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All letters snould be addressed J. H. Registered at the Post Office In Sa vannah as Second Class Matter. Georgia Affairs. The Conyers Examiner states that Mr. Jos. McDonald, a candidate for 8heriff in Rockdale county, took nine drachms of laudanum last Monday morning, and but for the promptness of a skillful physician, Dr. J. A. Stewart, he would in all probability have died. That paper corded . t.:Trt enmo nrA inpllnpd tn thlnlr ha asvtf .u Fears for the Florida Orange Crop— The Coldest Weather In Tears— Railroad Trains Delayed — The T hermome trlcal Variations at Dif ferent Places, tfiylvvv i- - - Jacksonville, Fla., December SO.—The thermometer fell 46 degrees from 12 o’clock yesterday, standing 19 degrees aoove zero this morning. All the oranges hanging on the trees in thlsctty are frozen. It is feared that the fruit up the river is badly damaged. About a third of the crop has been gather ed, and it is not known yet what Id jury the trees have sustained. It is ^the. coldest day recorded since the Signal Office was established here in 1872. in 1857 the thermometer showed sixteen degrees. The pumps are all frozen this morning, and the people are relying on the well* for water. It is still freezing in the shade at midday. A dispatch from Sumter county reports that the fruit and trees are not injured. PHiLADBLPaiA r pecember 30.—Last night says while some are inclined to think he meant self-destruction, from the fact that he had two phials of the same drug, one of which bo took, Mr. McDonald affirms that he had no such in tention: that he took the medicine to ease the pain of a severe attack of neuralgia.; from which he was suffering very much. Ha says he fully intended to tell his family, when he went home, what he had done, but by the time he reached home he was so overcome by the influence of the drug that he lay upon the bed and fell asleep almost instantly. The Macon Telegraph learns that on Satur day last an affray occurred in Jasper, between two cousins named Kelly, resulting in thedeath of one. Eight years ago there was a fight be tween the Kellys and another party, in which two of the family lost their lives. In this last difficulty the son of one of the dead men killed a son of the only surviv or of the affair of 187*2. The Coffee County Gazette says that Mr. R. J. McDonald, of that county, made this year eighteen hundred pounds of seed cotton, and twenty-five bushels of corn to the acre, without the use of commercial fertilizers. In addition to the above, he male a fine era? of cane and potatoes. “This,” says the Ga zette, “shows well for the all at-home form ing.” On Monday morning last Mr. Thoma3 F. Gra dy, of Atlanta, was fo.und dead in his bed in the Wilson House, in that city. He had been indulging somewhat in dissipation, but it was not thought to a-serious degree, and when he retired Suuday night was in apparently good health. His death occurred during* sleep. Mr. Grady was an Irishman by-birth, but hadlived ’ many years in Atlanta, where he was well known and had many friends. The Rome Courier states that the Columbus an 1 Rome Railroad has been extende* ‘ Co Hood, in Harris county, ten miles further frem Columbus. The increase of busL.e's .is rtf markable. The road has carried into Columbus 7,414 bales of cotton since the 3irt of August, 1879, against 2,812 for the same t. : me th^pre ceding year. That other business has aI$o in creased very largely is a reasonable supposi tion. And all this grows cut of an extension of only ten miles. Mr. Charles H. Me ilock. the editor of the' Sylransa Telephone, was married on the 23d Instant to Miss Sailie C. Lawton, a daughter of Colonel John Lawton, of South Carolina. The Rev. Joseph Lawton officiated. The occasion was celebrated with great eclat at the residence . nightfall, of the bride’s father. — The house of Mr. James T. Walker, in Scriven county, eight miles from No. 5J4 Central Rail road. was destroyed by fire last Friday. Says the Cochran Enterprise: “Moses How ard. a soiled African of the masculine way of arranging things, scented Christmas in the dis tance on Monday evening, and too much snif fling procured a title to a berth in the c da- boose. The Deputy Marshal oper. ed the door about night ana told him to go in peace. He ‘stood on the order of his goin ,* and instead of stepping off quietly he pounced on Mr. Gil bert for a fight, and but for the lively use of his club that gentleman might have‘come out second bes r . it took three regular knock downs and ‘spilling of blood’ and *jiist a little outside help’ to get the darkey into quarters again." eral days ago near Oak Hill, in Newton coun ty, between Dr. Dan Scott and his father-in- law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law. Mr. 8cott and his wire having separated, the above parties went to Mr. Scott’s for his wife’s furni ture. etc., when some unpleasant words passed between Mr. Scott and Willie Sharp, his brother-in-law, which resulted in Scott'shoot- ingat Sharp twice, and in trying to shoot again the father in law. Sharp, knocked the pistol out of Scott’s hand with a rock, and the mother-in-law struck r cott on the forehead wich a stick. At ths juncture Willie Sharp struck him on the head with a maul, fracturing the skull, from which injury, we have been recemly informed, Mr. Scott will hardly recover. This is a horrible affair, and is greatly to be deplored. We give the facts rroveas they were stated to da.” Conyers Examiner: “Still the tide of emi gration flows. Every day this week the trains have been crowded with emigrants going West. List Tues lay another squad left Social Circle. From what we learn, tae majority of these emigrants are of that class who are in debt largely, principally to the merchants, and, we presume, hav- run the credit business about as long as they could well do so. Some are now leaving the country, seeking Lome* in the West, settling on government lands in North Alabama, leaving their creditors with both ends of the bag to hold, and it empty at that. If this be true,, we are better off without than with them. We wish all that class would leave this country, and make room for good, clever, hon u st people, all of whom we cordial ly invite to settle among us. In Georgia—the ‘garden spot’ of the South—we have plen*y of room for you, and our inducements are just as good ss those of any other country.” Christmas passed off very q*iietly indeed In Rome. The Courier reports only two cases of lawlesness, as follows: “About two o’clock Sunday morning a young gentleman of this citv went into the restaurant of Bob E. Jen kins, colored, and a difficulty ensued thepar- ticulars of which we have failed to learn, and several shots were exchanged. The young gentleman was hit in the second finger of the: right hand, without breaking the bone, and a ball passed through both iappeljr of his coat without touching his person. Un Sunday night a white man from the country, whose name we did not learn, took a stand at the .door of the restaurant named above, and as a certain negro came out made a sweeping cut with a pocketknifein his back, cutting same tenor twelve inches through all his garments, but not touching his person. The man was ar rested and lodged la the calaboose.” The Albany Hems end Advertiser chronicles •■he following homicide in Worth county: “On Christmas eve, at Warwick, Worth county, a "fficulty occurred between Mr. W. J. Ford. -.