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BY Js D. HOYL & CO. Hanson sUelUu Journal p(JBLI9HKI> ETKKT thcrsdat. i • Advance. three months gix tnoEtbs 4 Q 0 o*e 77 t ~ taierli* ( ' H i—The money for ad feng considered due after hrst inser ‘’“idrertiseuients inserted at intervals to be *„i „„ ne w each insertion. " An additional charge of 10 per cent will b, made on advertisements ordered to be in '"SpT Ir line for each subsequent insertion. P# ldvert“ementsin the “Local Column ” willbe inserted at 25 cents per line for the first, and 20 cent-per line for each subse anent inscruoni . q all communications or letters on busmens Intended for thjs office should be addressed ~ Tbi Dawson Jocrnal LEGAL ADVERTISING RATES. Iberiff sales, per levy of 1 square... .$ 4 00. 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We hereby give final no tice that no advertisement of this class wil br linhlished in the Journal without the fee in paid in advance, onlv in cases where we have-pectal arrangements to the eontrarv ©arfts. B. F. SIMMONS, T. H. PICKETT. fIJH.IIOHSdfc P I c A H T T ATTORNEYS AT LAW BAWSOX - GEORb.A. J. F. WALKER, Attorney at Law, DAWSON, - GEORGIA BX r ILL paaclice in the ?ataula Circuit. — \ v Office at the Court liause. Mch 22 lv JAMES KEEL ATTORN -Y AT LAW, Leary, Calhoun Cos , Ca. c. tl. WOM 6 N, Attorney at L a w, JIB.MT, - <SEOMt€ !M 11’ ILL practice in the State Courts and it) M the Cirouit and District Courts of the United States in baTaunah. sept 27. j. j. bkckT Attorney a t Law, * lersHM, Calliouii County, Ga. Will practice in the Albry Circuit and else rhere in the State, by Contract, Prompt at* tentioo jiven to all business entrusted to his care. Collections a specialty. Will also in* •estimate titles and buv or sell real Estate in lalhaun, Baker aud Party Counties, march 21—tf * L. G CA RTL£ DGE, Attorney atl-aw 'IRGAA(, - - GEORGIA. l\ T ILL give close attention to all bust* '' ness entrusted to his cate iu Albany Hitauit. 4-Iy L. <J* HOYLi Attorney at Law- I>atv*on, Georgiii. n. field**. idcs l. fif,ldkk. H. & I. L. FIELDER, ATT oa|l Ey S AT LAW Cuthberl, - - Georgia. —:°: — ‘ !L -it, prompt aud vigilant attention 1 ’* all busin.as confided to them in * ooun’iea ot Randolph, Stewart, Quitman, ttrreli, Clay, Calhoun and Eariv, the Bu ('tort* Court of Georgia, and the IJ. S. Ih * - t'tt and Circuit Courts for the Southern Dl *‘riet ol Georgia, “race over city Tost Office Oct. 2 tf. D. H. MILLER, at law, iXorgnii, Ob. 19 office in Ordinary’s Office. 080,8 m JAMES H. GUERFtY, A-ttorneys at Law, - GEOHGIwi. * —iOf wincf m *he Oonrt House. Feb. 4 • I- J A JST EsT ATTORNEY at law, BARSOV, - GEORGIA. ISte over t Johnitou’s store. Jtul ♦ J f • 4 4 V'| %' THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL I lie Daughter of Mendoza. The following poem was written, many years ago, by Maribeau B-. La niar, at one tini9 President ot TVia, at and a near kinsman to the present tei enled Senator from Mississippi. L Q C. La ai ar. Oh lend to me, sweet nightingale Your music by the fountains, And lend tome your cadences „ Oh ! river of the mountai.s, 'That I may sing, my gay brunette, A diamond spatk in coral set, Gem for a prince’s coronet, ihe Daughter of Mendoza. How brilliant is the morning star! The evening star how tender! The light of both ate in tier eyes, Then soilness and their splendor; But for the lash that shades their sight, They were too dazzling for th. light, And when she shuts ttieui-all is n gT,f The Daughter ot Mendoza. Oh! ever bright and beauteous one, Bewildering and beguiling, The lute is in thy ,diver tone, The rainbow in thy smiling; And thine too, o’er hill and dell i he bounding o' the young gazelle, The arrow’s flight ad oceau swell, Sweet Daughter of Mendoza. What tho’ pe ciiatewe met no t. ore, What tho’ too soon we solve; Tliv form will float lik. etlieral lig t, Before my vision ever; Fur who can see, and then furget The glories of