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Affairs in Georgia.
The Hon. Potipbar Peagreen may have a
1 breath, as :s charged in some quarters,
. t eood or bad, it has been very costly to
change is bragging about a cham-
jatler. The editor ought to coma to
ih. There is not a driver on the street
he Coast Line Railroad that is not a
,n. All of them are provided with
whistles, and the abundant manner
i they use them is actually cheering,
'barks in the distance or & person
the tramway three hundred yards
he pewter ’fhistlo in the hands of
er sets up l shriek that would do
i a lost soul in purgatory. We trust
vill have the hardihood to talk about
>n whistling until he has first heard
drivers on the Coast Line,
knowledge the receipt of an invita-
ittond a “Masque Cotillon Tarty” at
ima, accompanied by a ticket which
es that we must be in costume to be
1. As wo had occasion to explain
no ago, we sold all our fancy dresses
. quit the circus business, in conse-
of which, we shall have to remain
. The affair occurs on the 10th of
Moal
presi
J. H. E STILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY,
The Kickdalo Register says: Senator Nor
woods speech in favor of the Centennial ap
propriation was undoubtedly a fine effort.
It was distinguished by a degree of classi
cal elegance as rare as it is pleasing.
We trust, Hon. Potty, that by this time you
are once ui ie in the bosom of your family.
We give expression to this wish with some
auction, lion. Potty, because if anything
goes wrong at your fireside, your motion to
reconsider will not cost the tax-payers a
farthing. Ho you catch the drift of our re
marks, Hon. Potty ?
!ol. Avery and Mr. W. A. Hemphill do not
se:m to agree in regard to the “ethics” of
journalism. When it comes to “ethics” we
don’t know that we do either.
ilr. M ises Quarles, of Bartow county, is
catching beavers right along.
Thirteeu young white men, out of about
twenty, who have emigrated to Texas from
Houston county during the past five years,
have returned home. They say there are
many good openings out there for quinine
Rev. A. W. Buford, of Bartow county, has
alien that lays eggs weighing a quarter of
a pound and eight inches long.
Decatur county is in ecstacies over a calf
whose head weighs fifty pounds. The calf
is not alive, having died of the brain dis-
Whenever we print an article that we
think will interest the editors of the Bain-
bridge Democrat, we are going to adorn it
with a blue ribbon.
The people of Perry killed fivo hundred
and eighty-three robins in oue day recently.
An Elbert county negro bought a mule
the other day and shelled out the cash for
him.
A correspondent writing from Sanders-
ville, asks : “Why do farmers continue to
raise cotton?” This is about the silliest
•iuestiou our friend could have thought of.
Why, the farmers raise cotton to buy guano
with, of course. Ask us something hard.
A regular oneampment of thieves was dis
covered iu Butts county the other day.
A young man named McCann, a native of
Columbus, stabbed his wife to death near
Prattville, Ala., on Saturday night.
Col. Hamp. Smith, the member from
Lowndes county, passed through the city on
Saturday without calling on us. However
wo’re got a whole year in which to get even
with him. Wo will have onr revenge by
proposing his re-election to the Legisla
ture again, where he will be compelled to
sit and listen to tho snorts of the Hon. Potty
Peagreen, of Tugaloo.
The Atlanta Courier says that the best
thing said during the session of the Legis
lature can bo ascribed to Mr. Hammond, of
Thomas county. That gentleman, while
addressing the House, was interrupted by
Mr. Blue, the very black member from
Ctlvnn. “I cauuot hear the distinguished
gentleman,” said Mr. Hammond, “ and”—
straining his head forward—“I can hardly
see him. ”
The farmers in portions of Taylor county
are cultivating the Spanish chufa.
C. C. Brooks, a Marion county bailiff,
sloped the other night with seventy dollars
of county funds. He is on his way to the
rogue’s refuge, Texas.
Some of the planters in the lower portion
of Taylor county own between five hundred
wd & thousand head of cattle each.
Columbus has sold more fertilizers this
season than for several years past.
Thus the Darien Gazette: “The Hon.
1 otty has succeeded in abolishing the In
spector General’s office. From what we can
that the Hon. Potty
this when ho gets sober.”
Ibn-- wiid-cats have been overcome in the
jangl
Mr.
timbe
tb
s or .Marion county.
i; - H. Terry, a very promising young
f Blakely, is dead.
Darien <iazette says that on last Fri-
“f'.eruoon there were twenty drifts of
uprising at least sixty rafts, left
i jne tide for the mills situated
islands below and for the vessels
now leading in that port. That is
^od for one tide.
named John Dupree, who was an
^ Witness in a cotton-stealing case,
,n *-. v shot the other night by un-
Bi&ck
Unta
Mr.
Allan
The I
stated that Senator George E.
*6 accompanied to tho depot in At.
• * large number of young ladies,
partings are always sad.
i -ward Van Epps, a brilliant ^oung
-awver, has been appointed City So-
f Atlanta.
Gazette thus speaks its mind :
i from Senator Norwood
^‘ 8 S! cu ln full on the Centennial appro-
. thing worth reading.
Ae, 'a: it distinctly understood that Tom
’ r« - j,i J'oar choice for the next Senator-
*kipover ailo£***•”
Indian SprintT ,s called “candy-
Pouring." °
^“Blue.thonegr 0 Repre.en'*** 1 ™ fr0 “
h e 'wa 3 C ° nilty : 18 8marter than we
Dari c .„ r !I ", 18 a P a y in S subscriber to the
liit ' small grain crop in Taylor
one-thi ! j 8 1 liidby the Butler Uernld 40 be
W 4r ar K er than it has been since the
The Atlanta police have recently recover
ed four dray loads of valuable goods in the
silverware and crockery line stolen at vari
ous times from McBride & Co.
Cartersvilie Plante -'s Friend : The Tues
day number of the Savannah Morning
News has an engraving of the new buildiug
erected last year for the office of that excel
lent journal. Y are glad to see this evi
dence of the er, ;cess of our much esteemed
friend Mr. J. I. Estill. Our opinion is that
he publish? the very best paper in Georgia
and deserves to prosper, and we are sure no
ono enjo's the knowledge of a friend’s pros
perity more than we do.
The Columbus Enquirer says that
during the cotton week ending Friday
night the Western Railroad of Alabama
brought to Columbus en route for Savannah
and New York 1,216 bales of cotton—783
from Mobile, 145 from Montgomery, GO from
Selma, 228 from Opelika, West Point and
other stations, 0 from Vicksburg, 0 from
New Orleans, 0 from N. and S. Railroad.
The total through movement by this route
since September 1st is 29,822 bales—5,268
from Mobile, 7,121 from Montgomery, 11,007
from Selma, 5,242 from W T est Point, Opelika,
etc., 936 from Vicksburg, 95 from Now Or
leans, 55 by North and South Railroad. The
total movement last season was 33,181. Dur
ing same time the Mobile and Girard Rail
road has brought up 6,927 through, against
3,968 bales.
Atlanta Constitution: Daring the contin
uance of the late session of tho General As
sembly, our reporter in the Senate has been
a close observer and accurate chronicler of
tho labors of those in whose hands was in
trusted the burthen of State. In the Sen
ate there has always been one conspicuous
figure—that of the Senator from the 17tli,
Hon. George It. Black. Almost a stranger
to us and we to him, it is doubly honorable
and creditable to bim that his services have
been thus conspicuous. Constant in attend
ance, alert to the progress of business, quick
in parliamentary law, able and earnest
as an advocate, and well grounded on
principles of public right and justice,
Senator Black has attained a leading
position among tho legislators of tho
State, and demonstrated his fitness for
any position of honor and trust which the
people may confer upon him. In his local
affairs he ha.« exhibited the keenest sense of
duty and the largest possible desire to an
swer the wants ot his people. In public mat
ters he is to be counted on for that which is
wise, expedient, economical and necessary.
Wo do no disparagement to other Senators
to thus signalize the valuable and splendid
services of Senator Black. He is a gentle
man universally esteemed, at home and
abroad, and we shall always be glad to bear
of bis successes and preferment. There is
a strong possibility that he may be elected
to Congress this fall, and we trust that he
may live long to be of service to the State
and country.
