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EDI I'ORIAL SOIKS. Motto for Cairo: “To be well shaken be fore taken.’’ The earthquake at Scio, from all#epo||ff was worse than the Turkish massacre s|d invasion, of former (lays. Thk last bouquet put upon desk shows the way of the E^Py flower had the odeur cT Afrique. John Shebmax says there was no bargain with Mahonb. There was none with Eliza . Pinkston either, according to John. Mahone is so excited he cannot sleep or eat. If Washington' malaria gets a gbod grip on him, his condition will be pitiable indeed. If Buknsid* lost his side whiskers and his bank account, there would be little remain ing, except the memory of the tailor s fash ion plates. Col. W. M. Wadlex was inadvertently alluded to as Col. W. T. Wadlet. The "T" stood for Triumphant, as the “M" stands for Monarch. The quarrel between Gen. Sheehan and Gen. Hazes is said to be affecting the weather. Yensor is suggested as a relief to both of them. _ It is said that 2,000 Chinese have been murdered by the negroes and half-breeds of j Peru. Dodoeb Dawes should look into this while be has his war-paint on. The most withering thing said of Bubn sn>E recently is that his grammar is worse that Loose’s. This saves Loose from total depravity; but where does it leave Bukn biue ? Me. Watteeson has begun his campaign on paper against the Mormons, but will' hardly lead one hundred thousand unarmed Kentuckians to the "imminent deadly breach. The more Judge Lochbahe is interviewed on Georgia repudiation, so-called, the more the Htate credit is said to advance. Perhaps the Judge is playing a fine game in bulling State bonds. Mb. Bayabd tit the proper man to tackle John Sherman; first, because he is incapable of dishonesty; and second, because his financial record is more consistent than that of Mr. Hhebman. Recent elections have mixed things po litically. Bt. Louis goes Republican, and Cincinnati and Chicago, not to speak of other towns, are comfortably Democratic. The scratcher was vigorously abroad. The Cincinnati Commercials Washington correspondent says Senators from the large States hint at future consolidations of small commonwealths. When they try that, look out for a State Sovereignty issue in New England that would make Calhoun turn pale. Mb. Secretary Blaine is a wifferer from rheumatic gout. It jumps from limb to limb and hit him over the left eye re cently. Mr. Blaine is beginning to feel the bail effects of high living and copious alcoholio drinking. Mr. Estill, of the Savannah News, ought to harrow up his feelings by that over trne tale of the condi tion of gouty blood poisoned by intoxicat ing beverages. When Napoleon became famous the Herald's College found no difficulty in de ducing his doscent from kings and saints, and his very name was contorted into mean ing “the lion of the desert.” A writer in the Courier-Journal now attempts to prove that Robert E. Lee was deduced ’from Duncan, King of Scotland, and directly descended from Robert Bbuce. Perhaps Gbant was descended from Macbeth. "The great trouble with Senator Hoab is a liability to ‘gooff at half-cock,’ and he consequently makes an ass of himself every onoe in a while.” So says the Washington correspondent of the Springfield Republican, who has the mastery of his own spirit. Mr. Hoar was mad when Senator. Johnston put npen, him the ears of Dr. Pamoloss; but here is a home-thrust, almost as terrible as Senator Brown’s extinguisher. The Chicago Times says; “Blessed is it to be a Brigadier at the tail of the Republican kite. There’s Mahone —nothing’s too good for Mahone, the Repudiationist. The Ad ministration loads him with flowers and offices. There’s Lonostreet— he’s to be recalled from Turkey to be made Marshal of Georgia, There are curses for Lamar, but if Lamar -would bow down and worship the Administration he'd be an angel who could have anything he wanted." The Springfield Republican sees the point and punctures with it John Sherman's soph istry. It shows that where the Republican party is winning one Mahone by such a course, it is perpetuating the alienation of thousands of other Southerners. To have won a Mahone may have been victory, but to havo made his acquisition the oooasion of embittering the vaßt South which is not yet Mahone, is to spoil the oyster and suck the shell. Our old friend, Georoe A. Gusttn, has resigned the position of executive olerk at the White House, and become Secretary of the Swedish and Norwegian Iron Company, of Boston. Mr. Gustin is accomplished, energetic, wide-awake and means "biz” all the time. He has .made his mark at the Federal Capital, and will become, in time, “one of the solid men of Boston.” As he graduated, so to speak, from Augusta, we take pride in his success. Mahone, the "rebel Brigadier,” is now called by the Republicans “the eminent Southron and distinguished Confederate General.” We shall next see the Republi cans offering the Hon. Jefferson Davis an ovation and a seat on the floor of the Sen ate, with a big bouquet from the Govern ment green-honse before him. Courier- Journal. Not much. Mr. Davis will not give them a chance— "Marcei.lvs exiled, more true rapture feels, Than C.esar, with the Senate at his heels.” The Greenville News thanks the Presi dent for Blithe as Marshal and Melton as United States District-Attorney. It is also stated that Blithe is inclined to be a stalwart, but is trustworthy, respected and has brains. Judge JUilton is mote liberal, and has always .received as large a share of confidence and popularity as is possible for a member of his party. By natural instinct and tasto both will be pre vented from acting as persecutors, or show iag much favor to the MackxT, Taft, Smalls, Ptbtts and Hurley gang. Senator Vance,- of North Carolina, is a large, rather too portly, man, with a forest of iron-grey hair, hanging over a square brow and giving character to merry, twink ling eyes of a violet hue. His complexion is a healthy bronze. One of the kindest, cleverest and boyish of men, he is, at the same time, masterful and full of force. The best of stump-speakers, he has made the mistake of reading his elaborate speeches in the Senate, instead of speaking them. This is surprising, and will no doubt be corrected. His recent speech on Mahone was witty and effective. # — Poor John E. Owens emulated Joe Em mett, in his worst form, the other night, at the Fifth Avenue theatre. His memory failed him, and an indescribably piteous scene followed. A correspondent of the Courier-Journal says: "The effect upon the whole audience, as it appeared, was toevobe a feeling of genuine pity and troubled sor row. The press, on the next morning, seemed to have taken this sentiment as a key-note, and never was an unfortunate ac tor treated with greater or more tender for bearance. Last night he was himself, and 1 assume, from looking at one act, that -the piece ran smoothly through." We are afraid that Mr. Owens has lost his fortune in California mining stocks and seeks peril ous refuge in the wine cup. "Alas, poor lobick!” Springfield Republican: The causes which are going to bring on a panic can al ways be foreseen, but the time needed to honeycomb existing prosperity cannot. It took all the time from 1869 to 1873 to bring the last area of expansion to the gronnd, but the causes sure to bring on a panic began to be predicted about from the close of the war. In the matter of excessive railroad building, the prophets are un doubtedly right in asserting that coun try is just now building beyond its means; but in the past it has taken four, six or eight years of this extravagance to bring the country to the end qf itf rope, an# R hae only had two as yet. None the ids is it trne, as in the fonf yea ST before that the blow may fall jpanj seatori? “ DEATH OF REV. UR. IRVINE. Though Rev. Robert Irvine, pastor for many years of the First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, had of exhibited symptoms of physical weakness, none of W could has* bfeen prepared to hear of his sadden striking down, by brain con jistiA and rapid dJasolation. Not many W,n*s agl, th# sturdy look that, like the mighty monarch of the forest, evidently betokens a long breasting of the storm. Bat the tempest often prostrates the giant oak, while sparing the reed by its side, and so cold and still and hushed and prone npon the couch of death reposal the stalwart form of him who moved among us as a Titan of intellect and whose impress upon this community eateteteetete tee wh* Rmt him. It was impossible for snch a man as Dr. Ia vine to go anywhere and not take his stand among the foremost in pulpit oratory and a consummate mastery of every weapon in the arsenal of human thought. He was a positive man, and sought to mould others to his opinion.— He had the aggressive character of his race and the enthusiastic temper of his Celtic blood. There was the glowing imagi nation of Ireland and the hard logic of Scotland combined in an extraordinary degree in his individuality, and no Gospel preacher ever knew better how to blend them in a harmony that excited the admi ration of the most scholarly as well as the most simple. As his body was muscular and erect, his mind was full-orbed and symmetric. He was a warrior always in the lists, and an antagonist difficult to cope with. He appeared to enjoy the contro versies of the day, because it was an ele ment of his temperament to do so; but deep down in his nature there was warmth and charitv and the brptherhood of humanity. That be sometimes pushed his formidable talents far into the arena of contention is admitted. But no one seeks to deny that he was terribly in earnest and meant what he said and believed what he uttered. This was sincere, and it was brave. There was nothing of the oonspirator or trim mer about hint or his methods; and it may be declared with perfect ve racity that, in the end, they who had been most trenchantly dealt with learned to respect the honesty of their antagonist, and that, at the last, there was a common agreement that lapsed into friendliest rela tions. And so it will happen that among the sineerest mourners for this eminent divine will be those who were widely sepa rated from lnm in religious dogma, but who appreciated the majesty of his intellect and the kindlier traits of* his heart. We think it certain that, of late years, Dr. Ibvink was brought into sympathy wilh a majority of our people of all creeds, and that there was between him and them a genuine understanding from which all former asperity had been eliminated. The broad and beautiful mantle of Christian charity cofbrJtfthe faults of both sides the line of theological difference, ami there were found other anil larger platforms whereon both could stand in upholding glorious Right and combating monstrous Wrong. We rejoice that the last days of our friend were, in this respect, : most hap py, and the recollection of them will not soon fade away. We regret exceedingly that there should have been the slightest ob struction to his pilgrimage to eternity, or that any cloud should have arisen to darken the pathway to the tomb. Of his private misfortunes or the warfare he was subjected to in liie