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(j^ltmitntsCbpiar-^w. COLUMBUS CHRISTMAS ENQUIRER: TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1877. r % t COLUMBUS, OA.i TUESDAY, DEC. 25, 1877. LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION AMB HOBE TIMS TWICE THE URGEST AGGREGATE CIBCUIiATIOIV! / About half the Senate and House are in New York cutting their eye teeth. The unclaimed dividends now lying at the Bank of England amount to £3,500,956. The telephone has been successful ly operated between Chicago and Co lumbus, Ohio—375 miles. The four judges of the Kentucky court *of appeals weigh respectively 222, 220, 208, and 201 pounds. At a recent fashionable toll in New York all the dresses of the ladieswere either white or cream color. Bass, the brewer, is the largest con tributor to the revenue of Great Bri tain, averaging $5,000 for every work ing day of the year. . 4 4 f Tjie number of desertions from the British army was last year 1,751, as a result of which 1,740 soldiers were committed to hard labor. The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette intimates that Mr. Hayes will veto any Texas Pacific railroad bill that may pass. -» The Cincinnati Enquirer says that the Republican party has failed, and demands that Stanley Matthews be appointed receiver to wind up its af fairs. Senators Edmunds and Thur man, though bitter political enemies, take “cold tea” out of the same tumbler and are the best of friends outside the Capitol. The London Gardeners' Chronicle says that a bunch of grapes from Lady Charlevilie’s, Kings county, Ireland 24Jfivt long and 23 pounds 5 ounces in eight, is the heaviest ever grown. The jetties at South Pass have so far cost $3,400,000, of which the National Treasury has paid $500,000. It will he some time beforeCapt. Eads : gets his money back, according to this. A woman fifty-nine years old, with . her .son, arrived in La Grange, Ore gon, recently, having walked thither from her home in Indiana. She car ried a pack weighing seventy-five pounds. During Commodore Vanderbilt’s last sickness a Mrs. Tufts directed the old man to put four salt-cellars under j the legs of his bed without the know- rltfi U ^° ^ 1V ’ Yanderbilt, and they , “Vould prove good health conductors. The increase of our exports to for eign jxirts of refined oil has been steady and rapid for ten years. In Isos 3,151,801 barrels were exported, and in 1876, 7,097,416 barrels. It is supposed that this export will reach 10.0(10,000 barrels in 1877. A fascinating young American lady recently married a Frenchman with a title. After getting all her money away from her he ran aw r ay with her maid. She is now r support ing herself by keeping a laundry in London, managing her business ad mirably, and employing between sev enty and eighty women. —■ Nashville American: Of course the GorJBn-t ’onkhng difficulty Mould be incomplete without a letter from W. E. Chandler. Hence he hastens to furnish it. Mr. Chandler is an excel lent observer of affairs between gen tlemen— occupies such an impartial standpoint. Not being a gentleman himself, be is wholly unbiased. It appears from a Blue Book just issued respecting ihe greatest cyclone ami storm wave which visited certain districts in Bengal on the morning of the 1st of November, 1876, that the total number of persons drowned was 90,000, and that the outbreak of chol era which followed carried off 75,000, making a total mortality of 165,000. A State Convention, called to consider and agree upon the best prac ticable method of riding the State of the many tramps and vagrants in the various counties and cities of Maryland, assembled in Baltimore Thursday. A tout 150 delegates, con sisting of many prominent and in fluential gentlemen, were present. Hon. Montgomery Blair was chosen President. — — .Should Senator Patterson die, he would certainly be succeeded by a .Democrat, which would make the Senate stand Republicans, 38; Demo crats, 37, with Judge Davis counted as Independent. Should the latter, however, continue to vote with the Democrats on all political decisions, as lie has thus far almost invariably done, the Senate would be equally divided politically,and Vice President Wheeler would have the casting vote. A Relative of Gen. Grant is re ported as saying that theex-President will remain abroad indefinitely, and adding: “I am sure he will not come back while the quarrel totween -the party ami Hayes goes on. He j^Vsn’twantto be mixed up in it. til - °u may. make up your mind that geijiilo there is conflict inside of the ^r epublican party here Grant will keep abroad. * * 1 suspect he is studying civil sendee administra tion on the other side.” The largest bell in the world is in the temple of Clars, in Kioto, Japan. Unlike the great bells in Pekin and Moscow it is whole, and its tone is as perfect and as sweet as when first sus- l>ended. Where and by whom it was cast is not known. Chinese and Sanscrit characters completely cover it, but they are not translatable by Japanese scholars. It is twenty-four feet high and sixteen inches thick at the rim. It lias no clapper, but is struck by a sort of wooden battering ram on the outside. The House Military Committee lias addressed a letter to about 100 officers of the army representing all branches of the service, asking for oflfeial opinions as to the various plans for consolidating stAflk, corps ; and regiments. A sharp redaction is still contemplated by the Democrats of the House, but the present circular i to daniore partieulaily with the of the consolidation _ rtermaster, Commissary ■ Departments, and the tnuis- uraMi to the War y* j. C. -— *• CHRISTMAS. With all the cheer and brightness of the glad holiday time, it comes with the warm skies and plenteous showers of spring. Under damp skies all the quickening pulses of young life die away. One feels as weak as an unstarched outer garment. Fun flashes for a moment on the glisten ing rain drops, then hies away to mingle with the grand flood that beats remorselessly on the shores of time. Thus may we learn the lesson of humanity the season teaches. The rain drop, clear and pure, comes from the serener heavens. Warm and cold produce it—the heated passions of earth meeting the cooler breezes of the upper skies. Tt is typical of the little life we lead—one moment in fusing the feelings of earth, another the beatitude of heaven, happiness followed by the deejiest gloom, im pulse succeeding another as the shift ing clouds. “Into each heart some rain must fell, some days must be dark and dreary.” We do not mean to preach, for the true instructor counts the bright hours only. Christmas is the glad dest time of all the glad new year. Enjoy it to the utmost. Fill the bowl and quaff to the joys that are past, and quicken the anticipation of the brightness that is to come. Make life a gleesom holiday, gay with all that existence can lend it, for sorrow comes soon enough ; ‘So fill tlic can and fill tlie cup. For (lie windy days of man Are but dust that rises np To be lightly laid again.’"' Repining does no good. Grieving does not remove the cause of offense. Hearts are not playthings. The sting cannot be extracted bj- regretful words. So what’s the need of sad ness. Keep the birth day of the Christ child as one of gladness. Care for the day, and let who will the morrow. Like the gay flowers, be brightest while the season lasts. The winter comes soon enough with wrinkled care. The motto of the mirthful rest period should be “Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own ; He who, secure within, can say, ‘To-morrow, do thy worst, for T have liv'd to-day.’ ” Independents in Georgia.—The Northern Republicans and press seem to derive great gratification from the seeming increase of an In dependent party in Georgia. Never were they in greater error, and never yet were they correct in their judg ment regarding our State., Of Inde-* pendents opposing the Democratic party we have no such tjiing, or at least nothing approaching opposition. An Independent in Georgia is simply a Democrat who refuses to submit to machine politics. Most frequently he is a better Democrat and man than the one who has received a put nomination. Were he to say he was not a Democrat, or that he was in favor of forming a new party he would be beaten so badly he would regret sadly ever starting the race. Our Independents simply mean they will not be controlled by cliques. They are all the members of the only party we know in Georgia —the Democratic. Georgia Election.—The procla mation of the Governor is given in this issue. The ratification of the Constitution received 110,442, and against ratification 40,947, being a majority for the Constitution of 69,495. For the location of the Capital the vote was, for Atlanta 99,147, and for Milledgeville 55,291, being a majority for Atlanta of 43,946. For the adoption of the homestead the vote was, for the homestead of 1877 94,722, and for that of 1868 52,000, being a majority for the homestead of 1877, of 42,722. Hence, Governor Colquitt proclaims that the Constitution is adopted, t hat Atlanta is to remain as the Capital of Georgia, and the article adopted by the Convention on the subject of the homestead forms a part of the new Constitution. Mr. W. E. Chandler, of New Hampshire, has published a state ment that Sir. Hayes’ installation in the Presidential office was brought about by a specific bargain between him and Southern members of Con gress. The statement may be true ; it has been repeatedly made and re peatedly denied, before this, but there are many who think the denials weaker than the case calls for. But what right has Mr. W. E. (.-handler to complain ? He went to Florida just as Senator, now Secretary Sher man went to Louisiana, to secure the fraudulent counting of the votes of the State for Mr. Hayes. In this he was successful. Mr. Hayes teas counted in, and if Mr. Chandler and a great many other who assisted to bring about the result are not satis fied, it is because their own fraud yielded other fruits than were expect ed of it. Criminals sometimes are too successful for their own profit. Their snares sometimes catch themselves. If Mr. Chandler and his co-conspira tors were not entirely sure of the man whom they were putting in office last winter, they ought not to have pushed their conspiracy with such reckless disregard of right and law. At the Presidential reception in New York, Friday night, Mrs. Hayes was attired in a dress the groundwork of which . was pearl-colored corded silk. ThesJeeves and sides of. the corsage were in the following style: Down the front and rear, passing over the shoulders, were two broad stripes of silk, with a self-colored ground in terwoven in narrow, zigzag stripes, with dark-brown velvet. This was headed by two rows of small shell trimming in front. The entire front and rear was of brown silk. In front it was scalloped out on the edges, and was decorated with a row of blue vel vet buttons. The corsage was made high in the neck, which was encir cled by a thick point aquille lace and scarf, fastened in front with a plain Etruscan gold brooch. The sleeves were long and coat-shaped—the wrists, likcthecorsage, being trimmed with tiny ruches of white tulle. The skirt below the corsage, front and rear, was composed of broad fluted bands of velvet-striped silk, brought down to rounded points in both places. Behind the point ended in a large bow of brown silk, lined with blue. The remainder of the skirt and train was pearl-colored, trimmed with the velvet-stripped stuff, and deco rated with small dark-blue bows. Two rows of the trimming ran down each side of the front, and these were headed with broad, lustrous shells. The bottom of the train was similarly ornamented. The Ohio Senatorsiiip.—In a let ter to yesterday’s Cincinnati Enquirer the Columbus, (O.,) correspondent of that paper, after stating wliat he sup poses to be the relative strength of the Democratic candidates for the United States Senate says: “This estimate gives Pendleton, 37; Ewing, 24; Morgan, 21; Hurd, 4; Ward, 4; and Payne 3 votes, and elects no one. It isn’t claimed, un derstand, that this is the first ballot or the second, either, for the compli mentary votes may not be disposed of in either; byt I think it is a very close approximation to the vote when they shall get down to their business. More likely it will be the condition of affairs toward the close of the first evening’s meeting. Perhaps they may adjourn witli such a result pend ing.” t t Ex-Senator Simon Cameron, who has been in Washington for a day or two, is exceedingly bitter in denun ciation of the President. He is repre sented as having said that Hayes’ in gratitude toward his party is baser in ever}’ essential than the policy of John Tyler or Audrew Johnson Simon says the latter was entitled to respect for the honesty of his opin ions and the vigor with which he de fended them ; but that Hayes is drift ing along in the current, having no special aim or purpose, and has not shown the force of statesmanship or courage in any movement he lias yet made. _ Caleb Cushing, after some years’ investigation, for which the Govern ment paid him $5,000, discovered that the Bank of England contains about $12,000,000 in cash belonging to the late Confederate Government. The New York Mail has been in formed that the absurd custom of “beating” is of Irish origin. Thf gross earnings of twenty-four railroads for November, reported by the Commercial and Financial Chron icle, aggregate $7,425,125 against $6,931,622 last year, showing a net increase of $423,563. The same roads for the year to November 30 report gross earnings $71,847,141, a decrease of $705,449. The heaviest increase is that of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, $474,708, and the Denver and Rio Grande, $266,582, or over 60 per cent. The Central Paci fic shows a loss .of $1,370,688, or about 8 per cent., the Chicago and Alton $437,483, or 10 per cent., and the Tole do, Peoria and Warsaw, $295,706, or 20 per cent. Nine companies report their gross earnings for Octoberat$3,- 041461, an increase of $134,769 over last year, or about 4 per cent. For the ten months they were $7,070,- 130, showing a decrease since 1876 of 280,4-53. The unpleasant publicity given to the late important secret sessions of Senate ending with the account of the Conkling-Gordon matter gave rise to much talk among Senators both in and outside of the executive session as to the propriety and expediency of abandoning them altogether. Every one knows that the so-called secret sessions are for the most part a farce. If anything is said or done of any special interest, it is sure to be known without much delay, and is generally known in time for the morning press. A wonderful feat in engine build ing was recently accomplished at the Michigan Central Railroad shops at