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(IK(E.
It is the la« of streams to run,
< )f autumn leaves to fall.
And she who has been false to one—
She will be false to all.
O, wild as tempest on the sea
Is that poor lover's fate,
Whose faithful spirit, bound to thee,
Must hope, ana fear, and wait:
By surge of joy and storm of pain
His heart is soothed or broke;
He would not rend thy heavenly chain —
He cannot bear thy yoke.
There is no heaven so high as faith,
No hell so deep as doubt.
No haunted spectre like the wraith
Thy fancies wile or flout!
Ah, let that tiger heart of thine.
By brutish mercy led.
To just one piteous act incline—
And strike thy lover dead!
Then let the streams forever run.
The leaves forever fall!
Thou wilt, at last, be true to one.
And not ix* false to all.
—William Winter in Baldwin's Monthly.
(ieorgla Affairs.
Counterfeit nickles are floating around Grif
fin,'’ says the Hews, and of course they are
easily detected if they float, as the genuine
coin generally sicks.
Eat on ton has shipped eight thousand five
hundred and fifteen bales of cotton this season.
The first number of the Broad Axe and Item-
iter, published at Eatonton by Mr. Charles W.
Sparks, has reached us. It promises to be a
spicy sheet, judging by some of the broad items
which grace the first number, and If the pub
lisher does not allow wit to transcend the
bounds of good taste.
At the regular meeting of the stockholders of
the Upson County Radix ad, held last week. Dr.
E. A. Flewellen was elected President, Mr. G.
A. Weaver Secretary and Treasurer, and Mr.
Thos. S. Shannon was elected director, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the death of 3Ir.
Isaat Cheney. Col. Wm. M. Wadley was pres
ent, and offered to let the directors take the
road and run it, furnishing them with an en
gine and coach gratis, provided they would pay
the tax and in every way release the Central
Road. The proposition was not accepted, and
«o the road continues as in the past.
In Columbus there are about sixty-five one-
story brick stores, ninety one-story frame stores,
one hundred and fifty-three two-story brick
stores, twenty seven three-story brick stores,
nine hundred and twenty one-svory frame
residences, thirty two-story frame residences,
and fifteen two-story brick residences.
The total amount of license tax collected by
the City Clerk of Macon for the year ending
December 17, 1877, Is thirty-four thousand
seven hundred and sixteen dollars and forty-
one cents. Thi« is greater than that of any pre
vious year, except 1873, when it was seven
thousand two hundred and sixty-four doilare
and twelve cents.
A drowned horse was found in Cedar creek,
near the Cedartown iron works last week. No
one know** whose it was.
At^the municipal election held at Cedartown
on the 3d instant the following gentlemen were
chosen to run the municipal machine for 1878:
Dr. Wm. Bradford, Mayor, L. 8. Ledbetter, Re
corder, and C. G. Janes, G. A. Lane, J. n.
Dodds, J. W. T. Hand and A. Huntington, Coun-
cilmen.
The Holland Gold Mine, near Tallapooso, Har
alson county, which lias not been worked for
some time, is now being miccessfully worked by
Mr. Frank Little, of Atlanta. Mr. Little is an
experienced miner, and will no doubt make this
mine pay, as the quality of the gold is sala to
be very fine.
There were in operation in Jackson county
for the year just closed fifty-seven public
schools, forty-nine of which were white and
•ight colored; in which there were taught 2,115
pupils, 1,727 white and 338 colored. This is a
good educational record for Jackson county.
Waynesboro has elected the following Town
Commissioners to look after the interests of
rhat burgh for the present year. A. O. White
head, S. A. Cbrkcr, S. A. Gray, Jethro Thomas,
W. A. Wilkins.
The death of Rev. Elias ITarvilie, of Irwinton,
is announced. He was an honored citizen of
Irwin county, and at the time of his decease
held the responsible office of County Treasurer.
His death is deeply deplored by the entire com- !
munity in which he was a bright example of ;
the good citizen.
Hon. W. A. Harris, of Worth, is a candidate
for re-election to the Secretaryship of the
Senate.
The old city of Milledgeville has had its mil
nicipal election and the honors were borne off by
the following gentleman; Mayor—Mr. Samuel
Walters; Aldermen—Messrs. Oaraker. Conn,
Bell, Hendrix, Joseph and Jeffers. The Board
Is an excellent one. and the gentlemen selected
are among the most substantial citizens and
business men of the old capital.
At a meeting of the citizens ami business
men of Macon, held on Monday, to consider the
invitation of the authorities of the Central '
Railroad Company and the Savannah. Nassau
and Havana Steamship Line, proposing to pass
from Macon to Havana, via Savannah. St.
Augustine, Nassau, and yew Providence, five
gentlemen representing the commercial in- j
t©rests of the city of Macon, the following gen- >
tlemen were selected to make the trip: Mr. B. |
C. Smith, Colonel H. II. Jones, C. H. Rogers, j
N. T. Johnson and W. H. Rosa. The Telegraph |
and Messenger says; "The thanks Of Mm meet
ing were tendered to the Central Railroad aud
Banking Comjiany for its courtesy in extending !
the invitation, ana to MajorShellm&n for this in- j
formation. The trio will occupy aliout two weeks j
and will be one or the most pleasant imagina- ;
ble. There will be delegations from St. Louis,
Cairo, Ill., Henderson, ky., Knoxville, Chatta- j
nooga. Tenn., Augusta, Nashville, Cincinnati, j
Louisville, Atlanta, and several other places i
besides Savannah. Nashville will send a dele- i
gaiion of seventeen. If by any circumstances 1
some of those seiected on our delegation can
not go there wili be no difficulty in tilling their I
places. The delegation selected represents our j
solid business interests.”
The Hinesville Gazette compliments the j
Morning News as follows: “This sterling daily
-good enough before—comes to us now clad In |
a new dress. Its columns are as bright and
newsy as ever, and lacks—nothing to make it
! he best daily in the State."
The Forest .Vexes, one of our most welcome
■xehanges. says: "The Savannah News, one of j
our most welcome regular visitors presents it
self now in an entire new ‘suit*—evidence of its
high appreciation by thousands of readers."
The Irwinton Southerner and Appeal re
cords the following almost miraculous escape
.from a terrible death: "Mr. Franklin Branan
lost a fine mule and very narrowly saved his
own life on December 31st by a railing tree.
While riding along the road the cracking of a
tailing tree attracted his attention, when he
found that a large pine was falling towards
him, and. jumping from his saddle, rau from
under it, the tree falli ngacross the neck and
shoulders of his mule, killing him instantly. "
Cays the Old Capital: "The Savannah Morn- i
inq Sicws comes to us this bright new year’s
morn clothed in brand-new attire, from head J
line and foot note. Just a little change in the ;
head and what a perf.nrt beauty it would ap
pear, but then there are no perfect beauties."
The Cedartown Express has the following
episode, which shows a practical way of pro
tecting corn cribs, which if generally followed
would save much loss and great expense : “Our
little city was shaken from centre to circum- ;
ference yesterday morning, wnen the news ran
with lightning rapidity that a shooting affair
had occurred the night before. George Feath- s
erston, a negro boy in the employ of Mr. Giles
Featherston, suspected that a ‘job’ was put up
on the crib of Mr. F„ so on Tuesday night he
loaded his double barreled gun, one barrel with
bird shot, the other with "grape and canister,"
and posted himself for the night. Time sped
along until at last the victim came. He made j
hiN way to the crib, filled his sack with corn and ,
started to leave with his booty Bang went the 1
gun. The ‘game’ was caught. George arrest
ed him a.nd marched h;m. corn and all, up to
Mr. Featht^rston’s house. It turned out that
the negro boy George bad shot »be negro thief,
Jim Ellison.’*
This item we find in the Hartwell Sun, and it '
speaks volumes. Th# first whisky ever sold in ;
this town was retailed from a jug kept in a
hollow tree, and from t hat day to this there '
never has been as much drunkenness and .
rowdyism in Hartwell as there was during '
Christmas week.’’
