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?-* Ul .°n:ii>l strictly In advance, tne price of I “ r ‘"i.u- rouricr will be 32 50 a year, and the I y ^ five or more, one copy will be fnr- r, c Wt>' 0,n I .. \>«- York Herald P. I. column 1 ° ,.’ 00 d joke” in French. It surely preat man to be witty in two [inu(rpSi Yearly all fail in one. sief 3' I iccuages. There ' 18 a fire at Sweetwater, Tenn. r.^ay night, destroying several busi- hou;c s. It originated in a drug v". and is thought by some to have ?“*’ caused by popping fiie-crackers. | about 830,000. ' Col Bob lngersoil and Henry Ward „ k, r have both come to the conciu- don that 'here is r.o hell, and in good Republican fashion, have conned it , Well, just , " t ,hem 8° ahead if °h ft y believe there fa no-hereafter. GLIMPSES. Oor Georgia exchanges ail report .jio am! mini on Christmas, Forsyth had a “gander pulling” Christmas Buy. For shame, Forsyth! A o-entleic iu at Griffin had his eye ho' out by a Roman candle during the Christmas “funny” time. Savannah is furnishing fine shad for lit people of Columbus. Two bun- j le .j nvre received on Christmas, much ^ t he jov of the Columbians. Holder-at Port Royal Railroad bonds are suing tin- Georgia Railroad and Banking Company as endorser, in the CoBDtv Court of Richmond county Christmas amusements in Augusta jolted in the cutting of John Ruffin hr Bill Brown, colored, and the carv- the head of Henry Verbal by feorce Thompson, white. The grand jury of Muscogee county, offering, made up a purse and pre it to the Columbus Orphan Asy- i, B This is an item that it does one’s N pod to give to the reading pub- c during tin Christmas holidays. Two aged and respected citizens of M county, Mr. IVm. Prather and Mr. I, N. Whitlow, died suddenly last reel: tiie former at his residence near toesville, and the latter in the neighborhood, while loading isrvacon with fodder. Washington Correspondence. Washington, Dec. 26,1877. The latest advices from the Mexican Brier, showing the cordial co-opera- :e of the soldiers of President Diaz vithour own in the suppression of aiders, and evincing a desire to meet VOLUME XXXII. ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1878. NEW SERIES-NO. 18 e half way in an honest effort to *’f Manassas, 1862. Company <5, 22nd Guorgia Regiment. If anyone note any errors or omis sions in the following list they will please notify me of it at as early day as possible. T. J. Perry. Names of the members of Company G, (Capt. W. F. Jones), 22nd Georgia Regiment, who went from Floyd coun ty to the war and were killed or died during the service: W A Chambers, 2d coporal, died at Petersburg, Va, of wounds, 1864. Peter Archey, died at Petersburg of fever, 1862. Lafayette Archey, died at Petersburg of fever, 1862. A J Arnold, died at Petersburg of fever, 1862 H Blackwell, killed at Seven Pines, June 25,1862 James Blackwood, killed at Seven Pines, June 25, 1862 VV B Brav, killed at Petersburg, Va 1864. G P Bell, killed by cars on O & A railroad. John Bell, killed at Sharpsburg, Md Sept 17,1862 J A Campbell, killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 J D Coruutt, died at Petersburg, Va, 1862 James Chesser, died at Falling Creek, Va, 1862 Wm Cunningham, died at Richmond of fever, 1862 Joseph Cushion, died at Richmond of fever, 1862 0 M Davenport, died at Norfolk of fever, 1861. J H Drummond, killed at Gettys burg, July 2, 1863 Wm Elies, died at Winchester of fever, 1862 G D Fuller, died at Petersburg of wounds, 1S64 J H Freeman, died near Manassas of fever, 1862. James Formby, died at Richmond of fever, 1862 John Hipps, killed at Gettysburg, July 2,1863. Joseph A Hipps, died at home with measles, 1861 T A Hunt, killed at second battle of Manassas, Aug 30, 1862 W G Johnson, 1st Lieut, died at Richmond of fever, 1862 E Langston, died at Richmond of fever, 1S62 H Lasiter, killed at Petersburg, Va, 1864 W W Liggin, killed at second battle the international complications to grow out of that and alters, have discouraged the fetiean lobby, which has been so jolly Stthe na=t few weeks at the success thought about to crown their fas irovoke a war. Enlightened Kuc sentiment appears to have turned singly in the other direction; and a wto gratify citizens of Texas and sympathizers elsewhere would be tony as a , with no better PWMl for it th w seems to exist, litre appears no foundation for the : *tv rumors of Cabinet changes as other than the wish of many Vlicans, d of seeing more raoaious relations established be- “v; the Pie-ident and the Republi- >-ci-r-ei.ti-rs from some of his rneas- ti.e Senate, and who regard the ~>iM.t of some members of the ■r-a ht .- I'ahinet as a pre-requisite to ■*mi), a-.d it is believed that Mr. management of Mexican matr !>.-t;ij"! i. undergo the severest ■iy In- it,i- rummittees sitting du- - ,e recess with a view to an under- -‘ , t ; i-’ of our relations to the Mexi- : Vermnen'. Knox. The Ran si o' the Times. V'v York Journal of Com- ' c tin article on the Christmas ba.s tin- following concise and J jr!jri e rejections : ;-vrp:at c: the blessed Christmas jver more welcome. There unrest all over the world, T-.t hearts oi the human race are every where lor a visit of the angel with the olive wand. > Ldia skeleton fingers are beck- ’ “'sweet vision that is to draw ^ “rtain Behind the long months ol m.*' Europe, from its Eastern ..'