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THEt INSTITUTION 1TB. CO
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, MARCH 1>, 1878.
TKiiU.s OF THE COESTJTCTIOW tn \ ,
No. 37, Volume X
I congreaa. Us uiged the e I
D m/LTv. FI il T L 0 . s j b f v-* "**' v*-*r iio; «ii m*nt of a law to <oxfi *
r '* l\ p*y*b:e it *d jC *te the property of leading lomut.i
-*- v EAbY WAT TO RESUMS.
KEY EDITION, p«fc’|.
The Washington correspondent of the i *»«an:e aware that they were federalo.
Joat a*ter. One of my captor* ordered
I w.c camp fire and stood guard
\*r.U
£XPIK*iTI'fN*»
TnwMay*,' men and emancipate their slaves. Af j ^ ew ^ or * c Herald, in that paper of last
j ter the death of President Lincoln, Mr j *7. speaking cf Buckner’s t eas-
To Our fri'-nds and At cuts.
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may
xwet-d flir.tc movement from the southern
a-.-mtser*. Tne-e are Tery general,y favorable
the re-t* r *b.i$£ meat of state bauxa. and
1 Wade became president pro tempore of i UT ? nole
tt e senate and acting vice-president of | Mr * Buckner's bill to b«ue treasury note* in
th* United States. In March, IS67, he ?'*“"! lb «I °* Uoo »‘ bl1 ‘ ™ bsrt ue
. , - , . , the nation »i hank rysu.m may ei-couateran n-.-
was ejected president of the senate. - r u—
Mr. Wade was as implacable enemy
of the south, and his death will not
prompt many eulogies in this section ;
but it may be said of him
that he was an honest man,
and this constitutes a tribute that can
be paid to but few of his c tempora
ries who held to his political doctrines.
He went out of office poor.
PEACE IN CURA.
Y
exertions
want to adl t.i
on our list this
JO OCR AO AN IS
111 oblige ns by making extra
onth of March. We
thousand new names
** Oi.n Si ” will take o>Mr at ons at
the Paris Exposition. Hu win still
write for Tiik Constitution,
Bkick Pvmkrov will have time te
marry Mint settle, again before thin new
iistioriid ” party t weeps the country
T11 k silver b.ll parsed over the veto
o‘ Mr. II ivvh and the »* oqu *nt protests
of (Jus. Belmont. Thu truth s, fins
baa lost his grip on the country.
THE a ANN Eh COUNTY
The banner county hist week was
Cherokee. One g- n.I» man sent ue
thirty-three names fo- the Weekly
Keep the ball nwving. What county
w II Ihs the banner one thin w«ek?
It will lie time enough to join the
erneade of B. Duncan A Co., when
Uncle William Alien r>es up and foots
bin f< g-horn
Tiie two colored jiuor* n the Ander
son ca»e are manifestly not good repub
lie ana. The Chicago Inter-Ocean
should look into this.
H »ik\ the lawlriul secretary of the
admiiuntration, has successfully suhsi
ded. He is a regular reader of Tin
Constiii tios, and has learned to c>m«
down stairs by sliding d >wn the rail
»ng.
TO 4IIA TO UNO J’EorUC.
We want you to take an inter*st : i
onr pox* e*olnmn. If you can’t aolv.
•II of the enigm is semi us the answer
ot (hose you do solve. We w-iut to hea
from you.
The war that the Cnbans began tor
independence is probably ended. The
insurgents in the central department
have surrendered to General Campos
at Puerto Prir.cipe, and it is believed
that the rest of the patriots will do so.
The Cuban central committee and Gen
eral Garcia, the lale head of the la*e re
public, have accepted the terms offered
by the Spanish owners of the unforton
ate island. The Spanish commander*
in-chief is about to set out for the
eastern department, where he expects
the rest of the insurgen
forces will lay down their
arms. The surrender was brought
about by a treaty which grants to Cuba
same political conditions that
Porto Rico now enjovs; forgetfulness
of the past and general pardon and
berty; freedom to the slaves and
coolies in the insurgents’ ranks, and
1 iberty to leave the island. Besides these
public conditions, it is freely stated
that c irtwin secret agreements have
been entered into by the Spanish au
thorities with the Cubans. It is said
that the latter include the appoint
ment of a civil governor, besides a
military govornor, the duties of each to
be independent and distinct; local
legislatures in the three departments
of the island, to be elected by the vote
of the people; the right of naming
three deputies aod two senators to the
Hpanish cortea, and the abolition of
slavery in five years, with indemnity
the government to the holders of
thistqiecies of property. If the Cuban*
have gained all these conditions they
have not fought in vain. The Cubans
in New York are loth to believe that
the patriots have surrendered to Marti
nex Campos, but the evidence accumu
late that the movement bad lost a : ;
hope and that a surrender was proba
hie as soon all favorable terms could be
obtained. If^Gen. Maceo, who holds
mmand in the eastern department,
accents the pr* ffered terms, the long
war is certainly ended. Until he is
heard from,the Hpanish aunounceaientr-
i trills premature; hut the bes*
opinion is that he will either surrender
be speedily conquered.
The long war was begun in 1868, and
the lighting during the first two or
hree years was desperate and bloody.
The brutal Valmaseda aggravated the
situation by a series of acts that would
disgrace a pirate, bat he made no head
way against the insurgent f >rces. Hit-
warfare was chiefly directed against the
defenseless, and yet 70,000 Hpanish
soldiers died or were killed in battle
Jorvellar arrived in 1873 and from that
ime the insurgents began to lose
ground. They were divided in their
lunrils, and the rebellion began to de
generate into a guerrilla fight. At the
name time , the claims
Hpanish government were
materially modified. The home gt
eminent became willing to concede
nearly everything except indepen
Jence. If the reported terms of peace
correct, the Cubans have secured
substantial reforms; and distasteful as
it may be to men who have fought
long and bravely, it is perh. p« best that
they should accept what is offered and
wait for a more favorable opportunity.
OCR Paris corrasposokxt.
Mr. Nam W. Small, our Paris corres-
poifilt ut, may be »*Mtvwsl unit* the Exposi
tion. for Inform*-Ion, etc., to ibe **c*re «f the
VaUed State* cr General, Carl
Kxpoai-lon. I"ail» France ”
Mr Small will take plfwutc In n'.ytnx any li
fornmtnn poaoUme o the n idi m of lux Cos
mint.' W tntemttn* forMttbe Fxpoauion.
OUR PREMIUM*
Wt* call attention to our premiums
I ml for subscribers. \Vj»bst«»r’«
Igcd is the host dictionary it
untry. Wt want 'o send out 100
ropire of it.
The Pictorial is era dler, but is
va.liable One or the other should be
in t very houeehold. K pecially when
you can get them h»r nothing.
at
REN WAPS
A NEW LITERART A1 TRACTION
i>ur dir patches it is morning an
nounce the death of ihe 11 »n. Ben
Wade, which occurred yesterday at
Jeffeison, Ohio. Tne event was not al
together unexpected, as the ex-senator
had been for several weeks lingering
up >n the verge of dieisvduuon. Berja-
iu>u Fraukitu Wade was born in
Springfield, Massachusetts, on the
27th E,t Ah*tober, tjwk). l!.s early
years we c spent alternately in
farming and ’cachingschool, until
wlieu he began the study tt *w in
O.ao, He was adra;tte*t to the bar in
Ashrabn-ai-ouaty in 18.‘8, and in 1K«
W is circled J>. sct u lag attorney i f * hut
A serial story, to run several months,
entitled ’‘The II >mance of Rockville,”
will shortly appear both in the Sunday
edition of The Daily Cosotitctiok
and The Wkkkly Cosstitition. This
may l>e regarded as the inauguration
of a new feature of The Constitution,
for we propose to make the original
literary matter of the paper as attiact
ive as iitfHititical or news departments
The scene of “The K nuance of Rock
villa” will be laid in Georgia, and it
will embody the peculiar features
of life and society in the south
anterior to the war. It
iu short, be a study of southern charac
ter. Wc certainly need not say more
to commend it to cur present readers
than to add that its author is Mr. J. C
Harris of The Constitution’s staff, and
the author cf**Uncle Remus’ Revival
Hymn” and other literary tffortsthat
have been received with a remarkable
legree of favor from one end of tb
country to the other. Wc hazard noth
irg in asserting that the hymn referred
m< re freely copied in this conn
try than anv otner literarv effoTt of the
pas’ year So popular did it become that
it was published in Harpers’ Monthly
ss the production of a man who had
appropriated it for that purpoc-e. Mr.
llanis will put into the new story his
never f ilirg humor and his thorougl
knowledge of southern character,
will be perhaps his most ambitious
til rt, and all who desire *.o read it
should without delay get in communi
cation with the business manager cf
Tuk Constitution.