ministry, we will not speak. The secrets of the heart are left to the Searcher. The disputes of his brethren are consigned to their properorbit. If he had imperfections, he had also grievous sorrows. If he had faults, he had also shining virtaes. It may have been the province of some fellow be ings to behold the flaws upon Ibis luminous planet, without discerning the superior splendor. If so, death has atoned for all, and the wonder-working brain, that rarely had rest or tranquility, yielded beneath the stroke of calamity and will never throb again. Never agnin will it conjure up the august mysteries of the Sacred Book, lending the wandering spirit from Marah’s bitter water to Siloam’s healing pool. Never ngain will it comfort the mourner, whose prop was lost, or bind up the bruised heart of Rachel weeping for her little ones because they were not. Never again shall it pro claim prophetio warning against the bar bariwnii of civilization, grown into faahion and almost into sanctity. Never again will it transcend the seas and embrace the "Niobe of Hattons” whose wail is in every atmosphere that cirvi;inscribes the world. The wand of the seer is broken. But his spell remains. The band of tiu> preacher is chill; but it has wade sunshine that dies pot with the seasons. The heart of the great man is pulseless; but its truest throbs con tinue. He is dead —dead ! "But there is that within bim'wliieh shall tire Torture and Time, and breathe though he ex pipo.” THK RAILWAY L4INBIILIDATION AND THK SOUTH, According to Mr. James, of Atlanta, who is a very sound business man and extensive stock operator, two vast and far-reaching Northern combinations, the Louisville and Nashville, controlled in New York, and the Richmond and Danville, owuod jn Penn sylvania, are seeking and will probably dominate, sooner or tater, the whole South ern railway system. In addition to these, Mr. James mentions as powerful competi tors, the Illinois Central, and the Central, of Georgia. If it be true the*, rtt no distant day, the corporations of the Hotih shall gain dominion over the South's indusUtai j centres, what are we to expect ? Are imr interior town* to be made more flourishing, or are they to become wood and water sta tions upon the air' line route* to the North ? Are our ports to be crowded will* shipping and our rwmmeree nursed to a healthy i growth and extension; orare they to simply get the drippings of the larder, and every thing magnetically attracted to New York and Philadelphia? We for the best. The Central Railway has 4£e great things for Savannah, and promises to accomplish wondeoi lor Charleston. It would seem to bo the true policy of the new railway kings to build up the country through which their lines run and to en courage nil of its industries. Our safety will probably consist in the rivalry that will be engendered for our produce, and in the * termination of our own people to conn ect, as far as possible, any blows aimed at their prosperity for the special usufruct ot the East aud West. The South is an in comparable weal th - producer, and if she will not waste her profits, but judiciously invest Itou, she cannot be circumvented even by the prodigious capital arrayed against her. Thai. may be the better enabled to hold her own ora) inmand some what the situation of affairs, we Uar.9 urged and still ue the rapid completion of the Knoxville railroad. We have, thank God, a soil and climate specially blessed for our people, and indispensable for the welfare of our cowulry. If these gitte of Heaven could have been token from ns fay Thad Stevens and hi* progeny, under reconstruc tion legislation, pitiable indeed would have been our condition. But these inalienable heritages saved as finally, asA they are now aiding us to become the rich land that is sought for by capital and enterprise. The men of the North interested in retarding our growth know this well enough and hence strive to keep np a sectional agitation to frighten away investment that would come this way. But the majority of right minded Eastern men, whose oracle is the Philadelphia Telegraph, are anxious to pat a speedy end to the dead-lock in tha Senate, because business is injured and an evil spirit hostile to trade evoked. From this honest Republican paper we quote the .fol lowing words of wisdom, and no longer wonder tnat the Jacobin Senators toy to suppress them when Mr. Yoobhees would; have them read : If Congressmen were statesmen instead of politicians, and if they legislated for country instead at party, they would understand that there was another than a partisan side to this Southern question. Thera is a business side to it, and that is the one that the oeuntry is most disposed to consider, sad the one that the poli ticians at Washington do not consider at all. The country wants its prosperity considered, and thinks it very ranch more important than the prosperity of any party shall be helped or hin dered. Large se this aonntrv is to ares, it is not so large that any part of it can be in con tentisto. with the remainder without serious ly totorngdisc the welfare of the whole. The South is beginning to show signs of net recovery frees the effects of the war; it is increasing both its agricultural and manujkctaring rsaonrees and wealth, and chiefly by the aid of Northern capital; it is de veloping it* mineral reaaurcsa enormously, chiefly by the aid of Rorthssn capital; and it Is extending te gailroade and canals chiefly by aid of Northern capital. On every haqd and by all m .n ffie North and South are earning together . K .in upon tbs strongest basis of permanent "mtaranah-toatoiasty—that oi mutual interest. : But while bostons is doing the work ef reoms ■ '■* ' - • * * * CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST. AUGUSTA. GA.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1881. stiuctiou, aud doing it thoroughly well, the blatant demagogues and scheming political tricksters called party leaders at the national capital are doing all that it is possible to undo 1 the work of business; and to keep the two sec tions apart The South is growing richer year by year, and its increase of wealth is not ool| an addition to the general store, but it ; flows largely into our Northern marketa. to in- ' crease the Btore of oar Northern manufacturers and merchants; for the South ia still dependent upon the North, and would be the test custom er of the North if our political gamesters with the country’s prosperity did not keep alive sec tional animosities, and continually revive bit terness of the war period. The South in 1879 had lees than two per cent, of her soil under cnltivation, and vet sbe had thirteen million acree under cultivation in cotton alone, rais ing 5,757,000 bales. In 1830 she raised 6,250,- 000 bales, and it is estimated that the present year’s crap will baovsr 7*lMU.fafa balsa. Mm receipts from her exported cotton alone for the year ending June 30,1880, amounted to the enor mons'snm of $211,555,965, or nearly as much as our exports of wheat and corn for the same pe riod. Besides her cotton, there are her sugar, tobacco, rice, wool, hemp and breadstuff). It is most important that a section of the country with resources so enormously valaable as those of the South should be in harmony with toe North; for it ia an agricultural section, while the North is largely a manufacturing section> and it should find in the South its beat cus tomer for nearly all of its manufactures, just as the Bouth finds the North one of its best cus tomers for its cotton, tobacco, rice and sugar. If ihe, South, however,'is to be stretched upon the rack by the political leaders of the North, the business men of the North will have no chance to keep its best customer from going to Europe to supply its wants. The whole course of the present sectional dissension in the United States Senate is opposed to the business inter ests of the country, and fatal to those between the North and South. Business has had enough of it, and does not look with anymore favor npon those who have brought it about than upon the disgraceful wrangle itself.” This is the real music of the nsw Union. It is echoed far and wide af the South. The South could not prosper if she were the hell the Massachusetts Senators paint her. The business men of the North know better. When this kind of talk becomes commoner, rabid political agitators everywhere will be compelled to take back seats and give way to men of sounder sentiments and better hearts, not to speak of wiser heads. DEATH OF GEM. M. W. GARY. A few days ago, Gen. M. W. Gaby was in Augusta, apparently in the fullness of vigor and health. He is now no more. Oar whole community was shocked to hear of his sudden demise, which was as unlooked for as the fate of ‘‘Ships that have gone down at sea When Heaven was all tranquility.” Death, come in whatever shape it will, in infancy, in the young morn of life, at mid dle age, in the twilight of existence, with suddenness or after lingering years of pain, is always mysterious and always pathetic. In the case of Gen. Gabt it is peculiarly startling, not merely on account of the vio lent transition from lusty manhood to a stillness of the heart, but because the life that passed unscathed amid a hundred bat tles should have yielded to the insidious attack of an acute and almost unheralded disease. We who knew best and appreciated him most feel most keenly the loss; for while he was stern to his foes, so long as they kept the field in arms, he was loyal and staunch and true to friendship. No knightlier soul ever went forth to the ranks of war than M. W. Gaby. No cavalier ever wielded a brighter and better blade in de fense of his section and his principles. No braver warrior ever led troops into the thickest of the fray. Few of the glorious men of the South - the men of ’6l - ever so rap idly and worthily rose from rank to rank un til only the very loftiest prizes were missed. As he was the idol of his soldiers in war, he was .their chosen champion in the angry truce that followed, and the peace that came largely' through his influence and his lead ership. He was nothing of a courtier; therefore the mere baubles of politics were dispensed to others. But to him, more than any one person in South Carolina, is due the exceptional glory of saving that Common wealth from the “organized hell” ot recon struction, rescuing civilization from organ ized barbarism, and making it possible for others to wear and hold the honors of place and preferment that they now enjoy. He was a serious, determined, energetic man. There was no disguise of his sentiments, which were fixed and ultra; and there was no hesi tation in consummating the plans his quick and tenacious judgment approved. He had enormous faith in himself—miscalled vanity —but really the individualism of a strong, undaunted character, which knows its mas terful power and has the valor to maintain its hold upon the world. He succeeded as a soldier, as a statesman, os a planter and as a lawyer. His mind was cultivated, grasp ing, courageous, self-possessed and as versa tile as it was profound. Foibles he had, as' all have; but his good qualities far surpassed whatever was imporfect ia his nature.