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M. DWINELL, PROPRIETOR.
VOLUME XXXIL
‘WISDOM,
JUSTICE -A II D MX) DERATION.
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1877.
NEW SERIES-NO. 15
Pennsylvania Correspondence.
The Late Pr**ideatial Tour In the South
and his Reception There—The Result Id
Ohio and Pennsylvania, and the Cam
Miscellaneous.
Ligokier Valley. Pa., )
7. I.
I a California
Less, when quest
(J h i didn’t know whether^ he was
CefS <kcided that a
J of million dido1 matter,
A dv-erd 6 e^r^. P '‘ ri8 ' Fi ^ro. “A
L^mati, twenty-eight years old, of-
L to make a voyage anywhere, for
Lbody. and with anybody, for any
f h 0 f time, to obtain the means im-
ylately to pay all bis debts ”
I ffee latest novelty in spiritism is the
j-ializatiuu of flowers grown in the
■.-jinnier l»n J -” RecHnt,y N ' W York -
T.edium presented bouquets of roses
I j -'i I'ria ?■ un.iitmed flower” to the
yj ; i.j er ...l believers in his vagaries,
fleers were not only fresh aud beau-
■ b „. even the scent of ihe tea rose
[el them still.
|)lr, jpofl'ord.the librarian of Congress,
nteii as a man of inimatable memory.
may go to him and say, “Mr,
■ v JerJ. is there a book in the library
Ihicn gires information on such asub-
and he will promptly give the
c of the volume and an indication
cjt! contents. The next questioner
Ling the last immediately may
Labout a work treating of an entirely
L r ent topic and belonging to a dif
fer class of literature, yet ahe inex-
Ifiible store-house in the lib-arian’s
L w i:l furnish the desired informa-
Xo catalogue, however complete,
supply the place of this one
PBESIUEX r> MESSAGE.
We publish a synopsis of the annual
L gi ,ige of the President, sent in to
Ijogrts last Monday. As was to be
Ipectfd, Mr. Hayes sticks to his orig-
jal idea of resumption of specie ♦pay-
on the 1st January, 1879. We
Je no hope for a change in the finan-
Biiipolicy of the administration until
I hqifhis 1 " J 1 ~ “I*- "oltnnl nf
|.f.ence that one dollar in gold will not
five dollars in greenbacks at
la: and what we will have to undergo
1 the long months that are to come be-
ethe day of resumption, with mon-
|;-thanperp and tnoney-lovers hoarding
pH. is appalling to contemplate. We
- ■, and we hope we are, in error,
: resumption at the time.fixed is to
i considered a certainty we fear that
|ebird times we have passed through
t considered days of glorious
oily twelve months hence.
I The most colossal inheritance seed
.til the Courts is that of the Metz, er
t:i in Holland. Lieutenant-Gen
ii Metzger de Weihaum died at the
-in HV>1, leaving a fortune of
>Mim. The Holland Government
he estate to itself on the ground
a: of heirs. General Metzger
‘ Alsace. Some of his distant
tv? there laid claim to the prop-
T h» suit lasted three hundred
f 1 ! tby years, until 1749. when Will-
p !’I. of Orange declared it outiaw-
■lim.-aml co.firmeo the original
V the >:;i;e. New proof hav-
ftrecently been discovi red, the MetZ-
"Vie have petitioned the French
L«sad American Governments to
pi? 1 then) in securing the rights of
ssones of the same family living un-
l J( itiitir pritection. With simple and
JStponiid interest, it is estimated that
Jssestaie in question equals in value
I - whole aoiouiu of coined gold in the
■*st!d.
7" e Charleston NVws and Courier
(j en. Matthew Calhraith Butler,
::st «r from South Carolina for six
|JjSfifrom March 4th, 1877, is the son
Hon. Wm. Butler, who was Con-
Iffflan from South Carolina, and is
nephew of Gen. Pierce M. Butler,
r 3) fel! at Cheruhusco at the head of
'■ Wmetto Regiment, and is the
•if Judge A. P. Butler, Senator
r^ 'erath Carolina. On his mother’s
• ^ i? a nephew of Commodore Oli-
^ d. Perry. Gen. Butler was gradu
11 'he South Carolina College, and
‘ KGJ to the Legislature in 1860
JVred the war as Captain of cav-
'•ntnd wa? promoted, grade by grade,
‘k* rank of Major-General. His
'luring in military service were
Anterior to the liberality and sagac-
■ -e tas exhibited in political life.
election in 1S70 he was caudi-
,'" " r Governor on the Union Re-
.? !:c kvt, but the failure of every
,.'•-'■0 secure responsible representa-
.-’jvernment, through the agency ot
Republican parly, caused him,
others, to revert to the position
' “ le Democratic party alone could
* 0Q ld give South Carolina such
*' s > such equality, justice and
'V. as tire public necessities de-
jT’ ;A- Last year he nominated
-Hampton for Governor, and from
a r ‘- hour of the mortal struggle to
% -he stood in the fore front of the
■' u eloquent speaker, earnest
lb
I -
Nlil,
, . ''tral, having, in all places and at
"> 'he courage of his convictions,'
^Pramiseg to take, in the United States
h Q jj ? lke high position hejilready
'he " tke confidence and affection of
' lfco l'le of .South Carolina.
Nov. 27,4877,
7b the. Editor of ihe Courier i
The late Presidential tonr in the South
r and Mb reception by the people of that
section have beetr the *'cause of a large
amount of Jacobin comment up this way.
