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Thej g“ ve ® 011 - Hancock a royal re-
tion in New Orleans, and the Pica-
1 e ca lls him the model officer of the
American army.
More than 4 ()00 bills have been in-
)( j ac ed in Congress this session, and
■bout a dozen only have been passed.
7i ere is an escelent prospect for asum-
- jj e r session and many sick congress-
| t eommitt-e of the Senate has agri
O'.. create a netv Territory out of portio/s
•• Wyoming and Dakota, to be called
Lincoln- It is difficult to see what the
j? jjjject is unless it be to provide places for
• boe needy politicians and add to the
R j-iense of the government
\ petition in favor of tne pardon of
Tass Carp-mter, convicted some time
,, f„r participation in the plunder of
,e South Carolina ring, has been signed
;r nearly all the members of the Leg-
mature of that State. Gov. Hampton,
. j 3 believed, will set him at liberty.
M. DWINELL, PROPRIETOR.
‘WISDOM, JUSTICE A^J) MODERATION.”
==N=r
. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
VOLUME XXXII.
ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING,
27, .-1878.
NEW SERIES-NO. 26
The Latest Cremation.
s
President Grant was pretty severely
Wen to task f or keeping Babcock in the
Virile H ouse while he was under indict-
; jDt for engaging in the whiskey frauds.
Jut that's rather tame now that Hayes
js declared his intention to retain An-
■ ..••:).) as deputy collector at New Or-
fins alter lie lias been convicted of l'or-
. Mr. Stanley’s African Explorations
■■•(■ai to have awakened an interest in
3?.sit continent, among the colored peo-
1; Four hlack missionaries are prepar-
; , to leave the Fish University for the
. /die of their race, and the Southern
,Voted colleges generally are awaken-
Q ; to the important of endeavoring to
Si.ristainize that und veloped country.
B The consumption of tobacco of all
Kinds in Paris during the past half
, :»ur was enormous Cigars to the value
f 54.460,000 were smoked, and cigar-
tes to the value of liitie-over $300,000.
bout $300,000. weut for snuff, and
; *100.000 for chewing ' tobacco. The
ii'amber of Cigifs,. smoked in the.
. Iionths was 75.417,500, and the g.ejg'Et: 1
! the cigarettes^, w-as over. IiinSri)- tottee
“Gath” writes from Washington to
• J :e Pliiludelphia Times: “I have noticed
■sit after every brief absence from
■.'ishingten I retuiW Eere and find the
■resident’s following weaker His' few
11” ?-irtfelt, ideal friends are more cast
rn. His yaducers andfliestay-aways
inn hffi" residence and receptions are
Blder and more numerous.” Other
Srresoondents write in. the st
;c *iin.‘
The example of the eccentric Baron
de Palm, who consigned his remains a
little more than a year ago to the fiery
furnace of Dr. Lemoyne, in Washing
ton, Pa., was followed yesterday by
Mr. Benjamin PitmaD, of Cincinnati,
who gave, not his own, bat the remains
6/ his wife, to tne same red hot fate.
'he New York Herald says, as the en
thusiast De Palm was the first man in
America to seek thin crematory distinc
tion, so Mrs. Pitman is the first woman,
and the account between the sexes is
now even. It will be seen from the
dispatches of our correspondent that
there was little or no difference between
the cremation ceremonies and results of
the Boron’s taking off and those of
Mrs. Pitman. Her body was placed in
the same iron cradle and put into the
same furnace as her titled predecessor,
and the beat of twelve hundred de
grees did its work on both equally
quick, with the exception that the ad
vantage in point of time was slightly
in favor of the woman. The delay in
the Baron’s case was, of course, owing
to the fact that he was a pretty tough
old customer, his bones not yielding
so readily to the devouring flames. Dr.
Lemoyne, however, would have us be
lieve that the speedier consumption in
the case of Mrs. Pitman is entirely
owing to his greater skill in getting up
a white heat, and he assures us that ip
a short time he will bring his blazing
process to such perfection that he will
be able to dispose of a body iu an hour.
There is not much probability that the
speculative and ingenious doctor will
have an opportunity to acquire much
greater skill in this peculiar business.
Cremation is evidently not popular,
nor are there any indications that it is
ever likely to become so. One body
every fourteen months shows an awful
stagnation in this branch of trade, and
the best thing the doctor can do is to
shut up his little furnace or convert it
to some other purpose. It is hardly
worth while to keep it to accommo
date the eccentric De Palms and Pit-
tsana-of this generation.
Attorney General Devens is a man
it txactly of tne make-up of Alfonso
Sift. He is too good a lawyer to as-
:t that the Government has a duly to
rform in protecting two’criminals in
iisiana. Devens said, the other
y. tiiat “the United States cannot
rfere with the Returning Board ;
•'Uisiana has a perfeet State govern
era. and is just as much entitled to
r sovereign power as Massachusetts.”
Knoxville Tribune: .At a late meet-
; of the Faculty of i he East Tennes
■Hf • I niversity it was decided that the
■ form of the cadets shall hereafter
jj V :.sist of the navy blue blouse coat
1 gray pants, as formerly. The gray
- dress coat, which is now worn on
K «de. is to bn di^Cirded. Aside from
• >r considerations, this is an econo-
measure, as the full dress uniform
»*cli is low worn is too expensive,
s is a move on the part ot the Fac-
1 > y worthy of all commendation.
