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Newspaper Page Textmatt uttfo «t Volume LI_ Consolidated in 1872.] ®{je Union tf ^itcorkr MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, MARCH 8, 1881. Numbek 34. la Published Weekly In Milledgeville, Ga., BY B.lK'VRf* k nOOBE. T>v].a —Two dollars a year in advance. Six months one dollar; three months fifty cents— postage pro-paid. The services of Col. Jins-Smyth*, are en- raged as a General Assistant. The “FEDERAL UNION’ 1 and the “SOUTHERN RECORDER” were consolidated August 1st., 1872, tM Union being ii its Forty-Third Volume and tK ItererteTto Fifty-Third volume. ADVERTISING, Transient —One Dollar per square of ten lines oT am insertion. and fifty cents for each subse quent continuance. . will l.A .Unwed Liberal discount on these r »“swlbloe aliowed on advertisements running three months, or ‘“Tributes of Respect, Resolutions bv Societies Obituaries exceeding -six-lines fi°£}Pj£li D fi ene . offleeand Communic-tions for individual bene fit, charged as transient advert.sing. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS dales of Land, Ac., by A iminlstrators. Execu tor* or Guardians, are required by to t e .Je on the first Tuesday in the m °nth, between uie hours of 10 in the forenoon and „ i n Vlie arcer- aoon at the Court House in the county in which tlm property is situated. Notice oi these sales must be given in a public gazette 3o days pre vious to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of personal property must no given in like manner 10 days previons to sale '^Notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate must bfc published 10 days. , . Notice that application will be made to t.ie Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, Ac., must be published for one month. Citations lor letters of Administration, Guardianship, Ac., must be published 30 days— for dismission from Administration monthly-three months—for dismission from Guardianship 40 J Vabllcations will always be continued according to these the legal requirements, unless other wise ordered. ^ agents for the ITnlon anil Recorder, Col. James M. smvtlie, Augusta, Ga. Win, Williford, Marshallville, Oa. Agents wanted. Write for terms. •male niDPD mav be iound on Bleat Goc- IlflO r ArfoH p. Rowell A Co’s. Newspa. per Advertising Bureau, 10 Spruce St., when advertising contracts may be made for it in New York. L. Jarr. Milbgubne & Co., Newspaper Advertising Agents, 128 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, ltd., are authorized to contract tor advertisments in tho Union & Reoob- dbb, at our best rates. Barnes A Moore, Proprietors. For Sale at this Office. 1# galls. Miller Bros’ (Cleveland, Ohio,) Mixed Taint. Price $1.30 per gallon. Harrison's Writing and Copying Fluid. Tic qt. A few copies of “A Treatise on the Horse and hi* Diseases. A Cabinet Letter File. Envelopes—5c pack. Georgia Laws, 1359 to 1305. Imposing Stones, Chases and column rules. Joatlce Court Blanks end Deeds. Card*, Bill, Note and Letter Heads printed to order. GOVERNMENT. To shorten our last week’s article, under this heading, we left out a few ideas we de sired to incorporate in it. Changes in gov ernments are ordinarily made with cau tious departures from established princi ples and customs, lest tho public sentiment might be so severely shocked as to excite powerful and even armed opposition. A coup d’etat is an exception to the general policy and may be suecessful as was the case in the examples sot by the Napoleons of comparatively recent historical dates. In that of the first Napoleon the people were infatuated by his transcendent genius in arts and arms, and in that of Napoleon III, by his mild and useful rule and the connection of his blood with that of their former idol-Emperoi. The people were with them and to proclaim the empire was to insure the certainty of success. Close and critical readers of history re member the wily arts and fair promises of the Allied sovereigns of Europe when the French Empire and its great founder were overthrown, That powerful people arose in their might and announced to the world that man should be emancipated and re generated, that tyrants should no longer oppress the people, that all kingly and he reditary rule should cease and Liberty be the God of their idolatry, that titled nobil ity, which had been termed tho Corinthian capital of polished states, went hand in hand with poverty and servility and should be trampled down, and that merit and virtue alone should be the badge of station and tho stepping stone to honor and fame. We need not dwell upon the boldness of design and the extraordinary vigor and energy of the French, who, by their great leaders, and, towering above them all, thoir Great Napoleon, brought nearly the whole of Europe in subjection at the foot stool of their power. After all these tri umphs, covered with a flame of glory that no mortal had acheived before, or may ever achieve again, he attempted impossi bilities and thus wasted his means and strength, until, in tills comparatively ex hausted state, he fell under the combined assaults of all the allied powers of Europe. Now for tho application of tho facts and purposes we have in view, from this brief allusion to tho French power under this extraordinary man. The spirit of liberty had permeated all tho nations of Europe; perhaps we might more appropriately say, the spirit of change and revolution. Em perors and kings trembled on their thrones even after their sublime enemy was folding his arms in musing moods amidst the bar ren rocks of St. Helena. His name was still terrible In all their dominions. He had taught their subjects what a people could do when maddened by oppression, and forced to grovelling servility and the plnchlngs of want. Among them there might be eagle spirits ready for rebellion, and perhaps, the cloud and the flame of revolution was even preparing for the storm and the lightnings. What does history tell us? that, inspired by their fears, they relaxed their arbitrary and despotic rules and customs, professed to be the friends of more liberal institu tions, flat tered the people with fair prom ises, taught that sovereigns and people should cultivate more social reflections, granted liberal charters to portions of their subjects and promised constitutions in which their rights should bo sacredly protected. Every interest was to be ad vanced, mechanical, manufacturing, educa tional, agricultural, mining and all others. Roads were to be rapidly improved, canals to be dug, all impediments for travelling or marketing removed, and perfect jubilees were to rejoice all hearts throughout their dominions. Tho truth of history shows, that for a short season this was not alto gether a mere pretence. But while these improvements and concessions were being made and the people were laying aside the thoughts inspired by the French revolu tion and were