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jjY j. and. iioyl & CO. Ojutsosi dttUehln Journal POBMSBKU KVEBT THURSDAY. fgRMS-SlrUlly in Advance. Three months Six months ‘. 2 00 Oae year . nlrei’Hsers The money for ad vising considered dne after first inser- ti0 i D dyertisements inserted at intervals to be , „ , as new each insertion. °ln additional charge of per cett will h, made on advertisements ordered to be in "‘Advertisements'under the head of “Spe dal JX” *•>" be in9orted fo I CeD ‘ B cer line, for the first insertion, and 10 cents P ?r ne for each subsequent insertion. in the “Local Column ' wi ilbe inserted at 25 cents per line for the first, and 20 cent' per line for each subse ’"lucommunications or letters on business intended for this office should be addressed o “The Dawson Journal’ LEGAL ADVERTISING RATES. Sheriff sales, per levy of 1 square... .M 00 Mortgage sales, per levy ° X Tar sales, per lew •• • * Citations for Letters of A dmiuistration 400 Application for Letters of guardia- o uu ship Application for Dismission from ministration 10 00 Application for Dismissions from Guardianship ••;•••• 600 Application for leave to srll Land— jne sq |5, each additional square 4 00 Application for Homestead... 8 oO Xotice to debtors and creditors ... 600 Land sales, per sqaare (inch) 4 00 Sale of Perishable properly, per sq 8 00 Eatrav Notices, sixty days 8 00 Notice to perfect service 8 00 Rule Nisi, per square 4 00 Rules to establish lost papers, per gq 400 Rules compelling titles, per squa-e.. 400 Rules to perfect service in Divorce cases L 1 00 The above are the minimum rat - ef legal advertising now charged by the Press o! Georgia, and which we shall nie:!. adhere to inlhe future. We hereby give final no tice that no advertisement of this class wii be published in the Journal without the fee is paid in advance, only in cases where we bave special arrangements to thp contrary groftMtaial sarfls. N. B. Barnes, apt REP'IRER OF £SICHES, CIOCKS, md Jewelry. Office on Mxin street, Dawson, • Gi. SatislacticD guarauted. Charges ieas ooible. sep 6,6 in. J. 11. GUFBUY, JAB. G. PAKK9. GUERRY & PARKS, /ttoniey? ajid ColRplor? at LaW, DAWSON, - GEORGIA. —so: — PRACTICE in the Stite and Federal Courts. Collections made a specialty.— Promptness and dispatch guarantied an 1 iosured. Nov 1 • f R. FT SIMM 'NS, Itt’y at lain & Steal Ijtate jlg’t, Dawson, Terrell County, Ga SPE IAL a tendon given 'o i 011. cinn - conveyancing and investigating 'idea i Real Ettate. Gko. 18 if JAMES 1C I*. i*:e . ATTORNEY AT LAW, MORGAN, Calhoun Cos., Georgia Business inlrus'ed to mv c re will b. promptly attended to. Special attention i b given to collections. J.F. WALKER, Attorney sit l.uvi, DAWSON - GEORGIA practice in the PatauU Ui*cuif. — ' Office a the Ooort hause. Mcb 22 lv V. 81. Attorney at L a w, •ttff.i.rr, - GEonGtAi \% T ILL practice in the State Courts and it> # __ the Oiroui- and District Coutts of ’he t nitpd Staler in M.tY.uin&h spp’27. J. .J. liKCK, Attorney at Law, Calhoun ronniyi Will practice in the Aibiy Circtii'andelse *iiere in the State, by Contract, / 7 rompt t -'cntion given to ail business entreated to his Rft te. Collections a specialty. Will also in* instigate titles and bn v or sell real Estate in Baker aud A'arly Counties, jnarch 21— if L. G CARTLEDGE, Attorney at I>a\v ’’OitUVS, - - CEOKUI4. \\7ILL nrjve dose attention to all busu * nogs eutrusted to his cate in Albany ' ‘trcuit. 