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Newspaper Page Text(Bfeggam SHseklg sttfo ^ Mggaamgi&c. { ***** tJ HOSTS. tt aooaoJt night and at the night’s pale 8achth?ngs have chanced to me Ir -no, by oay, would scarcely tell a friend For fear of mockery* Andorra, you say; mirages of the brain! 3-knew not, faith, not I. .... ... la tt mere strange tho dead should walk again Than that the quick should die? —[T. B. Aldrich. playing pool. There are two sets of pool of this metropolis balls to a table-one being in tho triangle tba. true sestlieucism while the other 13 in use. so no Ume is a chance to assert St startinga new game. Again,the poor midst. In response to numerous requests lost starting a m. » tL |> re is n0 dc- lie is preparing a lecture in burlesque and * . « I — — _• tnf tVin f Icaac Wilila nQffrtmtfttlPOa. and finds only needs itself in our THK vEOUOIA VlliSSS. Young America, No. 5 of Columbus, Sum received a new Silsby engine. The Coiambus Times reports that on Woilueaday night last, in Bulloch county, Alabama, Hugh McLain, of China Grove, waa waylaid, gagged, robbed of S325 and left tied ail night near Fitzgerald on the Montgomery and Fufaula railroad. He was released by sumo negroes on the fol lowing day. • The Augusta factory has engaged iliysician to vaccinate all its employes. Atlanta is thinking about waiting until her mud dries before rushing hlr. Wilde upon the stand. A magic lantern mau has had the ch-.-ak to ask the Berrien Courier to sus pend publication and allcw him the use ot his office for a performance. A voting lady, first honor graduate of IVesloyan, lias been partridge hunting in Southwest Georgia. It is said she killed ail out of eight bin's on the wing. We always knew the young lady had a good -eye. Why is it that a certain popular young oimuissioii merchant, society gcnHeinau and bird huuler of East Dougherty pre fer?,, when he goes guuuiug,to aheot larks rather linn partridges, doves or other kind cl game ? The person solving this prob lem will be handsomely rewarded.— News oa-'f Advertiser. iiecauso he is belter on a lark than anything else. .Send reward by post-office :uc uey order, or if preferable, by express iu was latter event, please prepay, if the Sharpes are larger Ilian the reward T. ih JVciea ami Ad;< . User very proper ty remarks tint pardgraphers of the Geor gia press who expect to remain on good terms with this journal will do well to use capitals in speaking of the Art Exbibi- Pjmf. 1*. K. PiLsnuiiY has |ssumed control of the local editor’s department of flio SuiuU-r Republican. Athens Manner: But one person died Macon in forty days recently. People mddom Uio in Macon unless they are "SlJed. Daily Constitution: Officer Glover .obterday returned from Macon with Aoxia Bales, a negro woman who is thergad with stealing, one hundred dol- nrs uom Wyatt Touchstone, au aceouut M which has been published in this paper sud who was captured a few days ago in Macon, where she wen. immediately after tJ»o t heft was committed. Wlien Officer Clover reached Macon he found that Ttcxie had spent all the money which it is alleged sho stole from Wyatt. She will have a preliminary trial upon a warrant ■ffmviug her with larceny to-morrow be fore Judge Tanner. Arlington Advance; Quite a painful '*) accident occurred to Mr. IT. T. Saxon one day last week while he was moving some whisky barrels. By some means ttne^of the barrels fell across bis leg, break ing It just below the knee. Dr. Stewart, ocr Uuner, was called in, who dressed the limb and left the patient at ease. Did we forget to say that it was Mr. Sason’s wooden leg that was broken, gpd Dr. Stewart wrapped it with wire? Well, it war. Constitution: Colonel Sparks, whose name is u familiar one to all the better Classes of Georgians, -as well as the citi reus of several Southern States, died sud denly at the home of Mr. M. G. Whitlock, at Marietta, about 7 o’clock Friday night. Colonel Sparks and Alts. Sparks had been boarding with Mr. Whitney since May. About ten days ago Colonel Spatks was •confined to his room for tho greater por tion of the time. Friday evening, -while the family were at supper, he went into the garden, although forbidden to go out of doors. When tlie family finished sup per, Colonel Sparks was missed and search for him was instituted. He was -found in the garden dead, his death hav ing been the result of paralysis of the imiss. Uls remains were brought to At lanta yesterday, and carried to Ma con under the charge of Dr. Lee •and Mayor Huff. Mrs. Sparks acconrea- niedthe remains, which will be interred in too cemetery at Macon to day. Col. Sparks was an unusual man in many re spects. He was born in Greene county, Georgia, in the year 1S09, and had he lived until to-day would have been 82 years of age. He was singularly well preserved, both mentally aud physically, and had about lii.n none of the languor -which usually accompanies old age. We believe that be was never an office-holder, tmt several years before the war he was a candidate fir congressional honors in his district, and was beaten by the small ma jority of -100 votes. He was an old line Whig in politics. Ho was for many years a resident of tho State of Mississippi, aud -made an anti-accession speed? at New ‘Jrleaus when Louisiana withdrew from the Union, which greatly angered the 'tot-blooded Southerners of that'day, aud ■Threats of lynching him were made. The -predictions madf in that speech, how ever, were verified by subsequent devel opments. Dakikn Gazelle: Before the lumber surd the d’sliller (not the destroyer) the pine forests of McIntosh arc rapidly dis- Opeariug. In a few yeais that region of our county will look as desolate as any township between Wilmington and Wel don, in the “old North State.” As we have reached the point sf denudation of our nine timber from the lands, not only of McIntosh, but of all the counties “up 4m river," which comprehend about a fourth of Georgia, Is it not time f jr us to oeosidcr how to economize and teplace the waste? The new distillery, which takes in a log and eliminates from it tar, pirn-ligneous acid and charcoal, seems to covet- the economical point as against the -old fashioned mode of sacrificing a thou sand, or many thousand actcs to be event- vially destroyed by fire. As to replacing • the waste, we can take a very simple Its- son, ouc easily learned and applied from our tree planting friends, on the one hand of Europe and on the other baud of our Western plains. Griffin Rem: When the Carrolitoif train came In Thursday, an officer was socn to get off having in charge a negro woman who was violently insane. The woman’s name is Xancy Moore, and she lived in Carrollton. About a month ago rtlte was discovered one morning in the —■ : re, where she had fallen, in a fit, and se verely burned herself. Since then she ha3 been totally non compos mentis Deputy Sheriff John Skipper, a man of rrost soul and tenderness, was conduct- ; her to the asylum when seen by this reporter. At the 4 o’clock train she was very free in her talk, and preached a ser- ".ou, commencing from the creation and g ling on down to the present day. Then tho- :n avcil, kneeling as though she was ■iilui'iig a regular service, with tho crowd -resent as her congregation. After her i-.rcr .-begot up and opened the door of • yj chnreh. “I’il thank some good brother or ;t hymn," she said ea*nestly,and when one would start it, she did so berseir, At,.! then held au imagiuanr sacrament. >ha filially grew Impatieutr with the ne- aud pilcLed into them In a hurry, !