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THEt INSTITUTION 1TB. CO ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, MARCH 1>, 1878. TKiiU.s OF THE COESTJTCTIOW tn \ , No. 37, Volume X I congreaa. Us uiged the e I D m/LTv. FI il T L 0 . s j b f v-* "**' v*-*r iio; «ii m*nt of a law to <oxfi * r '* l\ p*y*b:e it *d jC *te the property of leading lomut.i -*- v EAbY WAT TO RESUMS. KEY EDITION, p«fc’|. The Washington correspondent of the i *»«an:e aware that they were federalo. Joat a*ter. One of my captor* ordered I w.c camp fire and stood guard \*r.U £XPIK*iTI'fN*» TnwMay*,' men and emancipate their slaves. Af j ^ ew ^ or * c Herald, in that paper of last j ter the death of President Lincoln, Mr j *7. speaking cf Buckner’s t eas- To Our fri'-nds and At cuts. ^ The friend* uud agent* of The CostTrrcnox will do well to remember that Now r- hie time To woitK. Do not lofeui.j time, but ifjoubave not already done fio ora men ce a club tor The AVkeki.v Cox.-Tm tion at ono-. Specimen copies, circulars and posters nil) upon application be mailed to you fret of charge, i in in cdlu! I hj. Eve ry one acti n g as an* tit or raisir g a club ehoulu remember— 1. In making up a club the papers need not all be sent to to the same peat-office. It makes no difference to 11s if they are ordered to as many different poat-ofliccH as there are sub scribers in the club. 2- Bend in nam.s promptly V< 11 can fid nit the number ot subscribers you think your club wi.l contain by sending numes as you receive them, and at the dub rates for the number you propose to have in your club, liy doing this ihe receipt ot pa per by subscribers will aid yon in more rapidly tilling up your club. 3. Look after renewals as well as new snbst ribers, and send re newals pron.ptly, so that the subscriber will not miss a single number ot r.is paper, •f. Cull the attention of every one in your neighborhood who is not a subscriber to The Week ly Constitution to itaineiita as a paper and keep on doing so until you secure bis name. !i Give youk attention to this now may xwet-d flir.tc movement from the southern a-.-mtser*. Tne-e are Tery general,y favorable the re-t* r *b.i$£ meat of state bauxa. and 1 Wade became president pro tempore of i UT ? nole tt e senate and acting vice-president of | Mr * Buckner's bill to b«ue treasury note* in th* United States. In March, IS67, he ?'*“"! lb «I °* Uoo »‘ bl1 ‘ ™ bsrt ue . , - , . , the nation »i hank rysu.m may ei-couateran n-.- was ejected president of the senate. - r u— Mr. Wade was as implacable enemy of the south, and his death will not prompt many eulogies in this section ; but it may be said of him that he was an honest man, and this constitutes a tribute that can be paid to but few of his c tempora ries who held to his political doctrines. He went out of office poor. PEACE IN CURA. Y exertions want to adl t.i on our list this JO OCR AO AN IS 111 oblige ns by making extra onth of March. We thousand new names ** Oi.n Si ” will take o>Mr at ons at the Paris Exposition. Hu win still write for Tiik Constitution, Bkick Pvmkrov will have time te marry Mint settle, again before thin new iistioriid ” party t weeps the country T11 k silver b.ll parsed over the veto o‘ Mr. II ivvh and the »* oqu *nt protests of (Jus. Belmont. Thu truth s, fins baa lost his grip on the country. THE a ANN Eh COUNTY The banner county hist week was Cherokee. One g- n.I» man sent ue thirty-three names fo- the Weekly Keep the ball nwving. What county w II Ihs the banner one thin w«ek? It will lie time enough to join the erneade of B. Duncan A Co., when Uncle William Alien r>es up and foots bin f< g-horn Tiie two colored jiuor* n the Ander son ca»e are manifestly not good repub lie ana. The Chicago Inter-Ocean should look into this. H »ik\ the lawlriul secretary of the admiiuntration, has successfully suhsi ded. He is a regular reader of Tin Constiii tios, and has learned to c>m« down stairs by sliding d >wn the rail »ng. TO 4IIA TO UNO J’EorUC. We want you to take an inter*st : i onr pox* e*olnmn. If you can’t aolv. •II of the enigm is semi us the answer ot (hose you do solve. We w-iut to hea from you. The war that the Cnbans began tor independence is probably ended. The insurgents in the central department have surrendered to General Campos at Puerto Prir.cipe, and it is believed that the rest of the patriots will do so. The Cuban central committee and Gen eral Garcia, the lale head of the la*e re public, have accepted the terms offered by the Spanish owners of the unforton ate island. The Spanish commander* in-chief is about to set out for the eastern department, where he expects the rest of the insurgen forces will lay down their arms. The surrender was brought about by a treaty which grants to Cuba same political conditions that Porto Rico now enjovs; forgetfulness of the past and general pardon and berty; freedom to the slaves and coolies in the insurgents’ ranks, and 1 iberty to leave the island. Besides these public conditions, it is freely stated that c irtwin secret agreements have been entered into by the Spanish au thorities with the Cubans. It is said that the latter include the appoint ment of a civil governor, besides a military govornor, the duties of each to be independent and distinct; local legislatures in the three departments of the island, to be elected by the vote of the people; the right of naming three deputies aod two senators to the Hpanish cortea, and the abolition of slavery in five years, with indemnity the government to the holders of thistqiecies of property. If the Cuban* have gained all these conditions they have not fought in vain. The Cubans in New York are loth to believe that the patriots have surrendered to Marti nex Campos, but the evidence accumu late that the movement bad lost a : ; hope and that a surrender was proba hie as soon all favorable terms could be obtained. If^Gen. Maceo, who holds mmand in the eastern department, accents the pr* ffered terms, the long war is certainly ended. Until he is heard from,the Hpanish aunounceaientr- i trills premature; hut the bes* opinion is that he will either surrender be speedily conquered. The long war was begun in 1868, and the lighting during the first two or hree years was desperate and bloody. The brutal Valmaseda aggravated the situation by a series of acts that would disgrace a pirate, bat he made no head way against the insurgent f >rces. Hit- warfare was chiefly directed against the defenseless, and yet 70,000 Hpanish soldiers died or were killed in battle Jorvellar arrived in 1873 and from that ime the insurgents began to lose ground. They were divided in their lunrils, and the rebellion began to de generate into a guerrilla fight. At the name time , the claims Hpanish government were materially modified. The home gt eminent became willing to concede nearly everything except indepen Jence. If the reported terms of peace correct, the Cubans have secured substantial reforms; and distasteful as it may be to men who have fought long and bravely, it is perh. p« best that they should accept what is offered and wait for a more favorable opportunity. OCR Paris corrasposokxt. Mr. Nam W. Small, our Paris corres- poifilt ut, may be »*Mtvwsl unit* the Exposi tion. for Inform*-Ion, etc., to ibe **c*re «f the VaUed State* cr General, Carl Kxpoai-lon. I"ail» France ” Mr Small will take plfwutc In n'.ytnx any li fornmtnn poaoUme o the n idi m of lux Cos mint.' W tntemttn* forMttbe Fxpoauion. OUR PREMIUM* Wt* call attention to our premiums I ml for subscribers. \Vj»bst«»r’« Igcd is the host dictionary it untry. Wt want 'o send out 100 ropire of it. The Pictorial is era dler, but is va.liable One or the other should be in t very houeehold. K pecially when you can get them h»r nothing. at REN WAPS A NEW LITERART A1 TRACTION i>ur dir patches it is morning an nounce the death of ihe 11 »n. Ben Wade, which occurred yesterday at Jeffeison, Ohio. Tne event was not al together unexpected, as the ex-senator had been for several weeks lingering up >n the verge of dieisvduuon. Berja- iu>u Fraukitu Wade was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on the 27th E,t Ah*tober, tjwk). l!.s early years we c spent alternately in farming and ’cachingschool, until wlieu he began the study tt *w in O.ao, He was adra;tte*t to the bar in Ashrabn-ai-ouaty in 18.