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WASHINGTON GAZETTE
i. W. CHAPMAN.Troprietor,
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1885.
• It .a. i!J)
Tux Norfolk, Vs., bank is far
rcaching in victimizing ihe unwary
endnSrt. A citizen of Ban Francisco
loses #200,000 by the failure.
A failure of great magnitude haa
just come to light in Norfolk. Va, in
the su.penslon of the Exchange Na
tional bank. The amount due to de
positors alone is IH'OOO.OOO.
Tub post-maalerat Ro.sville, Tenn.,
haa gone the way of the one al Rome,
N. Y., and left the vengeance of an
administration that will enforce hon
esty, if need be, at the point of the
bayonet,
Br the way Cleveland has handed
the delinquent post-master In Rome,
N. Y., has demonstrated what a fear
ful thing it is tor him to take an offi
cial. who has bcea negligent of his
duties by the back of the neck.
Tnr. republicans bad an army of
office-holders who wore an army of
voters to be relied on. The Demo
crat uro reducing this army to a peace
footing and can rely on the approval
of the people for all the votes they
will hereafter need.
G*k. Chant Is growing weaker
sjvery day. He had a slight hemor
rhage of the throaton Tuesday, caused
from tho Inroads of tbo canoor In
that region. He fully retains his
consciousness, and tslka of his ap
proaching death very resignedly.
Ms. T.L.Gantt has sold a half inter
est in tho Banner-Watch man to Hon.
K. B. Russell, present member of the
legislature from Clarke. It la pro
posed to improve tho Bnnnor-Watch
uiai!amder tho new firm. That would
t>o hard to do under any Arm, old or
new. That excellent paper is in the
lead of progress in Northeast Georgia.
TUI KXPOSITION.
Those who do not attend the New
Orleans Exposition read of it eagerly
to ascertain why so many people are
attracted (hither, and those do attend
read tho accounts given of the great
•how with equal eagerness,, because
that want f, know if writ*
of It, saw
To give yTHomeKlMnTthe mag
nitude of the main hnlldlng, near lla
center is a vast andllor'um, in which
there are tivo thousand chairs, and
yet with such Immense sealing capac
ity us it has. it likes up comparative
ly so little space in the build
ing, and is a rather difficult
place to 11 nd in tho vast area and the
toaxe* of exhibits. From the stage
olfthU auditorium the Mexican band
of nearly one hundred musicians
atmnds out its menial strains and
sweet melodies, and attracts thou
sands of people to the vacant
eeuta. When the band
qitavi Dlxlo tho ‘'rebel yell'’
that goes up from the audience
drowns out the music for the moment.
The writer tried to yell louder than
any other matt, but ho hard!hoard
tils owu voice. Tho band sang in
concert at otto time and were encored
and most justly.
A visit to the Exposition will ele
vate your ttleas of the Mexicans sev
eral hundred degrees. You will
wonder why tho Uuitcd Mates should
ever have fought a pooplewbo show up
•urh kindly manuers, and such excel
lent traits; and how generals Tavior
and Scott wore able to conquer them
o easily. Those people itave made
great progress during that time.
They have brought their guns over
with them as well as their instmmenta
of music, and in their barrack* en the
gmnada are a number gaping can
non. The South could learn some
valuable lessons frem these Mexicans
in shewing up her natural re ources.
Ist rear of the nnditorium in the
main building are the immense llar
ris-Oorllss engines that run tho
machinery at different points all ever
tbs building. One can but be awed
by Ihe power of these great machine*.
There are four of these engines.
Tbo tw# largest have driving
wheels that a:e near twenty-five feet
in diameter and carry bands lx feet
wide. These are independent of ma
chinery hall, which is a separate
building.
there ate five magnificent loco
motives on exhibition, some for
lightning speed and others ior heavy
freights.
Tho great variety of pumps at the
water works in Ihe main building
keep a Niagara of water iu constant
inetion.
Prohibition t ou trial in all but
thirty-two counties of this state*
At th present rate prohibition will
•oon embraceiho whole state.
Ttnumro tbj rascals out.
FruKUnt Cl*vsUn4 Taka* Hold of on* of
TMd in XaraMt.
