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"POSSUM" IIUNING -A 80MI.
Old Marster he loved possum, and love
' to butic him, too ;
We niggers would go long wid hini to pu
(e business through.
De dogs on the plantation would bark ant
*ag der tails,
And when dey cotildn't jump de fence
would squeeza 'em Ihrou gh do rails
And come a follerit' arter as fast as de.
could go I
]Por whenl w Wtif a Pohstutbiig dry al
was shoo to know.
Ito' do rain might be drizzling. and it bi
awful dark,
A nigger den would a'asy climb right ul
it.to do tree,
And peep uround about him to see wha
ht could see,
Old Marster he would surely den creep up
wid his axe,
And 'gin to cut upon dat tree wid moe
pow'ful whacks
Afore do nigger could come down do tree
would mostly fall
Then smack among the dogs would light d
possum nig and all,
Do dogs would pitch upon 'em bofh and
tuiost tar dem in half,
Old Marster he would stand aside and kil
hisself wid laugh.
When, at last, dad nigger did scranbli
out'n do dirt
Ile would be a'muost naked, and mious ol
his shirt.
But le would wid us 'joy it, and hold do
possum tight,
And Marster'd let him hab it, which we al
tIho't wa right.
Weed slip de possum in a bag, and 'gin t<
hunt again.
And hab a jolly tiame ob it-no matte.
bout det rain.
For our fun right hea ily a times we'd h1ah
to pay
When 'mong do briars in do swamp we'd
come to lose our way.
This only happened when 'twas dark, foi
when the stars shone bright,
Ily do "seven piuters" we was shoo to come
ont right,
-ometimes de dogs wou'd strike . trail
and shakejuvt like de devil.
And stop de liut-anl dent we'd know di
dey had seen de evil ;
At oder times we'd hunt all night t.il ncf
go home 'till day ;
And fresh as larks turn out to work as e
'twa. only play.
Old Marster he'd be kind to us, and giv
as a little drem,
Old Mistress send us biscuits, and extri
slice of ham.
We'd fatten up da possums for our Christ
man pigs;
And when we'd fed on possum fat, wei
sing and dance our jigs.
We all was slick and happy den, and 'joy
ed our possum grease :
Deose was do times afore de war, do time
of piping peace.
But d1e war it, den come on, and Linoun
set us free.
Old Marsters he was killed -and we'se as
poor as we can be.
De game laws stop our hunting-we &I
must 'bey de leaw.
What good does voting do us ? It don'
fill up our otaw.
Dese young nigs may like it, and boast <
equal rights
But gib to us Old Marster's days-an
dem good possum nights.
Am Or.n 16i1.
President Grant's Inaugural Address.
The following is the Inaugural Ad
dress of the President:
Fellow C'Iizens : Under Providence
I have been called a second time t
act as Executive over this great na
tion. It has boen miy endeavor i
the past to maintain all the laws an
so far as lay in my power to not fo
the best interests of the whole peopl<
My best efforts will be given in th~
same direction in the future, aided
trust by my four years experience i
the office, When my first term c
office of Chief Executive began, tha
country had not recovered from th
effects of a g r'at internal revolutior
and three of the former States of th
I Union had not been restored to thei
federal relations. It seemed to mn
that no new questions should be rait
ed so long as that condition of affair
existed; therefore, the past fou
years, so far as I could control eventi
have been cousumed in the effort t
restore harmony, the publio crodil
commerce, and all the arts of peae
and progress.