Hve hundred and fifty million gal
1“ pallons of petroleum were export.
[*0c, * * r °m this country from 18G6 t j 1S71
■ :, :h brought an average price of 34
m muling to §187,000,-
FfuiH 1871 to 1876, covering the
period ot fivM ye irs there were a jj t y p Gor 0 ld men who had once
les.
%
i'P'-d KM,1100.000, or twice
L 'h nil, which fold at the avearge
‘ lo canes per galhm realizeing
'■'t'.U-h). Fins increased exports
’.cil less money bv $22 000,000 than
’shipments of the tir.-t named perl
b,
e laborers are employed in the
F|- wine house in -an Francisco.
ET'. v had had skilled wine makers
'■'F-H j3~ France and Spain, but at the end
H-t first year there was a shortage
yCJ • coni:I not be accounted for. It was
B-t-y ascertained that each workman
Ij-k about two bottles of the best
B-ap.iignaday. The firm then placed
I, f/gi' cask of native wine, Wurth
ikld ff-nty iive cents a gallon, on tap to
very gpiy the workmen. This did not
|<v them and the thieving continued
• whole force was then dis
r-et'l and Chhinese labors ubstituted.
■1.
comes it, says the- Kuoxville
Ibune, that President Hayes, who is so
¥ f r ,U3 that “bygones shall be bygones,”
J |tthat ’
that ail "political prosecutions”should
e ’ has never turned his benevolent
towards those “iucouie tax proceed-
a o a tnst Samuel J. Tildeu, which
^ a g their slow length along in the
States Court ef New .York?
action against Mr. Tildeu was insti-
to bolster up a campaign attack
him when he was the candidate
■t Mr. Hayes, and is as much a
Heal prosecution” as any proceeding
5 Anderson or AVells for felony,
i P°' si bly be. Besides, it is a pro-
before a United States tribunal,
^ould not require an opinion from
ai to the right to interfere.
lau,” Air. Hayes.
. The? appointments’ of Bayard Taylor
as Minister to Germanyif*n4J of Will
iam Cassius - Goodloe as Minister to
Belgium, are the first two diplomatic
nominations sent by the President to
the Senate which can be heartily ap
proved. Bays the Courier-Journal. Mr.
Hayes has been singularly unfortunate^
thus . far; ’in -his’ foreign selections.
Messrs. Welsh and Noyes are, to say
the best that can be said of them, ap
pointments of doubtful character; while
Mr. Stoughton’s was one of decided im
propriety. In Bayard Taylor we shall
have a Minister who unites to great
popularity in the country to which he
is accredited a thorough knowledge of
the German character, language and
people. A man of real ability and cul
ture, at once representative and genial,
he will stand, at onoe, a9 a type of the
American and the scholar. Mr. Good
loe is a Kentuckian, but, strange as our
Eastern friends may think it, he is not
a barbarian or a buccaneer. A roan of
elegant culture and address, of consid
erable experience in public life, and
decided ability, he will prove an im
provement upon those of our country
men who have hitherto represented us
at Brussels. The Senate should lose
no time in confirming both appoint
ments.
Paulding County Grand' Jury
Presentments, January
Term, 187S,
We, the Grand Jury, selected, chosen
and sworn for the present term of the
court, beg leave to make these, onr gen
eral presentments.
Through bur respective committees
we have examined the public build
ings, and books of the county officers,
and find the jail unsafe. We recom
mend that it be removed to some more
suitable place, and so constructed that
there may be three rooms, and when
removed that there be built ope story on
the present one, and that the rooms be
provided with iron cages sufficient to
keep the inmates safely ; and, further,
that it be provided-with suitable furni
ture and bedding.
We find the court-house generally in
good condition, except the windows
needing some repairs. We recommend
the Grand Jury room be used when
court is not in session as an office for
the tax receiver, tax collector, and treas
urer of the county, and for the use of
the county commissioners, and that the
key be left with the ordinary for those
purposes, and that the offices of the
ordinary, sheriff, and clerk of the Su
perior Court be Tor their use, and not
encumbered by being occupied as offi
ces by any other persons; and that the
jury room be rented to the best advant
age, and proceeds applied to purposes
of public benefit. We find the office
of the clerk of the Superior Court in
good order, and his books neatly and
correctly kept. We also find the ordi
nary’s office in good order, and his
books correctly kept Also we find the
office of the sheriff and his books in
good order, with entries properly made;
but take occasion to comment on the
ales of wild lands as made by him,
which from almost universal complaint
is not acceptable to the citizens of our
county; and in doing this we do not
censure him, but the parties in fault,
as we suppose they were to be sold to
the best advantage of the public, and
not for private benefit. We find the
tax receiver has deposited a copy of
the digest in the ordinary’s office, neat-
ly made sad correctly kept, accord-
Ye ^ddpur collector is engaged on
jnry duty, nfe differ our report on his
books until fhe 'udjoumed’te'nn^of i
court, but we. believe him to’be lt ‘
petent and fafthfa^officer..
