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The Calhoun Times. Volume I. m CALHOUN TIMES. ‘ I( ’|, i;\F.RV THURSDAY' MOKXI.NO, BY a\v af v * { uins If A LIj ‘ tOVER *- M. *« THUR ' B ’ RAILROAD STREET. Term* ot Subscription. ' : : 52.00 One Year 1.25 < ix Months • _• ’ J_ . |{ . lf4 . s os Advertising. - -ISMM* '$7JA> *12.00 " *20.00 ■l" 0 4 r,i (K> 10.00 18.00 86.00 l' ,lir . “ i)oo 15.00 80.00 40.00 \< ,AnW i.V(M) 25.01 40.00 05.00 j j 25.00 40.00 05.00- 115.00 'lm'MtbfcriptionM arc payable Htrictly in ' i j ~t (i ic expiration ol the tune ;' ,ra "w c V nivmcnt is mu.lc, mile** pn [• r . Iv’ron-weil, the name of the subscriber ' from our b«»"h»- :: square of ten Inns or less, for the «;,i„;,rtion. sl, an*! f«r each subsequent fifty cents. 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Leave Dalton 2 00 p. m Arrive at Atlanta 11.00 a. m. „, ir i rj’. vrmnm:m: .cr.ararx.Trann i.i syrwri PROFESSIONAL CARDS. W. S. JOHNSON, Allonic.y aYt Lhav, CAL If OCX, GEORGIA. Ortiua in Southeast corner of the '.tej't Mouse. a faix and McConnell, u Mlornc.vs nt 1 aaw, CA LIIOCX, GEORGIA. p-jy Otliee in the Court House. tug 11 1 ts R. M. TARVER, Attornoyat Xiaw, CAUIOCX, GEORGIA. Office in the Court House. Aug 11 l ts W. J. ( AMRKLIo fYttorney -A-t Eaw. Calhoun, (iKoiigta. WILT. Practice in the Cherokee Circuit, hi I . S. District Court, Northern Dis tiicl >1 (onr.riu, (at Atlanta); and in the Su- 1 1 Court of the State of Georgia. *24. .1. ICllvlOlfc, Attomoyat Law, CALHOUN ; GEORGIA. 1“ •al ihe Old Stand of Cantrell Kiker. J \\ Y' l n ’ a ' !l ftll the Courts of the ierok • • Circuit; Supreme Court of - «. an l the I nited States District Court 1 Cl. liugl9’7oly Martin, a ttorsev a r la h; »AIU.ONK„a, . . . UEO . 1870 ts M W. ,). BEEVES, s>(l 'UA' Ph t/s / cian, ' Vl ‘ :i0l:N ) - - - GEORGIA, \[ U ft ’ Eft'l l ftt lus office, in the Brick * \ Boa/,, Barrett & Cos., day ' " "hen not professionally engaged ’.mt!fs’7ltf tUJFE WALDO THORNTON, I>EN r riST, # LnoUN > - - G. 5,101 A. I. for ‘inner patronage solicits l a continuance >' the same. o,Hoe at Residence. se pls DR. D. G. HUNT, Physician and Druggist, CAUIOCX ; GA- Management 2 1 alhounhotel. ft. SASSEEN, [ Formerly of Atlanta, Ga. 1 I)f.M'Et'TPl’r r J 11 i ; n„ ... announces to the travcl ’ fiitYti . U . K *’ * IC i’ct’umiah«d and Ace,. Unn | il "*, ve hotel, and is now ready to Hit., " 1 f u ' "’h° may stop with him, tho h, . Y ' ,ate ? ftftd table furnished with P,n ,h * market affonls. Ga., August 19th, 1870—ts D. TINSLEY. | WATCH-MAKER Jeweler, * •* • : GEORGIA. A .* Watches and Jewelry a ’igl r * 7r*tf vc a ml warranted-. ROME ADVERTISEMENTS. “Homo Again.” J. C. RAWLINS, PropT. CHOICE - HOTEL BROAD ST., ROME, GA. Passengers taken to and from the Depot Free of Charge. oeo»'7otf TENNESSEEHOUSE, ROME, GEORGIA. J, A. STANSBITIY, Proprietor. vm lib above Hole’ i* l»catel wiihio Twenty I Si«u* o' tha Railroad Plat orm B.iggage handled free of Charge. o t 6 70if ALBERT O. PITnEIt. HENRY 11. SMITH. PITNER & SMITH, Wholesale and Retail Grocers & Commission Merchants AND DEALERS IN PURE KENTUCKY WHISKIES,&c. No 25, Corner Broad A Howard -its., ROME, - - GEORGIA. 0ct6,1870-ly COLCLOUGH, HARKINS & GLOVER, Home, G-a., CALL the attention of dealers to the fact that they have just received the largest stock of Dry Gooils, Boots, Shoes, &c., ever it tiered in the Cherokee country, and can furnish them at exactly New York prices. Call and be convinced. sept 22 70-ly Bones, Brown & Cos., J. &S. Bones & Cos., Augusta, Ga. Home, Ga. Established 1825. Established 1809. j. &S. BONES & CO. ROME, CiA. IMPORTERS Wholesale Dealers IN HARDWARE, CUTLfIBY, QUNS, &C. WI LL off t for sale, the coming season : 350 Tons Swedes Tron, 7*» Tons “Jenks” Flow Steel, Imported Cutlery and Files, i Together with a full assortment of (lEX EKAL HARDWARE. WE are Agents for It. HOE & CO’S. Pat ent Inserted Tooth Circular Saws; Machine Belting. Orange Rifle Powder, and Rome Iron Manufacturing Co’s. .Merchant Bar Iron and Nails. All of above to compete with any House South. novl7 70-4 m irnsuHEßr Wholesale and Retail Dealer in f TOHIIIRIJ Mat tresses, Looking-Glasses,&c. All of which lam offering at extremely low p ices. »■< Whitehall St., : ATLANTA, GA. novl7’7o-3m J. H. CAVAN, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Fine Wines, Liquors & Cigars, A r o. 11 Granite Black, Broad Street, - ATLANTA, GA. AGENT FOR THE SALE OF TIIE Celebrated Cincinnati LAGER BEERand ALE scpt'29 Por the State of Georgia. 