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, one copy will be fur- VOLUME XXXII.
ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNINLf, DECEMBER 5, IS77.
NEW SERIES-NO. 14
ftirt«' or
Lufidington, of Wisconsin,
the R"pnWican victoiy in that
undoubtedly a triumph for
■A money.
y'olio. of McD mough, recently
^ Mi - 9 Le,, : 0D ;,
The lovely young
reaeury Department
Therrinv*ntiou at Chattanooga on the
; Oei cnih-r, to he held for the purpo;
■ ur-’ing the necessity of the imorove-
, a : of the T. ntiessee River, promisee
> be aitended. The fact that th
1 .areiiti-.u wid he held on the day of
-eelection iu :tiis State will, uo doubt,
w p frcai being present who would
it to be there.
Tfc- Gnv -riair lit Guutemala has re
•Ellv cnncedeil to two American gi rule
a a large tract of arable laud at :i
vainai price, i n nnidiiion that the'
jil cultivate it in the highest style »•
merioati as;-•■■■.' oral art, as reganS
stht'ils. Iiiei s If anil crops, in order n
:vethe naiiv-s a 111...I. I for the better in
itrW ilevi 1 pint ill of the country.
for die lire! bine ill six’e ti year
i Democrat- i'i the Ui.i'ed State-
-Eate have tin,t.. 1 nf that bi dy, ai t
.is bapper.ril by lie votes ot Messis
i:ti-rsjr, and Cnimver being cast will
itDciuncrats in the contested electiol
Tins is one real ground o
anksrivii.g which Mr. Hayes did no
letdown" Thanksgiving Prods
Punsters will
forbear, says the Chronicle &
ttinel Of course they will—its none
■ their business.
woman in the
,t whom Sena'or
IcDonaltl is said to be about to marry
' y re Sue Ti'lt-v.— O‘ ron & Cun -
Mistaken. 1- i* Sue Tilley Wins.
II V Redfidd, the well-known corre
, ndent of the Cincim.atti Commercial
,as just roceived the compliment of an
'lection as alderman in Chattanooga
- nn on the Republican ticket, though
‘ war ,l j !;;S hitherto been Demo-
jtic. _
"..j., g.ptiinere American asserts that.
ere j- a crusade against dancing in
society, and nearly all the
„ i„,|Ug who helong to the church
jeluTiog that amusement from
hir pirti-s ’■
.-•sure also
1 season. The German
uiiirly patronized thi:
Major-General Hancock has been beat-
in a suit the result of which is of gen
importance to hotel keepers. Tin
,2 was brought to recover the valu-
ilree th- u-aod dollars’ worth of jew
ry stolen while he was living at a hotel
Sew Y.,rk. Having made a contrae
board it is held that he was not s
o: im: a hoarder, which released th'
- priei.ir from all responsibility.
T.e three Republican convicts ii>
■'hi Cirnlitia—Cardozo, ex-Treasur-
:.Small-, memher of Congress, and
-is Carpenter, late editor of Cham-
—ill's organ at Columbia—received
-irrespective sentences last Monday
tkz) was s-utenetd to jail for two
s, and tiued S4.000; Smalls was
•'-ti'i'l to the penitentiary for three
"- ar.'l Ctirp-nt-r was sent to jail for
Mars and fined SI,(TOO. Cardozo
■ 'a:Mis appealed, and were admit-
11 in $1(1.000. Such proceed-
s«s v-ry w.ll calculated to stimu-
falters .1: s virtue.
gri ir lamtall in Maryland, Vir-
1:3 aim N i;h Canihua last week ha?
■ very niia damage aloug the
■ a t - - aies. The James and
-a ;i>. r- mni their tributaries are
: a. a „ j n the; memorable
! 1 t'l'i wtiieh was so disastrous at
!t '’i | l aiel min r points in Virginia
-- e.ia.-s i.i the railroads is very ex
-'-VI will seriously affect us in thi
... a,; ,r-,. v . ra I days to come. Freight.-
jWCfe-irily h,. delayed. OurEaStem
l-.s bey..;,.| [j !lre uow 1I1 r i. t ; day,
- ai ii i,.,, .. leeraph lines are not ie-
' :■ \ . ,i :t . The road from Biie-
•«Xvn.ik I as si ff, red innn-tjsely.
=peti.»l iron, U iistiington says ti t
Huron has created pun fuJ ru "
■Jc.tujt i : , „ lV circles. On almo t
ltr? hji ut 11.,-
osi m o knew ot ttie un-
.i Hi- vs-el there is bit
ui of - x Secretary Rot t-
— itiai.agt nient the hoai
- was one of seven wai
by contract, and buil
} c single to make money
than with any spicial re-
: dug qualities, Safety 01
hardly a naval office!
.n-eu the vessel who will no'
-•'—at .[ was , 1( j to pj e setll t(J
‘'V rt aulL Ui the sad loss will be
J ' J, W ai d vigorous investigation
n 'd Committee of ex-St-cret
-vnunci vi
Then i 8
- X1
;! >ar<
-''"••er.it
^-“iWii:
at 29 Republicans and
voted for the repeal 01
act, while 92 Republi-
S’l ug T) emoorat 8 voted against
England voted solid against
i i, ScL| ’ 1 Ecu Butler, who dodged,
Democrat, of Connecticut.
