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I-IU;, THE (. INSTITUTION PUB. tO ATLANTA,; GEORGIA, FOR THE WEEKL ENDING TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1878. TKRSIS or THE COXSTITUTIOxi No. 41, Volume X D-nv KniTifiv **i«end«». X-»r!y .11 the eeient.t. The second eectioa r.othor-:* -a the eec- — ~ ~ - ' r "**”• * “ d poh,1CHl « onon ' i *‘* *• "nntry re*»ry el the lre.,nry to telanee the f **'" .k» ultimate adopt— - - CONST Jin ION. «w«.tfc*. f: «“e«LV CDirmif. “\ • “ op ‘ on * < ' coun, of Mr - Johnson by entering ' l Jle >. •,* it. ,i M . f.yiS7o ‘ “* D1 ® ,r "* 1 system; bat no.memorutd-un ol Ibisrebate. Tbe MU *-• ,?i ns,- u ih.. pm,* 0B * W*' 70 mshe it obligatory for; wm pwed. '.TJSI.T-VwmSS "I"""" »>•*» *«5 locsl or domes’ie parpoeee in the rear! When the -teles were called on the Tfo'fntnre. It is simply the nomine eya- 25th nit.. Sir. Fdion introduced s bill to rialablinh a branch mint in Marietta : and Mr. Stephens, tiro fu neral bi Is relative to the supreme court and the tananre of pof.toffice bonds On the Senator Cockrell from the committee m J ‘ ioa ^suspend the rules ami pass M on claims reported, ou the 13 h instant, S ’' r *°* er ’* ! «‘Ivcr bullion certificate bil', the bill for the relief of the Matonic ^ Blount, C *ok, Felton. % I'tii.i t it be a ell for congress to ‘Irop the Huntington Gould bounces and repeal the resumption act? Ir the sols! Air. Ilnyph’n t ded nort.'i hi Tii* re,^ h ie eat untied w rn policy, the di urb? tn coroplain, i diicun lias derided flayes or to dirensr no* to disturb M b.i* title. This i« very gratifying, for i* tl »• radical party were to commit cide in 187*4, the democracy would not opportunity of throttling it in Jk-vi roary, m tablieho Wsrien the ver.iitrUi day ot last Feb- pofRofticen Lave been eu- Georgia, namely ; Cut Off, ity ; tiien Alta, Marion ly; llrtra'non, Coweta county ratrrrt, Putaski county; Lowell, nil county; Peptutids Mill, Clinch 'y, and Ihnevfmt, Marion county. hn im I-um> gave Hayes a majority of .*,(‘75, wild the present legislature has aiopnbliean mrjortty of 66 on j unt bal ot. These fa ;ts should be compared w t ;i the latest returns from the elec- «i >n that was held yesterday in the lit tle state. Ilia republican sena’ors iu caucus as i rnbled had a gloomy time of it. To tl. • loss of the president and the house, tiny eajHTt another year to add the anute. course there lorscs are laid a* 'he door of the president, who is so they nay—“untruthful, conceited and vain-glorious ” This is sail. Til a first silver dollar of the fathers wr.-s c ir ed on the fourteenth of March, but 1 OUl.fOO cl them were produced b •'"«* the Slid of the month, fhe IV adeJphia mint will turn out 1,750,- (itsi more before the first, day of May, w>u the iiiinid west of the Rockies to her GEORGIA IN CONGRESS. Gardnuu G. IIihiiard, ime of the dradhe. d comm.iwion on railway mail transmirsum, is about to evolve a re- p i . The other nuembem of the c-m- m ■ * n a*e expected to do likewite. Mr Ifubl.Hrd recommends a rcMoi alien ol the fast mail service between 'he est*. at d :h« west, but he thinks an “uivr. veu” mail service is good enough for the s« uth. Happily, Mr. Hubbard in o »t coi-yre-H. thJT of revenueu conieste«! election caf.s to le* decided fry the hom e, f. ur ha vs been disposed of, all in favor • f the conte.' Lints, namely, California, P. It Wikg.nlon; Colorado, Thomas M. IV’ersun, L ti sinun, J H. Aoklen, an 1 M .attachUMolts, Bm.jamin Dean. The gentlemen aie demrerats, and this lends the New Y.-rk Tribune to re lo ok that it alt. get her tiro early to stas I he “confederate” rnsjority in the Taa silver oiU fn-cauie a law on the ■ecoi.d uf March, and in a single month evriy prediction of the gold bugs has hoe® falsified American bonds have f»et*ii tidvanced in Iarndon, altftough Kiuflish consols fiave falle.; the price of silver bullion has not risen in Lon dt iv an«l the silver dollar of 412} grains is worth in New York, DD} cents in green tacks. The Nevada mine own er have not profited from the bill, ar.d •In new dollar :s not luwked about at ruittt-us rates of discount. It ia t Mun time f.ir the gold bugn. A /.Ait Ihh’AJU.K LhTfKU. The last Cbristain A lvocate contains a line letter from the B-v. L rvick lbsrce, one of the oldest ai d m< st de- v< u( t Lampions cf Methodism in the w.rld. The Irt’er is written on the i cct aion of the old gentleman's Did birtl-lay, an>l is tuli of inspiration and devotion Ooe j*art of it, in which he describes a vision that api^aretl to him, is quite remarks* L*. We ttavcuf.cn heard of these trai ci-s but for the first time is one accredited within onr day. If a li\> of pious heroism and singh-beam d love i f ti d, can ever b > crowned with a f tre-s’ght in life, thsi are promit-evl tayor.il the grave, then no one can w i d< r tfiat this ecstatic vision bleaa- el the evceoftlus brave old veteran. We give the par; **( Ins letter referring to the matter diseased. The dec or A trance l» said to be a . 11A NK.RIC srsniM. Tl e l>i!l that Mr. Stephens intro- d acts! hu*t K.iday is a coni pro mbe measure. It ie an attempt to jv pular 'as the metric system —which has made utile progress—by authorising the .'on tinued use of any system m w permu ted by law along with a modified metric «y4!em. To that end the new bill i tains the following tabbs: > KASCKKS or uuMnw 10e tr^erf* m Kc a wni. hall c rnpany of Atlanta. It was re ported without amendment, and the accompanying report waa ordered to be printed. Senator Gardon introduced a bill to promote the deposit of savings and the refunding of the national debt. He aaid: reavrlr mat I believ the prorUtona. oTUiia MU, If It nhouM te ovine a l«w woa!d ■entire tie t l the eUran'agee of specie payment* n* IcterchangesbUtiy with coin lor all of Unit’d Sut«« nob a. wlrhout ihe rmtsirrvh- roenta incldenta in an aticmpt at actual red. mp. Uor» of thoae notea In ooin. which I think la I m practicable. In re the reference of ibe Mil the committee ou finance. The motion was agreed to. We have already given a synopsis of this impor fant bill. Oa the following day the speak- laid before the hoawr a letter from the secretary cf war, transmitting a re- *ort of Ansi stan t-Kiginecr Frobel, oncerning the proposed improvement if the Oconee river. On Mr. tayler’i bill to prescribe the time for the pay rr.ent of tne tax on distilled spirits, Messrs. Bell, Blount, Cardler, Felton Harris, Ilartridge and Smith voted *ay.” Messrs. C*rok and Stephens were absent. All imported liquors that come to this country can be kept in bond three years. This bill gives the same time to the diatillers of this untry. Under the present law the manufacturers of fine whbkies have been required to pay the tax in one year, while the goods are not marketa ble until they are three or four years old. The government is paid by the riayler bill for the extra time granted in Hat the rate of 5per cent per annum n the amount of the tax assessed on the whisky when it is ta nded. •Smith presented the petition of citiz ms of Mitchell county f »r an ap propriation for the improvement of Flint river. At Mr.Candor's rf que*t the contested election case of l).*au vs Field was taken upon Friday,the fifteenth inst,and Mr. Gaudier made a long speech on the sob j -ct. which was afterwards frequently eferred to. It is considered an ex haustive presentation ol the minority ?iew of the case. O.i Hatualay, the sixteenth cf last nonih, the committee of claims favor ably reported the bill for the relief of William Hedgepeth, of I'anlding county. Messis. Bsll, Cook, Felton, Harris, Har*ridge and Smith voted in favor of the sombern mails contract hill. Messrs. Blount, Camber and Stephens did not vote. The bill for the relief cf James J. Waring, < f {sa vannah, was taken up. It directs the secretary of the treasury to relund to Mr. Waring the sum of $890, in gold, and one cent, out of any money in the treasury of the United States not other wise appropriated, on accou* t of that amount having been paid by him on a portion of the £team~p)ow machii.ery imported by him, which waa ordered when the same was duty free, but a portion cf which did not arrive in the United States until after duly tabliahcd on such goods. The bill was passed. Mr. Stephen* presented memorial of Um Atlanta chamber of commerce, asking for the <s a iliah- m?m • f a branch mint at Atlanta When the states were called on the eighteenth of last month, Mr. S.ephens introduced a hill for the relief of Capt. Hubert Thompson, U oited Slates navy ; •Ir. Smith, a bill to repeal all taxes and duties on legacies, and Mr. Felton, a bill to remove the political disabilities of Ojcar F J jhoston, of Catoosa county. Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Candler for fifteen days Mr. S ephens obtained unanimous consent to intro duce a bill for the improvement of the S«vannali river above Augusta. Mr. Ilartridge presented a petition of citizens of Savannah in favor of aid to the Texas and Pacific road ; Mr. Str phcr.H, the petition of Alexan der H Stt j h< m*, >n his own behalf, and in b< half of many citizens of K chmond Cduinbia. Lincoln, Walker, Kloert and Hart counties, for an appropriation of $20,000 to improve the Savannah river b >ve the city of Augusta. Wheti the bill to fix the compensa tion of United States marahais and deputies came up, Mr. Ilartridge had it amer.ded so as to author ze a chief deputy for each district. This a mend incut applies to Georgia, Mtr- a ml Fuzsiin *n»* duties extending »ver two diatricts. Mr. Harris pre rented the petition of two hundred citi r. -ns of LaGntnge, for the pars ige of the Texas and Pacific bill. Senator Gordon pr« eented resolutions of the city coun cil of A lanta, and the memorial of B. A Hart and others, of Georgia, and the uunorial cf Charles Green and others, f Savannah, in favor ot the bill intro- uc* d in the house by Mr. Stephens for the construction through govern ad of the Texas and Pacific rail He also presented the petition of W. I. Lee and others, c'uiz ns of Ktnauuel and B xlieek counties, praying f >r the establishment of a poet-route I'rom Swainsborough.in E nai.n-i coun ty, to K d Bmuch, in Bullock county- Senator Gordon asked the senate on 'he twentieth alt., to take up the house bill to remove the political disabilities of Harr 6, Ilartridge and Smith voted “ay;” Mr. Stephens voted “no,” and Mr. Candler was pairfd with Mr. His- cock. The last-named would bav voted “no.” Oa the motion to sus pend the rules and pas* the bill to * De pend the sinking fund for five years, Messrs. Bell, Bouat, Cook, Felton, Harris, Ilartridge. Smith and Stephens voted “ay;’* Mr. Candler was paired with Mr. Iliscock, of New York. The speaker laid before the house a letter from the secretary of war, rela'ive to ihe claim of Balaam A. Bridges, of Georgia. Mr. Harr is presented resolu tions tf the city of Augusta, favoring the passage of the Texas and Pacific bil). hi'OJiT 7UK COUPTB0LLiIt - GEN ERAL The report of the ertmp!roller general always one of the most interesting state papers of the year, and the one before usis no exception to the rule. It, contain-i many facts relative to the constitutional convention that rn.ikd it all lho more vaanble for reference. Its e hundred and twenty-five pages are carefully indexed that any matter in the report can be readily found. Coi. Goldsmith is certainly entitled to the thanks of the people. Thefi<s: table in the report fchowr; the pources of taxes in 187U and 1877. The aggreirate value of taxable prop erty in 1876 was $245,853,750; in 1877, $235,659 630—a decrease of $10,194 220 About three millions of this lots wa* upon “ improved propertythree millions more upon “city and town property,” and nearly four millions upon “ money and solvent debts.” We ^ive the table, because it shows the value of each kinu uf property returned tire slate: Dwcrlp Ic of P/opc V lu in 1876. Value In l!T*7 and $ 60.M9.li IV id lam i.s&’ia pop- JH.L C 0 Dn diufja' dlo i ucuuhu and Uro- Mc;< b •nd.i’ a Hi 1 :uv >ted iu abtppinir lorna^o.. e,lst SI,105.4(K bl.SCU.TJS 7SAW 3,9 ta. i4i s: 3,910 4.161,413 8S1.fr IS Am ole property.... f 1115.85.1750 $535,659,5.10 The table below gives tne number ot (rolls, professional men, etc. Tha Ioj-s anctioneers and daguerrean artists is accounted for by the fact that thev are not mentioned in the digest of 1877: Polio. pTolroaicnjo, c'o. Ih76. Ih77 Polio ol wbittk. 121.151 123.915 Polls tn default 4 4:4 6,a 0 li.i^uern-Mi arti-ta . ...... 6! Billiard tab.«M„ Ill 14 AsitrefitC 214 WO 2 7,c3. The comptroller general recommends that the wild land law bo amended so as to allow him to make up a list • f a'l unreturned wild lands and im proved lands, and upon these o issue fi. fas. The Usih prepared by the receivers, are full of errors. Tne proposed change would place all the responsibility on the comptroller-general. Ha also asks for power to receive or reject insolvent iste, and to send for the evidence ou which any such list was allowed. As the legislature will hereafter meet on the first Weduesday in November, the comptroller-general suggests that Vie fi-cal year, which is now the calen liar year, be changed so as to run from CL-t. t>. r 1-t, t«* October 1st. The expenses of the state during 1877 were as fallows: 2UR SCIENCE OF HANGING. D'lrine the week before last there were twelve men hanged in the United {■rates. From this fact it will be eeen that hanging is rapidly er ming to be one of the sciences—and it will be leadily granted that in the interest of human ity it shonld be one of the exact sci ences. We mesn by this that when a gentleman is hung, he should be well hung; that there should be no bung ling or brutality about it. Justice clearly r< qu res that a murderer ehonld be put out of the w»y, and it is gener ally acknowledged that he should be killed—but the utmost strain of jus tice does not require that they should te wantonly tortured. These remarks are induced by the fact that none of our sheriffs seem to understand their business when it comes to the scaffold. In nine cases out of ten the condemned man is strangled to deatn, when the law and humanity clearly require that he bhouid be dispatched with as little suf- ienng as is consistent with his fate. Toe rope should be so adjusted and the drop so arranged that the fall will dislocate the victim’s neck. This can ta done very easily if the sheriff only understands how to do it. That he should learn this knack r f the rope just as faithfully as he learns the other duties of his cifice, is plain. It is con trary to humanity that a man should be left swinging in convulsions for the spuce of ten or fifteen minutes. It is true that there are eome op- ti mists who declare that the sensation of strangling is most delightful. They even quote the experience of those who have been hung for a few mo ments and then cut down. These per sons testify that immediately after the ope pressed their necc so that they were suffocated, they felt the most ex quisite thrills, and that scenes of sur- ; tubing beauty swept before their eyes Oue gentleman even went so far as to declare that he experienced a genuine feeling of disappointment when the rope was loosed and he was brought hick from his delicious trance to this o mmon place world. We do not be lieve the troth of these statements. We should like to opp<se their felici- views with the experience of b southern gentlemen who were hung to saplings by Sherman's “bum- nitre,” when they were lockirgfor the * >ld that h :d been hidden from their apacious fingers. We have heard s< me of thet-e gentltinen who submitted to what might be fairly called a square hanging before they would give up heir hoarded wealth, say that the ecstacy they experienced when hang r.g between earth and air, abnormally Depended, wasanccetacy ot pain rath- sr than of pk-aeure. Their testimony s at least convincing enough to demon strate the fact that humanity requires •mr Bln riffs to complete the operation >f death by the rope ts expeditiously ind as nearly as can be safely done. To do this they must learn to dislocate the neck, and do away with the herri- b.e alternative of strarg'icg their pa- ieut to death. think of to roit your purpose. "1th£ PULSE OF TRADE A Matter of Taile we Kapp< ae Atlanta. April l»t Editors Constitution : Has a arccer thertiibito ptfdU e LL w\rt**tcut tneatreets ac-' p-.lra < fi sMtle tfits and iudtspobcd chic^na as freth s-.d neai’by ? T. A. X If he desires to do eo he can peddle cu the *tm-ta, or r*tb« r can solicit customers to jo to hiae’ore if ha desires to do to He c early has no ri*h; to do *b» o*h-r *H g rum belle or suiwu. Hew the Woman Rested Met Her >:n<L New York, April 2.