■fcddened with blood, to its West- j“ ur vr against which beat the _g- W> Vi 5 0 ( political strife, lias been -iw V Jtt " ear y hours. Our land K Tg’’‘ *or it through a year of un- St j ? ‘“od and trial. The Presi- succession, tiie ludian massa- a- labor riots, the bank failures, U P the little hordes which 7, - v Uu I placed as -i guard against it *? at ’ dle sa 'l demoralization on Laving scanty wrecks o .-■7 f 1 at *d fortune that had been v' ! >r °of against temptation and ■Y- assault—these all have dark- ! Y' il thickened the very air until H.l too lieavy for the weary tfttits of ttonest Rule. Y“ l: ‘ Caioiina, under the carpet- t ) ’ l he expenses of the State gov- lvr hue year 1872 were $1,090,- for 1873, $1,046,367, whilst -t ; .j ,JV -Hampton's administration v ^“svs of lhe government for one Sn v ’ ,: been S332.880—only one- J ‘the amount squandered under (trtai^t'. 1 ‘““Bolmiuistration. This tfylt , t '" uu gl 1 to encourage the *it, t . u South Carolina to go on, to \ e 8 J °d woik, to restore in old-tiuie frugality, old- ’ ‘.vriy and old-time credit. •th- l" re three Republicans elected Wjf** ^gtolature instead of K, v ' nr " 1 reported. They are, A. W {. ‘■•colored, of McIntosh; Lem- '^httan . i’r T ' 01 Newton; and G. C. . ul Upson. Robert Lumpkin, died at Petersburg, 1862 ' Dennis Martin, died at Petersburg of congestion, 1862 George McKisick, died at Richmond of fever, 1862 Stephen Newman, died at Richmond of fever, 1862 C M Perry, died at Richmond of fever, 1802 Samuel Stafford, died at Richmond of fever, 1862 R D Strickland, died at Richmond of fever, 1862 Samuel Stewart, killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1803 U r D Smith, died in Rappahanock county, Va, of fever, 1863 Samuel Treadaway, 1st Lieut, killed at second battle of Manassas, Aug 30, 1862 David S Teat, killed at Manassas Gap, July 22, 1S63 Samuel Thomas, died at Richmond of fever, 1S62 Leroy Tucker, killed at second battle of Manassas, Aug 30,1862 Samuel F Woodruff, died of wounds at Petersburg, 1863 John Zuber, died at Petersburg of fever, 1SG2 Uosictter’s Almanac. The edition for 1878 of the sterling Medioal Annual, known as Hostettei’s Almanac, is now ready, and may be ibtained, free of cost, of druggists and general country dealers in all parts of the United States and British America, and indeed in every civilized portion of the Western Hemisohere. It com bines, with the soundest practical ad vice for the preservation and restoration of health, a large amount of interesting and amusing light reading, and the cal endar, astronomical calculations, chro nological items, etc., are prepared with great care, and will be found entirely accurate. The issue of Hostetters Al manac for 1878, in the English, Ger man, French, Welsh, Norwegian, Swe dish, Holland, Bohemian and Spanish languages, wiil in all probability be the largest edition of a medical work ever published in any country. The propri etors, Messrs. Hostetter & Smith, Pitts burgh, Pa., on receipt of a two cent stamp, will forward a copy by mail to any person who cannot procure one in his neighborhood. The Teeth an Advertising Medium. Every time a lady who uses fragrant Sozodout opens her mouth, she adver tises the article. The state ot her teeth i certificate of its excellence. No spot darkens their surface, no impurity clings to them, the cushions in which they are set are rosy, and the breath that swells through them is sweet as the breeze of June. Spalding’s Liquid Glue, always ready to use. True bcoiioni}. It has been found tnat the only true economy is that which stops the little leaks and saves in trifles. For instance, one saves in milk, butter, eggs and flour by the use of Dooley’s Yeast Powder, which is made from the purest cream- tartar, derived from grape acid. Good housewives have proved this by expe rience. Floyd Courty Crops. Dr. G. W. Holmes made eighteen hales of cotton this year on fourteen acres of land, after paying the toll; one mile above Rome. No guano used. James H. Camp, three miles above Rome, on the Etowah river, made five bales of cotton on four acres of land, and forty-three hales on fifty acres, after paying toll for ginning, and the hale3 averaged him $50. No guano used. P. M. Sheibly made seven bales from twelve acres, on his place, one mile from Rome, known as the Berrien farm. All upland, no fertilizers used. J. J. Cohen sowed down one of his fields in rye, November, 1876, and in June, 1877, he harvested a large crop; and in June he turned the stubble under with a two-horse turning plow, and planted corn and peas, which made him fifty bushels to the acre of corn and a large crop of peas. In September he turned the crop of peas and corn-stalks under and sowed down rye again. He now has a fine pasture for his stock. Another farmer says he had an old sedge field that had been lying idle for a number of years. In 1875 he put it under a good fence and tamed the sedge under with a two-horse plow, while green, an 1 let it lie until the spring of 1876; he; then sowed it down in clover and rye and harrowed it in. The crop grew fine y, and he did not disturb it that year, hut let the clover and rye ri pen and remain on the ground, and by March, 1877, there was a fine pasture for his stock. He turned in his hogs, con sisting of three brood sows and pigs and twenty-two shoats. They remained on the