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VOL, XXIV. The Carti rsville Express. Katablbhed Twenty Yearn, ii CPES AND TERMS. ' *t*sciwrrin?fs. JfltfWgy one your ?1 50 one dopy sir iu<>nc||s 75 one e<vpy rnonUlk.. 5e layuiculi Invariably iu advance. All VXIiTiUSG BATES. Advertisemeflt# tvfll be inseited at the rates ot ooe Dollar mg inch ir tb< lirt in.-ertion, ami Tilly Cents for *.ttch additional ipseriion Addrenv WURNEUUS H'lLLlNttliAM. ■" sm H eposes *—™JL.T ’ . i ti liiTOVV iUi VTY—dFFItIA:, DlAEtroUl. County Offleera. Ordinary—J. a. liowara—oiiicc, court house. SLerui-J as. KcnucdV. Deputy Shcntt A. ; M . rhmkljn, Cliff* eiSupuilor Court-KTuoi. a. it did. Trca*urer—4i uinphroy lerlib. Tax OoUetior— VV. >\ . Rich. Tux Receiver— W. W.Giun. (..ommtetouers—J. 11. Wiklc, secretary; A. Knight; VY. I. I Jenna in ; A. C. Trirauie; T. t, Moore* CITY OFFICERS—CARTERSVILLE. Mayor—K. i*. Tnppe. Board o! Ahiertneu—,J.C.Wofftord,E. Payne; J,. A. Chapman, A. L.. Rarruu; .ino. A Stover, ,M. il. Gilreath; \S . C, Edwards, R. W. Saiter ileld. clerk Ueorgo Cobb. Treasurer —JUenjainin F. Mounteastle. Marshals- .Joim A. Gladden, James Lt. Wil kerson CIIIKtH liIrtKI’TOKY. ileihodis'-—K;v. I’. M. nytmrn, pastor. FisutUtu# vr> Sunday at 11 o'clock a in. anu * clock, p. ui. aiuniuy scneoi wvei/ nuUj at 9 ••’•.Lock a. la. Prayer meeting vu \S eaevsiia) aigbU t .ei>yteri*u -ttev. Then. K. Siaitb, pastor. Freacbiuff every Miuday at 11 o’clock, a. bl. baauny school every Si.nay at 9 o'clock. prayer u*stm* on Wednesday uiflit. Baptist--Be v. R. 11. tleauen,pastor. Freacfc lag sTtrv SaaUay at 11 o’clock, a. at., aad S o. aa. buaaay school very Sunday at t o’clock, Prayer laeetiag on V\ edaesday night. Jkpibcopal—A. W. iteee, Becier. Service* oc casionally. BRCKET MKlSTiai. A KJlUlt* Bi IdHI, *rtow Cos. Lodge, Mo. 148, assb J'JBK • T#r 3 r I#l *rd Moaday aigkl Carry’s Mail, oast side or Use ’W r "square, Cartcrsvlllc, bs. W. L. Kirkpatrick, A. C. Sasith, Reporter. histsur A MKRICAN LKUION OV HONOR, Carters- A. villa Council, Mo. IBS, aieewr ovory socond add fourth Monday nights in Curry’s hall, fcno. S. Cobb, J. W. Baama, J A, ■ca rotary. coMtandor. fust vrraa piKMidtr Mails North opon lina l:Hyn Marls nouthopeu .....v:iu a-aa h:t p-as Cherokoo R. a. open C:Uya Mails North close 1:o aas 4:W pas RailsSoutholo Kdia #:•* * Jherokoo IK. oloso t :© a as Egg-Talk ia Mock Mail, via ffairatouah loaves 'fooedaya, Thursdays *ad hotnrda/s *4 1:WIN. Arrives Mondays, Vtodneodays and Fridays nttnKip M. , Hf>tfodv urdor and KcgisMOdd Lotto* oScSopou trow It4ft a u sol pn*. AlT*General Delivery <ye irons • ant tef pm. Opon en Sukuaj lieii Oa us ieldi*n. J. M. RIAL*. P. M. WlPraitK A ATLANTIC A It. ON A*W AS AAH dune Ann. IM. trams on this road Will run as ieiiow>: hoaiHW akd. StafflM* J >o.l. J >0.3. | No. lt. r | j|2?* XlUitiT 1 1 [ 5 '20..m 1 f*f¥m | * l&pm M.iintu, H3S | 6Wi " 8 41” Co6_“ t-urieifev’* |v •* 1723 “ 648•*l Ixt " Kiligrton, . 4W | 7<si" |lO 18 •• . 8 00“ (toll. e*B •• 3 “ U uaprn llmeu.’ge. | 3as " i Mi 6H • I l> " I ctoin u.i Hi) • — : t —r - 6tATUfi, i\t. SI. j tNo 4. j Av. t. j “ Cftntt&'ga. 5 2.*.pm, 7 U5..W i fi i Oiillou. .Tji> * 8T * 113 “ Kingston, ( 843 " {iu.6 " j 1 l/ipia | 5 .0 <ia tm)rs'u 3u7 •• 10 46 - . U ox* , 6u4 * JVKiriuita, tJ 2 “ s ll 61 - 4 411- 733 " All n4.i| 11 On " j 12 j 6 i HjU " CBI.KUKi.IS UAILKOAI). ON AND Al ILK , Odo tr, 11, 1880, train* oil it)is rirtul m.i run tlaii;, except aa follows: WfcsTWeKD. STATONS. I f>U. I, I NO. 3. Leave L?4rier|i . Id:HU uni *:O3 pa. Arrive no atiteonord .<T:"ti*u nil Ss:sl p u. - I‘h>'oi -Tilitt... 