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VOL, XXIV—-NO. 284.
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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 2. 1882.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Twenty-Fifth Day’s Proceeding,
SENATE.
Special to Enquirer-Sun,]
Atlanta, Dooember 1 —The seunto
was called to order by President Boyn
ton at 10 o’clock, a. m.
Monitor Smith movf *\ to reconsider
so much of the journal of Wednesday
as related to the passage of the bill
prohibiting the railroad commission
era or their clerk from taking fees in
eertaiu cases.
O.i motion of Senator Polhill the mo
tion to reeoubider was indefinitely
postponed.
A message was received from the
house announcing the passage of the
appropriation bill.
Under suspension of the rules
the bill to deil’ie the status of
foreign corporations was taken up.
The committee reported favorable to
its passage.
Senator Parka spoke against the bill,
making a flue argumout in the defense
of foreign capital brought among us.
Senator Tutt favored the passage of
the bill.
Senator Jones favored the bill, and
thousht it constitutional, The hill pro
vides that ail matters of dispute be
tween citizens, and foreign corporations
shall he decided by the state courts
Senator Davis opposed the bill.
Seuator Guetin was opposed to the
bill
Senator M eld rim oppossed the pass
age of the bill.
Senator Hoyt favored the bill in a
speech of great force.
Senator Peeples opposed the passage
of the bill
Seuator G^eer moved to make tho
soeoial order of the day for next
Wednesday. The motion was lost
Upon the call of the veas and nave,
t.iie yeas wore 23 nays 15 So the bill
was > assetl upon tho motion of S-mator
Baker
The bill to repeal the act exempting
wages from garnishment was taken up
and recommitted to the judiciary com
mittee.
A meg >age was received from Gov,
Stephens, transmitting all the fact*-
about the settlement of the Mitchell
Blodgett claim vs. Naee. tenant, >>f flu-
state, in reply to the resolution asking
him to furnish it..
Senate adjourned,
HOUSE
The bouse waa called to order at 10
o’clock by Speaker Garrard.
On motion of Mr McD inongb, tho
rules were suspended, and the bill to
amend the act to provide for the regis
tration of voters in the city of Savan
nah was read a third time and passed,
Mr. Little moved to suspend tho gen
eral order, aud to take*up—1st, the de
ficiency appropriation bill,* 2d. the gen
eral tax bill; 3d, the gift of J. E Brown
to the university; ar»d 4th, tho bill tor
the sale of $160,000 U S. bonds in the
sta'e treasury, in the order named.
The motion prevailed, with an
amendment providing for a night ses
sion, at half-past seven o’clock, to give
a second reading to bills favorably re
ported upon.
The house resolved into a committee
of the whole, Mr. Ray, of Coweta, in
the chair, and took np the supplemen
tary appropriation bill, which was con
sidered by sections.
The appropriation for repairs of the
governor’s mansion was raised from
92.000 to 93,000 upon representations bv
Messrs Rice and Harris that tho build
ing was greatly out of repair, and
would have to he much repaired or it
could not. be occupied by the governor.
Mr. Parks moved to amend the firs’
section bv adding an appropriation of
989.000 for completing the new build
ing of the lunatic asylum, and Mr.
Rountree moved to substitute 925,000.
After a long and earnest debate, in
which Messrs. Rountree. Jordan, Red
ding, Griffith, Fite and Wilson, of Bul
loch, supported the amendment, and
Messrs. Wat-on, Gary, Robbe, Russell
of Clarke, Atkinson, Hulsey and Bart
lett opposed it, the committee rose
without disposing of it, and asked leave
to sit again.
Report on bills referred were made
by several committees.
Rolling Mills Closed Down,
Hpeclai to Enquirer-Bun,|
Chicago, Deoeuiber 1—The North-
side roiling mills have shut dowu for
want of work, throwing out of employ
ment 1,800 to 2,000 The Southside
mills continue running, with no
p-esent prospect of stopping. Presi
dent Porter says rails can be made
there for live dollars per ton cheaper
than at the Northside mills, because of
the labor-saving machinery and many
accommodations not possessed by the
latier.
Hpeclai to Enquirer-Son.]
Joliet, III., December 1.—Tho steel
mills have given notice that they will
shut, dowu till January 1st. •
Three of the departments of the
Joliet steel company shut down to-day.
The Converter sled rail mill and the
Merchant iron mills’ gieat blast fur
naces are still going. About seven
hundred men are thrown out of
ployment. Notices are posted u p that
the departments named wou Id
closed till tho first of the yea r.
doubt tho mill will resume work tl
proviejid a satisfactory adjustrne nt of
wages can be made with the men.
The North Carolina Election.
Special to the Enqulre”»8uu.J
Raleigh, N. C. Decombr 1.—The
state con vassing board nnt to day and
counted the vote for state judges.
Ratlin, democrat, for supreme court
judge received 111,283, Folk, coalition,
104,135, Ruffiln’s majority 0,148. The
average majority of six democratic
candidates for supei iorcourt judp
5,082. The board will take up the vote
for congressmen to morrow. There
are no contests before the board, nut it
is understood that Yorke and Robbins,
candidates in the 7th district, are rep
resent'd by counsel. The vote be-
tweeu them is close.
All About n MHveltiearl.
Speolal to Enquirer-Sun.I
New York Dioeinberl —A dispatch
from Edgefield, S. C.,says Moses Lock
hart, colored, aged 23, was hanged tiiero
at 12 o’clock for the murder of Moses
Blalock last April. Blalock enticed
Lock hart's swee theart away trom him,
and tho lat»er shot him rioad on sight.
The gallows whs formed of upright
posts and a cro-s beam, a figure four
trigger and trap door. When tho trap
was sprung, the con ie mned man
dropped four feet. The hanging was
private, but was witnessed by lum
trom windows and tree top*
was resigned to his fate.
The Flooded Districts.
Bpeclnl to Enquirer-Bun.i
Berlin, November 30.—It was an
nounced iu the diet last night that tho
worst of the floods are over. The
Rhine has faliou a foot and a half in the
last twenty-four hours. Detained 16-
ports received show that there is six
foot of water in the streets of Cologne,
Coblenz and Bouu. At Bonn 490 houses
are submerged, and nearly all the pro
visions and fodder iu the town have
been destroyed, There is much sick
ness in the Hooded districts, especially
among the children and the poor.