It. H. Harris in Thomasville Times : “Tell
you what’s a fact, men. 1 was a gwine Tong
by myself, when, all at wunst. I seed a leotle
king snake not bigger’n my little finger a
nosin’about’crost the road*like as he war
a trailin' somethin’. Thinks I, I’ve ailers
hcarn ovit, all my life, an’ now I’m agwine
ter see it. So I toilers him, sly au’ quiet
like. Wall, he smells along, a windin’ an’
twisten about jist like ray blue speckle
houn’ on a hot deer track, pine blank. I
could a most hear him bark. Fiuerly, ater
he’d smelt all tho grass an’ bushes roun’,
he starts off, brisk like, toge the
fence, an’ then I seed the marster rattler.
Gentlemen.' I begin ter git excited an’
creeps up putt/ dost. Leetle kiDg he slides
roun’ ’ithout noticin’ o’ me, a watchin’ his
chance, an’ ole rattler ho lets in ter Hingin’.
Jeemiuy cracky! I couldn’t hear my own
yurs. All at wunst leetle king he gives his-
self a quick wriggle an’ the next thing any
body knows he war tied into a double bow
knot roan’ olo rattler’s neck. I iet you
know, men, thar was fun. Fur a
minit I couldn’t see nothin’ but
a kind o’ glimmer like o’ dimunts
and black an’ silver stripes an’ glitterin’
scales; but, ater a little, everthing quieted
down, jis like a lamb, an’ then I seed the
curusest sight yet. Old rattler war dead,
clean choked to death, an’ thar ho laid, big-
gern my thigh an’ six foot an’ a half long,
an’ he had nineteen rattles an’ a button. O.
I medjered him an’ couuted the rattles!
Well, gent 1-mew, leetle king he swallers ole
rattler 1 Turns in an’ licks him all over an’
swallers him bodashuslv and then crawls
inter a hole! Hits a God’s fact. I’ll swaro
it an’ I kin prove it by seven livin’ witness
es.”
Alluding to the recent appointment by
Judge Peeples of a Receiver for tho office
of State Printer, the Butler Herald aptly
remarks : Will anybody be so oblivious to
common sense and reason as to say that the
anticipated emoluments of the office of
State Printer is a fund or property iu litiga
tion, or that there is no one to manage it ?
We hope not. It is something not in ex
istence, a fee that has not yet been earned.
Certainly no ono will have the temerity to
say that it is assets charged with the pay
ment of debts. If the Receiver takes charge
of the office of State Printer, and the State
officers refuse to give the printing to him,
what will he do ? Move for a mandamus
against them, which we suppose will
bo granted as a matter of course. Suppose
the Governor refuses to pay the Receiver for
his work, what then ? Sue the State? No
that cannot be done, yet the Receiver will
be at his row’s end, without reaching the
imagined bonanza. If Judge Peeples has
the authority to put the office of State Prin
ter in the hands of a Receiver, why can’t he
put the office of Judge of the Superior or
Supremo Court in the hands of a Receiver,
if either of the Judges should fail, or sus
pend payment? If he has tho authority to put
any office in the hands of a Receiver, he could
put the office of Governor in the bands of a
Receiver under similar circumstances. If
we mistake not, Andrew Jackson’s property
was sold at sheriff's sale while he was Presi
dent. We suppose that if Judge Peeples
had been Judge of the court that issued the
piOC68S under which tho property was sold
he would have put the United States in tho
hands oi a Receiver, ejected the President
from the White House, and applied his
salary to the payment of his debts, as he did
with the office of State Printer.
FEBRUARY
28, 1876.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
BY THUN!
THE MORNING NEWS-
LOUISIANA POLITICS.
A Movement for the Impeachment of
Kellogg.
THE CARLISTS FLEEING
FRANCE.
INTO
OPENING OF THE SOUTHERN STATES
EXPOSITION.
Operations of New York Klver Thieve*.
ind iulir ia ^°° n *^ 6e ^ er umn t' e ntionally
A ftutled L
teniix-r ” ’ u y contributed to the cause of
over j.j QCC " recent, y by raising a yellow flag
s ®all-t,aT 6 ° re * People thought there was
Wav, ' * arouud » and they kept out of the
*W after 10 1>atuam Bounty, who was dig-
c Avin,.' in L C00Q » was smothered by the
M. “ of «>• dirt.
*“• Chilian .
ifcid
' trodden, of Eatonton, is
The Revival in Trade.
[New York Graphic.]
It is found, on inquiry, that in all the
circles of trade and business there is a
decidedly hopeful feeling, and all the in
dications point to a year of prosperity.
The months of October and November of
last year were probably the worst that had
been seen in general business since the
first year of the war. Business men who
had hoped, season after season, for better
times were utterly discouraged at the
poor returns of business ventures daring
these two months. Bat those proved to
be the darkest hours before the dawn,
and there is no question now that the
feeling iu all business circles is not only
more hopeful, but there is more reason
for the hope than at any time since the
panic of 1873. Of course the first inti
mation of an improved state of feeling is
furnished by the Stock Board. It will be
noticed that the prices of good bonds, first
mortgages, and of undoubted railroad
securities are higher to-day than
were at any time before the panic ; and
an increasing interest is shown in the
gradual enhancement of the second class
securities. Very soon the entire list, in
cluding the fancy stocks, will be in active
demand. The “bear attack,” as it was
called, last week, was plainly organized
for the purpose of enabling leading ope
rators to “load up” for another advance
when the proper time comes. In fact,
the real danger for the future is, not that
the speculative spirit will be absent, but
that there will be such a development and
speculation as will injure general trade.
We really have a plethora of money.
The high price of undoubted securities
shows that the holders of capital are in
doubt os to what ventures they shaU put
it into; but a low rate of interest and ai
abundance of unused money have alwayt
produced a feverish reaotion and a desire
for fancy speculation. What course thn
speculative impulse will take it is diflicult
- foresee, but it is certain that it will
to . (20* railroad ventures. It wiU
not be gpme productive direc-
probably turn .. ■ '.« t f^e next specu-
tion, and it may be u-. t0 fjjat ot
lative excitement anaiagou.. ,
petroleum will be in silver mining
lures on the Itocky Mountains. In the
meantime money will certainly tmd its
wav into new industrial enterprises. Su
perfluous traders and speculators have
been weeded out of business circle^ and
the enterprise and inventiveness of onr
people are again directed to mduabnal
nrnhlems This tendency will be stunu
mted by our great Centennial Exposition
The present year promises to provid _
more new industries than at any forme , , ajior.m to
in the history of the country. 1 du.i^iv,* ih
KELLOGG.
New Orleans, February 26.—The com
mittee to investigate the conduct of Gov.
Kellogg conclude their report as follows:
Whereas, Many of the Democratic and Con
servative members of this House feel bound
to carry out in good faith the terms of
adjustment known as the Wheeler com
promise, not to disturb said Wm. P. Kel
logg lor official misconduct occurring
anterior ~to the 14th of April. 1875; and,
whereas, your committee find on investi-
t ation that said Wm. P. Kellogg,
isregard of the high duties imposed on
him by the Constitution and laws of the
State of Louisiana while discharging and
exercising the functions of said office as
Governor, and in violation of said laws of
tho State of Louisiana and his official oath
to support find maintain the same as acting
Governor of the State of Louisiana, has
since and subsequent to the 14th day of
April, 1875, been guilty of many and divers
high crimes and misdemeanors in office
against the laws and Constitution of the
State of Louisiana.
Therefore, he it resolved by the House of
Representatives of the State of Louisiana, in
General Assembly convened, That a com-
jnittee of fivo members of this House bo ap
pointed by the Speaker to go to the Senate,
aud at the bar thereof, in the name of the
House of Representatives of the State of
Louisiana, impeach Wm. P. Kellogg of
high crimes and misdemeanors in office com
mitted since April 14th, 1875, and
acquaint the Senate that the House of
Representatives will in due time exhibit par
ticular articles of impeachment against him,
and that the committee demand that the
Senate make an order for tho appearance of
the said Wm, P. Kellogg to answer to said
impeachment.