‘tEgacotJTrvE Mansion. )
■WasißNOvon, April 4tlt, 1885. \
lion. Win. F, Vitas, I. M. General:
“D*An Siß~ln answer to jour in
quiry as to the disposition to be' made
of the case of the postmaster at Roma,
N. Y., which was presented to the
benate ou the 261 h day Of March,
with the proposition that he be re
moved for cause, and which proposi
tion was not acted on prior to ad
journment of that body an the 2d day
of April, I have to say that to me It
clearly seems to be my duly to exercise
by prompt action In the case all the
power which the present condition of
the law has left In my hands, so far
as it may be done Independently of
the Government, to vindicate the
laws which have been enacted for the
regulation of the postal service, and
to impress upon the Federal office
holders the fact that no indulgence
will be granted by the Executive to
those who violate law or neglect pub
lic duly. This postmaster, under sec
-4044 of the UnUed States Revised
Statutes and Itegulatloni of the Post
office Department, was required to
transmit to the department, a weekly
report of the business done by him iu
the money order branch of his office.
It appears from Ihe official rcixirt of
an inspector of (lie Post Office De
partment, now before mo, ainl'which
was submitted to the committee of the
Senate, while the proposition to re
move this official was before
11, that an examination of his
office was ordered on the
2(ith dar of January, 1885, iu conse
quence of the fact that no such week
ly reports bad been made since the Cth
day of December, 1884. It further
appears from the report that such ex
amination developed a most disgrace
ful confusion iu ail that pertained to
the accounts and financial condition
of the office. There lias been no en
try iu tho money order cash buck
since July, 1884, and as might have
been exported thoro was a deficiency
in the money order account of more
than seven hundred dollars, and in
the postal accounts of more than four
hundred. There la, I think, no dis
pute touching these facts. Tho defi
ciency has been refunded to the Gov
ernment, under ap, arrangement with
one of tho surotle of the delinquent
official, and ho attempts to excuse I lie
of his office by
alleging that his assistant had entire
charge of the money order business
as well as of all other details of the
office. In making such an excuse
this offloor admits, it seems to me a
violation of a plain duty in turning
over the operation of hi* office to an
assistanee without any pretext of
sickness or unavoidable absence of
the postmaster, which is contrary to a
reasonable construction of section
4081 of the Revised Statute*, which
provides that “In case of sickness or
unavoidable absence of the post
mailer of any money order post
office, he may, with the approval ot
the Pestmester General authorize
a chief clerk or some other officer
employed therein, to dischatgo atl
lb* duties required by law of such
postmaster.” By the claim now made
that the assistant having had full
charge is rcponsible for the delin
quencies and Irrgtflarhies complained
of.The postmaster also appears to con
tradict hi* own sworn statement
mtde to the department as late as
Sept' 30, 1884, to tho effect that he
himself had periormed for the pre
ceding quarter the money order
business of his office except when
neoosearily absent. I shall do all
that is in my power to rid tho pub
lic service of officials who exhibit
such loose ideas of their duty to the
Government. The fact that I have be
fore ine document signed by many
residents of the city where this post
master is located, and who belong
to both political parties, asserting
their entire confidence in his honesty
and fidelity, demonstrates tho unfor
tunate fkciiiiy with which such pa
pers may be obtained and gives rite
to an unpleasant suspicions touch
ing the too prevalent standard ot
politieal honesty. If I canuot re
move this delinquent postmaster I
can surely suspend him. This I have
determined to do promptly, and I de
sire you at once to present to me the
papers necessary for that purpose
with the designation of James B.
Corcoran to perform the duties of
postmaster in plaoe *f the official*
thus suspend. Yours truly,
[Signed] Grover Cleveland.
The Clipper aay*: Next week the
people of Warren county will havo an
opportunity of seeing how they iiko
the new ‘Jedge.’ With ex-Judge
Pottle at tho bar and ex-Mr. Lump
kin on th* bench, the scene will no
doubt bear a striking resemblance to
a Jostle* Court.”
PKISCE OF WALES n IBILANO.