4-1 v L. O- HOYL, Attorney at Law. Dittvtpii, Georgia. D. H. MILLER, AT LAW, Ga. office in Ordinary’s Office. OROjSni JT L. ja IST eTsT attorney at law, DAIVSOV, - GEORGIA. Usce oei .J W. Johnston’s store. J*n7 THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL IHIS t-OAP is manufactured fretn pure materials; and as it contains alaigeper centage of Vegetiue Oil, is warrantei fully rqual to the impor ed Castile Soap, and at the same time contains all the washing and clearing properties of the celebrated German and French Laundry Soaps. It is t here l ore recom mended for use in the Laundry, Kitchen & Bath Room, and lor general household purpore l ; also for Printers, Painters, Engineers, and Machioisis, as it will remove spots of ink Grease, Tar, Oil, Painl, etc , from the haD(i„. The Huntingdon Monitor of April sth, 1877, pronounces this Soap the best in the market, as follows; Reader, we don't wan’, von to suppose that this is an advertisement, and nass it over unheeded. Read it We want to dirtet your attention to the advertisement ot “Crampton's Impeiial Soap." Having used it in sur office lor 'he past vear, we can re commend it as the best qimlnv nt sjap in use. It is a rare tiling io get a So;p that will thoroughly dense printing ir.k trofti the hands, as also from liuen; but Crumpton' laundry soap will do it, and we know Where of we speak. It is especially adapted for printers, punters, engineers and machinists, as it will remove grease f all descriptions from the hand- as well as clothes, with little labor. For general household purposes it cannot be excelled. Manufactured only by CRAMPTON BROTHERS, Nos. 2,4, 6,8, and 10, Rutgers Place, and No. 33 and 35 Jefferson Street, New Yoik. For sale by JT B CRIH. aug 23, tf Dawson, Ga 10 THE PLANTERS O F SOUTH WESTERN GEORGIA / \WING to 'lie decline in the once of Iron ' * e bave redue, and the priee of si tiA.fi .ML Si KETTLES) and our ge/r:jt h 8 well as other work in out line. We will ceMfinue o sell *i the low price we have establish. until i:on advances, or we will r ceive • ter* for fu’Ure delivery. Wu ib • ifuoirre nctpral kinds of COTTON SCREWS. SEASONED, PLANED AND ROUGH LUMBER always on hand. 0. 0. NELSON, Pres. Lawson Mf g Cos. Dawson, Ga. July 30. tf. To Consumptives. The advertisers, having been permanently cured of that dread ’disease. Consumption by a simple remedy, 4 is anxkus to make known to his fellow sufferers the metis of I cure# To all who desire it, he will send a copy* <f the prescription used, (free ol chare. ) with ihe directions tor preparation and using the same, which the, will find a sure care for Consumption, Asthma, Bron chitis; &?, . . ..I, _ Parties Wishing the perserip.ion wilplease address, Rev. E A. WILSON, • 139 PenD St., WiilwmsDurg, New I oik DRESS MAKIWC MRS M. M ANTU -SY respeetfirily in forms Ihe ladies of Dawson and Terrell countv, that she is prepare.! lo do Dress- Making in the latest aud most fashionable styles^ reasonable rates. Sun bonnets aud VA —f- “"“SSSTSmSSr. April stb, 1877. It _ dissolution ! niHE law firm of Simmons k Pickett ha* 1 „ is dav been dissolved by seul. The business on hand will rec attention of both stitMOKS, Oct, Ist, 1877. ?. H PICKETT. Crampton’s Imperial Soap IS THE BEST ! Craflipton's Imperial Soap is the Best. Crampton‘B Imperial Soap is the Best. Crompton's Imperial Soap is the Best. Crompton's Imperial Soap is the Best. Crampton‘B Imperial Soap is the Beet. Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best. Crampton's Imperial Soap is (be Best. Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best. DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 18??. -N evy Advertisements f I EORGIA, Terrell Comiiv, VJ MRS SAKaH E. MARSHALL, Aorn n- Htratrix, having applied to me for leave to fell the real estate of Geo T. Marshall, Lite of said couniy, deceased; therefore, all persons concerned will take notice said leave will be granted to t -e applicant on the first Mordry in .December next, unless good i a iee be shown to the contrari. Nov 1, 1877. 