—The police were s artltd by the anuoancemeot that the well koowu Madame Reettll had been found dead In a bathroom in her mansion on Fifth avenue. Ez-Judge Stewart of the district attorney’s of fice, waa called by the woman’s family, early hour, anl informed that the retired late laat night, feeling very despondent about her trial, wh ch was to have taken placo Unlay. She rose in ihe uL«ht and want Into the b.thtoim. where che fell dead. Madame stated to a friend last night that she did not care whit might be the result of the trial, so far aa me herself wa« concx rued. Sne only carol (or tne reputation and feelings of her erandchildren. She CUT HEK TBKJAT Madame Ree'.e'l committed suicide by entire her throat with a carrlrg bnile. she waa found iu the bath-tub. which waa fi'Itd with water Dr. Coalman, the coroner'sphyutclan. examined the body, and found that a deep gash had been cut acroaa the Lout of the throat, nevering t ‘light cut ou the right aide HC.CBETABY BE FOR t 1HK COMMllBBE. Ilia Oflolona C’ooe^mliax Kfnmp- tlon the Effect of Miner, Ncmiary Lcglalailoii, Etc. almost instantly. her room laat night. The water baa been left running iu the baib-tob and had ron so long tint the tank above was exhausted. The ov* r flow had patted off through the waste pipe, and franco there wss but little b'ood in the water which sdll filled the tub. The body i -nd I* ' J — **- —* — * dead for aoir e hoars. Ever a ! her arrest the evident that the woman had bet n ce hoars. Ever huuj her has mas it eat* d UCEAT fear and anxiety account of the belief that the prosecution a in ended to bring oth r charges against her *“ This bel.ef had taken in referecce . such poeeescion ol her that it almost amount* d to a hallucination. The mrmber* of her family day, and showed symptoms cf an ntal derange. mem. The suicide was d sovered about eight thrassorning by a servant girl, and her screams TUX HOUSE, and the l.<t>:’i hu-bacd Toe daughter lkvea iu Uarii m, but came to the house to visit mother. T^is morning, before the suicide ordered a poa'poncment until to-morrow, re- king -hat hr o uld tarily believe anrout id trill j with the court in tuchareriou? matter. New Yr rk, Arril 2.—Jit the funeral of Maoam Kts'.elie there were co re.igious ex- remains were enciost d in a cosuj •rryU'wn fc ' txJu'ge i her counrel, and her servants attended ad, 1 : ’ontiugent luad. . iiumi-*‘ODcr « f agri »’b mic t Bureau > Salary ot etiemirt 1» ‘•UNCLE BEMUS.’* 7 URS1P SALAD AS A TEXT. As Uucie Remus was going down hitehali street vecterday he was accosted by several acquaint qua •Heyo!” ireidoae. “Here come Unc'e Remnr. He look like he gw«ne fer ter ce*. up a bo’dm' house.’* Ssverai others bantered tie old man, but be app -tr.'d to be lu a gno>r humor. He was carry- lug a hu s *e basket < f vegetables. "How many er you bjys,’ sad ho as he pm » basket down, **u done a h^n’s turn dit day 7 t Tit <le week’s done commence. I hear talk or niggers dat’a got money in de b ink. but I 1st nit ain’t uoue er you felltra. Whar you speck y u gwineter git yo’ dinner, en how you speck you gwinvter git ’long T" * on wc sorter knocks ’roun’ an’ picks up a livin’,” responded one “Du’s w’at make I say w’at 1 das.” said Un cle Remus. ” Ko ki go ’bout iu de d*y time i n’ makes a liv a’, and you come’long w’ec or r? s’ n der tx»n* s an’ picks it up. 1 aic h*n’ at figgeni, but I iay 1 k'u count np right here In de ssu’ en ncm-wr up how me my dsys hit’ll be ’fo* yuu’cr cupp.td on ter de chain- ” De ole man’s hol’et’t*, now, tho,” said ou of the litLncr*. g>xing with admiration o i th< venerab.e old da: key * I ain’t takin’ no chances ’bout Tilths Hit’i ptoned inter .me fum de fus oat I go' t-r eat, en I knows dal I got fer ter grub fer w’at I gita Hit’s agin de tnor’l law fer niggers fer ter eat w’en dey don’i wuk.au’ w’en you »ee um 'pariertly fattemn cu a’ryou k'n d -s b-a <l*t ruiuashuu’s gwlne on tume’rs I go: mustard, en poke sal lid lam’s quarter ia d*t bar kit, en me en my ole ’omen's gwineter simple it. Ef eanyyou beys git a invite yoa cume. but ef you don’t you bet •rttay’way I g-Hler mui-kit out Cor what 1 u.-e«i ter penldl-j' ’roun’ wtur dey’s a cripn nigger Don’; you fergit dat ofl’n yo’ mine. * The boys cone udui that the y wouldn’t dine with the old man. 1UB TBN ill OF JOSE. Jk Clarions Time. The Gate Cily Guards have a glori a time in store for them in Juue. They wiU go ii t» re mp ou Sullivan's Is end. Char e-tou harbor, for a week, and v;*it Fort eumter, Fort Joansonou Jsmes island, Battery Wagcer on Morris island. Fort Mouitrie and other places uade sacred by the sanguinary coLfl.cls of the late war. Arrangements are now being mule for this excursion, wh ch will be the most eujoyabte uudtrtak -n in our city. CapL J. F Burke, of the Gale City Guards, is an old,Charlestouian, as a hoot of frianda there, end we know hi proverbial hospitality ol Charleston's patri otic tipz:us will giv.2 our boys auch a gsouiuc o d time greeting that will make I hem feel at hem ? from the moment they embark within the r fin s of the sonny 'City by tbe Sea.” Tue tdoere’ famiibs will scoompany them, and a limited number of t eke s will b-'. ».l 1 u gCDLi-min who desire to accompany th< •Uuaido” the ti* kola will be very low in price and it is probable that a special car will be pro. vided for ladies. W’e commend the Gate City Guards v Charleston friends, they will find our boys all that thej should be, a*>d as for their p-ofiderc they can d-.m lmh U rton’s tact cs in a twlnk ling, and make G.-n. Upton throw up bis hat ic admiratlou, nd we know that a half-hour’s drll the Citadel Green or Sullivan’s island beach Wiit capture tbe unstinted applause of Charles ton’s patriot c dt z -ns. This will probably be the largest excursion >er undertaken in our city, and the moat j >y*ble. ATI BMP ZED liVICIDE. Solicitor gener-la. • «**t ••! te5> .... I’uol’C deb: 1876 and 1>77 Luntuc asylum teTb and 1S77— l’ruatada lunatic »sy um. 19:7....^. »-■««* toard of hea* h. ifCi School onomiw o’ er, 1>76 and 1?7 souhn lund. 1?76 ar.d I»77 Mate»roiogia , ’.^t*'* I ANEW BBS JO tOBBAttroXDANTS. Tbe >prer-Hlirh Ceut rove raj. Mariatta, March 3.. Epitobs Ca Sptitution : A few d»; ago i te ot ycur correspondent* alio* ed to t! ”»pe«r-Riichcontroversy.” Whatiath-at? M. Bri* fly; an article appeared in the Southern Watchman which Captain Bitch, deputy mar- aba’, arrum-. d to contain an 'nainuation that he wns utinc his t flic • for political put p wes Speer te ng the political editor of the Watch men. Captain Ritch replied to the arde’e in cud directed to Mr. Speer. The con'r v^rsy o{ thus deepened into a Li.teriy personal affair. Wcateru t i :»... Land K-np ■ L gidative pay roll, teU B ck* purrhaad i-i vc and 1S77 256 045 18 Western a d A l*i tic Siwcial T*pprcpnaiioa#^.^.« of const tutioua*. co-v. nti-•>■... B ilanct in treasury Jauury I, ISO drop maka a M<xm fiaoM» make a qaart 1*0 quart* mac* a ca*a. MiM Ml or WEIGHT. I O rovd* nake a wra. lOu corn* naeanuL ItO nuts m.ke a M-pound or b:p. l.iDO b p* uake a too. Mr. Sleptens is fully satisfied that the met Tien. s> stem is th« only tru.* ami convenient **tie, and he hopes by curke. 