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Newspaper Page TextTERMS OF TEE COMHTITCTIOIT DAILT UHliOT. by Mil, m m B)u . B i «<«»■. n a;i>m atmm.-mmsruii m 5gL.ZS!&E2t** *** •Amor* CXnK<Tl •KH.-Lnfe utk 2L2I2L a — ■» >k« ssbsonptw.n viptmt Fenrtrd fb« aoMjr for ■^r.wswaa&sraa^^ tlMmuai* pw nuw: Qua tifosnls©.4l;tu© In91 SO; fbrs ivfrtkm., f* fo- six - tM»rtW. r «•: twain t*» rtion», * twmtrfoor fMryl—. *:o m • * 1 •arh. of Want*, to krnt. Lost ana rn**d.hosrdia«t1 i “ - ‘ U*n. O'lMMtrVICATVONH tte trmm bum and Unacted Auai.Ub.Gs. Am A|K»I*sI- W® are compelled to apologia® to oar rendkmi for tb* Sscra*©* ia UMiiwofTiiWax it (>,v.rin no* daring’ ibis mmk mi nut. A moat rcutlaaa failure an lbs pvt of oar | msr.afactar- n to farnfob p |#rof Um r • la wga. m»»r« the dwiUM ntfrmarj. W# I iti «ndaevor d. however, to make aptbr deficiency by a trust c*rc la «d ting sad eoadenalag tba TBK Value or a taj a cue hit. Wli.n G»< rgU decided to p»y every dollar that ebe owed - when me rejec ted the ediemee «f ecaliog and rtad- jo.lmeot—wh.n elm impartially and jti.tly dircriminated between valid and fraudulent Indebtedneaa, aba took a at* [i which will forever redound to her credit. The value of that atep in pre- eervinir tne credit of the a late find* a new lilurtratlon in Senator Lamar’* recent letter to General Gordon, nrg log the flitter to accept a epecial oorumiaaiontrabip from the aouih to the I’aria expo ailition. In bla letter Ur. lamer aaya lie cannot go, breanae hia lime wonld lie more occupied in explaining the mat. ter of repudiation in Miaeiaaippitban in expt.iuinglhe resource, of theaouth. lie inaiata that Gen. Gordon about 1 ac cept beoauca "Georgia haa a fine credit, and la already, outalde of New Eng land, the third etate of the union in the number of ita manufactoriea and perhepa the moat proaperouaof any atate ia the union in the condition of Ita manufacturing interests." State credit ia a thing that that cannot be too carefully guarded. It meana lower taxea when rxiating iodebtedneaa ia refunded. It givea to nverr citixen better individual credit abroad. It enbancea value*, at! reel a Immigration, and protnolee pa triot lam. A Mate haa no more right to repudiate a juat debt than an individul. It haa no more right. Wing aolvent, to retd,tut or acale indebtedness. It will alaaya be a aourceof gratification to all Georgiana that tbe old state wat and ia both able and willing to pay the laai dollar that ebe oweo whenever it W enmeedur. TtXAa mmiuua Tlll.V. The flow of emigrat on to Trxia in the teeih of warnings, not from home journals, but from the best )>apera of Texas, ia astoniahlng. Hays the Gal- veaton News: "The novelty and senna tinnal effects, formerly experienced with a patriertt^pride at slmewitgihe “•^ffandeat stream of immigration that ever poured into any American atate, have greatly diminiahed, and a more practical view of Uie subject now oh tains. It i| True that our politiclana, embryonic a* well as fall fledged, as piring to future public honors, may prefer to see the tide come on in pro- miecuone ae.i nnabatiug volume, hav- irg an eye to the increase of corgrea- slonal representation after tbe census ol 1(UM, but the majority of thoughtful Texans do not care any longer to see the coming of tbe pennilees and rhift- leaa element, which -forma no small fraction of the annual ir flux of popu> lalion. This ia more ter the sake ol poor immigrants than for any other consideration. There ia room for all honsat and im^ialrionv people who mav come, ami all such are welcome ; bnt experience haa proved that only those who bring means anfllcient to *orport tbrm until they can btgin to real s* the fruila of their industry, manage lo thrive without an oide.1 of hardship that makes them deplore the day they left their old homes, and i flan drive, them bcefc lo the east.” tux r ati or /tract The imp of the perverse, which aeeroi to sway th® actions of tbe marshal president of France pretty much s® it did thossof General Grant, haa brought the Dufaors negotiations to an nmime- lyaod, perbapsAo unhappy conclusion, and there ia now left bnt little room for the hope that the crisis which has been so long pending in the politics of that country, and which has been intensified tenfold by recent events, can have any other than an unconstitutional solution. The Elyaee, which, in its conferences with M. Dufare last week, left the impression that the venerable senator had carte- blanche as to the formation of a par liamentary ministry, now recedes from the concessions then made and con tends not only that the exceptive should retain the control of three min isterial portfolios, but moists that the vote of tbe budget by thejebamber shall be e condition precedent to the formation of a cabinet in sympathy with the will of the people as expressed in the late elections. This budget is the only obstac e in McMahon*s wsy. >ut it is a very serious obstacle—one that he cannot overcome withont a di rect violation cf the constitution, a fit cal coup dctat, io fact. There are two budgets to be voted by the chamber of deputies, one of receipts and one of expenditures. In 1878, France will raise an amount of revenue equal to 2,791,427 804 francs, or about $560,- 000 000. Of this $450,000,000 is the re sult of indirect taxation, which is fixtd by permanent and special laws, and the contributions to which are sup posed to be paid voluntarily. The chamber is compelled to examine every item of expenditures, and to see that there has been no misapplication of the funds. As matters stand,therefor eleven- eighths of tbe budget must be voted, and this seven-eights is absolutely necessary to maintain tbe national credit. It is the necessity tor these vast sums that caused Mac Mahon to pretend to make concessions to the chambers and that apparently causes him to hesi tate to overturn tbe barrier of conaiitu- lionsl law. At last accounts, MacMahon had en trusted tbe formation of a new cabinet Batbie, tbcugb for what pur- poee it is impossible to foretell, unless, indeed, it is destined lo preside at the funeral feast of tbe constitution —an event which s terns to be immi nent just now. M. Anselm Polycarpe Batbie, is abrut fif-.y years of sge, and makes up io culture and intellect nal brilliancy what be lacks in political ability. He has had a career curiously contradictory — a career dear to every true Frenchman’s heart. He has been a revolutionist, a monarchist, a republican and a conservative. At pres ent he trains with th^* monarchists of the right of the chamber -a fact thst may nr may not possess significance. M Batbie, it appear*, has succeeded 'n forming a ministry, but tbe la‘.est ac counts indicate that the members thereof could not agree upon a pro gramme. In the me ultimo, the inten sified character of the crisis is causing great excitement and apprehension in Paris and the ghort of the empire walks abroad at noonday. The troops are confined to tfceir barrack-, the gun smiths’ sbope are closed, and the people, terrified by the memory of such events tr* inblingly await the culmination. If the senate votes to sustain MacMahon, second diasolu’ion is inevitable. If should not sustain him— what then ? He has one o: three courses left open to him He can give the country a parliamentary cabinet, he can resign, or he can at tempt a coup d’etat. But France,worn and wasted by the convulsions cf the past few years, cries out to the presi dent: “Dunnes nous la paix, M»c- Mahon ! donmx nous la paix !** the energetic endeavors of Judge James Johnson and K. L. Mott, of Columbus, and tbe Hon. Peter O'Neal and Hon. George Wallace, of Miiledgeville, and the Hon. Jeffersor I>jng and Hon. James Fitzpatrick, o 4 Macon. These republicans and their followers worked earnestly and (we presume) conscientiously in favor of the “halls of oar fathers,” and it is not their fault that they were out wit- ted by the superior management of Messrs. B-yant, Clark and Wade, who led the Atlanta wir.g of th» republican* Thz 50-ceiit compromise of the Ten nessee debt will probably be accepted by the legitUture, although some are demanding a settlement of the debt on tbe basis of current quotations, which are in the neighborhood of 40. If the present offer of the state’s cred itors is accepted, an additional state tax of three mills will be necessary to ena bie the atate to meet the annual inter- Piiichback is no longer a claimant, bat tbe place he formerly occupied iu dispatches from Washington is now devoted to the question of the chair manship of the Pacific railroad com mittee. If the whole subject, commit tee and all, were thrown overboard, it would be a relief to the public. Ir tbe editor ot the Central Georgia Weekly knew to what uses tbe radical ortrans are patting his article on the death of Mr. Morton, he wonld not probably write another in the same vein for six months. THE JOHNSON PAPERS. from® (orrerllon* of Matters of Fact —Haw tba Payers Were sad Are Preserves— A a* re w Jebasea, Jr., ■at la Pallilea—A Hfat la ibe Al- We reproduce below a portion ol sue of alderman Bsdfield’s Cbattanooca litters to the Ciuc.nn»ti Commercial, maiuly for tbe purpo»aof noticing some matters oat of wfccb mtaapprchcnsiou may a*i#e and thereby in justice be done both to the living *nd tbe dead: pro* den . One attracting much attention was U>*!dt-«>Mnc how Jt ffjtmm Imv s. thm head of tbe ttouita-en confederacy, saved the life ef John*m in 1*61. All these knem are credi'ed to Ida ATLANTA CcMsmona, «a hevine first apt eared in th at pnper ns r«csot number of that pare.