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Georgia Affairs.
- i ~vilie correspondent writes that
i- . -ri ir Court began its session
t i, Jutge lUusell presiding. His
grand j jry was very able, and
-re-sing well. Several attorneys
tiiA-ns i.re present. He also
c State Medical Society met m
v :eruav, and members are still
, v : 1 Ije formally received and
, ici at the Mitchell House. They
..t- l o visit the college in Thom
„ w 1 given excursions, and every
. .i: ! r spect will be shown to them.
~, r i. it proposed that if Thomasvilie
• > shall be given a splendid time,
.[i their war rejoicing.
• , w.)• ’to buy Central Railroad stock,
;ii - place to do it. It is quoted in
. ..r. tli it city at from 131 to 132.
v.. p. Wingfield was found dead in his
, e r i.rr.U Hotel, in Rome, last Sun
F-r. i in apparently good health the
- t. • re. The next morning, when his
r zi was entered, he was found dead. A vial
k-i al was found in his room, and it
sed that, being nervous, he had tried
, , - sleep by means of the drug, but had
u^a an iverdose, and death ensued. The
- iry brought in a verdict in accord-
SE ,-e with these facts.
t. r .dien deaths occurred in Rome last |
- .riij U: was that of Major Wingfield, I
r 4i* ..ere t- i!; the other that of Mr. William I
p, . Kh i r sided in the upper portion of
t , y. Tbs Corn ier says of him: “He had I
t • -ei. in t"i health for several years, but
• „ of his death he said that he felt
ije; er :. tu us tal. and at dinner ate more j
t ■ . was l:is habit. After dinner He j
W(3 £C;: itu i a orbed ia the garden until near- j
.) ;'.v .■>:: n-‘ wa k-d into the house, tell- !
> wife that he felt sick og tin. He laid j
:m :. j. give two or three gasps, and j
:. u.i ■ui-eioiis. A mes-enger was sent i
f.r a p...-i • an, but before he reached the ,
Luo- tae old gentleman was breathing his j
dc T e doctor says his death resulted fro n 1
j. -. ! atttcks of epilepsy. He was j
cyrars old. and has been subject to I
(•piiepsy for several years.”
The At any X-irs is gratified to learn that i
i r :-i Southwest (Je ,rgia is well organ
.i- s, si : .t the freedmen are working welL |
A he : ,1- fell on haat Alleu, a little boy j
v • years, ia Atlanta last Monday, and j
It - A* •-fa Phi ■i‘><jrai>h says the creilitors
:;* :r-t- f Citizens' Bulk of that place are S
a .-.I- iu chorus, “Whar’s de money
Mucips .m ; measles are still prevalent in i
51 >, ,i. •Me family has six children down i
with : niAastes, and another has eight.
Arr. -■ ndent in llaxley writes us that last
i n-ar Suriency. a most shameful affair >
■ It seems that two Irish peddlers got j
. tf at that station (No. 6 Macon and Bruuswick
hi r at . carrying th-ir packs with them. )
A' rti y had left the station they were pur- j
- ity • seph Lichtstein and Samuel D. Sur- |
r-r -y. t th of whom were armed, and were |
afaeked, b aten and robbed. The peddlers |
via warrant issued for the arrest of the rob
•->. w > vv. re caught and bound over until ;
:• \t t. rra of tiie Superior Court. It is
ly believed, says our correspondent,
1,.-.- v,; • taught a lesson they will long re-
TAN- n ditors of the bankrupt Citizens'
Baskin Atlanta held a meeting Wednesday,
a: i & ; ; ted resolutions looking to a settlement
cftli-.rel.4ims. The Attorney General of the .
S :afr!ias j etitioned for an injunction restrain
.--..-nees from the execution of the as
- y:.: -r -. as it provides for the pay ment of de-
P - -> iu preference to the State. A tempo
rsr>- ;r Auction was granted by Judge Hillyer,
ai ; M inlay was set apart as the day for the J
-- - wto sh iw cause why the injunction j
-‘t id nAt be made perpetual.
Says tiie Griffin Ktirs: “As fat* as we can
c: ; [ ulur opinion sustains the verdict of
nty ju y which acquitted West
s-'we-A. who was charged with the murder
- ■ l ush, colored. The evidence clearly
e killing of Eusli was in self-de
f-: -■ st i- a man of slight build, physically
*oi. at, t i tat all healthy On the contrary
I • - w sir,mg. stalwart negro, regarded as
r ■'f t 1 - stoutest men in the county, and un
" i lluei ce <.f liquor was a quarrelsome I
-• usiinn. tin the occasion referred !
1 West had a dispute, and Bush drew j
- nit West, who protected him
:ia v. .-ting the negro. The jury-so found !
’ 1 a host of friends over Pike and i
' . :.i;g vli . congratulate him on his acquit
tv a: ri e ecniplete vindication which a jury '
ot ha, country men has given him.”
->■ 'i . Rome Hnllrtin: "The day is fast ap- !
1" • _ f..r the assembling of the tieorgia j
.1 ion in Rome. How are we going ;
*' tt-'ertiun them is the question. It will never I
them in a ‘slipshod’ manner, )
1 •t: t.trury, every Roman should take j
? r - 'thr. st iu the matter and pull together.
- tneiit.oned iu a previous issu“ should
- ’' c-ther and devise ways and means f or
i'let. a> i some enterjirising citizens
| i -e/-hold with them and make evtry
“-4 - uke sun oth Mosaics. Rome should
’■ '-f 'he r,.;;rth estate" in royal style, and
: lott nr pt'.pie will feel the import
■ - : >i ■ Mirg such an ayipreeiation of the
' -rs‘ visit as will cau-e them to carry
4 • ! • a-ant remembrances of the Hill
' i ’l *■ ' r 'ls of printing presses will speak
“ -brave tnen, splendid scenery and
n Let us see to it that they
‘ 1 ■ k the proper material with which
■ - ! row- ot our Jlouutain City with
-i- A 4!i-ta Chronicle gives tiie following
n ' ‘ hfty dollar transaction” in that
- dun ay night a little boy about
- , f age went into the store of Mr.
‘ ;! 1 ; <l. ..a Broad street, ana purchas
*l' ■'_ “ thing, proffering a fifty dollar bill |
v, f o'ti.ei.T ; Su-icting something wrong.
V, .. : ‘ 4 ' "1 said he would have to go out and
'!•- ti.'.ney changed. He went to the store
- ui. .e. Mr. Klhs Lyons, close by, told him
v_s-“ n- suction, and asked him what he hail
: ,and” ut it Mr Lyons to’d him to keep
„ “ “ 111 !>-y and the goods, and to institute
iEvo,- ‘, a ,, n, as he suspected that the bill
- - -r, Soon afterw : ards a negro man
4-1 in and stated that the money had been
■J; ! . T a '-'oi, pauion of the little boy at cards.
: is all right,’ said Mr. Lyons,
F t i : ■ iiave the proof." The negro there
- tt cue angry, and said that if the m'oney
’i-es were not given up he would
)*V lr ' jW ‘ Mr. Lyons immediately stepped
d„i rappe J for a policeman, whereuymn
its *V r ■' “nd the little boy, who was with him.
► M r Mr. Lyons ascertained that the
e isv . 1 been stolen from a Broad street
Sni; ’v’i iittie boy, who took it out of a
drawer y ' Q *Y morning the bill was re
-■ - - ' ' c ‘‘- -u by J!r. Lyons, and their
r-.> - : ‘-'.'wn. -him. During the morn
tia'. ''kin r,_ • u yj r Lyons’ etore
ici... , . /. iUan calles. s„ stolen from him,
j* v r \ i had btn tb&t h?
knew, . ' - him to uu. , fellow left.”
-h- Z ***,' aDd Wmerieus
F. J correspondent of the . *-j t j g
. _ r writes that paper as follows:
. ' _ "" w hile since, while narrating
eg of one negro by another,
?-n a r'' !l ' we called attention to the dan
\ x ''‘tiding the careless use of firearms.
t s J f,.'r. v * h> relate another accident quite
: ' ir ‘ ’ctraeter, w hieh further illustrates
La..; J ;; ar 'i | ness of this dangerous practice.
