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MACON, APRIL 18, 187(5.
-The last census of Japsn pl-ices tho
population at 33.300,675, an increase of
163,000 in three years.
Thb Emperor—The Emperor of Bra
s* was reported off Sandy Hoot on Sat
urday at noon, and was expected at the
wharf at 2 o'clock p m.
Excursion to Savannah.—"Wo are re-
quested to state that tho sale of tickets
for the grand excursion to Savannah will
begin next Tuesday. See advertisement.
Comparative Cotton Receipts.— rhe
Now York Cotton Exchange was closed
last Friday, hut wo presume tho usual
weekly report of receipts will appear in
this edition.
New Daily in Charleston.—It is
stated that a new daily paper is inaugu
rated in Charleston, Soutn Carolina, un
der the name of the Journal of Commerce.
Aa offico building has been purchased and
part of the material and machinery have
wrived.
Tub exposition ouihlings at Philadel
ph1a aro ready, but the exhibitors are not.
Tftn spaco devoted to tho United States
ia filling up so slowly as to cause alarm
for the credit of tho country ia tho in
dustrial competition to which other na
tfons have been invited.
The B mk of Franco has in circulation
3463,800,490 francs, and in its vau't*
specie to the amount of 1,770,741,0S1
franos, or 721 francs of gold to every
jg}00 franc t of paper in circulation
'Jjhis go d accumulation is said to be the
largest ever got together anywhere.
Mrs. Tyler, widow of tho ex Presi-
dent and tbo only women who ever mar
lied a President while bo occupied the
White House, is visiting in Washington
She is yet on the sunny side of 6ixty and
preserved much of "the beauty nail
eprightliness which thirty years ago
made her the belie of tho capital.
The President to be Investigated
—£o pays a special to the World news
paper, elsowbore printed. The Sun and
other papers conclusively showed that
tho President knew of frauds on tbo
whisky excise long ago; and here is a
latter written in 1873 by an ex-collector
giving him that information direct.
Barnet Williams' Death Probable.
Ifc is stated that Barnoy Williams is past
all hope of recovery, and bt3 death is ex
pected at any moment. Since Snnduy
ho has been entirely unconscious, and
unable to recognize any member of bis
family. His disease is pneumonia, and
bis illness, though short, has been very
iOTere.
Superintendent Cooper, of the At
Untie und Great Western railroad, says
that a locomo’ive drew a directoi’* cir
nine and three-fourths miles on that line
in seven and one-fourth minutes. The
time wan from a flying start to a drad
stop, am! it is calculated that the highest
speed was at a rate of eighty-seven miles
an hour. It was on a down grade.
One of the heaviest blows sustained
by General B ibcock among all that have
fallen upon him since his fortunes began
to wane, was that inflicted by the Sen
ate in the passage of a bill for the im
provement of the Capitol grounds, with
a provision that none of tho moDey thus
appropriated shall pass through the
hands of tho Commissioner of Pu:.lie.
Buildings and Grounds, which the same
iA Babcock.
It it said that the oldest church edifice
in America, excepting a Romish church
in St Augustine, is St. Luke's, Isle cf
Wight county Ya., about five miles from
Smitbfield. It was built as early as 163.%
and after being roofless for a century the
present roof was put on somewhere
between 1830 and 1835. It is no*
lijed for wor.-hip, and tbe grounds around
it are used for burial. Its thick walls
and high tower are still strong.
The people of Georgia do not believe
in newspaper quarrels. The grand jury
of Polk county, at its recent session,
made the following report to the court
after returning soveral indictments: "We
algo feel it our duty to censnro the course
and conduct of our two newspapers to
ward each other, and urgently request
the two editors to cease wrangling about
themselves and branch off into agricul
tural articles, or others that will tend to
develop the interests and welfare of cur
conntrv.”—Sun.
The Washington correspondent of tbe
j(gw York Herald says: "Winfield Scott
Hancock is to day the rising star in the
presidential sky, and bat for some un
foreseen contingency be is destined to
b ten me tbe Democratic standard bearer
tho approaching Presidential battle.
The nomination of Hancock would spike
the principal guns of such leaders as
Morton and Biaine, whose stamp oratory
mAinly consists in allusions to the bloody
shirt. Besides, what more appropriate
atmo for a Presidential candidate in this
our centennial year than Hancock."
Goloid.—What is ** goloid,” and what
■M " goloid silver.” The dictionaries are
oh fault, says the Nasbvillo American,
but it appears to mean a composition
■total of 40 per cent, gold and CO per
o$it silver. The supposed merit of this
aft* compound is that its use would re
does the eixe and weight'of ordinary
silver coins, rendering them uior.* service
afcjc than the larger pieces of the present
standard. Senator Wallace has intro-
iHtced a hill for the coinago of goloid
stiver dollars, halves and quarters, on
amusing feature of which is that tho "in
vfcntor” of this brilliant idea shall re
oeSve a royalty of one-tentb of ono per
omt, to bo counted as part of tho ex*
phase of coinage. We hardly nped re
mark that such a provision stands but
littlo chance for pussing a Democratic
itause.
Debt,
Ex-Governor Brown, in a totter to tho
Genstilution about the recent homestead
decision, solemnly appeals to tbe pecple
not to mortgage their farms for supplies
either of food or fertilizers. Ho is right.
The man who mortgages his place for
ci&rent supplies is a ruined man, whether
he knows it or not. Jlut thero is one
well authenticated case of a man who
saved himself from nndcr tbo sheriff's
hammer at mortgage sale of his farm,
cattle, and all household effects. A friend
loaned him money, witbont interest, to
lift the mortgage, on condition that be
should not spend a cent till the debt
w>» paid, and bad him sworn to that ef
fect before tbe clerk of the connty. He
was ready to pay the debt in two years,
but tbe same frien 1 made him a present
of the debt to refit, telling him be only
wanted to incnlca tea practical leison on
the horrors of debt, and how to get and
kmp out of it.
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Has Spring Come?
No donbt about it, as to the calendar
months. Wo ore. in fact, entering on
the last half of Spring. But gardeners
and planters ore not easy in their minds.
They are still agitating that important
problem of a cold snap yet to come, and
it must bo confessed wo ourselves have
some lingering doubts on tho subject.
Tho season is exceedingly Dackward.
The foliage of forest,shade and fruit trees
is a month behind hand.
The fact is, this is the third honest at
tempt the trees have made to put forth.