*-iugiog the Bible iuto proof as to why they were black. She said that a nigger always would be black, kinky-beaded, hick-lipped and long-heeled, w ith a nose ike the -l .vH’> shove! and feet like flat joats, and there wasn’t any way to help Altogether her case was deplorably _,1 *nd brought forth many expressions a! pity from the slanders by. Officer Skip per was especially attwitk* to her wants. >JlM woe very thin, emaciated, In fact. Albany Advertiser: A new method A at been devised'to shorten the time m bottles are duplicated,., lay where the number of players in a game about to begin differs from tho num ber who were In the preceding game. It is held, if orly thirty seconds are saved in a game, a table that averages one hundred games a day will lengthen tho playing year by about twenty days, omitting Sun days, and calling nine hours an average day’s work. Athens Banner: Last night, .about nine o’clock, some persons going down Broad street saw a strange light through the glass door In Mr. A. S. Dorsey’s store. An investigation showed that a large pile of rags In one corner was burning. The alarm of fire was given, the store was opened, and the burning pile thrown out into the muddy street and extinguished. Xo damage was done beyond the loss of the burned junlc. If the fire had begun later in tho night, it would probably have burned the store and the one adjoining. Sumter Republican: Oa Wednesday last, Mr. J. T. Carter noticed that a fine milch cow belonging to Mr. James Mc- Garrah, living some ten or twelve miles from the city, acted in a strange manner. He told Mr. McGarrah that something was the matter with tho cow, and they agreed to examine her. With some other gentlemen who came up, they caught tho cow, and on looking into her month found that some mean scoundrel had cut her tongue out. This Is one of the mostfsrba- rons acts that we havo heard of In some time. and the miscreant who committed the deed should be severely dealt with found out. Berrien County News: On Monday last, Viuey Spell, colored, approached another colored woman on the turpentine farm of Mr. Joseph Baker, and asked her if she made use of certain language imputed to her, and to which tho said Vmey had taken exceptions. Being answered in the affirmative, she dashed a tin can of potash lyo in tho woman’s face, and then made au attack upon her with a razor, in flicting a wound in tho breast, one in tho arm, aud one in the abdomen; neither of which is neeffssarily fatal. The potash did hasty work in removing hair, eye brows and skin, a portion of which lodged in the eye, making quite a painful wound. Viney was arrested and brought before Justice Slater, who required her to enter into bond for lipr appearance at the next term of Berrien Superior Court. satire of the "Oscar Wilde performances, and promises to give it early deliverance In this city. Mr. Clayton will not only treat tho subject with his accustomed humor and keenness of ridicule, but upon the occasion of his lecture will appear up on the platform in the true costume and With all the essential accessories of a gen uine icstbetic peiform&nce. This will Darien Gazette: Mr. James E. Holmes cleared on Saturday tho firman hark Veritas, Captain Uaskbartii, for London, England, with a cargo of 205,420 feet of hewn timber, valued at $2,405.04; 148,000 feet of sawn timber, valued at $1,543.99; and 11,700 feet of deals, valued at $140.40. On Tuesdav, the 11th, the Norwegian bark Helvetia, Captain Englebretlisen, for Great Yarmouth, England, with a car go of 250,874 feet of sawn timber, valued at $3,100.48; 700 feet of deals, valued at $104.40. The Griffin row ended by J. J. Conch being fined $5U and costs, aud policeman McKibben $25. The latter was also sus pended thirty days. The Sun gives an account of an expe riment tried by an imitator of Lulu, the circus flying-man. The imitator is called Bill Jones for short, and has been run over by a freight train, by a 2:40 horse, and has felt the bard side ot a brick or his head. Jones made a catapult of hick ory sapplings, and fixed a pile of hay to fall on. He got into the catapult, some obliging friend sprung it for him, and he shot as high as the churcli steeple and forty feet beyond his hay. Besult: five ribs broken, nose dislocated aud arm dis jointed. Coup ought to have this man. Quitman has begun to lay the founda tions of another watermelon crop. Not less than two hundred acres will be planted In and around that town. By the time they appear Judge Creech will have his carp pond producing, and t hen Quitman will be bappy. Col. C. A. Niles, of Griffin, and late of the News, has gone off on a Wes tern frolic. A fiue in Homo destroyed Slaton’s confectionery and Findley’s salcon. Rome Is described as one of the biggest little towns in Georgia. She has 8,000 inhabitants, a full complement of busi ness houses, a host of residences, mills anil manufactories, a fine city pres3, and received 110,000 bales of cotton last year. Good water and a fine opera house are amougst her luxuries. H. M. McIntosh, agent for the Singer sewing machine in Griffin, says the News, has skipped to Texas with considerable cash. Mn. Douglas Glessner, assisted by Charles Hcgan, keep the Griffin News up to its former standard. TnE Atlanta police are on the lookout for L. B. Carter, who assassinated Mr. J. W. Griffin at Orlando, Fla., and for whom a reward ol $1,000 Is offered. Rev. J. F. McFarland, of Stone Mountain, was so unfortunate as to have his residence burglsrized white absent. Quitman Free Press: Quitman is to have a new doctor. This is a good place for bim—if he is coming for his health, Lumpkin Independent: As an evidence ot the heatth of Lumpkin, we note the fact that ocly one adult white person died in town during the year 1SS1, and only two children. Another one of cur citi zens was buried here, but to died at the asylum near Milledgeville. WRiGHTijViLLE Recorder: A wildcat entered the house of Charles Chester, col ored, a few nights ago, while he was cat lug supper, and took the last and only :>iece r-f meat that he bad and eft for the ■ woods. He put the dogs on trail and soon overtook him, when a lively fcht ensued. The cat was as large as a cdmmi'n sized dog. Monroe \Adcertiser: Mr. Harris Smitu (son of Mr.: G us Smith) was the proprie tor of a one,-horse farm last year, and not a very large one horse farm at that. He planted ten acres in cotton and six in corn. He paid out for labor, in making his crop, thirty-five cents only. He made nine bales of cotton, weighing five hun dred aud forty pounds each, and one hun dred and fifty bushels of corn. He used eight bumjred pounds of guano on his cotton, not quite one hundred pounds per acre. Hao bis crop not suffered from the dry weather, he would have made a bale and a half of cotton per acre. Valdosta Times: A countrymni brought a basket of eegs into town to sell a few days ago, and before he succeeded in disposing of them a young rooster, full of promise,stepped out of one of the sheila and put a stop to the sale. Tho young fellow was certainly enterprising, as he seemed to be working on his own hook,and we wish, as a reward for his pluck, that he will live to crow for many a dawn vet to break. Rome Courier: Mr. John C. Moore, who resiJes half a mile out of the city, was a witness to a very singular occur rence a few days ago. Ho was standing in his yard and observed a hawk flush a covey of quails just above his house. The birds flew rapidly towards a canebrake lying a short distance below the residence —four of them being so frightened they dashed themselves against the house with such violence that they dropped to the ground dead. Mr. Moore picked up the dead birds, and saw the live ones land safely. under cover, the hawk failing to put his claws on a single bird. WniGiiTsviLLE Recorder: Judge M. H. Mss m has a curiosity in the way of a goat. The goat, which is about one year old, has eighteen horns—two on his head and four on each foot and leg. Those on his feet and legs grow from his hoofs, and ai e no w from four to eight indies in length. Reuben, son of the Judge, cut them off about four months ago, and the above stated length stows the rapidity of their growth. This growth is indeed a curios ity, and would be of great service in an animal show. Post-Appeol: The advent in America cf Oscar Wilde, the apostle of the so- called icsUielic craze in England, has pro duced quite a.furore—making fun for the Flillistiucs and t opportunity for the wor shippers of th,i “big sunflower” aud the “lily of the vslley.” The love of the {es thetic is not ap unknown quantity in At lanta society, and this fact is to *be sub stantially recognized by Mr. A. Smith Clayton, the popular journalist and lec turer. He baa carefully taken a census give novelty and interest to the affair. 