Jackson. Two gangs of fourteen men each began at 7 o’clock upon two sep arate locomotives, the parts of which had been previously laid to hand, and “set up” the two machines, each employing thousands of pieces, and started them out of the yard under steam in exactly two hours and fifty- five minutes. Castelar, the orator and ex-Presi- dent of the Republic of Spain, has been interviewed for the New York Herald. He is fully of the opinion that the Republic will be restored at no distant day. He holds that the Bourbon restoration is not a solution of the problem. “Restorations have never been definite solutions of politi cal questions. At best they are but make-shifts,” Alfonso reigns with out the desire of any important sec tion of the people. Senator McDonald, of Indiana, says that out of the thirty-six Demo cratic Senators, only seven—Messrs. Kernan, Eaton, Bayard, Davis, Hill, Lamar and Saulsbury—will vote againstthe silverbill. If Messrs. Hill, Lamar and Davis, of West Virginia, vote in accordance with the over whelming sentiment of their respec tive States, the Democratic opposi tion M ould be confined to the four Senators from the Middle and East ern States. Sob* or the M-Hrartrd Syndlcatf— Maniple of Mberman'M Vnnwrapnlona Warfare Acalnat the Sliver Bill. Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer.] Washington, December 19.—Sec retary Boutwell, who has been revis ing the Statutes at the rate of $5,000 per year, submitted the results of his labors to the Secretary of the Treas ury to-day. To the new volume he lias prefixed the Constitution, with annotations referring to all Supreme Court decisions, relating to any part of the Constitution, and an index. In the body of the book the verbal alterations enacted by Congress have been inserted in different type, with marginal notes referring to the stat ute authorizing the change. Margi nal reference is made against every section amended by Congress since the Revised Statutes were adopted in 1873, designating the statute by which the amendment was made; and all decisions of the Supreme and Circuit Courts bearing on any sections of the Revised Statutes are also desig nated by marginal notes. Boutwell is now authorized under the law to draw half his salary. A Treasury official, M’ho has been eighteen months in London repre senting the Treasury in connection with the Syndicate; and has just re turned, recites a gloomy state of affairs. The Treasury clerks have been sent home, and all parties in the Syndicate interest agree that funding operations must stop. They attribute it all to the agitation of the silver question in Congress. He says the syndicate people are of the unanimous opinion that no more four per cent. United States bonds can be sold in Europe. He had been to Naples dur ing his leave from London without pay, and reports that some wealthy investors he met are greatly excited about the probabilities that United States bonds, from which they derive their income, will be repudiated. This is a sample of the manner in M’hicli John Sherman, through his innate cussedness, attempts to dam age our credit; unless, indeed, legisla tion is in the interest of the bond holders. James B. Eads, of jetty fame, hav ing accomplished the depth of twen ty-two feet of water in the outlet of the Mississippi, is on his way here to collect his second half million, put of which is to pay notes due in New York next Tuesday. The Secretary of War says he will not pay it until he sends a committee down there to examine and report, he not deeming the report of the inspecting engineer sufficient evidence upon which to base his warrant for pay. A Fancy of Worth’s is that of fin ishing the back of basques with loops made by tinning up the end of each form separately. These loops are very effective, are easily matte, and take the place of more expensive trimmings; flame basques have but two loops, others have terns.—New York Herald. A BOXSirjUS I.AW. ■•a. Porter Iatm u the flMdlra— The Aetloa Chari; Mates. Uolumbus, Ga., Dec. 24,1877. Hon. F. M. Brooks, Judge of Ordi- dary, etc.: Dear Sir—Some flays ago you asked for my opinion in reference to the homestead laws now of force, and lately the Hon. J. F. C. Williams, Ordinary of Harris county, has made a similar request. The Questions involved are as fol lows : Whether there is any home stead law now of force, and, if any, what is it ? Can the applicant have the benefit of the old exemption, of fifty acres of land, etc., as it existed before the adoption of the Constitution of 1868? . Can he have the benefit of the Homestead under the Constitution of 1868? Can he have the tonefit of the Homestead under the Constitution of 1877? Briefly I will reply as folloM’s: 1st. The old exemption of 50 acres of land, etc., is still in full force, and any one entitled to the benefits of it can take it, and M’ill be protected as against all debts, no matter M’hen con tracted. 2d. The Homestead of 1868 is still in force, and M’ill afford protec tion, as to all debts contracted since July, 1868, and before the 5th day of December, 1877. 3d. The new Constitution was adopted on the 5th of December, 1877, and the Homestead under that Con stitution, Mill be a protection only as against debts contracted since the 5th day of December, 1877. These are plain and simple proposi tions and can not be successfully con troverted. Nobody M’ill deny that the old ex emption, of 50 acres of land, &c., is still of foree, but ifthe applicant takes the benefit of that, he can have nothing more. The homestead of 1868 is still of force, as to all debts contracted before the adoption of the new Constitution and since July, 1868. The benefits of that homestead are expressly reserved in the new Constitution. The section (7) in which that right is reserved, reads as follows : “Homesteads and exemptions of personal property which have been heretofore set apart by virtue of the provisions ofthe existing Constitution of this State, and in accordance with the law’s for the enforcement thereof, or which may to hereafter so set apart, at any time,shall be and remain valid as against all debts and liabili ties existing at the time of the adop tion of this Constitution, to the same extent that they w ould have been had the existing Constitution not been revised.” How a doubt can be raised upon the construction of that section is be yond my comprehension. AH the right of homestead under the Consti tution of 1868 remain exactly as they would have been “had the said exist ing Constitution not been revised.” The result clearly is, that the appli cant for homestead under the Consti tution of 1SG8 is entitled to the same and to the full amount allowed by that Constitution, and this right will continue so long as he may desire to be protected as against debts contract ed since July, 1868, and before the adoption of the new Constitution, but it will be no protection as against debts contracted before July, 1868, or since the 5tli of December, 1877. And now what about the Constitu tion of 1877, and what rights of home stead are secured by that ? It seems to me there is no room for two opinions about it. The home stead provided for in the new’ Consti tution lias no bearing, on earth, upon any debts except such as may be con tracted after its adoption ; and as to ail debts contracted before its adop- tion it is simply null and void. The courts have decided the home stead provisions of the Constitution