That vast and invincible army of bellig
erent non-combatants to be found in al
most every locality in the Union, are
waging a sleepless warfare upon His Ex
cellency for mingling with the “late
rebels.” The “invincibles in peace and
invisibles in war” have tbeir swords un
sheathed and are assailing the President
in front, flank and rear. It does not re
quire a very good guesser to tell what
has aroused the belligerent spirit of this
brave army at this time. The concilia
tory spirit of the President’s Southern
policy is what ib troubling them. “No
servile guarantees” for the future conduct
of the Southern people are required at
thsir hands, but they are allowed to gov
ern themselves, and control their own
affairs.
And this is what has aroused the bloody
army of non-combatants. . Such a policy
is at war, not only with programme, but
with every principle of the army ; hence
the war. Had the President required
the people of the South to take the iron
clad oath ; had he urged the continuance
of a military despotism, and opposed self-
government—in shqft, had he required
every monstrous oppression that crushed
the people of the South during “the
balmy days” of Jacobin ascendency, then
the case would have been vastly different.
Had such been the case, the President
would to-day enjoy the full favor and
confidence of the above mentioned army,
at least. And everybody can see the
importance of securing the confidence
and favor of such an organization at once
so blood-thirsty and so brave (?) But, to
be more serious, it has been a custom of
our Presidents, from Washington down,
to make a tonr of the States, at sometime
during their term of office, with the view,
we suppose, of mingling with the oeople
and ascertaining, as far as possible, how
the policy of their administration is
taking with them. Mr. Hayes’ policy
was and is a new departure from any ad-
that he should feel some anxiety in re
gard to how such a policy was taking
with those most affected by it.
His enthusiastic reception at the South,
we regard as the earnest of the spirit in
which his policy is received there. And
the sound cursing the President has re
ceived here since at the hands of the Rad
ical press, is proof positive that the real,
genuine Jacobin principle is flatly at war
both with the policy and the patriotic
spirit in which it was received.
Never before, in the history of our
Country, did the President meet with so
flattering a reception as awaited him
wherever bis feet touched Southern soil.
We cannot, just now, remember of the
President stopping at any place in Geor
gia except at Atlanta, where he met with
a reception more erthusiastic and flatter
ing, perhaps, than any that had preceed-
ed it. Scarcely did he utter a sentence
that was not endorsed with deafening ap-
piause. If His Excellency had enter
tained a single doubt in regard to the
spirit iu which his policy was received at
the South, that doubt was removed when
he reached the “Gate City.” Such a re
ception could only be given by a people
strictly patriotic and brave, from whose
hands had fallen the shackles of polir-
cal slavery. The address of welcome by
Governor Colquitt is a model of Chris
tian patriotism seldom met with. At the
beginning of every sentence, be bits the
nail squarely on the head, and at the
close of each sentence he touches bottom
as few men, aside from A. H. Colquitt,
The Governor seems to enjoy the
happy faculty of making a man feel at
home, “from the word go.” The recep
tion all over the South were emphatical
ly successes, and the people of that sec
tion shall never, in our presence, be
“damned with faint praise.” We now
come to
THE RESULT IN OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA,
AND THE CAUSE.
The result in the two States named
above, is now known to the people
throughout the country. Of course the
result in both States is a Democratic tri
umph. The causes which combined to
produce this result, are very much the
same in both Sta*es. A great many of
the Republicans in both of these States,
are mad as thunder at the President’s
Southern policy, and, consequently care
but little which party wins the race.
All, or most of these mal-contents re
mained away from the polls, and thus
indirectly play into the hands of the De
mocracy, for every man who stays away
from the polls on the day of election, is
indirectly g’ving aid to the party opposed
to him.
Radical indifference, therefore, and
Democratic energy are two of the causes,
which have produced the late result.
But there are other causes- We are sor
ry we will not have the space to refer to
all of them. The Greenback-Labor par
ty here aided in bringing about our late
triuifaph. This Greenback-Labor, or
Greenback and Labor Reform party, to
which we owe in part our late victory,
jswes its existence to Radical m&l-admin-
istration in regard to the financial and
labor questions; hence we might just as
well say that Radical mismanagement
assisted, also, in producing the late re-
stilt here and in Ohio. Several other
remarks. The elections are now pretty
generally over, and. the Democratic par
ty is steadily- gaining ground -In every
State in • the Union. The prospect is
<teo9¥3 ^
pears to be Democratic. Oor next Pres- coni
ident wilP un^ttesUenably be of that ***. w . . . . . .
Wov&aoiwithout#***>■. The n^amres adopted were
^wever,'we the consMnttpn
the fact that thorough organization is
always essential to success—indeed, is but
another name for success. To thorough
organization we owe, in part, oor success
hero and in Ohio. Every man of com
mon sense knows very well that the sal
vation of this country depends almost
entirely on Democratic rule, for in that
party alone dwell principles and states
manship and such only can save us from
utter ruin. Key-Stone.
causes might Be assigned, but we forbear,
and shall proceed, in conclusion, to nuike
: - 15
• MISCELLANEOUS. 1
The President’s Message-
Washington, Dec. 3.
THE SOtJHERN POLICY.
The President congratulates the coun
try that we are blessed with health,
ce, abundant harvests, and encour-
ig prospects of r ah early return of
, . - - j,™.eral jjro6perity.'' The complete and
decidedly flattering. Everything-' ap- permanent pacification of the country!