.... i ■" fday morning, Livey Colbert, acol-
; niai , residing on Mr. T. J. Owen’s
:-j) nj J , r ' i-'vna. came to town to do some
r ; VV " Jn her return home, she stopped at
K_ t ' , her mother, who resides at the
taother' " Lemon Colbert, her cousin, witli
w!;’.'^; r tegro mar. w,s sitting on the piazza,
, ■ n 111 in' hand. Livey, the deceased
be:* ,l l > * J through the yard in front of
•a t v n ‘ sa yihk as she went by, ‘Lemon,
4. a;,;. , me,’ to which he replied, ‘Oh,
; .i, - hot going to shoot you.’ At this
1 • ft' lll was discharged, and Livey
Minutes 1 * tv, o ! , e Kfound and expired in sf*
b-Teo-a' theh'ft carotid artery was entirety
t irivV * ttl>! 'eft external jugular vein
bjtigja ", ln two - Coroner Gilbert, on being
n-d a jury of inquest, who re
t’jofc j'-V’t tn accordance with the facts
nn -Vf l J A * n P account of a cowardly assassi-
Gjlutnhi and gentleman we get from the
ing f- n< * Uir *r Sun: "Yesterday morn
rvg. ,o‘ fentlvmen from Marion county
kso' At % c: ty *i'.h the intelligence that Mr.
I *t*ilvVo. v n ’ a we, l known farmer, had been
op*, r , t?" hy some unknown party. From
harty we obtained the following
sooic' - re - f unday night, about 10 o’clock,
,vi fod* 4 up to the gate of Melton’s
fig. hwh is situated six miles from Buena
0 tht Glen Alta road, and called for
Sanvannah morning News
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
what l w.^ We S.l to the door and inquired
Th ® Party replied, T have
* or you * Come and get it.’ He
sTn D^ he and reached up ti get the
b^S l Edrii£l!S- ka ?*’ W v #D lhe P a y fired, the
i^'^‘ n Kthe abdomen. The party
Z*,"'* dftsh v Pd oflr ' and before any
tnnatl m^ he h ° USe coo,d K*“t to the unfor
Mel?fT, of B'Fi't or hearing. Mr.
Melton was carried to the house, and a physt
lirenoiincS °“ examination the doctor
• tb ? ou nd fatal. A party of
lr ! clu di n k a nephew of Mr. Melton,
of #° *? ve * m ®rdtate pursuit Because
20™, ? n ! 2 w Ud A w ,l"? h originated by Mr. Melton
Mr p - Jones of a nameless crim a
or 80 sus P>cion rested on the latter
was more firmly fixed in
tracJTs ° f P* pursuers when they had
sL,t ed^?,! nule I‘ d ently ridden by the as
sassin to the residence of a cousin of Mr.
Lrorn this place tiie perpetrator of the
deed traveled on horseback, as they could see
by the imprint of the animal’s hoof, which
t d .. toW^ B our city. They followed the
trai* without difficulty to the Upa
tole bridge, and then lost it among
ln , ail £., impressloas of hoofs in
the road They came direct to this city and
swore out a warrant for the arrest of Mr O.
f . Jones, a young man who is engaged in the
grocery business in the Northern Liberties,
the warrant, which charges him with murder,
was placed in the hands of Bailiff Wood, who,
in company with Bailiff McMichael. arrested
. : Jpnes late yesterday afternoon. He is now
m jail, and will no doubt be carried to Marion
county to-day. We have not seen the prisoner,
but under-Land he protested his innocence at
the time of arrest. Another fact is said to have
been brought to light, which strengthens the
mdief of friends of the deceased that Jones is
the guilty man. It is said he ( Jones) hired a
saddle horse from the stable of Messrs. Allen
A Renfro on Sunday, went into the country
and did not return until an early hour yester
day m. ruing. When the party left Mr. Melton
he was supposed to be dying, and ere this
reaches the eye of the reader he will, no doubt,
have crossed into the great bevond. He was
seventy-five years of age and leaves a number
of children. We understand he is a distant
relative of the accused.”
Says the Albany A ewt and Advertiser: “Sun
day morning Coroner Herbert Wilburn re
ceived notice that a colored man by the name
of Amos Hampton had died in the southern
portion of the county the night previous under
circumstances which demanded the holding of
au inquest. The Coroner summoned a jury
and proceeded to where the body of the de
c ased was discovered—on the side of the road
between Mr. Keaton’s Smut Kye place and Bil
iingslea's stole. According to the evidence
adduced b.-fore the jury of inquest, it appears,
that the deceased went to Billingslea's store
riding an ox, Saturday afternoon, and pro
cured his rations. He took a drink of whisky
before leaving the store, but did not
nppearto be under the influence of liquor
when last sen He was found near the road,
dead, next morning. His ox was tied to a tree
near where his body was discovered. The body
bore no marks of violence, and it is supposed
that the deceased was taken sick and stopped
on the vray, hoping that he would be better
able to proceed after a while, or that some
body would come along to render him assist
ance. No one came to his relief, however, and
the supposition is that he died alone in the
woods, ihe Coroner's jury teturned a verdict
iu accordance with the above facts."
Pays the Coffee County (iazette: “Johnny
Hill, of this county, was. but a short time ago,
married under circumstances smacking strong
ly of romance, and he should have been con
tent with bis blushing bride, but such, seem
ingly, is not John's nature. By ways better
known to himself, he succeeded in gaining the
affections of a daughter of Mr. Josh Kirkland,
and last Sunday eloped with her. They pass
e! through here in a buggy, the girl cry ing,
and took the train at Willaeoochee for Missis
sippi, it is supposed. The friends of the de
s-i t~d wife and misguided girl have made up
a purse of ShdO, and propose with that sum to
hunt John up, bring him back, and make him
answer for his crookedness.”
South Carolina Notes.
The c doled troops of the State are to be
organized into a brigade.
The cold winter killed many small pines iu
the woods throughout Fairfield coun'y.
A meeting of the Executive Committee of
the Water Company was held Monday even
ing, at Columbia, without action, but ad
journed until to-day, having decided to wait
until consultation can be had with Capt. W.
N. Brown, of Boston, who is expected daily.
William Meredith lost his leg and Thomas
Leonard had his back badly injured by a wharf
post giving way under the strain of a hawser
of the steamship Delaware as she was swing
ing into dock in Charleston Tuesday.
The English bark Isabel Craggs, Captain
Ninnes, arrived at Charleston on t-unday night
from Liverpool, having been on the passage
since the 4 J9th of January. The vessel experi
enced heavy gales during a portion of the
voyage, and one of the compartments contain
ing water ballast was injured, shifting tiie bal
last forward and rendering the vessel almost
unmanageable. The Captain, however, fortu
nately succeeded In bringing her into port with
out serious injury.
The habeas corpus case argued in the Su
preme Court on Monday, ex-part Henry
Duckett and Griffin Duckett, was a test case
to determine the legality of hiring out con
victs sentenced under the usual formula to
hard labor in the penitentiary. Col. R. C.
Watts, of Laurens, appeared for the p tition
ers and Attorney General Youmans for the
State Colonel Watts argued that "until the
passage of an act authorizing the transfer of
prisoners, notwithstan ding the sentence, sucli
transfer was unwarranted.” The court re
served its deci-ion, but is expected to render it
iu a few days. This being the first legal pro
test made against the custom of leasing out
c.nvicts, the result will be eagerly looked for.
The State Superintendent of Education has
succeeded in securing the services of Prof.
Louis Soldan to conduct the exercises of the
next Normal Institute. This announcement
will douotless be sufficient of itself to attract
a large attendance. Tte session of the insti
tute will be held during the month of August.
The place of meeting has not yet been eel cted,
but will be announced immediately after the
meeting of the State Board of Examiners,
which will be held during the first week in Slay.
Returns for the past month to the State Ag
ricultural Department from two-thirds of the
counties show that preparation and planting
are from twelve to fifteen days later than last
year: the acreage in cotton is considerably in
creased. and a much larger quantity of fertil
izers will be used. The small grain crop has
been very much injured by the severe winter,
hut the stands are generally good, and w ith a
favorable season henceforth will result in a
fair yield. Fruit prospects are very bad;
peaches have been entirely destroyed; a good
crop of apples, however, may be made. The
farmers are generally buying more supplies
than last year. Every report shows a scarcity
of labor, higher wages being generally offered,
but without much effect, and the l&ber when
secured is very unsatisfactory.
Isaac Cossach, formerly pastor of the Calva
ry Baptist Church, Ten-Mile Hill, and two of
his lay brothers and three church sisters were
before Justice Gleason, in Charleston,Monday,
to answer the < harge of the burning of the
church. It appears that Cossach and some of his
church people had had a falling out, which led
to his being supplanted as minister by J. Pugh.
This occurred about a mouth ago. Cossach’s
fi lends, as a matter of course, seceded with
h in. and established a meeting place elsewhere
for themselves. On Sal urday, the 9th, grand
preparations were made at the church for
Pa in f-unday service. When Palm Sunday
came the Ten-Mile Church was burned to
ashes The Rev. Pugh, thinking that the
secessionists had committed the act, took out
a warrant for them and their minister; hut
when the investigation was had no proof what
ever was produced, and the Justice dismissed
tl e case.
