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1 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, DECEMBER 27, 1881. THE LAND WE LIVE IN. "WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE DOING SAYING AND THINKING- The Robbery of the Confederate! Train???DaMoncea Dots-Fallure M Senola-A Horrible Accident Hear Canton??? 1 The Hnfaula Catholic Fair -Capture of Illloit Di.tiller*. Etc. ed to be Urge. ??? Matthetr Couch, one of | anniversary of their marriage last Saturday night, est and most highly esteemed citizens of j The presents were numerous and handsome and countv, was buried in Senola yesterday. I the table was was loaded with everything nice to His funeral and burial were largely attended. Hr. < cat. The nicest present was that of Mr. Blalock, be- Crmrh wb. ??? * *-*- ??? , ??? n - ls:g an elegant seven diamond ring, to Mrs. Blalock. "Washington, Gn., Dccentlicr 24.???[Special.] A.- there seems to I.c'a good deal of interest taken in the disposition oY the confederate treasure-train the past week among the news- pajiers, and this place feeing the point at which the money was scattered, I have eon- eluded to give some history of the matter as lms been told me hy persons who guarded it while it was in this place. In April, 1865, there came to this place between eight and twelve wagon loads of money. About four hundred thousand dol lars of this belonged to a bank in Richmond, and was gdld, principally $3) pieces, and was not bullion, as some have stated. It was put in the old Washington bank building, which is now occupied by General Heard as a dwell ing. at which place Mr. Davis stopped while in this place. This^rold was followed up hy the hank officers from Richmond after :t had been here some time. These officers put it into .wagons and started back to Richmond. Near Danburg, a village twelve miles north of here, the train was roblJed by a band of straggling cavalry men. It is said that some of those cavalry men pulled off their drawers, tied them at the bottom, filled them with gold and slung them across their saddles. When the news reached here of the robbery, a party of men, now citizens of this place, went in pur suit and regained" $125,000 of the stolen money. It was brought hack to this place and put in the same old bunk, and was finally turned over to a federal officer, Wilde, and lie shipped the money to Washington city, I think. In u house near by where the robbery took place was a box of rich jewels given to Mr. Davis hy citizens of Richmond to use as a last resort in maintain ing tlie confederacy. It was hid in the garret of the house, and was jiointcdout ton federal officer hy a negro. It is sa.d this officer took charge of these jewels, and this is the. las. that has ever been heard of tlieju. One of the men who went in pursuit of the robbers found $112,000 in gold laying in a mud hole in a field near the place the wagons were robbed. As to the confederate part of the money, when it ethnic to this place, two wagon loads of it (sixteen boxes) was placed in the Ute stairs of a store on the west side of the pub lic square in this town and a guard stationed over it by Major Moses, who paid the men $10 a day for guarding it. The boxes weighed about 100 pounds each, part of them contained silver coin, dollars, halves and. quarters, ami jsirt contained silver huRion, and the whole amount is estimated to he $35,000 or $10,000. This was shipped to Augus- t.rbv Major Moses, and the lust account heard of it, it was put in a house on Rroad street in that city. A lot of silver bullion was put in a vault under u store on the south side of the public square. It was understood that a tiarty of soldiers had found out where it was hidand were going to raid it, so it was taken out and distributed among members of the Irvin artillery. These men were put upon their honor to take charge of it. They kept it for a week or so, when they took it to Au gusta one Sunday evening and tried todeposit it in the Georgia railroad hank, but Judge King refused to let it stay there, and i was brought back to this place hy these men. Then it wus shipped to Augusta again, and some parties went down to Augusta to inquire wlint had become of it, but could get no satis factory answer; one of the party being told that the lust seen of it, it was being kicked around some gentleman???s yard. Four wagon loads of tnis money was seen camping in a pine thicket, guarded by less than a half dozen men, aiiout one mile from town, and three wagon loads, when last heard of, were camping a mile and a half south of town at a mineral spring guarded hy three or four confederate soldiers. A carpenter???s chest filled, was seen f ling from one private residence, occupied y confederate officers, to another part of the town, a negro mun being paid four dollars to transport it in a wagpn, who said it took twelve men to put the chest in the wagon. "What ever became of the cliest ami the seven wagon loads that were ramping out near the town remains a mystery that remains to lie accounted for. Two men were seen to fish two carpet sacks of gold out of the tan yard branch near the town one night, hut who they were or where they went is unknown. Maxwell's statement about the wagons being robbed occurring within a mile or so of Washington is a mistake, as it took place ten or fifteen miles from town, near the Lincoln line, and the money was gold coin and not silver bars, as he states, and belonged to the Virginia oank and not to tke confederacy. Mr. Maxwell???s memory is certainly lit fault. The account of a colored barber being whipped nearly to death to lie made told where some of this gold was hid, is a mistake. The barber was hung up by the thumbs, but he was uot whipped.BfTlie party of men that went from here to built up the robbed Virginia gold were paid ten per cent on all they collected. They collected about $135,0t.i0. 'General K. 1*. Alexander organized a party to hunt up this same gold, but when they arrived at the place of robbery, the first party ot ten or fifteen that had gone out after it, had collected all that could be found, uijil Alexander???s party collected mine of it. Kvervihing was in such a torn-up state at the time*of this gold robbery, and so many per sons having something to do with the money, that, it is hard to fiud two accounts of it that will tally. The above is as about near correct as any. 