5 learned that he is being negotiated with to deliver the lecture at DeGive’s opera house soon and for the benefit of the Young Men’s Library. It is not improb able that tho affair will take that direc tion Union and Recorder: Twenty-five hun dred thousand brick are wanted at the Asylnm in addition to those already con tracted for. The steward, John M. Ham mond, Esq., will receive sealed proposals for furnishing the same, until the first of March next. Atlanta Post-Appeal: This morn ing tho Post-Appeal met State Treasurer Speer aw* asked him: “Colonel, has tho Marietta and Xorth Georgia Railroad Company paid thb $500 fiuo which the governor imposed on them for turning the convict Rattaree loose upon the commu nity?” “No sir; I have lieaid nothing oj it. There has been no such money re ceived into the Treasury.” As this luliy answered our query, we dropped the in terview. Rome Dally Bulletin: One of the bents under the long bridge just above Eve’s station on the Rome railroad was noshed out by the high waters yesterday N rv sequont)y tho train on that road ditl i\ io out yesterday evening. The bridge is \ ^seriously injured, and it Is thought it cah?>e repaired immediately, so that tnraIWl not be stopped after a day. A gang o^aids lias been sent out to com mence nV^at once. SandeiAjjJ.le Mercury; We learn from Mr. WiVyn Holmes that some time last week tlie of Harris church fell iu and also the riw..wall fell, leaving the left wall and botlNpds standing.. They have not Lad any lrt|U winds in that sec tion, and what cans* it is a mystery. The honse is not a veVkld one. Some of the timbers must hav\leen very weak or rotten. Sandeissville Jfcrcun^sit pleasure that we call attenti prince of dailies, the Teleg' Messenger. Well managed edited, its value is appreciated b; iness men, and its circulation increasing in this section. Tl also, cannot be excelled in the had a very pleasant visit from its plished and courteous agent, Mr. who is well known to our people servedly popular, and we are alw; to see and welcome him to our si Post-Appeal: The Atlanta po'tfollice. one of the most important in thdnlaud South, has been notoriously short If cleri cal force tor years past. When thl Expo sition came on and there was an enor mous increase of local business to he looked after, the l’ostmaster-General au tlioriz\.a the employment of six additional aids in the clerical department of the of fice. Postmaster Conley secured compe tent persons to do the work aud made such use of his force as to cany us over tlie three months of the Exposition with out a single substantial complaint. Now, however, that the Exposition is ended, the Postmaster General has ordered that the six employes be discharged on the first day ol February’. The reduction will greatly impair the efficiency of the Atlanta office. The officials there state positively that there has been no perceptible decrease of business in the office since the Exposi tion. Colcmkus Enfiulrcr-Sun: One of the most careless and unnecessary accidents of which we have heard in a long time, was one that occurred on the Mobile and Girard road Saturday night. It was caused by two grown negro men who did not exercise the judgment that a ten year old boy ought to have. It seem3 they were crossing the track at Fitzgera-d’s sta tion, and were driving a team of four oxen. It was a wet place, and the wheels of the wagon stuck in the mud just as the oxen were on the track, and the team were thus stalled for an hour or two. After awhile the pay train -.came up I he road and the negroes "heard it for more than a mile distant. O: a of the negroes ran down the track to stop the train, when it would only havo keen the work of a minute to have unhitched the oxen and cleared the track. As it was, the train struck the team, knocked three of tlie oxen from the track, aud the other was caught between the driving wheels and killed. He was so tightly wedged between the drivers that it was necessary to take an axe and cut tho ox to pieces before be could be removed. It is a miracle almost that tho engne was not thrown off and much damage done. Such utter carelessness is seldom seen, the other oxen were not seriously hurt. Columbus Eniptirer-Sun: Yesterday morning, while Mr. William Barr was driving in Girarl, his horse became frightened ata pair of oxen and runaway. On(£>f the wheels of the buggy caught against a wheel of the wagon to which tho oxen were attached, and Mr. Barr was thrown forward on the horse. This oc curred just at the end of a bridge across a ravine at least fifty feet deep, and as the horse felt the weight of Mr. Brar strike his back, he wBirlcd and ran across tlie bridge. Mr. Barr was thrown from tbe Lotas over the railing of the bridge, but in his descent ho was thoughtful enough to grasp the bridge, thereby sav ing himself from a horrible death. He was considerably bruised, but feels grate ful that be was not killed. The horse continued his flight until he succeeded in smashing the buggy. A hag of money which was in the buggy was scattered over the grouud, but Mr. Barr was fortunate enough to recover the entire amount. Columbus Times: Yesterday three negroes, Green Brown, Jeremiah Brown aud Joseph Turner, were engaged in ex- cavat ing a sink in the rear of T. S. Spear’s jewlery store, near a brick wall. They had gono down about twelve feet and .Green was throwing dirt to a scaffold half way up, from which Joe was throwing it to tbe surface, while Jere was standing on tbe edge preparatory to going down, when the earth next "to tbe wall gave way, precipitating a portion of tbe wall and a mass of dirt on tiio work ing darky in tbe pit,* crushing him down and burying him up to his neck. The other two were struck by brick, but not much hurt. Green was dug out as quick ly as possible and carried to his home. He was terribly bruised, aud that ho was not killed was a miracle. Emjuirer-Sun: Intelligence was re ceived in this city yesterday which places the tragedy-in Tennessee in a very un favorable light, so far as J. L. Boyd is concerned. Tho case came before the vand jury, which is now in session at ladison, for investigation and a bill was returned against Joseph L. Boyd for the murder of Thomas F. Boyd. Mr. Boyd was then brought out under writ of ha beas corpus Wednesday for a hearing, when he was refused ball and again re manded to jail. He was sent to jail at Enoxville last Saturday, and will bo confined there until the next term of tha court. Savannui Recorder: Shortly after sunrise yesterday morning some parlies passing along by the Rice Mill at the foot of Houston street, discovered tbe body ol Mitchell Shea, lying under the bluff with his skull fractured on the right side. They at once spread the alarm, and a crowd soon collected. The coroner was notified and a jury impaneled, who, after viewing the remains deferred a further examina tion until tins morning. The body was removed to the lats residence of the de ceased on Bryan and Pine streets, where It was prepared for interment,which takes place this afternoon. Deceased waa a young man about twenty-seven years or age and unmarried. There were, in ad dition to the fracture of his ekull, wounds discovered on his ears, feat and neck, as if dealt with a blunt and heavy instrument of some kind. Tho further investigation and rendi tion of a verdict by the coroner’s jury has been postponed until this afternoon at of the Jimp and 