The Hague, November 30.—There
are extensive inundations iu Holland.
Large tracts ot the country are already
submerged, aud the rivers are still
rising.
Paris, December 1,—The Seine has
risdb six and a half metres above tho
normal level,.Houses nt Negont, Joln-
ville, St. Mour, Aanleres and Couibe-
noieare being deserted through tear of
disasters. The floods in the valleys of
the Rhino and Garroue are especially
severe. The country between Hoions,
Stir Moruo and Epcrnay is inundated.
Vienna, December 1.—Tho river
Theiss ami its affluents have over
flowed their banks. Morinaros district
ts inundated. Several bridges have
been damaged and railwuy embank
ments been broken down. Tho dykes
on tho Theiss are in great danger.
Dontli ol'Uenei-itl Tyler .
special to Enqmrer-Bun.l
New York, December 1.—General
DanielTyler died last night, He was
born in 1799 and graduated from West
Point iu 1819, He went to France,
studied the methods of light artillery
and on his return his drawings were
adopted by the government.. He re-
Jgned from the army in 1835, re-en-
ored during the rebellion, was second
in com maud of the battle of Bull Run
ami during tho war was a member of
tl o Bureau of Engineers. He quitted
ive service in 18G4 and then built
several railroads tn the north and
uth; and was interested in several
factories in Anniston, Ala. From 1873
t< 1878 he waa president of the Mobile
d Montgomery railroad company
The general leaves five children—
. Alexander Moore, of Texas:
, Charles Caiaw, of this city;
Alfred L. Tyler, of Alabama;
Augustus C. Tyler, of Connecticut, and
r ard L. Tyler, of New York. These
were present at their father’s death.
The funeral will take place on Satur
day, but the final interment w ill bo at
Anniston, Ala The deceased loaves
state valued at 9250,000.
A Doable €!ollt*lou.
3p»otal to Jfinqoirer-Hun.l
Union Point, Ga , November 30—
A11 o’clock this morning, four miles
balow here, an up freight train from
Augusta, while backing down tor o
b car which it bad left at Grawfords-
lle, came into collision with an up
passenger train. In a minute after an
other up train ran into tho sleeper of
the passenger train. The collision oc
curred in a deep cut and on a curve of
the road. Two engines and several
fi eight cars wore wrecked. One of the
engines exploded, but ail of the pas
sengers escaped injury. Jack Snap*
parti, fireman, was painfully, but not
iriously, hurt. Considering the c.ir-
iinstances and the damage to rolling
oek, the escape from loss of life is re
markable. The wreck will be removed
to-day, and trains will then run regu
larly.
American INirk Objected l« In «er»
Special to Krquirer-Sun.]
Berlin, Dpcemborl.—The following
is the text of the ordinance presented
Bundeziath yesterday, forbidding
the importation cf American pork :
First—The importation from America
ot pigs pork, bacon and susages of all
kinds is forbidden.
Second—The chancellor is empower
ed to permit exceptions to the prohibi
tion rule subject to necessary moas-
re* of control.
Third— 1 The restrictive ordinance of
nne 25, 1880, in respect to the imports
tiou of American pork and sausages is
Polished.
Fourth—Tho pi esent ordinance comes
into force thirty days alLer its promul
gation,
The ordiuace of June 25, 1889, only
applied to unused polk and sausages
and not to hams.
Hilled on (be SI Hire.
Special to the Enquirer-Sun,1
Cincinnati, November 30,—This
afternoon at Colcsium theatre in the
4‘h act of tho pley "Si 81000111," Frank
Frayne, iu shooting an apple off the
head of "Lucy Slocum," peisouated
by Miss Annie Von Behren, missed
the apple aiul shot Miss Von Behren in
the head She died in fifteen minutes
Fray no was immediately arrested. The
curtain fell and tho play was stopped
The audience supposed the victim was
only slightly hurt. Frayne used a
Stevens rifle No 22 calibre
and was executing his backward sb<’rt
catch snap. The i liell was blown out
backwards.
The coroner’s jury investigating the
death of MNs Van Bdhren at the hands
of Frank Frayne iast night, returned »
verdict of accidental death, Frayne’*
grief N uncontrollable. He expects t<
take tho remains of the girl to Brook
lyn for interment. It is said they wGre
soon to have been married.
Judge Lj-ii
Special 10 Enquire
New Orleans
ter from Start’!
parish, says D
i*li In JLouNlnitu.
r-Sun.]
, December 1. —A let.
1 Landing, Catahaula
7id Lee, a white 1
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WASHINGTON NEWS-
The Public Debt Statement.
Still Another Ktoked Out—Last
Dividends to DefUnot Bank
Creditors—Strloken With
Paralysis, Hto.
mil.II DEBT STATEMENT.
Hpeclai to Euqulrer-Buu.l
Washington, D. C.. Dec. 1.—The
debt statement issued tosday shows the
decrease of the public dobt during the
mouth of November to be $6,534,142 8Q;
cash in the treasury, 9287,807,173
gold certificates outstanding, 935,408,-
540; silver certificates outstanding, 973.-
095,66’'; certificates of deposit outstand-
99,845,000: refunding certificates
outstanding, $413*050; legal tenders out
standing, 9346,681,010; fractional cur
rency outstanding, 97,022,614 17; cash
balance available, 9157,887,476 28.
another kicked out,
Hannibal D. Norton, principal olerk
of the finance division of tho third as
sistant postmaster-general’s office, was
to-day removed by the postmaster-
geueial upon recommendation of At
torney General Brewster. It is thought
that the removal was brought about by
the Qoursc taken bv Norton in giving
his testimony before the orimniinal
court in the late star route trial,
FINAL DIVIDENDS,
The comptroller of currency has de
clared dividends to credits of insolvent
ational banks as follows: First
national bank of Selma, Alabama, final
dividends, four and six-tenths per
cent, making in all forty-six and six-
tenths per cent.; national bank of
Vicksburg, Mississippi, final dividend,
one and two-tenths percent making in
all forty-nine and two-tenths per cent,
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS.
Rear Admiral Robert H. Wyman,
United Slams chairman of the light
house board, was stricken with paraly
sis about 10:30 o’clock this morning
d is now iu a critical condition. He
m transacting some business at
Riggs bank at the time of the attack.