'That some people feathered their nest with the Virginia and confederate gold, there can be no (build. Dahloneoa.December 19. -Sigma mi banquit. The banquet was carried on in style: first a social gather ing of the chapter and their lady friends, then the honor members???lion. D. Lewis, president of the college: Professor J J. singleton. Captain J. P. Imbodcn. Colonel M. G. Boyd. Hr. F. M. Ownby and Mr. \V. A. Burnside. After a pleasant char and much merriment, that echoed through the halls from different groups and gaming parties, every one seemed to be full of enthusiasm, parllv on ac count of refreshments being announced,and partlv on account of a general spirit of patriotism. It is never hard to gei an assembly to the table, conse- 3 neatly it was soon surrounded.,The parte quieted own for a moment and J???resident Lewis asked the blessing. The supper went off elegantly???thanks to the landlady, who is ever willing to aid the fra ternity???and all join in saying. "Long life to Colo nel Lewis, the oldest living member of the frater nity." who entertained the party so nicely by red rations and general remarks tending to the perfec tion of the chapter. Things changed from the elegant wav of entertainment to the old-fashioned wav of reviving the spirits, dancing, which accomplished its end admirably, for the trusty old clocks told the tale ot revelry???three o???clock. The chapter was honored bv the presence of the following ladies: first, the visitors: Misses Pendleton and Thomas, of Atlanta and Sparta. Ga.; Misses Mary, Addle and Mattie Singleton, Misses Carrie and Maggie htam- baugh Miss KUa Reid, Miss Emma Besser. Miss Ida Bovd. Miss Fannie Mcaders, Miss Lizzie Chapman Miss Massie Wills and Miss Carrie Worley, 01 Dab 1 onega. Tlie members are gratified that theirefforts were not in vain; rather docs the writer, as well as the rest of the guests, compliment the following members of the chapter on their grand success, and wish them, individually as well as a chapter, the same success through life; members namely: 1?? Boyd, G M brawn. Oscar Brown. W O l hildress, G H Frey. Calvin Henderson, J A Howard. Jones, B F Lee. K L Longstreet \\ K Mann, G M Napier. L C Peeples, J H Kandell, M A stow and G T \\ ills. s'ENotA, December 19.???The doors of Iverson * Pro., merchants at this "lace, were closed by the sheriff a few daysago. The troublewas caused by the foreclosure of a mortgage in favor of Moore. Marsh * Co. The liabilities of the firm are not Conch waa 83 yean old at the time of his death, lie was a native of Lawrence district. South Caro lina, and had been a citizen of Coweta county for more than half a century. He lived an honest life and died a Christian. John D. Thurmond, a brother of Colonel 3. P. Thurmond of Athens, died at his residence, near Bethel church, in Coweta county, last Saturday. He was bulled at Bethel cemetery last Sunday with Masonic honors. Mr. Thurmond was about 05 years ojd at the lime of his d< ath. He had been honored and trusted by the people of his county and hod proven himself wor thy. A trio of promising young law ycts from Newr- nan are here to-day, to-wlt: Hon. P. ii. Breter, W. Y. Atkinson and k. W. Freeman. The aceom- S lished Miss Rosa Stallings a teacher in the M. G. L mid A. college, arrived here last Saturday. She will spend Christmas holidays at her father's. Fin is a most worthy representative of the ???new south.??? Two yean ago she graduated at Ward???s seminary, Nashville, and at once sought and obtained a posi tion u* a teacher in the college at Milledgcville, which she has since held with much credit to her self and marked advantage to her pupils It would be infinitely better if many more of our educated young ladies would discard false pride and do what they can rather than sit down and wait for ???some^S 6 ???, 1 hotel keeper, gives way to Mr. E. B. Hof- thillfv turn ????????** nr nlnt??? tho *>uv-r rtf hilflAidlios In * 1 _??? thing to turn up" or play the part of butterflies iu society. One day lAst week. Mr. Jesse Nolan killed a wild (sit, near the corporate limits of Fe- noia, which was three feet long and twenty-one inches high. Canton. December 21.???Tlie steam wood shop of Messrs. Palteison * Bridges, at this place, was to day the scene of a horrible accident Doze Bridges, atiout nine years-old, son of I). W. Bridges, one of the proprietors, while attempting to put on the belt that is uttached to the grind-stone, was in some way caught on the shaft and carried around with it sev eral times; at each revolution of the shaft his head would drag upon the gioittnl and in coming up strike the corner of the grind-stone auuid. A deep and frightful gAsli was cut in his head, and his arms and legs were broken and terribly bruised and mangled. He was alone when 'Site entire family were present, and a large con- < oursc of relatives and friends witnessed the enjoy able scenes. A Itogelher this wus one of the most brilliant evenings ever witnessed in our quiet town. Knoxville. Tennessee. December 19.???A suicide was committed in Sevier county near Cate's Cross toads Sunday morning that for coolness and delibe ration surpasses anything! have ever seen. Andy Douglass, a well-to-do farmer, left bis house at 7 o???clock for the stable to feed his stock. He sat down oh the door sill, sliarpflued a huge butcher knife to a lancet edge on a whetstone carried for the purpose, and cut his throat from ear to ear. He was in good spirits Saturday night, was sober, and Mid his debts the day before. He left no explana tion of his mysterious act. Canton, December 20.???Mr. Webster and wife, of Connecticut, and several others, are visiting Colonel II. C. Kellogg, of this place. They are just from tlie exposition and expressed themselves highly pleased. Captain W. Whitmore, our present very caught up, and but for the passing by of a negro boy might have died alone. The sight whs indeed a most sickening one and but teaches us that we cannot be too careful when ahum machinery. All the physicians were called in hut could do nothing to relieve hi.s suffering. He lived only a short while, llis father and mother were both away from home. Mr. K.B. Garwood returned to-day from Dade coal mines bringing w ith him twenty- nine convicts to serve out tlie remainder of their sentence on the works of the Marietta and North Georgia railroad, which is being steadily pushed forward. Ecfavla, December 17.???The fair held by the ladies of the Catholic church last week was u high ly successful financial enterprise, about J1.500 be ing realized. 