--Sheriff of the county, and Mr. Bartlett itory, son of J. H. Story. allofWonh county, rhich resulted In thedeath of young Story. e particulars of the unfortunate affair, as .e learn from gentlemen who came to the ity from that neighborhood yesterday, are - as fo’lows: There was an old grudge g between the two parties, and on Fn- . they met at Warwick. Story was standing a crowd talking, when Ford walked up awl oped. Story turned to him and said, ‘You .j»G--dd-nsccu drel,’anddrewhtspistol, ord then drew his weapon, and they com menced firing. They stood only about uve set apart, and made a desperate fight, each ne firing three shots, eveiy ore of which took Sect. Ford was shot in the arm and just bore the right nipple, Story received a ball his stomach, one in his rignt side and afotal through the centre of his forehead. When Ms last shot was fired Story ran into Ford and raw him down; Ford was too much weaken- to off ir resistance. Mr. Chase Lippitt, who itDess**d the fight, then rushed up and drew ory off of Ford Story’s hold was only a grip death, for hi breathed his last white upon e bodyof his enemy. Mr. Fora wM^taken 'me at once, his wounds dressed, and^he wlu ■obably recover. Mr. Story was buried *t iy. Ford is aoout 28 years of age; btory was *>ut 21. B th are members of respectable untiles in Worth, and the sad occurrence ^ ■-Iversally regretted in that county*. It is s*Jd either party was In the least under the influ- sce of liquor.” . On the subject of cotton seed oil manufao- :re in the couth, the Scientific America* “The industries of the Southhav- nines close of our civil war. been •rant directions, while soi hes have attained a degree - - never dreamed of in the davs of slavery, of these is the manufacture of . the oil of in seed and the art of refining the same, which it is made as sweet as olive oil, and: l only used as 8'ich in the United States, but now largely exported to Italy, to. compete fc ffie native olive oil. which is a staple arti- It is there used for adulterating the >vo article, and then It is exported again genuine olive oiL This has already b*- >e a serious matter, as of the sx. ion gallons of cotton seed ■oil were exported from the un-tea during the last year, the greater ioa west to Italy. The Italian t Govern ‘ therefore, la order to check this »<*“>£ n, has imposed a heavy auty upon ice 'rtation of cotton seed oil from the unite"* The exportation, which in 1877 ana was about one and a half million gal.ons y#ar, reached in 1879 nearly rix miilion«,and •will be surpassed in 1880. Our homecon- "ption of the article is over jtwo mill on gas per year. Mississippi and ■ Louisiana each Georgia, two each; together f< •nt 4:0,000 tons c_ yielding thirty-fii tundra i and ”* M of seed. Tin gjng qualities, COLD SNAP. &&IK sooth afbica. A GENERAL FREEZE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. decilne.'anaiitT'd’clock' this morning .. marked 5 degrees below zero. It was reported still lower 2a various parts of tLe city, but whis was the official report at the United States Signal Office. At 10 o’clock this morning it had risen to zero. At Wilming ton, Del., it, touched 8 below. Reports from exposed places along the Bine Ridge on the Lehigh and ScbnylkQl re gion, show an average tempera- !? re t 5? 14 tp 22 degrees below, the latter being reported at l^nhartsvllie, Pa. In the same reg'on most of the coun try roads are blockaded by snow. Farmers are pulling down fences and driving through the open fields on account of snow drifts making the roads impassable. Chicago, December 30.—The mercury was rising all yesterday afternoon, and at midnight had reached as high as zero, with the chances favoring milder weather. To day light snow was flying in the air. At present advices indicate warmer weather to the westward and colder weather eastward. The cold spell has been more severe and last ing than any for eight years, bat It has been singularly free from casualties. Railroad trains are arriving quite late on all the roads, being in some cases six hours behind time. Considerable difficulty is experienced in handling freight and live stock, so that receipts have materially decreased at the stock yards. Louisville, December 30.—The Signal Office reports that the temperature here yesterday morning stood 7 degrees below zero, and at no time daring the day got higher than 5 degrees below. At midnight It was at 2 degrees below, with a brisk southwest wind and clear weather. . Galveston, December 30 —At midnight the .thermometer stood 21 d< zero here.' A Special froth San Antonio says last night was the coldest on record there. At 8 a. m. the thermometer stood at Ip degrees above zero and the ice was two inches thick. The water pipes are frozen throughout the city and. many burst. The new water tanks along the railroad are frozen; delaying trains. At Dallas the mer cury dating the day fell to 4 degrees above zero, and at Corsicana to 6 degrees above. Wilkssbakbb, ?a<,-December 30.-=Tbia was the coldest morning of the season. The mercury stood at 10 degrees below zero. There is but little snow on the ground. Danville, SX. t December 30.—The weather is the coldest ever known here. Snow fell all day yesterday and until after nightfall. At»T-'p. m. the thermometer stood three degrees above zero; at 9 o’clock two degrees below. At midnight four de grees below, and at 6 o’clock this morning twelve degrees below.- New: York, December 30.—At'7 o'clock this morning the mercury at New Orleans stood 22 degrees above zero. a fall of 8 de grees; at Galveston 21 degrees above, a fall of 3 degrees; at Vicksburg, Miss ,-16 de grees above, a fall of 1 degree; at Jackson ville, Fla., 23 degrees above, a fall of 27 de grees; at Cedar Keys, 22 degrees above, a fall of 32 degrees; at Augusta, Ga., 8 'd©- grees above, a fall of 35 degrees; at Mont gomery, Ala., 8 degrees above, a fall of 15 degrees; at Charleston, 8. C., 15 degrees above, a foil of 28 degrees; at Norfolk, Va., We learn,” says the Conyers Examiner, 10 degrees above, a fall of 18 degrees; at “that quite a serious difficulty occurred sev- Wilmington, N. C., 11 degrees above, afall llh have, since i extending ^iq S 6 of P lSpori of 16 degrees; at Knoxville, Tenn., 2 de grees above, a.fall of 9 degrees. In New York city the morning has been intensely cold. At 12 o’clock the mercury at Hudnutt’s steod 1 degree above zero. The weather at Rondout is clear and the thermometer eight degrees.below.zero. At Albion the weather is stormy and the thermometer ten degrees below zero. At Borden town, N. J , the thermometer is ten degrees below zero. At Redbank, N. J., the railroads are blocked and the thermometer is 9 degrees below. At Newbnrg, N. Y., the thermometer is 12 degrees below. At Seagirt, N. J., the thermometer Is 6 degrees below, with a snow drift eight feet deep. At Asbury Park, N. J., the thermometer iaJ2.degrees below zero. At Freehold, N. J.. the railroads are all blockaded and the thermometer 10 degrees below zero. At Lewes, Del., the trafns are snow bound and the thermometer 4 degrees below zero. : At Poughkeepsie* N. Y, the thermometer is 20 degrees below zero. A Buffalo special says the snow storm still continues, with no immediate prospect of abating. It is one of the severest ever experienced. All trains on the New York Central Railroad which should have gone East this morning have been abandoned. Cincinnati, December 30.— The Ohio river closed here at five o’clock this morn Jng, and the- news. received here indicates that It is frozen over solid for quite.a dis tance below. The sky is hazy and the thermometer at noon registered 20 degrees above zero. ^ 8t. Louis, December 30.—The river was gorged some miles below the city last night, and the ice stopped running In this harbor about 10:30 a. m. The weather is much milder to-day, with Indications of a thaw b< liso Brjlhch, N. J., December 30.—The thermometer was ten degrees below zero here thU moraine. At Fair Haven at six o’clock a. m., It was fourteen degrees below. The wind Is very high and the rail roads are generally blocked with heavy drifts of snow. . • - . „„ Poughkeepsie. N. Y-, December 30.— The evening train on the Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad was thrown from the track bv a broken rail near Rhinebeck this afternoon. Four or five men were Injured, but none it is thought fatally. . J. Washington, December 30.—It Is intense ly cold here this morning. Between. 11 o’clock last night and 7 this morning the minimum temperature was 7 degrees below zero, at 7 a. m. 4 below, and at 11 o’clock 2 Charleston, 8. C., December 30 —The temperature this morning, was lower than It has been since 1835. The minimum temperature recorded by the Signal Offlk is 13 degrees above zero, and reporta from other parts of the city bordering on the water front give the minimum at 12 degrees. .. .In 1S35 the lowest point reached was 9 degrees above zero. In 1S71 uie lowest was 19 degrees, wM. up to this time was the lowest point since 1835. To-day has bean dear, but intensely cold. The streets and even the saltwater ponds In the city are frozen baro, and every body ie enjoying this rather novel condition of-thtngs. At this hour (1:30 p. m.)the thermometer registers 27 degrees, Chattanooga, December SO —The mer cury fe'I last night to three degrees below zero in thtedty, the coldest weather here for four years. The ground Is covered with enow to the depth of four Inches, but “S^K^T^rDSember 30-Th. (r wesiber to' - — here in sevi The^ou^d'w^coverid'with enow, and ter slelgbing has not been known here ^RicHMONor^A., December SO —The weather heri to-d.y i. the widest J.ln« January 18th, 1857, when the thermometer reached eight degrees below zero. To-day at sunrise the mercury marked the same figure. Snow lies very thick on the ground ’ W^NOraN* NC? December 30-The co™ve r°<£-ched here last night. T^e ? ffii^^cemher »-The cold- j coldest experienced I year*. The thermometer at Attempt to Capture New Governor of tbe Lonoon, December 30.