BUTPT.
Special to Enqutrer-Sun.l
London, Ducember 1.—The Mand
rel's Cairo correspondent says that
through the good offices of Lord Duf-
forin, Egypt has arranged with Arabi’s
counsel to do away with the necessity
for a state trial. The details are kept
secret.
Cairo, December 1.—Nuba Pasha
has arrived hf re. He has been official
ly inform* d that England declines to
recognize or sanction his appointment
commander-in chief of the Fgvrtian
army. The government is of the opin
ion that the services of Baker Pasha,
may be utilized in organizing and com
manding gendormerie and police.
London, D^o. 1.—The Daily News
savs it bed eves that the government
will send a British general to Egypt to
♦ «ko command of the force levied by
Biker Pasha. As Biker Pasha does
not hold a commission in the British
array, he is not competent to assume
command over British officers.
FRANCE.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
Paris, December 1.—The report of
M. Ribot, reporter of the budget com
mittee, has been distributed in (lie
chambers. It predicts a deficit of 78,-
000.000 fiancs for the current year.
Paris, Den. 1.—Several churches
in the department pf Maine El L lire
have been robbed. Seven valuable
paintings have been stolen from the
lurch at Forte Vorault.
A duel with swords whs fought this
morning by M Anderix, late ambas-
dor to S.miu, and M Lament, editor
‘ the newspaper Paris. The latter
as slightly wounded. Tho Paris had
mused M. Arderix of wearing a deco
ration of the legion of honor when in
Spain, although he had never received
that order, and of subsequently when
his conduct had attracted attention
begging M. Grevy to confer.'it on him.
ok hart
Fwllnrra.
Special to Enqnlrer-Bun.]
New York, December 1.—Busin sa
failures for the last week number 148,
as reported to R G. Duun As Co.’s mer-
• cautlle agency—136 in the country and
12 iu New Y Tk city. The distribution
w is as follow*; E-ts'ern states li, we t-
ern 4 4, southern 29, middle 22, Pacific
coast and territories 10, Canada 14 aud
New York citv 12-total 148. Very
many failures throughout the country
are tracable to stock and oil specula
tion and the unsettled couditlon of the
iron trade.
merrier and Nulclde.
Special to Enqulrer-Hun.i
Corinna, Maine, December 1.—At
North Newport yesterday Charles
Crowell shot his iiauce through the
head while riding in a carriage and
then shot himself also iu the head.
Neither spoke afterwards aud no ex
planation can be given by the friends
of either.
was lynched there some days ago in
front of his bouse for hog stealing
About twenty white persons have been
arrested on account of the lynching
affair, aud two brothers, Charles and
James Smith, arrested on suspicion of
having a band iu it, are threatened,and
may be lynched by the citizens.
Lc»I Tobacco.
Special to Enquirer-Sun. j
Danville, Va., December 1.—T, L.
Brown, president of tho tobacco asso
ciation, reports sold in this market in
the last two months 4,435,000 pounds of
leaf tobacco against 2,931,000 pounds in
the same period last year. Tho average
price last month was 911.02 per
hundred; and iu November last year,
910 80. The internal revenue on tobac
co the last two months was 9173,000;
same mouths last year, 9159.000,
Confederate Xunuiurul Uiivel Icri.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
Charleston, November 30 — The
monument to tho Confederate dead
was unveiled to-day iu Magnolia ceme
tery in the presence of an immense
leathering, estimated at 15,000, .Senator
Butler delivered the oration.
ttcnrlct Fever.
Seclal to Enquirer-Bun.1
Columbus, Ohio, November 30 ~
epidemic of scarlet fever prevails at
Imbecile asylum, with ninety-four
cases and six deaths to date, lhe lever
is spreading alarmingly.
A Fatal Jump.
Special to Knquirer-Hue.l
Atlanta, Ga., November 30—W. J.
Maxon, of Boswell, S. 0.. jumped from
a moving train on the South Carolina
railroad near Branchville, S. C. to-day
aud was killed,
——
DentU «* Coinremnun Updcgmir
Special to Enqutrer-Sun.l
Stki uensvillb, Ind., December 1.
—J. T. Updegrali, republican member
o» the present congress and member
elect of the next congress, is dead, alter
an illness of Heverai weeks.
Indicted for Fraud.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.1
New Orleans, December 1.—The
followine are the names of the parties
Indicted by the grand jury yesterday
for participation in frauds at the late
election: Edmond J. Dupaornier, B
thelemew Thames, jr , R. Ulrich, Dan
Rees, Prosper Grand, jr., Chas. Cunes,
Gustave Buder, jr.. Wm. Lyons, James
Daipnan, Louis Ka'bmon, Wm. IJ,
Buckley, John A. Brenner and John
Vigors Rees and Dupagnier gave bail
in 95,000 each. The remaining eleven
poisons who were indicted bv the
grand jury were released on a 91.000
bond each.
Killed bj ner Brother.
Spocial to JUnqutrer-Bun.i
Boston, Doc. 1 —At Nortliboro, Mass.,
yesterday, Joseph Worianty, a boy
aged 15, aimed a loaded gun at his sis
ter, aged eight years, and discharged
the weapon. The child’s right leg was
shattered in such a manner that atnpu
tattoo was necessary. She died during
the night—Worianty, who has a reputa
tion of being a vicious youth, was taken
to Worobestor by the authorities.
Nentoneed »o be Whipped.
Special to Enqulrer-Hun.i
Baltim RE, Dcceinbor 1.—In the
criminal oouit to-day Thomas Foote,
colored, was found guilty of brutally
assaulting and beating his wife, was
sentenced to receive thirteen lashes to
bo administered by the Hherifl within
the walls ot the jail. This sentence is
ndor the act of the legislature of 1882
Notice was given of an appeal to tost
tho constitutionality of tho act.
A Horrible Act.
Special 1o Knqnlrer-Hun.J
Buffalo, December 1.—A man
named Fox, employed at the Scoville
car wheel works, attempted to commit
suicide by plunging bis head into a
large pail of molten metal. His fe low
employes saw him kneel to commit the
act, and rescued him as quickly as pos
sible, but not until both of his eyes
wore burned out and bis scalp cooked
to the skull, while his hands and lace
wore also terribly burned.
PenaarolH.