In
d to :hi
J t *t if the national banka are to be 1 utaer * UKXl *hat he meant, low he had pro-
“ pooed lo dit-mount the trooper and Ret his
horoe, for he had taught me the trick. I mere
ly replied, “It would have been naeleaa ”
Mr. Davis was crested as u«aal He had on a
knit woolen visor, wb-ch he always wore at
night for neuralgia. He wore cavalry boots.
He contained of chilliness and raid they had
token away his “Kaftan.” I believe they were
so called, alight iqasscuiumor spring over
coat. oomeiime* called a “waterproof ” 1 had
one ex cUy s.m.Ur, except in color. I went to
look for it, and either I, or some one at my In
stance, found it, and he wore It afterward His
own was not rearor-d.
of t
wound up they much prefer s'.ste banka
fur he r is- ue of government p per. The south-
able to moke an
tractive opposition u» Mr. iackner’a bill; but
that l* v g jroua > pushed it will be found that
the New England and the New York met gen
eral y will join the southern m-.n. os they will
think ii safer, even if less Inconvenient, to have
state banks tnan to author:*! further baues
of treasarv fmp^r the amount of which, it is
■eexr, will be always liable to increase or dimin-
the will of a m j irity In ooLgr<as, and
* existence of which make* an inter
minable sou roe of popular agitation. If. there
fore, the naUonal bank* are destroyed by this
congrtM it will be probably in favor of st .te
banks and not of Mr. Buckner's treasury note*.
We think we can suggest a sys
tem of backing, which, if author-
iz.'d would by congress, prove su-
periorin practical operation to the
state Dank system, and yet,
at the same time, possess every ad
vantage that the old one had without
anv of its well-known disadvantages.
We believe, if adopted, our plan would
give such general relief throughout the
country as would restore prosperity in
every department of business— agricul
ture, mercantile and mechanical —and
thus by rLstorir.g general prosperity, se
cure an easy and speedy resumption
and the ultimate payment of the pay
ment of the debt of the government.
Our ph n is thu: Let the baeis of
banking throughout the country, be
bonds of the United Slates or of the
fferent slates upon which interest
has been paid regu’.arh; allow any cor
poration formed accordi g to law, as
soon as it has fifty thousand dollars of
the bond<> deposited with state comp
troller or state treasurer, anil has receiv
ed a certificate of such deposit, to issue
notes to tne extent of two dollars lor
every dollar of the face of tUe bonds,
to be redeemed at the place where is
sued in lawful money of the United
Hiates.
1. In the first place, the bill-holder
would be protected, as he would have
ample security to the fail exieut of one-
half in the bond3, and for the other
half in the discounts of the bank. In
ante-bellum times, when backs issued
from five to fifty f »r one, we all know
that bill holders never suffered from
the better institutions-seldom from
even wild cats; because, it being prof
able, the banks so shaped their busi
ness as to be able to meet their notes,
the natural channels of commerce
they returned home. Under this plan,
here is this great advantage over the
>ld system—the public could always
ascertain the amount of bonds
deposited, and Dy law provision could
be made f t publication of this fact and
quarterly statements required of the
banka as to the amount of notes is
sued.
& Tbia plan wou^ entirely prevent
all wild cat institutions, as there is too
much publicity and too much real mon
ey about it for the well being of the fe
line thieves.
3. It would raise the United State
and state credits, by raising the home
lemands for bonds, and on the other
hand, it would open such a field to
states for the placing of their bonds, as
id stimulate them to be careful to
pay their interest promptly.
4. It would give a low rate of inter
est for moving all crops and meeting
all demands of trade, and would be an
elastic currency, affording, by 4 to 6
per cent interest ou the bonds, and by
ihe issue of two for one, a*y 12 to 14
per cent iulerest on the amount oi
money invested, a toral of 14 to 20 per
cent interest per annum- enough to
satisfy the capitalist.
5. It would help to develope all in-
ter. s siu the couniry—the manufactur-
interests by affording money
for all necessary improve
ments—tha farmers, by enabling
them to hold their crops and yet gel
advances upon them—the merchants,
by furnishing a supply of money at
heir houses, at the very time wuen
business being dull and collections al
most nothing, they have heretofore
most wanted it and could not get it.
6. It would save to the United States
government all expense, which has
been considerable in the aggregate, of
printing, numbering, etc., cf bills.
7. The bank circulation could be
taxed for the benefit of general educa-
ion in the state where issued. That
would help the poor of ail parts of the
state.
8 It would benefit the home people,
because the notes which have been cir
culating during busy seasons, would be
hand during the dull seasons, seek
ing borrowers; thus affording a benefit
0 every locality in the country, which
has heretofore been fearfullv wanted.
y Tnis plan is the mo6t certain way
01 defeating repudiation—wkic^ a
never come if the emu try c»n be made
prwperous.
These points we thall from time to
time elaborate.
In tbe meantime de firing went on. After
*t»AUt ten tDl mtcs. maybe more, my guard left
me and I walked over to Mr*. Daria’ tent, atom
fi.'ty J*rd3 off. Mr*. Dirts wu In grest dis-
trua I hold to the president, who wu sitting
outs de on a camp stool, “This is a bad bail-
n«*s. ilr.” He replied, eappodeg I knew about
the drcumnai-ces of the capture. “I would
i awe beared the scoundrel off bis horse as h
came up hutshe caught me aroand the arms
DEATH OF MILLER GRIEVE.
Another good and useful man has
gone to rest. Another of Gejrgia’a
venerated landmarks has been re
moved. The Hon. Miller Grieve died
at his residence in the city of Milledge-
ville, Sunday last, at the advanced age
of seventy-seven years.
Mr. Grieve belonged to the genera"
lion that has nearly passed away, and
there have been few who shared more
largely of the respect, esteem, and con
fidence of his contemporaries. Though
a native of a foreign land, he was a
true Georgian at heart, and throughout
a long life, proved by his works that
he was deeply interested in all
that concerned his adopted
state and country. He
was born in Edinburg, Scotland, but
when quite a boy emigrated to the
United S.ates with his father, who
settled in Savannah and was a mer
chant by vocation. Subsequently, the
family removed to Lexington, Ogle
thorpe county, where young Gneve
entered upon the study of the law, and
was admitted to the bar of the north-
circuit. Preferring to share the
activity aDd progress of a newer com
munity, he left the parental roof and
settled in the city of Milledgeville,
where he spent the remainder of his
days. After a brief career of practice,
he fonnd journalism more suited to
taste than tbe profession of
early adoption, and became
identified with the Southern Recorder,
which, in association with that excel
lent man, the late R chard M. Orme, he
conducted, with marked ability and
uccesa, through a long series of years.
We doubt if any weekly j ournal in the
state was ever conducted with greater
ability and dignity, or exercised a
more widespread and decided influent e
upon popular sentiment and opt .ion.
Ii was for many years, when dailies
were leas numerous, the lealiug organ
of the old whig party of Georgia, and
looked to with confidence that its ban
ner would never be dishonored in its
hands.
Mr. Grieve always enjoyed that solid
species of popularity teat is won aloue
by honest principles and a virtuous
life. His convictions all knew were
sincere, and they had perfect faith that
his conduct would be conformed there
He often represented the county
ot Baldwin in the popular branch of
he genet al assembly, held various
other public trusts frem time to time,
and on the accession of Mr. Fillmore tc
he presidency, iu consideration of hie
nigh character and intelligence, and
valuable party services in the various
campaigns that preceded that event, be
honored with the mission to Den
mark, which he filled with credit to
himself and satisfaction to bis govern
ment.
Of late years, his health being impair
ed, Mr. Grieve has led the quiet life of a
private citizen, content to leave the
heat and burthen of the day to younger
and more active minds. The ties of
family and friends, and the consolations
of a religious faith which he had prac
tically illustrated in life, have been tbe
chief object of his concern in latte.’
days. He was for many vears a con
sistent member and influential elder
of the Milledgsville branch of the Pres--
byterian church, ar.d olten represented
it in the various ecclesiastical bodies of
that denomination. Having “fought
the good faith,” he “died the death of
the tighteous,'* and has been gathered
to his fathers full of years, leaving be
hind him a good example, and a name
without reproach. His estimable w ife
preceded him by a few years, to the
silent land; but he has left a numerous
family of children, all of whom had
outgrown parental care, and unnum
bered friends, to lament that the places
that have so long known him shal
know him no more.
Peace to hi* a«he* !
in this question. If tbe roads are good
fie can go to market any day he pleases,
with such products as he desires to dis
pose of, without abasing hoiee flesh or
suffering from any unnecessary wear or
tear of wagons or harness. Sot only
so, but the merchant would find plenty
of customers with the ready cash stand
ing at their counters, waiting their turn
to lay in a supp’y of
necessaries and goods for home con
sumption. As it now is, we often
hear merchants complaining that such
are the conditions of the roads that
much legitimate trade is kept from the
cities and towns. Oftentimes half
loaded wagons can only be drawn over
our roads, and double the number of
hours or days are consumed in trans
portation that is necessary. Even then
it is rninoue to both teams and vehicles.