— He lacked reverence, perhaps, and missed, we think, some of the divinest gifts and blessings ; but his natural virtues were rare and radiant. His nobler part will be re membered for many a day in the Palmetto State opd in Georgia, and by all whom he ever mot, Hie more earthly frailties will be buried and forgotten. He had one trait of character that proved him t.Q be, at the core, a good man. He was the bast of brothers and most affectionate of sons.— Rey.offd even the devotion to his country yef.e bis love and care for his mother, and V* fepld it to be eternally true that no son tbailoyes his mother can be other than a good man, de spite any other unfortunate environment, IFe bid' farewell, then, to the hero, the statesufaff. the orator, -the advocate, the patriot, the }nie son of South Caro lina and the pride of B.d&efteld. May the Spring roses bloom upon bis the turf rest lightly npon his manly form l The £ftr th will take what is mortal to her em brate. &qt from the clay there shall arise tha impfarwteM’ memory of one who scorned to bet bypftcjm fr only to be painted as he was and, inflexible i# and truth, bore “ahold spirit in a loyal toraqflt.” m m HiUOIk AND VIRGINIA. His Fwtwre Pol Rlcti* Sslrsfiop fa a str,ct Alliance With the R*pubU.cff. New York, April 4 —Congressman Jor geoevm. of Virginia, was asked by a report er of ttte Tribune whether he thought the Read j asters would elect a United States Senator to succeed Senator Johnson. In discussing the situation of Mr. Jor gensen, who is a Republican, eaid: "The Readjusters will not be able to ejry tfas State or the next Legislature without tha united and enthusiastic support of the Republican >“ Virginia, for the reason that Gen. Mahon*. )>}' his course in the Senate, has alienated oi Demo cratic Readjusters, He ptobaidy ffX the next State eleotion will be able tosonteol; fifteen or twenty thousand of that vote, which, with the united support of the Re publicans, would give him the State, aud the Legislature that elects a successor to Senator Johnson. While Republicans sym pathize with M*faop,e with his liberal senti ments, as expressed i* Ufa Senate, yet their past experience of him, and the with which he can change his trout, foods . them to distrust him, unless they h#ve trustworthy assurances from him that he will pot act so as to disintegrate their or eaaizaooa and leave them again where they were in 1878. vfoip, through his influence and money. Gilbert & Walkerwas nomi nated by bolters from rite Con vention. . , “The Administration and the Republican in giving General Mahone the sapport and countenance they have, have such dteiaiops in the Republican ranks in Virgil, M viU he difficult to hold the r*nk And Ale fox the straigm ot ticket. If Mahone is as s>>e M a great political leader should be, he wjil tale such a course as will win for him the united support of the Republicans of \ lr- IVithoat it he is doomed to inevita ble fariar*. i-aa the smallaess of his vote Irill nrove how umofc weakened he has be- the assanhs te the Bourbon Democrats. If he shoqld boldly proclaim himself a Repubbcon, tee result would be anew departure South the building np of anew political P*y. <rf vbteh he would be the acknowledged leader, ihe only trouble intervening being the debt question.” PROBABILITIES FOR APRIL. Fenner Figures of Wet aj There wilt be sharp frost in the beginning of April, with sztewfali on the 4th and sth, but the Spring will open favorably, and everything will be pretty well by April 12. Floods may be expected in Chicago about the first week in Apnl. with high winds also prevailing in the early port of the month. Snowfalls are probabfo about April 5. Navigation * likely to open on hake Ontario abase April 7. The St. Lawrence riTar will be open about tike 9th or 10th, and the first steam ship will probably arrive about the 17th or lcfa. The weather willi be very rtormym the Lower provinces about the 20th, with very high waters prevailing, but m the Wert, April will be • dry month. .There will ha warm weather ;uat followingteLe 20th. an4w.fr in than for storm* t&e>zn and 2*th. Snow storms are probable in the far Wert on the 25th and 26th, ndsnow fctfa are not unlikely to occur in England at the dose at the month. The month will end wet and ooid, fcut 09 tfce whole will be Ute a My month. ROPES_OF SAND TO BIND THE LIBERAL PARTY TO THE SOUTH. Repabllcama la a Vain Effort to Fasten Mahontana Upon Us—lnconsistency mnd Rsfbraa The Plan Falling ugh —Eeb. Vance not Hie Dog Tsg. Rebate in the Senate, Yesterday. fßy Tsfogragh to the Chronicle.) Washington, April 7.—Delay has caused dissatisfaction among Republicans. The situation in the Senate gets no better fast. All business is clogged and all excuse va porized. A gentleman, very near to the Administration, commenting npon the ac tion of the Republican caucus, says: “The friend* of the Administration are disap pointed, and to some extent pained, at the result. They think that there is gome rea son not made public for this action. They are surprised and displeased. They that the theory that Mahone will be benefit ed by the continuance of the contest for six months is not a sufficient argument, as a fruitless session, lasting all Summer, is not necessary to prove that the Republicans are ready to help to destroy Bonrbonism. They wonder whether there are any Repub licans in the Senate who appreciate the value ue of political harmony with the Adminis tration.”' The pretext of supporting Ma hone lias failed to convince even Mahone himself, who unnerved by the jarring given him by Voorhees, and sickened by the de ferred plum of patronage, went regularly to bed for two or three days, and left Lieuten ant Riddlebergel to grin it out. Conkling is provokingly cold to the whole'transaction, and other Republican Senators are cultivat ing the same decorous disdain. The wild hope of breaking down the solidity of the South by mounting Mahone on a party of his own’in Virginia, is one which faded even before its poetic, if patriotic, sponsors could paint it to an admiring Nation. It is well that these philanthropists should know exactly the facts on which this pretension to organize a Liberal party rests. It is not too much to say that the spirit of the faction now led by Senator Mahone has been the most bigoted, intolerant and sectional of any organization that has existed in Virginia Bince 1865. One of their leading arguments on the debt question, reiterated on nearly every hustings in Virginia, has been that the Yankees stole the negroes, destroyed the property, dismembered the State, and now hold the bonds, and ought not to be paid. Every Readjuster of the Mahone stripe lias insisted time and again that the State ought not to pay the debt because the Yankees hold it. And no argument has had snch weight in confusing Virginians, and inclin ing them toward repudiation as this identi cal argument. The staple of the Mahone repudiation agitation has been sectionalism, hatred of the Northern people, and denun ciation of the Supreme Court and its au thority •on this subject of debt. ■The deadlock is now a question of a little time. The Republicans are sick of their bargains; the Administration is sick of Mahone, and the ninety-five unpartisan pounds of Virginia are without a keeper, and without a party. Nominations. The President to-day sent the following nominations to the Senate : Postmasters Wm. N. Taft, Charleston, S. C.; John B. Nicholas, at Denton, Texas; John Nichols, at Raleigh, N. C., vice Holden, withdrawn. SENATE. Washington, April 7.—The Vice-Presi dent laid before the Senate a message from the President, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the Senate, of the 18th ult., the report of the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, in relation to the capit ulation of the Ottoman Empire. Ordered printed. The pending business—being the resolu tion for the election of Senate officers—was then taken up, and, on motion to go into executive session, made by Mr. Pendleton, was, as usual, voted down —yeas, 29; nays, 30. Mr. Vance addressed the Senate on the ’subject of the State debt of North Carolina, denying that her debt had ever been repu diated, and asserting that one of the first acts passed by the Legislature of that State after the war had been one providing for the payment of its indebtedness. Under the force of the reconstruction acts, for the first time in the history of North Carolina, she had found herself compelled to repu diate any of her obligations. That she had to do at the diotation of the loyal, non-re pudiating, honest and virtuous Republican party of the North. It was not the volun tary action of the people of North Carolina. He procerded to criticise and ridicule the acts of the Republican Legislature during the years 1868 and 1869, instancing the fact, among others, that that Legislature had purchased eight thousand acres of land for a site for their penitentiary. It had au thorized the issue of $22,000,000 of bonds for the purpose of constructing rail roads, not one of which had been built, and had then passed an aot repudiating every dollar of the debt which it had contracted. From the day that the citizens of North Carolina had recovered control of the State, instead of trying to pay the debt created by a carpet-bag government, placed upon them in a fraudulent manner, they had resolutely turned their backs upon it. They never would try to pay it. It was fraudulent, vicious—not a debt in any sense of the word. The Republican side, he said, coming down to a question of election of officers, had in quired why the Democrats would not vote for Riddleberger ? That was a shifting issue. The question was, how could the gentlemen on the other side support him ? He was a rebel, an unrepentant robel; a Democrat, an unrepentant Democrat; a Re adjuster, an unrepentant Readjuster.— How could they forgive him ? What was the object of their supporting him ? He (Vance) objected to voting for any man who caßed himself a Democrat who had a surname before the woj'd Demo crat. He objected to the mapper ip which the Republican party had undertaken to foist a candidate upon the Senate, because it was in defiance to the whole plan of po litical salvation. Riddleberger had been taken up in his sins, unrepentant and un shaven, and had been translated into the heaven of Republicanism without having tasted death. the Senator from C'.oppectiptft (Mr. Hawley) had stated that this inovemept vyas going fo break up the Solid South. It reminded hip) of the story of the boy whose dog “Tag" had (lied, and who “bt the angels would be scared when they saw ‘Tag’ trotting through the front gate.'” The Solid South was to he brok en whpp “Tag” came trotting through the front gafs. [foaqghter.] Had so great an undertaking ever beep inaugurated by such small means? Did anybody pyey be fore hear a party announee the extremities to which it was reduced when it announced that it relied for success on an alliance with tho Senator from Virginia and the election of Riddleberger to tho office of Seyeeant-at-Arms ? Instead of the uaove ment imiqg.