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T HI ATLANTA WEEKLY CONSTITUTION* NOVEMBER 30. 1876.
n (oimauQici
WEEKLY EDITI
OF BUBS KiraoN.
WeeV y. on« year, with jAud«.....|2 V
Weekly* »lx month*, *!t» totac*.... 1 W
THE WHISKY RING.
Tto conviction of Joyce, and the
I ^ffi.Aabie conviction of E* Scpcrviaor
McDonald dm attracted the attention of
ink
pfe of two ■.
age, with aw
Jones and* f——- ^
period common laborers and fast fi
They ptr'orm the work of the average
laborer* and lay up the average saving*
labor. Bat Jones tries to get rich by
saving simply, and Smith by saving and
loaning his savings. From the reward
their labors each save as a surplus
a tomra 'The Boris of the whole iMBblc
we?KnftyfTrn. Grant, when he*ap
pointed, it* the etty when be resided and
hadwlotof frkfltls to reward, not the
chokes of the republican leaders, but Ida
own personal adherents. The appoint
ment of Col. Ford as collector, and of
Jvbu McDonald as supervl or of inter
nal revenue, boih men unknown as re
publicans and a? reliable business men,
mane the steps to tbc formation
of a ring easy and certsln.
Ford lisd loaned money to Grant
when he was very poor and had other
wise befriended him; McDonald bad
held Tery intimate relations with Grant
when he was In command of the Mitsit-
rippi Valley, where McDonald was per
mitted to handle cotton, lie was also a
horseman. The two men—Fcrd snd
McDonald—enjoyed the president** con
friend; in ike highest degree. They were
continually labia company when he was
in St. Louis,and only a short time before
the seizure* the president rode along
Pennsylvania avenue in company wHb
McDonald. These facts do not impli
cate Gen.Granl iu the discovered frauds.
It is not our wish to dishonor the presi
dent, but wc desire to show that Grant’s
met beds directly led to the forma
tion of the i log—that his use of
gove rnment patronage to reward bb set
of personal friend* has cost the country
an immense sum of money. Persons!
government always was and always will
be very unsafe.
Ford and McDona’d were powerful,
but It 1*1 plain that the ring included even
a mote powerful man at the capital.
This man wasocrtainly net the president,
but It was seme occ very near him and
very intimate with every department in
Washington. In the division of the
spoil*! at M. Louis this unknown man,
whom the detrclrves arc trying to trace
out, was known as “Ihe man
in the country.” There is a general belief
—how well founded wo cannot say-
that the couniryman is none other than
a well-known member of Grant’s official
family—Gen. Babcock.
“The man iu tbc corntry”with his 8t,
Louis awoeta'cs were casi’y able to
thwart soy movements in the treasury
•U pirtment adverse to the ring until Gen.
Bristow took hold ol the matter. He lets
pushed the investigation shrewdly, fear
lessly and relentlessly. He s on con
vinced the distillers, who had been so
heavily bled by tbc ring, 1b*t they bad
better make a clean breast of it; and they
have generally plead guilty and testified
to all they knew. So have some of the mi
nor officers. The bottom will doubtless be
reached, snd the great leuks iu tbc inter
nal revenue servioo stopped, tut the
country will not be nitrified until
knows the full name of “the man from
the country,” nnd of all others in Wash
ington who received any rart of the
plunder.
In the meanwhile it would lie well for
tins people to consider whether they need
the further services of a president who
'nfnorr* all exbtingrules of appointment
and tills the best office? with his own
udherents and pemonal friends. The
experiment has not thus far, either
Si. Louis or WashLigton, or any other
city, I een vindicated by known n suits
f.V), tic £ven£$. gWOUPt tp ( American
laborer*, «r»4 bcfe'-H-bOwthey-sUnd as
the years roll by:
Jencc string fliuiik— having
timply: and interest.
Irt year $ 5fl let jt. $ I
UltkXUB AFFAIRS.
Th* exeentivy committee of the ration
al grange in the ir annual rejirit discuss
at considerable lcactli the conduct and
workings of the business scencies in the
DEATH OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
The end of Henry Wilson’s long. a
yeati
to a stroke of
lysis, and ever since that’ time hit
health has been precarious, and he baa
been a source of solicitude in the circle
of his friends. A man of untiring indus
try be icarcely dropped bis’work during
the dangerous attacks of the disease that
threatened at any time to carry him off.
lie seemed to be particularly desirous of
completing his. work on the xiiftAtd fall In i’dojot fashionable winter travel will
southward this season. The New York
350 [Siiaitb ha* oj>ln- 7
400 fnfl* which he 8
&.» tin*, la rich.] 11
WV) 13
sas ix
70S tanifcfc pat« on 14
730 un orerJonci 15
MS) —he *• twice M IS
850 rich ] 17
•mo 11
950 [Smith Is row 1*»
1.000 lavitcd tot mall So
1.1 *7) codflth penif-K 31
1.100 udJonctato’i S3
1,130 —he i« 3 time* Si
1.500 rich.] 21
14®> [Their familie* *5
1.30U don’t —I 5
l.*» time* a* rich.] I
1.100 [He • “ -
1,430 time* i
1.500 [Smith
1,530 k*ow Jones 31
1,000 uow-C times 3S
T.SB0 a* rich ]
1.700 j~*
1.750 {
MU
1.050 [Nmv 11 time* 30
3,000 M rirli^uid nev- 40
cr knew Jude*. ]
! 1« 4\ 38
* a* rich.] »
ii tli don’t 30
2.370 81
2,557 79
2.80 56
5.430 72
6.051 SS
S.710 01
12.3M 00
13.081 *
15,101
SENATOR FIRRY, OF CONNECTICUT.
Oar dispatches announce the dc&th of
this senator at his residence in Connecti
cut. Like the late vice-president he had
been in failing health during the last two
or three years, and no one in Washing
ton was probably surprised by the an
nouncement of hits death.
nc was born at Bethel, Conrcclicut,
1823 Choosing the pro
fession of law he Mettled at Nor
walk, a prosperous city of his
native rinle. lie first entered congress
in 1 Nib as the represent alive of the fourth
district, ccming as n republican from
republican district. In 1861 be entered
the army os the colonel of a volunteer
regiment, and in 1813 was appointed
Imgad’cr general. In 1867 he was dec
ted a senator of the United States, snd
in 18‘Ji was re-elected, greatly to the
Eurpri-.e of the people of his state. He
was not the choice of his party in the
legislature. The caucus had rejected
him, but when the joint ballot took place
it was found that his friends had united
with the democratic members to defeat
the no ounce ol the caucus, who was,
wc rt member correctly, none other than
Joe liswley, general travelling agent for
tbc centennial exhibition, lie generally
acted with the rcruUic&n party despite
the manner of his election, lut none
the extreme and dangerous measures
the administration received his support
In rcveral instances lie did not liet-itatc
to denounce the majority in connection
with rot asures dictated by a feeling
proscription and hate.
THE CKEFENO&KK EXPLORERS.
The letter which wc publish this morn
mg from tlic great swamp, shows con
suit-rutile anxiety existing in the camp
Billy 's island,over the continued absence
of t’jc Uuincs party. There was un
doubtedly much cause for uneasiness,
as Haines took but five day ’s rations, and
hid cot been heard from in reven day a
But, as our readers have been informed
by tptciai telegrams, Mr. Haines and
party emerged from the swamp all right,
save a little worn by hardship and hungc:
tnd by this time there lias been joy
cump Lee. Wc shall probably have tbc
pankulars in a day or two.
, „ , , . , The letter to day will make the lovers
rerel Mates. JUoy of these agencies of fioc y Zn for theOkefenokrw,
*S acknowledged tube unsatisfactory, , . ^ m
Uisfactory,
and nil have fallen f >r short of the bene
fits whit h could be realized under a more
jH*rfect and uniform system. Most of
llm agents are doing bu>inci>s on tbc
uiual c.omini^ion plan, making l’Hle
or no distinction between tbc member
and tho» * who arc not nu mber*, and that
too without eo operating with the other
agencies, sod thus displaying a
jealousy which is cus oniury anumg
rivals but io its consequence* is full ot
evil to the order. The committee de
nounces the whole commisrion system,
and urges the importance of pay iug com
petent agents a stated salary, on the
ground that a stile grange can in no olh-
e r way be fairly and economically served.
Add to this an adoption by the national
grange' of a permanent, uniform and co
operative business sy stem, and the order
will soon have “a foundation upon which
tlwy may build a superstructure with a
cohesive force that will bid defiance to
its opposers, and grow in strength as it
increases in age, In Refitting in just pro
portion the poorest and the wealthiest,
the humblest and the proudest of its as
s dialed members.”
The executive committee issued a cir
cuter some lime ago to the officers of the
-late granges, calling their ait cation to
the evils o! the commission system. This
was done to prsveut so far as possi
ble any incTesse in that direc
tion, and the whole subject of coopera
tion In business is now* before the uatton
al grange. It seems to be understood
that the plan of pay log a state agent a
stated salary, cither directly from the
treasury ot the stale grange or by a per
cent charged upon the amount of the Ml!;
of pwrcbsfcre to be paid directly into the
'Uto treasury, will be adopted.