Twice before they have encountered the
rudest rebuff from Jack Frost, and their
young buds fell bitten and withered to
the ground. So after two experiments
tb3 trees seemed to settle back on their
dignity. They told tho weather, "Have
it your own way, if you will. We intend
to retire for such a space of time as will
allow the briefest possible period for the
summer's work.”
And that they did, and then came cau
tiously and timidly out agiin a month
behind time—but so slowly—so reluct
antly, that we know they suspect Old
Jack means to play them another trick if
he can.
And the dainty little flowera have been
more roughly used than the trees, and
seem moro aggrieved and insulted—more
uncertain whether spring is really wooing
th.-m from the bud, like an honest and
true lover, or is playing tho heartless,
cruel and deceitful game of tho coquet—
with full purpose to bite and destroy.
And so it remains this 16th day of
April, 1876.—still a question whether we
shall have another frost or not—and
whether those ambitious snaps, squash
es or cucumbers aro again to go where
the woodbine twineth. Old Scarabmus,
where art thou ? Somebody said he saw
Scarabmus, but we feat he was mistakes
We have not yet seen him, neither hath
his voice been heard around the lamp at
night, with its portentons B-o-o-B-o o-
w-o-u h—much like tho noise of a distant
blast furnace fan. No beetle as yet, and
yet they say old Probabilities himself is
not half so weatherwise as a tumble-bug
on tbe question of a Spring nip. When
we see Mr. Beetle we know that Summer
weather has come to stay. Bnt who has
seen him ?
The Kllb'inrne Case.
Ibe House Judiciaiy Committee has
reported against surrendering the wit
bpbs Kilhoerne, in custody for contempt,
upon the habeas corpus writ issued by
the United States District Court for the
Distrijt of Columbia, and tbe House was
discussing tbe report yesterday morning.
We presume later telegrams will show
that the position of the committee ha3
been indorsed.
In all probability thero is Rome prece
dent to govern t'--e action of the House
m this matter. It can scarcely bo that
in a Congressional history of nearly sinet.
years, similar effcits have not been made
by recusant w itnesses in its custody, to
et aside the jurisdiction of the Houce.
We would be very slow to support any
action colorabiy impugning the writ ot
habeas corpus, unless upon the cle'are.-t
ground ot lack of jurisaiction. Tbe
writ in this case cannot apply, (as it
seems to U*), because the court is with
out power to enforce it. The court enn-
cot arrest the Speaker or Members of
the House for refusing to respect its writ,
because they aro exempt from urrest in
all cases, except treason, felony and
breach of the peace. [Constitution, sec. 6
art. 1 ] The le -al power of tbe court,
therefore, cannot transcend its legal
remedies.
And again, the concession of the right
of the court to wrest witnesses out of the
hands of Congress, might well work a
fatal obstruction to the high judicial
functions of Congres, when prosecuting
crimes against the national dignity and
safety. If Congress could not command
its own witnesses, all its inquisitions and
proceedings against high crimes and
misdemeanors would be at the mercy of
any court empowered to issue a writ of
habeas corpus. We think it is clear that
Congress must and should have and ex
ercise the power of maintaining a plena
ry jurisdiction in such cases.
School Appropriation!! for next
Year.
As tho time is at hand when applica
tion must be made to the Board of Coat-
ty Commissioners under the amended
appropriation act for an appropriation
for tbo support of public schools in Bibb
county for tbe next scholastic year, the
people of the school districts, especially
in tbe country, are taking a very warm
interest in the matter. We publish the
proceedings of one school meeting to
day ; but other meetings have been held
in Sardis, Tharp’s Academy, Midway and
Chambless', tbe action of which has been
transmitted to tbe Board of County
Commissioners direct, without publica
tion. Other districts havo called meet
ings which will assemble in the course
of a day or two. •
The people of the country were never
before so warmly interested in the cause
of public education, and so determined
that tbe system of publio schools shall
be sustained We mav add, too, that tne
country schools in Bibb connty tbo past
year have made rapid strides in improve
ment and usefulness. Suve-al substan
tial and commodious frame school bouses
have been built by public subscription,
and the number of pupils in attendance
has increased. The people havo taken
hold of the subject with a seal which
does them great credit.
Tbe .Eastern Question.
A Berlin dispatch to the London Times
contains an Austrian statement that Res*
sia promised tbo Servians protection from
Austrian coersion in case they declared
war against Turkey. The iutervening
powers in that quarrel will not trust each
other frrtber than they can see.
Tbe Protection ot Game.
It would be well, for some of tbe nim-
rods to remember that tbo game law of
Georgia provides that from tbo 1st of
Feoraary to the 1st of September in each
year, it shall ba a misdemeanor to kill
any deer, buck. doe or fawn; and from
the let day of March to the 15th of Oc
tober. it Khali be a misdemeanor to shoot,
snare, trap or kill in any way, any wild
turkey or partridges. Penalty in all cases
is a fine of five dollars or tho firstoffenso
and ten dollars for the second—one half
to the informer aud the other to the
connty. Every bird or deer killed in the
timo specified will constitute a separate
offense and bo punished accordingly.—
Savannah News
From tho bunches of partridges (or
rather qnails) hanging about stores and
restaurants, wo are satisfied ’hat some of
the people are not aware of the existence
of tbia law.
Farm supplies.
From tlio Atlanta Constitution.!
Last summer the State Department of
Agriculture decided to procure, if pos
sible, statements cf tbo shipments and
receipts of farm products on the various
railroads of the State, with a view of
impressing upon our farmers tho wis
dom of producing more of what we con
sume. Only the Georgia Railroad Com
pany has furnished facts in pursuance of
Commissioner Janes’ reasonable request,
and they are presented to us in a circular
just issued from the Commissioner’s
office.
The tables in the circular relate to tbe i
Georgia Riilroad including all of its
branches, but not to through shipments
from terminal stations—for example, not
to shipments from Atlanta to a connect
ing railroad at Angusta, or Macon. We
find that the entire section imported for
the year ending April 1,1876, the follow
ing articles for home consumption:
Com .. 057.479 hush. Bacon 20.417.811 lbj
\Vnent...su.un “ Bant Mg-W® “
Oat* .110.415 " Butter 1»M* ’’
Meal.... 74,!’"0 Hn> 10,718 b Is
Flour 75.695 bhls Guano 21,914 tons
SRIPMBSTS.