10:57 dn. I 3:i7,>m “ Rocktmatf...*... . li :.16 n iu j 4:07 p in Cfciyflyfi n •• I iXM.'rl* Ml | 5:3U piu Xas W a up. STATION * : NO. 2. " NO. 4. Leyvo Cciliutu wit 3:10 pui 6:40 a ill Arrive tU iCneWiuArt .. . 4:06 pm , *:SB min 1 >•> iwrsv tile... 4:id pui | 8:48 it a. Curtorsville.... 5:4c pn. j lU:iO pin It OAK UAII 1MH1) COitIVANY. On null lifter Alontl '>, Nov. 17, trains on this Uo.ul will run us loliowt: kiIKNINO TKAIN—EVKKY DAY. Leaves home 6 30 a m Arrives .t H<me 1.0.00 u u. IVIMKO TKAIN—SUNDAY* EXCtPTKD. Lesvc* uvnutj s:o© u in Arrives ut Rum*-.- 8:00 p m lloth trail. will iu Jr* connection at Kings* ton with train* on vhe K’. *uu .v. K*iiie*t., to au<l iruua Atlanta uml pomes .South. fc*N mum, Pres. J a*. A. Bmim, G. F Aft. TANARUS, W. KILNKB. . W. U ASBIS, t . HllLJf 4*H A HAKKIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CAKTSftM VIL LB. QJL. Ottc* on West Mam street, above Brwia. AT. I4IEM HOT KL, (<OABTKSS TILLS, HI A,) THK UNDKKSfttNKD HAS KKChSTpI takes eksrge ot this elegant saw heal. It lias bees newly furnished anil is tret claee ia all respeete, • 4MPLS aaoil FOB COMMCBCUk TBATSLMSS. Favorable terms te traveling theatrical eem eempaniee. L. (J. HOSm. FroprieOer. 91 AT IO MAX. MO Vile 9 DALTON, MB. i. <(. i. UWISf PrtyrisUr. mum only rißsr CLASS HOrBL IN TVN 1 City. Urge, well ventilated reomateptea dia sample rooms far uoaimeruial (ramiere, pellte waiters and exeaUent pare water. I^*Barns moderate. sagimr A*. W FITE ITTORRET AT ills CABI'JSBiiVILLK, A, f j Ovrics:—With Cal. A, iohasea, stß pabiic Hiuare Whoa eel t u ß, e, am Be Med at o>ee f CartersviUe Kxvus n, ogara Souse. S777<V£T„r fK?r st rx • esr. .uwn.sa The Oartersville Express. Y£LLOW FEV£2-Black Vomit. It is too soon to JOiget the ravage* of this terrible disease;vrTilcb Will no doibt return in u ra re italigiurtn and tljlilOlfrnSrm in the -All montUrol 1879. u Remedy dis covered in Southern Nubia and naed v. ith <tlcn .jjpiuiertul 4-eseitr. in s,m'h Arn<rt% 'wfti‘r' tht most aggravated cases o' lever are louiui, causes lrom one to two ounces oi' nile to be 111 tered or Hum the blood each time i? Passes tnrpugh the Liver, as lofogan nn elces oi bile l. x nit>. tiy its woufarfut actiou on the Live- ndHtoma< h the;l EPatikt not, only ure vents t 6 a certainty any kind ui Fever and Rliick V -mit, i*ut also cures Headache, Uon>ti pmhn of ih Bowels, 14yj,ep9ia and ill Ma li rial imeases. No one need tear Yello ever who will t x pel !h; Malarial and rs%e oi bile i mu the ldod%yfisiiA MKBK£i/.’s Uhr^TlNe.which is sold %■ all UautAi>uJLu 2A,' ut OU hur tles, or wilr ba si n- i>v t< i.\ thy i rourie tors, \ iIKiiRELb A*CO , Vj- Phil tdelphiu. Pa 1 's*'■' *_ ? A— LL. ' v if. Psatierai’s itsitax ii or uaaai’j Be’igt Ihc reports w otuitM Hil eur* >pi Llieu mattsm. Serotul.., s.ilt HJlcinn. LgiHitr L'lccn* and Sores, that com jtrptM.Alu! ,o#tJo; the country,, are not v *nly remark,iole lihtlso miraculous j!91o be ffounte . was it not ioj the ahuminieot psoof. 4 , REMARKABLE CURE OF SCROFULA.tStc. Case of Colonel J, C. liraiistm, KlMisTuN. Ca., septemher 16, 1871. Gents:—For Hi years 1 have been u gieatsut ferer lrom scrofula in us iuu*i disjaest-ing lornis 1 tiuve been cioiiiued to my robin' uiiu bed lor 15 years with sorouiloii- ulcerations, file most’approved remedies for such case.- hau be*-u used, and the most eiriinsfnt physicians nonsuited, without auy <ieciued beneut. Thus prtistraied, distressed, despoDning. I uus ad vfseu by l)r Ayer, of Hoyd couuty, hi,, to eouiiueuce the use o. y our Compound Lxiract dtiilingia. is as insuUi.