clover and rye all summer and fall. He gave them, upon an average, an ear of corn per week per head, and kept them well salted; and in October he put up his fattening hogs and fed them on corn, and in the latter part of November he salted down 8,000 pounds of pork; and if he has no bad luck, will be able to kill 15,000 lbs. next year. This from a ten-acre field. Besides, it affords a good pasture for his horses and mules while not at work. This same man says he is going to fence in another ten-acre field and sow it down, and as soon as the clo ver gets a good set he will then turn the other under and put it in wheat and run it two or three years and back to clover again. There are many other farmers who can make equally as good reports, and some perhaps better, and we invite them to do so, in order that our section' of country may be better known and appre ciated, Weekly Cotton Statement. Benj. F. Hull, of this city, reporter for the National Cotton Exchange, fur nishes the following statement for the week ending Friday, Dec. 28, 1877: Stock on hand Sept. 1st 4 Receipts this week: Boat via. Coosa 711 Boat via. Oostanauia S., R. & D. R. R 362 Rome R. R 84 Wagon 247— 1404 Receipts previously 29166 Since Sept. 1st 30570 Total 30574 Shipments this week— 1726 “ Previously—23289 “ Since Sept. 1st 25015 Stock on hand 5559 THE ROME MARKET. Enquiry for best grades. Middling 10 j Low Middling 10 Good Ordinary 93 STATEMENT For the corresponding week of last year: Stock on hand Sept. 1st! 53 Received this week 1135 NEW ENGLAND IDEAS. Mr. Evarts’ Speech at New York on Saturday. New York, December 23.—The fol lowing is the concluding portion of Sec retary Evarts’ speech at the New Eng land dinner last evening: We have finished a struggle that has made permanent and general in the constitution, in the law, in the arrange ments of society, a complete admission of equality of law, of safety of citizen ship, and of duty of mutual love—now after a great civil war, greater than any nation has ever endured, separately, without disintegration or injury to its integrity. There are duties that do not belong to a condition either preparatory to strife or when the strife was in pro gress. We have found out what bayon ets mean in this country, and you remem-, her what Hosea Bigelow says on that subject, “Lord 1 didn’t I feel streaky the first time I found out the bayonet; were peeping;” and you will observe that their utility is of a somewhat demon-ta- tive character. But I think it is Bis marck who is credited with the bull that bayonets are not an institution to sit down on, and so the American people, as averse as any people can be, to the use oi admioistration of beyonets, is the last nation of the world that would wish to set down on that institution. [Laugh ter and applause.] Whea, therefore, we have come to a time when having secur ed every purpose of the war, when hav ing enlisted the law and institutions of society in furtherance of New England virtues, that justice and duty and right should prevail throughout this land—let us accept at once what we shall be recre ant and faithless to onr importance if we do not accept—that New England opin ions, New England ideas and New Eng land results are making 'their way in this country by moral and intellectual methods. I hear some talk of reaction ary tendencies and influences, but if we are not willing to be patient I do not think it advisable to resort to finished methods of force. Whenever those methods are necessary New England will resume her arms and not resort to ani mosities and jealousies in order to reach the coarser methods of hostilities. New England practices her faith, it these methods are slow, and by a gradual dif fusion of moral government. We can never be charged with having done any thing that does not honor our New Eng land ancestors. There are three questions now before the people—all public, unselfish, enno bling and patriotic. The public peace is the first one, and that is to be assured in the general way in which I have indi cated. Then there is the public faith, [the whole audience at this point rose and cheered heartily for the president] without which we cannot have an hon orable national life, and last of all there Gossip of the Grants. ath” m Clue in uati Enquirer- * Meeting a relative of ex-President rant a day or two ago I asked abont iat mystic man’s intentions as fol- ows: “How long will the President remain n Europe?” - “Indefinitely. He expected when he ■went away to etay a good while, but .thought he would have to fight home sickness. I hear that-he is very well ■ontented; at least better off in mind han he thonght to have been. Grant is itndying and learning civil institutions, le is the only- President we ever had ho was not too old or too obstinate to to school again after he had adrnin- ired the Government as long as ashington.” “Will he come back in a year?” “It is entirely indefinite. I am sure e will not come back while this quar- r5l between the party and Hayes goes ion. He doesn’t want to be mixed up in'it You may make up your mind jtLat while there is a conflict int" Republican party here “Do you know what he thick's about this, muddle ?” , “No. He wouldn’t tell me if he did. ■He is a stout party man by nature, but approved of the Southern policy of Hayes. He gave the civil service peo- ple—Curti8, etc.