It is nay firm cenviction that th
civilised world is tending toward
Republicanism, and government b
the people, through their chosen .reoj
resentatives, and that our owr(grea
republic is destined to be thciguidin
star to all others. Under o frreput
lie we support an army less Jhan tha
of any Eturopean power of/y stanti
ing, and a navy less tha * hat of oitl:
or of at least five ofthem. Thor
could be no extension jf territory o
this continent which iould call for a
increase of this fg te, but rathe
might such extpfaion enable us t
diminish It. T e theory of govern
ment changes with the general prc
gress. Now tat the telegraph
made availa fe for communicatin
thrught-to ther with rapid transl
by steaw 1 parts of a ontinent a:
made coritiguous for all purposes <
government, and communication be
tween the extreme limits of the cout
try madj easier than it was through
out'the old thirteen State"3 at the bc
gi *n 'n'g of our national existence.
re effecte of the late civil abil
have been to free the slave and make
him a citizen ; yet hie is not possessed
of the civil rights which citizenship
should carry with it. Tlili is wiongi
and should be eurrected. To til.
corroction I stanl coummitted, s f1i1
8s Jxecutive influenice Can avail
Social cqu:lity Is not a subject to b
legislated upon, nor shall I ask that
anything be done to advance the social
statua of the colored man except to
give him a fair chance to develop
what there is good in hini, give him
access to schools, and wheni he trav
els let him feel assured that his con
duet will regulate the treatmerAt that
he will receive.
The States lately at war with the
General Governmetit are now happi
ly rehabilitated, and no executive
control is exercised in any one of
them, that would not be Ceecised in
any other State, under like circuin
stances.
In the first year of the past adin in
istration, the proposition came up for
the admission of Santo Domingo as a
terrrtory of the Union. It was not a
question of my seeking, but was a
proposition from the people of Santo
Domingo, and wLich I entertained.
I believe now, as I did then, that
it was to tho interest of this country,
the people of Santo Domingo, and all
concerned, that the proposition should
be received favorably. Ih was, how
ever rejected, constitutiionally, and
therefore the subject was never
brought up again by ine.
In the futuie, whiln I hbI my
present office, the sul ject of the acqui
sition of territory must have.the sup.
port of the people before I will re
commend any proposition looking to
such acquisition.
Isay here, however, th:t I do not
bhare in the apprephension hl 1 by
ninny as to the danger of the Goveri i
ient's becouing wealcened and des.
troyed by rea-on of the extepsion of
territory. Commerce, edneation and
rapid trannit of thought and ntter
by steam, have changed al' this.
Rather do I believe that our gre.at
Master i; prepairini w .!. in
- m of pocl fl ig h m i .i
1 6rent set o of tr ennlw% n t n
' twy ; to the I(. r.rItion . . r -
inerce to a fixed iit a1 ei c.
witlh tile tv4erld's - ni:..r .i :t.
gold, an d if po ti : a tr withi:;
to the constr ne tin of *.che.p routesi 4of
I transit throughout the lnd; ti th
end that the proceeds of all sections
may find a market and leave a liv
ing remuneration to the producers ;
to the maintenance of friendly rela
tions with all our neighbors and with
distant nations ; to the re-establish
ment of our commerce and a share in
I the carrying trade of the ocean ; to
the encouragement of such ianufac
t turing industries as can be econonmi
. cally pursued in this conntry ; to the
end that the exports of home pro
1 ducts and industries. may pay for our
imports-the only sure method of re
turning to and permanently main
taing a specie basis ; to the elevation
of labor, and by a humine course to
bring the aborigines of the country
under the benign inufluectes oif ednien
tion and civilization. It is either
,this or a war of ext ermination. A
> war of extermination eniggd ini by
people pursuing commerce and1( all in
i dustrial pursuits is expensive even
i against the weakcest people, andl de
moralizing and wicked. Our superi.
.ority of strength and advantages of
a civilization, should make us lenient
I to the Indian. Tfhe wrong already
i inflicted upon him should be taken
f into account, and the balanes placed
a to hiseredit. The moral view of the
a question should be considered, and
the question asked, Cannot the Indian
a be made as useful and productive
r member of society, by proper teach.
a ing and treatment ? If the effort is
made in good faith we wvill stand
s better before the civilized nations ol
r the earth, and in our own consciences
m, for having made it.
o All these things are not to he ac
,plished by one individual, bttt they
e will receive my support, and such re.
eommendations to CJongrssm as will,
a in my judgement, best .serve to carry
s them into effect. I beg your sup
/' port and encouragement.