Cotton 151914bjles Feus .997 bushels
By adopting Atlanta’s wholesale cash
and credit prices miring the past year,
i’ is demonstrated beyond contradiction
that the rich country traversed by the
Georgia Railroad purchased during tho
past ypar supplies and fertilizers to tho
amount of {5 886.802 cash; at credit
prices, the frightful aggregate would be
$8,444,733 Tbe shipment of cotton and
peas amounted to $9412,601. leaving the
vast section le.-s man a million dollars
for the year’s labor, rent of property,
wear and tear, and profit
Admitting, says the commissioner, that
the purchases of fertilizers were necessa
ry over seven millions of dollars were
sent out of the State to procure supplies
that could nnd should have been raised
at home “Seven millions of dollarsdis
tribnted among the farmers of tfie nine
teen counties traversed by this road
would dispel all gloom and restore confi
dence, prosperity and happiness, not on
Jy to the farmers, but to every class of
tbo community These figures point ns
infdllil ly to tt e true cause of our difficul
ties os does the needle >o the pole.”
Using the figures furnished by tho
public spirited railroad company as a
basis, the com mi-ioner estimates that
the entire Suite imported of the products
named $29 434 013 on a cash basis, and
on the credit basis, the enormous sum of
$42,223,663. These fearful figures do
not, he it understood, include many ar
tides of prime necessity, such as live
stock, clothing, sugar, coffee, etc, nor
do they include any of the luxuries.
Well, may the commissioner a-k, is it
then remarkable that we hear complaints
of “hard times?” There can bo no
degree of prosperity in the State until
ae rai*o our own supplies, and Dr Janes
deserves the thanks of our people for
his efforts to show us whither wo are
drifting.
A New Jerusalem.
New York Graphic.)
How about the restoration of a Jewish
kingdom at Jerusalem ? The consumma
tion of such a Dioject is not altogether
impossible. The hnglish papers have
the story in this form : That Baron A1
phonse Rothschild is going to propose to
pay off tho aliolo Turkish debt, now
virtu illy repudiated by the Sultan—his
security for repayment being (1) the
gross revenue of tho Turkish domain ;
(2). tho absolute ownership of Vokonff.
with its rich and abundant mines; (3).
the feadai tenure • f a large portion ot
Syria, including Jerusalem, at which
ancient capital Rorhschild will take up
bis residence as king of tho Jews. It is
said that the ties of 1’neage draw bejvily
on Disraeli ns he ages, and be would
favor the reconstruction of the kingdom
nnd the rec meer.tration of the wander
ing children of Israel Tbe first of the
tale is highly drama*>c. It is not neces
sariiy unfounded, but it sounds bypocry-
phal. It is certain that the Sultan c*n
not pay to Rothschild or put u> his hands
the gross revenue of his empire unless
he is ready to abdicate, and ho cannot
even agree to do so and mortgage bis
realm ko ruinously unless be seized tin-
offer merely as a temporary device to get
bis debt paid and then repudiate the
bargain, and if need be, to chop off the
head of his mortgagee, the n*-w aud
troublesome vassel king. Of course,
France and England will favor any pro
ject, even tho reinstatement of the Jews
in Jeru-alf-m.’hnt promises to make good
their worthless Turkish bonds. Cupidity
is stronger th-n tbeologv in these days
of mild superstitions and strong hexes
sies. Whether a Rothschild is eager to
put his head into that trap—to pay
$1,000,000,000 on u pawn with no power
to sell the pledge, but with a very good
chance that his own head will be cut off
it he tries to get hi3 money back—may
well be doubted. And, after all, the
Jews are i trongest in dispersion, where
their very isolation serves them os a foil
nnd their powerful qualities are playc-d
off against the manifold weaknesses of
other races.
Bucking: Against Mississippi.
Tbo S-ndersville Herald and Georgian
of TiursJay, says:
Messrs. B H and Richard Sasnett
pissed through this city on Sunday last
en route for their homo in Htncock
cnuoiy, after a protracted visit to thu
Mississsppi Valley They give a glow
ing description of that country for fer
tility of soil, but say ir is not much so
dally and morally. They express it
as their conviction that it is folly for
planters of Georgia to attempt to com
pete with that section of counrty in tho
production of cotton. Abate and a quar
ter to the acre is an average production
and with much less labor than is required
here to produce a balo to two acres
Cotton will pay them at ten cents per
p .nnd, here it will not. There tho far
tilers make more than they can gather.
Our friends were offered all tho cotton
they could have picked, provided they
would remove tho stalks after picking.
Cotton remains in the fields frequently
until tt becomes almost worthless, and
is lemovert—Rtnlks and all—to make
ready for planting agAin
This is tbe bright side of tho picture.
Tbe daik ono is, no social enjoyment,
want of health, bad morals, etc. Our
friends do not advipe any ono to go
there who has regard for any of these
things.
It seems very much like folly to be
buying fertilizers at sixty dollars a ton
to run against such lands as these. The
Southern uplauders must learn to farm
and quit “planting.”
I THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Fare to tlio Centennial,
The Knoxville Tribune says it is "evi
dent that tho ia ; lroad companies have
made a great mistake in not farther re
ducing their fares to tbe Centonnial, and
we aro glad to see that the railroad men
themselves, are coming to realize the
fact. It is announced that a meeting of
ticket agents will meet day after to-mor
row at Chicago, to further consider the
propriety of reducing the fares to half
rates. So far as the people in this sec
tion are interested tbe 25 per cent, re
duction is regarded as too trifling to bo a
matter of consideration. Upon half fare
hundreds will go to the C- ntennial, who
upon the rates as now settled will stay at
homo.”
One of tho olt colonial cuuicbe3 near
Charleston. S. C. tho St. Andrew’s Pro
testant Episcopal—which has not been
used since tho late war, was r- opened
Maroh 26th. Tbo pariah of St. Andrew
was organized in 1706 Its first rector
was tho Rev. Alexander Wood The
chnrch record?, still extant, extend to
the year 17fS
Columbus has a case of singular hal
lucination, which is mentioned by the
Enquirer as follows:
In 1866 John H0IU3 and his brother
William went trom Marion connty, Ga.,
to Arkansas, and have been there since
until Wednesday, when John made his
appearance in this city. He is about
half crazed all tho time, and occasionally
has no control over himself. It is very
uncertain os to what has afflicted him.
Some suoposo that it is caused by the
loss of his wife, who died about a year
ago. They were raised together, and
weie engaged to bo married during tho
five years of the late struggle. Soon after
it ended they were made man and wife.