4t H. S BELL Ord’.v. Cl EOItGIA, ’lenell 'Nullify. XGEO. C. EDWARDS has applied for letters of administration o,i the estate of Isaac 0. Edwards, dec’d. AH persons inter ested are hereby notified to show cause, if any they can, why said application should not be granted at the December Term of this Court. Witness mv hand and official signature, this 80th day of Oo'ober, 1877. Nov I 4t H.S BELL, Ordinary. n FORI ITerrell County. V. T T. K. COBB has made application for letters of administration on the estate ol I Thomas Seav, late of said county, deceased. -•411 persons imeresied are hereoy notified to show cause, it any they can, why s rid let ters should not be grained at the December Term of this Court. Witness my hand and official signature, this 30th day of October, 1877. Nov 1,4 t H, S. BELL, Ordinary. I J FOlltiiiy, Caihois-.i Coiniiy A I By virtue of an order trom the Court of (Ldinarv of said "county, will be sold on 'he first Tuesday in December, next, within the usual hours of sale, at the JCourt- house dooi., in Calhoun County, one half of lot ot land No 17, in the 3rd district ol said county belonging to the estate of Andrew I a binetr, deceased. Sold for distribution, — Terms D-sh W. D. MURRAY, October 31. 1877. Guardian. AdmhisirMor’s Sale. C 8 IHHSGI t, Terrell County. J Bv vin.ue of an order of ih Honorable Court of Ordinary or Terrell county, at the October term, 1877, I will sell to the highest bidder, at the Court house door, in the ci'V ot Dawson, on the firrt Tuesday in Decem ber, ncx 1 , the following lot of I .rid belong ing to the Estate of Mrs. Kemiiaent Cniptp per, deceased, viz: Oue lot ot land No (225) Two hundred and twenty-five, in the (11) Eleventh district of Terrell county. Soul tor benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms cash. Oct. 4. 1877 J. C F. CLARK, Administrator de bonis non Terrell Sheriff Sales. WILL be sold before the Court House door, in the city of Daw on, on the first TUESDAY in December next, betw -eo the legal hours ot sale, the following described property, to wit: Lot of land No (54) fifty four, in the 3rd district • f Terrell county. Levied on as the property ot D. M. Harden to satisfy a fi fa from Terrell Superior Court in favor of John Williams vs D. M. Harden, pri and Wash ington Woolbrigh'. security. Also, at the same '.imp and place will be sold, the west half of lot No 289 and south portion of lot No. 2i9, south ot the cr-ek running through said lot, all in in the 12th district ot Terrill countv Levied on as the ormperiv of W. H Cra ■ ford to satisfy a m .' tgage fi ta from Terrell Superior court in tavot of Johnson & Lee vs W H. rawfmd S. R. CHRISTIE, Sheriff November 1, 1877. id TIiTT|S_PILLS A Noted Divine says They are worth their Height in gold. READ WHAT HE SAYS: Dm. Tctt:—Dear Sir: For ten years I have been a martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles. Last sprinir your pills wire recomriended to me ; I used them (but with little faith}. lam now a well man, hjjve good appetite, digestion per cot, regular s ools, piles gone, anil I !iave rr.iined forty jHiunds solid tiesh. They are worli ih ir weight in gold. Ktv. K. f.- SIMI*SON, Louisville, Ky. ■fsi(Kn,a(r% pv. q g /v Dr. 1 ult lias been en |la I Jlk ■ £•> gaged in the practice ol EUISO * .fc—AS a,,dicine,hir t yyears,and CUES KICK HEAP- for i long time was demon. ACIifJ. ytrator ot anatomy in the V. Medical College of Geor- TItTTJP v | ria, hence persons using I& I I O I tlativ hi-s Fills have the guaran- CUBE EYCrrPBIA. tec that ihej arc prepared r.*wr>j•>* or fsuentitic principles, rt'l 2 3 and are tree from all TUT f'b F.LLii ( ;e-tckery. . 