my gay brunette! Thou art too bright a star to bet, Sweet DaUj.htei of Mendoza. Then anti Bow. Here is the same old mans! ri, V\ ith its quaint, moss-covered tow ers, And the summer sunlight sleep ng On the gleam ef thsgarden flowers. And the wild dove, far in the fir-wood, Comg in monotone; And t* e stately, silent couttyard, With its aulique dial-s'une. The swallows have cmne as of yore, Jod, From'over the sunny sea, And the ct/p ot the lily echoes To the hum ol the wandering bee. The iatk, in its siive.y treble, Sings up ill the deep blue sky; And the house is not as it was tad, In those dear old days gone. ’Tv. as here that her ga merits rustled, Like music amids' flowers, And her low, sweet rippling laughter Made licner thetose-w reatlied bow ers. But now, in its noontide brightness, l he place seems cold and dead; Aid it lies like a form of beauty When tbe light ol soul is fled. All hushed is each lonely chamber, That echoed to s-wigs of old ; And chairs are now all vacant, And the hearths all daik and cold. Yet the joys I had hereof yoie, lad, No heart but my own can know ; Aud the glimpses ol heaven she gave me In the de irold home 1< ng ago. But they went one eve when she loit me, ’Mid the Hahn of the summer air There’s a grave far over 'he hill, lad, The home of my heat t is tCeie. \ Kentucky Riunant'C. A hoy of st-venteon and a girl of fifteen went from Kentucky, where the law requires parentage c nsent for the marriage of minors, across the river to Cincinn.tti, wheie they were able to get a license and have the cer emony performed. I hey had been married aboutan hour when thehride’s father arrived; hut being unable to detain the couple, ho had the boy ar rosted on a charge of larceny in steal ing the girl’s clothirg. Then the groom’s father came, and became the young people’s friend in need by giv ing hail. The Cartersville Express say-: ‘Mr. W. ADe weese !• his cbil'i, Mhout fr*en months old, Ly drowning, oil the 18th ult , Mr. Deweese owns the nid ferry kn.iwn a- Puck# t s, across th* Etowati itver about two u ile> from town, and bis residence is about fifty yards therefrom. Sothe one had left t h > gate op* n, and he child passed ou', uiadu its way to the river and it is supposed got on the flat and fell overboard and drowned The Early county Neict says: “Mr, \\ , E. Harris, who has i een teaching school in this touuty for the last few months, was arrested on luesday last by Sheiiff W illiam- on a requisition from the Governor of Alabama ou the Goverror of Georgia. Mr. Harris i> charged with the crime of ‘raising ‘.be figures on cotton receipt-, and selling the cotton on the raised re ceipts toa merchantin Columbia,A. a. If you want a favor of a married woman, I rag on her baby. If /• want tG obtain her e ernal enmity, let her turn around end cntcb you mak ing mouthsat it. DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JUNE 14 1877. Tin- Vltirder of *1 rs. Chambliss :•! llic Miimui sry Puiiisli lus-iii of ll.ti Murderers FCLI. PAKTICULAHB OF THE WHOLE AFFAIB. In our last issue we published the death ot Mrs. Amelia hambliss, . ife ol Mr. C C. Chambliss, of Hannahat chee distiict, at tie hands f negro murderers, at that time expressed our belief that if the murderers were ap prehended, tliat the outraged citizens ol that section wc uld take the law in to their own hands, ami promptly ex©, cute the wretches. Before our paper was issued the murderers tverecattgi t, and af er their guilt was fastened up un them to the satisfaction of every body, tiny were executed in front of the house where they had committed the most wilful, cot i-blooded, cruel murder ever perpetrated in this coun try. We have taken pains to learn all the particulars of this horrible affair and will try and furnish out readeis with a 1 the facts necessary to a com plete uuderstan ling of the case. The perpetrators of the ciime were Steve Overstreet, Jerry Snead ad Bill Booth, three young negro men; the olde.