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THE lIERALI) ■— • SUBSCRIPTION : $2 00. COLUMBUS HEARD. - - - PROP R, J. H. LEWIS, EDITOR. THURSDAY, n iIM IB 28, *B7B. jr3"Onr Atlanta letter, this week, reminds us that the State press has had a good deal to say on the Capitol question, and that the almost universal opinion is, that the whole State should con tribute towards building U 9 a Cap itol building. Well, this seems nothing but fair in one light, but let us turn it round. How many people of tho State voted for An lanta as the Capital on purely eco nomical grounds —with the distinct understanding thit she would re lieve the tax-burdened people of this one load ? The town of Mil* Ldgcvillo didn't tnakc any such proposition, and honce didn't get the requisite number of votes to carry the Capitol back to its old home. Atlanta may have made a bad. trade (we thought so at the time) —but however. ——• mm* jfeyAVe notice from the dis patches that tho storm last Sunday was attended with serious loss to life and property on the sea. The “Eurydice”, an English naval training vessel, capsized off the coast cf Wales, and every person on board (about 300 in all) was drowned, except two, who were picked up by a neighboring schoo ner, A vessel was also discovered bottom-up off the coast of San Fra ncisco, and none of its crew have been heard of since. does seem to be a very difficult matter for Russia to come to satisfactory terms of peace with the other nations of Europe About a month ago everybody thought the matter was settled; peace” was published in big let ters at thet head of the war columns in the newspapers, and everybody . -p-. vyrT.r TT. TT. nIOOTt ttJ M’TgCX all about war. But the matter doesn't seem to be settled, by any means. England i still quietly preparing for war. which seems now to he almost inevitable. If the war must come, it is lo be hop ed that it will hurry up, and not keep the world in suspense any longer, CAPITAL MOTES. [Special correspondence of tlie Ilr.uAt.n-] Tin* Xctv I’upftol Tlie* Fall Klrrlions and Wlmt Tli*> Will Show. Atlanta, Wednesday, March, 27. Tlie press of the state has renewed the ghost of the old Capitol question. We had enough of it last summer and felt n sweet satisfaction when the sensation closed in (he decisive result of tbs bal lot box. Norv here comes the old ques tion in a modified shape, but strong enough to bring back all the memories otUliat hitter fight last summer in which there was so much had and so little good. Now we are to be bored by an endless discussion as to whether .r not Atlanta is legally, morally or politically bound to build a State Oapi ol as site plainly promised to do if the neople should choose to locate the seat >f government here. The general run if opinion seeuis to favor tRe release of Atlanta from this glowing promise.— \nd such would seem to be the proper •nurse. There is uo sense or reason in no proposition that the people of one •ity should build the Capitol fora whole -j a te. It is not sensible or proper that birty-five thousand people should bear i burden which ‘ili benefit a million md more. Atlanta is peculiarly sit lated in this discussion. She must naintnin a silence through it all if she icts with sense and modesty. There g a solemn promise on the part of the tity to build a Capitol and unless the aeople give some authoritative expres sion that they refuse to accept any such inflation from the people of Atlanta md wish the State to guild its Capitol, jnless this decided assurance comes * Atlanta has but on" plain duty to per form, and that is % go to work and uild the house which is now so much aseded The question as to who is to do this work should be soon determined, for the State is in sore need of a re speotahle Capitol. Atlanta will not be able to erect aueh a building as we want for ten years to gome, therefore it would be well for the Stale to relievo (be city of her promise at once and build its own Capitol. The present apology is daily becoming more and more dilapidated and dingy and unfit for tho purposes for which it must be used The dignity of the State de mands anew and better Capitol and it might as well be built at once. A false and stingy economy is bad ir. private affairs but. it is miserable and almost criminal in public affairs. The old cry of hard times has played out. There is no sense in it and talking in this strain does not help possessions or prospects. The idea that tho State is not able to build a decent Capitol is preposterous and insults the intelligence of our people. When the Legislature