His attachment to her was very remarka
ble, and be experiences continual grief
because of her absence. He has some
rational moments end at times speaks
of bis condition. He imagines that
ho murdered a woman in Chatta-
nooga, while en route for this
place, and thinks that tbe sheriff is
attempting to arrest him. He went into
the back room of Mr. Frank Clements’
bar room, while here, and barred the
door and made bis escape. He returned
to tho city again barefooted, with his
feet fearfully gored by briars, and said
that bis enemies pursued him so closely
that he ran out of his boots. The sheriff,
by request of a friend, went to him on
his return nnd assured'him that be had
nothing against him (Hollis), and told
him that no one should harm him. He
ran off afterwards, having left a note
stating that be would return and surren
der himself. Mr. Hollis in rational Mo
menta says that some one poisoned him
in Chattanooga to get his money. He
lost a great di al of it m paring his fare
thence to this point. He had about 6ixty
dollars on his peison and a no’o on his
brother William for about $2,300. for
which he sold his plantation before leav
ing Arkansas. No ono now knows as to
his whereabouts.
The Enquirer says: Bill Seats, who
murdered bis brother Willis C. Seats
about two years ago, wa3 beforo the
Harris Superior Court Wednesday, and
plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
He wa3 sentenced by Judge Crawford to
fifteenyeaisin tbo penitentiary.
The Covington Star says that General
E L Thomas received a letter last Sat
urday from General Charles H Field
who succeeded General John B Hood in
the command of bis division, in Long-
street’s corp?, army of Northern Virgin
ia, dated “Abyssinia, Africa, March 2,
1S76” General Field is now Inspector
of the Egyptian army in Africa He
speaks of tbe Khedive in the highest
terms of praise.
During tho recent freshet, a West
Point cow took her calf on her back and
carried tbe animal to a place of safety.
The Savannah News says: A party of
white and colored men wero engaged in
a game of cards in the vacant lot on the
corner cf Huntingdon and West Broad
streets yesterday afternoon, when a dis
pute arose between a negro and a white
man as to whom the spoils belonged,
Words led to blows, and finally the ne
gro drew his knife and cut tno white
man across ihe upper part of the rignt
arm, inflicting a very ugly wound.
Tub iiawkinsvillo Dispatch announces
the death of Mr. Henry Tripp.
Randolph county farmers have bought
$40,003 worth of guano this year.
The Biinirilge Democrat hears of
farmers m different portions of Decatur
county who will have to abandon their
crops if they do not get he p soon.
John Bailey and Abe Gates, a couple
of Meriwether county negroes, have
been at outs for some time. Last Sat
urday morning, according to tho Vindi
cator, after day, but beforo sunrise, high
words wero heard in the cabin of the
twain followed by a noise, as if the two
were engaged in a hand to hand contest.
An examination showed that in the melee
Aoe bad stabbed John iu three or four
place?, the latter dying in a few minutes
A Cherokee county man set a steel
trap in the water to catch ocavers and
caught a sheep.
The At lantn Timet of yesterday says:
Robert Johnson, (colored) who was ar
rested some time ago, charged with rob
bing the mails from the Atlanta post-
office, and who gave bond in tho sum of
ono thousand dollars to appear before tho
United States District Court at the recent
term, failed to appear and answer, and his
bond was ordered by tho court to be es
cheated. On yesterday his bondsmen
arrested him in this city and carried him
before the United States Marshal on sur
render of bail. He wa3 taken into cus
tody and gave a new bond in the same
amount of a thousand dollars, when he
was released to appear at tbe next term of
of tbe United Slates District- Court.
A reporter for the Constitution saw a
gentleman tho other day who has re
cently seen Iloa. Herschell V. Johnson,
and m tbo course of bis conversation had
broached tho subject of the gubernato
rial situation, and asked Mr. Johnson
about his reported willingness to receive
tbe succession. Governor Johnson said
that he had never given color to any of
tbe extrava rant reports recently circula
ted through tho press concerning his
willingness to reassume gubernatorial
honors and burdens. He had been onco
seriously approasbed upon that subject,
and upon that occasion had only made a
conditional statement, very much to this
< ffeet: That if “the ppoplo demanded
his services,” as those who approached
him insisted, he, as a good citizen, could
not refuse to give them. But he ex
plained that he had no idea that the
peoplo of Georgia would soon como to
that point where they would demand any
one man above all others as a necessity
cf their situation. Hence, his declara
tion was but remotely applicable to the
present gubernatorial race. Other con
siderations of value to hi3 people, our
informant said, were arsing Governor
Jjhnson to continue in his present posi-
ttun.an-l that his personal interests were
against bis accepting higher duties and
burdens, and that tho Governor had so
stated. (
The residence of Mr. William Smith,
several miles north of Buena Vista, was
burned lost Wednesday week.
The Rome Courier learns that, on last
Monday, at the burial of a little child of
Mr. Yancey, in Chattooga county, Co
lumbus Coambers, who was partially in
toricated, raised a difficulty with Benja
min Garrett, son of the ex-sheriff, and
shot at him with a pistol.
A little son of Mr. J. W. Moore, of
McDuffie county,aged eleven years, shot
an 1 killed a wild turkey gobbler on Fri
day, which weighed 20 pounds.
We learn, says tlio Savannah News of
yesterday, that on Wednesday night the
negro outlaws who wero convicted in the
afternoon of the murder of Mrs. Coch
ran and her daughter, and sentenced to
be bung on tho 15th of May, and who
were left in custody of a guard to be
brought to Savannah, made a full con
fession of the crime. They had become
convinced of tho hopelessness of escaping
tbe penalty, and decided voluntarily to
confers everything. Another religioas
meeting was held, several colored preach
ers were present, and a large number of
colored neopie flacked around the out
side of the court-house, directly beneath
the-window of the room in which the
condemned men were confined, nnd
where they could distinctly hear what
was going on. After singing, and
praying and shouting. Prince Roberson
opened the way for the others by confess
ing his participation in the murder and
praying forgiveness for his sins. He ur
gently requested one of the officers pres
ent to inform the Solicitor General that
ho lied in his statement, charging Henry
Green with complicity in the Cochran
murder; that Green had nothing to do
with that affair; [Green, it is believed,
was concerned in the mnrder of Mr. Zit-
troner, but nothing additional was gained
from Roberson on this point]; that he
was sorry that he had told this lie. and
that he had been justly tried. Paul Camp
bell and Danniel Davis made similar con
fessions. They concealed nothing, and ac
knowledged that the; committed the
murder when absent from tbe field, and
bad returned to work to avoid suspicion.
Cotton planting in Putnam county.
Mr. Hcnby Hunnicut died on Monday
evening last at tbe poor house near Ea-
tonton, in the hundredth year of his age.