Special to Enqulrer-Hun.i
Pensacola, Docoraber 1 —Another
heavy frost occurred here to-day,
making three in succession, and mak*
ing it absolutely safe for all refugees
to return. Business continues to re-
ENULINU.
Special to Enquirer-Bun.]
London, Nov. 30.—The lifj ot tho*
archbishop of Canterbury, in in great
danger. He has taken leave of bls'eer-
vants.
Iu the house of commons this even
ing the marquis of Hartlugtnn, secre
tary of state for Indiana, said that if
the consideration of the rules of pro*
coedure was finished to-night, parlia
ment would be prorogued to-morrow.
Trevelyan, chief secretary
Ireland, iu formed Mr. Sexton
that no official reporter had
reported Heaiy’s speech at Carlow,
but the government had sufficient evi
dence to sustain his (Heaiy’s) prosecu
tion. Mr Johnson, attorney-ireneral
for Ireland, informed Parnell
that be was considering which
ot the two statutes to prosucute.
Healy under Mr. Trevelyan stated that
an agent and two policemen were fired
at last evening at Castle Ivand and
one of the policemen was severely
wounded,
Lonp in, December 1.—The house of
oomwouH .’o-night resumed considera
tion ot the rules relating to siaudtng
committees, rule 2, having reference to
the nomination and composition of
standing committees, and rule 3, deal
ing with the commitment and report
of bills, were both carried. An addi
tional ru e relative to the appointment,
of chairman »f select committees, was
also passed, together with a resoluiion
that all four of these committee rules
be standing aiders until the end of
next session. The passage ot the
rules, completing the business of the
session, was greeted,with cheers.
Tt'KMEV.
Special to Enqnlrer-Bun.|
Constantinople, December 1 —Tho
following appointments have been
mad*: Ahmed Voflk Pasha, prime
minister; Aarifi Pasha, president ol
council of state; Murir Bey, formerly
financial comptroller of ths province of
Brousso, to be minister of finance, and
Huisein Hasni Pasha, uiinistorof war.
IHBLAND.
Bpecl-o to th' Enqn1rer- M un.j
Dublin. November 30.— A proclama
tion will “h^rDy appear, placing the
suburbs of Dublin under the cm lew
clause
C«Uoi Mill Bariaed.
Special to Ejqulret-Suu.l
London, December 1. — Hez’ain’s
cotton mill at Belton, has been partial
ly des’royed by fire. Loss <£20,000
PLANETS IN DECEMBER.
Transit ot Venus on the Sixth.
' Interest In It anil Prepara
tions Throughout the World
Tor Observing It.
Pont tion of Planets During the
Mouth.
The Bkui.ls ok Swift and
Stem,a.—While Home excavations
were being conducted In the nave of
St. Patrick’s cathedral; Dublin, an
interesting discovery took place
alongside the second pillar from the
Purl of Cork’H monument on the
southern aide. Hereacoflio was dis
covered, in which was a sc|pare box
containing the skullHof Dean Swift
and Stella, together witli a white
gluHH bottle having a red seal, inside
which was a manuscript as yet un
opened. Tt is understood that the
neck of the bottle will he cut in order
to get at the manuscript, which will
probably contain some interesting
matter.—The Antiquary.
Paul Ford, who pretends to koow
what tie is writing about, nayH : "An
instance of a wife being jeal
ous or the servant girl wa« never
known Iu Russia." Fact is, gentle
man that’s tho country for a mar
ried man to get along without meet-
jijg trouble.
A MtHVKI. OF NtIRUP.HV.
Han Hrrnlhlng for Five Years
Ttirnn.ti an opening In Ills
Ttoroni.
The students In the hospital of
oral surgery, at Tenth and Arch
streets, Philadelphia, were shown a
patient at Saturday’s clinic whose
throat had been cut from ear to ear,
and who had then been hung by the
neck, but still survived his injuries.
He breathes through a silver tube in
the throat, and for six months was
nourished entirely byenemata. The
man’s name Is Simon D'ldenrki, a
native of R mmauia. In the winter
of 1877, he then being twenty-three
years old, Ladenskl was one of a
party often men whole throats were
cut (ty a bard of gypsy robbers ou the
road from Varsloe. Lsdeuski waa
not killed, aud on regaining con
selousness and finding lhe robbers
quarreling over lhe division of the
plunder he attempted to crawl Into
some bushes by the wayside. Being
detected he was strung up lo a tree
bytlieueck, aud when again un-
ionscious he was let down and
thrown among the bodies of ids
companions, but not until he ha
been slabbed in the abdomen aud cut
In tile cheek. Two days later ttie
bodies were found by Professor Russ,
of Jassy, and Ladenski and a com
panion who was still alive were re
moved to town. The latter soon
died, and then Professor Russ re
moved his patient to Vienna. There
Ladenski was placed uuder the care
of the most eminent Austrian sur
geons. It was found that the wind
pipe was closed, and for two years lhe
man was unable to utter a word. He
breathed through an opening in tlie
neck. After many efforts a large
threaded needle was passed np
through the trachea and Into lhe
mouth Small beads were then drawn
through, being'dally increased in Hize
in order to effect a permanent en
largement of the obstruction. The
man is still obliged to practice Ibis
device, and wears the instrument in
Ids windpipe during the night, being
able to breathe when in an upright
position without its aid. He has been
examined by the leading surgeons of
Berlin, Paris and London, and it Ib
expected that some day it will lie pos
sible to close up the opening in the
throat.
H. I*a«teiir'« Mesteri.leae.
From the French.)
“M. PaBteur, a nephew of the cele
brated chemist of that name, has re
cently adapted an old discovery to
great practical use.
"It is a well known fact that the
crossing of the great African desert
is accomplished by means of cara
vans composed of camels, horses, etc ,
tho water for which has to tie trans
ported on the back of the consumer.
This lessens to a great degree their
freighting capacity.
“M. Pasteur has established suita
ble works at the numerous termini of
the routes for separating the water
into oxygen and hydrogen. As the
latter is sixteen times ligtiter than
the former, and is the gas usid in
balloons, it carries the oxygen and a
considerable part of the camel, be
sides furnishing lighten dark nights,
He unites the gases by the simple
means of explosion when desired for
UHe.
"The French government lias
ated M. Pasteur a commander of the
Legion of Honor for his great adap
tation."
