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Good Friday.—The stock exchanges
in London, Liverpool and New York close
in respect to tbo day.
Tub Democratic party of Mississippi
unanimously agrees in calling upon the
Legislature and Stato officers to furnish
the Congressional Investigating Com
mittce with every facility for a full and
fair investigation.
Ex-Attoeney General Akeeman turns
up in Georgia violently opposing the
policy of supporting an independent
Democrat for Governor, urging that the
Republicans should put a candidate of
their ©wa >n the fieldT
Severe Weather in Great Britain.
A London telegram reports a heavy
storm Wednesday night and great snow
falls—seven inches in Nottinghamshire,
nino in North Wales, a foot in Dublin
and in Sheffield. These were the heav
iest snows of the whole winter Eeason.
The Kilbouene Habeas Corpus —
The World says the writ will of coarse
issne, bnt whether the Warden will pro
duco the prisoner remains to bo seen.
It may be safely assumed that he will
not, for in the caso of the Pacific Mail
witness he reported the writ to the House
for instructions, and the House instruct
ed him not to obey the instructions.
Tho present House will follow that pre
cedent.
Prince Louis Napoleon is said to bo
better endowed than most young men of
Jiis age. He is quiet and reserved in his
manners, bnt fond of fun and gaiety when
surrounded by those of his own age. He
is well bnilt, has physical strength and
muscular power, and. like his father,
Napoleon III, is a firm believer, in the
Napoleonic star, not having the slightest
doubt of the ultimate restoration of the
imperial dynasty.
The Rev. Dr. P. D. Avery bad an ex
citing experience in the recent Connect!
cut floods. Whilo ho was riding near
North Coventry the waters struck him
and upset his team. He clung to some
bushes and cut the traces to free his
horses from the carriage, mid then he
and his horses were swept down stream
The horses swam asho'c, but Mr. Avery
was in tho water over an hour, and when
rescued was nearly dead from exposure
and exhaustion.
The trustees of Girard College, in
Philadelphia, have decided to erect five
new marble buildings off tho college
grounds, so that the institution will alto
gether accommodate eight hundred pu
pils. The family system is to bo tried
in the new building, the boys to be form
ed into divisions of thirty, each under
tho caro of a "house mother,” assisted
by a teacher, a seamstress and two ser
vants. If tbo experiment proves suc
cessful, it is to be extended to tho whole
institution.
■ • ■ * • —- —
General Schofield to ao to West
Point.—The San Francisco Coil says:
"Aftercareful consideration of the prop
osition of. the President, urged by Gen.
Shermanfbommanding the armies of the
United States, and backed by Secretary
Taft-, tho present Secretary of War. Ma
jor General John M. Schofield, for the
past six years commanding the military
division of the Pacific, has accepted the
superintendence of the Military Academy
at West Point, and wilt ja a few months
take his departure for hi3 new field of
usefulness.”
The K-navy yard investigation, says
tho Nashville American, dcvclope the fact
that at one time & ship load of rotten
ship knees from Orville Grant was re
ceived at League Island, and upon tho
timber master refusing at first to receive
it, because of its condition, he was
threatened with vengeance at Washing
ton, and was obliged to receive it. If
these knees are not lineal descendants of
that one whose "pregnant hinges” were
"crooked that thrift might follow fawn
ing.” it is very evident that they are
"crooked’’ knees.
The Plaque.—A Constantinople dis
patch reports the plague increasing in
Bagdad, where thirty new cases and
eigtiteen deaths were reported March
26tb. This most malignant of all human
maladies has repeatedly invaded Europe
from the east, with terrible effect. The
ravages of the Great Plague in London,
in the early part of the seventeenth cen
tury, are familiar history. For the past
fifty years, however, the disease has been
confined to Asiatic and African countries.
It is a contagious, m ilignant fever, de
veloping grcht gangrenous carbuncles.
The new educational scheme of J pan
provides for eight universities, thirty-
two high schools or academies, two hun
dred and fifty six grammar schools, and
fho thousand five hundred primary
schools. The university students are to
be sent abroad everv year for profession
al re»earch, the Government allowing,
them $1 800 each per year, while one
hundred and fifty from the intermediate
school? will be sent out foi’ special study
upon allowances of $1,000 The annual
cost of education in the high schools has
been fired at $7 50 per bead, and lower
ones at f5.
Changing Babies.—Yesterday morn
ing. says the Dcs Moines (Iowa) Register.
two women in tb#» west part of town
gave birth to children in the same room
and at the same time Tho woman who
cared tor the little strangers, bathed and
eletbed them, and started to present
them to tbiir waiting mammas. Then
she made the startling discovery that she
bad inextricably mixed the infants so
that she was nnsble to decido which was
the mother of either. The two mothers
cant lots lor choice, agreeing that ii the
children should, whon groWD, develop
family traits sufficiently to identify
them, they should be exchanged if the
sele -lion should drove to be incorrect.
The r until tnroltua FiSbt
The Radicals, Black, with a white
sprinkling, have bad a terrible struggle
at their State Convention in Columbia to
elect dell gates to the Cincinnati Repnb
licau Convention. The Yesult. it seems,
is that Chamberlain has forced them
into a truce or compromise. He has-
compelled them to elect nim as one ot
the delegates from the State at large,
but they successfully defeated a resolu
tion endorsing bis administration, and
.je.rminecriing him to proceed with the
work of reform. A resolution to soak
tbut convention in petroleum and then
Sit it afire, was not entertained—nor
ennthc milder proposition to pickle it
inraiholic acid. It is a great pity the
South Carolina Congo*a fail to appreciate
the only means in tbeir power of throw
ng light on politic?.
Wickedness —Act a bad heart, but a
diseased liver, is often the causo of vio
lence of temper, vindictiveness, and
sometimes crime; far when the spleen is
affected, the heart is clogged in its Let'
ter impulses, for want of action to carry
off the bile.
" I have used Simmons’ Liver Regula
tor, cot only onco but often, and can cou-
fldectiy assert it has done me more good
than any other medicine I have ever
used. I think it is the greatest medicine
for diseased Liver made in the world.
Many of my neighbors have used it, and
all will say os much if not more than I
% do for its virtues. • 1 ’
"John J. Allin, Bibb co., Ga. 1
Massachusetts at Issue with
Boutwell.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican de
sires ft to be distinctly understood that
Senator Boutwell. in his recent fiery sec
tional reply to Mr. Bayard in the Senate,
spoko for himself and not for Massachu
setts—nor yet for the Republicans of
Massachusetts. It declares that the en
forcement legislation has long been re
garded in Massachusetts by Republicans,
not less tban Democrats, as, at best, a
necessary evil, a temporary expedient for
bridging over <v wholly exceptional and
abnormal political emergency. It adds
that "Mr. Boutwell’s expressed belief
that the ‘spirit of tho rebellion’ is still
rampant at the South, that thero is ‘no
freedom’ there except for those who are
identified with the old slave holding ar
istocracy.’ is not shared by the intelligent
people whom ho in part represents.