3m G. H. %, A. W. FORGE, SIGN OF THE BIG IRON BOOT, Whitehall Street, : : : Atlanta, Ga. L) 00TS, Shoes and Trunks, a complete Stock y and new Goods arriving itailv ! tJe'.ts’ Itoo's and Shoes, of the best makes. Ladies’ .’shoes ot a 1 kin Os. Bovs, Misses and Clnldreti’s Sh"es ot .‘very g a<le and make. «XV W e are prepared to offer inducements to holesale Trade. sep*2 ,7n-lv BETTERTON, FORD t Cos., wholesale dealers in liIUMIS, WHISKIES, Wines, Tobaccos, Cigars, &c., No. 209. MARKET ST., No. 209. CHATTANOOGA, TKNN. oct 13,1870-1 y (ESTABLISHED IA 1855.) J.O. MATHEWSON, PRODUCE COMMISSION MEBC IUNT A UGCSTA , GEORGIA. sept 22 1870 ly Kstal>lisliecl in I^so. T. R. RIPLEY, Removed to Peachtree Street, ATLANTA , GEORGIA. Wholesale Dealer in CROCKERY & GLASSWARES, YITILL duplicate any Bills bought in any IT Market, to the amount of One Hun dred Dollars, and upwards, adding Freight. P. 8. All Goods guaranteed as represented from this Aug 19 ly ( ' ALHO UN, GrA., THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1871. R. B. HACKNEY, (At the Old Stand of M. H. Jackson,) CO URT HO USE ST., CALffO UN, GA. KELPS constantly on hand a good supply FAMILY GROCERIES, Tobacco, Cigars, AYincs, Liquors, &c. All who wish to get bargains will do well to call on Jiim. BAiTrOOM ! MY Bar, in the rear, is always supplied with the very best and purest of BRANDIES, WHISKIES, WINES. hum, GIN, &c. Give me a call. novlo‘7otf R, IL HACKNEY. toTwlre Cooking- Stoves! W.T.HALL&BRO., WOULD inform the public that they are prepared to fill all orders in the Tin-Ware Line, At as LOW PRICES as any similar estab lishment in Cherokee Georgia. Our work is put up by experienced work men, and tvill compare favorably with any in the country. O In these days of Freedom, every good husband should see that the “goot wife” is supplied with a good Coolting Stove, And we are prepared to furnish any size or style desired at the Lowest Possible Prices. Give us a call., aull,tf A. W. BALLEW, DEALER IN 1) R Y-G GODS, NOTIONS, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Groceries, Hardware, Queensware, &c M MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, FACTORY YARNS, SHIRTINGS, AND READY-MADE CLOTHING, FAMILY GROCERIES, liaitryacl S:.rct, GA. Has just received and constantly receiv ing, a fresh supply of BACON, LARD, FLOUR, MEAL, SUGAR. COFFEE. RICE, CIGARS, TOBxYCCO, CONFECTIONERIES, Canned Fruits, Nuts, Oysters, SARDINES, CHEESE, &c. And, in fact, a full and complete assortment of Staple and Fancy Groceries. He also keeps one of the best Stocks of WINES & LIQUORS, in this part of the country. It you want good, fresh Groceries, Fine Old \Yh i.skies, Brandies, or Minos, give me ft call. feblG’7lGm GEORGIA, Gordon County. Court of Ordinary, for County pi.rposes, in Chambers, Feb. 15, 1871. Upon the application of various Petition ers to locate the road as it now runs, from two hundred yards east of J. W. Stanton’s house, thence with the present tract of the Pinhook road to Sliilow Spring, thence with the tract of road running North-west, inter secting the Tennessee Road at the branch, near Mrs. Mary Watts’ house. This is therefore to notify all persons that the above describe l road will be es tablished as a public road on the lGth of March next, if no good cause be shown to the contrary. D. W. NEEL, Ord’y. feb.lG.3od—Printers fee S5. , IIISl)l.!Tlil\ Mill fjlilii copartnership heretofore existing un -1 der the firm name of Ballew & Marshall, is this day dissolved by mutual consent—J. W. Marshall retiring. The bool sos the firm are in the hands of A. W. Ballew, who will close up all "the business of the late firm. A. W. Ballew J. SV. Marshall. Head Further! I propose to continue the business at the old stand, and am determined at all times to keep a full and first-class stock. I desire to start to market for my Spring stock on the 20th of March, and respectfully call upon those whom we have favored with goods on ttme, to be sure and come up with tlie money before that time. feb 16,1 m A. W. BALLEW. >T. IHenko, Bro. & Cos. —Dealers in STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS, Clothing, Boots and Slices, Hats, Caps, Trunks, &c. Liberal inducements offered to country mer chants. 