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A R ORD,
~U e d life a kind word fails
, car shot from over Heaven's wails!
■ v..v.es tremble as they catch the
t(-r darkness lose beneath the beam!
. ; the of life a tremor feels
~ i i,ner heart itself reveals!
~ • r..-ak tlutter, Hope its pinioi.s tries,
. .me magi: mem’ry of the skies!
___ ;i f e wanders like a dream away,
„. v red mjs-ery o<Today!
1, ,■ radiant is ihy upward flight
•• , i theshrcudelgates of Night!
1 .. , ,-n i. .ttle i* renewed again,
p . . ,- r -and glorious shall the woof re-
L’ENFAWT PEBDI’.
■ l-wr.r.lt’ Fla.. January 8, lSol.
Georgia Affairs.
-jj, .. ... ii • i • hat been put up to five
. .. . i >-■. jj-r annum in Q titfuan. This.
l- !',■•• nks, will have the effect of
‘ . ... f “nips” to fifteen and twea-
W.- •. ion if'Zette says that about a
, p u ;*, ;i >v, Es |, put five German
... • }fi.h t r. 1. At the time the little
Y r,. ■ •. m re thin two or three inches
. . j. r ,.,. itiy drr.ine 1 his poml for the
~ •• -,s r: lo' the other fih, and
, j< r,.f the carp The longest measured
-■li. and the others were
_ v iu- Th“y are remarkably ffGe
t f Jeffers u. Jac'rson county, are
and,: - . ,<.. !• >:->p the sale of liquor in that
! .jif a huh license can do it. The Town
f m,-.! at its last meeting placed such license
Th- / ritj t-'Uiity .Veir.s says : “During the
wa r .:.t!i> -t Georgia was called the Egypt of
tii. > r.h Early county is the Goshen of that
Egy;an 1 when our railroad is completoJ
ih ii. - will ll.fct to its fertile lands.”
Lw r r, a worthy colored man, was
mr. -.vcr Ij> tii- cars at Hampton on Christmas
f \. and in-; iat!y killed. The Henry County
If.. -.1.5 f. i- not known how, or in what
nunr ' t •• a xidont occurre 1, there being no
1t,., - . n .Votes menitors an unfortunate
bi t^talac- i !ent which occurred on the put>-
lu j iir-j f that town during the recent snow
.• a party w. re snowballing and frolick
iV in thr snow, when an old colored tran,
!!• nry tir ivt.i r by name, ventured up into the
cr tv L aid som.- onu gave Lima trip, which
tt-i-R j . s ildeniy to the ground. The old
r -ac- f being hurt. He was cared for
atii carried home by his friends, and medical
aid .if -i ur.-!. but be died on the following
dy f- :•:<! ta effects of his injuries The .Ve-r*
lean. • . . .. ■ had a bottle ia his pockt-t at the
: • h- f■ i. and it is supposed he fell upon it
aai f- vived internal injuries. A Coroner's in
t h: i upon the body cn Mondiy last,
ar a verdict in accordance wi'h the facts
above stated was rendered.
The Madison ihuhsonUui en'ers upon its
eleventh year.
and l“A Mranie Find.” the
nys: "A few days since,
who - n-m-nwere boring a eli ou Mrs.
hart, .t M.Hce - plane, near Maxey the auger
br r. a f ie<-e of cotton cloth from ad 8-
Ur. -f tweiit. feet l>elow the earth’s surface,
it dp | ped to pi*os as soon as exposed to
iigiif 1 <: rue it there is a mystery, as the
err ii h. 1.1 nev. .-i.efore been disturlted at that
sp • a:ii the rag v as imbedded in solid cl y.”
8n- t! • I) itglawsville .S’.'at: “Mr. Israel
1 .an ..11 and highly respected citizen of
1 ■ • i.rty. died on the ltth of December.
f>r y- . * great mental and bodl’y suffer
li was in Ids eighty fourih year, and a
man it remarkable energv. He amassed a
v 1 1 pr , ru before the war. and was a man
■' it: -n i-tit spir.t-stood proudly above
or mean, ami fearless in
• ip-t --. n f hi-opinions. Of wonderful
T '.a. r rce. 1..- afflktious were protracted
tnroush a number of j ears.”
Th ... .ro y.'-m reports the fcdlowing
'*..v. -m : -lr Bart w Tinsley. young
■as who lives in Shakercg district, in Fayette
f : ty. a . - x iniies southwest of Fayette
k ~ .. ot.illv shot and killed himself last
fi-- .ay week The facts, as we can gather
. .-..i. are as follows: He had been hunting,
an: st'.tp.d in an old outhouse to rest. He
y gtm. wlech flipped through a
■ r. In attempt! gto rai eitup.
’• •-tvicaer f one of the 1 wks caught on the
' - • plunk r.cd dis-hsrged the gun. the
” ta • • tin his head justabove the
r-. ■. ■ i!,> was earri. dto his home, where
- —i •• i every att-ntion, but the wound
•’' ? fatal, and he died on Thursday
uf tb> tVarr* nton Clipper hvs
• r in he luxu’-y of a s c-igh ride
.•-up n in the following manner:
*“' u arrenton was never counted
J'. r: - * '- .r probabilities, and to have an
v.,1.1 - r .;. through our own home
e-ts we- wh ! y left out of the list of our
' r-r.ther earth hvs veiled her
■“>' i.ir.. Iv with athick crust of tnowj
•*’ • -'ii • ir.llr. N. Uallaher.with t v at
' i energy characteristic of him.
-: a • -new- sleigh and the bells min
' . ; •' • ry music with the gleeful vole* a
r‘- ■'■■■ !ivn a: dtliequieter tonesof their
*” a- t • eirdel gily through the
'• ei r. li kin lu-ss of Mr. Gailaher and
* ’ r • i • .i ted or a most exhilerating
1012 delightful ride.”
” t i-.n a few days ago of a terri
"l; .-t exp nddeh recently incurred
.. ’ '><■-. n.r..-of Mr. DW. Coleman, on
latnall coun'y. The fol
./• r tu? tragedy are given by
/.’aster: “There were sev
"a!‘l*. im t iding Sir. Coleman, en
• the unit. Only four of them
' i.E- :rt. the other tl.irteen being
„ ' mnded ..r killed. Mr James McCabe,
;"' w. .i irstant'y killed. His bo-<y was
-. !l 1. la-irg blown some di-tsnee
isiignr leg cut off below the
7 a ’.; ' entire | e-son bsdly s-ir'.ded. Mr.
-• turne,, had bis head broken,
' ’ in up, i.is (.rains were oozing
; t r ' : alei.it twenty-two hours and ex-
1 1 ,_ •* r Heury Pevey. who was, at the
ea,, .1 f, r the furnace, was koock
ir.‘, / -vs on the head an 1 several
li - .1' ly. He Las been sen.se-
I .' ’ ” lait, at lasit accounts,
h: , 11-. i, -improving. Messrv. Jordan
r. V. i: ' ‘"iiK an 1 R S. Tbompron, slab
y wounded by brii kbats.
p,!. - l "' r : end ii;r fragments of the ex
s. , ' ‘>ib g being badly hurt by the fly
. 1 aer sa his leg. Mr. J. E.
- , ' lV J'’ r at the time, had s-veral
' '-from his breastbone. These
J” 1 improving, and it is hoied will
Haie i^’ Ur , M< ssrs. John Kason, W. A
J.t. V- toilt, Mingo L veU. colored,
•• . *4"- e . io rd. with Mr. Coleman hi.uself,
[<itk er f pa J~*"f Lrmses from brickbats and
.js-i’ ,t -1 ' ' but were none scriou.-ly In
. w as a team of niuhM near the
hadly crippled by a
Uc 'i.‘ i '’ r;l :k !' on the leg. tins young
”e ii am f ' au edy, who was hauling
;..*n(■" J 1- **■ aped the 'angers of the ex
•an s taking arright a few mo
occurred and running away
I '•'■‘l'.i air "*dy hai brief mention r.f the
tear . mur * er of Mr. Redding Wilkins,
ti.! hr> ‘i 1 ' -ffou, near the line of Lowndes
-. I.y Green F< ster. with a
f '-':**?■ ‘ - J “ Valdosta Times gives the
, -Hz tv * ■ ar ‘ ' u >rs of (he affair: “Mr. Red
'••• -. r , I ', -•' rth Carolinlin. was woods
|' n . a ,,! ,: m cutine farm at O. sley sta
' t-. ,4 ir.esdsy, while in-pectiug the
( “ t -!’ ” ! ' s s- de < t the rivrr. he had
‘rH i. r , L ~r‘ Olain at the work being <iooa
'"rij ini 4 ' ‘ colored. After some
‘tjbetween them Foster be-
" 3 ‘ Mr *v, ati<l i>eran to curse and
ijy’'. 1 * las - Ti-c latter relented the
* t i.. ’ ''“’nngthe former with a small
-*• *r' ‘1 , 1 • ‘ n Lis liard, and turned to
V ' tii.. , s 4* n as hack was turned,
ipcirected blow with his axe,
* '• '.-r-,,* ! •“ U P to tne helve between the
.; r,,, iW 4 .v* “m. severing a piece of the
r tt 'lki-- j„ J-bdttcring the back bone.
y ‘' c Lis is,'.. to | u < knees and then over
'ii 1 *’na X 1 llßic? ’ Lord, lam a
* nU: Vrl- U instantly expired!
fr.,m TANARUS, f hU deadly
uivr l " r * ts l lodgment, put it upon
' , • with the lif 5 blood of the
infill r‘4P' J:n ' the blade, walk
,.*' r “ r s. i. Presence of several of his co
yha‘, fT ,lt . la . re At thU writing,
VwJI** 1 ** &•> at * .l 0t t .' wnc,e * and Brooks
of i. f jr .. it to be hoped that
to ,nan will **“ ‘-•alight and
•'‘ 10 l Jje we uV,i, u 2 tlce above waa
- ‘ irn from agL’i more authen
Sanvannah morning News
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
tic source that the stick Mr. Wilkins used to
strike the negro with was but a small two foot
rule, which he carried with him to measure
boxes. We learn, further, that the negro
walked away and not the slightest effort w*s
made to detain or follow and capture him. It
seems to us that under such circumstances
the neighborhood ought to have rose > masse
and in-tituted a thorough and determined
search and pursuit after the scoundrel.”