meets next fall the very first thing it does should be to consider the most economical plan of building such a Capitol as will be an honor to the State- Meanwhile the talk in the newspaper* clearly shows that the people do not really expect Atlanta to build the Capi tol. They are perfectly willing to res lieve the city of any obligation incurred by the famous campaign promise. Be yond the discussion on this question there seems to be nothing of much im*> portance in ihe political circles of the Stole. We are merging into the dull ness of summer which is to be broken on ly by* the Congressional elections which will give liveliness enough for a time. There will be developments in that race which will be deeply interesting and which will be indicative perhaps of some gieat changes in our politics.— The people I think are tired of being ruled by politicians and this will begin to appear in the fall elections. A JACKS. Our Washington Letter. [From our Regular Correspondent.] Washington, D.C., March 25, 1878. / Our modern prophets soon find that their “prophetic souls” are a “delusion and a snare. Their predictions con cerning matters of “fec-nance,” as Mr Kelley says, and upon various and oth er matters, only hold the word of prom ise. the ear to break it to the hope. — Yet such is life. When the silver bill was under discussion, one of the ar. u .■•ui, inO i* ver dollar was not even as good as the greenback Secretary Sherman—other wise John Shertnan—said that a green, hack dollar was worth 98 cents in gold, whereas 412 J grains of silver would only command 92 or 98 cents. Taking him at his word the people of the coun try naturally imagined that the pass age of the bill and consequent coinage of the dollars would cause John to sell them or exchange them at par, at least, as fast as they were turned out of the mints. Upon this basis, that the green back dollar was worth five ceDts more than the silver dollar, it was supposed that the Secretary could sell four mil lions of si'ver every month for four millions of greenbacks, a / a net profit to the Government of two hundred thousand dollars. This would have increased the revenues two millions four hundred thousand dollars per year, which in these hard times is a right cheerful addition to one’s income. But John didu’t do it. Now that the silver dollar is coined and on the market, he demands gold at par in exchange, or 101 cents in greenbacks. In his in terview with the Senate Finance Com mittee, on Wednesday, he said that he had been mistaken —th.it he now be lieved the silver legislation was a good thing. The effect of it has certainly been to re uee the premium on gold and bring the yellow coin into circula tion. One Washington merchant took sixty dollars in gold over his counters a day or two since t n payment for goods. Congress is quiet and dull. The Senate has recently been discussing Pacific Railways, and the House is de voting itself mostly to committee work For two weeks there has been nothing lively or spicy, and nothing specially important. Dr. Mary Walker is always getting into the papers, and her latest effort at notoriety has proved about as success ful as could be expected from one al ready notorious. The newspapers here made no end of fun about her applica tion to be appointed on the police force. A reporter interviewed her on the sub ject, and she unbosomed herself—that is to say. relieved her mind quite free ly. She says that herself and her friend, Mrs. Pierson, another panta loons wearer, in other words “dress re • former,' go about the city a good deal 1 together, and are annoyed on all hands by the naughty boys who follow them shouting,‘There goes Dr. Mary and her Dad.’ Pull down your vest etc , and otherwise making life a burden to them. She tliUks if she were made a policeman it would be fun to go for these unruly boys and hook them up with the crooked end of her cane. She says t “I want to be a peeler, And 'gainst the hydrant stand, A star upon ray bosom, A cl ill) within my hand. If urchins mock my clothing, , I need not cry “Police P’ But fakethem up for breaches, For breaches of Ihe peace.” Tn a former letter I mentioned the engagement of Senator Don Cameron to Miss Sherman,niece of Secretary Slier man, and I have since noticed a good deal of erroneous gosip on the subject going the rounds. One writer speaks of the “youthfulness and bashfulness” of the “son of his father,” while other glaring m sstatements of facts give a rather too romantic coloring to the af fair Instead of being a“bashfu! youth,” Don is a widower, fifty years of