-i.inr to de fccvibt* the reliel frt.ui tin* use of ik. Stilliagia a it is Munce\ an adequate idea o ih.* intensity oi iuy sufl'erfag betore usiugyoui medicine; sufficient to say, I abandoned all oilier remedies and continued the me oi youi Kxtrac. o. .itilliugla, until 1 can *v truly, “1 am cured of all ilitcuse, with nothin* to u -ftruct the active pursuit ot aay profetsioa. More than eight mouth* have elapsed nace • his remarkable cure, without any itturn ot the disease. Per the truth of the aoove atatemeat, I lefer to ary gentleman in Bartow county, Ga., and to the member* of the . er of Cherokee Circuit, who are acquaiated with me. 1 shall aver re main, with the deepest gratitude. Your otoedi eat aervaat, J. C. BRANSON, Att’y at Law. A MIRACLE. Gimts:—My daughter w.a taken on theMth day el June, IM, with what was supposed w> be Acute Rheumariem. and was treated ier the same with no succeaa. le Match, following, pieces ol bene Iwgaa to work out or the right arm, aad continuad to appear till all The bene from the elbow to the shoulder jeiat came out. Maay pieces er bone came out el the right loot and leg. The case was the arro aonaced one of white Swelling. Alter hav ing been aotiaed about six years to her bed, aad the case considered hopeless. I was in duced te try Dr. Pembertea’s Compound Ex tract ol Stililngia, and was se well satisied with ite erect* that 1 have eeatinned use efthe it eatil the preseel. My daughter was eeaßned te her bed about six years before sbe sat aper even turned over without half. She aew -iu up all day, and sew*, most m her time—has walked across the room. Her general health is aew good, and f believe she will, u* her limbs gain strength, walk well. I attribute her reaevery, wish The olessing of God. to the use ef veer invaluable weiiictae. With gratitude, I ant. yeurs truly, w. *. MtANIOM Wta* PeiNT, <4A , Sept. 1, }s7o. (JXNTs:—The aiov* e rfiflestee Mr. W. m. Nlatitoa We know r*tl vertijv to a* beiug true. ’1 he thing 1* o; huudreiis of the most respected eiuiceu.- will certify U-t At much rei'tfreuce can be given as oity tie required. Yours trnly. t KAWFOHII A Walker, Dragglst*. Hon. M. I>. W ILIJAMS. •t. Dr PKMBLRTOSN TILI.INGI% is nrepured by A. F. MURRELL A v,i: Phltn , Fa. Sold by nil Druggists in sl.U* bottles, or ‘sent by express. Agents wanted to canvas* everywhere. Mend fo book—“ Curious Story”— tree to all, tMedicines sent to poor people, pay.rm„ in in stallments. For sal** by D. W. Curry.(birter-ville.Gn. “ V-s 4--. .. i5 ‘ i W l ' f - • -Sv ■ TO THEE I OIVE HEALTH. AdaptedJn chronic .iligrrUaia, conetiuiiUea, and scrolul i.— liy Lath.ihi, U. I>. Successfully us din <’.h ihnfc iat rha:u nd Scroiula.— Prof. S. duckfton, Univer* bin. Pa. Efficient in niifeirtia; excellent appetizer aad blood punller.—ll. Fisher, M. 1), Ua. Valuable in uerv *us prostration, indigestion and iddorosis.—o. E. Mathews, M. U., N. C. A flue tonic and alterative, very valuable in diseases peculiar to females, chronic lever and ague, bronchitis and diseases ot the digestive organs— J. F Roughton, 54. I)., Ala. Very beneficial iu streugtbenißcand Improv ing a reduced system.- lU*t, Jno. W. Heck with. Bishop of t?a. lavaluable as a nervous tonic.—lion. I. C. Fowler. Tenu. Itecommended as a prvphy lactic in Malarial fiistr'ci*.’’—l. R. Fair**. U It. S. it. Bestoree debilitated systems te health.—T. C. Mercer, M. D., Ind ‘Used With great benefit m Malarial Fever •<! l>iptherie * —B. F. l>upen, M. !>.. y*. Fria. e el mineral lea ice.—Francis Qillam, M. D„ N. C. Uf great euratire virtue.