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I COLUM jjimtfag gttipnw*. ^OUTMIIlS- OBOBOIA* ^ Y| DECEMBER^ 1877. ISBIBV & €0., Proprietors. tVO widowers in Berry county, ^-xas, married each other’s daughter recently. The highest prices paid in the Egyptian market for young Nubian women is $500, and for fair Circassians $5,000. ^ The hotel at Wesson, Miss., was burned on the si^th. The fire was accidental, being communicated from a stove. Kellogg is to speak against Eustis’ admission. Eustis can pay him back in 1879 by »i>eaklng against Kellogg’s retention. More than $10,000 wortl^of South west Viiginla beef was shipped fresh from New York to Liverpool during last month. “MAwyxir, 11 a tract of land con taining 3S0 acres, near Petersburg, Virginia, has been sold to Charles Lewis, of Michigan, for $9,000. Senator Sharon gave Mis. Ral ston $50,000 for her husband’s assets. He has behaved with great gen erosity all through that painful busi- “Dr.” Joseph Walker, the vine gar bitters man, who confesses to an income of $100,000, has been arrested in New York for refusing to support his' wife. Senator Patterson has received an offer of $2,000 to lecture twenty times in Massachusetts on the subject of the President’s policy. He thinks he will accept. A confidential clerk of the Roth schilds, in Paris, lately absconded, after robbing his employers of over $360,000. The money had been near ly all lost in stock speculations. Mr. Baylor, proprietor of the Richmond Enquirer, to whose mys- disappearance we alluded to, /as found on Friday, in Petersburg, sick. He was sent back to his lamily. Reports current in Washington for several weeks past that the Presi de! was weakening in regard to the enforcement of his civil service ideas are disproved by the message. Mr. C’onkling is said to be unhappy. Every department of the State - Government, South Carolina, is now in the hands of the Conservatives or Democrats. One member of the Su preme Court, the Chief Justice, is a Republican of Northern birth and education, but he was elected by Democratic votes at the last session of the Legislature. Speaking of the wrecked steamer Huron, the Boston Globe of Tuesday r “In fact, Captain Ryan, just fore he left Boston, told a lend of the writer that he did not . leel safe in going to New York in her. Another officer said he ‘would almost as soon go toPsea in a spoon as in such a coffin ship.’ ” Philadelphia Times: -“The trou ble with the new Constitution of Georgia, according to the Washington National Republican, is that it will prohibit every person from voting M ho has not paid his taxes. This, the organ charges, is a way the Dem ocrats have of disfranchising the ne groes. It ought to take the trouble to explain why the same system is in operation in Pennsylvania. The Cincinnati Price Current pub lishes an elaborate special report on lugs and corn, based upon informa tion derived from a large number of places throughout the prominent corn and hog producing sections of the West The general result indicates a probable increase of 5 per cent, in the number of hogs for winter market ing, and a large basis of supply for next spring and summer, with a gen eral healthier conditon of hogs as compared with last year, and a pro bable increase of hogs for winter pack- ■ t Mb. O. B. Bradford, Gen. Grant’s Consulat Hong Kong, is in a heap of trouble. He is now serving out a sentence of a year or two for opening private letters while acting as our representative, and at the expiration of'hls sentence will be arrested for embezzlement, extortion, peijury and malfeasance in office. Bradford is a fine sample of the class of huckstering politicians who have been foisted into diplomatic positions, and yet there are people who contend that there is no necessity for civil service reform. Montgomery Blair says he is a candidate forthe United States Senate from Maryland because he thinks he can aid in forcing on issues which will consolidate the people and rein state them in the actual control of their Government, and take it out of the hands of -monoplists and jobbers. He claims that Thomas A. Scott and Jay Gould were the “fowlers” that spread the Electoral Commission net, and that “they toled the bird into the net with the hundreds of millions involved in their measures then and still before Congress.” He, however, does not mean to say that all who voted for the commission were brib ed; on the contrary, he knows “that the great.majority of Democrats who so voted did so because persuaded that, as the House stood, that meas ure offered the only chance, for the Democracy, because the railroad jobbers had already destroyed the Democratic majority in the House.” Mr. Blair claims that the railroad subsidy interests are in as absolute control of the House Committee as of the Senate Committee. Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.): His name is Turner, and he has brought his ease to the attention of the United States District Court, de claring that he was appointed Mar shal of Alabama and confirmed by the Senate, but was recently ousted from the office by one Reed, who was named by the President and not con firmed by the Senate; hence, under the Tenure of Office act, the. com plainant is the He jure incumbent. The court took the papers and now holds the matter under consideration. Neither of the men named become the policy of civil service reform, and the people of Alabama will view this contest in the same spirit that the Western lady contemplated the con flict between her husband and a bear, when she observed that “it is a very pretty fight, and I don’t much care s which whips.” But it is ft test case, and may assume a national impor tance, developing the exact status of LITTLE THINS*. After all, it is the small things which annoy and produce the great est discomfort. To large occasions the mind proves equal to the contest Like a gallant ship the soul rises in all its greatness to breast the swelling waves, and bounds to meet them. Mounting the topmost one the proud vessel rides on to safety. In the short chopping seas one finds his troubles, and tosses and pitches in the most disturbed of styles. Men can stand the bite of a rattlesnake. They know the remedy, and they are not apt to go where others are en countered ; but the unavoidable flea, mosquito and gnat he fights the whole summer through, and wastes the same anathemas which minor troubles have ever evoked. Fools may rush in where angels fear to tread, but if the heavenly visitants venture in the shoals and quicksands where poor humanity is compelled to