When he rakes in the ashes of the past,
when he exaggerates and aggravates the
evils and difficulties of the present, he is
in work with which tho great body of
his constituents have no sympathy.
Knowing Mr. Boutwell of old, knowing
his faculty for making an offensive thing
doubly offensive by his manner of saying
it, the people of Massachusetts would
have very much preferred that he should
hold his tongue."
While condemning both Mr. Boutwell
and Mr. Bayard for "scolding and per
sonality,” the Republican says:
"It is pleasant, and something more,
to hear a Senator from Virginia saying,
as Mr. Withers said:
I am conscious that our people are
misunderstood in some regards; they
ore, to-day, misunderstood with regard to
their feelings toward their late slaves. I
assert here, to-day, that, after tho con
clusion of the war and the emancipation
of tho slaves, so far from being influenc
ed by hate and animosity and a vindic
tive desire to crush those people out of
existence, or drive them from the coun-
try, precisely the opposite sentiments
were felt by a very large portion of the
people of Virginia. I assert that the
Southern people have never to this d.iy
forgotten, and never will they forget, the
obligations they are under to their black
population. I hope that my right hand
may bo withered and Try tongue palsied
if I ever forget my own personal obliga
tions to them. During the war, w hen
the whole manhood of the South was car
ried to the front to fighttbe battles of the
South, our wives and our littlo ones were
left alone under the charge and the guar
diansbtp of our slaves; and I am proud
to say, to day, that, notwithstanding all
the appeals and all the netarious influ
ences which were brought, to bear upon
that population to induce them to bring
the war to a speedy and bloody end, they
were deaf to these appeals, they resisted
these influences, they were true to the
trust reposed in them; and I hope I
shall never .see the day when I am afraid
or ashampd to acknowledge our obliga
tion to them.”
The Republican also quotes from Sena
tor Maxey, of Texas, viz:
I desire here to state that as I have
never uttered a solitary word rince I
have been a Senator c-ilcul/ited to is
range the people of the North and
Smth, so I will never utter a sentiment
of that kind so long as I have the honor
to bo a Senator *n this floor. I have no
more respect for a S •uthern man who
will scatter the apples of discoid, breed
di-sension for the soke o* local celebrity,
than I have for a Northern man. H--
who would seek self aggrandisement at
the expense of his country is not a true
patriot. He may call me rebel; he mat
call me traitor end all that, fcuf that is
not love of country which keeps a country
«; art.
The words in italics strike the key
note of the political situation It is not
patriotism, but party, which deals in
acrid sectional declamation, or t-eeks to
kindle into a flame the embers of old
feuds.
Blaine', doubling and Bristow.
The Prophets « n the finance*.
A ‘’staff correspondent of tho Tribune
of the 11th, writing from Washington,
gives the following auguirie? on the
relative etrength of the contestants for
the Ridical nomination :
Sifting out tho exaggerated and im
probable claims of strength, we miy
make up the following statement of what
fiom pipsent indications promises to be
the result of tbo first ballot at Cmcin
nnti:
For Mr Blaine— Maine, New Gamp
shire, part of Massachusetts (say 18 votes
out of 26), Rhode Island, 10 votes from
New York, Delaware. Maryland, Virginia,
Norlfc Carolina, Louisiana, Michig n
Wisconsin. Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, No
broska, Kansas, California, Oregon, Ne
vnda, and the nine Territories—in all
256 v 'tes.
For Mr Morton—Indiana, Missouri,
Arkansas, M's.-ierippi, Alanama, Texas,
Teonessee, West Virginia, Georgia, Ffor
ids. and the District of Columbia—total
188 votes.
For Gov. Hortranft—P-nnsylvania’s
58 votes
For Governor Hayes—Ohio’s 44 votes.
For Mr Conklmg—About 50 votes
from N-w York, and possibly tho 18
vo’es* of New Jer ey.
For Bristow—Vermont, Connecticut,
part of Massachusetts, a few votes from
New York, South Carolina, if the Chain
herlain party controls the convention,
end the Kentucky delegation less than
75 votes in alb This is a very small
showing, but it must be borne in mind
that the above estimates in the case of
the other candidates are based upon tne
probable success ol the organized iff-rts
being made in their behalf, while Mr
Bri-toa’s candidacy depends entirely
upon the hr. aking down of these organ
izations by t bo force of puhlic opinion
Ho is not around trying to bag delegates
like Mr. Blaine or Mr. MortoD, and if he
eucceods it will bo because the snares of
these experienced fowlers will be swept
away by the rising gale of the popular
will. Mr. Bristow will therefore prove
either a wry weak candidate or an irre
sistible one.
It tnuct be admitted that the prospects,
as viewed fr* m a Washington level,
strongly favor Mr Blaine. Mr. Morton
is likely to attain his m tiimuin strength
on the fir.-t ballot There is no possibil
ity of growth, and bis nomination is an
almost contingency. Some of the oldest
Republicans in Congress declare that it
would disrupt the party. As for Mr.
ConL-ling, no one here, unless it be the
Senator himself and Mr. A. B. Cornell,
who is now in Washington, regards his
nomination as a possibility worth taking
into account. Governor Hayes is just a
possibility, end rather a remote ouo at
that. If Mr Blaine should fail to get a
majority of the delegates, if the Bristow
mov. meat should come to nothing, and
if the Morton men, the Conklmg men,
and Mr Cameron’s Pennsylvania delega
tion should join the Ohio delegation. Gov.
Hayes could be nominated. Bnt here are
three if* in a row—enough to vitiate any
calculation.
On the other hand, tho New York Sun
of the same dato editorializes 03 follows t
What strength is Brother Blaine going
to show at tho Cincinnati convention ?
What State, except Maine, se.nds a dele
gation that will give him its votes ? Net
one, wo fear. The contest will all be
between Conkling and Morton, with a
rather poor cbarco for Morton at that.
His lower limbs ore weak, and Cnnkling’s
legs oro splendid; bnt, as for Blaine, he
might as well have no legs at all so far
as that race is concerned. As a Western
politician expresses it, "at Cincinnati
Blaine’s hide will be sent to tho tan
yard."