- aB waß stated, an alliance to promote tha parity Of )he Jjallot box, it was, he said, an attempt ones itou to isqbieqt the people of the Solid South, who had been free long enough to gather a little money, to the dominion of carpet-bag rule ip Mf dfir fjjat their little savings might be ewePf Mr. Kellogg fortoweq pip tue subject of the North Carolina debt, asserting that sincp the State had been under tho control of tqe Democrats the State debt had been scaled down from twenty-six million to four mil lion dollars—a repudiation of twenty-two millions. A long afottjsaion ensued, the North Caro lina Senators “muuuati Mr. Kellogg’s charges, and denying that the Sf®fo had repudiated any of its honest obligations. Mr. Ransom called attention to the fact that North Carolina 4 per cent, bonds were : quoted at 85 and, appealing to Mr. Sher fii.ui, optejyyqd from him an admission that that was a fop a 4 per cent. State bonds. Mr. Ransom argued tP.af $£ North Carolina bonds said as highas.apy othef Scare bonds, it would not do to aay her name was discreditable. He asserted that the set tlement of the State debt was satisfactory to a eredftepo, IfJlti that it was an honest settle- I Mr. Rollins, referring pa tffo remark made by Mr. Vance about carpefa-iiag'gefo) fy- . quired how long it was necessary for a man to live in a Southern State before he would be recognized as anything but • carpet-bag ! B er '■ Mr. Vance replied that if he came with a ; trunk, iycnfy-fonr hours would do; but if he carue ytth a carnejt-bag and hunted aronpd flj.e purlieus'oj eiK®. fodjcipg fora colored map w' cb-operate wfth” hjm iii cheating the people, tweniy-fouy bo;pps would not do. Mr. Rollins said that the gentlemen on the other side were shocked at the idea that ( Republicans should dare to give a vote for a Readjusted jn Virginia who was with them on the quesfiop fo g vote and an honest connt. Mr. Vance—“ What difference ts there be tween counting a man out of his vote and out of his money ?” |lr. Rollins—“ You have tried both and ought ip be able to answer that question youfgeu." ‘'r Laugh tar. 1 Mr. Vance—"l havi pfo .tried both. I have not triad either, aid the foepstor knows I have not tried either. My State has not tried either. The assertion was witty, hut lacked truth.” A colloquial debate then followed, some what ahapp at times, between Messrs. Vance* Dawes, pollins and Saulishury. Mr. Call challenged aty Rep üblican Sena tor to produce evidence'to prove there Jhad , been either intolerance, ostracism or vio lence of any kind on account of political opinions in any Southern State. He then went into an exhaustive history of carpet bag governments, dwelling at some length upon foe corruptions and infamy which he found had cWarauterusd those governments. He was frequently jhteynipted by Mr. Blair, who asserted that carpetbag gey-fo ments had a&sisted materially in the pros perity of the South. He denied that the right'of suffrage was restricted in the South, and ariijsised with great earnestness the laws jrhteb, fp Massachusetts, did re strict that rigfct. He also charged that many voters in thaf bojto k** ll prived pf a free ballot by the infipepte o* money and by the influence of corporations. This brought Messrs. Dawes ana Hoar to their feet in emphatic denial of any such state at facte. A long discussion en9ned, the Massachusetts Senators maintaining thrt£aanOTtesh£ deprived of his right of suffrage except by his own choice, and Mr. OaU contending that elec tions in the Southern States were fairer and freer than in those held in Maasa ° end of this discussion, on motion of Mr. Burnside, the Senate adjourned un til Mobday -yeas, 23; nays, 16. The nega* live votse being oast by Democrats. GEORGIA NEWS. ■ Albany is suffering from chicken cholera. J Thomas county wants anew Court House. ] Mr. John Marion Hodges, a well known citizen of Butte rtfonty, is dqA The Echo not* that the lme cold snap ! killed those frnirxree agents aflfe OgUM>c*e county. ■ | We learn, sayfithe Sparta a negro girlwas s*bt by her (|othew|in jfoe vicinity offftayffeld. Saturday nighfr * The Banner rightly says: “There is more bell-ringing to the square inch in Athens than in any place we are acquainted with.” The better class of colored men in Atlan ta have inaugurated a movement for the re form of the worthless portion of their race. The tnrpentine busine-s is rapidly grow ing in importance in Dougherty county. Pine lands, therefore, are now in great de inend. The survey of the Gainesville and Jug Tavern Railroad has been completed to dug '"nmii lihJjnmi’i Titmi im county. , The Ogletlwrue Echo notes that $20,000 has already been expended on the Guaran tee mine, aud t much more than that on the Morgan. The Covington Enlmirise thinks that Hon. L. F. Livingston will be a good man to tote the Gubernatorial “camfire" in the next canvass. Greenesboro has chosen the following officers: For Mayor—James B. Park, Sr. For Aldermen - James B. B. Park, Jr., J. M. Storey, John E. Barnhart and J. J. Doherty. Albany Lodge, No. 11, Ancient Order United Workmen, is making preparations for entertaining delegates to the Grand Lodge of that order, which meets in that town on the 4th of May. The Rome Courier states that the burning of the church Tuesday night made the fourth one burned in that county within the past two months, all of them belonging to the colored Baptists. The Graeuesboro Herald says: “We re gret to learn very much of the severe illness of John C. Hart, Esq., of Union Point. We trust he will soon be restored to his accus tomed health and activity.” Gath says that Atlanta’s only rivals could be Savannah or Nashville, each in u radius of about 400 miles. Savannah has not been socially as wise as Atlanta; Nashville is the railroad dependent of Lonisville. On the first of April the law forbidding the shooting of game bir^s—doves, quail, partridges, wild turkeys and deer-went into operation. Sportsmen can still shoot larks and crows. Says tha Milledgavilla Recorder. Says the Griffin News, of Wednesday: Rev. Dr. W. J. Mitcholl, pastor of the Bap tist Church, and Miss Fannie Stevens, daughter of Mr. George W. Stevens, of this city, will be married at the Baptist Church this afternoon, t 3:30 o'clock. Mr. Hugh A. Haralson, of Rockdale coenty, died Monday last. He was about ninety years old; had been for a long time a consistent member of the Methodist Church, and leaves a large family conqec sion and many warm friends, who regret his death. * The Covington Enterprise states that it is denied that small pox has appeared in Rockdale county. Our readers on the line will be pleased to hear this good news, for it was feared that the disease would spread and cause much sickness in Middle Georgia that might prove of a fatal nature. Mr. Seaborn Aycook, an old gentleman of Oglethorpe county, has organized himself into, a dog law, and thus far has proved a grand success. He offers a reward of fifty cents a head for every canine killed on his place, and within the past few days twelve scalps have been brought into him. SOUTH CAROLINA NOTES. Greenville, S. C., is to have a furniture factory. Ninety-Six elected a <Jry ticket on Mon day, without opposition. The first telephone line in Orangeburg is to be established this week. The sales of fertilizers at Greenwood will reach about six hundred tons. The Grand Lodge Knights of Honor of South Carolina meets at Yorkviile, April 19th. The prospect now is that the railroad bv Abbeville, Triekem and Edgefield will be built. A negro barber cut another negro’s throat with a razor at Hodges, Abbeville county, last Saturday. The State Sunday School Convention will bo hold in Columbia, on tho 13th and 14th of this month. The cotton factory investments in South Carolina during the past four years have paid from 17 *4 to 25 per eent. Gsyens and McDuffie, on trial at Yorkville last week for killing tho Indian, Harris, a few weeks ago, were acquitted. Mr. George G. Robinson died at his resi dence, near Fishing Creek Factory, Chester county, on Monday night, in tho 69th year of his age. Petitions are being circulated in Chester county petitioning the Legislature to pass a law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of spirituous liquors. The transactions in farm supplies are greatly in excess of last year. This is measurably attributable to an increase in the farming interests. The Abbeville Banner note# that Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken has been quite ill at bis home in Cokesbury, but is glad to learn that he is now convalescing. Mr. Stephen McCully, the oldest and one of the most highly respected citizens of the town of Anderson, died at his residence, in that place, on last Monday morning. The Orangeburg limes : “Steam having been applied, the machinery of the factory is now daily in motion, and the process of grinding the cards is now going on.” The oar shops at Helena, on the Colum bia and Greenville Railroad, will be con solidated with the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad shops at Columbia. The Methodist congregation at Abbeville are now greatly divided on the question of the location of'the church organ —whether it shall stand in front of the pulpit or near the entrance. The Abbeville Medium says : “The poor old crazy negro, Abraham Martin, who was cqnyipted t the fast term Qf the Court in thjs poqnty, for murdering his wife, will be hung on the 32d of this month." The Hampton Cmrdian says : “ Mem bers of the Legislatures in Arkansas and Alabama are prohibited by a law of those States from accepting free passes on rail roads. You can’t get such a law as that through the South Carolina Legislature, trim it as you will.” The Edgefield Advertiser says: “We are deljglited to gay that the new concealed weapons faw sepms to be working decidedly well in Edgefield! Since the beginning of the year the few scrimmages we baye had, on public days, have been entirely of the fist and skull order.” PRESS UODtntENTS. Amusing. If Naming Efae. 1 Nashville Amerioan, l)em. \ Conkling’s patriotic self-sacrifice in offer ing to defeat Chandler if the Democrats will defeat Robertson, has only been equal ed by Artemus Ward's willingness to give up all his wife's relatives to the service of their country during the war. Who Guards 111 6 Jfofat j [Hew York Star, Tammany .] That doddering old granny, the Evening Post, maunders out that “tho life blqpd of the Republican party has been the fact that it has stood by the'public credit.” How? When J Where ? Ip Minnesota, for in stance? The last time the Republican par ty “stood by the public credit” was when they “stood by” and encouraged Hayes to veto the Funding bill, which would have saved the country $1,800,000 a month. Free Ballot and Fair Count. f Chicago Inter Ocean, Rep. ] The Republican orgaufoatipn tgust fight this battle of the ballot with the Democ racy singly and alone; and until it is de cided, and all over the laud, North and South, every man has the . privilege of voting as he pleases, undaunted and un oqefjicnad, tlie battle must go on. While this questfoflfo pepdfog parties organized on questions of finance ar? ' a 'foiifojte, and on questions of civil service reform on im pertinence; aud none of them, though they may delay, can prevent the final consum mation. Tge Difference Between tRe Two Great *u tt ’ u parties. [San Francisco Examiner.) The truth is there is tv wide difference be tween the methods of Republicans and Democrats. The former believe that any thingis fair that leads to success. The fat ter believe that failure is to be preferred to dishonor. They think it a thousand times batter to lose the organization of the Sen ate ttiab fo pfofomte e Vote of a State that is il strong political symjfafhf tfitp tpa.r op ponent.. This may be old-fogyish, it may be slow, and it may show little “fertility of resources,” bnt it is just and manly and honorable, creditable to the party, and worthy of the men who represent it. It ma” not seem to pay in these degenerate ffa&," in which public life is demoralized by such Repoblfoan msljfods the count ing in of Hayes and tffo pforchsuc pf Mahone, bnt the day is coming, and is not far distant, when the better sense of the people will revolt against those methods and pnnish those who have prac tised them. ' federal *H th ’ [New York Timas, Rrp.) To give new hope to the earnest, honest, and respectable masses of the Rapabßnsa nartv in the South, President Garfield heeds only to give the Federal offices in that section to Republicans who are capable and deserving. ThfoCfa 80 S!?