1^‘ rouU ***«&*• From the ghastly wound at the back of the ear, tbe supposition is strong that the deceased met with foul play. It Is known that Shea had been engaged in a wrangle with two river men during the eaily part’of Saturday evening, and bad been, separated. Whether these men subsequently came in contact, and dealt loully with him is what tlie jury is desirous of determining, and this is what occasions delay in rendering a verdict. Two policemen left Sunday night With a view of arresting these suspected men who it was stated had gone down the river. Up to noon to-day they had not returned. Entbance tickets to the Patti concert in Atlanta will cost $2. Reserved seats $5. The Coosa river is ou a boom and the Romanltes are trembling. Rome Courier: Mr. A. J. Little of this city is wearing an old-fashioned watch seal that was owned and worn by Andrew Jackson when he was first inaugurated President. It has inside, and visible through the pellucid stone setting, a speci men of native gold and some other keep sakes. Gen. Jackson gavo tho seal to Gen. Cock, of Tenuessee,he to the latter’s father-in-law, and the last to Mr. Little in 1857. Augusta Evening News: The marble tablets ere being put in position on the sides of the old Confederate powder mills chimney, which has been turned over to the city by tbe Survivors Association as a memorial shaft in honor of tho lost cause. The tablets have just arrived and will ho visited often by sight-seers and pilgrims devoted to the memories ol the buried past. Savannah Recorder. The mystery that surrounds the death of Mr. Michael Shea, whose body was discovered at tbe foot of Houston street, may probably bo explained when the coroner’s jury meets ta-night. Policeman Prendible and Gro- ghan, who were seut out Sunday morniug to investigate the matter, returned yester day from Tybee whither they had gone in search of some fugitives whom they ilad reason to believe were concerned iu tho death of Shea. They learned that the de ceased aud William McTiernau had ■ difficulty in James Lane’s bar-room Sat urday night, and that tho former said something about getting square with tbe eeceased at the time of the difficulty. They also discovered that McTiernau aud a mau named James McGrath were seen together early Sunday morniug some time before the body was discovered. They were subsequently reformed that both ot these personages quit the city, and thinking they would .escape by the river to a schooner which left for Tybee Satur day, tJS9 policemen procured a rowboat and proceeded to Tybee wheretliey found the vessel they sought. They instituted a rigid search, hut they did not find the men. They remained on the schooner until about four o’clock yesterday morn ing when a boat hailed the vessel, and the occupants desired to be taken on board. The policGtncn captured and shackled tho men, who proved to he McTiernau and McGrath, and trausforring them to the inward bound schooner Helen Montague, took them to the city and and locked them up in the barracks. The men gave themselves “dead away” and said they should not be arrested for a murder of which they knew nothing. This was said before tbe policemen intimated on what charge they were arrested. The pris oners were rather communicative aud threw out hints, on the strength of which James Lane, James McBride, George Hawkins, Rhody Ervin, O. A. Jacobson, Margaret Hawkins, Daniel Linnelian, John Walsh and J. Ford were arrested either as witnesses or principals. They were locked up in the barracks aud held subject to the coroner’s inquest. We learn that tlie supposition is entertained at police headquarters that Shea was mur dered on Bay street lane, in the roar of Jame3 Lane’s saloon, Saturday night, aud that the body was carried from there to the place where it was discovered Sun day morning by policeman E. F. Davis. Policemen Groglian and Prendible suffered greatly Sunday in* rowing to Tybee, as well as lrom hunger and thirst uutil Cap tain Green, of the schooner Heien Mon tague, generously relieved their necessities aud made them comfortable. The inquest touching tlie death of Shea will be re sumed to-night at 7 o’clock. Atlanta Constitution: The ordina ries of quite a nomber of the couuties of the State, uuder a misapprehension of the law, have written the Governor for sup plies of vaccine matter for uso in view of the near approach of the scourge. The Governor writes them tint it is only in the case of au epidemic that he is author ized to distribute tho lymph, and that he has instructed the State vaccina agent to have ready a large quantity that is fresh aud good, so that in case the small-pox makes a serious attack upon tbe State wn may he ready to commence a stubborn fight. The following notaries public were commissioned yc.-t;rday: Barclay M. Blocker, GStb district of Burke county, and James J. Palmer, (J0;li and 62d dis trict of Burke. The stalk of fino cotton shown in the department of agriculture, as a product of the plantation of Judge J. B. Latimer, or dinary of Stewart county, attracts much admiration. Commissioner Henderson is receiving some fiue cotton seed, which will not be distributed, however, uulil soino time in March. Colonel J. R. Towers, assistant keeper of tho penitentiary, has returned from a tour of inspection of the convict camps of in the southern partef the State. He re ports the camps in excellent condition. Colonel Frank Haralson, State librari an, is now busily engaged in packing and shipping the acts of tho last Legislature to the ordinaries, county court judges aud judges of the Superior Courts of tho State, and to the librarians of tho several States ol tho Union. Atlanta Constitution: A decision in an interesting case was rendered in the Supreme Court yerterday. The suit in volved was the right of Mr. H. Lewis, of this city, to use the word “Snowflake,” as as applied to the crackers which he manu factures. It will be remembered that there is a manufactory of crackors which turns out “Larrabee’s Snowflake crack ers,” and It is this concern that made war uptn Mr. Lewis and charged him with riating its trado mark. Larrabee bill of injunction claiming that the term “snowflake’ 1 was his private prop erty. Judge Hillyer refused tho injunc tion, and tho case went to tho Supreme Court yesterday. Tbe gist of the decision was that terms descriptive of the origin or true ownership of the manufactured arti cle, distinguishing it from any other, be came the property or trademark of the manufacturer or owner, and, further, that tho manufacturer or owner might by use acquire a right to them. Thus the words “Lone Jack Tobacco” could bo a trade mark, and yet the words “Lone Jack” have no connection with tobacco so far as their descriptive power of it Is concerned. But tbe court held that mere ducrlptlve terms describing the quality or appearance of an article could not be a subject for a trade mark, but might be used by any person having an article of a liko descrip tion, and that therefore the term “snow flake” being only an adjective indicating lightness, whiteness and purity, could not be a trade mark. So Lewis Is entitled to use it. The Augusta Chronicle noticed Sunday tha death l>y drowning, while coming to Augusta on the Katie, of a youth who left Atlauta with Coup’s circus. This youth, who was about sixteen or eighteen years ot age, became infatuated with the circus and left a comfortable home in order to join tbe company. He followed them to Jacksonville, where he was taken sick and was left behind. Ho was confined to his bed for several days, and when he re covered was out of funds, but managed to reach Savannah through tbe assistance of some kindly disposed persons. After ar riving in Savannah he went down to the wharf of the steamer Katie and begged to be allowed the privilege of working Ills way on tliq steamer to Augusta. Tbe officers needed no extra help,and declined to eomply with the young man’s