If the roads of Georgia were such as
they should be, the people of tbe towns
would have cheaper country produce,
their trade would be benefitted, tbe
farmer would have more satisfaction
and comfort in going to town,and there
would doubtless be a considerable an
nual saving to him.
But the necessity of more and better
roads has become so apparent that
throughout the state it is attracting con
siderable attention, and provoking d:s-
cussion in the investigation of plans
and remedies which arjufeasible. There
are Borne who advocate a law giving
county officials considerable power rela
tive to road making. In fact, they de
sire these county officials to adopt the
system of England aud France, believ
ing that it would result in roads of
such excellence that travel would be
comfortable all the year. This system
really is the employment of a sufficient
force, under a competent supervisor,
who shall be kept on tbe road all tbe
year round.
Then there are some who desire the
criminal laws to be so changed that ail
convicts may be kept in their respect
ive counties to be employed for their
several terms of sentence on public
works of all kinds, their expenses to
be paid by a road tax. Those who ad
vocate this plan would abolish the pen*
itentiary or chain gang, (et the counties
have control of the convicts, pay their
expenses aud work the roads. They
believe that the road tax plan is feasi
ble, aud that the desired object would
thus be accomplished. To illustrate:
The plan is to require all persons now
subject to road duty to pay, say one
dollar a year, to keep up the roads in
their respective counties. In Fulton
county there are, say seme six thous
and voters; aside from this there may
be some four or five thousand s raDgera
subject to road duty ; and the one dol
lar thus collected would amount to
some ten or twelve thousand dollars.
This sum would certainly keep all the
roads of Fulton county in a good condi
tion. Whether this plau would work
successfully is a question.
While thoughtful persons are devis-
tng some remedy, we can safely sav
that if in the rLo ntime the various or*
din&ries of the several counties of the
state would rigidly carry out all duties
delegated to them in this particular,
and grand juries carefully would mak
investigation bofore reporting, there
ould be a great improvement in our
road?.
WRAPT IN FLAME.
A VRSTRVCTirS FIRE IS FORSYTH
A Night ol Lurid Glim in la our Sla
ter City—Over 850,OCO Worth of
Property Beatroyed—The Pai tics
upon Whom tbe Loeoe. Fall.
THE CAPTULS OF MR. DA VIS.
Major W. T. Walthall, the private
secretarv of ex-President Davis,
tributes to the March number of the
Southern H storical Sx’iety Papers an I in the improvement of
:hj£ public roads
s’a’e sv a e, a i *a- re el«*c*ed i
terra-. Iu 1M7 ue was chosen
danr judge of .h * third judicial
of ihr >uue ... i it* 1831 he was el cud
ed t. and lnij Dur.ng his whole
p I'.lfo*. carver Mr. Wade vd* steady
ar.d courage* ns oj i»on- r.i of slavery
a* d .1 all measures favoring slaver;.
W .h i n.v five other senators to sup-
port h m iu 1852, he voted to repeal
the fug.; ive t.ave law ; a: d he
spoke aud voud agains’. the bill to *>b-
r «ate ;he Mis«
the I. c mptoi
ROaDs or No roads.
In his “Innocents Abroad,” Mark
Twain, in speaking of the roads in Italy
and France, say*: “Why these roads
are as adamant, as straight as a line, as
smooth as a floor, and as white as snow,
when it is too dark to see any other
object, one can still see the white turn
pikes of Fiance and Ital); and they
are mean enough to eat from without a
tablecloth.'
While we cannot expect to have
such roads m Georgia, yet the fact
daily becoming more apparent, that
some plan should be adopted and car
ried out in our state which will result
public
The Talbotton Register urges the im
portance of improving our , ublic ways.
T ey are as d's’ressingly bad as they
c-tn well be, and are going from bad to
worse under our wretched highway
system. The Register frankly says
that a reform in this respect is impossi
ble uuder the present mode of road-
work.eg. It addr: “It the entire con
trol c f tne public roads wa* delegated to
the countv ccmmiseionere, and they
would adopt the system in vogue _ - _
~.»'.v.~.se,against j England, France and in some of the I story wh.ch Major \S althali s facts
iiatinn for Kansas United States, but a short time won d , stamp as a falsehood, but its solicitude
account of the
ate leader whic!;
value : s a historical statement of Lets,
but is important as effectually dispos
ing of the story that Mr, Davis was
cap;ured while at temp ing to escape
disguised as a woman. The story ol
this attempted escape uas been told in
8 > many shapes and with so little re
gard for the truth, that the public will
be glad to know the facta. These facts
are embodied in a letter written by Col.
William Preston Johnston, of Lexing
ton, Va., to Major Walthall. Colonel
Johnston was an eye-witness of the
affair. The New York Herald, in pub-
lishirg the article in m advance sheets
of the Societv Papers, seems to be ex
ceedingly soiic.tious in behsif of the
nfeder- J roads. All are directly or indirectly
only of great interested in this subject, yet no one
to directly as the farmer. We were grat-
fi^d at the fact that at the recent meet
ing cf the agricultural convention at
Americas, the importance of the sub-
j c*. was brought before this highly in
leliigent body of gentlemen, and that
an exceedingly able paper on the sub
ject was read by Professor Sandford
From various and numerous localities
of the state, there comes a complaint
of either no roads, or of very bad ones;
and the construction of new roads,
the improving of old ones, is attracting
much attention, and we trust it will
result in something practical. Not only
one, but various interests in the stati
are involved, and seriously so in the
question cf good cr bad roads.
There are fertile lands iu Georgia
that are comparatively valueless be
cause there are either no roads, or roads
in such a miserable condition tbat they
Special Dispatch to The Atlanta Constitution
Forsyte, Ga., March 4
The Advertiser of to-morrow will
contain the following:
About the hour ol four o’clock on yesterday
(Monday) morning the people of Forsyth wen
aroused by thi alarm of fire! The bells wen
meg and lusty voices abound the words fire
fire!! and soon oil tte people of the town wen
fiastmbled to witness (for the secor d time in six
year*) the western side of the bu>iue»s *qut
fl-un-.a. It will be remembered that in the early
part of 1873 the hotel building .of Mr. B. Pye,
togethsr wnn other large buildings, was bumei
Immediately afterwards Mr. Pye rebuilt and
gaTe the town a better hotel building than it
had ever had before, anl better, we fear, than
we arc likely to have ag&iu.
THEBtmXXMO
waa of. brick and one nuudred feet deep by
someth k^ wver a hundred feet ftont, being two
storie.'hvgtK The uppet atory was designed and
used lor a hotel, having a Urge number ef fine
rooms. In the lower story were four large
storeMoms and b&ukiug room. The c wt ol tbe
buUdtng was upward- of #30 OJO. and was the
pride ef Mr Benier Pye, who asid for it It
was alter wards sold lo Mr. W. H. Head. This
buiiding with several lar^e stockaof merchan
dise, groceries aud dry goods was eutirely de
stroyed. aa wsa also the adjoining building of
Mrs. A. Morse. Mrs. Mor>e*a building wa
brick, one story, with two elegant storeroom?,
occupied by Mr. J. A. Banks, dry goods, and
Mr. W. B. Chambers, boots and shoes.
sue CB1GIS.
In the rear of the hotel waa a two story frame
house used as a cook room and servants room
In thi* the fire originated, and had there been a
fire company in town the flames would have
easily been extinguished. But having no appli
ances to aid in exUnguhbin* fire, we are at the
mercy of the flames and our citizens can do very
little beside* hold their hands and watch the
destrucUon as it progresses. The frame house
almost touching the hotel and soon the
fitmes seized upon the wooden porch in the
rear, and then the smrke so filled the building
that those who were working to save the furni
ture were forced to desist Mrs. Morse’s building
was not prouc.cl by a fire wall and soon burn
ed. By good work and by tbe aid of a fire wall
Head’s block, iu which Mr. W a. Pye’s store.
Dr. Carm:cnael’s drug store, and Solomon A
iffo’s dry goo la (tore, waa saved. The wind was
biowii45 ir^m the northwest and the fl ’.meeal-
m st reached the wooden building known aa thc-
Pearlstein building, but fortunately It had
been mode wet by tbe rain of tbe previous
night and waa saved. Had it caught, Pye’s Hall
building an- the other homes on the south side
would most probably have been destroyed.
THE LOSSES
Tbe negroes who slept In the house where the
fire originated say the fire in the stove wa* care
fully pat oat at night, and think an incendiary
is responsible for the destruction, but it ia pro
bable that they are mistaken and that some fire
was left in he room and that the floor burned
slowly.until near 4 o’clock when It broke out
with uu<h headway that It could not be stopped.