Nlmjr-One Hlllloua In Hnblle
quests.
Independent.]
The statistics given below are fur
nished by Gen. Eaton, United States
commissioner of education, to show
the amounts given by private benev
olence for education during a period
of ten years:
1K71 8 8.433,900
1|74..
Total 801,374,028
Add to this sum the recent gifts of
Messrs. Tulane, Slater, Heney, Amasa
Stone, Gov. Brown ami others, and
it is evident that during the last
twelve years the gifts of private indi
viduals in the JJnited States to edu
cation amount to at least 970 000,000
The sun should not set upon our
anger, neither should he rise upon
our confidence. We should freely
forgive, hut forget rarely. I will not
he revenged, and tills I owe to mv en
my; but I will remember, ami this
owe to myself.—Colt on.
Venus will be the evening sta r
until the sixth, and morning Htar
the rest of the month. There will he
no hesitation in determining which
of the planets leads the list, for the
movements of Venus are more im
portant thau those of all the other
planets combined, or indeed of any
other celestial event, even the advent
of another comet exceeding in pro
portions our present august visitor.
On the sixth the gram! epoch occurs,
for then the planet, reaching her in>
ferior conjunction, makes a transit
over the sun’s face. No inteiligent
person wlio realizes its importance
will fail to do as much towards the
celebration of the rare event as to
follow the planet’s course, with the
aid of a piece of smoked glass nt some
time during the passage. It is the
simplest sight Imaginable, a tiny
black dot making its way over the
sun, but the solution of the great
problem of the sun’s distance may
hinge on the seemingly unimportant
occurrence. Venus wifi appear on
the sun’s limb over the whole United
Htates at nearly the same moment of
absolute time, at five un mites before
9 o’clock in the moruiug; she will
leave it and the transit will end about
3 o’clock, Washington mean time.
The tables of Venus are not quite
perfect, and therefore the predicted
time may differ a minute or two from
the observed time. Tne local time is
asily deduced from Wasliington
time. The lougitude of the place of
observation must tie found, and then
places east of Washington tho
transit will commence earlier, aud to
places west of Washington later, ac
cording to the longitude, every de
gree making a difference of four min
utes. Thus in Bostou the transit will
begin twenty four minutes later, ami
in New Yoik twelve minutes later
than in Washington.
The following are th© principal
phases of the transit, Boston time,
and the time at other points in New
England does nnt differ appreciably
to the ordinary observer from Boston
time:
loniRQt Dec. 8, Oh. lUm a. ra.
Flrut InteriiHl coat not ..Dot*, fi. ll'i. 40m. ", 01.
ttacond l'llern'l ciml'nt.D *0 fl.Uh. 2 »». p. ni.
Last contact I)o. 0,3h. 22ra p iu.
At the first contact Venus cuts into
tli© solar border; at the first internal
contact she has passed iuto his do
main; at the second internal contact
she has crossed his disc and touches
ids western tinnier; at the lust con
tact she makes her egress, and is seen
no more. Such is the importance
attached by astronomers to the tran
sit that millions of dollars will prob
ably be appropriated by Lhe govern
ments of different countries and spent
by private individuals in observing
Die phenomenon. Scientific observ*
ers will be numbered by thousands,
while uo figures can compute the la
bor and painstaking involved in the
intricate processes that enter into the
mathematical calculations. Ail that
the most sanguine astronomers ex
pect to accomplish is the right to add
ir subtract less than the tenth
f s second from the sun’s
parallax as now received, tliough
this infinitesimal angular error
represent**something like a half mil
lion mileH in the solar distance. Ai
aif the stations in the most favora
hie localities, the weather will pre
vent observation. But at the other
half, all that human power oan do in
wresting the secrets of the sun will
he accomplished, ami the only oppor
tunity that will occur for 122 years
will he improved.
After th© transit we shall lose the
fairest of the stars from tho evening
sky, hut only for a short time. In a
few days the will reappear in the
east as morning star; ut tho close of
lhe month she will be a superb object
in tho morning sky, rising two hours
and a half before the sun, and sharing
with the comet, if the celestial visitor
lias not left for partH unknown, in
the chief attractions of the celestial
i-w. The right ascention of Venus
17h. 5ru ; her declination is 24 do
green ami 18 seconds south, and her
linmeter 63 8 10 seconds.
Venus sets now a few minutes be
fore 5 o’clock in the evening ; at th
end of the month she rises about a
I carter before f> o’clock in the morn
ing.
Jupiter is morning star until the
1 Hlh, and evening star the rest of the
month. On the 18th, at 2 o’clock iu
the morning, he comes into opposi
tion with the sun, the most interest
ing epoch in his course to terrestrial
observers. The giant planet, the
eaith and the sun are then in
straight find with tiie earth in the
centre. He is then at his nearest
point to us*, and appears in his bright
est phase, a superbly brilliant star
outshining every other star iu th©
Leavens excepting Vonus. At oppo
sition lie will rise at sunset and con
tinue to lie visible the entire night.
He has found many admirers during
November from those who bestired
themselves early for a sight of th©
comet, as he looked graciously down
from the zenith upon the intruder
on the solar domains. A sad fate
would overtake the comet
it should approach too near the
planet as it recedes from
si gilt, for Its orbit would he contract
ed into an ellipse, and it would he 1
prisoner within the solar system un
til it broke up into meteors. Jupitei
will be in fine condition for observa
tion during the whole winter, casting
a shadow in a darkened room, and re
vealing his moons in an opera or spy
glass. Telesoopisls will find rich
material in lhe reappearance ol the
great red spot, in the exquisite color
ing ot the belts that diversify his dine
and in the iucessaut changes taking
place among his satellites as they
overtake. pa«H, meet, hide and recode
irom each other in endless mazes. As
a oon as the transit is passed, the star
of imperial Jove will be in the as
cendant, rising in the east as soon as
the sun has set, and reigning supreme
on moonless nights. The right as
cension of Juniter is 5h. 53m., his de
clinatiou 23° 3’ north, his diameter '
45’’ 2’, and his place is in Gemini.
Jupiter rises now about a quarter
before 0 o’clock in the evening; at the
end of the month lie sets at twenty
one minutes past 6 o’clock Jn the
morning.