request, but he was so importunate that they finally yielded, and assigned him to some slight duty. When the steamer was near Purysburg about 9 o’clock on Tuesday night, on her trip to Augusta, the young man was accidentally drowned. He was, it appears, moving about the deck, when bis foot struck against something which caussd him to lose his balance and he tumbled into tho river. The night was dark, ahd the steamer being under way at the time, it was impossible to render him assistance promptly. Every effort was made to rescue him but to no purpose, and he was drowned. Ho had stated that he lived in Atlanta where his mother resides, and that he had run away to join the cir cus, but he failed to give his name, and it is not known who he was. He was, as staled, apparently between sixteen and eighteen years of age, about five feet five inches in height, slim built, and of dark complexion. The Fort Va^ey Public Library is now defunct. The expense of running it was greater than the amount received to sup port it, and stockholders divided the vol- umq? among themselves" and closed it up, Savannah News: About twenty minutes to one o’clock yesterday, while some colored laborers had an anvil on tho gang-plank of the steamship City ot Sa vannah and were taking it on the wharf, It tell on the foot of Charles Frazer, crushing it badly. Some of his fellow- laborers procured water and washed tho injured foot, when he was placed in wagon and conveyed to his homo aud physician was summond. Hvwkinsvili.e News: Rev. S. Sweet, the well known newspaper corres- pondeat,“Jack Plane.” wa3 iu towu Mon day. He is now on the editoral staff of the Telegraph and Messenger. Griffin News: Cbas, T. Logan has in his possession two fine paintings over one hundred years old, which he intends to send to the Macon Art Exhibition They are family heirlooms, and are paint inga of great value. One represents Ruth gleaning la tho fields ofBoaz, red the oth er is another Eastern scene, title unknown with beautifnl figures of a woman and crafty Arab, whose humpbacked steed stands in the immediate background. The pictures are each about 24x30 inches, and are framed in gilt frames of the style of that period. Hawkinsville News: After the mu nicipal election in Cochran several of the boys, we understand, tried to shoulder Mr. John A. D. Coley, one of the newly- elected aldermen, and carry bim around iu corn-shucking style, but ho didn’t lift to any great extent. The boys are now decidedly of the opinion that it would take a pound or two of dynamite to shake him clear of the ground. Hawkinsville Neios:) Mr. Bryant vV. Brown, of Houston county, is one of tho most successful farmers in Georgia. He commenced directly after the close of the war with a fifteen mule farm, and has successfully kept that number of plows running ever since. His mule teams are among the freest driven to Hawkinsville! and he comes as near making his farm self-sustaining as any planter iu the State. Columbus Enquirer: Yesterday even ing Policeman McDaniel succeeded jn' capturing Wm. Shurley, colored, ono of the party of prisoners who escaped from the Talbot comity jail a few months ago. Sburley is charged with hog stealing. Policeman McDaniel telegraphed the fact to the sheriff of Talbot county last nigl-t and the prisoner will doubtless be eallec for to-day. The officer says that two more of the party were concealed in the same house iu which he arrested Bill, but he was not aware ol the fact at the time. FENCE OH X0 FENCE. DctnUa or (lie Iionlslnua Hlioctlnw- a The XlRilnessor Jealousy nnd Its Aw ful EudlnE. Telegraphic mention of the recent shoot ing of Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Lewis has been made in these columns, aud we are now enabled to lay before our readers tho particulars of tho fearful tragedy. As tho parties havo many relatives aud acquaint ances in Macon, tho accounts of the crime possess a local interest which warrant their reproduction. Mrs. Lewis was Miss Ermi- nie de Graffenricd, sister of Wo. K. and of Marshall do Graffenricd, formerly of Ma con, but now a lawyer in Atlanta. Mr. Will S. Lewis was a nephew of Mrs. Robert Collins of this city. From the Galveston News we take the following: News reached ns yesterday of a terrible tragedy which occurred on the Bounie Doon plantation (known os the Facketio place), in Red River parish, last Friday night, resulting in tho wounding of two accomplished ladies, and tho death of a well known young man by his own hand. The particulars, as we lu.trued them, are about as follows: Several years ago Mr. Will S. Lewis, son of tlie late .Luiue- J. Lire;: Lewis, of Min ten, married Miss Erminio tlu Gmffunreid, of Macon, Georgia, a beau tiful and highly accomplishedf lady, and brought her to Louisiana to reside. For somo time they lived on the planta tion referred to above, nnd Robert S. Lewis, a brother of tho husband, resided with thorn. The latter is spoken of by those who knew him as high-toned nnd honora ble mid much liked by all Wlio were ac quainted with him. Some few months ago Mr. Will S. Lowis died nnd his widow re mained on tho plantntion.which was placed in chargo of his brother Robert. Iu seoms Robert fell desperately in lovo with the wife of his deceased brother, and, tho story goes, sho promised him not to leavo the dace. It was his intention, no doubt, to lavoclaimod her hand nt tho proper time. A short time ago Mrs. Thompson, a widowed sister of Mrs. Lewis, oamo to tho place, and au arrangement wns mado be tween them to return to Maoou, which somewhat exasperated Robert. The two ladies cxpocted to loavo ou tho down-trip of the Jewel, which boat they were await ing. On Friday night last Robert went into tho room whore bis sister-in-law was and had some conversation with her about going away, which resulted in his shooting hor in tho right breast with a pistol. Sho fell to tho floor, aud lior sister, Mrs. Thompson, hearing tho report of the pis tol, came out of her room and started to ward them, when the exasperated young mau shot her iu tho side of the neck, the ball passing around, not making, wo loarn, a serious wound. Young Lewis then knelt beside his sister-in law and beggod her to speak to him, but sho kept her eyes aud lips closed. Supposing ho had killed her, ho placed the pistol to the sido of his bond and blew his brains out, falling beside her a corpse. Our in formant said tho wound of Mrs. Lewis, lie learned, was considered mortal. Robort Lewis will be remembered as the young man who, in a duel shortly after tho war, shotHon. Clarenoo Pratt, who wns a mom- ber of tho Legislature from Claiborne par ish, from tho effects of which wound, it is thought, he afterwards diod. The cause of the duel was somo remarks mado by Pratt iu the Legislature reflecting upon the clmr- actor of Lewis’s father. Mnuy of the friends of Lowis think tho death of Pratt has boon weighing upon his mind since, and at times made him somewhat recklosB. The Standard, of the Cth, gives the fol lowing additional part-culars: Tn a conversation last night with Mr. Charles Packetto, clork of tho steamer Kate Kinney, which had just arrived, wo learned that our. report of tho tregedy in Red river parish, published yesterday, was in tho main correct. The two ladies wore removed to Coushatts. and Mr. Paokotte learned from Dr. Guthrie, tho attending physician, that Mrs. Thompson would re cover, but no hopes were entertained for Mrs. jjewis. Young Lewis was buried near tho place where he committed tho fearful deed. It seems the tragedy occurred nfiout 2 o’clock on Sunday morning, and was premedi tated. Young Lewis left his room armed with a double-barreled shotgun, a pistol and a hatchet, and going to tho room where his mother was sleeping, he quietly looked her in, and then went into the adjoining room where Mrs. Lewisandher sister, Mrs. Thompson, were sleeping, leaving his shot gun outside the door. There were two A Succinct Humming Up ol tbe Argu ment In Favor of Abolishing tho Fence Law. Vinevh.le,Ga., January 14,1881. Edixohs Teleorafh and Messenger : As hut one more issue of the ic?.mmoth week ly will find its way to the numerous farm ers of the county before the vote is taken on the fence question, the writer rospeot- fully asks that he may be allowed the use of your valuable oolumns to present the subject once more in a condensed form to tlie consideration of the agricultural community. Our present fence law shonld be abolish ed for the following cogent reasons: 1. Because, if all fences are done away with save for pasture enclosures, thousands of acres of arable and excellent land might be made available for^ale or cultivation that are now practically abandoned for lack of timber to fence them. 2. The market value of our farms would be increased 50 per cent, by the removal of the fence incabus, and they could be divid ed up into small tracts and readily disposed of to industrious emigrants or worthy freedmen nt full prices. 