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VOL. XX.
WASHINGTON.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA,
Durrnll—«'ompl»im Acitlii.it
■iiM.rkrt.pPr l*»lk l« Mplkriwd—Mall
I rll InlP—* ud'rtutrkt* la Plarlda—
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TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Washington, February -l.—'The
Il\o railroad committee, at the
,.i (W e of Huntington’s elaborate nrgu-
nient allowed Scott fifteen minutes
protection at iiome, or provision
abroad, otlierwise, etc. what the
otherwise, etc., may mean lias not
transpired.
THE METROPOLIS.
Totally Wrecknl on the North 4'nro-
llim fount---150 Drowned, 100 Waved—-
fatme I'lacutvorlli.t.
Washington, February 1.—'The
signal service station at the wreck re
ports at 5 a. m.:
The Metropolis sailed from Phila
delphia on Hie morning of the 29tli of
January, hound for Madeira, Brazil,
"ii.i'tiien Huntington ten minutes to South America, Captain Ankers
1 'I’l.Is closes the ease. Mem- commander. Total number of ]ms-
i,ers of the committee hereafter only
,,.|H be heard on the Texas Pacific.
Friends of the Texas Pacific express
satisfaction and confidence of their
Hl The hearing before the Pacific rail
road eommttfee on the Texas Pacific
Iris closed. Scott spoke witli force
aiid bitterness against the Hunting-
ton argument.
ACKLIN VS. DABHALIt
Tlic sub-eommittec. on Acklin vs.
Da,.rail discussed tlie ease tills morn
ing and adlourned. The report will
undoubtedly lie Harris of Virginia
.„,,| Ellis for Acklin, and Price of
town for Dm-ntll. The report of the
fall committee will probably not be
made for ten .lays or two weeks.
REFERRED.
The Polk resolutions in the House
after quite a long debate, were re
ferred to tlie committee on public ex'
pcmlltures.
MAH. LETTINGS
west of the Mississippi river will close
to-morrow.
INDICTMENTS IN FLORIDA.
The general land office bus informa
tion that fifteen persons are indicted
in Florida for trespassing on Govern
meiit lands and other offences con
neeled with tlie lumber trade.
THE DEBT STATEMENT
shows a decrease of $1,608,070 during
last month; coin in tlie treasury
$127,000,000; currency, $3,125,000.
PACIFIC' RAILROAD—SCOTT’S ANSWER
TO HUNTINGTOIf.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
Washington, Feb. 1.—Col. Scott
before the House committee to-day
made a detailed refutation of tlie
Huntington personal charges. He
scouted us lndiculous tlie charge as
ills connection with railroad pools
rings nod lobby charges, well known
In lie false by the committee and un
worthy to claim their attention a mo
ment, since tlie object of making
them is so apparent. As to tlie man
agement of the line constituting the
Pennsylvania Railroad, that was not
now in question, nor do these lines
come within tlie purview of Congress,
nor touch the issue between the
Texas and Pacific
transcontinental competing line,
and Mr. Huntington’s Southern
Pacific scheme to prevent competi
tion. Everybody knows tlie splendid
condition of the Pennsylvania Itoad.
Said Mr. Scott, do not claim the
credit of building it although con
nected with it for 27 years. In con
trast with the sueoess of his own line,
Col. Scott culled attention to Hunt
ington’s railroad operations in Vir
ginia, and Kentucky in the Chesa
peake & Ohio, Kentucky Central ,tind
«h.. t »i>ioiriiin A* < ’inci nmi(i Short
sengers 260, about 100 of whom were
drowned and about 1(M) were saved.
The steamer is a total wreck, and
nothing is left above the water.
There are no bodies aboard. Tin*
wreck was caused l>y being unsea-
worthy. She sprang a leak about
twelve o’clock midnight, and strand
ed at seven o’clock a. m., January
31st. The only way of saving life
was by running ashore, as the vessel
Was ina sinking condition.
This is the statement of Lon Mc-
Guillnn, one of the saved :
8 a. m.—The state of affairs this
morning is terrible. Tlie-dead bodies
are lying along tlie beach for a dis
tance of two miles. All are being
Raced at proper places back from the
SHALL IT BE PEACE ?
No New* or It—Nervln to Continue War
ou Her Own Hook—Italy F.xelted—
AuNtrlan Note— RumIuiii Within 14
Hour* of Countantlnople—Porte Bfg#
For Peace—If KuMla Docn not Mtop
Her Hurrli, Power* Will Interfere.
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY %, 1878.
COL. INGERSOLL S RELIGION.
passenger per mile on ttie i.en
Southern Pacific combination,
than was charged by any rotul
east of tlie Mississippi. In
tlie face of such facts is not a compet
ing line to tlie Paeifle an imperative
necessity to check tlie extortionate
monopoly upon the people, who will
have to pay $25,000,000 more in u
year than they ought to pay, if tlie
competing line he not built? Hunt
ington's pretense of u purpose to com
pete with tlie Central Pacific is ab
surd. Scott characterized it us palpa
bly misleading, for Huntington had
not tlie ’-authority to make such
a promise, either for his compa-
nv or for the State that gave lit
Ills charter. Col. Scott charged Hint
Huntiugton would fail in liis future
performance us ill tlie past; that he
was already a defaulter in interest to
the Government, which lie clearly
iloes not propose to pay. So far as
tlie Texas and Pacific company was
concerned, tlie land grant was a com
paratively small matter. They want
ed the nid asked of the Government,
that they might elt'eet a great meas
ure of public relief to which the pres
ent capital alone wus inadequate.