On Sunday morning between 10 and 11 o'clock
the body of a colored man named Henry Slc-
Cants was found lying in a ditch on Mr. La
tham's place, near Red Top Church, in St, An
drew's Parish. The deceased, who had been
engaged as a carpenter at Mr. Latham’a phos
phite works, was last seen, before his death,
iu Lindstedt’s store, near Red Top Church, be
tween 7 and 8 o’clock on the same morning He
was at this time sober, and the short time
that elapsed before he was found
dead led to the suspicion of
foul play. Coroner DeVeaux went up to the
place Monday to investigate the case.aud found
that the body of the deceased had been forced
through a cane thicket into the ditch. Dr. M.
S. Whaley held a post mortem examination
and discovered that the seek of tha deceased
had been dislocated. No; marks of other vio
lence were found on the body. A jury of in
quest. with Mr. Latham as foreman, after an
extended examination, returned a verdict that
the deceased had come to his death by violence
at the hands of unknown parties. The deceas
ed was about 25 years Old.
There is good reason to believe that the negre
who recently assaulted Miss Cunningham ni
Orangeburg county has been caged at last. A
negro known as John Joseph Jones, alias Joe.
Jones, who has a wife in the lower part of
Richland county, is believed to be the guilty
man. Jones was arrested in March, 1877, for
an outrage on a negro woman, but while on
his way t> j ail escaped from his guard and
fieJ the State. He reappeared after a long ab
sence. but nothing was done to secure his re
arrest. He had been at his home for some
time until the week of the attempted outrage
n Miss Cunningham, when he was absent, and
°' said to be in Charleston. He has since
was 4 to Richland. Mr M M. Man
sell, Lvong absence at that time with
his and as he answered to the
his previous reco. . , heaßßajlant of Miss
description given wjth Mr cunning
ningham. In the matter, and
corresponded in
found that J ® n ®f f ,fEP?o. U ghter’s recollection
m Thorny and
D^n“on e hU f lay e tS rf j S Xbuiri h?c£S
prove an alibi. His face shows marks of newly
healed scratches.
Where for twenty years a person had no
movem nt of the bowels without medicine
or mechanical means, a month’s use of
Tutt’s PUls completely restored the bowels
to natural regularity. They are composed
t i n nn.pnt herbs and are incapable of hurt
purities.
THE MASK THROWN OFF.
THE ADMINISTRATION IN A
PICKLE.
An Inspired Stalwart Kflort- Fryo
Fllnga the Inaugural to the Wind*
File Democrats Indignant—Some
\ ery Plain Talk from Southern
Senators—m r. Burnside Grows
Choleric—The Only on Cotton Ties
A Strong Plea for the Consumers
The First, Last and all the Time
Garfield man’s Heward-The Bal
timore Posimastersblp.
Washington, D. C., April 20.—Mr.
F rye, of Maine, made in the Senate to-day
one of the most vindictive speeches against
the South and the Democratic party ever
delivered. It Is understood generally that
he was put forward as the representative of
the administration, and that he reflected
the views of Garfield and his advisers.
This has caused considerable talk
among the Democratic Senators. They
say If such are the opinions of
the administration, it deserves no support
from the Democratic party in voting for the
confirmation of Robertson as Collector at
New York. On the contrary, the feeling is
the other way and in favor of supporting
Mr. Conkling in that fight. Unless the
speech of Mr. Frye is disavowed as haying
no significance from an administration
standpoint, the Democrats will, as a body,
support Mr. Conkling in his fight, which
would insure a victory for him.
COTTON TIE MAKEK9 HEAKD.
A delegation of iron and steel manufac
turers were granted a hearing this afternoon
by Secretary Windom. The principal ques
tion under discussion related to the rate of
duty imposed on imported cotton ties. The
manufacturers claim that they can
not compete with the foreign makers
unless the Treasury Department gives
them relief by carrying out
what they contend is the spirit
of the law, namely, that all hoop iron
shall be subject to a duty of 1 cents per
pound and be admitted as manufactured
iron at % cent, per pound merely because
a rivet is put through one end of the lap.
The rivet, it was contended, by all present,
was of no use whatever, and did not increase
the value of the tie.
Dr. L. Ronlett, of New Orleans, argued
the case in behalf of the consumers. He
said that if the department should reopen
the cotton tie question at this time it would
bs a great hardship to importers in the
South, because they have been acting
under the department’s last ruling,
and are involved in numerous
contrac’s based thereon. In any event, im
porters should be given at least six months
notice of any change, in order that they
may have au opportunity to get off their
contract. He said the decision would affect
four millions of people in the South. Secre
tary Windom said he would give the sub
ject his attention.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The \ ice President laid before the Senate
the unfinished business, being the resolution
for the election of Senate officers.
Mr. Dawes, alluding to a statement made
by him some days ago as to the persecution
of a Massachusetts man in Mississippi, said
that the storv of that gentleman was to-day
printed in the Massachusetts papers. That
story corroborated his statement in every
particular except as to the locality. The
incidents had happened in the parish of
Caldwell, in Louisiana, and not in Missis
sippi, as he had 6tated. The gentleman’s
name was Charles Heath. He (Mr. Dawes)
asked that the gentleman’s statement, as
published in the papers, should be printed
in ‘.he Jitcord.
Mr. Jonas demanded the reading of the
article, and it was read by the Clerk. It
relates to persecutions, to which Heath
states he was subjected in Louisiana because
he was a “Yankee,” and gives accounts of
various murders committed there, to show
the condition of society in that State.
Mr. Jonas said that the Senator from Mas
sachusetts had transferred the scene of his
cock and-bull story from Mississippi to Lou
isiana. When it was contradicted in that
locality, it would probably be transferred
to Texas or Georgia. He heard
of these alleged persecutions now
for the first time. There was nothing in
the article which showed that Heath bad
been persecuted on account of his political
opinions. He called attention to the fact
that the outrages alluded to had been com
mittted nine years ago. He would make
some remarks upon the subject when he
could get some information from the local
ity. He sent to the Clerk’s desk and had
read, for the purpose of showing that mur
ders and robberies were not confined to the
Southern States, an account of the killing
of one of the Foster brothers in Massachu
setts while committing burglary.
Mr. Frye arose and said the Benator from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Cameron; had yesterday
exberted the Senators on the other side to
be “brave men.” He (Mr. Frye) had never
seen in all his life, he has neTer read in all
his life, of braver men than were to-day
on the other side of the chamber.
Here was the Senate in extra session,
with the Constitution over it, with its duties
before it. The Democratic party was clearly
in the wrong, knowing itself to be wrong,
knowing the Constitution to be against it.
The Republican party was unkertaking to
do the duty which the Constitution pre
scribed, and instead of the Senators on
the other side putting themselves
on the defensive they stood up and “carried
the war into Africa,” day after day. and the
Republican Senators were obliged to put
themselves on the defensive. There was
bravery enough in the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Brown) when he rose in his place, and
with great dignity and with the Constitution
in his band, read day after day lectures to
the Republicans upon their duties
under the Constitution. Confession was
sweet for the 60ul, and yet confession some
times required a higher degree of bravery
than anything else, and it was a brave act
on the part of the Senator when he in open
Senate admitted that he had been a Repub
lican in the State of Georgia. That his life
had been in peril. That be had then become
a Democrat, and that from that day he had
enjoyed perfect safety.
Mr. Brown—l said no such thiDg.
Mr. Frye—l understood the Senator to
say there was danger when he was a Repub
lican.
Mr. Brown replied that he had said that
though at the close of the war his life might
at one time have been in peril, that period
had ceased two years before he had re
united with the Democracy. His return to
Democracy had nothing to do with his
safety.
Mr. Frye, continuing, said it was brave
for the Senator to say that much. It was
brave in the Senator to make an attack
upon Massachusetts when he bad said that
there were In that Btate 139,000 paupers,
spendthrifts and drunkards deprived by
the law of the right to vote, and that If
they were allowed to vote they would vote
the Democratic ticket. The Senator from
Florida (Mr. Call) needed courage to make
an attack on the Industries of Massachu
setts. The complaint was that
in Massachusetts educational quali
fications were placed upon the ballot,
but Mr. Frye asserted that where the South
raUed one dollar for the education of
voters the North raised from eight to ten.
The Senator from Florida had been bold in
calling tbe laboring men of Massachusetts
“serfs,” “serfs”—men to be bulldozed
and intimidated. If the working men of
Massachusetts bad been ln Louisiana and the
Conservatives of that State had undertaken
to intimidate and bulldoze them there would
not have been to-day enough Conservatives
left to form a decent nucleus of a party.
