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THE TELEGRAPH.
KY CXJ8BY 4i REID.
TXLXeaAEH BCJLDIXO, CORKS* BICOID k CBIKRT STB.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 1C, 1869.
WaahlnRtoii Comlp. '
The Radicals are Tenting their complaints
against General Grant’s nepotism. They com
plain that in s batch of nominations sent to the
Senate on the 11th there are only two brothers-
in-law of the President, viz: Sharp, for Marshal
of the District of Colombia, and CoL Casey,
Collector of the port of New Orleans. That Mr.
Cram, another brother-in law, is to get the ap
pointment of minister resident in Switzerland,
and Orville Grant, the President’s brother, is on
the slate for something handsome at Chicago.
A leading Radical politician, referring to the
President’s appointments, said he was taking
care of his relations, and the fellows who had
given him houses.
We are sublimely indifferent to the division
of the spoils, bnt it’s an amiable trait In a man
to back his friends, and stand np for his family.
On the matter of recent changes in the Cabi
net, the Louisville Journal dispatches say the
politicians boast that the result is a great tri
umph, and that they have in reality dictated
these appointments. The New Yorkers, how
ever, are very denunciatory of Gov. Fish’s se
lection. They declare that he is strongly con-
ervative—an old whig; has never been identified
in word or deed with the Republican party. A
Radical Senator, in executive session, said that
Fish's nomination was like a last year’s alma
nac. The Northwestern and Pacific politicians
complain bitterly that Massachusetts has two
'Cabinet officers, and their sections none, bnt
affect to be consoled in the belief that the At
torney General will soon be relieved with an
other place, and that the geographical situation
of the Cabinet will be placed on a more
pensatory basis. Bout well and Fish have sf
fled their acceptance.
Monroe and Hu Its.
A friend who has jnat passed through these
counties writes as follows: In this old standard
county of Monroe the crops look well, and the
farmers Beem to be getting along finely and am
rapidly preparing to plant a large crop of cot
ton. The roada are in bad oondltion—pretty
nearly impassable. Forsyth seems to be pros
pering in evory branch of trade. It is a neat,
comfortable, he alley and growing place, and of
fers splendid educational facilities.
Butts county, too, is looking np. It suffered
terribly from Sherman's desolating march, and
it will yet require some time to obliterate his
tracks. But, nevertheless, the people are in
good spirits, and mean to work ont a pecuniary
redemption from mother earth, and are making
substantial progress in every department The
wheat crop of Batts it very promising. The
Superior Court was in session when I passed
through the oounty, but had nothing of special
interest before it
Promising
Stale or A Hairs in Vir
ginia.
The Portsmouth faction of the Virginia Radi
cals have repudiated the action of the late Radi
cal Convention at Petersburg, and, in an ad
dress “to the Republican Party of the State of
Virginia,'’ call a new convention, to meet in
Richmond on thrf 15th day of April next They
say in jhi» address tho mmjaatjoo znado
at Petersburg “are of such a character aa to
render it utterly impossible to make the party
successful in-the State, and thereby secure the
best interests of tho oountry."
This is a promising quarrel as it stands, end
we hope will wax warmer.
Revival or the Reconstruction Com
mittee.
In the House of Representatives on Tuesday,
the 'Jib, there wxa offered by Mr. Bontwell a
resolution for the appointment of a select oom-
mittee on Reconstruction, to consist of thirteen
members, under the same rules and regulations
as governed the proceedings of the Reconstruc
tion Committee of tho last Congress, and that
all documents and resolutions before the last
Reconstruction Committee be referred to it.
Adopted—109 to 42.
Oar Foreign Relations.
Tho President yesterday exchanged views
with the representatives of foreign Powers, in
cluding the State of Georgia.—New York
lima, 12th.
That we presume is a shot at Blodgett, Tur
ner and others, who went to Court to represent
Georgia out of the Union. The Times of the
10th, in an article upon the “Republican party
in Georgia,’' claims that Congress should avoid
doubtful action upon matters wherein the party
disagree. There should be patient reliance on
•the ballot td “cure the unjust and unlawful do-
ifigs of lost September, “unless,” Bays the
Times, ‘St be proposed to fix by act of Congress
the partisan complexion of the Legislature, we
do not see what more can be usefully attempted. ”
Etlierial Mildness. __
Yesterday was our first spring day. Mercury
at seventy-five—atmosphere muggy and clouds
and sunshine fighting hourly for predominance.
.Corn planting went forward vigorously no doubt
Town dull—merchants listless.
Death or James Guthrie.—A dispatch pub
lished elsewhere announces the death of thi*
prominent man. He was boro in 1793, and
hence was seventy-six years of age. The city
of Louisville has been his place of residence
from boyhood, with the growth of which no one
was more identified. ' He began his political
reer in the Kentucky Legislature. On March
7, 1853, he was appointed by President Pierce
Secretary of the Treasury, the duties of which
office he discharged with signal ability. Ten
years he was elected to the United States Senate,
bnt he was not s member at the time of his
death. His health had so much declined that
he was unable to discharge the duties of the
office.
He was the richest man in the State of Ken
tucky—Raving made bis fortune by his own in-
dividual exertions. He commenced life by flat
boating "Western produce to New Orleans.
Mchetiohs or Wab ro* Cuba.—The Herald of
the 12th says it is reported that four steamers
loaded with all kinds of war supplies have landed
their cargoes upon the northeast ride of Cubs,
not far distant from the principal insurgent
headquarters. This will give the revolutionists
a good start and enable them to advance west
ward and fight a battle for the possession of Pu
erto Principe. - *•'
Sixth Cohokessioiaij District.—The Demo
cratic Convention of the 6th Congressional Dis
trict, which met at Cleaveland last September,
is reconvened at Gainesville next Friday by a
•call of the Democratic Executive Committee of
that District.