Saturn is evening star during the
month. He pursues his quiet course
as a beaming star, shining with a soft
radiance, and still retains his position
near the Pleiades, lie moves
slowly that he is nearly two years
and a half in passing through a con
stellation, so that It is easy to follow
his track. In the telescope he is mag
nificent bevond description, as lie lie**
cradled In his wide open rings, sur
rounded by his moons. Our sun is
visible as a dot in the milky way to
the inhabitants of other worlds clus
tering around other suns, but the
pride ot our system, the ringed-planet
Saturn, is never seen from any other
system outside our own. The right
ascension of Saturn is 3h. 18miu., his
declination is 15° 48niin, north, his
diameter is 19 sec., and his place is
in Taurus.
Saturn sets at half-past five o’clock
iu the morning; at the end of the
month at twenty-three minutes past
3 o’clock.
Neptune is evening star during the
month, and is still in the dose vicini
ty of Saturn, making his transit four
teen minutes earlier.
Neptune sets about a quarter past
o’clock; at the end of the month lie
sets about eleven minutes after 3
o’clock.
Uranus is morning star during the
mouth, aud reaches his quadrature,
or half-way house, on the western
side of the sun, on the 15th, at 1
o’clock in the morning. His right
ascension is llh. 35m., his declina
tion is 3° 28' uorth, his diameter I*
3 6, and his place is in constellation
Virgo.
Uranus rises about half an hour
after miduight; at the end of tin*
month about a quarter before 11
‘clock in the evening.
Mars is evening star until the 10th
and morning star the rest of the
mouth. On the 10th he is in con
junction with the sun, ami corns
mences the long path that leads lo
his opposition in January, 1884. For
tli© earth lias to travel twice around
her orbit, aud then travel filty days
more to come into line between tiie
hciti and Mars. Therefore it is 687
lays from oue opposition to the next.
On the 5th, the day before the transit,
Mars is in close conjunction with
Venus, passing 6' south, hut the plan
ets are too near the sun to lie visible.
Mars sets at thirty seven minutes
past 4 o’clock iu tiie evening ; at tiie
end of the month tie rises a few
minutes after 7 o’clock in the morn-
lag.
Mercury is morning star until the
16th, ami evening star the rest of the
month. He is a busy member of the
brotherhood. On the 9lh he is in
conjunction with Venus, passing 1°
south. On the 14th, at midnight,
? is in conjunction with Mars, pass
ing 39' south On the liiih, at mid
ight, he is in superior conjunction
with tiie sun, passing his eastern side
and becoming evening star.
Mercury rises at half past 6 o’clock
the luoruiiig; at the end of the
month he sets at teu minutes past 5
lock In the evening.
THE MOON.
riie December moon fulls on the
24th, at 57 minutes past 10 o’clock In
the morning. The moon is in coil'
junction with Venus on the 9th. and
with Mercury and Mars on the 10th,
showing how closely the three plan
ets cluster togethir ou the western
side and close to the sun. The new
moon of the 10th irt in conjuctiou
with Neptune and Saturn on the
,atid with Jupiter on the 23d, the
day before the full. Planet and moon
will be at their nearest point about
half-past 9 o’clock o’clock iu tiie eve
Ing, Jupiter passing two and a half
iegrees north.
Thus December presents an excep
tionally beautiful programme for
planetary students. Venus leads off
with a grand transitaud inferior con
junction. Jupiter comes next in
reaching the most important epoch
Ills course, opposition witli the
sun, when the eastern sky seems to
glow as he comes above the horiz >u.
Saturn pursues tiie even tenor of hi«
way high up among the stars. Mars
shows a throb of life as lie arrives at
conjunction with tiie sun, ami gives
promise of sometime reaching oppo
sition when nis tiny moon will come
into view. Mercury is busy enough
to deserve the title of messenger of
the gods. The conjunctions of
Venus, Mercury aud Mars with the
sun and with each other show how
near they are to tiie great luminary,
aud iiow nearly their tracks touch
upon each other.
Once more our neighbor, the moon,
tries to prove that she is not a mem
her of the dead world brotherhood to
which she has been ruthlessly con
signed. Mr. Trouvelot adds is
weigiity authority to tiie theory that
there are evidences ol movement on
tiie lunar disc This keen eyed, re
liable observer has seen lunar land
scapes lone their distinctness ns if
clouds were floating over them, amt
two of the great craters illumined
witli a rare vapor slightly tinged
with purple. Here are JiidieatimiH of
au atmosphere of some kind, thus
miifiicting with established belief
But the astronomical mind is recept
ive and willing to accept anything
•w ami strange on sufficient proof.
Deep Coal Mines.—The deepest
coal mine iu America is tiie Potts-
villein Pennsylvania. The shaft is
,576 feet deep. From its bottom, al
most a tliird of a mile down, 200 ears
holding four tones each are lifted over,
rlay. They are run upon a platforn
and the whole weight of six tons iH
hoisted at a speed that makes tli
head swim, the time occupied in lift
ng a full car being only a little mor
than a minute. The hoisting an
iweriug of men into coal mines i
regulated by law in that state, ami
only ten can stand on a platform at
once under penalty of a heavy li’
However, carelessness cannot he p
vented, and unaccustorn *d visitors
are appalled by it. "A person 01
weak nerves," says a correspondent,
should not brave the ordeal by de
scending the Pottsvilie shaft. The
machinery works as smoothly as a
hotel elevator, hut the speed is ho ter
rific that one seems failing through
the air. The knees afier a few
seconds become weak ami tremulous,
the ears ring as the drums of these
organs are forced inward by the air
pressure, and tiie eyes shut involun
tarily as the beams of the shaft seem
to ilaHli upward only afoot or two
away. As oue leaves tiie light of tiie
upper day the transition to darkness
is fantastic. The light does not pass
into gloom in tiie same fashion as our
day merges info night, but there is a
kind of phosphorescent glow, gradu
ally becoming dimmer and dimmer.
Half wav down you pass, with a roar
and sudden crash, the ascending
and at last, after what seems se\
minutes, but is only a fraction of that
time, the platform begins to slow
halts at a gate, and through it you
step into a crowd of creatures with
the shapes of men, but wit.ii the
blackened faces, tiie glaring eyes, and
wild physiognomies of fiends.”