Flberton Aeics : “ A colored woman by the
name of Caroline McMahons was murdered
on the evening of the 22d of December, at the
residence of Mr. R. C. Adams, about four
voiles northeast of Eiberton. The evidence
elicited at the Coroner's inquest pointed to
one Alien Biackwell as the perpetrator of the
crime, and he was therefore arrested and is
now in jail to answer for the crime of murder.
It seems the deceased and Alien, although
Loth were married to other parties, had keen
too intimate, and that recently the deceased
had cast Allen aside for a more favored lover.
This enraged him so that he determined to
have revenge, on i he sought it by slipping up
to her house, where she. together with two
other co'ored women, was quilting, and shot
her through the head, killing her instantly.
The evidence against the accused is circum
stantial, but it Is said to be of the strongest
sort.”
Florida Affairs.
Shipments of oranges this season up to the
Ist instant by the Florida Dispatch Line to this
city alone amounted to fifty thousand boxes.
Tnis doet not include shipments to the North
and W. st via Jesup or Albany. From the data
at hand it is estimated that about one third of
the crop has been marketed. To those who
fear great damage to th 3 crop and trees by the
recent cold spell, we would say suspend
judgment until all the results are known. It
is very natural that all interested should be
uneasy at such an extraordinary cold wave,
but such matters are always exaggerated at
first, and wo expect that later reports will
greatly modify the situation, and it will turn
out that no very great damage t j the fruit,
and none to the bearing trees, ha3 been in
flicted. We expect to receive full and reliable
reports of the result of the cold visitation,
and will make them public as soon as they are
obtained.
The Ocala Danner says: “Ocala emerged
from the late cold snap without aa much as
having an orange leaf wilted or an orange in
jured. Surely we must he in the middle of the
tropical centre.”
With Its last Issue the Marianna Courier be
gins its sevente-nth volume. Its editor says
that the paper is upon a firmer basis than ever
before, and he will endeavor to merit a contin
uance of the liberal patronage heretofore be
stowed.
The Fernandina Mirror says that “never in
the history of Fernandina has there been so
much activity manifested on our docks as in
the present season. Everything appea-s to be
in excellent working order and tho work
moves along finely.”
The Sanford Journal says: “Mrs. Nancy
Bee k placed a half dozen sweet oranges on our
table last Saturday, grown on her place, a mile
and a half south of Sanford, that were won
ders to behold. The six weighed just seven
pounds. The largest weighed 22 ounces, and
measured 15J4 inchvs in circumference. Friend
Dave will have to look over his big oranges a
good while before he beats this.”
The Ocala Banner says; “We have carefully
examined orange after orange plucked from
the trees in and around Ocala since the late
cold snap, and if they have been injured in
the least, we have been unable to detect it.
The fruit on Orange Lake escaped injury, aud
is being shipped the same as before the
freeze.”
The St. Augustine Press propounds a sensi
ble conundrum. It says: “It is a singular
thing, and in fact something that we cannot
comprehend, that the majority of our farmers
instead of raising their own corn buy it at the
city stores. We do not extol the land in this
section for its ccru growing qualities, bur, still,
from fifteen to twenty-five bushels can be
raised to the acre, and this leads to the query:
Why don’t farmers plant more corn! ”
The Key West Democrat is in favor of the
troops stationed there b.-itig enlisted in that
c'ty. It reasons then there the garrison will be
at all times composed of acclimated soldiers,
who will not have to run and desert the post
whenever a case of yellow fever appears.
The lave Oak bulletin says: “We are in
formed by parties living in the “bend of the
river' that a larce number of settlers have
moved into that part of our county from eor
eia Some of them will settle permanently,
while others prefer trying the country for a
year before settling for good. We are satis
fled, however, after they have lived in the
‘bend’ one year they will remain for it is one
of the best parts of the State for parties desir
ing to engage in agricultural pur>uiw.”
Says the St. Augustine Press: ‘“From our
sources of information we learn that the
orange trees iu the vicinity of the city suf
fered much more severely from the late cold
weather than those in the country. We hear
of no serious injury to Trees in the country
precincts, although the fruit was S'nously
damaged. Trees about town have a sickly ap-
Searance. in striking contrast with their bril
ant verdure usual at this season of the year.”
Key West Democrat: “Edwin Albury, a
young lad about twelve years old, accidentally
shot bis forefinger, crushing the bone, by one
of those muzzle-loading toy pistols For
tunately, he was th- sufferer from his own
imprudence. In numbers of such cases some
Ciavmate’s head or breast stops the fatal
ulie\ and o'ten death intervenes. Is the boy
or parent to blame when they allow such toys
in the hands of their children!
Says the Orange County Reporter: “If a
man can ship two crates of tomatoes from on®
of the northern counties of the State to New i
York, in the month of December, and lealize
ten dollars per crate for them, why can he not
ship a hundred crates! If a man can ship two
or a hundred crates from one of the northern
counties, why cannot a hund’ed men in Orange
county, where it is four degrees warmer, ship
a hundred crat®3 each! ruppose they only
nett el three dollars per crate, there would slid
be an enormous p-oflt on them, and the $300,-
900 which this would add to the cash circula
tion of the county would make times lively i
here. This is no idle theorizing. It comes
within the range of easy possibilities, and can
be reached if tne right kind o’ an effort is put
forth.”
The following truly sensible remarts we
clip from the Palalka Herald: “The New
York Herald says that Semtor Jones is being
opposed for the office of Senator because he ,
once worked at a carpenter’s bench. This no
tice is followed by an interview that the Her
ald's reporter hai with Senator Jcnes at the j
New York Hotel. To read such stuff is u
-preme'y ridiculous in the minds of s-nsible
men In Florida There is not a particle nf
truth in the assertion. Every man in Florida
is the maker of Lis own character and fortune.
It defends not upon a man’s antecedents
as to wealth, or former ancestry, but upon his ,
qualifications, mentally and moraMy. A boot
black in Florida may rise to the first position
in the State or out of it, provided that he car
ries out his own name by an h< norable and
us-ful life. The truth is, the wonderful men
whose names are hiih upon the roll cf fame, |
were ob.cure, and had nothing to remind
them hut their genius and accomplishments.
'Honor and fame from no condition rise, act j
well your part, there all the honor lies.’ ” |
The editor of the Sumter Advance has met
with a serious accident. He says: “‘We were
burnt out of house and home on last Thursday
night about nine o’clock The fire originated
in the kitchen, but how it caught wi l forever j
remain a mys;ery. The kitchen hat been
closed up for the night, and when the fire was >
di*cov*red the intenor was in a so’W flame and
had burnt through the roof. Mrs Thomas had j
retired, and did not discover the fire until !
Charlie, her little boy, who was sick, asked for
a drink cf water, ard on opening the dining
room door the smoke rolled in, almost stifling
her, st that she barely had time to run
with her children before the flames came
hissing into her bed room. The house
burnt very rapidly, and everything in the
kitchen and dining room was burned but in
the bed rooms nearly everything was saved.
We, and especial y our sister, thank the citi
zens for the exertions they made to save the ,
building and furniture, and the sincere sympa
thy ana liberal dispo-ition to assist in erecting
anew residence. We would like to thank them
separately—they certainly deserve it—but we
hope to show our honest appreciation in a more
becomiug manner at some future time.”
Regarding the “cold wave,” the Sanford
Journal save : “A fearful snow storm and
intensely cold spell ranged through the coun
tty. North, South, East and West during Jast
week and approximated on to our usually
genial climate. On Thursday morning, the
30th uit. the mercury reached the lowest point
at this latitude, indicating l 8 degrees. There
was considerable frost and a thin coating of
ice could be detected on every shallow pud
dle of water. A oareful investigation recently |
has proved that nothing but the tenderest
plants and vegetables, such as bananas, sweet
potato tops, tomatoes, cucumbers, squashes
and melons, have been injured ta the least.
Simply the leaves of the har.anas have been
wil ed, and the warm weather will make the
staiks shoot forth a vigorous growth. Guava
bushes have not been kill©*, the ends of the
small leaves being bit* en and the leaves seared.
In another column Mr. Wellington *” e
effect on his garden, and a visit to Mr. G. K.
Sawyer’s garden, half a mile west of Sanford,
shows the tomato lops wilted and cncumbers
and squashes killed —nothing else injured. Hu
gardener ha* cut the tomato tops off, end says
a week’s sun and warmth will give them anew
top eight inches high. Oranges, lemons ana
limes —th> fruit as well as tee trees-are en
tirely uninjured.”
Mold Out to the Southern Kxprese
Company.