The Indiana Bolt.—The bolt of the Demo
cratic members from the Indiana Legislature
was suggested by Mr. Voorhees, sustained by
the entire body of Democratic Representatives
in Congress. A dispatch was so worded, and
sent from Washington to Indianapolis.
gronro opened in northern New Hampshire
with the thermometer thirty-four degrees below
zero.
Thb Louisiana Legislature has passed a lull
authorizing the licensing of gambling houses,
-the price of the license being fixed at $5000.
Tenure of Representative* in Von-
. Rvessu
We learn from Washington that it was the
general opinion of the Democratic Representa
tives in Congress, after examining the ordinance
under which the last Congressional election was
held, that the Representatives from Georgia
were entitled to hold over during the Forty-first
Congress. This Ordinance No. 5, p. 568 of the
Journals of the Convention, declares that they—
that is, Governor, Members of Congress, As
sembly men, and all other civil officers—“shall
continue in office till the regular succession pro
vided for after the year 1868, and until suc
cessors are elected and qualified; so that said
officers shall each of them hold their offices as
though they were elected on the Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, 1868, or elected
or appointed by the General Assembly next
thereafter.”
Under this provision the Governor and mem
bers of the Assembly hold over beyond their
Constitutional term; that is to say, aa if they
were elected last November, although they were
elected in April, and went into office in July.—
A parity of reasoning and construction would
entitle the.Congressmen to hold for the 41st
Congress; that is, as if they were elected on
the Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November,
1868, and until successors are duly elected and
qualified.
Manifestly, if the members had been elected
at the regular State election on that day, they
would have been elected for the 41st and not for
the 40th Congress.
We are informed that a doubt on this point
led the Governor to give merely a general certif
icate of election without specifying for what
Congress. The certificates of election, there
fore, simply recite the ordinance and state that
the parties received the highest number of votes
at an election held under that ordinance. This
point of interpretation, and the right of these
members to seats in the 41st Congress under
the certificates, has been referred to the'Honae
committee on elections.
We understand that it wxa the unanimous de
sire of the demoerxtio repesentatives in Con
gress that the Georgia members should advance
their claims, with a view to the settlement of the
Status of Georgia, if possible, daring the extra
session, and they hoped alao to gain something
by the movement from the radical side at the
House.
We give so much in explanation of the atti
tude of the Georgia democratic members. While
the terms of the ordinance admit of much donbt
as to its true effect upon the official tenure,
there is no donbt at all that the people vnder-
ttood these members to have been elected for
the 40th and not for the forty-first Congress;
bnt we are free to say, if the ordinance had been
carefully consulted, opinions would probably
have differed widely. Meanwhile, noaet has
yet been passed to bring on an election, and we
are informed there is doubt whether a law can
be passed to bring on a special election.
A Happy Event Tor the Month.
Months ago the Teleoxath took occasion to
say that we could not, as a section, look for a
rapid material improvement, resulting from for
eign contributions to our population and active
capital, until it should please the newspaper or
gans of the Radical party to cease their misrep
resentations of the South. They had the ear ^>f
the world, and so long as it suited their views to
hold ns up as in so unsettled and disorganized
a condition that life, liberty and property were
at hazard every hoar, it was idle to expect much
immigration from abroad, or any disposition
to invest in Southern property.
With little respect, therefore, for the opinions
or motives of these prints, it is a most happy
event that at last the work of slander and
detraction is stopped, and the most violent of
them are now disposed to admit that these
Southern States do open a safe and inviting
field for immigration and investment.
To this effect we have lately quoted Forney's
Press and Chronicle. The New York Tribune
of the 11th, speaking of the material aspects of
the “New South,” and drawing a flattering
picture of the activity of the people in agri
culture, adds:
Of course, there is a back-ground to this pic
ture. There are malignant, implacable rebels,
banded in Kn-Klnx and other midnight organiza
tions to harass, outrage and kill; there are in
veterate white loafers, hanging about cross
roads taverns and stores, drinking bad whisky
and talking worse politics, who will never work
if they can help it; and there are worthless,
thievish, vagabond negroes, who prowl over the
country, skulking about the edges of plantations,
hiding in forests, shooting pigs, robbing corn-
cribs, and grumbling that they can find nothing
to do. Some of these will set shot before they
know it; others will find themselves in prison;
others still will persist in their wretched coarse,
eking oat a miserable subsistence by occasional
hunting or fishing. Bnt “the schoolmaster is
abroad;” the children generally attend echoed
wherever they can; so vagrants and prodigals,
white or black, are gradually becoming scarcer.
There are localities in several States, especially
Weat Tennessee and Eastern Texas, where the
bad old states of two or three years ago still con
tinues, or has been little modified; but that are
but a eery rmali proportion of the South,
of whole eountiei nine - tenth* hate to-day
at quiet and law-abiding citizen* a* Iowa or
MaisaehuietU.
The influx of immigrants, and of those who
are prospecting with a view of immigration, is
large and increasing, and is no longer repelled
by a generally sullen demeanor. Indebted land
holders (still a numerous class) are eager to sell,
even to “ Yanksrailroad managers offer to
carry, and hotel-keepers to entertain, at reduced
rates, those who visit with a view to purchase
and settlement. With a good season and such
peace and order as the general confidence in
President Grant’s fairness and firmness is cal cu
be ted to secure, the South can hardly fail to
make a large stride toward recuperation in the
year 1869.