We -find.- the booksof -out^-county
treasurer neatly and correctly kept, and
proper entries for all funds received,
and proper vouchers for payments, and
find a balance on hand, after deducting
his commissions, of actual cash (not
a paper balance) of 81,538.47, as shown
by the following statement:
Balance on hand at August
term, 1877 $ 29G30
Amount since received 2,514.25
The Senate has passed a bill to
amend the pension law, which restores
to the rolls names stricken off for dis
loyalty during the late war. During
the debate several good points were
made. Mr. Ingalls referred to the in
congruity of restoring leaders of the re
bellion to full citizenship and in some
instances elevating them to high official
positions, and at the same time exclud
ing from the benefits of national liber-
served their country well, and who at
the outbreak of the rebellion must have
been too old to take active part against
the Federal Government. He did not
think such a course as this was calcu
lated to promote national unity. Sen
ator Blaine and others spoke in a sim
ilar strain.
Missouri Republican: Tliere is no
party division on the silver bill. The
vote on it in the senate iucluding those
who were absent and paired stood : 26
Democrats and 26 Republicans for it
and 10 Democrats and 14 Republicans
against it.' Some of its most active and
earnest supporters, both in the senate
and in the house were Republicans-
who contributed at least a full share of
the arguments in its favor. Nothing
therefore could be more absurd than
the appeal of some of the New York
journals to Mr. Hayes to make it a Re
publican shibboleth and rally the party
on it.
For the remainder of February Prof.
Tice thus regulates the weathsr: 22d
to 25th, rising barometer, and falling
temperature, but probably cold ; 25th
to 23th, clouding, threatening with
heavy rains and snows in places. The
warm or comparatively warmer days
will be about the 26th and 27th. The
cold or comparatively cooler days will
be about the 25th and 28th.
$2,810.55
Paid out as per
vouchers .f.l,14S.37
Commissions 128.71—$1,277.08
An election for delegates to a Consti-
tional Convention will be held in Cali
fornia next June. The convention to re
vise the Constitution will be held in Sep
tember, and $100,00Q have been appro
priated to defray this expenses of the
body.
$1,533.47
We find the account of the school
commissioner as regards receipts and
payments, satisfactory, and he has paid
out more than received, and recommend
the amount of S22.10 be reimbursed to
him, and injustice to him as a faithful
officer we state that it occurred by the
number of children taught being great
er than the number reported, for which
the assessment was made. We recom
mend the appointment of James M.
George to the office of one of the Board
of County Education to fill the vacant
office of J. M. Spinks, who has removed
out of the county.
As regards roads and bridges, we
find the bridge across Pumpkin Vine
creek at the widow Reynold’s, also the
one across the same creek at Robert
Gann’s, the bridge at Gray’s mill, and
the bridge on Sweetwater creek near
Susan Baker’s on the road to Douglas-
ville in bad order and unsafe, and call
attention of the proper authorities to
their condition, so that they may be
properly repaired before some serious
loss of life, limb or property occurs.
We fully concur in the charge of the
court as regards the benefit of good
roads, and find that they are generally
in good passable condition, but the bad
condition of some roads has been re
ported to our body, and if not worked
in a proper manner by the time of our
next adjourned court, we recommend
that commissioners in default show
cause why they should not be fired for
neglect of duty. And we call special
attention to the proper posting of all
important roads, and putting up sign
boards st the forks of same, and that
any willful destruction or injury of
mile pests or sign-boards be reported to
our body.
We find the books of the Justices of
the Peace and Notaries Public' of the
county neatly kept, with correct entries
on the same. _
We recommend that paupers be paid
according to two classes, the first as
most needy, and the second as less so,
and provisions be made for them ac
cordingly.
As regards the financial policy of the’
General Government; in its effects on
the people, while we, as a county, are
but a small meietyof the body politic,
we would be glad to see silver remone
tized and the repeal of the resumption
act, and as what we call money is only
a medium for the exchange of proper
ty the real worth of any land, the. de
monetizing of silver and the resump
tion act cannot operate to the benefit of
the people, bat to their serious injury
and detriment. While soma of our
members are of a different opinioncyet
in our action as a body, we respectful
ly request the ordinary to issuqno
more licenses for the retail of spiritu
ous liquors in the town of Dallas, nor.
within two miles of the court bouse,
and that those at present engaged in
ihat business desist from the sale of it’
by retail at the end of thirty days from
the present term of the Superior Court.
We recommend the amount of 87 be
paid the sheriff for fuel, saw-dnst and
stationery furnished at the present ferrn
of the court.
We respectfully petition his Honor
Judge Underwood to fix the adjourned
term of the court on the first Monday'
in May next.
We approve the change of time of
teaching under the benefits of the pub
lic school fund to summer sessions, of
schools, and depend upon the school
commissioner seeing that the schools
are efficient, and that none receive the
benefit of them who are not entitled to
the same. - -
In conclusion of our labors we tender
our thanks to his Honor Judge J. W.
H. Underwood for his suggestions and
information given in his charge, and
for his enforcement of the laws; aqd to
Solicitor General C. T. Clements for his
courtesy to our body.
We recommend our presentments be
published in the Rome Couhiek, as
having the greatest circulation in onr
county, provided the same can be done
at an expense of five dollars, with a re
quest that the Marietta Journal copy
the same. •
James B. Dean, foreman.
Wm J Hardiug, Win L Rollins,*
Simpson Siniard,
Win R Twilley,
Elisha Lackey,
GT Pruett, >
Tbos J Howard,
Wm T Meadows,
Jos D Butler,
RoboR Gaim, .
Martin L Greene, J Wfittiams,
John W Baker, Ja^TGarter.'
Paulding Superior Court, Febmafy
Term, 1878. Ordered^tiiat the within
presentments be published as therein
recommended, andlhat £ie publisher
be paid for the same as therein'' recom
mended, this 9th day of February, 1878.