—A dispatch from Capetown to the Daily Telegraph says: “The Boers formed two camps near Potefstroom on the l?tlr instant, and on the 20th 200 mounted Boers and 1,000 foot attempted to capture a fort which was occupied by 300 soldiers. They advanced to within two hun dred yards of the fort, but were repulsed by shot and shell. 8even insurgents were killed and many wounded. Paul .Kroger held a council C f w »r 0 n the 22J Inst., when it was decided to starve the garrison but.” Sir Hercules G. Robinson, the newly a; pointed Governor of the Cape of Goo Hope, will sail today from Southampton for South Africa. A telegram to the War Office from Pieter- ssffi-sfcss.srsss.its Commandant Raffe and twenty men, who were occupying the court house at Potefs troom. It is rumored that the Boers oc cupy Pretoria, and that the troops have retired to the fort. The Daily Sim, discussing the plan which has been mooted by leading members of the Legislature and citizens of Capetown, to send Chief Justice Sir John Devllliers, President of the Legislative Council, Commissioner to the Transvaal, says: - 4 ‘Should the alternative of finding some means or compromise knd reconciliation be deemed worth entertaining, this propo sition might well offer the beat possible means of bringing about a just solution. The reasons for considering such steps are veiy strong Indeed.” ■A. Berlin dispatch to the Morning Ib*t says the Dutch Government is about to make an appeal to the farmers of the British nation in favor of the independence of the Trans vaaL n-mntt &*-'■ f A SPECK IN THE EAST. Trouble Brewing In Albania— Strained Relations of the Albanian League and the Porte—Ignomini ous Fall of a Rotten Fabric Pre dicted. London, December 30.—A letter to the Ball Matt Gazette from Constantinople, dated the 24th inrtant, says: “There.are ominous signs of a coming storm in Albania. Th relations between the Albanian League and the Porte are excessively strained. The League, has outlived the Mul tan’s liking, . but it ‘ has also outgrown his power. Dervish Pasha has already been compelled to 6end three bat talions of troops to TusI, ostensibly to in sure the safely of the boundary commission, but really to check the disaffection among the Christian tribes, which was stimulated by the recent . ar rest of the Prince of the Miridltes. Should a disturbance arise at other points his resources Would be severely taxed, and when the mpment arrived In tfie eyes of ithe League for concerted action throughout Al bania, the whole fabric of Turkish rule, sap ped by tbe Porte’s own intrigues, would fail ignomlniously. It is difficult to forecast how soon that moment will arise, but the fact that Greece, considering herself for saken by the powers, is turning her eye to Albania for assistance ■ and has Bent emissa ries to negotiate with tbe league against the common enemy, is pregnant of the gr&Vest dangers for the Ottoman Empire.” Constantinople, December 30.—The Porte is about to address a circular to the powers containing propositions at present secret, the acceptance of which it Is believ ed can alone avert a conflict between ljar-; key and Greece. FINANCE AND TRADE. The New York Stock Market—Cir cular of Uae Liverpool Cotton XSro< ken’ Association. New York, December 30.—The st market was characterized by a buoyant t almost throughout the day, and prices vanced sharply on the general list. ' special features were North western,St. Paul, Union Pacific, Western Union and coal shares. The advance ranged from : X to per cent., and with the exception’of Michigan Central reacted 1 per cent; .The highest quotat ions were current at the cloee, Western Union rising L per cent., declining 2 per cent., and closing at a recovery of 1$£. Ohio and Mississippi preferred advanced 4 per cent., fell off 5 per cent., and recovered 3 per cent. The- total 1 sales were 446,000 shares. LivrmpooL, December 20 —This week’s circuit* of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Association say*: u- “The cotton' market, which closed firm on Thursday of last week, reopened on TuesdaV with a good demand, which continued to-day (Wednesday), and quotations are generally unchanged. American was In good request at unaltered rates. Sea island was in ffir demand and steady. Futures, which closed dull and barely steady last Thursday, re opened quiet, prices declining 1 32-a 116j., which decline was recovered to-day, the market closing steady.” AMICABLY ARRANGED. The Louisville and Nashville Hall road and the Southern Express Company—Suits Withdrawn Nashville, Tenn., December 30.—' solicitor for Robbins B. 8mith appeared fore the Chancellor mad consented, at cost of said Smith, to withdraw tbe heretofore filed to enjoin an increase of capital stock of the Louisville and Nasty Railroad Company, and also consented to the dissolution of the injunction heretofore granted against an increase of Bald stock, and that the proceeding for contempt heretofore instituted against the Louis ville and Nashville Railroad “Company should be discharged. All suits and differ ences between the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and the Adams and Southern Express Companies have beep amicably arranged^ upon a .basis eminently satisfactory to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company; Weather Indications. Office Chief 8ignal Observer, Wash ington, December 30.—Indications for Friday: . , j In the Middle States, clear or fair weather, northwest to southwest winds, rising barometer, and tlight rise In tempera ture. In the South Atlantic States, dear or fair weather, north to west winds, low, but slowly rising temperature,and slight change* In barometer. In the East Gulf States, slightly warm and partly cloudy weather, northerly winds, be aming variable, and stationary or slowly Tailing barometer. ‘ , In the West Gulf States, generally cloudy weather, occasional light rain or, snow, a slight rise in temperature, falling barome ter and northerly winds, becoming variable, In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, sllghtr ly warmer and partly cloudy or clear weather, winds generally from southwest to northwest, and stationary or slowly faUing barometer. The Whittaker Court Martial. Washington, December 30.—-The court martial In tbe case of Cadet Whittaker ha4 been ordered to convene at West ^ Point on Tuesday, January 18. The toUowtoH is the detail for the court: Brigadier General N. A. Miles, President of the court; Colonel H. A. Morrow, of the Twenty-first Infantry: Lieut. CoL Pinckney Lujenbeel, of the First In fantry; Lieut. Col. J. JL Brannon, of the First Artillery; Major Lewis Merrill, of tbe sixteenth Infantry; Major A. B. Gardner,; ’ Judge Advocate of the court. Killed troile BealatloK Arreet. Jhsrleston. 8. C-, December 30.—A; Kdal to the Nan and Courier reports that ^WriiSrSrWu.v^^M; been Issued tor stealing a hale .of cotton,- resisted, and cut and shot a named Bateman who atten him, and was then ihot and kBledhy an- other deputy, serious. -Work on the 1 Pabis, December 30.—The first ment of engineers and workmen w iary 5th to prepare for the c< e Panama canal. are THE IRISH AGITATORS. PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE STATE TRIALS ABATING. of the Attorney r Speech—Temporary Bar* racks Being Fitted Up-! London, December 30.