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Tl-CSBAT MOBBING, march 8.
biAD of Corn.— A wagon load of
,^ n in the ear, attracted general obser
vition yesterday, on Broad .street. It
lias indeed been rare, since the war,
that such a sight has been beheld. The
WeM has been the (granary of the South,
.ltd nearly all the money derived from
, ,tton has gone for meat and,grain. We
hope our farmers will not allow this an
yher year. The course is most suicidal.
Death of James W. Ware.— This
t-entleaian died at his father’s residence
j U Russell county, Alabama, Sunday
turning- The disease was consump-
Ills age was about thirty-five
years. Before the war he was a mem
ber of the dry goods house of§ Hunt,
Ware & Cos. During the revolution he
w:i3 in the civil service of the Confede
racy. Since, he has been in the dry
gondii of 13. Jackson, and latterly con
nected with a largo New York estab
lishment. He was highly esiet med by
many friends.
Fair at Augusta.— We received on
yesterday from the Corresponding Bec
rrtary, B. 11. Gray, a circular from the
Cotton States Mechanics, and Agiicul
li).al Fair Association, at Augusta. It
states a Fair will be held in Augusta on
Hov. Ist and continued five days. The
association has appropriated for a pre
uiiutn list SIO,OOO. The Capital stock
is $50,000 in shares of SIOO each, to
which $25,000 are already subscribed.
Os this amount, the City Council has
taken SSOOO and leased to the Associa
tioa seventy acies of land on the South
Common. The statement is also made
that Augusta will ship this season 180,
OOOhales of cotton. Freiniums embrace
all branches of manufactures and agri
cultural productions, and competition !
will be open to all the States.
Nu Doubt of It.—There now seems
to be no doubt but that the main ma
chine shops of the Central Railroad,
outside of Savannah, will be removed
to Columbus. The consideration of
health will alone determine the ques
tion. The location of the shops in Ma
con is very sickly, and the Macon and
Western road have removed theirs to
Macon. The change may not occur in
some months. We are told of a num
ber of mechanics, who, inconsequence,
are disposing of their property in Ma
con. The company is already building
a large brick blacksmith shop, and sent
here a heavy “steam hammer.”
A Lucky Columbus Colored Man.
—We find in the New Orleans papers a
card dated March 2d, 1870, and signed
hy Isbarn Cooper, (colored), of Colum
bus, Georgia, which certifies that
be (Isham) was “the holder of one
fourth of ticket No. 3430 of the Single
Number Drawing, Louisiana State Lot
tery, Class 8., which drew the prize of
$20,000 on the 19th February, 1870, and
that on presentation of said ticket at the
office of the company, it was promptly
paid to my commission merchants,
Messrs. Hull & Briggs, of New Orleans,
by check on Messrs. Pike, Brothers &
Cos.”
lsliam has a grocery opposite our of
fice. He has luck to the tune of $5,000
-good luck in a monied sense.
Exemptions from Income Tax
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
bas, in reply to inquiries mado by asses
sors, informed them that under sub-di
vision seven of the annual return, enti
tled “Amount actually paid for rent of
homestead," the amount actually paid
for room rent is deductible ; but no de
duction should be allowed for rent ol
lurniture, care -of rooms, or for fuel or
lights used. Where persons occupy a
room or rooms in a hotel or boarding
house, which constitutes their home,
and pay for board ami rooms a stipula
ted sum per month or quarter, they
drmi i tit allowed to deduct from their
Income so much of said sum as is prop
ti y attributable to the rent of rooms
Unfurnished. It is for the assessor to
determine, from the best information he
cau obtain, what proportion of the
amount paid was considered payment
for the room only. Persona in making
their returns will he governed accord
ingly. _
The Liddell-Jones Embroglio.—
fte bave already published an account of
toe biding of Gen. Liddell by Col.
Jones, in Louisiana, and also of the
subsequent shooting and wounding of
Col. Jones by Judge Liddell. We now
fo'Ve an account of the killing of Col.
■'"lies and a son who was somewhat
cmir.-ted with the killing of Gen. Li«l
--i, which occurred in ztie resilience
0 the Sheriff in whose hands they wers>
“y ii baud of masked men. Another
so inf Col. Jones managed to escape.
J"|'i e now remains, we believe, but one
foile ol each family—the escaped 6on
Col. Jones, and Judge Liddell, We
shall expect goon to see the announce
ment that one of these has slayed the
ether, and that someone else has fin
ished up the job by killing ihe survivor,
which will possibly give peace to the
surrounding country, for want of mate
r‘»l to work upon. The wife and daugh
ters of Col. Jones are in Europe.
R. R, Callier, Esq. a lawyer of dis
-itiction in Virginia, died in Petersburg
°rr Thursday last.
Mr. William Palmer, an old and val
u’d citizen and merchant of Richmond,
died iu that city on Thursday last,
!r - the 69:h year of his age. He was a
Native of Maryland, and settled in
Richmond in 1820.
Meningitis. —The Thomaston Her
a'M sa J’B this fearful disease has literally
’•■■•Heed that little town. The pbysi
' > report twelve cases. Four deaths
‘ occurred up to Saturday morning,
-wrch 5. it says some recovering.
otaers are suffering with this ter-
I"' 1 ' 6 disease are not expected to live.
■ Itas been confined so far, entirely to
yuung people.
Another Fire in Camden.—The
■ ° n, B°inery Advertiser learns that a
< estructive fire occurred at Camden,
r e !’„° n Monda y 28th ult. It wil,lbe
,;° ' ec ‘ed that nearly every business
and a number of dwellings in
,s l'leasant Court House town were
estroyed by a very disastrous fire about
’ ear a g°- No particulars.
Ae learn from the Atlanta Intelligen
r or the death of Rev. Dr. W. M.
unmngham, which, occurred at La-
Qge oa Friday last of pneumonia.
(W V* me °f bis death he was Presi-
Et of Oglethorpe College.
VOL. XII.
The Results of Effort.— We copy
in another part of to-day’s paper, from
the Jackson Clarion, a letter from Chi
cago, written by E. Barksdale, Esq
one of the editors of the Clarion, who
has been spending the winter in Chi
cago as a representative of the Mississip
pi Central Immigration Association.
Through his efforts and others associa
ted with him, more than ten thousand
laboring men have been induced to pull
up stakes and try Mississippi. Chicago
appears to be the great receiver of the
foreign immigration to this country—
especially the laboring portion. We
copy the letter for the information of
the planters and land owners of Geor
gia and Alabama. Why spend large
sums in efforts to induce immigration
from Europe, when far better fields are
nearer our doors. We learn also from
other letters of this gentleman, that
thousands arrive at Chicago who, find
ing employment hard to get, are easily
induced to try the cotton States of the
South.
or M ,? o! A , L 9 Packing of Cotton. -
Os the 24 bales of cotton brought to
town to day, four or five were discover
ed to have been falsely packed-some of
them haying been water-packed, others
plated with nice cotton ana the interior
composed of dirt, trash and cotton in
nearly equal proportions. We reiterate
what we have, heretofore, said that
every person engaged in this nefarious
busmess ought to be arrested, taken be
fore a magistrate and bound over to the
Circuit Court, to answer for this crime
against the planting and commercial
interests of the country. With the facts
presented to the grand jury and the
Court, the former must indict, and the
latter convict, and send the guilty par-
V'v’, the penitentiary.— Huntsville
{Ala) Democrat .