! e ■''mtinaeBto be,and must remain the
tost important' of, all our national in-
Washineton Correspondence.
Washington, Nov. 30,1877.
♦ * * * * * *
Outside of tho Senate the day
(Thanksgiving) was spent much as hol
idays usually are here. The churches
were well filled. Places of amusement
were largely patronized, and places of
business, except restaurants, were closed
at midday. The population of Wash
ington is very orderly, and there are
few arrests necessary on such occasions,
Your readers may have seen a state
ment of the ra‘io of deaths to the pop
ulation of this District, which is being
extensively circulated, and which, un
explained, will create an impression
unfavorable to the healthfulness of the
capital. The ratio is indeed larger
than in that of many other cities, but
a full statement of the facts explains
why this is so. Among whites only
eighteen or nineteen die out of each
thousand each year. Among the ne
groes, however, the mortality is so ex
cessive, being between forty-one and
forty-two per thousand each year, that
the general average is increased. There
is no healthier city in America than
Washington, and the mortality among
negroes is no greater than in other large
cities where they congregate. Our re-
pr-ts on this Bubject are also more com
plete, probably, than those of most oth
er cities, which makes the ratio of
deaths to population comparatively
ly in debt—we don’t deny that—but in
all other respects we. claim that we
have the most attractive city in the
Union.
Many of the officers of the Huron,
wrecked one week ago to-day, had rel
atives a .id warm friends here. Aside
from national regret at the loss of so
many lives, there is, therefore, in many
cases, a leeling of personal sorrow.
One much respected gentleman, a resi
dent of the city, who a few years ago
lost a son in a similar manner, loses
another and his last by the death of
Walter S. French, Master, who perish
ed in the late disaster Lieut. Palmer,
also lost, had just applied for leave to
witness the marriage of his sister here,
to an attache of the English Legation.
It is uroposed to continue the pay of
the officers lost for a time to their rela
tives, and also that of the men, for
which there is said to be precedents.
With other correspondents I was
pledged not to mention the Washing
ton monument again till action look
ing to its completion could be noted.
But there is another scandalous propo
sition to depart from the original plan,
and use the shaft to exhibit some thrif
ty artists’ s atue of Washington, peace,
agriculture, and what not; aad I wish
to protest against such desecration.
Knox.
It is seldom indeed that our clerical
nrethern do justice to the editorial frat
ernity. Dr. Talmage has our thanks
for the following:
Editors are.not proverbial for piety,
There are reasons for this. The world
knows little of the taxes on editorial
faith, experienced in the daily life of
every journalist. Rev. Mr. Talmage
touches upon this subject in his own
original way. The following extract
from a recent sermon of his contains
great deal of truth : “One of the great
est trials of the newspaper profession is
that its members are compelled to see
more of the shams of the world than
any other profession. Through every
newspaper office, day after day, go all
the weaknesses of the world; all the vani
ties that war t be puffed; all the mistakes
that want to be corrected ; all the dull
speakers who wants to be thought elo
quent; all the meanness that wants to
get its wares noticed gratis in the editori
al columnn, in order to save the tax in
the advertising columns; all the men
who want to be set right who were never
rignt; all the crackbrained philosophers,
with stories as long as their hair, and
as gloomy as their fiDger-nails in mourn
ing because bereft of soap; all the bores
who come to stay five minutes, but stav
five houre. Through the editorial and
reportorial rooms all the follies and
shams of the world are seen, day after
day; and temptation is to believe in
neither, God, man, nor woman. It is
no surprise to me that in this profession
there are some skeptical men; only won
der that jeurnalists believe anything.”
- Washington, Dec.—The House con
sumed the day in discussing whether
the improvement of rivers aud harbors
should go to the Committee of Com
merce or Committee on Railways and
Canals. The matter was referred to the
Committee on Rules.
A bill w»p introduced for the income
tax ranging from one to five per cent.
Montgomekby Ala-, Dec. 4.—Col.
Robert Tyler, son of Ex-President Tyler,
was sttecked with paralysis of the brain
about 10 o’clock yesterday morning and
died at 9 o’clock last night.
o our people, and best
adapted, under all the circumstances,
to attain the end in view. The benefi
cent results prove that these efforts are
not now regarded as merely experi
ments, and should sustain and encour
age us in our efforts.
ON THE SILVER -QUESTION.
The President holds the ground that
both silver and gold ought to be util
ized in the currency of the country,
but he does not agree with those who
would legislate that 90 or 92 cents
worth of silver should pass or be re
ceivable in place of 100 cents’ worth of
gold. The public debt was contracted
in currency of the world, and with the
understanding that it should be paid,
principal and interest, in the money of
the world. He does not, therefore, fa
vor any legislation that would force the
creditors of the United States to receive,
in payment of what is due them, any
silver ottrrency worth less than par in
gold. The President declares _ his be
lief in the good policy of using both
precious metals, but he states his oppo
sition to any proposition that Congress
shall exercise the power given it by the
Constitution to coin money anti regu
late the value thereof. The President
is in favor of making silver a liberal
subsidiary coin, with a legal-tender lim
it somewhat greater than at present but
he is not in favor of making it an un
limited legal-tender.
CIVIL SERVICE R3F0R1I TOUCHED
LIGHTLY.
