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J. H. ESTILL,
Savannah. Oa.
Geoncia Affairs,
i, juth inst. Atlanta had ordered
til the I'nitcd States Treasury $5,-
i.-'l silver coinage, and Columbus
rumors regarding the purchase of
i, House site iu Columbus by a
pai.'v, with the object of erecting
:j 0 h*1 thereon, are pronounced
uu iordviile Democrat reports that
h;i' vet been done on the farms
oinitv towards preparing for the
ar’s crop. Some of the farmers
have been discouraged, by the
the crops for the past two years,
btless the severe weather has had
r i, ,i„ with this tardiness of pre-
“liut,” says that paper, “our
friends must not become dis-
The present year will be a good
am l next fall all who work with
11 be aide to reap an abundant
) think," said a farmer the other
• hundred pounds of lint cotton
A gu;i!i'\ and the purchaser to pay
t from the coast.”
sell in Talbotton at ten cents
Ibotton Standard regrets to hear
era i- prevailing to considerable
n,ng the hogs in Talbot county,
tt county is all right. Out of debt
) in the treasury.
.states that the force at work
ugusta portion of the Augusta,
and Greenwood Railroad i6 rapid-
r forward the grading. They have
•oirressed twelve miles and only
•« of ungraded road lie between
the river. The camp has been
this last section and in a short
?ntire route from Augusta to Wal-
ml will be graded,
lav, as we learn from the Macon
a colored man by the name of
lith was killed by a lumber train
tdral Railroad. lie was engaged
nee of the road. In passing from
» another while they were iu mo-
•11 between them, and was horribly
by the wheels. They struck him
middle of the body, and almost
in two. The killing took place at
below Mi lien. The unfortunate
nan resided in Gordon, and the
taken to that place Friday after-
ip register” kept at the Macon
shows that since the 12th iust. 4
these itinerant gentry have been
and done for by the city. They
*d nearly every country on the
thirty
taken
On Friday last Master Jesse O’Brien,
eldest son of Mr. Matt. O’Brien, of
Columbus, was severely wounded while out
cuunimr. As he was drawing his gun
through a fence it was accidentally dis-
charged, the load entering his right arm.
The wound is painful, but it is not thought
that amputation will be necessary.
A white horse thief named Lindsey and a
negro convict named Joe Beman escaped
from the Calhoun jail on Tuesday night
last. They bunted a hole in the ceiling by
means of a wire drawn from the stove, con
cealing the hole whenever the Sheriff was
around, until it was gradually made large
enough to admit their bodies. Lindsey
stole a horse upon which he escaped the
same night that he effected his release. The
Sheriff is in hot pursuit of both these ras-
MiddU (,tortfui Argus: “The Savannah
Moksiso News is the most reliable paper
in the State.” Short, sweet and to the
point. In reply we beg leave to remark
that the Ar<jn.<s, since donning its new dress,
is among the brightest and most attractive
looking of our State exchanges.
The store house of John Phinazee, one
mile from High Falls, Monroe county, was
destroyed by tire a few days since. Loss one
thousand live hundred dollars; insured for
six hundred dollars. The tire is supposed to
have been the work of an incendiary.
On Saturday last a colored mule driver
lar store keeper lu Macon a
o look after his team while he stepped
o make a few purchases.
>laciin 'vnd Columbus papers are out
gdenunct.'^ ons tlie usc °f ^at
>usplaything k"oown as “the Alabama
Fir-t Colored Baptist Church, of
ms. was destroyed by fire Saturday
g. Loss about one thousand five
-' learns that an effort will
e made to induce ex-President Davis to
isit Atlanta and deliver a lecture. It says
1*° that it is almost certain he will soon be
The Timber Gazette is decidedly in favor
f a railroad, it thinks that “if Darieu had
railroad she would be In the course of a
-w years one of the liveliest cities in Geor-
ih*‘ Macon police invaded a colored
ambling saloon in that city Saturday night
ud landed forty-five festive sports in the
irraeks.
V*/./, i Argun: “We learn that a
ed an old lady by the
une of *^>ueh, In Jasper county, one day
st week, a came very near killing her
ith a rn:’)-. iady r was near a hundred
:ars of -V,, . *nug house with another
d lady. "Vfter Uo '* kin £ hcr down the
ip tried to mtk-P hit v;ape, but we are
ad t<» Mat.* was rantum' * D< * lodged in
il. P w - n «v a I tureu '«,!£ citizens
1 'a- all the law abiu. hpinD>
, 1Kee P the monster fro/' 1 * ^
offered a
inside
The
The
Colurn
suicidi
the fact
• Z'rald: “The number of cases
• n.-anity that are being daily developed in
e C0UQ try is remarkable. We hardly pick
^M^Per hut we find an account of some
* ‘he evidence generally develops
If insanity, frequently” unknown
- of J' 1 ’* 5 immediate family circle. The
. * [ uu l 1 ' filled aixfrthe complaint comes up
th*tti H ‘? sion of the General Assembly
^ there is not sufficient room to accom-
V Uate the applicants. Our attention has
l n , airec ted to this subject by some cases
it.i recently occurred in this coun-
<Vn <>Ul * 11 wec k or two since James
use ^ a man at letf&t fifty years of
a prosperous fanner in the western por-
* n of the county, was sent to the asylum;
u we learn with regret that Joseph U.
.3' 0 ! 1 ’ Suwannee, has recently devel-
V K i alarming evidence of insanity. For
tip™^ tllne his immediate family have no-
v, a tliat there was something wrong with
iT™’ ? D ‘l we understand that he informed
list i ^ ^hat his mind was not right. He
hm -.w ^ eu erally’very docile and quiet,
In , ^^hin the last few days his Insanity has
. ? l / t ' 6 * e d itself in a more violent form,
. .a Bte P s are being taken to send him to the
“ lum f or treatment.
Darien Gazette: “It is simply bosh and
ta°i? 6e ? se f or Ben Ilill or any other man to
*k about breaking up the Democratic party
Georgia. Ben Hill can quietly retire or
(7>^ Ver 10 other side if he wants to.
■^Jos, Colquitt, Hardeman, Lawton, Nor-
and other good and true
Wiocrats wiil lead us on to victory in 1880.
Yn, Dem^jcrafcic party, Mr. Hill t
ou can never do it, no, never.”
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J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1879.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist :
“For some time past we have heard rumors
of remarkable cures effected by a farmer liv
ing near Augusta, by simply rubbing the
patient with his hands. Happening to meet
two well-known citizens yesterday, one of
whom, it is said, had been under the treat
ment of the party with the wonderful gift,
while a member of the other’s family had
experienced much benefit from the same
source, a Chronicle reporter questioned them
in reference to the matter, and ascertained
that the rumors were w ell founded. Mr.
Robinson James, the party whose ministra
tions have effected such wonderful results,
Is a plaiu farmer, living about eleven miles
from the city. He Is forty-five or fifty years
of age, and until about five years
ago knew nothing of the power which
after events showed that he possessed.
About that time he was conscious of a
singular feeling, became ill, and continued
so for several days. Finally, he informed
his wife that he was satisfied he possessed
the gift of healing, and that it was his mis
sion to exercise it. This he has done when
ever called upon ever since, and with the
most astonishing results. One of the gen
tlemen with whom our reporter conversed
has been afflicted with chronic neuralgia
for nine years. It gradually grew worse,
until he suffered almost constantly the
most excruciating agony. For years, he
said, he had not had more than three nights
sleep out of a month, and he was obliged to
resort to narcotics in order to alleviate his
pain in the slightest degree. Hearing of the
powers of Mr. James in alleviating neuralgia
and rheumatism, he sent for him, and from
the very first treatment felt a sensible relief.
He has been getting better from that time,
and during the sixty days that he has
been under Mr. James’ treatment has slept
well fifty nights out of sixty, something
that he would have thought impossible be
fore. In his case Mr. James rubbed his
hands a number of times over his body.
The next day after the operation be felt’a
tired sensation, as if he had taken a long
walk, and a desire to sleep. He is not yet
entirely cured, but he is satisfied from the
wonderful results already attaiued that in
time a complete cure will be effected.”