—The correspond ent of the Times at Dablin says: “Public in terest In the Irish State trials has considera bly abated. There was little or no excite ment in the neighborhood of the court, and a large number of the Irish members of Parliament who attended yesterday (Tues day) did not appear to-day^ 7 ’ Barrack accommodation in the country is Insufficient for the increased number of soldiers, and . temporary barracks will be fitted up at Bathkeale, county Limerick, and Ennesly, coun ty Clare, for a detail for detachments of infantry, each comprising two officers and fifty men. Another detachment will be sent to Loughrea, countyJ&alw&y, as soon as the quarters lor them have been pro vided.. Fresh cases of “Boycotting” are continu ally reported from Ireland. A large meet ing was held at CronghwcU, county Gal way, last night, to protest against the State Iirosecntions. Right Honorable Joseph Chamberlin, President of the Board of Trade, has re ceived a letter from Dublin threatening the livee of himself, Mr. Gladstone and Mr. John Bright, If they continue to oppose co ercion. Dublin, December 30.—Proceedings in the State trials continue to excite little in terest. Mr. Law, Attorney General, con tinued his speech. He dealt, with the speeches of Messrs. Dillon, Biggar, Sullivan and Brennan, advising the peoplq to pay only Griffith’s valuation, and declared that the traversers had conspired to inaugurate red Republicanism and Communism. Mr. Law commenced the reading of sev enty seven extracts from speeches of the traversers, showing that they all counseled the people to withhold their rent. He then quoted the judgment of Chief Justice Cock- burn, to the effect that . a . con spiracy was " the act' of* two or more persons combining to-injure a third party, and it was not necessary that the acts done should oe criminal. A mere com bination to effect civil Injury would be within the law. He wished to read the opinion of Daniel O’Conner on a proposed strike of farmers against the rent roll, but this was not allowed by the court. Mr. Law pro ceeded to explain the punishments which the traversers advocated for those who took evicted farms, and declared that one of the traversers baa been continued in his poet as the paid agent of the Land League, after having held persons up by name to popular execration and murder. He dwelt with much effect upon the point "that the traversers had given prominence to the statement that if thirty thousand persons were enrolled in the Land League, no army could enforce the land laws. Mr. Law’s speech was not concluded when the court rose. OUR ATLANTA LETTER. Reantimi Snow at Last- Christmas Dinner—Minor Topics — Personal and General—In. the Same Boat- Some New P ablleatlons—101—1001 —1881—Scattered Items of News- Final Paragraphs. Atlanta. December 29.—Webavahad wether and weather and whether, bat never in my recollection such a day as this. Forth: week itbas Men trying to snow, and this ing Atlanta awoke to find tbe effort a fin cess of vast magnitude and considerable stay- here-ativeness for the present. Everywhere there was about a foot of and In many places it was drifted from two to three or four feet My sumn almost hidden from view In a huge drift that banked up around it during the night,' was a dreary sight fora sufferer from an tack of epizootic that has terminated in rheu matism. It is some consolation, know that nearly half the people in One of the worst jokes of th* day irthat of seme fellow who this morning registered at the Markham Hons a as “John Smith, author of Beautiful Snow.” A committee of indig nant citizens was orgau'zod to ‘ * and lynch him at .once.- It is thing to l» made a. joke, of Northern visitors awoke with for by strangers, amazement this MARINE DISASTER. Two British Steamers With All Bands Lost. London, December 30.—The British steamer Garnet, of Dundee, was wrecked in the North. Sea during the gale of the 12th Inst., and all"hands, cumbering seventeen persons, perished. A British steamer, supposed to be the Montgomeryshire, from Cardiff bound to Singapore via tbe Suez canal, has been lost, with ber crew of thirty men, on the coast of Portugal. Killed by a Cask Explosion. Memphis, Tern., December 30.—This morning while John Bruens, a German, 25 years old, employed by the Memphis Brew ing Co , was coating' tbe inside of a cask with brewery pitch, the cask exploded, kill ing Bruen and slightly injuring two oth** s. Floods In Bolland. Amsterdam, December 30.—The dykes between Nleuwknik and Vlymen, in the province of North Brabant, are broken, and eighteen villages are flooded. . The damage by the inundation Is impiense. A commit tee for the relief of the sufferers has been formed. A Missing: Train. Fredericksburg, Va., December 80.- The dally train on the Richmond; Frede ricksbnrg and Potomac . Railroad left this place on Wednesday morning at 7 o’clock, and up to this evening has not been heart from. ^ Brief Telegraphic Summary. Joseph White, worsted spinner, of Brad ford. England, has failed.. Liabilities £75,000. It is at the Importers and Traders Na tional Bank of New York, and not the National Park Bank, where the Interest on,the Alabama bonds will be paid. During a drunken row in Halifax county, Ni C., last week, Georee Tucker stabbed with a knife and killed John William John son . Thus far the murderer has el uded ar Brigadier General R. B. M&rcy, Inspector General, and Colouel Jno. G. Barnard, of the Engineer Corps were yesterday placed non tbe retired list, to date from January 1,1881. * ~ James; Johnson, an aged colored man. wasyasterdayfound frozen to. death near Atles Station, Va., nine miles from Rich mond, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail way. His faithful dog was found on his body and had to be removed by force. The Chicago Council has passed an ordi nance requiring manufacturers of anti-Huff cheese, butterine, oleomargarine and other articles of the kind to stamp their products plainly with the name. Tbe penalty is $50 for each violation and confiscation of the goods. At Monday’s meeting of the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Board of Aldermen a resolution was offered providing for a license fee ofJ|5 for each Chinese laundry in the city. An amendment was adopteji that “licenses be granted only to citizens of the United 8tates.” At a meeting of tbe Bolton cotton mas ters Thursday night, it was unanimously decided to reject any demand of the operar tives for an advance of wages, as maxivof the masters are working at a loss. Thi operatives gave notice for an advance yesterday. Tbe Russian Government has issued a de cree reducing the import duty on salt, in creasing that on foreign goods, imposing a tax on trade guilds, and doubling tbe stor age dues on merchandise deposited in the government warehouses. The decree will take effect on toe 13th of January next. The President has not yet selected a suc cessor to Judge Woods In the United 8tatei Circuit Court as Circuit Judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. The more prominent ap plicants who are being pressed by their friends for the position are 8amuel F. Rice, of Montgomery; BL F.'Slmrall, of Missis sippi, and Judge Settle, of Florida. Opposition to tbs . Canadian Pa cific.—It seems doubtful whether the Canadian Pacific Railroad will be built after all. There will be great opposition to it in the Dominion Parliament, be cause the subsidies and privileges grant ed to the syndicate are so enormous. The total amount of subsidy to.lhe syn- dicatc is estimated at seventy seven mil lions of dollars, and is composed of the following items: All the-work done Ity W ~ BBf trans ferred to the syndicate and become the property of the company forever; twenty five millions of dollars is to be paid in ca9b, and a like sum is ’ to be turned over to the syndicate in public lan dr upon whichland grant bonds to the same amount may be issued. In ad dition to these,'the syndicate has the pri vilege of rejecting all swamp or barren lands through wbich the rauroad- may pass, and select other landsmen which ts are to be issued in the fertile belt on January * grants are to oe issueq in me fertile belt. These concessions. It is urged, are entire. ]y disproportioned to the risks incurred, and it seems questionable whether the Dominion Parliament will ratify the con- tract. Colored Labor nr the South.