The Republicans claim that the report of
the majority of the committee was only got
before tho House by a gross violation of
parliamentary rules. Several motions have
been made to suspeni the rules by a two-
thirds vote to take up the report, but have
been defeated on a call of yeas and nays,
considerably more than one-third of the
members present being opposed to the
taking up of the reports. It is asserted
that the Speaker then muttered something
in an inaudible voice, and declared that
unanimous consent had been granted to take
up the report. A number of Republican
members at once rose to object, but the
Speaker ruled that their objection came too
late. The minority of the committee offered
a report setting forth that no investigation
whatever had been entered upon by the
committee; that they had demanded that the
Governor should be heard, and were re
fused, and that the whole proceedings, in
their judgment, was a revolutionary attempt
to subvert the government. Fillibustering
was hero commenced by the Republicans,
and, by agreement, the whole subject was
postponed until 10 o’clock on Monday, to
which time the House adjourned. Th^»
Conservatives confidently assert that the
House \frill adopt the report on Monday.
The Bulletin says: We learn that a memo-
aial of the merchants aud capitalists of New
Orleans is in circulation to-day, protesting
against the proposed action of the House
of Representatives iu tho matter of impeach
ment of Governor Kellogg. Tho memorial j
dwells upon the incalculable damage thi3
movement, if persisted in, will entail on
commerce and the business interests of this
city.
THE CARLISTS.
Madrid, February 26.—Marquis Yillurer-
dez aud Generals Blancos and Palacio sur
rendered at Bayonne. Alfonso, with 30.000
men and 40 cannon, left Tolosa for Alsava.
It is officially announced that eight Car-
list battalions refused to obey orders to fire
upon the Royalists. After a conflict be
tween the officers and men the force was
disbanded and surrendered iu parties at
Tolosa yesterday. The Carlists are soliciting
amnesty by the thousand. A dispatch from
the Royalist General Martinez Campos an
nounces that nine battalions have surren
dered at Pampeluna. It is generally be
lieved that a complete break-up ot the re
maining Carlist forces is imminent, and the
war is regarded as virtually ended.
Paris, February 26.—The Moniteur says
the internment of several thousand Carlists
by France has led to the discovery of a
number of Cosmopolitan insurgents in the
rauks, including former officers of the Garde
Mobile, Germans, Poles and several desert
ers from the French army. The latter will
be tried by court martial. About 500 Car-
lists aro surrendering daily to French au
thority.
Hendaye advices state that General Ma
riones, commanding tho RovalistB, baa ar
rived at Iran with fifteen battalions. Ho is
now marching to San Sebastian. The Car-
lists are demoralized and are fleeing in dis
order.
NEW YORK RIVER THIEVES.
New York, February 26.—A gaug of river
thieves have lately been committing depre
dations in the harbor, almost nightly, with
perfect impunity. The latest outrage was
perpetrated early this morning. A gang of
twelve thieves, after robbing an unknown
schooner, boarded tho schooner High
lander, Captain Wood, lying at anchor
on the Jersey flats, near Com-
munipaw ferry. Taking a lantern from
the rigging, six of them entered the
cabin where was Captain Wood and his boys,
aud with pistols at their heads demanded
their money and valuables. In the prose
cution of the robbery they used great vio
lence, repeatedly striking the Captain and
boys, and smashing the furniture in the
cabin. On retiring they fired on the Cap
tain, the bullet striking him in the mouth,
carrying away part of his lips and shatter
ing his teeth. Complaint has been made to
police authorities.
SOUTHERN STATES EXPOSITION.
New Orleans, February 26.—Gov. Hen
dricks delivered the opening address to the
Southern States Exposition at the fair
grounds to-day. The sentence referring to
the Union sentiment now prevailing in the
South, and the dawning of a new era of
good feeling between the people of the dif
ferent sections, was loudly applauded. The
city is full of strangers. The attendance at
the fair grounds to-day was light, the
arrangement of articles intended for exhibi
tion not having been completed. The pigeon
shooting tournament was the centre of at
traction until Gov. Hendricks commenced
his address, when, by request, the shootiug
was discontinued, leaving the second unde
cided. The tournament purse was for
$1,000, entrance $20; 50 to fill or pro rata, 10
single birds; $500 to first, $300 to second,
and $200 to third. H. N. Sherman won first
money; E. T. Manning second; Chas. Spear
won the third.
CAPITAL NEWS AND NOTES
Washington, February 26.—The depart
ure of the steamer Colon, with mails for
Central America and Central Pacific porta,
was postponed to March 2d.
Hon. Fred. Watts, Commissioner of Ag
riculture, addressed the House Appropria
tion Committee to-day with reference to the
wants of his bureau.
The committees of both houses agreed to
pension the widow of General Lorenzo
Thomas, now in her seventieth year.
Thomas was fifty years in the army.
The Committee on War Claims agreed to
favor the claim of It. H. Hubbard, of Alex
andria, Va., whose property was sold-in
1864 for $3,500 to satisfy $29 30 of internal
revenue taxes, and the balance was paid into
tbe United States Treasurv.
It is thought that Babcock will return to
regular service in the army, aud Ulysses S.
Grant, Jr., remain in office as private secre-
tarv to the President.
The Republican National Committee may
possibly change the place of holding the
National Convention, on account of the ex
traordinary hotel charges in Cincinnati.
DEATH OP AN EMINENT MASCN.
Richmond. Va., February 26.—James R.
Dowell. Superintendent First District of the
Southern Division of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, died last night, aged
fifty-three years. He had been for many
years connected with the telegraph service
of the country, holding various nigh posi
tions of trust. He was well known through
out this State and the South as an eminent
Freemason. At the time of his death he
was a member of the Richmond Command-
ery No. 2, K. T., of Lafayette Royal Arch
Chapter No. 43, and Dove Lodge No. 51, A.
F. and A. M., and also honorary member of
oth^r lodges. He was also Grand Lecturer
of Virginia, and was well known and held in
the highest esteem in this community.
NOTES FROM LONDON.
London, February 26.—Robt. Watson
Boyd has completed negotiations for a four-
oared crew to go to America daring the re
gatta season. The four will proceed to
America as a representative English crew.
A Berlin letter says a colossal statue of
Bismarck will be sent to the Centennial.
Juo. Buskin was re-elected to tho Slade
professorship of fine arts for Oxford.
The Lennie mutineers were arraigned in
Bow street to-day and remanded to prison
for one week.
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Washington, February 26.—Hon. Wm. E.
Chandler, Secretary to the Republican Na
tional Committee, says that as yet there is
no positive movement for a change of place
for holdiug the Republican National Nomi
nating Convention. But complaints are
made by persons who have been sent to Cin
cinnati to engage rooms, of exorbitant ho
tel charges. This will become a matter of
serious consideration unless measures be
pursued by the citizens of Cincinnati to se
cure accommodations for visitors at reason
able rates.
THE FLORIDA STATE FAIR.
rneqiiiTocal Success of Florida'** Initial
Mtnte Fair—Tbe Attendance and En
thusiasm—The Exhibition and the Ex
hibitors—Floral—Key West In the Van—
Art—Columbia’* Pride—The Useful and
the Pleasant—The Inner Man—.Sundry
and Diver* Things.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Jacksonville, February 25, 1876.
THE FIRST DAY.
The prospects for the success of the
first Florida State Fair on Tuesday, the
day announced for its opening, were in
deed gloomy. The barnacles began to
desert their ship and protest that
they were in no way connected with
it—which left the alternative to the
few hard workers to arouSfe the citizens of
Jacksonville, who had been all along af
flicted with a discouraging apathy. The
transformation produced within twelve
hours was wonderful, the number of ex
hibitors was increased trebly, and the
prosperity of the undertaking assured.
The lines of travel were crowded to over
flowing by a cor'tinnoi of eager
visitors, and it became necessary to en
gage additional steamers to transport
them. The arrangements for landing at
the Fair grounds, two miles below the
city, are good, but might be improved
appreciably by a railing on either side of
the long narrow wharf, as a safeguard
against accidents after dark.
IN THE YARD.
To the left upon entering is the stock
department. Dr. Theodore Hartridge has
entered a splendid two year old colt
which is a magnificent specimen of horse
flesh. Mr. Geo. M. Brittain also shows
handsome filly. In the matter of pigs,
Mr. J. C. Thrasher has several entries of
great size and ponderous build of the
Berkshire variety. A large cow weigh
ing 1,500 pounds is entered by
grant’s flunkeys.