Jonh IIIIIIiikn laonril From,
Newport, R. I., Aug. 21, 18^0,
Dear Bitters-I am here trying to
brea'he lu all the salt air of the
and having linen a sufferer for more
than a year with a refractory liver, 1
was induced to mix Hop Balers with
the sea vale, and have found tho tinct
ure a glorious result. * * • I have
been greatly helped by the Bitters, an
am not afraid to say so.
Yours without a struggle,
1 Josh Billings,
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE
Fifteen!li Day’s Proceedings.
Tiie InangiiraUnn of Hot. O’Neal.
NKNATK.
Hpeclai to Enqulrer-Hun.i
Montgomery, Ala., December 1,
Bills wore introduced as follows :
Mr, Titcomb—To define some of tho
duties of the state board of health.
Also, to regulate the practice of quar
antine in Alabama.
Mr. Ipiokle—To amend section 1811
of tho code.
mend soeii in 2 ot an act to
on 4109 ot the code,
ol interest occurred in
amend sect
Nothing
house.
The inau
took place
complete in
military
u ration of the governor
to-day. The ceremonies
ory respect. The
panics
were present from Mobile, Green
ville, Birmingham and Solma. After
tho inaugural address thirteen
guns worn fired by tho Mobile
artlllory. The inaugural ball Is now
in progress and many of tho' elite of
tho state are present.
\V. \V. Screws, retiring secretary of
state mid editor of the Advertiser, was
enaded at his office this ovoning.
J. H. P.
How Cotton is Controlled.-—
The sales of cotton at New York
alone lost week amounted to 751,000
bales. Of this vast quantity only
1,162 bales wore for export, and
2,674 for consumption. No one can
pretend that it is necessary for tiie
ready marketing of this product, or
of the prompt supply of consumption,
that this gigantic speculation should
lie tolerated. But tiie mischief ex
tends to all producers and consumers,
and to employers and manufac
turers throughout tiiis country.
The gamblers control the market,
without regard to the legitimate iu-
Mueiice of supply and demand, bo
use they can and do buy aud sell a
hundred hales of cotton for every one
tbut is actually brought to or sent
from this market. Thus they make
•ucrH,” and artificially raise or
Jepress prices, in defiance of the laws
of trade und to the lasting ami incal
culable injury of industry and
legitimate commerce. Since Sep
tember 1st the silos of cotton
for future delivery in this market
alone amount to 7,780,700 bales—per
haps a quarter more than the entire
;rop. Nobody imagine* that these
urn tracts can or will be carried out
itherwise than by the payment of
lifferetiecH lost; they are simply hots
upon the future price. But they
affect the market far more powerfully
and perniciously than all the transac
tions in actual aud tangible cotton.
There iH a radical difference between
e gambling operations and those
which are carried on in stock ex
changes. Nobody eats or wears
stocks.— Tribune.
FINANCIAL & COHERCMIi.
COLUMBUS, GA., D-iO. I, 1882.
Financial.
Rates for Cotton Jillls—Northern demand
oil; on Havannati ^ oir. Checks over the
counter on New York \i premium; on .Sa
vannah par,
Colton.
Cotton Situation.—The receipts at Co
umbus have reached 63,020 bales, which is
a decrease .of 2,937 bales for the same time
last year. The prices are nominally un
changed.
Comparison with last Year. — The
United States ports receipts are 210,806 more
bales ; the exports. 317,258 more: me stock
181,602 less; Columbus receipts, 2,987 less,
shipments, 1,003 loss; stock, 2,302 less,
India shipments,since January 1st,
against . Cotton lu sight, ,
against ; showing a decrease ol
bales over last year.
lure was 60, the lowest 32.
Rainfall 1,03 Indies.
Same week last year the thermomet er av
eraged 68°. The highest temperature was
85, lowest 47.
Rainfall ,50 inches.
Markets.—Last Haturday, at Liverpool
middling uplands were quoted at 6
Orleans (i %-i. New York, middling up
lands were quoted at 10 9-Kio, Orleans at
10 y 4 c.
To-day
were quoted at 0 Orleans, 0 3-
At New York, middling uplands were
quoted at 10.7-I6c, Orleans, 10 ?hC.
On tho week Liverpool declined >*'1,
New York declined Columbus un
changed.
Prices Past Year—Liverpool—Uplands
6.11-llUI,Orleans,0 13-18d;New York—Uplands
12 Uo; Orleans, 12 7-10c. Columbus—Mid
dling*!, 10%o.
Columbus market to-day, dull. Hales
181. Tiie following are the warehouse
quotations :
Inferior — (d>—
Ordinary and Htalnod 8 % 7
Good Ordinary 8%<$
Low Middlings — 9
Middlings «... 9>4@-
Htrlot Middlings 9
Week’s shlpm’ts, 3,313 hales; 2, P’3 Northern
spinners, 2-10 Columbus factories; 00 for
New York 00: for Havauuah;0:for speculation
0 for Now Orleans, 0 for Charleston, 0 for
Till lessee Mills. 00 for Mobile, OOfor Phil
adelphia, 0 for Liverpool, 00 for Augusta, 00
for Baltimore; (Hi Air Montgomery; OOfor
Amsterdam, l,ooo export; 0 for Chester, Pa.;
Macon.
Week’s receipts, 1,810 bales, against ?,73.1 the
previous one, and 4,888 the corresponding
wook last season—S09 by H W R K, 531 by
M. A G. It. R., 652 by Western RR, 805 by
river, 1.143 by wagons. 610 by C & R K It.
Shipments «,313 bales —3 103 by H \V R R,
210 for Columbus factories, 0 by W R It,
0 by M t G R R. 0 by river.
WKEK1.Y i
1HH‘2
419
5,810
03,020
83.439
Stock August .31st
Received past week
Total received
Total reo’d, l noludlngstook
Shipped past, week
Total shipped
Total Columbus factories..
Stock I >ee. 1
Hales mo
Yoar’s receipts
modes or receipts.
1882
South western R. R 13.888
Mobile A Girard It. R 8,029
Western Railroad 5,448
,313
45,879
2 880
17,580
.’olurnbUM A Ito
83,020
SHIPMENTS.
1882
Successful High Art.—” Talk
about il« painters,” said Mr. Hauii-
lers as lie threw an armful ol weeds
over the fence into the pig-pen,
“why, you should a seed one that my
ole woman draw’d with a pound of
tea she bought of Alee Vitties last
HU minor. That actually heat any
thing since Moses smote the waters
und drownded the Pliarosees.”