In treating of Civil Service Reform,
the President’s message repeats, in sub
stance, the opinions expressed in his
inaugural address. There is not much
prominence given to the subject
THE RIO GRANDE TROUBLES.
The condition of affairs on the Rio
Grande frontier as shown by official re
ports received by the Administration,
is briefly described, and the considera
tions which led to the order to the com
manders of the United States troops to
cross the river when in full pursuit of
raiders, and punish them on Mexican
soil, are recited. While the President
recognizes the delicacy of the position
assumed by the Government by the
issue of that order, and is not unmind
ful of the factJ^aLolJpsaJs&doJnife/^;
WlfLV'lfUtf’me ground that In no other
way could the lives and property of our
citizens be protected. He disclaims
any intention or desire to provoke hos
tilities with the Mexican Republic.
DEPARTMENT RETORTS APPROVED.
The affairs of the War, Navy and
Postoffice Departments are not treated
of at much length in the message. The
recommendations of the heads of these
departments are generally approved.
REMOVAL OF THE TROOPS DEFENDED.
A discontinuance of the use of the
army for the purpose of upholding
local governments of two States of the
Union was no less a constitutional duty
and requirement, under the circum
stances existing at the time, than it
was a much needed measure for the
restoration of local self-government and
the promotion of national harmony.
The withdrawal of troops from such
employment was effected deliberately,
and with a solicitous care for the peace
and good order of society and the pro
tection of the property and persons and
every right of all classes of citizens.
The* results that followed are indeed
encouraging, resulting in love and
friendship and patriotic attachment to
the Union.
The co-operation of all classes, races
and sections are called upon to aid in
handing down the free institutions of
our Government, unimpaired, to the
generations that will succeed us.
URGES THE POLICY OF SPECIE RESUMP
TION.
After the most anxious end careful
examination, the President declares
himself as more than ever confirmed in
the opinion he expressed in his letter of
acceptance, and in his inaugural, that
the policy of resumption should be pur
sued by every suitable means, and that
no legislation that -would retard or
postpone it ought to be enacted. He
believes that any wavering of purpose
or unsteadiness in methods, instead of
reviving the country from any of the
inconveniences attendant uoon a re
turn to specie payments, would only
aggravate and prolong the distress al
ready caused by an irredeemable pa
per currency, and end in serious disas
ter and dishonor. The.mischief which
would result from any other policy
than one which will bring speedy re
sumption would not, he believes, be
confined to any class of people, although
he thinks the industrial masses would
suffer most
IN ACCORD WITH SHERMAN.
Secretary Sherman in his report does
not ask for any additional legislation
to enable him to carry the resumption
act into effect, and the President, in his
message, agrees with the Secretary of
the Treasury. If Congress was favora
ble to resumption and readv to assist
the Administration in bringing about
specie payments, some additions U> the
laws would be asked, but as it is, the
President agrees with the Secretary
that resumption can be effected under
the present laws by January 1st, 1879,
and also agrees to the wisdom of the
policy of not asking for further legisla-
tion.
The Secretary also holdB that the re
sumption act of 1875 does not require
the cancellation and destruction of the
$300,000,000 of United States notes
which remain after the volume of the
greenback currency has been reduced
to that point, and that it may be left
in circulation for awhile, being always
exchangeable at the snb-Treasuries for
gold coin, , M r
Bogart; Dec. 3.—It is officially an
nounced the Turks evacuated on the
29th ult. their Btionglyfortified positions
near Wetzcheah and Lucktakova, and
have withdrawn in t{ie direction of So
fia; The. Russians* pursued them to
Arbokand, on- the other side of the
mountain pass.
North Georgia Annual Confer*
M. E. Church, South-
3 ppointmeata for 1878.
Athens District—R W Bigham, P E.
A then, W H Potter; P A Heard; su
pernumerary.
Oconee Station, J D Hammond.
Factory Mission, supplied by W T
Bell. 7
lVatkinsville, M \Y Arnold, M D
Tamer;
Madison, T A Seals.
Morgan, J E England.
Rutlege, J B Robbins.
Greensbpro. W T Hamilton.
White Plains, W P Lovejoy.
LfC?;pgton, H J Ellis.
IVij-iarville, H C Christian.
Washington, W P Pledger.
Broad River, C A Mitch -11.
. -Little River. W L Wooten.
''Barnett, J L Pierce.
Lincolnton. W H Trammell.
Professor in State University, E W
Speer.
Atlanta District—W F Cook, P E.
First Church, H H Parks.
Trinity, J E Evans.
EvanB and Oakland, G S Gardner.
Payne’s Chapel, \V F Qvullian.
St. Paul, F A Kimbell.
Sixth Church and West End, W A
Candler.
Decatur and Edgewood, J B Rey
nolds.
East Point, W R Fooie.
Fulton, J J Morgan.
Stone Mountain, W F Smith.
Conyers, F B Davies.
South River. W D Heath.
Covington, C W Key.
Newbern, S P Jones.
Newton, J W Yarbrough.
Oxford, M Callaway.
Mt. Tabor and Sardis, W R Bran
ham, jr.
Monticello, J A Rosser.
Monroe. D F C Timmons
’ Social Circle, W R Branham
Emory College, A G Haygood
Agency Orphan Home, W J Scott,
President.
Superintendent Orphans’ Home, J L
Lupo
Augusta District—T F Pierce, P E
St. John’s, C A Evans
St. Luke’s, M J Cofer
St James, A .T Jarrell
Sones Chapel, W R Foote, jr
Asbnry, F G Hughes
Richmond, R A Seale
Appling, W W Oalin and A W Quil-
lian.