The Prince of Wales left London en
route for Ireland on Tuesday, the 7lh
in*!. A dispatch of that date from
Dublin says: At a meeting of the
National League to day, Htaly and
Obrien, members of Parliament, and
other prominent Nationalist, denounc
ed Loyalist flunkey Umax shown by ex
tensive preparations in this and other
cities and towns in Ireland to Welcome
ihe Prince and Princess of Wales
In speaking of the proiusc decorations
which adorn the principal streets in
this eity, they suggested that the
Dublin corporation should close the
roads along the proposed royal route.
Mr. Hcaly, Superintendent, who
presided at the meeting of National
ists, said that the Prluco of Wales
was coming ostensibly to see the con
dition of the eonutry. It would be
belter ii be visited lb* buta of the
evicted families whom the League was
supporting instead of picnicking with
landlords. ile(Healy) regretted that
the gentleman, destined to bo King of
Ireland (great uproar and shouts of
“Never,”) should be so ignorant of
public feeling in Ireland as to visit
Dublin Castle, and thereby cause
Irishmen to attribute to him a desire
to propup Karl Spencer's filthy scep
tre and whitewash Dublin Castle, and
to connect him (the Prince) with the
murder of Joyce and Haynes. Healy
concluded by assuring the Prince
thai while wishiug him a pleasant
voyage and plenty of amusement,
his visit would have no political ef
fect whatever.
confederate: sympathy fob
obant.
New Orleans, April 7.—The fol
lowing resolutions, offered by Wil
liam Preston Johnston, son of Gener
al Albert Sidney Johnston, at a re
union last evening of the ceufedorate
veterans of the Louisiana divisions of
the army ef the Tennessee, were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the association of
the Tennessee beers with deep regret
of the pain and peril now endured by
General U. 8. Grant. Twenty-three
years to-day our soldier* met him on
the field of battle, and fbund him
then, as ever, a soldier without fear
and without indignity. In his own
suffering and the sorrw of hi* fami
ly, we tender him and thorn our heart
felt sympathy, and ask for them the
comfort and peace which cqgtg og>m
Him Who i*~ not only the Lords ot
of Hosts but Father of us all. .
THK XNGLO.MCSHIAM WAR.
A cablegram of the Bth from Berlin,
Germany, ay: The belief hitherto
entertained it, official circle* that peace
would be maintained between Eng
land and Russia ha* undergone a dis
tinct change. The dispatches from
81. Petersburg say that the Russian
war party is getting the upper hand,
and that the czar has agreed to ap
point General Gousko and General
Kouropotkltie to leading eoimnnuds
in the Afghan campaign iu the event
of war. Each wilt lead an armv
corps of 50,000 men. General Prince
Dondoukoff, governor of Caucassus,
takes a staffof military surveyors to
Merv to report upon tho progress of
the massing of troops and the condi
tion of tho commissiarat. He will
command the third army corps.
The manner in which money niakca
money is illustrated by the following:
In the early fall a Boston firm bought
shout 5,000 cases of canned peas. The
market afterward dropped, but the
firm decided to protect the original
investment, and acco"dingly bought
freely in Baltimore and other markets,
uui 11 they held all the canned pear in
the country. Front the bottom price
paid there has been an advance of 50
centsper doz.cn,aud f hey have sold thus
far 13,000 dozen. The advance in
canned (teas has affected other canned
goods, and canned torantoe* and
canned corn have advanced 10 per
cent. The corner in canned pea* t* so
complete that the Boston finned re
ferred te Is sending canned peaa to
Baltimore. New York and other lead
ing markets.
A telegram of the 7th from Shen
andoah, Pa., aaye: It now appears
probable that the mine which caved
upon ten minera ycaten ay will never
be reopened, and it it even doubtful
if the bodiee ol the entombed minera
eould be taken out. The mine has
been examined sufficiently to show
that the men were direolljr beneath
that portion of the mine which caved
and must have perished instantly.
Miners acquainted with the workings
now give it as their opinion that at
least a week must elapse before any
of the bodies can bo recovered, and
that it may take month* to recover
them all. Six of the uufortunate
men were married and leave that
unmberof widow* and thirty or
phans.
AYER’S
Hair Vigor
ret tor**, with the gloat and freshness of
jouth, faded or gray hair to a natural, rich
brown color, or deep biaek, a* may be deshred.
By it* qm light or red hair may be darkened,
thin hair thickened, and Isldant
though not always, eared.