of 1868 to be null and void, as to all debts contracted before its adoption ; and, most clearly, the same ruling must be applicable to the homestead provisions in the new Constitution. There ivas a long and spirited con test in the Convention in fixing the amount of the homestead. That be ing done, the Convention adjourned. At tlie next session some delegate suggested that unless some remedy should be provided there w’ould be no homestead at all, as against existing debts, except the “Pony Homestead” —that the courts w’oukl declare the new exemption of $1,600 to be null and void, as they had done the one of $3,000. The delegates at once saw’ the difficulty, and for remedy the said section 7 was introduced and adopt ed; and but for that section, there would have been no homestead pro vision of force in the new Constitu tion, as against debts existing at the time of its adoption, except the old homestead, of fifty acres of land, etc., etc. And briefly allow me to recapitu late : First—When a party applies for the old Pony Homestead he is entitled to it, and it will be good as against all debts, no matter when contracted. Second—When one applies for a homestead under the Constitution of 1868 he is entitled to the exemption of $3,000, and it will be a protection to him, as to all debts contracted between July, 1868, and the 5th of December, 1877, and as to no other debts. Third—When one applies for the exemption of $1,600, under the new Constitution, he is entitled to it, and it will be a protection as to all debts contracted since the 5th of December, 1877, but worth nothing to him as to debts contracted before that time. Porter Ingram. The Conkling-Gordon affair has received every variety of treat ment from the press—abusive, sarcas tic, humorous. Here are some speci men verses from the Philadelphia Times. They are entitled “Rumpus Senatorum; or, The Escape from Danger,” and are dedicated to the Peace Society of the world: “GothereyourselfP'the fiery Gordon roared. Till alt the Senate trembled at the word; And Conkling, bulging with imperial pride “You are another!’’ “blisteringly" replied. Then bloody thunder rumbled through the air; And, ghostlike, by one Conscript Father’s chair. Rose gallant Mosby, spoiling lor the fray. With Sheridan but naif a mile away! But blessed are the Peacemakers! The scene Is quickly changed! With proud but smil ing mien, Conklin; GEORGIA NEWa. —Atlanta has four hotels and forty- one boarding houses. —Americus haa received to date 16,928 bales of cotton. —A six-legged pig Is passing the holidays in Thomasville. —Maurice Daly and Cyrille Dion have been through the State giving billiard exhibitions. —“The Devil’s Half Acre,” a well known spot in Putnam county, is the surveyeil centre of Georgia. —Augusta, in the past eleven months, has saved in city expenses $38,000. Licenses have increased. —Married, in Taltot county on the 13th, Mr. R. II. Turner and Miss Lizzie Mahone. All of Talbot county. —A negro in Taltot county w r as killed last Friday on Mr. John Wil lis’ plantation by being throw’ll from a mole. —Mrs. Dr. Turman, of Talbot coun ty, last week had an arm, above the wrist, broken by toing thrown from a mule. —Capt. C. E. Carnes, editor of the Irwittton Southerner and appeal is dead. He died last Wednesday at his borne. —The dw’elling house of Mr. Wash Gaddis, of Lumpkin eonnty, was acci dentally destroyed by fire a few days ago. —Judge Harkness contests the elec tion of Capt. Grantland for Senator in the 26th District on the usual grounds. —Mr. Chas. Smith, Sr., an aged citizen of Talbot county, is dead. This leaves only three pensioners of the Mexican war in Taltot. —Donan Johnston, colored, arrested for the murder of E. F. Sweat, at Steubenville, has been jailed on a chain of circumstances reachingas far back as 1876. —The Macon Amateur Minstrels, composed of city gentlemen, played Friday night at Macon to an immense house. Duff Claney proved inimita ble as an actor. —The Rome City Council have passed an ordinance prohibiting smoking in or about warehouses or other places where cotton is stored under a penalty of five dollars. —Blind staggers of a very malig nant type has broken out among the horses and mules owned in the neigh borhood of Social Circle, ' Walton county, and has generally proven fa tal. —Mr. Benjamin Ivey, of Gibson, Warren county, was fotally stabbed by Graham McAuley. According to the evidence Graham was simply re pelling a ferocious attack upon him self. —A party of young ladies in Griffin, after an exciting chase, caught a fine coon the other night. There is noth ing more demoralizing to a real bash ful coon than a determined party of girl hunters. —The Rex ball at Atlanta will occur on the night ofthe 9th, as the 6tli falls on Sunday Preparations are on foot to make it a memorable event in Atlanta society. It will be given in new Concordia hall. —Mrs. LoulaK. Rogers,of Tliomas- ton, a lady of remarkable talent, has just been awarded the prize offered by the Central Georgia Weekly for the best .story. Mrs. Rogers had tw’elve competitors. —The Young Men’s Library Asso ciation, of Atlanta, has expended du ring the year for books no less than twelve hundred dollars, and the libra ry now has nearly seven thousand volumes on its shelves. —Mr, Thomas Spikes, of Pierce county, met with an unfortunate ac cident a few days since. While haul ing saw-logs, one of the log-dogs be came unfastened and dropped the log across his legs, breaking both of them. —While Tax Collector W. II. Mer cer, of Webster county, n r as asleep, his residence was entered on the night of the 18th and robbed of $1,700 belonging to the State and county, a gold M’atoh and all the jury script and county orders. —At a sale of personalty on the Dozier place, in Talbot county, a cow and calf sold for $4 50. Cotton seed brought 12} cents per bushel; seed cane, $1 per hundred; seed potatoes, 40c. per bushel, and eating potatoes 31c. per bushel. —The corner stone of the A. M. E. Church of Americus was opened by some scoundrels on the night of the 19tli inst. and robbed of its contents. The church had been dedicated but a feM’ months ago, at which time the corner stone was laid. —The young men’s masquerade, to be^jiven’at the opera house in Atlanta on the evening of Monday, January 7th, M’ill be a very elegant affair. It is to be manged by some of the best young men of thecity,and will doubt- leas be largely attended. —A letter just received in Atlanta by Dr. J. P. Logan from a druggist in Binghamton, New York, announces the death of young Dr. Aljen, from an overdose of chloral. The deceased was a son of Dr. Allen, an old and respected citizen of Marietta. —Four miles of the Augusta and Greenwood Railroad have been grad ed and made ready for the iron and cross-ties. Convicts are worked to advantage, and everything is going on at as little expense and M’ith as much dispatch as possible. This road makes connection at Walton’s Island with the road from Augusta. —The Stone Mountain News says that a little son of William Clark, col ored, was out hunting last Friday,and, after discharging the gun was reload ing when his younger brother, M’ho was putting on a cap, let the hammer fall and the entire contents of the gun were emptied into his abdomen. At eight o’clock in the evening he died. —A Georgia member of Congress disputes the conclusions arrived at by the Administration as to the legisla tive election in that