* 1 Georgia, can. if they will, readily aid m the selection of Federal officers in their sectfon who would serve the public faithfully, with credit to themselves and honor to their party. Rfa at lesst certain that there are in ail thTfcu m* StatM, from Jirginb to the Gulf, enough ■ wp^Wi cans, men of chai&cte* steading, “who may safely he called to take the positions which the Republican Administration has to give there Becent converts from the Semocracy, in addition to politic! trick efS, ype aro nothing if not officeholders, may be alite’l|fiofo4 Augusta Favorites in the Field. (By Telegraph to the Chrontaie.) Moan a, April 9.—Yesterday was the third day eff the Magnolia Jockey Club races. In the first race, a mfle and a half dash, Fellow play won; Long Taw, second; Lord Lyons, third—time 2:4941. In the second race, s mile and an eighth dash, Kimball won easily in 20811. The latt race, % mile beats, was won by Knight Templet. LAND AND_ LABOR. ADJUSTING THE DIFFERENCES OF TENURE IN IRELA’D. Premier Gladstone rfrwfit. Ilfa Land JMII to P*rrtßh#-FailniN d| For me* Teffnnlff Com- Slnf Nora. I niff Nower—X eomntts.lon tFfIH JudlSkl Afgjufaklieu' of Relation. WrUßr -Tbt Jpt.Rln S ffVeihelt; * * (By Cable to the Chronicle.) ENGLAND. London, April 7.-The Daily News, thia morning, alluding to the premature publi cation of the Land bill, says: “We believe tho bill will consist of seven parts. The statement that the Bright clauses of the act of 1870 will be dealt with in the subsidiary rnM 1 it —* -‘~ J Thß bill will lasted* a scheme not merely for setting the Bright clauses at work, but for more effectually ac complishing the purpose to which they are directed. The Land Commission is also established by the bill, which will be a com plete scheme for dealing with the laws.’’ London, April 7.—The Times, in a lead ing article this morning, says: “The Land bill, since it was first discussed by the Cab inet, has passed through twenty-two varia tions of iorm. It will include schemes for the reclaiming of waste lands and for emi gration. The amount to which the proposed permanent Land Commission will be em powered to draw upon the consolidated fund, for various purposes, will either be left open, or a maximum figure, possibly of £10.000,000, will be fixed.” . In the House of Commons, Mr. Gladstone rose, at 5:49, p. m., t> introduce the Laud bill. He was much cheered. The House was exceedingly crowded. Mr. Gladstone said the bill would deal both with relations between landlords and tenants and subjects which may be grouped as requiring ad vancements from the Exchequer. Mr. Gladstone, on motion on the Land bill, said that was the most difficult ques tion.he ever had to deal with in the course of his political life. He felt satisfaction at exchanging the dreary work of repression for legislation of an improving and reforming character. The grounds which induced the Goverment to deal with the Land question were net that the Irish landlords are bad; nor that appefos to the passions of the Irish people have been made by persons whose wild proposals are little removed from sohemes of public plunder; but because the Irish laud laws contain peculiar provisions which prevent the prosperity of the Irish tenant. According to the report of the Bessborough Commission, the Irish people declare they do not desire tho extirpation of landlords or confiscation of the property of others; but they do desire to cultivate in se curity the lands of the country or enjoy the ■fruits of their labor- paying fair rent for land. These being the views of the Irish people, wo have a broad basis on which we may proceed to formal legislation. It is aot just to say that legislation is necessary because of the faults of Irish landlords. They have stood their trial and, as a rule, have been acquitted. Though the proceedings of a limited num ber of them have been arbitrary, harsh and cruel, this is partly, but not solely, the rea son for the necessity for the legislation we are about to introduce. Mr. Gladstone then referred to the partial failure of the Land act of 1870, which he attributed mainly, though not wholly, to amendments which the Government had disapproved. He then reviewed the reports of the Rich mond and Bessborough Commissions, which he declared, notwithstanding different au thorities aud recommendations, had been of the greatest service to tho Government. The Richmond Commission, with one dis sentient, and the Bessborough Commis sion unanimously, agreed to recommend ing the establishment of a Court to deal with the difference between landlords and tenants regarding rent. The two great questions to be dealt with are. First, The relations between landlords and tenantsin Ireland; and, second, The ad vances from the public exchequer. He de clared that never, as a Minister, had he sub mitted any measure with a greater sense of the enormous moment of the topics aud propositions involved, and he asked all that can be legitimately done by the Govern ment for the promotion of legislation. Shall we hesitate to do, to procure, the passing of an effective measure to deal with* the land question of Ireland? He then examined and justified in detail the principles of the measure, beginning with tho right of as signment or free sale, which he declared al ready existed by common faw and custom, Before the act of 1870 tho right which the tenant had to assign was so small as to be worthless. Under that act the tenant’s right in the shape of compensation for disturbance became something sensible and considerable. It had been reoog-, nized by every member of the Beaa borough Commission; the minority of the Richmond Commission acknowledged it, and the majority had not a word to say against it. He continued: “The present bill does not introduce an unregulated ten ant right. Provision is made for preventing it from passing into extravagance and for protecting the just rights of the landlords, by bringing into fair competition tho ten ant’s right to assign,, and the landlord’s right to get what his land is reasonably worth. The salient point and the cardinal feature of the bill is the institution of a Court to take cognizance of rent, and which will not be de barred from taking cognizanc of tenure and assignment. There are strong grounds for making resort to this Court —optional instead of compulsory. There may be tenants who do not desire the interference of this Court. Every existing tenant might call on this Court to fix a judicial rent for fifteen years, during which there could be no change; no eviction, except for certain specified cove nants. The Ulster custom will remain as now—at the tenant’s option-but the tenant will have the protection of the general pro visions of the bill for controlling augmenta tion of rents. The right to contract out of the act is given where the rent amounts to d£<2oo yearly. The Court will have fiual au thority over all land questions. It is to consist of three persons—one of whom must be a Judge or ex-Judge of the Supreme Court. Its proper seat will be at Dublin, but extra commission ers, and, if necessary, sub-commissioners, may be appointed nnd*r control of tho Central Commission, j Civil bill Courts will be Courts of first instance. It is proposed to assist tenants to purchase their holdings, and to invest Courts with power to pur chase lands from landlords desiring to sell, and re-sell them, retaining the title as a guarantee for repayment and against sub division. Advances will be made to own ers, tenants and solvent conpanies, formed for the purpose of reclaiming land, or for other agricultural improvements, on condi tion that advances do not exceed the amount the borrower had laid out on his own behalf. Advances will also be made to assist emigration. They will be under the control of tbe Land Commis sioner, subject to the consent of the Treas urer, and will be made either to the Colo nial governments or to companies. It is not proposed to place any limit on these ad vances, beyond making them secure.” Mr. Gladstone concluded by saying: “Justice is to be the principle to guide England in regard to Ireland.” He completed his speech at eight o’clock, and was greeted with loud cheers on taking his seat. Sir Stafford,- Northcqte and Mr. Shaw, member for Cork county, stated that they did not intend to discuss the bill now. Mr. Shaw said he believed the latter part of the bill would give general satisfaction. He hoped that this attempt, which he be lieved was made honestly aud sincerely to settle tho question, would be accepted in Ireland as having been made in that spirit. Mr. Parnell said he did not intend to ex press an opinion on the bill at present, but regretted that power as to emigration was not accompanied by others, enabling the Land Commission to favor emigration to land* that aught be purchased for that purpose. Mr. Forster took occasion to state that the Government-would be prepared to to tenants for the purchase of perpetual quit rents, this being the point which Mr. Gladstone omitted iuhisspeech. The Lar ; d bib was then read the first time. The portion "of tub bill dealing with the relations of landlord and tenant was amply covered by the synopsis telegraphed yesterday. The Court of Appeals has dismissed the appeal of Rev. Alexander Mackorochio against his sentence of deprivation for ritu alistic practices. In the Bow Street Poljce Court, to-day, after much formal evidence had been taken, connecting Herr Most with the publication of the Freiheii, he was committed for trial on the charge of having, in the columps of his paper, incited the people of foreign States to sedition add rebellion. Bail was refused. Germany, Austria and Russia yesterday formally reoognized the Kingdom of Rou mania. The Lord Mayor of London has 1 opened a subscription at the Mansion House for the relief