Several equally as astonishing cases are re
cited, and, says the Chronicle: “The impres
sion seems to be that the power possessed
by Mr. James is nothing more than animal
magnetism in a very strong degree, aDd thus
acting upon the nerves removes the pain
and effects a cure. But, whatever it is the
cases mentioned above as having been
treated by it arc well authenticated and be
yond the shadow of a doubt.”
Columbus Enquirer: “The tramps have
been committing sundry' freaks in the
vicinity of Beallw r ood and ou the road to
Harris county of late. One night this week
they robbed a negro in the neighborhood of
W. II. Young’s residence, and on Thursday
night weDt to the residence of Mr. Vaugn
and demanded food. The lady of the house
becoming alarmed, called her husband, who
was a short distance from the house, who
came and run the besiegers off with a shot
gun. They have been" very annoying to
other citizens in the neighborhood. The
negroes along this road for miles are greatly
alarmed and keep close within doors at
night. A gentleman says some time ago he
could rarely find one of his darkies at home
of a night; now they lock themselves up
early, and many are afraid to put foot out
of doors after dark.”
Americus Republican : “We have been in
formed that on last Wednesday Mr. Charles
Porter, of Starkville, Lee county, and a ne
gro boy were scuffling or playing together
with a pistol, when the pistol was acciden
tally discharged, the ball taking effect near
the right temple of the negro and killing
him instantly. We regret to have to chroni
cle this sad occurrence, as Mr. Porter is a-
quiet and peaceable young gentleman, a son
of Mr. Thomas Porter, of Lee county, a man
of influence aud refinement, who deeply de
plores this ead accident.”
The Sumter Republican gives this piece of
sensible advice to young men. It says:
“Our farmers are preparing f r the com
ing campaign in as judicious a manner as
possible, getting hands, mule3, guano and
improved implements in large quantities.
Now is the time for the young men who
propose to turn over a new leaf to begin.
Farmers need laborers, or have extra land
to run on shares with those who will work
earnestly and faithfully. Wheat, corn and
cotton is very good capital, aud old mother
earth wUi give to those who diligently turn
the glebe in search of them. It will bring
health aud honor, contentment and peace
of mind, which are in themselves treasures
of great price which all the loafing and
waiting around town for a clerk’s position
can never give.”
Middle Georgia Argus: “John Tarver, a
colored brick mason of this city, has made
an improvement on the grate basket now in
use, which, while it is simple, will prove a
most valuable invention. The improvement
is nothing more nor less than a triangular
movable piece of grating iu the bottom of
the basket. The grate generally burns out
in the centre of the bottom, and a new one
has to be bought. The invention obviates
this expense, for this piece can easily be re
placed by a new one at a very 6mall cost,
and the^oldfgrate can be used’as formerlly.
John has tiled his application for a patent
through Emile Newman, Esq., in whose
office we saw yesterday a model which is to
be sent to Washington. The pattern of the
new grate was made at the Columbus Iron
Works, and is a beautiful piece of work
manship. The arrangement of the piece in
the bottom of the basket makes it perfectly
secure, and the invention possesses every
advantage claimed for it.”
Columbus Times: “Last Friday morning
the late risers of our town were aroused by
a loud screaming and yelling ou the street.
We have in sight just in time to see five
negro men and boys aud a negro woman in
a rock and stick battle. One man and the
woman on one side, and two men and two
boys on the other. While the man fought
the woman assisted him by making the
rocks fly, and added much to the beauty of
the entertaiument by her unearthly yells.
The row was about nothing, aud, we are
sorry to state, nobody hurt. All engaged
deserve a home in the county jail for a few
days. Oh, for a whipping post.”
They have inagurated a vigorous w ar on
tramps in Macon. The Telegraph and Mes
senger of yesterday says : “Yesterday was a
blue day for the tramps. Quite'a gang has
infested the city for the past week, and
nearly every day a new edition would take
the place of the sojourners of the day be
fore, who would, like the Wandering Jew,
move ceaselessly on. A gang, however,
seem to have taken a fancy to our city, and
remained here for several days. Early yes
terday morning and on the preceding eve
ning the police officers made a descent on
these pedestrians and succeeded, in adorn
ing the interior of the barracks cells with
eight of them. They .were captured
mostly in the lower portion ot the city,
where they make their headquarters.
Several were arrested on the commons below
the city. About three o’clock yesterday
morning Lieutenant Hurley’s squad was out
on the war-path after tramps. They had
captured three, aud were taking them to the
barracks, when, in crossing a vacant lot in
the rear of Rock MilI,oneof the captives suu-
d-nly fell out of rauus and disappeared. A
few cries, followed by a splash, soon showed
that he had fallen into an old neglected
well With the assistance of some planks
twenty feet long, and a good deal of hard
work,'the miss-tog tramp was drawn to the
surface, very moist, but uninjured.
He was then carried on to the Uty
xr.ji The police docket yesterday showed
a*seorce of eight to the diligence of the po
lice Two of them were liued ten do.lars
each or thirty days on the streets, and the
six others ordered to leave the city without
delav and they accordingly left as soon a=
dismissed from His Honor’s judicial scru
tiny. The living curiosity of a tramp at
work can now he seen at the chain gang of
the countyf where these two unfortunate
pilgrims are now located.
A Snowcd-np Bridegroom
Veu’ York Letter in St. Lovis Republican.
An event in Fifty-seventh street last
-eck shows how much more important
'• wedding dress is to the wedding
than the man she is wedding,
woman -o Ve nth street bride is no
ThC /^ffiaW-We-minded girl, but a
young, change^ whot she 1S about,
party who kn ''.t her minister
engagedfso wlre t^
Isrgi
with “mamma, a mbit auu ,
was to have been a cherished gaest Si
rv^^r^sofio^
The lady said it “was a shame-to pht ou
man
time the little boarder married Laura,
and the feast was eaten.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE POTTER
COMMITTEE.
Conflicting Rumors as to its Futnro
Action.
THE TOBACCO TAX IN THE VIR
GINIA SENATE.
PROPOSED TRANSFER OF THE IN
DIAN BUREAU.
Great Alarm Over the Plague In
Europe.
FATAL AFFRAY IN' MISSISSIPPI.
AFRICAN CHIEFS IN REBELLION
AGAINST THE BRITISH.
Congressional Proceedings.
.YliBcellaueoutf and IVllnor flatter*.
THE POTTER COMMITTEE.
Washington, January 25.—St. Martin
was further examined by the Potter Com
mittee this morning. In reply to Mr. Cox,
with reference to indictments sending
against him, he said he was not arrested
for his offenses, and added that if there was
any doubt as to his good character any
gentleman present might learn in an
hour the exact opinion of emiuent gentle
men in Louisiana in regard to his social
standing. He mentioned Governor Nicholls,
the District Judge, Attorney General and
Sheriff as persons to whom the committee
might telegraph for information. He said,
with regard to the first indictment against
him, that no action was taken, and
on the second he gave himself up to the
Sheriff and was released on bonds, but the
grand jury found nothing against him. The
letter mentioned iu his testimony as having
been received by Weber from Mrs. Jenks
was with reference to the Sherman letter.
Mr. Cox then asked witness various ques
tions in reference to statements made in his
affidavit, among which were answers to the
effect that Weber had told him there was
do such document inexistence as the “Sher
man letter.” Weber also said, in conversa
tion with witness, that if ho found he could
make nothing by testifying to the non-exist
ence of the Sherman* letter, he would go
over to the other side, and swefir he wit
nessed its destruction. Weber endeavored
to persuade witness to testify to the
destruction of the document, but he would
not do so. lie wished it distinctly under
stood by all concerned that he had no fear
of telling the truth. The witness testified
that Weber told him he received one
thousand dollars from Carter and Maddox
while iu Washington. He could have found
witnesses returned as “not found” had he
tried to do so. St. Martin said
every witness who appeared on the stand
in Louisiana was watched closely by him
self aud Weber, and agreements made with
them before the issue of their subpoeras
were in this wise carried out. Every man
who testified had been previously posted as
to the ground upon which he was to base
his testimony.
Mr. Potter exhibited a series of telegrams
purporting to have passed between St. Mar
tin in New Orleans and Gibson iu Wash
ington. St. Martin identified all as having
been signed by him, but denied having writ
ten them. The telegrams requested Gib-
sou to settle Weber’s School Board case with
out delay. Upon Gibson’s refusing and tel
egraphing St.* Martin he was only wasting
money in telegraphing that he (Gibson) want
ed no statement from Weber, and that no
blackmailers could affect his actions, a
final telegram was sent by St. Martin, accu
sing Gibson of being a liar, thief and scoun
drel, and stating that his (Gibson’s) friends.