-t, Stove, being about 24 years old. These three concocted .ogotl er to rob the house and also to violate the per son of the lovely young woman w hom they slew. They planned it all out some two months ngo. On Thursday night of last week they met and ma tured their plans. Bill Booth, accord ing to the programme, set fire to the fence on the back side of Mr Cham bliss’ plantation at a late hour, weli knowing that the unsuspecting hus band would be drawn from bis home to the fir*>, and leave his yout g wif alone and unpr tectod. Tbe fire was discovered ami Mr. C and hi- neigh bors were roused and hurried to the fire, leaving Mrs. C alone in the house. Then Steve and Jerry set about their work. Bill had been car ried to help put out the fire he had alighted. Steve took his position in the yard and Jerry entered tbe house and accosted Mrs. C She sought co defend herself from the elutchesbf the black fiend and se.ze 1 her husband’s gtin. Steve hearing a noise in the house is thought to have seized a hoe that was near the gaiden gate and entered to help ferry out. The gun wa- teken from her hands, anti one of tie negioes fired the loaf from one barrel into tier face while the other wretch dealt her a blow with th( hoe; killing her instantly 1 hey fled, but not to esc i"', for the murder was soi n discovered ar,d they were backed, and captured. Th- blood and portion of the I lains of the murdeted woman was found in splotches ou the shirt frout of Jerry Pnead; the prints of his blood star ed hands found on the fenco Where he crossed en route for his home at Mr. Seiznr.ore’s to which poin! he was tracked and arrested.— Many othe* - little facts and circum stances were quickly traced up and the arrest rf the three culprits effected. After his arrest, Btevp confessed to the part he performed and told on his comrades. Each of them then con fessed having formed and enteied in- to the plan, and they all agreed in giviiu; particulars, < xeept that Jerry said that he did the shooting while Steve avowed that Jerry fired the fa tal shot. At any rate, it wss evident to the assembled crowd that they had the guilty perpetrate rs and they improvis ed a rude gallows by hraeiug a stout log up against two trees with lotig, orked poles, and from this they were hanged one at a time, in the pres, nee of nearly thrs* hundred peoph, men, wen en and children, white ad color* ed Before they wet 6 executed "hey were requested to male each his statement. Steve stated substaneia ly as fob j lows: I lived with Mr. Thou as Den>, about one hundred yaids from Air. Chambliss’ house. I came iioru Eu- j lu,.ta to Siewar county. Was in the j eleeti* n riot there in 18.'4. Bill Bou*b first concocted the plan :o commit the deed about two months ago. On Fri day mglit ol laot week, Bill tiled the ! woods near CLamtdi-s’ feme, We were to do the woik then, Lut Mr. ! Dent liuriied me out l<> the tirr and Je ry tailed to come to do tns put.— On Thursday night last we, (Jerry, Biil and myself,) met again at the church and fr m tbeie went to Mr. Dent’s. Jerry lire- with Mr. -Size more, Bill lived with Mr Chambliss. We remained at church until nearly 2 o’clock. Friday morning. Sometime before day Bdl went to set fire to the fence on the east side of the planta tion: he then came back. When the fire was discovered and the alarm giv en. Jetty and 1 dodged from the white men anti slipped around to Mr. Chambliss’ house. Mr. Dent, Mr. Chambliss and tbe little negro boy who lived in tbe house with Mr. Chatr.oliss and Bill Booth all went down to the burning fence Jetry then en'ered the house and commit ted the deed. I wutched ou'side. — After the murder 1 ran to the fire.— Jerry went home to Mr Ftauk Size mote’s, one mile east of Chambliss. Bill Booth’s statement: The plan was made up so>e time ago fry Jerry Snead and Steve Overstreet. 