travel, they, too, might murmur their complaints and utter dissatis factory comments. They, too, might enter the Paradise of Fools to many known, and experience all the dis comforts. In every home and depart ment are these petty temporary ills. They can be overcome by constant perseverance, but few have the pa tience or nerve to encounter these constant peckings and not develop the crossness and petulance which belongs to the common life of hu manity. Many a home would be happy were the same amenities ob served there that are maintained in outside social and commercial circles. It is a thought to occupy us on Sun days—have we endeavored to make all within our influence as cheerful as we could—how <4tsily it woukl have been to make a heart rejoice in stead of sorrowing. Sharp sayings may pass for wit, but they cause many a pang which might be avoided—how easy it would have been to create an atmosphere of gladness instead of the gloom of a mean, sloppy day, where all the tu multuous little passions bubble over and render every surrounding misera ble. Often in familiar intercourse is a stab inflicted which was never meant, which attendant circumstan ces tend to embitter, and which so readily could be avoided. When too late, perhaps, to recall the past, and regret cornea, keen and poignant, the sentiment, though not the words, of Miss Muloch’s touching poem may recur with alrtheir vividness: ‘Gould ye come back to me, Douglass! Doug lass! In the old likeness that I knew, I would be so faithful, so loving, Douglass, Douglass! Douglass! tender and true.” WHAT WILL THE LEFT DOT The question is not so much what will the President of the French Re public, so called, do, as what demands the extreme Republicans, known as the Left, may attempt. Centuries and frequent attempts have proven that the French as a nation have no idea of a Republic. La Oloire lias been whipped out of them by the Ger mans. They no longer are willing to fight for an idea, as Louis Napoleon once boasted they would. Of a repub lic in our American sense, the mer curial, capricious Frenchman has not the least notion. A strong govern ment is required. MacMahon seems willing to a compromise but the Left are opposed. He desires the army and navy and foreign diplomacy be removed from the influence and con trol of a lot of hot-heads controlled by passionate men like Gambetta. The Left are unwilling to assent to anything which does not give them complete control. A few days since a deputation of manufacturers and other adherents of the Left called on the President. He very properly snubbed them, received them through an aid-de-camp, who bowed the crowd out. The Left ap pears to represent the radical faction, which has so long cursed this country —the creation of the mob. They are opposed to all constitutional govern ment, except that which gives them power. We have no sympathy with any such party or purpose, and hope conservatism will conquer. If not these troublous times will constantly appear, and not only disturb France but the commercial relations of the earth. Has Tilden Taken the Oath? —Some of the Northern pa pers are disturbed on the subject, and are anxiously asking if Mr. Tilden has taken the oath office as President of the United States? It derived some force from the nearness of the Democrats in ob taining control of the Senate. This was not effected because of the admis sion of Kellogg. That Mr. Tilden was elected is a universally admitted fact. The New York Sun does not affirm nor deny tkat Mr. Tilden lias taken the oath—only alleges the Rad icals had a severe scare. Whether he has or not makes little difference. The time for Mr. Tilden to act has long since passed. When it was nec essary he said nothing. Democracy can now afford to wait until 1880, and then has no rewards to offer to grum blers who said nothing at the right moment. _ Philadelphia Times: Kellogg had hardly warmed his seat before he began to incubate deviltry, and the first result is a movement among Sen- otors at his instance to provide for Packard. He has the impudence to present his old chum for the New Or leans Collectorship, for which the President wisely nominated Mr. Ef fingham Lawrence during the extra session, and we are told that ^ large number of Republican Senators and most of the Republican Representa tives have signed a petition asking the bogus Governor’s appointment. If the President should grant this pe tition it will bestronger evidence than we have yet seen that the obstruction ists have frightened him from his posi tion; for to do so would be to dishonor his own policy as to Federal appoint ments in the South and to contravene the general principles of civil service reform under which he has held it highly improper for Senators and Representatives to interfere with the Executive functions in the nomina tion of officers who may come before the one body sitting as judges and the j other as accusers to impeach for wrong doing. Aside from all this, however, it is different to see how Mr. Packard could accept the Collector- ship without resigning the Governor ship, which he still claims to hold. The r*tc. London, December 8.—The Times' dispatch from Rome says the Pope experienced temporary relief and es pecially in the morning, but every attempt he makes to assume a sitting posture produces a collapse. ENQUIRER: SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER QEORQIA. NEWS. —Col. Fitzsimmons, Marshal of ‘ Georgia, will make bis home in At lanta. —Mr. and Mrs. Hitch, of Atlanta, lost by death two children in Albany in twenty-four hours. —Dalton listens to the rumbling of the wheels of four hundred freight cars daily on an average. —Mr. Thomas Powers, of Rome, and Miss Mattie Rogers, of Bibb county, were married Friday. —Pistol shots were exchanged be tween gentlemen in Macon Friday. No wounds, and no names given. —H. W. Carr, Esq., of Richmond county, has been appointed by Judge Woods a Commissioner of the United States Circuit Court. —The Telegraph and Messenger reports the death of- Captain John J. Allen, Mayor of Port Royal, on Fri da y. Before the war he was a citizen of Macon. —Mrs. Elizabeth Bryan, wife of Judge Loved Bryan, died suddenly on Wednesday night last at Col. A. T. Newsom’s residence, near Flor ence in Stewart county. —J. Walton Carter, of Prattsburg, Talbot county, has captured over fifty opossums, several coons and wild cats. He caught five opossums, two coons and one cat, in one night. —It is said that there are one hun dred men engaged in drumming oil the streets of Atlanta for local retail trade. They represent principally the dry goods and clothing houses, and always work on commission. —Albany last Mondav elected the following municipal officers: For Mayor, W. H. Wilder; for Aider- men, Samuel Mayer, T. H. Willing ham, N. F. Mercer, John Jackson, J. G. Stephens, Nelson Tift, W. B. Daniel, Jos. T. Steele, W. T. Jones, C. M. Mayo. —Albany News: Again the news reaches us that the B. & A. Railroad has been sold, papers all signed and the property turned over to the pur chasers. It is said this statement of facts comes through the office in Brunswick, and that the officials re port an advance movement in Jan uary. —For the first time since the war, Glynn county has elected a Demo cratic member of the Legislature. James Blue, colored has represented that county since 1868, and was the oldest member of the lato House. He sustained, at the hands of Mr. T. W. Lamb, his first defeat last Wednes day. —.Savannah News; In the United States Circuit Court yesterday the case of Auguste Ejimke vs. Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah was tried and resulted in a verdict against the city of $2,716 80, with costs. On the 3d of December, 1874, this case was tried and a verdict of $3,000 against the city was rendered. The plaintiff was not satisfied with this, and the suit had been brought for damages amounting to $20,000, and on the ground of inadequate compen sation moved for and obtained a new trial. The defendants were not satis fied with this verdict, and an order was granted allowing the defendants four days in which to file their motion for a new trial. This suit for dam ages is based upon the allegation that on the night of the 25th of January, 1873, Capt. Christian Elimke, of the brig Voltigeur, whilst returning to his vessel, was precipitated from the bluff near the foot of Houston street to the pavement below and was in stantly killed. The cause of the ac cident was attributed to the insuffi cient protection of the railing at the bluff. The case has been on the dock et for the past four years. ALABAMA NEWS. —The Birmingham Iron Age says that the management of the L. & N. and G. 8. Railroad has just ordered one hundred and fifty four-wheel coal cars for the use of the road. These cars cost $350 each, whereas cars with four-wheeled trucks cost $700 each. —There will b£ three days racing at the Montgomery Fair Grounds, com mencing Thursday, Dec. 27, and end ing Saturday the 29th. Some of the fastest trotting and running horses from Tennessee, Kentucky and Mo bile are expected to be there. The programme will be advertised in a few days. —Several weeks ago Barton W. Stone, who resides near Stone’s Tank, on the Western Railroad, near Mont gomery, lost $400. He had the money in a purse in his pants pocket, and when he retired at night he placed his pants under the head of the bed, as had been his custom for years. He locked the door, leaving the key in the lock, and fastened every window as usual before retiring. Next morn ing the door stood half open, with the key in the lock as he had left it, and his purse and money were gone. No violence was done the door or any part of the room. No clue was had as to the perpetrator of the burglary until last Saturday, when Dr. Stone discovered a pocket book that he took to be the one stolen, besides a large amount of money in the possession of one of Barton Stone’s tenants, named Aaron Harris. Harris was arrested and tried before Justice J. B. Fuller, and held in $500 bond. BLACK BABIES. A Big Thing on lee—A Chanee for Af rican mother*—The Latent Sensation. Special dispatch to Journal of Commerce.] New York, December 5.—A Na tional Jubilee Colored Baby Show will be inaugurated in this city on Monday next. The manager has ad vertised for two thousand dusky cher ubs, and desires particularly to receive consignments from the States of Vir ginia, the Carolinas and Georgia; transportation both ways will be fur nished by the managers, who agree to pay th*e expenses of parties bring ing tne children during their stay. Prizes will be awarded to various classes, also to mothers. The best of care will be taken of all exhibitors and their progeny. The exhibition will last one week, and will be wound up by a grand “cake walk.” A "monster cat show will be opened in two weeks. The number of entries will be limited to one thousand, and prizes to the amount of $1,000 will be offered. Special to Enquirer-tShm.] Baltimore, December 8.—Wm. E. Bloom, ticket scalper, was convicted and fpfpftnded for sentence. The charge was tooting »*me« of railroad officials on ValenliEC Baker's Petition with Ibe Tarkn. London World.] Col. Baker has no command in the Turkish army, only in the gendarme rie. In action he advises the differ ent commanders what course to pur sue, often leading charges of waver ing regiments himself. He and Col. Briscoe, late Fifteenth Hussars, who, with him, has been foremost in the recent fighting about Shumla, have a very poor opinion of the fighting pow ers of the Turkish cavalry—the mere appearance of a bold front causing them to waver, and a charge scatter ing them before contact. Baker Pasha has gone to join his late chief, Mehemet Ali. Of the two, Suleiman and Mehemet, he naturally E refers the latter. Suleiman allowed ini no initiative, and never took his advice. Mehemet, on the other hand, allowed him to conduct reconnois- sances,and frequently asked his ad vice. It is true that he never followed it, but then lie always subsequently expressed his regret. I confess I had rather see the South solidly Democratic, as now, South Carolina and Louisiana included, and race antagonisms allayed, than to see those States Republican and the blacks exposed to the assaults of the infuriated whites. And infuriated with cause, too. Republican rule in those States was such a mockery and cheat, and so destructive of all mate rial interests, that the outrages upon the negroes were not without ex cuse. There Is a limit to human patience, and Southern human lienee, with a negro on top, Is soon reached.—H. Y. RedjMd. Leon, the Mexican, mounted on one of his native mustangs, beat the Yorkshire mag who bestrode an Eng lish thorough4ged, and had $5,000 for hts pains. \ WASHINGTON. mWCMBACK BESfairs. iMMcratk ■—tw» sal Hajrca' If- taatiaw—Parllr Kailraad CsmhIUcc PINCH BACK RESIGNS. Washington, December 8.