. JrK - New Jersey, Michigan, Cal
if' Jr -g'>n, Nevada and Nebraska,
re g irvi to party, voted solid-
fi .‘ ilL6 ’- repeal. North Carolina,
;st a ' Alabama, Mississipni, Ken-
• • Arkaiisas, Kansas and '.Vest Vir-
. v bully j n favor of repeal.
[v 1=1 vast iourteen for repeal and
■ity •" 1 a t’ aiust . The West cast
is e llle i ,,r to forty-one against.
Ui .' . ’ ■'iveiity-nine for and thir-
ett n 5 '" USI ; Gf these thirletn, nine
tRe' lJU . c<l uS) being all but one of
Wolicang from the South.
co.iiNU limit: 10 K009T.
The votes of Patterson, of South Car
olina, and Conover, of Florida, in the
contested election cases in the Senate,
having aroused some interest and en
quiry, we reproduce an article from the
Charleston News and Courier upon
that subject. That paper says:
Tne conduct of Senators Conover and
Patterson in voting with the Democrats
on Thursday, and their declaration of
an intention to vote in favor of the ad
mission of Gen. Butler, are gall and
wormwood to the Republican politi
cians. They do not take their beating
gracefully, and scold like fish-tag3. No
name is too bad for the “deserters” and
“renegades” who have come over to the
Democratic side, and, for once in their
political lives, have done a decent
thing. The Democrats can stand it,
Senators Conover and Paiterson have
been considered respectable enough to
sit in the Senate, year after year. Their
votes haye made and rep»aled laws.
The Democrats accept them at the val
uation the Republican Senators placed
upon them, and find that Patterson and
Conover’s votes are fully as weighty as
those of Conkling and Edmunds
There is poetical justice in it. Conover
and Patterson are the products of the
usurpation and tyranny of the Repub
lican party. It is only just that they
should signalize, by their votes, the col
lapse of Republicanism in the State
which was plundered most and pitied
least.
The common report is, that Conover
abandoned the Republicans because
bis recommendations fi>r office, in Flor
ida, have not beeu treat! d with suffi
cient respect, and that P.itteison votes
for Gen. Butler as one of tne conditions
of a bargain made by him with th
State authorities. Of Conover we know
inthiug; but We do know that there is
in agreement or bargain with Patterson
Long before he was indicted, long be
ore tt e charges against him had been
.ut in shape, Mr. Patterson announced
ipeuly that he should Vote for Gen. But-
-er. Why should be not? Mr. Corbin
is Patterson’s bitt-r enemy. There is
no political iuture for Patterson iu
-South Carolina. It was natural that
tie should desire to make a favorable
impression upon the people of South
Carolina, and give them something to
hank him for. Mr. Patterson is heavi
ly in debt to South Carolina. The debt
is larger than he can ever pay in full.
This is no reason be should not give the
State a dividend upon going into polit-
cal bankruptcy. The support he gave
was voluntarily given. And the Dem
icratic Senators were only too glad ti
iccept it! There is no liing more dis
ousting in Am-rican politics than the
icrtaiuly that an unexpected act or un
locked for vote is instantly set down as
the result of some agreement cr cor
rupt combination.
A SOTAIlLE WI'.DDINU.
The marriage of the Duke of Norfolk
to Lady Flora Hastings, says the Chron
icle & Constitutionalist, is the special
event of the day in high life. The pres
ent Duke is the fifteenth of the line
and head of the illustrious family of
Howard. After royalty, he stands at
the head of the English nobility, being
Premier Duke and Hereditary Earl
Marshal. He is 30 years cf age and
more conspicuous for a blameless lile
and religious prominence than for
worldly ambition or great talents. His
fts are eruinernly practical, and a
large part of his $1,500,000 annual in
come is devoted to the improvement of
his tenantry. The Duke and his wife
ire Roman Catholics, the one born so
ind the other by recent adoption. The
Earldom of the Duke dates from 1135
n the familv of B god, and the Duke-
lom from 1183 in t ie family of How-
-ard.the latt-r title having been granted
>y Richard III to the Lord High Ad-
niral of England in d France, who was
lied at Bosworih Full. The second
Duke was the f minus victor of Floddeii
Field. The third Duke repeatedly in-
-aded Sen land at the head of English
ml presid'd over the tribunal
hat condemned Anne Boleyn. Ilis
iec-■ was the third Queen of Henry
VIII. The poet of the family, Henry
Howard. Enl of Surrey, aspired to the
land ot Princess Mary and was be
headed. His sun became fourth Duke,
ntrigued for the hand of the Queen of
Scots, Mary, and also lost his life. The
title has been often attainted, but al
ways restored. The most celebrated
member of the family was probably
Lore Howard, of Effingham, who de
frayed the Spanish Armada.
General Sherman has issued a gener
al order in relation to dismissals from
the army in pursuance of sentences ol
courts-martial for violations of the ar
mies of war relating to intemperance.
I, says the President desires it to be
made known to the army that he can
not be led to uuderrate the magnitude
of the evil which the crime alluded to
to is likely to pro-tu -e in the public
service. No person addicted to it can
expect to be entrusted with any re
sponsible duty, and a person that
cannot be trusted had better not be
continued in office. It must there
fore be understood tnat any clemency
heretofore extended by mitigation or
commutation of sentence cannot in
future be relied upon, and after this
warning a vigorous execution or sen
tences by courts-martial may be expec
ted. _
Cobb county, after paying off her cur
rent indebtedness, has eight dollars in the
treasury.
GEORGIA GLIMPSES.
Mrs. Burney, of Rome, Mrs. N. L.