1 knew all the plan, but was uol into it. We were all together every chance wo could get. I heard them talk the plan over often. AI! tha' I bad to do in the matter was to set fire to the leuce. The attempt last week (Fri < ay) failed, because Jerry was not on hand, i knew Jerry would not fail this time, as he was with u at Mr. Dent’s, After I set the fence on file I went heme to Mr. Chambliss, and then went with Mr. Chambliss to lire fire. Knew nothing about the killing uutil the little negro who had been ten back to tho house, retured and told that Mrs. Chambliss was dead.— Steve and Jeny did all the planning aud got me to fire the leuc that the men might be drawn away from the bouses. lam a member ot the Bap tist church, was at church last night (Thursday) aud had my feet washed, and took sacrament at tha church at about one o’clock. We all went ftouie with Steve from church aud slept together until Dearly daylight when I got up aud weut and set the fence on fire. Jerry Snead was the last one caught. He said he was with Stove aud Bill at Mr. Deni’s uu Thursday night and that when the fire was found out lie ran past the burning fence and went ever to Ins home at Mr. Sizemiue’B. He denied kiilii g Mrs. Chambliss hut had his shirt front bespattered with blood and brains. — Just before fie was executed Mrs. Y. F. Wright, the mother of tho mur dered lady asked Jerry to tell her the last words her daughter ever uttered. He replied. “The last woida she said? She said—Oh!”—, and then us if lie suddenly thought ot what he was saving, lie continued, “I don’t know, 1 was not there.” lie couf> ssed hav ing crossed the fence at liiepoint where the bloody bund prints weie found on the rails, and his track being a pecu liar i.ne, having the sole of one shoe tied to the upper leather with a string that made an impression at each step. He find on the same shoes v. ben ar rested and fie whs tracked from the yard of the murdered woman to where he was when anested. Steve was first brought out to he axe uted. A rope was adjusted at), ut his ueck ami lie was let fall from a wagou, The rope broke and he roll ed over on the ground unhurt. Upon being asked how he felt, he rep.ied, “Fin still a kicking. You runs’ try again.” A trace cha'n was then pro cured and when he mounted the wag on the second time and all ttiings were announced ready, he kick-dor pushed the wagt n from under him and swung under the gallows. Hts neck was not broken but he soon choked to death. Jerry was the next, and was the most lm ly ’tightened of the three. — 11, deuied to the Ust and said tln.t Steve, tire first executed, was the actu al perpetrator ot tire otitno Bill Booth was th* ii brought out and hung in like manner, 110-ii bod ies were carted off into an old fie,d aid thrown upon the ground. Wo leaiii that the negroes were after ward pursuaded to bury their bodies, which was done Sunday morning.— Trie hanging occuired at lour o’clock Friday afternoon, less than twelve hours after the crime had been com mitted Thus ends the most exciting tragedy ever witnessed in this section. Wben the doomed men were brought out, and the question asked, “What shall be done with theml” th*' re groe present, some seventy-five iu number voted to burn them alive.— M.e whites dreideed to hang them, aud they were accordtng'y executed as above stated —Lumpkin Independent. ", see,” s >id a man to an acquaintance whom he met cairying too heavy a tuick iu his hat, “that you don’t go iu for the Maine liquor Law ” “Why,” he answered, “I partly do and I part ly and rn’t.” “I go in fi r the liquor, but not tor the law.” Is She Bewitched ?—A Toting ,• fill's tni|criiiitiir.