* I asa two column* of tetters lo John son, wriiten by varl u* a stiu/nlsbed men io IMi. among them &. W. Thump on, now secre tary of tbf navy Some tei'p'e. In f.ct most people, don’t o*i- ders'.snd how ibis happened la lac Atlanta I’osotitction a son ol literary s imluismtor upon me psp« rs of the ex president? I will tel - a about It. so far as 1 know which Is i thereto. Johr.rm saved all Ms papers Be died leaving them In the upper story ot a brick store tu Greenville, th * lower story occupied by hia son- in-law, Brown, in t he mei cnutiie bnsim sv Hia only UviB< son, Andy, Jr , Is a companion and friend of riaanel W «mall. a GreesvlUe youth, now one ot toe editors of the Atlanta Consiitu- the tb.ead of btotory thnt h* bn-uehl *o Green vlilr with him o.mplete flier * " Sew V« rk Ua tins cover iug hi UOXOX* PA ll> MR J TAMIL'S The Ural member inquired for by a visitor lu tbe gsllrriei, of the bouse fs Mr. Stephen*. He !s emphatically the lion of the house. In physics! strength he is the weakest iu experi ence and clustering honors he is the gresteet. But hie honors are not all ol an unsubstantial nature. Saya the Washington correspondent ol the Thitadelphia Inqu'rer: Mo wcisUrr ol rk, bon. ol n smsauUre, fornsay ,«*nk»k*4 smssst Boson sad ts- TOf, Ikuraroreo blmullx pwci h. nwkra eoetemC area Boa. Atxsader H su^em, non weak si it lb* Sontbran (VLtatascr (Mlln am oraasls d Ibe n» *'■ dmrsbie Mt In uw booec erewroj lor bla brfon UM«l..ins<dMU Tben lb*spmXer x»T,up lo kla Ibo Isis, smIr'i wa Urn* too mi .1 u* rmu .bleb klsd olsvbow room, buTissn sraosU X"W st Uo u-'rukin Mid beta* tpspesaj list up. TU.U 1M <• WUMb *M llcpd up thst b, eouid b, uerf isot i tbe - ot wMinac ho liked; end toduy the kou« ’ led turn u clerk to tkfoealuuon on . M Ml do'Un I»r day, ultbuoA title It no eu ■rue Work tot u eleek. ut d he beeuotblus » do hot net u< piWMe eetratstj to Mi. Stephen, Tbunumbetot elmke toecututtweu t* la cmo ol the number unCcr npuk'lmu ie«ii und th.tr ptr a ntMd Hum lour doilun tm day lo tlx dotkiu rae C.y w cretlderi. Of U-lnerAma nkme he muai bsve k-ft more than a biiabtl in compact foim Be saveil tuem ail; iiime wen OMsblCeivO of roliiLf iirp »rtai ce » not lo be worth tavtcg. Fa r. marked to m*- once how IliU* a spaoe a ioioad Idler look up, aud how imporiont they * mounts beesme. Hew loo** the *s rUi doev of Johnson’s let- tors*' will appear in Tea Constitution 1 do net ,ow. hut ikKWB a&uKBKuaber ut nave written A. J on poriikw! top'o»may *«rp an eye in this diiecuoo Jobnaou's only Uvinx aon, Frank, bat who siens hlmaeif ’’Andruw J.ihnsou, Jr .” mtldt» n Greenyille Aa 1 have sail, t e friend-hip xisitng tiei ween hlmaeif in i Editor dmall,wbo About his own age. undoubtedly occoun's for i tccAsionai brnadalde of 1 he law pre idem’* panen snpesring in print Dining the can- -ipiol 107*. wntn Johnson a c noi-ste ooufKw from ihe rial*- ol large. Sinill and d>. Jr. wtahing to aid tbe “old m*u” ami at mnks lime perhc ihemsrlTcs in the uob.e f ; ubhe speaking, oncaniz-d a stmepiug ia that wlidcmes* country at the b**e ot Haoky moDnutn<*. Th -y invited me to iwrttcip l*, and aivnad that we three lu solid phalanx upon the siump would nmloubU-dly tarry cousiernauon uiio ihe ranksof toe ea< my “ ' th. idea was good, and that 1 attar among the brethren for nnsao, bat hat there was no use in xomg so :perh*’<*ri In th-s sort of thing, d better go so far in ue . unts.t-fe uat tbe pcopla won’t know a d-d tool when they c Mm. The argument was good, bat 1 pie* -led prior fOgaKemcnts, and young Andy and Small went Into the: **’ 7UK RIPUBLICAXS ASIt THE CAUTAL CAM PAWS. Under the caption of “Her Friends sod Kuexniee, tbe Montezuma Weekly haa the following: Aa Atlanta haa kept a record of her friends id enemica. it is I ut rwrsooahle to suppose that she did It for the purpose of r» wards and punishments Fonho*e who nsd the hardihood to vote for MllledgevaiA, uo doubt but what has several bottUeof wrath laid away to p out upon their guilty beads Poor fellows, bow we pity them I Bat ou the other hand, clstli Uoa and honors await her friends As wi toon bear the wOd shouts of the Atlanu-se. headed by Ibe eleven able, crying out, ‘Lor* Uve Junta E. Bryant, tbe savior of Atlanta! Bryant has bee* Atlanta’s chief's* cf file: da hia efforts. In conjunction with the commit We.” *he •• uil would have quit* different last Wednesday. Not *et Atlanta drop Kimball lor a hole while to the purpose of modeling homage ta James E Bryant, her greatest Meed In tb<i W*eco, u The editor of the Weekly may rest an red that his would-be sarcasm is wasted. While we do not prop *e glorify James £ Bryant at * the saviour of AtUnta/’and while we nold the pol itics of himeelf and hie party in utter ebhorrei.ee, we do propoee to give him credit for the pert betook in the recect campaign with respect to the capital iaeae; end the ciedit we give Bryant in this matter we al*o propoee to give to- Anfln-ir Claik nad E. C Wade. While ns regret thst for some leeson beet knevtn lo ihemsrlves they th se to srrax themaelxea sgsinet thane, con utftolion, we osnmo.t hesrtiiy spplsnd tbrm lor the promptneee with wnicb they slignefl Ihen-eelvee with such prominent Georgian* sod democrats as Toombs, Stephens, Jenkins, IliU, Fel ton and Ltwton in reccgnixing the overwhelming argument* ol public nomy eufl eocvenleccw that pointed to Atlanta an tbe capital of the state. We repeal that Atlanta ianot aahamed of the support given her by Messrs. Br aut, Cl rke and Wade. They made a mw energetic and rigorous cam pttgn, and their canvas was conducted with tact and shrewdness. As we have raid be tore ia these cohunna, we regard the enpp rt of Atlanta by the repnbli cane in tbe campaign just c!o» d as very hopeful sign. The capi tal it-ere was one ot great importance to the tax-payers, and iu tumult involved a very serious question nf pnblic economy. In nuking the campaign lor Atlanta name ot the re- pabiicsna found themselves in line with a m* j irity oi the democrats, and, iu the light <f the extract wtiica have qnoted above, we may be oar doned for a, king if this 'act is dis- Ock Tiuxuia, al Dalton, was in the city yesterdsy. He ban many friends among our people. A g><od part cf his poll led life ha* been spent here, nod we have always found him an honest, cotucirDticn* legislator. As a prerudir g < tficer—a place he has see era! time* third -he ha* no superior in the state. Col. Trammed is now quiet* ly following the life ol a lanner. Hr lock time from his badnr*s.howrvrr,u> pal in a few licks for A’ Isnta, for wb ch be has our thanks. We hope to ere the day when Ool. Tramme l will be honored bv owr «tai».« He »’ onld be. Tnn gold bugs ibreaum n* with Gen. Grant in ISSU i» legisln'ion is had that does ool suit them. They uirea-en to thrAr tbe greet body of th* money in wrest of the * bole country in his favor and against U.s democraiic candiUie. This ia the its: stageollheir nghuThry have abandoned peraoaaion—for their stock of a.gumeut gave oot early—aad leflen back on th* lactic* of the holly. ~ creditable to the democrats Th* appointment of Col. lAmar to a cr ,j ltt hl, to the republicans 7 clerkship in the house is giving Whatever may be the opinion Ad.ns* no hale trouble. The Sew Eogiud democrat* nr* tiying to get tbe republicans to join them in an effort to declare the detkghip vacant on the Casa ol sobs Uon\ped tip charges. The ratfost afli act be apt to raarL tbe lOAtotgcramgr the editor ol the Monte soma Weekly and other* like him, we ooherita icgiy **Mrt thst it infxvjli able to the repob- Goihd Other hnud if KilWgaslUe sm.ss i nCicsrvsay HILLIARD’S HARD TIME, i OSMAN’S SORTIE. •tame Afffnffiranl BootatloM Grow ls* out of Zb© Cam mm It Siandg- Herace** of Gforzls, as the Xrxt (hole®—C bREcn of Urarj’n Coa- The renrminztion of Henry W. Hil- ilanl. by tbe v?oldest, to be mlntatsr to Br»zil wsa UTkexp*«tod in this rommuclty. aa it wav, do doab’re U tbe reopie at lance. It w*a not contcinplaisd that tbe pnaident would with* D> ape rate Con rase Tnrfclih < omma-.der—fereedfal CWllilsu or ■ be B. aelfft <! Zsldiew-Bejslfl 0 ** * 8L Primbari and at iaclwmt P«ie« Talk at t oaetaailaep.e—Jobi Ball Beady te Xedlat® TBK rtELORN HOFB. Bcgcbt, December 11—At 7:30 j’ciock ibis moraine Osman Pashas enure draw the ncmloatSon after having made it, hot .nn, attacked tba Bazklan grenadier corpa. thought that after all the opposl Jon and furors over the matter, should the nomination (all of coo Anna don, aa It did. It would not oe renewal. Bat the f eg led a disposition to punas Ms own deter minations