becoming reconciled to tho new and ameliorated condition of affairs, the wily tyrants were employing the most skillful machinists in arms to construct the most deadly weapons of war, were rapidly Increasing their armies under tho pretense of a necessity to protect their peo ple against hostile invaders. All of the Al lied sovereigns were doing the same thing and tor a pretended similar reason, when. In truth, they were leagued together for one great object, the maintenance of their arbitrary power. The great masses of their people were satlsfled with ample subsist ence for themselves and families. This, they Rad, and others, who saw through the flimsy disguise of the sovereigns, were estopped from any chances of revolution by the general satisfaction which existed among the people. A few years rolled on. The armies of tho tyrants had grown to enormous proportions, and were, in every way equipped as never before. The prom ises they had made were no longer regard ed and they even announced their deter mination to put down the least agitation among the people at the points of their swords and the mouths of their cannon. Ihe dread, experiencedt>y them for a time, had ceased, and their infamous confedera cy having accomplished its object, the old tyrannies were restored and more sternly maintained than at any time previous to the French Revolution. Wo may justly compare some of their acts with the acts of some of our American sovereigns. The former revoked the char ters they had given, violated their prom ises and amnesties, and, In many particu lars, were faithless to their engagements to the people. One thing may ba said of them; they were true to each other. In America where the nations of the con federacy were bound by a written consti tution, a majority of them shamelessly vi olated an oath-bound compact, treated the constitution as if it were composed of meaningless and contemptible trivlalties, made war upon the others without a shad ow of authority and trampled upon human rights witli more cruelty than was mani fested by the tyrants of Europe under the blasphemous name of the Holy Alliance. And, indeed, is this the truth? We fear that with millions of our people in the United States, political truth is a chimera. Instead or grasping the science of politics and controlling it for the common good they throw it aside as unworthy of their attention, or something that belongs, alone to county, state and Presidential mongers. Our state and Federal institutions consti tute an auomaly in politics. It was a new departure from the known and customary rules laid down in political science. All power was placed in the hands of the peo ple and nothing like it had ever been seen and known before. The chief feature was the people as tho foundation and fountain of all power. They, through their represen tatives announced to the whole world that man was capable of self government. Acting upon that postulatum we have been faith fully, in their behalf, setting forth what we have deemed to be their views, perhaps we should say, their political and authori tative dogmas. “Ahbut says a repre sentative of some of the people of Massa chusetts, Hew York, or somo other north ern State, “the dogmas you lay down for some of your people are different from the dogmas of some of the people here." Yes, too true. That is a great stumbling block. Not having room to handle this knotty point in this number of the Union <fc Re corder, we will do so briefly in our next, and present a few additional points of no little interest in this connection. Neither the people ol the North, or S >uth, can shut their eyes to the changes going on in pub lic sentiment and the efforts, now being made by the Republican party, to hasten their full consummation. We shall mainly confine ourselves, in our next week’s arti cle, to an expose of the evils which would result la that unfortunate event. In our opinion it would be a death blow to politi cal freedom. We hope our readers will carefully weigh what we may have to say. The March number of the North Ameri can Review, is a very able and interesting one. Tho table of contents is as follows: 1. Theology'In the Public Schools. 2. The Isthmian Ship-Railway. 3. The effects of Negro Suffrage. 4. Success of the Free School system. 5. Despostism in Lunatic Asylums. C. Political Attitude of the Mormons. 7. Theological Charlatanism. 8. Recent Publications in Physics The 2nd, 3d. 5th, and 6th, ariieles are able and Instructive. STRANGE IF TRUE. Mr. D. T. Pinmy, General Agent for the Globe Carriage Works, is in town with a car load (35) of their line Top and Open Buggies, which he will offer for sale here during the coming week, at prices that will astonish any who will examine ids work. Mr. Pinney will warrant every vehicle 6old, and proposes to sell lower than the lowest for tho coming 10 days. Call and see him. CONGRESSIONAL. SENATB. Washington, Feb. 28th.—The Senate adopted the conference bills on the Post Office and Indian appropriations. HOtJSB. The House passed the Sundry Civil Ap propriation Bill. It gives $250,000 to the Baltimore Post Office and $290,000 for naval coaling stations on the Isthmus of Panama. The House passed the conference bills on the Post Office and Indian appropria tions and tho Legislative, Judicial and Ex ecutive appropriation. SENATE. Washington, March 1st.—The Senate passed a bill to admit free of duty one of tho bells of St. Michrols chirno sent to England to bo recast. HOUSE. In the contested election case from Lou isiana, Acklen was declared entitlod to the seat. Acklen Is the sitting member. The House adopted the conference report on the River and Harbor Bill. President Hayes Issued his proclamation convening the Senate lin extra session March 4th, 1881, at 12 o’clock Al. President elect Garfield arrived In Wash ington March 1st, at 9 o’clock a. m. He was accompanied by his mother, wife and children, and went to the Riggs house where he will stay’ until Friday, when Air. and Mrs. Hayes will turn over the White House to him. The committee appointed to receive him, made, through their chair man, a speech of welcomo, to which Gen’l. Garfield briefly replied expressing his thanks. In the afternoon Gen’l. Garfield called on President and Mrs. Hayes and the Cablnot. The total sum appropriated in tho vari ous bills passed by Congress to carry or the Government this year amount to $191,- 280,198 94. Secretary Sherman will take his seat in the Senate March 4th. Sherman goes from the Treasury De partment to the Senate. Blaine from the Senate to the State Department. Washington, Alarch 4th.