The Augusta Evening Netcs of the 7th says:
‘About ten o’clock this morning, while the
hands on the steamer Katie, at her wharf, were
engaged in cleaning out the flues in the rear
connection of the main boiler of the steamer,
some sparks set fire to two or three bogs of
sulphur near by which were being unloaded.
Although there was a little excitement for a
while cn ibt wharf, the f-e wm extinguished
J. II. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
before any damage of any consequence was
done, the sacks only being injured and some
sulphur scattered around.'
The Albany correspondent of the Macon Tele
graph and Messenger, J. W. H.. paints the fol
lowing pleasing picture of prosperous farm life
in Dougherty: "Knowing how limited is your
space. I shall lie as brief as possible in de
scribing the success of the farmer mentioned
in my last letter. As he is a modest old gentle
man and dislikes to see his name in print, I shall
withhold it. More than twenty years ago he
purchased one hundred and twenty-five acres of
land on a credit, bought a blind horse for ten
dollars, built a temporary hut. moved his
family (consisting of nis wife and five small
children) Into it, and began preparing fora
crop. He did not have a dollar in the world,
nor were his family well supplied withclothing.
Those were the good old days when ‘log rollings
were in vogue The word ‘neighbor’ then was
something better than a name. A gallon of
whisky, which cost from forty to fifty cents,
a great big pot of bacon and collards, plenty of
good old ‘pone' corn bread, were all that war
necessary to ‘induce’ sufficient help to ‘pile’
the logs on forty or fifty acres of ground in
one day. It was oy this means that he cleared
his land. I will not mention the many priva
tions himself and family had to undergo ere
they i*‘gan to reap the reward of their labors.
Ola and young—all worked—the girls as well as
the boyf£-an<l often and often have I seen the
good wife, herself, ‘pulling’ fodder beside her
husliand, and keeping up her row.’ too. At
the time agreed upoD, the purchase money for
the place was paid, and thenceforth he strug
gle became easier. When the war broke out
the family were in comfortable circumstances,
raising their own provisions at home, and up
to that time eschewing cotton altogether.
A few years after the war it was
pleasure to visit this farm. There *
a place for everything and everything was in
its place. I^arge flocks of chickens, geese and
other kinds of poultry were to be seen on every
hand, while ‘the meat for next year.’ fat and
healthy, eased at you from out their pens with
a look that seemed to say, ‘Cali round after
awhile and eat us.’ In the cellar, ranged in
rows, could be seen an army of bottles, ‘sealed
and said to c ontain' wine of the choicest kind,
home-made and unadulterated. Poor old
‘Blind Jack’ was replaced by fat, sleek horses
and mules, the little one-horse wagon, all inno
cent of springs, was reinforced by a two-horse
wagon and a splendid buggy—in fact, every
thing that is required to comfort or that be
speaks perseverance, energy and industry,
could be seen on every hand, while God's beni
son seemed to rest upon the whole family, giv
ing them health and strength, peace and plenty.
The old gentleman’s smoke house is at
home, as is also his corn crib. He sells
corn every year. Last year he bought several
hundred acres of land, and has now enough to
run a ten-horse* farm. He does not owe a dol
lar. pays cash for everything he buys, is ever
readv to lend a helping hand to the poor, and
Is beloved by his large circle of friends for his
genial dist osition and sterling qualities. From
abject poverty, r»y an indomitable determina
tion to succeed, he has surrounded himself and
family with everything that could be desired,
and Is now perhaps worth ten thousand dollars
in lands, money and perishable property. He
has never boarded a railroad car, nor been
twenty ipiles from home in thirty years; and
now. after all hir. struggles as the zephyrs fan
hi* silvery locks he can sit, in the evening of
life, beneath his own fig tree, surrounded by his
family, and bless the providence that guided his
f< KJtstepfl from over-crowded, King-riaden Prus
sia to the genial South—to plenty-producing
Dougherty county."
Florida Affairs.
Mr. R. D. Carpenter has been appointed to
the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
Mr. F. P. Papy as General Freight and Ticket
Agent of the Jacksonville. Pensacola and Mobile
Railroad.
The Jacksonville Daily Sun and Press has
discontinued its evening edition, the change in
the railroad sch**dule enabling it to do so with
out inconvenience to its subscribers.
An excursion party will leave Atlanta for
Jacksonville, Fla., and waypoints, on the night
of January 21st, going by steamer from Savon
nah to Jacksonville. The fare for the round
trip from Atlanta to Jacksonville and return
will be $19 80. and to Mellonville and return
$29 80.
The Quitman Reporter learns of a difficulty
of a rather serious nature which occurred in
the Hamburg settlement, Madison county, on
Christmas night, at a party, and which resulted
in the cutting of three of them and the severe
pounding of the fourth with a hammer. Too
much whisky was the exciting cause.
Mr. Richard L. Stapler and family, of Hawk-
insville, left on Tuesday last for Hamilton coun
ty. Florida, where in future they will reside.
Mr. Stapler's mother-in-law, Mrs. Rawls, and
Miss Clifford Rawls have also gone with him to
{ Florida.
j Several wagons loaded with movers going
S West passed through Quincy during the past
week.
I Freight business is improving in Fernandina,
I the A. G. and W. I. T. Railroad having found it
necessary to run an extra freight train last
| week. We are glad to vote this evidence of
improvement in the business of our sister city,
j This ia charity that is kind: “The School
j Board of Nassau county have generously re-
I solved to furnish books to children whose
i ]>arents or guardians are unable to purchase."
! The city of Fernandina is about constructing
j her drainage system, and the Florida Cement
I Pipe Company have put in bids to furnish the
j necessary sewage pipes of their manufacture.
The steamship City of San Antonio left Fer-
1 nandina Friday with two thousand two hundred
, bales of cotton for New York.
I On last Monday night five prisoners, Israel
Jenkins, Sam Harris, Geo. Smith, Charles La-
j Count and Stuart, confined in Nassau
; county jail, by some means obtained posses
sion of necessary tools, and succeeded in bor
ing through the door and wall of the jail and
successfully effected an escape.
It is feared that the present extremely cold
weather will injure the orange crop. Heavy
| frost is reported in several places within the
: orange belt.
Mr. James Caruthers, of Sumterville, Sumter
i county, had his store and contents burned last
week. Loss about two thousand dollars and no
: insurance.
A colony of thirty colored people passed
1 through Quincy last week, from Alabama, en
route for East Florida.
A new boat has built and launched at Silver
Springs, by Mr. James D. Goss. She has been
named the Leesburg, and will play between the
Silver Springs and the upper lakes, under the
command of her builder and owner.
A premium of one hundred dollars is offered
by the State Fair, which meets in Jacksonville,
for the county making the best exhibit. If all
the counties compete the fair wili oe an ex
ceptionally fine display. Will they do it?
On Wednesday night, December 26, all the
j prisoners in the Putnam county jail escaped,
through the instrumentality of some person or
persons who passed a crowbar and hatchet
through the bars to them, and with which they
managed to cut a hole in the iron door. Up to
date nothing has been learned as to their
whereabouts.
It is said that four hundred and twenty Good
Templars of Key West are about to be hauled
over the disciplinary' coals for taking a Christ
mas dispensation without authority. Christ
mas times are hard on such organizations.
A Cuban merchant of Key West was fined
twenty dollars before the Mayor's Court for
selling firecrackers on Christmas. “This," says
the Dispatch, “is rather hard: the boys are not
treated quite so bad at Christmas time even,
under a monarchical government."
The Commissioner of Agriculture at Wash
ington has assured Senator Conover that he
will visit Florida in February and will be pre
sent at the State Fair at Jacksonville on the
12th of that month.
Jacksonville will vote on the 15th instant on
the question of the issue by the city of fifty
thousand dollars eight per cent, twenty year
l)onds. the proceeds of which are to be applied
exclusively to sanitary improvement purposes.
There were but five deaths in Tallahassee
during the month of December, one white and
four colored.
About twenty thousand feet of lumber,
thi own overboard recently from the schooner
Cotiingh&m while aground inside the bar, was
sold Saturday at underwriters' sale, in Jackson
ville, for fifty dollars. The purchasers were
the salvors, who receive one half the proceeds
as salvage.