Redd, of Columbus, and Miss Porter,
of Atlanta, are said to have books now
ready for the press.
Mrs. Addie Hodge, in Jones county,
was shot and killed the other night at
the residence of her brother, by some
one outside of the house.
The hog prospects in DeKalb and
the adjuining counties is very fine this
season—more and larger grunters than
any year since the war.
The State Grange will meet in Macon
on the 12th of December. A large gath
ering is anticipated. They will hold their
session in the Masonic Temple.
The bonded debt of Columbus is five
hundred and seventy-seven thousand
eight hundred dollars, and the total
interest during the year is thirty-eight
thousand four hundred and forty-six
dollars.
Mr. Joseph Boyd and his wife, citi
zens of Troup county, the one near
one hundred and the other ninety years
of age, have lived together setenty five
years. The former can easily read fine
print without the aid of glasses.
Hamp Giddens killed Jeff Ragland
in Talbotton Saturday night. Hamp
walked up behind Jeff, who was sitting
in his chair, and struck him in the
bead wit a an axe and fled. ’They were
both colored men.
General Longstreet’s residence at
Gainesville took fire last week
and came very near being ffeatoryed. The
fire originated in the dining room, 'and
in his efforts to put out the fire. General
Longstreet received some severe injuries.
A Mr. Lockhart, of LaGrange, and
MissMcLeod, of Columbus, were riding
out the other afternoon, near Cusseta.
The gentleman bantered the young lady
to marry him upon reaching the town.
She consented, and stopping at the hotel
the twain were united.
For a day or two last week Swains-
boro was on short rations; not a pound
of bacon was to be hud at a store in the
place, and most of the people were out
of meat, and the Swainsboro Herald
hungrily remarks: “ These smoke
houses so far away from home are very
inconvenient.”
Knowing that your paper is a friend
to justice and truth I send you for {>ix&
lication this brief statement of facts
collected from observation and“reli/i>..
ble information first obtained.”
I repeat, the public buildiDgs hi
are ample and iu good condition, ai
The South in the Senate.
That the Seriate will be Democratic
on the 4th of Marcb,1879, is settled
almost beyond the reach of accident.
The few remaining carpet-bag Senators
will be succeeded by Democratic Sena-
& of approved ability and character,
this statement is made by one wbc wno will adequately’represent in the
, . . , ,, , Senate the wants, interests, and sympa-
loves the mountains, and would r ° morjuff^ 0 f their people. The present rep-
say anything against the interest ofthc
resentatives of the South in .he Senate,
up-country, where he was raised am? so far as the Democratic Senators are
expects to spend the remainder pf hi£ concerned, with few exceptions, can
j ' hardly be improved upon.
I ' , ,, ' ' 4 Particularly noticeable for public in-
I see by the Summerville Gazette: fl„ enCB are the Southern Senators who
that the name9 of several of my old belong to the class against whom it was
friends are announced for the Legisla? the fashion of the Republican organs a
ture. I wish them all well, Kit hoie> few months ago to invoke suspicion
e 1. I. ,, -d and 1 distrust at the North—the soldier
that the voice of my old fa«,aCap% Wnt .« the South. The “Confed-
A. T. Irvine, will be heard iu brigadiers/* witb a dignity arid
“Halls of our Fathers.” ^fWmposnre that won them iufiuite
fta’cditand confidence with the whole
country, met the taunts of their non-
... j combatant accusers with the sufficient
ot ou 1 ig . r answer of a faithful performance of
- 0 duty and the display of a broad pa
Yours truly,
T. S. SMiTkq
Washington Corresnondence.
Washington, Nov. 26, 1877.
iriutism that guar led the interests of all
classes and sections.
Of the ex Oontederate soldiers'in the
The rain has fallen here almost coutin- [Senate nearly all are filling terms ex
uouslv since last Wednesday, the wholes
river from U submerged to a depth of after a terv i ce 0 f five years, was re
The negroes of the county of Monroe
held a convention on Saturday last at
Forsyth, and endorsed James G. Phin-
izee, one of the Democratic nominees
for the Legislature, and nominated one
of their own color, Adam Palmer, for
the Legislature. They also agreed to
support T. B. Cabaniss for the Senate,
mil they now have their tickets regu
larly in the field.
An Up-Countryman in Mil-
ledgeville.
Mit-ledgeville, Nov. 2S. 1S77.
To the Editor of The Courier:
I arrived in this city yesterday, and
as this place is a point of general inter
est, not only on account of its past his
tory, but because it seems destined to
become again the capital of Georgia, a
few dots made by an up-countryman
will not be displeasing to your many
readers. I have been traveling extern
sively through the State by private
conveyance on private business, and
had ample opportunity to learn the
sentiment of the people, and I am ful
ly satisfied that the vote on the 5th of
December will be in favor of Milledge-
ville by 8,000 to 10,000 majority. Iu
deed, I regard this much more certain
than the ratification of the new Consti
tution. I learn the negroes are almost
solid against the new Constitution, and
this is due mainly to instructions sent
out from Atlanta. Almost every vote
in South and Southwest Georgia that
will be polled for Atlanta will be also
against the Constitution. They are
more interested in defeating the Con
stitution than they are in the capital,
and if it i3 defeated the odium will he
due to the center of radicalism—At
lanta.
But I intended only to give your
readers a brief description of this place.