Washington, February 26.—A communi-
cation of the Secretary of War, sent to the
House yesterday, giving a list of military
officers engaged iu the civil service since
1865, mentions the name of General Bab
cock, among others, as having been detailed
by the President for the ‘ performance of
duty at the Executive Mansion, but not to
tho* neglect of his office as Commis
sioner of Public Buildings and Super
intendent of the Washington Aqaeauct.
Levi P. Lackey is private secretary of the
President, appointed as such under legal
authority, and not Gen. Babcock, as erro
neously represented. Both these gentlemen
are now on their way from St. Louis, and are
expected to resume their duties at the Exe
cutive Mansion.
xNADLAN AFFAIRS.
bruary 26.—Hon. M. V. Cart-
• ... in s financial statement, pointed
: pet ar and exceptional circum-
t;;* ices uud which the present crisis was
. pr- uebed id the impossibility of fore-
n it might assume as to in-
e:. : y f e ;t. He expressed the belief
that:. i asn< unattended with mitigating
*Ox.m . .tH'iis, ii 1 that the state of the country
was actually less dangerous than it was
• u< tne iu ence of inflation three years
igo In the car ending June 30,1875, the
werr 24,608,715 and the expendi-
NEW YORK NOTES.
New York, February 26.—Two laborers
were killed by a fall of an embankment at
Bay Ridle on the Long Island Railroad.
Louis Jennings retirta as editor of the
limes.
Chas. T. Lawrence, before indicted for
complicity for silk smuggling, plead a lack
of jurisdiction except on the charge for
which he was extradited. The District At
torney was granted time to consider whether
he should join issue or demur to the plea.
DUNCAN, SHERMAN A CO.
New York, February 26.—On the 8th De
cember a petitiou iu bankruptcy was filed
against Duncan, Sherman & Co. by two
hundred aud fifty creditors. On the 24th of
the same month au injunction and stay of
proceedings was obtained by other creditors,
asking that tho bankruptcy proceedings bo
declared void. Judge B latch ford to-day, in
a long opinion, dissolved all injunctions and
dismissed all proceedings, except those in
bankruptcy.
THE OLD GUARD.
Charleston, February 26.—The visiting
detachment of Old Guard, of New York
city, left for home this evening on the
steamer Champion. Their departure was
made tho occasion of an imposing escort
parade of the volunteer companies, headed
by the Fifth United States Artillery. As tho
steamer moved from tho dock a national
salute was fired by Battery F from tho he ad
of the pier.
LOUISIANA POLITICS.
New Orleans, February 26.—A com
mittee ot seven has been appointed to in
vestigate Kellogg, and report as early as
practicable. Kellogg has addressed a com
munication to the committee, asking when
the proceedings will commence, that he
may appear in person or by counsel. Kellogg
has issued a proclamation convening the
Senate in extra session immediately after
the adjournment of the Legislature.
FROM PARIS.
Paris, February 2G.—The Bourse was
quiet aud steady. The feeling of depression
is much relieved.
Paris, February 26.—Up to this time none
of the Prefects have resigned because of
the retirement of M. Buffet, Secretary of
the Interior. Tho political situation re
mains unchanged.
BURNED.
Little Falls, N. Y., February 2G.—The
Saxony Knitting Mills are partially burned.
Loss, $25,000.
New York, February 26.—Marsh, White
A Co.’s grain warehouse wag burned to-day.
Loss $30,000.
FROM ST. PETERSBURG.
St. Petersburg, February 26.—The Galo
urges the incorporation of Khokand with
Russia,under the name of the Department of
Kerghana. It is believed at Kbadjent that
after the recent battle at Arake all the Rus
sians prisoners in the hands of the insur
gents were massacred at Marghyllon.
THE PACIFIC MAIL EMBEZZLEMENT.
New’ York, February 26.—The examina
tion of Richard B. Irwin, charged with em
bezzlement of money from the Pacific Mail
Steamehip Company is progressing. The
evidence is similar to that taken before the
Congressional Committee.
THE REFORMED EPISCOPALIANS.
Philadelphia, February 26.—A number
of Episcopal Reform clergymen of Phila
delphia have agreed to recommend to the
standing committee the abolition of the
Lenten season.
IMPORTS.
New York, February 26.—The weekly im-
p >rts are as follows: Dry goods, $1,958,888;
m rchandize, $3,121,990.* The imports of
specie for the week are: Gold coin, $9,153;
gold bullion, $3,960; silver coin, $500.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Boston, February 2G.—Wm. Berry’s four
year old daughter who was locked in a room
while the mother went visiting, was burned
to death.
THE IMPERIAL RAILROAD SCHEME.
Berlin, February 26.—The opposition in
Bavaria and all the southern States will
probably defeat the Imperial railroad
scheme.
TURBULENT MUSSULMEN.
Ragcsa, February 26.—The work of paci
fication makes no progress. The Mussel-
men are turbulent over the reforms pro
posed.
SHIPMENTS OF SPECIE.
New York, February 26.—Specie shipped
for the week, in American gold coin, $850,-
000; silver bars, $180,257; gold bars, $3,959.-
220.
THE W’HISKY TRIALS.
St. Louis, February 26.—The whiskv con
victs will cot be sentenced until motions for
new trials are over.
arrested.
Triest, February 27.—More C aribaldians
have been arrested endeavoring to join the
Herzegovinians.
AMES.
Jackson, Miss., February 26.—The House
appointed five managers to conduct the
Ames’ impeachment case before the Senate.
congressional.
Washington, February 26.—The House
is engaged in debate. There was no session
of the Senate.
tores l
K713,t 1.
’UBLICAN CAUCUS.
February 26.—The Republi-
iucussed yesterday over the
••argons stricken' from the
or disloy^J* The caucu ®
the bill allows the
- fourteen and fifteen years,
^ _ 0 several million dollars, it
n*t to pass in the present condition
c treat nry. This action will defeat the
:> the Senate.
iqu r * >od that the Republican cau-
-otfi > the bill restoring South-
the rolls is confined to
for arrearages.
WaBWNOT*
can Sen* - ~
i bill VO refctor
I ix-usian robt
I decided tha:.
j of arrearages
uting
to
An Aggressive Swordfish.—The brig
P. M. Tinker, Captain Bernard, previ
ously mentioned as having arrived here
from Richmond, leaking, for repairs, has
been hauled up on her ways at Graves’s
shipyard. On examination yesterday, it
was discovered that the leak was caused
by a swordfish, a sword being found
broken off forward the bands, about six
teen feet abaft the forefoot. The fish,
in striking the vessel, must have come
with great force, as the sword penetrated
the copper sheathing, a four-inch birch
plank, and through the timbers about six
inches—iu all about ten inches. It oc
curred on the morning of the 23d of
December, when the brig was eighteen
days out from Rio, and in the neighbor
hood of Cape St. Roque. She was
pumped about 4 o’clock iu the morning,
and found free of water. About C o’clock
the same morning she was again pumped,
when water was obtained, and on ex
amination it was found that she had
made ten inches of water. The men
were kept steady at the pumps until her
arrival at Richmond, and while there
and on her trip here.—Norfolk (Fa.)
Landmark,
entered
C. Pearce, of Tallahassee,
number of others exhibit cows, pigs and
horses. C. A. Shooley now calls attention
to the Althouse & Wheeler windmill,
machine for drawing water, which is ad
mirably complete. A larger and appar
ently more powerful windmill is in full
operation on the ground, aud known as
the Stover wind engine, manufactured by
H. Woodmanse, Freeport, Ill. Its utility
is unquestionable.
IN THE HALL
The exposition building proper looks
as bright as a Sabian’s dream, and is
tastefully ornamented with evergreens,
mossy devices and orange leaves. The
first article met with on the left is an im
proved vapor stove, an economical in
vention, which appears to simplify the
business of the culinary department
wonderfully. It is entered by J. H
Burst A Son. The novelty washer, sent
by Calkins Brothers, Chicago, is a de
cided improvement on anything of the
kind we have ever seen, the only diffi
culty about it being that a man’s better
half would be tempted to discharge all
the servants and play on this machine
instead of on the piano. From the same
firm we see the Kelly barb fence,
fabricated entirely from steel and weigh
ing but one pound to the rod. Mr. Rut-
lege Hunt, of Orange Springs, next
attracts notice by his patent orange
gatherer, an ingenious contrivance for
cutting and gathering the golden fruit
without injuring it by bruising. This is
a seemingly useful an.I even necessary
patent, and essential to the wants of
every fruit grower. The Adjustable
Folding Chair Company, of Pittsburg,
Pa., perform a number of feats with a
handsome chair which can be metamor
phosed into various articles—a sofa,
lounge, chair, etc., in one.
FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
This branch of the exhibition is enti
tled to pre-eminence in an aesthetic point
of view. The most magnificent collection
of flowers imaginable are shown by Miss
Julia DeCottes in the form of a bank of ro
ses consisting of three tiers, and surmount
ed by a bouquet, in the centre of which
is a Calalily surrounded by the heliotrope,
the violet and the hyacinth. This col
lection comprises over one hundred
varieties, which have been culled by Miss
DeCottes for the purpose of evidencing
what can be accomplished during mid
winter in Florida in the open air. The
fair exhibitor is indebted to some friends
in Tallahassee for the rarest of
the flowers in the collection. Mr.
Perkins, of Tallahassee, sends a massive
bouquet of rare beauty. About ninety
hot-nouse plants are displayed by Mr.
G. YV. Davis, of Duval. Louis Avet has
a quaint rustic stand of rare beauty
and fantastic conception. Florida grasses,
palmettoes, vines and shrubs are here
also in profusion, making the department
one of the most complete in the hall.
KEY WEST TABLE.
Key West has responded handsomely,
and is represented by a large table lite
rally teeming with productions peculiar
to the Florida Keys. Tortoise shells, sea
beans, date plants, cocoanut trees, shells
and other curiosities of the sea are to be
seen here. C. & E. Howe send a speci
men of Sisal hemp water rotted, and a
lot of sponge. Henry Baker, of Key Largo,
sends specimens of the South Florida
pine apple and other fruits. E. B. Raw
son in several neat articles has evidenced
his skill in the fabrication of shell work.
The Key West band, under the leader
ship of Prof. C. E. G. Blake, carried off
the premium last evening for the best
music, and were the recipients of hearty
congratulations from their friends.
ART DEPARTMENT.
Mrs. A Bissell, of Jackson, Michigan,
has hung a number of the productions of
her easel here. Her paintings are
admirably conceived and elaborately
finished. Theodore Lundi’s contribu
tions are really fascinating, es
pecially his exquisite historical
portraiture of the “Captives of Albania,”
in which the artist has limned his char
acters almost into life. Wm. F. Nigels,
of Clear Water Harbor, Fla., displays
some samples of paintings in India ink
which are exceedingly pretty. J. H.
Morrow, of this city, has some admira
ble views in microscopic photography.
Avet was on band with some consum
mately fine cases of cameo skill. Sev
eral other parlies entered in this depart
ment, but their collections were not
unique.
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
£ Columbia sustains its reputation ex
cellently by a table filled with native
productions of its soil. Two tremendous
citrons of delicious flavor and some
oranges of huge dimensions establish the
fertility of Columbia’s soil and its adapta
bility to the purposes of successful fruit
cultivation. Mr. J. F. Baya had
a sample of sugar manufactured
at Lake City. Charles A. Finley con
tributes several articles of interest, and
the table of Columbia county is uni
versally admired.
MACHINEBY.
F. R. Pond, of this city, exhibits a
marine engine of thirty-horse power,
adapted for propelling yachts, mills, etc.
It indicates a rare skill and inventive
genius. Live Oak comes forward with a
cotton press of a new construction man
ufactured by J. H. Ancrurn, Jasper,
Florida. A Eureka engine is dis
played by S. W. Gleason & Co.,
Savannah, and works a com mill to
perfection. J. H. Williams exhibits a
combination hoe, rake and shovel, pat
ented by A. A Porter, of Griffin, Ga. It
i6 a labor-saving and effective implement.
W. T. Parsons shows a railroad spring
brake, which he has patented. Hart
Benham A Co., of this place, exhibit a
number of improved plows, cultivators
and subsoilers. A. E. Newton also
displays an assortment of plows and
•agricultural implements. S. B. Hub
bard A Co., of this city, show a splendid
assortment ot agricultural necessaries, a
fine lot of stoves, and various other arti
cles, and these gentlemen also show in
their contribution a commendable spirit
I of enterprise and liberality.
VEGETABLES.
Enormous cabbages, curled parsley,
lettuce, potatoes, arrow root, turnips,
oats, etc., greet the eye of the visitor in
this department. The exhibitors are S.
J. Cook, Cabbage Bluff, Fia., Wm. F.
Nigels, Clear Water Harbor, C. D. Oak,
Jacksonville, Lem Walker, Columbia
county, Thomas W. Lund, Lake
Harney, and D. L. Branning, of
Waldo. This department is very full.
MARMALADES AND JELLIES.
Thos. H. Ritchie A Co., seiffl an as
sortment of marmalades, orangades, etc.,
from their manufactory on the Shell road,
which beats Dundee by a length. This
is a very important industry, in
asmuch as it is calculated to
utilize the hitherto comparatively
worthless sour orange. Mrs. Col. F. L.
Dancy, of Buena Vista, has a splendid
and attractive line of jellies and preserves.
Mrs. A. H. Mather, of Micanopy, is rep
resented by a line of fruit, preserves and
jams, remarkably enticing in their ap
pearance. Some native wines were on
exhibition, but the committee had
already sampled them by the time we got
there, leaving scarcely anything but the
empty bottles.
COTTON.
The Tallahassee Manufacturing Com
pany sends a line of its goods and yarns,
and makes quite a creditable display.
This ooilpany t&kcc the cotton in the
seed from the field and manufactures it
into cloth that will compare favorably
with that of any other manufactory in
the world. The Tallahassee factory should
be supported earnestly.
Georgia is represented by Cheatham’s
Prolific Cotton from Bethany, and by
Messrs. J. Dennison and J. Davis, Green
county. A few samples of sea island cot
ton are exhibited by different Floridians.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, ETC.
The department is occupied by Messrs.
Weldon A Gould and the Wheeler A Wil
son Sewing Machine Company. Weldon
A Gould’s display embraces several hand
some pianos made by Guild, Church A
Co., several first class organs and musical
instruments generally. The Wheeler A
Wilson have a number of their superb
machines on exhibition, which attract
considerable notice.
LETTER FROM MACON.
A Piltfriumtcr to Kiniballville—Fitch on
Booth—General Toombs’* l.cctnrc—The
Public Library—'The Public School
Question.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
, 1876.
FURNITURE.
The active and energetic merchant,
Mr. G. W. Davis, shows a line of uphol
stery, carpets, bedroom furniture, etc.
We note a mosquito bar of a novel design
from this house. L. J. Brush, Ellaville,
comes forward with various household
articles of his own make, and, as
an illustration of what can be done
in the way of home manufacture,
his goods are especially ^noteworthy.
LADIES’ HANDIWORK.
Mrs. Taylor, of Jefferson county, en
ters a homespun dress woven and spun
by that lady at home. Two quilts and
comforts also evidence the cunning of
her hands. Miss Lizzie Williams, of
Tallahassee, has a handsome rug. Miss
Julia De Cottes has fabricated
with almost fairy nicety an
array of feathered flowera from
bird feathers without painting. The
Key West convent vies with the other
exhibitors in several elegant designs of
rich embroiderA figure of David, knit
in a hundred thousand loops, is a unique
contribution by Mrs. DeBerry, of Talla
hassee. Miss Susie McGinly shows some
admirable tapestry in a gorgeous wreath.
FRUITS.
Oranges, citrons, bananas, guavas,
dates, cocoanuts, lemons, limes, and
a countless variety of tropical fruits
adorn the various tables and excite the
wonder and admiration of all denizens of
the Northern States. The display in this
respect is highly creditable to Florida,
and speaks volumes for her resources and
productiveness.
PALMETTO.
George F. Miller, Jacksonville, Miss
M. Newton, Mrs. H. Swartz, and Miss
Baltzell, Tallahassee, are the contribu
tors to this branch. The articles consist
of native grasses, hats, caps, fans,
napkin rings, mats, slippers and baskets.