Montgomery, Ala., January 11.— The
Louisville and Nashville Railway Company a
Express Company offices ta New Orleans,
Mobt’e and Pensacola, and at all stations on
the New Orleans and Mobile, Mobile and
Montgomery, and Pensacola-Bailroada have
been closed, the agents relieved messen
gers withdrawn and property sold jnd de
livered to the Southern Express Company,
which is now In charge of the express ser
vice on the Louisville and Nashville Rati*
road lines.
THE NICARAGUAN CANAL.
A LETTER FROM GEN. GRANT.
Hie Views on the Nicaraguan Route
—Objections to the Panama Route
—The Encroaebmcnta of Foreign
Powers—A Recommendation to the
American People.
Chicago, January 11. —The Tribune to
day publishes a three-column article, writ
ten by General Grant, and containing his
views upon the proposed Nicaraguan canal,
to show the importance of water communi
cation across the American isthmus. He
reviews at length the trade between points
on the Pacific and points on the
Atlantic Ocean, and estimates the
amount of freight which would pass
through the proposed canal. He sum
marizes the objections to the Panama route,
and points out in detail the advantages
offered by the route through Nicaragua.
He then contrasts the rights of commerce
under the administration and management
of the Panama canal in the hands of au
independent company, derlvlog Its powers
from foreign governments, organ
ized on the pan of the Suez
canal, and the Nicaraguan canal, pro
tected by the government of that country
against all extortion. That there are other
advantages contained in the concession of
i the Nicaraguan Government and the pro
posed administration and management of
the Nicaraguan canal, there should be no
doubt in the mind of every American who
believes In the power and supremacy of
his government on this continent. The
concession is made to Americans, the so
ciety is made np of Americans, all the cor
porators are Americans, and the act of In
corporation is asked of an American Con
gress. Every step of this project recognizes
tae right of the United Btates to guard with
zealous care the American continent against
the tncroachments of foreign powers.
General Grant concludes as follows:
“ I commend an American canal on
American 6oil to the American people,
and I shall feel that I have added
one more act of my life to those
I have already recorded if I shall succeed
in impreesing upon CoDgress and the peo
ple the high value as a commercial and in
austrial enterprise, of this work, which, If
not accomDllsbed by Americans, will un
doubtedly bi accomplished by some of our
rivals In power and Influence.”
THE TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.
The Governor’s message—Satisfac
tory Administration ol the State—
A Railroad Commission—The State
Debt.
Nashvillb, January 11 —The Governor’s
message was read In the House of Repre
sentatives yesterday. In It be says the
administration of the State for the past
three years has cost less than
any period of two years for
twenty years. He also says: “Several
of the States of the Union have created,
with most satisfactory results, commissions
charged with the Investigation and regu
lation of the freight and passenger rates of
their railroads, and I recommend that you
create a like commission, charged with the
assessment of the raiiroads of the State and
the investigation of their freight and passen
ger rates, and clothed with 6uch powers
as may be necessary to enable It to enforce
I justice and equality in the regulation of
! their freight ami passenger rates.”
In regard to the State debt he says : “A
bill was adopted by the General Assembly
at Its last regular session, providing for a
settlement of the State debt. That
bill was the result of mutual concessions on
the part of the bondholders, the railroad
companies and the State, and was adopted
by the General Assembly. Iu the spirit of
| compromise I gave that bill my approval. I
still believe that eettlement, to be fair,
satisfactory and permanent, should em
body the compromises and principles
of that bill, and any settlement
more burdensome on the people than the
one proposed by it will fail to command
popular approval, which Is the only sure
rock upon which the public credit
can be built. A concession of the
ex' raordicary demands of the self
constituted bondholders’ committee
would, in my opinion, involve
the State in irretrievable embarrassments.
The State ha3 no income except a preca
rious and inconsiderable sum derived from
the State prison. Whatever is paid upon
the State debt, aside from the amount con
tributed by the railroad companies, roust be
raised by taxation. Ia the adjustment of
j the debt practical statesmanship will recog
nize the fact that the settlement of the debt
upon the basis of the bill adopted
at the last session will require the payment
of a larger annual sum, In proportion to the
value of the taxable property of the State,
than is paid by taxation by any other State
in the Union upon its public debt, nor will
the fact be ignored tint there is a possibili
ty, to say the least of it, that the outstand
ing issue of the Bank of Tennessee may be
come an embarrassing charge upon the
Treasury.”
THE FIRE RECORD.
A $20,000 Conflagration at Bartlett,
Tennessee—Two Powder Kxplo*
slons.
Memphis, January 11.—At four o’clock
this morning a fire at B irtlett, Tennessee,
destroyed the store house occupied by
Shore & Bros., W. B. Williamson, Dr. W.
T. Blackwell, and Wright <fe Moody. The
total loss is about $20,000. Insured for
$3,500. The fire originated iu the store
house of Shore & Bros., which contained a
keg of powder, the explosion of which
awakened the town. The explosion and the
efforts of the citizens who formed them
selves Info a bucket brigade alone pre
vented the eDtlrc destruction of the town.
Detroit, January 11.—The 6tore and
stock of groceries, etc., of J. P. Andrews*
Cos., at Climax, Kalamezoo county, were
blown to pieces last eventag by an explo
sion of one hundred pounds of powder.
Twelve persons were Injured, nine very
badiy. _
GOVERNOR OF MAINE.
The Committee Report In Favor of
Harris ill. Plaltted.
Augusta, Maine, January 11. —The com
mittee on the Gubernatorial votes reas
sembled this eventag and received the certi
fied returns from Vassalboro and Morrill.
The committee then voted to make the fol
lowing report:
The joint select committee on the Guber
natorial votes, having attended to their duty,
ak leave to report that the whole number
of vote* cast was 147,802. Harris M.
Plaistcd bad 73,713, Daniel F. Davis
73 544, Joshua Nye 309, William A. Joy
124, Harrison M. Piaisted 57, scattering
55; and Harris M. Piaisted having received
a plurality of all the votes cast is duly
elected Governor of the State of Maine for
1881 and 1882.” This report will be pre
sented to the Senate to-morrow.
A murderer Lynched.
Memphis, January 11.—Information has
reached here of a lycchtDg night before
last st Providence, La. Taking advantage
of the absence of Bheriff Powell,
who is In New Orleans to answer the
charge of murder of Dr. Jones, editor of
the Republican, a mob broke into the iailand
took out James Brown and hanged him to a
bmp post. Brown had murdered City Mar
shall Maguire a year ago, and Maguire’s
friends were tired of the tardiness of jus
tice. No arrests have been made.
Free Fight In a Church.
Cincinnati, January 11. —Telegrams re
port a fight having occurred in Bethany
Baptist Church, Pulaski county, Ky., last
Sunday, In which knives were freely used,
and one man was fatally cut. The row
started by the Deacons attempting to sit In
the same pews with the ladles whom they
had brought there, which Is contrary to the
rules.
Marine Engineer*.
St Louis. Jauuary li —The seventh an
nual convention of the Marine Engineers’
National Association met hero to day, with
Pre-Ident A. L. Foote, of Baltimore, in the
chair, and W. H. Merideth, of Cincinnati,
Secretary. The association Is a secret one,
and theMteioa will be held with closed
doors.
100,000 witnesses will testify to the virtues
of Dr. Tufct’s Pills. Wherever Chill and
Fever, Bilious Diseases or Liver Affections
prevail they have proven a great blessing.
Readers, a single trial will convince you
that this is no catch-penny medicine. Ten
years’ test has established their merits.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1881.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Congressional Proceedings The
Abuse of the Franking Privilege-
Opposition to the Panama Canal—
Th® Bill to Place Gen. Grant on the
Retired Llst-Conteated Election
Cases.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, D. C., January 10.—In the
Senate, Mr. Windom, from the Committee
on Appropriations, reported with one
amendment (merely an addition of S3OO for
purchasing a theodolite), the military
academy appropriation bill, which was
placed on the calendar.
Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Mili
tary Affairs reported, with an amendment,
the bill for the relief of Brigadier General
E. O. C. Ord.
Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on Fi
nance, reported in favor of the House bill to
amend a section of the Revised Statutes eo
as to authorize a charge for melting or re
fining bullion when at or above the stand
ard.
Mr. CameroD, from the Military Com
mittee, reported adversely the bill to reor
ganize aud discipline the militia of the
United States, and it was indefinitely post
poned.
Mr. Wallace, from the Committee on the
Revision of Laws, reported favorably em
powering Clerks of District and Circuit
Courts to administer oaths, take acknowl
edgments, etc., in the s me manner as
Commissioners of said courts in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The tramp act, for the punishment of
vagrancy, was then taken up, and led to a
long debate, at the conclusion of which it
was laid aside without action.
The Senate then took up the bill for the
relief of Ben Holliday, and pending the
conclusion of debate thereon the Benate
adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Hoise, Mr. Blackburn, of Ken
tucky, stated that some time during the
session a resolution had been adopted call
ing on the Postmaster General for Informa
tion as to abuses iu the transmission of
matter through the mails under the fraDk
of members of the Benate or House. He
understood there was a voluminous reply in
the Speaker’s hands,and he therefore offered
the following:
“Whereas, Charges have been made that
the laws of the United S’ates have been
violated bv sending through the mails,
under the franks of members of the House
and Senate, matter not authorized to be
sent without the payment of postage; there
fore,
lie*deed. That a seltct committee of five
members be appointed by the Speaker to
examine into said charges and all other
abuses that may be brought to its attention
connected with the transmission of docu
ments, letters, etc., through the malls.