-It has been my earnest desire
t to correct abuses that have grown nyi
g in the civil service of the count ry~
-To secure this reformation, rule.'
t regulating the meihods of appoint
-ment and promotion wtere established
-and have been tried. My efforts foi
e such reformation shall he continued t<
a the best of my judgment. Th<
a spirit of rules adopted will be main
r tained.
a I acknowledge before ihis assemrb't
,representing as it does every sectior.
-of our country, the obligation I ani
a under to my countrymen for thme great
g honor they have conferred on nme b
t returning me to tihe highest officet
e within their gift, and the further obli.
f tion resting on me to renider to them
.the best ser*vice.s wthlin miy p 'er
-lThis ! promoiao, huiokinig foriwardl with.
-the greatest an.i(:ty to' th.e dZ. whm~
-I 'ihal he rz!.s~t fr-nm opil hiE
Pearcely bad a respite since the event.
ful firing upon Fort Sumter, in
April, 1861, to tho present day My
services were' then tendered and ac.
eeptod under the first call for troops
growing out of that. event. I did
not ask for place and position and waw
eritively without influence or ti-e ac.
(Itaiintanice of persons of infiunce,
but was was resolved to perform iy
polt in a struggle threatening the
very existence of the nation. I per
f rmiod a conscientions d-ity without
nlking any promotion or coininand
and withouti a revengeful feeling to
wards any section or individual.
Not withst and ig this, throughout
the war, and from in candidacy for
my present office in 1668. to the close
of the last Presidental campaign, I
have been the subject of abuse atd
slander, scarcely ever equalle4 in
political history, which tv-day, I feei
that I can afford to disregard in view
of your verdict which I gritefully ae
cept as my vindication.
Georgia News.
Mr. Stephens was serenaded a day
or two ago.
An Atlanta thief stole two thou
sand -igars.
Iic State Road is using steel rails
atroniid the depots.
The Catoosa Springs will be open
in time for the coming season.
A strike for an increase of wages
is threatened at the railroad shops in
Atlanta.
Advices from till parts of the State
are unfavorable for the early fruit
crop.
The Government buildings in At.
lanta will be commenoed at once.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad
has now above seventy engines in
working order, and thii ty are first
cla sQ,
Frank Victory, aed fifteen years,
imarried Henrietta Hair, aged thirteen
in Coltinbus, on the 27th. Site gain
(.d her ,fi'st Victory at an early age.
A Hll J. Jones, Book Keeper of
the Southern Bank of Georgia, left
M .Vna b, in company with his wife,
I v on the line of
- ilroad inl S.>uth
nuig the depot of
- nt been seen or
tneu anxiety is felt
IF dig Vilue of Products.
ino m tete anid we do not know
1 h . wi itig tip -i it(e relative value
of d . iet arti-li.-4 of Food for stock,
tlinks that that chemistry has caused
i ncumeots errors and mistakes to
creep it- the minds of farimers. For
irstIt tve, by chemical uintlysis, we
lentil th..t wheat s'.raw contaiis one
third per cent . of nitrogen (1 sh
fot ting substainem), aid clover hay
contains one ani three fourths pet
cent. ; we are led to believe that
clover hay is nearly five times as nu
tritious as wheat straw, that therefore
it will take only one-fifth part as
much clover hay to feed a cow with
as whcat straw.
So with regard to roots : we learn
from the chemical researes that
turnips contain iinety-one per cent.
of water, and onily onesixth of nitro
gen. Accordingly we arc 'induced to
estimate turnips at only one-hAilf of
the value of the wheat straw, or ini
other words, we shouldl feed double
tihe weight of turnips tihan of straw
for the sino result, lie thinks that
every' farmter whto has ever practiced
feedinug turnips will aecord to them
a tneh hiighecr value for feeding stock
than eheminist ry assigns thIem.