Tbs report of Secretary Kelley is full
of ictcresting facts. Only 68§ granges
out of 2ft,2?»3 have been consolidated, su3
pended or bad lUir charters revoked
since the first introduction of the order.
The paying membership is now
762,268* while the increase of
new granges for the past month was 92.
Indiana is uow tbc banner state, and
Missouri next, but more granges have
been V rgauircd in Texas during the past
i.’gbs months than in any other state.
Master Smith, of Georgia, is chairman
•if the committee on the Good of the
Order, and Sister Smith a member of
t!»e com mime on tnra«portation.
New subscriptions arc coming in for
The Coxatrrrnosas they never came
in before at this season of the year. The
growing popularity of this paper is alttn
tt-d by this flood of subscriptions. The
faster anJ thicker business comes in, the
quicker wo shall to able to add to the
attractions cf the paper. In fact, if &d-
vcitlsrmtnts Increase in equal propor
tion during the next three months wc
wiil be compelled to enlarge* for we must
hare room for all proper snd profitable
matter.
Among the cargo of a xtcamthlp which
has just sailed for Europe from Phila
delphia werrJMrty dressrff breves, ©re
hundred and fifty dressed sheep, and .a
large quantity of poultry and oy slma,
which it h proponed to land in good
t ondition by mean* of the “refrigerating
process**
Tun Rome Commercial believe* it
w i uhl be the wisest policy in the votes*
of the 41 ad district to elect either OL
Waring or Cob J. G. >L Montgomery
tv) fill the vacancy in the senate occa
sioned by the resignation of Hon. John
W .Wofford.
Col. V-sLx.vrrvE Baxnx Is occupying h’t
time la prison in writing an account of his
Irani4in Cental Asia.
Tuz Pittsburg Pott puts It in Ihil wav:
“Don’t Insist on honesty and ecoac-my in
office. It looks like opposition to the school
system.”
Whisst straight has ruined thousands,
but tbs “crocked” article is «hat is now
playing the misch’ef In various localities.
“As you were!” ii the la’cst military
order from General Grant in relation to the
Yieksbuiy postmasters, end Mississippi
will stlh have Pease.
TEE OOEEIOEEE!
of tUvny, only one volatile of which re
main, unfinished. When he could not
. rile, be Unveiled, for nothing could
uiil ha icstka energy hut death.
He ru preeminently ■ self-made man.
Uis parents were very poor. He received
their bande very liule, if any,
education, and nhen be was twenty
years of age he left the sterile New
smpahire farm on which be was bore,
to learn the trade of a shoemaker in
Natick, Massachusetts. As socn as he
d earned some morey in the pursuit of
his trade he remit. .1 to Massacbusetta
for the purpose ol .needing an acade
my near hi. cativc town. But
his plan of procuring an education was
cut short by the failure at the person to
whom be Ladct.uu.tcd bis savings, and
be returned to Natick to resume work oo
the bench. This was in 1838.bat in 1840
he was on the stump for Oen. Harrison.
His politbal career began in that year.
The whiga of Mtasachusetts kept him in
the legia'aluic many years, and in 1853
and 54 he was su unsuccessful candidate
for governor or that state. He bad
Lowever left tbc whig party, and ran on
the free soil tick-L In 1855 be was elec
ted a senator of the United
States to succeed Edward Everett,
and his service in that tody was only
ended by his death. Three successive
elections as icnalor and the vice presi
dency gave him a period of distinguished
employment such as falls to very few of
our public men.
Three things ms; be truthfully said cf
his long term of public s< rvice—he
had great faith iu the people and
in the institutions of the country,
was honett, and unlike many
of his war colleagues, he did not
believe in fighting the south after the
war was over. He died poor. Let this
much be (aid of him—he passed through
the most corrupt period of American po).
ilica unstained. H’s mistake* were con-
ncctcd with the movements of bis party,
and wc arc willing to overicok them to
sec only his merits in a time that pro
duced lew of his kind. lie died iu the
sixty-fourth year of hia age.
at least the fishing patt of it. Tn
wuc caught as rapidly us they could be
lifted into the boat, and some of them
wire larger than the shad usually sold iu
Atlanta. An immroao turtle was also
seen, and another alligator w. s killed,
appears terv dearly, howevtr, that our
exploring party are devoting themselves
cbicily to the pmctical work of the
petlitieu, and sporting is altogether
secondary matter.
Thru: thousand voter* of Indianapo
lis, lirespectivcof party, havo united
signing the following declaration and
Cull;
In view of the continued and increas
ed depression of business, resulting in
the failure and bankruptcy of all proiluc
tive enterprise, the enforced idleness of
thousands of industrious working people,
the continued shrinkage of value*, and
the relative increase of taxation, the
vast burden ol public and private debt
relatively increased by the depression of
*11 other values—an produced, as we
believe, by a mistaken policy of financial
legislation, therefore we,the undersigned
Voters of Indianapolis and vicinity, do
unite , iu the following demands upon
the oowglvss of the United States:
1. The immediate and unconditional
repeal ef the resumption act of January
13,1815. rommou v known as tho “Sher
man bill."
3. The permanent retirement of nation
al bank notes ami substitution therefor of
national legal tender money, to be issued
directly from tho treasury of the United
States.
3. The refunding of at least a portion
of tlie present national bonded debt into
bonds In-aricg a lower rate of interest,
ray 3.65 per cent, per annum, intercom
vartUdc with national legal ntpor money
at the pleasure of the holders; and wn
anner unite in n call for a mass meeting
.0 be held at Itidinapolls, Dec. 1, 1875,
u furtherance of these demands
Eteuvuopt except Gov. Bard finds
something in the new constitution of Ala-
bams to praise, now that it baa been
adopted by an overwhelming majority.
Says the New York Tribune:
Wtilethe vote is in some sense n pro
test against the carpel bag system of
government, tbit constitution has excel
lent fea:urea, of its own aside from its
marked contrast to that which it replaces.
It ilcea away with special legislation; it
prohibit* tli general assembly from lend
ing tbc money or credit of the state to
wink* of internal improvement, and lim
its the rate ot taxation to he levied; U
reduces the salaries of executive and ju
dicial otB. ere by at least 35 per ceaL.aod
thus and otherwise effects large econo
my. There need be Utile doubt that it
will lay tl c foundation of n renewed
prosperity for the state, and set an exatn
pie to be copi.d Urougnout the south.
Tn death Of Mr. Ferry, the defeat of
the Ames party in Mississippi and tbc
election of Mr. Mart c r acme other good
democrat In Louisiana, will add three
more taraterr to the icerexsing demo
cratic ttn>h in tbc senate chamber.
There is nothing sorer in politics than
the early control of the senate by the
conservative par.; ef the country.
Once regained, that control will perma
nent lvn main in ihodtmoeratic party,
no matter how the other branches of the
government stand.
SittCE the first day of'January we
have exported 42,000packages cf domes
tic cotton. The export* from New York
alone for the week ending November
Ulb, were 2,SCO pyctigrj, nearly ail of
which was for Liverpool The New
York Times says several new arrival*
from Great Britain, Germany and Cana
da, cenaadss'axrid to purchase goodi,arc
report’d. The Fall River manufacturer*
have held n meeting and have appointed
a committee to consider the probmbili-
lee.
parers says that Florida and New Orleans
111 be crowded with northern Inrsllds this
winter.
Tim counties heard trots in Mississippi
give the conservatives a majority cf 29,575
The seventeen yet to bear from will swell
this majority ts 10,000.
Trrrxr are efghtj-seven irofessorsln Yale
college. And yet Yila was beaten both at
boating and a foot-ball. What is the use of
so much training when It is so barren cf re
sults?
The president is preparing hi* message^
Implement* used—oce box of qnlll pens*
of. paper, a gallon of ink, two
thousand cigars, five cableet ministers, and
a barrel of—apple cosx
Coe XT Moxvsx attained hia 75th birth
day recently, and the (mperor presented
bltn with the family erderof tbe Ilohenzol-
leraa, with a star and crossed swords, ss s
recognition of tbe field marshal's services.
&ECKETXBT Cuxsdlek removed about a
doa: n clerks yesterday, snd it was not a good
day for re morals either. However, It Is to
ba tbe department ot Michigan for come
time, and that's a comfort.
Col. A K- McCuies his made a great
sutRtf of Ida Philadelphia Times. O* baa
now narrowed-bts columns somewhat, and
added one more to each page, making It
one of the largest as well as brightest two
cent papers In tbe country,
Tbe maddest man In Wisconsin is John
Leigh, of Oconto. Ue was a cindldate for
member ot the assembly, and being a con
scientious man he voted for his opponent.
Uis opponent was elected by just one ma
jority. It won't do to have such prejudices
when one is running tor office.
A xcmbeh of telegram* wctc sent to
Washington yesterday, requesting General
Babccck to come to S'. Louis and vindicate
himself from the charges against him con
tained in some of tbe testimony in the Mc
Donald css*.—&- Louis Globe, Rep.
Austbaua and New Zealand have 30,0)1
miles of te'egraph vi c,under control of tho
government. A half million messsges were
sent over the 5.00J miles of Victor.* last
yesr, at a profit to the government of -t\-
In New South Wales messages can he
sent 4,COG miles for fifty cents.