During to be supplied by E P Bon
ner.
Thompson, W C Dunlap
Warrenton, J R Parker
Sparta, W A Dodge
Hancock, G H Patillo, and one to be
lied
. iville, G G Smith
7>-.EAGray
Putnam, JF'P'tribwn „ » o——.
Dahlonega District—J W Stipe, P E
Dablocega, A C Thomas
Porter Springs, T J Edwards
Dawsonville, C L Pattillo
Amicalola, J H Ellis
Cleveland, J R Pate
Nacoochee, G W Hardaway
Blairsville, Eli Smith
Morganton, W H Speer
Ellijay, J W Qnillian
Jasper and Pickens, J H Bently and
N E McBrayer
C,ayton and Mission, E H Wood and
R B O England
Hiwassee, \V H Weaver
Dalton District—A M Thigpen, P E
Dalton, P M Ryburn
Dalton circuit, R P Martyn
Ringgold, M L Uuderwood and G W
Thomas, supernumerary
Summerville, G W Duval
Sulfligna, E B Rees
LaFayette, A J Hughes
McLemoro’s Cove, P G Reynolds
Tilton, P L Stanton
Spring Place, J T Richardson
Murray Mission, J N Myers
Calhoun and Ootbcaloga, A W Will
iams
Gordon, W G Hanson
Kingston, W F Robison
Dalton Female College, W A Rogers,
President
Elberton Dis rict—A G Worley, P E
Elberton, W J Cotter
Elbert, W A Florence
Bethlehem, J W G W’atkins
Jefferson, C C Casey
Franklin Springs. G C Anderaon
Mulberry, M H Eakes
Caruesville, W T Norman
Danielsville, C A Counaway
Homer, R L Campbell
Harmony Grove, L P Winter _
Toccoa and Tuggalo, J T Curtiss
Hartwell, W A Fariss
Clarksville, I G Parks
Air-Line Mission, to be supplied
Gainesville District—J F Mixon, P E
Gainesville, W W Wadsworth
Alpharetta, W P Smith
Canton, J M Lowery.
Cherokee, J J Harris
Cumming, W T Laine
Flowery Branch, J H Mashburn
Belton, W E Shackelford _
Lawrenceville, H M Quillian
Hogansville, J S Embry
Duluth, J R Smith
Roswell and Mt Pleasant, D L An
derson
Cobb, S J Bellah
Norcross, W A Simmons
Etowah, J W Baker
Griffin District—J Boring, P E
Griffin, D J Myrick; A Means, super
numerary.
Z-bulon, T S L Harwell
Fayetteville, B Sanders
Jonesboro, J M Bowden
McDonough, R W Rogers
Hampton, T R Kendall
Jackson, A W Rowland
Pleasant Hill, S D Evans
Barnesville, W P Rivers
Milner, R H Rogers
Upson, J B Payne
Thomastcn, R R Johnson
Forsyth, L J Davis
_ Forsyth circuit, J T Lowe
Clinton, Geo E Bonner
Cnlloden, 8 Leake
Oemulgee, M C McKisaick
Rome District—S P Richardson, P E
Rome, G W Yarbrough -
DeSoto. BEL Timmons
Forrestville, W L Yarbrough
Cedar Town,- W D Anderson
Cedar Valley. O C Simmons
Cave Spring, O A Thrower
Rockmart, E K' Aiken
Villa Rica, D J Weems,
Haralson, F F Reynolds
CarteiBville, J H Baxter
Marietta, H J Adams
Acworth, J J Singleton
Powder Springs, A Gray - 4
Dallas, J F Gibson
450
56,599
55
1,604
5,033
585
3,778
30,487
4,006 22
3,551 48
Douglassville, J Carr
LaG range District—J W Heidt, P E
L Grange, W H LaPrade
West Point, W F Lewis
Newnan, W F Glenn
Troap, W T Caldwell
Long Cane, J W Lee
Whites ville, F M T Brannon
Greeneville and Trinity, J S Bryan
Chalybeate Springs, F W Baggerly
Kings Gap and Connty Linej j Jones
Grantville, M H White
Whitesbnrg, J L Perryman
Hogansville, W M D Bond
Senoia L Rush
•Palmetto and Jones’, W A Parks
Fairborn, L P Neese
Carrolton, D D Cox
Bowden, W W Simpson
Franklin, W W Lampkin
Prospect, C S Owen
LaGrange Female College, J R May-
son; president
Missionary to China, Y Allen.
The following are supernumeraries:
J T Norris, R H Jones.
The followiug are on the superan
nuated list: M F Malsby, W M Crum
ley, R A Conner, H Cranford, J M
Bright, J M Armstrong, J P Duncan,
M G Hamby, J B C Quillian, G Hughes.
M Bellah, O Trusseil, J W Knight, W
J Scott, W J Wardlaw, S J Bellah, D
Kelsey, J Jones, B F Farris, Jonah
Lewis.
Dr. Jesse Boring was made effective.
Marietta <vas chosen as the place of
meeting of the next session of North
Georgia Conference M. E. Church,
South.
The statistics of the Church for the
past year are as follows:
Local preachers
White members
Colored members
Infants baptized
Adults added
Number of Sunday schools.
Officers and teachers
Sunday school scholars
Foreign mission collection .$
Domestic mission collection.