All are excellent of their kind.
POULTRY.
The cackling of hens indicates a large
entry of poultry, and a number of fine
specimens are on exhibition. No names
appear upon the coops, and it is therefore
impossible to designate the owners.
IN GENERAL.
The following are among the other
exhibitors:
J. H. Prime, samples of native to
bacco.
Rivas A Koopman, a magnificent as
sortment of cakes, pastry and sweet
meats.
J. S. Driggs A Co. exhibit an admira
ble assortment of crockery ware and
lamps.
Alvord Kellogg A Campbell, a com
plete assortment of stationery, etc.,which
is very creditable.
Ketchum A Co., Florida views.
Hunter A Stevens show a variety of
vegetable crates.
W. M. Newbold, Dunn’s Lake, has
some fine and rare oranges.
W. F. Scott, Nassau county, shows
several delightful clusters of the golden
fruit.
Miss C. M. Hallowes is deserving of un
stinted praise for preserves, lemon syrup
and cured citrons.
J. Jackman has an upright show case,
displaying specimens of his own manu
facture of boots and shoes, which are
thoroughly first-class in every particular,
and establish Mr. Jackman’s claims to
distinction for excellent workmanship.
Payne A Branyan have superior leather
tanned in the vicinity of Jacksonville.
Mrs. S. R. Fairbanks makes the air
redolent with the fragrance of a beautiful
selection of geraniums. Mrs. Dellegal
sends a fine sample ot wool from Suwannee
county. E.R. Ives forwards a branch of the
cork oak from Lake City. Geo. E. Saw
yer greets the exposition from Orange
county with a full assortment of birds’
eggs, feathers, wings, skins and other
curiosities, indicating his expertness as a
taxidermist. J. H. Ancrurn, of Jasper,
puts forward the Carolina star hay and
cotton press, an economical labor-saving
invention.
CATERER TO THE FAIR.
The committee to which was relegated
the appointment of a caterer, attested
their foresight by allotting that privilege
to Mr. P. A. Lyman, Jacksonville’s fa
mous restaurateur. Mr. Lyman’s pro
visions for the comfort of visitors are ad
mirable in their completeness, and give
universal satisfaction.
CLOSE OF THE FAIR.
Taking everything into consideration,
and especially the season of the year at
which the exposition takes place, it must
be pronounced an undoubted success and
an honor to Florida. Its shortcomings,
if any there are. must be attributed to
causes which cannot always be con
trolled, and it is hoped that no
exhibitor or visitor departs disappointed.
For a first attempt, Floridians have every
reason to feel proud of this effort and
the success with which it has been
crowned. The managers have decided
to keep the exhibition open until to
morrow, which is a wise decision.
Adrllnus.
Macon, February
ATLANTA RAIN AND MUD.
Early in the week I made a pilgrimage
to Atlanta, or, as some wicked fellow calls
it, Kimballville. It is doubtless a pleas
ant place when not raining, but unfor
tunately I have never lia<I the privilege of
being there then for five years or more at
least. How it looks by imnlight I take
second-handed entirely. It is a lively
burg even on a rainy da/, and it was
amusing to witness the efforts of the en
terprising citizens to find a dry place un
der some friendly awning—I mean that
numerous class of citizens who are daily
engaged in keeping the sidewalks and
curbstones in their places. They were
estimated by a lean looking individual
who was inquiring how far it was to
Vicksburg, to be the largest “loafer club”
in the South. They differ in complexion
from oui battalion in Macon; they are all
white men. But Atlanta boasts of big
things. She prides herself on it, and in
this she is determined not to be outdone.
BOOTH AND BRICKS.
Splashing along through the mud and
rain, I came up with Fitch, he of the
twinkling Star. After the usual salu
tation he exclaimed:
“Have you seen Booth ?”
“No,” says I, “but I have seen the
Georgia Legislature.”
“Pshaw! there’s no comparison.’’
He said something about “Booth’s a
brick,” or “Brick’s a Booth.” be it either
way. I assured him that Georgia’s honored
sons were equal to any Brick or Booth in
in the land. I reminded him that he had
not been in the hall of legislation that
morning or he would not have made that
assertion. For did they not stop the
wheels of government that all might take
lessons in elocution on the night previous?
They were not indifferent hearers, for on
that morning there were fifty Booths
upon the floor, and had the imitator of
the “melancholy Dane” been present,
he would have sank back in horror to find
his occupation gone.
TOOMBS ON MAGNA CHARTA.
I returned to Macon in time to hear
Gen. Toombs’s lecture on “Magaa Char-
ta,” for tbe benefit of the Library Asso
ciation. The General was not the Mr.
Toombs of other years, or else the orator
was hampered and obscured by the lec
turer. Occasionally a flash of the old tire
would burst forth with the old ring of
other days. It was not exactly what I
had been led to believe it would be. It
was not so finished as a literary produc
tion as one would have expected from
the man, yet it was well arranged and de
livered without an/' hesitancy or depend-
ance upon notes cr manuscript. There
was a fund of information to be gathered
all the while, and the audience gave signs
of appreciation by frequent applause.
The Telegraph gave a very fair represen
tation of the lecture, only in its last arti
cle it said too much. If any mention
was necessary at all it would have been
better to have told the whole story at
once, for just enough has been said to
force somebody else to tell jnst what he
did say.
THE LIBRARY.
The lecture was a financial success for
the Association. Gen. Toombs absolutely
refused any compensation or any payment
of expenses. This left the whole proceeds
in the hands of the officers of the Associa
tion. Mr. Herbert is developing this enter
prise wonderfully, and the library is becorn
ing^the pride of the city and its rooms
favorite resort. New books are being
added constantly, and many of our best
citizens who hitherto have stood aloof
are becoming members.
PROF. ZETTLER.
the Superintendent of our public schools,
is tried no little by the hindrances which
are constantly thrown in his way in de
veloping the public school system, but
he labors constantly and patiently, and if
perseverance can overcome the obstacles,
he will be sure to triumph in the end.
The greatest difficulty is the want of
sympathy upon the part of citizens.
Doubtless they would be willing for
him to run the schools if he would do so
without the money. But they are op
posed to taxation for that purpose. Such
a disposition upon the part of the people
will cripple any enterprise. The Super
intendent finds himself already embar
rassed. He cannot obtain first-class
teachers for the salaries that are offered,
yet it is the best that he can do. He will
be compelled to close the schools in May
unless he receives help from some un
known quarter; and, with the present
recommendation of grand juries and legis
lation, the whole system must fail. It is
hoped a better mind will take possession
of the community. Simon.
BABCOCK’S ACQUITTAL.
How the N>ws »vn* Received in "Wash
ington—Interview* with Leading; HI
of Both Political Partie*.
Driven by Necessity to Steal.—The
women who were arrested by Detectives
Powers and Rooney on Saturday after
noon for stealing silk from the dry goods
store of Porter & Tliorburn, 372 Fulton
street, Brooklyn, are Mrs. Elizabeth
Creemer, mother, and Miss Martha Cree-
mer, daughter, of Union and Bond streets.
Both are fine looking, intelligent, and re
fined. The mother told a touc hing story
of downfall from prosperity. She said
that her husband wa3 compelled to go to
Canada to search for work, and thus she
was left to struggle alone. Then her
son, who was a lithographer in New
York, was wounded in the hand while at
work at his machine, and the expenses of
medical attendance, ahe was unable
to meet. She was sued by the physician
who recovered judgment with costs. In
desperation, fearing that her furniture
might be attached, she on Wednesday
took a roll of silk from the store of Por
ter & Thorbum, and emboldened by suc
cess, she was tempted to repeat the crime
on Saturday. The daughter is only 20
years old.—N. T. Sun, 21*f.
A gentleman in Great Barrington, Mas
sachusetts, has a geography published in
London, in 1749. in which California is
described as an island, and a map is given
showing it to be entirely surrounded by
water. The book tells of a tree in Flor
ida “ the leaves of which, if bruised and
thrown into a large pond of water, all the
beasts which drink thereof will swell up
and burst asunder.” It says that the air of
Pennsylvania is “generally granted to be
clear and sweet, the heavens being sel
dom overcast with clouds,” and that the
length of days and nights is much the
same in New Jersey.” There is a chapter
devoted to “ Rarities of New York,”
which it is said that “ in divers parts of
New York (especially those nigh unto
and upon the banks of the river Connecti
cut) grows a sort of snake-weed, whose
root is much esteemed of for the biting
of the rattlesnake. ”
Incendiarism in Florida.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Newnansville, Fla., February 24.