Personaul llens.
Thi.reea, the siger, has bought a
153,000 franc palace.
Mrs. Laura Fair is lecturing with
stuccess in Sacramento.
The King of Sweden has bought an
Amnericatn sewing machine.
Genecral Badeau's life of General
Grant has been tranblated into Ger.
Edwini Booth, in playing 11amlet;
uses the skull of a horse. thief named
G lover.
Francis Wardcn, A. T. Stewart's
rartner', who recently died in P'aris,
left a fortune of $l0,000.000.
(iieanings.
Th'e receipits from opiumin in India,
lset year, wcre over eight nmillion
pounds.
A Ilurngariani bandit has just mur
dored his thirty fifth victim.
I rightam Young's one huntd red and
seventieth child has "arisen to call
him blessed."
South Bandl, Indians, annually
ships from 6,000 to 71,000 w agons to
all parts of the United States.
Seven thousand six hundred and
sevenity-fGre dollars, so far, have bseen
contribmuted toward the Greeley
ntunment.
The nontination by the Democrats
of ex-Governor English -for Congress
in iihi ('oninecticut First (Hawley's)
Didrie meansi busintess. Last year
ita' r al TI auwley, liepublican, was
Th G thle vaeancy by 633 ma.
My Gehe'ral Grant's majority bie
ing L,,004.
A Shocking Crime.
Brief mention was made in yester..
day's News of a ease of burning to death
reported at the coroner's office as
having taken place at the Belleview
l'luantioti, iti Christ Church Parish,
and yesterday Deput(y Coroner Hurke
repaired to the the scene for the pur
pose of holding an inqiest. The do.
cea'sted was a colored womab named
Susaninsh l'iptin. She was found
dead bcfore the fireplaoi of her house
on Mo.miday mooning, vwith a portion
o" the clothing upon the front of her
.body, from the waist upwards, burned
off, together with the ..kin. The face
was also badly burned. On exail.
nation many wounds and bruises were
found upou various parts of the body.
The head and clothing, too, had evi.
dently been soaked with kerosene oil,
while upon the floor in the bed -room
were several large blood stains, which
had been partially washed aw-ty.
The testimony taken showed that
Piptin, the woman's husband, had re
turned from the city on Saturday
afternoon previous to the tragedy
with a supply of whiskey ; that during
Saturday night and Sunday morning
he inficted several severe beatings
upon his wife, and wjs heard to say
he would kill her anyhow, as he never
could do anything as long as she lived,
and that bo had taken bis only child,
an infant, on Sunday afternoon to a
woman lviing in an adjoining house,
asking her to care for and nurse it,
P s his wife was sick. On Monday
lie called in his neighbors, and showed
them the body of his wife lying as
nbove described. His own version of
the myttery 'is that his wife became
drunk on Sunday night, fell out of
the bed and broke her nose, causing
it to bleed upon the floor of the be.
room, and afterwards arose, lighted a
kerosene lamp, and walked into the
front room of the house. When he
arose on Monday morning he found
her lying before the fireplace, burned
and dead.
Deputy Burke states that the peo.
ple living n'pon the plantation dis
played remarkable reticence in speak
ing of the affair, and it was necessary
for him to remain over a night upon
the scene. to sift the matter to kiho
bottom. le also states tht the gen.
eral impression among them is that
Piptin murdered his wife, and after.
words attempted to burn her body
with the aid of kerosene oil.
','hojury of the inquest rendered a
verdict of death from burning, caus.
ed by circumstances unknown to the
jurors.
Piptin was arrested, brought to the
city and committed to jail.- Charles
ton Newr.
Frozen Combs.
Editor of the Poultr y W rld: Tnink -
ing it may be of service to soine of
youri readers to know of a thorough.
ly effectivo cure of frozen comb,
which is a constantly occurring griev
ance to breeders and owners of the
large.combed breeds at this Reason.