The resolution waa adopted and the
House, at 12:35 p m., went into committee
of the whole on the Indian appropriation
bill.
The pending amendment was one offered
by Mr. Uiscock, appropriating ten thousand
dollars for the expenses of the Indian Com
micsion. After some debate It was adopt
ed, ss were also several other unimportant
amendments. The committee then rose and
reported the bill to the House, when His
cock’s amendment was rejected and the bill
passed.
The Speaker then announced the names
of the members appointed as a committee to
investiga’e the abuses of the franking privi
lege, and laid before the House a message
from the President relative to an interna
tional congress of electricians to be held in
Paris next September.
The House then adjourned.
contested election cases.
The Elections Committee of the House to
day, on the motion of Col. Mike L. Woods,
counsel tor Gen. Shelley, dismissed the con
test of Haralson versus Shelley, from the
Fourth Alabama district.
In the case of O’Hara vs. Kitchen, from
the Second North Carolina district, counsel
for O’Hara asked for an extension of time
In which to prepare his brief. The com
mittee voted to allow him five days, and to
allow Representative Kitchen ten days
thereafter In which to file his reply.
opposition to the panama canal.
The House Committee on Foreign Af
fairs listened to arguments to-day upon
the general subject of the Pan
ama ship canal, in connection with
Representative Crapo’s bill declaring
that enterprise hostile to the established
policy of the United States. Speeches in
opposition to the proposed canal and In
favor of Crapo’s bill were made by
Messrs. Crapo, Thorndike, Rice and others.
The Nicaraguan Minister and Captain Eads
and his counsel were among those present,
GRANT AND THE RETIRED LIST.
Senator Logan, In the Senate Committee
on Military Affairs this morning, called up
his bill to place General Grant on the retired
lis’, with the rank and full pay of a General
of the army. After a warm discussion,
further consideration of the subject was
postponed until the next meeting.
THE KELLOGG RESOLUTIONS.
The Committee on Privileges and Ejec
tions of the Senate to day Instructed their
Chairman, Mr. Saulsbury, to report the
Kellogg resolutions to the Senate and press
them to a vote.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, January 11. —Indications for Wed
nesday:
In the South Atlantic States, areas of rain
with partly cloudy and clearing weather,
northeast to northwest winds,nearly station
ary temperature, and slowly rising barome
ter.
In the Middle S’ates, light snow with
partly cloudv weather, a slight rise followed
by falling barometer, north and northeast
winds shifting to west and south, and slight
changes in temperature.
In the Gulf Btates, slightly warmer and
clear or fair weather, winds generally from
west to south, stationary or slowly falling
barometer.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, clear
or clearing weather, sou’h to west winds, a
slight rise in temperature, and in the west
ern portion falling barometer.
Senatorial Nominations.
Columbus, Ohio, January 11—The Re
publicans of both branches of the .Legisla
ture met to night in open caucus and nomi
nated John Sherman for United States
Senator by acclamation.
Hartford. Conn., January 11.— The Re
publican legislative caucus to night unani
mously nominated Gen. Joseph Hawley as
a candidate for United States Senator.
San Francisco, January 11.— At Sacra
mento to day the Assembly balloted for
United States* Senator, wih the following
result: General Miller (Rep.) 42, Judge
Wallace (Dem.) 34, scattering 4.
A dispatch from Carson City, Nevada,
says both houses to-day voted for United
States Senator. It resulted as follows:
Wrenn —Senate 14, Assembly 7. Fair—
Senate 10, Assembly 41. Dagget—Senate 1,
Assembly none.
luge Coach Captured bv Indians.
Galveston, January It —A special from
Fort Davis says: “Mr. Bain, of El Paso,
reported that the west bound stage was
captured January Bby Indians in Quitman
canon, one hundred miles west of here.
The driver and team were killed, and every
thing, including the malls, were cut to
pieces and carried away.”
Colored Methodists.
Petersburg, Va., January 11.— The
semi annual session of the Bishops of the
A. M. Episcopal Zion Churches of America,
which was held here to-day, adjourned to
meet in Washington to-morrow. Delegates
will beta attendance) from Colorado, New
York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and
probably other Btates.
Snow Storm In Texas.
Galveston, January 11. —The News epe
cials say; “At Taylorsville snow fell all day
Sunday- It was one of the heaviest snow
storms ever seen in this region. Snow fell
to the depth of three inches yesterday at
Rusk. Six inches of snow fell Saturday and
the mercury was down to zero.”
A Plot Discovered.
London, January 11. —The Standard has
the following special dispatch :
“Bombat, January 10.—A plot to depose
the Rajah and massacre all tbe European
residents while in church, has been discov
ered at Kalapore, and 27 natives have been
arrested.”
Population of Louisiana.
Washington, January 11.— The popula
tion of Louisiana,according to the schedules
returned to the Census Office by the enume
rators, is as follows: Males 468,911, females
471,359; native bom 886,119, foreign 54,141;
white 455,063, colored 485,200.
That true friend to all suffering with colds
and coughs, Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, will
always help and never disappoint you, as do
other eough remedies. jan!2 It
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
#
A DAI OF UNPRECEDENTED SPE
CULATION.
Rapid Advance. Decline and Reac>
tlon In Western Union and Ameri
can Union—A Consolidation Ru
mor the Cause of the Upward
Movement— Large Sales of Krle —
An Advance In the General Llet—
The flootatlosa for Panama Stack.
New York, January 11.—Stock specula
tion to-day was on a scale of magnitude
eeldom equaled, and at times the market
was excited. The principal features of the
dealings were Erie (of which 71,000 shares
were sold up to noon) and telegraph shares,
Western Union selling up from
98 to 103, returning to 98, recovering
to 102, and closing at 101%, while
American Union rose from 79 to 89, reacted
to 84%, and closed at 85%. The upward
movement In these stocks was due to a
rumor that a basis of consolidation between
the two companies had been agreed upon,
under which it is said Western Union will
be rated at 105, and American Union at 90.
In the general list prices advanced % to
2% per cent. .Wabash Pacific preferred lead
ing the upward movement. This was fol
lowed by a reaction of % to 2 per cent., in
which Reading was most prominent, but
during the afternoon prices again took an
upward turn and an advance of %to 3 per
cent., took place, which was most marked
in Reading, Louisville and New Albany,
Wabash Pacific preferred, and Houston and
Texas, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy de
clined 2 per cent., Chicago and Alton 1 per
cent , Michigan Central and Canada Bouth
ern % per cent, on the day’s transactions.
Panama sold at 220, and closed at 216 bid.
The transactions aggregated 588,000 shares.
The Post's financial article to day says:
“I*. Is a very active day at the S’ock Ex
change, and there has been continued excite
ment in telegraph stocks, although nothing
has been added to the stock of trustworthy
information respecting the relation of the
Western Union to the American Union. If
the two companies are to be worked in har
mony the present prices are not unreason
able. If they are not to be so worked, then
the present prices are high. Neither of the
stocks can now be touched, one way or the
other, on present public information, with
out taking gambling risks.”
THE HOME RULERS AND LIB
ERALS.
The Coercion Bill—Dissatisfaction at
the Proposed Changes In the Land
System— Rumored Resignation of
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—
The State Trials Adjourned TUI
Thursday.
London, January 11.—At a meeting of the
Home Rule members of Parliament yester
day it was decided that Messrs. Parnell,
McCarthy and Gray should move amend
ments in the House of Commons to Mr.
Gladstone’s proposal to give precedence to
the coercion bills.
Yesterdav’s meeting of the English and
Irish Liberals to express dissatisfaction at
the Incompleteness of the charges proposed
1 1 the land system is attracting much atten
tion.
The Daily News this morning says: “It has
become abundantly manifest that a strong
measure will receive abundant support,
while a weak one will cause defections from
the Liberal ranks and strengthen the hands
of the House of Lords.”
The Tones savs: “A body of politicians,
English as well as Irish, are conveying a
menace, not in words, but quite intelligibly,
that uuless sweeping changes in the land
system, goiDg far beyond the lines of the
act of 1870, are proposed, a stand will be
made against coercion.”
A correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian mentions, with some degree of
credit, a rumor that Earl Cowper desires to
resign the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ire
land, principally, however, for private
reasons.
More than forty-five members of Parlia
ment were present at the meeting of the
English and Irish Liberals yesterday, and
only about five represented Irish con
stituencies.
The Newcastle Chronicle, of which paper
Mr. Joseph Cowen (Radical), tho member
for Newcastle on-Tyne, is the proprietor,
publishes the following from a London cor
respondent, who is believed to be one of
the members present at the meeting.
None of those at the meeting
could be classed as Whigs. A'l were sin
cere admirers aud adherents of Mr. Glad
stone: “The j >tnt deputation of Home
Rule and Liberal members of Parliament
which is to wait on Mr. Glad
stone on Wednesday will urge that
it is essential, in order to se
cure unity and enthusiasm among the
Liberals in Parliament and contentment
in Ireland, that the land bill shall include a
comprehensive scheme of peasant proprie
tary, accompanied by the “three F’s.” The
bill as hitherto sketched by the government
would annihilate the Liberal party in Ire
land. The Libera! members who are par
ticipating in the present movement will re
main faithful to their party, however
halting the land bill may be, but they will
be disappointed and some of them soured.
It is quite possible that some of the mem
bers of the administration may carry their
dissatisfaction to the length of resigning.
