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Newspaper Page Textfaitfifr and ^ommctdal „ s0 LIDATED APRIL 10, 1870. rates OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. for the weekly. for the tri-weekly. SfT wm . vi 3B ......$i oo: ....... 2 00 \ I 00 a. «it months Tnr«*e months If not paid strictly in advance, tne price of M. DWINELL, PROPRIETOR. “WISDOM, JUSTICE' * mfti • AiND MODERATION.” TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM: weekly Courier will be $2 50 a year, ami the V V V IT Weekly *5 00. V OLU Mil# XXaII. To clubs of five or ir™- # shot! fro**. s copy will bo far- * HOME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY HORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1878. NEW SERIES-NO. 23 S, Mr. Dawes of Massachusetts, in th House, was considered one of the great 3e n, but in the Senate he see—B to h only one of the jack-daws. MR. HULLS LATEST. *» Russian-* iO^s-a in Europe up (• 'January 5, officially reported, were 80. 1^35 oie»‘. Laasea in Asia added will jak' * jr ii..-. - — . New York Hemtil says the color- g** n eral rule without aa exception. He - ttiHii 100,01)0. Senator Hill has written a letter on be all-sorbing financial qtitnii.u I -a? tend at the hard mousy meeting in Atlanta last Monday night, and is pah- shed in the Constitution of Tuesday Horning. Mr. Hill thiuks he has fonud wha' dogmatic men have long sought- \ Th. A brother is not a. impulariu Masaclic .4« a- be u-i d to be. One wa. -ent t< :| for life yesterday for a-saulr on a i.intors Cameron, Cockling and nth -..fiipposed to he not very friendly tt H.iiiiinislratioii, were entertained re- r . .'fin Philadelphia by a politics • but no speeches were made. I -, Hayes <1> uionstration wan con ...,i'.a!ed it was abandoned. I Ifci'l a good while, a Republican paper Cincinnati owns up as follwos: -The speeches made by Mr. Greely du*- ji.s his tour through the country, l,72jnst hel'ttrethe Presiden ial election ter" inoilels of their kind. They wer* fresh, sprightly breezy, couched in „,(.(! language, and crammed with oriz- : r,al thought.” Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown’.- >t:er on the money question is p .blished :n [be Atlanta Constitution of yesterday. He boldly advocates the rcmoneiizaiio.. of silver and the repeal of the resuuip tionact. Nobody doubts the soundness p f nil judgj/ieai ou money matters. Gen. P. M. B. Young has been ap nimed one of the Commiisioners to the psria Exposition. We heartily endorse lie appointment, and feel certain that lse people of Georgia, and of the whole country, will have in Gen. Young a rep- Kitulative of whom they may be proud. Bpxce, the colored Senator from Mis isippi, voted with the democrats of the couth and West on Matthew’s resolu ;io. in favor of the dollar of our dad- jies. l.amar went with the bondhold- ■rs. Well, we always thought it ira- oossibl for a m in with such a name, .ucius Quintins Curtius, to reach real tme. Mein: Don’t kill your boys nth long names. ■ays: It is common Baying that (here is no f literal rule without itsezcepiio-s. But strongly incline to believe there are two rules to which there is no exception. The first rule is, that a depreciated dollar never fails to cheat somebody, more or less, every time it changes hands. The second rule is, that the laborer, the producer and the consumer, and nm the mouey dealer, are always ihe partie- oheated. After layingdown thesetwo inf.lit.1 rules, Mr. Hill asserts that “the ov- r production” of silver, ‘•its disc mtinu- ance as a universal legal tender,” and other causes have run the silver'-dollar iown below the greeubtek ..oll.tr in below gold. His argument evidently is to prove that the silver dollar i3 a depreciated dollar. Taking the fact then to be established, that it is a d predated dollar, and also taking M , Hill’s infalible rule for truth, that the moneved class are never cheated by such depreciated dollar, but that the poorer classes are invariably so cheat ed, we are, of necessity, driven to the conclusion that the opposition to the silver bill comes from the friends of th. poor, and not from the moneyed class and their friends. Strange conclusion— wonderful reasoning! Try again, Mr Hill. A RiiPRUSEN TA I'lVti’S DUTY. The form of our governmtnt is that of I'gislauve course, is suited only to small communities, and is impractible in country extend ug over a-much territory, and including a- manv people even as ■ he Slate or Georgia Hence it is neces sary for the p-opl onoose representa tive.-, agents, 10 whom are delegated all the rights of the people, and the several ootistiliieocies of all these agents orrep- sentatives are bound by the acts of their representatives. Ou the other hand, the r preemptive is bound both by his hon or as a man ana hy the genius and spirit of -.or ioetini’i.aie to inform himse'f as to ■ he wi-lie- of his constituency and to carry hi those wishes, if he can do so without doing violence to his owd con- -cience And whenever he finds that he can not consistently vote as his constit ueuts desire there is but one honorable The Ccurier-Jonrnal’s Washington special of the 27th inst. says: The ques tion is much discussed whether, in the Grand Jury Presentments. a regulative Dmn»cracy. A true * A ^ .... , iJjyri. n . , e vent of a wto of the silver bill, there fful L). m craev, that i* a g *vero meat where . _ ~ very man has a vt-i re in directing its value, and to a point eight or ten emit* CoUrse > in our opinion, left to SILVEK INFLtTlON. - The indications arc that the mas- Meeting that was announced to be held ist evening at Cooper Institute, New fork, was an imposing affair Gun •tiring had agreed to he present, and