S Jj Roberts,
Jes9e M Ruff,
Thos J Helton
S S McGarity,
Wm J Lee,
L M Parker,
Allen Smith,
Jacob H Bass,
JohHUnderwood,
J. s. c. P.'c.
ae Courier-Jou
reklto-da?^
ih j The Silver Bill.
e House has concurred in the
amendments to Bjand’s bill, it goes to
the President in the shape i t passed the
forhis approval or veto. We
give bilow the text of the amended bill
as agreed to by, both Houses:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
Hoqsaof Representatives of the United
States’of America in' Congress assem
bled,'That there shall be coined at the
seveml'mints oT the United States sil-
irs of the weight of 4121 grains
standard silver, as provided In
the "a of of January 18, 1837, on which
shall’be the devices and superscription
provided by said act, 'which coins, to
gether with all silver dollars heretofore
' by the United States of like
and fineness, shall be a legal
tender at their nominal value for all
debtsand dues, public and private, ex
cept wnere otherwise expressly stipu-
latedjn the contract. And the Secre
tary of the Treasury is authorized and
diredpd to purchase, from time to time,
silver bullion at tne marke price there
of, not less than $2,000,000 worth per
mouth nor more than $4,000,000 worth-
per esmith, and cause the same to be
coined monthlv as fast^as so purchased
into such dollars. And a sum suffi
cient lo carry out the foregoing provi
sion ol this act is hereby appropriated
out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated. And any gain
oE seigoiorage arising from the coinage
shall be accounted-fbr .and paid into
the treasury ife? provided under exist
ing laws relative to the subeidiary coin
age,; jyovided tnat the amount of money
at any one time invested in such silver
bullion, exclusive of sacb resulting
coin, shall not exceed S5,GOO,O0O, end
provided further that nothing in that
act shall be construed to authorize the
payment in Bilver of certificates of de - ‘ ;
posit Issued under the provisions of Trr:ii
section 254 of the Revised Statutes.
Sea 2. All acts and parts of acts in
consistent with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed.
Sec: 3 —That immediately after the
passage of this act the President shall
invite the government of the countries
.camooaing the Latin Union, so-called,
and of such other Europen nations as he
m^y'deem advisable, to join the United
States in a conference to adopt a current
ratio-between gold and silver, fur the purr
pose ot establishing internationally the
use/af bi-metallic money, and recuring
fixity of relative value between those
metals; such conference to ba held.at
such plice in Europe.br Li the United
States, at such time within six months as
ihay -be mutually -agreed upon by the
Executives of the governments so invited,
or any three of them, shall haye signified
their willingners to unite in the same.
The President shall, by and with the ad
vice and consent of the 3enate, appoint
three Commissioners, who shall attend
such•voafereoce.'* '*ha!f.of the United
Hale and Garfield ttJ-Uay wei
job. The whole thing was a precon
certed and elaborate attack on the Pres
ident’s policy. Hale led off .in a long
harangue, coarsely assailing the people
of Louisiana and defending his two
partners in villainy, Wells and Ander
son. He charged that the prosecutions
were a violation of the agreement with
Nicholls and the resolutions of the Lou
isiana Legislature, but when General
Gibson called on him to name one of
the Louisiana Commission who would
say that the agreement had been vio-
alated, he. was unable to do so. He
favored the interference of the Govern
ment with the Louisiana courts.
Mr. Gaifield in somethings went
farther that Mr. Hale, and was more
insolent. He insinuated that the com
mission had beep sent down to Loui
siana to procure one result, rather than
another, and waved the bloody shirt
in his old style. As far as there was
any argument by Mr. Hale ns was
fully auswered by Messrs. Gibson and
Elam of Louisiana, who vindicated
their State from the charge of bad faith
and persecution, made by Mr. Hale.
The party lines were drawn close to
day, and much parry feeling was ex
hibited. Madison Wells’ infamous lct-
t-r was quoted bv Mr. Garfield, and it
is evident that the Ridioal members
will make common cause with thes-
criminals.
London, Feb. 20.—The Manchester
Guardian has a Pt-ra dispatch saying that
riuleiman Pasha, has been placed under
arrest, and will be court-martialed.
The Times’ St. Petersburg dispatch
says: Among ihose who expected Ger
many to i_’ive Russia active diplomatic
support. Prince Bismarck’s speech caused
disappointment. In official circles, it has
produced no impression whatever, being
pr* eisely what was anticipated, several
days ago. Iudeed.its geueral scope ami
tone were confidently predicted by peo
ple whose prophetic inspiration was prob
ably derived from an official source.
The Paris correspondent of the Times
says: The chief thing remarked here as
Prince Bismarck’s desire to absolve Ger
many from all responsibility and to main
tain a just equilibrium between Russia
Austria. After this speech the people
are more than ever discussing the policy
of Eueland.
The Times’ Adrianople correspondent
says he believes that in the peace nego
tiations a proposal will be made to have
the tribute money received from Bulgaria
paid into the Ottoman bank for the bene
fit of the Turkish bondnolders.
. A special from Belgrade to the Times
says 6,000 Russians are expected to oc
cupy the pashalik of Nish shortly.
Cardinal Howard, whom it is said the
Pope appointed Archbishop of Edin
burgh and Primate to Scotland, is a near
relative of the Duke of Norfolk, the
Earl-Marshal and premier Duke of Eng
land, and head of the English nobility.