<il and Elusive Bed folio v . The good peop'o among the bills of Morris county, N. J., have found ex c.foment in the case of a young gitl said to fie “grieviuusly vexed of the devil,” and whose condition is as un accountable us it is deplorable, ibe girl, according to the World Infor mant, is a daughter of Elijali N.chels, blacksmith of the Gle'don Iron Com pany at Hurdtown. She predicted evil against hor fifteenth birthdiy, wh ch befol on the 13 h of October msi, aud since that r’ute she has been bediidden and paralyzed. At times there appears under ti e Oouuarpar.e of'hei bed u presence ns ot a rat, a rabbit or a cat swiftly moving from place to place and eluding detection. Invam is the Led stripped, or tbe pa tient removed to another place; tbe “presence” is only powerless to act when tbe raothersleeps w ith the child. Tlie physicians, no less than ihe cler gy, and the common folks of all tho country side are baffled. Crowds come daily to see the mystery. On one re cent occasion Mr. Richards, Mayor of Dover field hie stiff fiat above th© “pr sene©,” and tho hut received a blow that crushed it. Violent blows have been given to the objects held out over the place where the "pres- ence” was, and, needless to say, at tempts tc grub ibe presence have lailed. All the while the gitl lies moaning as if in b rror or pam, aud her position in the bed would be pi ai n1 v such as to show that the mys terious movements were not caused by her The girl has been known to abstuin from all food for tho space of fifteen days, and for some weeks past she has only received a little milk daily, yet her face is fair, aud, when the visitation is not nigh her sleep is appaieutly healthful. Her patents are plain and honest peop ©, who view this as an affliction not to bo turned to account for notoriety or money. Tbe neighbors, unable to account for it in any tlier way, have solemnly decieed witchciaft against an old woman liv ing among them , and charms are in active demand — N. Y World. IVliy lie <{nii I'rent'liiHC- A good t-tory is told of a preacher In lowa, wtiich has the novelty of truth about it. Ho had been preach ing several years with great earnest ness and zeal. He pulled off his coat and went in for the baivest of souls. He prayed, exhorted and visited with sinners and scoffers in season and out of season. His bread cast upon the wnteis did not come back to h'tu.— His pay was poor, and his purse al ways low. It was probably also poor preaching. Ail at once he quit preaching without a word of explana tion te anybody. One day a kind hearted brother w T ent to him and in quired why he had deserted his post. “Well,” said the preacher, “I’ll tell you the ttulfi about it. I thought I had a Divine call to preach, and I went to work with all my heart. I git very poor pay, and that in good wishes, garden truck, and occasional fractional currency. I prayed over the r atter, that God might show me the right way. All at once I discov ered there was a mistake about the matter. The call to prench was in tended foi another man of the same uailio down in Warren county, and in some way it got miscarried, and so ! quit.” The Butler Herald, is responsible for the following: “Mr. Martin, Brooks, formerly' JusticeofrheF aceol 768th (i. M , o' Tay or county, ays he ate the following at a public barbecue of ■, this county; Thirty pounds barbecued ; Bbont, fifteen pounds of corn litfht | bread, twelve barbecued squirrels,one gallon cider, and one quart corn wl.is- ; key Mr. Brooks request? us to say that at that time he weighed two hundred and fifty pounds, and now he only weighs one hundred and fifty.” ' The fi st thing a young man does on j seeing a fi tend with a netv hat on is to take it off and seriinely try it in his own head. W hen a young lady sees an acquaintance with her new bonuet on, she just lifts her nose and ! serenely wonders “where the thing got that fright.” Harry \Vilborne, who made his es cape from the pemten iary nine year? ago, han teeeutly been captured at Chattanooga. He was supposed to have died, as on the penitentiary hooks opposite Uis name appears tho following endoieenient : “Casualty un known—d cd—date uukrown. W ork of a Uaiiiiic. ColumbUH Enquirer. On Wednesday night last, the house I of Mr. Thomas J. McGehee,near Per kins’ Mill on tne Mobile & Girard Railroi