As part of the replication ot the
Texas Pacific Company to Hunting-
ton, tlie committee has permitted to
lie filed a strong arraignment by Mnj.
Bond, Vice President, as to Hunting-
ton's railroad operations in Virginia
and Kentucky, also citing authorities
to establish Ids charge of malpractice
testified to bv members of the tort.v-
tliird Congress in the operations of
the Contract Finance Company ot
the Central Pacific Company, a part
of the Huntington machinery on the
Pacific coast, compared with widen
the credit Mobiller transactions are
insignificant.
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
■■oink.
Washington, Feb. 1.—Baker, ot
Indiana, lias preferred charges against
Polk, door keeper, supported by affi
davits, the reading ot which created
merriment.
THE LOUISIANA RETURNING
BOARD
Tli.lr Application to Jn.llco Bradley
al Washington—Well. In Wnahlngton
unit HI* Driuniid*.
Washington, February L—It
learned that the Louisiana Returning
Board have made an application here,
through a special messenger who ar
rived here last night, to Justice Brafl-
jeucli, and the living are being cared
for. About one-third of those found
are dead. Two saloon women are
known to he dead with their hus
bands. Eight out of the fourteen
firemen are known to lie dead.
LATER.
Washington, February 1. — The
signal sei vice reports tlie Metropolis,
Cnpt. J. H. Anker, left Philadelphia, 0
a. ill., Oil the 29 th of January; changed
pilots at 11 p. m.; was at Breakwater
at 8 p. in.; on the 30tli the vessel
started a heavy leak in the rudder
case; finding slie could not gain on
the leak with the pumps concluded to
lighten the steamer by ovetlirowing
coal and hearing away for Hampton
Roads; at midnight , the circula
ting pump gave out; at 3
a, ni. a heavy sea hoarded
vessel carrying away the smokestack,
boats, engine room's doors, forward
saloon, letting ill n large quantity of
water below. The ship became com
pletely unmanageable. Finding noth
ing could he done for the vessel, it was
attempted to reach tlio beach to save
what lives could be saved; ill 0 o’clock
made beach. At that time the fires
were out, engines stopped, set nil
head-sail to drive her up the bench.
The surf was very violent. At 4
o'clock passed word for all hands
to prepare themselves with life pro-
servers; at 6:45 a. in. the ship struck
the beach; at 11a.m. some one on
horseback made his appearance on
tlie beach waiving his hat and prom
ising assistance; at 12:30 p. m. the
life-saving service made its appear
ance, but came poorly provided to
save life. All tlie assistance it could
render was to get them out of tlie
surf as they came ashore. Had they
come to the scene of the wreck during
the forenoon nearly every one could
have been saved. At 5 p. m. she
broke up completely, throwing us all
into the sea.
MORE PARTICULARS.
Norfolk, Feb. 1.—The Metropolis
had heavy weather from the time
she left the capes of Delaware. On
Wednesday night she commenced
milking water fast and labored lieavi-
. Tlie captain kept away from the
,pes of Virginia, intending to make
Hampton Roades
KiimmIu'm Aniwer lo Au«lrlu.
Vienna, February J.—The Russian
answer to tlie Austrian note is re
ceived. It recognizes tlie fact that
the present or future situations be
tween Russia and Turkey are subject
to modification and are not defiuitiai
until sanctioned by tlie Powers. .
RUSSIAN ADVANCE.
Gallipoli, February 1.—The Rus
sians are advancing on Rodosto and
Kesliar.
NO NEWS.
London, Feb. 1.—Advices from
Constantinople to this evening, Jan
uary 29th, says there is no news yet
from tlie peace plenipotentiaries. The
Government inis telegraphed to its
representatives at European capitals
asking for information.
RUSSIANS ADVANCE.
Tlie Russians continue to advance
TURKS ABANDON BATOITM.
It is officially announced that Ad
miral Hobart Pasha's licet has arm
ed from Bahrain bringing ten hut
tulions, and Dervish Pasha is expect
-d at Constantinople shortly. Tills
compel the Circassians to quit Con
stantinople; and the Porte promised
to take measures to secure public
safety.
ARMISTICE TO HAVE BEEN SIGNED.
Sitecial to Enquirer-Sun.]
London, February 1.—Tlie Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, stated in the
Doiumona. that Muslims Paslui,
Turkish ambassador in London, has
received a telegram from the Porte
saying the general basis of tlie armis
tice and peace were to he signed at
Adrianopie yesterday. The Chancel
lor added he did not know whether
they were actually signed. No notice
is received of their terms.
STROXO AXTt-RiJHSIAX FKEI.IXO
Munition. «r Wnr for Mnltn— Bru.ni
field Cheered—Mtntement. In Ifae
Common..
DEBATE IN THE COMMONS.