Mr. Frve, continuing his speech, referred
to the “Shoe-String District” of Mississippi,
and said that great frauds had been com
mitted there, and that elections in the South
were not free, not without fraud, and even
to-day not without violence. The Repub
licans recogn'zed in the coming fight ln
Virginia the entering wedge to break
the solid South, and for that
reason alone were determined to stand by
it, and give it their "amen and amen,”
hoping that sooner or later the South might
rise to the dignity of free States, and
give every man, white or black, his rights.
Mr. Brown, alluding to a remark by Mr.
Frye at the commencement of his speech,
that he was the youngest member of the
Senate, reminded him that he occupied an
important position here as the successor of
the Premier of this government, and might
be supposed to speak with inspiration. The
South had been told that the present admin
istration would treat her with fair
ness, kindness and good will, but
If tbe speech of tbe Senator had been in
spired by the administration, he thought
that the South would understand it. He
denied that there bad been any intimidation
practiced in Georgia, and reiterated his
former statements as to the number of voters
In Massachusetts who were disqualified.
The people of the South were taunted with
noverty and with neglecting the education
of the negro. Yes, the North waa
rich and the South poor; but
If she were paid for the slaves who had been
confiscated, she would agree to appropriate
every dollar of it to the education of the
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1881.
colored man. He knew that under the
Constitution she could Dot be paid, and he
did not ask it. He contended that Massa
chusetts did greater injustice to the Irish in
that State, and to foreigners generally, than
was done to the colored people In the South.
Mr. Hampton, in reply to some portion of
Mr. Frye’s speech, asserted that numbers
of colored people in South Carolina voted
the Democratic ticket. If the Sena
tor from Maine would go down to
South Carolina at the next election
he promised him that he would
be met on every stand on which he would
speak by a colored Democrat, and if that
colored Democrat did not give good reasons
for the faitht that was in him, he (Mr.
Hampton) would join the Republican party.
Mr. Butler said that if he saw fit he would
at some luture time reply atdength to the
allusions made to fraud in South Carolina
by the Senator from Maine. The Senator
had made use of the old dodge of politicians
and lawyers of calling, “stop thief,” in
order to divert public attention from the
real issue. The real question here was:
Had there been a disgraceful bargain ln this
Senate by which the offices of the Senate
were to be turned over to those to whom
they do not belong ?
Mr. Burnside—Or, rather, whether the
majority shall rule or not?
Mr. Butler That has nothing to do
with it.
Mr. Burnside (excitedly)—l say that there
has been no bargain, and any man who says
there has been says what is false. He subse
quently repeated the remark that such
statements were false, and added: “I do
nor,as an honorable man propose, to sit here
and listen to it, and auy man'who says there
is a corrupt bargain on this side of the
chamber tells a falsehood.”
Mr. Butler (quietly)—The Senator may
characterize ttas false as much as he pleases.
1 say that inasmuch as the Senator has seen
fit to say that the charge is false (after a
pause), I will not make it in this chamber.
Mr. Burnside, continuing, said if evi
dence could be brought to prove a bargain
he would vote to expel any member of the
Senate who had been guilty of the thing, or
he would favor a resolution to investigate
the matter.
Mr. Butler then turned his attention to
Mr. Frye’s speech, which he said had ar
raigned every Senator from the South. He
denied the charges of repudiation that were
made against the South, but inquired
whether, admitting their truth, that was any
excuse lor the great Republican party throw
ing Us powerful weight on the side of
repudiation Iu Virginia. He warned
that party that in tampering
with repudiation in that State it was deal
ing with dynamite. These tactics were not
going to dissolve the solid South. Just
such speeches as that of tbe Senator from
Maine riveted the South more than ever,
and drove the people of that section
together. The South would not be dis
solved by Federal patronage. It would not
be dissolved by abuse, vituperation or mis
representation. It would not be bullied
into dissolution.
After some further discussion between
Messrs. Hoar and Brown concerning suf
frage in Massachusetts, the Senate ad
journed.
G Alt FI ELD’S FIRST SUPPORTER REWARDED.
The President 6ent the following nomina
tions to the Senate to day: Richard A.
Elmer, of New York, to be Second Assistant
Postmaster General, vice Thomas J. Brady,
resigned; W. A. M. Grier, of Pennsylvania,
to be Third Assistant Postmaster General,
vice A. D. Hazen, appointed Assistant At
torney General for the Post Office Depart
ment; Geo. B. Everitt, of North Carolina, to
be Collector of Internal Revenue for
the Fifth district of North Carolina.
Collector of Customs —Abner Tibbetts, for
the District of Paso Del Norte, Texas. Mr.
Grier is the gentleman who ca6t the first
vote in the Chicago Convention for the
nomination of General Garfield, and per
sisted in thus voting on every ballot from
the second to the last, although for a long
time no other delegate joined him. He is a
resident of Hazelton, Pennsylvania, and, so
far as can be learned here, has never held
any public office.
BHADT BOUNCED.
It is said on good authority that the Pos‘-
master General, by direction of the President,
to-day demanded the resignation of Thos.
J. Brady, Second Assistant Postmaster
General, to take effect immediately. The
statement is current to-night that no other
courte was open which would Secure
the speedy severance of Mr. Bradv’s
connection with the Post Office Department
because of the Senate dead-lock, which
might indefinitely postpone the confirma
tion of his successor. The facts explana
tory of this summary action on the part of
the President and Postmaster General will,
it is said, be speedily made public.
THE BALTIMORE POSTMASTERSHIP.
Four delegations, aggregating sixty per
sons, from Baltimore called on the Paesi
dent to-day to present the claims of the va
rious candidates for the Postmastership of
that city. Later in the day, General Tyler,
the present incumbent, called, with two or
three friends, and a’so had an interview
with the President.
A GAY DAY IN MACON.
The Firemen*! Parade—Nmneroua
ViNlting Companlea—The Winner*
of the Frizes—Banquet at Night.
Macon Ga., April 20.—The annual parade
of the Macon Fire Department took place
to-day. The following visiting companies
were present:
Griffin No. 1 and Stonewall No. 2, of Grif
fin; Pulaski No. 1, of Hawklnsviile; Jeff
Davis No. 1, of Barne6ville; The Wide
Awakes, of Amerieus; Young America No.
5, of Columbus, together with live home
companies.
Tbe first test, a fifty yards’ run with reel,
unreel fifty feet of hose, connect with
engine and nozzle, and throw a stream one
huudred feet, was won by Stonewall No. 2,
of Griffin. Time 22% seconds. They
secured a purse of $75 in gold. Second
money, SSO in gold, was won by Young
America No. 3, of Macon.
The second test, the same without reel,
waa won by Protection No. 1, of Macon,
securing SSO in gold. Second money, $25
In gold, was won by Stonewall No. 2, of
Griffin.
The weather was delightful and the day
passed without accident. There will be a
grand banquet to-night. The visiting com
panies leave in the morning.
THE CRESCENT CITY.
Precautionary measure* Adopted lor
Pre*erving the Public Health.
New Orleans, April 20. The State
Board of Health, at its meeting last night,
adopted a resolution requesting the Gover
nor to issue a proclamation from May Ist
against the following ports, known to be in
fected with yellow fever: Rio Janeiro, Vera
Cruz, Havana and Aspinwall. Vessels from
such ports are to be subject to such detention
as the Board of Health may direct. It also
adopted a resolution inviting the local in
spectors of the National Board of Health
to be present at all meetings of the Blate
Board, and inviting the co-operation of
the agent of the latter board in the investi
gation of all cases of a doubtful or suspicious
character. The question of inviting the In
spector of the National Board to the quar
antine station is submitted to tbe Governor
(who is favorable to the presence of such
Inspector), and if approved by the Gover
nor the State Board will cheerfully concur.
THE METHODIST COUNCIL.
A*lgnlng Speaker* and Eaaaylat*
lor the Ecumenical Aaaembly.
Cincinnati, April 20— The Executive
Committee of the Western section of the
Ec.umenlcal Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, to meet iu London in
September next, had a session here yester
day, with four members present, namely:
Bishop Simpson. Rev. A. C. George, Bishop
McTyeire and Rev. D. B. Byers. This sec
tion embraces all the branches of the
Methodist Church in America. The object
of the meeting was to assign nineteen
speakers and the same number of essayists.
That work was done, but the list will not be
made public until the acceptances are re
ceived. It is understood that Bishop Simp
son will make the opening address.
Special Weather Bulletin.
Washington, April 20.— Indications are
that a storm will develop in Texas during
to-day or to morrow, causiag rain in the
West Gulf States to-day and iu the Ohio
valley and Tennessee to-morrow, and that
fair weather will continue during the day in
New England, and partly cloudy or cloudy
weather, with occasional rain, ln the Middle
Atlantic States. The Missouri and Missis
sippi rivers will probably continue to rise.