State. About eighty “Independents” were elected, and this it was claimed was the re sult of the President’s policy. He says that there is another Georgia member who is very anxious to raise up a Hayes party, and it is probable that he may have given color to the views of the Administration. He says that it has alM’avs been more or less common for ^Independent candi dates to run in Georgia, and that out of all the Independents M’ho have just been elected to the Legislature there are probably not a half dozen who are not pronounced Democrats, and many of them of a more extreme type than the regular candidates. —TheHartM’ell Sun.says: “On last sale day the old jail was sold; then the lot on which it stood. ‘Old B.’ bought the lot, and theTovvn Council had erected a neat calaboose on it, which was not reserved M’hen the lot was sold. ‘Old B.’ lias rented it out for a confectionery. A few days ago Marshal Dooley M’as seen crossing the public square with his hands full of halter chains. On being intesro- gated he said Christinas was coming and the town had no calaboose, and he had bought the lot of chains to halter the boys to the blackjack sap- plings in the rear of the new jail.” This reminds us of the series of reso lutions passed by an Irish Town Council in the old country: 1. Re solved, That a new jail be erected on the site of the present old jail. 2. Resolved, That the material of the old jail'be used as far as it may suit for the building of the new jail. 3. Resolved, That for the security of the prisoners, the old jail be not pulled down until the new jail has been finished. g and Gordon, see!—with measured pace, Advance to meet, unarmed, and to embrace. Each, “You can kiss me,’’ in a whisper speftks, And to tbe other times both manly cheeks. While all mankind rejoice that now the pair Can simullaneousiy go together there! The illustrated papers are prepar ing to caricature Conkling and Gor don, and have sent to Washington for photographs of the two gentlemen. “Mamma, where do the cows get the milk?” asked Williet looking up from the foaming pan of milk which he had been intently regard ing. “Where do you get your tears?” was the an swer. After a thouhgtful silence he again) broke out: “Mamma, do the cows have to be spanked?” Dr. Toc^iamer says that the little black specks on apples and oranges are clusters of fringi, and that they produeelwhooping cough. ALABAMA NEWS. —The Supreme Court has adjourned to the 31st. —The Troy Light Guards gisge an elegant toll on the 26th. —A. C. Hargrove’s ginhouse, in Tuskaloosa county, and nine bales of cotton were burned the 1st. —From 114 turkeys and 228 pairs of chickens a Marshall county lady has I realized during the present year $616. —Nearly every train from Troy carries tM’enty or thirty emigrants from the southern counties to Texas. —The Baptist church at Troy has invited Rev. A. P. Morris, of South Carolina, to preach to them, and it is thought he M’ill accept. —After reserving three wagon loads of seed cane from the product of a half acre of land, Dr. R. E. Huey, of Pike county, made three hundred gallons of syrup from the remainder. —Hester, of Sumter county, Ala., fame, turns up again as a detective in the public timber business, and is instituting suits to recover lumber, logs and turpentine to the Govern ment. —It seems to be definitely settled that Mr. Piilans, the Democratic nominee for Mayor of Mobile, M'as defeated by 37 votes, Duffee, the In dependent, People’s, or M’hatever you may call him, candidate beating him by that majority. As there is a charge of manipulation of returns in one of the M’ards, an investigation by the proper authorities is highly probable, and the fact may be developed that Piilans Mas elected. Mr. Sheffield, tbe Democratic nominee for City As sessor, M’as elected, but the Duffee combination carried the other offices. The straight-out Democrats, lioM'ever, have an ovenvhelming majority in both branches of the City Council, and virtually control the city govern ment for the next two years. Report of Ihe Auditor of Alabama. The report of Hon. Willis BreM’er, State Auditor, for the fiscal year ending October 1, 1877, is upon our table. The revenue receipts for the year have been $781,800, not inclusive of school money paid by collectors in the counties, and the disbursements have been $682,591, leaving a balance in the treasury of $153,955. The school money paid out in the counties by collectors amounted to $197,791. The entire revenue receipts, therefore, amounted to $979,592. This is a grat ifying condition of the State finances. It has been reached in the face of contracted values, and a reduction of half a. mill in the rate of taxation of last year, and is due to the frugality of Gov. Houston’s administration. The Auditor informs us that the improved condition of the State is shown in her appreciation of the funded liabilities. The 8 per cent, obligations, known as Shite money, are being absorbed as an investment by citizens of Alabama, and the new two and three per cent, bonds have advanced in value at least twenty per cent, within the past few months. The State debt stands at present: Old bonded debt $5,084,713 50 Debt since July, 1868 3,041,209 50 Railroad debt 1,-542,500 00 WASHINGTON. auc.iz.TJr of wrnMW. The ValM Pmnmlta late ***** TURKO-RUSSIAN WAR. WEST INDIES. Washington, December 24— Pat terson’s condition is not as favorable as yesterday, but he is resting com fortably. His friends say should he recover, he will be confined to lus room several weeks. VICE CONSUL AT PENSACOLA. The President recognized Thomas C. Watson Vice Consul of Uruguay, at Pensacola. SENATOR PATTERSON IMPROVING. Senator Patterson’s condition is somewhat improved this morning. The pain in his head, with M’hich he M’as suffering yesterday, has left. He is, however, very much M’eaker. DEPARTMENTS CLOSED. Washington, Dec-. 24.—All the departments are closed. Secretary Thompson has gone to Indiana’. FROM THE RIO GRANDE. The following M'as received at the War Department this afternoon : Chicago, Dec. 24.—Gen. Ed Town- send:—The folloM’ing telegram from Gen. Ord is forM'ardeil for the infor mation of the General of the army: P.H. Sheridan, Lieutenant-General: Lieut. Ward who Mas sent to the Rio Grande to find the trail of the horses stolen and driven into Mexico on the fifteenth inst., has just come in. The Mexican troops got to the river on the morning of the twentieth. Ward showed the Mexican Lieutenant the trail and at his invitation crossed his men and joined the Mexican troops. They folloM’ed the raid together all day, going about twenty-five miles. As it had rained heavily the trail M as hard to follow, and another hard rain setting in, they found it impossible to follow it farther. The trail was left about three miles from the nearest town, and only six or eight miles from M’here it crossed the river. Ward says there was perfect good feeling among the Mexican soldiers and our own, and that tbe Lieutenant offered to go with him any M'here. He thought the horses could be found. Signed Ord, Brigadier-General. .VO VKOMt BE88 MX TIME WAB. »**»niii Bo and TurUrj Wants Pearr. CONDITION IN CONSTANTINOPLE. Special to Enquirer-Sun.} London, December 23.