‘8, and in 1K« W is circled J>. sct u lag attorney i f * hut A serial story, to run several months, entitled ’‘The II >mance of Rockville,” will shortly appear both in the Sunday edition of The Daily Cosotitctiok and The Wkkkly Cosstitition. This may l>e regarded as the inauguration of a new feature of The Constitution, for we propose to make the original literary matter of the paper as attiact ive as iitfHititical or news departments The scene of “The K nuance of Rock villa” will be laid in Georgia, and it will embody the peculiar features of life and society in the south anterior to the war. It iu short, be a study of southern charac ter. Wc certainly need not say more to commend it to cur present readers than to add that its author is Mr. J. C Harris of The Constitution’s staff, and the author cf**Uncle Remus’ Revival Hymn” and other literary tffortsthat have been received with a remarkable legree of favor from one end of tb country to the other. Wc hazard noth irg in asserting that the hymn referred m< re freely copied in this conn try than anv otner literarv effoTt of the pas’ year So popular did it become that it was published in Harpers’ Monthly ss the production of a man who had appropriated it for that purpoc-e. Mr. llanis will put into the new story his never f ilirg humor and his thorougl knowledge of southern character, will be perhaps his most ambitious til rt, and all who desire *.o read it should without delay get in communi cation with the business manager cf Tuk Constitution. In d to :hi J t *t if the national banka are to be 1 utaer * UKXl *hat he meant, low he had pro- “ pooed lo dit-mount the trooper and Ret his horoe, for he had taught me the trick. I mere ly replied, “It would have been naeleaa ” Mr. Davis was crested as u«aal He had on a knit woolen visor, wb-ch he always wore at night for neuralgia. He wore cavalry boots. He contained of chilliness and raid they had token away his “Kaftan.” I believe they were so called, alight iqasscuiumor spring over coat. oomeiime* called a “waterproof ” 1 had one ex cUy s.m.Ur, except in color. I went to look for it, and either I, or some one at my In stance, found it, and he wore It afterward His own was not rearor-d. of t wound up they much prefer s'.ste banka fur he r is- ue of government p per. The south- able to moke an tractive opposition u» Mr. iackner’a bill; but that l* v g jroua > pushed it will be found that the New England and the New York met gen eral y will join the southern m-.n. os they will think ii safer, even if less Inconvenient, to have state banks tnan to author:*! further baues of treasarv fmp^r the amount of which, it is ■eexr, will be always liable to increase or dimin- the will of a m j irity In ooLgr<as, and * existence of which make* an inter minable sou roe of popular agitation. If. there fore, the naUonal bank* are destroyed by this congrtM it will be probably in favor of st .te banks and not of Mr. Buckner's treasury note*. We think we can suggest a sys tem of backing, which, if author- iz.'d would by congress, prove su- periorin practical operation to the state Dank system, and yet, at the same time, possess every ad vantage that the old one had without anv of its well-known disadvantages. We believe, if adopted, our plan would give such general relief throughout the country as would restore prosperity in every department of business— agricul ture, mercantile and mechanical —and thus by rLstorir.g general prosperity, se cure an easy and speedy resumption and the ultimate payment of the pay ment of the debt of the government. Our ph n is thu: Let the baeis of banking throughout the country, be bonds of the United Slates or of the fferent slates upon which interest has been paid regu’.arh; allow any cor poration formed accordi g to law, as soon as it has fifty thousand dollars of the bond<> deposited with state comp troller or state treasurer, anil has receiv ed a certificate of such deposit, to issue notes to tne extent of two dollars lor every dollar of the face of tUe bonds, to be redeemed at the place where is sued in lawful money of the United Hiates. 1. In the first place, the bill-holder would be protected, as he would have ample security to the fail exieut of one- half in the bond3, and for the other half in the discounts of the bank. In ante-bellum times, when backs issued from five to fifty f »r one, we all know that bill holders never suffered from the better institutions-seldom from even wild cats; because, it being prof able, the banks so shaped their busi ness as to be able to meet their notes, the natural channels of commerce they returned home. Under this plan, here is this great advantage over the >ld system—the public could always ascertain the amount of bonds deposited, and Dy law provision could be made f t publication of this fact and quarterly statements required of the banka as to the amount of notes is sued. & Tbia plan wou^ entirely prevent all wild cat institutions, as there is too much publicity and too much real mon ey about it for the well being of the fe line thieves. 3. It would raise the United State and state credits, by raising the home lemands for bonds, and on the other hand, it would open such a field to states for the placing of their bonds, as id stimulate them to be careful to pay their interest promptly. 4. It would give a low rate of inter est for moving all crops and meeting all demands of trade, and would be an elastic currency, affording, by 4 to 6 per cent interest ou the bonds, and by ihe issue of two for one, a*y 12 to 14 per cent iulerest on the amount oi money invested, a toral of 14 to 20 per cent interest per annum- enough to satisfy the capitalist. 5. It would help to develope all in- ter. s siu the couniry—the manufactur- interests by affording money for all necessary improve ments—tha farmers, by enabling them to hold their crops and yet gel advances upon them—the merchants, by furnishing a supply of money at heir houses, at the very time wuen business being dull and collections al most nothing, they have heretofore most wanted it and could not get it. 6. It would save to the United States government all expense, which has been considerable in the aggregate, of printing, numbering, etc., cf bills. 7. The bank circulation could be taxed for the benefit of general educa- ion in the state where issued. That would help the poor of ail parts of the state. 8 It would benefit the home people, because the notes which have been cir culating during busy seasons, would be hand during the dull seasons, seek ing borrowers; thus affording a benefit 0 every locality in the country, which has heretofore been fearfullv wanted. y Tnis plan is the mo6t certain way 01 defeating repudiation—wkic^ a never come if the emu try c»n be made prwperous. These points we thall from time to time elaborate. In tbe meantime de firing went on. After *t»AUt ten tDl mtcs. maybe more, my guard left me and I walked over to Mr*. Daria’ tent, atom fi.'ty J*rd3 off. Mr*. Dirts wu In grest dis- trua I hold to the president, who wu sitting outs de on a camp stool, “This is a bad bail- n«*s. ilr.” He replied, eappodeg I knew about the drcumnai-ces of the capture. “I would i awe beared the scoundrel off bis horse as h came up hutshe caught me aroand the arms DEATH OF MILLER GRIEVE. Another good and useful man has gone to rest. Another of Gejrgia’a venerated landmarks has been re moved. The Hon. Miller Grieve died at his residence in the city of Milledge- ville, Sunday last, at the advanced age of seventy-seven years. Mr. Grieve belonged to the genera" lion that has nearly passed away, and there have been few who shared more largely of the respect, esteem, and con fidence of his contemporaries. Though a native of a foreign land, he was a true Georgian at heart, and throughout a long life, proved by his works that he was deeply interested in all that concerned his adopted state and country. He was born in Edinburg, Scotland, but when quite a boy emigrated to the United S.ates with his father, who settled in Savannah and was a mer chant by vocation. Subsequently, the family removed to Lexington, Ogle thorpe county, where young Gneve entered upon the study of the law, and was admitted to the bar of the north- circuit. Preferring to share the activity aDd progress of a newer com munity, he left the parental roof and settled in the city of Milledgeville, where he spent the remainder of his days. After a brief career of practice, he fonnd journalism more suited to taste than tbe profession of early adoption, and became identified with the Southern Recorder, which, in association with that excel lent man, the late R chard M. Orme, he conducted, with marked ability and uccesa, through a long series of years. We doubt if any weekly j ournal in the state was ever conducted with greater ability and dignity, or exercised a more widespread and decided influent e upon popular sentiment and opt .ion. Ii was for many years, when dailies were leas numerous, the lealiug organ of the old whig party of Georgia, and looked to with confidence that its ban ner would never be dishonored in its hands. Mr. Grieve always enjoyed that solid species of popularity teat is won aloue by honest principles and a virtuous life. His convictions all knew were sincere, and they had perfect faith that his conduct would be conformed there He often represented the county ot Baldwin in the popular branch of he genet al assembly, held various other public trusts frem time to time, and on the accession of Mr. Fillmore tc he presidency, iu consideration of hie nigh character and intelligence, and valuable party services in the various campaigns that preceded that event, be honored with the mission to Den mark, which he filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to bis govern ment. Of late years, his health being impair ed, Mr. Grieve has led the quiet life of a private citizen, content to leave the heat and burthen of the day to younger and more active minds. The ties of family and friends, and the consolations of a religious faith which he had prac tically illustrated in life, have been tbe chief object of his concern in latte.’ days. He was for many vears a con sistent member and influential elder of the Milledgsville branch of the Pres-- byterian church, ar.d olten represented it in the various ecclesiastical bodies of that denomination. Having “fought the good faith,” he “died the death of the tighteous,'* and has been gathered to his fathers full of years, leaving be hind him a good example, and a name without reproach. His estimable w ife preceded him by a few years, to the silent land; but he has left a numerous family of children, all of whom had outgrown parental care, and unnum bered friends, to lament that the places that have so long known him shal know him no more. Peace to hi* a«he* ! in this question. If tbe roads are good fie can go to market any day he pleases, with such products as he desires to dis pose of, without abasing hoiee flesh or suffering from any unnecessary wear or tear of wagons or harness. Sot only so, but the merchant would find plenty of customers with the ready cash stand ing at their counters, waiting their turn to lay in a supp’y of necessaries and goods for home con sumption. As it now is, we often hear merchants complaining that such are the conditions of the roads that much legitimate trade is kept from the cities and towns. Oftentimes half loaded wagons can only be drawn over our roads, and double the number of hours or days are consumed in trans portation that is necessary. Even then it is rninoue to both teams and vehicles. If the roads of Georgia were such as they should be, the people of tbe towns would have cheaper country produce, their trade would be benefitted, tbe farmer would have more satisfaction and comfort in going to town,and there would doubtless be a considerable an nual saving to him. But the necessity of more and better roads has become so apparent that throughout the state it is attracting con siderable attention, and provoking d:s- cussion in the investigation of plans and remedies which arjufeasible. There are Borne who advocate a law giving county officials considerable power rela tive to road making. In fact, they de sire these county officials to adopt the system of England aud France, believ ing that it would result in roads of such excellence that travel would be comfortable all the year. This system really is the employment of a sufficient force, under a competent supervisor, who shall be kept on tbe road all tbe year round. Then there are some who desire the criminal laws to be so changed that ail convicts may be kept in their respect ive counties to be employed for their several terms of sentence on public works of all kinds, their expenses to be paid by a road tax. Those who ad vocate this plan would abolish the pen* itentiary or chain gang, (et the counties have control of the convicts, pay their expenses aud work the roads. They believe that the road tax plan is feasi ble, aud that the desired object would thus be accomplished. To illustrate: The plan is to require all persons now subject to road duty to pay, say one dollar a year, to keep up the roads in their respective counties. In Fulton county there are, say seme six thous and voters; aside from this there may be some four or five thousand s raDgera subject to road duty ; and the one dol lar thus collected would amount to some ten or twelve thousand dollars. This sum would certainly keep all the roads of Fulton county in a good condi tion. Whether this plau would work successfully is a question. While thoughtful persons are devis- tng some remedy, we can safely sav that if in the rLo ntime the various or* din&ries of the several counties of the state would rigidly carry out all duties delegated to them in this particular, and grand juries carefully would mak investigation bofore reporting, there ould be a great improvement in our road?. WRAPT IN FLAME. A VRSTRVCTirS FIRE IS FORSYTH A Night ol Lurid Glim in la our Sla ter City—Over 850,OCO Worth of Property Beatroyed—The Pai tics upon Whom tbe Loeoe. Fall. THE CAPTULS OF MR. DA VIS. Major W. T. Walthall, the private secretarv of ex-President Davis, tributes to the March number of the Southern H storical Sx’iety Papers an I in the improvement of :hj£ public roads s’a’e sv a e, a i *a- re el«*c*ed i terra-. Iu 1M7 ue was chosen danr judge of .h * third judicial of ihr >uue ... i it* 1831 he was el cud ed t. and lnij Dur.ng his whole p I'.lfo*. carver Mr. Wade vd* steady ar.d courage* ns oj i»on- r.i of slavery a* d .1 all measures favoring slaver;. W .h i n.v five other senators to sup- port h m iu 1852, he voted to repeal the fug.; ive t.ave law ; a: d he spoke aud voud agains’. the bill to *>b- r «ate ;he Mis« the I. c mptoi ROaDs or No roads. In his “Innocents Abroad,” Mark Twain, in speaking of the roads in Italy and France, say*: “Why these roads are as adamant, as straight as a line, as smooth as a floor, and as white as snow, when it is too dark to see any other object, one can still see the white turn pikes of Fiance and Ital); and they are mean enough to eat from without a tablecloth.' While we cannot expect to have such roads m Georgia, yet the fact daily becoming more apparent, that some plan should be adopted and car ried out in our state which will result public The Talbotton Register urges the im portance of improving our , ublic ways. T ey are as d's’ressingly bad as they c-tn well be, and are going from bad to worse under our wretched highway system. The Register frankly says that a reform in this respect is impossi ble uuder the present mode of road- work.eg. It addr: “It the entire con trol c f tne public roads wa* delegated to the countv ccmmiseionere, and they would adopt the system in vogue _ - _ ~.»'.v.~.se,against j England, France and in some of the I story wh.ch Major \S althali s facts iiatinn for Kansas United States, but a short time won d , stamp as a falsehood, but its solicitude account of the ate leader whic!; value : s a historical statement of Lets, but is important as effectually dispos ing of the story that Mr, Davis was cap;ured while at temp ing to escape disguised as a woman. The story ol this attempted escape uas been told in 8 > many shapes and with so little re gard for the truth, that the public will be glad to know the facta. These facts are embodied in a letter written by Col. William Preston Johnston, of Lexing ton, Va., to Major Walthall. Colonel Johnston was an eye-witness of the affair. The New York Herald, in pub- lishirg the article in m advance sheets of the Societv Papers, seems to be ex ceedingly soiic.tious in behsif of the nfeder- J roads. All are directly or indirectly only of great interested in this subject, yet no one to directly as the farmer. We were grat- fi^d at the fact that at the recent meet ing cf the agricultural convention at Americas, the importance of the sub- j c*. was brought before this highly in leliigent body of gentlemen, and that an exceedingly able paper on the sub ject was read by Professor Sandford From various and numerous localities of the state, there comes a complaint of either no roads, or of very bad ones; and the construction of new roads, the improving of old ones, is attracting much attention, and we trust it will result in something practical. Not only one, but various interests in the stati are involved, and seriously so in the question cf good cr bad roads. There are fertile lands iu Georgia that are comparatively valueless be cause there are either no roads, or roads in such a miserable condition tbat they Special Dispatch to The Atlanta Constitution Forsyte, Ga., March 4 The Advertiser of to-morrow will contain the following: About the hour ol four o’clock on yesterday (Monday) morning the people of Forsyth wen aroused by thi alarm of fire! The bells wen meg and lusty voices abound the words fire fire!! and soon oil tte people of the town wen fiastmbled