age, already possessing a promising family of children. Miss Sherman*is a young lady just out of her teens. She is not rich—Don Uauieron is worth millions. This slightly abreviates the romance of the thing. Did anybody ever hear of a rich young girl marrying a pofir old man with a house full of children '(— The society gossips say further, (hat, with the exception of Miss Sherman’s engagement, tlie season has not been productive of a single matrimonial allh aneo. Of course no one knows what seed may have been sown, nor what the future may develop; but it seems strango to Grundy, for such a largo num ber of handsome young ladies to have been thrown so constantly in the so ciety of eligible young men without kindling the divine spark. In the Supreme Court room, Mrs. Fassett is daily working on her paint ing of the electoral commission, and will remain there until the 25’.h io staut, when the court convenes. The • picture gives evidence of great merit, and this illustration in oil of a historic event in the Presidential annals of the country,- by the preservation of the likenesses in group of some of the priu eipal actors and a few leading corres pondents of the press, will be valuable. This portrait will be a landmark io the history of the nation that will never be erased. It memorizes a most remark able crisis in our national life, and will perpetuate bath by reasou of its in trinsic value as a ohapter of history and its extrinsic worth as an art pro duction, the incident it represents, and the. namo of ( ’ ■ —‘ time. lel there are a great many peo pic scattered about over the country who never think of this same electoral commission without reflecting how easi ly the eight spot takes the seven. — Probably few’ will ever lock upon the picture in question without occurrence of this thought. Mr. A. 0. Buell, the brilliant young journalist, has just married a daughter of door-keeper Polk Buell acquired natioual notoriety a few years ago by his caustic criticisms upon Zach Chand ler. The cruel accusation that Zach ariah sat down on a baby in a street car, originated in the Capital, to which A. C. B. is a contributor. The boys all extend their congratulations to Buell, and a local journal expresses the hope that Chandler may uot be a visitor in his domestic circle—unless he sits down carefully. PHONO. - —— mjvs; nuns, Spark-, of the Eatouton C/iqp- J.rcif- Itemiser , has been initiated into a base ball club. —“A man in Ilawkinsville the other day sucked twenty-six raw eggs at one bait.” There’s a dog in Greene county that can suck thirty. -—A Harris county man is the father of eight red-headed children. Nice gang of little wood-pcckcrs- —[Old Capital. ■ —“Carlersville has only eleven bar rooms and thirteen lawyers.” Two un fortunate lawyers without a bar-room. —Mrs. Flynn of San Francisco had triplets, and her proud husband, as a guide to the many visitors, chalked over his door, “This is whare the trip lets is.” —Sixty horses are iu training for the Mobile races, which take place on April 10, 11, and 12. —There is an area of forty acres in North Carolina that has yielded over 61,000,000 in gold since the war. South Carolina now has 5,900 spindles ar.d 1.400 looms in operation, divided among ten pr"sperous factories. —Several persons have died sudden ly of disease contracted while unload ing a curgo of rags from Egypt at a paper mill at New Haven. —The glanders have made their ap pearance n Cobb county, among the mules and horses. Three have been shot to prevent the spread of the dis ease. —Aut 15,000 people, it is report ed, wifcssed the execution of tho no torioufeus Johnson, at Rome, on the lfilh it. ls stated that a full-blooded ne gro w's the palm leaf on the lapel of his co as the most eloquent orator in the \ £inia Senate. —. little girl of Conshohocken Conn fas playing with a cat, one day recen! , wheD she was slightly scratch ed ly le animal. Her brother was ill with f rlet fever and she took the dis ease. nstead of the eruption coming out n; iraily, it seemed to sett •: in the triflin wound which the eat had indict ed. Gigreen set in, and the little on-, suffer greatly, and was finally reliev ed by eath. serous fire occom v Philo elphia on Monday last, re* sultii in a loss to the city of abouS 1,000,000. —, 1 lowa clergyman is said to have given 75 and “four formal, earnest praye " for a horse. The prayers were r the welfare of the man from whom he horse was bought. —\\ II Lister, a young man in Cedar count Neb., was a while ago “living in eiu ” engaged to half a dozen youngiauies, and would have been