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SRte Umne(|tmrait KSTAlii-iISHKD IN 184,3. M. DWiNiXL, Proprietor. Wednesday Morning, Feb. 27,1878 Seventy million Chinese are said to be starving in the famine-stricken prov inces of Northern China. Gen. Whitthorne telegraphs to the Nashville American that Senator Har ris, who has been ill, is recovering. It is stated that Secretary Sherman is preparing to set the taints in operation to turn out silver dollars. Let them conn. LATEST FROM Ell-.ope. Kentucky is agitated on the question of reviving the wh'pping-post for the punishment of petty thieving. The newspapers generally favor the setting of it up. A policeman in California has beet arrested on a charge of lotting a China man loose who was charged with mur der, and taking" another Chinaman a a substitute. The reports by telegraph represent a continuance of anxiety and excitement in oil Europe upon the question of peace or war. There has been, as yet, ltad " no publication of an understanding between Russia and England as to questions growing out of the defeat of Turkey by Russia. While there is a general feeling of alarm and also a dread of a war involving all Europe, there is eti'l a feeling of hope that such a calam ity will be averted. A special dispatch dated Constanti nople, Wednesday, reports that the Czar has telegraphed that the Russians will occuDy Constantinople if the Turks continue to delay signing the terms of peace, which include the cession of Armenia and surrender of the Turkish fleet. Many Turkish Deputies have been arrested and sent into exile. The Times’ Vienna special correspon dent confirms the report that the Czar has threatened to occupy Constantino ple. The Porte hesitates to subscribe the Russian conditions of peace, which virtually abolish Turkish domination in Europe, except in the immediate neighborhood of Constantinople. The Porte holds constant Cabinet councils without result. The latest news from Europe show, nothing new in regard to the settlement of the Russo-Turkish question, or as t< the selection of a successor to the de ceased Pope. The Ohio people elected a good Dem ocrat for Governor. The fact that h, was a practical business man helped him amazingly. It is said he signed i Notary’s commission with the signature of “R. M. Bishop & Co., Governor,” but we don’t believe it. Anderson 1b motion for a new trial ha- been overruled and a new trial refused b_\ Judge Whitaker. This is one more ste| towards the penitentiary, Wbat will Mr Sherman do about it ? A few years ag- the bayonet would have lifted Judg- Whitaker out of his seat. Will 6uc! time ever come again? Is the Settlement of the question growing out of the defeat of Turkey h\ Russia, the latter power, it is said, i, desirous of the United States Govern inent taking part by sending a com missioner to tne general congress of na lions affected by such settlement. Oui country has no business in such affair* Europe belongs to Europe, and Amur ica to Americans. No entangling al linnees, Mr. Czar. I The Silver dollar never was demon [ etized, as the phrase is, but there han I been none coined, comparatively speak I ing, if any at ail, for a number of year- ( The silver half dollars and quarters wen a legal tend, r for sums of five dollar and under since 1853. Theact declariiu the bonds payable in coin was intrepretei by those whose interest it suited to mem gold alone, but’ its legal meaning wa- geld and silver coin. Dr. Fei.ton is before the peoph again. The Cartersville Express pub lishes a statement taken from a Wash ington City letter, by which t-o.it- fellow in the lobby is made to sa; something very nice about Dr Felton but the papers only give the name n Dr. Felton and not the name of tie fellow in the lobby. Come, now, “tote fair,” the fellow in the lobby may want to run for Congress too, and you ougi.t not to withhold his name. ami The Knoxville, Tenn., Whi Chronicle says: The penitentiary ring is the creator, of this Democratic State Government. Well, we always thought that the pen itentiary ring wa3 a good thing, and thin it needed enlarging in mostStates. Lou isiana is tryiDg to do her duty in cnlarg ing the circumference by putting iu An dersen and Wells. We pat the.hones' old party on the back, and say go on with your penitentiary ring, make it bigger. The Southern Argue, Selma. Ala bama, has the following: ‘•Wherpver Mary went the lamb vr s sure to go;” and wherever the agent? "t the Texas Pacific job go, poor old Mr Stephens’ little piece is certain to ap pear in the newspaper—printed as read ing matter and paid for as an adver tisement. The Argus, it appears to us, is hard on Mr. Stephens, or the Texas Pacific, or both, and we confess we don’t know which, and desire to turn the matter oyer to somebody that does know all about it. You need not all speak at once. “The people vs. the rings’’ is the way the Kuoxvi.le, Tenn., Whig aud Chron icle commences an attack upon the Dem ocratic party. This is Brownlow’a old pa- nerand as bitterly opposed to Democrat ic suceess as it was when Browulow was governor of the State just after the war. The election comes off in that State this manner, and the Whig and Chronicle is commencing the old inane cry of the people against the rings. This same cry has been heard in every State where the Democrats have been successful, and ueans nothing more than that anxious iflice-seekers are desirous of getting into iffice, and by this means try to arousf the honest indignation of good people •gainst a supposed wrong. These “tiugs,” like the equator, are simply magibary lines, existing iu the minds of tnose who, in order to get into office themselves, are willing to see the true tarty of the people disrupted for a while, and in -order to do this do not hesitate to work upon the minds of good men and rv to impress them with th's empty idea if the existence of rings within the Dem ocratic