to witness (for the secor d time in six year*) the western side of the bu>iue»s *qut fl-un-.a. It will be remembered that in the early part of 1873 the hotel building .of Mr. B. Pye, togethsr wnn other large buildings, was bumei Immediately afterwards Mr. Pye rebuilt and gaTe the town a better hotel building than it had ever had before, anl better, we fear, than we arc likely to have ag&iu. THEBtmXXMO waa of. brick and one nuudred feet deep by someth k^ wver a hundred feet ftont, being two storie.'hvgtK The uppet atory was designed and used lor a hotel, having a Urge number ef fine rooms. In the lower story were four large storeMoms and b&ukiug room. The c wt ol tbe buUdtng was upward- of #30 OJO. and was the pride ef Mr Benier Pye, who asid for it It was alter wards sold lo Mr. W. H. Head. This buiiding with several lar^e stockaof merchan dise, groceries aud dry goods was eutirely de stroyed. aa wsa also the adjoining building of Mrs. A. Morse. Mrs. Mor>e*a building wa brick, one story, with two elegant storeroom?, occupied by Mr. J. A. Banks, dry goods, and Mr. W. B. Chambers, boots and shoes. sue CB1GIS. In the rear of the hotel waa a two story frame house used as a cook room and servants room In thi* the fire originated, and had there been a fire company in town the flames would have easily been extinguished. But having no appli ances to aid in exUnguhbin* fire, we are at the mercy of the flames and our citizens can do very little beside* hold their hands and watch the destrucUon as it progresses. The frame house almost touching the hotel and soon the fitmes seized upon the wooden porch in the rear, and then the smrke so filled the building that those who were working to save the furni ture were forced to desist Mrs. Morse’s building was not prouc.cl by a fire wall and soon burn ed. By good work and by tbe aid of a fire wall Head’s block, iu which Mr. W a. Pye’s store. Dr. Carm:cnael’s drug store, and Solomon A iffo’s dry goo la (tore, waa saved. The wind was biowii45 ir^m the northwest and the fl ’.meeal- m st reached the wooden building known aa thc- Pearlstein building, but fortunately It had been mode wet by tbe rain of tbe previous night and waa saved. Had it caught, Pye’s Hall building an- the other homes on the south side would most probably have been destroyed. THE LOSSES Tbe negroes who slept In the house where the fire originated say the fire in the stove wa* care fully pat oat at night, and think an incendiary is responsible for the destruction, but it ia pro bable that they are mistaken and that some fire was left in he room and that the floor burned slowly.until near 4 o’clock when It broke out with uu<h headway that It could not be stopped. We estimate the loss as follows: The hotel and kitchen ~~.330,000 Mrs Moias’s building. 3 0GQ R P Brooks’s stock oh groceries..........—. 6.100 E M Amos’s stock dry good* 3 500 Dr S G Hillyer’s piano and books 1 tO) Hotel'furniture 600 Damage to other * ocks aud enumerated - — 4.00C $18,310 MISCELLSSEOCy. CHEAP LANDS IN GEORGIA- Under this caption the Kew York Suu says a colony of fifty Ger nan families is to leave New York very sooa lor Biinbridge “near the Florida line.” More are to follow, says the Suu. It seems that these German colo nists are proceeding in a very business like manner. They first sent a com mittee to visit the lands they had se lected near Bainbridge. That commit tee returned and its report was consid ered at a meeting held in New York last Saturday. The result of their de liberations was a determination to go south. A company has, it seems, pur chased 15,000 a.:res, and is selling it to these German colonists at four ( ollara au acre, one-fourth of tbe purchase price to be cash and the remainder to be secured by a ten years’ mortgage The Suu goes on to say that “much land in Georgia is offered in large tracts fifty cents and one dollar an acre* partly cleared. Recently 3,040 acre, of wild land were sold by auction in Gilmer county for $222 75, or at only $3 foy a tract of 160 acres.” The truth is, Georgia is not doing what she should as a state to spread abroad the extent of her resources, the advantages she offers to those who are seeking for new homes, and the fertili ty and cheapness of her lands. Because she is one of the original thirteen, many think that her lands are either worn out or worthless. Rival states do not exert themselves to refute such stories; and just now when thousands and tens of thousands of families are look- irg towards the south as the best place in which to found new homes, it is poor economy indeed to hide our light an der a bushel. Mr I B Mount occupied one of the store room? batso* tded In removing his stock, wrh how mnc> 4*xinfi -‘.cannot yet be *ruined. Mr K P Brooks had only one'thousand dollar* tt.a - ranee oa a $6 000 stock. Mr E M aured $2,800 on a |3A0 stock. Messrs Brooke and Aaos together did not save *20J worth ot their goods MlSnTS. J. A. Banks sn1 W. B. Chambers rc moved their goods with eome lose, necessarily The loss of furniture, piano and a large and well selected library of old and valuable »*>ok- falls heavily upon Dr. 8. G Hillycr, the pastor o: the Baptist church. INSCRAKCE. The loss falls upon the following companies Southern Mutual, Athens, E. M Amos agrnt: Head’s hotel buiiilug. $3 5j0; E M: Amos, dry goods, «2 2X>; Mr*. Morse’s building, *2.0 0: total, »7, 09 Tbe Fire Association of Philadelphia. E. M. Amo*, t gent, had insurance on stock of J A Bonks’ $1,C00. W. B. Chambers, *500; total. *1.800. The loss of this company will only be tbe assessment of damages. The G orgia Home of Columbus, Boscom Myrick, a«;eut, had turance of *1 000 ou stock cf R P. Brooke,which is a total lo6s; also an insurance of su ck of i. Aw Banks, I.tOO; FULL TO TBE BRIM. 1BA1>3 THE SORT OF A WELCOHB GEORGIANS GIVR.^ R« ceptlou Ulveu to K W. g. Meere- twrjr William* by WenounTemple— TbeSpeeetie* aud Incident* or the Oeeasloa—Tbe Work of tbe Good Templars THE SOUTH AT FARTS, PROGRESS OF THE SOUTHERN EXHIBITS. Tbe Work of General Tonne—The C’hattscler of the Contributions, Etc. Several days since we noticed the arrival of Hon. Waiter S Williams, of Canada, in cur city. The high position occupied by this gentleman in the order of Good Templar* made him the.object of much attention from the temperance people, and it was determined. In formally, to make the regular meeting cf \>enona Temple, on Sunday, an occasion of more formal welcome. A-.coroiogly at half past two, A MAGNIFICENT AUDIENCE assembled in the hall, on Whitehall street. Rich’sst re the Temple w*s cal ed tot,„ tl b JJf Mter Gn.nk.shaw. Chief Templar of Weuona, and the regular business or the or der was proceeded with to show the workings of t‘.:e institution. Ia th e proper order of the Mr Williams and Hon J. J. Hickman wer trodaced, and m*de welcome in a brief and pleasant marner by the chief. MR PASCAL J. MORAN TM then called upon lor the am address, he having been the charier Calei Templar of the flrst lodge in the st.to Ue said tt «as a coble work to undertake the reformation of fallen humanity ; o hold out the hand ol ftll'owship to the weak aud errtne, aud to raise them up to that higher ilaue of maubowt where the vfriuM and not the vices of life were precllced. But how much netter», It to engage In the pre vention miher than the cure ol Intemperance. How much better to see around us, not relonned wrecks woo have sippid the very dregs ol dis. ►ipatrou, but meu and wimu who h ve never ,trayed from the right nor tallen into the meshes of evil; whose intellects have never been b tin ted by the orgtes of Bacchu,; but who have gruwn np from childhood tbe perfect Images of ihe Creator from whom life was derived. Noble as the work oi the Good Templars in arresting vice undoubtedly is, yet iafnobl r is the word of the work of the Cold Water Templars in laying in - ake at the root of the tree, and prevent!, g lot urcipieucy of habils of drink. GBAND tECka TARY WILLIAMS followed, giving au inieretting account of the local option law In Canada, aud the differences produced in Several localities where this law avsi.ed of. The Canadian premier ha* also promised in tbe present ees- ion of parliament additional legisUtiou in furtherance of temper ance, the effect of which will be to r*nder the sale of liq ors infamous. He fully endorsed the positions of hi* fellow countryman (Mr Moran) that the best temperance work was that doae among the children. Iu alluding to the queen of England he ook great pleasure lu au- uounciug that that excellent lad> was now working in the ranks ot reform, havlu* lately enrolled beree)/ a* a member of the Church of England Temperance society. HON. J UN H. JAMES made a few pleasant remarks, mrratirg his cx perieuce in a Canadian boarding hpuse. HON. j j. HICKMAN made a strong apd couviuciag argument in fa- *"'■ of Prohibitory laws. He defended the suc- ■ of these laws in the localities in which tncy e in force, and r enounced iu scathing terms the policy cf the state licensing the making rank of its own citizens for purposes of revenue. He died upon the people <>■ Georgi. to rally to the c»e», of temperai.ee being the parent cause ot ell the other virtue. The spe eh »•.. oi such elaborate ficim es to brake . synop. >fis impi tn.b e. K OTHER EXERCISES md c *iys bytherhi' * very creditably ien- consisted ia dun, alt of which dered. A GENERAL GREETING waa then indulged in nnd Mr. William*'* b.rd.h,kmg power w . put to a great teM. and he stood it with such patience that it wei ■it one.