4 This is the first time that Fulton hr a been reported the wealthiest county We beiow ihe valnati* leading counties: K >l*ert H. Chilton, formerly a pavmis- I Rg-hmcmd.... !..T. ... of the army. The bill was passed. Murovgr""" " ~ the hoose, Mr. Stephens submitted a res* lution looking to the preparation l a general ind> x of the j jnrnala of con. gress. Oa the folio wing day, Mr Bell pre* eented, by unanimous consent, the me morial of five thousand citizens of Georgia, in favor cf the distribution of me proceeds of the public lauds among the several state* fur educational pur poses. Tbe committee on public lands, re» ported the bill for the relief of Henry the u?e of popular met*ad of long 1 Gee—referred to the committee of French expressions. And by a gradual the whole on the private calender, if not ir.stdi*us introduction cf the The committee on poetoflice and poet- new system, to uproot the old system, j roads, favorably reported the bill deeplv rooted; it carnet for the relief of John R Nichols, Washington. April 2 —The house committer on banking and currency bad a long conference with the secretary of the treasury the subject of tbe preparations made by the •riatury *n i the national banks tn execute the reeumpticn law. Iu reply to a qn> i,tion astc the amount of bonds sold up to the first of Feb ruary, 187i. and not paid fer, the secretary soli that no tweds were delivered until paid for Another question by the lommittea was as the amount of small coin liabilities. The a swer was taking the iart year as a bss*s, the coin interest was $12 881413; amount applied to the einking fund $4.7.506; amount paid for d: p.omstic service, $ '5b 7b®: amount paid for foreign uaval service, 9- 444.121 ; amount of c - !stoma refunded, $5 217,806; amour: expended ir refunding the nation at debt, parting en fining bullion, etc.. 1901,94-; total, $103,160,- 068 Another q ienioa by the oaamittee was as to the smoULt of Irsc-ioual currency redeemed ,ud carried to the acccuu*. of the sinking faud nd as to what applicaiioce of coin nave been tud? on account of the sinking fund during the current fiscal jear. BecreUry Sht-rmsu’s reply >thisc applied to ' he sinking food oTj ' 6 as $7 (62 148; in 1877 ns $ 4 043.458. and for the expired por tion of the pr* sent fi cil year as $3,382 621, mik ing the tout applied to that fund $44 448 231. Nj coin applications h?s been made to the sink ing faud during the current fiscal year except the redemption of bonds, heretofore Ciltel, to the bmount of $67,0*0. In this connect!' n the secretary d.fiued what was meant by "bal- iu the slik ng fund account. They simply mean an excess or deficit in the an’ uH payment of tbe siuking lund, and which was carried to the debit or credit of the next year's n to that rule wan made . when the ivverues LL tff. and there was a dtfici* of $ 6 3^ 100 in the Milking fund. Htcretary Bnsu>w, bee tug th» improbability of making good that deficit dropped it entirely, and it waa nr> longer cat ried forward lu tbe sic king fund account La-t vear •be <1< fieit in the Minking f 2ud hsd Iren $9, 435 OCX*, simply on account of the lack of revc- revenne for the redemption of lte notes in pro portion to the demand ol liabilities than any Dank represented by the*e gentlemen, and it ht*t p jwer to increaae It. Oar c. rtlflcatea of dc- pcwu,tLe moat daag.rou- form ol demand liaoil- ltn-, «re secured, dollar for dollar, by co n or United Slates notes ectualiy iu baud, wntle Gia banks owe $600.000 000 to depoai or*. the great body of whtco »s reprtaented by note* and bii s discounted. The only d-.m and iiati i.y we not covered bv actual cosh ou h»ud is Uu States no-.es and ef Uieee $TO,OjO.OOO are in _ vaults ms $70.00 ,000 more the backs are be ana ;o maiatai.1 iu their reserves. With a com reserved flOuoO.-OU) to $ 50LU)*00, the re- dempiLmoi f^OO.OWiCOO Dmed States nous would be en*y, and tnat reserve could n t be diminished to any coueideranie extent by the OaLks or any combination of baukers Without any coutmuous draft upon the bonks to make it good, we ca rety upon the intelligent seitaa- teiestof the banks to prevent such a struggle. Nothing would provixe it more quickly tha tn reals by bank officers, and if t>ucn a struggi A FREE LIBRARY. government, v without tear of ous to break ih ■a of interest. Ou reissue is y coming Into the treasury in exchange for coin thaa tu the payment of a tax. even U mpreme court no,d them as no long*r« legal tender, they are as much so as a but Lothlug is m> dncouragiug n resumpiiouas for national bmfc their snare of the burden ol re stated by » mike threat? sach a . gentlemen, and notniLg is so inju banking system or will precipimte t thea ferthrow : cenainiy than a popular convunou t Mr Uni need n aefti nartic.pjtcd in the New Yoik conler< _ ny suggestion of hu.ui.jg a utresi against >he <*u»ujy ana he nppeaieu to *>t. Ewing tor con* inuauouof that utsavoiral, wnten Mr. Bwitg •umpUon was to take l to show that all of some $3.0, uatiuudl bank currency, and he undertook to demonstrate that botn ih* governmeut and the banks Were abandautly able to do ihis. *«.r Ewing rested him c.o*eiy< a this point hs to tbe efT.-ct of the presenutiou of the (500G0.0U0 legal tender notes for resump uou, but *he secretary took the ground that under all circumslai c j* and iu view of the fact week the report ol that New showed only York —, — amount of 0u0 legal teuders ou baud, sue a poMioiiity,'particu- a supposition "** panici retaiu make It good. The Chsirmsn—Oa the wiote. howevc., 'loking fund has been more thou made good -i began to operate. wee th; Secretary Sherman—Yes. y. u will find a state- re nt of that in Mr. Merrill's report The siok- ug .'uud was never kept as au acoouot in the rea?nry depanmeat uutil alter the lefundii g ict ot 1870 Up to that time thtfstatenter t w,.p nade as to h«.w far the sinking fu: d had b^-eu kept np, au-1 it was found thai ty tbe applies snrpius revenue to tLe payment of ions of the law to UOO. had largely ex.vedrd the Mipuls r $400,000, - farther on in the conference,:the question of the s’ckirg lund was taken up ^jy Mr. Ewir g and the pioper consttnciirn ot.the law w * dis cussed between him and the teeretary. the sec retary Ukiug the greaud that the cai>c*-hation o! legal tender notes was virtually a payment to stnk ng fund, and Ewing that M'. Ch tbe iu „ r .. wbic I fhou d ike to Lave your aiHne;. thu correct! den _ I have pr pared cur questions I xepreteLt, to 1- Witn ilver 1 gsl tender t r all deb », .uclm gold p-i ized, a d bow will y >nv. it ts exc u? ■igu commcice I • fly dituone- . . _ir supph* s or uMveuauas mc.ch.u iae in fur ls it probible thit Left .r d mi li n o< ne** greater activity iu foreign t. r serves whet :< in d f baiai heir bu It i bull!. pay men builiuu iu. o ibou I have not sfiok n success in resuming < pend fcbsolu eiy u den* oy th so v btcreuuy an ruiau-l w^ul* tther in ibis conference give 1 so cshed double stand rd d«- dvuuce t the pri e of ao. ui LU pence surling th auy number cf the the e qrnio. s Th > tab e. t. diu-uivd OUij by by qacsiioua osksu of u.e y as the tanks themselves had reserve of legal tenders in order to redeem their "vu outstanding no e*. Mr. Earnts »u gesled the question whether tne txisUng paper circulation w s no; restriend enough for the business of he coumty. ana t auy likelihood of auy con - that a piper circautiou ol $6.0 00J.0S0 tov large to meet the demands ol buriutM. Tue conference, of which the foregolm; pre- s.nts the leading points, is to be resumed Tnuts- A MIDNIGHT MURDER. fir. Nathan Eason tailed to the Door and Shot Down bj Cowardly nerds *>i?C certain amount suT-.-vooi.an issued vnuroOi Cs.e whicu Mr Uni tenden tbiuks 1 b„*d< •u.-uiiif.iu at par .u go.d a ceitaiu arnouat of >ilver duiiars -precisely what amount 1 should aut like to ssy, because that 1« a qiu-otiun or opimou. But I wc-u.d have au idea that w«- cau malntaiu at par no*. I* ss thau I50 000.0MJ. perhaps more, say from $5o tXO.tOO to S1‘>j 00U.- tUO; but whenever thos -silver uollarb become s* abundant and so burdensome that p op* would i ot have them, 1 would not circulate them. Undoubte dly they would graiudly sink to the Vi.lue *'f the buuiou in ;n*m That *s toy op niou, but I do not thick .t wise f ireitner my*elfto discuss thisques ; in unt iee c Will Dobry Shouts U imoelf—A strange Escspr from Death. Y'eeteiday about one o’clock there ccurred near the rolling mill a desperate at tempt at SKI F DEaT" UCTI0N. whic^i Strang*ly resulted without the deith of the unfortunate man. It seems that Will Dobey, a young man about twenty-one years old, and an employee of th* roiling mil!, hsd for a day or two past been or spree. Yesttsday morning he wes drinkins heavier than usual, and about ore o’clock sauntered up to tbe line of *tore* b yond tbe rolling mill, cn Marietta street. Here he wai quit* d* moralised. He grew noisy and bolster « us, and at last became RATHER FIRICB n his actions to the great >: if comfort of the men who were around him Alter protrac.ing bis unruly conduct rever.l minutes he DREW A El VOL VS B an** fired Mveral shots, which erdargered the svfety of ail around him. In his frer x, fortunate man pointed the pistol dlreuly at bis own breast and fi-ed. Tbe ba'l went.aa i seems, in an almost di ec; line against hisbiea.t lone. Strangely, it did not penetrate, but gistced around and come out neder the right arm; thus causing A HIRACCIOUS ESCAPE from deaf . After th s desperate effort to slay hims.if, Dobey was errred to hi* mother'* residence, which was near by. Dr. McFal was at once called to »-e him and treated hi- wounds as best he C'-u’d Ytsterday afternoon h« wu sofferiog very much, bat his injuries are cot fatal, and in few days he will be onoe more well and, v hope, wiser. We .earn that De bey has before attempted to take his life- He is an ucrarried man anc aides with hia moih-.r near the rolling mllL AN OLD Cl TIE AN GONE. lind will not be sa;i*fi -d until tnat law • uied. Tne effect of t • g to bj very rapid, ltrer be any thing iik -areil. »nd lor g bf.r uk to Ule V-* Oe ol oui doubredlj coirect the law. if it i the bland vrd of goici the wav* of Mr Cbitte*i<:< la y that I do not thiuk that I ought my cpiuiou lunh r on that subjtct. not changed my mind about the silver .although (he new-ja;n-rs soiuetimts aa] dial I hav -. I ibink that «a a matter ol p llic, bill, which auk-.