—Tbos. F. Bnmheld. M. y., St. Loeis. Beaelciel ia uteriae derangements and ms* leriems ceaditloaa.- . M. Vail, M. D., Ohie. Beet remedy ever need ia dl.eases el the threat.—F. A. Siferd, iTI).. N. t. Tealc, altera live, diuretie; eee ef aaturae Ireateel remediee.-Medieal Asoecietioa at yachharg, Viifisie Adeeted ie certaia aßßcMeaa el she kideeye na4 Bladder: dyspepsia. Upas, chiaro*s. ecreieleas aad entente** aF- erieas,—Frof. 3. 4.4. Meermaa, ■ D., f*. Believe* headache, premphl v- Balk eiefc aad aarvaew.—Bev. B. C. Uedwe, Te. •ample supply eeet Mae te aay phyelelea de siring te tent. Fampklet* eeat free. Aealgele wish eaea package. Water a* it semes frm We Brdags #4 FM eaeeel • gal lea* ig gtaee- P • ter • galea s, PPr P #ai—e, p far P gel teas he eaehs. MamPeehU aadp; PWead P fisr Befif dag. Fill*, pare sugar caated Pa. •Be. aad ft package; M.P, p.SO aad P half d*m •eat poktaeld nap w ßare. TBie Bern aad FtlM coat ala* is redaneit spare all tße euratire Ciwrrs el the ureter,aad is eeaeeg:ngi,pales* r aad solutda Springs apea tareipftors Jnae Ist. Beard Pi per aeeath. •pecial rates te families aad par fih. urrisfH, meet * .steers as Forest aad Lawyer's depot, each war mUe iremmgdafe, upoa odih e ef arrival. Addrebs -" “ PWWS Ft., I .} nc’.burg, YM. Boidßf B. N. carry.druggLi, cartKviti^ -r . CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY /, 1881. < AKERMAN. A Raview, by an Admirer, ,of Hi* Life and Public Service*, special Correspondence of Tribune Ao irfeparablF calamity hnm Lp frTiien G‘org , ia ard thF rrpuhllcHn of thb state b>* the dFEih of tTdft, Amos T. Akerraan, PX-* Uoitcd Sfateß Attorney Genertil, which oi'cuf'wj Thurrfigy night last at his hiitntf in Gd , uhout foty iniita f.oua AtlauU. Cl. Ak- riuai. <lit-*ii guddenly at th aae ofsß, from an nUavk of lyj hid lint umonio. A few d*ye ei*ee Ihia li-tintTUirthed Sawyer w>hi apparent ly well and in the prime of man*; mod; now a neat pr*ve am mg the ! **-d hilie of Georgia is the reetin^- place of a tr<ldenlieurt*d who, by his pure and manly eb*r bad won a pla<*e in the warm of ev*-ry Georgian. (/Of. Ak* r man wr barn in New Hampshire, *nd came r• G’orKta when quite younjf. Circumstances unknown to me, and probably few i** the at-*te, cttUMKi bitu to hjcate in Elbert enun* ly, where he eomiuHneod the Btudy .f law in the offlee of the Hon. Joa epli U nry Lumkin, who f>r twefity year* of hi& life fllletl the position of Gkeif Justicw of the atatß. When Ju4 • Luuipkiu mounted tb# Mu* ptMB bunch, Cot. cow tuenced the piactica of hia choaan proffoaioo in Elbert county, wttoro Ho coatinuoa to Uvo until Avo jeon ago, when bo rotnoyod to Corton- 1 ▼lift, when ho wm living whom tho •WMrd of death ehwod hi earthly ea rner. It waa whilo a rovident of El bwrt that Col. Akernaaa beeaano ▲ MEMBER OF FM&ffDK2fT CUUKT'I 1 CABINET, receiving the appointment of tho re* •ponsibie position of Attorney Gen oral of the United States. This was durintr President Grant’s first term. Col. Akertnan nerved three yeara aa Attorney-General, and thou hand**! !n hia which waa accept ed by Prtwideat Grant with amcere regret. The causes which induced Col. Akernun to hand iu hia auaig* UMtiun are know’Q to but fhw. He never made them putdic, and oniy upon ooe or*two bGOaaiooK gnv them to his friends, and then only in con fidence. I happened a abort tiua* agot the real facta from a friend of Col. Akerman, who had iioao fnnjisbed theht by Oil. -riiiy 7y hHt , *e?ig,tgtNl in <* c n* vwWHi. It ♦ha*, tjrheu Oruiit w,i* arangi f iv -otoei he tor, w hia ifiaocifa IU t'>** i rfetfotf of the * with the view Iftnw’ atTbch' Hdfficiently hnthXMT