1 he Baptist ladies??? bazar is now pro gressing with fine success. It will close to-night. There 111c many lady visitors to our town at this time, among them. Miss Gartreli, of Atlanta, and Miss Gartrefi, of Marietta, Miss Dixie Jelk, of Union Springs. Miss Rend, of Chattanooga. Judge Clayton's daughter, so long ill in Montgomery is better, and it is thought, will now get welt. Bar bour circuit court was r>ost|>oned on account of the judge's absence; it will be held at Enfaula on the ???JUlh of February. We now have two loan agen cies here, The "Real Estate, Loan and Banking company, of Alabama,??? handling money procured through the Corbin banking company, of New York, has au ollicc here, and Francis Smith, repre senting Scotch and Jnsh and English f ipiPil, 1ms an agency here. The terms of the latter arieon- sidered decidedly more favorable to the borrower. Mrs. Nancy Mabrev. one hundred years did last September, died in Clayton a few days ago. She was the mother of Hon. J. W. and General Seth Mabrev. Barnesvii.i.e, December 19.???James T. Rose, of this place, was shot through the head by James F. White at the Rock, eight miles below llarnesville, on Saturday morning last. Rose was on his horse when White vvulked up and some words ensued. White was heard to say, "I will shoot you,??? and Rose replied, "Fop away.??? White then shot him iu the head, mounted his horse and fled. The ball entered just over the left eye and come out be hind. Rose was a very large man and fell from his horse on his head, crushing his skull. He (lied Sat urday night at 7 o'clock; was buried yesterday eveniug at Salem church, in l???pson county. Every body has heard of Jim Rose, the big cotton planter. He sells every year from :iu0 to too bales of cotton; hefeeds 174 colored people; he was one of the fiim of Redding ??fc Rose of this place; had also just fin ished a mill here in connection with J. A. Stafford, and had it nearly in running order. He was an energetic, thorough going man, and his death is a blow to the community. lie leaves a widow and seven or eight children. Efforts are being made to catch White. From reports, it was a cola-blooded murder. , Canton, December 21???The brilliant wedding, of Which I gave you notice yesterday.was to-night at 9:i0 consummated between Mr.Jabos Galt and Mis. Lizzie A. TeAsley by Rev. J. A McMurrayut the Methodist church. Mr. Galt is clerk of the superior court for this county, and one of our most Nspcctcd citizens, while Miss Lizzie Teasley, daughter of Judge Wil liam Tcnsley. Is one of our most charming nud buau- itful young Indies. The church was handsomely decorated with large swinging floral arches, and be neath tlie brilliant lights shown attractively. Just overhangiug the space in front of the pulpit where the happy couple stood was an old horse shoe beau tifully worked in a diamond shaped bouquet em blematic of the best wishes for good luck of the en tire community. Although the night was dark, rainy and disagreeable, the church was very well filled with visitors. The weather, it is said, is indica tive of tlie future life, yet we trust theirs will be one of happiness, continued joy and prosperity. Thev vvillsiicud a portion of their honeymoon at the ex position. Quite a crowd from Marietta come up to witness this happy marriage. Rome, December IS.???W. B. Higginbotham, a col ored man having the esteem of afiourcitizens, died Wednesday evening. Higginbotham was, probably, one the wealthiest men of his race in Georgia, being worth ubout $59,09*. His fnneral takes place to-day. A committee from the Rome Light guards, the Cherokee artillery and the citizens of Rome, have passed resolutions of thanks to the managers of tlie cotton exposition, the exhibitors, to Major J. F. Cummings and Mr. Phil Brown, for courtesies ex tended tlie Rome military on their recent visit to Atlanta. The people of Floyd county voted yes terday on the question of "fence??? or "no fence.??? "Fence??? prevailed by a good majority. Mr. Coke W. Stewart and Miss Bctlie P. Hutchings, were mar ried at the residence of the -bride???s mother last night. Mr. Stewart bus long been a compositor in ffie "Courier??? office, and his friends of the type as well us our iitizens generally, wish the happy young eouple unbounded felicity. Newnan, December 19.???Sad indeed was every heart and every home In our town this moruing. The shock was beyond precedent. But yesterday the manly and courteous face of Judge J. A. Welch -shone in its usual good humor on our streets This morning be was found a corpse. He committed suiqjde liy hanging himself. No much beloved was this venerable man and so much respected is his family that the sad intelligence threw a gloom over every heart and brought a tear toevery eye. Judge J. A. Welch has been a citizen of our county far more than forty years, and for many years the editor of the Newruui Herald, a position he recently abandoned, aud It mar be truly said of tills -goon man that those who knew him best loved liiiz most. As a citizen he was ever active, as a triend many claimed hint, and as a Christian his church loved him. Tne sytapH thies of our whole people are with the sad and be reaved family. Ecfavla. Decern her 21.???Iziwrencc Barrett played "Richelieu??? ton large audience here last night; he was well applauded iu some of the parts by au au diencecapanle of passing an opinion on acting. The Euiutila cotton men will attend the exposition In a body next Tuesday. Henry Underwood, a brother in black, stabbed mother colored brother, one Charles Mims, in the h* ad, a few days ago, and on Sunday Mims died. Henry???s wife was the ex citing cause. Henry has lied. It is reported here that George I.igktnera respectably conducted young white man living near Clayton, shot a negro woman almost to death while she iron in bed the other night It is sai<] he had been living with the woman, but she tired of the ninmtUR.il relations and refused to continue to live with him, at which lie became ea raged, and procured a shotgun and poured two loads into her and then fled the country. Decatur, December 21.???The Baptist Sunday school will have iuteresting exercises Christmas day. An address on "Christmas day??? by Kev. M. W. Sams; one on temperance by James G. Thrower: songs and responsive services. O11 Mond v night Kev. ThomAsC. Boykiu.wlll give au exhibition of his stcriontican, and the Presbyterian and Metho dist Sunday-schools of Decatur, and Kirkwood Sun- duy-school have been inrited to witness it a: the Bap tist church. The first station on the Atlanta and Decatur street railroad???one mile from Decatur??? has been named Houstouta in honor of W. J. Hous ton. B. F. Veal, of Stone Mountain, and U. A Kamspeck. of Decatur, are spokeu of as possible "dark horses??? for legislative honors. One of our merchants is known us ???sweet??? coffee. The de mand for dwelling houses exceeds the supply. The possum market is excited owing to a "corner" on them. Daiilonega. December 16.???Deputy Marshal Rob inson brought iu Calvin Brooks from Dawson countv the other day. in whose possession was found" 35 gallons of illicit whisky. Brooks gave bond.??????Captain B. W. Davis, of Annum, had a very fine boise drowned at Leathers's ford, on the Chcstatee, yesterday. Some parties gave Captain Davis aid iu gaining the shore, or he might have shared the same fate as his horse, os the stream was m???.iqh swollen. A good bridge is much needed at this point. The ???city drug store" has been re moved to the store-house on the north eomer of the public square, formerly occupied by Guriy & Craw ford. This is a very eligible point for a drug estab lishment. and we wish the owner, J. F. Beck, sue cess in his business. Fayetteville, December 19.???Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Blalock, of this place celebrated the twenty-fifth our town, the first of next year, who in tei.ds running ft. Rev. M. II. Tuggle takes charge of thei??ost-oilice at this place next Monday. A brilliant wedding Is to take pla* e at the Methodist church to-morrow evening. Will give a full ac count in my next. IUnsr.svn.LE, December 22.???A burglary was com mitted here last night. The safe in the Central railroad depot was broken ojiem and all the paper money in it was taken out. I don???t know how much money was taken. Several thousand dollars, I heard. The burglars then tried the safe in James Askew's saloon, but failed to open it. All the money iu his drawer was stolen. No idea as to who the parties were. Miss Annie Trippe, of For syth, is visiting here. Mrs. T. J. Simmons, of Ma con, is on w visit to Mrs. A. O. Murphy. Monp.oe, December 21.???At 10 o'clock this morn ing Colonel Joseph H. Felkcr, of this place, was married to Miss Clara A. Knox, only??? daughter of George W. Knox, of Social Circle. Mr. Felker is a rising yourg lawyer, and the bride is much ad mired for her beauty and accomplishments. The happy pair left on a trip to Stvaunah. Mrs. C. W. Brooks, of this county, has been adjudged a lunatic and was sent to the asylum to-day. Sum bers of our people go to the exposition every day. Barnesville, December 17.???Our municipal elec tion came oil??? hist Tuesday. T. E. Murpliey was elected mayor without opposition, and the follow ing board of aldennen were elected: A J Blalock, J E Redding, E \V Rose, P A Murphey, J L Fogg and Edward Elder. Wayside Notes. The debt of Helena, Ark,, is 3450.500. Mississippi will have a state female college. Pine apples are grown at Welatka, Florida. The railroad interest is booming in Mississippi. Paducah, Ky., boasts of a eleven pound potato. Maitland, Florida, boasts of l/% ounce oranges. Montgomery, Alabama, is overrun with tramps. There arc 110 newspapers published in Arkansas. A Palatka. Florida, alderman weighs 282 pounds. lit? Mississippijegi.slature meets at Jackson Janu ary 3. Spelling matches are becoming popular in Ken tucky. Nassau county, Florida, boasts of twelve pound potatoes. The price of horses aud mules does not advance in Alabama. One hundred people from the north are at Orange City,???Florida. Eighteen ounces is the weight of a tomato in Key West, Florida. A one legged man has been running a foot race in Pensacola, Fla. The school population of Petersburg, You, is a little over fi,oco. A Henderson, Ky., man was arrested for stealing seventeen turkeys. ??? Jews from Russia are settling constantly in all parts ot Mis issippi. A factory is to be built in Stoncvillc, Washington county, Mississippi There (are .???.74 .-Sunday school teachers and 2,380 scholars in Richmond. There are 21,000 acres of land in orange groves in Marion county. Florida. Tennessee marble is supplanting Italian in many sections of the country. In Kentucky the maximum yearly production of iron ore in tous is 105,420. J. W. Harrington, of Shelby county, Kentucky, killed :100 birds last week. A bill has been introduced in the Virginia senate to abolish the whipping post. They exhibit turnips in Florenoe, Ala., which weigh twenty eight pounds. A Danville, Kentucky, firm, has shipped 10,000 turkeys to Boston this season. The Mississippi teachers association, meets in Jackson the 27tn of December. An immense stave factory is going up at New Market, Shenandoah county, Va. Mr. IV, Arnold, of Deeatur county, Alabama, re cently killed 213 pigeons at three shots. Sirs. Barney Trice, of Verona, Sfiss., sent a bale of cotton to the Atlanta cotton exposition. The cost of witnessess in the Bland Cathey mur der trial at Greenwood, was nearly $5,000. The chief justice of Alabama is a printer by trade, and formerly worked at the ease at Athens. Fanny Wietherspoon, a favorite mate in Mercer county, Kentucky, has been sold for $3,000. A waver meeting society is working in Nashville, It goes from house to house like a surprise party. Nashville has eleven cigar factories, employing 60 persons aud turusout 11,000,000 cigars annually. A colored man was sold for vagrancy in Paris, Ken tucky, Saturday. A colored man bought him for $10. s A widow, a doctor and a constable are waging a triangular fight for the Stanardreille, Va., post- office. Tlve preserve factory in St. Augustine is doing a splendid business, and will be considerably en larged. The quantity of slop-fed cattle-this year in Ken tucky is twenty-fire per cent, better than those of previous years. A meeting of -the Virginia association of Ameri can oannen will be held at Ford???s hotel, Richmond, February 23th. Two ears containing 1,000 turikeys, 10,000 chickens and 1.000 dozen eggs went from Knoxville to Sa vannah a day or two since. William B. Hzgginbottom, a colored man of Rome, Georgia.-died a few dicys since. His wealth is estimated at from $40,000 to $75,000. The convicts in the Tennessee penetentiary will issue an address to the people of the state, soliciting funds to purchase an organ for their benefit. In the four states of Georgia, Alabama, -South Carolina and Tennessee, the number-of parsons employed in the manufacture of cotton is 11,788, against-5,390 in 1370. A mulatto woman named Fanny Crawford has just returned to her farm -in Mississippi with fifty negroes, from Sumter county, Alabama. This year, about dosing time, she worked 300 hasris on her farm, which she manages herself. Mr. Joseph Glawson. of Jones. county, G*-, on a one horse farm, gathered lOOiiuishels of wheat, 400 bushels of oats and 11 bushels of barley, 300 bushels of com, 1,409 pounds of fodder, 2 bales of oatton and peas enough to fatten thirty-three hogs. What the Paper* Say. Fairbum News Letter. ??? Mr. Oscar Parker killed a white partridge a lew days ago on-Camp creek, above Ads place. It iivery rare that a bird of this species is found of that color. He rent it to Atlanta to have it preserved, and it excited a good deal of curiosity and attention. Athens Banner. Rev. . a aaa Jones, during conference, was out in the audience taking up a collection. He ap- nroaehed an old man who, by the way, was a regu lar hard ease, arid asked him: "My friend, don???t you want to give a dullar to the Lord7??? "l believe 1 do," said the old man. "Well, put it in my hat.??? ???I guess I will see the Lord