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Ask druggists for “Rough on Rats.” It
clears out rats, mice, bed bugs, roaches,
vermin, flies, ants, insects. 15c. per box.
FLOODS IN ILLINOIS.
VAST MANUFACTURING INTER
ESTS IN PERIL.
Destruction at Elgin—The Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad Cov
ered with Water for Miles— Only
Telegraphic Communication with
the Flooded Districts.
Chicago, April 20.—The damage inflicted
at Elgin, 111., by the overflow of the Fox
river, is placed as high as $70,000. Buildings
were swept down stream like shingles. The
Truesdell iron bridge and the Milwaukee
and St. Paul bridge were carried away.
Dispatches from; along the Rock river In
Illinois and Wisconsin state that it Is higher
than ever before, and is causing an im
mense amount of damage. At Sterling,
111., it Is twelve feet above low
water mark, and still rising. For
the past twenty-four hours the large
manufacturing interests of Rock
Falls, 111., nearly opposite Sterling, have
been threatened with complete destruction,
and hundreds of men have been working
continually and vigorously to protect the
bulkheads and raceway. If the water should
rise another foot the loss would be enor
mous. Tbe lower part of Sterlingis al
ready flooded.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
track for five miles is completely covered
with water, and much of the road Is washed
away. The track between Clinton and
Dixon has been abandoned, and there is no
communication with the outside world ex
cept by telegraph.
TIDINGS FROM ABROAD.
Beuconafieltl’s Burial—Tiie Laud
League Convention—Tbe Porte
Receives Its Orders—Tbe Tunis
Expedition.
London, April 20.—The limes says: “It is
understood that the friends and relatives of
the late Lord Beaconsfield are willing to as
sent to a public funeral, and the burial of
his remains in Westminster Abbey, if no
directions to the contrary are found among
the papers of the deceased.”
The London correspondent of the Man
chester Guardian states that many persons
acquainted) with the will say the wealth
which Lord Beaconsfield leaves Is Incon
siderable.
A thousand delegates from the local
branches of the Land League are expected
to be present at the convention of the
League, which will open at the Rotunda in
Dublin on Thursdav, the 21st instant.
April 20.—The Constantinople
correspondent of the Times says: “The
Ambassadors have presented to the Porte a
note describing the frontier line agreed
upon. The note says that all the powers
having approved the decision, it should be
considered the supreme decision of Europe,
with which the Porte is invited to comply.”
London. April 20.—A Paris dispatch to
the Daily Telegraph says: “All the troops of
the expeditionary corps have left Bone. One
column has arrived at Sidi Yousef, a fron
tier station between Lacalle and Tebessa,
Algeria.”
A dispatch from Paris to the Times says :
“There is a rumor current that a corps will
be landed at Goletta or Biserta, Tunis, to
co operate with the troops marching from
Algeria.”
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LOUISIANA JOCKEY CLUB.
'Second Day of the Sprint; Meeting.
New Orleans, April 20.—The second day
of the spring meeting of the Louisiana
Jockey Club was favored with clear, warm
weather, a good track and a satisfactory at
tendance.
First race, the Pickwick stakes for three
year olds, $35, entrance p. p., with $350
added, mile heats. Of nine nominations
four started. Moses, 1,1; Basque Bell, 2,2:
Kitty Hawk, 3, distanced; Brenda, dis
tanced. Time 1:48% and 1:48. In the
pools on the track Basque Bell sold for
$325, Moses S4O, Brenda S4O, Kitty Hawk
S2O each. Tbe heat was won by a length.
Second race, purse of S2OO, one mile.
The race was won by Knight Templar by a
nose, Viola second, and Gabrial third, beat
ing Lillie G., Aleck Ament, Transea, and
Oak Grove Rose. Time 1:47. Gabriel
brought S3O, Templar S2B, and the field SB,
in a pool sold on the track.
Third race, handicap for all ages, purse
$250, mllo and a half. Fellow Play won the
race by two lengths, Referee second, Long
Sick third, beating Moscow, King Dutch
man and Our Friend. Time 2:44%.
They figured in a track pool as follows:
Fellow Play, SSO; Moscow, sls; Our Friend,
sl3; Dutchman, $11; Referee $6, and Long
Sick $5.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Opening Strong and Closing at a
Fractional Decline.
New York, April 20.—The stock market
opened strong, and from % to 2% per cent,
higher, the latter for Erie preferred, and
subsequently advanced % to 2 percent.,
Marietta and Cincinnati first preferred lead
ing. The market, however, soon became
weak, and a decline of from %to 1% was
recorded, the latter in Canada Southern.
Before noon, however, the market assumed
a strong tone, and prices took an upward
turn.
During the afternoon the market con
tinued strong and at the second board,
when the highest figures of the day were
touched, the advance ranged from % to 4%
per cent., the latter in New Jersey Central,
Michigan Central, Canada Southern, North
ern Pacific, Pacific Mail, Ohio and Missis
sippi and Texas Pacific being also prominent
in the upward movement. In the final sales
Ohio and Mississippi reacted 1% per cent,
and the general list fell off a fraction from
the highest point. Sales aggregated 415,-
798 shares.
AUGUSTA ITEMS.
The Prospects of the King Cotton
Manulacturlng Company—A New
Sanitarian Augusta to be the
Terminus of tbe Virginia Midland
Extension—The Stock Market.
Augusta, Ga., April 20. —The prospects
of the King Cotton Manufacturing Com
pany are fine. It Is rumored that Barney
S. Dunbar, a wealthy cotton factor, will be
President, and ex-Mayor Charles Estes, who
enlarged the canal, will be Vice President!
A company for building a sanitarium on
the Sand Hills was reorganized to-day,and a
commodious winter resort will soon be
erected.
It is now certain that Augusta will be the
southern terminus of the Virginia Midland
extension, and Augusta and Knoxville
Railroad stock is stiffening in consequence.
Central stock closed quiet and firm, at 140.
Operators are quiet, but have confidence in
Mr. Wadley’s tactics.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, April 20. —Indications for Thurs
day:
In the South Atlantic States, fair weather,
slightly warmer, southerly winds, stationary
or lower barometer.
In the Middle Atlantic States, partly
cloudy or cloudy weather, occasional rain,
easterly winds, stationary or lower barome
ter and temperature
In the E vst Gulf States, fair weather, fol
lowed by increasing cloudiness and occa
sional rain, stationary or lower barometer
and temperature.
In the West Gulf States, partly cloudy
weather, occasional rain, southerly winds,
stationary or higher temperature and ba
rometer.
In the Ohio valley and Tennessee, fair
weather, followed by increasing cloudiness
and local rains, northerly veering to easterly
winds, stationary or lower barometer and
temperature.
The Sale ot the Petersburg Railroad
Postponed.
Richmond,Va., April 20.—The foreclosure
sale of the Petersburg Railroad, which was
to have taken place under a decree of the
United States Circuit Court to-day at Peters
burg, has been postponed by an order from
the same court to the 10th day of May next.
Notice of the postponement has been served
on tbe parties interested.
Civil War ln the East.
Manilla. April 20.—The Bultan of Sooloo
Island is dead. Civil war has broken out
among the natives in connection with the
election of his successor.
GENERAL HANCOCK
Compelled to Decliue a Very Cordial
Invitation to Visit Nashville.
New York, April 20.—A committee of
representative Tennesseeans to-day wafted
upon General Hancock and tendered an
invitation to himself and staff to visit the
coming Industrial Exhibition at Nashville,
particularly to witness the military display
and competitive drills.
Among the members of the committee
were Governor Hawkins, ex-Governor J. D.
Porter, ex-President E. D. Standiford, of
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Geo.
C. Clarke, Thos. P. O’Connor, Edward
Baxter, Colonel A. S. Colyer, Hon. R. R.
Butler, Major J. T. Robinson, G. W. King,
J. A. Satterwhite, and others.
At the request of the committee General
Hancock met its members to-day in this
city. He was introduced to them, when
Governor Hawkins made a brief address,
tendering him the invitation. He assured
General Hancock that he had a warm place
in the affections of the citizens of Tennessee,
and that they desired to meet him in Nash
ville. Governor Hawkins said Tennessee
had closely watched his entire
public life, knew its history,
and was desirous of seeing him, and many
would look ou his face with great pleasure.
Mr. Baldwin, on behalf of the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad, placed a car at Gen
eral Hancock’s disposal, and ex-Governor
Porter presented the formal invitation.