I he Cardinal is quite a young man, and
was always a special favorite of Pius
IX. As the authorities of the establish
ed (Presbyterian) church of Scotland’
have announced their intention to fight
the proposed hierarchy with all the legal
weapons the statute book contains, “tbo
land of cakes” is likely to witness a holy
war as bitter as that inaugurated by janet
Gedds, when she flahg her stool' at the
head of the Episcopalian priest who in
sisted upon “saying mass in her Ing^ in
the old cathedral of St. Giles. '
Even remonetization will not. bring;
good times at once; but it will serve as
a brake on the wheel of disaster;-»™»
probably stop any farther sin:
substitute hope for despair, reyivi
it and turn us from the darkness‘-to
ward altetter time.—N. Y. Graphic!'
—
Rome, February 20,—The conclave’s
second ballot began at 5 o’clock yester
day. The smoke of the burning ballots
in this esse was not observed: until' 6:45
,P. jl, showing .the votes to be much scat-
ttaed, / .. , ;•/,
The Fajfulla states that Germany in
structed Cardinal Hohealohe to declare
that the election of an irreconcilable
Pope:would oblige the government to
take repressive steps iiameaiately,whereas
a moderate pontiff could speedily termi
nate existing differences. The Fanfulla
also says that the French cardinals, con
trary to first declarations, ultimately de
termined to Unite with the Spanish. Aus
trian and German cardinals in support
ing a moderate candidate.
Cardinal .PeCci, the pontificial earner-
lingue, it elected -Pope. Cardinal -Pecci
is an Italian.
Cardinal Pecci takes the name of Leo
XtlL
Rome, Feb. 20.—The smoke af the
burning ballots hating been seen at 12:30
p. m. to-day, the crowd before the Vati
can, thinking the ballot was again wi'h-
out result, had almost dispented, when,
at 1:15 P. m., Cardinal Caterioi appeared
in the grand gallery of the Vatican Ba
silica and announced in the customary
formula Cardinal Pucci’s succession to
the papacy.- The few bystanders cheered
moist enthusiastically, and a large crowd
soon assembled, densely thronging the
open space before the Vatican and ap
preaches thereto. At .4:30. the newly-
elected ’ Pope, snrrounded by-all tbe car
dinals, appeared in the inner gallery of
the Basilica. The crowd vociferously
shouted—“God save the Pope!” The
holy father at length made a signal for
silence, and then intoned the Benedicite
and pronounced a benediction; after
which the cheering was renewed and
codtinned until the Pope withdrew.
to the PresidentJiJhlQflbsiff transmit the'
same to Congress.* Tbe said commissioners
shall each receive the sum of 82,590 and
their reasonable expenses, to be approved
by the Secretary of State, and the amount
necessary to pay such compensation aad
expenses is hereby aporopriated out of
any many in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
Sec. 4.—That any holder of the coin
authorized by the act may deposit the
same with the Treasurer orany Assistant
Treasurer of the Uuited itates in sums
not less than $10 and receive therefor
certificates of not less than 810 each, cor
responding with the denominations of the
United States nate. The coin deposited
for or representing the certificates shall
be retained in the treasury for the pay
ment of the same on demand. Said cer
tificates shall be receivable for customs,
taxes aud all public dues, aud when so re
ceived may be reissued.
Conclave of Cardinals.
London, February 18. — Reuter’s
agency has received the following from
Rome: Cardinals Manning and de
Falloux have endeavored to bring about
an arrangement by which all foreign
cardinals shall vote unanimously in the
conclave. The combination has failed
in consequence of the Austrian cardinals
refusing adhesion. .The ultramontane
cardinals, however, are. working actively
to obtain the election of one of their
party. It is stated a pilgrimage on a
large scale is preparing.
A special lo the Pall Mall Gazette
from Rome says: All the cardinals have
arrived here to attend the conclave,
xeept Cardinals Treotto, arcb-
tiishop of Benerento, St. Marie, aich-
hi-hop of Capua, who are not coming,
and Cardinal MiClosky, archbishop of
New York, who is expected, Cardinal Di
Pietro, bishop of Patte, De Luca, prefect
of congregation aud Panebianco, grand
penititiary are acceptable for election to
the Italian cardinals. Harrichi, arch
bishop of Bologna, and Miretti, arch
bishop of Raveune, are forced by the
foreign cardinals, while Cardinals Precci,
poutificial camerlango and Dicanosso,
bishop of Verona, are supported in va
rious quarters.
Rome, February 18.—Sixty-one cardi
nals entered their cells at 6 o’clock this
evening. The cardinal patriarch pf Lis
bon, has not yat arrived. The cardinals
will meet twice daily in the Sistine chapel
to vote, viz: at 10 in the morning and 4
in the afeernooh.
A majority of the cardinals have
agreed to hasteo the conclave and elect
the pope in four or five days.
After special service invoking aid of
tbe Holy Spirit for tbe conclave cardi
nals, they will; toenight enter their cells
in the third story of the.Vatican. The
operations of the conclave begin to-mor
row. ■
A Million Dollar Fire*
New York, Feb. 18.—The six-story
iron front building known as the Ex
celsior blook, on the south side of 22d
street near 7th avenue, containing six
stores, a Presbyterian Church adjoining
on the 'east and a Scotch Covenanters’
Presbyterian church on the west side,
is entirely destroyed. Loss estimated
from 8500,00Q,to $1,000,000. The third,
and fourth •flooreofthe Excelsior build
ing wefe oeddpied-as an armory and
drill-rooms by'the 'Bth Regiment Na-
- "■!.} C.*V ’
The immediate redaction of the army
to ten thousand men would insure a
curtailment*, of expenses mure than,
enough to -avert the predicted deficit
for the .present- fiscal year.—New York"
Sun, .*
Pope Leo XIII.