Exactly so—and so it has been all the time.—
Nine-tenths of the people of the South are not
only as law-abiding as the best of the Northern
people, but far more tolerant of opposition; and
such being the admissions of the great central
organ of Radical Republicanism, what becomes
of all that mass of slander disgorged before the
Reconstruction Committee of every session of
Congress ? Is it not time to put a stop to these
official ventilations of the bile and spite of im
pudent political adventurers hailing from this
section? +
In the same article, speculating upon the
ports of the possible extinction of the blacks,
the Tribune gives ns this touch of its philosophy:
A race signally inferior in energy, numbers,
wealth, intelligence, persistency, and almost
every other quality that would enable it to hold
its own, placed in close contact with a superior,
if incapable of absorption, is in danger of grad
ual extinction. Still; the blacks have shown
such tenacity of life under slavery that we (
not donbt their endurance under the' novel
temptations and trials of Freedom.
As to the matter of absorption,” those may
take part in the work, whose faith and fancy
chime with the Tribune’s; butfc that is the
only defence against race competition it is a
poor one.
That the blacks not only “showed such tenac
ity of life” but increased so rapidly In numbers
under slavery, was dne to wholesome food—kind
and provident treatment—good medical advice—
good attendance while sick : all of which were
provided bv masters, not alone as matters of
duty, bnt also of self-interest. It was no donbt
also dne in part to the tranquility of slave life
—the almost total absense of anxiety and the
xegnlar habits enforced by the discipline of the
plantation. The “ danger of extinction ’ results
from totally opposite conditions.
Burns describes two clients going to law, and
the remark of the lawyer as follows
Here be twA fat geese gang to law thegither;
Do ye plnek the ane an FI1 pluck the ither.
J3Y TELEG-EAPH.
FROM ATLANTA.
Tin- Opens House Purchase.
Election ot Congressmen First Wed*
nesday in May.
Fifteen tli Amendment.
Atlanta, March 15—Night.
Special to tie Telegraph, 1
Senate.—The motion of Holcombe to reconsider
the appropriation bin was lost.
The word approved, in Saturday’s dispatches,
in reference to Harris, of Newton, should read op-
The resolution of the committee to purchase
the Opera House for $900,000 bring the special or
der, it was taken np,
Mr. Candler supported the same. Hewas replied
to by Mr. Hinton in an argumentative speech.
Mr. Wooten’s effort in opposition to the purchase
is commented on aa unanswerable. He took occa
sion to aay that tax payers will hold os responsi
ble for these continuous outrages perpetrated on
the Treasury.
He ooold not see why we should pay for a building
when we already had one.
The Senate, after debate, agreed to pay the
Messrs. Kimball $300,000 by a vote of 21 ayes to 14
nays.
Mr. Wooten endeavored to get in an amendment
referring the question of purchase to the people-
lost.
The following is s list of those voting in the af
firmative : Adlrina, Bowers. Britton, Candler, Col-
man, Corbitt, Dickey. Fain, Griffin, of 6th District,
Higbee, Holcombe. Hongerford, Jones, Jordan,
Merrill, McArthur, Sherman, Smith, of 7tb District,
Smith, of 36th District, Speer and Welch.
Those voting in the negative are: Adams, Ander
son, Borns, Collier, Graham, Griffin, of the 21st
District, Harris, Hinton. Lester, McCutchin, Moore,
Neabit, Winn and Wooten.
It was noticed that tbs Senator of this District
voted nay. Absent and not voting, 9.
A resolution was taken np authorizing the Com
missioners representing the interest of the State in
the Gulf Road, to endorse the purchase of stock by
said Road, and laid on the table.
The bill of the House bringing on the Congres
sional election was passed as amended by inserting
the 1st Wednesday in May. Yeas 21; navs 13.
House.—In the House the bill was passed requir
ing the official bonds of Ordinaries to be approved by
the Judge* of the Superior Court. The bill for the
more efficient preservation of good order on election
days, by the appointment of a temporary police,
was passed.
The bill for leasing out the Penitentiary for a term
of two years, passed.
There are three persons appointed to take the in
ventory of stock in the institution, consisting of^S.
KcComb, Nathan Hawkins, knd L. Carrington.
The fifteenth amendment was made the special or
der for to-morrow.
From Atlanta
Atlanta, March 15.—The fifteenth amendment
waa made the special order for to-morrow. The in
dications are that it will pans.
General Meade and staff left last night for Phila
delphia, to aaanme command of the Division of the
Atlantic.
From Washington.
WasHtNOTON, March 15.—The Committee on Re
construction are: Batter, of Maes., Farnsworth,
Bee man, Paine, Ward, Julian, Poland, Whittemoro,
Becks, Wood, Woodward and Morgan; On Ways
and Means—Schneck, Hooper, Allison, Maynard,
Kelly, Brooks, Orth, McCarthy, Marshall; On
Claims—Waahburne, of Mass., Hotchkiss, Holman,
Cobb, Stokes, Ela. Dockerey, Moore and 8tyles; On
Jndiciaiy—Bingham, Davis, Bntler, of Mass.. Cook,
Peters, Mercer, Honghedge, Eldridge, Kerr; On
Foreign Affaire—Banks, Chairman; On Freedman's
Affairs—Dockerey, Chairman.
In replying to an Indian delegation. Grant said
he wonld aid any scheme that wonld civilize these
people and make them citizen*.