Iu reply, General Hancock said that
it always gave him great pleasure
to visit the home of Jackson, and
he would be very much pleased to accept
the kind invitation had he not previously
declined a number of invitations to visit
Nashville on this occasion. He also said
that, taking Into consideration recent oc
currences, ~ he thought it advisable to
remain in seclusion for some time
to come, and that he preferred
to have other parties occupy the attention
of the public.
After being urged agaiu by Governor
Hawkins to accept the imitation, General
Hancock said he would consider the matter.
FATAL FA3IIILY FEUD.
A Bloody Sliootlug A lirav tn Texas.
Galveston, Texas, April 20.—A terrible
shooting affray is reported from Hippon’s
Camp, near Uvalde, General Baylor and his
son and Mr. Gilchrist and his two sons be
ing the principal actors. Both parties re
side in Neuces Canon, and the shooting oc
curred over a difficulty arising from an
old feud. Tbe Gilchrists had been arming
themselves and making threats against
the Baylors during the day. Gen. Baylor,
entirely iguoraut of their threats,entered the
camp in search of his horses, closely follow
ed by young Baylor. The Gilchrist3 began
tiring, which was returned by the Baylors,
resulting in the death of the elder Gilchrist,
and the fatal wounding of one of his sons,
while the other escaped, also wounded.
YouDg Baylor was slightly wounded.
Wheat Prospects in Kansas.
Chicago, April 20.—Reports collected
within the past ten days from every county
in Kansas show that on the whole the win
ter crop of wheat of that State is in excel
lent condition, better, in fact, than usual at
this season. Fanners say that with favor
able weather the crop will be the largest
ever harvested in Kansas. The spring wheat
crop appears to be in an unfavorable condi
tion.
Reports of the Monetary Confer
ence to be Scrutinized.
Paris, April 20.—The tone of the Mone
tary Conference yesterday was very cordial.
Ic was arranged that there should be steno
graphic reports of the proceedings, but the
proofs must be submitted to each member,
and Dothing will be published without the
assent cf the Conference.
Labor Strike In Louisiana.
New Orleans, April 20. —The laborers
are ou a strike in St. Bernard’s parish, and
the leader of the strike is a white man. A
committee of planters yesterday waited on
the Governor, who will, if necessary, order
out troops to quell the disturbances. One
of his staff has been sent to St. Bernard to
investigate the trouble.
DeJarnette Set Free.
Danville, Va., April 20.—8 y order of
Judge Aiken, of the Corporation Court,
Thomas DeJarnette, who was yesterday ac
quitted of the murder of his sister because
he was insane at tbe time he committed
the act, was to-day set at liberty, and, ac
companied by his kinsman, left at once for
North Carolina.
,£Wbttclaw Reid Going to Europe.
New York, April 20.—Whitelaw Reid has
arranged with Col. John Hay to edit the
Tribune during the absence of the former in
Europe. Mr. Reid will not be absent more
than six months.
Brief News Summary.
The sub-Treasury at Manzanillo, Cuba,
has been robbed of $15,000 in gold.
Nearly all the mechanics and laborers in
Newport, Rhode Island, are now on a strike.
John Errierdo, a trapeze performer, fell
and broke both his legs while rehearsing at
Hoboken.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg to the
London Morning Dost says: “Russia intends
to ask England to extradite Hartmann.”
A dispatch from Szegediu, Hungary, say 6:
“After two weeks of almost superhuman
exertion, the danger of an inundation is
passing away.”
Almost the whole of the business part of
the town of San MarciaJ, N. M., was des
troyed by fire Tuesday. Loss on the build
ings SIO,OOO.
The conductors and drivers on the horse
railroads in Boston have demanded an in
crease of 20 per cent, in their wages. The
South Boston Road has increased the wages
of its drivers and conductors from $1 75 to
$2.
There were ten cases of small-pox among
the Chinese immigrants on the steamer
Oceanic, which arrived at San Francisco on
Sunday from Hong Kong. The vessel is
kept at quarantine, but the mails have been
fumigated and sent ashore.
The storm of Friday night in Nova Scotia
was almost unexampled in violence along
the western shore. No lives are reported
lost, but the destruction of property was
great, nearly every person on the coast
being a loser by the wind and waves.
The hearing of argument on the legality
of the issue of deferred income bonds by
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany, took place yesterday afternoon in the
United States Circuit Court before Judges
McKennau and Butler, at Philadelphia.
While at work repairing a bridge on the
Montreal Railroad at East Concord, a few
days ago, forty men were swept off the
bridge by the swinging round of a large
piece of timber, and fell fifteen feet to the
track beneath. Four of them were seri
ously injured.
Margaret Pryor, an unmarried negro
woman, is now in jail at Harrisonburg, Va.,
charged with attempting to poison the
family of T. L. Williams, of Rockingham
county, on the 18th of February last, by the
use of strychnia. The prisoner put the
poison in a pitcher of milk to be used by
the family at breakfast.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Texas and Mexican Railway on the 18th
instant, the following officers were elected:
Charles P. Hinchman, of Philadelphia,
President; Captain M. Kennedy, of Corpus
Christi, Vice President; Captain John Pratt
Secretary, and W. W. Hungerford General
Superintendent.
The appeal of Thomas A. Edfßon in the
interference case of Maxim vs. Edison has
been decided by the Examiners in-Chief of
the Patent Office ia favor of the owners of
the Maxim patents. The Examiner of In
terferences decided last February in favor
of Maxim, and the Board of Examiners in-
Chief affirm his decision. A final appeal
may be taken to the Commissioner of
Patents.
The following officers have been elected
for the Corpus Christi, San Dieero and Rio
Grande Railway: Guarles P. JUnchmar,
President; John Pratt, Vice President; W.
W. Hungerford, General Superintendent;
James W. Wood, Beeretarv and Treasurer,
and George W. Risline, W. E. Thurber, A.
C. Hunt, W. A. Harris, F. W. Baldwin, M.
M. Reynolds, M. Kennedy, R. King, Geo.
Reynolds and J. 8. McCampbell, Directors.
A murder was perpetrated at Rural, a
village on the Ohio river, in Clermont
county, Ohio, last week. At a singing
school taught by a young Kentuckian
named Carr, Alf. Reed and Harvey Hicks,
both roughs, created a disturbance, and
were reprimanded by Carr. Afterward, on
the way home, Reed met and whipped Carr.
Later Reed went into a drug store where
Carr was, and the latter struck him with a
scale weight, killing him. Carr escaped.
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OUR ATLANTA LETTER.
Weather and Crops—This, That and
the Other Journalistic Para*
graphs—Personal Mention—Paying
Advertisements—The Masonic Fair
Donations —Minor Topics—Rail*
road Topics—Final Paragraphs.
Atlanta, April 18.—Yesterday was a lovely
day for the ladies, and they took full advan
tage of it to show off their new hats and
dresses at the Easter services, which were
largely attended and unusually attractive in
music and floral decorations.
To-day the air is rather heavy.and everything
indicates more rain. The farmers and our Street
Commissioners are in anything but a happy
frame of mind. Since November we have had
steady rains every few days, many of which
have been heavy and destructive. It appears
as if there would- be no ending to this “wet”
programme (new style) for the weather.
In my last I said that winter was about to
lap over into the “lap of spring.” I meant the
lap of summer. It is too late now to talk
about having any spring, at least the farmers
and fruit growers say so. An immense amount
of re preparing of land and replanting will
have to be done in consequence of the contin
ued heavy rains and cold weather. Cotton
will be the chief crop this vear, as many farm
ers have got discouraged in their attempts to
prepare for diversified crops.
THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER.
President Phinizv says the Central Railroad
stock can’t be "watered.” That may be true,
but Colonel Wadley has put a good deal of
“spirit" into it lately.
The Georgia Republicans ought to be called
the “Happy Family.” The “outs” are now
fighting General Longstreet and Andrew
Clarke, and some rich developments of ras
cality are made by these family wrangles.
Two of the unfortunate night passengers on
the wrecked Georgia Railroad train,some weeks
ago, are still at the Markham House. One is
able to get about with a cane, but the other,
who was badly injured, is still confined to his
bed. The run off was near the Oconee bridge.
Our police are making daily raids upon the
large number of negro vagrants that infest this
city, many of whom hang about negro bar
rooms in the very heart of the business portion
of the city, blocking up the sidewalks and con
ducting themselves in a disorderly manner.
The respectable colored people are backing up
this much needed reform.
Atlanta is of very little use as a port of entry
unless she has a Collector of Customs to occupy
an official position in the building now to be
called in fact a custom house. President Gar
field is trying to decide whether or not it will
do to appoint a colored man to this position, as
that wing of his party demand. Atlanta mer
chants are strongly opposed to any such ap
pointment, and are working hard to prevent
such a calamity to the new port of entry.