rvgardiem of outside clamor, and has renominated Hilliard. To Mr. Hilliard's friend* this is a gnat gTotircatlon and they cocfldsDtly assert that he will be onafirmed. A JACKSONIAN rOXMDSST. Not alone they, but others, affirm that Hayes is not to be moved from his peal lions once ta ken, but will insist upon being president des pite the efforts if the radical majority in the to share the boaon and powers ol the office with him. The rnmor Is that away will be found by the president to iccure tbs proper aid toward osrrylog oat bis policy without more trouble than was exp'riezeed in the the oorfines of civ.button Toe••eapenerce” asa pnblic speaker whkh “ dmaii gained upon taat Immortal oocasioa st have been of beut fit for Ik* ta now eanv*as- g North Geotata n Ivhalt of Atlanta as the si»te capital, which nomsoinui question :s> tu s setUed at the poiia a week from to-monow -As (or young Johorou, he has settled town qatet Grevuvt l* lile and manresu U’Ue . .xsiuon io follow in his (* tier's lot tstetw. H* ifTt-r (at out (or office but once, *nd that as two ye*r» ago, wi.en be ores a candidate for the !e* tala:ure.ard Ms f. l'.ow-citizena ol Greene county cot eluded to retain Mm at home.” Ihe (act* with regard to the prescrvaUon of Kx-ramiDEXT jounson’s raracs ore os ft Lows, and we *UU our perooual knowl edge, from having frequently arranged and mined them at President Johnson’s own n quest sod lnstsnor: greet many primed documents relating to gov* ramvuioi affairs caring Mr. Johnson’) minlsirstiou were brought hotre by him and pisoi d in an acowaible room in bis a*w brick bulidtug in Gieenvillts, in the rear extension which be bod his private cflics. Hta p:lv« and official cjrresponderoe, however and men written doc*man's aa related to hta affairs with the public w«re carecly preserved in strong wooden boxes, made speclall/ (or the purpose, aad were kept m his private office cusTdlananip of his owi lo tbe day of hts death, (key are still preserved and carefully tool ©d after by bis repxvaentaUv a in QreeiiTllle. Hi* papers lelstiui; to kis private affairs were kept and are atill so preserved and guarded. asDKEsr Johnson, jo., istheoa'y sarviviug sou of the ex-president and that is bis tine as me—the one given at his ha pi ism. It ta so recorded in Savsgt's ’Life of Andrew Jubnson,”and was siren so by Mr John, sou to tbe author. The ramc-Frank ’ by which he ta familiarly known to his neighbors wa* given him by hta sister, Mr*. Patterson. when he arms quite a boy, ansi through some fancy of her*, probably never dreaming that it would fol low him so tor® Aocrew Johnson. Jr., don not reside in Gretnville. but ta a peospero: a firmer upon hta tax ds in Carter county, Te*- hs sister, Mrs. Brown, formerly Mrs Stover, at whose house the a presdent died Andrew Johnson jr , was pat forward by hta friend* a* a candidate in a primary ruction to d« formic# the ncmince for the ioctaUtciv in Gnene county, seme time ego,.hut did not < tinue in the race Ut was off tbe trick and f the contest before the primary election ■ held, aad setualiy out of the state at the time. Bnsincie effoin demand'd hie attention. Had be continued a cat didate there is no reason doubt his election by a constituency that allot, honored hta il.astrious ftU.tr. THZ gtUX. HOC>Z TaaN. so deftly spaa by tbe ©oierman. needs amerd- ment Tte<kcid»-d it tertat token In that elec- bv the alderman was notable at me 1 and we need not remind him that he not the one who pleaded ’prior eagage- Xn fact we never had ary »p {Diaimeat to speak at either a licit ox illicit sUU-bcuse. aad were mv, r s co> mpoaled upon a stum ping four by And ew Johnwtn. jr. We do hare s vivid rrco.l'ction of car j urneyings with the alderman during that ezeidng tunc in Tennessee politics. Now, that he ta a man o taauly.w* do aot care to picture the seens at Win ctwvw. when, at 2 a m . be stood up ia a win dow. with nothing oo to distinguish tlm from Adam exrept aa sbbrevtaied garment that buiMDcu ar>und the neck, to respond as pr- xj •o a aereoofo by the local brass band. We may remark bora that docs of the fami’y of the ex-president have b tbe pmbiications made by as of copies of docu ments among the papers of the THZTZNUBZrpomes ACT is tbe only stumbling block la hta way. This prevents him from doing as Jackaoo did in the is ease of the Misstakippi fond register who was continued in office by Old Hickory throughout Ms presidential incumber cy despite the repeated refusals of the senate to confirm the appointment. Jt ta sassrtofl, however, that this difficulty may be gotten rid of easily. It is taken lor granted that the democratic house and members of the senate would readily vot • tbe repeal of the act, and do It the more willingly now than hereof for. The would have the de fense that they did so to accomm date a republican president, and at tbe same time they would r. lieve an Incoming democratic ad ministration of many embarrassments at the very outset. As to the probability of securing majority for the reperl In the senate it is al leged that of the votes of Patterson. Kellogg, Cor.or r end Matthews, enough can be counted upon to make up; with the sclld gemoaatlc vote, the needed majority. Si onld this be done, the president wi 1 bsve fair sailing and the rad leal f-ction be rendered powetltss to thwart ”1110 pr licy.” Under these dremaster oes, and in view of the fact that Hil lard ta likely to btoome the of contention” new between tbe preti- d«-nt and hta party, it may not be amiss to men. lion the story of ■ow HIUIA'D WAR CHO>KN to represent the government at the ccartof Dorn Pedro. It ta said that 8t eretsrf Everts was very anx ious to have a certain filer.a of his appointed u> good rfflee in the naval department and that be pereuadtd Secretary Thompson to give over another assignment and put this Evans m«n in the position Under these efreamst nc s Sec retary Evarts became indtbtid to Secretary Thompton and it woe quite i atural thst Com modore Dick reek the reciprocal favor Mi Hilliard stepped In and reminded Secretary Thompson of their boyhood daja together how hey wed to play ”bo »ky” and invade water melon (etches, and potaib’y how both courted he same lair maiden and both got the mitten. Uiliia-d bad filed hta application fora mi**ion and be w«nkd Commodore Dick to put in hi* oat for him. /a they were old whig allies to gether, and the H j yea s dm InUl ration partook ot that ancient coloring, it was Not on unreasona ble nque»t that Hi.Uard made of Thompson* Tbe result was that Secretary Thompson Kige to the state deportment ana demanded the appointment of his friend The Br. siiiaa mis tiou Was settled upon os lbs most available one, and as Hilliard was too much cooceined in get- ling a mission to trail himself to demand the fixing of its grade and location, he jumped r.-r and the president pleased bis two m re tori ta by (ending tbe name to the sens This ta the aconunt avouched fo us of how the affair came abrut. A NOT U EE UCHNCNP II* TDX HELD. Tne friends o. Hon. W L Scruggs, of Atlanta and lore m.nitt r to Bogota, under the admix,is tration of General >nuit, claim *hat he ia ■ fitter man fox the BrrziUan mission than sny one of those who - ere named in connection wltn it and that his claims are greatly superb r- ks are hta qualifications, to those of Mr. 1111 ianl. In enumerating the considerations which should have led fo the selcctiou of Mr. Scruggs for litis mtasiou, his friends make a strong caw In bis favor. They say thst the president’* declarations upon civil service point to him the sucre» for, by pit motion after tervice, fo tbe Brasilian honor. £o well satisfied were ht« friends that this result would follow the preai dent’s onnou: cements in the matter of c vil nervier, that they rested easy and felt that Mr Scruggs would be promptly nomiasted. This result did not happen however, bnt It was found that urging was neoeM'j Co bring rke president tbepoim It is claimed that Ur. fccrujgs served faithfully and well at Bogota, and that be ia familiir, by observation and study, with political and commercial affairs of toe South American states and their retailors to this coun try, and that these facts alone should have ad vancsd him In preference to Hilliard In addi tion he ta hacked by some of the most it fluen tisl men of bis pony, north and south. It is said that the matter lisa now gotten down to a fU-MW CASE If Hilliard is ooifirmed dcrugg* stays djwn. but if Hilliard is rejected then Scruggs will go up The question is; -‘What will become ol Hil Hard?” It ta known that several democratic ns are not friendly to him. Among there are named S naiors Gordon, of this state, and Harris, of Tenncssse; but. then, thers are republican senators who, despite their a*. □ism to the president, regard Hilliard favorab’y account of his anion speeches in the south after the war and hta final dope into the em- races of the radical party Under tbe eticum tances It seems pxobabTe that Hilliard will be confirmed, nut should he not the friends of Mr Fcruggs in Georgia, of all parties, would be pleased fo see Mm nsm d for the place. holding tbe line of investment on the left bonk of the river Vid endeavoring to force a passage. The attack was mede with desperate energy nod a portion cf the Turkish troops did, in fact, penetrate the line ef entrenchments and bat teries, but all attempts to break through the positions ot the grecadisrs were ineffectual. THE END. After live hours* severe fighting the Turks were deleaved Osman Pasha w=s surrounded on all side* and compelled to surrender with his whote army. Up to the present t'me it fs impamtUe to estimate the number of Turkish prisoners, or the quantity of war material taken- We only know that everything in P.