London, February 1.—The Com
nions adjourned the debate on the six
million sterling supplimental bill to
night. Tlie Government intends to
press the measure to a vote, which is
somewhat in the nature of a vote of
confidence. About equal cheers
greeted the points madeliy tlie speak
ers on either side.
the Louisville & Cincinnati Short
Line. Huntington hiul charged lust
year 400 per cent, per ton per mile
‘for freight, and over 200 percent, per
>er mile on tlie Central &
more pe7eif“to leeward, and on
Thursday morning was compelled to
beach his vessel, tlie leaking having
put out fires. When the vessel
struck, u panic ensued, creating con
sternation on hoard ot tlie mildest
character. Order and discipline end
ed. Many were drowned by tlie sen
washing them overboard, the sig
nal operators Imd been up all liignt
doing yeomen service in the cause of
information. Tlie vessel was broken
up entirely. No piece of the wreck
visible except what lies along the
beach.
SAVED.
n, February 1. — Tlie
captain,"first raid second officers, pur
ser and chief engineer are fluffing the
saved from the Metropolis.
Nvlioonor Nuuk—Crew Perl.liefl.
New York, Fell. 1—Tlie schooner
Ella Haynes, supposed to be from
Providence with a cargo ot salt went
ashore Oil Plum Island in the hound
early yesterday morning, anil belorc
assistance could reach Jut, sank with
all on hoard. Captain Stephens ot
the schooner Chester reports sigh ting
the I-laynes signalling for assistance,
hut being unable to reach her owing
to the heavy sea and dangerous ljieu -
ity, bore away. Suddenly the high
sea swept over the poop deck ot the
Haynes which threw heron her beam
end and in a few moments went to
pieces and sank out oi sight
fires.
Al ■MiiliMlellililn.
Philadelphia, February L—A
fire in the dry goods and commission
house of II. I’, ami \\ . H. Smith.
The Smiths are agents lor Rnhc.it
Pattepfin & Co., Muiiyun t. miils
which usually carry about M->, ” "
stock. George Campbell, agent tin
Campbell's mills, in this ‘ u ‘ < u '
pled a portion of the first tlooi. All
our floors were filled with material
valued at a quarter million. 1 he
building was of brown stone, situated
oil 220 Chestnut street, and Ini sto-
' FACTORY IN CHARLESTOWN, MASS.
Boston, Feb. 1-F. M. Holnies, k
Co., line furniture factory, 1-1
ford street, Charlestown, was burned.
Loss $200,000. ^
DEATH RECORD.
is very significant as it evidently im
piles the evacuation of Kutiram, either
in the face of an anticipated Russian
assault or in fulfilment of the stipula
tions. It is not likely the Russians
would make tlie assault while nego
tiations are pending. Tlie telegram
does not mention the alleged recent
destruction of the Turkish steamer
off the harbor of Bahrain by u torpedo
sent from the Russian steamer Con
stantine as mentioned in tlie St. Pe
tersburg dispatch of Jan. 30th.
I GREAT DISTRESS AMONG TURKISH
| REFUGEES.
Baroness Burdett Coutts lias re
ceived tlie following telegram from
the relief agent who lias been with
Suleiman Pasha:
Gallipoli, January 30.—I have ar
rived here ufter marching witli the
army to sea. I will stop here to re
lieve 7,000 refugees, who are in great
distress. I have seen vast numbers
of refugees all over tlie country dying
from cold and hunger. There is a
great movement towards tlie sea.
Refugees arrive perfectly destitute,
having generally lost half of each
family. It is a nation moving with
out means of transport and without
homes to go to. Englishmen cannot
imagine tlie suffering, destitution
and ruin of these lust three weeks to
innocent and industrious people
Tlie Vienna Political Correspondence
and the Board provincial correspon
dent, the latter semi-official, coiuiur
in the statement that tlie principal
cause of delay of an armistce is tlie
difficulty about military conditions
imposeii. Vienna papers say these
include the occupation of Constanti
nople.
SULTAN DEMANDS AN ARMISTICE
Constantinople, January 31
Noon.—The Sultan lias telegraphed
to tin* Czar demanding an armistice
RUSSIANS NEAR CONSTANTINOPLE—
ITALY’S ACTION.
London, February 1.—The ufter
noon’s Pall Mall Gazelle has a special
from Rome that private telegrams on
undoubted authority say the Russians
are within twenty-four hours’ march
of Constantinople. Italy is prepared
IN THE LORDS.
Derby said in the Lords that tlie
Government's first care would he to
secure a settlement of peace with the
concurrence ol‘ all tlie European Pow
ers, anil when tlie terms of peace were
known, they would receive tlie deep
est and most earnest consideration of
the Government, one of whose obvi
ous duties it would be to secure as far
as possible equal justice to Mohammo-
dans and Christians.
MATERIAL FOR MALTA.
Woolrich,February 1.—The store-
ship Wye will embiirk two and a half
million'rifle cartridges, a number of
shells for 38-ton guns for Malta oil
Saturday.
ANTI-RUSSIAN FEELINO.
London, Feb. 1.—The Financier
says the members of the stock ex
change yesterday, amid n storm of
■.IlM-rl.v Ike Remit of Inlelleeluel Pr®-
IcreiM—Every Man Nhonld Think for
Rllmsell'—Tlie Leelurer's lVelt n II loti
€»r I'hyvlenl mid Inlelleelunl Llberly
--Wonii.il'. BldhU—lion- lo Hrln* , |.