pany other friends of the silver hill t.t.l as a consequence of the cause of : > people, had Iv-eo invited to speak, Among the many absurdities into which the gold partisans are betrayed ny their unreasonable hostility to the silver bill, says the Missouri Republican, is the notion that, if passed, it will lead to a dangerous inflation of the money volume. The unlimited coinage of f silver dollars, they tell us, will gorge ' the country with them, create an over abundance of money, put up prices and produce another such infltlionas we had during the war. The answer to this nonsense is that the increase of metal or real mouey is not inflation any more than the in crease of the supply of wheat, or corn, or potatoes would be. If it were, every a 'ditioi to the g ild supply made by the working of mines would be infla tion, too. There is no method of ar resting the annual product of gold and silver mines in the world; they ar- look with interest for a report of worked more and more assiduously si imceedtngs. The place was a lining he.,-,“Beard tholion in his deu” is Isr iRntto. ,:atu Blaine, of Maine, wanted to set up a •to \V.n. King, lir-t Governor of in the ..lit hall of tile House at iiogtnn, and miele the occasion .■••able for delivering an oration i-r the reh-lli- us proclivities ot a.husetts. We knew all about oehusetts’ disloyalty before, and that N-w E.gliitd will, after lie. See it too. Let tile fight go Wnen some people t .ll out some r people get. th- ir dues. iris probable tha tile war in Europe Cl-non end. as lenn. of peace have r-!i proposed which we think will be nepted. The war continuing would ,a?e caused a large demand for our inducts of different kinds and the influx ’ c Id to pay Tor them would have kept ;ild dawn. The war ceasing will cause ^Jat demand to cease and gold may ad- unce. The goldites will claim that sis advance is caused by “silver ngha iua.’’ Not so, the price of gold is >s RJch regulated by the law of supply and demand as coru. flour, meat, or auy other .ttit-le of prime necessity. The value ot gold or silver either is statutory, or gov erned by law, neither having any real iu- rinsic value. every year, ana uiey are contributing to the world’s supply of real money every year. The mint report estimates that the gold and silver product of our own mines in 187G was SS4 500000, and in 1877 8S2.UOO,OOD. These mines, therefore, are contributing about 880.- 000,000 a year to the world’s stock of money—$4-5,000,000 gold and 835 000,- 000 silver, If the gold advocates are correct, this is infliting the currency at the enormous rate of 845 000 000 i year in gold alone, and to prevent disaster we ought to paRS a 1 tw forbidding th- working of gold mines in the U lited States under'heavy penalties. But th- truth is, the multiplication of real money is not iufl ttton, and that for a very good reason—it circulat-s through out the whole world. It is not limited to a narrow field, as greenbacks or oth er paper uote3 are; it flows like water, over the globe, seeking its level A country may have too much piper money, which is really a debt; Hu' it is difficult to see how it can have to., much metallic money, gold and silver, which is actual wealth. Mu. Candler, member of Congress tom the Fifth Congressional district in ■his State, denies in a letter to the At- anta Constitution, that he intends to s an independent candidate for Cnn- if he does not receive the nouiina- Mr. Candler has been voting *ith the friends of the bondholder, and ties in this letter to ju.-tiy his action !^^^^^?xpecis tne endorsement those who want “honest money, Staling gold. He seems v-ry anxious ot tn do anything to “cheat and <*p SKsa the poor.” When Mr. Candl-r’A '“•shall have been opened to see with hat manner of men h- has been enn- wtiiiR, and whose wishes and opinion. ■ has been di-regar liug, he will have 1 hi'fc his fingers to see whether it it* ' i.—lf or some other man The New York Republican papeis speak of the Democrats in Con-res? who oppose the silver bill as “the bet ter class of Democrats.” The Republi cans who oppose it, we presume, vould, on the same principles of mora-ncla- ture, be called the better class of Re publicans, and the gold advocates gen erally as the belter class of the people. What a lamentable thing it is that the better class of Democrats and Republi- ns in Cmgr-ss and the belter class of people in th- c .untry are in a minority if one to three ! aiS I C.. n ax-i'i •«»— a,, ‘* tiUMe. Secretary report, nsked for 1 “■ r-a,)j)-ar- to i • e par. ot* ihe j»re-tf. ion her reduction i hignly omm. i “i-rman, iu his las' •17.0.) I.iK).) bt [uni turn ihe siuking- u, “l as a reduc.i. i of the public debt. Lt tin- sinking la idi., air aly ahead of "C req'iir.-inenis of aw, and ihe house ■'ainitiet; on ways and mean take the ‘ivff sgggested tiv s.-nati.r B-ck’a resolil- •ai in the .Senate that it will *e w se to '■'P reducing the debt uutil ihe country "itomes more prosperous. It is probable ; ' 4 tri:dactiousof expemiiturecuii be made the departments. If so, the House ‘‘ ‘uld not hesitate to insist on them, as it two years ago. A reduction of $40,- f A0)) m tti- public taxes Would be a Refill relief tj the people at this tint). Tne M.issachuse'ts Senate refused to pa-s the resolution thanking Senators Hoar and Dawes for their defense of iheir Stale against the attaint i.f Senator Blaine. It appears to have taken the vi w that the Massachusetts Senators’ spe.cln8 were not worth a vote of thanks—which, perhaps,! correct. Senator Cockerell, in his tilt against Wall street the other day, referred to the daily prayer of the “national hon- ” humbug, and quoted it as follows: “God, we thank thee that we are tint as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, repudiators. or even as those ailverines. We fast twice in the week upon imported wines and delicacies, bought with gold, and give tithes of all that we possess.our untaxed gold bonds, to gtatify our uwu pure desires.’ The Eastern banks have coinme:, c.d buyingupgoldinordert'ih.tv, n fund band when the day of r.sumpfon comes. They say tney cau afford to buy at 2 per cent, and under. If the resumption act is not repealed, its ef fect will be to cause all the hanks to call in their notes and buy ap all the gold they can, thereby diminishing the circulation of national bank notes. If there is no change in the .present laws it vnll take five bushels of coru to buy a dollar, right here, this fall. hint, and that is to resigo the post- tioQ he holds and let the people be rep resented by some one who will reflect their wi-hes. Any other course, it seems to ns. is subversive of the form of gov ernment on which our Republic is estab lished, and effectually establishes an oli garchy. In the New York World recently was published a story, or rather a fanciful aut I'liogrupbical sketch, entitled “The Tender Recollections of Miss Irene Macgiltiuuddy.” it was a clevereatire on a certain fashionable set in New York who are always making love to the Lord Chowders and tbe Lord Huckle- barrya who frequently visit this coun try. Some effort has been made to iden tify the lending characters of the no’el, and the correspondent pf a Western paper insists that “The Persimmons” who are spoken of in the book as having assumed the arms of the noble Persim mon family in England must be set down as referring to our late Minister to England. His freak of Resuming the coat-of-aruiS aud livery of the family of which Lidy Mary Wortley Montague was a member has been commented upon heretofore, aud whether or not Mr. Pierrepon. is really the original of the character, he is certainly near enough like it to warrant the supposition. The “Mrs Macgillicuddy” is also supposed to tie the widow of a weil-kuown hotel ke-per nf New York, who is herself fa mous in society for her diamonds and her gorgeous entertainments. be a vote of two-thirds of the Senatp in its favor. Owing to Sharon’s absence, there are only seventy-fivi Senntots, so that fifty votes make two-thirds at the b:dy. In addition to the forty-tltrre; Senators who voted for Mr. Matthews’ resolution, there were four Senator* Ab sent and paired in its favor, making for; ty-seven votes. Mr. Ingalls,' who wasib- sent and not paired, is for the silver b and Mr. Kellogg, .who did not vote*..is also claimed by the friendB of the MIL Mr. Paddock, who voted against tjie Matthews resolution, as being oat place, avowed himself as friendly to , T. r. -i j, Jund the bridge over Big Cedar Creek, before the House Ratlroa* ThomaB Mil |s, demand of the Says the Missouri Republican: Si-na’or Morrill ot Vermont, who is a protectionist and an advocate of gold payment, too, thinks it “would be a striking boon suddenly granted iu tor- rigu industry to allow the duties on im ports to be paid in silver.” What he mean? is. that to allow duties to be paid iu sliver instead of gold, worth 8 ucr cent, more than silver, would he a practical reduction in the tariff. This is certainly trup, but instead of being an argument against the silver bill, it is me in favor of it. The tariff is too high, and to increase it artificially by requiring it to be paid in the dearer of the two coins is aggravating the evil. There was a time when gold was worth 250 tn greenbacks, yet the protectionist forced us to pay the duties on imports in gnl *. which was the same as doub ling the ’ariff. Nearly all the novels in England first appear in a three-volume form, and with expensive paper and binding. In this shape they are not putin the book stores, hue iu the circulating libraries. \ library ediiioa consists usually of five hundred copies. The success achieved bv a ho ik during this stage shapes it- future. If there be it brisk demand, then a cheaper and larger edition is issued for the bookstores; and, if this go, then a still cheaper “railway edi tion,” for news-stands and railway depots. Governor McClellaD, of New Jersey, has signalized the ex-rcise ot tne ap pointing power with which he is inves ted hy sending to the S-nate of the State for confirmation the Hon. Amzi D -id, a prominent Rep ublican, as a Judge of tho Court of Appeals, and the nomination was unanimously rati fied hy a Democratic Senate. The Secretary of War has ordered the issuing of two hundred more guns to tin Slate of Georgia for the use of the militia. Ex Governor Hendricks has been interviewed and d> clares in favor of the remonetization of silver and of the re peal of the resumption act How a Bird was Identified. The Snratogian has this pleasant little story A lady visriug a Walton street resi dence a few days since was attracted to a beautiful canary bird by its close re- s-mhlance to one she had lost last spring. She was informed that the songster had come to them, they finding it one dully morning perched opon a window sill. Tb« lady stated thpt the bird had been .augljt to perform the pretty feat, when given its liberty in a room i.f picking up a pin and stick ing it iu the carpet. The cage door was opened aud as the canary flew forth the lady threw a pin out in the centre of the floor. The bird immediately flew down to where it lay,caughtiiin its bill dexterously, stuck it in a perpendic- lar position in tbe carpet, after which it hupped off a step or two and warbled forth some of its sweetest notes as if in exultation of the {gat it had accomplish ed. It was her long lost songster. diver bill. This makes fifty votes, number required, without counting Mr. Windom, of Minnesota, who is uucertaip, although his State is fiirsilverremnneiixA. tion. Mr. Sharon is not likely to‘bo present, but if here would vote ayjS. Tbe only drawback on this calculatityi is that the Vall-steet Shy locks may pqt up some of tbeir money and buy two eg. three Republican Senators, in case of ne cessity, to defeat the' bilL by sus'aining s veto. At present there is no neces Iij for them to put up their money. At thjfc same time, it is believed to be improba ble that the President will disregard pub^ lie sentiment and the emphatic action of Congress by a veto, at the risk of perj- ; petuating the present distress. 