We estimate the loss as follows:
The hotel and kitchen ~~.330,000
Mrs Moias’s building. 3 0GQ
R P Brooks’s stock oh groceries..........—. 6.100
E M Amos’s stock dry good* 3 500
Dr S G Hillyer’s piano and books 1 tO)
Hotel'furniture 600
Damage to other * ocks aud
enumerated - —
4.00C
$18,310
MISCELLSSEOCy.
CHEAP LANDS IN GEORGIA-
Under this caption the Kew York
Suu says a colony of fifty Ger nan
families is to leave New York very
sooa lor Biinbridge “near the Florida
line.” More are to follow, says the
Suu. It seems that these German colo
nists are proceeding in a very business
like manner. They first sent a com
mittee to visit the lands they had se
lected near Bainbridge. That commit
tee returned and its report was consid
ered at a meeting held in New York
last Saturday. The result of their de
liberations was a determination to go
south. A company has, it seems, pur
chased 15,000 a.:res, and is selling it to
these German colonists at four ( ollara
au acre, one-fourth of tbe purchase
price to be cash and the remainder to
be secured by a ten years’ mortgage
The Suu goes on to say that “much
land in Georgia is offered in large tracts
fifty cents and one dollar an acre*
partly cleared. Recently 3,040 acre,
of wild land were sold by auction in
Gilmer county for $222 75, or at only
$3 foy a tract of 160 acres.”
The truth is, Georgia is not doing
what she should as a state to spread
abroad the extent of her resources, the
advantages she offers to those who are
seeking for new homes, and the fertili
ty and cheapness of her lands. Because
she is one of the original thirteen, many
think that her lands are either worn
out or worthless. Rival states do not
exert themselves to refute such stories;
and just now when thousands and
tens of thousands of families are look-
irg towards the south as the best place
in which to found new homes, it is poor
economy indeed to hide our light an
der a bushel.
Mr I B Mount occupied one of the store room?
batso* tded In removing his stock, wrh how
mnc> 4*xinfi -‘.cannot yet be *ruined. Mr K
P Brooks had only one'thousand dollar* tt.a -
ranee oa a $6 000 stock. Mr E M
aured $2,800 on a |3A0 stock. Messrs Brooke
and Aaos together did not save *20J worth ot
their goods
MlSnTS. J. A. Banks sn1 W. B. Chambers rc
moved their goods with eome lose, necessarily
The loss of furniture, piano and a large and
well selected library of old and valuable »*>ok-
falls heavily upon Dr. 8. G Hillycr, the pastor o:
the Baptist church.
INSCRAKCE.
The loss falls upon the following companies
Southern Mutual, Athens, E. M Amos
agrnt: Head’s hotel buiiilug. $3 5j0; E M:
Amos, dry goods, «2 2X>; Mr*. Morse’s building,
*2.0 0: total, »7, 09
Tbe Fire Association of Philadelphia. E. M.
Amo*, t gent, had insurance on stock of J A
Bonks’ $1,C00. W. B. Chambers, *500; total.
*1.800. The loss of this company will only be
tbe assessment of damages. The G orgia Home
of Columbus, Boscom Myrick, a«;eut, had
turance of *1 000 ou stock cf R P. Brooke,which
is a total lo6s; also an insurance of su ck of
i. Aw Banks, I.tOO;
FULL TO TBE BRIM.
1BA1>3 THE SORT OF A WELCOHB
GEORGIANS GIVR.^
R« ceptlou Ulveu to K W. g. Meere-
twrjr William* by WenounTemple—
TbeSpeeetie* aud Incident* or the
Oeeasloa—Tbe Work of tbe Good
Templars
THE SOUTH AT FARTS,
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTHERN
EXHIBITS.
Tbe Work of General Tonne—The
C’hattscler of the Contributions,
Etc.
Several days since we noticed the
arrival of Hon. Waiter S Williams, of Canada,
in cur city. The high position occupied by this
gentleman in the order of Good Templar* made
him the.object of much attention from the
temperance people, and it was determined. In
formally, to make the regular meeting cf
\>enona Temple, on Sunday, an occasion of
more formal welcome. A-.coroiogly at half past
two,
A MAGNIFICENT AUDIENCE
assembled in the hall, on Whitehall street.
Rich’sst re the Temple w*s cal ed tot,„ tl
b JJf Mter Gn.nk.shaw. Chief Templar
of Weuona, and the regular business or the or
der was proceeded with to show the workings of
t‘.:e institution. Ia th e proper order of the
Mr Williams and Hon J. J. Hickman wer
trodaced, and m*de welcome in a brief and
pleasant marner by the chief.
MR PASCAL J. MORAN
TM then called upon lor the am address, he
having been the charier Calei Templar of the
flrst lodge in the st.to Ue said tt «as a coble
work to undertake the reformation of fallen
humanity ; o hold out the hand ol ftll'owship
to the weak aud errtne, aud to raise them up to
that higher ilaue of maubowt where the
vfriuM and not the vices of life were precllced.
But how much netter», It to engage In the pre
vention miher than the cure ol Intemperance.
How much better to see around us, not relonned
wrecks woo have sippid the very dregs ol dis.
►ipatrou, but meu and wimu who h ve never
,trayed from the right nor tallen into the meshes
of evil; whose intellects have never been b tin
ted by the orgtes of Bacchu,; but who have
gruwn np from childhood tbe perfect Images of
ihe Creator from whom life was derived. Noble as
the work oi the Good Templars in arresting vice
undoubtedly is, yet iafnobl r is the word of the
work of the Cold Water Templars in laying in -
ake at the root of the tree, and prevent!, g lot
urcipieucy of habils of drink.
GBAND tECka TARY WILLIAMS
followed, giving au inieretting account of the
local option law In Canada, aud the differences
produced in Several localities where this law
avsi.ed of. The Canadian premier ha* also
promised in tbe present ees- ion of parliament
additional legisUtiou in furtherance of temper
ance, the effect of which will be to r*nder the
sale of liq ors infamous. He fully endorsed
the positions of hi* fellow countryman (Mr
Moran) that the best temperance work was that
doae among the children. Iu alluding to the
queen of England he ook great pleasure lu au-
uounciug that that excellent lad> was now
working in the ranks ot reform, havlu* lately
enrolled beree)/ a* a member of the Church of
England Temperance society.
HON. J UN H. JAMES
made a few pleasant remarks, mrratirg his cx
perieuce in a Canadian boarding hpuse.
HON. j j. HICKMAN
made a strong apd couviuciag argument in fa-
*"'■ of Prohibitory laws. He defended the suc-
■ of these laws in the localities in which tncy
e in force, and r enounced iu scathing terms
the policy cf the state licensing the making
rank of its own citizens for purposes of revenue.
He died upon the people <>■ Georgi. to rally to
the c»e», of temperai.ee being the parent
cause ot ell the other virtue. The spe eh »•..
oi such elaborate ficim es to brake . synop.
>fis impi tn.b e.
K OTHER EXERCISES
md c *iys bytherhi'
* very creditably ien-
consisted ia
dun, alt of which
dered.
A GENERAL GREETING
waa then indulged in nnd Mr. William*'*
b.rd.h,kmg power w . put to a great teM.
and he stood it with such patience that it wei
■it one.* conceded that he would make a cum
ber o ie candidate for the presidency if he
Would just move a little south o! the lakes.
• . WKNONA TEMPLE
wok e*t*bl!*hcd fn I87I,Vnd hisLeec In sue
c:shfui work!i g older ever since. Uuder i.
•u ‘pices many young men have been keept cafe
from the wiles of intemperance aud s'arted
upon the pathway of honorable menhood
Tbe mesting suaday was a aucc .a in all its
- “ IUS , au< t will by long rcm.-mbv.roJ with
pvcu iar pride.
The work at the headquarters of Gen
Young, Commissioner to the Paris Exposition,
inthi^city. has grown quite txvenrive of iate
and the in> icatious all go to show tha - . quite a
large aud worthy display ,of southern prodnc'a
and manufactures will reward hi* cflorls. A
large number oi lettera have been received and
the original correspondence oi the office has
taken au extensive range.
THE BEST AME ICaH SHOW.
Advices from Commios.uner G/ueral McCor
mick, who has beeu remarkably act ve and effi
cient iu his labors, are to the effect tnal the
American exhibit will he the largest and best
ev«rmade by the Uuitei btates ataforeig
world’s fair This is. indiei, highly gratify
ing, wh-n we r. member the late date of the ap- I 'heMibJect ot raco hoitt.'s He
propriatlou made by congress and the short! ° f fln ®° ue * _
time the commheion h-» had iu which to pur- Alinnio Taylor,^ the hOAtitifnl trot.-*
sue its labors, extended as they were over the
whole area of this vast union.
IHtS GAT AND FRIT VF.
—State sportiug news very dull.
—Mr. Andy English, of this city
owns one or twp race h jr*-s with good records
- Oar citizens want a spring meeting
6t Oglethorpe park.