Maddox aud Carter, were as bad as he, and
that he (St. Martin) proposed putting them
in the penitentiary, where they belonged.
In reply to Mr. Reed, witness said Maddox,
on arriving at New Orleans from Washing
ton, told him he knew he (St. Martin) did
not send the telegrams referred to, but that
they were sent by Weber.
General Butler questioned the witness as
to how the name of Stenger came to ap
pear in his affidavit instead cf that of Mad
dox, and asked him why he did not correct,
the lie before the affidavit was published?
Witness replied that it was not a lie, but a
mistake, and that General Butler would not
dare to say such a thing outside of the com
mittee room. Telegrains from Gibson were
produced, and also one from Acklin re
commending the settlement of Weber’s
school board case, and suggesting the pay
ment of a thousand dollars to Weber and
Gibson. In replv, he said that he had noth
ing to do with it” and that Acklin was being
imposed upon. Hiscock offered a resolu
tion asking that Anderson be recalled, he
having published an affidavit averring that
he had suppressed material testimony for
pecuniary consideration, and that Weber’s
testimony was false. He moved this resolu
tion because Anderson’s was the
only evidence upon which charges
against Sherman could be predi
cated. The resolution was tabled until
Monday. The investigation into the cipher
dispatches will commence Tuesday.
conflicting reports regarding the pot
ter committee.
Washington, January 25.—If half the
stories afloat are true, the last days of the
Potter Committee promise to be busy oues,
and developments are said to be iu store
which will rehabilitate the committee with
something of its old time importance. In its
issue to-day it is reported one of the New
Orleans papers charges pretty directly that
the Packard government was induced to
disband and go over to the Nicholls Legisla
ture by the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany, and that the cause of this change
was due to money disbursed by this
company. ActiDg on this declaration, it is
asserted, prominent Republicans in Louisi
ana have called on one of the members of
the Potter Committee to bring before that
committee a number of persons, who, from
one cause aud another, are supposed to be
full of information allectiug the real modus
op randi by which the Legislature imbroglio
was settled. It is further stated that the
member referred to is disposed to adopt
the suggestions and that he will improve an
early opportunity to bring the ques
tions before the committee for
decision. Among the names furnished b y
these putative correspondents are those
of Lieutenant Governor Wiltz, Senator
Stevens, Duncan F. Kenner, ex-Senator
Robertson, John Phelps, J. D. Hill, Senator
Texada, ex-Speaker Bush, J. A. Morris,
Charles T. Howard, Governor Pinchback,
Senator Demas, Wayne McVeigh, aud
Judge Harlan. On the other hand, it is
stated, with equal positiveness, that the
committee has been in conference recently,
aud have Informally agreed to close out the
inquiry with St. Martin’s testimony, aud
that of 6uch persons as may naturally be
wanted to confront his evidence. It is
added, moreover, that the committee’s re
port on the original question at issue is
already under way, and will be completed
without the iutroduflton of any more per
plexing problems, and that the remaining
sittings of the committee will be devoted
exclusively to the investigation of the cipher
telegrams.
THE VIRGINIA SENATE AND TnE TOBACCO
TAX—CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION.
Richmond, Va., Januaij 25.—The Senate
to-day adopted the following:
Resolved, That while we deem the whole
system of tobacco taxation unjust and op
pressive upon the producers of the great
staple of one section of the country,
wc heartily indorse the efforts of
our Senators and Representatives in
Congress to procure a reduction of the
tax to 16 cents per pound, and that in view
of the fact that business has been severely
depressed by the long delay of Congress to
reach general action on the question, we in
voke them to insist upon the speedy dispo
sition of it, and to employ every legitimate
means to consummate the partial relief de
sired.
Returns from the election in the First
Congressional district, held on Thursday to
mi the vacancy caused by the death of Hon.
B B. Douglass, indicate the election of R.
I T Beale, Conservative member elect to
the Forty-sixth Congress from that district.
The returns show a very small vote, and but
an insignificant opposition to Mr. Beale.
the BLAINB-TELLER COMMITTEE.
Charleston, January 25.—The Teller
Committee took additional Republican tes
timony showing the voting of tissue tickets
wrapped in large tickets in Richland coun
ty. General Johnson Ilagood, State Comp
troller General, described the meetings at
Sumter, October 12th. He testified that both
races were excited, and the whites expected
to be attacked by the negroes. The streets
being blocked by negroes, caused the alarm
bell to be rung, but order was restored with
little trouble. White and colored Demo
crats and Republicans testified as t* intimi
dation on each side.
AN EXPERIMENTAL TRIP.
Boston, January 25.—The steamer
United States sailed from this port for
Havana this afternoon, with a full cargo
and the United States mails. This is an ex
perimental trip, and if successful, a perma
nent line will be established.
GREAT ALARM IN EUROPE OVER THE PLAGUE.
London, January 25.—According to the
British Medical Journal great alarm prevails
in Eastern Europe over the rapid spread up
the Volga river, in Southeastern Russia, of
an extremely fatal disease believed to be the
plague. It is thought to have been brought
to Russia by two regiments of Cossacks re
turning from the war in Turkey. The dis
ease was regarded at first as a variety of
typhus fever aod neglected, but its terrible
mortality soon compelled the local au
thorities to take steps for its restriction.
Rigid quarantine was enforced against
Astrakan, where it originated, but the
panic-stricken inhabitants of that city fled
in all directions and scattered the germs of
the infection over the provinces of Samara
and Saratov, and along the river Volga
higher up. In spite of all efforts at restric
tion, it soon reached Isaritzin, an important
trading town on the Volga, connected by
rail with the whole of Russia and Eastern
Europe,and finally appeared in Nizhnee-Nov-
gorod, only a few hours distant from Mos
cow. Some Russian newspapers consider
the disease only aspecies of malignant typhus
fever, but the Bt. Biersburger Medicinisch
Wochtnschrijl of January lith says it cannot
be doubted from the tenor of the communi
cations to the official papers that it is the
plague. Dr. Zelokauer and Prof. Botkin
conclude from its rapid spread and extraor
dinary mortality (there being few if auy re
coveries) that it is the plague in its worst
form. A most rigid quarantine will be en
forced against the infected towns and vil
lages. which are divided Into districts and
not allow'ed to communicate with one an
other. The Vienna Medical Review insists
upon the importance, in the interest of the
whole of Europe, of sending medical assist
ance to Russia and helping her keep down
her malignant enemy.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, January 25.—The nouse is
in committee of the whole on the post office
appropriation bill.
The bill reported last night from the Com
mittee ou the Judiciary, for the better or
ganization of the United States District
Court in Louisiana (dividing the State into
two judicial districts), was passed.
Mr. Blount, of Georgia* moved to go into
committee of the whole on the post office
appropriation bill.
Mr. Miils, of Texas, inquired if the regu
lar order was not the morning hour.
The Speaker replied that it was not, but
that the gentleman could reach his object
by voting down the motion to go into com
mittee, but this the House refused to do by
a vote of 99 to 63, and accordingly, at 12:50,
went into committee of the whole (Cox, of
New York, in the chair) on the post
office appropriation bill. After adopting
several amendments, at 4:40 the committee
arose and the House adjourned.
REVENUE RAIDS AND SEIZURES.
Washington, January 25.—Commissioner
Raum has received a dispatch from Collec
tor Young, at Raleigh, N. C!, statiDg that
the revenue officers who returned from
Chatham captured Shaffner s illicit dis
tillery. Thirteen beer stands, one thousand
gallons of beer and twenty gallons of sing
lings, etc., were distroyed. The still was
saved.
A dispatch from Agent Atkinson, at
Lvuchburg, Virginia, states that Deputy
Collector Austin^in a raid along the Vir
ginia and West \ irginia line, captured five
distilleries and made several arrests. The
West Virginia party captured two distilleries
iu McDowell county. The party was fired
on, and two narrowly escaped.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
Warwick, N. Y., January 25.—A fire,
which started at midnight in Eager’s block,
has extended to other buildings, aud is now
beyond control. Assistance has been sent
for to Newburgh.