A cow ordinance was adopted at the last
meeting of the City Council by a vote of seven
to six. and strong efforts are being made to de
feat it by a reconsideration to-night. Ambi
tious politicians and interested parties are
making a lively fight for the libertv of the
cows, but Councilman Johnson says the heroic
seven will stand firm in the defense of flower
gardens, trees and unprotected women and
children. An Atlanta cow has no regard for
improvements about a handsome residence,
but will open the gate in an adroit manner and
walk in to her work of destruction.
Prof. Charles A. Capwell. the talented organ
ist, was well known in Savannah, and many
friends will regret to learn that he has a third
time “gone to the bad.” For two or three
years past he has been a very conspicuous
figure in musical circles here, first as agent of
the Estey Organ, and later for the Smith
Organ. He was a defaulter to the first, but
friends saved him from public di-grace, and
he made anew start with the latter. It seems,
however, that an old weakness overtook him
while traveling for the Smith Organ in Texas,
and he gambled away the funds in his posses
sion, and took to drinking again. Hjs wife and
child, left homeless and deserted here, have
been sent to her parents in Chcago, as Cap
well writes that he has "gone by the board,”
another victim to "wine, women and cards.”
JOURNALISTIC PARAGRAPHS.
Atlanta is threatened wish nearly a dozen
new publications this summer, mostly adver
tising enterprises, created by the Cotton Ex
position excitement.
The Sunburst is the last newspaper venture
here, and its proprietor hopes to be able to
gain for it a general patronage throughout the
south. It is published weekly, and is devoted
to the interests of the Irish Land League.
Atlanta now has four religious newspapers.
The old reliable Christian Index and Baptist,
the Methodist Advocate (Northern), the Uni
versa list, and tiie Church Times. The latter is
anew and excellent publication, and is devoted
to the interests of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. The Georgia Methodist has been re
moved from Atlanta.
The weekly secular press is also worthy of
mention. It embraces the Sunny South, the
Sunday Gazette, the Weekly Post, (not Post-
Appeal), the Southern Blade, the Jewish South,
the Republican, the Southern Dramatic Critic,
the Sunburst, the Constitution, the Phono
graph, and the Post Appeal. There are a few
advertising sheets that appear semi-occasion
ally, but can hardly be called weekly in their
character. Atlanta has, in addition, three or
four monthly medical publications.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr. John A. Goin, who recently retired from
Bradstreet’s Commercial Agency in Atlanta, is
now in the ticket office of the Western and At
lantic Railroad, where he is doing good service
for the traveling public. Although named Goin,
he is the coming man in railroad circles.
Miss Frances E. Willard’s visit to this city
has accomplished great good for the cause of
temperance. Her meetings were largely at
tended, especially the one at DeGive’s Opera
House, where she delivered a masterly and
eloquent appeal, which produced a marked
impression upon the delighted audience. She
spoke most kindly of her reception and work
in Savannah.
Major W. 8. Greene, so long connected with
the construction of the Savannah and Mem
phis Railroad, is at the Markham House, where
he is preparing his plans for an immediate sur
vey of the Georgia Western Railroad. He is an
old and experienced engineer of high reputa
tion, who can be trusted to push his part of
the work ahead without unnecessary delay.
He goes to N-w York for an outfit, and on his
return will “take the field” for a speedy sur
vey.
It will be remembered that Col. Luther J.
Glenn, of this city, was selected Grand Sire of
the Odd Fellows at the last gathering, and on
his return home was given a public reception.
It is now proposed to honor him still further on
the 26th, when the Atlanta Lodges celebrate
the anniversary of the order. There will be a
procession, headed by the fine band of the
Fifth Artillery, an oration and a banquet. This
w-ill give sufficient variety and attractiveness
to the event, and pay all honor to one of the
oldest and most faithful members of the order
in the South.
PAYING ADVERTISEMENTS.
Patrons of the News frequently say to me
that the rates of advertising in the daily and
weekly editions are higher than those of most
other newspapers, but they add that the adver
tising is the cheapest that they pay for, in its
results, because the News has a wide circula
tion among a good class of people. Cheap
prices for advertising are not the most profita
ble investments for live business men. What
ever is worth anything is worth paying for, and
this rule applies with great force to newspaper
advertising and newspaper subscriptions—the
best is always the cheapest.
Says a prominent Atlanta business man,
who is thoroughly acquainted with newspapers
and advertising: “I desire to express my sur
prise at the amount of orders brought me by
the advertisement in the Weekly News. Out
of two hundred and fifty orders received,
seventy-five of them were from persons who
had seen my advertisement in the Weekly
News. I took a select list of newspapers,
some of them claiming a circulation of from
twenty-five to fifty thousand, and in my
opinion the Weekly News is the best adver
tising medium in the Southern States. This
after a trial of the best papers of the South
and West.” A well known physician of this
city, who advertises very extensively, and who
knows whence his responses come, has given
me even -tronger testimony than the above
flattering expressions.
THE FAIR AND BAZAR DONATIONS.
I have to-day closed my list of donations to
the MasoDic Fair in Savannah, the last respon
ses being from Beerman & Kuhrt, Owen C. Car
roll and Dr. Charles J. Moffett, which have not
been noticed elsewhere.
The articles and money have all been for
warded frea by Capt. W. W. Hulbert, the pop
ular and clever agent here of the Southern Ex
press Company, and delivered to Mrs. W. O.
Charlton, of the Ladies’ Committee of Zerub
babei Lodge, in response to the circular sent
me by her.
In addition to my donations, several parties
have sent contributions direct to friends in Sa
vannah. Messrs. Elsas, May & Cos. sent a large
lot of bags; Messrs Mobley & Taylor, a box ot
fine cologne, as did also Dr. Theodore Schu
man; B. W. Wrenn, for the Western and At
lantic Railroad, sent a thousand-mile ticket.
There may be others that I have not heard
mentioned.
My list, complete, is as follows: Markham
House, cash; B. H, Broomhead & Cos., cash;
Air Line Railway, ticket; Domestic Sewing
Machine Company, oil; Stewart & Fain, oil
tank; Post-Appeal, subscriptions; Cove joy &
Pitchford; hand screen. Sunday Gazette, sub
scriptions; Medical Journal, subscriotions;
Peyton H. Snook, rocking chair; Burman &
Kuhrt, cigars; Index and Baptist, subscrip
tions; J. P. Harrison & Cos., book and picture;
Dr. D. B. Plumb, Empire State Colo me; Owen
C. Carroll, cigars: Rev. Dr. J. H. Martin,
books; Dr. C. J. Moffett, a dozen boxes Teeth
ina. The sale of all the Atlanta articles
should bring over two hundred dollars to
the treasury of the Fair.
MINOR TOPICS.
Messrs. W. L. Kline and J. L. Hopkins, two
excellent gentlemen, have gone to Savannah
to canvass for Messrs. J. P. Harrison & Cos. for
the second volume of “The Georgia Gazetteer,”
which this firm is preparing to publish. Messrs.
Kilne and Hopkins are instructed to gather up
all needed information in regard to Savannah
to make the second volume far superior to the
first, and it will be weli for your business men
and public officials to lend them all the assist
ance dertred in carrying out their plans.
The Citizens’Bank failure is still the topic of
excited conversation on the street corners.
There is great diversity of opinion-some bit
terly censure the bank officials, while others
defend them; some say the assets will “pay
out,” while others pronounce it a “dead
failure.” Treasurer Speer is unjustly con
demned for checking out funds, but he simply
did his duty. He had no confidence in the
bank, and bad no power to withdraw the de
posits. He could only check out the funds as
he needed money to pay claims. For this
reason he gave Congressman Clement a check
for eight hundred dollars, which the bank re
jected, and closed its doors. Treasurer Speer
was working to save the State a threatened
loss of nearly two hundred thousand dollars.
There is one sad feature of the failure of the
Citizens’ Bank, in addition to the losses by
ESTABLISHED 1850.
widows and orphans, for which deep regret U
i felt. City Clerk Bigger*, who Is quite an iuva
lid. had just returned from Florida, where he
had been in search of renewed health, and the
loss of $16,000 of the city’s money falls heavily
upon him. He was born and raised here
and no man ever said aught against him
as an honest, industrious, public spirited
citizen. Should his bondsmen, as proposed
pay the $30,000 for which they are held, he
would still have $6,000 to make good. Despite
his ill health, he said to me yesterday: “Before
it shall be said that Willis niggers ever cheat
ed the city out of one dollar of her money, I
will take a shovel and go to work on the streets
and pay her the amount.’’ And he will do it
if it becomes necessary.