—Morgan Black Hawk,a fine stallion,
died at the livery stable thi* evening.
— Kirg Tom, the famous English
race-horse, is dead.
—Chas. T. Bradley, of Milwaukee,
l« bni.lng a half mile track on hia breeding
fatm.
- Mr. Theo. Curtiss drives Jack Short
and a cb> *inut together, and they can go very
fast to a cutter.
—The probabilities are that we will
have races at Oglethorpe every week until
spring.
—Rumor has it that a number of
flyers will be brought to Atlanta this summer
to go into training at our flue track.
-Savannah, Auguda, Macon, Col
umbus and AM ant a are the principal race horse
headquarters lu this Slate.
— Every week or ao they have a few
race* in Savanuah which are attended by flue
crowds.
—Clint Taylor is enthusiastic upon
emt*—*-* *■ **
Two of the veb.e.s belonging to the exposition
tt-vt have sailed. The ’ Supply” sailed r.»m
N' w York ou Monday with t.00 tons of exhibt s
aud tbe frigate * Cowtitutlou” sailed on Tues
day from Philade phia with 500 tons more. Tie
• TAll-poosx” has gone to Pniladeldhia to con.
vey the remaii n,g gcods gathered hi-re to New
Y.nk, where they will be leaded upjn the
‘Portsmouth.” It whs found necessary to add
ibis latter vessel to the fl et. iu order to hii\e
suffici ut tonnage for the Amer.can exhibits.
She goes upon tne dry docks at Norton iu a few
days to be prepared for her voyage. The “Wyom
ing,” which isCommitsioner McCormick's fl.g-
ship of the fl .et, left Norfolk on ruerday, < fur
being thoroughly over-hauled aud is now en-
route, via Washington, to New Yoik. whence
she will nail on the 15th iast for Havre.
The ‘ Wyoming” will carry such of the com
missiouers and s-.creUiries as are ready to sail.
The others will go upon the * Portsmouth” about
the middle of April.
Gen You.'.g, acc: mpanfod by C #1 W B Lowe,
of Atlanta, will doubtless sail upjn the latter.
Mr Small goes by the “Wyoming.”
OKOROIA'S EXHlIUT
will not be as extensive as could be d sired, from
tee present out ook, but as more lime era now
be had lu whici to gather art'.c ea, a better rep-
tatiou thau was expected will doubtletx
t. Geu. P. M. B. Young ia doing all iu bis
power, within the time giving to secure this rc-
He has now sone to New Orleans ar.d Galvcs-
to work up the exhibits from those import-
it centres. Letters have also be,n sent to
Char t s’on Wtlmirgton and Savannah to secure
the co operation of the exchanges there.
GKjaGlA WINER.
Letters have been addressed to thj several
persons In Georgia who have made a specialty of
.nr kin? native wines, and the probability is that
i good exhibit will be made iu this line. Am i g
be first to rtspen 1 is CoL W. W, Clark, of Cov
ington, who has au extensive cellar of native
. „ will remain here some months and
*1.1 trot any animal that comes al< eg.
—Doc Smith is one of the best posted
men in Georgia about the movements of fas 1
Frank Logan, one of the beet fruit
men in the country, has a horse which is
said to be as good for setting birds aa the hot
pointer or English ectter.—Newnau Herald.
—Some talk is heard of Jno. Kemble
Jackson, the Griffin trotter, com ug to Atlanta
go against Mr. Wm Hodge’s Minnie Taylor.
Ogletborpe park.
—White Cloud, a trotting horse witn
fine record in Augusta, will probably conu*
come to this city iu about a week and trot «
Col. James D. Waddell, of Cobb
county, has a number of runners and trotters
hie stock farm, about six miles from Marl-
—The Louisiana Jockey club con-
templaies an abandonment in 'future of their
a»er meetings, which have proved uoauccess-
CincluuatL Dream c
Jerry Dunn will drive her late pur
chases, Gen. Hood and Jo? Udell, together
Each of them has a record ol 2:30, single. Tney
should make a very rapid pole team.
All of Mr Sanford’s Kentucky hor
" ’ “ r.*re*s from the
wht h has been
IN GRNERA L.
ANSWERS JO COR RESPONDENTS
McDonough Ga , March 81,2878
Editors Cons itction: Are ihf
Terra Cotta works a.til lu operation ? If eo, c »t
you give addre*> through cor.eipo.ide: t’s col*
mu. A. T. A.
Upon consulting our advertising columns we
ie no evideLCi of the existence ol such works
Editors Constitution : What
Lean union ? HR.
They are Belgium. Fra-ce, Italy,
Swi zeriacd and Greece. The Latin
union wu formed in the year 1865 and
remains in fora until 1885. A part of the *il-
bill jnst passed by congres- ie a dec.aration
of the intention of the United State* to join the
union. The union meet* once a year to declare
the rela'ive value of gold and i’ver. With the
union gold is worm 15>£ times os much as silver;
with us it is worth 16 timrs as much.
A Sort About Onr Dollar*.
Palmetto, Ga.. March 81.
Editors Cosltitution : What is the
weigh of the present cuneacy of ver in cir
culation? The quarter* and hav* * of si ver
with -1 Sir iua^d on them are 4UJ4 42 > in
weight? Youra. Az., J. K. S.
Tne only silver dollar mode in the Called
States is the trade dollar. 420 grains,!-10 fine.
The new dollar will be grains, **me fine
nesa. Tbe halves, quarter* and dim-rs, contain
only 385 grair* to the Collar. It is all MO fine.
in 185>. against appropriating thirty 1 el»ps« before every highway in the i i» untimely. Col. Johnston prisents
miliuous of delUr* for the county would be a turnpike, and in j he facts as follows:
acquisition of Cob-, »ud «g».ira; parted order for travel al «I! seasons of j TTyoa Leu
a i propositions ol compromise be. ween | the year. The system indicated ttal finsg? 1 sprarg ip -iV'tolo* I “»»<>» ** nsed ' 11 ““““
the north and south made af:er Mr. p v tbe employment of a sufficient force w *ke .he prerid.-nu • He did *o dearieg and practicable to a great dea* of the
Lacola’s election in 1x30 He was the , onder a competent supervisor, wac , nothing •» I pull'd on ny txor*. I walked to lands of Georgia, it would be made
. trees! and pwiisunt *dv. fav of the j shall be kept on the toads all the year ; 'IraTto:' ; doab! J’ valuable. Easy and cheap com-
aomes ead hi l for yer.ra. ard it was iu round, it wouli be well if the crimi- I “ra^inu rawTightor ik m^aafbg | munication in the shape of good roads
h:s ebatge when ii finally pstseed the na: laws of the sure were so amended ' down the ra-d toward me. I thought they to much of the fine timber land of the
senate in I8o2 A ter the breaking oat as to keep all convicts in their respect- • **re luerlUaa tryicc to#uaped* the sxcx. I g-ate, or the varioas mines, would add
of ihe war between the states, Mr.! ive counties, to be employed for their I ~ ^ ramw , *° omscurc*. of wealth.
Wade waa made chairman of ih* com- 1 several terms ol sentence on public tat they too quick for me. Three men B >th farmers and merchants can
mi tree on the conduct cf the war, aud works of alt kinds. We need reform in rode up osd demand*! my pistol, which, aa readily see what an advantage eooc.
it was mainly owing to his persistency this matter, and it is tima for the peo- • ooa “ 1 f° T ^ 1 *<*der. a roads would be to them. N .t only the
s nd energy that such vigorous mea*» pie to give heed to the economic im- f Tb* amTaan! Ite~- comfort, but the pecuniary n-
’ * * * * *— a ' Wrte* sad LuDhoct ere* of the farmer ia eeply i nvoif9d
—Miss Sherman's engsg-m^nt ring,
given to her by Senator ”D>u” C me-
rou, has for its gems a largo diamond
and oapphire j >ined. Miss Suerman
•vill be a good deal of asiep-mother
when she becomes Mrs Cameron, as
tbe senator haa seven chi.tircn by
burner marriage, the eldest of whom i*
alm>. st as old as the prospective bride
““At the n cent royal wedding in
Berlin, a special attraction of the sup-
P er . was two gigantic wedding-cakes
W B Cuambera, $700 wmch the crown princess had ordered
from England, and which were new to
German eyes and mouths. At the
royal table, princes and dukes handed
tbout the soup tureens and poured out
the sparkling wine. These imp>rtant
f motions are herediiary, and appertain
to some of the most distinguished fami
lies in the land.
—During the days of the Second Em
pire the four pre-eminent beauties of
the court were the Princesse do Metter-
nich, Mme. de Pour tales, Mine, de Gai-
fet and Mme. de Camay. All four
survive and are still beautiful, but tbe
queens regnant of Parisian society are
tue Ducheese de Chaulnes, Mme. de
Montebello, and Mme. de Tolstoi, the
last one of the most fasciuatiug women
Paris has ever seen. Her he d and
face are those of a wonderfully beauti
ful boy, and her countenance is piq-
ua^te and full of character. No s
dal has ever fastened to her name.