Later.—Eager’s block and six other
buildings were destroyed. Loss about fifty
thousand dollars: insurance forty thousand.
The fire was got under control without out
side assistance.
Chicago, January 25.—One section of
Armour A: Co.’s warehouse, at the Union
stock yards, was burned early this morning.
No provisions were destroyed. The loss
will probably not exceed ten thousand dol
lars.
THE INDIAN TRANSFER COMMISSION.
Washington, January 25.—The joint
commission on the advisability of transfer
ring the management of the Indian service
to the War Department met this morning.
All were present. The vote resulted four
in favor and four against the trr.nsfer.
There will, therefore, be two reports sub
mitted to Congress. One will advocate a
complete transfer, and the other will oppose
any change in the present system of the In
dian management, except possibly by the
enactment of a law which 6hall grant to the
President discretionary power to place wild
or hostile Indians under control of the War
Department.
FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY.
Meridian, Miss., January .25.—A fatal
shooting affray occurred yesterday in
Wayne county, Miss., growing out of a
misunderstanding between three negroes
(Riley, Thomas aud Dennis Alexander) and
three’ white men (Presley, Thomas and
Walter Gainblin,brothers,) about the posses
sion of some land. Both parties were
armed. Yesterday, near Red Bluff, the
Gamblin brothers were ambuscaded by the
negroes, who fired upon them, wounding
Presley Gamblin and fatally injuring Thomas
Gamblin, who has since died. The Gam-
blins returned the fire, killing Riley and
Tom Alexander on the spot. Dennis
escaped.
COUNTY OFFICIALS SENTENCED.
Belvedere, O., January 25.—Chief
Justice Beasley imposed the following
sentence ou the convicted county officials
to-day: Ex-clerk Mattison, four years in
the State prison; ex-director Strader, two
years: ex-county collector Cummins, two
years; ex-county collector Teel, two years;
ex-freeholder Bulgin, eighteen months;
freeholder Cox, eighteen months; free
holder King, one year; ex-attorney Givens,
eighteen months;”councilman McDermott,
one year, all at hard labor; contractor
Sliker, six months in the county jail and
$500 fine.
AFRICAN AFFAIRS.
London, January 25.—Special dispatches
from Natal and Maritzburg, ilated January
3, state that Citywayo, the Zulu King, had
assembled eight thousand warriors on the
border, and refused all British demands.
General Chelmford, to whom the manage
ment of Zulu affairs had been committed,
left on the 3d for the frontier. British re
inforcements had arrived, the preparations
for war were complete, and the troops
about to advance. Citywayo had been
given until the 11th of January to make a
full aud unconditional submission.
LOCUST GAP MINES ON FIRE.
Pottsville, Pa., January 25.—The Lo
cust Gap Mines, between Mount Carmel and
Shamokin, were discovered on’fire last night
at a depth of three hundred feet. The fire
is gaining this morning, aud difficult to get
at. Dense volumes of smoke are coming
the up slope. There are no miners below, as
they came out during the night. If tilled
with water, it will require six months to
pump it out.
RUMORS IN REGARD TO SENATOR CHRIS-
TIANCY.
Detroit, Mien., January 25.—Advices
from Lansing state it is rumored and be-
ieved by prominent members of the Legisla
ture that Senator Cbristianey will surely re
sign his seat in the United States Senate and
accept the mission to Peru. In such a con
tingency there is hardly a doubt of the elec
tion of ex-Senator Chaudler to fill the va
cancy.
MEETING IN AID OF HAMPTON (VA.) INSTI
TUTE.
New York, January 25.—The third pub
lic meeting and address in aid of the Hamp
ton (Va.) Institute Indian school build
ing will be held to-morrow night. Gen. 8.
C. Armstrong and Capt. Pratt, on behalf of
the Institute, have been favorably received
by the merchants and business men here.
W’HOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS ATTACHED.
Cincinnati, January 25.—The house ot
Williams & Lawson, wholesale liquor deal
ers, was closed by the Sheriff last night un
der an attachment against the 6tock by a
number of creditors. The assets are from
thirty to forty thousand dollars; liabilities
about the same.
THIRD INSTALLMENT MEXICAN INDEMNITY.
Washington, January 25.—The third in
stallment of the Mexican indemnity will be
paid on the 31st instant, making $900,000
received on account of awards to American
citizens.
THE TOBACCO QUESTION.
Washington, January 25.—The Finance
Committee took no action on the tobacco
question to-day on account of no quorum
being present.
MADE AN ASSIGNMENT.
Chattanooga, Tenn., January 25.—J. B.
Uhlefelder, dry goods and notion dealer,
has made an assignment. Liabilities, $10,-
000; assets, $5,000.
THE ARLINGTON CASE.
Alexandria, Va., Januan* 25.—The Ar
lington case was continued toslay.
W ASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, January 25.—The President
has signed the arrears pension bill.
John G. Ferguson, a well-to-do far
mer, was frozen to death in a cutter
while on his way to church, at Williams-
town, Out., Sunday,
LETTER FROM MACON.
The Weather — Busine** and ltd
Prospects—The Yluuiclpal Content
Over—Hull* Wins—Tramp*—All
Giving—Evening Ledger—Judge*
Simmon* aud Lawnou E. L. Neld-
llnger—Heel* v». Head* - Farmer*’
Ylouthly -Farm Work—City Treas
urer.
Macon, January 25.—Editor Morning
Xeirs: The frosts and biting winds of last
week have given way to the genial sun
shine. Overcoats and other wrappings, for
the present, are laid aside. They will be
wanted again before the winds of March
are ushered iu. The coldness of the winter
is still the general topic of conversation on
the street corners and in the sewing
societies. One member of the lat
ter moamtully expressed her misfortunes
by declaring “We are ruined—the cold
weather has friz up our coll&rds and we
can’t get any greens.”
Business is not as nourishing as it promised
a month ago. Some of our leading provision
houses handle a great many goods, but the
margin is so small that but little is made.
However, Messrs. Jaques & Johnson, one
of our leadiug and most enterprising whole
sale grocery firms, say that sales are
satisfactory, and collections remarkably
good. The farmers having raised more grain
and meat the last year than for many past,
are not compelled to call for supplies yet.
If a man is out of debt he can live very
easily, for the purchasing value of money
has been greatly enhanced. With bacou at
five cents per pouud and all other edibles
at the same rate, with a little money a per
son can live well, but woe to the unfortu-
ate creature who has gone in debt. It takes
a dollar to pay a dollar’* indebtedness, but
with a dollar in hand he cau procure just
twice as much as he could with the same
amount when he went in debt. But people
will go in debt—argument aud illustration
are of no avail.
The municipal contest is about ended,
and Mayor Huff, as is usually the case, is
the winner. We have but few shrewder
men than Mr. lluff, and in this case, as in
all others in which he has been engaged, he
has made out his case so clearly that but
little opposition will be offered him in the
performance of his official duties. At one
time it was thought the opposition would
be formidable, aud would greatly obstruct
the execution of the city government, but It
is now thought that all this will vanish,
and in a short time everything will be
moving smoothly. One thing can be as
sured, there will be harmony between the
Mayor aud the City Council, a fact which
has"not existed for some years past. The
business men are paying their license aud
city tax without reserve.
“The tramp question” is agitating our
people somewhat, both male and female.
Usually they are persons in excellent
heal!*, robust and strong, but dirty and dis
gusting in appearance. There is no lack of
muscle to earn a living, if properly applied,
but they studiously avoid its employment
for such a purpose. The whole system of
almsgiving needs revision. The indiscrimi
nate bestowment upon able-bodied mendi
cants is a crime against society. Instead of
relieving it ouly increases pauperism, aud
fosters communism in its most hateful
form. Even the Shari tics bestowed by our
Christian churches fail in their benevolent
design. From personal knowledge and ob
servation, there are certain classes who seek
out the wealthy churches merely lor the as
sistance they expect to receive. As to auy
preference for church polity, or doctrine,
they are as ignorant of both as a mule is of
astronomy. I call to mind a case that I
have been conversant with for years. It is
a garrulous old lady. She has been a mem
ber many years, and has received an im
mense amount of attention. I don’t sup
pose 6he has been inside of the church door
more than once or twice in ten years.