—The colored labor of the South, as a class. Is to day better paid, more steadily em ployed and more uniformly free from want than the farm labor of the Worth they felt sure that all snow and ice hallieen left behind. There Is one good feature about this scow storm: It has covered the dirty, unsightly streets of Atlanta from sight for one or two day8, and toe more vigorous citizens are having some fine sleigh rides. But the patrons of the street cars, who have no carriages, are sufferihg from the effects of long ** through the deep snow and chiling Worst of all, to some classes', will be the awful condition of the streets after this great foil of snow begins to melt. Our streets were never before In such bad condition as on yes terday, and no one can tell how much worse they will be when the snow melts. OCR CHRISTMAS DINNER. Atlanta has seldom seen such a winter or Christmas as the present. Still the hotel* gave their usual big dinners. At the Markhan House the entire force of the Constitution office sat down to dine by invitation of Messrs. Huff & Brown, afid^hey Ailed a table the whole length of the dining room. CoL T. C. Acton, the genial traveling agent, presided, and ex cellent speeches we>e made by Foreman Mo ran and Editor Bruffy. It was a joyous occa sion for the happy typos, who partook of a royal feast of good things. - • The bUl of fare of the Markham was entirely original in design, and surpassed anything of the kind ever-put on a hotel table, in this re spect. One page contained an elegant litho graphed combination picture of the old time * . - tavern or Inn, the stage, soiling vessel, and Rob «'E. Lee, who. canal packet of that age. Then came the S’ate- ’ ly hotel (Markham House), the fast steamship, railroad trains an^ 4 * 1 w **-- day, all executed artistic style. Verses In explanation were fur nished by “Sidney Herbert/’ and also the fol lowing “Christmas Greeting” for the second page: “ A Merry Christmas” to all who with us dine On this birthday of a royal Prince divine; Here at our tables spread with lavish hand. Let every heart with joyousnesa e: 1 O happy day! that blessed our childish ye With earthly joys, without earth’s bitter tears. Long may we live to welcome thy return. Before our lamp of life nhn.il cease to burn. MINOBTOP.C8. The William Lowndes Ca houn referred to in connection with toe John C. Calhoun who was drowned In California, and published in the Morning News of Monday, is net Mayor W. Lowndes Calhoun, but another lawyer named William Loundes Calhoun. In giving toe number, of convicts from tbe leading counties in the State, in a recent letter. I did not go below twenty, which accounts for my failure to include Floyd countv. I heartily indorse all the Rome Courier says on the sub ject. and accept its amendment giving toe medal to that county.* The Atlanta Rolling Mill, now the Georgia Iron Works, 6eems to be an unfortunate enter prise. It Is now advertised to be sold at public outcrv for State and county taxes due, but unpaid, for the year 1879. This property has been sold so often and bad so many misfor tunes that it finds it a difficult thing to suc ceed. The General Assembly, just before adjourn ment. authorized a committee to examine the new Code now being prepared by Judge Geo. N. Lester and Walter B. Hill, Esq., of Macon, one of the most accomplished young lawyers in Georgia. The work is to embrace the acts of the Ju^y session, at which tune the commit tee will make I's report. The Griffin News is not alone in wanting the Savannah. Griffin and North Alabama Railroad extended from Carrollton to Rome or ths Ala bama coal fields. A bill is now before the Gen eral Assembly for a charter to extend the road to Rome. This done and Griffin will see route opened across her border growing cotton, coal and iron •me, a city whose business growth and energy is really wonderful. ALL IN THE SAME BOAT. The New York Herald is publishing the letter written by C * the Second Ga., January Samuel ;Cooper, Adjutant General United States Army, at Washington, asking what he should do in regard to Governor Joseph E Brown’s demand for the surrenderor the Arse nal and*the withdrawal of the United States troops from toe State, which was then seced ing on her own responsibility. Ic is true that Governor Brown was a little ahead of time in his secession movements, but the Herald must also remember that Captain Arnold Elzy, who was a Marylander, was afterwards commissioned a Major Genera! in toe Confederate army; and Colonel Samuel Cooper, who was a Virginian, resigned as Ad jutant General of the United States army, 1 and was aDDOinted to the same Dosition. but with the higher rank of Brigadier General, in the Confederate army. This was one of toe very singular features of secession as It affect ed Southern army officers then on duty. Not a few were placed, as in'tott Instance, in a peculiarly embarrassing situation. NEW PUBLICATIONS. My thanks are due Hon. Seth French, the efficient Commissioner of Immigration for the State of Florida, for a copy of the second edition of bis elegant pamphlet, “Semi-Tropi cal Florida,” published for free general dreu- In many respects it is a handsome and valuable publication than the first edition, and will accomplish a great -deal of good for the attractive, “Land of Flowers.” One feature Is commendable, and that is the modesty of ths Commissioner, whose name nowhere occupies a conspicuous place in the pamphlet. I am also indebted to .ah esteemed friend in Savannah for a copy of his beautiful volume,en titled “Family Memorials,” a handsomely got ten np book of over three hundred pages. Its mechanical execution is an honor to the Hoax- News 8team Printing-House, and will add largely to Its already extended reputation far book publishing of the finest quality. Mr. Theodore J. Elmore, the author, has well per formed the labor of gathering up the “family memorials” of his near and dear kindred. While toe volume is a strictly private affair, therein much in prose and verse from Mr. Elmore’s chaste and prolific pen, which an outsider can re*d with interest and profit. It Ts a pure and graceful tribute laid upon the family altar b? a sou and brother whose whole life has been worthy the noble aims to which it was so early.consecrated by a noble Chris tian mother’s prayers and teachings. 101- 1W1 and 1881. A Western cock’s vote in be read backwards it being 225,52? But this cannot well bq alone without turning each separate fig are in read ing it backwards. Our venerable and honored Secretary of State, Colonel N. C. Barnett, has called my at tention to the fact that 2881 can bo read any way—backward. forward, or updde down. The figures are the same In any position. This led me to look into toe matter, and it seems that the same thing occurred in the year 101, and 1001, but can never occur again, as they are the only figures that can be read both ways without change of front. SOME 8CATTEI General Toombs said in court the other day that when he * ' Cicero, but nc times referred I met the Rev-8/ W. Marston, D. D., at the arkham House last week, and he reported vring done a good work in 8avannah in his Institute for Colored Preachers. The attend ance WMMarge, and the attention given was srewill be lively times in certain circles toe first of 0*4 Comm: goes into ' era’ half fayel on toe torse cents per mile schedule by newspaper says General Han- [n Indiana, as officially declared, tackward and forward the same; The Texas emigration is greater this winter tan last season, and hundreds are leaving al- —‘ dally for that State. Georgia needs — ration agent duly authorized to wholesale depopulation qt the State bv agents. There is a low against soliciting emi- am sor Harris give FINAL FABAGBAras. . Judge Woods feels highly flattered by toe high commendation, given him, by Southern lawyers, and will probably succeed Jostle* Bradley on the Southern Clnmit, keeping his residence in this city. The Fulton county patriotic and his counsels wise. He averted innumerable evils, and I have ever honored him forhfoconciliatory course. Mr- T. W. Garrett, toe effleieufc Master of TraMportation on the Atlanta and Charlotte AirLuto Railway, has already adopted suggestion ia regard to cutting telegi wires in esse of a gm»gb up or detention tween stations. HO now runs a telegraph operatoron all fast mail trains for th>t pur pose. This prevents any extra delay in of accidents between telegraphic stations. Some fifty Northern and Western people en route to Florida are at tbe Kimball and Mark ham Houses to-day, and the heavy storm fills them with an earnest desire to get away from here on toe first tiain, **id they don’t on the order of going. Hereafter, Atlanta will game operator, but every winter, as this season has been unusually severs. Pickpockets mid confidence men flocked 1 to the grand (?) military reunion, and som. them remained to operate upon travelers p ing through the Union Depot here. Onr vigi lant police, however, have arrested several, who are now under sentence to the peniten tiary, and.the business Is nearly broken up. Occasionally a countryman train by a share confidence; the pickpocket has become CHATHAM. A LIFE-LONG SOLDIER. . Resignations of SontMem Army Officers and Ca Dead—Tbe genii Junior Survivor—A. Soldier- Continent—An Ardi —In tbe Confederate Army—In the Egyptian Service—At Heme Again. Atlanta, December 27.