The Colambu3 Times ot yesterday
says Mr. Parkmon, of Meriwether conn
ty, was in the city with a wagon load of
country hams and lord, offering them
for sale. He says be always raises more
meat and lord than he wants, and has
some to give way.
The City Light Guards havo received
an invitation from the Fulton Blua3 of
Atlanta, inviting them to their prize
drill and hop on tho 25th inst., and also
to participate in the memorial service
on the 26th instant.
For tho information of onr' Catholic
friends specially, and of the public gen
erally, wo copy the following from the
Savannah News of yesterday:
Wo paid a visit to the new Cathedral
yesterday, and found the workmen busily
engaged, under direction of Mr. Butler,
the architect, in finishing up the interior.
Many of the pews are in position, and tho
other nork is progressing so rapidly that
there is now no doubt tint that it will be
ready for dedication at the time op
pointed, Sunday, tho 30th. The altar is
now being put up, and even in it3 incom
plete condition gives an idea of what it
will he when finished. Its height will be
twenty six feet, and for beauty and mag
nificence we do not think it is excelled m
this country. The floor of tho sanctuary
is being laid with handsome tiles of vari
ous colors, and presents a very attract
ive and handsome appearance. The
Episcopal throne, ono of the finest
pieces of workmanship of tho kind we
have ever teen, has already been erected,
and adds greatly to the appearance of
. the sanctuary. The pews are comforta
ble and well finished, and number 22G,
with a capacity for six persons each.
Thero will also bo seats in tho gallery,
which is very commodious and well ar
ranged. Immediately above the sanct
uary, and on either side, are neat galler
ies which will bo occupied by tho Sisters
We wero particularly attracted by tho
Splendid iron colum s which support tho
ceiling. They are very elegantly finish
ed, and tbo ornamentation at the top is
really exquisite. The large rose window
in front, of stained glass, gives a eoft
mellow light to tho gallery and its sur
roundings Daring tbe coming week other
stained glass windows will be m posi
tion. Tho organ wuich has been in use
at the old Cathedral for many years is
now being thoroughly repaired by Mr.
Simmons, organ builder, of Bocton, and
will be greatly improved in tone. Con-
owning tho dedication arrangements the
Southern Cross says: “It has been stated
previously that a small admission fee
would be charged on the occasion of ,tbe
dedication of tho now Cathedral, the
original plan of tho Right Rev. Bishop
having been to charge $2 for admission,
and $1 extra for reserved seats. Num
bers of tickets have been sold on these
terms. Tho gentlemen comprising the
Committee of Arrangements, Capt. Me
Mahon, chairman, having decided
to raise the price of reserved seats
to threo dollars, so that the ticket
for admission, with the ticket for a
reserve seats, will be five dollars. Tho
tickets of admission, as well as those for
reserved scats sold under tho first and
second plan, will hold good on the day of
dedication for both morning and evening
services. Tbo evening service will be
very interesting. It will consist of Pon
tifical Vespers, with full musical accom
paniment; sermon hv the Right Rev.
Bishop Quinlan, of Mobile, and Bene
diction of tho Blessed Sacrament and
tho Te Deum. Tne Vespers to ue sung
on tho occasion will he heard then for tho
first timo in Savannah. Tho choir, under
the able direction of Prof. A. Schultzs,
meet frequently for rehearsal and
practice of these Vespers.”
NO TES.
Bufealo bellows about a Blaine club.
Grant has reached tho Ford,
cross it ?
Can ho
“Corporal punishment’’—Reducing
him to ranks.
Gract, it seems, 13 likely to be called
upon to say “I didn’t 1”
Geo. Wk. Curtis wants Fish for Pres
ident, but he’ll never he able to land
him.
The Toledo Blade outs Bristow.”
Then Bristow evidently thinks it is not
"trusty Toledo.”
The unseating of tho Deputy from
Ajaccio causes an up-Rouher in the
ranks of the Bonapartists.
'Peruvian President Prado pray do
perambulate down this way. It would
be so nice to see a live President.
How would “Washington Steal Works”
do for a name for tbe great centre of of
ficial rascality ? It appears to have a
proper ring.
While the Herald insists on “Long
fellow for London,” Butler is quietly
squinting through “ Mr. Longfellow and
other Plagiarists.”
The census of Philadelphia shows
20.000 more females than males. So that
number of her women can expect only
brotherly love ” from the men.
THE FUsS IN MEXICO.
What lc Is all AUsut and how They
Manage Elections In that Connzry.
Few people read enough about Mexi
co to keep the run of events or possess a
settled or coherent idea about tho situa
tion there. It seems enough to know
that they are constantly getting up pro-
nnneiamentos, revolts and revolutions,
and it is taken for granted that they do
so because they havo a passion for civil
disturbances and abominate nothing so
much as quiet. An anonymous corres
pondent of the Chattanooga Times, who
claims long residence and familiarity with
that country, furnishes that paper with
the following statement, in which he
traces the trouble not to chronic discon
tent and a disorderly and licentious spir
it among the people—but to the tyranny
of the Government and the prostration
of tho freedom of elections—the same
practices which tho so-called Republican
Administration and party iu the United
States, have so pertinaciously sought to
inaugurate in this conntry. The commu
nication is as follows:
Editors Times: One of your editoria’a
in Friday’s Times began with the words,
‘•That thieving scoundrel, Porfirio Diaz 1”
and, as one who has known a good deal
of Mexican politics for the past five years,
I must beg respectfully to coirectthat
statement.
Although wo live next door to Mexico,
comparatively few of ns know much of
our neighbor—possibly because there is
very little to know—but I think those
who know the ins and outs of Mexican
affairs lately will corroborate the state,
ment that the conntry never was in a
more peaceful state; never more free
from highway robbery (its great bane)
than when Porfirio Diaz, as General of
the Liberal forces, governed it for the
two or three months while its President,
Juarez, was making his way down from
the northern frontier to the City of Mex-
ico after the fall of Maximillian and the
evacuation of the camp by the French.
On Juarez’s arrival at the capitol. Diaz
turned over to him the reins of the gov
ernment and about $1,000,000 cash,
(probably the only money that has ever
been seen in the treasury before or since)
and retired into private life, from which
he only emerged when Juarez showed
that ho intended a ‘'third term move
ment.” A “third term movement” in
Mexico means more than it does here.
Hero it would probably mean packed
delegations, a vigorous use of money and
influence by the administration, custom
bouse ring, whisky ring, and Boscoe
Conkling.
