cember 7. 1 24. To alter and amend section 178 of Irwin’s Revised Code. Passed over ilic Governor’s veto 1 >ecember 7. I 24. To authorize the payment of 10 per cent interest on ouo huudrod bonds •of one thousand dollars each by the 1 Schofield Rolling Mill Company.— | December 7. 25. To incorporate the town of Col quitt, and to provide for tho election of Commissioners for the samo. De- ! 1 comber 8. 26. For the relief of O. P. Anth my Tax Collector of tho county of Clay, and his securities. December 8. 27. To amend and add to tbc law of arson in tho State of Georgia.— 1 December 8. 2S. To amend an act for the hotter regulation and government of the town of Sparta, in the county of Han cock, and the acts amendatory thereof, and for ether purposes. December 8. 2D. To incorporate the Oglethorpe Fertilizing Company, and for other purposes. December 9. 30. To incorporate tho Chattahoo chee Manufacturing Company. Do cembor 9. 31. Jo incorporate the Atlantic, Fort Yallcy and Memphis Railroad Company, and for other purposes thorein mentioned. December 9. 32 To amend an act to incorporate the Newnan and Americas Railroad Company, and for other purposes assented to August 2, 1870 Doc. 9, 33. To authorize the Ordinary of Gwinnett county to issue bonds for the : purpose of raising money to build a Court-house. Decomber 9. 34. To provide for levying and col lecting a tax for the payment of bills for insolvent criminal costs due Bonj. L. Cole, late Sheriff of Chatham coun ty, and W. H. Bullock, late Clerk Su perior Court of Chatham county. De cember 9. 35. To incorporate the Grand Bay Paper Manufacturing Company. De cember 9. 36. To authorize the corporato au thorities of the city of Dalton to issue bonds for educational purposes. De cember 9. 37. To authorize a counter showing to motion for a continuance in the courts of this State. December 9. 38. To incorporate the town of Til ton, in Whitfield county, and to ap point commissioners for the same, etc. December 9. 39. To authorize the Ordinary of Cobb county to issue and negotiate bonds and provide means for the re demption thereof by taxation, for tho purppso of building and furuishing a court house in the city of Marietta, in said county of Cobb, etc. December 9. 40. To make it legal for sheriffs, coroners and other levying officers to sell all kinds of personal property without exposing the samo before the court-house door fct tho timo of sale. December 9. 4i. For the election of a board of Commissioners for tho county of ScYiv on, define their duties, and for other purposes. December 9. 42. To change tho law of distribu tion, so far as affects tho seporato property cf married women. Decem ber 9. 43. To authorize tho Mayor and Council of the city of Cuthbort to is suo bonds for educational purposes, and to assess and collect taxes to pay the same. December 9. 44. To amend an act entitled an act to incorporate tho town of Clarkes vilie, in tho county of Habersham, to appoint commissioners for the same, and for other purposes, approved Sep tember 10, 1870.. December 9. 46. To authorizo the corporate au thorities of the city of Dalton to pur chase aud donate to the SelimY, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company a site on which to erect tho machine shops of said Company. December 9. 47. To authorize tho Tax Collector of Madison county, to receive certain jury certificates for sorvice as jurors rendered in said county. December 9. 48. To amend an act assented to December 31, 1838, entitled an act to establish and incorporate a medical college in the city ot Savannah, and to explain an act assented to Decem ber 21, 1857, entitled an act to extend aid to the Savannah Medical College. December 9. 49. To imposo certain duties and confer certain powers upon the Ordi nary of Union county with reference to anew road in said county. Decem ber 11. 50. To extend tho provisions of the 1 11th section of an a,it approved 22d of | February, 1850, in relation to Tax i Collectors and Receivers of Chatham county to the county ol' Fulton. 51. To incorporate the Merchants’, Mutual life Insurance Company of' Georgia. December 11. 52. To amend the law establishing the l’olice Couit of the city of Savan nah. December 11. 54. To incorporate tho Waymon and 1 , Frauklin Manufacturing Company of Upson county. Dec. 11. . 