Value of churches - 625,820 00
Increase 4,277 00
For building and repairing. 35,332 00
For presiding elders 10,029 00
For pastors 73,030 00
Increase of members 1,095
Tbe Savannah News contains the
following touching remembrance in the
life of the late W. H. Tison:
Iu 1865, while her honored husband
was a prisoner at Fortress Monroe, Mrs.
Jefferson Davis, with her four helpless
rod dependent little children, came by
<tmmcr to Savannah. She and her
children were landtd on the wharf
without a protector. The city was then
iu tbe pos-e-sion ot the Federal army,
and bayonels were bristling in every
-tmt. The wharf was crowded with
pectat-us, expaftti eioOu, {rusfcffcv J-JjJ'
■a nr, .ToSmere—a stranger among
trangers. For want of gallantry, or
tierhaps from fear of the soldiers, if any
civility were extended to Mrs. Davis,
the gaping crowd stood and gazed. See
ing the friendless and disconsolate con
dition of this noble lady, Mr. Tison
pressed his way through the crowd, ap
proached Mrs. Davis, introduced him
self and offered his services. He took
charge of Mis. Davis and her children,
gave directions about her baggage, pro
cured conveyance, escorted her to the
Pulaski House, had provided for her
comfortable apartments, and pledged
himself to the landlord to be responsi
ble for all Mrs. Davis’ expenses while
a guest in the house. Here was an act
of gallantry, sympathy and heroism
which, of all that crowd, bat one man,
Wm. H. Tison, had the moral courage
to perform.
Mr Tison not only did this, but was
a frequent visitor of Mrs. Davis’, and
extended tu her every courtesy and at
tention in his power during her sojourn
in this city.
Let this generous and heroic condnct
be registered to the everlasting credit of
one of nature’s truest noblemen.
T.H. H.
London. Dec. 3.—Several specials
confirm the reports that the Russians
ou the 28th and 29th ulL attempted
to push on from Eiiopoland but were
repul-ed with heavy losses. _ •
The Times' Constantinople special
savs: A desponding view is taken here
of the political and military situation.
It is believed ihe Russians are entering
the Balk ins at various points in over
whelming numbers and that they are
in the rear of Mehemet Ali’s army,from
which not much is expected. More is
hoped from Snleiman Pasha’s army,
which is believed to be engaged in a
strong effort near Osman Bazar. The
rapid advance of tue Russians has re
vived former apprehensions of Servian
diriurbaiices in" Constantinople from the
the retreating and disorganized troops.
Augusta, Dec. 4.—At a meeting of
tbe holders of Savannah bonds held
here to-day the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved. That it is the sense of this
meeting, with the lights before _ it that
the city of Savannabis able to discharge
her present bonded indebtedness, pro
vided time be allowed for that purpose;
that the holders of the bonds in this city
are willing to fund past due coupons on
bonds held by them in bonds propery
issued by the city of Savannah to be
come due iu twenty years; and that the
lien and tenor of existing obligations of
tbe city of Savannah should not be
modified.
Georgia in the Senate.
TUe' Debate on the Loataiaaa Seaatsnhip
Washington, Dec. 1.—On Thursday,
for the first time in the history of the
American Congress, one of its houses
held a session on thanksgiving
The galleries were crowded with the
people whose holiday allowed them the
rare pleasure of attending npon the ex
citing debate in progress over the Lou
isiana and South Carolina Senatorships.
By the hour of noon admissions to the
galleries were stopped, and the floor
was crowded with privileged persons.
Postmaster General Key was an inter
ested spectator.
HILL ON DECK.
The session opened with the re
sumption by Senator Ben Hill of his
masterly argumenWupon the facts ot
the Kdlogg-Spofford case. Mr. Hill
Paris, Dec. 3.—A dispatch says the
Marquis de Bonneville, Minister of For
eign Affairs, has confidentially notified
the Vatican that his condnct will be
guided by tbe strictest good will to the
internal affairs of France.
Gen. Annandeau, Conservative, and
M. Massal, Republican, have been elec-
ed Senators for the departments of Vien
ne and Pyrennes Oritals, respectively.
London, Dec. 5.—The Pope’s condi
tion continues alarming. Cardinal Sim-
emi is seriously ill of pnenmonia.
The Times’ dispatch from Rome,
Tuesday evening, reports no hope of the
Pope’s recovery. He has. gloomy fore
bodings. ■
Louisville, Dec. 5.—At the election
here, yesterday, the workingmen’s tick
et was defeated very thoroughly, only
<e few nominees receiving majorities
Over tbe citizens’ candidate.
Rome, Dec. 5.—The Pope is suffering
from, pains in his lions; nevertheless he
gave audience, today, to several Car
dinals.
ongb master of every fact connected
with the affair and nsing them with
consummate skill. He folly elnci*
dated the monstrous action of the com
mittee on privileges and elections in
reporting in favor of Kellogg, and did
not scrapie to show np in true colors
and with rare power the secrets of the
majority making the report. Mr. Hill
held tbe nndivided attention of the
floor and galleries and demonstrated to
the entire gratification of his Democrat-
ic colleagues the truth and strength ot
their side of tbe case. Everybody with
a sense of justice and right dealing
praised the speech as grand in all its
elements and only the partisan Radi
cals sat sullen and comfortless under
the merciless onslaught.