'J Governor Brown spoke two hours ofa Saturday, Committee, in reply to Huntington’s atj‘ tornev, Mr. Storrs. He thoroughly ekf ' posed the fraud of the Southern Pacifio railroad job devised by Huntington to de-: feat all honest competition ; and in ad 4 swer to Huntiogton’s boast of his ability to build his line, charged and adduced facts to snow that the railroad concerns | which Hungton represented were on Jte very verge of bankruptcy. Tbe speech was bold and agressive. Col. Scott de- ailed his efforts to effect a 1 oan in Eu ; rope for the Texas and Pacific. His bonds for 85,000,000 were about to be cashed in London, when news of the crash of 1873 reached Europe. He con tends that no loan ob American railroad securities can now be effeeted in Euro pean markets, and hence the need of Government indorsation. His state ments were marked by great candor, and his usual clearness, and were not successfully disputed by the othe parties. The committee will hear farther argu ment next week. Of course the game of HuntingtoD & Co. will be delay. One new feature of the controversy is that the Union Pacific railway interest seems less disposed to further Hunting- ton's designs, and is apparently — of his Dii rn '“'~” . Tho Washington correspondent of U • Philadelphia Ledger says Senator Jones, of Nevada, is confident that the Senate will pass tha Bland silver bill by two thirds majority, and presents the fol lowing as his estimate of the vote upon the final passage of that bill: Estimate on Bland bill: Yeas— Messrs. Allison, Armstrong, Bailey, Beck, Booth, Bruce, Cameron of Penn sylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chaf fee, Cockerell, Coke, Conover, Davis, ot Illinois, Davis of West Virginia, Den nis, Dorsey, Euslis, Ferry, Garland, Gordon, Grover. Harris, Hereford, Howe, Ingalls, Johnston, Jones, of Flm- ida, Jones of Nevada, Kellogg, Kirk wood, Lamar, McCreery, McDonald, McMillan, Matthews, Maxey, M-Tri llion, Mitchell, Morgan, Oglesby, Pad- dock, Patterson, PI um b, R i lsodi , Sauls- bury, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Thur man, Yoorhees, Wallace, Windom, Withers—53. Nays—Messrs. Anthony, Barnuin, Bayard, Blaine, Burnside, Butler, Chris- tiancy, Conkling, Dawes, Eaton. Ed munds, Hamlin, Hill, Hoar, Kernnn. McPherson, Morrell, Randolph, Rollins, Sargent, Wadleigh, Whyte—22. Preliminaries of Peace Signed. Wb. the Grand Juxy, chosen and •worn for tbe 4th week'of the January Term, 1878, make the following report: That we find that the Grand Juries for the previous weeks have examined the books of- the county officers (except the sheriff’s), also public buildings and poor bouse, end that they have made reports upon the same, therefore we do hot consider it necessary to re-examine or report upon them. We have made a partial examination of the sheriff’s different dockets and find them all neatly kept. Bat whether they rre correctly kept we are unable to determine, Grande as amply sufficient for the pur pose Li hand, if the Mexican Govern' meat would, in good faith and energeti cally, co-operate with our forces to break, up the raiding business. Bat he doabt- ed both tbe sincerity of Dias’s professions and his ability to control the hostile sen timent of resiaents along the South bor der of the Rio Grande: For the latter reason he did not tnink the recognition of the Diaz Government would tend td mend matters. On the whole the osly method by which citizens of Texas could be efficiently protected, in the Mayor’s opinion, must come through such action of Government as will render raids impossible. In other words their forci- he had no balance I., . . . . . sheet -r consolidated statement of his ! suppression, not countmg on much . , , , . .. „ aid from onr Southern neighbor, boobs prepared for our inspection. Wei . „ , - , ,. . .. ...' r .. ., At a meeting, Saturday, of the utnnlri rppnmmanri thof art Ftihirn thu ° •’ would recommend that in future tbe L J* .. J e T . ■ - , « . » a • w ,, mittee on tbe Revision of the Laws books of tbe sheriff be bept in double • ^ ~ a it ^ . , Regulating the Electoral Count, it entry, so that their condition can be , . . . , ~ • . ... , developed that a majority of the Com more readily shown. «*ian r»rtm. 1 J J We also recom mend that the Board of Commissioners take this matter in band and make a thorough investigation. We beliers it is greatly to our county’s interest to coatinue the Board of Com missioners, aud so recommend. We urge them to push all claims of the county to a speedy settlement, as recom mended by the Grand Jury of tbe first week. We find that the roads throngb For- estville, and the Calhoun read for five miles, the road threngh DeSoto, the Bluff road leading to Thomas' Mills. • proper authorities prompt attention, as > they are, in placss, almost impassable, and dangerous. We also recommend that the Com missioners ot Roads and Revenue have the covering of Armuchee Bridge, at ^Farmer’s, extended so as to protect the