* conceded that he would make a cum ber o ie candidate for the presidency if he Would just move a little south o! the lakes. • . WKNONA TEMPLE wok e*t*bl!*hcd fn I87I,Vnd hisLeec In sue c:shfui work!i g older ever since. Uuder i. •u ‘pices many young men have been keept cafe from the wiles of intemperance aud s'arted upon the pathway of honorable menhood Tbe mesting suaday was a aucc .a in all its - “ IUS , au< t will by long rcm.-mbv.roJ with pvcu iar pride. The work at the headquarters of Gen Young, Commissioner to the Paris Exposition, inthi^city. has grown quite txvenrive of iate and the in> icatious all go to show tha - . quite a large aud worthy display ,of southern prodnc'a and manufactures will reward hi* cflorls. A large number oi lettera have been received and the original correspondence oi the office has taken au extensive range. THE BEST AME ICaH SHOW. Advices from Commios.uner G/ueral McCor mick, who has beeu remarkably act ve and effi cient iu his labors, are to the effect tnal the American exhibit will he the largest and best ev«rmade by the Uuitei btates ataforeig world’s fair This is. indiei, highly gratify ing, wh-n we r. member the late date of the ap- I 'heMibJect ot raco hoitt.'s He propriatlou made by congress and the short! ° f fln ®° ue * _ time the commheion h-» had iu which to pur- Alinnio Taylor,^ the hOAtitifnl trot.-* sue its labors, extended as they were over the whole area of this vast union. IHtS GAT AND FRIT VF. —State sportiug news very dull. —Mr. Andy English, of this city owns one or twp race h jr*-s with good records - Oar citizens want a spring meeting 6t Oglethorpe park. —Morgan Black Hawk,a fine stallion, died at the livery stable thi* evening. — Kirg Tom, the famous English race-horse, is dead. —Chas. T. Bradley, of Milwaukee, l« bni.lng a half mile track on hia breeding fatm. - Mr. Theo. Curtiss drives Jack Short and a cb> *inut together, and they can go very fast to a cutter. —The probabilities are that we will have races at Oglethorpe every week until spring. —Rumor has it that a number of flyers will be brought to Atlanta this summer to go into training at our flue track. -Savannah, Auguda, Macon, Col umbus and AM ant a are the principal race horse headquarters lu this Slate. — Every week or ao they have a few race* in Savanuah which are attended by flue crowds. —Clint Taylor is enthusiastic upon emt*—*-* *■ ** Two of the veb.e.s belonging to the exposition tt-vt have sailed. The ’ Supply” sailed r.»m N' w York ou Monday with t.00 tons of exhibt s aud tbe frigate * Cowtitutlou” sailed on Tues day from Philade phia with 500 tons more. Tie • TAll-poosx” has gone to Pniladeldhia to con. vey the remaii n,g gcods gathered hi-re to New Y.nk, where they will be leaded upjn the ‘Portsmouth.” It whs found necessary to add ibis latter vessel to the fl et. iu order to hii\e suffici ut tonnage for the Amer.can exhibits. She goes upon tne dry docks at Norton iu a few days to be prepared for her voyage. The “Wyom ing,” which isCommitsioner McCormick's fl.g- ship of the fl .et, left Norfolk on ruerday, < fur being thoroughly over-hauled aud is now en- route, via Washington, to New Yoik. whence she will nail on the 15th iast for Havre. The ‘ Wyoming” will carry such of the com missiouers and s-.creUiries as are ready to sail. The others will go upon the * Portsmouth” about the middle of April. Gen You.'.g, acc: mpanfod by C #1 W B Lowe, of Atlanta, will doubtless sail upjn the latter. Mr Small goes by the “Wyoming.” OKOROIA'S EXHlIUT will not be as extensive as could be d sired, from tee present out ook, but as more lime era now be had lu whici to gather art'.c ea, a better rep- tatiou thau was expected will doubtletx t. Geu. P. M. B. Young ia doing all iu bis power, within the time giving to secure this rc- He has now sone to New Orleans ar.d Galvcs- to work up the exhibits from those import- it centres. Letters have also be,n sent to Char t s’on Wtlmirgton and Savannah to secure the co operation of the exchanges there. GKjaGlA WINER. Letters have been addressed to thj several persons In Georgia who have made a specialty of .nr kin? native wines, and the probability is that i good exhibit will be made iu this line. Am i g be first to rtspen 1 is CoL W. W, Clark, of Cov ington, who has au extensive cellar of native . „ will remain here some months and *1.1 trot any animal that comes al< eg. —Doc Smith is one of the best posted men in Georgia about the movements of fas 1 Frank Logan, one of the beet fruit men in the country, has a horse which is said to be as good for setting birds aa the hot pointer or English ectter.—Newnau Herald. —Some talk is heard of Jno. Kemble Jackson, the Griffin trotter, com ug to Atlanta go against Mr. Wm Hodge’s Minnie Taylor. Ogletborpe park. —White Cloud, a trotting horse witn fine record in Augusta, will probably conu* come to this city iu about a week and trot « Col. James D. Waddell, of Cobb county, has a number of runners and trotters hie stock farm, about six miles from Marl- —The Louisiana Jockey club con- templaies an abandonment in 'future of their a»er meetings, which have proved uoauccess- CincluuatL Dream c Jerry Dunn will drive her late pur chases, Gen. Hood and Jo? Udell, together Each of them has a record ol 2:30, single. Tney should make a very rapid pole team. All of Mr Sanford’s Kentucky hor " ’ “ r.*re*s from the wht h has been IN GRNERA L. ANSWERS JO COR RESPONDENTS McDonough Ga , March 81,2878 Editors Cons itction: Are ihf Terra Cotta works a.til lu operation ? If eo, c »t you give addre*> through cor.eipo.ide: t’s col* mu. A. T. A. Upon consulting our advertising columns we ie no evideLCi of the existence ol such works Editors Constitution : What Lean union ? HR. They are Belgium. Fra-ce, Italy, Swi zeriacd and Greece. The Latin union wu formed in the year 1865 and remains in fora until 1885. A part of the *il- bill jnst passed by congres- ie a dec.aration of the intention of the United State* to join the union. The union meet* once a year to declare the rela'ive value of gold and i’ver. With the union gold is worm 15>£ times os much as silver; with us it is worth 16 timrs as much. A Sort About Onr Dollar*. Palmetto, Ga.. March 81. Editors Cosltitution : What is the weigh of the present cuneacy of ver in cir culation? The quarter* and hav* * of si ver with -1 Sir iua^d on them are 4UJ4 42 > in weight? Youra. Az., J. K. S. Tne only silver dollar mode in the Called States is the trade dollar. 420 grains,!-10 fine. The new dollar will be grains, **me fine nesa. Tbe halves, quarter* and dim-rs, contain only 385 grair* to the Collar. It is all MO fine. in 185>. against appropriating thirty 1 el»ps« before every highway in the i i» untimely. Col. Johnston prisents miliuous of delUr* for the county would be a turnpike, and in j he facts as follows: acquisition of Cob-, »ud «g».ira; parted order for travel al «I! seasons of j TTyoa Leu a i propositions ol compromise be. ween | the year. The system indicated ttal finsg? 1 sprarg ip -iV'tolo* I “»»<>» ** nsed ' 11 ““““ the north and south made af:er Mr. p v tbe employment of a sufficient force w *ke .he prerid.