'ill the President Veto the Sil
ver Bill ?
Washington, Feb. 16.—It is the gen-
oral opinion here to-day that the Presi
dent will not veto the Silver Bill as the
majority in the Senate and bouse insuffi
cient to overcome the veto; besides tbe
President is credited with sufficient re
spect for iho wiiLpf the sovereign people
as not to interfere with what is now
plainly their will, expressed through
thiir Representatives. Tbe silver major
ity in the Senate-turns out to be larger
than was calculated upon, and all hopes
of ’defeating the measure by a veto are
abanduned. The ooly object tbat a veto
copld accomplish now would be to spread
ibe Presidential objection on record.
Bdt it is noi probable this will be dune
Ttye President has observed tbe constant
ly aUgmeated swell of the popular silver
wave, aud can only injure himself- by
opposing it without being of any service
to Jthe gold interest, as a two-thirds ma
jority in both the Senate and House is
assured. Besides bis Cabinet are by no
means a unit against silver. Evarts,
Key, Thompson and McCrary incline
towards silver decidedly. Key thinks,
however, that popular expectation of
benefit from the measure will not be
realized, nor will tbe barm ensue that is
predicted by the other side. The coun
try will roll along much as before.
The weakness of gold and stiffness of
Government bonds, reported here from
New York to-day completely upset the
calculations of the enemies of silver,
and they are free lo say tbat they don’t
understand it. They predict, however,
that withio a few days we shall see tbe
reverse—that gold will go up and bonds
become weaker.
Lamar at Home.
Nuhville Am-ricmn.J
A gentleman well-informed, writing to
this office on business, from Lee county,
Miss., says dow and then you find a man
here making money by .farming—a mi
nority of them selt-susiaiuiug, aud the
majority growing poorer and poorer
every year. If relief don’t come in some
shape, the people generally will be ruio-
ed. They attribute their fiuaucial dis
tress to Sherman’8 resumption policy, the
demo-etizaiion of silver and the general
and reckless extravagance of all sorts of
government, from center to circumference.
Senator Lamar’s speech on the silver
resolution of Matthews is freely criti
cised ; and if he persists in the course he
has taken, (though his abilities and in
fluence are duly appiec ated) he will
meet ji senti’-ieut of h.istili'y amongst
his C‘ nstituency that wi'l certainty, but
gracefully, retire t im lo the shades ot
private life. His brilliant oratory
(though a balm to the memory ot
Charles Sumner) will not soothe the
wounds he inflicts upon bis own people,
black anti white, nor elevate his states
manship in the general estimation ot the
country.”
European News.
London, Feb. 21.—It is reported that
a Cabinet council was hastily sum
moned this morning, Lord Cairns, the
Lord High Chancellor, being called
from the heating of a case in the House
of Lords to attend. The stock market
is doll and heavy in consequence of
this report, and Russian securities are
one per cent, lower than at the close of
the market.
The Times’ St. Petersburg special of
Wednesday says: “It is now stated
here that the British Government will
not withdraw the fleet to Besika bay.
Accordingly the • Russians are likely to
occupy Cuustantinool^”
The Manchester Guardian states that
an officer of the Horae Guards arrived
at Bristol yesterday, accompanied by a
veterinary surgeon, to purchase 5,000
horses for the War Office. The officer
states this is part of a purchase of 21,-
000 horses which ■ have been ordered.
The Government has purchased anoth
er ironclad, built for Turkey. It
mounts ten 12-ion guns.
The newspapers which make a feature
of indecent sensations unquestionably
find their profit in an extended tircnla-
tibn, and it wsnld he Useless to address
any protests to them: Their proprietors
no donbt deliberately calculated upon
the morbid curiosity and depraved tastes
of a large portion of tbe community be
fore they embarked in. this style of journ
alism. Tbe discouraging feature about
the whole matter is that papers of this
wrtseem to flourish more than those
which endeavor to keep their columns
dean and repiltaWe.—Gtetieiind Hsrcdd.
A bill to-vpreveot the creation of any
more Irish peersgee has bUen Introduced
,4ip (Parliament.- \ •
Big Claims.
STsw Orleans Democrat.
This has always been a country ot
big claims. The claims of citizens.of
the United States, for instance, against
Mexico before the Mixed Claims Com
mission amount to no less than* $570,-
126,613.40. So that; if the whole oi
Mexico was sold oat it would hardly
be able.to pay the American daimants
for their losses. But the big land
claims tbat have been developed in
this country since Mrs. Gaines’ triumph
are utterly unprecedented in the histo
ry of tit is country. There is scarcely
an acre of land in the country to .which-
some claimant does not turn up. A
few months ago a man was discovered
who owned abont the half of Balti
more. Tlte next month we were treat
ed to the story of (he Pawlett family,
who owned theentire city of Philadd
phia, having* purchased it from Lord
Calvert But the last land claimant,
Mr. Thomas Minsball, of Dnbuque,
Iowa, is a giant to whom theBe land
grabbers are but dwarfs. Mr. Mins hall
has ir, his possession a deed to the
greater portion of the State of Illinois,
made to his great-great-gTandfat! er and
nineteen others it Fort Gage in 1773,
by ten Indian Chiefs.