'lie has succeeded in CUIiECONSTIPATION coml ining in them the ‘ h< n t clone antagonistic TSITTiQ \ Q q .miitu- su r a >/<*- 31*2 i 0 2 vrjwlv i ".furatiTe,an<}apur *'Wfct' apparent ef (Wtii n. 15 G f r '- fict is to imwimj the ap -1 I j I I r h petite hv causing the lood IU “ t > piojH-rly assi mi 1 ate. CUBE FIVES. AUD Tims the system is runir- ACXJ j !ud<anl hf thitr tonic r a t ion on the digestive or lls I P •* 7: C' ; tegular and healthy fi U I v. a * ” cvm nations are produced. CUBE BIIIOUS: COjaC Te f aputitV H ith which ft) otis later on flesh ft l Z O \v!.i!e under the influence 10 I I '\2i f of these pills, ol itself in „„ dicatcs their adaptability CUBE COM- Jo nour ;^ n t ;, e bixly, and C yr A _■ hrneetheir’efficacy incur Tlirrm I£s irg nervous debility, mil- TOTS PkLLS cube ronriD lives .ndiwss *f the hv. r >*■* chronic consrTjr.itiOn, a < fmrvrtir'. h. .:’>h ; Vd rin-t ;;t>. mlhe svrtein S. h: ,->! rm ere. t.f.iev.33 ray Strvet. New \ o.L. BYfril 0? sSI I u l/hv a sinple application of 9 r’sH ji'. Dye. It acts like magic. M arranted as harmless as water, gl do. Office 35 Murray St.. N.\ ■ g WiIAT S3 tEUEHT! Read Ibo Answiev It is a plant that grows in the South, and is spe cially adapted to the cure of diseases of that climate. NATURE'S Qm REMEDY, Entering at once into the bhaid, expel ing all scrof ulous, syphilitic, and rheumatic aflectiotts. Alone, it it a searching alt- rati, e, but when combined with Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, and other herbs, it I or ms Dr. Tutt’s Sarsaparilla and Queen’s Delight, The most powerful blood purifier known to medical science for the cure of old niters, diseased joints, foul discharges Irom the ears and nostrils, abscesses, skin diseases, dropsy, kidney complaint, evil effects of secret practices, disordered liver and spleen, hs nse strengthens the nervous system imparts a fair com plexion, and builds up the body with t HEALTHY. SOLID FLESH. As an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly recommended. Ilnndrcdsol cases of the worst type have been radically cured hv it. Being purely veg etable its continued use wili do no harm. The best time to take it is during the summer and fall; and instead of debility, headache, fever and ague, yew will enjoy robust health % Sold by all druggists. Price, SI.OO. Office, 35 Murray Street, New York. AGRICULTURAL MEETING. | The Terrell County Agricultural and Horticultural Society, met at Chickasawhatchie or. Saturday, the 31 ihst., and was called to order by Dr. C. R. Moore, the president. Oq motion, Dr. R. B. Ricves was made Secretary, pro. tern. After or ganising, on motion of Joel E. Hun ter, the meeting adjourned until 2 o’clock, and all were invited to his house to dinner. After feasting, sump tuously, on wholesome viands, served up io such a manner as to reflect great credit on the landlady, and de monstrated that she knew what to do with the goed things resulting from the industry of an intelligent farmer, the meeting was culled to order, in the parlor of our host, anl business re sumed. The question for discussion was “Does it pay, or is i: best, to con sume time to pile and compost uur home—made or other feitiltzers pre vious to the time of using them; or is it etonomy of lime arid labor Io com post them in the drill at the time of planting ?” The discussion was oponed by Dr. J. R Janes, favoring; the penning ami composting before use. He, also, gave a recipe tuinislied him by Mr June-, of the Mate AgiiculUital fcioc.ety, for composting which reads as follows: “'table manure, 750 pounds! Cotton seed, 700 ” Carolina phosphate, or dissolved hone, 500 ” making a ton, costing sl3 75.’’ Mi. E. Bellflower spoke favorably of Lt gan’s phosphate as a valuable fertilizer to compost with others at a Cos! of $25.00 per ton. Mr. Thus. J. Bellflower repotted the condition of crops, etc., in the town district as follows: “Corn an sugar cane, one half of a crop; Sweet potatoes and ground p' as, one-third of a crop : Field peas, one-* eighth of a crop. Mock in good con dition. Health good, Save a few cases of diarhooa.” The question of finance was on mo tioD deferred to t ext tueetii g. A vote of thanks was, oil me ion, endeied to Mr. ami Mis. Hunts), for their kind ness and gem tou - hospitality. Hie meeting then adjourned, to meet in Dawson, on the first Saturday in December. As that will be an ini poitant meeting, all aie earnestly so dded to at'end and lend their assis tance in arranging the bn iness of the Nuiety. Alt. r adjournment, Mr, f. J. Bellflower handed in an essay on “Scientific fanning/’ which will be read at the next meeting R. B. Rikvks, CR. Mooh*, Sict’y piotem. Preident Smali, Faiims.— The division of any State or region into email fntws presti ges prosperity to that region. Once in*a while in any cuunut an .owner ol a very la ge i> v, of land in y i.h fout.d who i. a sureessful <ullivdtor < f it, hut they are as rare as the mer chant princes who handle millions ol money in one line of business and do it successfully. In the South under the slave rtginie, such a th ng Cou and be done with much belter success than now; fortiori a planter might he absolutely “monarch of all he sur veyed” and an absolute ~nt crat. So far as the dccoinplishmenf of labor was concerned, farmin' on a laige scale was then successful- as the lack of real success was not stiict'y the r<- suit of s’ave labor, it need not he dis cussed here—hut all w;o have tried plan• logon large scale since the war, have found it a failure. Inde. and the (ruth must be sooner or later learned by our people, that the South cannot prosper as a “pin. ting” regi n, but a fainting one Homublk Accidfnt. — We leatn that a hoirible accident occurred rn Mr. lioland Steiner's place, in Burke coun ty, near Waynesboro, last 'lhiltsday. j A little co’ored git I, about two yeats old, daughter of ihe engineer who had charge of the gin, was caught to ho shafting, j.tked tip and repeated.v hurled y,gainst the side of the house until her skull was fractured and her face fearful y btuise# ar.d cut. Hej father, hearing something knocking against the boards, stopped the ma chinery, went out side an found his chid fatally ii jured. She died in >■ short time. It is supposed that, see ing the shafiit g going around, she got on it to take a ride. -Chronicle Sen !jnal. Commondore Vanderbilt said, “Ihe man who pays more for shop rent than he doe- lor dverti-ing, doesn’t uudoiistuud Lib bwsiursa.” THE LA RGESTSXA ICE IN AMERICA. We were yesterday informed hy Mr. Smith, ii.ing on (iuaptw btynu, that while hb and his son Wil iam, aged about thirteen years, were out in the woods on Monday afternoon Inst driv ing up their cattle, their attention was attracted hy the bleating of a calf, some distance from them. Thinking probably that the poor animal Imd bogged, they stauel to its assistance. They h.wl gone only a short d's'ance down the bayon when they discovered a year’ing in the coifs ~f a huge snake, the body of which was -ttspen ded from the limb of a black gum tree, about tweuty feet from tlte ground, and which p.ejected from the hank immediately over the water Air. Smith and his s n were almost terror stileken at the sight and stood speech ess for several moments, uncon sciously watching the movements of the huge leptile us he entwined him self around the aUeudv dead body ot the yearling, and at every coil of the snake they could hear the bones of the calf nreltf. Aber.coiling itself around the 'ife less foun ot tne yearling ami crushin . every bono iu it- body, the -e-tu-nr le l loose its hold from the tree and diup ped down alongside of its vi ton, and began licking it a'l over, p eparatory, it is supposed, to swallow i. A our this time Mr Smith