We have heard mention made of sev
eral almost similar cases of false packed
cotton, coming to our market the pres
ent season, yet we have heard no men
tion made of the facts being presented
he grand jury. In this we fear our
clever Solicitor has not been looking as
sharply after the worst class of malefac
tors, as he ought to. Our little expe
rience as Grand Juror, has taught us that
grand juries do not feel that it is their
duty to hunt up violators of the law;
and confine themselves to the investiga
tion of such cases as are brought to their
attention by the Solicitor. We should
like to see a few examples made of the
practitioners of the class of frauds men
tioned above.
A Pardon in Advance. —Gov. Seott,
we thought, says the Charleston Cou
rier, was swift to pardon, but Gov. Bul
lock, it appears, outstrips his South
Carolina brother in the race. Chief
Constable Hubbard, it will be remem
bered, was arrested in Augusta last fall,
and held to bail by Justice Ells—the
charge being false imprisonment. Gov.
Scott sent the required amount of bail.
The case was to be tried next week, but
Gov. Bullock has sent a pardon to Mr.
Hubbard in advance of his trial. The
Chronicle and Sentinel says :
There is no doubt in the world that if
Hubbard should have come to trial he
would have been convicted, as the testi
mony against him was of the most pos
itive and convincing nature. Indeed,
so assured was the prisoner himself of
the result, that he had announced his
intention of not coming to AugUßta
when the Superior Court met, preferring
rather to let the money of South Caro
lina be forfeited than to face a Georgia
jury. Thus Bullock has again inter
fered with and arrested the process of
the law by means of a document, which,
as Governor, he has the honor, we be
lieve, of having invented—a pardon in
advance of a trial.
Mardi Gras in New Orleans.—
This festival among the Orleanais pass
ed off happily and with unusual eclat.
“The Mystic Krew of Comus” surpass
ed themselves'in the celebration. It
was not with them, as in ordinary mas
querades, a display of comical incon
gruities. Their exhibition, assumed a
high historical interest, being the em
blematic and figurative history of Lou
isiana, from the dicovery of the Missis
sippi by DeSoto down to its organization
as a State. The city was crowded with
strangers and visitors from all parts of
the country, who found themselves not
only delighted and amused, but much
edified.
If there is any people in the universe
who know how to combine the gaetle de
eoeur with the sevoir faire, ’tis certainly
the people of New Orleans.
A Very Old Definition of God.—
The following curious passage is extract
ed from a Greek manuscript recently
discovered in an Arabic monastry, It
dates from the first century of the Chris
tian era, and was written by Hermes, a
disciple of St. Paul, to whom the apos
tle refers in his epistle to the Romans,
XVI, 14 :
F'rst of all, believe there is but one
G' .1, who created and framed all things
Oi nothing into being. He comprehends
all things, and is only immense, not to
bo comprehended by any. Who can
neither be defined by any words nor
conceived by the mind. Therefore be
lieve in Him and fear Him; and fearing
Him, abstain from all evil. Keep these
things, and cast all lust and iniquity far
from thee ; and put on righteousness;
and thou shalt live to God if thou shalt
keep His commandments.
Eufaula. —An investigation into the
fraudulent voting in the municipal elec
tion in Eufaula, set aside the negro
members from the 4th ward, and their
white competitors, Messrs. R. A. Solo
mon and T. E. Morgan, are declared
elected and have been installed.
The total amount of merchandise and
specie imported into the United States
for six months ending January 1, 1870,
was $213,693,192, and the total exports
of merchandise, specie and bullion for
the same time, $199,124,111. Os the
exports and imports, American ships
carried $156,035,710. The exports of
Specie show an improvement in favor of
the United Slates for the above period
of $6,875,607.
Six women were burned to death at
the Nepontel Dying Works, near Bos
ton, on Tuesday last. The women
were in the attic, picking over cotton,
the only entrance to which was a sma.l
scuttle. The fire caught from a furnace
on the first floor.
The Atlanta Era mentions that it is
rumored that anew paper—Democratic
in politico—is shortly to be started in
Atlanta, with a capital of $20,000 to
back it. Col. Speights, late of the Grif
fin Star, is mentioned in connection
with the enterprise.
The Fifteenth Amendment. —It is
said the President is now waiting to
receive official information of the ratifi
cation of the Fifteenth Amendment by
the State of Texas. This will complete
the requisite number of States. He will
hen issue his proclamation on the sub
set.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
Leaking Ont.
Gw°^ WAt^Btan<^*ng tbe ®®nrts of the
Whitewashing Committee,” to acquit
Grant in the case of “Jim Fisk and Jay
Gould vs. Grant, Corbin, et a1 .,” we
have never doubted his guilt Two con
siderations moved ns to that conviction:
first, his growing avarice; second, his
innate stupidity: the first giving him
an impulse .in that direction, the sec
ond rendering him helpless in the hands
of such sharpers as Fisk and Gould.
The following letter adds anther link
to the chain of testimony against him :
New York City, Sept. 12, 1869.
Eon. Oeorge 8. Boutweil, Secretary of
the Treasury:
Dear Sir : I leave here to morrow
morning for Western Pennsylvania, and
will not reach Washington before the
middle or last of next week. Had I
known before making my arrangements
for starting that you would be in this
city early this week, I would have re
mained to meet you. I am satisfied
that on your arrival you will be met by
the bulls and bears of Wall street, and
probably by merchants, too, to induce
you to sell gold or pay the November
interest in advance on the one side, and
to hold fast on the other. The fact is,
a desperate struggle is now making, and
each party want the Government to
help them out. I write this letter to
advise you of what I think you may
expect, to put you on your guard. I
think, from the lights before me, I
would move on without change until
the present struggle is over. If you
want to write to me this week, my ad
dress will be Washington, Pa. I would
like to hear your experience with the
factions at all events, if they give you
time to write. No doubt you will have
a better chance to judge than I, for I
have avoided general discussion of the
subject. Yonrs truly,
U. S. Grant.
“Move on without change /” Now be
it remembered that Boutweil was not
selling gold at the time, and therefore
to “move on without change,” was
simply to remain passive, and to not
move at all; exactly what Fisk and
Gould say Grant promised Boutweil
should do.
Moreover, eight days afterwards
(Bept. 20), and on this same Pennsyl
vania trip, he replied to Fisk and Gould’s
letter and message, “All Bight."
Malgre, his subsequent denial to his
friend “Bobby Bonner of the Ledger”
the public will make up their own
minds as to his complicity with the
“gold ring.” The question of veracity
between him and President Johnson in
which he, U. S. Grant, came off second
best is not quite forgotten.