—The Senate was occupied with tho Inauguration cere monies. At 12 o’clock, Vice President Ar thur was sworn in by Vice President Whee ler. He delivered a short address, in which he invoked the leniency of Senators owing to his inexperience and promising to perform his duties impartially’ to all. Vice President Wheeler made a suitable farewell address thanking the Senators for their uniform kindness and for the com plimentary resolutions passed by the Sen ate in reference to him. Vice President Arthur sworo in tho fol lowing Senators elect: Bayard, Burnside, Camden, Conger, Cockrell, Dawes, George, Harrison, German, Hawley, Hill, Jackson, Jones of Florida, McMillan, Miller, Maxey, Mitchell, Platt of New York, Sawy’er, Sew ell, Sherman and Van Wick. Senators Al lison and Mahone were absent. HOUSE. A membor of the House stated ho had been stopped by an armed soldier until ho told him he was a member when he was admit ted. Mr Knott, of Kentucky offered a res olution declariug tiiat the placing of an armed force at the doors of this capitol is without authority of law, a breach of the privilege of this House, and a restraint on liberties of any citizen, which should be con demned and directing the speaker to cause their instant removal from approaches of this hall. Mr. Conger moved to lay on the table, yeas, 96; nays, 120. It being nearly 12 the mat ter was droppod. The debate showed that the seargeant at arms had placed some armed solders around the House to aid the police ib preserving order. The Demo crats objected to it as a precedent. The House passed a resolution of thanks to Speaker Randall. Speaker Randall deliv ered a farewell speech , thanking the membors for tlielr kindness and lauding the Democratic party. GARFIELD INAUGURATED, Washington, March the 4th.—To-day at 12:30 o’clock the President reached his place at the front of the platform and took a seat, with Chief Justice Waite upon his right and ex-president Hayes upon his left with Senators Pendleton, Anthony and Bayard, while immediately behind him sat his mother, Mrs. Garfield, Mrs. Hayes and Vice President, Arthur. Some delay ensu ed while a photograph of the scene was be ing taken from an elevated stand a short distance to the right. At 12:35 Senator Pendleton arose and in troduced Gen. Garfield, who began his in augural address. INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Fellow-Citizens We stand to-day up on an eminence which overlooks a hundred years of national life—a century crowded with perils, but crowned with triumphs of liberty and law. Before continuing our onward march let us pause on this height for a moment to strengthen our faith and renew our hope by a glance at the path way along which our people have travelled. It is now three days more than a hundred years since the adoption of tho first writ ten constitution of tho United States—the articles of confederation and perpetual Un ion. The now republic was then besot witli danger on every hand. It had not conquer ed a place in the family of nations. The decisive battle of the war for independ ence, whose centennial anniversary will soon be gratefully celebrated at Yorktown had not been fought. The colonists ware struggling not only against the armies of a great nation, but against the settled opin ion of mankind, for the world did not then believe that tho supreme authority of gov ernment could be safely entrusted to tho guardianship of the people themselves. Wo cannot overestimate the fervent love of liberty, intelligent courage and saving common sense with which our fathers made tho great experiment of self-govern ment. When they found, after a short trial, that the confederacy of States, was too weak to meet the necessities of a vigorous and ex panding republic, they boldly set it aside and in its stead established the national Union, founded directly upon the will of tho people—endowed with powers of self- perservation and with ample authority for the accomplishment of its great ob jects. Under this constitution the boundaries of freedom have been enlarged, the founda tions of order and peace have been strengthened, and the growth of our peo- plo.in all the better elements of national life has indicated the wisdom of the founders and given new hope to their descendants. Under this constitution our people long ego made themselves safe against danger without, and secured for their mariners and flag equality of rights on ail the seas. Under this constitution twenty-five States have been added to the Union, with consti tutions, and laws framed and enforced by their own citizens to secure the manifold blessings of local self-government. The jurisdiction of this constitution now covers an area fifty times greater than that of the original thirteen States, and a population twenty times greater than that of 1780. The supreme trial of the constitution came at last under the tremendous pres sure of civil war. We ourselves are wit nesses that the Union emerged from the blood and. Ure of that conflict purified and made stronger for ail—stronger for tho beneficent purposes of good government; and now, at the close ot this first time cen tury of growth, with the inspiration of its history in their hearts, our people have lately reviewed the condition of the nation, passed judgment upon the conduct and opinions of political parties and have reg istered their wiil concerning the future ad ministration of the government. To interpret and execute that will in ac cordance with the constitution is the par amount duty of tho executive. Even from this brief review it is manifest that the na tion is resolutely faced to the front, re solved to employ its best energies in devel oping the groat possibilities of the future— sacredly preserving whatever lias been gained io liberty and government during the century. Our peoplo are determined to leave be hind them all those bitter controversies concerning things which have been irrevo cably settled, and the further discussion of which can only stir up strife and delay tho onward march. Tho supremacy of the nation and its laws should be no longer a subject of debate. That discussion, which for half a century threatened the extstenco of the Union, was closed at last in the high court of war, by a decree from which thero is no appeal—that the constitution and laws made in pursuance thereof are and shall continue to be the supreme law of the land, binding alike upon States and people. This decree doos not disturb the autonomy of the States, nor interfere with any of their necessary rights of local self-govern ment ; but it does fix and establish the per manent supremacy of the Union. The will of the nation, speaking with the voice of the battle and through the amend ed constitution, has fulfilled the great prom ise of 1776 by “proclaiming liberty through out tho land to all the inhabitants therof.’’ The elevation of the negro race from slav ery to the full rights of citizenship is the most important political change we have known since the adoption of the constitu tion of 3787. No thoughtful man can fail to appreciate its beneficial effect upon our industries and people. It has freed us from the perpetual danger of war and dissolution. It has add ed immensely to the moral and industrial forces of our people. It has liberated mas ter as well as slave from tho relation which wronged and enfeebled both. It has sur rendered to their own guardianship a man hood of more than 50,000,000 of people, and has opened to each one of them a career of freedom and usefulness. It has given a new inspiration to the power of self-help in both races, by making labor more honor able to the one and more necessary to the other. The influence of this force will grow greater and bear the richer fruit with com ing years. No doubt the great change has caused se rious disturbance to our Southern commu nities. This is to be deplored, though it was perhaps unavoidable. But those who re sisted the change should remember that under our institutions there was no middle ground for the negro race betwen slavery ami equal citizenship. There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States. Freedom can never yield its fullness ot blessing so long as law or its administration places the smallest obsta cle in the pathway of any virtuous citizen. The emancipated race has already made remarkable progress, with unquestioning devotion to the Union—with patience and gentleness not born of tear, they have “fol lowed the light, as God gave them to see the light.” They are rapidly laying mate rial foundations of self-support, widening the circle of intelligence and beginning to enjoy the blessings that gather around the homes of the industrious poor. They de serve the generous encouragement of all good men. So far as my authority can lawfully ex tend, they shall enjoy the full and equal protection of the constitution. Full and free enjoyment of equal suffrage is still in question, and a frank statement of the is sue may aid the solution. It is alleged that in many communities negro citizens aro practically denied freedom of the ballot. In so far as the truth of this allegation is ad mitted, it is answered that in many places honest local government is impossible if the mass of uneducated negroes are al lowed to vote. These ace grave allega tions. Bo far as the matter Is true, it is the only palliation that can be offered for op posing freedom or the ballot. Bad local government is certainly a great evil which ought to be prevented; but to violate the freedom and sancity of suffrage is more than an evil. It is a crime which, if per sisted in, will destroy the government it self. Suicide is not a remedy. If in other lauds it be high treason to compass the death of the king, It should be counted no tass a crime iiere to strangle our sover eign power—to stifle its voice. It has been said that unsettled questions have no pity for the repose of nations. It should be said witli tiie utmost emphasis that this ques tion of suffrage will never give repose or safety to the States or to the nation until each, within its own jurisdiction, makes and keeps the ballot free and pure by the strong sanction of the law. But the danger which arises from igno rance in the voter cannot be denied. It covers a field far wider than that of negro suffrage, and the present condition of that race. It is a danger that lurks and hides in the source and fountain of power in ev ery State. We have no standard by which to measure tho disaster that may be brought upon us by ignorance and vice in citizens when joined to corruption and fraud in suffrage. The voters of the Union, who make and uumako constitutions, and upon whose will hangs the destinies of our government, can transmit their supreme authority to no successors save the coming generation of voters, who are the sole heirs of sov ereign power. If that generation comes to its inheritance blinded by ignorance and corrupted by vice, the fall of the republic will be certainand remediless. The census has already sounded the alarm in appalling figures which mark how dangerously high tho tide of illiteracy has risen among our voters and their children. To the South this question is of supreme importance. If possible such an adjustment should be made that the purchasing power of every coined dollar will be exactly equal to its debt-paying power in all the markets of the world. The chief duty of the national government in connection with the curren cy of the country, is to coin money and de clare its value. Grave doubts have been entertained whether Congress is authorized by the constitution to make any form of paper money legal tender. The present Issue of United Slates notes has been sus tained by the necessities of war, but such paper should depend for its value and cur rency upon its convenience in use and its prompt redemption in coin, at the will of the holder, and not upon its compulsory circulation. These notes are not money, but promises to pay money. If the holders demand it, the promise should be kept. The refunding of the national debt at a lower rate of interest should be accom plished without compelling the withdrawal of national hank notes and thus disturbing the business of the country. I venture to refer Lo the position I have occupied on financial questions during a long service in Congress, and to say that time and experi ence have strengthened the opinions I have so often expressed on these subjects. The finances of the government shall suffer no detriment which it may be possible for my administration to prevent. The interests of agriculture deserve more attention from the government than they have received. Tho farms of the United Slates afford homes and employment for more Ilian one-half oi our people and fur nish much the largest part of all our ex ports. As the government lights our coasts for the protection of mariners and the ben efit of commerce, so it should give to the tillers of our soil the best ligiits of practi cal science and experience. Our manufacturers are rapidly making us Industrially independent and are opening to capitai and labor new and profitable fields of employment. Their steady and healthy growth should still bo maintained. Our facilities for transportation should be promoted by the continued improvement of our harbors and great interior water ways and by the increase of our tonnage on the ocean. The development of tho world’s com merce has led to the urgent demand for shortening the great sea voyage around Cape Horn by constructing ship canals or railways acioss the Isthmus which unites the two continents. Various plans to this ond have boon suggested and will need con sideration, but none of them have been sufficiently matured lo warrant the United States in extending pecuniary aid. The subject, however, is one which will imme diately engage the attention of the govern ment with a view to the thorough proteo tiou of our commercial interests. We will urge no narrow policy nor seek peculiar or exclusive privileges in any commercial route, but in the language of my predeces sor, I believe it to be the right and duty of the United States to assert and