It cheeks falling of the hair, and stimu
late* a weak and sickly growth to rigor. It
prevents and core* scarf and dandruff, and
heal* nearly orery disease peculiar to the
scalp. Asa Ladles' Hair Dressing, the
Viooa is unequalled; It contains neither oil
nor dye, renders the hair soft, glossy, and
silken in appearance, and imparts a delicate,
agreeable, and lasting perfume.
Ma. C. P. Bittencn writes from Kirby, 0..
Jh/v 3, 18*2 : " Lwt fall my hair commenced
failing out, and In a short time I became
nearly baid. I used part of a bottle of
Aries's Hair Vioor. which stopped the fail
ing of the batr, and started anew growth. I
hare now a full head of hair growing rigor
ously, and am convinced that but for the
use of yonr preparation I should hare been
eullrtly bald."
*T. W. Bow Sir, proprietor of the MfeArthnr
lOhio) Enquire?, aays ; " AYER'S HAIR VIOOR
IS a most excellent preparation for the hair.
1 speak of it from my own experience. Its
use promotes the growth of new hair, and
makes it gkwsjr and soft. The Vioor is also
a tare cure for dandruff. Not within my
knowledge baa the preparation ever failed
to girt entire satisfaction."
Ma. Asrnr* FAntasisy, leader of th*
celebrated " Fairboim Family" of Scottish
Vocalists, writes from liotttm, Ahus,, Feb. 6,
1880; " Ever since my hair began to give sil
very evidence of the change which fleeting
time procureth, I hare used AVer's Hair
Vioor, and so hare been able to maintain
anappearane# of youthfulness —a matter of
considerable consequence to ministers, ora
tors, actors, and in fact orery one who lives
In the eyes of the public."
Mm. O. A. Prescott, writing from !* Kin
fit., Ch'trttitown, Mast., April 14, I*B2, says :
" Two year* ago about two-third* of my hsii
came off. It thinned very rapidly, and I was
fast growing bald. On using Ayer s Hair
Vioor the falling stopped and anew growth
commenced, and In about a month my head
was completely covered with short hair. It
lias continued to grow, and is now as good
before It fell, t regularly used but one bottle
of the Vigor, but now use it occasionally aa
a dressing."
We hare hundreds of similar testimonials
to the efficacy of Aram's Hair Vigor. Jt
needs but a trial to convince the most skepti
cal of Us value.
mar aam bt
Dr. J.C. Ayer A Cos., Lowell, Matt.
Sold by all Druggists.
EASTER CARDS!
NOW Ot\ HAND
CORDES.
Petition for Incorporation.
NOTICE or THK. FORMATION OF A COM
PANY FOR THE CONfiTBUOTION OF A
RAILROAD FROM AUGUSTA* GA., TO
CHATTANOOGA. TF.NN., AND ITS IN
TENTION TO APPLY FOR A CHARTER
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL
RAILROAD LAW OF THE STATE, AP
PROVED SEPTEMBER 27, 1881, AND
EXISTING AMENDMENTS THEREOF.
Weth? undersigned. Paul R. Sledge, W.
M. Tim her lake, Alfred Baker, Z. McCord,
George T. Barnes; T. D. Casswell, Clement
A. Evans, of Augusta, Ga., and Wm, A.
Courtenay, James E. Kdgerton, George W.
Williams, Jr., John U. Peek, and J E Adger.
of Charleston, S. C.. do hereby agree to form
a company for the pnrpoae of constructing, main
taining aud operating * railroad for public use.
In the conveyance of persona and properly from
thecltaot Augusta, In the county of Richmond,
amt state of ftergia.on line a* near a* pnu tit-able
ass straight line to a point in the county of Ca
toosa, in said state, on the Hue dividing the state of
Tennessee from tl*e state of Georgia, and at that
point to bs connected with a railroad to be cou
nt rooted under the burs of the Mtate of Tennessee,
either connecting with acme railroad in tha Mtate
of Tennessee, now entering the city of Chat tan nc-
BS in aid State of Tenneae, or to he con at roc ted
direct from said point of interweetkm to the said
city of Chattanooga. The following being the
counties in this State through which or into w to
the proposed railroad is intended to be matte ;
Richmond, Columbia, Lincoln Wilkes, Oglethorpe,
Kibcrt.MadDO’U."fet’knon,Franklin,B*nkft,Hal! C ark
Lumpkin. Dawson, Gilmer, Fannin. Pickens, Mur
ray. Whitfield and Catoosa, field company to be
organised and conducted in conformity with all the
regulations, provision* ard requirements of the
statute of tha state of Georyia, known as tbs gen
eral law for the incorporation of railrooda.apprised
atoptemVwr 27.1*81. and entitled an act to provide a
rural l*w for the incorporation of railroad*, and
regulate tee same, and exit ting amendments
thereof.