Cbeap Bravery—Lo! the Pour Indian
In a communication to the Depart
ment, dated January 29th, Lieut. Gen.
Sheridan boasts of the slaughter of one
hundred and seventy three Indians, and
claims much glory therefor. Mr. Coll
yer, supported by Gen. Sully and Lieut.
Pease of the U. S. Army, mitigates his
glory somewhat by the statement, that
of the whole number, but thirty-three
were, in any sense, fighting men; that
ninety were women, and fifty-three
children under twelve years of age.
Unblushingly guilty of robbery and
arson in the Shenandoah Valley, he
now adds murder to those crimes by the
wholesale slaughter of sick squaws and
helpless papooses. The Northern Press
is hitting him some “good hard blows
where they hurt” ; but unfortunately
he and his troopers have less fear of
types than tomahawks.
Concerning the recent massacre the
Boston Post gives the following facts:
The Piegan massacre i3 under consid
eration in Congress. It seems to have
been a dreadful slaughter of woman
and children, some of them being al
ready half dead with small-pox. Os
warriors slam there were none, the only
men among the victims being some
eighteen decrepit old braves. The or
der “strike a good hard blow where it
hurts” was given by Gen. Hheridan to
to Gen. Hardie, then commanding in
Montana, and he immediately despatch
ed Coi. Baker to execute it. The man
gled bodies of ninety women and fifty
children proved the fidelity with which
he performed his work. Such butchery
is a disgrace to civilization, and Gen.
Sheridan should be held to a strict ac
countability for instigating it; it wipes
out Shenandoah in a sea of innocent
blood. Mr. Voorhees in Congress ex
pressed his abhorrence at such a system
of warfare, but Mr. Stevenson excused
it as “vigorous policy,” fighting the
Indians meaning fighting to kill. The
Piegans have been cruel and mer
ciless in their warfare, but their acts
do not justify retaliation upon fe
males and children. Mr. Stevenson
will find himself alone in his brutal,
bloody and cowardly sentiments, and
“little Phil” himself must lose no time
in attempting to justify his order; as for
the officer who perpetrated the horrid
work he should be made the shortest
possible work of.
The World says :
The only thing we have yet seen in
the shape of an apology for Sheridan’s
Piegan butchery is in a Philadelphia
paper, which shows that his “Shenan
doah ride,” six years ago, ought to be
an offset for anything he may do during
the rest of his life. On the same ground,
if he were military commander of the
department of New England, he would
be justified in ordering his troopers to
dash into a Yankee village any day, and
cut down all the women and children—
especially the old women, the pregnant
women (if there were any), and the
small children.
What a howl of bloody indignation
would be heard from Congress and
echoed throughout pious New England
if the still living Piegan braves were to i
emulate those gallant troopers by a like
slaughter in some Western town. Let
us have peace.
The Alabama Supreme Court, on an
application for a rehearing in the case
of B. S. Bibb and Jefferson Faulkner,
Executors of W. B. S. Gilmer, deceased,
vs. Court of County Commissioners of
Chambers county, made the following
response:
Peck, C. J.—l have carefully read
and considered this application for a
rehearing, and have again read the
opinion of the Court, delivered by me,
and I remain satisfied with the correct
ness of the same. The present Court
of County Commissioners are under no
legal obligation to pay the debts con
tracted during the rebellion. The pres
ent Court ol County Commissioners are
iu no legal sense the successors of the
Court called Court of Couaty Commis
sioners, under the rebellion, or rebel
government of this State. They could
make no contract that can impose any
legal obligation on the present Court of
County Commissioners, or the people
of said county. The application is over
ruled.
The Brknham Texans Excited
A telegram from Brenbam, Texas, on
the 28th ult., to the Galveston News,
says:
The military and civil authorities of
this place are at war. A fight has just
come off in the courthouse, between
Alford, Constable, and General James
Biddle, Military Commander of the Post
of Brenham and Mayor of the city. No
body was severely hurt. Gen. Biddle
tried to pitch Judge Wood out of the
window, but parties interfered and sep
arated them. Cause, dispute about the
ate election.
1
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. MARCHI rT IR7fi
Tlie Ualvesfon Fire.
The fire which occurred in Galveston,
Texas, on Thursday the 24th ult., a no
tice of which, by telegraph, we have
heretofore published, destroyed two
blocks of the business portion of the
city, resulting in an estimated loss of
$1,500,000. We copy the following
particulars from the News of the 15th
instant:
The conflagration is thought to have
originated in either the Phcenix Ex
press Company’s ofllce, or in that of
Messrs, fetubbs & Cos., and communi
cated with the adjoining buildings al
most with the velocity of the wind.
Ihe first house on the corner of
Twenty second street was occupied by
J. 8. Sellers & Cos., E. T. Austin and
the Union Marine and Fire Insurance
Company; down stairs was the office
of J. D. Rogers & Cos. ; West was the
provision and grocery store of George
Grover & Cos., the Virginia Tobacco
Agency of Ralph Levy & Cos., Phceuix
Express Cos., R. G. Reid’s ofllce, Wm.
Barnes & Cos., and on the corner of
Tremont, the grocery house of Dargan
& Tobyn.
The wind, which was blowing fresh
from the North, carried the flames
across the Strand, communicating first
With the wooden awnings and signs •
thence to the window frames of the
Berlocher building, occupied by B. &
A. King, H. Sampson, DeWolf & Sulli
van, and D. G. Herbert; thence to the
large clothing house of C. E. Broussard
& Cos. ; up stairs in this building were
Shackleford, Brown & Cos., M. Quin
Smaliwood & Clark, and W. S. Swym
mer. The next, to the East, was 8.
Jacobs, Hurley & Cos., and T. W. House.
Next came the hardware house of E. S.
Wood, the upper story of which was
damaged considerably, both by fire and
water. Adjoining this was the large
crockery house of Crawford & Levy, at
which point the ravages of the flames
were stayed. Up stairs, over the build
ings occupied by Crawford & Son, were
the ofiicesof J. C. & S. 11. Smith & Cos.,
M. Kopperl, Duble & Wootters, H. M.
Truehart, Mills & Tevis, J. Friederich,
and Labatt & Nobles. The shoe house
of H. E. Poole, next door, and the to
bacco house of Jewell <& Cos., received
some damage by water.
Ac the corner of Tremont the flames
were blown across the alley, communi
cating with the windows of the large
hardware store of L. 11. Woods, but by
extraordinary exertion the building
was saved.
The late hour at which the fire occur
red, and the excitement attending so de
structive a conflagration, prevents any
approximate estimate of the losses sus
tained.
All the merchants burnt out on the
north side of the Strand had heavy
stocks of groceries and provisions, and
they must be sufferers to an extent
many of them can illy afford to bear.
On the south side of Strand, the
houses were a l of brick and iron, and
had been considered fire proof. The
stock ofC - E. Broussard & Cos., cloth
iers, was large, as was that ofS. Jacobs:
each of these firms saved something,
but they will be losers to a very large
amount. We could ascertain nothing
as to who was and who were not in
sured.