Children— An Audieuee In Convul
sion. ol' Lnudliter.
.\nr York Times.]
Colonel RohertG. Ingcrsoll deliver
ed liis now famous lecture, “The I.ib-
ertv of Man, Woman, and Child,” in
Chickcring Hall lost evening to a
large audience, whom he kept in con
tinual roars of laughter from begin
ning to end. Starting out witli the
proposition that liberty is a simple
question of intellectual development,
lie illustrated it by saying that he had
lately seen a collection ofull the plans
ever’miule by niun. There was tlie
dug-out of tlie native savage—Witli
teeth two inches long, forehead
inch high and a spoonful of brains
In tlie buck of ids bead—and tlie
steamship, witli a compass like a con
science; the tom-tom and the grand
organ; the idol of ninny heads and
the exquisite statue; the crooked stick
attached to a Horn by a twisted wisp
of straw, and tlie agricultural
machine which enables mail to
cultivate the ground with
out being an ignoramus; the
savage club and the Kruppgun ; and,
llnullv, a row of skulls between which
was ‘ tlie same difference us be
tween their products. Tlie owner of
the one which was a little higher
than the other was called by tin*
owner of tlie second an infidel, and
that one called the owner of a still
higher one a heretic. Tlie lower al
ways denounced the higher from the
beginning, and no man was ever
called a heretic unless he was in nd-
Gontinulng in this line, he para
phrased tlie Christian story of Adam
and Eve iu a manner to convulse liis
audience. Speaking of Adam being
lonesome, lie said that lie had no
politics to amuse him, and as the
devil had not put in all appearance,
there was no chance for reconcilia
tion. Describing the apple-tree Inci
dent he said : ‘‘Of course they ate. I
never blamed them, if I’d been there
tlmt tree would have been full of
clubs in less than 15minutes.” Then,
by way of contrast, he narrated tlie
Brnhiniuicnl version of tlie same
story, which he said was written
4,inn) years before the other, a fact
which caused all commentators to
agree that it must have been copied
from tlie Christian version. He
asked if either story were true,
whether liis audieuee would not pre
fer tlie last one. Then touching
groans and yells burned the Time
and News and some of the publica
tions of a pro-Russian tendency. The
members then signed an address de
claring confidence in tlie Govern
ment. There was a similar demon
stration at Lloyds. Several out-door
meetings in tlie country yesterday to
protest against tlie supplementary
credit, were taken possession of by
the adherents of the Government and
turned into anti-Russian demonstra
tions.
Mr. Gladstone was absent from the
House of Commons last night. He
will speak on Monday next.
BEACONSFIELD CHEERED.
London, February 1.—Lord Bea-
consfield was vociferously cheered
this afternoon byucmwd, numbering
several thousand persons, which
collected about tlie approaches to the
House of Lords.
Vance. Suppose a King or a priest
should say—and tlio further hack one
went the more of them there were—
that tlie dug out was tlie finest mod
eled vessel ever made, and that tlie
man who should presume to put a
stick and a rag to it was a heretic.
what effect would tliut have upon tlie
circumnavigation of the globe?
After continuing in tills strain Tor
some time, the leeturer spoke of tlio
dug-out owner’s religion—for lie had
one That low skull was a devil fue-
torv. It had no doubt that there was
a ill'll. It believed in a devil with a
long tail and a fiery dart on tlie
end and cloven feet, and as
cribed to him, the cheerful habit ol
breathing brimstone. In 4,000 years
there has not been u patentable im-
ley, of tlie Supreme Coart, fora writ
of prohibition upon the Louisiana
State courts, now trying tlie case ol
General Anderson. Tlie legal basis
of this application is the fact that an
application to tlie State Courts
for tlie transfer of tlio case
to the United States courts
must be followed as a matter ot law
by tlie reference by the State court of
the application to tlio U. S. Circuit
Court in New Orleans, of which Jus
tice Bradley is tlie presiding Judge,
and Unit tlie U. S. Court alone, under
the statute, is tlie judge of the validi
ty of sucli application for transfer.
WELL: IN WASHINGTON.
Gov. Wells is here. He demands
PITTkHI’UC
lienee, formerly
In Nimlii.
February 1.—M. D'ir-
Roman Catholic
Bishop of tills iiincest*, died in Spain.
IN I'lULADKI.l’HIA.
A, February 1.—-Dr.
William A. Davis,an aged physician,
charged liv the coroners jury " 1,11
she- the dentil of Julia Stieger
to make an alliance witli any of the
Powers to oppose Russian supremacy
Tlie Times, in its second edition
bas a Peiu dispatch saying tlie minis
terial council lias determined to do
fend tlie city if attacked.
TO BE SIGNED.
Tlie Turkish Minister has received
a dispatch that the armistice and
peace were to lie signed yesterday.
REPORTED THE ARMISTICE IS SIONI-
5:30 p. M.—In the lobbies of the
House of Commons it is asserted ill a
manner which seems to indicate that
there is some foundation for the state
ment, Hint news lias been received ol
the conclusion of the armistice.
RUSSIA RECOGNIZES AUSTRIA’.'
POSE.
Special lo Enquirer-Sun.]