recovered his sen ses, and after watching the tnon-t i snake open its capacious mini'll sever al times, he tired on it wiih Ins rifle, striking it near the head, aii-l w quick y fo!l“wed i y his son, who dis charged adouble-harrelled gun oaded With buckshot. B til loaded a quickly as j OAihle and again filed m his snakeehip. In tl e meantime t e rep'ile had coiled its If into a ling mass, ami was making* his-ing s m n that could he heaid fully R‘o \ i and was pi trmling h forked tongm several ‘yet After discharging aimu a dozen vuhev* each, Mr ruitli and ids -on suecee ed in dispatching on of lie laigest snake, eve- seen in Lou isiana, and, probably, Ninth Aueiic.x i( measured thiity-one feet m leimtii, i ml the body measured, ten lent Iron the head, thi r ty inche*. in c.rico ii - mice, and about theceo'ei of the b y ebout for y-two inches It lias tegular succession of spa's, blank am yellow, alternating, extending from it tiead to its tai , while either side is deep purple ?Jr Smith lias no nb what kinfl of a snake it is. but Mnuk it must be of i he hoi-oonstiicor spe cies. No doubt this snake ha- fo> many years inhabited that section id Country, and depredated upon tho young ca res and animals that came within its reach. The skin of this huge snake has been p eaerved, anil will fie sent to Shrevejiort and put od ex f- i hi tic n.— Shreveport Times STOPPING 77/A' IN TP PEST. Daniel WV -'tM once dined with an o'd 80. ton Merchant, and w hen they came to the wine a dus y old hottle was carefully oei.anted by John and passed to the host inking the but- tle he poured oot Mr. Webster’s glass and handed it to him. Then pouring i ut anotliei glass f< r himself ne field it to the light and said: “How do yon like it Mi. Webster;” “1 thick it is a fine spe/i'aun of old port ” “Now, can you guess what it co t ire ” suit! the host. “Surely not,” said Air W ehster, “I only know that it is excellent ” “Well new I can tell you, fur 1 made a cateful estimate the other day. VVlien I add the interest to the first pi ice, I find tha: it cost me the sum oi just one ch liar and twenty cents per glass.” “Good gracious! You don’t say so,” said Mr. Webster; and then draining his glass lie presented it again wiili the remark. “Fill it up again as quick as you ! can, for I w ant to stop that confound ed inlet eat.” Mention was made in'liese columns last week of tho liodiog of the body of a dead woman in a pool of wa er, near ttie colored < hutches, and Ihe suspicious circumstances which sur rounded tho case. Bolling, the bus band of tho dead woman, who was lodged in jail is said to have confess ed to his companions in jail that fie muidered his wife. We do not know that this is true: in fact the prisoner now denies making any such Con fession. —Albany News. Governot- “Blue Jeans,” of Indiana, has muie than eight hundred acres |of Indian corn oa his farm this au tumn. A KNOTTY POINT—AN UNUSUAL LIFE INSURANCE CASE. A judgment was rendored at St Louis on Wednesday by Judge Treat in a life insurance case, in which a | singular point was involved. In 18- 00, and for a long time previous, Charles Ivn'zing, of that city, was ir debted to William M. P. ice in the sum ol $5 000. To secure his debt Mr. Price, on August 1, of that year, took out a policy for $5 000 on the life of Mr Kin'z ng in the Arlington and Piedmont Life Insurance company, whose principal office is at Richmond, Ynginia. The premium was $224 per annum, payable by the teims of the policy “on or before the 3 )th day of August each year, or within thirty days thereafter.” The assured took advantage of the thirty days’ grace each >ear hy paying the annual pre miums on the 30th day of 'eptember. On the 20th day of Sep pmber, 1876, Mr. Piice learned that Mr. Kiruzing was in bed very sick and likely to die, ami was advise i to go immediately and pay the premium on the policy.