Tbe attempts of Mr. Wadleigb, the
chairman, to answer the points made
by Mr. Hill were weak and absurd, and
the audience pitied his fionnderings as
they would those of a hooked gudgeon.
So futile were his efforts that Conkling
felt compelled to come to his assist
ance.
conkling’s slanders.
The curled cuss of Ne w York, in his
most insolent manner, referred to the
case of General Bntler, of South Caro
lina, and intimated that the Democrats
were attempting to shield him from an
inquiry as to whether he Btood at the
doors of the Senate “with his hands
and face dripping with the blood of
mnrder.” Conkling spoke with such
deliberate intention to misrepresent
the facts in the Bader case, and with
so malignant a purpose to inflame tbe
gross party passions of his colleagues
that his audience felt for him that
shame and disgrace which he could not
feel for himself.
Gordon’s lash,
however, was ready for the back of the
slanderer, and when he arose and inti?
mated his intention to “immortalize
»ism of the position” of tbe Sen-.
consistency;'' mere was m rai-i
mediate pricking up of earn and strain
ing of necks. Senator Gordon’s man
ner evinced that his feelings were thor
oughly aroused, and that the lion in
his nature was about to assert itself.
His splendid physique is always a
great aid to the effectiveness of his ora
tory, and npon this occasion his poise
was snch an one as the sculptor would
have chosen for a model. His first
sentence was a clean, solid shot below
the water-line of the New York hoik,'
and as Conkling felt the shock and saw
the galleries in a tremor of pleased ex
pectancy his lips closed grimly and his
irowB contracted visibly. He sat in his
seat looking sullenly upon the floor
and tearing bits of paper, as prisoners
at the bar do when under the terrible
arraignment of a prosecutor before a
jury. As Senator Gordon warmed to
the attack Conkling’s patience was on
the rack, and suddenly he came to his
feet with an interruption. He said he
was sorry “to interfere with the theory
and plan qf the Senator’s speech,
which,” he said, “was going to be a fine
one.” He attempted to explain away
the charge made against him by Sena
tor Gordon, but utterly failed, and had
the laughter of the galleries and floor
turned upon him in most effective style.
Mr. Conkling’s special hero, Dock
Adams, the negro militia captain of
Hamburg, whom the Senator had char
acterized as a “bora leader of men,”
was shown up in his true colors by
Senator Gordon. He proved him from
the testimony, a peijnrer and a “leader
of loafers and liars.” Tbe rhetoric and
eulogistic enthusiasm of Conkling show
ered upon,the brute were ridiculed iu
the most consummate style and to the
intense delight of the audience. Sena
tor Gordon’s eulogy of Gen. Butler whb
most handsome and just. Tbe entire
burst of oratorical power was admira
ble in style and substance and gave the
utmost pleasure to the Democratic
side and tbe sympathising people
above. Conkling subsided for the re
mainder of the day and seemed thor
oughly discomfited. This was one of
Senator Gordon’s choicest triumphs in
the Senate, and will be a wholesale les
son to Conkling & Co.
Senate Expenditures.
Special Dijpatch to the Chicago Times.]
The furniture of the Senate gets an
appropriation of $9,000, and the clerk of
the Committee on Contingent Expenses,
a committee of three, withNevada Jones
as chairman, is paid at the rate of $2,400
a year for the month—the highest price
paid to an expert in the employ of any
committee. As this is for a time when
the committee had nothingto do, it looks
like providing for somebody’s secretary.
An attempt is made, by a sham reference
to a resolution of the last Congress,
which gives the claim no sanction, to get
$1,200 for indexing the proceedings of the
of the Electoral Commission, a work for
which another set of men are fully paid.
A large number of appropriations asked
for by the Departments are increased
above the sums asked, some 20 per cent
being added • in this way to the White-
house deficiency. Probably the coolest
attempt is that of Dr. Wines, who tried
in a roundabout way to get the United
States to appropriate to pay the prelim
inary expenses of an International Prison
Congress, to be held a Rome, by turning
over to him now half the appropriation
made to pay the expenses of delegates.
ONTRACT RATfiS OF ADVERTISING.
1 S—, .
Onecqtuuro one month > * 4 00
One square three months 0 CO
One square six months 12 00
One square twelve months 20
One-fourth column one month-.'..... 10 00
One-fourth column three months 20 00
One-fourth column six months — ... 30 (It
One-fourth column twelve months 60 00
One-half column one month - -20 00
One-half column three months........ ... 32 00
One-half column six months ........ 60 00
Qne-balf column twelve months- 101 00
One column one month 36 00
One column three months........ 60 00
One column six months — —— 101 00
One column twelve months — 160 00
tJ&je
per cent, additional upon table" ratesi
Kellogg’s Seat.
•t Will be Hfffof Throm when the Court*
Get to Wort.
Special to the Riltimore Gaante 1
Washington, Dec. 2.—The Democrats
‘o e ® en * te ' an d especially all from
the Sooth interested in the guod'naroe of
*hat region, are so. outrage by the «<i-
missionof Kellogg that war on him
and the President’s representatives oho
helped to force him on the Senate] will
oegtn at once. The first steps will be
taken in new Orleans. It will be re-
® e ®hered that the last Legistature of
Louisiana, the one fused by the Hayes
commission, appointed a committee to
investigate his official acts. This com
mittee has been steadily at- work for
many weeks past and has nearly con
cluded Its _ labors. Judge Spofford’s
last charge in his brief against Kellogg,
was at home in the debate, being thofcl .namely, that he had been guilty of set-
• " ” ■ • ’ ting things np for himself with the Re
turning Board, was made on hints from
tbe committee. In his speech of Friday
Mr. Hill read a telegram form Henry
Smith, of New Orleans, stating that
proof of Kellogg’s guilt was now in the
possession of the commiiee in documen
tary form, found in the archives of the
Governor’s quarters. Still, no attention
was paid to this, and Kellogg was voted
in and sworn as a Senator till 1883.