London, February 1.—The Vienna
morning papers confirm the state
ment in a Reuter from Brussels yes
terdav, that the Russian answer b
Austria’s note, recognizes the present
or future stipulations between Russia
und Turkey, subject to modification
until sanctioned by the Powers.
TURKISH ADVANCE.
A Russian official dispatcli dated
Adrianopie, January 27tli, says: (hi
the 25th inst., Gen. Strukuffoccupicd
Ltilcli Burgos mid Cliorlu. He over
took a convoy of 15,000 wagons and
-,11000 armed Mussulmen fugitives.
’Phi- latter were disarmed and escorted
to Raids, from which place they will
Ik* transported to Asia. Demalika and
rsunkapri were occupied on the 20th.
GREECE AFTER A SLICE OF TURKEY.
Athens advices says tlie Greek pre
mier lias indicated armed occupation
of Thessaly and Epirus. He made a
statement believed to lie tantamount
to a declaration of war. The whole
population lias been ordered to enroll
in the National Guard.
GREECE IN ARMS.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
London, February 1.—A Reuter’s
from Athens says the whole popula
tion of Greece bus been summoned
to enroll in tlie National Guard.
Great enthusiasm for war prevails.
It is rumored that tin insurrection lias
commenced in Epirus. The insur-
rection in Macedonia is spreading.
An engagement between tlie links
and insurgents has been touglit in
Crete. The result is unknown.
SEltVIA TO WAR ON HER OWN HOOK.
Special to the Enquirer-Sun.]
Vienna, February 1.—The Pol H i-
respond' nee Inis the following
special from Belgrade: Tlie ill feeling
excited by the Russian peace condi
tions is so intense it appear* to lie
decided that Servia shall disregard
them, and continue war until she
FAILURES.
In KnuNitw.
Fort Scott, Kk., February 1.—The
Merchant’s National Bank lias quit.
ANOTHER IN KANSAS.
Topeka, February 1.—Tlie Topeka
Bank and Savings Institution bus
closed. Deposits $140,000.
IN NEW YORK.
New York, February 1.—Fottse,
Hoishberger it Co., mercantile agents,
have suspended. Liabilities only
$10,000.
.—Till!
a foot
Nnotv Nlorm.
POUGHKEEPS1E, Fl'lll'Ullry
storm continues. The snow
ami a half deep. ■
St. Louis, February 1.—The ex
press was several hours behind lime.
Other trains are also behind.
at NEWPORT, R. I.
Newport, It. I., February A
furious snow has raged since yester
day noon. The sound boat remained
at Fall River all night in port.
TEN FOOT SNOW DRIFT AT BOSTON.
Boston, February 1. \\Y have ten
foot snow drifts from tlie fall of a foot
of snow. Horse ears in tlie
suburbs are not running.
Special In Enquirer-Sun.]
New York, February
snow storm continued with unabated
vigor all through the night, and
travel was greatly interrupted
morning the storm i
abated, lad travel was
the ears were intleli dels
eily and
The
FI i i
somewhat
litlieidt anil
Tin* Opinion "I 11"- Wrei-ki-rs.
New York, Fell. L—Tlie Post’s
financial article says: Thus far this
has been tlie dullest day of the year.
At the stock exchange prices un
steady. The market prices of new
lives remain still below tlio Treasury
price. Gold opened at 1015, ami
every sale since lias been at Hint price.
The general opinion is that with tlie
silver agitation satisfactorily ended,
the premium on gold would speedily
disappear, so strong are all tncr-
einl iiilluencos working in that direc
tion. If, however, Hie -1125 grain
dollar is to be remonetized as a full
legal tender, tlie best opinion is that
resumption will lie defeated and the
price of gold will largely advance.
Gold mill llonili lor Amrrlru.
New York, February 1. — Tlie
steamship Abyssinia, which arrived
from Liverpool to-day, lias on board
$1,000,000 in gold and a large lot of
Cuiteil States bonds. The amount is
estimated by bunkers at $3,000,000 to
$5,000,(Kill.
WabMiv criminal malpractice, was j | 1(ll(ts ’ J|, L , whole of old Servia.
stricken witli paralysis when the poute 1IEOS.
warrant was served pn Mom ay am \ „ KCial to j, :nq uircr-Sun.]
died yesterday morning j j»akis, February 1. — The Tempt*
iimm; iii KpiiaH’ky*
Kv Feh. 1.—Phililj
suites the Sultan sent several d s-
■ latches In the Czar during the past
few days begging him to stop the ad-
UIkmIp ■»I»ii«1 Wrerken
Pkovidknck, February 1.
A re
W V,son. colored, ordered his foreign
Wife with a hatchet, was hung in the | ulllbue si!dms requested the forte to
wife
presence
• ol' 5,000 people,
lution in favor of resumption and up
raising the Bland silver bill passed
tlie House unanimously and tlie Sen
ate by 24 to 7.
♦ 4
l,ord-lll«’liN.
N k\v York, February 1.—Mr.
Lord, Sr., has come out from liis re-
tirement, and intends to hotly con
test tlie legal proceedings brought
against him by his sons.
Ucii. Jobufttou for ( uiinrPM.
New York. February 1.—A dis
patch from Richmond says (fen. Jos.