The government must decide whether they
will rely on their more pronounced follow
ers, representing populous constituencies or
on country gentlemen.”
In the House of Commons this evening
the debate on the address was resumed.
Mr. Mitchell W. Henry, Liberal and Home
Rule member for county Galway, said the
government had not administered the ex
isting law in Ireland as they might have
done, and the course the government now
proposed was not likely to restore order.
He condemned the hateful system of “Boy
cotting,” and declared that he had always
refused to join the Land League.
Sir Farrer Hertctael, Solicitor General,
said the object of the present movement In
Ireland was the disintegration of the em
pire. It was time some effectual remedy be
applied, and the law be made strong enough
to cope with the unwritten code of the
Lind League, which embraced terror,
coercion, murder and mutilation.
After a powerful speech by the Marquis
of Hartington and a violent speech by Mr.
Healy, Home Rule member for Wexford,
the debate was again adjourned.
The English and Irish members of Par
liament who are arranging for a deputation
to wait on Mr. Gladstone In relation to
Irish land reform, to-day held a
numerously attended meeting, at which
Mr. Wm. Shaw, Home Rule mem
ber for counly Cork, deprecated
the Idea of British members forming a part
of the deputation, for fear Mr. Gladstone
might consider it as an attempt to dictate,
but it was arranged that he be informed of
their desire for a strong land bill.
Dublin, January 11.—Proceedings In the
case of the traversers were not open to day
until Ip. m. Mr. McDonough, of counsel
for the traversers, was again absent,
being ill. Counsel for the Crown,
announced that their case was
complete with the exception of the evi
dence of one witness, who is now on his
way from London. In consequence of the
Indisposition of Mr. McDonough the court
granted an adjournment till Thursday next.
Attached by Creditors.
Memphis, January 11.—Lechtensteln &
Cos., merchants, doing business at Vaiden
and Grenada, Miss., have been attached by
New Orleans and New York creditors, rep
resenting nearly $50,000. The estimated
indebtedness of the firm Is SIOO,OOO and the
assets nominally $125,000 (?).
Republican Success In tbe French
Elections.
Paris, January 11 —The exteat of the
success of the Republicans at the municipal
elections Is Indicated by the fact that they
are thought to have carried ninety com
munes out of one hundred and eight iu
Corsica.
A Russian Victory.
St. Petersburg, January 11.—The In
vestment of Geok-Tepe has been effected
by Generals Skourapatklne and Skobeloff,
by an attack on the trenches of the Tekke
Turcomans, which lasted three days. The
Russian lose was small, while that of the
Tekke Turcomans is reported to be enor
mous.
The Basutos Repulsed*
London, January 11. —A dispatch from
Capetown to Reuter’s Telegram Company
sayaa large force of Basutos attacked Major
Carrington’s pickets on tbe 6th Inst., and,
after a severe engagement, the Basutos re
tired with heavy loss. The colonial loss
waa trifling.
Nothing is too good for our baby—no, not
even Cuticura Soap.
THE WORLD’S FAIR.
Yesterday’s Meeting of tbe Commis
sion—Assistance iron Congress-
Responsibility ot tbe Executive
Committee Resignation of Ex*
Mayor Cooper.
Nbw York, January 11.—The World’s
Fair Commission reassembled to day at the
City Hall. Tbe consideration of the report
of the Executive Committee was resumed.
The section recommending an application to
Congress for additional financial assistance
was adopted, as was also the section re
questing Congress to admit foreign goods
free of duty, constituting the exhibition
buildings a bonded warehouse.
The financial section of the report of the
Executive Committee recommending an
amendment to the by laws, in order that the
responsibility of the Commissioners may be
more equally divided, and that a permanent
Executive Committee of fifty Commission
ers be elected, gave rise to much discussion.
Ex-Mayor Cooper again took the floor in
antagonism to the proposition. An amend
ment was finally offered to the report of the
Executive Committee, ordering that a per
manent Executive Committee shall be
elected, to consist of not mot* than fifty
members, and the executive officers of
the Commission added thereto, twenty five
of that number to consist of the Committee
of Finance and twenty-five !o be nominated
to the committee by the President and
elected on the call of the roll. The Execu
tive Committee thus constituted shad have
the management of ail financial matters, ex
cept that which by act of Congress belongs
to the Committee of Finance.
Sixty three Commissioners voted in favor
of this amendment and two (ex -Mayor
Cooper and Wm. L. Strong) against it.
Ex-Mayor Cooper said he was not in ac
cord with the members of the Executive
Committee, and therefore decided to resign
the chairmanship.
Mr. Harris eaid that he knew that it was
the general wish of the Executive Commit
tee that the resignation of Mr. Cooper be
accepted. A vote on its acceptance was
taken and carried.
The chair appointed as the committee Dr.
Newman, Jas. Talcott, Col. Algernon S.
Sullivan, Wm. A. Cole and Cornelius N.
Bliss, to report a plan of permanent organ
ization. and to suggest names for perma
nent i fficers of the body to morrow.
The Commissioners from out of town will
be entertained this evening at Delmonico’s.
LETTER FROM BERRIEN COUN
TS GEORGIA.
A Quiet Christinas—Tbe Cold Snap-
County Elections—Town Improve*
meats—Tropical Fruits Kilted bv
the Froat—Tbe Turpentine aad
Lumber Business—Condition of tbe
Farmers.
Alapaha, Ga , January 9. —Editor Morning
News: After a silence of more than two years,
I again undertake the pleasant task of inditing
a few lines for your deservedly popular jour
nal.
Christmas passed quietly here, no difficulty
having occurred to mar the pleasures of the
occasion. John B. Corn, however, was nu
merously on hand, and seemed to exert con
siderable influence over the knee-joints of
some of our “gay and festive” youths.
The weather throughout the holidays was
bitterly cold; in fact, the coldest experienced
here for more than a quarter of a century, and
there has been but little abatement in the
fierce north breath up to this writing. Cattle
are suffering severely, and it is feared the loss
in lambs will be very heavy, as the “lambing
season ’ has just commenced.
Our county election—the last of the “series”
for a couple of years—passed off quietly, and,
X believe, the result is mainly satisfactory. I
notice a growing disposition on the part of the
people to run men for office who are capable
of filling them. Heretofore popularity, and
not competency, has had too much to do with
obtaining county, as well as State officers.
Our town is improving rapidly. There are
now six scores of general merchandise and
three barrooms. The latter combine groce
ries, with the retailing of “bug juice.” An
academy and several new residences will s 'on
be erected, and everything indicates a healthy
boom for 1881.
Nearly throughout the whole of last winter
we enjoyed the balmy weather of the tropics,
and banaua and other tropical trees flourished.
Now, where not closely sheltered, they are
“withered aad gone”—killed, at least to the
ground.
Tne turpentine and lumber business is as
suming large proportions along the Brunswick
and Albany Railroad, new mills being erected
and new turpentine farms being opened al
most weekly. No finer belt of timber ever
greeted the eye of the timberman than that
which stood between Albany and Brunswick
six or eight years ago; but huge gaps have
been made in it since that time, and nearly
every part of the habitable globe has been
benefited thereby. The supply, however, is
not nearly exhanstel, and will not be probably
during our time.
L-st year our farmers generally made good
corn and cotton crops, and the condition of
that important class of our people is much
better, financially, than any year since the
war. Another good crop year and old Berrien
will be as solid as a brick. H. W. J.
LETTER FROM KINGSLEY, FLA.
Slight Damage to the Orange Groves
by the Late Freeze—lmmigration
from the North—Heavy Rainfall-
Temple’s Mills.
Klnjsley. Jauuary 10.— Editor Morning
Sews: The time now having sufficiently elaps
ed to show what damage was done by the late
freeze,we find it to be far less than at first sup
posed, only the tender, late growth of the
oranee trees being injured and most of the
leaves killed. Not an orange grove here could
be bought for less than before the freeze. The
tram road is now completed to Kingsley and In
successful operation.
Messrs. Strong & Ladd have opened a store
atKirgsley, and are doing a good business,
much better than they at first expected, and
all they lack is their subscription to the News
to make them happy.
The continued immigration from the North
to this place is somewhat remarkable, and the
cry is “still they come,” and what is best of all
they are just the class of citizens we want
men and women of energy, pluck and perse
verance. We have now been having one of the
heaviest rainfalls that this part of Florida has
experienced in several years, and still the
clouds indicate more rain.
At Temple's Mills, Mr. Temple Is still pushing
his business with his accustomed energy,
having it tely cleared two vessels loaded with
lumber for different ports, and now has
another in port ready to load. He also has
commenced making vegetable crates for the
spring trade, which now promises to be un
usually large. Mr. Temple has also lately pur
chased 22.&0 acres more land, in order to sup
ply his growing demand for timber, and will
before long have tramroads from various
directions leading to his mills.
A lima burner, now en route from Pennsyl
vania, will in a short time begin burning lime
at his place. ,W. Lake,
The Population of Georgia.
Washington, January 11.—The Census
Bureau furnishes the following as the pop
ulation of the Btatc of Georgia: Males, 761,-
152; females, 777,831; natives, 1,528,673; for
eign, 10,310; white. 814,218; colored, 724,765.
Total 1,538,983.
Fatal Railway Collision.
London, January IL—A dispatch from
Paris to the Times says: “A railway colli
sion has occurred near Chale Thierry in
which two persons were killed and thirteen
injured.”
Steamer Ashore.