maintain such supervision and authority over any Inter-oceanic canal across tho Isthmus that connects North and South America as will protect our national interests. The constitution guarantees absolute re ligious freedom. Congress is prohibited from making any law respecting the estab lishment or a religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The Territories of the United States are subject to the direct •legislative authority of Congress, and lienee the general government is responsi ble for any violation of the constitution In any of them. It is therefore a reproach to tho government that in the most populous of the Territories the constitutional guar antee Is not enjoyed by the people, and the authority of Congress is set at naught. The Mormon church not only offends the morals of mankind by sanctioning poly gamy, but prevents the administration of justice through the ordinary instrumental ities of the law. In my judgment, it Is the duty of Congress, while respecting to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen, to prohibit within its jurisdiction all criminal practices, especially of that class which de stroy the family relation and endanger so cial order. Nor can any ecclesiastical or ganization be safely permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and pow ers of tho national government. Civil Service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law. For the good of the service itself, for the protection of those who are entrusted with the appointing power against the waste of time and obstruction to public business by inordinate pressure for place, and the protection of incumbents against intrigue and wrong, I shall at a proper time ask Congress to fix the tenure of the minor offices of the several executive de partments and prescribe the grounds upon which removals shall bo made during the terms for wiiich incumbents have been ap pointed. Finally, acting always within the author ity and limitations of the constitution, in vading neither the rights of the States nor the reserved rights of the people, it will be tho purpose of my administration to main tain tiie authority of the nation, and in all places within its jurisdiction to enforce obedience to all the laws of the Union in the interest of tho people, demand a rigid economy in all theexpenditures or the gov ernment, and to require honest and faith ful service of all executive officers, remem bering that offices were created not for the benefit of incumbents or their supporters, but for tiie service of the government. And now, fellow-citizens, I am about to assume the great trust which you have committed to my hands. I appeal to you for that earnest and thoughtful support which makes the government in fact as it is In law a government of the people. I shall greatly rely upon the wisdom and patriotism of Congress and of those who may share with me the responsibilities duties of the administration, and EDITORIAL GLIMPSES. Atlanta and Chattanooga are ports of de livery. Senator Edmunds has Bright’s disease of the Kidneys, and is confined to his room, quite unwell. _ Gen. Hancock received the largest vote ever polled for any man for President in the United States. The crop of young M. D’s. is unusually large this Spring. The Colleges are turn ing them out by the thousands. Mr. Richardson, the Washington corres pondent of ihe Constitution, is the most charming writer from that city that we read after. _ The final revision of the election returns from all the states gives Hancock a ma jority over Garfield of 8,106. We see noth ing in this to discourage the iron-ribbed Democracy. The Massachusetts people claim they have the best Rail Road commission In the union. It cannot be any better than our Georgia Commission. The whaling schooner Lottie A. Cook of New Bedford, arrived at Tyboo Friday, with a whale captured near Port Royal. The fish was 80 feet long. It is now said that the new Senator from Pennsylvania is not a Cameron or “ring” man. But then, he is a good enough re publican to pull anywhere the leaders di rect. _ Scranton Pa., Feb. 27th^—The Catholic orphanage at Hyde Park, Scranton, was burned to-night at 10 o’clock. Fifteen chil dren were taken out dead and two are miss ing. Chicago Feb. 28.—There has been the largest snow storm ol the season In Wis consin, Illinois and Alichigan. The rail roads are blocked up and the trains have stopped running. The Supreme Court of this State has de cided tiiat the legislative attack on Col. J. W. Renfroe was unconstitutional. This Is a vindication that will do honor to the late Treasurer of Georgia. One of the most beautiful models in Par is is a young woman from the bluograssre- gion of Kentucky. Her husband deserted her, and she now supports herself as a model of female physical beauty. The train on which Ex-President Hayes and party Ueft Washington City, collided with a train of empty cars, near Baltimore. Several were wounded and one man killed. Air. Hayes and party were uninjured. The extreme cold weather last week is remarkable. At the Northwest the cold is reported severer than anytime during the winter. There was snow ill Washington city on Thursday. Here in Georgia, Friday and Saturday were exceedingly cold days. The effect will be to keep back the blossoming of fruit trees. It is not true as reported that Senator Matt Carpenter, recently deceased, reques ted that his bodj’ should bo cremated. He told Dr. Cox. his family physician, that he desired to bo buried by the Episcopal burial service. We acknowledge the receipt of a pam phlet copy of Senator Jos. E. Brown’s spe<*e!i in the Senate, on the Funding Bill. It is a compact and lucid argument, and has been pronounced the best speech made in the Senate on that great measure. “The “Fashion journals for Spring tell us, “Adjustable trains are much worn.” If some one would invent a little trick by which ladies could adjust their trains wi.h- out bending down to pick them up when crossing bad places, there would be fewer ugly shaped young women. New Orleans is crowded with people at tending Alardi Gras. Hotels, Boarding Houses, Steamboats are full to overflow ing. In tho parade 23 cars represented tho Arabian Nights, other scenes were repre sented and a large crowd of maskers fol lowed on foot. George Washington’s old nurses having died out, a new rival has appeared in the shape of a barber who claims to have shav ed every President from Andrew Jackson down to Abe Lincoln. Ho lives in Delaware. Thousands of districts are yet to be heard from. The amiable Rogers of the Hayes dy nasty, who is thought to be the only pure thing about it, has been caught lobbying on the sly. Thus, one by one the roses fall, ami now the fraudulent bush Is bare. The woman ami the money Hayes carries back home will redeem many other bad fea tures in the grand Fraud. above all, upon our efforts to promote the welfare of this groat people and