And the World, writing eontemporane-
ou ly upon Blaiue, Conkling and Mortcr,
comes down on Blaine in this fashion:
Ho is emphatically the meanest, most
cunning and most selfish politician of the
three. He went into the canvas3 for the
nomination with all of Morten’s intense
ambition and with a shamelessness to
which Conkling is a stranger. He stole
Grant’s school policy ; he captured Mor
ton’s war memories, and appropriated
Cnnkling’s specie payment pretence. Ho
ebook bauds assiduously with all tho
Congressmen in Washington, he gave
dinners, he flitted here and there on se
cret errands. The result was that when
the delegates were to be chosen it was
found that ho was holding bis own sec
tion where his rivals had not thought of
interfeiing with him, and pushing his
influence by petty chicanery into the
hearts of their homes. It has generally
been considered decent to leave an oppo
nent unassailed in his own State, but this
ingenious trickster fomented a rebellion
against Conklingin New York which has
shaken the Republican 'party to its cen-
tre. Such a piece of inveterate malice,
though subserving political ends, could
not spring simply from political emula
tion. I. must bavo had the source of its
venom in that personal hatred which
Blaine bears towards bis antagonist Hod
tho revolt been successful it would have
proved Conkling’s ruin; he would have
gone down as the most contemptible vic
tim ever sacrificed in party warfare.
The World has not struck a blow amiss
here. Blaiue is worto than Morton, be
cause he has outraged all his own ante
cedents, and all his own honest convic
tions, in sheer lust for tho Presidency,
whereas Morton naturally bates the
South and everybody else, for that mat
ter, but himself. Blaine hr.3 ruined
niinself in the opinion of all unprejudiced
men, and has done it deliberately to
strengthen bis hold on active, malignant
Radicalism.
But hero is a noto from Virginia
which indicates the result of active
Presidential and office holding influence
in that quarter:
Virginia Politics.—A correspondent
of the New York Times from Richmond,
Va., writes that np to the 4th of April
it wa* the general impression that the
vote of that State in the National Repub
lican Convention would be cast for Mr
Blaine, nnd that the delegates" would be
instructed accordingly. On the day
named, however. Judge Alfred Morton,
one of tbo most influential Republicans
in the State, put in an appearance at
Richmond, bringing in his pocket a com
mission as special agent of the Post-office
Department for Virginia. He at onco
put himself in communication with sev
eral prominent. Republicans, and the
Times’ correspondent says, “by some
mysterious process he convinced them
that the strongest candidate to nominate
was Senator Conkling,” to whom, it is
understood, he is indebted for liis office.
It is claimed that Morton will undoubt
edly succeed in preventing the passage
of resolution* in favor of Blaine, and
that ex-Senutor John F. Lewis and his
son in-law, Hon. John Ambler Smith,
both of whom recently favored Blaine,
h ive already gone over to Conkling.
Th« *afe Burglary.
Courier-Journal. 12: h.J
Tile safe burglary investigation is not
progressing favorably for Gen. Babcock.
In the first place, Whitley’s statement
was partly sustained by documentary
evidence, and bore ou its face the appear
ance of truth. Babcock admitted close
relations with him. His explanation why
he summoned Whitley from Florida is so
thin that nobody credits it for a moment.
He pretends that, he wanted Whitley to
find out who were writing the letters
about tlio District ring for the
New York Sun and Tribune, etc., al
• bough the names of the authors were
«ht-n as well known as Babcock himself.
He admits that r.o report was even made
to him, nor did be require it or prosecute
his search for tho writers. He had heard
of Harrington’s report to the President
on the subject tome time ago, and also
<'f Nettlesbip’s letter, and had asked the
President if they implicated him, thus
snowing his consciousness of guilt.
Baufield, the ex Solicitor, testified to
day, ami confirmed Whitley’s testimony
in a remarkable degree, even as to minute
details Among otuer things, he stated
that Whitley had told him list fall, be
fore going to Colorado,of Babcock’s con
section with the affair.
Attorney General Williams and Bab
cock were before tne committee to day
I'bu first, being forced to take 8'des, has
concluded to s'and by his old master, the
President, and to-day ho testified that
he dismissed the pi osecutions against
Whitley and Harrington of his own
accord. He denied having laid the blame
of dismissing Mr. Riddle opon tho Pres
ldent. On this head, Mr- Riddle; who
will testify to-morrow, will flatly contra
diet Williams. Ha told Riddle that bis
services on the tria 1 had proved emi
nently satisfactory, but that thero was a
man behind him who had compelled him
to dismiss him.
Williams gave no colorable excuse to
the committee to day for dismissing Mr.
Riddle. He admitted that he and Bab
cock had a talk on Saturday, and also
this morning, in respect to the testimo
ny which he (Williams) was to give to
day.
Gen. Babcock produced two letters to
day, one from himself and one from
Whitley, connected with the letters here
toforo printed, in which Babcock tells
Whitley to bide his time, and be sure of
his result. Babco.-k tries to make it np
p.ar that this remarkable expression re-
fera to Wiiiiley’s desire to get his August
pay, out it appears at the Treasury that
this money was paid in September, and
that this extraordinary guarantee to
Whitley was made in November.
There is the best reason to bpltevo that
the Grand Jury will shortly find a true
bill against Babcock for conspiracy,
despite all the influence of District At
torney Wells to prevent it; bnt it is
difficult to see how. with such a District
Attorney as he. and the legal machinery
of the District Courts, anything can be
done to pnnish Babcock. The develop
merits of this trial have not stopped, and
much more may be expected. The Pr-e-
ldent has not asked to testify.
Tlio Public Printing.
The Committee on tne Public Print
ing, says the Courier Journal, is more
and more disgusted as it proceeds with
tho investigation of the accounts of Mr.
Clapp, the public printer. It will be
found that no branch of .the public ser
vice has been worse managed, present
ing the very strongest indications of
systematic fraud. The committee says
that thero ought to be a return to the
treasury from sales, wastage?, etc., of
$75,000 per annum, bnt that only $37.-
000 has been thus returned. When the
committee called for the books, Mr.
Cl-pp for the first time owned up to a
surplus of $58,000. There is reason to
believe that the accounts have been
falsified, and it is said to be impossible
to discover, from them what has been
done. Tho accounts and hooks are in
tho hands of an expert, who is unable to
make anything out of them. One of
tho books, purporting to give the receipts
since 1861, was made up of material?
which were manufactured after 1864.
The Season Why. ,
Ono of the reasons why tho “Diamond
Spectacles” and cyo-glasscs have attain
ed such high endorsement from all who
have used them is that as the core or
centre of the lens comes directly in iront
of tho eye, there is no glimmering or
wavering of sight, but clear and distinct
vision. The diamond trade mnrk is on
every pair. For sale in Macon by E.
Peschkc.
TUB GEORGIA PRESS,
Farmers (aye, farmers) near Bloffton,
in Terrell county (that’s in Georgia), ac
tually ( »ould you believe it ?) have (what
do you suppose ?) corn (did you ever hear
anything like it ?) for sale (shade of the
departed Ceres!) at $1 a bushel. (When
will wonders cease ?)