London, January 11.—The steamer Prince
Frederick Carl, from New Orleans for
Reval, went ashore while entering the latter
port, and remained with her forehold full
of water.
Tinged with the Romantic.— The
Chicago Tribune has a telegram from
BloomiDgton, 111., January Ist, saying:
On Friday morning John B. Martin ar
rivei in Atlanta, 111., from Piltsburg,
Pa., and was quietly married to a Jaay
who arrived in that place about three
weeks ago, and had keen introduced as
Miss Green, from Baltimore. Md. It
seems that she was divorced from Mar
tin, who is a manufacturer in Pittsburg,
about five months ago,afterwards coming
to Atlanta, where she has relatives and
friends residing. It is also said that the
lives of Martin and his wife are some
what tinged with the romantic; that they
have been already married five different
times. Mrs. Martin is a lovely and ac
complished woman, the eldest daughter
of a Presbyterian churchman of Balti
more.
Tbe Roll of Honor.
The progress of many & bright and promis
ing scholar is often arrested and discourage
ment brought on by absence from school
caused in so many cases by a cougb, cold or
sore throat. Give Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup
and let your chiidaen answer “present”
when the roll is called. jan!2-lt
FROM FLORIDA'S CAPITAL
THE VICTORIES OF JACK FROST.
Flora Vanquished—How to Thaw
Oranges—Middle Florida Fair—
Everybody Come !—JTndge Fourth
Circuit—Relief for the Governor-
Senate Chamber—Assembly Hall-
Give the People a Chance—Room
for the Ladles—Gamblers— Mad and
Water—Proceedings of Legislature
-Bills, Etc.
Tallahassee, January 10.—It is painful to
see what destruction has been effected upon
; the beautiful gardens of this city by the
! withering touch of Jack Frost’s fingers. Talla
; hassee has long been noted for the taste aDd
: fondness of her fair daughters for rare flow
ers and choice shrubbery. Ei : her the soil or the
care of the ladies (the latter more probably)
had made of this city a fit abode for the resi
dence of Flora, and at all seasons of
: the year her charming family dis
played their graces and perfumed
; the passing breezes. Now the scene is
I sadly changed. The rosebuds droop, blighted,
| from the bushes, and the elegant japonicas
| have ceased to arrest the gaze of their admir
! era. Geraniums aud hot house plants of all
descriptions have perished, and even the
hardy violets have fared badly. Not a single
button-hole bouquet have 1 seen decorating the
manly breast of an unmarried Senator or As
| semblyman since my arrival. During the last
! session such tokens of feminine regard were
frequent.
5 he great clumps of banana piants have suc
cumbed and their huge fronds lie trailing in
j the dust. All of tbe oranges were destroyed,
\ and the trees appear to be seriously injured,
i A good joke is told of a prominent and success
! ful planter in this county. The morning after
j the freeze he gathered several thousands of
oranges, and hoping to save them by thawing
them gradually, had them emptied into his
j cistern. Imagine his surprise on looking into
that receptacle shortly after to find the water
converted info a solid mass of tee. He reached
the conclusion that his experiment was a
failure.
The Middle Florida Fair will be opened next
Tuesday. Excursion tickets are offered at very
low rates, the round trip tickets from Jackson
ville being put at only five dollars. This in
ducement, when, coupled with other attrac
tions, should secure a large attendance. A
number of trotting and running horses have
arrived to participate in the races, and there
wiil no be dearth of other amusements. This is a
fine country for live stock, at)d there promises
to be a good display in that department. The
notable housewives of Leon, Uadsden, Jeffer
son, Madison and Wakulla will again gather
laurels fer the many specimens of their skill
and industry which they have prepared for the
occasion.
The Judgeship of the Fourth Judicial Circuit,
the most important in the State, will be as
! signed either to 001. C. P. Cooper or F. P.
Fleming, Esq., both of Jacksonville, with the
chances in favor of the latter. Tiiese gentle
men are both competent and of unquestioned
integrity, and the ermine would rest gracefully
upon the shoulders of either. This is the only
vacancy of this ch Trader to be supplied.
It is surmis'd that A. W. Owens, Fsq , cf
Jacksonville, will be appointed State Attorney
of the same circuit.
The action of the State Convention in re
ferring the election of county officers to the
Democratic electors has relieved the Governor
of an enormous amount of trouble. The re
sponsibility of these selections now rests upon
I the people. While the Governor, as a rule,
will probably recommend the names of those
elected, for confirmation by the Senate, it
would be his duty as well as privilege to with
j hold such as. in his judgment, are incompe
tent. It is not unlikely that such cases mav
! arise, and that the Governor may consider it
his duty to override the will of the people for
the State’s welfare.
The Senate Chamber is a comfortable apart
ment, provided with neat desks of black wal
nut, of uniform size and appearance. Anew
carpet wosld add greatly to the general effect.
Proper atten ion has not been given to the
room provided for the Assembly. The desks
are rudely made and without uniformity. While
they might answer for a cross-roads public
school, they are certainly unsuitable for the
comfort and dignity of the lower branch of the
Legislature. An appropriation should be mate
at once to provide more convenient as
well as more appropriate furniture. A stuffed
bald-headed eagle is perched over the head of
the Speaker, and with its outstretched wings,
keen talons and formidable beak looks as if it
was momentarily about to swoop down upon
the presiding officer. This bird is not a credi
table specimen of the skill of the taxidermist,
and Its drooping wings and general rumpled
condition do not present a good type of our
national emblem. Neither the British lion or
che Gallic cock would tremble greatly at the
sight of such an antagonist.
Another want should be, if possible, supplied
in both houses, in the shape of larger and bet
ter accommodations for spectators. The space
allowed to outsiders is limited, end thesetats
provided are coarse, rough benches, with
out backs. Only a few persons can obtain ad
mission, and the majority of (hesejare forced
to stand ud during en interesting debate.
Graybeard as I am. 1 would like to see tbe fair
daughters of Florida frequently gracing with
their presence the deliberations of the Legis
1-ture, and bending forward with eager
interest to catch the glowing sen
tences and brilliant imagery of the
honorable ihember from . Would not
the wits of Mr. , of , be sharpened,
the force of his logic be increased, and the
pungency of his satire be intensified, if he wa3
conscious that the soft eyes of the charming
Miss were admiring his graceful gestures,
and that her ears were drinking in every word
of bis entrancing eloquenc \ Every bachelor
in the eapitol, and a large majority of the
Benedicts, willjindorse the suggestion. A place,
then, for tbe ladies.
Several “sports” are here and doubtless find
victims among the crowds that attend the
Legis’ature, The statute that now permits
several games of chance should be repealed,
and these vultures should be either driven < ff
or forced to earn a more decent livelihood
The good of the community and the credit of
the State demand a change in the present law.
Look to this matter, gentlemen of the Legis
lature.
Mud, mud, inud everywhere! There has
been but one fair day since the birth of the
new year, and Piuvius, in an angry mood,
appearato have knocked the bott tm out of the
clouds, and to be emptying upon us all of his
wrathful vials. Influenza has laid its depress
ing grip upon almost everybody, and tbe
g'.oomy weather has taken the starch out of
mental energy, as well as out of glossy linen.
The race track at the Fair Grounds will hardly
permit the fast stock to sustain their former
records. Heavy thunder and vivid lightning
were features of yesterday.
In the Senate, the following bills were intro
duced. I propose to give only such as possess
a general interest:
Mr. McKinne—An act relating to the payment
of costs in case * of larceny.
Mr. McKav—An act to amend an act to pre
vent excessive rates of pilotage.
By Senator Crawford—An act to establish a
Department of Agriculture for the State of
Florida.
The special subjects treated of in tho Gover- :
nor's message were refereed to the appro- ;
priate committees in both houses. Nothing of
importance was done by the Legislature and
both branches adjourned early. Resolutions
were adopted in the Senate to appoint com- !
mittees to visit the convict camp and lunatic
asylum. W. H. B.
Crazed by a Vis-on of Wealth.—
Justice IleHry A. Moore, in Brooklyn,
yesterday, appointed Dr. J. D. Rush*
more, H. B. Hubbard and Jacob Cole
commissioners to pass upon the sanity
of Henry D. Peck, au insurance broker
of 115 President street, Brooklyn, who
is now an inmate of the Bloomingdale
Asylum for the insane. The petitioner
in the proceedings is John M. Hicks, tho
alleged lunatic’s father in-law, who
swears that early in November Mr. Peck
began to boast of lus wealth and to
speak of having half a million dollars.
He ordered a $2,500 set of diamonds
from Tiffany & Cos., and justified him- |
self by saying that he bad $500,000 in
stocks, all paid for. He claimed that
he had also policies for $300,000 in- j
surance upon his life. He pretended to
have 10,000 shares of Ontario and
Western stock and 20,000 shares of
Northwestern common stock, all paid
for. Dr. Charles Corey submitted an
affidavit that Mr. Peck was suffering
from softening of the brain. —New York
Sun, 6 th.
The Indians Turn Off the Gas.—
A delegation of five Otto Indians arrived
in Washington Thursday night for the
purpose or having a conference with
the Secretary of the Interior about re
moving their people to Indian Territory.
Upon retiring, not being accustomed to
gas, they blew out their lights aud ar
tempted to get a rest after their long and
tiresome journey. They had rooms at
the Tremont House. Their condition
was discovered after they had been in
bed nearly an hour, and they were found
in a nearly suffocated condition. After
expressing themselves in a very decided
manner over tbe disagreeable smell they
retired again, this time the gas having
been properly turned off.