The Quincy Herald has this to say compli
mentary to the orderly character of the town:
“We venture the assertion that during the pest
holidays our town has been one of the most
quiet and orderly in the State. So far as we
can learn there has been hut one difficulty—
that was caused by whisky."
The Palatka Herald says: “Our Northern
visitors begin to come among us. We are glad
to see old and new faces that are now putting
ia their appearance, for as far as they come by
land and sea from their native section of this
great country there is a conscious and unde
niable feeling of American congeniality in the
(M. »t K..... • .W. . V. . ■ T — „ i t .1J CtjltAA ... V. i „ l.
hours. If it then proceeds immediately by rail
it will reach Baldwin at about 8 p. m., and go
forward at once to Cedar Key and will arrive at
Jacksonville at 9 p. m., or fifty-one hours from
New York. If this arrangement Is made a
sleeping car is to be detached from the train at
Bala win and go through to Cedar Key daily."
At the recent annual meeting of the Duval
County Medical Society the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Dr. E. T. Sa-
bal President; Dr. C. Drew, Jr., Vice President;
Dr. J. D. Fernat Jez, Secretary and Treasurer;
Dr. A. J. Wakefield, Corresponding Secretary.
J. B Oliver, of the Florida Sew Yorker,
writes to the Florida State Fair Committee:
“Send to this office all the premium lists of the
coming fair you can possibly spare. They are
asked for daily. Urge your people to have a
good exhibit. There will be a very large num
ber of intended settlers to witness it."
The Jacksonville .Sun and Press lays: “About
a week since a young white man named Sail us,
from St, Augustine, took a boat belonging to a
colored boy named Gilbert without permission,
and came to this city, remaining for a day. Gil
bert earns his living by fishing, and the absence
of the boat was a considerable loss to him.
Upon Sallus’ return Gilbert asked him that he
be paid one dollar for its use. Sallus refused to
give him any compensation, however, and some
sharp words passed between the two. After
wards two brothers of Sallus assaulted the bov
in Capt. Andrew Floyd s store, beating him with
a slung-shot and an axe helve. While the assault
was in progress, a respectable colored man,
named Roundtree, living in the country, enter
ed the store and said to the S&lluses, ‘For God's
sake, gentlemen, don't kill the boy ' The men
then turned upon Roundtree, and gave him a
much worse 1 mating than had been administer
ed to their first victim. He was finally taken
away, bleeding and wounded, by Captain Floyd
and Dr. Gindrat. The latter concealed him for
several days, until he was able to go home.
The Sallus brothers have fled from Mayport, it
is said, to St. Augustine."
Didn't Want to Be Dissected.
Kansas City Times.
For several years past the Junction, or
what is better known as Vaughan’s Dia
mond, has been regarded by the colored
people as the theatre of all nocturnal
anatomical experiments. Nonsensical
sensational reports, gotten up as far
back as 1869, relative to the dissection
of dead bodies by the medical faculty,
who have their headquarters in that build
ing, have spread and become exaggerated
into truth among the darkies. The cap
ture by the police of a man carrying a
sack up stairs, and which was published
in the papers at the time, added proof to
a vulgar superstition. Now, since the
accidental death of a negro man by hav
ing an artery cut a few weeks ago,* there
is a fever of excitement among the color
ed people. Two men were standing near
the Junction, just at the steps leading to
the medical dissecting room. One was a
policeman, the other a man full of fun
aud eager for a joke. A negro who is
quite active in political campaigns, and
one who is supposed to know something
more than ordinary, came along ana
stopped to talk with another negro at the
iron railings at “Vaughan’s Diamond.”
They heard the following conversation :
“That’s the fellow we want.”
“Which one?”
“The biggest one; he is worth $50;
the doctors will give that for him.”
“Why not take in the other?”
“O he ain't wanted yet; wait till he
feeds up a little. Let’s take in this one.
You halt him; you’re a policeman. Stop
him while I ’put the plaster on his
mouth.”
The negroes, who had heard this in
formation. intended for them, started to
move off just as they were stopped. Oue
got off aud fled as fast as his legs would
carp* him. The other was caught, and
invited to go up-6tairs and see a friend.
He refused. He was importuned to go
up where the light was shining. He was
offered $1, $5, $10, $20 in cash if he
would go up stairs, but he refused. Then,
when an attempt was made to take him
bodily up stairs, he took flight up Ninth
street, and went yelling for help at every
leap. The same negro now wears wool
as gray as a young merino, and no
money* can induce him or any of his
friends to pass by the Junction after peo
ple have gone to bed.
One of the explorers with Schliemann
in Greece declares that the Hellenes of
to-day cling to their ancient mythology
with as much love and veneration as
their ancestors did two thousand years
ago. They accept the Bible because the
rest of the civilized world does, but they
none the less believe in all the stories of
their mythology, and feel an intense
pride in the fact that Greece of old peo
pled the world with her gods.
The other day a French opera bouffe
company arrived in Athens, and after
giving “Barbe Bleue” aud other similar
pieces, ventured on “La Belle Helene.”
The result was a serious riot in the
theatre. The indignant Greeks declared
that no foreigners should burlesque their
national gods and heroes, aud the com
pany had to forswear all of Offenbach’s
libels upon the inhabitants of the Greek
Olympus while in Athens, unless they
wished to be complimented with cal>-
bages. hoots, etc. The mythologists,
therefore, are masters of the situation in
Greece, and threaten to tar and feather
any person who dares to cast reflections
on \ enus’ little love affairs or Jove’s ec
centricities.—Netc Orleans Democrat.
two extremities of the United States which
cannot divest its citizens of a positive nation
ality."
The annual election of officers of the Key
West Medical Society for the ensuing year re
sulted as follows: Dr. R. D. Murray. President;
Dr. Joseph Otto, Vice President; Dr. M. J.
Whitehurst, Secretary: Dr. Chas. S. Baron,
Treasurer; Dr. F. Horst man. Trustee. The new
committees appointed are: On Admissions,
Drs. Baron, Otto and Saez; on Ethies, Drs.
.Jould. Perry and Harris; on Epidemiology,
Drs. Porter, Horstman and Whitehurst.
Jacksonville Sun and Press: “It is not yet
known when the new fast mail schedule, men
tioned in a Washington dispatch in yesterday’s
edition, will go into effect It has not yet been
decided whether the mails will go by rail from
Savannah to -Baldwin or by steamer to Fernan
dina and thence to Cedar Key by rail. The
mail will leave New York at 5:30 p. m. and reach
Savannah at 9 a. m., the seoona morning after
leaving Ntw York, or in about thirty-nina
About Dogs.—A gentleman living in
South Waco has in his employ an old
darky who rejoices in the sobriquet of
General Skinner. The same gentleman
owns a large and intelligent Newfound
land dog, and the dog aud the General are
fast friends. They-sleep together in the
same stable loft, 'and are seldom seen
apart. On Christmas the dog and the
darky sallied forth to spend the day in
town, but before many hours had elapsed
the twain were seen returning in the di
rection of home. The General had be
come profoundly boozy, and the dog, the
most intelligent of the two, was leading
him home bv the •coat-sleeve. When
within a hundred yards of home the dar
ky’s legs gave way. and falling to the
ground he lay there a fit subject for the
police, and into whose hands he surely
would have fallen but for the sagacity o'f
the dog. The faithful animal howled in
his ears and tugged at his collar until
finally he became sufficient!}' aroused to
stagger on home. Afterwards the dog
returned and got the darky’s hat, which
had fallen on the street, and carried it
home.— Waco (Tex.) Examiner.
The Cholera in Japan.— Mr. Bing
ham. our Minister to Japan, writes that
the Asiatic cholera has entirely ceased its
ravages in that country. It first appeared
in Yokohama in September last. One-
half of those attacked died, and during
the two months the epidemic lasted there
perished 1,100 persons in Uagasaki aud
vicinity, about the same number in Osaka
and Kioto and al>out one thousand in
Yokohama. Tokei and vicinity. The
mortality in the country at large had not
vet been made known. In the district of
Tokei, where the United States Legation
is situated, there were but six deaths, a
result attributable in great part to the
prompt organization of a board of health
and the rigid enforcement of proper sani
tary measures at the request of the
foreign diplomatic body. By the imme
diate" application of carbolic acid and
careful regimen and cleanliness the
plague was promptly checked in an
Asiatic city of a million of souls, a strik
ing proof’of the efficacy of sanitary
measures.