«vna has fallen la to our hand*. The fc urchin losses are inconsiderable as compared with the results ob talned. IN THE CarTUNED Cl T. I ON DON, December 11—The latest od vires from Bucharest put the number of Turkish pris oners at 40 Ota Osman Pasha ordered a sortie in the direction ot Areden. His valor, which is described as desperate, is everywhere the theme of oooTcrsaUou. The suffering of the Turks in the belegnercd town was awful. Gold, disease and famine decimated their ranks and reduced tbe soldiers to living skeletons To aggravate theta sufferings, no doctor and no medicine coukl be obtained. Four hundred gnus fell into the bands of the Bustans. The ground which was the scene of the sortie is unaoLLY iinxwii with dead and dying. Osman Pasha himself was severely wounded before he would consent to a surrender. There has been an important rise in all classes of Pus siun securities in the London stock exchange.and maintain great finnneev, notwithstanding tbe fact that targe realising tales have thrown upon the market. Tbe general tone of the London press, commezUng on the fall of Plevna, ta to urge the government to seise the present op portunity /or mediation, and while it may yet not be too late. The Globe says It is the duty of minister Liysrd to impress upon the mind of sultan the urgent expediency of giving weight to pacific counsels before the resources the empire are utterly exhausted. THECZAO. Bcchau>t December 11 —A Te Drum was here to oslebiate the Russian at PkTaa. Prince Gotchakiff the Russian and Roumanian author Hits were present- The czar and Pm ce Go^achakt ff will return fo SL Pe tersburg in a week. The ««ar, alter tae sure render of Plevna, placed his own pareiage aad escort at the disposal of Oman Psstu. EX JO ICING IN NCtna. 8t PkTEKvauao, Dtcettber 11—The news of the fall of Plevna r ecssious great rejoicing here. Tbe tbeams are celebrating the victory by special additions to theta usual programme*, and enthusiastic popular aemonetratlons in honor of the royal family end army are made tbe streets sud public phcee. Great crowds have assembled, cheering aud sieging tbs na llonai anthem The dty is p. ritally illuminated PEACE NKM TIATtONS. Vienna, December 11 —The Political Cones, poodencs ires int, lHgence from Bucharest, ac cording to which he rumors that tbe porig ends to take immediate steps for bringing about an armistice or peace negotiations are founded on something more than mere con- cturea. J BULL. London. December 11.—The Times urges that rived when the media tion between Rossi* and Turk* y is possible and is to be hoped the British government will all efforts to thst effyc*. OLD I. . * lie Gives bla T tlMtal J si Ulw-Folba. Amos woe lookup very sad when he oimeiatoibe office. Khars de matter now Talk'd solicitous Old 81. W ell, tae Dodder'd ’kase ob de human kot- trsriueas oo mankln’!” n’ what's dot tax up-tot yo’ faith inde uulvarselntas ob onkalkertatin* nstur' ?' Well, yer kuo's dem fakes ob my ole ’omin?' ‘I does!” •Well, dey’s bin down dar at my house ’bou o monfs yer kuo’, jess tayin* *roui:d slttln wsy wid hash an' fltp-j cks at de akedjule ob three meals er day by de town clock " •1 heerid dey was bunkin’ on yer ! ” said Old hi. Well, I stood dat ’bout «z long<z I’se gwine ter kaae y fnerdsy arter de ole mas hi d drew’d two dollars for wurkin* at de ’leckthun, I axed tlm fer ter kn’ me cr quarter ter git my (hoes patch’d an’ he ’insed me pint blank an* cuw’d ’round like I’d tried to borrow bis siummich- works! ” “He did? Fer ez fsck ! I tell yer, now, dete kin-fokes moughty outhanklui an* haxd to git ebon widl ” Now yoa’se strlkin ds rite lick! ” exe'stm- ed Old SL ’Tse seen dat all my bo’n days an de ocprinted fcripiar ob dat ’*p rience are dat d rudder hab er good fren’dst z lead-cork er hotel dan er string ob kin-takes«s long Sherman's army 1 ” Dat remarc plump* ds middle man I '* rs rnlsd *mos. with marked en h isitsm. MES AS BRUTES. McCoIlom is a grea*. reader. When he gets absorbed In a newspaper while waiting for his b.eakfatt his reolies to questions are not caJcutau d to convey a very lively impression of Ms sociability. The other morning he was tlmf. engaged while Mrs McCoIlom, who was no: in a very amiable uny-d, was dressing th* chll dren Finally she remarked : 1 might a* well have a (tick for a husband You Johnny!”—to one cf the children—"ef you don’t turn around here and stand right, I say I’ll make you. It’s read, read- read. read—from the time he gets home till he goes to bed, and from the time he ge:s up till he govs fo wo:k.” fit re was no reply taom McCoIlom. You must have found xmethin' terribly tub-resting. John H-nrj ! way dm t you stand still. II1 take r ff my shoe you'll feel It 8tiU no response from McCoIlom. ”1 declare to gnoons t f these children tin’ enough to make a saint tore patience, and there you set as unconcerned as cl you were built out of rock.” ‘What did you sav,ray dear?” asked Me iliom pioddly couth uin* hta reading. •say ? Nice question to ask me when 1 vs been talkies here *s hordes 1 could talk for the iOAi half hour, looked you what you reedin’ about.” •Hch ? Oh. yes Euthanasia.” Youth iu Aria I My life! ef that ain’t jun like a man. Youth In A»U! if you’d pay more attecLou to seme j u -g ones in that 1 know of. you’d be coin’ mighty weiL They wcuida't be gain* round here in throe shabby clothe*, I reckon ” Just here the breakfast be'l rang, aud the in nocent McOoUom walked ia fo hta feed »ab limely uncoercion* of the moral of hta wife' discourse At any rate, Mia 8plik* door neighbor, remarked to Mr. flpUker. yesterday that ’them SlcOoIlom young a rantin’ around in last jest's d> xr. to klr just like a pomel of crphlns fo which Mr Spttker calmly responded : >My dear Sarah, if you would take Cme r up these ripned places In my coat and tack oaan ccc siocal ba ton, and have my collar where I can find it. you wouldn't ase oj msch of ttaetMc oilcan ch^dren ” An hour afterware a Mr*. Ppllkrr and Mrs Mr foil xn ran. feisoad, compared notes, and came totheoondasioa. to use the «xprestlvt- language of Mrs 9piiker, that— “Men ta brutes, and them that ain’t brutea ta Du. a W. Bsxsox’s Cxlxxy SSD Ch> son tut Pnja are prepared exp emij toevre hick Uxsdache, Nervo-s Hcwlacha, Dyfosdc vearmtaM, t9»t rare tta by. Dmgttat*. office. Sc m jutliU 'iACipiaaa fill oot Uiii 10 SW • |«Miog UilfOS# ire THE GOLDES MILESTONE. ONG FELLOW. fcprcad th»ms‘m In tbe red sea o?the winter sunset. the lamps ol eve^fog glimmer. Answering «ine aLoufer^ibrough the darkneee; rkta freedom Groans and tfcbs tbe air imprisoned in them. By tbs fimtie the old men seated Seeing xuiata cUlte in «su< s, k'litg sadly Of the pastjkn^t itcan ne’er restore By tbe firesvle there are youthful dreamers. Building cattles fata, with stately stairways. Of the fuuuewhlch I cannot give them. By the Are*id? tragedies ore acted* In a hoe* (Cents appear two actors only— Wife and husband. And above {Lou God* the spectator. By the flre*L’-'.here Is peace and comfort; Wives and . Irea. with lair u*ou*hU«i mmm Each man’s cslmney is his Golden Miiestane; ta the central voint from which he measu.es Eury distance Through the gateways of the world around t( hia ancestral homestead. IS GBR Alt A Ia. W. O. Vsndcrbili’s Mew Ilona Ik la A b ject Folly to let the teeth perish for want o proper care. Yet how many total y neglect them. Such people are proper ly punished by the toothache. Why don’t they use SOZODQKT and insure oqg of iLe greatest boons conferred on mankind -agood art of teeth, dfidi Wlrfflt A tew days ago Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt dispa ched his agent, Mr. W. D. War ren cf New York, to Chicago with in struction® to open negotiation® with Mr. George Higbie cf Canton, IU., and Mr. Frederick ischolenberg of Sl louts, the owners cf the trotting horse Litre Fred, for hi® purchase. Mr. Warren reached Chicago November 28. having been forwarded in a special car* and met Meear8. Higbie and Schulenberg at the Grand Pacific hotel. A trip to Canton, where the bora® w*a stabled, showed that he was in first-class condi tion, and the trade was soon concluded, Mr. Warren, on behalf cf Mr. Vander bilt, paying $10,000 in cash for “the lit tle red horse.” He was shipped Noy . 