of sufferers by the Chio earthquake. Newly £IO,OOO for that pur pose has been raised in London. In the House of Commons, to-day, Sir Henry James, Attorney-Gen oral, replyiug to a question or Lord Spenoer Churchill, of' which he gave notice yesterday, as to whether persons contributing articles to the Freiheit are liable to prosecution, and whether two members of the Government did so contribute, etc., declared, upon the authority of Sir Charles Dilke and Mr. Thomas'Brtetey. jhat the charge is utterly unfounded; but he said, ia View of the dig nity of tbe charge, he must call upon Lord Churchill to place it in the hands of the faw officers, and to inform the House and coun try of the nature of the information upon which such groundless charge was based. GREECE-TURKEY. London, April “Raiee’ correspond ent af Athens, referring to tifo hole pf the Powers on the frontier question, delivered to the Greek Government yesterday, adds : “Premier Coumoundouros has promised to reply to the note. It is easy to foresee that unless some form of coercion is used the Government must refuse the proposals. The nation considers itself engaged to Epirates in a mapper which will not permit it to withdraw,' except under necessity. I believe the Ministry would aocepf the terms of the Powers if popular opinion permitted. The question lies between coercion and war. The addition of Treveeo would prob have enabled Greece to accept the term#;” NATAL. London, April B. —A dispatch from New Castla*. Natal, says the Boers are daily in fringing the peace, refnsing to surrender, farms and houses and assaulting proprie tors if they attempt to take possession. The law is powerless. Eastern hay sells at one dollar and a half per hundred weight m this oity. IS THE FRyiT KILLED ! [Anderson lutelligencer.] The cold has not killed all the fruit, and it is generally thought that enough is left for ordinary use. [Sparta Times.] The knowing ones in this community differ in their opinions as to whether the young fruit is killed. [ Orangeburg Times,] The late cold weather has, doubtless, de stroyed all the fruit. Good-bye to peach pies and apple dumplings ! [ White Plains Report.] The recent extreme cold has materially damaged the fruit. We heard a gentleman say the other day that a peach during the coming season would be good for the tooth ache. [Griffin Sews. ] Mr. D. J. Thaxton, a Butts oounty farm er, ffks in town yesterday, and expressed the opinion that while the fruit in his county is greatly injured, there is much of it unhurt. [Covington Enterprise.] Two-thirds of the fruit has been killed by the late freeze, yet it is said that the re maining third, if saved from further frosts, will supply an abundant yield for those who have orchards. [Abbeville Medium.] Sbme fears have been entertained that the recent protracted cold weather will dam age the fruit crop very materially. Inves tigations have proven, however, that slight harm has been done this far. [Monroe Herald. ] During the past week we have had more ice than was agreeable to the remnant of fruit blossoms. And now we might as well make up our minds to do without such things another year, or buy them at fancy prices. f Oglethorpe Echo.] There is a diversity of opinion as to the fate of the fruit crop, some persons con tending that it is not all killed. We think there are very few peach blooms untouch ed in this section, and the crop will be an almost total failure. [Greenesboro Herald.] There is a difference of opinion about the fruit; some say it is all killed, the peach especially, while others say there is plenty left. There is one thing certain, if it can stand such weather as we have had and live, it can stand anything. [Tkomasville limes.] Many vegetables are killed, and it can not be questioned that the fruit crop is very seriously damaged. Many think that it is entirely ruined. From personal ex amination, we are inclined to think that we will yet have something like half a crop*. OUR HOME ROADS. Haw the Railroad Movement Is Opening Up Georgia. Augusta and Elberton. [Elberton Gazelle.] Should the lease be made, Augusta’s great hope will lie in an independent road in the up country. To complete the new road to Greenwood, and then run a line to Elberton aud also to secure good rates to Charleston or to Port Royal, would make our favorite city independent of this new combination. Augusta has hundreds of friends in this part of the State who would aid her in time of trouble. [Oglethorpe Echo.] The Broad River Railroad, Since our last issue the prospect for the early completion of this road has continued to brighten. • Tuesday the engineer, Mr. Lurnloy, arrived and is now at work survey ing the line. He first walked over it and expresses himself as highly pleased with the practicability of the route. The people along the line are thoroughly enthused with the importance of the enterprise. Elberton will build a road and connect with us at Broad river, we learn. The Gainesville and Jefferson Road has been graded seven miles at a cost of but S7OO a mile, and SIOO of this for culverts, very few or none of which will be required on our line. The Hartwell Road —only ten miles long -is running five trains a day and not a single share of its stock can be bought. The Directors of the Georgia Road wMI meet next week and will doubtless take some official aotion m regard to aiding an enterprise that will prove one of the most valuable feeders to that great thoroughfare. Our people only await their decision to begin work in earnest. The Northeastern. Athens is this week alive with railroad excitement. Several roads are bidding for the lease of the Northeastern, but it is thought the Georgia will be the successful competitor. They promise to extend the line at once to Clarksville and eventually on through to the West, connecting the two depots at Athens. This will make one of the greatest trunk lines in the South puss directly through our conuty, and be of in estimable benefit to this section. The Rumored Tripartite Railroad Ai llance- [Savannah Sews.] Our dispatches yosterday morning an nounced that it was generally believed that the recent rapid advance in Georgia and Central Railroad stocks was due to the friends of the Central having secured a con trolling interest in the Georgia Road, and to a triple alliance between the Central, Georgia and South Carolina Railroads, which alliance is backed up by the Louis ville and Nashville. The officials of the Central are very re ticent over this rumored alliunce, as is their wont, it being the wise policy of that line never to divulge any of its plans or contemplated operations until they are finally consummated. Indications, how ever, strongly point to the fact that such alliance has virtually, if not actually, been effected. The advance in the stock of the roads interested, whioh we have noted, the general report to that effect in circu lation in this city, Augusta aud Charles ton, and the strong probability that the steamers of the Ocean Steamship Com pany, heretofore running solely between this city and New York, are hereafter to touoh also at Charleston, and run from that port in connection with the South Carolina Railroad, are all very conclusive evidences that this tripartite alliance is a substantial fact. And when to these indi cations is added the recognized necessity for the formation of such an alliance to protect the commerce of this section against the “ Clyde syndicate,” whioh is seeking to stretch from Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia, in this direction, and build up those cities at the expense of Savannah and Charleston, it is, we think, safe to conclude thut the aforesaid alliance is already virtually accomplished. It is needless to state that this combi nation will be of great advantage to this, State and section. It will tend effectually to oheckmate the efforts of rival combina tions outside the State to draw off from us our legitimate trade. It will secure to our Georgia roads the business they at present control; it will secure to our city the high position which she now holds in the com mercial world, and will place us, yet moro certainly than ever, in direct and close connection with the great West. JAY GOfJLU OBJ T||B SOVTH, He Find) Order and Industry Every where Prevailing. Mr. Jay Gould, who has returned from his Southern trip of two weeks, was inter viewed Tuesday by a New York reporter, to whom he gave a cursory account of his trip. When he spoke of the South as a whole, Mr. Gould said: “On this trip I saw what may be called the old South as distin guished from the Southwest, which I visited recently. I went and returned through Virginia and the Carolines, keeping pretty close to the seaboard; that is ( f took the most direct route te Florida, and though I did not return by exactly the same route, I did not leave tho seaboard States at all. There are several obvious reasons why the old South should not be, comparatively speaking, as progressive as the South west. In the first place, it is more thickly settled; the opportunities for immigrants are not so great as they are in a vast and new region for example, like Texas; the cost of keeping up the fertility of long worked lands in much greater than that of reclaiming virgin soil. Railroad travelers, too, pass necessarily through a great extent of territory which is low, marshy and unattractive, and the railroad facilities are not so good as they are in the Southwest. But if you take info considera tion the lppg-esfablished (deqs and old habits of tie old people, their forward movement is obvious and remarkable. The South seepis t° me to be actually'.turning its face toff£gds the Riling sun,' not in any political sense, bat in its new and visible appreciation of industry, economy and en terprise. That perfect order reigns is clear from the way in which Eastern capital is going in there. I find the whole country dotted with industries, backed by capital from the East.” In speaking further of the South, Mr. Gould said; “I was more pleased- with Sa vannah than wfth any place visited,. It is a beautiful place, and will be a very rich place 'dfie of these 3av. Augusta, too, is thriving. It looks like a New England town, with its manufactories. There is a cotton mill in progress of completion there now that will employ 1,500 hands, and there are several other cotton mills in the place. Eastern capital is largely invested there and will continue to be. What I saw of the rest of Georgia wakes tge regjet tfmt I could not visit Atlanta, because of its growing impor tance as a railway and business centre, which makes people call it the Chicago of the South.” He had no opportunity to visit the miner al regions of the South, and especially of Alabama, and, therefore, could not form any estimate at the value of the interests devel oped thefe. But fie did not besitate.to say that what he .had seen convinced him that the old Sonth is to-day an excellent place for Eastern capital, and that the people of the old South are infinitely more inter ested fn the development of their own wel fare and of the National prosperity than they are in politics. 