—a chance, and found them a set of hypocrites and fools. Bnt J expect he is studying civil service administration on the other side.” ■ “Where are hischildren ?” 7 “Jesse is with him. Buck is in a law office in New York. Fred is ont with Sheridan. Nelly is with Sartoris’ fam ily in the south of England.” ) “How does Nelly feel about living all her life over there?” She likes the United States the best. So does Sartoris. Bat he is now the oldestyson, and bis parents are old. They both have to stay there. Nelly has had two children—one of them is living ” * ‘ Whom does Grant depend on for Society in his more lonely travels ?” ? “Bsdeau is with him a good deal. Grant finds him sound and useful.” “Yet he is, by profession, a newspa per man ?” ■ “That doesn’t matter. Grant got to like a good many newspaper writers before he left here. He found the Bo hemians more reliable than those wear ing a little brief authority. And the •respectable men of talent got to like Grant Of coarse the detectives, pimps r.nd pretenders don’t like him.” “How came he to take a fancy to Ba- deau ?” ‘ “Grant is very strong lor a man if his sympathies are aroused. Badeau was on the staff of T. W. Sherman—noi Tecumseh—that Sherman was ver> rough on Badeau, and Grant gave th A Hard Hit at Hayes- Bill Chandler ^Launches a Bolt. Washington, December 26.—Wm. E. Chandler, of New Hampshire, of the re- pnbl’can national committee, has address ed an open letter to the republicans of his State, making mention of numbers of explicit statements concerning bar gains made during the electoral count, and their fulfillment by the adoption and pnrsnrnce of the president’s southern policy. Mr. Chandler asserts that the republican party, by the advice and pro curement of Governor Hayes, made the necessity of keeping federal power in republican hands and using it for the protection of the black and white south ern republicans, the main issue of tne presidential campaign. Chandler 6ays: “The ‘bloody shirt,’ as it is called, was freely waved, and Governor Hayes himself urged public me a to put forward as our best argument the dangers of rebel rale and a so’id south,” Chandler quotes several ex- “ since Sept. 1st 25611 25664 Shipments this week 1710 “ previously 22771 Total since Sept. 1st 244S1 Stock on hand 1183 ROME MARKET. Quiet: Middlings 11) Low Middlings . -Ill Sood'Ordinary —11 is the public, service, which, uifesa it-inferacg fellow relief on his own staff pure, strong and noble, will degrade the Ao e — *" * mt tW “ p “ r, “ r “ r " 1 R ,K ' pceans of our freedom to the lowest dog- genral in our ears. In regard to public faith, we have passed the stage of antag onism with regard to the nation’s debts, there are difficulties and dangers to be overcome, but there are no hostilities. Everything from east to west, from north to south is at peace. What we need is to look after our wealth, to increase our gold and silver, preserve our industry thrift, and make the most of our broth erhood. It was a very wise maxim of Mr. Webster, when in the bitterness of the strife that wa3 waging against him in the latter days of his career he made this ready answer: “They are not bad men, but bad reasoners.” Upon the sub ject of public service it is better that all should have one good example than many principles. We must rot step backward. This must be a motto of our magistrates, statesmen, teachers, editors, ami people. We must go on—we must go on. We must understand that there are many difficulties to be encountered in the methods by which we may reach our way out, and I believe that those difficulties wi ! I he met. In the words of Mr. Burke, when he speaks of the lite of a good government, he says: “By whatever pa'll the great places are to be reached, even if that path be slimy with calumny and jealousy, the one which tends upward will be the one which taken.” It i* for you as a people to make your liees blight and clear and ever tending upwards. A- an example of your pub lie sec rice I need only start with your honored president. He has never pur sued any devious paths, and he does not propose to encourage their pursuits by others. [Prolonged cheers.] METEOROLOGICAL. Barometer, Dec. 21 29-40 “ “ 22 29-42 “ “ 23 29-44 “ “ 24 29-43 “ “ 25 29-38 “ “ 26 29-39 “ “ 27- 29-40 THERMOMETER. Rain fall in inches 2 96-100 Highest temperature 64° Lowest temperature 4S~ Average temperature 61' An Awful Tragedy. And the winds blew upon that woman and whirled her hat over the fence, and tugged enthusiastically with her over skirt, and when she held the front down the back flew up, and when she held the back down the front flew up. And straightway the fiery spirit of her sex arose within her, and she backed up against the fence, shut her knees together on the front bredth of everything, poked the hair away from her eyes and smiled sweetly, whUe the wind howled aad shrieked around her; and moaned and sobbed and darted between her ankles, and found naught that it could wiggle except the loose end of a shoe-string.— Fulton (TV 17) Times. Belgrade, December 26.