The committee will proceed at once to
get the charge in a proper shape for the
grand jury, and it is believed beyond.
J1 doubt that material for five indict
ments will be furnished. They cover
ueculation, bribery and corruption of
other kinds. The jury will certainly
find true bills, on which Governor
Micholls will make a requisition for
Kellogg as soon as he is provided with
them, and ibe argument in this case
will reopen the Returning Board cor
ruption and show how Sherman and
Garfield were implicated in the anange-
ment to provide for Kellogg’s election
to the Senate. It is asserted that the
hand taken by these eminent statesmen
in that piece of rascality will be shown
‘or the first time conclusively. It will
not end here. The Senators who - were
interested in solving the Louisiana pro
blem and workad on such men as Mat
thews and Foster will soon make an
open charge of treachery against the
former when he cast his vote for Kel
logg, as it is claimed that pledges to
support Spofford were freely given at
that time by these gentlemen. Kellogg
will find his bed fall of thorns inside
of a month.
Asto:
'All Hands Below.”
is told of a parrot which had
The value of the ore reduced and
marketed in the Black Hills in 1877 is
estimated at $1,500,000. The yield of
the placer claims has been less than
last year, and will not probably exceed
81,000,000. This makes the total pro-
duct of the Black Hills for 1877 about
one-fourth as muoh as that of Cali
fornia.
uy t
always lived on board a ship, bnt
escaped at one of the Southern ports
and took refuge in a church. Soon af
terwards, when tbe congregation assem* ,
nnri tkn nnjtlicfnf KfiflWW* fffMfthlHg
them was no virtue in taettt—tttar TOJ
one of them wonld go to endless per-
dition unless they speedily repented.
Just as he spoke the sentence, up spoke
the parrot from his hiding-place: “All
hands below!” To say that “all hands”
were startled would be a mild way of
patting ic. The peculiar voice and un
known source had much more effect on
them than the parson’s voice ever had.
He waited a moment, and then a shade
or two paler, he repeated the warning.
“All hands below!” rang out from
somewhere. The preacher started from
hispulpitand looked anxiously around,
inquiring if anybody had spoken. “All
hands below 1” was the only reply, at
which the entire panic-stricken congre
gation got np, and a moment afterward
they all bolted for the doors, the preach
er trying his b»et to be first, and during
the time the mischievous bird kept up
his yelling, “All hands below! - ’ There
was one old woman present who was
lame and could not get out as fast as
the .rest, and in a short time she
was left entirely alone. Just as she
was about to hobble out, the parrot
flew down, and alighting on her shoul
der, yelled in her ear, “All hands be
low !’’ “No, no, Mister Devil!” shriek
ed the old woman, “you can’t mean me.
I don’t belong here. I go to the other
church across the way !”
Dreadful effects of telephonic im
provements are foreseen by tbe New
York Times:
“The aerial electrical current will be
constantly full of Congressional speech
es and other ponderous matter, which
will be liable at any moment to de
scend our lightniDg rods and penetrate
our houses. A man may be quietly
sitting in his study, dreaming of no
danger, when suddenly he may be
struck and prostrated by a Presidential
oraiaon on the beauty of conciliation.
A mother, sitting in the nursery with
her baby in her arms, may be struck by
a violent speech by Wendell Phillips,
and sustain fatal injuries. An eloquent
clergyman, while preaching in his pul
pit,may be struck by one of Mr. Cox’s
Congressional jokes, and be made a
gibbering idiot or the rest of his life.
No house provided with a ligVn'"-r-
rod will be safe from disa-i rs m.-
these; and during a politic .I campaign
or the May anniversaries, when the
aerial current is charged to an unusual
extent with speeches, no prudent man
will venture to remain ind.-ont. And
yet, wherever he may go he wnl '<(■ u .-
alde to secure absolute sa ety.”
London, Dec. 5.—A dispatch dated
AJrianople, Dec.4th, says: A report
has reached here that the Turks have
captured Elena with five thousand
Pr A°Shnmla dispatch of Dec. 4th, says:
An engagementjtook place yesterday at
Armedelia od the Tirnova road. The
Turks are reported to have been success
ful. " ...
The fight is still progressing.
A special dispatch from Paris to the
Post says Sulieman Pasha has captured
Elena and six cannon. He hopes to cap
ture Tirnova shortly.
A Times dispatch from Belgrade says
a halt is called in Servia’s warlike move
ments.
It is rumored the bombardment of
Erzeroum hat commenced.
A quorum of the Turkish Chamber
of Deputies having arrived in Constan
tinople, an Imperial noticpjfits been is-,
sued convening Parliament on Decem
ber 13th. t v
Two men met on the piazza of the
Railroad Hotel at L : ncoln, Neb.; one
claimed that Nebraske was all a good
country,or should be; ‘ all it lacks.” raid"
be, “is good society and water.” Said
the other, “that is all Tophet lacks. - '