The Spanish Minister remonstrates against the
oouree of this country toward Cuba. Men and
material reach Cuba through the connivance of
Federal officials.
In the Executive session, to-day, the Senate con
firmed Sydney A. Stockdale, Collector of Revenue
for the First District of Louisiana; James W. King,
Chief of Bureau of Engineering.
The Presidential nominations to-day were con
fined to pension agents. Secretary Bontwell has se
lected Mr. Bartlett, formerly Clerk of the Recon
struction Committee, as private secretary.
Many Southern gentlemen, to whom Mr. Bartlett,
as Clerk of the Reconstruction Committee, has been
courteous, will be glad of his promotion.
The thirty days required before the inauguration
of the law removing office holders incapable
of taking the iron-dad oath in Virginia, Mississippi
and Texas, expires on the 17th.
It is reported that Defreee lost his place as public
printer because he gave employment to outspoken
rebel ladies.
House Clerk, McPherson, continues the New
Era.of Atlanta, as Federal organ, for the promulga
tion of the Federal laws. No changes arc contem
plated in his list.
Gen. Grant has appointed Robert Morton Doug-
lass, son of Judge Douglass, as assistant private
secretary.
Congressional.
Washington. March 15.—The Senatorial caucus
nominated J. H. Morris, of South Carolina, for
Election derk; John B. French, of North Carolina,
Seigeant-at-Arms; A. 1L Clapp, of Buffalo Express,
Public Printing, Vice Defrees.
The joint resolution, extending the time for the
removal of ineligible officers, only applies to Vir
ginia.
The amendment to the bill repealing the Tenure-
of-offiee reads: “The same is hereby suspended
until the next meeting of Congress."
The amendments to the lull enforcing the pro
visions of the fourteenth amendment, provides for
proceedings by quo warranto, with precedence over
all cases on the dockets of the United States Courts.
The penalty is not more than one year's imprison
ment or a fine of one thousand dollars and a per
petual disqualification from federal offices.
The bill guaranteeing levee bonds to Mississippi
and Louisiana, was referred to tho Committee on
Commerce.
Also, the bill granting right of way to the Pacific
Central and Transit Railroad, from New Orleans
to the Bio Grande, in the direction of Mazatlan.
Mr. Morton introduced a joint resolution that a
majority of any State Legislature can ratify the
fifteenth amendment, and that resignation, with
drawal, or refusal to act by the minority, shall not
affect such action by the majority.
A resolution providing for the Joint Committee
to reorganize the departments, was passed.
The bill for strengthening the public credit was.
resumed. The bill finally passed in the form it had
passed the House, and goes to the President:
House.—A number of bills were introduced under
the regular call—Daws in the chair.
Blain is probably engaged in completing the Com
mittees, which have not yet been announced.
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported to the
House a bill repealing the tennre-of-office, with an
amendment; also a hill extending the time for the
removal of ineligible officers in Virginia, Mississip
pi, and Texas, for thirty days longer.
The bill renewing land grants to Alabama was
passed.
A tall was introduced guaranteeing to Missis-
sissippi and Louisiana levee bonds—referred.
The following bills were introduced: For building
a postal military railroad to New York.
For repealing the act of July, 1661, restricting the
jurisdiction oftho Court of Chums.
For preventing sale.s of public lands except under
the pre-emption Uwb.
JFor discouraging polygamy in Utah by granting
suffrage to women.
For instructing the Secretary of "War to enquire
into the alleged arrest and imprisonment of General
James B. Studman.
For providing a provisional government for Mis-
From Virginia.
Richmond, March 15.—Gen. Stoneman issued an
order to-day republishing the act of Congress vaca
ting offices within thirty days from the passage of
the act, and ordering that ail persons who cannot
take the iron-clad oath shall he removed from office
on the 18th inst. This creates quite a panic in State
offices; for nearly one-third of the offices aro those
that pay no salary. Tho Commanding General has
had no applications for, and consequently no ap
pointments have been made for many of. the Judge-
ships. There have been no applications, which
leaves the legal business in a chaotic state. This
evening a batch of new appointments were made
for the City Council, and some city offices. To
morrow, it is stated, a new set of officers will be ap
pointed fo the Capitol.
The thermometer here to-day fell from 66 to 34
degrees in 7 boors.
From Cuba.
Havana, March 15.—The Revolutionary Assembly
of the Central Department, with the sanction of the
military commander, decree that slavery was brought
to Coin by the Spanish dominion and ought to
cease with it. Second, pledges indemnity for slave
property. Third, freedmen may bear arms. Fourth,
freedmen have equal rights and privileges. Fifth,
loll patriots, of whatever color, are under equal ob
ligations to the cause.
Official dispatches report a column of five hun
dred troops, supported by heavy artillery, drove two
thousand Insurgents from the fortifications around
Mayaria. and captured Hayaria. No rebel Tension
of the affair hie been received.
Suicide.
| Trot, N. I., March 15.—Marcus Eldridge, a prom
inent citizen, cot his throat to-day.
Marine News.
Savannah, March 15.—Cleared, ship Henry, Liv
erpool; brig Hope, Noduke, Conn.; schooner Mad
eline, Darien.
One hundred and forty-fire bills were announced.
A joint resolution providing for a joint commit
tee on the removal of political disabilities. Referred
to Reconstruction Committee?
The bDl erasing white from the charter and ordi
nances of the District, passed, and goes to the
President. . 1]
Tlie IVre tolled Affair at YVnrrenton.