party. There was an entertaintnent given the Fifth. A venue Baptist Church, -New York, last week, and among the things of interest exhibited was thd working of the phonograph. The New Yoik Herald says “the instrument • records the human voice on a metallic sheet, which, 'by a marvelous and simp! process, reproduces the words spoket into it in articulated sounds. The ventor put his mouth down to the bar rel and turned a handle as he spok into the instrument in a loud voice, soldier of the legion lay dying in Al giera.” In a moment after a click was heard; he applied a sort of funnel the barrel and turned thp.handle. Im mediately he machine recited the line he had spoken, not very clearly, hut like a person who. had no pallet would speak. Other experiments were more successful. A gentleman from the »n diencc sang a verse of “The Little Far Man,” but as he did not know just how to use his voic-* the experiment was not very successful. A wonderful part of this invention is that the voim can be corked up, so to speak, for year? and then reprirduced. One could sing a song with it, the inventor said, repeat a long message and then send it to hi- aunt in the country who had never heard of the phonograph, .merely tell ing her to put - in the funnel and tun the handle in a certain way. It ar rives, she unpacks it carefully and due.- as directed, when it bursts into song “Aunty, may I go out to 8 “tint ?” and then as she keeps turning, “How are you to-day, Aunt Maria ? We are all Well; Sallie and Mollie have goue ove, to Brooklyn,” and a lot more horn- talk. It is doubtful whether Aun Maria would have the presence of mirro to go on turning. She would think tbi thing bewitched.” A CORRECTION. We fo-ind floating around in our Geor zia exchanges, a few days back some ines credited to the Augusta Chronicle md Constitutionalist, over the signature if J. S. Hook. The first line was “My lifo is like tlis stunrser roso ’’ We did not see it the Chronicle and onstiuitionalis-, but took it upon the aith of some other paper. The word nd thoughts were so similar to those of Wilde’s poem, commencing with the me line, that we thought it was the ol- roem, and its publication was a joke play I .off by some one at the expense of fudge Hook, as it was s.ated that it was aud d in by “a friend’’ with Judge (look’s name to it. We havesiuce been nfurmed that ii was published as “Lines ggested” by Wilde’s poem. We make is statement in justice both to Judge Link aud the Chronicle and Constitu alist. The New York D ry Book is hard tpon Mr. Stephens, and rasps him very -vi-rely on account of his speech on hr occasion of the reception of Carpet* a painting, “The Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.” Of Mr. incoln’d love for the Uiiion the same apersays: "In the first place, he Lincoln) never understood the t-rm r its meaning. His ‘idea’ of the Union all the people being under >he same overnment, as in Russia, or, as he ex messed it, ‘the Union existed before le Constitution,’ and in the second Lee, the one sole' principle of his arty was abolition of white suprema cy, and just as soon as there was an as surued victory’ at Antietam, he threw ide the mask and issued his procla mation.” w As yviLi. be seen by tho telegraphic port from London, the almost abso lute certainty of thesilvet bill becoming iw has not had the effect of putting down United Stites bonds in England hut on the eontrary they have advanced And here at home gold, instead of advancing, ha3 fallen. The premium on gold has fallen in New York from ab iiif 2 per cent, to II to II. The Louisville Courier of the 21st, which publishes the proceedings of the Indiana Democratic State Convention, says: The Indiana Democrats, after the usual fierce rivalry of eager candi dates, succeeded in' nominating a very fair State ticket yesterday, which seems to possess the blood, bones and brain to make the big fight with the angered Republicans and pull under the wire a good many lengths ahead. The plat form, it will be perceived, is altogether a financial one, with a soft tendency, and full of telling thrusts at the gold bugs. -Gov. Hendrick’s speech is a ju dicious and able review of the political situation, and enunciative of his in dorsement of silver remonetization. We are indebted to Senator Bayard, of Delaware, for a copy of bis speech on the silver bill, delivered on the 4tb inst. We are happy to note that the distinguished and popular Senator does not declare war against silver altogeth er, but is willing to see it. come into use, if properly hedged shout. All the evils that he and others who oppose the re-introduction ot silver expect to flow from the passage of the silver bill, ive modestly think will never come to plague us. Let silver coine in, and gold and silver and greenbacks will go along as currency, nobody feeling the change, except that gold, having a legalized competitor as a standard of value, will come down from its high position as tin the money world. _ Pennsylvania wants the Federal Government to pay one million dollars toward footing the losses of the Centen nial Exhibition. That would be pay ing dear for the whistle. And it was a Philadelphia man, wasn’t it, that first talked about paying dear for a whist]t? The dead lock in the Virginia Legis lature on tho public debt question is thus stated by the Richmond Dispatch: “Those who oppose the “forcible” set tlement—i. e., making a law without respecting the rights of the creditors— have passed Mr. Barbour’s bill in the House, and those who propose to re- -pect the creditors’ rights and require his concurrence to any measure of set tlement, having a majority in the State Senate, have passed Mr. Brooke’s . bill, which has been dismissed by a tri umphant majority. So here we are, the two parties of adjusters, “forcible” and “optional,” firmly standing upon their different grounds.” The term of “sick man” was origin ally