—During the latter part of the year 1880 and the early part of the year 186l. it having become evident that a con flict was to arifo between the North and the South, a number of officers of Southern birth tendered their resignations and retired from the regular army. Several of the cadets at the West Point-Military Academy (including General P. M. B Young, of Georgia,! left that institution and returned to their respective homes in the Southern StatasV A few cadets, however, continued at the academy until their class (of 1861) graduated, after which they re signed and joined the Confederate army. ABMT RESIGNATIONS, Among the most distinguished officers aclve service, who resigned from tbe army, were Brevet Brigadier General Albert Sidney Johnston, then Colonel of the Second Cavalry, and Quartermaster General Joseph E. John ston, who had been Lieutenant Colonel of the First Cavalry, and Adjutant General Samuel Cooper. Next in Importance were Colonel Robe* t E. Lee, who bad been Lieutenant Colo nel of the First Cavalry, but nel of the First Cavalry, but was then on duty in Washington, and Colonel Thomas 1. Faun- tleroy, commander of the First Dragoons. The next and lost officer of toe highest rank was Colonel William W. Loriog, of the Mounted Rifles. All these distinguished soldiers were, in a broad sense, cavalry officers. Major W. J. Hardee, of Georgia, was also a cavalry offi cer, and Major William Henry Talbot Walker, of Georgia, aa infantry officer. The above named include about all the field officers who resigned, but a score or two of Captains t Lieutenants followed them, and not a few came Generals and Lieutenant Generals in the Confederate army. THE BSBOIC DEAD. Of the first mentioned gallant soldiers but two are now alive. That grand Captain of modern times, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, fell in battle while bravely leading his army to victory, and Major General William Henry Talbot Walker was killed at the head of his advance guard as they were about to move against the enemy. After being terribly and almost mortally wounded in the Florida cam paigns and in the Mexican war, this chivalrous soldier survived to be finally killed by a sing e bullet from the skirmish line of the enemy. All the others died from natural causes i removed from the dangers and conflicts of war. Of toe Captains and Lieutenants who have also fallen in battle or died in peace I might refer to such eminent soldiers as Hood. Stuart, Van Dorn. Hill, Pickett, Bragg, Ma- gruder, Chilton, Bee and Lomax, all of whom became distinguished Generals in the Confede rate army. The t vo survivors to which I have referred are Geu.:Joseph E. Johnston, at pre sent a member of Congress from his native Stale of Virginia, and Major General William W. Loring, now back amidst the stirring scenes of bis early career as a “boy soldier” in Flori da, after forty yean* absence on other and more exciting battlefields, both in this and foreign lands. WS SENIOR SURVIVOR. Of General Joseph E. Johnston I have al ready written a short sketch, first published in the Detroit Free Press, and c pled therefrom by a large cumber of newspapers, including the Savannah Sunday Telegram. J-ince that time General Johnston has been elected to Congress and served nearly two this fact I wish now to refer. Two years ago, standing in my office in this city, and pointing through the open window to the old battlefields about Peachtree creek, be descr.b?d with great clearness the terrible flzht of June 27th. fthe last attack made by Sherman upon Johnston’s entrenched forces in front of Atlanta. As I gazed UDon the light, fragile figure ifore me, so erec\ dignified, quick of motion and compact with firmness, I could hardly believe that as far back as 18J6 Lieutenant Joseph E. Johnston was a conspicuous staff “ aimyinthe ated into the“ Fourth Artillery 'from^Wesl Point in July, 1829. A correct mode of life and a strong will power, by the grace of have brought this great soldier and f_ Virginian gentleman to the enjoyment of a ripe and serene old age oT undiminished fulness and honor. HoodinhisffiH __ hi* last service being under General Joseph E. Johnston, at Bentonville. N. C., just before toe surrender. It is a singular fact that his first fighting was done in 1836. in Florida, in the same army with General Johnston, and his last fighting, on American soil, was done nearly thirty years later with that same officer. Ef THE EGYPTIAN SERVICE. Some years after the dose of the civil war the Khedive of Egypt secured the services of a number of officers who had distinguished themselves in the late war, and who were then In without lucrative employment. Among these were General Graves, General Loring. General Field and Colonel Lockett, formerly of the Confederate army, and all of whom are again residents of the South, having retired from the Khedive’s service. - General Loring at once took high rank in the Egyptian army, and commanded a large por tion of the forces for six t ears. Including Alex andria and the coast fortifications, and for a time the naval operations. Being second in command, he was also conspicuous In the Abyssinian war,participating in the two battles of that campaign. For his gall«nt services in Egypt the Khedive bestowed upon General Loring two Turkish decorations, the highest ever conferred upon a foreigner. AT HOME AGAIN. When secession first commenced, General Loring held a most desirable life position as Colonel of the “Mounted Riflemen,” with favorable chances for promotion by arduous and valuable frontier services. Had he re mained in the regular army after the civil war came on, his promotion would have been prompt and continuous. But he preferred to give up all that was Un assured to him, and cast in his lot with the un certain fortunes of his own State as a part of the Southern Confederacy. In that service he commanded regiments, brigades, divisions, corps and armies, and always with credit to himself and honor to the Confederacy. He came as near as any one could to hearing the first and the last gun of the war fired in ectual has the ®p- of sc And yet. THE JUNIOR SURVIVOR. During my visit to the Florida State Fair, in Jacksonville, last winter. I had the pleasure of meeting Brevet Brigadier General George H. BIat>e, U. 8. A., now on the retired list, i whose rather rotund and fresh appearance did not indicate that he was a Lieutenant of Dra goons in 1835, and a participant with General Johnston in the Florida campaigns. But Imagine my surprise when he introduced me to Gen. William w. Loring and remarked that they were comrades in the Florida war. I had heard much of General Loring in con nection with his Egyptian service, and was more than glad to meet him. Unlike General Johnston in personal appearance, he has all the energy and vivacity that still cha that great soldier in his old age. Of height, rather robutt form, full fresh countenance. General Loring pearanceof a healthy, happy ms forty years of age. A BOY-SOLD I tge to say, this same now vlg- i-looking -veteran -w ff —* fought the bloodthirsty Seminofes in some forty-four years ago, according to Gen eral Blake’s interesting narrative. Although born fn North Carolina, he a resident of Florida in early childhood, where his martial spirit developed itself as soon as “war’s rude alarms” surrounded his home. At the tender age of fourteen years young Loring tt^Indian, in the rants of tS* During the year 1836 this “BoyrSaldler," os he as then called, foimht with General Finley at Wahoo Swamp, at Withlacoochee, and other points in East Florida where active operations were being carried on. Th lag year he served with the gallant ° f **■?