The total distribution of silver dollars
from the New Orleans mint during the
last six months has been $5,597,000, of
which there has been seat to Texas
$1,677,500, Louisiana $1,379,000, Mis
sissippi $856,500, Alabama $672,500,
Georgia $326,000, Tennessee $329,500,
Arkansas $123,500, Florida $87,000.
Disease prevented and medical bills lessen
ed by a timely use of Malt Bitters.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
LETTER FROM JACKSONVILLE.
Suspension ot tbe Sun and Press-
Claims of the Union—State Con*
▼lets—Bad Nettctabori-Geod News
from the Orange Groves—Oar Sol
dier Bots—County end City Statis
tics—A Good Riddance—Beuator
Jones—Keep Him Where He Is—
The State Pair— Legislative Con
test.
Jacksonville, Fla., January 10.—The Inter
eats of our growing city should not be neglect
ed during the temporary absence of your regu
lar correspondent, and so I will ask permis
sion for a limited space occasionally in your
columns. I will not venture to discuss the
! grave topics of State and national politics and
i similar heavy subjects, and propose only to
| you a passing sketch of what is said and
and done, from week to week, in tills little
metropolis.
! The suspension of tbe Sun and Press lasi
week leaves only three Republican papers in
the State, the Republican, of Ocala, the Ricar
dian, o r Tampa, and the Press, of St Augus
tine. The former is a sickly sheet, poorly
edited and miserably printed, and the sooner
its demise occurs the better.
It has been known for some time that the
Sun and Press was heavily embarrassed, and
that its creditors were clamorous for the set
tlement of their claims. The materials of th 9
office were sold some months since, under fore
closure of mortgage, the publication of the
paper, however, being permitted to continue,
in consequence of the understanding that a
settlement would be effected The patience of
the creditors at last was exhausted, and the
Sheriff, under an order of the Circuit Court,
took possession of the property last Tuesday.
Every effort made to obtain assistance from
the Republican party has so far failed The
j course of the piper has made it many enemies
among the Democrats, wh le it could number
but few friends in its own party. Had the
j management of the Sun and Press been more
J liberal and colculated to promote, rather than
I injure the interests of Florida, its fate might
! have caused some sympathy. As it is, there
I is very little regret expressed.
As the Union is now the only journal in the
| State that issues a daily edition and that pub
lishes the press dispatches, it is to be hoped
| that it will reip the reward to which it is
, entitled from ils long and arduous services.
Jacksonville and surrounding country can sup
i port one paper handsomely, and the Union
should receive a large and remunerative pat
; ronage.
j All of the State convicts, numbering 125,
| have been leased for two years to the East
i Florida Railroad Company, and will bs ern
| ployed on the construction of the Waycros*
i connection A stockade for their security is
I now being built a few miles from this city. Our
| community is not par icularly delighted with
! the proximity of so largo a number of crimi
nals, and the hope is general that the most
ample precautions will be taken for their safe
keeping. 'J he contractors pay 815 a year for
; each convict, and agree to incur all expenses
| after conviction, to receive them from the
different jails, and to furnish guards, food,
i clothing and medical attention.
: Six prisoners were sentenced by Judge Archt
i bald to the penitentiary last week, for various
! periods, amounting in the aggregate to twenty
five years and six months. Ben Bird, convicted
1 of the murder of Policeman Robert Nelson,
! was sentenced to be executed at such time as
should be determined by the Governor,
j Reliable accounts from several points in
Orange, Volus'a, Brevard and Sumter counties
j report but little serious damage bs having
been effected by the recent freeze. Neither the
! fruit nor the orange trees have been injured.
I This will give increased confidence to oian.e
--; growers, as it will demonstrate the fact that
| the groves can endure a considerable degree of
I cold without danger.
| Our bod soldier boys have returned from
Tallahassee, and notwithstanding the severe
; weather that prevailed, boast of having had a
food time. They admire the ladies of Middle
lorida exceedingly, and more than one fell a
j victim to the darts of Cupid.
There were 229 marriages in this county dur
ing lsßo. 111 among whites and 118 among ne
; gross, as against 220 for the year previous.
March seems to h ive been the favorite month
, for the ceremony, as SO were recorded during
j that month.
The grim destroyer, Death, carried off S#s
victims from our city during the year just
ended—l3s whites and 90 colored—an increase
over 1879 of 54. October shows the greatest i
mortality.
The custom house records show an increase
rf arrivals of vessels at this port of sixty-four,
and also an increase in the amount of lumber
shipped of 7,740,317 feet. This is a very encour
aging report, and is quite satisfactory. When
the bar is deepened to admit the passage of
vessels drawing twenty feet ef water to our
wharves, Jacksonville will compete with Pen
sacola for the lumber business.
Quite a number of the blacklegs have gone to
Tadahassee to ply their avocation during the
session. This is good for Jacksonville and un
fortunate for the capital. It is hinted very
strongly that too many of the law-makers of
Florida are addicted to the fascinating game ot
keno and other amusements of this cnara:ter.
They should pass a stringent law on the sub-
J'ect during the session, and no longer allow
:eno to be protected by a license.
Mr. H. A L’Engle, of this city, a prominent
young Democrat, and Chairman of the County
Democratic Committee, is spoken of as the
new Treasurer in Governor Bioxham's Cabi
net. It is believed here that his prospects are
better lhan those of any other candidate.
Your Florida correspondent. Dr. Babcock,
has been elected Secretary of the Senate, and
Mr. R. W. Davis, a rising lawyer at our bar,
lias been made Assistant Clerk of the Assem
bly. Both gentlemen reside in this city, and
their friends are much pleaeed with these
tokens cf appreciation.
Great interest is felt here in the approach
ing election for United States Senator, and a
general desire is expressed that Mr. Jones may
be his own successor. We are proud of the
strong, big-hearted and big-brained man.
who has raised himself from a lowly
station to his present lofty position.
He is emphatically a man of the
people, and the people will take him on tbeir
broad shoulders, and again carry him to the
front. The Republicans dislike and fear him
me re than they do any of his party, and it is
understood will throw all their influence
agaiu-t him. This is another good reason why
he should be returned. Jacksonville and
Duval county, so far as the Democrats are con
cerned, are for Mr. Jones solid.
Preparations for the coming State Fair con
tinue to progress. Twelve hundred and fifty
dollars have been subscribed by the hotels and
citizens to assist in making it a success, it was
feared at first that the late freeze had so much
Injured fruit and vegetables that but a meagre
display would be made of these articles. Later
information makes the injury much less than
was anticipated, and it is thought that the ex
hibition will be all that was expected.
The prospect of amusements is very
good, and many fast nags will be on the
track. The premiums offered are liberal
and will induce much competition. If a
creditable exhibition of fruit and early vege
tables can be secured, a fine effect wou'd be
produced upon the miDds of visitors from
abroad. They could see what Florida can
accomplish in the depths of an unusuaiy
severe winter, and the impression would be
strong and advantageous. All interested in
tbe prosperity of Florida should labor to make
the fa r a decided success. Much can be done
by Putnam, Orange. Volusia, Brevard, Sumter,
and other Southern counties, and their citi
zens. in helping the fair, will aid themselves.
The “Inciepetdent” Republican candidates
for (he Legislature are contesting the seats of
the “Regulars” of the same party, who re
ceived certificates. Asidefrcm the fact that
the former are abler and more acceptable, it
would be profitable perhaps to enforce the
lesson that freed men should be permitted to
vote without coercion or fear. There is no
doubt that the “Regulars” used these means
freely, and the “Independents” claim
that they have taken abundant
evidence to substantiate their charges.
If this can be established to tbe
satisfaction of the Legislature, that body
should grasp the opportunity to teach a lesson
that might be of service in the future.
The hotels are filling up rapidly, but the
weather is beastly. Substitute.
A Desperate Duel.— The Pesth cor
respondent of the London Standard
describes a tragical affair which occurred
recently at Bittse, in the Trenczin
county, Hungary. M. Smialovsky, who
was in his nineteenth year and son of a
landed proprietor, and M. Moravsky,
aged twenty-one, whose father was dis
trict Magistrate, agreed some weeks ago
to settle some romantic differences by a
duel. Having ordered pistols from
Vienna they went together the evening
before the combat to a local ball and ap
peared to be on the most friendly terms.
In the early morning, when the dancing
was over, they went arm-in-arm to the
apartments which they were occupying
in common and took a few hours’ rest.
At 8:30 o’clock they went out alone to a
neighboring forest, and took up their
positions at a disiance of only three
paces from each other. Both fired, and
both fell. M. Smialovsky was unable
to move from the spot, but M. Moravsky
was able to drag himself to his lodgings.
An hour elapsed before a surgeon was
able io reach the man who had been left
on the ground. On the sixth day after
the duel both of the duelists died, each
having previously made a formal de
claration that the cause of this desperate
encounter was an affair of honor.
Mother and Daughter Burned,—A
terrible accident, resulting in two deaths,
occurred on the 4th instant in the town
of Coalville, Kansas. In passing on open
fireplace the dress of a young lady named
Davis caught fire and she immediately
rushed out into the yard, where her
clothes burned off and she died at her
mother’s feet. The latter’s clothiDg also
caught fire and she was so badly burned
that she died in twenty-four hours.
According to the new census, the
population of the principal cities of
Kentucky is as follows: Louisville 123,-
645, Covington 29,620, Newport 20,533,
Lexington 16,656, Paducah 8,376.