and, was set on fire by his cous b, named Virgil King, the house and everything in it wus burned, Mrs. Mc : Gehee escaping in her night’cbtliee, without shoes or bonnet, and M r . M. in neatly the same condition, Tho pareuts of King live in Marion or Ntewait county, Georgia. It is said tha: I e has been confined in the Lduisi- j a: a Asylum where fie martied. He was released from the Asylum, and shot either his brother-in-law or fath er-in-law, fled from there and came hack to his parents. Several weeks since he came to Mr. McGeheo’s Hvi dontly insane, and lias been growing more violent ever since. Before burn ing the house, he shot Mr. MoGehoe with a shot gun, loaded with small shot, at about fifteen paces, the load taking effect too low down to inflict u dnngeiotis wound. A warrant was sued out before Judge O’Neal on Thursday, and a posse went in search of ihe madman and found him at Mi. Bon King’s, about eight miles south west of this place, tcre the posse con veyed him in irons to Seal b teThurs day ovehing, und cot fined him in jnil for rl.e night. Ho wus to have had an examination yesterday, Fi id ay morning. Mr. McGeltee is a poor but Tory worthy man. This is a sad blow to him, as everything ho had in the way ol supplies aud clothing,etc., was con sumed by the fire. He and bia wif? aud four little children are left liouie ,6B&, and without food or clothing.— They deserve, and we hope will re ceive, assistance from their neighbors iu this their hour of groat trolib e and necessity. King is own cousin to Mr. M.Gehoo and Mr. King. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Fort Mitchell, Ala , May 31. A man by the name >f V- H King, in a fit lunacy, on the night of tho 30th, wei.t to the house of u Mr. T. J. McG iieo and, after compelling McG , with his wife and children, to leave the house, proceeded to smash up crockery, pots, oVene, etc'., went to ii>e well,cut the bucket louse ill the well, then proceeded to fiie the henso by poring kerosene oil on the bed. McG. lost everything. About th© time of firing McG. returned, having pi ©cured a gun, to defend his home. Tbe gun however, missed fire. As the lunatic advanced upon McG bo se zed t*he gun, wrenched it from his baud* aud shot him in bis hip. McG, had made two ineffectual efforts to procure a wartant for bis arrest. Respectfully, I. B. YV. A Iteniillcw .tlugui'l. Prof. Smith was once lei luring on Natural Philsophy, and in the course o! his experimentslieintroduced one of Carringtou’s tiros; powerful magnets, with which he attracted a block of iron from a distance of two feet. “Can any of you conceive a greater attiactive power?” thu lecturer deman ded. “I ken!” nuswercd a voice from the oudience. “Not a natural terreitrial object?" “Yaas, sir.” The P'ofessor challenged tho man who had spoken to nutno the thing. Then up rose old Seth Wimlet. — He was a genius in his way, and original. Saif ho: “I ken give ye the facts, squire, and you can Judge for yourself. When 1 were a young man, thar were a little piece o’ nateral magnet, done up in kaliker and diminty, as was called Betsy Jane. film could draw me fourteen miles tveiy Sunday. Sakes alive! it were just as natural as slid ing down a hid. Thar won’t no ie si.'tin’ her. That ere magnet u yourn is pooty good, but ’taiu’l a circum stance to tho one ’at drawed me.” “1 arj convinced that tho woild is daily growing better,” remarked the reverend gentlamun to a brother cier giyrnan; “my congregation is cons'unlly increasing.” “Yes," in terrupted the lto her, who hap pen oil to be a penitentiary chap lain, “and so is mine.” And there the dmcu3oion oil the ear’y t.rrivul of the millennium dripped. “Are you fond of tongue, sit i “I was always fund of tongue, and I like 1 it stitl.” VOL. XII.