—Ex- Gov. Pinchbaek, of Louisiana, has addressed an open letter to Governor XichoHs, resigning his place as United States Senator from that State. ACTION OF DEMOCRATIC SENATORS. It may be accepted that the Demo cratic Senators will not bind them selves by caucus action with regard to the President’s nominations, but regardless of the technicalities of the tenure of office act, they will vote for the confirmation of his nominees unless unfitness for the place or pecu liar political odium is attached. Without binding themselves by cau cus action, it is understood the Demo crats will vote unanimously on these questions. STILL CHAIRMANLESS. Special to the Enquirer-Sun.] Washington, December 8.—The House Committee on Pacific Railroad held anotherinformal meeting. They arc vet without a chairman. FRANCE. EVEMYTKIfra Iff COXEUSIOX. No Agreement Cm Be KITeeleO. Paris, December 8.—The corres- jxmdent of the Times telegraphs Pres ident McMahon’s determination to insist upon having the nomination of three Ministers, seems to have been very sudden. Thus on Thurs day, after discussiug this question with M. Dufaure, he concluded with these words: “All you are responsi ble ; consequently I leave you free in the choice of your colleagues.” M. Dufaure was afterwards much surprised to find the Marshal had changed his mind. CONFUSION REIGNS. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Versailles, December 8.—The settings of the Chambers to-day were uninteresting. It was expected a question would be put in the Senate which would afford M. Dufaure an opportunity of explaining his share in recent events, but both the Right and Left being uncertain of support, the Constitutionalists refrained from putting questions. After the sitting the Constitutionalists held an impor tant meeting. One member declared they must follow the Marshal up' to the end, even to dissolu tion. M. Lambert De Sainte Croix urged that the Marshal must accept a Parliamentary Ministry. M. Baibie maintained that the Marshal had made every concession consistent with honor, and henceforth the Constitu tionalists must follow him even to voting a second dissolution. At the request of M. Bachus the meeting re frained from coming to a decision. The utmost confusion reigns in all circles. TURKO-RUSSIAN WAR. ITftKISM EXTEBBBISES FAILED. Col. Balccr Given Command of a Divi sion—Servian* Have Not Crossed the Frontier. STREET-CAR HORSES FOR ARMY. London, Dee. 8.—A Constantinople dispatch to the Daily News says the Turkish Government has impressed street-car horses for the army. The Russian official dispatch dated, Bay ah, says the battles of Mariane anti Elena", of the 4tl\ inst., were more unfortunate for the Russians than at first reported. Fifty officers and 18,000 men were killed and wounded, and 11 guns captured. Operations on the 6th were eonfined to driving the Turkish right, numbering 10,000 men from Slataritza to Bebrona. The Turkish left confronting Kakowitza numbers 30,000 men. NO PROGRESS. Constantinople, Dec. 8.—There is no further progress on either side in operations at Karneali. ill health of the czar. London, Dec. 8.—The Vienna cor respondent of the Times contradicts the rumors of the ill health of the Czar. His majesty’s return, however, to St. Petersburg in January is prob able, as it is assumed Plevna will have fallen by that time. The Times' Belgrade correspondent says Prince Milan’s departure for the frontier is postponed. SERVIANS CROSS INTO TURKEY. London, Dee. 8.—A Reuter from Novia Bazar, yesterday, says four battalions of Servian infantry and cavalry and six guns arrived on the fifth instant at Yovora, the following day a number of Servian troops cross- ed into Turkey. SERVIANS BULLYING. Constantinople, December 8.— The Governor of Kassovo telegraphs on December otli, the Servian forces arrived at Yavor. Four Servian of ficials crossed the frontier to Sieneca and demanded an explanation of the presence of Turkish troops there and demanded their withdrawal by 12 o’clock noon, December 6th. There was also a disturbance and fighting on the 5th inst.,bet ween the Servians and Mussulmen inhabitants of Sic- neca. later. The Servians crossed the frontier at Yavor and erected a fortification on Ottoman territory. COL. BAKER. Mehemet Ali lias confided to Baker Pasha the command of a division. MEHEMET ALI FAILING. The Times to-day, in its war sum mary, says: Suleiman Pasha’s suc cess "depends upon rapidity and ener gy. His best hope for breaking through the Russian line was to dash rapidly forward and take the adver sary by surprise. He has hesitated either on account of finding superior forces in stronger positions than he expected in front of him, or because the military administration of his ar my could not stand the strain thrown upon it by papid evolutions. Since an unsuccessful attack made against Prince Mirsky on Thursday, the Ot toman column, heading towards Tir- nova, seem to have made no move ment of importance. Had they pushed forward ‘boldly and grasped that important strategical point, the Ottoman commander would have gained a central situation between General Radetzky and the eighth ar my corps and left wing of the Czarowiteh, and could have seriously impeded and embarrassed their move ments for concentrating his advanc ing forces. It seems however to have found the entrenchments of Jabalo- vitza too formidable. Time has been given to the enemy, and now at least the whole of the 8th and 11th corps with some other detachments, mus* tering probably about 20,000 men are at Tirnova. It is doubtful whether Suleiman Pasha can hope to pusli these aside and persevere in his ad vance. From tne western Balkans there is no movement reported, and, for the moment, it would seem that the Gen. Gourko has suspended opra- tions till the result of Suleiman Pa sha’s offensive advance is ascertained. ENGLAND UNEASY. An uneasy feeling is becoming ap parent here lest a settlement of the Eastern question unfavorable to Eng land may be forced upon her by the three Emperors in alliance. SERVIANS HAVN’T CROSSED. Special to Enquirer-Sun. j London, December 8.—A Reuter from Constantinople says: News of the Servians crossing the frontier into Turkey is unfounded. The Porte has received advices, dated Niscb, yesterday, stating all is quiet on the frontier. A portion of tne Servian troops concentrated near the frontier have been withdrawn and the other portion dismissed to their homes. New York, December 8.—Kelzni- zer Brothers, dry goods, have as signed; liabilities $133,000. ENGLAND. X170,— tier a Memorial Hall. London, Dec. 8.—A dispatch says TbeMaiquisof Bute contributed £170,- 000 sterling for endowment of Memo rial Hall to Glasgow University. TtE- CO T rF.T/.Vfi OB TM item's /r*r. City of Berlin. New York, Dec. 8.