before you do and I will give it to him in person.??? Mr. Jones weut back to the pulpit aud asked Brother Brown to lead in prayer. Maean Telegraph. _ Savannah, December 22.???No quorum being present at the meeting of the stockholders of the Central railroad to-day. no formal action was taken. Colonel Wadlev was prerent, and iu reply to ques tions from Captain w. W. Gordon, stated he re garded the proposed movement to issue additional scrip with great disapprobation, and considered such action, if carried out, would be fraught with disaster to the company. lie thought that there would be a falling off in the receipts of tire road. The market was very quiet throughout the-day. and closed weak at a decline of two points on the opening. Athens Watchman. One day last week while Mr. Hadden, of this city, was out hunting near Maxeys, he captured alive a strange brown auiraal, of chunky build and some what smaller than an opossum, that our local natu ralists pronounee a cross between a ground-hog and a wood rat. It has grown quite tame. Mr. K. H. Lumpkin is establishing quite a men agerie at his turf exchange. Yestenlay he received from New York, per express, two snow-white ferrets, that cost him $25. They are beauties, and Harbin is training them to hunt rats. Last Wednesday the sheriff??? closed up the store of Ca??per Morris, ou Broad street. This failure was quite a surprise to the public, as Mr. M. was thought to be doing alarge and safe business. We did not learn the extent of the liabilities or assets. Short crops are telling with fearful effect upon merchants with limited eapital. Amerieus Republican. A rather voting looking gentleman,living near the Marion county line brought his family to the city on the day that Coup???s aircus was here to let them see the animals. He says that after taking all of the horses and mules ou his place aud sending out aud borrowing a few from his neighbors, he had stock enough to get here. After seeing all the sights, tlie show, toe horses, docs and clown, he gathered his family and started home. Wheu he had gone a mile he turned to his wife and remarked. "I feel just like I???ve left something.??? she replied, "If you feel that v.-ay then you have,??? so they stopped and made their children file before them as they called the roll. One of the youngest came tip miss* ing. so they returned to the city and found their little boy sitting at Carter???s shoe store waiting pa tiently until his rather would carry the others home and return for him. There was great jov in that family ou the recovery of the lost boy. This is true. Augusta Chronicle. Yesterday afternoon at one o'clock the long and severe illness of Mrs. George T. Barnes termi nated by her death at the residence of her husband on upper Greene street. For months past it had been evident to her family and friends that her days among them were numbered: aud the painful and alarming symptoms developed by the prog ress of the disease would have been more swift and emphatic in their warning to those about her had they not been accompanied by a calm, patient and uncomplaining endurance which robbed suffering of its terrors and softened the shadows of approach ing death. And even now, when told that she is gone, words fail to convey a realization of what has happened in her home???so sweetly seems the sleep where surcease has silenced all of suffering. Mrs. Karnes was a North Carolinian???her father. Mr. John Wilson, being an eminent man in his time, and iter grandfather. Rev. John Macau lev Wilson, being a celebrated Presbyterian divine of the early days. Seventeen vears ago, ns Miss Kate Wilson, she was married to Hon. George T. Barnes, of this city, aud leaves three children to preserve the imprint 0/her virtues and to brighten, as best they may. the fireside of him who is bereft of com panionship???almost of inspiration. Mrs. Barnes??? funeral will take place Sunday morn ing. A Eill to be entitled "An act to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors in any Militia District, City, or County, where the qualified voters so deter mine. 1. Be it enacted by the General Asseriibly of the State of Georgia, That hereafter whenever a regu lar election is held in any Militia District, Countv, City - or Town, it shall be lawful for the qualified voters to have printed or written on their ballots, in addition to the matter usually written or printed theieon, the words ???Restriction??? or ???Against Re striction.??? Aud it shall be the duty of tire officers whose duty it may be to count the votes and certify the result of any such election, to carefully count the number of ballots having thereon- the word "Restiictiou??? and the numtwjr of ballots having thereon ???Against restriction,??? and to ascertain and certify the result thereof to the Clerk of the Supe rior Court of the county in which such election is held, and also to certify correctly as to the number of votes cast for "Restriction??? and also "Against Restriction.??? x 1 2. Beit further enacted. That said Clerk of the Superior Court shall carefully copy such certificates in a book to be kept by him for such purpose, and file the certificates away in his office, and at once give notice under his hand and scat 111 the gazette wherein the sheriff???s sales are published, of the re sult of such election in each of the localities named in the first section of this act, when a majoritv of the votes east on that subject shall have been "Re striction,??? and also of the result lit the county where the majority of votes cast ou that subject in the county at any cotjnty election shall be for "Restriction.??? 3. Be it further enacted, That no intoxicating li quors shall be sold in quantities of less than one gallon (and then uot be drank at or near the prem ises where sold), in any such militia district, city, town or county where a majority of the votes erst on the question shall be in favor of ???Restriction." And any person who shall directly or indirectly be engaged or concerned in any such stile or other dis position for value of any intoxicating liquors, ex cept in quantities of one gallon or more, and then not to be drank at or near the premises where the same is sold, in any such localities, after the expire tiou of five days from the time such notice lias been published, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, nud on conviction thereof shall be punished as pre scribed in Sec. 4310 of the Revised Code of Georgia. Who Need Licenses t Temple Star. Do our pastors need licensed saloons to aid them iu thcirrvork? Are they a help to any Sunday school superin tendent, or the teacher of any class? Do the school committee deem them a good means of educating the young? Are they fit places for our youth and young men? Will they increase the value of real estate, even of that where they are located? Does the laboring man need such a place of de posit for his hard-earned and scanty wages? Do the tried and tempted ones need the licensed saloon as a perpetual test of their power to resist temptation? 