On Saturday night, or, rather, Sunday
morning, the 20th inst., our town was
again visited by the torch of the incen-
diaiy. The grist mill and gin house own
ed by Mr. F. P. Olmsted was burned.
There was no insurance. Loss about
$3,000. The gin and mill houses of Mrs.
M. Fagan, of Newnansville, were also
burned at the same time. There have
been no arrests up to time of writing. L.
A Boston paper observes that James
Parton is the only m«n in Massachusetts
who ever held the situation of husband
to his mother-in-law.
Eight Deaths in One House from
Diptheeia.—The Blue Ridge Blade, a
North Carolina paper, says in this week’s
issue: “The people of Morgantown,
Hickory, and the city of Charlotte think
themselves peculiarly unfortunate in the
number of deaths from diptheria, but
they have never been blessed compared
to some sections of the back country.
We are told that up about the Richlands,
in the edge of Caldwell and Watauga, for
fifteen miles square there is scarcely a
child left. There were eight deaths in
one household.”
A virulert and heretofore unknown
malady has broken out in Ragged Har
bor, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Six
strong men were carried off by it within
a few hours after the beginning of the
attack. The fisher people call it black
death, and it appears to be some form of
blood poison. The symptoms are an in
tense and fiery pain in the leg, about the
middle of the calf; a swelling and darken
ing of the flesh in the neighborhood of
the pain, a gradual spreading of the in
flammation upward, vomiting, loss of
and “
[Special to the Baltimore Gazette.]
Washington, February 24.—The ver
dict in the Babcock case did not excite
much surprise here. There were but few
people about the Capitol when the news
was received, as both Lon9es had ad
journed early upon the conclusion of the
funeral oiations on the death of Mr.
Starkweather, of Connecticut. The only
member of the House in the Hall of Rep
resentatives when an excited telegraph
operator came running in and announced
the verdict was Mr. Randall, Chairman
of the Committee on Appropriations.
He was deeply engaged in a conversation
with a political friend, and merely raised
his head and ejaculated, “Grant will not
turn Bristow out now; he will punish
him by tying his hands and letting him
alone. ”
Ex-Speaker Blaine was found in the
clerk’s office busily engaged going through
the newspapers. When the news was
announced to him he glanced up and
said, “ That’s good; there aro two men
very much relieved ;” and went on read
ing. Somebody standing by aaid, “There
will be something hard to drop before
long. Bristow will have to walk now.”
This time, without locking up, Blaine
said significantly, “ Never count your
chickens till they are hatched.” In the
Senate Mr. Conkling went about, his .face
beaming with joy, and in his grave, quiet
manner informed his republican brethren
that he had just received a telegram from
St. Louis informing him that Babcock
was acquitted. There was no demor stra
tum of any kind, but it was quite ap
parent that the news was not unwelcome.
In a few moments the few Senators in
the chamber began to leave in twos and
threes, and it was very ovidentfrom thier
cheery faces that their hearts felt much
lighter.
In tbe room of the Senate Committee
on enrolled bills Senator Cameron was
having a little fun with a few Southern
friends, when Mr. l’urman, Representa
tive from Florida, rushed in and exclaim
ed : “Glorious news! Throw up your
hats, boys! Babcock is acquitted!”
There was a faint cheer or two and some
handshaking and mutual congratulations,
and then the party broke up, every fellow
appearing anxious to get away to spread
the glad tidings from the West. It is
very clear to-night that there have been
tremendous efforts made during the last
few days to curb the President’s anger
toward Secretary Bristow and Solicitor
Wilson, and unless appearances are unu
sually deceptive there will be no outburst
of the long pent-up wrath for some weeks
to come. I tjlid not at the time exactly
apprehend the significance of Mr. Blaine’s
remark in the House clerk’s room about
not counting the chickens till they are
hatched, but on my way down from
the Capitol I chanced to fall in with
a Republican member, who is un
usually well informed about what
transpires at the White House,
although he is not a very welcome visitor
there. I asked him “what he thought of
the news from St. Louis?” and he replied
by telling me a story. He said : “I met
a lawyer yesterday who lias been watch
ing the Babcock trial closely, and readiug
the reports in the St. Louis papers care
fully, and when I asked him what he
thought of the case, he replied ‘The evi
dence on the government side was not
conclusive, and until the defense began I
was quite certain Babcock would be ac
quitted; but my confidence was consider
ably s.aaken when I read the letter-car
rier’s testimony.’ ” “But what do you
think v.-ill happen here?” I asked, “Will
Bristow have to go out?" “No; the party
can’t afford to have him turned out,” re
plied my Republican congressional
friend. “But wnat does Grant care for
the party?” “Not much, perhaps, butLe
does not want to make Bristow
his successor. There has been a great
change wrought within a few days. Five
days since Grant would have
made short work with Bristow the mo
ment the news of Babcock's acquittal was
flashed to him, but the note of warning
from the press of the country has not
been unheeded this time. Grant can
suppress his feelings better than any
inau I ever knew, if it is necessary to do
bo. He knows how to bide his time and
wait for an opportunity.” “But would
it do Bristow so much good to be turned
out ? Would not he drop out of sight
after a little?” “He might, or he might
not; but one thing is certain, the Repub
lican party would be irredeemably in
jured by *his dismissal at this junc
ture.” “What do you think will be the
effect on the whisky trial?” “McKee
will get a new trial; so will Avery, a%l
they will both be acquitted. The tide of
public opinion which has been moving
with almost irresistible force in one di
rection for so long will be checked by
this resul t in the Babcock case, and the
prosecutions in Chicago and Milwaukee
will gradually die out " “You think the
Babcock trial was tbe turning point in
the whisky war. What would have hap
pened if Babcock had been convicted ?”
It would heive been the end ot the Re
publican party. Grant would have par
doned him. instantly, and then the deluge
would have come sure.”
After leaving my Republican friend I
met Judge Black, of Pennsylvania,
said to him, “Does the news from St.
Louis surprise you ?” “ Not at all.”
“ Did you ever suppose for one moment
that this administration could afford to
have Babcock convicted ?” “ Now, mind,
I don’t say that he ought to have been
convicted, for I haven’t read an^fef the
testimony, and am not prepared to give
an opinion on the merits of the case, but
I know this administration does not scru
ple to find means to accomplish results
when it is absolutely necessary to provide
them.” “Do you think Bristow will go
out, Judge ? ’ “ No, Bristow can’t afl'ord
to resign, and Grant can’t afford to ask
for his resignation.”
I then went to Willard’s Hotel, where
I met a friend of the Attorney General’s.
What do you think of Babcock’s ac
quittal?” I asked. “It is a vindication
of the President and his administration,
sir, and the confounding of the newspa
pers who are seeking to hunt down Bab
cock because they knew it would reflect
on the President.” “Will there be a
rupture in the Cabinet, think you ?”
“ No sir; the Cabinet is a unit, the sto
ries to the contrary notwithstanding.”
Then, there is no truth in the ru
mored disagreement between the Pres
ident and Bristow, or between Bris
tow and the Attorney General?”
None whatever; everything is lovely;
everything is harmonious.” “When
will the Attorney General answer
Hon. Scott L3rd’s resolution, asking
him to explain his famous letter to Dis
trict Attorneys Dyer, Bangs and Mc~
Kenny?’’ “In a day or two.” “What
will be the nature of it ?” “It will be
satisfactory to the President and the At
torney General whether it is to the ex-
Confederate House of Representatives or
not.” The opinion on the Democratic
side of the House is probably expressed
by Mr. Randall who late to-night, when
interviewed on the subject, expressed his
views about as follows : “Bristow would
like to be turned out, but Grant don’t
mean to do it. He would like to do it
but he does not mean to cut a club to
break his own head and at tbe same time
break the back of tbe Republican party.”