30 in a special car over the Michigan southern road and ia now at Mr. Van derbilt’8 stables. There is no doubt that Little Fred is one of the speediest hproea in the country, and as be is re mark ably bandy and trots out of his breaks with amazing speed he cannot fail to be a great assistance to any horse with which he is harnessed. As Little Fred has now in ell probability been permanently retired from the turf, a brief summary of his pe» format)ces will be of interest. He w s bred iu I *wa and sired by a horse known aa Eosu min Morgan, his dam being a mire b. Simpson’s B ackbird. In 1873 be wa purchased at Daven^rt by Fred. Schulenberg. after whom he is named,, for $600, aid the following season brought out by Morril Higbie, obtain irg a record of 2:30 at Peoria In 1875 he began to appear prominently as a fust trotter. His first appearance tha* season was at Dexter Park, wh> r®, on July 23, he defeated Lidy Turpin,York Stare and eight others in 2:28|, 2:20 and 2217, At Rochester, Augus. 11, he won a race in straight heats from Adelaide, Eva and five others in 2:25. 2: J5. 2:25. At Buffalo, August 7, he detested Al bert, who won the first heat; Eva, who won tbe fomth and t*-n others, in 2^4}, 2:16$, 2:262, 2:28, 2:29| In 1876 • « staned through the eastern circuit the 2:24 cla^e, and at Cleveland defeated Breeze, Carrie, May Bird,- Belle Broesfield, Amy B, Sleepy Jobn, Liu : e Gvp*w,Richard and Blue Mare in 2:21 i 2:23} At Buffalo on the following week he won a still harder race, tbe field constating of him self, Amv B.* Mary Bird, Richard Blue Mare, Bel e Brosafield, Nellie Erwin and B'*eze. Fred won the first hea? in 2:23, Amy B. the second in 2:19} and tne third in 2:24} Mary Bird took the fourth heat in 2225}, 2:26 The week at Rochester be trotted the three best beats of his life, heating B ae Mare, Little Gypey. May Bird, Amv B and Breeze in 2:21, 2.22, 2:2L This year he again started in tbe eastern c rmi*, and at Baffa o ob a'nvd a record o: 2.2i>. He was men prostrated by a severe cold and did nothing of cor se quence afterward.—N. Y Hera.d, Dec. Hon. Jerry Black chews twen'y cents wo Jii of tobacco daily. —The sweet singer of Michigan trav els with* a calico horse-colored hair trank with brass nails. —Will Carlton, author of “Betsy And I Are Out,” is said to be an app’licknt for a consulship. —The hopeful Vanderbilt posterity, dazzled by the glitter of gold have no pride of ancestry. —Pincbback is a journalist His paper u a weekly, devoted to the in terestsef the colored people of the Pelican state. Mist Kellogg says she adores Miss Cary, and then she extends ber jew eled hand for the poker with a far away look. Mr. Gladstone is one cf the only two men who hold the freedom of the city of Dublin, the other being Mr. Butt, the home-ruler. —A Ht.bacuB man who has become the father of twins says that he wishes to preserve the double standard.—New York Heraid. Commodore E. K. Collins* tho founder of tbe fiist American line oi steamships, is living in poverty in New York. Mr. Allen Thornlake Rice, who dias infused ho much life in the North meriean Review* ia a c.iturt-d young mun ol fashion and drives a L ur iu band. — Mrs. Augusta J. Evans Wilson, author of “St E mo,” “Beulah,” etc, in New York visitii g Mrs. Vander bilt Mrs. Wilson’s home is in Mobile. —Iq * speech at Rochdale, England, John flight said that one-third of the jfrhole tana Of"the ani-ed kingdom, being no less thou 23.000,000 of acres, belongs to 935 men. Mrs. Thureby reminds a corres pondent “of a pearl—a milk-white pearl, frosty, pure, opaque. Her face is pale, her stage dresses pale, her manner nnimpatsion^d, her execution laultlesa.” —The troubles between the erffee- dealera of the west and the New York johberaare assuming a remarkably un pleasant shape to the New Yorkers,the prospect being that tbe cream of the trade will ^finally go to New Orleans and Mobile. —Many clergymen do not yet know where their winter overcoats are to come from, but they feel a sweet and solemn faith that tuey will get seven teen poiis of slippers e*ch about Christmas time, and that none of them will fit. —President Hayes addessed his mes sage to his “fellow- citizens of the sen ate and houne of representatives,” which is usually, if not without a pre cedent—[Sl Paul Piueer- Press ] He establish^ a precedent last October. Ex Secretary R ibesou does not succeed with newspaper enterprises. He lost money by the failure of the Washington (D. C) Chronicle, and now comes the news of the suspension of the Newark (N. J.) Courier, in which he was interested. The great personage of the nation is the dignified, sweet, motherly wo man of the white house. She holds the heart of the people in her firm,gen tle feminine hand, disarm® prejudice, and conquers by her infinite tacL— Washugton letter. man* on her deathbed, said to fri™. Don’t grow morbid when I am gone. Go into society, be cheerful, and let no regard for my memory check yon when you see fit to marry again. It n my wish; the children must be cared for; von will need a helper in your work. You cannot live alone; jour tempera ment is all against it; onty choose a cheerful woman, and teach her to love onr children. Don’t answer me, and don’t be governed by what the world aaya or thinks.” —Daredevil Skobeleff, the dashing young hero of the war on the Russian side, was hit Dy a chance ballet on November 15, while on the outpos’ line near Plevna. Notwithstanding the reckifssneea with which he had ex posed himself iu his brilliant uniform, he h .8 passed unscathed through the fiercest battles of the war, so that his enemies came to apeak of him aa the horseman with a charmed lile. He was brought to the ground at last, but the chances are that the wound in his side will not be fataL —In March, 1873, Dr. Mary E. Walk er, the drees reformer, was appointed to a clerkship in the treasury depart ment by Secretary RichardsoD, passed the usual examination, was duly sworn in sod ordered to report tor duty to Treasurer Spinner. She did so report, bnt pome ladies of the department ob jected to Dr. Mary, unless she would leave off her semi-masculine attire. Stcretary Richardson informed the eccentric doctor that she must dress as other ladies or be could not assign her to a desk. Tne doctor would not aban don her reform notions about female dress, and in consequence was never assigned to duty. As her appointment was not revoked by the appointing power, rhe claims compensation at the rate of $900 per annum from the date of the appointment to the date of her formal resignation. The matter was recently referred to Solicitor Raynor, who submits the opinion that she ought to be paid one year’s sa'ary. The Episcopal marriage service is quite beautiful, and for this reason brides belonging to other sects often elect to be joined in wedlock according to tbe form prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer. But Hie other even ing, in a town not a hundred miles from Cincinnati, a young lady, a Pres byterian, chose the Episcopal form for a totally different reason. Iu the Pres- nyterian church she attended there are only two aisles, one at either side, but ia the Episcopal church there is an aisle in the middle, ending at the chan cel rail in a flight of two or three ster® A little ^ forethought convinced this young woman that the long train of her wedding dress wonld be better display ed if she marched slowly up the mid dle aisle » f tbe Episcopal courch and stood ou the top step at its head, than if she went np the side aisle of the Presbyterian churcti, and had to turn at right angles to revch the center. Accordingly, though a PreKbyteria-, the middle aisle in the ceremonial ot the Episcopal church led nerastray. Iu addition lo a temporary convert the Episcopal rector received as a wedding fee $100 in gold, that the Presbyteriau minister would have got had he allowed a middle aisle in the discipline of his church. Clearly it behooves the Pres byterians to bestir themselves lest long trains and large fees vanish from their churches. POL A CB PA < KAROS. —The government and the banking interest of the country must be kept -ep«irate. — Baltimore Gazette, dem. —No, my son, David Davis is not the gentleman nominated to a eour- apple tree. Would that he were.