“*■ I” "Wo* Peace, however, goon closed the early mili tary career of this “born soldier” (as General William 8. Walker very appropriately calls him), and he was lost sight of in the public eye until six years later, when, having attained his legal majority, the people or 8t. John’s county eleoted him to the General Assembly of Flori da, in which he served with ability and seal for During the early part of 184fi; jostss Loring had closed his legislative term, the War . rtrqeut at Washington authorized the or ganization of a regiment of ^Mounted Rifle- STth. 1846, he was commissioned a his regiment, and at once military career, tbe" for results of which his vivid fan fully anticipated. Born to anticipated: _ no difficulty in at , ler for three cents a pet mile schedule by Mezico. Aftercattioeb] Mexico. After c Cruz, General 8cott 1 Cerro Gordo, and ii as in certain circles woe,, commanding his ’4 si which time the 2 ^ruz to the c*pt«re ef tba City of Mexico. He ■Vera Crux, of Bio.del of Contreras. Churu- and of the City of wSSitg , e gradf crediuohfa offl- ««. inStedlne Harney. Piympton, L ' Childs, and other gallant spirits who tapiaiQ Atqnnr, on sseptemver I’tb, ApBCSS THE CONTINENT. Washington wascaSed upon to provide more CoL Loripg wagopSeUd to tSsdoty, to full or hardships and perils, apd marched his regi- fuh ranks, anfi accompqn'pd hr a train of three hundred six-xqule teams, a dis tance of more,than two thousand fire hundred mfies, across toe continent to Oregon: At that tone, J.think, tbjs *** greatest march of a military force on record.. It was through a wild and uninhabited country for a large por tion of the distance. Onhis arrival In Oregon hewas assigned to command of the Rio frontier, and dur- lce Ta&ra'in which he held thzt eom- emedeefoliCeloneiiniass.thejMrfof- „ and hostile to time with £ mountains, Biva another mat march of nearly two- thnnwnwi miles to Utah Territory, where he was asso ciated with that then superior military com- in history as the “Harmon War.” Thia arduous campaign dosed the more acliye career of Cokmcl Loring in the United States army. S3 soon after ha was granted a twelve months' leave of absence, and made a tour of Burope and the East, a trip which served to give him a chance to study the armies of Ucrtag his absence the regiment of “Mount ed Riflemen" retained its headquarters at Fort Union, in New Mexico, and when Ool. Loring hew Mexico. This being in the early part of 18*1, he soon resigned his command and his commiasion in th, army, and cast in Us lot with toe bon them Confederacy. Of his old comrades in the regiment who remained in toe army I might name inch well known Gene as Gordon Granger. John P. Hatch. W, Averell, Alfred Gibbs, Andrew Porter and B. ft. Roberts. Of those who, like Loring. felt it their duty to follow toe fortunes of their na- Uve States, I might also mention such dlttin gubhed soldiers as Gen. O. H. Maury, of Vlr- ■ Loring In the being ct ruary 15. record that I And of General federate army is that of his Major General Feb- But previous to this he had „—antly in Western and In North- Virginia, taking General Lee’s old I with General “Stonewall” Jackson. His eminent abilities were thus early acknowledged by the Confederate Govern ment. as his promotion was considerably in advance of that of many of the most distin guished officers then in the service. One of the first to espouse the Southern cause, he was one of its most intrepid defenders on the General Lorine The war over, and the Confederacy de stroys J, a host of such professional soldiers as General Loring found themselves impover ished, and without the means of securing em ployment. Some became insurance agents, others secured places on railroads, while a few, like General Pickett and General Magru- der. failed to succee 1 permanently in any un dertaking, and finally died objects of charity. General Loring found a way out of his finan cial ti oubles in the service of the Khedive. Within the past ten years, however, the peo ple of tbe South have been more liberal in the bestowment of public offices and honors upon the gallant soldiers who fought her battles for independence. This has given rise at the North to the cry of “Confederate Brigadiers” in Congress. It is true that Gcrdon, Vance, Hampton, Mergan, Forney,Chalmers, Mahone, Ransom, Johnston and Wheeler were Con federates, but they all ranked higher than “Brigadiers” in the army, and in Congress have ranked full as high as statesmen as have some of the Northern and Western “Briga diers.” Gen. Loring’s name has been mentioned ia connection with the approaching election of an United States Senator from Florida, which fact has led to the addition of these final para graphs. Gen. Johnston, toe only officer of high rank who resigned from toe United States army with him, and is still alive, is now a Representative from Virginia, and it would be a most singular coincidence if Gen. Loring were elected a Senator from Florida. Of bis claims for that position I have nothing to say, because the mattef Is one that lies beyond my jurisdiction as a correspondent From scat tered military works and official records in my possession I have hastily glanced at the life long and checkered military career of this gallant one armed hero of many ware, and briefly grouped together a few facts of * to the Florida readers of the Mobniko ] not to the general public. Sidney Herbert. House i and Lots far State Bights In a Patent Churn. A few weeks ago a man from the East came to the village of Ellenville, N Y., and exhibited a butter churn. He visited a number of well-to-do far mers and business men, and after show ing tbe many advantages of bis inven tion, be set about selling State rights and territory for its exclusive sale. Being introduced and recommended by leading citizens be found no difficulty in effecting sales. Many, daxzied by bis wonderful stories of wealth, sold their bouses, lots and other property and - invested in tbe patent right Mr. Eli DuBois traded bis bouse for tbe right to sell tbe wonderful churn in the Slate of Texas. A few days ago the agent left town with about ^40.000 in' money and-deeds and bills of sale of considerable otber pr< erty, aggregating at least $70,000. Sir bis departure it has come to light that the people who havo invested have been badly victimized. The agent bad sev eral local references who claimed to have invested considerable in the speculation, but whom it turns out hfld not invested a cent, and merely allowed their names to be used. Several lawsuits and proba bly arrests for false representations will be tbe outcome. Color In the Cabinet, Workington. Poet. Although but little has been said dur ing the past few weeks in relation to the demand of the colored Republicans for a place in General Garfield’s Cabinet, there has been no damnation of feeling on the subject. There has also been a good deal of work performed, in a quiet way, for the purpose of raising the necessary amount of pressure. All the objections urged by Republi can statesmen and politicians have been promptly and ably met. The demon/ of tbe black Republicans is based on equity. They show that to their fealty General Garfield owes bis election. They show that the German Republicans have bees distinctly and conspicuously re- sed in-the -disposal of patronage, call for equally fair treatment, and threaten to use the balance of power eir possession for the destruction of the party if they are denied their request. The matter will soon be put before General Garfield by a delegation of tbe leading colored men of his party, and be will be compelled to take the responsi bility of deciding it ^ * A South Pole ExBKnmos.—Follow ing tbe example of otber nations, the Italian. Government is about to equip and send out- a polar exploring expe dition, but to the Antarctic instead of tbe Arctic region. The leader of this South Polar expedition Is Lieutenant Bove, wbn accompanied Professor Nor- denskjold in the Yega during the cele brated . northeast pusage around Asia. The expedition will attempt to extend the discoveries made by Sir James Clark Ross, of tbe British, and Captain Wilkes, of our navy, and will also seek new zuano island and sperm whale resorts. They will use steam power, and hope to solve acme Pf the: mysteries of the sup- »?d Antarctic continent, which is a volcanic region. Tbe Mozambique latorial current flows stronely towards the South. 