Barriere, the French artist who re
cently shot himself by accident, once
upon a time meditated suicide, had his
pistol loaded, and called in a friend to
receive his dying wishes. The friend
diu wzX, attempt to dissuade him, but
calmly jotted down his dying wishes;
*.hn, while Barriere was writing a fare-
w\. letter, took up a pistol and began
c xamining it. It was cocked; and the
muzzle was pointing directly at Bar
riere. The intending suicide ducked
under the table with remarkable agility,
crying: “Look out! The a—d thing is
londecl! You'll be shooting at me the
first thing you know!”
Terrible Destitution.— A voung
woman, whose clothing was ragged, call
ing herself Mary Powers, applied to
Judge Davis, in Jersey City, yesterday to
be committed to the penitentiary to pre
vent her from starving. She carried in
her arms a babe of only a few months
old, and said that she had ndt tasted a
morsel of food for several days. Her
husband left her seme months ago and
went to Ireland. The Judge committed
her for sixty days. Catharine Hanley
told the some story later in the day, and
the Judge committed her also.—Atftr
Jerk Herald.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
NOTES
Serious
FROM
FROM THE
CAPITAL.
NATIONAL
Accident to Got. Shepperd.
TUB SEAT OF WAR.
ENGLAND AND RUSSIAN CORRES
PONDENCE ON PEACE.
The Pennsylvania Lower House in Fa
vor of Bland's Silver Bill.
Wore Failures.
FROM THE THEATRE OF VaR.
Constantinople, January 8.—The
threatened ministerial crisis has been
averted.
The fortifications of the Dardanelles
are undergoing inspection by the Secre
tary of War.
Keouf Pasha, although remaining in
charge of the Ministry of War at Con
stantinople, has been entrusted with the
supreme command of the army in Rou
melia. Suleiman Pasha retains command
of an army corps and Boker Pasha of a
division under Keouf Pasha’s order.
London, January 8.—An official tele
gram from Schipka, dated January 8th,
received at Constantinople, states that
the weather has been mila. A two hours
cannonade had been exchanged with the
Russians. This contradicts the Russian
report that General Radctzky had crossed
the Balkans through Schipka Pass.
London, January 8.—A special dis
patch from Bazarnjik to the Telegraph
says that Baker Pasha—Valentine
Baker—formerly Colonel in the British
army, has been promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant General.
A dispatch from Constantinople to the
Standard says that a cry is being raised
for the recall of Midhat Pasha
The Times Vienna correspondent says
the occupation of Sophia is of great ad
vantage to the Russians. It gives them a
base for operations in Roumelia, opens
up the resources of the country around
an<l makes them to a certain extent
independent of supplies fronLRoumania.
Despite the pressure from the palace
and threats of dissolution, the House of
Representatives has been assailing the
government with great freedom and bit
terness. They probably have the popu
lation of Stamboul on their side, and it
is doubtful whether they would obey de
crees of dissolution, even if the govern
ment ventured to take such a step.
The Standard in its leading editorial
says: “The correspondence between Lon
don and St. Petersburg, respecting the
point raised by the British Government,
has not yet terminated, and we shall
probably have to wait until the opening
of Parliament before a full explanation
is given to the subject which has been
under discussion between the two gov
ernments.”
ANOTHER CABINET COUNCIL.
London, January' 8.—The Post pub
lishes the following in official form:
“Another Cabinet council will be held on
Wednesday, meanwhile important pour
parlers are being held telegraphically with
St. Petersburg. The probabilities’of an
armistice lessen rather than increase,
but it is impossible lo foresee what any
moment may bring forth. ”
The Times Bucharest dispatch says the
ice has ceased moving in the Danube and
the river is frozen over near Galatz. It
is expected to-freeze as far as Simnitza
immediately. The Athens correspondent
of the Times states that the calling out of
the second class of reserve, which has
just been ordered, will raise the Greek
army to thirty-five thousand men. The
uncertainty as to the intention of Great
Britain paralyzes the Greeks, but as long
as the present Ministry remain in office
it may l»e regarded as certain that a war
like policy will not be definitely adopted.
A St. Petersburg dispatch to’ the Times
says: “Hopes of an armistice are rapidly
disappearing. The strictest secrecy is
maintained as to the terms Russia would
propose. It is said even the Commander-
in-C’hief is not yet instructed on this
point.”
The Times' Vienna correspondent tele
graphs the following: “It is announced
from Constantinople that the Porte has
informed England of its readiness to en
ter into negotiations with Russia, but inti
mated that it did not think the negotia
tion between military commanders, as
proposed by Russia, suitable, a much
preferable method being negotiation
through special Plenipotentiaries. There
are, however, formal difficulties in the
way of this proposal.”
The Daily Telegraph's Vienna special
says that England has informed the gov
ernment of St. Petersburg that she has
no objection in principle to the conclu
sion of an armistice in the mode pro
posed by Russia, but as regards the
terms of peace, no new European pro
gramme must be drawn up without the
sanction of Her Majesty’s government.
NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Washington, January 8.—Governor
Shepperd fell on the ice in front of his
house, breaking his leg in two places
above the knee.
The Republican publishes a paragraph
this morning upon what it regards as
high authority, that the President will
sign the silver bill should it pass Con
gress. The paragraph continues: “He
believes it to >>e a measure demanded by
the business interests of the country and
a majority of the people of the United
States, and hence will cheerfully give it
his official sanction. ”
The difficulty between Spain and Hayti
over a Spanish subject convicted of incen
diarism has been adjusted by the media
tion of the English Minister. The Span
ish man-of-war exchanged salutes with
the shore battery when the Spanish offi
cers visited the President of the Republic.
The reports are not explicit as to what
became of the alleged incendiary.
NEW YORK FAILURES.
New York, January 8.—M. Rodes &
Sons, tobacco dealers, have been adjudi
cated voluntary bankrupts. Liabilities
$180,000, assets $187,000.
Application was made yesterdav by
counsellor McCartee on behalf of the
stockholders of the Citizens’ Insurance
Company of Newark to Chancellor Run
yon for’the appointment of a receiver
io take charge of its affairs. It is charged
that the company is insolvent, its capital
having been impaired one fourth.
EC€LESL\ STIC AL.
Louisville, January 8.—The Diocese
of Kentucky withhold their consent to
the consecration of Dr. Seymour and
unanimously consent to the consecration
of Dr. Eeriest on.
Chicago, January 8.—The Diocese of
Illinois consents to the consecration of
both new Bishops.
THE COMING STAR.
Atlanta, January 8.—The talented
Virginian, Agnes Herndon, took Atlanta
by storm. She was greeted by a large
and enthusiastic audience, and a banquet
in her honor to-night as the coming star.
THE PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE ON THE
SILVER BILL.
Harrisburg, January 8.—The House,
by a vote of 106 to 48, virtually reported
a resolution declaring that Bland's silver
bill should become a"law.
derelict.
New Orleans, Januarv 8.—The
United States dredge boat McAllister, is
derelict and much anxiety prevails. Ves
sels have left Port Eads ana Galveston in
search of her.
fire record.
Chicago, January 8.—Appleton, Wis
consin, ha<l a^number of business houses
burned. Loss $61,000.
SKETCHES OF FLORIDA.
No. 6—A NIU4 Climate.
Saturday Review: “If a rich man
walks through, a hospital he is a saint;
if he spends a thirtieth part of his in
come on charities he is a paragon of lib
erality. If his wife haunts places of
worship, rather from want of other occu
pation than from devotion, she is * such
a religious woman ;’ while the poor who
put themselves to inconvenience to go to
church perhaps once a week are thought
neglectors of means of grace.”