—Ro chester Democrat, rep. The Atlanta Constitution, in an It will require forty two votes to nomina'e the senator in ihe democratic caucus of tbe California legislature. It is estimated that Ryland will receive 27 votes, Farley 21, and McDonald 18, aud that one of the three wilt receive the nomination. —II you dream of a pock-marked rhinoceros eating asparagus with a silver spoon, and fanning your mother- in-law with the O. P. side of its tail, it is a sign that there will be a christening m your city, or somewhere in the ad joiuing county. —Mr. Parker, of the Parker house, Boston, is said to be aorth over two million?. For a long time be and his partner considered it a poor yea. when they could not divide over $100,000 between them as the net profits uf the establishment. —^Father John J. Keao, of Washing ton, D. C., baa been appoint* d bishop of the R man Catholic dioce-e of Rich mond, Vre, to hacceed the most River- end James Gibbons, recently eievated io tbe Archiepi c copal See ef Baltimore, vice Ar iibisbop Bayley, deceased. Atlanta, Georgia,?mce tbe election decidiug that she shall retain the c*pi- tal* is rapidly assuming metropolitan airs. The Constitution has com menced to devote a column on Sunday to “society” gossip and taking many other iteps in imitation of the grea: metropolitan journals. — Knoxville Chronicle. —Say® a Washington correspondent: “When congress adj.nrns, about 4 p. no., the members all walk to their places of residence. This adds zest to tbe pleasure of walking frem the West End and meeting en matse this distinguished body of men. Some are admired, others criticised and a few denounced. But all poeeeea power, and are reverently addre* sed, especial ly by those wh j are seeking favor.” —The tenting season is now over,the trick mule ha® returned to his stall the clown no long hooks the corners of his month over his ears, the small boy de cides to devote tbe remnant of his in come to the evangelization of tbe heath en, and tbe beautiful and accomplished daughters oi the leading citizens of the wi stare eloping with daring circus riders. —Col. J hn 8. Mosbv, of tse Conned erate service, is said to have promised a paper ia defense of Gen. J. E. B. S'a art, upon whom, in his opinion, CoL Taylor and Gen. Heth have* directly or indirectly, cast the responsibility for the Gettysburg discomfiture. He pro poses to ftbov hat the charge is un true ;tha Stuart acted under tbe direc tion oi the commanding general* and tba; hia movement wa# entirely guc- nonneing the result of the recent elec tion in that etate, says: “Young Geor gia makes a clean cut from the dead poi*t.” What about Toombs and his clan? Has young Georgia cut loose from them?-Chicago Inter-Ocean, rep. It is stated that the clerk of the house of representatives removed the tally clerk because he was a hard mon ey man. A tally clerk wields such a powerful influence that it is a good thing he was found out in time. It ac tually makes one shudder to think of the ruin be might have brought upon the country from his commanding po sition. The greeubackers are winning famous victories.—Philadelphia Times, ind. —S‘ionld congress yield to the threats and blandishments <f the money lenders, tben the question will be remanded to the congressional and legislative district, when an outraged and deceived people can impose punishment for tbe past and make assurance doubly sure tor the future. The silver question is uot a party but a national question aud the country will demand a strict responsibility from all who falter or hesitate in the struggle for common honesty, common justice aod public good.—Chicago Tribune, rep. —The Washington National Repub lican has taken tbe new Post—which has a caucus recognition as an organ— iu hand. The irreconcilable organ has discovered that the democratic organ calls the president only Mr. Hayes, while it manages to call a rebel senator from Georg a General Gordon. This is, of course, only a matter of bad taste or ignorance. Hayes was at least os b g a general as Gordon, but possibly the editors of the Pi.st fought on the side where there were not many facili ties for learning just how high Hayes did get It is juat as well, however, not to go back too far; the present con flict is sufficiently interesting, wi*b General Hayes aud Mr. Gordon on one aide and the National Republican and a few more irreconcilable republicans on the other.—Philadelphia Times, ind. —Now is an suspicions time for the south to demand and receive her fair proportion of aid from the government tor tbe improvement of her rivers and tbe development of the highways of commerce. The Mississippi levees must be improved. Appropriations should be made for the improvement of navigation on tbe Tennessee river and its tributaries. We are not con tent with a small appropriation for work on the Mutcle shoals, but de mand a great deal more. At a compar atively small erst the Tennessee river above Chattanooga, tbe Hiwassee Clinch, Powell’s, Emory, Lit tle IVnaes ee, French, Broad and Holsion may all t e made navigibl*? during nearly the entire year. The Cumberland, tbe Coosa, the Alabama aud Ohio rivers in the south should be improved. There are a num ber of barbore on tbe 8outh Atlantic coast that should also receive the at tention t K eir importance merits, and which they never have received in the p“st Oa these questions iet as have a “solid south,” uot merely to make a raid on the treasury, but to obtain equal rights wiih other sections of the union. We may be independent and prosperous and rich* but cannot reach such a state by repudiating our honest debts, diecuieing abstract political questions, or lamenting over oar im poverished condition. The onty way to gain anch things is io go to work and by our energy and enterprise show that we deserve them.—Knoxville Chron icle, rep. ________ KOURDABOU2 IB QBOKQAA.. —Colonel Pleasant Stovall, of the Augusta Chronicle, concedes that At lanta has received over twenty thou sand majority as far as heard from. We should judge from this outlook that our Augusta contemporary will have all the returns in by Christmas. All save a very few are in the secreta ry of state’s office, and the table which we print elsewhere contains accurate returns from every county except For syth, Pickens, Tatnall and Twiggs. We commend our figures to the careful consideration of the Augusta Chronicle and the Savannah News. — The Montezuma Weekly wants Atlanta to hurry up with the new cap ital building. It is to be hoped that Colonel Harrison will not get restless enough to tear his shirt Let’s wait until the Augusta and Savannah papers get in all the election returns. This, from present appearances, will give us lime to make all preliminaiy arrange ments. -Mr. Mike Brown, of Laurens coun ty, made last season four hundred bushels o! potatoes on one acre of land. —When the campaign begun, Tom Barney, of the Argus, and Mike Ply- male, are said to bav t been the only Atlanta men in Butts county. When the votes were counted* however, At lanta had a majority of four hundred and sixty-four. We don’t know Ply- male, but Tom Burney is a worker from taw. — Land brings good prices in Monroe county. ■The Forsyth Advertiser is asking some mighty embarrassing question? about what some people said about the result of the election. —A prominent farmer in Monroe county, last season raised fifteen bales of cotton on eighteen acres. Henry Cabaniss, of the Foray th Advertiser wants the editors of the Macon Telegraph to tell him candidly if they believe a five million state house will be built in Atlanta. —Mr. Charles Smith, of Talbot coun ty, is dead. The Talbotton Register says: “The Constitution, of Atlanta, clearly shows that it had mnch rather the state con stitution had been defeated than that the capital should have gone to Mil* ledgeville. All the crowing is on the capital question.” W hat nonsense this is! There never was any doubt of the adoption cf the new constitution. It was a foregone conclusion from tbe first, and needed no canvass to make it surer. —The dwelling house cf Mr. Job. A Ellison, of Taibotton, was entered and robbed of one hundred and twenty dollars in money and a small amount of clothing cne night re cently. Twenty one thousand two hundred bales ol cotton have been si Id in Atk ons this Beasou. —Talbotton has bad a jail delivery. - Uncle Jim Anderson, of the Cov ington Star, wants the rates of passen ger fare reduced on the Geoigta rail road. - Mr. Wm. Moss, an old citizen of Newton county, ia dead. —A colored thief was captured in a store in Savannah one evening re cently. —The Covington Star says that the rarest manifestation of a truly Chris tian spirit developed itself in Augusta one day lost week. A poor barefooted tramp stole a pair of shoes from Mr. Daly, a shoe mei chant of that city, was arrested and carried to the city hall, but Mr. Daly, on seeing him, not on>y refused to prosecute tbe miserable wretch, but absolutely gave him Ibe shoes and a pair of new socks to wear with them. —Covington Star: Captain Ed Pur cell, the hero of Oconee, and one of the most popular Georgia railroad conduc tors, is to be appointed a deputy United S’ates marshal under Marsha) Fitzsimmons. Ed is a good fellow,and his appointment will give strength and popularity to Marshal Fitzsimmons’ administration. —Montezuma Weekly: Tnere lives not thirty miles from Montezuma, a father and mother who have one daugh ter. This daughter was married last year on her 5th birthday, and what is stranger stilJ she is now the mother of a bouncing baby girl. The young hus band and wife get along as happily together aa is usual with young mar ried people. The above is strictly true, in every particular. —Talbotton Standard: Mr. William Isom was in town last Tuesday with his eje bandaged. He informed us a few nights before he was knocked dowD and robbed. He was on the public highway about dark making hie way home, when some one arose from behind a stump and dealt him a heavy blow on