Otft WASHINGTON LETTER.
Nepotism in the Departments
Where tbe Skirmishing and Ban
Commeneea-The Georgia marshal*
•lilp Capt. Anderson Congret*
atonal Work-Mshone.
Washington, January 10.—The heads of the
several departments of the government have,
since their incumbency, put in soft places
under them many relatives and friends. No
department is an exception to this ru!e. Sec
retary Goff, the new Secretary of the Navy,
might be said to be an exception, but he has
had no chance as yet to show what he can do
in that direction. If he does nothing at all
during his short period of superintendence of
our mighty naval affairs in that direction, his
predecessor will have amply filled the derelic
tion. The Navy Department is filled with
members of the Thompson family,
direct and Indirect. Two sons of
th s ex-Secretary draw fat salaries on
its pay roll, and the number of cousins and oth
er connections who enjoy the privilege of a
monthly stipend through that department can
not be calculated. Mr. Thompson was more
diligent than any other Cabinet officer under
Hayes in this direction; but all the others were
worthy imitators of his nepotlstical policy. The
departments may bs said to swarm with rela
tives and near friends of the outgoing heads.
Naturally, these favored ones are not at all de
sirous of leaving tbeir stations at the public
crib. On the contrary, they are very
clamorous that their patrons should
do somethirg to continue them in
office after the aforesaid patrons are
gone. This ii where the skirmishing and fun
commences. Nobody is more inteiested in
who shall be In General Garfield’s Cabinet
than th members of Mr. Hayes’ Cabinet. The
latter want to cultivate “relations” w.th tbe
former, with a view to securing the office
tenure of their relations and pets. Every man
who is mentioned in the newspapers as a pro
bable member of Garfield's Cabinet can get
anything he wants under Hayes’short remain
der-of public life. He is courted by Bayes*
Cabinet as Hayes’ Cabinet has until the past
year been courted by office seekers generally.
The sm JUst man in Washington to-day ex
cept the outgoing President is a member of his
Cabinet. The whole concern is kicked aside in
the anxious straining for the ears of the suc
cessors. The picture as sketched does not re
flect much credit upon hliherto high-toned
Cabinet Ministers, who have been sought in
stead of as now seeking for the smaller offices,
nor upon the spoils system of the “greatest
government on the face of the earth,” but it is
true, and represents one of the essential fea
tures of thst “greatest government.”
THE GEORGIA MARSHALSHIP.
It is more than likely that before this letter
reaches you the ns me of H. I, Kimball will b*
sent to the Senate as Fitzsimons’ successor
Kimball will bo confirmed, both the Georgia
Senators having renounced all support of Fiu
simons after seeing the evidence against him,
and both t eing friendly to Kimball. It is also
more than likely that Kimball will be con
tinued as Marshal under Garfield. As of
interest it might be stated that the run
Kimball made for the Mayoralty of Atlanta
was what brought him to the attention of tha
appointing powers. In sending Mr. Kimball's
name to the Senate as Fitzsimons' successor
Mr. Hayes will have to give his reasons for
removing the present Marshal. There
wilt be no reference to the charges, nor to
the recent investigation and report made by
Mr, Hayes in rending in Kimball’s name. He
will simply state that he is removed owing to
a failure to co-operate with the other Federal
officers In the execution of the United States
laws. But without any extended explanation,
the bounce will be sufficiently emphatic to
show that it means business.
CAPT. ANDERSON.
In connection with the Fitzsimons’ case there
is one gentleman who has reason to congratu
late himself, and that gentleman Is Captain
John W. Anderson, of Savannah, who was
formerly Fitzsimons’ chief deputy When
Captain Anderson resigue l his position under
Fitzsimons the latter wrote to the Department
of Justice that he had discharged him. As the
department now understands the case Captain
Anderson was perfectly right in resigning, and
is clear from any imputation that Fitzsimons
attempted to put upon him. Captain Ander
son has taken no part in the events that in
duced Fitzsimons’ removal, but has simply so
presented the case to the Attorney General to
s’ ow that his skirts were clear. This ho
has done most effectually. The Department
of Justice officials have been sorry that they
were b’inded as to Fitzsimons’ course for so
long a time In connection with the recent
arbitration between Fltz imons and Anderson,
in which the latter came out best by far, atd
the fact that the Department of Justice sus
tains him, Captain Andersen seems to have
been the man who shows up by far the best in
final results.
CONGRESSIONAL WORK.
There has be jn a pretty fair se.tling down to
work In Congress since the demoralization al
ways consequent upon a holiday adjournment.
The House is ia a forward state as regards the
regular work. The funding bill Is now on the
tapis, and will be passed in some t hape at an
early day. The question simply resolves it
self Into two propositions. Shall the refunding
bond tea long one or a short one ? and shall it
be a 3 or a 3)4 per cent, bond ? These two ques
tions will be settled at an early date, with the
probability that if It shall baa long bond the
rate of Interest will be 3 per cent., and if a
short one 3)4 per cent. ‘Jhere is no reason
palpable to the ordinary mind why in either
ca e the rate shall be above 3 per cent. But
the big capitalists who expect to make money
by placing the loan, have influences
where we wot not of. In
the meantime while the House is at legitimate
work, the Senate is practically doing nothing
but meat and discuss small points of order and
adjourn. That body, which arrogates to itself
the organized dignity of the country, seems to
have forgotten th t there issuchcommonplace
things in existence as appropriation bills, of
which a number pissed by the House are wait
ing the Senate's action.
MAHONS.
Mahone, of Virginia, has within the past
week issued two proclamations, They were
both wrong, but can be boiled down into
one sentence: Tbe Readjusters are right or the
Virginia debt question-in fact, the only people
in the State willing to ultimately pay the debt
—and the Funders, who comprise the regular
Democracy of the State, are not much better
than robbers, and do not really want to pay
ihe debt of the State. Now these pronunclv
mentoes of Mahone were .necessary as a part
of it's plan. He has rince early last fall been
In coaching—in order that he may act with the
Republicans in the next Senate—by Geo. C. Gor
ham, of the National Republican of this city.
Through that sheet has Mahone spoken. The
Republican party is the organization-alleged to
be in favor of debt-paying, national
and State. It could not counten
ance a repudiator such as Mahone.
In order that he might be en raj/port with the
Republicans, it was necessary for Mahone to
either abandon the Readjusters or Bepudiators
in Virginia, or show that he was really in favor
of paying the debt. He could not throw over
board tbe only strength he has in liis State.
Hence his pronunciamentoes. The Republican
politicians and press, evidently being in the
secret of the manam vre, are arguing that they
misunderstood the financial question at stake
In Virginia, but now see it much clearer after
Mahone’s explanation. They even say that
he and his followers are right. In fact, they
not only pave the way, readily taking the cue,
but welcome Mahone In the republican party
if he wants to come. A great deal can be
passed over when the possibility of political
control of the Senate on the one hand and the
Fedenl patronage of a whole State on the
other are at stake. From a close observation
of events as they shape themselves, I feel no
hesitation in saying that Mahone will act
with the Republicans in organizing the Senate
and upon all important questions It is simply
a matter of trade. He will get the patronage
of Virginia. The recent pronunciamentoes and
the manner in which they- were received by
the Republicans show beyond a doubt that
they were on'y preparatory of the way to be
followed by the Virginia Readjuster. There
is also connected with this scheme a proposi
tion to reorganize the Republican party in the
South, through Mahone and other such influ
ences, but it is yet in its infancy.
Potomac.
The New “Queen of the Lobby.”
Washington Letter to Chicago Tribune.
Tbe queen of the lobby this winter is
a fascinating little brunette from the
Sunny South—the widow of a Con
federate Colonel who fell before Rich
mond. She has been abroad, and knows
of the most celebrated men of France,
England, and this country, although her
circle of female acquaintance is evi
dently circumscribed. The charm of
her conversation is irresistible, especially
to gentlemen whose hair is thin on the
top of their heads. There is a sweet,
subdued gayety in her speech, accent and
gestures which makes a venerable listener
happy, and there is a vivacity about
her conversation which is especially
attractive. She always dresses in black,
in which magnificence of apparel can be
allied with purity of taste. In the day
time a long-skirted ulster has a most
decorous look, and at night, in her pleas
ant rooms, she always wears a rich black
satin dress, with a scarf of rare lace, in
which gleams a diamond cross which
might have been the ransom of the Sul
tan. Such unstudied grace and elegance
suggests sweet Annie Page, “on her
bright face, one glance might trace, a
picture of the brain,” and if she does not
render great aid to those who have re
tained her services to aid their schemes I
tm mistaken. More than one sturdy
Congressman is submissive to her des
potic will.
Mu. Vanderbilt’s Subscription.—
The Commissioners of the proposed
New York World’s Fair are much dis
appointed in regard to the size of
the subscription of the New York
Central Railroad to the enterprise.
Fully $500,000 was expected, but
the subscription was made Wednes
day, and is only $250,000, with the pro
viso added that $4,000,000 shall be sub
scribed. Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt’s indi
vidual subscription has not yet been an
nounced. It is thought that Mr. Van
derbilt will be chosen President of the
Commission.
The obelisk reached the site on which
it is to be placed in an erect position on
Wednesday, its transit from the landing
where it was discharged from shipboard
having occupied one hundred and eleven
days. It now rests wilh its centre of
gravity exactly across the two lofty iron
tripods that are to support it while it is
being swung from a horizontal to a per
pendicular position,