About three o’clock this morning the
roof of the House building fell in, con
tributing thereby to the safety of the
adjoining premises.
Fire in Palmetto. —The village of
Palmetto, Ga., bas been visited by a
most destructive fire. We clip the fol
lowing particulars from a letter to the
Atlanta Constitution. The letter says :
The fire broke out about 10 o’clock
Thursday night in the wooden building
owned by W. J. Shockley, in which
was deposited hardware, family groce
ries, etc., adjoining a brick house occu
pied by him. The flames swept in all
directions, eagerly devouring every
thing within their reach, soon reducing
to ashes the houses of Messrs. Morgan
& Bohannon, whose loss was entire,
having no insurance; W. P. Davis,
grocer, loss partial, having carried out
a portion of his goods ; J. C. Smith’s
stock of goods almost entirely burned,
partially covered with insurance. Gar
rett & Walthall lost a heavy stock,
pretty well covered tvylh insurance.
The fire then crossed a street and
reduced to ashes, in a very short period,
the buildings occupied by W. W. Floyd,
family grocer, Dr. S. Tatum, Rapier
Blakely, Davis & Cos., grocers, 11.
Hutchinson, dry goods, Win. Jackson,
grocer, and an old hotel, also a shoe
shop and some other small houses, con
suming in all about thirteen business
houses. When the fire reached the
hotel, desperate efforts were made by
ladies and men, white and black, to
check its progress. Much courage and
presence of mind were exhibited by the
ladies, particularly Mrs. Cummings and
Mrs. Holleman.
The fire was baffled when it reached
the house of Messrs. Thornton & Holle
man, who was fortunate enough to sus
tain but a slight loss.
About SIOO,OOO worth of goods were
emptied in the streets, but little pillaging
was noticed.
The losses may be estimated at about
$50,000.
From the Jackson Clarion.
The Labor Question.
Chicago, Feb. 20th, 1870.
In a previous letter I have mentioned
that the efforts which have been made
to secure labor for the South, and the
representations that have been made of
its scarcity, coupled with accounts of
large quantities of fertile lands lying
idle and returning to a state of nature,
have awakened a strong disposition
among small farmers in this part of the
North-west to dispose of their posses
sions and purchase homes in our State.
I have received applications from many
of this class, and have readily assured
them that by making cash payments
bargains couid be had and investments
made which in the culture of the various
productions of which our soil is capa
ble, would yield four fold the profit
resulting from the same amount in the
West, where improved lands, conve
nient to market, sell at what we regard,
enormous prices.
If this disposition be encouraged, as
it ought to be, we may confidently antic
ipate large accessions to our population
at no distant day from this class of sturdy
Our large laud-owners would act pru
dently to dispose of a portion of their
estates which are now dead capital, for
ready money with which they could
improve anil utilize the remainder. The
effect of the operation would be two
fold. Their lands would be enhanced
in value proportionately to the increase
of the laboring population, and the capi
tal now idle could be brought into the
uses of improved methods of agriculture,
or invested in other enterprises.
To this extent, and with these motives,
every tru friend of his State should
encourage the division and sale of lands.
But no further. Projects of coloniza
tion which look to the abandonment of
their homes by the prebent land owners
of Mississippi, are not to be countenanc
ed. If our State is not fit for the occu
pation of the generation which has
inherited the lands, or of the class who
purchased them in the days when indus
try flourished and the wilderness blos
somed as the rose, it is not fit to invite
others to. Mississippi is the home of
Mississippians. All the attractions of
cherished memories and of genial and
salubrious climate., and productive and
varied soil are hers; and her true sons
and daughters loving her and clinging
to her in life, wiil commit their bodies
to her keeping, in death. They should
remember that there are no skies
brighter than hers—that there is no soil
more capable of repaying labor than
hers—and that go wherever they may
they will be compelled to look upon the
same disagreeable facts which now stare
them in the face; and they should also
remember that these unpleasant objects
are mere shodows upon their pathway,
which will ere long flit away and be
gone forever. E, B.
TELEGRAPHIC.
From Washington.
Washington, March 6.—Gov. Ste
venson, of Kentucky, declining Golla
day s resignation,, says Golladay owes
it to his State, his constituents and his
honor to have a full investigation before
the House—the only tribunal having
jurisdiction of the matter.
Washington, March 7.—House.—
A resolution authorizing a special tele
graph committee to examinetthe whole
subject of telegraphing in the United
States, with power to send for persons
and papers, failed.
Regular call progressing.
Senate.—Senatorial disability bill re
ported; also, a resolution for the protec
tion oi the coal interests.
Cameron is making a long speech.
Committees done nothing.
enzuelan Minister died suddenly.
His Secretary went to the State Depart
ment to make arrangements for his re
ception, and on his return found him
dead.
The following dialogue occurred be
tween Orth, member of the House Com
mittee, and Sumner, Chairmain of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs :
Orth—“We had: Cuba up to-day, but
came to no conclusion.”
Sumner— “Do you know what is in
the wind ?’’
Orth—“No.”
Sumner—“ Well, in a few days there
will be no necessity for action regard-
ing Cuba.”
Here the colloquy was interrupted.
It occurred on the street cars.
Customs $688,000.
The Committee on Railroads aud Ca
nals of the House agreed to report fa
vorably on a bill authorizing a road
from Norfolk to St. Louis via Cincinnati.
The President nominated G. F. Mar
ler for Postmaster at Selma, Ala.; Wm.
Leahy, Assessor Bth Virginia District;
C. S. Winstead, Collector sth North
Carolina District.
It is stated the Waya and Means
Committee have agreed to abolish the
income tax.
In the case of U. S. vs. Grossmeyer
it was held by the U. 8. Supreme Court
to day that after the commencement of
the war a creditor at the North could
not authorize a debtor at the South to
invest the indebtedness in cotton for the
benefit of the creditor; and if such a
purchase was made at the request of the
creditor through an agent, no title was
thereby vested in the creditor, and he
could not claim the proceeds of the cot
ton, it having been seized and sold un
der the captured and abandoned prop
erty act.
Senate—Harlaud presented joint res
olutions from the Legislature of bis
State favoring the removal of the capi
tal and against further appropriations
for public buildings.
Morton presented a bill declaring
Texas entitled to representation. Re
ferred to Judiciary Committee.
Funding bill renewed.
House—A resolution from the Missis
sippi Legislature was presented asking
for speedy removal of political disabili
ties.
Wells introduced a bill to reclaim
swamp lands of the Mississippi Valley,
and to promote commerce of the North- •
west.
President interrogated regarding the J
action of the British Government ex- j
eluding Americans from Canadian fish- :
eries.
House refused to allow Gollady, of j
Kentucky, to withdraw his resignation,
notwithstanding the Governor’s refusal i
to accept it.
Georgia bill resumed and after second- j
ing previous question House adjourned, j
It will vote to-morrow.
From Anllfornla.
San Francisco, March 6. The
white laborers drove the Chinese labor
ers from the Pacific Railroad, at Neva
da, destroying their tents and buildings.