—The Ser vians, on Monday, after eight hours’ severe fightirg, captured Palanka, to gether witk three Krupp gnus and a large quantity of ammunition and pro visions. The Turks lost many killed ann seme prisoners. Prince Milan was pres ent yesterday when the bombardment of Niosh was commenced. The Child Teacher- Backward and forward in her little rocking-chair went Alice Lee, now clasping her beautiful waxea doll to her bosum, and singing low, sweet lul- labys; then smoothing its flaxen curls, patting its rosy cheeks, and whispering so:tly, “I love you, pretty dolly;” and anon casting wistful glances toward her mother, who sat in a bay window, busily writing. After what seemed to be a very long time to the little daugh ter, Mrs. Lee pushed aside the papers and looking up, said pleasantly: “I am through for to-day, Alice; you may now make all the noise you choose.'’ Scarcely were the words uttered ere the little one had flown to her, and nestled her head on her loving heart, saying earnestly: “I’m so glad 1 I wanted to love yon so much, mamma ?” “Did you, darling ?” And she clasped Her tenderly. “I am very glad my Alice loves me so; but I fancy you were not very lonely while I wrote; you and dolly seemed to be having a happy time together.” “Y'es, we had, mamma; but I got tired after awhile of loving her.” “And why?” “O, because she never loves me back!” “And that is why you love me ?” “That is one why, mamma; but not the first one or the best” “And what is the first and best ?” “Why, mamma, don’t yon guess ?” and the blue eyes grew very, bright and earnest “It’s because you loved me when T was too little to love you back; that’s why I love you so.” “We love Him because He first loved us.” whispered the mother; and fer- ve tly she thanked God for the little child teacher. In the reading-room of the British Museum they are eomplaining of an influx of idlers who come to solye the acrostics in “society journals.” As soon as he got there Porter and Bab cock took a dislike to him and under- took to drive him off. The big-natnred justice of Grant was aroused and his sympathies excited. He found Badeau faithful and made his fortune.” “You mean by helping him and pro moting him?” “Yes; he gave him the valuable original material of his life instead of trying to make some profit out of it himself. He sent Badeau Consul to London, where he married a lady of property.” “Does Grant keep his olden faith in Babcock ?” “Grant is silent on that point, but I think not. I think the developments of that trial at St. Louis staggered Grant. I think he saw that if his con fidence had not been abused he had not bee told the truth.” “Is the President independent of the world ?” He is comfortable. His wants never were great. He has naturally fair, me dium, bold business pluck.” Will Grant come back here and let any of the old crowd meet him ?’’ Not one. He won’t give one of them a chance. There are people now crying‘Grant 1 Grant!’ who would not get within gunshot of him if ho had any influence again.” The H me tead as Affected hy the New Constitution. In a comoiunication io the Atlanta Constitution Hon. W. O. Tuggle, of Troup county, a prominent member of the late Constitutional Convention, says : The new Constitution settles the dif ficulties suggested about the homestead. As to all debts existing at the time of its adoption the homestead of 1868 can be taken at any time. Section III, Article IX. Homestead and exemptions of personal property, which have been heretofore set apart by virtue of the provisions of the ex isting Constution of this State, and in accordance with the laws for the en forcement thereof, or which may be hereafter so set apart, at any time, shall be and remain valid as against all debts and liabilities existing at the time of the adoption of this Constitu tion, to the same extent that would have been had said existing Constitu tion not been revised. As to the debts created after the adoption of the new Constitution, the old homestead, before 1868, called the “pony homestead,” contained in the Code in paragraphs 2040 to 2049 inclu sive, and the acts amendatory thereof, can be taken, or the new homestead of 1877. The homestead of 1877 takes the place of the bom**stead of 1868 in the Constitution, bnt the enactments for the enforcement of the constitutional provisions, except sach parts as are in consistent with the new Constitution, remain of force until modified or re pealed by the General Assembly. Art XII., par. 3. myself, but I do care for the poor color ed men of the south. %* %* Northern men cannot live there, J \* The southern people will treat tbe/cojli- stitutional amendments as nullities;And then the colored man’s fate will be worse than it was when he was in slavery. * * * That is the only reason that I regret that th»-news is as it is.” Chand ler proceeds: “Governor Hayes not only pledged himself to protect, to the fall extent of Federal power, life, suf frage and political rights in the sonth, but was counted in as president only by reason of such special pledges, given by Senator Sherman and other Onio emmis- saries, who practically and emphatically promised chat he would recognize and maintain the lawful State governments of South Carolina and Louisiana, and stand by Governors Chamberlain and Packard.” Chandler amplifies these statements at length, and proceeds to make elaborate charges. Almost the first act of the new administration was to fulfill a bargain he had made daring the presidential connt, by which he should be president. The lawful gov ernments of Louisiana and South Caro lina were to be abandoned and the mob governments of those States were to be recognized