In Mexico, however, it means the coer
cion of voters at the sword’s point. Bal
lot boxes surrounded and controlled by
soldiers; opposition voters absolutely
nrovented from voting, and tampering
with tho votes. Such a state of affairs I
myi-elf hare witnessed.
After opposing Juarez’s government
bitterly for years, at his death Porfirio
Diaz, instead of carrying on the rebellion
for the mere sake of getting into power
himself, disbanded his followers, telling
them that the cause fer rebellion had
died with Juarez.
While Lerdo was President ad interim
Diaz remained perfectly quiet at borne;
hut when, however, Lerdo’a term as
President ad interim drew to a close aDd
be put himself up as a candidate for the
Presidency, a large number of people
nominated Diaz as tbe opposition candi
date.
To no purpose, though, a3 Lerdo had
the army at his back, nnd every ballot-
box was guarded by soldiery and false
returns made. I was in one distrist du
ring the election where, to a man, they
wero Disx’s friends; not ten per cent,
were allowed to vote at all; and yet the
returns showed a eolid full vote for Lor
do. Inscrutable are the ways of Presi
dents”
And now let us take a hasty glance
over what Lerdo has done since Juarez’s
death. It may bo summed up thuely:
Eit, drink, debauch, fill bis pockets
with bribes and forced loan.--, and let the
country groan at will under his disas-
trous policy. Dropping into the Presi
dential chair when the country was sur
feited and wearied with years of civil
war. be had a chance to make Mexico
prosperous and himself a lasting name.
Capitalists wero in tho country trying
to get a charter for a system of railroads
that would havo been invaluable as civ
ilizers and developers of the country,—
would have given work to thousands of
disbanded starving soldiers, and would
have for many reasons proved the salva
tion of Mexico. But no 1 Ledro wants.!
$200,000 before that charter could be ob
tained, and consequently the country lost
its chance, possibly for years.
So that after all, whatever we say about
Porfirio Diaz being a revolutionist, we
must do him this justice.
First, that what time he was in power,
he showed himself to he thoroughly capa
ble as a Governor.
Second, that he has got good cause to
bo dissatiefied with Lerdo. "
And ns one cannot help acknowledging
him to be an able general and an honest
man, wo must believe he would make a
much better chief magistrate for Mexico
than that corrupt debauchee, Don Sebas
tian Lerdo Tejada.
“Confound these posts,” says Taft,
they’ve got Belknap into such a pickle,
I’ve half a mind to sell them to some
telegraph company.”
Pictures of Wales aro of rapid sale in
Bombay. If the people can’t havo the
Princo with them permanently they can,
at least, have the prints.
A correspondent wants to know what
the moon has to do with Easter. It is
only an orb-ilrary way she has of med
dling with tho calendar.
Revenue Collector Weitzzl, of
Cincinnati, also pronounces Boll a liar.”
We have nut heard that the ex-detective
hall Bell ched anything onWeitzah
‘The Lockport Union has como out in
a double-leaded leader in favor of San
ford E. Church for Vico President.”
Church and State separate, if you please.
And Chandler says Bell has lied about
him- Oh, Bell! Bell! how could you
have done so unnecessary a thing, when
the truth would have answered better
than the worst lie you could have told!
Howo ver, Bull may bavo said something
good aoout the old curmudgeon.
On the authority of tho Herald it is
stated that Grant baa been heard to ex
press tho “wish thac the 4th of March,
*77, wero already here—in short, that he
were out of office,” and from the heart of
tbe great American people arises an
“amen” which swells and soars in a grand
diapason of nnmimity and strength.
Tlie Abduction of Joe Morris.
Sandcrsvillo Herald and Georgian.]
It is much to bo regretted that some
of the Democratic papers of tho State
have greatly aided our political enemies-
■tho bloody snirt gentry—in torturing
tho abduction of Joe Morris into a Ku-
klux outrage, perpetrated by white peo
ple. To say tho least of it, these sensa
tional articles, published under flowing
capitals, shows a want of discretion
the part of theso brethren.
That Morris’ abductors wero some of
his own clan, whoso object was to liberate
him, wo have never had any doubt what
ever. Had white men contemplated the
visiting of summary punishment upon
this notorious insurrectionist, is it rea
sonable to suppose that they would have
waited until ho was tried, condemned,
manacled and surrounded by armed men
before executing their design ? For
weeks and months Morris was in Wash
ington jail and never disturbed.
Released under a writ of habeas corpus,
he remained in tho connty for a number
of days, going at will where bo pleased,
and no attempt was made to molo-it him
in any manner whatever. Ho goes to
Burke county, mounts tho stump and
attempts to stir up bitter feeling in tbe
hearts of the colored people toward the
whites. Yet amid all this no attempt is
made to injure him in anywise what
ever. Finally ho is arrested under charge
of carrying concealed weapons, tried be
foro the County Court in Waynesboro’,
convicted and sentenced to twelve months
hard labor in tho chain-gang.
Is it reasonable to suppose that after all
the opportunities offered as Mortis trav
eled through the country, and <vhi>e it
was exceedingly doubtful whether he
would ever be punished for any of his
crimes, these blood thirsty whites should
have waited until he was in the so-called
penitentiary and then suddenly waked
up and pounced upon him ? The idea is
too preposterous to be entertained for
one moment. Morrris had a secret clan
organized, they wore sworn to do his bid
ding—so the witnesses testified before
the investigating committees in this and
other counties last summer—and they
have liberated him. We are informed
that he made his boast that he would not
remain at Stevens’ Pottery long, and he
donbtlesa knew then that his followers
would make the. attempt to rescue him
at an early day.
For Sate or Swap.
Mr. John B Giles has two fine young
cows with yonng calvos, whiob he will
sell low, or swap for dry cattle. They are
good milkers.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Kimball Houss, Atlanta, April 13.
This deponent took the evening train
yesterday for Marietta, and spent the
night with a cherished friend in that
most delightful of upcountry villages.
Always a pleasant place celebrated for its
bracing air, cold water, picturesque sur
roundings and genial hospitality, the
‘war has invested it also with pecnliar
historic interest, as the scene of the
death of tho gallant
GENERAL LEONIDAS FOLK,
who was a pious Bishop of the Episoopal
Church.
Hecatombs of noble soldiers likewise,
fell in the battles and skirmishes on Ken-
nesaw Mountain and in the vicinity of
the town, and a populous cemetery of
gleaming head boards and monuments,
tells tho sad story of the fate of many a
Confederate soldier there entombed.
These circumstances render the little
city attractive to tourists aud invalids,
many of whom aro now eojourning tljere
waiting for the subsidence of the bleak
winds and storms of their Northern
homes.