Several counties, by order of the
Legislature, vote whether bonds shall
issuo in aid of the Southern Railroad
Southward from Gilroy.
The Proposed Railroad.
The following communication is from
one of the most prominent men of North
Georgia, a gentleman whose opinions
are always sought upon matters of in
ternal improvements in the State. He
is a scientific man, who has contributed
much information in regard to the min
eral resources of Georgia. In reply to
our article, advocating a Railway from
Rome to Columbus, via La Grange, he
writes:
Edi ior Reporter : One of your re
cent issues advocates the terminus of
the proposed Railroad Northward at
Rome, instead of Kingston. Should
your views be adopted, freight from
Cincinnati, and intermediate points, for
your place must either turn off from the
State Road at Dalton, or come to King
ston and then make a right-angle to
Rome, via the Rome Railroad. In
either case the distance and freight
would be increased. Three roads would
be used instead of two, thereby increas
ing complication and cost. Rome can
not possibly help this Road, for her
hands are now over-full with her ex
tension to Decatur. I see no reason to
use a crooked line instead of a straight.
Proper combinations can secure suffi
cient State aid to build the Road from
Kingston to Columbus with little other
help. Kingston.
His points are well takeD. We should
be glad to see such a road constructed,
whether connected at Rome or King
ston. As to which point the Northern
end begins, depends entirely upon the
interest taken and the material aid ex
tended by the people at those points.
The road is certainly a necessity of the
commercial and agricultural interests of
the country through which the line will
pass, and the advantages to be secured
to the sections along connecting lines,
will eventually force its construction, if
not at once, then at some future day not
iar distant.— Lagrange Reporter.
Tuscumbia and Opelika Railboad.
—With pleasure we note the fact that
Col Jones, the energetic and wide
awake President of the Tuscumbia and
Opelika Railroad company is at work,
pushing ahead this important road. The
Legislature has extended the time for
the completion of a certain distance of
road in order to secure the State aid,and
we can now assure our readers that,
with a little aid from North Alabama,
we will soon have this road running
from Tuscumbia via Newburg in the
direction of Opelika.
We will soon have the organization
of our new county complete, when,with
Tuscumbia as the County Seat, we will
certainly take more interest in public
improvements, such as this road is, and
aid in developing the great resources,
not only of our own county, but of the
interior of onr State.
We must have thißroad and the soon
er wo go to work in earnest, the soon
er will we be enabled to obtain coal,
lumber and other necessaries to help in
the building up of our city and securing
the prosperity of our county and people.
—Tuscumbia Alabamian.
Two gin houses, the property of Col.
A. W. Terrell, near Colbert, Texas,
ontaining two gin stands and one mill,
were burned on Saturday the 26th ult.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 9.
Annual Meeting of Stockhold
ers.—The stockholders of the Muscogee
Manufacturing Company held their first
annual meeting yesterday. It was very
harmonious. The following Directors
were re-elected: G. P. Swift, C. E. Dex
ter, Calvin E. Johnston, J. J. Grant,
H. H. Epping.
At a subsequent P. Swift
was re-elected President, and 8. G.
Murphy Secretary and Treasurer.
The operations of the mill will be
commenced in two weeks, with 2400
spindles and 60 looms.
The stockholders resolved to order at
once more machinery, to fill to its ut
most capacity its large brick building,
which will accommodate 4000 spindles.
W hen the additional machinery is pro
cured, a capital of $200,000, including
real estate, will be employed. The fu
ture of this Company, managed as it is
by experienced business men, and hav
ing an abundance of capital, is indeed a
bright one.
Woman Badlt Burned.— A white
woman, Mrs. Bailey, aged about forty
years, was badly burned yesterday af
ternoon. She occupies a room in the
upper story of the brick building oppo
site the Planters warehouse. She was
quilting at the time, the loose cotton
lying on the frame work. There was a
good fire in the room, but it is supposed
the cotton caught from a pipe she was
smoking. The employees of the ware
house, attracted by the flames and cries
of the woman, rushed to the scene. The
door was locked. It was broken down
and the flames extinguished. The poor
woman was almost skinned the entire
length of her back, and the breast was
badly charred. The chances of her re
covery were favorable about dark. A
large crowd from the factories and oth
er quarters were drawn to the scene.
The P. R. in Congress—The 16th
Amendment.— Recently, in the Senate,
Jeremiah Colbaith wilson introduced a
bill as follows: “Any person being a
citizen, inhabitant, or resident of any
State or Territory, who shall, by previ
ous appointment, arrangement or en
gagement made thereon, leave said
State or Territory and engage in a fight
with another person within the limits
of another State or Territory, shall, on
conviction in any District Court of the
United States, be punished by impris
onment not less than two years or by a
fine of not less than $3000.”
Good for Jeremiah ! If the pugilists
desire to amuse themselves or their
friends, they have only to stay at home
aud the bill doesn’t prevail. We learn
from the Press that the Hon. John Mor
risey is not in his seat in the House.
Has John gone off to “engage in a fight
with another person ?” The Hon.
Jeremiah having “no prejudices on ac
count of color, race or previous condi
tion,” we hope he will make chicken
stealing the subject of the 17th amend
ment. If he refuses to do that, we hope
that Morrisey will come up and knock
his P. R. bill “out of time on the first
round.”
Mr. James Moore, an old citizen and
! one of the first settlers of Harris County,
died in this city yesterday of Pneumo
nia.
But a few days since we chronicled
the death of his old friend and neighbor
Mr. Solon Mitchell, who died of the
same disease.
In our own, and in behalf of many
friends we tender their families and
neighbors heartfelt sympathy.
Peace to their ashes.
The Lafayette (Ala) Reporter thus
announces the return from Legislative
abors of the so-called representative
from Chambers:
“Our Man” alias William Taylor, the
“so called” representative from Cham
bers, arrived in our town, yesterday
evening. So soon as his entrance was
perceived a dozen voices with unparal
lelled unanimity gave utterance to the
quaint but appropriate expression.
“Shoo fly don’t bodder me.’ He will
be remembered as the man who so
strenuously supported the resolution
introduced in the House of Representa
tives to continue the term of offices of
the members thereof until 1875. He
was in favor of retaining his seat. The
last we saw of the said William he was
retaining his seat upon the platform in
front of Mr. Huguley’s Store—Carpet
bag in hand.
We mentioned a few days ago the ap
plication of H. I. Kimball to the Atlan
ta City Council for the contract to fit up
the new Fair Grounds. As will be seen
by the following resolution of Council,
his proposition has been accepted :
Resolved, That the bid of H. I. Kim
ball be accepted, with the understand
ing, as represented by Col. J. L. Hop
kins, his attorney, that he is to give am
ple bond and security for the payment
of the $12,500 per annum rent for the
Fair Ground property, for the term of
six years from January Ist, 1871, rent
payable July Ist, 1871, and each subse
quent year, in case the city should not
think proper to re-rent; and with the
further understanding that one of the
provisions of said bond shall be, that,
in case of fire, the said Kimball shall re
place the Fair Ground buildings, the
city keeping them insured for the sum
of $40,000 for his benefit; and with the
further understanding that the City of
Atlanta shall only be bound to place
Marietta street, at its present width, in
first class traveling order.