used with reference to Turkey by the Emperor Nicholas the predecessor of with the British minister Sir George Seymour, in 1844 the Emperor said: “We have on our hands a sics man. It will be a great misfortune, I tell you frankly if one of those davshe should happen to die before the necessary ar rangements are all made. But this is not the time to speak to you gf that.” The Boston Post says Mrs. Hayes has abandoned her temperance principles by wearing a claret silk. Missouri Republican J Madisrn Wells says that five successive, grain! juries failed to agree on an iudicitnei against him, so that he has finaley be- brought into court on “an information and this, he assumes, is proof poeitiv of his innocence. IT that were the cas> there are a hoyst of precious rascals i every city in the country who woul> t>e speedily whitewashed into acoud tioD of purity and virtue that woul- surprise them. Giaml juries don catch all the rogues by any means, ar it is fortunate thing that there are way of getting men into the peuitei tian even after they have gone safel through the trial of the grand inquisi lion. Chicago Trbune; It is rumored from St. Petersburg that the Czir seriously indispo-ed —wear and so thii that he sits on pillows and soft ctishin to prevent the hones from comitn through the skin. He is depressed, too with a presentiment of his npproachiut. death. No Romanoff has lived yond 60, and he will be 60 in April When his sister died, some two yea ago, she reminded of this, and tolri him he must be prepared to go befor< he was 60. They say her words mad a great impression upon him then.an’n now that he is not well they constantly recur to him. Courier Journal: A little boy am girl at Watertown, N. Y., were ifte pres ident and cashier of a toy savings hank They were naughty one night not loi ago, and their mother sent them to beC without the usual good night kiss, lit tle dreaming what a S'ir she was then by creating in the financial world When she a - oke the next morning sh found that they had taken the entir. cash deposits in the bank and fled— gone off’ in search of a place when gry mamtna9 are unknown. Will thes bank failures, frauds and defalcatim never cease? The new King of Italy has put hi sign manual to the virtual abolition o capital punishment. His first officin exercise of sovereign authority was tr sign the commutation of eighty-fiv deaths sentence. He said he was bap py to begin his reiga by the commuta tion of capital pui.isment. He remit ted the sentences of numerous other convicted criminals, and granted am nesty to several hundred of persons now in durance vile, accused or con victed of political or press offences com mitted up to the period of his acces sion. Captain Eids addressed the L°ve- Committees of Congress in the blu< parlor of Willard Js, Thursday, on hii plan for the improvement of the Mississ ippi navigation from St, Louis to th mouthof the river. Theplan propns* to givewidlh to the river between tin points named—over onethusaud miles The aid necessary is fifty million" in moneyand six years in time. On Wednesday, Jan. 29, all Fraud began drawing on the ballot box for army service. When the drawing for the Fire- District of the city of Paris came on, the name of Bonaparte was called, and Prince Joachim Murat presented himselt as a relative in place of the ex-Prioc* Imperial, who, being the eldest son of a widow, was, on that account, excused.. Old Mr. Lord, oDNew York, who had the Itardihood to run away and get married without the consent of his chil dren, was so bulldozed by them with proceedings in lunacy and other liti gation,. that he has surrendered a id made a deed of trust for their benefit. His wife is rich in her own right; A deaf mute recently died in Flori da, after gaining the reputation of be ing a most thorough telegrapher. He Alexander the present monarch of made use of a sounder of his own con- Russia. In a conversation of Nicholas struction, and received-by placing his hand over it in such a manner that he could feel distinctly every vibration of the armature. The English fleet in the Mediterranean is quite formidable. It consists of 25 ships, carrying 170 guns and mantled by force of about 6,000 men. Most of the vesse s are armor-plated, arid several of them carry 25 ton gans. The fleet will be reinforced by other war vessela iramt- diateiy- the i!o Penitentiary for Columbus, if tve may credit. a corre spondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer. The tortures inflicted upon convicts breaches of prison law are described of the most terrible aud disgusting na ture; men are kept for hours and even days in a dark and narrow dungeon with their hands fastened to the wall above tbeir heads, deprived of food and pure air until reason and lire are most gone. The gag, the sweat-box. and, the most dreaded of all, the hath, are frequently resorted to, with disease, insanity and death as the fre quent consequences. Dr. Linderman, director of the mint, says if the silver bill becomes a law the three "mints will probably be able turn out $1,000,000 in the new coins during the first month after the pas sage of the bill; that m the second mouth the number of dollars coined will probably be increased to $2,000,- 000, while thereafter a maximum rate of coinage of $3,000000 a month vAl probably be reached. Tbe London Times’ Berlin dispatch ays Prince Bismarck’s speech is disliked in South Germany, where tbe popular wish is to support Austria. Assurances counteracting the unfavorable effect he speech aud calculated to persuade the publicthatGermany will not oppose Aus- 'ris in any war are circulated in more juarters ittafl one. When an estate is sold in Ireland the Irish hoard of -v »rks is empowered to ad i-arrce a certain sum to bt-lp a person who has been a tenant on the estate to pur- i.-ha.