It is always too cold or too wet, or too hot,
for her to attend to church duties; but she
never failed, rain or shine, hot or cold, to
be at the parsonage door on Monday morn
ing after the first Sunday iu each month for
her part of the ft poor fund.” The poor we
have always with us, and they are entitled,
by every Christian consideration, to our sym
pathy and assistance; but let both be given
judiciously. Let necessity determine the
time and the character of the bestowal.
Otherwise, we only encourage idleness and
vagabondism aud educate the mendicant
class to hate society.
Our new newspaper venture, the Evening
Ledger, seems to be doing very well. There is
on lack of ability to make it a success if the
patronage can only be secured. Messrs.
Speer and Thornton are not novices in the
newspaper world, but men whose worth and
ability have long been acknowledged. Suc
cess to them.
Our new Judge, Colonel Simmons, held
court on Monday last, as the boys say, just
to let them know how he could do it, and
then adjourned the court until February.
He is now iu Florida for the benefit of the
health of his most estimable lady. He will
make a noble Judge as well as a very popu
lar one.
Hon. T. G. Lawson, the newly elected
Judge of the Ocmulgee Circuit, is here
hearing cases in chambers for Judge Sim
mons. He is a man who fills well the posi
tion, and from every appearance the ermine
will never be soiled by him with either im
proper motives or actions.
I rnet on the street to-day Mr. E. L. Neid-
liDger, of Savannah. He is ever on some
mission for the good of his race, and is here
trying to institute a lodge of the Sous of
Temperance.
Society, or at least the pleasure-loving
part of it, have had various entertainments
during the winter, about equally dividing
their diversions between their heads and
their heels—between the theatre and the ball
room.
The Southern Farmers' Monthly found its
way to my table quite unexpectedly, but it
is none the less welcome because of that.
It is a gem in its mechanical execution, and
wel^filled with the most useful information
for our farming community. After scan
ning it thoroughly I turned'it over to a
farmer friend, and expect to be able to re
port a subscriber or two as the result. It is
certainly cheap at $2 per annum.
The farmers in some sections of Middle
Georgia are experiencing 6orne trouble in
securing hands enough for another year.
Many, however, retain their old supply, and
on very advantageous terms. The planta
tion work progresses, and every effort is
being made to plant a large crop. The low
price of cotton has no power to check its
cultivation.
Our city is about to be without a Treas
urer. At the late election of city officers.
Mr. C. J. Williamson, the former Treasurer,
was opposed by Mr. J. M. Jones. Mr. Wil
liamson was declared elected by a majority
of thirty-four votes. Mr. Jones contested,
but no writ quo warranto has ever been is
sued. Mr. Williamson has contin
ued in office, and at the last
meeting of the Council presented a bond
for his new term of office, but it w’as
deemed insufficient by the Council and he
was granted until next Tuesday night to
make a proper boud. If he should fail, the
city will be without a Treasurer. Some
think that Mr. Jones would be entitled to
it, others claim that a new election will
have to take place. However, I heard it
rumored on the street thi6 afternoon that a
compromise had been effected and Mr.
Jones would take possession of the office.
It is a mere rumor and cannot be relied on.
We shall see what we shall see.
Jack Plane.
A Second Thought.— Competent
critics have often declared that the most
admirable performance in all Gen. Grant’s
military career was the promptness and
rapidity with which he retreated again
when, in following up Gen. Lee after
Spotsylvania, he crossed the North Anna
river and found his whole army impaled
as it were upon the apex of an impregna
ble triangle, and Lee waiting with confi
dence, for him to advance.
Prince Bismarck must have read the
account of this retreat, if we may judge
by tn£ celerity with which he has retreat
ed from his untenable position in the
German Reichstag on the subject of cur
tailing the freedom of debate. It is as
much by his flexibility as by his blood
and iron policy that Bismarck has ac
quired his title to # be regarded the first
statesman of the age.—Baltimore Sun.
A colored meeting was lately held in
Virginia, at which the attendance was
large and the converts numerous. The
stove-pipe happening to fall, the minister
asked one of ‘‘the bredderin’’ to put it in
position again. Brother Johnson essayed
to do it, but being rather slow, the old
minister said: ‘‘Pick it up, brudder,
pick it up; de Lord won’t let it burn
you.” Brother Johnson, with faith in
the assurance, seized the hot pipe, and
of course had his hands blistered. He
dropped it with the inappropriate re
mark: ‘‘Dedebbilhe won’t!” It wag
just a little heavy for hiw.—Uarjxr’s I
Magazine, l
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Progre** of Legiftlatloii — Probable
Extra Sr»*iou of the Senate—Yhe
Alabama United State* .’Iar*lial
*hip — Conklins'* He-Election i
Triumph Over I*aye«—The Treaty
of WaHhlugton—Ylatt Carpenter—
Kellogg Feel* Shaky—The Butler-
Corbin C ontent.
Special Corresp ondence of the Morning Netcs
Washington, January 24.—Though the
present House is very prompt aud active in
the performance of the regular legislative
work required of Congress at last sessiou,
there are now some reasonable doubts if
the near close of the session will find that
work more advanced than at previous ones.
For this the Senate will be chiefly to blame,
though the House has not been as forward
in work as its members promised
to be. These delays in prepar
ing aud in reporting the regular appro
priation bills, are, on the part of the House,
almost unavoidable. They cannot do every
thing at once. The Republicans, overlook
ing the fact that the Republican Senate is
not by any means as near up to the work as
It should be, are beginning to cry that
the Democrats are delaying work, in order
to have an extra session, that they may re
organize the Senate, to put the spoils in
Democratic coffers. Nothing could be
more puerile or foolish; but that can, of
course, make no difference with the Radi
cals. The Democrats are not going to de
lay unnecessarily the work of the session in
order to bring about an extra session;
but it seems very much as if there
would be an extra session at least of the
Seuate, growiug out of causes already point
ed out in this correspondence: the national
squable over the New York custom house
appointments.
As telegraphed you some time ago, R. P.
Baker, who was bounced from the fat office
of U. S. Marshal for the Northern district of
Alabama, to give place to Jere Murphy, has
been after his proposed successor with a hot
poker. He laid before the Seuate Judiciary
Committee such unmistakable evidence
that Murphy’s record was such that
he ought not to be a United States official
that Hayes was notified very quietly that
Murphy’s appointment would not be con
firmed. So he withdrew his name, and will
to-morrow send in that of Sloss for the
place. Baker succeeded in his threat that
if he had to go Murphy should not come in,
and Independent Congressman-elect Lowe,
who got Murphy appointed, had to see his
man put out iu the cold. Notwithstanding
the fact that one of his first attempts in
dealing out Southern patronage through
Independent (Congressmen was something
of a failure, Mr. Hayes did not abandon his
little plan, by following out which he ex
pects to damage the Democratic party, for
Sloss, the man who is to take Murphy’s
place before the Senate, was mentioned to
Hayes by Lowe as the “man eminently quali
fied for the position.”
The quick re-election of Conkling to the
Senate by the New York Republicans is a
rather bitter pill to Hayes, Eyarts and Sher
man. They hoped by forcing the Oneida
peacock to express himself ou the New York
changes to weaken him. The peacock ex
pressed himself; but it did not seem to
weaken him to any great extent. His re-
election is in another direction a blow in the
face to the administration, which hoped
that by abandoning its friendly attitude
towards the South to secure a good deal of
influence iu stalwart ranks. Although it
tried to bring out that influence it was not
perceptible.
Edmunds, Dawes, Hoar, Blaine aud other
New England statesmen have been making
the executive sessions of the Senate howl
with demands for the abrogation of that
portion of the treaty of Washington which
relates to the fisheries. They are doing it
all for buncombe. There is no prospect of
the abrogation being accomplished. Both
Hayes and Evarts are opposed to such a
step. Evarts has a little individual plan for
the final settlement of the fishery question
which he wants to carry out.
In sending Matt Carpenter to the Senate
from Wisconsin again, the Republicans well
display a spirit for reform in keeping with
their ideas of “progress.” Carpenter is a
roue, a corrupt politician, and, though a
smart man, is notoriously better fit to act the
part of a man of the town than walk the floor
of the United States Senate. His career in
Washington has been more odorous than
respectable.