From an advertisement in the Mont
gomery Journal, we learn that books
for subscriptions to the capital stock of
the “Montgomery and Kingston Air
Line Railroad Company” will be open
ed in Montgomery on the 9th of April.
As we know of no town of Kingston in
Alabama, to which it could be desirable
to build a railroad, we conclude the
point indicated is Kingston, Ga., on the
line of the State Road. If that be the
point, a charter for the portion in Geor
gia is yet to be obtained.
The Pensacola Railroad —We un
derstand that this road bas been com
pleted to within one and a quarter
miles of the Mobile & Montgomery
railroad, but has come to a dead halt
there on account of some misunder
standing between different companies.
We hope this obstacle may be removed
and the road completed at once.—Mont
gomery Journal.
The Pope has “secularized" Father
Hyacinthe. This act releases the pop
ular preacher from his monastic vows,
and throws him upon the world as a
simple priest. The secularization is
said to give general satisfaction in
Rome.
The New York Herald sa>. - me
places made vacant by the - - ig of
Whittemore and Dawes, tin ; a -tship
vendors, are likely to be fined by ne
groes. Apropos of cadetships, it is re
ported that a negro cadet is soon to be
appointed from South Caralina.
For the Sun and Times.
« MENINGITIS.
Mr. Editor: From various sources
we learn that meningitis—a rapidly fa
tal disease—is prevailing in many sec
tions of our State, and causing much
alarm and apprehension in the miudsof
the people trom its unchecked ravages
in many localities.
Feeling it to be the duty',of every citi
zen to contribute whatever he may for
the general good, and hoping my limited
experience in the treatment of this fear
ful scourge may aid some of my pro
fessional brethren in successfully com
batting it in a case now and then, I
give a brief detail of my plan of treat
ment and the results.
Ia 1864 I had charge of the hospital
for the (treatment of t the laborers em
ployed in the transportation department
in this city. It fell to my lot in the lat
ter part of the Winterand early Spring
of that year, to treat six cases of cerebro
spinal-meningitis, and with one excep
tion they all recovered, and that was
the first case, which had existed some
twenty-four hours before I was called
in. In the others I saw the patients
within a few hours after the appearance
of the disease, which was generally
ushered in with chilly sensations, pain
in the head and spine, and followed by
fever, delirium of the
spine within from two to six hours.
My plan was to bleed them freely
from a large orifice, until I made a deci
ded impression upon the pulse, and un
til there was a manifest relaxation of
the muscular (rigidity and tension and
temperature of the skin. I then put
them upon nauseating portions of tartar
emetic and give a brisk mercurial pur
gative, and applied (a large l , blister to
the spine, extending from the occiput
to the lower angled of ,tho scapular.
After the action of the purgative, I con
tinued the mercury and tartar emetic in
alterative portions, combined with Do
ver powder if it was disposed to act too
freely upon the bowels. And if reaction
was fully established before relief, I
repeated the bleeding. Under this
treatment I hud the satisfaction of see
ing my patients relieved in from six to
to twelve and twenty-four hours of all
symptoms of the disease.
It is an active inflammatory disease,
tending rapidly to disorganization and
death, and to treat it successfully the
most prompt and decided antiflogit-tic
remedies must be employed early iu
the disease, and I know of no single
remedy that offers such advantages,
both to patient and physician, as an
early, thorough and decided bleeding—
in the language of the books, ad deli
quim animi. But, in order to give the
remedy a fair chance, the physician
must see the patient early and act with
vigor. T. J. Word, M. D.
Labor, Crops and Plows.
Muscogee Cos., Ga., March 4,1870.
Editor Sun ,
It appears that time brings no change
for the better, to the farmer in the wan
of labor, reliable labor. All planters iy
this section with whom I have had inter
views, are of the opinion that labor,
both black and white, is less reliable,
and more demoralized, than it was two
years ago, or even last year, how to
account for this puzzles the coolest
heads.
That we err greatly in our mode of
hiring, I have long since felt convinced.
The plan of giving ignorant negrois an
interest in the crop for his labor, or
furnishing them Land, Stock, aud Feod,
and give them one half they make, is
to my thinking, the wildest plan of
which sensible men could be guilty.
My rule is to employ laborers for
wages exclusively, then their time is
all mine from daylight till dark, there
are no mutteriDgs, sour looks, perhaps
swearing, when rails are to be split,
fences to build, ditching to be done or
anything outside of farm work. Even
on a rainy day, “they dont refuse to
haul out manure with a yoke of oxen,
or feed stock on rainy days, unless they
get extra pay” (no reflections intended
Cousin Billy.) All this is embraced in
a concise contract, which the employee
fully understands. Many have felt seri
ously so for the present year, the effects
of this ruinous system, and have deter
mined for the future to abandon alto
gether the Cropper System. From
personal observation of farmers in this
vicinity, I am safe in saying, that
lands, both for corn and cotton, are
being much better prepared for plant
ing than last year, plowing is done
closer, and deeper, every one seems
intent upon a thorough pulverization of
the soil, before putting his seed in the
ground. All except “Daddy’s ways,”
regard this as a sine qua non to good
crops, while all save “Daddy’s Chil
dren” are seeking new and better agri
cultural implements.
Speaking of farming implements re
minds me that you have in Columbus a
plow factory that should be liberally
patronized. I allude to Messrs. Blount,
Haiman & Bro. These gentlemen have
introduced two plows, their own inven
tion, which should be found upon every
Southern farm. Haiman’s one horse
turning plow is an excellent plow,
light, easy to handle, and simple in con
struction. Ilaiman’s subsoiler is a
splendid ground lifter, and wherever it
goes does its work in fine style. The
stocks to which these plows are attach
ed, are specially attractive, not for par
ticular beauty of make and finish,(that’s j
good enough), but for their adaptability
to any kind of plow, whether scooter,
shovel or sweep. The stocks of no oth
er turning plow now before the public,
can be used for any other kind of plow,
hence the desirableness of these stocks.
I am using this year, Haiman’s plows,
and can commend them to every one
wanting good serviceable plows and
slocks.
Planting tini” has enme and found
but few ol Ua lcmiy .Yiy own crop of
corn was planted the first three days of
March. Os oats a good crop was sowed
last fall and this spring. They look
thrifty, notwithstanding the severe
freeze in February last.
Bethel.
Meningitis.— We most sincerely re
gret to announce the death of little Ar
thur Wells, by this terrible malady. He
died on Friday night. He was about
ten years of age,and a bright and promis
ing little boy.
The servant girl in Mr. Wells’ family,
who was attacked by this disease, also
died on Friday, and his youngest daugh
ter still ließ in a most critical condition
with it.
We have heard of two or three other
cases of this disease. Mr. Thomas, an
old citizen of East Macon ; also a grand
daughter of Col. Pulaski Holt, are, we
understand, dangerously ill with menin
gitis.— Macon Telegraph of Sunday.