-e fits farm, the money being a first barge on tbe tand sold. Lately, when an estate waa sold in Tyrone, five-sixtb* >f it were" bought by former tenants. Bismarck, it is 9aid, is all alarm--d the English cry of war against Rossi*, and has the generally continental disdain fora m-re maritime power. In regaid to the menace of the English fleet, he oh served: “When have fish ever been seen to make war on horses ?"’ Our exhibit at the Paris Exposition promises to be full and interesting. The Constitution, one of the naval vessels placed tit the disposal of exhih itors, sails this week with a full cargo. The Hon. Alex. H. Stephens says h wants to die in harness, and that if bii h-alth continues reasonably good he ■vill be i CJindidate-for election to tin- Forty-sixth Congress. GEO Ifilt GLIMPSES Six illicit distillers made their es -ape from tbe Gainesville jail recently Mr. W J. R. Hyatt, of. El'jtv, was robbed on the Georgia road of $296 the ither day. The Macon police force has present- d the city physician, DlX Mason, wi i fine saddle. There are only^lorty^five prisoners in tne Savannah jail. Talbotton jail tccupied by one. The cyclone of last Friday touched portion of Tnomas county, doing con- iderable damage. A writer alludes to Col. H. H. Jones, f the Mucon Telegraph, as “the Wash ington Irwin of the Georgia press.” The dwelling house of Mr. Bas3 Til nan, of Haralson county, was acciden tally destroyed by fire the other day. It now requires eighteen months to t.tiui a divorce iu Georgia. The suit as to pass through three terms of the ,’ourt. The Central Railroad has contracted r another elegant steamship for their ceau lin«. It is to be calltd the City f Columbus. The young people of Milledgevilli will “celebrate the advent of spring’ -ty the usual masquerade ball on the st of March. Governor Colquitt has gone to Wash- ngtoh City to investigate some claim -f the State of Georgia against tbe United States. The city sexton of Milledgeville didn bury a “living soul"’ last week—indi cating the remarkable healthfulness of he city and its surroundings. Tbe Fort Valley public library is in most thriving condition. The Mirror prints a long list of books upon its helves, many of them very valuable. The police of Savannah arrested in tne day recently, a sufficient number f unlicensed drs.ys to pay into the city treasury the handsome sum of $2,000. There are at present only two mines worked in Paulding county, one gold he other copper, but it is expected ithers will be set in motion at an early -lay. The Memorial Association of Macon held a meeting on the 224, and resolved commence the erection of ’ a monu ment to the Confederate dead at an early day. Swainsboro is troubled with ghosts. Tbe Herald says people hear groans in hou*e over the spot where a deadly encounter took place some years ago. The people are excited. Two little children of Mr. W. J. Humphries, of Rockdale county, died last week of diptheria. They died within two hours of each other, and were both buried in the same grave. Savannah had another small cotton fire on Monday in front of the store of Mess's. Davant & Waples. About six teen bales only were slightly burned before the flames could be extinguished. Mr. S. G. McLendon, of Thomas- ville, the worthy and efficient secretary -f the Thomas County Fair Association, has been appointed by Gov. Colquitt honorary commissioner to the Paris Exposition. There wa« a large number of people Buchanan, Haralson county, on last sale day. About'50 or 60 lots of wild land were sold. 'The prices which they brought ranged from nine to fifty- six dollars per lot. The interest manifested by tbe citi zens of Athens in the Tri-Weekly Ban ner not having been sufficient to jpstffy its continuance, it has been discontin ued, and the Banner, as formerly, will be published weekly. "The 22d of February was celebrated by tbe several military companies of Savannah by a general turn out, prize shooting, etc. Tbe News says the oc casion was celebrated with possibly more than the usual enthusiasm. According to the annual report of Chief Robbe, of the Augusta Fire De partment, made at tbe annual meeting on Friday night last, the losses by fire amounted to about thirty thousand dol lars, one-half of which was covered by insurance. The Chronicle and Constitutionalist told of a Wilkes county girl being bit ten by a rattlesnake about" two weeks ago. The Gazette comes back at the Chronicle and says: “No such acci dent has happened to any of our girls, and Stovall need not try to palm off any of his original snake stories on us.” The recent visit to Milledgeville of Gov. Colquitt and Mr. Baird, Superin tendent of Public Works, has resulted in a determination to have some repairs made at the Executive Mansion. The fencing enclosing the mansion is de cayed and unsightly. This will be re placed under the direction-of the Mayor of the city. Dr. Munhall, who has for some time been lahoring among the people of Au gusta in the work of a revival going on in that community, bade farewell to the people last night at the First Presbyte rian Church. Dr. Munhall leaves for Columbia, S. C., and will doubtless carry with him the kindly remem brances of the Christian community of Augusta. Green Clayton killed John Bucka- lew in Atlanta SatU'day night. Bucka- lew went into a store where several parties were playing cards, and by his desperate conduct ran them all out. Clayton was one of the parties, and in a fracas in the street, Clayton stabbed Buckalew in the throat, causing death in about twenty minutes. After Buck- aletv was stabbed, aud thinking he was killed, he attacked an old matt who was sitting in the store, and who had ■fit-red him no provocation. Four prisoners in the jail at Dalton tttempted to escape last week. The Enterprise says they cut their way out through the iron bars, and succeeded in escaping out of the iron cage into the room in which it Is contained. When the outer door was opened to give them their^dinner, they