A Free Christianity.—A New York
Herald correspondent, who gives his im
pressions after hearing Moody and San-
cey, pertinently asks: Has not the time
arrived for a free Christianity ? \ Chris
tianity with one creed only—Christ and
His teachings? A Christianity with spir
itual life and power, for which humanity
is yearning, and which will sweep the
world victorious ? What a future it
would bring.
A Girl’s Tongue Cut Off.—At Cin
cinnati, a little daughter of Mrs. Eliza
Wagner, ^ bil© playing stuck her tongue
through jcrack of the door when the
other chi ren suddenly closed the door,
cutting t o-thirds of her tongue com-
totelyoff)
BEAf REfciARn 0.> SHESMA!!.
Convte,, tke O(o( . ral
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with '° b ’
New Obi.ea.ns, February 11 it-,.
letter^of 10 &■<!, from Vour
letter of inquiry, that General Shennar,
aeeks to establish one of tho., viohZm,
of the rules of civilized warfare which
characterized his campaign through Geor
81» an 'l S°cth Carolina by the eara v r!
puted slander to which yo'u call my atten
toon, namely: that in his employment
Confederate prisoners, during that cam
paign to search for and dig tr,
torpedoes, he acted “onlv ,u retalia
tion for like empkymen „f Fedora!
prisoners by Confederate commanders—
an asiertion rockiest even for Gtneral
oherman. whose hcedlessness of what h€<
writes and speaks wis notorious before
the appearance of bin Men oi t.
I myself can recall no occ ;;iou when
h edertd prisoners wer > or cculd have been
employed as alleged by that General
even ,aad it been legitimate and not li
shocking inhumanity to do so; tha’ is to
say, I don't believe General 8 return can
specify, with date, anv place that came
into the possession of the Confederates
during the war whore torpedoes were
planted, which they had to re riove either
by resort 10 the use of Federal pris
oners or any other means. There cer
tainly was never such a place or occasion
in the department which I commanded.
I reco.iect distinct!v, howe*’er, learning
immediately after the fall of Savannah
that Gen. Sherman himself bad put Con
federate prisoners to this extraordinary
use in his approach to that city, as also
after the capture of Fort McAllister, and
I thereupon made, through my chief of
staff, Col. G. W. Jrent, n requisition on
our Commissary of Prisoners of Wnr,
Gen. Winder, f^ a detachuient of Fed
eral prisoners, to be empl^yod in retalia
tion should the occasion »ur. I further
recollect that Gen. Winder answered that
under his instructions from the Confed
erate War Department he could not
comply ; also, that in his be'ief prisoners
could not rightfully be so en ployed.
That Gen. She rman, as 1 iad heard, at
the time did so employ Jus prison am
stands of record at page 19 :, vol. 2, of
his Memoirs:
“On the 8th (December. L' G4), us I redo
along I found the column ti med out of
the main road marching through the
fields. Close by one of the corners of
the fence was a group of men standing
around a handsome young officer whose
foot had been blov.-n to pieces by a tor
pedo planted in the road; he told mo
that he was ridrag along with the rest of
his brigade staff of the Seventeenth Corps,
when a torpedo, trodden on by his horse,
had exploded, killing the horse and liter
ally blowing off all the ties a from ono of
his legs. I saw tho terrib e wound and
made full inquiry into the facts. There
had been no resistance 11 that point,
nothing to givo warning )f the danger;
the rebels had planted 8-.nch shells in
the road, with friction m itches to ex
plode them by being tradlenon. This
was not war, but murder, and it made
me very angry. I immediately ordered a
lot of rebel prisoners to be brought from
the provost guard, with picks and spades,
and made them march in 'lote order along
the road so as to explode or discover and
dig them up. They begged hard, but I
reiterated the order, and could hardly
help laughing at their stepping so gin
gerly along the road, where it was sup
posed sunken torpedoes m ght explode at
each step, but they found no other until
near Fort McAllister.”
Here we have Lis own confession that
he pushed a mass of unarmed men, pris
oners of war, ahead of his column to ex
plode torpedoes which he apprehended
were placed in the approachei to a strong
ly fortified position, his ability to carry
which he greatly doubted, us may be seen
from his Memoirs.
He does not there pretend t hat he act
ed in retaliation at all, bat because, for
sooth, he was angry that one of his offi
cers hud been badly wounded by a torpe
do which had been planted in his path,
“without giving warning of danger.”
Surely his own nairative with its painful
ievity, gives as bad a hue to the affair ns
Gen. Sherman’s worst enemies coaid
wish.
It remains to be said that ho omitted
mention of another instance of this •un
warrantable employment of prisoners of
war. After Gen. Hazen ion Decs. 13,
1864,) had handsomely assaulted and car
ried Fort McAllister. Gen. Sherman, in
person, ordered the Confederate* engineer
officer of the fort, with sixteen men of
that garrison, then prisoners of war, to
remove all the torpedoes in front of the
fort which might remain unexploded—
gallant soldiers, who under their com
mander, Col. E. C. Anderson, had “onl}'’
succumbed as each man was individually
overpowered” (Gen. Hazen’s official re
port]. Col. Anderson iD his report says :
“This hazardous duty (removal of the
torpedoes, was performed without injury
to any one; but it appearing to me an
unwarrantable and improper treatment
of prisoners of war I have thought it
right to refer to it in this report.”
Gen. Sherman might, with equal right,
have pushed a body of prisoners in front
of an assaulting column to fcerve as a
gabion roller.
His manner of relating the incident,
which I have quoted in his own words, is
calculated to givo the impression that the
use of torpedoes is something to abhor
rent in regular warfare that he could
subject his unarmed prisoners to the
hazard of exploding them and deserve
credit for the act—a strange obliquity in
the General-in-chief of an army which
has at the present moment a special tor
pedo corps attached to it as an important
defensive resource to fortified places—in
one who, moreover, was carefully taught
at West Point how to plant the equivalent
of torpedoes, as known to engineers of
that date, i. e., crows’ feet, tro'i tie loup,
fougasses mines.
For my own part, from the day of the
capitulation of Fort Sumter in 1862, when,
in order to save a brave soldier and his
command from all unnecssary humilia -
tion, I allowed Major Robert Anderson
the same terms offered before the attack,
and to salute his flag with fifty guns and
go forth with colors flying and drums
beating, taking off company and private
property, down to the clo.se of the war, I
»dwav8 favored and practised the most
liberal treatment of prisoners. At the
same time, however, I always urgii-d tho
policy of rigid and prompt retaliation, at
all cost, for every clear infraction of the
settled laws of war; for history shows it
to be the only effectual method of recall-
jug aa enemy from inhuman courses.
Washington never hesitated to apply this
painful remedy during our Revolutionary
war. I am yours most truly,
G. T. BitAOBEOAJtD.
Four innocent men have just been par
doned out of the Oregon State prison
after spending three years there on life
sentences. In 1872 a stage was stopped
in a lonely place by four masked men,
who took from it gold dust worth > 1,200.
The nearest house was the residence of
the four men who were afterward wrong
fully convicted. Footprints were found
leading from the place of the robbery to
that house, and it was also ascertained
that the men had been o it late on the
nifiLt of the crime. There was no otter
indication of their guilt; tut the pub ic
sentiment was very strong against ron •
bers. and no more convincing facts were
demanded. A mob visited the house,
caught oue of the men, and scared him
wita threats of hanging into saying that
he and the others were guilty, ihe tame
confession would not have saved his life,
but the arrival of an officer did, andthe “
he declared the untruthfcJness of his
statement. The four were tried and axa-
riedlv convicted, and sentenced for -ift,
although the driver of the stage swore to
an opinion that they were not the rob
bers, for which testimony he narrowly
escaped being lynched as an
Recently the real criminals wi.i. detected.
A Teebiele AEFAIE.-At Vonkers, N.
Y on Tuesday, a man named Jaines
Campbell a carpenter, who for some
hacked at bis throat with it. Mr»-
C«- pbell again seized his hand, and while
A. KoCwi from the main artery was
spnrting^nto her face, she took the knife
? „ l Mr Campbell then took up
aimther’knifel’and after attempting to
cut bis wife’s throat, cut his own. For
tte third time Mrs. Campbell winched
the weapon from his hand. Then she
wound the tablecloth around his neci
Mr Campbell died before a physician
ived.