55. To change the time of holding' the Superior Courts cf the Brunswick j J itdieial Circuit aid the county of | Towns, in tho Blue Ridge Judicial I Circuit, aui«l to attach tho county of ; Mclntosh to the Eastern Judicial Cir ' cuit. • » , 56. To amend an act entitled an act to alter ami amend paragraph in sec tilth No. 2711, article 2, part 2, ti tle 7, chapter 7, of Code Deo 0. | 57. To incorporate tho and. Thunderbolt Jiailroad Cqtni>jipy, and for the purpose‘ofopening a railway ' from the city of Savannah to Thun derbolt, etc. Deo. 11. I 58. To confer atlditional powers on tho corporate authorities of the town of Barnesville in the county ol l’ike. Doc. 11. i 59. To incorporate the Hawkins ville and Eufauia Railroad Company. Dec. 11. CO. To provide for the payment of ill-olv coals to the county officers of Upson county, and for other pur , poses. Deo. 11. | 61. To chango the timo of holding tho Superior Courts of Talbot county, | to extend the timo of the same, to provide for drawing jurors, etc. Dee. 62. To authorize tho Ordinary of I Randolph to issue county bonds, in 'the sum of not more than 520,000, for ] building a neiv court house. Dec. 11. I 63. To amend an act entitled an act to incorporate tho Lookout Moun j tain Railroad Company, and to extend the aid of tho State to the same, oct. Doc. 11. J 04. To consolidate tho Railroad , Companies known ns the Chattooga Coal and Iron Railroad, and tho Trion Railway Company, and for other pur l>oses. Deo. 11. 6.). To amend an act entitled an act to alter and nmend tho si veral acts incorporating the city of Macon, ap proved, Deo 27, 1871, aud tho several acts amendatory thereto, to grant ad ditional powers to tho Mayor and Council men and other purposes. 66. To amend the Usury Laws of this State. Doc. 11 07 - To aiter and amend section 3895 of Irwin-8 Revised Code. Dec. 9, 68. To alter and amend an act enti tled an act to amend and alter the charter of the city of Columbus. Ap proved Bth March, 1866. Dec. 9 70. To amend the acts relative to fees of tho Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham county and the Clerk of the city Court of Savannah, and for foes of the Sheriff of the City Court of Savannah, unprovided for, and to point out the maimer of collecting the same. 71 To cary into effect article 3, sec tion 6, paragraph 5, of the Constitu tion of the State of Georgia, to protect the interests of the State in extending aid to Railroads, aud for other purpos es. 72. To establish a board of com missioners of roads and rovenues for tho county of Habersham, to defiuo their dutiis, and for other purposes. Dec. 11. 73. To incorporate the Commercial Bank of Albany. Dec. 11. 74. To incorporate the Macon and Knoxville Railroad Company, and for otlior purposes, &c. Dec. 11. 75. To amend the charter of tho town of Acworth in the couuty of Cobb. Dec. 12. 76. To amend section 4251 of Ir win's Code. Dec. 12. 77. To amend section 1952 of the Revised Code. Deo 12. 78. To authorise the Ordinary cf Rockdale county to levy an extra tax and to issue bonds for the purpose ol building a Court House. Doe. 12. 79. To amend an act entitled an act to iueorporaia the Atlanta and Blue Ridge Railway Company grant ing State aid to the same, and for oth er purposes therein named, approved Oct. 17, 1870, and to authorize the corporators to recognize, &c. Dec. 12 80. To incorporate the Flint River Manufacturing Company of Upson coun'y, and for other purposos. Dec. 12. 81. To more effectually protect re ligious worship in the State of Geor gia. Doc 9. i 81. To amend tho laws of this State in reference to tho revision of Jury Boxes in this State, and the drawing of Juries, and to provide for the compensation, eic. Doc. 11. 83. To provide for the taking of tesumony by written deposition in cer tain cases nut now allowed by law. Dec. 12. 84. To amend and alter tho amend ments to the soveral acts incorporating Calhoun. Dec. 12. 85. To amend an act approvod Oc tober 27, 1870, to open and construct a Railroad from Athens, Ga., via Clarkesville, in Habersham county, or soino othor puint on the Blue Ridge Railroad, near Clayton, by the most practicable route. Dec. 12. 86. To change the time of holding Superior Court ol Gordon county. Dec. 12. 87. To omenil an act incorporating the proprietors of tlio Augusta Canal, ike. Dec. 12. 88. To incorporate tho Mutural Protection Insuianco Company of Ga. Dec. 12. 89. To carry into effect paragraph 3. section 5, article 3, of tho Consti tution of Georgia. Doc. 12 j 90 To change the time of holding ; the Superior. Court of Richmond 1 county. Dec 12 | 91. To authorize the Mayor and City Council of LaGrango to issue bonds to aid in building Railroads, and j for other purposes- Dec. 12' 92. To amend the attachment laws of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes Dec 12 | 93 To allow maimed, indigent and , blind persons to peddle without license ' Deo 12 j 91. To exempt from Jury duty all regularly licensed Physicians who are actually engaged in their profession. | Dec 12 , j 95 To'require Just,’ces of the Peace and Notaries Public, who are ex-offi cio J ustices ot the ‘ Peace, to keep dockets, and to’exhtoit them to tho G J of their respective counties. Doc 12 90 To alter and amend an act to fix "the compensation for ta lei fig down in writing the evidence on charge of i Felony, approved Gctober 10, 1808 1 Dee. 12 98. To change the time of holding the Superior Court of the Macon Cir cuit Dec 12. I 99 To. incorporate tiro exchange Bank of Macon Dec 12 | 100 To alter and amend the road laws . of this State, so far as relates to tho counties of Bibb and Houston, aud to authorize and require tho Gidmaiys YOU. VI.