1*1. Do the wives and children of the unfortunate drunkard need it to make their lives happier? Does the victim of appetite need a legalized place at which to gratify this insane thirst? Does the occasional drinker, who has any self respect, need any one of the places ever licensed in towm? Do those who are the leaders in society, the men of wealth and influence, need the licensed saloons and bar-rooms? Will they lead the men who are licensed to sell, to purer lives, to more noble impulses, to more gen erous and charitable actions? Has anybody a right to grant a license to one man to injure others by wholesale? The victims of drunkenness descend to the drunk ard???s grave. Misery, poverty and remorse have at tends them in tills world???farther we cannot follow them; but their sad career demands that we should use every effort to save others. Woman** Influence. It has been said that "the vice against which wo man sets her face must fail.??? Then, in tlie name of our common womanhood, let us turn upon the cutsc of cuses, the awful light of public and pri vate condemnation, of unanswering and uncom promising hatred until tve hunt it from the face of the earth.???Emily Huntington Miller. THE $10,000 BEAUTY. THE LOVELIEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD???HER ADVENTURES. Congressmen and Army Officers Falling Madly in Love with Her???She Denies that She Escaped in Chicago and caused a Panic???S e Took the Position for the Excitement. From the Phsladelphia Press. "I think its just too awfully mean for any thing,??? pouted Miss Louise Montague, Fore- paugh???s $10,000 beauty, yesterday. ???Here I???ve been home since the 12th of November and you're tlie first newspaper man who has been to see me. Its reah mean.??? Tlie alleged vision of perfect female loveli ness was found seated on a piano stool yes terday afternoon, in her hoarding house on ???South Ninth street, by a Press reporter, to whom she gave such a cordial welcome, that the young man???s heart was nearly dislocated in its frantic efforts to beat a double tattoo tgainsMhe walls of his chest. Nor did the words that followed tend to restore his equa nimity. ???I love reporters,??? chirruped the cncliant- g creature. "I adore them. They are so handsomefso intelligent, so obliging, so???; Whv. I think they are just lovely.??? Tin; young man never recovered his breath while the interview lasted sufficiently to ask any but the most commonplace questions. He looked and listened and wondered. The fair Louise has a charming trick of roll ing her eyeballs in a manner strongly sugges tive of a colicky* gazelle and of displa ying pearly set of teeth most bcwitclxingly. Then shejliites her nether lip to make it redder than it ought to be, and puts her head on one side,like a sparrow meditating over a grain of wheat. Louise frizzes her front hair, and it falls over her forehead in well-simulating con fusion. She laughs just as heartily as though she was not a $10,000 beauty, and the loveli est attraction of the mammoth aggregation of quintuplexal wonders. tiie beauty's victims. Yes,??? said the beauty, with a .sort of satis fied dejection, ???I think reporters are simply beautiful. Of course congressmen, navy and army officers fall madly in love with me, but pshaw! I never attempted to keep the run of them. It???s too utterly foolish, you know. Why, bless your dear innocent soul, I???m ac tually liarrassed to death by thousands of love letters, and hundreds of attempts to seek an interview with me. Once in Indianapolis I received a magnificent bouquet with a tiny note concealed amid the flowers. What do you think it was like? I???ll tell if you promise not to,??? and again did the divine creature cause her eyes to turn a double somersault. Tlie visitor placed his hand on ins false and hol low heart anti promised. ???Well,??????continued Miss Montague.in a lisp ing whisDer, ???tlie writer was a prominent but bald-headed pork-packer. He wrote about this way: Light of my life ! Would that I could call vou that in reality, for my brain whirls, my iimbs almost refuse their duty, my very heart seems to swell and burst when I think of you. Oh, my enslaver! Pity me! Think of the tor tures 1 endure whenever my eyes rest on your bewildering beauty. If you only knew how I have gone to tlie circus night after night to worship at your shrine, your heart would melt. I succeeded in obtaining one of your hair-pins from one of tlie circus men for $3.50, and I sleep with it under my pillow. Only THE NATIONAL SCAMP. St!ll Diving Tato the Be tt ??? of Insjtrat'on-I 'n.anrtj. Washington. December 24.???Dr. Steams again look the stand in the Guiteau trial this morning. He said that a faulty memory was generally the first to show impairment in most all forms of insan- itv. Sometimes, however, and some cases, memo ry might be nnusualfj- active and retentive. '.Mr. Scoville asked, ???Doyou agree with the last witness that insanity is always an outward mani festation of a diseased brain ???? Judge Porter objected to the form of the ques tion, and quite a war of words ensued between tne counsel, in which Guiteau took part. Judge Cox interposed with a few smooth words which conduc ed to turn away the wrath and die examination pro ceeded for sometime without incident. After the recess Dr. Orpheus Evarts, superintend ent of the private insane asylum at College Hill, Ohio, was examined. He believed the prisoner stine, butdid not think he had been feigning insan- "ly in court. Court adjourned until Tuesday. As the court rose Guiteau shouted: ???To-morrow being ??? hristmas I wish the-court and the jury and the American people a merry and happy Christmas. I???m happy and 1 hope every one else will be.??? A New England View of It. Providence Journal. The Atlanta Constitution is preaching with an emphasis based upon statistics, the duty of the south to engage in manufactures, while othersouth- em papers are, with equal vehemence, urging upon their constituents the necessity of increasing the variety of their farm products, that is, of making their own corn and ba-.??on. Both are right. There arc reasons why sterile New England is 10-day rich er than the fertile south: the north has umleistood, the south is beginning to understand them. The wealth of tlie south is $153 per- capita: that of New England is $661 per capita. Now, there is no question that the south should manu facture to a greater extent than it does, but it will make a great mistake if it