About three weeks ;.go a Spanish
oockorel in my possession had his
comb and wattles severely frozen. I
immediately treated him as follows:
Every morning 1 rubbed the afilioted
parts with a preparation consisting of
two parts of distilled glycerino and
onie part of turpentine. At noon I
applied sweet oil and rose water (3
parts of former and I of latter), and
in the evening the glycosine and tur
pentine again.
At the present writing the bird is
eritirely cured, the comb and wattles
presenting almost the same appear.
anee as if they had never been "nip.
ped." M. D. N.
Subduing liets,
The stings of boes were given thorn
for the protection of their store.
They are not disposed to sting when
not in danger, and every boo which
doe sting dies. Away from their
own hive they rarely make an attack.
the natural dread of stings deter
nmany from keeping bees who would
be g'ad to do so. in the use of
modern hives tbe danger of being
stung is lessened, as these give you
facilities for subduing thoem. A bee
with its honey-sack full never stings.
When you alarnm a colony of boos,
they all instinctively at once fill their
saceks with honey, and after time has
been allowed thema to do this, their
hive ean ho opened and examined
with no danger from their anger.
Mrs. Tapeqper.
The invention or thre circular saw
is generally attributed to Capt. Dan.
dell, of Maine, who died a few weeks
ago at the age of 89. This is a mis
take, says a New York paper. The
circular saw was invented by Joseph
Murray, of Mansfield, England, son
of an old servant of the Byron famni.
ly, whom Lord Byron, the poet, often
speaks of in his letters as "Old Leo.
Murray." The first saw of the kind
ever made is still shown by his do.
scondante.
Mr. J. 31. Crockett, one of the
oldest and most respected oitlzens of
ILancaster died at his residenee in
that county, on Thursday mnorning-, at
the9 advanced age of '72 years. He
had been a member of the Presbyte
rian Church fcr fifty y'ears.
Dignified.
As a part of the history of the
bizirre times, we give the followit
unique and attractive *olloquy th
ensued in the National [louse of Re
reientatives on the bill to increa
salaries of Congresswen and otil
ers.
''he display of exalted' statinmal
ship mutit bring a throb of pride I
every Atmerican heart.
Mr. Steonson-1 believe if all tb
present members of the House wet
turned out, and half 6f us are bei:
turned out, (laughter) we could ni
on the average do as well at our bus
ness as we are doing here. Mr. Ste'
enson declared that the salaries psi
by the government were sufficient I
secure the services of good and pro
er men. Ile was satisfied with h
present salary.
Mr. Dickey-Speak for yourse'f.
Mr. Stephenson-Vehoently..
will speak for myself, and you too.
believe it is enough for you. [LaugI
ter.] I believe it is*
ALL YOU ARE WORTH.
[Laughter.J I would not hire yo
for the balance of your life at tha
rate. (Loud laughter.]
Mr. Diukey--You never mad4
five thousand dollars in your life out
side o your salary as a member o
Congress.
Stevenson-I have made ten thou.
and in a single case, and I doubt i
the gentleman ever did the like.
Mr. Dickey-Then you fooled youi
client. [LaughterJ
Mr. Stevenson-I do not kno1
why the -gentleman from Pennsyl
vania endeavors to inject nonsens
in everything in this House.
M r. Diokey-[ should like to injee
some sense into the gentleman fron
Ohio. [Laughter.]
Mr. Stevenson-The gentlemai
might engraft some sense in me If hi
had any himself. If I could buy tht
gentleman at what he really is warti
and sell him again at what he think
he is wort h, I never would need an
salary from Congress. [Laughter.
Mr. Hoar made the point of ordeo
that this debate was unworthy of th
character of the House and ought no
to be permitted to proceed, and th,
chairman sutatuined the point of order
I New way to Kindle a Fire.