NO. 1.
Closing Scenes or the South Caroli
na Legislature.
A fierce conflict is being waged be
tween the negroes and carpet-baggers
| for the offices. The negroes, doing ail
the voting, claim the offices. As be
tween the two, we are for the negroes,
and hope the Georgia negroes will do
the same thing. The following we take
from the Charleston Courier. One
Leslie, C. 8., fought hard for his place,
but was ousted. His remonstrances
were met by “degemmen of ’stinction”
with language aud epithets rather more
forcible than elegant:
Before adjourning, Speaker Moses
j read a farewell speech of thanks, in
[ which was mingled politics, religion,
! history, philosophy, metaphysics, rhet
j oric and so forth. The House also
voted him a gratuity of SSOO. In the
i Senate a resolution of “thanks all
i around” was .adopted, and on the
strength of it everybody made their
! verbal bows aud prepared to retire.
Wimbush, Maxwell, llayne, Cain, Ar-
I nim and finally Leslie, all said their
| say. The speech of the latter is given
! below, because it is a panoramic view
| of South Carolina Republicanism. Dur
ing its delivery the Senate was thronged
with ladies, colored women, citizens,
| visitors and members of the lower
House. Asa portion of the speech
shows, Leslio was frequently interrupt
ed. He was also constantly insulted
j by the crowd gathered near him, who,
| Botto voce , applied to him every epithet
i which they could readily command.
; Elliott went so far, I am informed, as
; to threaten to cowhide or cane him, aud
; was only restrained by Chief Justice
Moses, who catching the inspiration of
his intention, forbade Elliott the indul
gence of any such Calisthenic exercises.
DeLarge was to day appointed Land
i Commissioner in the place of Leslie.
Hereafter the office will be administered
by the Board comprised of the Gover
nor, Comptroller-General, Secretary of
| the State and Attorney-General, and
the work will be done by their direction
through local agents. They will also
hold out more inducements to white
men than heretofore. To-night small
crowds of negroes are making practical
; experiments as to the effect oi the Civil
Rights Bill. They have visited bar
rooms and have been refused; tried to
be shaved in barber shops; one or two
have been knocked down by irate col
ored barbers; and applied for admission
to hotels.
In one of the barrooms the proprietor
bad the whip handle of them. He had
been reading the Courier. When they
asked for a drink he said they couldn’t
have it. “Why?” “Because I don’t
like you; I sell liquor to whom I please.”
“Well, why don’t you like us ?” “I
don’t like your clothes; I don’t like
your actions; I don’t like your talk;
you don’t behave like gentlemen; but
mind you, I don’t object to you on ac
count of your race, color, or previous
condition.” The negroes left with a
flea in their car.
The following extract from the Lex
ington (Ky.) Observer, will be read
with much interest by the old members
of Gen. Wheeler’s cavalry .corps, who
will recognize in (Major Thomas their
old comrade and Chief Commissary.
The death of Herzog was a severe loss
to Major Thomas, and therefore we are
doubly gratified to learn that he has a
few more left of the same sort. Ken
tucky can boast no noblet or more
chivalrous son than the Major. Good
| luck to him:
i On Saturday, Major Thomas shipped
j to New York, to be trained there for
: the ensuing racing campaign, the fol
lowing thoroughbreds: Rival, by Imp.
Australian, out of the dam of James A.
Connelly—3 years old; Talaria, by Imp.
Australian, out of Lady Taylor, the
dam of Derby—3 years old; Zings, by
the Knight of St. George, out of the full
sister to Edgar—3 years old; and Aure
ola, by War Dance, out of Dixie, the
dam of the late great Herzog—2 years
old. Not extensive on quantity, but
mighty hard to beat on quality.
Utterly Fai.se.— The Radical jour
nals of the North are trying to impress
upon Congress that there is a general
disposition among all parties in Georgia
to accept the results as they now stand.
Nothing could be more false. That the
white people, and the property owners
of all classes, should accept a Legisla
lure organized against the popular will,
and in the interests of speculators and
land sharks who have a settled purpose
to rob the treasury and bankrupt the
State, cannot possibly be true. We
protest against any such inference from
the quiet manner of tfie Democracy and
Conservatives of the State, who are
silent under outrage only because noth
ing they could say would influence the
action of Congress.
The people of Georgia ask that Con
gress see to it that their own law shall
be executed in good faith. They ask
that all their chosen representatives who
can take the oaths prescribed shall be
allowed to take their seats, and that
elections be forthwith ordered to fill the
vacancies of those who cannot, and of
those who have died, resigned, or mov
ed from the State. This is fair, and
whatever may be its result our people
will abide by it. The Legislature has
adjourned for sixty days, we have no
members elect to the lower house of
Congress, and the course indicated need
not delay reconstruction for a day.—
Savannah Republican.
For the benefit of the loyal—such as
can take the iron clad oath—we copy
from the Atlanta Era the follawing
statement regarding the qualifications
ot applicants from the different counties
for taking the census. The Era says :
We are authorised to state that appli
cants for appointments to take the cen
sus of the several counties, will be re
quired to make and file their applica
tion, made in their own hanil-wnting,
stating how long they had resided in
the county for which they make the ap
plication, their present and previous
occupations, whether they can lake the
oath required by law for all officers of
the United States, (the iron clad oath,)
and such other facts as may enable the
Marshal to form a judgment ot the ap
plicant’s fitness for census service.
We fear there is much misapprehen
sion abroad in the community as to the
value of these appointments. There is
only a fair compensation provided for
the work if fully and faithfully perform
ed. And this, we understand, will be
rigidly required by the Marshal before
any payments are made. In all cases,
it will be necessary for the census taker
to perform the work required personal
ly, and in no case can the position be
sub let, or the service be performed by
a substitute. Active work will not com
mence before the first of June next.
Applications addressed to Major Wm.
H. Smyth, United States Marshal, can
be filed with his deputy, in this city,
Mr. Chamberlain.
“The Old Man." —Says the jfrank
fort (Ky.) Yeoman: “General Leslie
Combs, the oldest man in the world,
was in town last week, looking as
young and hearty as he did some three
hundred and fifty years ago, when he
first came to this country with his
friend and schoolmate, Christopher Co
lumbus.”
John H. Houston, a brother of the
late Gen. Sam. Houston, of Texas, died
in Washington recently, at the ad
vanced age of nearly eighty years.
SAN FRANCISCO.
Wreck of the R learner Golden City-Full
Detail* of the Lou oj the Oneida , etc.
BAN a rancisco, March 2.— The sol
os the wreck of th 8 '? aV ° been rßCeivuti
She left her« nl h ?» B ’*. w,ler Golden City.
Blie tett hero on tu e lffth U n with
passengers for Panama, and l va uable
cargo, including a quantity of tea B ho
went ashore near Point La Zaro r. ° „
California. The locality where The
party were landed is barren and deso
late, and bofore they were taken off
there was some distress experienced
from hunger and thirst.