Much useless discussion is going on about a
new hotel to accommodate the i ush to the Cot
i ton Exposition. Atlanta has no lack of hotel
accommodations if our hotels were all run for
the benefit of the traveling public and not
, turned into boarding houses for families. Many
first-class boarding houses have faded because
they could not compete with our hotels in low
prices, and this fact has lessened the number
of good boarding houses and reduced the ac
commodations at our hotels for travelers. At
lanta has several times entertained larger
crowds than will be here to attend the Exposi
tion. But we are going to have more hotel ac
commodations. The Kirnbal House will finish
off some fifty rooms that are now unoccupied,
and the Markham House will probably be en
larged to double its present size, if Messrs.
Huff & Brown succeed in their present pur
pose. Under the personal supervision of Mr.
Phil. F. Brown, of the Virginia Blue Kidge
Springs, the most popular and accomplished of
hotel managers, the patronage of the Mark
ham House has far outgrown its accommoda
tions. After reducing his regular boarders to
two families, he is still often unable to take in
all who come to his door from the railroad
trains. The travel this winter has been ex
ceedingly heavy, and our hotels have been
crowded, but with the proposed additions I feel
safe in saying that ample room will be provi
ded for all who come to the Ex posit in. We
have several hotels that can be emptied of
boarders and made available to visitors, and
this will also open up new boarding houses.
Why have capitalists invested so largely in
railroad stocks in Georgia, if the Commission
is not a benefit to the railroads? Simply be
cause it was a case of life and death. Nobody
wanted these railroads as a local, independent
investment, but they were absolutely necessa
ry to the completion of certain great through
routes, and would have been purchased even
at a higher figure, it the Commission was as
tyrannical as a Russian despot. It is the height
of folly to claim that all this rise in the
value of some railroad Btocks is due to the
wisdom or the existence Of the Railroad Com
mission.
RAILROAD TOPICS.
Many persons are asking It the Central Rail
road will sell excursion tickets to the grand
Masonic Fair and Bazar in Savannah. It would
be well to offer Atlanta an opportunity to visit
the “Forest City” at reduced rates during the
continuance of the Fair.
It is amusing to see the frantic efforts of cer
tain interested parties to make the public be
lieve that the Georgia Railroad Commission
has caused the rapid increase in value of the
Georgia Railroad and Central Railroad stock,
and that all the railroads are prospering under
its benign rule. I have always respected the
gentlemen composing the Commission, but I
should lose that respect if I ever heard any one
of them endorse the above sentiment.
The work of railroad consolidation has only
fairly commenced at the South. Within twelve
months there will be completed several mag
nificent and comprehensive combinations,
after which it will be impossible to travel
around and find an independent railroad worth
buying up at twenty-five cents on a hundred
dollars. AU roads that can be made available
or profitable, as feeders or through lines, will
be consolidated and under one grand board of
management. This course has Been rendered
necessary by the outreaching power of great
railroad corporations at the North.
As soon as this advancing power was fully
comprehended and its future operations ap
prehended, the great railroad corporations of
the South began to combine and consolidate,
and to reach out and gather in scattered roads
that might be needed for future operations.
Gradually this work of absorption has gone
on, sometimes the North being victorious and
at another time the South coming out ahead.
Owing to a too confident feeling President
Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
was caught napping by the Pennsylvania Cen
tral Railroad, and the latter secured the Air-
Line Railway to Atlanta. But when they
reached out for the Geotgia Railroad they
found it in the hands of Col. Wm. M. Wadley,
a man who talks less and does more than Presi
dent Garrett. But there are still “other worlds
to conquer,” and the public may look out for
other and more startling developments in the
near future. “Wadley’s Iron Wedge” will yet
be victorious in splitting wide open many other
proposed railroad combinations that would be
injurious to Georgia and Savannah. He thinks
too much and talks too little to be caught “nap
ping” by his rivals.
FINiL PARAGRAPHS.
I have just learned that J. H. Martin, Esq.,
has concluded not to go to Dahlonega at
present, but will become political editor of the
daily Post-Appeal of this city, commencing his
labors this morning.
The local option law hi Schley county is to
be tested in the Supreme Court. E. O. Sim
mons, Esq., attorney for parties who were re
fused a liquor license by the County Commis
sioners, has brought the matter here for final
adjudication by the highest tribunal of the
State.
Savannah is not alone in opening a grand
Fair and Bazar to-night. The ladies of Atlanta,
headed by Mrs. J. J. Toon, will open in the
Young M n’s Library building to-night, a grand
Fair and Bazar in aid of anew charity hospi
tal, to be established in this city as soon as the
funds are raised. Liberal donations have been
received from all parts of the country, and the
Fair promises to be a great success.
I am glad to see the subject of silk culture
being agitated in the Morning News. I have
often wondered why so few persons engage in
it. Several years ago, at the 'fhomasville Fair,
I saw numerous handsome articles which bad
been made from home cultivated silk. Last
year, at the Bainbridge Fair, I saw more such
specimens, and also learned that silk culture
had been successful in that section. At the
last Atlanta Fair, held a year ago, Mrs. Fannie
O’Niel, of this city, exhibited some elegant
specimens of ladies’ silk hose, made from silk
or her own culture. It Is evident that this in
dustry can be made m ore general and profit
able in Georgia. Chatham.
A Presbyterian missionary writes in the
Foreign Missionary that although there
are many heathen temples in Slam they
are most of them going to decay, and he
adds that there are only one-fourth as
many Buddhist priests in Bangkok, the
capital, as there were thirty years ago.
And this missionary expresses the opin
ion that Siam would ere this have be
come a Christian land but for the fear
fully wicked example of business men
who have come there from Christian
countries.
lotteries.
POPULAR MONTHLY DRAWING OP THE
Commonwealth Distribution Cos.
AT MACAULEY’B THEATRE,
In the City of Louisville, oh
SATURDAY, APRIL 30th, 1881.
These drawings occur monthly (Sunday*
excepted) under provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of Kentucky, incorporating
the Newport Printing and Newspaper Cos., ap
proved April 9, 1878.
BT-THIS 18 a SPECIAL ACT, AND HAS
NEVER BEEN REPEALED.
The United States Circuit Court on March 31
rendered the following decisions:
Ist—THAT THE COMMONWEALTH DIS
TRIBUTION COMPANY IS LEGAL.
2d—ITS DRAWINGB ARE FAIR.
N. B.—This company has now on hand e
large reserve fund. Read carefully the ils. of
prizes for the
APRIL DRAWING,
1 Prize * 30,(K0
1 Prize 10,0(0
1 Prize 5,000
10 Prizes, *I,OOO each 10.0C0
20 Prizes, 500 each 10,0 CG
100 Prizes, 100 each 10,00(
200 Prizes, 50 each 10,OC(
600 Prizes, 20 each 12.00 C
1,000 Prizes, 10 each 10,0
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
9 Prizes, 800 each 2.7 W
9 Prizes, 200 each 1,801
9 Prizes, 100 each 90t
1,960 Prizes 112,401
Whole tickets, $2; Half Tickots, $1; 27 Tickets
*SO; 55 Tickets, *IOO.
Remit Money or Bank Draft In Letter, oi
send by Express. DON’T SEND BY REGIS
TERED LETTER OR POST OFFICE ORDER
Orders of $5 and upward, by Express, can bt
sent at our expense. Address all order to R. M
BOARD MAN, Courier-Journal BuUding, Louis
vUle, Ky., or T. J. COMMERFORD, 212 Broad
way, New York.
JNO. B. FERNANDEZ, Agent,
Cor. Bull and Broughton sts., Savannah, Ga.
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CIRCULAR No. 13.
Offick of the Railroad Commission, I
Atlanta, Ga., April 4, 1881. )
rpHE following changes in the Classification
1 adopted March 4, 1880, are made, to take
effect May 1.1881;
Ist. Barrels, half barrels and kegs, emp y,
except ale and beer barrels, L. C. L. Class l).
Same in car loads, charged at not less than
10.000 pounds, Class K.
2d. Lumber, laths, shingles and staves, on
all roads, Class P.
3d. Domestics, denims, sheetings, shirtings
tickings, jeans, checks, cotton rope and thread,
manufactured on or near any of the railroads
within the territory and jurisdiction of this
Commission, Class 5.
4th Melons in car loads (subject to Note 1),
Class O.
JAMES M. SMITH,
„ . „ „ Chairman.
R. A. Bacon. Secretary. ap7-Th4t
Busby’s Anti-Electric Alarms and
Gall Bells
CAN be attached to any door knob, and ad
justable as an alarm or call belt Every
housekeeper in this community should have
one. It is a protection against sneak thieves
JAMES McGINLEY,
York near Bull street.
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