On the 26th of Docember a fire cc
ourrod in Goodyear's India Rubbei
Works at Naugatuck, Connecticut
which origionted in an unheard-o
manner. In the proofa of loss, the
olaimants make the following remar
kable statement : The superinte
dent who was in the room where (h
fre originated and at the time, state
that while one of the workmen wa
handling ruirber goods the airseeme
to be chtrgod with eleotricity, it be
ing in the midst of a violent anoi
storm, the mercury meanwhile be
ing at or near zero: then there seem
ed to come from his hand a fiana
which instantly communicated wit
the goods and dry pine of the build
ing, the fire not being under theli
control for a moment. Others In th
neighborhood received severe abock
of electricity on that day in theli
houses.- Washington Star.
l'eace With the Mod oci.
The Inglorious Modne war is ovei
We are Informed by our specol1 cot
respondent with the Peace Commiu
sioners that the Indins have accept
ed the terms offered them by th
United States authori ties, an4 wil
surrender to the military and go on
reservation either In Oregon or Cali
fornia. The promise given theri
that they woulid be protected fror
the civil powers in Oregon while ei
route to and on their new reservation
and the assurance that the promis
would be kept, which the presence c
a representative of the Herald Il
their midst afforded no doubt infia
ence~d their councils and deoide,
them to yield. This is good new
for President tGrant on lnaugurativl
eye.-N. Y. Ilerald.
Trapping.
Trapping is getting to be a luce
tive business in the lower part of on
eounty. Mobre than two hundrea
minks were caught last fall, en th
water, of Coronaker Creek and Sale
da River, and their hides secured.-.
Mink furai sell readily. at *2.50 eaqd
Several fine Otter have bean canghi
and trsipping will be as profitable her
pehpas in the Rocky blountan
rhe trapper's outfit is not eapensivi
and the trouble of carrying on tb
business very slight.-Abbsvilk. M
diurn.
To day Mark T wain is droller ani
more popular than ever. His lit.
rary as well as floanpial future ap
pears to be establhished. Worth so.
$5,000 hlhaself, his *Ife has In he
own right property -talued at $2O,
000. f hewere in straightened ich
onrnstanes, he could easily :e~
$10,000 a year by leecturing, sad a
it is uslees to waste any fa t,i yu
pathy on the unfortemate vzan
It is claimed that tin ore has bee
hiscovered at St.dels Rhke cos
dnL.
I e Issible Senllimemt,
sI M. J. Wicks, of the exploded Sai
g ns Bank of Momphie, challenge
kt William ule, of the Knoxvilj
s- Chronicle, for writing and publial
ie ing a letter about Js uonosalamar
a- ament. A114$ImmediAtely e:
posed the fellow, saying in b
i. reply :
;o "I do but seek a roputation f<
eourage gained in that way. If ye
9 are more anxious to 'investigate tt
e matter of oowi r lioe than I am, yo
g are at liberty to make the invoestigi
>t tion in your own way and ntil yo
i are fully satisfied. do not propoo
- to leave the country, but will cot
d tinue to pursue my legitimate bus
o ness, goiig" wherever and whoneve
- that banins*s 04114i . Whitle I d
s not recognize the so-called 'code. c
honor,' I wish ou to distinctly um
derstand -ha fully *reoqgnse th
I right of Adt-denoe. I do not court
I but otthe-ountral d ailp'ersona
difficulties with my follows, but whel
attacked, I shall not hesitate to do
fond wyself as promptly and effee
tually as necessity may seem 4
trequieo.
"You ask rne to fight you a due]
And for what ? Because I have mad
statements concerning you, the trutl
of whviih I 4an prove, and' the falitj
of which you do not offer to show.
do not propose to pander to the bar
barons prejudices of depraved mind
by setting myself up as a target,t<
give you the oppprt nity of a so-call
ed vindcoation of your honor. I hav
no respect for any such foolish no
tions. They may' be in accordano,
with your ideas of honor atd courage
but they are not with mine. Word
cannot expresa my opvtompt for scl
folly. It' .is not proof of coutrage,
but of cowardie.' It is not evidenci
of manliness, but of i *eak e6nees
sion to a heathenish and brutal cus
tom. It is not the way to defend 1
gentleman's honor, but a . praction
confession of his inability to defen<
it in the manner prescribed by at
enlightened Christian public senti
n'entand the laws of oivilized peo
Seven Wonders of tht Varid.