. The deed is describrd as a very an
cient looking document, signed by a
□umber of respectable Indians and wit
nessed by Hugh Lord, thon command
ing tne Illinois couetry. The consid
eration was abont two tons of gUD flints,
som.e. breeches, oxen, etc. The land is
in two pieces, extending from Cairo
to Chicago. Mr. Minshall is now look
ing up the missing heirs. The next
tbiDg is to find Adam’s will, and lay
claim to the entire world.
A Kentucky Democratic paper nomi
nates Thurman and Gcrdou lor 1SS0,
and. says it has enlisted under that ban
ner for the fight.
A careless printer made a dancing,
master’s card to read: “I offer my res
pectful shanks to all who have honored
me with their patronage.”
Talk abont female curoeity—it’s all
-one-sided. Let one man stop on the
street to spell oat asign on the top of a
high bnilding and every other mother’s
son that goes by will stand still and stare
for tea minutes trying to make out what
the first idiot is looking at-
One of the discoveries mad by the
latest Arctic explorers is that the length
of the polar night is 142 days. Nice
lace, this, to walk home with a girl
Jew Year’s eva, and find that the old
people have locked np the house and
gone to watch-meeting and won’t be home
till after midnight.
Germany and the East. .
Berlin, Feb. 20.—In • the Reichstag
Prince Bismarck stated that the Rus
sian official communication made it
certain that the chief interest of Ger
many, namely, freedom of water, was
such that the straits and the Danube
for commerce would be maintained. He
believed it was to Russia’s interest to
come to' an understanding,, and not
have the fear of complications with
Austria or Englaad constantly im
pending. The supposition that Rassia
might forcibly compel ether powers to
accept a settlement to which they ob
jected seemed entirely out of question.
He denied that ’he Russians had push
ed forward their troops under the cloak
)f negotiations. He believed that all
the powers honorably desired to send
representatives speedily to the confer
ence. He energetically repndiated the
idea of Germany -engaging in a war rel
ative to the Eastern question. Nothing
should induce him to" hazard a rupture
with any power relative to questions in
which Germany had no direct'interest.
No Government, at least neither of,
those principally intered, had proposed
that Germany ohonld antOc -opon ohy
such course.
left -Phil- -
adelpia last Thursday for Brazil, .with
passengers and 620 ton ortailrqad
I, besides goverriimmt and shipsup
plies. "Hiir vtjpteliiSaiajb'lfa1>aBriA’I-1
but leaving so soon after the ill-fated
Metroplis, there is a great deal of anx
iety on the part of the .friends of the
sengers.. She belongs to the Messrs,
'ens, the ownere of the Metropolis.
i»-|
The Chancellor’s speech was loudly
cheered.
Representative Ellis and Pres
ident Hayes.
Washington, Feb. 19.—Representa
tive Ellis (Dem., La.) states that in a
protracted interview with President
Hayes last night he received assurance
tbat the Administration had never con
templated interference by the United
States Courts or otherwise with the ac
tion of the courts or State government
of Louisana, and that while the Presi
dent regretted the prosecution of An
derson and Wells, it would not alter his
course towards the State or people of
Louisana. I*, was a matter which in
volved their honor, and he trusted their
honor.
Mr. Ellis also stated that he fully in
formed the President of the condition
of affairs in Louisana and corected what
he (Ellis) considered the error and mis
statements of Secretary Sherman and
others in regard to the Returning Board
trials.
The rise in Bonds-
London) Feb. 19.—The Times’ finan
cial article says: Uuited States
funds have surprised many people by
advancing, inst.ad of falling, on tbe
news that tbe silver bill had passed in a
manner that wdl insure its becoming law
in much its present shape. »Ye have
always.said that the public was outsell
ing the Jiocfc to any appreciable extent,
and the Weaknist which has now und
then characterized the bonds was due as
much as anything to passing fears ot
dealers and to speculative selling, which
only made the market harder. Hence,
on receipt of better New York prices and
because the worst was now known, the
market naturally rose by the mere efforts
of those who had sold to buy back.
Vienna, Feb 19.—Prince Anersperg,
President of the Austrian Council of
Ministers, in reply to an interpellation
in the lower House of the Rvichsrath
to-day. said the Government, upon be
ing informed of the preliminaries of
peace, frankly stated its position re
garding them, declaring it could not
consider as binding any arrangement
between the belligerents affecting
the interests of this monarchy or the
rights of tbe signatories of the treaty of
Paris, as lung as such arrangements
were not agreed to by the powers at the
same time.
New York, Feb, 19.—A special from
Princeton, N. J. “-ays a serious affray
occured last night between two Soph
omores and eight-Freshmen in which
one of the Sophomores was dangerous
ly shot. The Sonotnores room was en
tered by the Freshmen who bound the
Sophomores toebairs shaved their beads
and left them tied. Other Sophomores
followed tne Freshmen and shots were
exchanged, and Mr. Atterbury of the
Sophomores class was wounded in the
thigh. There is great excitement
Sas Francisco, Feb. 18.—A very'
heavy storm has prevailed daring the
last 24 boars extending throughout the
State. A dispatch from Jacksqn, Ama
dor county, Bays that by the rise of
Jackson creek naif of the Chinese quar
ter has been swept away. Eight China
men and two women are known to be
drowned. .