28 \\ hitehali st., 2 doors from Ala bama street, (next to Jack's Confectionery,) Atlanta. Ga. s?pt29’7o-fim Railroad Boarding House, By MRS. SKELLEY, CALHOUN. - . GEORGIA. Within ten steps of the Depot. octl3tf LI 5. LANGFORD, Wholesale and # Retail dealer in Stoves, Hollow Ware, Tin-Ware, Cutlery &e., vkc., Atlanta, Ga. A CARD. Clergvmin. while residing in Ponth Ameri ca as a missionary, discovered a safe and simple rcinevd for ihe Cure ot Xeivous Weakness, E ir lv D.’cav, Diseases of the Urinary and Seminal Oigans. and the whole train <*( disorders brought or. by baneful and vicious habits. Great Dumbers hrve been cured by this uob'e remedy, t rompt ed by ad. sire to benefit the afflicted and unfort unate I will s»nd the recipe for preparing and using this medicine, in a staled envelope, to any one who needs it, fice of charge. Address T. INVAN, Station I>, BPle House, Niw Ymk Ci*r POETRY. EXCELSIOR. H. W. LOX'CFEirLOW. The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village past A youth, who bore,’’mid snow and ice, A banner with this strange device— Excelsior! His brow was sad ; his eyes beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue— Excelsior 1 In happy homes he saw the light Os household fires gleam warm and bright: Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan— Excelsior! •Try not to pass!” the old man said ; •Dark lowers the tempest overhead, l’he roaring torrent deep and vide 1” Jut loud that clarion voice replied— Excelsior! “0 stay,” the maiden said, ,; »nd rest Thy weary head upon this breast!” A tear stood in bis bright blue eye, But still he answered, with a sigh- - Excelsior! “Beware the pine-tree’s withered branch ! Beware the awful avalanche !” This was the peasant’s last good night, A voice replied, far up the height— Excelsior! At break of day, as heavenward The pious monk of Saint Bernard Uttered the oft repeated prayer, A voice cried through the startled air— Excelsior! A traveler, by the faithful hound. Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of iee That banner with the strange device— Excelsior! There, ip the twilight cold and gray. Lifeless, but beautiful, 1 e lay, And from the sky serene and far A voice fell, like a falling star!— Excelsior! Now far beyond yun Alpine height, ’Mid fields Elysian fair and bright, That voice attuned to heavenly strains, Floats o’er the vast eternal plains— Excelsior! A CONFIDING WIFE. “ Why so sad, Ernest ?” said the young wife to her husband, affectionately twining her arms around his neck and kissing him. He looked up with a sad smile and replied ; “I am almost out of heart, Mary; I think of all pursuits, a physician’s pro fession is the worst. Here I have been week after week, month after month, and T mnv CAAQ J» nil lfbu* sawCßa.' 1 ”!! lawyer may volunteer iiUa celebrated case and so make himself known, but a physician must wait patiently in his of fice, and if unknown, see men without half his acquirements, rolling in wealth, while he, perhaps is starving. And it will soon come to that,” he added bit terly, “if I do not get employment.” An unbidden tear stole into the wife’s eye, but she strove to sinile and said : “Do not despond, Ernest; I know you have talents and knowledge to make your way as soon as you can get a start, and depend upon it,” she said with cheer ful look, “that will come when you least expect it.” “So you have often told me, but the lucky hour has never come,” said her husband, despoudingly. “And now every cent of our little fortune has been expended, and our credit will soon be gone, when it is found that we do not pay. What then is to become of us?” Ernest was in a mood which the most sanguine experience, when disappoint ment after disappointment has crushed the spirit, and the voice of hope is no longer heard within. II is wife would have given away to tears if she had been left alone; but she felt the necessity of sustaining him, and answered cheerful ly : “And what if every cent is gone ? have no fear that we shall starve. God sent ravens to feed Elijah, and lie will interpose for our aid. Trust in Ilim, dear Ernest.” The husband felt rebuked and answer ed less despoudingly : “But this want of success would try the stonest heart. The mechanic, the day-laborer, the humblest farmer, is sure of food and raiment; but I have spent years in study, have wasted years beside in waiting for practice , and now. when all my fortune is gone, if I resort tooth er means of livelihood, l