1 Cotfoa ir, England, (By Telegraph tothe Chronicle.) Livebpool, April B.—This week’s circular of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Associa tion says: “Cotton has been in better de with less pressure to sell. The mar ket wae ftrpa agd a notations advanced. American' flfere was Jneireaaed basineass with a hardening market, and quotations advanced l-16d. for medium and #d. to a farthing for lower grades. Sea Island was in limited demand, and lower grades have the week, prices closing fully better. SIGHTING SUCCESS, PIERCING THE RIFTS >N THE LAND OF THE SKY. Tile Wioie Augusta and Knoxville Rail road System Spread Oat Before Ur— Staking Off the Line From the Hilltop* of the Carolina*— Piercing Cumberland Gap—Worth a Million of Dollar* to Augusta—Shall the Clyde Syndicate Bottle U* Ut> t The Chronicle’s Spartanburg special yesterday morning laid bare the muscles of the Augusts and Knoxville Railroad connec tions. It touched a nerve-centre in Augusta; for, “taking one consideration with another,” the city is more interested just now in an Inde pendent route to the West, than in anything else. The recent heotic pulsations of Georgia and Central have given premonition sufficient that the Clyde Syndicate, or the Louisville and Nashville, might soon ooptore the Geeafto Railroad. The State Road, at least, is uncer tain. Neutral now, an expiration of its lease and contemplated sale of the road, may put the entire State at the meroy of an alien enter prise. Augusta must protect herself; protect this seotion of Georgia, protect Port Royal aud Ch&rfeaton. Just as Atlanta, then, is assert ing her independence by encouraging Gen. Gordon to build the Georgia Western, so Au gusta must second Mr. Yerdery in his efforts to complete the Augusta and Knoxville. Our Bridge anil Bonds. Taking up the Augusta end of this liuo, we find that track-laying is going rapidly on twelve miles above Augusta. Work has com menced on the bridgo over the Savannah River, sixteen miles above the city, so that when the rails are laid to the river the bridge will be finished and trains can go right over uninterruptedly. The Augusta and Knoxville Railroad Company are offering uo more bonds on the market, and holders are sticking to them, believing that the strength of recent com binations will carry them to par. Tile Carolina Connection*, Once finished to Greenwood, and the Directory have ample means for that—two routes open to Spartanburg. The present route is up the Greenville aud Columbia Railroad ana Air Line to Spartanburg—thence to Henderson and Asheville. By the Chronicle’s special, how ever, the tormation of the Greenwood, Laurenß and Spartanburg Railroad, sixty-six miles in length, does away with this circuitous route, and gives a straight Northern Air Line from Augusta to Asheville, N. 0.—176 miles. The counties of Laurens and Spartanburg are fully alive to the importance of this route, and there is little doubt of their subscribing the neces sary stock. It was a fortunate thing for the Augusta Road that the Clyde Syndioate or Rioh mond and Danville combination did not buy up the Spartanburg aud Asheville Railroad, as threatened; else one of our most important Carolina connections would have been wiped out, and we would have beon bottled up as Charleston is now. As it is, this everlast ing R. A D. management is threatening to steal from Augusta aud Charleston the new territory of the Caroliuas and Tennessee, by the completion of the Western North Carolina, which now is operated by the syndicate, and is being pushed through to Tennessee. The Gov ernor of Tennessee has signed the bill to ex tend the time for the completion of the East Teanessee and Western North Caroliua Rail road. He had already sigued the bill under whioh the East Tennosso, Virginia and Georgia Railroad will be enabled to extend their linos to the Warm Springs in North Carolina, at whioh point it expects to meet the Western and North Carolina Railroad. All this is for the benefit of Richmond and Norfolk. Dnloas Au gusta, then, makes sure of her Carolina con nections, we may got euchred in. our plana by the great corporate power of Virginia and the East. Spartanburg and Aslieville, There seems to be no reason, then, to doubt that the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad has been bought in by its own bondholders and in their own interest. Steps will bo made to complete it at an early day. A short history of this road may be interesting just here. The organization of the oompany was effected at Hendersonville, N. C., 31st July, 1874, by the consolidation of the Spartanburg and Ashe ville Railroad of South Carolina, and the Greenville and French Broad Railroad of North Caroliua—Hon. C. G. Memminger, of Charles ton, being President, and E. G. Allen, Esq., of Asheville, Vice-President. The capital stock was the present and future subscriptions which' then, or soon after, were : Bonds of Union county, S. 0., $150,000; bonds of Spar tanburg county, b. C., $100,000; bondß of Henderson oounty, N. C.. $100,000; bonds of Buncombe oounty, N. C., SIOO,OOO. The ob ject of the enterprise was not only to open to their natural market an outlet for the products of the mountain districts penetrated by the road, but to feomplete a link in the project of 1836 the Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap and Cbarlee ton Railroad—for connecting the great business centres of the Ohio Valley with the seaboard. Spartanburg, the Southern terminus of the road, is the Northern terminus of the Spartan burg, Union and Columbia Railroad, distant directly 176 miles from Augusta. The prop erty passed into the hands of a Receiver in the Fall of 1878, the grading at that time having been completed to Hendersonville, a distance of about fifty miles, and the traok laid to within seven or eight miles of that place. It was esti mated that to complete the grading, ready for track from Hendersonville to the W. N. 0. R. R. Junction, about nineteen miles, would require $50,000. The mountain district, of which Asheville is the railway centre, lias always sought a Southern market, and the Western N. C. Railroad Company is conscious of this. Once at Asheville, then connections with the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad branch on the Tennessee State line, even now going on, will be speedily insured. This branch con nects with the E. TANARUS., V. and Ga. Railfoad at Morristown, 42 miles from Knoxville, securing our connection beyond peradventure. Even at Morristown, however, the missing link passing through Cumberland Gap, at the corner of three States, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, promises speedy completion. This line has for a long time been graded, or the greater part of it. It will place Auguata uearer Louis ville and Cincinnati, by over 100 miles, than around by Chattanooga, as at present. In fact, these places will be in closer aud more direct connection with Augusta and Charleston than with Baltimore or Richmond. Moat Important far Augusta. Said a prominent citizen of Augusta yester day : “We must have this line. Wo are fn extremis. If necessary and possible, we must subscribe one million of dollars to put through this grand project. I would be willing to ask the people of Georgia for an amendment to the State Constitution, giving Augusta authority to subscribe one million dollars to complete the line. It is our best hope, if not our last.” Remarked a well-known A. A K. iDrector: “We are bound to put through this line as mapped out in. the Chronicle’s Spartan tanburg special. It has been all along my., favorite route to the West; because it is the natural route. One thing more—we must fix this line, just as Cincinnati did when she built her Great Southern Railroad—so that it will foreverjremain independent— consecrated only to the good of Agusta and her seaports. I would be perfectly willing to give up my stock now if the completion of the road could be in-' sured, and such seourity guaranteed. And I think the other Directors will do the same.” The City of Knoxville. It is only necessary to say that the City of Knoxville, now looming up rapidly in import ance, is moriug to meet us at the other end of the line. It is a plucky little oity. The census of 1880 shows the present population to be, in cluding suburbs, about 16,000 inhabitants. The oitv stands in a healthy location upon a group of hills, 1,000 feet above the sea level, and the climate is salubrious, both in Summer and Winter. It hag many.handsome.roßidences and grounds, a fine custom house building, aud the business portion is solidly built. It is the center of a fine agricultural district—eggs, butter, poultry and grain being produoed in large quantities in the vicinity—coal, marble, iron ore, lead, zinc and lumber are found in abundance in the surrounding oountry, and af ford large manufacturing advantages. Facili ties for transportation of products are afforded by the Tennessee river, and the East Tennes see, Virginia and Georgia, the Knoxville and Ohio, and the Knoxville and Augusta Rail roads. The completion of the two latter roads, at an early date, will greatly inoreaso the trade aud prosperity of that oity. THAT 910,000. The Real Holder of No. 14,016 Found at Last. \ Raleigh (2V. C.) News and Observer, March 31.] On the 9th of March the News and Ob server announced that one-half of ticket No. 14,6116 in the Louisiana State Lottery, which drew the capital prize of $30,000 in the drawing of March Bth, waß held in Raleigh. Ever since that time the inquiries as to who was the lucky man have been constant, and do efforts have been spared to find him. It was at first reported that the city editor of this paper held the ticket. Then it was al most asserted that Mr. H. F. Hliiter was tho lucky individual, and we were on Saturday night assured by a- gentleman that the last named party was the holder of the half ticket. But the public were all wrong. Yester day the right person’s name was revealed. Information came to us from a perfectly re liable source that Mr. Peter M. Wilson, Sec retary of the State Board o.{ Agriculture, was the fortunate person. Soon alter we received this definite information a reporter called on Mr. Wilson at his office, in the Briggs build ing, to make inquiries as to the matter. Mr. Wilson declined to make any statement Whatever as to whether he did or did not draw the money. He had been informed of the fact that he was to be called on by us, but it was his pleasuro to make no state ment. He neither denied nor admitted the soft impeachment. The news of Mr. Wilson’s great good for tune will give general pleasure not only in this city, hut in all parts of the State, for his {riendg are legion. A gentleman of much modesty of manner, he rather dislikes noto : riety of this sort, and certainly receives Dame Fortune’s favors quietly. THE HOG PRODUCT. Statement of the Provision Market For the hast Year. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) Cincinnati;, April I.