end timbers of tne bridge, which are jtow exposed to the weather. We recommend the proper authori ties to h *ve all forfeited bonds settled its soon as possible. A vacancy occurring by the resigna tion of N. H. Bass, as N tary Public, and J. P., 962 Dist., G. M., we recom mend that Wilson B. McElroy be ap pointed to fill said vacancy, t • Among the ma' y violations of the criminal law to which our attention Las been called, none demands a more rigid enforcement of the law than the evil of illegitimacy. We aro informed that it is the special duty of the Justices and Notaries to look after such viola tions ot law in their respective districts, and we believe if it weie done the evil would be Abated. . We concur in tho recommend*<•*““ ”* laot treea'a uiaau' o ary tn Having the printing done in the Courier. We tender our thanks to the Solici tor and His Honor Judgo Underwood, for courtesies extended; and recom- miuee favor an abolition - f the Electoral College, election of Pret-ident and the vice-President to be by popular vote in stead. The only objection urged to this method was that it might operate rather to the disadvantage of smaller States. Mr. Southard, Chairman, appointed as sub-committees, Southard, Bicknell, Herbert and Brogden. on method of elec tion ; Huuton, Pot’er, Butler and Browne, on ascertaining and declaring result; House, Carlisle and Simpson, on tenure of office. The meeting at Lincoln Hall Sunday afternoon to welcome Murphy was truly, as he termed it, “a royal reception,” nu merically considered and with reference to tbe character of many of those present. The capacity of tbe Hall as packed yes terday could not have varied much from 2,000. At 2:30 o’clock not another person could gain admission, though Murphy was not advertised to appear nniil a half hour later. At that time a stream of people reached from the door away off to the adjoining streets; and two over flow meetings were organized. Many of the pastors of the city churches were present, and every one seemed bubbling over with good will toward the great temperance apostle. His style of orato- ty is earnest, impassioned and of tbe kind -hat n-tantly takes captive his whole audience, large or small. Those who ot-n w th hostility legibly stamped on. ir protruding from every feature, were conquered in a trice. Yesterday’s open ing was retarded n every way auspicious: and if Murphy succeeds in closing up for tack of iiatronage only a small fraction of the 1,100 drinking houses and tippling shops, with which we era accused of sus taining, he should receive the sympathy and beany co-operation of every well dispuoc'l I4il4.au. Tne Treasury now holds $346,075,050 in U. S. bonds to secure National Bank circulating; 813,648,000 in bends to se cure public deposit?; U. S. bonds de- , . , ’, , p mi ted for circulation for-week ending mend the publication of these present-: ” . . , , ,, . X .. .J , .. I Saturday $19S,0o0; U. 8. bonds held ments in the city papers, provided they i, . , . . . , , . f. , [for circulation, witadrawn weeX ending do not charge more than two and one-1 , . . , _ . . . Saturday SoG.OOO; National Bank ctr- biuf dollnrc each for tho same. 1 . . ’ _ ,, Respectfully submitted. ■ culanon oumaodtng ; Gold Richabd 8. Zubko, Foreman; John C. Mirim, Isaac Evans, ‘ sores 81,432.120; currency notes 8319,. 540,354. Knox. Jeptha J. Shockley,James D. Thomas, Joseph J. Skinner, Thomas J. McLean. George IL Mathis, Peter C- McNulty, William C. Perty, James E. Berry. Charles W. Rash. Win. M Gammon, Josl L, ?yle, Chas. M. Harper, James \T. Brown, Th mis J. Ellis, Lindsey J, Boggs, M>th A Wimpei.jr. Rufus PlielpB. Washington Correspond ance. la... 28, 1878. >liu.> .laciun. (it England bad tbe Porte’s permission to enter Dardanelles. The Poet publishes the fowlring as au official version of the preliminary conditions of peace. First—Aut< momy for Bulgaria, with London. Jan. 27.—A Constantinople correspondent says the preliminaries of peace have been signed, and that the Turkish delega es and the Grand Duke Nicholas would reach Adrianople Sat urday. The same correspondent states that 0 f yesterday’? vute which 43 \*ai* to Washington. The Star of the 26 u ou the alver btuiuea?: Chaices of pa.-*ii.g the -fixer bill by two-thiids vote. The vote on the adop tion of the Matthew? ail v- r les'dtitioti in the Senste yesterday, which lacked only one ot tvo-third?,lias elated the ell ver.men aud they claim that when a vote on tbe silver bill is readied, there is au a-9'i ad twu-thirda iu its tavur ii tbe --.■u-te. This seems nut unl kel*. An a alv-i? 22 nays, sho'ws that the -ilver u*i, have 43 sure votes for the bill t.i begin with. Then there is to he added te thi? Hie fuur oenator? paired, who wnuil hav- voted for the resolution which make? 47 v- tea. the boundaries not defined, under a Mr PttdJock who voted , h „ ^ Governor to be appointed according to , ■ . . ,7 .. , . , stipulation of the Constantinople con- * utIon , in doing so said that he was wtll- ferrnce. The Tnrkish military forcesfingto vote for the most liberal coinage, to be withdrawn to certain localities but considered the resolution premature, to be determined upon. _ _ hecanss it placed this cart before the horse Second—The independence of Ron- mania with compensation for teritory near the mouth of the Danube, which she will make ovar to Russia. Third—Local autonomy for Bnsats Herzegovina, and independence of Ser- via, with territorial rectification. This “rectification” ot the Servian frantiet way mean tbe transfer ol Zevornik tt Servia but in defence to Austra aud othe: powers, the question is left quit open. • ■ Fourth—Aggrandizement for Mon tenegro on the basis ot the status