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y ti aul fuommcwM ^ l ,OATED APHTH'TO. 1876. ’^TeToFSU63i- ; OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. VOB THU. WEEKLY. lU 52 00 *» the rm-WEEKLYf; ^ 12?^^ "strictly in advance, tne price of ^JToourier will be $2 58 a year, and the jV 660 [ Cve or more, one copy will be for-. ,. s are upward of 70,000 Sunday . it in tho United States, with about [mnnflicholats- _ je indebted to Hon. T. M. Nor- | , for 6e yeral intereBting and' useful document*. firi jbam Yonng’s grave is said to be -tehed day and night by Mormons ."jgforthe purpo: ot e in tents near the , court Mr. Baldwin, stioned by the lawyers, iv whether he was $10,000,000. The i to anoiv • 1077 Sill j -eastn eroexizo cl iioest dl mtE'/ikmnj ^Jtoovha tiedt to tisq'odl rto t»wrj d sgrp.I sill nl fDohav ot rssfl 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. - '