Congeessmxx Uouus has announced
that he is not a candidate for the demotratic
nomination for governor of Indiana next
year. Ills withdrawal Is thought to make
GRANGE AGENTS. ex-Coogrecftnsn Nlblsck the most probable
Candida*e, although Gen. Benjamin Harri
son has very strong backln;
Cnx» lotte (N. C.) Obseiver: A*ready
the question who shall be the democratic
candidate for governor next year, is being
diseased. Congreesman Wad dll’, cf tbc
Wilmington district, and a number of other
prominent gentlemen, have thus far, in ad*
vance, declared In favor of Hon. Z B.Vance
of this city, and several papers are now,
flying bis hia name at their mastheads.
Tub court of commissioners of Alabama
cl liras is again in session at Washington
They have deposed of five hu&drcd cates
and awarded judgment to the amc unt of
$1,709,COO, with interest amounting to
$755,000. Claims tn the number of oue
hundred and thirty have been dismissed
The time fixed for the completion of the
work is next January.
The Greeley statue has come t> grief,
mcncy enough could not be collected, and
the subscription made have been returned
to tke tubicrib:is. If Jay Gould’s present
speculation in Union Pacific turns out wrcll,
the 1 ast he couid do would be to pay tbe
cx'-cmc himself. We presume the fiuu
would take charge of the rnat’er and Uis*
criminate shrewdly bctwo r n the bust of the
founder of the Tribune and the bust of its
foundercr.—New York Wor’d.
A wealthy Mexican has brought across
tbe water a colossal statue of Christopher
Columbus, executed in bronse, by the
French sculptor Cor die r, which will be
erected ou one of the public squares of the
city of Mexico. The American people have
grown rich, end spent countless millions
for every sort of faqjiionable folly, but have
never bethought themselves a monument
him who made possible their existence as
a people. That work, neglected so long,
W* left to be performed at last by a private
citizen of the feeble republic of the south.
Tueue is liviog nowin MUsramau with
out a roof to cover his head who only a few
years ago was a king. The London Echo
tells his story as follows: “This personage
is Leo YU, of A) meals, Prince of Karigosz,
whose father was ja the year 1846 dispos
sessed by the Russhnx Shortly after this
•vent the inhabitants of Krivan called Ms
■on to tbc throne by the name of Leo YIL
but a clmplc command from St. Petersburg
proved sufficient to determine his fall, tbc
only result of his brief elevation being the
loss of all his property aud the withdrawal
of s pension of 12,000 francs, which had
been allowed him by tke Russian Govern
ment. The landless monarch had Indeed
some capi’al in England and leg
but this he lost in conacqA 1 "** of
in rash speculations. He then
and o'
No News of Haetes—Speculations os
the Subject—Db. Little Goes Af
ter Them with Asother Wagos—
Uneasiness—Surveying—A Skill
ful Engineer Corps—'Thorough
Work—Adventures and Sports—
Uton the Lake—Shooting Water
Fowl—Some Splendid Fishing—
The Hove of the Trout—Swinging
Round the Circle—A Flying Pole
—A Trout Larger than a Shad-
Squirrel Island—More Deer—
Hyde Kills an Alligator—An Im
mense Turtle—Pendletox Cir
cumvented—A Fish Swallows a
Pound op Buckshot—Some Tall
Guessing.
Camp on Billy’s Island,
Okefenokee Swamp,
November 14, 1875.
A9 stated in my picvious letter, I des
patched a wagon around the swamp to
the vicinity of the probable point of exit
lost. The next morning when Frank,
our cook, was preparing the jack he
suddenly startled the crowd with the
exclamation, “Good gracious, this yere
jack swallowed a whole cop full of buck
shot.” And as he lightened him of his
load Pendleton also felt relieved of a
weight, and evidently became readyjor
another wager.
He will write you to-morrow, and I
trust will be able to chronicle the arrival
of our missing party or information of
them. m m *m
THE VICE-PRISID ENT.
THE SPEAKERSHIP.
.jk fc, S A "
Sharpness «f the Contest Between
the Politic*! Gladiators.
Important Issues at Slake—Chances
ot tlie Candidates—Seme Very
Subtle Wire-Pulling.
Causes Leading to the Death of Xr.
Wilson*
Universal Expressions of Sympathy.
1 ii is subject received a very thorough
overhauling last week in the general
council of the order now in session at
Louisville. The fullest and freest dis-
cu s bion took place before the committee
entrusted withAhe subject. Thi* com
mittee held both a day and night session
on Friday, and the debate, although not
concluded, was exhaustive and search
ing.
The view* of the different fpeakers
were very diverse, and to had been their
experiences. Mr. Tyner, of Indiana, fa
vored salaried agents and all sorts of co
operative establishments. He was also
in favor of district or county agents. The
huricess of ihe Indiana agency approx!
mated last year $300,000, and tbc agen
cy’s expenses wire six thousand dollars,
which were paid out of the treasury of
the state grange. Mr. Smcdley,of Iowa,
sustained these views. But a majority
of the speakers teemed to incline
toward* llie commission plan—at
least moat of the agercics are conducted
on this plan. The expenses of the Mis
souri agency arc about ten thousand
dollars a year; it costa the sta’e grange
nothiog, and tbe executive committee
fixes the commissions. In Yirginia there
is a chief of the agency bureau, who
less under him an agent in the commer
cial towns. The business of the Yirginia
bureau reached $1*0.000 io tbe month
of September. The Mississippi agent
sells cotton for 85 cents a bale; the agent
In South Carolina is a salaried officer,
and in Texas tbc two state agents arc an
incubus on the order. Mr. Lang said he
wished lie could rid the state of them.
Most of the speakers, however, spoke
highly of the agencies and of the necessity
of cooperation in some form.
We have thus summarized some of tbe
speechrsin the experience meeting to
show that there la no uniformity within
the order In the wsy of baying and sell
ing. The committee will doubtless report
a plan that will bring about co-operation
on a grand scale, cr else remit the sub
ject to each stale for independent action,
with appropriate recommendations. The
subject is dearly considered a very im
portant one, and we may be sure that
the conclusions of the national grange
will bo in accordance with the oxperi
ence of the order, and suited to its varied
wants.
In discussing the centennial exhibition
the Macon Telegraph says :
As yet Georgia has appropriated
nothing in her official capacity to tbe
proper commemoration of her own
share in achieving the independence
of the thirteen colonies of Great Britain.
That she should, and will act her part
with becoming dignity in all the ceremo
nies connected with the centennial, and
contribute largely of her material re
sources to tbc grandeur of the occasion,
wc have not the least doubt. Sectional
opposition to a purely national jubilee,
which if otherwise, would be nipped in
the bod and prove a miserable failure, is
to say tbe least, unreasonable, and
smacks of tbe old venom and fanaticism
of northern abolitionists, and tbc narrow
minded higher law men. A modest ap
propriation by the general assembly
should be made to provide for tbe decent
representation of our noble common
wealth iu that convocation of nearly all
the nations and countries on tbe globe.
FuiLADELraiAi* getting ready to lodge
and feed all creation next year. It calcu
lates that at least 125,000 people can be com
fortably lodged; that is, 35,000 in the hotels
and 90,000 in private homes. As to feeding,
one restaurant provides 50,(X0 meals a day,
and others carry ui the tottl to 300 0C0. A
company has invested 1200,0:0 in poultry,
packed frozen in a White mountain store
house, and to be sent on in detachments by
refrigerators next tanner. Another store
has 159,000 hams in store for the summer
raid. The wsy the Philadelphians have it
is thi•: 20,000 fresh arrivals every day du
ring the show, each one to stay ten daj
and spend $5 a day; th!s makes a million a
day, or two hundre 1 millions tor the whole
eason! This is wild talk, though seriously
pntont.
Tax Sxn Francisco Bulletin of alate issue
says: “The effect of the Yirginia City fire
on the bullion psaflacl will be felt th’s
month more severely than last month. The
quality of ore take? from the Consolidated
Virginia mine has been materially lessened
since tbe fixe, as the raising has to be dose
through the Gould A Carry shaft During
the week erdirg on the 30th nl loo296 tons
of ore v as raised from th’s m!ae, while for
the week ceding on the tkh Instant, 484
tons was raised. Just previous to the fire
the weekly production was foDjup to 4.000
Isa review of London pauperism recently
pwtlisbed, a striking contrast Is drawn bc-
tweAi the present state of things urd
that existing sixty yranagow Then the cum
ter of persons rellevei by tho poor rates
was eight per cent, of the population. Now
It U only three per cent. The population
h*s more than trebled Is that time, yes tho
somber of persons wanting relief rew
nearly the same.
the same
county.
of Clayton county to Poland
jewels s
other valuables, and
now Bring with bis wife an<
the bitterest poTcity.”
Guiboxd has been safely stowed away
his bed of hardening cement. Poor Bcl-
shss been burled from the “little church
around the the comer; 11 a monument has
bccc dedicated to Edgar A 1 lan Poe, and
Grant's friend, McDonald, the chief of the
western whisky ring, is undergoing trial.
It Isa time for memory and tears.—Phila
delphia Times (Ind )
Tnc most probable result in New York
will be that tbs republican legislature will
take the work of reform out ot Governor
Tllden’s liands, aed will wind It .up with
great flourish of the whitewash btush. Bat
this result will only prove to the cation the
necessity cf pushing that party from power
everywhere. — Springfield (111 ) Register
(Deo.)