—Reports show that all vessels reaching the other side of the Atlantic from this country ex perienced easterly gales. These would render the progress of the City of Ber lin slow indeed, if, as it is universally believed, she has become disabled. The City of Brussels, it will be re membered, was out many days last summer without being spoken. Aaafent S»t. Tilden. Special to. Enquirer-Sun.] New'Y'ork* Dec. 8.—A motion in the case of the United States against Ex-Gov. Tilden to recover alleged ar rears of income tax set for to-day, and again adjourned for two weeks. Pntnnlfr Reinstated. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Toledo, Ohio, December 8.—Dow ling, to-day, received a telegram from the Postmaster General re-instating him as postmaster in this city, in con sequence of the failure of the Senate to confirm the recent appointee, Alex ander Reed. Upon the presentation of the order the Office was turned over to Dowling by the deupty in charge. New Orleans Race*. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] New Orleans, December S.—Red ding won the hurdle race. Gen. Phillips won the mile and three-quarters in 3:151. Janet won'the mile heats, best three in five, straight in 1:49£, 1:491, 1:49. New York Uqaor Sellers. New York, December 8.—The station houses are crowded again this morning with unlicensed liquor sell ers. Weather. Washington, December 8.—In dications: For the South Atlantic States, falling temperature, followed by rising barometer, winds mostly from the west to north, slightly cold er, clear or partly cloudy weather, ex cept nearly stationary temperature in the Southern portion. The l«argest National Debts. Chicago Times.] The reader of the Times asks: “What country in the world has the largest national debt?” At the latest date for which statistics are now in hand, Great Britain had. That was in March, 1875, when the debt of that country was $3,876,000,000, reckoning the pound sterling at $5. In the pre ceding January the debt, of France, according to the “Statesman’s Year Book” for 1877, was $3,750,337,129, counting five francs to the dollar. This debt was then the second in magnitude. Some writers have stated the French debt to be as much as $4,500,000,000. Probably the true amount is somewhat above that first given, as in 1875, France must have had a good deal of floating and tem porary indebtedness that had not at the time been converted into l-entes, and the “Statenmn’s Year Book” gives only the capital of the rentes. But those who put the French debt at $4,500,000,000 must include munici pal and other local indebtedness,much of which was incurred for war pur poses during the late conflict with Germany. There is probably not much difference between the debts of France and Great Britain at the pre sent moment. The Times has an impression that the French is the huger, but in the absence of reliable statements later than 1875, it will not venture to express a confident opin ion. Antiquity of the Turkey.—Tur keys were introduced into England from America by William Strick land, Lieutenant to Sebastian Cabot, in the time of Henry VII, B. Franklin remarked once upon a time that the wild turkey should have been the em blem of the United States, the log cabin of the pioneer being in his day surrounded by these birds. The first turkey seen in France was served up at the wedding feast of Charles IX, in 1594, at which feast Craddock and Susan B. Anthony were present. Since that day tukeys have always formed the nucleus for wedding feasts and Thanksgiving dinners, which is about all we know concerning the bird unless we should say that news paper men have always held that a cut from the forward part of a roast turkey’s carcass, smothered in gravy and surrounded by a pound and a half of artificial intestines, • is a dish not in the least detrimental to heath, and one which no newspaper man ever hesitated to tackle when favora ble opportunities offered.—Oensboro (Ky) Examiner. Compensation of Moody and Mankey. The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press, of November 29, says: “There is no secret, we believe, certainly no reason why there should be any, about the compensation paid to the "Evangelists who labored in Vermont last month. Messrs. Moody and Sankey asked nothing for their sendees here. It has been said, and we suppose it to be true, that a wealthy gentleman in Chicago holds himself responsible for the support of Mr. Moody’s family and for his expenses, while he is en gaged in Gospel work. The Christian people of Burlington, feeling that Mr. Moody’s visit here nad been a great E ublic blessing, and not desiring to e under obligation to anybody, in Chicago or elsewhere, for pecuniary assistance in such a matter, made up a fund by subscription, and handed Mr. Moody $500 for himself and Mr. Sankey. This was less than $o apiece for each of the sermons and public- meetings held by them here, but it was all that Mr. Moody would accept. In Rutland, Major Whittle and Mr. and Mrs. McGranahan were paid $500 together, and in Bennington, Messrs. Needham and Cato received together about $275. How s Bank Gets Its Money Back. Bank officers have reasonabte ex cuse for being nervous after reading the accounts given of the robbery of the First National Bank of Court- land, New York. Four hundred thousand dollars in notes and bonds were mysteriously abstracted, and while the officers and accountants were puzzling their wits to find a clue to the robbers a note was received intimating that the holder of the money would return the property if the bank would compromise on a cer tain per cent. A bank officer was to be in a certain street in New York at a time named, when a person would appear authorized to negotiate for the thieves. Accordingly the officer went to New York, and was standing at the comer of Broadway and Houston street, when a man approached him and said: “You are from Courtland. In fifteen minutes a man will come along wearing a silk hat* a snuft 1 colored coat and a blue necktie; fol low him, and you will hear something to your advantage.” And sure snough the man appeared, and the officer followed him, the person lead ing him to a gambling house. Here the negotiations were conduc ted. Notes and bills stolen from the bank were exhibited to the bank officer. He was told the thieves had spent forty thousand dollars already, and a further sum must be allowed them. The negotiations were not at once concluded, but while pending the bank officer was made the guest of the negotiator, who entertained him in princely style, and took him out driving behind a spanking pair of trotters that gave their heels to Vanderbilt’s famous pair in a race from Harlem Bridge