qu^ poet helium, subject to the approval q the powersr. Fifth—The cession of Batoum and th payment of an indemnity in mouey territory or some equivalent to be dt termined upon. Finally, the Sultan is to undertak to consider how to protect Russian it terests in the passage of . the Dadrane lea. Tbe quarrel among the Massachuset) good templar?, arising from tbe excl sion of colored members ftum the t der, culminated -Monday in the disc lotion of tlm Grand Lodge of Mast chnsetts, and the formation of a nt Grand Lodge.' The prime mover - revolution was Dr. William W„e : Brown, a colored man, who is suppo ed in his action by the English officia He will vote for the silver bill, which gives tne silver men 48 assured votes Mr. Windom, who' also voted agairst the resolution, said-his vote d'd not indicate how he sboald vote an the silver bill. It is claimed be wfil vote for it, 'which makes 49 almost sure votes for it. Kel logg, who didn’t vote yesterday is claim ed for silver, and Ingalls, who was ab sent unpaired, would have voted aye bad he been present. This makes 51 votes; only one short of two-thirds in a full Senate, if Sharon remains absent 51 votes is more than two-thirds of the Senate, and sven if ho return? the silver men claim his vote! ■ Yesterday’s action rather clearly decided that with a full Senate there are 52 members who will vote for the pending silver bill.” ' The' testimony of‘Mayor Price given before Mr. Scleicher’s sub-committee on Mexican affairs, makes ic evident that he differs qnite materially from Slade, Shafter and Bnllb in his views relative to tijtfdisposition‘‘of-the Diaz Govern ment as to]s£fi itippreqtion of marauding: i H e r e I a t ed several incidents of. the raids into Texas, saying that he regarded tbe force now on the American ride of Rio The Mulatto Dollar* ?*rasn*li Hews. Mr. Stephens, Chairman of the Com ruittt-e on Coinage, has bad a sample 'Tilnid dollar marie. It contains gold • non* tizing silver, forty per cent, in ir-ilit- unlit, and sixty p- rcent. in value -itv. r I i? said to be a very hand- ••>;• of a purple golden color, ii .-cSrarer man silver or gold, and ■ in’ .ii.? its brilliant color. The value .-.! if .’ohT, a? com, is said to be equal to and tf adopted, halves, quarters, *!»*i ten cent? pieces are to be made of The miaigrel dollar may be as val- tat*l as g-.|.> and very pretty, and all tit.f, tint ir ain’t what the country de- maiid?. Toe people have had enough of ex (ermines, enough of moogrelisin, an l <r in to ito tiaCK, in financial mut- •ers < 1 as’, ni hone?! first principles, to th* g.. .1. pure. ’-Id-fashioned silver dollar ?.id old Like the very partic ular h*i..->1* r who wanted the hair and ■utter o M-earate plates in order that oe might mix them to suit himself, the people prete' tn take tbeir gold and sil ver straight They want lo goloid in their? Washington News. Washington, January 28.—Attorney General Devens telegraphed Marshal Wharton, at New Orleans, not to inter fere with writs ot State courts. Ander son, Kenner and Cassanave were foun in the enstom-honse, bat Gov.’ Well? was non est A bill was introduced in the House and referred by McCook, of New York: for the relief of tbe tobacco trade. On motion of Ewing, of Ohio, th* Matthews silver concnrrent resolutiot was taken from the Speaker’s table an J passed by over two-thirds. Parker, of Indiana, moved to sus pend the rales and adopt a resolution declaring that in the judgment of tbe House no subsidies in money, bonds, public lands, endorsements or by pledge of public credit should be granted or renewed by Congress to associations or corporations engaged in, or preparing to engage in public or private enter prises, but that imperatively demanded by the public service. Adopted by a two-thirds’ vote. CO.iraACT RATES OFI* - One square one month M )ne square three months™^ op ^ pv* s .... - | lue square six month* o'-.., 12 on One square tn^lviAonth* 3. tn One-fourth column one month.......... 10 w One-foorth colomn three months Co’oo One-fourth column six' months O* GO (?T ___-»<» i One-half column .$£ree months 32 00 . j One-half column six mnntKi* •; , .. 9 co 00 * j One-half column twelve months. 101 0$ One column one months..,.. 38 00 . j One column six r One column twelve nrnwttilf^ r 160 00 The foregoing rates are for either Weekly or Tri-Weekly. When published in both paper*, fit) per cent, additional upon table rates. • > ■99 European News. European News. London, Janaary 29.—A soectal to the Standard from Belgrade, Mi nday, rays that after a day’s battle T irks were defeated near Rntschuk by 40,000 Ser vians. The hospitals there are ordered tu prepare for three tnousand wounded. The Times’ correspondent at Belgrade says Prince Batten berg, son of Alexan der of Hesse, will be appointed regent of Bulgaria.. The Times’ correspondent beseiged in Erzeronm, writes, January 15: “The typhns is raging. Two hundred and fif ty die daily. Ten thousand sick and wounded in the hospitals.” The Daily News says: “We under stand tbe opposition leaders will meet to day to consider the form in which they will oppose tbe supplementary vote. There is little doubt that the Msrquis of Harrington will move a hostile amend ment.” ■ . n The trade of Russia in Central Asia is in a very prosperous condition. Twenty years ago the arrival of cara vans laden with Asiatic goods was re garded as an extraordinanv event, while more than 3,500,000 pounds of cotton cow come into Russia from Central Asia yearly. In three summer mouths about one million pounds cotton from Bukhar and Khiva were sent by the Orenburg railway to Nijni, Novgorod and Moscow. If to this be added the import of Tnrfan cotton, which is in no way inferior to that of the United States, the result will show that the Russian cotton spinnera have a good prospect of obtaining in the course of time almost as important a position in the manu facturing world as England. At pres ent Russian wool factories are in a state of constant crisis on account of the po litical events in Europe and America, owing to the fact that they get their wool from European seaports. But the importation of wool from Central Asia is increasing so rapidly that the Rns- sian;market will gradually become in- aepeuileut of ttwintier no)nu u uf uuy London, Jan.. 29.