—A Reuter’s Constantinople’ dispatch says it is de clared that the Porte is determined to carry on the war to the last extrem ity, should the request for mediation fell. Mr. Layard, the British Am bassador, has not yet received Lord Derby’s reply to the Porte’s note. Great distress prevails among the poor of Constantinople. The ’ i lie Kiitr. here 1 ‘“I'lees to t|„. SI. Thomas and San Hnytl. ■ Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Havana, December 23 lish mail steamer has arrive,i . from St. Thomas with •>.(• : 1< rt 15th inst. The Floating Dock Coin,,.,,,, Thomas has decided to « f , int,, . st - dation, the income not beto’ cient to pay expenses. " lf!| - Reports from San Doniiu-,, ,, 9th show that the rebellio,f|...., Iu " been suppressed, and that m,,, i and other outrages were still h'- eN committed About 100 political S? oners had been banished without nil vious warning. One schooner e-n-ri • prices of provisions are rising in conse- ■--- quenee ofthe depreciation of the cur- tht“*n to Rio Hacha. rency. Difficulties are feared, if the ! hayti Total $9,668,423 00 Patton certificates 37,255 00 Grand total $9,705,678 00 The interest paid at present by the State upon her debt is: 1. On >7,872,238 50 2 per cent $157,444 77 2. On $542,500 5 per cent 27,125 00 3. On $1,000,000 8 per cent 80,000 00 Total $264,569 77 The Auditor estimates the receipts for the next year at $925,000, and the disbursements at $852,752. The re ceipts from licenses is estimated at $60,000. If instead of the present un fair and unequal system of liquor licenses, some such system as that of the Moffett Register could be adopted, we would receive a much larger reve nue from liquor traffic. In Virginia it is thought that the Moffett Register will bring in $500,000 revenue. In this State, with one-fourth less popu lation, we might fairly expect more than $300,000 income from a similar institution, or $240,000 more than we now receive, and a corresponding re duction of taxation to the extent of tM’enty-five per cent. The* poll tax is not collected as carefully as it should be. The reve nue from that source falls nearly $50- 000 behind that of last year. With more than 200,000 voters it is singu lar that the revenue from polls is only $152,000. The Register again calls attention to the extravagant cost of feeding and caring for prisoners. To feed prison ers in the county jails costs the State for the past year $76,096. This is an improvement upon former years, but still there is room for reform. The county jails should be made self-sup porting. If necessary the General Assembly should send a commission to examine the plans by M’hich the Northern States relieve their people of this great burthen. ’Tis the dulcet voice of a fair Iowa girl, speaking to her noble brother, M’ho has been out all night: “Nixy Rocks, that stiffs too thin ; you see 1 am up to snuff"; you bet I am on to the boys now, and you might as M’ell cheese your racket about staying up M’ith a sick friend. I heard about your drinking three straights and a whiskey sour at Bill Rye’s saloon, and then went doM’n to old Bourbon’s place and give him your finger for a blue-blazer and a hot rum punch. When you were playing fifteen-ball pool with Ike Smith, didn’t you get stuck for six-straight games and the drinks, and stand him off for the Mhole business? Oh! but you’re a staver, and the first thing you know you will have a bad case of the jims, and then everybody about town M’ill say you M’ere a pretty good fellow, but too much of a kid to run with thor oughbreds.”—Fairfield Democrat. Indians in Utah. Special to the Enquirer-Sun.] Salt Lake, Utah, Dec. 24.—Col. John E. Smith, commanding the 14th infantry who was sent to Fort Hall, Idaho, to investigate the threatened war M’ith the Bannocks made a de mand for the surrender of the Indian M’ho murdered Alex Rhoilen at Ross Fork. They promised to deliver him but it is not*believed they will. The Indians are well armed, M’ell mounted and insolent and are thought Mill make trouble in the Spring. Shoe Strikers. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Lynn, Dee. 24.—The labor troubles in this city are increasing. The ope ratives in the shoe mamifactury of S. K. Hollis, Market street, struck. The strikers, forty men, include the M’hole shop’s crew. The cause is the proposed reduction of wages. The strikers are authorized in the action by the Crispin Board of Arbitration. The strike of testers at the shoe manufactory of Kene Bros, caused the whole shop’s creM-s, numbering 75, to lay idle. The strikers in the city number 300. Illinois Postmaster Arrested. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] St. Louis, December 24.—Buxton, postmaster at Morrisonville, 111., was arrested by special agent Williams this morning for destroying mail matter from St. Louis, Chicago and Deeatur. Buxton is a merchant at Morrisonville, as M’ell as postmaster. He is said to be M’ell off". Drafts de stroyed M*ere drawn on him by parties here and elsewhere anil sent to the Morrisonville bank for collection. He confesseil destroying two letters con taining drafts * for Shaunhorst & Hochmann in this city. He M’as taken io Springfield for examination tofore the U. S. Commissioner. Death of R. B. Parrott. Poughkeepsie, December 24. — Pobert B. Parrott, the inventor of the Parrott Gun, died suddenly at the Cold Springs this morning.* Bobber; and Border lo Mew York. Rochester, N. Y., December 24.— Early yesterday morning three men entered the house of George Mindle, near Attica, knocked him down, dragged out bis wife, aged 56 years, abused aud murdered her. Two have been arrested on suspicion. MEXICO. Cortina Attempt* to Organize a Revo- Intion. Matamoras, December 24.—A no torious partisan of Cortina, named Portual, M’ho some years since made an attack on the police headquarters and killed the chief of police and M’ounded two others and escaped, has recently been robbing on the high way near this city. He rode into the market place test night and shouted for ex-President Lerdo. When the police attempted to interfere, they were fired on and M’ounded. After considerable shooting, which created quite an excitement, as it M’as feared that a portion of the troops M’ould re volt. Portual M’as captured and lodged in jail. It is supposed it M r as to create a disturbance to try the loy alty of the government for President Diaz, and, if the troops were not feith- ful, to take advantage of their disaf fection and organize a revolution. As nothing to the advantage of the Ler do party was developed, order was soon restored. INDIANS IN NORTHERN MEXICO. San Francisco, December 24.—A Tucson dispatch says about one hun dred and thirty Indians are camped near Janos Sonora. Recently the So nora troops attacked them, losing twenty-seven killed and a number of of wounded. The Indian casualties are not stated. The Indians were ap parently victorious, as they subse quently stripped the country in the vicinity of Janos of stock. The In dians have been robbing trains in San Simon Valley. Troops w’ere in pursuit. * RIO GRANDE BORDER. Anterlrau zad Heileaat Unite in Fol lowing tbe Raider*. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Nem’ York, Dec. 23.—A special from San Antonio, Texas, says: On Thursday last, Lieut. Ward in com mand of a detachment of United States cavalry followed the trail of a party of Indians going out of Texas with stolen stock to the Rio Grande. Lieut. Ward notified the nearest Mexican officer, who appeared with a detachment of troops, and the tw’o commands joined in following the trail in Mexico. As heavy rains fell, the joint scout M’as fruitless, but the Mexican officers expressed a willing ness to co-operate in pursuing the raiders M’hen they cross over into Mexico. CUBA. IMPORTANT SURRENDERS. Havana, Dec. 24.