loose all I have spent, both time and money, and must forever abandon the idea of pursuing my p ofession. It is too hard!” and he arose and walked the room with rapid strides. His wife sighed and remained silent; but after a moment or two she arose, went up to him, and fondly encircling him with her arms, said: “Dear Ernest, you must not worry yourself so. You think it painful for me to bear poverty, I know, or you would not take it so hard, but a woman never regards such things when she loves. A crust of bread, a log cabin, would be preferable to me, if I shared it with you, to a palace with any othor. ! But it will not come to this. Something within as sures me that you will be great and rich. Have patience only a little while longer. There—there is a knock at the door now—it may be for you.” As if her words had been prophetic, the little girl, their only servant, ap peared at this crisis, and said the doctor was wanted in a great hurry. With an exulting smile, his wife ran for his hat, and then sat down with a beating heart to await his return. It was almost the first summons that the young physician had received, though lie had resided in the village more than a year. The place, too, was large and populous, but there resided medical men of la re':- practice and all these combined to put down their rival. More Uua once, heretofore, Ernest would hate abandoned the field in despair, but his -young wife cheered and encouraged him | —though sometimes her own heart felt ready to give up. Mary Linwood was indeed the greatest of all good blessings —a good wife; she sympathized with her husband, economized to tho uttcr- I most, and by her sanguine words chased despondency from his heart. Hour after hour, she sat there, await ing her husband's return, yet he came not, At length darkness set in, and she began to feel uneasy. She was about to go to the door, when she heard her husband’s foot on the step, and hurry ingout she met him in the hall. “God bless you, Mary, for an angel as : you are,” were his first words. “If it had not been for you, I should have 1 .riven up long ago, and now my fortune is made.” Breathless with anxiety to hear all, yet not unmindful of his probably wear ied condition. Mary hurried her husband into the little sitting-room, where the tea things were laid, and began to pour out that refreshing beverage with a trem bling hand while Ernest told the story of his day’s absence. J “I found,” he said, “I was sent for to old Governor Houston’s—the richest and most influential man. you know, in the county, and when Igot there I learn ed. to my surprise, that the Governor had been thrown from his carriage, and was thought to be dying. All the phy sicians of the town had been sent for. one after another, but none could .aid him. In despair, his wife sent for me. I saw his only chance for life depended on anew and difficult operation, which none of the other physicians ever saw. performed. Luckily I had assisted at one when a studeut. I stated what I thought could be done. The old Gov ernor is a man of iron nerve and quick resolutions; so when he heard the oth ers say they could do nothing for him, he determined to commit himself to me. I succeeded beyond my hopes ; even the other physicians acknowledged my skill, and there is uow nothing but care re quired to make my patient as well as ever. On parting he put a roll of notes in my hand.” Mary was in tears long before her husband finished his narrative; but her heart went up in thankfulness to o od, for having thus interposed just at the crisis when hope seemed gone. From that day Linwood was a made man. The fame of his skillful opera tion was in every man’s mouth; and by the aid of his uaticntj.who now became t:cc among the best families of that place. 