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12 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 22 GEORGIA NEWS. THE NEWS OFTHE STATE BRIEFLY CHRONICLED. S, Hid Ria Ufa Wall Xnaurad-Lauraaa gup,riot Court-Flanly at Daaa 1* UtlltoaaUlaa -Dn.th of IM OKUMiy of Verna Caunlz -TP. ??? Berrlbla DaalliofDr. Tutor. Etc. T??ur*.U F.lls, which is rcgaiilod a, the most hcaotifitl of Tallulah's unuul falls, hits rim lien three ftet within the Fast three or faur Months. MrJJ. A. Bofciason, owner ami proprietor of the bUUdinffat Tallulah used for Mlliar>ls anti EkatlnjD and eoatinif probably 110,000, killed a monster Hazard or scorpion, midway up a tree on the Tallulah rirer, (hat measured 15 inches round and 18 inches long. ^ - The citizens of Athens have voted to estali- lish sjlno system of public sehoela,-asnlso to rrect t.'O.OOO worth of loIMJo*, for that pur pose. They wilt be in foil operation hy nftxt July, end It lresthnated will Inertase oiitjiup- illation fully 25per cent. Rtirln* the 4nt week of I,aureus superior rourt, svhich ad)ouraed on last Thursday, n witness, who was saloy for a divorce, was asked the maiden name of hia wife, from whom he bad been separated for nearly twelve moulha, and, atange to aay, ha could not tell. Mr. Thomas HUIer, of Montgomery county, earned n stick of timber to Imrira not long simp for which ha received MS.*,. It aval uinrty-seten ftet in length. Had it been properly gotten out It would hnvemea^irrd one Hundred and seven foct and would have brought fl/ty dollars more. Them la a huge liear in Hie nihtmUins around TnHnlah. Ills track iinsjsrimo* the palm of a man???s band. He tfawrees Tallulah river from the point shove tho fulls to Hull's Zinin, three miles Mow the Hcmln'rt place. It is Mlevad that hh bed Is In the thistles amang tho oUA on tho river Chnltooga. The' lftonntshu In northeast Ocergts niul arnuud TaUnlab abound with wild deer un i turkey. Inst week a party of muiintalneur hunters, beaded hy Captain J.uko Johnson, tho police rondaetorof tha Karthcastem Pol I rood, Killed /three flue bucks and a number of tur keys., Pheasants, grouse and partridges nro plentiful. The legal oontcit for tho Tallulah falls prop- crtyGs now trianfnlar, Heretofore the suit wn?? the Cowart heir vs.W. D. Young; but now the Weeks heirs have corantcnrcd action for it. TV i (''attonic.v-at-law is Mr. Janie*, of J).ni- glass rilldt who will contend with ox~8etnt<>r J'ojk* Harrow, who represent* W. I). young, tun! i'niftacl Hoke ftmitli, of Atlanta, who i* counsel fot tho Cowart heira. hole through the roof. Hu esmissl on Mm evening of Dcccjulier 0. A rewanl la offered for his eiiplnro. It Is ho|>cil Hint ha will ho (fitighl. Them has never been a more aggm- voted cose in (leorgla. Tho negro la consider ed t ho worst prisoner that has been Ih farters- vlllejnll for yearn. He luu iilsu hern nolcil uthe/Worat negro lu Bartow county for sumo lime. II. ,1. Phillips, foraomo times resident off.ivo Hprings, but wbo formerly lived In Wsreross. wits pirated and lodged In Jail -by Sheriff Mntlhca on a betith warrant l.itinl In Warn eniinty rharging I???hllllps with forgery. Phil- Ill s lias been an eztrnalve land trader, and tho charge la that he forged (be great seal of tho state tn a land warrant. Phillips Indignantly denies the charge. Hun. Amos Worrlll.who had beononllnary of Ifpson county for tha last ten years, died last Msuday morning at tea and shatf o'clock with paralysis. Ho had long been 'suffering with rlu immtlsm; and Ids aun. Mr. (land WorrllL fur tho hut f*w years, diachargnl many ef tho ???lulleaaf thsoflloe. Judge Wnrrill wnaMto of tho uldeit citizens of Thoauuton. Ho livrsl and died a Christian gentleman, and his host of (Mends mount bis death. On Saturday night, December I J. at Haddock's, John Thsmaa, s lad sierra yeare old, hoards noise In the lot, and mppoanc It to tw made by-cows, It ret bU gun twice In tbo direction of the solae. Ou siautiy momlsf the dead body of hob Thomas, ftthef or the hoy, wssfoundwtth the top of his head allot off. Tho audo was killed by the other Shot. lirrW.tl. PratorcamolaamnsthorrlldsUeath nt Hr. YsnValkanburgh's mills by driving bis horse ton near an embankment on the road side. Ills wagon turned over anil he foil out, and wagon body falling across bis nrok. Jerk* lug the hone on tho body nnd an 'conlfnlng time till neither horse or nun foulil move, and tho whole weight of the horse resting on him, killing him Instantly. Ilo was Inimil dead a short time afterward by some one pass- inirtbal way. Hr. Pnator was nitre a vary prominent and Indoratial citiaen of fmwfonl ??? minty, but hail molly moved to llilili euitu- *jr. Ill was n landing light III the Methodist t hureh. It* was about sixty-five years util, uiiil bud not been lit good health for some time. He was tho foter-ln-law of Dr. John hulllrati, of llpsan county. Ho leaven a wife (???mud marrlsge) and daughter, unmarrbsl, nnd many friends, who will regret to boar of aiiclea tiaglo death. The Kroner was notllcd, who held an Inuucat. * Nows narked tlila place on the llllli of an ac cident which resulted Inthodruwulng of sue- Moerasln district. The negro???s name Is nut given. It seems that he bad oeeeally married in belli ra, 8. ( ., and was on bla way In Mai nn county, N. C??? to visit hia bride???s people. The river was ton high to fold, but the driver at tempted to era*. When nearly over the rur. rent varriad the team down strenni. The driver.Intuped ont andvraa aiding lib team, when tho negro in the veklelc heeaaic friglitviml, sail, making