Tun war of the schools of ptyalc in the
Michigan university still rages space. The
homeopaths, though successful in obtaining
a footing in the institution, are not happy
They complain of shameful treatment at the
hands of the xllopathie professors, and
threaten cot merely to resist bat to take the
aggressive.
The next three Weeks wiU be a trying time
for tke president, as it is announced that
has retired within« himself, ordered
that no visitors be admitted, and commenc
ed work upon bis message. With no com
pany but his own thoughts what a lonely
three weeks It will be.—Detroit Free Press
—Tub most prominent candidate for
Untied States senator from Louisian*,
be elected in January, in place of Pitch-
back, Is Hon. R. H. Marr, who has been the
efficient chairman of the executive cbm
mil tee of 1he democratic snd conservative
party. Mr. Marr was once a practicing
lawyer of the Tuska'oosa bar.—Mobile
Register.
Wendell Phillips dings to the belief
that only women can work oat the salvation
of the c?entry. Wendell's own attempts
a-e the beet argument he offers to support
Hi belief.
As McDonald was the “own familiar
friend” of President Grant, so ex-Superri-
sor Munn was the “heart’s core” of Senator
Logan—“two lovely berries molded on one
staal.* Strange mtHanee*.
M. Thiers U said to'fairly begrudge the
time be bestows upon sleep, ssd as soon ss
the first hint of dsvlijht Is In the sky he
•ini desk. Uis power of concentration
are said never to hams been greater new
now.
Yocso men be of good cheer. Eix years
ago Secretary Robeson couldn’t get trusted
for a pound of beef, and only the other day
his wife lost a thousand dollar shawl. Let
tkeee things buoy your drooping spirits.
Slot production in South A** erica Is rap
idly Improving, bo Ox in quantity and
ty. At a local esHMttan recently in Bue
nos Ayres, samples, both raw and manufac
tured, were shown, which would compare
favorably with the best silks of Asia.
the party under Ilaincs. The wagon
has not returned and no information
whatever has been received, indicating
the safe arrival of Haines upon terra
firma.
SEVEN DAYS
have now e!ap?ed since their first plunge
into the swamp, and they carriecTwitli
them only five days’ ra'iins. If the)*
bad met an impassable barrier in the
shape of a stream or bottomless marth,
and bad been forced to retrace their
steps byway of Floyd’s island^they
ought to have returned to this j>oint
several days since. If, on the contrary,
they determined to overcome any such
obstacle by taking a circuitous route,
they may have been delayed, but not for
such a length of time. Knowing that
they carried short five days’ rations, and
that inride the wildest parts of the
swamp no living thing is visible, save &
reptile, it is but natural that
UNEASINESS IS INCREASING -
in our camp. Under this state of things
was thought best that Dr. Little should
leave yesterday morning with his wagon
to discover the facts, and we are now
straining our eyes to catch a glimpse of
his returning wagon. Unless it reaches
by night, there is danger that camp Lee
will be entirely abandoned for a search
after the misting. Certain it is, though
safe, Ilaines and his party have endured
great hardships and that of hunger
among them.
THE SURVEY
from Mixon’s ferry on the Suwancc, to
our camp, which is on the north edge of
Billy’s island where it touches the
swamp, was finished yesterday by Prof.
Locke. The exact measurements will
appear in due time. The engineer corps
arc well up with their werk, and we are
not only fortunate in procuring such a
corps, but also particularly in securing
the services of gentlcmeu so intelligent,
and manifestly of eminent skill in their
profession. 3Iy mind has been quite
relieved of anxiety on the score of the
scientific results of our expedition, for-1
am satisfied Dr. Little, Messrs. Lccke,
Loughiidgc and Singleton will &ccom<
plirii largely, and Pendleton and myself
will find it no easy ta^k to keep up the
adventure part of the programme. If
we do not, however, it will be simply
our fault, for incidents, experiences and
subjects arc constantly on hand almost
limitless as to number. I will give the
results of one day’s fishing and boating
upon the lake as a specimen of what
may be seen and docc every day on the
borders and within the interior of the
great swamp.
The cooks having reported that fish
were out and consequently there ovould
be none unless we caught them,"and as
I had never yet found it convenient to
take a hunting or fishing jaunt,
concluded to go. It was
rcstiog day in camp any
how, or rather “waiting” day, as Pen
dleton, Uncle Ben, Hyde, Locke, and
myself, were awaiting the return of
Haines and party and those sent after
them. So we set out
UPON THE LAKE,
Pendleton and Hyde starting in one
boat about a half hour in advance, Un
de Ben and myself following in the
“Okefenokee,” which, by the way, was
successfully launched and works admir
ably. Of our Hegeman boat and this
beautiful Suwanee lake upon which it
rides so gracefully, a description will
be given hereafter. We arc now after
fish for our supper.
After shootiog sonic water fowl, Un
clc Ben and myself, after passing the
other boat in a tributary stream, reach
ed the lower eud of the lake, the favor
ite
HOME OF THE TROUT.
The fish themselves soon notified us
of this fact, os one noble fellow seized
the bob, which had dropped from the
pole into the water. I snatched the pole
just as it was flying over the side of our
“Hegeman,” and getting it into position
began the work or hauling in. Not ac
customed to such fishing, I could almost
imagine a young alligator at the end of
the line from the powerful strain, which
absolutely swung our large boat
COMPLETELY AROUND
in less time than is here devoted to the
relation. Lifting the fish into the boat
we found him to be about a six pound
trout, larger than the shad. As 1 would
throw out the bob and start it through
the water, we could see
short distance off a long water
line marking the course of a trout mak
ing for it. In striking quarters he would
make a tremendous dash at it. with
such force as to throw himself, at time?,
clear above the surface of the stream.
Pendleton and Hyde soon arrived, and
as wc had but one bob, several tried it
io turn. One trout after another was
pulled into the boat, until ten had been
secured within thirty minutes time. One
of these tested Pendleton’s strength
quite sharply, and weighed some ten
pounds, being larger than any shad I
ever saw in Atlanta.
Executive Mansion, )
Washington, Nov. 23, 1875. )
It is with profound sorrow that tlie
president has to announce to the people
of the United States the death of the
vice president, Henry Wilson, who died
in tho capital of the nation this morning.
The eminent station of the deceased, his
aigh character, his long career in the ser
vice of his state and of the union; his
devotion to the cause of freedom, and
the ability which he brought to tbe dis
charge of every duty, stand conspicuous
and are indelibly impressed on the hearts
and affections cf the American people.
In testimony of respect for this distin
guished citizen and faithful public ser
vant, the various departments of the
government will be closed cn the day of
the funeral, and the executive mansion
and all the executive departments in
Washington will be draped with badges
of mourning for 39 days. The secreta
ries of war and of tbe navy will issue
orders that appropriate military and
naval honors be rendered to the memory
of oue whose virtues and services will
long be borne in recollection by a grate-
iul nation.
U. S. Grant.
By the president:
Hamilton Fisii,
Secretary of state.
Nearly all the courts iu the country
adjourned iu respect to Mr. Wilson. The
supreme court ot the United States will
transact no business this week.
Delegations have been appointed from
various places to conic to Washington to
attend the funeral ceremonies.
First brigade Maryland national guards
have tendered their set vices to the presi
dent as guard.
The vice president passed a quiet day
yesterday. He heard ot Senator Ferry “
slotitli nhnnt oVloclv. wlliell ill
(Washington Special to the New Yoik
* ' Graphic.)
eintwwtusll.uuiMut.ndupquytioa jawSwiifw
is increasing. The pressure brought to
bear upon members elect is very great,
and from the force of circumstances it
would seem as if the contest was nar
rowed down to Randall, of Pennsylva
nia, and Kerr, of Indiana. Kerr has
the countenance of the eastern hard
money men, with scattering votes from
told by AraU that lie had gone out of
town. Filocaela, mUh tho others, stood
back in the middle room, intending if the
old gentleman came in to cut his throat
too, so that be could tell no talcs. This
was Gailoti’s plan. Thai night, after
counting the money at the tin shop. Gal-
lotti dispatched Arata, Yalendero and
Sylvestro todig a hole m the cellar to bu
ry the bodies in, and to'liberate a dog
which had been locked up in the house.
Valendcre had bought a pick and shovel
for thi i purpose,and with these they went
j to the house, but as they opened the door
they heard, or thought they heard, spir
itual rappings and human groans, ming
ling with the growls of the dog. They
wakened, and, coaxing the '
death about eight o’clock, which lie-
pressed him very much. Before retiring
to bed he alluded to it several times. He
retired at half past nine, slept sound and
peaceful. At three o’clock this morn
ing his rest was disturbed by a pain in
liis chest, and was relieved by rubbing
his chest with anodyne, which had
been prescribed, aud again slept
profoundly, lie awoke precisely at 7
o’clock. He said he bad slept soundly
and was much refreshed; sit up iu bed
and took a glass of bitter water which
had been prescribed, and shortly after
arose and walked about the loom. Uis
attendant noted a change in Mr. Wilson
about quarter past seven. He was then
lying in bed drawing short hurritd
breaths, moving about uneasily,
limbs twitching convulsively.