—A'dvices from Constantinople, np to 7:30 last night,' says there is-no news yet from tbe Tur kish peace plenipotentiaries. The con centration of the Russians at Adriano ple continues. Scoots have arrived ^ near.Chorlu, about seventy miles west of Constantinople. Suleiman PaSha is at Boulair. Me nernet Ali is at Constantinople, bat re- •nrns to Chatalkja immediately. There ire ten British iron-clad* in Bosikabay. Tbe Egyptian garrison has evacuated Bazardjtk, and retreated to Varna. The Turkish Govemmentis having difficul ty to maintain order in tbe capital. Among tbe tens of thousands of refu gees from Roumelia are many aimed Circassians. : These have already plun dered Lnleh, Bourgas, Cborlu and Ro- • I os to and other towns, and are now flocking into Constantinople laden with oouty. Tbe Government wishes to dis arm them and send them to Asia, but it .is’doabtful whether they will be able to da so. Appalling misery prevails from the Bosphorus to the golf of Salon ika? where the coast is crowded with terrified. Mohammedans seeking trans portation across the straits. Hundreds are-perishing from cold, hunger and exhaustion, and no succor is possible until tbe panic and confusion in the capital has abated. Advices from Athens up to last night say: “Order has been re-established, bat the exasperation of tbe people is increasing. - Tbeir disposition is very warlike. Many Volunteers are crossing the frontier.” . .< • Athens, Jan. 29.—Horrible threats against ex-M inis ere—traitors, they are called—are beard on all sides, and scarcely lees violent against tbe King. The people of the conntry are furiously exasperated. Saturday’s movement was a genuine expression of popular feel ing, but since then it has become a po litical maneuver. It is said that Grai- vas. ex-Minister, is organizing a revo lution or civil war, aud it is feared that there may b» much bloodshed. The Chamber passed an almost unanimous vote approving the repressive measures of the Government. Ticoupis made a speech, which had a good effect, point ing out the evil impression the conduct of tbe rioter? would produce in Europe. Athens, Jan. 28.—The Turks attack ed a band of Thessalian insurgents on Mount Pition and Were repulsed with the loss of sixty. Tbe loss ot the in surgents was trifling. Insurrection has began in the district of Armyros in Thessaly. St. Piters burg, Jan. 31.—The gov ernment at noon ywterday had no in formation that the”armistice was signed. London, Jan. 31.—The Vienna cor respondent of -tiie Daily Telegraph states that an Aristrish note energetic ally ptotesting against -anything affect- - ing Austrian or European interests be-' ing altered —ithoot the concurrence of Telephones will soon be within the reach of all. At no distant day every family * ill have one of its own. True, yon can’t get a good one in this country now for less than fifty dollars, but tney are selling in London at eight dollars apiece, with a downward tendency in the price. When we shall have reached that point at which every wife in tbe city can sit in her room at home aud telephone her hnsband, sitting in his office down town, to “order a peck of potatoes to day ; also fifty cents' worth of mackerel and a quart of sof* soap, likewise a dozen bottles soothing syrup for the baby; and, in addition to which, come by Madame Stitchaway’s and tell her to put forty- seven tacks in that petticoat fur Arathu-a instead of thirty-two, and don’t fail tn send np something to eat, as there t?n’i a thing in the bouse,” we shall have noth ing more in tbe way of domestic conven iences to wish for.—Louierille Courier- Journal. (Bad Dogs. i.jeto G.*c» te. We learn that a terriMe and remark able epidemic .if hydrophobia haa bro- ben out amongst tbe dogs on Broad river, and extending through that por tion of Wilkes and Lincoln adjacent, through Elberi county and Abbeville county, 8. C. It is said that the woods and old fields are filled with them, and it is daiigerons to go about unarmed. A number ot other animals have been bitten and are suffering from the mala dy. We have beard of only one per son, a little negro girl, that has been bitten, though a number have been at tacked and made narrow escapes, amongst them Dr. Hester, a well known and prominent physician of Elbert Seventy-five dogs are reported to have been already slain, which were suffer ing from this terrible disease. A young gentleman of Prairie Grove, Texas, proposed to his lady love, but was gently refused. He went a second and a third time with tiie same result But at length be rode over one evening and told her he would neither eat sleep nor speak until she consented to become his bride. She invited him in to dinner; he snook bis head. She talked on; he merely looked dejected. Then sh9 requested him to take sapper. A negative shake uf the head was the only reply. She played, sang and chat ted until bed time, when a servant showed him a room; a negative shake. She tripped away to her chamber; be sat determined- stilL About twelve o’clock she came bade and said, “I don’t wish to cause the death of a good officer, so I will marry you.” The re leased one roes, and with much earnest- i-eas, said, “My dear have you any cold victual? on hand?” 