tbe side of his bead with a huge stick or bludgeon. He dropped senseless to tbe earth and lay uncon scious for several hours. When con sciousness returned all tbe money he had, being only $4 75, was gone. He had a double barrel shot gun on his shoulder when knocked down, bnt was given no chance to nse it. The robber didn’t disturb the gnu, and Mr. Isom found it by his side when be awoke. —Miiledgeville Union and Recorder We are persuaded that the future well being of Miiledgeville is not dependent upon any each issues as thoee that have just been settled. Her population and business have increased fifty per cent since the conclusion of tbe late war. It is well perhaps that the dis turbing influence of tbe capital ques tion is removed from the consideration of her people in the adoption their plans for future. Their prosperity. be opened. The chronic growl ers against Atlanta, like old Othello, have lost their occupation. Agitation on that question must cease. Wish tbe cessation of this agitation upon the capital question and the clamor for a new constitution, there is no general question in Georgia politics to foment discord and we hope sincerely that we will have rest from bitter discussion. The legis latures can assemble, quietly enact such laws as are required and adjourn to their homes. With such a prospect and with biennial sessions, with a con stitution that prohibits an increase of state debt and provides for a reduction of that already existing, we may hope for reduced taxation, aud nothing could bring more joy to the overburdened tax-pa>er. ‘ Lillie Jim soadere.* On the Wing, Dec. 10, 1877. Editor* Con* tint ion ? You are par- donab.e tor your enthusiasm over At lanta’s great victory. *nd are doubtless willing io accord to every one whooc n- tribated to this result the full share of praise due to his efforts. The hand* home majority which Eibert county 1 gave to year dty, 1142, is due, in a large measure, to the exertions of Meau-H. J. A. Sanders dr 8on, of Elber- too. These gentlemen lett nothing un done to secure the location of the capi tal in Atlan'a, and their influence was felt in tbe election lost Wednesday. “Little Jim Sanders,” as he is called, ceesfa , a he’her considered afi tan in- though his fighting weight ia 222, was Providence, is in their own hands; de pendent upon their own enterprise, In dustry aud perseverance. Undoubt edly, we escape some serious evils that would necessarily have followed tbe location of the capital here. Let cs ac cept the situation cheerfully, thanking our friends cordially for their support ^and forgetting, as far as possible, evtry thing that was unpleasant and irrita ting in the campaign just brought to ‘ close. —Forsyth Adveitiser: Henceforth a grand destiny is in store for tbe tm pire state of tbe sooth. Agriculture will prosper in her borders, manufac tures will flouriph, the hidden riches of the mines will see the light of day and prosperity will bless the people. The capital of the stare ia also tbe com mercial metropolis, and the energy, pluck and enterprise of her people will exercise on influence which will radiare to the remot est cod fines of Georgia. At lanta’s majorities were not drawn alto gether from uoper Georgia. Though we have not examined the returns crit ically, we believe that if a line were drawn across the center of the state it would be four dthat th*m jority of tbe x>oirsr in mxiB. —The political disabilities of ex- Governor A. G. Brown, of Mississippi, have never been removed. A colored child was recently born in Water Valley that weighed 22} pounds. —The total value of exports from Key West for the week endirg Novun ber 22d was $267,500. The governor of Florida has deci ded not to appoint an immigration agent to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge DuponL —The Nashville Record says the in dications point very clearly now to the fact that tne legislature will not ratify the 60 cent proposition. —Fine oranges grov n in the vicinity of Tallahassee are selling on tbi» streets of that city at o to dollar and fiity cents per hundred. —The supreme court of Mississippi stands adjourned until the first Mon day in Jauuarft when the docket for the northern district will be taken up. —Over fifteen thousand boxes of oranges have been shipped this season from Sumter county, Florida. The dealers are kept busy day aud night preparing them for market —The German citizens of Jackson ville are about to organize to build a German church in that city, and a meeting has been he d for that purpose, which has set the ball in motion, with every prospect of success. —The Sunland Tribune (Tampa, Florida) says the Havana cattle trade it* quite active, and a fine lot of cattle was shipped to Cuba from that port by the scluxn< r on Thursday last A Cedar Key mm advertises for sale a curiosity in the shape of a pig with four ears, five toes on one foot, only one eye, no holes in the ears and now three months old. Where’s Bar- sum’s agent? —Holly Springs, Miss, Reporter: The cotton fields, even at this (ate date, are white with the ung&thered yield. Many fieds have not been touched, and this is the last month of the year. The weather has been worse this toil than f<>r many years. —A brother and sister, each of whom supposed the other dead, met by acci dent in Chai lotto, North Carolina, a few days ago, ofter a separation of thirty-seven years. In the meantime, he had frequently been in Charlotte, where she lived, and at uo time did he reside very far off. —Aberdeen, Miss , Examiner: Ter.a of thousands of hogs are being fatten*d iu old Monroe, and with the great ma jority of our farmers tne purchase of meat will hereafter be but a traditioi and next year our county will be tu condition to supply her less fortunate neighbors with this great staple —The Meridian, Miss., Mercury is informed that the surveyor of Ferry county, while running off % piece of land, was led b> the yearning of the needle to the silver dollars of our dad dies to the discovery of $35,600 con cealed by tbe murderer of Copeland* as detailed in Dr. Fitts’ book containing the revelations of the Waves clan. —A train of five or six wagons, each containing several immigrants from Illinois, passed through Monticello, Fla., ou last Monday, en route to Co iumbia county, where they havede* cided to locate. These parties have been on the road for several weeks, and have had a long and tedious jour ney, —The Jacksonville Union says: “The quiet annals ot the neighborhood of Cotton Plant was distui bed last week by a homicide. Tbe parties to the ter rible tragedy were Benjamin Williams, a very old m:»n, and a young man by the name of Mereditb, both white. The former was shot down dead in,his own doorway by Meredith during a dis pute about a load of corn. Meredith escaped.” —The delegates from the Florida conference of the M. E. south to the general conference, which meets in At lanta, Ga , in May next, are as follows ; Clerical— E L T Blake, A A Robinson, T W Moore; alternates-8 Woodbery and J P DeFass. Lay delegates—G W Taylor, G W Frazier, J J Davis; alter nates—Dr G H Hunter, M J Pow ledge. —The mortality in Richmond for week ending December 1, was 28. Pop ulation of city, estimated, 77 500—white 44,400; colored, 33,100. Rate oi mor tality of whole popu.ation was 18 78 per 1,000 per annum; rate of mortality of white population was 12.88 per 1,000 per auuum; rate nf mortality of colored population was 26.70 per 1,000 per an- nnm, —Mr. Troupe Maxwell, living near Bell-Air, some four miles from Talla hassee, was accidentally shot and killed on Monday. He was standing on the steps at his home talking with his wife, when the gun, the butt of which rested on the step at his feet, slipped, the hammer striking, and discharging the entire load into his body, killing him almost instantly. Holly 8pripgs Reporter, 6th: The cotton fields, even at this late date, are white with the nDgathered yield. Many fields have not been touched, and this is the last month of the year. The weather has been worse this fall than for many years. It inflicts serious loss to formers, merchants and all, for debts cannot be paid without the cotton comes in to pay them. -The Richmond Whig says of the recent flood in Virginia: We have heard some estimate the general lose as fully equal to the debt of the state ♦he ($40,000,000 ) Of course, any estimate under of H disaster s? widespread must be About 25 car loads, which are 250 tox >■ are received each day. This amount n required to meet the daily consump tv n in the city. The price varies frt i.» $2 25 to $3 50 per load, according t the quality and qnanlity. —A correspondent of the Voluni County Fla. Herald gives the followii g particulars of the suicide of Judge R 1. D->uglasa,at Berresford, in that countv: “Judge Douglass came out hei. last spring, purchased a lot of land ami had a residence erected, when he r - turned to his former home, Conm I Blufls, Iowa, for his family. He r • tamed, .