Tho Constitutionalist gives tho subjoined ac
count of the quarrel between Darden and "Wal
lace, which has led to such shocking results:
There had been previously some difficulty be
tween Dr. Darden and Mr. "Wallace, on account
of political sentiments, and more recently Dr.
D., who is a Mason, and is connected with the
Masonic Lodge at Warrenton, voted against
Wallace becoming a member. To this implied
insult, Mr. Wallace replied through his paper,
in a long and scathing abase of Dr. Darden. snd
on yesterday morning, while walking qnietly
through the streets of Warrenton, he was shot
from a window with a double-barreled gun in
the hands of Dr. Darden, taking off the entire
top of his head, and killing him instantly.—
These are all the particulars we could obtain of
this unfortunate affair. We give below the
closing paragraph of the card published by Mr.
Wallace, referred to above, which is as follows -.
“ Many of onr best citizens who have con
ceived a favorable opinion of Masonry, held
themselves aloof on account of this individual's
membership, knowing his cowxrdly disposition,
and fearing him as a toward. In conclusion, I
would say. that if any Mason who voted on the
Occasion referred to will vindicate Dr. Darden,
I will make ample reparation ; but if no Mason
feels it his duty to give Darden justice other
than this, then I again brand bim as a liar and
villain. I can be found at my office at any time,
and if the Doctor sees proper to practice on me,
I am his patient, but not without fear that ho
will administer poieon, or attempt a surgical op
eration on my back with a scalpel, in the dark.”
The account of the subsequent lynching of
Darden will be found in another place, copied
from the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Tho President and Mr. Wushburnc.
Mr. Washbnme writes to General Grant that
ho most retire from the office of Secretary of
State, on account of his health, which, he said,
at the time of his appointment, was an obstacle
to his acceptance. He asks him to name a suc
cessor, and closes as follows:
Had circumstances permitted it, I should have
been pleased to have been associated with you
officially, and to have aided yon as far as in my
power in carrying ont yonr views in the admin
istration of the Government upon the principles
of honesty, retrenchment, economy, pnblic
faith, and equal and exact justice to all.
To this the President replies as follows:
Executive Mansion, \
Washington, March 11, 1869. >
Hon. E. B. Wathbume, Secretary of State-:
Dear Sib :—Yonr resignation of the office of
Secretary of State, with reasons for the same, is
received. In accepting it, I do so with regret
that yonr health will not permit yon to continue
in the office, or some Cabinefposition. Ourper-
sonal relations have been such, from the break
ing out of the rebellion to the present day, and
yonr support of me individually in the army,
and its cause such, that no other idea presented
itself stronger to my mind, on the first news of
my election to the Presidency, than that I should
continue to have your advice and assistance.
In parting with you, therefore, I do it with as
surance of continued confidence in yonr ability,
zeal, and friendship, and with the hope that yon
may soon be relieved from the physical disabil
ities under which yon have labored for the last
few years.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
U. S. Grant.
Butler and the Cabinet.—Unless all signs
fail, the old fend between Butler and Grant will
soon break ont with renewed vigor. Benjamin
enjoys the “ situation ” very much, and laughs
heartily over the mistakes of bis old enemy.
They tell a good, and true, little story of Ins
opinion of the Cabinet in this way: It is well
known that John A. Griswold, the last Republi
can candidate for Governor of New York, was in
confident expectation of the Secretaryship of tlie
Navy. He was warmly urged by the politicians
of the Empire State, and had good reason to be
lieve he would be successful. Ben. Butler met
him yesterday and asked him, with a sardonic
grin, how he liked the Cabinet. Griswold mourn
fully replied that he didn't like it much. “Well,”
said Butler, with a twinkle of his strabismical
optics, “I told yon how it wonld be. Fact is,
by God, yon didn’t subscribe enough.”
There was a big laugh, as the force of Butler’s
reasoning was felt by all who heard the dialogue.
—^ M ' _
New York on the Cabinet.
A New York special to the Louisville Courier-
Journal of the 12th, says:
The changes of the Cabinet were received on
'Change and in business circles with cheerful
acquiesence. Mr. Fish is pronounced by his
personal friends as unfitted, either by experi
ence, attainments or natural abilities, for Sec
retary of State, but is pronounced a safe, pru
dent man, who will keep ns ont of difficulties.
It is generally admitted that he will be com
pelled to resign, should anything serious occur,
for he is incapable of conducting more than
formal diplomatic correspondence. His chief
recommendation to Grant was his large contri
butions to election expenses, and the $65,000
check. Mr. Bontwell a appointment is almost
universally approved of. He is regarded as en
tertaining very sound financial views looking to
an early return to specie payments, and a tariff
for revenue only in accordance with Democrat
ic antecedents.
Immigration to Texas.—Texas has agreed to
pay $100, and to give forty acres of land to a
company for every immigrant it brings into the
State. This, if true, is certainly liberal en-
conragement to immigration.
Shocking Murder.—Mr. George Bell, resid
ing near Bellville, Florida, and engaged in mer
chandizing there and at Valdosta, Lowndes
county, was shot down, with forty buck-shot in
his body, on Saturday last, by a negro named
Andrew Jackson. Jackson was in ambush at
the time. Evidently a case of a very “ rude
sense of justice.”
To tict the Stump.—Hon. Dan’l W. Voorhees
will leave here on Thursday for Indiana-to take
the stump sustaining the action of the Demo
cratic members of the Legislature ratifying the
fifteenth constitutional amendment. A new
election has been ordered to fill the vacancies.
[Notional Intelligencer.