a whole through the tup of the hark, climbed through and luiii|H-d into the river. He railed on hia wife to follow, bhrdid so, hot jumped cn lilui, and it Is sup- jsiaed that the Injured him in her foil, lie ???auk and never nice, lib hod.v was receive rod after two houn??? tluie. The dusky brldo re- turned with Hie remains of lu-r husband to Pcncca City. Two nagrobojrawrre playing in a cabin about n mile and a halFbeyoml the city limits, ???East Macon, on the river road, on the mb instant. Tho aider hoy was about eighteen yearn old, nnd lilt cousin sixteen. The father of tho ul.l - t St lad.whase house they wore at. had left u shotgun lying on the hod, and In their romp the youugcr hoy aahl: ??????Vs>11 out Mtt lists linatso ??? him that his mother wm sick???to run home. >Mitu Mr. Dupree reached the house, a *pec- tfitk, sad, horrible, and sickening presented itstlf. Jth wife had fallen into tho fin- and was hunted to death???her body was I turned to 9 rri*r>. It appeared that *to had taken a spasm or a hr, and hud fallen into the fire, her arms etrefe hed across the burning sticks of wood, and then the tody remained, no one to remove it, and the ilami** roasting (he Hash. '4be Carrollton Free Pres* has the folloying in relation to the Smith trial in Heart! county: As our readers ore aware a anti i;??l term of Heard Superior court was held last week for the purpose of trying John and Ann ; ar.d King, for tho murder of Bonner Barkjer in tho upper part of Heard last winter. John Hniith was first put on trial, and It was with difficulty that n Jury was obtained. The firat three days of the court was consumed In trying John Hiitith. the care tolng submitted to the jury Wednesday night nt 11 o'clock. They brought in their verdict Thursday morning at seven, finding Hinith guilty, and not making any recommendation. Smith was sentenced to he hong February .'jth, 1880. A motion for a new trial w;in .nt once filed by the defense on the grounds that there had been communication with the jury, the sheriff liav Ing asked the body some hours after they had gone to the room if they were likely to agree in an hour. Bach juror, however, lias made affidavit to the effect that all agreed to a ver dict of guilty, that they were influenced neither way by the sheriff, and that he asked no question from the answer of which he could draw any inference as fo how they would de- cide. < FARMS AND FARMERS. Mow a Thrifty Tiller of the Soil Liven Among the Mountain*. A correspondent of the Nashville American gives tbo following account of tho better kind of farming in Fast Tennessee, which, from frequent personal observation, wo know to ho true. The description applies, however, to tho better farmer* of tho Sweetwater, Mouse Creek, tho river valleys, tho Strawberry Plains, and tho fertile country of the Clinch, Powell's, Little Tennessee ami liiawansee valleys, and northeast of Knoxville. In fact, good farmers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and our older status, toetd not live indifferently, and do not in rnsca where "there is ns much in tho man as there is in the land." Tho account reminds us strongly of the life and faro of eastern Penn sylvania farmers fifty or sixty years ago where, however, potatoes, turnips, beet*, etc., were preserved in tho cellars, au??l not iu covered {file s Jii tho garden. The writer says: "An Kaat Tcuucatcc former Uvea bettor tlian f illy farmer in tho world. The fact is ho hi: loves in good eating, and raise* more produota SiritcHl to tho tablo tlcui any other innu. Haro |n tho winter supplies of oue thrifty farmer that 1 have in uiy mind's eye. lie has wheat nnd corn put up fur hix hread, fat hogN in tho pen, fat hceveH and sheep, turkey*, chickona, geese, ducks ??ud carp iu the fisli (xnid for his meat. Tlds carp euituro i.i a new thing with 6 im, only having begun it throe years ago, nnd e is very proud of his carp |??ond. An hi* nilar ho ho* apple*, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, avintc r squash and pie melons, a kog of pure grape wine, a band of Imilcd eider and a bar rel of??liter vinegar. Put up in the ganlon ho liaa Irish potatoes, turnip*, winter raddialiea niulcelfry. In the store-room adjoining kitdieii ho hasu fsirrcl of sorghum mou nnd two or thnwcaiiaof horny, beside* I.mi* beaus, white ami clay pcum, navy beaus, pep pers, and all kinds or preserves, Jellies, can ned fruits, dried apples peaches uud |>cara. ALL THROUGH DIXIE.. The Ccuth Cerollr* 2>8i>la*.ure???A Jf*fro Woman and H??r TWO ChlWicn Kurdcrei la Mlaslatlppt- C&urt Prcct (dlcgt of I*cribCarolioa-An Exciting Affair in Tenacsice. ??to. .mu Ilo also has planted ??????? (hn g*ti*n (strsnl ??? " Srililr carrot., isMisza anil ln-nls. nnd his childrun Iwvn put awsy far family use will outs, bhrstuuls, hickory-nuts, imnhero sod pop-corn. lAikl (nlhssothlngs plnnty of good milk and Duller, mh! who will say that this man swl his family arc nut prepared to livosumptuous- ly this wluU r, soil ou Into the spring of tbo ???nr.whon his stniwhorrirs nnd early vognta- ???