This city is laid off regularly in squares
of four acres, with broad streets cross
ing each other, and presents a quiet,
substantial appearance. The Slate
House is located on an eminence, sur
rounded by a beautiful grove now rich
in autumnal tints. The building is
used as a court-house, is well cared for,
and guarded at night at the expense of
the county. It is in a good state of
preservation, and with a few unimpor
tant repairs will be ready for occupa
tion, if the people order the Govern
ment to be returned to this city. The
Executive Mansion, so far as I can see
is in perfect condition, and far superior
to the James house in Atlanta. It is
occupied by Judge DuBignon. The
buildings are far superior to what one
would suppose by reading the Atlanta
papers, whose object is to deceive tile
people in this matter. Their true con
dition ought to be known so that the
people can vote intelligently on tne 5th
of December. If they were good
enough when the people were rich will
they not answer now ?
The Lunatic Asylum, one of the
largest and most magnificent institu
tions for the insane in tne Union, is lo
cated in one mile of the city, in plain
several feet, and the Lung bridge S' retch
ing one tulle across th Poiomac into Vir
ginia, to a depth of three feet. Over it
several railroads have communication
with ihe South, and travel by it and iu
other directions has been wholly suspend
ed or greatly impeded. The water was
last night reported in the Potomac as
twelve feet above high-water mark and
the present flood bids fair to outrival, iu
the destruction of property here and far-
tending beyond the 4th of March, 1879
Senator Rinsom, of North Carolina,
lected bv acclamation, to the gratifies
'ton of the Democracy of tbe whole
country. Senators Morgan, of Alabama.
Coke, of Texas, and Lamar, of Missis
sippi, are also filling terms beginning
with the 4th of March of the present
year. Senator Withers, of Virgiuia.
a id Cuckerill, of Missouri, have four
■ years of service before them. All ol
these Senators were Confederate soldiers
nf distinction.
Senator Gordon, of Georgia, whose
fame as a soldier has been so remarka
tfcer South, the great one of 1870 AIM My supplemented by a distinguished
day long yesterday the mad waters, rush- 3 £\v>c Career in the Senate, will complete
J 6 3 J ' f f, rot t erl n with the expiration ot the
_ seaward at the rate of ten miles an
hour, were watched by thousands of spec
tators ; it being estimated lhalS 1)00 were hie room to doubt his re-election unde;
1 . • .1 . i jr.i.TYiirniiin-tiiiippfl nf a (’hflrucf.HP
[term of the Forty-Fifth Congress.
(tone of the Georgia press leaves us lit-
congregated one time in the immediatJ
vicinity of Long bridge, expecting eviry
hour to see some portion of it yield to
the- terrible force exerted against it.
Every cellar in the lower section of the
city is filled, the basements of about
every avenue hotel being in the conditou
and all the fire enginesare at work pump
ing them out. The wharves here and at
Georgetown were covered with wood,
coal, lumber and other articles of mer
chandise and much of it must, inevitably^
be lost. The surface of the river is cov
ered with everything that will float, and
scores of men and boys find- profitable
occupations in removing goods for the
merchants or gathering prizes from the
surging waters.
Affairs at Richmond are even worse
than here, and every every hour some
new disaster is telegraphed. The wind
is still blowing freshly from the East and
there is no sign of clearing weather.
The gas company’s supply of coal is uear-
y exhausted and the city may be left iu
darkness after to-night unless we resort to
the “light of other days.” Amidst all
the political turmoil and the excitement
from the flood, we turn aside to sympa
thize with many residents of Washington
who have been made mourners by tbe
awful disaster to the U.S. steamei Huron
which went ashore near Cape Hatura- at
1:30 a. M. Saturday in a Southeast gale.
Of the 135on board 101 are supposed to
have perished, and of those several of
the (fHcers leave families in this city.
Excitement still runs high in political
circles aver the dead-lock ir the Senate
Though there is an (finrt on the part ot
veteran Republican Senators to muiutaili
thi ir self-poise and an unruffled exterior,
the anxiety consuming them cannot he
holly hid. 4 lolcauic-erupiinn against
C mover and Patterson in only delayed,
apparenily, with the hope thatlht ir vole
may he secured iu favor of the admission
of Kellogg before anion is had on ihe
oa-t-.- of Butler and Eustis. Boh of the
recreates still claim to be R. puhlnans
and Patterson participated in the Repub-
ican caucus Saturday. He says he i-
ready to meet either Conkling or Ed
mund;on their vote in the Pinchback
case, aad besides that to consistently sup
port the conciliation policy requires that
he and Conover should vote for boib
Eustis and Butler; and it is given out
that the President, iu a conversation with
the latter, rather approved his course
An exciting session is expected to-day in
the Senate, and judging from the general
movement in that direction at au early
hour this A. M., packed gallaries will
witness the contest of the gladiators on
the floor of the Senate.
The report telegraphed hence, to the
effect that the President had expressed
his intention of vetoing the silver bill
should it reach him, has been thoroughly
exploded. It is said to have been a job
“put up” at tbe instance of Wall street.
However, that may be the anti silver
men strive to extract some comfort from
Sherman’s known hostility and hisallcged
influence with the President. Adjourn
ment appears to have been entirely lost
sight of during the four eventful and ex
citing days just passed.
Ksox.
Ttie Flood.
Richmond, Nov. 27.—The following
dii-patcli was received here to-day, from
Buchanan, Nov. 26, via Liberty, Nov
27: “The river is six feet higher than
Uie great freshet in 1842. Twenty col
ored people were drowned in trie neigh
borhood. The destruction of property
in town and county is unprecedented.