3. Contfhuo the present fence law and ere three decades have passed away, a very largo portion of our ancestral acres must bo turned ont to grow up in brushes and brambles, as it will be no longer possible to protect them from the predatory incur sions of hungry outside stock. ■i. Every poor m:ui .-uould vote fence-,” as the enclosing of his farm is by far the most onerous item of expense to which he is subjected. 5. Vote down tlie present law, aril the citizens of Macon conld tear away tho ex pensive garden and conrtyard fences which screen from observation their beautiful grounds and flowers, thus adding vastly to tho attraction of their palatial residences. C. Continue the present fence law and very soon the scarcity of lumber trill en hance the cost of building almost indefi nitely, as nil the plank and framing nude- rial must bo transported at steep prices from a distance. 7. Abolish fences and there will be no lack of cheap fuel in the country, which will bo real bonanza to the snfiering poor. 8. 1 hose who desire to see sleek and blooded cattle in lien of the runts which eke oat a miserable existence on the naked highways, will vote “no fence.” It costs no moretosaprort a Jersey or Dovon milch cow than a pmey-woods specimen whoso maximum yield of milk is ono qaaitpcr day. tt. Let it bo remembered that the text of tho bill to be voted upon declares that tho landed proprietor shnll tarnish pasture room for the stock of his tenant aud em ploye. Thi-t Ilut unly protects tbe rights Of tho laboring class, but secures them iu the possession of their cattle and hogs, which otherwise would bo scattered abroad aud fall a prey to tramps aud thieves. 10. Tho abrogation of tho fence law does not prevent any ono who can stand tho ex pense aud has timber to spare, from con tinuing tho old sy tom and walling out with his lofty fences nil creation from his pre serves; Why not thea extend a helping hand to tho needy farmer who has no tim ber on his land and no money to purchase it elsewhere. 11. If the no fence party carry the day, tho farmer will have at least three months, now devoted to the laborious construction and keeping np of enclosures, for the plant • ing of orchards and vineyards, the collec tion of fertilizers from the woetL, the droinagoof swamps, tho repair of out- builds, the digging of fish ponds,the plant ing of slmdo trees and the general improve ment and beautifying of his dwelling and grounds. • Tho above comprises some of the most prominent reasons in favor of “no fence.” Many others could be ndduced were it nec essary;. The writer trusts, however, that •dvery intelligent and patriotic voter in Bibb county and the city of Macon will go to the polls ou Saturday, the 21st instant, and cast his ballot iu favor of relieving tho farmer from the oppressive burden of fencing lands which are almost destitute of timber. A more important measure was never sub mitted to the arbitrament of tbe ballot box. H.H.J. Please allow me, through your columns, to offer a few thoughts on tho above sub ject, and at tho same time I will try to point out a few cf the mistakes our friend, “R. E. F.,” in r.u article on the name subject in your issue of January Cth, has made. I do not boa3t of a groat deal of intelligence and thonghtfnlnoss, but I think that I can sco into tho right and wrong of the subject. “R. E. P.” points out tho soifish ones and loaves off tbe champions of tho fence, and seems certainly to forget tho selfishness of his argument. In fact, he leaves the sub ject, “fence or no fence,"and strays off into a stock law, to prohibit tho noor man’s stock from roamingthrongh his woods and Oldfields. He will say: “What right has any one elso’s cattle on my land ?” Now, I must admit that ha who is not so fortu nate as to count his land bvrtlio hundred acres must not havo any ciRllo. Many a poor man; small land owner and renter, de rives great benefit from his cattlo and hogs. Tbs advocates of “no fence” tell us tnat we will have fewer cattle aud finer onos. Have they forgotten tho millions of dollars that Georgia spent last year for hay and forqgo from the West, to feed mules and horses on? We don’t raiso enough for man and beast here. How will it bo when it comes to feeding cattlo and hogs. R. E. P. may point a few places on good swamp land where it will act like a charm. But take, our poor piney-wooda land, with a yiold cf five orsix bushels of com per acre, many lots of land with no other supyly of water but wells. Of course they will tell us of clover and the grasses, small grain and peas. Mow, no doubt bat pons are a very irofitnble crop, but tho majority of poople lave generally so mnch cotton to gather that tho most of tho pea crop stays in tlie field to fatten hogs on; bat how will it be without a fenco? Mo, my friend, R. E. P., we are living in a very fast ago of progress, no donbt, bnt wo cannot number our fences with the humbugs of tho past; our laud is too poor, and wo cannot afford it. The condition of the country which yon allude towos brought on, not by the fast decaying fence-rails, ns yon infer, but by planting cotton to tho exclusion of everything else. What wo want is more stock and less cotton. There is no dbo of fencing en tire plantations; fonco in what we can ma nure and cultivate well, and let thebalanco lio out and grow np; and if there is a man who is so selfish in regard to other people’s cattle running at large oa his domain, why let him imitate tho lord of tho manor ana enclose it with an iron fence. Whenover our country is densely popu lated and our industries are more varied, why then is plenty time tc pat np onr cat tle. Bnt though wo nrnnber our fences with tho humbugs of tho past, we will rue it ns much oa wo do tho exploded hambugs of raising corn and hogs. R. G. D. doors to the room, and in looking thorn ho aroused Mrs. Lewis, who stepped from the bed and asked what was tho matter. He said he had come to brain her. and fired his pis tol, the bell taking effect in the breast. Bho fell near tho head of the bed. Mrs. Thomp son then jumped out of tho- bed and he fired at her, the ball taking effeut in her neok. He thea went and knelt beside Mrs. Lewis and tried to make her spoak to him. but sho did not, and he leaned over, kissed her, put the pistol to his head, blew his brains out and fell a corpse beside her. Mrs. Thompson passed out of the window and aroused the mother of the unfortunate young man and the colored peopio on the place, and the news of the featful tragedy soon spread throughout the neighborhood. Now, Mr. A is anxious that tho “no Pauline Rosa Haynes fenco law should bo adopted; but Mr. B. | Madame Deschappellea Mary Haycee who does not own ono foot of land, and j Widow Melnotte Minnie aitrmons does not pay one cent towards the support! Marion May Buchanan SL t ^S°Zf rn i me ? t ~ perhaps h “ not pai< t I That the play will be well put on and his poll tax in ten years—comes up and .. . , ,, * , . ... aaya to Mr. A: ‘-This is a free country. 