—An official telegram from Sancite Spiritu9 says 600 insurgents surrendered in the Central Department. Among them M’ere wife and family of Maximo Gor- mez. The surrender of the family of Maximo Gormezhad been previously offered, and General Martinez Com pos permitted them to surrender either on the island of Cuba or out side, according to their M’ishes. To day forty-six surrenders M’ere report ed in the Central Department. ENGLAND. \8BMSCMJMjA tmoxs. Prince Leopold Kick. EDINBURGH PETITIONS FOR NEU TRALITY. London, December 24.—The Edin burg Chamber of Commerce to-day agreed to memorialize the Govern ment to continue neutrality in the present M ar. Only two members of the chamber opposed the adoption of the resolution. FRANCE. London, Dee. 24.—The Times' cor respondent of Vienna says it is re ported from Paris that very active diplomatic intercourse is going on between Paris and London, in view of establishing an understanding about the Eastern question. The chance of accomplishment is rather favorable. STANLEY RETURNED. Stanley, the African explorer, ar rived at Aden Sunday. His folloM’- ers were paid oft" and discharged at Sean’s bar. SCALES TURN IN FAVOR OF REPUB LICANS. Paris, Dee. 24.—A dispatch to the Times says the proceedings in coun cils general confirm the belief that the recent elections turned the scale in favor of the Republicans. The Left have a majority in forty-five counties, instead of thirty-six osten sibly. ORDER OF PREFECTS. Paris, Dec. 24.—M. DeMarcer, Minister of Interior, ordered prefects to re-instate all municipal councils dismissed since the 16th of May. ■■solvent Waving* Bank. Boston, Dee. 24.—The savings bank commissioners, of Massachu setts, enjoined the Taunton Savings Bank from doing further business. According to tlie official statement, the bank assets are $1,404,513; liabili ties, $13,537,636. Measured to Twenty Year*. Buffalo, Dee. 24.—Henry Turkey, on trial for the murder of his brother, Glesson Turkey, M’as found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to twenty years in Auburn prison. New Jersey Nanafaetariag Company Failed. Patterson, N. J., December 24.— Dale Manufacturing Company is go ing into liquidation. The creditors meet Wednesday. Liabilities are three to four hundred thousand dol lars—all secured but twentvyhousanil. They own the largest aK mill in Patterson. Depreciation^f prices in silk goods is the cause. price of bread rises higher. GREECE ARMTNO. Special to Enquirer-Sun.} London, December 23.—A Reuter’s dispatch from Athens announeesthat M. Conmountouros has submitted bills to the Chamber for nominating offi cers of the Mobile National Guard and immediately calling on the re serve of the regular army. AROUND ERZF.ROUM. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] London, December 23.—A Reuter telegram from Erzeroum reports that twenty battalions of Russians have been northeast of Erzeroum. Con siderable Russian forces are also con centrated behind Dev Bojun. RUSSIAN LOSS. St. Petersburg, December 23.— The total Russian loss by tlie M ar up to December 20 is 80,412 men. SNOM’ CEASED FALLING IN ASIA. Erzeroum, Dee. 24.—SnoM’ has ceased falling here. The Meather is now fine andM’ill facilitate operations of the Russians. THF. RUSSIANS WILL PROBABLY TAKE SOPHIA. London, Dec. 24.—Tlie Daily News' Constantinople dispatch via. Slioia, says it is reported that tlie Russians are within six hours march of,Sophia. The heights above Kamal are now the only positions held by the Turks to defend Sophia. troops perishing of cold. London,December 24.—The Times' correspondent at Bucharest telegraphs that the snow storm M’hich com menced on the 18th inst. in Bulga ria and Roumania M’as severe, and it is feared that hundreds of Turkish prisoners and the Russian troops, who M’ere caught on the march, have perished of cold. A convoy was overwhelmed at Catroceni, a suberb of Burcharest, with forty prisoners and horses, tM’enty-nine of which were frozen to death* SULEIMAN PASHA IN CONSTANTINO PLE. The Times' correspondent at Pera telegraphs the arrival of Suleiman Pasha in Constantinople has strength ened the war party and he counsels re sistance a outrance. Tlie Grand Vizier supports him. THE ROUMANIANS M ILL NOT ACCOM PANY THE RUSSIANS. London, December23.—The Times' Vienna correspondent says tlie Rou manians will not accompany the Rus sians across the Balkans. They M ill garrison Plevna, Nikopolis anil Ra hova, and co-operate with Servia against Widden. The Manchester Guardian's Lon don correspondent telegraphs that no special preparations are going on at WoolM’orth arsenal, except the man ufacture of field guns. Only 4,000 hands are employed, whereas the war force is from 10,000 to 12,000. It should, however, be added that equip ment is already in store for two army corps. TURKS DESERTING BECAUSE OF COLD WEATHER AND NO PROVISIONS— TYPHUS FEVER. New York, Dee. 24.—A special says General Gourko’s campaign has resulted in theloss of only 5,000 men. The Turks are deserting in consider able numbers because of the increas ing cold, which causes them, poorly clad as they are, and wanting in pro visions, terrible suffering. Typhus fever is raging among the Turks at Renta. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. St. Petersburg, Dee. 24.—Prince Gortsehakoff has assumed the direc tion of the Ministry of Foreign Af fairs. General Ignatieft’is appointed a member ofthe Empire. SEIGE OF ERZEROUM. Erzeroum, Dee. 24.—Turkish com munications is threatened. It is be lieved the seige of this place will soon begin as the Russian forces are over whelming anil the Russian infantry are advancing into the Plain of Erze roum. EGYPTIAN CONTINGENT. Alexandria, Dec. 24.—Half of the Egyptian contingent destined to reinforce the Turkish army left here this morning, it is rumored, for Crete. The troops are mostly blacks. RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS MOVED. Bucharest, December 24.—It is expected the Russian headquarters M ill shortly be transferred from Bo- gert to Selvi, 25 miles southeast of the former place. The Grand Duke Nicholas telegraphed from Bogert to Prince Milan, of Servia, congratula ting him upon the successful opening of the campaign by the Servians. CRETE. Vienna, December 24.—The Polit ical Correspondence, newspaper, states the Insurgents in Crete have convoked a National Assembly to es tablish a provisional government. SERVIANS REPULSED—THE BRITISH FLEET. London, December 24.—A Reuter’s from Constantinople says the Servians have attempted to carry Yatne by as sault, and have been repulsed M’ith immense loss. They M’ere pursued by the garrison to Yavor, about five miles distant. A portion of the British fleet in Besika bay are expected to proceed to the Gulf of Valo. GERMANY. ALSACE-LORRAINE. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Strasburg, December 24.—The Alsace-Lorraine provincial commit tee passed a resolution expressing the wish that Alsace-Lorraine should re ceive its own constitution, as a fed eral State, and have a representative in the Federal Council of the German Empire. Nr*. Stewart Injured. Special lo Enquirer-Sun.] New’ York, Dec. 23—This morn ing as Mrs. A. T. SteM’art M as ascend ing tlie marble staircase in her man sion on Fiftli Avenue, she fell and severely injured herself, sustaining a dislocation of her right wrist. Her physician fears tbe shook to her nerv ous system more than the injury to her arm. Resigned. Special to Enquirer-Sun.