and established. Certain democrats, in the house of representa tives, seeiug that by the recurring deci sions of the electoral commission, and the regular proceedings of the two houses uuder the electoral bill, which they Had warnly supported, Hayes would sureiy become president, had conceived ne idea of saving something from the vreck. They cherefore threatened, by ilatory motions and riotous proceedings, 1 o break'up the coUDt and then open ne- g.eiations witnsueh timid or too expect ant republicans as they, could find. One H. ury Walterson, a member of the house, „nd a nephew of Stanley Mat thews, had acted as go-between, Senator Sherman in the meantime having visited Ohio and consulted Governor Hayes, and on the one side Matthews, Chas. Foster, John Sherman and Jas. A. Garfield, and on the other L. Q. C. Lamar, John B. Gordon, E. J. Ellis, Randall, Gibson, E. A. Burke and John Young Brown bad agreed—first, that the count should not be broken in the house, but that Hayes should be inaugurated and de clared president; and second, that upon Hayes’ accession, troops should be with drawn from tne support of Chamberlain and Packard, and that the new adminis tration should recognize Wade Hampton and Gen. Nicholls after the inauguration. The bargain was fully carried out, and Governors Packard and Chamberlain were notified, by, Matthews and Evarts, to get out. Cliandler proceeds at great length, noticing, among other things, the appointment of Key, who in the Senate denounced Hayes’ title as fraud ulent, to the postmaster generalship. Notes from the War. Tbs DlOerence Between tbs Bleb Skobe- lelT and (be Poor Gourko* From the London Times. Here is old Krndener absolutely re fusing to go away, though he has been offered a liberal pension repeatedly. He is ovei 73 years of age, was a fall Colonel in the Polish campaign of 1831, and has to be shoveled on to bis horse by his Cossack orderly; yet he will not go away, and still continues to misdirect a corps of 35,000 men. It never seems to occur to the authorities that a mistaken tenderness to these old men is death to their troops. At Niko pol Krndener made the Ninth Cossacks charge a battery mounted to his own intense satisfaction, but to the utter destruction of half the men and horses of the regiment. At Brestovee village (the place from which I write) is Skobeleff’s advanced forepost line, covered by artillery, heavy siege guns, and rifled mortals. the Sixteenth, up to its '■ " ensconced in excel- and a half further back, prepared for any cold, and witlr. D — a fireplace and chimney to every hi Ugjk > .,> , *'.i6tith reference to the Eastern His is the only Russian camp I etyA^t tk® aiL 8a 3 rB «is, perfectly certain saw that is dean in the English seciyL.td^ ^French Government docs not of the word. All others are pig-sty A-ggetv® departing from its attitude of or worse, polluting the streams anl\ gjo-Sy' _wyilay an active part in East 1 breeding disease, regardless of conssA ^'Aairs. quences. His is clean. His one objec&V'Lo.VDoN, Deo. 25.—It. is folly ex- Ons column three months MW One column elx months 1(M 00 One column twelTr months. 100 00 ‘55**°!88. Iate * *** toT either Weekly or ™-Weekly. When published In both papers, SO percent, additional upon table rates. The Eastern War. St. Petersburg, Dec. 25 .—An official r e P am states that the sudden drifting u in Danube has torn away the bridge at Ibrail. A Russian st. am- er is frozen in, and unable to apprupch the bridge. The Grand Duke Alexi« ' announces that communication cannot be restored for the preeent. Belgrade, Dec. 25—The Servians Monday, after eight hours’ severe fight- tug« captured Akpalanka, together with three Krupp guns and a large qnanti- ty of ammunition and provisions. The Turks lost many killed and tome pris oners. Prince Milan was present yes terday when the bombardment of Nissa began. Ebzerouh, Dec. 25.—The Russian lines have been pushed forward and Erzeroum is almost invested. Russian infantry is massed in the northern part of the plain. The bombardment of the town and the consequent interruption of telegraphic service are imminent Pabis, Dec.,25.—The Temps, allnd- ~ report that active inBTeonrse going on between Paris and Pickings. Silence is not always golden. Long and wide riven need abridging. The oyster is continually getting into broils and stews. Lieutenant Bullia does not hesitate to Kickapoo Indian. A besetting sin of mankind is to be setting round all day without doing anything. Prejudiced people have gone so far as to say there are no redeeming fea tures about the silver bill. 3Ir. Hayes on Silver and Re sumption- picial trt Cincinnati Enquirer. New York, Dec. 23.