11 wel1 rendejed there jb no doubt. We will kill your vote with mine. I don't own ' would like much to have broken the chauc- nny land, but I have same and hogs, and I will force you to fence yonr land, or my stock have, under the laws, a perfect right to R; and now, Mr. A, cattle pagne bottle on the pretty stage with onr friend Hir.-ch to-night A drive around Americas behind a spir I want yon to distinctly understand, if ited dapple-gray, fully establishes the fact you hurt my old black sow, or my old butt- ... - - __ — .. head cow, for getting into your com field, unless you keep a lawful fence,I will either present you to the grand jary for malicious mischief, or cue yon for damages.” Mow, does not B. tell a palpable falsehood when he asserts that this is a free country ? Is j this freedom ? Macon, Ga., January 13,1882. Emtoes Teleobaph and Messenoer : 1 have beena strong advocate of the no fence law for many years. In fact os far back as fifteen years I tried in my feeble way through the press, and especially through tho Teueqbapii, to convince the people of our noble old State that it was vastly to thoir interest to adopt the no fence system. If yon will refer back to that period, sqy from twelve to fifteen years, you will re member that it was very unpopular for anyone to favor this system. Still, as I have never been a man to yield the right in order to carry publio favor, I have ever oontonded that under this system it would be more prosperous, and lam truly hippy to see i:hat the majority of onr best and most enlightened citizens are in favor of economizing by adopting the no tenoe law. which means simply better and finer stock, less nnneoessary labor, better crops and more prosperous times. As far as I am individually concerned, I am not as much interested in the question financi ally as a great many others, for my farm is under good fencing, and I have the great est abundance of fiue tirnbsr, too far from market to be of any service only for farm purposes. In this article I desire to call the atten tion of all land owners in the State to the great mistake in our laws allowing those who do not own any land to have an equal voice in the decision of so vital a question. To illustrate, Mr. A. owns one thousand acres of land, worth say ten dollars per acre, which ia ten thousand dollars, upon which he pays, at 1 per oent for State and county Uxe«, one dollar on the hundred, which is below tbe average, will ooet him ofie hundred dollars per annum. This goes for the support of the government Be- that the “piney woods town,” as Dr. Hinkle facetiously dubs it, is able to stand alone, and will soon be crawling far ahead of her sister towns. Elegant residences of taste- ful and modern achiteclare are going np‘ and ia the business portion of tho The argument will be used wiih and i oily new brick Stores are rapidly ris- amongthe ignerant classes and non-free- aw* u.i, holdeis that if the no-fence law be put in force, it wiil debar them from all pasture privileges, eta, eto. This is altogether er- roiieoo3 They will have more and belter privileges. I do hope that.the good peopio of Bibb will turn out in force at the elec tion, and give on overwhelming majority in favor of no fence. There has been very great improrerae-t in your paper of late. Long tray it live and prosper ! Every fam ily should take it. Yocrs truly, W. M. Allen. t Editors Telegraph and Messenger The following are a few of tho many rea sons why the no fence law should bo adopted: 1. Mnch of tho very best com lands are let remain oat of cultivation by reason of ths difficulty of fencing, which obstacle wonld be removed by tho adoption of thee no fence system. Thoso waste lands, as they are now, would then bring forth com in abundance, thereby increasing our cereal crops, reducing tho price of oorn, increas ing our pork supply, thereby benefiting all classes of whatever avocation—either di rectly or indirectly. 2. It wonld enable them to reduce their rents, which "would lift a great burden from the shonldcrs of the poor tenant, who now stands hand to hand m fearful battle with poverty. Tho increase of crops in our county then, would bo worth more than all the cows and hog3 in the county are now worth, bnt it wonld not redaco tho valae of your cattle and hogs, though it might de crease the number. Do help tho poor when you can; by so doing you derive so mnch benefit from the act. The old fonco system is n reflection apon the wisdom of Georgia. Yes, I fear wo are slumbering over one of tho most rithl issues that nos presented itself to us of late. The reasons why tenants should vote tor no fenco are many: 1. Reduction of rent, on acuonntof more and better land being made available for cultivation. 2. The amount of com in the country wonld bo greatly increased, thereby caus ing it to bo cheaper. Yon will be better provided for in tho ing. Trade is good, business brisk, and an air of prosperity!* over all of it She has alive mayor, ayonng man tally in love with the town, who will leave many fine evidences of his Bplendid administra tion when he doffs the robes of office. The two papers show that they are appre ciated. "Few towns of tho size of Ameri- cus can boast of two papers like the Repub lican and Recorder. Usually, one paper ekes ont a sort of half-way existence, but these papers seem remarkably healthy, nnd no ono rejoices more at such a condi tion than this reporter. PoMtmnatcr Locks SbooU Himself Through tbe Heart. The news of a very unfortunate affair in Eufaula reached ns yesterday morning. From a gentleman, who lives roar the res idence of the snicide, and who was amoeg the first to reach him after the fatal shot was fired, we obtained the following par ticulars: W. H. Locke, brother of R. D. Locke, a well known Republican now holding-a government position in Washington, has been postmaster at Enfanla for a long time. Abont a month ago his accounts were found to be incorreot, whether by reason of crookedness or errors is not said, and he was temporarily suspended, a gentleman by tho name of Hassell boing put in his place. Tho bondsmen of Locke were called npon to make good the alleged deficit, which amounted to something liko $7,CC3. Two of the bondsmen had Locke arrested, bnt his attorneys said thoy would be re sponsible for his forthcoming, and he was released on Saturday last. He told his at torneys he would bo ou hand if he was alive. On Sunday morniug Mr. Locke arose in exceedingly depressed spirits. Ho had tho idea that while innocent of any orime in way of keeping a cow and a few hogs. A-*, ’■jfsmection with the matter, ho was being it now is, you cannot keep either iu^=-/' '.founded to death by his over-cautions greo of safety. You know fencing is~ poor and your stock in danger. Rat then land holders, under tho now system, woald pre pare good stock lots for yonr stock as an inducement. They will vie one with an other in that matter. May it nevor be said of Bibj} that ignorance nnd prejudice for once triumphed over justice and outraged common sense! Oris. AHB.truu* y.n F. How Tlie New Opera House, null America* Is Doing. Tho opening of the new opera house in Americas should have taken place last night. You couldn’t guess to save your lifo why It didn’t. Don’t try to guess, be cause you couldn’t if j-on took a week. Yon see tbe house was to be christened by a lo cal company of amateurs in Lord Lytton’s lovely lovesick play of the “Lady of Lyons.” As nsaal with amateur performances some thing always turns up at tho last minute to prevent a smooth rendition. In this cose Claude Melnotte was so unfortunate as to get a black eye jnst before tho event, and who over heard of a Claude Melnotte with a black eye! Hence the postponement mi- til the eye got in a condition to look tho right way, Wo hasten to explain the cause ot the damaged optic. Monday