Physicians were called, it was noticed
that his breathing grew shorter and
weaker with each breath, and as the at
tendant named ran to the bed to support
his head, he gave one long gasp and
expired.
Four times last night before twelvi
o’clock he called for water, and drank
the west and south. But IUndall is not
only strong in Pennsylvania, but also in
the west and south.
Fernando Wood has not been idle, and
the number committed to him is much
larger than has generally been supposed.
But his candidacy is weakened by the
suspicion that all he is really aiming af
ter is not the leadership of tbe house, but
the chairmanship of the committee of
appropriations or ways and means.
Everybody admits that Mr. Wood would
preside in the house with great dignity
and ability. Ho knows the rules; and
his great wealth would allow him to fill
the office with honor to his constitu
ency. But prejudices arc excited
again A him on account of his career as
mayor of New Y ork, and he is suspected
of caring more for Fernando Wood
than for any other living politician.
Sunset Cox is practically out of the
race; indeed, his candidacy never come
to anything, as for some reason or other
he is not very popular with his fellow-
members, who think him too eager in
pursuit of newspaper applause. Hia
strength has always been in tho newspa
per offices and not in the house. On the
floor he is in his right place, but he will
not get the speakership, nor even be
chairman of any of the important com
mittees. But Cox is honest, and serves
to relieve the debates by his humor and
readiness.
Randall is not believed to be over
scrupulous, and it is thought he would
have no objection to arranging for the
organization of the house before election.
Ue will certainly go into the caucus
with a very noisy as well a* numerous
troop of adherents.
It is not believed that the organizition
will be effected at once. It is not im
probable that the split between the bard
and soft money democrats may develop
itself in caucus, and perhaps be carried
into the house itself; and the republicans
may yet have to decide which of the
two democrats shall be speaker of the
house.
Tho Kerr people charge R raduli
being corrupt. They say that if the
Pennsylvanian becomes speaker the com
mittees will be packed for all manners of
corrupt jobs; that they would be trading
with the administration, that he would
commit the party to a suicidal soft mon
ey policy. If Iverr has backbone he may
refuse to submit to the democratic cau
cus if he knows that it is going to be ad
verse to bis claims, and appeal to the
house with hopes that he may fiud a suf
ficient number of republicans willing
to back him up in the event of a contest.
Within the last few days another can
didate has been somewhat widely dis
cussed. This is N. I*. Banks, a tonmi
speaker of the house. Banks, who w as
elected a9 un independent or liberal re
publican, owes nothing to the republican
party, and his great experience and his
tact in dealiDg with men and events may
The farmer fat in his old arm-:hair,
Rosy and fair,
Contented there.
“Kate I declare,”
He raid to his wife, who was knttting near,
“Wc need not fear
The hurd times hers,.
Though the leaf oi life is yellow and sere.
a are thi
r scene,
These fields of green
And gold between,
These cattle crazing upon the hilt,
Taking their fill,
And sheep so still* ; \
Like man? held by a single will.
and returned to the tin shop.
Ballolte says he has been a slave-
worse than a slave—ail his life, • and so
have all the others, except- Gallotti and
Deodata. The last two are well educa
ted, but the othera can neither read nor
write, yet the most of them are quite in
telligent. He was a slave, or no better,
for five years, for an Italian “boss” in
New York, who whipped three of his
boys to death and escaped to the old
country, leaving lrm without a cent.
He claims to lwve been fearfully abused
by these *‘bos£C3,” and feeling as he did
toward that class, Lc allowed himself to
be persuaded to join Gallotti in killing
one of them, lor he says the old ma n
who was murdered was a tyrant boss,
who hud twelve boys at work for
him, but none of them bis sons. This
old man, he says, ran away from the
state because he had committed some
crime. Balottc said, with L ars iu his
eyes, that if he could only have goae to
school long enough to learn to read and
write, he might have made a man of
himself, and risen above the circum
stances which have led him, unwillingly
into tliis*frightful crime.
Gallotti is reticent lie has no confes
sion to make—has done nothing, he says,
that calls for confession. lie is the most
innocent, and at the same time the worst
maligned individual, according to his
stcry,that“ever cut a throat or scuttled a
ship.” In court and nowhere else, ho
says, he will tell what he kuows about
the affair, and intimated that the other
fellow s did it and now they ate trying to
drag him into it. Gallotti has a lone
head. He told the reporter that he left
his wife in Italy, and came over to
America to make some money, spending
three years iu O'.d Mexico, two in New
Orleans and the rest of the time in St.
Louis, Omaha and Denver. In all these
places he followed the trade of a tinker.
THE FARMING KING.
A
They heed the call,
Ana like a squall
On fast wings fall,
Whenever we‘scatter for them the grain.
*Tis not In vain
We live and reign
In this our happy and calm domain.
And whether the day bz dim or fine,
In rain or sunshine,
These lands ot mine,
These fields of thine,
la cloudy, shade and in sunny glow,
Will overflow
With crops that grow.
When gold !* high and whe»it Is low.
Unvexed with shifting of stocks and shares
And bulla and bears,
Strifes and cares.
And the affairs
Of speculation in mart and street.
In this retreat
Sweet peace can meet
When plenty on her rural beat.
BREVITIES.
—Now is the time for turkeys to med
itate on the shortness of life.
the fulling power
of these large fish, especially the trout,
cannot well be realized by any one who
has not experienced it. "As 1 stated be
fore, one of them at the end of the line
would whirl the boat around in an in
stant, and if the holder of the rod be
standing up, he must brace himself
stoutly or go overboard.
Having caught more than were really
needed, we began our return up the
lake. Before doing so, however, wc
landed and strolled for an hour upon
8QUHUU?. ISLAND,
or Mixon’s island, a fertile strip of land
between Suwanee lake and river on one
side and the Okefenokee swani|> upon
the other. We named it Squirrel island,
for here we heard and saw more squir
rels than ever before. The beautiful
oaks were alive with them, and they
were barking away in every direction.
We also saw numerous deer tracks, and
determined to visit it again for a drive,
should we find opportunity.
On our return Hyde made a good shot
and
KILLED AN ALLIGATOR,
swimming too boldly in front of us. As
the day was quite warm, the thermome
ter ranging about 80 degrees, the alliga
tors showed themselves in considerable
numbers, and will swarm tbe lake if
the warm weather continues.
A turtle of immense size was fired at
by Pendleton and Hyde, of which the/
will probably give an account.
On reachiogcamp we weighed onr
string of trout, and they turned the bal
ance at thirty pounds.
SOME TALL GUESSING
is done in camp over the weight of fish
br the string, and singly, when large.
At this Pendleton is pretty good, so
good that it inspired an effort to circum
vent him, which was so successful that he
was quite crest-fallen till the joke leak
ed out. A large jack became the sub
ject of discussion and Pendleton
promptly announced his opinion of the
weight. Hyde gave me a wink and at
the list opportunity poured a pound of
buckshot down the capacious throat of
the jack. I, of course, “raised” him a
pound, when Pendleton backed his
judgment on a treat for the crowd, and Brinkley from the croes-tree.
KlasatuYcacli time. Night before last ho mak « formidable compromise
complained of liis old trouble of p lin at 1 c » n djdatc. He is supposed to be infect-
the base of the brain, and remarked that ct * Wlt ^ tliC in fl all0n beresv: indeed the
he must have uw c determined t r cilment,
but said nothing about it to the doctors.
Last night between six aud eight o’clock
he said: “If the doctor were here, I
would have a blister applied to the took
of my neck.” From 8 to 9:3‘), his at
tendants manipulated him, punching
him thoroughly. He never liked to be
rubbed. There is no evidence in the
face that Mr. Wilson suffered severely.
The face wears its usual pleasant ex
pression.
A post moitcm examination
was made by the doctors who came
to the conclusion that he died, from apo
plexy. This result was arrived at by ex
amination from external appearances,
which is nothing unu-u.il; weight of the
brain 49 ounces; sinuosities of ths braia
full of black fluid; a deposit of lumps ol
blood on the surface of ths cerebral
hemisphere; consistence and color of
tho brain normal; a cyst the sizs
of a pea in each chorion tl?xus;
atheromatous depos't in the arteries at the
base of the brain, and in the anterior and
middle cerebral arteries and spinal c rd,
nothing abnormal in color or consist-nee.
A microscopical examination will be
made hereafter. Lungs, old pleuritic
adhesions on the leftside; calcareous de
posit the size of a pea io thie middle tube
of the right lung; lungs congested
The hypostasis of the heart normal, excep»
small calcareous deposit in aortic valvct
Pericordial fluid normal; stomach empty,
congested throughout with slight erosions
or abrasions at several points. Pyloric
portion normal; liver congealed und
somewhat fatty; small cyst on upper sur
face. Gall and bladder—lull of bi'e;
normal. Kidneys—weight 3 ouncescach;
congested with one or two small cysts
and cycatrices of similar cysts Spleen—
large, dark; otherwise normal. Other
viscera—normal. The cause of death
was apoplexy.
The special session of the senate called
in April last, after an excited caucus,
selected by a majority vote of one, Thos.