* filver available t< pajr the bon *. i«-ue<i by too Uu.tea autes.etthji r »fter the refunui .g orrezumpuoi ot good pohey. I have s ated that ove r again publicly, aim I do not deny :t si 1- the law. V>e ore not infallible. I -an net oj* rate quickly in t of fiiver dollars. I f ms that this i* 1 ought oat swer these qu at ions. Mr Chitn mien—It is no; my ol j ct to em- -.Mirrasi the secretary iu any way in iue»e quea- Not tire Uoiwrll Ban. Covington. March ors Constitutp >n : Cin you give H’j aMrcw is Camden, N J. He is oonnec’el, w-» believe, with the U. 8. chemical and fertili- z re company. His father. Dr N A Pratt, sr. iiv< s at Kcswell, and many letters sent there by mistake must be re-written. Ho* Let* an Know. Roaa, Ga.. Marsh 30 Editors Constitution: Some days ago 1 wrote you. a»kmg what ths segregate »*a th f the KoitKhi.os a. Ycu Dot answer ing defiuitelv. 1 wurki-d it np. and let you kt ow. Tn* y are supposed to be worth from .hree hun dred n L»r hundred null oa del ara They i to be iu good circumstances ; don’t they ? rapid as probably s Miver do lar can congroto w 1.1 un - future take care of lm.lf. fk-cretary bbermau— If you allow jx aw in connbcnon w;tn } our question l ' “J cpl ion r» b the practicability of -O. and especially iu regard to a a interview ubi.-hed iu the newspapers between Mr Ewing “ — “ *’ ■" give you my w wiin s great r many of the -- - . Jorr e committee, to hay that it intended that that interview should be made b ic, but the report ol it was surreptitiously auied irom the committee iu some way Tbe Uiiairmai.—(July, probably, on account of About 11 o’clock Saturday night last, Mr Nathan Eason, whj reside* about one mi e from Red Oak station, In Campbell county, wie •-roused from his bed by hearing a loud knock ing at his door, accompanied by PXES0N8 CALLING FOR HIM. He arose and answered the call hr poit g to the dooraud opening iu As he was frequency called op at late hours of the sight by friends iu the settlement be anticipated nothing at be iigarcus>! at this time ol night. Af or nn- ocklng thedoo ho steuped into tbe entracce ••nd looked into the dark to see who bad called him. 8imultanecuaiy as he stepped in front cf he open doorway A VwLLEY WAS riEED and many shot pierced his body iu the vicinity of his s cmach. His family being aroused at discharge of fire arms hastened to tbe do >r when th-y foun i laying on thefljor covered wilh blood the head of the once happy fa .ily. although life was v* ry nearly extit ct a m* r- oage waa promptly dispatched for Dr Ctt Clar- idy, who arrived a few momenta after: -Tbe- physician upon his arrival cas’. gloom over the family by stating that Mr Easou WAS BEYOND ALL HCPR. Five minutes after he breathed hia last. Upon examlna ion it was found that elev. n bullets bad entered the abdomen, while severe] had pierc.'d his body in other localities. It is » ot definitely known who the perpetn»« tors of the outrageous crime are; but it is sup posed they were the tame who fired upon Capt T C. Murphy, deputy United (states marsba , some months ago. It seems that Mr. E ison ht d b*'en before the grand jury in the United Smt< court laat we.k, and had testified aa tc ti parties who shot at Murphy and bis party. These violators ot the law, thinking lhat Mr. Eason had e-tablisbed their goilt, KILLED HIM TO PROTECT themselves from being tmp'icaitd in the crime through his testimony. The outrageous matter will be iLVjs'.lgvted at au early day, and it b he hoped that the p-rpetrators of the coward'y outrage will be arrested, and punished utmost extent of the state laws. No «'lneof Ihe Murderer* The bloody tragedy which happened ar E’st Point Saturday right,of wh ch a fu! account appeared iu 1 hr Constitutijn yester day, was one of the most cold-blooded murders have ever chronicled. The idea of a peace' fui citizen being called to bis door and iL- cantiy rhot down ia revolting to all ideas of civilized humanity. From a gentleman residing In the neighbor hood of the E- bod family we learn th little or no clue of THE P L'EDEEEE3. They were covered by night to do their bloody wtrk, acd they did it well. Mr. Etaon lived only an hour after he was shot and he coaid tell nothing of the identity r f his slayers. Sus picion rests on some parties, but it is feared tha: there ia little substantial evid.nce against the anthers of this deed of blood. The case should be ferreted cut wte-j they came b?iore t merely for-he information of the C jminit- •• ern like violating that undeieuuiding which we had when that conference was held. Tne paptr was surzeptiiiousiy obiamei, uud th* lfeel a c ude newspaper report* right enonf - *■— It presenre i. but I think it i tire* state. It hass however, beeu s:e.td i y creeping towards the' top of the Its : for many year*. Fulton his more city property, more money and solvent, debts, more merchand x-, more house hold and ki.chen property, m re watches, silver plate and j we’ry, more plantation and mechanical too’-a, and more uaen*?merateu prop erty than ary other county. Cnatham’s preponderance is confined,to c.pital in vested shipping; K chmond'a to na tional b^nk s*tock. other rock and to bonds; Muscogee's to cotton manufac tures, iron works and foundries. We shall again Io* k into the valuable tables attached to tbe I'P'rt f r the pu"poee of fi ding matrer cf int res* to i latter down to us w in Shakspewre acd all ; late postmaster at Athens — t-.e association* of our mother tongue.; referred to the committee of the whole 1. ia a custom that can on the private calendar. Tne b:ll for not be ch rp.1 by » sutow, ih. r»het cf J*me* JohTi»n, l»te col- We .re stopped Md th*t c»n only be ch»rsed. if .1.1.: lector of tbe port of Sjr^o.h, ns | ^ mora]Dg b , , waat o( fp , C e. by a natural growth exrenfiicg beyond taken np. The first section provides that i * one generation oltneu. Mr Stephens’ the residue of ihec’aim of the United j new bill is on ths nght line—the true States agai ost J a*. Johns an, late collect-1 —Sprint brings the blossoms. erforce any panicuUr system, but found due from him on the adjustment ^^riortoHV'"Bair's C*ni'*h Svrupfcsa \ ? •'*",*=? «mp^a*4’tbii Viv as auch c^Uector by the eTe r been off .