As many of our readers use fas er
pression or have heard it, we ' repro
duce here an enumeration of the
seven woudere, knowing that they are
new to nany of tiem.
The sevdn wonders of the world ate
among the traditiots of childhood
r an1d yet It is i remarkable fact thal
1 99 persons out of-100 who might bc
asked the question: could not name
them. They oric. the pyramids-th<
mystery of the past-the enigma o
s the present-tAid thii enduring for tho
% future ages of this world. The tem
I ple, the walls and hanging gardens o
- Babylon, the most colobrated city o
r Assyria, and the rosidocco of tho
king of that country 'fier the des
- truction of Nineveh. The Chrysol
phantine statute of Jupiter Olympus
the most ronowned work - of ihidias
the illustriouq artistof Greece. Th'i
r statute was formed of gold, and wai
) sitting on a throne almost touehing
i the summit-of the temple, which wai
r 70 feet high. The temple of Dianis
at Ephesus, which .was 220 year
in building, and which was 425 feel
in length and 220 feet in breadth,
andsuporedby 117 marble column,
- fteInio order, sixty feet high
The Mausoieum at Hlarlioarnassus
erected to the memory of Mausolus
the King pf the, Qa~ria, bhit wifi
Artemesla, B C. 858, Te Phanro
at Alexandria, a lighthouise' erecte<
by Ptolemy Boter at the 'entrance o
the harbor of Aleftanduia, it wa
480 feet high,.and could be seen a
a distance of,. 100 miles, and upoi
Swhich is Insoribed "King Ptolemy, t<
the gods, the saviours, for the benefi
of sihos." Lastly, the eolosueu a
Rode abramen image of Apollo
14Grecian feet in height, and whiol
was located at the entrance of one o
the harbors of the city1of-Rhodes.
A Dangerous Uzpstiment.
A most radical innovatlen upon
long established custom in relation t
the institution of marriage has beei
effected in Californis, where the .1
r theory that man and wife are onei
I abolished. A now law ',stabllshes th
a equality of husband and wife, an
declares that the two can conatrac
with each other asd.sue-each other a
.if they had never been married. I
, is to be feared that this reform wil
. hardly meet the expectstions of it
.originlator's. La*wuitb aflter mattiq
, with husband and-wife respeotivelyi u
e the positios of plaintiff sa defend
-ant, woul.4 not seem to be calculates
to promote domestio felity. lBe
sidesiueb a la'w would urely load' t
I pt~ullitIgation. It is dangtr6e
a o ieto be able to sue, her hus
', baud for breep, .of ooptraet, in ean
a he should fail to fulfil s .prmise it
i buy het a new bonnet of a silk dress.
AEiois n soury.
r .It Is on reeeord (Niebola. 8tone'
a uusnuscrigt).thap 8t.; 4lhan. obt'se<
e a eharter for Lod~ in the. Air1
Mentury of tde'$htis ' Sr.
batr weavb t'eeod tf Geestal 'As
a sembly of Loglish' Mtieoapde TiA%
ci 0rasd Msater.
A Strange Monster.
A gentleman recontly from the
d Shelton, Laurel di.striot of North
e Carolina, some forty miles from this
i- place, informs us that the people in
that "densely thioketed" sountry are
greatly excited in regard to the ap.
is pearance, upon several different
places, of a hugo mountain mouster,
ir the species of which is unknown. Mr.
u George Anderson, one of the gentle.
a men residing in the Laurel country,
a being one of the persons who saw the
6- monster, also furnishes us with the
u following description of it.
e . "I was out in the jungle hunting
- up some lost bogs, when all a sudden
i- there came a into my path a beast,
r the appearance of which' I must oon
ifees, caused me to quake for the first
f time in many years. Aside from its
- strange and unusual appearance, the
p ungartbly yell it uttered on pereelv.
ing me, which reverberated and re
( ferberated through the forest, was
i enosgh to shake the senses of the
- most daring adventurer. The animal
waa eomo hundred yards distant from
a me and appeared to be a huge black
bear with mane and head like a lion,
but had horna like an elk upon it.
i Its tail was long and bushy, with dark
i and light rings around it to its ox .