5Y calth as reputation flowed in upon him; but he always attributed his success to his wife, whose affection, he said, had cheered and sustained him when out of heart. “There is nothing,” he would say, “like a faithful wife; under God, our weal or woe in this life depends on her. If she is desponding your sanguine spirit catches the infection, but if she is full of hope and energy her smiles will cheer you in the darkest hour, and enable you to achieve what you first thought impos sibilities Our success in this world, as well as our happiness, depends chiefly on our wives. Let a man marry one, therefore, equal to either fortune, who can adorn his riches, brighten his pov erty : and under any circumstances, will be truly his helpmate.” Has Freemasonry a Mission? Whenever a man feels that he lives for nothing, he feels like dying. It is the natural impulse of intelligent be ings, and as all associations of men nec essarily partake of the impulses of their individual members, wc can safe say that every society which docs not recognize that it has a work to perform, becomes rapidly disintegrated and goes to decay. That Freemasonry has survived the storms and lethargy of centuries, is an evidence that it contains a spiritual and soul-like vitality. What is it? It is its mission. What that mission is, is I the wonder of the world as well as of many craftsmen. Out of the millions of men who become Masons, it would be a miracle if thousands of them did not fail to perceive the exact object or in tent of the institution. Many initiates are dumbfounded at its simplicity, and are amazed because they are not daz zled by some grand theatrical perform ance at their initiation. Many such re turn to a useless life, disappointed and chagrined because they were neither half killed nor had things presented to ! them so mysterious that they could not understand. They did not comprehend that when they stood upon the simple and plain ground-floor of the Temple, that they were standing upon the eter- i nal foundation of truth—that they were 1 approaching the emblematic light which radiates from the God of Truth—that j they were about to assume the sacred : and solemn covenant which bound them i to a life-long duty of purity, benevo lence, virtue and charity. The very j simplicity of the covenant was too great for their exaggerated ideas of a great ( work. They do not seem to realize that j the grand old veteran regiments of an I army who have fought through the whirlwind of a war, look with contempt I upon the tinsel and flummery of a young 1 company of volunteer Zouaves who have never marched square up to the thun- ! dering batteries of artillery. They do not realize that the man who solemnly approaches the holy place, goes there with bowed head in sackcloth and ashes for his many short comings in the per formance of his duties. % The mission of Freemasonry is as sol emn ns it j- important It is the a?- sumption of the performance of the ' most sacred work of praise and uudc ! filed religion before God—it is the re cognition of the Truths of God and the demonstration of that truth iu the active principles of life—it is the opposition to error, bigotry-and supcrstitiou in this, that it adheres to demonstrated facts, and promulgates no speculative theories —it is the world-boud between men of all creeds and nationalities—it is the friend of every man without respect to persons —it is charity without ostenta tion or prejudice—it is the beacon light ! to the traveler aloug the highway of life, i This is surely a mission worthy the bap i tism of Heaven and the co-operation of Angels. It is not. therefore, wonderful that men imbued by the principles of the pure, of the good and true, have given it a life long service and sanctified it with the blessings of their dying b-eath. It is not strange that intelligent minds have seen through its simple veils and penetrated the sacred ami divine intent of the institution, and having scon it. live it and perpetuate its benign influ ences to other generations. It is a wise provision of the Almighty Creator of the universe, that all which He has created possesses the p over of procreation and transmission through the corning ages of the world. Noth ing is lost or destroyed —nothing is an nihilated. Everything exists to-day ! that has ever existed since the creation —and so it is with Truth. Freemasonry possesses all the elements applicable to its human preservation, hence it never dies but rather increases, and grows with the expanding intelligence of the age in which it lives. It has but one m ;ral enemy, viz: Ignorance. Dark ness is the death-bed of Masonry, and Light is its life. There are many Ma sons that feel that they can take no part in this grand mission, because they do not shine as the sun—they forget that the universe is created of atoms and that their own bodies are but the aggregated particles, so small as to be almost incom prehensible under the most powerful glass. They forget every word they say and every act they