-red to ihe nub iel I* al* 1 ^ w * lilcul ' far which nothirg Goethe,” aid the new pope » It is impoaubo. for us to print the signs of ir fi ction and scoent. Tho first usm-(which y»u spell with oue ”s” too fewj is properly pr nud ia the appendix to Webtter’s dicUousry. meKCcnd ”a” :■ long Tne second came It pronounced,a* near as wa can utter It/'Geerty.” Ihe German sc ucd of ”c«” can hardly be pinned to paper. The pope’s name is pronounced ••Petcti.” the ”c” being soft before the ”b, Piesre don't tsck.’e as this way again. Nee Oar Advertising (•lortsns Roaa. Ga., Marohao. Editors Const it l*tion : What are a m- of the p-nnc pal retail 4nxg firsts in At- *»sa, snl what is a fi ud ounce? A Friend. We answer the first question by refen leg y>a to enr Advertising co.umss, where you will find Hunt. Rark.n A Laaor and D; Holt. A tiqail ounce te S drachms, a pint of water weighs one pound, being 16 ouacea. A Simple tsnpnaiHl Maris pta, April 1st. Editors ONBTrrrTi x : Can you tell 1 wel;ni. I con only give you my ge-etai Mr. Eairig—I supposed that these gentle . jh**re. The Ch&inaau—We expe ted ta get them was rather t wine tim*, and hence ia k Deafb ol Mr. H. f. Holcombe An account appeared in last Wednes- day’* issue giving the paiticulAis of an accident by which our fellow citizen. Mr. H. C. Hoi combe, ws* severely injured. He waa driving over the Sugar creek bridge when his horse be came frighten* d and b-tektd off the bridge throwing Mr. Holcombe and his daughter into the stream be:ow, s distance of twenty feet Mr Ho.combe was severely bruis'd end received some interra iujurie. which proved fatal. H - wes brought home the day the accldeut hap pened He suffered greatly from his injuries. Gradually he ■ nk until yesterday morning mom ng about noon he died. Mr. Holcombe was one of our oldest citizens. He come to St- lsnta a boo: thirty years ago. when the city wa* quite avil Age. He has a'ways been a promi nent dt a a Ia 1»68 be was elected a member of the leg sia’ure from this county. After hie term expired, he was assistant postmaster under Mr J >m«a L. Dunniag. The drceaseQ w*a a member of Central lodge Odd Fellows bv whom he wih be buried to- lay.! fU £n _ Tae many friends cf Mr. Hc'.ctmbe will deeply j L .u^es, we can a* 1 enca<: 4 pi. regret the intelligence of his sad death. ! prepare for re»-ump.;oa ; but if I am mistaken ,»« j tc this, aecxn K:ll»iiher i)% or 5 per<vnt bonds I which, they tdcuit. will t motud gold, s iver GOADED JO DEttPERA tION. : a d t>ai.k note* to maintain resumption, ckrme j *d these gentiemeu have proposed to me that if Tti. Earl of I.. 11 rim ErlcU Hi. fro. ta ‘ 7 expected to get this- feca out or througa th lu adlffireat form, ru this couference was son ot coufideuUsi communication on th p^rt Secretary Sherman—My np y would be about t is: The genteemeu assume three proposi 1. That we cannot sell enough 4 p^ oent bond' — — * ■— 4. 1 government dea as v 3 That »-• ctl Hti D'den of resomption of bank below $500,1X0 000. rof re-aeue ol i Ttse Gold Tlmt West a. We parted one eve at tbe garden gate. When the dew was on the heather. And I promised my love to com- bick toh E e tne p'.easant autumn weather— That we twain might wed When the leaves were red, And live and love together. She cut me n trees from her nut-brown ha As I ki-»e 1 her lips of cherry. And gave her a ring of the old-time gold. With a stone lute the mouutain-berr> — As clear and blue And her eye* were true— Sweet eyes so bright aud merry! ' Tne go;d that we-ira—’ike the r lu yonder blue vau-t burning : * And I took th--- trust, Asa mortal must Whose soul for love is yeurtiug. Fate kept us apart for many yem. I found my love at the garden ga*e 1 the gold t r soothes n ■ we live acd l Now soothes my cares. 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Majesty the (2 men - ByJ E-ten Cooke, racl Mr rt, Overmax By John S unders. i th 1 ; Fa-hion Ity A von Auer. ohnTi ouipson Blockhead. By Louisa rarr. D*ys<f a King. By M II rim nn Vnclcs of Our Lon'. Hy Geo Macdon*ld. it Br? By Carl De'lcf. dCouutess. By E Ilofcr. ny’s TrevcIs on the Contir en’. olliical Po.*tr<i s. 'of Chi!dho;d. lory of New T ersey. By J R Sypher ar.d E H Ap.ar. Text‘Book of Freemwoory. Tom pipp n’s Wcddiug Tr.ie L ve. By Lidy DI Beane'crk. ictor Norman Bv Mrs Mt ry A Denison, he Enpagi d? By "Jouquil ” [ orn ; or In the light of To-Day. Vife’s Mes-e-ger. Wo: k PI y a- d Profit. By At na M Ily c. Fai Her. Brai a .’s Texas lideon’s Reck. Ity KatbeMne Saunders. Ths Merman and the Fignrc-hcal. St'Uggle tn F* rr.ua By Wi liam Gilbert Life of George B McClel an. By G 8 Hilliard. Hen it Can bo ArrsmpliRbrd on 6310-l'hsn you fan feme Hark awd HxagRerate a* Much as yon Please Letter to Providence Journal. Since mv return from Europe a large r umber *-f persons who contemplate a vibit to the Fans exposition during the present year have desired me to give hem some idea of ihe probable cost of ibe journey. To each one a uniform reply has been given, aud the first words were, ‘‘You can make it cos' just what, in reason, you like.” And t is so. A loan can spead a $1,000 in a month’s travel, and another can suit limself just as well for one fifth of the money. My owu experience, based ot ten day’s trip to Paris during the ox position of 1867, is that you can live re markably cheap iu that delightful city. Daring mr visit in January last to the L*apital of France I was careful to in quire as to the probability of an rease in hotel rates, The anrwer was here will be noue. The Grand hotel Bristol ia in a magnificent house iu every respect, and for such place ihe charges are remarkably reasonable. At that place handsomely furnished, well lighted room cost mo six francs, $1 20 per day, and a dinner, including vin otdinaire, i similar ain junt. Bur, as in L indon, he better plau is to t ake your meals ur, as the French people generally do For ten francs ($2) per day a man can 1 ve v ell. But to give a clearer idea ot the total cost'd suen a journey, it may be as we.l to start out with the theory that we propose to be absent two months or sixty days. Eighteen days >f this will be upon tlie o*:eau and for •he rcund trip the co^t need not bs more than $120. Oo arrival at Liver pool, the docks aud other placts of in* eres*. have to be seen, which will occu py two days, the cost of living per day being ten shillings, with four shilling* added for omuibus and cab fares. $7 ; from Liverpool to Manchester, where two more days are spent at the same rate ; then directly to London, the tare oeing $5, occupying a portion of ou* day. In Loudon, there is a mul titude of sights of interest to be looked up. There a tue crys a. palace, British museum, Alexandra rk, zoological gardens, national gal ry. house of parlUmeut, the tower ot Linden, e c. Hare lo do the thing up any kind of way, a s -jouru of at least ten days shou d bo in.ole. Tuis nvolves au expeuse of $30 for living 'it can be d me for less, and well (lone, no,) aud au additional $7 50 for omul- bus hire. Then G ames i tie trip to Paris Tne return ticket from L mdou to Paris will be, in Americau money, $18 75 and which is available lor oue mouth Tue journey to Paris usually occupies from leu to eleven hours, so thai out fall day may be allowed in g -it g aud :oming Then a slay of fif ecu day diouki tie nu.de iu Paris, and the vis itor, if he be prudent, tan do aaunr.» far as Kalging hmi living upon i er day, < r $41 25; aud addm. ten days lo me exultation, on* franc each time, brings $43 25, wi L $10added f«»r c nvevanc*, o<u.g~ Pan cost $53 25 During ana nine, i iispostd, a trip can be made o Geneva Like at a cost of $15. Thin ck to Lmdon, wi.h eleven lays to spare. A trip to the Isle ol ight, a run to Scotland, a-d iheuc through lie'and, joining the steamer at leenstowu, can lie easily done at an average coat of $7 a day—*, tol d ot $77—and then we find our board the ateamer again, ithout any further to pay *han the stewards. Tbi t briug a total cf $340 rod allowing the extravagant sum of StiO for wauers, eic , th* grand reauti $400 fer a sixey days’ j -urney. This estimate is put at top figures, so that ere sha 1 be nothing ridiculous in it- appearance: but' our readers in <-y re t perftedy satitfL d that a trip to Paris, properly managed, and an absence from home of sixty days need not cost any single individual more than $340. bly AIRS B iUOETl'S BABBLE. Dlvern ^aiK**tlv« and Instructive I’omineutnrleN ou a Dcluuct Arwu- P"per. •pedal correspondence Macon Telegraph and Messenger. Atlanta, March 31, 1878 —The At lanta Tribune is dead. The event is mportant enough for me to give yon a little preachment about it I have deep sympathy for Williams and hiBSDrighf- ly colleagues. But La doom wra inevitable. Wilhams was economi cal, prudent, enterprising as far as his funds would allow, steerin; clear cf debt, promising little an< performing more, avoiding envious ivalry, aud making a speci alty of lively local matter. But the very essence of j mrnalism, the life blood of a newspaper, the aim, food and mascle of a journal, tbe indispen sable commodity of — NEWS- freth, prompt, *rstantaneoas news, he did not give. He was unable to buy tele graphic dispatches. A ship without water, a flute without wind, a fire with out fuel were never more things than a daily paper in a live town, like Atlanta, without abundant daily telegraphic matter. TbisgaveTHK Constituti }S, than which, by the WAV t there is no better newspaper in the south, an immeasurable advantage. The bulk of business men don’t read much elee besides the telegrams ; they have not the time in busy days. Noth ing could substitute this great cardinal want. There are other questions of material value, such as the practical one that advertisers seek the medium with known circulation, etc., etc. But the prime causs of death mentioned, viz iack of news by the daily wjre, explain the decease a dozen times over. min po nt it U only * q u ? of interest oa the bonds When to provide tor the public convenience of hia accounts by adaptation U) itarirrn it. ,**anrfe and wh jetary of the troafurv. ta released, wavs cures Di blis, Apnl 2—Intelligence has ] tankersi*° been received tha*. the Earl of Leitrim and his it teoime* cteor that money cannoTbcTlari*for clerk, * k> his driver, were oil »hot dead lo»d*y, 4 per cent, it is time ecoaijh to pay 4jtf percent wnile driving near bis lordsMp’* 1oq«, maacr Tne • i^er bUl ho* crippled my power to sell 4 VauRt-aa. county *f Derry No details P*.?, cent bond*, nuts wise savings bill that Lo>bos. April fi.