their gov ernment I reverently invoke the support and blessings of Almighty God. The address was delivered with uncover ed head in a voice clear, distinct and calm, and was plainly heard by every one upon the stand and for a long distance on every hand. The delivery of the address occupi ed forty-live minutes. At its conclusion the cheering was long continued and en thusiastic. Thomas Carl ylo, the great English wri ter, wrote fifty volumes. He lived in the plainest manner and was almost an ascetic. He labored continually 60 years and although one of the most celebrated wri ters of his day, only accumulated $25,000. He experienced great difficulty in findings publisher for some of his best and most noted woiks. Mr. Malvern Hill Wright, youngest son of the late Gen’l. A. R. Wright and brother of the late H. Gregg Wright, recently left Au gusta for Denver. Colorado, to pursue the practice of law. Mr. Wright is a young man of fine mind, good attainments and pleasing address. We predict for him a career of honor and usefulness. The National Banks of New York did not like the 3 per cent feature in the Fund ing Bill. They tried to break down the credit of the government and dictate to con gress by retiring a large portion of their circulation and producing a panic. Secre tary Sherman promptly checkmated their game by calling in for redemption $25,000.- 000 wortli of bonds. An Italian writer says that our modern millionaires are nowhero in comparison with some of his countrymen, as follows: Mark Antony spent $1,000,000,000 in merely sowing his wild oats; Nero gaye $100,000,- 000 in presents to his friends; Heiiogablus gave a dinner that cost $100,000; the toilet of Agrippina on a special occasion footed up to $1, 500,000, and her box of jewels at home was worth $200,000,000. It may not be true that our people are growing poorer every year; but if it be true, it is easily accounted for, when It ap pears that in the one county of Pulaski, over $65,000 have been paid out this fall and winter for western mules. Other coun ties are not far behind Pulaski. Then think, too, of the Immense sum paid out for Western corn, bacon and hay. Is it any wonder our people are kept poor, or get to be poorer every year? A lawless body of eight men went Into the house of an old man, in Pickens county, named William Shaderick, who lived with his wife and brother. The eight attacked tho three with guns and pistols. Mr. Shaderick had a gun stock and Mrs- Shade- rick had a light-wood knot. A tremendous row ensued resulting in a complete victory for the Shaderick family. The invading party retreated In disorder carrying off their wounded. The Shadericks were bad ly bruised up. The cause of the attack was a suspicion that Shaderick had given Infor mation to revenue officers in regard to il licit distillers, which, however, was not the case. Georgia Press. The Augusta factory uses forty-five bales of cotton per day. The preachers now have to pay full fare on the railroads. Corn was three inches high in some por tions of Sumter County, last week. Griffin wants a town clock, so the young men can tell what time to'go home. The Phonograph says the Dlzsy Blondes had to pay $100 in Milledgeville. This Is a mistake. Miss Dnnc&n Washington, a grand niece of George Washington “Father of his coun try,*’ was In Savannah last Wednesday. The Hawkinsville Dispatch is very de spondent about the financial condition and future prospects of tho farmers of that section. The Western & Atlantic railroad hauls all the mules that come from the west to Atlanta, which Is the distributing point for Georgia and adjoining States. The Atlanta papers report large numbers of negroes passing through that place to the graveyard of the southwest, “where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest.” Mr. Gantt of the Echo says there are now employed in an Augusta factory, one doctor, one lawyer and one ex-member of the legislature, at $3.50 per week wages, and they are man of family. Doc Wilson, the murderer of Mr. James Tinley, of Bibb County, has been arrested. The Telegraph, and Metsenger, ot Sunday, says full particulars of the capture will be given In Its Issue of Tuesday, Marcb 8th. The Atlanta Post says: “Whenever young ladlee learn to sc stick a pin in their apron strings that It won’t scratch a fellow's wrist there will be more marri age*.” Impudent man! What has a fellow’s wrist got to do with the apron strings of any young woman? Arlington Advance'“Miss Emma Jones, of Blulfton. returned home on last Monday from Philadelphia, where she had been at tending lectures In the dental college. She was left an orphan some years ago, though not exactly penniless, she had a small pat rimony. But without the aid of this, and by her own offorts, she has completed a course in dentistry. Miss Emma sets an ex- example of self-denial and perseverance worthy of emulation.” Columbus Enquirer:—“On the 19th of De cember the little son, of Mr. Samuel Tice, of this city ate some potash, which burned his mouth and throat so badly that he was fed on milk, but soon it was impossible to give him this nourishment. On Friday morning he died in great agony, having to be held to keep him from biting his fingers. He was buried Friday afternoon. For nine weeks he had no nourishment whatever, and during the time suffered greatly. Death was a relief to the little sufferer.” Rome Courier: A gentleman residing in this city Informed us yesterday that a friend of his, Rev. Joel Butts, of Morgan county, had been attacked at different pe riods of his life by more diseases than any other man in Georgia. He has had typhoid fever, small-pox, scarlet fever.rheumatism, pneumonia, was paralyzed, and was struck By lightning one Sunday just before enter ing the pulpit of a country church. He has also had all the common ills that tho rest of us wicked mortals are heir to, such as mumps, measles and whooping cough, and a few days ago lie was kicked by a Geor gia mule, which came nearer sending him to his final resting place than anything that had previously happened to him. We do most sincerely hope he wiil recover from this last shock, for it would indeed be sad for a man who has passed through so many trials to be kicked out of the world by an insignificant Georgia mule. Foreign News. Gen’l. Colley’s loss was billed 83, wound ed 123, prisoners or missing 50. The British have sent six regiments to reinforce their troops in South Africa. The arms bill which will be soon passed by the British Parliament for the Irish, prohibits the possession or carrying of arms; permits the search of houses dur ing the day, and empowers the authori ties to prohibit the sale or importation of arms, dynamite and nitro-glycerine. Gen’l Roberts who succeeds Gen’l Colley will soon have 13.000 men to operate against the Boers. -• The Norwegians are going to erect a mon ument to Ole Bull. A banquet was recently given by a beur- geois