--NO. 47. of said counties to levy and collect j road tax- Dec 12. 101. To authorize the sheriff, and other levying officers of Milton coun ty, to oolloct advertising fees and cost ! of keeping property in their possee- I -tion as now provides for before accept ing affidavits of illegality and claims* Dec 12 | 102 To alter and amend section 649 lof Irwin’s Revised Code. Dec 12 | 103 To repeal section 121 Revised I Code Dec 12- 104. To provide for sale- of proper ty in the State to secure Lana, &o.— Dec 12. 105. To alter and change the time of holding the Superior Courts of the counties of the Middle Circuit ot this State. Dec 12 106. To create a Board of Commis sioners of Roads and Revenues in the counties of Floyd, Berrien, Effingham, Schley, Sumpter and Green Dec. 13. 107. To create a Board ot commis sioners of roads aud Revenue in the county of Paulding Doc. 13 108. To require the Coroner of Chatham county, to hold inquest in certain cases : and, also, to allow cer tain fees unprovided for by law, and for other purposes. Dec. 13. 109. To compensate the Clerk and Sheriff' of tho Superior Court and oth er officers for services rendered in the District Court of Richmond county, and lor other purposes. Dec. 13. 110. To regulate the pay of juror* in the county of Newton. Dec. 13. Two Homicides in <.’o>lunil>u«. The following facts are from the En quirer of Wednesday S There were two men killed in Co lumbus at a late hour Monday night, and a third was mortally, if not sex-i --ously wounded. The first of these unploasant affairs occurred Monday night, iu which policeman Charlie Barrow roceivod his death qt tho hands of George Layfield, a young man, who, about a week since, arrived in tho city from St. Louis. Young Lay field, while under the influence cf liquor, had been guilty of improper language and throuts, at the store of Mr. I. G. Strupper. Mr. Strupper had ordered him away, and it is said that Layfield threatened the life of Strup per. The latter gave a signal aud soon Policeman Barrow and his part ner, McMichcal, arrivod and took Lay field into custody. They were procee ding with him to the guard house/ when the prisoner jerked loose, step ped into the door of a bakery, drew his pistol and commenced firing upon Bairow, two shots taking effect—on® in tho forehead and one in the lower lip. Barrow foil and was soon con voyed to his home whore ho expired between two and three o’clock! Lay field escaped to Girard, where lie was arrested at a late hour and brought back to the city and lodged in tho guard house. Tho second fatal shooting affair oc curred at Ella Lee’s house of ill lame, on Oglethorpe street, iu which Alex ander McDunald came to his death from a weapon in tho hands of Milton Malone. From tho facts elicited at the coroner’s jury in this caso, held about 12 o’clock yesterday (Tuesday), it appears that the deceased and his friend, James Anderson, bail gone to tho above place; that subsequently Malone went in ; that a dispute arose between Anderson and Malone ; that McDonald took it up ; that he subse quently thrust his hand in his pockets as if to draw a weapon ; that Malono ceoing it drew his pistol and fired up on McDonald, tho ball taking effect through the brain. McDonald lin gered for some two hours before dy ing. The testimony was further to effect that, after shooting McDonald, Malono was fired upon by Anderson, which ho (M.) promptly returned, tho ball entering the abdomen passing out through the back. Anderson’s wound is not supposed to be mortal. Mc- Donald and Anderson, we learn, were Western sportsmen, who came hero first on Sunday. McDonald claimed Indianapolis for his home. He had on his person a considerable sum of money aud othor valuables. Treasurer Spinner reports that tho receipts of tho fisc si year, including a balanco of 148,502,471 in the treasu ry June 30, 1870, were $1580,904,349; expenditures, $850,98(5,872; balance in Treasury, June 30, 1871, $107,817,- 47G. The total number of National Banks June 30, 1871, was 1830. A bill to encourage tho growth of peanuts is seriously talked of in the North Carolina Legislature. StrsrEXStnv of the Peess Tax. —ln accordance with the application of the publishers of Atlanta, the State authorities have ordered a suspension of the tax on the Press until the next meeting of tho General Assembly, ii\ January next, when the matter will bo more fully investigated. We will publish tho official .jcorrespondanco 'aud the Comptroller Gonorul's order in our Tuesday’s issue — At. AVa, D#i\ 172*. lie whose religion is ever on his lips, haq seldom any of that valuable treas jjrg m hirheart*; it fceops*'hteh like a liveried porter at his door, but there is no body at homo, and there is nothing |to stoal; if it were well lodged m hia \ ul, he would not be so afraid of its esoipe. Ho who vouches for his own truthfulness by an oath, will tell a lio the next moment without a blush. Nothing is so cheap as good man ners. An honest death is bettor thuu a dishono. t life.