W. Ferry, of Michigan, as against Hen»y
B. Anthony, of Rhode Island, the com
petitor for the place. There has been no
change in the senate since. All the ne*v
members participated in tbc caucus de
liberation. There is no doubt that if the
senate at its next meeting does not re
verse its selection of last April, Mr.
Ferry will be the presiding officer.
Tlie revised statutes contain the fol
lowing:
“Incase of removal, death, resigna
tion or inability of both president and
vice president of tbe United States, the
president of the senate, or if there be
none, then the speaker of the bouse of
representatives, for the time being, shall
act as president until the disability is re
moved, or a uew president elected.
Baltimore, November 22.—The fifth
regiment of the Maryland National
Guards will act as an escort from Wash
ington to Wilson’s place of burial.
An Appeal to Parents.
Parents, do you love your children ?
Then picserve their health. Next to the
blessing of life itself, is the cnjiiymcntof
perfect health. Uow many arc stricken
down in their infancy almost without a
moment's notice by that insidious dis
ease, Croup, simply thro Jgh the neglect
to be provided with the proper remedy?
The tender plant is nipped and withers
ere it blooms. When the little sufferer
has difficult, hoarse breathing, with
hash, metallic cough, like coughing
through a brass trumpet, there is no time
to lose. Begin at once the use of Dr.
Tint’s Expectorant and the disease will
readily yield to it. Always have it ready
in the house, as this fatal malady re
quires the promptes* treatment. It is
very pleasant to the taste, and children
take it readily.
TARGET PRACTICE.
Ilow the Boys in Blue Are Required
to Keep Their Hands Id.
Wliat They Mioot At, Length of tlic
Rarges and Who Are the
Best Shots.
A Mysterious Case.
The WestPolat passenger train yesterday
evening brought in a beautiful girl, four or
five years of age, who knew nothing about
her destination. She was placed under the
charge of a lady at Montgomery, Ala , by a
man. Be came ou board and &<ked
if there was any one going to Augusta.
Upon a lady responding that she was,he ask
ed her if she would tase charge of the little
gi r l to Augusta, and then put her under
the charge of the conductor of the train
there. She said she would if he would see
the conductor about it. The man waa a
stranger to the lady, and left the train w th-
ont giving her any money to pay the child’s
fare or supply her with food.
“ la slip of paj
was written “ Price Emm!
charge of the c inductor of the sleeping car
to Augusta, and toll him to put her under
the care of the conductor ou the Charlotte
Columbia and Augusta railroad to Pine
Houre, where she will be met by Mrs Lacy
K Strother.” Conductor Jas W Bell upon
his arrival here, took the child home with
him until he could find out more about her.
It is somewhat singular that a child of
her tender years should be put on a train
without money to travel a lor g distance. It
is true that no conductor would put her off
tbe traiu or see her suffer for want of food,
but it Is something unusual to ship the lit
tle clmub alone.
Tbc Brinkley Opinion.
Tbe following is the report made to the
governor by the commission of ph}sic!ans
ap pointed to examine and determine the
sanity of Brinkley:
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 19th, 1S75.
To U'u Excellency, J* me* JI. Umilh, Governor
cf Geo •] a:
Dear Sir—We have the honor to report
that, in accordance with tue instructions
received from your excellency In the order
dated Nov. 12th, 187i, we haTe cart folly
examined into the mental condition of
S'.ephen B. Brinkley, and have unanimously
decided that there is no euffieient erideaee
of insanity, and that he is folly responsible
for his acts. Very re«pectfrllj your obedi-
ent servant?,
J P. Logan, M. D..
James A. Lose, M. D. t
J. T. Banks, M. D.
ANOTHER EFFORT.
We leara that Hon. Ben. H. Hill yesterday
applied to Governor Smith to have a new
order Issued under a writ of dr Innatlco m-
qu.rm.do, upon the ground that the foimer
jury had iheagreed, and the right of the
prisoner io this inquisition sot compro
mised by such failure. Tbe governor, after
doe consideration, refused the application,
believing the matter had been fully and
fairly totted by tbe board of physicians.
There seems to be no chance now of saving
cd with the inflation Le'csy; indeed the
lenders iu the movement say he is com
mitted to the 3:G5 bond scheme and the
free banking notions of that class of po
litical economists; but still his antece
dents would not repel from him the hard
money democrats.
There is a universal agreement i s to
the immense importance of this election
of speaker. Upon it will hang tac pres
idential contest. A mistake on the part
of the democrats will ruin them
If the republicans shou’d succeed in
the next presidential election it will not
be on account of their own inherent
strength, but because of the weakness of
their adversaries, anil tlic disunion in the
democratic party.
Gen Lamar, of Mississippi, will prob
ably be elected to tbe senate, so that be
is out of the contest for speaker.
Ex-Govemor Walker, of Virginia,
would be a formidable candidate were
it not that lie is a new man and entire
ly unacquainted with the rules of the
house.
Ben Hill, of Georgia, will be
the foremost men of the house. lie
comes here with a great local reputation,
aud some of the democrats regret that
Ben Butler will cot be in the house next
session, so that a spirited contest might
be got up betw een them.
Speaking of Butler, it may be men
tioned that he will be very powciful in
tbe next congress, though not personally
upon the floor, lie will reside in Wash
ington during the session, and will have
a great deal to say touching the legisla
tion which may be undertaken during
the coming year.
THE DENVER DEVILTRY.
An tloui’* Interview wi.h the Gui-
lotti Gang ol Cot-throats.
[Fr.m the Denver News ]
Lcssandri, the little harpist, who
furnished tho in isic at the throat-cutting
frolic, says if he must swing with Gal-
lotti and the rest of the gang, he wants
to go to the galiows playing his fiddle.
They are all impressed with the idea
that they arc to be hung. Arata, the
blonde, is exercising his lachrymal glands
a good deal shedding tears freely and bi b
bering like a school boy. He shoulders
all the blame on Gallotti—they all do
that, in fact. Choked with tears, which
overflowed his face and streamed down
off his chin, he told the reporter what a
good boy he had been. Never dissipated,
wozked like a dog, fed on poor fare,
dressed like a beggar, never had a cent
but what was honestly earned, and never
owned a pistol or a knife in his life. He
pointed to his old, torn, greasy
blouse, and his poor, patched
pantaloons, and with a*fre.sk gush of
tears, said that was the reward of
his toil and liis terrible crime. Arala’s
father brought him to America and left
him with an uncle. His mother died in
old Mexico. Ue was so young that he
doesn’t remember her. He says he told
Gallotti, before the murder, that if they
escaped tbc justice of men, they
would fall under the vengeance
of God, and that the money which
they might get from their victims would
bring them no cnjoymtnt. And they
scorned such cowardice, and Filomena
told him that if he didn’t dry up he would
cut his throat. He “dried up.” He
never saw but forty $20 gold pieces after
the murder. Gallotti told him just be
fore the murder that if he opened his
mouth to any one he would “seethe col
or of bis bloodt” Arata lays he hasn't
been able to sleep peacefully for twenty-
five nights since tbe butchery. Sleeping
or awake he sees the old man and his
boys around him. They come up one
after another to show their bleeding,
gaping, ghastly throats to him, and at
times he is afraid to close his eyes. Na
ture’s sweet restorer, balmy sleep, is a
bore and & burden to him, yet his ac-
pe&rance show’s that 'he is
grettly in need of it Once
m bis sleep the old man whom he helped
to kill appeared before him with a long
piece of writing paper in his hand. Ue
tried to kill him, but as fast ss he cut one
throat a brand-new one would take its
place, and like Banquo’s ghost, old Joe
would not down.
Ballolte, on the other hand, ani within
hearing, too, denounced Arata as a mon
strous liar, and says he went in “teeth
and toe nails” for the murder, and
was one cf the chief carvers at
the massacre. Arata had told the report
er that he cut his own hand on the
knife blade with which he struck the big
boy cn the head. Ballotte says this is a
Ue; that he was cut by Yalendore the
miner while both were securing their
blades in the little boy's throat, one on
each side of him. He says Deodata
helped to plan the tbc murder, and be
snd Gallott and Mexican shared the gold,
greenbacks and jawairy principaUy, the
others receiving only encughto pay their
way out of the country. The jew
elry, tty the way, is an hem of
spoils not heretofore mentioned in the
printed accounts. A box, he says, con
taining gold chains, rings, and things of
that sort, worth at least $75 or $100, was
found after the murder in a valise, and
was appropriated by G&UottL Ballotte
tells this: Alter the killing, and while
wiping up the blood, and pre
paring to leave the house in
good order, its owner, an old man,
70 years of sge, came into the front
The army regulations of the United States
service have required that the troops in ail
garrisons and stations, (not in actual ser
vice,) should undergo quarterly target prac
tice. This has now been changed, we be-
ibve, and ten balls per month t» each man
is now the requirement. The last pacticc
under the old re gulutions has lately con
cluded, wi ll the toldie:* on d^ty at Mc
Pherson barracks, near this city, and wcarc
enable 1 to give the general results The
fads aud record will be found of interest
to thos^ who are given to target shooting.
CAPT. E. R. KELLOGG,
Co. A, IS h infantry, was the officer in
charge of the t rget practice, and is a cire
ful and experienced man. No man in the
ranks, or non-cooimbsioocd officer was ex
cused from his duty, but all bad to take
their rounds. Clerks were required to go,
as also were those under guard, and those
who were sick, so toou as they were able.