Senator Kellogg, of Louisiana, is very
much scared. Every once and a while he
comes around and interviews the boys in
Newspaper Row and tells them that his case
is a settled one; that it cannot be re
opened by the next Senate, and Eustis—the
Democrat who was really elected—put in
his lawful seat, and he (Kellogg) turned
out. He tries to persuade himself that he
is safe and hopes to make the newspaper
men come to the same conclusion.
As bearing on this subject, by analogy,
the minority report of Senator Hill of the
sub-eoinmittee in the South Carolina Sena
torial case is of interest. Mr. Hill reports
that Butler’s case is an adjudicated one,
and that Corbin’s depends on whether there
was or was not a quorum in the Chamber-
lain Legislature. Now, according to the
admission of Corbin's side, there was not a
quorum, and, therefore, he was not elected
argues Mr. Hill. Nothing will be left un
done to induce Senators Conover and Pat
terson to vote for Corbin, but Corbin cannot
win. Potomac.
Conference on Proposed Migration
of Southern Colored People to the
West
Washington Special to Baltimore Sun, 23d.
A delegation of prominent colored
men from several of the Southern
States met Senator-Windom, of Min
nesota, by appointment in Washing
ton on Wednesday, and had a con
ference with him in regard to his
late resolution relative to emigration of
the colored people of the South to the
West and Southwest. Among the promi
nent colored men present and partici
pating in the conference were Congress
men Rainey, Smalls, Cain, of South
Carolina; ex-Lieutenant Governor
Gleaves, of South Carolina; Messrs.
Howard and Wells, of Mississippi;
Deveaux, of Georgia; Johnson, of D. C.;
Fearing, of North Carolina: Emerson,
of Arkansas; Merriwether, of Kentucky’,
and others.
Prof. R. T. Greener, of Howard Uni
versity Law Department, was selected as
speaker for the delegation, and, in be
half of the gentlemen present, indorsed
the Senators plan. He said ihe colored
people of the South are discontented,
owing to their changed political condi
tion, and are anxious to go somewhere
where they may be freed from annoy
ances which affect them now a the
South. The Territories needed laborers;
the colored people are ready and willing
to work where fair wilges and reasonable
security to life and property are offered
them. Many had gone to Africa, but
America was the negro’s home, and he
had a right to be provided for here.
Senator Windom’s plan had been out
lined long ago by James Madison. The
colored people asked no gratuity, no
more bureaus, no guardianship, no spe
cial legislation, only a fair chance. At
least 100,000 colored people at the South
were ready now to migrate. Meetings
have already been held iu different States
and societies formed for the purpose.
Democrats and Republicans favored
some such settlement of the pending
difficulties. Disfranchisement was ut
terly idle and un statesmanlike, to say
nothing of its injustice. In any move
ment of such character there were promi
nent colored men of character, intelli-'
gence and capacity now at the South
w ho should be appointed to responsible
positions to encourage the masses, who
would follow them. Messrs. Rainey,
Cain, Smalls and others indorsed these
view’s.
Mr. Cain said he would prefer African
colonization, but was perfectly willing to
adopt the plan of Senator Windom.
Mr Rainey said it must not be thought
the colored people were shiftless who
might wish to enter into thU new scheme.
To the contrary they were industrious.
The contract system in the South ren
dered their position uncertain, but he
was convinced that with proper opportu
nities they would prove to be the best
laborers in the world.
Mr. Smalls spoke of the island of Sf.
Helena, in South Carolina, where the
entire population was black, an t were
noted for industry and thrift and large
crops.
Mr. Windom said his resolution was
offered in good faith, out of no party
spirit, and he should speak upon it when
the proper time came, and desired the
support and encouragement of just such
gentlemen as he saw there. Tlie inter
view was very satisfactor}’, and it is ex
pected a memorial will be drawn up and
presented to Senator Windon*, signed by
prominent Southern colored men.
The Old Radical Growl.
Courier-Journal.
The Philadelphia North American says:
‘‘These Southern gentlemen see nothing
objectionable in asking Congress to build
up their country. They come forward
with endless propositions, involving the
outlay of hundreds of millons, ana do
not seem to understand that Federal in
terference in one direction carries with
it interference in any other direction.
They importune Congress to appropriate
moneys to improve the South, and they
deny that Congress can provide for the
peaceable collection of the national reve
nues in the South. They ask Congress
to endow a college, and make a law pro
hibiting the exercise of Federal power to
suppress illicit distilling in the interest
of Federal income. They want the doors
of the Treasury flung wide open at their
approach, but they growl like a dog with
a sore head when asked to pay their pro
portion of the Federal income. These
things do not run well together. They
are not exactly consistent. Rather, they
are entirely consistent with Southern
methods. The motto of the South is—
demand everything; concede nothing.”
That i# a fair specimen of the misre
presentation of the South by the organs
of green-eyed Republicanism. “South
ern gentlemen” have never asked for
what was not absolutely due them; they
have never asked for the passage of a law
to prevent the collection of the revenue,
they have never presented ‘ endless pro
positions involving the outlay of hun
dreds of millions;” they have never
growied when asked to pay their propor
tion of the Federal income: they do not
a^k Congress to build up “their country;”
whatever appropriations for river or
harbor improvement have been asked by
the South are equally for the benefit of
the whole country.
The South considers herself a part of
the American Union. There is but one
country. The Southern States are on a
perfect equality with the New England,
Middle, Western or Pacific States. How
ever that fact may stir up the putrid Radi
cal bile, it will stand. A Supreme Court
decision of recent date reaffirms the truth,
and criticism, like that of the poor, old
embittered Republican concern which we
have quoted, only suggests that the Re
publican leaders dread a prosperous and
solvent South, because it will suit their
partisan purposes better to keep her poor
and struggling and forlorn. That is a
mean and ungenerous slander to say that
the South refuses to pay her share of the
Federal income. Kentucky alone pays
far more revenue into the Treasury than
the six New England States together do,
and yet she has had only a paltiy $100,-
000 for river improvement. The North
ern people we believe are grossly mis
represented by such malevolent organs
as the North American. Dr. Loring, of
Massachusetts, more truly represents
Northern feeling toward the South than
any Republican organ in existence. His
reasons for supporting the bill to indem
nify William and Mary College in the
sum of $65,000 for the destruction of the
venerable college building during tlip
war were those of an American citizen
and patriot, not those of a partisan. He
was outvoted by partisanship, however,
although the bill had before been passed
by a Republican House.
Who are the men who “want the
doors of the Treasury flung wide open
for them ?” It would seem from the
hundreds of millions which have been
carried out of that Treasury into North
ern States that they are Northern men.
Hippie Mitchell has got his foot in the
Treasury door, and wants $12,000,000
for a breakwater for some little one-
horse town in Oregon. The Chicago
people are screaming for $4,000,000 or
$5,000,000 for a ship canal. The Michi
gan people are demanding $6,000,000 or
$7,000,000 for a ship canal, and have
already had more millions appropriated
for their breakwaters than have ever
been spent on Mississippi river improve
ment. Philadelphia is demanding $500,-
000 to $1,000,000 for Delaware river im
provement, and New York bas a stand
ing order for $15,000,000 or $20,000,000,
to blow up Hell Gate and clean out
Harlem river. The record of appropria
tions will show very decidedly that the
North “demands everything and con
cedes nothing.”
The Philadelphia North American
may make up its mind that the South
will continue to be known as part and
parcel of the American Union, entitled
to all rights and privileges pertaining
thereto. AncLthose rights and privileges
she will have, of course.
A New Way of Smuggling.—The
Epoca, of Madrid, states that the Cadiz
custom house people have recently cap
tured a flock of turkeys engaged in busi
ness quite unworthy” of that estimable
bird, which Dr. Franklin thought the
fittest of all fowls to be the emblem of
our country. For some time past a flock
of some thirty turkeys had been daily
driven twice a day to and fro over the
road between the blue sentry boxes of
the English at Gibraltar aud the white
sentry boxes of Spain at El Itocadillo.
The attention of the local William Henry
Smith having been attracted to this cir
cumstance he ordered the officers to
watch the birds narrowly. Shortly after
wards a Spanish sentry observed as oce
of the turkeys passed near him that its
left wing seemed to be considerably
higher than its right wing, upon which
he halted the flock and their guardian.