perform has its in fluence for good or evil to all time to come. They forget that the most nec essary and substantial part of every temple is that which bears no ornament, and is, perhaps, placed where it may never be seen until the whole shall have fallen to decay. They overlook the fact that it is only the highest spires which are struck by lightning, while the foun dations are silent and firm in the rocks beneath —that it is the soldiers in the front rank who are most frequently jin +r\ A -V ; ~ ms influence, ana u it is not good it is evil, for there is no neutrality in the physical universe, and every Mason who does not do his duty in trying to live better and do better, and thus set an ex ample to his fellows, has no part in the grand mission of Freemasonry, which is intended to leave the world better than it found it.—[St. Louis Freemason. TIIE BROTHERHOOD. BY Br.V. MARK TRAFTON. Mystic bonds our hearts uniting— Open hands, to rest inviting— . All the God-like graces blending; Charity’s rich stream still sending Bloom to deserts, waste and dreary, Comfort to the worn and weary ; Light upon the ocean’s gloom, Emblems for the closing tomb, “In Memoriam.”—Hope's brighttStar, Tyler leave the door ajar ! Hail, ye of the mystic tie, AVork beneath the Master's eye; Earnest work of the hand and heart. Sharing each a Brother’s part, Work-! the day is closing fast. Eye and hand upon your task; By the level, by the square. Equal recompense shall share, Soon the startling gavel'si all To repose from toil shall call; Hark! the Master's voice once more— Tyler, open wide the door ! Spontaneous Combustion. The Boston Journal of (Jhnuistn/ has an interesting and instructive article under the above caption. Remarking on the frequency of cases of* spontaneous eoiubuston. it cannot help thinking that the people are becoming more careless than formerly, or else they are ignorant j cf the nature and the causes of this kind of combustion, which differs from ordinary burning only in that the oixJa- ! (ion —the union of the combustible sub stance with the oxygen of the air—is » mere gradual. The decay of animal and vegetable substance is a process of : this kind. Thus, when a log of wood , rots in the forest it is as really burned up as when it blazes in an old fashioned i fire-place. The heat is the same, and* the products of the combustion—car bonic acid and water —are the same, the . only difference being in the rapidity of the process, which makes the heat per- ! ceptible in the one case, and itnpercep- : tible to the ordinary perception in the ; other. The rusting of metals is an other form of slow combustion, heat be ing generated in this process ns in that of decay; and if the rusting is made j sufficiently rapid the rise of tempera ture is readily detected. An instance in corroboration of this assertion, which occurred in England during the nianu- ‘ facture of a submarine cable, is given. A portion of cable wire, placed in tanks filled with water, rusted so rapidly that the temperature rose in four days from 66 to 79 degrees, and would have risen even higher had the w»re not been cooled by pouring on water. In this case, re marks the Journal , the heat set free caused the oxidation to go on faster and faster ; and this is what occurs ia spon taneous combustion, which is simply ‘•rapid combustion developed gradually from slow combustion.” Oily raps used by painters, and cotton waste used for wiping n r rr ar*-* n n e ur<i f< * Number 32. ! of *uch eonibnation,- “When,” say*the Journal, ‘ such substances have become i saturated with oil, if they happen to be thrown ■ into a heap, the oil begins to oxidize slowly, but the heat produced makes the oxidation, mere and more rapid, until the muss, bursts into a flame. Oils that oxidize readily, fifce cotton seed oil, afd especially liable to hike | fire. Chi Apilt cm dry sawdust has been known to ignite in the same way ” Hay, Cotton, tow. flax, hemp, iftgH. leaves, spent tau, straw in umuucc heaps, etc . ; when stacked in quantities in a damp j state, take fire spontaneously, the oxidn ! lion bein*r that t f incipient decay or fer m ntati m promoted by the d.iuumcss and the confined heat accumulating, uii til it is sufficient to cause rapid combus tion. Pulverized chano..l. prepared for making gun powder, and st red in heaps, his been known to ignite when neither 1 oily nor damp. The Journal thinks