-nu • He did *o dearieg and practicable to a great dea* of the Lacola’s election in 1x30 He was the , onder a competent supervisor, wac , nothing •» I pull'd on ny txor*. I walked to lands of Georgia, it would be made . trees! and pwiisunt *dv. fav of the j shall be kept on the toads all the year ; 'IraTto:' ; doab! J’ valuable. Easy and cheap com- aomes ead hi l for yer.ra. ard it was iu round, it wouli be well if the crimi- I “ra^inu rawTightor ik m^aafbg | munication in the shape of good roads h:s ebatge when ii finally pstseed the na: laws of the sure were so amended ' down the ra-d toward me. I thought they to much of the fine timber land of the senate in I8o2 A ter the breaking oat as to keep all convicts in their respect- • **re luerlUaa tryicc to#uaped* the sxcx. I g-ate, or the varioas mines, would add of ihe war between the states, Mr.! ive counties, to be employed for their I ~ ^ ramw , *° omscurc*. of wealth. Wade waa made chairman of ih* com- 1 several terms ol sentence on public tat they too quick for me. Three men B >th farmers and merchants can mi tree on the conduct cf the war, aud works of alt kinds. We need reform in rode up osd demand*! my pistol, which, aa readily see what an advantage eooc. it was mainly owing to his persistency this matter, and it is tima for the peo- • ooa “ 1 f° T ^ 1 *<*der. a roads would be to them. N .t only the s nd energy that such vigorous mea*» pie to give heed to the economic im- f Tb* amTaan! Ite~- comfort, but the pecuniary n- ’ * * * * *— a ' Wrte* sad LuDhoct ere* of the farmer ia eeply i nvoif9d —Miss Sherman's engsg-m^nt ring, given to her by Senator ”D>u” C me- rou, has for its gems a largo diamond and oapphire j >ined. Miss Suerman •vill be a good deal of asiep-mother when she becomes Mrs Cameron, as tbe senator haa seven chi.tircn by burner marriage, the eldest of whom i* alm>. st as old as the prospective bride ““At the n cent royal wedding in Berlin, a special attraction of the sup- P er . was two gigantic wedding-cakes W B Cuambera, $700 wmch the crown princess had ordered from England, and which were new to German eyes and mouths. At the royal table, princes and dukes handed tbout the soup tureens and poured out the sparkling wine. These imp>rtant f motions are herediiary, and appertain to some of the most distinguished fami lies in the land. —During the days of the Second Em pire the four pre-eminent beauties of the court were the Princesse do Metter- nich, Mme. de Pour tales, Mine, de Gai- fet and Mme. de Camay. All four survive and are still beautiful, but tbe queens regnant of Parisian society are tue Ducheese de Chaulnes, Mme. de Montebello, and Mme. de Tolstoi, the last one of the most fasciuatiug women Paris has ever seen. Her he d and face are those of a wonderfully beauti ful boy, and her countenance is piq- ua^te and full of character. No s dal has ever fastened to her name. —Tae Pall Mall Gazette describes Pri» ce G irtechakofF as a slow talker, who writes graudiluquently and gives high minded reasons for everything be advises or does. Persons who might have expected him to explain some tortuous piece of policy on cynical grounds are staggered by his semblance of perfect good faith, and by the n as suring promises which he makes in a tone of stately gentleness, to which his venerable appearance gives the stamp of wisdom and truth. Hia strength is patience; his talent lies in sjiziug op portunities the moment they arrive; and these opporiuoities come through the simplicity of the foreigners who trust him. —Is was a Virginia vendetta on a small scale and somewhat ludicrous in spite of its close approximation to trag edy that took place the O'her day in Charles City county. A Mr. Walker and a Mr. Wilcox had a dispute con cerning a boundary line, in which per sonalities were used. Thereupon a son of one aud a son-in-law of the other uterchanged challenges. Tne conuty judge put a stop to that duel; but an other son of Mr. Watker and another son oi Mr. Wilcox met in the rood and immediately b?gan personalities with wii < UrDMison Fie.d, of Rosacea. Ga., fends a native oi the spLcimm grape vine, welching 28 ponrds. It is a superb cutting, and will add a Lotatde exhibit in the s mtheru department. GEORGIA C TT. N. The Augusta cutlou exchai ge bu sent four ba e* oi cotton, as follows: One of middling »ong e’ap!e?. oae cf R-ad middling, one of fair andoi eof frost it lined. All arc of the best in their etas* ficatiou and have already gone for ward to Puis. Mr Dewberry, of Monroe connty, desires to send his premium bale of short stap’e upland cotton, 400 puuuos which has taken the pre mium over all competitors at two Georgia slate fair*. ‘ Mr W. 9. Co!q ’.itt, of Applo V dley, Jackson county, sen is six stalks of the Ueslong prolific variety, which are very fine and can compare with any gro vn in the rtneor the south. Otheri specimens are expt< t‘.d ox^j^-jorgla cottou lu all stages will be In the exhibit manufactured g <ods. The Laugiy mil!*, Augusta, send a handsome >t of qH-r.imcii'. of their manufactured g.icd». of ail the grad % and we doubt n »t they are goods erthy of an international show. The new aud popular Enterprise mills hava alii sent a full complement ot samp'e9 and thev of a kind to show tne rare exce!ienc3 of the mill- and the cnp -bilittes of southern manufac- i. Ocher state fac'.ories have been addressed aud samplt s from «h**m are daMy expected. M1SCEI LXKEOUS EXHIBIT*. There wir.be exhibits of the various ores and ie.nl* 'nGe rgli Hnd of sundry m uufaclu'esof ie s’a’e, wi h s*mpie* o! the average field crops Go 1 ©nor toquit, hi- kindly anl generous y lura te 1 o p*y the frei:hl npon Geo-gia * xhi- i-l»m Alan'.a to Washington. Tbia will <n ire tie rammi tlonof dlgiolsat their recep- For tl e in’o-maticn o thoro who design mak- >g ex )i s, W2 w.'nld state thu ail exhibits m«t be in Atlanta by tbe 12th lust. in Ear pe have bft cts .fat. p domic disoat vailing lu hur ipe f r tome i me. —Reports are being made bv Spring d peop e to create an Interest in running es. aud to bring Tom uchlitre© and other l ones to Ha tnpdeu park this summer. Toronto February 12. He owned many nous steep'.e-chase hones, among them Kelso, 'Ulrtal and others. —According to the latest censap, i»ia i;*-woes 16 160.000 home* ; Austro-Hun- ry. x,546 834 . Gnmauy. 3.3T.2 2.U ; Franc*, 2,- 1851: Great Britan, 2,752,5(W, and Ital*. 96,128 —Entries to the Nashville stakes II c'osc bcx' Friday. The meet ng at the city ns the circuit, which iuc udes 1 exing'on. uisvi le, Cniciunvii, SL Louis, Columbus and poiha.s Clevelauu. Mr. Chuck Anderson, of Marietta, In the two latter instances the loss will ouly t>e the arsesimeut of damages. The New Y’ork Home, W. H. Head, agent, losses *6.0-0 on the hotel building. The total INSURANCE COMPANIES will be $14,700 and the assessment cf damage, i the injured stocks of merchandise. In estimating the hotel building at $30,000 we stated the orig nal c:»t. Owing to the deprecia tion of property when Mr. Head purchased it, he only paid about $14,000 for it. The building was tne largest and costliest juc'.ure in the city and we fear will not be re placed os it stood. Of course Mr Head will build again, bat he will hardly btuld the hotel, or 6eootd story. The two heaviest losers Mr Richard Brooks and Dr 8 G HiUyer. They have lost their all Dr HUlyer’s books cannot be replaced. Mr Brooks is a young man with plenty of pluck and energy but he is put ‘•even witn the world,” haviug lost the few sand which he had toiled for and saved by close economy. ANOTHER DI 1 PATCH. A large fire occurred here this morning o'clock. Head’s large brick hotel, formerly anowa as the Pye house, the bank and six stores, burned. Loss estimated at thirty thous and dollars, principally covered by insurance. The fire originated lu the took.ry. Tne cause of the fire Is unknown. » a falling wall at 1 o’clock thi* evening, killed a negro woman and seriously Itjured several persons. Three wbtte boys were badly wounded. Search is be ing made for other bolics among the dehris. STILL LATER. 8:40 r. m —The Cebxia has been cleared, but no otner ocdles were found. Cue negro woman wtis killed, and three negroes and three whites’ Oue of tbe wounded negroes is expected to die to-night. The excitement has greatly abated Wcrk will b2 b.gun at once In rebuilding the burned block. COMP.,RAJAVdi 2ARLF, 8bnwlni; t»i*> 1 «mpfrauir*, nolttorc nuil Knlufnri of ih© Winters ol 1*“6 IS77 mid IH77-7S—Compile*! Irma tbe Mcteurol««Klcnl Kerortsof Ut© Peimrinient of Agriculture. WINTER OF 1876*77. 9 45 5 70 6 15 15 19 2 ; 66 | 5 nrr* were bv ihe fed- . i i»cv of good prjuift,” I 'kMo, capruwri Grer-A Dwtb ofXn. J. fit. Oliver. Mrs. J. S. Oliver, died suddenly at ber reside:.ce cn Pe ch’ree street, on Sunday night !a-t, > bout S o’clcck, from an attack o: a i di* ue of the brain. W* learn that th • lady appeared perfectly well a few minute* before her d at h. She had been < ct in the af :erto n :o cturch, and upon retu-ni: g heme. pa-t-OE of a hearty supper. After te * wiile making wraegem Lts to a: end church, shf wa* ecixel aith a pain in h-.r head s nd was asdbted to her room bj nwmbe-s of the fami ly. Dr. J F A exanler was imneilxrely sen; for, but be’ore be had tims to respond to the call, Mrs. Oliver was d<ad. Mrs Oliver, it 1* said only l ; ved about tea m-.nuteaatcr are became sick Sh-> fif*y two years of aue and w** tfce devoted m th r of a a*ge and affectiooate family. K iati * of.tfce family have ba n telegrmpn d lor and w.il pro- baoiy aixw h-» v><Uy. Br Cox Deauaucrs 1’iaad. From the Report of Congress, Feb. 28.3878. Mr. Cox (Dem., N. Y.)