—Tae Pall Mall Gazette describes
Pri» ce G irtechakofF as a slow talker,
who writes graudiluquently and gives
high minded reasons for everything be
advises or does. Persons who might
have expected him to explain some
tortuous piece of policy on cynical
grounds are staggered by his semblance
of perfect good faith, and by the n as
suring promises which he makes in a
tone of stately gentleness, to which his
venerable appearance gives the stamp
of wisdom and truth. Hia strength is
patience; his talent lies in sjiziug op
portunities the moment they arrive;
and these opporiuoities come through
the simplicity of the foreigners who
trust him.
—Is was a Virginia vendetta on a
small scale and somewhat ludicrous in
spite of its close approximation to trag
edy that took place the O'her day in
Charles City county. A Mr. Walker
and a Mr. Wilcox had a dispute con
cerning a boundary line, in which per
sonalities were used. Thereupon a son
of one aud a son-in-law of the other
uterchanged challenges. Tne conuty
judge put a stop to that duel; but an
other son of Mr. Watker and another
son oi Mr. Wilcox met in the rood and
immediately b?gan personalities with
wii <
UrDMison Fie.d, of Rosacea. Ga., fends a
native oi the spLcimm grape vine, welching 28
ponrds. It is a superb cutting, and will add a
Lotatde exhibit in the s mtheru department.
GEORGIA C TT. N.
The Augusta cutlou exchai ge bu sent four
ba e* oi cotton, as follows: One of middling
»ong e’ap!e?. oae cf R-ad middling, one of fair
andoi eof frost it lined. All arc of the best in
their etas* ficatiou and have already gone for
ward to Puis.
Mr Dewberry, of Monroe connty, desires to
send his premium bale of short stap’e upland
cotton, 400 puuuos which has taken the pre
mium over all competitors at two Georgia slate
fair*.
‘ Mr W. 9. Co!q ’.itt, of Applo V dley, Jackson
county, sen is six stalks of the Ueslong prolific
variety, which are very fine and can compare
with any gro vn in the rtneor the south. Otheri
specimens are expt< t‘.d ox^j^-jorgla cottou lu
all stages will be In the exhibit
manufactured g <ods.
The Laugiy mil!*, Augusta, send a handsome
>t of qH-r.imcii'. of their manufactured g.icd». of
ail the grad % and we doubt n »t they are goods
erthy of an international show.
The new aud popular Enterprise mills hava
alii sent a full complement ot samp'e9 and thev
of a kind to show tne rare exce!ienc3 of the
mill- and the cnp -bilittes of southern manufac-
i. Ocher state fac'.ories have been addressed
aud samplt s from «h**m are daMy expected.
M1SCEI LXKEOUS EXHIBIT*.
There wir.be exhibits of the various ores and
ie.nl* 'nGe rgli Hnd of sundry m uufaclu'esof
ie s’a’e, wi h s*mpie* o! the average field crops
Go 1 ©nor toquit, hi- kindly anl generous y
lura te 1 o p*y the frei:hl npon Geo-gia * xhi-
i-l»m Alan'.a to Washington. Tbia will <n
ire tie rammi tlonof dlgiolsat their recep-
For tl e in’o-maticn o thoro who design mak-
>g ex )i s, W2 w.'nld state thu ail exhibits
m«t be in Atlanta by tbe 12th lust.
in Ear pe have bft
cts .fat. p domic disoat
vailing lu hur ipe f r tome i me.
—Reports are being made bv Spring
d peop e to create an Interest in running
es. aud to bring Tom uchlitre© and other
l ones to Ha tnpdeu park this summer.
Toronto February 12. He owned many
nous steep'.e-chase hones, among them Kelso,
'Ulrtal and others.
—According to the latest censap,
i»ia i;*-woes 16 160.000 home* ; Austro-Hun-
ry. x,546 834 . Gnmauy. 3.3T.2 2.U ; Franc*, 2,-
1851: Great Britan, 2,752,5(W, and Ital*.
96,128
—Entries to the Nashville stakes
II c'osc bcx' Friday. The meet ng at the city
ns the circuit, which iuc udes 1 exing'on.
uisvi le, Cniciunvii, SL Louis, Columbus and
poiha.s Clevelauu.
Mr. Chuck Anderson, of Marietta,
In the two latter instances the loss will ouly
t>e the arsesimeut of damages. The New Y’ork
Home, W. H. Head, agent, losses *6.0-0 on the
hotel building. The total
INSURANCE COMPANIES
will be $14,700 and the assessment cf damage,
i the injured stocks of merchandise.
In estimating the hotel building at $30,000 we
stated the orig nal c:»t. Owing to the deprecia
tion of property when Mr. Head purchased it,
he only paid about $14,000 for it.
The building was tne largest and costliest
juc'.ure in the city and we fear will not be re
placed os it stood. Of course Mr Head will build
again, bat he will hardly btuld the hotel, or
6eootd story. The
two heaviest losers
Mr Richard Brooks and Dr 8 G HiUyer. They
have lost their all Dr HUlyer’s books cannot be
replaced. Mr Brooks is a young man with
plenty of pluck and energy but he is put ‘•even
witn the world,” haviug lost the few
sand which he had toiled for and saved by close
economy.
ANOTHER DI 1 PATCH.
A large fire occurred here this morning
o'clock. Head’s large brick hotel, formerly
anowa as the Pye house, the bank and six
stores, burned. Loss estimated at thirty thous
and dollars, principally covered by insurance.
The fire originated lu the took.ry. Tne cause
of the fire Is unknown. »
a falling wall
at 1 o’clock thi* evening, killed a negro woman
and seriously Itjured several persons. Three
wbtte boys were badly wounded. Search is be
ing made for other bolics among the dehris.
STILL LATER.
8:40 r. m —The Cebxia has been cleared, but no
otner ocdles were found. Cue negro woman
wtis killed, and three negroes and three whites’
Oue of tbe wounded negroes is expected to die
to-night. The excitement has greatly abated
Wcrk will b2 b.gun at once In rebuilding the
burned block.
COMP.,RAJAVdi 2ARLF,
8bnwlni; t»i*> 1 «mpfrauir*, nolttorc
nuil Knlufnri of ih© Winters ol
1*“6 IS77 mid IH77-7S—Compile*!
Irma tbe Mcteurol««Klcnl Kerortsof
Ut© Peimrinient of Agriculture.
WINTER OF 1876*77.
9 45 5 70 6 15
15 19 2 ; 66 | 5
nrr* were bv ihe fed- . i i»cv of good prjuift,”
I 'kMo, capruwri Grer-A
Dwtb ofXn. J. fit. Oliver.
Mrs. J. S. Oliver, died suddenly at
ber reside:.ce cn Pe ch’ree street, on Sunday
night !a-t, > bout S o’clcck, from an attack o: a i
di* ue of the brain.
W* learn that th • lady appeared perfectly well
a few minute* before her d at h. She had been < ct
in the af :erto n :o cturch, and upon retu-ni: g
heme. pa-t-OE of a hearty supper. After te *
wiile making wraegem Lts to a: end church,
shf wa* ecixel aith a pain in h-.r head s nd was
asdbted to her room bj nwmbe-s of the fami
ly. Dr. J F A exanler was imneilxrely sen;
for, but be’ore be had tims to respond to the
call, Mrs. Oliver was d<ad.
Mrs Oliver, it 1* said only l ; ved about tea
m-.nuteaatcr are became sick Sh-> fif*y
two years of aue and w** tfce devoted m th r of
a a*ge and affectiooate family. K iati * of.tfce
family have ba n telegrmpn d lor and w.il pro-
baoiy aixw h-» v><Uy.
Br Cox Deauaucrs 1’iaad.
From the Report of Congress, Feb. 28.3878.
Mr. Cox (Dem., N. Y.)-I object to
having the message rea l again,
charge of fraud by a fraud.
From the Washington Pos\ March 1,1878.
“What,” said a Post :o 31r. Cox, of
New Y >rk, yestetday, “were the wick
ed wo ds you uttered which the house
decided should be eliminated from the
R-.cord ?”
To which replied he: “The idea of
this man Hayes lec.uring us on a sub
ject of morality irritated me, and I
uatarally Baid, ‘It’s a charge of fraud
by a fraud.* ”
"“Did you stick to this throughout?”
“Certainly ; and stick to it yet.”
“But it will not appear in the Re
cord ?”
“Yes, it will, and will go down to
posterity just as I uttered it.”
c x’s terrible words.
Cincinnati IS'-, quire?.