The recent severe snow storm which
swept over the country, reaching in its se
verity even to Atlanta, Georgia, has sud
denly created a lively and general demand
for a more mild and genial climate for the
winter months on the part of our exten
sive class of delicate people. I do not
refer in this particular connection to
what are termed invalids in the proper
sense. I speak of that larger class whose
lungs or throats or rheumatic nerves can
not endure the severity and sudden
changes of a cold winter climate. They
desire to live where they can go out and
breathe the fresh .air without danger to
their weak lungs, delicate throats or
sensitive nerves. Such people drift south
ward to Aiken, Augusta, Savannah
Nassau, Havana, New Orleans, or Flori
da. I mention this long list of places
because there are a variety of people to
be suited, and I purpose to suggest that
with perhaps two exceptions, Florida has
sufficient diversified attractions to meet
the reasonable requirements of all the
classes referred to. At least Savannah, her
next-door neighbor, can fully supply all
that she lacks in the way of the substan
tial attractions usually found in a large
city where wealth and refinement centre.
Few people of means and culture
spend the winter in Florida for comfort,
because of its mild climate, without pay
ing a visit in going or returning to this
ancient city of Oglethorpe, where they
can, by way of change, enjoy the opera,
the theatre, the library, and other marked
attractions which they fail to find any
where in the “Land of Flowers." The
delightful drives to Bonaventure and
Thunderbolt, the Schuetzen Park and
the Hermitage, are also calculated to
please tourists.
But I am to speak of Florida’s mild
winter climate and diversified attractions,
which I tli ink are unsurpassed by any
State in the Union. The quiet, timid
gentleman, seeking this mild climate
can be as homelike and as undisturlied at
the elegant St. John’s Hotel, Jackson
ville, as it is possible to be anywhere.
The more active man, who wants to sail
every day on the river, and visit all the
steamboats, is fixed to his heart’s delight
at the Carlton House. While the man
who likes genial society and a good laugh,
and thinks his health is improved by it,
can live in constant enjoyment at the
Nicholls House.
Jacksonville has her regular yearly
visitors, who come and go just as the
birds do with the changing seasons. They
prefe • that place for many reasons, few
of which are held in common. Green
Cove Springs has its regular customers,
and they would not be content any
where else. At the Clarendon Hotel
they are beside the Warm Sulphur
Springs that prevent as well as remove
various diseases. Another class, some of
whom are called the “high bloods’’ of
New York, prefer the more quiet seclu
sion of Magnolia, two miles below Green
Cove. And still another class, said to be
somewhat older, but similar in tastes,
prefer the quaint old city of St. Au
gustine, with its sea-wall, its forts, its
narrow streets and its antique dwellings.
Entering the spacious dining room of the
St. Augustine Hotel, at the dinner hour,
you will see a striking array of venerable
millionaires from the North. Or, after
dinner, at the Yacht Club you will see
them preparing to sail their yachts.
This class of people want to be by the
“sounding sea,” and to live on the “fat
of the land” and have good wines.
But Palatka, the place at whose
wharves a perfect fleet of steamers is
often to be seen, is equally as attractive
to a host of tourists. Her Larkin House
and her Putnam House are always almost
full, and in that pretty little town, so quiet
away from its busy wharves, hundreds
of visitors spend nearly the entire winter.
Others go up to Sanford and Enterprise,
where they have first class and ample
hotel accommodations; or up the en
chanting Ocklawaha river, and visit 1 he
pleasant old town of Ocala. Others still,
who can “rough it in the bush,” traverse
the country to Indian river or down to
Tampa. Hunting and fishing parties are
often seen camped along the upper St.
John’s river and its tributaries.
Fernandina is making up iu the matter
of winter attractions, and her new and
elegant hotel should allure a liberal
patronage to this once popular and de
lightful seaport, whose extended beach
offers such an attractive drive in the
bracing salt sea air. Up at Gainesville,
as you go over to Cedar Keys,
they will tell you that that’s the
best spot in all the State for consump
tives. But this is not a paper on invalids
proper, and it is only necessary to say
that there is a fine hotel, pleasant society
and numerous attractions at Gainesville.
Cedar Keys is where the lover of “ wild
sports” and “lively fishing” take9 the
steamer for Tampa. Manatee, Homosassa
and other points on the Gulf coast, that
offer superior inducements to pretty,
healthy and expert sporting men.
Of course Lake City, that live and pro
gressive railroad town, catches not a few
visitors. And Madison and Monticello,
where they have the prettiest girls and
the sweetest flowers in the world, draw
their share of pleasure-seekers. Of
Tallahassee I can only speak in terms of
high praise. The most delightful day of
all my long and eventful life was spent
there, and all the delight came
from the singing birds, the laughing
children, the green trees dotted with
their golden fruit, and the verdant fields
that afar off encircled the lovely, city set
on an hill like a diamond in a setting off
pearls. In midwinter the sweet breath of
summer was over all this beautiful and
entrancing scene. One should see the
capital city of Florida, and then take a
run down ’to St. Marks, on the coast, and
look at a genuine fishing town.
Over all this territory, in eveiy part of
which there are new and varied attrac
tions, the same mild and delightful
climate prevails (with but few sudden
severe changes) throughout the winter
months. Some parts are said to be dryer
than others, and some to have a ehiliier
atmosphere at dusk and daylight. It is
easy to find just the kind of a tempera
ture you desire, the kind of a hotel you
prefer, and the style of surroundings
most agreeable to you, provided you
wish to locate for ’a few weeks in any
one spot. Many persons, returning home
early in the season, spend a week or two
at Savannah, Bainbridge, Thomasville,
or Eastman, in Georgia, the last two
places having splendid winter resort
hotels, and being popular with tourists.
Thomasville is one of the most charming
society places in the South, and is quite
a resort for persons of weak lungs. The
programme, however, is long ana varied,
and" * ‘you pavs your money and you takes
your choice, to use a homely but familiar
phrase, in the matter of a location for
the winter. Sidney Herbert.
The Production of Cotton
Mobil. BegUter.
The Xew York Herald makes a com
parative statement of the growth of cot
ton before the war, under slave labor, and
after the war under free labor, giving us
the following tabular statement:
FIRST PERIOD—POUR TEARS.
Bale..
Crone of ISIS ':,) to ISM-'53, inclusive iO,Ta,S74
Ada consumption of the South not then
included in the commercial crop
statement 300.810
Total (slave).
Crops of 1965-'6fi to 1888-'60, inclusive
(free)
.11.330.681
3
9.316,™
The Cincinnati Gazette is a pretty well
informed paper, but sometimes it blun
ders. Fpr example it says: "It is more
than possible that the Vice President may
play an important part in the decision of
the"sliver question, and rejoices at the
fact that Mr. Wheeler is in favor of hon
est money; and further: "The full vote
of the Senate is seventy-five. If there
were twenty-five Senators to sustain a
veto, this would make a tie, and the Vice
President could vote the same as if the
Senate were equally divided.” The Ga
zette forgets that there is now a full Sen
ate of seventy-six Senators, two-tbirdsof
whom are fifty-one. which would leave
twenty-five; hut if fifty votes are cast to
overcome a veto of tLe silver bill, that
will be enough to beat twenty-five. The
Constitution requires only a two-thirds
vote in each House in favor of a bill to
pass over the President’s negative. The
Vice President has no vote in such a
case; he has no right to vote on any
question except when the Senate is
equally divided, and it is not equally
divided on the silver bill by about a quar
ter of a hundred.—Chicago Tribute.
Excess of slave crop over free 1,983,891
SECOND PERIOD—EIGHT TEARS.
Crops of 1869-’70 to 1*C6-’T7, inclusive,
being eight years of organized free
labor 31,570,212
Crops of 1853- M to I860-‘61, inclusive,
being eight years of slave labor im-
mediately preceding the
war 27,535.949
Add Southern consumption
then excluded from com
mercial crop statement,
but included since the war 1,261.892—^,797,841
SEIANA’S SARCOPHAGUS.
What wan Found In a Girl's Tomb of
Chius!—A Monument of Etmscan
Art.
772,371
says the
Excess of free labor
In the last eight years.
Herald, free labor has, therefore, over
taken the palmiest days of slavery and has
prod need, iwo and t hi ^-quarter million
bales more cotton. This crop is now
more free from the encumbrance of debt
than ever before, and wiJi it has been
raised a supply of food greater than
slaver}* ever compassed.