\ ou got out of this house." ???I slum't do It,??? roplinl tho oMor Iml. ?????? i fool with mo, niph-k up a IhkidI . w^kiici sold the other. ???Pll wo if I oan???t you get out," and wixlng the gun he ??? d the muzzlengnin-t the other'* lie*! and ulltd the trigger, the charge entering the liter (ad'a head and killing him instantly. <>n Thursday, tko I7th instant, we visited Liberty hall, Crawfordvilie. On entering the frontdoor we saw lettered on the inside door, in largo letters, tho following: Ifcaur the (treat mthlthAt. placed there It tho ladles on the iM-raaion of the removal or the remains of Mr. Stephen* IVcm the Atlanta eeim-leryjo Liberty hall, the final mting ptare. Tho old humestead, the old oak trees fuai. tirageous and beauUfiiH. the ancient rhur. h nearby where the minted Rev. Jeme Mercer uaed to preach, all looked as the tong ago, but them was a vacuum created by the absence of the great statesman that coimnrattvelv ren dered our visit devoid of interest. The sleeping room yet contains the bed I now draped In mourning) in which Mr. Hephetu used to itfcep. The library yet con- taint many valnaMe volume*. Among them nre document* referring to tho I'nitod Sutw coogres*. and dating back to Mr. Stephens'* entry tuto public life, fifty years ago. These volume* Mrs. Oorry, tho estimable niece of Mr. Stephen*, has ou private sale. Xlawkinsville Dispatch: Mr. John D. Dupree came to llawkinaville for a coffin for the re mains of Mrs. Dupree, wife of his brother Luke, on Tuesday Mr. Luke Dupree left hi* wim sitting by a fire in her room, with her chlidret). .???-he was not well, but wa* able to ritnp. ntdwas parching ground peas, Sv??n WfterMr. Dopwe left the houke, one of hi* little children ran dgwu to the tMd attd told blea liegln to cotuo in. And all of them things were raised on a hundred and slaty goo farm that can Iks bought Cor $tyOO. "Tlds tiifty fanner'*goo<l wife, with her but- tc>V.eggs, chicken*, turkeys, and the feather* from tho geate and docks, pays all the family???s store bills. ]le has put op far hia stock corn, labelled oat*, sheaf oats, cut f nlUrr. clover, or chard gmi*, ml top, crab gras* and timothy hay, liesidca rick* of wheat mid oat straw; for he believe* in divenlilod farming, feeling con fident that some of hi* crops will ??c sure to hit the season. Ho is out of debt and ban money nf- interest. Ills oldest Iwy is at school at tho Ntate university, and one of Ills girls is attend ing one ef the best IV-male colleges'in the south, and better than all, he nnd Id* family aie con tented and lrnpny. There are many hucIi former* in E????t Tennessee. Would that tlu-ro were more of them! Wheat 1* *tlio Kast Ten- tiewco farmer's money crop, aud yet it would Ini hard to find a country with a iboro slovenly 4 ulture of this crop. The nvevago ought to lio fifteen husltels |ier line, and yet it Is not half that, a* there nro farmers in every county whoso average for tho Inst tell rcarthasnot Dili, c-tt below fifteen bushel* per acre, aud often goes al*ove it; this, two, without the uso of commercial fertilixer*. Their method*, how ever nro simply tbo dictate* of common sen no and experience. Clou r is a naturul fertiliser for w heat. The proper time to mow wheat iu eaU Tennessee i* from the uiiddlo of Bcpteni- her to the lOllt of Ot tolx i. aud when it is properly put in ami put in iu tho proper time ou ii turned clover nod it never fails, but tho clover should be turned in a ??hort time after the first crop in taken oil', aud then tho land should be retunird, well harrowed nnd rolled la-fore the wheat i* drilled in. All this takes time, patience uud hihor, and (ho second crop of dou r, which for it* seed i* often worth full a* lunch us tho first one Is for luiy, is Io*t, or rather is turned under to feed the wheat. By tho ti.??o of commercial fertilizers a much larger yield ha* Inch made. Mr. William Cannon, of Monroe county, made an average of fortydive bushel* and ten pound* of w heat on a sixteen- acre Held in lv-1. but thi* was on clover land with two hundred pounds of grain to the acre drilled iu with it, nml on the Kamo field in Usiiti, by the use of two hundred and fifty pound* of grain to the acre, lie made an average of forty-one bushels aud thirty-seven pound* of wheat to the acre. The average fainter, however, docs not do this way. Iso knows a* well as he know* anything, that wheat plowed in in stulk Uud Into in Octotier or early in November will not produce more than half n crop, but bis hither did that way, uud he keep* on in the same old rut. lie ku??>w.% too, that it is clover,ami clover alone, that make* hi* neighbor'* average of fifteen bmhels to the acre. He knows, too. that his neighbor, with an abutidnnco of good clover hay. kie)w> hi- stock in good condition on oue half the corn that bo frvda hi*.aud yet ho goes on in tho way his father* trod. t>??r furuiers are, how ever, improving in their husbandry, uud the time Is near nt lmud whenonrWhe.it crop will bo doubled." We may add to the above that Mr. Cannon???s wheat i rop for 1W5 wn?? even bettor than that for 18*4. while that of Mr. I^noir, a few miles further up the Kast Tennemco, Virginia A (ioorgia railway, wa* tiic finest and beat wo ever k.w. Chnuou'> farm i-* in l.oudoucoutity, and l.ittcir???s, wc believe. Is in Knox. A UihmI Uiltan ltMl??or. CoNvan*, tia., December 18.???tfipecial.l??? Mr. J. M. Bartow (tmale, u young firmer of Moelulalc. misil thi* year on one acre 2,???J.tl iM>unds of mis! cotton, making 730 |mwiih1s lint. Mr. tioodo i* a im mUr of the Young Knrmers' club of the southern state*. l ine Hog* lu Adatrsillle* AnAliaviLLC, Cm.. December 18.???[Special.] Adair*vtile can boost of some tluc hogs. Oue miacd by Mr. Lauderuiilk. only twelve months old, weighed three hundred and fourteen n ml*. One weighed at I<ewis and Lelle* I'* giu wiighed five huudred and sixtv-five pound*. Jt was only eighteen months old. MAKIUKU IX tlKOUOlA. Mr. Robert D. Jenkin* aud *tlss A. O. Lee 5 T. J. Smith aud MU* Ola William*. Fort lialue*. DKLITIIS IN CHOUGLU Mr. r. r. Itmntler, Eockdalc county Mr- John *v. Thornton, Forsyth county???