What was the design—Liiut is—
what did tiie picture represent?”
asked the city hoarder, timidly.
Riiustoriu just coinin’ on from
the north west,” replied the old man.
When my wife first brought
that magnificent specimen into
the family it actually made every
thing moldy in the room where
moldy that we had to
take it out. We hung it in the chil-
Iren’s lied room next time, and be
fore we knowM it every last one of
’em had tiie croup and four of ’em
tame near (lyin’. The last night we
had the picture in the house we stood
it on u chair in the kitchen, and the
love was crusted over witli a quar-
crof j*n inch of rust next morning—
lean, clear rust. A ml the sugar and
salt and soup was all melted and
everything in the room sweating so
tliut you would a sworn that it iiad
rained all night and had been fol
lowed by a heavy fog. But the skies
were us clear as a bell, and there was
uo getting’ around hut what tiie pic
ture done tiie business.’’— Free Press.
Bad Men Usually Lean Men.—
A Pittsburg detective observes that
there are few fat men among
criminal classes. The lean and hun
gry Cassius is the laid man
most desperate criminals,” <
tive remarked to a ropor
mostly small-sized men, witli light
complexions. 1 suppose their aver
age heiglitli will vary from five feet
six inches to five* feet ten i
I don’t think their average weight
will exceed 145 to 150 pound
crime of magnitude has bee
ru tted, we never think of eoi
a fat man with it, unless the
nary evidence is pretty direr
instigators of some of the m
brateii hunk or bond rohheriu
country and Europe have
men. Sometimes they take!
et picking or work u confidon
♦it, where an imposing preseii
advantage. Once in a while a gang
•livers will coma to grief as i
pal ring, IiUt? the Tweed e im
hi nation in New York. But the des
i dangerous work iH nearly
al wavs in rusted t
Columbus factories
River
H W R K
2,680
0
43 199
88,007
86,804
5,342
1881
10,233
9,618
7.280
1881 o
5,291
41,589
48,880
45,879
STATEMENT PRECEDING YEARS.
i 1677-8 1878-9 1879-80 1880-81
Block August 31. 746 452 .357 200U
Reoe’ii lo I) *c 1 .39220 46397 46762 64710
.Stock Don. 1 11872 1.601 19002 19002
Year’s receipts... 1 73350 87101 87170 112436
U.
Fr
ami Fall itiv
The United states Ports.—Receipts lor
the week 254,0 vl bales, against 239 3.>7 las'
week, 256,815 tiie week before,
Week’s exports to G. B..,
receipts
Stock interior towns—
Week's receipts interior
Afloat
rlcan
Hales of American
FOR THE WEEK I
Last year tiie receipts *
JolumbUR were as follows
spieuo
for their le
Dipiitueria’s <:
tail residing in Hit
ie city, whose two
'ere dying last 'Fin
a, saw in tho /.’< >•(.
iinmuuicalirn e.m
f sulphur in eases
last resort he mi
little daughte
trsday of diphth
>rd of that day
unending the u
of diphtheria. /
applyi
nous gr<
elnldrei
Vvuili n
g it directly to th<
if a
effect
they
in clay
lagieal
hou
pletely recovered
asonahle to rely entirely upon -*11
jdiur iu the ills that beset eliildhom
louhtful if there lias evt r beeu
proper recognition of its value as
lestroyer of morbid or fungus mem
irauous growths in eases of a diph
identic type. I) stilled or sublimt
sulphur, known as ll >wers of su
phur, should ho used, not the po\
derod crude sulphur. — Phibtdelph
•(/.
An Arabic manuscript, dating
from the latter half of the fourteent'
century (1365) conveys the curious
information that the merchant ve
sols trading at that time in tlie Ind
an ocean carried four divers, wlioi
duties were solely to discover at
stop leaks in the hull of the craft be
low tiie water line. Sound of the
trickling water indicated the points
Vof danger.
total movement
787,936
143,141
351,981
1,049,197
972,598
182,860
60,281
435.000
327.000
53,000
Ports. CoPbns
\V 11 Oh ESA hti Fillet: CU K KENT
lorn, ’
lams
lugarc
Han
Plain
Rib HI ties,
Shoulders, 8c. Bulk Strips il '<Jo.
AGO I NO — 1 lc(fl}12o.
utter—Uosbeu, per lb, 4<
andy— Stick per lb, 13Uc.
hkkhe— English, per Ib,
; N Y State, 14o.
IFFEK—KkO, ’ '
; Fair, 10c; J
tun—Yellow
White, 80c.
-Domestic, per 1,000,615^865; H -
08150.
Goods—Sardines per
9 to 816 ; Oysters, 1 ib c
; Country 1
0; Weste. :
choice, per lb, 13c; Prln.
bushel, 7<<v
, IhC to
of LU
•Ml 20.
bhl, 85.75 Fa
l^o;Bar Load7@Sc; Ca
.810^811. Portland
.1 kegs, 1
Refined leaf tierce, 13J4C.
Leather—White Oak Hole per lb, 40c#
Hie; Hemlock Sole. 2Kefa>;>2c; French t al!
*ftlns, 83 5ihu>84 50; American do. 82 25($8‘J 50
Upper Leather, 81 25@83 • Harness do
Hides—Green, lie per lb; dry salted, 11 %
dry dint., 12.
Mackerel—New No 1 per bbl, 813 ; N<
12 00; No 3,811 50; No 1 per kit. 81 50.
Oats—Per bushel, 60c.; Rust Proof, (D*
Oil—Kerosene per gallon. 19c. Hum I
aw 75c: Lard. 81 25; Train, Si.
Oranges—o-io
Potash—Per case, 83 00 ball 82 75.
Powder—Per kc&, 86.40 ; % keg, 83 46; -
81 8b.
pints, 81 30 p (
1—Eastern 8-3 50; Western si . 1
50.
A, 10Uo; Kxi.tt v., v.icu.io,
Ularined, ; do Snow White, hi
Shot—Per sack, 82.00.
HoDA—Keg, 4* 5c per !b ; box, 6c.
Starch—Per Ib, to6M0.
Salt— Liverpool per sack, 81.20 ;
Whiskey—Rectified per gallon
Bour bon, 134884.
id Powdered per Ib I • u<*