sad rty*pMjb*d by bin poopie to |iske a tf v>d uiPth'njr of Uis political f uiiiy. In th <lys sue II MEN WE HE SC kite*. Hh Obulu fl ii plbitty of r*puhii*Rmi. | hut futv could counted who h* -1 tbe friendship of the i*opl* of ihe 'tojlh in their gr iap. While testing lbs strength’of his potiUeAl gl ta-cs endoav irinu to ti id s mth ble co thn ptrfy nnd slso acceptable to the south, Prcai.tent G"*nt was esited up >u by a m jtuicl friend, who suggested thw niovs of the Hoc. Arnos T. \k”rm m, of Elbert c-mufy, ■Gsorglt. Tnis mutual friund was succMsful i his Mff ,rrs, *nd so*m (’ol. Akermsn w-s h m<red with the m spnsiblu offles f At'orocy ol tho U lirnti Hs soon tw- ’ cartiF ngigat fj4T<srite ofG *n. Grdt’*, and upan m tuy in tdd the c<snfti.ut of th* Prwsidant. 0 •<* Hfter Col. Akermatt tha dutieg of big he whsckllwJ apm by nu|tier<m pa r tiw and art* of -chaininf hmmi wno hip tm luvfW’ifßtg and mka fTorbl# Ft* parts upon nuos *r*>u ciiiPd afaUP tha United States Promleant •<>•( ihesa elaime waa one ft >m Hoadtrai. This clai as was for slo4,Utt, and waa brought to the attentl*n of tha Ah toraay-Ganarml by aeTaral gentle* ea who ware wans persona) friends of the Preeident. The eleia wee wetl rnede oat in such n strong and planaihle mpasr ns to coaTinea at* •seat any one that the ehetgeg were Jwst Col. Akerman, ha newer, Mb* Jelled tha aaatter to e most thoroogh and rigid nxanaieatiea, end the triih e( the tawostifation showed the! the daini had not in the ft rut place tpfta nsUmii dto be hvoaftht efniaes the United dtetea by the goweraaaent of ilpdtfM. end |a the fecund place that tha <4*i waa hripty tw BftCPH OF WB AT WOULD. HAVI BO** JUST tn the event the claim t bat had been authoris ed. Oaring (ha program) of tbe exsoiisaiioa of tha Hondums * Halm, President Grant eatfod upon the Atfnri ey-General freqitontly, and seeiU'Hi by his tUfO'ier and ©yi vemadon w a deal re far a fa vorab!** report. D-irlng one of ifiterviews with the Attoraoy-Gmji-. oral, Pr*vid ?ni sUtM th*t bis friends, who were the s/erjtsof the Hondura.QjveriimAnL bid sh ws him th papers, and tha f from wb-st he had *eo he thought that a g cus* hud he**N mud’ out. sihl that the claims should he puid, Wnen (’<>l Airman, us Auar .ev-Goner-,, of fbe LJ *i m ide the r f d pi*rt. I? wh- f*nnd th it it was u *fi v gnd th* rror/nds wrv w*t frh In hie imixl rl*Hr and nrm'mer. Hi- refwirt rr**ate f i*di! S nation, and th- holfi-r-* of th* and rim DECLARED WAR UPON THE ATTOU NKY GENER/ L Th* y cornbiti-d with the holder* of <*thT c>sims of a Fimilar c*a •* which had als' been nriftnvorxh'v reported ntFin, a political ch**’*? 1 * wt)i upm the bulwarks of i•- tegrify.i ffleered and coinmatideJ i*y Col. Akerm tb. Col. Akertnan, aee* itur that this refusal to make a favor able report upon the Honduras doim had made the h’tders antagoniatic P the President, handed In hia reaina tion, and the office wa made vacant for a aucce -aor. He preferred to give up Ma office rather than to he an in* atrument to the fraud and corruption •oat unprincipled man were makiog an elf *rt to perpetrate upoa the Cov er mnene of the country that ha lov ed. Leaving the office with the ki’fleet and warmest feeling for the President, Col. Akertnan returned to Georgia and resumed the practice of law. Hia brilliancy of intellect and ability as a lawyer aeon won him marked distinction among the bar of the state, and upon every aide hie praUee were sounded. HIS POLITICAL VIEWS were not considered by his easocia* tea ef a dilf rent political persuasion. It waa well known to many of them that he was a