^Mr. J. G. strapper, ColumUu Mr. Thomas ft. Fortson, Mukozcc county Mr. Walker Harris High fihoaU. Mi*> Helm r.t per* Itall. Atlanta Captain E. T. John- wo. Marietta Mr. (??. k t*wUUo|, UattWCll.. .?? Uaa luv?? ItUttCb Dctatux. North Carolina. A very Imj^rtant trial ha* been In pro^rcs* for 11 ilaysat Washington ttmtof the Rate v*. three white men, Mt??r-. Wludley, Stewart and Newberry, charged with killing n man named Waters, to se cure a large amount of law ranee money oil his life. Policies were made in WIndloy'x favor. Tho jury today rendered a verdict of ???notguilty.??? The cste ha# excited a remarkable degree of intercut, owing to the prominence of the parties. West Virginia. The jury in the case of Jennie C. Harris v W. E. Pickett, a young merchant of Wheeling, toJeoiDpcl the defendant to support her child, returned a verdict last Hatm day for the defen dant without leaving their seats. It was con* c-lusively proven that tho plaintiff hal secured the loan of the Imby from a German family in order thatshe might produce the child in court. Twenty-four hours ago Pickett was denounced on all sides, while today be is being congratu lated by all. The girl has disappeared and has, it is thought, drowned herself. Florida. The first southern forestry convention met last Wednesday iu DeKumak Hprings with 'delegate* from Louisiana, South Carol ins, iNortli Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama nnd Tennessee. Kansas, Connecticut and KSvertl other northern states are represented, Tho convention opened with prayer by Bishop Mallalien. Governor Ferry delivered tho speech of welcome, and Hon. N. II. Eggleston, of the agricultural department; Hon Warren IHijzby, president nnd B. E. Farmer, secretary, of the American Forestry association, arc pres cut. The C'hautauquau amphitheater is decor ated witli surpassing artistic skill, in wood vine, fruit and flowors, from wouthern forests. Mlasiaslppl. f???clia Tcrrymnn (colored) and her two chi? dreu, boy and girl, agcJ respectively eight an 1 eleven year*, were murdered at Laurel. Sara Wilson, colored, ngod about twenty-tiro, had during the absence of the mother and boy at- Umptciltooutrage tho girl and then killed her with an ??x. lie enticed Ihc hoy inti the boas?? nnd slew him. Uc (licit broke open the worn in???s trunk oral took money and several articles from it. The mother returned while Wilson was *u the house and he Immediately killed her. Ho then act fire to the house, but the fire was dis covered In time to rescue the bodies. Wilsotf was raptured and "did not live to see tho sun o down on his Moody work." Virginia. Tho ( lcdion of United Htates senator to succeed General Mahonc, whono term expires March 4th 18*6, took place ou Tuesday the l???>tb inMant In- tho general assembly. Admission to thO galleries and tho floor* of the nousc nnd senate, was by cards, signed by the speaker of the house and the presi dent protein of tho senate. The eastern gallery of tbehouKsand only the gallery of tho senate were reserved for ladle*, ana both wore filled. ??? in tho senate John W. Daniel wa* nominated by Mr. Wingfield, of Albemarle, and the nomination wasseocindcd hy Momr*. I the*, Petty, McCormick and BCnbb*. General Maliono wa* placed In nomi nation b>* Mr. Gaines, of Nottoway, and tho nomi nation was Seconded by Mr. Norton, colored, of work. Mr. Daniel was nominated iu the house by I Mr. Beverly B. Munford, of Pittsylvania, nnd the Inomlnation wa* seconded by Mr. Dnnlap, or Rich mond and Mr. ittewnrt, speaker of the hoiiv*. Mr. filabonewaa nominated by Mr. Martin, of Norfolk, seconded by Me??r*. \> Iso, Mays and Harris,enlorefi. ift.l:lMho vote wa* taken and resulted as follows: Iraaiol W; Mahonc 2*. The two houses wltl meet iu Joint convention tomorrow. | Mr*. A. D. Barnes, daughter of W. Trice, com missioner of revenue of Lynchburg,; ocntM||lUe<l I ???s last Tuesday morning by shooting herself | with a jdstol. lUd health was the cause of tho act. The moonftiiner* of Brock???* Pocket have at last come to grief. Ten days ago the revenue official* received notice from P. K. Amos and Murine Noo- gin, that If the}* attempted a raid to Brock's Pocket they would bite the dust. Thursday morning, bright and early, W. L. PIttx, deputy collector o! tbo Mkth division; W. II. chapman, revenue agent; Major W. J. Milford. A. A. MeCorklc, deputy United stat * marshal, with two other revenue official*, started for Brock???s Pocket, which lies In tho cllir?? of Hand mountain, near the corner of Marshall and PeKalb counties. In this mountain fastness the moonshiner* have for year* felt secure, os irom the higher cllflk scmnuuling the Pojket a watch wa* continually kept. The wen who marled on the lost raid expected nothing but a hard fight, and went prepared for the worm. The fool of the mountain wn* not reached nutil night, and the .raider* decided to halt nnd reconnoltcr for a few ibotir*. Jt wan dUruvered that aJl wa* quiet around Ulu?? little dimillcnr. and just before day the offi- x-er* dashed in, finding Amo* and Xoogin Iff deep alumlier. They were bucked ami gagged before they had oftiortiraitj ?????