Just at present, however, tho
GREAT FAILURE
of Cook & Che k, its wealthiest firm, has
cast a deep gloom upon the community.
Few escaped loss, and many wero well
nigh ruined by that astounding catastro
phe which fell like a thunderbolt npon
the inhabitants.
MESSRS. WHITTLE AND BLISS.
These revivalists passed a night this
week in Marietta, and were invited by
the clergy to hold religious services. Mr.
Whittle was sick and unable to preach,
but his associate met a large crowd at
the hotel, aud conducted one meeting, the
exercises being confined almost exclusive
ly to singing.
A minister present, said he never be
fore realized the power of v&cred music
upon the heart.
The voice of Mr. Bliss is hardly infe
rior to that of Sankey, and many were
made to weep like children under the
pious and stirring refrains which fell from
his lip3. It was deeply regretted, espe
cially by the pastors of tho several church,
cs, that their engagem nts in Augusta
rendered it impossible for these devout
men to remain longer with them.
This morning the writer returned to
Atlanta, and wns pleased.to note the
good condition of tbo
FENCES AND FARMS
by tho way, and tho general thrift ob
servable everywhere. This is emphati
cally a white mas's country, and ere
many years will be occupied by that race
alone. The cultivation of clover and
other grasses is constantly on tbe in
crease, and the soil better enriched and
far more carefully tilled than formerly.
The loss of the peach crop is total in
this section, but pears and apples are in
full bloom and promise to yield abun
dantly. We 8 m some forward wheat
considerably damaged by the late freeze.
FOSTER BLODGETT.
This worthy, as you have doubtless
seen, did not escape after all. His hail,
which was fixed a* $17,000, it is said has
been reduced to $5,000. Who would be
his purety, is the question? No one
doubts the force of a pardon in advance,
provided there is real guilt involved, and
ACTUALLY AVOWED,
however improper may be the exercise of
clemency under such conditions. Bnt
guilt must exist, or at least be aclnowt
edged, or the act of pardon is simply a
farce.
But unfortunately for Blodgett, he de
nied his guilt all through, and both
Bullock and Conley asserted their belief
in his innocence also, and this, it is held,
renders the pardon nugatory. The case,
however, will go up to a higher court for
final adjudication.
THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD
This great highway was never in as
good condition as at present.. The com
pany have just purchased 1,500 tons of
steel rails, at a ccst of $100,000, to he
laid down between Atlanta aud Man
etta, which will extend over seventeen
and a half miles of road, and mako a total
of twenty-five miles of steel track. It is
expected to relay the entire length of the
road with steel in less than five years.
which, in the end, is much moro econom
ical than iron.
Every bridge on the road except those
over tho Chattahoochee and Etowah riv
ers, which are in first-class condition, has
recently been rebuilt, and fifty five miles
of stone ballast spread upon the roadbed
at a, cost of $1500 per mile. The
BUSINESS OF THE ROAD.
so far as relates to the gross amount
of tonnage transported for the pasf
twelve months, is about the same
that of the previous year, but
the average rate of freights has
been greatly reduced, running down
within sixty days to less than two cents
on the ton per mile. This has curtailed
tbe income of the road fully one-fourth.
Tho active competition of the North and
South railroad nnd the Si>acoist Line has
produced this result. The road has
* NEVER PAID A DIVIDEND
to the lessees. Tho compensation they
have received thus far is only tho annual
interest upon a given number of addi
tional shares of stock which was issued
to each. But tho monthly rental con
tinues to he paid into the State Tren8nry
with the utmost punc.tnality, and forms
one of the most lucrative and certain
items of the public revenue. Had tbe
lease been effected on the same terms
twenty years ago, onr finances would be
in better plight. For one, we should be
willing to eeo tile same arrangement ex
tended for
ONE HUNDRED YEARS,
provided suitable guarantees could be
secured in tho premises. Once let the
road be remanded back to the State, and
it will at once hpcome a hono of conten
tion again between politicians, and cease
to be a remunerative institution.
CENTENNIAL ARRANGEMENTS.
On tho first of May the Kennesaw
route will have every thing in readi' ess
to transport visitors to Philadelphia from
Macon via Atlanta. Tickets will then
be offered for tho round trip at $42 75,
to go by Lvnchhurg as far as New York,
and return by tbe same route, or for $50
the passenger can go to New York via
Lynchburg and Washington city, and
return by
NIAGARA FALLS,
Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Louisville,
Mammoth Cave, Nashville and Chatta
nooga. Those going by Lynchburg will
have tho opportunity also of visiting all
the Virginia springs.
By tho new schedule of the Kennesaw
Route on tbe first of May, a fast tram
will leave Atlanta at 6 a. h„ every day,
aud run through to Philadelphia in the
short space of
THIRTY-EIGHT HOURS.
The 4 20 1*. x. train will be provided
with sleeping cars without change to
Baltimore. We are glad to state also
that a movement is on foot to run sleep
ing cars from Macon to Baltimore, and
persons desiring sleeping accommoda
tions havo only to mako application for
the same.
We havo been at somo pains to ascer
tain tho abovo facte, ^knowing that they
will bo of great interest to the travel*
ing public, who will soon ho all astir
about tho approaching Centennial. The
May number of the
KENNESAW GAZETTE
will contain every particular relating to
tho summer arrangements for travel, and
copies can he had, when issued, from
Mr. B. W. Wrenn, Atlanta.
From all wo can learn, Philadelphia,
bv the publication of her rates of board
during tho Cent- nnial, has already seri
ously injured h«-rself. New York and
Baltimore will do much better, and so
frequent and rapid will bo the trains con
necting those cities with the exhibition
grounds, that time and space will be al
most annihilated and the crowd will
go thither for lodgings, rather than
subject themselves to the impositions of
the rapacious landlords of Philadelphia.
Thousands will also live in tents, on
hoard of ships and steamers, in the sur
rounding villages, and everywhere else
but at the hotels.
POLITICS TODAY.
We have encountered several gentle
men who were, until his retirement
pronounced Smith men, bnt are now '
ALL FOR HARDEMAN.
Indeed, the stock of our noble townsman
is certainly rising. And why should he
not bo plaoed in the exe.utive chair?
Has Georgia one son who has served W
more faithfully in sunshine and tempest?
Has education any advocate whose voice
has been moro potential in the clasaio
balls of colleges, old fi-ld-Bchoolhouaes,
and village hamlets in hebalf of human
progress and the best interests of socie
ty ? Can a more zealous and intelligent,
defender of the agricultural estate* ho
found ? . Who has ever delivered a more
exhaustive, practical aud sensible essay
on the true aims and missioa of bus.
bandry than Col. Hardeman bpfore the
Sute Agricultural Society at Columbus?