—Ia the bruoe ol commons Wl! ‘ *a»ble me to deal directly witu the people to ninntMr. L>wiher. under col "nial s*crete«ry. wt > aid 8® far to repair thia Upon the second cocflrm*al tne report of the shooting of tee P°* a: » il u well be understood that the Earirf Leitrim, a :d said that the »upr<*ed re*- bants cannot throw uoon the gov son of h* crime was one of an agrarian chsrac- errjn ’ ltl - Borden r f redeeming tneii ter. Hr was *hot opposite a cottage from which bb’e*-. Tbe attempt would be so-cide. Tntv H d recently evicted a widow. E shty-nine ; are COUIMl 50 xvdeem their not — J of his tenants wtre under Loticeto qilL 1 m9C<1 treasury with Coiled .• , or cc-in. and to 'OHintaln in their vau.u very ... -arge r*m» of U oited S'ates notta, Any effort o*». ot theirs to foux- the red- mption of thair re- Philadelphia, April 2 —The snnuil rerTt * °f United States m coin would at ones re i-rt r.t to*. steamship company tEe . 10lu de P*’ * ***** j im f-cm tn«m. to present all the banknotes b«;d or re© ived by tts government for reCempiioa. T . . , . ,, and if n*^ed b?, to sxchscg-: Catted States notes In ifii« moist and vanab e climate, f^r b*rk cotes, such a r.nugku these genCo* My Lillie Commentator. Tee s*ory of Jacob’s son*. Of J,«*-ph. nis father’* j ^y. And all of the cruel, wicked one«. And the motnerlecs, youngeetboy. .. been mere at Jo epb’a sale. ’ punched tn Rtab^a’s heal!' Fare fl ished, and he doubled hi* small fids up •’The sneaks ’. the/ had bid it there!’ Weeping.! I wonder if By crocodile tears like t Of the ooanae! to “fall : A fl dal attempt t< i *>» minors end fingtrt j# a« only any throat tronhl? colds ire the role rather than the ex- DCI1 cootea^ite would tud In in.lr io«lnj ception. Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup is nil, Ef.riuu a“££ “'i ju?t me remedy for every one to take government is uot discreet and is notdmger- vrhen suffering from a cough cold or I more concerned about what yr.«* wlil anw throat trnnhb. ’ V4 d ANOTHER KINK. Now one more reflection of a practi cal character and I shall have done wilh th : s theme for the present There will always be more or less prattle about wanting another paper in a c ty wficre there ib but me. Men get die gruntled unreasonably acd want an organ, and can sometimes get one where there are several journals. Bodies of men want a journalistic champion on special occasions for some aggressive movement on a public ques tion An established j jurnal is a con servative c<eature, siow to take np novelties and sluggish on innovations Now a single paper in a place is a very potential concern, enjoying a most seductive monopoly cf power. Let snch a jinrn&l be liberal—let it grant a wide respectful latitude of U6e of ite columns—let it adopt reasonable prices of advertising—let it abstain from arbi trary f artitanship—let it be joat, im partial and tolerant, and yet bold, in dependent and outspoken, tnd it will give so little substantial ground for the public to desire another medinm public expie6sion that it need fear competition. In tbe four largest cities of Georgia newspaperdom has settled into a single groove m a highly satis factory manner. I doubt if any state in the union can show four journals abler, newsier, brighter and more vir tuous than the Savannah News, At lanta Constitution, Augusta Chronicle and Coastitationatist and the Macon Telegraph and Messenger—all models of modern, progressive and chivalric journalism. Uuwr fioirlMpy Cured Ilia lildury ftiliu RHP. New Y rk World. Mr. Morrissey relates a story of sn attack of what the physicians called kidney disease, which affected him just t the beginning cf his first term in ingress. He suffered great agony for weeks before he hit upon tbe self-treat ent bj which he griped ten years’ release from pain. “ I remember,” said he, “ that when I was in naming for the tuht with lieenan that I had to iiFp?nd for a day occasioi ally for fear of overstra ning. During those odd days I wou d accumulate flesh, and it struck me that getting rid of ‘super fluous ’ was only voiding old impuri- I w?b so convinced of this, that I went into training as soon my doc ora told me that I had incurable kidney disease. 1 was harder than training for a fiiht, and I could n *t drink even tea, coffee or water. When I went into the lit ffraan house restaurant I felt like eating up everything, plates and all; TtJfiF AND FIELD. POIBLBS OF THE GAY AND FE£» TJ VE. Tbe 4’otnl»ir Rare la Atlanta-Ra- morw on tbe Weatern Tart—Hal ;n of Trotting Mock—Ktc. fPOR.INO ITEMS IN tikOEUIA. —Horse ta ! k has taken a fresh start since Deacon Hod ,cs returned to Atlanta. - There are no race horses of any itoriety tn Atbeus. Ga , but m :ny of tbeciti- ns owu buKKy bunts that are quite fast. — Humor has it that manv finesta* *s of hone* will make lb. ir hea! quarters at Oglethorpe park during the comiug huu<ou. Bill Moore has not published a challenge from the owners of •* White Oloul ” ‘ J trot tnat hone agatust any fcorao lu Atlanta. —The Tbcmasville Jockey club have laree fo.ee of hands at their m. e course put- nit the track iu fine outer lor the mceuug inia teaoon. During the summer month many wm P1*oj at 0>tetlrorpe park, a b already iqokcn of to come off dur- b v**v- urz; two months — Captain G. W. Hussey, of Savan** nah, iikn ad.'td to hi* stable a v. ry tast trotter, which much ia expected me comiug sea* Kb.y comiug t-t-sHuu lessor Consign - —*, who, some i-eks ago. Micro d-d iu walking three hundred i e< in tnree hundred h- urK has again t up i- ted the feat, this time at Macon, Ga. Tue <*s: de waa made in ten minute a —Trier© is still a probability that White Cloud,” the Angus;a trot er. will viflt Atlanta «-re many d»-y* «ud tackle "Minnie Taylor, or **»me other Atiauta hoxaa. a geu- man iroin AugustN. was iu AtlituU a few day a o aua spoke hopefully oi the matter. —TheOtvingion C. F. C., it.is tinder- siood willMndacelegKtiou t Cnariotte to tako pirt in the m-in to he L-ugtat between Georgia and North Carolina, coinmeuein ou the van itifit. Th. reducion of ratts will uim many to attend tUe chick* u dispute muinee irom this city. —Charles Brown, of Macon, parsed through Augusta a few di>ys ago, with thirty m i chicks They are- of ih.- very fiaest bre* d id almost blood red He wiiliasuthem to i.