thinks that it is to become prosperous, as New England is, simply by matiufae- turcs. It is the untiring industry, the strict econ omy in business, the inventive genius, the trade, the commerce, the making industries which have given New England her financial prcdomlncnee. With the greater natural advantages of the south, she should, as doubtless she will, reduce the dis crepancy between the two sections in this regard. At any rate it is a symptom of improvement when she proposes to do so by free labor, and sustaining democratic institutions, , A Doctor Murdered In the Night, Bennington, Vt., December 24,???Dr. J. C. Stii- man, of North Pownal, left this village about mid night for his home. This morning at five he was found dead in front of the North Pownal manufac turing company???s store, in that village, his head bruised tut if struck with a club, his faee cut and his body not yet cold. His horse wus some distance further on. In the wagon was a pool of blood, showing that the injuries were committed while he was there, lie had a large sum of money nbnut him wheu in JUeiiitiugton and wus uloue when he left there. ??? Complication*. If the thousands that now have their rest and comfort destroyed by complication of liver and kid ney complaints would give nature's remedy, Kid ney-Wort a trial th*-y would be speedily cured. It acts on both organs at the same time, and, there fore, completely fills the bill for a perfect remedy. Ii yon have a lame back and disordered kidneys use it at once. Don???t neglect them.???Mirtoraud Farmer. Justice Gray probably will take his seat on the United States supreme court bench by the second Monduy in January. Ilomford???n Arid I???hoKphnto For loss of appetite, sleeplessness, etc. Pamphlet free, ltumford Chemical Works, Providence, R. 1 Mr. Albert Strasburger. of Montgomery, has been elected grand master of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Alabama. In Great Britain there is a medical association with already 200 members, who eschew the pre scription of alcoholic liquors in nearly every case, and who publish .quarterly magazine as an expo nent of their views. Dr. Richardson and Norman Keer, of London, and other most eminent names arecncluded. In America the iwrmber of temper ance doctors is dziily increasing. There is surely to be a revolution in the practice of prescribing alco holics. t .St would be difficult to find a more destructive f-oisou than ardent spirits ???Dr. Gordon. A good investment is a bottle of Dr. Bull's -Cough Syruj>, for it never disappoints. 25 ???cents per botf-le. Sold by st?? Druggists. There is a heavy deniaeul on the Untied States treasmy for bright new dimes for bangles. There are noue in tlie department. Irrltuble Temper, ???moroseness asd despondency, dyspepsia, constipa tion, piles and debility are commonly due to f- tnor- ??????sid liver. These ailments are readily removes! and ???cured by Sitmions Liver Regulator???auurely vege table tonic, cathartic and alterative. Genuine pre- -pared only by J. H. Zeilin A Cn. The African negro is remarkable foe his length of arm and leg; the Aymara Indian, of <Peru, ???itr his shortness. . Good for tbe ZVomcn. Many ladies suffer from an extreme nervous, semf-hystericat condition. They have disturbing dreams, exciting muscular startings, peculiar .pain- fuC symptoms of nightmare. They lie awake and suffer the brain to be flighty wheu that weary or- ?? m ought according to nature, to be *tfeep. town???s Iron litters give sweet repose and quiekly remove all su-rh nervous disorders.???Home physi cian. dec25dd:??r-lw A Stamford,Ky., woman got hold of a horrid cnan a few .days since and covered hfs face and neck with paint???a new way of punishing. Am Enzhuslosttc Indorsement. Gorham, N. H.. July 14,1S79. Gents-Whoever you are, I don???t know; burl thank the Lord and feel grateful to you to know that in this world of adulterated medicines there is one compound that proves aud does all it advertises to do, and more. Four years ago I had a slight chock of palsy, which unnerved me to such an ex tent that the least excitement wouW make me shake like the ague. Last May I was induced to try Hop Bitters.. I used one bottle, but did not see any change; another did so change my nerves that they are now as steady as they ever were. It used to take both hands to write, but now my good right hand writes this. Now, if you continue to manufacture as honest and good an article as you do, you will ac cumulate an honest fostune.and confer the greatest blessing on your fellow men that was ever conferred on mankind. Tim Burch. last night it stuck in my ear anil I am mail ???with joy. Your Despairing Slave.??? ??? ???I paid no attention to the letter at all.??? continued tbe beauty, ???it was so awfully, utterly absurd.??? ???Is there any truth in the story, Miss Mon tague,??? "asked the reporter, ???about your hus band, Paul Allen, having put you up as a stake against $10 in a game of poker with Bob by Newcomb, the minstrel???? ???How ridiculous,??? laughed the beauty. ???Why, of course there is no truth in it. The two men don???t know each other. I married Mr. Allen in San Francisco in 1877, was sep arated from him in 1878, because he loved the gaming table better than he did me, and then I went to New York, where I played ???Josephine??? in Pinafore. Mr. Newcomb play ed ???Ralph Rakcstraw??? in the same company. It was then that the falsehood was manufac tured by some malicious story-teller*. Just as if such a thing could be. And putting me up against $10 too! How very funny. Accord ing to that 1 had no ???say??? in the matter at all. No, sir; the whole thing is pure fiction.??? THE BEAUTY BREAKS LOOSE. ???You remember tlie story in the western papers,??? continued the reporter, ???headed ???A terrible catastrophe! people fleeing for their lives! Lalla Uookh,tl\e $10,000 beauty of Forc- paugh???s circus escapes and produces the most intense consternation! The beautiful creature at large in the streets!??? Did you escape???? ???Now, that???s too,too bad,??? replied the beau ty. in a deprecating tone. "Of course I didn???t. What awfully awful stories the papers do tell, to be sure. It's awful.??? ???Then what about tlie third street broker of this city,??? persisted tlie newsman, ???who is so desperately in love with you???? The fairenchantrcss smiled roguishly. ???I??? sure.??? said she, "that I can???t help it if people fall in love with me. Let me see, I know one. two, yes three brokers on Third street. One of them is very rich. Maybe it???s him Dear me. how I am beset. Really, to answer the question of truthfully, I don???t know of any particular broker. I am not engaged to any tliat I remember.??? ???Did you ever se?? the Minersville beauty who was your rival at