Thk counterfeit swindlers are now located in
Illinois. They send a note to their victim, in
closing a genuine twenty-five cent piece of postal
currency as a “sample,” and offer to sell the
same at counterfeiter s prices. The victim tries
it at a bank, and finds it a sure thing and safe.
He sends on $10 or $30 for four times the
amount in counterfeits. That is the last he
hears of the matter.
A Wild Child In Kentucky
THE STRANGE HAIBT NtONSTEB WANDEEINO I>" THE
WOODS.
Horn tie UHU>ntowu.Ep., Appeal, M>.i
The country in a southwǤterly direction
from this place, and extending between a point
five miles from town to about ten miles, is
sparsely inhabited, and many thousand acres
have yet their aged forest growth. There in
also a strip in this timbered location where the
trees have been uprooted and now lie as a mass
of Iocs, limbs, and underbrush, and known as
tho 4 ‘Hurricane.” . „
In the surroundings of tho Hurricane are
good hunting grounds—turkey, deer and the
general grnall varieties of game are to be found
by the expert hunter. There is also a some
thing that has been described to us by several
persons that have seen it, and will give what
has been told us.
For some’time past, a gentleman residing
near this portion of the county, known as the
Hurricane, has heard sounds issuing from the
dense timber, resembling the sound of a child in
and sometimes preceded by a wail or
ahilJ shriek. The family has been much dis
concerted in regard to this extraordinary noise,
and many fruitless attempts were made to as
certain from whom or where it proceeded. At
length their efforts and diligent watching was
rewarded by a sight (to use the old man a ex
pression) “that made him creep." Sitting upon
a log some distance from him, what he wonld
taketo be a nude male child, a slightnoise made
by him startled the object, and it ran with great
speed, followed as fast as his aged limbs could
carry him ; the heavy timber obstructed his
sight, so that he lost the trail and object of the
flight The tracks made by the animal wero
about three inches long, and had every appear
ance of the track of a child. There was the
large projecting toe, with the four small ones,
circling down gradually and forming a symmet
rical and well formed human footprint
After this discovery, other members of the
familv, by close watching, saw the same object,
and, Informing some of their friends, they also
had a Ioqk at the srissJ. One of the boys be
longing to the old gentleman’s family determin
ed to capture it, and, for the purpose of effec
tually surprising the animal, he hid himself
near the plaoewhere he had frequently seen it.
As the sun arose, casting its lurid and effulgent
rays through, around and between the matted
tree tope, briers and weeds, doing its very best
to help young America with this addition to his
minaturo menagerie, the young man's eves
were greeted by a sight of the object of his
search, and, as it had not.discovcred the intru
der, he had ample time to take a close look
at it, and, as near as we can, will describe it to
the reader.
It was about two feet, or probably two feet
and a half high, its appearance, walk and ac
tions were human—walked erect, and when pur
sued was very fleet of foot; its arms did not ap
pear exceedingly long, and had hands like ordi
nary mortals, even to the finger nails; its cloth
ing—yes, it was clothed, not as gorgeous and
many colored as the Grecian belles, nor so
scanty as the little fledged chick with the shell
covering on his back, but with hair, veritable
long, wavy and beantifnl bright hair, such aa
seen in pictures 9t advertisements that repre
sent the femsle after using Hall and Catchem's
hair restorer, revinorator, etc? The hair is of a
greyish white, and about six inches long, cover
ing the entire body, and in constant motion,
waving, dividing and changing position, in ac
cordance with the force of the wind that moves
it; of a light silky nature—limbs well propor
tioned, feet very small; and take it all in all,
would make a pretty good start for an old maid
or bachelor (baring the hair) toward house
keeping.
The young man pnrsned it until it came to
the Hurricane spoken of, the denseness of
which prevented him entering, bnt the small
ness of the creature gave advantages, and it
eluded- him. Its lair or den comprised throe
large holes, situated so as to form a right angle
triangle, the edges smooth, having been worn
by its occupant, and one of them, about three
feet below the surface, shows a small cavern,
with a warm and comfortable bed of leaves.—
Adhering to brush, leaves and trees in the
vicinity, are hairs resembling that oovering the
creature. To-day being the day when many of
the neighbors are to meet and unearth this be
ing, we will not speculate upon its ancestors,
but with deference torn the matter over to those
who make the wonderful their study.
Filibustering appears to be lively. A tele-
•gram from Havana to the New York Times of
the 12th, says:
The Captain of a Spanish vessel, which arriv
ed here to-day, reports that on Sunday last,
while east of Punta-Mulaa, he saw a fleet, con
sisting of one side-wheel steamer, bark-rigged,
and three other steamers, schooner-rigged,
steering northeast. Shortly afterward he passed
a side-wheel steamer, bark-rigged, which was
anchored two miles from Guincho Keys. The
report has been in circulation for some time
past in Caban circles that an exhibition was un
der way to these shores, bringing cannon, arms,
amunition and recruits for the insurgents.
“Senator” Schurz boldly protested against
the appointments for Missouri as proposed by
the President- and for his trouble feceived the
consoling reply, “I know the people of Missou
ri better than yon do.”—Baltimore Gazette.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GEO. B. TURPIN.
TURPIN
1. MONROE OSDKN.
OGDEN",
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENTS,
MACON, OA.,
/""VFFER FOR SALE:
yN T KLSON"H0U8^ I *ad NCE k °° Wn “ th#B ° ND
The FfNDLAY HOUSE.
De-irabie RESIDENCES on First and Second
streets.
A residence and severnl FINE BUILDING LOTS
on Tatnall Squire.