of Brescia which is destined to make Its mark in the annals of cookery. It was composed entirely of asses’ flesh—roast, boiled, and broiled. All was ass, nothing but ass, and the whole was pronounced most exquisite. As money makes the man, so does cookery make tho meat. Every part of the Italian beast sacrificed on this occasion went down the throats of the wise men assembled to devour him. The tongue in particular was declared to be perfect. Will the example be followed elsewhere? The motive of the giver of the banquet was simply to procure for the poorer pop ulation an article of food more nutritious than the bad beef and mutton sold at butchers’ shops. Wicked Clergymen. Rev—, Washington, D. C., writes: “I believe It to be all wrong and even wicked for clergymen or other public men to be led into giving testimonials to quack doctors or vile stuffs called medicines, but when a really meritorious article made of valu able remedies known to all, that all physi cians use and trust in daily,we should free ly commend It. I therefore cheerfully and heartily commend Hop Bitters for the good they have done me and my friends, firmly believing they have no equal for family use. I will not be without them.”— New York Baptist Weekly. Eminent Dr. J. J. Caldwell, Baltimore, Mix, states: “I have used Colden’s LIEBIG’S LIQUID EXTRACTOF BEEF largely in debility, febrile and ner vous diseases, and I have found it one of the most reliable of nutriment tonics.” For sale by E. A. Bayne. i$ a, wtmm enrz crocse. ^LWAYS ON HAND a Fresh stock of Groceries and Confectioneries. Call on him for Sugar, Coffee, Syrup, Canned Goods, Fancy Meats, Butter and Eggs. nS-Tobacco and Cigars. -%* «*Garden Seed. Goods Guaranteed and Delivered Free on Charge. O^BAbtrb—Will barter for, or buy country produce, and give good prices for scrap Iron, rags and all kinds of hones. Milledgeville, Jan, 17, 1881. 27 ly NOTICE TO PASSENGERS. THE COUNTY OFFICERS’ COMPLICATION. THE LATE LAMENTED Sufferer from Dyspepsia, Nervous and Bil ious Disorders, Sour Stomach, Belching and Vomiting, and ague, Headache, Rheu matism, Jaundice, Sleeplessness, and Gen eral Dobiilty. He took medicine and died. Dr. Flagg's Improved Liver and Pad would have saved his life. The Attorney-General has given his opin ion to the Governor declaring that, in his judgment, those Tax Collectors and Re ceivers of Tax Returns who failed to file their official bonds with the Ordinary with in thirty days or with the Comptroller- General within forty days from the date of election, have failed to comply with the law. If the Governor acts upon this and decides thpt a new election will have to be held in cases where such failure has occured, new elections will have to be ordered in a majority of the counties In the State, en tailing much trouble and expense, and where Receivers of Tax Returns are thrown out considerable delay and incon venience in making returns, which the law says shall begin on the first of April. In every lnstanoe where such new election Is held the parties foiling to give the bond within the prescribed time will not be eligi ble for re-election and a large worthy and efficient number of officers will be thrown out, to thogreat detrimen tof the public inter ests. These officers were prepared to give the bonds, but acted under the section of the Code which gave them until the first of June to file such bonds, being unaware of the act of 1875, which repealed the section referred to. True, ignorance of the law excuses no one, but this is an extreme case, and should be regarded as an exception to the general rule, especially In view of the trouble which will be caused by a strict ad herence to the letter of the law. In our opinion the Governor would be fully justi fied in delaying to order new elections un til the assembling of the Legislature in Ju ly, allowing the old officers to hold over in the meantime. We believe that such ac tion would be cheerfully ratified by that body, and the law changed in order to per mit the officers elected In January to file their bonds mmhc pro tunc. In this way all the expense of a new election, an expense which would have to be met by the county treasuries, would be avoided and no pub lic Interests interterred with The matter has taken the public, as well as the offi cers, oompletely by surprise. Under the circumstances, we teal satisfied that the Governor would be justified in exercising a wide discretion in the matter and declining to order a new election at this time. The same thing occurred In 1877, but was not notloed then—no one having discovered that the section of the Code had been re pealed. If no Injury resulted to the public interests then, it is difficult to see how any could result now. We see no rea son why the defect could not be cured by the Legislature when it meets In ex tra seseion. It may be claimed that any law which would do this would be retroac tive, but it would not Impair the obligation- of any contract, and could hardly, there fore, be held to be unconstitutional. If there is any possible way out of the dilem ma, except that of a new election, it should be promptly seized upon, as the medicine in this cnee is worse than the disease. So far, the matter ban only been brought to the attention of the Governor in regard to the Tax Collectors and Receivers of Tax Returns, bat we understand that the law applies with equal force to all county offi cers who are required to give bonds. If the law is complied with according to its letter, the election held last January in most of the counties of the State will be praetfenlly set aside, so far as a number of the officers are eoneerned, and the entire trouble and expense wfil be again incurred, with the additional disadvantage of having those who are clearly the choice of the ma jority of the people disqualified for re-elec tion. As we have stated, this Is a very harsh sad unnecessary remedy, and should be avoided If possible.—Chron. A Con. Meaare. J. H. KcComb and T. W. Turk, Tax Receiver and Tax Collector of Baldwin comity, are among those whose bonds were not filed In the Comptroller General’s of fice within forty days. But the Ordinary informs us, that these officers filed their bonds In his office within thirty days, and have been sworn In and commissioned. During February tho debt of the United States decreased $11,813,155. The hotel “Mansion House” at Port Roy al was destroyed by fire March 1st. PRESIDENT GARFIELD’S CABINET. The Senate, on Saturday, unanimously confirmed the following nominations sent In by the President: Washsngton, March 5.