—-NO. 19. I'lic Fnunivfil of Uarr>uge. A good story is told of how he per* formed the csfe'mony of marriage while he was justice of the peace. It was his first attempt, acd the appli cants wete of the true western ! They called upon Cody in the log cabin where he Ir ld his justice office. Bill had a hook of forms, which he took down and studied attentively to get some idea of how he should tie tho kuot. There were forms for every trausnetion of life, hut he failed to liiid w hat he was looking for, ami finally slammed the hook down and chsetvid to the parties: “You two fellers join hands;” and the "two fellers” did so. Then he said to the groot t) : “Are | you willing to take this woman to be your lawful and wedded wife, to love her, honor her, and obey her T’ ‘You bet your butes,” was the re sponse of the hashful hair-lifter. ‘•And you, Miss, are you willing to take this hero man to be your wed ded husband, to love bio, honor him, and support him?” She giggled, and nodded in the af fiimotive; but this didn’t suit Bill, who said; ‘‘See here, Mias, we’ve got to have this thing on a dead square, and we can’t marry folks by halvas in this country. We are bound to go the whole beg. If you want this here man for a husband you must ep'ak out and say so, Ss though you meant it cure. I’ll ask you aguiu. Will you take this hore man to be youf lawful wodded husband, to love him, Conor him and support him?” This time the lady responded brave ly, “ Yes sir, I will-” This satisfied his honor, and he re marked, “Thut settles it. Now lowk hero, you two; you are msa and Wife, ami whoever Bill Cody ami God Al mighty have joined together, lei no mart put asunder;” “/Did now,” added Bill, “let’s take another sip of tarantulat juice, and drink to the happiness of the happy couple,” which everyi odv, with true western uuauauity, ptoceedel to do. I)r. Way land, of Brown University in the United Slates, had a boy about sir; years old who was anything but a fool. The Doctor placed him undor the care of one of the students, with the charge that he should Dot go out without permission of his tutor. "May l go out'?” inquired the lad soon afterwards. "No,” whs tlielaconic reply. A few minutes pans*, followed. "May 1 go out?” again inquired tho boy. “No,” again was the response. The miniature edition of tho Doctof slow ' j rose from his seat, took up hie cap, aad made for 4 the door. “Stop!” called the tutor. “Do you know what “No” means'?” "Yes,” said tho boy; "It,s a partie'e of negation, and two of them corning together are equivalent to an affirma tive!” His wit was bis passport. Bullock reached Atlanta on Friday, and as we learn from the Constitution, has come to s'and his trial in the cases the state has ftgaitiot him. Gen eral Ga-trell is his leading counsel, and Messrs. Willis IlawkinsandD. P. Hill will assist the Solicitor in the prosecution. W W. Cuin, wlio was captured in Daily county some months ago end car ried to Stewart county on a charge of murdei ing Mr. Cherry, at Lumpkin, id 1875, was leceutly admitted to bail by Judge Crawford in the sum of g'2.500. If Irish potatoes, When twelve at fifteen inches high; be liberally sprinkled with a soh’tion of nitrate of potash (sitlpotre) —one pound to three or four gallons ot water — while it will seem temp raii y to kid the tops, will oreatly iucrcnte the tiso and quality of potatoes; A correspondent to the McDuffie Journal says that hogs fed on coiiard leaves once a week will r.ot have tb® cnole a. When they have the disease and are too sick 'o eat, a few drops of the juice pressed from the stalks will effect a cu>e. When sotting a heh a tablespoon full of sulphur put into the nest will pievent the ffpp< stance or presence of lice either upon the chickens o" moth er. If any one doubts, let him try it Rnd note tho tesult. Governor Colquitt has appointed Hon. George Ui.lyer to the TMsat Judgeship, caused by the decease of the late Judge Peoples. Sumter county line determined to hold a coun'y lair iu which the ad joining counties ura iuvited to take ft part. In Gwinnett coctnty the firmer? J. - tertrtin fears of ravage* from; *■> h vpets.