Upon a close examination it was dis
covered that every blessed turkey in the
flock was carrying a quarter of a pound
of tobacco from Gibraltar into Spain
tucked up under each of his wings.
The two sons of the Prince of Wales
—Prince George and Prince Victor—
have made a highly creditable examina
tion, and returned at Christmas to their
mother laden with prizes. They are lm
mensely popular with the people of
Dartmouth, where the Bullania lies.
The two boys, on joining, were at once
christened “Herring” and “Sprat,” and
by these sobriquets are known to this
day. The Princes respond to their curi
ous appellations with jaunty frankness
and sailor-like good humor. Among
their special fancies is a craving on the
part of Prince Victor for lump sugar,
and on that of Prince George for nut
megs. The Kings of England have all
had such fancies. The passion of George
III. for apple dumpling was equalled
only by his curiosity as to how the apples
got into it.
Triple Murder in Texas.—A spe
cial dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer
from San Anbnio, Texas, January 18,
says: “A horrible triple murder has just
occurred on Sabina creek, Uvalde coun
ty. William Thompson, a large sheep-
owner, with a buggy and mule, drove out
from his ranche. Not returning, search
w’as made and his body was found four
miles from home, with one shot through
tne head, his hair being powder-burnt,
and his mule was stolen. Further search
revealed that his two herders, a Mexican
and an American, had lieen shot to
pieces and their dead bodies left on the
prairie. The murderers were trailed
westward.”
Grant’s Welcome Home.—It is un
derstood that Messrs. Childs and Baker,
of Philadelphia, and the “Sweet Singer”
of Michigan, are competing for a prize
offered by Messrs. Belknap, McKee and
others, for the best poetical welcome to
Grant. The following extract from Mr.
Childs’ offering has the true ring, and
exhales the genuine flavor. It is to be
sung as a duet by Belknap and McKee:
“Oh: welcome home, thou mighty chief;
Permit each pardoned whisky thi-f.
Who, but for thee, had died in grief.
To meet and greet the on the strand,
And proudly take thee by the han<i.
Thrice welcome to thy native land
“Accidents will happen,” says the
Mooresville (N. C.) Gazette, after having
told how “Jule Davidson escaped from
the officers in charge of him, and, to
escape the mob, climbed a tree, and,
losing his foothold—the trees w’ere
covered with ice that night—fell. The
chain with which he w’as bound caught
on a limb, and his body was suspended
between earth and heaven, where it was
found next morning.”
IMPROVING THE STEAM ENGINE
Intensifying the Force and Reduc
ing the Cost ot Steam Power.
Probably every one that has seen a
locomotive has noticed the heavy iron
w’eiehts that connect the spokes of the
driving wheels on the side opposite that
to which the connecting rods are affixed.
These are called counter weights,
When the rods in rotating reach
the lowest point on the wheels,
they spring up with a jerk that, were
it not for the counter weights, might
throw the wheels from the track. As it
is, the wheels aie sometimes lilted when
the rods fly up. and are then pounded
against the track. Owing to the lack of
uniformity in the rotation of the wheels,
the course of the locomotive might be
compared to the course of a serpent. In
the boilers of steamships there is
similar racking, unsteady movement at
a certain period during the completion
of the circuit by the piston rods. This
is especially noticeable in old vessels, in
which it makes a heavy shudder frpm
stem to stern.
An engine was shown yesterday at 86
and 88 Liberty street that is said to ob
viate this difficulty. It is called a two-
piston-balanced engine. In this the
steam i3 admitted at both ends ot the
cylinder simultaneously, forcing both
pistons to the centre. Steam is then ad
mitted in the centre between the two
pistons, and they are forced back to the
ends of the cylinder, which complete the
revolution. The force of the steam is
confined within the cylinder, and is not
transmitted to the bed plate or frame.
For this reason, it is said, such
an engine weighs only one-fifth that
of the ordinary engine. The weight
of the reciprocating parts and the force
applied to each piston being exactly
balanced, there is no strain between the
cylinders and the pillow blocks. In fact
there may be said to be an almost perfect
equilibrium. The engine runs so smooth
ly that the caps may be removed alto
gether from the journal boxes, as was
shown yesterday. The steam force is
use 1 wholly in tortion on the crank shaft,
whereas in the ordinary engine a certain
part of each stroke is exerted in pushing
apart and pulling together the cylinder
aud pillow blocks. For this reason the
engine is said to require only two-thirds
the amount of coal as an engine of the
existing model.
Another Conflict of Jurisdiction.
Mobile Register.
The ballot boxes of the State, and the
ballots cast, are the property of the State.
The ballots are as much a record belong
ing to the State as are the books of a
Probate or Chancery office. If the Fed
eral Government can seize the records of
a State and hold them at pleasure, it is
difficult to see why it cannot devise any
other property of the State, and virtually
put a stop to the machinery of Slate
Government.
It seems that a few weeks ago the bal
lots cast in Dallas county were, by some
proceeding not known to us, carried be
fore the United States District Court at
Montgomery and used as evidence before
the United States grand jury in the in
vestigation before that body of alleged
fraudulent practices iu the last Congres
sional election held in the Selma district.
It is probable that these ballots might
have been useful as evidence at the trial
next May of those against whom indict
ments were found. Whether so or not,the
City Court of Selma had occasion to in
spect these same ballots in cases before
it involving alleged violation of Slate
election laws. The State Court ordered
United States Marshal Turner and
United States Attorney Mayer to have
these ballots before it on a certain day.
The Federal officers refused to obey the
mandate of the State Court. Mayer
was arrested at Huntsville by the State
authority, but was at once released on
habeas corpus by District Judge Bruce.
Turner was arrested at Montgomery
and carried to Selma, where he was im
prisoned for contempt of the mandate of
the State Court, and now we are in
formed that Judge Bruce is hastening
from Huntsville to rescue his-Marshal by
writ of habeas corpus. Of course he
will attempt to nullify the action of the
State Court, and it remains to be seen
whether Judge Haralson, of the Selma
City Court, will permit his mandate to
be nullified by the action of the Federal
Court.
The Federal law undoubtedly permits
the writ of habeas corpus to extend to a
prisoner in jail for an act done or omit
ted in pursuance of a law of the United
States or of an order, process, or decree
of a Federal court or Federal Judge;
but it is important to test the question
whether it can legitimately extend to an
illegal order of a Federal Judge. We
hope that Governor Cobb and the General
Assembly will take ail peaceable measures
to protect the State courts.
What the Teller Committee Found
Oat in Louisiana.
Senators Garland and Bailey, the Dem
ocratic members of the sub committee
of the Teller Committee which has been
investigating election frauds in Louisi
ana, express themselves as very well sat
isfied with the results of the investiga
tion. The majority of the committee
subpumicd most of the witnesses exam
ined. Dist Attorney Leonard has secured
the names of all the negToes who claimed
to have been intimidated in the State.
Mr. Leonard was placed upon the wit
ness stand, and he reluctantly testified
that five years ago he was at the head of
the White League organization in the
State. The results of the sub-commit
tee’s work in New Orleans, according
to the statements of Messrs. Garland
and Bailey, may be summed up
briefly as follows: The population of
Louisiana is between eight and nine
hundred thousand people. The sub
committee found that of this number less
than one hundred persons committed
acts of cruelty and violence in connec
tion with the elections. There are fifty-
seven parishes in this State, and outrages
which the minority of the committee
agree to be perfectly unjustifiable were
committed previous to and upon the day
of election in only three parishes—Nachi-
toches, Point Coupee and Tensas. After
the election one or two disturbances oc
curred in parishes where defeated can
didates attempted to obtain possession
of the election returns. In Tensas
parish events previous to the election led
to mutual distrust on both sides, and an
insurrection was created. The negroes
and whites each armed themselves, and
two or three murders were committed.
The conservative element of both parties
in the State did all in its power to pre
vent these outrages. The offending per
sons were lawless characters who for
years past under carpet-bag rule have
been accustomed to see the laws violated
with impunity, and might overpower
right with a ruthless hand.
As Insane Brideoroom.—Adam
isymes was married in Fitzroy, Ottawa.
The weddiog party dispersed late in the
evening, leaving the bridegroom in an
apparently pleasant mood. At two
o’clock the bride alarmed the household,
and said that hcr husband bad gone away
without a word of explanation. His
footprints were followed for a mile in
the snow and then lost sight of. He was
not found for several days afterward,
having wandered many miles, and was
then insane.