'A foreign letter gives the following advice to those intending to visit the Paris Exposition: Leave all your best clothes at home; they will be useless to you. Take plenty of warm, rough clothing to wear on tne steamship Yonr watch, starched linen and fine hat had better remain pneked. On land ing go to some inland Euglish town— say Manchester,Exeter or Nottinghai and arrange to stay a week or so, dar ing which time get a “traveling suit” made and buy underwear, etc., com plete. Demand in all cases their Jow ; est prices for cash. You are now un- Americanized, and ready for London and the Continent. Don’t buy in Paris until after you have been there for sev eral weeks, then make your purchases according to your tastes and tbe length of yonr puree. You will find the hotel rates, and prices of everything you buy tn Paris, and inded everywhere yon go upon the Continent, to be 25 to 50 per cent, lower, if you can successfully pass yourself off for anything but an American. ., Tbe popular impression seems to be that tbe “bard money” meeting was a failure. At any rate, it would be bard to find in the remarks of the speakers an argument against the remonetization of silver. True, Judge McKay remarked, in his uneasy treble, that Jones and oth er owners of silver mines are “frands” and “thieves,” but the distinguished orator failed to tell his hearers what bear ings these accnssation had upon the ques tion. The truth is, be didn’t hive time. He lacked opportunity, s« to speak: When an orator lack* arguments, he gen erally falls back upon wbat is known a* the chest movement.—Atlanta Constitu tion. Shack Nasty Jim, the once famous Modoc, has raised 1,200 bushels of corn and wants to learo the process of prepar ing it, so that it may be eaten out of a flask.—Hmcleye. _ An exchange says, “Alcohol will clean silver.” Alcohol beats the waiter, then, for be won’t.”—Hawkeye. the Life in Dreary Iceland. Men and women, masters and ser vants. all inhabit the same room, while th*-cl* aolii.r?? is nut much attended to; hui pour as they ar*-, an accustomed to great privati n-, they set an example of cheerful din*, utioent. The beauty of the young girl? is remarkable; their fair hair falls iiYloflJt plaits, partially coveted by a hLuk cloth coil, daintily worn on one side of the head, and fin ished at the top with a tassel of colored silk run through a silver or steel buckle, which floats on the shoulder. It re minds the traveler of the Greek hrad dress, but the blue eyes, with their sweef, benevolent expression, Boon re call to their mind their Danish o.'igin. -The dress is made of the cloth woven in the country, and on festive days the bodice is gayly adorned with silver braid and velvet, while the belt and sleeves are ornamented with *:1-- * r de vices, beautifully , chased ai.d often <>r great value. On wet and c 1.1 days the shawl becomes a useful tn mtilla, com pletely enveloping the bead, and de- fending the wearer from the effects of tbe frequent storm.—CWnti.v’ Journnt. One of the star prima donnas of tbe Imperial Opera. St. Petersburg, Keen ly took her benefit., On being called for t{te 20th or 30th time before the cur tain, sbe advanced to the footlight, and addretorng the audience in tbe Russian language offered to show her gratitude by singing a national Russian song. The song was received with enthusiastic applause; but the prima donna was much disgusted when the management subse quently fined her 2,000f, for “address ing the audience without permis sion.” all signatory powers .will rearh-St. Pe tersburg on Monday night The cor-' respondent states that,he, has good rea son to believe that if the answer does Jvi army will be forthwith decreed, and Germany will not interfere. The same correspondent says an official dispatch which has been received in Vienna an nounces that the Russians have occu pied Bomgaee and Rodosto. He hints that there is a secret understanding be tween Russia and Turkey. There is no confirmation of these movements from any other source. Paris. Jan. 31.—-The Gaulois declares it ha? authentic information from Ber lin that the three emperors’ alliance re established Russia at the request of Germany having modified the peace conditions obnoxious to Russia. Adrianople. Jan. 31.—The Russian Grand Duke Nicholas came here by railway from Hermanlik and took quarters at the Governor's palace. The Russian vanguard has occupied Bodas- ki Hiiekoi, Demotica and Kul Kilsa. Th- carzowitch’a army has crossed the Loin in force. The Turks are every where retreating upon tbe fortresses of tne quadrilateral. £ f* er, Ji« 15 100 *er nd A, :d. est he «d nf ast fle- According to the Indianapolis Sentinel, Queen Victoria is M a poor, foolish wo man,” and vice-Presidenl Hendricks “a poor, trembling galoot.” Vermont Sreps its murderers in prison two yearn before it hang? them. Tin- last one sentenced is reported as bring- in “a pitiable state of nervousness.” London, Jan. 29.—The Times’ Rome tn-j dispatch says the Pope is preparing on 10. allocution against Russia for the perse- rer cution of the Church in Poland, and ive against King Humbert on his accession of to the throne for his assumption of the title, “King of Italy.” . The Queen of Portugal, daughter of the late King Victor Emmanuel, and the Pope’e god-daughter, is refused ad mission to the Pope became she is re siding at the QuirinaL “Artaxerkes, my boy,' 1 said Mr. Mrr- :owfat, “remember the dying word- of Socrates—never marry a woman that kicks sideways,”

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, February 06, 1878, Image 1