} Baltimore, December23.—Nathan Guilford, general freight agent of tlie Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, has re signed, to accept the position of Com missioner of the Western railroads. Special to Enquirer-Stin.] New Grenada, December •>” letter from Hayti says that on' i> cember 8th a fire in Port-an-Pri,. destroyed $50,000 worth of iinnS* Owing to the low price of ffi" viz: $11 per quintal, transactions Europe M’ere limited. The Spanish war steamer Sanehb Barcejate arrived at Port-au-Prj..' on tlie 2d from Cuba, with the olr H ', of affording protection toom-Santi/ ; a Cuban, M’ho had been condcim^i to death by the Haytian (i..v,. ri 'S on charges of incendiarism. The l". S. Consul General h i....,, left December 2d for New York ■*—0—0 Job II. Jarkaon Returned uud 11. . euted. , " J| Atlanta, Ga., December 24. j,,(, H. Jackson, of Wilmington (),.| who Mas brought here in < b-tols-r oil a requisition from the Governor of Georgia to answer a charge of j,„ properly obtaining money from the State, arrived Thursday and laid all the facts of the ease before the Gov ernor. He left for home yesterday bearing a letter signed bvGov. (V.l- quitt, in which he says: “Upon a full luaring of tin' facts in the ease I am satisfied that the crimi nal suit M as brought under a misap prehension. The executive head his no right or power to interfere with the judicial department of the go v . eminent or its proceedings. I shall advise that a nolle prosequi be en tered in his ease, on tlie ground that the facts fully vindicate you." Hemi-Cent«uiiial Celebration in Bo»o, u . Boston, December 24.—At the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, East Boston, a celebration was held yesterday afternoon, the occasion be ing tlie completion of fifty years min istry of Rev. Father Janies Felton M ho Mas born, educated and entered the ministry in Boston, having been ordained by the first Catholic bishop in America. Among the gifts were a set of vestments valued at $500 ser vice of gold, and $2,(XX) in money. Abarondrd With 840.000. New York, December 24.—Excise Commissioner Murphy is reported having absconded with $30,000 to $40,000. Chicago ou Finance*. Chicago, December 24.—A petition signed by the leading bankers, mer chants and business men, requests tlie (Senators and Congressmen to support the President’s views on finance as expressed in his message, and as elaborated in Secretary Sher man’s report Failure*. Chicago, Dec. 24. — Russell R. Breekford, a lumber dealer, failed hv unsecured debts of 1860. Weather. Washington, December 24.—In dications: For the South Atlantic (States, diminishing and easterly winds, possibly shifting in the inte rior to westerly, falling barometer, cloudy and rainy, folloM’ed by clear ing M eather, will prevail. Whisperings op Love.—Your liaby'i life is in danger whenever it is trou bled M’ith a cough or cold. Give In, Bull’s Cough Syrup. A PROCLAMATION a TATE OF GEORGIA: 4J Whereas, A Convention of the people ofthe State of Georgia did assemble at tlie Capital on the eleventh day of July la>t; and whereas, the said Convention did revise the Constitution of the State and provide that the proposed new Constitution he submit ted to the people for ratification or rejec tion; and whereas tlie said Convention hv ordinances provided that the people slioul.l vote separately on the question of the loca tion of the Capital at Atlanta or Milledge- ville, and also on tlie adoption of tlie home stead of 1868 or the homestead of 1877. And whereas, on the first M’ednesday In December, the present month, an election was held In conformity with tlie law pre scribed by the Convention, and the vote cast by the citizens of tlie State was, for ratifica tion, one hundred and ten thousand four hundred and forty-two (110,442), and against ratification, forty thousand nine hundred and forty-seven (40,947), being a majority id sixty-nine thousand four hundred and uim- Jy-five (69,495) votes for the rat ideation ofthe Constitution. The vote cast for location of Capital was, for Atlanta, ninety-nine thou sand one hundred and forty-seven i.Wf and for Milledgeville, fifty-five thousand twu hundred and one (55,201), being a majority <c forty-three thousand nine hundred and forty-six (43,946) votes for Atlanta. Thei»t>' cast on tlie adoption of a homestead w:i>. for the homestead of 1877, ninety-four thou sand seven hundred and twenty-two 9I,>- and for the homestead of 1SG8, fifty-two thou sand (52,000), being a majortv of forty-two thousand seven hundred and twenty-two (42,722) for the homestead of 1877. Now, therefore, I, Afrod H. Colquitt, < i( o- ernor and Commander in Chief o! the Stan of Georgia, do issue this my proclamation, declaring that the Constitution adopted k the Convention at Atlanta, in the year ", our Lord one thousand eight hundred an i seventy-seven, is ratified by the people "• tlie State of Georgia, and is now the ion- tution of the State. Also, that Atlanta ' declared to be the Capital of the Stafi Georgia. And that t tie article adopt 1,1 the Convention on the subject o: the stead forms a part of tlie new Constitut ’ - Given under my hand and the great -• tlie State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, twenty-first day of December, in tli»* > 1A of our Lord one thousand eight him and seventy-seven. ALFRED II. I t>r.Qi 1 * *• By the Governor: N. C. Bakfett, Secretary of State. ... A. CARD. To all who are suffering from tlie and indiscretions of youth, nervous ness, early decay, loss of manhood, •• send you a receipt tiiat will cure yon. ’ OF CHARGE. This great remedy covered by a missionary in South Send a self-addressed envelope to ^ Joseph T. Inman, Neto Yory City. sep: House, Station D, Bible 25 eodAwh' ietor. Ci«a. Grant. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] lieuj. Hawkins Kieser, l'ropr tiie only LIVE DEMOCRATIC PAPER In East Alabama" The largest circulation; the hes* Ilka ever had; edited and P^ r “ b\ a man known by tin on* ' inhabitants of Museo- ,,,■(• county tor * the last•>» rears. HfrgcTlie Merchants «f Coin'" 1 ’ 1 '* -aHtt«/iw«|ttHcrwu»i.j laruuBu.* «• fhrif Palermo, Scicjly, Dec. 24.—Gen. ! wo|lW <j 0 well to give “Ohl Il * n . Grant arrived here on United States! ;„p- *!»-’ 1 steamer Vandalia | Advertisn.g. — —- ' Warning In New York. ! usriEW New York, Dec. 24.—Commis- ; :0: — sioners Morton and Patterson are warned the banks will not honor the checks ot" Commissioner Murphy, their abscondiug treasurer. Ht-RTViLi-F, Ala.. I’ ei ’ . call"t y Deter live Hill* HI* Wife nud Child. Memphis,Dec. 24.—Detective Win. C. Pride, imagining he heard a burg lar at his window, exploded bis pis tol. In the attempt to cock it his wife and little child M’ere killed. riVHE FIRM OF BANKS, -V 1 " t mU > e X CO. has this day been d-s-o.^,, pr. a withdrawal ot Dr. N. P- 6a* . oiiii* 1 ' 1 a Caldwell. The business win A hereafter under the name *>t *||/£ I W. H. J J. J. BINKS-1 The new tiru> having pu 1 * 11 * • .^suvnc an sets of Banks, Caldwell A ' IW bus'"'""’’ their liabilities and coAti'* 1 '* ,\ v t 1 ,*• O' de22 tf BANKS, - Leopold Mirk. London, Dec. 24'.—The health of Victoria’s son,Leopold, again causes anxiety. W. F. TIGNER, DeifD* 1 Over MASON’S DRUG.SjrpKE. Bandoiph.Street, Colum