A bridge and thirty dwellings were
swept away. Many people are lefi
without property, food or clothing. The
railroad store with provisions and mate-
view. The property belonging to the r j a j wa g washed awav.”
State in this city is as follows: Tbe
capitol and 20 acres; Executive Man
sion and 2 acres; Penitentiary and 20
acres; reservation near depot, 20 acres;
spring lots, 6 acres; Lunatic Asylum
and 3,000 acres.
Columbus, O., Nov. 29.—Mrs. J. R.
Stially, proprietress of a boarding
house, attempted 10 urge along a slow
fire by pouring coal oil on it, with the
usual result. The lady was seriously
and probably fatally burned.
circumstances of a character flattering
to the Senator himself, and significai
Of the enlightened appreciation by hi
constituents of his valuable services h
themsel res and to the Democracy 01
the nation. Gordon came to the Bet
ate heralded simply as one of th
knightliest of the leaders of Lee’s arm-
—that “array of tattered uniforms an
fright muskets which, invincible 1
life, surrendered only with its anmh
lalion,” to use the characterization ru
Northern historian. Four years of ser
vice io Congress gives him a nation
distinction ab a ‘ tati-sman, and offe-s 1
Georgia the opportunity to exhibit h.
Warm attestation of the value of serv
ill-,, inspire.! by moderation and m.ig. i.
nitnity and wisdom in the highe.-
sense. For it is in the moderation ■
his course here, a moderation whin
has never smacktd of acquiescence n
wrong to his section, (for none hav.
been more valiant iu asserting the sen
timents of his people) that Genera
Gordon has been of essential value t.
tile Democratic party. When he e>
tered the Senate, four years ago, th.
task of a Southern Senator was filleu
with obstacles that the moderate cuursi
of Gordon and others h .s visibly re
uoved. He helped, by the eloquent
plea of his wise and temperate action,
to blaze the way for ttie untrammeled
utterance in Congress by tbe South ol
views and aspirations which now offend
no one save partisans who will see m
good in the people of that section 01
th-ir representatives.
A leading Republican organ pro
nounces Senator Gordon “ttie. ablest
man in Congress from the South,” and
quoting f r om a speech of tbe Senator,
in which strong national views are ex
pressed, pretends to doubt the sincerity
f the Senator. We shall not quarrel
with this Republican conception o
General (Jordon’s ability, for the Repub
Itcan party assuredly has nothing ti
thank Gordon for in the way of mis
takes hurting the Democracy and help
ng their opponents; but we witb conti
lence point to his whole Senatorial
career as giving ample proof of broad
latiouol and patriotic views ably ami
l.iquently expressed. The Democracy
if the country endorses Gordon, anu
hopes to secure its title to public con
fidence by continuing just such men in
nigh place. The Cou.ederate soldier,
like his late antagonist—his presem
comrade— t h e Union soldier, usuahy
proves himself a useful man in Con
gress. He does not, like the old polui
cian of his section, get his inspiratioi
in the extimt thought of twenty yea»
ago; he is of the present, and sees be
fore his people a great future of mat.-
rial progress and political influence n
he achieved by devotion and energy
Gordon exemplifies the best traits o
the old South in union with the grow
mg energy of the new South, He is r
careful student, and it is often said -d
nim by habitues of the Capitol that h-
is the “Dusieot mau in Congress.” H
is right upon the leading questions
which will engage public attention, now
that the era of sectional agitation am>
sentimental politics is gone forever. Hi
is in sympathy with the great laboring
and producing interests of tne country
iu their fight for existence against th*
despotism of the monopolists of th*
money power. In short, he is a leading
exponent of the growing aspiration o!
the American peoule. North and South,
for release from the thraldom of evils
and prejudices and sorrows that have
followed the civil war, a release that
shall open to them achie 'ements in new
fields o endeavor beyond the reach ot
the baleful and blighting touch of sec
tional hate, grasping monopoly, and
official dishonesty and extravagance.
The Democracy- of the country will
respond with enthusiasm 10 tbe prom
iEe which Georgia gives to return to the
Senate her able, eloquent, arid devoted
soldier-statesman.— Washington Herald.
Lon.Ion, Nov. 28.—Lord Derby, Sec
retary of State for Foreign Affairs, to
day received a deputation representing
ihe Society for the Protection of. British
Interests, headed by Lord StratDeden
Campbell, who presented a memorial
urging active interference in favor of
Turkey. Derby replied that the Gov
ernment saw no reason to depart from
its neutrality. He did not think Cun-
stoutinople or the Suez- Canal in dan
ger. ' When tbe Government, he said,
saw a reasonable opportunity it would
do what it could to bring about peace.
New York, Nov. 28.—The steamer
Scythia, arrived from Liverpool, brought
$590,(100 in gold coin.
A Tale of To-day.
It was night.
It might haye been summer time, or
early candle-light, had it uot been in a
romance.
It . was also a drag-store, and a clerk.
■ He was ; known as Paul Plump.
Which was his neme.
It was not P. H. Plump. Heroes
never have initials. The scene of this
story is laid out.in November—well on
into tne center of it
So Paul went to the door, and looked
out upon the bleak November sky.
Which is to say, be wonTd have look
ed-upon it, had it not been too dark.
He looked up that way anyhow.
Tnen he drew a long breath.