* resist, aud within twanty mluutes thno the march wa* rtarted towards .Gad*- don. At the latter place the prW>ncrv|wcre carried before fommlrelom r Green, who put them .under unvy Iwmd, aud not making the bouil thoy were arried to jail. Fruuk White, former agent of tho Wheeler A Wibtoit scwiugXinaehine company, brouglit suit against that company iu the city court of Birmingham on tho Mth instant for five thous and dollars, on (he ground of false imprison ment, ho having been jailed last January on (lie charge of embezzlement, and on his trial wu* acquitted. The Alnabnmn conference of the Methodist Episcopal church South, by unanimous vote op- |ri??H ??l any change of the church name. Texas. The practice adopted by the state penitentiary board of fanning out convict* to wealthy plan- ter* and hiring them to railwavcorporation* has fur several year* been severely deprecated by t ho labor element of the state. Thu fecliug ha* been greatly augmented by recent aaaertions that the convict labor ou the Urge plantations fn the Brazos bottom is to t??e increased iu a ay* by tho importation of several hun dred convict*. This???lias railed out manifostoc* from the ctllxen* of Hcarnc. in which they declare that the iinitortation of conviet* is lufnottsto the businea* interests of tbo town anil the tailoring men of tho community, nnd w111 not l*o tolerated ; that oue-half the force of the i*cnltentiary i* now emnloyed upon tho plantation* in the vicinity of ltcarnc, aud that any increase in the nnmbcr will lie resisted. The dtoati*(faction is general, nml threats of releasing the entire force of convict* now em ployed are freely uud openly made. Circulars arc*being scattered broadcast calling for a citi zen*??? meeting to be bold on the IStb instant, at w hich definite actiou will be taken. Tho negro. Andrew Jackson, who perpetrated tho horrible crime at Mink prairie ou Friday night, the Uth instant, was run to cover last Wednesday by blood hound* at a point nhoiit fifteen mile* from the nfiie of murder. When the dogs got scent they fol lowed himdoy and night for twenty-four hours through a circuitous {Kith iu dense woods. The mmderer waded creeks for a long tlistanee to threw the dogs off the nent, but they bayed him nnd he took to a tree, where he was cap tured by the ofiicer* tome hours later, lie ar rived at tha??DUUty Jail hero hut night Unllv ut up around tho leg* aud face from hi* wild hasc in the underbrush. South Carolina. The South Carolina general assembly began Moudny the tlilnl week of the session. There arc now pending forno three hundred meas ure*. About ninety per cent of these are pri vate aud local measures; the other ten per cent are public ami Important bills aud Joint resolutions. It is safe to calculate tlx.it not one-third of all these can be passed in the due course of legislation before the day set for ad* jourvnmnt. The idea that it is absolutely nee- cssary for the legislature to amount sine die before Christmas is one which ha* been harm ful to the best interest* of the state. Bill* and joint resolutions, affecting in the highest de gree the Interests of the people, are rushed througb^both houses, and after adjournment it is discovered that they contain damaging errors. Inst year at the close of the regular session I spent a week examining the laws parted by the legislature. end I discovered many serious errors which, had I exjw-cd. w ould have occasioned a cenuine ten- salicu and probably compelled an extra ses sion of the legishtureto undo Its careless work. Home sensible work has been done during the past week. Tho house passed, by an over whelming majority, tho hill to repeal the odious lien law, aud my information is that the .senate will concur with the house in striking the law from the statute book. The senate very sensibly tabooed the tyranni- < al law excluding emignmt 1 agents from the ??? tate, passed by the houses The anti???prohibition sentiment has grown steadily since tho opening of the session, and now it is tooatrong to allow the enactment of any sumptuary law*. Tho reaction which I pr< dieted in the columns Tuk Cokhtitl*- tios ihst year has actually begun. Town* which have tried the no lfeenoe plan are com ing to the general assembly, praying for the repeal of the lows whtdtU|Me them dry. Im mense anti-prohibition petitions have come from Chester, Anderson, Barnwell, Lancaster and other important towns. The high license compromise seems to be very popular just now, and will probably be adopted by, many com munities. ??? Tennessee. ** , An exciting affair is reported from Putimm county, Tennessee. Thomas Robinson, col ored, of Putnam county, waylaid Mrs. Joseph Brown, white, and after raping her threes times, heat her to death with stones and left; her lying by tho roadside. Bobiuson was fol lowed and arrested and bed bis preliminary trial at Pekin. The proof against him was very atrong and her was remanded to Ml at ('ookeaxiUe. On the way to CookesvWe tho pocse was overhauled by a mob of infuriated ??? citizens who, after a terrible struggle with the gourde, succeeded in capttiring Itobinson, whora'thcy beat to death witli sticks. This tookplaco near Dublin springs, a few miles ! froro Cookesvi 1 le. A youug white man named Hay* was suspected of being ImplicstedUn the crime, but was released for want of evidence. Early last Wednesday morning a rumor that the /false work of the new bridge wa* about fo bo Swept away by n high river drew a large nowd, which filled the completed portion of the bridge and the adjacent banka. The crash came at lfc30 o'clock, and tho crowd purged for* ward to see the work go down. GcoAyo Mog- 'gfatta stepped on a loose plank on the bridge, which gave why and precipitated him to the rocks below. He fell bead downward and jdaabcd his bruins out against the rock*. Ho pra* terribly mangled, bis head being literally (mashed to pieces, nnd only a small plcco of shapeless, featurcl&s flesh wa* hanging to his reel;, ills body also wa* much brokon. Intelligence wa* received on the Mth instant of Irfitnl crime in Buffalo valley Monday. Sirs, in.wn, while returning home from Bam Young's, 'hero she* had been at work, was assaulted, nearly illed aud left dying in the road. Suspicion rcsten n a negro who was found In the neighborhood ???1th blood on hi* clothes, hut he proved that he had been killing hogs and was released. He would bavobren mobbed. The evidence Is appearing that Joe Brown, her husband, is tho guilty one. He has been partially insano for several years, nnd she t nssupported him and the children by her own ibor. Her husband has threatened the lives of many and among others hi* wife. A letter\ras received in Chattanooga loft Holiday from Mrs. Sixer, of Fonda, New York, making inqui ry regarding her fattier, E. A. Manning, whomyrtc- rlouftiy disappeared in till* city thirteen years ago. The only trace of him Is a photograph taken in 1873 and forwarded to her at the time, but it was signed with an assumed name. Ko other trace of him ha* ever been found. At half past four Thumlay morning n ter rific explosion in north Nashville shook the houses on both sides of tiic river with *uch vio lence as to jar tho people out of their bed*. Crowd* began gathering at llart & Hensley's pork packing house, where it was found thatan immonso grease tank in tho toiler shed had exploded. Tho toiler shod, tho slaughter pens, -close pens and tho gable end of tho mainbuildlng Were torn away and lumber and brick thrown in every direction. Mlsa Jcsssc dark, a beautiful youngJRady about 17 years old, daughter of T. M. Clark, of McKenzie, met with a terrible death on the night of tho 17th. Full particulars have not yet developed. A jury of inquert has been sum moned bn tlmvo not yet reported. It appear* that the vonng lady In question and a young mau by the name of Ed McGhee, of Bolivar, Mils., a student of McTyeire institute, were alone in the parlor at the time, when by some means a pistol wa* discharged and thd content* took effect in tbo back part of tbo youug lady'* head, killing her instantly. A very scnrationnl arrest was made in Chatt* nooga Saturday night. M. B. Irvin, one of tho Lest known young men iu tho city, was arrest ed while waiting on a customer at a store, charged with being Frnuk Douglass, a notorous forger nnd counterfeiter, who broko jail at Sigine, Texts, six months ago, and for whom arrest two thousand dollars was outstanding. Douginas went to Texas) several years ago, and published a ncw*pa]ier nt Kyle, in Hayes county, Texas. Shortly afterwards he joined a notorious gang of swindlers aud counter feiter s at Luting. Texas, and forged neveral thousand dollar* of checks and com mitted various other crimes. A gen tleman named Mathew* happeued in tho city today from Hayes county. .Whilo walk ing up the street he accidentally eamo aero** Douglass???who 1* going under tho name of Irvin???In this rity. He recognized him at a glance and had him arrested at once. Tho prisoner den ie* the charge and claim* it is a rase of mistaken identity, but tho proof is c ou- ~ incing. Tho Nnabvillo ldood-homo association last Haturuay decided to togin their sprinzjmcc* April W, to continue six days, four races per day, .Stakes to close February 1. C. If. Hil lock resigned hi* position os secretary aud Col onel Geo. White was cho*onto succeed him. A LIVELY GHOST. STORIES OF THE WAR, Which Kccer Fall to luterest the Header, Whether Old or Voting. The writer of this lad tko distinction of being the ugliest man in the army. True it wob a somewhat uncertain distinction, hut it was a distinction, nnd he wore it with ns good a grace, perhaps, as any one else could have done. In fact, he was somewhat disposed to he proud of it, nnd submitted to the good nntured railing his ugliness excited with snch n philosophical grin as would almost always tnrn the laugh in his favor. Only once did he let the taunt disturb the serenity of his tem per, and then only for a moment. It was on the night that General Johnston An 2Apparition lljtimt* n Church JVtaapl* MaklnglM Appearance from n Graveyard. From the Brooklyn Eagle. The people of I*wrcncc.au aristocratic quar ter of recent creation near Far Rockaway, are my*- rifled and puzzled by the appearance of a specter in tho tolfryof the MctliodLl Episcopal church. The women and children have come to regard It as the veritable ghost of a deceased sexton, and per sons or acute Imagination do not hesitate to declare that they have heard the church bell ring at un seasonable hour*. Tho men gather in dark places every night to ubaerva tho strange sight and compare note* as to the pro!table charac ter of the npparetion. It flit* atom the* belfry In the most nimble fa>h!on, one time ascending to the anexof the ???tccplc and at another executing n mini e on the tlnnting roof. It play* hide and seek in the lattlcc-work of the bell-room, enlarging ami decreasing in size according to the anxlu of ob-icr- vation. A remarkable thing about it la that it never appears on a Sunday night. The story of **"argc right ha< reached several villages and .... alght score* of person* walk or drive to the Iclalty of the Lawrence church to verify It. Pome of them declare that the specter has followed them home anil hung around their residence* for hour*, like one trying to revive a broken friend ship- lzift Saturday night the strange figure was mom than usually active, nnd score* of