it I doubtful whether grain or seeds of any kind are liable to spontaneous combus tion, though several French savants came to the conclusion that a barn had j caught fire from spontaneous ignition of damp oats stored therein. However that may be. the Journal thinks it evi dent from tiie facts given that many fires, involving great destruction of property, have been the result of spon taneous combustion, and that it is prob i able that many conflagrations ascribed to incendiarism have really owed their origin to the same cause. Killing of G. W. FisK The Americus of Thurs day. gave the following additional par ; particulars of the killing of Col. George i YV. Fish, at Oglethorpe, last Monday I night: Col. Fish, returning from u trip to i Savannah, had come down from Macon j on Monday night's train, reaching Ogle j thorpe about one o'clock. Getting off j at the depot of the latter place, he gave his bundle of books to a negro man, named Jacob, and started walking home, followed immediately by the servant. Proceeding towards his residence, ho had reached the heart of the town, and was passing up the left sidewalk along side of the Court House, when a gun was fired at him from the door of this i building, opening immediately on the ! street, the shot taking effect in the left side of the face and neck and inflicting a most ghastly and gaping wound, from which Col. Fish died at once. He fell forward on his right side, out towards the outer edge of the sidewalk, evident n. n K., 1 ‘ * ground; for his arms were lying the one easily by his side and the other on his breast, hissatchel near by. just where it had slipped from his hand, and his beaver ou the sidewalk where it had tumbled from his head. llis overc< at was buttoned up close to the chin, and nothing about him had been disturbed in any wav. although ho had ou a gold watch, motley about his person and other valuables, plainly showiug that the lurk ing assassin, who had fired the fatal shot, sought not spoils and profits, but human blood and human life. The servant v.fs walking, according to his ow'n account* t 6 the lett and a lit tle in the rear of Col. Fish ; and w hen the gun fired, dodged down/ squatting, and then turned and ran off frightened. He at once woke np some gentlemen sleeping not far off, v. ho found the body | as above described, the warm blood gush ing profusely from the severed arteries, and the last faint breath fluttering on his dying lips. Thus. P. Lloyd, Esq., iSoliciutr-Gcne ralof the Southwestern Circuit, and Jno. D. (’arter, Esq.. District Attorney of the Court of which Col. Fish was Judge, were in Oglethorpe yesterday to repre sent the in a preliminary trial of a negro named Henry Stubbs, who lias been arrested and is charged with the crime. it seems that Henry confesses to have been at the Court-house the night of the murder. On his shoe-heels were iron taps, and the right one makes a peculiar track. This track was dis covered leading from another door of the Court-house, made by a party evi dently running, was followed, measured and identified a* Henry’s, and. admitted by him to be veritably his own The case against him rests thus far upon this circumstantial evidence. The gun wads were found near the body and buskshot were cut out cf.the shade trees near by, bat no gun was found in Henry’s posses sion. Very grave suspicion points to a well-known white man us the instigator of the deed, and for w hom a w arrant has been taken out. The case will be thoroughly investi gated on Friday ; a continuance having been graaited the prosecution by Magis trates Jones and Hamilton, before whom it is proposed to conduct the investiga tion. Repairing Barns. A day can be profitably spent in re pairing stables and barns. Much feed is wasted every winter by having barns and stables so open that chilling blasts of wind reach the animal*sheltered. Young stock, especially, arc very sensitive t<* cold, and they must be sheltered or their growth will bo retarded. Aside from this, a farm with a snug, neat out building looks better, and adds to tho value of the farm if you have no barn, fix good- warm sheds, that tho stock may have some shelter. Remember that I “the merciful man is merciful to his boast,” and there is no animal but what will repay any kindness or attention bo stowed upon them. ♦ »- — A Western editor represent.- inrn 'v as chat*, but not clo,* enough to r-arh