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The fire from the warehouse then com municated to the dry goods warehouse of Messrs. Ber£m2£r, £tnuiss & West, and that too, yrtSFa heavy wholesale stock of dry goods, was also consumed, only a small portion of the stock, in a damaged condition, being saved, 'piis firm lose heavily in the goods that were burned and in having their entire stock turnc d topsy turvy and damaged by be ing hurriedly moved out Weedon & Dent, wholesale druggists, suffered a loss of fully $4,000 in haying their large and entire stock of goods tom to pieces and piled up in rude and ir^*- criminate mass, and in having so n articles in their line of goods broken destroyed. Covered by insurance. ; Bray & Bros, also lost three or four thousand dollars in a similar way. The Enfaula National Bank is also a lot but lightly, in having Its office fumil removed and drenched with water. Mrs. Chitty and daughters, and Miss Lizzie Roberts, milliners and dijess- makers, are losers by having their goods all disarranged and their apartments flooded. M. M. Barringer suffered some lo3s in hurriedly removing a portion of his stock and getting them wet. Mr. D. M. Seales lost twelve bales of cotton; Dr. W. A. Mitchell several bales and Weedon & Dent two; besides a number of others whose names we could not learn at present. The total loss by the fire is estimated at no less than $75,000, on which there is probably about $50,000 insurance. The firemen did well, and to them arc we indebted for the whole block of build ings left standing on tbe north side of Broad street to day. Mr. Quinn Edmondson will go imme diately into the old warehouse just north of where he has been burned out, and will rebuild at once. 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For Diabetes, use bate Diabetes Care. ^ For sale by Druggists and all Dealers aft $1.25 per bottle. largest bottle In the market. Try it. H. H. WARNER A CO., Jy34-d,w£Telly Rochester. If. T. arltier. It res Bright’s araeris ha ®r0jtttUs sod 'BtotilStow. Bow Ho Amused EveryUUne Con lortably for a Poor Obinamu.; San Francisco Chronicle. In Department No. 11 of the Court yesterday morning, Foy b’xt, a Chinaman, was arraigned for sentence for the crime of grand larceny, he having stolen some jewelry and diamonds from his employer, for whom he was working as a house servant When hia case was called his attorney urged in mitigation that this was his first offense so far as known. It would be a very great hard ship to send him to the State prison, where his queue would be cut off to within an inch of his scalp, for al though white persons do not deem it a disgrace to have their hair shingled, the Chinese consider themselves forever os tracised by their own countrymen if they losi their queues. The attorney, there fore, asked the court to send the prisoner to the county jail is charge of Sheriff Desmond, who would not cut his queue off. Judge Freelon said he was aware that it was ont^of the regulations of the State prison to shingle the hair of pris oners on the day of their entry, but it was also a rule of that institution to allow the queue of the Chinese prisoners to grow if his deportment while there was satisfactory. He said he would not subject the prisoner to the disgrace of being discharged before he should have time to grow another queue, but would fix the tenn of sentence so that by the time he should cease to hoard at the expense of the State his queue might be sufficiently long to suit the most ing Chinaman. He, therefore, sentenced the prisoner to seven years in the State prison. The South's Development.—It is time to stop impeaching the South’s de velopment, for the census of 1890 is hound to far exceed the figures of 1880. both in population and material re- The tide of immigration ia trickling that way; the small fanner has taught how the whole section is to be brought under profitable cultivation. Minerals of all kieds are Icing smitten from the Blue Ridge backbone,and busi ness is driving sentimental politics to the woods. Great lines of rail and water communication are also giving now life to the commercial centres, and, now that the South has a foretaste of the possi bilities of its resources and capacity for money making, it is hardly possible to overestimate the results. — Springfield (Jfate.) Republican. Killed Hei er, living |in West Cleveland, Ohio, went in search of a rabbit which he had seen run into a hedge on his father’s place a few days ago. As he entered the hedge he tried to part the brush with the butt end of his gun, the muzze held close to his breast, and both hammers cocked. The trigger eausrht in one of the branches, discharging “the. gun, its contents enteringhisbreast Death was instantaneous. He was 33 years old, and was to have been married that night to an estimable young lady. _ ■■—t—=i Two women lawyers will take part as counsel in the trial of Geo. A Wheeler who choked bis sister-in-law to death in San Francisco. Mrs. Clara Foltz has been engaged to assist the prosecuting attorney, and Mrs. Laura Deforce Gor don to assist the defense. The two wo men were once close friends, sleeping in the same bed, but lately a coldness spraog up between them. In the recent politf cal campaign they were rivals on the po litical stump. In 1011 Holland offered a reward of 25,000 guilders (about $10,000) for the discovenr of that northwest p which Professor Nordenskjold 1 . in our day, accomplished, offer was long forgotten, but it was never recalled; and it is now probable that Holland will pay the promised re ward to the successful explorer, little though he dreamed of the possibility of such compensation when he started on his enterprise. A tremendous beating of gongs has been kept up night and day-for weeks In the house of Feng Chan Sung, a Chinese merchant of San Francisco. This is done to drive out a devil who has been pestering Song’s pretty wife. She says that the monster has lustrous green eyes, red hair, blue skin and a yellow tail. He comes to her in the night, and is an exceedingly audacious fellow. The din has not yet dislodged him, The hark Fontabelle. Capt Nixon, wa* wrecked on the Falmouth (Eng.) reef on the 10th insl. Capt. Nixon and wife, and also Captains Hopewell »"l Worley, of the harks Medina and Dun dee. who had gone on the Fontabelle to Tender assistance, and the entire crew of the Fontabelle were washed overboard. Sn 4, We preserver, her son ana Mr. Martin, the -were saved. The others, six in aH, perished. on His Wedding Day.— enry Thompson, a well known garden- , living |i& West Cleveland, Ohio, FRESH GAMED GOODS. T>OSTON BAKED Jl> mac BEaNS. Frot-h BAKED reah CODFISH BALLS, . ENG'-ISH BRAWN. CORN* BEEF, Fre«h MACKEREL. Fresh LOBSTERS, Fresh SALMON. Fresh CRAB MEAT, fresh CLAMS. FISH CHOWDER, Mnrtard and To mato 8AKDINES, MILK CHOCOLATE, larjre assortment of PRESERVES an 1 JELLIES only 95c. per pail. Try them. For sale by C. M. & H. W. TILTON, 31 WHITAKER STREET. Sanssy & Harmon’s old stand. SMOKED TONGUES. FLORIDA GUAVA JELLY. SPANISH GUAVA JELLY. EXTRA FINE OLIVES. FINEST OLIVE OIL. CELERY SALT. CRYSTAUZED GINGER. PRESERVED GINGER In Jars. PICKLED OYSTERS. A^M. & C,'W, WEST’S. dec23-tf HOLIDAY DELICACIES. rpRUFFLES. JELL IF?. ± MINCE MEAT. EELS in eellee. PISE APPLE CHEESE, MUN8TEB.ROQUE- FORD. NEUFCHATEL and SWISS CHEESE. RAI>INS, CURRANTS. CITRON. CAVIAR. CHERRIES, PEARS. AlJiONDS, WALNUTS. FILBERTS. PECAN and BRAZIL NUTS, etc, at NCBOliS LM8 & BRO.’S, 19 BARNARD STREET. Christmas Goods! T> AI8IKS, CITRON, CURRANTS. XL NUTS, CANDY, MINCE MEAT. JELLIES, PRESERVES, ORANGES, AP PLES. FANCY CRACKERS, all kinds. WINES, WHISKIES, BRANDIES. CHAM PAGNES. etc. FIRE WORKS. FIRE CRACKERS. w ' tock in too city at ths BRANCH & COOPER. declO-lm KB, CMS, Ml. lOO Bbls. Pore Apple Cider. 25 BBLS. WHITE BEANS. 500 SACKS LIVERPOOL SALT. 50 BBLS. PURE CIDER VINEGAR. POTATOES, OKIOK9, ETC., ALWAYS ON HAND AT L. F. NELSON & CO.’S, d©cl»f 176 BAY JUST ARRIVED, CITRON and CURRANTS. RAISINS. BRANDY PEACHES. A foB assortment of JELLIES. A fan assortment of PRESERVES. 20 different kind of FANCY BISCUITS. For sale by J. A. HERSCHBACH & CO, 30 WHITAKER STREET. golidatt <Bwd$. FEW GOODS. JUST OPENED A NEW LOT OF FANCY GOODS HOLIDAYS. A tail stock of CHINA DINNER. TEA OTTAM Hkk rbth, Sets of TABLE GLASSWARE RODGERS* TABLE CUTLERY, SILVER- PLATED WARE, eta, at CROCKERY HOUSE JAS. S. SILVA, * '140 ^ HOLIDAY GOODS. fNELLULOID, CORALLINE and- FLORENCE V SETS. ODOR CASES. TOILET and MAN TEL SETS, VASES. FANCY BOTTLES, Eta, M prices lower than ever offered in thfc city. Call in and be convinced. SCHfflHtES & nit, aSSiS? 8 ® DU ‘ AM> STATE STBEETS - JBndimentarY Instruction