How the Russian Czar Appreciates
Honesty and Troth.
Of the late Czar Nicholas, “a Russian
Nihilist” tells in the North American Re
view a striking story. A young student,
a relative of the writer, had with a few
friends formed a literary society in
which the works of contemporary politi
cal economists, publicists and phi
losophers were read and debated. The
secret police denounced this society as a
revolutionary organizarimi, and the
young student was imprisWed and con
demned to Siberia. All possible in
fluence was brought to bear upon the
Czar, but in vain, and at last the young
man’s mother, meeting the Czar one dsv
in the Summer Ga: ;< u. knelt and im
plored her son’s pardon, asseit-
ing his innocence. The Czar seem
ed touched, and promised to
give the youth a personal interview. The
latter was brought to His Majesty the
next day, and the Czar, forcing him to
his knees liefore an image of the Saviour,
exclaimed: “Can you swear before the
Almighty God that neither you nor your
associates had any criminal design
against my life? Can you swear that
you believe in the holiness and eternity
of the Russian autocracy ?" The sur
prised prisoner answered: “I can swear
to your Majesty that neither I nor any of
my friends had the remotest idea against
your safety. As to the autocratic form
of government, I cannot conscientiously
swear that I believe in its eternity. The
history of toiler countries teaches us
that the time must come, even in Rus
sia, when the people itself will take
part in its government.’’ The Czar ten
derly embraced the student, and giving
him a ring drawn from the imperial
finger, said: “This is a token of respect
from your Czar. You have been sincere
and truthful to me, and there is nothing
I hate so much as a lie.” He then ap
proached the writing table where lay the
student’s sentence of exile, and with one
stroke of the pen—signed the paper! “I
pity you from the bottom of my heart,” '
he said; “you are an honest man, and an
honest man, true to his convictions, is
more dangerous to autocracy than an un
principled rascal. Therefore, I must
punish you, though never was this duty
more painful to me than now. God
bless you my son, and judge me merci
fully if I should appear to be in the
wrong. ” Then once more embracing the
student, he dismissed him to Siberia.
J udge Kent's J ust Decision.
Correspondence of the Bangor (Me.) Whig.
There was a bit of grim humor in a
certain judicial decision of Judge Kent.
The court was in session at Bangor, Me.
The case was the State against Cowdry.
Thomas Cowdry was accused of having
committed burglary. I'pon trial it ap
peared that Cowdry had been employed
with a gang of lumiiermen up the Penob
scot river, where he had cut his way
through a tent belonging to another
party, and stolen certain articles of
clothing, together with a sum of money.
A young man of the crew had been
awake, however, and had wit
nessed the proceedings, but held
liis peace at the time for fear that
Cowdry, who had the name of
lieing a bad man, would kill him. This
witness, in the court, described the
whole thing. In answer to the question
of how much of the defendant's body
was at any time within the tent, he said
that he could swear that he saw Cow-
dry’s right arm and right shoulder and
tlie whole of his head inside the tent.
The counsel for Cowdry, a lawyer from
down the river, named Lascom, spread
himself. “My c’ient,,’ he said, is “ac
cused of having feloniously broken his
way into and entered the dwelling of a
certain individual. Never mind what
further is charged against him. Did he
enter—bodily enter—this dwelling ? It
is ridiculous to say so A witness
says he put in an arm, and, perhaps, his
head. \Vliat do we mean by entering a
place ? Must not the feet stand within
it!” And so the blustering pleader
went on. In his charge to the jury,
Judge Kent, with a grim smile, alluded
to the plea, and instructed them that, if
they were in doubt as to the guilt of the
whole man, they might bring him in
guilty as far as they judge! the evidence
would warrant. And the jury, after, a
brief period of consultation, brought in
a verdict against Cowdry of guilty to the
full letter of the indictment as to his
right arm, his right shoulder, and bus
head. The Judge thereupon sentenced
tlie arm, the shoulder, and the head of
Cowdry to imprisonment at hard labor
in the State prison for the term of two
years. The prisoner might do with the
remainder of his body what he pleased.
Kili.ino His Father.—On Tuesday
night Martin Coleman, a brass refiner at
9 Feardon street, Newark, died of in
juries inflicted by his son, Martin, aged
twenty-two. Mr. Coleman told his son
to go out and feed the horses on Thurs
day evening last, and the son said he
would go when lie got ready. In the
altercation that followed Mr. Coleman
struck his son on the head with a heavy
boot, aud the son, who is very hot
tempered, instantly drew a pocketknife
and stabbed his father in the arm, above
the elbow. He then fled, but subse
quently returned and expressed sorrow
for his rash act. Mr. Coleman lost alarge
amount of blood before a physician could
be found. Finally Dr. D. W. Smith called
and stopped the now of blood by compres
sion. Drs.Blcylc, Osborne aud O’Gorman
were also summoned. It was found that
two of the principal arteries in the arm
had been severed, and the main nerve
was injured. Mr. Coleman gradually
grew weaker until he died. Young Cole
man quitted home on Friday, and the
family do not know where he went. It
is thought he is hiding with friends in
this city. The penknife with which the
t tabbing was done cannot be found. Mrs.
Coleman said yesterday; “My son was a
peaceable young man, but was very quick
tempered. I would not make any effort
to save him, for I can’t forgive him for
what he has done.” County Physician
Hewlett has ordered an inquest. Mr.
Coleman was forty-six years of age. He
leaves a wife and eight children, the
eldest of whom is the one who 6tabl>ed
him.—New York Sun, 23d.
A well dressed, middle-aged woman
occupied rooms several days in the
Brunswick Hotel, Boston, paid her bills
in full, and was liberal with gifts to the
employes. On her departure she order
ed an elaborate supper for five hundred
[icrsons, to be sent to her suburban
lome, accomp inied by cooks and
waiters. The stuff was taken at the ap
pointed, time to the place indicated, but
the woman had no home there. She
was a lunatic, aud had escaped from on
asylum.
Young men in London are much in
terested in a late publication—“The
Book of Heiresses.” The compiler has
appended notes relating to the ages, tem
pers, good looks aud social positions of
the various entries. Twelve hundred
pounds a year or its equivalent, in ready
money is the lowest qualification for ad
mittance to the work.
A clock made entirely of bread has
lately been received in Milan, Italy, from
Peru. It was constructed by an Indian,
who, having no means of purchasing
material, saved a portion of the soft part
of his daily bread for the purpose. He
solidified it witli a certain salt which
rendered it very hard and insoluble in
water. The clock keeps good time, and
the case, also of hardened bread, dis
plays artistic talent.
—
The Japanese Government never until
now has authorized any portion of the
Scriptures to be published in that coun
try. Recently it gave authority to a
Japanese publisher to print an edition of
the Book of Genesis in the Chinese lan
guage.
The massacre of Indian women and
children does not excite the average stal
wart half as much as a vague suspicion
that a rebellious Southern Democrat has
pjiid seventy-five cents, cash down, for a
negro vote. This sort of feeling is
called patriotism at Ihe North.— Mobile
Rfijuter.
Mr. Nordhoff invites leading Republi
can Senators to visit the South and see
for themselves the condition of the
negro. Is Mr. Nordhoff silly enough to
believe for a moment that Republican
Senators desire that the truth should be
known ?—Atlanta Conrtitution.
Electric carriage lamps a French in
ventor proposes to produce, so that or
dinary carriages drawn by horses will be
illumined by electricity supplied by the
rotary motion of tneir wheels; locomo
tives while in motion will light up the
trains they draw, and steamships supply
themselves with powerful lights.
Susan Zcntmeycr was a milkmaid in
Lebanon, Pa. A cow kicked a boy off a
stool, and the sight struck her as so
funny that she laughed her jaw out of
joint, and had to remain ail day with her
mouth wide open, until a physician could
be brought.
A GOOD ACCOUNT.
“To SUM it up, six long years of bed-rid
den sickness and suffering, costing |200 per
year, total, $1,200—all of which was stopped
by three bottles of Hop Bitters, tsken by my
wife, who bas done her own housework for
a year Bince without the loss cf a day, and I
want everybody to know it for their benefit.
“John Wkeks, Butler, N. Y.”
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