He also drew out a lengthy sigh, and
exclaimed: “
“I'll do it!”* s •
If yon could have heard tbe voicA in
which those words were uttered, you
would not have required him to intro
duce further evidence that he would do
it.
He went back into the store, and
locked the doors and windows.
Tnen he deliberately took down from
the shelf a bottle filled with a certain
dark liquid.
After wnich he climbed the stairs to
ids little bedroom. He went and lit
mm a light, and stood before tbe mirror
and looked wietfully upon tbe image
which it reflected.
His features were very pallid, but
they were resolutely and firmly set es
pecially tbe bottom part of them.
The light of a fixed purpose burned
steadily in his eyes (blue).
He said once more:
“I’ll do it!’’
Then, with steady hand, he raised
the bottle of dark liquid. He emptied
a portion of its contents into his hands,
rubbed them together, and applied the
palms thereof to the capillary covering
of his head (hair). Alter which he did
various ether things, and exclaimed
once more:
I'll doit!”
****** *
It was also night. The same one.
j.This is an inside ]
Two parlies, male and female, were
-citing ou one sofa.
Tliis s ha was designed for that num-
ocr of p.nto-s; but to-night there are.
iccidei.tly, 011 one end of it, nine vol
umes ot patent office reports.
Consequently ttie repoits are some
what crowded tor sitting-room.
The neejpants of the other end of
-sofa nr* Paul Plump and Miss Mora
MoMinny Wink.
Paul is s.c. mu: “Miss Mora, pardon
■-> boldness, hut, I must speak. Long
10 nave uu-ssed the great
In u- which —which I feel for you.
• ! can inn \mi r.tnrn them—some nt
-in, at li-ssi ? 1—1 love you—I do!”
“Paul.” she answered softly, hut firm
“Paul, you must not tain sol Forg*t
, I play you ! \W are both poor, and
ave no fine house, nor sweet carriages:
or good things to eat, and—and—all
oat Forgive me, Paul, hut I mast
;ave ail those when I marry; and you
;an not furnish them.”
“Yes, I forgive you! Fact was, I—
I was under a false impression. I—ev
—thought vou could supply all them
’ere things!”
3on Fiatt and Madame Le Vert
The old lady got, after a time, to have
that most terrible of all things—a griev
nice. She would hold us by the hour
on that inexhaustible subject. Oue
light, at a charming party given by-
Mrs. Carlisle, we found ourstlves witb
Vladatne Ls Vert on our arm, being
made acquainted with that grievance.
We happened to pass the Spanish Min
ister—then Admiral Polo—who was
leaning gracefully against the wall.
“Is not that the Spanish Minister? ’
isked my companion.
“It is.”
“Do you know him well enough to
present me?”
“Know him? Do I look like a man
who did not known the Spauish Min
ister? Ot course I will piesentyou.”
Now, we had never exchanged a
word with this diplomatic gentleman ;
out we were desperate. And so, march
ing up, we said:
“Admiral Polo, permit me to intro-
luc- you to my dear Iriend, Madame
L- Vert.”
“It gratifies me, Madame to make
vour acquaintance ” And then after a
-light pause, in which he eyed us, be
d.led: “And now, Madame, will you
oe so good as to introduce your es
•;ort ?”
This was such a cool piece of diplo-
»<ic impudence that, before Madame
L • V-rt could answer, we said :
“Why, Admiral, Jon’t you remem
ber ine ? I am Col. Casey, brother-in-
•aw to th.s Government ”
Poor M idame Le Vert gazed at us
•nth iu mute astonishment; but she
diiu was cnatting with bis diplomatic
xcelleiicy iu Spanish.
Washington.
SENATE.
Washington, Nov. 27.—Prior to 12
o’clock noon* to-day, the usual hour ol
meeting, Wheeler pat Hour in the chair
and went home at 12 o’clock. Hoar an
nounced that tbe seesson of L Monday
would continue until an adjournment and
business ran accordingly. No dissent
ing voice was heard from this view.
The Kellogg case is now the^ question
of highest privilege at the next calendar
Session, and will displace Thurman’s reso
lution, or even if the Senate should adopt
it under die rales, it would be over on
that day. The consequence is that tbe
Democrats are compelled to continue in
session nndl Bader is oat of the com
mittee, or let Thorman’s resolution come
in’behind the Kellogg case, aod then out
of the Committee. One objection wilh|
keep it off one day before a vote can be
had on his admission, bnt after one day
it will be in the power of tbe majority
to advance Bader over Kellogg, because
both are then quesdons of the highest
privilege.
Confif motions—Stern, Assistant Treas
urer at Ciucinnau; Marat, Collector of
Customs at Apalachicola; Boyers, Post
masters at Gallatin, Teno.
The Cabinet to-day decided apon ex-
Congressman Jno. B. Hawley to suc
ceed Gov. McCommick as Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.
Judge Humphreys is giving grave
consideration to the Patterson habeas
corpus. A decision is not expected
this week.
The Supreme Court of the United
States affirmed the decision of the Su
preme Court of Tennesee, deciding
that the court has ao jurisdiction to
render a judgment againet the State
for the Torbett issue of notes of the
State Bank of Tennessee, amounting to
more than a million of dollars.
One square six months-
One square twelve months
One-fourth column one month
One-fourth column three months
One-fourth column six months
One-fourth column twelve months —
One-half column one month
One-half column three months
One-half column six mo
Onc-half column twelve
One column one month «.
One column three months
One column twelve months—..
The
Trl-Wi
percent.