republican of the strongest and moat uncompromising calibre, and was always a strong ad wests ef emancipation, having placed bita-elf on record many yeara hef**re the war. He a> tended close ly to his profeaion, and took no ac tive part iu politics, although be freely expressed hiuiself when askt'd fo do ro by h!s fri nd*. He was m< st proinibent republican in the C-,i. Akertnan led the Grant whu f’b** laid republican conven tion Meld i rhi-* and made a stront? s|H>ech favoring the cf a Grant delegation to Chicago, Hr whm partially successful in his endeavors, and eight delegaKea were secured for th candidate of hia (•h*it^. toe manners of c l akerman were in ir* iike those if a woman than afy mao 1 ever met. They were gentle and easily control Id, and never was it konw’i that he t“- esme angered or violent, even under the m*)-t trying circumstances. He leavefc a wife and a lstrge family in comfortable circumstances, having ac<*unriulae*l a small fortune from his fmra nse and very lucrative busi ness Had C 4. Akerman live*l, there is hardly any doubt but that h* would have been the success *r of j.idge Woods on the Circuit U’och of this circuit. In fact, I have it f-om a priva e sounv tlHt only a few days before hia death CuL Aker. mu r*s.*eiv*d samiruiuN-a that he would be Judge Woods’ successor, these MEnurtiiierv coEEing from inti* mete friends of PREBIDENT GRANT, who wee everting hia influence with the Prwi<lAnl with the view ef Wv ing Col. Akerman pieced oa the bench. The af*poiutmeut ef Col Akerman as Ctacait judge woe Id have givea mifwai eaHaffiettna Iu ail portion* ef the deceit, ae ae eaaa wm mon highly uggttit thee h*, aed noae pommaed giealet legal ahiiity. In additieu le the exertk>M which It hi Mid were being made hy President Grant la behalf of OA Akerman, a petition was forwarded to Prnaident Hayea n law days tinea signed by nil •> the leading rapnbU* Cana and miy lending deaaorratg, asking for Kis appointment to the of* Aw of CtwnM Judge. Of hi worth it is only necessary to sny that no d*tb has ever ncsmrreiVhi this slate which was more uni vernal iy deplored by all claaaM, aad impedalty by thoee who chanced to cause in contact with him. At tbe time of hi* death Cel* Aker* tu en was the eoauaei of Henry Clews A On., of York, the owner* of itie JS.UOd Ok of leputUcled Georgia UworgiA bolide, tbs validity of which hi now attracting tbe at Sentinel of tue Suprone t Coart of Urn Untied htatcb. H L P. Mttk Id'II.V I.VSIXE. A Hartford com^jrindent of tb •ywi reveals the [•aiufbl fact that Mark Twain (Mr. Cfm*t>t-) i*#s tw. come subject to sjsdls of uiebtal d*- lirium (siyltHi uiefancli >lia) etKi and - otkj rtf them which occurred on Christ apis, day as follows 1 : 8o I proceidet! through lire damp chilly air and s : u-*hy mud of Chris* *n ts in irning to Twain’s bright ier onnsioit mid rang the and w*r telt. Wv Mr. Clnmeiits nt home? No, not *e acriy. TbHi was to say, he wasn’t if die h.ius* ; I might flwt him yoo* •Jer in the north yerd, betiiud th* hiru. I lurtieri up th* bottoms n* sty troupers, and trudged througl* the mud a'd snow to the plat** indi cated by the domestic. There I •over and the humorist, staitditigou so mip y dry-giH-ds b>x. His posture was very erect. His arms wer* tightly preas-d agsiiiat. hia sides. H* wore a long ul*ter, re chiug to hi anklea, and on his head a hgh peak ed hat, procured during his travels in the Tyrol. His face was solemn. “Hello, Mark,” said I; * 4 what are you doing on th*l tax? Merry Christmas! ” He siffly incliaed hi head. “Didn’t you know,' ha de manded, in slow, grave tones, “that 