into the city and gave him a chance to see all the nota ble sights at the metropolis. Finally the negotiation was effected, the bank recovering all the notes and bonds beyond the sum agreed upon as the spoil of the robbers. The offi cer yvas cheered by the information that the same gang had robbed the Canandiagua Bank in the same man ner and compromised in the same fashion. The robbery was committed in the broad daylight and during bus iness hours; told that was all the in formation thejbank officer could get. —Cincinnati Enquirer, l*f. THE NICROSI-SHARP CASE. Testimony of the Witnesses. Montgomery Advertiser, 7th.] The Coroner’s Jury re-assembled at 11 o’clock. Mrs. Ewing was sworn: She was at Mr. Sharp’s residence between 9 and 10 o’clock Monday morning, did not see the note said to be found in Miss Sharp’s dress, but heard Mrs. Sharp say it looked like Orelia’s wri ting; saw Mr. Ervin there on Tues day morning; he asked Mrs. Sharp out for a private conversation; did not see Miss Callahan at Mr. Sharp’s at all Monday; saw here there Sunday when the corps was prepared for burial; Miss Callahan had free access to the clothing and everything of Miss Sharp’s; saw Mr. Sharp after the body was brought home Sunday. He seemed to take the death very hard, and was much affected; said she was not very well acquainted with Miss Callahan. Mr. H. H. Mathews sworn : Is clerk in the Probate Court office; said a man giving his name as Kelly came out to Mr. J. W. Hughes’ “home, where he lived, to know if any one applied to the court for marriage license for Miss Sharp; told him no, no application had been made. Mr. Kelly told him Miss Sharp was miss ing, and that it was the request of Mr. Sharp that if application for license was made, not to grant it. No application for license was made; in absence of Judge Buckley, himself, or young Hughs, were authorized to issue license; said he did not know the man who called on him and gave his name as Kelly; had seen him on the streets. Had never seen any of Miss Sharp’s writing. There was an other man sitting out in the vehicle in which Mr. Kelly went out to Mr. Hughes; did not know* who he was. Mr. P. Sanguinneti was sworn : He said Mr. Tony Nicrosi never borrowed a pistol tromhim; the pistol handed to him by Coroner Blue, with the statement that it was the pistol found by the dead bodies, was his property; he learned from his clerk, Mr. James Simpson, that on Friday night Mr. Tony Nicrosi said he was going to the circus and might want a pistol, and borrowed the one in the store; had information from Nicrosi himself, some months ago, that he had been threatened by some one in the Singer Sewing Machine office; thinks he mentioned a Mr. Brown; did not call Mr. and Mrs. Sharp’s name; this happened some time ago; last time he saw Nicrosi alive was 2:30 ! ). m. Saturday; lie was attending to lis business, with his hat off and hard at work; take my meals at Nicrosi’s; went to dinner about three p. m.; asked for Tony, and was told he had gone out to pay a bill; Nicrosi and Miss Sharp became acquainted the first day Miss S. readied Mont gomery; knew notiiing of difficulty between Tony and Mr. W. H. Sharp. Mr. K. Robinson sworn : Said he knew nothing of his own knowledge about the tragedy at the graveyard; had a conversation with Sanguinneti, Sunday morning—not on Saturday night. Mr. Jerome Vincentelli was sworn: Last time he saw Miss Sharp was Saturday between 2 and 3p. m., at store on* Monroe street; asked if Mr. Tony Nicrosi was there; told her no ; "but was in front store on Market street; asked him to go after him for her and to come to her; went after him; found him busy putting up goods in the store; told him of Miss Sharp’s message ; he kept on at his work; in about ten minutes Tony came in ; Miss Sharp waited in the store for him; they talked in the store eight or ten minutes; didn’t no tice their manner; Tony went back to Market street; he came bare headed ; Miss Sharp left and went to wards Court street; didn’t think it was 3 o’clock when both left the store, but between 2 and 3 p. m.; have seen neither party since that time; boards at Nicrosi’s; went to dinner about 3; was told that Tony had gone out to E ay a bill; Tony usually carried the ind of paper upon whish the note found on his dead body was written ; witness is first cousin to the Nicrosis, and clerks for them at Monroe street store; never heard Tony say anything about having a difficulty with Mr. Sharp. Mr. James Simpson sworn: Says Tony Nicrosi asked him for Paul San guinneti’s pistol last Friday; pistol was in a drawer in Sanguinneti’s news store; handed him the pistol; Tony said he was going to the circus; people didn’t know who they might meet at such places, and it was best to be prepared; never saw him alive after that; have seen the pistol since in Mr. Sanguinneti’s possession; have been clerking for Sanguinneti two years; Tony was in the habit of bor rowing the pistol; would return it generally in a day or so; borrowed it when going out to picnics and simi lar places. Mr. J. M. Falkuer sworn: Saw Mr. Nicrosi and Miss Sharp together, walking on Monroe street, about ten minutes past 3 o’clock Saturday after noon ; they were going in the direc tion of the cemetery; saw something like a bundle under her left arm; saw nothing unusual about her looks. Mr. R. Robinson recalled: Was go ing to the Keplinger fire when he heard of the finding of Nicrosi and Miss Sharp; went after Sanguinneti, and we went to the cemetery together. At this point the court adjourned to 10 o’clock to-morrow, Mr. Sharp not having yet arrived. He is ex pected to-night. He was delayed in consequence of getting distant friends and relatives of the family to Macon to attend the funeral of his sister. The Young Vanderbilts. A correspondent of The Capital writes from New York: A younger brother of William H. and Cornelius, George Vanderbilt, who graduated at West Point and was appointed to the 9th infantry, was afflicted simi larly, though in a less degree than Cornelius. The young lieutenant, stationed with his regiment in Ore gon, absented himself for a time, just about the beginning of the war, on a protracted spree in San Francisco, where he spent thousands in wine, women and cards, acting generally like a sailor ashore after a three years’ cruise. The Commodore, hard, flinty, remorseless to every one else—his wife, friend or employe—paid the son’s debts, and when a court-martial cash iered him for desertion,, and the pro ceedings were forwarded to Washing ton for approval, the Commodore ^ave the steamship Vanderbilt to the Gov