the time the engage ment was made???? ???Oh, yes,??? was the reply. ???Stie was rather pretty, but then her feet were big, and she was awkward. Now, you know I prasess tlie exact symmetry ??t-f form and feature. Onoe the lcmgtli of the chin, the length of the nose, twice the circumference of the wrist, the size of the neck, and all that sort of thing, you girl know. The Minersville was not a profes sional artiste like myself, and would uot suit Mr. Forepaugh at all. You know I expect to have a theatrical company of my own, after I conclude my engagement with Mr. Fore paugh next season.??? ???Then you will give up being a beauty on a high backed car, and breaking hearts by the bushel as you travel through the land???? "Yes,??? replied Miss Montague, witli a sigh, ???I only took the position for the excitement. I liked it very much, but then you know the legitimate drama is my forte, and if I don???t marry somebody with plenty of money, I'll carry out my determination in the fall of 1882.??? Then the beauty said good-bye, and the re porter with a'decided feeling of emptiness aboutliis heart, said farewell, and made his way into the prosaic street again. Kidney JH-cu-c Cured. Chuistiansburg, Va., 1881.???Suffering from kid ney diseases, from which I could getpo relic! either from medicine or the promtnent physicians of onr country, I tried Brown???s Iron Bitters, which cured me completely. A child of mine recovering from scarlet fever, had no appetite, and did not seem to lie able to eat at all; I gave Aim Iron Bitters with the happiest results. *J. Kyle Montague. dee???JMAivlw Santa Claus has his good points, lie also has some bad ones. He encourages extravagance. Free Once Mure. Richmond, Va.. January 31,1881. II. H. Warner & Co???Sirs: For five years I suf fered from kidney affections. Your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure freed me from pain, restored my flesh and thoroughly cured me. F. B. McCuu. A Berlin correspondent says that when Liszt Is asked to listen to the playing of apiece by some person who wishes to be called ???Lizst s pupil,??? the great musiefan gives an adverse verdict by run ning from the room with his hands on his car. Do not allow your children to suffer one day longcrwitli worms, when White???s Cream Vermifuge will relieve them speedily. (lecildlw sat tues wed&wlw That poor bidriddeu, invalid wife, sister, mother, or daughter: can be made the picture of health hy a few bottlescf Hop Bitters. Will you let them suffer? when so easily eurcd. General Ilazen has forwarded to Professor King, of this city, an official communication from the French Ac identic d???Aero.-itaton Mcteoroiogiqu?? congratulating the aeronaut upon the success of his recent balloon voyage from Chicago to the Wis consin wilds. One hundred aud five Italian immigrants have arrived iu Charleston, S. C., and will be employed in the phosphate works. "A Special DiapenoatloB.** Wilmington, N. C-, February 4, 1831.???1 regard your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as a sort of special dispensation of Providence to those "hopelessly??? ill of kidney and liver diseases. * Rev. Dr. Beenweim. A Cough, Void, or Sure Throat Should not he neg lected. ???Brown???s Bronchial Troches" are a simple remedy, and will generally give immediate relief. The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon says in a sermon on Fam ily l???ri le: "Remember, my friends, that we arc all descended from a common gardener, who was given what is termed ???the sack.?????? Headache, Torjlil Liver, Cootlvenm*. Simmons Liver Regulator, by its mild cathartic properties, relieves the bowels from obstructions and cleanses the system oi all impurities without sickening or weakening. Cures headache, indtjrcs- tion and liver complaint???even the most confiinw4 chronic cases. Genuine prepared only by J. II. Zeilin & Co. If you desire a true medicinal tonic that will pos itively rid you of ail your ailments and general ill health. Brown???s Iron Kittens is the best. dec25d??w:w Since I860 Tcnqessee has acquired nearly 4very additional population, and has made crops e,(XXI. year of an average anunal net profit of $27,50000,0 Kidney-Wort moves the bowels regularly, cleanses the blood, and radically cures kidney disease gravel, piles, bilious headache, and pains which are caused by disordered liver and kidnevs. Thousands have been cured???why should von not trr it? Yonr druggist will tell you that it is 011c of the' most suc cessful medicines ever known, it is sold in both dry and liquid form, and itsoction is positive and sure in either.???Dallas, Texas, Herald. Miss Parnell, tbe agitator's sister, has received letters from more than one hundred women in this conntry who volunteer to go to Ireland to ad dress public meetings and assist in the agitation, the majority refusing any salary. Nortross, Ga., December 24th, 1831.???On the morning ot December the 22(1, instant, my house was entered by a thief and a chest containing land deeds, notes and other papers, and some money was taken out, but the thief was so closely pursued that he dropped the chest and its contents except a large pocket-book containing notes and a land deed to south naif of lot of land No. 170in the6th district of Gwinnett The notes and land deeds were all in favor of A. M. Ross, of said county of Gwinnett, four miles south of Nnrcross. AU persons are hew- by forewarned from trading f or any notes in favor of A. M. Rom or bearer. '1 he supposed incendiary lV\, ncgro 18 ,??, r ^9 ???Ms ???"> feet 6 or 7 laches high, complexion black, and talks decidedly Afri can, named Bob Wilson or Bob imith, as he has been known to use both names. Some four hours * ??????S'robbery was committed a bam, some 200 or 300 yards from my dwelling, and near my son. J. A. Ross s, house was bred and burned up with the contents, supposed to have been (lone bv the same party in order to attract the attention of my family until heconld rob m.v house, but failed in his de sign at tha, hour but diet succeed four hours later. I request all Liw-abidiji^ citizens to assist me in bnnginx fins thief to justice. Information in ref erence to him will be thankfully received by me At Noreross, Ga., or Stone .Mountain ??a. d&W - ??? A * M * Ro *** G EORGJA, JASPER COUNTY???ORDINARY'S ?? ? l , ff Ce G^ticello. Georgia, December 22,18S1. jame* M. Williams, administrator of Jbhn H. Kin- ard* represents to the Court in hi* neti- fully administered John H. KinArd sesiate: . All persons concerned are hereby notified to show cause, if any they can. why said administrator should not be discharged from his administration on first Monday in April, 1832. * ??? F. 31. SWANSON, 10o3 dec2->???w]aw3w Ordinary. 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