simulta neously made a rush, pushing down Mrs. Jolly, the jailer’s wife, and some of them escaping. Likenjrue heroine, Mrs. Jolly seized on to one.of the pris oners and held fast until ^knocked down by him—long enough, ^however, be given, Mr. Jolly then coTningln, and getting assistance from citizens, they were secured. In their ettempts to get away the priooners knocked out some qf Mr. Jolly’s teethi Washington Correspondence. Washington, Feb. IS, 1S7S. Gen. Butler throws a brick at the Administration, through the columns of the National Republican, this morn ing. It is ex parte of course, but cer- t -inly has the effect to confirm the gen eral feeling of distrust entertained rel ative to the sincerity or ability brought to the work of reforming the civil ser vice. The instance cited by the Gener al adds another to the long list of ap pointments that are regarded as grossly inconsistent with all that ha3 been said and professed by the Administration in the premises. Bailer charges in ad dition that the law has been couspicu ously di regarded and positively vio lated in the case in question. Senator Hoar is made to sustain a very discred itable part in the matter in Butler’s ar- raignmunt; and he says: “I will make his name historical.” After the Sena tor’s cordial endorsement of the civil service order that shook his party or- gaoizitioti from center to circumfer ence, his unreserved support of Mr, Hayes against the protests of his fel low-Republicans in the Senate and all over the country, on the ground of his great solicitude for the success of civil service regeneration, the part he is made to play in securing the appointment of $1,000 postmaster, is in ridiculous contrast with the general notion enter tained of his great dignity, and of his refusal to bother himself with any but the mest weighty matters of State; cer- taiuly not with anything that could be comprehended and adjusted by an or dinary mind, as in this case. Unless indisposed to accept the challenge of the “Essex Statesman” we may expect lively tilt between the two. Under any circumstances the General’s omin ous notification that he “will make his name historical,” is not regarded here as a meaningless threat. When Secretary Evarts publicly talks about his great sacrifice of $40,000 per year, made because of the country’s imperative demand for his services, and may be to prepare the public for his reappearance as advocate in court for some monopoly, a good many here are disposed to question his diagnosis as to the country’s needs. They are bo at fault in their estimate of what consti tutes a great statesman, as to openly assert that we could 611 the place occu pied by Mr. Evarts without going out the countcy; and they are so captious and hypercritical as to insist that such talk ou Mi Evarts’ part marks him as insufferable egotist. Certainly his management of Mexican affairs, about the only internat onal matter he has yet had to deal with of any importance, has not insured tbe immortality of his great name. The manner of Murphy’s treatment here has suggested that even great moral reformers may at times be in danger of harboring the same little petty jeal ousies that distinguish them from the fest of mankind; bnt the Apostle hat- been recalled from Philadelphia here again, all differences having, been ad justed it is said. Murphy yesteruav addressed from 6,000 to 8,000 hearers from the east steps of the Capit d, a'-d enthusiasm has never been at a higher flood. Knox. Washington, Feb. 22,1878. The Bland silver bill as modified and passed by the Senate last Saturday at 5 A. si., after an all-nigbt struggle, b> a vote af 48 to 21, was reached yest r- day in the House, after a rno-t de termined opposition on the part o' those favoring the exclusive gold stand ard, reinforced by the inflationists proper, who as a rule would about »s readily submit to demonetization ss to vote for tbe bill with the features most favorable to tbeir.purnoses, emasculated by the Senate. But the moderate men of both sides fazored . the hill in it* present shape, particularly the silver Republicans. Some, too, heretofore identified with the extreme silver men, also voted for the bill, preferriog it a* the most liberal concession they were likely to get, to nothing at alL I pre sume that some wholly opposed to re monetization, voted to concur, lest by defeatiog the measure they might aid the passage of one much more objec tionable. A large number of briel speeches was made during the hour permitted for debate, the disposition to stand square on the record manifrstinii itself precisely as it did iu the Senatt during the lew hours after the close of the morning hour, Friday up to th* supreme moment Saturday mornina that brought victory and defeat to tit* opposing sides which had battl'd fin months over the matter. HewittV motion to table the bill was rejected hj 204 to 72, separate votes on each Senate amendment were insisted on. Trial striking out the free coinage teaiur- was concurred in by a vote of 203 in 71; that providing for an ipternarion 1 convention was accepted by 19-5 to 71 There was no division ou the vote con curring in the issue of cut ficates ti> coin, and after its adoption the fi.mt vote was had, the nays being comp are tively few. At £he expense of repeti tion I have recapitulated some of th- more prominent poiuts of the bill,.an restated some of the more iuterestinf features of the discussion and vote, taken since the beginning of the billV lastday in the Senate up to its final passage by the House yesterday, that your readers may have a connected idea of the phases assumed by th. question during the last week in Con gress. The convention of the export trad, interest met in this city Tuesday, and adjourned Wednesday sine die to wai on the President in a body. Twentt States aud Territories were represent ed, including this District. The dis cussions were earnest