ernment as a gift outright. The sen tence was remitted, and Lieutenant Vanderbilt given a leave of absence for ill-health, with permission to go beyond the seas. George Vanderbilt, after a voyage to China, died in Havre about the third year of the late war. He was the only one of the Vander bilts with the education and manners of a gentleman. At that time the Commodore, and all who were brought into contact with the family, looked on William as a lout and Cornelius as an imbecile. If William developed in brains and savoir faire, so may have Cornelius, at least enougli so to fairly hope for more than the interest on 8200,000 out of the one hundred million rolled up by the hard, bad old man who had begotten him. Justice to the living is better than false tenderness to the dead, and it is only fair now to print what always has been common gossip in New York, that with such an ex ample before them, and resistless an influence over them, it is a wonflgr that the Vanderbilt children did not grow up a gang of horse-jockeys, har lots, and misers. The Commodore saw the sins of his youth reflected in his son Cornelius, and therefore could not bear him in his sight'. Mrs. Le ban, the sister who appears as the nominal plaintiff against the elder brother, William, is not the wife of Smith Barker, Esq. It was another sister who got a divorce and she married Mr. Leban. A niece of the Commodore, daughter of old Captain “Jake” Vanderbilt, married one Sparrow Purdy,and find ing him a triming, drunken, incapa ble sort of person, divorced him from bed and—what was Imore important to a pauper adventurer—board- • She, too, married again; this time ^Ge r man baton. The touching related of William VandeABts brushing away a tear when counsel speaks feelingly of his lather are #h n ' ply bosh. He would as soon think of writing sonnets to ladies’ eyebrows as sheading tears. Contests over wills are the most de plorable and unseemly of all contests, and exhibit human nature in one of its worst aspects. It is not easyte believe that Commodore Vanderbilt did not know what he was doing when he made his will, but his heir had much better have sacrificed the million necessary to have stilled the clamor of the discordant daughter, crying, “Give! give!” He is as guil ty in holding on to all the money as Cornelius and Mrs. Leban are in de filing . the nest in which they were hatched. Without reference to the merits of the case, both sides, in per mitting such an exhibition of hideous revelation for monev, are contempti ble. MARKET REPORTS. By Telegraph to the Enquirer-Sun. FINANCIAL. London, December 8—Consols, money, 85 3-16; account, 95 7-16. 2 p. m.—Consols, money, 955-16; account 95 9-16. Paris, December 8—1:30 p. si.—Rentes 105f. and 25c. New York, December 8.—Money at 3 per cent. Sterling quiet, 481]]. Gold Ann, 102%. Governments strong—new 5’s 107. State bonds quiet. NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT. Loans increased 8 ; specie increased $625,000; legal tenders decreased 32,125,000; de posits decreased 3375,000; reserves decreased 31.500.000. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Special to the Enquirer-Sun.] New York, December 8.—Stocks closed weak, as follows: New York Central 106%; Erie 9%: Lake Shore 59%; Illinois Central 72%; Pittsburg 77%; Chicago and Northwestern 34%, pre ferred 64%; Rock Island 100%; Western Union Telegraph Company 77. SUB TREASURY BALANCES. Gold $102,585,076 22; currency 339,676,875 98; Sub-Treasury paid interest 357,700, for bonds $169,700. Customs receipts 3259,000. COTTON. Liverpool, December 8 —Noon.— Cotton firmer and fractionally dearer; middling up lands 6 9-16d, middling Orleans 6%d ; sales 10,000 bales—for speculation and export 1.000. Receipts 15,000—9,900 American. Futures, partially l-32d better: Uplands, low middling clause, December and January delivery, 6 15-32U; January and February, 6 15-32d; Febuaryand March, 6%d; March andApril 617-32d; April and May, 6 9-10d. 3:00 P. M.—Of sales to-day 6,500 bales were American. Futures weaker Uplands, low middling clause, December delivery, 6%d. Uplands, low middling clause, new crop, shipped November, per sail, 6%d; November and December, 6%d. New York, December 8.—Cotton easy middling uplands ll%c, middling Orleans l!%c; sales 428. Consolidated netTeceipts 22,784; exports to Great Britain 9,464, France 3,622, continent 1.000, channel 0. New York, December 8.—Net receipts 751. Futures closed quiet, sales 62,000 bales, as follows: January II 52-100<g February 11 58-100@ll 59-100 March 11 83-100® April ....12 94*100@11 95-100 May (...12 04-100®12 05-100 June .....12 15-100@12 16-100 Julv 12 20-100@12 21-100 August 12 22-100®12 23-100 Galveston, December 8.—Cotton firm . middlings 10%c; net receipts 2,155; sales 2.000. Boston, December 8.—Cotton firm; mid dlings ll%c. Savannah, December 8.—Cotton firm; middlings 11c; net receipts 4,230; sales 2,577, New Orleans, December 8.— Cotton strong; middling 11c, low middling 10%c, good ordinary 10c; net receipts 6,650; sales 7.000, last evening 2,600; exports to Great Britain 9,763. Mobile, December 8.—Cotton quiet; mid dlings 10%c; net receipts 1,020; sales 1,000; exports to France 3,622. Charleston, December 8.-Cotton firm ; middlings ll@ll%c; net receipts 4,072; sales 1.000. PROVISIONS. Baltimore. Baltimore, December 8.—Oats firm but quiet—Southern 35c. Rye quiet, 63@65c. Provisions quiet. Mess pork $14 75. Bacon— 8109% 16%@2 Sugar steady, 9@9%c. New York. New York, December 8.—Flour firm, l@2c better. Corn a shade stronger. Pork firm at $13 50@13 75. Lard firm, steam 38 50. Louisville. Louisville, December 8.—Flour qu extra $4 25@4 50, lamily 85 00@5 25. Wheat active, not higher—red 81 28, white 8135, amber $132. Corn dull—white 50c, mixed 47c. Oats dull—white 33c, mixed 30c. Rye dull, 70c. Pork firmer, at $12 50. Bulk meats quiet; sales in salt ten and twenty da: shoulders 4%@4%c, clear rib sides 6@6%c, clear sides 6%®6%c. Bacon nominal. Sugar- cured hams, 13%c. Lard firm—choice leaf tie.ee 9%c, keg 10c. Whiskey quiet, $1 05. Bagging dull, at 12%c. Tobacco quiet. Chicago. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Chicago, December 7.—Flour steady and firm. Wheat active and higher—No. 1 Chi cago spring $110%; No. 2 do. $1 10% cash and December, $1 10%@110% for January, $111% for February- No 3 do. $1 04. Corn active and higher—fi>%c cash and December, 42%c for January. Oats steady and firm—25%e cash, 25c for December, and January. Rye fairly active and a shade higher, at 56@56%c. Barley dull and lower at 62%c. Pork irreg ular—812 00 cash, $11 90 for December, 812 17% @12 20 for January, 812 20 for February. Lard strong and higher—88cash, $7 88 for January. Bulk meats firmer not higher- shoulders 4%@4%c, short rib middles hort clear middles 6%c. Whiskey, $1 05. 