person* Vein their eye* fixed on It until, benumbed by the cold, they were driven home. Half the village declare* that at precisely 10 o'clock the toll wa* tolled, and the oilier half b laughing at tto superstition, a* they call It. Immediately alter the tolling, three hearty amen* were heard, and then tto specter flatuned Itself but on the roof. Thin wav interpre ted to to an attitude of prayer. After a few min ute* there wa* seen the lirellwt skipping in and out of the latiiec work, aud theu the pbautom ran no and down the Mir face of the >tccplc, concluding * y perching on the top, and dhappearing In the irectlon cf the graveyard. No person like* to alk by the edifice alone, aud tho?? who ililve pa** with all possible speed. No graveyard goblin ever created half the excitement. It i* said that one night the h xton found the toll rope broken, and fear tag go into the loft no toll wa* rang, and the people torrrttcd the silence to mean that the prayer ih ting had been |Kvtnoucd. Next day. to the rprUe of tto sexton, tire rope wav found Intact, d that mystery I* still puzzling all who tollcre the.dory. An old Irishman inure neighborhood tffered to make an investigation any nlgut If ooae cue would provide him with a candle blessed by the priest of the Catholic church. There wav none to to had In Lawrence. l??ut one wav procured from Far Rockaway. aud then the old man of strong faith was ordered not to dare to go near the church with hts heretical taper. All sorts of tlcvitvsarr suggested to arrive at a solution of tto illuminated mystery, but no pereon seem* to have the moral courage to put any plan into execution to-yon l watching the adjacent graveyard to sec if the ghost doe* not rise octofsocne grave. Dr. R. O. Cotter. 126^ Second street, Macon. Go. DUen'Cs of the Eye. Ear, Throat and No*. Late four yean with Dr. A. \\. Calhoun, Atlanta. agreeable night it was, dark as erelras with a slow drizzling rein, not enough to wash a fellow but only to make him soggy and grimy. Old soldiers know how cn army marching by djviziona manage to rest the brigades at inter vals and at the same time keep up a continu ous march. Perhaps my younger readers may to curious to know. Tho first brigade in front, when it !??? desired to rest, simply opens ranks and rest on either side of the road, while the .second and following brigades march through. The first one cleared the second one is halted, and ao oniniticccasion, tto first foiling in line as noon as tho rear of the last one panes. Well, we '.were marching thus. Tho next guorning. jufet at aunrfae, around tho right rfcirt of Dost mountain, I was riding at the .bend of the regiment, tired, wet, sleepy and l.nngry, when in passing Walthall???s BUssissinpi brigade I wn* aroused from my misery by hearing nn unmlstalablo voice crying out: "Tom, Tom; I say. Tom.??? "What the dickens do you want,??? asked his comrade, waking up. "1 want you to wake up and look at that man. If I was as ugly as that colonel I???d re- tign and go home.?????? The laugh that followed for a moment unset tled my complacency. It did seem cruel, and 1 ro forlorn anyhow; hut as the laugh seemed to do tho poor dcviL* good I could not begrudge it to them and tried iu a sickly manner to laugh too. - - ^ How llonnty Jumpers Were Shot. In fc'cptcrator, lS63,tto Third division of tho Ffcond corps, In camp near the Rnpidan river, had iU first execution. There were two con- Hcjnncd, "both bounty lumpers" who had enlisted in a regiment of this division and had (stayed after receiving the advance bounty, hoping probably to repeat tho game with some other regiment. Early one flno afternoon the division marched out to n chosen ground and formed three sides of a hollow square, tho fourth &ido being a little ridge. At the foot of the ridge were two onen graves ntout twelve feet opart. The division, consisting of about eight thousand men, rested iu place until the note* of the dead march were heard. ???Atten tion!" was souuded by the bugles, and all was rigid silcnco ns a procession, composed of the prevent guard surrounding two ambulances in each of which me of tho culprits sat on a rough coffin, en- JcTcd tho square at one of the angles nnd halted near the graves. A coffin was placed nt tho end of each grave, and tho two deserters were made to stand up in front of the provost guard, faring the long lines of attentive countenances of the division, while the findings of tho courts- martial nnd the ordcis for tho execution were read. After religious service* the two were ar ranged, sitting on their coffin*, their eyes ban daged and their arms pinioned behind. In front of each a tiring party of tho provost guard took position, and tho word of command from the provost marshal was given. Ouo of % to deserters fell hack on his cofliu, hut onlv wounded, for ho sat up agaiu. Tho other, who was not hit, jumped to his feet, burst hi* pin ions and snatched away tho white handkerchief from hi* eyes. There was a murmur of disap proval throughout the division at tho awk- wardnrss of the provost guard, which was now apparently adding both unnecessary delay and torture to tho penalty of the unfortunate men. Tho wonnded man was placed again, and hia party dispatched him with it* next volley. He lay motionless on his coffin. But tho other seemed almost invulnerable, for the second volley from his party, though it may have scratched him, loft him still struggling vigor ously to free himself. A brilliant idea then entered the provest marshal's mind. 1I?? brought up his men ono by ono