yet if the; hadn't begun inviting each oth er to I bridesmaids. That broke up Lister and the young ladies went in a body id set fire to his homestead, burr.iig everything. Business! —1 ie poet asks who can tell the value if a smile. \Vc should say that probaljy the bartender could. —4 medical association of Washing ton city has expelled a doctor because he advertised to euro Bright’s disease of thejkidneys in four weeks. —An Eastern editor says a man in New York got himself in trouble by marrying two wives. A North ern editor replies by saying he knew- a number of men who had got into trouble by marrying one. A Southern editor retorts by say ing he knows of some who got in to trouble by merely promising to marry without going any further. A Western editor closes up the list by saying that a friend of his got into trouble enough by being found with another man’s wife, -■-Good clothes make more difference with the world’s opinion than a good many neople are willing to admit- How look climbing the heights of fame with a patch on his pantaloons? While reading a few chapters in Not.li Webster’s entertaining novel, wo learned that when they embalm a mau they fill him up with aromatic spices. Now we know why a man chews cloves —he's embalming himself. Since the war, Georgia has sent out of the State $1,252,000 for the educa tion of her children. - Thi- fact is an argument in favor of the establishment of a College of the highest ••. ss within the State. The Russians and Turks together have buried 300,000 men. Moody is particularly str< ■ nous i’ his advice to young converts] nut t marry unbelievers. lie thinks the time will soon come when ministers will refuse to perform the ceremonies in such cases. Ex-Governor Jo Brown is said to be worth one million and a half'of dollars, which, by-theswny ,is very consoling to us. The following decision in a closely contested debate over the rival powers of the pen nd sword was arrived at in a Louisville literary society the other day: “De committee decide dat de swoard has de most pints and de best backin', and dat de pen is de most ben eficial an’ dat de whole ting is about a stan-off.” All the family can be relieved from the horrible plague of Worms by one 25-cent bottle of Shriner’s Indian Ver mifuge. It is meritorious. Try it. A sad story comes from Texas, A Miss Moore was preparing for marriage and invited a friend, Miss Williams, to assist her. In ruma ging through a drawer an old pis tol was carelessly handled by Miss Williams, resulting in the shooting and instant death of Miss Moore. She was buried on the day that was to have been her wedding day, and M iss Williams has become insane, —■— 4 $24 per day is what the speaker of the Lojsianna House of Repre sentatives receives: An exchange says: “The fol lowing ar interesting statistics of the Empiiie State; the population of Georgia in IS7O was 1,184,106; j , of these. (j 38,926 were white, aud 596,195 were black, and 11,127 were foreign born. Ihe number of families in the State was 237,- 850, and the average was five per sons to a family. The number of dwellings were about the same as families : of 236,436 persons in Georgia, 48.9 per cent, are mu’.cs and 51.1 percent: females; 5V per cent, are whites and 49 per cent, negroes. Of militia, between 18 and 45 year of age, 91 per cent, are whites and 6 9 per cent, ne groes. Of voters over 21 109 per cent, are whites and 9.1 per cent, negroes The centre of popula tion of Georgia is in Monroe coun ty.” -—• Ant Discouraged Vv ( udge from the accounts which reach ns from New Orleans that the Attorney-General of Lousi anna is not disheartened by the re versal of the Supreme Court in the Anderson case, lie is represen ted as a man of sterling character who is earnest in the war lie is wag ing on fraud. To such a man a grander opportunity could scarce ly offer to serve his State, his country, and the cause of republi can government. With the experience of the An derson case before him the Attor ney-General can readily draw the informations against the remain ing members of the Returning Board so as to avoid the rocks on which the Anderson case split. It is hardly worth while to find fault with the decision of our court oflast resort in the Anderson case. For ourselves, if there was a doubt evon about tbs legality of the con viction in that case, we rejoice that the highest tribunal to which the case could be carried has given the prisoner the benefit of that doubt. We desire no unlawful convictions. They are not essen tial to the cause we advocate. We should distrust, we