The Company thna formed ahsll be known aa the
Augusts aud Chattanooga Railroad Company, and
the railroad constructed by said companr through
said counties and between the foregoing described
points, shall be, aa near a* can now be ascertained,
two hundred and twenty mile* in length.
The capital stock of said Company shall be four
millions of doßara. divided into forty thousand
shares of one hundred dollars each. The principal
office sad resideoce of said Company in this State
*hali be in the CRj of Augusta and county of Rich
mond.
In witness whereof we the Undersigned, here
hereunto signed the foregoing erttofese of assort*
tion and hare affixed opposite to our signatures
the number of shares agreed to he taken by ns in
said company, together with oar respective places
of residence;
Paul R. Smthik, fire share*, A ngusta, Ga
W M TiMBKRLAEK.hve shares, A ngusta Ga
Alfred Raker, ten shares. Augusta, Ga.
2. Met'om>, ten shares, .tujru.da. Ga
Gro. T. Harms, fire shares, .Augusta, Ga
T. D Caswell, fire shares, Augusta, Oa.
Clement A Stars,fire ugusta.Ga
WM. A. Couefßnat, fire shares, Charles
ton, 8. 0.
Jah. K. Edgkrton, fire shares, Charles
ton, 8. C.
Gio. W. Williaxs, Jr., fire shares, Char
leston, 8. C.
John B. P*ce. fire shares. Charleston, 8 C
J. E. *4dGER, fire shares. Charleston, S. C.
Of whom the foregoing twelve persons shall
be the far the first rear.
REMEMBER!
BENSON LEADS,
BUT IS EYED FOLLOWS.
30 000 Lbs Bacon 3,000 Bu. Gennine Rust;
10 Tierces Lard. Proof Oats.
500 Sacks Salt. 75,000 Lbs. Bran.
200 Packages IMackei el 50 Bbls. Sugar.
50 Sacks Coffee.
AND ALL THINGS ELSE IN THE GROCERY LINE AT PRICES
WHICH DEFY' ALL COMPETITION.
To Be Sold WitMn lie Next 30 Bays
Regardless of Value, to Cash Purchasers.
150 Pr’s White and Grev Blankets.
36 Lap Robes.
10,000 Yards Sheeting and Shirting.
10,000 Yards Georgia Checks.
2,000 Yards Osnaburgs.
2,000 Yards Georgia and Kentucky Jeans.
A large lot cf Mens’ Hats, Trunks, Valises and Um
brellas at a Dread Sacrifice,
STOVES.
100 Stoves with all Fixtures complete, at less than
Atlanta Prices.
FURNITURE.
Jußt call and see the greatest bargains ever of
fered in Georgia.
OIL PAINTINGS.
75 very Handsome and genuine Oil ?; i;
200 Beautiful Chromos, on almost efery subject.
OXE FIRST-CLASS
15 HORSE POWER ENGINE
AltD BOILER,
FOR SALE OIV EASY TERMS.
BUGGIES. WAGONS ■ HARNESS
LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE OFFERED IN GEORGIA.
It will pay every man to caW.and know what the
Leader’s prices are before purchasing. You will al
ways find it will be money in your pocket if even you
do not buy from him.
BENSON needs every dollar that is due him and
the only way to shun these hated duns is to pay’at'once
All debts not settled by the Ist of March, will bo
placed for collection in my attorney’s hands. BENSON
is patient, but it must be borne in mind that he has
debts to pay.
No honest man *can conscientiously speculate on
BENSONS money by holding his cotton and not pay
ing his honest debts. Pay your debts so that those you,
owe can pay theirs.