A RESIDENCE in East Macon, known aa the
Groce Place, four room dwelling, two kitchens. store*
room and stable ; Lot nearly two acres. Price 91075.
ALSO.
_ Several fine PLANTATIONS and LOTS of WILD
LANDS. marlO-tf
BONDS AND ST0CKS"F0R SALE
ACON AND BKtJNS
by State of Georgia,
32000 Central Railroad Bondi,
15 Share. Central Railroad Stock,
10 (hare. Macon Brunswick Railroad Stock.
arlG-lft** CUBBBDGE A HAZLEHURST.
FOR SALE OR RENT,
^ COTTAGE HOUSE, with four room*, hall and
pantry, and all r.eecaaary nuthouse*.
Apply to D. W. HAMMOND.
s. KROUSK.OFF,
14954 CONGRESS STREET,
SAVANNAH, QA.,
DX1LIK IN
MILLINERY GOODS, STRAW GOODS
RIBBONS, ETC.,
M OST reapeetfully announce, to the trade that he
u prepared to supply the Millinery trade in all
me style, in Straw Goods. Ribbon,. Flowers, Bon
nets. Infants’ Cap* and Kuchrs, and in a full asaort-
rnent in Millinery Goods, which he will Mil AT
NKW YORK WHOLtSA LB PRICES.
Orders punctually ■ attended to, and satisfaction
guaranteed.
Sample, rent per Expreas, on C. 0. D.
. Address
Box 233. P. 0..
marl6-3t 6aVW*h.Ga.
FLOUR, MACKEREL AND SYRUP.
Wfissb FLOUR? /^d^wewarrsnt itequxUo
anything in tb*. market. Hotel.keepers and Baker,
would do well to try it, ml it it cheaper than the fancy
branda from the West.
Also, 59 barrel, extra quality Leaf Lard: SOOnack-
agt. beat quality Mackerel, Salmon, White and Blue
Fi.h; 9) hogshead, prime Side., Shoulder, and
liams.
Alao, 35 barrels best Florida Cane Syrup.
All of the above Good, will be sold on fair term, by
„ , SEYMOUR. TINSLEY A CO.
marl6-tf
-4
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, GROCERIES. TOBACCO,
HARDWARE, STEEL, IRON,
AND MANY OTHER ARTICLES USUALLY KEPT IN A
FIRST-CLASS WHOLESALE HOUSE,
ARE INFORMED THAT THE
SPRING STOCK
J. B. BOSS &
P i
THEIHAVE
SPRING DRY GOODS,
It i. unusually heavy and seleet and worthy of special attontion. Indeed, they are prepared to furnish from
a Fi.h Hook to a Grind Stone, from a Hair Pin to a bale of Domestic.
In GOODS and PRICES we Iknow they can suit you. Cali on - - xi Oh
J. B. BOSS & SON,
mar!6-tf Wholesale Dealers in Groceries, Dry Good?, etc., Maoon, Georgia.
J. L. SHEA,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
HAS RECEIVED THE
LARGEST AND HANDSOMEST
SPRING STOCK
EVER BROUGHT TO GEORGIA.
(iriti
. V Vi!.-
■ ; •. .vui v*
• ... $»--• .o&qtNtl.
osnixiEMbn in passing are requested to call
AND EXAMINE XT.
NO. 4,4,
h‘jt.
t.ui. t
rat- :»<’
‘'V.Wr ■
fit 'if 1
Second Street, Macon, Ga.
GROCERIES.
30 HALF-BARRELS WHITE FISH.
40 half-barrel. BLUB FISH.
100 kite Nos. 1.2 and 3 MACKEREL.
150 boxes EXCELSIOR No. 1 SOAP.
100 boxes CHEMICAL OLIVE SOAP.
20 tierce. RICE.
SO tiercel PURE LEAF LARD. '
20 tierce. 8UGAR-CURED HAMS.
12 car-load. FAMILY and EXTRA FLOUR.
A full stock of
BACON AND BULK-MEATS
Always on hand.
SEYMOUR, TINSLEY A CO.
marlttf
OH, YE LOVERS
■ GOOD—
PURE BOTTLED SODA WATER.
NEW GOODSJ
"DECEIVED BY LATE ARRIVALS AND COM-
Jtk ING IN : Jewelry. Pins. Ear Rings. Sleeve But
ton.. Studs. Handkerchief Kings, etc., ete.
Coin Silver Table and Tea Spoons. Forks, Napkin
Rings, Chilren a bets in eases Fruit Knives, etc., etc.
SILVER-PLATED'ICE PITCHERS,
Waiters, Goblsta, Castors, Baskets, Butter Dishes.
Cups, Forks, Spoons, etc., etc.
EIGHT-DAY BRASS CLOCKS,
VIOLIN STRINGS, Wholesale and Retail.
A fine lot.
AiiUaiiNuax puns,
One equal to a dozen common steel pens. Call and
get a sample gratis, and try them.
Sewing- Machines,
WHEELER A W IL 8 O N ’ S Silent
Bilver Feed Lock Stitch. Tooth Soap from White’s
Dental Depot, Philadelphia. MAGIC COMBS.
PIANOS, of a superior make, at Lxas thxx skit tore
XAXUnCTUXIR’S PRICES.
AT COST.
I am offering many desirable articles at cost to
make room for new stock. A call is respectfully so
licited. E.J. JOHNSTON.
.. .. 97 Mulberry Street.
mrl4-6t
short notice: and it is my determination to have good
oj irens.. I have employed, through Mr. John Ryati,
of Savannah, a No. 1 workman, who coraos well rs-
eommendsd from him a. undemanding tho business
thoroughly. My manufactory is at my Ice House,
near the Passenger Depot.