Without entering into minute statistics
it is safe to say that the money value of
the thirty-one and a half million bales of
cotton produced in the last eight years
has been over two thousand million dol
lars in gold, and that over two-thirds of
this value has been exported.
Texas, which seems to be the true land
of the cotton farmer, has made the great
est relative progress, now producing
double the crop of cotton that she made
liefore the war. During the last cotton
year, on less than half of one per cent, of
her area, or on less than half an acre in a
hundred, she produced a quantity of
cotton equal to one-half the entire con
sumption of the United States.
In giving us these comparative state
ments the Herald might have called at
tention to the fact that the period of
greatest depression in cotton producing
was that when the State governments
organized by Congressional action under
the reconstruction measures were in the
hands of the negroes and their white
allies.
There is one deduction which will be
drawn from this statement by the Repub
lican party of the North which at the
outset we desire to refute. It will be
said that the immense increase in the
production of cotton is the consequence
of emancipating black labor. The truth
is that emancipation would have utterly
destroyed the cotton interest had not the
field of cotton production been extended
northward and westward far beyond the
localities where black lalior congregates.
The facts as regards Texas, stated by
the Herald, indicate the true reasons why
the production of cotton lias grown so
rapidly since 1870. It is from that date
that the Southern States, one after an
other, have thrown off the Republican
yoke, have assumed economical Demo
cratic governments, have crushed out
corruption and political oppression, and
have given that law and order which in
vite white immigration and encourage
systematic industry.
The great bulk* of the cotton crop is
now grown by white labor, and upon
small farms.
Mr. Peabody’s American Dish.
An amusing story is stold, of which it is
averred that no less a personage the than
late Geo. Peabody, the celebrated Ameri
can banker, was the hero. It appears that
Mr. Peabody had invited three English
men to meet two Americans at dinner,
and on this occasion, having received as
a gift ten ears of green corn, determined
to renew the recollections of his youth,
astonish his English and delight his
American guests by having it served up
in the well known American style. Ac
cordingly, at a proper time, plates of but
ter and salt were placed before each
guest, and the banker, with something of
an air of mystery, announced that he
was about to treat his guests to a well
known and delicious American dish
of food, cooked in the Ameri
can manner. It would be no novelty
to his American guests, but the English
men must watch how it was disposed of
by them, and to follow their example
and manner in disposing of it. Then, at
a signal, entered a stately butler bearing
a large covered dish, which he deposited
solemnly before Mr. Peabody. In a mo
ment more, in obedience to the banker’s
nod, he whisked off the cover, and there
before the astonished guests was dis
played a pile of ten boiled corncobs
The banker gazed for an instant in mute
horror and dismay, and then found voice
to demand an explanation, which was
finally reached when the cook was sum
moned—a fellow who had never before
seen an ear of Indian corn in his life.
He replied that he had followed his mas
ter’s directions to “strip off all the out
side before boiling,” which he had done
most faithfully, not only the husks, as
was intended, but kernels also; so that
the banker had only what is, in America,
the plate evidence of the feast to indicate
what were his good intentions to his
guests.
A Wife’s Stratagem
Portland (Me.) Argus.
There is a certain well known gentle
man, a resident of Ward 1, who not long
ago was the hero of a little episode which
is altogether too good to be allowed to
sink into newspaperless obscurity. He
had been passing the evening at a
friend’s, making one of a merry euchre
party, and when he reached his own resi
dence it was quite late—in fact, past
twelve o’clock. On entering his sleep
ing room he noiselessly undressed and
crept into bed very quietly, in order not
to awaken his wife, who was apparently
calmly sleeping, wrapped in pleasant
dreams. The gentleman was glad to
think his better half, instead of setting
up for him, as was her custom, though
against his repeated requests, had retired,
and so took especial pains not to disturb
her repose, and in a few minutes was
himself asleep.
It was broad daylight when he awoke
the next morning, and the motionless
figure beside him showed that his wife,
usually a quite early riser, had not yet
got up. He thought it strange she should
not be up, and stranger that she should
be e? soundly sleeping ; but feeling still
too sleepy to say anything, he again con
signed himself to slumber. The sunlight
was streaming into the room when he
again awoke, and still his wife was
sleeping beside him. Putting his hand
on her head and playfully catching hold
of a lock of her hair, what was his sur
prise to find a whole head yield to his
gentle pull, while a sudden burst of
laughter from a lady looking into the
room through the partly opened door,
told the gentleman there was something
wrong somewhere, and, rising on his
elbow’, he soon discovered that instead of
sleeping with his wife the past night he
had been reposing by the side of a
‘dummy.” which the partner of his
bosom had skillfullv decked out in all
the paraphernalia of a sleeping Venus.
How the story got abroad is a mystery,
but one thing is certain, the gentleman
who slept with the “dummy” never
told it. ^
War and the Princess.—Victor du
Bochet, who recently died in Paris, was
once delegated by the French Govern
ment to settle with the Prussian Govern
ment the unity of gauge of the terminal
lines of railways of the respective coun
tries. He used to tell that one day he
dined with the Princess Augusta of
Prussia, now Empress of Germany. She
asked: “ D# you think railways will fa
cilitate war?” “Assuredly, Your Royal
Highness.” “Then I should be almost
tempted to deplore theif invention. Every
thing which makes war easier fills me
with horror. I have always deplored the
invention of powder; as nobody can pre
vent men from fighting, everybody should
at least throw in their way as many ob
stacles as pwsible. I never worship at
the altar of the god of battles.’*
The archaeological treasures of Italy
have lately been increased by a magnifi
cent monument of Etruscan art, in the
shape of a sarcophagus in terra-cotta,
recently discovered at Chtusi by Signor
Pietro Bousi Casuccini. The sarcopha
gus differs from that of Carncto in its
ornamentation and its cover. Instead of
a simple pointed roof, we have the
usual couch, on which reclines a
young woman, almost life size,
brightly painted in colors that have lost
none of their freshness. She leans
with her left elbow on two pillows, and
with the other hand raises the veil which
covers her head and descends upon her
breast. She Is dressed in a double tunic,
gathered in at the waist by a knotted and
embroidered girdle, and closed at the
throat by a golden clasp in the shape of
a winged Gorgon. A golden crown orna
ments her hair; rouud her throat is a
necklet composed a small amphorcp;
in her ears are gold pendants; and
golden armlets clasp her naked arms.
Her left hand, adorned with five rings,
holds the patera of the eternal ttyiquet,
and from under her long skirt appears a
little foot imprisoned in an exquisite
jeweled scandal.
The coffin, which has the form of a
base supporting the beautiful simulacrum,
shows, in relief, five Ionic pilasters, and
between these are two expanded rosettes
and two patera. With the skeleton was
found a Roman as uncialis, without the
name of the triumvir monetarius. This
coin is most valuable a9 enabling us to fix
approximately the date of the monument.
It is a fact that the asses unciales were
struck in Rome in the year 537 of the
city, and lasted until the lex Papiria in
665. while from 608 they were struck but
rarely, and always bore the name of the
mint-masters. Near the sarcophagus
were several silver objects—such as a
small vase, a small ]yatera-n comb, bod
kins for the hair, various small plates of
different sizes, and a pair of pincers for
pulling out hairs. Besides these were
two little ivory amphora for unguents, a
bronze vase, and some small crystal balls.
The buried girl, whose effigy we see
upon the cover, wasaSeiana, as’we learn
from an inscription engraved on the l>or-
der of the sarcophagus, and repeated on
the plaster. Some savants have maintain
ed that the inscript ions commemorate two
individuals, of whom one—the husband
—desired to be buried beside the beloved
partner of the brightest days of his life.
But tliis idea is opposed, first of all, by
the fact that the urn contained one skele
ton. and next by the consideration that
the inscription on the border was hidden
by the plaster employed in, closing the
cover, thus rendering necessary a new
inscription, which was painted in red on
the stucco itself.
Over and al>ovc its artistic value, the
sarcophagus is interesting also from the
fact that the first inscription was impress
ed on tne sarcophagus while still wet,
with movable types. Nor would'this be
the first example of such knowledge ex
isting among the ancients.