, tremity. Its eyes g'eamed like a
[ panther's and its size was that of an
- ordinary ox but somewhat longer.
I Just previous to making its appear.
> ance I had shot off my gun at a squir.
rel, and felt little prepared to meet
P such a ferocious beast without any
weapon of defense. I immediately
set about reloading my rife, but had
searcely begun when it started to
a ward me. I retreated in as good or
i der as postible, and must say I did
soine good runuin g-not looking back
until' had reached an open spot,
- when I found the animal had disap
- peared in the Laurel thicket. This
L Is no story, Mr. Editor, gotten up to
I. scaro naughty children. I am not
I the only one *ho has seen the mon.
i ster-several have Seen it since I did;
- and, as sheep and calves are lately
- miain$,t is presumed to be a car.
. iverouts bruite. Many have fortiflld
.their hoanes to prevent a night stt.ok
from the strange monstor, the like ot
which was never seen in these moun
tains before. Some think it hai es
onped from snome rambling mensger ie.
while others superstitiously think it
is sent to warn people of some great
approaching danger.-Jonesburo ('Ten
nlessee) Advert iser.
Soutiern News.
Florida is shipping orunges to
California and receiving in return
California pears.
A puma was killed near Maryport.
Fla., recently. Ilia body was five
foct in length.
Mr Theobald Fehrback, who was
recently found near Augusta with his
throat out, is dead.
. The Florida Baptist is the name of
a new religious journal just started in
Lake City, in the Intorest of the
Baptist Churcb.
Mr. Edmund A Pendleton, former.
ly of Virginia, but for many years a
citizen of Augusta, died on Monday,
aged eighty-two
Wn. H. Mallory, of Pensacola,
was shot and killed by his partner In
mercantile business, in Galveston,
Texas, on the 15thi ult.
A murder occurred in Walton
county, Ga., on Fhiday last (21st.
IA Mr. Milton Stringer was killed by
a young Mr. James Allen. Whis
Ikey.
Wesley Buchanan, a notorious ne
grro was captured in Oordon county,
Ga., after being shot by the Marshal.
Ie had once esoaped from jail.
The bark Oneco, Savannah to
Callac, mysteriously caught Gird
ramong the Cargo and was partly
gouttled. The fire was fortunately
extinguished.
Col. WlIiam A. Reld, formerly
o ne of the proprietors of th. M.,eon
STelegraph, 5 has been appainted
Judge of the County Court of Putnam,
Ga,
Milledgeville baes organirzeda
i Yonng Mfen's Christlan Association.
MissIonarIes will soon be equipped
, and sent to A tlanta, says the mis.
Sohievoas Savannah News.
A young man named Byington wai
a killed, and one or two other pearson.
Ssoriously injured by' the (all of a soaf
fold recently a bephe's Pottery on
the Eatonton and Gord'on Railroad.
* ays the Macon Telegrapht: An
,altereationi occurred while the up
passenger train was at Wodten Sta.
ilon, between Mr. John Haley at~d a
* oung ma b eamed West, in whilob the
ormer was shot and pr.ba.Iy killed.
Meosrs, Clark and Cellin,, for
?etly 9if blarianna Fla., while p asiog
throngl, . man's yard in i loim
s county, wore arrested and qemoiltted
I tojall on a charge of conspirineg tm
i kIl an rob the aforesaid mtn. Th .R
I, ~r aers say they were going sae..
u A Armiorial Bearings of thd Oeoena
'?he crests of the waesa.