Dawson taxes junk dealers a hundred
.dollars.
The Fort Talley Mirror of yesterday
says: Last Thursday night the residence
of Mr. Jake Slappey, in Macon county,
was entirely consumed by the fire fiend,
together with bis smoke house and his
year’s supplies of provisions. The fire
was burning over his head before he dis
covered it. and his baby narrowly escaped
being burned to death. Hts furniture,
carpets, clothing and everything was
burned. His family had to go to his
father in law’s in their night clothes.
The loss is about $4.000—$1,600 for tho
dwelling, and $2,500 in provision*, furni
ture, etc. No insurance.
Dr. Battle will lecture in Albany on
the 19h.
Mr. George Curry, of McDuffie coun
ty, took laudanum for a caso of loro a
few days ago. Pumped out.
Mb3. Jarley is drifting around to
ward Newnan with her wax figgers.
The Newnan Blade learns that Mr.
John Gilbprt, engaged tn building a
church at Whitesburg, fell from a scaf
fold and received injuries from which ho
died Monday morning.
Joshua Daniels alias Neal, has been
convicted of murder in Warren county,
and will be hung on the 19th of May.
Harris of the Savannah News inti
mates that Madame Velasquez and Mrs.
L. J. Warson are one nnd the same.
Goodey gracious, hadn’t ho better hide
out when the Lieutenant goes to Savan
nah ! *
The Chronicle and Sentinel 6ays: Mr.
W. F Herring, of this city, has in his
possession an interesting document In
the shape of letters, patent granted to
Hodgen Holmes, a citizen of Georgta, on
the 12tb of May. 1796, for “new machine
ry called tho cotton gin.” This was
three years after the invention of tho
first gin by Whitney. Tho document
bears the autograph signature of Genrgo
Washington, President; Timothy Pick
ering, Secretary of State, nnd Chas. Lee,
Attorney General. The signature of
Holmes is attested by Seaborn Jones and
W. Urqubart Tho letters were signed
by the authorities at Pbilrdelphia in the
year of our Lord ono thousand seven
hundred and ninety-six, and of the inde
pendence of the United States the twen
tieth.
The same paper says: A frightful ac
cident, resulting in the death of a col
ored man named Andrew Dubosp, oc
curred at t.hc waste factory of C. W.
Simmons & Co., at the corner of McCar-
ten and Bay streets, yesterday morning
at half past nino o’clock. Andrew bad
been employed at the factory for three
years, and was about nineteen yoais of
age. At tbo time named above he went
10 the cleaning machine, which was then
idle and got on a small step ladder in
order to adjust the belting which ran the
machine over the wheel. In a moment
he was caught by tne belt and whirled
upward, where his head was jammed be
tween two revolving cast iron wheels and
in an instant mashed completely out of
shape—tbo brains and blood spattering
over a large space of the wall.
Wednesday afternoon, says tho Atlan
ta Times, a certain railroad employe was
arrested by a United States Deputy Mar
shal, charged with purloining a register
ed letter. The matter will doubtless
come up for investigation before a United
States Commissioner to-day.
The Constitution, of yesterday, says:
In his charge to the grand jury yester
day Judge Peeples laid peculiar and im
pressive emphasis upon the necessity for
suppressing the sale of intoxicating li
quors to minors. He stated that between
day-light and suu-rise yesterday morning
a noble and loving mother had come to
him to beg him to use his efforts to stay
the ruin thus being accomplished. She
left an almost m 'niac son, raving in his
madness, and made so by the nse of
liquors thus sold to him, to make this
appeal. Judge Peeples spoko with great
feeling and bi3 words went home to tho
hearts of all who heard him.
The Atlanta Commonwealth says: Two
United States prisoners « ero taken from
the city yesterday by Deputy United
States Marshal Simpson, their destina
tions being respectively the State prisons
of Maryland and New York—one to the
latter prison for two years for the crime
of robbing the mail.
The two items which follow aro from ,
the Savannah Press of yesterday: On
Tuesday -veiling last a young man fell
asleep on the steps of the old barber
fhop on the corner of Bull and Bryan
streets. Ho was awakened from bis
slumbers by some one pulling at bis.
watch chain. Bxrore ho could thorough
ly aiouce himself the thief mado good his
escape, taking with him a valuable am
ethyst piu, two shirt buttons, a pocket
book containing eight dollars, his hat,
cravat, collar, cuff? and handkerchiof.
Yesterday morning t.:o men at work
near Habersham’s rieo mill, at the head
.if River street, were attracted to the river
front by the noise of some ono strug
gling in tho water, and they immediately
came to the aid of a Wrown'Ug boy, who
bad sank once. By exertions they man
aged to drag him to the whurf, very
much exhausted After rolling him
around for some time, the negro became
conscious nnd informed those aroumt
him that he wanted to die; that his
step father bad beaten him unmercifully,
and had declared th*‘ v e would kill him
unless he procuircd work.
ritH CJrnat Unknown,
From the New York Tribune.J
Judge Jeremiah Black, meeting ex-
Speok-r Blaine ono day, asked him if he
felt apprehensive that Senator Morton
would defeat him.
•‘Mor'on will have fair strength in the
convention,” replied Mr Blaine, “but
it will not represent a singlo^ure elec
toral vote. You st-o it wouid never do to
nominate such a candidate I’m not
afraid of him ”
"Are you afraid of Mr. Bristow
“No; Bristow has a good deal of
strength among tho people but it is not
organized. I don’t see how he can possi-
b'y *»et a majority in a convention.”
‘•Well, are you afraid of Senator Conk
liDg?” a-ked Judge Black, going on
with his catechism.
‘•He cannot carry hts own Stato in
tho convention or at the election, and
his candidacy is an absurdity. No, I’m
not afraid of him."
"Is thero anybody you are afraid of?”
"Yes; there is,” replied the ex
Speaker, with a serious air.
"Well, who is it ?’’
“lho great unknown ” *
NOTES.
" Grant is for Conkling ”—next to a
third term.
Lent borrows seven days this year
from some idio3jncracy of tho moon.
The World has an editorial headed
“The xievti.” It is not very egotistical
after all.
Already newspaper readers are be
ginning to exclaim “ Dom Pedro,” and
spelling it with an a.
It seems highly probable that tho in-
vestigutions at Washington will develop
tho nation’s liar.
The only thing that mar? tho average
Philadelphian is that ho can’t live to be
as old as Matbuselab, for Centennial pur
poses.
“ Stores’ Chicago creditors aro about
to attach his fees.” If ho is smart ho
will make that in fees-iblo by collecting
them himself.
"An Irishman supplies Chicago with
mo3t of its lager.” Well, honors aro
easy, since a German supplies tho coun
try with Irish soap.