Thus any cavil about lark of men or good
marksmen w s prevented aud each compa
ny had an equal showing with the others.
The spirit of emulation was great and
the companies took much interest
in the business. each anxious
and ambitions to excel the others. Each
company occupied four day.», at intervals,
and upoa each day fifteen shots were hred
per man. Thus there were sixty shots fired
by each man in all tbe companies.
TRE ARM
used by Ihe men was the Springfield brccch-
loading rille, 45 calibre,with me alic, ccnter-
piitued cartridges. These arc a new* gun,
so far as the calibre is concerned, the old
army riilcs being of 50 calibre. The car
tridges were a tew' Is ue of a uew kind,
sent out to be tried. They were not wholly
perfect iu construction and th ir defects
weic cartfcl’y noted during the
progress of the shooting. The
reports of tlic ihots, general averages and
incidents were all repotted to the cLief of
ordinance in Washington city.
THE TARGETS
were set up rear the magazine, beyond the
cemetery, and just outside thesouthcistern
limits ot tbe city At no other point could
the proper character of ranges be found,
and even this was not of sufficient length
for ranges over 490 yards. The targets were
made of canvass, stretched ou iron frames,
and were of the following dimensions:
22 In. x6 feet, for 150^2 JO yards.
“ " “ " " 250(5^50 "
—The fringes on some of tbe newly
imported dresses arc eighteen inches
deep.
—A Kentuckian thinks he has attained
the height of human happiness in the
possession of a wife eight feet and three
inohes tall
—Jane G. Swiss helm says that if she
had a hu>band and he should yell out,
“Where in blazes is that boot-jackf”
she would slip into her bonnet and get
out of tbe house forever in just two min
utes.
—A tom 1 stone lately erected in the
Nashville cemetery says of the deceased
“His accounts weie lound square to i
cent.” There are lots of people who
scoff at tlie idea that any one is buried
under that stcnc.
—At last it is formally announced that
Miss Anna Dickinsoa will don the bus
kin. Under the management of Mr.
Daly, at the Filth Avenue Theatre, she
will make her debut this season, in plays
ritten especially for her.
—If there is anything that will bring
tears to the eyes of an Indian tobacco-
sign it is to witness a young lady under
going tlic trying ordeal of endeavoring;
to bring a fallen clothes line full o:’
c!olb(s to a realization of its sobnin
duty.
—Numerous experiments have been
conducted iu lud:a for tbe purpose of
discovering a trustworthy cure for the
bite of the cobra. The only cure thus
fox iscovcred is to kill the cob: a before
he bites.
—A. A. Patton, the diamond dealer
Chicago, has become possessed of the
celebrated diamond once owned and
worn by Jim Fhk. It is a stone of
markable brilliancy and purity, and was
told twice, oice for $16,000. Mr. Pat
ton bough* it of Otis Anderson, of New
York.
—Jennie June in the Graphic, Laura
Holliw&y in the Eagle, Nellie Hutchin
son in tbc Tribune, Hannah Shephard
in the Mail and Star, Mrs. Baltev and
Miss Bollard in tlic Sun, Middy Morgan
in the Timis, and Lucille Hollis in the
Telegram, are some of the prominent
lady writers of New York.
—The young ladies who chew gum and
frizz their b&ir are anxiously waiting for
Bisric Turner’s book. They want
get the’r elbows on the table and their
heads in their hands and draw their fe« t
up under them and read it while their
inoth'.us do the washing. Turner over.
—Mr. George F. Brhtow lias for near
ly five years been occupied in writing
a national cantata, which he hopes to
produce next year at the centennial. He
has taken for a libretto the poem by
Summ*ry o4*Uta Hew*.
BLAKELT.
—The Early county manufactur e^
company have suspended.
—Roses, cape jessamins, salvias, and
several other tloweis are still in bloom in
the open air, in Blakely.
^Several horses were lost in the neigli
borhood of Bluffton, Clay county, from
blind staggers, within two or thteo days
week before lut.
—A merchant at Damascus says he
1 akea con) iu payment of store accounts,
: apt the corn for cow pens, the cow
peas for oats, the oats for ground peas,
and then eats the latter.—News.
1, BRUNSWICK.
Five schooners floated in o oar har
bor Thursday.
—Smith has thrown himself outside a
12 pound potato.—Appeal
CARROLLTON.
—Judge Shellnut is teaching a new
song, “Go on, Go on.”
—Mr. Lee Crouch, with the help of his
little son, has raised five bales of cotton,
and betwen four and five hundred bush
els of com this year.
—Three silver coins, one bearing date
‘1817,” and one bearing date “1833,”
and one “1837,” were taken iu one day
this week, by Mr. J. F. elements.—
Times,
—We see a disposition amongst our
farmers to sow largely of small grain
this year—more by at;ieast fifty per cent,
last year.
. F. Pope killed a shote eighteen
months old weighing 318 pounds net.
—Mr. S. N. Cole living some five milts
distant from this place, besides making
plenty of corn, wheat, potatoes and
raising plenty of meat and everything
necessary on a farm, has made and gath
ered six bales of cotton weighing each
400 pounds from six acres.—Reg.ster.
CAVE SPRING.
—Mr. J. C. Waldron, of Suwani e
Shoals, east Florida, brought up his
son, a route boy, to our deaf and dumb
institution. This is the only pupil in
the institution from any cther state ex
cept Georgia.—Enterprise.
DARIEN.
—Darien has a genuine ghost.
—25 rafts of lumb.r arrived in one
day.—Gazette.
katonton.
—The Western Union telegraph com
pany will soon have a l.ne along the
i>ntral railroad, extending from Mil-
ledgcvillc to this place.
—Col. J.. R. Hudson has made with
the p’oughing of three mules nearly sixty
bales of cotton, besides corn sufficient to
do.
cG
400
Each target was white with a
heavy black < ross dividing it in the center.
Col. BrowD, the commandant, exhibited it
the reporter a uew target devised by him
self and being manufactured in the bar
rack’s blacksmith slu-p. It is wholly of
boiler iron in three sections and painted
upon both tides of each section so that
cither of the above targets may be made at
will. Tie device is b genious and wr II
? rovc both a saving and efficient picca of
urnlture for future target practice. The
canvass targets a-e soon shot to pieces and
new ones are constantly wanted
TOE SCORES
in the last target practice werevery^ good,
showing a decided improvement over pre
vious shootings. Yet in all the companies
there were new recruits, some of whom had
never before fired an army gun, and many
who had not fired one cf any kind for years.
All th’ngs taken into account, the followiog
total averages by companies for the past
practice are quite good.
Co. A, 18th infantry 45.37
Co. A, 24 “ 37.84
Co. B. “ “ 37.15
Co. D, “ “ 35.89
CO. I, “ “ 38 8'J
Thc-c averages show the ratio of shots to
the hundred balls, from the hits made out
of 60 balls fired by each man.
BEST INDIVIDUAL SHOTS.
The above sc~re shows that Co. A, 18th
Infantry, did the best company sLooting.
and it also contained tbe best Individual
shot. Private Goddard, of that company
made 48 hits out of 60 balls fired. His in
dividual average was to per cent. The
second best shot was private Randall, of
Co A, 2d Infantry, who made 47 hits out of
GO bails fired, aud whose average was
78.331. The averages of all the companies
and the names of the best individual shots
aic pu*. in an official form and promulgated
to the soldiers of the fost, when the prac
tlce is completed.
The companies, we believe, arc now upon
ano’her round of practice, which will i
be concluded.
BURGLARIES.
Four Attempts Snnday^Nignt.
The burglars again commenced their
work Sur day night, and no less than four
homes were entered.
Au attempt was made to enter the store-
re om connected with the dwtliingof Mr. B.
A. Cruzins, No. 149Calhoun street, between
1 and 2 o’cluck. The 'hieves tried to cat the
lock off the door. The wife heard them
and at first thought it was a rat gnswing,
but afterwards woke her husband, when
the thieves became alarmed and left. The
pii&t of a boot was found In the ground
cear the window.
Tbc kitchen of Mr. Judron Warllck, 143
Houston street, a short distance off, was
entered through the window. The thieves
built afire, lit two lamps, and stayed as
long as they desired. They carried off 2
pound* of flour, betides lard, potatoes and
syrop.
Au entry was made Into Judge W. F.
Wright’s kitchen, but tbe terrant wckeui
Mr. inton Wright, who came down stairs
and frightened them off.
Mr. (smith of tbe police chased an un
known man ontof a ja*d on Pryor street.
Tbe man escaped.
StsFECTED BURGLAR At RESTED.
Yesterday morning about six o’clock
Lieutenants Langley and Murp
cer (spear of tbe police arrested
a colored boy about 21 or 23 years old. He
u^s be is a student of Store’s school. lie
oescape from tbc officers by craw'lug
under a bridge on bis all fours but failed.
„ - , . The officers have reason to believe be knows
yard and inquired for “Joe,” and was something about tbe W’arlick burglary.
William Oluud Bourne, written in 1801
and entitled'* The Republic.”
—A Cuban woman commands a detach
ment of llic rebel army. A northern
paper informs us that she leads the insur
gents in person, dressed in a riding habit
and mounted on a fine horse, and is brave
at a lion.