K. Johnston lias consented to run for
Congress from the district now occu
pied by lion. Gilbert C. Walker.
movement on tlie devil, and the
speaker claimed the right to make
one. Surely, lie said, u subject ot tlie
United Suites lias a right to express
an opinion on a subject about which
no one knows anything. All Hint
can be done with men by force is to
make them hypocrites. Notwoolocks
can be made to keep time alike, and
it is ridiculous to think that millions
of human beings, all different and all
clothed in pasliionate flesh, can lie
made to think alike. What a stupid j
world it would he if they did! The
lecturer then described in succession
tlie tortures of tlie thumbscrew,
rack, scavenger’s daughter, and iron
collar under which men suffered for
not believing tliut “rains’ horns are
good artillery," or that “a fish swal
lowed a mall to keep him from
drowning.” He did not wonder
that men recanted. He
would recant himself and admit
an indefinite number of hells under
similar elrcumsUilices. He said that
John Calvin believed tliut Christ was
the Eternal Son of God, and Michael
Servitus believed tliut Christ was tlie
Son of tlie Eternal God. For this
difference Servitus was burned in a
slow fire and Calvin stood by und
grinned lik a hyena tliut he was.
The speaker thanked those heroes
who refused to recant. If it had not
been for them we would now he
dancing a fetish around a lire in the
woods with wild animals tattoed
on our naked breasts. If there was
any man in the city who retimed to
vote for or irade with another oil ac
count of religion, there was tlie same
hellish spirit in him as that which
in vented the thumbscrew. The
spouki-r was astonished that any
body should ever have lmd tlie impu
dence to say that lie hud the right to
think, and that others hud not, or
(imt a creed was necessary to get to
heaven. All men should think for
themselves. If men were afraid to
speak openly for fear of losing trade
they should continue to go to church,
say’amcn as nearly in the proper
pilin' as they could get, and feed the
children. He (the speaker) would do
the talking for them.
Tlie lecturer went on to say that lie
believed in the absolute equality of
man. In the intellectual domain
there is no holy place. The time is
past for going to tlio clergymen for
facts. The way to be happy is to
muko other* happy. It is not good
I,, skim milk iu tills world in
Hu- lio|ic of butter ill the next. He
[the speaker] was on u ship hound
Ibr lie know not what port. He hud
no acquaintance witli tlie captain,
and was not on speaking terms witli
the pilot, but he knew some of the
passengers. If tlie end of the jour
ney should lie some sunny isn't lie
would be as ready for business on ar
rival as the next man ; but if tlie end
should be disaster, he would not fear
to go down witli the rest. Speaking
of tlie short interval since tlio aboli
tion of slavery by England and
America, lie said that the world
hasn't been fit for a lady or gentle
man to live in for fifty years.
“Think,” lie continued, “of how we
used a short time ago to bow and
cringo to office. Now, it is not suffi
cient to hold office—a mail must fill
it.” He told of Napoleon ill. writing
the "Life of Julius Gicsur" in order
to secure admission into the* Acade
my; compared Bismarck with tlio
Emperor William—the one the bruins
of Germany, the other distinguished
only by having the “divine kerosene
poiireif on,” anil contrasted Queen
Victoria and George Eliot. The
world hud, he said, ideas of tlie
ami got ideas from the other,
predicted tliut the time was coming
when every one would he judged by
heart and bruin, and not by cluinee.
liis definition of physical liberty was
the right tit do everything which does
not interfere witli the rights of others.
His definition of intellectual liberty
was tlie right to think right or
wrong.
Ho then took up the women’s side
of tin-subject. They hud iilwaysbeon
tin-slaves of slaves, und every religion
except one Illumed woman tor all tlie
I sin and shame undcrime of the world.
111HIII I I I i l I I I • im, IIU tA|innov«
most abhorrenoi* of those long-haired
men and short-haired women who
are against Hie institution. There is,
lie said, no happiness outside tlie fam
ily relation, hut ii should be on a
plane ofjibsolute equality. He hated
a man who wanted lo he a “head of ti
family” or “a boss.” He hated
cross man. Continuing, he delivered
himself thus: “What right has he
to assassinate the joy of a day ? Is it
because liis groat brain is troubled
about who is to he Alderman of tlie
Fifth Ward; or distracted about the
silver question ; or disturbed to Und
out which party tlie President be
longs to?” This last gag brought
down the house, so that it was some
minutes before the sneaker eould
make himself heard. Resuming, he
said he had known men to trust their
wives with their honor, but not with
a dollar bill. The idea of making a
perpetual beggar of the woman ono
loves! Wlmt kind of children might
lio expected as the produce of a cow
ard and a beggar? Woman lias every
right that man lias, und one more—
the right of protection.
The lecturer hated a stingy man.
If a person lmd only $1 in the world,
and had got to snend it, he should
spend it as though it were a dried
leaf, and lie tlie owner of unbounded
forests. There was more luck and
| happiness among the poor than the
I rich. The man, no matter how low
down ho may he, who has won tlie
love of one true woman, lias made liis
life a success. And lie who lias not,
no matter how elevated he may he,
lias been a failure. We have had a
false standard hitherto that only those
succeed who get a great deal ol mon
ey, and sleep three hours a night. At
tiiis point was introduced an eloquent
I tit descriptive of the great Nupoleon’s
career, as a point for unfavorable con
trast with the lot of a lowly peasant.