and very inter esting, many of them displaying a per feet familiarity with the commercial aud industrial history of the countn running away back in colonial times The sentiment was proven overwhelm ingly in favor of protection, subsidy tn American ships, and such legislation as is necessary to exclude foreign built bottoms from participating in our coast wise and foreign carrying trade hi separate votes taken after full discus sion. It was a meeting of wide-awake men. representing millions of capital ard vitally interested in the revival ot bu-iness; and legislation can hardly fail to be more or less influenced hv their presence here in their respective capac ity. ’ The National Agricultural Conven tion of the Grangers met here the same day, and after a day and evening ses sion, adjourned without date. The at tendance was large and the discussim spirited, taking a wide range. Tbe resolutions adopted the first day, favor- ing the ownership of the principal rail way lines by the Government; aiidi tional endowment funds for the colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts ait thorized by congressional acts of 1862; favoring the establishment ot other “experiment stations” in the States, and condemning further distributio-. ol public lands to railroads, seemed ex- pressive of the seutiineut of niue-lentlit- of the delegates present. Knox. "pjech of Boll, ffaoct A. Hen* drifcks. The Silver Bill in he H use Washington, Feb. 21. The Senate amendments to the silvi-t bill came up for action. Mr. Stepb-ti.- of Georgia, was recognized as bavin, charge ol the matter, and be iimve<l t concurin all the amend mmts. A poit: of order that the Senate amendment? appropriated money and must t-e con sidered in the committee of the whol- was discussed fur two hours, and »n- finally overruled by the Speaker, whe the previous question was seconded and Mr. Stephens had, under the rule.- an hour to close the discussion. Ttin ti me (reserving but three minutes himself) he parceled out among tbi members an allowance of from half ;• minute to eight minutes, and when th discussion was over a motion to lay the bill on the table was made by Hewitt, of New York, and rejected—-yeas 74, nays 202. Then the Senate ane-nd meats were severally concurred in h\ about a like vots, and thus the hiil finally passed, and now goes to th' President for his approval. Both Houses adj turned ti Monday. The vote to lay the silver bill on th table, in the House was: Yeas, 72; nays, 204. Indiana Democratic State Con vention. Indianapolis, Feb. 20.—rThe Demo cratic State Convention mjet to-day. Ex-Governor Hendricks was elected President. The resolutions strongly fa vor the retirement of the National Bank notes, and bitterly denounce what they allege as the actual fraud by which a free teople were cheated out of their choice : or President and Vice-President. Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 23. —Thu fcov- ornorthis morning granted thirty days’ respite in the case of P. Fish-r, senten ced to be hanged on the 26th instant. He also issued warrants for the execu tion of Patrick Hester, Peter McHugh and Fatrick Tolly, to take place March 25, and for the execution of John Keim and Dennis Donnally, to take place April 15, The Indiana Democratic State Con vention, which met at Indianapolis las' week made eX-G-tv. Thus. A. Hendrick* chairman. Hi delivered a speech* a telegraphic report nr summary of which We giv.; as we think it will prove en- ertaii-iug to our readers, being the ut terances of the mao that received the .-.ties of the Democrats for Vise-Presi lent, and whir received a clear major ity of tbe popular vote, and also in the ■piuion of perhaps a majority of-the voters of the country, was entitled to nave a majority of the electoral voter minted for him. Indianapolis, Feb. 21.—Gov. Hen- tricks, in Ilia speech at tile convention yesterday, said one of the Louisiana criminals has been tried and Convicted t'he Presid -nr and John Sherman sav be should not have been tried. Why nut ? Hts guilt aud that of others is- ihown by the verdict It is a high crime against the nation,' and threaten ing the stability of free instttu ions. What are the relations between the President and Mr. Sherman and the ac eased, that authorize or permit aa . ef fort ou their part to influence judicial proceedings in a State cuUit? After a long and terrible contest, it is settled that the State elections and Suite Leg- i-l tures must be free from military in fluence and control. So also it must ne understood that the President aud his Cabinet cannot directly or indirect ly interfere with judicial proceeding* under the State authority. State court* must be wholly free and independent -f Federal CoUiroI, except where thr ti institution aud the laws give to th* Federal judiciary an appellate super vision. Ills to he regretted that th* facts developed upon trial are of such cnaraci- r as to create anxiety on tin part of th* President aud any of lii* .,'at>inrL, but they cannot avoid tbe ef fect uuon the putdic mind of an exhi onion of that anxiety and o' unseemly (enunciation of State authorities While it is true that the title of Mr. II *yea tn the office of President and Mr •V ireler to the office of Vice-Ptesidein r.a* heen settled uml. r the solemn form- if law, and while tt is our duty, in m\ judgment, ’ii recognize the title becaus* t i- in ihe interest of the public statu! tv and tranquility lo do So, it is stll i-iite Hi* I*** uu- that an imperative duty d- mand.1 ttiat fining puutsnmeii -mould he visited upon the public vrim -itals through whose crime that judg -itettt was obtained. Because a judg- llent is final and conclusive forms In reason why immunity should be se cured to the criminal through whost p-rjury it was obtained. If this i* irue of a simple property judgiuen rendered in a c <urt of law, much tuitr- i* it true of the monstrous crime again*' He elective sowrcigrty of a Iiatnti- fni very fact that it was SucceSsfu urniehes the strongest reason why th condign punishment of its pernetratnr.