-I object to having the message rea l again, charge of fraud by a fraud. From the Washington Pos\ March 1,1878. “What,” said a Post :o 31r. Cox, of New Y >rk, yestetday, “were the wick ed wo ds you uttered which the house decided should be eliminated from the R-.cord ?” To which replied he: “The idea of this man Hayes lec.uring us on a sub ject of morality irritated me, and I uatarally Baid, ‘It’s a charge of fraud by a fraud.* ” "“Did you stick to this throughout?” “Certainly ; and stick to it yet.” “But it will not appear in the Re cord ?” “Yes, it will, and will go down to posterity just as I uttered it.” c x’s terrible words. Cincinnati IS'-, quire?. Notwithstanding the assurance given by Speaker Randall that the remarks of Samuel Cox, of New York, charac terizine the Hayes veto message on th*? silver bill as a charge of “fraud from a 1 fraud,” should not go into the Congres- ional Record, the fact is that the Dec—.. 70' T* Jra 163 hf Feb 168 ; 1 ’ r_ M " riuter...! | The above table presents a comparison of the post two winters wnlch will doubtless in terest most of jour readers A few words by way of '.xpl&natlon and comment: The co.umn: headed * Maximum” and ‘’Min imum,” give the highest and lowest tempera tures respectively, during the periods ludic: ted. and the days of the month on which th(y occarrel. Tae co umti headed “Mein,” gives the average—for the period indicared—of the three dolly observations, which were mode 7 a m , 2 p. m., and 9 p. H. Tne column of **Meaa Percentage of Mob- ture,” shows the relative humidity of the air, complete situ ration being represented by 100 Ia the “Number of Rainy Days.” are Inclu de l the days in which an appreciable quantity of rain fell. the genera! impression that the past -1873 riloe winter of la76 and ’77. The record does not sustain this impression. The mean tempera ture of 1876 and ’77 was 44 06 d< greet, while the m< au of tne winter just past was 43 9 de-rets pUtoU. After exchange of one ur tw j | ilieifc«rr.f,rtct,.r»,.n U ch shots the Wilcox pistol got oat *"»<«“> ISIS aad -n, the miniraam tempera- of nr,!.*, !. o. I!fail ,.„f | tare re.clieO haTtug been a, low ,« « in :emb*ir and 5 d greet in January cf 6 whilrf the mi imam ol the art winter was lower than 14 digr.te, on the 7ih of Janoif order, so he "called out Walker to hold on until he fixed! his pistol. Walker held on accordingly, saying he waa “in no hurry.” Af er tne pistol waa fix id firing was resumed, anil both parties were slightly wounded ; but it was high-toned and chivairic throughout. —The Kan Francisco Pwt mentions the arrival in tne city of Pekin of two Japanese priests endowed with the power of working miracles. They are accompanied by some English gentle men who have lived many years in Ja pan and vonci for the miraculous priests. They are very pious men and can really do wonderfol things tnrough the aid of their deity. They pray for w power to work their wonders very much i ^ has i iris . „ . . iuus bet In close relationship with sime very t Kentucky racers. — Chuck AuderBon, of Marietta, ms now, rr.tbsbly the most promising young •tting Bt-iiu.m in Georgia. Beaumont is a bay ir-yeir old, and has & record ol 2:35. This rse is being hand <*.l on the Augusta track, lere he is muen admired. — Au agent of Mr. William B. Astor, f thib city Uas just bought for *10 00) General ’hilkips, a horse mat has won many me s iu the ,u.f s alts,and wmch the Giiveston News pre dicts will bj at four years md the fasn^t horse ot his age in the country.—New York Post. —Mr. Fernoid has a rattling pair in the brown gelding F’ank Palmer, who has a re cord, single, of 2:26)4 and the while griding Frank linll. wtio h-s a record, tingle, of 2:31% •rad th > cku make the wheels hum ou any good track or ro..d, —Boston prnpnups taking a> hand-in r th Come • a i Die • Swlv. lb MrB i.ii.er wll show a \ air at Flcetw od season,aud about 2:20 is the figure naoiCd. -The entries to the «takes of »he S’ I/yui« Jockey c iib closed with’wo buni.ed Mid fifty-** ve • nomination*. The St. LoV* Jockey composed of therGhl mat rit., and their u meeting w.il doubtless bj a br.lliaut affair. A Kentucky exchange says: “Ten Brocck ih now in training, is doing splendidly, ud will meet a.1 comers in races of two and a •«lf o four miles for any turn from $t,5C0 to $10 000, provided the races are in either Lcxiug- LouiKville. The stakes of the American j >ckey club, I*i tsburg, for the spring meeting of the prtseul year, closed March 1. —Uol. Abner Taylor used to drive a good pair when he had Fannie Lee and Minnie Taylor together, but Fautiie Lee was bred Iasi season 'o Gov Sorague, and is now at Mr. J. X. Case’s stuck farm a» Racine, and Uucie Bill driving Minnie Tayi< Fl __ .. Ik Waukegau to accomplish it. Chicago Times -Col. H. 8. Russell, of Biston, the owner of the trotting stallion Smuggler, au’hor- rxe* the foi.owiug cnallen^, viz: He will matcti Smuggler against Mr. Cons ring’s b g Karu-, '* *- •*“ treat Urae in five, it J a tide each rue*?, U»« leV*-'land. O.. where Haru> , r is between June 15 and July 1; the dates of the other two races to be determined Utrcaiter. In esch *—' “ to be *500 each. —Kacintf weights at Lexington, Louisville, Cincinnati, St. L-«uls, Naahville, and New Orleans* ” two-year oldn. nouudR ; four-j . - - J vll8pounca In W»Tf, SHAME, DEATH. Abochlnx Scandal ntnl Tragedy la Western Nortli tarullua. Special Disnatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer.} Charlotte, N. C., -March 2. -Inform ation was received here this evening of a scandal which let! to a tragedy in Clay county. The location is in the chain of the Blue Ridge, in the western part of this state. Miss Ada McC’ay is the daughter of the late Hon. Richard McC ay, who was a wealthy and esteemed farmer and politician of the county just named. She is 22 years of age, beautiful, refined and accorap ished. She was educated at a setninarp in Lexmgtou, Kv.. huvs ing graduated there with the u-ual hon ors about four years ago. Just after leaving her alma mater she made her debut at the White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and has visited that place of fashionable resort every sum mer since. It seems that a year ago last summer she met a Mr. Wm. I*. Shelburne, a handsome and polished gentleman of twenty six. Tae couple fell in love; courtship followed, and thev were be r rihed. He lived in New Orleans, and had visited Miss McCiay only three or f -ur times at her home in Cray c maty, but had kept np a regular correpond- ence. He had not seen her for ten months until last Monday, when he came to lulfill his plighted troib. T ie Jay set was the 1st inst. —yeste da«r. Ther were duly married, the curetu >.iy at ing p’ace at noon. The c tmpany in attendance was not large, but it was elegant and aristocratic. The afternoon aud evening were <pent in wedding festivities, and it was late hour when the oride and groom retired for rest. But then—oh, sad to sell!-Shelburne discovered that his fair love was encu nte. lit a rage he ilaspheuled and raised the deuce. He threatened to kill her in hia frenzy, and only desisted on thee mdition that he would reveal the name of her se* ducer. This she refused to do at first, but fiually told him that Simpson For rester was the man. He lived adj lin ing the McCiay mansion, and had re* cently graduated at one of the colleges in Virginia. He was only twenty-two vears of age, bat hiul the reputation of being gallant, ami at the White Sul phur last summer was a favorite with the belles. 8helburn«*s bride declared hat this gay Lothario had accomplish ed her ruin five months ago, and that she had sworn never to betray him. Ife visited the house like an intimate friend, and last night he was one of the gayest of the gay at tha festal hoard. At 6 o’clock this morning Shelburne pulled cn his clothes, arm *d himseif with a double-barreled shot gun and went to Forrester’s home. The young bride followed, sc. earning and beseech ing him not to shoot her destroyer, that she had forgiven him. But. Shelburne waa determined. He aroused the For rester family,consisting of two or three listers and the mother, and called for the guilty man. Forrester feigned sur prise when he faced Shelburne, and denied knowing anything about the lady’s shame Only a few words en siled, when Shelburne hanged away, discharging a load of buck shot into toe shoulder of his enemy, who had no weaoon of defense. The wounded man xclaimed : “L am killed, and have de served it all!” The second barrel was not fired, for Shelburne, thinking the mau dead, turned aud saw his vife, who had witnessed the utftir, had fainted. The murderer took a horse from the stable of Mrs. McCiay and did ‘be country, going in the direction of Tennessee. Tne news of the tragedy sion spread. Special Constable D »Uey gathered a party,of men and went in pursuit. The Excitement in the neighborhood was . intense. Dr. Heather was summoned to attend the dying m\n. His wounda mere dressed, but h$tle hop<B are eqtert/iined of his recovery. To add to the scahd il, the bride gave birth in a few hours af er the traced t to a premature child. No such * sensa tion has bap ened in this out-of-way place since the Johnson-Williams shooting affray, ten years ago. to mares aud geldiuK* A car load of noted race horses, from New Yoik, parsed through CoiutnbuK yes terday cu route for New Orleans. They are going down to attend the races which will take place iu that ciiy during Mardi Gras carnivals. as a mutter to sportmen we obtained a list of the name* of the horse* and their pedigree. They are aa follows: Kgyp*. by Planet, dam LidyBjrn; Risk, by dam Hyren; ning.