Immigration to Alabama-
Coarier-Jourr aL
Messrs. John Loen, William Temple,
Fred Wolz, F.Speilman and William
Johnson, members of the Chicago Col
onization and Agricultural Industry
Company, and Louis Ballinger, Esq.,
J amisaioner of the State of Al-
inspection of the State of Ala-
While in that State they se-
d*y on their way to
tonrofiasp "
bariut"___
lected and- purchased from
and North Alabama R R. Company or:u
hundred thousand acres of land inCaTl-
man county, upon which they propose
to locate- a colony of emigrants from
the Northwestern States. This com-
Stanley’s Discove ies,
The New York Herald prints a large
map, illustrating Stanley's discovery ot
the Congo river. The secret of the great
explorer’s success is illustrated in his fol
lowing the. course of what he calls the
Luiodi or Lukuga river from Lake Tan
zauiko to its confluence with theUgazowa,
hich is the main stream that, with its
branches, subsequently develops into the
great Congo. The peculiarity of the
Luiudi-Lukuga led Cameron to suppose
it tbe outlet of Lake Tanganyika; but
the careful exploration made of it by
Stanley shows it to flow into the lake
from a marshy pass iu a mountain range,
on tbe west side of which it flows to the
Lttalaba, with wnich and another stream
tailed the Kamalondo, it forms the
Ugazowa, the three coming together near
the same point. Down the Ugazowa Mr.
Stanley proceeded, amid untold difficul
ties, five boodred miles, across tbe equator,
to the Great Bend, where tbe river whips
around toward the southwest. Thence,
past cataracts, through Well nigh impen
etrable forests, disease-breediug marshes
and savage tribes, he nude his nay to
civilization ou ‘he west coast of Africa,
performing the greatest feat of intrepidi
ty and discovery that the world has
known since tbe eyes of DeSoto looked
first on the broad expanse of theMississ-
river. Stanley is the truly great discov
erer of his time.
HOUSE.
A bill passed removing the political
disabilities of Albert M. Lee, of Texas.
The Jetty bills were introduced and
ref-rred.
By Singleton, of Mississippi—Re
moving tbe political disabilities of Ed
win DeLeon, of South Carolina, and
Beverly H. Robertson, of Virginia.
By Muldrow, of Mississippi—By re
quest, a petition of colored citizens of
Mississippi, asking for an appropriation
of $100,000 to enable them to move to
Liberia.
By Robertson, of Louisiana—To re
fund tbe cotton tax.
By Riddle, of Tannessee—Restoring
to the pension rolls tbe names of all sol
diers stricken therefrom on account of
disloyalty: also repealing the act pro
hibiting the payment by any officer to
any person not known to be opposed to
the.rebellion. Adjourned until Friday^
The Silver Dollar.
As the remonetization of tbe silver dol
lar in some form is attracting so large a
share of public attention, it will be of in
terest to know just what tbe silver coin
age of the country hat been and now is.
Tne first silver dollar under the law of
1792 weighed 416 grains S92 4 10 fine,
uud parts in same proportion. Weight
of $1000, 8665 ounces.
In January, 1837, the law was so
changed that tbe silver dollar weighed
413} grains 900 fine, and parts in same
proportion. Weight of $1000, 8501
ounces. This is the dollar that was
dropped from our coinage in 1863, be
cause it had practically been out of cir
culation for twenty years or more and is
the dollar which it i9 now proposed to
adopt, both as to weight and fineupss.
Iu March, 1853, a law was passed
which did not touch the silver dollar it
self, but reduced the weight of the half-
dollar and smaller silver to proportionate
parts of 384 grains 900 fine to the dol
lar; $1000 of these coins weighed 800
ounces.
The law of February 12, 1873, estab
lished the weight of the halr-dollar.
quarter, dimes and half-dimes at 385 8
grains 900 fine; $1000 of these coins
weigh 803} ounces. These are the coins
uow issued, and are in general circula
tion. They are a legal tender to tbe
amount of $5 in any one payment. Tbe
trade dollai was authorized in 1873, to
weigh 420grain 900 fine, and this a legal
tender to the amount of $5 only in one
payment; $1000 of these coins weigh 875
ounces.
A Sacred Old Relic.
LaFayette, Ind., Nov. 29.—The Sec
ond National Bank has suspended on
account of the defalcation of the cash
ier. The assets are ample, but not im
mediately available.
Detroit Free Preas.
A colored man yesterday turned auc
tioneer to work off two old stoves for
a dealer on Gratiot avenue. One was
sold without trouble, but as tbe other
held over” on him, he mounted a bar
rel and began:
“Gem’len and women, dis yere stove
was once de property of George Wash
ington.”
A laugh of derision greeted his state
ment Singling out the biggest man
in the crowd, tbe auctioneer asked:
“Doan’ you believe dat George Wash
ington once owned dis yere stove?”
“No, sir.”
“Dat’s de same as callin’ me a liab,
sah, and you’ll hev to chaw dem words,
sah.”
He jumped down and waltzed over
to the stranger, but was knocked down
in a York minute. That was plenty
for him, and after feeling of his head
to see how much of it was left, he
mounted the barrel and called out:
•‘How much do I heah for dis stove
—once de property of Gin’ral Grant!
De stove dat Washington owned was
busted up doorin’ de war!”
Poetic Justice in the Senate.