- .tioulii, cover it with perpetual infamy nid uiamfert to all future conspirator* igainst the Ithetties of a nation tbe dan <er of nth tup ing its repetition. Since the inauguration of President H ayes, I have regarded the repeal ne resumption act as hopeless. Hi was pledged to resumption. Ever vbie tor hint was for resumption. J >h’n Sherman, at the bead of the ireas try, holds the position, he will e force tne strictest and hardest execution ol the law, and it is understood that any mil to repeal the clause will now be vetoed. 1 have heretufure said that iu my belief tile resumption law has been i be source of the greatest calamity ti •tie business interests and prosperity ol the country. It hits had the effect ol causing nteii to hoard greenbacks and die banks to withhold and withdraw circulation in the fear of beiug crushed hy forced redemption in gold. A fa vorable foreign trade promotes iurn to specie payment, and if the bal infes shall continue in our favor, I ex p ettosee your paper-money at par .vtlh g-dd at an early day. Will th- irsiuratHm of silver money mitigate 'heevils uf coutructiuu caused bv the resumption act ? That is now tbe hopi of tile business men of Indiana. It it •mt a cheap money, that me people de naitd its r- Sinraliott, hut a legal-tender tod coin contemplated by the Cn'ieti lUliun. When restored, it will hecume •gain .a standard and measure of value. R-t'We its deinoiietizillou, silver was at oar value with gold, and when restored I think tl will rt e again to the same level. I need hardly say to you that he value uf any class or description ot •roperty greatly depends on the im porlant use, amt now say it ia worth ight ;ier cent, less tnaii beiore, and ner* fore it cannot he good money. I hat fair argument ? As a material fi the mat uficlureuf ware, silver wi live the only value 'whieh that use cat •ive it. But when stamped with ti piatilv uf tuuiiey. and mail* a legal e.iler for tile payment of all classes • •lent* dr less, it becomes the activ igeni of trade and commerce, raeasuri vaiue and di-charges debt, and in such L.-e b comes Correspondingly itupnrtan' o society and more valuable. Wef old stripped of the quality of money that would be tin effect upon its val e? 1 do not believe the pennyweight gold in the beautiful Winn cup is as .sctul to society nor as valuable as the ■time weight of gold ill tuu stamped •'•tn, which does its busy work in the ha oriels of trade, and the demunetiza- n m of gold would demonstrate that act. I have heretofore said that silver has become an important product uf the country, and inasmuch as the world recognizes it as a money medium ot xchange, I cannot see why we should not utilize ou' large product of that metal to the greatest extent that may tie found practicaoie. Its value as noney to this country is too great to be thrown away. Should experience prove hat because of the increased produc tion of sil ver there will be a permanent it d impoHant difference between silver tnd. gold. Congress is clothed with pow er to provide the proper remedy. It is .ejected to the restoration of silver motley that it will he in bad faith to ward the public creditors. If I thought that possible, I would not favor its restoration, however important to*our interests I might esteem it. M v. judg ment is so entirely satisfied that 1 have uo anxiety on that question. The question is settled by the fair reading of the public credit act of 1869 refunding act of 1870. At the date of the former act it was lawful to pay the 5:20 builds in treasury notes, but it was Cont-nded that because of the circum stances attending the creation of tbe leht, it would not he proprr so to con strue tne law* and that payment ought not to be made in paper. To Temove doubt and settle the controversy, theact was passed. It pledged faith of the Unite.’ States to payment iu coin. I pposed the measure in the Senate, aud Slid that its eff-ct would be to make the law to read that the debt shall he paid in coin The hill parsed and became a law. _ Thereupon the debt became pay able only in coin—not in gold coin alone, but in silver coin as well, for the silver tioll >r was tneu a part of th* coin of the country, and as honored in law and CuiiitUetCe as g.-i.i. •Min* the law of July 14 Tsi-n t farid the national dent, -yi, ‘ ■ l ” *• ! amount of fil oOOOOUOoo b^ril'Vj! •out •> per Cent t, trr-si. The ' Ut be l-Hiieri. w»*iv i<> ‘ He i*8ued. w**iv io n r * ou »vii.dii.g o 20 bondi., p-tr i„ r y , r sold for emu; aud the proceeds Crl'* be Used in redeeming p,* *.)". bonds, in the first section of the i w it was provided that the new ’ should be made “redeemable i„ C(>lu the present standard of value ” Tt , law, gentlemen, had r„, ut.ce,u“* meaning. The new bonds were to k. substituted for all the outstanding bonds. They were to be sold tor coin aud it was to be made a part ot ttietr’ language that tirej shall be ‘’redeemable to com of the present standard value" My views Ou this subject Were reeei.t. Iv considered of sufficient ttnotirtanc* by a distinguished citizen of New Y„ r ^ to call for a review aud answer by him self. He had unquestionably gjveu the phraseology of the laws relating the bonds a close study than I had, f„ r j t was in the line of his hu=in t - 8 a ’,„j uf his profits. I had examined these laws with uo professional or bu.ine-s purple out-..lily as a citizen iniereeteu i,, tn e financial policy of the country. y e round it useful Lo his argument tn *huw ir possible, that the law under which thj pubiic debt was being refunded required the bonds to be paid in gold He n^d this language: “Yet, I am supported far the opinions of i'Jusirii.us lawyer, that gold payments of the debts are required aud assured by therefuudiiigactut JS70 itself, which indeed taeuiiuus generally coin, ,n its first section, but th, t, j„ fifth section, V. carry out the a t, neludes • tlver and specifically commands the s-c- rota.y of the -trea-ury to receive ouly ‘gold coin’ as the coiu or deposit and p a j. •ueut.” I am cure it will aatouish you after hearing this pa-sage read to Ura that the firm section ha* nothing what ever to do with the provisions and sa| a of the new bonds. It provides fi.r this anu no more, that tne riecre.ary of ,h 3 Treasury might, for two yea's, rectite gold on deposit and l.