“Schuyler Colfax declined to lecture
for $15 and a serenade.” It is surprising
what an overestimate some men place on
their own value.
Now Blaine says "I didn’t.” That is
getting to be too common, gentlemen,
and tho country begins to want some
more substantial proof of innocence.
Ben Wade has pronounced for Mor
ton, but that doesn’t amount to much, os
the old wahoo has Ben Wade long and
found to bo light jveighfe.
“There are 60,000 Sunday-schools in
tho United States, with 600.000 teachers,
and 5.000.000 pupils.” And still there aro
bad little boys who will chunk rocks at
birds.
Macjulsy on Mathematics.—Oh for
word? to express my abomination of that
science, if a name sacred to the useful
and embellishing arts may be applied to
the perception and recollection of certain
properties :n numbers and figures! Oh
that I bad to learn astrology, or demon-
ology, or school divinity; oh that I were
to pore over Thomas Aquinas, and to ad
just tho relation Entity with the two
Predicaments, so that I were exempt
from this miserable study ! "Discipline”
of the mind I Say rather starvation, con
finement, torture, annihilation! But it
must be. I feel myself becoming a per
sonification of algebra, a living trigonom
etrical canon, a walking table of logar
ithms. All my perueptiosB of elegonco
and beauty gone, or at least going By
the end of the term my brain will he “as
dry as th« remainder biscuit a'ter a voy
age.”—[fVom ono of His Student Letters.
"Arabella Goddard is about to settle
in California." She has made money
enough to settle dollar for dollar, and
have a few noleB left, good for moro
money.
"Wendell PfliLLirssays there are thir
ty rum-shops between his house and tho
Albany station ” That accounts for his
never being able to reach that train in
time to go off.
"Between Whitley and Bell,” says
tho Tribune. “Gen. Babcock ba3 his
hands full.” Since they helped him fill
his pockets, why shouldn’t they fill his
hands now. One good turn deserves
another, you know.
An exchange says "Grant has been
peculiarly unfortunate in never having
succeeded in finding a first-class lawyer
for Attorney General.” “And, yet,’’
muses the molancholy Akermnn, “I my
self have been in that position.”
"A lady in London has offered $500
reward for the conviction of persons who
are going about London systematically
poisoning dogs by tbrowingdown poison
ed food m the streets.” Probably she
wants to give each of them a medal as
a benefactor of tbe human race.
The London Athenaeum says that Lord
Lytton has taken so seriously to politics
and the Indian vice royalty that he has
withdrawn his now poem, "King Poppy,"
which was just about to bo published
Perhaps he found too much Poppy-cock
in it, and wants to prune it up.
The Commercial Advertiser intimates
that as tho committee has “no substan
tial grounds” for charges against Mr
Clapp, they propose to make them "on
technical.” Clapp’s career, as Public
Printer, appear to have been very take-
nicknl, thou why not proceed on such
grounds. He paved them.
"A lady.” says the Courier Journal,
"tells a Washington correspond »nt that
she was present, during Po'k’s admini*
tration, when the first attempt was made
to feed the hungry, public at the White
Houbo. Sho says: ‘There was a rush
for tho tables, of course, and a general
engagement followed, in which much
rowdyism was displayed.’ If rowdyism
was displayed by the puhlic of that day,
how would tho publin of our day behave
on such an occasion ?” They would steal
tbo spoon3 and fork?, of course, and
pocket a week's rations oeaidt-s.
The Commercial Advertiser thinks tho
fact that Garibaldi has accepted "a gift
of an income of $20 000 in Italian money”
should lift the pressure of censure from
tho heads of American gift takers Not
so Garibalidi i3 not Fresiuent of Italy
He has not shown a greed for anything
in tho shape of presents from a hull pup
to a Long Branch cottage. Ho nevc-r
swapped an appointment for a present.
He is not accused of selling post trader-
ships Ho is not in a whisky ring. He
has been in no Credit Mobiiier transac
tions. Finally, ho accepts the gift be
cause it will "enable him to co operate m
the works proposed by himself for the
improvement and draining of tho Tiber ”
Could anything bo more unlike the great
American gift taker ?
Gubernatorial Candidates.
An Atlanta correspondent ot the New
York Herald, writing at groat length
about the candidates for tho gubernato
rial nomination, pronounces Hon. Thos.
Hardeman tho leading nag in tbe team.
Says he:
In Georgia there are a numher of gen-
t.emcn who have been for a long time
prominently connected in the public uiind
with the Governorship. Tbe two most
prominent have been Thomas Hardeman,
Jr , of Macon, and General Alfred II
Colquitt, of Atlanta. The race lay be
tween the?* two up to a month ago, with
perhaps the advantage tn favor of Col
quitt. But this gentleman bus lost
around through tbo fact that he 13 Vice-
President of iho Atlanta branch of the
Southern Mutual Life I surunceCompa
ny of Memphis, Tennessee, that faded a
month ago. This lias undeservedly hurt
Colquitt’s eban es, though to whet ex
teut cannot be now measured. But I
think that it has given his close compet
itor, Hirdeo*an, the advantage It is
difficult to choose between tho two a? to
merit.
COLONEL THOMAS HARD'-MAN, JR ,
ha? been a conspicuous figure in Georgia
politic? for a long time. H« t? not a pro
fessional man, hut a cotton factor and
commission merchant Ho ha? been
Congressman, R presuntative, Speaker
twice of the State House of Bepresenta
lives, president of several Stato conven
tions, delegate to national convention?,
member and chairman of State executive
committees, nnd all that sort of thing
Ho i? a taking stump orator, ready,
oruate, florid and effective. He i? a
large hearted, g.ni il m in, shrewd, prac
tical. hold nnd true His enemisB charge
him with trickery and a considerable ea
purity for successful intrigue. His
friends claim him sincere and open. I
h«ve ohs*rved that very successful men
in public matter? always incur the aoett-
* at ion of capacity for wire working. And
I must conf ss that I know of no public
man easier to spot and fix than Tom
H trdeman, a? he is generally called- Hi?
place on public questions i? always de
cided ana unwavering. He is a large,
stout, very dark cotnplrxioned person,
with a certain brusque hastiness in hts
manner and a very independent look
about him.
Tho writer next canvasses Governor
Smith (who, as i? well known, declines a
renominariou), Ganerals Colquitt and
Gortrell, John H. James and other par
ties; and then for the other side has
tbi? to say:
The Republicans have not' foreshad
owed their course. They are disorgan
ized and scattered. One of their number
has announced himself as an independ
ent candidate, in the hope of catching
enough Democratic malcontents to en
able him to “eluff” into the executive
office. He is Judge James Johnson, who
was Provisional Governor in reconstruc
tion hy appointment of the President.