New York Evening Poet.}
The scandalous-mismanagement of the
business of contested seats has justified
the Democrats in taking steps to compel
a settlement of the question, and would
justify individual Republicans before the
country in uniting with the Democrats to
that end. If Conover and Patterson are
the meanest of men, if instead of trying
to promote the public interests they are
simply and selfishly looking after their
own, the inexcusable conduct of the ma
jority of the Republicans has furnished
them with a cover for their treachery so
that they may seem to be only doing their
duty in a manly and independent way. If
the Republican party is to be betrayed,it is
entirely fitting that it should be betrayed
by members of -the rascally gang of vul
gar aod plundering Southern carpet-bag
gers, whose alliance with tbe party has
driven from it many respectable Repub
licans and brought humiliation upon
those who hare remained within it
their plan is to aid worthy settlers by
supplying _ them with lands, stock,
seeds and implements on credit until
one or more crops are made. They
have reserved seventy acres in the cor
porate limits of the town of Cullman,
the county Beat - of Cullman county, on
which they propose to erect a watering
place and grape cure, alter the plan of
European establishments, a fine hotel
with all modern improvements and
comforts. On this place is a spring the
waters of which are said by prominent
chemists to possess the same curative
properties of the famous “Scbwalbach
spring” in Germany. The establish- -
ment will be open for visitors next'
summer. Twenty-five families will
settle on the lands of this company in
two weeks, to be followed by a similar
number every two weeks until all the
lands are occupied.
The Chicago Colonization Company,
which consists at present of 160 mem
bers, recently selected 30,000 acres in
the same county, which will be occu
pied by them during this winter.
A stock of company to manufacture
cast-iron pipe on an entirely new prin
ciple is being formed in Chicago, the
works be located at Oxmoor, Ala.,
and their engineer, Mi. Hansman, is
now at that place for the purpose of
making the necessary arrangements.
The many advantages of the South
over the bleak orairies of the West are
fast being brought to the notice of emi
grants, and the tide of emigration
seems to be turning in that direction.
The gentlemen named above speak
in the highest terms of the liberality
and courtesy of Dr. Standiford and
CoL Sloss, President uf the South and
'North Alabama railroad, who did eve
rything in their power to aid them in
their enterprise.
Senator Conover’s Grievance-
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.]
Washington, Nov. 23.—Senator Con
over’s grievance against the President
and Republicans is stated to rest upon
the following facts: The Postmaster of
Pensacola was lately found to be short
in bis money order accounts, and, after
consultation with the Democratic Sena
tor, Jones, the Postmaster General agreed
to allow tbe Postmaster to retain his
place if be obtained new bondsmen.
These be could net obtain, and it became
necessary to appoint a new mau. Sena-
ator Jones, who lives at Pensacola, claim
ed tbe right to nominate a man, and
chose a Democrat Darned Lee. Conover
wanted this place for George E. Went
worth, a Republican, once President of
theState Senate, then United States Min
ister, and later Postmaster also at Pensa
cola. He is a large property holder in
Escambia county. Conover has threat
ened to make the party smart for this in
dignity as he calls it. The nomination
of Lee is now pending before the Post-
office Committee of tbe Senate, and Con
over has renewed his threats in that quar
ter. If he can defeat Lee, and control
the patronage himself, it is thought by
some that be can be redeemed. Most of
the leading Republicans, however, have
no such hops. In tbe Senate it is gener
ally regarded by all parties that he will
vote to seat Butler, though it is acknowl
edged as in doubt of his opposing Kel
logg- j . ,
Plevna.
A German paper remarks that it is
probably not generally known that
Plevna has long borne, both among the
Turks and Bulgarians, the epithet_of
“the impregnable” in tbe same way
that Genoa is distinguished by the Ital
ians as “the superb,” Florence as “the
beautiful,” etc.
In the case of Plevna the addition
of the adjective dates back to the time
of Bajazid the Great. When this mon
arch overran and subdued Bulgaria
and drove tbe Bulgarian Emperor from
his throne, the garrison of Plevna, un
der the command of Michael, made
such an obstinate and determined re
sistance that tbe invaders were unable
to possess themselves of the town. For
six and sixty vears—so runs the legend,
as related by the county folk—every ef
fort made by the Turks to reduce Plevna
was ineffectual; the town and its gal
lant garrison, although at times hard
pressed, still held out.
Syphon Draining.
Greenup (Ky.) Independent.
The large ravine at Riverton, which
daring high water is filled by the
“back water” of the Ohio river and
continues a large stagnant pool, breed
ing malaria and other diseases, is being
drained by Vice-President Bates in a
very ingenious manner. Its Dearest
1 joint to tbe Ohio river is 200 feet distant
from the latter; this distance is tran
sected with a 2-inch pipe, with an 18-
feet perpendicular extension into the
ravine, and a 48-feet elbow down the
river bank. The pipes, were filled with
water Friday, and ever since has the
work been going on, on the well-known
syphon principle. It’s ingenious, easy
and cheap.
Washington, Nov. 28.—Gen. Ord is
expected here Friday, for consultation
on the border troubles. *
The Treasury sells a million gold Sat
urday.
Senator Sargent was in his seat to-day,
after a few days absence in consequence
of the suicide of his sister.
There will be a court of inquiry over
the loss of the Huron.
The Departments closed at neon for
Thanksgiving.
■ * -v *
Columbia, Nov. 28.—Roper, alias
McGhee, for an unsuccessful indecent
assault on M1S3 Bettie Templeton, was
lynched in the presence of two thou
sand people.