- ; i ■■■ / i". !]<-■!. mid may i,e !,■•: a t the Man
ufactory or at my store. I shall Start a wagon ont
•ooa, to deliver it in any part of the city.
mar!2-tf . a. N. ELLS.
Bow to Utilise the Oak Forests of
Georgia.
rpCB undersigned is now ready to grant licenses or
A to dispose of territorial rights for the use of his
Improved appliances for converting the aatrinr ent
propertire of Oak hark Into an iiuperi.-hable extract
for Tanning and Coloring purposes, requiring their
lor asmall royalty per gAllon, ora reasonable con- "
■ - !■ m-'.-ry or lerritt rial rightn.
The cost of a Factory, with all the requisite ap-
twentj-four hourswtll notexcced *5000. Three thou-
»an_d dollars will—where lumber is choip-mcet the
entire cost ora factory capable of pro iu, ing from 12
fc rr ?^I* p er day. (less the motive power) which
may be or steam or water, and of from 15 to 20 horse
p°T* r -, fP* !e estimates include the coat ofbnildiug.
tanks, (which are of wood) mill, condensing apparatus
and every requisite, save the motive power, required
in the manufacture.
- Tncae newdevlces. for manufacturing concentrate I
in practical use. and are pronounced bv
good judges to be the most perfect simple ami the
AU inos” w rs JoHN*0N. n,ed
Station U.. New York City.
SELECT SCHOOL.
I TXR. HUNTER pnrposea to establish a SELECT
l / FEMALE SCHOOL on Walnut Street, to coin-
I ra®nce l»r of April. Special attention devoted to the
! study of Natural Science and Modern LangUML; •
A select number of pupils desired.
Txrus. Six Dollars per month, payable in ndvanee.
! on A ^a\ y nutSt e re U e n t de " ,,lnedat "' <oBurney ’'
I Rf.fkrkxcrs—Mr. Poe, Rev. D. Will, D D Mr
Hutton. [mrll-tf] THRO. Hl'NThR. '
NO CUBE NO PAY.
DR. willhqft’Tanti-periodic,
FOR CHXIiXiS AND FEVER,
-PL the b««t medicine I ever saw for Chills and Fever.
It not only break* them up. but enriches the blood,
improves the digestive organs,and renders the system
proof against malaria. I recommend it to all my p a -
tients.”
For sale by all druggist*. !
L. W. HUNT k CO.. I
Wholesale Akentf.
82 und 84 Cherry ■trect, Macon. Ga. i
DRESS-MAKING
MRS. M. B. DANIELS.
'Jeriring a perfect fit. neat work and styl
uh outfits, will do well to give me a call
arrangements for receiving the latest New York de
"ill be such aa to afford, alwaya. a choice fro
the freshest and mo*t elegant styles. c no\ce iroi
Rooms »t the residence of Mr. 11. T. Johnnon nm
Ob’S?, ° f 8 ® C0nd and Plam street,*, opposite M
; mr5-2w
FOE. SAX.B,
SmSSSSEBj&i
LLOYDS A FOSTER.
H
YOU HAVE TO DIE.
for your family? By iolnina
the WORKING-MAN’S ASSOCIATION, yS5
can secure one thousand dollars at ycur death. Were
yon to live forty year?, you will have paid only $480
and they wih receive 31000—be it aoon or late.
Apply through the office, or by any other means to
HLNRY W. BOIFEt:ELLKT. Agent
or W- HARRIS, 70 Cherry street.
marll-su n k wed4 w
LOADSTONE,
J10R SALE AT
mar!6-tf
ELLIS’ DRUG STORE.
ASSORTED FLOWER SEED.
D ahlia, gladiolus.
TUBE-ROSE and
c . , . JAPAN LILY BULBS.
Simple and complete Directory for Flower Seed by
David J.andretb, for gratuitous distribution at
marlS-tf ELLIS’ DRUG STORE.
WANTED.
A FIRST-CLASS BODY MAKER can get a good
job and good wages by applying at once, by letter or
in person, to the undersigned, at Americas. Ga.
marlS-W WM. SIRRINE Jt SON.
Tax Payers Bibb County,
T> KMEMBER, I only have two weeks longer to
» n If not paid within that lime, I
wui be forced to iseue executions for the amounts,
ftem ember, and come up ; save me of a very unpleas
ant duty and yourselvee coat.
„ , F. M. HEATH.
mrl3-4t T. C. Bibb County, Georgia.
5 Gallons Coal Oil at - $3.00,
i 5-gal. Tin Can, Screw Ton, $1.50,
^jAN be rent to any railroad station from
mar,-tr_ ^ ELlIS’ DRUG STORE.
FOR SALE.
/ ^ ERY desirable Building Lots situatprl w.nr?
{ *or Hill, containing from an a?rl and
three acres m each lot. Also, a vere dJireWa rasi-
dence in Ymenlle, containing seven*room* kithens •
the Southwestern Railroad. f a Dlat L t ^ tlon
marl4-d6tJkwlt
G- J. BLAKE.
Fine Georgia Hams and Lard.
5000 ~ -
For sale at .
marl4 5t J " H " AN »ERS0N A SON’S
Third street.
A FEW MORE LEFT.
A S I have a few houses unsold. I wish to
close cut of the balance : ana threi who wi,
r “* oo able terms Will do weU to c
qffictiry& oniKlSias - Soco
“* rl4 " 15t G. J. BLAKE