One of Josh Billings’maxims: “Rise
early, work<hard and late, live oh what
you can’t sell, give nothing away, and
if you don’t die rich, and go to the
devil, you may sue me for damages.”
CONTRACT RATES OF AfiVERflSlHC;
jpLiSh
7 '800 /
12 00
One-fourth column one month
One-fourth column three months
One-fourth column six months
One-fourth column twelve months
One-half column three months -
V S (8* 00 ,
One-half column six mon&£/....~^~~~~ 60 00
One-half.column twelve months_„ 10100
One colninn one months. 38 00
One udnmn three months— 80 00
One column six months 101 00
One column twelve months-... — 160 00
additional
upon table .
Mrs. A. T. Stewart owns the largest
single diamond in the land; value
$35,000.
The meeting of the National Demo
cratic Executive Committee has been
postponed from the 22d of February .to
the 22d of May.
New York, Feb. 18.—Joseph P.
Wall, who kicked his wife to death,
was sentenced to 15 years in the State,
prison. He was advised by (he' Jttdge
to bring a civil suit agains. the “’parties
who Bold bim-the liquor and sue for
damages for Etlpport of his children,
now doubly.bereaved^ ; — : ’
According, to recent .utterances, Sen
ator Blaine believes the demonetization*
of Bilver unconstitutional. If acts speak
plainer than words, 'hiff-reBolution,
making silvgr a ' legal tender for half:
the amoufifo'dft a debt; means tbat he
only half believes.:demonetization un
constitutional.—Utica Republican, Rep.
Mackey; the enormously- weal Ay Cali
fornian, has ttonghi-Mr; Albert -Grant’s -
home'at .TTanmyteiy’inti ial<>ai»<$jtec
to London with hja-srifeancTdaugbter^to
Mackey is .said tobea_hative of Ireland,
who caiSB’foi'&'nrcbgntry apoorbejr. “He •
is now one of the wealthiest: men iq’Ae .
wckld. -
In England a hotse -suoo lias been
Wckuesser OT“
adopted made • of-thrOe
cowhide compressed into a steel mould
and Aen subjected to a chemical prepa
ration. It is claimed to last longer, and
weighs only one-fourth as much ■ ns the
common iron shoe; will never cause Ae
hoof to split, nor have Ae least injuri
ous influence on the foot. It requires no
calks; even on asphalt the horae never
slips. . ._ 1 '
An estimate lately made of the efiec;
tive force which England can call into
the field at short notice is as follows :
“Regular army (62,000 ef Aose serv
ing at present in India), 189,000 ; reserve
and auxiliary forces, 346,000; Indian -
colonial troops, 127.000; colonial mili-'
tia volunteers, etc, 81,000. The untrain
ed militia of Canada and the contingents
furnished by the native Indian States are
not included n tbe above.
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The Countess'Miraflori, morganatic
widow of Victor Emanuel, is still feeble,
but in no danger of dying, despite the
published reports of her death. As
soon as she recovers she will be .pre?
vailed on by “superior authority” to go
outside of the kingdom and live. The
present King wa3 violently opposed to
her marriage wi.h bis father, and never
has tolerated her or her children. She
hjs been prohibited from raising Ae _
royal arms over her house or decking
' :raelf out in any kind of royal toggery.
Miss Clara Louise :Kellog saogatea-
concert in Titusville, Pa., Ae oAer
nigtit and and the Herald of that place
describing her performance says:
Like the smooth, unctuous trickling
of the oleaginous commodity from a
hundred barrel well were the liquid, oiljr"
notes of the handsome, bediamonded
Kellogg andto the -enraptured Titus
villere.”
One of the Virginia Congressmen
...^graeed himself by get'ing drunk
and swearing that he wonld not be
present in Ae House when the Eman
cipation painting was received, as he
had “lost all his niggers by just such
‘ d foolishness.
A farmer friend bad ocejsioi L, n ; !<-
the editor of a local paper :• uote tne
other day. In closing lb- note,-lie
said: “Urb, can you tell me the way-
out of the present bard .u-nes?"’ Of
course we can. Keep peggi>‘i* away—
live within your income, ami » 'e<> -i
little for a rainy day—sell your rlir-
p! us stock and grab'—if you can’t get
your price, take what you can get; take
the money and pay your honest debts;
and if you owe no debts, put the money-
at interest and don’t give credit any
more; work steadily ■ and be econom
ical—make no bad or foolish trades,
and you will be sitting up cro68-legged,
wiA peace and plenty. Now wq’ve
told you the way out,’and if you don’t
go, it is yonr own fault.
The trial in Ae United States Court
of Ae Kemper county (Mim.) parties,
indicted for conspiracy onder the Feder
al laws in preventing-Judge Chisolm
from pleading his own cause daring tbe
Congressional campaign of 1876 has re
sulted in their acquittal. Mrs. Chisolm
and several other witnesses -testified Aat
a mob gathered about her-husband’s
house and fired pistols, some of the balls
striking Ae house, and Aat Chisolm was
repeatedly forced by Democrats to give
up Republican meetings he had adver
tised to hold.’ There was li(-le attempt
at denial, bat the prosecution was unable,
even in Ae judgment of the Jackson
Times, a Republican paper, to establish
the fact of a conspiracy, and the jury
promptly brought in a verdict of not
guilty, as the court practically instruc
ted them they must do.