— He replied that there was no hurry, tie bad till the 30th in which to pay it, and that if i > the meantime M". Km zing died he would not havo to pay it at all. The friend who wasad vi-ing him urged that trouble might ensue from the delay in case of Mr. Kintzirig’s death, and that it was much better to be on the safe side.— From this consideration Mr. Pu e went to the agent Rnd paid the promi m about 1 o’clock in tho afternoon ol 'tie iJ:h of Sep'etnber. It turned at, however, that Mr. Kintzirig h bed about ten o’o'ock that morning.— I’he company refused to pay the polt . v on tbe gmiind that the premium was due and payable on the 30th of ugust, and that the thirty days were more v days of grace allowed in which a renewal might be eff-cted prov : ded he insured was alive and in good Health, and that it was simply a pro vision against the forfeiture of the policy for non-payment of the premi .iin during that period. But plantiiT contended that it was not payable no il the utmost limit of the thiity days, ud e Tra it’s decision was in the fol. owing words: “Plaintiff is entitled to waiver, under the pleadings and evi b nc in this cause, the eutitof 84.702,- 50. Judgment accordingly.” GEN. FOR LEST AS A CHRISTIAN. In his smmon at G' l.tfd Forrest’s funeral, Bey Dr. iStambuck, of Mem phis, said: “On the 14th of November, 1875, ■ n a calm Sabbath evening, Bedford Eeriest uni his now stricken wife en teied tins church ami took their seats- I preached fioui the parable found in tin. great sermon on the mount where the builders on the reck of faith and the bui der ou the sands of false hopes are cootiasted. At the close of the discourse I passed out and fouud (ien. Forrest waiting at the lioor He took my arm aud we passed to the pavement below. ‘There he stopped abruptly, and treu.b ing he leaned against the wal', and, as tears fell from his eyes, said: “Sir, your sermon has moved Me last prop from under me. lam the foo’ that built on sand—l am a poor, miserable sinner.” The form which never troni filed hefoie the stoutest man seem, and all shaken. “Mv dear General,” i slid, “I thank God for this. If you (eel that you me the foolish builder, you are in <he best way to get upon the rock.” I told him how “God so loved trie world that He gave His only begotten 8n that whosoever boliev eth nn Him should not perish, I’ut have everlasting life.” Then I give him the 51st Psalm *o read. 1 Cilled at hisro. in the next night and talked with him and prayed with him. At ttm close of the prayer he arose and said : “I’m sad-fM. Allis light. 1 put rr.y trust in my Redeemer ” Since tha tiro, my friends, I know he lu s said many tilings not like a Christtan, and done many things which he should not have done. But m man ever felt tfiis more keenly than lie oi l. IVhen I saw him on Thursday ho confessed how lar he had done wrong and frovght reproach upon the cause j ofChr'st, “But,” said he, “God has forgiven me.” Raising his emaciated | hand, he pointed to h;s breast and odd, “AH is peace here. 1 want you 'n know that l etween mo and my God there is no cloud I atn at peace with God.” I hawed mv head upon my hand ard wept for j .y. Sa A I: “General Forrest, I thank u.y God for this ” Then ke gave me this mess age: “Tell my brethetn and sisters that during six weeks I have lain in my bed and cotmuuued with God- Tell them to take np their cross and fellow tbeir Savior Ted taj oil c< tn rades in siu to give their heajts to God *d seek a higher, tinker life.” VOL. 111. —NO 40. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATORI AL CONVENTION. The senatorial convention for the 11th district, assembled in Cuthbert on Wednesday, the 7th of November, ind was O'gpn zed by c.tiling Dr. C. ill Mooie, of Tetrell,to the chair, and requesting Robt. Thompson, of Clay, to net as secietaiy. The f Mowing were appointed a committee on credentials, viz; Juo L Crown, Jno Kaigier, I J Sounder*, J o 11, Jenkins Wm Killer, and J W Horseley. The committee retun edj and reported all the delegates present e titled to scats, and recommended, th it—Ku'ght >n tie adnsmitted, as an alternate horn the 4th district of Ran ilo’ph. Ou motion of Mr. J H Guerfy, it was resolved that each county be en titled to 23 votes iu ballotting. On motion the tvfo-thirds rule was adopted. The convention reserving the right, to repeal the same and nominatehy a majoritv, if deemed ex pedieut during the ballotting. The convention further resolved that as rmdo'pb county waseutitled, by rotation, to name the candidate, that thr delegates from said county he requested to suggest names to be hul'oted for and that after the first b.iilot the name of the lowest candi date be dropped. Under this resolution the following names were suggested: Jno T. Clark. Caspr W Junes, R F Ciitter.den, D & Fuigersoa and M C Edwards, nd the convention proceeded to ballot. Jno T CRrk receiving the highest vote in the first four bu!- loticgn, was, ponding a fit*h ballot, and dared una uiaiously nominated by cu. iiii i:ion. A conunilteo of one from each county was appointed to inform Judge Clark of his nomination, and request his acceptance. The committee waited on Judge CTark who came before the convention and acceptod the nomination, in a b'ief but eloquent address, replete with good sense and patriotism. Mr J Id Guerry ofier>d the follow ing, which was unanimously adopted. Resolved, Tlu.t we hereb) pledge our united efforts, to secure the election of tiia lion Jno T Clark, the nominee of the convention. Tho secretary 1 was requested to furnish eitfh paper in the district, with the proceedings of the convene tion for publication - Robt Thosifsov,- Secretary. A MAN OF PEACE. The soeno is in Jackson eoun y, Missouri They went into church and disturbed the coremoaies; they bray ed like jackasses; they howled their profanity, they stood up in the pews and drank whisky from bottles, and at last the minister was compelled to dis miss the congregation. Even then they were not satisfied. They follow ed the minister as he escorted two lad.ee, and heaped insults upon them. The minister was a man of peace, but they managed to rouse the old Adam in him. There we e three of them.—. The reverend gentleman placed the ladies in safety on the other side cf the road. He took off his coat. Ho dismounted from his horse. He calm ly tomoved one of the stirrups with the strap thereof, and ho sailed in.- lie hit off right and left. He was right, and they left, all but one who aid on the ground with his head wido open. Thay r.H go to that church no m .re when that preacher preaches. The Griffin News says: “The re port reached tfiis city yesterday that Mr. Powell Ballar f, of Pike county, had boon waylaid and killed cn Fii dsy night, while on his way home iroin Baruesviile, where fie had been to sell cotton. Getting near the old Garlingfon Leak homestead, a couple of negroes asked him to let them ride, to which he consented. He had n' t gone but a short distance when one of i them drow a pistol and shot Mr, Bal lard through tho head. He lived Until sunrise yesterday morning, when he expired. \\ e hear th t Mr. Ballard before his death gave the names of the mu'derers, but wirtber in such shape as wi’l make it evidence we sre unadvised. It was ‘.ho’.gbt the per sons who did the deed kut-w he had money and killed him for (he purprgar of robbing lini. Mr. Baiia'd was ft brother iu-law of Mr. A. B. SbacktU ford, of this city, and, wa< hu upright f and-good farm**.”