It was received with tremendous ap
plause. On the subject of woman
suffrage, the speaker said that il wo
man wished to vole in* was too much
of a gentleman to oppose her, hut he
would say to her that man was hardly
lit to associate witli in polities, as he
knew by experience. As to woman’s
intellectual capacity for voting, if she
could get the country into a worse
I muddle than tlmt into which lie him
self had helped to get it, he would be
obliged to pass an unfavorable opin
ion. On some questions—peace and
war for instance—there is no doubt
that the mother with a child who
may be killed lias as much right to
vote as some thrice-besotted sot. The
time was coming when every human
being would have its rights. The
speaker’s doctrine was that every man
ought to he civilized enough to take
ire ftf at least one woman.
Thesuhjectofeldldren next claimed
the lecturer’s attention. He said they
should he brought up with kindness,
and not with clubs. If one should
tell a lie, it should he informed by
the parent that lie had told hundreds
himself—had tried that way and
found it a bad one. “Imagine,” con
tinued the speaker, “a man who deals
in stocks in Wall street whipping his
•hi 1<1 for spreading false rumors!”
A lie* is the only protection a child
has in the presence of a club, and the
speaker thanked nature for providing
such a shield. Speaking of hell, he
said it was horn of the glittering eyes
of snakes, the roaring of wild beasts,
and the idiotic chatter ol degraded
apes. The man who believes in
terual punishment is afflicted with
wo diseases—petrifaction of the heart
ami putrifaction of the brain. It
makes ({od an infamous tyrant, and
men cringing, crawling, slimy slaves.
The speaker would rather go to hell,
if there is one, a thousands times over,
than to heaven and keep the company
God infamous enough to damn
Ills children for the expression of an
honest belief. Five years from now
hell will not be preached by any gen
tleman.
After much more of flic same sort,
the lecturer then resumed liis discus
sion of children. There was, he said,
no day ho sacred but the laugh of a
cliibl could make it holier still. Pa
rents should make home happy, so
that their children should not he
driven to saloons. They would not
be so idiotic as to allow “authors”
and forbid cards; to permit ball-
playing on the green sward und not
on'the green cloth;, to take their
children to the minstrels and not to
the theatres because the latter was a
word of three syllables and the for
mer of only two. The speaker sup
posed that was the reason, as ho could
i see no other. In his day children
went to bed when they were not
sleepy and arose when they
The contrary should prevail. They
should be allowed, also, to begin at
whatever end of the dinner they
wanted, and to talk as they ate.
they wanted pickles, give the
pickles. Nature would take care of
them; but a want restrained would
break its hounds. Parents should
not tell them what they themselves
do not squarely believe, and their
minds should not be stuffed with
what will take them all their lives to
get rid of. A man should not knock
out his child’s brains with the bones
of liis ancestors.
Iu conclusion, the leeturer had two
excuses to advance for bis race. The
Urst was that this is not a very good
world to bring men up iu. It is three
He I times as well fixed for lisli culture,
and the little sinice that is left is t'ur-
thercontracted by climatic inllucnees. I ^
There must he some Winter for Intel- j —
ligenee to thrive. Southern climes K-
never produced a great man. Take ^
5,000 preachers, hankers, and solid ! 1,1
men of New York and Boston and ;
semi them to San Domingo. The see- s«
ond generation would be riding hare-
hack with its hair sticking out [
through tin* holes of its sombrero ami
a rooster under each to a cock-tight
on Sunday. The second excuse was,
ill tlie speaker’s belief, that we cunie
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up from the lower animals. He stood
8 to 7 on that question, [great laugh
ter and applause,] and that pro|>or-
tion was good for all practical purpo
ses. How else can the snake and
hyena in man be accounted for? He
| the sjienker] would rather have com
menced below and progressed contin
ually upward than have had for an
ancestor a perfect man on whom the
Lord had been losing money ever
since.
LOi'AI. BRIRFN.
—Rain whs falling all of yesterday.
Mary Anderson is to bo hero soon,
under the management of John \V.
Norton.
—The next Choral Union concert is
to he a gem. It will take place week
after next.
—Krupp, the cannon-maker, says:
“Dor Lordt 1ms boon goot to me. He
makes lots of war to help my poor
vamily along.’’
—The man who was arrested for
stealing a hatchet could not tell a bo
at least he could not toll one that the
police would believe.
—The real name of Modjeska, the ac
tress, is Modrzejewska, Il lias been
kindly reduced so that it can be hand
led by the gallery gods.
—Editors amount to something in
Germany. For instance, the editor ol
the General Post Uflico journal is called
a ReicliHoheraints/.eltungHchreiher.
—When v man threatens to pay you
off in your own coin, make him saj' dis
tinctly whether he means silver or gold.
There has boon a deal of dispute lately
over the meaning of coin.
-Boasting of her industrious habits,
Irish housemaid said she rose at t,
made her tiro, put on the* kettle, pre
pared the breakfast and made all the
beds before any one was up hi the
house.
When a fourteen year old girl asked
her little brother If she should buy him
a top, he immediately named Mr. Bry
ant’s host known poem. lie said. “1
would rather have some marbles 'I hnn-
a-top-sis.”