1 antedate the Christisa era by many centuries? What in thunder do you wean by talking Christaus la my presence?” “Come, come,” said I, “ao joking. Get down off the box aad go to where it’s warm,” “If you refer to the pedestal,” he replied, “I can’t get down unless I’m lowered. And as to the tempera ture, it has little effect oa a mono lith, seasoned as I am seasoned.” “You look like a monolith,” 1 ad* milted, “in that ulster and that hat.” “You really think so ? ” he ea gerly asked. His features telexed to an expression something iike eons pl&cency, and ha sat down upon tbe edge of the box and began to drum against the side with his heels. “You really believe I’m the genuine, only original obelisk?” “Olielisk! ” said I. “I saw the obetfek day before yesterday in Hew York. They’ve got it as far m the trestlework. You’re a humorist, not an obelisk.” Mark Twaiu immediately ascend ed the box again, while his features once more assumed their stony look. “Y*ai have been imposed u|xri,” lie remarked with grost dignity. “That thing in Now York is b<- iiii*. Ii is a practical joke of Gor rinije’s. Ills a Cardiff giant of sn obelisk, a composite, plaster . fraud concocted oh the v<>y g over, nod palmetl I'ffon an com mun ty. The itel t<> Hartford by FieiiriH No. 27, Nvw Y*rk, N>-w Hav**n nd Hart ford railroad. Y*u behold it ut ihi* identical moment.” I took ofl* my hat. This seemed to please him a good deal. “Excu*** me,” he weot on, “if I am a trifle touchy on the subject. Every monolith is naturally sensi tive when his authenticity is called in question. Don’t I appear stiff and hard enough to satisfy the most skeptical ? ” “You look stiff and hard enough,” said I, “hut wnere are your hiero glyphics? That’s th** test of a true obelisk—the bieroglynics.” “Ju*t what I expected," he re turned, frith Mow* ►how of feeling. •‘There don’t appear to be any hier oglyphic*, perhaps you think. Sing ular. but I'd noticed the fact- myself, and it'd given me considerable con cern. o—a thorn hieroglyphics!" b eoutibued, getting excited. “I don't know what to make of it. Sometimes I think Gorringe took 'em and plastered 'em onto his ■hem shaft. Thee 1 think Marshal' Jewell's stolen ’em for a telegraphic cipher. Then again I surmise that they've merely stuck in, end will blossom out again as soon I've got acclimated. But you'll allow that H'e putting a respectable Egyptian antiquity at a disadvantage to steal hie hiarogtyhies. Any So <> I Sts come along end say, ‘You're no otefti-k; where the d—l are yonr hi eroglyphics t '" ... mmm —The Whitaker court martial ia likely to taka up mors than the re maining two month# of Hayes' ad minitiation. It ia probable that Whi hiker will be turned over to Gar* held as natuished businem. —The bourn has passed a senate bill granting a hundred dollars a month to Mrs. Julia G. Tyler, widow of the late ex-Brest deut Tyler. J<NM C. CiLMrtCYS SKPMEW, John C. Calhoun, a grandson of the South Carolina and an Inmate of the A-yluin at JftW*kton, Cnl., w.*a drowned on Sat urday in tbn vicinity of San Fran- Hi* history is briefly n nud iMe showing how n man hearing an illustrious name and closely re lated to one who ttrst nude it so may a vu gr and obscure life, for* •'•an to any aspirations which would >t all knH(w>ttk a superior strata of blood. lu February last Calhout) waa ifi?cov**i>*i by a wwoorn repor ter in a liquor saloon *t Bt. Lulls, where he wiw serving as b*r keeper. He was a young man aOkMe in mao* oere mud an easy conversationalist. He said that he disliked hie occupa tioa and was a civil engineer by pro* iWiou- “I