should condemn any cause to which illegal convic- tions were necessary, or even ad vantageous. It can only be an oblique vision to which they are even apparently beneficial. We prefer to follow Law and Justice wherever they lead . if it is to the 1. otiunui \ vnrDcov nr nf _ hundred Andersons, let Ander son or a hundred Andersons go free. Eut, on the other hand, of this we foel assured; there is a law for the conviction and the punishment of the wicked conspirators who false ly and fraudulently counted Hayes in. We are not in the least dis couraged in our pursuit of that ob ject, and for bis own sako and his country’s sake we are glad to he assured that the Attorney-General of Lousiana is undiscouraged also. xV. Y. Sun. Twenty Impolite Thins** • I. Loud and boisterous laughing Reading when others are talk ing . © 3. Talking when others are reading. 4. Cutting finger nails in com pany. 5. Joking others in company, 6. Gazing rudely at strangers. 7. Leaving a stranger without a seat. S. Making yourself the hero of your own story. 9. Reading aloud in company without being asked. ID. Spitting about the house, smoking or chewing. 11. Leaving church before wor ship is closed. 12. Whispering or laughing in house of God. 13. A want of respect and rev erence lor your seniors. 14. Correcting older persons than yourself, especially parents. 15. Receiving a present without an expression of gratitude. 16. Not listening to what one is saying in company. 17. Commencing to eat as soon as you get to the table, 18. Answering questions that have been put to others. 19. Commencing talking before others have finished speaking. 20. Laughing at the mistakes of others. ,-K /in week iu your own town. $5 ■* J®Outfit free. Xo risk. Reader, you want a business at which • 111 II Bpersons of either sex can make vl/ V Vgreat pay all the time they work, write for particulars to 11. Hau.ktt & Cos., Portland, Maine. Feb. 28th. 1878—ly. ferci Hi ip. Something FOR Everybody. Spring Prints, Bark Prints, and everything that a Lady Light Prints, J Shepherd Plaid Prints, Black Alpacas, wants. Black Silks, Millinery Goods,' Split Zephyr—white, Split Zephyr-colored a iu ] everything that a Young Handsome Gray Suitings, /vnu J Victoria Lawns, Striped and Checked Lawns, Lady wants. Hamburg Edgings, Fine Stationery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, everything that a Miss Striped Hosiery, White Hosiery, Roach Combs, wants. Fancy Ribbons, Tea Sets, I _ Flannel Uuderwear, Broad Bottom Shoes,- everything that an old Broad Brim Hats, Tall Crown Hats, 1 Spectacles and Nose Glasses, Man wants. Woolen Gloves, __ _ Helmet Hats, Neck Wear, Coliars aod Cuffs, Aud everything that a Youas Bosom Buttons, J c Sleeve Buttons, Scarf Pins, Man walltS ‘ Fine Dress Shirts, Ready Made Clothing, Pump-sole Boots, Ccpper-toed Boots, Cotton and Wool half Hose, Bovs Underwear, , . . ~ , „ 3 Suspenders—assorted, An<l everyth.ng that a Boy Pocket Knives, Pants, Jackets, I wants. Caps, Hats, Single barrel Guns, Sheeting, Pillow Casings, “And everything that the House- Blankets, Curtains, hold wants. Groceries. Furniture, Books, Slates, \ \, Pencils. Paper, And everything that the behool Copt Books Blank Books, Flower Seed, Garden Seed, English Peas, Arid everything that ‘ho Ga#- Onion Sets, Irish Potatoes, , o j m i eerier wants Garden Jools, Rakes, Hoes, Spades, Shovels, Bacon, Corn, Flour, Oats. Axes. . * T r ‘! cc * IrV/T o*’ 0 *’ And everything that the Farm®* Plow Lines, Breast Chains, J ° Weeding Hoes, Plows. Shovels, • wants. Rooters, Sweeps, Plow Points, Wooden Ware, Crockery Ware, Glass Ware, Looking Glasses, Tin Ware, Blind Bridles, Georgia Breeching! And (almost) everything that Aaw- Harness, Saddles, Truuks. Satchels, r Coffins, Caskets, Coffin Handles, body wantß _ Coffin Trimmings, J Chairs, Bedsteads, Round Tables, Washstands, Mattresses. Carpets—assorted, • Sole Leather, Calf Skins, Kip Skins, Lining Skins, Svrup, Molasses, Mackerel, Candles, Soap, Tobacco, Snuff, Drugs and Medicines, Hardware, C. A. DAVIS & SON. A REVOLUTION In sewing circles is apt to be produced ty the introduction of the DAVIS HUME siclt in chsi Every'lady U.S' turnout* S °*' Prices S3O, $35 and $45. During the Spring and Summer, we expect to keen nn ti,. • yet most extensive Stocks in the South, and at prices that will ' moot!l * st lni ef the Cash trade of this and adjoining countie- - ire a fair 'proportion (HAS. L DAVIS & M. February 28, 1878. S5 T 0 S2O S? f am - T E - ABMOR * Cos. will not bo under JfINSON & Cos., Portland. Maine!" ' here and *" y ‘'° U? ' in AtlanU or