His chances are slim. The Republican
party <n Georgia consists of a few faith
ful Federal office-holders, who gallantly
stick to the flesh pots, and a few others
who are heroically endeavoring to oust
the “ins" The negro vote, that was
wont to go solid on the Republican line,
is now much divided.
Tho Democracy has an easy sweep be
fore itin this State. The Commonwealth
is prospering under its rule. Tho laws
are impartially enforced. Sectional prej
udice ha? been entirely allayed; all
classes are protected in every right;
wroDg is rigidly and impartially punished:
political opinion is as freo as air; a fine
system of freo education spreads bounte
ous enlightenment; progressive agricul
ture is practiced by tho great farming
community; liberality and thought mark
public sentiment; great works of public
improveu ent are constantly inaugurated;
tho people aro virtuous, hardy, industri
ous, economical and God-fearing. With
the transcendint natural resources of
this grand State utilized to the utmost
by a sound and able public policy, exe
cuted by a wido awake, intelligent citi
zenry, Georgia has a future before her of
which every Georgian may bo proud.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Kimball House, )
Atlanta, April 12,1876 j
The writer boarded tho train as usual
yesterday at tho Vinevillo station, and
could recognize but one of quite a num
ber of passengers, who looked like re
turning tourists and invalids from Flor
ida. That individual was tho blind old
Chaplain of the Georgia Senate,
REV MR. DUNCAN.
Some of the experiences of this worthy
man of God might be interesting to your
readers.
Forty-one years hi3 he labored in his
Master’s vineyard as an active itinerant
of tbo Methodist church, and now almost
totally blind, still continues the work of
an evangelist, going from church to
church, and uniting with all denomina
tions in the spread of tho gospel.
Hts salary at the outset was
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
per annum, and it is a curious coincidence
that he receives precisely tho same sum
now from tho fund for superannuated
minister?.
Mr. Duncan has enjoyed the confidence
and respect of a large number of our
most eminent statesmen and citizens.
In all of their homes he was ever receiv
ed as a cherished guest, and many are
the households that bavo been blessed
by his earnest prayers and tender admo
nitions.
GOVERNOR JENKINS’ CONVERSION.
Tbs old gentleman love? to speak of
those great men to whose fame Christian
piety gavo additional lustre. Thus he
related the circumstances connected with
the conversion of that noble son of Geor
gia, Gov. Jenkins, thirty years ago. and
told how the tears rained down his cheeks
a9 he spoke of the work of grace upon
his heart. The Governor bad recently
been terribly afflicted in the loss of chil
dren and wife, and happily sought con
version where alone it could be found.
Ho then united with tho Presbyterian
Church of Augusta, but afterwards, mar
rying again, transferred his connection
to tbo Episcopal comtrnnio.n, of which
his present wife was a member.
Many interesting things were said also
of the Christian life of the dying sage,
HON ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.
He, too, at a very early age. professed
religion, and joining the Presbyterian
Church, is still a member in full commu
nion In a recent visit to the sick bed
oi his distinguished friend. Mr Duncan
says ho found him tranquil and hippy,
and perfectly willing • to depart and be
at rest.”
Ou one occasion, when all believed
that the final scene was approaching,
and General Teoinba, Bishop Pioreo and
the witness were present, the Bishop
being forced to leave, thus addressed the
ill statesman:
"Mr. Stephen?, what is your spiritual
condition no * ? Do you rest your hopes
of eternity upon the good depds and use
fulness of your past life alone, or have
you a better foundation ? ’
Tho feeble sufferer, with great em
phasis, replied, “My trust is in the blood
and mediation of my adorable Redeemer.”
It is pleasant to record such incidents
Mr. Duncan also gavo an account of a
deeply interesting revival in Richmond
county, many years since, in which the
late
VENERABLE DR. Jt’WHIR,
the oldest man, probably, that ever
lived in Georgia, participated. As a
proof of his great age. we have beard
men, neazly eighty themselves, my, they
never saw him look a day younger, or
could remember when he did not appear
to bo tho oldest man they had ever seen.
On the occasion mentioned, several heads
of families, and stubborn cases, had bow.
ed before tbo altar, and the scone was
solemn in the extreme.
It was then that tho
FEEBLE CENTENNARIAN
arose, and in broken accents, declared
that ho was the "oldest sinner in the
house, and the mo3t striking monument
of the grace of a sin pardoning God. As
such, ho dared in tho full assurance of
faith to invite all to accept of salvation
likewise ” Tho remark made, just when
the interest of the meeting had culmin
ated to its highest point, came like a
climax to tho services, and the effect was
electrical.
FARMING OUTLOOK.
The fields of rye, oats and wheat which
cover a large portion of the landscape all
the way from Macon to A'lanta look green
and flourishing, and were not in the least
injured by the late cold spell. Ail the
corn above ground, however, was thor
oughly killed, and the excessive wetness
of the past few weeks will render replant
ing almost universal. The plowing of
cotton land, also, has been effectually
wiped out, and the impacted crust must
be broken again. This will make our
armors late, and the prospect so far is
not flattering. But the seasons are long
enough still for an average crop to be
produced, and the atiundant moisture
will bring out the full strength of the
guano.
ATLANTA.
We find the Gate City tremendously
exercised with the Blodgett case, the ar
rest of West nnd the fuilure of another
immense grain house, that of J. J. Wil
liams & Co Tho la'ter was dragged
down by tbe fall of Cook & Cheek, for
whom th*-v were indorsers to the amount
of S 100.000
Blocb-ett will probably
ESCAPE SCOT FREE
under the pardon in advance of the
wretched interloper Conley, who bounced
into Bullock’s seat and did bis bidding
iu the present instance to the letter, his
clemency and grace extending to every
po-8ihle crime that manipulator of the
State’s money might have committed.
It was an atrocious forestalling of jus-
tic**, and in fall keeping with Radical
precepts and practice, both in State and
Federal politics. When the motion for
the forfeiture of Blodgett’s bond came
up before
JUDGE HOPKINS,
about two years ago, his counsel urged
tbat personal appearance on his part was
unueco-sary, because of his previous par
don But the judge decided to tho con
trary, and .tho bondsmen were held re
sponsible, and required to settle the
forfeited bond, which was actually done,
the money being paid into the treasury
of Fulton county. Thi3 decision, how
ever, was
EXCEPTED TO,
and carriad np to tho Supreme Court,
but dismi-sed on account of some legal
informality. Blodgett was arrested un
der four indictment? and bench warrants,
all for swindling, and the embezzlement
of the revenues of the State road. .
Ho was ably defended yesterday by
Judge McCay, of tho law firm of McCay
& Trippe, who is certainly one of the
most skillful jurists. Attorney General
Hammond, too, acquitted himself with
great credit. At this writing the decision
of Judge Peeples has not transpired,
though tho general impression is that
the prisoner will be liberated and hts
pardon su-rained.