Yokohoma, Jan. 81, via San Fran
cisco, March I.—One of the most terri
ble accidents and horrible exhibition of
inhumanity known in the East, occur
red about twenty miles down this coast
at o’clock on the evening of January
2d. The United States steamer Oneida,
homeward bound, collided with the
British Peninsula and Oriental iron
mail steamer Bombay, Capt. Arthur
Wells Byere.
The Bombay struck the Oneida on her
i#arboard quarter, carrying away her
poop deck, and cutting off her whole
stern and running one ol the Oneida’s
timbers entirely through her own bow
at the waler line. Three times the
Oneida hailed the Bombay with “ship
ahoy, stand by, you’ve cut us down,"
blew her whistle and fired her guns, all
of which the officers of the Bombay say
they did not hear, although the guns
were distinctly heard at this port 20
miles away.
The Oneida went down stern fore
most, in about tweuty fathoms of water,
with twenty officers and titty men. The
Captain of the Bombay did not stop to
rescue those on board, nor did he, upon
his arrival hero, report the accident or
inform the authorities ot it.
The first known of the disaster was
the next morning, when Dr. Luddards,
Surgeon of the Oneida, with fifteen of
the crew, arrived here on foot. Only
two of the Oneida’s cutters were avails
ble, and the officers, almost to a man,
refused to take them while a man re
mained on board.
FHNhlouM for Mart'll.
White pique and linen suits promise
to be more iu vogue than ever this sea
son. The former are trimmed with
white Marseilles braid and “Hamburg"
ruffling, tho latter with unblonehed
Irish guipure and black velvet.
Avery good method to Bavo trouble
is to mount black velvet upon stiff' net
in round or squaro loops, aud bows so
that they can be transferred readily from
one dress to another, or taken off'for
convenience of washing.
Hamburg ruffling consists of hands in
handsome and durable German embroi
dery which last almost as long ub pique,
and is not expensive. It trims child
ren’s gored pique suits admirably, and
is used largely for ladies’ suits and
dresses also.
Gabrielles for little children, hoys and
girls, in linen and pique, are universal.
They are a prominent feature of all the
furnishing establishment.
“Flat, single pleating, popularly call
ed “kilt” pleating, has taken the place
of ruffles to some extent, in the making
up of alpacas, mohair and spring wool
en fabrics. The pleating is sometimes
put on the lower skirts to the depth of
half a yard, and the upper skirt cut out
in large leaves, also covered with pleats
above it. But this style, though efl'ec
live because it is novel, is not desirable.
It makes the suit too heavy for com
fort, takes a great deal ot material, and
supplies unlimited corners for the ac
cumulation of dust. It will do for those
who have many changes, but not for
the little woman who wants her suit for
every occasion.
Plain, high silk dresses are mado very
dressy by overskirts of white organdie
muslin, to which bretelles are added.
Well cut and trimmed with three ruffles,
they can bo bought for fifteen dollars,
ready made; made at home they cost
six dollars, muslin of a finer quality
than those ready made and some left
over. A full sash and shoulder knot,
the color ot the dress, complete the
toilette.
The combination of black aud while
is more distingue than ever. It is al
most the only contrastthat is permitted,
the finest toilette showing a remarka
ble uniformity, or only the difference of
certain shades of the same color.
The prettiest white muslin dresses
and overskirts are trimmed with ruffles
edged with black velvet aud Valencien
nes lace, and the richest black silk
toilette obtain anew and striking effect,
from overskirts of white crape or white
satin bordered with rich crimped fringe
and single plaitings of the same m&ieri
al laid fiat upon the trained skirts.
With the present style ofdross, a black
or white lace shawl is so useful as to bo
almost indispensable. It may be worn
as an outskirt to an evening dress, or
looped high upon the shoulders, and
caught down at the back with the sash,
as a fichu tunique. It can be arranged
gracefully over a plain dress, for the
house; or stylishly, over a pretty one
for the street. Fortunately, also, the
fine llama fabric, effective as it is, is
inexpensive enough for a limited purse,
and suffers no injury from any amount
of crushing.
All sorts of vagaries are exhibited in
collars worn wiih light dresses. Some
are shaped like a yoke, square back and
front. Some are deeply pointed, Span
ish style, but nearly all are immensely
large. The open, square, and V shaped
bodies are generally outlined with a
ruff or more becomingly trimmed with
ruchings, and finished with a ruffle of
Valenciennes lace inside.
Linen cuffs and collars, for every day
wear, were too cheap and durable to
suit the dealers in these commodities,
so they have ordered linen edged with
i imitation Valenciennes, which cost
twice as much, last half as long, and is
not half as lady-like.
We advise ladies to stick to the plain
linen. Jenny June.
Mack doos Dent.—“ Mack” of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, concerning the
j dog which Grant refused, revileth Brig
adier Doorkeeper Dent as follows :
[ “I have fallen under the deep dis-
I pleasuro of Dent, because of that faith
lul narrative wherein I pictured the
illustrious brother in-law leading the
Cleveland pointer toa meat shop. In
fact, Dent enters solemn denial of the
statement; says he had nothing what
ever to do with the dog, except to refuse
to receive him, and this he did in the
name of his high mightiness, Ulysses.
He says, furthermore, that 1 am a slan
derer of the President, and he wishes
there were a law to banish mo beyond
the sacred limits of Washington. Bo
jdo I. For in the language of the au
i cient and illustrious Cataline, “What’s
: banished but set free from the daily
I contact with the things I loathe.” He
: threatens mo with the vengeance of
1 denied courtesy at the White House,
i and swears vigorously whenever my
i nam e is mentioned. Has he ever rpad
the modern translation of the beatitudes.
“Blessed are ye when Dent shall revile
you and prosecute you, for Dent is a
fraud on the American people.” But
if I have offended Dent in this matter,
in how much greater measure have I
offended the dog. If Dent was ma
ligned in being pictured as leading the
dog to the meat-shop, how much great
or was the humiliation heaped upon the
dog by being sent through the streets
in such company 1 If I owe an apology
anywhere it is to the dog, and not to
Dent, and if Towser will forgive mo I
shall not offend again.”
The Savannah and Charleston
Railroad Company.— The announce
ment of the entire completion of this
popular route to Savannah, Southwest
ern Georgia, Florida aud Alabama Las
had the effect of advancing the price ot
its stock. At the public sale yesterday
shares were taken at S2B 37. The debt
of the company is stated at $1,200,000,
and the stock at S3O per share would
give as a total figure for the whole road
in good running order $1,500,000, less
than $15,000 per mile for 104 miles of
as good as new road, with valuable
connections already in existence and
the “Yemassee and Millen” branch
soon to be developed, which will give
to this new and short route via Charles
ton the passenger travel to and from
Macon, Columbus, Montgomery, Selma,
Vicksburg and New Oileans, and the
great centres north. With such a pros
pectus, we would suggest to stockhold
ers quietly to hold on to their property
and not sell for $26 to S3O, wbat is
really worth SIOO. —Charleston News.
The man who planted himself on his
good intentions has not yet sprouted.