So also
ON THE HUSTINGS,
who has spoken so often and well as he,
in behalf of the dearest interests of civili
zation, liberty and the white race?
Other men have worked for them-
selves—Col. Hardeman for the Demo
cratic party and its worthy nominees.
One blast from his bugle was worth
“a thousand men” in the deadly ttrug.
gle between true Georgians and tho o
usurpers who sought to
BECONSTRUCT THE COMMONWEALTH
upon the ruins of civil liberty, traduion-
al glory and common honesty.
And now thatthe Empire State stands
erect, and the myrmidons of despotio
power have been expelled from our bord-
eis, in no email degree through the elo
quent appeals or this patriotic citizen,
what more graceful act than to reward
his labors by investing him with Guber
natorial honors ?
Will the people do it? We shall see.
And just hero we are constrained to
protest against that unreasonable and
senseless opposition whiih has no other
foundation but that the gentleman is
from “Bibb county.”
B- cause, forsooth by tho force of thrir
intellects and deserts, more than ono
public official has ‘chanced to he bom
within the narrow confines of this geo
graphical division of the State, is that
any reason why Col. Hardeman should
be condemned and ignored in the guber
natorial canvass?
No parallel to such conduct can bs
found iD history, i-ave in the case of
ARISTIDES THE JUST,
who, though good and great, and emi
nently deserving of honor at the hands
of his countrymen, wa3 ostracised and
bamshpd, becauso the common people
were tired hearing of his virtues and de
votion to principle.
Without, therefore, uttering one sylla
ble derogatory of the character and qual
ifications of any o' her candidate, we can
not but hope that Georgia will honor a
faithful servant, aad herself also, tiy ele
vating our friend. Col Hardemm, to tho
first- office in the gift of the S’ate.
THE CINCINNATUS OF THE PRESS
The writer Was delighted to meet Col.
I. W. Avery on the streets, who, after
fighting the battles of his country with
great gallantry, and winning bis spurs
also in the journalistic jousts, has now
retired to the sweet shades of rural life,
and wields the
MATTOCK AND RAKE
instead of the sword and gray goose quill.
His hands wero embrowned by exposure
to the weather, and had lost th< ir deli
cate softnes?, but we never Knur him
looking better, or in finer spirits Wo
wish our worthy brother a.l happiness
and success in his new vocatiou. nnd
trust that his potatoes and tu nip3 may
be of the largest, his broad acres tbe
most productive, his sheep nnd cattle a3
prolific as rabbits, his profits cent per
cent., and his life as free from care aa it
has b^en burdened with editorial respon
sibility. Heigho! Why can’t all eoitors
retire and take their
OTIUM CUM D1GNITATE
under the ensdow of thi ir own vine and
fig tree, like Col Avery ? But thru what
would ecnnir of the restless habitues
Of tho great world and the news-loving
public, who growl and grumble so much
even if tbe journalist takes a - ingle holi
day, because their accustomed morning
visitor non esl Col. A will occasionally
inform your readers what he think* of bis
change of base, and enlighten them upon
divers subjects of interest-.
A LADY CORRESPONDENT.
We ha I the pleasure of meeting Mrs.
S. E G ”, tbe gifted and Fprighf ly cor
respondent of the Telvgbafh Thi* lady
is tho daughter of one of Savannah’s
moat eminent physicians, bnt now calls
Ireland—tho residence of her husband-
home. Returning to Georgia to look
after important interests involving legal
proceedings, she will cross the ocean era
ong again, and from the Emerald Isle
continue to send U3 tlie sparkling ema
nations of an intellect of no common or
der. She is no stranger to us.
ATLANTA DAILY PRESS.
The Times, under the plastic and grace
ful touches of the pen editorial of Col.
Waddell, is a spicy and capital sheet, and
we trust will not experience tbe fate of
its predecessors. We are pleased to see
that a temporary armistice at least, which
ought to ripen into a
LASTING PEACE
scem3to have been agreed upon between
that paper and the Constitution This is
ns it should be. Personal broils aro of
no interest to the public, and embitter
the happiness of all who engage in them.
The Constitution is on the fence, (we
mean no of fence) on the question of
tbe choice of a Governor. It had leaned
decidedly towards Governor Smith for
several weeks past, though occasionally
throwing a bone to financier James. But
now the retirement of the Governor from
the race. leaves tho editors at sea again.
Wo would advise them to raise the
HAEDEMAN PENNON
and quit beating tbe bush. They conld
march under no more gallant standard-
bearer < ban he. H. H. J.
A, T, Stewart’s Dinners.
New York Correspondence of tho Cincinnati Ga*
zelte.]
The Sunday dinner at the Stewart Pal
ace, on Fifth avenue, is one of the dis
tinctive features of that alxido of wealth
and fashion. Tho Stewarts, being a
childless couple, nerd the entertainment
of society, which they obtain by afford
ing a reciprocal entertainment cf the
most attractive character. Stewart has
the choicest wines that can he selected
by his agents in Europe, and if there be
anv such thing as a pure article it is
found on his table. His servants are
trained by a master hand, and arc tne
mo3t expert that enn he found. The
guests are limited in number to a small
circle, such as can he gathered in a friend
ly conversation, and Judge Hilton’s pres
ence fimes the group into a mellow fa
miliarity. At ono .of the recent enter
tainments of this kind, Stewart, was hon
ored by the presence of Lord Mand.-vilie,
eldest son of the duke of Manchester, and
tho guests included John Bigelow, Sec
retary of the State, and Pierrepont Ed
wards, the eminent lawyer. Judge Hil*
ton is like a son to the childless ol-l mer
chant, and is completely at home in tbe
palace. He is an able lawyer, a man of
wealth, elegant in p rton and gifted in
conversation. Such a man is invaluable in
a cosition of this kind.
The Philadelphia municipal govern
ment has just completed a count of the
population, and the result is a total of
817,443, a gain of 143.426 over the Fed-
eial census of 1870. The Mayor, in mak-
ng proclamation of the returns, expresses
tho conviction that if the enumeration
had been aa perfect a3 it ought to havo
been, it would have run up to a round
million. Considering the many causes
in operation during the past fair years to
retard population, the gain is a gratify*
ing one, and affords another proof that
the prosperity of our sister city, notwith
standing all drawbacks,- is steadily pro
gressive.