Blodgett sat quite near the writer at
breakfast, and is not restricted iu his
personal liberty, though i n’t he custody of
an officer. Ho does not Appear to" be
much concerned, apprehending no dan-'
ger ; and as to shame, we suppose it has
been many a day since any such emotion
has caused his cheek to tingle,
WEST.
The Governor revoked the order for tho
delivery of tho body of this delinquent
at tbe requisition of tho Governor of
New York, on tbo ground that he was
indicted for "larceny after trus-t” at
borne, and must first be tried here. Af
terwards they will go for him in New
York. In the meantime ho has been
liberated on bail for the pitiful sum of
ono thousand dollars. Very grave char
ges are preferred against tho firm of
which tho Alderman i? a member, and
the proceedings at law are looked for
ward to with great interest.
COOK AND CHEEK.
It is said ths failure of this concern
will bo much more disastrous tban first
reported. Fifteen per cent, dividend
only is now tho talk .on the street.
Business continues very dull, and ono
large merchant says he don’t know what
will happen if thero bo no “let up” to the
stagnation during the summer. The
great trouble is the
DESTRUCTION OF CONFIDENCE
between man and man. This keeps
money locked up, destroys credit and
hardens tho situation in every aspect.
Scores of firms ureliving, as it were, from
day to day, and in constant danger of
collapso. And this i3 so to a lamentable
extent all over tbe country.
A SWEEPING DEMOCRATIC VICTORY
in the fall, might open up a new state of
affairs,and perhaps this hope miy help
in no little degree to achieve that glori
ous result.
GUBERNATORIAL.
The retirement of Governor Smith
complicates the race exceedingly. Now
horses it is said are to bo lead out, and a
regular
STEEPLE CHASE
will take place in the convention. Who
will come in first not even a clairvoyant
cosld tell. That any can obtain a clear
majority on the first ballot no one be
lieves. But the indications are
ENCOURAGING FOR HARDEMAN,
for the obvious reason that hitherto a
bitter war has been wagsd upon Gov.
Smith by the friends of Gen. Colquitt,
and it is natural to suppose that many of
hi3 adherents therefore will transfer
their support to our townsman, who is a
general favorite, and, on the score of
services to the parly, the most deserving
of the office.
There seems to be no well-grounded
reason for believing tbat Governor John
son will allow the use of his name in any
contingency. Indeed, two of his near
neighbors assert that the ex Governor
invariably expresses himself to that effect.
Gartrell, Wofford, James, Felton,
Reese, and others will have their advo
cates, and divide the vote of toe coun
ties. Just now. however, Colquitt and
Hardeman are foremost, and we should
not be surprised to see the lat ter outstrip
his worthy opponent and ohtnin the com
ination Either would fill the executive
ebair with ability and honor.
THE GOVERNOR’S SALARY.
As stated m your paper, the office of
Governor, aside from the dignity and ex
alted character of the |iosition, is held at
great pecuniary lo*s to the incumbent
Thus, from < xcellent authority, we learn
that it has cost Governor Smith seven
thousand dollars to keep up the executive
establish meat, even with a small house
hold. The Governor is expected to
maintain the prestige and dispense the
buspitalities f his office in a manner be
fitting the dignity of a great State, even
if he has to draw upon his private ex
chequer to meet the necessary outlays.
Nor has he a rnoxent of time to devote
to personal affair*, and, as a consequence,
bis private business must suffer. No
wonder, then, that Governor Smith vould
prefer retirement after eo manv year? of
public service. H. H. J.
FROM WASHINGTON
Rdlinrlat Corrcspsttdence.
Washington, April 12, 1876.
FROGRESS IN "ART.”
You have, of course, heard of Matt
Morgan, the man who makes, or used to
make, the comic pictures for Frank Les
lie's illustrate! paper. He did good
service in tho last Presidential and other
campaigns since in furnishing pictorial
antidote for the petson of the supremely
nasty Nast, of Harper’s journal f elan
der and slime, and gavo the Jacobins
many good square doses of the same
medicine they commended to tbo lips of
the honest men of the country through
tho medium of Nast’s cartoons. Bully
boy, was Matt, with his pencil sharp and
stinging, and tipped with the point of
true fire and force as a comic artist. Well,
he has, it seems, tired of that line, and
gone in for something else, which, if not
quite so artistic, perhaps pays better and
is more unique—to phrase it delicately.
Ho has "branched out” d«ei 'edly, and
now runs an exhibition of “ living stat
uary,” representing mythological nnd
historical tableaux by twenty charming
young women who appear naked, or
perilously near it, and thus render
ing the entertainment of especial
interest to parties of an anatomical turn
of mind. It was decidedly popular, espe
cially with the gray beards and tbe
beardless. It was emphatically a popu
lar entertainment. Morgan defend? his
venture upon the ground that it is an art
exposition of tho highest order—and
there really were eonfc very tall women
on the stage. He aay? that if to feast
the eyes upon a marble Venus bn an edu
cation, as artist? always and enthusiasti
cally insist, why not push tho argument
further, go back just one step, and feast
the same optics upon tbe beautiful orig
inal who serves as a model for the in
spired sculptor ? Poor reasoning, per
haps, but entirely satisfactory both to the
showman and his enthusiastic scholars.
Bnt the show really was pret’y good.
The women either were naturally gifted
physically, or mo*t artistically made up.
which wits all the same from at least a
picturesque and pictorial standpoint.
Major General Newman was, I under
stand. shocked" to the verge of vertigo
that such things should be, but nobody
else of hi? cfoth seemed to have known
anything of it. Perhaps he had special
information or facilities for speaking “by
the card,” as the saying goes.
THE LITTLE FAT SUTLER,
Spencer, who assumes to represent Ala
bama in tho. Senate, is hopping around
more odiously impatient and loathsomely
vulgar than ever. He is understood to
bo sure that tho Senate will not disturb
him in possession of bis eeat, though the
testimony as to tbe me ns he used to se
cure it would suffice many other body in
the world to thrust him out. It is abso
lutely sure that some of tho witnesses
perjured themselves in his service, as the
proof is of record that they swore, here,
directly th'e opposite of what they had
testified in Alabama. The investigation
has, thu? far. cost tne country nearly 12,-
000,10,000 of which was paid to witness
es. Many an impecunious, out-at-elbows,
black and white loafer has found a bo
nanza in this investigation, and will go
back home with full stomachs and enough
cash in thoir pockets to enable them,
with occasional pilfering, to loaf all sum
mer. It is pretty rough on Alabama to
be represented in the Senate by such a
creature a3 Spencer, and such a well
moaning and worthy, but utterly feeble
and forceless gentKman as Golthwaite.