The place in which the sarcophagus
was discovered is called La Martinella.
It is a hill to the northwest of the town.
The appendages of the principal tomb,
instead of a door, have tiles bearing in
scriptions which reproduce externally
the. names engraved or painted on the
urns within. Many of the tiles have
been collected, but not those, unfortu
nately, which revealed the name of the
fair Seiana, whose body did not find a
place in the principal chamber of the
tomb, but was buried in the toculns near
est to the entrance on the left side of the
road. Inside the large chamber was a
sarcophagus and cover, originally broken,
and mended with lead. Like the rest it
was decorated with paintings, so effaced,
however, that it was impossible even to
make out the inscription traced on the
edge with a brush.
The remaining three loculi contained
small urns in C’etona stone—Cetona is
the name of a hill in the neighborhood—
and a sarcophagus in terra cotta, bearing
on the cover a female figure as large as
life, and enveloped completely in a
winding sheet. But not one of the many
urns aud sarcophagi thus found is equal
iu beauty to that of Seiana, w’hich may
fairly be regarded as one of the most
beautiful monuments of Etruscan art
which has yet come down to us.
The sarcophagus in question is in
Rome. The Minister of Public Instruc
tion, Signor Goppino, who has op-
port Ordered it to be liought, would
do weft to have it exhibited in some
rauseqm in Rome.
THE SUN’S DISTANCE
Professor Proctor aud the Transit
Expeditions.
From the London Times.
I have received a large number of let
ters respecting the new estimate of the
sun’s distance deducible from the obser
vations of the British Transit Expedi
tions. Among these letters is one from
the author of a forthcoming work on as
tronomy, who wishes to know whether
all the dimensions depending on the sun's
distance ought now to be modified to ac
cord with the new evaluation. It may
probably be of use to indicate how* th’o
matter at present stands.
The value of the sun’s distance, de
duced by Capt. Tupman with great skill
and after much labor from many sets of
observations made with much care and
after long practice, may be set at 93.321.-
000 miles. The sole method employed
in obtaining this result has lx*cn that
called Delisle’s, which, between 1868
and 1874. was the subject of so much
controversy in these columns and else
where. In fact, the observations em
ployed may be said to beloug exclusively
to Sir G. Airy’s original scheme, for the
H&lleyan observations, made at south
ern stations by the British parties, will
be effective only w'hen combined with
those made at northern stations by
America, Russia and Germany. This
result, 93,321,000 miles, exceeds by very
nearly a million miles Newcomb’s" mean
value—92,393,000 miles—deduced from
observations by six methods. It exceeds,
by more than a million miles, Leverrier’s
estimate from the planetary perturba
tions. It exceeds still more, by about
1,800.000 miles, the value for deducing
which from the transit observations of
1769, Stone, theu first assistant at Green
wich, received the gold medal of the
Astronomical Society.
The probable error of thc’new result
is set by Captain Tupman at two hundred
thousand miles. It is a rather significant
circumstance, however, that of the two
sets of observations—ingress and egress
—into which the British results can be
divided, one gives a distance exceeding
by more than a million miles the dis
tance given by the other set.
It appears to me that the main result
of the observations is the demonstration
of what was before a matter of surmise
—the untrustworthy nature of Delisle’s
method. Respectfully yours,
Richard A. Proctor.
The Editors’ Saint.
This seems to be an age of reorganiza
tion and special provision for classes, and
people, and departments that have been
forgotten or ignored in past periods of
progress. The world is now taking up
its unfinished business, and making a
clean job of existence as it goes. It is
c learing a great deal of rubbish out of its
future path, and supplying omissions in
filling up the yawning chasms. It sud
denly occurred to an editor in Rome that
the church had provided no patron saint
for editors. The newspaper is a com
paratively modern institution; hut it has
grown vastly in importance, and as it
has come to stay, it seems necessary to
make a special saintly provision for the
man who runs it and wields its power.
It would have been far better for
the exclusive interests of the
church perhaps if newspapers had
never been invented. But they were set
a-going, as instruments of enlighten
ment, and then followed the railroad and
telegraph and other modern improve
ments that no regulated world can- afford
to do without. They have all come to
stay, and the church is beginning to re
cognize the fitness of providing for their
spiritual needs. It has commenced with
the editors and given them a patron saint.
The editor of the Unita Cattotica of
Rome, lately made a special petition to
the Pope in behalf of the class asking
that St. Francis of Sales be appointed as
their spiritual patron and protector. The
Pope granted the request and issued an
order of appointment accordingly. Now
the Catholic Messenger of Baltimore has
hoisted the name of St. Francis of Sales
at the head of its columns with the
usual invocation. Probably no class
needs spiritual patronage anil protection
more than newspaper men, and it was a
very thoughtful provision.
A California Double Tragedy.
Los Angeles Herald.
We were informed yesterday that a
double murder was attempted at the
Ilancliito, about nine miles from the city,
the night before. The story, as we heard
it, is about as follows: The wife of a man
named Reyes, who lives on the Ranchito,
has been in the habit of receiving the
visits of an elderly Spaniard, whose name
we did not learn. ’ Reyes took exceptions
to this, and told his w ife not to receive
any more visits from this man. On the
evening in question, on returning home,
he found the elderly party at his house,
who, as Reyes entered, started away,
As he did so Reyes fired at him, the
ball passing through the breast of his
coat. The flying man fell down and
commenced groaning as though he were
dangerously wounded. The infuriated
husband, thinking doubtless that he had
finished the intruder upoa his domestic
preserves, turned the pistol on his w ife.
She at once snatched their infant and held
it up in such away that, if he fired, the
ball must pass through the child. Reyes
then approached her and struck her over
the head with the weapon; and, when
the opportunity presented itself to do so
without injuring the child, fired, inflict
ing a wound which, it is said, is likely to
prove fatal. Our informant states that
an officer went out to the scene of the
tragedy yesterday, but whether any ar
rest has yet been made he did not know.
We give the story as it was told to us,
but ao not vouch for its truth.
Young Mr. Grant’s Alleged Failure
to Obtain a Railroad Pass.
From the Milwaukee Commercial.
St. Louis, December 29.—An elegant
ly dressed young man entered the office
of the Ohio aud Mississippi Railroad last,
evening, just before train time and ad
dressing 5lr. Phillips, the ticket agent, re
marked condescendingly: “Is this the
office of the railroad of which Senator
Bogy was formerly President, or con
nected with in some way?”
Mr. Phillips—No, sir; Senator Bogy
was never connected with this road iu any
way whatever.
Young man (picking up a poster on
which the names of the officers were
printed)—Well, then, I would like to see
Mr. Peabody, Superintendent of the
road.
Mr. P.—To sec Captain Peabody you
will be obliged to go to Cincinn.iti, as
that is where his office and headquarters
are.
Young Man (looking at the poster
again)—I suppose if I could see Mr. Cone,
the General Passenger Agent, it would
probablv answer as well ?
Mr. I*.—Unfortunately, sir, Mr. Cone
is not at present in the city. He is in
Cincinnati, or possibly at some other
point east of this city.
Young Man (glancing at the poster for
the third time)—Is Mr. Phillips in the
city? He probably would be the person
that I would like to see.
Mr. P.—I ain Mr. Phillips. What can
I do for you, sir?
Young Man—I am U. 8. Grant, Jr.,
and have called in order to obtain a pass
for myself from this city to Cincinnati.
Mr. P.—1 regret to say, sir, that it is
impossible for me to do so. I am not
empowered to issue any passes.
The young man stared at the ticket
agent in amazement, and walked out and
up the street.
Mr. U. S. Grant, Jr.’s, name appeared
to-day on one of the hotel registers, and
it is supposed that the applicant for
the pass was the worthy son of the
old man now dead heading on the other
side of the water. The last time the
Grant family were here they were whirl
ed over the Ohio and Mississippi in the
directors’ palace coach. The young man
only remained at the Lindell long enough
to make railroad connections, and went
East to-night, presumably to take the As
sistant District Attorneyship cf New
Y'ork.