-sne gold Certificate,, bearing a low rete of iuiere*t, aim that the deposit might be wtihdrawtt at any time afie; thirty dais, upon tin tiate’u,. lice, and that twenty bve |ier<-eut. ,-huuiri be retained in the trea-ury to pay tire c , r - ulicateB. and the reeidu* us-d to tidom -.lie 5.20 bonds. 1 wae cii-i.i-ed h> thi, getilb man fur using the wonts ‘ g. Id” tod “Colli” a* *j Hunt i-- a public -peecn ; yet, to maintain Iti* arguuo-ut •e’uefes that it he helievtd that coin and .old coin are loosely u,ed iu the ,aroe .ru.-e in different section* of the min-t im portant laws uf the Uuiitd'ibais. Gold •eruficates were to i-*u* bats. ly upon gold -lepueit!*, but in the Second section die 'he bonds were loseii for coiu,and in the Sis: section they were to be redeemable u “co’D of -the present slat datd value.” The solemn assurance given by that law o the public cr ditor was that the bunds <a*u* d under it .-hnuld be redeemable iu gold and eilver of the weight and tine- •ess then fixer] hy law. Upon thi* sub ject 1 have no new opinion.- to express. Iu my letter accepting the Si. Louis a--minuribn far Vice-President I t-atd: 'Gold and silver are the real standard, of value.” Indeed, I would rejoice if our supply of the precious metals were -ulfiuieut for our trade cutr.inerce; but ■re all know that it is insufficient, aud that we must also lave, a paper currency, and tbeietnre I have opposed the policy of a forced resumption of sptcie pay ments, based upun contraction, by with drawing. the treasury notes from circula tion. The treasury note has been a safe currency, and the people have bad con fidence in it and have not a*ked for its redemption. Whllxl itis aeafccurtmcj, it it also’a cheap currency, in the sense that it does not represent an imereti bear ing obligation of tbe government. Itis in that respect, and in the respect that it is a legal tender, it is a better currency than the natioual bank rote. Became uf these views, I have urged the repeal, uot inly of the resumption clause, but also of the provision* that sought to eub.*titit:e bank notes for the out*>aiding treasury notes. No higher duty rests on thelegi,- atures of this country than 'lie prompt and final settlement of the financial ques tions upon a right and |termaueut basis. From the farm, aud the shop, and the market place, there ciiim-e th* earnest an- |teal for a final det-ie ou that ss far a* war be the finances may be taken front poli- ttics, so that under a’stable adjirenctiit, confidence and prosperity may return to very interest. Apples of G. ldin liclures of fci.ver. “A word fitly sunken i* like apples of gold ill pictures uf eilver.” When the body heroines di-ea-ed, tne mind is thereby neces.-arily influenced. Ns- tionnl wars, State die* lielot s. neighbor- .ood hill!Is. and fain'lv difference*, are norefrequently than otherwise th* re sult of disetisetl and disordered cnneli- tations. When the nodv is eufl ring tne mi.itl, acting .n sympathy, “ill he nne irritated and perplexed. W hi the physical system ts in .health, th? niud perc-ives things in their tru- ligtit, ai d the disposition as-umes wry diff-rent phase. Nothing utore lirec’ly tends to destroy the hagg cheerful disposition of a woman, ami render her peevish, nervou* and frtiful ban a constant endurance of ut tine disorders. The diseases peculiar to woman take away the elasticity and buoyancy of healthy and reduce h*r body anil mind to a mere wreck. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a ri-sl peace-maker in a family. No woman suffering from uterine disorders c.-tn afford to be without tbi* remedy. Tbe Favorite Prescription saves unnecessa ry doctor bills, prevents riiv. roes, wares off suicides, brings back buoyant, joy ous feelings, restores the womau to health and her family to happiness. It is sold by all druggists. infl see tha iu t and uia and Job uni Job Savannah, Feb, 18 —A fire occured in t te large brick ware bouse belonging to tbe Savannah banking trust com pan? leased by H. M. Comer & Co., and 4.000 bales of cotton, covered by $220,000 in surance in various companies, were burned. The building was lotiliy des troyed. It was burning at noon to day but is under control. Five hundred oales of cotton will probably be saved in a damaged condition. Tbe in-inance on the warehouse is about $120,000. It was the work of an incendiary. Queenstown, F*b 19.—The steam ship City of N*w Yoik has arrived- Cardinal McClueky en route to Rome w attend the Conclave is a passenger. Wheeling, Va., F- h, 19— Marno Coyle, John O’Brien, and a third map whose name is unknown, while impli cated, attemtped lo cross the river and were drowned. GheSTER, Pa.. Feb. 10.—Daniel Lee* COttniuand woolen will* were destroy td by fire to-day. Loss. 835,000: T„, T of i pasi fear core Hat tnaii buil The bv quai M Ten di*ti urns ing heat bis Tl on t! twel When we h«ve restored the old smi'd- ard, the countrr can h»v« repose on l money measure that it needs s M t and with that will be restored c"t' dence, and right there will he the a» of belter days. There will , flood—a revolution, but a 9 u,et j l J.n K ., movement, the trow.th ot the hot'ora of thing* being s " established.—Cincinnati Com®® Ei bent if ev to re of th com marl Jour A taeel soldi appr Word a gen ring t» of Yc sage: very orate hs, tv ing B gi rooti, iottrfi Ms W«l e tonal 'TOSS fresh ‘ier u Anfi Ojif'