She certainty deserves the sympathy of
all her sister States.
tremendous shrinkage
, . .I “**J» *•> *9 «Uiy OUC^JUn
to watch the real estate market to wort
a cure. Property of all kinds has f,, .-
fully depreciated, and tho tendenev £
downward every day. Stewart’s—of
vada-gaudy palace which cost. WI *v
furniture, $170,000 two or three
since, now goes begging at $120000
The house of tho late General M-r^Yl!"
Smith, which one year ago cost $40,000
was sold “ortsage foreclosure la?t
week for $22,000 T&ese are but samntea
of tho tremendous shrinkage in r.*al ea
tato values every day’s sale? are demon,
strating. Toe ono gratifying feature in
the matter is. that nearly all this I 0 . 3
falis upon those who havo made their
fortunes by public plundering—the t a .
voiites and minions of the corrupt Ad
ministration and its numberless greojy"
rotten rin K s. Many of the gang ojJo
have been roosting so high, will be a | a( j
enough before tbo year ends to cotupio-
mise on meat and bread. It is BWeeter
than tho honey and tho honey comb to
sec them creeping where they once roar
ed, and to know there are many other?
who will be brought even lower bef ot0
tho racket is over.
LOCKING THE DOOR TOO LATE.
A Treasury order just issued in regard
to tho giving out of information by the
employers Zt that department, on n?ia
of iustant decapitation, remind? tne of
locking the stable dcor with great
promptness a f ter it is ascertained that
the bor e has been stolen. It is em-
phaticallv what classical folks would
call a brulum fulmin, and will not amount
to a row of pins for tho simple reason
that those who wish to get at informa-
tion in the Treasury or any other depart-
meat are bound to find somebody who
will furnisn it to them. Impecuniosity
is chronic with the general run of office
holdns, and when you add to this tha
easy virtue of the average loyl function-
ary tho case is plain enough. Fancy ouo
of these official? resisting the penmasivo
eloquence of a uew?p*per chap with tbe
Herald, say, at his back or of a lobbyist
with a plethoric purso and agencies for
making a fellow sell himself. I do not
believe there 13 any information at the
disposal of nine out of every ten officials
in this city that cannot begot at by a
man who is willing to pay for it. The
golden days when office holders wero
virtuous as other people are over. They
went out with the rising of that sun
whose baleful beams Lave, for fifteen
years, scorched and blighted everything
fresh and pure in this unhanpy land.
When Radicals seized the government, it
set up the guillotine for and decreed the
execution of public virtue and official
probity. •
THE NEW SECRETARY OF WAR
scem3 like most new brooms to be sweep,
ing delightfully clean, and “the goose
(of official virtue) hangs altitndulum” in
the office lately so fragrant with tbe.odors
Bribnappery. Among other plensmt
things tha. have to come to pas? with
him, is a visit from tho Hon Wtn M.
Evart?, of New York, who made a special
trip from tbat city on Monday to pay his
respects to Judge Taft. Mr Evarts was
a student at Yale when the Judge wa? a
tutor in t hat college, and a warm friend
ship has always existed between them.
ADDITIONAL FOST ROUTE? IN GEORGIA
have been established os follows within
the past week:
From Summersville PcStoffiee, to Post-
offices at Valley Store, Telega and Al
pine ; from Woodbury, via Jeubmaville,
Jordan’s Store and Old Union, to Barn?.
ville; from Rising Fiwn to Howard’s
Farm; from Rock mart-to (!edar*o«nj
from Spring Palace to Fort Mountain;
from Bethany, Jifferson county, via
Snell’? Bridge in Johnson conniy. by Mil
ler's Mills, Montgomery county, to ML
Vernon ir Montgomery county; from
Americus, Sumter county, to Grangers-
vile, Micon county; from Milledgeville,
Baldwin county, t*> Bloooworth, Wilkin
son county; from Buena Vista to Taze
well, Marion county; from Canton to
Talking lieclr, via Walesct, Salascoa and
Jerusalem; from Buford, via New Toll
Bridge, to Cummiog, Georgia; from
Whitesburg, Carroll county, to Douglas-
ville, Douglas county; from Carroltoo,
via Bonner’s Store to Laurel Hill.
FAILED
Tho effort made recently to secure
pardon forthe numerous persona in North
Georgia under arrest for making crooked
whisky, seems to have completely failed.
It seems to be pretty certain, however,
it would have succeeded hail i‘ not been
for the strenuous opposition of Conley,
collector at Atlanta, and Chamberlain,
supervisor or revenue. These men havo
fought tho pardon movement vigorously,
and thus far successfully. I hear, this
morning, that District Attorney Farrow
is expected here shortly, when another
effort will be made in behalf of tho pris
oner?, in which, it is hoped, he may bo
induced to co operate, not only as a meas
ure of mercy, but also of sound policy.
I think it is generally understood that if
such co-operation is secured, the end
sought will bo speedily accomplished. It
i? to be hoped early action will be had in
this case, for if these prisoners are not
released pretty soon, thero will be much
suffering among their families and no
prospects of a crop next fall.
SIGNS? OF SPRING
are crapping out everywhere. The tail
ors. hattera, bootmakers, bar keeper?,
milliners and dressmakers aro "on it,”
as Seotty Brigs would say, most emphat
ically. The fellers who havent the ready
wherewith to capture spring suits aro
still struggling with, and scowliug at
their "ulsters.” Tho femmes are waiting
till next Sunday to shine forth in all the
glories of E ister costumes and hats St.
John's Episcopal Church, at tho "West
Eud,” will bloom brightest of all, I hear,
and with its delicious choir and wraith
of "high tone” in pcrsonneUe, demeanor,
dress and equipage, come to the front
ahead of all competitors. Green pc«*
and other early vegetables have found
their way even to boarding house table?,
and tho voice of tho wbitawasher is heard
iu tho land. In short, spring is "on the
wing,” and evidently intends, at an esrly
date, leaving "her robe on the treo3 and
hor breath on tho gale”—or words to
tbat effect. The top of the morning to
her, say I. ®*
“Bishep B* ckwlth’a Niece.”
From tho Savannah Morning Nows.]
I desire, through your columns, to rail
attention to a rumor pervading the c'cs-
munitv, started by an item in the Sou!' -
em Cross about a month since. It i? 10
this effect: First, that a niece of Bishop
Berk with had been converted to the Eon -
ith faith; and secondly, that the cootro*
versy of the Bishop with the editor or
that paper on Papal Infallibility wa? tho
cause of her conversion. A communica
tion from Bishop Beckwith ha? been
tho bands of iho editor since Tutsday,
March 28. Two issues of tho Cross hav®
appeared, and tho retraction has not boe“
made. I deny by authority the whoi-
story 03 without shndow of truth, ana
am prepared to provo it so.
Samuel Benedict.
Savannah, April 8 .
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