There are two hundred and twelve
diplomatic positions in the gift of the
President, including Ministers, Consuls
General, Charge d’Affaires, Secretary of
Legation, Consul, Commercial Agent,
Vice Consul. New York has thirty-six
of her sons engaged in the business;
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania have
eighteen each; Maine has twelve; Ohio
sixteen; Illinois thirteen. The Southern
States are not numerically strong on the
diplomatic force. Louisiana has Minister
\V illiamson iu Central America; Henry
Vignaud, Secretary of Legation at Paris,
and three Consuls; Georgia has Minister
Hilliard at Brazil, and two Consuls at un
important places; Missouri has J. Milton
Turner, Minister at Liberia, and three
little Consulships; Maryland has two
representatives—-Colman, Secretary of
Ligation at Berlin, and a Consular Clerk
at Havana; Tennessee has Horace May
nard, Minister to Turkey, and Dyer,
Consul at Odessa; Virginia has four Con
suls and a Consular Clerk; North Caro
lina has two Consuls; Alabama has Hind,
Consul General at Rio dc Janeiro, and
one Consul; Mississippi has G. Wiley
Wells, Consul General in China, and two
Consuls; Arkansas has three Consuls;
Kentucky is represented by M. J.
Cramer, Minister to Denmark, and G.
W. Griffin, Consul at Navigators’Islands.
The important positions are all filled by
New Yorkers, Pennsylvanians and New
England men. The German and Belgian
missions are yet vacant, but there are
several thousand individuals who think
themselves abundantly able to fill the
positions.
A modification of Professor Bell’s tele
phone has been proposed by M. Trouve,
of the French Academy of Science. M.
Trouve says that the present apparatus,
on ordinary lines, only transmits the
voice to relatively short distances, in con
sequence of the weakness of the currents
produced by the manipulator. He,
therefore, substitutes for the single mem
brane of the Bell telephone a cubic cliam
her, of which each surface, with the ex
ception of one, is formed by a vibrating
membrane. The membranes being caused
to vibrate by the same sound, each act on
a fixed magnet, fitted with an electric
circuit. In this manner, by associating
all the currents produced by these mag
nets, there is obtained a single intensity,
whieh increases in proportion to the
number of magnets influenced.
How !6««rly a Hundred Soul. p* r .
l«h«d on the Rocky Chilian Ceaat.
A letrer to the Panama S:„roi„i Hernhj
dated Lima. December 12, save The
fine steamer Atacama, beloagmc to tbe
Pacific Steam avigation Company went
to pieces on the rock known as Rompo
Olas, a abort distance south of Caldera,
on the Chilian coast, on the night of the
80th ultimo. The Captain, ali of the
officers and many of the crew and pas-
senders were lost. In all it is estimated
that one hundred and one persons were
drowned, twenty-nine saved. The ship at
j the tunc was on her voyage from Valpa
I to iso to Callao, commanded by a thor-
I oughly experienced man, Captain Lam
bert, well known on the coast, and well
officered. The accident occurred at 8
o clock p. m., when the majority of the
passengers were Mow, and so instanta
neous was the breaking up of tbe ship
that no time was given to gain the deck
The cargo lost was not of great value
and the passengers mostly Chilians, jour’
ncying between the ports.
According to the account of some
of those who were saved the catas
trophe took place shortly after 8 o'clock
on the night of the 30th November last
just after the watch had liecn changed!
It appears that the shock burst certain
pipes connected with the tioiler, and the
escape of steam, mixed with cinders, pre
vented anybody getting on deck to lower
the lioats, with the aid of whieh and the
life buoys all on board might have been
saved, notwithstanding the fact that the
steamer sank in a few minutes. On the
4th instant twenty-four men and seven
women had been saved up to noon
Seventeen bodies had been washed odiore
and buried. Only seven of the latter
were recognized, among them being tbe
bodies.of Capt. Lambert, Purser Falloon
and Mrs. Alexander Kennedy. The num
her of passengers was tiftv four: crew
seventy—making a total of"one hundred
and twenty-four.
The following account of the disaster
is given hj- one of the survivor'. .Mr. Al
exander Kennedy, who, with his young
hride, was returning from Valparaiso on
his wedding trip. The Atacama left the
port of Carazal for Caldera at her itinera
ry time. On the evening of the 30th
Captain Lambert sat conversing with Mr.
Kennedy for some little time after dinner,
and the subject of their conversation,
singularly enough, was the loss of the
Eten. Mr. Kennedy invited the Captain
to take a glass of wine wilh him, hut the
latter declined, suiting that it was ugly
weather and very dark, consequently he
should have to !>c about all night. The
men proceeded on deck together, and the
Captain went on the bridge to look round.
This was about 7:30 p. in. Cap
tain Lambert remarked that there
was unusually heavy sea and that
it was pitch dark. All being apparently
right, Captain Lambert retired to his
room and called for tea. The other offi
cers who were off duty were also taking
tea iu their rooms. The first officer, Sir
Flower, who was on duty from 0 to s. left
the bridge on being relieved by the third
officer, and went to his cabin, linme
diately after the third officer reached the
bridge he perceived breakers ahead aud
at ouee rang the emergency signal. It
was too late, however, for although the
vessel did not go straight on to the rocks
her starboard 9idc scraped them and she
was rent completely open. The shock
appeared to have disarranged the boilers,
for an explosion of steam took place,
inundating the deck with steam and ashes,
so that it was utterly impossible to reach
the boats. The ship gave three huge
lurches ami then went down within three
minutes from the time she struck
Mr. Kennedy says that on leaving Ihc
Captain ho proceeded to join his wife,
who was unwell in her cabin. He said
to her that he had been talking about the
Eton, and as it was such a nasty night he
felt a little nervous, lie suggested to
Mrs. Kennedy that they should try on
the new cork jacket recently purchased
by the company and placed in all the.
eabins, one for each l>ed. They did so
and were laughing at their mutually Midi
crous appearance when the ship struck,
and they presently found themselves
struggling for life m the midst of the
breakers. Mr. Kennedy managed to
keep his wife afloat for nearly three
hours, w hen the poor lady was struck on
the head by a piece of wreckage and in
stantaneously killed. Mr. Kennedy was
also injured, but succeeded in reaching
tbe shore. Mr. Kennedy was married to
the duughtcr of Robert Peebles, Em., of
Chanaral, on the 20th instant.
As far as is at present known the Ata
cama seems to have been following her
proper course, and the theory with re
gard to the disaster is, that the unusually
rough sea combined witli the darkness
caused her to lie imperceptibly drifted
from her course in the direction of the
rocks. Nothing is visible of the wreck
with the exception of a portion of the
masts protruding above water.
A Log Tester.—Wo don't want a
Moore township girl Tor a lung tester.
At a singing school up there the other
□ight a young man was bragging about
the strength of his lungs, and invited a
girl in the company to bit him in tlio
breast. She said she was left-handed;
had been washing Unit day and was tired,
and didn't feel very active, but at his urg
ent request she let go at him. When his
friends went to pick him up he said he
thought he would die easier lying down.
He had lost all recollection of having any
lungs, hut the young woman consoled
him by admitting that she didn’t hit him
as bard as she might have done, because
she rather liked him.—iemton (Pa.) Free
Press.
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The threat of the Republicans to aban
don Hayes as they did Johnson is truly
amusing. Then they had both houses
by a large majority, now they barely
have one.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean, referring to
a brutal outrage upon an estimable lady
of that city the other day, says :
“Of all the offences known to the world,
those of the class alluded to constitute the very
quintessence of crime, and when such an out
rage is perpetrated it fires the le-an* of all true
men, quickens dormant ^evaagefulness, and so
carries the mind hack to days when Chicago
was a frontier, that citizens long again for the
old time when there was morejustice and less
law, when a handy rope and a convergent
tree made short shrift for villainous offenders
against society."
If such a ‘-' qtiment, says the Courier-
Journal, had lieen uttered in the South,
this same lawless organ would yelp
through half a column abont the “ bar
barous South.” Its earnest advocacy of
barbarous lynch law is, however, in keep
ing with the “nature of the beast.”
A boy who joined three Sunday schools,
to keep Christmas with all of them, now
reports himself as highly disgusted, be
cause all three of the schools held their
Christmas festivals the same evi
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