Notwithstanding the assurance given
by Speaker Randall that the remarks
of Samuel Cox, of New York, charac
terizine the Hayes veto message on th*?
silver bill as a charge of “fraud from a
1 fraud,” should not go into the Congres-
ional Record, the fact is that the
Dec—.. 70' T*
Jra 163 hf
Feb 168 ; 1
’ r_ M "
riuter...! |
The above table presents a comparison of
the post two winters wnlch will doubtless in
terest most of jour readers A few words by
way of '.xpl&natlon and comment:
The co.umn: headed * Maximum” and ‘’Min
imum,” give the highest and lowest tempera
tures respectively, during the periods ludic:
ted. and the days of the month on which th(y
occarrel. Tae co umti headed “Mein,” gives
the average—for the period indicared—of the
three dolly observations, which were mode
7 a m , 2 p. m., and 9 p. H.
Tne column of **Meaa Percentage of Mob-
ture,” shows the relative humidity of the air,
complete situ ration being represented by 100
Ia the “Number of Rainy Days.” are Inclu
de l the days in which an appreciable quantity
of rain fell.
the genera! impression that the past
-1873
riloe
winter of la76 and ’77. The record does not
sustain this impression. The mean tempera
ture of 1876 and ’77 was 44 06 d< greet, while the
m< au of tne winter just past was 43 9 de-rets
pUtoU. After exchange of one ur tw j | ilieifc«rr.f,rtct,.r»,.n U ch
shots the Wilcox pistol got oat *"»<«“> ISIS aad -n, the miniraam tempera-
of nr,!.*, !. o. I!fail ,.„f | tare re.clieO haTtug been a, low ,« « in
:emb*ir and 5 d greet in January cf
6 whilrf the mi imam ol the art winter was
lower than 14 digr.te, on the 7ih of Janoif
order, so he "called out
Walker to hold on until he fixed!
his pistol. Walker held on accordingly,
saying he waa “in no hurry.” Af er tne
pistol waa fix id firing was resumed, anil
both parties were slightly wounded ;
but it was high-toned and chivairic
throughout.
—The Kan Francisco Pwt mentions
the arrival in tne city of Pekin of two
Japanese priests endowed with the
power of working miracles. They are
accompanied by some English gentle
men who have lived many years in Ja
pan and vonci for the miraculous
priests. They are very pious men and
can really do wonderfol things tnrough
the aid of their deity. They pray for w
power to work their wonders very much i ^
has i
iris . „ . .
iuus bet In close relationship with sime very
t Kentucky racers.
— Chuck AuderBon, of Marietta,
ms now, rr.tbsbly the most promising young
•tting Bt-iiu.m in Georgia. Beaumont is a bay
ir-yeir old, and has & record ol 2:35. This
rse is being hand <*.l on the Augusta track,
lere he is muen admired.
— Au agent of Mr. William B. Astor,
f thib city Uas just bought for *10 00) General
’hilkips, a horse mat has won many me s iu the
,u.f s alts,and wmch the Giiveston News pre
dicts will bj at four years md the fasn^t horse
ot his age in the country.—New York Post.
—Mr. Fernoid has a rattling pair in
the brown gelding F’ank Palmer, who has a re
cord, single, of 2:26)4 and the while griding
Frank linll. wtio h-s a record, tingle, of 2:31%
•rad th > cku make the wheels hum ou any
good track or ro..d,
—Boston prnpnups taking a> hand-in
r th Come • a i Die • Swlv. lb
MrB i.ii.er wll show a \ air at Flcetw od
season,aud about 2:20 is the figure naoiCd.
-The entries to the «takes of »he S’
I/yui« Jockey c iib closed with’wo buni.ed Mid
fifty-** ve • nomination*. The St. LoV* Jockey
composed of therGhl mat rit., and their
u meeting w.il doubtless bj a br.lliaut
affair.
A Kentucky exchange says: “Ten
Brocck ih now in training, is doing splendidly,
ud will meet a.1 comers in races of two and a
•«lf o four miles for any turn from $t,5C0 to
$10 000, provided the races are in either Lcxiug-
LouiKville.
The stakes of the American j >ckey
club, I*i tsburg, for the spring meeting of the
prtseul year, closed March 1.
—Uol. Abner Taylor used to drive a
good pair when he had Fannie Lee and Minnie
Taylor together, but Fautiie Lee was bred Iasi
season 'o Gov Sorague, and is now at Mr. J. X.
Case’s stuck farm a» Racine, and Uucie Bill
driving Minnie Tayi<
Fl
__ .. Ik
Waukegau to accomplish it.
Chicago Times
-Col. H. 8. Russell, of Biston, the
owner of the trotting stallion Smuggler, au’hor-
rxe* the foi.owiug cnallen^, viz: He will matcti
Smuggler against Mr. Cons ring’s b g Karu-,
'* *- •*“ treat Urae in five, it
J a tide each rue*?, U»«
leV*-'land. O.. where Haru>
, r is between June 15 and
July 1; the dates of the other two races to be
determined Utrcaiter. In esch *—' “
to be *500 each.
—Kacintf weights at Lexington,
Louisville, Cincinnati, St. L-«uls, Naahville, and
New Orleans* ”
two-year oldn.
nouudR ; four-j .
- - J vll8pounca In
W»Tf, SHAME, DEATH.
Abochlnx Scandal ntnl Tragedy la
Western Nortli tarullua.
Special Disnatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer.}
Charlotte, N. C., -March 2. -Inform
ation was received here this evening of
a scandal which let! to a tragedy in Clay
county. The location is in the chain
of the Blue Ridge, in the western part
of this state.
Miss Ada McC’ay is the daughter of
the late Hon. Richard McC ay, who
was a wealthy and esteemed farmer
and politician of the county just named.
She is 22 years of age, beautiful, refined
and accorap ished. She was educated
at a setninarp in Lexmgtou, Kv.. huvs
ing graduated there with the u-ual hon
ors about four years ago. Just after
leaving her alma mater she made her
debut at the White Sulphur Springs,
West Virginia, and has visited that
place of fashionable resort every sum
mer since.
It seems that a year ago last summer
she met a Mr. Wm. I*. Shelburne, a
handsome and polished gentleman of
twenty six. Tae couple fell in love;
courtship followed, and thev were be
r rihed. He lived in New Orleans, and
had visited Miss McCiay only three or
f -ur times at her home in Cray c maty,
but had kept np a regular correpond-
ence. He had not seen her for ten
months until last Monday, when he
came to lulfill his plighted troib. T ie
Jay set was the 1st inst. —yeste da«r.
Ther were duly married, the curetu >.iy
at ing p’ace at noon. The c tmpany in
attendance was not large, but it was
elegant and aristocratic.
The afternoon aud evening were
<pent in wedding festivities, and it was
late hour when the oride and groom
retired for rest. But then—oh, sad to
sell!-Shelburne discovered that his
fair love was encu nte. lit a rage he
ilaspheuled and raised the deuce. He
threatened to kill her in hia frenzy,
and only desisted on thee mdition that
he would reveal the name of her se*
ducer. This she refused to do at first,
but fiually told him that Simpson For
rester was the man. He lived adj lin
ing the McCiay mansion, and had re*
cently graduated at one of the colleges
in Virginia. He was only twenty-two
vears of age, bat hiul the reputation of
being gallant, ami at the White Sul
phur last summer was a favorite with
the belles. 8helburn«*s bride declared
hat this gay Lothario had accomplish
ed her ruin five months ago, and that
she had sworn never to betray him.
Ife visited the house like an intimate
friend, and last night he was one of the
gayest of the gay at tha festal hoard.
At 6 o’clock this morning Shelburne
pulled cn his clothes, arm *d himseif
with a double-barreled shot gun and
went to Forrester’s home. The young
bride followed, sc. earning and beseech
ing him not to shoot her destroyer, that
she had forgiven him. But. Shelburne
waa determined. He aroused the For
rester family,consisting of two or three
listers and the mother, and called for
the guilty man. Forrester feigned sur
prise when he faced Shelburne, and
denied knowing anything about the
lady’s shame Only a few words en
siled, when Shelburne hanged away,
discharging a load of buck shot into toe
shoulder of his enemy, who had no
weaoon of defense. The wounded man
xclaimed : “L am killed, and have de
served it all!” The second barrel was
not fired, for Shelburne, thinking the
mau dead, turned aud saw his vife,
who had witnessed the utftir, had
fainted. The murderer took a horse
from the stable of Mrs. McCiay and did
‘be country, going in the direction of
Tennessee.
Tne news of the tragedy sion spread.
Special Constable D »Uey gathered a
party,of men and went in pursuit.
The Excitement in the neighborhood
was . intense. Dr. Heather was
summoned to attend the dying m\n.
His wounda mere dressed, but h$tle
hop<B are eqtert/iined of his recovery.
To add to the scahd il, the bride gave
birth in a few hours af er the traced t
to a premature child. No such * sensa
tion has bap ened in this out-of-way
place since the Johnson-Williams
shooting affray, ten years ago.
to mares aud geldiuK*
A car load of noted race horses,
from New Yoik, parsed through CoiutnbuK yes
terday cu route for New Orleans. They are
going down to attend the races which will take
place iu that ciiy during Mardi Gras carnivals.
as a mutter to sportmen we obtained a list of
the name* of the horse* and their pedigree.