close to the condemned man to have them shoot him successively. But, for some reason, the muskets would not go off; merely the caps Hashed. Seven or eight men went up oue after tho other, and presoutod their muskets within n foot or two of tbo deserter's head; but only to suap raps. A low growl of indignation ran along tbo rank* of the division and bccatuo fierce when ono of tho provost men???s gun* went off flually ouly to wound the poor fel low. who *at there on his cotliu squirming about under the slow murder. The igcu- era! of tho division wa* in a rage, and sent his stall' one after the other galloping up to urge the provost marshal to do the disa greeable duty promptly and properly. Min utes went by aud still the repeated efforts of twelve veteran soldiers to kill this sitting, blindfolded, pinioned, helpless man were all in Vain. A superstitious feeling spread through tho division that he would not t>o killed, be cause ho could not be. Nearly half an hour of volleys nnd filo firing had passed, when the provost marshal, placing the muzzle of his long-barreled seven-shooter to tho unfortunate man???s head, discharged all tho loads. The victim fell back, and at last all was over. White watered rtlk* arc very elegant for bridal drew*, and have very suddenly come into unusual |vor. POWBESS Absolutely Pure. ' This powder nerer ruin X m.rre of purity, ztreuft end wboleramenew. Moneoonoaunl, than the ordinary kind, end cannot be old In earn- pedtkm with lh. nmltlmd. of law fait ahort wtilbt THE FIRM QT J. P. STEVENS & CO. BEING DISSOLVED, I have re-cstablhhcd myself with an entirely new stock at 47 Whitehall street, and solicit orders hy malL Direct all orders and letters to J. P. STEVENS, JEWELER, 47 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA. DOT 17 Wky dy Lip - PENNYROYAL PILLS-H, , , fen branvy,)LD,<uBan uotbStTtLT. THE COTTON MABKET3. ' CONSTITUTION OFFICE, Atlanta, December 19,1SJ5. TOE WEEK???S REVIEW. New York???There was not n 'cotton market this week. Tire i crally quiet and dull, and bprin paratively inactive In the ftitnrc 1 middling 9%c. Local???Cotton steady at unchanged quotations. Receipts for ihc week amount to 7,047 bales, against 6,983 bales for the corresponding week hut year. NRW YORK, December l8.^The following Is the comparative cotton statement for tho weekending today: Net receipts at all United States porta , Jtr??.27* Same time last year 2S7M i Fhowingfn decrease. 22,291 Tctalireeclpk.. - *,i 10.290 Same time last rear...... ???a via am t fihoiring a accrejue..,....- Kxport* f?? r the week Fame time last rear. Siowfnt a decrease.;. . Total exports to date 1,7771067 game time last rear LWI.flQ9 Showing a decrease 1*4,468 Stock at all United States ports 4,019,27a game time last year l,01i.5(H Showing an increase 1,707 Stock at Interior towns 2(1. w, game time last year.... Showing an inocw lame 6??'ow Showing a decrease 49,000 American cotton afloat for Great Britain 2*1,000 game time hut rear M7.0Q0 Showing a decrease, 106,000 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, New York???Cotton was doll all day, but closed only a few point* lower. Spots, middling i}{c. Net receipts today 37,010 bales, against 23,009 bales last year; exports 27,787 bales; last year 27,512 hales: stock 1,052,323 bales; last year 1,012,783 bales. Below we give the openlngjmdclosin*quotations of cotton futures In New York today: OPENED. December 0.W# 0.80 27 January. 0. February March... 9.MS 9.55 May. 9.775 0.78 Clored very doll; sales 29,300 bales. Local???Cotton u'Met and steady. We quota spots Good middling 9Vic; middling 8Kc: strict low mid- riling 8Kc: low middling Swc; strict rood ordinary ??c; good ordinary 7j jC; stains/J^Sc; tinges 8' fa NEW YORK, December 19???The total visible sup ply of cotton for the world Is 2,877.729 bales, of whleh 2,580,329 bales arc American, against 3,053,531 bales end 2,689,431 respectively last year. Receipts at all interior towns 179,8?? bales. Receipts from plaata- tlous 284,907. Crop insight 4,00,750bates, PROVISIONS, GRAIN, ETC, CONSTITUTION OFFIfflt ' Atlanta, December 1 1 indicate tT ide today: WHEAT. Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing. December .1 b3 83 8$ roaic. December 0 00 9 00 0 00 9 00 cleab mo sides. December 4 IQ 4 80 8 80 4 80 Live Stock. ATLANTA, |December 19???Mule* are in foir de mand with supply moderate. Tho market is tin. thonged ns to price*. Wc quote as follows: Malta -14 fo W hands f80tftfl25; 15(o 1531 hands flffita lies. Horses???PlugfOuMlOO: drive 810O98UO. CINCINNATI, December 11*???Hogs firm; common and light $3.00683.75; packing and butchers SL73 Flour???Best p Mlscrltaneous. ent $??.25680.75: extra laney 83.76 0^86.75: extra family 85.23; choice ,7i;.cxtrajSS family 84.75^85.00; family 8l.50^8L7$; extra ^44.50. Corn???St. Charles white 58c; No. 2 white 56c. Corn Meal???tW COe. Oats???Rost proof 47??30c; Tennctaeo fl.oa Hay???Choice timothy, large bales (0. . choice timothy, small bales, 91.00; No, 1, large bales, 90c; No. 1, small bales, 03c. Peas???Red Tom ??lay 75c; mixed 7?????o. Wheat Bran 93o@81.00. Grits $3.95*bbl. Coffee???KlO 10??13c ??? ^ ment Java 75c. Sugars???standi lated 73ic; white extra C < flj; Orleans choice 45c; pnrao 80A83e ham*, largo average. 12c; small av 1UUIV Iiuicz: ??IOC liiur* J bound hamee 84.00. Trace chains ffiUPtel xhovola 89.60; spades f0.60tfl8. Axes 87.4 ?? dozen. Cotton cards 83.00#tS5.0a Well peaches fle; nmgh dried apples 2c; evaporated, owing to quality. 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