-riotte. N C., where a main is to be lought 9 Georgia aud North l^roliua ou Apnl -Wiikes’ “Spirit of the Times,” of New York, pub i-n-a the c irreapondenca be- ColoteeJ Cliut Taylor of Ihi-* city. audC-*l- ' * a comiug contest. r is rum red that nrranrrements ing p -rbc-cd b. tweeu Mr. Mel lire a id J Doyle, of Sava .nth, bv win h d owned t»y th- form- rg *ut * ma , will my days ta k'.e • Irteh Gtr* ” tn a in ich Turee horse-, trotted »t th" Tt-u \ ., ib lit a tew weeks him- -, wh n • 1 sb G.rl ” r.ud three straight n*.au», and wou A* Oglethorpe race irnck ! fast tro'iera btimr handled it lodges. Among them "Storm,” « let i.ie Tayior,” r. brown n.a L i mare, own <1 ly Mr Ctt T*. vith no irorae, noiH by > tr ' uaudled. —A «tof N-ti ill al?o be brought ha i* tire it fail* d to vxp'ode bu tl the whnie fun us. and he tuiuck o.te «f iapiaiu th'ju fi *-.d another bomb . - - to capl.»;«*.. tiie Hurt oorab «-x- Bd u<jtr the heart. The bl *o:l * [touted « the cre-v rmh •» no thj wnale tne bl dby ar: ho boats waur. I Mutch (.tiled i. Tne > a tinned lcet long * aws v. The whale was for ly-i < extremely iat, -lh« rechtt’ match race forstallions, made Ity Col H L. Travia. and Onl Ciiut Tav- :tf Atlanta, the fjim-r nntniug “John •le Jackson,” nod th‘* latter naming -Storm,” is attracing coa i crable attention, ihougn the race wi'l not c *m« off until July Wil.t is wagered br private b-i.a The auimala reedy ruu - into training ‘•Storm” is tb»rpo park, being hand'ed by Do toon i Hodges, md **Jot»n Kimbie Jackson” i Griffl i track. Mr Bob city, has been written for, ar.d will hand.u the on as 1 had begun, and I c ired mysel The cure created much dii-cussioo in the medical papers, and was regarded as so phenomenal that L mis Napo leon’s physician came on an especial mission to see how I had effected the miracle in hopes that he might repeat it upon his master. I informed him how it w^sdoue, and at tbe same time * said : “He can’t do it. There is only one man in the world who could er- dure the torture—and he did it. I’m well cf kidney disease now; it’s my heart,” said Senator Morrissey. Hr. et«pti<n** Aew Metric Hill. New York Herald. Mr. Alexander H. S ephens appears to think that all the metric system needs to commend it to the affecl ioi B of his countrymen is to mix a litu idiom in its nomenclature. With the foresight of a true statesman h-discerns that the American people will never come to call a metre a metre, bu thinks that they may be induced u call it a yard, though in fact it is i ot a yard. A “seed, a “corn” and a “bipound or -hip” are new units of weight, and a “nair” and a ‘‘nail” a measure. If they coincide with the units of the metric system, and people cm be induced to say *’bip” and “naii” who could not be induced to eay grain and metre, all will be well. The trou bio witn his tables It that they do not go far enough. The idea is to get ex pressions winch the rnacses can readily understand, and there are many such ‘iXpressioas which Mr Stephens has not utilized. In weight, for instance, nobody knows what a bi pound is, and any man, wiee in his own conceit thinks it to be two pounds, M Stephens wid undeceive him II - simple it would Lave been to say, for instunce: 10 hank* make 1 gob. 10 gob* tn*ke 1 chunx (or dekageb). 10 ebank* maze 1 heap. There is not one of Mr. S’ephcn’s con stituents who could not mns-er their nomenclature. In lor g measure, again, where Mr. S ephens coufutes his com* being t lid Well, j t has beet bbons over tbe Griffin horse. THE OUTSIDE WOULD. —Yorkshire Las will be bred to Itn- . ted Leamington this spriug. — Lexirgton has an annual April stallion snow. .There are hf'y horses at Mobile ready for ibe spring campaign. —The fee of the English stallion coltish Chief, is $1,*.75 this season. — All Heart has been cent to Long Branch to be trained. Five stakes of the Iron City Jockey dab dosed wilh sixty-five norairations —The trotter, Andy Mershon, with a 2:25% record, died lost Saturdaj, at VcisaLjcm, Kentucky. I we oty-one entries h r vc been made tor the comit g regatta of the New York yacht and 12 George LongslafTs string of race horses wa* no* Hold os advirtioed, bul will hs apposed of at i rivute rale. —There are between forty and fifty horres now at the N- shvil'c tratk, and they ora beginuiug to tako atroug work. — Hattie Farms by Daniel B'one, dam F.ffic Bynum by Glencoe, killed heraeli oa ihe 43.-d by running against a fence. See was foal to Imp Buckden —Captain G. W. Stewart has four in training for Louisville. They arc resptc’lvcly hv Bniiey AiiUams, War Dance, GlcnAtnol and Vandal, Jr. There was a match race of one mile it Mobile lan week between the Maryland colt Dd.gfttean ai d the Ti-nnesre-; coil BUI ‘.it dr.for $150 a sice. It waa won by the former, imu 1:12* —Axiom, a brother of Tom Bowling, a* b* cn taken in Watte A Co * bn Eton the Kentucky Derby until the bookmakers won’t «ks any moie He mast be thought well of by the blue g'tf* boys. —'Hie wes ern turfmen met at Chic*- on Thunday and mud* preliminary arrange- Chicago, Si. Louis. Cincinnati, Col jialo, Toledo d Cleveland. —General Harding’s annual rale will t*k? place at him farm on Monday, April 29 h. told thirty-one bead o stock. . Inga, by B.unite Smllaud, and eight by J .hn Morgan, aud lour two-year-o ds, by Bouule Scotland. —St. Marlin is now the favorite for the Louisville cup Rt 1 to 1 agalnat him; Vera Ctoz hta rt«cllr»d to7»o2; Mablstfck nos ad vanced to 5 to l,aud King William to 6 to 1 and Wbup-r to 4 to X. This is the New York books. —Toe prices at the great eale of trot ting block ytH’erdav were not very hinh The celebrated borne Kentucky Prtec-. however, ’•rougbt thr-baidocme sum of $10 700 Ilia. ;erh pH, the largest and mot i«r.(-»rt*n’ sde of tuo kind ever held.—H<r.t.d. (N. Y > llama 27. —Tiie spring races at Mobile will coire <ff nn the 10th. 11th and 14’h of April. n<l the J * ■owds that haaevc-r assembled lu tha julf Ciy. —The estimated total number of races trotted tu h#rn<*M to wagon, or under aad- d.e, in 1877, whh 2.CI5; douole-t-ain raewa, 36: pacing races, 131 This make* R graud t dal of 2.8J4 races of all docilpUor s The corroapond- t*g t-: Trotting roc-a i. ntituen‘8 with “seedb” and * corns,' how simple and symmetricil would it he to say : 10 stspa n zke 1 hopskip&cjnmp. 10 bapskipar jumps make * piec-, 10 pieces make one right amort go-by. H re is a terminology not arrived at by umbling in Greek dictionaries, but fresh fr >m the people and racy of tbe -oil. L quid meanure again should be brought home to our business and brooms in some puch way as this: 10 swailowH make 1 dnnk. 10 drinks make 1 spree. 10 aprees nr.k-s 1 triangle (or jlms). And tin intelligible table of dry meas ure would be: 10 nibbles make 1 bite. 10 bites make 1 squire mea'. and bo forth. We have no doubt that Mr. Stephens means well, and that he a trying to bring tbe metric system within the ecope of the meanest capac ity, eay oi two “spoonB.” But he should tereak at once and forever with the ffete terminology of Earope. grand total of 3.484 race* of all descriptions. —At Mr Peter Kellogg’* grea f sale of • rotting s'oek tn New York on Wednesday and Thura-lay, the total sales of the two day* were $->1425 and th*» av-raje of ths ninety-toroo ueaa add were $ 52 95 The hi bent price ob- 'nined for anv one horse waa for Kentucky Friuce. $11,700: Beaudre, a twy Btal l tn, six years old. by Ryrd' k'a llamh’etonlan, dam fady Bach, by Hiram Drew, sold for $»151; King Paiiip, a bay at Ilian, eight y-ara old. by jay ou.d, dam L%<y Rocer-, by Ry d« k’a Iltmble* toman, brought $2 900, and Inheritor. Cbay colt, by H»y Goa d, dam Lucy, by George M Leaking 1 New York, April 3.—Tbe bark ht.u, A •*“** Home. Irocn savannah for Leith anchored off K^vfhis, April 3 —There waa a ter- oup’-eon yesterday, leaking. The crew tenth* rihie ha*.. io:r.\ tbroagheut north vessel Mfoon a* she anchored. The *" — *• ’ * be TtpRlrfd snd » new ertr shipped i will to-day. It f* feariirt ”*£11“ ifriotM* dTmge P ta —So’id monot Urome tweeds are to ta he fashion for men’s wear thia season, tnd the young man of the period will no longer intimate the bounding z^bra of the equatorial plains in the pattern of his epripg pnit-— Puck. N t IO UBOB HOOD NOTES. Ccvinoton, April 3.—Newton coun- y> lndebte-dnees ie $5 030—Number ot white •etchers employed In tbe public schools in 1877 in this county, was 33, receiving $1,914; number of colored teachers 16. receiving $756; 1,450 chil dren taught Co’ton shipped from this place September lot to April 1st, 10 694 bales. 51,400 bate s in warehouses on storage. Re ceipts for the year wiU reach 12 000 boles Toe citizms aloug the Georgia rai rosd endorse besrtlly your effort to secure weekly excursion tteke’B to Atlanta. It will Increaae the travel on ths rail toad, tha trade or Atlanta tnd the public interest. All want it. Continue your tfforts. Aar render e<l Insurgenii. Hav*na, April 3.—It ia officially re ported that the 2.(00 Insurgent* surrendtred (n jn*i»diciionof Lux trite during the march of 72 rl were men. A nr a of all kinds given up amounted to P (W v\*>e