—“Rise, Goordie,” said an industri
ous small farmer in our neighborhood
to his cowherd the other morning.
“Rise, Goordie. for thesun’s up." “It’s
time for him,” retorted the youthful
herd, yawning and rubbing Ids eyes,
“for he was nil’ up a’ yesterday."
—The voice of the starlit cat never
sounds to hotter advantage than in
thoso frosty, elear and silent winter
nights. Sometimes it is difUoult to dis
tinguish a prolonged unto on i lie up
per register from the dosing wail ot a
trumpet- solo. The eat lasts longer and
has a trltlo more power, ami will stop
quicker for a brick than the trumpet
will; that Is all the dllVorence.
HOTMCFs AHKiVAWsM.
Kniikln llounf.
c L Noble, S Limbergor, L Isaacs, P
j McPhlllips, GeorgeG Collin, N Rush,
T L 11 id cl, New York; Augustine
Flesh, J E Bryant, Atlanta; .1 15 Dense,
.1 T Wade, Charles 11 Cromwoll, Macon,
Ga; Charles A Lamar, New Orleans;
— Maxwoll, P B Dannorbrig, Balti
more; W W Taylor, Cincinnati; .1 A
Chambliss, Charleston, S (J; Il C Slief
Held and lady, Colquitt, Ga; A L Mus-
tian, William K Saunders, Abbeville,'
Ala; W E Parramore, Henry Butts,
Colquitt, Ga; Charlos S Seod, C PWado,
Alabama; N Yager, St Louis; Alfred
Clarke, C I) Milon, Cincinnati; S A
Williams, Troy, Ala; J M Wright, Hog
Island, Ala; S M Burroughs, Philadel
phia; C II Sweotsor, A B Smith, Bos
ton; 10 H Glenn, Seale, Ala; .1 .1 Mc-
Cants, Butler, Ga; LIO O’ Koofo, Charles
ton; W H Harris, Nashville; Thomas
B Cumons, Covington, Ivy.
Knlfortl Houwe.
C McClendon, WJ McClendon, Jer
nigam Ala.; W .1 Carter, Florence, Gu.j
D C Blackwell, W 11 Purcell, Colum
bia, Ala.; TJS Kimbrough, Bulimia,
Ain.; Josinh Allen, Ulyssos Lewis,
Seale, Ala.; .1 H Pitts, John Harris, l>
N McCollops, Conway Hall, On.; R H
Craw, Stanford, K.v.; LG Pitts, Russell
county, Ala.; Till’T Mooro, City; Thus
j Killobrow, Newton, Ga. Jno W How
ell, Jamostown, Ga.; II C Read, Ope
lika, Ala.; .1 Clinton Jackson, Jus W
Jackson, Box Springs, Ga.
Ceutrul Hold.
H W Ellsworth, Aiken, S (’; W F
Gunn, Opolika; I Ilirsch, J Goodman,
Seale, Ala; J S Clark, Ala: It II Crow .
Stand ford, Ky: J M Shilling, C 15 Yors-
ton. Boston; 11 it Taylor, Louisville; B
('Kimbrough, Hamilton; D W Cole
man, Georgia; T J Calhoun, Alabama;
C M Patillo, Salem, Ala; Clins Davis,
Warm Springs; Frank Banning, Green-
(Ja; C G Anderson, St Louis; A L
Durgin, W L Moore, 15 W Forbes, J J
Kmerson, (’has Waterhouse,«A Durgin,
FA Hodges, Frank Fop, J Anderson,
A Gridin, Bhhleford, Maine.
sidei
tiling moi
dv
ill
girl’s health. If subject to liys-
,, they find it out, and say she is
unlit for a wife. If she is pale, feeble
and emaciated, or sidlers trom sick
headache or palpitation, or any ehronii
female trouble, the young gents glear
the facts, and decide that she won’t d<
to marry. If thus alllieted, procure
English Fomalo Bitters; it will restor
your health, vigor and strength ;
impart color to your checks, add r
tundity to your limbs ami give* von
marriageable appearance in every r
sped. Call and get full particulars
Hood’s or Brannon’s.
ju2U difcwlw
“(■rriiinn Nyriip.”
No other medicine iu the world was
ever given such a test of its curative
qualities as Bosehee’s German Syrup.
In throe years two million four hun
dred thousand small bottles of this
medicine were distributed free of
charge hy Druggists in this country to
those atllictcd with Consumption, Asth
ma. Croup, severe Coughs, Plieumonia
ami other diseases of the Throat end
Lungs, giving the American people un
deniable proof that German Syrup w ill
euro them. The result Inis been that
Druggists iu every tow n ami village in
the United States are recommending it
to their customers. Goto your Drug
gist, and ask what they know about it.
Sample Bottles 10 cents. Regular size
75 cents. Three doses f : " —*
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ri UNTV. —
Xdiiilnlstrator
M. Hurrlnucr, ilcffii.M-tl, n prcM iitK to the
liis priitiitii, .Inly fllfil ami
i record, that lie hat
Id cut
rids i
fully administered
i>re, to cite all persons con
cerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause
if any they ran) why said Administrator
should not he discharged from Ills adminis
tration and receive letters of dismlsslou on
the first Monday In February, l>TS.
n »KS, < irdlnn
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