6%; Receipts — Flour, 12,000 barrels; wheat, 48.000 bushels; corn, 37.000 bushels; oats, 28.000 bushels; rye, 1,800 bushels; barley, 20 000 bushels. Shipments—Flour, 10,000 barrels; wheat, 2,300 bushels; corn, 12,000 bushels: oats, 11.000 bushels; rye, 415 bushels; barley, 1,400 bushels. New Orleans. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] New Orleans, December 8.—Pork quiet but steady—$13 00@13 25. Lard quiet and weak—refined tierce 8%c, keg 9c. Bulk meats dull and nominal—shoulders, loose, 5%c: packed 5%c. Bacon dBtet—shoulders 7@7%c, clear rib sides 9c, chftir sides 9%c. Sugar-cured hams scarce and firm—12%@ 14%c, according to size and brand. Whiskey dufi—rectified Louisiana $108@105; Western $105@1 09. Coffee strong. NATAL STORES. ETC. Rosin. Ac. New York, December 8.—Spirits turpen tine steady—33%c for strained. Rosin quiet at, 81 67%® 1 75. Petroleum steady—refined 13%c. Tallow steady, at 7 ll-16d. Freights. New.York, December 7.—Freights to Liv erpool steady—cotton, per sail 3-16@7-82d, per steam %d; wheat, per sail 7%d. DRY COOOS. More New Goods! Gents’ Medicated Red Flannel $3.00; Gents’ Medicated Red Flannel $4.00. Undersuits Undersuits -:oj- FIFTH SHIPMENT OF LADIES’ CLOAKS * Just Received, All New and Elegant Styles, made of the cheapest and best B Paver and Matellasse Cloth. joj FOURTH SHIPMENT OF DRESS GOODS To Arrive Monday or Tuesday. The Goods that we shall offer at 25 cents per yard is the Bust i„ \\ w market for the money. We ai% still offering 10-4 WHITE BLANKETS! From $2.50 to $12.00 per pair—good value. Ail Elegant Line of MISSES’ HOSE in Solid Colors, from 3? 1? t 0 75 cts. per pair; and the best KID GLOVES in the market for the money. Blanchard & Hill oedifcwtf BUY THE “NONESUCH >> IT IS A LONG CORSET OTTT OUST CURVED LINES, AND MADE TO FIT Lilte a Lady’s Dresa. IN IS FINELY EMBROIDERED, AND FOR Style, Finish and Durability, HAS NO EQUAL. EVERY PAIR WARRANTED! ««rFor sale toy J. S. JONES, eodtf Oolumtous, Ga. Do Justice to Yourself! BY EXAMINING MY Goods and Prices Before purchasing. My stock is now larger and more complete in all its departments than it ever has been, and everything is priced by the rule “small profits and quick sales.” BLACK CASHMERE, 50c. to $1.25; SILKS $1 to $2.50; ACTO CLOTH 30c. -fof- CTTTST K/HIOHIZVHQD : My second? stock CLOAKS, $3.50 to $2<>; Black and Colored SILK GALLOON and FRINGE; “ “ WOOL “ “ « Can offer bargains in TABLE LINEN and TOWELS; Children’s Colored HOSIERY in great variety. i^I Mean Business 2 J. ALBERT KIRVEN, 90 Broad St. nov4 eod&wtf SHIP NEWS. New York, December 8.—Arrived : California, Cambria. Arrived: Rhoda, Champion, Annia Fish er, Fromore, Hausa, August, Andre, Hoop er. Homeward: Saga, for New Orleans; Everge. Pensacola; Mida, Smithvillle, N. C.; Martha Cobb, Tybee; Arstides, Pensa cola. The New York Store: sozjKiAoniNrTs for JOHN CLARK’S SPOOL COTTON, Put up on Black .Spools—the best Machine Thread in use—1,000 dozen Just Received. BLACK CHENILLE FRINGE—new and pretty; Ladies’ and Gents’ MERINO UNDERWEAR cheaper than ever sold ■*“ fore in tliis market. Money saved by examining these Goods before Inn ing. Our BLACK SILK still ahead—the best Black Silk ever offered in ( bus for the price—only $1.00 per yard; well worth $1.50. All otuc grades proportionately cheap. It will pay to look before buying- A Good 2-Button GENTS’ KID, in White and Operas, at $1.-5, l«>niH*i price $2.00. CORSETS and HOSIERY, 25 per cent, cheaper than any house in Colum bus. K Remember you will find the celebrated 7-Button Side-Cut KID bl.OD in White Opera Shades only, at „d,r GORDON & CARGILL’S. A CART). To all who are suffering from the errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak ness, early decay, loss of manhood, Ac., I will send you a receipt that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy was dis covered by a missionary in South America. Send a self-addressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph T. Inmax, station D, Bible House, JVetv Yory City.sep25 eod<twly AMUSEMENTS. SPRINGER’S OPERA HOUSE. Return by Special Request! ONE NIGHT--THURSDIY, DEC. 13. Return of the Columbus Favorite, Miss Genevieve Rogers! and first time in this city of the New Ro mantic Drama in four acts, written by B. E. Wolf, Esq., (auther of “The Mighty Dollar"’) expressly for Miss Rogers" talents, entitled BONA, IML ° R reNLove Works Wonders, Frl^E. STOVES AND TIN WARE. P. B. PATTERSON & CO., (Snccessors to W. H. ROBARTS & CO.) No. 190 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. H AVING succeeded to the TIN MANUFACTURING and HOUSE FrUNIsHIN" l,u .V 1( ' ness of the late firm of W. W. Robarts <fc C'o., we will continue the business in a ' • branches, with a large and complete stock of . Stoves, Grates, Hardware, Hollow Ware, Wood and Willow Ware, Japanm H and Planished Ware, Crockery, Cuttlery, Silver-Plated and Britanna Ware, and HOUSE FURNISHIN GOODS of every description. With Increased facility nov4 eod4m itisfaction as to price ana rjuainj "'i P- B- PATTERSON &£&- AUCTIONEERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. M. M. HIRSCH. JACOB HECHT- SUPPORTED BY Frl^Jt £• Aiken’s Superb Company, Endorseq qje best- Star Support ever visited the South. PRICES $1.0fa Gallery 50 e*uta. Seats secured at Chafin's Boots Store without ex- tra charge. x de9 4t For Sale or Bent, Chtojk mHE place known as the PERRY PlA X six miles east of Columbus, on the ( seta road. Good Dwelling and out-bous 200 acres of cleared land. Apply to T. B. KING, ’Valbotton. Ga., or a®v4 salm J. F. POU, Ottg. ■ - ■ -■ — - - A. ■psnMK Hirsch&Hecht General Auction & Comissioii Hentf OPPOSITE RANKIN HOUSE, COLUMBUS, - - GEOnOI*’ €. S. HARRISON, Auctioneer and Salesman. W ILL give our personal attention to the sale of Consignments of every REAL ESTATE,STOCKS, BONDS, MERCHANDISE, LIVESTOCK", Sc., at “ 1 ‘ and private sale. Administrator and other Legal Sales in the city aud ani-rounding try attended to on liberal terms. . Tbe friends of Mr. Harrison and the public generally are invited to give us a run they wish to buy or sell property of any description. , ,..,,,.,1 LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS, which are respectfully ! - ol )S , uu , 4»-Referencee, by permission: Chattahoochee National Bank, National Bums <« '■us, Eagle A PhenixManufacturing Company. jiy" 1 ^Columbus, Ga., August 20,1877. } ‘