was born on my grand* ether’s plantation iu 1868 I left home ml er the war mud drifted away from my relatives and friends to make my bread among strangers. My grand ancle James £4 ward Cal* houu, ami my brothers, Benjamin Alexander Petoatn Calhoun, and William Lowudes Calhoun, are still m the south, and they are the only relatives $ have with whom I keep up correspondence. The old got)tie* ■mb lives at Millwood, his plants* tioa tweuty-on# miles from Abbe* ville, on tbs Savannah river. My brother Be**j mis is a lawyer in Jack* •oaville, Fla., and my brother Wil liam, also a lawyer, residea in At* tents, Oa. His oflee w directly op posite Ben Hill's. My father and stepfctber are buried in the Episco pal Cemetery in Bendletoo; my mother is burled in Pilatke, Fla, She area tka daughter of the well* known Jadge Punana of that State.' 1 Mr Calboan at this time wore the watch that belonged to his grand* Ihther. It we* an old-fashioned open* face English hunt lug gold watch. It was made by Toolaa, Liverpool. On the outside of the case was ah en graving of a hunting scene, with a dog sad a rabbit in the foregronud* lastde the case these words were en graved: ''Mr C. Calhoun, born 8. C. M'ch it, 1781 Died, Washington City, D. C‘, March !, 1860." Mr. Calhoun became inline.while iu Ne vada, and Wus sent to Stockton from Esniaralda county of that state. Rcrsast Collsctisnt ia Ctergia. st. Louh Glob* D*raoer*t, rp. Senator Brown, of G<*or#l*, has i-*f Mined the inter tal revenue bu* reiu that the Georgia moonshiners *re an extremely inferior of citi** *h tw—* pirn,* of inform it ion which h correct enough, but which as an ifwn of news is behind tim*. The senator expre**d i hope that the S government would c-in tin tie its ef fort to suppress illegal distilling, and promt* and to render all the aid ia his power Ho added that the tn*m* shinen had b en eacou<*iged by pol* Itieiaas until they believed illicit die* tilting to be something in the nature of an iaalienabic right. There if nothing new in ths senator's in for* m tit ion, but that a southern seuntof should take sides with the gov ru men! against southern outlawry ia a trifle new. The cat which he thus lets out out of the bag h w been de clared to be a creature of republican indignation, and the southern side of ths story hs encouraged the view that revenue nAoer* thcmeolvea qavs iwsa solely to blame for getting sia*. Ws shall cease to hear any morn complaint of abuse of the south when its representative* make It A real instead of a nominal participant in the government of ths country. I fih-aator Brown's constituents fol low him with snMcisnt earnestness, collecting ths revenue in Georgia will be transformed from an outra geous exercise of despotic power into an acceptable exercise of law, with out any mdisal change of notthern sentiment. The snath can teaity get of its grievances without the aid of the north If it will only try. The New Y n resent date publish#- an interesting Inter view with Georgs W. Willis ms, col ored, member of the Ohio legislature, who recently returned from New Mexico, where he went to investi gate the proposed scheme to promote sn exodus of southern blocks to ths ffebastisu Martin grant in that terri tory under the auspices of ths New York land league. Williams warns his rocs against the scheme sad pro seats letters from Governor Lew Wallace and Bradford Prince, chief J lattice of New Mexico, in support of hit evident conviction, that It is sim ply a selfish speculation which tuns result in a disaster to those who trus st least in Its present shape. NO. 50.