—Your corre spornlent found President Hayes at the Fifth Avenue hotel to-day (Sunday noon), and was kindly received. The President expressed himself much pleased with his visit, and was charmed with the drives about the city during the fine weather. He looks somewhat careworn, and is turning gray rapidly, but is as genial as ever. A fter wishing the President all the compliments of th; season, the following conversation ensued: Correspondent—I feel called upon to say, Mr. President, that perhaps many of those business men with whom you consult, not wishing to show any signs of weakness, do not rightly represent to you the extreme depression in busi ness. I have seen within a week many business firms. Gaff, Fleischman & Co., of New York, tell me they are do ing no business, and A. T. Stewart & Co. are making little or no profits, and cutting do~n the number of their em ployes. President Hayes—I am aware that business has become very much de pressed during the last sixty days, and deeply regret that such is the fact. Correspondent—There must be some relief soon or the country will go into bankruptcy. The people look for some relief, Mr. President, in the remonetiza tion of the silver dollar. President Hayes—I am in favor of the silver dollar if it is an honest dol lar—if it is a dollar in fact'as well as in name. Correspondent—The remonetization of the silver dollar will tend to equal ize and bring it up to gold in value. When it was demonetized it was worth $1.03. Snbsidiary coin is now worth ninety-seven cents, and when silver is quoted at fifty-four pence in London it is bullion. President Hayes—That is what I am trying to arrive at; that is what I am trying to weigh in my mind, whether remonetization and the use of the silver dollar of 4121 grains would bring it up to gold. Correspondent—Allow me to say a word as to the Resumption Act, Mr. President. It is a law which suspends all business. A law might as well have been passed suspending all business till January, 1879. President Hayes—I think the effects of the Resumption Act are mostly passed, and that we are quite near re sumption. Alexinatz,. December 26.—Thirty thousand Servians, with 120 guns are in vesting Nisch. in life is to be idolized by his men, and he fully succeeds. He appears to bear a charmed life. Skobeleff says, and he says with truth: “This is a new era in war, and we are making experiments for the ben efit of others. The shovel and the breech-loading rifle have changed ev erything. Artillery goes for nothing; the infantry assault is the only, though the most precarious, mode of success.” This, from a man who has had greater triumphs than any other in this army, is very valuable. And he persists in leading his divi sion on himself, for he says he cannot find it in his heart, like oihers, to send men on to death without sharing their risks himself. Nobly thought and nobly spoken. I have bogged him not to ride one of his gray horses to-day, but he says that to see him on any other would dishonor his men. “If I live to another campaign I will not ride white horses, bnt I cannot leave off now.” These are the calm words of a man who five hours hence is going to what is like certain death. Being a rich man, Skobeleff keeps open table, and all his Brigadiers and Colonels sit down with him twice drily, quite unlike Gourke, of whom it is said that “he never dines,” but takes tea oc casionally, writing and working all the rest of the day. These two are rivals in fame, bnt Skobeleff is a rich young bachelor of 34, with immense expecta tions, and Gourko, a father of a family, of 49, who has nothing but his pay. Each is a thorough soldier and each perfect in his way. Gourko, though a cavalry officer all his life, is no mere szbreur, but a thoughtful, intellectual man, who impresses you at once with a sense of mental power. He defends his raid through the Balkans on ap parently sound strategic grounds. At any rate it opened and has kept open the gate of the Balkans. Skobeleff has a curious theory that to attack positions you ought to begin late in the afternoon. This makes it, if you fail, unlikely that your enemy will retort with a counter attack that night, and, on the other band, you have the whole night to intrench. There is a good deal in favor of the idea. Startling Discoveries in Astron omy. m tbe Manufacturer and Builder. Mr. Lick, of California, bequeathed a few years ago in his will nearly a mill ion dollars Tor a great telescope. One of the trustees, Mr. A. S. Flovd, Has just returned from an extended tour, during which he collected all the in formation he could obtain in regard to the construction of great telescopes. The conclusions he has arrived at are these: Two teltscopes should be con structed—one a great refractor of the largest possible size, the object glass at least 40 inches in diameter; the other a reflecting telescope, oi which the mir ror shouTd be at least 4 feet in diam eter, adapted to use two kinds of mir rors, one a speculum metal reflector, and the other a silvered glass reflector. As the observatory and the mount ing of such instruments cost abont as much as the instruments themselves, it is contemplated to use half for the observatory and mounting. We are confident that if this plan is realized, startling discoveries are in store. California, with its monster tel escopes, aided by its clear sky and oth erwise favorable situation for astronom ical research, will undoubtedly take the lead in discoveries of which those of the moons of Mars, made with wbat is now the largest refractor in the world, have given us a foretaste. Don’t rely upon your friends. Don’t rely upon the name of your ancestors. Thousands have spent the prime of life in the vain hot>e of help from those they call friends, and many thousands have starved because they had rich fathers. Rely upon the good name which is made by yonr own exertions, and know that better than the best friend you have is unquestionable de termination, united with decision of character. Paris, December 26.