They are aa follows: Kgyp*. by Planet, dam
LidyBjrn; Risk, by
dam Hyren;
ning.—Columbus /imi*.
--Kentucky Live Stock Journal:
ie * ven Hakes for th- rp-:n? meeting of'h
Kentucky areoc'aiion close Fridax, March 1, and
co eist of the Lo gfell.w stakes. f**r ihe-oto*
Longfel ow now three yea t* oM, F It Uar.x
gives $200 ent
fr-e mile beats:
, ■ olds hit ncv-T t
»March 1,1878, mile Lea's; th : i
fl iies, half mile; the celt* ta es
ods, hsli mile; the co.t a d Ally
year olds, three qua tersof an il
Vu .nd«b»lf
mil* a
i year
for two yea
rtak s, for ...... .
a sell ng rwiep ake. for all agei
m lee. and a a a cep-take for ari
and a quart r. Ten oi m r i »o
o.d stake-, «nd five ortn w f r the others. En
tries to be addressed to D Verier Johnson, sec
retary, Lexington, Ky.
—The Btringof American racehorses
in England, owned by Mr M. II. Sanford, *
Bnunla; «*taract. bay colt, 3 years old. by Imp
Is regre ted
because it i
iiafortune
ou Mr. Hanford's acc .nut, aud al-o
my terminate the venture of testing
merits of American and Euglian
marks are prided in to-day’s Record,
and precisely as Cox uttered them.
AFRAID IT WOULD GET OUT.
Philadelphia Uinta.
The peculiar remarks cf Mr. Sunset
Cox on the me=s?ge of Mr. Hayes got
into the Congressional Record after all,
notwithstanding the speaker said such
w n'.d not tie the caee. There we6
&jme cotMfrr-s ion in Washingtoi
titer the style of the Hebrews aud
Christians. One of their miracles is to
wa;k on the edges cf swords whetted
■*harp as raz »ra with their bare feet
without cutting them, and over beds of
ive coals barefoot without getting
scorched. They also swallow poisons
without injurious effects, and do all our
B.ble miracles with grace and precis-
.on. They are going to the Paris expo
sition, where they will challenge the
devotees ol the Cnristian or any o’her
religion to do the things by the aid of
heir Japanese deity. They do not n-
It will be reen that the mean temperature of
December 877,was4s iPgreea—lo.5degree*high
er than the mesa of 1876, while the mean of
January 1878, was 40 3 degrees, or 5 2 lowc
than January 1877.
It ia a fset that fanners in this section are
m jre backward than usual in plowing, by re&-
of tbe ground beini too wet for work. This is
not because there was a greater fall of rain this
seaain than lart, for the rain-fall for the cor
responding months, and tte total of the two
seasons, were very nearly equal Bat the col
umn of “Per© ntage of Mob lure,” explains the
difficulty. It ebowi that the relative humidity
air during thu post winter, was much
’boroa^hbro:—
—The epenial sale of trotting stock
to take plsce ia tbiB city March 28 and 29, of
which advertisement appear*, represen's the
practical br oking up of ttiree prominent
brevdli g eBUbli>hmeuts, besides the disposal
_ . raeut*it
thu i renting world.-Ex
hen the lac’.b c*.me known, for feai I vend to work miracles in this country,
tnat it would get out there was a for they are saving themselves lor a tilt
trend in the case. I o mirac.es ia Pari*.
greater f jr eich mo*.th and for the i
during the sca-onof'76 and '77. This is re*
markable in the case of the month of February,
just passed, cempared with February 1877, the
musn percentage of molrture in the air in the
former having been 82.2, sgoina’ 66 fn the latter
month.
Ev*p ration of moisture proceeds In Inverse
propotio.-i to the amount of moisture already
present In the air. Hence the soil has dried
much more slowly during the pest season espe
cially during Febtnary, than the previou*
Thi« greater humidity of the sir la perhaps
Brsakfant SiafSoa.
Two well-beaten eggs, with one cup
of sugar, a lamp »f b tter the ei« ot an egg ; '-o
this add a pint ol sweet uub, one qiart of flour
with three tearp oca uooLXr’a YxaaT Powoeu.
Bake in xnufflu rings, or g impms, in a q rick
HOT AT TUB HOT-SPRINGS.
A Two IBnnrir©*! Thouaud Ouilar
Fir©,
Little Rock, March 6.—A special to
E ening irtar given the following
particulars oi the great tire at Hot
Springs, Ark: About 1:30 a m a fire
broke out in a shanty occupied by a
negro name ’ Greenleaf. The tire com
municated to the French rebtauraut,
and thence north and eou’h on both
Hides of the btreet. All the buildings
are burned north of R ickafcllow’s drug
store, and south below Malvern crom-
ing. About 250 huildirgi were de
stroyed, and an immenre amount of
goods, as there is but one street in the
valley. Tue steamer was cut off and
could afford no relief to the low end of
the town until the flames had h r en
checked by them. The horses, fire
men and eugine d shed through the
flames to the Sumpter house, and came
around the avenue am. Guinn hill,and
are ncw,\t 8 o’clock,fighting at the sou'h
end of the town. Among the tiuild-
ngs destroyed are the Hot Springs,
American and Earl hotels, the French
restaurant, \ T al!ey and State bank,
poslotlice, Daily Sentinel office, Huff
man ck Hamilton’s bath-house, Jones
Bros., Little, Jenkins, Moore & Co.,
Knights of Pythias hall, B. Brown «fe
Co., Karatanbky, Western Union tele
graph office, B'ake &.Co. t and Mau
rice’s bath- ouse.
It is impoB&ible at this hour to ©sti-
im.te the loss, but it will be $200 000 or
$300,000 The mountains are covered
with people, driven from shelter, and
goods carried from stores. No lives
were lost. There ia very little insu
rance. During the excitement the
Daily Telegraph office was maliciously
damaged. The Western Union tele
graph office has been reopened and
business is being carried on w.thout
interruption.
Lain firxlcin Items
From the Two Republic*.
Part of a company of cavalry revolt
ed at Rio Verde, a few days ago, but
the rebels weie promptly reduced to
order by their companions.
A robber c tiled Aniceto heads a
hand of desperate outlaws in the state
of Jalisco.
There is an organized band of rob
bers in the state of Moreles.
The freight to Liverpool charged by
the Spanish steamers that will in the
future touch at Progreso, Vera Cruz
and Tampico is $2 50 per ton.
The wealthy men of Mexico are cen
sured by some of the new^pap trn i r
not contributing toward the payment
of the American debt.
A paper published at Vera Cruz de
nies the report of recent cases oi yel
low fever in that city.
From present indications there will
not be more than a half crop of coffee
gathered about Cordoba this year.
Z calo is to he paved with P jrtlaml
cement.
The echools supported by the state rf
San L iis Potost are attended by 4,-
900 pupils.
Machinery for twenty-nine estab-
l’Bhmente tor cleaning heuekeu has ar-
r vedin Yucatan.
Times are said to be **xceedingly
lively at present at V<
Young IIoa»ekerp©ni
Should not forget that the way to reach
a ha*band's h art la through hta ttrmoeh. Ca*
Dooley's Yeast Powder in making biscuits,
breai, cakes, rol>, matin*, etc, enl they will be
n ta, light, digestible, and wholeaome.
Absolutely Par*
Dooley’s Yeast Powder ii prepared
with • eeltri rif'-rence to eap;riy the demand foi
a uniformly pure and always re.iabl* taking
jo v ler. Made from j ure grapj ertan
The Mexican authorities hava de
manded the extradition of a criminal
who took refuge in Texas.
The wagon road from San Louis Po-
tori to Tampico will be completed by
the 5:h of next month.
Animals cf all kinds are being
blessed in the church oi Sin Antonio
Ab*d at the rate of thiee cents a
l»; d.
Toe communist agitation in the state
ot Hidalgo has had the effect of in
creasing the number of r »bt«ers.
Work on the Orizava street railway
ha i commenced.
—Memphis Appeal: Daring the past
nim m ntnsone thousand seven hun
dred nd eighty-nine persons, mostly
or, I* i from Ohio and Ind ana, have fecj’t'ed in
cblefiy attributable to tbe prevalence of easterly | f. a from auy ‘.ejariois sabe auceo, and perfect- j this state, and p.incipally in east and
Ofcd.-H with The moisture of th- Atlantic [ ly whole tom”. Ail size* are strictly fall weight, middle Tiiimssee, but few of them
R. J. Redding, | Every dealer who sriis It ia authorised to guxr- toning to the Wdfltern district of the
Queonrer * sntee h in ever/ respect to parchiaer*. | ttaU ,