-mvirghere nbout twelve da' a since, having left his family behind m consequence of the fever in Jackson ville Upon his arrival, deceased ex hibited extreme nervous irritability nnd mental depression;a physician writ called (Dr. B. B. Bennett) and a nnrr< obtained to keep constant watch np< a him. He was supposed to be muci- better, but last evming, tbe 28th ins’., he took occasion to send the nnrse r fi on some pretext, when he perpetrates suicide, shooting himself with a pistol, the bail enteriog the right temple about the ear, ranging upwaru into the brain.” SENATORIAL GOSSIP. “fi'tS”ll nsduasil Enquirer. The senate has cosily beaten the majority of. Hayes' appointments, several of the democrats sympathizivg with the republican senators, becaure* when the senate becomes democrat!' , and the administration also* tbe e«m jealous y will operate. “How can th»- president know how to appoint post - masters, district attorneys and rerenn- collectora in each congressional dis trict,” said one. .“He must consuh with the members, whose disagree menta are laid before their senator.” The senate is now in a good deal < f consonance and harmony. I was told yesterday that all the southern sens tors are on good terms; that Hill admires Lamar and Lamar comment Hill, and Gordon aud Hill co-operate in Georgia matters. Tbe Hayes sena tors are the subjects of a good deal i f sneering. “That great senator, Pad dock,” said one cf his associates to m - yesterday, and then he added: “Tha 1 man Burnside seems to be in a state «f premature second childhood.” Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, an adminin tration mao, is of very little sound or efficiency any more, apparently having an attack of mental and physical leili - while George Hoar, although a Hayes man, ia by the natural radical ism of his mind more of an old- man republican than Conklinu Blaine. Nearly all the etna tors elcc edas independents or demi- radicais have turned out as radical as their predecessors. McMillan and An gus Cameron are illustrations in point. The oddest-looking old gentleman here Governor Kirkwood, c f Iowa. Forty- two years ago he went to an academy Washington City, having been raimMi a farm in Maryland, and he studied law in Richland county, Ohio, in Har rison*® term of the presidency, and as Hated to make your present stale con itution. Four years after tie removed Iowa he was elected governor, and has been three times elected gover jor and twice United States senator in 22 years. He has a little the look cf Peter Cooper, with his flowing side whiskers, silver spectacles, and weary, old fashioned expression. Kirkwood of the same age hs Judge Thurman. :b said that the uutireiug James Harlan ia moving alt the powers from Bit-hop tiimpaon down to be Kirk- wnod's colleague in Allison’s Allison married Grimes’s niece. Har lan and Senator Saunders,of Nebraska, married adopted sisters. Since Har lan lost his seat iu the senate there haa been considerable reaction among Iowa people os to bis reputation, llis business ability, energy to serve his state and constituents, aud the influence be bad with Lincoln and other president*--, have caused some of thoee worldy spir ita to look back and say: “ When we had Grimes and Harlan in the senate, we stood well. Another Harlan, John, will go up on the suureme bench bt - side Miller, also a Kentucky son by birib, next week. But a southern ah olitionalist always beats a northern one.” Tbe question arose a few days ayo before some southern senators whether the northern side in the late had not a considerable southern debt, and the following tcore was pu . up without forethought: Southern born men in the union cause: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Joseph Holt, General S. A. Hurl but, Ricliard Oglesby, Richard Yates, Justice Samuel Miller, General George H. Thomas, Genera) John A Newton, Admiral David G. Forragut, General A Led Torbert*Governor Fran cis Thomas, Hon. James Speed, Hon. Robert J. Walker, (bred in the south) Governor Browniow, General Francis P. Biair. Justice David Davis, Henry Winter Davis, Thomas Corwin. very vague. But there is no doubt of the painful fact of the great distress in flictod upon more than half of the peo pie of the state—their present re sources destroyed end tneir means for future operations seriously impaired. —Tbe Jacksonville (Flo.) Sun and Press says : “Captain Frank B. Lund, aged 21 years, died in this city on the nigkt oi the 4th instant, of bilious con gestive fever. The deceased was the eldest son of Captain T. W. Land, and was born at Augusta, Ga, but came to this state when quite young, and has spent the greater portion r f his life on one cf his~father*a steamers, now ply ing on the SL John’s nver. He was a young man of generous and noble par- pose*, and was * ighly esteemed by wbo knew him w —D. T. Castleberry, of Talladega* Al aijpma, has furnished the mayor oi Columbia with a few facts regarding the early history cf George Roper, aliah Frank McGhee, who was lynched in Columbia recentfy. From it, be ap peared to have a natural antipathy to the white race. He was tried and con« victed in Shelby county, Alabama, sev eral times for crimes. When only " years of age, he hod a fight with one the leading citizens of Columbia, and Atlanta. Nor can it be said that the . plucky city is indebted to the negroes •® no °* wonnd. for her victonr. The whites have —Nashville Banner: There are now never yielded to the negroes eleven coal companies represented in in a political contest in Georgia and the dty, which is one lees than a year had they been united this time tbe ne- e*o. Three new companies have estob- groes could not have resisted their limbed agendes here doting the year, will. The white people themselves and four have withdrawn. Tbeiecom- prefeiffel 4 l Hnt& and voted accord- panies have stored in their yaida about inglp The *eeuit is the choice of the 40*0)0 tons of coal, the most ot which dependent raid of ita recdon zc tha iery earnest in hi* zeal and ia extrema- peopla, and ws rejoice that the.qnes- is reserved to draw from in esse of Pu?i a LL! PBia, Dec. 1L— Coal he* general movemdita of the army. ' Iv hay>py over the/esult. tion is finally and definitely seU! emergency, and is abent tbe same toy cotton mill la hjirhed. One hut. advjttwtd tony ushts a ton, * ~Tie eita ot « PUlideiphta dergy-- Yt atom. tied. It will probably never sgim av wm on band one year ago. d red em plover sr^bnsted, OLD KAINIVCK. Notorious DlMlItsr Acquitted — Kitted tne Another. L uisville* December 12.—A dis patch from Frankfort to the Associated press agent at Louisville says E H Taylor, tbe great distiller, has been acquitted of tbe charges brought against him of attempting fraud. Tay lor, it will be remembered, failed for -omething like half a million last sum mer, and tben disappeared. MURDEB BT A MOON8HINER. ar Liberty, Kentucky, Sunday night last, Thomas Moore, an illicit distiller, and United States Special Bailiff Geoyge D. Ellis killed one an other. Ellis called to Moore to surren der, and Moore answered by firing a bullet through his body. Ellis returned the shot, Moore disappearing in the bushes. Next morning his body was found frozen stiff in death. BLBAOnBD GOODS. A Greet Sale In New York. New York, December 12.—A great sale oi 5,943 cases of bleached good* took place to-day. The goods sold were deliverable in either New York, Phila delphia, Baltimore, Boston or Provi dence, and the goods offered embraced the entire stocks of the Lonsdale, Blackstone and Hope bleached cotton s on hand this day IN ALL MAEKi.Td, and at all other places. Among the houses represented were several in Baltimore and Philadelphia. The bi 1- ditg was extremely brisk, and tbe prices obtained were considered goo:!. The sale real 1 zed over $800,000. Lons dale averaged 8} cents; good Black- stone a fraction over 7} cents; Hope, a fraction over 7J cents per yard. A « a(Hl Bsr-Tsodcr. New York* December 12.—In the test cose, Judge Davis announced hi* decision to-day in the matter of the habeas corpus to procure the release < f an arrested bar-tender, August William Troch, for violating the excise law. H-? said that afier giving the case the mo-i careful consideration in his power, he had come to the conclusion to dismis- the writ, aud remanded the prisoner 7Tb© VuU) lu lUuhi. Editor* CoMtitution: Below we give you the returns of Banks county on the 5th of December, 1877: For ratific i- tion 577; sgamst ratification 48; f<»» homestead 1877,563; homestead 1868, 48; for Atlanta 620; for MilledgevUu- 220; A. D. Candler 712; J. L Cheatham 42; D. C. Oliver 420; J. J. Turnbull 214; W. T. Martin 180 180; T. B. Griffin59; A. J. Pool 06; Enoch Andert on 39. A Voter. The Beaufort Bulldozer*. Charleston. December 12.—J. W. Oohins, republican, was elected state senator in Beaufort county Monday, b / 1.500 meionty. This is the first elec tion in this state this year which h.\ * been carried by the republicans. Philadelphia, De$. li.—The Cinw-

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The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1868-1878, December 18, 1877, Image 1