—President Gar field this afternoon sent to tho Senate the following nominations: James G. Blaine, of Maine, to be Secreta ry of State. William Windom, of Minnesota—Secreta ry of the Treasury. Wayne McVeagh, of Pennsylvania—At torney General. Thos. L. James, oi New Yoi k—Post-mas ter General. Samuel J. Kirkwood, of Iowa—Secretary of the Interior. Robert T. Lincoln, of Illinois—Secretary of War. Wm. H. Hunt, of Louisiana—Secretary of the Navy. Ohio was left out. Properly too. City Sexton’s Report. The City Sexton reports no interments in the City Cemetery, for tho week ending March 6th, 1831. J. B. Fair, City Sexton. /COMMENCING February 1st, 1SS1, and vz until further notice, the Passenger Fare over the GEORGIA RAIL P< )AD Main Line and Branches, will be as follows: Agent’s Rate Three (3) Cents per Mile. Train Rate Four (4) Cents per Milo. Children between 5 and 12 years, Half the above Bates. Minimum Rate, for any Distance, Five (5) Cents. Passengers are hereby notified tiiat if they fail to purchase Tickets from t lie Station Agents, they will be charged tho Train Rate. Conductors are not Ticket Sellers, and are net allowed to accept less than tho Train Rate of Four Cents per Mile. There fore, to secure the advantage of the reduced rate, purchase your tickets before entering tbe train. The Company reserves the right to change, or entirely abrogate these rates, at pleasure and without notice. E. R. DORSEY, General Passenger Agent. January 25, 1881, 28 lot. PR0VISI0JIV_ MARKET. Corrected weekly by C. H. Wright A San. Milledgeville, March 7th, 1881. BACON:—Shoulders per lb 7 ct*. Clear Rib Sides @ io Clear Sides io D. S. Clear Rib Sides 9 @ 10 Plain Hams 13 Canvassed Hams 13 BAGGING @ J2K IRON TIES 2.50 bundle. BUTTER—Country 20 @ 25 Western 25@30 CHEESE 20 COFFEE—Rio 16@30 Java 30@3* EGGS per dozen 20@25 FLOUR fk bbl SS.003S9.00 GRAIN—Corn 80$ 90 Peas 7s@1.00 Oats, 75$ 90 HOES 50@#0 IRON * lb 7@8 LARD 10 LIME per bnshel $1.00 MEAL “ 90 MOLASSES per gallon 40 to 60 NAILS pr lb '. 5 @8 OIL, Kerosene, per gallon 25 POTATOES—Sweet per bnshel, 50 Irish “ “ $1.50 POTASH AND LYE per can, 15 SALT per Back, $i.2o@$l,50. SUGARS 8@18 SYRUP per gallon, so$75 TALLOW 5$8 TEA $1.00 VINEGAR 40 WHISKEY ...$1.50 ■ »-w ♦ U8T OF ADVBRT1SBD LETTBRS Remaining in the Post-Office at Milledge ville, Baldwin County, Ga., March 5th, 1881. If not called for within 30 days, they win be sent to the Dead Letter office. Carter, Joshua Jones, Mrs. Grade Freeman, Miss An- Jiles, Miss S. geline Lane, Amauda Green, Miss Imigene Moore, Miss Lizzie Gillard. Mrs. Julie McClung,Miss Mary Hudson, Miss Annie Tucker, Wm. Hook, James Veal, Mrs. Martha, Harrison, Reuben Warren, Rachael C. G. WILSON, P. JL Office Hours.—General delivery win dow will be open from 9 a. x. until 5 p. x. Money Order windows will be open from 9 A. x. to 4 p. x. J. RHODES BROWN, I LAMBERT SPENCER, I Pres’t. | Sec’y. f A HOME COMPANY, SEEKING HOME PATRONAGE. Strong! Prompt! Reliable! Liberal! Agents at ail Cities, Towns and Villages in the Southern States. L. CARRINGTON, Agent, Jan. 11, 1881.26 6m.] Milledgeville, Ga. Georgia Railroad Company. SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, Augusta, Ga., Nov. 5th, 1880. Commencing Monday, Nov. sth, Inst., the fal lowing passenger schedule will be operated. Trains run by Atlanta time—7 minutes slower than Macon: NO 17—EAST (daily). Leave Macon SOSta iu Leave Milledgeville s.KS a iu Leave Sparta 10:06 a m Leave Warrenton 11:14 a in Arrive Camak. 11:27 a m Arrive Washington 2:io p m Arrive Athens 3:30 p m Arrive Atlanta 5:45 p m Arrive Angnsta 3:47 p rn NO 17—WEST (daily). Leave Angnsta. 9:35 a m Leave Atlanta 7:15 am Leave Athens 9:15 n m Leave Washington io:4.> a ni Leave Camak l :29 p m Arrive Warrenton : i:4upm Arrive Sparta 3:15 p ni Arrive Milledgeville 4:45 p 111 Arrive Macon 6:45 p ra No connection to or from Washington on son- days. NO le—EAST (daily, except Sunday.) Leave Macon 7.-00 p m Leave Milledgeville 9:15 p m Leave Sparta io:45 p m Leave warrenton 12:15 a nt Leave Camak 4;li) 11 m Arrive J igusta 7:OOam NO 1»—WEST (daily, except Sunday.) Leave Augusta 5:30 p m Leave Camak 1:00 a m Arrive Warrenton 1:15 am Arrive Sparta 2: to a m Arrive MiUedgevUle 4:20 a in Arrive Macon 6:30 a m Trains will not stop at flag stations. Close connections at Augusta for all points East, and Southeast, and at Macon for all points in Southwest Georgia and Florida. Superb improved Sleepers between Macon and Augusta. Pullman Sleepers Augusta to Washington. Only one change Augusta to New York. S. K. JOHNSON. Superintendent. E. R. DORijEY. General Passenger Agenr. WISE Weare Indebted to W. G. McAdoo. Jr., for aa Invitation to the annual exhibition Pal-Delta Society. University of Ten- March 11, 1881. CDUMliiElY FOR RHEUMATISM, Mmratgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness ot tho Cboot, Goat, Quincy, Sore Throat, Smell- mgs and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Fronted Fad and Ears, and oil other Pams and Aches. ■o Preparation on ruth equals Sr. Jacobs Oil a* a »«/>, rare, tfwule end cheap External Remedy A trial entail* bat the eonpuatiTSly trifling ostler ,,f Oafs, and every one eafferiag with pain can hero cheap and jwtitiTe proof of Its sioion. Direction. In Kleren Languages. BOLD BY ALL DBT7GGTSTS AMD DEALSH IB MEDICINE. A-TOGELER Qt CO., ffalfiasorr, MO, W. fc A. Jan, 10.1881. a$ ly. Fn Chat’s Balsam of Sharks Oil. Fuilirely Bent*re* tbe Hearing, nu<! i« Os Only Abanin** Cnre for Deni- This Oil is extracted from a peculiar spe cies ot small While Kbark, caught in tho Yellow Sea, known as Cwrtharodon Eondel- etii. Every Chinese fisherman knows it. Its virtues as a restorative or hearing were discovered by a Buddhist Priest about the year 1410. Its cures were so numer ous and many so seemingly miraculous, that the remedy was officially proclaimed over the entire Empire. Its use became so universal that for over 300 years no Deaf ness has existed among the Chinese people. Sent, charges prepaid, to any address at $1 per bottle. •nlylnperleil by H4YBOCK A CO., Sole Agents for America, 7 DeySt., New York. Its virtues are unouestionable and its curative character absolute, as the writer can personally testify, both from experience and observation. Among the many readers of the Review to on* part and another of thecountry.it te probable that numbers are afflicted with deafness, and to such it mav be said: ^ Write at once to Hay dock &‘Co., 7, Dov Street, New York, enclosing $1, aud you will receive by return a remedy that will euble you to hear like anybody els<\ and ;®08e curative effects will be permanent. You will never regret doing so.”—Editor of New York Mercantile Review, Sept. 25, 1880. January 25, 1881. SB 3m. Notice. HEREBY give notice that on the 15th of Dceember, last, I took up three head of astray cattle, which the owner can have proving property and paying charges. _ lot claimed to sixty days thoy will be disposed of as the law directs. 1 J. N. HOGUE, near Stevens’ Pottery. Jam 9ffth, 1881. 23 ot COTTON MARKET. The following is the market Report ot March 7th. 1881. Gold par-

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Union and recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1872-1886, March 08, 1881, Image 1