—Tho promised poem of “Jonas Fish-
ere,” which is expected to create a sensa
tion in England, U said to be from i
pen of a person who is well known in
the literary and social circles of London.
It tells the story of work air ona the poor
in a large city, with occasional discus
sions of the greatest social and religious
questions of the day.
—Fourteen tummers ago she went
bock on a feller because he was left-
banded. She now shares life's joys and
sorrows with a man possessing an eye of
glass, a leg of finest hickory, with one
ear absent, and who is immense in the
deaf and dumb alphabet So much
waiting a few years.
—It is related of a Paris portrait paint
er that having recently painted the por
trait of a lady, a critic who had just
dropped in to sec what was going on in
the studio, exclaimed: “It is very nicely
painted, but wby did you take such an
ugly model ?” “It is my mother,” calm
ly replied the artist. “Oh, pardon a
thousand times,” from the critic in great
confusion; “you arc right, I ought to
have perceived it. It iCEcmblcs you
completely.”
—Our Dan u marked to his wife last
evening as he left home for the office
“I’ll be back by ten o'clock if I don 1
meet with any serious pull backs.” “It
wont be well for you to meet any pull
backs, Daniel, serious or smiling, if I
know it,” said liis better half, in tones
which indicated that she meant it.— Bos
ton Globe.
—As a Detroit man was digging in his
garden his wife appeared at the door,and
shouted: “Come, you old fraud—come
in to dinner!” As he did not come, »he
opened the door pretty soon and yelled
“Hain’t you coming to dinner, you blast
ed”—she saw a neighbor in the garden
a’ong with her liu&bard, and finished
“old darling you ! r ‘
—Look here, gentlemen, why this
liowl against ladies’ striped stockings*
It is your solemn duty as a respectable
citizen to walk with your eyes on a level
with second-story windows, and its none
of your business what kind of stockings
are shown on the cross walks. Any
thing is preferable to a barefooted wo
man.
—Sam Smith, wlio drives the stage
from Sonora to Milton and back made a
beautiful speech the other day when
stopped by three highwaymen. “Gen
tlemen,” said Sam, “I have been driver,
boy and man, going on twenty years.
I’ve met gentlemen of your kind before,
and I defy anv of ’em to come forward
and say that I treated them with con
tempt. Believe me, gentlemen, when I
say that I have nothing for you this
morning. I am very sorry, gentlemen,
but tbc truth of the matter is that Wells,
Farge A Co.’s boxes are young poor-
houses on this road just now, ana you
couldn’t rqueeze a picayune out of one
of them to saveyaur sweet necks from
the gallows.” The speech caused con
viction, and they let Sam “go'long.”
—Lady Duffer n, wife of the governor-
general cf Canada, is one of the most
successful and expert salmon anglers
known. We recall to mind another la
dy, the wife of a prominent lawyer io
Washington City, who keeps always on
hand a fishing suit, even to the boots.
Wherever she goes, in the season, she
carries with her, rods, lines, etc.; manu
factures her own artificial files, and will
talk fish from morning until night; the
has most entertaining reminiscences to
relate of her exploits in tbe Adriondacks
and the interior of Pennsylvania. She
is a niece of Daniel Webster, and has all
the enthusiastic delight ha fishing pos
sessed by her illustrious relative.
—The following tradition, in regard to
tbe Creator, obtains among the tribes of
Indians known as the Yutes: “In the
beginning the earth was covered with
mist*. You could not see before you.
The Great Spirit took his bow and arrows
snd shot—shot so well that be scattered
the mist The earth became visible to
him,bat there was no man upon it Then
he took clay, fashioned a man, and set
him to bake. Man came out white; the
fire had not been strong enough. The
Geest Spirit began his work again, and
this time the man came out quite block
—he had remained too long in tbe oven.
It was necessary to tiy a third time. The
experiment at length succeeded,and man
came out, done to a turn—be was the
redskin, the most perfect of human
types.”
—W. J. Martin made Ibis year on fif
teen acres of land fourteen bales of cot
ton, besides corn, wheat, potatoes, etc.
on other lands.—Me scngcr.
aniFFUi.
—Tbc board of trustees of the Saul.
Bailey institute, met Friday night and
elected tlic present efficient principal.
Prof. Cater, for a term of five years.
—A Griffin man who has been up to
Atlanta, and gazed for four hours on the
big alligator, gives it as bis candid opin
ion that be is the very rhinoceros that
gobbled Jonah.
Speer says that the fall crop of ba
bies in Griffin is females, but he is not to
blame.
—Chas. Ii. Johnson, Esq , has been
acting solicitor of tbe superior court,
during tbc absence of Mr. Cabaniss.
—B : ahop Keener will preside at this
conference, instead of bislifip Hogget,
who will meet with tbc south Georgia
conference in its session at Americus.
—Registration closed yesterday, about
five hundred names being enrolled- a
falling off of neurly two hundred.—
Raws.
JKCFEIISOX.
—Some excitement was caused by tlie
tinding of a newly made grave in tbc
woods. Upon digging into the grave,
nothing but a piece of wood three or four
feet long was found.
—Misses S. J. and Molly Nabors have
fine specimens of their handiwork on ex
hibition.
—Mrs. Francis Harrison, a highly re
spectable and worthy lady of thia county
baa had 12 children, 55 grand children,
04 great grand children, one great, great
grand cbild, miking 132 descendants in
a direct line.—Mrs. Harrison is now 81
years old, and is still bale, hearty and
healthy.—Forest News.
MONTICKl.IX).
—Randall Hunt, one of tlie colored
priaoners who escaped from tbe coun ty
jail on Thursday night of last week, re
turned on Monday of tbe present week,
and delivered himself up to tbc therilT.
lie reports that Allen was liberated by
two white men, from the outside, who
have since accompanied him on his jour-
ney. Their objsctivc point is said to be
Cuba. Hunt reports that the reason lie
left with these men is because they
threatened to bum down the jail if he re
mained, but that be escaped on the first
opportunity, and returned to Monticello.
—Banner.
MKGGOI.D.
—Many of our Catoosa county farmers
are through with wheat sowing.
—Judge T. M. Gordon has just pre
sented us with an car of corn fifteen
inches long, and weighing over one pound
and a halt.—Courier.
hUMMKItVII.ini.
—Wheat is selling at one dollar, and
com at fifty cents per bushel.
—Rev. Augustus C. Perry.of Conyers,
will preach in the Methodist church in
this place next Sunday night.
—Many of our fanner friends fell us
they intend to plant less cotton,and more
of grain tor the ensuing year.
—The com crop is reported as turned
out better than lut year, and then will
be enough for home consumption. —Ga
zette
SFAUTA.
—Rev. Warren Candler, who has ac
ceptably filled the Methodist pulpit here
for the past two months, left for Oxford
onTbnrsday. From that place he will
go to tbe North Georgia Conference.—
Times and Planter.
VALDOSTA.
—C. R. Pendleton sent four large
trout from the Okefenokee swamp to his
mother.
—J. C. Smith cleared 4100 per acre
over all expenses on angar cane.—Timer.
MABBIED IB OBOBOIA.
—A. Shipp to Mias Lucy Wooldridge,
of Chattahoochee county.
—J. C. Williams to Mrs Lucinda C.
Hendricks, of Carroll county.
—J. C Martin to Mist M. A. .Toner,
of Carroll county.
—Columbus Chambers to Miss Mollie
Johnston, of Chattooga county.
—T. 8. Williamson to Miss Nancy K.
E. Wilder, of Chattooga county,
—Mr. T. Katz to Misa Kiltie Katz, of
Chatham county,
DIED IN OKOIIGIA.
—Robert It. Habersham, of Savannah
—Seaborn Wicalett, of Eslontcn.
• —L. B. Lovelace, near West Point.
—Mrs. Moses McCarley, of Villa Rica.
—J. R. M. Smith, of Valdosta.
“Buck” Pomeior a Brick-bat
| N\ V. Special to the Chicago Times]
Mark M. Pomeroy, better known as
‘‘Brick,” tbe editor of tbe Democrat,
went into bankruptcy on today. His
creditors are numerous, and are scattered
throughout tbe country. Among tbc
largest creditor* are the following: J.
E. Jooes, $33,342; Perkins A Goodwin,
$18,000; Chas. P. Sykes, $13,200; Mrs.
Anna A. Reed, $10,000; Charter Oak
Life Insurance Company, of Hartford,
$10,000. Tbe debts aggregate to over
$140,000, and there are no assets, except
hi* wearing apparel, which is exempt
under tbe law. Among the claims is
one for $$,000 for diamonds, which he
purchased. A meeting of the creditors
will be held soon to take action in the
matter.
Cannasn Ixdica—Tbe great East India
remedy, imported by Craddock A Co , 10R2
Race Street, Philadelphia, Is nairmnted to
cur» eauumpUoa, bronchitis ard asthma.
One bottle wul satisfy the most skeptical.
Price, U to. Ask your druggists to get it.
They do not commission these remedies,
bat wlU make cash agents everywhere,
novll—wtw
Gax. WAi.kEU, superintendent of the
ninth census, in his annual report, lays
the census taken in a few of the Mates
this year conclusively Indicates that the
progress of our population has received
a temporary check.