—Columbus /imi*. --Kentucky Live Stock Journal: ie * ven Hakes for th- rp-:n? meeting of'h Kentucky areoc'aiion close Fridax, March 1, and co eist of the Lo gfell.w stakes. f**r ihe-oto* Longfel ow now three yea t* oM, F It Uar.x gives $200 ent fr-e mile beats: , ■ olds hit ncv-T t »March 1,1878, mile Lea's; th : i fl iies, half mile; the celt* ta es ods, hsli mile; the co.t a d Ally year olds, three qua tersof an il Vu .nd«b»lf mil* a i year for two yea rtak s, for ...... . a sell ng rwiep ake. for all agei m lee. and a a a cep-take for ari and a quart r. Ten oi m r i »o o.d stake-, «nd five ortn w f r the others. En tries to be addressed to D Verier Johnson, sec retary, Lexington, Ky. —The Btringof American racehorses in England, owned by Mr M. II. Sanford, * Bnunla; «*taract. bay colt, 3 years old. by Imp Is regre ted because it i iiafortune ou Mr. Hanford's acc .nut, aud al-o my terminate the venture of testing merits of American and Euglian marks are prided in to-day’s Record, and precisely as Cox uttered them. AFRAID IT WOULD GET OUT. Philadelphia Uinta. The peculiar remarks cf Mr. Sunset Cox on the me=s?ge of Mr. Hayes got into the Congressional Record after all, notwithstanding the speaker said such w n'.d not tie the caee. There we6 &jme cotMfrr-s ion in Washingtoi titer the style of the Hebrews aud Christians. One of their miracles is to wa;k on the edges cf swords whetted ■*harp as raz »ra with their bare feet without cutting them, and over beds of ive coals barefoot without getting scorched. They also swallow poisons without injurious effects, and do all our B.ble miracles with grace and precis- .on. They are going to the Paris expo sition, where they will challenge the devotees ol the Cnristian or any o’her religion to do the things by the aid of heir Japanese deity. They do not n- It will be reen that the mean temperature of December 877,was4s iPgreea—lo.5degree*high er than the mesa of 1876, while the mean of January 1878, was 40 3 degrees, or 5 2 lowc than January 1877. It ia a fset that fanners in this section are m jre backward than usual in plowing, by re&- of tbe ground beini too wet for work. This is not because there was a greater fall of rain this seaain than lart, for the rain-fall for the cor responding months, and tte total of the two seasons, were very nearly equal Bat the col umn of “Per© ntage of Mob lure,” explains the difficulty. It ebowi that the relative humidity air during thu post winter, was much ’boroa^hbro:— —The epenial sale of trotting stock to take plsce ia tbiB city March 28 and 29, of which advertisement appear*, represen's the practical br oking up of ttiree prominent brevdli g eBUbli>hmeuts, besides the disposal _ . raeut*it thu i renting world.-Ex hen the lac’.b c*.me known, for feai I vend to work miracles in this country, tnat it would get out there was a for they are saving themselves lor a tilt trend in the case. I o mirac.es ia Pari*. greater f jr eich mo*.th and for the i during the sca-onof'76 and '77. This is re* markable in the case of the month of February, just passed, cempared with February 1877, the musn percentage of molrture in the air in the former having been 82.2, sgoina’ 66 fn the latter month. Ev*p ration of moisture proceeds In Inverse propotio.-i to the amount of moisture already present In the air. Hence the soil has dried much more slowly during the pest season espe cially during Febtnary, than the previou* Thi« greater humidity of the sir la perhaps Brsakfant SiafSoa. Two well-beaten eggs, with one cup of sugar, a lamp »f b tter the ei« ot an egg ; '-o this add a pint ol sweet uub, one qiart of flour with three tearp oca uooLXr’a YxaaT Powoeu. Bake in xnufflu rings, or g impms, in a q rick HOT AT TUB HOT-SPRINGS. A Two IBnnrir©*! Thouaud Ouilar Fir©, Little Rock, March 6.—A special to E ening irtar given the following particulars oi the great tire at Hot Springs, Ark: About 1:30 a m a fire broke out in a shanty occupied by a negro name ’ Greenleaf. The tire com municated to the French rebtauraut, and thence north and eou’h on both Hides of the btreet. All the buildings are burned north of R ickafcllow’s drug store, and south below Malvern crom- ing. About 250 huildirgi were de stroyed, and an immenre amount of goods, as there is but one street in the valley. Tue steamer was cut off and could afford no relief to the low end of the town until the flames had h r en checked by them. The horses, fire men and eugine d shed through the flames to the Sumpter house, and came around the avenue am. Guinn hill,and are ncw,\t 8 o’clock,fighting at the sou'h end of the town. Among the tiuild- ngs destroyed are the Hot Springs, American and Earl hotels, the French restaurant, \ T al!ey and State bank, poslotlice, Daily Sentinel office, Huff man ck Hamilton’s bath-house, Jones Bros., Little, Jenkins, Moore & Co., Knights of Pythias hall, B. Brown «fe Co., Karatanbky, Western Union tele graph office, B'ake &.Co. t and Mau rice’s bath- ouse. It is impoB&ible at this hour to ©sti- im.te the loss, but it will be $200 000 or $300,000 The mountains are covered with people, driven from shelter, and goods carried from stores. No lives were lost. There ia very little insu rance. During the excitement the Daily Telegraph office was maliciously damaged. The Western Union tele graph office has been reopened and business is being carried on w.thout interruption. Lain firxlcin Items From the Two Republic*. Part of a company of cavalry revolt ed at Rio Verde, a few days ago, but the rebels weie promptly reduced to order by their companions. A robber c tiled Aniceto heads a hand of desperate outlaws in the state of Jalisco. There is an organized band of rob bers in the state of Moreles. The freight to Liverpool charged by the Spanish steamers that will in the future touch at Progreso, Vera Cruz and Tampico is $2 50 per ton. The wealthy men of Mexico are cen sured by some of the new^pap trn i r not contributing toward the payment of the American debt. A paper published at Vera Cruz de nies the report of recent cases oi yel low fever in that city. From present indications there will not be more than a half crop of coffee gathered about Cordoba this year. Z calo is to he paved with P jrtlaml cement. The echools supported by the state rf San L iis Potost are attended by 4,- 900 pupils. Machinery for twenty-nine estab- l’Bhmente tor cleaning heuekeu has ar- r vedin Yucatan. Times are said to be **xceedingly lively at present at V< Young IIoa»ekerp©ni Should not forget that the way to reach a ha*band's h art la through hta ttrmoeh. Ca* Dooley's Yeast Powder in making biscuits, breai, cakes, rol>, matin*, etc, enl they will be n ta, light, digestible, and wholeaome. Absolutely Par* Dooley’s Yeast Powder ii prepared with • eeltri rif'-rence to eap;riy the demand foi a uniformly pure and always re.iabl* taking jo v ler. Made from j ure grapj ertan The Mexican authorities hava de manded the extradition of a criminal who took refuge in Texas. The wagon road from San Louis Po- tori to Tampico will be completed by the 5:h of next month. Animals cf all kinds are being blessed in the church oi Sin Antonio Ab*d at the rate of thiee cents a l»; d. Toe communist agitation in the state ot Hidalgo has had the effect of in creasing the number of r »bt«ers. Work on the Orizava street railway ha i commenced. —Memphis Appeal: Daring the past nim m ntnsone thousand seven hun dred nd eighty-nine persons, mostly or, I* i from Ohio and Ind ana, have fecj’t'ed in cblefiy attributable to tbe prevalence of easterly | f. a from auy ‘.ejariois sabe auceo, and perfect- j this state, and p.incipally in east and Ofcd.-H with The moisture of th- Atlantic [ ly whole tom”. Ail size* are strictly fall weight, middle Tiiimssee, but few of them R. J. Redding, | Every dealer who sriis It ia authorised to guxr- toning to the Wdfltern district of the Queonrer * sntee h in ever/ respect to parchiaer*. | ttaU ,