evening Mr. Sim mons, who is to personate “Claude,” was boxing in sport with 6ome companions, and a misdirected lick caused his eye to assume tho appearance uf a fellow’s peeper after a Saturday night fracas. And to-night tho play goes on, The opera honse, of which Amoricus is justly preud, belongs to Messrs. Glover & Yerry, who occupy the store beneath. They were rendered valuable assistance in several ways by the young and onterprising mayor of the city, Mr. J.B- Felder. Of tha dimensions of tho house we forage on the Recorder for the following: The size of tlie building is ol feet wide, 85 feet long and 55 feet high. It i3 built of brick, tho walls being sixteen inchos thick throughout. .The first story is 14 feet high and is divided into three store rooms,in tbe mrtition walls being set a number of very leavy posts to give additional support to tho floor of tho hall above. Tho upper story, which is the opera house proper, is 85 feet long, 51 feet wide, and 40 feet high. In order to secure ns mnch ball room as possiblo nnd a wide and safoingroes and egress, the pave- mont was bridged by a wide oovsred platform, tastefully designed, which reached by steps from the outer edge of the pavement. Crossing the platform, ono enters a vestibnle, where is located a con venient ticket office, nnd from the vesti bule there are Bido entrances to the galler ies and dross circle, while broad doors which swing either way will admit you to tho parquette and dress circlo. Tho floor of the parquette gradually descends to wards tho stage, giving a fair view of the stago from evory.seat. The parquette^ is ssated with nc at and comfortable .folding seat chairs, such as are used in Musio Hall, Cincinnati. Tho seating capacity of tho parquotte is three huudred. The dress cir cle is situated under the galleries, being separated from the parquette by a neat railing. It is seated temporarily with comfortable settees, which will seat 250 teraons. Tho galleries, which extend in a lalf-cirole from tbe stago around tho room, are supported by heavy columns, making it perfectly safe for those above and below. Tho front of the gallsry is handsomely fres coed, and from it extend a number of handsome braeket lamps, which light the room. The galleries are seated with benches and will accommodate 300, making the entire seating capacity, of the house 850. The ceiling is arched, giving it good hight and splendid acoustic effect. The stage is 27 feet deep and 45 feet wide, and is raised 4 feet from the^floor of the hall, while there Is a gradual slope from rear to front, thus giving the atldience a fair view. It is fitted up with all the mod ern conveniences, including three comfort able dressing rooms, which are outside of the dimensions given above. It is reached by a broad stair way irom_ the rear, which not only affords a convenient and private ingress and egress for the performers, but enables them to handle their baggage easily. * The soenery, which was painted by Mr. Julieu Reynolds, of St. Louis, oomprisea a palace,arch, parlor,plain chamber, kitchen, prison, forest,landscape, street scene,rocky pass, ocean beach, Sixteen wings interior and exterior, flies, borders, draperies, etc., and a fine drop curtain, which represents a view of Palermo, Sicily. The proscem- um is handsomely decorated, making the tago view very fine. . The oost of the building will exceed $12,000. The soenery cost over $1,000, and the seating of tho parquette alone about $700. . . .. The amateur company belong to the Americus Dramatio Club, under the man agement of Mr. Abe Hirsch, a painstaking manager and enthusiastic lover of the art, and to-night will be the third time the Lady of Lyons” has been presented by them. The oompany possess the best tal- jent of the go-ahead litUe city, and is of excellent order. The following is the oast: Claude Melnotte Mr. Edgar Bimnmiis Colonel Damas - - * - Brady Gia a ^^'::::.v.v.v.v.v.v.6.T.E^riow Mon. Desohappeilee Landlord.. — •W.EL CUy Q»an«r Geo. D. Wheatley bondsmen. Tho idea so worked upon him that he took his pistol and in his own house, before any of his family could stay his hand, placed the pistol to his tetnplo and fired. Ho fell across the bed dood, and in this position was found by his neighbors, who heard the pistol shot aud came rushing in. Ho had a very large family of children, who are thus summarily deprived of sup port. We learn that Mr. Locke had ft large number of friends in Eufaula who are satisfied he could have fully explained and mado good his apparent discrepancies. As it was, ho felt as if he was being unjust ly accuse l and maliciously persecuted, and was thus driven to commit the deed. A New Mettled With Farm Labor. Col. John I^Henry, of Hawkinsville, is not only a good merchant, but also one of the best farmers irj^B^ficinity. His method is different 1 heird, and therefore; efit of our readers. He dividesTiis I with a house tenant. He wise: Theyj days, Tues(| days of eac tation. ThenPJ the tenants takJ*?, other implement! their own little children working on^j entire week. The: mon lot and looked i The tenants recebj Henry no rent £ (j days’ work oicgj • the use of mules Mr. Henry fi count. The visions during-, by Mr. Henry, the tenants’ separately. Theadvani ants have no in tlie loss of to cultivate tl lies supplyingsu: prietor has no wages to take on slock, and i tack in a dilapidated co5;, Henry has been running t almost ever since the war, on quite a success. He has almdrj same set of nands that ha i They are all colored, and been a Christmas but what family had from $50 to $2C0 commence the new year year, witii tho disastrous not a negro on the pi off of his own fields, beside his corn, fod^ A little systematic! dealing with the negel the most profitable in all agricultural distf is.worth the consideration of oui v ^ and a fair test will determine its bility. •The farmers are eecuring helping much difficulty. The negroes usually? 1 wages, although some will try the t system another year. They complain H ' ( a thousand pounds of lint cotton to i mule is too much for the average lanrtaF this county. On good land a tenant make something, bnt on ordinary pine land it is impossible to have anything over after paying the rent. The colored people have had some consultation upon the subject, and their plea has some force in it. They think that prices ought to be as varied os the character of the land. Lot jostioe be done, and all parties will be the gainers thereby. kju , 23,^ if Oncost amuoh larger amount, Cta&g^V.V/.V.V.^ L-‘ mrtM»n —Tho burning out of a chimney on Plum ammally, to keep said plaoe m repair, to Major Desmoulins Geo. D. Wheatley strait last night o&me near causing an say nothing of the first oost of the fencing, , Lieutenant Dupont alarm of fire. # j Rotary ■Isi. Messrs. Hiram Sibley A Co. are offering $50) in prizes lor tbs best essays on gar dening in the South. These essays must come froth those practically acquainted with all the conditions affecting the subject and the decision regarding their respective merits will be made by well-known and ad mirably oompetent judges. Full particu lars can be obtained by addressing Hiram Sibley A Co., Seedsmen, at either Roches ter N. Y., or Chicago, III. Well Pat. . Baltimore Times. Governor Vanoe, of North Carolina, waa in town tbe other day, and while here he met in the person of a hotel waiter a negro, advanced to middle age, whom he had known down South. He had made a few remarks to the ooiored man. and got led into twitting him about religious matters, on which tbe darky spoke with some fer vor. “Well, now. Joe," said the Governor, “do you really believe in this matter cf election by God, that yon speak of?" “ ’Deed I do, Massa Vanoe.” said the negro seriously, witii a shake of the head. “Well, do you think I am elected to be saved ?” “Seesly know, Masse Vanoe, bnt 1 nebber beared of any one being looted what want s candidate ?”