— The Price Current, this morning, publishes its annnal state ment of the stocks of provisions in the coun try on March Ist, embracing stocks at all interior packing points and large cities in the West, also at seaboard cities and in trans it, showing an aggregate stock of 414,225,- 000 pounds of meat, including pork, or 54,- 400,000 pounds less than at the same time last year.' The stock of lard is 86,425,000 pounds, or 79,890,000 pounds less than a year ago. This makes an aggregate decrease of 134,290,000 pounds-equal to the product of 760,000 hogs. The paoking in the West, since Maroh Ist, is reported at 385,000 hogs to date, against 700,000 hogs last year, THE LAST SPIRE. Completion qtf tk*e Sbenendoeh Volley ‘ Railroad—Novel. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) Habbisbubo, Va., April B.— The last spike in the line of the Shenandoah Valley Rail rood, between Hagerstown, Ml., and Va., waß driven at Luray, on April sth, in the presence of a Urge crowd and amid great enthusiasm. Bands of music played lively qira while the spike was being driven in its. place by Hon. Wm. ifilues/ former President of the road, who made the spike himself in his own blacksmith shop of iron dug upon h\<j premises. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Movement* In Wall Street Yesterday—Re viewing the Grain Trod* in England —The Market* Generally (Inlet. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) New York, April B. —The stock market opened generally Arm, but speculation was weak and declined steadily throughout the rest of the day, closing weak with a down ward tendency at or within a fraction of the lowest figures of the day. The decline in prices from the highest point ranged from % to % per cent. —the latter in Reading— other ooal shares,| Nashville and Chatta nooga and Grangers being also prominent in the decline. Indiana, Bloomington and Western was notably strong and advanoed 6V£ per cent, on the day’s transactions. United States Express rose per cent. The transactions aggregated 237,U00 share*. London, April B.—The Manchester Gao. - titan, in its commercial article, says: "There is fair, inquiry, but it is mostly fruitless, owing to the firmness of prices. The pro duction in most departments is well nnder contract, nnd sellers are moro disposed to advance than to reduce prices. The borne demaud continues to improve, but progress is slow.” Liverpool, April B.—The leading grain circular says : “The grain trade has been very steady, with little apparent activity; various spot markets continued strong and prices, except in a few cases where they ad vanced a shilling, were maintained. Off coast business was stagnant, there being ouly one cargo in that position. Grain for sbipineut aud on passage was firmly held. On spot, sinco Tuesday, wheat has been slow and unchanged. Corn was held for a penny advance. In to-day's market there was a quiet feeling and an average attend ance. Wheat was slow. The consumptive demand was unchanged. Flour waa mac tive. Corn, mixed American, on account of scarcity, advanced two pence to three pence.” London, April 8 —ln Mincing Lane, market transactions are still very restricted, but some increased demand is expected after Easter, as the weatheris favorable and trade reports from several quarters are im proved. The total stock of coffee in Euro pean ports, at the end of March, was about 140,000 tons, which is probably more thaa at any former period. At the Netherlands Trading Company's sale this week, good ordinary Java barely realized valuations, other qualities were unchanged. ’1 he gen eral result was satisfactory. Other coffees were quiet. Common descriptions in many cases declined. Borne new crop East India sold at full rates for good to fair. Ixiw sugars were firm. The West India supply continues limited. Cargoes of Brazilian maintain prices. Refined was firm, licet sugar is slightly higher. Teas continue very dull, and quotations for inferior com mon congous are lower than ever previous ly. The market hAS been slightly better since the presentation of the budget. Rice was unchanged. FINANCIAL FACTS. Weekly Bank Statement—New Nark Stock Market—Honey In Knglnnd. (By Telegraph to the Ohrooiole.) New Yore, April 9.— The weekly state ment of the associated banks shows the fol lowing changes : Loans increase. $4,956,- 300 ; specie increase, $2,818,000; legal tenders decrease, $237,800; deposits in crease, $7,293,100 ; circulation decrease. $4,500; reserve increase, *757,52." Tho banks now hold $2,205,175 in excess of legal requirements. New Yore, April 9, midnight.—The stock markot wns strong at the opening, and on advance of \ to per not. waa recorded, the latter in Reading, but at the first Hoard speculation became weak, and a decline of to 31£ per cent, took place, in which Reading was again most prominent. Toward noon the market as sumed a firm tone, and under the leader ship of Reading, prices rose \ to 3 per cent. Indiana, Bloomington xnd West ern sold up to 5V4 per cent, and closed at tho highest point. The general market was extremely dull iu late dealings and closed fairly steady. The transactions aggregated 160,448 shares. London, April 9.—The Economist of this week says: “The rate of discount for hank bills of sixty days to three mouths is per cent., and for trade bills of sixty days to three months, per cent. The Stock Exchange opened firm at the begin ning of the week, and particularly for home investments. Foreigns, soon be gan to show signs of weakness, incited by the Tunissian difficulty, which has cast a gloom on all European bourses except for Egyptian and Hungarian securities—the latter being sustained by large impending conversion operations, with which theKotbs childs are intimately connected. There was a partial relapse in home securities on Fri day in consequenoe of money becoming more in demand. There has been a good recovery in gas shares upon the subsidence of the electric light scare. American were well sustained. In railways, Cairo and Viucennes have ross to 3 per cent.” A STRANGE FORMATION. Wreath* of Flower* Foriutd In ike Bot tom of a Pol. Wo were shown the other day, by Mr. B. M. Evans, n curiosity which is creating con siderable exoitement in the New Territory. It is a wreath of perfect flowers worked in form around the bottom of n pot. It seems that some person had been boiling clear wa ter in a common boiling pot, and upon allowing the water to stand some time and finally emptying it, a perfect flowery con formation was visible about the bottom. The wreath was worked, seemingly, in the Hand deposit in tho bottom, with roots upon the water line, and summits of the flowers converging to the centre of the bottom. Tho figures are perfect forms of cresses or some water plant, and are strongly and perfectly wrought. We understand that the pot ih tho object of superstitious admiration in tho New Territory, and that the wreath, which can easily he effaced by rubbiDg the sand from the bottom of the iron, is held in rev erence there. The figures are probably the result of some familiar crystaline freak of foreign substance in the boiling water. PULLMAN'S NEW TOWN. Mammoth Work, ami UorlDe Engine— • The Pullman Car Company. Chicago, April 2.—This afternoon a party of railroad men and representatives of the press, on invitation of the Pnllman Palace Car Company, rode out to Pullman, the new town where the company’s mammoth works have just been erected, for the purpose of starting the Corliss engine. This ponder ous affair, the one which was on exhibition in the Philadelphia Centennial, is the larg est in the world. It weight! 350 tons, and was brought here from Philadelphia on thirty-five cars. It was intended to have Gen. Grant to start it, as he had done in 1876, but he being unable to attend, Mias, Fannie Pullman, oldest daughter of Mr. Geoige M. Pullman, raised Uio lever which set the ponderous machine in motion, and it began to work us noiselessly as though only an ordinary sized engine. It is to be kept constantly in motion and turnish pow er for the entire works. At an annnal meeting of the stockholders of the Pullman Car Company to-day, 45,UN1 shares, or three-fourths of the entire amount of stock, were represented. It was voted to increase the capital stock thirty-three and a third per cant., making the total amount $8,000,000, the stockholders of record yes terday to have a reasonable time in which to subscribe for nn additional amount at par. The reasons for the increase are the large increase in business, the erection of new works and the general expansion of tho industry. The Directors say there ie a rea sonable certainty of remunerative dividend'* on the entire amount of stock. A WONDERFUL MEMORY. Blind Tom Plays Correctly Ma.lc Heard Twenty-one Year. Before. Staunton, W. Va., April 4.— To yor.r cor respondent a gentleman, to-day, relufed tba following: “The most wonderful feat of memory I recollect of was displayed by Blind Tom on the stage while giving a con cert here recently. Twenty-one years ago, in 1860, Prof. E. L. Ide, a music teachei at the Wesleyan Female Seminary here, at tended one of Tom’s concerts at Frederick. Md., and, to test the genias of the hov’. played a German waits, then but little known, And made some little changes of his own in playing it. Tom played it off at once correctly. The other night Prol. Ide went on the stage and asked Tom whai was the name of the hall in which he plaved in Frederick in 1860. Tom, without hesi tation, gave tho name of the hall. He wau then asked who played for him, and ho gab* Prof. Ide. He was then asked to rep. the piece that had been played lor hi,,. then, and sitting down at the piano he ac curately gave it as he had heard it from Prof. Ide, twenry-one years ago, note for note, including the change made by the Professor at that time.” TIIB SUBMERGED DISTRICT*. The Flood Subsiding—The Work of Ri ( . cuing Victims at the Over Dow. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) Chicago, April a— A dispatch from Yank ton, Dakota, says the flood is subsiding and the Missouri river is now at that point with in its banks, although, bottom iands in some places are still submerged. Altogeth er about one thousand people have been rescued from farm booses; many, however have not been reached, owing to the im passable oharaoter of the ice walls surround ing them, and it is feared they may perish from hunger and exposure before relief cad reach them. The question of providing for survivors who have lost their all is pressing, for there are thousands who have been duced to. absolute want. Rcaconafklti’ff Con (Htiea, (By Cable to tha Ckroaide. > London, April 9, -A bulletin issued at II o’clock this morning says: “Lord Beacoftafleid has been rather restless and less inclined to take nourishment.” Lord Beaconsfield passed a quiet day He is not losing ground, but is weak aud his condition is such as to cause great anxiety. A bulletin,' dated 9:30, p. m., says he passed the day free from any symp toms of chest affection or gout, but that he has felt aud is weak. Drs. Kidd and Bructg will remain with him during the night. ■ The Milledgeville Recorder says: “We .speak from personal experience in com mending to o readers and the public what is said about the Gilder Pills. They are invaluable. Ex>.” Great Bargains in Boots, Shoes and Hats, at Wm. Mnlherin A Go’s, 913 Broad street^