—The Temps, al luding to -he report that there is active intercouse between Paris and London, with a view of establishing an under standing on the eastern question, says it is perfectly certain that the French Gov ernment does not intend departing from its attitude of reserve to play an active part in the eastern affairs. London, December 26.—Tenter’s Er- zeronm dispatch says the Russian lines have been pushed forward and that Er zeroum is almost invested. The Russian infantry is massed in the northern part of tbe plain. The bombardment of the town and the consequent interruption of telegraphic service are imminent Sr. Petersburg, December 26.—An official telegram states that a sudden drifting of ice on the Danube has torn away the bridge at IbrriL A Russian steamer is frozen in and is unable to re proach the bridge. The Grand Dnke Alexis announces that communication cannot be restored for the present pected that Woolwich will shortly re ceive an extensive order. Returns were forwarded last week to the War Office showing thenumber.of guns, amount of ammunition and stores which each Department can produce at short no tice. A dispatch from Athens states that demonstrations in favor of war took place Monday among the soldiers and civilians at lamia, on the frontier. A battery of Krupp guns has started for Chali, and war becomes more .prob able every day. It is commonly be lieved that the Cabinet hesitates to adopt any decided policy before the meeting of the British Parliament Bucharest, Dec. 25.—A correspon dent telegraphs that Gen. Skobeleffe,. with a division jf infantry, two regi ments of cavalry and half a brigade of artillery, has occupied Trojan, near the Trajan pass. A correspondent writing from Plevna says when the Turks made their sortie they left thousands of sick and wound ed starving and nnattended. These unfortunates remained in this state three days, and hundreds of them died. Over a thousand have been al- ready hnried, and abont a hundred aorpses come from the hospital daily. Undoubtedly many who were not quite dead were buried. Those killed in the battles were unburied on the 17tbia8L i'-^n «*■ The Turkish prisoners are encamped among them, and are almost starving.' Plevna is one vast charnel-house, sur passing in horror anything imaginable. Lomotive8 for Russia. It was stated last month that a member of the Baldwin Locomotive Works com pany had sailed for Russia to make in quiries in regard to a cable dispath re ceived about the building of a large number of locomotives. Yesterday the firm received from its agent, Mr, Parry, directions to immediately proceed with the construction of forty large-sized first-class freight engines of five-feet gnage. The engines are to be completed daring February and March, 1878. It is stated in a letter received from Mr. Pany a few days ago, that tbe Russian government has absorbed nearly all the railway plant for war purposes, and that it is being rapidly used up and destroyed in the ruinous service. Meanwhile the largest crop of wheat ever raised in Southern Europe and Bu'gara is rotting io the bins lor need of transportation. This wheat, which usually finds an out let from the Black Sea ports, will have to be sdippet 4 by rail to the Baltic ports, and about three hundred new engines will be required at once. A large pro portion of these will, hawever, be built iu Europe. The engines to be built at the Baldwin Locomotive Works will cost upwards of $500,009, and in their construction employment will be given to about eight hundred men in addition to the force of one thousand oae hun dred men now employed in the works. A little six-year-old came to her grandfather the other day with a trou ble .weighing on her mind. _ “Aunt 3ays the mocn is made of green cheese, and I don’t believe it.” “Don’t yon believe it? Why not?” Because I’ve been looking in the Bi ble, and found ont that the moon is not made of green cheese, for the moon was made before cows.” London, December 26.—A correspon dent at Vienna 3ays intelligence from Constantinople leaves little doubt that the rejection of the Turkii-h note by the Powers has caused the war party to re cover fulljsway. Above all, the r,ac i< n produced in the feelings of 'he Sultan by the humiliating rejection ■ !' the note, is deemed regretable. The days are at hand when the letter 1 quietly retires from the language and waits for sunny spring. For iLree months from date, if yon ask a man how he is, he will reply, “IT) wed enough, egsebt a code id the ed.” The old Quaker carpenter’s advice to his son, who wss about to lsave home to begin business for himself, is in point here. “My son,” said he, “if thee ever wants to drive a nail in any place, my advice is, to hit the nail.” San Francisco fishermen complain that the sea lions, which are protected by law, are increasing ao rapidly and are so destructive of fish that they are endangering the needed supply for food for the citizens. Paris, December, 26.—A Russian official dispatch, -dated Bogot, says the Turkish prisoners from Plevna are dy ing from cold and that it is impossible to afford them any aid. To drain lands—Drink whisky and spend all yonr time at the village : sa loon. This will drain yon of all yonr lands in a short time. We ought to be eo cleanly in onr moral habits that when a man drops an offensive remark he conld be com pelled to pick it up. t •-—: '■